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VOLUME 53—NUMBER 180

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FORECAST: Fair tonight and tomorrow; much cooler tonight with lowest temperature 40 to 45.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7 1941

" GOP ADVISORY GROUP NAMED BY BRADFORD

Move Opens "42 Campaign; Appointments Seen as Bid for Unity.

By VERN BOXEL A 13-member advisory ¢ +was named today by Jam

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nounced a . series of meetings to be held | soon for party workers. Members of the committee are: Irving W. Lemaux, banker; Joseph J. Dank els, - attorney; eorge Mr. Bradford gp’ Jeffrey, former District Attorney and candidate for the 1940 gubernatorial nomination; Ralph Hamill and Leo K y, attorneys; Shirley D. Murphy, busi‘messman; Charles W. Kern and William L. Yeager, labor leaders; Francis Brosnan, - insurance Robert: M. Bowes, manufacturer; 8. A. Furniss; Bert 8S. Gadd, undertaker, and Capt. Frank E. Livengood, representing war veterans, - Unity Move Seen

Some political observers saw in this move a bid by G. Q. P. leaders! for a more united party in the county, Mr. Bradford has been the target of unofficial attacks for seyeral ‘moves, . espegially in. the, pas

tronage field. . 1 me of the bitterness stirred up

In he hares heated 1940 Mr. radfo divier as’ County chairman lingers. ¥ "The new committes will attempt to iron out these differences, it was indicated. +=, “I have a program worked out which I will take up with the committee at our first session,” Mr. Bradford said. “Then we will call meetings of various groups and get them. started on the campaign,” Club Heads to Meet First on the list is a meeting of all G. O. P. club presidents, probably the first of next week. Mr. Bradford said that the early raeetings would be spent on “fundamentals” — precinct org ization and work. Debating squads and forum speakers will be formed with State Rep. Emsley Johnson Jr. in charge, to appear before party organizations and outline the pro-

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Or tion of businessmen active in the G. O. P. is another fea~ ture to be lau Murphy is e division underway. The Wage a League, the party’s labor org anization, of which My. er hae iy recinct com posed oO egro p “ po, and | the Republican Veterans of Marid County, headed by Capt. Livengood, “are other organizations which will join in getting the party's program to the voters, Training for Work

“All of these groups did fine work {ast fall, when Marion County was one of the largest industrial communities to swihg from the Democratic Party to the Republican fold,” Mr. Bradford said. getting them trained on fundamentals and explaining our program, we expect- to- come up to election time with a strong, united party.” The chairman said he expected to spend more time in the field with the workers. County headquarters in the K. of P. Building wil be open from now on, he added.

KENNEDY GRANTED LEAVE EXTENSION

C. Kennedy, former fire

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chief, petitioned the Safety Board

today for an extension of his leave] of absence which expired last week. He cited the condition of his health. Board members granted Mr. Ken-

nedy an additional 60 days leave

without pay, dating from Oct. 1. The former chief was demoted to ac ‘captain following a fatal expl at his home in August, .in|¥as Ww! one fireman was killed and another injured seriously.

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BRING "GHUTIST BACK TO EARTH

Mountain Climbers Rescue Daredevil From Peak; He Collects Bet.

RAPID CITY, S.D., Oct. 7 (U.P). —George Hopkins, the modern Robinson Crusoe back to earth after

being marooned on his is sky for almost a week, said today:

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painter—on his 92d birthday, When Mr. Riley died 25 years ago he was acclaimed by many nations. But Hoosiers Lave clung to his memory as their own.

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865-foot Devil's: Tower last Wi day until eight skilled mountain climbers set him down 130 hours later last night. “I feel first class, but I need plenty of sleep after counting rocks and fighting mice, rats and chipmunks for my meals for five days,” he said. |:

Names the Boulders

“you wouldn't believe it, but I bet I counted the big boulders on that mountain peak a thousand times, and I. gave ’em all names you couldn't print if I told you what they were. “Mostly I just walked around up there to keep from freezing to death in the 50-mile-an-hour wind. When I dozed off for éven as much as an hous, my rain-soaked blankets froze 80 The 20-year-old Texan, who made the 120-mile trip from the: tower by automobile after being rescued last night, dozed over his plate as he talked, arguing with his friend Earl klesby over whether he: was ing to get a shave before he went

Hopkins made the landing on the reat Devil's Tower Needle, rising bove the surrounding country more an the: height of the 1250-foot pire State Building, on a $50 bet th Brocklesby that he could do it.

He’s Paid Off

| Questioned" about the bet,” Hopkins said, “I was just spreading the blarney with the boys at the Rapid City Airport when that cockeyed bet was made, but I made it and I won it. I had my hand out fishin’ for the dough when I hit the ground and Earl paid off.” Hopkins repeatedly discounted the daring of his feat. “I actually gained five pounds, the food they dropped me was so good.” “Any trained parachutist could (Continued on Page Five)

PARIS WOMAN WHO HATED REDS SLAIN

Body of Volunteer Legion Secretary Found in Seine.

VICHY, France, Oct. 7 (U. P.).— Mme, Masse, private secretary to Eugene de Loncle, organizer of the French Volunteer Legion raised to igh with the Germans in Russia, : today and her body was found, weighted with stones, in the River Seine near the Pats suburb of Bougival. was active in helping

e. Masse i organise the anti-Communist legion. She organized aid for the wives! and hllaren of hen volunteering in the The a was attributed 0 unists or other anti-collab~ ts who plotted the shooting of Pierre Laval and Marcel Deat at Versailles last month. RECO RD LOAN SOUGHT N, Oct. 7 (U. P)—

still} ony the tiny acre that is the top of ednes-

¢ the “annual birthday exercises, Sibut rain transferred the: program to nearby School 9. At the school, Carl Doan was voted the pupil who resembled the poet most closely. Msgr. Henry PF. Dugan, chancellor of the Catholic Diocese of Indianapolis, was the principal speaker.

. Mrs. Nolan Speaks

\ The children presented a pageant {illustrating a number of Riley's poems. This afternoon, Hugh McK. Landon, president of the Riley Memorial Association, and William Lowe Bryan, president emeritus of Indiana University, attended memorial services at Riley's grave in Crown Hill. Mrs. Val Nolan, who recently completed a biography of the poet, spoke in a radio broadcast at Riley Hospital. Following ‘the broadcast, the Riley Cheer Guild presented a program, And the -real-for-sure Riley fans —the youngsters—showed their en: thusiasm for ‘the pal they.never.saw

with programs in nearly every school in:town.

FIRST FUND REPORT COMES TOMORROW

Major Sum Expected From Special Gifts Division.

Many of the 3000 Community Fund workers who began their col-

turn in their figures tomorrow at the first report meeting of the campaian this year at the Claypool

The major amount tomorrow will come from the special gifts division under the leadership of W. C. Griffith, a former president of the fund. This year’s goal of $688,500 is the same as that set for last year. The dia last year went $250 past the goal. With “Be Glad You Can Give” as the oi slogan, the fund drive will end

lections yesterday are expected to]

Observing Riley's 92d Birthday

The School children honored James Whitcomb Riley today on the Hoosier Poet’s 92d birthday anniversary. At School 9, nearest to Riley's Lockerbie St. home, Carl Doan (seated) was voted the pupil who He led the Riley pageant and Marlene Elmore, Patricia Dayis, Marlene Graham and Betty Hinant (left to right) assisted.

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Rain Forces Lockerbie St. Exercises Into School 9

Pupil Honored for Closest “Resemblance’; Pageants Held; Services Follow at Grave. This is the day the war correspondents and Pulitzer prize winners Fine grammar gives way to a dialect which: can be ‘expressed only Hoosiers today honor their poet—James Whitcomb Riley, the sign

TAVERN OMAER

Stuttering Bandit Grabs $1000 in N. Side Cafe; Kicks Victim.

A stuttering bandit slugged and kicked a T4-year-old tavern owner today and escaped with $1000, John Dressel, 2316: Broadway, opened his establishment at 669 E. 23d St. this morning, unlocked the back door so the ice man could get in and then started to heat some coiTee on the stove. He heard a noise at the back door but he thought it was the ice man and didn’t look up until the bandit was standing over him. “Th-i-s-s is-s a s-stickup,” .the bandit stuttered.

Struck and Kicked

He struck Mr, Dressel on the head with the butt of a revolver, knocking him to the floor. Then he kicked him several times in the face and on the legs. The bandit took Mr. Dressel’s billfold containing :$10 and $20 bills and fled through the back door. A few minutes later two customers found Mr. Dressel badly injured. He was sent to Methodist|® Hospital where physicians said his left hip was: broken. Mr. Dressel -told police he had seen the bandit in the neighborhood several .days. ago.

PROFIT LIMIT ASKED "ON DEFENSE ORDERS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (U, P.)— Chairman Carl Vinson (D. Ga.) of

the House Naval Affairs Committee |

said today he would introduce a bill to limit contractors to a 7 per cent “net profit” on all Government defense orders. Mr. Vinson said in a statement that an investigation by the Naval Affairs Committee revealed that profits on ‘Navy cotnracts have reached “an unconscionable percentage.” He said one firm made a profit of 247 per cent on a naval

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Although estranged pending divorce trial, an Indianapolis couple was ordered today to maintain {homes under the same roof while leading their separate lives. ‘The order was made by Superior Court Judgé Henry O. Goett for the sake’ of the couple's’ five children who otherwise could’ not be supported pending the trial if the father should have to maintain.two homes, « The .mother who, brought - suit, came into Judge Goett's court” today asking custody of the ‘children aod ‘support’ mqney pending the Investigation showed that the father’s: ngome. wasn’t sufficient to

'\Couple Must Live in Same House Pending Divorce Trial

reconciliation, Judge Goett permitted the mother and father to live separate lives, but ordered custody of the children held in. the home which the couple owns jointly. Not only does it temporarily the - ondmie problém; but Judge E Goett saidhhe ved. tk ment may lead to “If 1 woul have aw of the chil to ward

t pe haves n ¢ ather’s maintain two homes,” said. However,

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OSCOW DRIV

URGES GREATER DEFEAT NAZIS

Renews Plea fe for Latior Unity; Calls for Conciliation to Solve Disputes.

SEATTLE, Oct. 7 (U. P.).—President Roosevelt, in a letter to the 61st annual convention of the American Federation of Labor, today called for an end to defense strikes and declared the nation’s all-out production must be limited

|by only one factor—“the amount

necessary to overwhelm the Nazi hordes.” “This is not the time to take chances with the national safety through any stoppage of defense work or defense production,” Mr. Roosevelt wrote, “Our program of defense — our production of ships, planes, guns, tanks—must be all-out. It shall be limited by only one fatcor—the amount necessary to overwhelm the Nazi hordes.” The President said the Conciliation Service of the Department of Labor and the National Defense Mediation Board provide “ample facilities” for the adjustment of industrial disputes.

Seeks Co-operation

“The time has come when the services of such agencies must be used before any recourse is taken to a strike or lockout and I eall now upon labor and ‘management to co-operate at all times to: that end,” Mr. Roosevelt said. The President also called for discarding of jurisdictional disputes within the ranks of labor.

“Only by united action, can we 1e Nazi ihreat. he

culable value the creation of national unity. Warning - that labor would be among the first to suffer from Hit-

lerism, Mr. Roosevelt" told the con-

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vention that “workers in bon throughout the world look to you as producers of the weapons of freedom to release them from slavery. “I know you will not fail them.” The President's message was read by A. F. of L. president William Green.

Suggests Ninth: Point

Mr. Green told the’ convention's opening session yesterday that ithe Federation is’ prepared to follow Mr. Roosevelt “to the bitter end” if it becomes. necessary to take “more decisive action to protect the. freedom of the seas and democracy out the world.” He proposed that a ninth poin be: added to the list of peace aims declared by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill. It Prime give labor representation in peace negotiations and insure recognition of trade union rights throughgub the world.

exec u- . + O Federation : vice ‘presidents: ‘réduced from 15 to 13 was ted by some delegates as a move to oust George Browne, 11th vice president, who is under indictment on extortion: charges.

‘ONION-SKIN' COPIES MAKE ADAMS WEEP

Prosecutor Yells for Help on New Sticker System.

The cafeteria court has stimulated the traffic sticker business to

Prosecutor: Louis Adams com to the Safety Board today. Mr. Adams said that he has been working until 2 a. m. trying to keep up his file; of onion-skin of

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the point where the Prosecutor’s of- |9Pen. fice can’t handle its end of it, City plained |1

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R. Asks End Of Defense Strikes In Letter

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to be assigned to instruction in fire

Mary Churchill Mops Up

Miss Mary Churchill, the “18-year-old daughter of England's Prime Minister, scrubs windows as a part of her duties as a new member of the Auxiliary Territorial Service. Miss Churchill expects

control with anti-aircraft batteries.

fcked _Qi-partisan group of Congressional leaders to a Sean the effective- : prick would be|ness of American shipping in aiding| amanjan Cabinet Ins@edecreed that

Britain ag lasting two hours and 35 minutes was held in the White House soon after Mr. Roosevelt returned from Hyde Park, N. Y. The conversations were recessed understanding that a definite program would be approved at that time. ‘Senate Democratic Leader Alben W. Barkley said that he felt certain .an agreement will: be reached tomorrow, !

Mom: ntous ision Near

Rep. Luther Johnson (Tex.), ranking" Democratic member of the House - Foreign Affairs. Committee, said thatthe conference had not considered proposals to circumvent the spirit of the\Neutrality Act by Presidential revocation of proclamations that barred American shipping from certain belligerent ports and combat zones. The President, on moving into a momentous decision on whether to arm American" vessels and send American flagships to belligerent points, “the whole neutrality law n:-at - great length with the TO erassioral leaders.

Roosevelt Seeks Repeal of 2 Neutrality Act Sections

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (U. P.)—President Roosevelt indicated to Congressional leaders of both parties today that he desires repeal of two sections of tHe Neutrality Act which forbid arming of U. S. merchant BL ships and prevent them from going into belligerent zones. met. today with Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Harry Hopkins

to study .a

all the foreign-owned ships flying the Panamanian flag must not be armed under penalty of having their registrations cancelled. At present ' many ~Americanowned ships are flying the Panama flag so that they can sail fo ports from’ which the Neutrality Act bars American flagships. Of the eight American-owned ships that have been sunk during the war, five were of Panamanian registry. There are about 125 Americanowned ships under Panamanian registry. About 40 of them are owned by the U. S. Government, Eight or nine of these Governmentowned ships, _including the Pink Star which was sunk on Sept. 19, had been armed. In any event, the decision of the Panamanian Cabinet was expected fo speed action on Neutrality Act revision. The possibilities that may be recommended to Congress, rated in order’ of probability in accordance with a consensus of . the leaders, included: : 1. Piecemeal revision of the 1939 Neutrality Act, starting with a bill

* The meeting came after the Pan-

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1Carl: Zelmer and Brakeman .Francis Peller leaped and swam ashore, Wreckage of the bridge and Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic train fell across the two largest of the four ‘locks * connecting Lakes Superior and Huron. -One small lock on the American side and another on the, Canadian side were left

It was estimated that more than

Train Crashes SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. Oct. 7 (U.P.).—A steel railway bridge spanning the Soo Canal between the United States and Canada collapsed’ today beneath the {weight of a freight than and blocked lake EHIpping locks vital to transportation of iron ore needed in defense production. Two crew. members, Engineer Hazen Willis of Gladstone and Conductor Dave Monroe of -Sault Ste. Marie, were drowned. -Fireman

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piles up up.” Board members looked" about’ the room" until . their .glances fell on ‘Chief Morrissey. “Not me,” he said.’ gol any’ clerk: to spare.”

Chief Fulmer “Not me,” he said. “I'm just ‘able to get along.” ° The Board decided that the only

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Soo Bridge

Cause of the collapse was undetermined immediately but city police discounted any theory of sabotage. Some believed that connecting mechanism of the huge jack-knife bridge failed to lock properly. The train was en route south from Canada with a cargo of paper, pulpwood, steel’ and miscellaneous items. The engine and two boxcars plunged into feet of water. The engine and one boxcar were submerged. : Approximately 40 . other cars were pulled back.

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d anapolis , Times snd The New ® Chet yarulig 4 to

the House of Commons that the. Germans may as . sume the defensive on the Russian front and’ turn

to the offensive

this time to avoid.

to knock out Soviet gout. 4p

against ‘Great Britain and in Spain

ald- Africa brings forward oie more the problems of the two-front war

It is this two-front war which German strategists, after studying the lessons of the last Werld War,

in which h Germany is now|g

2m ne d ‘did so very skillfully until this year; they found themselves compelled to attack Russia, ner 20 ule

Finns Refuse to Quit way Berlin Claims Victory on. Sea of Azov.

By JOE ALEX MORRIS al United Press Foreign News Editor

Germany and Russia threw millions of fighting men amd

fleets of tanks and airp into a show-down battle tod

on the Eastern Front.~ Hitler's armies, plunged into an all-out drive for triumph before winter, claimed a major victory and capture of Mariupol and Berdyansk in the Donets Basin of the Soytls Ukraine. But the real test of strength ceri tered on the great central front fending Moscow, where the sians told of terrific onsla under a “hurricane” of shell and called upon the entire na to fight to “victory or death.” 7 Three million Axis troops, half of them in reserve, were reported attacking Red Army defenses bi hind tank and aerial fighters. : Russians were estimated to have as many or more men opposing enemy drive, which might sily. decide whether the Red Army maine tains an Eastern Front this winter,

Reported Thrown Back War dispatches showed the tollowing: 1% CENTRAL FRONT — Ge

forces, bolstered by tanks, airplan and artillery, were thrown gail

the enemy ‘was suffering the greats est losses and had heen thrown back at many points. Russian dispatches told of 198 German tanks, 31 planes and : armored cars destroyed in the burst of fighting and reported battle growing hourly, while ou man reports said that the waffe was smashing continuo > uit enemy railroads and concentra at Kharkov and over a vast cen= tral area.

UKRAINE FRONT—The n High Command reported a, “a great batle” in the extreme near the Sea of Azov and of Berlin dispatches reported capt of Berdyansk and Mariupol, w are on the north coast of. the |

and in the great Donets war De dustry basin. a

Rostov Is Bombed-

The importance of the Ge advance against the armies 4 Marshal Semyon Budenny in this Seior centers in the fact that's at armored spearhead has been thrust far toward the heart of Soviet war production and wi 125 miles of the key city of which was reported heavily by the Luftwaffe. German reports said that the § Army in this sector was “beat and was being pursued ‘by troops, which captured the staf of the Ninth Army except for if commander, who fled by airplage. According to Berlin, | the 0) ended any hope that the counter-attack reported near ° Sea of Azov could flank the drive into the Crimea.

NORTHERN FRONT—The G man offensive against Leningra@ appeared to have slackened for the time being and the Russians mad some progress in improving positions. On the Arctic front, Russians reported they had a Nazi offensive against M after 18 days of fighting in ‘wh the enemy was cut off from his b

Finns to Fight On

Meanwhile, - however, the Brit attempt to persuade the Finns abandon the war against because they now have Tecove

the territory they originally

was frustrated. A Finnish the British note ith 1 " posal and said the fight would 3 on, bringing up the possibility of 's British declaration of war the Helsinki Government. The big German drive on Mec appeared to be making steady he way. The British believed Hit! was throwing in heavy forces in gigantic gamble to take the Ru: ia capital in three weeks, If the e failed, London thought, ¢ Germa would be bogged down: nR