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4 i THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1941. FLOODS SWEEP CENTRAL KANSAS Towns Under as Cloudbursts Swell Streams Farmer Missing. IT'S G'l-i Ysu It. WEEK AT A 11 7 A V-As A Salina, Oct. 20.

CP) Cloudbursts which loosed as much as a foot of rain over central Kansas sent raging floods down on dozens of towns and communities today and threatened serious overflows along major rivers. Roy Poland, Geary county farmer, was reported missing and feared drowned in a flood which See tha Famous World's Fair Rug! See the Two Colorful Window Displays! See the Brilliant New Floor Displays! See the Magniiicent Karastan Selection! swept his farm, 12 miles south of Junction City. Farmers Loe Live Stock. Small streams were transformed into angry torrents In the space of a few hours. Rises were so rapid in most cases that farmers had little time to rescue stock and merchants were unable to save goods.

Many roads were blocked. Water flooded business and residential districts of Salina, Abilene, Marion, McPherson, Dunlap, Bridgeport and many smaller communities. Much of the water poured Into the Smoky Hill river, sending that stream to a record high. Water poured into the business district of Salina curb deep and OFT vr ilPl For Evening Elegance! Shining eyes soft laughter sweet melody and a drifting dream of brocade lovely lady in a brilliant season This is only one of the very beautiful fabrics to make your formal evenings memorable ones. 50" Brocades, 2.00 yd.

50" Taffetas 1.00 yd. Kogut PaHtm No. 9209. Sues 12 io 20. Pikt 75c '4- KARASHAH a machine-woven rug with prized "hand wo ven" beauty 145.00 Approximately 9x12 No, this rug is not hand-voven.

But skilled weavers, using power-looms with clever "mechanical fingers," produce the rich, intricate designs of Orientals so faithfully that even experts have been fooled. For Karashah designs are woven through to the back, the same as Orientals. They have a rich, deep pile and shimmering luster. But their good, thrifty American price is different! Karastan Galleries, Fifth Floor. L.

S. AYRES COMPANY flooded much of the residential area. The Smoky Hill river was at a standstill at 25.25 feet, a foot above the 1938 crest. Salina schools were dismissed. Stream Falls.

The Smoky Hill was falling slowly" upstream at Marquette, leading officials to express hope the worst was over. Marquette and Lindsborg both reported more than 11 inches of rain in a 24-hour period. Four feet of water raced through the business district of Marion. Council Grove was under several feet of water most of the day. JUKE BOX MOVIES DRAW PROBE FIRE Wheeler Charges Some Are "Lewd," Continues Hearings.

Ayres' Fabrics Fourth Floor. i I L. S. AYRES CO. OTHER KARASHAHS INCLUDE: Truck Backs Over 10th Annual Exhibition by Indiana Youth In Drive Artists Attracts 500 On Opening Day Appraiimait Silt Pric 9x15 180.00 9x13 215.00 10.6x12 170.00 10.6x14 200.00 10.6x16 225.00 10.6x18 255.00 ApproiimaU Sim Pric 10.6x20 280.00 12x12 195.00 12x14 225.00 12x16 2B5.00 12x18 290.00 12x20 320.00 The 10th annual exhibition of paintings by the Indiana Artists Club in the tearoom foyer on the eighth floor of L.

S. Ayres Co. opened to the public yesterday. From 11 o'clock in the morning; Football Player Crushed In Accident at Decatur. until 4 o'clock in the afternoon the Washington, Ort.

20. (U.r.) Senator Burton K. Wheeler (D.Mont.), charged tonight that some of the "juke box movies" being produced In Hollywood are "lewd and lascivious" and announced that the Senate interstate commerce sub-committee Investigating the industry would continue its hearings. He made the statement after conferring with Sub-committee Chairman D. Worth Clark (D.Idaho) and Senator Gerald P.

Nye who was co-sponsor of the resolution calling for the inquiry. "I understand," said Wheeler, "that some of these juke box pictures they are putting out and which have government priorities, Mary J. Carter, Bella Crippin, Robert Limpus, Mont a V. Martin-dale, Helen M. Woodward, Helen M.

Goodwin, Harry A. Davis Frederick M. Rash, Carroll Bailey, Edna S. Cathell, Clara G. Newman, galleries were filled with visitors who studied the pictures with much interest.

There was an estimated attendance of 500. Mrs. Katherine Davis, the hostess in Ayres auditorium, is exhibi Decatur, Oct. 20. (Special) Edwin Louis Ahr, 16 years old, Edward R.

Sitzman, Ernest C. Ropkey, June Burkholder and Frances Norris. Oils, water colors, pastels and one piece of sculpture are In the exhibit. Supreme Court Denies Pcllcy Plea For Respite From Refusal of Review playing football in a driveway of his family's filling station one mile east of Decatur at 7:30 o'clock tonight, was crushed when a loaded live stock truck backed over him. He died an hour later in Adams County Memorial Hospital.

Driver of the truck was William are lewd and lascivious pictures that would not be permitted on any decent stage or motion picture screen in the country." fAdL Homemakers' Chats jrtif Washington, Oct. 20. The Here is a summary of principal events in the operations of William Dudley Pelley In North Carolina Lough, 29, of Decatur. tion hostess. Her assistants for the first of the week are two of the exhibiting artists, Mrs.

H. E. Blas-Ingham and Mrs. Wendell P. Coler.

Considered generally the exhibit is conservative. Each artist collected pictures that would appeal to the buying public for home decoration. Several new club members are exhibiting, among them Harry A. Davis now in charge of the art department of Beloit (Wis.) College, who studied in Europe for two years as winner of the Prix de Rome after being graduated from the John Herron Art School several years ago. In addition to the list of awarded prizes announced in The Star Monday other awards are the Ly Supreme Court denied today a request by counsel for William Dud May Suggest (ieneral Probe.

Oil. DRILLER KILLED. Wheeler said he appointed the ley Pelley, Silver Shirt leader, that the tribunal withhold temporarily Evansville, Oct. 20 (Spe sub committee to determine whether a general investigation cial) Wilbur M. Lutterman, 23 should be suggested to the Senate.

an order issued hist Monday re I appreciate that the movie in fusing a review of a decision di dustry is one of the most powerful monopolies In this country. You recting his return to Aslieville, N.C. years old, of Howell, an oil driller, was killed last night, when the car in which he was riding, driven by Norman W. Koch, 19, of Wades-ville, went out of control on a curve and overturned. (lOTffnl fn) The delay was sought until a petition for rehearing could be and Indiana: 1933 William Dudley Pelley organizes anti-Semctic Silver Shirts Legion of America, with headquarters in Asheville, N.C.

Jan. 22, 1935 Found guilty on two counts of a 16-count indictment In Superior Court of Buncombe county, North Carolina, on charges of violation of the state securities laws. Feb. 17, 1935 Pays $1,000 tine and costs on one count and receives suspended sentence; judgment continued on second count. Feb.

11, 1940 Pelley appears before Dies committee, testifies Silver Shirts Legion has been dis tiled on behalf of Pcllcy. Despite today's action, he still Injured in the accident were Koch, Raymond Heerenbuck, 18, of Howell, and Harvey Ugethim, 18, of Wadesville. has 25 days from last Monday to can pass legislation regulating the power trust, the railroads or any other Industry, or you can pass legislation to investigate any industry, but once you try to Investigate the monopolistic practices and the hate propaganda of the motion pictures, immediately you run into opposition from very unexpected quarters and high administration circles." request reconsideration, Telley faces possible revocation man Brothers' merchandise award to Charles West Jr. for an oil landscape entitled "Town Creek," and the Indianapolis Trl Kappa chapter purchase prize to Mrs. Sadie Lowes of Chicago for her oil still life entitled "Flowers." Exhibiting Artists.

The list of exhibiting artists is as follows: Wayman Adams, Cath of probation granted afler his 1933 conviction of violating iNonn Carolina blue sky laws. His return to Asheville was ordered by Each I 50c FIRE TRI CK IX Jl RES TWO. Logansport, Oct. 20. (Special) Two persons were Injured today when a speeding fire truck collided with an automobile driven by Samuel Tocco, 18.

Tocco and his brother, Mike, 15, who was rid the United States Court of Ap arine B. Armstrong, George H. banded. He is wanted In North Carolina to face parole violation charge In connection with securi peals for the District of Columbia Souvenir plates, American marie, with a bright and colorful British coat of arms No more after these are gone, and while ours last they are half price! Jury Challenged" Baker, Simon P. Baus, Olive C.

Beem, Edith W. Bell, W. Wils Bell, Dale Bessire, Stanley Bie- ties law violation. Oct. 19, 1940 North Carolina PELLEY ABSENT A WEEK.

Noblesvillc, Oct. 20. William Dudley Pcllcy, who ing with him were injured. The former was removed to Cass In O'Neil Trial lecky, Katherine Groh Blasingham, court Issues order for Pelley's ar- County Hospital. None of the fire has spent most of his time during rest.

C. Curry Bohm, Louis W. Bonsib, Edmund Brucker, Glen Burton, Ruthven H. Byrum, V. J.

Cariani, men aboard the truck, en route to me uisi eiKiii "iu" i)eCi 21, 1910 Printing equip ville publishing a magazine, the PeiieVS Asheville head a fire, was injured, but the truck was damaged extensively. Stella C. Coler, Sybil H. Connell, Grace D. Crumpacker, Ethel Daw Roll-Call, has not been here for quarters reputedly sold to Carl Order by Mail or Phone RI.

9441 L. S. AYRES CO. China and Glasswares, Fifth Floor. Defense Charges None But Wealthy Chosen to Try Bridges' Friend.

CYCLE VICTIM CRITICAL. Bloomineton. Oct. 20. at least a week, it was said today at his publishing house, the Fellowship Press, Inc.

His associates In the firm said they had not heard from Mr. Pel-ley and did not know when he might return to Noblesvillc. (Special) Miss June White, 18 years old, of Kokomo, remained in a critical condition in Blooming-ton Hospital tonight, suffering a Losey, former Indiana state policeman and one-time active Ku Klux Klansmen, en route to Noblesvillc Dec. 24 Pelley Is seen In Indianapolis. Later denies any connection with Fellowship Press, headed by Losey, which Is established In converted box factory In Noblesvillc.

Deo. 27 Dies committee Investigators probe backing of Fellow son, I. Detchon, Elizabeth Dodds, Ewald Domroese, William A. Eyden, Fry Fisher, Betty Foster, Letha H. Gaskins, Marie Goth, Vera A.

Griffith, Lottie L. Grow, Clara M. Hamilton, J. W. Hard-rick, Winnie H.

Harvey, S. Hendricks, Floyd D. Hopper, Susan Howe, William F. Kaeser, Elmira Kempton, Flora Lauter, Clarence E. Leavenworth, Ethel Lomasney, Essie Long, Leota W.

Loop, Sadie H. Lowes, Elizabeth G. MacCol- "tiiliitYirliinftij-i) possible skull fracture as a result of a motorcycle accident in Brown countv state nark yesterday. San Francisco, Oct. 20.

The second perjury trial of James O'Neil, accused of giving false testimony in the Harry Bridges deportation case, was delayed today after defense counsel objected to the venire excluding persons from the laboring class. James Macinnis, defense attorney, said the venire contained 30 well-to-do people to every single Her companion and driver of the motorcycle, Harry Jackson, 23, also of Kokomo. was hurt less seriously. AYRES He was released from the hospital today. The accident occurred as lum, Helen Magner, Donald M.

Mattison, I. W. Meridith, Gordon B. Mess, Jane Messick, Hollis E. Milleson.

It's a Psychological War, Asserts Miss Wason; Urges Propaganda Use America might well institute a program of clever propaganda to "create the Impression that American soldiers are brutes regular toughies who will stop at nothing to reach their goal," Miss Betty Wason suggested last night In a lecture in Caleb Mills hall. The young Indianapolis woman, former war correspondent, told an audience of several hundred persons that Germany has found such propaganda powerful. the motorcycle rounded a curve in ship Press, Pelley is revealed to have once asked D. C. Stephenson, former grand dragon of the Indiana K.K.K, to head the Silver Shirts.

Dec. 28 The Star reveals Pel-ley's close association with Fellowship Press. Agnes M. Henderson, Pelley's secretary, and A. L.

Brown, business associate, shown salaried person. Federal Judge Martin I. Welsh will decide tomorrow whether to keep the jury. Macinnis said the method that brought about the selection violated the state law and the fimonHmont art A tha fha 4nt-i Other Exhibitors. Grace L.

Motz, Florence Peeling, Orval R. Platter, Frederick Polley, Leathe C. Pomader, Hallie P. Prow, Alice Regester, Elba L. Riffle, David K.

Rubins, Sister Ruflnia, Herschel Schwartz, Belle C. Sco- to be directors of the publishing house. would be prejudiced against O'Neui United States has in retaining the loyalty of subjected peoples is the because of his association with Jan. 1941 Wick Fowler, Dies committee investigator, confirms "The time has come for us to realize that above everything else this is a psychological war and that propaganda is a principal weapon," she said. "The collapse came from inside in each country as it will the park and left the road.

18 Baptist Churches Represented at Meeting Approximately 85 church school officers, teachers and church superintendents from IS churches of Indianapolis and vicinity attended the monthly meeting of the Baptist Superintendents' League last night in the Lynhurst Baptist Church. Dr. Howard J. Baumgartel, executive secretary of the Church Federation of Indianapolis, was principal speaker and addressed the group on "Adult Religious Edu Harry Bridges as a CIO publicity promise of "human decency" this man. country offers, Miss Wason said.

Greeks Still Admire Is. ONeil is being tried for testi The Star's revelations. Pelley has! established a home at 1747 North Pennsylvania street. January, 1941 Losey quits as head of Fellowship Press and Pelley admits his association with in this country if the Americans don't read the handwriting on the field, Dorothy Segur. C.

W. Staley, Griffin Stephenson, Marie H. Stewart, Mussette O. Stoddard, Marie Todd, Lawrence Trissel, W. T.

Tur-man, Lenna A. Turner, Anne W. West, Charles M. West Clifton Wheeler, Edward K. Williams, Norman B.

Wilson, E. L. Winstow, Harry E. Wood," June Woodworth, Jane K. Young, Sister Camille, mony he gave in the Bridges deportation hearing, specifically for The Greeks, she added, have CORY GLASS wan.

kept their loyalty to the United States and England even though Throw wy your worries about bow to pj those taxes on your borne. Thousands of persons bvying their homes through us have done so. Finance your home here, then let our Tax Department get your WM for you, check amount payable, verify legal description and what MOST important, pay )our bill on time! Our home buyers retrieve their tax bill marked PAID. This 1 1 part of our fret servkt to our customer. his denial that he had ever seen the CIO longshore president paste dues stamps in a Communist party they received little material aid membership book.

Filter 50c firm. Previously he had maintained he was Interested only in having Losey publish Pelley books on metaphysics and esoterics. Roll Britain Only Buffer. Miss Wason asserted that England cannot win the war without the entry of the United States into the conflict and added that, if from these countries, Assistant United States Attorney William E. Licking contended no The United States, she said, sent cation." Other speakers during me session were the Rev.

C. A. Wade of the Westview Baptist Church discrimination was shown in select Call, Pelley publication, makes ap and A. K. Wolfe, superintendent no apparent aid with excepthyi of 15 ambulances which were taken over in Athens by Incoming Ger Britain loses, Nazi Germany eventually will conquer this country ing the jury and that the state law hadVio bearing on Federal Court procedure.

of the Tuxedo Baptist Church. Em- pearance. April 15 Pelley ordered back to North Carolina to face old charges. United States Circuit Court of Appeals denies Pelley's fight against extradition to North Carolina. through fifth-column activity.

mans two aays after the vehicles had been set ashore. mett E. Harbold, president or me Baptist Superintendents' League, introduced the speakers. Steward Wise, superintendent of the Lyn- Actual armed invasion, she maintained, will not be necessary. Fire-Damaged Blackhawk Mine to Reopen Today A graduate of Purdue Univer "Unfortunately, this country will for Electric Cofit i akert It makes mora delicious tofft because It is all Crystal, and It does away yith the old-time cloth filter.

Once you have one you won't have to bother about replacing or wash bit out soiled cloths. sity, Miss Wason first went to Europe in 1938 as a free Oct 14 United States Supreme Court turns down Pelley's appeal from United States Circuit Court Terre Haute. Oct. 20. ASK US ABOUT IT corresponaent.

ane returned to never be bombed," she said. "I say unfortunately, because it would unite the country as nothine else." TODAY! Relief At Last For Your Cough Creomulsion relieves promptly because it goes right to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and expel germ laden phlegm, and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender, inflamed bronchial mucous membranes. Tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulsion with the understanding you must like the way it quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION 4 the United States early in 1939. In of Appeals.

January, 1940, she went back to Europe and visited Norway, Fin (U.P.) Mining of coal will be resumed tomorrow in the Blackhawk mine of the Deep Vein Coal Company. The mine was damaged by fire last February. Henry P. Smith, general manager, said that 300 men would re ELWOOD WOMAN, 9t, DIES. Elwood, Oct.

20. (Special) Relating her experiences in war zones of several different countries, Miss Wason said German soldiers land, Koumania, Turkey and hust church, was program cnair-man. Newfoundland Woman Marks 114th Birthday St. John's, Newfoundland, Oct. 20.

lrP In good health, Mrs. Ellen Carroll today celebrated her 114th birthday at her daughter's home in North River. She is Newfoundland's eldest woman. Mrs. Christina Humerickhouse, Greece.

Her lecture was under auspices of St. Margaret's Guild. Miss Wason'a parents are Mr. 92 years old, died yesterday in the home of a daughter, Mrs. Lillle were convinced that England had sought a war with them and that Germany had been forced to fight turn to work and about 2.200 tons Foznoui Houaawaras Strtath Floor.

Ludlow. Survivors are three daughters, 13 grandchildren and eacn 01 us successive wars. and Mrs. James P. Wason.

4028 of coal would be produced dailyi The fire caused damage esti mated at $200,000. About the only weapon the North Dllnoli street. .1 live great-grandchildren. i.

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