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v OL UME 19—NUMBER 222

INDIANAPOLIS FEASTS AFTER

GIVING THANKS

Clear Skies and Warmer Weather Greet Local Residents.

CHURCH SERVICES HELD

Governor po Mayor Have Family Dinners; Poor | Receive Baskets.

TEMPERATURES

9a Mm. 10 a. mm...

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(The President's proclamation, Page 3: editorial, Page 12; Photos, | bottom of page.)

Just as the Pilgrims 316 years ago gave praise for their blessings,| though meager, so did Indianapolis | feel grateful for a year of achieve-| ment and progress. | It was a dav of devotion and feasting. of family reunions and festivi- | ties. This morning 13 union church! services were held in addition to | many individual religious programs. First families of Indiana and In- | dianapolis celebrated Thanksgiving | with family dinners, | Mayor Has Chicken Governor Townsend entertained at a turkey dinner in the executive mansion, with Mrs. Lydia Town- | send, Hartford City, his mother, and | Mr. and Mrs, Robert Marshall, In- | dianapolis, his son-in-law and daughter, as guests, Mayor Boetcher and his family celebrated at home, The Mayor sub- | stituted chicken for the A turkey, Extra places were set in the homes of many residents whose sous | and daughters returned from | schools and colleges, All public buildings and banks were closed. The postoffice operated on a holiday schedule, with nc | home deliveries.

Baskets Distributed

So that all might share in the blessings of the day, charitable organizations distributed baskets of food to families who otherwise had little reason for giving thanks. Special menus were served in City, County and State institutions, Congregations of 24 churches met in 10 union services last night. Dr. C. H. Winders, Downey Avenue Christian Church supply pastor, spoke on “Our Heritage” at union services in Irvington Methodist Church this morning. Recalling that the Pilgrims upon landing first set up their homes, | then established their churches, Dr. | Winders contrasted conditions then | with those of today. “The real reasons thanks,” he said, (Turn to Page Three)

for “are faith, courage |

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Oh, Nuts!|

Or, Broccoli if You Must and if You Are A Vegetarian.

EW YORK, Nov. 25 (U.P). — The Vegetarian Society of New York, which shuns the fatted turkey, held its annual Thanksgiving Day banquet today with the piece de resistance: “Vitamin nut meat roast with broccoli, carrots, peas, candied sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce.”

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What! Two Dinners?

HONOLULU, T. H,, Nov. 25 (U, P.) .—Passengers aboard the eastbound China Clipper celebrated two Thanksgiving Days. Yesterterday morning when the plane left Wake Island, it was Thursday—Thanksgiving Day. After the plane crossed the International Dateline, however, it was Wednesday. They will eat another turkey dinner here today. » » »

Quiet Day for F. D. R.

ASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (U, P.).—President Roosevelt and members of his family today led the nation in a quiet Thanksgiving observance. Except that the setting was the White House, the group might have been any one of thousands of typical American families which celebrate with the traditional turkey and all the fixings. It was the first Thanksgiving that Mr. Roosevelt has spent in the White House. All the others were spent at the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation for Infantile Paralysis sufferers, except last vear when he was speeding southward to Buenos Aires aboard the U. S. S. Indianapolis to attend the Pan-American Peace Conference,

£8 & & They'll Re-elect Him! BRIDGEPORT, Conn. Nov. 25 (U. P).—Sheriff Edward Platt holds that ham is all very well in its place—but its place is not on a Thanksgiving Day menu. So when the County Commissioners sent him fresh ham for today's meal for his 250 prisoners Sheriff Platt paid out $85 of his own money to get them turkey instead.

1500 SEEK RELIEF IN THREE-WEEK PERIOD

Employment Drog Drop Blamed By Center Attorney.

A total of 1500 new applications for direct relief have been received by the Center Township Trustee since Nov, |, Leo X. Smith, township attorney, announced today. This is the laregst number of new applications for a three-week period in several years. Mr. said he believed the increase was due to a “sudden dro pof emplovment in local factories during the past Tek weeks.”

117 BUS DRIVERS IN

| Church | cess, { Church's | until Monday, | begin debate on the House Farm |

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FORECAST: Fair tonight and tomorrow; somewhat warmer; lowest tonight 35 to 40.

HOUSE SENATE | Holiday Trip £nds in Death fe for Two

LINE UP DRIVE ~ FOR FARM AID §

‘Leaders Pleased That Big, Item for Session Is Ready for Action.

UTILITY EXPANSION SEE

F. D. R. Expected to Seek Housing Right-of-Way In Message Friday.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (U. P) —

Congressional leaders gave thanks |

today for the fact that farm legis- |

THURSDAY, NOV EMBER 25, 1937

lation, main item on the legislative |

program that caused President | Roosevelt to convene the special | session, now is ready for action in| both Houses. The Senate, which is already for- | mally debating a farm bill and in- | formally discussing immediate tax revision for business, took a one day recess but will meet at 11 a. m. Fri- | day—an hour earlier than usuai— |

The House scheduled a brief, formal meeting at noon Nols: an objection by Rep. (R. Ill) to a es aloh = but with Rep. | recess today | it expects to

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to continue work. | |

planned consent to when

Bill which Chairman Marvin Jones ! (D. Tex.) and the House Agriculture Committee presented yesterday.

Must Be Reconciled Vast differences between the two

| farm bills still must be reconciled | | in floor { but after

debate and in conference, 10 days of effort S major legislative work final- | has started. The Senate Bill!

session's ly

Two Detroiters were killed and two critically instruck a tree in the

jured when the car shown above

SCHALK SIGNED AS TRIBE PILOT

Former White Sox Catcher

Named to Succeed Wade Killefer.

(Photo, Page 30)

CHICAGO, Nov. 25 (U. P.).—Ray

Schalk, onetime

6100 block of N.

were Kentucky- bound for the holiday.

Entered as Second-Class at Postoffice, Indianapolis,

Times Photo.

Pennsylvania St. early today. They

League Proposes 2- Way

Smoke Problem Solution

manager. Mr. Johnson and Mr.

less fuel. Mr.

CLAIMS 10,000 AUTO

the er of the Chicago White Sox, today | had signed a contract to manage |

A total of 10, 000 “automobiles have

aims to give farmers parity pay-| the Indianapolis Club of the Amer- | not been listed by owners in Center |

ments on their principal products— a payment proportionate to their buying power from 1909 to 1914—in | return for co-operation in a pro- | gram for acreage limitation. The House Bill would make soil con-| servation benefits the only payments. |

Tax relief for business, however, | overshadowed agriculture in cloak-

room discussion because of a series glad for the chance to get back into |

of conferences yestérday involving Chairman Joseph P. Kennedy of the Maritime Commission, Un d e r-| secretary of the Treasury Roswell | Magill, and Senate Finance lead- | ers.

A House Ways and Means Tax.

fcan Association, | Killefer,

Schalk, who just finished his sixth | |

season as manager of Buffalo in| the International League, signed by President Norman A. |

Perry of the Indianapolis club.

“It took just two minutes for him | ] to | that notices are to be sent to own- |

“I'm | ers immediately.

to convince me I ought to go Indianapolis,” Schalk said.

the American Association.”

Schalk was playing with Milwau- | ee in the Association whan the |Y®8r

k | White Sox signed him in 1912,

was | Assessor, said names of ow

succeeding Wade | Township for taxation next year,

lit was declared today, James F. Cunningham, Township ners who failed to list their cars have been

| obtained through a check with the | | State Auto License Bureau and

Seven days will be allowed, alter | receipt . of the notice, in which to | place the automobiles on next | 's tax duplicates, he said.

A penalty of 50 per cent of the

“I was out in the country when | tax amount is to be assessed owners |

called. ' Schalk laughed.

Perry | me.’

He couldn't reach | for failure to comply with the or“But it took | der.

The penalty is prescribed by

Subcommittee, headed by Rep. Fred only two mintes to settle the busi- | !aw for failure to declare personal M. Vinson (D. Ky), has tentatively |ness when we finally got together.’ | property.

adopted changes in the undistributed | profits tax and the capital gains! and losses levy which it believes will |

| give business definite relief from the | hardships of which it complains.

Rep. Vinson reiterated his oft- | repeated statement that the House |

{ Tax group is attempting to do a

thorough job as quickly as possible. | Ways and Means Chairman R. L Doughton (D. N. C.), has estimated | that Jan. 15 is the earliest a comprehensive bill can be ready. Meanwhile President Roosevelt appeared to have won over Floyd L. | Carlisle, chairman of the Consoli1 Co. and the Niagara |

Hudson Power Co, to the New

STATE REGION STRIKE Deals efforts to have public utilities |

A total of 117 f 117 Greyhound Bus

| drivers in the Indiana region, mem- |

bers of the Brotherhood of Railroad | | Trainmen, went out on strike at | 12:01 a. m. today.

W. L. Williams, secretary of the

| union's local Lodge, No. 779, said |

practically all bus schedules incoming and outgoing between Indian- | apolis, St. Louis, Louisville, Detroit, | Mich,, and Chicago were now in-| operative, He said all but six drivers in the |

| Indiana regien went on strike. 11 |

“We can’t tell how many busses will be going out or coming in be-

cause there are some nonunion driv- |

ers working.” Drivers will not picket bus stations, according to Mr. Williams.

CLEVELAND, Nov. 25 (U.P) —A

ice slightly northeastern United States.

ing “some schedules.”

| cent ‘effectiv e.

(go ahead now with delayed con- | struction work,

When work resumes Friday Pres-

| ident Roosevelt is expected to send

| mending changes

| per cent of valuation instead of 80 |

| Congress a special message recomin the Federal | | Housing Act to permit Government

| insurance of mortgages up to 90

per cent as at present. Congression- | al leaders also expected the message to recommend a lower interest rate,

‘State Drive for Wage ‘Bill Support Opens

A campaign to enlist state-wide

| support for passage of the Wages- | Hours | launched

Bill in the here today Non-Partisan League.

House was by Labor's

“Only by immediate guarantee of |

Joseph H. Friend, Inleague executive secretary, “can American business sethe necessary increase of

might ha

This PhrticHIA

Killefer was present when Schalk | was signed.

'BAMA-VANDY GAME

| |

TOPS HOLIDAY FARE

Rose Poly to Close Season jq

Against Shurtleff.

(Another Story, Page 31) Only

was scheduled for today in Indiana | termed nation's gridiron fans fo- |

as the cused their attention on annual Thanksgiving Day rivalry battles in

| other states.

Rose Poly closed its season at|

Terre Haute against Shrutleff Col-!

| lege of Alton, Ill,

sier grid attraction. The

in the only Hoo- | nation’s |

most important clash was at Nash-!

ville, Tenn, feated Crimson | bound, | dores,

Tide, Rose Bowl

where Alabama's unde- |

met the Vanderbilt Commo- | Other outstanding games in- |

cluded Colorado U. vs. Denver, Ken- |

| tucky vs. Tennessee, Mississippi vs.

| Mississippi State, Brown vs. Rutgers, | Duquesne vs. Detroit, Pennsylvania |

vs. Cornell, Kansas vs. and Texas vs. Texas A. & M.

GALE MENACES FLORIDA

NEW ORLEANS, Nov.

Missouri,

25 (U. P.). |

| —A post season tropical disturbance, | | with gale force up to 50 miles per |

hour wil

reach the Florida coast |

between Pensacola and Cedar Keys |

late today. Weather Bureau here warned.

The United States

HOLLYWOOD ACTOR INJURED IN ACCIDENT!

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 25 (U. P).—| Ralph Lewis, 65, veteran movie and stage actor, was in serious condi- | tion today from injuries suffered in | an automobile collision, The other driver was Abdul Mal- | n, known as Abdul the Turk, a for the producer Mr, Maljan was

valet and trainer Jack L. Warner. slightly injured.

Mr. Lewis’ chest was crushed and |

both legs broken. At the Queen of |

one college football game | Angeles Hospital his condition was

‘serious but not critical.”

TODAY'S TIMES—

Fifteen traffic accidents every minute . . . A tempor. ary injury every 30 seconds. + + « A person injured per. manently every five minutes. ‘ One killed every 13 minutes! What shall we do? "Engineered Murder!" a new series starts today on Page i.

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Four pages of Christmas shopping news, Pages 24, 25, 26, 27.

” ” Four columns of letters to

the Editor, Page 12 and |b.

HE PROBABLY FORESAW THIS ENDING

lieved | {lg Ly

Then he and several others were taken to market in what polity. men whimsically call a “dressed” i which is accomplished by undressing the birds, Bort let anyone suppose that the first turkey ! ; of

husetts Colony. This

A twofold solution of Indianapolis’ smoke problem was proposed today by Roy O. Johhnson, Smoke Abatement League attorney, following a conference yesterday with Thomal L. Kemp, Citizens Gas & Utility Co.

Kemp mel to discuss the prevailing price of coke and methods of reducing the rate to enable wider use as a smoke-

Johnson said the aim of the league's smokeless fuel committee ® which met yesterday, | make coke available in Sattipetibion

was, first, to

| with soft coal, and then to seek a

“jron-man” catch- | OWNERS DODGING TAX | court mandamaus order to compel |

city officials to enforce the present | smoke ordinance,

Two-Point Plan Offered

Mr. Johnson proposed to meet the | problem of lower coke prices thus: 1. Raise gas rates to the level they were before the last reduce | tion. This, Mr. Kemp said, would ‘enable the gas company to reduce the price of coke from $9.75 to about | | $8 per ton. 2, Eliminate the retail coal mer- | chant who pays $7 per ton, accord- | ing to Mr. Kemp, for coke and sells {it at $9.75, This would necessitate { the installation of about $75,000 | worth of equipment at the plant Lo ' make direct deliveries possible,

If these means fail and the Public Service Commission will not approve gas rate changes, Mr. Johnson proposed further investigations | to determine how the price could | be reduced. At the same time, Mr. Johnson announced that between 75 and 100 | speakers will address meetings of school pupils, the Parent-Teachers (Turn to Page Thee)

STATE LABOR LEADER S SLAIN IN CHICAGO

Kokomo Uren. Officials | Wife Witnesses Shooting.

Makter Ind.

neighborhood theater |

where he was employed when an |

| automobile bearing | |

One shoved

masked |

HOME

FINAL

PRICE THREE CENTS

THREE DIE, TWO

injured critically at 5 a.

| than for the corres

HURT SERIOUSLY IN AUTO CRASHES

Detroit Party’s Trankslving Trip to Ken-

tucky Marred as Pair

Is Killed When Car

Hits Tree on N. Pennsylvania St.

LOCAL RESIDENT

Mishaps Bring os Four

STRUCK BY TAXI

Number of Victims in

Indianapolis Within Past 24 Hours; Funeral Ar ranged for Bridegroom.

Indianapolis traffic has claimed four lives in the last 24

hours in three different types of accidents.

the Marion County traffic toll

They brought for the year to 135, five less

ponding period last year.

Two Detroit holiday tourists were killed and two mora

| Pennsylvania St. in the 6100 b

| tree. The dead are Boyd Cargill, and Allie James Long, 25.

have been the driver,

Injured were Miss Rubye Pottenger,

Vaughn, 23. Albert Fendrick, 45, of S day when h he was struck by a

PREDICT BRITAIN

TO PAY WAR DEBT

‘Settlement With U. S. on 50

Per Cent Basis Forecast In English Press.

LONDON—Sefttlement of British | war debts to U. S. on 50 per cent basis is predicted in English press.

BRUSSELS—Chinese delegates begin trip home to report failure as

today when their car left N, lock, on Road 31, and struck a

28, car owner and believed to 18, and Charles

Noble St., was killed early tori as he was crossing Mare*ket St. at East St. tobert Wilson, 21, of 1152 Sie St., was killed yestere y when his car was struck

3 a Belt Railroad switch ene [gine at the Shelby St. cross-

ling. Police who investigated the N, ennsylvania St. accident said the coming south and probably | unfamiliar with the road, appar= ently started down an unpaved street that branches from the high | way there, saw his error, and in | attempting to regain the pavement, | struck the tree. The place is not marked by a danger signal, they said. Three years | ago, two persons were killed at the | same place in the same type of

P ! driver,

Norman H. Davis, American Am- | crash.

bassador, turns down British invi- | London parley Vite}

tation to French believed planned for purpose of further uniting three big | democracies,

LONDON-—London-Paris “axis” may be strengthened further at parley of French and English leaders over Hitler's demands made to British at Berlin conference,

| SHANGHATI—Japanese report tak- |

stragetic point near |

ing Wausih, Nanking and predict fall of last

line of defense for Nanking.

| LONDON, Nov. 25 (U. P.) —Set- |

| the basis of approximately

tlement of Great Britain's war debt | to the United States probably on |

50 per

| cent of the original settlement figure | | of $4,600,000,000 was predicted today |

by the Daily Express. | The debt question, the Daily Express said, is closely linked with negotiations for a new AngloUnited States trade pact, which are | now practically completed. The debt | conference will be only a Jorma! at the conclusion of the pact. On March 31; 1936, Great Britain | owed the United States a Govern- |¢

| ment loan of $4,368,000,000 and $20,-

the other |

067400 in 5', bonds of 1937.

per cent 20-year | The installment due |

| on Dec, 15 amounts to $122,670,765.

Davis Turns Down ‘English invitation |

| authorities investigated a possibil- |

| ity the shooting was prompted by | union troubles. She said he had not | | been involved in union affairs here. Mr. Blacker was slugged during union disorders in Kokomo three |

BRUSSELS, Nov. 25 (U. P.).—The | Chinese delegation to the Far East- | ern Conference prepared to go, home today with the dismal word | that China must carry on her fight | against Japan unaided. Meanwhile Norman H. Davis, American ambassador - at - large, |

la theater bombing.

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FINISHED PRODUCT READY FOR DINNER

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| when four Nashville, Tenn.

Vaughn Not in Car

Mr. Cargill's body was found in the front seat, and Mr. Long's body | was found in the rear seat. Miss Pottenger was found unconscious in | the rear seat. She regained cone | sciousness long enough to give poe lice her name, Mr, Vaughn was not in the car tourists stopped at the wreckage before poe lice arrived. He wandered up to them, dazed, about 10 minutes afte er they arrived, they said. He told police the party was bound for Paducah, Ky. for Thanksgiving. He also told police he was driving but they said he was dazed and probably had been in the | front seat but not driving. Both Miss Pottenger and Mr. Vaughn have fractured skulls City Hospital attaches said. Dr. Frank Ramsey, deputy coroner, said the victims died of fractured skulls. Struck by Cab

Mr. Fendrick was struck by a cah driven by Joseph B. Davies, 24, of 207 E. North St. Witnesses told police Mr, Davies tried to stop his cab. Officers said tire marks on the street corroborated that testimony. Dr. Norman Booher released him until tomorrow when he is to make a statement in the coroner's office, Police this morning had been une able to learn Mr. Fendrick's ade dress. They were seeking his wife to notify her of his death. Services for Mr. Wilson, who had planned to leave last night on a delayed honeymoon motor trip through Kentucky with his 18-year-old bride, are to he at 2 p. m. tomorrow in the Farley Funeral Home. Burial is to be in Glen Haven cemetery Motorcycle Officer Fred Titus was treated in City Hospital for leg and arm injuries received when an aue (Turn to Page Three)

Meleagris mexicana was discovered by javading Spaniards in Mexico and & by way of the West Indies. By 154 roast {i rk England's C is POPuIAry Mere Am August Souchon,