Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 April 1939 — Page 1
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DEPUTIES PUT UPON TRAIL OF TAX DODGERS
Center Township's Assessor Says Biggest Drive in Years Is Planned.
HUNT INVOLVES 25,000
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Estimate Is Made 12,500 of These Never Were Put | On 1938 Lists.
By SAM TYNDALL County and township officials! prepared today to crack down on| 25.000 chronic” tax evaders. | “We are preparing to make the] biggest effort in vears against taxpayers who consistently have failed to file property assessment lists in the last five years,” said James F. Cunningham, Center Township Assessor, The drive to force payment of) taxes dodged in the last five years| is to be made during the current assessment period ending May 15. | A special squad of hand-picked | deputies is being detailed to “col-| lar” the assessment dodgers whose record of evasion is in the Asses-| sor's office files, Mr. Cunningham said.
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All to Be Contacted
“We know who they are” he said, ! “and they all will be contacted this | year and given an opportunity to fill out a list.” The special deputies will be under | orders to reach the tax dodgers at their places of business or employ- | ment with instructions to obtain a list or a statement of refusal, Mr. Cunningham declared. In cases of refusal, arbitrary assessments against the taxpayer will be made as provided by law. He further warned that “if that doesn't work we can prosecute under the law which makes the refusal a disdemeanor.” Mr. Cunningham explained that each year approximately 25,000 per- | sons fail to file their lists and that after great
expense deputies are able to bring half of them in.
Estimates 12,500 Escaped
But. he said, the remaining 12.500 escaped because lack of personnel} and time has prevented the Assessors staff from making further effort. “This vear we have the funds, the! personnel and the backing of other| county officials in the effort we are! about to undertake,” he said. More than 400 deputies have been! at the job of canvassing homes and apartments of taxpayers for more | than a month. Mr. Cunningham | added that approximately 1500 more assessment lists had been received this vear than at the same time last year. The special deputies will be or-| dered to use every courtesy in con-! tacting the delinquent taxpavers, Mr. Cunningham declared. but thev| will be instructed to do the job thoroughly, Another group of tax dodgas,! whose names are not on file but! who have escaped by reason of their hiding under protection of taxpaying families. also will be “sought out,” it was warned. |
Many New Taxpayers
These for the most part ave] grown children living at home and; who only recently emerged as tax-| pavers by age and by reason of the acquisition of personal property, In many cases automobiles. “The theory of taxation is the! equal distribution of the load of the cost of running a government | and it is not equally distributed when one or more groups fails to pav a share” Mr. Cunningham said. | A staff of workers was to be as-, signed today to check names with the city directory in efforts to locate the business addresses of the delinquent taxpayers. Mr. Cunningham said if tax evaders file an assessment list and then refuse to pay the taxes, penal- | ties with threat of a tax sale can be! invoked against them by the Coun- | ty Treasurer.
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MINES REMAIN IDLE AS TRUCE HOPES RECEDE
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Acceptance of Lewis Plan Is Snubbed.
MEET AGAIN TOMORROW
| Affects 2000 Operators, | 338,000 Workers.
NEW YORK; Aptil 3 .(U. P).— Early resumption of mining in the eight-state Appalachian soft coal area appeared unlikely today after contract negotiators for 2000 operators and 338,000 union miners put off negotiations until 10 a. m. tomorrow. While representatives of the producers and leaders of the United Mine Workers of America held private caucuses with their constitutents, the nation's most productive bituminous mines and the men who | work them were idle. Funeral services for the Rev.| The suspénsion—of little moment
Ernest Newton Evans, for 14 years | thus far to opstalors o Hg executive secretary of the Church because o Sizaple . stocke Btove
ground—affected mines in PennsylFederation of Indianapolis. will be |vania, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryheld at 2 p. m. tomorrow in the
land, Michigan, Virginia, Eastern Carrollton Avenue Evangelical and YPelinenees Rd Bastern Refituely. Reformed Church. Burial is to be]
Some Continue Operation in Glen Haven Cemetery. In 13 districts outside the ApThe Rev. Mr. Evans died at 2:15 palachian area—where 30 per cent
p. m. yesterday in Methodist Hos- of the nation's soft coal supply. is pital after he was stricken while produced—the majority of mines in the pulpit of the First United .,,tinyed operation under extension
Dr. Ernest Newton Evans
DR. E. N. EVANS STROKE VICTIM
Dies Soon After Collapse in Pulpit of First United Brethren Church.
Miss Perkins’ Proposal for
Deadlock in Negotiations
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MONDAY, APRIL
Senate Attraction
WASHINGTON, April 3 (U.P). —Robert Montgomery, handsome movie star, disrupted work in Senators’ offices today. Secretaries and stenographei's timidly tip-teed up to Mr. Montgomery to ask his autograph on pink Senate memoranda. The poised hero of many movies chewed almost constantly on the tortoise-shell rims of his glasses. He appeared, as director of the Screen Actors’ Guild, in opposition to a bill designed to prohibit “block booking” and “blind selling.” two trade practices which curb movie house owners in independently selecting pictures to be shown.
GAS FOUND BASE FOR EXPLOSIVES
Purdue Chemist’s Discovery Of Cheap ‘Dynamite’ Announced.
Bre does, Desh Was | agreements signed with the union | i : 4 before and during the drawn-out | In the morning Dr. Evans had | Appalachian conference. taught three combined Bible classes The Appalachian negotiations | in the Carrollton Avenue Evangel- started March 14 with the miners | ical and Reformed Church because asking reduction of the 35-hour the teachers were ill. He then left |work week to 30 hours and an infor the preaching engagement, to crease of 50 cents in the basic daily fill in for the Rev. George F. wage of $6 in the North and $5.60 Snyder, pastor, who was ill. [in the South, provided in the twoBishop Henry H. Fout. of the year agreement signed in 1937. The United Brethren Church North- operators demanded retention of west area. who was on the|the seven-hour, five-day week and platform, said Dr. Evans had fin-|& 50-cent reduction in the daily ished about two thirds of the ere NA Rl Verarics Skiiet 4 moh, ‘The Pu eful Life of Jesus,” ; _ CO : n mel had Butpos tu words: Jesus, deadlock after the ekpiration of the “We now look at the third , . .» |old contract at midnight, March 81. de voice faltetea, $s : paused Lewis Démands Closed Shop shers ran to his aid and caug him before he fell from the pulpit.| John L. Lewis, president of the They first attempted to walk him 0: M. W. A and chief negotiator into the church parlor, but Dr. for the Union, proposed a renewal Evans, they said, quickly lapsed into | [Or one year—to make it possible
unconsciousness from which he for the miners to seek wage innever recovered. | creases if justified by business im-
Other members of Dr. Evans’ fam- provement at the end of that period ily, who had attended services at the —and the operators demanded an Carrollton Avenue Evangelical and Urqualified two-year renewal. Reformed Church, were notified,| Mr. Lewis finally agreed to a (Continued on Page Three) two-year contract but refused to
sign unless it contained a “closed STATE BU DGE 1 CUT shep” provision and elimination of
the penalty clause in district agreeCommittee Meets Tomor-
ments under which the union is fined one to two dollars per miner row to Effect Reductions.
affected in the event of illegal strikes. Spokesmen for the operators asserted that elimination of the penalty provision—under which producers also are fined for illegal lockouts—would result in “wildeat” strikes, a!
The most drastic financial re- Marketer May Be Lost It was apparent that some Ap-
trenchment the State has under- lnchian: market ight be lost b erst at |palachian markets might be lost to gone in more than six years will be | sutlying producers in Indiana, outlined at hearings before the riinois and Alabama if the suspenState . Budget Committee tomor- sion lasted long enough. row. | Over the week-end Labor Seére"Theft Committee faces the problem A rie he eal 18 of making the $1,554,000 biennial | year renewal but the negotiators contingent fund stretch over thel jointly refused her implicit offer of same ground in the next two years Government intervention. explainas $3.634,000 covered in the last two | ing that the mine owners and union years. | leaders were accustomed to solving
_ The contingent fund, which pro- their problems in their own way. vides for maintenance of State in-| A ———
sn le TEE SEE TRUCK BAN ISSUE
Federal money on public projects. suffered the heaviest cut of any State budget in the Legislature's compromise parings made in the closing days of the session. The committee, after hearing department needs for the next year, | beginning July 1, will make the reduced allotments. Senator Walter Vermillion (D.| Anderson) is committee chairman. | Other members are: Senator I Floyd Garrott (R. Battle Ground)
Trolleys on Minnesota.
| Two controversial issues—the pro-
COMES UP TONIGHT,
Council ‘Also Will Consider
BALTIMORE. April 3 (U. P) — With chemistry's role in national defense more than ever to the fore, the American Chemical Society convened today for its 97th convention,
As a prelude to the meeting, the society announced findings by Prof. Henry B. Hass of Purdue University that limitless amounts of cheap high explosives can be produced from natural gas, air and steam, by a new process of cheliical synthesis.
400 Papers to Be Read
Chemistry's latest work in developing new industrial processes, aiding health and affecting many
other phases of the national welfare also will be revealed in 400 papers to be read at discussion sessions beginning Tuesday. More than 4000 members were expected at the meeting. ? Today's program included presentation of the $1000 Eli Lilly & Co. award in biological chemistry to Dr. George Wald, 32, of Harvard University, who was chosen as the year's best biochemist for his research on relationsuip of vitamin A to the human eye, Pro. Leroy S. Palmer of the University of Minnesota received the $1000 Borden award in the chemistry of milk.
Base for Powders
Prof. Hass. head of the chemistry department of Purdue, said thai two new high explosives have properties comparable to nitrocyvicerot which is used in dynamite and “double ‘base’ military powders, can be obtained in the new process in which nitromethane and nitroethane are obtained from natural gas. “An insignificant fraction of natural gas resources of the United States, which has 98 per cent of the world's supply, is capable of furnishing all of the high explosives which could ever be used.” he said. “The supply of the new explosive is therefore limited only by demand, a situation which contrasts sharply with the supply of glucerol.” from which most present high explosives are derived.
FORMER VALPO HEAD ~ ACQUITTED IN SUIT
CHICAGO. April 3 (U.P) —Henry Kinzie Brown, former president of Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind, today was acquitted in Criminal Court of charges that he embezzied $32,000 from the widow of a Chicago publisher. :
lor. Morgan’s Charges Are
perature; lowest tonight 30 to 35.
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3, 1939
TVA ABSOLVED BY DEMOCRATS INQUIZREPORT
at Postoffice,
“Apple Queen
Held Baseless; G. 0. P. Lashes Authority.
NATIONAL AFFAIRS MAJORITY report of Congressional Probe Committee ‘“‘absolves” TVA.
HOPKINS asks bill revision to aid small business. G. 0. P. SECRETLY hopes Democrats will nominate Garner, SENATE Committee House cut in relief.
FOOD STAMP program to start about May 1. SUPREME COURT accepts new dispute on Federal salary tax.
WASHINGTON, April 3 (U. P.).— The Democratic majority of the joint Congressional committee that investigated the Tennessee Valley Authority today absolved it of charges of mismanagement, waste,
fraud and dishonesty. Rurees against the TVA made by its former chairman, Dr. A. E. Morgan, were described as “without foundation.” Six members signed the majority report after spending nine months and $75,000 on the inquiry. Three other committeemen, all Republicans, issued a minority report asserting that the investigation was a “whitewash” and that no complete inquiry had been made. Dr. Morgan was dismissed by President Roosevelt when he refused | to tell the President the grounds tor | his charges against the TVA admin-/ istration.
Defends Board Members
Board members David E. Lilienthal and Dr. H. A. Morgan acted with “‘forhearance and dignity dur- | ing the severe strain to which they were subjected.” the majority said. | “This cannot be said of Dr. A. E. Morgan.” “The administration of TVA has on the whole been economical and efficient.” the Committee said. It found that prior to 1938 the Authority’'s accounting methods were ‘“‘extremely unsatisfactory” but said the reorganization had corrected that situation. Charging the TVA with “waste and inefficiency,” and as being “‘arbitrary, dictatorial and unbusinesslike,” the minority report urged reorganization of the agency. It pro-| Gunman Edward Gunther, 27, posed to increase the TVA Roard |2scaped but was captured and from three to five directors, who Naumo broke into the fifth floor would operate like private utilities apartment of Merton A. Nicholas, under the régulation of state utility |83, assistant treasurer of the Miscommissions and the Federal Power |sionary Education Movement of the Commission. Methodist Book concern, hoping to The minority also recommended hide. The third got away. transfer of all elements of river| Naumo threatened to kill Mr. control, including generation of Nicholas and his wife when police electric power, to the Army engi-|began pounding on the door. Police neers, and of all Federal agricul- broke into another room and tried tural activities to the Department to talk him into surrendering. (Continued on Page Three) Father Quinn was called. He en-
VACANT RESIDENCES fred the room and asked Naum to LOWEST IN 3 YEARS
‘I'm Afraid ... “I'm afraid the cops’ll give me 1825 Units Unoccupied, Survey Shows.
Times-Acme Photo. Genevive Garner, only granddaughter of Vice President Garner, has been named Queen Shenandoah XVI of Virginia's famed annual apple blossom festival at Winchester April 28 and 29. Miss Garner, a petite brunet with keen black eyes, is 4 senior and an honor student at Arlington Hall Junior College, Arlington, Va.
DEFIES POLICE BOWS TO PRIEST
Prayers of Catholic Father Persuade, Gunman to Quit Battle.
NEW YORK, April 3 (U. P).— The Rev, Fr. Francis X. Quinn, Roman Catholic priest, his hands in the air, walked across a fire escape five stories above the street and climbed into a room where. a gunman held two persons hostage against police.
To his surprise, no shots greeted him. Instead, Joseph Naumo, 23,
upholds
a restaurant, lowered his gun. “Sit down on the chair at that end of the passage and let's talk things over.” he said. On the fire escape. in the. street and on the floor below were scores of policemen armed with machine guns and tear gas bombs.
Gun Battle Follows
Three bandits had held up the restaurant, getting about $300 in cash and jewelry from customers, and had fought a gun battle with policemen in radio cars.
my lumps,” Naumo said. Besides, he would get 60 years because he already was a two-time loser. “That's a very short time compared with the eternity you'll remain in hell if you continue like this.” the priest said. Then he prayed. Naumo. torn by indecision, threatened to kill himself, Father Quinn said: “Use your heart. Come out! Have a heart for the old people here.” “Okay,” Naumo said, handing the priest his gun.
LITTLE CHANGE IN WEATHER FORECAST
LOCAL TEMPERATURE 6a m.... 0 33 10a. m..... 34 lla m.... 12 (noon)... 1pm...
Residential vacancies in Indianapolis, Woodruff Place and Beech
Grove are at the lowest point in nine years, according to the annual Indianapolis Water Co. property survey. The survey, which did not include apartments, revealed only 1825 residential units vacant, compared to 2474 a year ago, 1993 two years ago, 3595 three years ago and a five-year average of 5217. Of the present vacancies, only 731 were classed as modern properties in good condition, although it was found that 462 additional units could be modernized and made into desirable quarters. Thus, it was indicated that approximately 99 per cent of the desirable properties were occupied during March. The company reported that its survey found the lowest percentage of storeroom vacancies since the first annual survey was made nine years ago.
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There won't be much change in the temperature today or tomorrow, according to the Weather Bureau. The Bureau said the weather would continue fair tonight and ‘probably tomorrow.” The lowest temperature tonight will be between 30 and 35 degrees.
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BRITAIN
HITLER
G-MEN REPORT BUND ENROLLS 6600 OR MORE
Camp Planned at South Bend; Kuhn Found Aiding Hitler Putsch in 1923.
WASHINGTON, April 3 (U. P.).— The G-Men today made public findings that the German-American (Volksbund, the American Nazi organization, comprises between 6600 and 8300 individuals seeking to instill and perpetuate in German-
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| Americans “a pride of German background and love for Germany.” They found: That Bund Leader Fritz Kuhn participated with Adolf Hitler in the abortive beer cellar putsch in Mun- | ich on Nov. 9, 1923; That German is the mandatory tongue in Bund schools where antiSemitic literature is distributed; That at Bund camps the Stars and Stripes and the swastika are raised and lowered together; That one camp was dedicated as “a little piece of German soil in America.” The report reached no conclusions | as to whether the Bund violates any Federal law and produced no definite findings that the organization is| dominated or controlled by Fuehrer| Hitler. The Federal agents report-
BUSINES
MEANS S NOW, WARNED
Nazi Force Must Not Rule World, Says Chamberlain.
BULLETIN WASHINGTON, April 3 (U. P.).—Secretary of State Hull today assailed German trading methods as destructive of world commerce and said that German policies alone were responsible for obstacles against German trade in the United States. :
FOREIGN SITUATION LONDON—Britain seeks eightpower bloc against Nazis. BUCHAREST—Oral agreement with Britain reported. " BERLIN — Nazis warn small powers to avoid bloc. ROME~—TItaly reported aiding peace effort. BRUSSELS — Belgian parties win in former German zones. COPENHAGEN — Flags town down as Schleswig votes. PARIS—Government orders air force reserve training. MADRID — Republican soldiers sent to concentration camps. WASHINGTON—U. S. to open Embassy at Burgos. : ” ” ” MOSCOW-—Russia and Japan sign fisheries treaty.
(Editorial, Page 10)
LONDON, April 3. (U, P.).—Prime Minister Chamberlain, in fighting words, warned Fuehrer Hitler today that Great Britain has had enough
ed, however, that Herr Kuhn contended that the Bund is “not a part” of the German Nazi Party. | The agents found no evidence of use| of firearms during Bund drills or by the uniformed Bund stormtroopers.| The 14 volumes of the G-Men's| report, compiled after a year's investigation, are being studied by the Justice Department, and have heen submitted to the House Committee on Un-American Activities. The report quoted Herr Kuhn as stating his belief that “Naziism and National Socialism, such as c¢xist in Germany today, hold the only hope for the future of the world.” The Bund is the controlling organization for several smaller units, each devoted to a particular phase (Continued on Page Two)
FEAR ‘MAD BUTCHER’ HAS MURDERED NO. 14
Woman's Foot Found on City Dump at Cleveland. |
CLEVELAND, April 3 (U. P.).—| Police theorized today that the foot of a woman found on a city dump | might be that of a 14th torsomurder victim of the “mad butcher of Kingsbury Run.” Two junk salvagers found the foot yesterday and turned it over to Detective Peter Merylo, assigned | exclusively to the mysterious four and one-half year decapitation saga. Coroner Samuel R. Gerber said the foot had been outdoors for several months but was in an unusual state of preservation. He said the member had been severed three inches above ‘the ankle, probably by a small saw. It was charred partially, as if by fire. Mr. Gerber planned to make tests for embalming fluid in the flesh, which he said would require one week. Embalmers, physicians, hospital orderlies and nurses have been among classes suspected in the be- | heading series.
WILLIS CASE REPORT | AWAITED TOMORROW
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{of Nazi expansion and is lining up
European nations for war if he ate tempts to “dominate the world.”
Hailing in the House of Common$ a “new epoch” in which Britain stands ready to fight in defense of a free Europe, he revealed that the Government hopes to bring all nations, including Soviet Russia. into the united front against Nazi aggression. Referring to President Roosevelt's challenge to any attempt to dome inate the world by force, the Prime Minister's historic declaration expressed hope that peace might -be maintained but left no question as to the determination of Britain and France to go through with military guarantees that will maintain ‘“‘our independence and that of all states which might be threatened by aggression.”
“If Germany Is Good”.
“If the German Government never had any such thoughts—well, so much the better. In that case, any agreements which may be made to safeguard the independence of those countries will never be called into
operation and Europe may then gradually simmer down into a state of quietude when their existenc even might be forgotten. ; “Whatever the outcome of dise cussions between the British and other Governments, they contain no threat to Germany as long as Germany is a good neighbor. It is fantastic to suggest that this policy. which is a policy of self-defense, should be described as a policy of encirclement—if by that term it were meant encirclement for the purpose of some aggressive action.” Mr. Chamberlain said the threes power agreement of Britain, France and Poland is insufficient to meet
[the present situation and thereforé
clearly defined the situation as oné in which mutual aid must be built up, with Russia included.
Other Nations Approached
Poland. Rumania, Jugoslavia, Tur« key, and Greece were involved in the
{negotiations to which Mr. Chamber-
lain referred. Poland already has been given a military pledge which Mr. Chamberlain strengthened: in his speech as Polish Foreign Minister Josef Beck arrived in London for negotiations which may make it a two-way defensive pact.
ment of real estate in Marion Coun- Rep. Edward H. Stein (D. Bloom- | posal to operate trackless trolleys ty for 1940 taxes were filed with the field). Rep. Hobart Creighton (R.|gver Minnesota St. and the proposed State Tax Board today. Warsaw). Anderson Ketchum, State |jifting of truck bans from North Thir is the largest number of ap- budget director, and Edward Bren-| Side streets—faced City Council at
; Rumania has been given similar WASHINGTON, April 3.—Sen- offers which Paris official sources reator King (D. Utah), chair-|ported she had accepted. Negotia=-
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Chances of Peace and Danger of War
peals filed since the last general real estate assessment in 1932. | Under a recent law the State Tax
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its meeting tonight.
nan, State Accounts Board chief; Siete tebe eons ete It was indicated that the trackiess
trolley ordinance probably . would ass.
GUN IS FOUND NEAR PLANE CRASH SCENE | Council also had before it an
|ordinance that would set a maxi- | mum of 55 cents for a single uninMEMPHIS, April 3 (U. P).—A terrupted taxi run within the City usted Luger pistol found near the limits. . . > Ey : |spot where the American Airlines! An ordinance to revise taxicab Board chairman, said. : plane “Southerner” crashed at fare minimum from 15 cents for the Hearings will be held on petitions goadwin. Ark. three years ago, |first sone and one-half mile’ to 10 for reassessment within the next few | shurred a new investigation today [cents for the first mile was filed weeks and if owners show proof that jnty the accident which killed 17|with the City Clerk today by the valuations should be reduced the | hersons. United Taxi Co. Inc. The measure Board will grant reductions, Mar- | Finding of the pistol gave credence | would set a 50-cent minimum for a shall Williams, Board member, said five-mile trip within the City limits
‘to a theory, previously advanced, instead of the 55-cent minimum now in effect for a five and one-
that one of the passengers had half mile trip.
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used a pistol to “interfere” with the Seventeen persons applied to the
|pilots, and then hurled it from the /plane a moment before the crash. Marion County Commissioners today for the appointment as County
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Board was empowered to determine the year for real estate assessments. | “We ean't call for a reassessment in 1940 because it is the presidential | election year, but the Board will ar-| range to order general reassessment r for 1941,” Philip Zoercher, State Tax
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Historians to Vindicate Chamberlain, Says Roy W. Howard.
Editor's Note—This is the sixth of a series of uncensored cable dispatches from Paris to the Indianapolis Times by Roy W. Howard of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers. Mr. Howard has been several weeks in Europe, visiting the major capital cities, and talking wo statesmen, diplomats, military leaders and other authorities, as well as to “the man in the street.”
By ROY W. HOWARD (Copyright, 1939, Seripps-Howard Newspapers)
Both Increased by New British Stand
jectively, however, many of its phrases contributed to making it ‘one of the most rational of Herr Hitler's recent speeches. That goes especially for his review of the injustices of the Versailles Treaty, and his protest against AngloFrench attempts to throttle Germany's economic grd wth and commercial outlets. With a single sentence last Friday, the British Prime Minister dispelled the political fog which had beclouded Europe since last September. The sentence was carefully measured. It contains no wasted words. It cannot be misunderstood by anyone concerned. Its strength i |as well as its significance lies in the restraint of its commitments. Germany will not again be able to charge, as in 1914, that she did not know at what point the English would be willing to fight.
PARIS, April 3.—Week-end political decisions and judgments play a vital role in the shaping of British history. This last week-end's decisior, which led to Prime Minister! Chamberlain's speech on Poland, | has added much to the political stat-| ure of the man, strengthening his | position both at home and in
France. It also places hip
“In the event of any action which clearly threatened Polish independence, and which the Polish Government accordingly considered ‘it vital to resist with their national forces, His Majesty's Government would feel themselves bound at once to lend the Polish Government all the SUPDOR ih the power.”
Neville Chamberlain
Minister, Lord Halifax, and with the French idea of taking a firmer stand against Germany. Adolf Hitler's speech of Saturday - editorially discounted both in
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man of the subcommittee investi-| tions are under way with other pow
gating the Willis charges against ers in the face of Herr Hitler's dec< Senator VanNuys, expects a report laration on Saturday that Germany
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tomorrow. he announced today. | At the suggestion of Senator Aus-| tin (R. Vt.) a certified public accountant has been employed to check the 398-page document filed with the Senate by Raymond E.| Willis, defeated Republican Sena-| torial nominee. The subcommittee! meeting tomorrow will make the, final findings to the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee of which Senator George (D. Ga. is chairman. Members already have indicated Senator VanNuys will be exonerated. Senator VanNuys, who has been seriously ill at his home here, is reported recovering. :
BIG YANKEE CLIPPER REACHES MARSEILLES
MARSEILLES, France, April 3 (U. P.).—The Pan-American Airways 41-ton flying boat Yankee Clipper arrived at Marignane airport at 4:47 a. m. (E, S. T)) today after a 370-mile overland flight from Biscarosse Miltary Airdrome, near Bordeaux on the Bay of Biscay. The Yankee Clipper was to con-
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Britain was seeking te “encircle” Germany, the Prime Minister vigore ously declared that “a new epoch” had been inaugurated in foreign policy and that British pledges of military aid to Poland meant just what they said. “I confess that I was surprised that there could be any misunder=standing for I thought it clear and (Continued on Page Two) :
MOTOR SHARES LEAD DOWNWARD MARKET
NEW YORK, April 3 (U. P).— Trading dwindled as motor .shares. led the stock market irregularly lower in afternoon trading today. PFollow-through buying failed to ap= pear after a strong opening recove ery that exceeded a point.
CHICAGO, April 3 (U.-P).— Wheat declined !2 to % cent, carn dipped % to 2 cent and oats were 14 cent lower on the Chicago Board of Trade today following a ]