Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 August 1939 — Page 5

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‘South Side Boy Is Held at!

Martinsville; Stolen Car -@ |s Recovered.

A 15-year-old South Side boy was bold in jail at Martinsville today, his five-hour trail of alleged banditry ended by State Police. The officers’ gunfire climaxed an 80-inile-an-hour chase. An alleged 15-year-old accomplice ‘n one of his crimes was detained ere. Meanwhile, Indianapolis police sought an: armed bandit who last night held up and robbed Charles

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Williams, manager, of $25 at the|g

‘ Standard Grocery Store, 2616 Shelby |i

St. The boy held at Martinsville was captured last night by State Patrolmen Ralph Metcalfe and John Martin on Road 37, a‘mile south of ‘the Indianapolis city limits after they fired five shots at the stolen car in which he sought to escape.

Accused of Holdvp -

The boy is accused of holding up Joseph Mason, 40, of 1217 Cottage

"Ave, at the White River bottoms

between Raymond St. and the Belt Railroad when Mr. Mason returned to his parked car after fishing yesterday afternoon. The youth allegedly obtained 30 cents from Mr. Mason and took his car. A 15-year-old companion of the

| py appeared at the holdup scene, ibut told pelice who arrested him

later that he was so frightened that he did not get into the stolen car. He is held by juvenile aid: author-

| ities.

Stolen Car Spotted The young bandit suspect is alleged to have driven to Martinsville in the stolen car and of robbing Gene Trowbridge, filing station operator, of $12.50. Mr. Trowbridge: furnished State

| Police with the license number of

the car, and the two officers spotted |J it while en route to Martinsville, They said the boy threw a rusty revolver from the car as.he neared a stop. They said the stolen money was in his pockets.

BLAME CLOD OF DIRT IN SEWER ACCIDENT

LORAIN, O., Aug. 25 (U. P.).— Richard Leitch, U. S. Bureau of Mines ‘inspector, has reported that a’ four-inch cube of dirt which liberated a quantity of gas probably was the cause of seven workers being overcome while working in a tunnel here. > Mr. Leitch said that the dirt clod was knocked from around an old sewer joint by the tunnelers and liberated the gas with which it was saturated when it fell to the tunnel floor.

Daughe! reporter, .

By LEO DAUGHERTY Indianapolis is divided in its opinion on the European situation. Some people think there will be war—and some of them fear that the United States will become involved. Interviewed at the Mroisroads of America, Hoosiers branded the crisis abroad as everything from “a great big frost” to ‘a serious situation.” : They've got to “break” Hitler, some said. But one man said Germany’s entitled to the territory which she is carving from the face of Europe. Everyone expressed hope that there will not be any conflict and that the United States will not have to go to arms. A father whose son was killed in the World War led those who expressed hope for a peaceful settlement of the European fuss. Despite the world’s tenseness, there were: some who, . in their hurry to shop or attend to business cares, dismissed the subject with “it doesn’t worry me at all.” Here's what Indianapolis people think about the situation:

Mrs. Mary Feeney, 40, S. Alabama St.: “The whole thing is a great big frost. There's nothing to it. They're just trying to frighten people. They (European countries) are afraid of. us.”

Samuel Leffel, 931 Park Ave.: “There’s a lot of smoke so there

must be some fire. It's getting

T° William Jones,

Hoosiers Split o on ‘European Crisis

hotter all the time. But if war doesn’t break within the next few days I think everything will be settled peacefully.”

Mrs. Leffel: “I‘don’t read enough about it to know much about the situation, but I hope there won't be any war.”

Ernest Harting, unemployed, 408 Massachusetts Ave.: “The situation should be settled in peace. Germany is taking land which belongs to her. Some of it belonged to her 62 years.”

Mrs. Robert Faris, 701 W . Drive, Woodruff Place: “Looks ee we're going to have one (war). And we'll be in it. It may take a year and a half to steam up enough propaganda to get us into it.”

A. C. Turpin, Milner Hotel: “I'm up a tree. I don’t think Hitler will back down, There will be a war, but I don’t think the United States will get into it. We got the worst of the last one. There was the money we lost and the lives we lost. I lost one son, Ned. He was on a submarine chaser.”

etter ‘carrier and war veteran, 1] Gharie St.: “I don’t think there Will be war. In the first place England and France will not dare to fight without Russia’s help. I think England and France will concede.”

Ralph Collins, railroad fireman, 1620 Central Ave.: “It looks like war and were going to be in it, but I hope not. There's too much

Times Photo.

. Turpin (left), who lost a son on a submarine chaser during the World War, is interviewed by Leo

Looks Like War, Say Some as Others View Present Conflict as ‘Big F rost’

American interests are heavy over there.”

Walter Graves, painter. and overseas veteran with Piao Engineers: “The situation is very serious. There will be war and the United States will get into it in the course of time, perhaps nine months. - It will take that long for them to agitate us. Germany, Italy and Russia will drive us into it.”

Thomas Long, Kokomo: “Looks bad. Looks like war anytime. I hope the United States will not get involved.”

Ray Ranck, mechanic, 1406 M burn St.: “Everyone should be intelligent enough not to have a war. I don’t think there will be one. It’s all a bluff. But at that, I think Hitler will get his own way.”

Mrs. Ella Dixon, 750% Virginia Ave.: “I don’t doubt there will be a war if they don’t straighten things out. I hope we won’t get into it. I have two boys who would have io go.”

William Beikes, bartender, 2030 E. Washington St.: “They'll fight among themselves. As long as the

‘Angeles, Cal,

POSTAL CLERKS | NAME OFFICIALS,

Convention Here Closes as Barrett of Washington Is Re-elected Head, Election of officers yesterday

ded the convention of the United National Association of Post Office

‘Clerks at the Hotel Lincoln.

John J. Barrett, Washington, D. C., was re-elected president, defeating Leo N. Bowers, Baltimore, Md. Floyd Sanders of Atlanta, Ga., defeated John Krauss, Pittsburgh, Pa., for. second vice president, George J. Hickey, Brockton, Mass., was chosen national organizer over Thomas A. Coughlin, Boston, Mass.

Several Unopposed Elected without opposition were O. D. Aston, Dallas, Tex., first vicepresident; Clarence Rotherum, Los third vice president; Theodore Deters, St. Louis, Mo, fourth; Guy B: ‘Fitzgerald, Okla-

homa City, Okla., fifth; John F.|]

Frantz, Cleveland, O., “sixth; Walter H. Hampton, Chadron, Neb., seventh; Sam Allen, Detroit, Mich., eighth, and A. W. erritt, New Orleans, La., ninth. 1 ‘Thomas P. Bussier, Philadelphia, Pa., was named secretary; Fred S. Sullivan, Chicago Ill1., treasurer, and

Me wiilias Sullivan, and Mrs. Richard Hatch, Oklahoma City, Okla., were re-elected president and secretary respectively of the Women’s Auxiliary. r Mrs. Frank Langenberg, Indianapolis, was elected a trustee, along with Mrs. W. S. DeWitt, New York, N. Y., and Mrs. Noel Patterson, Waco, Tex. rs. John Hammon, Portland; N. Y., was chosen first vice president; Mrs. H. E. Allmon, Memphis, Tenn., second; Mrs. Henry Mabe, St. Louis, Mo., third, and Mrs. William Davis, Altoona, Pa. fourth. Mrs, Ballard Cupp, Dallas, Tex., was named treas|urer and Mrs. Samuel Allen, De- < troit, Mich, editor.

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far.”

William Rogers, taxi driver, 1208 Pleasant St.: “Sort of looks like war. Don’t know how soon. If there is, the United States will get into it. Yes, I'm a veteran, 151st Infantry.”

Albert Pierson, news vendor, 1630

Prospect St.: “Someone’s got

‘break him.’

money involved to prevent it.

I mean Hitler.”

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YOUTHS ACCUSED IN THEFT OF AUTO OIL

GARY, Ind. Aug.. 25 (U, P)— Four Sheldon, . Ia. youths today faced charges of stealing nine quarts of oil while passing through here on their way to the New York World’s fair, - They were returned here from La Porte where they were arrested late yesterday. The youths, Howard Finch, Donald and Dale Skewis, 18, twips, told puthorities their car, which they had purchased for $40 to make the trip, “ate a lot of oil.”

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i Hapmiie From the Citizen’ ’ Tax Lengun

. Back | in the old days of Rome, Cato. each day said to the senate a "Carthage MUST be DE STROYED!" Finally he got action and Carthage was wiped out. If we keep working each day on this idea that — 'Taxes MUST Be LOWER!" — perhaps public offi« cials will realize that the great working, taxpaying majority of good citizens insist that something be done—Here and Now!

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® When our budgets for 1940 Taxes are TRIMMED TO BARE NECESSITIES—When ECONOMY! shows in EVERY DETAIL of EVERY BUDGET — When EVERY CENT. of ADMINSTRATION and RELIEF COST is justified abs solutely as NEEDED EXPENSE— The Tax Rate for Marion County for 1940 can and will be LOWER! We will not qo on PAYING for. EXTRAVAGANCE and WASTE!

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* We insist that every official exert every effort to see that . every cent of every tax dollar does full duty. If that is done— Taxes WILL Be LOWER. :

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® What have school improvements cost you, the taxpayer? In 1919 1920 the actual expenditure for school improvements was $4,610.< 000—covered by bonds which cars ry interest costs of $4,730,853. When these bonds are paid off we shall have paid in taxes $9,340,853 for improvements worth $4,610,000 twenty years ago.

* * * ® |t is estimated that economical,

§ businesslike, efficient operation of

our divisions of government ~ by men and women who gave their utmost to see that not one cent

| [of tax money was wasted, would

rom our rate. That n savings of over $3. 000,000 this, year in place of the $2,100,000 raise which increased budgets are now asking us to pay.

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Poor relief levies in Marion County for 1939 total $1,635,762 added to other government relief figures. This year $808,950 goes, not for relief of the destitute of today, but to pay back a bonded lebi of $5,850,989 already spent. * x Kk ® Added to this bonded relief debt is $526, 000 more borrowed

in the first six months and another - $500,000 needed before the end

cut 20%,

of 1939. Half the taxes we pay,

for relief go to pay back money spent in the past. How long would any private relief or welfare organization, such as the. Family. Welfare Society, last on that basis? Today's relief, should be today's expense—not that of our children. * x ; ® Some decades back in our hiss tory the government - “heads of England said—'"These are your taxes! You must pay them!" Our forefathers wrote a Declaration of Independence and founded our aovernment in a rebellion against that idea. Yet today we try to build our homes and our republie on the heaviest load of taxes ever known in this country.

* * * ® In this tax crisis of 1939, the

taxpayers say to the taxspenders —"Even in Marion County thera -

: are penalties for broken faith!"

* * [iio 1 ® Inefficiency and waste have

| contributed fo our Marion Couns

ty Tax Rate to make it increase 25 per cent since 1935. We have read of’budget increases through which officials plan to ask for mils lions more to make our present rate of $3.21 increase to $3.64. And again we warn every official

that Taxes MUST be LOWER! * * ¥%

® Jobs, businesses and homes. will be swept away in this deluge ofhigher taxes. What are YOU do ing to get RELIEF for Tax Pays ers? : y i * * ® Have you signed the Warning from Taxpayers that Taxes MUS Be LOWER? It is ready for you at every drugstore, or we will be glad to rhail you blanks for You and your friends to sign. Let's unite and act before it is too late —NOW!

| Taxes Must fo Lower!

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