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Eka PRICE THREE CENTS * VOLUME 52--NUMBER 299 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1941 Entered as Second-Class Matter ;

Tech, Decatur Central, Both Champs, Meet In 1st Round

WAGE BATTLE FOR AIR FRONTIER loca: SECTOM SCHED BRITISH BEAT OFF ‘TEST

Guse rw. THURSDAY, FEB. 27 ATTACK RY NAZI PLANES: | rr REICH MARSHAL IN SOFIA

1. 7:00—Southport and Manual Training (1-2) ae ’ A

2. 8:00—Decatur Central and Technical Seton Here is Pattern for! Mediterranean Mines ~

3. 9:00—Castleton and New Augusta Am FRIDAY, FEB. 28 (3-1) By J. E. O'BRIEN . . (1-2) Technical and. Decatur Central, Nazi Entry Into Box In Fascists; Bulgaria. Giumbo Falls.

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MANUAL FACES SOUTHPORT IN 1ST TILT HERE

Shirley's Growing Up

Officials (1-2) (2-3) (3-1)

(1-2) (2-3) (3-1) P.M. : 2:00—Washington and Speedway 3:00—Howe and Franklin Township 4:00—Winners Games 1 and 2 7:00—Winners Games 3 and 4 8:00— Winners Games 5 and 6 9:00—Winners Games 7 and 8

7. 8. 9. 10. 11, 12.

4. 9:00—Lawrence' and Shortridge 5. 10:00—Warren Central and Broad Ripple 6. 11:00—Beech Grove and Ben Davis (2-3) city and Marion County champions (3-1) respectively, will meet in the first round of the Indianapolis section-

P.M

-13, 14. 15. Officials (1) Raymond Hobbs; (2)

(Complete Tournament Pairings, Page 11)

SATURDAY, MARCH 1 1:30—Winners Games 9 and 10 2:30—Winners Games 11 and 12 8:00—Winners Games 13 and 14

(1-2) (2-3) (3-1)

Aaron Belcher; (3) Cecil Tharp.

"HOUSE IS SPANKED BY SPEAKER KNAPP

Wonders ‘Where We're Heading’ as 29 Bills Tumble Into Hopper at Deadline.

(The, Hopper, Other Legislature News, Page Three)

The House received an

James Knapp today.as the Representatives. tossed 29 additional bills in the hopper, which already contained 648 pro-

posed act. This is a new high

Assembly. : Today's session, which adjourned until 10 a. m. Monday, was the last day in which bills could be introduced with"out the unanimous consent of

the House. : Speaker Knapp, with the admonition, “I wonder just where we are going,” pointed out that of the first 648 bills, 117 called for an increase in the cost of government, while only 14 would decrease the

ost. . Two Have Passed

Of these 14 bills, he said, two have passed the House, six are in committee, one has been indefinitely postponed, two are ready for second .reading, and three are ready for third reading. The total amount of specific appropriations called for in introduced bills is $2,027,996, he added. “1 don’t know if this is a good report or nct,” he said “but I wonder where we are heading.” Among hills introduced today was one which would authorize counties of 300,000 population or more to appoint one or more investigators and to fix the amount of their salaries. A bill also was introduced by Rep. Glenn Slenker (R. Monticello) which would place a license fee on the sale of all soft drinks jn the state. ) Printing Survey Urged The fee would be oné half of one per cent per one half pint or fraction thereof. Funds collected would be used for assistance to the aged, blind, dependent and crippled chil- © dren and child health and welfare. . A House resolution was introduced by Rep. John Kendall (R. Hendricks) calling for an investigation of the State Printing Board which would include a sttidy of all contracts let by the Board; the relative cost of printing in relation to private companies; and a survey of the cost of printing over a period of the last 10 years.

SILLY, CHILLY, WILLY-NILLY CHANUTE, Kas., Feb. 22 (U. P.). Bill Owens, star basketball player, who has a room-work arrangement with the Fire Department, snapped into his high rubber boots, heavy bunker coat and hat and grabbed the truck as it roared off to an ala'm. He felt chilly, then silly— he'd forgotten his pants.

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80P SCUTTLES

Party Chiefs to Push 3%! Sales Levy Bill; Retailers’ Relief Pushed.

COMBINED TAX,

al,’ pairings for the 30th annual state high school basketball tournament revealed today. It will be the second straight year the two

teams| have been matched. Drawings for the annual Hoosier event were made late yesterday and released - today. A total of 777 teams, two more than in 1940, will bid for the coveted state title now held by Hammond Tech. Play in the sectional centers will begin| Thursday evening, and Tech will meet the strong Hawks in the second game at the Tech gym. The opening game pairs Southport against Manual. In the third night attraction Castleton tangles with New | Augusta.

| Devils Face Lawrence

- Defending its sectional title, Shoriricige will open play at 9 a. m. Friday against Lawrence. Warren Central meets Broad Ripple an bour| later, and Beech Grove and Ben Davis match baskets beginning at 11 a. m. In | Friday afternoon’s first-round games, the W ton Continent= als play Speedway and Howe, in the local. meet for. the first 2, en gages the Franklin dark. horses. Oaklandon, 17th teal in Marion County, will play in the Cireenfield center this year, At Anderson, Coach Archie ’hatdd’s strong Indians are expected to meet Lapel in the second round. It was. a year ago that Lapel surprised the: Indians and went rolling on to the Fieldhouse. Champions Face Horace Mann | The “breaks” of the draw in the cut-throat ' Evansville and Ft. Wajne centers went to Central and) North Side, respectively. At the Pocket City Bosse and Reitz

{likely will tangle in the. second (round, while the Ft. Wayne pair-

ings match Central.and South Side

By WILLIAM CRABB The Republican State Committee has vetoed the proposal of legislative leaders for a combined gross- | sales tax and will push its original 3 per cent sales tax bill, it was learned today. At the same time, the Senate was | to advance toward final passage the | House-approved measure to reduce the gross income tax rate for retailers from 1 per cent to 2 of I per cent. This latter action will be taker as a “safety measure” because the sales tax bill contains a repeal of the gross income tax law and if something should happen to it, the retailers still would be left with | their present 1 per cent rate,

Pulling Opposite Ways

However, the feeling that “any: thing could happen” before th | financial fog has lifted was ex: | pressed by several Republican lead: ers. : “We're just pulling in opposite directions,” one said. { Another was of the opinion that before anything is done to raise more revenue the $105,000,000 Stats budget should be slashed “ang slashed hard.” The state is faced with a deficit estimated at between $8,000,000 and $15,000,000 by June 30, 1943, aril the G. O. P. majority in the Législature has been grappling with the problem ever since the budget hills were introduced several weeks ag. The House Ways and Means Committee has just started its preliminary study of the budget bills.

Bill to Be Revamped

A 3 per cent sales tax bill is pending in this committee hut G. O. P. leaders are planning to “revamp” it before advancing it towards passage. . Farm and labor organizations have pledged a “finish fight” against the proposal even to tae staging of a ‘“‘demonstration” in the. State House similar to that of {vo years ago when 10,000 farmers siiccessfully: fought a reduction in the retailers’ gross income tax rate. Republican leaders may attempt to counter this move with a public hearing of their own calling some-

REPORT PETAIN VERY ILL

LONDON, Feb. 22 (U. P).—| French circles in London heard today that Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, French chief of state; is se riously ill. ? According to the informa ion

in the opening round. Franklin and Greenwood, rivals in the former’s center, are expected to me¢t in the final game. Moved into the] Gary sectional this year, Hammond Tech’s defending state champions have to open against Horace Mann, while Jasper and Hunting(Continued on Page 11)

REVOKES ORDER OR “PROVING GROUNDS

U. S. Aid Reveals Cut in McCord, Abstract Fees.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (U. P.). —Assistant Attorney General Norman Littell today said that he has revoked a previous order delaying acquisition of 60,000 acres of land in| southern Indiana for the Madison proving ground. Mr. Littell, in charge of the Justice Department's land division, seid the approval was given after reduction in what he termed “exorbitant” charges for commissions and title abstracts. “I stopped approval of the titles on the proving ground in southern Indiana because of an exorbitant real estate commission of 612 per cent figured by a method not deemed proper and because of exorbitant title charges which began a: a $50 minimum for a 20-acre tract and were staggered to $820 for a 3200-acre tract,” he said: { His approval was given the transaction, Mr. Littell said, after the War Department had advised Him of a “complete readjustment” of commission and abstract charges. | The commission of Paul Mc(ord, Indianapolis realtor, was reduced to 3% per cent and the abgtract charges were reduced to $50 r title certificate, regardless of ihe size of the tract. | The 60,000 acres are in 600 tracts and the total price is estimated at $3,000,000.

NAZIS CLAIM BRITISH SHIP FLEW U. S. FLAG

| BERLIN, Feb. 22 (U. P.).—The Nazi High Command charged today

ithat a German surface raider had

discovered a British freighter in the Indian Ocean which was flying a United States flag and carried the Stars and Stripes painted on both sides.

reaching London, Petain may

forced to undergo an operation ion. He will be 85 April 24. - :

be the Nazi raider.

The vessel, identified as the Canadian cruiser, 7178 tons, was sunk by

Thomas Spear, known as the most ing the school.

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pass this bill.”

nation should face the issue of war

WILLKIE RESTS AT RUSHVILLE

Ex-Candidate Says Talk About 1944 Meaningless; Sees Farms.

Wendell Willkie was back home in Indiana again today, resting and thinking.

From what he said when he arrived at the Indianapolis Airport yesterday, he is going to do more resting than thinking. His wife said he was tired. He looked tired. But he was much more debonair than in those wild days when he was waving :to cheering thousands during the Presidential campaign. His shirt was unruffled. His tie was straight. His hat was blocked. His heavy blue coat hung well on him. One of the first questions was: “What about 1944?” “It’s just meaningless to talk about that now,” he said, and turned away from the reporter. On the question of his proposed trip to China, he said he probably will not go. “I'm just going home for a couple of days,” he smiled. “We'll take a look at the farms. And we're going to have a little family reunion Saturday night. “My brothers and I will get together and talk a little bit.” ‘The reunion will take place at the home of Mrs. Cora Wilk, Mrs. Willkie’s mother. His brothers are Ed, of LaGrange, and Fred and Robert of Louisville, Ky. Mr. Willkie was riding backwards x (Continued on Page Two)

Unless Prepared for War,

WASHINGTON, Feh. 22 (U. P.)—Senator Robert A. arguing against the Administration’s British aid bill, contended today that “unless we are prepared to declare war ourselves, we should not

Shirley Temple, the guest of honor at a formal cotillion given by the California Military Academy at Los Angeles, stéps out on the dance floor with her proud escort of the evening, Cadet Sergeant

handsome of the 225 boys attend-

Shirley, who recently came out of “retirement” to sign a new contract, acted like any ordinary girl of her age through-

BGA vA >

Taft: (R. 0),

Senator Taft told the Senate that the “time has come when the

and openly debate it.” Senator Arthur Capper (R. Kas.), opened the sixth day of general debate on the measure by assailing it as a “fantastic, bombastic nightmare” to give President Roosevelt “complete war making powers and trol of our domestic economy.” fr. Taft said “let us mot drift into. war by mistake, and find later that a majority of the people were fooled into a course .of action, the end of which they did not understand. That is not the democratic way; nor is it the way to win a war.” . Taking issue with President Roosevelt and Wendell L. Willkie, who beat him for the Republican Presidential nomination last year and who now supports the Administration bill, Senator Taft pleaded for enactment of his substitute bill which would make outright dollar credits of $1,500,000,000 available to ‘Britain, $500,000,000 to Canada, and $50,000,000 to Greece. He said that the powers contained in the Administration measure would put Mr. Roosevelt “in a position where he can run the war . « « The British could hardly plan an expedition in Africa or in the Balkans without obtaining the permission of the President and the materials necessary for such an expedition.” “Peace in America is the only hope of the world,” Taft said. “I (Continued on Page Two)

BILL WOULD RAISE CITY JUDGES’ PAY

A salary raise of ‘$1000 a year is proposed for the Municipal Court judges of Indianapdlis in a bill introduced in the Senate today by the Marion County delegation. It provides an increase from $5000 to $6000 and also would raise the maximum pay for bailiffs in the two civil branches from $1500 to $2000 a year. The bill is sponsored by Mu-

nicipal Judge Louis Weiland.

By GEORGE WELLER

‘ne Indi lis Ti Cop to Chicago Daily News, Inc. SOFIA, Feb. 22.—The machinery of ‘German invasion, well-oiled with the co-operation of the Bulgarian military and‘police authorities, was

_|cranked up today when high diplo-

matic authorities revealed that Field -Marshal Siegmund Wilhelm von List, one of Poland's conquerors, had arrived in Sofia incognito. Simultaneously, the first steps were taken to eliminate anti-Ger-man elements in the population and to protect the capitaly against the British air raids which are considered a probable result of the unopposed German entrance.

20 Already Arrested

The police placed under protective arrest between 20 and 30 agrarian leaders who are known to be opposed to Germany's giant fac-tory-farm plans for the Balkans and who are suspected of British sympathies. Anti-aerial batteries on the roof of the National Bank in midtown

Sofia were reinforced.

From a source hitherto found reing invasion, intended to direct the motorcycle and truck drivers now encamped along the Danube, have been prepared in one of the numberless German offices and workshops of official or semi-official character near Sofia.

Special Line for Nazis

Such signs appeared magically throughout Rumania at the time of the entrance of the German “troops of instruction.” They tell drivers where sand piles can be found to help out ditched trucks and motorcycles, where hospitals are to be found, where the German sub-head-quarters (whose military character is revealed only at the moment of invasion) are to be located. The German headquarters in this area is at Pleven, and it has independent telephonic contact with the chief headquarters of Bucharest by a cable crossing the Danube near Swischtow. Connection between the various German listening posts is maintained by radio and the German military attache makes use of a fast bi-motored plane, with a private license, to link up the various (Continued on Page Two)

HONOR WASHINGTON IN PARTIAL HOLIDAY

Banks, Some Public Offices Close for Day.

Indianapolis today observed a partial holiday in commemoration of the 209th anniversary of the birth of George Washington. Banks, City Hall, the Court House and most offices in the Federal Building were closed. The parcel post and special delivery sections of the Postoffice remained open and the general delivery window was open until noon. Most State House offices remained open until noon. From 9 a. m. until 5 p. m., American Legion posts conducted registration of veterans for national de-

fense. \

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (U. P.). —Both proponents and opponents of the Lend-Lease Bill found reason to believe today that George Washington, were he alive, would support their positions. The Senate interrupted the historic debate on the bill today for the annual reading of Washington's “Farewell Address” as its birthday tribute to the first President. The address was read by an ardent advocate of British aid— Senator Wallace H. White Jr. (R. Me.), but he was picked for the job long ago by Vice President Henry A. Wallace. » Senator Bennett C. Clark. (D. Mo.), isolationist opponent of the bill, said Washington's address was “the best argument that. could be made against the bill.” Majority

Leader Alben W. Barkley (D. Ky.)

said that opponents were ‘going to try to use old George to blitz krieg us today.” Proponents found their comfort in this section of the farewell address: “Taking care always to keep ourselves by suitable establishmen on a suitable defensive posture, we may safely trust to sliances for extraordinary emergenes.” The opponents advanced this section of the same address: “The nation which indulges toward another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. “The nation, prompted by ill-will and resentment, sometimes impels to war the Government, contrary to the bést calculations. .of policy. The Government sometimes participates

ows

Senate Proponents, Foes of Lease-Lend Bill Quote Washington to Bolster Positions

in the national propensity, and adopts through passion what reason would reject. . . . “Sympathy for the favorite natian, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest, in cases where no real common interest

ts, | exists, and infusing into one the en-

mities of the other, betrays the former intb a participation in the quarrels’ and wars of the latter, without adequate inducements or justifications. It leads also to concessions, to the favorite nation, of privileges denied to others, which is apt doubly to injure the nation making the concessions, by unnecessarily parting with what ought to have been retained, and be exciting jealousy, ill-will, and a disposition to retaliate in the parties from whom equal privileges are with- : 3 {

held.”

signs for the com-

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Marshal List . . , Nazi advance "agent in Bulgaria.

VICHY REJECTS JAPAN'S TERMS

ArIStics ~ Nearly “Over: Chinese Communists Get Chiang Plea.

By UNITED PRESS With less than 72 hours remaining until the end of the armistice in the Indo-China-Thailand conflict, the French Government at Vichy today was reported to have flatly rejected a’ ‘“‘compromise” Japanese peace, proposal. The whole Far East was tense. German Ambassador. Eugen Ott was said to have made verbal representations to the Foreign Office at Tokyo against alleged Japanese war mediation offers and United States Ambassador Joseph C. Grew conferred with ,Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka on the whole Oriental crisis. At a moment when speculation was mounting over the possibility of a Russo-Japanese non-aggression pact, the Chinese Government at Chungking charged the entire Chinese Communist Army with disobedience. A new outbreak of hostilities betwsen Indo-China and Thailand was feared wnaen a dispatch from Vichy reported that the ministerial council had 1i:cided the Japanese peace proposal was wholly unacceptable because it -would have given Thailand considerably more Indo-China territory than Thailand ever demanded. Thirty Japanese warships were reported sighted in the Gulf of Siam. No information was given out in Tokyo regarding the subject of the Matsuoka-Grew conversations. It was said, however, that Ott reflected German resentment against Matsuoka's letter to British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden proffering the services of Japan as mediator. The Germans were understood to have believed that the Japanese had blundered in technique and that the results might have been different if Matsuoka had been more adroit. The Japanese Parliament has demanded a statement from Matsuoka, which is to be made Monday, explaining the letter,

RETIREMENT FOR NICHOLSON SEEN

Boal, Career Diplomat, Is Named Successor.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (U. P.).— Diplomatic circles today interpreted the appointment of Pierre de Lagarde Boal, foreign service career man, to be U. S. Minister to Nicaragua as indicating the retirem of Meredith Nicholson,

Mr. Nicholson, who was appointed Minister to Nicaragua in 1938, was understood to have submitted his resignation in accordance ‘with custom when President Roosevelt was inaugurated for a third term. Appointment of Mr. Boal to the post was taken to indicate that the resignation was being accepted. Mr. Boal, present counsellor of the Embassy in Mexico City, has been in the diplomatic service in Europe

and Latin America since just after the World War.

By HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Foreign News Writer

The Royal Air Force turned back the Nazi Luftwaffe toe day over the southeast coast of England in a great day light air fight whieh the Lone: don press called the opening phase of “The Battle for the Air Frontier.” At times, coastal observers said, the air seemed to be “black with aircraft” with British and German planes tangling in dog fights at alti tudes of 20,000 to 25,000 feet,

The biggest day in the air war since the tense days of last August and September also was a day with other important developments: 1. The British Admiralty ane nounced the laying of t mine fields designed to box in Italy and

novelist, from the diplomatic service.)

isia or by which the Italians might ; escape from Tripoli. Giumbo Is Captured

a Istanbul reported that, Anthony en, now in Cairo, and Gen. Sir John Dill, chief of the Imperial General Staff, would go to Ankara and pose ; sibly Athens and Belgrade. ' The Turks indicated there might be an attempt to set up a Balkan alliance of Jugoslavia, Greece and Turkey to oppose Nazi penetration of the Bale , kans. 3. A South African war communie que announced. capture of Giumbeo, ' at the mouth of the Juba River on the Indian Ocean in Italina Somaliland; 25 miles from Chisimaio, which fell last Saturday. 4. The British indicated that they

into Bulgaria to take place shortly and reports from Sofia seemed to confirm the imminence of the Nazi - move. Watch Smoke Screen

London press comment indicated belief that Nazi air operations today were intended to test out Britain's fighter defenses in preparation for the spring offensive. British planes raked the French invasion coast in big “sweep” opera« tions and apparently the Luftwaffe attempted with little success to try the same tactics on the British coast. At one point in the battle small German boats were observed busily (Continued on Page Two)

ITALY’S KING, QUEEN VISIT SICK ALFONSO

ROME, Feb. 22 (U. P.).—King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helen of Italy visited ex-King Alfonso of Spain’s sick room tonight, staying only a few moments because of his grave condition.

LONDON, Feb. 22 (U. P)—A broadcast by the Vichy radio heard here tonight said that ex-King Ale fonso of Spain had died in Rome,

SLICK WEEK-END FOR ICE SKATERS

LOCAL TEMPERATURES 6a.m. ,...16 0a m..,...14 7am ....12 lla. m....15 8a.m. ....12 12 (noon) .. 18 9a.m. .... 14 1pm .... 22

This skating bysiness can go on over the week-end, according to the Weather Bureau's prediction of not much change in temperature. Lake Sullivan, Garfield Park and South Grove ice probably will be full toe : night and tomorrow. Today's temperatures were slightly lower than yesterday's. Fair skies are predicted for tonight and tomore w.

KING RECEIVES WARNER LONDON, Feb. 22 (U. P.).—Kin George VI today granted audiene to an American Legion mission which has been studying civilian defense methods in England. The mission, headed by National Com= mander Milo J. Warner, included Maj. Gen. Frank Parker, U. 8S. Ret., Past National na Franklin D'Olier and J. 8.

aid to Mr, Warner,

cut possible routes by which bane )

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(Today's War Moves, Page Three)

British Foreign Secretary,

expected the open German entry