Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 August 1938 — Page 1
FORECAST: Fair and warmer.
FINAL HOME
bE 5 ; T IN AUTO CRASH NEAR DECATUR
Manager of Ft. Wayne United Press Bureau Is Among Victims.
CAR SWEPT BY FLAMES
Passing Motorists Remove Injured From Wreckage; Probe Opens.
DECATUR, Ind, Aug. 12 (U. P.). —Three persons were killed and five injured, one seriously, early today in a head-on automobile collision on U. 8. Highway 27, eight miles south of here, Both cars were demolished. ‘The wreckage of one was swept by fire. Those killed were: Monica Colcis, 21, Decatur.
Jerome Gase, 22, Decatur, driver , of one car, and Detlef R. Petersen, 23, manager of the Ft. Wayne Bureau of the United Press. Mr. Petersen was a native of Miles, Jowa. ° The injured, taken to the Adams County Memorial Hospital, were: Linda Niehaus, stenographer at radio station WOWO, Ft. Wayne, condition serious; Joseph Gaskill, 22,/driver of the other machine, United Press staff correspondent at Ft. Wayne, fractured leg and head - injuries; Joanne Colcis, 17, Decatur; Vincent Tanvis, Decatur, and James Wemhoff, Decatur, condition not serious. Cause. Not Determined
Mr. Petersen, Mr. Gaskill and Miss Niehaus were returning to Ft. Wayne when the accident occurred. The others were headed south. Coroner: Robert Zwick and Sheriff Dallas Brown said they had not been able to determine the cause of the collision. It occurred on a straight stretch of highway. “The visibility was good,” Coroner Zwick. said. “Apparently both driv‘ers were too near the center of the road.” The automobiles were wedged so tightly together-that‘wiecking crews ‘had difficulty separating them. A fire started in Mr. Gase’s machine immediately after the crash, but autoists; who stopped at the scene “all occupants from the wreckage beforé the flames spread. © Coroner Zwick said he would de1ay ‘an inquest until early next week when by that time, he said some of ‘the injured may be able to attend the hearing. Two Die at Scene
Monica Colcis and Mr. Gase died at the scene: of the accident. Miss ‘ Colcis suffered a fractured skull and Mr. Gase a fractured jaw. Mr. Petersen died at the Memorial Hos- " pital four hours after the accident from a fractured skull and shock. Coroner Zwick said Mr. Gaskill’s condition was favorable enough to permit his removal today to a hospital in his home city, Kendallville. Mr. Petersen had been employed by the United Press for three-years. He joined the staff of the Milwaukee Bureau after graduating from the University of Iowa. He was transferred to the Chicago Bureau in December, 1936, and remained there until his appointment at Ft. Wayne last February.
68 Face Traffic
Violation Charges
The campaign to extend the City’s record of 26 days without a traffic
fatality continued as police ordered
68 motorists, 13 of them alleged speeders, to face traffic violation ‘charges in Municipal Cour! today. During the last week, more than a dozen speeders have been arrested daily, records show. Only five persons were injured, all slightly, in a series of minor accidents repo¥ to police overnight. Lieut. Lawrence McCarty, Police Accident Prevention Bureau head, congratulated the City on its “‘splen(Continued on Page Three)
NAME RECEIVER FOR HOTEL WASHINGTON
A receiver to conserve assets of the Hotel Washington, Inc., was named today by Carl Wilde, Federal bankruptcy referee, on petition of three creditors seeking to declare the corporation an involuntary bankrupt. ey in the absence of Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell, Mr. Wilde selected Albrecht R. C. Kipp as receiver. The creditors, the Fletcher Realty Co., M. O'Connor & Co. and the Central Rubber and Supply Co., listed claims totaling $3892.09, of which the realty firm claimed $3790. The hotel corporation has five days in which to file an answer. Hotel officials said they did not wish to comment on the action.
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. VOLUME 50—NUMBER 132
WASHINGTON, Aug. Georgia is likely to become almost
.the sea. The Civil War general, in cutting a wall across Georgia and the
Carolinas to destroy the granary of
Rather, he is carrying on a peace- & ful crusade that he started several months ago by his speech at Gainesville, Ga., denouncing the “feudalists” who have resisted reforms designed to raise the edonomic and social condition of the Southern masses. His ‘objective is to liberalize the Democratic Party in the South; to make it more representative politically of the masses, the mill hands and the farm tenants; to root out the . reactionary elements in control which not only have held back development of the section, but have acted often as a weight upon the party in its national operations. Immediate interest in Georgia and elsewhere is in the personal and political issue raised by Mr. Roosevelt—and in as plain and brusque language as was ever used by a President—in seeking to read the Senator out of the party and the Senate.
‘No News fo George’
No doubt about the “purge” is possible in Georgia. The line has been clearly and sharply drawn. In the case of Senator Smith, ‘his meaning was no less direct and forceful, though he did not mention his adversary by name. Compensatingly, Senator George was treated personally with courteous consideration, whereas Senator Smith was handled with scant ceremony. “What I am about to say,” Mr. Roosevelt, began at Barnesville, “will be no news to my old friend Senator George, because I have recently had personal . correspondence with him and, as a‘result of it, he fully knows my views.” He praised him as a ‘gentleman and scholar,” then cited their differences of opinion on govern-
© | ment, Thén he said:
“Therefore, I repeat, that I trust that Senator George and I will always be good personal friends even though: I am impelled to make it clear that on most: political - questions he and I do’ not speak the
‘| same language. .
“I. have no. hesitation in saying that if I were able to vote in the September primaries in this state, TI most assuredly would cast my ballot for Lawrence Camp.” George Accepts Challenge Senator George, seated . on the platform, listened gravely. He spoke to the President when he had finished: “Mr Roosevelt, 1 regret that you have taken this occasion to question my Democracy and to attack my public record. I want you to know that I accept the challenge.” The President, shaking | hands with Senator George, replied: “God bless you, Walter; I hope we'll always be friends.” Tongues . will wag from | Rabun Gap to Tybee Light from now until. Georgia's Sept. 14 primary, in the varied dialects of the State, some flat, some slurring, as to the President’s bold step. There will be heated arguments about whether it is his right to dictate to the voters of Georgia, as to how effective his intercession will be, as to how wise politically he has shown himself. The voice of Senator George himself is expected to boom from the stump, as it did in the Senate in denouncing the Wage-Hour Bill, the Farm Bill, the Supreme Court Reform Bill. The twang of Gene Talmadge of the red galluses, former Governor, will become more strident. The three-cornered contest with the President’s selected candidate, District Attorney Lawrence Camp of Atlanta, will be a battle royal. Senator George becomes a Symbol of a fight, extending far beyond the boundaries of Georgia, against a political, economic and social system (Continued on Page Three)
BABY LEADS FATHER TO GIVE UP SUICIDE
HOUSTON, Tex., Aug. 12 (U. P).
and the promise of a job caused James Wells, 23, to alter his plan to leap from the 31st floor of the Gif Building. “When he came out of the hospital he was smiling. “I'm glad I Gdns jump,” he said.
type plane, designed to.cal 57 minutes
Roosevelt Begins, Battle To Liberalize South by Slapping at Two
NATIONAL POLITICS ROOSEVELT “march through Georgia” may make history. PRESIDENT, back in Washington, studies SENATOR POPE asked to run as Independent in Idaho. FARLEY. hints Roosevelt may choose to rum | in 1940.
(Text of Barnesville Speech, Pay Page 6; Raitorial, Page 14)
By THOMAS L. STOKES Times Special Writer
12.—President
Senators
ellett report.
Roosevelt's march ' inroush as famous as Sherman’s march to
the Confederacy, was ending a war.
President Roosevelt, in seeking to unseat the conservative Senators, George of Georgia and Smith of South Carolina, is starting one.,
—Desire to see his new-born baby
1000 KILLED IN HANKOW R RAIDS
N THE FAR EAST
- TOKYO—Border shooting mars sealing of truce. HANK —1000 killed as Japanese ‘homb. tri-city area.
SHANGHAI-—U. S. Gunboat detain | at Shanghai.
| IN EUROPE
LONDON—Germany to call million for war games.
JERUSALEM — Five slain in riot.
ROME-—Fascists seek racial accord with Pope. HENDAYE — Loyalist surprise advance fails. LONDON—Britain, France worried over aid to Rebels.
HANKOW, Aug. 12 (U. P.) —Japanese airplanes bombed the tri-city district of Hankow, Wuchang and
"Hanyang four times today and have now killed more than 1000 persons in two days of raiding. Seventy planes took part in today's attacks, which were the most destructive of the war. More than 200 bombs were dropped on the three cities today and scored direct hits on the St. Anne Convent of the American Church Mission. Others fell near American property but no. Amerjcans reported inju Fires ‘Hit up the countryside tonight, “rising high {Continued on Page Three)
SON-OF GOVERNOR
Mildred Gilmore to Become Bride of Max Townsend.
Max Townsend, only son of Governor and Mrs, M. Clifford Townsend, and. Miss Mildred Gilmore of Indianapolis, formerly of Evansville, will be married this afternoon at Evansville, he announced today. Both are 25. The wedding will take ‘place in the parsonage of the Olivet Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. W. J. Pearcy, the pastor, officiating. They will be unattended, Mr. Townsend said. The announcement came as a surprise, as the engagement had not been previously announced. :
& Get License Here
The couple planned to leave here this morning for Evansville after obtaining a marriage license here. Miss Gilmore is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gilmore, 1417 E. Walnut 8t., Evansville, She was graduated from Evansville College in 1933, and came to Indianapolis four years ago. She quit a State position to become Marion County WPA recreation director, a position she has resigned to be married, Mr. Townsend said. Mr. Townsend was graduated from Purdue University in 1935, where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He is direc tor of the livestock licensing division in the State Department of Agriculture.
Met Three Years Ago
He said he met Miss Gilmore “through a mutual friend,” and has known her for three years. Governor Townsend said he and Mrs. Townsend. would not attend the wedding. They will leave immediately after the ceremony for a motor trip to Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks and the Black Hills of North ‘Dakota, Mr. Townsend said. They will be gone “about two weeks,” and on their return will reside at 3717
N. Meridian St., he said
GERMAN MONOPLANE BRANDENBURG SETS ATLANTIC MARK i
Crew members of the German ‘monoplane Brand snus, b : ne rry 26 passengers, down at Floyd:
WILL MARRY TODAY
FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1938 -
C. OF C. FIGHTS
EXPECTED RISE IN COUNTY TAX
| Committee May ‘Demand
Rate Same or Below That: Of This Year.
OPPOSED TO NEW JOBS|.
Book Condemns Bond Issuance to Obtain Revenues For Relief Needs.
The Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Civic Affairs Committee was expected to demand this afternoon that the 1939 property tax rate for Marion County be the same or below that of 1938. The committee members were understood to be opposed to the Civil City, County and Township budget proposals which would raise ‘the 1938 rate of $3.20 for Indianapolis in Center Township to between $3. 40 and $3.60 in 1939. C. of C. representatives have been making a thorough study of requested ' expenditures for next year and of possible income from nonproperty tax sources. Their study, it’ is understood, has caused them to conclude that it is possible to reduce the total rate sev-
eral cents withgut crippling any.
governmental service. Oppose New Jobs
The reduction could be accomplished, it was explained, by refusing all but the most reasonable requests for more money for next year, eliminating salary increase and new jobs proposals, and by using “reasonable estimates” both of balances at the end of 1938.and of nonproperty tax receipts this year and next. To achieve this goal, it would be necessary also to reduce expenditures considerably during the re-
‘mainder of this year in order to in-
crease working balances by the end of the year. City officials have said they believe miscellaneous revenue the remainder of 1938 will be much less than was estimated when the 1938 budget was approved.
tart
Further study of the situation pas caused City Controller H.
8waim to say that he has hopes of
holding the levy increase to 10:and one-half or 11 cents. ‘ Mr. Swaim said he has been in-' formed ‘that the Citizens Gas & Coke Utility will make a $50,000
payment to the City in 1939 in leu
of taxes. A: similar paymen was made this year. hut. Mr, Swa
The payment is optional with ‘the | utility’s directors, under the law. The 1938 County budget proposals, including that of the Welfare Department, would. require a tax rate boost of about 7 cents. Heavy poor relief demands are expected to increase the Center Township rafe for 1939, unless a large part of the expenditures are financed by bond issue. X
May Oppose Bonds C. of C. representatives may demand that the township's entire needs for poor relief be financed with property taxes rather than by issuing bonds to meet part of the cost, as has been done for several years. William H. Book, Chamber of
Commerce executive vice president,
said that since the start of the depression, relief levies never have been sufficient to meet needs in Marion County, the remainder of ine Seliet costs being. met by issuing
These bonds total five or six-mil-lion dollars, he estimated, “Bonds are a costly method of financing current relief,” Mr. Book said, “since the interest charges must be added to the original figure. “There is a difference between issuing bonds for a building which will stand 25 or 50 years, and issuing bonds for meat and potatoes which are consumed today. “It's time we halted the issuance of bonds and leviéd taxes for our entire poor relief needs. This would mean an increase in the townships’ property tax levy, but. substantial reductions could be made in other expenditures to make up for it.” Mr, Book said that gross expenditures for all welfare costs in the County now almost equal the costs of all other forms of local govern-
ment.
said he had} -doubted it would be made. in 1939.
Gets Snubbing
Mayor 1a Guartia-
LEGION MIFFED AT LA GUARDIA
Scranton Group ~@ancels
Invitation to Attend Convention.
SCRANTON, Pa., Aug. 12.(U. PJ).
—Declaring that they are “opposed » ‘the American Legionnaires of Scranton have withdrawn an invitation to Mayor La Guardia of New York to attend next week's Pennsylvania
to fraternizing with radicals,
Legion convention here.
The action was an outgrowth of
the “dispute in New York over appointment of Simon W. Gerson, a Communist, to a city position and the Mayor's refusal to remove h The Gerson case was an issue at this week’s convention of the New York State Legion at Endicott, N. Y. Mayor La Guardia, who atténded that convention, declared that “I do not take orders from any group or any ‘individual, and I ake none from the Legion.” ; The Scranton’ Legion headquiirters extended the invitation to Mr. La Guardia when he stopped hére
gk
being i ni that the of C TNéw York Ste State Convention of the American ‘Legi on; rheing held in En- | Nathan { dicott,. considered Mayor La ‘Guardia persona non grata; ecto of radical appointments ' made by
him, the Scranton Committee withdraws ‘the invitation. “The. legionnaires of Scranton
agree wholeheartedly with the New |
York Department's action, as they are equally Sopesed to fraternizing with ra dicals.”
"HEAT WAVE BROKEN
Police Recover Body of
Drowning Victinr.
, TEMPERATURES 64 11 a. m.. 66 12 (Noon) . , 69 1pm... 2 2p m.... 93
Indianapolis enjoyed fall weather today when. the Semperaline slid down to 62, marking a break in the heat wave that sent the mercury to 90 degrees for five consecutive days.
5
. 80
The Weather Bureau predicted. OW = ever, with fair skies for the week- 1
started down sat midnight and reached 62 at 5 a. m.
warmer weather tomorrow,
end. The mercury
but began rising rapidly again, jumping 10 degrees in four hours,
The cool weather moved into’ the.
Middle West from western: Canada. Ne hee recovered the body of a
egro. boy from Fall Creek between Sear Ave. and Boulevard Place
early today. He was identified as|
Leon White, 16, of 2816 Indianapolis Ave,
He drowned yesterday when a
‘boat capsized and threw him and
three companions into the water. One of his companions, Faul None, 14, of 2712 Indianapolis Ave, was rescued by the other fwo, Elderly Henderson, 347 W. 28th St., and Edward Willis, 17, of 2856 Paris Ave. Young White's body was re-
covered 12 hours after the accident. | :
red. ily jo of un last gvening en route ‘back to New ; basis oficial e. 7 4 die r and’ the a a balan, he J i
‘Entered as Second-Cless Matter at Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind.
EXPANSION OF
MENTAL CASE
Hospital Officials Explain Why Patients Are Sent to County Jails.
INJURED WOMAN DIES
| Authorities Probe Death of Richmond Inmate, Hold Attendant.
(Editorial, Ps Page 14)
By RICHARD LEWIS City and State hospital officials
today cited the need for relieving overcrowded conditions in the mental wards of their institutions as Coroner E. R. Wilson announced that spinal injuries suffered in her
Wednesday of Mrs. Marie Carter, 49, a mental patient. ‘Mrs. Carter had been brought to City Jail when City Hospital attendants could find no room for her. “Death was .caused by a spinal cord hemorrhdge in the region of the neck. such as might result from a violent dislocation,” Dr. Wilson said. “There is nothing, however, to indicate she was mistreated at the jail.” Two" police matrons who had supervision of Mrs. Carter today told the Coroner that she alternately refused food, slept on the private cell figor, and moaned and cried until | she was taken back to the hospital, where she died. Dr. Max Bahr, Central State Hospital superintendent, today said that the building of a new mental
be the only way of relieving overcrowded conditions inthe State’s five mental hospitals. Such conditions cause confinement of mental patients cases in city and county
Jails. Overcrowding Is Blamed
was a major factor in the recent series of deaths and injuries to in-. mates of- the State’s mental insti-
cases in the adisnapolis Bes jail. John -H. ger, State Corrections Division ead, Sonagmned the. practice of incarcera insane in city ‘or county jails. At City Hospital, Dr. Kohilstaedt pointed out that the 31 beds in the ‘mental division were adequate to handle the normal flow of insane . Datients, ‘who are held there for before commitment to ; at State Hospital.
“1 «rhe ‘point is We can’t shift pa-
| tients ‘who have dy been: committed to the state hospital because there simply isn’t room there,” Dr. Kohlstaedt said.
Inadequate facilities at Central
tal cases at City Hospital, he said. “Right now,” he pointed out, “we are keeping nine. cases which have been committed to the state hospital. They are occupying beds ‘here that should be turned over to new cases. “The result is . . . we have to keep some new cases in jail for a time until there is a bed free here.” Dr. Bahr said he made it a point to give preference to patients confined in jail rather than to those at City Hospital. Describing overcrowded conditions at Central State Hospital, he said .that there were 23 beds in the institution ‘above normal capacity. In addition, he said there were 124 patients on furlough who might have to return at any time.. Total number of patients confined within the hospital was 1873, he said. To‘tal number, including those out on furlough, was 1997. Normal capacliy is 1850, he said. . Bahr
i "resulted from = commitments made by 14 counties in Central Indiana in addition to the 1060 patients drawn from Marion County alone. | “If the state would build a" ‘mental hospital in the Gary district, which is greatly overcrowded, it would re- ‘| lieve the load on Logansport State Hospital, which in tum would relieve our load,” Dr. Bahr asserted. He pointed out that the building program for Central State Hospital, adopted by the special session of the Legislature, would no n in"(Continued on Page Three
WARDS URGED:
cell at City Jail caused the death
‘| hospital in the Gary district would |
Dr. Bahr said that overcrowding
5 Pi 3
State Hospital have bottled up men- |
said that overcrowd- |
| Hon THREE CENTS
Metcalfe Tells House
Committee That Nazi
Movement Members Once Made Up Entire Company of Illinois National Guard. 4
LINKS ‘BLACK SHIRTS’ TO IL DUCE
Investigator Testifies
German Organization
Has 500, 000 Sympathizers or Members, Many Unaware of Real Motives. 4
(Editorial, Pa Page 14)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 ( (U. P.).—John C. Metcalfe, investigator for the House un-American Activities Investigating Committee, testified today that the primary aim of the Nazi movement in the United States is to establish a
vast spy net.
4
* He estimated there are 500,000 members and sympa thizers, many of whom do not “know the real purpose be-
hind the movement.”
Mr. Metcalfe, who became a member of the Germans American Bund, told the committee that members of the Nazi organization even penetrated the National Guard. Af one time, he said, an entire company of the Illinois National Guard was made up of members of the Bund. He said the Bund collaborated with the “Silver Shirts” and “Black Shirts” organizations, identifying the latter as an organization representing Premier Mussolini of Italy. He
PREDICT RISE IN
QUTPUT OF CARS
Ward's Says Re-employ-
“ment Increasing FollowL + | Genny -Amesicqn ‘bund group as a
.. Seasonal Low:
“dly——
dicted pres by Ward's |
‘reports. ‘The: service disclosed That re-employment was increasing in
thé wake of the seasonal low production point. Many major producers have
called men back to work to fill or-
ders for 1938 models and to prepare for 1939 output. Ward's declared the re-employment in many plants would increase as the tempo of manufacture moved forward. This week's aiutomabile output
was estimated at 13,790 cars and
Faces the lowest total expected - Last week’s output was vy Cite “Jobs. ‘A year ago production included 108,250 units. The Automotive News reported a continued upswing in retail car sales and declared that the return of Ford and Willys to production next week following shutdowns probably would boost the output for the next few weeks. “Shortly after that time it is likely several plants will initiate operations on 1939 models,” the News reported. - The feature of the current week was the resumption of final assemblies by Graham, which had been idle for several weeks. Chevrolet, the only operating General Motors division, turned out 12,150 units, according to Automotive News, compared to 11,970 last week. Ford and ier. although idle on passenger car production, turned out a few hundred: trucks.
N.Y. to-Bortin
Hop Tentative For Tomorrow
min — - NEW YORK, ‘Aug. 12 (U. P)— Capt. Alfred Henke, pilot of the German monoplane Brandenburg, said today that he and his three companions probably “would ‘ start their nonstop return flight to Berlin some time tomorrow.
—® said more than 15,000 uni.
forms for the “Black.Shirts” ‘have ‘been sent here from Italy, of which 10,000 uniforms actually are in use. Mr. Metealfe listed two other obactives of the American-Nazi-movee tion. of a powerful sabotage
machine and. establishment of a German minority with the ‘present
: “Tt is to avoid duplication of. this mistake that the Bund has become active without even letting its own membership know the real’ behind the movement so that they may be prépared for any eventuality that may arise, such as a state .of war with America, or an effort 10 prevent the United States from delivering arms or supplies © a Neal enemy.” :
Attend Joint Meeting
Mr. Metcalfe testified that he participated in joint meetings in which Bund forces met with “Silver Shirts” and “Black Shirts.” . He testified that the three ore ganizations have three objectives in common: A desire to set up a dice tatorship in this country; an antie Semitic policy; a dislike of religion in general. “Does the Bund,” asked. Rep. Starnes (D. Ala.), “have ‘agents in the American Army?” “At one time in Illinois,” Mr. Met« calfe said, “an entire company of the National Guard was made up of members of the Bund.” He added, however, that to his knowledge the Bund had not penetrated the regular Army. Mr, Metcalfe A od that the Bund has a strength of approxi mately ‘500,000 persons in this coune try including sympathizers un ing to be identified publicly with the movement. He broke this estimate down to an actual membership of 25,000 in the Bund in addition to 100,000 sympa« thizers who attend Bund gathe : He classified the remainder eT half-million as sympathetic but not willing to be identified. : Mr. Metcaife, a reporter for the Chicago Daily Times, was assigned to investigate and write stories on Nazi activities for 'his newspaper, After completion of his assignment, he was retained by the House Come mittee as an investigator. His testis mony concerned his investigations both as a reporter and a committee
. The Brandenburg, a four-engined | agent.
all-metal craft designed to carry 26 passengers, arrived at Floyd Bennett Field at 1:49:37 p. m. (Indianapolis Time) yesterday, 24 hours, 56 min- | utes and 37 seconds after taking off secretly on the . 3900-mile flight from Stasken sirdrome near Berlin. ”
'BERLIN-TO- N. Y. CREW RESTS AFTER 25 HOURS IN AR
He testified that on joining the organization the local “fuehrer told me the organization very definitely ‘was opposed to democratic forms of government and was designed to DIOmOte. the aims of Rafienal 50a
BULLETIN i
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SOUTH PARIS, Me, Aug. Be dpe Carroll, accused of a - een of his former prisoners is serving a Progra and gg i ded at 1:15 p. m. Hngisnapolis | | Time) Sedat. :