Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 June 1936 — Page 1
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MIDWEST DROUGHT RETAINS ITS GRIP; STATE RELIEF DUE
High Winds, Sun Continue to Bake ‘Bread Basket’ Area of U. S.
WHEAT CROPS WITHER
Farmers Appeal to Federal Government for Aid in Emergency.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, June 25.— Representatives of droughtstricken farmers pressed a last-minute drive today to force inclusion in the Democratic national platform of a plank containing proposals
for crop insurance.
Federal government agencies studied the increasingly serious situation in the Southeastern and North Central states. Agriculture Department officials said they believed Secretary Henry A. Wallace would propose a platform plank at Philadelphia which would satisfy the farm groups, headed by the American Farm Bureau Federation. It was learned Wallace had taken to the convention an outline of a suggestion which would set up a crop insurance scheme to be operated under the existing structure of the soil conservation program. It would require no additional appropriation. While farmers pushed to include _ such measures in the convention platform, high winds and heat continued to bake the nation’s “bread basket,” concentrating damage upon South Dakota, North Dakota and Montana. Little Hope of Relief
Weather Bureau officials saw little promise of relief as reports come in from the West that no rain had yet fallen’ to relieve arid conditions ‘where wheat crops have withered under less than 50 per cent of average spring rainfall. Worried grain traders pushed the price of spring wheat up on the nation’s ‘markets: - Farmers pealed to the Federal government for assistance. An allotment of approximately $50,000,000 for livestock loans and relief grants in North Dakota hung fire after conferences of state officials with President Roosevelt and Works Progress Administrator Harry Hopkins.
At the same time representatives |
of the southern seaboard states conferred with agriculture officials and reported on crop conditions in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina. Undersecretary Rexford G. Tugwell said a special survey -of drought areas in the Northwest would be begun shortly. As Severe as in 1934
The RA has an extensive emergency loan program already under way in the stricken Western states. The extent of additional loans and grants is to be determined by three " officials who will travel through the affected area They are: W. W. Alexander, assistant rural resettlement administrator; Joseph L. Dailey, director of rural rehabilitation, and L. C. Gray, director of land utilization. The Weather Bureau reported this drought is as severe as in 1934, although the temperature has not risen as high. It is the climax of a decline in rainfall in the area during the last 10 years.
GRASSHOPPERS HIDE SUN IN NEBRASKA
Swarm 100. Miles Long, 100 Miles Wide Reported.
By United Press OMAHA, Neb. June 25.—Monstrous clouds of grasshoppers rivaling the fabled locust plagues swept through the sky over eastern Nebraska today threatening to destroy hundreds of square miles of crops wherever they alight. ; The swarm was believed 100 miles jong and 100 miles wide. In spots the insects were so numerous they hid the sun as they passed over valuable farm lands. Entomologists
single migration. Should they concentrate in one locality they would strip the earth of of Jegelation, aga cultural experts sai
HEAVY FIRE LOSSES BLAMED ON DROUGHT
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Local Thundershowers Are Expected Tomorrow in Northern Indiana.
MERCURY GOES HIGHER
Low Pressure Area to Remain Over City Two Days, Forecast.
The hot, drying sun of early summer will beat down on drought-stricken central and southern Indiana today and probably tomorrow, J. H. Armington, Federal meteorologist, said today. Local thundershowers are expected tomorrow, however, in northern Indiana. The rainfall deficiency in the Indianapolis area since Jan. 1 is 543 inches. As the high pressure area that brought cooling temperatures to Indianapolis early this week began slipping eastward today the temperatures rose accordingly. Crops Need Rain
Pushing in from the West is a wide, low pressure area that brougit 100 degree temperatures to the Dakotas yesterday. over Indianapolis for at least two days, Mr. Armington said. Crops, badly dried out by 22 days without substantial precipitation in Indianapolis, need rain badly, Mr. Armington said.
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Nippon Officer, American Also Linked in U. S. Naval Plot.
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PASSING PARKED CARS
HE careful motor car driver breathes a sigh of relief when he has passed safely down the narrow city street lined with parked cars. His moderate pace and utmost caution are not always enough to escape a serious accident. For there are many drivers who still rush along such streets at 25 or 30 miles an hour. And many a driver will put out from a parked place. at the curb without either signaling or looking back. Another frequent hazard is the car carelessly parked so that a corner projects dangerously into the traffic lane. Even a pace of 15 miles an hour may be too fast to let you avoid the child that dashes after a ball between the parked cars just ahead, Or it may be some old lady with poor vision whois living in, her memories of old horse-and-buggy days. You are fortunate if your foot reaches the brake in time in such emergencies. Drive slowly enough to be sure that you are completely in control of your car in case of emergency. Some impatient motorist may blow his horn behind you, but keep your alert attention on the street ahead. Your immediate object is safety.
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County Toll Now 75, Seven Ahead of 1935.
Death of Mrs. Pauline Jackson today brought the Marion County traffic toll to 75, seven more than for the corresponding period last year. . Mrs. Jackson, who was 33, suc-
SoRneetioh with the ‘indictment of two fnen on charges of selling naval
secrets to foreign countries.
Federal grand jury here reviewed spy charges against Henry Thomas Thompson, 28; former Navy yeoman, and Toshio Miyazaki, a Japanese. According. to information released by Federal agents, the unnamed
Japanese girl was a companion of Thompson ‘and had detailed knowledge on operations of an asserted spy ring. The ring did not function after March 18, 1935, the day Thompson was arrested for illegally wearing a Navy yeoman’s uniform. Thompson supposedly implicated the Japanese.
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The. alleged ring was reported to have started operations during the fleet's Pacific maneuvers in 1934. It apparently sought not only information on the maneuvers but also on aircraft and gunnery secrets. Thompson has been held in jail since his conviction for the illegal wearing of ‘a Navy uniform. Filing of the charge against him was delayed for several months last year as Federal agents sought Miyazaki. The Japanese was accused of having supplied Thompson with money to entertain gunners from the battlefleet in an attempt to learn about gunnery innovations. Miyazaki was said to have been an honor student at California University and was identified as a Japanese naval officer. He was thought to have returned to the Orient.
STEEL STOCK WEAK; * CHRYSLER IS FiRM
Motor Issue Continues to Show Gain in Trading. . By United Press NEW YORK, June 25.—Weakness in steel shares brought an tone to the stock market today despite continued firmness in Chrysler. Steel issues dropped as much as 2 points and failed to recover from their lows. Youngstown Shéet and Tube was off 2 at 66 while U. S. Steel and Bethlehem were more than a point lower. Chrysler continued to maintain gains, showing a point advance at
of 110i; at the opening.
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feels it like an imperative call.
upon conscience to make Amerka understand the historic change that is taking place here. . One feels that if one had. the genius to put it
in some clear and simple way,|. ‘America would take interest in proportion to the momentousnesss: of |.
the event.
“But the new order of society and: government which.is beinglaunched
here is so alien to America that the very words in which it is expressed | are also strange to American eyes and ears. Probably the words “right” and “left” are fully grasped, although they are quite new in America, their common. use. here ‘having arr ved about the same time as’ the. Deal ‘some three years ago. ‘But the words which express the new order ‘When it is complete— “collectivism,” : the “totalitarian state,” the “guthoritarian state,” the “unitary state”-—these make no deep impression. A writer is: further handicapped in describing the change and the (Turn to Page 17)
COUNCIL TO CONSIDER DOG IMMUNIZATION
Medical Society Sponsors Measure to Cure Spread of Rabies.
A proposed measure to curb the spread of rabies by requiring that all dogs in the city be immunized is to be considered by the City Council, Edward A. Raub, president, said today. The Indianapolis Medical Society, sponsor of the suggested measure, proposes that dogs not be licensed until they have been immunized.
POLICE DOG BITES CITY BOY 15 TIMES
Son of Fireman Is Victim | of Attack.
A large German police : dog attacked the son of a city fireman today and bit him 15 times on the face, arms and body. Bleeding from lacerations, the boy, Morris West, 7-year-old son of Fred West, 1122 Southern-av, was sent to City Hospital. 5 Frightened away by Mrs. West, the dog trotted to the front porch and lay down. When police came, he submitted docilely, and was taken to headquarters. The dog is to be taken to Dr. C. F. Stout, 1430 N. Capitol-av, to be examined for rabies. ;
Infant Found Dead in Buggy
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By United Press
FIGHT ON THIRD PARTY Y ORDERED
Demiochatic Chisft Chieftains Told to Take No Chances. With Union Group.
BY THOMAS L STOKES s Times Special PHILADELPHIA. June - 25.—The
SO ‘of Cue” - month: old- | today .to dramatize the third-party ticket which recently came into the field under Rep. William Lemke (R., N. D)) -and over which Democratic .behind the scenes of, the: ‘noisy’ camp. ‘meet- | ing ‘here, ‘Dr. Townsend said” ‘he ‘had: just |
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show. He expressed his disapproval of the Democratic Party, and said his ' followers would Setermine at, their national convention in Cleveland July 15° whether they woul ‘join the: Lemke-O'Brien third part The Tab: leader talked to reporters last night from a seat near |
| the platform ‘in the ‘press section’
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BY LEMKE CAMPAIGN
Party Workers Inspired by Hamilton Optimism. By United Press : . WASHINGTON, June 5. In-
spired. by the exuberant confidence of National: Committee Chairman
| John Hamilton, Republicans today
mapped plans for a vigorous camPaign.J in every section of the counTy. Republican hopes ‘also. were lifted by promise of Rep. William Lemke, Union Party presidential candidate, to conduct an active Sampaien. e, after appealing “directly to bor for Support, left on a Western speaking to! Mr. Hamilton t believes: the Union Party will swing many doubtful Middle Western states to Gov. Alf M. Landon. “For every vote the third party takes away from us,” he said, “it will take from’ six to nine from the Democrats.” : “The Middle West,” he said, “is in the bag for the Republicans.” He conceded the Democrats only two of the Southern and South He claimed at least 10 of the 16 "Eastern. seaboard states.
BIG PRIMARY VOTE RECEIVED BY BY. LEMKE
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Debate Expected Tonight on Changing Two-Thirds - Requirement.
ROBINSON TAKES CHARGE
Senator Elected Permanent Chairman After Delay in Committee.
BY LYLE C. WILSON © (Copyright, 1938, by United Press)
CONVENTION HALL, PHILADELPHIA, June 25.— Senator Joseph T. Robinson assumed the helm of the Democratic national convention today, steering it toward settlement of its two controversial issues—the 1936 platform and abolition of the twothirds rule for choosing the
nomjnees. . Mr. Robinson was unanimously
submission of the credentials committee report. Just before he took his post, the rules committee voted 36 to 13 to recommend to the convention sub-
stitution of majority rule for the ancient two-thirds requirement. Labor Compromise Hinted And from closeted platform drafters came word that agreement had come to put new teeth ih the proposed monopoly plank and that
compromise was nearing on the ticklish subject of a constitutional amendment for regulation of labor's wages and hours. ~The wages and hours question was
bert H. Lehman of New York. Today Mr. Lehman was formally pet ioned by representatives o: a= : A . Democrats movement Jeconsider his decision ‘against
] re-election. The : possibly thé only floor debate of the session—was expected tonight when the rules committee report is presented on the two-thirds rule.” Southern representatives, seeking to retain their 104-year-old veto power over the presidential choice, promised to carry their fight to the floor after their defeat in committee. - x
Dispute Causes Delay
‘Senator Robinson’s induction into office had been planned last night. Because of delay in presentation of the credentials committee report, it was delayed. * ; The credentials committee had been embroiled in a dispute between two contesting ‘delegations from Minnesota over who was to be Minnesota national committeeman. Mr. Robinson took office with a full complement of temporary officials which had been voted into permanent office with him. Leslie H. Biffle was added to the official list as secretary of the committee on permanent organization, Burris C. Jackson of Hillsboro, Tex. offered the resolution for per-
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FD. R. IS TO MAKE SHORT, SNAPPY TALK
Acceptance Speech 2000 | : Words Long, Report.
By United Press WASHINGTON, June. 25.—President Roosevelt's speech of acceptance at the Democratic national convention Saturday night will be short and snappy, the White House revealed today. In contrast to the lengthy political orations at the conventions of the
Br DE na and possibly justify the acts of his Administration; give an insight into seaboard | his future program and make his| re-election appeal — all in 2000 words.
Bo ped address, it was understood, will require about 25 minutes. It will |
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Last Laugh
By United Press WASHINGTON, June 25.— Reporters walked into Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau’s press conference to-, day sporting “Landon-Knox” sunflower buttons in their coat lapels and big grins on their faces. Mr. Morgenthau stared in surprise. Then he grinned. : “I am going,” he said, ‘to my farm in New York State next week. I will bring you back some raspberries.” -
M'NUTT WORKS ON HIS SPEECH
Governor to. Deliver Short Address Seconding Nomination.
BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY ' Times Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA, June 25.—Gov.
McNutt began today to polish up the short speech in which he will
second the nomination of President Rooseveit at the Democratic National Convention tomorrow night. At most it will be but five or ten minutes, but since this is the only opportunity the handsome Hoosier chief executive will have to appear before the delegates he expects to! make. the most of the opportunity. Out of it may come a better feeling toward Gov. McNutt on the part of Postmaster General James A. Farley, who has been cool toward him since the Chicago Convention in 1932. Should this feeling develop the Governor may be given a large assignment in the campaign management this fall, it was reported here. The President is said to hold him in high favor as he does Wayne Coy, McNutt aid who was assigned to the platform subcommittee and is aiding in drafting the: social securityand relief planks. Gov. utt is scheduled to deliver an er short Speech at a dinner of the Young Democrats to(Turn to Page Three)
FARLEY TO RESIGN U. S. POST, IS REPORT
Cabinet Member to Devote Full
Time fo Campaign, Claim. By United Press - PHILADELPHIA, June 25.—Strong reports circulated here today that Postmaster General James A. Farley will resign from President Roosevelt’s Cabinet after the Democratic national convention and devote his full energies to the election campaign. ; Farley's resignation, frequently predicted at intervals during the New Deal administration, was said to have been decided upon some time ago. In addition to the postmastership, Farley ‘is Democratic National Chairman and ‘New York State chairman.
FARLEY ACCUSED OF IGNORING SOUTH VOTE
Says He Doesn’t Believe Any One Is Worried About Letter.
By United Press - PHILADELPHIA, June 25.—Signers of the “walk out” letter sent to the Democratic national “convention by Alfred E. Smith and four other conservative Democrats blamed Postmaster General James A. Farley today for ‘apparent failure in its delivery to the convention. Farley, informed of the charge, simply said he did not think “anybody is very much worried about what becomes of the letter.” Another signer opined that “some one’s probably got the leter in his pocket down there” in Philadelphia.
REPORTS CROPS GOOD
IN WABASH COUNTY | cic
County Agenis Says Drought Has . Hurt Only Oats. Times Special
CRATS ADD ‘TEETH ANK ON MONOPOLY: RULE CHANGE IS URGED
Platform Framers Invoke Laws for Safeguarding Small Business.
NEAR ACCORD ON LABOR
Lehman Victory Reported in Constitution Issue on Wages, Hours.
Other convention stories and pictures on Pages 3 and 11.
Text of Senator Joseph Robinson’s address on Page 10.
Also Westbrook Pegler, Heywood Broun and Washington Merry - Go Round on Page 17.
By United Press
PHILADELPHIA, June 25.—The Democratic platform subcommittee completed work this afternoonon a 2000-word tentative draft of the party pledges without including a definite proposal for a constitutional amendment. !
_ BY JOE ALEX MORRIS (Copyright. 1936, by United Press)
PHILADELPHIA, June 25, —The Democratic platform builders put a new set of “teeth” in the party’s monopoly plank today and moved nearer agreement. on an hourwage pledge in an effort to . speed the completed document to the convention tonight.
The dozen members of the reson lutions subcommittee got back om the job after & few ‘hours sleep fol« lowing an ali-night session. The thesis. of the brief document was
«described as an indorsement ot
New Deal program and a pledge to
‘continue it.
As the sessions resumed, one member said the monopoly p! which Chairman Robert P. wae brought here as a broad statement of policy, had been tightened by & provision for invocation of civil and criminal laws for the protection of small business.
Fails to Satisfy Lehman
At the ame time, it was understood that the controversy over whether the party should recom mend a constitutional amendment, if necessary, to permit regulation of hours and wages for labor had moved nearer. an accord. The plank approved - by President Roosevelt was understood to avoid specific mention of the possibility of amending the Constitution. The language failed to satisfy some party leaders, including Gov, Herbert H. Lehman of New York, and it was reported that it had been changed to say that if in the fu=ture changing social and econofnig conditions made changes the Constitution advisable, ag party would be prepared to act to that (Turn to Page Three)
RIGHT TO CRITICISE DEFENDED BY BORAH.