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Hoosiers in Washington—

~ VANNUYS

IN OPPOSING

IS FIRM AR

. Senior Senator Returns From French Lick Meeting More

Belligerently Isolationi ‘Colleague; Against By DANIEL

st Than His G. 0. P. Neutrality Change.

M. KIDNEY

; . Times Staff Writer : WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—Next to Secretary of Navy Knox, the most fire-eating pro-war speeches of any member of the Roosevelt Cabinet are being made by Secretary of Agriculture Claude R. Wickard.

Federal Security Admini

strator Paul V. McNutt also

is in the vanguard of the firey speech-makers and yesterday

he was joined by another former Hoosier Democratic Governor, M. Clifford Townsend, Director of the Office of Agricultural Defense Relations. - “America has passed the crossroads,” Mr, Townsend said in addressing a* Farm Bureau rally in West Virginia. “We- now know that complete ‘destruction of naziism is: our only salvation. We know now that aid to Britain or aid, to Russia is as much our own national defense as if we were blasting Nazi submarines out of New York’s harbor. We now know that the only way to keep naziism out of our own land is to join wholeheartedly in the destruction of the Hitler machine.” “This is our war!” Secretary

Wickard maintained as he addressed |

the farmers on a month-long nationwide: tour, : Urging greater production at four regional meetings called to plan the 19432 AAA program, he described food as a “whole arsenal of weapons in this struggle for human freedom.”

2 Architects of Future

In an address entitled “Why "We Arm,” Mr. McNutt told a National Unity Rally in Rochester, N. Y, that: ; “History has put its finger on our shoulder. We are participating whether we like it or not, in the creation of a new world. We are architects of the future. . . . “The plain fact remains that demeocracy is destined to sweep over all the earth or it will be abolished everywhere.” Within the past decade, there have been born forces which have, as the very object of their creation, the destruction of the democratic and the democratic life. - “The two systems are now locked in a death struggle. That struggle will be unending until one or the other has perished.” : All of these fine phrases from the Indiana statesmen, who have been appointed to top jobs downtown by President Roosevelt, so far find little echo among the State’s elected representatives on Capitol Hill,

Against Neutrality Change

HEIL STANDS BY LEGION CHARGE

Wisconsin Governor Insists Convention Was Ruled By F. D. R. Forces.

MILWAUKEE, Sept. 27 (U. P.) — In the face of demands by State and national leaders of the American Legion that he apologize, Gov, Julius P. Heil today stuck to his charge that President Roosevelt controlled the 23rd national Legion convention last week. j Earlier this week Mr. Heil had referred to Federal officials, including Secretary of Navy Frank Knox and Civilian Defense Director Fiorello LaGuardia, as Government “payrollers” and charged in a Junior Chamber of Commerce speech that they “steamrollered” the Legion convention into support of the President’s foreign policy. He asserted he had talked to “hundreds of Legionnaires from many states” during the convention and that “not one of them favored the resolution adopted by the convention delegates favoring American aid to Russia. The Governor contended the “rank and file” of the Legion were opposed to action taken by the convention in abandoning the Legion’s traditional advocacy of strengthening national defense on an independent basis in favor of direct aid to Russia and Britain against Hitler. Legion leaders from National Commander Lynn U. Stambaugh, Fargo, N. D., down. challenged Mr. Heil's charge that the convention was steamrollered by Roosevelt forces.

BANKRUPTCY CASE OF FOX NEARING CLOSE

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Sept. 27

(U. P.).—The $55,000,000 bankruptcy

Although he returned from the|.... of william Fox, former movie

French Lick: Democratic meeting with the all-out: resolutions for the Roosevelt foreign policy ringing in his ears, Senator Frederick, Van-

magnate, in litigation for the last five years, was virtually settled to-

day. Bankruptcy Referee Allen B.

Nuys has become even more bel-| Endicott signed an order accepting ligerently isolationist than his Re- a compromise offer of $885,000 by publican colleague, Senator Ray-|mox his wife, Eva, their two daugh-

mond E. Willis.

ters, Mona and Belle, and the All-

Quick to comment whenever the Continent Corp., controlled by the President suggests what he (Van-{pox family.

Nuys) considers “another step to-

Mr. Endicott said the offer, $285,-

ward war,” the Senior Senator said 000 more than an original comhe will both vote and work against|promise suggested by the Fox famany attempt to repeal the Neutral-|ily, has been accepted by the cred-

ity Act or amend it to permit the arming of merchantmen.

itors.

Final settlement depends on ac-

. As 8 member of the Senate For-|tion of the U. S. Treasury Departeign Relations Committe, Senator ment to compromise more than $5,-

CHICAGO. CHEERS

‘Isolationist Capital’ Warm ~ In Welcome to Royal Couple.

CHICAGO, Sept. 27 (U. P.)—The metropolis: of the midwest ‘took the Duke and Duchess of Windsor to their hearts today with two enthusiastic demonstrations ‘as the royal couple paused between trains en route to Canada. : They were “Wally” and “Eddie” to the throngs totaling more than 500 who cheered and “yea-ed” them

hour stopover. - They are en route from Nassau to the Duke’s Alberta ranch, Capt. John Prendergast, chief of the uniformed force, had 350 policemen and scores of plainclothesmen

of England and his American-born wife, but they were not needed except tp prevent the enthusiastic crowd from crushing its own members. NG “We Want Wally!”

The nervousness of British authorities over their visit to what has been called the “isolationist capital of the United States” proved unfounded. Police said not a word that wasn’t friendly came from the crowd. : The crowd, mostly women, was disappointed not to have seen more of the Duchess. She missed a sightseeing trip along the lake front because she had to remain in her private railroad car for treatment of a small eye infection. A British press representative described the ailment as a “small sty on the lower lid of the right eye.” Dr. Sanford R. Gifford treated the eye. When the switch from the Pennsylvania train to the Northwestern's Viking was made “Wally” appeared briefly amid cries of “Yea Wally!” and “We want Wally!”

Gift Causes Alarm

She wofe a black wool suit trimmed with velvet which she described as “an old refugee rag.” Her secretary assumed she meant she had obtained the dress in Paris just before the city fell to the Nazis. A tiny black felt skull cap was perched on the back of her coiffure. She wore black shoes and white wrist-length gloves. Her handbag was black leather and she had a sable scarf over one shoulder. A Scotland Yard man had a bad moment when someone tossed an oblong’ gift package to the rear platform of the train while the Duchess was standing waving. He stooped and fielded it before it fell. He handed it to another detective, who took it. away for careful opening. Two thousand persons, mostly women, milled impatiently in the Union Station for 55 minutes after the Windsors’ train arrived while they ate breakfast.

Wally’s Double Appears

Finally, the Duke stepped out of the car. He was greeted by feminine shouts of “Where’s the Duchess?” Half a dozen women broke police lines and rushed toward him repeating the cry. His eyebrows went up and then he smiled broadly. A stir was caused in the crowd at the station when a woman resembling the Duchess pushed to the front lines. She identified herself as: Mrs. Mary Kroll and said that although she is German she has been called “double” for the Ameri-can-born Duchess. She sent a note in to.the Duchess and was informed she could see her before the train left.

1 U. LAW ALUMNI

DUKE AND WALLY|

during the two and three-quarter]?

on hand to protect the former King |

Blue-eyed Dorine Shook of Albany, N. Y., receives the attention of Nurse Helen Sorronbeck as she sleeps on at a hospital for the 770th consecutive day, unconscious of the passing of her seventh birthday. She never has awakened for a moment since being stricken with sleeping sickness. Medical science has virtually despaired of ever awakening her, but her mother will not give up hope.

German Bishop Leads Fight As Catholics Seek Showdown

(Continued from Page One) mentioning names which few clergymen previously had dared. “We Christians,” said Bishop Galen, “are the anvil, the others are the hammer, and the anvil never yet gave out first.” 8 = = : 2 x = HIS THIRD SERMON, on Aug. 3, opened one of the sorest spots

in internal German affairs, the killing of the insane, hopelessly ill and crippled. This practice apparently has no legal foundation beyond the

theories of the most extreme party approval of Hitler,

elements, and has at least the tacit

Bishop Galen cited the law against murder and the statute making guilty any persons knowing in’ advance of a crime and failing to re-

port to the authorities.

Reciting the number of persons taken away

“the day before yesterday” in Westphalia, the Bishop said in effect: “I am now reporting to the competent authorities that these people have been taken away with intent to dispose of them. I am jointly

guilty if I fail in this duty.”

Bishop Galen said that the victims were determined by irresponsi-

ble groups, a practice which might

lead to untold excesses. He argued

that the German people would soon distrust their own doctors, a weapon which might be used to wipe out whole elements of the population. Most of the victims, he said, had relatives on the Russian

front, fighting to preserve the nation. “Where,” he asked, “is our national community?’ *

FR a THESE SERMONS were mineographed in thousands and circulated throughout the entire Reich, according to reports. Many have been sent in the army post to soldiers at the front where. they have been widely read. They have created a sensation unlike any similar occurrence within the Reich in years. The Bishop's stand was supported by a second pastoral letter which, in more moderate and

general language, without names or references to the Nazis or Ger-

CANADIAN CLAIMS INVASION NECESSARY

LONDON, Sept. 27 (U. P). — Canadian and British armored divisions will provide a more powerful striking force than the German panzer units, Lieut. Gen. Andrew G. L. McNaughton reported recently to visiting Canadian editors. Tanks and anti-aircraft guns now are arriving from Canada, he said. Gen. McNaughton, commander of Canadian forces, said that the only way to beat Germany was to invade the continent, and he added

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LAWYERS WILL CONVENE HERE

| Record Attendance Seen at

American Bar Convention. (Continued from Page One)

meet in the Claypool Assembly room to study committee and Section reports. Yesterday, another attorneys’ organization—the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform Laws —heard Oswald Ryan, member of the Civil Aeronautics Board, discuss the Conference’s proposed uniform state aeronautics code. Mr, Lashly also addressed the group with a plea that “courageous citizens face the future unafraid, helping to work out the best solution to our problems.” Mr. Ryan said the Civil Aeronautics Board is considering taking over all licensing and control of civil aeronautics. He pointed out that there now are about 100,000 civilian pilots licensed as result of the training program sponsored by the board.

Strive for Co-operation

Mr. Lashly said that “it is the duty of patriotic, courageous citizens to carry on the best they can, and try to work out the best possible system of co-operation between the Federal and State Governments.” He said there is one group which believes that States are losing their independence as political units, and agree with the trend because they think we have outgrown our State governmental system. A second group, he said, is dis-

‘ jcouraged because of the centralization of government in Washington.

Meanwhile, another organization, the Interstate Commission on Crime, opened a two-day session at the American Legion: Headquarters to consider model laws including a sabotage statute.

cials to review their statutes to determine if they have adequate defense laws as recommended by the recent Federal-State Conference on Law Enforcement Problems of National Defense. Atty. Gen. Earl C. Warren of California led the. discussion. Governor Henry F. Schricker and Lynn U. Stambaugh, new commander of the American Legion, spoke at the Commission’s annual dinner last night at the Indianapolis Athletic Club.

5 HURT IN HEADON AUTO CRASH HERE

A headon crash on 38th St. near Adams St. last night sent five persons to the hospital, three of them soldiers from Ft. Harrison. One, Sergt. Seth Tate, is reported in a critical condition at City Hospital. The others injured were Pvt. Luther Walker and Pvt. Bernard Coffer, Raymond Call, 18, of 318 N. Highland Ave., and Glenn Steel, 27, of 918 Tabor St. They are in Methodist Hospital.

REPORT NEW HURRICANE WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (U. PJ). —The Weather Bureau declared today that no reports had been received on a tropical hurricane in

the Caribbean but that it probably was some 250 miles east of the

The Commission urged State offi-|

F. 0. R. SCORNS °. GOSPEL OF FEAR

14 New Ships Launched; Full Protection Promised Merchant Marine. (Continued from Page One)

ing a telling blow at the menace to our nation and the liberty of the free peoples of the world.” = ' ‘Mr. Roosevelt called particular at« tention to launching of the S.8, Patrick Henry, the first of the Lib« erty fleet to come off the ways at Baltimore. He said . the vessel, named for the famed Revolutionary War statesman, “renews that great patriot’s stirring demand: “‘Give me liberty or give me death.’ “There shall be no death for America, for democracy, for frees dom,” Mr. Roosevelt concluded. “There must be liberty, world-wide and eternal. This is our prayer— our *pledge to all mankind.” Launching of the Patrick Henry at the Bethlehem-Fairfield shipyard will highlight the day’s ceremonies, Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, wife of the Vice President, will christen the vessel, and Chairman Emory S. Land of the Maritime Commission will be the principal speaker.

Land Urges More Speed

In an address prepared for dee livery, Mr, Land complimented the Baltimore workers, then called for “more speed and still more speed” in construction of the “bridge of ships” for movement of war mate rials to opponents of the Axis powers. All Americans who have a part in the “all-out defense effort,” Mr. Land said, “know that a good rece 2 A M ord is not good enough—that, if we « Vi. ale lo preserve Jhe American way . of life an ristian civilizati (Continued from Page One) |must almost attain the i

on daylight saving time until Oct. I 26, which is the date set for-Chi-cago to go back to slow time. Southern Indiana's three defense plants—The Naval Ammunition Depot at Burns City, and the Indiana and Hoosier Ordnance plants at Charlestown—will return to Central Standard Time tomorrow morning. The parade back to standard time began Sept. 1 when Kokomo became the first of the larger In-

Dad Turns In Son

Patsy Barbaro Jr. 20, enlisted in the Army seven months ago, making his dad, an A, E. F. veteran, the proudest man in: Freeport, N. Y. After disappearing from Ft. Devens, Mass., he walked: into the Barbaro home, nervous and tired. Patsy Barbaro Sr. telephoned authorities, His son was turned over to military police from Mitchel Field, L. I.

DAYLIGHT TIME TO END TONIGHT

Clocks Will Be Turned Back An Hour Here at

uman. “Our forefathers did it. . . . We can and we will live up to the exe ample they set.” Two other Liberty ships were scheduled for launching during the day — the Star of Oregon at the yards of the Oregon Shipbuilding Co., Portland, and the John C. Free mont at the California Shipbuilding Corp., Los Angeles. The Liberty fleet vessels are dee signed to achieve a minimum cost,

diana cities to make the change. Meanwhile, proposals to extend daylight time from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October are pending in Congress as a national defense measure. About half of Canada’s 11,000,000 inhabitants concentrated in war industry areas will continue on daylight time through the winter. Most of Europe and much of Latin America and Asia observe daylight time during summer periods.

MONEY PARLEY CALLED WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (U. P)). —The United States, Great Britain and China have called a monetary conference at Hongkong, China, to study new means of bolstering Chinese currency against economic moves by Japan in occupied areas of China, the Treasury announced today. :

17th WARD WOMEN MEET The 17th Ward Women’s Demo-. cratic Club will have a party at 8 p. m. Monday at the home of Miss Hannah Noone, 733 Pleasant Run Parkway, South Drive. The party will mark the opening of the national] Democratic women’s campaign. Mrs. Louis . Weiland will

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rapidity of construction and sime plicity of operation. Each ship is 441 feet long, can make 11 knots and is capable of carrying 9146 tons of general cargo. ' Speed with which the emergency shipbuilding program is progressing —a& rate far surpassing production in the first World War—will be stressed by speakers at all of the launchings.

MARINE. RECRUITING * CHIEF VISITS HERE.

Col. R. M. Montague, in charge of Marine Corps recruiting for the cen= tral division with offices in Chicago, today visited the local Marine ree

cruiting office at 406 Kresge Bldg, Colonel Montague is on an inspece tion trip, He was recently made officer in charge of the district.

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000,000 in income-tax claims for $285,000. At the time of the bankruptcy, Fox listed liabilities of $9,535,000. But claims later amounted

many, condemned unauthorized killings of invalids and the insane. The church so far appears to hold the temporary advantage.

VanNuys is in a position his efforts felt. : With the House again in recess, most of the ‘Hoosier Congressmen

{that “there will be an invasion.” For the time being, he said, Canadian forces may carry on in-

to make

T0 HOLD BANQUET - - - IS NOT “COAL”

are back home. But those who re4urn now and then remain ant in their isolationist stand. - Rep. William H. Larrabee (D. Ind) still is the sole exception. He backs the President 100 per cent. TE ee. : McNutt and Legion . Considerable credit has been given Mr. McNutt for his behind-the-scenes work in getting the national convention of the American Legion to switch from a semi-isola-tionist to an all-out against Hitler Dbolicy in the Milwaukee convention resolutions, = While it is that the handsome Hoosler, who is a Past. National Commander, did aid in this matter, one of the Legionnaires who returned here attributed the allout stand largely to the obstinacy of the isolationists — particularly Past Commander Hanford Mac‘Nider of Iowa, Senator Bennett Champ Clark ¢tD. Mo.) and Rep. Hamilton Fish (R. N. Y.). ~ “They were so snarling in their approach to the problem of our foreign affairs that they angered -the members of the Resolutions Committee. to the point where they went much farther than anyone anticipated,” this Legion leader ex-

‘Seven years ago, Mr. McNutt ap--peared before a Congressional Committee to urge the Legion's long--time program of wartime conscrip‘tion of both men and money. Upon ri from Milwaukee, he said he could not explain why this - universal draft plan did not a) among the Legion resolunow that war may be near, ; 8 = = ‘Relieve Paper Shortage

‘If speech-making and bureaucratic paper-work can win a war, licking Hitler -is practically in the bag so «far as Washington is concerned. Writing regarding his personal ‘experience at OPM, a smell manu‘facturer made this point in a letter to ‘Rep. Charles A. Halleck, who “heads the Republican Committee to - Ald Small Businessmen: “Each thonth the number of forms and reports required by OPM multiples, and too often the reports required for this month differ in from from ‘those required last ‘month, adding to the already heavy burden of statistical work on in-

to more than $55,000,000. The bankruptcy proceedings were the basis for conspiracy charges brought by the Federal Government against Fox.

OFFICERS ARE NAMED BY JORDAN COUNCIL

James Powers, Wakarusa, Ind. has been elected president of the Jordan Student Council at the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music. Kenneth Nughes, Kokomo, was named vice president and Mary Louise Houk, Indianapolis, secretary and treasurer. Student representatives on the board, all from Indianapolis, are Donald Holzhausen, senior; Paul Brown, junior; Marybelle Mohler, sophomore, and Louis Mader, freshman.

Lieut. Col. Carlton S. Dargusch, assistant deputy director of the Selective Service system in Washington, will be the principal speaker at the banquet of the Indiana University Law Alumni Association at 7 p. m. Monday at the Columbia Club. ’ The dinner is being held in connection with the meeting of the American Bar Association here. J. T. Hillis of Logansport, president of the alumni group, will preside. Among those who will attend the dinner are Judges Curtis Shake and Curtis Roll of the State Supreme Court, Judge A. J. Stevenson of the Appellate Court, Judge! Ora L. Wildermuth of Gary, president of the Indiana University Board of Trustees, and John S. Hastings, Washington, member of the Board.

Persecutions of church institutions are reported. to have been halted early in August. Bishop Galen was at first officially urged to travel “for his health,” preferably outside the Reich. He replied that his health was good and that he required no vacation. He is now said to be under house arrest though otherwise unharmed to the amazement. of parishoners in the rest of Germany. : This coincides with the new report that Dr. Martin Niemoeller is no longer in solitary confinement at Sachsenhausen but has been transferred to Dachau where he shares three cells with two Catholic priests, giving him the opportunity for the first time in four years to speak to others except during the rare visits of his wife.

By DAVID MARSHALL

Emphasizing four factors — streamlined styling “that borrows from the future,” long-life engineering, operating economy and safety— he new DeSotos today were introduced by local dealers. Six models in the De Luxe line and eight in the Custom<series are powered with the biggest engine ever built by DeSoto, the “Powermaster” with a 115-horse power rating. Other features are the stylized “rocket” bodies with concealed running boards, “airfoil” headlights, “personalized interiors,” no-shift driving through the use of an improved Fluid Drive and Simplimatic Transmission available on all models at extra cost, and “safeguard

wheels” that won't let a flat tire be thrown off the rim.

The “airfoil” concealed headlights operate from the instrument panel. Pulling a lever opens sliding steel panels and turns on the lights, pushing it closes them and turns the lights off. Below the lights and wider than ever is the new “waterfall” grille from hoodline to gravel-deflector. Parking lights are set into the front fender panels at either end of the grille. Running boards are concealed by a flare in the doors. For added convenience in locking the car from the outside, there are locks on each front door. The ignition key is used for both. A more effective version of DeSoto's “Safety Signal” speedometer is used this year. Pointer, numerals and face of the speedometer glow at night: Green up to 30 miles an hour; r, from 30 to 50, and red thereafter,

engineers say.

New DeSotos on Display Here

The Custom four-door sedan , , .with the “Powermaster” engine.

DeSoto’s new “Powermaster” motor has many engine refinements which make for greater economy, Horsepower has been increased to 115. Torque has been increased to 190 pound feet; piston displacement to 236.8 cubic inches and bore to 3 7-16 inches. A new type oil filter, with a greater capacity for removing dirt, is used. New to the DeSoto Deluxe line this year is a town sedan. Other models in the Deluxe line are a business coupe, a Six-passenger coupe, a two-door sedan, a fourdoor sedan and a seven-passenger

sedan. In the Custom line are eight models—a coupe, a six-passenger club coupe, a convertible club coupe, a brougham, a four-door sedan, a town sedan, a seven-passenger seSe and a seven-passenger lime-

dependent raids like that at Spitzbergen, but actually the Canadian corps “is a dagger pointed at the heart of Berlin — don’t make any mistake about this.” He said that England was an ideal spot from which to launch an offensive against the European coast, but said that such an offensive might not develop until after the expected German attempt to invade Britain,

ENVOYS WILL HEAR REPORT FROM ROME

LONDON, Sept. 27.—Three American envoys are meeting in London tomorrow to hear the report of Myron Taylor, president Roosevelt's special envoy to the Vatican on his conversations with the Pope. The two American ambassadors on the spot, John C. Winant, Ambassador to Britain and Anthony J. Drexel Biddle Jr., Ambassador to eight exiled governments here will be joined tonight by David Grey, United States Minister to Eire. Mr. Taylor went to Rome a few weeks ago on a special mission to the Vatican for the President. It is thought to have been connected with the Pope’s “negative attitude” toward the war. Mr. Taylor undoubtedly explained thé position of the United States and may have indicated, if speculation in informed quarters here is accurate, the desirability of a clearer lead from the Vatican in view of the fact that the United States is engaged in the war effort.

‘KNIFEY* SAWICKI ‘GETS DEATH PENALTY

CHICAGO, Sept. 27 (U. P)— Bernard (Knifey) Sawicki, 19-year-old slayer of four in a week-end crimé spree, won a package of cigarets because a jury found him guilty of murder and sentenced him to die in the electric chair. The unruffled youth, who had said he “never expected to be 21 anyway” and that killing was “as easy as eating ice cream cones,” turned to Bailiff Joe Lelivelt in Criminal Court last night when the jury returned its verdict.. “I told you I'd burn,” he said. “You lose. Give me the package of cigarets.”

CLOSE IN ON JAP ARMY CHUNGKING, China, Sept. 27 (U. P.).—Chinese armed forces today were reported attacking the ‘rear and flank of Japanese units driving into Changsha, in Hunan Province. The Chinese attacks were designed to cut off reinforcements

for the Japanese forces which Shanghai claimed had penetrated

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