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THE PALLADIUM-ITEM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1939 Turkish 13 The Forum Reports $33,000 Robbery, Says Father Is Nazi General City News In Brief Deaths and Funerals After the girl and were taken to a police station. Miss Schneider told of her German parentage. Under questioning, she added that she had been born Horner Sues Knox' Paper for Libel Publisher Gladly Admits His Fight Against Democrats CHICAGO. (INS) A 19-year-old girl who identified herself as the daughter of a high Nazi officer named Gen. Baron von Schwedler was interrogated by po- lice Wednesday in connection with her claim she had been robbed of $33,000 in jewels.

The girl, known as Miss Anna Schneider, explained that Schnei- der was an Americanized version of her father's name. Editor's Note The name General Baron Von Schwedler" failed to strike a familiar chord at the German consulate-general in New York where attaches said they were unaware of such a military commander. Miss Schneider told so strange a tale police planned to call upon a representative of the German consul to verify her identification, Pending clarification of her story, 1 she was held in technical custody. Also held was a youth who said he was Victor Eulo of Chicago. Eulo was with Miss Schneider in onrtmont in answer to her report of a rob- 1 bery Detectives said the apartment appeared to have been ransacked.

and that they found Miss i Schneider state. in a highly-excited' In u.c oo-oLUijr ljs vngcica City hall, chandeliers swayed for in an airplane flying over Russia during a blizzard, that she find tired of a life of luxury In Europe and had come to the United States two years ago to work for a living. She was receiving an SO0- a-month allowance from her fath- er she said. In Chicago, Miss Schneider she had obtained work as a ti.ee girl in a night club. The main item missing in tho robbery, she said, was a Draceu containing 345 diamonds, wr.itn she said was worth $25,000.

Finn Campaign at Lowest Mark The local drive for contributions to the Finn relief fund hit zero Wednesday. Not a single cor.tn- bution was registered. Previous contributions amounted to Sli6. Contributions can be made bv cash or check at Palladium-Item. INDIANAPOLIS.

(INS) 'Contributions made by individuals to aid the Finns are deductible in arriving at federal taxable in- Comes, Albert J. Bevendge. jr i state chairman of the Finnish Re is subject to deduction from the reported income for 1939, with re- spect to federal taxes. (Continued From Page One) Although the force of the quake indicated serious damage had been done, observers pointed out that the loss of life might not prove comparatively great because of the light construction of dwellings and the rush of quake-wise people to i flee to the open country. Anatolia has suffered severely i in three recent quakes.

In April 1938, a series of shocks lasted more than a week and 800 persons were estimated to have lost their lives. Thousands of buildings were shaken down. Subsequent earthquakes on Sept. 29, 1939, near Smyrna on the west coast, and on Nov. 23, 1939, in I Anatolia killed 200 and 50 per- sons respectively.

Sixteen vil-' lages were destroyed in the latter shock. Wednesday's quake was regis-1 tered at numerous observatories, including the West Bromwich seismograph in London, the Neu-1 chatel and Zurich observatories in Switzerland, and the Uccle ob-' servatory in Belgium. LOS ANGELES. Calif. (AP) An earthquake shook buildings and rattled windows in Los An- geles.

Long Beach, and other near-by communities at 11:29 a. m. (1:29 p. c. s.

Wednes-I day. There were no reports of dam-i age. In Long Beach Wednesday's tremor lasted about 10 seconds. It was described as the most se- vere shock since that of March, 1933, which took 120 lives. At Anaheim, southwest in Or- ange county, the shock was said to be the sharpest in several years.

At Santa Ana, also in Orange county, windows rattled. Glendale, adjoining Los Angeles on the north, and Alhambra to the northeast, reported "sharp shocks." es did Redondo Beach, northwest of Long Beach. San Bernardino, 70 miles east of Los Angeles, and Riverside, 60 miles east, felt slight shocks. Roof tiles on the Weather Bureau station on Terminal island in Los Angeles harbor were cracked. RUBBER -JT a few seconds.

were set lief Fund. said Wednesday, awry. Scores in Long Beach Beveridge said that the comrms-buildings scurried under beams or sioner of internal revenue in Wash-into the streets. i ington had advised him that anv The seismological laboratory of contribution made before Dec. r.O the California Institute of Technology reported that while the quake "might be strong enough to cause some damage" it was "not An account has been opened at verv large." It is estimated the the Union Trust company.

Indian-center of the disturbance as 50 apolis, in the name of the Finnish miles distant in an undetermined i Relief Fund. to handle all direction. funds prior to their transmission to New York. Paul Revere's father's name was Pending establishment of dis- Appillos Rivoire. He changed it trict headquarters, all cor.tnbu-to Revere so Bostonians could pro- tions should be sent to Beveridpe nounce it.

He came from the Isle of i in care of Radio Station WIRE, I Guernsey. Indianapolis. Be Prepared for Snowy, Sleety Bays! FOOTWEAR BEARING THE 3 HOOP 5 (Continued From Page One) Friends may call at the homeaft-er Friday 'morning. The two youths were among several others who had been coast- I ing on the hill most of the after- noon and evening, enjoying the first sledding weather of the season, i CONNERSVILLE, Ind. Paul Lane, 17-year-old son of Mr.

and Mrs. David Lane of East street, was injured seriously early Wednesday morning when the car in which he was riding skidded into a Big Four passenger train at a crossing in Shelbyville. So mangled was his left arm that it later had to be amputated below the elbow at the Major hospital in Shelbyville, where he was removed soon after the accident. Lane also suffered other injuries, including cuts and bruises. The local youth was riding in the back seat of an automobile, and two companions, Carl Kendall, 18 years old, and Ralph Kendall, 15, both of near SheFoyville, were riding in the front seat.

Ralph was bruised about the head and Carl suffered minor bruises and shock. EATON, Ohio. Preble county's heaviest snow of the season put the county highways in their most hazardous condition in months. Traffic ws at nearly a standstill, and few county residents were to be seen on the streets of Eaton. Local children, however, fully enjoyed their first opportunity to take their sleds to hills for a perfect day of coasting.

NEW CASTLE, Ind. Nearly three inches of snow fell in this vicinity Wednesday, starting early in the morning and continuing most of the day. No major accidents were reported to police from the slick highways and streets. In Richmond, the initial heavy snowfall of the season brought the familiar winter sound the scrape of snow shovels. Residents were out early in the morning cleaning their walks, while city, county, and state highway workers engaged in cleaning gutters and spreading sand or cinders.

Pedestrians and automobiles slipped and skidded on sidewalks and streets after travel had packed the snow firmly and dropping temperatures had frozen slush. Temperature Down City temperatures dropped shortly after noon. The maximum for the day, 29 degrees, had been recorded in the morning, but at noon the mercury had dropped i to 24. At midnight Wednesday, a further drop of one degree was noted. The Pumping station's records showed a total snowfall for the day of 2.7 inches, which melted I into water measured .27 inches of precipitation.

Thirteen minor accidents, most of them caused by the slick con ditions of the city's streets, were reported to Richmond police dur- ed in injuries to the persons involved. The city closed off the Peacock road hill from West Fifth to West Seventh street to enable the youth of the city to enjoy coasting without the hazards of automobile traffic. Police removed the barricades at 10 p. but stated that they probably would be replaced each day when weather permits-sledding. By The Associated Press Three persons were dead over Indiana Wednesday night because of a year-end cold wave which i brought wind, sleet, and heavy snows.

Two were sledders at I Laurel. Mrs. Andrew J. Moranz, 56 years old, died of heart trouble as she walked through the blizzard at Boonville. Her body, which had lain overnight in the snow, was I iouna late ruesday.

A snowfall which began late Tuesday and continued intermittently throughout Wednesday left only the far northwestern part of the state without a blanket of white. New Albany reported 15 Inches of snow on the ground, the heaviest fall since 1918. Evansvllle had six and a half inches, Indianapolis and Terre Haute five and a half to six inches and Fort Wayne an inch. Temperatures ranged from 20 to 29 degrees Fahrenheit at Fort Wrayne, 28 to 31 at Evansville, 24 to 27 at Indianapolis. In Terre ducted Friday morning at 11 o'clock at the Shirley Brothers Funeral home, Indianapolis.

Burial will be at Winchester. Survivors include the father, Roy, of New York City; the mother, Marie of Indianapolis; a sister, Mrs. Vivian Bales of Indianapolis; a grandfather, John Cox of Winchester; a grandmother, Mrs. A. C.

Campbell of Richmond and several uncles and aunts living in and near Richmond. Miss Emma C. Schuerman Miss Emma C. Schuerman, 58 years old, 322 South Seventh street, died Wednesday morning at 1:30 o'clock at the Reid Memorial hospital. Miss Schuerman was born in this city May 13, 1881 and had resided here all of her life.

She was employed as a cutter at the J. M. Hutton company. She leaves two sisters. Miss Mary and Miss Ida Schuerman.

this city; three brothers, Albert and Herbert of Richmond and Carl Schuerman of Dayton. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran church. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:30 p. m.

at the residence in charge of Rev. Oscar R. Smith. Burial will be in Luther-ania cemetery. Friends may call at the residence after 2 p.

m. Thursday. Leo Little Leo Little, son of the late Leonard and Cora Little, former residents of Richmond, died at his heme in Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday morning. The widow, three daughters and a brother survive. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:30 p.

m. (e. s. at Westerville, Ohio. i TRADEMARK The Palladium-Item will print communications, but will not be responsible for utterances made or opinions expressed.

Letters should be limited to 250 words and must give the full name and address of the writer as an evidence of good faith. No signatures will be withheld. Communications which might seem to be libelous or otherwise unfit for publication not accepted. Editor Palladium-Item: Possibly the most unfortunate editorial this reader has ever been privileged to read in The Richmond Palladium in his 45 years as a resident of Richmond and as a reader of this paper, was published in the Dec. 22, issue entitled, "Roosevelt Should Be Impeached" and advocating the impeachment.

It is a strange philosophy that the editorial writer of this article has, when column after column of the editorial page is devoted to roundly condemning Hitler and Stalin and their forms of government and acts of aggression, and then make an about face and condemn our president for sanctioning aid to their victims. That they might have at least in part, a portion of self-preservation and the defense of their lives and homes. The Biblical story of the Good Samaritan is worth repeating here. "A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down a certain priest that way, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. "But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassion on him. And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to his host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. Which now of these three asks Jesus, was neighbor unto him that fell among thieves?" Do you think that this good Samaritan, had he arrived during the assault would have stood idly by and watched his neighbor being beat half to death and robbed or would he have offered to assist his neighbor, not caring to wait until his neighbor was half dead before offering his services? President Roosevelt is a man of peace.

It was this great president, who in his speech at Chatauqua, N. Aug. 14, 1936 said, "I hate w.r," and he meant it. He has worked hard for peace. And when we read on the news pages of The Palladium the high sounding appeals for money to aid the poor Finns and the sentiment to get the money to buy the arnica with which to heal their wounds, rather than to give them in a tangible way the necessary aid so that they might better defend themselves and the arnica won't be needed.

But in pursuing the latter course we might insult the thieves. Although it is the editorial policy of The Palladium to insult them verbally and regularly, and to condemn the president who sanctioned furnishing the aid in preference to the arnica. The only reason I can think of for this type of editorial is, that the writer's dislike for the president for political reasons outweighed his better judgment. He should remember that Mr. Roosevelt was elected to the presidency by the American people and not The Palladium.

He should remember that every poll taken so far by independent agencies all proclaim the great faith the people have in their president. He should remember that on the front page of this same issue the following headlines of an Associated press dispatch appears, D. R. Studies Building State Hospitals for Poor" which is part of the reason why he is still the most popular man in public office. He should remember the old Arabian proverb which says, "The dogs bark, but the caravan passes on." He should remember that his readers are not morons but intelligent thinking people.

And finally he should remember, that no Pulitzer prize for journalism was ever awarded to a writer of that kind of editorials. And those of us who heard Mr. Roosevelt's Christmas address to the nation, Sunday, Dec. 24, are in violent disagreement with this kind of an editorial. LUTHER H.

THOMAS. Britain and Sweden Sign Trade Treaty LONDON, England. (AP) The Economic Warfare ministry announced Wednesday night that a war trade agreement had been signed between Great Britain and i Sweden. The ministry said this agreement was designed to adapt Anglo-Swedish trade arrange-! ments to wartime conditions, with a view to maintaining trade be- tween the two countries at the nor-mal level. SMART WAY TO USE ASPIRIN FOR GOLDS: Too pet a (rood dose of aspirin in I.nxa-Pirln, but.

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Contains Aspirin. For Colds mm: M' 6. I 1 I i i Roland G. Kemper, president of the Kemper kitchen cabinet manufacturers, announced Wednesday that a total of nearly $7,000 had been distributed among 130 employees in a Christmas bonus profit-sharing program. The bonus, Mr.

Kemper said, is based on a percentage of an em- ployee's annual earnings. Profits i earned by the company during the year determine the amount of the bonus. George Brehm has received word that his brother. Otto Brehm, was seriously injured in an accident last Friday at Chicago. He is confined to the Holy Cross hospital, 6910 California avenue, Chicago.

Mr. Brehm was for a number of years employed by the George H. Knollenberg company. The Cornelia Townsend Mite Missionary society will entertain the husbands of members at the annual Christmas dinner to be held Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

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Home Laundry. William Hennessey, of the Indiana State Welfare department, will speak on "Psychologist's Function in Mental Hygiene Clinic," at the Thursday noon luncheon meeting of the Richmond Kiwanis club. Dr. F. L.

Owens, formerly of this city, now of Indianapolis, is seriously ill at the Methodist hospital there. James Settles and his colored troupe will present a musicale at 8 o'clock Thursday night at the Seventh Day Adventist church. Negro spirituals will be featured. There will be no admission, but a silver offering will be taken. The Naval Recruiting station in Richmond will remain open un-; til 10 o'clock at night for two i weeks beginning Tuesday, Jan.

2. An inspector for the Seagraves Corporation, manufacturers of fire fighting equipment, was in the city Wednesday for a regular check of the city's aerial truck. Miss Lucille Martin, head of the local Public Health Nursing service, said Wednesday she planned to attend an experiment in training special nurses in the care of infantile paralysis victims at Indianapolis, Jan. 3, 4, 5, and 6. The training will be sponsored by the National Organization for Public Health Nursing and the State Department of Public Welfare.

Funds have been allocated by the Na tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Inc. Employees of the Hook Drug company benefitted through the distribution recently of a $20,000 holiday bonus. Employees of the 53 drugstores in Indiana cities were participants. This included about 850 employees and of this number, 32 are connected with the Hook stores in Richmond. The bonus was based on the length of service and salary of each employee and ranged as high as 5 per cent of the annual salary.

Employees having been with the firm more than three months were eligible. The bonus was in recognition of good service. Haute Tuesday night it was 25. An army monoplane flying from Columbia, S. to Chanute field at Rantoul, 111., lost touch with airport radio stations in Indiana for an hour and a half.

The ship told the Indianapolis Municipal airport at half past 4 o'clock it was running out of gasoline and might come down at Lafayette. Nothing was heard from it again until it landed at Rantoul at 6 o'clock. The State Highway department reported all roads open but slick in some places. A late-afternoon sleet and snow made driving dangerous in Fort Wayne. By The Associated Press Winter puffed cheeks and blew a blast of cold Wednesday which rolled off the Rockies all the way east to the Atlantic.

Snow rode the blast out of the already blanketed mountain and plains country east in New York and south into Virginia. The Southeast's farmers welcomed drought-breaking rain with the same gusto that farmers of the Southwest's fast shrinking "dust bowl" greeted drought-breaking snows. Mrs. Barrett Dies; Friend, Earlham Grad Mrs. M.

Frances Barrett, wife of Dr. Don C. Barrett, retired head of the Economics department of Haverford, college, died Wednesday at the home of a niece, Miss Marcia M. Furnas, at Cam-by, Ind. Mrs.

Barrett, a native of Milton and graduate of Earlham college, had resided with her husband recently at the niece's home in the Indianapolis suburb. She was active in the Friends church at Haverford, and in the Friends' Yearly Meeting at Philadelphia, Pa. Dr. Barrett retired two years ago after a 30-year career at Haverford. Prisoner Suicides PUTNAMVILLE, Ind.

(AP) Forrest Rominger, 54 years old, of Hope, committed to the State Penal farm Dec. 13 from Columbus to serve a short term on an intoxication charge, committed suicide by hanging in a farm warehouse. George Morningstar EATON, Ohio. George Morningstar, 91 years old, retired Preble county farmer, died Wednesday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Wells Marshall, of Washington township, northeast of here.

Funeral services will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Zion Lutheran church, with Rev. Ralph I Ground, pastor of the local Grace Lutheran church, officiating, interment will follow at the Zion cemetery. Three daughters, Mrs. Marshall, and Mrs. David Bowman and Mrs.

J. E. Miltenberger, both of this community, survive. Edward L. Huffman i CAMDEN, Ohio.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p. m. Fri-dav for Edward L. Huffman, 70- Lyear-old state and county fair pro-fmoter and publisher of "Huff's Na-i tional Fair Directory," who died Tuesday at his home here. Rites will be conducted in his residence, 35 North Main street, with inter- i ment following at the Fairmount cemetery here.

I Samuel D. Routzong GREENVILLE, Ohio. Samuel D. Routzong, 76 years old, retired Van Buren township farmer, died Wednesday morning at his home, 610 Martin street. He was born in Darke county, had lived in this city for 33 years, and was a member of the Presbyterian church.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Friday in the home, with Rev. John Harrington in charge. Burial will follow at the Abbotts-ville cemetery.

Survivors are the widow, Rebecca; one daughter-in-law, Mrs. Helen Routzong of Gettysburg; two grandchildren, and two brothers. John of this city and Frank of near Greenville. Patrick Cotter UNION CITY, Ind. Patrick Cotter, 84 years old, well-known retired farmer, died Wednesday morning at his oouth Walnut street home.

Born in Ireland, he came to the United States in 1873, and operated a farm south of the city. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic church. Last rites will be held at 9 a. m.

Friday in St. Mary's church, with Rev. T. J. Hammes in charge.

Interment will follow at the church cemetery. Friends may call at the home after 10 a. m. Thursday. Survivors are the widow.

Rose; three sons, William of Union City, and Dan and Michael, both of Lynn, and four daughters, Mrs. i Madge Horn of south of here, Mrs. Nellie Jordan of Crete, Mrs. Teresa Armstrong of Richmond, and Mrs. Elizabeth Schwartz of Columbia Citv.

John Wolf i UNION CITY, Ind. John Wolf, 74 years old, farmer residing four miles north of here, died Tuesday 1 evening at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Sam Conklin, near Saratoga. A native of Preble county, Ohio, he was the son of Jacob and Christina Wolf. Mr.

Wolf came to the Lisbon community in his youth, and was a member of the Lisbon Christian church. Last rites will be held at 2 p. m. Friday in the Lisbon church, with Rev. Earl Lantz officiating.

Interment will follow at the church cemetery. Friends may call at the home any time. I Survivors are four daughters, I Mrs. Conklin, Mrs. Frank Mann, Mrs.

Marvin Fraze, and Mrs. Roy i Mote, all of near here; one son, i Russell of near Winchester; four sisters, Mrs. Ida Wolf and Mrs. Alf Trine of this city, Mrs. Jane Gephart of Lewisburg, Ohio, and Mrs.

Clara White of Lancaster, Ohio, and six grandchildren. Mrs. Allison Bockover BROOKVILLE, Ind. Mrs. Lura Bockover, 65 years old, widow of Allison Bockover, died Monday morning at her home in Fairfield.

Last rites will be held at 1:30 p. m. Thursday in the Old Franklin church, near Fairfield, with interment following at the church cemetery. Friends may call at the home any time. David Peckinpaugh NEW CASTLE, Ind.

David Peckinpaugh, 75 years old, well-known Prairie township farmer and stock buyer, died Sunday night at his home near Mount Summit. He had engaged in farming for more than 40 years. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 a. m. Thursday in the home, interment following at the Mount Summit cemetery.

Mrs. Rosetta Thresher GREENVILLE, OhioMrs. Rosetta Thresher, 78 years old, died Monday evening at the Carter Rest home in this city. Last rites will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Miller Funeral home, with Rev. Joseph Henry in charge.

Burial will follow at the Greenville cemetery. Friends may call any time at the funeral home. Walter C. Barnes CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind. Walter C.

Barnes, 67 years old, of this city, died Tuesday afternoon. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Howard Funeral home, with interment following at the Riverside cemetery. Constance Morrow CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind. Constance Morrow, two-year-old daughter of Mrs. Freya Whiteley Morrow, died Monday night at the Riley hospital, Indianapolis.

Private funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Thursday in the home of kher grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. I Benjamin Whiteley, in Mount Au burn, with Rev.

F. C. McCormick of Richmond officiating. Interment will follow at the Westside cemetery, Milton. Campbell Cox Campbell Cox, 22 years old, resident of Richmond since birth until 10 years ago, died Wednesday morning in Methodist hospital, Indianapolis, after a short illness.

Funeral services will be con- Hunters Farmers Workmen Women Men and Children your footwear miles will cost less if you buy Hood's all the way. CHICAGO. (AP) Counsel for Gov. Henry Horner filed a $250,000 libel suit in Circuit court Wednesday against The Chicago Daily News and Col. Frank Knox, publisher of the newspaper.

The complaint alleged that an editorial printed in The News on Dec. 21 constituted an attempt to "injure and destroy the good name and the good reputation" of the governor and "to impair, injure, and destroy the influence and power of the Democratic par ty. Neither the newspaper nor Col onel Knox, who was in Omaha, is sued any comment on the suit. The editorial concerned, in part, extradition proceedings involving William Bioff, a motion-picture labor leader. The state's attorney's office here began an effort late in November to return Bioff from California to serve the balance of a six months' jail sentence imposed in 1922 when he was convicted of pandering.

A hearing on the extradition petition was held in Springfield on Dec. 19, and then the case was continued to Jan. 10. The governor stated Wednesday that the hearing was postponed and his decision was deferred at the request of the assistant state's attorney and Bioff's attorney to give them time to submit further briefs and argument. Two days after the hearing The News printed an editorial on 'age One under the heading: "Why Delay?" Governor Horner's announcement of the suit, made in Springfield at the same time that it was filed here, alleged the editorial imputed improper motives to the governor.

The suit set forth that Colonel Knox was a member of the Republican party and served as its candidate for vice-president in 1936. "Since the election of 1936," it added, "said defendant has attempted to attain the position where he would be a powerful, controlling, and dominating influence in the Republican party" in Chicago. Cook countv. 111., and the United States. The governor, a Democrat, contended "the defendant has attempted during said period to impair and destroy the influence and power of the Democratic party in said various communities and political divisions." OMAHA, Nebr.

(AP) Frank Knox, Republican candidate for vice-president in 1936. smilingly pleaded guilty Wednesday night to charges of attempting to "impair and destroy the influence of the Democratic party." Assertions that Knox, editor and publisher of The Chicago Daily News. had since the 1936 election attempted to impair the Democratic party's influence were contained in a S250.000 libel suit filed against him and his newspaper Wednesday by Gov. Henry Horner of Illinois. "I am a Republican," Knox declared here, "and I plead guilty to that charge." Need (Continued From Page One) velopment of air power as a new arm of war.

"True it is that there has been, and still persists, considerable conjecture over the ultimate military effect of air power," he said. "Only a major war can determine the full potentialities of military aviation. "But to underestimate those potentialities might result in the extinguishment of a nation's existence." The steps already taken to reinforce the Panama canal were vital, he asserted, for the protection of the waterway and the nation itself. "As secretary of war" Wood-ring said, "I do not visualize hemispherical defense as a strengthening of the Monroe Doctrine. As such, I do not visualize hemispherical defense as a Pan-American protective alliance.

All those considerations, important as they may be, are political. "It is the simple, unadulterated fact that the range and destructive potentialities of weapons of warfare, primarily those whose realm Is the skies, have, in recent years, so shortened the elements of distance and time that any hostile air base established anywhere within effective striking proximity of the Panama canal would prove a vital threat to that waterway and, therefore, a threat to the very security of these United States." Foundation Formed To Aid Stephenson NOBLES VILLE, Ind. (AP) Mark Wiles, Cicero garage owner, announced Wednesday organization of Liberty Foundation, to give financial aid to D. C. Stephenson, former Indiana leader of the Ku Klux Klan, in his fight to escape a life prison sentence for murder in the death of Madge Oberholtzer, 29 years old, Btatehouse stenographer.

Stephenson has no "hidden pot of gold," Wiles said. "Instead of being wealthy," be added, "he is without money with which to pay the necessary costs of conducting a legal plea for his liberty." The former Klan grand dragon was returned to Michigan City State prison Dec. 19 from Hamilton County jail, where he had been brought Sept. 25 for legal maneuvers for a new trial. A petition for a writ of error coram nobis remains to be argued in Hamilton Circuit court.

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