Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 December 1936 — Page 3

WALLIS TALKS

WITH SOLICITOR

ABOUT DIVORCE

Report She May Close Her London Home; Monte Carlo Visit Is Set.

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Simpson would not return to her town house for many months, if ever. They said also that she did not read any newspapers, and depended on telephone calls from London for all news.

Phone Line Installed

An additional telephone line, reserved for foreign calls, was strung into the Rogers villa.

“The official, insistently repeated |'

story is that the three men chartered an airplane, awaited its arrival at Croydon, flew across the. English Channel and across ' fog-bound France—a most hazardous flight— s0 that Goddard could discuss the details of closing Mrs. Simpson's London home, on which she has a lease that will not expire for nearly a“year, Goddard, the story is, Barron to aid him in that big job and brought Kirkwood, one of London'’s leading gynecologists, as his personal physician because he was not feeling so well.

Marriage Idea Denied

It was reported here that the airplane actually was chartered by the British Air Ministry and in London friends of Mrs. Simpson asserted that even if the King abdicated Mrs. Simpson definitely would not marry him, To marry, she must obtain a final defree. Normally such decrees are issued only six months after the decree nisi, or of nullity, such as Mrs. Simpson obtained Oct. 27. In special cases, by court dispensation, a final decree may be granted sooner. In other cases a final ‘decree never is issued. “There have been many angles to this romance and it was but natural that the airplane arrivals as well as Mrs. Simpson should be watched. Yet Lord Brownlow, Edward's gentleman in waiting who accompanied Mrs.” Simpson here and is her spokesman, said just before the Londoners arrived at midnight: “My only knowledge of the occupants of the plane is that it contained ' Mr. Goddard, who came down on his own suggestion to discuss details in regard to closing Mrs. Simpson’s town house, as she has no intention of returning to London for a considerable time. “I have no knowledge of Dr. Kirkwood or the other occupants ‘of the plane (Barron, Goddard's associate, the pilot and a radio man).” Newspaper correspondents pondered over Brownlow’s statement and found it difficult to reconcile it with such a dramatic airplane flight in a heavy fog. They went back early this morning, just after midnight, and asked him to make another statement. He came out to the gates of the Rogers’ villa and said: “Gentlemen, I wish to thank you very heartily for the letter you sent me, (The request for a statement was. made by note).

Denies Any Connection

“1 give you my word of honor that the arrival of Dr. Kirkwood with Mr. Goddard tonight has nothing to do with Mrs. Simpson. I did not know he was coming until 7 o'clock. I have learned since that Mr. Goddard was coming at his own request to discuss with Mrs. Simpson the closing of her town house in London as she has no intention of going to London for some time. Mr. Goddard has not communicated with me. He has not notified us of his arrival. He assured me that Dr. Kirkwood is a personal friend who is a practitioner in Sloane Street in London. As Goddard is in a poor state of health and not used to flying, Dr. Kirkwood accompanied him, as did his assistant Mr, Barron. “Dr. Kirkwood is not coming to the villa and will not have any contact with Mrs. Simpson at all. His presence here has no connection with her going to Monte Carlo tomorrow.”

brought

King

ernoon for a further conference with his brother. The Duke of York reached Fort Belvedere shortly after 4 p. m, Sir Godfrey Thomas, assistant private secretary to the King, returned in mid-afternoon after an absence of six hours. The Duke of Kent, younges§ brother of the King, left five minutes after the Duke of York arrived. In London, it was understood that members of ‘Parliament belonging to the governmental parties have been advised to cancel all other engagements tomorrow to enable a full attendance to hear Baldwin's statement, indicating that it. will be of the utmost importance. Walter T. Monckton, attorney general of the Duchy of Cornwall and legal adviser to the King, visited No. 10 Downing-st during Baldwin’s absence in Commons and remained an hour. Sir Edward Peacock, Receiver General of the Duchy, was another visitor. An army corporal dispatch rider

| was summoned to No. 10 Downing

Street at 10:45 a. m. (Indianapo time), collected a red dispatch case and immediately roared away; pre= sumably to Fort Belvedere. The dispatch rider arrived at Fort Belvedere less than an hour later. Belief was growing, meanwhile, in usually well-informed sources that the possibility of abdication was stronger than at any time since the crisis arose. There was talk that the Duke of York, heir to the throne, might not accept the crown and that Elizabeth, his daughter, would become sovereign and a regency named. Edward held a long conference last night with Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, the Dukes of York’ and Kent and his legal adviser.

Kent Pleads With Him

The Duke of ‘Kent, the King’s youngest, favorite brother, his only

romance with Mrs. Simpson, remained with Edward all night,

pleading with him to think again of his country, his family and his own eventual happiness. There have been many changes in the crisis over the King’s insistence on marrying the American divorcee and it was impossible to say these would not be another. But as cabinet members met this morning, the belief grew that Edward was going to abdicate, if not now, later. The King was understood to have told Baldwin Monday night that he intended to abdicate. Baldwin persuaded him to think again. The King was believed to have reaffirmed his intention last night. Also, between the two conferences, it was apparent every arrangement had _ been mate for the eventuality of “abdication, that the machinery had been perfected and that all plans had been discussed for the King’s future income. The King’s heir presumptive, in the absence of a child of his own, is his brother, the Duke of York, who will be 41 years old next Monday. The King’s heir presumptive, in the absence of a child of his own, is ‘his brother, the Duke of York, who will be 41 years old next Mon-

day. Might Plead Ill Health

As hope dwindled that the King would change his mind, reports grew stronger that the Duke might plead ill health as a reason for not taking the throne. In that eventuality, if the King abdicated, a regency would be named .undér which 10-year-old Princess Elizabeth, proud, imperious little daughter of the Duke, would be the sovereign. King Edward was on the sixth day of his lonely ordeal at Fort Belvedere as the events of this momentus day began. Mrs. Simpson remained at Cannes

IN INDIANAPOLIS

MEETINGS TODAY

Indiana State Chamber of Com ree, gunual meeting, Board of Trade Building,

Indian polis aa Club, dinner, Cobia Club, 6:3 m. ns Club, So a Hotel Washington,

noo Kiwanis Club, luncheon, Columbia Club,

Purdue - Alumni Association, luncheon, Hotel Severin, noon. Associa tio n of Cost Accountants, lunchoh. Hotel Washington, noon Tisthlet merican Leela, lunchop, 136 Delaware-st, i Ntcaio) piety ting. whi Cy Athletic Club, kn Hoy eh 1 H te 1, meeting, Claypool Hote nSwners, on. Hotel shington

os let of Ameiean Florists, meetings, Asoc

ated E mo gay. di Hotel mplo ia, nner, 0 Washington, 5:30 ”y

MEETINGS TOMORROW ‘Gross Income Tax Conference, Claypool Hotel, all day. Real Es Board, luncheon, Hotel Washin fon, noon Club " J@ianapolis, lunchSh Col wm) a Club hi, oon ‘Board of Trade, Te erioan Business Club, luncheon, Coluiibia C Club, noon. n, Iuhcheon, Board of Trade, noon. Sigma Nu, luncheon, Hotel Washington, Es Club, luncheon, Murat Temple, oi ote AA Trafic Association, lunch 0 aciEma N Nu, } Hotel Washington,

MARRIAGE LICENSES

“Francis { clerk, th mh or 20, of

EE at ho

Herbert, Edna Brown, at Methodist. Fenton, Emma Plymate, at Mothodist. Ester Griffin, at 1628

Walter, Martha Cozard, at Coleman. Omer, andes McRee, at Coleman. Walter, Loraine Sommers, at Coleman.

DEATHS

Pearl Opal VanArsdale, 48, at Methodist, pulmonary tuberculosis. Waller, 74, at 2007 N. Capitol, myocarditis. ay Faut, 80, at Methodist, second degree burns. Arthur it Reynolds. 4 at City. JDyelonephritis. Ben 1937

Park, tie myocarditis Clovis Brian, 21, at Methodist, lobar pneumonia. ;

OFFICIAL WEATHER

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INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST —Cloudy with light rains tonight or tomorrow; slightly warmer tonight.

Sunrise ........ 6:55 | Sunset ........ 0

TEMPERATURE =—Dec. 9, 1935—

Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a. Tolal precipitation, since Jab. 1." 1

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tonight; am WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES AT 7 A.M.

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s Decision-Hel Baldwin ‘Hopes’ to Make | JE Statement by Tomorrow| Reports Grow That Edward Has Decided to Abdicate

And Bhat York May Not Ascend Throne; Elizabeth Then Next in Line.

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in circumstances that added mystery to the situation. Two members of the firm of solicitors which acted for her in her recent divorce case conferred with her. The lawyers were accompanied by a gynecologist of London. It was . asserted officially hat the solicitors chartered a special airplane, waited at Croydon airport for it, and flew across fog-bound France to a dangerous landing to. arrange to close Mrs. Simpson’s Lonodn home—and that the physician accompanied the head of the firm because he was.not well.

- Interest on King But Great Britain's interest and the empire's interest centered on the King,: the one-time Prince Charming in whose devotion to duty their hopes had lain. The drama whose actors,’ in however minute g role, were spread over the globe, was tinged dark with a

‘sense of tragedy. The case has reached historic im-

its principals would bear throughout their lives the scars which history carries with it. There were persistent reports,

rather than to the King, that it was improbable theret would be a marriage even if he gave up his throne. In any event, there was over ‘the romance the shadow of a crisis serious enough to impel a man—even if by some chance the impulse was overcome at the last hour—to give up a throne to which he had been born, to ignore the pleas of his family and of the people who loved him in the belief that his life was dedicated to them as their symbol

of unity, to walk out of his job at |"

a moment when Lloyd’s insurance underwriters had decided that they could no longer issue policies guaranteeing against loss in a war from destruction of buildings in his kingom.

Lords Meet Twice

In the expectation that this would be the climactic day, the House of Lords, which adjourned at 6:40 o'clock last evening, met |. again at 11 p. m. (5 p. m. Indianapolis time), and heard read for the first time a bill which provides for continuance of expiring laws. It was a two-minute session, called so that there would be a clear path for any emergency legislation by the government.

There was no precedent for *his situation. In the event of abdication, it was believed Edward’s last act would be to give his royal assant to a deed of abdication, passed by Parliament.

It would be necessary to arrange, in this deed or in another document, for the accession of the successor, for there must never be an instant’s interregnum in British rulership,

London was tense for a “leak” that would" disclose, officially, ihe final decision. But so ‘jealous is the Parliament of its prerogatives that it observes the greatest secrecy until the an. nouncement is made in Commons, and later in the Lords. Baldwin was close-mouthed when he returned late last night from Fort Belvedere. Sir John Simon, home secretary, was Walle for him at No. 10 Downing Street, Baldwin’s official residence. He had been waiting an hour and 40 minutes. Simon left Downing Street at 11:45 p. m. (5:45 p. m. Indianapolis. Time), after a 45-minute talk. It is notable that Simon is the government’s foremost legal expert.

Royal Family Downcast

* Members of the royal family, and particularly Queen Mary, were understood to be profoundly downcast in the belief that there was no more hope that King Edward would remain on his throne. : Aside from the rise and fall of hope at intervals during the.emergency, the real feeling was expressed clearly and with restraint today in the Morning Post, an ultra-con-servative and court newspaper. “There is a feeling in parliamentary circles that the King may ultimately feel himself compelled to abdicate,” said the Post. “Prepara-~ tions for the distressing contingency of his abdication are being made as a precautionary measure. Significance is attached to this in connection with the presence at No. 10 Downing Street yesterday of Sir Eric Mieville (secretary to the Duke of York) and Sir Edward Peacock (receiver general of the Duchy of Cornwall from which the King de-

~ BY TRISTRAM COFFIN | of more than

-amounting ‘to _$3,532.35719 were

these services cost the cities $20,-

\ndisia Would Have Gone $43,000,000 in the Hole, Analysis Says.

A tax $43,000,000 would have threatened Indiana in. 1935 if rates had been fixed at $1 and $1.50 maximums, an analysis prepared for the State Legislative Tax Survey Commission charged today. The study, prepared from ic

ator Floyd I. Hemmer, Hunting- | burg, commission chairman, Limitation laws now on the statute books limit over-all property tax rates to $1.50 in cities and towns and $1 in townships; except when emergencies are declared. . Taxes levied in 1934 and collected in 1935 amounted to $91,345,124.38. Only $47,830,142.82 would ‘have been collected had no emergencies been declared, the report shows.

Township Taxes

Taxes charged in townships were $28,593,561.90 as compared to $15,567,403.04, which would have been charged under a $1 limit. taxes levied in cities were $57,219,204.69, compared to $29,401,611.80, and from towns $5,532,357.79 as compared to $2,861,127.98. The deficit would have amounted to $43,514,981.56, according to the analysis. - Poll taxes levied in 1934 and collectable in 1935 were $398,317. in counties, and townships, in _€ities $327,806 and in towns $47,037.

Marion County Marion County, with an assessed property valuation .in 1934 of $75,105,820, charged . $1,022,200.96 in property taxes, including poll tax. If the township rates had been fixed at $1, the townships could have charged only $726,231.85, exclusive of poll tax. Total assessed valuation of Indiana property in 1934, in townships was $1,521,574,435, and $28,593,561.90 was char in ‘taxes. Under a $1 limitation, $15, 169,086.04, excluding poll tax, would have been levied, Total valuation of property in ndiana towns was $187,606,053. Taxes

levied, as compared to a possible $2,814,090.98, exclusive of poll fax, under the $1.50 limit Marion County Towns Assessed valuation of all towns in Marion County amounted to $11,732,010, and $247,154.44 was charged as compared to $175,980.15. : Property in Indiana , cities was valued at $1,938,253,694, and taxes levied amounted to $657,219,204.69 as compared to: $29,073,805.80, exclusive of poll tax, under a $1.50 limit. The five townships in which Indianapolis is located levied varying tax rates in 1934. Center Township with a valuation of $420,831,270 and a rate of $2.58, charged $10,968,143.77 compared to $6,312,469.05, ex-: clusive of poll tax, with a $1.50]

limit. = # i Township” Takes i Pets Township: ‘Valuation, $847,180; rate, $2.75; taxes levied, $24,113.45; limited without pell tax, $12,707.70. Warren Township: Val. uation, $13,849,770; rate, $2.59; levied, $364,688.04; limited, $207,746.55. . Washington Township: Valuation $55, 758,160; rate, $2.57; levied, $1,451,479.71; "limited, $836,372.40 Wayne Township: Valuation, $15.309,400; rate, $2.64; levied, MI. 071.16; limited, $229, 641,

laws, cities and towns are authorized to fix rates 50 cents higher than the

cities and town ‘sare ‘obliged to maintain services and. incur debts which civil townships are not. Chief services of cities and towns which townships do = not . have are police and fire protection, health services, parks and recreation, gar-

Expense of Services In 1934, total expenditures for

594,394.16, or a required rate of $1.08. Rates in other years to meét these services were 83 cents, 1928; 84 cents, 1929; 91 cents, 1930; 93 cents, 1931; 88 cents, 1932, and 97 cents, 1933. Cost of additional expenditures in towns totaled $986,748.72, or a" required rate of 45 cents in 1933. Rates required in other years were 50 cents, 1928; 54 cents, 1929; 52 cents, 1930; 46 cents, 1931, and 42 cents, 1932. The average rate for poor relief in the 1016 townships of ‘fhe state on the basis of taxes levied in 1934 was 18 cents. The average rate in

of a city was located was 17 cents,

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public | records, was released by State Sen-|

.it was announced today. townships on the theory that civil |

bage disposal, courts, libraries,.pen- |. sions, debts and interest payments.

and the ‘average rate in the 120|

A tie—that .was the result When the Mile-of-Dimes of the Indianapolis Times’ Clothe-A-Child opened ‘today at Washington and Meridian-sts. Here's little Betty Gilmour putting down $5 in

Snyder look on.

dimes, while Marilyn Kimberling (left) and Dorothy

They represent the Hayward Bar-

cus Post American Legion junior auxiliary. At the right is’ A. W. Mead, ‘Kirk Furniture Co. manager.

LOYALISTS PUSH SWIFT ADVANCE

Rebel Capital Objective Move to Halt Big Madrid Atak,

.By United Press

MADRID, Dec. 9.—Government troops pushed a swift advance on

before insurgents could loose their expected big attack on Madrid. While both rebel: and loyalist forces remained - inactive : in the frozen. trenches around Madrid, word came from-the north telling of heavy fighting on the Santander front where government troops now dominate the railway to Burgos. Fighting through the snow and ice in. the. Cantabrian mountains, the Basque loyalists took Alto Duez Quiano and the fortified fown of

Ciriarte, in their drive on the rebel

capital, ard entrenched themselves

{ on a line centering on Orduna, with

extensions to Amurrio "and Re-

spaldia. The advance - brotight them ‘to

portant rail head on a direct line from Burgos to Bordeaux, France, which, in .government possession, would insure a line of supplies from France. Food rationing was ordered as Madrid began the 33d day of its siege. One of the last sources of meat - supply went. up in a cloud of smoke when a rebel airplane

Cuatro Carminos district yesterday.

16.0F C. HERE NAMES

BNEW DRECTOR

Officers to Be Chosen at . Meeting Dec. .

Officers are to be Bocted. by the Chamber of Commerce board of

directors at the Dec. 17 meeting,

Named yesterday by the membership, eight new directors are to take office immediately. ey are Edward W. Harris, Albert J. Hueber, W. Paul Jones, D. M. Klausmeyer, Meier S. Block, James S. Rogan,

Henry L. Dithmer and Louis - 2

Borinstein.

townships in which some. part 8 a

city was located was 26 cents. Poor Relief in Cities

"Average rate for poor relief in cities of the different classes was

cents; third class, 38 cents; fourth class, 26 cents, and fifth class, 26 cents.

Indianapolis poor relief rates were

five cents in Center, Perry, Warren and Washington Townships and 3

cents in Wayne Township, an aversgeiof 9.046. apr

Buprgos, the ‘rebel capital, today |

within 25 miles of Vitoria, an im-

bomb hit a butcher shop in the |

annual membership ‘meeting Dec. 18. &

first class, 5 cents; second class, 23

205 Clothed

Mile-of-Dimes Joins in ‘Outfitting Needy _ Children Here. Children clothed ..v...en 205 Office cash «.uveereeseeesss $597.33

LOTHE-A-GHILD reached 205 ‘children assured warm clothing today. The upward climb to a new notch in this city’s Christmas giving was reached as Mile-of-Dimes, the fund’s sidewalk cashier, joined in outfitting needy school children. ; The Leader Store and employes’ lifted the drive over the 200 mark with a request for 10 children. “Bring them over and we’ll outfit them from head to toe,” the store’s personnel said. New donors follow:

Employes and Leader he ritty Club," bo d girl. -Fifty Club, an r Indian Refining Ce., 3516 E. New York-st, gir Berae Sorores Derdus Cordis Sorority,

girl. Marian and Don, girl. In Memory of Emma, child. Federal Unit, post No. 62, Amedioag Legion, child.

COMMITTEE TO PLAN SAFETY LEGISLATION

Goy.-elect Townsing and Earl Crawford, executive secretary to Gov. McNutt, are to address the Marion ‘County unit of the Governor’s. Committee on Public Safety at 8 p. m. Friday in the Board of Trade Building. A Legislative program is to be discussed, Loran W. Warner, state ac- ‘| cident prevention bureau director, announced.

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“DAYS 3 to suor.

$c iscovared onic § the X-Ray

Wilhelm Konrad Roantgen, a pro‘fessor of mathematics and physics at Wiirzburg university in Bavaria, found that certain light rays trate opaque objects. Used first to locate fractures, this almost magic ine vention with its pr ements is now an important aid g a more precise diagnosis of tuberculosis.

Shadows that reveal the disease in its | early forms appear on the X-ray plate |

of the chest.

the 896 townships in which no part|

DRAWS 1-10 YEARS AFTER ER $3 HOLDUP

Youth, Wounded in Crime, .: Must Serve Term.

Pleading guilty to a $3 holdup that brought him a serious leg wound, Howard Colgate, 20, Terre Haute, today was sentenced to one to ten years in the Indiana Refor-

Frank P. Baker. Judge Baker explained that if the defendant had been of ‘age a 10-to-20-year sentence would have been mandatory, Colgate confessed - robbing a grocery at 607 N. Alabama-st. In at-

| tempting to escape with his $3 loot,

he was shot by B. A. Ruley, a clerk, police reports said.

|GIRL ARRAIGNED IN

SLAYING OF CHUM

By United Press LANSING, Mich, Dec. 9.—Her composure shattered, Hope Morgan, 25, stood trembling before Municipal Judge Sam Street Hughes to-

charges of slaying her life-long chum, Bessie Giltner, as a result of a strange “homicidal fixation.” The young woman, who less than 24 hours before had pumped five bullets’ into -her friend ‘as they sat across a kitchen table, was remanded. fo the custody of Sheriff Allan A. ‘MacDonald of Ingham County without bail, pending arraignment ve Circuit Court on or before Jan. 1 .

JAILED FOR ATTEMPT TO TALK TO WIFE

William Burton Goss spent three

cied . himself something of a conversationalist. His wife, Mrs. Winnie Etta Goss, had received a restraining order prohibiting him from seeing her. She told Sol Bodner, judge pro

| tem. in Superior Court 1, today that

her estranged husband met her at various places and attempted to start conversations. “I think three hours in jail will teach your husband that a court order has to be obeyed,” Mr. Bodner said.

matory’ by Criminal Court Judge :

day and waived examination on |.

hours in jail today because he fan-|

King Was Victor in Sim Situation in Author’s ‘The Applecart.’

(Continued from Page One) in her country if she were to have

with any standing.” Family’s Assent Seen

precedence and rank, Shaw said: “As a matter of fact, they have to if the King persists. his family can not be unanimous on that. Besides, you hear 50,000 silly stories like that one, but it’s not the sort of thing that counts.” : Referring to certain objections of mixing aristocratic blue blood with the blood of a commoner, the play wright said: : “Mrs. Simpson’s blood is just as blue as that of any royal princess, &he holds' the highest position dn her country, which is a republic, and after all the world is a republican world except for a few corners. :

Would “Snub” U. 8S.

“There are some people left who hope that the by-gone powers of * kings will return. These same peo= ple still hope that all these vulgar republics ‘will be swept away. That, of course, is tripe.” On the report of British refusal to io, sanction the marriage, Shay

Rot course it would be a sn to the United States and a gross insult. I do not know what the American ambassador here would do—probably refuse to attend coronation.” On the possibility of a possible regency in England, he said: : “I can not imagine anything more silly than a regency. Besides, the Duke of York is not the one to de cide. After all, if the King dies or abdicates the Duke of York will suceed him, and neither he nor Duchess can say they want Eliza beth (their daughter) to succeed in their place. “Good heavens! What are people thinking of?” f

KIWANIS OFFICERS HOLD CONFERENCE

Officers and committee chairm of Indiana Kiwanis Clubs conve in their annual midwinter confi ence today in the Columbia Following business meetings du ing the day and a regular lunc at noon, the clubmen were to hi a dinner meeting tonight. ! nett O. Knudson of Minnesota inters national trustee: of the Kiwanis Club, is to be principal speaker. Meetings today were to inclu a training conferénce for club

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ICE INDUSTRY GROUP. "TO MEET TOMORRO

The Indiana Association of Industries is to meet tomorrow on the ‘Severin Roof in annual fall res gional session with William E

Social Seeurity legislation.

MANUFACTURERS TO MEET The Indiana Manufaciurers’ sociation is to meet in its twentys second annual session Dec. 17 in Columbia Club. C. T. Hertzsch, Ji

fersonville, is president.

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