Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 258, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 March 1935 — Page 6

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BILLIONS TO BE SPENT ON O.S, ARMY AND NAVY Administration Goes Ahead With Gigantic Defense Building Program. WASHINGTON March 3—The United States i c rapidly building its with prospeels that it *:11 reach final futures today. A* the same time the Army and drafted to lav down 24 more war This information came on the her ! of Great Britain s announce?%aval authorities estimatea total gram, 00.000. When finished, the Navv will still r>e Armv to Spend Fortune The r e huge Navy expenditures are in addition to Armv plans to <*pend approximately three-quarters of a A large portion of th- Armv extn mnkp tht American Arn- 's air strength as formidable as anv in the The War Department budget. for •tl tty military purpose-. as reported out by the House Committee on Military Affairs, calls for 5375.474.0Q0 Orn. Douglas MacAr*hur and other st*iff nffi errs fl wish $403 000 000 earmarked from the President's $4,880.OfiOfiOf) work fund for modermza--167 New Planes for Army The regular budget calls for pur-ch.-use of 467 new planes for the Armv The proposed allotment from eral hundred additional planes, going far toward realization of the The 1936 budget estimates for the Navv before the House Appropriations Committee call for total naval expenditures of $489,871,000. an increase of $177,773,000 over the prePnn< ipal provisions call for the first instalment on laying down 24 cruiserone aircrnft earner, three heavy destroyers, 12 light lestroyers 2MOO Planes for Navjr tion of $39 500,000 of which $22.500 000 t> for aircraft tow’ard building up the Navy's air strength from the present 950 planes to Tli** Ar i' appropriations rail for hea\y c\|>enditure on new antiaircraft and coast defense armaments. Separate bills have been to increase American air bases m Hawaii. Panama and Alaska at a cost of $22,000,000. Ar;ny general staff officers consider the greatest single strategical stride made by the American army in recent years was the creation this vear of the GHQ air force, operating under its own commanding officers who are responsible directly to the chief of staff. Put Army on Wheels Thu gives the American Army for the first time in history an "air cavalry” of formidable strength. Othe - provisions in the 1936 naval budget include increasing the enlisted men bv 5500 to 88.000. War Department plans will literally put the American Army on wheels by one of the most extensive motorization and mechanization programs in current military history. The Army lias already spent nearly SIO,OOO in this program The naval treaties, already denounced, expire Dec. 31. 1936. Unless new naval treaties are negotiated the sky will be the limit so far as navies. Pacific fortifications, bases, etc., are concerned after that date.

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Q- What are the facts about the so-called Star of Bethlehem? Is it not believed to be some planet or yome of the brightest stars such as Sirius? What do astronomers think about this phenomenon? To what books with specific reference to pages would you refer me for an xplanation of the Bethlehem Star? A-Dr. Burton Scott Easton of the General Theological Seminary, New York City, answers this question as folows. "All I can say j is that the Star of Bethlehem is ! rela-ed not as a natuial. but as a miraculous phenomenon. All astronomical researches are useless , and to refer you to any of the pseudo-scientific discussions, of which there are too many, would | be to mislead you. I say this both I as a professional astronomer, | which I was for some years, ai.d as a student of the Gospels.” Q What proportion of Roman Catholic children are educated in A—Over one-half of the Catholic children of elementary school age are receiving their education :n parochial schools. Catholic j schools are economical!’, impossible in many districts There are over 50.000 teachers engaged in i the parish schools of the United States, fully nine-tenths belong- ■ ing to religious institutions. The number of Catholic plementary schools in this country is at present 7942 with an attendance of 2.193.160. The total number of pupils in Catholic educational institutions of all kinds, including colleges, academies, industrial, reformatory and eleemosynary schools is 2,628.695. Q —What positions have Protestant, Catholic and Jewish bodies taken with reference to the National Child Labor Amendment? A—The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, i representing 26 Protestant de- j nominations with a total membership of some 20 millions has come j out officially as strongly in favor ! of the speedy ratification by the I states of the National Child Labor I Amendment as have also large j numbers of individual Protestant pastors. Strong resolutions in I favor of the amendment have also been adopted by the Central Con- ' ference of American Rabbis 'Re- 1 formedi and the Rabbinical As- j sembly of America 'Conservative!. The National Catholic Welfare Conference has taken no po-ition \ on this issue, but Monsignor John A Ryan, director of the Depart- | ment of Social Action of that organization, has come out re- ; pratedly in strong approval and advocacy of the amendment. Some minor Catholic bodies, however, have come out against the amendment and strong opposition is j coming quite generally from Catholic clergy and laymen. Q -Please give information regarding the progress of the Jews in Palestine. Are many Jews returning there? A-In 1933 Jewish immigration into Palestine was 40.000; in 1934 it was 60.000 of whom about 20.000 ; were German refugees. The pres- ■ ent average is about 5000 a month. I The Jews come from every clime i and country in the world. Over I too Jewish settlements have al- j ready been built up. The all- | Jewish city of Tel-Aviv already j has close to 120.000 population and the majority of the popula- j tion in Jerusalem is Jewish now. j Haifa is rapidly being built up as j the industrial center of Palestine. Hundreds of new industries have i been star'ed in the country. Pal- j estine is also becoming an important contender in the citrus j BEER ADVERTISING UP *0 Per Cent Increase Predicted in 1935 Appropriations. R<! I ml • */ I’rew NEW YORK, March B.—Appropriations for beer advertising will; approximate 515.000.000 this year, an increase of 50 per cent over last > vear. Col. Jacob Ruppert. president j of the United States Brewers Association. said today. Wesleyan Educator Dies By J nitrii Pr< *$ MT. VERNON. N. Y.. March B. The Rev Dr. David George Downey. pre>;dent emeritus of the board of trustees of Wesleyan College, died yesterday at his lilt. Vernon home after a long illness. He was 76.

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THE INDIAXAPOLIS TIMES

MARCH 8, 1935