Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 September 1938 — Page 1
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FORECAST—Increasing cloudiness today; tomorrow partly cloudy and cooler.
VOLUME 50—NUMBER 169
5,000,000 MOBILIZED IN EUROPE AS CZECHS GET NAZI ULTIMATUM
STORM DEATHS
APPROACH 600; TROOPS RULING
20.000 Reported Homeless As Coast Guard Searches Debris for Bodies.
DISEASE PERIL SPREADS
Damage Put at 165 Millions; Rehabilitation Begun as Rivers Recede.
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(Covvright. 1938, by United Press) New England's disaster from hurricane, tidal waves) and floods came into full re-! alization today for the first time. The dead numbered almost 600: the damage 165 million dollars: the homeless refugees 20,500. These tolls were growing rapidly as the first semblance of order was re-establishad. Already, the known dead numbered 3597, and the search of a 50-mile stretch of ruined shoreline still was far from complete. A thousand Coast Guarasmen patroled the ccast where hmstoric villages from Newport, R. I., to Cape Cod were wrecked. and famous resorts and landmarks cbliterated. In the interior, 500,000 rescue and relief workers had begun the rehabilitation of Rhode Island, Connecticut. Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. Their first task was the caring for refugees who crowded armwories, schools and pubiic buildings. Guardsmen Patrol Cities
National Guardsmen ruled in most cities. There were acute shortages of food, clothing and serums; dangers of disease and of fires breaking cut as soon as the great heaps of debris had dried. There had been looting near Cape Cod. National Guardsmen fired on one gang of looters last night. Watch Hill, R. I, still was isolated and a message from the Coast Guard cutter Chelan said “200 or more” were dead there. Should that be verified, the death toll ould approach 800. Red Cross headquarters in Washington announced that their representative, H. B Atkinson, of Westerly, R. I., had reported that the 200 death toll report was erronenous. Mr. Atkinson said that the known death toll in the Westerly area, which includes Watch Hill, was 55 and that 61 others were missing The situation state by state was: RHODE ISLAND Known dead. 278: injured. 2000. of whom 1000 still were in hospitals. Damage, 50 million dollars. Watch Hill, century-old summer resort. stili eut off. Coast Guard cutter Chelan reports “200 or more” dead {Continued on Page Two)
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CHICAGO. Sept. 24 (UT. P). —After soaring to as high as 4 cents a bushel on fresh war fears, wheat prices on the Chicago Board of Trade today steadied at the close at 34 to 7s cents up. Corn was up 1 cent to 15 cents. Winnipeg wheat prices gained 5 cents a bushel on early sales. NEW YORK, Sept. 24 (U, P.).—The Stock Market experienced a few minutes of nervous selling today on European developments and then regained its equilibrium as strong interests supported the leading issues.
CITY PROJECTS : GET $339,346
PWA ROOTES os $421 596 for Belt Elevation; $514,350 For Coliseum.
‘Brilliant Success,’ Broadcast Says.
New Border Disturbances | Are Reported; Eight Deaths Listed.
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Germans were holding 600 Czech citizens, officials and “Communists.” as hostages at Rumberg. Czechoslovakia. The hostages were taken “as a counter measure against Red oaccupation of that district by Czech troops yesterday.” the news agency said. Lynch Threat Reported
Threats were made by the popu‘lace to lynch the prisoners, DNB said, and the police and Sudeten {leaders had great difficulty in pro- | tecting them. This morning the Governmen | radio station announed that “it was | proud to be able to report that the!
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the Sudeten area responded to the call of mobilization as a matter of form,” the announcement said. The mobilization. decreed by (Continued on Page Three)
MILL CREEK SCHOOL DESTROYED BY FIRE
ILA PORTE. Sept. 24 (U. P).— Fire early today destroved the Mill Creek High School, 10 miles southeast of here. leaving 200 pupils without classrooms and causing damage estimated at $£50.000. The blaze was believed to have
AHA, Sept. 24 (U. P.).—This | aa was a nation at arms today | a approximately two million men | a Early today, the Government | radio station announced that emerg- | ency mobilization of every fighting | The atmosphere in this war-made | republic was tense but calm and the morale of the populace seemed high. | Syrovy, Army Commander-in-Chief, | {was obviously prepared for any eventuality. | rants totaling nearly $1,000,000 to- ion was crowded with reservists day brought nearer to reality two von Salers on leave route 2 major City improvement projects. mobilization points, reports came o 5 ,_ man frontier. It was announced | or Ve Rios Sei Taek Sly 2 that members of the Sudeten Ger- | 3 man Free Corps had crossed the grant of $514,350 was made for im- Ps proclaimed the union of the region | Grounds. : with Germany. Lieut. Gov. Henry F. Schricker Minorities Answer Call | to be started on the new $1,000,000 coliseum by Jan. 1, in time to have said they were in complete military | the building ready for the 1939 State control of the district and would never let the Czechs re-enter. The The track elevation grant spurred City officials to make new withdrawing from the cul-de-sac] efforts toward reaching an agree- Which military men generally consider as impossible of defending and Railway on plans to elevate the Belt tracks at adison Ave. and at East munications with Praha and the inand Singleton Sts. Total cost of terior were cut off.) It was said that Czech soldiers $3.065.000 South Side elevation would approximate $1.000,000. that eight were killed. Approval of the grant. according The official German news agency, and County in a position to go ahead with the project. He added, however. that until an agreement is can be started unless the City and County take full responsibility. City’s Rights in Doubt doubt as to whether the City has the legal right to go ahead on that basis. Railway superintendent, said today he knows of no change in the! railroad’s attitude as expressed to! by H. E. Newcomet, president of the railroad. At that time Mr. Newcomet said share of the cost of the project. “The project is still deeply invelved in financial, legal and ensaid. Mayor Boetcher said be would meet with the Works Board Monmeeting with Belt officials. The Federal grant is for 45 per cent of the total cost. Of the reray 34 per cent and the Countv 18 per cent and the railroad 50 per cent.
o take the field at any in- | man had been a “brilliant success.’ The Government under Gen. Jan Approval in Washington of PWA' While every means of transportaOne grant of $42159% was made new disturbances on the Czech-Ger- | 1* border into Asch and had formally provements at the State Fair said the grant would permit work (At Asch, the Sudeten Germans Fair. Czechs were reported gradually ment with the Indianapolis Union hardly worth a serious battle. Com- | the belt portion of the long-sought resisted the Free Corps men and to Mavor Boetcher, places the City reached with the railroad. no work Some officials have expressed J. J. Liddy, Indianapolis Union! the Mayor more than a week ago! the railroad was unable to pay its gineering difficulties,” Mr. Liddy day to discuss plans for another maining 55 per cent, the City would Pennsylvania Files Suit
The remaining portion of the proposed elevation project involves the Pennsylvania Railroad with whom the City made an agreement in 1925. The Pennsylvania filed a suit in Circuit Court asking that a Works Board resolution ordering the rail- started in the chemistry laboratory. road to co-operate in the project The building. composed of 16 rooms. be set aside on the grounds the was 30 vears old and the gym(Continued on Page Two) nasium addition was 10 years old.
Board Studies Budgets For Additional Paring
Marion County Tax Adjustment from the tuition fund and 1 cent Board members today prepared fig- from the special school rate. ures upon which to base cuts next. Board members warned each pubweek “in every department” of the lic official that “cuts must be made Civil City, School City and County somewhere” and asked each to sug-, budgets. gest where it can be done. Although the Board adjourned. When anv officials attempted to hearings until Monday after cut-| explain that their budgets already ting 6 cents off the Washington and | were “cut to the bone,” Board mem-! Lawrence Township rates for 1939, 'bers reminded them of the taxpaymembers said they were meeting in- ers’ protest demonstration yesterday . formally today to prepare figures when more than 2000 jammed the for next week's paring. Courthouse, demanding tax reducThe Board cut 4 cents from the; tions. proposed $1.10 rate for Lawrence “We realize the difficulty in opTownships 1939 budget by trim- erating a taxing unit without suffiming relief, school supply and tui- cient funds, but the pressure is so tion appropriations. The present great from the taxpayers that we've: township budget rate is 88 cents cot to trim somewhere,” Board Two cents was slashed from the Chairman Silas Carr explained. proposed 56-cent Township rate for The Citizens Taxpayers’ Protest Washington Township. bringing it Committee. which sponsored the close to the 53-cent levy this vear. demonstration. presented the Board
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Editorials
, Jane Jordan
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1938
Hitlers River of Might
ONPRAHA CALL
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SE ernents y Mobilization Is
PRAHA TENSE BUT CALM!
Hitler Refuses Guarantee To Czechs in Peace Plan
Hope for Peace Buoyed as Occupation of All Areas 70
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Fuehrer Compromises His Terms.
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GODESBERG, Germany,
BERLIN, Sept. 24 (U. P) many has no intention of mel Sept. ‘teeing the borders of the new
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most rapid mobilization in history 24.—Prime Minister Chamberlain, Gzechoslovakia against the self-de- | was carried out without a hitch.” carrying with him the hope of all
Europe, returned to London today alities, to make what it seemed must be today. the final effort to avert a war. The British leader left his hotel Hill, at Koenigswinter across the Rhine from Godesberg where he had conferred with! Fuehrer Hitler, at 2:43 a. m. (Indianapolis Time) to take an airplane at Cologne, 20 miles down ‘river, for London. Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Foreign Minister; Herbert von!
‘kia were understood to include the following: 1. Czechoslovakia must agree by Oct. 1 to the immediate withdrawal! of Czech troops and police from the |Sudeten areas to be turned over to! | Germany. 2. Immediate, peaceful oecupation |
Dircksen, German Ambassador to by German police and troops will
London, and Baron Ernst Weizsaecker, secretary of state of the Geman Foreign Office, escorted the Prime Minister to Cologne.
Few Salute Him
follow, 3. All areas containing more than 70 per cent of Germans would be occupied immediately after Czech | evacuation.
Only a handful of people, including children, “heiled” and gave the Nazi salute as Mr. Chamberlain’s automobile left. It was a warm, sunny day. The Prime Minister left Cologne certain. by airplane at 4:19 a. m. (Indian- 5. The figures on what communiapolis Time), five minutes after he ties have a clear German majority | arrived from Godesberg. He landed 'will rest on the figures of the com45% Reson Airdrome, London, at 6:15 munal election last May. Government sources pointed out | that Herr Hitler's latest terms are ‘a modification of his original demands.
smaller percentage of Germans, plebiscites would be held. An agree- | ment would be made for subsequent | exchanges of Germans and Czechs
- his final conference with Herr Hitler, which ended early this moming, Mr. Chamberlain had agreed to! submic a new set of proposals to the | Czechoslovak Government. ing the method of surrendering the assume responsibility for all further {Sudeten minority area to Germany.! consequences,” a Government source Without awaiting the approval of said. “If the Czechs agree, then (Continued on Page Three) |peace will be maintained.”
F.D.R.FIGHTS COLD, POSTPONES CRUISE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (U. P)). 8 ' President Roosevelt, gradually re-
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Still Hold Hope of Peace,! Inform U. S. Measures Are ‘Defensive.’
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RESERVISTS TO COLORS; BRITAIN CLEARS DECKS
Report One-Week Deadline Given Praha; Americans Told to Evacuate; Frontier Clashes Continue
COLOGNE—AT{1 least five million men on war footing in Europe.
BRUSSELS—Belgian Government orders partial mobilization, calling up technical units and 1937 class of the artillery regiment,
PARIS—700,000 to 900,000 Army reserves mobil-
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‘ordered partial mobilization of her Army, Navy and Air Force reserves | today. | Immediately afterward Gen. | Marie Gustave Gamelin, Chief of
| Staff of the fighting forces, pre|sided at a meeting of the Superior [Council of National Defense, the| supreme military body whose mem- | bers include the most brilliant men {of the high command. The background of these dramatic] moves was explained by Foreign, | Minister Georges Bonnet. | He said that Prime Minister {Chamberlain in his early morning conference with PFuehrer Hitler, ‘had agreed to transmit Herr Hit-| |ler’s final conditions in the Sudeten | minority crisis to Czechoslovakia— | {without comment. | M. Bonnet said that neither the] British nor French Governments were putting pressure on the Czechoslovak government to accept. Foreign Minister Bonnet conferred with William C. Bullitt, the American Ambassador, acquainting | him with the extent of mobilization | and emphasizing its defensive na-| ture. He told Mr. Bullitt, it was understood, that the partial mobilization orders were intended to keep pace with the distribution of Ger-! man troops. It was said on the most reliable authority that after reading the] | text of Fuehrer Hitler's memoran-| (Continued on Page Three)
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Rifles a Uniforms Made Ready for Reservists.
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Great Britain completed prepara-| {tions today for instant mobiliza- € | tion on land, sea and in the air if | Puehrer Hitler's ‘final’ memorandum is rejected by Czechoslovakia. Mr. Chamberlain returned by air from Godesberg and began discuss- | ing the memorandum with his inner | cabinet. All concerned have agreed | |that the issue of peace or war is {now clearly defined. | The British high command has] (taken every necessary step to make | |sure Britain is ready for war if it | comes. Army barracks were being filled | with rifles and uniforms for the | reservists. The Royal Air Force stopped all ‘leaves and distributed bombs to all; main air force centers. The crews | lot bombing and fighting planes] were given instruclions as to the, precise airdromes in Northern | France where they would take up [their stations. The Navy was fully ready. The |Home Fleet sailed from Inver-| | gordon, Scotland, presumably for North Sea battle stations. The 33 vessels of the Mediterranean fleet | {were at Alexandria ready for any | eventuality. |
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“If the Czechs should decline the, Mr. Chamberlain's discussion - sith | regard- German proposals, the Czechs would | the inner Cabinet of Herr Hitler's |
memorandum, which he has for-| warded to Praha, preceded a meetipg of the full Cabinet. Parliame: at may be summoned next week. Mr. Chamberlain had flown from | Germany this morning after receiving Fuehrer Hitler's: “final”
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ized; partial mobilization also decreed for Navy and Air Force; most of new men sent to Maginot Line, despite Daladier’s hopes that crisis is past. Supreme war council meets.
LONDON—High command reveals plans for instant mobilization of all armed forces by land, sea and air if need arises. Barracks being filled with rifles and uniforms for reservists. Royal Air Force leaves stopped and bombs distributed to all main centers. Fleet sails for North Sea.
PRAHA—Mobilization of two million men overnight proves “brilliant success,” Government says. Sudetens proclaim union of Asch area to Germany: eight killed as Czech soldiers resist.
WARSAW—AIl telephone communication with Czechoslovakia cut off. Shooting of refugees charged.
BERLIN—German sources deny intention of guaranteeing the borders of the new (Czechoslovakia against the self-determination claims of other nationalities. Czechs given one week to withdraw from Sudetenland.
GODESBERG—Hitler reportedly pledges not to attack Czechoslovakia for specified length of time as Chamberlain transmits to Praha Hitler's demand that Czechs evacuate Sudetenland.
BUCHAREST—Preparations made for mobilization on moment's notice.
PADUA, Italy — Mussolini hopes war can be
localized.
WASHINGTON—Officials close-mouthed and anxious; American legation in Praha tells Americans to get out.
BUDAPEST—Army maneuvers, scheduled to close today, prolonged indefinitely.
BERNE—Swiss Government “fears worst” and
prepares “for all possible eventualities.”
GENEV A—British Lord Privy Seal receives Soviet pledge to aid Czechs if French do.
BELGRADE—3000 Jugoslavs offer to fight for Czechs.
THE HAGUE—Dutch Army cancels week-end leaves,
0310-¢ Jonserint class kept under arms.
5000 Americans Urged To Leave Czechoslovakia
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (U. P.)., American nationals to leave Czeche — American Minister Wilbur J. Carr |oslovakia, and advising them of “the
risk which would be run b today informed the State Depart-|8Toal Tok y
Persons acquainted with the efforts to remove U. 8. nationals Roosevelt technique suspected ‘hat from Czech _iovakia. he might have been' scooping his Mr. Carr, who the State Depart- Secretary of Sate by use of ais {ment yesterday revealed is contact- pe qside or study telephone to ‘3k ing the 5190 Americans in the Czech | | directly with American diplomats in republic to persuade them to leave, | prance and Britain, possibly Praha. informed the Department he is] Mr. Carr began advising the maintaining his close check with Americans, 5000 of whom are in ‘nationals in the country. | Czech territory, as early as ThursThe State Department refused to! ‘day, officials said. He notified amplify the brief announcement of them that conditions were such that
lit might soon be impossible for them At his morning press conference, to leave. Secretary of State Hull indicated, On Jan. 1 the department listed within Czechoslo=
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in his White House France and Russia have suddenly London on the internatienal situa- tion is that most of them are still
there, although wives and children The Department announced last of many American emissaries have night that Mr, Carr was urging departed.
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