Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 October 1941 — Page 1

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14 DIE WHEN

the dark on a flat Minnesota ‘prairie; struck a: ravine and burst

‘the plane .was gliding to the field

deep and extends across the other-

‘wreckage.

Former Hoosier

‘ & meeting of Shrine Hospital

AIRLINER BURNS

AFTER WRECK]

‘Only Pilot Escapes Alive; Crash Follows ‘0. K.’ Message by Radio. (Picture on Page Three)

MOORHEAD, Minn, Oct. 30 (U. P.) —Fourteen persons were killed

early today when a Northwest Air-|.

lines Transport plane, landing in

into flames. Only Pilot Clarence Bates, of ‘Minneapolis, escaped with his life, and he suffered from shock. There were ‘no witnesses, but airline officials and police agreed that

for a landing when it hit the coulee, which is about 50 feet wide, 25 feet

wise unbroken ‘land for about 100 rds

yards. z The dead were. 12 passengers, the co-pilot and a stewardess. Pilot Escapes Death

The pilot escaped from ' the

either because he was able Re crawl 1 through an emergency exit or besf

cause he was thrown clear ‘of the

All bodies had been removed eight hours after the accident, but the

only ones identified, jmmedisiely :

were E. A. King, Fargo, N president of the Dakota Tractor and Equipment Co.; Stewardess Bernice Blowers, Mrs. Helen Ford,

and Alden Onsgard, Minneapolis, :

the co-pilot. Fred Novinger, chief of the third region Nr carriér branch of the C. A. A, said after several hours of investigation that he had been unable to determine the cause of the crash. Airline officials could not tell im-|

mediately if the pilot was making|.

a forced landing the field or if he mistook it for the Fargo airwhere he was scheduled to three miles away, © ony

on HIG sta Nehts

Me ‘minutes .ziotified gn in th me St ort. guided’ by that’ “everything was all right.” The plane was ‘en route from Minneapolis to Seattle. .JBxcept for one motor: which was thrown ' loose, ‘the . plane remained intact. Figmes pShveloped it: ahd destroyed he ca After. the crash ‘the floodlights of the’ nearby Moorhead Rod and U Gun: Chit" were switched on to the Meld to aid rescuers in the search only the right ‘wing: ‘and the tain of the plane remained unburned when fielp arrived several minutes after ‘the crash.

First Crash Since 1939 ‘From his hospital bed, Pilot Bates,

said he ‘would not make a state-}

ment until ‘he had talked with air<

“All I can say is'that I was mak ing an instrument approach for landing at the Fargo Airport,” he

Northwest airlines officials ‘said ‘it was the ‘first fatal crash on their system gince Jan. ‘13, 11939, .when| . four persons died in a ‘crackup near Miles City, Mont. ‘Others tentatively listed as plane passengers were R. W. Ramey, North Canton, O.; H. J. Klopp, Spokane, Wash; L. C. Carr, Highland Park, (Tl; Ned Wells, Fargo; A. H. . Brown, Fargo; a many named: Packard, who boarded the plane at ' Philadelphia; Mitzger, New. York; F. R. Lowell, ib og A. Pr. Simonson, Grand

Fok, N. ; CooWa Famup, ‘Grand N. oe 25 . “|W.

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Killed in Crash

EARLY TODAY, Miss Genevieve Brown, 2008 N. Alabama St., received word that her brother: died in the Northwest Airlines plane crash’ ‘near ' Moorhead, Minn, with 13 others. He is Arthur ‘Halleck Brown of Bill- | ings, Mont., Montana . State .Republican chairman, and a well known former Hoosier. As general ‘counsel ‘for the Shrine, Mr, Brown had attended

Board of directors aj Washington last week. En route back to Bill

ings, he stopped over. in. Indian. |

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"|ing Indianapolis business executives

'W. Alm

FORECAST: Continued cloudy with occasional rain tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature. |

Signal Cops; |

Sec BRANCH. OPENED

Local Business, Industry To- Co-operate. The opening of an Indianapolis

branch for the British War Relief} Rociety’s commerce and industry}

division was announced here today

of ‘the board of directors of the} Chase National Bank, New: York. Mr. Aldrich, ‘president of the British «War: ‘Relief Society, addressed a Tuncheon meeting of lead-

in the Columbia Club.: -. . Chairman of today’s meeting was Homer Capehart who déséribed the preliminary ‘work of organizing the Indianapolis branch: and urged the 8 {co-operation of businéss executives in appointing ‘company represent-

atives in industrial and commercial :

organizations. . Mr, Capehart announced that In-| dianapolis business firms and execuives already have ‘contributed more * $16,000 ) to’ the: society.! = The alin on’s ‘work will be carried out from offices av 837-839 Lemcke Building. “The: 8 ie will be directed by an} executive committee com: of My. Capehart, chairman; Samuel B. Sutphin, vice chairman; Wilson othershead, = treasurer; . Paul

don, W.: gr Eli Lilly, J Ruddick, / Charis S. Rauh, Col. . Herrit Wallace O. Lee and | ~ Mr. Aldrich told the executives that the Britiéh War: Relief Society |, has raised since June 1, 1940, approximately $10,000,000 in cash. In| addition, - warm Slotiune valued at more than $2,500,000 Yas. heen re-

ADD TO birRs OF CURTISS-WRIGHT

‘Times Special WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.—Feéderal

Loan Administrator Jesse Jones antoday that the Defense

y the game te the Caldwell, .- J, plas from $1,~

Chase Bank Head Asks |,

by Winthrop W. Aldrich, chairman!

Richey,” Secretary: Hugh McK, 1ap- ;

E hEsceped German

Pilot Shot Down

f BERLIN, oct.’ 280° Ww. P)— “Baron Franz von Werrs, German airplane pilot. who" escaped - from the United Stdtes recently ‘after _ arriving there as a fugitive from

_been, shot ‘down and “again ‘taken ; prisoner by the British)\ reliable German’ sources ‘said yo Competent German quarters; questioned regarding bhe - report, ; said “we can ‘only. say’ that von Werra still is alive.’ a :

BRITISH INSTRUCTED

bh to aig

ionals me of the Far "East. omen .¢hildren, . especially, Wefe urged to leave a8 sdon as possible.

trio similar evacuation ' advice to Americans .was contemplated ‘at present.

sponsibility how rests with- them.

issued last February, the Embassy said in a -cireular ‘sent - to ‘its’ nationals . in: -Oceupied China.

JOHN - RUCKELSHAUS’ MOTHER, 88, IS. DEAD

. Caroline; ‘Ruekelshaus, TES Indianapolis resident, dled

torney John ©: Ruckelshaus, ‘2835 N. Meridian ‘St ved 7 hon, ied ma. Busou ry Emelle Spohr, and four Sandchiidren, also survive her,

a prison camp in ‘Canada, has'|

1 LEAVE HR Es

SHANGHAT, Oct. 30 (U. B).—|auarely by t The British Embassy renewed its! efforts today -to send civilian na-|!

United States officials: said that

Americans have twice]: ‘been requested to leave and re-|

“Recent , developments” have ne- | tf B, ‘cessitated éd Feiterating warnings first

‘today at the home of her oon, a At | St, with whom she class

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1941

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Néw-U. 'S.: Destroyers Are Believed: Sturdiest in - World.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (U. P).—| Pailure of a German’ submarine to] sink, ‘the U. 8. destroyer Kearny—| torpedoed and damaged ‘witha. loss of 11 lives southwest of = Ieeland— convinced naval ‘experts today that the United States’ newest destroyers are the sturdiest in the worid. That was ‘the appraisal in ‘ine formed quarters of a veport. decrib-

LONDON, Oct. 30. (U. P.).—A cow has hms six sides and ls “arranged

{ Members of the crew of the U. 8.8. Kearny Took ok the damage done to their: ship by a torpedo as they fought a submarine southwest of ' Iceland. The torpedo 5 struck’ -aduldthips “on’ the starboard le in the vicinity of the Torward fire room.” The phate was ten by the U. 8. ‘unnamed port. Damage on the statboard side Get in the picture)

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LONDON, French that mysterious “black phantom” raiding: OT are piv rachel German sentries from their posts on the Nazi-occupied French ‘coast

din. reported today

almost évery night and creating among the Germans a “horrible fear”

of an Allied

The Spokesman's "disclosure followed Wed -Teporcs by the Moscow radio

Child Neglect glect Complaints . Threatened by Police.

Chatges ofchild neglect may; bel -

against parents whose chil-| e caught ‘commiting. wilful | Vandalism ‘tomorrow, night,|

dren acts of:

‘| Lieut. Charlés E: Weddle, head of |*

the Police ‘Juvenile ‘Aid ‘Division,

Ds{aid today. . cis ' The stern

a) cam “both | 1’ whrning ee

lon duty to 5 oftsst any possible actsof|

vandalism such’ as; has ‘been’ committed in the Olty and County in

|STATE — BILL. = Boy of London Slums Amazed], |By Cow, Which Has 'Six Sides’

FOR GILL. GASOLINE

butt wir and’ hd ios to. moo| r. Te

tish ‘and Canadian soldiers specially -

| of . the trained Commando asssult forces) had landed in France recently and

“made raids in te neighborhood of

Amiens. The raids have forced the Ger--mans to redouble ‘their coastal patrols, the spokesman said, while information received: in London

F “shows that Frenth resistance is

* despite the repressive measures taken : by - the German ‘occupation authorities.

Textiles Hard Hit ‘British ‘aiithorities had no com- | ‘ment - oh ' the reported * raiding _ patties ‘and the censorship: does net permit : reports regarding .the ‘Commando units, which: aroused great in" conneetion ‘with public. demands for a. British. in-

vasion of Western Europe in order

fo aid the Russians by. n a second front. opening The French spokesman, however, discussed tke reported raids ‘and ‘said the ‘Royal Air Force og tioall y' wiped: & the practicall ‘ou e axle industry ‘inthe Norde sec-

evr rom. Pane, 1 sa of mysterious that

: spp aie every night on tke to. aid German sentry

Russian REET

BASE IN DANGER

Germans Increase Pressure On’ ‘Crimea and Moscow: Reds Lose Kharkov. On Inside Pages Vichy Cabinet Struggle ..Page 3 Details of Fighting

Stoneman’s War Analysis “sin Nazis Harvest Ukraine Grain..

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By JOE ABEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor The German® armies’ stepped: up their attacks on Moscow: today and drove deeper into the Crimea, bringing a military threat closer to the big Russian Black Sea: fleet: beeatise of Sebastopol. ‘Russian reports indicated that the defenders of the Crimea are falling

back after a terrific battle. with thel’

Germans. in which 20,000 casualties were inflicted. . ‘Soviet ‘dispatches also. admitted dangerous Nazi pressure: on the Orel-Tula line, 210 to 100 miles south and southwest of Moscow. Except on the Orel-Tula front, the Germans did not appéar to have made substantial progress in their new attacks on: Moscow and the Russian .counter-attacks ‘were said to be feking to wear down the Germans in an effort to take ‘the purch out of the offensive. : On the Donets front the Russians claimed the recapture of strategic heights and it was indicated that Nazi progress iin the-region- before Rostov had slowed down. ~ Greatest - German progress ap-

| peared to be in. Crimea where the

Russian reports left little doubt: of the seriousness of the. German threat. The Soviet dispatches told of many days of terrific fighting in

} which 20,000. German casualties

(Continued on Page Four)

AXIS AT WAR: WITH U; S., TALIANS TOLD

Farinacei Says FDR Speech

, ‘Surprised No One.”

|. ROME, Oct. 30. (U, P.).—Roberto

, former

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|| CLOSED SHOP

DEMAND nw

| Four-Day Labor Disodle

Is Described as Near . Full Settlement. (Picture on Page Three)

By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.

| President John L. Lewis of

the United Mine Workers Union (C. I. 0.) today oie dered resumption of work in the nation’s captive: coal mines and said that the labor

. |dispute which closed them

four days ago is “on the way to complete settlement.” : In a joint press conference with Myron C. Taylor, a director of U,

S. Steel Corp., who helped negotje ate the truce, Mr. Lewis said that some of the mines would open with the might shifts tonight and the others as soon as arrangements can be made locally.” Mr. Lewis said that U. M. W, district - leaders, summoned ‘ here for an emergency meeting with him, had accepted the arrangement “Indicated” by President Roosevelt that the union and the steel come panies which own the captive mines submit the dispute over the U. M., W.s union shop demand to the judgment of the full Defense Me«

diation Board.

Board Meets Tomorrow But the resumption of worky, the mines which feed the def. busy steel mills will not await acl: tion by the Board, which will To

~The Board’ 8 recommendation {oud si be bin

on either

ee how th net the maim. ter “oh e way. to com tiement” ight oy that ; that go d today’s new truce » Mr. Lewis emphasized that the arrangement under which the truce was declared is “temporary.” Hs pointed out that the full Mediation Board has. “not heretofore expressed itself.as to the merits of the captive mine issue,” . Mr. Lewis said he would write Chairman William H. Davis a.lettef this afternoon, setting forth the union’s position.

Leaves Door Open

Mr. Lewis was asked by repariors whether his statement on- the truce meant that the union would

' | whatever recommendations the

Board makes. “No, not necessarily,” he replied. The arrangement under which the truce was reached was put in write ing yesterday at a meeting between Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Taye lor and -Mr. Davis. Mr. Lewis said it had been worked out between him and Mr. Taylor and had res ceived the President's “gracious apa

aid you find the President yesters day when you talked with him?" “It's a fine day, isn’t it,” Mr, Lewis countered. He repeated, with a smile, the same expression when he was asked whether he considered the outcome of the conference &. Vieiory for the union. U. 8S. Steel and the other captive mine owners previously: had ace cepted a Mediation Board offer, whereunder the full board would consider the dispute and make binding recommendations on the union and the operators. Mr. Lewis never accepted that plan. ;

President Holds Big Stick

Mr, Roosevelt's proposal that the full board shall consider the’ of ‘the union shop controversy - be interpreted by many ‘persons a a concession to Mr. Lewis and, like

recommendation need not be binds ing might be so judged. : But if the President is holding 4 big stick behind his back and tends to deal promptly and tically with Mr. Lewis if a mendation against a union leads to another strike call, the cessions may be considerably more apparent than real. The Mediation Board consists ot four labor members, four employes

of the public, Mr, Davis, Dr. Frank Graham, president of the Univers sity of North Carolina, and E. Wyzanski Jr, former Labor Dee

partment solicitor and special sistant to the Attorney General

TIMES FEATURES ON INSIDE PAGES

A reporter ‘asked Mr. Lewis: “how Wid