Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 March 1938 — Page 1
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VOLUME 50—NUMBER 2
Board of Accounts Is Urged to Indorse ~ New Firehouse.
BUS CHANGE HIT
Proposed Extension ‘On Schofield Ave. Protested.
The Works Board today approved construction © a $225,000 sewer which Henry EP. Steeg, City Engineer, said would keep water out of North Side basements. : At fhe same time, the Safety Board asked the State Accounts Board to appro'= a WPA project to build a'new fire engine house at W. Michigan St. and White River Blvd. A contract awarded recently for the project was rescinded after a Grand Jury probe hac been ordered into alleged irregularities. . Meanwhile, = citizens’ petition asked the Work: Board to withdraw its permission to allow a proposed Millersville bus line extension to operate over Schofield Ave.
Bond Issue Planned
The North Side sewer will be paid for with a bond issue, the Board explajned. WPA labor will be used. It is planned in three sections, Mr. Steeg said. ‘Pirst section will. extend from
3 fo-Gemtral Ave. and the third<from Fall. eek at 34th St to 34th St. and “Tlve. William P. Co:zrove, State Board of Accounts chicf examiner, indicated he would -pprove the engine house ‘project. The Safety Bo ard last week re- . scindéd its awar: of a contract to Lawrence J. Street, a private contractor, on his bid of $13,280.85, when John G. Karstedt, Capitol Engineering & Construction Co. president, testified two men had offered him $100° if he would bid higher than Mr. Street. Offer Rejected Mr. Karstedt testified he declined to make the deal. The two men he named denied they ever had made any such offer. Mr. Karstedt’s bid, $11,516.15, was the lowest, but was rejected because it was “incomplete.’ ” Henry O. Goei!, deputy prosecutor, said-the Gran d Jury had begun an inquiry into Mr. Karstedt's charges and *had questioned a contractor. Under the proposal submitted to the State Accounis Board by Theodore Dammeyer, board president, the city would provide funds for materials and skilled labor, the WPA providing unskilled labor. A $24,491.30 WPA grant is available for the unckilled labor cost, 1 portion of this
Mr. Dammeyer aid the city budget includes $20,000 for engine house construction. He -estimated only $12,608 of this wouid be needed, $6000 fo for skilled l=bor and $6660 for terials. . Additional materials : is about $8500 were purchased last year. bd new building would replace the present Engine House 1 at Indiana Ave. and V'. Michigan St. The Works Board previously had | given Indianapolis Railways, Inc, to use “Schofield Ave. for
the proposed Millersville Line extension. .
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$170,000 Issue Will Be Sought as City’s Share of Cost.
LEASE IS SIGNED
Money to Be Used for Building Hangars And Shops.
The City Legal Department today was preparing an ordinance for a $70,000 bond issue to pay the City’s share of the hew $800,000 U. S. aircraft radio experimental station at Municipal Airport. Mayor Boetcher will present the ordinance for passage at City Council meeting next Monday, he said. He will ask that it be passed under suspended rules, he said. Bureau: of Air Commerce officials signed a ground lease in Washington Saturday for the location of the station - here. Under the lease, the building must be constructed by Sept. 1. I. - J. (Nish) Dienhart, airport superintendent, said grading ‘work on two 4000-foot gravel runways will begin some time next week. WPA labor is to be used in the construction of them.
Tax Board O. K. Needed
Mayor Boetcher said the mechanics of issuing ihe bonds and the
. | advertising and letting-of:the con
tract for the-building would* require at least 60 days, leaving: only three months to complete thé building.
He sald he will ask the State Tax |
Board to approve the ordinance if it is passed by Council. = = ‘Plans for the building and the runways have been ‘complete for several months. Only actual conFstruction remains. The station is to be located in a
266-acre tract at the northwest cor- |
ner of the field and will be operated the Bureau's safety and planning vision. The Bureau is a division of the Department of Commerce. The combined hangar-shop is to be 150 feet by 120: feet, with a sec-ond-story space 30 feet by 120 feet for shops. $250,000 to Be Spent City and WPA ‘funds to be used in preparing the. station site and constructing the building will total approximately $250,000. The Federal Government will bear all additional expense, Mr. Dienphart said the Bureau is making plans to move its equipment here as soon as the new building is ready for occupancy. 7 The type of work to be carried on by radio experts will embrace flight testing and testing of radio equipment for aircraft use, Mr. Dienhart said. The new station will ‘enable
Bureau experts to accelerate ex-
periments in instrument or “blind” landing systems and lighting.
Politics Charged
Louis C. Schwitzer, Schwitzer- |
Cummins Co. president, charged that the proposed station was a “political affair and any defense of it is just a lot of nonsense.”
Mr. Schwitzer said “any sharp increase in future air traffic brought
as a result of the experimental sta-|
tion would mean the end of the Municipal airport as a commercial e ” ““The 30 and 40-passenger lanes now - being built need plenty of landing space. If they interferred with the testing station, the commercial fleld would have to give way esau that’s in the agree. ment.”
Arriied ‘Nasis ‘Seize Vienna’ Chancellery.
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HIGH COURT REJECTS.
KOKOMO BANK SUIT] >
WASHINGTON. Mérch 14° wv. Pp)! “The Supreme : Court toddy denied
the: appeal of: Ella; Pickett, scting| |
on: ‘behalf of stockholders of
closed Howard National Bank of in
Kokomo, for a. view of the:
ie on'.arose ‘from th the. in. tricate affairs of the. Howard Bank, whieh: closed in ‘May, 1930;
The: Supreme Court declined - the
.of "Al, Capone, gangster, to obtain review ‘ofa oneyear jail term’ Capone" is" ‘scheduled to serve when freed, om. J
Prison: next: Jaauary.
F DR’: 5 Quips 1h
WASHINGTON, March 14 (U.P). —President Roosevelt snapped an abrupt “That is silly” to a question whether the nation would resort to printing-press ‘currency inflation— He suggested that another: questioner should ask whether he had
=" A Preskiential cold was: attributed j
to talking too much— Face lined with worry, Mr. Roose-
velt sat tense in his office chair |
and fired at the Supreme Court the charge that it had taken the coun-
show; newspaper. of -the “most Government. is made.
i script (excerpts): Raosevelt’ P "Press
i JENNINGS SCORES
. POLITICS IN WeA
ers : Wainad: Against |=
A caing Factions 3
Ap fast, and the city's 160,000 Jews lived in terror while “Aryans” re-
'|umph into Vienna today and pro-
the oath of allegiance to him this
| with swastikas, the Italian Lega-
| the last 48 hours. - Shops | workers, by official order, at noon.
‘| crees yesterday: by which the Aus- | Austria into the German Reich and
{ Herr Hitler assumed command of the Austrian armed forces.
| modation.
{he ousted as chancellor, was re-
rated and under “protective” cus- "| tody, while arrangements were made | nists | for him to seek refuge in Hungary.
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Our Huge Reich,’ Fuehrer Says.
Repressive Measures Against Nazi Foes Go In Effect.
VIENNA, March 14 (U. P).— Fuehrer Adolf Hitler rode in ftri-
claimed to the nation that the German Empire, which he has expanded| from the Baltic to the Italian border, will never again be disrupted by its enemies. “We are now 74,000,000 persons in one Reich,” Heer Hitler declared fro mthe balcony of his hotel.
Troops throughout Austria took
morning. _Approximately 500,000 "crowded Vienna streets. Herr Hitler stood in his big six-wheeled military automobile with upraised right hand, while his newly created German citizens - broke ito tremendous waves of acclaim, - While most buildings were decked
tion did not display one. It flew side” the Halisn. colors,
ler’s adveni following the repressive measures against them during
and offices dismissed their
yo Leaves Linz Early
- The Imperial Hotel was made ready here for the Fuehrer and his staff, : As the Nazi ulation rejoiced, Jews were in terror and crowds gathered in front of the Polish Legation, seeking passports. Herr Hitler left Linz at 3: 45 a. m. for 100-mile drive to Vienna. The entire route, crowded: with
peasants, . townspeople and troops, was a triumphant way and progress was slow. Herr Hitler spent the night at Ling after the promulgation of de-
trian Nazi Government incorporated
Factories, their staffs working at
Final Home
RI REE CENTS
‘No One Can Destroy | |
BONDS. CRASHING |
the red and white Austrian flag be-| . Is Jews, Social-
The Nazi Party issued appeals for
‘| householders to receive guests for |
‘whom there was no public accom- |
- Germs soldiers tramped through the streets and fraternized with | Austrian soldiers and Austrian peo‘I ple. Germany Army airplanes flew ‘j overhead. By official order every “Aryan” who could get one wore a Nazi embléem—and, also’ by official decree, only “Aryans” were permitted to wear. them. By order, Austrians greeted - German ‘troops with the “Heil Hitler!” and the straightik ‘Nazi salute.
: President Resigns Dr. Arthur von Seyss-Inquart was. provisional president and chancel-
lor in place of venerable President Wilhelm Miklas, 10 years the country’s chief executive, who was forced to resign yesterday. : Dr. Kurt Schuschnigg, Dr. von Seyss-Inquarts’ old friend whom
‘ported still to be at his ‘home, pros-
Other reports stated that Sctmsosnity read i had Teft
gi Jewish Cafe Seized Anti-Jewish measures apread
Jjoinced, Dontateously ‘or by order.
top speed all night, could not turn | ‘lout enough Nazi emblems to meet ‘| the demand. Hotels were sold out.
THE EUROPEAN CRISIS (Editorial, Page 10)
VIENNA—Nazis welcome Hitler and suppress opponents. LONDON-—Chamberlain condemns Hitler's action in Austria. WASHINGTON—U. 8S. hears reports from Czech and Polish envoys. PARIS—Blum asks support of Popular Front Cabinet. NEW YORK-—Franch-: franc
cracks wide open.
MUNICH—Austrian troops enter Germany. PRAHA—Czechoslovakia complains “that German war planes flew over her territory. ROME—Italy reportedly convinced her best move. now is accord with Britain. BERLIN—Austrian diplomatic ‘relations and currency to be suPerseded. | BERNE—Swiss . notified Germany will handle Austrian diplomatic relations. HENDAYE — Spanish Rebels make sweeping advance. MOSCOW — Execution of 18 convicted traitors expected today.
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Crash, Dollar Soars LONDON, March 14 (U. P.). —Government bonds of the smaller European nations crashed in world markets today, while the United States dollar and American stocks soared = when apprehensive continentals frantically sought safe haven for their capital.
out. Austriah Gove sold at 45, a break of 26 neat from the previons close.
' NEW YORK, March 14 (U. P).—The france opened at 3.09% cents, off 103; points from Saturday’s. close. That was a new 12-year low. ;
BLUM PREMIER READY TO ACT
Communists Pledge Support; Paul-Boncour Takes Foreign Post.
— ~ PARIS, March - 14 (U. P)— Premier Leon Blum today headed a new Popular ‘Front Government pledged to fulfill its “duties” in.the European crisis “without delay” and
| “with quiet firmness.”
The scholarly Socialist took over the Premier’s office last night from Camille Chautemps, who resigned Thursday, leaving France for four days without a Government in the midst of Europe's most serious crisis since the World War. Last night Mr, Blum made a nationwide radio appeal. “This moment in history is serious,” he declared. “We are considering the situation in which France has been placed, and consequently the duties that await us and which we have begun to fulfill without delay, prudently and wisely put with quiet firmness.” Premier Blum, who had tried vigorously to form a National Union Cabinet, including all parties; ‘was forced finally to accept a Popu-
lar Front Government, including
Socialist and Radical Socialists, but excluding Communists. Communists assured the new Cabinet of at least = temporary life by pledging their support. . Aims Unchanged
M. Blum announced that the
| Government's aims would be the
: 0 high Government officials ‘were | under arrest.
same as in June, 1936, when he (formed the first Popular Front
{ Cabinet that remained in power un-.
til June 21, 1037. These aims, he
said, would be “to prove that a ‘Popular Front Government, can and :
Nazi Labor Front Men seized a big [Lic go Jewish cafe Do announced they | France ’ would donduct, it as an “Aryan” es- | peace
Chamberlain Pledges Further Increase In Defense.
LABOR CRITICAL
Opposition Asks fox
Rule of Law in" World Affairs.
LONDON, March 14. (U. P).~ Premier Neville Chamberlain in the House of Commons today denounced Germany’s seizure of Austria as dee serving “the severest condemnation” and promised : increases ‘in Great Britain's already tremendous rearme ament program. : The Premier declared that “the hard fact is nothing could have are rested this action by Germany une less we and the others with us, had
been prepared to use force to’ prevent it.” Mr. Chamberlain made it plain
“| that Britain was alarmed as he told
the lower chamber, packed for the foreign affairs debate, that it would “be idle to pretend ‘that recent events do not constitute a change in the situation justif a review of the defense progr - “The Governmen has decided : 10 make sueh’ a review and will:in due course announce further steps it may think necessary to take,* the Premier told the House as 1%
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“Warns of ‘Upset Balance ; . Mr. Chamberlain pointedly warned that events in Austria were , upsetting the balance: of Central Europe and were not orily-bound to cause political uneasiness but would gravely set back the program of eco nomic appeasement. Mr. Chambgrlain’s pronouncement - was one of the most eagerly. awaited. since the World War, He stydiously avoided revealing the British attie tude in the event of aggresson against Czechoslovakia which he «
mentioned only once. “I have been informed that Field Marshal Goering on March 11 gave’ a general assurance to the Czechoslovakian Minister at Berlin that it would be the earnest endeavor of the German Government to improve Germanic-Czechoslovakian relations. “The Czechoslovakian Govern= ment has informed His Majesty's Government that although itis their earnest desire to live on the best. possible. neighborly relations with the German’ Reich, they have fol. lowed ' with the greatest attention developments: in Austria between the date of the Austro-German sgresment of Jyly, 1936, up to the present day.” Mr. Chamberlain ‘excoriated Ger= : many, declaring: “The methods adopted throughs out these events call ‘for the see verest condemnation and adminis tered a profound shock to all who are interested in. the preservation of n © “What has happened,” Mr. Chamberlain continued, ‘cannot’ fail to have prejudiced His Majesty's Government's hope of - removing misunderstandings between nations and promofing international COe operation. - “The interest of His Majesty's Government in this question cane not on any tenable ground be de~ nied. His Majesty's Government: are and must always be interested in developments in Central Europe, particularly events such as those which "have just taken lr oH The Prime Minister said there fs no foundation for rumors that the British Government consented to or encouraged the German absorption, : of Austria. h tial 3 ips of = pha y pprove such as those of which Austria wag: made the scene” he Bid, hemos, oro as Mr. Chamber. lain. took his seat. }
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