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"WUESDAY, FEB. 18, 1

941

Tight Nazi Grip On [COUNTY ZONING

Bulgaria Expected

Extension of Military Operations Southward May.

8 Come Within

» Copyright,

Next 10 Days.

By GEORGE WELLER : 1941, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News, ine.

SOFIA, Feb. 18.—The zone of operations of the German expeditionary force will be extended southward, possibly in the next 10 days, to

include the area between the

Danube River boundary and the! high

Balkan mountains bisecting Bulgaria, it was predicted today in reliable

military quarters.

These. two natural «%stacles follow almost parallel lines from {ne

Jugoslav boundary in the heart of the Balkan Peninsula across to the Black Sea on the east. German soldiers are now massed in Rumania, principally at points south of Bucharest and Craiova. : Until today it had been thought possible that the German technical experts might restrict their activities in northern Bulgaria to the establishment of aircraft listening stations, the erection of airplane hangars and the placement of supply storehouses for emergency use, employing Rumania as a base and the Danube as a line of defense, and leaving the drive for Salonika to the Italian infantry and the German Luftwaffe, : Now, however, the presence of groups of civilian-dressed officers studying the railroad network in points north of the Bulgarian range, and the activities of ‘bridge testers, road engineers and radio and telephoneymechanics—all in civilian or work clothes—are held in foreign military circles to foretell beyond question the eventual passage of large numbers of troops.

Already the uniformed soldiers occupying Rumania and the uniformed officers in Bulgaria are functioning across the Danube as part of a single army, it is reported. The

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German headquarters in Bucharest is in direct oral connection with advanced headquarters in Bulgaria, independently of the international telephone lines. It is still uncertain whether the blitz against Greece or Turkey will be launched immediately after the occupation of northern Bulgaria, but it is considered probable that it will be delayed, if possible, to per mit political repercussions. and’ the first spring rains to play themselves out, and to obtain fuller sanction, if possible, from the Bulgarian Government. If the British come up from Egypt in force, however, quicker action will be necessary. When the army now north of the Danube is moved across, the. acd vance staff of technical experts will, presumably, take over the organizeation of the final zone between the high Balkans and the Greek and Turkish frontier. Thus the Germans appear to plan to be able to keep Great Britain

Juncertain until the last stage as

to which of her. allies they will attack at the Thracian crossroacis, while, at ‘the same time, using to the full the nominal neutrality of Bulgaria as a shield and giving ml itary protection in ereturn.

Weak British Admit

By WILLIAM H. STONEMAN

imes and The Chicago Daily News, Inc,

LONDON, Feb. 18.—Turkey’s non-aggression pact with Bulgaria,

which was announced last night, confirms what has been. known in London for many weeks, namely, that Turkey is not in a position to attack the German flank if German troops move through Bulgaria toward

Salonika.

In the opinion of the British, Turkey cannot be blamed for haviag

entered into the agreement even though it appears to undo the mutual assistance pact which Turkey gigned with Great Britain and France in October, 1939. The defection of both Rumania and Bulgaria to the - Axis, Soviet Russia’s equivocal attitude. and finally, Turkey's own weakness have made it impossible for the latter to observe the letter of that agreement.

Although the Turkish-Bulgarian pact. advertises the inability of the allies to counter the German move toward Salonika, it does not in itself change the position, according to the British view.

If Bulgaria observes the spirit of the agreement, it may even hinder the Germans from attacking European Turkey through Bulgaria and capturing the Straits. In any case, it does nat refleet on Turkey's determination to defend the Bosphorus. a

east Europe at the present moment, the defense of the. Straits is about all the British are prepared io expect. ; ] Turkey has never been strong, accarding to present-day stanclaris, and she has never completely recovered from - the effects of lhe earthquake. .It was assumed from the beginning that she would he able to deal with Germany, oi’ Ger-man-controlled powers only, if she had the full support of Rumania snd heavy material assistance from both Soviet Russia and the Allies. It has also ‘been a matter of considerable doubt whether the Turks, with their old-fashioned transport, could move beyond their own frontiers, in Fhrace, without risking military deeat. Military experts even doubt whether the Turks could hold }iuropean Turkey against a fiodsrn army, such as the Germans can

In view of the strategic setup of

move into Bulgaria from Rumania.

U.S. Surveys Food Supplies

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (U. P.).—Government officials prepared a survey of food supplies today in event President Roosevelt decides to make the United States the larder as well as the arsenal of demaocracies. Agriculture Department officials said the survey was an effort “to _ assemble all possible information to meet an eventuality” rather tian

to mete any anticipated large increase in British

food. ' “Our supplies are more than adequate to meet any conceivable condition that may arise in national or international affairs,” they said. There is some sentiment in and out of Congress to make American food available to Britain under the . pending British-aid bill. Adminis tration leaders believe the bill, as written, is broad enough to cover food; Farm bloc Senators, however, will - seek ‘to make the language more specific. . President Roosevelt went over the food situation in a general way at a conference yesterday with Harry L. Hopkins, Budget Director Harold D. Smith and .the Secretaries of

demand for American

Mr. Hopkins, .who returried this week from Great Britain, was said to have reported on the British food situation. i . Bureau of Agricultural Econoinics officials said the time and ex:ent

of British food needs probably will depend largely upon the success of Germany’s war of attrition. Destruction of British shipping will tend to force concentration of available shipping on the shortest route for supplies—North America. | Agriculture Department officials said present reserve food supplies in the United States are #ufficient

BILL PREPARED

Aimed at Promoting Health Of Whole Community, Longsworth Says.

A bill to create a “metropolitan plan commission” in Marion County to zone all suburban properties outside of Indianapolis, including incorporated towns, was prepared for introduction in the Senate today by Senator J. W. Atherton (R. Indianapolis). : The bill would repeal the 1935 County Plan Commission law but would not affect the powers of the Indianapolis Plan Commission, acy cording to W. I. Longsworth, Indian+ apolis Chamber of Commerce, sponsor of the measure. "Mr. Longsworth said the bill would: +1, “Avoid duplication and conflict between ‘city, suburban and rural planning. 2. “Assure necessary engineering and clerical assistance for county projects.” City Would Pay Most

Under the bill the city would pay five-sixths of ‘the costs and the county one-sixth. : Members of the commission would be composed of the City Plan Commission and, in addition, four resident landowners living outside the city to be appointed "by Couney Commissioners, the president of the Council ‘Council and the Marion County Agriculture Agent. Under the bill, powers of the county commission outside the city would be the same as the City Commission exercises inside the city. The measure was recommended by the Community Development Committee of the Chamber of Commerce after a year’s survey of suburban building developments.

+ Expects 15,000 Jobs “About 15,000 additional industrial jobs are expected to be open in Indianapolis during the next 12 months which would cause more home building and thus make the suburban problems more acute,” Mr. Longsworth said. “The purpose of this legislation is to foster the kind of planning and community development which will promote the health and happiness of the entire community.” He said thé bill was not intended to compel the:annexation of any territory to the city.

FOUND VITAMIN ACCIDENTALLY

Danish Doctor's Study of Gallstones Led to Now Famous Discovery.

As is so often the case in scientific research, vitamin K was discovered by a man who was not even looking“ for it, but .was trying to learn something about gallstones. That man, Dr. Henrik Dam, Copenhagen biochemist, last night related how he made his discovery when - he addressed Indianapolis scientists. and doctors at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Dam said that six years ago he was experimenting on some chickens, hoping to learn something about gallstones, and he fed them a diet deficient in cholesterol, the largest constituent of gallstones. He was amazed, he said, when the chickens became “bleeders” and he deduced -that . cholestrol contained some property necessary to the normal congealing of blood. He dropped his work in gallstones and started a search for that property which congeals blood, and

artificially builds up the prothrombin content of blood. Prothrombin is an element necessary to the normal congealing of blood. San This discovery has been hailed by medical sciences as one of the great advances of the age and is credited with having saved the lives of many persons, particularly of . women at childbirth. Dr. Dam, on leave from the Biochemical Institute of the University

Agriculture, War, Navy and Treas-

to meet any possible British demand, :

of Copenhagen, is on a lecture tour

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Here Is the Traffic Record County City Total 1941 eed OOOO er 7 6 13 1940 0000000000000 vse 3 3 8 —Feb, 17— : Injured .... 4 | Accidents .....17 Pead ........ 1 | Arrests ....... ?

; MONDAY TRAFFIC COURT Cases Convic- Fines

tried tions paid peeding 5. Reckless driving. .

$ 41 2 2 28 Failure to stop at through street.. 11 10 Disobeying traffic - ; ; 4

1 34

f Violations

6 2

9 0 All others ,.,,. . 41 35

| Totals ...oo0.0. 68 $136.

™ MEETINGS TODAY Rotary Club, iuncheon, Claypool Hotel, noon, : Y's Men's Club, luncheon, ¥, M, C, A, hoon. Aiphs Tau Omega, luncheon, Board of Trade. noor ‘

e Gyro Club, luncheon, 8pink-Arms Hotel, noon. - > Mercator Club, luncheon, Hotel Lincoln,

noon. : Universal ©€lub, luncheon, Columbia

ub, noon. University of Michigan Club, luncheon, Board of Trade, noon. Knights of Columbus, luncheon, K, of C._ clubhouse, noon. Lutheran Service Club, luncheon, Canary

on. Credit Group, luncheon, Wm. H. Block Co. noon. ia Truck Association, lunchOFA. end F Planai ag Cont ink ad Planning nference, SpinkArms Hotel, night. = . P Men’s Bible Class, Third Christian Church, annual banquet. church, night. erican Chemical Society, luncheon, Hotel Severin, noon. Exc. ge Club Board, luncheon, Hotel Severin, noon. ' va 0il Co. meeting. Hotel Severin,

330 p. m. Form Security Administration, meetings, Hotel Severin, all day. : Board of Church Extn. D. of C., meeting and Juncheon, 8:30 a. m. and . ‘Central Casket Manufacturers’ AssociaSen. meeting and luncheon, 10 a. m. and

p. m. : “Funeral Supply Credit Clinic, meeting, Hotel Severin, © 8. m. itd 8

yam MEETINGS TOMORROW

. Farm Security Administration, meeting, Hotel verin, all morning. Foundation, luncheon, Hotel Ber Oi Co. lincheon apd meeting, Sh ; n mee A ine 4:45 D. Mm. 8nd 1:30 P.

\ onard | Ruby 3 Polin alph C. P.

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Marketing Research « di y washingte x Rate ch Club, dinner, Hotel

p. m. . M, C. Tr! lub, , XY. Yeh 5.4 p Atle a Club, meeting, Y 0 Club, luncheon, Claypool Hotel,

on. x Young Men’s Discussion Club, ‘inner,

Pur Hotel Severin, noon. ; Twelfth District, Americin Legion, luncheon, Board of Trade, noc¢n. Sigma Alpha Epsilon, juncheon, Board of Trade, noon. Indianapolis Real Managers tage, noo Ita To Oporaciv b o-Operative Clu of Indianapolis, luncheon, Columbia Club, nooii. Junior Chamber of Commerce, luncheon, Canary Cottage, noen. i Forty-Plus Club, meeting, Chamber of Commerce, 7:30 p. m. 4 . pean Club, luncheon, Columbia Club,

MARRIAGE LICENSES .

(These lists are from ofticial records in the County Court House, The '[imes therefore, is not responsible for errors in names and addresses.)

Ral Blackwell, 43, of 1m2 NWN. I ol h M. Woodruff, 38, of 450 Mas-

Ernest M. Mattingly, 21, of 2320 N. Harding; Betty L. McFariing, 19, 31 2040 Sugar: Grove.

Doyle W.. Wheelee, 35, of 2720 N. an Drive; Erma G. Burk, 23, of 2729 N. Re rman re 27, of 2805 N. [Olinoi n emmons, , 0 .Olinois; Delya Litz, 22, of 1116 N. Capi:ol, 93, : a Everman, 10, of 1100 orange vl 0. I € Hally L. Craig, 32, of 35 W. Ohic; May . Moses, 32, Jasonville, 0) . : John PF. ash 22, of 4720 Ei. New York; Helen A. Reith, 33, of 722 N. Riley. Donal 4 emp. 24, of 30%1 ‘N. Arsenal; Margaret Mary Bright, 21, R. R. 19, Box

Richard L. Frederick, 21, of 535 Kentucky Ave.; Helen Nichols, 19, «f' 2214 Howard.

Carl E. Bloomar, 23, Bridgepor:. Ind; Louise C. Johantges, 22, Bri Spot ind. Joseph C. Ferrell, 34, of 15 . Capitol; Vara M. Woolman, of 3101 N. Delaware. Wililam J. Smit 19, of 315 N. Euclid; Madonna J. Presneli, 18, of 551 8. Webster, : Dugger, 21, of 1732 Thaddeus; Lena J. Gainey, 20, of 812 Woodlawn pagers Ea Be 3, cot Ww Knight,” 48. New Albany,

e atherine Truma fein

Estate Boagd, Propert: Division, luncheon, Canaty Got

h J 0; Rut setts.

Ind.; Ind. 5 'E. Hanna; ._ 20, Box 83. : N Giney; Jrances , 27,.0f 1206 &, Sher: an 3 davada M. Long. 28, of 1206. 8. Sherman drive. 4 red H. us, 37, of 2604 N. Illinois; Margaret M. Valentine, 34, of 14i& Mar-

Le Snyder. 34, of 105° § Traub; por B a £1030 Se aeion , a1, of | a 3 a E. Barnhart, 18, { il bert. William Dixon, 3% % Wr & Audu

Ral wim ad; Beatrice Doolin, 23, of

d Audubon. : George J. Maer, B% Naval Armory; Ilene

. A, 6p. m. : Alumni Association, luilicheon, |Chest

n. Theta Tau, luncheon, Beville]

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1860 Gent;

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7T. of 816. Spruce; Darris L. Shaman, 31, of 1313 Bradbury. Eugene Fields, 23. ‘Mooresville, nd. ; Virginia ‘M. Zeigler, 22, Mooresville, Ind. ral V. Eagle, 28, of 920 N. abama; i E. West, 24, of 1311 E. Michigan.

ert E. L sylvania; Virgi

ichael Faker, 26, '

nn, 33, of G27 N. Penn a na R. Thorpe, 24, of 23 8. ester. Howard E. Peters, 32, of 1650 N, Temple; May E. Gosman, 28, Greenwood. : Stanley P. Fay. 25, of 6900 W .Washington; Wilma J. Donald, - 23, of 2235 College

John ‘Smith, 33, of 258 8. Arlington;

Esther Allison, 20, of 1332 'E. Ohio,

BIRTHS

Girls William, Marguerite Lancaster, at.St. | Francis. Thomas, Lucy Kesterson, at St. Francis. Donald, Margaret Hurst, at St. Vin-

cent’s. Hilery. Dolores. Pieper, at St. Vincent's. 8am, Dorathv Davis, at 8t. Vincent's. Ray, Mild ts, at Methodist. ‘Thad, Hazel Schoen, at Methodist. James, Myrtle Goad, at 920 E. 27th. Dayton, race Hatch, at 1325 Bellefonaine,

tai Jasper, Ma Alfred, Mary Pedersen, at St. Francis. Joseph, ‘Betty Carroll, at neis. Michael i Grad ae Ce Vincent’ : a . Vincent's. oi ph, ‘Marjorie Franklin, _at Ste Vina Frank, Henrietta Krahulik, at St. Vin-

ent’s. Autry, Pauline Billington, at Methodist. . Robert, Dorothy Johnson, ‘at 1521 epJoseph, Delma Frame, at 308 N. Ran-

‘Boys ry Purvis, at St. Francis.

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Andrew, Catherine Hayes, at 969 W, 32d.

DEATHS

Robert Powell, 54; at Veterans, pulmonary tuberculosis. . ladys Epstein, 47, at 25 W. 16th, chronic myocarditis. ! ¢ James Allison Houck, 81, at City, coronary occlusion. Charles H. Reed, 82, at 1429 Carrollton, cerebral hemorrhage. . George Biegler, 62, at 5738 Broadway, chronic nephritis. Matilda Swift, 61. at 636 Congress, carcinoma. . Emma Brinkmeyer, 82, at 3551 N, Metidian, influenza. Tillie Hoskill, 84, 2417 Kenwood, chronie

Tey Haywood, 77, at 8516 Balsam, nem. w menpg san aters. 71, at \ myocar a 8 odist, c ronic Lillian imonas; 57, at 821 Fowler, pulmonarv tuberculosis. ES =a ; Alice Rappold, 60, at 406 N. Pine, mitral Tegurgitation, esse J. Settle, 78, at. City, cerebral hemorrhage. : . 4 LA Grace, 4, at Long, fibrillary astroCarrie ‘Ransdell, 83, at 518 E. 10th, coronary clusion. . “ . ar unay, 46, at Central Indiana, general paralysis. . as Arnold, 76, at Methodist. arteriofolienry. Jarvis, 54, at Long, general periPhyllis Shrader. 4 months, at City, bron-

eventually isolated vitamin K, which |

has abandoned

Mr. Mason

thrust would be preliminary to a

Alexandria and Cairo from the west and Hitler was credited with preparing to drive through Turkey as a complementary move. The Germans and the Italians waited too long, however. They allowed the British to strengthen their North African forces sufficiently to overwhelm Marshal Graziani, while the Germans were held back by the winter weather and the confusions -in Rumania,

Picture Has Changed

Had the Germans got possession of eastern Greece last year, when an attack on Turkey might have been fruitful, they could have struck at Turkey simultaneously from the west and north. The outer Turkish defenses, called the Chakmak Line, runs northward from the Aegean mouth of the Maritza River, near the Greek frontier. Then it turns eastward near the Bulgarian frontier, passing through Kirk Kilisse and continues: to the Black Sea. The Chakmak Line might have crumbled in a short time under simultaneous blows from German forces in Greece and Bulgaria. However, there now is no major military reason why: the Fuehrer should hazard a. Turkish campaign extending 1000 miles to Suez. The Italians are no longer able to help him. Hence, the situation in Greece has changed, as far as.the Turks are concerned. If the Greeks refuse to make peace with Italy and it becomes necessary for the Germans to move through Bulgaria and attack the Greek eastern front, the operation will be essentially defensive. Its purpose will be to defend Mussolini and the Fascists against a drive in Italy to get out of the war.

Hitler Needs Duce’s Help

Apart from the moral effect of a possible separate peace being forced upon Italy by Great Britain, Hitler can ill afford from a practical standpoint to let Italy go. Italy’s military strength is no longer of use to the Fuehrer, but Mussolini’s navy still has some effectiveness. However reluctant the Italian warships are to offer battle, the fact of Italy's continued belligerency keeps a considerable part of the British ‘fleet permanently assigned tc the Mediterranean. The British must have preponderant sea strength there to safeguard their operations in North Africa and the freedom of ths Suez Canal. If Italy were to retire from the war, the British could remove numerous warships from the Mediterranean for further protection of their Atlantic shipping. This change in the conflict would work greatly to Germany's disadvantage and is the basic strategic reason why Hitler must do all he can to overcome the increase of peace sentiment in Italy.

. Greeks Have Done Part

Here is the primary key to understanding the present German policy in southeastern Europe. Hitler does not. want to create trouble there but he must take whatever steps are necessary to keep Italy from ending the war and releasing British warships from the Mediterranean. Whatever may happen to Greece in the near future, the Greeks already have made a great contribution to weakening the Axis. By resisting the Italians they have helped the British offensive in North Africa and have allowed the establishment of important new British air and naval bsaes in the eastern Mediterranean. These results cannot be overcome by anything the Germans may do in southeastern Europe. The part Greece has played and possibly may continue to play for a while, surely will be remembered and rewarded when Europe is at peace again, Yr

BUILDING COSTS OF ARMY INCREASING

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (U. P.).

| —The War Department has advised

Congress that hasty planning and rising material and labor prices have sent Army construction projects costs more than 50- per cent ahdve original estimates, reliable sources revealed today. This admission was made by the Army's’ High Command in recent secret sessions of the House Appropriations Committee during consideration of a $338,000,000° supplemental request from President Roosevelt to meet the problem of increased costs. informed quarters said the situation is being “brought into line,” however, as a result of recent reorganization of construction activities in the office of the quartermaster general. Previous organizational difficulties were said to have been among the factors contributing to higher costs. :

Marion County will be placed in the Ninth and 11th Congressional Districts under terms of the bill

‘| prepared by a majority of the House

Congressional Reapportionment Committee to be introduced in the House today." The State’s 12 districts are to be

{reduced to 11. due.to the shifts in

population recorded | by .the‘ 1940 Census. The present llth District, represented by Rep. ‘William Lar rabee {(D. Indianapolis) would be eliminated under terms of the bill. “The present 12th District becomes the new’11th and is composed ‘of Washington, Warren, Lawrence and Center Townships of Marion County. Pike, Wayne, Decatur, Perry and Franklin Townships would be added to the Ninth District. . Some committee members indi-. cated that amendments later may place more Marion County townships in the new 11th "District. ‘The First, Second, Third, Fourth

War Moves Today |

By J. W. T. MASON United Press War Expert

Germany is not stressing today the importance'f: of the new non-aggression agreement signed by Bulgaria and Turkey. The reason seems obvious, for the pact implies that the Turks now believe Hitler

previous plans: for an offensive

against the ‘Dardanelles for passage southward to] - Suez and Egypt. 3 When Ankara allowed reports to circulate last year that Turkey would fight to prevent German troops entering eastern Greece, it was understood that any such Teutonic

German offensive against Turkey.

At that tirne, Marshal Graziani was_ preparing. to move against

OUST SCHRICKER PLEA OPPOSED

Democrats . Cite Election Laws in Briefs Given ' To Committee.

Democratic legislators today presented their first legal briefs in an

effort to block a petition seeking to|

unseat Governor Henry Schricker. In a 10-minute executive session, the joint legislative committee investigating election frauds received the briefs and adjourned without action. The petition to oust the Governor

was filed in the House several weeks

ago by Virgil Whitacker, Hammond attorney, who charged that several hundred aliens had voted illegally in Lake County.

Claims All Votes Invalid

Mr. Whitacker, in his briefs also presented to the committee today, contended that under the law all votes in a precinct should be invalidated if any ballots were found to be illegal. . The Democratic briefs, presented by Rep. Winfield K. Denton (D. Evansville), minority floor leader, cited law to support the contention that only the ilegal votes can be thrown out. : “The law plainly states that if the number of illegal votes found are not sufficient to change the - election results the petition to contest the election is lost,” Rep. Denton said, " Plans Another Meeting

Senator ' Thurman Biddinger - (R. Marion), chairman of the .Committee, said “another executive meeting will be held in the next few days before .any. action is taken toward a public hearing of the evidence.” One Republican leader said that “go far as I am concerned, the con-

test case is about closed.”

DAUGHTERS ASK FATHER'S DEATH

Testify He Killed Fiance of One; ‘1 Never Loved Him,” Girl Says.

1.0S ANGELES, Feb. 18 (U. P.).— Frank Lucente’s two daughters charged today that he had murdered an unsuspecting and defenseless man, and should pay for his crime, ’ : Lucente, 48, a powerful, beetlebrowed cobbler, is being tried on charges of murdering Joe Villaneuva, 21, fiance of his elder daughter, Lillian. + Lillian, 17, described yesterday, as a state witness, the slaying of her sweetheart. : “We had gone to a party -and came home at 2 in the morning,” she said, avoiding her father’s glances. “Joe: lived next door and he parked the car in our garage: We started walking toward our

house. 2 Tells of Threats

“Just then, we saw my father’s car. We hadn't seen him in two months. Joe told me to go inside the house, that he would talk to father. I saw them talk. Joe had his hands in his pockets. My. father started to move away, and then he shot Joe.” She admitted .that her father couldn’t have known that she and Villaneuva were ‘ engaged, but she said that he ‘had always tried to keep her from seeing men, and had threatened to “fix” any he caught around -her. Lucente and his wife were estranged. ; She said he leaped into his automobile after the shooting, which occurred Dec. 8, and fled. Police arrested him several days later. Lillian’s sister, Evelyn, 15, told the same: story. - She said she saw the flash of the gun from ‘a front window of her home.

‘I Never Loved Him’

Defense Attorney Ralph Paonessa asked the.girls if they realized their testimony might send their father to the gas chamber.

“I never loved my father,” Lillian pve

said,” slowly and deliberately. = “He has brought us nothing but trouble and he will have to pay for what he has done.” i

County Put in 9th and 11h Districts Under House Bill

Seventh- District, which would lose li

Johnson County. The Eighth District would get Clark County but lose Pike County. Franklin and Hancock Counties would be added to the Tenth Diset. : Besides adding part. of M County, the Ninth District would include Johnson, . but would lose Clark County. : “We've tried to make as few changes as possible in redistricting the State.” said. Rep. Howard Hiestand (R. 'Kentland), - committee chairman. p20 la “The Committee spent consider-

able time accumulating data-as to|Bosto the new census. The average’ popu- | Gincin: district has been | Cle maintained ‘at 312,000'as nearly as|podg

lation of each

possible. :

“Tt. never has been possible for a |

Congressional Reapportionment

Committee to satisfy all. It is a|ipamiy

matter of give and take with the general ‘welfare of the “State ‘the

prime consideration.” - Mr, Hiestand pointed out the bill

See TIS TN

appointed quite a few of his legislative stalwarts to State jobs as a reward for their .faithful and : obedient . service in the 1933 Assembly and later ones. This, they will claim, proves that it can be done. : However, if they will take another look at that much-““thumbed-over - Constitution, they will sée that no legislator can be appointed to a post created by the Assembly of which he is a member. * Now, under Mr. McNutt, jobs. to which - the loyal legislators were appointed were not created by the ‘Assembly—just the appointive ‘powers to old jobs were handed over to the Governor. But ‘under the Republican program, practically all of the offices are abolished .and recreated by the “big ripper” bill. And since. the jobs thus are.created by the Assembly, members of this Assembly are aot. eligible for appointment to them under one interpretation of the Constitution. Just another job for the “seven best legal minds” to figure out if everyone is to continue as one big

"happy family. s

Enact, Then Amend Law

\ DESPITE the Republican steer‘ing committee’s oft-repeated claim that “there will be no hiatus” when the ‘big ripper’ goes into effect, the G. O. P. has decided to do something about Governor Schricker’s objections. At 2:30 p. m. yesterday, -the keystone “decentralization” bill, setting up four boards to run the State Government, became a law without the Governor’s signature. At 2:55, the Republicans moved to amend it with a new bill which ‘strikes out the April 30 “firing” of all employees and leaves the dismissals up to the boards, but not later than May 31. So far as we can learn, this is

found it necessary to amend a law passed at the same session. Both previous occasions were in

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What's In a Name?

FOR SOME time now according to Senator E. R. Conroy (D. Hammond), residents of East Chicago -have .betn wishing their metropolis had, some other name. “They feel there: are too many Chicagos, the Senator says. There is Chicago, East Chicago. and South Chicago. So, with the interests of his constitutents at heart, Senator Conroy has been pushing a bill through the Senate to permit a ‘City Council to change the name of a city upon a petition signed by 500 voters. Yesterday the Senate sent his bill to the House by a vote of 43 to 0. Senator Conroy says he doesn't know what name will be chosen. ” ” ”

Dawson Eyes 1944

CHARLES M. DAWSON, who made the leap from township trustee to what the House Majority Leader calls “the leader of my party” in one deep breath, has his eyes on the 1944’ Governor nomination. ' Quite a few other Republicans, - including Senator william E. Jenner, have the same idea. - © It is significant that Mr. Dawson, who told newspapermen back in November (in answer to a direct question) that “it looks like your Lieutenant Governor” is top ‘man under the G. O. P. “decen_tralization” program, was the Republican .chosen by the Claypool crowd to tell Mr. Schricker “no compromise.” : If the Republican program colJapses, Mr, Dawson gets buried in the heap. If it succeeds, Mr. ‘Jenner and his; crowd still will ride on top and Mr. Dawson will still be playing second fiddle. ’ ” tJ »

Probe All But Forgotten

TWO YEARS ago, Rep. H. H. Evans (R. New Castle) headed a committee set up by the Republican House to investigate State government under the Democrats. In answer to Democratic prod‘dings yesterday, Mr. Evans promised from the floor to report soon on his almost-forgotten probe. «we couldn’t get money from anywhere,” he said in an interview. “No appropriation was provided in the bill, We couldn't get

"OFFICIAL WEATHER

| ______U. 8 Weather Breas eee

LIS FORECAST: Fair and TU tonight with lowest tem-

ture 5 to.10 degrees; tomorrow partly y and continued eold. :

~Feb. 18, 1940— eee 3611 Po Ms seein

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‘Precipitation 24 hrs endin etal precipitatio since Deficiency since Jan. 1

: WEST WEATHER : Indiana—Pair, colder in extreme south

jortion tonight: tomorrow generally {air

: Pp ing cloudiness In ow partly. cloudy 0 co. 0 3 0 cloudy: some light snow Rh extremg south

ion. p wer Michigan—Partly cloudy, colder if extreme northeast portion tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy, snow flurries in extreme north portion; continued cold. hio—Fair in west and south portions and snow flurries in northeast portion; continued cold tonight; tomorrow fair. Kentucky—Increasin clondiness followed by snow or rain in extreme west ight and in central and west ons tomorrow; colder in southeast rtion tonight; slowly rising temperature central and west portions tomorrow.

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A.M. Stations

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IT MAY SHOCK some of our legislators who have had their eyes (encouraged by the high command’s promises) on such lucrative jobs as state purchasing agent, agriculture commissioner, conservative director, printing bureau head, etc., that under our current -best-seller, ‘the Indiana Constitution, they probably won’t be eligible for the jobs. , Perhaps they will point out that former Governor Paul V. McNutt

: amended “and its backers are op-

SPAIN, NOT FOR U. S.

the third time the Legislature has :

it from the Governor. We couldn’t get-it from the Republican State Committee.” _ He charged that the new invesigation .could. get ho further and “amounts to nothing more than a soft interim job for a few investigators who could spend $100,000 if they could get it.”

Governor Schricker has 18 bills on his desk. At least four are “rippers.” The others have a fair chance of getting his o. k. . . . ‘At least one poor fish may get a ‘break from the Legislature. The Senate voted yesterday to- make May 1 to June 15 a closed season on catfish. . The Juvenile “Court bill sponsored by the Child Welfare Association finally has reached the ‘House : floor heavily

“timistic about its chances. . . . That big “mutilation” scandal in the Senate involving a bill which had been scribbled on by: pencil and ink turned out to be a case of free-hand proof-reading by a printer. . . .

CUDAHY ON WAY TO

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Feb. 18 (U. P.).—John Cudahy, former ambassador to Belgium, is en route to Europe aboard the American Export Liner Excalibur, it was learned when the ship docked here yesterday afternoon. He was secretive about his trip, saying, “I'll be gone three months. I am going to Madrid but I cannot tell you where I am going from there. I am not going on United States Government business.” Dr. James B. Conant, Harvard University president, on a mission to Great Britain to obtain scientific information for U. S. defense inspected the zone leased to the U. S. as a defense base. With him were Frederick L. Hovde and Carroll L.

SENATE pS. C. ‘RIPPER’

|Goes to House for Approval |

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PASSES

Of Minor Changes as ‘Democrats Protest. |

"Another G. O. P. “decentraliza« tion” ‘bill was nearly ready to be sent to Governor Henry Schricker today, after the Senate passed the House-approved bill to give Repubs . licans control of the Public Service Commission. ' , The Senate wrote in some amend« ments which must be approved by the House before the Governor res ceives the bill. : g

measure was passed by a vote of 29 to 18. Senator Roger Phillips (D. New Albany), minority floor leader, said: *

“We had hoped that the ripper bills ‘had ripped and you fellows were all

I can say. I have covered the sub=

hoped that sooner or later, I might convert some of you fellows by my *. orations.”

Three on Board

Senator Herman C. Pell (R. Brazil) asked Mr. Phillips if he thought the Public Service bill was unconstitutional. Mr. Phillips re« plied: “Without a doubt, Senator, . but I rest my case.” a

ant Governor Charles Dawson and

latter two Republicans. The come’ mission members are now appointed by the Governor. ; "The Senate yesterday passed, by

jon County Municipal Court costs

from $10 to $5. ; Increased Revenue Seen |~

Senator Harry O. Chamberlin (Ra" Indianapolis) said that it was bee lieved that the reduction of court costs would result in increased revs

since judges would be inclined to levy costs against defendants. ) Among nine other measyres. passed to the House by the Senate was one placing a closed season on*

Wilson.

Strauss Says:

DEAR SIR: BETTER SATISFIED WITH A

WE MEAN the new SUITS and TOPCOATS for Spring!

We mean even

ever before!

COVERT and

19.15

Worsteds and fabrics at

19.76

SUITS at

catfish from May 1 to June 15.

NOULL BE

deeper

satisfaction than

You should see the

WOOL-

AND-CAMEL TOPCOATS

~The PLAID and ; ‘STRIPE SUITS, the new

rough

and the GABARDINE

ject of rippers from A to Z. I had !

Despite minority objections, the

through. I don’t know what more

enues to the City of Indianapolis @

State Treasurer James Givens, the. ' |

a vote of 43 to 1, a bill to cut Mare he