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The Indianapolis Times

Mostly cloudy and occasionally unsettled tonight and tomorrow; continued warm.

VOLUME 49—NUMBER 148

FORECAST:

BUDGET ITEM Tokyo Victory May Pave

1 Russia; FOR VENEREAL WV2Y for War on Russia;

FIGHT STANDS

$12,500 for Campaign Given Tentative Approval By City Council.

PLAN THIRTY-BED CLINIC

Food Handlers Undergo Physical Exams.

City to

Stalin Purge

Soviet Dictator Believed Actually Frightened Into Executions.

Here is the second of six articles on Soviet Russia as it is today— written by a distinguished foreign correspondent, By WEBB MILLER (Copyright, 1937, by United Press) !

MOSCOW, VIA LONDON (Un-

| censored), Aug. 31.—"Our party is { suffering from an attack of measles,” |

Josef Stalin said grimly 10 years ago. That was in the midst of his |

| political battle with Leon Trotsky. |

The City Health Board today had received tentative City Council approval of its | $12,500 campaign against venereal diseases, expected to be launched next vear in cooperation with the Federal Government. Dr. Herman G. Morgan, board secretary, said the plan calls for operation of a 30-bed clinic in City Hospital and establishment of a | bureau of records for such cases. All food handlers are to be tested, and tests also are to be conducted at prenatal clinics, he added. The Council this afternoon is to continue study of the City Hospital fund requests, and the requests of | the Park Board, Sanitation Department and Municipal Airport. It was indicated the preliminary survey might be finished by tomorrow, and the Council would be ready to make final adjustments before submitting the Civil City 1938 budget and tax rate to the Marion County Tax AdJustment Board.

Federal Money Available

Pointing out that the City’s health appropriation would be augmented by a Federal grant, Dr. Morgan told the Council last night that a venereal disease campaign should reduce the number of cases here 60 to 70 per cent in the next two years. “This is the most important reguest ever presented to the Council.” he said. “Our efforts will be directed to spot every source of infection in the City and tn take every active case, isolate it and render it noninfectious within three to four weeks.” Council President Edward (Turn to Page Three)

GRAND JURY TO PROBE MOTHER-BABY DEATH

EVANSVILLE, Ind. Aug. 31 (U. P.) —A special session of the Vanderburg County Grand Jury has been called for Sept. 8 to investigate the shooting Sunday of Mrs. Margaret Noelke, 29%,%of Boonville, Ind., and her 18-month-daughter, | Rita. Police said Henry A. Noelke, 31, allegedly confessed firing nine | shots at his wife and baby after a quarrel. Mrs. Noelke died at a hospital | here yesterday. The child died a few hours earlier.

MEIER S. BLOCK FALLS. LEG IS FRACTURED

Meier S. Block. vice president of the William H. Block Con., who received » fractured right leg in a fall at his home on Kessler Blvd., was reported in good condition to- | day in Methodist Hospital. Mr. Block broke a small bone in his right leg near the ankle when he slipped and fell from an elevated path near the stables at the rear of his home.

MRS. HAHN OFFERED AID CINCINNATI, Aug. 31 (U.P.).—| Attorneys for Mrs. Anna Marie Hahn, 31, charged with killing two | elderly men in a “poison plot” here, today received an offer of financial aid for Mrs. Hahn from Joseph Sudbeck, St. Louis.

BOB BURNS | Says:

OLLYWOOD, Aug.31.—Some |

of the smartest men we got in this | country are the city judges, but I |

declare it's awfully hard to figger out sometimes how they arrive at their decisions when they prisoner guilty. My Grandpaw Pelican Snelson use’tas He @ judge down home and he didn't hardly have no education at all ‘to amount to noth-

in.” He could read |

figures but he thought he couldn't writin’, but he | would look impressive if he always | consulted some book when he pro- |

nounced a sentence. So he got him- |

self one of them big mail order catalogs and when he found =a prisoner guilty, he'd turn the cata- | log over and look on the page and then he'd pronounce the fine. One day, he found a fella guilty | of disturbin’ the peace and he

looked in the catalog and he says, |

“$4 98-—and you'll work it out on the road at 25 cents a day.” The prisoner complained to his lawyers that that was a pretty heavy fine and it would take him a long time to work out that $4.98. The lawyer says, “Well, you don’t know how lucky you are. If the judge had looked In the automobile section instead of the pants section, vou'd been workin’ the rest of your life!” (Copyright, 1937)

| the solid monolith of the Commu-

| slightest

to (classes and kinds of potential oppo- | | sition, no matter what, before it had |

| (Photos Bottom of

| of pupils.

find a!

read |

It might be said today that the | Communist Party is suffering from | an attack of scarlet fever—a more |

Laid to Fear

Canton Region Is Bombed; U. S. May Send More Warships to East.

SHANGHAT—Japanese planes reported to have bombed Canton. ABOARD S. S. PRESIDENT HOOVER—Llovd Haskell, seaman, dies of wounds received in Chinese airplane bombardment of liner. PETPING — High Japanese and Manchukuan generals killed by own men Japanese sources admit. HONGKONG — Japanese airplanes kill 18 in raid on Canton. LONDON—Britain sees

tions in Chinese-Japanese war. (Editorial, Page 14)

serious disease, but one which shows |

no signs of being fatal. Stalin is deeply involved

Trotsky, which resulted in the banishment of Stalin's long-hated rival and 1500 expulsions from the party. At least 500 persons have been shot in three months, tens of thousands dismissed from their political posts and disgraced. The epidemic has not vet abated. But there is every indication that Stalin, as he has done so often in

the past, has craftily bhided his time |

and struck a lightning-like first blow, smashing all potential opposition before it could seize an opportunity to coalesce effectivelv. Everything points to the fact that Stalin has won again. The foundations of the Soviet regime have been shaken momentarily.

in his | | most momentous internal political | crisis since the great struggie with |

People are bewildered and | confused by the sudden swath of |

By WILLTAM PHILIP SIMMS

Times Foreign Editor

den collapse of the Sino-Japanese { conflict would likely only pave the way for a bigger war, between | Japan and Soviet Russia. | Japan is said to be mobilizing | approximately half =a | for service in China.

ing drive into Siberia.

| The Indianapolis Times, can hard- | ly fail to be impressed by the fact [that something—still vague and (hard to pin down, perhaps, | something—is now verv wrong in- | side that vast country. | Soviet leaders are still being sent | before the firing squad, imprisoned or exiled. Some have been “tried”

executions and arrests, by the dis- | 1 Public, sentenced to death and

charge of so many once-prominent figures of the ruling clique. But |

nist Party does not seem to be cracked irreparably. At no time during the two months | of the crisis has there been any indication of popular support of the | disaffected elements, either in the party, the Army, or the nonparty mass. Nor has there been the | rumor of disorder or uprising = anywhere in the Soviet Union. Even diplomats and foreign correspondents who have lived for vears in the Soviet Union find themselves bewildered and hard pressed to discover an explanation which satisfactorily covers all ramifications of the purge. The most reasonable guess at the underlying reason for such a general | purge is that some development or | combination of developments gave Stalin such a fright that he decided “crack down” ruthlessly on all |

a chance to unite. Any regime that has lasted 20] years, especially a regime which had | to resort to as many repressive measures as the Bolsheviks have, is | bound to make enemies. Undoubtedly there were elements hostile to | Stalin within the party. | But I found nobody who believed {Turn to Page Five)

DELAY IN SCHOOLS OPENING 1S SOUGHT

Safety Board to Make For- | mal Postponement Request.

—nii——— |

The Safety Board is to request the postponement of schoo! apening un- | til the conclusion of the State Fair! Sept. 10 in order to insure the safety !

Board members are to appear be- |

| fore the School Board this week to!

point out that the Police Depart- | ment will be unable to pos school | patrols and send men to the State | Fair at the same time. Their course of action followed a report by Chief Morrissey that it | would require approximately men to post school patrols and! handle the State Fair crowds simul- | taneously.

“Tf Farr had been able to hit at

| knocked Louis out.”

| executed with breath-taking

{ Times Special Writer |

CHALLENGER GOES THE

in Northwest China, |

powers | menaced by continuous complica- |

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.-—A sud- |

but |

TUESDAY, AUGUST

| | —— 20 Reported Injured In Upstate Crash

With Sedan.

TIPS INTO DITCH

3 Victims Identified; 17 Are Treated at Hospital.

GOSHEN, Ind., Aug. 31. QU. P). and approximately 20 injured were removed from the wreckage of a Grevhound transcontinental bus which

‘here today. Fourteen of the injured had been identified and treatea in the Goshen | City Hospital. Three more were at | the Elkhart Hospital.

'said, when a large sedan ran

through a stop sign, smashed into toppled over and

| the bus which | came to rest on its to | the air. Fire did not break out, but res-

p, wheels in

7 KILLED

The accident occurred, survivors

31, 1937

Seven dead persons |

| | | | |

| |

| {

speed. | cuers had great difficulty extricating |

Others have simply “disappeared’— | the dead and living from the wreck- |

Tiny items in pro-

officials and low being stood up

| against walls and shot.

One of the bloodiest purges in the history of any country seems

| still to be in full swing. Rightly or |

wrongly, the mysterious power in

| the Kremlin appears to be con-

vinced that the whole fabric of his

| society. from the Baltic to the Pa- | cific,

is honevecombed by treason.

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JO LOUIS VICTORY LACKING IN GLORY

‘Boos Drown Out Cheers as

Farr Stays 15 Rounds.

Page; Other Photos and Stories, Page 11)

By JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, .Aug. Farr didn’t win but he made it close, made it reasonably interesting—and added further testimony to the fact that Joe Louis,

weight. I am referring, of course. to the heavyweight championship fight at the Yankee Stadium last night—

| a fight that was supposed to be an

international travesty and which

turned out to be an international |

surprise, and, from a purely technical point of view, an international vawn. When the announcer lifted the soggy glove of the sleepv-eved Negro and bellowed, “The winner and

still champion,” there was an angry | | clamor

of protest. There drowned them out. It was anything but a popular victory. Nevertheless, the savants of the

rowdy science were practically unan-

| imous in agreeing Louis was en-

titled to whatever tribute a man de-

serves for putting up a miserable | 140 | performance and yet maintaining |

a margin of superiority. That's just what Louis did-—he (Turn to Page Three)

LIMIT, BUT

all,” writes Joc Williams, “he would

31.—Tommy |

the | Brown Bomber, despite all his hit- | ting violence, is just another heavy- |

Bus line officials in Chicago | said the bus carried 36 passengers

jat 6:10 a. m. | The known dead were: { A. G. Carpentier, Towa City, Ia. | Mrs. James Kelleher, Chicago. Raymond Bufkin, St. Louis, | porter on the bus. None of those treated at the hospital here were hurt seriously. Most iof them were cut and bruised as they were hurtled upside down from

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W. C. ATKINS DEAD OF INJURIES; IN GOSHEN BUS WRECK

Prominent Young Indianapolis Businessman

Dies in Kankakee Hospital; Wife and Mother-in-Law Are Improving.

INJURED MAY BE BROUGHT HERE

Accident in Lake County Attributed by Police To Tire Blowout; Vietim Conscious

Only Short Time, Says Doctor.

| KANKAKEE, TLL—~W. C. Atkins, prominent Indianapolis man, dies of

William Coleman Atkins

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their seats to the roo® nf the bus. |

14 in Goshen Hospital

[ | They were: Mrs. Carpentier Mass. Clyde T. Cadwallader. 39. Buffalo. Rose Schakheitle, New York. | James Kelleher, 28, Chicago. Mrs. S. Stetzelberg. New York. | Mrs. John Heinsohn, 51, Buffalo. Mrs. Josephine Dunn, 25, | Francisco.

th, 11, Chicago. { Mrs. Gladys Schmaemann, 27, | Cleveland, and her two children, | Loren, 12, and Doris, 10. Some of the injured were taken to | Elkhart, about 20 miles away.

Three in Elkhart Hospital

At the Elkhart Hospital were: Charles Baker, 21, Marion, Ill. Mrs. Andrew Statella, about 35. home address unknown, and her daughter, about 7, who was un- | conscious,

| | Among the unidentified dead was | reported to be the driver of the car |

which collided with the bus.

| tively identified as Joseph Szesz of | Cleveland.

KNOWS SLAYERS OF "MATE, BUT IS SILENT

were | cheers for Louis but the roar of boos |

CHICAGO, Aug. 31 (UP).— | State's Attorney's officers investi- | gated machinations of the slot ma- | chine racket today for a clue to | slayers of John Sullivan, 45, ex-con- | viet. Sullivan was ambushed near | his home last night, shot nine times by two men. “I know who killed Jimmy,” | sobbed his bride of a year. “I know why. But I can't tell, because I i know they'd get me.”

have

Mrs. Marie Janssens, 54, Chicago. ! Her granddaughter, Renee Kal-'!

Another of the dead was tenta- |

CHAMP WINS ON POINTS . . .

Mrs. Adolph Lades, 43, Lexington, | | Mrs. Winnie Jackson, 60. Chicago. |

San |

Mrs. W. C. Atkins

Unpaid Traffic Stickers Blamed on Lack of Help |

‘Reduce Spee Lives, National Safety Council Urges.

"While Indianapolis police contin{ued their efforts to reduce city traf- | fic to a 30-mile-an-hour speed, the National Safety Council estimated | that many lives would be saved here | if the campaign is successful. | “The higher the speed, the worse the accident,” the National Council report said.

Under 20 miles an hour, only one Jr.

{accident in 61 is fatal. Between 20 |and 29 miles an hour, the average is boosted to one fatality | ncoidents,

Mrs. W. A. Miskimen

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d to Protect Mayor Cites Need for Extra

Clerk; Says No Change Toward Delinquents.

of personnel in the City Clerk's of(fice for the fact that 30 per cent about 6000--or the traffic stickers issued this year have been unpaid and warrants have been issued for

only 338 of the accused. He said City Clerk Daniel O'Neill

clerks in his office, but City Council gave him funds for only one. Mayor

in every 42 Kern said he hoped City Council

this year would approve the budget

| Over 30 and less than 40 miles an | for the other.

| hour, one mishap in every 35 ac- | countscounts for a fatality.

“I have talked to the Safety Board

One ac-| about the 600 unpaid stickers and A. | ciden in 25 results in a death when the Board has declared itself for | little change tomorrow. There may

i many lives, |

Mayor Kern today blamed lack | |

last year asked for two extra |

| |

auto accident injuries.

| GOSHEN, TND.—Seven reported dead, 20 injured, in transcontinental

bus wreck,

| MUNICIPAL COURT-—Judge Karabell warns motor bus operators ts observe 30-mile-an-hour speed limit. Thirty-eight erring motorists pay $209 in fines, CITY HALL—Mayor Kern tells Safety Board “fixproof sticker” laxity

due to City Clerk's office personnel shortage,

Safety Board urges

opening of schools delayed one week to give pupils police protection. National Safety Council says 30-mile-an-hour speed limit can save

Timer Special

KANKAKEE, TI, Aug. 31.—William Coleman Atkins, | | 27-year-old member of a socially prominent Indianapolis | family, died in St. Mary’s Hospital here today of injuries | received in an auto crash near Lake Village, Ind., Sunday

| night. His Indianapolis home was at 1

1 N. Meridian St.

His wife and mother-in-law, Mrs. W. A. Miskimen, 52, of 3060 N. Meridian St., also injured in the crash, were said | by physicians to be making satisfactory progress, though

| badly injured. Mrs. Atkins

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a severed finger and several cuts and bruises.

BUS SPEEDERS

~ FACE ARRESTS

Karabell Charges Trolley

' And Coach Firms With

Lack of Co-operation.

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| Municipal Court Judge Charl | Karabell today said he would ord

the arrest for speeding of all drivers |

{found operating Peoples Mot

es er

| Coach Co. vehicles over 30 miles an

hour in the city,

The move, Judge Karabell indi-

cated, was in retaliation for alleged |

| “lack of co-operation from the b

the city traffic campaign.” The Judge's warning followed case in his court today involving bus-auto collision last night Fleming and Rockville Roads,

company in an attempt to further

a a atl

The bus operator refused to sign

an affidavit against Pat Chamberlain, | {1142 S. Somerset St. the motorist, |

who was arrested by deputy sheriffs |on charges of drunken driving and

| failure to have a driver's licen

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‘MERCURY STARTS

CLIMB TOWARD 90

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

73 75 76 78

4 78 82 85

10 a. m.,. nam... 12 (Noon) i Pp mm...

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Bureau said, and there is

The temperatures were to go up around 90 again today, the Weather to be

| the speed is from 40 to 49 miles an | rigid enforcement, for which the |be & little cloudiness, but no decided

| hour, and when the speed exceeds | administration always has

| 50, one ig 11 is fatal.

“Louis was entitled to whatever tribute a man deserves for

putting up a miserable performance . , , J”

the Mayor said.

“All 'm afraid of,” said Max, “is that somebody

at Louis before J do.” 4

MR. SCHMELING BEMOANS LUCK

stood,” | change from yesterday, the Bureau

| added, | today that the

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received a broken arm, a broken ankle,

She was in * a serious condition from shock

| vesterday, but physicians

| said she had recovered some-

what today. Mrs. Miskimen received a frace fure of the left arm, cuts on the face, head and chest and mav have a skull fracture. She also was in a serious condition from shnek terday, but had improved physicians said,

today,

Head-on Collision

The accident was a head-on cole | lision between the Atkins car and one occupied hy Mr. and Mrs. Frank Petty, Louisville, who alsa are ine jured and in serious condition. Lake Village is in Lake County and is just a few miles from this city, A tire on the Atkins’ car appare ently blew out, police who investi« gated said, throwing the Atkins’ car into the path of the other. Mr. and Mrs. Atkins and Mrs. Miskimen were on their way to Indianapolis. Mr. Atkins had met his wife and | mother-in-law in Chicago as they were returning from a holiday in Michigan. Mr. Atkins was unconscious from the time of the accident until Ves= terday morning, Dr. L. L. Bell, St. Ann, Ill, attending physician, said.

Family at Bedside

During the morning, Dr. Bell sa id, | he became conscious for intervals | that lasted a minute or two. His skull was fractured and he had a multiple fracture of the jaw. Bee cause of the latter, Dr. Bell said, he | was unable to speak although he appeared to recognize members of his family who were allowed to | enter his room one at a time for ( short periods. | By afternoon, howevir, he had lapsed into unconscious: ess ARaln [and by late last night Dr. Bell said (it was apparent he could not live. | Early today the members of his | (Turn to Page Three)

RILEY RESPIRATOR AIDS FIRST PATIENT

| Riley Hospital physicians reported mechanical respi- | rator, newly purchased by the Ball | Glass Manufacturing Co. has ime | proved the condition of its first | patient, Glenn Garrott, 18, Noblesville, was the victim of infantile paralysis {| when placed in the mathine more (than a week ago. He since has been { removed and his condition is described as “good.” Victor West, 11, of Marion, Ind. | who was placed in City Hospital's respirator about the same time with | infantile paralysis, is in a critical | condition.

‘WAR WRITER IS DEAD

WALTON ON THAMES, England, Aug. 31 (U. P.)~Brig. Gen. P. P. | Crozier, 58, whose book, ‘Men 1 | Killed,” created a furore throughout, { Europe because it described how some Army officers shot their own [men during the world War in order [to make them fight, died today,

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