Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 November 1941 — Page 18

ng to’ use to inflict. the 1 fatal blow. 5 So far, both: ‘Great ‘Britain’ and Russia

tion with regard to! future moves has|concerned primarily with the Wrengthening of the Allies’ defen- : Sive position.

%. Offensive o WFar Of

3 The establishment of a “second Front * about Nich the Whole yo re heen talking, n regarded Ainives yas'a means of sustaining | faining is ‘R ‘and of preven a ‘walkover in all of Europe |W

“Peg 0’ My.

the parts of Peg and Jerry on Friday night while Miss Raftery will be

‘play at the atademy.,

‘Peg on Sunday with Miss Mueller as Jerry, .J¢ will be the senior class

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 U.R). —A detailed account of the wild west -of no so long: ago, its bawdy houses and gambling joints, Indian

| nghts' and two-fisted - politics, And

towns. so tough that lawyers feared to enter them, was part of the Senate Privilege and Elections Commit tees record today. The first-hand account was: given)’

Russia [py William Langer, one-time Res

2 immediate job, ‘with thie star ios of the Untied States is to tain supplies to this country, to ces ‘adequate: to repulse

only is to start hitting the Italians where it will e most. - ad ’

publican lawyer and Governor of his seat in the United States Sen-|

ate He sketched his early life in ithe booming wheat towns of North Dakota for the committee yesterday. His skirmishes, he contended; engendered political animosities which | are the basis for charges by North

| Dakota interests that he is unfit to '| gerye in the Senate,

He: cited his efforts as Attorney General to clean up the “city of Minot. “The town was so tough that lawyers feared to er it at night,” he said. ~ “I wanted to clean it up,

so 1 hired 40 Purns men (employees

S. AYRES & CO.

* along U. S. Highway 50 near the|

North Dakota, who seeks to retain

\Defends Career] in Wild West To Keep Seat in U. §. Senate

of the William J. Burns Detective

Agnes) 10 0 Slane Will 0 special: detec-|-P 1] While refusing. to: withdraw ‘ail jt Finnish troops from the front,” the|

tives to watch the Burns men.

“ “We found after a fake raid that one bawdy house tipped off all the others and that, it was nécessary to control the telephone exchange Wo prevent it.

~ “I took possession of the tele plione exchange and held it during the raid, ‘although finally I was driven out by men with guns. We. arrested 156 bawdy house keepers—convicted 153.7 He recalled that a suit was brought against . him for taking over the telephone exchange. . Another instance ‘creating “a lot of enemies ‘and bad publicity” involved an Indian fight. “Four Indians were charged with killing another Indien named Yellow Lodge, ” he said. “I agreed to take the case just before the men had to appear. in court.

“I went by sleigh through the cold winter night to the town of Cannon Ball. A half Indian, half ‘Negro jailer refused to let me in. “The matter resolved into a question of “whether he eould whip me or 1 could whip him,” he said. “Well, anyhow,” he added mod-

lestly, “I got to talk to my clients.”

‘Langer is scheduled to continue his testimony today, specifically in connection with charges that he

|tampered with jury members and a

U. 8. judge before whom he appeared in a conspiracy trial.

{17 HUNTERS FINED; | GUNS CONFISCATED

Indiana’s young hunting season proved costly today for 17 hunters

were fined a total of $578 for Bam ing with improper licenses. In addition, all their guns, valued

$|at $500, were confiscated.’

The - hunters, 16 from Ohio and one from Kentucky, were arrested during a two-night drive conducted

Ohio-Indiana line by seven officers from the Department of Conservation assisted by two State policemen. ~ "The confiscated guns were sent to conservation commission headquarters in Indianapolis for appraisal and sale and the large bag of quail and rabbits the hunters had shot was given to the Dearborn County Poor Farm.

The hunters ranged in age from 26 to 61. Twelve were from Cincinnati, two from ilton, O.; and one each from Columbus, O., Day-

Ef! |lton, O., and Bellevue, Ky.

QUEZON LEADS, 7-1, IN PHILIPPINE VOTING

egiden Osthena had 7-1 eads on re-election today, with 70 xent: of the 1,500,000 votes in

0 © s ‘champion of the Philippines; ame the first Woman ever elected ne Commonweal iB Tegismne. |

. i of Secretary. ‘Hull thet the These girls will have the “leads” in a doible casting ‘of the play, Minister, Hjahnar Heart” Friday and Sunday night at St. John’s Academy. | L they are Misses: Helen McAllen, Elsie Jean Beil, Lucille Mueller and Margaret Raftery. Misses McAllen and Bell ‘will play’

AURORA, Ind, Nov. 12 (U.P.).—| going

from Ohio and Kentucky'as they|said.

4] MANILA, P. I, Now 12 (U.P) — distric President t Mapuel Quezon and Vice

; sm wae in-

and which fights for her existence,

tiers, the defense of which, if the

for the benefit of our opponent, can, in view of our existing resources, easily prove to be beyond Pnlands Strang Given! to U. 8. Envoy

note asserts that Finland . hopes soon to “send a ceftaln number”. of Ber. soldiers back to civil occupaons. .

American Minister, H. F. ® Schoenfield, last night for transmission to Washington. == ‘It insisted that the Finish Government “had ho impression” that the statement by Mir. Welles to Procope Aug. 18 was intended as a Rus‘sian peace: ‘offer. :

Government did not have the im-

meant to be a peace offer. from’ the Soviet Union or a basis for media-

the United States but ‘only that if was a basis on which Finland was supposed to, ask for peace. Bone

Hull Says Russia

Transmitted Offer =

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (U, P). —Secretary of State ‘Cordell ‘Hull said today that the peace feeler

tendered Finnish Minister Hjalmgr J. ‘Procope - last August had’ Been t; ted to the United States by the then Soviet Ambassador Censtantine A. Qumansky upon the instructions of Moscow. The nature of the offer, ‘Secretary Hull said. at his press conference, was adequately described in the memorandum prepared by’ Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles who put out the. feeler to Procope. The basic issue involved in ae United States’ attitude toward Finland is ‘whether that country is to continue military operations to the extent that Germany desires and become an Axis partner in the general war, Secretary Hull

SCOUTS: READY FOR

and their assistants of the Central Indiana Council, Inc. today were completing plans for an inventory nd ‘roll call of troops in the couna area.’ : Beginning ‘this week Boy. Scout troops and cub packs will begin an annual membership drive Shrough out: the nation. The inventory. and roll call will be made in connec tion with this drive. x District commissioners last night decided that the A. G.- idle awards will be given again this to climax. the annual prdbai noid drive - which “Dec, 31. - The awards, named: after the president

h obtain five new

and packs which rd Strommer

members, The awird

fla Wallacs O. Lee, president. of ‘the presia ed at

In the roll Sali 3 and ‘inventory, in| troops and ‘packs will be inspected as to their numbers, advancement made in the past year, amount of camping done, and number of boys with uniforms. This Sheck-up, will be Sompleted by Dec. 1

THIS CURIOUS WORLD

formed of Russia's, desire to. make|if | th | d- by Undersecre= Un

ou poguesel tacked by a neighbor 50 times larger i

to withdraw her ‘troops and wait{} for a new attack within her fron-i|

advantages now gained are given up|.

The note ‘was handed to the

“The "reply said, “the Pinnish | pression that the declaration made| by Welles Aug. 18 to Procope was|

tion or as a recommendation from ||

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE,

Boy Scout district commissioners]

of the Council, are given to troops ||.

which canbe fastened to the tcoop |} staff,

t - commission $| the meet last night in the ¥. + M. GC.

10.3ign the Cansumer's Pledge for toll defense - bwhich Is printed Nore). Miss Harriet Eliott of the Consumers’ Division of the Office ) of Price Ade ministration, will herself administe r this pledge fo Mrs. Roosevelt and her housisk per at the hie Hous safe oF he suumpnie Inpupy:

rating the drive on waste,

thus. ovelding the o citavagant waste and, Ee ——

decisive stroke without to the her Whol empire. autor

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