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MM The nv, eout along Ohio I fair, a rex FAMILY V0LIE.I2, LVH. NO. 220. SEYMOUR. INDIANA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1940, HOT a ri Mi) DRAFT BILL IS ASK RETUPtU OF PROVISIONS OF DRAFT BILL AS IT NOW STANDS POLICE INSPECTION.

HEUn Regular Monthly Visit to Port Made Wednesday. POVDERflMTIS HIT BY 2 BLASTS mm VESSEL IS ers who refuse to rehire trainees, with back pay awards provided it the wprker is ordered restored to hiii job. ilveryear 1m-TprtsottmenrjbiM fine "draft brother-viola-iors of the act.I -L--. raj Dover, tt.i SepL 1MAP)Twt terrlfle explosions In quick Appointment by lhePres s'uecessiuTi Xmi i'limmn it 'the at Kenvllle near here killed an undetermined number of injured at least 280 arid started flits that caused' eight lesser blasts. The first explosion shook houses, shattered, windows in nearby communities and was felt more tha 10ft miles away.

State police reported toheadqnartrr at Trenton tljat they saw eight or ten bodies hauled out of the plant Scores of ambulances and police cars ruddied the' injured to Regular monthly of Seymour post No. 7, Tndiana, state police, was held Wednes-dav afternoon, Lieut. Don'-L. the state poircejnd Sgt War- eue UnoHi enrT um of i equipment, were the lhspect- inir oKk'crs. J1 JH Sutt.

Don Stiver, head of the state a Capt. Walter Eckert, officer actively in charge of police activities in the state, who formeriv was tioned are attending a- national police i organisation meeting now in session and were fln able to attend the local inspec tion. Abandoned I nterurban Equipment Sold Duo to be Taken Out This Month. ll-J rails, TO BE ESM hnsmtalM in Dovpr." Kewtnn. Morrislowo.

Newark and Moniclair. First-KethodJst ence KljjhL-J- MANY REPORTS ARE" "BAOE Committees; Other Komlnatlons and Elections Approved at Business Session. Members of the First Methodist Church, meeting in their fourth quarterly conference; of the- year Wednesday nutUt' -approved a "recommendation that the Rev. Amos L. Bore 11 be returned by the Indiana Conference as pastor here for year, and heard reports of various committees and heads of depart ments.

The business session which fol lowed a covered dish supper in the church dining room was in The Dover hospital was filled to capacity with the firujt injured to be taken from the scene the'lMphwioHa; The fires handicapped rescue efforts and prevented police and firemen from determining the number of persons killed. Two buildings containing dynamite were in the path of flamci. A plant official said the first explosion o-curred in the solvent recovery house of the smokeless powder manufacturing lines. The recovery house was 'recently completed at a cost of $500,000 to handle defense orders. 1 1 rlarly-estimates pi a ced the total damage at more than $2,000,000.

wmm charge of the Rev; Martuv Ul.u. on-me HIGHEST BID IS ACCEPT E3 viui question of age limits, the dent of director-of -aeWotive service at a salary of $10,000 rarly. 15. Oteration of the, act until May 15, 1945. Mass Killing AP Writer BeHeves Ultimate Winner Can be Picked Soon: By DeWitt MacKenxie AP Foreign Analyst Should Uerr Hitler make good his threat to dump ten thousand airplane loads of bombs ou lon- don every twenty four hours, and follow this rain of death by-the! invasion he has prepared, we probably shall be able to pick the I ultimate winner of the war before I many days-liave passedT On the eve of this proponed mass killing and destruction from the air there are so many vital factors in doubt that he would lie a foolhardy man tnel to predict the outcome, despite the Nan superiority of military power, However, this war is nobody a pigeon yet, Obviously the (Herman- might achieve a quick knockout.

On the other hand, if the British cah take. the imnishinent hich is liound to come, and throw hack pcrniim ine moHi mweriui aur -il. i- I A .1.1 JitU biatorybiheyalj with a considerable degree confidence. towards rthe respite! that the bad weather should lino Uv the end -of this month. Many observers lielieve that Hitler is going to in or lose this war within the immediate future, British Premier Churchill yes.

terday in warning his people of the Jttonu to. come spoke a great trutn in mini woras wnen ne sa that for tie Nazis to attempt va'sion witliout gaining mastery or me air jwnicn mey nave we nol.L iiuilto be a very hazardous nndertak i 1 1 I district superintendent. report; by. the pastoral rela tions committee, made by it chairman, N. J.

Lasher, asked retarn of the Rev. Mr. Boren to local pastorate for another It was approved by unani- ou svote of those present. Other reports given at the meeting eov the Mf6 the year. ered activities, finances and per- laonnel of numerous committees and departments connected "with the church.

They favor able propress made dnrinir the conference year now drawing a ploaei. The Indiana Conference will hold its annuat session, in Indian anolis next wept and dnrinsr that By AMoelslJd Pre Washington, ScpC 12- The peacetime conscnjrtion' bill approved by a joint Senate a od House comnultca for summation ion provides or Jr-- Registration -nmle ettiiiens'- and Feactled anniversary but have not passed their thirty-sixth on a registration day to be fixed. (Members and former members of the armed forces, diplomat icTCpresentatives, and executive and judiciary officers, would be ex cepted.) 2. Liability for year's ing of all male citixens, and aliens who have declared their intention Incoming cituens, in this age 3. Voluntary enlistments, re- gardless of race or color, of men from 18 to 34 years old, inclusive.

4. limitation of 000,000 on the number of conscripts to lie in training" for th army at any one period in peacetime. 5. Restriction on the service oi conseript to thewest ern heniiw- phere, American possessions and the Philippine Islands. 8.

Regular army pay for con scripts, the army's basic pay be ing increased from 21 to $30 a month 7. Assignment of each trainee, after his year's service is completed, to a reserve organixatrnn with subsequent short retraining periods for 10 years or until he becomes 35 years bldrexcept that he may satisfy this requirement by two years additional service in the national guard or army. 8. Selection of trainceson im partial basts, with state quotas fixed on male population fl. De ferment of training for sYdayted ministers or theological student mert Employed 1 in es sentia) industrial or agricultural jons, or Whose employment is foundt necessary for the maia-tenanecof national safety or interest and men de pendents, 10.

Exemption of conscientious objectors from military service, with a provision that they shall be assigned to non-combatant service. 1 VT 11- Limitation -of number wKo may' be inducted "into service to those previously provided for in congressional appropriations. .12, Re-employment of trainees after their year's service unless the-employer's Btatushas" so changed as to" make rehiring possihle- or unreasonable. onrt action provided against HALLOWEEN PLANS ARE MADE BY LEGION POST Parade and Celebration to Held Under Sponsorship of UniL be A Halloween parade and ob-aervance will be held in Seymour this year undef the" sponsorship of Seymour Post No. 89, American Legion, it was voted Wednesday night at the regular meeting of the post.

The date the observance has not( yet been set and arrange, ments will be in charge of a com. mittee to be appointed at a later date. The Legion post also voted to assist' the city in the draft organ ization as other posts have voted to. do T. A.

Plunkett, chairman of the post entertainment committee, gave a report-on -the--'Festival of Progress" held last week'ehd un- I pdut'ai tAbs Trom 2LThrouah.35r EARLY ACCEPTANCE IS SEEN Congress Expected to Approve Legislation Befjore End of Week. By Associated Press. Washington, Sept. 12 Quick pnactment of peacetime conscrip tion for men from 21 through 35 was believed near today as a joint Senate and House, commit tee met to draft Us reiort on a ompromise compulsory military raining bill. i The report will go to both Houses for final action, and the ongressional consensus was that I would be promptly accepted- perhaps before the week end.

Scuttling a a 60-day delay in the draft, and a tix Senators and House members reached an agreement last night on a common versiou of the legislation which both branches of Congress previously approved in different forms. The Senate had fixed 4 he age bracket at from' 21 throHgh-3U, the House from 21 through 44 At the suggestion of Senator Thomas D-Utah) the conferees made the maximum age 35. Thus, when and if the bill fin allybecouie8lawiipproximately 16,500,000 men will be called up on to register for service. When he physically unfit, those with lependen ts atid those who' hold essential jobs in industry or an culture are weeded out, army of ficials estimated men would be eligible fOr.a yearVIn tensive trainiug. President Roosevelt mav call these, it was explained, in any age classes the army desires, Registration of the 16,500,000 is expected to take place within 15 days after Congress'inakes fund" available and the first contingent of 75,000 probably would be inducted into service shortly after October 15.

The measure approved by the conferees after two days of work provided also for command- denng industry if that Jhonld become necessary in a national erisis. Revising a House provision thBOBfereerTirovidedtn-getierat that the government might take pverf 7on ti "rentat" basis," plants where' the owner refused to 'm've preference to government orders or refused to manufacture defense1 materials. The revised section, however, hedged tbi power about with the restriction that before such, drastic; action could be taken the President must first find that "public da nger" is immediate, imminent and impending, and the emergency in the public service IB mnA imnAMfiv. Also, he must find that there (Continued oh page 5, column 5) the capital Ma line of force that should be broken" by rejection of a thjrd termT Wiilkie ibid Re porters he probably would -dis- cuss ine mira term issue on con stitution Day, Sept. 17, at Amaril- lo, Tex.

'ElI'l. scheduled a noon conference at Indianapolis today with1 his running mate, Senator Charles L. McNary of Oreson, Republican Chairman Joseph W. Martin, and Governor Harold E.r Stassea of Minnesota. Returns from yesterday's Dem ocratie primary' in Georgia indi cated that former Governor Eugene Talmadge was successful in his efforts to obtain a third term as the state's chief executive.

totals appeared to assure -his nomination as good as election is Georgia? over agriculture xom minsioner Columbus Roberts and Abii Nix." Athens attorney. OR PASSAG set of V'-. Ensfish Airmen Attacked Carjs Concsr.lra- liont -a jcsa LONDON IS RAIDED ACA! First Alarm of Day Heard Capital Inhabitants This Afternoon. By AsMcUtad The Loudon air ministry ported late today that Bntu.L bombers again. slashed at tier-man "invasion" barse conceutrs- tiohs massed along the -Kazi-h channel coast and attacked dot i and shipping iu widespread rai A Oerman supply abip it suuk, off Dunkirk, another hit and left burning and a tin.

was damaged by bomb hits, t' ministry' said. Nazi raiders made their attack oflhe day on 'London 4 :39 p. drawing a terri barrage of fire from the British capital's anti-aircraft defenses. The alt-clear was sounded a a hour and two minutes later. Berlin reported the Naxi air men penetrated England's' aout coast defenses and, drorf bomb over the London ar 'almost unmolested." British RAF warplanes show ered fire bondiv around Berlin' Tiergarten the German caj i-tal's "central park" in a nh ty-t wo minute beforo da toiM and tiounded tna rr -m hipping 'art of Hamburg Bremen in an intensified as.

on, iDtler'a Kcich. Tlto'Trgarteiiv war Wilhelmstrasse, where i -'Oeru government buildings and owp are situated. London. jported. the BAF n' ers also bombed the.

Ariuk etation. in central )inr anj tie bi(f Tempelhof A' Mroine. Hitler's h'urh command adi ted fourteen 'persons wera kill. forty -one injured and many fir tirWDniir inrea cities ti ijonoon a weary nuiuona. us found a earning not (Continued on page 8, eolumn 4 POTATO BUG tZl'ZZl Beriin, Sept 12 (AP)- iAuthorized ljQermanJ: aourc- charged 1 today that Bnil a airmen are throwing bags, i "Colorado" potato bugs" potato field in Germany, Lt -emliourg and Belgium a -effort to lay Waste the maj-r source of these coun i -j; These 'sources said the Ik, multiply rapidly and are ba to- control.

They cited tl: alleged form of attack as en. fairness." VI tk fc- kx wus wcathar of geymur for th( da V. Till maximum twnper- atur tudint it from wn.owii thermometer, and r'jofiicii. i. 1 rnvfrnmnl Hani i.

obier hr. I a oRicltl, irk. Th rlvr Ihvi i ji Sejmmir V. Co at Roekford. Reading at 2 p.

Minim nia Ud ay r-i -w 2 inches be! Ger.rra!v when fbowe er t- TO LOCAL CHILD Donald ftlllenburg, Age Six, Is Victim of Disease Afflicting Number In State. PRIVATE FUNERAL PLANNED Donald -lliUenburg, age six. 803 South Poplar street, this I itv died at 11 L10 e'rlock Wed, -omb Kuey Memorial tlospital at Indiana poliR-Deiatlr-waB-due" to an illness listed on the death certificate as "respiratory po-calysia. due Poliomyelitis is cbiiunonly known as inianuie "Private funeral services will be conducted at 10 o'elock Fri day morning from the Tower Funeral Home here with the Rev. R.

8. Wilson, pastor of the Cen tral Christian. Wurch, imchargcj Burial in Riverview Cemetery. The lad, who would have been seven years of age next month, tod become ill last Thursday and was taken. Sunday to the Riley Hospital at Indianapolis for treatment.

There it was decided he- was" suffering with infantile paralysis, a disease which bea afflicted a number of-people in northern Indiana. The home here was posted Wednesday by eTtyB'eliTtKBtHotlei' and re mains quarantine. The lad, his parents say, had not felt his. best since he underwent an operation for "the removal of his tonsils two weeks ago He i had been improving nicely Wednesday afternoon at the hos pital "and his death occurred rather suddenly. The boy was born on October 18, 1933, in Hamilton township iiear HonMlownVthe son of Hcr- time assignment pf pasters to charges throughout' The districts in the conference will 'be made.

The Rev, Mr. Borenjs'now pom-pleting his second year as pastor here. rxvtz crr-x-i been relieved of a po-sitron on rthe- hoard of trustees at iiis own request, Charles Hunt erman was- replaced by Roy Franklin in action taken to fill the positions on the board. John H. Conner 'nd Robert Klein to terms on the board.

Other trustees are Howard Blumer, Charles R. Brown, E.B-Douglass, Russell Patrick. Rodman Pruitt and C. H. WiethoflL Members of the board of stewards of the church are Mr.

Blumer, Mr. Brown, Mr. 'Doug Abandoned intemrban rails on South Chestnut street and the trolley wire overhead probably Will, be 7 -1 i month, it was learned "today from city officials. The rails and wire sold by the city board of public works and safety to S. Kroot, of Columbus, at a price of $17.05 a gross ton for the rails and, nine and three-fourths cents a pound for Hhe scrap "copper.

The rail are to. be taken up and laid jB4g "4fie side Of the street by the city, l- The bid of Mr. Kroot was the highest ef three, submitted and exceeded by flftv cents per ton the nearest-offer. Work of-removing the' rails from TheTsTreef 1ft Ktt io ticgin as soon as potwible, and (Continued on page 0, eolumn 9) Temperature Down? Temperatures which have been dropping' into quite low ranges durimr the pat several days have caused numerous local re identw to get the furnace fires going, especially during the cool mornings which have been ex perieneed here recently. The min imum temperature Wednesday night was forty-two degrees jut ten above reczing coord ing to Miss Louise gov ernment weather observer hjere- Request Is, Made.

Indianapolis, Sept. 12 (AP) Governor Townsend has asked circuit judges to recommend at torneys to serve as government ainieal agents on draft ihoflrefs provided for by the selective ser vice bill in The gover nor. saidJf each jurist to nominate two law yers of different political aftilia tions to serve for each, selecwv service broad in his judicial cir cuit. Ther would be a draft board for, every 30)000 persons. One of Hitler's reasons for "Hderwent their fifth atraigbt iMuiC.ina" hi.

fta.i.l inl iiik num viillnJami -kit Ka ROOM QUICKLY RENTED rVK'KEMT Furnished room. "37. East Fourth street. This classified ad was ordered to run three times in The Daily Tribune Shortly after the first insertion the room was rented. Classified Ads in The Tribune are the quick, economical way to rmt apartments or houses.

They also bring buyers and seller of real estate together. They sell household furniture, used auto mobiles and tractors and serve the community in scores of other helpfal jfraya each day Much Work Already Completed by City New Projects Nearly Finished. MANY- ARE INCLUDED A number of Seymour streets, many of which were constructed in 1934, are being seal-coated by the city to preserve the surface. Much of this work already has been completed. streets aeal-coated.

are South O'Brien street from Browu street to South street; 'Ross st reet from North Park Drive, to South Park Driv; South Broad way from Tipton street 'to Brown street (patching and resurfacing); North. Broadway from Fifth to Eighth street; West Fifth street from Walnut 1 to Johnson street; Centennial street from Broadway to Vine street; Emer son Drive from Second to Fifth street; Elm street from Second street to Maple avenue; West Oak Street font PoptartreeTTo Pine to Beech street and Jackson street from Chestnut to Walnut North Park Drive rom'. nut to Ross street is receiving a surface treatment Streets coostructed since 1934 wbich-harerahown signs of going (Cootinned on page 6, column 3) KESSLER KITES TODAY Services for Former Mayor Conducted Here Funeral services for j- Charles L. Kessler, age sixty -eight, former Mayor of Seymour and well known in banking, business, church, civic and fraternal circles" for' many years, were conducted at li30 o'clock this af ternoon front the Voss" Mortuary with the Rev.r John I Prentice, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, in charge. Burial was in Riverview Cemetery, Jackson Lodge No.

14, Free Accepted Masons, conducted rites at the -fv VH T-7 Kessler died Monday night following an illness of two years and four months' duration. AFf SEAL-COATFD wmoon io ive ine way ior vne iHoointf oi a ihw oi wnuicre from what afely may be described as, the most perfectly trained army ever sent into ac tion. To my mind invasion is es- sentiar-for a quidrNaxr-TTPtory; as it is hard to believe that the Germans, could dictate to Eng land from the air r' The increased bombing ha other purposes, of course. In par it is directed at destruction" of important 5 But "Hitler's main olijei'tivc is the morale of the civilian popula tion. If he can smash that be will make a mighty stride-- to wards All indications are that the British are facing with determina tion this test which means life or death to their empire, and will mean the end of life for -many individuals.

No one who heard or read that talk of ChurchiU'a yes. terday could fail to sense, stnrdinessofEngland's spirit. bert and Edna M. BoknechtlBuekeye West Brown street from HERE'S TODA Y'S "ROUNDUP" OF POLITICAL GOINGS- ON I ne next weex Tmust ne re-1 Her -are effldal gardel as a -very important oneiead unofficial lass, Mr. Klein, W.

H. Boicourt, Frank Bolinger, V. Everdon, Glenn Frey, Kenneth L. Fosbrink, Arthur Fox, J. Gardner, B.

F. Gillman, S. F. Hodapp, L. Jackson; F.

ut Jordan, J. 1L. Klein, N. J. A.

Mor pan, N. Parker, Dale Patrick, William Riley, E. C. Rinne, Glenn Seward, Miss Clara Massman and T. Pe(rry Wesley.

Russell Patrick is district steward. Miss Mass- man is financial secretarv The election of, Leroy Hodapp as president of the Epworth League was confirmed -r-Mrr-Douglasa -wa-destgnated as key man for the congregation, with Mr. Seward "and Russell Patrick as his associates, Committees set up for the com- Continued on page 3,, column 6) THREE YOUTHS PLEDGED Local Students on Fraternity Utts at I. U. inree local youths who arc students at Indiana University Bloomington, are named on ten tative pledge, lints of fnaternities on the' university campuir'jThir teen of the fraternities have an Bounced their pledges for the fall semester.

i Donald Thinker, local' athlete, wasJ pledged to the Delta Tau Delta fraternity while -Albert Steinwedel, wrho was "a vafsity football and basketball player for.Shielda nigh School (last year, has been pledged; to the Sigma Alpha Epsiton fraternity. James taupug 'of this pity, also entering JL U. as a frth-man, has been pledged to the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Rush week, which started Sun day, is expected to end today or dd A. nr.

ior us in ur uiiur(v, uurvmu i unA nnivllv Vn Mn.t.r nnl .1 shoutin)? just a K- plain statement vx ll ua iilnfc biwovre -of I I the eponsorstlp of -tb Hut wit all tnm. one mtmlLouiu Ahirt Hillenburg, both of whom survive, He attended the Central Christian Sunday School regu larly and was popular, withhis classmates.7 Last year he Was in the first grade at the Washington School, Tie became this year before school, opened last Besides Ihe parents, he is sur vived by sister, Norita Maxine, age four, at the maternal grandparents, Mr. and An gust Boknecht, and tie maternal great-grandfather, Joe Lucas all of Hamilton township, Gandhi In Bombay. Bombay, Sept T2(AP Mohandas K. Gandhi arrived today for preliminary-talks with- other leaders of the Congress (Nationalist) Pa rty.eoncerning the program to be submitted' to the A I l-India "Congress committee which convenes here Sunday.

Discussions a expected to hinge on two main points wheth er "'the Congress shall launch some form of civil disobedience to press the 2ht for Indian in dependence and, if so, whether Qandhi shall lead it. By Associated PrH. PresidentRposeyeltin. -iui speech party leaderacalled the first of, this third term campaign, iffletMarfi test- Turktr th ernment had the right to extend the principle of compulsory sen ice-, to industry, ir necessary jn the interests of national defense, address, under the sponsorship of the Democratic National Committee, was delivered to the convention of the AFL Teamsters Union in Washington. Mr.

Roosevelt reviewed the New Deal's soVial and labor measures, and those" whom be charged with first seeking to oh struct-, and' now endeavoring to repeal them. He repeated that he would do everything to keep war from the nation. llis RepubFican opponent, Wendell L. Wiilkie, said at Rushville, that Mr. Roosevelt and his associates had concentrated in r- -r rr Legion- post, The roeetinfwaa- the first fan- def the new- Forrest Herrmann la commander.

Mem bership of the post is being enrolled rapidly in the annual drive which is now in progress. Dies In Leap. Philadelphia, Sept. IS (AP) --With 73 cents in the "pockets of his crumpled blue suit, Bor den Tlarriman, mem her of a prominent family and nephew of the Minister to Nor way, died Jn an. ight-story plunae from 0 bis room in the Central Y.M.C.A rlate yesterday.

Police found in the room a note saying; "God's earth is kindlier than some men know." recognize tnat there Is point htvnnri which nhptr krarcrr fmla -rf to function. There may come a time when, under such punish' mentj as- mass borabimr involves, body and mind cannot stand the shock. No amount of courage can overcome this. This battle isn't goin? to turn on British bravery. Kvervhody knows their courage is upreme, and the Germans have compli mented tnem on it t.nis war.

The outcome will depnd in no small -degree on how much more those raw and bleeTing civilisn nerves can stand without the people of will powt r. Friday..