Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 December 1937 — Page 1
FORECAST: Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; much colder tonight with lowest temperatures: zero 5 above; moderate to fresh northwest winds continuing cold tomorrow.
VOLUME lo NUMBER 233
ABANDONS PLANS “70 TAX EX WAGES AND BONDS
House Body Drops Move to Obtain 150 Millions.
ECCLES TESTIFIES
U. S. Housing Setup Is Unattzactive, He Asserts.
_ (Editorial, Page 14)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (U. P.).—The House Ways, and Means Tax Subcommittée today abandoned all proposals to tax salaries of state and Municipal employees or levy |
on the interest from tax ex-| empt securities. The decision |
was made after a discussion of Monday's Supreme Court
tax decision. Chairman ' Fred M.
had received estimates indicating a total of $155,000,000 a year might have heen raised from this source— $15,000,000 from the tax on salaries and $140,000,000. on securities.
Subject to Federal Tax
The Supreme Court Monday, | ‘the Dravo case, ruled that profits made by Federal contractors are |& subject to Federal income tax. The Dravo, decision, however, apparently closed the door to Federal taxation of salaries of Government employees or of levies on Government securities, it was. pointed out. ‘Chairman Vinson revealed that the group also made two new ad- = Mnisbauvs ¢éhanges in the revenue ! 1; It tentatively agreed to away the right of a nonresid alien ispousé-te file. a -joint ag Certain advantages attach to filing of joint returns, Mr. Vinson i and the committee felt they should not be available to nonresident alien
spouses 2. It tentatively agreed fo require
individuals to file returns when
their gross receipts exceed $25,000. Taxpayers may be avoiding taxation, either innocently or wilfully, Chairman Vinson said, and this requirement should determine whether their income is really taxable. Earlier Federal Reserve Governor Marriner S. Eccles told the Senate Banking Committee that greater inducements than so far proposed probably would be necessary to at tract private capital ‘to Presi Roosevelt's housing program. Mr. Eccles said the bill was “no panacea” for the nation’s economic ‘ills and that costs of labor and materials were a vital problem. He was unable to give the Committee any definite plan for reduction of these costs, which he blamed in t on the conflict of the American Federation of Labor and Committee ‘for Industrial Organization, | but said he expected them to decrease. Mr. Eccles, one of the originators of the program, suggested two alternative changes in proposed amendments to the Federal Housing Act to attract private capital: | 1. Exempt -3 per oft debentures to be issued by the Federal Housing Administration from taxation. | 2. Increase the proposed 5 per cent rate in the amendments. . Meanwhile, FHA Counsel Abner Ferguson revealed the FHA is making a study of the possibility of uniform foreclosure fees to avoid “outus” costs| in some states. He testified before the House Banking and Currency Committee on the proposed amendments. Indiana Man in Quiz Rep. James I. Farley (D. Ind.) asked Mr. Ferguson whether there was any possibility of making foreclosure costs uniform. Housing Administrator Nathan Straus, meantime, proposed to earmark first | allotments in the $100,000,000 slum-clearance program. Congressional committees began work today on proposed revision of the National Maritime Act while Chairman Schuyler Otis Bland of the House Merchant Marine Committee denied that Col. Charles A. Lindbergh had been invited | to testify on the measure. Mr. Bland, whose committee will study recommendations of the Federal Maritime Commission for subsidies for ocean airline companies, said only Government officials had been invited to appear before his committee. _ “I see no reason why Col. Lindbergh should be accorded more attention than any other aviator who may appear before the committee, ” e sa
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'F.D.R. HAS VISITORS AFTER TREATMENT
‘WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (U. P). —President Roosevelt ay submitted to.another treatment for his infected jaw and then planned to spend several hours discussing business conditions, relief other
Vinson (D.| Ky.) revealed that the Committee
Defended as Aids To Progress.
COMPTON HEARD Manufacturers Told
Farm, Industry Must Be Linked.
NEW YORK, Dec. 8 (U. P.) .<Scientists defended the machine and praised the laboratory as instruments of progress and prosperity before the congress of Ameri-
‘can industry today. Dr. Karl T. Compton, president lof the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dr.’ E. R. Weidlein, president of the American Chemical Society and director of the Mellon
| Institute of Research, and Dr. Rob-
ert A. Millikan, president of the California Institute of Technology, spoke under the joint auspices of the National Association of Manufacturers and the American Institute of Physics. Dr. Compton said that science and
| engineering were certain ‘to accomi| plish “miracles of social and inn | dustrial progress in the future” if
permitted to continue to operate in & “democratic atmosphere of freedom of initiative and if business has freedom from oppresSive gov(Turn to Page Three)
DALHOVER HELD =| LEADER OF GANG
G-Man, Says. Shaffer Was Under Control of Pal.
mr ere
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HAMMOND, Dec. 8 (U. P—A G-Man who participated in the ambush of the Brady gang of desperadoes in Bangor, Me., told & Féd‘eral Court jury today that James Dalhover and not Al Brady was the real gang leader. Myron Gurnea, Washington, a Federal Bureau of Investigation officer, said his conversation with Dalhover, survivor of the Bangor ambush, convinced him that Dalhover controlled movements of the gang. The prosecution rested its case shortly after noon. Defense attorneys said Dalhover will’ take the stand as the only defense witness. A jury in ‘Judge Thomas W. Slick’s court is hearing evidence against’ the_ hoodlum linking him
pleaded guilty. The jury will determine the degree of his guilt. It was qualified to pronounce the death penalty. 4
Indianapolis Talks Described
Officer’ Gurnes described his conversations with Dalhover in Indianapolis in late October and early November after the gangster’s capture in Bangor. ence Lee Shaffer Jr. were killed by G+«Men. “Dalhover told me the gang voted on their every meve,” Officer Gurneg testified. “He said he lived with Shaffer and had so much influence over him that he was virtudl leader of the gang instead of Brady.” Gurnea said Dalhover told him (Turn to Page Three)
G-MAN MAY RECOVER
INDEPENDENCE, Mo., Dec. 8 (U. P.).—Henry A. Snow, special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, was conceded an even chance to recover today from shotgun wounds suffered when G-Men attempted to trap. the writer of an extortion note demanding $600 from Howard B. Jacobs; local coal dealer.’
(Donors, Page 3)
It was cold yesterday, too cold to
be out without good purpose. Especially if one was none to well protected against the biting wind. That's why the visit of a gaunt, tired-looking woman, huddled in a coat many seasons old, to The Indianapolis Times’ Clothe-A-Chil@ office: was a surprise to staff members there. : Not that many women, also wrapped in. clothes against the’ subniormal temperatures, did not visit the office at 208 W. 1 Maryland St. yesterday. They did. ‘They came to request Clothe-A-Child - care for their children, who
{otherwise perhaps could net attend
school, certainly could not be com-
tor, fortable in what has started out to
| be a cold ‘winter,
But this woman ie not come
Science and Machines!
with the slaying of Paul Minneman, | . Indiana state policeman. Dalhover|
Brady and Clar-
inadequate
Sleuth Speedy In Recovering
Grave Marker
Detective Willis Thompson found a tombstone today in the 1600 block of Broadway and he didn’t want it. He supposed itt had been stolen. . So he sat down and called all the tombstone makers in the phone book until Rhodes Memorial Studio, 2107 Adams St. identified it as theirs, because it was marked 1836- . + J & It was a sample, they said, and was in possession of their salesman Fred Gastino, 1630 Park Ave. the last they had heard of it. Detective Thompson said they could have it.
SHELL NANKING AT LONG RANGE
Japanese Change Tactics When Infantry Meets
Stubborn Defense. —————— / SHANGHAI-~Japanese shell Nan-
king at long range after infantry meets stubborn defense.
WASHINGTON—Belief held that Russia would intervene on side of China if she obtained satisfactory pledges of help from Great Britain, France and the United States.
GENEVA—Chinese official sources indicate Germany has been turned down on offer to act as mediator.
TOKYO—Millions wait word of fall of Nanking to hold victory cele“bration.
(Editorial, rial, Page 14)
SHANGHAI, Dec. 8 (U. P.).—The Japanese Armies took recourse to long range bombardment today in their siege of Nanking, pounding the walls of the capital from the air, land and water when infantry assaults failed to dislodge the Chinese defenders. Land and river batteries shelled the capital and airplanes made bombing raids throughout thé day, the Domei News Agency repoxted. It said the Japanese had met stiff resistance and the final assault on the walls was uncertain. The Japanese forces charged on Nanking from three sides but found 2 Stubborn wall of Chinese resist-.
Tisee. was. furious fighting a few
miles outside the city, directly in| {line with the -east gate. But the
Chinese were withdrawing inside the east gaté and the Japanese vanhad not caught up with
Foreign military experts here believed that the Japanese were preparing for a final rush toward the east wall, following the Chinese retreat. : The fall of the capital appeared | inevitable, although no one was. able to predict when. The Japanese wereconfident that " would be soon, perhaps today. . Weldon James, the United Press (Turn to Page Tiree)
LEAGUE TO OUTLINE SMOKE PROPOSALS
Councilmen Are Invited to Luncheon Tomorrow.
Proposed amendments to the City’s smoke ordinance are to be outlined at a luncheon of the Smoke Abatement League at noon tomorrow in the Hotel Lincoln, 6 with members of the City Council invited as special guests.
“It is the feeling that members of City’ Council are not acquainted with the great merits of our cause,” Dr. Herman G. Morgan, City Heflth Board secretary and league president, said in a letter to Councilmen inviting them to attend the hincheon. “The proposed amendments to our smoke abatement ordinance are such that no one acquainted with the facts could reasonably oppose, and we feel that any elements of our citizenry opposed to them are either not in possession of the facts, or that their opposition is prompted by selfish motives. “Information has reached us that
the principal objection on the part |S.
of several members of the Council is that they see no need for -4ditional provisions until the present ordinance is enforced, but the fact is that these amendments are merely aids in. the enforcement of the
now existing ordinance.”
ill afford to help clothe someone else’s child. “Would you like to register a child for clothing?” a staff member asked. re hesitated a moment, and said, Li 0 » She looked around the room. There were half a dozen children
there waiting to " clothed.
Then she repeated slowly: v “No. Last year you clothed my three children and I don’t know what they would have done if you hadn’t. They couldn’t have gone to school. My husband has been dead several years. There was no income in our family last year but my widow's pension,” That wasn't enough.” ) i She sighed. She was about to teil of better family fortunes, but She did ‘not smile. ~ “This year,” she continued, “my, oldest son has a job that makes | little. Added to fy. pension, i to.clo us, and feec.
‘otherwise might not be SO.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1037
CITY EXPENSE LOW AS ANY, MAYOR SAYS
Per Capita Cost for All Purposes $36, He Tells Apartment Men.
CITES CENSUS REPORT
Public Debt Has Dropped Since '29 to $77.25 Average, He Adds.
“No city the size of Indianapolis in the United States has a lower per capita government cost,” Mayor Boetcher declared today in an address before the Indianapolis Apartment Owners’ Association in the
_| Hotel Washington.
“Not a one of you would dare
think of making a backward step |
to- the conditions that existed 50
years ago or even 20 years ago,” he.
said. “We want our city to continue to attract new business and industry. “At the same time we want to know that our tax dollar is not being spent in a wasteful, extravagant manner. The ‘only true way of drawing comparisons between the tax burdens of various cities is to study governmental receipis from all sources and governmental expenditures for all purposes.
Best ‘of 26 Cities >
“In the most recent report issued by United States Census Bureau, such a comparison for the 26 cities of more than 300,000 population, shows Indianapolis ranks best of all in this respect. “The report shows that the per capita governmental expenditure for all purposes in Indianapolis is $36.02. “It also shows that the per capita governmental receipts from all sources in Indianapolis amount to
$42.76. In no other city in the en-|
tire ‘group was government less expensive than in Indianapolis. “No City spent less per capita for
its government, no city requires less |
revenue per capita for its upkeep
and no city had a Jower per; capita E
public debt.” ‘Per Capita Debtiy$77 “The per capita debt n “Sidi
There has been a steady decline in the per capita debt of our city since 1926 when the figure stood at $90.94. “On the other hand practically every other city in the group has witnessed a steadily increasing debt throughout this period. That of St. Louis, for example, has tripled in the 10 years. And don’t forget, Indianapolis never has defaulted on the payment of any of its bonds.”
PLANE CRASH KILLS . BOY ASLEEP IN BED
AUSTIN, Tex., Dec. 8 (U. P).— The Spencer Albright family’s quiet evening at home came to sudden disaster last night when an Army airplane fell from the sky, stove in the rear of the house and killed
| their 2-year-old son in his bed. The pilot also died instantly. He | Ar
was Capt. F. A. Avelino of the Mexican Army, whe was taking an aqvanced flying course at the U. BS. Army’s school at Kelly Field, San Antonio. The dead child was Leonard H. Albright.
LEWIS AND S. W. 0. C.
TO DRAFT DEMANDS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (U. P.).— The Committe for Industrial Organization announced today that John L. Lewis would meét with his Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee next week to draft new collectivebargaining demands upon the $5,000,000,000 steel industry. A wage policy to replace that con=-
h | tracted for with 445 companies, headed by United States Steel and
its largest subsidiary, CarnegieIllinois Steel Corp., will be formu-: lated for presentation to the industry’s management Feb. 7 when those concerns which have signed agreements with Mr. Lewis meet the W. O. C. to discuss ‘renewals. The contracts expire Feb. 28.
CARDINAL MARKS BIRTHDAY BOSTON, Dec. 8 (U. P.) —William Cardinal O'Connell, dean of the Catholic hierarchy in America, celebrated his 78th birthday today.
Woman Whose Children Were Clothed Last Year Now Gives to Help Others
Then she took from the of her coat a dollar bill. it out. “We can spare this, and we want you to use it help someone else.” Then she was" gone in the ‘cold again, her purpose explained, You, too, can help in .this ecampaign to keep children warm who
pocket She held
are three ways: 1. If you wish to ‘shop with a child personally, call Riley 5551 and make an appointment to meet a child at Clothe-A-Child Headquarters, 206 W. Maryland St. 2. Or if you want to act for you, mail a check to) “Clothe-A-Child, The Indianapolis Times.” Our Experienced shoppers will do the 8. Or you can join with others in
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ERO WEATHER DUE HERE TONIGHT AFTER TEMPERATURE TUMBLES 15 DEGREES IN FIVE-HOUR PERIOD
WINTER WHIPS SOUTH AND EAST
Florida Crops Imperiled; 10 Inches of Snow - Falls at Buffalo.
By United Press
today as i fired mounted to truck
garden crops in Florida and other :
Southern states. Temperatures ranged from 14 beJow zero at Williston, N. D., to 56 above at Brownsville and Corpus Christi, Texas, at 7 a. m. (Indianapolis Time). Snow fell over most of the Northern states east of the Rocky Moun-|
-tains during the last 24 hours, with
10 inches at Buffalo recorded as the heaviest. . Temperatur in. Florida were higher than yesterday but still below normal and Chicago Weather Forecaster C. A. Donnel said a heavy frost extended almost to the Southern extremity last night. Florida's low temperature included: :Jacksonville, 30; Tampa, 32, and Miami, 44. Snow was falling as far south as Nashville, Tenn., the Muscle Shoals gistrics of Alabama, and Ft. Smith,
Drifting snow blocked highways in many northern and central states and made highway traffic hazardous. Crops worth millions of dollars were imperiled by the South’s unusually low temperatures. Florida citrus growers said their crops. had been damaged only slightly, but truck gardeners estimated their damage at 40 per cent. Many deaths were attributed to the cold and to automobile accidents caused by icy streets. Dixie counted at least 15 dead. Rain was
falling in some Eastern states today,
but forecasters predicted it would turn to snow. The Pacific Coast and the Southern tip of Texas escaped the .cold. Buffalo described its blizzard as ‘the worst December snow storm in 10 years, and one fatality was recorded.’ Other low temperatures Included: Huron, S. D., 7 below; Valentine, Neb., 8 below; Seward, Neb., 10 below; Concordia, Kas., 4; St. Joseph, Mo., 2; Sioux City, Ia., 2 below; Moorhead, Minn, .6 below; La Crosse, Wis., 10; Peoria, Ill.,/6; Terre Haute, 14; Lansing, Mich., 16; Cheyenne, Wyo., 6 below; Denver, 4; San Diego, Cal, 48; Los Angeles, 52; San Francisco, 52; Portland, Ore, 38; Seattle, Wash, 36; E rt, Me., 32; Boston, 24; New York, 22, and
| Philadelphia, 24.
AMERICAN WOMAN IS INJURED IN PARIS
PARIS, Dec. 8 (U. P.).—Miss Dorothy Bourek of Minneapolis was in a grave condition in the American Hospital today with a fractured skull after apparently having ‘been attacked on the street near the pension where she has been staying for a month. She was found by the concierge in her bedroom last night, her face and head covered with blood. Her condition was such that au-
thorities refused to lef police ques- | tion her. They said she did not re-
member anything. They believed she
was attacked on her way home and | ‘managed to reach her room refore
collapsing.
HOOSIER 1S SUFFOCATED
LOGANSPORT, Dec. 8 (U. P).— John F. Miller, 53, was suffocated to death today when fire damaged
“his modest home. your office, club, church, e SPOTS ore| fraternity or sorority.
Mr. Miller's wife and daughter De the burning house but | ound him uncenscious on
the sidewalks. their bit.
Transfer of the City Clerk’s office from Police Headquarters to City Hall was ordered today by the Works Board despite Chief Morrissey’s protest that “I don’t think it will work.” Mayor Boetcher ‘and City Clerk Daniel J. O'Neill Jr. urged the change. Chief Morrissey, who also. appeared before the Board, objected on the grounds that proximity of the clerk’s office to those of other
T0 SPEED ASSAULT
Court - Plan Foes May Be Among Leaders.
By FRED W. PERKINS Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—Senatorial critics of the National Labor Rer lations Board were planning today to spedd Np. their attack. Instead ‘of the assault being launched in January, they said they would act in the current special session as a result of charges that
violations of the Constitutions’ freepress guarantee. Senators prominent in the fight against President Reosevelt’s court ‘plan were named as probable field ‘marshals. Democrats as well as Republicans, it was said, will paruclpate. Senator Bridges (R. N. H.) said he had received reports of several instances in which newspaper editors ‘or writers had been placed on the Labor Board's grill—in addition to those of a trade-paper editor in New York and a. small-town newspaper editor in Pennsylvania. President Roosevelt, in a ovress conference, said he knew of the latest criticisms of the Board | 0 y through what he had read in newsbapers. He Said he did hoe 1eL 1€] nd start an
SENATE NLRB CRITICS
the Board's activities have included
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Times Photos.
With the mercury skidding toward zero, City employees rigged up a stove, as seen in the upper photo, to keep them warm while. they .worked at 38th St. and College Ave, _All over town, children and grownups swung into action to clear Below Roberta and Alen Johnson, 125 W. 43d St. do
Clerk’s Office Ordered Transferred to City Hall
City officials “would encourage efforts of motorists to get their traffic stickers ‘fixed.’ ” “There won't be any stickers fixed,” Mayor Boetcher replied. “I think the people realize they can’t fix stickers. Anyway, well try it and see what happens.” From 100 to 200 sticker fines are paid daily, Mr. O'Neill said. The. office is to be moved after Jan. 1, to second-floor quarters now occupied by the inspectors’ bureau of the City Engineer’s office. The bureau is to be moved to the base-
nent of City Hall and the new.
Juvenile Probation Department will occupy the vacated rooms in Police Headquarters. The new location is desirable, the Mayor said, because it will be easier
/| for the Clerk to turn over his re-
ceipts to the City Controller, whose offices are on the first floor of City Hall. The move will relieve congestion in Police Headquarters and
| | improve the “atmosphere” for those
paying sticker fines, he added. Citizens have objected to: the present location, - because of criminals and habitual - loafers there, Mayor Boetcher explained.
RESIGNATION REPORT CONFIRMED BY DODD
BERLIN, Dec. 8 (U. P.).—United States Ambassador William E. Dodd confirmed Washington dispatches today that he had submitted his resignation. “I am retiring in January, > Mr. Dodd said in & statement given to newspaper correspondents, “although I offered to resign: last summer. Circumstances led to the re-
quest. that I be returned to Berlin
for a few months. I hope now to be able to renew my work on a Hig tory of the Old South.” »
$55,000 IS DISTRIBUTED
Times Special LOGANSPORT, Dec. 8—Christ‘mas avings funds amounting to 000 to about
! ‘February,
36, Last Time Indianapolis Was That Cold.
ICE COVERS LAKE
Skating ‘Fine, Says Park Board of Sullivan.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
Midnight . m.... . m.. . M.. o Mass o Mass . Ma.
7 a. m.. 8 a. m....
Zero weather, which took a holiday all last winter, was’ billed for a return engagement here tonight by the Weather Bureau. The last time the: thermometer registered zéro or below was Feb. 19, 1936,
when it was 4 below, The mercury tumbled 15 degrees in five hours early today after reaching a high of 26 degrees at 4 a. m. By 9 a. m. it had dropped 40 11, and at 1 p. m. had climbed to 13. Clear skies and sunshine were €xpected to “freeze” it there this after= noon, but with nightfall the decline will continue, the Weather Bureau said. If zero is reached before mide night it will be the fourth coldest Dec. 8 in the City’s history. Only five zero readings ever have been made for Dec. 9, according to J. H, Armington, Weather Bureau chief,
43 a Year Ago
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23 year ago today ¥ the High ; the low 22. Today's sempératiites were 20 degrees below normal. On the pleasure side was an ane nouncement by the Park Board that there is “fine” ice skating on Lake Sullivan, where there is a shelter and fire for getting warm, and in Garfield Park. There is coasting in all parks where there is enough snow, and there will be tobogganing in Coffin Park by #onight. The State Highway Commission reported that “all roads are in good shape. There are no drifts that can’t be cleared in a short while.” Less than two inches of show covered the ground today, compared with an estimated 10 inches up state. Little snowfall was predicted here tonight or tomorrow. The cold wave is expected to continue for at least two days. The prevailing'- winds are carrying the subnormal temperatures from the
4 Canadian Northwest, Mr. Arming-
ton said. Indiana winds are brisker than normal with a velocity of 15 to 20 miles, he added. Spread Sand and Salt
Two hundred employees of the City Street Department began at
7 a. m. spreading sand and salt at
intersections and shoveling drifted snow. A small force also worked during the night, according to Fred Eisenhut, Street Commissioner. Trains arrived at: Union Station from five to 15 minutes late today. Most of the delay was caused by Eastern tieups, the stationmaster’s office said. Bus and traction officials said they were maintainidg! schedules “very well.” Some cars were running “just a few minutes behind,” they added. Indianapolis Railways reported street cars to be running on schedules. Busses and trackless trolleys, however, were slowed by slippery streets. Two persons were injured in falls. Skidding automobiles caused three traffic accidents, police reported. Miss Virginia Pierson, 33, of 253 W. 424 St. suffered a possible fractured ankle when she fell at 43d St. and Capitol Ave. Mrs. Luella Jones, 1214 E. 15th St., broke her arm in a fall near her home. Both were treated at Methodist Hospital.
MES. ‘OSA JOHNSON SUES
- LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8 (U. P.).— Mrs, Osa Johnson sought $502,539 damages today for the death of her husband, Martin, in an airliner crash last winter. She said that the plane was flying at a “dangerously low altitude” when it crashed into a mountainside.
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