Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 April 1939 — Page 1
FORECAST: Considerable cloudiness tonight and tomorrow; continued cool with probable frost tonight; lowest temperature about 35.
VOLUME 51—-NUMBER 24
SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1939
Easter in Indianapolis—
Little Joan Davis . . . she sees only the legendary bunnies of the Eastertide.
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'39 AUTO DEATH TOLL NOW 1S 10
Mrs. Ruth Gentry Dies of Injuries After Car Crashes Signal. The City's 10th traffic fatality of 1939 was. recorded today with the
death of Mrs. Ruth Gentry, 1815 Fletcher Ave, at City Hospital.
Mrs. Gentry died as the result of |
injuries received when the auto driven by her husband, Ary, struck a concrete railroad signal near Madison Ave. and Lincoln St. last night. The traffic death toll at this time last year was 20. Five other persons were injured in traffic. : Margaret Van Diver, 32, of 1618 Draper St., was hurt when the taxicab in which she was riding, driven by Chester Logsdon, 1717 Lockwood St., and three other cars sideswiped on Virginia Ave. 700 block. She was taken to Methodist Hospital. James Goins Jr, 10, of R. R. 1, Box 92, was hurt when he rode his bicycle into a car driven by Orval Smith, R. R. 1, Acton, police said. The boy was unconscious for some time after the accident on Carson Ave.. 3800 block. Wilkces Fox, 67, was hurt slightly when struck by a hit-run motorist at 13th St. and Columbia Ave. Frank Davis, 972 Belle Vieu Place, and John Hines, 42, of 1114 Koehne St, were treated for injuries received in a collision at ‘Elm and Cedar Sts. The cars were driven by Mr. Davis and Frances Alexander, 2370 English Ave., police said.
STUDEBAKER SALES HIGHEST SINCE "29
SOUTH BEND, April 8 (U. P.).— March factory sales of Studebaker vehicles were the highest for that month since 1929, and showed a gain of 152 per cent over March, 1938, it was reported today. Sales last month exceeded the entire production for the first quarter of 1938. Total factory sales of passenger cars and trucks in March amounted to 10,209 units, compared with 4046 in the 1938 month. For the first quarter this year total factory sales were 19,747 units, compared with 10,173 in the corresponding 1938 quarter, a gain of 94 per cent.
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Indeed Did Scout Risk Life in Deed
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, April 8 (U. P.).—The city today acclaimed Richard Elshoff, 13-year-old Boy Scout as a hero, who risked death to save a pal. Richard and his Scoutfriend. Ralph Scarmo, started walking over a railroad trestle. They heard a train. Ralph slipped and his leg jammed between the ties. Richard tugged to free Ralph. “I'm a goner,” cried Ralph —but Richard gave a terrific tug and freed him. Then the two scrambled for safety.
HEALTH BOARD LIFTS SMALLPOX ORDER
600 Are Allowed to Return To School Monday.
Lifting of the smallpox vaccination order here will permit more than 600 school pupils te return to classes Monday, Dr. Herman G. Morgan, Health Board secretary, {said today. | The order, requiring all unvacci- | nated pupils attending school to be! immunized, was rescinded by the Board because only three cases were reported here this month, he explained. None of these, he said, was children of school age. Dr. Morgan warned, however, that if the disease is as prevalent next
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winter as it was this past winter, |a general order will be issued to re|quire all residents of the city to be immunized. : “It usually takes two or three |yvears for an outbreak to fade out,” | Dr. Morgan said. “Extreme precau-
BALTZELL OUT OF KOKOMO CASE
Disqualifies Himself and
Asks for New Judge In Fraud Trial.
Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell today disqualified himself as judge in the trial of 11 former Kokomo city and WPA officials charged with conspiracy to defraud the Federal Government. The Judge disqualified himself at the request of former Mayor Olin R. Holt and Carl J. Broo, former Kokomo city attorney, two of the defendants. Former Mayor Holt was tried before Judge Baltzell several years ago in a prohibition case. The Judge has written Judge Evan A. Evans of the Chicago Circuit Court of Appeals asking that another Federal judge be appointed to conduct the trial. Judge Baltzell requested Judge Evans to appoint the new judge in time for the original trial date, May 8. The 11 defendants charged with conspiracy to defraud the Government by diverting WPA labor to private use. All have pleaded not guilty.
SHIP CRASHES ROCKS; CREW OF 23 RESCUED
SEATTLE, April 8 (U. P.).—The British freighter Temple Bar was wrecked today on the rocky coast of Washington but Coast Guardsmen rescued the crew of 23. The 4291-ton vessel was reported a total loss when she cracked up on the sharp rocks called Quillayute Needles 15 miles south of the mouth of the Quillayute River. The ship was loaded with scrapiron for Japan. Cause of the wreck
CLOUDINESS ON
CITY'S EASTER WEATHER FARE
Impressive Services Are Set
In Commemoration of Resurrection.
STORE SALES RUN HIGH
| Children in Hospitals and
Institutions to Share ‘Good Things.’
(Photos, Page 9; Cartoon and Gen. Hugh Johnsen, Page 10)
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
6am... 37 10 a. m.... m... 35 11 a. m.... 33 12 (noon).. 1pm...
Considerable cloudiness and continued cool weather was the best weather fare the Weather Bureau would predict today for Easter Sunday. The bright note in the forecast was that there probably will be no rain or a repetition of the snow flurry which lasted for about an
hour early today. A light frost with the lowest temperature about 35 degrees was predicted for tonight. Buying Spree Is Noted Unseasonal snow flurries occurred over much of Indiana today. The snow belt touched Indianapolis and the central portion of the state. Ft. Wayne and other northern Indiana cities also reported snow today. Indianapolis will join the Christian world in observance of Easter tomorrow with reverent, religious rejoicing in = commemoration of
|Christ’s resurrection,
Every church in the city of every denomination will echo with special music and church leaders expect new attendance records. Shoppers who thronged the downtown district today indicated that lovers of new Easter apparel -were on somewhat of a buying spree. And the children—well, there’s no end te their anticipation over the candied rabbits and eggs and the fun of traditional egg hunts. At least five will be staged in city parks while private organizations have arranged others for children of members,
Airplanes Form Cross
Philanthropic organizations will see to it that children in hospitals
and institutions are not forgotten. As the city slicked off today in the expectancy of tomorrow, it must have prided itself in the religious fervor with which it observed Good Friday. At Catholic churches, however, important services were held again today, the blessing of the oils and fire for another year. Worshipers of Protestant denom(Continued on Page Three)
BAYS CONFERS WITH DEMOCRATIC HEADS
Declines to Comment on Chairman Reports.
Fred C. Bays of Sullivan today conferred with Democratic leaders on the reported plans of the State Committee to elect him chairman next Tuesday. Returning from an extensive Southern cruise yesterday, Mr. Bays declined to comment on his attitude toward the chairmanship. “I will first have to confer with party leaders before commenting’ upon politics,” he said. . However, he said that if he is elected and accepts the chairmanship, “I will resign as a member of the Public Service Commission.” Mr. Bays was named to the Commission by Governor Tawnsend
tion must be taken to prevent a new outbreak next year.”
By NOBLE REED The most comprehensive program for the control of foods and drugs ever attempted in Indiana has been launched by the State Health Department. Armed with a whole new set of laws, the Department is stepping up its laboratory operations to detect the slightest flaw in foods and drugs before they ever get on the market. Under the old laws, it was possible to get injurious products on the /market and cause illness or even | deaths before inspectors could trace
chandise, according to Dr. Verne K. Harvey, State Health Director. In addition to foods and drugs, the Department has broadened its operations to block the sale of injurious cosmetics before they leave
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possible by new laws passed by the 1939 Legislature. “Women’s complexions have been ruined and there was a case of blindness caused by eyelash paste right here in. Indianapolis,” Harold V. Darneli, Food and Drug Bureau chief, said. “All of this needless menace will be removed under our new program.” Most of the new control program is centered around the new law providing for registration of all food, drug and cosmetic manufacturers and wholesalers. “Registration of these firms, especially the new ones that spring up overnight, will give us an opportunity to either approve or ban from the market any injurious product before a single customer buys it,” Dr. Harvey said The new health program will ban marke!
more than a year ago.
Health Officials, Armed With New Laws, Tighten Control Over Food and Drugs
plains in detail the ingredients and safe dosage limits. “There are some popular headache remedies that could cause death if taken in large quantities,” Mr. Darnell said. “None of these will be sold in the future unless the label bears an adequate warning on overdoses.” He pointed out that many deaths have been caused by overdoses of potent sedatives. In many cases, he said, the user was ignorant of the dangers of overdoses. Dr. Darnell said a new campaign will be started against the practice of “doctoring” meats with chemicals to give them an appearance of freshness and quality. Dr. Harvey said the new program will not hinder in any way the
from the Indiana ts any dan-
reputable dealers but will serve to
New Shoes
If Girl Gets Them, It Means Grandpa Is Alive.
ADSWORTH, O., April 8 (U. P.) —Seven-year-old Charlotte Long wondered today whether she would get a pair of shoes again for Easter. If she does, it will mean that her grandpa, Harry Randall, is still alive. Last January, a man identified as Harry Randall died in a New York hotel. Charlotte’s mother, daughter of Randall, arranged for his burial. This week, Mrs. Long received a postal card, signed with her father’s name. It said that Charlotte’s customary Easter present of shoes would be coming again. ® 2 = HE card was mailed from Sandusky, O. Mrs. Long went there and learned that a man answering her father’s description had been living in a boarding house there recently. She was told he had moved to either Indianapolis or Cleveland. Now Mrs. Long and Charlotte are awaiting for Easter and a possible answer to the mystery.
BANDIT KILLS 1 OF 3 ABDUCTED
Goes On to Rob Texas Bank After Murdering Oklahoma Mail Carrier.
MARLOW, Okla., April 8 (U. P)). —The law enforcement forces of two states were mobilized today to track down a bandit who has abducted three persons, murdered one and robbed a bank since midnight. The bandit adbucted Joel Ball and Mrs. Grace Ludke in Oklahoma City at midnight and forced them to drive him to a point near here where the car skidded off the road. In the struggle that followed the bandit shot and killed Mr. Ball. Later the same man robbed a bank in Gragord, Tex.
Woman Watches Death Struggle
Mrs. Ludke watched the life and death struggle from the rear seat of
the automobile. With Mr. Ball, an Oklahoma City mail carrier, out of the way, the bandit left Mrs. Ludke in the stalled car and walked to a filling station here where he held up Sonny Ferguson, an attendant, forcing him to take a car and accompany him. That was the last heard of the abductor until Ferguson telephoned here from Mineral Wells, Tex., saying he had been released unharmed. But almost immediately thereafter the First National Bank of Graford, Tex. near Mineral Wells, was robbed and S. S. Lee, president, said the bandit was “undoubtedly the same fellow who pulled the kidnaping up at Marlow.”
‘Joe Didn’t Have a Chance’
Lee said he didn’t know the amount of money lost but “it wasn’t
much.” Mrs. Ludke told Sheriff Jim Bond
of Mr. Ball's encounter with the
bandit. «Joe didn’t have a chance,” she
said. “He didn’t have a gun or a knife and he wasn’t as big as the
other man.” She said the two struggled from the car and into a plowed cotton field where Ball finally was killed.
LINDBERGH SAILS ON AQUITANIA FOR N. Y.
CHERBOURG, France, April 8 (U. P.).—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh sailed for New York today aboard the Liner Aquitania. Colonel Lindbergh’s sailing was unannounced. He boarded the liner a few minutes before departure time. He was not accompanied by his wife or. children, Jon and
Land.
BABY DIES FROM FALL OFF COUCH AT HOME
A fall off a studio couch today had caused the death of 13-month-old Sue Ann Montgomery. ‘Three days ago she lost her balance while playing on the couch at her home, 1541% W. Morris St., and
she took on her head. But last night she began having hemorrhages and died at Methodist
Hospital. She is survived by her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Montgomery, | i
and two sisters, Luticia Rose and Emma Jean.
FIRE CAUSES $200 DAMAGE
Fire caused by an explosion of an oil heating plant resulted in estimated damage of more than $200 at the James E. McNamara Con-
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06 IN GREECE: QUEEN PLEADS FOR WORLD AID
Guerrilla Fighting Continues In Mountain Area of Tiny Nation.
(Copyright, 1939, by United Press) FLORINA, Greece, April 8— King Zog I, fleeing Albania, joined his girl-wife and their 3-day-old son today as the legions of Fascist Italy marched into Tirana, his capital. Realizing that defense was useless, the King, after leading his troops and civilian volunteers in a bitter fight against the Italians on the Durazzo front, had left the capital during the night with members of the Government and made the mountain crossing to Florina to join his wife. On foreign soil, he hoped te enlist the aid of the great powers, and to direct guerrilla operations against the Italian conquerors. He came here as the Queen appealed to the world to aid her country. But already the Italians were in Tirana, and Fascist Italy had proclaimed a new triumph to the world. Reports said that in some parts of the country, however, fierce Albanian resistance continued. Wearing civilian clothes and looking tired and worn, the King arrived with a retinue of 16 automobiles and two motor trucks after a drive over the mountains from his capital. He went at once to Queen Geraldine in the hotel suite where she lay, prostrate, with her 3-day-old son, Prince Skander. King Zog and his entourage immediately encountered monetary difficulties. They had only Albanian money, which the hotel refused to accept. : Thousands Stand Silent
Thirty Albanian Army officers, disheveled and unshaven, a number of Government officials and several women were in the retinue. A crowd of several thousand people watched in silent sympathy as the King, his face lined, walked into the hotel. : Police cleared the square in which the hotel is situated to prevent any excitement which might disturb the young Queen. Zog greeted one of his sisters, who had accompanied Queen Ger(Continued on Page Three)
CIANO IN TIRANA T0 SET UP RULE
Triumphal Entry of Duce Expected Tomorrow.
TIRANA, Albania, April 8 (U. P.). —Italian troops occupied Tirana today and Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italian Foreign Minister flew here
1to form a new Government which
would be under Italian tutelage. The Tirana radio station today announced that Premier Mussolini will make his triumphal entry into the city tomorrow. It was expected that he also would fly here. Count Ciano arrived in his own plane after the Italians had landed an entire regiment of grenadiers totaling about 3000 men. They were flown here from Taranto across the Adriatic. It was one of the biggest troop movements by air ever accomplished. The new Government will depend entirely on Italy for its foreign policy and national defense, it was disclosed. The Foreign Affairs and Defense (Continued on Page Three)
Indianapolis,
FINAL HOME
Matter Ind.
PRICE THREE CENTS
Diplomat Expected to
[TALIANS TAKE TIRANA; NAZI BLOW AT DANZIG FORECAST NEXT WEEK
Claim Duce Violated
Kellogg-Briand Pact in Aggression; Silesia Reported Hitler Goal.
BULLETIN WARM SPRINGS, Ga., April 8 (U. P.).—Sources reflecting White House opinion said today that continued military aggression by some nations is bringing America closer to the time when it must readjust its economic policies or face loss of world markets and shipping.
THE EUROPEAN CRISIS
exile,
WASHINGTON—U. -S. condemns Italy’s action. FLORINA, Greece—King Zog joins Queen and son in
TIRANA—Italian troops occupy Albanian capital. ROME—Italians apathetic, await next move.
PARIS—Albanians reported continuing guerrilla war. ATHENS—Greece keeps Navy ready to fight.
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LONDON—Chamberlain returns to London.
BERLIN—Troops being moved; dignificance denied.
MOSCOW—Next threat is to Jugoslavia, Pravda says.
WASHINGTON, April 8 and Secretary of State Hull today denounced the Italian ine
(U. P.).—President Roosevelt
vasion of Albania as a threat to world peace.
The denunciation was made in a formal statement by, Secretary Hull at a special press conference following a tele-
BRITAIN URGED 70 AID GREECE
Pledge to Turkey Also Sought; Chamberlain Hurries Back.
By WEBB MILLER (Copyright, 1939, by United Press)
LONDON, April 8.—Eleven members of Prime Minister Chamberlain’s Cabinet were understood today to have favored a public announcement, that Great Britain will fight to defend the independence of
Greece and Turkey against totalitarian aggression in the Balkans. Fearing that further advance of the German-Italian axis partnership southward as a result of the Italian conquest of Albania would endanger Britain's empire communications, the four service members of the Cabinet were said to have urged the public announcement and to have eniisted the support of the other seven meeting in an emergency session, The full British Cabinet has 22 members. The Prime Minister is returning tonight from his Easter holiday in Scotland because of the European situation. Final decision on the Cabinet's suggestion—amounting to a recommendation—will await the arrival of Mr. Chamberlain and a meeting of all ministers. The Greek Gov(Continued on Page Three)
STOCKS DROP 1 TO 5; CRISIS SPURS SALES
NEW YORK, April 8 (U. P).— Prices slumped one to more than five points, carrying the industrial average to a new low since last June, as the New York Stock Exchange, only major securities market in the world open today, bore the brunt of “war scare” selling. Americans and foreigners dumped stocks for what they would bring and tickers fell behind as confusion reigned. All leading issues made new lows for the year and longer.
CHICAGO, April 8 (U. P).— Wheat gained more than a cent and other grains were strong on the Chicago Board of Trade today under influence of war fears. A sharp break in securities and an upturn of as much as 2 cents in Winnipeg wheat chased shorts to cover in the
local wheat pit.
phone conversation with the President at Warm Springs, Ga.
He said he and the President had agreed upon the ise suance of the statement.
Secretary Hull issued his statee ment even before a conference,
scheduled for later today, with Faik
Konitza, Albanian Minister to the United States. Minister Konitza was expected to complain formally to the United States that Italy’s in= vasion of his country had violated the Kellogg-Briand pact which the United Siates and France sponsored, Secretary Hull's statement came at a time when certain official mili tary quarters here, on the basis of reports streaming in from observers abroad, believed that events in Eue rope were rushing rapidly toward a climax probably between now and next Saturday. They expected a test of the issue of war or peace should Germany attempt to occupy the Free City of Danzig or the Palish Corridor.
Text of Statement
Senator Hull's statement follows? “The forcible and violent invae sion of Albania is unquestionably an additional threat to the peace of the world. “It would be short-sighted not te take notice of this further development. Any threat to world peace seriously concerns all nations and violates the will of all peoples in the world that their governments shall lead them not toward war but along paths of peace. “It is scarcely necessary to add that the inevitable effect of this incident, taken with other similar incidents, is further to destroy cone fidence and to undermine economies stability in every country in the world, thus affecting our own wele fare.” Evades Direct Answer
It was the second such statement issued by this Government in recent weeks. When Germany occupied Czechoslovakia, Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles, in Secretary Hull's absence, said the United States considered that action one of “wanton lawlessness.” Secretary Hull evaded a direct ane swer to the question whether the United States considers the invasion of Albany a clear violation of the Kellogg-Briand antiwar pact, which both Italy and Albania signed. His attitude, however, left no doubt that he does consider the military invae (Continued on Page Three)
2 YOUNG PILOTS DIE IN ILLINOIS AIR CRASH
MOLINE, 1ll, April 8 (U. PP). Two youthful pilots were killed toe day when their airplane crashed on a knoll 14 miles east of the airport, The dead: Arnold Johnson and Allen Stamp, both about 25, of East Moline.
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