Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 August 1936 — Page 15
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A - VOLUME 48—NUMBER 135
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(COUGHLINITES MOVE TOWARD LEMKE PLEDGE
Priest Predicts Delegates Against Third Party Man Will Be Overwhelmed.
SHUNS LOCAL ELECTIONS
National Unio nfor Social Justice to Center on Races for Congress.
By United Press ! PUBLIC HALL, CLEVELAND, Aug. 15.—The Rev. Charles E. Coughlin’s National Union for Social Justice moved today toward steamroller indorsement of Rep. William Lemke's protest ~ presidential candidacy and formal entrance into the 1936 campaign. The priest laughed at minority N. U. 8. J. objections against playing presidential politics. He expected to be named president of the organization before business was over tonight, and promised that anti-Lemke organizers would be overwhelmed 80-to-1 on the test vote whether the national
union should indorse his personal Presidential choice.
Father Coughlin definitely with-|{..
drew his national union from participation in any state, county or municipal ‘elections. It will indorse Mr. Lemke for President and approximately 300 candidates of various political faiths for Congress. The priest expects to elect at least 185 of his congressmen and believes Mr, Lemke has a chance. . w+ ‘Will Report Receipts The constitution of the N. U. S. J. that will “be_al@iopted today is ‘to be so drawn, he said, that the organization will have to report its receipts and expenditures under the Federal corrupt. practices act which : seeks to keep the public informed of the political take and the manner of ifs spending. “You are going to hear charges that Mr. Lemke is a Communist,” Father Coughlin * told newspaper men. “They will have to prove that point. “In my opinion, Mr. Lemke will be indorsed for President. I .am positive the Union Party which he represents will not be indorsed by this convention. “Personally, I would like to hear the proposal for indorsation of Mr. (Turn to Page Three)
RESERVE BOARD ACTS TO BAR { CREDIT BOOM
By United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—Striking to prevent an uncontrolled credit boom, the Federal Reserve Board today threw into effect new regulations aimed to slash potential inflation by $24,000,000,000. The order raised reserve deposit requirements of 6377 member banks
of the system by 50 per cent with|
the Federal Reserve banks. -and government officials said the increase would have little effect except in “sporadic” spots on the financial structure of the country. They said most member banks have been carrying more reserves than necessary to meet requirements.
RAILROADS’ REVENUE ~ CONTINUES INCREASE
By United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—July, second month in which Eastern’railroads operated under reduced passenger fares, showed substantial increases in passenger revenues over the same month a year ago, the Interstate Commerce Commission re-
that Eastern revenues last month were 19.4 of July, 1
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CAR OVERTURNS, DRIVER KILLED
103d Traffic Victim. in “Marion County.
Marion: County’s traffic-death toll reached: 103 today with: the death of Jesse Bowles, 42, of Brownsburg, who was injured fatally late yesterday when his automobile skidded in gravel and overturned on the Wallst road; a mile west of Eagle Creek. Unconscious when deputy sheriffs arrived at the scene, Mr. Bowles died in the receiving ward at City Hospital. ° Tex McCowan, 25, also of Brownsburg, who was riding with Mr. Bowles, received a possible fractured skull and still was unconscious in City Hospital early today. Eleven ® others were injured in automobile accidents last night in Indianapolis and vicinity. Two city ‘oe ° (Turn to Page Tiree)
One-Light Louie
BY NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL
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u. S. S. Opposes Arms § Sales]
It’s just an old quin custom that reveals at a glance
the affection of one Dionne for another, but the young ladies just never seem to lire of rubbing noses. And, judging from the enthusiastic way "in which Emilie is_ going about it, she probably is planning ‘mischievously to plant a. big, sisterly. Jeiss on Yvonne, Ss laughing lips,
Kimeiican. Officials Adopt 2-Fold Policy to Keep Clear in War.
By United Press . | . WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 —The United States today pursued. a twofold program intended to keep this country clear of any -entanglements resulting from Spanish civil strife and threatened spread of ‘hostilities. 1. Americans remaining in. Madrid were served notice that unless
they ‘leave at once they will stay
“on their own responsibility.” -:2. Pressure ‘of “moral ' suasion” will ‘be applied to discourage trade in . war - materials with the belligerent factions in warring Spain.
Report U. S. Guns Aimed
|at.Rebel Battleship
By United Press. HENDAYE, French-Spanish Frontier, Aug. 15.—The United : States Coast Guard Cutter Cayuga and the British . destroyer Comet - trained their guns on . the Spanish rebel cruiser Almirante: Cervera. when it
embarked: refugees, it was understood today. ‘The Almirante Cervera retreated. . The Almiratite ° Cervera, cruising
the Cayuga and the Comet, its eight 6-inch guns trained on them, as the American cutter and the British destroyed were embarking neutral refugees at San Sebastian. “We will open fire on you if you
cape among the refugees,” threat-
“Thank you,” replied the Cayuga. The Cayuga’s one 5-inch gun and its two 6-pounders, and the Comet’s four 4.7's were turned on the Almirante Cervera. The rebel: up
| steamed away,
threatened to fire on them as they
in the gulf of Gascony, approached |
help government adherents to es-} éned the rebel cruiser by wireless. |
Street Fighting Rages in 2 Spanish. Towns; Atrocity ~, Stories Spread.
By United Broly . MADRID, Aug. 15.—Asturias miners: have. entered the outskirts of Oviedo: and are. dynamiting. their way from house to house into the center of the city against desperate
‘rebel resistance, it: was announced
today. ‘Rebel forces began: a terrific ar-
tillery machine. gun bombardment
today in a determined drive against Irun on the north coast; dispatches
‘| said. The: insurgents sought ‘des-
perately to reach. the sea -and cut
‘| off San Sebastian. on the east.
Government leaders’ awaited anxiously news of Badajoz, to the
(west on the, Portuguese frontier,
where & fight second ‘in bitterness only to that at Oviedo was being] €xil fought—with the rebels, this ‘time the attackers, apparently already in
the .city, and prepared to. kill the
defenders: £0 a’ man. Several ‘rebel announcements that the city actually had been taken proved premature. Soldiers ‘of the
slaughter.. It appears that the Loyalists may haye killed many rebel |:
By United Press
TROTZKY AIDS oe DEATH
3 Pi es Before Firing Squad. 3
By United Press MOSCOW; Aug. : 15.—Gregory Zinoviev and ‘Leo Kamenev, who have been synonymous with uncoms= promising: Bolshevism : since long before: the 1917 revolution, -may face .a/ Bolshevik firing squad in a prison courtyard some - morning next week, it ‘was believed today They face. trial, along with 14 .others, - t Wednesday, 25 menters of a terrorist plot against government leaders—a plot alleged to have n inspired and directed by Leon .Trotzky, .once - co-dictator with Nikolaj Lenin, now an exile in Norway. Pravda, official newspaper organ | of the ‘Communist party, alleged today that the Gestapo, secret Nazi German police agency, aided the Zinoview-Kamenev-Trotzky group. } “In the bloody Fascist where * they “the “heroes of the German proletaniat, they prepare - false. passports and. poisoned arms,” Pravda said. Josef Stalin has called for a final showdgwii th all adherents of the ah who remain under —r in ‘the ‘Communist: Party, it
of Toy an ‘example in Russia itself to other nations. followers. hew .to.the
uncompromis- | ing line of forwarding it by -world
‘| revolution. On that disagreement | Bolshevists in many countries have
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BULLETIN
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Aug. 15—
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TOLDBYF : R IN PEAGE PLEA
President Repeats Policy of - Good Neighbor at ‘Chautauqua.
DISTURBED BY EVENTS
Chief Executive Who Visited - Battlefields Says U. S. Will Steer Clear.
Roosevelt text, Page 8.
Milestone By United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 15— government today achieved the first definite result of its $130,000,000 program to lift America out of the slums with opening of a model PWA low-rent housing project at Atlanta, Ga. The development is. Techwood Homes, financed with $3,101,500 of Federal money: to_ eradicate 11 blocks of walkup tenements. It - will provide apartments for 604 families earning between $20 and ‘$30 a / week. : In addition, PWA has 49 other projects in major cities - throughout the country. : They will be completed: and filled with tenants within the next ar. Ye The Federal slumsclearance program, first - visualized by - PWA Administrator Harold L. Ickes, was started in June, 1933. President Roosevelt approved the Techwood allotment on April 12, 1934. Now, more than two years later, it is complete and 10 families will move in next week.
BY THOMAS L. STOKES Times Special Writer
WASHINGTON, Aug 15.— “I hate war.” The cry rises from the lips of President Roosevelt, disturbed by the threat of war
g in Europe, as he pleads for
peace, appeals to his fellow citizens to resist insidious war propaganda, pledges his every effort to keep war from these shores. He leans forward toward the microphone at Chautqua, N. Y. “I have seen war. war on land and sea.” ‘Vividly he describes what, he saw— “Blood running from the wounded”— “Men coughing out their gassed | lungs”—“The dead in the mud”— “Cities destroyed”— ‘Children starv—'The agony of mothers and wives? i : There are lines now on his face.
I have seen
Care “has ploughed her “furrows
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councils, who helped to bludgeon a
| skeptical ‘majority in the Navy De-
partment and the British high command ‘to approve the North Sea mine barrage which put a ¢rimp in the devastating submarine rampage about the. British Isles. ‘Then, ‘on July 8, 1918; Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt set sail on the destroyer Dyer for Europe to see both sea and land operations at first. hand, The! little Ya which De trayelen; accompan a “hum r of ' transports which took © 2000 Americans to France. The assistant secretary stopped first ‘at the Azores to inspect an American naval station, then went on to France, pushed his way over (Turn to Page Three)
SHOWERS PREDICTED BY WEATHER BUREAU Warm Spell to Continue Over Week-End.
HOURLY TEMPERATURES 6a.m.... 80 Sam... 80 7a.m. ...8 10am ... 80 S§a.m. ... 78
Thundershowers were predicted for tonight or tomorrow, and, added to the light rains of the jast 24 will bring more relief to ousted crops in ~ Marion
County. . However, it is to continue warm, the Weather. Bureau said, probably going into the 90s both today and aw as it has ‘the last two ys. :
~ ROCHESTER EDITOR “DEAD
{was worse against fellow I've beaten twice, and he will | be sad‘ indeed when he climbs in|; there against a buy named Sharkey. Sometimes, I feel a Atle sorry for
SHARKEY FEELS ‘SORRY’ FOR JOE
Louis ‘Will Be Sa Be Sad Indeed,’ Says Ex-Heavyweight King Modestly.
(Other Fight Details, Page 12)
BY WALTER STEWART Times Special Writer ORANGEBURG, N. Y., Aug. 15.— Jack Sharkey . is a ‘citizen with heavily corrugated ears and a blood-lust which would run’ bright green flushes across the jowls of the late Nero, emperor of the Romans and. prominent firebug. The Sharkey man. is one of ‘the few really cruel bruisers on active duty and if science: would extract the venom, the ex-champion would qualify in the featherweight class. Outside the ring; Sharkey is|4greatly 0 Weseadifione clan. F
Tones; the fellow _ becomes as: dffectionate 88. a man-eating shark ‘with a hangover. Absolutely pitiless, he will rip a beaten man into fairly unattractive ribboris just for the good clean fun of the thing and Joe Louis is in for some frightful, lumps if he allows Sharkey to get him on the Tun Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium. Sharkey knows the strain young Louis will suffer the. moment he enters the ring and he intends to do something about it. A snarling rushed topped.. by. earnest applications of leaiher may win for Sharkey right under the gun. ‘In fact he is sure of it. : “I'm going in theré with all I’ve got and he’s going to get both bar= rels before he even knows the| Win shooting has begun,” said Jack modestly. “If I get in the first smacko I'm going fo win the fight and I'm not kidding when I tell you that I'm going to-get it in. That's my “story—just watch me stick to it Tuesday night.” : “I saw this Louis boy against Baer,” said the Sharkey man, “He was supposed to be at his best then, but I thought he was terrible. He
| him.”
DECLINE IN CARRIER SHARES CONTINUES
By United Press NEW YORK, Aug. 15 ~—Railroad shares declined fractions to 2 points at the opening on the Stock Exchange today while the remainder
spot, ; Atchison declined a point to 83. New York Central registered a fractional
loss to 40%.
verrated. as the iF reas of
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14 MORE H HURT
Grade Crossing Near Village. .
17 MEET INSTANT DEATH.
Gasoline Tanks Burst and: Many of Victims Are Burned to: Death.
By United Press - LOUISEVILLE, Quebec, Aug. 15.—At least 22 men: and boys were killed and 14 injured today when a fast, freight train struck a truck: carrying 40 persons at grade crossing a half mile east of here. Seventeen of the victims: were killed outright. Four died in ambulances on the
way to hospitals. 2 The truck caught fire while the 2 heavy train swept it three-quarters. of a mile down the track and some of the victims were burned to death. Four men said to have been on the truck were missing and may have, died in the fire. Physicians nurses and ambiilanees : were summoned from towns for many miles around Louiseville, Some of the most seriously injured were sent by ambulance to Montreal for emergency operations. - Physicians said condition of 14 of the injured was critical. “The remaining four.
injured jumped’ from the truck be fore the train strek. !
Strive to Save Injured
Most, of the aéad were left wh :| they lay while all the meager cal: facilitiés of ‘the district turned to saving the. injured. E were thrown as tar as 100° rds from the tracks. ung 73 “That whole ‘three-quarters. of a ‘mile of track and roadbed was COV= ered with blood,” said Joseph Richot, owner of a garage near the scene, The party on the truck, ranging in age from boys of 14 to ranging men, were ret to Louiseville from a political meeting at Ste. Jus« tine. - Quebec has a provincial elece tion Monday, - Authorities were unable: to loam immediately from the shocked and hysterical survivors why the accl= dent occurred. A