Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 March 1938 — Page 1
FORECAST:
a VOLUME 50—NUMBER 8.
TRUCK LEAPS 155007 BANK WOMAN HURT
Husband Lets Go of Wheel To Crab Her as Door Of Machine Opens.
118 DRIVERS ARRESTED
Six Others Injured in Heavy Wee':-End Traffic; 50 [ utoists Fined.
While rolice investigated an acci-
dent in waich a truck hurtled down |
a 15-foof embankment injuring a woman critically, 50 of the 118 motorists arrested during the weekend were fined $86 in Municipal Court today. . Eleven other accidents were reported in which six persons were injured. heaviest in several months, police said. Judge Pro ‘Tem. David Lewis suspended $470 in costs and suspended the entire judgment in 22 of the Municipal - Court cases. Only one motorist, a speeder convicted of driving 4 miles an hour, paid the $10 court costs.
‘Tusband Escapes
Mrs. Sacie Thompson, 40, of R. R. 10, Box 474B, received internal injuries when the truck in which she was ridinz plunged over the Louisiana St. embankment to the Big Four Tracis at Noble St. She was taken to City Hospital. C.E. Thompson, her husband, was pinned beneath the wreckage of the truck, but was uninjured. Mr. Th ompson, who operates a transfer business here, told police that he had just gone over the overhead Noble St. bridge and turned lft into Louisiana St. when he saw the door on her side of the cab swing open. “I saw er start to fall out,” he told police. “I let go of the steering wheel and grabbed for her. She . weighs more. than 1 do and she pulled me half way out of the driver’s seat. The truck, meanwhile, climbed a two-foot rick guard 2 rail, and plunged fo the tracks. Mrs. Thompson was {row free ‘of thie. fruck,
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Reid McClintock of 4516 BE. 18th St., was ir jured slightly when the machine i1 which he was riding struck a safety abutment at Warman Ave and W. Washington St. late yesterday. Police were unable to determine which of the two men with him as the driver. James Morris, 11, of 3068 N. ferson Avz, suffered cuits and bruises when, police said, he ran into the side of a car driven Fred C. Bonnett of 332 N. Jefferson Ave. The boy was treated at home. oo ut. Melvin E. Mulliean, 33, oi Harrison, received possible ina injuries when thrown from. is motorcycle in a collision with -machin: | driven by George A. Poteet of « 120 E. Fall Creek Blvd Witnesses told police Sergt. Mullican ran ir‘o the right rear door of the Poteci car at Talbot and 30th Sts. - : James Eoberts, 15, of 2438 Ethel
st., was thrown from his bicycle{
when he siruck an auto in the 1000 block Roach St. He was:-treated at City Hospital for minor lacerations. Daniel Caldwell of 633 W. 26th St, the driver, was not held.
Child Radio Star, Man Killed a:- Ft. Wayne
FT. WAYNE, March 21 (U, P). —A child radio star and a Ft. Wayne man died yesterday of injuries sufi-red in automobile acecidents. Rita McCaffey, 9, local radio performer for the last four years, died of injuries received when her sled skidded into the path of an automobile hers Feb. 21. Injuries suffered a week sdgo when he was struck by a car proved fatal to D-Ill Johnson, 59.
Killed ir Crash ‘on Return “rom Tourney
COLUM® US, March 31 (U. P.)—.
Injuries sustained in an automobile accident Saturday night as he returned from the state high sdhool * basketball semifinal tournament at Indianapolis caused the death today
" . of Lloyd Smith, 51, in a hospital
‘here.
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GOVERNOR ASKS WISE AAA RULE
Proper Administration and Farmer’s Co-operation Held Key to Success.”
rests ‘ipon: wise local administration of the Federal act and co-operation of -the farmers, Governor Townsend told: township and community commitfeemen attending a forum-at Hall this afternoon. The meeting was in charge of L. M. Vogler chairman of the Indiana committee. “The. success of the AAA of 1938 largely ‘depends upon: the cooperation of the farmers and fair, jmpartial and wise administration,” Governor Townsend said. “The fact that you are here today shows. you have faith and -confidence in your fellow farmers. . . .
Serving All Classes
“You. are serving the farmers, the consumers “and the Government. Yours is a heavy responsibility, because: you are. with admin-
flecting more than one-third of our people.” ‘Pointing out: that . the . farmers’ purchasing power ‘is: an factor in Indiana economic life, the ‘Governor described the act as “a superior law, because: it will be:administered by the farmers through | © you—who are representatives ‘of the farmers.” “The more democratic the administration of any law, the more lasting and successful-it is likely to he,” he said. “I believe the AAA of 1938 is superior because it considers’ the consumers. Consumers will -- be protected in times of. severe crop shortage by the ever-normal granary fea-ture-of the act. . ...
Every Group Affected
“The: farmer, the consumer, the worker who ‘will benefit by farmer spending; ' the banker, the industrialist—every ‘economic’ class in. America—will be - affected by the
program. - “A: business survey of Indiana recently ‘ prepared for ‘the President revealed that farm purchasing trial - unemployment. this winter
panic . “This. program represents. insofar
las possible, the wishes of the ma-
jority of the ‘people, the majority. of the farmers.” Claude R. Wickard, AAA regional (Turn to Page Three) :
The Indianapolis Times Wednesday will ‘begin publication—exclusively in this city—of President Roosevelt's own story of the. New Deal. Prepared for newspaper pres-
will ‘conclude - Tuesday, April 26.series is ‘an authorized ad-
ments selected from the President's five forthcoming books, “The Public
‘| Papers and Addresses of Franklin| It constitutes a dis9 | cussion and explanation by: the
Presidenit ‘of the principal . events and tasks of his Administration, a history and’ appraisal Deal by the man who made it.
brace the entire period from Mr.| | Roosevelt's ‘first election to
n ncy, up to the yeas. 1987. In
power prevented the sudden indus-| from’ developing into ‘a serious. i
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vance publication of notes and com- |
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“MONDAY, MARCH
2 1938
JEAPECT WELLS T0 BE CHOSEN | | U_ PRESIDENT
Appointment Will Be ‘Mere|
“ Formality,” Says Official Of ‘University.
|BOARD ACTS TOMORROW
Selection Reported to Have Followed Withdrawal of - Of McNutt ‘Candidacy.
Times Special BLOOMINGTON, March 21.— Herman B. Wells, Indiana Univer-
_ |sity’s acting president, is expected
to be named successor to President Emeritus William Lowe Bryan when the trustees meet here tomorrow.
One official here said the meeting probably would be short and a mere
‘| formality.
Times Photo.
Eigh th Dog Poisoning Stirs Boys to Hunt for Killer
By JOE COLLIER ‘The Lawton Avenue Dog Protective Association, specializing in dog murder cases, was formed. today and went into its first case—that of the
th last night of Foundo.
es
o died of convulsions at 8p. fiy ‘squealed in-their- HoMe-abitio- TEAR Of 1409-Lan
«m., ‘while “three
Ave. ‘Was the eighth dog in the neighborogd to meet mich death
lin the last few weeks" > Martin, 10, who owned 4 -and. |. Ernest Green, 12, of 1317 Lawton:
Ave., and’ Richard ‘Wilson, 11, ‘of 1317 E. Naomi St, who also lost dogs, formed the: association. - Foundo’s mate was one ‘of the ill-fated dogs. Moreover, Ernest ‘and Richard each ‘adopted one of the orphaned pups. Routs Man In Shed The case.so far is this: Mr. and ‘Mrs. David Martin, blind parents: of Robert, who is not.sightless, and Robert, were away froin home. Mrs. Edna: Alexander, who lives in the other half of the double, went: Po their coal shed last night. Re Doo tle AL ta the head of a man in the window. “Get away from here?” she or-
dered.
“The man turned and walked up
‘the ‘alley. She went out and looked {at "him. He wore, she said, a short
blue: Navy. jacket. 's She:returned ‘tothe coal shed and found “Foundo in the last writhings
the | of -& poison. death. Foundo was a Boston bull “terrier, found starving
by" "Mr, Martin's: mother and Even to Robert.
‘Boys’ Vow Vengeance
Last ‘night, when the Martins returned and learned about the crime, Robért: was hedrtbroken. His mother said he cried all night. “But he’s mad today,” she vaid.
“He wants to find out who's been:
poisoning these dogs. Robert, Richard and Ernest were in consultation in one corner of the yard. They were, they said, trying to hurry up and think of names for the five orphans. After that their objectives ‘are two-fold. They must guard the pups against -harm. And they must: find the silent, mysterious’ Navy-coated
man they believe responsible for the:
crimes.
WOMAN, 79, REGAINS SIGHT LOST 4 YEARS
EVANBVILLE. March March 21 (U. P). —Mrs. Teresa~ Willett Toon, ‘79, could see again today after 4 years
of total blindness: and is. eagerly
awaiting for. trees to leaf and flow-
ers to bloom. An operation for |
cataracts a week ago restored her
| sight.
FDR’s Story of New Deal Begins i in » Ti imes Wednesday
vital aspect of government, both national ‘and ‘international.
Nap i in School
‘Brings 2-Year Term for Man
‘A school is no place to sleep, Criminal Court Judge Frank P. Baker told Roy Benson, 43, as he sentenced him to two years at Indiana State Prison on a burglary
charge, Benson, a Seymour resident, told the judge he entered School 66 at 602 E. 38th St., Dec. 18 to take a nap and he took nothing else. “More than 25 persons, named in Grand - Jury indictments last week, also’ were arraigned. ‘Harold Holland, 37, of a local hotel,’ was sentenced to ‘State Prison for. two years when he pleaded guilty to-burglary. -He testified that officers found him sitting’ on a drugstore floor with a bottle of liquor he had stolen. “I ‘want to take ‘the cure,” he said. | “I- was ‘sent up. for 90 days in 1936. on a similar charge.” “Two’' years should be enough,” said the judge. = Trial was set for April. 12 for 13] youths arraigned on charges of second degree burglary and larceny. One of them, Thomas Manges, 20 of 627 Orange St., pleaded not: guilty to charge of involuntary manslaughter returned by the Grand ‘Jury in connection with an aceident Oct. 28 in which two persons were: killed. ‘William * P. Moran, 45, of 118 E. 25th * St., a former policeman,
ceny Se harse: He was charged with ‘from two young hii ® aEht positions in the © Department. “Trial “was set for April 19. : 3
HOHLT pro ATTACKED Evidence. in a ‘suit. attacking the bond of Leonard A. Hohlt, Perry Township Trustee, was opened in Circuit Court, today before Special Judge Harvey Graybill. Among the witnesses were Mr. Hohlt's three
| The President’ reviews this mem
rote, Ernest; William ‘and Her-
swift succession of ysipr Sadenited laws ‘was. The: New Deal
cies for: unemployment relie. an and farm relief.
pleaded not guilty to: a grand lar-|
-enacted. took shape almost. overnight, wii legislation for abandoning the
in'| standard, ’ ; rd Wines
Mr. Wells, who is 36, would become one of the, youngest university presidents in the nation. His selection was reported to have followed withdrawal of High Commissioner Paul V. McNutt as a candidate for the position.
Confer With Governor
Three trustees, Val Nolan, Albert L, Rabb and Dwight Peterson, conferred Saturday with Governog
Townsend on the appointment.
Mr. Wells was graduated from the
merce and finance in 1924 with a B. S. degree, and received his A.M. degree in 1927. He has done work on a doctor of philosophy degree at the University of Wisconsin. ; . Mr. Wells was born in Jamestown and from 1931 to 1933 was secretary and research director for the Indiana Financial Institutions Study Commission. He resigned that to become head of the I. U. School of Commerce and Finance. He was appointed acting president when Dr. Bryan resigned.
VANNUYS TO ISSUE
TIN
Confers With Leatlors on Drive for Re-election.
Senator Frederick VanNuys mailed statements to all newspapers in Indiana for release tomorrow as his first shot in the battle for reelection. He called a press conference for 3 p. m. today. The Sepator is here to confer With leaders of the drive to re-elect him.
tion is reported backing Samuel Jackson, Ft. Wayne, for the Senate
post. Mr. VanNuys declared he is opposed to the President’s reorganization bill and that his vote will be cast against it through a “pair” he has made with Senator Wagner (D. N. YJ). The Senator said he would return to Washington later this week to take part in the tax legislation ae, He said he would vote against the closely held tion tax, the surplus profits tax, gains and. loss provisions.
WHITNEY REVEALS LOAN OF MILLION
" NEW YORK, March 21 (U. P.).— Richard Whitney, former Stock Exchange president who is awaiting sentencing for th of securities entrusted to his now bankrupt brokerage firm, disclosed today that his brother, George, a partner in J. P. Morgan & Co., came to his
loan of $1, 082,000. ‘This disclosure’ was made for the first time at an open hearing before Assistant Attorney General Ambrose V. McCall, chief of the State Securities Bureau.
COAL COMMISSION TO NAME NEW HEAD
WASHINGTON, March 21 (U. P). —Charles F. Hosford Jr. formally resigned today as National Bituminous Coal Commission chairman. ‘The Commission will meet at 9 a. m. (Indianapolis Time) tomorrow to in | select his successor anatiate for the chiairmanship are reported to be Pleas E. Greenlee of Indiana, Percy low of Ohio and Walter H. Maloney of Missouri.
of the farmer at the outset of his Administration, and @escribes in detail the setting up and functioning d | of the AAA. He narrates the results
AAA unconstitutional, and the continuance of voluntary crop adjustment t through soll conservation. J
message to the London - Conferoo me. he ta
Indiana University School of Com-|
PRESS STATEMENT
‘pare either twin jn boys « or twin girls.
The State Democratic organiza-
aid last November with a personal |
, showers probable by sStemons Nah
PRAT Matter
Sings Here
Mercury Soars Above 70; Pigeons Hold . Edge on Pursuers.
TEMPERATURES = .51 10a m. .... 67 }. eu 85 am... 7
.... 59 12 (Noom) .. 72 vase 0, 1 1pm..."
HE first’ spring sun of the year today spotted Indianapolis about 20 degrees above ‘normal perature and prepared to make it the warmest
day of the year so far. Spring arrived officially at: 92:43 3. m. The temperature ascended above 70. Normal for the day is 41. The Bureau predicted the skies would become increasingly cloudy tonight and unsettled tomorrow, with showers and cooler weather probable by "afternoon. It will be warmer {onight, the Bureau said. Meanwhile, Clinton reported that the Wabash River flood - crest had passed there and that the stage now is one and onehalf feet below flood stage and falling. All roads in the state closed last week by high war are open again. Aire e . FT. WAYNE, March 21 (U. P.) ~It’s pretty difficult to tell the difference between a broom and shoigun in the dark. So when a prowler caught peeking into the ‘front door of Mrs. ‘Ethel Foster's home jumped into the St. Mary's River to avoid pursuit, Mrs. Foster stood on the bank and threatened to “shoot” unless he surrendered. He did. Police who ested the man found Mrs. | ter had only a broom. ~“% © =»
Pigeons Rushing
Reinforcements IGEON war correspondents, laboring under a strict Works Board censorship, verified two important developments today. Pigeons already have laid their eggs and. are busily engaged. in hatching a ximately 6000 of the 15,000 new pigeons the State Conservation Department predicted for downtown Indianapolis this season. Pigeons lay two eges at a time, dnd when they hatch, the birds
‘When they learn fly, mama and papa pigeon. start & new family. The second important development was that the Works Board has removed its traps to the tops of downtown. buildings and out of the reach of Mrs. Dora Hunter, the full-time pigeon fancier. The Board claims its operatives have trapped 150 pigeons so far, but refuses to tell what disposition was made of. the captives. “These weré all taken’ in traps requiring one man each to operate them . . Saturday the Board tried out a new trap. It requires ho men to operate it. Early in the morning the trap was set with two live pigeons in it as decoys. - The pigeons are supposed to fy into and not be able to fly out. When they went up Saturday night to pick up their captives, Works Board men found they had lost one of the decoys. They returned with one, not two, birds.
4 » » ; 2 Lost Boys Home, Too Sleepy to Care rl Ran young brothers, whose six-hour absence from ‘home gave rise to family fears of kidnaping and accidents, were back
home today unimpressed by the widespread hunt for them last
and Harry Wehr, 10, left home - at 3 p. m. yesterday to visit a friend, but the glittering lights of a "Fountain Square theater . took them on a detour. When they failed to return - home at 9 p. m.,, their grandmother, Mrs, Robert McNamara, enlisted police aid. A search of the neighborhood was unavail-
ing. “Maybe they went to the picture show,” Mrs. McNamara
suggested. | They had. Ushers found them. : asleep on one another’s shoulders. The boys explained that after . seeing the picture three Simes they became sleepy. It past their bedtime.
LINDY FLIES TO. DUBLIN LONDON, March 21 (U. P)— Piloting his own machine, Col. ‘Charles A. Lindbergh flew to Dublin from Croydon today to attend the
of the Supreme Court's decision de- | 100k claring
His Comments onthe: Adminiéiri~] { tion's foreign policy tell of his per-| es
North Atlantic aviation conference.
with Haiti, Panama and others, and ends with his personal visit to. the Buenos Aires parley. No important subject is averd. Crime and the “G-Men,” the". cial Security; housing, TVA and national planning, ‘the SEC, the CCC,
news, will be discussed. Included also are intimate personal glimpses of Mr. Roosevelt's
25 his entering the lists for Gover. 3 ey York of the gine of |
Orirpe labor legislation, So- the
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Motion to Recommit
Precedes Naval Vote WASHINGTON, March 21 (U. P.. —The House today passed and sent to the Senate a bill authorizing the greatest fighting fleet in the history of the United States.
The vote was announced as 291 to: 100. Designed to carry out President Roosevelt’s request for a 20 per cent increase in America’s naval fighting strength, the bill authorizes additions to raise U. S. fleets to a total of 1,500,000 tons at a cost of $1,121,546,000. Passage followed a House vote of 276 to 114 defeating a motion by Rep. Ralph Church (R. Ill) to recommit the bill. The measure, sponsored by Chairman Carl Vinson (D. Ga.) .of the House Naval Affairs Committe, specifically authorizes 46 new combat ships, 22 naval auxiliaries and 950 airplanes to bring the Navy's aerial arm to 3000 fighting planes. The 1,500,000 tonnage falls just short of maintaining America’s share of the 5-5-3 naval ratio among the United States, Great Britain and Japan under the announced and reported building programs of - the three great naval powers. While it projects this nation into the international armaments race, the measure carries a statement asserting the United States would welcome a disarmament conference. It also specifically authorizes the President to suspend construction to carry out the terms of a possible treaty, but forbids suspension or scrapping of ships actually under construction.
Hoosier Senator Defends Reorganization Bill Times Special : WASHINGTON, March 21.—Senator Minton (D. Ind.) today predicted prompt passage of the Byrnes Government Reorganization Bill .and continued defeat of proposed amendments. : As one of the leading champions
of the measure, Senator Minton debated it over the radio last night with Rep. James Wadsworth (R. N.- Y.). In his radio speech, Senator Minton rapped the metropolitan newspapers: and called Congress itself “a debating society” which “sometimes resolves itself into a:talkathon.” Only the President is fitted to reorganize the Government and this bill gives him the power to do so, Senator Minton asserted.
- House Passage Goal Since the bill seems assured of Senate approval, these efforts are a buildup for passage by the House, he said today. “We want a backfire from the grass-roots that will cause Congress-
men to support the measure,” Senator Minton explained. Rep. Wadsworth accused the Administration of “steadily and ruthlessly” acquiring more power for the President. “I have said that the cutsihnag trend of the times is the aggrandizement of the executive at the expense of Congress,” he said. “We have already gone. far along that road. The passage of this reorganization bill will just about finish the journey.” Declaring that “opposition centers around. the civil service provision, the Controller General change and the power to r the executive departments,” the Hoosier Senator defended them all in his radio address.
Seeks Efficiency Civil service will be improved by
Was | abolishing the three-man board
and establishing a one-man Administrator as the bill provides, he contended. Abolition of the Controller ‘General's office and separating the powers of audit-and control will add to governmental efficiency, he said. “Every bit of power the Controller General now exercises be exercised by the Budget Director and the Auditor General, and un-
der the . jroposed law, Congress will real audit of the Govern-
‘of ‘abandon the practice of using “our
»f | ratory.”
aie of 40 pes cent. - of ih most
RESIGN,
Three Alternatives
Given Dr. Morgan WASHINGTON, March 21 (U.P). —President Roosevelt today told Chairman Arthur E. Morgan of the Tennessee Valley Authority he must withdraw charges against his TVA codirectors by 2:30 p. m. tomorrow and agree to co-operate in the President's inquiry or face immedie
office. President. Roosevelt served a 24« hour ultimatum upon the TVA chairman. ‘He gave him these al« ternatives:
against his codirectosr and agree to co-opérate in the President's TVA inquiry. 2. Resign if he does not wish to follow the first course. 3. Pace immediate suspension or removal from office if he follows neither the first of second course. Dr. Morgan left the White House immediately after the President served his ultimatum. It was reported—without confirmation—that he might resign. The new ultimatum to the TVA head was served by Mr. Roosevelt at the third White House conference with Dr. Morgan and his codirectors, David E. Lillenthal and Hazgourt A. Morgan. Friends of Chairman Morgan be« lieved he would remain adamant and continue his demand for a Congressional investigation. If he does, it .was believed that Mr, Roosevelt would ask for his resige nation. ’
Gannett Demands Committee Apologize (Editorial, Page 10)
WASHINGTON, 1 March 21 (. P.) —Frank Gannett, newspaper publisher, demanded abolition of the Senate Lobby Committee today for its investigation of organizations opposing enactment of the Byrnes Government Reorganization Bill. . Acting as head of the National Committee to . Uphold Constitu« tional Government, whose executive secretary, Dr. Edward A. Rumi faces a contempt of the Senate citation for refusing to surrender the organization’s’ private records, Mr.. Gannett demanded that. the Committee publicly apologize for “its vicious illegal activities.” He charged that the Committee, headed by Senator Minton (D. Ind.) was prompted by a desire to “smear and intimidate” his and other organizations Sghung the reorganization bill. Majority Leader ‘Barkley (D. Ey) confidently predicted final approval of the bill by” tomor tomorrow.
Tariff Proposed On Canned Beef
Times Special WASHINGTON, March 21.—A 50 per cent tariff on canned beef is before the Senate Finance Come mittee as a proposed amendment ‘o the tax bill. Tariff experts calculate ‘that the tax would add 2 or 3 cents to the price of a 12-ounce tin of corned beef, now about 17 cents at retail. The tax would affect almost all canned beef, since very little of this commodity is: produced in this country. About 88 million pounds of it is imported annually, mostly from Uruguay and Argentina. State Department officials said today that the tax would hinder future efforts to obtain trade agreements with Uruguay and Argentina, The beef tax is urged by Western livestock men, and is sponsored by the four Wyoming and Colorado Senators. They would levy an “ime port excise tax” of 3 cents a pound on t8p of the present 6-cent tariff on “beef, cured or cooked, steamed, prepared, or preserved. »
Business Group Asks Tax Bill Changes
WASHINGTON, March 21 (OU. P.) —Ellsworth C. Alvord, represente ing the U. S, Chamber of Commerce, urged the Senate Finance Committee today to “unshackle” business
will | by revising the undistributed profits taxes.
and capital gains House-approved tax bill, he asked the Committee to remove the “fears vindictive taxation,” and to tax system as an experimental laboMr. Alvord
- “direct our country
upon Te EE | recommended the following fax re- .
visions: 2. A maximum 15 per cent rate on
on capital gains, or rates graduated fro m15 per cent to 5 per cent over
is| a 10-year period.
3A ar period, individual surtax
“removal of “s few mistakes of the
ate suspension or removal from
1. Publicly withdraw his charges
Testifying at hearings on the
represents the chame bers committee on Federal finance:
te incomes, with lower rates on incomes of less than $25,000. 2. A maximum 121% per cent rate
ORGAN IS Lid | “BIG NAVY VOTED
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
TVA head arrives for White House showdown. NAVY BILL is passed by House, 291 to 100. MINTON Committee apology asked by Gannett. TAX BILL changes to free business asked CANNED BEET tariff proposed in Senate. HOOSIER SENATOR defends Reorganization Bill.