The Lexington Herald from Lexington, Kentucky • 1

Twenty-Four Pages Today Lexington Kentucky Friday Morning December 1 1939 Price 5 Cents Vol 69 No 288 Finn Cabinet Resigns As Mighty Red Army Advances Rose-Bowl Bound Volunteers Conquer Of Wildcats 19 To 0 Vol Drive Halted Deep In Wildcats Territory May Take Action Against Soviet Russia Cutting Diplomatic Relations With Red Government Is Urged WASH IN CTO Nov 30 President Roosevelt may ask congressional leaders to help him decide what course to take in the Russo-Finnish situation it was learned tonight as angry legislators demanded severance of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union It is believed that such a conference with Republican as well as Democratic leaders would precede any action which Mr Roosevelt 19000 Fans See Grid Till On Stoll Field Kentuckians Make 15 First Downs To 11 For Unbeaten Foes nr N'nillf Dunn Ilorald ppnrls I'diior Ilcs bloomed on Stoll field fr the University of Tennessee Volunteers yesterday afternoon and being first-rate op-j'rrrturists the Volatile picked a bouquet They defeated the Univer-s tv of Kentucky Wildcats 19 to three touchdowns and an extra point to nothing and thus sailed past another milestone on their route to Fasa-cicna Only one more remains Auburn The Vole ur beaten ind untied icion earned their first l-Lthdown the hard way The r'ktr two followed trudging invi- from the Wildcat to score They did quickly and efficiently The Vol impressed 19000 fan the record largest crowd ever to ce a football game in Kentucky tv the calm way they 'rrt about their point-making They were like Man War in a takes pounds the best nut in frort and running well within themselves Cats Fight To fnd Hnrald Photo A Tennessee drive that penetrated deep into Kenturky territory in the first quarter of yesterday's football game on Stoll field was halted when Bob F'oxx shown above catching Fred Newman's 12-yard pass was tackled hard by Charlie Ishmael causing the Tennessee halfbark to drop the oval Ishmael (No 161 rerovered for Kentucky on the Wildcats' 11-yard line Being stopped so rinse to the Kentucky goal line failed to daunt the Volunteers and they went on to rack up a 19 to 6 victory over their arrh rivals Players easily discernible in the picture are Jim Hardin (No 36) Ed Molinski (No 36) Bob Palmer (No 30) who is bring blocked by Bob Suffridge Abe Shires (No 54) and at the extrrme right Dirk Mulley (No 33) Spectator Dies At Game Here Benham Man Victim Of Heart Attack Soviets Advance 10 Miles info Finland Claim Attack By Finnish Troops Is Given As Cause Of Invasion MOSCOW Friday Dec 1 (UP) The Soviet government announced at 12:50 a today that the Red army had invaded Finland striking 10 miles deep into Finnish territory at several points while the Soviet air force bombed Helsinki and Viborg The announcement was the government's first admissioiof the invasion which began at a yesterday but was withheld from the Russian people for 16 hours The government's announcement made by radio said the Red army struck because of new attacks hy Finnish troops in the early hours of yesterday No Formal Declaration The broadcast referred to Finnish President Kyosti Kallio's declaration of the existence of "state of in Finland but contained no hint as to whether Russia would formally declare war At 8 a Thursday Soviet troops crossed the frontier on the Carelian isthmus between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga north west of Leningrad as well as in other regions and advanced 15 the radio announced The announcement said that at a Thursday only two hours after announcement that Russia had broken off diplomatic relation with Finland and ordered the Red army and navy to be ready for Finnish troops attacked a Soviet frontier post near Mainila Finns Fired First Claim Finnish artillery opened fire the announcement said but finally was thrown back by the Red army which took 10 prisoners including an officer At 4 the Finns were said to have attacked again At 9:02 a it was said another detachment of Finnish soldier attacked in the Lake Ladoga region crossing to Soviet soil before they were thrown bark The assault was said to have occurred near Kuoka In all the radio announcement (Continued on Pago 3 Column C) Pair Convicted Of Ravishing Woman MARION Ky Nov 30 A jury in Critjenden Circuit Court convicted Lloyd Gray and Hiram Perkins today of ravishing Miss Velda Ordway 23 and fixed their sentence at 20 years in prison The men both 25 live at West Frank fort 111 The jurors all from Henderson deliberated four hours after receiving the case at 10:35 a Miss Ordway testified the men attacked her during a date' last Aug 14 The defense headed by former Gov Ruby Laffoon of Madisonville contended she sub mitted willingly Circuit Judge- Charles IT Wil son advised the jurors in his charge that they could impose sentences of 10 to 20 years or death as demanded by the prosecution or acquit the men Printers' Strike At Youngstown Settled YOUNGSTOWN Ohio Nov 30 UP) Settlement of a printers' strike late today permitted publication of the final edition of the Youngstown Vindicator after walkout caused suspension of four other editions earlier in the day The strike was called by 85 members of local No 200 of the International Typographical Union Soviets Attack Finland By Air Sea And Land Threaten "Complete Destruction" Of Tiny North Country HELSINKI Friday Dec 1 (UP) The government of Finland resigned early today in hopes that a new regime might reach an armistice ing Soviet crushing invasion and spare the nation from a reported Soviet threat' of Parliament was convened late last night in a city lighted only by buildings set ablaze in three terrific aerial bombardments and received the resignation of the cabinet of Premier Aimo Cajander who had been branded by the Soviet as war-monger and tool of Russia's imperialist The cabinet resigned as report spread that Russia had served an ultimatum threatening to this nation of 3800000 people unless the gnvJ ernment capitulated immediately and completely to all of Russia territorial and mil demands Hundred Killed Faced with virtual annihilation at the hands of an enemy 50 times its size and strength Finland sought a way of escape from the invasion which since daybreak Thursday had struck with sledgehammer blows Several hundred persons were killed and many times that number wounded in daylong attacks on Helsinki Viborg Pctsamo' Abo and a half dozen other cities by low-swoopihg Soviet bombing planes which unloaded hig thermite bombs said to have been incendiary -plaped the- dead In Helsinki alone at 200 but the government listed only 60 known dead Invasion Halted Claim Meanwhile Soviet warship and Red army troops hammered at Finland's defenders who fought valiantly against overwhelming odds The Finnish high command claimed that the Soviet invasion had been Russian troops w-ere said to have seized Finland's ice-free port of Petsamo on the Arctic while troops and naval units landed from warships occupied four Finnish islands in the eastern Gulf of Finland The government of Premier Cajander decided to resign despite a vote of confidence from members of Parliament who met dramatically in the darkness on the steps of the Parliament building and then were carried in busses to a secret meeting place Tanner May Head Cabinet Soviet Premier and Foreign Commissar Viaehcslav Molotov in his announcement at midnight Wednesday that Russia had broken off diplomatic relations with Finland made it clear that the Soviets would refuse to deal in any way with the present Finnish government Filin hoped that with a new regime which might be looked upon favorably by Moscow the invasion and shattering attacks by land sea and air might be halted There was speculation that the new government might be headed by Finance Minister A Tanner who with former Premier Juhu Paasikivi handled the futile attempts In Moscow to reach a compromise settlement of Russia's demands Some reports indicated that Tanner was trying to reach the Kremlin in Moscow all communication lines with Moscow were down to plead with the Soviet leaders to halt the bombardments of Finnish cities and towns from the air Dictatorship Hinted Officials refused to confirm these report or admit that a Russian ultimatum had been served In this connection however a government spokesman had said only a short while before the government's resignation that it had no intention of quitting Reports were heard that Gen Baron Karl Gustav Mannerhcim Finland's hero might be asked to form a quasi-dictatorship Many observers believed this was doubtful however inasmuch as a move of that kind would only serve to whip ud even greater Soviet anger The 72-ycar-old Mannerheim generalissimo of Finland's defense was a White Russian officer under the Czar and in 1918 he led his people to victory over the Bolshe-(Cantinuad an Paga 3 Calumn 3) Kertucky on the other hand did tween Finland and Russia became r-t the throng of well- worse This was several hours prior withers that came from BlurfriiM j0 the actual invasion I --res ard miles beyond The Summoning of the leaders would Wildcats did thtir best ard the fact follow the precedent established by that they failed was not due to tne je chief executive shortly after Jack ef a good honest effort but outbreak of the European war to the fart tht he "he would seek weren't quite god enough revision of the Neutrality act and A many followers of tne signified his willingness to aban-geire who knew something of tneon partisanship on matters of for-hiory of these two tram prMjrt eign policy Before leaving his train at Union ftatinn Mr Roosevelt was closeted briefly with Secretary of State Cordell Hull who informed him of The Vols started off by winning rapid-fire developments in the the toss and choosing to defend i Lppcr Baltic Hull later visited the the Wet goal This meant tncy white House with Procopc remain-wculd kick-off and would hayi Jng for an additional 43 minutes of advantage of the i discussion with the President Ilenounres Russia When Procope emerged from the executive mansion he bitterly de- ICitimit an Pih 2 Column 1) rephyr that blew gently over the Kentucky took the ball JJ own 26-yard lire and on th fl" if the European Developments In Brief HELSINKI Finnish government resigns Finance Minister Tanner may form ncw cabinet seek armistice Russian bombers kill between 100 and 200 Finns reports say: Southwestern Helsinki in flames Red navy shells Viipuri infantry marches Into Finland flt points aloqg 80Q- mile frontier COPENHAGEN Scandinavian countries watch invasion with consternation -MOSCOW Soviet government announces Red legions advance from 6i to 10 miles into Finland PARIS Daladier wins decisive Parliament victory decree powers French report attack on Roosevelt confers with Secretary Hull hears Chamberlain condemn Russian announces German plane downed steamer Sheaf Crest off southeastern through Russian bookshop window press indignant at invasion of Finland A heart attack suffered while a spectator at the Kentucky-Tenncs-sce football game proved fatal shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon to Joseph Carter Faw-oush 68 of Benham Harlan county Mr Fawbush was in the north side stands with his son A Fawbush with whom he had come to Lexington to attend the game when he was stricken A physician summoned from the crowd pronounced the elderly man i ii ii S-KTE SJTWK Reveals His Marriage tributed Mr Fawbush'a death to a extended for duration of war German submarine WASHINGTON President Finnish Minister Procope LONDON British Parliament attack on Finland Air Ministry Wednesday mine sinks British coast AMSTERDAM Rock thrown results in arrest Netherlands GREENUP Ky Nov 30 might take Including invocation of the Neutrality act or possible delivery of a rebuke to the Soviet government The seriousness with which Mr Roosevelt views the Russian attack on Finland was evidenced immediately upon his arrival from Warm Springs Ga this morning i when he began a series of eon-: ferenres with his foreign affairs advisers Late in the day he conferred for 45 minutes with Ujaimar Frocope Finnish minister here Leaders Told To Be Rrady It was learned that before leaving Warm Springs he telegraphed various legislative leaders to hold themselves in readiness for consultation in the event the situation bc- 5 A Ef Tri-Dell Displays Win Awards one rising out of a nest in which a Waited 10 YeOTS CHICAGO Nov 30 Duval Curtis drove his wife Norma 'downtown to complete her shop- ping cn Christmas Eve 1929 He promised to call for her an hour later Mrs Curtis waited Today she got tired of wailing and obtained a divorce on grounds o( desertion a test thrust to see vaunted line was as dent- piay gwf as advertised Dave SfllS picked up five yards The wiM-ti were elated Hoot Combs Fumbles Then opportunity knocked for Tennesseans and they had a Ter Cleveland Man Found Hanged Body Suspended From Tree By Wire SOMERSET Ky Nov The body of a Cleveland Ohio factory worker identified through papers in his clothes as the user of three different first names was found hanging from a tree at the side of a country lane about five miles south of here early this morning Officers were baffled by circumstances of the case which they said appeared to involve other persons Few clues however were found pointing directly to the theory of murder A driver's license found in the victim's pocket bore the name of Jack Guffey 11310 Olney Court Cleveland Ohio His age was given as 35 A social security card number issued in December 1936 was made out in the name of Hor ace Warner Guffey A $500 life insurance policy found on the scat of an abandoned automobile 100 yards from the body was made out in the name of Charles Guffey 30 of Harvard Ohio The policy was made payable to "Margaret Guffey Griffin Pulaski county cor oner and Chief of Police II Jas per said a blood-stained open pocket knife and about $2 in change were found on the front seat of the car with the insurance policy and some blood was found on one of the switch keys in the car No marks of violence were found on the body with the cxcep tion of a small scratch on his left wrist which the officers said might (Continued an Saga 1 Column C) German Seaplane Bagged By British LONDON Nov 30 The Air Ministry announced tonight two British planes overtook and downed a German Dornier seaplane over the North Sea yesterday This was in addition to the German Ilcinket plane reported shot down yesterday off Northum berland Announcement of awards for Homecoming decorations on Uni-be versity fraternity and sorority houses were announced at the Alumni dance last night by Bill Elder president of SuKy campus pep organization First prize for fraternities went to Sigma Alpha Epsilon for its display of a Tennessee car wrecked against a Kentucky tree Delta Delta Delta annexed the sorority prize with a display of two ducks rias bard on hand to Hoot Combs started what nr act of local pilfering gave Yr' the ball cm the Kentucky Th W3- chajct- P-at quick touchdown which they lr figured they would have i- hae if they were to heat Ken an rn-clcmic of fumbling R-k Tennessee cen- ard Jm R- he loose "iurVini the Vols' chance to get Here was tne w-w fce lire Then over-anxiety caught second prize Alpha Gamma Rho with the Vol and Bob Foxx third prize and Kappa Sigma hon- Co" jorahlc mention sororities Kappa Delta second prize and Delta Zeta third prize Judges were Bill Stern Tom Nelson and Bob El-son radio announcers and Web-sber Hall newsreel cameraman Dewey To Toss Hat In Ring NEW YORK Nov 30 Dis trict Attorney Thomas Dewey will accept a formal request Fri day to become the candidate of New York Republicans for the 1040 presidential nomination headquarters of the state Republican committee said tonight The request will be extended to the racket-busting prosecutor in ceremonies at the ncwly-ostab lislicd office of the Dewey for president committee in midtown Manhattan While the state committee headquarters did not qualify the declaration that Dewey would accept a spokesman for his office refused to comment on the announcement Dewey according to the report of the state committee will receive a manifesto saying that he is the best qualified and strongest candidate in the party With it will be submitted a petition asking him to seek the nomination German Submarine Sunk By French PARIS Nov 30 The French government announced tonight that a destroyer has sunk a German submarine The sinking was reported in Ihe 176th French war communique which reported merely: of our destroyers successfully attacked an enemy submarine" The Herald Guide Post Business Survey Page 4 Krt Mallaa Recipe Contest Page 19 In and Around Lexington rage 24 Page Carnegie 4 Classified 22 Comics 21 Dorothy Dix 13 Funerals 24 rage Puzzle 21 Radio 21 Religion 4 Ripley 20 Serial Story 3 Society 13-18 Sports 8-9-10 Style Smiles 13 Theater 20 Today in Filea 4 Growing Pains 4 Hollywood 20 Keeping Fit 21 Mallon 4 My Day 4 Olive Barton 4 heart attack Mr Fawbush was general shop foreman of the Wisconsin Steel Company at Benham and a member of the Methodist church A native of Benham he was a son of the late Mr and Mrs Jack Fawbush Besides his son he is survived by his wife Mrs Betty Catron Fawbush Benham three other sons Howard Doming and Stanley Fawbush all of Benham: three daughters Mrs Thomas Siprrs and Mrs Minnie Lester both of Benham and Mrs A Cole of Loucllcn Harlan county two brothers A Fawbush Dorchester Va and Jack Fawbush of Virginia and a sister Accompanied by A Fawbush the body was returned last night to Benham leaving over the 1 and Railroad at 9:10 o'clock Louisville Newsman Dies Of Heart Ailment LOUISVILLE Ky Nov 30 Heart disease was fatal today to Rafferty 55 Louisville newspaperman for 37 years For more than 20 years Rafferty worked for the old Evening Post and the Herald-Post as reporter and later telegraph editor He had been a copyreader for the Times the past 13 years musir played by Mrs Christina Schaeffer The Rev Earl Waldrop pronounced the invocation and the Rev Howard Whitaker read the president's proclamation following which a hymn was sung A responsive reading then was given by Mr Waldrop in the absence of the Rev Mason The Rev Jesse Herrmann gave a Thanksgiving prayer: Rabbi Milton Grafman asked for offerings for the China relief fund: Jack Preston Bryan played a violin solo and Mrs Woodford Fields sang a solo after which the Rev Mr Sweeney delivered the sermon Following singing of a hymn after the sermon the Rev Ecton pronounced the benediction and an organ postlude was played by Mrs Schaeffer Jesse Stuart widely known poet and writer of mountain stories was married Ort 14 to Naomi Deane Norris his school day sweetheart he disclosed today Mrs Stuart is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Emmet Norria of Greenup a teacher in the city graded schools obtained a license on Friday Oct 13 Stuart said bowed to superstition and waited until the following day to be married at Ashland" He gave his age-as 32 His wife is 31 Stuart is best known for his volume of poems "The Man With Tlie Bull Tongue He also was author of Head of Dark Hills" of and others Tennesseean Held For Breaking Auto Windows A man docketed by police as George Dillion 33 of Jonesboro Tcnn was arrested yesterday afternoon at Rose street and Euclid avenue near Stoll field on charges of breach of the peace and injuring private property after officers charged he smashed three automobile windows with his fist He was removed by Patrolman Bryan Henry to Good Samaritan hospital where he was listed by attendants as George Dillow Jonesboro Tenn Officers stated he suffered lacerations- on the right hand and wrist His condition last night was described as good Motorist Who Took Boy To Hospital Sought The motorist who Tuesday took Edward Perry 14 of 568 South Upper street to St Joseph's hospital from the Leestown pike where the boy was wounded fatally yesterday was requested to get in touch with Coroner Her-vcy Kerr The coroner stated that he desired to obtain certain information from the motorist whose name was not obtained the day of the accident by county patrolmen and the coroner Young Perry was fatally wounded by a bullet from a 22-caliber rifle in the hands of a companion as they were returning from a hunting trip 4 Kentucky Forecast Bain with mild temperature dsv Saturday generally elder Bexincton Figures Ival I' Weather Bureau Lexirgtor Ky- Nov 30 1939 v(ft temperature 52 degrees TVrct temperature 42 decree? Norm'-! temperature 39 degrees ir-lv" (r lowest temperatures ever recorded cn this date are 72 degree in 193 and 3 degrees be- rl low zero in 1929 Excess in tem- porature since! Jan 1st 765 de- grccs Precipit a i for 24 hours end- irg 4 this date was none Excess since Jan 1st 765 inches RAIN Sun sets at 4:19 today rises I CafurZav at 637 a Saturday Barometric pressure 5 2905 irches Yesterday In Other Cities I I Big Brown Dog Spends Holiday Imprisoned In State Capitol Capacity Audience Attends Union Thanksgiving Service FRANKFORT Ky Nov 30 With all state employees home to enjoy Thanksgiving today there was one lonely prisoner in the State Capitol a big brown dog that somehow had managed to slip into the revenue department offices late Wednesday All day long Albert Morrow a custodian tried to find some employee who had a key Finally tonight when petite Mrs Ada O'Nan returned from a Thanksgiving dinner with her mother in the country she hastened to the office and freed the 26-hour prisoner The lonely dog's howls had made his presence known early this morning but there was nothing that Morrow could do against a stout oak door Occasional visitors at an outside window were greeted with leaps and frpfitic tail wag ging but they be any real help C-iice he saw the big front door of the Capitol open tonight the un Invited pup went scurrying for home so fast Ed Barker night custodian didn't have time to finish his "get out of here!" British Ship Sinks LONDON Nov 30 Th 2730-ton British Sheaf Crest struck a mine and sank in the North sea today A coastal lifeboat landed 15 survivors Fifteen others reported to be injured also were rescued The Sheaf Crest was owned by the Sheaf Steam Shipping Company Ltd and was registered from Newcastle A capacity audience attended the annual union Thanksgiving Day services conducted under auspices of the Lexington Ministerial Asso- ciation yesterday morning at the Ben Ali theater The Rev William Sweeney pastor of the Broadway Christian rhurch who preached the sermon expressed a belief in a bright future and declared that he was optimistic because all the time more people whose faith had lessened in past year are regaining their faith in God Presiding at the services was the Rev Hayes Farish pastor of the Woodland Christian church The Rev A Boatright was song leader The services opened with organ Kt ta iHi Hi(krM fniir Ir SI lain nil a- liii Iwyniiiti i T) rrecipitaliaa.