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The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-30
National Police Academy Gives Diplomas 10 Forty;
 FBI School k Significant
By ACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. The other day in the Great Hall of the Department of Justice Build ing, 40 men were handed diplomas stating that they had successfully completed their work in the Na- tional Police Academy.
 The graduation exercises were run off with comparatively little fanfare. Had it not been that Sec retary of the Navy Knox took the occasion to make there a speech of great significance, the com mencement program probably would have gone unnoticed by the press In the last five years, it has be- come a commonplace, for there are three such exercises year.
 In this period of national stress and international strain, of fifth column talk and rumors of sabo- tage, of the building of an army of a million men and a national defense undreamed of in peace time, this passing of one more milestone in Chief G-Man J. Ed gar Hoover's police school had 6 great deal more significance than it was accorded
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-30
Over 5000, ,000 Men Get Marching Orders in
 1S-Hour Drawing
SIX BLUE CAPSULES
 MISSING FROM LIST
Second Sweepstakes Held in Wee Small Hours
 of Rainy Dawn

WASHINGTON. Oct. 30, - Tho grand conscription lottery which holds marching orders for some S. 100000 young Americans has fin- ished with an unlocked for furry at 2:40 o'clock this morning, PST) with six numbers missing, but fi- nally wound up officially with two numbers more than the historic fish bowl should have had.
 The drawing ended in rainy dawn after IF hours and 31 minutes of steady plucking of the little blue capsules.
 The last solitary blue capsule was picked up from the bottom of the glass goldfish bowl by Brigsdier General Lewis Hershey, Assistant Selective Service Director.
 Six Numbers Missing
 That capsule should have been the 9,000th number. Instead, it proved to be the 8,9g4th capsule. Despite the most elaborate precautions six blue number bearing capsules were missing.
 Selective Service officials imme- diately started check to track down the omitted numbers III man. ual records kept throughout the marathon drawing and confirmed the number of missing capsules as six.
 The master list disagreed, how ever, showing eight capsules unac- counted for.
 Junior Drawing
 To make sure every number miss ing of the master list would be drawn, General Hershey had a spec ial junior drawing" for those eight numbers missing.
 The brief sweepstakes, witnessed by handful of persons, was over in five minutes and the official last number accordingly drawn was the 9,002nd capsule, number 1889.
 Officials suggested possibly the missing numbers might have caught in the sleeves of those who wrew out capsules, or might have fallen off the bowl rest, or might not even have been in the bowl at the be- ginning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-30
Ambassador Lauds Roose. veIt-FIdys e-DedIing
 of COP Enemies
ASSURES AMERICANS
 WAR kOT FOR THEM
Sounds Alarm for Quick Defense in Light of Hit-
 Ier's Battle Pace

NEW YORK. Oct 30.-Joseph P Kennedy, United States Ambassa- 1or to Great Britain, last night threw his whole support behind the re- election of President Roosevelt, giv- ing scores of points in national broadcast why Roosevelt should be continued in office.
 Kennedy also plainly showed why the United States will not enter into the war and why tha boys of the Nation will not be Bn trans ports" but declared that every man woman and child in@sthe United States and possessions should put their shoulders behind National De- fense of the United State.
 World Moving Fast
 The world is on the move" said Kennedy, "at a speed never before witnessed. Already Hitler has con- quered nations and made the ad- vance of Napoleon appear puny. It is faster move than, one imagines. Denmark was taken over in a mat ter of hours, Norway in days and Belgium and Holland in weeks and the proud and honorable France in a month They did not have time to preen and we must take warning to be prepared
 Kennedy praised the speed with which the National Defense plans are being maintained and declared i've must have a Navy second to ncne, great Air Force and a trained Army"
 No Commitments
 Kennedy declared that the Unit ed States has no commitments with any foreign nation and T know. personally, up to this minute, have never given to one single individual in the world any hope whatsoever that at any stage or under any circumstances could the United States be drawn into the war. Un- fortunately, during this political campaign, there has arisen the charge the President is trying to involve this country into World War. This is absolutely false and I know"
 Hits At War Threat
 Regarding the possibility of the United States entering the war, Kennedy asked: Where would we get the soldiers, where would we get the transportation for thousands of men, where would we get protec- tion and where would we land them? Hitler controls nearly every vital European port. These facts should be sufficient to cause the fear that the United States will be in the war to be quickly dissipated and take much of the argument in the present campaign out of the issues raised"
 Rearmament Policy
 Kennedy praised the rearmament policy of the Administration and aid to Great Britain. He said, again
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-30
Reports ConfIid-Dispdteh- es Even Declare Greeks
 Make Counter Thrust
ROMAN AND BRITISH
 SOLDIERS IN CLASH
Athens Defenders Expect ed 10 Make Last Stand
 on Metdxds Line
(By ASSOCIATED PREss)

A radio broadcast from Rome to- day asseretd Italian troops had smashed 40 miles into Greece, cap turing the town of St. Nicholas, but Athens reported reinforced Greek fighters were holding an unbroken front under. heavy artillery fire.
 Italian attacks supported by planes and mountain guns are said to be steadily intensifying.
 Mussolini's command, in unusual brevity, merly reported "our troops have continued to advance into Greek territory overcoming resis- tance of the enemy's rear guard.
 By contrast to this fifteen word report on the war in Greece, the Italian command devoted 53 words to the Fascist campaign in Af- rica, noting mostly indecisive ac- tions about Clayhut and outposts in the African desert.
 British Counter
 Countering London denials of troop" landings, the British infor- nation office in Ankara. announced British naval attachments have
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-30
MeIIen 10
 Support FDR

NEW YORK, Oct. 30. = Chase Mellen Jr., who was Republican chairman of New York County from 1883 to 1885, and who stayed on as a Republican district leader two additional years, announces his support of President Roosevelt for reelection. MT Mellen's state
 ment was made in the capacity Of chairman of "the Committee of Regular Republicans for the Re- election of Franklin D. Roosevelt v
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-30
{. {. HamIin
 Passes Away
 In Colorado
Newspaper Publisher, Al. forney, Leading PoIifie-
 ian, Dies at His Home

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, Oct. S0.-Clarence c. Hamlin, 72, pub fisher of the Gazette and Telegram, daily newspaper, political leader in Colorado for nearly 40 years and also one of the Vests best known attorneys, died last night at his home here.
 In addition to being publisher of The Colorado Springs Gazette and the Colorado Springs Evening Tele- graph, he was active in the prac- tice of law in Colorado from 1896 to 1930, when he retired from his profession. He represented many large interests in his corporation practice, notably the Midland Rail- road and the Cripple Creek Mine Owners Association.
 For Open Shop
 It was during the mine strikes in Cripple Creek in the early sos that Mir Hamlin, as manager for ' ~N AiAAAC OWllClo, SuCCCool ully fought off the attempt to union- ize the camp, and to the present day the camp has been on an open shop basis.
 This early strike attracted na- tion wide attention for it was in the Cripple Creek district that w. R. C"Big Bill'D Haywood, who later died in Russia, began his or ganization of the Western Fedora tion of Miners, and such men as Orchard, Pettibone, and Mover were associated with him there.
 Talks As Bullets Whiz
 MT. Hamlin, during the strike, succeeded in keeping down blood shed and at one time addressed a meeting of miners with union pickets shooting at him from near by hillsides. He was not injured.
 He engaged in the practice of law in Colorado Springs from 1896 on and in 1905 was elected to a four-year term as District Attorney
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-30
ENDORSING
 ROOSEVELT,
 THIRD TERM
CI0 Local Unions on Pacific Coast Repudidfe Stand
 Taken by Lewis

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Oct. 30. The CIO Inland Boattmens' Un- ion today reiterated endorsement of Roosevelt, notwithstanding the action of Chief John L. Lewis in backing Willkie.
 A third term for Roosevelt has also been approved by the San Francisco, Portland and San Pedro locals of the powerful CIO Longshoremens' union.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-30
RE ELECTION OF ROCKWELL
 IS PREDICTED
Political Writer of Collier 5 Weekly Makes Nation-
 wide Investigation

NEW YORK, Oct. 30 Walter Davenport, political editor of Col Hers Weekly, has predicted the re- election of President Roosevelt, the magazine announces, after the com pletion by MT. Davenport of a nation wide tour of investigation.
 There may be an undercurrent that at the last moment will rise to the surface and sweep MT. Will kie into the White House." he re- ported, but if it exists at all it is still too far below to be discernible to the unbiased observer"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-30
SUPREME COURT
 WIRES TAPPED;
 vESTIGATI0N
Eavesdroppers Listened in on Important Decision,
 Is Allegation

NEW YORK, Oct. 30.-The Coun- sel of a Senate Subcommittee inves- tigating wire tapping said today hearings would be started in Wash ington Friday to determine whether wires of U. s. Supreme Court Jus tices were tapped when an import ant decision was pending.
 William Maloney, the Counsel mentioned October, 1939. as the time of the reported wire tapping but didn't specify the case in which a decision was expected.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-30
NEW AID FOR
 BRITAIN WILL
 BE ANNOUNCED
Secretary Tells Reporters to Be on Lookout dt
 Boston Tonight

ENROUTE WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO BOSTON, Oct. 30. An important major step to in- crease aid to Britain and her allies probably will be announced by the President tonight in his address in Boston, Secretary Earl said today
 He advised reporters to be on watch for something along that line, but gave no hints as to the nature of the aid
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-30
TWELVE WEEKS OF STUDY

TWELVE WEEKS OF STUDY
 The NPA is run by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and there in lies the story. The 40 men who were graduated the other day had just finished 12 weeks of concen- trated study of what are considered by many the most efficient and modern police methods in the world.
 The important thing is that something like 500 men, repre- senting every state and several territorial possessions, have pre- ceded them. Most of these men return each year for brief but intensive study of the latest dis coveries and new methods which are constantly being developed in the field of crime prevention and detection
 The primary purpose of the school is not to train policemen but to train men who can train policemen. In other words, these graduates of the NPA are teachers who go back to their own cities and states and there set up police schools modelled on the lines of the NPA here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-30
EDEN |5 ON FRONT LINE,
 CORTLAND
British War Secretary Pre- diets New Attack on
 Italians Looms

CAIRO, Egypt, Oct 30. = British War Secretary Anthony Eden, it is officially disclosed, has spent sev- eral days inspecting British posi- tions in Egypt since he returned from Palestine
 He announced that the British keep harassing the Italians on all fronts and more is to come" of an intensive nature
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-30
ROUTED

CHUNGKING, Oct. 30.-Chinese military officials report today that Chinese troops routed the Japanese in heavy fighting in the famous wine-producing area of Chekiang province. The Japanese are said to have suffered heavy casualties in the battle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-30

WASHINGTON thing that is worrying the Administration is that the Japanese are now finding a way to get around last weeks complete embargo on scrap iron. Furthermore, their loophole is a big handicap to the British.
 What the Japanese are doing IS buying metal which already has been fabricated and therefore is not scrap. True, it costs them more, but ap- parently they are in such desper- ate need of iron that they will pay for it.
 This buying also runs up prices for the British. For they are the biggest single customer, outside the U. s. Government, for all. kinds of metals. And the more fabricated metal Japan buys, the more diff cult it is for the British.
 Whether this loophole can be blocked remains to be seen. The man who actually blocked scrap iron exports to Japan was Ed Stettinius, patriotic young Defense Commis- sioner in charge of raw materials.
 Secretary of the Treasury Nor genthau had been hammering at the State Department for weeks, trying to get that flow of scrap iron to Japan cut off, and finally asked Stettinius to make an investigation to see whether scrap should not be kept at home for the use of Amerl- can steel industry.
 Stettinius did so. But his chief assistant, William Bait, raised a howl. Bait is head of the SkF Swedish ball-bearing company, also a director of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce, the American Boscn Corporation and various other big concerns. He maintained that the sale of scrap iron to Japan should be continued.
 Stettinius overruled him. But since Stettinius is head of the United States Steel Corporation, he didn't want to appear to be acing in fa- yor of the steel companies. So it was arranged for Leon Henderson, New Deal Defense Commissioner, to act as front man.
 HAM FISTS HOUSE
 When Representative Ham Fish was asked whether he rented his
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-30
A TRAINED RESERVE

That is the primary purpose, but it is secondary result that caused me to dip into the academy and find out what it's all about. And that result is that by means of the academy, the FBI has built up a reserve of more than 500 trained men, who, if the emergency arose, could be thrown into the breach as special or temporary agents.
 Suppose tomorrow that the na- tional defense program or the se- lective service program should sud- denly need policing by force far
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-30

Harold F. Gosnell of the Uni versity of Chicago made discovery in 1927 that still gives the political master minds the jitters-namely. the old suffrage issue isn't quite dead. In hunting for reasons why
The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-10-30
Millions of Women Voters Give Problem
 Now 10 Boih Parties
By MORGAN M. BEATTY AP Feature Service Writer

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. = Polls of public opinion or no polls, both home stretch of the 1940 campaign without knowing which way--if any 10 or 20 million women are going to jump on election day.
 That means the women's vote is the big mystery in politics, just as it has been in all of the six Presi- dential elections since 1920 when the women got the vote.
 There are those in high places in both political parties who feel that women may be the nucleus of the great independent vote in Am erican politics. Some even suggest that sweeping landslides like the swing from Hoover in 1928 to the avalanche for Roosevelt in 1936- only eight years later-are possible only because the women are less party-bound than men.
 There are 75,000,O00 Americans of voting ages. Something less than half. or about 35,0O0,0O0, are women. Only about half of our citizens over 21 actually vote, as a rule. It is generally assumed by the high commands of both parties that the same holds true for women. Fifteen million women's votes would be sensible estimate in a fairly lively presidential cam paign.
 On rare occasions the women's vote has been sampled with the idea of finding out what sex does to the ballot. With the help of the National League of Women Voters, Samuel P. Hayes Jr, of Mount Holyoke College sampled the view of women in 37 states just before the election in 1882.
 He applied rigid statistical con- trols to the result and concluded women were more liberal-minded, more international-m an d more socialist minded than men but only slightly more.
 For instance, a greater percentage of the sampled women than men favored government ownership of railroads and were against the gov- ernment staying out of business. More women than men favored the World Court at that time. But even he took these tendencies with a grain of salt, for in spite of them, he said his general conclusion was that women reacted to candidates and issues generally about as men do. He didn't put any stock in that old gag about women chang ing their minds. At least that played no part in his survey.
 Harold F. Gosnell of the Uni versity of Chicago made discovery in 1927 that still gives the political ,,,o cfar ry,ipdc the iittarc-pa pne1v
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HAM FISTS HOUSE
 When Representative Ham Fish was asked whether he rented his New York mansion to the Nazi Con-
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Rearmament Policy
 Kennedy praised the rearmament policy of the Administration and aid to Great Britain. He said, again
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-20
Dinner Opens Program For
Milan Music Club Members

Milan. Mich, Sept 20-Opening
the fall and winter program OF the
Milan Music club, members met
Wednesday evening for the annual
Pay Your Dues" dinner which
was served at the home Of the
president, Mrs. Jesse Norman.
The program schedule for the
year features book reviews, study
OF the composer strauss. out Of town
speakers, a trip to hear the Don
Cossack Chorus in Ann Arbo-,
opera reviews. study OF Brahms.
and recitals by members OF lhe
club and talented young musicians
of Milan.
Early in October Mrs Edith Tay.
lor will give a book review OF the
life OF Schumann-Heink and in
the same month Mrs. Ruth Smith
and Mrs. Eleanor Cox will present
the study OF the life and music Of
Strauss. Mrs Ruth Trimm, Mrs.
Lucille Taylor and Mrs. Oleda Ut
ter are. leaders OF the program on
Brahms which will not be held
until after the holidays.
An illustrated lecture on Hints
on Listening 20 Music is another
fall program OF outstanding inter.
est to Milan musicians and Prof.
Bruno Meinecke University. Ann
Arbor, will give the lecture accom-
panied by a demonstration on the
piano and violin. The club has
planned for guests for this pro-
gram which will be held at the
home of Mrs. Iva Ross.
The opera reviews include Han
sci and Gretel" TO be presented by
Mrs. Margaret DeVee. Mrs. Jennie
Van Orman and Miss Harriet
Long and 1.-The Marriage OF Figaro"
of which the leaders are Miss
Ellen Rhoades. Mrs Elizabeth Aus
tin and MEs. Margaret. Puffer.
The first recital will be given
early in February when the young
artists of the community will be
presented at the home of Mrs
Maurine Phillips. The club which
is federated with the State and
National Federation of Music Stu
dy Clubs has sponsored junior
clubs for boys and girls for several
years and most Of the musicians
on this program have been mem.
bers OF these junior clubs.
The club will entertain the Mi
Ian Woman's Club also at recital
at which the following Music Club
members will be presented, Mrs.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-20
Last Rites Today For
Mrs. David 0. Adams


Ann Arbor, Mich. Sept. 20-Fu-
neral services were to be conduct
ed at $3.50 this afternoon in the
Muehlig Chapel for Mrs. David o.
Adams, who passed away in ST.
Josephs Hospital Thursday after
a brief illness. Rev. W. p. Lemon
was to ofhciate with further SER
vices and burial in Marshall Sun
day.
Mrs Adams was born IN Cal
houn County. April 6, 1892, the
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Alexan-
der Stevens. Before coming 20
Ann Arbor four years ago she had
resided in Charlotte and Marshall.
Surviving are her husband, one
son, Robert Charles, Ann Arbor.
sister, Mrs. Lester Hazel MAJ
shall. FIVE brothers, Eiva, Orville,
and Bert Stevens, Marshall, Wal
ter, Jackson. and arthur, Albion.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-20
Rites to be at Saline
Township Residence For
George H. MOhrhardt, At

Ann Arbor, Mich Sept. 20-Fu-
neral services will be conducted
Saturday afternoon at 1880 in the
residence on Arizona Rds Saline
Township, for George II. Mohr-
hardt. A. who passed away We'd
nesday afternoon. Rev. Carl Witt
bracht. Saline, will oficiate and
burial will be In Oakwood Gene
terry.
Mr.. Mohrhardt was born Jan. Z,
1893 in Saline Township, the son
OF the late Mr.. and Mrs Michael
Mohrhardt.
Surviving are his widow, one
son. Duane, at home. three daugh-
tiers. Mrs. Sheldon Baker, Ply
mouth. Mrs Glendora McCallum,
Ann Arbor, and Beatrice. at home;
three brothers and six sisters.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-20
On STAGE
and
SCREEN

Hollywood, Sept 20-UP-Errol
Flynn, adventurer, movie star, and
amateur athlete, announced today
that he will tour the nation in
series of exhibition tennis matches
for the British war relief fund.
Flynn. who professionals Fred
Perry and Bill Tilden say is the
film colony's top ranking tennis
player. will meet amateurs in the
nations leading cities.
His tentative schedule includes
Los Angeles, Seattle, Houston,
Dallas, Kansas City, st. Louis. Chi
cago. Detroit, Cleveland, New York,
Philadelphia and Boston. The
series is scheduled to begin the
latter part Of October in San Fran
cisco. His opponents have not
been chosen.
Mrs. Josephine Dillon Gable,
former wife of film actor Clark
Gable, asked the superior court to-
day to restore her maiden name
so she would not create the false
impression that she sought to ex-
plot the stars name.
She married Gable in 1923 and
coached him into. a vaudeville and
, movie career before their divorce
in 1880. She is now an instructor
7 OF speech at Christian College, Co
lumbia. Mo. She said she was
forced to give up several lecture
engagements because it was
thought she was exploiting the
Gable name
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-20
Ann Arbor Neus
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Herbert Cook. 81, Whitmore
Lake. Theresa Terputac, 2l, route
5. Ann Arbor.
Richard G. Hershey, a. Taylor
Vile. H.; Charlotte Dorothy Reu-
ger. q, Ann ArDor.
Erwin Alfred Koch, %, and
Eunice Amelia Frey %, both OF
Ann Arbor.
Samuel Coleman, 81. and Vir-
ginia Townsley, H. both OF Ypsi.
lanti.
Noble Martin St. Clair, 20, and
Katie Belle Spence, 30, both Of
Ann Arbor.
Darold Heidi, 20, South Lyon;
Ella Emily DickeFson, SO, Ypsi-
lanti.
Dayton D. Salon, 81, and Marie
b. Kulhavy, %, both OF Ann Arbor.
James A. Pearson, Jr.. %, Cleye-
land, o.; Mary Elizabeth Erwin.
%, Ann Arbor.
Thomas a. Tay %, and Shir.
ley Wiedman, q, both Of Dexter