Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 February 1938 — Page 1
exter owas) “VOLUME 49-NUMBER 294
Precedent Set in Penalty fon
‘Operator of Southport ~~ High Bus.
CHILD IS HIT ‘BY TRUCK
Motorist Is - Injured When [{
Auto Hits Safety Guard; Car, Train Crash.
A School bus driver who failed. to. signal when he stopped :to discharge a passenger, was fined $11 ‘in Municipal Court today.
State Safety Director Donald | Stiver said that to his knowledge, | it was the first case of its kind in.
Indiana. | The ‘State Sciwool Bus. Law provides that not only must motorists
; stop when ‘a school bus is unload- || ' ing, but characterizes as a violation ||
a driver's failure to raise the stop signal arm with which each bus is equipped, Mr. Stiver said. State Patrolman Richard England
Sor and‘ watched it unload passengers twice. ' The second time, |- he said, a girl passenger was nearly struck by an oncoming gutomobile. °° ° Driver Arrested = He said he arrested the driver, William Winkelmeier, Route 4, Box 16, on a charge of. violating the State School: Bus Law by falling to raise the stop signal arm. Fifteen other motorists arrested on traffic violation charges were
fined $80. - Costs totaling $110 ware |.
suspended. Catherine Hagan, 3, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Hagan, 544 S. East St., was injured today when she ran into the path of a coal truck in 8. East St.- near Merrill St. She was taken to City Hospital.’ ' The truck driver, Lincel Foust, 32, of 624 8. Rybolt St., said he did not see the child in time to stop. JO, E Sistnkarmp, 52, of 3904 $ Sock
34, of 1750 Boulsvara Place. at New York and « Alabama -Sts. ‘He. was
The arrested charged with driving while drunk and failure to give a pedestrialt the right of way. : Car Hits. Saftey Guard One: man - was seriously injured when his auto crashed into a safety zone guard post and two. others. escaped unhurt when their car was struck by a train last Roland Reynolds, Rockville” Road, received head in- - juries ‘when his auto struck 'thé sately. zone guard at California and W. Washington Sts. He was taken to Tong Hospital. * Wet pavement was blamed when an auto skidded into a train on the Belt Railroad tracks at Oxford St. last. night. The driver, D. H. Gruenholz, 2014 E. 22d St., told police he did not see the tr: until ‘he was at the crossing and when he applied brakes his car skidded into the path of the locomotive. His wife, Ruth, was riding with him. The front end of the auto was damaged.
Driver Is Held in Death of Cyclist
SHELBYVILLE, Feb. 17 (U. P.) — Bill Smith, Negro, was held in jail here today for failing to have a driver’s license after he struck and fatally injured Jeff Smith, 55; who was riding a bicycle on a downtown street.
MERCURY DROP TO 1ow:zos Fe 30S FORECAST
- TEMPERATURES
4 10 a. m... 45 1am... 47 12 (Nou), 53 Mh. 49 3 1pm... 54
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The: Weather Bure Bureau today predicted :more rain fonight and tomorrow with a drop in temperatures to the low 30s. The Bureau said that the rainfall here overnight measured '.11 of an inch. : SF ag
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. | Farm Bill yesterday.
Flying Home
Times-Acme Teleohota. Paul: Vv.’ MeN 1
FARLEY TO Miss MWNUTT | PARTY
Going to Florida, He Ex-
plains; Ludlow Ponders Entry i in Senate Race.
WASHINGTON—Postmaster eo. eral Farley says he will be unable to attend Washington reception for Paul V. McNutt Wednesday. Rep. Louis Ludlow panders seeking Senatorial nomination.
SAN FRANCISCO — Commissioner McNutt hops off in Army bomber for Denver, enroute to a apolis.
By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer : WASHINGTON, ° Feb. ‘Farley, who long has been
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Presidential aspirations, will npt attend Senator Minton’s réception tor the Philippines ‘here next Wednegday. “The Postmaster General and Democratic National - Committee Chairman excused himself today in a note to Senator Minton. He wrote: “Dear Shay: I received in this morning’s mail a. formal invitation to attend the reception in honor of the High Commissioner of the Philippines at the Mayflower, Feb,
“For. your information,- Shay, I am getfing- away on Thursday afternoon for: a trip to Florida and will not be back until March 4. “TI haven’t had a vacation since a year ago last November; as a matter of fact, I haven't had one day off, in all that time. "I have made up my mind to get away, because if I. don’t do it this week I won't have another chance until (Turn to ‘Page Three) '
FIXING OF ISSUES IN
gants Until Feb. 25.
Federal’ Judge Robert C. Baltzell today. instructed litigants to reach an agreement by Feb. 25 on issues for the rehearing of the Indianapolis Water Co. seven-year-old rate case ‘against the Indiana Public Service Commission. The judge also ordered J.C. Moore, who said he represented 10: industries, to file a motion for permission to file an intervening petition. + Joseph Daniels, water company counsel, said he would confer with Deputy. Attorney ' General“ Urban Stover to determine what valuation changes should be made. The water company began the suit in U. 8. District. Mi in 1932 after the Public. Service Commis sion had-ordered a revaluation and lower rates, the company claiming
the rates were eonfeatory and diseriminatory, - #
WATER R CASE ASKED E
FOR'S COUNCIL URGES CHANGE
IN WAGNER ACT
Employers’ Access to Board And New Definition of * Powers Favored.
THREE PARLEYS CALLED
Price Structure Confergnce|
And Tax Study on Program Today.
- WASHINGTON, Feb..17 (U.-P.)— President Roosevelt today received
from his Business Advisory Council
a recommendation that.the Wagner National Labor Relations Act be] amended in an effort to achieve | in-
dustrial peace. The recommendation - wis. contained in a report submittéd to Mr. Roosevelt by the Industrial Relations Committee of the Council, headed by Charles R. Hook of the National . Association of ‘Manufacturers,’ and John Biggers, unémployment census director. Donald R. Richberg, former: NRA Administrator, joined in the. White House conference. . ’
Other :Parleys Called
The business conference preceded two other conferences, one a White House meeting at which Mr. Roosevelt. will receive the report of economic advisers on the nation’s price structure; -another a parley with House and Senate leaders on fiscal questions.
The recommendations of ‘the Advisory Council group comprised two sections, the first dealing with fundamental policies’ of industrial relations and .the second with proposed amendments - to : the Labor Relations Act. The group recommended the Wagner act be amended as follows: To provide that neither the act nor. its administrator shall .favor any particular form of labor organization—either industrial or craft.
Employees Liberty Asked
To insure that employees are free in. self organization from interfer-
ence, restraint or coercion from any en reported | souree. on. an enemy of ‘Paul V.-McNutt's 1940 |.
Rather Than : Ask for ‘Help
WACO, Mo., Feb. 17 (U.P). Lee
. - countrysi search : of ‘help for his. Httle sister who was lost with him, but: was too: shy. to approach a stranger for help. So while his sister was rescued, he sat in ‘a ditch and died of ex‘posure, 100 yards from a mill where men were working. . ~The boy's body was found yesterday. ‘More than 200 men had been searching for him, since his sister, Vivian, 8, was found in a sheltered cave-in where he. ® ett her: with his bicycle while he went for help. -Sunday morning, the ‘two children _ left their home at Pittsburg for a bicycle ride - that took, them nearly to. Waco, "15° miles away. Here they were lost. ' They stopped ‘at + two; farmhouses to ask . their way, : but , were’ told to ir . “go on home.” x
STATE PRINTING
Group Also to Ask Power to ‘Investigate County Publication Contracts.
Governor Townsend’s committee to investigate laws governing legal advertising and state printing was’ to hold its first meeting at the Indianapolis “Athletic Club this ate ernoon. The committee was appointed recently after. the Governor expressed dissatisfaction . with the contract-letting procedure which the State Printing Board has to follow under: State laws. It includes Jack Dolan, Hartford City, Indiana Democratic Editorial Association president; Walter Crim, Salem, Indiana Republican Editorial Association president; y Fleming, Indianapolis, Hoosier State Press ‘Association: president, and
of Accounts chief examiner. Contracts for Two Years Under one, Procedure printing
“To. allow employers’ Sswellas: ems | 2 sit] ead contacts
ployees to invoke the services af the h
labor: board.
To separate the fact-finding and :
judicial duties now combined in.the labor board.
To -define more specifically the |;
rights and obligations of: employees,
employers and their representatives. |
Those meeting at the White
‘House in ‘the price structure con-
ference were Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau, tary of 'Agriculture Wallace, irman ' Marriher Eccles of the Federal Reserve Board and: Isadore Lubin, Lahor Depart~ ment economist. The group has made a study: of’ the price structure which Mr. Roosevelt said should be Tesiorad to the 1926 level.
Processing Tax Approval Sought (Editorial, Page 14)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (U.P) — Spurred by: Presidential signature. of the Farm Bill, Senator Pope (D. Ida.): today moved to obtain: Conessional approval of his plan to provide additional wheat and cotton: benefit payments through proeessing taxes President Roosevelt signed the He declared that funds in excess of the 440 million dollars now available under the soil conservation program, would be necessary to make parity payments provided for in the Administration’s third major stisnpt to aid agriculture. Secretary of Agticuliure Wal- [lars lace announced immediate action to put the program into effect. Senator Pope is preparing legislation to raise ‘additional wheat'and cotton benefit payments through processing taxes.: . Meanwhile the House "Appropriations Committee today reported favorably a $131,809,65¥supply hill for the State, Justice, Commerce and Lahor Departments... It was to i up in the House immedia A .threat to increase the’ .Houseapproved $250,000,000 deficiency relief bill developed in’ the Senate today as leaders prepared to bury thé: filibustered 'Wagner-VanNuys - Antilynching Bill next week. :
+ Ther whether: be ' revised . and enlarged so
mndittee - was: -to discuss ese’ classifications Should
bids.. It also was to discuss. |ing of: length of contracts and. the method: of computing bids. “= The committee was to ask authority to-make a study of county printbg contracts, because under the law, the State sets up the specifications, : ‘but - County Commissioners award contracts. . : Legal ‘advertising now is paid for at a flat rate to all papers, regardless: ‘of * ‘circulation.
(Another Story, Page 16)
WASHINGTON, Fe Feb. 17 (U. P)~| of Rear Admiral William G. Du ‘Bose, the Nayy’s chief of construction, told the House Naval Affairs Committee today that President Roosevelt’s naval expansion program [oud cost _rgore than a billion dol-
a elusive of
the program will: cost .$977,546,000— a figure $177,546,000 above the $800,000,000 which Chairman Vinson (D. Ga.) had projected in the bill now pending before his committee. This program is auxiliary to the
that ‘the: Nave does not have facilities to build the 47 fight ships and 22 auxiliaries projected in the pending¥Winson expansion measure. Committee members explained that while ‘the admiral’s statements i indicated the program ultimately
(CHANGE STUDIED
William P. Cosgrove, State Board |
smaller printing shops could offer |' shortén-
$553, 000,000 2939 aval Supply Bill.
FUEHRER SEES NEW OFFICIAL, HEARS REPORT
Dr ‘Seyss- Inquart Outlines
~ Developments in Talks At Berlin.
BERLIN, Feb. 17 (U.. P)—Dr. Arthur -van Seyss-Inquart, Naz representative. in’ Austria’s new Cabinet, arrived today after a hurried all-night trip from Vienna and went, almost. at once into conference with: Fuehrer Adolf Hitler. For more than an hour, Hitler and Dr. Seyss-In talked regarding - developments . resultant from . Austrian-German ‘negotiations. It was understood that Dr. Seyss-Ihquart would see Field Marshal Hermann Goering and Joachim von Ribbentrop, new Foreign Minister, in further talks. Usually well informed quarters said that the dramatic dash of Dr. Seyss-Inquart to Berlin was the first. move in a process of intense and rapid Nazification of Austria along ‘political, economic ang cultural lines. :@ °° Customs Union Possible
Some quarters expect this process —mostly likely including a customs union but not a formal declaration of “Anschluss” or union—to be completed by summer. : The idea of a military union was deprecated, though it was -men-
4 tioned in: Vienna as a rumor.
~ One of the earliest steps to be proposed, it was said, was the inclusion of ‘the nov Austrian. Nazi azis to
"German Nazis did not expect any | lier
| resistance by force to Nazification | of Austria, - believing that if. any
been likely, it would have Saturday night or Sun-
force been day. Similarly, it was understood that
the “maneuvering” of German troops
on the Austrian frontier had diminished and this was taken as an in-
dication of lessened tension.
Reports of the presence in Paris Archuke .von Hapsburg, presnder to the Austrian throne, caused no alar-min Nazi quarters
.| here. It was believed that France would not even consider supporting
his restoration — which Germans would consider almost as a warlike ‘act. : Somé quarters here yeported that Premier Benito Mussolini was urging Austria to leave the League of Nations and join Germapy, Japan : (Turn to Page Three).
would. exceed a billion dollars, actually only a relatively small portion this Agure would be expended during 1939
“The program's: cost - would! be di- |
vided over a period of years with onal appropriations to
meet costs as they deveiop. : Admiral
‘Du Bose gave a break-
the cost of produs- | 49Wn. of estimated costs as. follows:
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For 46 combat ships «the program "would permit: either 9 7or :10 STs depending on. size, or. a tal SN or 5 fighting Ships)
. Chief - of Naval Operations, | auxiliaries, including mine sweepers and tenders, Admiral Du. Boss said they would cost from $53,000,000 to $72,000,000, depending upon whether they were converted or built by the Navy. Addition of these vessels, he said, would increase the. tbtal cost to. '$1,050,000,000 + exclusive of the 1000 airplanes.
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| Po’ 4 Eden Says League of Nations Possesses Jurisdiction.
TALKS OF PARIS
Schuschnigg Plea for
se
PRICE THREE CENTS |.
Aid Branded as
A ; \¢ Rumor.
LONDON, Feb. 17 (U.P). —Great Britain will make no attempt to interfere with Adolf Hitler's moves in Austria, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden indicated in the House of Commons to--day, stating that the Government “do not think it lies with them to take the initiative.” : Replying to a question by Winston Churchill, Capt. Eden said that the
League of Nations had “some duties in respect to the: integrity of the
' independence of Austria,” but added
that the British Government were not willing to make the. first move. “His Majesty's Ambassador at Berlin has been instructed to communicate to the German Government the interest His Majesty’s Government took and always have taken in the Austrian question,” Capt. Eden told Mr. Churchill. Replying ‘to Clement R. Attlee, Labor | leader, Capt. Eden: said ‘the British Government was constantly "| consulting France regarding Austria and said that he had received information about the new AustroGerman agreement. As the terms were not yet made . public. he was unable for thé moment’ to give them in ear.
cationgythat “both Great BriEE and ance had virtually |o doned Austria were given edr-|g
after a CO between Francken-
‘Capt. Eden and Geéorg Minister.
stein, Austrian It was stated officially that there was no foundation to reports that Sichuschnigg bad asked Britain: if
she would give Austria military as
sistance. The inquiry was supposed
to (have been made before Chan-
oe Schuschnigg, went to Berchen. ~. Mussolini Is Puzzle European statesmen looked anxfously toward Vienna and - Berlin
today, expecting further develop-
ments. of. international’ importance. There were reports that the inclusion of Nazi elements in the Austrian . Cabinet, and a blanket amnesty for Nazis imprisoned in Austria, represented only the first two steps , The possibility that Austria might be requested by Hitler fo undertake (Turn to Page Three)
‘Naval Prograit to Exceed Billion and Overtax Builders, Du Bose Testifies
Admiral Du Bose suggested that the Vinson Bill be amended to permit conversion of merchant ships in auiliaries, i Sheppard-Hill War-Profits Bill was called an “out-and-out fake” today ‘by Rep. Maury Maverick (D. Tex.), who has introduced as a substitute the bill prepared by the Nye Senate Munitions. Committee. ‘The Nye bill would impose a tax |- of 93 per cent on wartime incomes above $20,000
| ‘The House ‘Military Affairs Come porting ‘mittee voted down yesterday a pro-
posal of Rep. Andrews (R. N. Y.). to ‘strike out of the Sheppard-Hill bill the. provisions making the President a- virtual dictator in wartinie and to leave only a statement of policy in favor of heavy wartime taxes... 3 Final - ‘Committee action was - de-
‘ferred until - tomorrow, when Rep.
Maverick is to move that his '200-
Capt. Anthony Eden
JEWS FEARFUL OFREPRESSION
Anti-Semitic Bloc Seen ‘Widened by Austrian : Developments.
By LOUIS F. KEEMLE United Press Cable Editor
The bold moving into Austria of Fuehrer Adolf Hifler and his Naziism caused political consterna-
tion in political Europe today and
grave apprehension among Jews that another country had been added to the anti-Semitic bloc. . Hitler's move, apparently blessed by Mussolini, cannot be blocked, advices :from London, and Paris indi4 7.16. became increasingly
2s gravely co feel they must leave Austria to her fate. Dispatches from Vienna said Jews there are highly apprehensive over measures against them expected to
‘be taken by the Nazi-influenced
Cabinet. Austria’ has more ‘than 200,000 Jews, including many who filterecdy in from Germany. . Austrian Catholics—Austria is 90 per cent Catholic—also were reported anxious lest Hitler insist on application of the Catholic clergy of . repressive. measures taken in Germany. ‘
“Active . anti-Jewish measures,’
however, were . definitely not ex- |
pec in Italy, which has a comparatively small Jewish) popilation of perhaps 60,000 so that the problem is not acute there.
AMERICAN ANGERED BY SHANGHAI INSULT
Japanese Say Vz Yankee Had “Offensive Attitude.’
SHANGHAI, Feb. 17 (U. P)~— United States Consul Charles E. Gauss planned today to make representations to the Japanese regarding . the complaint of .an American that he had” been forced to sweep the ‘floor“of a room in a Japanese
military ‘office.
James , Walsh, - Trevor, Wis., reported to consular officials last night that he was prevented from transmaterials across the Garden Bridge after having secured a permit to do so. Mr. Walsh said that he was taken to a Japanese landing party office where a Japanese interpreter twice “pbackhanded him with his fist.” ra Japanese were aroused
by Mr. Walsh's “offensive attitude” and
took him to the landing party office where he was questioned further, a spokesman said. = } “Reports of manhandling are en-
ge bill be substituted for te She d-Hill bill.
tirely untrue,” the spokesman added.
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Two More Ministers Reported Target : Of Attack.
SEE ANSCHLUSS
New Reorganization: Of Cabinet May Take Place, :
LONDON—Britain and France ine dicate they will, give ‘Hitler free . hand in Austria. BERLIN—Hitler confers ‘with Nast representative on Austrian Cabinet. VIENNA—Anti-Nazis give . up hope of resisting Hitler control. =
‘| ROME—Austrian-German collabore
ation welcomed, by Italian Gove ernment, semiofficial agency reports. WASHINGTON—State Department ‘believes Austrian - developments Hess gravity of European. situation,
(Editorial, Page 14)
VIENNA, Feb. 17 (U. P.). —Austrian leaders lost hope
.|today of blocking German
Nazi influence which was expected to bring domestic and foreign policy under Berlin's direction, after receiving ‘information that London: and
Paris will give no assistance.
Leaders of the Ausirian Fathere land Front strové desperately, but with little hope, t6 resis demands for removal of anti-Nazi elements from the highly important departments of. Finance and Propge
ganda. Samiyaliog to ese
ing “Gleichshaltung” (co-ordina~-tion) ‘of policies of Germany and Austria. This likely would: include the following steps: 1. Withdrawal from the League of ‘Nations.
munist” ‘pact with Germany, Italy and Japan. 3. Co-operation ‘in the German Four-Year Plan. 4. Elimination of customs duties between Austria and Germany.
Deadlock Reported .
Anetrin ‘resistance to: the de mands for removal of anti-Nagzis from the Finance and Propaganda Departments was sufficiently strong, however, to bring the situation to at least a temporary deadlock. ~ It was because of these difficulties over consummation of “Fuehrer Adolf Hitler's plans, observers: bes
ister of Interior, Dr. Arthur von Seyss-Inquart, a ' Nazi supporter, hastened to Berlin and conferred with Hitler. ‘There were increasing indicatierts of alarm among former Socialists
{and workers, and among the Left
wing of the Christian Social Party of Chancellor Kurt. Schuschnigg, especially among peasant members, Josef Reither, peasant leader, re~ cently told Chancellor Schusc that acecpjance of all German dee (Turn to Pagé Three)
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Mrs. Ferguson 13 4 | Music . Obituaries
Principal Characters i in Berlin-Vienna-Ro me | Drama Reshapin g Face: and Future of Faro ES :
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