Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 July 1939 — Page 1
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For 30 seconds vesterday the bow of the sunken sub- as the boat fell 245 feet hack to the ocean fl
marine Squalgis hroke the surface of the sea, and teetered at a 43-degree angle 23 feet into the air. Then cables broke-—and 52 days of salvage work were lost in a flash
NEW HEAT BLAM FORECAST SUNDAY
of
HEAVING SEA BLOCKS DIVERS
Today's Relief Temporary in Wake Season’s Record; Two Deaths, Three Prostrations Reported.
Craft's Plunge After Rise to Surface.
PORTSMOUTH, N. H, July 14
ing the bodies of 26 members of the crew whe were entomhed when the ship sank two months ago. mai.ageable craft. whose air-filled bow is much lighter
‘Navy Seeks Reason for
(U. P.).—A heavy ground swell prevented Navy divers from descending
Indianapolis and Indiana today welcomed a temporary] . © {today to determine how severely
3 ’ ~ -o] Ie 8 “ - . - t JA 2 | i respite after vesterday’s record heat for the season Which | pe submarine Squalus was damaged
claimed one life, was indirectly responsible for another and yesterday when. a third of the way
caused three persons to collap The Weather Bureau promised that temperatures today! would be “moderate” compared with the 98 14 season's record established between 3 and 4 p. m, yesterday,
LOCAL TEMPERATURES : +. 68 Yo a. wm ... we. 72 Hoa wm... 712 (neon)... 18 MW oo
83 vd ’4 94
The forecast said it would be fair tonight and tomorrow, followed by| f new mercury rise Sunday. | Yesterday's high broke the Seas gon’s previous record of 94, set on June 7. The indication of a new torrid spell starting Sunday followed U. S.! Meteorologist J. H. Armington’s warning that Indianapolis can expect consistent temperatures in the 80s during the last half of the month. | The mercury rose almost two points higher at three other places in the State vesterday than it did here. Lafavette, Vincennes and] Terre Haute, all reported readings of | 100 During an all-night breeze the, mercury here dipped to a low of 62 and at Wheatfield dropped to 55. In the southern parts of the State, however, the lowest was in the TOs.
Heat Victim Dies
David Clavion, 25, of 3706 W. 30th: | St. died at City Hospital at 2:05] a. m, 10 hours after he became ill] while washing windows on W. Wal-| nut St., 100 block. He walked to a car parked in the rear of a filling station at 702 N. Illinois St., where he was found unconscious by Roy Williams, the attendant and his brother-in-law. He regained consciousness only at intervals before his death. Friends said he had complained of severe headaches last Sunday. Hospital physicians were to make laboratory tests today to determine if the heat (Continued on Page Three) STOCKS IRREGULAR NEW YORK, Julv 14 (U. P).—A hullish tone in stocks was tempered | todav by profit-taking sales)
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ORDERS PRISON TERM CHECKUP
Townsend Acts ‘to Correct Injustices’ Which Arose Under New Law.
up from its North Atlantic grave. it suddenly plummeted to the ocean
floor. A decreasing wind indicated. however, that it might be possible for a diver to descend sometime this (afternoon. The sky was overcast and rain fell spasmodigally. News of the delay was radioed to the Navy Yard here by Rear Admiral Cyrus W. Cole. directing sal,vage operations south of the Isles of Shoals.
Divers Are Imperiled
The partly raised submarine shot fo the surface yesterday afternoon. narrowly missing twe whale boats
Governor Townsend today ordered
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RTHUR LEE LITTLEJOHN, 28, Gardendale, Ala., arested vesterday on a charge of train riding, today reported from his City Prison jail cell that there must have been a crook in the place. He took his shoes off to cool his feet and went to sleep in his cell. When he awakened the shoes were gone. He reported to police that someone had entered his cell and had stolen a pair of black shoes valued at $2.
6. 0.P. TO MAP DRIVE IN STATE
Bobbitt Calls Committeemen To Platform Parley Here Monday.
A new Republican subcommittee
carrying 21 divers, snapped the ca- | to draft the party's 1940 platform | regular Army, 150,000 Territorials,
steps taken to “correct injustices re- bles holding her to four pontoons for Ipdiane will J ion ned at a spe- | sulting from erroneous sentencing 2nd plunged back to the bottom. Cla cohterence of the State Repub-| : ag 4 g Fifty-two days of salvage work had lican Central Committee here Mon- | ol prisoners. | been virtually wasted. * |day. The Governor said a number of| The divers will attempt to learn] G. O. P. leaders began mobilizing | inmates of the State Prison, Wom-/ whether air pressure in the subma- today following receipt of a letter | ans Prison and State Reformatory rine’s bow blew out a torpedo tube, from Ni i a Hogan, Ft, Wayne ; i B «he. allowing water to rush into the dry €publican leader, who warned the] are serving incorrect sentences, bes | pRIUEntS trom Which 8 mem. | Party to start some “colorful activ-| cause judges who sentenced them bers of her créw were rescued in a {ity” to combat Democratic cam-| were not aware of changes in the divi bell th | paign tactics. State's criminal a diving bell two months ago. ; 'S 1a Ws. Three pontoons were carried to the Arch N. Bobbitt, State G. 0. Pp. Action was agreed upon follow-! f chairman, said he called a State
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than her water-filled stern. snapped cables that held
used in raising her. A geyser of
water shot 35 feet into the air. the how disappeared. Now Navy men must repeat much of their salvage work.
LONDON, PARIS DISPLAY UNITY
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‘Democracies Parade Troops; British Prepare to Arm 560,000.
By UNITED PRESS
As Great Britain pushed prepara-| tions for having 560,000 men under |
farms in August and decreed con-|
[scription for Hongkong, she joined | France today in a demonstration of {solidarity and military strength. | On the 150th anniversary of the] fall of the Bastille in the French! Revolution. soldiers of the two de-| | moeracies marched together down] {the wide Champs Elysees as their {warplanes buzzed over the heads of ‘perhaps a million cheering spec- | tators. | Britain's vital war industries in |the rich Midlands operated under wartime conditions for four hours early today during a gigantic blackout test of antiaircraft defenses. Britain in August will have the greatest numher of men under arms ever in peacetime, when extended maneuvers are carried out on land, |sea and in the air. It will involve {80,000 in the Navy, 150.000 in the
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130.000 conscripted militia and 150,000 in the Royal Air Force, a total of 560,000. The Hongkong conscription bill was approved today by the colony's Governor in an order-in-council. It will bring many thousands of Brit (Continued on Page Three)
CHICAGOANS FORM
VANDENBERG CLUB
Entered as Second-Class at Postotfice, Indianapd
F.D.R. RENEWS ACT NOW PLEA ONNEUTRALITY
‘Senate Committeemen Ask
Hull for Opinion on Arms Embargo.
BULLETIN WASHINGTON, July 14 (U. P.).—President Roosevelt today sent a short message to Congress urging that “much needed” action on neutrality be taken at this session, “in light of ‘present world conditions.”
WASHINGTON, July 14 (U. P). —The Senate Foreign Relations Committee decided today to ask Secretary of State Hull to draft an opinion on legal questions raised in connection with a proposal to give | President Roosevelt power to impose embargoes against Japan. The request was made as Congress awaited a Presidential message on neutrality which the White House Secretary, Stephen T. Early, said would be sent up this afternoon. That message was expected to ask passage of a neutrality bill car-
ing a conference of Attorney Gen- | bottom. Naval officials hoped that eral Omer S. Jackson, the State they had not been damaged. Clemency Commission and Gover-| A 50-foot pontoon first broke the nor Townsend. surface of the ocean yesterday and The 1937 Legislature sought to two boatloads of divers, under the correct the condition by authorizing command of Lieut. Charlies B. Momheads of the three penal institutions sen, started toward it to straighten to correct the sentences, but this the cables holding it to the subiaw was held invalid by the Indiana marine. Then diver James H. MacSupreme Court. However, the Su- ponald turned and shouted: “Get preme Court a month ago handed ut of the way. the bow's comin down a decision clarifying the! oo ss g changes made in sentencing pris-| p. oners. Geyser Shoots 35 Feet ‘This decision paved the way for|
As the whale hoat’s engines were our agreed plan to get corrections! : made in existing prison terms.” Mr reversed, the forward portion of the
+ ' Squalus’ great black hull swirled Janke an Supreme Court deci. | UP from the water, 25 feet into the sion held that prisoners sentenced 2ils teetered at a 45-degree angle for under the 1935 Criminal Code for|30 Seconds, and then fell 245 feet burglary, assault and battery and | 0 the ocean floor, ripping away auto banditry “shall be sentenced | lines and cables. for a determinate number of years,”| A geyser of water shot 35 feet into instead of indeterminate sentences he air and a pontoon which had for these crimes. (remained on the surface spun Mr. Jackson said that prior to around, narrowly missing the two 241935, a three-to-10-year term was foot boats which had been flooded imposed for conviction of burglary, |by the boiling sea. but thatt in 1935 the law was! Four of the pontoons, which had changed to a determinate sentence been sunk and then pumped full of of two, three, four or five years. jair to provide the buoyancy neces“Some prisoners convicted since sary to raise the submarine, were 193 5are serving sentences under the | left on the surface old law, due to errors on the part! Salvage engineers, who had hoped of judges,” Mr. Jackson said. to be able to tow the Squalus to Governor Townsend asked in- shallow water, said they had feared
brought on by the nearing week- mates who are serving erroneous such an accident because the craft's end. Market sentiment was favor- sentences to apply to the State bow was far lighter than her waterable, but traders were inclined to; Clemency Commission “which will | filled stern, which is the tomb of 26
unload commitments for the week- be authorized to make the correc- men. The submarine was about 85
end. Prices were fractionally irregulan 3
ti hrough its powers of com-
feet above the bottom when it shot
{Committee meeting to outline cam|paign activities and cemplete plans for a State-wide meeting of the Indiana Republican Editorial Assojciation meeting here in September. | "I will ask that a subcommittee be appointed to draft a definite pro|gram and submit the platform ideas for next year's campaign,’ Bobbitt said.
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Mr. |
CHICAGO. July 14 ((U P)— {Three Chicago attorneys annoupced | today they had received a corporate | |charter from the Secretary of State [for ‘organization of a club to sup-
‘port Senator Vandenberg (R. Mich.) raph Co. sent a flash announcing
{ for President in 1940. Attorneys John A. Ricker, Rov herman Henry Canty. |
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neadquarters for the club.
rying out Secretary Hull's recom- | mendations before Congress ad- | journs. i The House passed a bill not alto- | gether in line with Administration , wishes, but the Senate Committee
Matter Ind.
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PRICE THREE CENTS
| President Supports
WPA WORKERS STRIKE ILLEGAL, F.D.R. HOLDS; 20,000 ARE DISMISSED
Attorney General's
Ruling on Government Employees,
Permits Dire
300,000 |
TO LOSE
ct Quotation.
JOBS AUG 1
Green Asks Prevailing Wage in Conference
At White House as Walkout Total Reaches Estimated 150,000.
WASHINGTON, July 14
(U. P.).—President Roosevelt
‘today supported the contention of Attornev General Mur-
‘phy that WPA workers could | Government.
Departing
not strike against the Federal
from customary press conference procedure,
Mr. Roosevelt authorized the direct quotation of his opinion
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STRIKERS BACK
Deadline Passes Without Any Dismissals of Indiana Workers.
By UNITED PRESS Striking WPA workers in two Indiana counties had returned to their |
IN 2 COUNTIES
“You cannot strike against the Government.”
Mr. Roosevelt expressed his opinion in a brief press | conference devoted mainly to
‘a discussion of the fight of WPA workers against the security wage provision of the new relief act. WPA Commissioner F. C. Harrington announced, meanwhile, that 300,000 persons would be dropped from WPA rolls now totaling 2,400,000 by Aug. 1.
The reduction was ordered after a survey of WPA rolls disclosed that about 650,000 persons must be laid off under the new relief act re|quirement, for mandatory layoffs of WPA workers who have been on the
{ pigeonholed the matter for the ses-| jobs today as workers in other coun- rolls 18 months.
| sion, Ask Hull's Opinion | Secretary Hull was expected to answer the Committee's request in | writing. The Committee acted on a motion {by Senator Hiram W. Johnson (R. (Cal) after a two-hour discussion Produced sharp differences of {opinion whether the embargo plan, |if enacted, would violate an amity and commerce treaty signed by the United States and Japan in 1811. The Committee decided to wait until Secretary Hull has submitted his opinion before resuming consid|eration of the measure, proposed by Chairman Pittman (D. Nev.). Despite the delay, Pittman said he believed the proposal could be enacted at this session if it is approved by the Committee. The general neutrality question was in what Senator Pittman called a “state of suspension.” awaited word from the White House on what action. if any, the Admin(istration planned in an attempt to revive neutrality revision legislation |at this session. Senator Pittman sought to work out a compromise between his plan, which would give the President wide discretion, and one by Senator Schwellenbach (D. Wash.), which (Continued on Page Three)
FLASH! NO, NO ON QUINS' IN MEXICO
Senators
Children Were Born Singly
—and Years Apart.
MEXICO CITY, July 14 (U. P.) — (It seems that Julian Carbonnel, a newspaperman in the isolated southern Mexican town of Frontera, went to Villa Hermosa, capital of Tabasco
State, yesterday and told a friend, half proudly and half ruefully: “My wife had a baby Monday. That makes five.” A few hours later, news was flashed to Mexico that Senora Polita Alvarado de Carbonnel, the wife, had given birth to quintuplets. The news, as an unconfirmed report, went out all over the world. Excitement and pride spread throughout Mexico. Late last night the National Tele-
that there were no quins. It confirmed that Senora Carbonnel had given birth to one child and that
In a letter to Mr. Bobbitt and said they had opened temporary four children had heen born to her
—singly—in past years.
Eighteen East Side women today appeared at City Hall with the announced intention of stopping the annual East Side mardi gras and carnival. Stating that “this thing has plagued us for 12 years,” the delegation of women asked the Works Board not to grant the 12th District
and Bugle Corps the right to close E. 10th St. from Colorado to Shannon Aves. But they found the Works Board couldn't act because there was no quorum present. And they remarked to each other that it appeared they were “being given the run-around
American Legion Auxiliary Drum|P
They then went to the City Legal Department, insisting that there is an ordinance which prohibits public gathering within 500 feet of private property. They ware told Michael Reddington, City attorney, was “out.” Next they sought out James E. Deery, City Controller, but were] told “he’s around the building some | lace.” the run-around;” one of the dele- | gates said. But Mr. appeared, and introduced himself. They asked him to deny the carnival sponcors a permit, but Mr. Deery said he did not
“These City officials are giving us ever,
Deery then permit. to open Tuesday and continue
have the]
power" to discriminate in the matter,
East Side Foes of Annual Mardi Gras Tramp City Hall, Find ‘Nobody Home’
They appeared satisfied with this explanation and Mr. Deery advised them to get an attorney to seek an injunction against the carnival. When they were told the Mayor also was out, one of the women said they would “camp on the Mayor's doorstep all day, if necessary, to get some action.” They changed their minds, howand left, announcing hey would return Monday to battle the The carnival is scheduled
through Saturday. The delegation left a petition with the Works Board signed by 277 residents and charging that the carnivai was a “public
| ties, unaffected yet by the five-day | dismissal deadline set up by national officials, continued to remain away from work. At the state WPA office here ‘it twas said that none of the striking employees had been fired under the order providing that any who strike for five days are subject to permanent dismissal. Today was the fifth day after the strike began last Monday. John K. Jennings. state WPA director, was out of the city today. Approximately 1100 Clay County workers at a mass meeting last night voted to return to work today at the end of the five-day limit before they would be dismissed. They went on strike Monday. The meeting voted to continue working but to stage a one-day suspension of work July 20 in protest to the regulations. At Bicknell, striking WPA workers
| This provision does not become |eftective until Sept. 1, but Col. Har|rington determined to start reducing the rolls immediately to avert a sudden mass cut which would disrupt WPA operations throughout the country.
Draws Distinction
Mr. Roosevelt was reminded that workers on the Government barge lines in St. Louis had in the past conducted strikes and was asked whether Tennessee Valley Authority workers could walk out. : The President replied that inasmuch as they were employed by subisidiary corporations of the Government he did not know exactly how far they could go. However, in the case of the WPA, he said, it represents a fundamental Government operation. . He was questioned concerning the 130-hour month for WPA workers land the substitution of the security wage for the prevailing wage, but
on the new high school gymnasium Said that an explanation would require too long a time because of the manifold angles involved.
Confers With Green
: Sr i returned to their jobs yesterday, one
[day before they would have been | {eligible for dismissal.
Townsend Urges Return
Workers in Vermillion, Vigo and Parke counties had taken no action on whether they would return to their jobs. Only a few workers in Vermillion County wouid be affected by the five-day ruling as the others did not leave their jobs until after Monday. Governor Townsend in a message to the Workers Alliance, WPA union, last night urged all workers to re{turn to their jobs pending disposal of a Congressional amendment that would restore the prevailing union wage scale. He said that he had information that both Indiana Senators were supporting the amendment, No new demonstrations occurred in Indiana yesterday, but a meeting of Marion County WPA employees was scheduled at Indianapolis tonight. William Preston, a representative of the Workers Alliance, said the meeting would discuss the new work relief provisions.
WNUTT T0 ADDRESS 2 WISCONSIN GROUPS
Leaves Capital Tomorrow on Trip Ending Here.
Times Special WASHINGTON, July 14.—Paul V. McNutt will leave for Wisconsin tomorrow night where he will address the American Dental Society convention at Milwaukee and the Wisconsin Teachers’ Association on Monday at Oshkosh. From there, he will go to Indianapolis to join his wife and daughter to celebrate his 48th birthday with them and his parents at Martinsville, July 19. He will return here with Mrs. McNutt by July 21. Mr. McNutt, sworn in yesterday as Federal Security Administration head, today took over an entire Government building for himself and his staff. Meanwhile, Senator VanNuys declared Mr. McNutt's Presidential aspirations are being looked upon “with favor” by conservative Democratic Senators. Only one complained about Mr. McNutt's accepting the Federal Security Agency directorship, he said. and “he always complains anyway.”
The President a few minutes later | discussed the prevailing wage ques[tion with A. F. of L. President Wil{liam Green, who wants the prevail|ing wage restored. { After the half-hour conference, | Mr. Green said he still believed that | the union wage scale must be main- | tained. on relief projects. He said !that he left with the President two jor three specific A. F. of L. recom-~ | mendations regarding this and regarding persons dismissed from the WPA. Mr. Green refused to amplify. The President's statement about Strikes against the Government backed up the stern policy laid down by Col. Harrington in coping with the present situavion. Col. Harrington ruled that those missing work for five consecutive days are automatically subject to dismissal. Already about 20,000 of an estimated 150,000 strikers have been fired.
Outlaws Subterfuge
In tightening up this policy, Col. Harrington issued verbal blanket instructions to his state administrators, who met yesterday in Chicago, to fire all those who resort to ‘“obvious subterfuges” to avoid the fiveday ruling. \ The blanket orders were given after reports reached Col. Harring-
| ton that some of the protestors were
striking every other day, while in other cases they were slowing down work on projects. A combination of the relief agency's figures and unofficial reports from affected areas showed the following dismissals by states up to noon yesterday: New York, 7897; Illinois, 43186; Minnesota, 6000; Wisconsin, 300; Ohio, 287; California, 458; New Jersey, 283; Pennsylvania, 158; District of Columbia, 25; Mississippi, 77; Nevada, 49; Montana, 40; Texas, 777; miscellaneous, 57.
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After taking the oath of office yesterday, Mr. McNutt paid a friendly visit to Vice President Garner at the| Capitol. The presiding officer of the!
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