Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 April 1939 — Page 1
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WAR UP TO BRITAIN, SAYS
SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1939
Second-Class Matter Indianapolis, Ind.
Entered as at Postoffice,
ITLER
ACT TOREMEDY Zax Trouble ERROR BALKING MANAGER PLAN
Failure to Certify Resolution Makes It Inoperative, Schricker Says.
JR. C. OF C. PLANS PROBE
Citizens Council Organized To ‘Push Cause of Local Self-Government.’
Lieut. Gov. Henry F. Schricker zaid todav that in his opinion the a to study
Legislature's resolution creating
seven-member commission the Citv Manager
men
form of govern-
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. STATE WPA TOLD TO DISMISS 4970
The Cit M memorandum zens Council said “This organization should every means at its command to promote the cause of a State Constitutional Amendment for local selfgovernment, endeavoring to induce groups in other counties of the State to organize in like manner to pledge and indorse candidates for nomination for the Legislature on this issue and see that they are nominated.”
Seeks to Avoid Duplication
SPOIISOl
use
“Since the basic essential factor opod” government rests in the election of proper public officials. the first interest of the Council should be the presentation at each primary of a pledged and indorsed candidate in each political party for each office.” The Council should not in anv wav duplicate the activity of anv other organization but its function should be rather to conserve and make more effective the work of each.” Mr. Schricker said that in opinion, Legislative rules on (Continued on Page Two)
of
his con-
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toaa State rolls must be cut from present quota of 85.500 for March to 80.530 by ‘April 8, Col. F. C. Harrington,” WPA administrator, telegraphed John K. Jennings, Indiana WPA director. The order followed House approval of 100 million dollars additional for work relief instead of the 1350 million dollars asked by President | Roosevelt. A Senate Appropriations | Subcommittee today deferred action on the House approved bill. The 100 million dollars recommended bv the Appropriations Committee, of which Rep. Ludlow (D. Ind.) is a member, carried in the House late vesterdav, 290 to 110, Republican strategy was fo try and reduce the amount and failing that to vote against the bill. Rep. Charles A. Halleck (R. Ind). dean of the Indiana Republicans in ihe House. got three others to join aim in voting against WPA. They were Reps. George W. Gillie, Forest A. Harness and Raymond S. Springer. | Indiana Republicans voting for the 100 million were Reps. Robert
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MEN IN HOODS
LYNCH FLORIDA
* KIDNAP KILLER
Guard Gagged by Pair With ‘Soft Hands": Victim Is Seized in Cell.
SLAIN OUTSIDE Town,
North Carolinian Convicted Of Killing Employer: Jury | Asked Mercy.
PANAMA CITY. Fla. April 1 (U P)—A group masked men-— men with “‘verv hands’ —took Miles W. Brown from jail today and killed him a few hours after he had been convicted of murder-
of
soft
ing his emplover to get $1500. A jury returning its verdict last night, had recommended mercy for Brown, a white man, but the lvnchshowed him none. They enthe jail quietly during the morning hours, overpowered lone guard, dragged Brown from his cell, took him outside town. and sent a single bullet into the back of his neck. The guard, John Goodwin. bound ind gagged. finally wriggled loose and spread the alarm. City County Police found Rrown's hoody. started the task of tracking the vnchers The killers 1mistiv the jailer con
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Thev were prettv hig the soft hands.” Brown former empliovee of Van Kleeck., well-to-do hardware merchant The State claimed Brown abducted him, killed him and stole $1500 from the slain man's wallet.
here from North Carolina.
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me had very
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i Guard Overpowered Alexander, several cars pulled up in iront of the county jail some time between 2 and 4 o'clock this morning. Four masked men entered the building. overpowered the lone guard, and took Brown from his cell. | The abduction was not discovered
until nearly dawn, Chief Alexander
saia. Chief Alexander. who discoverea Mr. Van Kleeck's bodv the night he was slain, said Brown's hody bore no visible signs of beating.
“It looked as though they simply
put him out of one of the cars and shot him once. cavefully.” he said. The jail in which Brown was held is a two-story red brick structure. The convicted man was in a second floor cell when the masked men seized him.
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FRANKLIN. April 1 (U Mrs. Herbert Hacker
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allegedly led Wednesday wth
War Mother Begs Mercy for Sons
On her knees in devout prayer, a Ruthenian mother begs a
BROADCAST OF WE ARE READY tows, T0 TEST POWER,
LONDON IS TOLD
: Mistaken Order Blamed in Berlin; Chains Indicate Other Reasons.
‘Munich Peace Pledge and Naval Pact Threatened by Chamberlain Stand, Fuehrer Claims at Launching.
FOUR SENTENCES HEARD
Rebroadcast for Nazis From Phonograph Records Made
THE FOREIGN SITUATION Two Hours Late.
WILHELMSHAFEN—Hitler Challenges Britain. LONDON —Britain seeks pact with Rumania. PARIS—French make gesture to Rumania. Protest drafted on Jap island seizure. NAPLES—Mussolini takes train for Rome. MADRID—Franco occupies southeast of Spain.
” » 2 2 ” ”n WASHINGTON—U. S. recognizes Franco. WARM SPRINGS—Roosevelt special train ready, EAST ST. LOUIS—Nye fears U. S. trend to war. BUENOS AIRES—Argentina pushes probe of Nazis.
NEW YORK, April 1 (U. P).— Broadcast of Fuehrer Hitler's speech | at Wilhelmshaven, Germany, was interrupted for American listeners today after he had spoken four hesitant sentences. | The broadcastgvas by short wave
from Germany so that it could be | picked up abroad but was not audible to German radio listeners. After Herr Hitler had spoken a | ——— few words lauding the revival of} {German shipping under the Nazi |
HINTS BRITISH | regime, the broadcast was inter-! ~~ WILHELMSHAFEN, Germany, April 1 (U. P.).—(By [Fupted from the German end. |pajenhane to Londony.—Fuchrer Hitler answered: Great
PLEDGES WEAK wns 0 Teri Britain today hy a challenge in which he implied that if
Britain wants war, he is ready for it. Herr Hitler declared that the present attitude of Prime London Times Indicates Poland Is Open to Nazis
Minister Chamberlain of Great Britain may destroy the If Force Is Not Used.
Times-Acme Photo.
has its moments of soul-stirring
oldier sons who resisted the Hun-
Radio officials at Berlin declared that there was a disturbance on the line between Wiiheimshaven and and Berlin and that they were trying to reconnect. They failed to do 30. Foreign radio experts said such a “disturbance of technical facilities” is very rare on German setups and has not occurred on any major broadcast since 1933.
Anglo-German Naval agreement of 1935, and inferentially, the Munich pact against war in which it was embodied. The Munich accord, signed hy Herr Hitler and Mr. Chamberlain, pledged the two nations never to go to war against one
Brown, a white man, came
According to Fire Chief J. H.
28703. todav appealed to he LONDON. April 1 (U.P) A Rint that Fuehrer Hitler is still free to get what he wants from Poland by nonforceful means was conveved today by the influential and informed London Times In an editorial on Prime Minister Chamberlain's pledge to aid Poland The Times said: “The new obligation which this country vesterday assumed does not bind Great Britain to defend every inch of the present frontiers of
Poland.
hushand to surrender because we need vou forgotten Aas her till hv
“Fvervthing is far I am concerned message said We love vou and will vou All T hope is that he gives himself up, rights himself with society and comes home to me and the babv.” she told friends An emplovee of the FarmI'rust Co. here, Hacker disappeared with bank money he had been ordered to deposit in an Indianapolis institution. He left $1000 at his home for his wife. She returned the money.
FAIR TOMORROW, WEATHER OUTLOOK
as 1
all
stana
ers
Woos Rumania
“The kev-word in the declaration was not integrity but independence Mr. Chamberlain's statement involves no blind acceptance of the status quo. On the contrary, his “repeated references to free negotiations imply that he thinks there are J in which adjustments still are necessary.” Meanwhile, it was understood that Rumania is next on Britain's “stop Hitler” list. 1 was understood that discreet negotiations already have been started by Britain, France. Poland land Rumania with the idea of including Rumania in a quadruple alliance which would have Russia as
LOCAL TEMPERATURES |a silent partner and might be exm. 48 10am 49 tended to include Turkey if not to
. 42 tam. other powers. . N43 8 ND 3 Debate Due Monday 9 a. m.... 46 1pm... 52 rT. a encouraged by their first apparent Although those unpredictable successes in organizing a continental | April showers are possible any time | antiaggression bloc, planned a vig-
Warm Too, Bureau Says— But for Easter, 72 72 ?
a. a. a.
In 1933. a speech hv Herr Hitler Stuttgart suddenly went off the Communists were blamed for several arrests
at air. the disturbance and were made. Later. a German =zpokesman explained the cutoff was due to the mistake of an official in Wilhelmse hafen who ordered radio station DJB. of Berlin, which was to have shortwaved the speech to the United States, not to make the broadcast.
Germans Ignorant of Incident
The average German was totally unaware that Herr Hitler was speaking today, inasmuch as the (fact was not published in the newspapers. Washington officials believed the speech had been cut off because Herr Hitler was speaking extemporaneously and that it was thought better not to give out a public version of his statements until some opportunity was provided for him to examine his phraseology. A rebroadcast of Herr Hitler's speech from records for German listeners began at 1:45 p. m. (Indianapolis Time). At the same time the official news agency began handling a “nonofficial version” for | foreign subscribers. NBC officials indicated the first broadcast was interrupted because | German officials believed that the | speech was
Bells Reported
| War, | John Sheehan, General Electric, gecretarv of
being rebroadcast to Further, both Britain and France. Europe from the United States.
U.S. RECOGNIZES
FRANGO REGIME
Ruling Unconditional, Says
Hull, as Roosevelt Ends
Arms Embargo.
BULLETIN
WASHINGTON, April 1 (U.
DP.)
~The United States
to-
day signed a reciprocal trade
treaty with Turkey,
making
possible economic penetration of the Near East for the first time under the trade agreement program.
WASHINGTON, April 1 (U. P.).
—The nized
United States today Generalissimo France
recog- | as the
another again. Herr Hitler did not directly denounce the 1935 Naval agreement. Obviously referring to Mr. Chamberlain, although not mentioning him
by name, Herr Hitler said:
“If an English statesman says the problems should be submitted to discussion, I say there was 15 years’ time for that.” Then he flung his armed challenge, with reference to the world [armaments race: “If others want to rearm, I say this, you will not tire me out.”
| Later he said: { *“1f it should ever come 10 a test of strength, the German people are ready at any time io exert their utmost. Our friends are with us, They will march with us under all conditions at any time for all fu-
ture time.” Per Cent Limit Set
the “peace pledze” taken by
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In
lawful master of Spain and decided Hitler and Chamberlain at Munich
to
establish diplomatic
with his Nationalist Government,
Proclaiming civil strife to exist,” Warm Springs. Ga., lifted the embargo that prohibited shipments of and | Loyalists during the Spanish Civil
| arms
that the “state o
in Spain”
President Roosevelt
to both Nationalists
nas “ceased 2nd at
relations last September. the two powers de-
clared that the four-power pact
[ which dismembered Czechoslovakia
the British-German naval agreement were “symbolic of the desires of our two peoples never to go to war with one another again.” The naval agreement, signed June 18, 1935. had been regarded by Britain as ‘a contribution of the greatest importance to the cause of
State Hull, who an- f,¢,;re naval limitations.”
|A. Grant, Noble J. Johnson and Gerald W. Landis. Indiana Democrats voting for if were Reps. William T. Schulte, Eu(Continued on Page Two)
short wave radio station manager, nounced revealed that the speech was being | rebroadcast, “beamed for Germany” | ee by W2XAD, Schenectady, which] usually beams its programs to sour STOCKS MAKE GAINS America. The Columbia Broadcasting Sys-| |tem reported that three bells were | [heard jusv before Herr Hitler's]
any day now, the Weather Bureau orous drive to offset German eco‘today promised fair weather for at nomic encroachment in Eastern GO ouT IN SAN DIEGO least tonight and tomorrow. | Europe by concluding agreements of The forecast said the mercury will their own with the nations conrrr dip somewhat tonight, probably to!cerned. SAN DIEGO, April 1 (U. P).— about 35, but that tomorrow should| Beforé he made his historic stateFor 90 minutes late yesterday, a be “just about like today.” transformer explosion shut off the| As for next week, the advance | charts for this region indicate some
the decision to establish
The treaty gave Germany t (Continued on Page Three) : an! he
right to have a fleet of 35 per cent. of Great Britain's. By special pro- | vision, it automatically gave Ger=many 45 per cent of the British submarine tonnage, and under cer= tain circumstances she could have parity with Great Britain in that | category.
HOOSIER TRAINMAN DIES IN RAIL CRASH
SUMMIT, 111, April 1 (U. P).— An engineer was killed and three other trainmen injured early today
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COUNCIL AGREED ON
when two B. & O. freight trains collided headon near here. The two-locomotive train, en route to Chicago, was piloted by Frank Barbillow, 55, Garrett, Ind. He remained at the throttle as the other train bore down on him and was crushed to death in the wreckage. The three other trainmen jumped from their treated at Berwyn Hospital, was reported to be in a condition. Summit police believed the trains were routed onto the same track through an error in signals.
VAUGHN'S HEARING IN MURDER CASE APRIL 6
serious
TRUCK BAN EASING
Plan 0. K.'s Light Carriers On Most of North Side.
cabs and were None
City Council members have agreed on a compromise proposal which would enable local delivery trucks of one and one-half tons or lighter to use all North Side streets except four, Joseph G. Wood, Council president said today. The proposal will be contained in an amendment to an ordinance now before the Council, which seeks to
‘open all North Side streets to truck
traffic except four, he said.
electric power to the entire city and [county of San Diego. Trolley cars stalled in the middle of the block here and in suburban cities. Elevators stopped between floors. Radio stations were silenced. The blast in a 12,000-volt transformer of the San Diego Gas and Electric Co. showered two electricians with blazing oil. Harry Dodge. 50. was burned to death and Edward Cook. 45. died several hours later in a hospital. Officials were puzzled over the cause of the blast
4 WARD CHAIRMEN MAY BE REPLACED
{warm weather at the outset, turning colder Tuesday with a mercury rise again about Thursday. The charts also show some precipitation [Monday afternoon and night, end- | ing Tuesday, and returning Thurs{day night or Friday. But as for Easter—a week from tomorrow—well, the Weather Bu|reau said it didn't have even hunch about the weather then.
MINE AGREEMENT
State Strike Averted.
‘SON ROBBED. SHOCK
| | NEW YORK. April 1 (U. Ps Negotiators for 338.000 Eastern soft KILLS HIS FATHER oe miners and more than 2000 ‘mine operators worked against the BRAZIL. April 1 (U. P.) —The clock today to prevent a suspension theft of $200 Thursday from his of production in the nation’s richson today caused the death of | est bituminous fields Monday. ‘George Coan. 77, prominent Clay, The deadline for drafting a new
N. Y. Parley Is Continuing;
[speech was cut off. A spokesman |said he understood this was the | signal for an automatic cut-off of any radio program in Germany.
DUCE HURRIES BACK TO ROME FROM SOUTH
| ROME, April 1 (U. P.).—Premier | Mussolini returned from his tour of | the Calabrian region of Southern | Ttaly today to take personal charge of Italian foreign affairs. It was believed his return was at least partly a result of the situation caused by Great Britain's pledge to
lego to Poland's aid in the event of recovery came
‘an attack by Germany, Italy's partner in the Rome-Berlin axis.
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NEW YORK, April 1
Early
IN HEAVY TURNOVER
Trade
Fluctuates Pending Hitler Speech.
VU. P)—
Schedules “Peace” Rally
Despite his warlike declarations, Herr Hitler announced today that | the Nazi Party rally at Nuremberg [next September will be entitled “The Party Rally of Peace.” Herr Hitler went back to the time
Stock prices moved up in heavy before the World War to draw a trading under short covering just parallel,
before
Exchange
the close on the New York today. Earlier,
stocks
“It is good sometimes to recall the ast,” he said. “When this city
fluctuated nervously as Wall Street nloomed. it. was in conjunction with
awaited
Adolf Hitler's speech.
|Opening gains ranged to 2 points.
of
nervous selling =ent
the unification of the Reich. It was a time of peace. We knew only one
Before the end of the first hour goa] to work in peace and raise trading.
the standard of living of the in-
{prices down in all sections and the papitants.
| many
hour, for
last highs
in the issues going to
the day.
“This Germany of peace-time worked with infinite patience and industry and attempted to secure its
| County farmer, it was believed. | wage-hour agreement between ApWhen Mr. Coan was told of the! palachian operators and the United robbery, he suffered a heart attack. Mine Workers of America, replac-
Another attack a short time later ing the contract signed two years | proved fatal. ago, was reached and passed last
LOS ANGELES, April 1 (U. P) William D. Vaughn, 17-vear-old sailor fram Indianapolis, was held without bail todav on a charge of murdering Clarence M. McCann, Long Beach, Cal, organist. Vaughn was arraigned vesterday and ordered held for a preliminary hearing April 6. Mr. McCann was | beater to death with a hammer and his body shoved off a 150-foot ocean-front cliff,
The compromise would permit
local delivery vehicles to operate on Changes Expected in County
all streets except Washington Blvd. : from 28th St. to Westfield Blvd; Democratic Ranks.
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| piace in the sun. . | ril Fool Shenani ans | “After Germany devoted herself Ap (J = to peaceful pursuits. other statesmen n dq persecuted her with jealousy and {Meridian Si. Bro Pali ref: vd Mr. Coan's son. Perry, was robbed midnight with the two sides dead- hatred and plunged her into war. north to the City limits; Westfield | A zat i th by a tiet who held a drug soaked | locked P h C Add F “We know how England planned , . y 1 i , i he | bs > 7 -] 2d | . g , Blvd. from Sunset Ave. to Co lege ” aan Te rad fon n ._ handkerchief over his face until he If an agreement can be reached er aps } ou an el and worked for this goal; how they Ave, and 38th St. from Fall Creek Marion County Democratic organi ™ i by tonight, however. there still will wanted to crush Germany so the to Northwestern Ave. zation affecting four ward chair-| ecame unconscious. Ea bot STG 10 notify the 3000 union rt A es | (Continued. on Page re Mr. Wood said that the Council men is scheduled for the near fu- | locals in the eight-state area to get| anuil Fool! Tt still goes on la. m. today when they arrived at a| eas would confer with Police Chief Mor- ture, it was reported today. WETTER RE-ELECTED | their men in the mines by Monday. p . TH goes on. Late on Indi Ave. 500 block. to! rissey before taking action. | Although the Democrats in the | rr * Someone informed Mrs. B. Be gt of a ina LA GUARDIA CUTS PAY | |county reportedly are not planning | . . . i » gr , p 1 y p 2 CIVIC CLUBS HEAD Indiana Strip Miners Henderson, 1402 Linden St, and the was unfounded. Elkh t St t t Odds any general reorganization unti e D t thot her.n 2 T0 BALANCE BUDGET art, state a next spring, it was reported that HBEF- H Tentative Contract Fire Department that her home Was| "They arrested Earl Clemons. 52 ' Over Truck Routes {chairmen of the ninth, 14th, 10th Paul C. Wetter today continued | ave lentative Lontracts ‘on fire. She didn’t think it was a N. Senate Ave. and Richard Turner, | = — il 1. (U.P) 4 and 21st wards are to be replaced. |in office as president of the Indian-| TERRE HAUTE, Ind. April 1 (U. joke. Neither did the firemen. |540 Agnes St.. on charges of violat-| NEW YORK. April 1 (U. P.).— ELKHART, April -P).—A "pr william Arbuckle, former cor- |apolis Federation of Civic Clubs. P..—Threatened strikes of 2700 The false alarm cost the City $50. ing the Beverage Act. |The budget of Americas largest | legal battle between the State High- | gner and chief in the 14th ward is|He was re-elected at a meeting last | Indiana strip coal miners werel A topcoat, valued at $25, owned While they were out front wait- city was balanced today at $593, (way Department and the City of reported to have requested his re- night. laverted as union district leaders by W. E. Hand, 746 Sherman Drive, ing for the patrol wagon they ar- 824136, or more than most of the Elkhart over the right to control jease from his job because of press| Other officers named were Albert early today reached tentative con- was stolen from his parked car Mon- rested Marie Glenn. 434 W. 15th second class countries of the world. ‘truck traffic through the city of business. The other chairmen are Neuerburs, first vice president; C.|tracts with the Coal Producers As- cay. Today. he told police, it was St. and Henrietta Richardson. 537) Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia 'loomed today. : Alber Muhlbacher, ninth; Carter |H. Strouse, second vice president; sociation. ‘returned by mail—the buttons N. Minerva St. on disorderly con- Worked for 11 days on slashing Highway Department men were Leap, 19th and Adolph Schrieber, Mrs. Florence Thacker, secretary,| United Mine Workers union offi- ripped off. turned inside out and duct charges. executive estimates to fit income, ordered to remove preferential 21st. No reason for the reported and George Q. Bruce, treasurer. |pjals first arrived at a temporary sewed up tighter than a strait-| Mrs. Lillian Glenn. 722 W. 12th All salaries above $5000 within the ; Jliek: Sans postes BY Che iy change in those wards was learned. | Tew Giteciors Samed ee Mr. | contract in District 11 where 2000 jacket. St.. stepped up to report the theft Board of Estimate's cantrol were + truck travel. y son, == a = TL. ye » Oscar Smith miners in the Terre Haute regio C d wires fool of her purse containing $9. > 13 Elkhart Mayor, said that City Po-| KOKOMO MAN, 104, DEAD (and Edward O. Snethen. |had been ordered to strike il aed WS ae Eth alice And Dr else stepped up to pare In ae The lice will continue to arrest truck’ KOKOMO, April 1 (U, P).—Wil- Lloyd Lambert. president of Dis- Speedway employee for 25 years. report that Henry W. Woods, 819 > hk i J drivers on ferential streets liam J. Abney ; ied SENATOR HOLT'S FATHE Wray Tee va, pio; 0: Years. SD Dootiiom 511000 fo 51 % year, The " on preferentia reets liam J. Abney. 104 years old. died R DEAD trict 8 union embracing the Brazil He was amazed at the speed of two Locke St. had been hit on ti 5 in hi * whether the warning signs were vesterd t the h jor : “f ; vas Lah 5p WO : ® Mayor tock a $2500 cut in his $25,000 4 g Ss ere vesterday a e home of his son.| WESTON, W. Va, April 1 (U, P.)./ mines. announced today that a sim- police cars which drove up to the head. | salary |posien or i He added the result Thomas, southeast of here. Mr. Ab- —Dr. Mathew S. Holt. physician and |ilar agreement had been reached in Speedway office, 444 N. Capito! Ave.| The blow was the “shooting” But the budget still represented S wi probably be a court test of nev was born Oct. 10, 1834, at In-| former newspaperman, father<of U.|his territory. About 700 miners A short circuit had touched off the which caused all the excitement, a $3,843.560 increase over the 1938 eo enality of the ordi. /dianapoiis and camg to this vicinity | 8. Senator Rush D. Holt, diedgt his'there had been issued stop work | burglar alarm, x police said. ; ltotal and is the third highest in han years ago. ; ; home. here last. night, He was 88, orders. Police didn't fool -around at 3' Know any April Fool stories? the city’s history. :