Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 March 1941 — Page 7

~The Indianapolis

Hoosier Vagabond

(Editor's Note—This dispatch was written before this week's heavy fire-bombing of Cardiff.)

CARDIFF, Wales (by wireless).—In Cardiff I ran into something I had not seen in any other city— ‘automobiles driven by coal gas. The point is that gasoline is rationed and coal gas isn't. A huge canvas bag is installed on the roof of the ss 5 car, and surrounded with a railing. = a It looks like about five layers of wi featherbed up ‘there. The only change in the motor that's necessary is a new top to the carburetor. It’s all right as a makeshift, but not too satisfac= tory. For one thing, it costs $120 to get the car equipped for coal gas. Then you don’t get as much power as with gasoline. Furthermore, that big bag has a terrific wind resistance. When the gas gets low the bag flops around in the breeze. Also, if there is a heavy snow or rain the weight presses down on the bag and forces gas into the carburetor too fast, making the engine choke and backfire. 2 And worst of all, you look silly as hell driving down the street with .this balloon on top of you. But then war is hell, and silly too, so what's the difference?

The Women’s Voluntary Service

The WVS (Women’s Voluntary Service) has done excellent work in Cardiff, as it has everywhere ‘else. I somehow managed to get myself into the good graces of the WVS commander for all Wales. She turned out to bé a beautiful, cultured girl only two years out of a university. When I asked her how one so young had risen so high she said it was a mystery to her, too. Her name is typically: Welsh—Eirwen Owen. She can even make a speech in Welsh if she has to. She has some 8000 women under her, and she handles it all with the utmost calm. The WVS was especially anxious for me to know

By Ernie Pyle

how much they appreciated the gifts sent from America. They said they didn’t know how they would have clothed all the bombed-out people and poor evacuees who have come from other sections if it hadn’t been for the American gifts. -We went arcund to one of their distributing sections, where half a dozen women in green smocks were sorting out and repacking huge boxes of stuff from America. It has been quite an education for them. They read on the bills of lading such unknown items—to them-—as slickers, Mackinaws and gum boots. They had never heard of these things by these names. They openi the big wooden boxes as though they were Christnias packages—to see what a Mackinaw is.. In most cases they are immensely pleased, but ‘one thing did stop them—union suits. They had never heard of union suits. Over here nobody ever saw underweér all in one piece before. In fact, when they went to distribute them, lots of old-fashioned Welsh people refused to take them!

Some Random Jottings

And while we're on the subject of American gifts, maybe the merchants of San Francisco would like to know that some of those boxes of elaborate mechanical erector sels they sent over are now in Wales. They got here too late for Christmas, but they're being distributed now by the women of the WVS, who think they're the most wonderful things they ever saw. J & 2 Nn Cardiff has 600 Belgian refugees. And to their eternal discredit they are making asses of themselves—demanding, complaining, pestering. They are the “bloodiest” people in a jam that Cardiff has ever had to deal with.

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I have been riding around Wales with a gentle Welshman by the name of Eames whose wife is a first cousin of Chief Justice Hughes. Which would make it a small world after all if I only happened fo know Chief Justice Hughes.

Inside Indianapolis (4nd “Our Town”)

PROFILE OF THE WEEK: Dr. George Joseph Garceau, who can count more crippled children as his friends than any other man in Indiana. He's the chief of Riley Hospital's orthopedic section, and he'd rather be out there working with the children than : anything else. Dr. Garceau is 44, broad shouldered, and looks like a former football] player, which he is. He's about 5 feet, 9 inches tall, and weighs around 155. Hj eyes are deep blue, his dark, curl hair is getting streaked with gray. He parts it in the middle. His voice startles you with its deepness. He walks rapidly, sort of on the ball of his feet. ‘In walking, he leans forward as though hurrying, although you couldn’t get him : to hurry if you tried. He carries one shoulder lower than the other, and when sitting, often hunches over and rests his elbows on his knees. "Born at White Bear, Minn., he attended the University of Minnesota and was just ready to graduate when war was declared. Grabbing his diploma, he enlisted in the Marines and served 28 months overseas as a Marine top sergeant. He was wounded three times, and gassed, too. Back home, : he attended Northwestern for his

medical degree, then took up the study of his spe-.

cialty, orthopedic (bone and joint) surgery. He be“came chief resident surgeon at Riley in 1928, and has been looking after the crippled children there ever since.

The Absept-Minded Doc

AT THE HOSPITAL, the youngsters adore him. He has a way with children, probably because they sense his sympathy. When he walks into a ward, he's greeted with a chorus of welcoming shouts, and he loves it. The children trust him because he never fibs to them. If he says, “This won't hurt,” it doesn’t. At work on a medical problem, he’s as serious as a judge, but when he plays, he plays hard. At a party, he’s usually the center of things. His sense of humor is keen, and he’s clever at repartee. He loves to argue, and sometimes does, even when he agrees with you. He gives the appearance of being shy, but he really isn’t.

Washington

WASHINGTON, March 8—I heard a very wise man in the Government, and an important one, say the other day that the crisis is too large and too grave for personalities. He regards extreme isolationists and extreme internationalists as. favoring policies not to the best interests of this country, but he is willing to give them credit for motives as patriotic as his own. To find that spirit high in this Government is the best evidence I have that we are still holding firm to our democratic traditions. No man has fought harder for his beliefs than this official, nor has anyone fought more fairly. Perhaps that is why he has been exceptionally effective. I wish I were free to name him, because the light of such men should not be hid under a bushel. An English journalist wrote recently that ‘condemnation dictated by confused emotion 1s one of democracy’s worst vices.” That has been a& vice in this country many times in recent years, yet in the main we seem to be indulging in a remarkably mild form of it now.

The White House Stand

With some exceptions, self-restraint has been exercised. A few Senators on both sides have gone overboard, But when you recall the brutal martyrdom that the elder La Follette suffered on the eve of the last war, Senator Wheeler, who is in the corresponding role now, is being treated by comparison like a public hero. It seems to me that there has been more hysteria on the side of the opposition than on the side of the Administration. At least around here. Senator

My Day

GOLDEN BEACH, Florida, Friday.—Here we are back in the same pleasant house we were in last year. Our trip down was smooth and very enjoyable, only for a short time did we see clouds flying around. In Jacksonville we began to feel a real change in temperature. National Committeemen and women were kind enough to meet me with a few other people to welcome me back to the state. In Miami, a group of high school girls, who came to Washington last year, were at the airport to meet me in their picturesque costumes. A southeast wind is blowing, so we have a fairly high surf rolling on our beach and I doubt if we shall get much sun today. I am hoping, however, in the next few days to be able to report a good deal of reading accomplished. I wish I could have stopped a little longer in Jacksonville ‘yesterday and seen the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition, which is being shown at the WPA Art Center. They opened on the third and they tell me the crowds in attendance have been very gratifying, In New Smyrna Beach, they are dedicating a cultural center on March 16. They tell me this is the first building in the South to be erected entirely for cultural purposes with funds from the Works Projects

There the Democratic

At times, he's pretty absent minded—gets to concentrating on something and doesn’t hear a word you say. Twice, he has left home wearing shoes that didn’t match in color,

The Careful. Driver

LIKE A LOT OF other physicians, Dr. Garceau is a busy man. He works 10 or 12 hours a day, and sometimes 24 hours straight. His spare time at home is spent reading-—mostly medical books and magazines. His vacations are spent at the Minnesota lakes, swimming g little and fishing a lot. ’ He loves driving a car, and wouldn't think' of going anywhere by train unless the roads were impassible. A Careful driver, he has said, drives just a little slower every time he treats a child crippled in traffic. Dr. Garceau plays the piano but admits he’s no Paderewski. He began practicing several years ago, not that he wanted to learn to be a musician, but rather as a means of keeping his surgeon’s hands limber. ; About 10 years ago he took up golf. The first year, he cracked 100, and he gave up the game right then, That satisfied him. He enjoys footbail games, is lukewarm toward basketball, and as for baseball— he couldn't tel] you whether the Di Maggios play baseball or tennis.

An Ewx-Hockey Star

HE'S CRAZY ABOUT skating, and never misses a hockey game at the Coliseum. He used to be quite a hockey player himself. At the University of Minnesota, he playéd varsity football and hockey. While at Northwestern, ha played on the hockey team that won the national amateur title. The team went on to the Olympics, but he stayed at school. The rest of the players all bécame National League professionals. Dr. Garceau goes skating at the Coliseum several times a week. Often he takes along his daughters, Delores and Dina, both good skaters. He doesn’t go in for fancy skating, sticking pretty much to the hockey brand. At the firft hockey game held in the Coliseum, box holders were permitted to skate following the game. When Do¢ put on his skates and took a few practice glides, he was met with a salvo of applause from the audience. And right in the middle of it, his feet slipped out from under him and he skated several feet on the séat of his pants.

By Raymond Clapper

Glass, supporter of the Administration, has been picketed by Mrs. Elizabeth Dilling and her brigade of mothers and he finally appealed to the police to get them out of his hair. Senator Scott Lucas of Illinois and Senator Claude Pepper of Florida have been chased around. The isolationist Senators have been spared unpleasant personal incidents. The most abusive and violent letters that come in to me come from the isolationist 1stter-writers, They certainly aré tae hysterical ones.

The Slower Way Is Best

The press, on the whole, has been restrained and objective in its discussion, and has argued the case rather than atiempting to crucify individuals on the opposing side. Exceptions to all of these statements might be cited, but they are exceptions, not the rule. Strong-arm tactics might have put the bill through more quickly under the lash of public excitement. Certainly more public indignation could have been whipped up by the Administration. That is the way things usually have been done in times of crisis. The Government puis out inflammatory material. It gets everyone mad, and hysteria does the job. But doing it the slower way means that when the Lend-Lease Bill is passed, it would stand as the deliberate ahd considered action of Congress, taken after full aid fair hearing had been given to the opposition. No one can say he was gagged. Dictator Joe Stalin once said to William C. Bullitt, former Ambassador to Russia, that no man could carry out thie job of being President effectively because beforé coing anything he had to persuade 130,000,000 people that it ought to be done, which would take 50 long that it would always be too late for action to bel effective. Stalin didn’t understand the trouble. If isn’t convincing the country. The trouble is getting a vote in the Senate.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

Administration. The art center will occupy about twothirds of the building, with three main galleries, a studio, a children’s gallery, a photographic dark room, and a completely equipped museum space. The public library will occupy the remaining part of the building. The Sfate of Florida is doing a splendid thing in making available these art centers to people here on vacation. On the way down yesterday, I read in the March Atlantic Monthly the war diary of William M. Shirer, entitled “With the German Aarmies.” You have doubtless heard him many a morning repgrting by radio from Berlin. What he writes is extremely interesting. Certain paragraphs seem to be particularly significant to us. As he enters Paris, he. remarks: “I have a feeling that what we are seeing here in Paris is the complete breakdown of French society. A collapse of the army, of the government, of the morale of the people. It is almost too tremendous to believe.” he described what brings about the defeat of a great people. » A little further on we get a picture which reminds us that hate begets hate, and cruelty begets cruelty. In his description of the arrangements made for the discussion of the armistice, he says: “The humilia« tion of France, of the French, was complete, and yet, in the preanible to the armistice terms, Hitler told the French he héd not chosen this spot at Compeigne out of revenge; merely to right an old wrong.” What could be more indicative of the way wrongs eat into ‘the human soul,

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Leland

This is the second of a series of articles in which Leland Stowe answers questions asked by readers concerning the stories he wrote following his return from the European battlefronts. Some readers asked questions on topics far removed from the subjects of Mr. -Stowe’s articles and these were not answered because they were considered outside the scope of the series. Additional answers will be published Monday.

BY LELAND STOWE

The Chicago Daily News, Inc. —-You have said that the present war may be won or lost in Africa; would you please tell me in what way or ways this is possible? DAVID M. SLOAN, Highland Park, Ill. A—I think you have misread my article about the war in Africa. I said that Ludendorff said that this war would be won or lost in Africa, and I expressed the opinion that Africa might be a decisive element in the outcome of the war. By this I meant that so long as the British hold Egypt and part or all of Libya they will have a most important springboard with which to fight tomorrow anywhere in the Balkans or even in Italy. If the Axis had driven the British out of Egypt last summer or autumn Britain would have lost her freedom of action in pursuing the war. Africa means freedom of action for the British. In the long run Britain can only win the war by taking the offensive, not only in the air but also in one or several parts of Europe. For such future offensives the maintenance of British power in Africa is certain to be of very great importance. ” ” ”

the Ukrainian independent movement as a bargaining point with Russia, so long as Germany does it? A—Since the Nazis are championing a Ukrainian independence movement Britain would only be able to bargain with Russia by offering some kind of a guaranty of the Soviet Republic's present frontiers. It would be extremely difficult for the London Government to emerge as a guarantor of the maintenance of the Soviet regime and certainly would not coincide with the democratic war aims of Britain and her Allied exiled Governments. This is why

WILLIS OPPOSES "BRITISH AID BILL

Calls It War Measure in Maiden Speech; Urges U. S. Buy Bases.

Times Special WASHINGTON, March 8.—Senator Raymond E. Willis, the Republican freshman from Indiana, has delivered his first speech in the Senate. He made it yesterday afternoon on the Lease-Lend Bill, which he has opposed since its inception. He opposed the bill as a “war measure” and proposed that America purchase island bases from Britain. Britain could use the money to purchase war materials from the United States, he said.

Doubts Invasion Is Peril

He questioned the validity of assertions that the United States can be invaded by a foreign power and said: “If we fear our ability to defend ourselves from attack by arms, from without, we ‘are or soon shall be lost—for there is no nation upon which we can depend or ever have been able to depend to risk its fortunes that we may be safe.” “I think we should frankly say to the people of this country, ‘This is a war bill’ When we have delivered into the hands of one man all this power, then we shall have converted our nation into a military dictatorship under the guise of making it an arsenal of democracy.” Senator Willis declared, however, that congressmen who opposed the bill must “accept the responsibility of shaping the course our country is to follow if we refuse these powers” to the President. “I am Feady to face that challenge,” he said. . “We have but two available courses in America with respect to major foreign wars.

‘We Can Stand Aloof’

“We can stand aloof from the conflict, gathering our own strength for our own defense, increasing our capacity to help the stricken people when their wars have ended, ready to use our peaceful persuasion for peace and all times and to stand as an example of the prosperity and fearless strength of democracy and peace. “Or we can take a view that we are so big that we cannot escape evils of foreign war, the ills and ailments of foreign people, and that We must bring them to our standards or harmonize our standards with theirs so that the world, in a sense, will have unity, and people everywhere share alike in war and misfortis, or in peace and prosY. " “This is the marriage of nations —but in that house there are many false wives.”

PROFESSOR TO SPEAK

Dr. George W. Crane, Ph. D. M. D., Northwestern University pro-

night in the

“Practical Psychology for the Doc-

Q—Why is England not using .

fessor of psychology, will address the Indianapolis Dental Society Monday Hotel Lincoln on

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“Africa means freedom of action for the British.”

it is most difficult for the British to make any kind of a deal which would make Stalinist Russia the outright ally of Great Britain.

” 2 Big Foes First Q—If little Sweden's two divisions could have wiped out Russian Bolshevism, why couldn’t and didn’t Germany, with one or two Panzer divisions, blitzkrieg Russia, thereby eliminating possible war with the Soviets in the future, which you say is inevitable anyway? EDWARD E. OSBERG, Chicago. A—In the winter of 1940 it was not at all to the interest of Hitler to attack Russia when all of Germany’s military and economic resources were being mobilized for Hitler's invasion of Norway, the Low Countries and France in the spring. Attacking Russia at that time would have been like a heavyweight pitching into one of the spectators when he was already in the ring with a fellow to whom he had not yet deliv=ered one staggering blow on the Jaw. After all, you fight your main opponent first, then take on the smaller guys at your leisure. ” ” ”

Palestine Important

—What is the status of Palestine during the present struggle? What is the military importance of Salonika and how well is it fortified? CARL HENRY, Chicago. A—Although Palestine has remained out of the war picture so

Creation of state and municipal “Committees for Democracy” to strengthen community morale as a bulwark in the struggle for Democracy was recommended today by the Conference on Adult Education and National Defense. At the closing ession of the unique voluntary educational meeting attended by nearly 1000 educators, civic, welfare and, governmental leaders, and the public, conference leaders agreed to ask Governor Henry F. Schricker to ‘start the ball rolling” by appointing a State Commission for Democracy” as the first step toward establishment of community committees. The organizations would coordinate . educational, social and economic interests of . local communities where, conference leaders agreed, “the struggle for Democracy is going to be won or lost.” In tr'rn, the strengthening of community interest in problems of democracy would build up a morale which, on a national scale, would “do more than any other thing to end the conflict abroad,” the conference agreed. The keynote: of the “Committees for Democracy” was sounded by Herbert C. Hunsaker, representative of t he American Association of Adult Education, a Carnegie endowed organization, which is sponsoring the Indianapolis conference, and others throughout the nation. The principal address yesterday was delivered by Daniel W. Hoan,

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far it may suddenly become an important center. This would be true if Turkey comes into the war or if the British see prospects of swinging the French in Syria to their side. Salonika’s chief importance is that of a splendid seaport on the upper Agean Sea and as a possible naval base for communications through the Dardanelles or for action against it. It would be equally important to the Axis as a base against Egypt if Italy or Germany could overpower the British fleet in the Mediterranean. Perhaps the Nazis are chiefly interested in Salonika in order to keep it out of British hands. Having been in Salonika only during the first days of the war I do not know how well it is fortified today.

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A Wavering Line

—If, as you say, Stalin is in deadly: fear of Nazi aggression, why do the Communists here work against assistance to Britain and in Britain work for a negotiated peace? How does this assist ‘Stalin? MRS. DAVID WODLINGER, Chicago. A—The Communists in America are following their party line. The party line dictated from Moscow has been to present Soviet Russia as a great champion of peace and as a regime dedicated to neutrality. The Communists in England and the United States preach an entirely different doctrine from which Communists are preaching now in Rumania and Bulgaria and have been for many months,

State-City Committee for Democracy Recommended

former Mayor of Milwaukee and now associate director of the advisory commission to the National

Councl of Defense. Speakng on the formal subject of “Unity in National Defense,” Mr. Hoan created some surprise among conferees by revealing that the War Department has prepared detailed “home defense” plans for each major city in the country, including Indianapolis, but is fearful of releasing the information because of ats possible “shock” to the general public. $ The plans, Mr. Hoan said, invlude establishment of bomb shelters and methods of handling incendiary bomb attacks.

CHORUS ASSOCIATION PLANS STATE ‘SING’

The board of governors and the board of conductors of the Indiane. Male Chorus Association, a division of the Associated Glee Clubs of America, will meet at 3 p. m. tomorrow in the Athenaeum. The boards will arrange a state “sing” to be held there May 18. Composed of eight club in the state, the Indiana Association’s aim is to establish a male chorus in every county and to promote chorus groups in every mercantile establishment in Indiana cities. Robert J. Hamp of Kokomo is president and Oliver W. Pickhardt of Indianapolis is secretary-treasurer.

In the Balkan countries the Communist Party line is resistant to Nazi expansion and sabotage of Nazi military and economic activities at every point. During the first year of the war Stalin sought to hamper French and British efforts, believing that the Allies had the advantage.

In the past six months Soviet policy in Europe has changed very greatly even though Communists in America may continue to champion a negotiated peace in the hope of winning many American

pacifists and Isolationists into the

Stalinist fold. After all, Bolshevists are working with their eyes a long way ahead and they suit their tactics to the soil they are tilling.

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Finland Today

—Did Germany threaten to send troops against Finland and employ other methods of pressure, to force Finland to sign the peace treaty with Russia? Why does the Finnish Government permit German engineers and troops now to remain in Finland? V. KANTANEN, Chicago. A—I have never heard that Germany threatened to send troops against the Finns. Berlin, however, did everything in its power through diplomatic channels to force the Finns to sign peace with Russia— chiefly, I think, in order to keep as much Finnish territory out of Soviet hands as possible before a complete collapse could occur. If the Finnish Government now permits a certain number of German Army engineers and other units in Finland it is probably because the

HINT LIESE CASE GUN DISCOVERED

Trial Is Adjourned Until Monday Upon Plea of Prosecutor’s Aid.

The trial of Richard Liese, alleged slayer of James Eli Hunt on Jan. 15, 1935, was adjourned today until Monday as the State intimated that the gun with which the bakery driver was killed may be produced. After James Eli Hunt, the deceased’s father, testified in Criminal Court, the jury was sent from the room and Deputy Prosecutor Erle A. Kightlinger asked Judge Dewey E. Myers for adjournment. “New evidence has been discovered that may be very pertinent to this trial,” Mr. Kightlinger said. “It volves a gun that already has been traced through 10 hands. Final investigation is being made now by police officers.” Charges “Poor” Probe He said he thought the Prosecutor’s Office would be “derelict” if it did not make further investigation and charged that investigation by sheriff and police “at the time of the crime was poor. When Judge Myers asked Mr. Kightlinger how he was going to connect the gun and the crime, the deputy prosecutor replied: “Suppose the gun had been found near the scene of the crime ” Later Mr. Kightlinger said the state police had been searching for the gun since the trial began. The last time it was seen was in 1936, when it was confisciated in another case by Judge Myers when he was in Municipal Court, Mr. Kightlinger said. It was not connected with the Hunt slaying at the time and was sent to Sheriff Otto Ray’s office, he said. A State witness yesterday placed Liese with the .slain bakery route driver up to 30 minutes before he was found shot through the head at Ditch Road and 71st St. Young Liese was 16 when the killing occurred. He was a helper on Mr. Hunt's truck and was not seen after the killing until he walked into the office of Paul Rochford, local attorney, on Sept. 20, 1940. His father is George Liese, veteran Indianapolis police officer. Says Liese in Truck Indicted on charges of first degree murder, he pleaded not guilty.

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“It’s a new bullet-proof vest I invented, sir—I got the idea from a : sandwich man!”

years is that he was “out West.” Joseph Karnes, who was working at a farm at 106th St. and Ditch Road, told of seeing Liese with Mr. Hunt at about 3:30 p. m. the day of the killing. Mrs. Alice Hessong, 73d St. and the Ditch Road, testified that Mr. Hunt's truck stopped at her house

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She said there was another man in the truck but that she was not close enough to identify him. Passers-by who saw the truck nosed into a ditch found Mr. Hunt near death but did not see a passenger. Mrs. Frances , Hunt Hutchins, widow of the slain driver, said her husband had intended to come home

early that afternoon, “because we

Finns realize perfectly well that the Soviets are much less likely to attempt a second invasion of their territory so long as they know that German Army repre= sentatives are already on the spot inside Finland. . Q—I have lately read that the United States has refused to loan Finland sufficient funds to tide the country over the winter and that the Finns will starve before another crop time. Is there anything an average uninfluential citizen can do to impress upon the Government the necessity for aid« ing these heroic people? There seems to be no end of loans and benefits for other hardpressed countries—all worthy—but surely they are not more harde pressed or more worthy than the Finns. : ROSE COLEMAN, Sandwich, Ill. A—Next to Spain, Finland today is probably the hungriest country in ope. It is true that the Finfs need very badly a loan of about seven or eight million dol lars. I am sure the American peo= ple would favor a loan to help feed the Finns if only they were ine formed about Finland's truly ure gent need. 4 8 =n

Hitler and America

—In your opinion, do you really believe Hitler to have aversions towards the United States, or do you think he is fight« ing a battle that is “his own afe fair?” ROBERT OLSEN, Chicago. A—Hitler’s disdain and animose ity for the United States is re=corded plainly in his “Mein Kampf” and in many passages of his speeches. Since the Nazis have swallowed 11 countries so far it seems that “Hitler's own affairs” cover quite a lot of territory. Perhaps one of our greatest weaknesses in front of Hitler is this—we Americans spend hours and hours discussing Hitler, what he thinks and what he may do next, instead of reading his “Mein Kampf” and getting his program clearly in our minds.

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Q—Where are the varjous units of the French Navy; would the larger units be effective were they to come under Nazi control and is this contingency probable? FRANK C. ROACH, Ocean Park, Cal, A—In Casablanca, Morocco, five weeks ago I saw the powerful new French battleship, Jean Bart, ane chored at the pier. It is now ale most completed. A French cruiser and several smaller ships were also in Casablanca at that time. I suppose there may be several French naval units in Dakar harbor, although J do not know for certain about “this, Some ‘units of the French fleet are undoubtedly in Algiers and Tunisia, but as to their exact disposition I have no first-hand information,

Then HeWoalked Off Whistling

CLEVELAND, March 8 (U.P.), —A middle-aged, well dressed man filed his income tax return at the Internal Revenue Depart« ment today. He found he had so many exemptions he owed the Government nothing. He asked Collector Frank Ge=' ntsch, since he did not have to pay a tax, could he make a vole untary contribution? Gentsch ase« sured him he could. Thereupon, he handed over $50 and walked off whistling.

LEFTISTS FIGHT COLLEGE PROBE

Call Meeting to Protest

Naming Teachers As Communists.

NEW YORK, March 8 (U. P.).~= Left-wingers called a mass meeting today to protest the naming of 50 faculty members of the College of the City of Néw York as past or present Communists. The accused teachers besieged a legislative committee investigating subversive activity in schools, which heard the charges, demanding an opportunity to reply to them. The chairman, Senator Frederic R. Coudert Jr., said the committee would hear all who sign a waiver of immunity.

of Higher Education which super~ vises C. C. N. Y. voted unanimously to “clean out” any faculty members found ‘to have aided, advocated or propagated any subversive doctrine or activity, or who have engaged in any unbecoming conduct.” The furor spread among the 30,000 students of the college and a group claiming to be C. C. N. Y. students and carrying banners of the Ameri« can Student Union picketed the State Supreme Court Building, where the legislative committee is’ sitting, for an hour yesterday afters noon. They carried banners read ing: “Stop witch hunt”; “Stop red baiting in the schools.” Today's mass meeting was ane nounced by Dr. Bella V. Dodd, chairman of the Committee to De« fend Public Education. He said “the truth” must be told about William Martin Canning, history instructor at C. C. N. Y,, who named the 50 alleged Communists and said he had been one of them from 1936 to 1938.

2D CRASH VICTIM DIES

ELWOOD, Ind., March 8 (U. P). —MTrs. Walter Leisure, 46, died early today in Mercy Hospital, the sece ond victim of an automobile accie dent near Windfall Thursday eves ning. Lloyd Burkhardt, El was killed instantly in the crash,

HOOSIER IS CONFIRMED WASHINGTON, March 8 (U. P.),

—The Senate last night confirmed

Lawrence Callaway as pos Butlerville, Ind.

A committee of the City Board