Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 August 1939 — Page 1
FORECAST: Fair and slightly warmer tonight followed by thundershowers tomorrow afternoon or night.
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VOLUME 51-NUMBER 122
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1939 G ;
Entered as Second-Class Matter Indianapolis,
at Postoffice,
Ind,’
One Ski
rmish in Picket-Police Fight .
One of the 3000 Fisher Body Pickets put up a real fight Yesterday but lost his trousers,
It took several sops to overpower him but he was finally *eosled oft.”
He ‘Cools Off’ but 100 Were Injured . .
. Cleveland Policeman
This policeman: swings his stick on a picket helping to erin an auto,
HOUSE STARTS INVESTIGATION OF STATE WPA
Marion County Expected to ‘Be ‘Storm Center’ of Inquiries.
By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.—Two, investigators for the House Commit-
tee investigating the WPA began|-
their work in Indiana today, according to Earl Chesney, in charge of the investigation staff. They are Matthew J. Connelly and George J. Shillito. They will work out of Indianapolis headquarters, covering the entire state. Their inquiries will be based on various charges of WPA irregularities filed with the committee, principally by the Indiang republican Congressmen.
County Reported © Center.
The major factor in these charges is the use of WPA labor on private property. Reports are current here that Marion County will be the principal storm center if information given the committee turns out to be true. “These two investigators have been assigned to the Middle Western states and we have other teams working elsewhere,” Mr. Chesney said. “They have just completed their investigation in Ohio and after finishing their work in Indiana will move over into Illinois. While they - gve us progress reports from time to ‘time, the information will not be divulged until the committee resumes its public hearings, perhaps next fall.”
Ludlow on Committee
After an original appropriation of $25,000, the committee was continued with ahother appropriation of $75,000. Rep. Louis Ludlow (D. - Ind.) is a member. : A separate investigation also is being carried on in Marion County by WPA. headquarters here.
STARK HEADS NAVY
AS LEAHY RETIRES
~ WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. (U. P).—
Admiral Harold R. Stark becomes]
Chief - of Naval Operations today, placing him in charges of the Navy at a time when it is engaged in a multi-billion-dollar expansion program, largest in its peacetime histo
He succeeds Admiral William D. Leahy, who has reached the statutory retirement age of 64 and will become Governor of Puerto Rico. Admiral Stark is 56. / He commanded the battleship West Virginia when it won the Navy's battle efficiency pennant several years ego and is known as one of the world’s greatest experts in naval gunnery.
‘RAIN TOMORROW,’ WEATHERMAN SAYS
LOCAL TEMPERATURES .
70 10a. m 82 $3. I1a.m... 83 77 12 (noon). 84 80 1p.m.... 8,
The weather will remain fair and get slightly warmer tonight, but tomorrow there'll be thunderstorms; the Weather Bureau predicted today. Temperatures went into the 80s early today but a breeze cooled off the city.
TIMES FEATURES ON INSIDE PAGES
Johnson ..... Movies Mrs. Ferguson Obituaries Pegler ...... Pyle Questions ... 11 Radio 13 Mrs. Roosevelt 11 Scherrer 7... 11 Serial Story. 17 Society ...... 8 Sports ....14, 15 State Deaths. 10
Books Seven 12 1 Clapper ..... 11 Comics ...... 17 Crossword ... 16 Curious World 17 Editorials 12 Fashions .... 9 Financial ... 13 Flynn ....... 12 Forum 12 Gallup EL 18 Grin, Bear It. 17 In Indpls. ... 3 Jane Jordan. 9
| senger car collided {heavily loaded grain truck south of
Times Special Writer
world.
tions in’ the Fatherland are of the
an absolute dictatorship, there can
tainly one may ask how long a growing sacrifices.
business above everything. The report says:
for the framework construction.
N= YORK, Aug. 1.—So many reports have come out of Germany recently concerning the rapidly developing economic situation that this subject perhaps makes the most important news in the
Therefore the confidential reports collected by the Friends of German Freedom on economic condi-
Of course it may well.be that, where there is
breakdown in the economic’ structure. But all mixed up in the very warp and weit of the economic fabric are human beings.
human beings will continue to submit to sonsianity The ordinary businessman is interested n his
“The length to which the building firms go in their struggle for materials is illustrated by the story of a contractor who had already had to discontinue work on an apartment house he was building because he could not get enough metal
tract from them iron fence and
than a thousand cemetery for the greatest interest. be, in theory, no | themselves daily preparation and ject our business And cer-
whole nation of | week, 63 ounces
Germans Are Reported Chafing Under Constant Sacrifices for Fatherland
By JOHN T. FLYNN E happened to have friends who were trustees
of a large church. He managed to get a con-
to renovate the iron fence around
the cemetery. He modernized it. He took down the
put up a brick wall. It was an
expensive game but the contractor got hold of more
iron rods which had fenced in the last 50 years, and was able to con-
tinue construction on his apartment house.” As a matter of plain, human practice, will not building contractors sooner or later get to asking
the question—is all this military turmoil important enough to subto this indefinitely?
The housewife can buy 2% ounces of coffee a of butter, 2% ounces of lard, 4 eggs. , In the department stores—$3.25 for a good shirt, $2.50 for a cheap one. in 1933 costs $5 today. And inside this $5 shirt or any shirt is a label which reads: use only lukewarm water. and do not iron with a hot iron.” shirt and will not stand up under this wear. How long will people go before they begin to ask themselves what they are getting for all the excitement and fears and provocations?
And a shirt that cost $2.50
“Not to be boiled; Do not use strong soap This is an ersatz
TWO GIRLS, MAN DIE IN TRAFFIC
Children Killed. in Collision Near Williamsport; Farmer Victim.
Three persons were killed, two of them children, in overnight Indiana traffic accidents. Nine-year-old Elizabeth McKinney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McKinney, and 8-year-old Juanita Rose Manus, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Moss Manus, died when a pas-head-on with a
Williamsport. Weldon Gordon, 77, Orestes farmer, was killed when his car and a gravel truck collided near Anderson. The gravel spilled from the truck and crushed him. Fifteen persons were. injured in Indianapolis accidents. arrested 71 on traffic law violation charges. 2 Police investigating the fatal crash near Williamsport said high weeds at an. intersection obstructed the view of the drivers.
Two Youths Detained
Mrs. Elizabeth Dehner, New Buffalo, Mich., was seriously injured in an auto crash near Michigan City. Two of her daughters, Frances and Christine Behner, were killed Saturday when their car was struck by a freight train at a grade crossing two miles from yesterday's accident. Also injured in yesterday's crash were Mrs. Behner’s son, George Jr., and two other daughters, Mrs. Agnes Carpenter, La Porte, and Mrs. Harry Bresin, Chicago. Two youths, who gave their names as Maurice Himmelein, 17, and Joseph Baska, 18, Saginaw, Mich., were in the other car and were captured by Michigan State Troopers who said they attempted to flee from the scene of the accident. Four Indianapolis persons were injured in 10 accidents reported in the City.
Pedestrian Is Injured
Four-yéar-old Betty Lou Carr, 116 S. Shelby St., received hea@ cuts and an injured arm when she was thrown from the handlebars of her brother’s bicycle near their home. She was treated at City Hospital. Lawrence O'Keefe, 17, of 2350 N. Dearborn St., was treated for bruises at City Hospital after his bicycle was struck by an automobile at 25th and Olney Sts. The car was said by police to have been driven by Clyde E. Lyon, 2437 N. Dearborn St. Mrs. Marshall Cox, 610 E. 20th St., was bruised in a two-car collision at 38th and Orchard Sts. The other car was driven by Clare Snodgrass, 4540 Millersville Road. Mrs. Anna Gallagher, 73, of 546 Centennial St., was struck as she crossed the intersection of Penney vania and Market Sts. She.
2 taken to St. Vincent's Hospital, |
CALF GIVES MILK OCEANSIDE, Cal, Aug. 1 (U.P). —Dairymen flocked here today to a 5-weeks-old calf that gives Ik. They said it was a very rare animal, probably due to inbreeding among the herd. It is larger than
other calves born on the same day.
Th x
City police
~ blamed.
MAHOLM CHARGE LIE, WARDEN DOWD SAYS!
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, Aug. 1 (U, P.).—Warden Alfred Dowd of the State Prison here today branded as a “pure fabrication” a statement by T. Ernest Maholm, Indianapolis attorney, that Richard Sweet, a convict, was beaten after he and two other convicts attempted to kidnap
a woman visitor in the prison and]
force their release. Mr. Maholm is Sweet’s lawyer. “Naturally it is to Mr. Maholm’s advantage to create sympathy for his client,” Warden Dowd said. He said he would welcome any investigation by Governor Townsend.
BOMBAY MOSLEMS IN PROHIBITION RIOT
Five Injured as Police Fire On Government Foes.
BOMBAY, India, Aug. 1 (U.P). — Police fired today on a crowd of rioting Moslems who marched in a demonstration against the Government. Five of the paraders were injured two seriously. The rioting broke out on the inauguration of prohibition in Bombay and its environs. The Moslems marched in protest agatsi extra taxation which will be levicd to compensaye for the loss of revenue from spirits. Moslems are forbidden by the Koran to drink intoxicants. The Moslem demonstration coincided with a parade of 20,000 women and 50,000 textile workers, mostly Hindus, in the slums singing antidrink ballads. The Moslems were stoned Hindu spectators and 10 were i jured slightly. Eleven hundred licemen were put on extra duty in the expectation of further trouble. The celebrants paraded with motor trucks, bearing anti- rink placards.
LIVESTOCK STEADY Steady prices prevailed today at the Indianapolis livestock market, hogs selling at a $6.65 peak, vealers at $9.50 and spring lambs, $9.
GETS $5000 AT
AUBURN BANK :
‘Nice Looking’ Man Passes Note, Warning Cashier Of . Holdup.
AUBURN, Ind. Aug. 1 (U,P).— An unidentified ‘nice looking” man,
today held up the Auburn State! :
Bank and escaped with an undetermined amount of cash, estimated by John Haggarty, 37, cashier, as
-| “something less than $10,000.” Other
estimates placed it at between $5000 and $6000. ‘Mr. Haggarty said the robbery was carried out in efficient timing,| taking “about three or fourt minutes.” The bandit approached the cage where 1 was working about: 11:20 a. m.,” he said, and slipped a typewritten Note under the grill. It sai “ “This is a holdup ! Do as you're told and do it quickly and no one will get hurt. Take this sack and
put all your paper money in it.’
“He was holding what looked more like a cannon thap an automatic, so I did what he said. When I
finished scooping up the cash from} my drawer he told me in a low voice |
to take the sack to the next window where Miss M. Noriot was working and have her add her cash to the sack. I did: it. Then he beat. it out the door. “I don’t think he was workig alone, but I didn’t see anyone-el§ and didn’t care too much about fol lowing to find out.” : Mr. Haggarty described the man as being six feet tall, about 180 pounds and between 32 and 35 years of age. “He was wearing a " | brown suit and was a nice looking man, the cashier said. “He came in the bank about 10 minutes before the holdup and I noticed him then,” Mr. Haggarty said. “Then he went out after asking me to change a $5 bill.© When he came back to hold up the office there was only one customer in here and only one employee beside Miss Noriot and myself.” The bank closed immediately to make a complete check. State Police blocked all roads in the vicinity.
6. 0.P. SEEKING LENDING BILL'S ‘SUDDEN DEATH
Bankhead Doubtful if House Will Even Start Debate On Roosevelt Pian.
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
LENDING BILL, cut to $1, 615, - 000, passes Senate.
HATCH BILL to be signed or vetoed. in 24 hours.
TAX REVISION conferences begun by Treasury.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (U. P.) —
$1,950,000,000 version of the Roosevelt lending bill today with Republicans fighting to kill it forthwith.
The Republicans hoped to defeat a rule making consideration of the biff in.order. : House leaders: ‘appeared to entertain doubt as to the outcome. Speaker William B. Bankhead said he had no idea how long the bill would take in the amendment process “if the rule is adopted.” Rep. Carl R. Mapes (R. Mich),
{ranking ‘minority member of the
Rules. Committee, announced just before he went on the floar that he would fight adoption of the rule. “There is no real demand for the lending bill,” he said.
Minton, VanNuys Split
The measure is the companion bill to the $1,615,000,000 lending program passed by the Senate last night, 52 to 28. Indiana’s Senators split on the vote, with Senator Sherman Minton (D.) favoring the bill and Senator «| Frederick YanSuys (D.) voting against it. The Senate ut the bill to that figure from Mr. Roosevelt's original $3,060,000,000 preposal. The hill became little more than a farm-aid measure with allocations for railroads, highways and foreign loans eliminated or reduced. Senate Democratic Leader Alben W. Barkley expressed doubt . thas Congress: can.¢omplete its work by ‘Saturday night. He believed adjournment - would be possible “by next Wednesday, at least.”
Three Tasks Remain
Senator Barkley said that so many technical details remained to bé_cleaned up, in addition to the major tasks, that it would be unlikely if the Senate and House could get away from Wasihngton | this week-end. After House action, the lending hill
conference for-concurrence in HouseSenate differences. - Aside from that there are two other major obstacles: The Social Security Act amendments and a final deficiency bill to be reported to the House tomorrow.
are deadlocked in conference. The conferees met yesterday, but adjourned as far fr agreement as ever. The bill carries an estimated $1,700,000,000 in tax reductions for employers and employees over the
next five years.
Under the rule granted the lend-
ing bill in the House all points of order will be waived. Five hours of general debate, in addition to one (Continued on Page Three) -
The House opened debate on its own! -
probably will have to be sent to}.
The: Social Security -amendments|
He’s Out
Pitcher Throws Curve That Really Breaks
—His Arm.
IGONIER, Pa, Aug. 1 (U. P.). f* —Jacob Wolford, a pitcher for the Waterford Ligonier Township team in a baseball game against Laughlintown, put everything he had in a curve ball. His arm cracked loudly. Taken to Latrobe Hospital, he was found to have suffered a fracture of the right arm between the elbow and
shoulder. ”
‘You Need a.Beating,’ Omaha Judge Opines
MAHA, Neb. Aug. 1 (U. P). William McMahon and Edward Sova, both 19, stood before Judge: Perry ‘Wheeler, charged with starting a tavern fight. “I'm going to fine you boys $5 Fash and costs,” Judge Wheeler said,
2 tJ
ing else will do you any good.” es
10-Inch Fish Too Much For 16-inch Variety
T. WORTH, Tex. Aug. 1 (U. P.).—Mrs. W. L. Rea of Ft. Worth and Wayne London and Wendell Petree of Farfell, Tex, told this one today:
They were boating on Eagle Mountain Lake yesterday when they saw a 16-inch black bass attempting to swallow a 10-inch bass. The struggle kept up until both fish became exhausted and . floated to the surface. " The boaters rowed alongside, pulled the smaller fish from the mouth of the larger, and started home for a feast. # Please Hurry, Mr. Doe, Time Is in Flight Times Special ASHINGTON, Aug. 1. — While Washington awaits the President’s decision on the Hatch Bill to curb politicking on the Government payroll, officials of the Federal Works Agency are getting~a Iaugh out of a memorandum sent around by Administrator John M. Carmody’s office. : The memo, stipulating the form to be used in preparing letters for Mr. Carmody’s signature, used the following ‘example: “Mr. John Doe. “Salt Lake City . “Utah” “My Dear Mr. Doe: “Now is the time for all ‘good men to come to the aid of the party.
# »
“Sincerely, “J ohn M. Carmody, “Administrator.”
‘Hoosier’s Corn 15 Feet, Now Beat That! ‘® _ ‘'
Times Special ONNERSVILLE, Ind, Aug. 1. —Notice to contenders in the Indiana tall corn contest for this year: Garland Stanley, Fayette County grower, says his entry is 15 feet, 10 .inches, and how do you
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like that kind of corn?
Youth Ruffles Movie Aplomb, Lives Free in Studio
By FREDERICK C. OTHMAN United Press Hollywood Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 1—Jarone Bakewell, 19, of St. Louis, reported today that it’s no trick for a tourist to enter a supposedly impregnable movie studio and live there free of charge. :
Young Bakewell, son of Edward F. Bakewell, wealthy Missouri real estate. man, spent three pleasant days and nights within the high walls of 20th Century-Fox Studios. His escapade reddened the ears of the studio police department, which is charged principally with keeping visitors outside, but Bakewell said the officers shouldn't be
“It wasn't their fault,” he said. “I always have wanted to be an actor and when I arrived at the. studio I was dying to get inside.’
tras walking in through the time
-happened to notice a flock of ex-
gate. They all wore white linen coats. I had a white linen coat. So I just joined them and walked too.”
The extras went to the makeup department. So did Bakewell. He had his face daubed with yellow makeup. After that he was on his own, but his ochre complexion and his vague resemblance to Tyrone Power made him lord of the lot.
Bversbody thought he was an ac- -
He explored the premises at his leisure. brothers. Darryl F. Zanuck, He got a peek at Shirley Temple. He had lunch in the studio cafe, where the man said he could pay later. In the afternoon he dropped down to a New England street for a look at Richard Green making love in a. picture called “Here Am 4 Stranger, : ;
He watched the Ritz - He said how-de-do to"
‘ND pretty soon it was night,” | he said. “Everybody went home, except the police. There were ‘so many of them around that ‘I guess the folks didn’t , worry ‘about locking up. “Anyhow I was getting sleepy. So I just walked over to the makeup department and picked me out a nice, soft barber chair. I never slept: better.” The second day was a repetition of the first. : “On the third morning my linen coat was getting a little wrinkled ‘and dirty at the cuffs,” Bakewell said. “That was bad enough, but my whiskers were getting black. They looked sort of funny, comg ugh the makeup. I no- | toed se several people giving me the 0 “So 1 hung around
makeup : Jor & Tasew, I couldnt And but I bumped is
/ looking gentleman and asked him could he lend me his. So he did. His name was Edward Noris s ahd he was an actor. : “After I'd shaved, we nodD long talk about acting and he was so nice that I finally admitted Iwasn’t really an actor. He asked me if I thought I was doing right. I said I didn’t. So he reported me to the front office.
‘The studio was so flabbergasted over its uninvited guest, that jt asked young Bakewell to make a tour of the premises. He reminded the movie makers that he'd already done that. “I'm rushing back to "Sheridan, Wyo.,” he said as he climbed into a battered flivver. “That's where I'm: supposed
‘out what I've done, he'll just about Anurder me,”
“but what’ you need is to have hell beaten out ¢ fyou. Noth-
to be spending my - vacation, If my father ever finds
Times-Acme Photos.
SPREAD OF STRIKE RIOT TO HOMES OF
WORKE
AFELUAMW. WINS VICTORY
IN NLRB RULE
78,000 Chrysler and Briggs Workers to Vote; Four Plants in Indiana.
“WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (U. P= The A. F. of L. faction of United Auto Workers won a disputed victory over the C. I. O. faction in a decision handed down today by the Na-
tional Labor Relations Board.
The Board ordered elections to be held separately by plants to settle representation disputes among approximately 78,000 employees of the Chrysler Corp., the Briggs Manufac-
turing Co. and the Motor Products Co. With one exception, each plant was designated as an individual bargaining unit.
Board Spits, 2 to 1
That was what the A. F. of L. faction wanted, if there was to be any election at all. A. F. of L.-U. A. W.
‘had charged that contracts made
with Homer Martin before the union split were still valid. The C. I. O.U. A. W. had asked the election and ‘wanted all employees of each company to vote in one election and then to bargain as one unit. It was believed that. the C. I. O. faction had a majority of all em-
| ployees, but that Mr. Martin might
win a majority in some of the separate plants. ‘The Board split, two to one, with Chairman J. Warren Madden and the new member, William M. Leiserson, forming the majority. Edwin S. Smith, who has often been ‘charged by A. F. of L. spokesmen with bias in favor of the C. I. O., dissented.
Within 15 or 30 Days
Chrysler employees will vote within 20 days. Elections in the Briggs, Briggs Indiana and Motor Products
.| plants will be held within 15 days.
Employees will choosé between the C.1.0-U. A. W. and the A. F. of L.U. A. W. or neither, except in the Chrysler New Castle, Ind. plant where the New Castle Chrysler Employees Association, an independent union, also will be on: the ballot. New Castle die sinkérs will vote on whether they wish to be represented separately.
Other Chrysler plants in Indiana 25
are at Evansville and Kokomo. There is a Briggs plant at Evansville.
M’NUTT OFFERS JOB TO PROF. HARPER, I. U.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Aug. 1 (U. P.).—Administrator McNutt has offered Prof. Fowler V. Harper of the Indiana University Law School a position as general counsel of the Federal Security Agency, it was reported here today. Complete "announcement of’ the agency’s personnel is being withheld 'by Mr. McNutt until he has his staff organized. Prof. Harper, 42-year-old Ohioan, nas been with the I. U. Law School
| since 1929, except for one year at
the University of Texas. He is the author of several legal publications.
STOCK GAINS SMALL WITH TRADING DULL
NEW YORK, Aug. 1 (U. P).— Although news was mostly favorable and experts said the list was ready for a rise, stecks today remained dull in quiet, irregular trading. Most
{few gains ranging to nearly
issues were on the up side, with a oint,
Paul V.|
FEARED
Mayor Is ‘Heiled’ by,
Woman as Union Protests Rules.
(Ludwell Denny, Page Three)
CLEVELAND, Aug. 1 (U. P).— ‘Two hundred - heavily-armed police patrolled the Fisher Body Co. “riot
zone” today, fearful that violence might break out at _non-strikers’ homes. The C. I. O. United Auto Workers Union issued, without comment, & list of 27 men they identified as the ‘worst scabs.” . The list carried the Lmen’s home addresses.
firemen engaged 3000 strikers and sympathizers in pitched battles be= fore the factory yesterday. Nearly 100 persons were injured by tear Bas shells, stones and rocks.
Secretary Just Grins
The “worst scab” list was given every man attending a meeting of the union this morning. Paul E. Miley, U. A. W. organizer and former Fisher Body worker, said it was distributed so the men could “know who they are.” A. E! Stevenson, Cleveland Industrial Union Council secretary, grinned when asked the purpose of the lists. “The men can do whatever they want’to with them,” he said. Strikers at a “strategy meeting” agreed to abide by Safety Director Eliot Ness’ “riot zone” order, but Mr, Miley said they wold protest it im every peaceable way possible as-& violation of civil rights and bend our efforts to have it modified as mush as possible.
Strikers Blame Police
Unionists had blamed police intervention yesterday for the two out= breaks caused wheén strikers protested the entry of non-striking workers into the plant. in automo biles. The leader of the union women's auxiliary, Fay Thomas, taunted Mayor Harold H. Burton and Director Ness when they appeared in the strike area this morning after little sieep and no shaves. She rendered tne Nazi salute. as she passed the pair. “Heil Hitler!” she said. Spectators tittered and Mayor Burton smiled. - Police Chief George J. Matowitz said officers would remain bivouacked inside the plant all day. Company spokesmen said the 458 non-strikers were at work today and that 463 had been inside yesterday. They attributed the drop to layoffs of office workers. Many workers stayed in the plant all night. - Unionists charged that there were not that many men inside either day. Their estimate yesterday was
Police detained two men this morning loitering on railroad tracks in the rear of the plant. Theéy said the men were pi up stones, Both were: held for questioning. - The night passed without a renewal of the fighting that waswaged all day yesterday with clubs, stones and gas bombs.
‘Fired Only Few Brllels : Policemen said they had fired only a few bullets, and those into the aif, but Robert Travis, a strike leader, said that three strikers had been shot in the legs and that he would ask for an investigation by Attorney. General Frank Murphy who had witnessed, while Governor of Michigan, the first tumult in the automobile industry over the U. A. W. or< ganization drives. . ~The entire police force was assigned to 12-hour shifts and vacations were canceled. The Department had reported no serious casualties: in_yesterday's fighting which sent 43 persons, including two women, to hospitals. Others were treated at first aid stations near the
{ plant,
There were two major fights yes: terday. The first one lasted two hours and claimed most of the victims. There was another melee. in the evening, ! Twelve men were o arvested.
Four hundred fifty police and $0 fal