Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 August 1938 — Page 1

‘VOLUME 50—NUMBER 145 _

BRITISH TELL NAZIS

T0 AVOID FLEET TO

VIOLENCE;

STAND BY

: IN EUROPE LANMARK, Scotland—Sir John Simon pleads for peate. LONDON—Fleet ordered to North Sea battle posts. BERLIN—“Germans Abroad” study Czech dispute. RRAHA—Germany protests criticism of Army. IN THE FAR EAST SHANGHAI—Japs launch triple drive against Hankow.

LONDON, Aug. 27 (U. P)— Great Britain, as her fleet prepared for maneuvers in the North Sea, called pointedly on Germany today to avoid violence in Czecho-

“slovakia which might precipitate a general war in which Britain would have to join. . Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in a speech at Lanmark, Scotland, laid down the principles of British policy—Britain is determined to make every effort Sor peace, but she might be forced

Sir John -called on European nations fo reflect on the consequences of war and pressed his conviction . that it ‘can be avoided if the nations co-operate.

Denies War ‘Inevitable’

“I repudiate altogether the outlook which ‘is tempted to say that war is inevitable,” he declared. Sir John significantly warned any leader who provoked war. He said: “Great, indeed, is the responsibility ‘that would rest upon anyone who by his action brought upon humanity the evils’ known to accompany war.” Britain’s general policy, Sir John said, is “a positive policy of peace. “Our rearmament’ raises no distrust in other nations,” he said, “because all the world. knows our arms never will. be used for any aggressive purposes and Britain is making herself strong in order that she herself may be safe and thus may be a safe and effective friend of peace.” °

Divergent: Politics Cited

Sir John declared that while Britain’s people will not accept. the systems of the European dictatorships for themselves, she ig willing lo, work with them tor peace. He said: “There are great countries in Europe which have a system of government very different from ours, which no one of us, brought up in the traditions of parliamentary democracy, will accept for ourselves, but that is' no reason why we should conduct our foreign policy as though friendship was impossible with these states of widely different peglitical systems. “I proclaim the view that if all nations alike will do their utmost to remove the causes that might lead to war, and will try to meet in a fair spirit difficulties from whatever quarter they come, war never is inevitable. The influence of Britain is constantly thrown on the side of peace ...”

Called Rare Action

Just before he spoke, the Government showed the lengths to which it "is prepared to go when a semiofficial statement was issued deploring the decision of Sudeten German ‘leaders in Czechoslovakia to release their followers from a previous order to refrain from fighting back if attacked. : * The statement was regarded as of great significance, inasmuch as it is rare for a governmeht such as Britain to address an admonition ta one political faction in another country. It was disclosed simultaneously that 42 warships of the Home Fleet had been ordered to proceed to the North Sea, battle station of the British Navy, coincident With the meeting of the German Nazi Party at Nuremberg during the week of Sept. 5. ‘The semi-official staternent on the Sudeten Party proclamation gas regarded as meaning that thd Government had stepped boldly into the arena of European events with a warning to all parties concerned, (Continued on Page Three)

SOUNDS KEYNOTE .

“The President has bribed the American people with Federal funds,” Rep. James Wadsworth of New Xi charged

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BERLIN, Aug. 27 (U. P.).—German Nazi interest centered sharply ‘on Czechoslovakia today as the sixth and biggest annual “Congress of Germans Living Abroad “opened at Stuttgart. The meeting will continue until Sept. 4, and the annual Nazi Party Congress opens at Nuremberg Sept. 5. Officially, the main theme of the Congress of Germans Living Abroad was the union of Austria with Germany. But it was forecast that every opportunity would be taken to show a solidarity with a protective interest over all Germans in other countrigs, but particualrly in Czechoslovakia. As the Congress met there was lots of gossip but virtually no information on the probable outcome: of the Czechoslovak problem.

Germany Protests

Czech Criticism of Army PRAHA, Czechoslovakia, Aug. 27 (U. P.).—The German legation protested strongly to Foreign Minister Kamil Krofta today against an “affront to the. German Army and the German’ people” contained in a newspaper article about the military parade held in Berlin in honor of Hungary's Regent, Nicholas Horthy. The protest ‘demanded punishment of those responsible for writing and publishing the article. It declared such a press campaign is poisoning the atmosphere. A copy of the article, which was published in the newspaper Marav Skoslezsky, was entitled: “They were not soldiers but cattle.” It described alleged atrocities committed

by German - soldiers during the

World War. It said: “When the Germans took the French city of Lille they began to

the mustering of all women between 18 and 30 and sent these unfortunate women into the trenches as prostitutes.” As the protest was delivered, tension and war talk increased notably in cafes and on the streets.

HONOR CONVENTION CHIEF ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Aug. 27 (U. P.).—Henry Davis, Indianapolis Publicity and Convention Bureau director, today was elected a director for two years of the International Association of Convention Bureaus at the closing session of the annual convention here.

plunder. Their commander ordered |.

FORECAST: Fair tonight’ and tomorrow ; not much change in temperature, 5

EYSTON DRIVES THUNDERBOLT ATMSMP.H,

Shatters Own Record of 312 M. P. H. in Two Runs On Utah Flats.

‘HAPPY ABOUT RESULT

Englishman Believes Higher

Speed Was Possible if He Had Desired.

BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, Utah, Aug. 27 (U.P.).—Capt. George E. T. Eyston set a new land speed record today when he drove his Thunderbolt 345.49 m. p. m. {To ‘make the mark official Capt.

Eyston had to make the second run within an hour of the first. The average for the two constitute the time for the record. Capt. Eyston’s new mark bettered his own record, set here a year ago on the salt bed of old Lake Bonneville, of 3122 m. p. h. Earlier this week he apparently broke the record, but the timing device failed to function. Today the electric eye of the timer worked perfectly and Capt. Eyston and his seven-ton car were “caught” as they er:tered the measured mile strip on both runs. ‘I Am Very Happy’ “I am Very happy about the result,” said Capt. Eyston as he slid out of the narrow, enclosed cockpit of his 3600-horsepowered Thunderbolt. He was covered with grime and soot. The American Automobile Association timers announced that Capt. Eyston drove 34749 m. p. h. on the south to north run and 343.48 m. p. h. on the return trip. The Englishman indicated he could have reached a higher average had he desired. When the timer failed on the earlier run he had hit nearly 360 miles for the first trip. ' “I intentionally drove slower today than on the earlier go,” he said.

“I. wanted that new record and I |:

wanted to be sure worked right this time.”

HURRICANE MOVES

everything

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 27 (U. P.. —A four-day-old tropical storm was. expected to strike the Upper Mexican Gulf Coast late today. The Federal hurricane warning system located the disturbance about 325 miles east-northeast of Tampico, Mexico, at midnight. It was moving west-northwestward about 14 miles an hour. The Coast Guard relayed a message from a vessel, 60 miles from the storm center, which said the winds were of “full hurricane intensity”—that is, of a’ velocity at least 75 miles an hour.

Oh, Mr. Wallace! That

Anvore seeing Frank Wallace, The flies ran out.

since Mr. ‘Wallace went away. And seem to be all right except that the office staff here doesn’t know how many there are and therefore the amount of the daily ration is strictly hit-or-miss and unscientific. They have been skipping school, however, and nobody in the office can do a thing about discipline. The walking stick, a bug that looks like a walking stick and probably has a two-paragraph formal name which Mr. Wallace took fishing with him, began to do poorly soon after Mr. Wallace left. It died the middle of the week. The office staff was there to the last. No funeral arrangements have been made pending Mr. Wallace's return.

The praying mantis is a bug that

. TAFT ATTENDS 6. 0. P. PARLEY . . ....

Cane Bug Pined Away

By JOE COLLIER

State Entomologist, somewhere in

Wisconsin fishing, will please notify him that his walking stick is dead. The praying mantis is doing fairly well, although it mopes a lot

the fish—small bass and guppies—

gt SN looks like a grasshopper, except that it seems always in an attitude of prayer. It has eaten five house flies a week since Mr. Wallace left and maybe would have eaten more if there had been more to eat. But the ‘office staff reported a dearth of catchable flies and is hoping to replenish the stock over -the week-end. - Flies don’t seem comfortable in the sumptious State Library Building where the office is, and very few of them venture in. Any one having any old, left-over flies should take them to the office of the State Entomologist, State Library Building, fourth floor, where a bounty of one guppy each will be paid for them.

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Robert P. Taft, Ohio Republican nominee for Sonate, was ol the national G. O. P. leaders attending the two-day policy co here and at Washington, Ind. He discussed the campaign with Harry sessions hi western tee (left), - predicted

G. Hogan Mid

chairman of the national policy commitice

TOWARD GULF COAST

SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1988

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Nay Robson ‘Fretful Over Hospital Stay

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 27 (USP) .— y - Robson, -gray-hairved “grand Me Vady” of the movies, fretted in a hospital because a broken arm kept her. from: going to work on a film set. - Miss Robson: tripped: over a pet

dog/ in her Beverly Hills home |

Thursday: night. She insisted that she be released within a few days so she can keep an engagement. to play in “They Made Me a Criminal.” Doctors said her advanced .age—73--might keep her confined longer than she expected.

|GUT IN PROPOSED

BUDGET PLEDGED

County Council to Stress Welfare Slash After 500 Protest.

“Substantial slashes” will be made in nearly every Marion County departmental budget preposal, members of the County Council declared today after 500 taxpayers protested the proposed 12-cent County levy increase at a public hearing yesterday. “We have decided to make cuts in all budgets, especially the County Welfare request,” Councilman Albert O. DeLuse said after a twohour closed session following the hearing. Councilmen sald they had.asked State Tax Board accountants to “investigate thoroughly the Welfare

‘budget requests to determine what

items can be reduced.” The amount of the proposed Welfare budget to be. raised. by property tax is $942,000, calling for a 1939 tax levy of 15.5 cents, 2.2 cents higher than this year. In a preliminary study of the County Commissioners’ requests Councilmen cut $19,000 off the Highway Department budget but this reduction will not affect the tax levy because money for. roads is furnished from State gasoling tax funds. There is another item in the Commissioners’ budget, totaling $144,000 for road materials, which Councilmen indicated might be eliminated. Two cents would be required to Taise 4 this amount.

+N urged the" cil to leave the item | in the budget. “Roads in Marion County are in (Continued on Page Two)

DR. MORGAN DROPS TVA PROBE CHARGES

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Aug. 27 (U. P.).—Dr. Arthur E. Morgan, ousted chairman of the Tennessee Vallsy Authority, "today withdrew his charges against Evans Dunn, TVA assistant counsel, whom he -had accused of “pulling punches” in dealing with Senator Berry's marble: claims." Mr. Morgan, testifying before a Congressional Committee investiing TVA, declared: he had made the charges on the basis of ‘information supplied by TVA employees whose accounts of Mr. Dunn’s activity “varied from what they told me” when they Sthseguently testified in the probe.

DIES PROBES ‘REPORT’ U. S. WORKERS FIRED

WASHINGTON, TON, Aug. 27 (U.P) .— Chairman Martin Dies D. Tex.) of the House Un-American Activities Committee revealed today that he was. investigating “reports” that “eight important Government employees” had been discharged for subversive activities. He declined to name the department involved, but indicated that the Department of Justice might come within the scope of the Committee’s inquiry. He said that he had the names of the eight employees allegedly involved in subversive activities, but will not reveal them until a “thorough. investigation” has been completed.

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Wallace Takes First Step|

~ To Meet Competition of Other Nations.

PRICES SURGE - UPWARD | | Cotton Crop Loan Program |

Announced; 1937 Corn’ Rates Increased.

(Further Details, Page 13): WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (U. P.).—

. | Secretary of Agriculture Henry A.

Wallace today initiated a far-reach-ing wheat export subsidy program, designed to meet competitive prices in world markets.

In the first step toward subsidized {

exports, he directed the Federal Sur-

plus Commodity Corp. to begin im-.

mediately the purchase of wheat for export. He did not reveal plans for disposal of the wheat, but he left no doubt that subsidies would be

U.S. Buying Senile Wheat Prices Up

CHICAGO, Aug. 27 (U. P).+ Wheat prices mounted 2% to 2% cents on the Chicago Board of Trade today on heavy buying stimuated by the announcement that the Government would purchase wheat for export. Corn prices rose 1% to 2% cents, reflecting ' the wheat upturn and the news that the loan rate on the old corn crop has been increased from 50 to 57 cents. \

Corn Crop Loan Rates

.| Increased 7 Cents

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (U. P).

—The Department of Agriculture |

today announced a loan program for the 1938 cotton crop, setting rates at from 5.30 to 10.75 cents a pound. At the same time the department increased the rate for loans on the -1937 eorn crop from 50 to 87 cents a bushel. ‘For the renewed corn loans at the & | 57-cent “the Commodity Credit

; rate, i Corp. set aside $20,000,000, it an-

nounced. This brought total funds earmarked for the corn and cotton loans to ¥120,000,000, but officials em this necessarily does not mean that the figure represents the maximum available for the programs. Shoud additional funds become necessary to finance the loans, it was indicated additional _ money will be earmarked. ° ‘The funds were authorized by the last Congress, which gave the Commodity Credit Corp. an appropriation ‘of $100,000,000 for its capitalization and authorized it to issue notes up to five times its capital, through the : Treasury. Under this

"authorization the corporation may

issue notes up to $500,000,000 to finance such loan programs. The new loan program is the first

‘in which the department has paid

a premium above the base rate. Banks and other lending agencies may ‘make the loans to producers upon cotton stored in approved warehouses and sell the notes to the Commodity Credit Corp. at any time prior to 30'days from maturity. The loans will bear 4 per cent interest and will mature on July 31, 1939,

TIMES FEATURES ON INSIDE PAGES

Books 00 eden 7 Broun eee0000 0 8 Churches ..... 5 Clapper ...... 7 Comics .......14 Crossword ....10 Curious World 14 Editorials ..... 8 Fashions ..... 5 Financial .....13 | Mrs. Roosevelt 7 Flynn ........ 8 Serial Story ..14 Forum dsebieees 8 Society cies 4d Grin, Bear It 14 | Sports ........ 6 In Indianapolis 3 ' Wiggam ...... 8

Jane Jordan. . Johnson ......

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. PREDICTS REPUBLICAN: GAINS IN HOUSE

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at: Postoffice, Indisnspolis, Ind.

Berle Quits

HYDE PARK, N. Y., Aug. 27 (U. P.) —President Roosevelt today accepted the resignation of Adolf A. Berle Jr., Assistant Secretary of State, and: last of the original brain-trusters. Mr. Berle was appointed last February and it was understood that ‘he was -to-work on negotiations for a British-American trade treaty. In his letter of resignation he said that “certain work” had been forwarded, and this was taken to mean that the long-awaited treaty was ready. Like Undersecretary of Treasury Roswell Magill, who resigned earlier this week, Mr. Berle is a Columbia University faculty mem-=-ber.

LINKS HOOSIER

POLITICS, GRIME

McCormick Charges Minton Sought to Forestall Expose.

CHICAGO, ‘Aug. 27 (U.: P.).—Col. Robert R. McCormick, Chicago Tribune publisher, charged in a

nationally “bréoddeast address today that Senator Minton (D., Ind.) had t. passage of a press censor-

-sough ship bill “for fear that a free press

‘would. continue to expose” an alleged alliance bétween Rolitics. and crime in Indiana. Col. McCormick spoke over the NBC-Red Network in reply to a speech entitled “Freedom of the Press” which Senator Minton deHvered over the same stations Aug.

pie McCormick said, “Senator Minton’s. animosity, as it. relates to The Tribune and to me, is inspired by resentment against our newspaper because we have constantly and consistently ' exposed the alliance between crime and politics in In-

.diana—politics in that state being

constituted of the McNutt-Minton machine which under the McNutt regime, and the present Townsend Administration has penetrated with spoils into every corner of the commonwealth.” “There is, for example,” Col. McCormick continued, “the 2 Per Cent Club, a forced levy on state employees; the Administration’s method ‘of extracting a political slush fund, reaching into the pockets o even the most poorly paid of State workers. . . . The 2 per cent levy is considered a disgrace to Hoosierdom.”

FAIR WEATHER FOR WEEK-END FORECAST

TEMPERATURES m... 61 0am... 72 m.. 6 11am... 73 m.. 69 12 (Noon). 74 a. m.... 72 p.m... 76

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Fair weather, with not much change in temperature, was forecast by the Weather Bureau for the week-end. The temperatures are normal for this time of the year, the Bureau said.

as Second-Class Matter

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FINAL "HOME

PRICE THREE CENTS

Brief, Campaign Favored At-French Lick.

VANNUYS ACTIVE

Senator Pledges His Support to State Ticket.

(Photos, Page Three) :

By TOM OCHILTREE Times Staff Writer

" FRENCH LICK, Aug. 27.—After a day of fun and frolic, Indiana

serious work this afternoon. In an atmosphere of optimism, they outlined campaign plans, at the same time scanning newspaper accounts to gauge the size and enthusiasm of the G. O. P. “cornfield conference,” 25-miles away. Candidates and party workers attending the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association meeting agreed to conduct a short, highly concentrated campaign, to begin the middle of next month. As editors avoided controversial issues and passed resolutions praising the party’s record, party leaders were asked to tighten up the communication between the State Committee and County. Committees and to work on polling and registration of voters. - High point in the two-day session is to be reached, at tonight's, banquet when Governor Townsend | and Senator VanNuys' give further evidences of their pclitical truce. Approximately T00 Democrats had arrived here by noon and editors were making arrangements to seat about 1100 at. the banquet. Senator VanNuys is expected to make some reference to his recent dispute with. the Governor whil Mr. Townsend probably. will himself to a pledge of support for the Senator, The now-buried feud between the two began here a year ago when the Governor issued a statement interpreted as an attempt to purge Senator VanNuys from the party because of his failure to support completely the New Deal program. State Committee Meets

Senator VanNuys attended a meeting this morning of the State Committee and State Candidates and promised “to put my shoulder

to: the: wheel and help put this

State ticket. over.” He said he had made only a feW speaking engagements and had delayed: filling out his' campaign itinerary in order to co-operate more fully with the plans of the State Committee. Both he and State Chairman Omer Stokes Jackson urged a brief. campaign at strategic points. A meeting is expected to be held in each Congressional district under sponsorship of the Indiana Young State and local candidates are to be invited to attend. Mr. Jackson said that between &5, to 70 of the county headquarters were prompt in returning informa-

.| tion to the State Committee. He

asked district leaders to tell negligent county organizations to co-

nication system. Farley Lauds Senator

. Senator VanNuys was applauded when he spoke hriefly at the State Committee meeting and Rep. James IL. Farley, Fourth District Congressran, said he had found the senior Indiana Senator, “always willing to co-operate.” Discussion of a proposed ruling to enable county committees to choose candidates to fill out town-

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KENTUCKY NOMINEES SEEM CONFIDENT - . .

Conaentrated

Democrats settled down to: some |

operate more fully in the commu- |‘

Wadsworth Leads Attack Against Rivals.

40,000 PRESENT

Hamilton and Others Open Campaign in Cornfield.

Texts of Willis, Hamil. ton and Bobbitt speeches; Page 10; texts of Wadsworth, Frank, Marion Martin and Rep. Joseph Martin, Page 11; Photos, . Bottom of Page.

By SAM TYNDALL Times Staff Writer CAPEHART FARMS, WASHING - TON, Ind. Aug. 27.— As national party speakers “blasted the hide off” the New Deal, the Republican Party formally opened its 1938 Cone gressional campaign at -a rally ate tended by 40,000 to 50,000 today. From loudspeakers scattered over the 120-acre tented city, the great throng heard President Roosevelt charged with “failures.” . They heard Rep. James W. Wadsworth of New York, the keynote speaker, charge that President Roosevelt had “bribed” the American people with Federal funds in an attempt to “scuttle Congress and the: Supreme Court.” They heard National Chairman

John D. M. Hamilton assert that

Mr. Roosevelt is “adopting the Rus-+sian-technigque of the:p to divert our attention from the the New Deal.” They were told by Miss Marion Martin, head of the national com-

mittee women’s section that if the

Republican Party fails in this.came paign, the “American system fails

with it,” and by State Chairman

Archie N. Bobbitt that the party is entering on a crusade to preserve “our American form of government and our liberties.”

Jenner Hits State Rule

William E. Jenner, Indiana Senate minority floor leader, flayed the Democratic State Administration as having “Shylock’d business and the . taxpayers; played Pied Piper to the poor people of our State and Simon Legree’d our insane.” The attack was to be continued during the afternoon with addresses by Raymond E. Willis, Indiana, G. O. P. Senatorial nominee; U. S.. Senator Townsend, Delaware, and Rep. Joseph W. Martin, Massachusetts, chairmen, respectively of the Senatorial and Congressional came paign commiftees; Mrs. Grace Evans, Terre Haute, and others. Rep. Charles A. Halleck, Second District, served as chairman. Mr, Bobbitt introduced Mr. Wadsworth, while Mrs. Eleanor Barker Snodegrass, state vice chairman, introe duced Miss Martin. Committeemen Feted

The rally was opened at noon with a chicken dinner and clam bake at which Homer E. Capehart, wealthy industrialist and host for the rally, entertained an estimated 7500 precinct committeemen from all parts of the State. District workers from all parts of the Staite jammed all approaches to the conference in long, streams ing lines of traffic. Jams along the road from Washington delayed visitors more than an Dow. The

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