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+ POLISH PRESIDENT ASKS EMERGENCY
POWER FOR CRISIS)
Dictatorial Rule Until Nov. 1 Goal; Beck Drafts Speech.
BERLIN PRESS STARTS ‘REAL DANZIG DRIVE
FOREIGN SITUATION WARSAW-—Special powers asked for President. LONDON—Japan looms large in Soviet-British talks. 50 Nazis may be sent home. BERLIN—Hitler goes back to Berchtesgaden. PERPIGNAN—French fail to find rumored Italian trenches.
PARIS—Germany expected to stress submarine building.
Expulsion of Nine Nazis From England.
BERLIN, May 2
Britain Also Attacked for
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Floyd Roberts, record-breaking winner of the 1938 500-mile race, is one of four former champions entered in the 27th annual Memorial Day auto classic here. Roberts’ winning average was 117.20 miles an hour. A total of 49 cars have entered, and the fastest 33 will be selected for starting posts in qualifieation trials beginning May 20. (Story, Page 12)
TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1939
U.S. LAGGING IN AIR, WARNING
Germany in Lead, Britain Second, Government Aids Told Privately.
As Part of Attempt to Regain Supremacy.
LANGLEY FIELD, Va, May 2 (U. P.) —Col. Charles A. Lindbergh predicted today that unless the United States begins immediate expansion of aviation research facilities it will be unable to catch up in five years with the European powers.
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VISITS LANGLEY FIELD
Allison Tour Here Recalled
Boy's Leg Broken
Ouster Follows Charges by
diana Securities Commissioner by | Governor Townsend.
SHANGHAI—Japan hints at possible international area
| sharper tone today toward Poland | jin connection with German demands
controlled Nazi press adopted a!
He made that statement privately to a group of Government officials and aeronautical experts with whom
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WATER
Tucker Against Securities Chief.
HOFFMAN IS SUCCESSOR
Also Suggests
Fred Shick Is Appointed to Replace Harder as Deputy.
Chester R. Montgomery of South Bend today was dismissed as In-
Joseph Hoffman, a deputy Attorney General and former deputy Secretary of - State, was appointed
to succeed him. The dismissal of Mr. Montgomery followed Secretary of State James
Suggestion that the City
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seizure. TOKYO—City placarded by proponents of axis alliance. CHUNGKING — Chiang urges all Chinese to work for his cause,
for return of Danzig and for an extraterritorial highway across the Polish Corridor to East Prussia. Some political sources believed that the new press barrage marked the beginning of “real” pressure on Poland. Others suggested that the Propaganda Ministry had ordered the onslaught to influence the speech which Polish Foreign Minister Josef Beck will make at Warsaw on Friday. “Huge lies regarding Danzig and East Prussia,” a headline in Der Angriff said in connection with Poland's attitude toward the con-
WASHINGTON—Pittman asks re-enactment of cash-and-carry clause.
WARSAW, Poland, May 2 (U. PJ). —The Government decided today to ask Parliament to grant President Moscicki emergency powers until! next Nov. 1. Under the emergency powers, troversy. bas President Moscicki will regulate all] “London and Paris stir up Poland ‘economic, financial and defense to particpate in the encirclement of matters without parliamentary ac-|Germany by a conference at Getion, except changing the value of neva,” Nachtausgabe said. the zloty, which will be kept at its| The attack was not confined to present level. |Poland. The Voelkischer BeobThe action was taken because of /dachter, Nazi Party organ, said the the present tension over Danzig. |“Fatherland will not leave unanThe Cabinet decided on the text swered the piteous treatment” of of the Emergency Powers Bill at a| nine decent German men and meeting this morning. It will be pre-| women who have been hunted from sented to Parliament on Friday Great Britain because the British after a speech by Foreign Minister Government does not dare to oppose Josef Beck, replying to Fuehrer Hit anti-British propagandists.” ler’s Danzig demands. Meanwhile, official sources an5 nounced that a “complete unanimity Nazi Papers Boycotted of views” had been reached in conAs the Government considered versations with the Hungarian pre- , {mier, Count Paul Teleki, and ForCol. Beck's reply, a boycott was leign Minister Count imposed on German newspapers bY|Cgzaky, who visited here over the
Stephen |
EASE TAX LOAD, A.F.L AID ASKS
‘Davis, Head of U.S. C. of C., Says Reforms ‘Murder’ . Business Incentive.
WASHINGTON, May 2 (U. P). —Vice President Matthew Woll of
the A. F. of L. today urged a complete revision of tax laws and warned that success of the recovery spending program rests upon the fairness of the taxing plans devised to pay for it. Speaking at a round table session of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce convention, Mr. Voll called for a more equitable distribution of taxes “so as not to stifle business or to tax incentive which is the source of new industry and new employment.” Mr. Well spoke after President George H. Davis opened the Chamber’s general sessions with an address calling for a lightening of business tax burdens in order that private incentive may be encouraged to put jobless men back to work. Mr. Davis attacked Administration ' policies, charging that business in-
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he dined last night aboard a Potomac’ River steamer en route from Washington to this aviation center. He was one of a party of 400 that witnessed today a ,National Advirsory Committee for aeronautics demonstration of new discoveries and devices that will make possible aircraft speeds never before at-
tained. Avoids Press
Col. Lindbergh, an NACA member, declined to discuss any subject with the press. But it was learned that he told the group of officials that five years ago the United States led the world in aviation research, and was outstripped only in the last few years. He placed Germany at the top of the list in research, and said Great Britain was second, with Italy and Frnace tied for third. Soviet Russia, he indicated, was not an important factor in aeronautic re-
Among the latest scientific developments revealed for the first time by the NACA today at the Army's research station here were: 1. A new type wing that greatly minimizes wind “drag” and makes possible unprecedented, but unrevealed speeds. 2. New types of wind tunnels that will eliminate much of the guess work in the creation. of larger and
INJURED DURING
7 Others Hurt in Overnight
was in City Hospital today with a broken leg because he is about automobiles.”
Robert Marston, 1306 Silver Ave. was thrown from the spare tire of his grandfather's car and run over
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Russell Marston, 4 (center), his sister, Roberta, 10, and his brother, Robert, 7, were playing in their grandfather's yard. Russell decided he wanted to “take a ride,” on his grandfather's automobile. He fell off and the car ran over him, breaking his leg.
SPARE TIRE RIDE
Accidents; One Driver Loses License.
Four-year-old Russell Marston “crazy
Russell, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
M. Tucker's demands he be ousted on the grounds of insubordination.
Deputy Also Ousted
Worth Harder, also of South Bend, Montgomery's deputy, also was removed in the shakeup. Governor Townsend appointed Fred Shick, Indianapolis attorney as
deputy under Mr. Hoffman. Mr. Hoffman is a Democrat and Mr. Shick a Republican. The announcement of the shakeup was made by Mr. Tucker follow-
The Junior Chamber, in
C. OF C. URGES VOTE ON °
(0. PLAN
City Hire Experts for Survey Before Deciding on Utility Purchase; Seeks Data on Possible Income.
MUNICIPAL GROUPS IN FIRST SESSION
Sullivan, Councilmen, Department Heads and Trustees Hold First Conference as Brookside Arranges Forum.
consider a referendum on the
proposed purchase of the Indianapolis Water Co. was made today by the Indianapolis Junior Chamber of Commerce.
a report prepared by its gove |
ernmental research and taxation committee, also recome mended that the City employ competent engineers and ace countants to make an independent survey of the water come
pany’s value and the amount able to pay for it.
of revenue that will be avails i
The report was made public as City officials met in the
ing a conference with the Governor at noon. Two months ago Mr. Tucker, who is a Republican, asked Governor Townsend to remove Mr. Montgomery after the latter had reinstated an investment firm to do business in Indiana without the Secretary of State's knowledge.
Operates Under Tucker
The Securities Commission is operated directly under the Secretary of State. Mr. Montgomery, a Democrat, as appointed to the Securities post by former Goverhor McNutt in 1934. He was formerly mayor of South Bend. Mr. Montgomery has been receiving about $5000 a year, but Mr. | Tucker announced that the salary will be reduced to $4200. The dep-
W. 10TH REPAIR
Wonders if Specifications
For ‘Natural Rock Asphalt’ Restrict Bidding.
Mayor Sullivan today prepared to
ask the City Legal Department to determine
if the Works Board ‘closed” the bids in specifying use
of “natural rock asphalt” for resurfacing W, 10th St.
the association on Polish news ven- week-end. |
centive had been “murdered” by “illadvised and not readily digested” reforms.
Fuehrer Hitler returned today to|
dors. ops his Bavarian mountain retreat at As the a jation controls the | He rchtesgaden, where he was ex-
greater part of newspaper circuia-| : . y tion throughout Poland, the boycott pected to remain several days.
means that distribution and sale of | German newspapers on newsstands!
throughout the country will be wr FAIR WITH FROST, BUREAU PREDICTS
tailed sharply, effective today. ‘Damage Is Reported Slight
As association, voting unanimously to impose the boycott basing its In Recent Freezes.
action on “the recent insulting tone of the German press.” Hans-Adolf von Mnltke, German Ambassador, was expected here today, after an absence of nearly one month, for final conferences with Col. Beck, before the Government
Carey May Be Chosen Usually reliable sources predicted
president of the Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co., would be named to succeed Mr. Davis as president. The election will be held Thursday. Mr. Davis, president of a Kansas City grain company, directed his attack particularly at New Deal tax laws and labor legislation. However, he did not specify the exact changes which should be made. “In our zeal to reform human nature,” he said, “most of the
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that W. Gibson Carey, New York,
committed itself definitely on Pol-ish-German problems.
Envoy Back to Berlin
Josef Lipski, Polish Ambassador to Berlin, returned to his post yesterday, after a visit here, to maintain contact with the German Foreign Office. It was intimated plainly that the Government, far from accepting
Danzig and for a strategic road]
tinued fair and cool weather tomorrow were forecast for Indianapolis Bureau. yesterday was 61 at 3 p. m. and the
Germany's demands for cession of lowest today was 37 at 5 a. m.
reform legislation, meritorious as its object usually is, almost always results in driving another ‘nail in the coffin’ of incentive.
Points to School Costs
Mr. Davis called for a re-exami-nation of funds spent for American schools. He said costs of schools had increased fourfold in 25 years. “I ask myself the question,” said Mr. Davis, “is the output four times better than it was 25 years ago?
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A light frost tonight and con-
a. a. today * by the Weather The highest temperature
Because of the lateness of spring
speedier aircraft. Allison Visit Recalled
and propellers that will make possi{ble speeds in excess of 500 miles an (hour without the occurrence of
“shock waves” that tend to “brake” fast flying aircraft. 4. A glass-bottomed seaplane hull that will permit observation of water resisting factors and thus open the way for hull design that will obviate the necessity for reserve power for takeoffs. Recent Army contract awards were accompanied by semiofficial comment that the new planes would be the best in the world. Most of these planes, the “P-40" pursuit models and the “P-58” pursuit interceptor type, will have liquid-cooled motors manufactured by the Allison Engineering Co. of Indianapolis, whose plant Col. Lindbergh inspected last week.
3. New type cowlings, windshields
Stokes, Pulitzer Winner,
yesterday. With his mother, his sister, Roberta, 10, and his brother, Robert, 7, Russell was visiting at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Alva Foster, 1214 Ardmore St. The little boy always has been “crazy about automobiles,” Mr. Foster said. Seven other persons were injured, none seriously, in overnight automobile accidents. Four persons were injured slightly in a collision at Lowell and Arlington Aves. Harry Wilson, 49, of 546 N. Oriental St., driver of one car; his wife, Ellen, and their son, Harry Jr., received cuts. In Municipal Court Judge Charles Karabell fined Davis $10 and costs and sentenced him to 15 days in jail on a charge of disobeying an automatic traffic signal. He was fined $1 and costs also on a charge of driving with four in the front seat, and his Sriving license was suspended 30 ays.
uty will receive $250 a month.
The Board adopted the specifications yesterday on the recommen-
dation of M. G. Johnson, city engineer, who said “natural rock asphalt” is the best material for use on the job. He said it had been the City’s practice to designate specific materials in temporary improvements. Mr. Johnson said that the specifications did not limit the bidding to any particular firm. “Several concerns have this type of material on the market,” he said. He explained that the work is to be done by WPA, which is to pay 90 per cent of the cost and let the contracts. Posey B. Denning, Marion County
DICKERSON LOSES EXTRADITION PLEA
Hoosier Holdup Suspect to Face Murder Charges. Governor Townsend today granted
extradition of Claude Dickerson to Illinois for prosecution on two
murder charges.
Attornys for Dickerson attempted to delay the extradition hearing, declaring several defense witnesses
were not present
The Governor, however, said he was not interested in any evidence
in the case.
“The only obligation the State of the
identity of the prisoner as the man
Indiana has is to establish
wanted in Illinois,” he said.
WPA Administrator, also said there are several types of natural rock asphalt on the market. The specifications provide for the purchase of 700 tons of natural rock asphalt and 1750 tons of bituminous binder. The mixture is to be spread two and a quarter inches thick over the present surface of W. 10th St. between Tibbs and Pershing Aves. Mr. Johnson said the City’s share of the cost will be $4990, including engineering, management and equipment rental. Property owners will
first of a series of discussions of the proposed purchase. Attending the conference were Mayor Sullivan, department heads, City Councilmen and Utility District turstees.
MAYOR CHECKS
Meanwhile, the Brookside Civic League began arrangements for an “open forum” on the advisability of the City buying the company. The League, at its meeting last night, voted to ask technical experts, together with representatives of the water comspany and the City, to speak at a forum.
Takes Neutral Stand
The Junior Chamber's committee report, which was approved by the
group’s directors last night, takes no stand on whether the City should buy the water company, merely urge ing that the matter be studied in & business-like manner. In regard to the suggested refer< endum, the report urged that the City carefully consider “whether or not a referendum vote should be taken even though not legally re quired.” Members of the Chamber come mittee who prepared the report were Mayburn Landgraf, chairman; Galen Parks, Edward J. Green, Robert H. Orbison and Russell Townsend, chamber president. : ‘Your committee sees no reason,” the report stated, “why the City of Indianapolis should not follow a procedure similar to that proven suce cessful in the past by financial enterprises when negotiating for the purchase or sale of a valuable property. Municipalities are at times prone to stray from the accepted methods of business and finance in situations of this character . .
Urges Survey by Experts
The report then proposes that the City hire “independent, competent and honest engineers to make a survey of the property” to determine the present fair depreciated value of the physical assets, the adequacy of the present and an estimate of
through the Polish Corridor to con-|the frost of the last two nights next East Prussia and Germany caused little damage, the Indiana
He declared taxes and labor {costs were lifting American produc-
|tion costs so high that the. position
Blew Lid Off WPA Politics
An Illinois deputy sheriff testified that he knew Dickerson personally and he was “the right man.”
not be assessed for the work, he said.
the future requirements of water supply, the present condition of the
proper, intended to advance to Am-| Farm Bureau said. The cool weath-
bassador Lipski, new Polish de- er has retarded the development of °f Gi crops and fruit trees to a point national trade competition may be
where they would be damaged, the endangered. Bureau said.
JAPANESE VILLAGE
mands for increased rights in| Danzig. It was understood that] for one thing Poland would demand the right to protect its interest in Danzig harbor by means
| the United States in inter-
He charged that the U. S. wage index increased from 100 in 1914 to 252 in 1937. Meantime, the British
By E. A. EVANS Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, May 2—Almost every newspaperman cherishes the
tinguished example of reportorial work.” We saw Tom go out on that tough assignment to find the truth about
Earlier, Criminal Court Judge Dewey Myers denied a habeas corpus petition which sought to have Dickerson released on bond on grounds that no Marion County affidavit had been returned against
MWNUTT MAY LEAVE
of a militarized police corps. Diplomatic quarters discussed with interest the suggestions advanced in newspaper articles, presumably inspired, that Poland ought to declare a protectorate over Danzig.
OPERATORS’ RANKS SPLIT IN MINE TALKS
NEW YORK, May 2 (U. P.) —Disagreement between Southern and Northern operators participating in contract negotiations for the Appalachian soft coal industry resulted today in resignation of James Walker Carter from the Operators’ Com-
SWALLOWED BY SEA
AKITA, Japan, May 2 (U. P).— Police authorities were advised today that the entire village of Aikawa had disappeared into the sea as the result of a tidal wave which followed an earthquake. Seven of the village's 300 inhabitants were killed and most of the remaining ones were injured or missing. Food and clothing were sent to the earthquake area today. The epicenter of the quake which killed 19 persons and destroyed 1006 houses in other parts of the affected zone, was in the sea north of the peninsula.
index rose to 177 while the German index went up only to 147.
'U S. DEFICIT IN APRIL
REPORTED 2 BILLION
! WASHINGTON, May 2 (U. P).— | The Government closed 10 months { of the 1939 fiscal year with expenditures of $7,550.869.985 and receipts lof $4.658,520,479, the Treasury reported today. The daily statement for the end of April showed a deficit for the vear of $2,892.349,506, compared with {$1,093,353,238 at the point in the {1938 fiscal year. : The public debt stood at the record high of $40,062,945,328.
hope that some day, somehow, his work can be good enough to win a Pulitzer prize. Few of us will attain t h a t honor. But we who represent t he Scripps - Howard newspapers in Washington are enjoying t he = NeXt greatest Mr. Stokes thrill today. We know a man—an associate and friend—who has wcn a Pulitzer prize. And we know that Thomas L. Stokes well deserves his $1000 award for 1938's “most dis-
charges of political skullduggery in the Kentucky WPA. We know how he toiled to get the facts from people whose interests were bound up in concealing them; and how deeply he felt the later attempts, unsuccessful as they turned out to be, by men high in national life to disprove his stories and to impugn his integrity as a reporter. It's history now, established by the findings of a Senatorial Inves-
tigating Committee, that Federal re- |
lief was misused for political purposes in many states during the campaigns last summer, Last May Editor Carl A. Saunders of the Kentucky Post, a ScrippsHoward newspaper at Covington, wired Washington that conditions
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mittee of 16. The break in operators’ ranks came as major efforts were being made for a compromise over a new contract to prevent a nationwide soft coal tieup threatening for Thursday or Friday. Mr. Carter's resignation added to the tension which resulted from the operators’ failure, for the sixth successive day, to submit in the morning session a compromise proposal on which they had been working since Thursday.
STOCKS GAIN POINT IN SLUGGISH TRADE
NEW YORK, May 2 (U. P).—The stock list entered the fourth hour of trading today with gains ranging to a point. Dealings turned dull as the list retreated from early gains ranging to more than 2 points. U. S. Steel, which had touched 47, dipped to 463, still up 1's points net. Chrysler slipped from a gain of more than 2 points to 1s.
Top price on hogs at Indianapolis today declined to $7.15 as weights over 160 pounds lost 10 cents and lighter weights held steady. Vealers were strong to 50 cents higher with a $op of $10 paid freely,
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Nearly 400 delegates from Disciples of C meeting today at the Englewood {Church of Christ DeRorest Murch, the Rev. 0. A. Trinkle and the Ry
HURCHES OPEN UNITY MEETING . . . . . . .
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him.
MANILA ON MAY 11
Dickerson was arrested at Jamaica, N. Y., last month by Indiana and New York State Police officers. He was brought here for questioning in connection with a holdup of the Bloomingdale, Ind., bank.
BULLETIN
DETROIT, May 2 (U. P.).— Lou Gehrig, iron man of baseball who compiled a world record of playing in 2130 consecutive games for the New York Yankees, benched himself today.
Commissioner Will Decide in Week, McHale Says.
Philippines High Commissioner Paul V. McNutt will know in “about a week” whether he will return to the United States on a boat leaving Manila May 11 on which he has a reservation, Frank McHale, his campaign manager, said today. Mr. McHale said he talked to the former Governor by telephone today. The fact that Mr. McNutt has reservations on the boat does not necessarily mean that he had decided to return at that time, Mr. McHale said.
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property in regard to the need for future improvements and extensions, and how the present rate structure compares with other cities of sime ilar size and character. Recommendation was made that independent certified public accountants be employed to estimate the amount of income available for bond principal and interest under municipal ownership, giving consid eration to the loss of taxes on the property. The Chamber also urged that the City consider the several possible methods of financing the purchase, recommending that if revenue bonds are found advisable, they be sold at a public sale. :
Commends Administration
The report commends the “attie tude and action of the City Admine istration in promising a thorough investigation before taking any ace tion.” In conclusion, the report states: “It is obvious that the employ= ment of high grade accountants and engineers would obligate the City for the payment of a considerable amount of fees for these services. Your committee believes, however, that the cost of these services would prove to be small as compared with the savings effected as the result of having complete and accurate ine formation as to the value, earnings and condition of the property.” City officials have stated that they have no funds available to make & (Continued on Page Three)
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