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FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1989

[Scores —nowasel VOLUME 51—NUMBER 41

HITLER BREAKS PACTS, TAUNTS U.S. oes ge co SEAS DEMANDS DANZIG CALLS F.D.R’S MANNERS ‘BAD’

INAIR COOLING OF U.S. FLIGHT

City Engineer Says Sewers Last Reported Over Cape » x ow . » »

Incapable of Handling Farewell, Greenland; Summer Volume. Due Tomorrow.

CARRY LETTER TO F. D. R.

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Chides Roosevelt With Failure to Solve Home Problems Before Assuming Burdens

CITES EXAMPLE IN OHIO Of Rest of World.

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Messages of Good Will to World’s Fair Also on Moscow Plane.

Dimensions of Newsstands ; Are Limited in Order Effective May 21.

DENIES NAZIS THREATEN ANYONE

Denounces Naval Treaty With Great Britain And Friendship Pledge With Poland; Offers New Agreements.

BULLETIN NEW YORK, April 28 (U. P.).—The Moscow-to-New York fliers radioed at 1:30 p. m. today that they had sighted the Coast of Labrador, Soviet officials at Floyd Bennett Field reported.

A volume tax on water dumped into the City’s sewers from downtown air-conditioning systems was recommended today to the Works Board. :

City Engineer M. G. Johnson told the Board that such a tax “is the only solution” for the problem created by the hot-weather months’ volume of waste that taxes the capacity of the sewers. ; He and Don E. Bloodgood, City Sanitation Plant manager, -said larger sewers could be constructed from the money derived from the aX. Sess Pumping as Expensive

The Board also issued a ruling setfing smaller dimensions for downtown corner newsstands. Mr. Johnson said he did not believe any system of pumping the! water used by these systems back. into the ground would work be-|} cause it would be too expensive, and | §

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BERLIN, April 28 (U. P.).—Fuehrer Hitler rejected President Roosevelt's peace message today, caustically and point by point. : He denounced German treaties with Great Britain and Poland. He demanded the return of Danzig, and a German path

| lacross the Polish Corridor into East Prussia. He offered direct negotiations with any other power. In a strougly-worded speech to the German Reichstag that was packed with defiant threats and declarations of

NEW YORK, April 28 (U. P)— The Moscow-to-New York plane passed over Cape Farewell, Greenjand, at 10:29 a. m. (Indianapolis time), Soviet flight headquarters announced here today. The report indicated the two fliers had covered two-thirds of the 4600mile distance. | Far out over the Atlantic they had encountered headwinds which cut their speed to slightly more than 140 miles an hour. t| soon after 7 a. m. (Indianapolis Time) the fliers reported they were crossing Iceland and that all was

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“Germany will not be betrayed again.”

because ground water might be polluted. He said that 19 million gallons of such water is daily dumped into the sewers when the plants are operating and that it costs the City $10 t® treat each million gallons. When a heavy summer rain comes, the sewers are not able to care for the runoff, he said, and

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downtown basements are flooded. |

The report was made orally and the Board took no action.

Mr. Johnson said Columbus, 0.

charges 2 cents for each 1000 gal-|™

ons of water daily dumped into Sewers.

Set Newsstand Dimensions

The Board set May 22 as the deadline for installation of the new type newsstands. They shall not be more than 42 inches long, 26 inches deep and 46 inches high. They shall be painted green. Board members said the ruling came after downtown merchants complained that the larger stands blocked a view of their show windows. The new stands must not have display racks outside them, and permits for them shall not be issued to a company or corporation and only one permit will be issued to one individual. The Board also asked Indianapolis

Illinois Sts. and James P. Tretton, superintendent, said he would take the request under advisement. The Board announced four plots of property for sale and said the city should realize about $6000 in the deals. The properties are situated on Cruse St. between Maryland and Georgia Sts, on East St, at the first alley southwest of Virginia Ave, at 38th St. and Hillside Ave, and at the southwest corner of 16th St. and Northwestern Ave.

COOLER WEATHER FORECAST TONIGHT

LOCAL TEMPERATURES a.m... 51 Ya wm... w.... 35 314.9... m.... 55 12 (Neon). W.... 5% 19 Wy...

59 a. 61 a. 59 a. 61 Partly cloudy and slightly ‘cooler weather tonight, followed by fair tomorrow was predicted by ‘the Weather Bureau. There wasn't much indication of showers today, but since it’s still April, the Bureau said that precipitation was possible.

GANDHI THREATENS TO FAST FOR PEACE

CALCUTTA, April 28 (U. P). — The Calcutta Statesman today published what it described as a peace message from Mohandas K. Gandhi, Indian leader of millions, to the whole world. In it, he said that he was “capable” of fasting to ‘death to “halt the readiness of Western humanity to embark on a suicidal ‘cours2 such as has not been matched in the history of the world.”

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Lewis L'Hommedicu Crosley, grandson of Powel Crosley, christened the Crosley Corporation’s new tiny automobile at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway today. He broke a bottle containing gasoline over the hood of the car after the unveiling. Lewell Thomas (Teft), radio commentator, described the car over a rational radio hookup during the presentation program. With him are Lewis Crosley (center) and Peter Grant, WLW announcer, who

interviewed Powel Crosley.

1500 Watch Unveiling of 50-Miles-a-Gallon Midget

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bottle containing a sample of all

PARLEY CALLED ON WATER CO. PURGHASE

Mayor Will Meet Tuesday With City Councilmen.

Mayor Sullivan today announced that he has requested City Councilmen, Utility District trustees and City department heads to conifer with him Tuesday on the proposed purchased of the Indianapolis Water Co. It was understood the water company data, recently distributed to ‘Councilmed and trustees for study. will be discussed. Two Booklets, outlining the company’s operating costs and ‘describing methods by which the utility can be acquired, were submitted to Mayor Sullivan two weeks ago by the C. W. McNear Co.. ‘Chicago investment brokers, who are acting as agents for the water company. The Mayor has indicated that Tuesday's conference will be followed by further discussions and that public hearings will be held.

STATE ADVANCES PAY DAY 2 DAYS

will receive their monthly salary checks tomorrow, two ‘days ahead of schedule, State Treasurer Jo-

. | seph Robertson announced today.

The Treasurer said the payday was moved ahead to give employees time to pay their property taxes before the Monday midnight deadline. The regular State payday is on the first day of the month.

MAN HELD AS STILL IS SEIZED IN RAID

State Excise Police and Federal agents today confiscated a 50-gallon still and 50 gallons of alleged, whisky in a raid in the 5600 block

22/0f 'S. Summit ‘St.

John Hellams Was arrested and charged with opera

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“forgotten man,” Railwavs Inc. to move its informa- Crosley automobile received its first formal introduction to the public tion booth from Washington and |today at the Indianapolis Speedway. . The car. which is 10 feet long and 415 feet high, was christened by [Lewis L'Hommedieu Crosley, grandson of Powel Crosley, who broke a

Thousands of State ‘employees!

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the 50-miles-on-a-gallon-of-gas

standard brands of gasoline over the hood.

A crowd of between 1500 and 2000 including Crosley dealers who will distribute the transportation ‘“package.” were at the Speedway for the unveiling and the radio program over a naticnal hookup. Lowell Thomas, radio commentator, described the vehicle over the microptione and Peter Grant, WLW announcer, interviewed Mr. Crosley about its features.

Seven of the new cars were displayed and some of tive dealers were taken for trial rides in the infield. Crosley Corp. officials said that the ‘cars would be built at the rate of about 200 a day. Speedway race drivers who examined the new ‘cars included Wilbur Shaw, Kelly Pettilo, Jimmy Snyder, ‘Chet Miller and ‘Shorty ‘Cantlon. The Jatter four staged a 25-mile match race in 500-mile racers for the ‘entertainment of the ‘crowd. Miller won with an average speed of about 110 miles per hour. Snyder was second, Pettilo, third and Cantlon last. Pettilo drove fastest lap, clocked at 128 miles per hour. According to Crosley engineers, the new car weighs 925 pounds and features airplane principles which

well. At 4:45 a. m. they reported by radio that they were crossing the zero Meridian, a point almost half way between the coast of Norway and Teeland, and about 150 miles south of the Arctic Circle. They had

| traveled 1182 miles from Moscow.

The fliers, Brig. Gen. Viadimir

| okkinaki, pilot, and Maj. Mikhail Gordienko, navigator, carried a mes-

sage of good will to the New York

| World's Fair and a letter to Presi-

dent Roosevelt from the Russian Government, the author of which was assumed to be President Mikhail Pp. Kalinin. They are expected to arrive in New York about 3 a. m. tomorrow. Their course was the Great Circle route, over Sweden and Norway, the North Atlantic to Iceland, the southern tip of Greenland, Labrador and Newfoundland, New Brunswick, the coast of Maine, over Boston to Floyd Bennett Field, New York. The plane is called “Moscow.” Tts wings and fuselage are red. The word Moscow is painted in white an the under surface of one wing, slavic characters which appear: Wwockba.”

$526,000 IN COUNTY RELIEF BONDS 0. K.'D

Council Approves ‘Must’ Issue Under Protest.

The County Council, under protest, approved a $526,000 bond issue today to pay current poor relief costs in four Marion County Townships. . The Coungil carried out a “must” approval fort the issue to prevent suits by creditors after members declared that cost of poor relief in thie ‘county ‘9s an uafair burden on the taxpayers and should be placed on a pay-as-you-go basis.” Funds to be obtained through the Pond issue will be used to pay incurred obligations and ‘estimated costs to June 30 in the following amounts: Center Township (includes Indianapolis) —$482/000; Perry, $11,000; Warren, $800 ; Wayne, $25,000. Council President George Sadlier said: “The Council feels that we should not capitalize relief as though it were a permanent im-| provement. We should pay for it currently.” The bond issue in Center Township was made necessary when the County Tax Adjustment Board last fall cut the requested relief levy from 39 cents to 199 cents. William MM. Harding, Council member, declared that trustees

have been used in ‘eliminating

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The lid is still clamped tight on] bingo games, it was indicated today, after 28 policemen served as uninvited guests at a conference last night of members of the Bingo Operators’ Association.

thusiasts attended the conference at the Indiana Ballroom to ‘organize

recent ban on the game. With police surrounding the tables at which they sat, the conferees dis-| cussed ‘the possibility of setting up) a ‘test ‘case to ascertain their rights under the law. Police officials, after the meeting, said there would be no relaxing of

About 100 bingo operators and en- :

opposition to the Safety Board's

ALWAYS FORCE, BORAH ASSERTS

Wilson Got the Same Sort Of Reply to Peaceful Efforts, He Says.

WASHINGTON, April 28 (U. P). —Senator, Borah (R. Ida.) declared today that Europe had given its customary answer to President Roosevelt’s appeal for peace—force. Speaking of Chancellor Hitler's speech to the Reichstag today, the veteran foreign affairs expert declared: “Furope has always settled her difficulties through means of force. When President Roosevelt undertook to make a peaceiul move he got nothing back but what Europe always sends back—force.” Senator Borah's declaration came after sources ¢lose to the White House expressed resentment at the manner employed by Herr Hitler in making his reply to Fresident Roosevelt. They said it was a violation of diplomatic courtesy. A copy of the speech was handed to the U. S. charge d'affaires in Berlin as “an answer to the well= known public communication of the American President.” Diplomats had believed that Mr. Roosevelt's personal message to the dictators should have been answered in personal messages, but both Herr Hitler and Premier Mussolini have now answered in jeering speeches. Tn connection with Hitler's state= ment that the Roosevelt message was given to the world before he was aware of its contents, White House Secretary Stephen Early showed correspondents the time at which the message Was sent, at 9 p. m. in the evening and pointed out (Continued on Page Three)

DAUBS WHITE HOUSE GATE POST WITH RED

WASHINGTON, April 28 (U. P). —An early morning Mmalefactor daubed red paint on a White House gate pillar and the State Department steps today. Washington city police reported a oiude effort appeared to have been nade to daub the words, “War maker” on the White House pillar. White House police denied all knowledge of the affair despite the fact ‘that news photographers pictures of workmen hastily

I'should attempt to reduce case loads.

being arranged for tonight.) Teantwhile, the Works Board to=| day decided to increase its watchfulness over the use of municipal property, to prevent organizations’ i games in connec

to be Ey | Tie Board's action was taken

cleaning away the smears.

Bingo Operators Map Fight on Ban | As 23 ‘Unin vi ted ) | Policemen Listen

the. name of the Brotherhood of Railroad trainmen. Calling the meeting to order shortly after the police artived, Mr. Eid son explained the purpose of the

“I think we've been fair,” he said. “We were ordered to close and we

after Martin Walpole said | “racket,

No Fishies, No Tackle, Just a Nap

Alfred Harding, 33, of 55% W. 27th St, phoned police that robbery had been done at Fall Creek and Northwestern Ave., and for them to hurry out. Thiee cruisers answered. Mr. Harding said he had set up two steel fishing poles, complete with reels, on the bank, and then had gotten drowsy. He went to sleep. When he awoke, he said, he saw two boys, each bearing one of his poles, running in opposite directions. He caught no fish, and caught no boys, he said.

NEW OFFERS MADE IN MINE PEAGE TALKS

Steelman Warns Against “Too Much Optimism.

NEW YORK, April 28 (U. P)— The joint Appalachian wage-hour conference today discussed new pro= posals both from miners and opera= tors for ending the deadlock which

since April 1. John R. Steelman, Federal media= tor, said, however, that “too much optimism at this moment might be premature.” It was understood that the negotiators, warned that the Federal Government expected some action to prevent a national fuel emer=gency, sat much of last night in separate caucuses seeking a formula which would give the United Mine Workers of America the “pro= tection” it wants against threatened inroads by rival unions. John L. Lewis, U. M. W. A. president, has demanded either a closed shop or elimination of strike pen= alty provisions as the Union's price for renewing the wage-hour provisions of the expired contract. The operators heretofore, however, have gone to the extent only of offering the union exclusive bargaining rights under the Wagner Act. The conference adjourned to meet at 10 a. m. tomorrow.

STOCKS RISE, THEN DIP

NEW YORK, April 28 (U. P)— An early rally in response to what traders termed the “no immediate war” implication of Adolf Hitler's failed in afternoon dealings

list dropped more than a point. Many leading issues slipped 2 to 3 points below early highs and trading slackened. Lack of demand was given as the cause of the setback. Selling also was based on belief that the market

[may be subjected to further war

soares.

ASKS NEW BEER HEARING Omer Klipsch, Petersburg dealer whose application for a beer wholesaler’s permit was denied by the Al-

decision,

has kept 340,000 soft coal miners idle,

AFTER HITLER'S REPLY

on the stock market today and the

Commission on “economic” grounds, today filed motion for a ew trial In his appeal of

HALF AND HALF, LONDONERS SAY

French Are Worried, Poles Hopeful, Rome and Sofia ‘Satisfied.

LONDON, April 28 (U. P)=— Great Britain stepped up her preparedness program today in reply to Puehrer Hitler's “half defiant and half conciliatory” reply to President Roosevelt's peace plea. Denunciation of the GermanBritish naval limitations treaty was regarded as an empty political gesture as far as Britain was concerned, but the denunciation of Germany’s frieadship treaty with Poland Was considered a grave move.

French Express Concern

In both Paris and London, official circles expressed fear that Herr Hitler's action in ending the treaty with Poland was a possible forerunner to a move against Polish interests. That conceivably could bring into effect the BritishFrench pledge to aid the Warsaw Government if it fights in self-de-fense. At Warsaw, however, high sources said they did not believe the door to negotiation with the Reich had been closed. Diplomatic circles in London expressed belief that the attitude of Germany toward Poland might lead the Warsaw Government to turn toward a closer understanding with Soviet Russia, Which presumably would aid British-French negotiations to bring the Moscow Government into the European antiaggression front. In the past, Poland has hesitated to agree to a close military understanding with Russia because of fear of the Red Army,

Duce Reply Recalled

“The French were especially concerned at what they called the “dangerous implications” of the references to Poland. The attitude of Fascist circles in Rome, that Herr Hitler's speech was a demonstration of the firmly united totalitarian front, had been expected in view of Premier Mussolini’s previous rejection of the Roosevelt

Political circles in Rome said the next wove was up to Poland and said that the address had answersd all the outstanding controversial in{Continued on Page Three)

SCHOOL ACTOR, SHOT

ACCIDENTALLY, DIES

Lawrenceburg Youth Victim Of Gun for Stage Use.

LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. April 28 (U. P)—William Eberhart, 14, died today in a Cincinnati, ©O., hospital of a gunshot wound in the head inficted accidentally late yesterday by a friend and fellow actor in a grade school stage play named “Midnight Ghost.”

bullets of ‘the same caliber. Young

| Douglas Burkham, 13, who was to | Minnec. use a gun in the play, brought rehearsal

a {real revolver to a with

peace, Herr Hitler characterized President Roosevelt's message to the dictators as a

breach of good manners. He chided the President for not solving his own domestic problems. A copy of Chancellor Hitler's speech was handed to the United States charge d'affaires as the Fuehrer’s answer to President

Roosevelt’s peace message. In Washington, it had been indicated Mr. Roosevelt had expected a pere sonal message in reply.

Makes Position Clear

All Germany and a large part of the world listened as Herr Hitler spoke. Every form of activity in Germany was suspended. Representatives of the Nazi Labor Front supervised mass listening in front of loud speakers. The Fuehrer laid down his posie tion clearly: He considers the Polish-German treaty of friendship and nonaggres= sion abrogated by the military guare antees of Britain to Poland. He considers the British attitude has nullified the naval treaty under which the German Navy was limited to 35 per cent of the British. Danzig is German and never will be Polish; it must be returned. Germany must have a lifeline ine tc East Prussia, cut off from the Reich by the Polish Corridor. It would be a German-controlled highe way, which Germany would not ree gard as of a military nature,

Denies Threat to Anyone

Germany threatens no nation. All the 31 nations mentioned by President Roosevelt as menaced replied “no” when Herr Hitler asked them if they felt in danger. President Roosevelt's proposal for a general peace and disarmament conference is futile. Germany is for up with round table conferences snd will enter no more such meetings except with an armed nation behind her. However, Germany is willing to negotiate with other nations. She is willing to discuss new agreements replacing those with Britain and Poland. Germany furthermore is willing to discuss -security with any of the 31 nations mentioned by Mr. Roosevelt, if they come direct to Germany with appropriate proe posals, Offers Free Harbor Chancellor Hitler made concrete proposals to Poland. Danzig must return as a free state within the Reich, and Germany must have a route through the Corridor and a railway line at her disposal, having the same extraterritorial status for Germany as the Corridor has for Poland. In return, Germany is prepared to recognize all Polish economic rights in Danzig; insure Poland a free harbor in Danzig; accept the present boundaries between Gere many and Poland as final; conclude a 25-year nonaggression pact with

Poland. Herr Hitler acocmpanied his offer (Continued on Page Three) ————————————————

MINNEC MAIL FRAUD CONVICTION UPHELD

CHICAGO, April 28 (U. P.).—The U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals to~ day affirmed conviction of John M. _ Chicago, on mail fraud charges in connection with opera« tion of the Lincoln Mutual Aid So= ciety of Berwyn, Ill, and the Cosal Benes t Associa

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