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THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1941

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WARWICK, England (by wireless).—This is a small and ancient city on the banks of the River Avon. It is just 10 miles from Stratford-on-Avon, the immortal home of Shakespeare. ! I ducked in here for a week-end in the hope of writing some ageless literature while under the spell of Shakespeare. But the hotel thought we were still living in Shakespeare's time, and consequently I spent the week-end in bed with a hot-water bottle. If you mention the word heat around here they report you to the police as a suspicious character. : After breakfast I fled outdoors and walked around town for an hour just to get warmed up. Motor travelers were passing through town, and within 10 minutes two cars pulled alongside me to ask directions. One driver wanted to know how to get to Stratford. The other asked the way to Kenilworth. Naturally I didn’t know, so I merely replied, “Brother, I've even forgotten the way to New York.” In each case the motorist drove quickly on, looking back as though he thought I was touched in the head, and possibly even subversive,

Some Odds and Ends

Being too cold to think, I thought I would just put down a few tag ends of the last few weeks, which I found on my cuff. For one thing, here is a little item about the old tradition that Scotsmen are so tight. Well, back in November the Government sent out a frantic call for

all citizens to turn in binoculars, as they were needed_ , in the armed forces. You could donate, lend or sell ‘

them to the Government. And up to date the proportion of binoculars donated outright to the Government is just three times as great in Scotland as in England!

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Of the various things I brought with me from America the wisest of all was a pair of galoshes. I have worn them almost constantly for the past month, and I think I would be dead without them. For some reason they don’t have galoshes in England. I'll bet 30 different people have commented on my pair and said they wished they could get some.

Inside Indianapolis (4nd “Our Town”)

WE WISH TO BE the first to report that Joe Copps, a standout specialty among the spielers, is expected back in town April 1 to start whooping it up for the 500-Mile Race. And so thus we scoop Mr. Copps in getting out the first publicity on a publicity man. We predict: 1. Mr. Copps will be wearing a heavy coat of Florida suntan. 2. That he will be enthusiastic about the 1941 Sweepstakes. 3. And that most of the local papers, us included, will do a feature story on his arrival. Now, how’s that for getting in there and helping out, Mr. Copps?

Anybody Got a Snake?

IF YOU ARE “in possession of a fair-sized snake with commendable deportment and can per-

~ suade it to co-operate with you in performing some

sort of an act, there may be a place for you in the entertainment business. According to Henry J. Burton of the Burton Theatrical Entertainment Service, an agency of 23 years’ standing here, the last snake charmer to work these parts enjoyed splendid bookings. The charmer was a girl, the snake was a python and they got along very well. (You may have noticed heg- picture out front of the darkened Keith's Theater.) : Whether snake charmers, in some devious way, put their partners in a state of lethargy before “going on,” Mr. Burton is not sure. “They say they don’t.” And that’s as far as he would go. As for the entertainment business in general, the portly booker reports it’s like a lot of others now. It’s better, The biggest recent demand is for dancers

Washington

. WASHINGTON, March 6.—It is hard to understand those opponents of the Administration who at this late date continue to obstruct and delay and to whip up public mistrust of efforts to help England fight off the Nazi hand of terror. Everyone has had full opportunity to speak. The majority, no less than the minority; has insisted that all should be heard. The Lend-Lease Bill was introduced in the House Jan. 10. Full hearings have been held in both houses, Opponents were given full opportunity to state their views. Senate debate has been going on since Feb. 17. No one has been prevented from speaking. But ¥ every effort to extend working hours in the Senate in order to bring about a vote has been opposed by the handful of opponents with threats that they would talk indefinitely. They have put democratic methods to a severe test. It is to the high credit of the majority that it has insisted upon the right of the minority to full debate. But the minority is taking advantage of that loyalty to democratic methods, to delay a decision.

Unmoved by Terrorism

While they go on talking in the Senate, Hitler goes on pulling more countries under his blanket of night. The minority talks a good deal about its love of democracy yet it fiddles unmoved by the sight of terrorism rolling on in Europe. It is not showing the least interest in helping to put war materials quickly in the hands of the only people in Europe that is standing up in defense of its own freedom. Press dispatches report that German authorities have forbidden the American Minister to Rumania, Franklin Mott Gunther, to leave Bucharest although

‘Rumanian authorities granted such permission. Re-

strictions have been placed upon American diplomatic representatives in Italy, Those are only samples. The

My Day

WASHINGTON, Wednesday.—I had a most interesting tea party yesterday afternoon with the group of South American students who have been visiting this country, and for whom Dr. Stephen Duggan made all the arrangements. The major part of their time has been spent at the University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, and they seem to have derived a great deal of intergst from their visit to this ¢ounry. Most of these young people spoke English and I felt ashamed all over again of my lack of ability to speak Spanish. In some cases, it was evidently an effort for these young people and those accompanying them, to express themselves. Still, they valiantly tackled our difficult language and said what they wanted to say. I had arranged for tea and afterwards for a short meeting, at which we had an exhibition of work done by WPA and NYA agencies. The students showed great interest in the various things that were made on the art and production projects and seemed to appreciate the WPA quartet which played for us. I think I signed at least one card for every one of them before they left, so evidently the autograph habit is as prevalent in South America as it is here. Last evening, a group of people, some of them government departments, some of pen from

By Ernie Pyle

There is & saying all over England that the safest place to be during a raid is in a church spire, and I am beginning to believe it. I have seen dozens of wrecked cliurches but I don’t remember one whose steeple wasn't still standing.

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I haven't heard a. warning siren since leaving London, but people tell me the sirens sound exactly the same all over Britain. ” o ®

A very friendly lady who has donated her car and her driving services to the Government drove me down here from Birmingham. There are thousands of such women in Britain. This particular one was a Mrs. Malty, and I mention it because she has a sister named Mrs. James Cruse who lives at 916 Logan St. in Denver,

“German War No. 2”

In Britain you never hear the war of 1914-18 spoken of as the World War. They always say “the last war.” The other day a newspaper proposed that we call the last one “German War 1, and this one German War 2, and just keep on numbering them int the future until we run out of numbers.” ” ” ”

England likes to tell jokes on the regimented minds of its civil-service employees. They say this one is actually true. In order to get onto an R. A. F. station you have to have a special pass, which is usually a small slip of pink paper. So the other day a girl of the Wornen’s Auxiliary Air Force received an order from Whitehall which said, “Report to R. A. F. station such-angi-such at 10 a. m. and show your pink form.” 2 » ”

If it weren't for the soldiers on the streets and the one! lurnp of sugar for your coffee, it would be hard to rezlize a war was on when you. visit many of England’s small cities and towns which have never known the crunch of a bomb. In the provinces, policemen still wear the famous fore-and-aff hats, instead of steel helmets. A lady from America writes and wants to know if I am wearing a correspondent’s uniform. The answer is ho, The only ones who wear uniforms are those actually accredited to the army. As for me, I feel silly enough carrying a tin hat and a gas mask around the provinces, let alone appearing in a uniform,

and specialty acts, singers rating near the bottom of the list. ‘ The surest way to steer clear of the “at liberty” curse, advises Mr. Burton, is to learn a solo musical instrument, They're the ones who eat most regularly.

So Long and Good Flying

MAX EMERY, who as control tower operator tells planes when to set down at Muncipal Airport, is leaviig March 25 after more than two years’ service hére. He's going to the Bendix Airport in South Bend. When Max leaves, the newspapers lose one of their best news sources.

Whenever 'a reporter calls Max and asks what's doing, he usually puts out the same reply: “Everything is just as peaceful as it can be.” And then he proceeds to give the reporter some good items and very often some news bigger than items.

Signs Good and Bad

OUR N. ILLINOIS ST. operative reports the following sign trouble on his thoroughfare: A billboard near 24th St. advertises “Loan for Xmas,” this being ‘a case of premature or delinquent zeal, we don’t know which. . . . A garage near 12th advertises auto “triming,”’ apparently meaning “trimming”. , A grocery in the vicinity of Ninth has bacon with “no Rhilie--np waste.” . . And a plumbing shop near 10th advertising plumbing without the “b.” . . . But just to show you we're not sour on the world, here are a couple of signs we like: The neon spellbinder atop the building on the southwest corner of Ninth and Meridian Sts. a colorful movie if we ever saw one... . . The other we like is that of the auto parts firm at 919 N. Senate Ave. The company has two signs, ofie on either side of the entrance, which say, “If you can't come in, SMILE as you go by.”

By Raymond Clapper

Nazi regime has refused to permit American diplomatic officials to go into Poland. The “new order” in Europe is being inflicted upon helpless peoples by methods so shameful that they must be kept secret. " However, through certain channels, officials here have ‘received information that they consider to be correct &s to frightful methods used in the destruction of Poland. One official here describes it as the “murder cf a nation.” More than 1,500,000 Poles have been deported from western Poland, including the Danzig area, to make room for Germans brought out of the Baltic countries.

Murder of a Nation

Germans undertook a program of deporting one million Polish laborers to Germany. These men and boys were forced into labor battalions and shipped to Germany. Many were ill, aged or otherwise incapacitated for work. This is regarded by officials here as slavery of the most brutal, medieval type. Gernians also have :indertaken to exterminate the intellectiial classes of Poland. Catholic bishops and priests have been the particular objects of this treatment. Churches have been closed, either completely or for all except two or three hours a week. Germans have issued orders prohibiting confessions in the Polish language. They have introduced the “absent treatment” by German priests who grant mass blanket absolution without hearing confessions. In western Poland 3000 Polish priests ‘were either imprisoned or deported. Reports of physical atrocities have been received but officials discount them in the absence of reliable eye-witness verification. They are interested in the greater atrocity, the deliberate murder of a nation and the transformation of the people into a mass of slaves. This is the kind of thing that is going on. Just one nation is left in Europe with the will and the ability to resist it. Are we going to let it go down in the history books that the United States talked so long that it never got around to supplying that nation

with the weapons which we are in a position to provide?

By Eleanor Roosevelt

New York City, and a few from even further away, gathered here at dinner to discuss population trends in this country. So many interesting facts were brought out which had a bearing on our population,

that it was finally decided to ask some of the representatives of government departments to get together and define the limits of the general problem we are facing in this country. Then people specially gifted in the art of putting this material in brief but dramatic, form, will find some way to make us sll Sonseimg of the facts which should be in our possession, : I went ouf early this morning and had my hair done, for one must at least leave on a journey prepared not to have to visit a beauty parlor for some time. Then I held a press conference at which I had hoped to have Dr. Harriet Elliott. There are a number of questions which the newspaper women wanted to ask har, but she has lost her voice, so we had to postpone her appearance until my return. I also saw a gentleman this morning who is convinced that he knows how private capital can undertake to finance the home building on a large scale. Knowing absolutely nothing about financing or building, I hope I shall be able to direct him to some one better able to judge the values cf his suggestions than I am. . I lunched with our old friends, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Miller, \and am now about to receive some

EDUCATION OF FUEL USERS IN

St. Louis Smoke Plan Too Drastic, Mayor Says; Tighter Law Sought.

Mayor Sullivan has termed the St. Louis smoke abatement “too drastic, and when I say drastic, I mean expensive.” He reported on his recent trip to St. Louis at a meeting of his Advisory Committee on Smoke Abatement at City Hall yesterday. “St. Louis has made great improvement,” the Mayor said, “but they still have smoke. It’s my idea that any city that burns coal will have smoke. I would say that under the same weather conditions, there isn’t much difference between the two cities as to smoke. Furthermore, costs have risen. Domestic users

formerly paid about $4 a ton and now they pay from $8.25 to $8.75.”

Favors More Enforcement

As a result of the Mayor's report, smoke and smog will probably be fought in Indianapolis through education of domestic fuel users, rigid inspection and a stiffening of the present smoke ordinance. Without .coming to any decision, the Committee agreed on three points outlined by Miss Grace L. Brown. They are: 1. Educational meetings for domestic users, probably to be held in public school buildings. 2. Strengthening of the existing smoke ordinance and stiffening of its enforcement. 3: Hiring of additional smoke inspectors when money is available.

Keach Defends Law

Ray W. Wakeland, school buildings superintendent, told Mayor Sullivan he thought it would be possible to use the buildings for classes in proper furnace firing. In defense of the present smoke ordinance, Leroy J. Keach, Safety Board president, said it had never been used to its fullest extent.

Smokeout

At the smoke abatement committee meeting yesterday, Chairman Albert O. Deluse said he agreed with Mayor Sullivan that St. Louis wasn’t much better than Indianapolis when it comes to smoke. “Chief,” he asked Police Chief Michael F. Morrissey, “you were down there, what do you think?” “Oh, I agree wtih you,” said the Chief. “As a matter of fact, I flew there Thursday and our plane couldn’t even get down, it was so bad. We had to come back to Indianapolis!”

Starting immediately, he said, policemen in squad cars will be on the lookout for smoke violations and notices will be distributed. If the notices are disregarded twice, the Board has the power to order the heating unit sealed until it is conformed to, standard regulations. George R. Popp Jr., City Building Commissioner, admitted a need for more inspectors. He said that defense industries were hiring men away from him.

Deluse Offers Little Hope

Committee Chairman Albert O. Deluse offered Mr. Popp little hope. “I have served on the County Council and the City County,” he said. “Every time it comes. budget time, it’s August. It’s hot and there isn’t any smoke. Taxpayers leagues are voluble in fighting increases when appropriations are sought.” Mayor Sullivan said. it would be up to the committee and City Council to decide if the smoke problem was bad enough to warrant using the St. Louis plan. He said it would mean additional expenses, both to the City and its citizens. He warned that the City, in view of defense industries settling here, did not know what other expenses it might have to incur. “Shall we put a tax—and a heavy tax—on consumers?” he ° asked. “Shall we hurt the Indiana coal industry? Shall we prepare to appropriate a $150,000 revolving fund to buy better coal, as they did in St. Louis?

Points to Gains

“I think we ean handle the problem through individual efforts, and we have already made considerable strides in that direction.” Mayor Sullivan pointed out that through the efforts of Mr. Popp, the portions of the city most affected by smoke had been segregated. He displayed a map of the City and County on which pins had been stuck to show where smoke and smog were most prevalent. He traced the valleys of Pogue’s Run, White River and Fall Creek and pointed to the higher spots on the City’s topogrophy. “In each case,” he said, “it has been established that the smog and smoke generally follow these streams. Within the limits of our funds, we have investigated causes here and many new heating units have been installed.” The worst smoke is found in the center of the City, he said. Altogether, last year 21 large coal users “cleaned up” ‘their establishments. Twenty-eight others made partial changes and are continuing their co-operatiow, he said.

432 Stokers Installed

During 1940, he said, a .total of 432 stokers, 129 gas units and about 150 oil burners were installed in homes. Of these, about half replaced hand-stoked coal furnaces. J. J. Liddy, Indianapolis Belt Railroad superintendent, intimated that it would be almost impossible for the railroads to comply with standards in the St. Louis ordinance. He also warned against driving industry out of the City with a too drastic ordinance. “In St. Louis,” he said, “the ordinance has torn a hole in the Illinois coal industry and has also torn a

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GOVERNOR GETS DISTRICTING BILL

Passed by Both Houses in Agreement to Keep G. 0. P. Harmony.

The Congressional Reapportionment bill which nearly caused a major split in G. O. P. legislative ranks was on its way to Governor Schricker today. Although several Republican leaders in both Houses were disatisfied with the bill, they stood by their agreement to support it in the interests of party harmony and the measure went through its final stages yesterday with practically no opposition. ; The Senate passed the bill and the House approved the only Senate amendment which switched Marshall County from the Second to the Third Congressional District. Senator Lawrence E. Carlson (R. Huntington) was the only Senator voting against the measure on its final passage. Senator Thurman

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trict leader who fought the bill in its present form, left the chamber during the roll call. : Senator Roy Conrad (R. Monticello), a Second District leader, pointed out to his colleagues that his district was the only one losing by the Senate amendment and that “it is agreeable with us.” - Fifth District leaders fought bitterly but unsuccessfully to have Republican Cass or Carroll Counties added to their district to offset Democratic Madison County which was added to the Fifth in the redistricting. The reapportionment measure divided the state into 11 districts.

UNITED DEFENSE OF AMERICAS PUSHED

WASHINGTON, March 6 (U, P.). —United States’ moves for joint defense plans with Panama and Mexico led to predictions in diplomatic quarters today that a comprehensive plan of hemispheric defense would be forthcoming soon. Successful consummation of defense plans with Panama and Mex-

stacles to a program for. all the Americas. Announcement by President Arnulfo Arias of Panama that the United States would be granted air and anti-air defense bases outside the Canal Zone was regarded as an important step toward a co-ordi-nated hemispheric defense plan. The United States and Mexico recently began discussions of joint defense. Other Central American republics have been unanimous in cooperation with the United States plans.

HOLD EVERYTHING

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Must Like Ought, Can and Should

CHICAGO, March 6 (U. P.).— Four verbs, “must,” “ought,” “can” and “should,” occur frequently in the state papers of President Roosevelt, according to Dr. William T. Hutchinson, Uni-

versity of Chicago associate professor of American. history. Dr. Hutchinson said the phrase “we must” indicated the President’s emphasis on the necessity of measures he has advocated. “We ought” was said to denote his concern for ethical considerations. “We can” was believed to be the President’s firm belief in the power and ability of the central government, and “we should” was called another expression of the ethical view of Presidentialand governmental duties.

FEES-FOR-J0BS CHARGES AIRED

Official Survey Made of Complaints Against Unions On Defense Projects.

By FRED W. PERKINS Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, March 6.—An official survey of complaints against the fees collected by labor unions on defense construction jobs reveals new allegations which some officials insist demand a thorough effort at correction. The catalog of complaints resulted from a desire in one executive agency to tabulate many hundreds of letters and telegrams that have poured into Washington, mainly from workers who said they had been compelled by A. F. of L. building-trades unions to pay high fees for the privilege of working on the defense projects. If only a fraction of the complaints are true, said a Federal official who declined to be quoted by name, President Roosevelt was misinformed when in a press conference Tuesday he told reporters that instances of exorbitant fees were few. It is alleged that in some cases there has been a systematic hiring of non-union employees, each being required to pay a regular membership fee as a condition of employment. When payments are completed, the complaints assert, the new union member is fired, and a new non-union man is given his job and the chance to begin payments. The complaints explain that preference is given to non-union men over unemployed union members because the latter would have to pay only the difference between the fees of their local unions and the fees prevailing on the defense project.

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TERM DEFENSE TIEUP SERIOUS

Some Officials Dispute FDR Optimism, Point to Rising Loss of Man-Days.

By CHARLES T. LUCEY Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, March 6.—Some defense officials took issue today with President Roosevelt's views on the importance of strikes in defense industries. Mr. Roosevelt said Tuesday that strikes have affected no more than one-fourth of one per cent of defense industry at any given time, or approximately 1-400th of the total defense program. The office of Sidney Hillman, as-

sociate director general of the Office of Production Management, likewise has emphasized that the number of strikes is not unusual.

27,000 Workers Involved

But a survey shows that the number of man-days lost is mounting steadily, As of today the disputes involved more than 27,000 workers, delaying completion of Army and Navy projects and disrupting production at 20 plants holding contracts for necessary materials. In January 34 strikes were in progress and 148,000 man-days of labor were lost in plants engaged in war department work. In February, 63 strikes were in progress and 443,000 man-days were lost. Total loss for the two-month period was 591,000 man-days, with figures unavailable on 19 of the strikes.

Army Most Affected

Assistant Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson, testifying at a House hearing on legislation to minimize strike losses in the defense program said that in the last week of February 120,000 man-days of labor were lost in plants turning out Army equipment. The Navy's expansion program has been slowed somewhat but in lesser degree than the Army's. Many of the most vital items in the defense program are made in factories that have been closed— though sometimes only briefly — by labor disputes. A partial list would include: Airplanes, tractors, turbines, generators, machine tools, trailers, guns, bombs, gun carriages, wheel drums, range tanks, yokes for trench mortars, nitric acid, ordnance and sheet steel, ferro-alloys, aluminum, clothing, batteries and many airplane parts—tachometers, propellers, airplane cloth and aircraft steel.

Wright Strike Serious

In addition, there have been the strikes at cantonments and Army camps — including that at Wright Field, Dayton, O., in which a jurisdictional battle over four C. I. O. electricians has tied up a $5,900,000 aicraft laboratory. But officials here, while noting the increasing number of man-days lost, say that these alone do not measure . the seriousness of the situation. They say a strike in a small plant employing only 50 men could be tremendously important if those 50 men were working on a vital defense need.

3 HOOSIERS KILLED IN WRECKS WITH TRAINS

Three Hoosiers were killed yesterday when their vehicles were involved in crashes with trains. Two of them died instantly at the scenes. Harold Price, 34, of Terre Haute, driver of a tractor-trailer truck, was killed instantly when it was struck by a train at Sardinia, Ind. His helper, C. R. Jones, 30, also of Terre Haute, was taken to a nearby hospital, where his right leg was amputated. Two youths were killed when their auto was driven into the side of a train at the Spencer St. crossing in Rushville, Ind. Richard Peek, 20, of Waldron, was killed instantly and Wendell L. Peck, 19, also of Waldron, driver of the auto,

STATE FACES LOSS OF WPA AID SERVICES

Withdrawal in Prospect if Bill Abolishing GCUR Is Passed.

The possibility that the Federal Government may have to withdraw WPA services in Indiana if the State fails to comply with regulations, was voiced by Government officials today. This prospect arose over a bill pending in the G.O.P.-controlled Legislature to abolish the Governor's Commission on Unemployment Re-

lief and transfer its duties to th State Welfare Department. ;

Predicts Passage

Dudley A. Smith, director of the G. C. U. R, In a letter to John K, Jennings, State WPA director, said that the “bill, which is most certain to become a law, transfers the duties of the Commission to the Welfare Department without appropriat funds to carry on certification o relief clients to WPA projects.” The Governor's Commission has been operating 33 offices over the state to carry on certification serve

ice to WPA for all 92 counties at a

cost of $31,000 a month.

The Commission also has been

handling distribution of surplus commodities to indigents in 975 townships over the state at a cost of $9500 a month.

Mr. Jennings declined to discuss

the pending legislation or its possible effects later, but he outlined Federal requirements.

“The Federal Government renders

aid to states in the form of workrelief rolls when the states

qualify for this, service,” he said. :

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quires states to set up machinery to certify workers to WPA and when any state fails to comply with this regulation,

the Federal agencies give the aid to some other state. “The WPA service will be cone tinued in Indiana just as long as

the State complies with Federal regulations.”

The bill to transfer the G. C. U. R, functions to the Welfare Depart« ment does not earry appropriations sufficient to meet the $31,000 monthly expense of the certification s ice, according to Mr. Smith.

Merle Is Happy: Waits New Horse

BROOKVILLE, Pa., March 6 (U. P.).—A 13-year-old newshoy smiled happily from his bed today : as he displayed a letter from the: president of the New York Central Railroad promising him a new * horse to replace the one killed by a train. “I can harly believe it,” said young Merle Martz as he fingered the letter from President Frederick E. Williamson, who answered the injured boy’s plea contained in a letter to Mr. Williamson. Events which led to Mr. Wil= liamson’s letter began Jan. 11 when the boy and the horse, “Fred,” were struck by a train as the horse dashed onto the tracka at a crossing near the Martz farm as Merle delivered his papers. “Fred” was killed and Merle suf: fered a broken leg and a brain concussion.

RED CROSS TO SEND GUS MEYER TO SPAIN

Gus G. Meyer, for two years Red Cross general field representative for Indiana, has been appointed as special Red Cross representative to Spain. Mr. Meyer, whose appointment was made by national Red Cross executives in Washington, will leave next week for Lisbon, Portugal, and immediately upon arrival will take charge of distribution of relief sup« plies to refugees in Spain, A World War veteran, Mr. Meyer was commander of the 12th District, American Legion, in 1932, and is a past commander of the Osric Mills Watkins Post of the Legion, He has been affiliated with the Red Cross for 10 years. For eight years he was special field representative for the Eastern area and served during several major disasters, Mr, Meyers is a native of Tell City. He has been active in the state wide institute of the Red Cross con= ducted here this week. More than 450 Red Cross leaders from throughout the state, and several national executives have attended the insti tute which closes today.

VINCENT DRAWS BIG HAND, BUT NO CASH

WASHINGTON, March 6 (U. P.), —Rep. Beverly Vincent (D. Ky.) drew a Wig hand but not so many votes from the House today for a convincing imitation of a tobacco auctioneer’s chant. He gave his imitation during a plea for increase of the 1942 inspec tion appropriation from $439,000 to $600,000, which, he said, would pros tect the growers from high-pressure - methods. d The House rejected the increase. 73 to 50. )

BETTY COMPTON'S PETITION REJECTED

KEY WEST, Fla., March 6 (U. P.), —Betty Compton was left today with the choice of producing evis dence of cruelty by her hus former Mayor James J. Walker of New York, or seeking a divorce im another state. a Circuit Judge Arthur Gomez diss missed her divorce petition yesters day evening on the grounds that her evidence produced “at best a case of incompatibility and not a case cruelty ‘within the meaning of !

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