Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 January 1939 — Page 1

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VOLUME 5—NUMBER 265.

as Second-Class Matter A Indianapolis, Ind.

Ent r Postotic.

© SUPPORT | . FR MANAGER

~~ AMENDMENT

cori Requests Junior LL. of C. Aid for Home “Rule Campaign.

ove TO-COVER STATE

‘League -Proposes Forming |

0f Nonpartisan Units 9 Citizens.

Sear

Home Rule amendment to the State

Constitution during the present ses-|

sion of Legis] ature.

‘The amendinent would insure city > managers” for municipalities desir-| -

Ing them." “JW Esterline, chairman of the] Indianapolis City Manager League’s| board of directors, urged the action in speaking to the Junior Chamber| at the Indianapolis Athletic Club this noon. “. Junior Chainber directors met to promote State-wide support of thej city manager plan and to decide if they will introduce their own bill, support one already beforé the Sen-]. ate; which wes drafted by Senator William E. Jenner (R. Shoals), or: seek a Constitutional amendment. Mr. Esterline proposed organiza-| tion of nonpartisan: Citizen's Coun- | cils: throughout the State.

+ Explains Preference "He pointed out that the League] preferred the Constitutional Amendment to legisiation because the lat-

ter “would be cumbersome, com-|" <b . HAMBURG; Germany, Jan. 1* (U. P.).—Juoseph: Roth, 8. steward] = on the United States lifer Wash-|

plicated and perhaps in need of frequent revision. - . ““Such a law is very likely to resulf in. controversy - and court action,” he said. : “Under a. Home Rule Amend: efit such as we favor, each city prepare and. adopt its ‘own tn written to meet specific needs of the city it is intended to

a k elperiohoc of the more than nm . 480 cities and tons. now ope

: “the City Manager “shown the desirability“of cond ing élections under the proportional representation method of balloting. There is a grave question whether this method would be held Constitutional in Indiana, unless the Constitution is. amended.” ‘Mr. Esterline said that securing a Constitutional Amendment would require more time and a more difficult. procedure but thai “no longtime planning ‘would be possible under :a Government which could not be certain of existing beyond

the next session of the Legislature.” | Semepe— N. Y. Paper. Says So, Berlin;

Mr. Esterline stated he “was glad

- Welcomes Struggle

it takes a real struggle to bring a City Manager Government into being, because it is the struggle that develops the citizenship which can: make the most of the new plan and defend it against fhe attacks that are sure. to come from the spoilsmen - whom it replaces.” Although he said he was gratified to witness renewed interest of members of the Legislature in the City Manager subject, Mr. Esterline said “those who gave nearly five years of effort to improve our local government, only to have our aspirations. defeated by the decision of the Supreme Court. believe that it would be unwise to attempt to set ‘up. & City. Manager government under such a statute as is now proposed.” “We have not decided definitely to go before the Legislature this time, but we are certain to do so {if other .ecity manager leagues [tixroughout the state indicate they pin support us,” Mr. Esterline + A Constitutional amendment in Indiana can. be obtained hy passage ‘of a resolution at two consecutive - |sessions of the Legislature followed ! (Continued on Page Two) .

STRIKE VOTE ORDERED

AMONG RADIO ARTISTS

{| NEW YORK, Jap. 14 (U. P.).— The American Federation of Radio Artists disclosed today that it had ordered members throughout the, country to vote before Jan. 22 on a proposal to strike for higher pay. Eddie Cantor is federafion president. The -6000° members include actors, singérs and announcers. A strike would affect sponsored broadcasts -of the National, Columbia and Mutual networks. The . minimum Wage scale demandéd was $15 for a 15-minute program for announcers and actors; $25 for a half-hour program and $35 for an hour, with $6 per hour rehearsal pay. Singers were divided into 18 classifications with different : wage scale for. each, A

TIMES FEATURES ON. INSIDE. PAGES *

Indiana; Sater ‘Chamber of Com-| merce directors today were asked : to organize State-wide support of aj:

_phatically denied = the truth ‘Duchess was: highly annoyed at his.

elgns in the Windsor household.

NAZIS IMPRISON CITIZEN 0 OF U. S.

Charge Sailor lor With Thokstn In Giving Workman Communist: Paper.

(Foreign news, Page, Two) ~~

ington, was. sentenced to six months; in". prison today - on- A charge: of Hpreparation of high treason.” Roth was ‘accused -of ing. ‘& German workman a copy munist propaganda newspaper on

grates 10 thi

’ “The six weeks which he’ spent in jail after his arrest will be deducted from his sentence: Wilbur 'Keblinger, United States Consul General, attended the trial.

REPORT SCHMELING AND WIFE ARRESTED

Replies ‘Nonsense.’

NEW YORK, Jan. 14 (U. P).— The Daily News said today in a copyright dispatch from Paris, that Max Schmeling; former heavyweight boxing champion,- and his actress|Pr wife, Anny Ondra, were under “technical arrest” in their flat in Berlin because of a remark Herr Schmeling' made about Dr.. Joseph Goebbels, Nazi - Propaganda Min. ister. The Néws said that. Herr Schmeling made the remark in a restaurant were -discussing . a. runfor that Dr. of the actor Gustav Freelich. Several weeks ago the News: had said ‘in. another copyright story that Dr. Goebbels’ beating resulted from his’ having been enamored of the actress Lida Badrova, and that he

prisoned so he could woo her. The newspaper said yesterday that Schmeling remarked: , “It’s a lucky thing. for Dr. Goebbels that he never tried to play with Anny, because I would ~have broken his neck.” The News said this remark was reported to Herr Goebbels and: that Herr Schmeling and his: wife were questioned - by . the Gestapo, the secret police. Dr. Goebbels, the News said today, requested the couple’s - arrest but Heinrich Himmler, chief of the Gestapo, objected and that as a result a conference was planned for Monday by police and propaganda officials to decide what action, if

Schmelings.

BERLIN, Jan. 14 (U. P)—A propaganda. ministry spokesman de-| { ‘scribed as “complete nonsense” today a report published by the New York Daily News that Max Senna ing, heavyweight boxer, and Ondra, his actress wife, were under protective arrest in their” Berlin- fiat.

SPEED BID FOR WPA SMALLPOX OUTLAY

John K, Jennings, state WPA administrator, today completed’ the application for an $8500 WPA grant for labor to construct the temporary small pox barracks on City Hos-|: pital grounds. He said the application for the grant would .

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mailed tonight to Col. F. C. Har-| 7] rington,

,. WPA Administrator ab

'9| Washin,

gton. "Under the terms of the grant, the

‘Friends of the Duke of Windsor who have emof stories that the

leave her. in France while he: visited his.mother, can point to -this picture as evidence that harmony

a Com-|

Nov. 29. Roth contended "he did} not. know the newspaper was Com- } 16

SS and was he ne in aes,

‘Bankhead said.

last Saturday ‘when he and friends] Goebbels had been beaten by friends|

had had Froelich, her husband, im-

any, should be taken against, the|

reported plan to

“Ie: is one. of the drawing rooms.

(Editorial, Page. 10)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (U. P)— ‘House ' Speaker William. B. Bank‘head (D. Ala), terming 725 million dollars. an absolute minimum for WPA needs, cautioned the Senate today against reducing the relief ppropristion passed by the House last night As. the bill was sent to: the: senate eék; “Rep:

in deba “the measure. The House, in passing the bill to finance WPA until the end of the fiscal year on June 30, rejected President Roosevelt's request for 875 ‘million ‘dollars and set the appropriation figure 150 million dollars lower. Rep. Bankhead said he had heard reports the Senate might attempt to cut the figure even further. “I-certainly am not going to agree to. any further reduction in the amount passed by the House,” Rep. “That, it seems to me; is an absolute minimum,”

. Denies New Deal Defeat

He said that House approval of a 725. mililon dollar bill could not “be ‘properly interpreted as a rebuff to or repudiation of the President. ” “The real issue is not whether it was a rebuff to the President, but the amount needed,” he said. “The President told Congress what he

~“If gesults prove that the President was right, and with prudent and careful administration of WPA

1 there still is a great deal of suffer-

ing, the President will be vindicated,” he said. Chairman Adams . (D. Colo.) of the Senate Appropriations Sub- _ (Continued on Page.Three)

TAXI DRIVER FLEES OFFICER'S GUNFIRE Police Nab. Theft. Suspect Walking Toward Cab.

A taxicab driver who may be wounded by police bullets. was sought today as a merchant policeman captured an alleged burglar who was attempting to batter open a safe in a lumber company. Cruising in the 3300 block on Central Ave. early today, Patrolmen Ermil Hamilton and George W. Kahl saw a man carrying a small cigaret machine under his arm, approaching a taxicab. He fled but was: captured by Officer Hamilton. Officer Kahl fired at the taxicab ag the driver pulled away. Although policeman slipped on ice, he - he ‘believed one of the two shots he fired struck the automobile.

cigaret ‘machine came from, were charged with’ vagrancy, according to police. A 25-year-old man was charged with burglary and vagrancy after he was caught by Merchant Policeman Claude Davis, in the Phoenix Lumber Co., 1317 N. Capitol Ave. The suspect said he was trying to open the safe, police d declared. e¢ is a former employee of the firm, police said he | them.

3 LEN! RIEFENSTAHL state _auits HoLL Woon

13| City y will pay $6500 for materials =

NATIONAL AFFAIRS RELIEF bill warning given Senate by Bankhead. x INDIANA faces WPA cut of 32,000 by June. ~ DEFENSE plans affected by 1917 and Munich. AIKEN gets New England support in dam dispute, "ROOSEVELT says he may cancel Vermont dam : projech !

Sider only Hie 1 issue of aT need | tate -

The captured man, and the pro-ii Yi prietor of a lunchroom where the have taken their stand against the|

Wi ndsors Quarrel: rionds § Say

first ‘photographs taken of ‘the ex-King and’ his American wife in their Riviera home, Villa la Croe, | at Cap d’Antibes, France. Their hearthside typifies | the richness of the furnishings in the villa.. They :f pose informally by the Hreplace s in one of the outer As

Indiana Faces WPA Cut of 32 000 as Sena te Gets Bill

By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 ~~ Hoosier Congressmen; ‘who voted 100 per cent. for the $725,000,000 relief hill, were inclined ‘today to defend the sum as adequate despite an estimate

20 in indiana WPA rolls

State of waste and at gas] the country would make up the 150 million dollar cut which the House made in the Administration's request for $875,000,000. ‘Two Democrats, Reps. william T, Schulte and William H. Larrabee, and one Republican, Rep. Gerald Eandis,. the Townsend planner, voted to restore the request amount, but the amendment to restore the 150 million’ dollars: failed 226 to 137.

We Must Cut: Somewhere

Rep. John. W. Boehne Jr., Indiana member of the Ways and Means Committee, . summed up the Democratic opposition to the larger sum. “Cutting is always a painful process” Mr. Boehne said. “But we must begin somewhefe and ‘at once: We now have a 40 billion dollar debt ard with five billion more will reach|the statutory limitaion, *

though was necessary. It was up tof “As.'a member of : Ways and ‘Congress. -

Means confronted. ‘with the task ‘of raising revenue, I for one want, to say here .and now that I will refuse to vote to. lift that limitation for any more deficit financing. “So far as-relief is concerned,:it is time that the State, county, city and township governments began assuming more -of their, obligations in the matter.”

_ Crowe Prefers. PWA

Answering the direct question: as to the effect of the bill as passed on WPA in Indiana, the Congressmen replied as ‘follows: Rep. Larrabee (DY “1 feel sure that if the 725 million x dollars roves inadequate, Congress ‘will: make ‘up the deficiency by: another = appropriation as we likely will be in session at the time. Rep. Eugene Crowe (D)—*So far as Indiana is concerned, I do. not. think that.the 150 million dollar reduction will :mean much provided the money is jproperly. handled and spent only according to actual need. The, first step should be to survey the Wea rolls and remove those (Continued on Page Three)

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By RAYMOND CLAPPER : Times Special ‘Weiter ~~

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. —Mark

red-coated Federals from Washingthat may be heard around 1840,

Governor Aike ‘other five New

howe, that it will mean a reduc-|F.

Concord Bridge, have fired the shot £5

: Officials Evict 52 to End|

‘Sit-Down’ Staged in “St. Louis Layoff.

| FIRED WITH 1000 OTHERS

Al Have Dependent Chil-| HEADS FOR EAST

dren; Missouri Share “Tenants Await Havens.

: BULLETIN : ST. UIS, Jan. 14 (U. P). =A group of striking mothers, demanding restoration of WPA jobs or. cash relief, were evicted today from City Hall, - where they had staged a “sitdown” - demonstration in an ‘effort to force city and state . officials to accede to their demands, : : ST. LOUIS, 4 Jan: 14 (U. P.)—Mrs.

elen McKinney, leader of 52 mothrs staging a sit-down strike in. the gallery of the City’s gloomy Alder‘manie Chambers, said today “that she. and her group planned to stay there until they got restoration of their WPA jobs or cash relief. “We're going to stick here until the last one of us drops unless our demands are met,” stated the soft-

voiced Mrs. McKinney. Two women are seeking action by

‘lithe Board of Aldermen because

they, along with a thousand other mothers here, were dismissed from the WPA in current curtailment of that program. They were d because, as they have dependent

Lack of adequate personnel in the Social Security Administration office here has prevented their getting as-

Ce. Hur No Public Safety c 2 eergs said today that the City has no ‘plans to throw the women out. He said that Mayor ‘Dickmann has “positive assurance” that the State Legislature Rais fo eniy Mop on the Women’s

—State Highway De ohmen “took charge today of an encampment of more than 200 homeless families camping in the ditches of two Federal roads near here. ~ B. Marvin Casteel, Patrol superintendent, said the squatters would

where. He expected Federal and ‘State Welfare agencies to offer some haven Jor them.

TRAFFIC -EXPERTS DUE HERE MONDAY

Police Association Plans Prevention Survey.

Steps to reform ‘the City’s accident prevention and traffic control setup will ‘pe taken Monday. A survey by experts from the Accident Prevention Bureau of the International Association of Police Chiefs will start. Police Chief Morrissey announced the Police Department and the Board of Safety would lend all possible co-operation to the campaign t6 - make Indianapolis a model city in traffic control to the end that trafic. accidents here may be reduced to a minimum.” The experts will come from Detroit where a similar campaign has been in progress for months. Recommendations following a survey have been put into effect there and ‘the police organization for traffic control- has been revamped with men especially trained to carry on this work. The ' International Association of Police Chiefs carries on its accident prevention campaign through a grant of funds from the national safety oommittee. }

and denouficed the war embargo] which was interfering with New ‘England commerce, 50 the Governors of the. Sx. New. England states

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (v. Be White House ' an 3 te

children, they are eligible for state © |relief.

have to go, ‘but ‘he did not: know

| Vermont would buy - up 3 5

‘|retary, was En |Aiken and a repr

Moderate Cold. Wave ‘ Sweeps in From Northwest.

Many New York City Motorists Are Marooned.

By United Press A moderate cold wave swept in from Canada today in the wake of a light snowstorm’ which has covered the Northern half of the United States. Snow continded to fall today in the North Central states and Pennsylvania, New York and Southern New England while temperatures began to drop. in the Dakotas and Minnesota, promising an end to the spring-like weather of the last ‘two weeks. C. A. Donnel, U. 'S. Weather Porecaster at Chicago, described the impending cold wave as “moderate” and said it would bring lower temperatures to North Dakota and Minnesota tonight and tomorrow. “The reading was reported today at 12 above zero at Williston and Minot, N. D. Temperatures were expected fo fall to zero levels tonight’ and to near the 10 above level at Chicago and states along the jower Great Lakes by Monday. Forecaster Donnel said the cold wave was caused by cold air running into a low pressure area now over North Dakota.

Most Airliners on Schedule

‘The. owt will. continue - to be light 5 in scattéréd instances, he said. “The first storm struck the | Eastern States and a second moved ward ayer tne, ‘North, ‘Central

to the Northwest. Bes ‘blinding snowstorm in the New York Bnding mow area last night caused one of- the greatest traffic jams in the city’s history. The jam started during the rush hour when trucks without chains became stalled on slippery approaches to the Brooklyn, Manhattan and Williamsburg Bridges. Thousands of motorists were caught in the jam, many for as long as an hour in one| spot. Pr. Donnel said the heaviest snows fell over Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. He said a light fall had been reported in parts of the Pacific Northwest. e predicted additional snow or rain in practically all eastern and northern portions of the North Central states today and in most

| extreme Eastern states Sunday. The

snow will be accompanied by lower temperatures. 3-Inch Fall in Capital

A three-inch snowfall was reported at Washington, where the temperature hovered in the 20's. Cincinnati reported four inches of snow. A heavy snow fell at Chicago but melted quickly in temperatures which ranged to 15 degrees above normal for January. * Mr. Donnel said the storm was centered over the Ohio Valley and was ‘moving rapidly northeastward | toward New York and New England. He said the heaviest siowfall today would occur in New York, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and

Ohio. :

SENTENCED TO LIFE IN HOLDUP SLAYING

EVANSVILLE, Jan. 14 (. P.)— Paul E. Hinton, 20, today was under a life sentence in the State Prison for the holdup shooting of Charles MecJohnson, liquor store Propristar, on Christmas Eve.

New England Minute Men Governors Wait ‘Redcoat’ Attack That Won't Come

New land, the Federal GovernNew Engh been working with the States on a series of flood control dams, one of which was spotted to go across the Ompompanoosuc. Governor Aiken was ‘agreeable

and a proposed : contract, whereby e neces-

deemed reasonable by # War Department “eorps. of Army

engineers, When the contract reached * 'Wood-

Washington, War “ring referred it to the Justice De-

| partment for an opinion. he advised that rs .was not

He was with | WP

- WGTORS | FAILED, KILLING FOUR IN PLAN

Member of { Air Saf Safety Board Is Sent to Check on Montana Accident.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (U, P.). —Preliminary reports to the Civil Aeronautics Authority indicated today that failure of both motors

Airlines plane at Miles City, Mont, in which four persons died. The C. A. A. blamed motor failure for the crash as it dispatched Thomas O. Hardin of its Air Safety Board to Miles City to investigate the accident. According to the C. A. A, the plane last was observed at an altiDa ‘of 500 feet, heading on the proper course for Billnigs. It crashed three minutes later, the C. A. A. said,

Believe Pilot Began Left Turn

“Apparentily the pilot encountered motor failure in the left engine and started a left turn to return to the airport after flettner (a flap on the control surface) was found set to take care of the loss of left motor,” the Aeronautics Authority said in a statement.

face wind was 25 miles an hour and pilot was trying to reach the field. “He apparently encountered failure of the other motor and was not able to reach level ground, striking

400 feet up the gulch at which point

"| hele] ihe Bins, ‘caught Aire, demolishing planes were o fortowing tegular sched-

long ‘distance to the ‘northwest of plane, indicating clearly that ship had turned back to airport. The plane was bound from ‘Chicago to Seattle. It had been held at Miles City almost two hours by adverse weather. When it took off at:10:15 p. m. (Indianapolis Time) visibility was fair and there was little wind. Pour minutes after the ‘take-off, it again reappeared to those on the field and the pilot seemed to be making a desperate attempt to land. It crashed within 1200 feet of the field. : The dead were: Capt. C. B (Cash) Chamberlain, pilot. First Officer Ray Norby, copilot. i Morgan Morris, Mandan, R. S. Zahniser, Billings, Mont.

Nine Are Killed

In Crash in Brazil RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 14 (U. P.) —Five passengers and the crew of four of a Condor passenger airplane were killed in a crash near Rio Bonito, in Rio de Janeiro State, a dispatch from Rio Bonito said toay. The plane was on its way from Recife to Rio de Janeiro. It crashed in wooded, hilly country. Charcoal workers saw it crash and burst into flames.

FT. WAYNE NE TRAIN WRECKED, 3 HURT

Chicago Elevateds Crash; Five Are Injured. |

DEFIANCE, O., Jan, 14 (U. P)— A Wabash railroad locomotive ran through an open switch today and| overturned, injuring three crew members. Twenty passengers in a coach and sleeping cars of the train, running from Ft. Wayne, Ind. to Toledo, were unhurt. Only the engine was derailed. Those injured, none seriously, were Melvin PFPrysinger, engineer; H. E. Myers, fireman, and 'W. G. Keifer, extra fireman, all of Toledo.

CHICAGO, Jan. 14 (U. P.) .—8liding on rails made slippery by snow,

injuring five and shaking scores.

or HOGS, STOCKS GAIN: | ‘CHICAGO GRAINS DIP|

NEW i 14 (U. Poé—|

Stock: up fractions to two points y without benefit of a large volume. Wall Street read

WPA appropriation in the House a

e highly favorable trend to the right.

SAGO, Jan. Hu @W P)—

a; Wheat was off % to % cent, cont ao ~|was off % cent th | % to | i cent, lower ‘at the close on Ihe

and oats were %

caused the crash of a Northwest| .

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the bottom of a cotllee with force} and skidding to rest ‘approximately | -.

BE ID. cls apparently were Killed Be instantly. Wreckage was strewn a}

an elevated train crashed into the| : rear of & standing train at the: Madison and Wells station today,|.

Traffic Mishaps In City.

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WARN MOTORISTS

Police Ask Careful Driving Because of Icy Streets.

TEMPERATURES m....24 10a m....? oo Me..oo 23-11 acm. «Mi.... 25 12 (noon)... m.... 26 1p m....

Snow tonight and colder tomors

| row was the Weather Bureau's fore=

cast today as Indiana’ storm death i toll mounted to six.

Meanwhile, 10 persons. were ‘ine i jured ‘in traffic on ice covered streets here and two others in falls, Police renewed their warning te drive carefully as the streets were reported to be in the worst condie tion this winter. A sheet of ice covered main thoroughfares and traffic was snarled at intersections, Skidding automobiles slid through red lights and preferential street stops. Police reported 18 accidents due to the slippery streets. ;

Chief Morrissey today designated six police supervised : ‘places where children may’ slide. They are Garfield and Ellenberger Parks, Coffin golf course, Marlow - Ave. from Highland Ave. to Dorman St., WwW. 36th St. from Elmira St, : to the canal, and on 524. Sty;

guard places until 11 p. 4 streets are to be open for play today and tomorrow only. -

The Weather Bureau's prediction was snow: tonight. and tomorrow, warmer temperatures tonight with. the lowest about 30 degrees, and colder tomorrow and Monday. The Bureau reported that two 2 and a half inches of snow had fale len since the snowstorm began, Aged Man Is Injured In addition to 10 hurt in: traffic crashes, a 70-year-old man, Ignatius Knight of the Puritan Hotel, slipped: ‘and fell at Alabama and Market Sts., injuring his right hip. ‘He was taken to Veterans Hospital. James: A. Keeling, 75, of : 2331 Brookside Ave, fell in an icy alley between 17th and 18th Sts. near Tacoma Ave. this morning. . His right hip was injured. He was taken to City Hospital. i Dozens of others received medical attention at hospitals. and private physicians after falls ‘on sidewalks and streets. Chief Morrissey ordered residents to clean their side« walks. + He pointed out a City ordinanc that requires householders to ha snow swept from their walks. within five minutes after it stops s Tha State death toll as three more died of acci tributed directly or. indirectly the snowfall. Three died yes including an Indianapolis man collapsed while Shovel ing Snow,

two State residents in

dents. a The heavy orbing traffic. from the North Side was slo almost a snail’s gate by the coating of ice on the arterial oughfares. Automobiles crawled along about 10 to 15 miles 2 how .

On N. Capitol Ave, ) “Automobile Row” ion, had been so heavy thal literally was like g biles could not stop ga and went sliding ‘past sections. Another treacherotis

'N. Meridian St. and F

There, at the “hump” side of Fall C

into the large vote for a reduced |Stand: