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Lscripes nowarpl| VOLUME 51—NUMBER 88
11,000 Answer ‘No! No!’
Dr. Francis E. Townsend (left) met an Indian follower at the Tow opening teday. The pension-plan author and Mayor Sullivan (center) Cloud eof the Sixth Nation, New York State.
GOVERNOR WARNS OF FALSE FRIENDS
alls Himself a ‘Soldier’ in Struggle for | S | 'S
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{Text of Governor Townsend's Speech, Page 10) By LOWELL B. NUSSBAUM Dr. Francis E. Townsend received a vote of confidence from 11,000 ardent supporters at the Townsend National Convention today when he offered to resign as president if a] better leader could be found. >
is BID TO FIX BEER echoed through the hall. offer to| step down came near the close| CASE CHARGED |
Dr. Townsend's of the opening session of the| Lake County Legislator
four-day convention at Cadlel Tabernacle. Demands Hearing After Story Is Given ABC.
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Senator Sheridan Downey (D. Cal) who is to be this afternoon's; principal speaker, issued an ad-| vance statement saying he would] tell the delegates that “the New | Deal Administration is borrowing! ia. } on its excess savings rather than! Charges that a Lake County legis-| utilizing them.” lator was paid $35 to “fix a beer io-| This, he charged. is “largely re- jation case” were made at a liquor | sponsible for the breakdown of the earing here, the Alcoholic Bever- | economic structure.” ® e 5
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“Business must be recaptured in the sales of goods and he said in his statement. “And this is to be accomplished through the Townsend Plan.”
He advocated utilization of the
nation’s excess savings through the:
operation of old-age pensions such as the Townsend Plan proposes. He declared the Plan incorporates the best methods for the use of excess savings over capital needs, adding that these savings must be put into operation for the benefit of evervone to inerease the real national dollar income. In . his address, said: “There are some people who are aitempting to orzanize a revolt against the heads of this organiza-
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resent seven states and is trying to overthrow our leadership Threatens Expulsions
“When jou find a superman to take over the work, I'll step down and be a corporal of the guard.” When the statement brought a tumult of “noes” Dr. Townsend warned the delegates that if they wished him as their head they must conform to the rules. “Those who sow the seeds of discord and the clubs who cannot couform to our rules are going to be read out of the organization,” he said. “Retire, start your own movement, (Continued on Page Four)
WANAMAKER’S KIN PLUNGES TO DEATH
PITTSBURGH, June 22 (U. P) — A woman identified as Mrs. Mary louise Hatch Warburton, 30. estranged wife of C. Edgerton Warburton, grandson of John Wanamaker, Philadelphia department store tycoon, today leaped to her death from the George Westinghouse Bridge in East Pittsburgh. Driving her automobile to the highest portion of the big span. she left the car, dashed to the railing, leaping into space before other motorists could intervene, police said.
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| Testimony accusing the legislator was given. before the Commission] during a hearing on the case of Vangel Christoff and Ida Stravroil. | Gary tavern owners charged with | selling whisky on Sunday. | Commission members - said Mr. | Christoff and Mrs. Stavroff pre-| sented a signed statement accusing the legislator of coming to their tavern on May #8 and “offering to straighten out their difficulty with the Indianapolis office for a consideration.” Their statement said, according] to Commissioners, that the legis- | lator “wanted $100 which, he said.| would be used to take our names off the black list.” Onlv $35 was, paid to the legislator, the statement said. | The accused legislator sent the following telegram to the Com-| mission today: “I was not informed of the case; land I demand a public hearing to clear my name.” | Richard Shirley. Commission | member. said the Commission has no jurisdiction over investigations other than violations of the State | beverage laws. The Commissioners fined Mr.| | Cristoff and Mrs. Stavroff $35 for selling whisky on Sunday.
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TOWNSENDITE HURT
WHEN HIT BY AUTO:
Suffers Rib, Leg Injuries; Two Others Cut.
{ The first Townsend delegate [traffic casualty was recorded today when the Rev. W. H. Lowe, 75, | Rosedale, Ind., was struck by a car 'at Senate Ave. and W. Washington [St. Two ribs were sprained and his right leg was injured. Two others were slightly injured {overnight. | Ernest Orcutt, 17, of 1112 Edgement Ave. received a cut on his right leg when he was struck by an auto as he was riding his bicyci® at ‘McCord and Shelby Sts. He was |treated at City Hospital. | Six-year-old Walter Roberson of 11652 Bellefontaine St., was struck by jan auto driven by Joseph Walters, 143, of 2330 Guilford Ave. Walter was {running across the alley in the rear {of his home. He was treated at City {Hospital for lacerations on the
HOGS UP 3 CENTS
| Hogs weighing better than 160 | pounds went up 5 cents on the In|dianapolis market today and lighter | weights held steady for a top of {$7. Vealers pushed: through their steady trend of the last few days
and Seige 50 cents at a $9.50 limit. |sai
Time Out
Today Longest of Year And Also First Day Of Summer,
LOCAL TEMPERATURES Ww 78 kb 81 82
11 a. mm... 12 (noon). 1pm... 2pm...
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reading about it. today is
some home astroncmers said so,
The variation in the date of
the longest day from year to year |
caused bv something in the
is related movements of the earth |
and the sun over which nobody seems (0 have anv control. Upon this auspicious occasion, the Weather Bureau says we may have thunder showers this afternoon or tonight and that the westerly winds probably will keep the maximum temperature below vesterday's high of 90. Tomorrow will be fair end warmer. /n » 5 N order 10 have all days and nights equal in the world, the
| earth's axis would have to be per-
pendicular to the plane of the earth's orbit arcund the sun. This is not the case, because the axis is tilted 23 degrees and 27 minutes away from the perpen-
| dicular of the orbit.
Meteorology put feature today, because not only is thiz the longest day of the vear, but also summer arrived at 1:40 a. m. These things have heen going on a long time and now occur regularly without the help of any of the citizens of the world.
BRIDE SEES MATE DROWN IN CREEK
Wife. 17, Swims to Safety After Canoe Upsets.
(Photos, Page Three)
A 17-year-old bride todav was recovering from the shock of witnessing the drowning of her husband, a 23-year-old WPA worker, in Fall Creek last night when their canoe overturned. She swam to safety. The victim was Paul Carlisle of 614 N. Delaware St. He was the first person drowned here this season. / His wife, Minnie Louise, drenched and hysterical, remained on the shore for an hour until a police emergency squad recovered his body. She then was taken to the home of relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Carlisle were canoeing in the creek near Allisonville Road and Keystone Ave.
shore, Mr. Carlisle, who was to swim, sank immediately. Police said they were told that the canoe overturned when Mr. Carlisle pushed it away from the shore. Dr.,Norman R. Booher, deputy coroner, said he was told they had attempted to change places, upsetting the boat.
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THURSDAY, JUNE
morning session.
22, 1939
The crowd at the cenclave opening at Cadle Tabernacle was estimated at 11,000, is a portion of the audience which cheered their leader and acclaimed their confidence in him
I. . IGNORES JAPAN'S ORDER
Defies Ultimatum and Sends - New Warship to Swatow; | British Follow. | soa FAR EASTERN SITUATION
TIENTSIN—Four danger spots now on China Coast.
WASHINGTON—State Department fears incident in China.
LONDON—Britain calls Imperial Defense Counsel.
SINGAPORE—60 British) and French war officers confer,
TIENTSIN. China, June 22 (U. P.).—Great Britain and the United! [States defied a Japanese ultimatum to get their warships and citizens out of Swatow today, and instead of jecomplying. sent additional warships. The United States destroyer Pills- | bury and the British destroyer Thanet refused to leave Swatow! Harbor. Soon they were joined bv {the U. S. destrover Pope and the! {British destroyer H-51 (believed to (be the Scout). | | The situation in ports all along | [the China coast was considered ex- | tremely grave, with the Japanes:| demanding domination and the for- | feign nations defending their rights | | vigorously.
Food Shortage Inevitable
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City Street | en Rescue Trapped Cat
Toots, a 3-year-old maltese cat. today had widely divergent ratings in the City Street Department and at 646 E. 17th St.
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Toots was regarded as problem cat at City Hall the 17th St. address Mrs. Emma Williams scarcely let her recovered pet out of her sight. Early yesterday Mrs. Williams heard her missing cat meow from the depths of a storm sewer near the house and she called the Street Department. Four men worked more than five hours to rescue Toots, succeeding late last night. Toots won't tell how she got there,
YARNELL TALKS
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American Navy Free to Act To Protect Americans | In China, He Says.
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|—Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, com- 29-year-old The chief danger points were Mander of the U.S. Asiatic Squad- talked to his mother and 5-year- Trading on the Stock Exchange
Fails to Reach Verdict in
| When the | craft overturned a few ieet from |
|Swatow; Tientsin, where the British TOD. today rejected a Japanese de‘and French concessions were block- Mand that American warships leave 'aded by the Japanese and the food SWVatow harbor and insisted on com'shortage was growing acute: Amoy, Plete freedom of action of U. S. [Vhere the Kufangsu foreign settles | |
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ment was blockaded, and Shanghai, | Rationals in China,’ where British and American forces! Admiral Yarnell informed : (feared the Japanese would extend Japanese that U. S. warships will [their repression policy to the rich Protect American citizens wherever | International Settlement. {the RES INAY. arise; | Moth Biitain and ihe Unisen] HE AIS seni word io Iopriinse | States took a stiff attitude over the [Naval GFRAIRIS that heir dernand tor Swatow ultimatum, advising their consular authorities that the Japa‘nese had no right to order foreigners out and not to evacuate their nationals.
Waterfront Patrolled
withdrawal of the U. S. destroyer | [Pillsbury from Swaiow had not re-| [lieved them from the “slightest de- | gree of responsibility for damage or! injury” to American naval vessels or | personnel. > U. S. S. Pope Sent In
It amounted to a showdown. with| The Pillsbury remained at her the next move up to Japan. There Swatow station in defiance of the was obvious fear that violence might | Japanese demands. A second Amerresult British and French military |jcan destroyer, the U. S. S. Pope, authorities urgently consulted in | steamed into the harbor to strength- | Singapore. Britain was believed gn the protection of American na- | ready to dispatch troops from that |tjonal great naval base to danger pois) in China. In Tientsin, British naval parties (Continued on Page Three)
EVANSVILLE CLUB DESTROYED BY FIRE
EVANSVILLE, Ind. June 22 (U. {P.).—Fire of unknown origin de|stroyed the Clearcrest Country [Clubhouse north of the city early today. No estimate of the loss was made. Mr. and Mrs. Everett paugh, the custodians, {When they were awakened shouts of neighbors.
| KIWANIS PICKS MINNEAPOLIS BOSTON, June 22 (U. P.).—With (Minneapolis, Minn., selected for its 1940 convention, the 23d Kiwanis International convention was to end todav.
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Admiral Yarnell radioed a report | of his actions to Admiral William D.| Leahy, chief of naval operations, from Chingwantao, China. He said he acted after the Japanese informed him the Japanese Navy was (Continued on Page Three)
BEADLE APPOINTED T0 PRINTING BOARD
New Setup Due to End Contract Monopoly.
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Reorganization of the State Printing Board under a new 1939 law designed to end the present two|vear contract monopoly was started
Mother Defends Son, 17, Shot as Burglar Suspect
A mother sat today beside a City Hospital cot battling a double-edged Sorrow. Her 17-year-old son lay there seriously wounded and charged with vagrancy by police, who said he was shot as a burglar suspect. The youth was brought home at 1:40 a. m. today with a shotgun wound in his abdomen. His mother called a doctor, who gave first aid The doctor called police and ordered the boy to the hospital. The lad would not tell police under what circumstances he had been shot, they said, and the mother Ts she did not know. She
today with the appointment of Parke Beadle as director of the Bureau. Governor Townsend said other members of a bipartisan board will be appointed tomorrow. Under the present setup, the Board consists only of members of the party in power. The 1939 law specifies that not more than four of the six members shall be members of one party. The old law permitted the State Administration to award a twoyear contract for all state printing supplies. The present contract expires Dec. 1. After that date the new Bureau must let separate contracts as supplies are needed.’ ' Mr. Beadle, who is at present clerk of the printing board, is a member of the International Typographical Union and was indorsed for the appointment by the Indiana State Federation. of Labor and the United Mine Workers of .. America, Gover = nor i. said. Daa 2 % z
he had been unable to find work. She said he had never been in trouble before. Police said the boy, a high school senjor, was shot by, Horace Whitaker, a merchant policeman, in the office of the Highway Truck & Parts Inc, 1125 E. Georgia St. They said he was found in the office hy Policeman Whitaker and was wounded in the abdomen after he failed to obey a command to halt. . As he was shot he stumbled through a doorway and another boy helped him out, police asserted. Mr. Whi was ag a routine
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WILSON JURY STILL IS OUT
cates.
Slaying Trial After 18 Hours.
A Criminal Court jury, which began deliberating av 3:20 p. m. yesterday on the fate of Sam Wilson, charged with a holdup-slaying, was still out at 1 p. m. today.
Indianapolis,
Matter Ind.
PRICE THREE CENTS
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The jury had failed to reach a verdict after deliberating 21 hours
Times Photos.
Palm fans, in fact any kind of fans, wer e standard equipment used by the plan advoe It was hot in the Tabernacle and many delegates were getting their first sample of an Indiana summer,
F.D.R. ASKS NEW PUMP-PRIMING
Seeks to Aid Recovery by Program of Self-Liquidating Loans Amounting To $3,860,000,000 in 4 Years.
(Roosevelt Letter, Page 25)
WASHINGTON, June 22 (U. P.).—President Roose
and 40 minutes. Wilson is charged velt today proposed to Congress an extra-budgetary $3,860,= 000,000 program of self-liquidating loans in a new effort to
with first degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of Ed-
lowner, two years ago.
Case Lacks Precedence
The Wilson case opened Monday. It is considered one of the most unusual murder trials in the history of the local court. There has been no defense evidence introduced. Special Judge James D. Ermston
BACK T0 TOKYO .2 ordered the jury to seal any,
10:30 o'clock last night, and it was to have been opened at 9 a. m. The six men and six women jurors
argued noisily in the sweltering jury | Brokers Are Excited, Crowd |
room throughout the night, court attaches said.
Talks to Mother
While interested parties waited [or a signal from the jury room, the defendant sat and
old daughter. Five possible verdicts can be returned by the jury. They are: Not guilty, guilty with a dzath penalty,
in prison, or one to 10 years in prison.
31 IN UNEMPLOYMENT UNIT TO LOSE POSTS
Rise in Jobs Causes Slash, Jackson Explains.
Thirty-one employees of the In-
Clearance A. Jackson, director, said today. : Those who will lose their jobs are clerks and field men. The reduction is being made because of Congressional cuts in Federal funds allotted
to the division and because “in view of rising employment there is not so much work for thy division to do,” according to Mr. Jackson. Six Indiana offices of the State Employment Service. will be closed Aug. 1 “because they're not needed,” it was announced. At the same time, the impending dismissal of between 15 and 20 emplovees in the State Motor Vehicle License Bureau because of budget cutis, effective July 1, was reported unofficially today. It was said that the dismissals will be made in the next two weeks.
LOAN PROPOSA STALLS MARKET
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NEW YORK. June 22 {virtually was stalled here today by | President Roosevelt's $3,850,000,000 |lending proposal. Brokers crowded
naval vessels in protecting American life imprisonment, two to 2t veals about tickers to read the letter and
the floor was almost abandoned. | Before receipt of the message, the (list was off fractions to more than {a point on uneasiness over the Far | Eastern situation. Thirty minutes |after the Roosevelt letter the av‘erage had shown little change.
‘Treasury’s [ncome
Exceeds Estimates WASHINGTON, June 22 (U. P). —The Treasury revealed today that Government income on June 20 totaled $5,566,650,830, exceeding the
|diana Unemployment Compensation total forecast for the entire fiscal Division are to be dismissed July 1,!
year by President Roosevelt in his buaget estimate. The budget estimated that receipts for the full year would total $5,620,070,000. On basis of the latest statistics, it appeared that total receipts for the year would exceed the budget estimate by as much as $200,000,020. This unanticipated increase was due to improved income. tax collections arising from better than expected corporate earnings in the last quarter of 1938.
OVERCOME BY HEAT Charles Stutsman, 73, of Danville, Ind., was overcome by heat at noon today in front of 139 W. Washington St. Mr. Stutsman was downtown shopping when he collapsed.
gency squad and City Hospital and released.
Oops! One-Man Sub Runs Lake Storm
For Cover in
CHICAQGO, June 22 (U. P.) —Barney Connett, 34-year-old inventor, and his 10% -foot, one-man submarine, ran into a storm in Lake Michigan today and he scooted for port buffeted by waves and storm-tossed debris. hoe Mr. Connett estimated he was six miles out of Michigan City, Ind., in his attempted under-water course to Chicago's Navy pier. . His compass was whirling so wildly it was useless and the tempetrature inside his fish-shaped craft had risen to 114 degrees. He perspired so freely that every time he touched electrical gadgets he got a shock. : All these and other details reached the inventor's escort ship, the ‘“‘Marbeth” and thousands of radio listeners through rebroadcast short
“Listeners heard a thump while Mr. Connett was talking. “Oops—we just hit a log. The storm has kicked up a lot of floating debris,” he exclaimed. Barney started his cruise at 10:20 a. m. aware that it would be tough going. He took one look at the choppy lake and handed a small package of lunch to an assistant on shore. “Here,” this.” . Barney reported the storm had changed direction and was heading back over the lake as he footed for shore at Michigan City Shore aias believed it might take him hours to make port, if the 1100-pound submarine which Barney constructed in his spare time from old automobile
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He was treated by a police emer-|
| ward Maze, West Side filling station stimulate employment and business. He estimated $870,000,000 would be dispersed in the
next fiscal year beginning July 1.
| The program, outlined at a
\special press conference hy ‘Mr. Roosevelt, calls for a wide
variety of Federal loans for self-liquidating public works, toll roads, railroad equipment, rural | electrification, housing, farm tenlant loans and advances to foreign governments to promote U. S. fore eign trade. Mr. Roosevelt suggested that it be financed by issuance of securi< ties by various Federal agencies,
guaranteed as to principal and ine ‘terest by the Government, but not |direct Treasury obligations.
Revolving Fund Provided
He asserted that the proposed pro= ‘gram could be launched with little or no net cost to the Government, over a period of time in which in< terest and principal payments would meet the original outlay in guaran [teed bonds. : | The program, if accepted by Cone (gress, would become a semijpermans lent feature of government. Mr, | Roosevelt proposed that the funds (be used in a revolving pool which |would he placed in op2ratvion at | periods when “there is: need for a {stimulus to employment.” | He advanced the program as:a substitute for House action in ear< marking $125,000,000 of 1940 WPA’ | funds for use in a. new Public Works Administration program. § In a letter to Chairman Byrnes (D. 8. C) of the Senate Special Unemployment Committee, Mr; Roosevelt asserted that the lending plan was basically similar: to pro< grams previously undertaken by the Reconstruction Finance: Corp. and the Home Owners Loan Corp. $ €
Six Types Proposed
Mr. Roosevelt outlined six- cates gories of loans to be made under the plan: f 1. “Non-Federal self-liquidating public’ works (waterworks, sewage disposal, bridges, hospitals, etc.)— $150,000.000 in fiscal 1940, $350,000,« 000 in two years. ! 2. Self-liquidating express roads, bridges, high-speed highways and, city by-passes—8750,000,000 in . four: | years, $150,000,000 in 1940. " 3. Railroad equipment purchase and lease — $500,000,000 in three years, $100,000,000 in 1940. 4. Rural electrification for 1,350,000: families—$460,000,000 in seven yearsg $20,000,000 in 1940. : ; 5. Farm security loans—=$500,000,<' 000 in two years, $250,000,000 in 1940, 6. Foreign. loans, proceeds to be spent in the United States—$500,« S05 300 in two years, $200,000,000 in’ 0, Mr. Roosevelt also urged an exe pansion of .the U. S. Housing Aue thority. low-cost -housing and slum clearance program by indorsing legislation now pending to expand its borrowing = authority by $800, 000,000.
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GUFFEY BACKS THIRD TERM WASHINGTON, June 22 (U. P.), —Senator Guffey (D. Pa.) today said his state's 72 delegates to the Dem-
ocratic National Convention will support President Roosevelt's nomi=, nation for a third term. \
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