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VOLUME 50—NUMBER 175
CZECHS LAND TO
SURRENDE
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BRITON QUITS POS
Duff Cooper,
Navy Chief, Resigns found Distrust’ of Chamberlain's
Policy;
Cession of Silesia Arranged.
IN THE EUROPEAN CRISIS
TESCHEN —Czechs agree
to cede zone to Poland.
FRONTIER—German Army enters Sudetenland. BERLIN—Pardon hinted for the Rev. Mr. Niemoeller. PRAHA Nation sorrowful at double degradation.
LONDON —Chamberlain faces debate on policy. BUDAPEST—Hungary expected to ask its share. WASHINGTON—Hull reveals peace plea to Poland.
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1938. Ly United Press) TESCHEN, Polish-Czech Border 1 — Czechoslovakia, yielding to Poland’s demand for cession of the Teschen area, sent its litarv commander of the border to Polish headquarters today 10 discuss details of the new occu-
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LONDON. Oct. 1 (U
Duff Cooper resigned today as First Rev. in protest the Confessional Synod. who was against Britain's part in the four- | the storm center of the conflict be-| Czechoslo- tween the Nazis and tne Protestant foreign pastors.
Lord of the Admiralty,
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agreement and its policy in general. The resignation came as a jarring note in the midst of unprecedented national rejoicing over the narrow escape from war provided by the Munich agreement In a letter to Prime Minister Chamberlain. Mr. Duff Cooper wrote: “Tt exiremely painful to at the momen: of your great 1iriumph to be obliged to strike a discordant note. For reasons with which you are acquainted and
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House of distrust the foreign policy which the present Government is pursuing and seems likely to continue to pursue “Feeling as IT do, I consider that
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offer my resignation. I do so with
Commons in due course. |
profound regret because I have been |
so proud to hold my present office, one I envied bevond all others in the state. and have been so grateful to vou for having placed such confidence in me and for having shown me such invariable Kindness and patience.” Chamberlain Cordial
Mr. Chamberlain replied: “I have received your letter in which vou tender your resignation from the Government personal regret. but knowing you} are sincerely convinced that the foreign policy of the present Government is mistaken, I agree with vou in thinking that it would not be proper for you to remain a member of the Government “Refore submitting your resighation approval of His Majesty he King. I should like to thank vou for vour work in the great office vou are now giving up and express the conviction that differences over public policy will make no breach in our personal relations.” The resignation stirred political and financial circles deeply because of its implications. As head of the Navy, Mr. Duff Cooper held one of the key Cabinet posts for defense. Comparatively voung—he is 48—Mr. Duff Cooper ({ dentinwed on Page 1 wee)
5 GERMAN COLUMNS ENTER SUDETENLAND
Czech Soldiers Withdraw: ‘Would Rather Fight.’
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By WEBB MILLER Copyright. 1938 by United Press) WITH THE GERMAN ARMY IN THE FIELD, Oct. 1 (U.P. Five grayv-green columns of German troops poured across the Czechoslovak frontier this afternoon on a 20-mile front. Thus began the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia and the addition of some three million peopie to Fuehrer Hitler's aomain. The uniforms, the guns. the mechanized engines of war were in contrast to the festivity of the scene. Flowers thrown by the cheering German inhabitants pelted the troops. he first contingent crossed the frontier at exactly 7 a. m. (Indianavolis Time), the deadline which had been set. Col. Gen. Wilhelm Joseph Franz Ritter von Leeb was in command of the occupied area. which is on the southwestern border north of Linz, Austria.
Other Troops Wait
Czech troops and police had withdrawn vesterday afternoon. The population of the area wildly welcomed the troops and displayed Nazi flags. which had been hidden. a few minutes after the soldiers appeared. Tens of thousands of other troops were camped in the Bavarian Forest, ready to advance on the next phase of the occupation tomorrow. By Oct. 10. all but the areas to be decided by plebiscite will be in German hands. as decided by the four powers at Munich yesterday morning Tonight Czech troops and Germans faced one another only 100 pards apart on opposite sides of the River Moldau. The Czechs had not had time to withdraw and still were | (Continued on Page Three)
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1938
Beer Stocks Up in Shitt Of Drinkers
BERLIN, Oct. 1 (U. Brewery stocks gained 1%
BUTLER READY FOR PURDUEIN | GAME AT BOWL
Boilermaker Eleven Playing Here for First Time in
P)— 1, to points on the Boerse today. Speculators jocularly suggested it was because the Sudetens henceforth would drink German instead of Pil-
sener beer. 30 Years.
NAZIS SEEKING 1. U. MEETS OH OHIO STATE FRENGH T TREATY 35,000 Expected to Watch
Irish Against Kansas At South Bend.
Rev. Mr. Niemoeller May Be Freed in Celebration of Hitler Triumph.
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a.m a. m.. a. MM... BERLIN, Oct. 1 (U. P) —Fuehrer| a. m. Hitler, gratified by German's peaceful acquisition of the Sudeten area| Indianapolis claimed some of the of Czechosiovakia. took steps today rays of the collegiate football spotfor greater peace at home and light today as teams, East, West, abroad. ‘North, South awaited Kickoff whisAt home, he was understood to tes. have prepared to grant amnesty to] The Hoosier capital's bid for many political prisoners held in prominence in the autumn sport
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PRICE THREE CENTS
CENTER
Figure 1 Cent Under Estimate Slashed
INSIDE
RATE FIXED AT $3.19 FOR 1939
: School Despite Protons:
Current Levy
Board Issues Statement.
Kay Francis . . . Retires (Page 2)
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agreement with France, similar the German-British agreement Munich yesterday. Negotiations for tion of European armaments probably will follow This disclosure was made today as | Fuehrer Hitler returned to Berlin and a Nazi triumph. | perature for this afternoon. It was asserted in most reliable] quarters that a German-French declaration of friendship was actually in process of preparation and might
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Indiana University went to lumbus to meet Ohio State,
Arms Talks Hinted { bill. Government quarters said that | this declaration would be of the] same character as that announced at Munich yesterday by Herr Hitler and Prime Minister Chamberiain— equivalent to a noaggression pact. which they regarded as defining both agreements. Further, it was learned that as the direct result of the British-French-German-Italian agreement oni Sudetenland signed at Munich, and supplementing German-British and German-French agreements, circles expected that the question of limitation of arma-
Irish Meet Kansas
An pected at South Bend to see the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame go to | the post against the Kansas Jayhawkers who last week nosed out Texas, 19-18. Twelve other Hoosier teams were busy in seven games, five of them in the state. Evansville faced Tigers at Creencastle. At close-by Danville, the Ball State Cardinals, who last week gave Butler a busy afternoon, met Central Normal which last week lost a heartbreaker te Illinois State Teachers, 6-0. Wabash's Little Giants, with the experience of a 38-0 defeat at Akron University, were hosts to Hanover, the first test of the sea[son for the Hilltoppers. | FEarlham’s Quakers, untried, went {to North Manchester to open their season against a Manchester eleven which Jjast week nosed out Valparaiso, 14-13. The Franklin Grizzlies, De Pauw’s victims last week, went to Terre Haute for a meeting with Indiana State. Valparaiso went to engage Capital University, while St. Joseph's warriors invaded Ohio for a tussle with Toledo University.
Now It's Anybody’s Race for Pennant
By United Press The National League pennant race still was up in the air today, with the Chicago Cubs struggling desperately to lunge across the finish line before the momentum of their skyrocket streak fizzles out. All hope is not lost for the Pittsburgh Pirates, who regained their bearings yesterday behind Russ Bauers’ four-hit pitching.
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PEACE HOPE TO AID F. D. R. AIMS, BELIEF
Hull Confirms Antiwar Plea To Poland. |
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (U. P) — Relieved that settlement of the European crisis has averted a possible war and ehminated a grave threat to his domestic reform program, President Roosevelt leaves the capital tonight for his Hyde Park, N. Y., home. Meanwhile, Administration offiespecially those in charge of key New Deal projects—were elated that the President's dramatic moves to help avert a European war had been successful. They pointed out that had war enguifed Europe, it would have been necessary to thrust aside all domestic affairs. One member of Mr. Roosevelt's unofficial cabinet of advisers recalled that President Wilson's reform program of the “new freedom” was largely junked In 1917 when the entered the World War. The Federal Reserve Act and the Clayton Act were passed. but they fell far short of the program Wilson had planned. Even though war has been for the time being averted it is likely (Continued on Page Three) >
game winning streak handicapped the Cubs and they furiously to get a with the Cardinals. a double-header today. A combination of two—either Cub victories or Pirate defeats—will win the pennant for Chicago. It's possible for the Pirates to regain the lead if they win from the Reds and the Cubs drop both {games to the Cards.
7-7 tie yesterday
30 years of Purdue—long | in the national gridiron |
the high- | geared Boilermakers at the Butler Pregame ticket sales have been |
athletic officials capacity |
this morning when the Purdue band |
The Weather Bureau forecast fair and little change in tem-
An anxious Crimson eleven from |
opener for both and the only West-| ern Conference melee on the day's|
audience of 35000 was ex- |
Columbus to |
Tired and reacting from their 10-| had to battle!
They must play |
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 1 (U. P.) —A starving baby chimpanzee, kidnaped three days ago, was restored to the arms of its frantic mother today. Officials of Audubon Zoo had pleaded for days with Luzette, a female chimpanzee, to give up the baby of Coco, her cellmate. Luivette merely chattered and screamed and attendants interpreted this as meaning she considered the baby one she bore and lost two years ago. Advice from other zoos included a suggestion that handcuffs be employed and that a lasso might be the thing. All plans had failed, though much to the chagrin of attendants. Today the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals advised that Luizette's hands might be tied to the cage bars. This was done and an attendant crawled in the cage and took the Kidnaped baby. Coco shrieked a jabbering thanks and cuddled the baby in her arms.
PROBE TO OPEN INNEW ALBANY
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Bond for Office Raised To $100,000.
NEW ALBANY, Oct. 1 (U. A Grand Jury will start an investigation Monday in the alleged $100.000 shortage in the office of Frank A. Hoppenjohn, Flovd County Treasurer, who resigned yesterday. Mr. Hoppenjohn reportedly resigned because he was unable to meet $100.000 bond affixed his office by Circuit Judge John M. Paris. | The bond was raised yesterday from | $15.000 upon advice of four members| lof the State Accounts Board, who | testified at a hearing. {| George D. Scott, who was defeated] for the Democratic nomination ior Treasurer in the May primaries, was appointed by County Commis- | sioners to fill the remainder of Mr. Hoppenjohn's term, which expires Jan. 1, 1940. The allegad shortage was rev ealed | two weeks ago following the death of a chief deputy treasurer.
REA LINE FINISHED: CELEBRATION SET
Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind., Oct. 1—A celebration marking the energizing of the first 55 miles of line in the Bartholomew County REA project will be held here tomorrow. Speakers will be Bovd Fisher, Washington, director of supervision and operation of REA, and Rep. Eugene B. | Crowe, Bed{ord.
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Benita Hume . . Marries
‘BENITA BRIDE OF | RONALD COLMAN
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Amount Granted 1939 15 48 32 1.30 94 3.19
Amount Requested 1939 JH 52 51 1.284 97 3.47
1938 15 49 31 1.25 1.00 3.20
Secret Wedding of Film. Celebrities Surprise Even
To Hollywood. : ly 1939 of $3.19, a reduction of HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 1 (U. P).— | Ronald Colman, whom Hollywood review by the State Tax Boa | regarded mistakenly for years as
The Marion County Tax Adjustment Board today set a total Center Township (inside Indianapolis) tax rate for
1 cent from the current rate.
The rates certified by the County Board are subject to
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In concluding its study of local governmental requests,
its most eligible bachelor, started | tye County Board, in a resolution, recommended changes in
in characteristic secrecy today on a|
| honeymoon with Benita Hume, his| {| second wife. They were married last night by! ia police judge at Santa Barbara, so| suddenly that most of their moviemaking associates knew nothing of their plans. He is 47. perhaps Hollywood's oldest actor still playing swashbuck- | ling, romantic roles. Miss Hume, brown-eyed, London { born, and 31. has appeared in a long series of movies. Two years ago she rebelled against the plan of Metro-
Goldwyn-Mayer studio to have her
do a closeup with a chimpanzee. ‘Civic Club Federation Favors
In 1934 London dispatches report- | ed Mr. Colman’s wife, Thelma Raye, Acquirement by City ‘At Fair Price.
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URGE PURCHASE
| had filed suit for divorce. That was oye blow to Hollywood women. who had known nothing of his previous mairiage. His interest in Miss Hume first was reported at about the time she was having chimpanzee troubles.
Letters and a resolution urging | City purchase of the Indianapolis} ei ore water Co. “at a fair price” werej 'sent Mayor Boetcher and City
SHELBURN BUSINESS Council members today by the InAREA SWEPT BY FIRE dianapolis Federation of Com-
munity Civic Clubs, according to
SHELBURN. Oct. 1 (U. P)— Paul C. Wetter, federation presi{Fire of undetermined origin raged dent. { through several Shelburn business | The resolution was introduced at {houses early today and for a while] threatened to wipe out the business { district. Fire departments from Sullivan ‘and Terre Haute were summoned to help combat the blaze and finally were successful in bringing it under | control. The firemen were handicapped by lack of water and pumped from a mine pond nearby when the town's water supply was exhausted.
BODY OF ATTORNEY TAKEN FROM CANAL
Forrest F. Holme? Death Is Calied Accidental.
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Q. Bruce, Grandview Civic League president and local real estate man, ‘Mr. Wetter said. The City Council will be asked to
mittee to be appointed next week to investigate possibility of purchase of the Water Company by the City, he] | said. E. O. Snethen, attorney, led dis=| cussion of the resolution. The fed-| eration includes 30 local civic clubs. an jes mediary said to be inter-| n the Water Company sale, is on. here Monday to confer Ma City officials. he utility is owned by heirs of Philadelphia
i i | Lo late C. H. Geist, uitlity magnate. The Federation also adopted a resolution offered by William Calvin, Brookside Civic League presi|dent, to designate a “Civic Week” The body of Forrest F. Helms, 35, jovery ys % A ould resolution sponsor an essay attorney, 5243 Carrollton Ave. was contest in grade schools on “Why | taken early today from the Canal! Civic Clubs Are of Benefit to the
{near the College Ave. bridge. Dr. City,” was adopted, and a commit- | Hugh Thatcher, deputy coroner. said tee appointed to arrange details.
Mr. Helms had drowned under accidental circumstances. STOCK PRICES SHOW UNUSUAL STRENGTH
Mr. Helms' car was found on the | brink of the Canal by police who | were notified by a nearby resident. | The car door was open. Three hours| NEW YORK, Oct. later Patrolmen Charles Schwinn Stock prices turned exceptionally and Everett Steele recovered the; strong just before the close today as
body. Mr. Helms is survived by his wife, | | the market advanced for the fifth
Mrs. Grace Helms. who was noti- | consecutive session and approached |fied of the accident by police. the year's high in the
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EGINNING Monday, The Indianapolis Times will expand its news service by publishing three times or more each week the reports on American public opinion by Dr. George Gallup's American Institute of Public Opinion. The Iaistitute has chosen The Times for membership and as its exclusive representative in the Indianapolis region.
This organization. which conducts continuous surveys of public sentiment on present day issues, is sponsored by 72 leading newspapers. Its studies cover a cross-section, or representative sample, of the voting population from coast to coast. Within the last month and a half the Institute forecast the outcome of four successive primary elections and came through with flying colors. It predicted the victories of Senator Barkley in Kentucky, Senator Smith in South AMERICAN Carolina. Senator Tyvdings in Maryland and Senas ator George in Georgia with an error of 2 per PUBLIC'OPINION] cent or less. The Institute's chief work is not predicting elections but measuring sentiment on day to day issues. It keeps a continuous record of President Roosevelt's popularity and has recently reported sentiment on wage-hour legislation. the New Deal purge, the old age pension movement in California, and many other issues. Its reports constitute a new kind of journalism. For many vears newspapers have been reporting impartially what people do. The Institute studies and reports what people think. The Institute's technique, which is based on scientific sampling, is the result of long and careful study. In 1933. Dr. George Gallup, voung New York research scientist, began to lay the foundations of the present American Institute of Public Opinion by experimental studies with the sampling method. Dr. Gallup pressed these in-
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The Times Chosen by American Institute; First of Gallup Polls to Appear on Monday
vestigations for two years until 1 pointed the way to a scientific m One newspaper alone, probably could not afford the investigations Dr. Gallup then
Dr. Gallup interested many newspapers of all
belief and today 72 newspape In 1936 the Institute's samp were strikingly vindicated by the Presidential election. of Roosevelt's popularity in 37 suc
wide surveys, the Institute forecast, on Nov. that Roosevelt might carry as many as 45 States. the Institute said—Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire—could be considered safe for Governor Landon.
Only three States,
As the election proved, the wrong in assigning New Kansas Governor, since velt landslide by a margin of a votes. But, on the whole, th elections confirmed the basic pri
sampling method and indicated
which it could be extended and refined. Today the Institute's reports are obtained by a staff of more than
600 field reporters who interview a
week. The interviews take place in the home or on the street, and
different voters are reached each work by Institute statisticians in or cross-section—the electorate in of the Institute's work.
or even a small group of newspapers,
After following the trend
Hampshire it joined the Roose-
| average. | Several issues made new highs for the year. including Johns-Manville/ | at 101° <, up 17s; Lee Rubber at 26"; up °s; Philip Morris at 136, up 2' | and i Pont 136%, up 2'4 Major European currencies followed an erratic trend in early | dealings today, reflecting readjust‘ment of the former potential * ‘bel- | ligerent” and “neutral” units. The pound sterling eased 1 cent [to $4.82'2.
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1¢ was satisfied that his research easurement of public attitudes.
steep costs of the nation-wide began, in the fall of 1935: but shades of political his research.
CHICAGO, Oct. 1 u P.) —Wheat
underwrite ‘closed up !s to off 's cent today
ling referenda results of the
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absence of any tonstructive news resulting in a dull market.
'STATE UNITS SHARE IN $6,513,041 TAX
Laurence F. Sullivan, State Auditor, today reported that $6,513,041.54'
cessive nation- ,
Institute was to the
few thousand e Presidential ncipies of the directions in
ter collections of gasoline, drivers’
licenses, certificate of title and auto | license taxes. Distribution for the third quarter | last year was $6.298,947.11, he said. Of the amount distributed this, vear, $4,342.027.69 went to the State Highway Commission; $2,171,013.85/| to Counties, and $500,000 to Cities and Townships. Marion County's share was $44,637.03 and Indianapolis’ share was $147,361.40,
Dr, Gallup
n assigned number of voters each
week. Back of all this is careful fashioning a population sample, miniature which forms the basis
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‘State laws affecting public welfare, ‘purchasing systems, the fee system, State tax distribution procedure and surveys of salaries and personnel of govern-
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with lack of export interest and |
was distributed for the third quar- |
local accounting and
The total rate reduction was made by cutting the
School City request 3 cents, ja reducing the Center Township poor relief rate 19 cents. This put the School City rate 8 cents below the current rate but the | poor relief rate is still 1 cent above the present rate. . Rates fixed by the Board in other Townships, inside the City were: 1939 1938 .. $3.29 $3.27 3.04 3.04
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Perry Cassmeaserhens | W | Washington . Wayne 3.28 i Defends School Action | By reducing the School City rate, the Board acted contrary to pro= tests of the School Board and the City’s Parent-Teacher Council. 1% defended its action by saying the ‘cut would not affect the building |program or school operations for next year. The Tax Board said the cut in[volved a $452. 000 deficit of former vears which the School Board had put in the request for payment next year. | The County Board reduced the fund set up in the request to wipe out the deficit by $76,000. | John White, County Board member representing the School Board, (charged that the cut was “penaliz ling the School Board which has endeavored to do its part for tax | reduction” and would “shunt off until another time the payment of the deficit.” He said the deficit was created (originally by interference with the {budget by tax bodies.
Text of Resolution
The County Board's resolution de= clared: “The problem that has perplexed this Board more than any other, and one that is threatening the very structure of our government, {is that of the tremendous increase lin the cost of public welfare and | relief. “From the many statements made to the Board by protesting taxpawers, it is apparent that there is very general public apprehension. Our study has shown that the total expenditures for this purpose in ‘Marion County in 1938 will be al- | most equal to the total expenditures for all other functions of local gov= | ernment combined, and that at the | present time, almost one- -fifth the | population of this County is re- | ceiving some form of public assist ance. “There is a widespread belief that any persons are obtaining assist= ‘ance who are not in actual need of it, and that adminstrative costs are excessive. Facts presented at hear'lings show also that there 1s much ’ duplication and confusion of au'thority, which are contributory te high cost.
Charge Duplication, Confusion
“At the present time, public assist= ‘ance is given in this community by the County Welfare Department. [the WPA, township trustees and |other public agencies. Each of these agencies has its separate bureau to investigate the needs of applicants, “Often a recipient of public as'sistance will pass from one agency [to another, or will require help from {more than one agency, and there is | both confusion and duplication of ladministrative work, which should be eliminated both in the interest of the recipient of relief and the eco- | nomical administration of the publis responsibility. “In our study of this problem we are convinced that most of this is due to the exercise of authority by the Federal and State agencies. |Standards and requirements are es= | tablished by these agencies, oper= ‘ating under provisions of Federal and State laws, which are not suf= ficiently flexible to meet purely lo= !ecal problems. “Only one of the major relief functions is entirely subject to local joonizal, That is the administration township relief by township | trustees. We have been greatly (Continued on PagesIwo)