Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 October 1936 — Page 1

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VOLUME 48—-NUMBER 178

EKINS ARRIVES

INBAGHDAD ON

WORLD FLIGHT

Others in Globe-Girdling Race Far Behind Times Writer.

RUNS SMACK INTO WAR

Reporter Flies 932 Miles to Palestine From Athens in Five Hours

By United Press

BAGHDAD, Oct. 5—H. R. Ekins arrived here at 4:04 p. m.today and departed for Basra, » Iraq, at 4:34 (7:34 a. m.) Indianapolis time. ~The big KLM-Royal-Dutch-Douglas air liner roared in from Gaza in three hours and nine minutes, 21 minutes ahead of schedgle, and—since all pas.sengers were ready to embark— took off nine minutes ahead of schedule for Basra, where the air travelers will ill pass the night.

BY H. R. _ R. EKINS Times Special Writer

GAZA, Palestine, Oct. 5.-—Phew, this is fast traveling. And I seem to have run smack into some kind of a war. Fortunately we will be out of here again in about 20 minutes, and maybe its more peaczful up the road a bit—at Baghdad, say, or Basra. We left Athens this morning and have flown 932 miles in les sthan five hours. We climbed down upon the sandy airport field here at exactly 11:15 a. m. (3:15 a. m. Indianapolis time). flight is back on schedule again The United Press man met me _ at the field and we chatted for a few minutes before I had to start pecking this out on my portable (wonder how Kieran is getting along without his typewriter? Wonder how Kieran is getting along). Arabs on Warpath

"The United Press man said that he had a hard time getting here, because the Arabs are on the warpath. ‘Well, it’s not my war and we only stop here for a half hour. Poor old Nelly Bly. She never knew what. it was like to really move. At Alexandria I was almost two weeks’ ahead of her and by tonight, by a rough approximation, I should be about a month in advance of her “position. + The United Press man who met me is Jacob Simon. I didn’t recognize him as a confere at first, because he wore a Bedouin’s sheetlike headgear.

Fools Natives

- He explained that he wore it to fool the Arabs, who have been active ‘against Jewish settlements throughout this region. He was accompanied by an Arab photographer, and they got sofne pictures. I was surprised to find such a large airport here, but I learned that the ranked planes on the field were military machines, awaiting the SOS call for Jewish colonies in the neighborhood. Simon and Iate a native lunch together and in a minute he will be hurrying off to the postoffice, the only place hereabouts from which to file cables. Bet they don't get many like this. I'm getting down into a part of the world now where the wire facilities aren't what you might call impressive. So if there's a certain amount of lag in these dispatches don’t blame me, and don’t think I've been forced out of the race.

Ekins’ Rivals Stay in Athens Overnight

By United Press + ATHENS, GREECE, Oct. 5— Dorothy Kilgallen of the International News Service and Leo Kieran of the N. A. N. A. service, racing around the world against H. R. Ekins of The Indianapolis Times and other Scripps-Howard newspapers, landed at the °- Phaleron, seaport, near Athens, at 5:30 p. m. (9:30 a. m. Indianapolis time), today. The fliers, aboard a British Imperial Airways plane, left Brindisi, Italy, at 1:35 a. m. (6:35 a. m. Indianapolis time). They will spend the night here and continue towards Alexandria, Egypt, early tomorrow. - Both fliers expected to leave the seaport at 7 a. m. HO on. 3 Imperial Airways plane t for Alexandria and %o continue on an Smperial liner scheduled to arrive in. Honkkong, Hina, via Bangkok, Siam, on Oct. 1

The good old 10.3 |

Stocks Move to New Highs for 5 Years

By United Press 2 NEW YORK, Oct. 4—The stock markét absorbed moderate amounts of profit-taking after a firm opening today and then resumed its rise into new high ground: since 1931. Trading was actice in the first hour, alth nearly 300,000 shares under turday’s swift pace. ° ’ Demand continued for the rails with all leaders in new high ground. Steels were steady at their highs since 1931. Motors met some profit-taking and then rallied. Utilities steadied after a lower opening. Coppers made new tops as did several of the mercantile shares. Standard of New Jersey rose more than a point to lead the oils higher. Among the issues making new highs were American Locomotive, Anaconda, Kennecott, New York Central, Pennsylvania Railroad, Phelphs Dodge, Sears Roebuck, Southern Pacific, Southern Railway, Studebaker, U. S. Steel and Westinghouse Electric. Gains in these issues ranged to more than 2 points,

GIANTS, YANKS

IN FIFTH GAME

Crowd of Less Than 50,000 Sees National Leaguers Get Early Lead.

Yankees

BY GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Oct. 5.—Needing only one victory to clinch the world’s baseball championship, the Yankees met the Giants in the fifth game of the World Series today before a disappointingly small crowd of less than 50,000. The Yanks had

won three straight since losing the opener. : ‘The rival pitchers were Red Ruffing, husky Yankee right-hand-#r, and Hal Schumacher, Giants’ right-hander. Both had lost their

{last starts, Ruffing losing to Carl

Hubbéll in the opener, and Schumacher retreating before the Yankees’ vicious attack in the. runbreaking second game. ‘The play-by-play description fol-

lows: L First Inning

GIANTS—Moore doubled - down the third base line. Bartell doubled to right, scoring Moore. Terry fanned. Crosetti threw out Ott; Bartell taking third. Ripple singled to short left, scoring Bartell. Mancuso singled to right, sending Ripple to tiird. Whitehead singled to right, scoring Ripple. Jackson flied. to Di Maggio. THREE RUNS. FIVE HITS. NO ERRORS. YANKEES—Crosetti was called out on strikes. Rolfe flied to Ripple in center who made a daring shoestring catch. Di Maggio grounded to Jackson who threw him out. NO RUNS. No HITS. NO ERRORS.

Second Inning

GIANTS—Schumacher fled to Di Maggio. Moore fouled to Rolfe in short left. Bartell fanned. NO RUNS. NO HITS. NO ERRORS. YANKEES — Gehrig singled to right and the ball went through Ott’s legs to the wall, where Ripple retrieved lit. Gehrig pulled up safely at third. It was an error for Ott. Dickey tapped along the first base line and was out, Schumacher to Terry. Gehrig attempted to score on the play and was out, Terry to Mancuso. Selkirk hit a home run into the right field bleachers. Powell flied to Ripple. ONE RUN. TWO HITS. ONE ERROR. Third Inning

GIANTS—Crosetti threw out Terry. Ott flied to Powell. Ripple was called out on strikes. NO RUNS. NO HITS. NO ERRORS.

SHOWERS, COOLER WEATHER FORECAST

* HOURLY TEMPERATURES

6am.... 59 10am, 7 7am.... 5 1 am. 1 8a.m.... 63 12 (Nooh). 4 66 1p m... Thundershowers late today or, to-

Sa.m.,.. 5 night followed by cooler weather tomorrow were forecast by the United

States Weather Bureau today.

‘STAFF RUSHED ON FINAL DAY

First Floor Corridors of Courthouse Jammed by County Voters.

DEADLINE AT MIDNIGHT

1507 Qualify Up to Noon? Total to Date Is Put at 280,000.

Marion County voters jammed the first floor corridors of the Courthouse today tc qualify themselves to vote in the presidential election before tonight's midnight deadline. W. P. Flanery, registration superintendent, said that between 8 a. m. and noon today, 1507 additional voters had qualified by registering or getting transfers. Tables have been placed in the main corridor of the Courthouse to take care of the overflow. Approximately 2500 additional voters are expected to qualify through registration or transfer today Chief Deputy Clerk Charles R. Ettinger has compiled figures showing that fewer’ than 1 per cent of the citizens of Marion County will | be ineligible to vote. total number registered in excess of 280,000. This indicates an éxtremely heavy county. poll for.the election, observers said. Six-months’ Residence To be eligible to register and vote in this ‘election, a person must— " Have lived ir Indiana six months, in the township 60 days and in the ward or precinct 30 days. Be at least 21 years old before Nov. 3. Transfer his registration if he has moved to another precinct within the county. since his last registration, ‘New registrations and transfers are being taken at the Courthouse. For 17 days, from Sept. 10 to 26 inclusive, branch registration stations were opened in various sections of the county. Mr. Ettinger said 37,513 registrations and transfers were made in these stations.

Middle West Termed

‘Real Battle Ground

‘BY THOMAS L. STOKES Times Special Writer.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.—~Opening Lake. County delegation and

“shepherd of the ir indorsed it

of the final month of the tial campaign finds both President Roosevelt and Gov. Alfred M. Landon concentrating on the group of Middle West industrial and farm states beginning with Ohio and running west to include Colorado. In that belt the election will be ‘won or lost, according to best calculations. : The Republican candidate admittedly is fighting an uphill battle. His lieutenants realize it and concede it privately because of the circumscribed area upon which he depends for election and upon some of ‘which President Roosevelt seems to maintain a dogged hold. The President is favored as the last month of the battle hegins, it is apparent, becduse of his back-log of strength in the South and the Far (Turn w Page 3 Three)

APPRAISALS OF LIGHT FIRM ARE PRESENTED

Appraisals of Indianapolis Light and Power Co. property were presented by beth the Public Service

Commission and company engineers today at the second public hearing on an order to show cause why rates should not be reduced. The first major difference appeared when Charles W. Spooner, Chicago, company engineer, failed to separate steam property values from his total. Perry McCart, commission chairman, ordered the figures broken down to show steam property when the commission meets Wednesday. " The company appraisal showed tangible property replacement costs to be $57.341844. The commission figure set the total at $55,132,948. The company appraisal over all total of $71,752,077, which Mr. Spooner said should be the basis for rate making, included $10,000,000 going concern value, $2,910,233 Snaneing ¢ cos:s and $1,500,000 working capital The deprec ated cost of reproduction presented by company engi‘neers was $67,312331. This did not include radio or coal land property.

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4000 Promise Radio Priest

Highest Court | Convenes for Historic Term

By United Press WASHINGTON, Oct. 5—~The Supreme Court convened briefly today to launch its significant 1936 term and then retired to consider several hundred cases, many of them highly controversial subjects. The court had before it the plea of several states to reconsider its decision outlawing . stat e legislation prescribing minimum wages for women, but aside from admission of 20 lawyers to practice before the bench, no official business was transacted in the opening: «meeting. The nine jurists, smiling and apparently in the best of health and spirits, filed onto the bench promptly at 2oon and took their seats at the long, walnut bench. Among those admitted to practice before the court was Mrs. Henry Moore, 22, tall and auburn-haired, who made court history by being one of the youngest attorneys ever admitted.

COUGHLIN SPURS LEMKE BACKERS

They’ll Get 10 Votes Each for Union Party.

BY LEO DAUGHERTY

Approximately 4000 Hoosier followers of the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin were pledged today to enroll 10 voters each to support the Lemke-O’Brien Union Party ticket in the presidential election. They stormed this pledge from the grandstand of the State Fairground yesterday afternoon as the climax to a National Union for Social Justice rally during which the radio priest hurled verbal bombs at both major parties while the crowd thundered approval—and munched peanuts. These Indiana Union Party followers were spurred, too, by a $300

‘addition to their campaign fund.

for that amount was by “he

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COUGHLIN DISAVOWAL

0 BE. REQUESTED

By United Press WASHINGTON, Oct. 5—When Eugenio, Cardinal Pacelli, Papal Secretary of State, visits Washington on his {rip to this’ country, a group of important churchmen here propose to ask him to sign a strong statement disavowing political ac-

tivity by members of the Catholic

clergy. Cardinal Pacelli will arrive in New York Thursday on a trip which Vatican spokesmen, in their public utterances, have insisted is in the natdre of a vacation. But the group of Washington churchmen, according to one of their number, fully expect to take up with him the question of Father Charles - E. Copghlin’s activities. In preparation for the proposed discussion, they already have drafted a vigorous statement which, if signed by the Cardinal, would denounce on behalf of Catholicism many of the “radio priest’s” political statements.

MADRID DEFENDERS AWAIT ONSLAUGHT

right 1936. b j ) TAR, Get bee Miadrid leaders predicted today that this week would see'the beginning of the insurgent "attack on Madrid and that the cgpital’s fate, and perhaps

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‘that of the government, might be

decided this week-end. ' Loyalists in the Toledo area began an attempt to cut the long rebel lines of communication in the To-ledo-Maqueda area; a life line for supplies and reinforcements to the

Leaders seemed guine of their seas Madrid successfully.

5000 Pickels Seek to Close "Reading Mill; Salinas Scene of Riot.

HINT GENERAL STRIKE

Troops Patrol Textile Plant in Union, S. C., After Walkout.

By United Press Strike situations were tense on three fronts today. At Reading, Pa., approximately 5000 pickets surrounded the plant of

the Berkshire Hosiery Mills, determined to prevent it from operating. At Union, S. C., National Guardsmen surrounded the plant of the Monarch Textile Mills where workers are on strike. At Salinas, Cal, where lettuce pickers have been on strike for a month, strike breakers and strikers rioted again in the streets. Labor leaders met to consider calling a general strike,

By United Press READING, Pa. Oct. 5. — Five thousand pickets massed around the Berkshire Knitting Mills today in an effort to close the world’s largest hosiery plant. Approximately 1000 workers, about one-third of the regular shift, had entered the plant by 7:30 a. m. There was no disorder. Strikers and sympathizers, four abreast, formed a line one-half mile long, marched around the two sides of the plant to cover all entrance gates. Paterson and Dover (N. J.) locals sent 1500 pickets during the night. One hundred and twenty-five state troopers stood in readiness to prevent disorders.

Troops Patrol Southern Mill

UNION, 8S. C., Oct. 5—National Guardsmen patroled the Monarch Textile Mills today, awaiting an order from Gov. Olin Johnston | which will proclaim the plant and) its immediate Vicinity in a “state of insurrect; Sources close to the Govertior re-

‘vealed the proclamatiop was drafted |

and would be issued issued later today.

C: 1.0. Chiefs M: Make

Peace Overtures

NEW YORK, Oct. 5—Two union presidents, identified with John IL. Lewis’ Committee for Industrial Organization, have made overtures to the American Federation of Lapor. The move was started by David Dubinsky, president of the International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union. Mr. Dubinsky was supported by Max Zaritsky, president of the cap and millinery workers.

Hint General Strike in Lettute Region

SALINAS, Cal, Oct. 5—Labor leaders met today to consider calling a general strike after new violence marked beginning of the second month of the Salinas Valley lettuce workers’ strike. Eleven strikers were arrested and scores injured after strikers attacked strikebreakers on downtown streets last night. The strikebreakers had been protected by barbed wire barricades and machine guns at the packing plants. Last night's violence followed the non-union men’s first trip outside the barricades.

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STATE RELIEF LIST

“Heir Minded

Airs the

News, and Judge © Withholds Judgment.

LBERT OGDEN, 38, of 614 E. Iowa-st, stood before Judge Charles Karabell - in’ Municipal Couri. No. 4 today on a charge of

being . . He denied the chargé and said, “Anyway, ..Judge, I'm SXpouns an addition to my family today..” “Is that so?” “Yes, your honor, an red-haired boy.” “I Hohe you get one. Judgment withheld Mr. Ogden and the court are awaiting the good news. >

s ” ” ” In Solitary Times Special 0. Possum is being held here in a nail keg, for want of a proper cell, on charges of vagrancy, apparent intoxication, invasion of a restricted area and annoying a woman. He was “arrested” on Main-st by Burr Thompson, night merchant policeman. In the battle’ which attended the arrest, Officer Thompson suffered a nip on the toe of his best “beat” shoes when he made the mistake of disputing the animal's right to make goo-goo eyes at a wax model displaying a raccoon coat in an adjacent store window.

2 ” 2 A-Sittin’ and a-Rockin’ OG psychologists will be welcome any time at the home of Mrs. W. Ponsler, Route 52, just north of TIst-st, where her pet Chow is staging what has all the ear marks—or dog marks—of a hunger strike.

Mrs. Ponsler called Sheriff Ray’s deputies to do something about the case, but they were dog-goned - if Shey could do anyt about it. The dog, according té his owner, crawled on a front Porch rock-

and I want a

fused to leave the comfy perch, despite winds and frosts. He refuses to eat any more than enough to keep him alive. The dog is neither sick nor mad, she said, and the only time he displayed any anger was yesterday when the deputies endeavs ored to persuade him to quit his “sit down” strike and be his good old dog self again. The only theory the deputies could advance was that “Guess the old rockin’ chair’s got him,” .. The Chow. still sits and rocks

* DEVALUATES LIRA

By United Seem ROME, Oct. 5—~The Italian cabinet today approved an approximate

reduced -import duties as a protective measure and made a motion towards the general movement for world’ currency stabilization. An Ethiopian “victory loan” to which Italian estates must subscribe, was approved. The loan is to be used to exploit the new empire obtained by conquest. Premier Benito Mussotini told .the cabinet he accepted in principle—as exemplified by the recent accord of the United States, Great Britain and France on money—that eco‘nomic restoration of the world is “one of the necessary conditions for collaboration among the peoples for maintenance of peace.”

FUNERAL TOMORROW FOR JESSE STRAUS

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By United Press NEW YORK, Oct. 5.—Funeral services for Jesse Isador Straus, who was relieved as Ambassador to France on Aug. 25 by William C. Bullitt, will be held tomorrow at Temple. Emanu-El. Mr. Straus, internationally known as a diplomat, philanthropist and merchant, was stricken in Paris during the Bastile Day celebrations, July 14. His resignation from the diplomatic service followed. He died yesterday at his Park-av home of

15 | pneumonia after four day’s illness.

He was 64. As president of R. H. Macy & Co.,

9 Mr. Straus became widely known in

the field of business. He was appointed Ambassador to France by President Roosevelt, | March 13, 1933.

PARIS, Oct. . 5~Deep regret was French officials today

over the death of Jesse I. Straus.

ing chair 10 days ago and has re- .

40 per cent devaluation of the lira; |

HOME

PRICE THREE CENTS

59 Per Cent Decrease

in September Is Esti

mated by Public Welfare Department; Roll Cut to 36,955, Report.

GAS METERS HERE

REACH NEW HIGH 7

Building, Postal Receipts, Gasoline Consumption, and General Employment Increases Are Shown Over September, 1935.

BY NOBLE REED An estimated drop of about 59 per cent in Indiana. relief?

rolls during September as compared to the same month a

year ago was reported today

by the State Public’ Welfare

Department as general statistics showed continued business

gains over the state.

69 ARRESTED AS LONDONERS RIOT

100 Nurse Bruised Skulls After Demonstration in East End.

By United Press LONDON, Oct. 5—More than 100 Londoners nursed sore heads and 69 were under arrest today as the sult of a mob demonstration yesterday. A riot resulted when Sir Oswald Mosley and 5000 of his black-shirts attempted to march through the cast end of London. A crowd of

Communists, Laborites -and .Jews

formed to block their way. Only the prompt interference of the. police and Mosley’s agreement to retreat prevented greater violence.

French Fascists Reported

Wating National Police

(Copyright, 1936, By United Press) . PARIS, Oct. 8.~Frefich Fascists, pursuing & new line of -attack against the left front government, are frying to undermine the loyalty of the national police force, it was reported in reliable quarters today. As part of the campaign, they began today a fierce attack on the regular police forces and at the same time appeared to be trying to win to their cause the crack mobile guards, corps d’elite of the national police who constitute the shock troops against disorderly elements. The Fascist forces suffered a damaging defeat yesterday. Col. Casimir Francois De La Roque, chief of the Fascist organization, mobilized his men to prevent Communists from holding a gigantic demonstration in the stadium. Twenty thousand police and mobile guards dispersed 25,000 Fascists after a series of fights in which many were bruised and 1400 Fascists were arrested.

18 HOOSIERS KILLED: CYCLIST VICTIM HERE

Eighteen Hoosiers lives were lost in accidents during the week-end. In Marion County the traffic toll

for the year was boosted to 114 with

the death of Joseph Kline, injured Sept. 21. Seven others were injured in motor accidents. Injuries received when his bicycle was struck by a car driven by Earl Corn, 18, Fowlerton, caused the death of William Deeter, 13, of Fowlerton, yesterday. Elizabeth A. McElroy, 7 weeks old, died in Sullivan Hospital from injuries suffered when an automobile driven by her father, Ed McElroy, Palestine, Ill., hit a free. George Robinson, 56, of Martinsville, was killed yesterday when he fell from a second-story window. A stray bullet killed Harold Coal fer, 12, of Muncie. He was struck while fishing in White River. Police (Turn to Page Three)

Business gains included a

report that the number of

gas meters in service in Ine

dianapolis on Sept. 30 reached |

an all-time peak of 79,978. This is an increase of 2542 over the same date a year ago, according to the Citizens Gas. and Coke Co. An ins crease of 280 per cent was res

portell in the sale of gas applianca§

during nine months of 1936 over

the same period a year ago. :

Indiana relief rolls, the Weliire

Department reported, were rduced to an estimated 36,955 persons.on Sept. 30, a decrease of appréxie mately 54,000 under September, 1735, Big gains were reported in biilde

ing activities, gasoline consump’ion,

postal receipts and general ployment last month. Car Leading Up Freight car loadings during September for railroads oper:ting through Indianapolis were -asti=

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mated by shippers to be about, 10

per cenit, higher than a year ag a Pay rolls in the state last month were reported 23.1 per cent Ligher than Séptember a year ago anc ) number of jobs went up 152 September over 1935, according wo

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statistics compiled by the Indiana

Employment Service. | In Indianapolis; 505 esta’ lish= ments reported a September ployment gain of 3.7 per cent over August. ;

Postal Receipts Increase

Another barometer of genera! busi= ness conditions is the volumez of postal receipts. Postmaster A lolph Seidensticker reported totaling $354,546.31, during Sentember, a gain of $43,227 over the same month a year ago. Local building activities, which have shown steady gains for six months over corresponding months of 1935, went up again. Permits with total valuations of $1,619,909 were issued in September, a. in. crease of $79,361 over the same month a year ago. ; Business structures value: at $840,000 comprised the largest item

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receipts

of building, last month, according to

Building Commissjoner Georze R. Popp Jr.

Cars Used More

A big increase in the use of automobiles in the state was reflec ed in a report of the State Board «f Ace counts that gasoline tax collections during September totaled $2,1 an increase of $117,101 over same month a year ago. Beer drinking in the state aso ine

creased during September. Tlie In<

diana Brewers’ Association re: norted an increase of 31,575 barrels of beer sold in the state last mont: over September, 1935. 2 More Indianapolis resident: rode street cars last month than = year 2go, according to reports of the In dianapolis Railways, Inc. Fassenbers last month totaled 5434/38, an increase of 670,460 over Sept-mber, 1935. Last month there was a gain of 2539 telephones in use in I: and 853 in Indianapolis over August, the Indiana Bell Tel-phole Co. reported. On Sept. 30 T were 194,274 telephones bein: u in the state, an increase of 13260 over the same date a year ago. Indianapolis there were 75,842 phones in use, a gain of 4863 Sept. 30, 1935.

HOOVER AND LANDON TALK IT OVER

FLOODING SPAIN'S RIGHTISTS

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DIPLOMAT oERD

ADMIRERS CROWD AROUND FATHER COUGHLIN

15,148, the