Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 1, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 March 1935 — Page 6

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JOHNSON TOOL OF BIG MONEY. COUGHLIN SAYS

General Bitterly Attacked by Radio Priest in Fiery Reply. (Continued From Pace Onei ory of this audieivce on the nature of money and how it is manufactured out of nothing by your marten.” Answers General's Charges For more than 100 years, the pe pie of this nation have permitted a group of men to possess the privilege of making money and thereby controlling the flow of wealth." he began, prefacing an economic dissertation. The new Treasury policy which withdraws the right of national banks to i-sue currency was adopted Father Coughlin said, alter he had advocated it for years. He termed the new policy President Roosevelt’s answer “to you and your false charges." Replying to Gen. Johnson's charges. Father Coughlin took them up one by one. First. Oen. Johnson's statement tha* Father Cougnlin should discard his Roman cnssock" before discussing political questions. U. S. f'itiien. He Says “I am mindful that as a Catholic prK t. whose voice has been carried ln’o the homes of millions of perrons who do not share my faith. I am thoroughly mindful that despite differences of religion, race, color, and of profession. I am also an Amr:ran cittz-'n privileged as such to peak to Ameriean citizens. “. . . It Is and always will be Impossible for me to divest myself of mv Catholic priesthood. Nevertheless, In accepting the dignities which my religion conferred upon me. I sacrificed in no respect the rights identified to my citizenship. ... I regret sincerely thj*t a man who once held such high office in our nation either lgnorantlv or malie.rosiy has called into question this finc’-nmental principle of citizenihin.” f"ond. Gen. John: n's Intimation that Father Cougtyin might noi he an American citizen. ' My d"ar General. I am as much, if not more of an American as you are or ever will be ” Gen. Johnson, he said, was one g n-~ration removed from Ireland. Father Coughlin's grandfather is buried at Lackawanna. N. Y . his great grandfather "dulled many a j pick with the pioneers who dug the Erie Canal ” He was bom of j American parents on Canadian soil. Denies Silver Profit Third. Gen. Johnson's assertion ■ that h- had broken religious vows of poverty. He had never taken such vows; therefore could not break them. Four h. that he had profited by the nationalization of silver, which Father Coughlin had, advocated. The Radio Lergue of the Li'tie Flower had profited to the extent of *12.000. he said. He himself had profited not at all. Continuing, he said: “To malign me you have more than insinuated that personally it wa;> I who profiled, and therefore that I am the modern Judas Iscariot who had betrayed Jesus Christ. I rcjnce that never have I sold Jesus Christ nor did I ever betray the brothers of Jesus Christ. Can you 'Gen. Johnson* say as much?” Fifth, that Father Coughlin has

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News Survey of Indiana

By Timm Special COLUMBUS. March 12.—There will be no Cummings-Cummins combination vying for speed honors when the starting flag is waved for the 500-mile Memorial Day race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Satisfied with anew world's record of 137 miles an hour, the Diesel engine champions. “Wild Bill," the driver, and Clessie L.. his manufacturing sponsor, have decided to rest on the laurels earned at Daytona Beach. Fla. Explaining that his engineers are now busy planning new Dieselpowered passenger cars and trucks. Mr. Cummins, manufacturer, dismissed the Indianapolis event with the statement that “we are retiring from speed contests for the time being." His “we." however, was taken to mean his manufacturing associates, not Wild Bill” who last year won the 500-mile classic.

Notre Dame Veteran Dies /! 7 imet Special SOUTH BEND. March 12 Brother Leopold. 89. oldest member of the Holy Cross Order in Indiana. died yesterday. Funeral services will be conducted at Notre Dame tomorrow. He collaborated with the Rev Edward F Sorin, founder of the University of Notre Dame, in establishment of Maria. Catholic magazine published on the campus. , m n Horse Show Set By Timet Special NOBLESVILLE. March 12—The automobile will be asked to move over the clear local streets tomorrow as the horse returns to prominence. Stallions and saddle horses, gathered from Boone, Clinton, Hancock. Delaware and Marion Counties. will be featured here in a spring show. The committee in charge announces that the event has aroused much enthusiasm among central Indiana horsemen, and an auction sale, climaxing the day's activities, is expected to be marked by unusually high bidding. a a a Sheep Thefts Alleged Ha Timm Special HARTFORD CITY. March 12 Local authorities have joined with those of Delaware and Grant Counties in a search for Ross < Whitey) Smoots, alleged leader of a sheep stealing gang. Following the arrest of Homer Smoots, a brother living near Upland, officials revealed that they had succeded in locating a majority of the stolen sheep and possessed evidence indicating that the fugitive suspect was the brains of a thieving gang. Formerly a resident of this city, Smoots had recently lived in Muncie where he worked as a taxi driver. been opposed to President Roosevelt. since the treasury made public names of silver purchases, which included Father Coughlin's radio organization. ••An entire nation knows that this statement is palpably untrue.” he said. “On that point my record is clear. Who originated the slogan Roosevelt or Ruin?’ Who repeated it again this year? “Mv friends I still proclaim to you that it is either Roosevelt or Rvm.’ I support him today and will support him tomorrow. . . . Sixth, that Father Coughlin seeks to stir class against class. “Yes. Gen. Johnson. Christ is accu cd of stirring class against class by the Voltaires. the Rousseaus, the Louis 16ths. and the athiests of ail t mos. But there are times when certain classes must be forcefully reminded that there is such a thing ns Christian charity, which bids us love our neighbors as ourselves, ana that warns us that whatsoever we do even to the least we do to Christ. ' That is what the Pharisees refused to learn. That is what their descendants in Wall Street refuse to accept as they continue to devour the houses of widows and tax our ci i izens into slavery.”

Teachers to Meet By Timet Special CRAWFORDSVILLE, March 12. Dr. W. P. Dearing. Oakland City College president, and Prof. H. A. Henderson, Indianapolis lecturer and educator, will be the principal speakers at the Montgomery County Teachers’ Institute. Sat u r and a.y March 23. Other speakers will include James S. Shepard and Warren W. Shearer, members of the Wabash College debating team. a a a •Bouncer’ Suit Set By Timm Special MARION. March 12.—A beer parlor owner whose bouncer allegedly at- • tacked a customer without provocation will be the defendant in a damage suit trial which will open in Grant Circuit Court here Friday. Charles Timmons is suing the tavern proprieter, Charles Schick, asking SSOOO for alleged injuries. He charges that upon entering Schick's establishment to buy beer, he was assaulted by Otto Collins, a bouncer, who struck him with both his fist and a blackjack. a a a Program Scheduled By Timr Special LAFAYETTE. March 12.—Youth will predominate in the monthly program of the Lafayette Musical Society at Thomas Duncan Hall tonight. Special vocal numbers are to be given by the St. John’s choir and the Jefferson High School Girls’ Glee Club. More than a dozen other young persons will present vocal and instrumental solos. a a a 200 Lose Jobs I By Timet Special WABASH. March 12.—Action of the state in halting further expenditures from the gasoline tax fund until the highway budget has been approved by the county council resulted here in abrupt unemployment : for nearly 200 workers. County officials in charge of Fed- ' cral Emergency Relief Administration work said they interpreted the ruling to include all highway relief workers and that until more information was received, all road em--1 ployment in Wabash county would be suspended.

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INSULL WINNER IN LONG FIGHT FOR FREEDOM

Ex-Utility Czar Acquitted by i . Jury on Charge of Embezzlement. By United prett CHICAGO, March 12.—Samuel Insull, loser in one of the most expensive financial battles of the early depression days, faced the future with anew lift in his sagging shoulders today as victor in a twoyear court battle against the threat of jail bars. A Criminal Court jury acquitted the 75-year-old financier at 12:01 a. m. of charges that he embezzled ities Cos. while chairman of its $66,000 from the Middle West Utilboard of directors. State and Federal attorneys in- ' timated before the trial that they ; would drop further charges against him if he were found not guilty. He is under indictment on another state embezzlement charge and a Federal accusation of violating bankruptcy laws but in view of his acquittal in November on mail fraud charges and again last night on embezzlement charges the prosecutors feel further court action would be futile. Insull’s face, set in deep lines of anxiety during the two hours and 17 minutes the jury was out, expressed the relief of a reprieved man when the verdict was announced. He pumped hands violently with his attorney, portly and suave Floyd Thompson, and used the snowy i linen handkerchief from his breast

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pocket to wipe a sudden moisture from his silver-rimmed prince nez. “I haven't a word to say a pout the future,” he said to all questions, “but I'm delighted. I'm anew man.” The jury took five ballots, progressing by degrees from a 6-6 division to the vote of acquittal. The second ballot was 7-5, the third 10-2 and the fourth 11-1. “I never thought him guilty,” foreman J. R. Condon, a salesman, said. “Nobody else on the jury was very set on it.”

'BUTLER STARTS PREPARING FOR JUNE EXERCISES Special hites Scheduled for Eightieth Class Graduation. Dr. James W. Putnam, Butler president, today announced that the ; institution will observe its eightieth graduation exercises next June with special ceremonies on the Fairview ! campus. A committee of staff members

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will aid Dr. Putnam with arrangements for the observance. Important dates on the annual commencement week program which will be involved in the special celebration include alumni day, June 15; baccalaureate, June 16. and commencement exercises June 17. Form Study Club Election of D. Paul Sommers and Bertram C. Behrmann as president and secretary-treasurer, respectively. of the new Social Studies Club at Butler University was announced today on the Fairview campus. They are the only officers of the organization. Spanish Club Meets Members of the Butler University Spanish Club met last night at the home of Theresa Alig. 3833 Carroll-ton-av, and saw a movie review of Buenos Aires shown by Joy Dick-

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