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ATROCITIES TALES SPUR ANTI-JEWISH DRIVE IN GERMANY Retaliatory Measures to Balance Torture Stories Outside of Nation Are Decided Upon by Hitler and Aids. SPIRIT OF HATE TO BE KEPT ALIVE Shops and Goods to Be Boycotted; Students and Professional Men of Race to Face Further Curtailment. by eric keyser I'nitfd Pres* Staff Corrrspondent BERLIN, March 27. Retaliatory measures against Jews in Germany were decided on by the Nazi party today to balance the “atrocity propaganda” being circulated in foreign countries. The government, it was understood, is prepared to countenance retaliation in exact ratio to the extent foreign governments countenance the atrocity propaganda.

Retaliation will take the form of a boycott of Jewish jroods and shops, a sharp reduction of the number of Jewish students permitted at German universities, and curtailment of the licenses ed to practicing Jewish physicians and lawyers. The licenses would be limited to the proportion of the Jews to the German population, which is less than 1 per cent. The campaign will be encouraged by mass meetings and newspaper articles which will keep the antiSemitism question alive. It will be put into effect as soon ns possible. Reports from Munich indicated special campaign committees would be formed Tuesday to start a wave of propaganda “to enlighten the nation about the facts of the role the Jews played in Germany.” ‘House to Be Cleansed’ By FREDERICK OESCHNER I nited Pres* Staff Correspondent (Coovrisht. 1933. by United Press) BERLIN, March 27.—Ousting of Jews from influential positions in Germany will be continued “until the house is cleansed,” but not by means of a pogrom, Dr. Ernest Hanfstaengl, chief of the foreign press section of Chancellor Hitler's organization, said in a statement to the United Press today. “If we had wanted to conduct a pogrom against the Jews it all would have been over now,” he said. “The Jews who already have been ousted were put out because they morally and politically were unfit to safeguard German interests.” Asked the basis of the current wave of anti-semitism in Germany, Dr. Hanfstaengl said: “In the last fourteen years Jewry has achieved positions of influence which it grossly has misused, morally. financially and politically, in an unheard of manner, with the result that the German people crumbled morally, financially and politically. Assail “Godless” Propaganda “The same Jewry now is seeking to prevent Germany's renaissance. “Anti-Semitism is not based on strictly religious grounds and is not directed against the Jewish faith as such. “However, all German Christians resent and denounce the fact that the Jews have been the chief advocates of atheism. They have influenced the workers' children through the Communist youth organizations. of which they are the leading spirit, to abstain from divine service in Christian schools. "Briefly, the Jews methodically have destroyed and rendered despicable what was holy to the Germans. "What happens now is the result of Jewish godless propaganda. “The Jews are less than 1 per cent of the German population. 1 am convinced they acted extremely unwisely in spreading atrocity lies. The fact remains that not a single Jew has been killed.” Immigrants Rise to Power Nazis charge that the Jews were mostly Communists and Socialists. They point to hundreds of instances where Jewish homes were raided and Communist propaganda and sometimes weapons were found. Before the war. Jews were banned from holding influential official positions, but they rode into office on the tide of the Socialist revolution. Anti-semitism is racial, insofar as the Nazis consider the Jews “not German, but Jews." putting racial and personal interests above German nationalism, and maintaining active international solidarity \ ith Jews living beyond the frontiers. The Nazis particularly resent instances where Jewish immigrants—estimated at 160.000 since 1914have risen to positions of commercial and financial power. The Nazis contend that immigrant Jews are involved in most of the post-war corruption and scandals in Germany. Nazi propagandists assert that Jews own or control 62 per cent of the residential and business property in Berlin. This bitterly is contrasted with unemployment and hunger among millions of others in Germany. There are 600,000 Jews in Germany.

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VOLUME 44—NUMBER 274

Clocks

Who doesn’t want a grandfather clock? Every collector of antiques does and so do many just common, ordinary folks, who take pride in beautifying their home. If you can’t get one, the next best thing is to read about these coveted timepieces. In her weekly hobby column Tuesday, Mrs. C. O. Robinson. Times special writer, will tell an interesting story of valuable grandfather clocks of the city.

BUILDING-LOAN HOLIDAY ENOS 362 State Institutions Are Issued Licenses: 31 Qualified Here. Moratorium on all Indiana building and loan associations w T as declared ended today by Governor Paul V. McNutt and the institutions ordered reopened, under restrictions, by the state banking department. They have been closed since the bank holiday w'as declared by President Roosevelt. The state banking department also modified its rules for Class B banks to permit withdrawal of 5 per cent of savings accounts and certificates of deposit. Previously, the 5 per cent rule applied to commercial and checking accounts only, under the B classification. All but sixteen of the 378 building and loan associations were issued licenses to reopen. General licenses w r ere given 183, while 175 were put on a restricted licen.se basis, ten were closed and six held under consideration, the department announced. In Marion county, thirty-one qualified for general license, nine(Turn to Page OWEN YOUNG PLEA IS FROWNED ON BY U. S. Department of Justice Against His Serving as “Interlocking" Director. By I nited Press WASHINGTON, March 27.—The department of justice is opposed to Owen D. Young serving as a director of both the General Electric Company and the Radio Corporation of America, Attorney-General Homer Cummings said today. Under the Generai Electric-R. C. A. dissolution decree, the companies have until April 21 to eliminate their interlocking diuvtorates. Young recently applied to the federal district court at Wilmington, Del., for permission to serve on both boards.

Gang Capture at Marion May Solve Many Crimes

Rt/ Tima * Special . MARION. Ind., March 27.—More than a score of recent holdups, burglaries and safe blowing jobs were believed solved today with capture here Sunday of five men suspected of connection with the notorious Detroit Purple gang. One of the men. Billy Browning. 43. former Marion resident but giving his address as Toledo, was shot, perhaps fatally, as he sought to escape when officers surrounded an apartment in the downtown district. The raid was conducted by fifteen city and state policemen and two railroad detectives, after police received a tip the men were to meet at the apartment, occupied bv Lewis (Big) Ruggles, 32. Marion taxi driver. and from there go to Herbst and Swayzee, near here, on burglary jobs. Besides Browning and Ruggles. those held gave their names as Ray Shawl. 35. Detroit; John McHenry. 36, and Teld Elbert, 35, both of Toledo. Several grins and a small quantity of liquor were found in Ruggles; apartment during the raid. Officers also found two revolvers, a crowbar and a briefcase, protected Jarring, containing ten shots j

Roosevelt’s Job Aid Bill Is Advanced Reported Favorably by Committees in House and Senate. By I nited Prrss i WASHINGTON. March 27.—A bill I to give President Roosevelt almost unrestricted authority in organizing {an emergency unemployment relief ! army of 250,000 men for reforesta- ! tion work has reported favorably today by the senate education and labor committee. ; The house labor committee also ! acted favorably on the measure, | voting 15 to 5 to accept the senate j amendments. A joint unemployment relief program drafted with the general ap- ! proval of the administration and | carrying $500,000,000 in emergency grants to states also introduced in I the senate today by Senators Costgan <Dem., Colo.), Wagner (Dem., N. Yu and La Follette <Rop., Wis.). The house later agreed by unanimous consent to make the President’s program the special order of business for next Wednesday. STATE FLOOD PERIL ABATES Little Rise Is Reported in Rivers; Marooned Trio Is Rescued. Menace of flood conditions in Ini diana was lessened greatly today as ; reports showed the Ohio river had | risen only one-tenth of a foot in | twenty-four hours ended at 7 this morning, while the Wabash was ; falling to a point below Terre Haute. Both forks of White river cither are stationary or falling at reporting points, but the main stream continues a slow rise. The stage at 7 this morning at Decker was fourt°nths of a foot above the reading twenty-four hours previously. At Vincennes, the Wabash rose a half foot in a day, to 17.9 this morning. It is not expected the stage will go above 18 '■> feet. After being marooned forty-eight hours, three brothers, Homer Slater, 22; Earl, 21, and Ray, 19, of Bloomfield. were rescued from a sjiack which had been surrounded by high water of White river. They suffered slightly from exposure. They swam to the shack after a boat they were using on a fishing trip was overturned. Abandoning the building several days ago. the owner, John Branstetter, left fuel, food and bedding which prevented hardship for the marooned brothers. Water from the Ohio river has flooded the Dade Park race track at Evansville, causing $5,000 damage. APRIL 10 IS SET AS WATER HEARING DATE Special Master in Chancery Will Listen to Arguments on City Rates. Tentative date of April 10 has ; been set for hearing of the Indianj apolis Water Company rate case in I federal court by Albert Ward, special master in chancery. The date is agreeable to Joseph J. Daniel, the company's attorney, who was to obtain approval of William L. Ransom, New York attorney, before agreeing definitely. Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell appointed Ward as special master in the case last Friday. The water company seeks to enjoin the public service commission from enforcing a rate scheduled drawn last December. The commission is represented by George W. Hufsmith, deputy attorneygeneral. Civic Federation to Elect Election of officers will be held Friday night at the meeting of the i Indianapolis Federation of Community Civic Clubs on the sixteenth floor of the Washington. The Indii anapolis Young People's Civic or--1 chestra will present a program.

of nitroglycerine, in an automobile, with Ohio license plates, parked about a block from the apartment. Police failed to find keys fitting the car in the apartment, or on the persons of those arrested, but are checking ownership of the auto. Federal authorities were reported investigating the finding of two (Turn to Page Three)

Jones Murder Suspects Join in Court Wrangle

VERBAL fireworks in criminal court today marked the first local court appearance of four of the five alleged gangsters suspected of the brutal machine gun slaying of Police Sergeant Lester E. Jones. Due to a legal wrangle, arraignment was delayed until Tuesday. Judge Frank P. Baker directed Ira Holmes, attorney, to silt an appearance in the case before he would be permitted either to interview 7 the prisoners or obtain a copy of the indictment. The suspects apparently were unmoved by court proceedings and did their own talking to Baker. The courtroqpi was jammed with

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1933

FARM FINANCE UNITS MERGED BY ROOSEVELT Work of All Agencies to Be Centered in Credit Administration. MILLIONS TO BE SAVED President Takes Action to Effect Sweeping Re - organization. Ry United Press WASHINGTON. March 27.—President Roosevelt today issued an executive order which in effect abolishes the federal farm board and sets up in its place a farm credit administration, in which will be centered all government agricultural credit agencies. Immediate saving of $2,000,000 and establishment of a “sound and permanent system of co-operative agricultural credit” are contemplated in the order, the first issued under the sweeping powers of reorganization given Mr. Roosevelt by the special session of congress. It was Mr. Roosevelt’s first move under the economy act which he signed March 20 after its swift passage through congress. In Effect in fil Days The organizations which would go to make up this new unit w r ere listed in the order as “the federal farm board, the federal farm loan board, the functions of the secretary of agriculture with regard to loans in aid of agriculture, and those of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation pertaining to the management of regional agricultural corporations.” The order abolishes functions of the federal farm board with regard to further stabilization operations. The President's sweeping realignment of government credit organizations will go into effect within sixty-one days, unless congress blocks it within that period. Better Co-ordination Sought The message accompanying the order declared that “the better coordination of the agencies involved in our agricultural credit system will produce a more uniform program for agricultura credits and will result in substantial economies.” The merger order is expected to be followed later this week by a special message outlining the administration’s plan for easing the mortgage load against which farmers are revolting. Other orders are expected soon, reorganizing many branches of the government and putting into effect the $500,000,000 reduction in veterans’ benefits and federal payrolls. GOLDSTEIN STORE TO GO OUT OF BUSINESS $500,000 Stock to Be Sold: Founded in 1909. Officials of Goldstein Brothers department store, 146 East Washington street, today announced closing of the store after twenty-five years of business in Indianapolis. The store will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday for marking down of the $500,000 stock, and a sale will start at 8:30 Thursday morning. Starting in 1909 with eighteen employes and 15,000 feet of floor space, the Goldstein store today has 250 employes and 175,000 feet of floor space. A complete department store, its lamps and lighting fixtures, made in its own workshops, equipped one of the largest departments of its kind in the middle west. Officials of the store are Albert S. Goldstein, president; Abe H. Goldstein, vice-president; Samuel J. Goldstein, secretary, and Harry E. Goldstein, treasurer. GANGSTER WINS REVIEW “Mops” Volpe Granted Plea by Nation's Highest Court. By United Press WASHINGTON, March 27.—Anthony (Mops) Volpe, Capone gangster, today won from the supreme court a review of the deportation proceedings by which the govern- i ment sought to deport him to Italy. Volpe was ordered deported in the government's drive against “public enemies” after A1 Capone had been convicted and sent to the i Atlanta penitentiary as an income j tax dodger. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m..... 37 10 a. m 49 7 a. m 38 11 a. m 52 8 a. m 41 12 <noon>.. 55 I 9 a. m 46 1 p. m..... 57

spectators and the heavy police guard that brought them to the courthouse took posts throughout the room. tt u u r T''HE four charged with first degree murder in commission of a robbery are George Schwartz. AI Thompson. Fred Adams and Edward Miller. Willie Mason, fifth of the group facing the same charge, is in city hospital suffering from gunshot wounds. Andrew Bicknell, Franklin. 0., alleged by police to have engineered the robbery of police headquarters there when the suspects are said to have stgden several

JAPAN QUITS LEAGUE OF NATIONS; RESIGNATION IS SENT TO GENEVA

DREAM TO FREE SON TOM MAY COME TRUE

Mrs. Mary i Mother) Mooney, whose long fight to win liberty for her son. Tom Mooney, may be nearer victory if he wins acquittal ir the trial which begins April 26.

MOONEY FACES TRIAL FOR LIFE Faces Court Again April 26 on 17-Year-old Charge; Hopes for Freedom. Bj / United Pres* SAN FRANCISCO. March 27. Pinning his hope for eventual liberty upon acquittal of a 17-year-old murdsr indictment, Tom Mooney looked forward todaay to April 26 when for the first time he will be released from prison to defend himself from charges that he caused ten deaths in the Preparedness day bombing here in 1916. At his own request, Mooney was ordered to trial by Superior Judge Louis Ward, who overruled District Attorney Matthew 7 Brady's motion for dismissal ts ttae old indictment. Brady immediately disqualified himself by expressing conviction in Mooney's innocence. Withdrawal of the district attorney leaves the prosecution in the hands of State Attorney-General U. S. Webb. Webb declined to discuss the matter of appointing a special prosecutor until he received | an official report from Brady. With one exception, the former | prosecution .staff of the once mili- j tant young labor agitator w'as unanimous in forecasting his acquittal. The exception was Edw'ard A. Cunha, special prosecutor at the | original bomb trials of Mooney and i Warren K. Billings, who aiso is serving a life sentence. Cunha voiced an opinion that a conviction not only was probable, but a death sentence might be obtained. From his cell in San Quentin w-here he passes his days peeling potatoes, Mooney issued a statement thanking the millions of workers and friends of labor in California, the United States and the whole world for their “insistent demands” for his freedom. He believes acquittal on the indictment would clear the way for a pardon on the murder charge for which he is serving a life sentence. The conviction itself naturally would not be directly affected by the new j trial. ON AIR Stabilization Legislation to Be Topic of Arthur Brown. National and state legislation designed to aid in the stabilization of banking will be the topic of Arthur V. Brown, president of the Indiana National bank and the Union Trust Cos., in a radio address at 6:15 tonight from state WFBM. The address will be under auspices of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Blaine McCurry will be chairman, i

weapons, was arraigned separately. He pleaded not guilty to a count of conspiracy to commit a felony. n n a T TOLMES asserted he had been A denied the “right of counsel" to question the men. “You weren't their attorney until this minute,” Baker said. “You should have filed an appearance. I made an investigation and learned these men wanted .nothing to do with you.” However, the four agreed to accept Holmes’ services and Prosecutor Herbert E. Wilson charged the attorney with "trying to see the men to solicit business.”

MINERS' UNION LEADER SLAIN Illinois Progressive Chief Killed, Two Companions Are Wounded. By United Press WEST FRANKFORT. 111., March 27.—John Ward, Progressive Miners’ Union leader, who shot and killed and tw'o companions were wounded today by gunmen as the dying coal mine warfare flared again. I The assailants speeded away in a motor car after the attack, which followed a week-end marked by new tension in the turbulent coal fields. The outbreak marks a renewed drive by the Progressive Miners’ Union to organize the southern Illinois mining districts. First violence came at Eldorado, 111., in a clash of Progressives and the rival United Mine Workers, in which three Progressive union members -were wounded. Hundreds of men were deputized in Franklin county, one of the richest coal mine centers in the country, as authorities sought to prevent bloodshed. Progressive sympathizers employed airplanes to fly over mine towns dropping pamphlets urging the miners to “strike off their j chains" by revolting from the es j tablished United Miners Union leadership. Armed officers patrolled railroads and mines with orders to prevent all picketing.

Work for City Jobless Is Aim of Building Drive

Improvement of homes, apartI ments, store, office and industrial buildings and other structures as an aid to employment will be sought .in a city-wide modernization cam- | paign to be staged from April 22 to i May 5. Louis J. Borinstein, Chamber of Commerce president, at request of ' Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan, will act as general chairman of the campaign. Creation or city-wide community spirit, enthusiasm and support will be sought in the movement. Jobs will be provided for a large number of citizens, and business will be aided. ‘Today’s prices offer an opportunity to modernize, repair or alter I home or business properties at the

"If talking to your clients is soliciting business, then that's exactly what I was doing,” Holmes fired back. an n ADAMS riiade a request of Baker to halt censorship of his mail. “I could take care of getting in touch with the right people to handle my case if my mail wasn't censored." Adams said. • I have money for an attorney. What are the charges against me?" When Baker had the charges read. Adams declared it the first time “I ever heard what I was charged with.” Removal of Mason from the

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THEATER PAY WAR SETTLED; AGREE ON CUT Contract Calling for 17 1 -2 Per Cent Slash to Be Signed Today. j Threat of a motion picture theater holiday here disappeared today as theater owners and union operators met to act formally on and sign an agreement reached at a six-hour conference Sunday in office of Mayor Reginald H. Suliivan. The agreement provides for a 17 1 2 i per cent wage reduction, and ex- ; tension of contracts from Sept. 1 to Dec. 1. Following the conference between ! operators and owners, another sesj sion between owners and stage ! hands was started, but was adjourned until today, meeting at the office of Leo M. Rappaport, Circle Theater Company secretary. The conference had not ended early this i afternoon. The agreement reached on the operator's wage scale was a compromise. Asked 50 Per Cent Cut Owners first demanded a 50 per rent reduction in operators’ wages, because of reduced income, and when the operators refused a cut, announced the theaters would be closed last Thursday, later extending the time one week after start of a series of conferences called by j Mayor Sullivan. Sullivan, at a session last Sunday, proposed a 25 per cent reduction, with extension of contracts to Dec. 1. Theater owners agreed to this, but operators demurred, offering a 10 per cent cut. Mayor Sullivan then began negotiations which brought William C. Elliott, international president of the Theater Operators’ and Stage Hands' Union, and Edward J. Tinney, an organizer, here, and they I assisted in reaching the Qompromise settlement. 3,000 Workers Affected Adjustment of the differences obviated necessity of a theater shutdown, which would have affected nearly 3,000 workers, and would have left the city without theatrical entertainment. The agreement provided a minimum wage of $35 for operators in Class C theaters and S3B for Class B ! theaters. Active participants in the conference Sunday, included Elliott Tin- | ney, Arthur Lyday, local operators’ union business agent, and Charles | R. Metzger, attorney for Associated Theaters of Indiana. SUBMIT WATER TREATY Senate Committee Votes 14-to-2 to Bring Up Matter. By United Press WASHINGTON, March 27.—The senate foreign relations committee today voted 14 to 2 to submit again to the senate the St. Lawrence waterway treaty. Chairman Key Pittman said the committee took no action on amendments proposed by the Chicago Saturday district. Mayor Has New Auto Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan has anew automobile today, replacing one which was wrecked in an explosion Wednesday at the Plaza garage where two men were injured fatally.

lowest cast in twenty years,” Borinstein explained in assuming the chairmanship. He states that labor groups and trade associations have indorsed the plan. “General improvement in business 1 conditions will come only when workers are returned to their jobs. In improvement of buildings is offered possibility of giving employment to a large number of our citizens. "There are millions of dollars of work which must be done before the damage caused by neglect destroys the value of our homes and business buildings,” Borinstein said. A cabinet of civic and business leaders to work with Borinstein has been selected.

city hospital would “mean his life,” Holmes said, but Baker refused a'request for Mason’s mother and sister to see him. He granted Holmes permission to talk with Mason. an a '"T''HE foursome became irate A when nhotographers “shot” them on their way to the courthouse from the jail. They cursed the photographers and said they had been "ambushed.” The suspects are alleged to have slain Jones when he entered the garage of the Peoples Motor Coach Company, Twenty-second and Yandes streets. Feb. 7, during a robbery attempt. *♦-

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Notice of Momentous Action Is Telegraphed to Drummond •PEACE’ POLICY IS TOLD National Aim Is to Keep Order in Orient, Says Nippon Statement. BY MILJS W. VAUGHN United Press Staff Correspondent TOKIO, March 27. The government issued a procla- , mation today, together with a rescript signed by Emperor Hirohito. announcing Japan’s resignation from the League ; of Nations. Foreign minister Yasuva Uchida j immediately telegraphed notice of 1 the momentous action of Sir Eric Drummond, secretary-general of the league, at Gene'a. The message declared Japan's national policy is to insure peace in ; the Orient, thereby contributing to I world peace. The decision of the Japanese empire to withdraw from the world association. of which it has been a permanent member—one of the “big five"—since its founding in 1920. resulted from the league’s criticism of Japanese military activities in Manchuria. Assail League’s Report The resignation was voted at a meeting of the privy council, attended by Emperor Hirohito, Uchida. Premier Makoto Saito, War Minister Sadao Araki, Naval Minisi ter Minbo Osumi, and Finance Minister Korekiyo Takahiash. The note avowed Japan’s conviction that a government should maintain order wherever possible but stated that existing circum- | stances should allows operation of the league covenant to vary in accordance with actual conditions ; prevailing in the certain regions. It reiterated that China is a disorganized country which can not come under the ordinary workings of international law. Os the league’s committee report, j note asserted it contains “gross errors both in ascertainment of ; facts and conclusions deduced,” and j further charged it with creating “a source of fresh conflict in the Orient.” Effective in Two Years The government charged the leagua with blocking a progress of peace in the far east by refusing 1 1° acknowledge actual circum- | stances that let to the establish- | ment of Manchoukuo, the government established in Manchuria at ! end of Japan’s successful military invasion. 1 The foreign minister declared Japan, believing there was no hope i "for further co-operation with the league, hereby was giving notice of withdrawal, in accordance with Article 7, Paragraph 3 of the covenant.” Under league rules, the resignation becomes effective in two years. The government, now under the domination of leaders who are intent upon settling’up a new' "Monroe doctrine” for the far east, decided by its action to divorce itself from all associations which might hamper its program. Holds (o Mandated Plans Although it has formally signified its intention of quitting the league, Japan plans to oentinue to exercise pow'er over the mandated islands of the Pacific, with their population of 113,000 and their great naval significance to the United States. Japan's withdrawal had been expected ever since Yosuke Matsuoka, her chief delegate to Geneva, stalked from the league chamber with his delegation when the Lytton report, condemning his nation for its Manchurian activities, was adopted. Minnesota Beer Bill Signed By 7 nited Press ST. PAUL, March 27.—Governor Floyd B. Olson today signed a bill providing for the sale of 3.2 per cent beer in Minnesota under state and community regulations.

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