Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 May 1939 — Page 1
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VOLUME 51—-NUMBER 46
AVOID ERRORS, IS TOWNSEND'S ORDER TO AIDS
Demands They Keep Rec-
ords Above Reproach for Race Next Year.
Speedway's No.
PUTS PRESSURE ON Reg
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Governor Hints 1940 Course |}
By Twice Citing G. 0. P.| As Irresponsible.
By NOBLE REED A policy of stricter discipline for the far-flung divisions of State Government as a move to avoid political “heat” in 1940 was indicated today following a series of shakeups in key executive posts. Instructions have been issued from the Governor's office for department heads to “avoid mistakes” that may be used as campaign material against the Democrats, One of the first efforts toward a general administrative “cleanup” has been directed at the beer and liquor industries which have brought constant criticism on the State House for six years.
Holds ABC Conferences
Governor Townsend has taken this department in hand personally. Recently he issued orders for stricter enforcement of all beverage laws. He is having regular conferences %with the Alcoholic Beverage Commission in what appears to be a drive to eliminate any conditions likely to arouse the public feeling against the Administration. Two weeks ago beer and liquor
The first Speedway parker is here. Roy Frazier, 16-year-old Detroit high school boy, took up the first position at the main entrance today and declared he will remain there until the gates open at 6 a. m. May 30—26 days from today. He will sleep in his car,
dealers from all parts of the state were called to Indianapolis for a general “dressing down” on alleged | political chiseling tactics. Another beer conference was held | in the Governor's office this week and Hugh Barnhart, excise adminis-| trator, said “we gave the Governor a complete rundown on beer administration policies.” Other department heads are laying the groundwork for smoother administration.
Road Program Mapped The Highway Department, which has more money to spend than any other division, has set up an impressive road building program for the next 12 months.
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ROAD PROGRAM TO BEGIN JULY 1
State Prepares to Spend Five Millions for Modernization.
The most extensive highway mod-
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FORECAST: Considerable cloudiness and somewhat warmer tonight and tomorrow.
LEGION HEADS
BACK BAN ON ALIEN GROUPS
Executive Committee Urges U. S. to Bar Fascists And Communists.
1940-41" BIDDERS ACTIVE | esnsaons
' Admission to America of
German Refugee Minors Also Opposed.
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The American Legion Executive Committee this afternoon indorsed bills now before Congress that would provide for the expulsion and exclusion of alien Fascists and Communists. It adopted a report of the Ameri-
- lcanism Committee to seek the de-
feat of a resolution that would admit limited numbers of German refugee minors. “Certain organizations” would be required to register with the Government, stating purpose, membership, sponsors. and contributors, if another bill, which the Executive Committee indorsed, was passed by
Congress.
Committee Studies Report
The uttering or publication of statements advocating the overthrow of the Government by violence would be made illegal, and aliens could be deported for “unAmerican actions,” if other bills, also indorsed by the Executive Committee, became laws. The Executive Committee received the report and approved it without discussion during the afternoon session. Other subcommittee reports also were received as the Executive Committee began its sessions. Bid for 1949-41 Sessions
The subcommittees have been in session at headquarters here all | week, Meanwhile, delegations of city and Legion officials from Boston and Milwaukee arrived at headquarters to bid for the 1940 and 1941 national Legion conventions. Officials said they understood Kansas City also will bid for the 1941 convention. Members of the American Legion Endowment Fund Crp re-elected three directors whose terms expired this year. They are | Gen. BE. M. Stayton, Kansas City, Mo., Edgar Dunlap, Gainesville, Ga,
This was undertaken despite the erpjzation program in the history al and Harry Colmery, Topeka, Kan. $600,000 slash made in the deParts),¢ y,giana road building will be, The directors chose Mr. Strayton,
ment’s personnel budget. |
An indication that most of the started about July at an esti-| inadequacies in State government (mated cost of $5,157,400, T'. A. Dicus, dent; Maj. Gen. Rober{ H. Tyndall,
the next few months will be blamed |State Highway Commission Chair-
upon budget cuts made by G. O. Pp. legislators was given by Governor Townsend twice this week. In a luncheon speech, he said the "irresponsible leadership” in the Lower House has crippled several State departments.” At another banquet speech Tuesday. the Governor said: “We will tell the people of Indiana in 1940 about the obstructiongst tactics of the legislators in killing at least six fine pieces of legislation.”
man, announced today. The Commission has formally approved the program which will embrace the paving, resurfacing and relocation of 157 miles of State
répair of 44 bridges. The projects, listed for construction during the 1939-1940 fiscal year, will be financed entirely with State funds, Mr. Dicus said. Program Faces Handicaps “We have undertaken this unusu-
Chester R. Montgomery was re-
‘many handicaps,
apparent move to deny the Re-lpjoyees to meet a $600,000 budget
publicans certain campaign material. { Tucker Request Observed Dismissal of Mr. Montgomery, 2 Democrat, was requested by Republican Secretary of State James
Tucker under whose office the for- . ; oivance the Commissions pro-| gram for increased motoring safety.”
mer operated. Replacement of Tra M. Snouffer as chairman of the State Industrial Board, was regarded by some ob-
servers as part of the general "har-|grder that the major part of the
mony reorganization” program. Mr.
Snouffer was said to have had some tract during the present construe-
friction with the Administration, August G. Mueller, former Democratic Secretary of State. was named in his place apparently to strengthen the party forces in the State House.
CHANGE IN CONTROL OF WIBC IS SOUGHT
The Indiana Broadcasting Corp. operating WIBC, has asked the Federal Communiciations Commission at Washington for authority to transfer control from Glenn Van Auken., Indianapolis attorney, to H. G. Wall, Detroit attorney.
C. A. McLaughlin, the manager of |
the station, said that if the authorjty is granted, Mr. Wall, who is interested in the station now, will move to Indianapolis.
He said that if the change of|
control is effected, there will be no change in management and that Mr. Van Auken will continue as a director. The station, at the Indianapolis Athletic Club, operates in the daytime under 1000-watt power,
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slash,” he said. “The present staff will have to
| double up in their jobs in order to
‘handle the vast amount of detail required under the program. “The projects will represent a
M. major step in modernizing Indiana's
| highway system to meet traffic needs
Mr. Dicus said plans have been completed on many projects and {work is being rushed on others in
{program can be placed under con-
tion period. Bids to Be Received
be received by
tween Road I and Magley.
financed with Federal aid money, |
| matched with State funds,
| Public Roads in Washington.
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Mapmakers Get Headache Keeping Step
ally large program in the face of} y | the biggest of] moved as Indiana Securities Com-iwhijch is the forced dismissal of missioner by the Governor in an more than 200 department em-|
president; Mr. Colmery, vice presi-
Indianapolis, secretary, and Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch, Indianapolis, treasurer.
highways and the construction or PARK BOARD HAVING
SWIM SUIT TROUBLE
Decision Sought Today on ‘How Much Is Enough?’
The Park Board will be asked to decide today on a policy of how ‘much bathing suit the properly | dressed bather will have to wear in municipal pools. H. W. Middlesworth, recreation director, said he would ask the Board to decide in advance of the season whether tops will be required as part of the attire for male bathers. In past years. according to Mr. Middlesworth, bathing suit tops ‘were part of the entrance requirements for all bathers. “It's been a delicate question for years,” Mr. Middlesworth said. “I ‘want to get it straightened out before summer.” . Asked whether he thought topless {suits for males ware injurious to the {public health or morals, Dr. Herman
the Commission said: {May 16. They are Road 18, between [Fowler and the Illinois state line, which we health officers don't like searchin f q : 5 ” S | g for two months was member, told the Commissioners| and the paving of Road 224 be- to comment—bathing suits, women’s found » as be
“There are three questions on
. vesterday| agreement of the United States for
THURSDAY, MAY
Beet This!
Jap Claims His Auto Uses Vegetables For Fuel.
HANGHAI, May 4 (U. P)—A . Japanese inventor, Akishige Matsumoto, claimed today to have invented a “vegetarian” automobile which runs on “botanic fuel.” Matsumoto said his car “‘grazes on fruits and vegetables and digests chips of woods” and could cross open country “faster than
a donkey.” | ” = s E said he got his idea when | he was “overcome by patriotic fervor” at the time Japan's War Office announced that Japanese planes, tanks and trucks in China needed all Japan's gasoline supplies. He got busy and six months later turned out his dust-pounder. He plans to turn it loose in a field of opium poppies near here “just to see what happens.” He did not display the car nor reveal the details of its mechanism.
LITVINOV HINTED ASENVOYTOU.S.
Japanese Attache Predicted Shift Month Agoe to London Reporter.
By FREDERICK KUH United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, May 4.—The retirement of Maxim Litvinov as Soviet Russia’s Foreign Commissar was predicted to me a month ago by a Jap|anese official. The Japanese pre|dicted, at the same time, that M. Litvinov would be appointed Ambassador to the United States. The Japanese was Capt. H. Yano, naval attache of the London Embassy. The first part of his prediction came true last night.
4, 1939
NAZIS FEARFUL
DUCE ‘MAKING EYES’ AT PARIS
Goering and Ribbentrop Go To Italy to Overcome ‘Grumbling.’
FOREIGN SITUATION
ROME-Mussolini reported cooling to axis. MOSCOOW-—Molotov's policy still uncertain. LONDON-Barter talks with U. S. begun. WARSAW — Beck speech exe pected to be moderate. BERLIN — Germany Greece peace pledge. STOCKHOLM — Scandinavians cold to Nazi offer. TOKYO — Japan spurns pact against democracies. BUDAPEST — Election to test Premier's strength. BUCHAREST — Rumania extends military training. WASHINGTON — War is une likely now, Lindbergh says.
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ROME, May 4 U. P).-—Ger-many’s Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Field Marshal Hermann Wilhlem Goering left Germany for Italy tonight in the face of reports that Premier Mussolini’s attitude toward France is softening and that he is grumbling about Germany’s policy toward Poland. Herr von Ribbentrop went directly to Lake Como to confer with Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano. In Berlin, where his trip was announced unexpectedly, neutral observers believed that some urgent matter had precipitated it.
Goering at San Remo
Marshal Goering, Herr Hitler's right-hand man, arrived at San Remo on the Gulf of Genoa, officially for “a few days’ rest.” He returned to Germany from a “rest” in Italy only last week. At San Remo, he will be able to rush south to Rome or north to Berlin as de-
offers
“Pooh-pooed” at Time
Alexander Troyanovsky, the Rus-| sian Ambassador to the United!
it has been understood that { would not return. | However it was understood on high authority today that the Soviet {Government this week requested
the appointment of Constantine Oumansky, Soviet charge d’ affairs, in Washington, to be ambassador. I sought to confirm Capt. Yano’s predictions at the time they were made. I told Ivan Maisky, Ruse sian Ambassador to Great Britain, about them without mentioning their source. At first he ceemed taken aback, then quickly poohpoohed the possibility of such developments. I doubt he then had any inkling that Litvinov's retirement was impending.
Secret Visit Recalled
Today it appeared that the Japanese Intelligence Service “had something.” { Another incident linked neatly | with these. Last week Secretary Ota of the Japanese Embassy in Moscow arrived here. Japanese friends told a United Press correspondent thad
States, was recalled months ago and) o he B
velopments warrant. The foregathering of Nazi leaders Italy is supplemented by the tour inspection Col.-Gen. Walther von rauchitsch, German Army com-mander-in-chief, is making of {Italian fortifications in Libya. Behind all the visits, observers saw a strong indication that Italian
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{Soreign policy was on the verge of
a swing. Sig Mussolini was understood to have advised Herr Hitler directly to “go easy” in his dealing with Poland. The Italian public was represented as being out of sympathy with any German plan to seize Danzig.
French Prepare Ground
There also have been many speculative reports in the past few days that Italy wanted an understanding with France. Fascist leaders have said that Italy never has ceased to want France's friendship and the only drawback was that the initiative must come from France, which must abandon the idea that an Italian-Franch accord would automatically pry Italy loose from the Berlin-Rome axis. French circles in Rome, while denying that there had been any recent negotiations, have hinted (Continued on Page Four)
he carried information too confi{dential to entrust to the telephone lor to the telegraph, even in diplo[Tse code.
‘Molotov’s Attitude Is Kremlin Secret
| MOSCOW, May 4 (U. P).—V. M.| Molotov, 49-year-old Premier, today | took over the additional duties of
$150,000 IN GRAVEL WILL 60 TO CITY
Expected From White River Excavations.
| Foreign Commissar, replacing the | veteran Maxim Litvinov at a time ! (Continued on Page Four)
WITH ‘TAPE BANDITS’
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| GOSHEN, May 4 (U. P)-—A|
for whom State Police have been |
abandoned here
The City will receive approxi-
a | mately $150,000 worth ors Bayelsa | ex ptf 500.000 it STOLEN CAR LINKED a es Wr Ho City
Engineer M. G. Johnson, said today. The Marion County Flood Control Board asked Park Commissioners for the use of Belmont Park
Bids on two of the projects will G. Morgan, City Health Officer, stolen automobile believed to have to store the gravel which will total £ [been used by the “tape bandits’ | approximately
500.000 cubic yards. Charles BE. Jefferson, Flood Board
today. that the gravel estimate was made | hore.
|styles and whether kissing spreads Police w tit i [1 3 - Additional highway projects to be disease.” 2 3p ‘Police will check it for fingerprints. | by the U. S. Army which is sponsor
One official, who would not be
the body beautiful,
except [when it wasn't beautiful.
| The car was stolen in Terre]
| | {Haute and bore Indiana license will be taken from the White River of 87.15 at are quoted, said he saw nothing wro lates, also stolen. They i awaiting approval by the Bureau of with ot | I a hey ha heen
issued to A. B. Johnson of Newmarket.
ing the flood project. The gravel
bed along with 300,000 cubic yards of dirt which will be used to build levees.
By JOE COLLIER
NCE upon a time, it seems, the maps of the territory it took o
German Government printed color ver and sent the maps to the map-
makers of the world just to let them know. ny ro Tnany Liasns Gone Sis lately, and neither has Italy. All the J now is wha ey read in the rs and all they suspect is what they read in “Mein Kampf.” pape pe Thirty days after the Sudetenland was taken, a color map arrived at the offices of the George F. Cram Co., 730 E. Washington St, from
the German Government showing As soon as Addis Aaba fell,
the new acquisition. the Italian Government at Rome
issued official maps showing Ethiopia as Italian East Africa. Right, now, the only sure change in maps, to be issued some time in July, is that Albania will be shown as Italian. The Czecho-Slovakian situation is still too much up in the air to put on a map, and as for the rest:
“We don’t have any more information than you do,” says Ed-
ward A. Peterson, Cram Co. president and general manager. Mr. Peterson pointed out that the United States State Depart-
ment has not recognized either the
Tthiopian conquest or the German
acquisition of Austria, both of which are on up-to-date maps.
As for Austria, mapmakers, he editions and were pretty proud of
Austria into the last rk.
said, rush their fast
But there is a headchae side to the Hitler-Mussoinii activities, so far as the mapmakers are concerned. They have to be close stu-
dents of world events, they have
to keep up almost constant cor-
respondence with foreign governments and the State Department. And when something does happen, they have to swing engraving departments into quick action. For instance, The Cram Co. manufactures six sizes of globes, and there are 8¢ engraved plates for each
globe. . In some instances, boundaries
tes. In others, patches can be put in.
can be tooled out without making But in others, plates
Entered as Second-Class at Postoffice,
Speaker Today
John W. Hanes Undersecretary of Treasury
WEDEKING HEADS STATE BANKERS
Hanes Brothers’ Arrival in City Delayed by Freight Wreck.
Albert J. Wedeking, former State Highway Commission chairman, was elected president of the Indiana Bankers Association today at the
closing session of its two-day convention here. Meanwhile, the nearly 800 Indiana bankers attending the convention awaited arrival of John W. Hanes, undersecretary of the U. S. Treasury, and his brother, Robert M. Hanes, Winston-Salem, N. C, first vice-president of the American Bankers Association. The Hanes brothers, scheduled to address the closing luncheon this afternoon, were due here this morning, but their arrival was delayed when their train was detoured because of a freight wreck in Pennsylvania, it was reported.
Bogart Vice President
The association elected Paul N. Bogart, Terre Haute, vice president, and W. W. Gasser, Gary, treasurer. Don Warrick is executive secretary. The retiring president, Robert H. Myers, Muncie, was elected a mem-ber-at-large of the association's council of administration. The new president, who is cashier of the Dale, Ind. Staté Bank, was chairman of the highway commission six years, and was a member of the Legislature in 1923 and 1927.
Wives Entertained
Wives of bankers attending the convention were entertained at a breakfast today given by the Fletcher Trust Co, later inspecting the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children. Bank taxation was discussed at today’s session with Mr. Bogart leading the round table discussion. Charles W. Dunn, Evansville, led the final portion of the business program, a trust symposium, The association adopted resolutions demanding governmental economy and budget balancing, discontinuance of the Postal Savings System, and condemning governmental competition in the banking business. Other resolutions commended law enforcement agencies and officers for efficient and faithful performance of duty, and urged exemption of banks and their employees {rom Social Security payroll taxes. One resolution asked preservation of the “dual American system of independent banking” as “the one best suited to this country.” The resolution added that the “present county-boundary restrie= (Continued on Page Three)
OFFERINGS DECLINE, SOME STOCKS RISE
NEW YORK, May 4 (U. P).— Many issues replaced initial losses | with net gains as the stock market | staged a rally today when offerings
Most net gains were fractional, but a few higher-priced shares re-
corded gains ranging to 2 points and
Hogs held steady to a top price Indianapolis today, while vealers were strong to 50 cents higher, the top price ad-
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Lewis Tacitly Admits
9000 Hoosiers
NEW YORK, May 4 (U.
cussed.
‘RACE’ COSTLY T0 2 DRIVERS
Have Their Fun at 60 Miles An Hour, Then Pay Fines, Lose Licenses.
A “race” on Northwestern Ave. proved costly to two motorists in Municipal Court today. State Policeman Adolph Frankovich told Judge Charles Karabell he saw Alton Guyton, 22, of 756 Utica St, and Charles Tyler, 874 Roach St., speeding north from Fall Creek Blvd. at a 60-mile-an-hour clip. They would take turns passing each other and when the officers’ car pulled alongside Guyton, Tyler turned off on a side street, Frankovich testified. : Officer Pat Barton, who was ridin with Frankovich, stayed with Guyton, while Frankovich chased and caught Tyler. Guyton, who had been convicted previously on a traffic charge, was fined $15 and costs and sentenced to 10 days in jail for speeding and fined $1 and costs for reckless driving. His driver's license was suspended for 90 days. Tyler was fined $15 and costs for speeding, $1 and costs for reckless driving and his driver’s license was suspended for 60 days.
WARMER, CLOUDY IS WEATHER FARE
Bureau Says Mercury Will Hit 70 or Over Today.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
6am... 51 10a m... a.m... 52 11 a. m.... 8a m... 56 12 (Noon). 9a m... 60 1pm...
Warmer weather and considerable cloudiness were predicted by the Weather Bureau for today and tomorrow, J. H. Armington, U. S. meteorologist, said the mercury probably would reach 70 or higher today and 75 or higher tomorrow. He said that while “there is some
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rain around it is light and scattered
With Dictators
‘THIS IS THE END,
Breakdown in N. Y.
Negotiations Means Nation-Wide Strike Tomorrow.
* STEELMAN SAYS
Only Anthracite Fields Unaffected; Stop Orders Will Force Approximately
Into Idleness.
P.).—A nation-wide soft coal
strike became inevitable today as a result of the failure of negotiators for the Appalachian bituminous industry to agree on terms of a new contract. p John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, said that walkout orders affecting 126,000 miners in districts outside the Appalachian area would go into effect tomorrow and the next day. In the Appalachian fields 838,000 miners have been idle since April. Mr. Lewis’ announcement followed a meeting of the Miners’ Policy Committee at which the failure of the Joint Negotiating Committee to reach agreement was fully dis-
He made it plain that the miners expected tomorrow’s meeting of the full Appalachian Conference to result in a sine die adjournment and severance of relations between
the union and Appalachian soft coal operators. Mr. Lewis refused to be quoted directly but at the same time did not deny that a major war between management and labor was in prospect in the nation’s coal
fields. Mr. Lewis said that the operators’ most recent proposal, a scheme em= bodying the universal check-off, was presented to the Policy Com-= mittee which, “by unanimous vote,” approved its rejection by the union negotiators. The Policy Committee, Mr. Lewis said, “took no action in respsct to the termination of contracts effective tomorrow in outlying bituminous districts,” but he le no doubt that the walkout would proceed as scheduled. This meant that the Pennsyl= vania anthracite industry would be the only major coal field in the nae tion still operating on Saturday. The hard coal field has been works ing this week under a special exten= sion of the contract which expired April 30 while wage-hour negotia« tions, being conducted separately from the soft coal negotiations, continued.
Hard Coal Men to Meet
The hard coal scale committee will decide at a meeting tomorrow afternoon whether the extension will be continued or whether the anthracite industry also will be shut down. x Mr. Lewis indicated that maine tenance men would be permitted to stay in the Appalachian and oute lying district mines pending future developments. He added that “here and there” mines directly cone nected with municipal utilities
tinue operations. Such a mine, directly connected with a city power plant, is now operating at Fairmont, W. Va., and at one or two other places in the Appalachian area.
rows joint conference had the power to recommit the negotiations to the subcommittee which reported failure. He left the inference, however, that he did not believe the conference would take that ace tion.
Major Strife Foreseen
He was asked if there was a poge sibility that President Roosevelt might intervene to prevent what one of the operator’s negotiators characterized as “the worst labor war in the country’s history.” Mr. Lewis refused to answer. : It appeared inevitable that many operators in the Appalachian area, especially those of the so-called high volatile regions of Southern West Virginia, Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, would attempt to reopen their mines on a nonunion basis. Several operators in Harlan County, Ky. already have posted go-to-work notices. : If the situation, as seems probe: able, develops into an out-and-out strike, it will be the largest from the standpoint of the number of men involved in recent years. After the conference today, Dr.
who has been attempting for two weeks to bring the miners and op~ erators together, remarked, “this is the end.” Mr. Steelman and James PF. Dewey, a commissioner of con= ciliation, will attend the full cone ference meeting tomorrow. .
9000 Hoosiers Affected
If Shutdown Comes
TERRE HAUTE, May 4 (U. P).= Optimism prevailed among approxi= mately 8000 District 11 U. M. W. A, members today on the eve of a “stop work” ordered by John L,
Nola be taken to prevent the walke out. ‘ :
The work stoppage may throw ap~
plants would be permitted to con- .
Mr. Lewis admitted that tomor-
Lewis. Members felt some action :
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OAL WALKOUT NOW REGARDED AS INEVITABLE
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