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SUPREME WAR COUNCIL OF ALLIES PUTS FULL POWER BEHIND POLES
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250 Here to See Federal-Approved System Operate: |
Specifications for Bids Are Being Drawn.
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Some of the nation's
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leading civil and military aviation experts | Association.
SCHOOL HEADS
FIGHT CHANGES IN "40 BUDGET
Civic Groups Back Appeal For 0. K. of $6,871,319 Requests.
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Review of Marion County budget requests for 1940 was started today by the Marion County Tax Adjust‘ment Board, with the $6871319
' School city budget the first to be ‘considered.
: | More than a dozen representatives |
of the Indianapolis Council of Par-ent-Teacher Associations, the American Association of University Women and the 12th District American Legion, packed the small room to support the School Board's budget requests. The Adjustment Board, which is to hold a public hearing on all budgets Sept. 20, will complete its study of the school’s budget be- | fore considering any others. The |others, all of which would require la $3.51 tax rate next year for Indianapolis in Center Township, compared with the current $3.21, will pe studied in the following order: { Civil City, County, poor relief, town[ship and towns.
Oppose Any Reductions
| At today’s hearing, school offi|cials said they would resist any effort to reduce the schools budget, which includes a $133,000 increase {in the teachers’ salary item. The only specific objection to any item in the budget during the morning session was made by Walter (Horn, of the Indiana Taxpayers Mr. Horn said he re-
made flight tests at Municipai Airport today to learn about the newest |gards as excessive the $45,153 regift of radio science to the safety of the airways—blind landing. About 250 radio engineers, crack test pilots and Federal aviation ment and suggested that it be cut
officials took turns making landings
by radio beams.
{quest for the Social Service Depart-
(to its 1935 level of $30,397. DeWitt S. Morgan, schools super-
hearing |
Saar: New War's Western Front
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Western Front:
cially announced.
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Duke Reported Back in London
ONDON, Sept. 12 (U. P).— The Duke and Duchess of Windsor were reliably reported today to have arrived in England and to be staying at the couniry home of Maj. Edward Dudley Metcalfe at Coleman's Hatch, Sussex. According to present plans, it was said the Duchess will stay with the Metcalfes for the time
FIGHT BREWING OVER ARMS BAN
Borah and Nye Protest On Neutrality Revision; Sugar Quotas End.
By THOMAS L. STOKES Times Special Writer
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—When Congress convenes in extra session
POLES CUT OFF, REICH REPORTS
Nazi Armies Are Reported Dealing Death Blow Near Warsaw. BERLIN, Sept. 12 (U. P.).—The German High Command reported
today that Nazi mechanized units had broken through FPuiish lines
office said.
it was announced.
“Prime Minister Neville
Great Britain.
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By UNITED PRESS The Allied Supreme Council met “somewhere in France” today with British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and French Premier Edouard Daladier attending, it was offie
CHAMBERLAIN, DALADIER MEET BEHIND LINES
Nazis Reveal 1500 Killed in Last Two Days? Claim Further Advances; French Push Deeper Into Rhineland.
The Council decided to concentrate all Allied powers and resources on the war and to give Poland all possible assistance, the announcement issued at Premier Daladier’s “The Supreme Council met today on French territory,”
Poland to Get ‘All Assistance”
Chamberlain, and Lord Chat-
field, the Minister of Defense Co-ordination, represented
“M. Daladier, Premier and National Defense Minister, and Gen. Maurice Gustav Gamelin, Commander in Chief of the National Defense General Staff, represented France. “The conference completely confirmed France's and Britain's firm resolution to devote all their power and ree sources to the conflict imposed upon them. “They decided to give Poland, which so bravely is resisting brutal invasion, all the assistance in their power.” During the momentous meeting of the Supreme Way Council of the Allies, French troops were pushing deeper into
The guiding beams came from the first Government-approved in-| struments landing system. the resuit of 10 years’ experimenting. The intendent, told the Adjustment system is heralded as the most important radio navigation development Board that the Social Service Dein 20 years | . — (partment “pays for itself” by keep-
being and the Duke will come tc east of Warsaw and had advanced | southward in an effort to cut off
London to visit Queen Mother en / i ral Mary at Marlborough House, to | armies defending the Polish capital.
the Rhineland to offset the power of Nazi armies battering at Poland’s defense lines on the Vistula. 1500 Reported Killed in 2 Days
to consider revision of the Neutrality Act, the primary issue will be whether the present embargo on of munitions and]
which incerporates | Nazi military experts asserted that
The system jing pupils in school.
shipments several blind
the best features of landing methods here and abroad, actual construction at for a year and a half. Tests will continue through Fri-| day after which the Civil
developed both has been under) the airport
Aero- | nautic Authority will make the apparatus available to all American commercial airlines and military and civil airports The tests represent proval of the system by Govern-| ment officials and civilian aviation| leaders. Tomorrow 200 members of | the C. A. A's radio technical ccmmittee, representing nearly every radio manufacturing and research! organization in the country, will meet at the airport to carry out formalities of launching instrument landing as a practical and every day safety device. Installations Expected Soon
C. A. A. engineers said they hoped to have specifications for competi- | tive bidding based on the Indianapolis model ready within 30 days| and it is safe to say, they declare, that installation of the equipment in major airports would begin withjn three months. The instrument provides a sort of radio down which the ships can guide themselves when the pilot is “placked out” by a total lack of visibility. Among the crowd of experts here today were some of the country’s most colorful pilots. Among the first to arrive was Benny Howard, probably the most noted test pilot in America, recently chosen to make first tests of the largest luxury liner, the Douglas D-4. Mr. Howard officially is chief research pilot for United Airlines. Among others who climbed in an |
formal ap-|
landing system | bannister
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BROKER FIRM HEAD IS CRITICALLY ILL.
Gavin L. Payne, investment broker and civic lerder in Indianapolis for! many years, was critically ill at| his home in Williams Creek today.l| He has been in a coma since last| week when he suffered a paralytic stroke. Mr. Payne is head of the Gavin| L. Payne & Co. investment brokers, | with offices at 8 E. Market St. Several years ago he was active in| state Republican politics.
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COSTS OF FOOD
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LEVEL OFF HERE
‘Spree’ of Buying Appears,
At End: Coal Prices |
Rising at Mines. |
Indianapolis’ grocery buying “spree” which resulted from the war | situation, today appeared definitely! at an end, local grocers reported.
At the same time, they said that|
prices of various commodities af-
| fected by the heavy buying, including { sugar, had leveled off and gave little
indication of anv material rise for the present. Meat prices were said to be weakening somewhat. Coal dealers reported, that the price at the
however, mines has
(risen more than seasonally in the {last few weeks, although retail prices {generally have remained stable.
One prominent coal dealer caid
(the wholesale price of certain types
of coal has risen 50 cents a ton in the last few weeks, about 30 cents than the seasonal rise. and that the price may be a dollar a ‘on higher than last year's price on some coals before the winter is over. Sugar and flour prices remained up, but no higher than they were
last Thursday or Friday, with a POS- |
sibility of a drop within a short time. Prices of some meats have declined this week, following the live-
d stock market.
COMMUNITY FUND GOAL IS $683,710
Campaign to Open Oct. 9: 3000 Workers Enlisted.
A goal of $693,719 has been set
for
| Fund campaign, opening Oct. 9. A! war.
workers now is bein the 18-day drive.
resents onl: th» minimum need of| Does
the Fund's 37 agencies, Harold B.
| West, Community Fund president, {said today. The goa! was decided |¢
upon after analysic of agency budgets by the Fund budget committee, of which Philip Adler Jr. is chairman. Perry W. Lesh, general chairman of the drive, and Raymond F. Clapp, Fund manage, wei in New York
Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati, chairman of the N
for Human Needs, was to preside.
Buchanan Reads Letter
He explained this by pointing out that the state pays the City schools approximately $700 a year for every 35 pupils mn daily average attendance. He added if attendance fell off. the payment by the state also would drop. Earl Buchanan, School Board president, read a letter which asserted that the school executives had exercised every reasonable] economy in preparing the budget. | “The national emergency which!
limpends,” he said, “gives indication |
of rising costs, which for a budget | already prepared on a oasis of es-|
sentials only undoubtedly will bring
{many difficult problems in the year | head.” |
e | The Board passed over the item | to increase Superintendent Morgan's salary from $9500 to $10,000 when (Continued on Page Four)
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Call It and It’s Your Weather
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HE nice thing about September, 1939, in Indianapolis is the fact that you can find a variety of weather simply by setting the alarm clock. For instance, if the heat bothers you, you can get up early (it was 59 at 5 a. m. today) then hie yourself to an air-conditioned movie around noon. If it's heat you're after, you got it this afternoon with the mercury in the 90s.
“implements of war” shall be repealed. Other proposed changes are secondary. President Roosevelt's frankly acknowledged objective in seeking repeal of the embargo is to assist England and France in their war against Germany.
Vigorous Fight Indicated
While, theoretically, lifting of the embargo would permit all nations, including Germany, to buy munitions and implements of war here, in practice Germany will be excluded because of England's command of the seas. The controversy in Congress will
which she returned yesterday.
GEN, HUGH JOHNSON WILL SPEAK HERE
‘Legion Post to Sponsor Appearance Sept. 20.
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, soldier, | writer and lecturer, is to speak at [the Riviera Club Wednesday night, Sept. 20, under sponsorship of the
revolve about whether repeal of the ow embargo may constitute a first step [John H. Holliday Jr. Post 186, Amer-| toward involving the United States |ican Legion. Gen. Johnson, columnist for the
{in the war. “Isolationists” contend that lifting Indianapolis Times and other lot the embargo will lead down the _ ° B : wl | Scripps-Howard newspapers, is to give his interpretations of events in
“road to war,” and are prepared to Europe and the Far East.
[contest the revision. We TOD re Seal Invitations have been extended to FP. Nye of North Dakota, Repub-|Prominent Indianapolis citizens and | licans, and Bennett Champ Glark of | {0 members of the 12th District Missouri and Homer T. Bone of American Legion and officers of Washington, Democrats. various posts. There will be limited accommodations for the public. Real War Promised The meeting at which Gen. John- | Senator Borah has arrived here|son will speak is to be the first in a; 'with a declaration making it plain | series of public service events Which | [that he and his colleagues will de-|the John H. Holliday Jr. post will| ‘mand thorough consideration of the sponsor during 1939-40. | Neutrality Act. | Other speakers which the post exSenator Nye today joined in re-|pects to bring to Indianapolis in-| iterating the demand of the Senate clude H. V. Kaltenborn, noted radio | isolation bloc that the United States commentator. and Dr. Eduard Benes, | | maintain its arms embargo intact. former President of Czechoslovakia. The Senator said he would lead a| “The John H. Holliday Post is do- | “last ditch fight” against any at-|ing this as its contribution to an en-| (tempt to alter the arms prohibition lightened public opinion in Indian- | phase of the law. apolis and to deepen public interest | Senator Nye, chairman of the|in keeping America safe for AmerSenate munitions inquiry said that|icans,” Commander-elect Robert W. (Continued on Page Three) Lyons, said.
Economic Aid Leads Up Road to War;
U.S. Fatein
By JOHN T. FLYNN
Times Special Writer
| EW YORK. Sept. 12.—On all sides I find a wide | and mixed approval of the President's speech the 20th annual Community declaring that America can and must stay out of the No one, of course, doubts for an instant that | volunteer soliciting force of 3000 the President wishes to keep the country out of war— g recruited for|that is, out of military participation in the war. . | But staying out of the war is one of those concepts This year’s figure is $24,360 above | which needs clarifying. When a man says he wants to the amount raised last year. It rep-| keep America out of the war, what does he mean? he mean that he wants to keep our soldiers out and our Navy out of battles? Or does he mean more than this? hat he wants us to keep out of economic participation
|of France
(in the war?
There are two ways to get into the war.
| raise armies and fight.
What does that mean?
economic front.
The other is to fight on one [side or the other with our economic resources. The President at one time believed that we should (get into the war on the economic front. City today to attend an emergency He said at Chicago that we should unite with other ‘meeting to discuss campaign strat. | nations to quarantine the aggressor nations. He said 1l/aov under wartime conditions. Four |!ater—and not very long ago—that America should ‘hundred representatives of Com-|2id the democracies with all her resources “short of | munity Funds throughout the coun-| war.” 0] try were expected to be present. into the war on the economic front. Now the surest way to get into the war on the ational Mobilization | military front is to begin by getting into it on the
That means getting
F.D.R.’s Hands, Says Flynn
E have to be honest with ourselves and recognize that the Germans, whatever we may think of them, are not fools. If we go into the war on the economic front, they will regard us as enemies. And they will look for some means to frustrate our activities. We have, therefore, to make up our minds that if we go into this war on the economic front we will go
in on the military front. And the man who takes us in on the economic front must take the responsibility before history for what happens after that. We are now about to be asked to make changes in the Neutrality Act—to give us a “true neutrality.” The plan is to change the Neutrality Act so that we can ship arms to the Allies. I can understand a man believing that that should be done. But I cannot understand how he can call that neutrality. I can understand a man feeling that way. But I think he should be honest with the people and not try to lead them in that direction under the mask of neutrality. The President can keep us out of the war. Or he can get us in. His power to reach the public mind, his opportunities for inflaming the people, for provoking them, frightening them, are great. His power to calm them, to protect their minds from inflammatory activities is great. Whether we go into this war or not is wholly and entirely now in his hands.
Does he mean
One is to
He said so.
| the German thrust southward from
East Prussia might be a death blow to the main Polish Armies. They said that the advances reported hy the High Command's cominunique meant the early end of resistance behind Warsaw in the triangle of the Narew and Vistula Rivers. The German forces from the north have now crossed the railroad hetween Warsaw and Bialystok, which is 120 miles northeast of the capital, at a point east of Warsaw and some 10 miles south of the Bug River, the communique said. It also claimed that advance scouting parties in armored cars had reached the Warsaw-Siedlce Railroad, at a point southeast of the capital.
Claim Major Forces Trapped
The Nazi version of the present fighting in the east was that two major Polish forces are now trapped. One force is 50 miles southwest of Warsaw in the Radom-Kielce sector, where fighting was reported intense. The second force, which the Nazis say is trapped, is fighting northwest of Warsaw on the northern bank of the Vistula, west of the fortified town of Modlin and at the junction of the Narew and Vistula Rivers, | War maps circulated here show these forces now entirely surrounded by the Germans. The trapped Poles in the northwest have theoretical contact with their | armies across the Vistula by pon-| toon bridge near Modiln, but Ger-| mans said they had under heavy artillery fire. In the far south, the German | force advancing along the Krakow- | Lwow railroad lines toward Lwow (Continued on Page Three)
MARKET RECOVERS AFTER REVERSAL
Rails, Utilities Lead Rally; U. S. Bonds at New Low.
By UNITED PRESS
Stocks at New York staged a recovery at mid-session today under the lead of rail and utility shares to bring the list back from losses that had ranged to $6. Tickers ran late on the afternoon recovery, Fractional net gains were recorded in most of the market leaders. Sugar shares still had losses ranging to $3. Virtually all the U. S. Government bonds slumped to new low ground for the year. All North American Grain markets were lower, wheat at Chicago slumping 3 cents a bushel before a small recovery. Sugar futures declined 25 points. Rubber futures and rubber shares turned downward. Before the New York market opened, gains were made in London, Paris and Amsterdam. The dollar eased in New York in terms of the pound sterling and the Canadian dollar and rose against the franc and guilddk
the Reich has suffered 12,000
the Polish main forces.
ports from Polish cities said
The rains have started in
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Eastern Front
By UNITED PRESS As drizzling autumn rains aided Polish forces defending Warsaw against a German “death stroke,” the Nazi High Command today announced 15,000 to 20,000 casualties in Reich ranks, with 1500 to
o ”
12000 killed in the past two
days. The fact that the Germans said
the bridge they had suffered the bulk of their
casualties in the last two days indicated that a bloody and perhaps decisive battle now is raging on the Eastern Front. No exact figures on casualties were available, but the Germans made their estimates on a percentage basis. All indications are that the casualties will be heavier until the tide of battle around Warsaw swings one way or the other.
Major Battle Indicated
Throughout all the Warsaw area and territory behind the German lines there were indications of a major battle being under way. There was increased aerial activity. Airplanes took off and came back soon to load more bombs. Troops were (Continued on Page Three)
Germany's High Commander in the East, announcing that
to 15,000 casualties, with 1500
to 2000 killed in battle the last two days, claimed further advances by Nazi mechanized units had all but surrounded
The defenders of Warsaw still held out and radio re-
that their lines were fighting
back strongly along the Narew, Bug and Vistula fronts after having repulsed the Nazis at Warsaw.
Poland, radio reports via Paris
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Western Front
PARIS, Sept. 12 (U. P.) .— French troops today marked the 25th anniversary of the first battle of the Marne by eliminating a German salient from the Saar to the Blies River, unofficial reports to Paris said. Premier and War Minister Edoue ard Daladier tonight returned from a meeting of the Allied Supreme War Council “som=»where in France’ and at once received. Edouard
Herriot, former Premier and President of the Chamber of Deputies,
German Wing Battered Reports here said that Germany was forced to bolster her Rhineland defenses because of French pene« tration of German territory on the whole front from the Moselle to the Rhine. French pressure was reporte ed to have increased in the Moselle Valley, on the Saar River front and in the Vosges Mountains.
In the wide Vosges sector the French now have advanced their lines from the bor ler almost to the edge of the Siegfried fortifications, according to these unofficial reports. The German right wing was re= ported to have taken a severe bate tering from French Maginot Line
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In London:
Nazi Ground Defense in Air Raids Weak, British Say.
By WEBB MILLER United Press Stafl Correspondent
LONDON, Sept. 12 (U. P).— British newspapers today described British troops in action beside French soldiers on the Western Front and bannerlined advances by British artillery and mechanized forces against German troops. The Ministry of Information, however, announced that while British troops had landed in France “these troops are not yet in action and no further details can be furnished in the meantime.” “For some days,” the Ministry added, “rumors have been current
in this country and abroad that British troops had landed in France. “The Ministry of Information now is permitted to announce officially that this 1s so.” Before the ministry's denial that British forces were in action the press described activities of the troops, apparently on the basis of a Ministry of Information authoriza< tion of mention that a British expeditionary force, including land forces and airplanes, had landed on French soil. The mere landing of British troops in France testified to the complete (Continued on Pagq Three)