Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 18, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 April 1935 — Page 3

APRIL 1, 1935

WOUNDED MAN HELD HERE AS THEFT SUSPECT Believed Shot by Merchant Policeman; Alleged Companion Seized. Emil Wlssel. 23. of 1811 Talbotst. wounded in the leg by a revolver bullet, was held in the detention ward at City Ho'-pital on vagrancy charges while police this afternoon investigated the attempted burglary firug store at 1143 S. Meridian -st. His alleged companion David Collin 2181 Webb-st, also is held on that charge. Fred Schemer. 326 N. Arsenal-av, a merchant policeman, told police that he heard a window of a drug store at 1143 S. Meridian-st being broken and saw two men turn into an alley. H** opened fire. A short time later Wissel was found lying in an alley, his leg broken by a revolver shot. Youth Wounded in Leg Paul Rutland. 17. of 1044 W 25thst. was wounded in the leg Saturday night by Patrolman Guy Lester, who was investigating a purse-snatching. Rutland is being held for questioning. A lone bandit, who snatched S6O from the cash register of a grocery ?t 2418 Southeastcrn-av. Saturday night, while five persons stood helpless at the point of a gun, is being sought today. Two Negro auto thieves, one of them believed to be wounded, escaped from police during gunfire early yesterday at 18th-st and Boulevard-pi. The Negroes ran a stop sign and wrecked the car aeams? a utility pole. They fled on foot while Lieut. Leo Troutman fired after them. The car was reported stolen from Miss Thelma Belch, Anderson. Investigate SSOO Theft Detectives todav were investigating the theft of SSOO from the Betsy Ross candy shop. 3 E. Market-st, late Saturday night. The theft was reported by Raymond Daus, 4319 Broadway, manager. Pickpockets took $135 from Glen Foist. 1902 E. Minnesota-st. and S3O from Frank Ownes. Bloomington. Ind.. last night in downtown theaters. A Negro wielding a knife held up and robbed Maurice Myers. 807 Eastern-av. of $23 last night. A little nervous, the robber picked Mr. Myers in the left arm. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR TO STAGE CONCLAVE HERE Grand C'nnimandrrv of Indiana to Meet Here May 8. The Grand Commandery of Indiana. Knirh?-. Templar, will hold its eighty-fit t annual conclave in Indianapolis May 8. Approximately sixty rommanderies in the state will attend the conclave. Grand Commander Roy D. Smiley. Washington. Ind . has issued a dispensation for all Sir Knights to appear in uniform on that date. Headquarters will be in the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Reservations should be made with Fred W. Gunkle. chairman of the hotel committee. The parade will start at 5 with Franklin L. Bridges as grand marshal.

STATE HISTORIAN TO HEAD RELIEF COURSE Ross I.ockridfte to Supervise New Course in Emergency Schools. Rose Lockridge, state historian, will supervise the intensified courses in Indiana history, which will be one of the newest offerings of the emergency education division of the Governor's Commission on Unemployment Relief. Winston Riley Jr., state director, said the history classes will cover three units. The first will cover subjects from the earliest times to 1800; the second from 1800 to 1816 covering the work of Gov. William Henry Harrison and the trouble with the Indians. The period from 1816 to the close of the Civir War will be covered ip the third period. ( >scs will be set up in all counties where there is a demand for them. 5463 HOUSES VACANT HERE. SURVEY SHOWS Decrease From 7679 Last Year Bared by Water Company. Indianapolis has 5463 vacant residential properties this year compared to 7679 vacant homes one year ago and 10.102 two years ago. The annual survey, made by the Indianapolis Water Cos., shows that vacant gicund floor storerooms total 864 in comparison with 936 m 1934 A total of 85 vacant factories and warehouses were disclosed, compared with 48 a year ago. Apartment houses are excluded from the residential properties m compiling the total vacancies. FRENCH AIR ACE KILLED Chief Pilot of Mail Route Dies In Plunge Near Faris. At Catted frew PARIS. Apnl I.—Robert Ba.’ac. chief pilot of the Air France Cos.. was killed today when a mail airplane in which he was inaugurating a dawn service to London crashed in fog at Goumay en Bray. 50 miles from Pans. The mechanic, wireless operator and the sole passenger. M. Flutcrost. director of the Air France Cos., were injured. Bajac was one of Frances best fliers. GREAT LAKES OPENED Ice Breaker Clears Way for Shipping 20 Days Early. By United Presa MACKINAW CITY. Mich., April 1 —Great Lakes shipping was freed today of Us shackles of ice. 20 days ahead of the normal spnng thaw and 30 days earlier than m 1934. The Coast Guard cutter Escanaba. steei-sheathed ice breaker, broke through the last ice between Lakes Michigan and Huron last night. Shipping officials estimated that the Escanaba. by breaking the 40-inch ice Ki the Straits of Mackinac, will save several hundred thousand oculars for shippers and ship owners.

Here’s What Happened When Berlin Played Grim War Game

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Startled pedestrians met sights like this in Berlin streets during the recent mock air attack staged to prepare citizens for what they may expect in war. The policeman places a warning sign “Careless pedestrians! Mortal danger!” beside an air bomb half tuned in the sidewalk.

FOUR GUARDIANS ARE NAMED FOR DIONNE BABIES Father, Dr. Dafoe, Veteran Jurist and Statesman Are Selected. By United Press TORONTO. Ont., April I—The Dionne quintuplets this afternoon were brought under the protective wing of four guardians—their father, Ovila; their physician. Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe; J. A. Valin, veteran French-Canadian jurist, and the Hon. David Croll, welfare minister. Mr. Dionne. Dr Fa foe and Judge Valin were appended by Minister Croll under terms of the recently enacted guardianship bill which made the famous babies wards of King George V. Judge Valin, now 78, is a resident of North Bay, a city 12 miles from Callander, home of the babies. One of the most romantic figures of Canada's North, he was appointed Senior Court judge in the North Bay district 42 years ago. In the early years of hi? appointment the judge travelled bv dog-sled and canoe to hold court in his far-flung territory. “If I can do anything to help those wonderful babies I will do it to my last day.” he said. “They are wonderful babies, and they are receiving splendid care.”

FOUR IN MISSISSIPPI KILLED BY TORNADO Property Damage in Storm * Is Heavy. Ay United Press JACKSON, Miss.. April I—At least four persons were killed and five seriously injured when a queer, twisting tornado tore through South Mississippi yesterday. Property damage was unestimated. The reported dead were: Walter W. Beeson. 84-year-old Lawrence County farmer; Agnes Basset. 50. Negro, of Nola community; Dewey Hall. 37. farmer of Lawrence County, and a Negro child of Newtcwn, Miss. By United Press HOUSTON. Tex.. April I.—Two persons were killed in south Texas yesterday by a high wind and heavy rain. Mrs. Petra Espinosa. 38. was killed when a pole crashed through the roof of her home at Deepwater and fell on the bed where she lay asleep. Lsaac Jones. 35. Negro, was electrocuted when a broken electric power line fell on him as he walked along a Houston street during the storm. 680.546 ON FEDERAL PAY ROLL: NEW RECORD Gain Since Roosevelt Took Office Is Reported 110,000. By Cnifi and Press WASHINGTON. April I—Government employes during Ftbuary reached anew high in nearly 15 years, the Civil Service Commission reported today. The number on the Federal pay roll at the end of February was 680.546. the highest since July 31. 1920. when 691.116 were carried on the pay roll. The gain in employes since President Roosevelt took office is now more than 110.000. VACATIONING PUPILS APRIL FOOL VICTIMS Weather Man Is Prankster; March Makes Weary Exit. It was April Food today for all the children now on vacation from the city's schools, and the weather man was the April fooler. With time on their hands they faced dreary and spasmodic weather as March, in neither Hon nor lamb mood, made an uninspired exit. . The lowest temperature tonight is likely to be 35. according to the forecast of J. H. Armington, Federal meterorologist. ESSAY AWARDS READY 48 to Get Honors in Composition Contest at Butler Tonight. Forty-eight awards in the recent achievement and written composition contests conducted by the Butler University College of Education for Marion County school pupils will be made at a mass meeting tonight at the Butler Fieldhouse. More than 500 pupils from Marion County schools, outside Indianapolis. participated in the contests in Arthur Jordan Memorial Hall on March 8.

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First-aid corps of Red Cross volunteers rushed about the streets, placing “wounded” civilians in their stretchers and carrying them off in emergency “ambulances” improvised from trucks. Note the Red Cross flags on the trucks, the straw bedding, the stretcher-bearers’ armbands.

CITY ARMY PILOT AND BRIDE RETURN AFTER ‘FLYING HONEYMOON’

Mr. and Mrs. Franklin M. Herdrich, the “flying honeymooners," landed yesterday afternoon at Capitol airport after a threeday aerial wedding journey over northern Indiana. They were welcomed by a group of relatives and friends who placarded the airport with greetings and salutations. The couple were married Thursday evening by Dr. J. Ambrose Dunkel in a quiet ceremony at Tabernacle Presbyterian Church, and took off Friday morning on the honeymoon flight. Both are actively interested in aviation. Mrs. Herdrich, formerly Miss Dorothy Rea, daughter of William A. Rea, Indian ipolis, was office secretary at the Hoosier airport and recently acquired a student pilot's license. Mr. Herdrich. son of Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Herdrich. 3162 N. Cap-itol-av, has a transport pilot's license and is a member of the United States air corps and secretary of the Aircraft Owners’ Association of Indianapolis. Tne couplq will make their home at the St. Regis apartments.

LEGION DRIVE GOES OVER QUOTA BY 150 Twelfth District Campaign Is Success. The membership quota set for the Twelfth Indiana American Legion district had been exceeded by 150 when the campaign closed last night. Bruce P. Robison Post, No. 133, commanded by Frank Collman’ won first prize, having reached a membership of 400 and exceeded its 1935 quota by 48. Memorial Post, No. 3, commanded by Kurt Franke, met its quota, and Hugh Copsey Post, No. 361, commanded by Matt Harris, lacked only three or four recruits. Emery S. Conner won first individual competition honors. COMBUSTION INSTITUTE TO HOLD CEREMONIES State Engineers President to Speak at Commencement. W. A. Hanley, director of engineering at Eli Lilly & Cos., and president of the Indiana Association of Engineers, will be the principal speaker Friday night at graduation exercises of the Indianapolis Combustion Institute in Cropsey Hall, Central Library. Donald J. Welsh, city railroad smoke abatement supervisor, also will speak. The combustion institute is sponsored by the Indianapolis Smoke Abatement League. TECH DEBATERS LOSE Frankfort Defeats Local Team in State Title Finals. By United Press WABASH, Ind., April I.—Frankfort held the state high school debating championship today after defeating Technical of Indianapolis in the finals of the annual tournament here. The students debated Federal subsidization of schools.

If He Never Forgets —! a a a a a a Dentist Wonders if Elephant Will Always Remember Tusk-Filling He Performed.

By United Prt st CHICAGO. April l.—Tembo had a whopping tuskacne today and a shattered faith in mankind. The tuskache was nothing new. but Tembo learned only yesterday about dentists. And if it be true that an elephant never forgets, Dr. A. A. Dahlberg of the University of Chicago would do well to eschew future visits to the Brookfield zoo.

Tembo's tuskache dates back to early February, when he arrived to join the zoo's elephant herd with a cracked right tusk. Little devils of pain danced up and down three feet of nerves and Tembo, only 4 years old, whimpered his distress through long nights. Yesterday, zoo officials summoned Dr. Dahlberg, who has operated on many an animal for various ailments, but never before an elephant with a tuskache. man A SIGN on Tembo's barred enclosure says he is "amiable and gentle.” He was neither when Dr. Dahlberg and Miss Mary Bean, a nurse, approached him. Before Dr. Dahlberg could get off any of the bright little remarks common to dentists Tembo slung a bushel of hay at Miss Bean and

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PARISH CLAIMS VICTORY IN GAS PIPELINE FIGHT

Chancery Court Refuses to Approve Petition of Receivers. By Times Special CHICAGO. April I.—Refusal of the Wilmington (Del.) chancery court to approve a petition of the receivers of the Missouri-Kansas Pipeline Cos. was hailed as a victory today by Frank P. Parish, former head of the company, whose trial in Federal Court here on charges of using the mails to defraud begins tomorrow. The agreement through which the Columbia Gas and Oil Corp. would have come into complete control of the Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Cos., a subsidiary of Missouri-Kansas and owner of the gas pipeline from Texas to Indiana, was rejected Saturday in Wilmington by Joseph O. Wolcott, chancellor before w'hom the receivership of the Missouri-Kansas company is pending. Mr.. Parish, who has fought the movement on behalf of the Mis-souri-Kansas stockholders, charged a conspiracy to wreck the company. He charged that because he sought to market Missouri-Kansas gas in Indianapolis, Columbia interests failed to buy an agreed amount of gas from the Panhandle Eastern Cos. w’ith the result that it defaulted on its bonds. The bonds were then found to be in possession of Columbia, which offered an agreement in lieu of foreclosure to the receivers of MissouriKansas, of w’hich Panhandle Eastern was a subsidiary. Under the proposed reorganization of the Missouri-Kansas company, the stockholders, who had invested approximately $16,000,000 in the construction of the pipeline, would have received nothing. This is the agreement which the chancellor has refused to approve and which Mr. Parish attacked as without equity. In the Federal suit against Mr. Parish w’hich will begin tomorrow, the government charges that Mr. Parish made numerous misrepresentations in the course of the nation-wide campaign to sell Missouri-Kansas stock shortly after its organization in 1928. STAMP COLLECTORS GIVEN SPECIAL OFFER Postmark and Cachet Commemorating Trans-Pacific Flight Available. Stamp collectors desiring the special postmark and cachet commemorating the first trans-Pacific mail flight between San Francisco and Hawaii must have their covers, under cover of another envelope, in the hands of Pan-American Airways in San Francisco before 5 p. m. April 8. A different cachet w r ill be used in each direction. The company will charge $1 for a cover cacheted and carried from California to Hawaii and $2 for a cover carried round trip. Gale Wrecks Ships; 33 Dead By United Press ANCONA, Italy, April I.—Thirtythree men were given up as dead today, and more were missing, after a gale which wrecked many fishing boats Saturday.

evidenced a distaste for the entire business. Shepard Johnson, Tembo’s special attendant, had to get almost rough before the youngster shuffled up to an eight-inch post and was shackled, trunk and foot. a a a Dr. Dahlberg and Miss Bean worked fast. The nerve canal of the broken tusk was infected. They lanced and drained it. Then formo-creosol was poured in and a gutta-percha plug tamped atop It. Tembo moaned and twitched but behaved, on the whole, admirably. ‘'There now.” said Dr. Dahlberg when all was done. “I don’t think shat was so bad.” Tembo didn't try to reply until he had unsuccessfully tested his shackles. He didn't really reply then. He just turned his back and lay down.

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Firemen in gas masks, like ghostly men from Mars, dashed about in response to alarms which followed theoretical “hits” by the bombs of the attacking air force. Here are two of the weird figures playing a line of hose on one of the “fires” presumed to have followed the attack.

Fire Captain Captures Times’ Shooting Title Capt. Cecil Scott Breaks 49 Out of 50 Targets to Annex Laurels at School as 2000 Look On. Capt. Cecil Scott of the Indianapolis Fire Department today possessed the “high over all” trophy of The Indianapolis Times-Em Roe shooting school which closed Saturday at the Indianapolis Gun Club in the presence of 2000 shooters and spectators.

Using a .410 gun, he broke 49 out of 50 in the singles, and he also was given a cup for having broken 25 straight. R. A. Ferguson was second in the singles •with 48 out of 50; the Rev. O. L. Maish was Third with 46 out of 50; A. H. Ehernsberger was fourth with 45; M. H. Harrod was fifth with 43; Arest Stallings, No. 13 Engine House, was sixth with 41, and James Cruse was seventh with 40. Mr. Maish was first in doubles with 22 out of 24 after he shot out a tie with Mr. Ferguson; C. P. Moreland was second with 20 out of 24; Capt. Scott was third with 18 out of 24; R. T. Turner was fourth with 17; Mr. Ehrenseberger was fifth with 16; H. W. Meyers was sixth with 15; Capt. Louis Ruckel seventh with 13 and Mr. Stallings eighth with 10. In a special event for members of the city fire department Mr. Turner and Mr. Stallings tied in singles with 42 out of 50 each; Capt. Ruckel was second with 41; Mr. Meyers and Mr. Scott tied for third with 40; Mr. Harrod was fourth with 36; Joseph Stickelmeier was fifth with 36; Lieut. Dan O’Donnell and Walter Gordon were tied for sixth place with 31 and Gus Geider was seventh with 30. The shoot-off for the firemen who are tied will be held this week, probably Thursday. Charles E. Adams was the instructor in the school. The school was primarily to teach safety and secondarily to teach accuracy. Mr. Ehrnsberger was awarded the cup for perfect at* tendance of the school, w’hich has been in session for one month.

GIRL BURNED IN CRASH IN CRITICAL CONDITION Family of Four Rescued From Blazing Auto by Motorists. Rescued from a blazing auto seven miles east of Fortville Saturday night, Betty Moulton, 10, of 1205 N. La Salle-st, is in a critical condition today at City Hospital. The condition of her mother, Mrs. Clarence Moulton, also injured was described as fair. Betty, her mother, father, and little brother, Bobby, 6, were riding in the car when Mr. Moulton lost control. The auto plunged off the road and began to burn. Passing motorists pulled the family to safety. Mr. Moulton and Bobbie were treated and sent home. RACING PLANES CRASH IN MIDAIR: 2 KILLED Student Flier Also Plunges to Death in Texas. By United Press DALLAS, Tex., April I.—Three fliers met death in Texas during the week-end, two in a crash at Corpus Christi and a third at Brownwood. * Spectators at a plane race in Corpus Christi yesterday saw two ships collide and plummet to the ground, jack Barstow, friend and former coworker of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, and Jack Cowgill, Corpus Christi newspaper reporter, were killed. Cecil Cook, 20, of De Leon, student flier, was killed when his plane crashed into a field and burned near Brownwood yesterday. FOUND DEAD IN ROOM Heart Ailment Blamed for Death of City Man, 72. George Brennan, 72, died early today in a rooming house at 1879 S. East-st. His body was found lying on the floor by Alfred Major, one of the roomers, who notified police. Coroner William E. Arbuckle. coroner, said Mr. Brennan died of a heart ailment, and he had the body taken to William Hermann & Son's mortuary, 1360 S. Talbot-av. Mr. Brennan is survived by the widow who lives in Chicago, and a brother-in-law, John O'Maley, a lieutenant in the Chicago police department. DIABETES TO BE TOPIC Three Papers to Be Read at City Medical Society Session. Papers on diabetes will be read by three physicians tomorrow night at the weekly meeting of the Indianapolis Medical Society at the Athenaeum. Doctors who will read papers are H. F. Beckman, C. A. Weller and Fred Cheney. Discussion will be led by Drs. C. L. Rudesill, E. E. Padgett, I. W. Wi.kens and John W’arvel. Chiropractors to Hold Clinic Indiana Chiropractors’ Association will conduct a post-graduate clinic and lecture course in the Antlers April 8-13, it was announced today. Dr. G. W. Will, Macon, Ga., will have charge.

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Debris was strew’n in the streets, and in this case of a house supposed to have been hit by a bomb, first-aid men had a realistic atmosphere in w’hich to assist this “victim” from the cellar of the “wrecked” building. Darkened streets and houses added to the “rehearsal’s” realism.

25 CONVENTIONS ARRANGED HERE 55,560 to Attend Meetings in City During April, Bureau Claims. The Indianapolis Convention and Publicity Bureau, Inc., 1201 Roosevelt Bldg., announced today that 25 conventions to be held in the city during April will bring 55,560 visitors here. The largest of the conventions will be the Realtors Home Complete Show, from April 4 to 14, at the Indiana State Fairground. This, the bureau estimates, will attract 50,000 visitors. The Indiana Order of Eastern Star, to meet April 24 and 25 at the Claypool and Murat Temple, w’ill draw 1500, it is predicted. CATHOLIC ACTION DRIVE EXTENDED TO APRIL 6 40 Per Cent of Quota Reached in Indiana Area. With 40 per cent of the quota reached Friday, the Catholic action campaign in the Indiana area, under charge of the Knights of Columbus, has been extended to April 6, O. D, Dorsey, state deputy, announced yesterday. Nine K. of C. councils have reached their full quota and other councils are holding booster meetings with addresses by leaders of the order in an effort to join the select list. Indianapolis Council 437, with John J. Minta, grand knight, and Harry Calland, membership chairman, added more than 100 new members last week. GRANDFATHER LOSES LIFE IN SAVING ‘PAL’ Shoves Grandson, 5, Out of Auto’s Path, Mowed Down Himself. By United Press CHICAGO, April I.—Carl Rick was 81 and William Rick Jr. was 5, but they were pals. Grandfather w'as pretty good w’ith a jackknife and grandson accepted him on a basis of full comradeship. Yesterday the two went for a stroll w’ith William’s parents, loitering behind in a discussion of kite design. Probably it was the debate that blinded them to an automobile approaching the comer. Grandfather saw it first. He might have leaped to safety. He chose instead to turn and shove his grandson with both hands. The boy spun against a curb, unharmed, as a steel bumper smashed his grandfather to the street. The old man was dead before any one reached him.

BACK RELIEF PROJECTS Track Elevation, Extension of Fall Creek-blvd Urged. Track elevation and extension of Fall Creek-blvd to Millersville as two major projects that should be undertaken at once under the Federal work-relief program, have been indorsed by the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce advisory committee on work-relief. Lerroux Fails to Form Cabinet By United Press MADRID, April I.—Former Premier Alexander Lerroux will inform President Niceto Alcala Zamora that he is unable to form a new cabinet, the United Press learned on high authority today. Cheap Oil Burner Invented Sweeping the Country No Dirt, Ashes. Quick Heat by Turn of Valve at Cheaper Cost. COOKS A MEAL FOR 1 CENT A simple oil burner which slips in any cook stove, heating stove or furnace and beats anything out for low cost, perfect performance, burns cheap oil anew way without generating or clogging up. Any one wishing to end drudgery of coal or wood and cut fuel bills may try one of these amazing burners on 30 days’ free trial. Write United Factories. D-2115, Exchange Bldg., Kansas City, Mo., today. Also ask us for no-cost sample offer to sales representatives who desire to make real money. Drop a lc postcard today.—Advertisement.

W. C. T. U. OF COUNTY HEARS NATIONAL HEAD

Dr. John G. Benson Leads Round-Table Talk on American Home. Members of the Marion County Women’s Christian Union met .n the Third Christian Church, 625 E. 17th-st, today, and heard Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith, national president, discuss the policy of the organization. Mrs. Louis E. Schultz and Mrs. Felix T. McWhirter presided at the meetings, and Mrs. John D. Coldren and Mrs. Gilbert C. Templeton directed the musical program. Mrs. T. R. Ratcliff, Mrs. Martha L. Gipe, Mrs. Effie Cunningham and Mrs. R. E. Hinman led the prayer service. Dr. John G. Benson, Methodist Hospital, superintendent, led a round-table discussion on the American Home. Comment and sharp criticism of the new Indiana liquor control law featured an address by L. E. York, Indiana Anti-Saloon League superintendent. Charles M. Wilson, American Legion assistant national director of Americanism, talked on "Modern Citizenship.” “Let’s Be Christians” was the subject of an address given by Dr. C. A. McPheeters, North Methodist Episcopal Church pastor. Leaders in county and state organizations reported on the work of the W. C. T. U., and Mrs. John G. Benson presented a program for young people’s work. Miss Beatrice Galloway, Loyal Temperance Legion secretary, spoke, and Mrs. Bernice Addison, New Palestine, state general secretary, extended greetings to the members present. DONALD BUSH WINNER OF CITY KITE CONTEST 200 Boys and Girls Compete in Record Title Event Here. The largest number of kites in the 15 years of the tourney were entered in the annual city-wide kite flying tournament held Saturday at the Indiana State Fairground by the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church. Two hundred boys and girls participated with more than 100 kites flown. Grand awards w’ere won by; Donald Bush, Robert Sturm, Charles Whiteside and James Davis. Other prize winners included Bluer Redding, Calvin Hamilton, Charles Cotts, Selma Wolverton, Kenward Wolverton, Robert Blake, Wallace Rich, Robert McDaniels, Jimmy Redding, George Clark, Lawrence Kohlmeyer, William P. Evans Jr., James B. Martin Jr., Jean Clark, Roy Churchill, William P. Griffith, Richard Carr and James Downard.

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ARMS RACE IS CASTIGATED BY BISHOP BLAKE

America Has No Lives to Sacrifice, Churchman Says at Rally. “We must show Washington we have no lives to sacrifice to the foreign speculations of big bankers. If we do not take steps to halt this terrible armament race there will be foreign or civil w.* within 20 months,” declared Bishop Edgar Blake, a calm, white-haired orator, last night in a savage attack upon war. While the cauldrons of war were simmering in Europe more than 1000 solid, church-going people cheered Bishop Blake as he spoke at the mass meeting in the interests of peace at the Roberts Park Methodist Episcopal Church. He challenged Gen. Douglas MacArt hur. United States Army chief of staff, to explain why, since more than 10 billion dollars have been spent on United States armament in the last 15 years, the general said we have a third-rate Navy and an Army ranking 16th among the nations. MacArthur Is Challenged “If Gen. McArthur’s statements are true, the United States has been the victim of a swindle unparalleled in history. Whose pockets were filled during those 15 years? It is time the nation called a halt to these armament expeditions,” Bishop Blake said. There is no real danger of the United States ever being invaded by a hostile nation, Bishop Blake stated, adding that Japan has expressed willingness to cut her naval strength in half if the United States would do the same, and that this continent is too far from Europe to be successfully invaded. “The real cause of war,” the Bishop said, “is the speculation of bankers and industrialists in foreign markets. Within 31 days of the time that our English ambassador cabled President Wilson that the only way to protect our investments abroad was to enter the war, the United States declared war on Germany.” “Prelude to War” “The war to end war was merely a prelude to another war,” he declared. He urged that the United States call a halt to proposed armament expenditures. “The President is proposing to spend $24,000,000 every 24 hours for armaments, while the people already are taxed to desperation. It is the fastest military spending spree ever called in the world. Unless it is halted the nation is headed toward bankruptcy and disaster,” Bishop Blake said. Lashing the munitions makers, he said, “The war-time philosophy was, •Our stockholders must have dividends’.” Questions Roosevelt Sincerity Bishop Blake charged that the Federal committee to take the profits from war loked more like a “a committee to put the profits bde’into war.” “If the President is sincere let all property and wealth be conscripted in time of war. Let us have equal incomes and wages for all, including the boys in the trenches,” he stated. “If the President and his advisers were deliberately planning to plunge us into war, the rearmament could not have been more carefully planned. But if they no plans, the peril is even greater. Every dollar spent on armaments weakens the structure of peace,” he said. Protest Is Urged Dr. Jean S. Milner, Second Presbyterian Church pastor, yesterday urged his congregation to protest against the United States naval maneuvers being held off the Aleutian Islands this summer. “The Japanese people would look upon those maneuvers as provocative and threatening. The time for the church to protest is before things happen,” Dr. Milner said. The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America has organized a campaign of opposition to the maneuvers being held so near to Japan.