Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 142, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 October 1934 — Page 3
OCT. 24, 1934
M'NUTT FLAYS BACKYARD TALK OF REPUBLICANS Governor Pitches Into Foes at Meeting in Warren Township. (Continued From Fas** One) history when a Jim Goodrich invention was utilized “'Remember when the bonding margins of ail our local subdivisions were practically doubled by the use of horizontal increases in property assessments? I know of you property owners remember that. “This credit and bonding power further was increased by subsequent Republican legislation creating newtaxing districts and the Republican invention of the holding company idea, whereby constitutional bond limitations were circumvented. School Problem Solved “In 1931, the bonded indebtedness of subdivisions had risen to $200.000 000. This necessitated and still requires for a few years to come, an annual outlay of more than $20,000 - 000, being more than one-fifth of the total property tax levy.” The Governor added that one thing that makes the Republicans jittery is that ‘ they thought they left us in such a mess that we'd never get out of it.” Pointing out that Indiana has solved the school finance problem which is the despair of every other state in the Union except New York and California, the Governor discussed the operation of the gross income tax. “The state government is paying approximately one-third of the total operating expenses of the public schools during the present school fiscal year,” the Governor asserted. Distribution of School Aid “Distributions for school purposes will amount to approximately $14.000,000 to help meet a total operating cost of $42,000,000.” he said. “Actual distributions from the new sources of revenue alone w ill amount to $528 60 lor the 20.004 school teachers, or the equivalent of sl6 08 for each of the 657,682 school children in the state. “During the calendar year of 1933, a total of $22,304931 was refunded to the local units of government. This distribution of state funds was $6,867,648 more than was distributed during 1932 and records of the state auditor show that for the year 1933, the economy benefits to taxpayers from the operation of the state government alone amounted to $13,119,848. “Two factors account for this improved condition: First, the expenses of the state government were reduced at the rate of more than $500,000 a month—a total of $6,252,200 for the year; and, second, the increase in refunds of state money to local communities in the sum of almost $7,000,000 to which I have just referred. Saved Millions In Taxes “The saving is two ways. State expenses have been reduced and more money has been sent back to reduce local taxes. It is obvious that the local taxing units would have had to raise through their taxes the sums returned to them by the state had it not been for these additional refunds.” The Governor pointed out that the tax bill for the last two years of Republican rule was $269,725.781.21. “In the first year of the present Democratic administration,” he said, “the total property tax payments amounted to $88,264,030.63. Making a reasonable allowance for deficiencies in budget levies, we can estimate that property tax collections for 1934 will not exceed $89,000,000. That gives a property tax bill for. the first two years of the Democratic administration of $177,264.03063, compared To $269,725,781.21 for the last two years of the Republican administration. “There is an actual reduction of $92,461,750.58 in property taxes during the first two years of Democratic rule.” Assails Bobbitt Charges “The Republican party could not point to such a record if it totalled all the comparative reductions of all the years during which it was charged with the responsibility of government in Indiana.” The Governor read from a campaign speech of Arch N. Bobbitt, Republican nominee for the appellate court, in which the state administration was charged with spending more than the preceding Republican administration. “Figures don't lie,” the Governor thundered. "Such statements as those being made by Arch Bobbitt are deliberate misstatements and demonstrate his unfitness to sit on the appellate bench.” Bursts of applause greeted the Governor's mention of the public service commission and the service of Sherman Minton, public counselor when insmerous utility rate reductions were obtained and now Democratic nominee to the United States senate. Lauds “Shay” Minton “I'll tell you the kind of a man ‘Shay - Mmton is," the Governor said. “I played baseball with him on the same team at Indiana university. I've seen him in victory and defeat and there is one thing about him that is one of the most outstanding of his many really fine qualities. When you've ‘reached for him. he was there.’ And when the people of Indiana ‘reach for him. he'll be there.’ serving the people of Indiana in the United States senate with grace, dignity and ability. “It will never be said of Shay’ Minton as it has of Arthur Robinson. his opponent, that he will be the 'least mussed man in congress.’ ” Governor McNutt again invited questioning about any phase of the state government or about any of the backyard gossip he termed Republican propaganda. “Do you want to know about the 2 Per Cent Club?” the Governor asked and then answered the question. Explains 2 Per Cent Club “We have taken contributions from party workers which have been legitimately am. voluntarily made,” he said. When the Republicans sought campaign funds, they passed the hat and even assessed state employes as much as 5 per cent.” He then read a list of Republican millionaires who contributed to the Hoover campaign and pointed out
BATTERY C CAPTURES EQUESTRIAN EVENTS Terminate Existence of Battalion as Horse Unit. Battery C today was registered as highest point winner of equestrian events during yesterday's celebration of Organization day by the Third field artillery. Ft. Harrison. The ceremonies marked the last formal celebration by the battalion, which soon will be redesignated as the Nineteenth field artillery and completely motorized. Major John K Boles, in command of the battalion, praised the officers and men following assembly on the post review field.
TURNER PLANE PLACES THIRD Interest in Marathon to Australia Now Centers in Handicap. By 1 nited Press MELBOURNE, Oct. 25 (Thursday.)—Three winning airplanes in the England-Austraha race were safe here today and a fourth, eligible for the SB,OOO handicap prize, sped across Australia toward its goal. The winning planes and their pme money in the 11,300-airline-miles race, half around the world, were: 1. C. W. A. Scott and Tom Campbell Black. Great Britain. De Havilland Comet. Gipsy VI twin motors, $40,000. 'Official elapsed time, Milcienhall, England, to Flemington race course, Melbourne, 18 hours 71 seconds. 2. K. D. Parmentier, J. J. Moll, C. Van Brugge and Bouwe Prinz, Holland, American built Douglas air liner, Wright cyclone motors, $6,000. 'Official elapsed time 90 hours 18 minutes 51 seconds). 3. Colonel Roscoe Turner and Clyde Pangborn, United States, Boeing transport. Pratt & Whitney wasp motors, $2,000. (Unofficial elapsed time 93 hours 7 minutes 15 seconds.) The British and Dutch planes were eligible alternatively for either of the two handicap prizes, SB,OOO for first and $4,000 for second. The Americans entered only in the speed section of the race. The handicap winner will be determined after calculation of plane area, engine power, pay load and similar considerations. Going strong on the last stages of the flight were Lieutenant Cathcart Jones and Ken Waller, Great Britain, in a De Havilland like that of Scolt and Black. ELECTRIC RANGES FOR COOKING ADVOCATED Power Company Man Says Results With Them Are Easy. Any housewife can duplicate the accomplishments of Miss Ruth Chambers, Times cooking school instructor, if she follows the modern methods of cooking on an electric range, Roy E. Blossom, Indianapolis Power and Light Company merchandise manager, believes. “Even a child can get perfect cooking or baking results, if the instructions are followed with an electric range.” Mr. Blossom says. “Oven watching and guesswork are eliminated. An electric range gives accurate temperatures in degrees, instead of the uncertain terms 'moderately hot,’ ’hot’ or ’searing hot.’ ” Mr. Blossom believes that since electrical cooking now is more economical than ever before in Indianapolis history, more housewives will require electric stoves after seeing them demonstrated in The Times cooking school. LOCAL INSURANCE MAN WILL DISCUSS BIBLE Glossbrenner to Speak Before Young Men’s Group. Herbert M. Glossbrenner. Indianapolis insurance broker, will speak on “The Supernatural Book” at the Young Men's Discussion Club meeting at the Y. M. C. A. tonight. A. W. Williams, president of the club, announced today that club members have been asked to bring guests to a supper which will be served at 6:20 before the meeting. the millions of dollars in tax refunds they obtained. “L il Arthur has called my hand,” the Governor said, referring to Senator Robinson's demand for a disclosure of circumstances surrounding the Michigan City prison breaks. “I'm not through with him yet. The facts are known and I expect to make an announcement hourly. “Let's have it,” cried a listener.” “I'll tell you this—that both of the breaks came through employes inherited from the Leslie administration. I made a mistake on the prison I didn't clean house enough.” was the answer. The Governor talked for an hour and a half and held his audience's attention fully as he discussed banking laws, poor relief, taxation in detail and the savings accomplished, and praised the national administration. He will invade a Republican stronghold tonight when he speaks at Sixty-third and Bellefontaine streets and again throws himself open to all questions. Superior Judge W. Kern. Democratic nominee for mayor, and Louis Ludlow, candidate for congress from the Twelfth district, also will speak. Evans Woollen Sr. will preside.
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JAPAN'S NAVAL DEMANDS FACE HARDJLEDDING U. S. Unalterably Opposed to Position Outlined by Nippon Delegates. By United Press WASHINGTON. Oct. 24—The Japanese demand for naval parity with the United States and Great Britain, voiced almost simultaneously in London and Washington, appeared today destined for hard sledding before any acceptance, even in principle, by administration leaders here. The Japanese proposals run counter at almost every point to the position of American naval and administration officials. They w r ould, in the opinion of officials here, cut the very heart out of the Washington and London naval treaties. They would, if carried to their ultimate conclusion, reduce the American navy to little more effective fighting force than a coast guard affair, according to expert opinion here. While voicing these opinions, officials declared that what the Japanese proposed as an ideal and what they expect to get at the London naval conversations and the forthcoming 1935 naval conference are two different matters. Japan Position Outlined What they propose, according to information obtained both in London and Washington is: 1. That Japan be accorded by the United States and Great Britain the right, in principle, to naval parity with these two powers. 2. That in addition to abolition of the present 5-5-3 naval ratio, all limitation of naval tonnage be measured on a global or total tonnage basis. 3. That there be further reduction in size, or total abolition of the capital ship and the airplane carrier, both’ of w hich would be classified as “offensive” weapons. 4. That, with the principle of parity granted, there be a general scaling down of the total tonnage of all three navies to a point where it would be next to physically impossible for one to attack another. Tonnage Parity Souoght What they appear determined to hold out for is recognition of Japan’s right to tonnage parity with the two larger nations, and Japan’s light to build up within agreed total tonnage limitations any category or categories she may deem best suited to her own defense purposes. Her naval experts have indicated that these categories would be submarines, destroyers and light cruisers. The Japanese delegation, apparently, would be satisfied to leave the other points open to negotiation. Both here and in London Japanese circles indicated the Nipponese will
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Several Indianapolis persons were among those injured in the wreck of a Big Four passenger train at Earl Park, Ind., early today. The most seriously injured is Silas Dodd. 42, of 70 North Thirteenth avenue, Beech Grove, a yard conductor at the Union depot. who is in the Earl Park hospital with a broken back. Mr. Dodd’s wife, Mrs. Madeline
resist any attempt to limit tonnage or number of submarines. Japan insists the submarine is a defensive weapon. Davis Outlines Stand By United Press LONDON, Oct. 24.—Naval equality and security, desirable in principle, must be arranged in fact according to varying needs and the security of neighboring nations, Norman H. Davis, chief American disarmament delegate, was reported to have told Japanese delegates today in the first of a series of disarmament conferences. The Japanese delegates were understood to have outlined to the Americans, loosely, their demand for naval equality and their desire for global tonnage limitation arrangements under which Japan could build any sort of shops, of any size, within a total tonnage. Hastings Attacks President By United Press e WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. —The White House was charged today by the Republican senatorial-congres-sional campaign committee with having become the “country’s political sounding board.”
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MECHANICS WILL OPEN SEASON WITH PARTY Halloween Dance, Euchre, Bingo, to Feature Program. The Junior Order of United American Mechanics, Capital City council No. 68, will open its fall and winter entertainment program with a Halloween dance, euchre and bingo party in Buschmann hall. Eleventh street and College avenue, at 8:30 next Wednesday. Councillor Homer Tuttle will be assisted in making arrangements by C. J. Grow, Fied Jacob. John Rusie, Clarence Sears, Earl Smith, Harvey Foxworthy, Louis Prather, Glen Pomeroy and George E. Elliott. The public is invited. SCOUT BANQUET SET Indianapolis Council Will Meet at Reservation. The Indianapolis and Central Indiana Council, Boy Scouts of American, will hold its annual meeting and banquet at 6:30 Saturday in the mess hall on the Boy Scout reservation. Wallace O. Lee is council commissioner.
35 HURT, TWO CRITICALLY, IN TRAIN WRECK Six Cars Leave Rails at Fowler: 7 City Persons Among Victims. (Continued From Paxe One) men detouring traffic at points approximately one and one-half miles in each direction from the scene of the wreck, where curious persons were congregated during the day. Officials said that both Mr. Alley and Mr. Yutmeyer were veteran employes of the company and indicated that no blame could be attached to them. Search for the “thrown” wheel, which seemed to have rolled off into nowhere, was being pressed The wheel is believed to have been “thrown" by the combination baggage car-smoker. R. J. Brown. Cincinnati, a passenger. who. with Mr. Dodd, stands out as a hero of the wreck, just had left this car when the crash occurred. He was thrown against a light in the first day coach, but retained consciousness and led a truckman from the highway and several trainmen in aiding passengers to get from the car. At the same time, the critically injured Mr. Dodd was trying to obtain a list of the passengers’ names. A list of injured, other than those from Indianapolis and Mrs. Fischer and the Blacks, follows: C. B. Jones, Mt. Olivet, Ky., arm and knee injuries. Sturgeon Louderbach, Mt. Olivet. Kv., lacerations. L. C. Markland, Mt. Olivet, Ky, lacerations. James Parks, Buffalo, N. Y„ cut on left side. Joseph W. Scott, Buffa*o, N. Y. Negro chef, cuts. Mrs. Owen Miller, 54, Cincinnati. 0., fractured ribs. Mrs. J. F. Walton, Cincinnati, 0., cuts and bruises Mrs W. Pfleiffer, 43, Cincinnati. 0., back injuries. Mrs. Edward Collins, 42, Cincinnati, 0.. chest injuries Marjorie Collins, infant daughter of Mrs. Edward Collins, slight cuts. Ann Frederick, Dover, Ky., head cuts. Alfred Foreman, Chicago, Negro, cuts. R. J. Brown, 34, Cincinnati, 0„ head injuries. Fred Williams, Chicago, arm injury. Opal Hale, no address, head injuries. Faun Hale, no address, head injuries. Witnesses Tell Stories Skyrocketing into the air to crash on its side across State Road 52. the day coach carrying the majority of the passengers injured in the wreck of the Big Four train near Earl Park. Ind., became a seething mass ofter-
HAVANA RADICAL IS ARRESTED BY POLICE Probers of Alleged Plot Against Caffery Effect Capturr. Pv United Press HAVANA. Oct. 24—Oscar De La Torre, a leader of the ABC radical party in opposition to the government. was held today by the naval secret service which yesterday arrested three men charged with plotting to assassinate Jefferson Caffery. United States ambassador. Secret service men raided De La Torres home late last night. They said they found a quantity of army uniforms, equipment, arms and ammunition. rifled humanity, according to eyewitness accounts of the disaster as told to The Indianapolis Times. S. L. Dodd. 42. of 70 North Thirteenth street. Beech Grove. Big Four conductor, related one of the most graphic accounts of the wreck. Mr. Dodd was returning with his wife and son Jack, 10. from Chicago to their home. ’ I was sitting in the day coach seat with my wife," said Mr. Dodd in his bed in an Earl Park hospital where he lies from a broken back. Car Bounced on Pavement “My son was in a seat behind us asleep. There was a thundering crash. The coach hit the ties. The rear of the train swung. Trucks of the coach in which we sat hit the ties and clattered. “Then it seemed we were skyrocketed about thirty feet into the air. and then bounced. We hit on the pavement three times. The lights didn't go out in the coach. My head hit an electric light. “Blood,” continued Mr. Dodd, “was running down my face. I ; began taking names of the passen- | gers. I was trying to get as many :as I could. Then blood ran on to ! my notebook and I couldn't see i any more. Warning Fuses Placed “I got out to where the brakeman was. My wife and boy were right behind, me crawling out. I asked the brakeman if he had put out warning fuses at the rear of the train. He said he had.” Mr. Dodd first said the train was traveling at a rate of 60 or 70 miles and hour. Later he said, “the train may have been going 85 or 90 miles an hour when the wreck occurred.” Mrs. Norene Rice. 53. of 1616 Hoyt avenue, and Mrs. Sarah J. Snoddy, 57. of 1540 Spann avenue, were on their way back to Indianapolis from the Century of Progress exposition and were seated in the ill-fated day coach in which the majority of the passengers were injured. Their heads bandaged as result of cuts suffered from flying glass. Mrs. Rice and Mrs. Snoddy told of the crash. “I said: ‘We’re leaving the track.’ Then we turned over and both of us were thrown about near the entrance of the day coach. It was about thirty minutes before we got out and the only way we could escape was to walk across the hat racks.” Mrs. Rice said.
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CITY PRINTER IS BEAU: RITES TU BE HELD FRIDAY Clifford Caldwell, 58. Dies in St. Vincent's After Stroke. Funeral services for Clifford Caldwell. 58. who died yesterday in St. Vincent's hospital following a stroke of paralysis .suffered Monday night at his home in the Barton, will be held Friday morning in Shelbyville. Burial will be in that city. Caldwell was a composing room employe of The Indianapolis Star. He was a member of Indianapolis Typographical Unipn No. 1 and of the Catholic church. Surviving him is a half-sister, living in Cherry vale. Kan Sidney Firestine Dies Sidney Firestine. 40. former resident of Indianapolis, died Monday in his home in East Orange. N. J., according to word received by friends here yesterday. Mr. Firestine left Indianapolis several months ago. after having lived here three years. He came to Indianapolis from Memphis. Surviving him are the widow, Mrs. Thelma Firestine; two daughters, Constance and Maxine Firestine, and a sister. Shook Rites Set The funeral of George B. Shook. 58. of 2714 Station street, who died Sunday at his home, was to be held at 2 this afternoon in the Moore <fe Kirk funeral home. Burial was to be in Crown Hill. Mr. Shook had been an employe of the Big Four railroad thirty-one years. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginrmen. Veritas lodge, F. & A. M.. and the Brightwood M. E. ichurch. Surviving are the widow, a daughter, Mrs. Charlotte Sherer; a son, Lawrence Shook; three sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Lucky. Mrs. Mavme Birk and Mrs. Rose Kennitt, ail of Indianapolis, and two brothers, John Shook. Tennessee, and Carl Shook, Gooding. Idaho. CIGARETS ARE STOLEN FROM PARKED TRUCK Loot Worth Sl9O, Police Are Told; Woman's Car Robber Also. Police today are looking for the thief who last night stole cigarets valued at $l9O from the parked truck of Roy Butcher, 610 South Pennsylvania street. Thieves also looted the unlocked car of Mrs. Catherine MrArthur, Bridgeport, at Kapprs and Morris streets, last night. The thief stole Mrs. McArthur’s purse, which contained a watch, a diamond ring, a silver ring and cash, all valued at $73.