Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 August 1936 — Page 1
FORECAST: Cooler with showers probable tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy.
(Scripps nowarnl] VOLUME 48—NUMBER 125
CITY BUSINESS REPORTS GAINS ON ALL FRONTS
$2,000,000 Increase for 1936 Shown in Building Permits Issued.
WAGES REFLECT UPTURN
~ 50 Manufacturing Firms Here Add 5000 Employes; WPA Rolls Drop.
~ BY NOBLE REED
Substantial increase in every phase of business activity in Indianapolis were shown today in a general compilation of trade statistics. Building activity volume increased by nearly $2,000,000 during the first seven months of 1936 as compared to the same period a year ago, George Popp, building eommissioner, reported today. Permits for the year up to Aug. 1 were 5210, amouniing to $3,899,053, as compared to 4778 permits at $1,891,908 a year ago. July building showed a gain of $627,284 over the same month last year. The week ending Aug. 1 increased $61,386 over «42 same week in 1935.
Pay Rolls Up 21.6 Per Cent
Pay rolls of Indianapolis’ 477 establishments, reporting to the State Employment Service, totaled more than $1,700,000 during July, an in“orease of 21.6 per cent over the same month in 1935. The number of persons employed by the 477 firms increased 14.4 per cent in July over 8 year ago. A boost of nearly 5000 in employ - ment of 50 manuiacturing companies in the city during June over the
same month a year ago was shown |
in a report issued today by Myron R. Green, head of the industrial givision of the Chamber of Commerce. “Every preceding month of 1936 showed a gain over similar months of 1935,” he said. Reports compiled by Mr. Green from 481 firms here showed a gain of 4.6 per cent in employment during May this year over June last year, he said. | Other increases for May, 1936, over June a year ago include: 18.2 per cent in pay rolls; 15 per cent in . man hours, 129 per cent in per capita earnings for each person employed, and 2:2 per “Gent gain in average hourly rates of pay.
WPA Workers Get Jobs
The boost in industrial activities was further indicated by the absorption of many thousends of workers from Works Progress Administration projects by private enterprise. Wayne Coy, state WPA director, reported today that 19,546 persons had left relief projects in the state since March, 4, apparently for jobs in private industry. The peak WPA employment was 85,611 March 4, and on July 29 the number of persons on the pay roll was reduced to 66,065, Mr. Coy reported. Big increases in both passenger and freight business of railroacsy serving Indianapolis also reflected a general upturn in all phases of city commerce. J. J. Liddy, Indianapolis Union Railway superintendent, today reported that passenger business at the Union Station here during July increased 76.8 per cent over July, 1936. Revenue, he said, went up to $102,582, an increase of 42.8 per cent over July last year.
Freight Revenues Gain
Freight business of the Indianapolis Union Railway Co. during July increased 32.9 per cent over the same month a year ago and was 5.6 per cent over June, Mr. Liddy said. * The Pennsylvania Railroad reported a gain of $4,337,288 in operating revenues during June over the same month a year ago and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad reported an increase of $2,206,288 for the same period. The Indianapolis Water Co. reported an increase of more than 1,000,000,000 gallos of water used during the first six months of 1936, as compared-to the same period a year ago. This reflects an increase in industrial activities because residential consumption remains nearly (Turn to Page Three)
STOCKS IRREGULAR IN DULL TRADING
Light Selling Hits Motor Shares; Steels Nervous. By United Press
Aircraft "shares were lower.
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No. 1 Traffic Enemy Caught! And Are the Police Happy!
J iANAROLIS traffic policemen are pleased to announce that Public Enemy No. 1—at least as far as they're conzerned—is just another apprehended motorist today. ~ And you can’t blamé them, what with the snooping around
plates in recent weeks than a confirmed auto license tag poker addict
They blame Delbert Wakeman, 25-year-old Mooresville youth, for all the trouble. Wakeman, they say, spent a lot of time figuring out a way to beat the “fixproof” stickers—and for a while it looked Jike he might get away with it. Wakeman they claim, would park his car illegally, without dropping a stitch. When he had finished his chores in town, he'd come back, “pooh-pooh” the sticker which the tireless traffic officer had placed on his windshield with great care, and drive away post
On his way to Mooresville, Wakeman would just laugh and laugh, because he knew the Indianapolis policemen wouldn't come
After six times, the city policemen “caught on,” however, and Wakeman'’s license number became a marked one. policeman eying your license plates, rest easy—he probably was
Yesterday, a great roar of glee rent the air at Pennsylvania Wakeman’s car had been found, and parked illegally again, the eagle-eyed policeman said. He ordered the car towed in and then sat back to await
Within a few hours Wakeman provided the developments. dashed breathlessly into headquarters to report that “my automo-
Instead of the customary questions, Wakeman was greeted with. six warrants, each of which carried a $25 bond. A $56 fine this morning took care of everything, Municipal
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Spanish Revolt Incidents Endanger Eu ropean Peace
Ugly Charges Hurled Among Nations as Revolution Nears Climax; German Gunboat Criticised.
THE SPANISH REVOLT AT A GLANCE
By United Press
Latest developments in the Spanish revolt: MADRID—Bold rebel efforts to capture Valencia foiled. HENDAYE—Loyalists captured Albacete, southwest of Valencia,
after 24-hour fight.
BARBASTRO-—Eighty rebels killed. when church stronghold at Sietamo is destroyed by loyal artillery. . TOLFDO—Spain’s most beautiful city being reduced to ruins by
artillery fire.
PARIS—International tension over possibility of European aid to
rebels increases.
(Pictures, Page 2; 2; book review,
Page 13.)
BY RALPH H HEINZEN (Copyright, 1936. by United Press)
PARIS, Aug. 4. — International’
complications of potential danger to European peace multiplied today as the Spanish revolt neared its climax. . Ugly ‘charges were exchanged among the capitals of the continent, by sources often used by governments themselves as boards.
There were increasingly frequent references to Agadir—the port on the Moroccan coast to which Germany sent a “token” gunboat in 1911 as a warning to France against encroachment—an incident that might have advanced the date of the World War three years.
Battleship in Way Leaving aside the ambitions and fears of statesmen on the Fascist and anti-Fascist side as Spanish Fascists and anti-Fascists fight for power, the danger of the situation
may be shown by the following’
summary of today’s developments: 1. In Paris the newspaper Echo De Paris charged that the German pocket battleship Deutschland, accompanied by a destroyer, prevented a Loyalist warship bombardment of rebel forts by steaming into Ceuta Harbor, Morocco, as the loyal ships were about to open fire. (German spokesmen denied intent of the gunboat to get in the way.) The United Press correspondent at Gibraltar reported that the Deutschland, anchored off the port, seemed “considerably to protect” Ceuta, through probably inadvertently, as the Loyalist ships seemed not to want to fire for fear they (Turn to Page 2)
TWO CONTRACTS LET BY HIGHWAY BOARD
Short Paving Project and Garage Inprovement Included.
James D. Adams, State Highway on chairman, today announced letting of two. contracts, one for improvement of a state highway.and another for. snlaging a highway subdistrict garage Bloomington. Low bidder on improving 14 miles
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slight case ‘of mob murder. He can’t understand why the folks are looking so ‘dyspeptic this - morning for it never occurs to him : that he is making them play ring - around-the-rosie and that he's “it.” The gang following the great circle route are ther punches and perhaps it's lucky for this prize
Marion County Traffic Deaths Year to Date—
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suspension of the Lewis group would
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AT OUSTER OF LEWIS FACTION
Serious Division of Opinion on Executive Board Bared by Tobin.
FEAR EFFECT ON LABOR
Teamsters’ Does Not Expect Action Until Tomorrow.
By United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—Execu{ive council members of the American. Federation of Labor today revealed a serious conflict of opinion over advisability of suspending 12 rebel union groups’ led by John L. Lewis on charges of heresy to the trade union movement.
Union Leader |
The division was revealed by Daniel - J. Tobin, Teamsters’ Union head, as’ members began the second |. session of the momentous trial of the Lewis Committee for Industrial Organization group. The report raised hopes that the council will not proceed with the drastic procedure of suspending the rebel group. This action, it was conceded, would be tantamount to splitting the whole American trade union movement.
Expects Ruling Tomorrow
“There is a sharp difference of opinion as to what action should be taken,” Mr, Tobin said. “I do not believe any decision will be reached before late tomorrow.” Mr. Tobin has been a leader within the council in attempting. to conciliate the bitter dispute. Meantime, John P. Frey, acting as prosecutor of the 12 union leaders, none of whom have appeared for the trial, continued his recital of the organization of the CIO and its activities which he charged constiJuiced insurrection and dual unionm Mr. Frey is arguing for outright suspension. He called as his first witness E. D. Beiretz, of the Electric . Workers’ Union, to testify that the Lewis bloc’s support of an independent
Warning Given by Ohl
Mr. Tobin, head of. the Democratic | campaign labor division, denied that’
affect organized labor's front. Henry K. Ohl, Wisconsin Fedegation of Labor president, who is promoting a peace proposal, ‘disagreed. i think that organized labor,” . Ohl said, “has been the buffer vo] fascism and = democracy in this country. If there is a split its power would be lessened and its influence would be weakened toward preventing dictatorship which some people are working for.”
OF G. 0.P.IS URGED
Fifth District Candidate Demands Help of Pension Group. Times Special KOKOMO, Aug. 4. — Benjamin Brown, Fifth District Republican congressional candidate, last -night asked Townsendites in this district to support the Republican Party. He declared Indiana ‘Townsendites
candidate.
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OWENS BREAKS
JUMP RECORD
Wins = Second Olympic Crown; U. S. Stars Cap“ture Four First Places.
BY STUART CAMERON United Press Sports Editor
OLYMPIC STADIUM, BERLIN,
Aug. 4.—Jesse Owens, the Ohio State
thunderbolt, moved to within one title of scoring his Olympic “triple” today as the United States track and fleld stars won four championships on the third day of competition in the eleventh Olympic Games.
After shattering the Olympic. 200-
meter mark once and equaling it again as he moved from the preliminaries to the semi-finals of that event, Owens broke Ed Hamm's eight-year-old mark in winning the broadjump. -
It was the second title for ‘the
mark was 25 feet 4% inches set by Hamm of the United States in the 1928 Games at Amsterdam.
Owens had broken the’ record in
the tests to determine the six finalists and then kept bettering his mark until his third leap of the finals ‘when he established the final mark of 26 feet, 5 21-64 inches.
Helen Stephens, Fulton (Mo.)
speedster who learned how. to run chasing: rabbits on her father’s farm, won the women’s 100-meter
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ROOSEVELT DENIES
POLITICS IN RELIEF
Cites Human Misery in His
Rebuke to Critics.
By United Press
HYDE PARK, N. Y., Aug. 4—
President: Roosevelt in a formal statement today declared “it is a great ministra
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who died Monday from shotgun wounds alleged to have been in-
link up. human. misery with partisan politics.” = The irks. were taken as a reply’ to eritics such as Republican Chairman John Hamilton who- declared yesterday the Administration trying: to capitalize politically - relief given to drought regions. The President, in discussing a proposed visit to the drought regions of the ‘West and Middle est, declared with emphasis tha
no politics was valved in the pro”
MENTAL TEST FACED
BY ARSON SUSPECT
Youth Accused of Firing ‘Church
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Coughlin’s uperier.
Father Coughlin
July Drought Cuts
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“Corn
~ Crop 700,000,000 Bushels
Private Estimates Set Loss at New World's Record;
Spring Wheat Expected at Half of Normal. AlELe wt |
BY JOE MOIRGAN United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Aug. 4—Drought and record-breaking temperatures - in the Middle West reduced the nation’s corn crop by nearly 700,000,000 bushels in aay. grain experts reported today.
WARNS GOUNTIES OF 1831 RELIEF NEEDS
Coy Calls for Pro Provisions in Budgets, Levies.
County auditors were raed today by the Governor's Commission on Unemployment Relief that adequate relief funds for townships must be included in budgets and tax
levies for 1937. “The county is charged with the responsibility of making advancements to the townships to pay relief bills when the townships have no funds to pay such bills,” Wayne Coy, secretary of the commission, told auditors. When there is not sufficient money in the county revenue fund to make advancements to townships it will be necessary for county commissioners and county: councils to providé funds by making temporary loans or: by issuing poor relief bonds, Mr. Coy explained. These financing methods usually are expensive, Mr. Coy said, suggesting that each county arrange to handle relief bills on a current basis. “Poor relief taxes levied for 1937 ve JoNnships to reimburse Stemmons should
by respectiv the county for
is | to townships is 1997, Mr. Coy's letter to auditors stated.
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Withered by three months of scorching sun, the United States corn harvest probably will not total more than 1,572,000,000 bushels | this year, private. crop experts said. Thr estimate was- 673,000,000 bushels less than the government's July 1 and nearly a billion bushels under & normal crop. ‘The five statisticians representing Chicago grain firms also estimated a spring wheat crop of 111,000,000 bushels, 25,000,000 bushels less than the July government estimate, and less .than half of a normal crop. Brightest spot in the report was the estimate on winter wheat. A crop of 522,000,000 bushels was predicted, an increase of 10,000,000 bushels over the government's July 1 estimate. Private estimates on eorn “ranged ‘froma the 1,500,000,000 bushels predicted by H. C. Donovan to the 1,705,000,000 bushels estimated by B. W. Snow. Mr. Snow of Bartlett-Frazier Co., said the private reports outline one of thie great crop disasters of American agriculture. “A. shrinkage of nearly 700,000,000 bushels in the potential corn crop with corresponding losses in spring
of crop losses that stands as a record in this country or any other,” he said. “The condition of corn at 50.6 per cent is with one exception the lowest ever reported.”
‘600D SAMARITAN’ AIDS INJURED MAN
Poor Farm Inmate Left All Night in Car, Leg Broken.
William Lynn, 56-year-old inmate of the County Poor Farm, was resting better in City Hospital today, voicing thanks to the unidentified *Ooou Samaritan” who helped him ou Three years ago, Lynn broke his right leg. It never healed completeWhile walking at North-st and Senae-av :
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/CURB COUGHLIN, BISHOP ADVISED, VATICAN REPOR
Superior Said to Have Been Urged to Pers suade Radio Priest to Confine Talks to Church Topics.
NOT ATTEMPT TO MUZZLE, IS CLAIM
Detroit Pastor's Controversies Have Embars rassed Papal Authorities, According "to Advices From Rome.
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The Vatican also was said to have suggested that Bishop ease making statements to the ‘press, which
might explain his recent fres quent refusals to talk. Up until last week, Bishop Gallagher had talked freely in the press. He was received by the Pope last Friday, and subsequently said the Pontiff himself had made no mention
of Father Coughlin.)
It was said, howevef, that ale though the Pope did not want to intervene directly, other Vatican of= ficials dropped informal hints: that it might be advisable for Father Coughlin to restrict his speeches to religious subjects during the pres idential campaign. The Vatican, it was said, does not want to jeopardize good relations with President Roosevelt, because there is’ hope here that hé may willing to establish a United" legation to the Holy See in the ni future. :
NO-PARKING CAMPAIGN IRKS AUTO DEALERS
Detrimental to Brsiness Is Claim | of 40 in Petition.
Strict enforcement of no-parking regulations on Meridian-st so 16th-st drew criticism today From merchants along ts A petition filed yesterday with the Safety Board said the practice of placing stickers on parked cdrs in that neighborhood was detrimental to business. It was signed by 40 members of the Indianapolis Auto Trade Association. Safety Board mcmbers were told this enforcement was due to con= gestion and building activities along Meridian-st. The petition was ree ferred to Chief Morrissey.
VENUE CHANGE MADE IN SLAYING TRIALS
Sergt. Rivers. Alleged Murderers ‘te Protest Order.
The cases of Al Brady, Lee Shaffer Jr. and James all charged with murder in conn tion with the slaying of Se Rivers, Indianapolis policeman, venued to Hancock County to by Criminal Judge Pro Tem. Karrer. ; The plea of Shaffer's attorn that a Marion County jury would prejudiced Jaaingt his Shenk led t r. Karrer’s decision. Homeys fe Brady and Dalhover ob having their client's —leciet + but Judge Karrer ruled that the trio was named in one in ment, the three cases would venued at one time. Written Jjections were to be filed by atto; for Brady and Dalhover today, af a5p appeal to the Supreme Court
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