Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 August 1939 — Page 10
BEES NATIONS Lik FIND NEW WORK
Quaker - Exsculive Claims _ Facts Confused on Reich Outcasts.
i8 PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 8 (NEA). —A German who used to own a shirt factory in Germany and sell ~his product to South America has ‘emigrated to this : country, has opened a factory and is employing American labor. : _ Practically all our harmonicas and accordions used to come from Germany. Now a refugee has set up an _ accordion shop and. he employs American workers. . " A certain German firm used to send: fine woolen hose to this coun“try. Now the three members of that firm, all refugees, have re-estab-lished it in Massachusetts where they are employing 38 American _ workers to manuiaciure the same = type of goods. ‘Brings Patent to u. S.
Still another refugee brought with him from Germany a patented process used in the manufactyre of gloves. The business he established _ here is doing an annual business of .~ $100,000. These are just a few of the fatts : on refugees revealed by the Ameri‘can Friends’ Service Committee (Quakers), who are doing yeoman ‘service in helping refugees from Germany and Italy. : _ Clarence E. Pickett, executive secretary of the Friends, and winner _ of this year’s Bok Award for refu..gee work, is particularly anxious that the public at large be appraised , -of the true facts about refugees, to counteract unfavorable publicity and false rumors. ~~ “Consider the following summary -of the refugee problem, urges Mr. Pickett. “Every human being is a - consumer. He eats; he wears clothes; he requires a place to live. Every immigrant who comes to America is as much a consumer as anyone else, and his wants have to -be supplied by American business -and factories.” ‘Refugees Provide Work’
“In this sense the refugees are actually providing work for Ameri"can labor. This is especially true of the women and children among the refugees. Perhaps about a third . of them will become wage earners. This n r must be reduced still further, however. Many of the refugees are intellectuals—writers, scientists, scholars. They will help to make our country the cultural . center of the modern world by their . .presence here. “The larger proportion of them ‘-.are, of course, workmen, businessmen and manufacturers. Of these individuals there will be quite a few “who will bring to our country new . business and skills which we have lacked.” a Holds Fact Clouded
Mr. Pickett feels that there are many facts about the presentday refugees which are not sufficiently clear to the public. For in-| stance, most people think that the; refugees from ‘Germany are all Jews. } . Asa matter of fact, in 1938, onethird of all refugees from Germany : were Christians, Mr. Pickett estimates. In the years before that, the proportion was higher. According to the best estimates available there ‘are about 400,000 Jews by religion still in Germany and about 300,000 non-Aryan Christians; that is Christians with some Perceniage of Jewish blood.
' ‘SAFE’ TAG IS GIVEN TO CAREFUL DRIVER
HARTFORD, Conn. Aug. 8 (U. P.).—As a reward for 30 years of “motor driving without an accident, ~ George W. Hobbs has been given . special registration plates bearing : the word “SAFE.” : -- The presentation was made by State Motor Vehicle Commissioner Michael A. Connor.
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Clarence E. Pickett . . . Refugees are consumers,
NEW LOUISIANA * PROBE HINTED
u. S. May Conver Convene Ssoond Grand Jury to Help In Investigation.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 8 (U.P.).— Federal’ authorities today considered convening a second grand jury to help investigate the corruption that has been turned up in the state’s - political clean-up. WPA corruption, election mail and income tax frauds, and violation of the Pure Food and Drug Law and the Connally Het Oil Act have been uncovered. A new batch of Federal indictments by the Grand Jury here yesterday involved former Governor Richard W. Leche in the scandal.
Sceks Shreveport Probe
The investigation so far has centered in the Eastern Louisiana Federal District. With the disclosure of a hot oil conspiracy in northwest Louisiana, United States Attorney Harvey G. Fields of the western district announced that he f.would attempt to have an extraordinary Grand Jury convened at Shreveport. In- the Western district {indict ments have been brought against: Leche, who resigned as Gavernor six weeks ago, on charges of conspiracy to violate the hot 6il act and conspiracy to defraud the Government. Seymour Weiss, wealthy | hotel owner and former treasurer of the Huey Long machine, on charges of using the mails to defraud in a double sale of hotel property to the state university, on charges of conspiracy to evade income taxes and of collaborating with Leche In the hot oil act violations.
Dr. Smith Indicted |
Dr. James Monroe Smith, former president of the state university, on {41 counts of embezzling - uniyersity funds; President Freeman Ww. Burfprd of the East Texas Refining Co. at Dallas; Tex., on hot oil charges relating to his dealings with the Louisiana clique; Louis Lesage, suspended former asistant to the president df the
the same charges; | Monte Hart, building and} electrical contractor, on mail [fraud charges in connection with the hotel property sale. Leche's = involvement left | ‘only Mayor Robert S. Maestri of New Orleans still unscathed ott the ranking heirs of Huey Long.
Standard Qil Co. of Louisiana, on.
HOPKINS NOTES
BUSINESS GAINS
FOR U.S. IN JULY
[All Major Lines Participate
In Unseasonal Uptrend, He Reports.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (U, P.)— Commerce Secretary Harry L. Hopkins - today - reported further business improvement -in July, ‘a month in ‘which economic activity normally is on the downgrade. All major lines of business activity participated in a ‘continuation of the recovery movement initiated in May and were well ahead of last year. . “Prospects for third-quarter business have improved with recent developments in the domestic field,” Secretary Hopkins said. “Business policies generally .reflect less hesitancy than prevailed during a considerable part of the second quarter. Indicative of the more confident attitude toward fall business is the enlarged volume of retailer commitments in wholesale markets.” The sustained flow of goods into consumers’ hands during the second quarter, the Secretary continued, has required replenishment of stocks and this factor, together with seasonal purchasing for the autumn, has been reflected in manufacturers’ orders. Industrial purchasing has expanded, with unusually large commitments made in some lines, he said. Forward purchases of cooper achieved record volumes last month.
Railroad Jobs at Peak
Meanwhile, the Interstate Commerce Commission announced that the nation’s railroads during July employed more than 1,000,000 men for the first time since December, 1937. Railway employment last month was 1,002,135, an increase of 7.77 per cent over July, 1938. Senator Hopkins said the general pattern of July business was one of resistance to the normal mid-sum-mer slackening. industry reached a seasonal peak in July with activity higher than in the summer of 1937, the best New Deal year. ; Retail trade in July, he went on, was much better than a year ago with sizable gains registered in con-
sumers’ durable goods such, as auto- |
mobiles, refrigerators, furniture and electrical appliances. Another important factor in the recovery movement; Senator Hopkins said, was the indication that the average consumers’ income could
buy more than last year. Consumers, |}
he pointed out, are benefiting from lower food costs and therefore are able to spend more for other goods. Incomes in July were higher on a seasonally adjusted basis than in June, preliminary data indicated. Industry Keeps Up Industrial activity in July was maintained at a better-than-season-al rate. Currently, it is one-fifth larger than a year ago. He pointed to the contra-seasonal increase in steel production from 53 per cent of capacity in June to 60 per cent by the end of July. Freight movement over - railroads increased -more than
‘| expected at this. time of -the year
and was 12 per cent higher than in July, 1938. Secretary Hopkins made it clear that while business in all major areas was well ahead of a year ago, it was still generally behind volumes in the summer of 1937. Most dur-
able goods industries, he said, con- |§
tinued to make relatively unfavorable comparisons. with that peak year. Many consumer goods industries, however, are close to the 1937 levels. Some -industries are even ahead of that year. Among these he named shipbuilding, aircraft, petroleum refining, electric power and construction industries.
ROANOKE, Va., Aug. 8 (U. P.).— Elsie, the elephant, rejoined the Russell Brothers circus today!after 36 hours of freedom in the woods near Staunton, where she raided farms, smashed down fences! and outhouses, and destroyed gardens. A collision by her trailer and an automobile on the highway set! Elsie free Sunday, and also killed her
elephant companion, Rubber, as well
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Circus Elephant Ends Fence Smashing Jaunt
as John H. Blair, Kansas City, a circus employee. She remained at large, hunted by a party of 30 circus workers and 159 sheriff’s deputies, all armed with revolvers, until yesterday evening when she sighted two of her friends, Alice and Margaret, also elephants, who had been taken out to lure her back ‘into captivity. She joined them and was led to a trailer without: difficulty. Four other workers were injured. They were Larry White, trainer, South Bend, Ind.; Robert Cullon, Columbus, Ga.; Milton Sydow, St. Lows, and Williara Rudolph, Dubois, Pa. When Elsie’s trailer overturned, traffic was blocked by a crowd of 18,000. persons. The crowd disappeared when word went out that Elsie might become violent. State Trooper Numa Helsabeck narrowly escaped injury when he sighted the elephant. She charged. Mr. Helsabeck, after running around a tree several times, managed to climb to safety. Her trainer, Milt Hinkle, also was treed for a while. Elsie tired of this soon and wandered off into the night. She stampeded a team of horses on a country road and disappeared again. Farmers boarded up their houses
|and made their children stay in close
while the posse stayed on her trail.
SCOMT SHIP FREED, SAILS FOR DETROIT
P.) ~—The three-masted Sea Scout training ship Oliver J. Perry contin-
after being released late yesterday by Charlevoix and Mackinac Island power lifeboats. She went agrouad Sunday night. The ship apparently was undamaged. It was en route to Detroit from Grand Haven, Mich., with 100 sea scouts from Midwestern states under command of Oscar J. Michael, Danville, Ill.
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