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Lg FRIDAY, OCT. 3, 1941. * Kitten 'Drags In' $7500 Necklace

. RYE, N. Y, Oct. 3 (U. P)— What Mrs. May Birdsell’'s cat dragged in was a pearl.#iecklace _ Worth $7500. "Returning from church last Sunday, she found her child's kitten, “Kitkat,” happily playing with a “string of beads” in front of her house. The kitten had dragged it in from the street. Mrs. Birdsell rescued the beads, ht them pretty, wore them around\the house., Yesterday she chanced to see in a newspaper that Mrs. Elgood C. Lufkin would

0S. Bugs Some Morey orm mrie Of Mr. Cuse and His Memorable Ruse

By THOMAS L. STOKES WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—OIld frontpage stories and personalities have a way of bobbing up again. Few. perhaps recall now, though it was less than five years ago, the incident of the Spanish ship Mar Cantabrico, loaded with airplanes, engines and engine parts

for Loyalist Spain, which slipped| out of New York harbor over the State Department's protest while

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Apparel! Club to Be Host: To Retail Clothiers at - Claypool Display.

The Indiana Men's Apparel Club, ‘ a wholesale organization, . will be } host to-the Indiana Retail Clothiers’ and Furnishers’ Association with an ! exhibit and preview of men’s styles ¢ _ on the 7th and 8th floors of the:

— ere, bn : ! : " THE INDIANATOLIS TES i ‘Willkie 'Sick of Boy Scout News— Making Speeches 300) EXPECTED arose | AT CAMP FETE

—Wendell L. Willkie is coming to Appreciation Dinner Set for

Kokomo tomorrow to attend the annual reunion of the 325th Field Tomorrow Night for Youth Leaders.

Artillery but he won’t make a speech because “I am sick of Nearly 300 Scout and Cub’ leaders will attend an appreciation din-

making them.” In accepting the invitation, the ner tomorrow night at the Boy Scout Camp.

VIRGIN ISLES SPYING GHARGED TO SUSPECT

- NEW YORK, Oct. 3 (U. P.).—The Government today accused Franz J. Stigler, one of 16 men being tried on a charge of espionage, of having tried to get to Germany the information that the United States was building a big airport and underground’ hangars on St. Thomas, one of the Virgin Islands. William G. Sebold, a counter-es-pionage agent, testified yesterday that Stigler, a former baker on the liner America, now the naval transport West Point, had told him about the airport and hangars when he returned from a cruise to the West

his license and went back to Jersey City. There Vimalert had hired a great many additional mechanics, and all-night shifts operated. A few days after his visit, the Government learned that the ship might sail most any time.

Hired Extra Mechanics

President Roosevelt called in State Department officials and congressional leaders and decided that prompt action must be taken through a simple resolution, which

1940 Republican Presidential candidate, said: “I want to come just as a member of the 325th Field Artillery. Please don’t put me down for a - speech. I am sick of making them. I want to have a good time with the fellows.”

pay $500 for a pearl necklace she lost ‘on Sunday. retiree smaisreeecsiimmompe— SEEKS PROPAGANDA PROBE

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (U. P.).— Senator Guy M. Gillette (D. Ia.) has introduced a resolution for a Senate investigation of Axis propaganda groups in the United States. Me said the Justice Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Army and Navy Intelligence Services desired the inquiry,

Indies. He said he learned later that the America didn’t stop in the Virgin Islands on that cruise, but Stigler told him to transmit the information to his German superiors over a short wave transmitter that two Federal Bureau. of Investigation agents—the alleged spies thought they were confederates—were operating at Centerpoint, N. Y. Sebold said the information was never sent to Germany.

Frank Cantwell of Indianapolis, president of the association, will accompany Mr. Willkie to Kokomo. ‘

— ITALY EXPANDS RATIONING ROME, Oct. 3 (U. P.).—The official news agency Stefani said today that eggs, potatoes, cheese, milk and dried vegetables soon would be added to the ration list. The rationing of bread and corn meal began Wednesday.

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The head of each Scout Troop and Cub Pack has been invited to the dinner which will begin at 6:30 p. m. District commissioners of the Central Indiana Council will meet at the camp for a group session to take care of the dinner arrangements. Wallace 8 ; 0. Lee, Council Mr. Ruddell ¢ om m i ssioner, will preside. A. G. Ruddell, president of the Central Indiana Council, will give the address of welcome to the leaders’ and a transcription of a radio program that was broadcast from camp last summer will be played. Delmer (Skipper) Wilson, Scout executive, will present the fall and winter plans of the Council and will give special recognition to district chairmen and commissioners of the 10 Council districts. Rules and regulations for the annual Rally Month, a competition in Scout activities in which all troops participate, will be decided at a meeting to follow the dinner. The various troops in the Council will be rated and ribbon awards will be made to those who were outstanding in their work this year. The Council will decide the dates for the fall training courses for Scout leaders which is held weekly each year at Manual High School. Following the dinner and meeting, Scouters and Cubbers will meet in separate sessions with Mr. Wilson leading the Cubbers” discussion.

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Leaders to Give Blood

The seven professional Scout leaders working at Scout Headquarters in the Chamber of Commerce Building are going to donate a pint of blood each to the recently organized Red Cross blood bank, Those who will offer their blood

Congress was vainly trying to pass a resolution that would have halted it. ° It was a few days’ sensation, soon forgotten. But there is a link between that incident and the recent sale to the War Department of World War Liberty Motor parts for transfer to the British under the Lend-Lease Act. (The parts are to be used in repairing British tanks.) The link is the Vimalert Co., Ltd., of Jersey City, dealers in surplus war materials. Vimalert furnished the cargo for the Spanish vessel, and Vimalert supplied the Liberty Motor parts for sale to the War Department for nearly half a million dollars.

. It’s Corcoran Again

THe second chapter is interesting here because Tommy Corcoran, exNew Deal official turned - lobbyist, was the representative, first of the British and then of Vimalert, in selling - the Liberty Motor parts— once sold by the Government—back to the War Department and to the British. After haggling for days with Mr. Corcoran and Bernard Flynn, vice president of Vimalert, the War De-) partment fixed prices for various parts beyond which it would not go, and on that basis bought about half of the quantity needed by the British, for transfer under the LendLease Act, while the British had to buy the rest out of their own funds at higher prices. AlthogetLer about a million dollars was involved.

Cuse Heads Vimalert

Mr. Corcoran was a Government official when Vimalert’s president, Robert Cuse, defied the StatenDepartment ‘five years ago on /the Spanish ship matter, and / was fully aware of all the circumstances and the Administration’s resentment.

are Mr. Wilson, Stanley L. Norton,|

assistant Scout executive, and George Coffin, Floyd Dawson, Stanley Grimm, Robert Rusby and Hubert Vitz, all field executives.

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Dr. William Cook, podiatrist, is the new Scoutmaster for Troop 27 at the Rotary Children’s Hospital. The troop is composed of crippled children at the hospital who hold meetings there each Thursday afi errioon. Dr. Cook formerly was Scoutmaster of the troop sponsored by the Broadway Methodist Church. ” # ”

Get New Charters

Three troops in the Hendricks County District of the Boy Scouts of America have completed a threenight celebration of re-registering with the national council and receiving their new charters. Robert Rusby, field executive of the Central Indiana Council officiated at all the meetings at which courts of honors were held at film exhibitions shown. The Lizton, Ind. troop made the following awards to Scouts: James Landreth, tenderfcot; Donald Ratliff, second class and James Hall, star scout and merit badge. Those who participated in the court of honor were James White of Brownsburg, Ronald Montgomery of Pittsboro and John Coulter of Brownsburg. Marion Ginn is Scoutmaster of the troop. The troop committee is composed of Nitus Hall, the Rey. John Barkley, A. Ratliff and Fred Kincaid. - Awards at the meeting of the Brownsburg, Ind. troop were received by the following: Raymond Smith, tenderfoot; Curtis Hunt Jr., first class, and James White and Billy Huddleston, merit badges. The awards were presented by Albert Smedley, superintendent of the Brownsburg schools, George Cummings, manager of the telephone company there and Jack Gunnell, director of the Chamber of Commerce Safety Council who spoke on “Safety.” The court of honor was conducted by the Rev. William H. Smith, of the Brownsburg Christian Church, James White, senior patrol leader, and patrol leaders Billy Huddleston and Kenneth Schernekau. Robert Byrne of Indiamapolis displayed a motion picture on Scouting. Ralph Adams is Scoutmaster of the troop and Herbert White is chairman of the troc) committee. John Coulter, neighborhood commissioner, and committeemen John Roark, Emil Schernekau and Myron Adams represented the troop sponsors, the Brownsburg Christian Church Board. The Coatesville, Ind. troop presented awards to James Smith, second class; James Elrod, merit badge; David Burnett, star rank and merit badge, and Joe Elrod, merit badge and star rank. Bill Huddleston of Brownsburg, the Rev. Goodwin and Jack Gambold presented the awards. Prof. Albert Smedley of Brownsburg spoke. Paul Herod is Sé¢outmaster of the troop, and Herbert . Hathway is assistant Scoutmaster.

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Mr. Cuse did not appear here at all in the Liberty Motors deal, He is still president of Vimalert, and the real principal in this latest deal, but he did not show as Mr. Cor-

coran’s client. “Barney” Flynn acted instead. 4 Mr. Cuse, as a matter of fact, is not in very good favor with the Administration, At the time of the Spanish ship incident five years ago he got in the hair of officials here from Presideht Roosevelt on down. He had a cargo valued at $2,777,000 at stake then, being loaded for Spain. He came to the State Department to get a license and officials tried to dissuade him, explaining fully the hands-off policy of the Administration toward the Spanish war. But Mr. Cuse had the letter of the law on his side and he insisted. He pointed out that the Neutrality Act covered only shipments to nations at war with other nations,

and did not cover civil wars such’

at that in Spain. His statement led State Department officials to conclude that it would be several weeks before the equipment could be assembled and

could be passed through Cnogress in one day, banning shipments of war materials to either side in the Sapish civil war. If this shipment got through, it was brought out at the conference, the Government would be put in a most unfavorable light before Great Britain, France and other European powers then seeking to stop the war in Spain. The resolution was rushed through Congress the next day, but not quickly enough, for the Mar Cantabrico steamed out at 1:47 p. m,, while Congress was still deating, and anyhow it was discovered that the Senate, which passed the -resolution first and adjourned, had failed to authorize the Vice President to sign the bill while it was not in session, so the bill could not go to the White House that ay. Thus Mr. Cuse gave the Administration the slip.

FAN FAILS TO HITCH PLANE TO BROOKLYN

RENO, Nev., Oct. 3 (U. P.).—Bernard Lustig, 19, is nuts abput the Brooklyns. The World Series was coming along and there he. was trudging up and down San Francisco streets, carrying telegrams. He just had ‘to get back to Brooklyn. So Bernard slipped aboard an airliner last night and hid in the rest room. The stewardess found him, the plane made an unscheduled stop here and Bernard was turned over to the sheriff. He was taken to the city limits and shown the road east. If he does more hitching than hiking — and them Bums extend the series — Bernard may get to Brooklyn for

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