Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 September 1937 — Page 1
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FORECAST: Generally: fair, not so cool tonight, becoming | unsetilod and somewhat warmer lomorrow, with showers - by late - afternoon. or night,
EDITION
VOLUME 49—NUMBER 153
STATE ADDS 1 TO DEATH TOLL OF20NUS
i Fatalities ir in Marion ‘County Reported Over Week-end.
NINE INJURED IN COUNTY
Safety Campaign Nets 54 Erring Motorists; 13 Speeders.
_ Indiana’s preholiday traffic took 11 lives during the week-end. In Marion County, nine persons were injured slightly in 14 accidents. Local police arrested 54 motorists on
traffic violation charges. William Harman, 57, of Etna Green: Lowell Harman, 31, his son, and Miss Roseanne Certia, 18, of Ft. Wayne, were killed in a three"car crash near Warsaw Saturday. Four other persons were injured in the accident. Ralph L. Hodges, 53, of Bedford, died in Dunn Memorial Hospital there from injuries received when a Monon passenger train struck him. Authorities said he apparently went to sleep on the tracks. Kreil, 45, of Chicago, was injured fatally and five other persons were injured in a three-car collision on Road 43, south of Linden, yesterday. His wife, Mrs. Mary Kreil, was reported in critical condition in a Crawfordsville hospital. Arthur M. Bates, Ft. Wayne, was killed instantly yesterday when the car he was driving collided with an-
other auto at Kelsey Corners, near
Columbia Ctiy. A William Jennings, 80- -old Muncie resident, died in Ball Memorial Hospital yesterday from injuries received when struck by an auto driven by Farrell Garner, 22, fiance of his granddaughter, Miss _ Mary Ann Reynolds. Ben Cope, 19, and John Thompson, 21, were killed yesterday when their speeding automobile went out of control while traveling west on Road 20 near Angola. Mrs. Virginia Kaniesski, 34, of Williamsport, and her 4-year-old son. Franklin, were killed and three other persons were injured seriously in a head-on collision near their home Saturday night. Charles A. Talbert, 58, Department of Interior employee, was held by police following the crash. Thirteen of the motorists arrested in Indianapolis Saturday an shy yester(Turn Turn to Page Two ,
BOB BURNS Saye pps
ple who brag about themselves very seldom get compliments from other people. If you have anything worth while people’ll appreciate it a lot more if you let ‘em find it out themselves. I ‘know a woman down home whose husband had suddenly come into a lotta money for not faisin’ hogs, and the first thing she did was send away get a ring with a big blue it. In I to show this . she invited some of the ladies of the town to her house for tea. If she hadn't said anything about the ring, the ladies would “have noticed it and complimented her on it, but when they saw her deliberately flauntin’ the ring in their faces by holdin’ her finger out when she drank her tea, all the other ladies froze up on her. Finally, in desperation, she heid the ring out in front of Aunt Boo and says, “What do you = of my
new ring?” Aunt Boo says, “Well, it’s right pretty. I always did like that kind of stone. Our mantel piece at home is made out ‘of that kind of stuff.” .
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Council to Pass Civil City Rate; May Hit $1. 26
. The City Council tonight is to pass on the 1938 Civil City tax levy, which has been set tentatively at $1.28; The proposed rate, 14 cents above the 1937 levy on every $100 of taxable property, may be reduced 2 cents at tonight's session, some members have indicated. The $1.28 levy represents a. 9 cent reduction in the amounts originally requested by department heads. pnight, the budget will go to the Marion County Tax Adjustment Board for review. 4 President Edward Raub also an-’ nounced that he would introduce a resolution to create a central weifare investigating agency.
SCHOOL BELLS TO RING AGAIN
63,000 to Be Summoned To Classes at Public Schools Tuesday.
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School bells’ will ing tomorrow for 63,000 pupils and 2000 teachers and principals of Indianapolis public schools, ending a three-menths’ vacation. Several thousand more Indian-
apolis ' pupils Will resume work in classes of the city’s parochial schools. About 14.000 other Marion County children will return to studies in consolidated and township schools outside the city limits. Public school officials today urged parents to see that their children arrived at schools on time—8:30 a. m—so they could be guarded against traffic accidents by police who are working overtime at the State Pair. Scheol Hours Set -
‘Upper class pupils in public high schools are due at 8:15 a. m. and those coming up from the grades or transferring to high schools from outside are to report at 1:30 p. m. Among the 45,000 grade school pupils, 3000 will be entering 1B to receive their first formal instruction. The Speedway City High School this year offers for the first time a full four-year course, in a new
Indianapolis public school pupils in grade classes return this year to better housing facilities than they had last year. Additions built this summer will take all but 500 out of portable buildings, whereas ‘six years ago 3000 were so housed. High school pupils, however, will find no relief from a housing situation that caused the School Board's Housing Committee last year to etsimate there were 5000 more high school pupils than could be housed adequately. Forty-nine of their classrooms will be in portables. There will be no relief until the new Irvington High School and the Washington High School additions are completed, school officials said.
Kendallville School Opening Delayed
Times Special KENDALLVILLE, Ind, Sept. 6.— School opening here is to be delayed at least a week, ‘as a precaution against Sted of infantile paralysis, it was announced by Superintendent H. M. Dixon. The order came from the school trustees after a recommendation from the City Health Board, Mr. Dixon said.
BOY, 3, HURT IN FALL; POLICE CHECK CAUSE
Three-year-old - Arthur Tutrow, 8351; Lord St.. today’ in a fall. Police said they were unable to determine whether the child tumbled down a flight of stairs in the rear of his home or fell from a second-story porch roof. He was takén to City Hospital. He suffered severe back injuries, » PliYSle cians said.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES 6am ....4 8a m.... 61
Ta. mM ..... 5 9am ..... 63
THE FORTUNES OF WAR ARE AGAINST THEM
was injured seriously |
AMERICANS IN
U. S. No Longer Responsible, He Says; Plans Trip To West Sept. 17.
NEW PUSH IS LAUNCHED
Japan Opens Biggest Drive Of War; Italy May Join In ‘Piracy’ Parley.
NEW YORK-—President Roosevelt warns Americans in Chinese war zone that the United States is ne longer responsible for their safely in that “awful mess.” SHANGHAI—Japanese launch biggest drive of Sino-Japanese war in attempt to blast Chinese out of Shanghai. Blockade all of China coast. A TOKYO—Japan's grganization for war swings nation toward totaltarian state, Premier indicates. ROME—Italy prepared “in prineiple” to attend proposed AngloFrench parley en “piracy” in Mediterranean. PARIS—French advance plan to end submarine attacks in Mediterra \ by limiting activities of powers’ undersea craft.
WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IN LONG ISLAND SOUND, Sept. 6 (U. PJ). —President Roosevelt feels that the Sino-Japanese warfare - has become so critical that the United States no longer can assume responsibility for American citizens who remain in the war zone. Describing the Oriental situation as an awful mess, the President again urged all Americans to leave the danger areas. U. S. Naval forces now in Chinese waters, he said, are sufficient to evacuate the T7380 Americans still there. Those who choose to remain, must do so at>their own risk. Because many of them are in locations far from the sea where travel is slow, they will be given ample time, however, to reach embarkation points on the coast.
Hopes to Visit Coast
Mr. Roosevelt coupled his discussion of the Chinese situation with a definite announcement that he hopes to visit the Pacific Coast about Sept. 20. But this trip, he said, remains contingent upon whether developments in the Orient permit him to. travel so far from the Capital. The United States Government, | he said, is following all the developments with the greatest concern and is on a 24-hour basis as regards possible invocation of the Neutrality Act. Mr. Roosevelt said he hoped to leave for the West Coast shortly | after his Constitution Day broadcast | from Washington on Sept. 17 if! Oriental developments permit. He said,{ however, that the 6000-mile tour would be without political significance and said he would make no formal speeches.
Japanese Launch War's Biggest Offensive
By H. R. EKINS United Press Staff Correspondent
SHANGHAI, Sept. 6—The great-
bombardment of the war -rocked
Shanghai todsy as Japanese reinforcements advanced in their big push te blast the Chinese out of the Yangtse delta. With the arrival of 15,000 more Japanese. troops, as well as Chinese reinforcements, foreign military observers estimated that 75,000
| Japanese and 150,000 Chinese troops
now were locked in the combat around Shanghai. While the fighting in the Shanghai area raged close to the International settlement, these other developments also marked the Japanese push: . Blockade Extended The Japanese blockade, instituted Aug. 25 along an 800-mile stretch éf the Chinese coast, was extended to include the entire 2000 miles from
‘the Manchukuoan border on the (Turn to Page Three) v
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in Shanghai, shows a Chinese family, hgncless and stunned by ines nk in 5 dese ay wihowt Knowing. the source of their next
CHINA ON OWN, FDR WARNS
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Stars Elope
FAYE, HOPKINS
'WED AT YUMA
Blonds Score in Hollywood |
Romances; Martha Raye Ends Brief Marriage.
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 6 (U, P)— The week-end shuffle of movie colony romance provided husbands for Miriam Hopkins and Alice a divorce suit’ for Martha : proving for the nonce, that bride-]| The silver-haired Miss Hopkins, a veteran of two former weddings, eloped to Yuma, Ariz, in a.chartered airplane with Anatola Litvak, | Russian-born director. He fell in love with her a year ago when she
| starred in his first American pic-
ture, “The Woman I Love.” They were ‘married in a hotel room Saturday night by Justice of the Peace Ed Winn. Attendants were Fritz Lang, German director, and May Christians, actress. The judge said Miss Hopkins was “somewhat excited.” She wore a two-piece suit and a lavender blouse. Her previous husbands were | Brandon Peters, actor, and Austin | Parker, playwright. Also to Yuma by airplane went Miss Faye, the blond songbird, and Tony Martin, movie and radio crooner. They had been sweathearts for several months and planned to marry long ago, but “we just couldn’t get the same day off,” they said. They have been considered one of Hollywood's most congenial
ples. } Martin attended St. Mary's College a few years ago under his name
| Alvin Morris. They were married in
the Court House law library by Judge Henry C. Kelly and they had
him omit the word “obey” from the |
ritual.
KERN LEAVES CITY TONIGHT FOR CAPITAL
(Editorial, Page 10)
Former Mayor John W. Kern is fo
leave tonight for Washington to study his new duties as a member of the Federal Board of Tax Appeals. Mr. Kern resigned as mayor Thursday to accept the appointment by President Roosevelt. He will remain in Washington several days before returning to Indianapolis to arrange for the moving of his
household.
LEAPING FLAMES LICK AT SHANGHAI
FAIR OFFICIALS
EXPECT CROWD TO SET RECORD
Cool, Clear Weather Draws Holiday Throngs to Exposition.
= $6000 Horseman Stake Tops Opening Card of Grand Circuit Program.
TOMORROW’S FAIR PROGRAM
GOVERNOR'S AND LEGISLATORS’ DAY
Field, 9 a. m. to 10 p. m. Indiana University stage “day and might, L U.
Dog Show—Deog and Cat
Coliseum — Nighi: Horse Show, Parade of Champions, band concert, 7:15 p. m. . Style Show—Weoman’s Building, 10:30 a. m.-2:30 p. m.
J (Phetes, Page 3) With cool, clear weather a draw-
day. All open steer classes were to
| Building. Judging of 4-H Club entries began (Turn te Page Three)
MATT LEACH AWAITS | HEARING ON CHARGES
Date 1s Not Set, Safety Director Announces.
Matt Leach, deposed captain of State Police, today said he had received no notice of the hearing date before the State Police Board on charges that brought his dismissal Saturday. Mr. Leach said he believes® there “something more back of the re1 than the charges made public.” but he declined to elaborate. Stateg, Safety Director Donald Stiver said no date yet had been fixed for the hearing. Mr. Leach
erate with Federal Bureau of Imvestigation agents. The dismissal was said to have been precipicated when FBI agents informed board members that they would sever relations with the State Police because
of Mr. Leach’s attitude.
TALK
talling $9500. Judging of livestock continued to- | be judged in the Coliseum; sheep in |
the sheep arena, swine in the swine | arena and poultry in the Poulfry |
was charged with failing to co-op- |:
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PRICE THREE CENTS
10, 000 JOIN LABOR MARCH HERE, FIRST IN 14 YEARS; RIVALS PRESS CAMPAIGN S
Green and Frey Push | RACING STARTS TODAY |
Union Driver to Offset Lewis.
PLANNED
Perkins. to Deliver Holiday Speech in Broadcast. SL
WASHINGTON, Sept/6 (U.
P.). —The most powerful | voices of the nation’s two | great, warring labor organizations called on their mem-|
bers today to press for the unionization of every worker
and to fight the rival to a
finish.
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor and
John P. Frey, president of its Metal | Trades
t, renewed the ee parimen drive to offset gains of John IL. Lewis” Committee for Indus-
Mr. Frey, at Baltimaore, called for
| intensified collective bargaining on
In the Capital, a letter from Pres-
He wrote to Luther C. Stewart, president of the National Federa-
1 | tion of Government Employees, ex- |
Mr. Lewis claims for his C. I. O. more than 3,3800000 of them. Before he split with the A. F. of L. and launched the C. I. O. info one of the amazing and eventful years of labor history, the 56-year-old
| federation had 3,500,000 members.
Mr. Frey, at Baltimore, assailed thé “communistic” and “self(Turn io Page Three)
UNIONS’ UNITY HELD BAR TO U.S. DICTATOR
Labor Commissioner Hutson Predicts Ending of Differences.
Times Special MUNCIE, Sept. 6—A plea for
restoration of unity among labor
unions of the nation was made today by Thomas R. Hutson, State | Labor Commissioner, in an address at a Labor Day mass meeting here. “The labor movement today is faced with an agonizing problem which, if not solved amicably, may do great harm to our movement,” he asserted. “I think most labor leaders are
willing to sit down and mediate this
internal dispute. “There is no other movement I can think of which needs umity as much as organized labor. I think a unified labor movement is the | nation’s strongest guarantee against torship.”
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Mr. Hutson that within Hr lson prodisted Sua win
gether, stronger and more trium- |
phant than ever before.” “People Wanted Security”
He said membership in labor or-|
ident Roosevelt iterated his view |g
or security for infor labor; we
Ta. F..of L. Backs Celebration; Plans Fete Yearly.
WEATHER SHARE, Many Flock to City
Parks; State Fair Seeks Record.
(Other Stories on Page 9 and 16; Editorial, Page 10)
An estimated 1 10,000 American Federation of Labor members today marched une der the auspices of the Cene tral Labor Union in the first Labor Day parade in Indian apolis for the last 14 years. Fair weather was predicted for the day by the Weather Bureau, and generally fair weather tomight. Tomorrow, however, it is to get somewhat warmer and by late afternoon or night there are to be showers, the Bureau said. Early today the mercury dipped to 52 degrges. That is not a record for this day, however. In 1885 the temperature on Sept. 6 went to 44. The union has announced that it will make the parade an annual af-
through the downtown section to the music of several bands, ending at Tomlinson Hall. There were several motorized floats representing aims and objec~ tives of union labor. At Tomlinsomn Hall, Frances Dillon, Indianapolis, AV of 1s repremative lor Wms area, was to deliver an address to
in the traditional Labor Day white | uniforms and caps, marched in the procession. Fifteen or 20 floats were | entered by the various unions. The marching workers carried
» | also added .color to the parade.
Nations go wrong only when men are oppressed or have feelings of insecurity or hatred, he said. “Such conditions, with but few exceptions, do not prevail in Indians and they never will prevail if the spirit of capital and labor, as evidenced to me in our labor megotiations, continue.” °° Reviewing the early days of the labor movement, Mr. Hutson said “it took courage to belong to a (Turn to Page Two)
Clergy Urges Tolerance
To Prevent Labor Strife
Indianapolis pastors today had advocated tolerance and teaching
of Christian principles as a means |
of 'elimating strife from labor relations. More than a score of local clergymen devoted their sermons yester-
| day to employer-employee problems.
“If Jesus were on earth today His voice would be lifted in behalf of the poor and socially disinherited,” the Rev. Harry T. Bridwell told members of the Centenary Christian Church. “He would be found where men ace the problems of life. It might be in a union hall or at the tables where management policies are determined,” he said. “Jesus night or might not have a union card. If He did, He would not develop an attitude of economic
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superiority within him, nor keep himself from loving those who did not. belong.” The Rev, Mr. Bridwell said that increased wealth involves increased
| responsibility.
“The demand of the hour is for greater tolerance, understanding and fair play,” he said. Commenting on labor union dis-
putes, the Rev. Mr.. Bridwell said
that only the method and not the economic ends of C. I. O. and A. F. of L. differ. The Rev. William A. Nelson, Immanuel Reformed Church pastor, said application of Christian princi"ples will solve the labor problem. “It is the duty of our labor leaders to win the respect of those who can help them and to keep their (Turn to Page Two)
DEATH IN THE HEART OF A CITY:
Enjoys Bracing Weather Meanwhile, practically all of Ine dianapolis enjoyed the blue skies and bracing weather to make the most of the only statutory holiday on the United States books. There was a minimum of downe | town business, carried on by skeleton staffs. Roads and highways, however, were filled with cars taking city dwellers to the country for the day. Many persons were winding up three-day holidays and the city's parks were filled with picnickers. . The Indiana State Fair made a bid for record attendance, and the city’s school children enjoyed their last day of summer vacation freee dom,
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