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A. M.A. WEIGHS NEW LOW-COST HEALTH PLANS
Committee Submits Favor-| able Report on Move to | Aid Group Medicine.
CALLED ‘EMERGENCY’
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Faced With Threat by U. S.. To Prosecute Association As a ‘Trust.’
BULLETIN
CHICAGO Sept. 17 (U. P.). —The American Medical Asseciation killed a move to liberalize its policy on group medicine and medical advertising today, but meved through special committees toward a broad program for low-cost medical care,
CHICAGO. Sept. 17 (U. P) American Medical moved today brit closer to the masses by liberalizing itz policies on two important fronts. ! A committee submitted a favorable report proposal which braces medicine medical advertising. The associations opposition to group medicine, following a policy laid down by the last special session of the A. M. A. has been bitter The Federal Government recently announced it proposes to prosecute the association as a “trust.” The ban on advertising is fundamental in medicine's stern code of ethics.
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California Fathers Move
The resolution if adopted will encourage state and local medical societies to set up low-cost health care organizations and permit them to advertise these services with a view to making them available to the indigent masses. | The resolution originated with the California delegation to the special session of the A. M. A. House of Delegates and was introduced by Dr. Charles A. Dukes of Oakland It provides that the district societies may advertise low-cost group medical plans in behalf of the societies —but in no way modifies the traditional ban against advertising by individual doctoxs. In referring the motion to association's Judicial Council, the Commtitee on Miscellaneous Matters asserted it approved the action “because an emergency exists.” The “emergency” referred to was believed to be the threat anti-
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association resisted a group lan for Government emtrict of Columbia is probable that Congress will be asked to act next session on a $350.000.000 New Deal health program Only one voice was raised in opposition on the House Floor. Dr Samuel J. Kopetzky of New York believed the resolution would ‘“‘constitute prima facie evidence for an antitrust because it would permit the societies within A M. A. to do what individual doctors cannot, namely advertise for patients The form and pattern of the A M. A's approved group health projects was being worked out subcommittees which were expected to report today Delegates approved a asking President Roosevelt to point a committee of five or more to meet with a like co ttee of the A. M. A, appointed by its president, to study data accumulated by Government and A. M. A. survevs to reconcile differences of opinions and to work out a plan which would provide more adequate medical care A.M. A to Defend Itself
This plan would be submitted to President A. M. A, ang would supersede the proposed 830 million dollars national health program.
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STOCKS LOSE TO $5
NEW YORK, Sept. 17 (U. P) — Another burst of selling sent the stock market tumbling in the early trading today after a minor decline at a quiet opening Offerings came so fast that the ticker machinery colgged. The tape ran several minutes behind the market. Prices declined fractions to $5 a share, the latter in Philip Morris.
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| A Candidate Who Wants No Quarter
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Sept (U. P).—His funds exhausted, Special Officer Thomas H. Leary wound up his "Don’t Vote for Me™” campaign today without the usual whirlwind tour. When he found friends had placed him on the ballot as
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Ward 8 candidate for the Democratic State Convention, Mr. Leary allotted 25 cents for expenses. “That is now gone,” he | said. “I spent 20 cents to hire | i
boys to throw rotten fruit at a sign some misguided person tacked up in my behalf. The other five cents went for the purchase of a false mustache to frighten babies.” The election is Tuesday.
EMMERTTORUN
FOR GOVERNOR
Shelby Judge Ready to Open ‘Undeclared War’; Rally Tonight.
Court Judge James A Shelbyville todav had the annual outing the Republican Editorial Aspossibility for the candidacy
Circuit Emmert emerged from
of
of
sociation a
G. O. P. gubernatorial in 1940. Association members came to Indianapolis today to welcome Col. Robert R McCormick, Chicago publisher, for tonight's Constitution Day rally at the National Guard Armory. Members of the association, representing a large part of the State's Republican press, voted unanimously at the Shades last night to support! Raymond E. Willis, senatorial candidate, and the State G. O. P. ticket. Judge Emmert was the chief topic of informal conferences during the afternoon. He told The Times that he would “run for Governor,” but declined to announce his candidacy formally.
Classmate of McNutt
“I'm going at it a new way,” he said, smiling. “I'm going to declare an undeclared war and sneak in by| the back door.” Judge Emmert, tall and spare, said he graduated in the same Harvard class as Paul V. McNutt “I mention that in passing.” the Judge said, “to show that if McNutt could be Governor maybe I stand an even chance.” After college, he returned to his
as
{home town of Shelbyville and opened
a law practice there. He was mavor of Shelbyville. a post he resigned in 1928 to run for judge. He was re-elected to a second six-year term in 1934. He is married and has three children. Judge Emmert presided at the trials of Joel Baker, former County Welfare director, and Peter Canciila, attorney, who were convicted on an assault and battery charge in connection with an attack on Wayne Coy, assistant to Mr. McNutt, Philippines High Commissioner, in the {Continued on Page Two) | {
MERCURY REMAINS 6 BELOW NORMAL
Occasional Rains Forecast Tonight or Tomorrow.
1 TEMPERATURES | it a. Mm. 12 (Noon) ip m 2pm
53 3% 82 ¢ 63 1 67 Temperatures were again today about six degrees below normal for the dav, but the Weather Bureau predicted it will be warmer tonight, cooling off again tomorrow Occasional rains also were forecast for tonight or tomorrow. Last) night's minimum was 53 at 6 a. m.!
| Marion County Circuit Court judge
| Republican Sheriff races Republican race for the Prosecutor q,y ce of the critical situation abroad Vill defend every inch of territory {he remained in Washington and | that belongs to Czechoslovakia. We
JUDGE BAKER WITHDRAWS IN VOTING CASES
Names Panel of Three From Which to Select Trial Judge.
TWO NEW WITNESSES
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1938
22 of 24 Accused in Grand |
Jury Report Freed on $1000 Bond.
Criminal Court Judge Frank P| Baker today disqualified himself as a trial judge in the case of 24 primary election officials indicted yes- | terday on charges of violating the| Indiana Election Laws.
trial judge will be chosen. The three named were Frank C.! Dailey, Democrat, former U. S. Dis-| trict Attorney here; Arthur L. Gilliom, Republican, former Indi-| ana Attorney General, and Harry O. Chamberlain, Republican, former Judge Baker said: i “I am disqualifying myself be-| cause I was a candidate in the| Primary Elections and I believe it improper to sit in this case.” The prosecutor will be permitted to strike out one of the three in| the panel, the defendants another, | leaving the unstruck nominee the judge.
Hears More Witnesses
Jury towitnesses. |
the Grand two more
Meanwhile, day heard
Symbolic of the protection he finds among GerHe named; man friends is this picture of Konrad Henlein, leader | a panel of three from which the of Czechoslovakia’s Sudeten Germans. Herr Henlein
fled to Germany when the Czech go his arrest on charges of treason.
UNITY STRESSED BY ROOSEVELT
Constitution Address Touches Foreign Affairs; City Celebrations Planned.
(Text, Page 11)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (U. P)).
ture, taken at t Nuremberg, left { Munich, Herr i youth leader, Franchonia.
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vernment ordered In the above pic- |
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Entered as Second-Class
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he recent Nazi Party Congress in to right, are Governor Wagner of Baldur von Schirach, Nazi nd Julius Streicher, Governor of nother Photo, Page Three.)
Berlin Ready for Flareup;
‘We’ll Fight to Last Man,’ Praha Spokesman Declares.
PRAHA, Sept. 17 (U. P)—
intended to hold and defend every
They were Carl Whitaker, Demo-| —President Roosevelt declared today [inch of their territory, including
cratic supervisor in the 12th Ward that America’s greatest leaders have Sudeten German areas, even if it
primaries, Jr, a Republican
at the Thrall watcher. The indictments returned vesterday accused 24 Election Board] officials who served during the May | 3 primary at polling places of Precinct 12, Ward 2; Precinct 10,| Ward 15; Precinct 1, Ward 11; and Precinct 9, Ward 20. ! The true bills were based onj alleged discrepancies in certified] vote totals in the Democratic and | and the
and Richard |
nomination. Twenty-two of the 24 persons in-
Sheriff's office and posted bonds of $1000 each, the amount fixed by Criminal Court Judge Frank P| Raker. Those who surrendered are: Burl Adams, 902 Church St. Democratic inspector, Precinct 10, Ward 15. William Prendeville, 814 S. ate Ave. Democratic judge, cinct 10, Ward 15. James and William Layton, 828 Church St, assistant Democratic clerks, Precinct 10, Ward 15. | Robert Hedges, 3868 Ruckle St, Democratic clerk, Precinct 9, Ward 20. | Albert M. Thayer, 129 E. Market St., Democratic inspector. Precine 9 Ward 20. a former city prosecutor. ! Lee S. Paradise, 1022 N. Riley Ave.. Republican judge, Precinct 12, Ward 2. George W. Goepfert, 1304 N. Drexel St. Republican clerk, Precinct 12, Ward 2. Glenn Hunsucker, 617 N. East St, Republican judge, Precinct 1, Ward 1
SenPre-
1, Hugh J. O'Connell, 1122 N. Eme on Ave, cinct 12, Ward 2. Joseph M. Howard, 1228 N. Drexel
been those who have sought to make
the face of new problems and
{changing conditions from the time It is the loud!
of its adoption to the present day. Mr. Roosevelt's statement was made in an address delivered on the occasion of a celebration at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., commemorating the 150th anniversary of the first state constitutional convention in the United States. The President had planned to deliver his message in person to the celebration at Poughkeepsie. Be-
broadcast his address, speaking
|dicted surrendered yesterday at the gon the Oval Room of the White be no question of giving up part of
House. Notes ‘Troubled’ World His speech was confined to discussion of constitutional problems and his only reference to troubled conditions abroad was a statement that: “It is with deep personal disappointment that I find the affairs of the world such that I cannot with my neighbors in Poughkeepsie today.” Mr. Roosevelt drew a parallel between conditions at the time of adoption of the Constitution and conditions today. “It is well for us to remember,’
’
‘the President said, “that a very
large minority of the inhabitants of the original 13 states was opposed toth e adoption of the Constitution. “They were opposed to a union because they believed those leaders who viewed with alarm any effort to think and act in national terms instead of state and loca terms. “Little to Learn” “And. believe me. the viewers with alarm. tne patrons of ghosts and
mongers of 1938."
Mr. Roosevelt noted that support- |
| meant fighting to the last man.
| That is the official viewpoint. Ii
polls the U. S. Constitution workable in is {he viewpoint of the Government
and of the Army high command. y expressed opinion {of the man in the street, who is
| |
Czechoslovaks said today that they|
Czechs to Defend Land
Near-Ultimatum Given to
British by Hitler In Parley.
By WEBB MILLER (Copyright. 1938, by United Press) | BERLIN, Sept. 17.—Adolf Hiter at Berchesgaden presented Prime Minister Cham'berlain with an demand for cession of the Sude-
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uncompromising
FINAL HOME
Matter Ind.
lis,
PRICE THREE CENTS
slovakia if Hitler gives word.
Sudetenland.
violence until London decides on
achieved without war.
corps” (free corps) and ordered of the German-Czech frontier.
press chief said.
and adjourned to await the a
The two sessions were |C
0 FRENCH
BRITISH TALK OF PLEBISCITE: (ZECHS RESIST |
Runciman Tells London Colleagues of Praha Stand; Chamberlain Reported Ready to Accept Harsh Berchtesgaden Terms.
THE EUROPEAN SITUATION
LONDON-—Cabinet debates compromise plan to offer Hitler; Chamberlain reports Hitler demands nothing less than plebiscite, and would accept one; Daily Mail reports fighting corps of Sudeten Germans is being formed in Germany, ready to march on Czecho~
BERLIN—Hitler uncompromisingly demands early cession of
PRAHA--Czechs proclaim they will defend every inch of their territory to last man; Sudeten leader calls on his followers to avoid
Hitler's demands.
ROME—Mussolini wants acceptance of Hitler's demands. PARIS—France believes Sudeten union with Germany will be
(“Air War,” Page Y: Editorial, Page 10)
BERLIN, Sept. 17 (U. P.).—Konrad Henlein, fugitive leader of the Sudeten German Party, today reconstituted the Party's “Frei-
it to assemble on the Reich side
“The Freicorps, with weapons in its hands if necessary, will fight for our freedom at home,” Dr. Wilhelms Sebekowsky, Sudeten
LONDON, Sept. 17 (U. P.).—The British Government wrestled with the Czech crisis in two long sessions today
rrival from France of Premier
Daladier and Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet,
fraught with anxiety. The
abinet worked on a compromise demand to submit to Herr
| Hitler, if the French approve, but was understood to have ‘been informed by Viscount Runciman, British mediator in
ten area of Czechoslovakia to Ger- Czechoslovakia, that Czechoslovakia would rather fight than:
many to an ultimatum.
in terms almost tantamount
be |
becoming more and more restive! He did not set a ‘time limit. | demands. co : under constant strain. Today at But he insisted with the greatest | The French Ministers wi least, it is the answer to {he determination that Germany could. Czechoslovak nation to threats and not tolerate much longer the “con-| '* plans of the big powers. tinuous Czech attacks on Sudeten S £ . Nn | A Foreign Office spokesman said Germans. i today: { This, I learned ‘oday, was the| ; > | “There is only one answer to the Unexpected development which | tional Council of Labor this latest developments. That is we sent Mr. Chamberlain scurrying | 4 Slop 2 1 Dn back to London after only a little| . : . more than one hour of effective] him with the situation.
talk, although he had planned to ss wo» | F. D. R. CANCELS
will fight if necessary. There will
remain longer. Can Herr Hitler in effect put it up [our tim Our hot) : to Great Britain and France to Depend on Alliances |force the Czechoslovak Govern-| understood authoritatively ment to agree to what amount to dismemberment.
Tt that
is the Government believes that it will not be deserted by France and Great Britain, in an extrem-| ity. because Germany's push east-| In other words, Herr Hitler placed | ward would conflict, even if indi- Britain and France in a position rectly, with British Empire inter- where they either would have to Czechs May Request uU. ests. [sell the Czechs down the river” or| . . | The Government also counts 100 face the imminent possibility that| To Handle Their Affairs {per cent on its alliance with France, Germany would take military action
Creates Harsh Dilemma
(Indianapolis Time) tomorrow. ‘Minister Chamberlain at 10 Downing Street at 8 a. m. Mr. Chamberlain conferr
| SECOND SPEECH"
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{believing that it will bring France| with its connotations of the danger
into the fight in event of war.
| Also, the Government appears to! received definite assurances| Herr Hitler to define the “seif-deter-
| have
of war.
When Mr. Chamberlain asked
that Russia, in accordance with its| mination” which he had mentioned,
obligations under the Czechoslovak- | Russian alliance, will rush airplanes, | |soldiers and artillery
slovakia at the moment any aggres= | sion was committed.
| (It has been reported that Ru-|conceal that Germany might feal |
mania is ready to permit Russian
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SHIPS AGROUND
r- hobgoblins in those days, had little | OFF WEST COAST
Democratic inspector, Pre- to learn from the professional fear-|
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17 (U.| P.).—Trapped in a dripping fog. two |
St., deputy prosecutor and Demo- ers of the Constitution—Washing-| yegsels—a freighter and a fishing
Democratic judge, Precinct 9, Ward 20. { Mitchell Tavior, 3919 Washington Blvd. assistant Republican clerk,
| Precinct 9, Ward 20.
William Shropshire. 511 E. St Clair St., Republican clerk, Precinct 1, Wara 11. Jess Tucker, 222 W. Wyoming St. Republican judge, Precinct 10, Ward | 15.
George E. Fuller, 3902 College
tors.” “Then. as now.” he said. “there were men and women afraid of the future—distrustful of their own ability to meet changed conditions (Continued on Page Two)
DIES OF INJURIES IN MOTORCYCLE CRASH
WINCHESTER, Sept. 17 (U. P.) —
|eratic clerk in Precinct 12, Ward 2. ton. Adams, Hamilton and Clinton—| hoat—went on the rocks todav near | Marlin Dow. 430 E. Maple Road, were “labeled traitors and dicta- point Arena, graveyard of ships on | order for dissolution of the Sudeten | the California coast, 100 miles north | German party certainly brought the consula {crisis nearer the breaking point so | gested
(of the Golden Gate. The {freighter was the Dorothy | Wintermote. She flashed an SOS! at 9:50 a. m. (Indianapolis Time) | saying she was aground at fish| Rocks, in the Point Arena area, and |
to Czecho- No Reich.
a cS
the Fuehrer left no doubt that h meant cession of Sudetenland to his
Herr Hitler emphasized his desire for a peaceful solution but did not
impelled to act unless there was a
] planes and armies to cross the ap-!solution shortly.
Mr. Chamberlain's arrangements to meet Herr Hitler, probably Tuesday at Godesberg, near Bonn on the
Jdavs. But actually it was even more acute than before the Berchtesgaden meeting.
Explosion Held Possible The Cgmechoslovak Government's
far as Herr Hitler was concerned. A German writer, reputed to be one of the best informed in Berlin, told me today: “Even without
waiting for the
At Berlin.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (U. P). Increasing gravity of the Euro- | pean crisis was indicated today
when President Roosevelt canceled la Chattanooga speaking engagement for Monday and Secretary of | State Hull revealed it had been suggested that the U. S. handle | Czech consular affairs in Berlin in [event of emergency. Secretary of War Harry H. Wood[ring canceled a scheduled engagement to address an American Le-
Rhine, froze the crisis for a few | ojon group at Los Angeles Monday.
| It was understood that the critical | European situation caused the cancellation although officially it was said that pressure of Government business prevented Woodring from | making the trip. Mr. Hull indicated that Czech r officials in Berlin had sugto American consular at- | taches there that the U. S. undertake the task of handling Czech | affairs should an emergency require | that Czech officials leave Germany. | Such arrangements are customary
was being pounded by a heavy sea. next meeting between Herr Hitler in cases of outbreak of war between | The fishing boat was the Santa and Mr. Chamberlain we might be | two nations or suspension of diploRosalee. The San Francisco Marine forced to take strong action if, for matic relations.
| Exchange reported the Rosalee on instance, 100 Sudetens were Killed |
| the rocks near the Wintermote.
Ave, Republican clerk, Precinct 9, James Newman, 17, of New Ridge-|
Ward 20 Frank Allen, (Continued on Page Three) |
(ville, died yesterday of injuries re- 44 PLEAD GUILTY T0
3854 Central Ave. ceived when his motorcycle struck!
an automobile on Road 27.
Boy, Run Over by Car, Fights for Life; Missouri Woman Dies of Sept. 3 Injuries
In City Hospital, just across the
campus from Riley Hospital where mons “where the little kids play.” cians said his condition was critical. |
| his father works, 86-year-old Floyd |
A. Root Jr. today was fighting for which was soon to have been end- tefmine whether his pelvis
his life.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Anna Barnett,| Floyd, excited by running and injuries, they said.
Popular Bluff, Mo.. died at Methodist Hospital of injuries receive
in an accident Sept. 3 on Road 40
Johnson ..... 10 near Belleville. Loren Barnett, her
Movies Mrs. Ferguson 10 9 Music 13 Obituaries ... 7 Pegler .(.i.i¢ 10 Pyle ...ccict 9 Radio . 13 Mrs. Roosevelt 9 Serial Story Society ....
Churches .... Clapper Comics Crossword .. 7 Curious World 14 Editorials . 10 Fashions 5 Financial .... 13 Forum . 10 4 Grin, Bear It 14 Sports ..... 5 In Indpls .... 3 State Deaths Jane Jordan. 9!Wiggam ..... 10!
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g husband, died Sept. 7 of injuries
received in the same accident.
Seven defendents in traffic court drive
paid an average of $6 each in fines and costs. Ninety dollars in costs was suspended. While the Root boy bore pain bravely and while his father and mother continued a long vigil, phyvsicians sought to determine how
critically he was injured when a the street and who said he was just only about to call The, accident happened directly, the scream.
car ran over him last night.
body. months
across from his home, 1517 W. Ver-]
It ended a game of “catcher”
ed by a parents’ curfew. | wrestling, climbed onto the rear of|
234 N. Miley Ave. a friend of the family. had parked. Floyd told his mother that he did not know Mr. Morgan was in the car, intending to back it into a)
was on the car. When the car backed, Floyd fell, and a rear wheel passed over his Floyd's brother, George, 15 younger, screamed. Mr. Root, who was in the home across,
the boys home, hears |
Flovd was taken to City
They were taking X-rays to debone
was broken. He has other internal
Mrs. Root and Betty, aged 8,
4 2 roadster which Charles Morgan, | Floyd's sister, were not at home
when the accident occurred. They had gone on an errand only a few moments before. Six other persons were injured overnight in traffic, one of them
way and turn around. Mr. Mor- two-year-old Joan Smith. She was! gan said he did not know Floyd struck by a car in the alley in the
rear of her home, 2345 Station St. Miss Bessie Meng, 30, of 947 N. Pennsylvania St, was described as in “fair” condition in Methodist Hospital with an injury received in a taxi accident. She was the other traffic vietim injured seriously enough to be a hospital patient,
Hos= Indiana University Medical Center mont St, on the edge of a com- pital immediately and today physi |
FEDERAL CHARGES
Forty-four persons pleaded guilty]
when arraigned in Federal Court today before Judge Robert C. Baltzell, following their indictment by | the Federal Grand Jury. Seven|teen others entered pleas of not | guilty. James and Roy Cox, alleged lead- | fers of a bootleg liquor ring, de-| |scribed by authorities “as the larg-)| |est since Prohibition, pleaded nut) (guilty. Their trial was set for | Nov. 14. Four others implicated | with them pleaded guilty and they {were to be sentenced this after] | noon.
| AS M'NUTT’S JOB UNDER FIRE IN COURT SUIT
WASHINGTON. Sept. 17 (U. P.). | —B. M. Gancy, Filipino lawver, acting in his own behalf. filed a brief | in U. S. District Court here seeking a declaratory judgment that the] commonwealth Government of the] | Philippines is unconstitutional. He! ur missioner McNutt and President
| Quezon be declared void,
today or tomorrow.” The question of eventual peace seemed to hinge on whether France,
|in order to remove danger of a war | > in which she might be involved,|scheduled journey to Chattanooga
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U.S. Debt at
Yours Is Exactly $296.89
| WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (U. P).
—The Treasury announced today that the public debt reached an all-time high of $38,407,012,443
Sept. 15. Almost doubled during the New Deal, the debt now represents a theoretical burden of $296.89 for every man, woman and child in the country. The debt was pushed up to its new level by Treasury cash borrowing of $800,000,000 to finance the recovery program. The previous debt peak was established on March 12 this year, when it stood at $37.814.477.017. The Treasury's working bhalance— its ready cash account--was boosted
of the borrowed cash. The Treasury Gischiges that in-
Mr. Hull said that the proposal [had not been presented formally to the United States by the Czech | Government. ; Mr. Roosevelt's cancellation of his
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New Recor
l
$
Jcome tax collections in the first [15 days this month, when third [quarter installment payments were due, ran ahead of the same period last year. The collections totaled | $150,681,607 as against $121,215221 |the same period last year. Income | tax collections since July 1, start lof the fiscal year, aggregated $219,|702,073, approximately $3,000,000 |ahead of last year. | In the two and one-half months
of the fiscal year, the Government | has spent $1776,163,350, exceeding
expenditures in the same period last year by approximately $230,000,000. Income in the same period amounted to $1,060,254,803, approxi- | mately $100.000,000 below the cor-
ged that the offices of High Com- to $2410,530.213, with the addition|responding period last year. This
left a deficit of $715,908,546 as compared with $386,140,632 a yearvago.
submit to the plebiscite which Adolf Hitler unequivocally,
Il arrive in London about 7 a. They will meet Prime
ed with the heads of the Na« evening, and then received
United States Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy to acquaint
Other than that, the day’s activities are over, and no de« velopments were expected ntil after the conference with the French.
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| | The King left Buckingham Palace to pass the week-end ‘at the Royal lodge at WindSor. Although official secrecy on the Cabinet's compromise plan tight, the impression is growing that the British Government is pre= {pared to agree to a plebiscite if 1% | can convince the French to unite in putting pressure on the Czechs to accept it. The war danger is not removed, however, even if the ‘British and French do unite in exerting pres= sure, because the Czechs may carry (out their determination to resist.
| The next move would be up to { Herr Hitler. If he ordered his Army
|to march, Praha would appeal to | Soviet Russia. It is believed that if {the British try to hold off the | French, the Czech SOS possibly {would be responded to by Russia | alone.
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French Wait for News
Mr, Chamberlain did not commue nicate the Cabinet's decisions to the French, awaiting tomorrow's per [sonal talk with Messrs. Daladier and Bonet. Mr. Chamberlain told the Cabinet that Herr Hitler had demanded [immediate cessation of the Sudeten districts which are overwhelmingly German, with cantonal status for the other Sudeten areas. However, the Prime Minister ine {dicated a belief that Herr Hitler | would accept ‘in principle” a plebise |cite proposal, and therefore the late [ter seemed the most favorable line |of approach to the problem.
Two Meetings Held
The Cabinet met at 4 a. m. (Ine |dianapolis Time) and then again at 8 a. m. after a luncheon adjourn | ment. Viscount Runciman cone |ferred with the King in the aftere noon. It was said in reliable quarters that Mr. Chamberlain reported to the Cabinet that he believes the minimum Herr Hitler would accept as a Sudeten solution was a plebis= cite, and that he was able to report that Herr Hitler had not fixed any time limit for a reply to his dee mands. | It was learned that a Cabinet majority, which included the more influential members definitely ope posed plunging Great Britain inte a war over Czechoslovakia if there was any means of avoiding it. Even these members were graves ly anxious lest some precipitate move might put Czechoslovakia at {war with Germany, that France might follow and that Britain might be forced in. The Cabinet discussed the advisability of inviting Premier Daladier of France to come to Lone don to discuss the crisis. United States Ambassador Joseph (Continued on Page Three) =
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