Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 July 1938 — Page 1
The
VOLUME 50—NUMBER 108
FARLEY CRITICIZES
M'NUT COAST
I FOR 1952; | GREETS FDR |
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
FARLEY CRITICIZES McNutt for 1932 actions. F. D. R. KEEPS OUT of Coast political row. WPA WAGES are raised in South. HOPKINS TO FIGHT charges of politics.
PRESIDENT CALLS
S for arms reduction.
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SENATORS PROBE primary campaign charges.
Hoosiers’ Actions at
Convention ‘Disappointing’ WASHINGTON, July 15 (U.P) - A critical and apparently unfriendlv analysis of the activities of Paul V. McNutt Indiana, during the 1932 Democratic National conven-
tion which nominated Franklin D Roosevelt appeared today under the of Postmaster General
of
sighatt Farley Mr. Farlev's remarks, in the first installment of his memeirs in the American Magazine, promised to attract political interest because Mr. McNutt's campaign for Democratic Presidential nomination in 1940 also was launched this week Mr. McNutt now is High Commissioner to the Philippines by appointment of President Roosevelt. Writing the inside story of the 1932 Democratic Convention, Mr Farley repeatedly finds occasion to highlight actions of Mr. McNutt which couid or did embarrass the Roosevelt cause. The Farley President Garner * rison (D. Miss.) crises to enable Mr. ination. Discusses
ire
embodied
article credits Vice and Senator Harwith pinch hits in Roosevelt's nom-
Break With Smith
Mr. Farlev discusses the break hetween Mr. Roosevelt and former Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York, and explains it generally on the ground that both wanted to be President. He said Mr. Smith never properly appreciated the loyalty and support which had been given him by F. D. R. throughout the decade from 1918 to 1928," and added: “For some reason, known cnly to himself, Mr. Smith always had a tendency to underrate the ahility of his successor (as New York Governor) even when they were working side by side. “Roosevelt's the Happy Warrior turned. Even though Mr. Roosevelt was deeply hurt at the misunderstanding between them, 1 have never heard him utter an unkind or unchariteble remark about his former colleague.”
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genuine confidence in was not re-
Garner Credited for Victory
Mr. Garner gave Mr. Roosevelt the final push over the top at the 1932 convention, Mr. Farley says. Delegates had sat all night through speeches an three inconclusive hallot when Mr. Garner telephoned Sam Rayburn «D. Tex), his Chicago convention manager. Here are Mr. Garner instructions to Rep. Rayburn as related by Mr Farlex “I think it is time to break that up. This man Roosevelt is the choice of that convention. He has had a majority on three ballots. We don’t want to be responsible for tying up the convention and bringing on another Madison Square Garden that might candidate in November (Continued on Page Two)
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JOURNEY'S END FOR WORLD GIRDLERS
Home again are Howard Hughes and his four companions, ‘round-the-world flight yesterday at
pleting their
McAdoo Alone Wins
President's Backing By THOMAS L. STOKES
Times Special Writer WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S PARTY, July 15.—In California the President has run into a political potpourri of that “lunatic fringe” which he denounced in Oklahoma and which is trying to take over the Democratic Party in
| this state,
Seeking a senatorship, the governorship and various local offices are exponents of sundry pension schemes, including the Townsend Plan and modifications of it. One candidate for Lieutenant Governor would institute a lot of new holidays. This sort of thing is nothing new in California. In 1934 Upton Sinclair, thé novelist, very nearly won the Governorship on his End-Pover-ty-in-California plan, claiming an indorsement by Postmaster General Farley in a letter which Mr. Farley said had been rubber-stamped with his sighature by a secretary.
Indorses McAdoo
The President is smarter than to get mixed up again in California's “I-can-do-more-for-you = than = the-other-fellows” sweepstakes, beyond trying to save the skin of the elderly but spry Senator McAdoo. The latter is still trading on that block of votes he threw into the pot at Chicago in 1932 to clinch the Roosevelt nomination The Senator, young wife, met train at Crockett, and from that time on was at his elbow. He sat next to Mr. Roosevelt in the open automobile as it proceeded past thousands and thousands of Californians gathered along the 50-mile | route from Crockett into San Francisco. But beyond thus helping the Senator, the President kept mum on California politics. He was besieged
accompanied by his the President's
| to say a word for former Controller
defeat the party | The nom- | |
of the Currency J. F. T. O'Connor. but put his foot down when told that Mr. O'Connor probably would run close to seventh in a seven-man race for Governor. It looks.as if Mr. McAdoo will be renominated. But he has a potent threat in Sheridan Downey, onetime high in the Townsend Plan forces. Mr, Dowey is running strong in Los Angele, where the Townsend Plan has its greatest appeal. Mr. Downey tried to put a erimp (C onuinted on Page Two)
ANDREWS IS LIKELY PAY ADMINISTRATOR
New York Labor Official Is Willing to Serve.
YORK, July 15 (U. P)).— F. Andrews, New York State Labor Commissioner, has been offered the post of Federal Administrator of the new Wage-Hour Law, the United Press learned today. It was understood that Mr. Andrews had expressed his willingness to serve in the position Advices from Washington said that an appointment was expected to be made before President Roosevelt sails on his vacation cruise from San Diego tomorrow. It was learned that “third party” had telephoned Mr. Andrews at least a few days ago asking him if he would relinquish his present post to assume the new position. Mr. Andrews recently announced his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor.
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ROCHESTER, Minn, July 15 (U. P).—Dr. Robert A. Millikan, noted California Institute of Technology physicist and Nobel Prize winner, was reported in serious condition at Mayo Clinic Hospital today after a gall bladder operation. The operating asked that his name be withheld, said: “Dr. Millikan's condition course is serious. He is holding his but it is too early to make statements.”
FEENEY AHEAD
surgeon, who
of
own, any
IN VOTE RECHECK
Mayoralty Recount Lacks Single Precinct of Completion.
Al Feeney, declared loser of the Democratic sheriff race, today went up to a new high of 2312 votes in a recount of 254 precincts. This is votes above the 2255 plurality given Charley Lutz by the canvassing board for cincts following the election. Of 39 votes gained by Mr. Feeney in the recount of seven precincts today. 32 of them were picked up in Precinct 9, Ward 20, Mr. Feeney's
Net gains for
ne af
{ home precinct.
Mr. Feeney's recount total for the
254 precincts is 17,479 compared with |
his canvassing board tally of 17,184. Mr. Lutz now has 17.328 compared with his original 19,344 for precincts. Meanwhile, recount of the Democratic mayoralty votes was completed vesterday, with the exception of a missing bag of ballots from Precinct 4, Ward 7. Ray Gains 1248 The final recount tally, without the one precinct, gave Sheriff Ray. who contested the vote, 21.379, compared with the canvassing board total of 21,249. Reginald Sullivan, the winner, received 38553 in the recount compared with 39.671 given him bv the canvassing board. This
the
| gives Sheriff Ray a net gain of 1248.
Recount commissioners said they would not certify their figures to Circuit Court until the missing bag of ballots is found. They said the ballots probably are mixed with some county ballots being recounted in the sheriff contest. Commissioners in the sheriff recount reported finding erasures on 25 ballots, most of which apparently had been voted for Mr. Feeney. Mr. Lutz protested several ballots the ground that they appeared to have been marked by the same person.
TROOPS GUARD PRISON T0 END ES ESCAPE WAVE
FLORENCE. Ariz. July 15 (U. P). —Governor Stanford today called a detachment of National Guard to the State Penitentiary to end a series of escapes which he said “threatened the public peace and safety” of every resident of Arizona Twentv men have broken out of the institution in the past month. Eleven remained at large todav, and Governor Stanford said that new be expected at any | time because of overcrowded conditions and lack of adequate guarding
facilities,
WIFE GREETS THURLOW WITH KISS
after comY. Crowds
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Indianapolis Times
Fair tonight and tomorrow;
slightly warmer tomorrow,
FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1938
FIFTH OF Find King of
OSIERS NOW ARE ON RELIEF
oboes, Burns | Begs of City,
seems that Bob Burns and amount are now producing “The a Traveller” and that thay |
| State Ranks Fourth in Nation have, by the oddest chance, hired a
In Number of Persons Receiving Aid.
RECORD IS SET IN MARCH
Dependency Rolls Grow as Jobs Show Decline Since September.
By RICHARD LEWIS
The effects of the business reces- | sion have been more severe in Indi- | ana than in the nation as a whole, a | welfare Department study showed | today. As a result, the State has experienced a greater relative increase in relief and WPA than have other | sections of the country.
These conclusions were drawn in | a special study of public assistance | the United States |
in Indiana and after months of research. With more than one-fifth of its population on relief, WPA or secur-
ity aid, Indiana ranks fourth among | the 48 States in the percentage of |
population receiving public assist- | ance. Topping this State's percentage are Washington, Michigan and Montana. In April; 206 per cent of Indiana's population received some form of | public assistance, while the percentage for the nation was 15.1. ! All-Time High in March The recession has increased Indiana's total dependency load by 105 per cent since September, 1937, the study shows. | over that time was 59 per cent. In a steadily ascending curve, Indiana’s dependency load rose from 10.3 per cent of the population. when the recession began in 1937, all March of this vear. off in April to its present figure.
This increase developed as the re- |
sult of 2 much more severe drop in Hoosier employment than in the | United States as a whole. The index of manufacturing employment | for the State dropped 33 points from September, 1937, to March, for that period, | study.
greater relative increases in total | dependency by tracing its higher than average increase in relief, WPA | and security aid. Relief and WPA increased in Indiana faster than in the nation during the recession. Since September, 1937, the relief load quadrupled in percentage of population. The WPA load doubled While relief in bv 186 per cent, States rose only The study
the State leaped aid for 74 per cent. concludes that the
average assistance a recipient has | declined. The increase of $2,800,000 |
which the State spent over last year did not tide of relief needs.
~ Private Jobs Level Off the studv points
the upward movement of public assistance index
Optimistically, out that Indiana's
has ceased-—a result of the seasonal |
decline in relief needs. Private emplovment, showing a leveling-off tendency about April, did not appear to absorb the unemployed. but WPA rolls expanded and
relief rolls showed a corresponding |
drop. Among the counties in the State. those employing industrial workers were hit hardest by the study shows showed the highest increase in the public assistance load and its April, 1938, figure was almost three times greater than for April, 1937.
SEEK YOUTHS WHO STEAL, WRECK CARS
FT: WAYNE, July 15 (U. Py Sheriff's deputies today investigated activities of a youthful band of automobile thieves who apparenily steal cars and wreck them for thrill of it. Three cars have been stolen here in recent weeks and wrecked along nearby country roads.
to an time high of 21.1 per cent in The load fell
1938, while the national decrease was 22 |
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| studios: | Davis has been squawking about the | public failure to distinguish between |
‘se 3 | The nation's increase
according to the | neil control making the housing |
The study accounts for Indiana's |
the United |
keep pace with the rising |
the recession, | Delaware County |
the |
publicity man. The Indianapolis police today ceived this wire from Mr. Burns: “Will appreciate your locating Jeff Davis, king of American hoboes, for me. Understand he is near your city en route from New York. Need him to make authentic hoboes out of me and other actors in “The Arkansas Traveller” at Paramount After the way my friend
re-
hoboes, tramps and bums, I'm afraid we might give offense to great fra-
ternities of the road without his ad- |
| vice. Wire me his address collect if | (Photos. Bottom of Page One and! Few Bills Being Dr afted by
he is in your city. I'll be mighty | grateful.”
Bob Burns.
(Signed)
PLANS TO ASK HOUSING VOTE
Fritz Seeks Council Action Despite Real Estate Board's Plea.
(Photo, Page 22) Despite a plea by the Indianapolis
Real Estate Board for two months!
more delay, Adolph J. Fritz, Democratic City Councilman, said he will introduce and ask an immediate vote on an amended Housing Authority resolution at City Council meeting Monday. The Real Estate Board asked the Council, in a letter today, action for two months while
ing conditions.
G. 0. P. View Reported
A resolution Boetcher the control of the City
authorizing Mayor
Council a
Housing Authority has been pending | six |
before council members for months | The amendment to be introduced [by Mr. Fritz would eliminate the | body conform to State laws.
Republican councilmen: are je-
| ported opposed to any plan to set up
| a Housing Authority that would not | be governed by the council. State law provides, however, a Housing Authority must be own governing body autonomous. Mr. Fritz, however, ask for a vote on Monday night.” Walter E. Stanton, Indiana Housing Authority executive secretary, is to appear before the Council at Mr. Fritz's invitation Monday to explain the resolution to Councilmen.
Pending Six Months
the Real further
that its
“T will resolution
said: the
Estate delay,
Commenting on | Board's request for Mr. Stanton said: “The resolution has heen pending already more than six months. It seems to me that has been enough.” He pointed out a U. of Commerce survey in 1934 showed that one-fifth of Indianapolis houses are in a dilapidated condi- | tion. The request made in a
for more time letter from George T.
Whelden, Board president, after a! Real Estate Board members voted |
| at their weekly meeting yesterday to ask the postponement so they could conduct their own survey.
Board members empowered their
President to appoint a committee to make the survey, and he said he (Continued on Page Three)
FAIR AND WARMER IS BUREAU’S FORECAST
TEMPERATURES 87 10 a. m.. .. AR 11 a. m. 72 12 (Noon). 5 I pm...
76 kd 76 81
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The Weather Bureau predicted that tonight and tomorrow will be
alr, with tomorrow slightly warmer.
Before Thomas Thurlow, Hughes’ navigator, has emerged from (he plane, rushes forward to kiss him. Watching the reunion (back to camera) is Grover Whalen,
head of the World's Fair, 1039, in which interest the flight was made.
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to defer | the | Board conducted a survey of hous- |
to create and place under |
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Entered at Postoffice,
300,000 CHEER
HUGHES IN BIG
N.Y. WELCOME
Flier Gives Waite Credit for Feat to Plane Designers And Engineers.
TELLS OF SIBERIA PERIL
as ‘Second-Class Matter Indianapolis,
Airmen Narrowly Exeanid)
Crash on Peaks, Due to Map Errors.
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| NEW YORK, July 15 (0. PD. | Hailed by New York's millions no man nas been since Charles
Lindbergh came home 11 years ago, Howard Hughes today modestly | waved aside all credit for his rec-ord-smashing flighv around the world, and said it was a triumph for American engineering. He and his four rolled up “heroes’ highway” — the canyon of lower Broadway — but even while the cheers of 500,000 were beating against his ears, Mr. Hughes | gave the laurels to men who sweated | over superplane. Office workers, hanging from skyscraper windows on the lower tip | of Manhattan Island, made winter out of July by filling the air a blizzard of ticker tape, torn telephone books and scraps of paper.
3000 Police on Duly
Tt took 3000 policemen, a fifth of the entire New York force, to keep the erowd from swarming out into | the street and engulfing the cutomobile in which Mr. Hughes rode to City Hall to receive the official | greeting of Mayor i'iorello La Guardia. It was there, room
as
today |
packed with humanity,
| to take any credit for one of avia- | tion's great triumphs—a flawless flight around the world in half the time it had ever John P. V. Heinmuller, timer of the National Aeronautic | Association, announced today the
| official elapsed time for the Hughes |
| flight was 91 hours 8 minutes 10 seconds. The official time of Mrs. Hughes’
| takeoff from Floyd Bennett Airport |
| 1ast Sunday was 5:26 p. m. (In- | dianapolis Time), timed the take off at 5:20, but Mr. Heinmuller said the plane's wheels did not leave the ground until six | minutes later. The end of 12:34:10 p. m. yesterday, when
the flight came at (Indianapolis Time) the plane, while still in the air, flashed across a | “pre-determined line” above the airport administration building. The actual landing, however, at 12:37 p. m. | “If credit is due to anyone.” { Hughes said in reply to La | Guardia's greeting. “it is due to men who designed and perfected to its present remarkable stage of efficiency, the modern American flying machine and equipment. | “The plane is fast because it is | the produet of more than 200,000 hours of engineering effort . . . “Now, little to show that gineers can design and American
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if this flight has done a | American en- | | possibly another pitcher.
workmanship can build just as fine
airplanes, engines and aircraft equipment as anyone in the world, (Continued on Page Three)
‘DAVID ELIMINATES WESTERN CHAMPION
SOUTH BEND, Ind, July 15 P.). — John David, 20-year-old Purdue Uni rersity junior from In-
| dianapolis, shot brilliant golf today |
to eliminate defending champion | Wilford Wehrle, Racine, Wis., from !
the 39th annual Western Amateur | by
| Tournament. pion fell 3 and 1. David was one over [17 holes. The young Boilermarker | | giant was down to Wehrle only once. Tom Sheehan Jr, Notre Dame | | star from Chicago Heights, Ill, de- | feated Bill Reed Jr. Indianapolis, | 1 up.
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The defending cham- | turn has said he would not be in- | fluenced par for the | occur
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| Owner Phil K. Wrigley tacitly con- | fessed today that he believed some |
| Philadelphia.
FINAL HOME
PRICE THREE CENTS
ECTAL SESSION CHANGE IN BEER LAW DISCUSSED
Legislators Hint at Abolishing Ports of Entry Despite Reported Administration Desire for Delay.
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Ind.
MEETING SSIBLE
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Members, With Gadget Law Modifications Proposed; Boetcher Wants Funds
BULLETIN
Governor Townsend this afternoon said that he would not recommend changes in the State Liquor Control Law to the Special Session of the Legislature which is to convene Tuesday.
By TOM OCHILTREE
Legislators today discussed the advisability of amending | Indiana's liquor law at the special session of the Legislature to convene Tuesday, although the Administration reportedly is opposed to this plan.
In calling the session, Townsend said it was
(zovernor
' needed to appropriate State funds to match an anticipated ' PWA grant for an institutional building program and to re-
distribute wellare costs.
Senate leaders secured his agreement to a proposal to | amend the Windshield Title card Holder Law. Because the Governor made a concese sion on this point, some legis« ators said he might be agreeable to a plan to change the Alcoholic Beverages Acct if he ree ceived assurances that the session would rule out only the “pert of | entry” system and not try to rewrite the entire law. Brewing interests are reportedly not pressing any demand at this time for change in the law. Most observers conceded, however, that | changes would be made in the liquor sta‘ute in the 1939 Legisla~ ture if the special session declined to go into this subject. Objections to the ‘port of entry” system formed the keystone of beer importation disputes Letween Indiana and neighboring states, Threatened embargoes and other reprisal measures have been averted in all but the recent Indiana-Ohio dispute. These settlements were predicated, in some cases, on the | theory that changes would be made | in the Indiana system at least by the 1939 session.
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WRIGLEY HINTS GRIMM QUSTER
Faltering Cubs Need Hitters, Owner Says; Manager's Contract Delayed.
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CHICAGO, July
changes were necessary for his faltering Chicago Cubs and indicated a successor for Manager Charlie Grimm might be included.
The Cub owner said, however, he would refuse to be ‘forced into anything.” He also refused to spike persistent rumors that he would discharge Grimm. The Cubs, now in fourth place in the National League, broke a Sixgame losing streak yesterday by winning two games from last place
“Usually I have to spike these rumors about Grimm by giving him a | new contract,” Mr. Wrigley said. | “I'm not going to give him a con- | tract now. Something must be done. but I won't be forced into anything.” Mr. Wrigley
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Mayor Boetcher conferred this afternoon with Governor Townsend | on detail provisions of the measure to relieve counties of a portion of | their welfare costs. last several days had been | The Mayor said he wanted to sees terpreted.” | that Marion County got the right “I have been thinking of a lot of | proportion of State funds if this things.” he said, “including the need | | bill passed. of some hard-hitting outfielders and | Welfare costs at I did not | horne 50 per cent by the Federal say I would let Grimm go.” Government, 30 per cent by the Grimm, who took over the club | State and 20 per cent by counties, management from Rogers Hornsby is estimated it would cost the in 1932, met with Mr. Wrigley in| State about $2,000,000 to take over the clubhouse after yesterday's | the entire county share. double-header. When they emerged | A State-aid system, similar to from their conference, Mr. Wrigley that used for schools now is being
Was eked | discussed by State officials. This manager?” | system would base State payments He yeplied: | on the county's ability to bear “Well, Grimm is going to be the | these costs. ah : tomorrow.” | Meanwhile, administrative leaders “And after tomorrow?” conferred on provisicns of the “1 won't sav bevond 24 hours.” | measure designed to repeal objec Grim mhimself has said he would | tionable features of the socalled not leave his job until he is fired | gadget law. Mr, Wrigley. Mr. Wrigley in Believing that Administration leaders would maintain some defi- | nite limit on the number of subjects to be considered by the special sese davs. He also has said he would | sion, few Senators and Representanot take a player from his own club | tives have requested the Legislative to succeed Grimm although Gabby | Reference Bureau to draft measures Hartnett, Tony Lazzeri and Billy for them. Herman have been 1nentioned as The Bureau reported it had | possible successors, (Continued on Page Three)
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AERIAL MAGELLAN HAILED ON RETURN
his wife
Hughes steps from his plane after his 3-day 19-hour trip around greeted hy Mayor La Guardia,
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the world to be Left to right, Ed Lund, flight mechanic; Mr. Hughes, Navi-
gator Thurlow, Navigator Harry P. M. Connor and Mayor La Guardia.
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