Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 September 1939 — Page 1
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FORECAST: Fair and slightly warmer tonight; tomorrow fair and continued warm.
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VOLUME 51—NUMBER 159
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1939
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SETS RECORD FOR SUMMER
City Swelters as Mercury Soars to 98.5: No Relief Seen.
TEMPERATURES 10 a.m. 11 a.m. 12 (Noon) 1 pm
LOCAL a.m, 3 a. m. 3 a. m. R0 a.m 86 The temperature reached Sy degrees at 1 p. m. today to break the summer recerd Previously the on July 13 and and 9 The record abeve the previously for today, and beat ords for this the Weathel When the degrees here at marks established for 1927 and 189% Meteorologist J gaid that than 15 dearees this date The record for is 95.1 degrees Covers Wide Area here are no prospects of {he forecaster said, for of the state, but there probably will be some precipitation in the northern part of Hoosierdom The belt extended from western Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas eastward across Jowa, Missouri. Louisiana, Arkansas, Illinois and Indiana to the lower Mississippi River U. S. Forecaster C. A. Donnel at Chicago said a high pressure area in east will hold the hot winds over the plains states for at least 24 hours.
record was 98, set
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was 435 degrees all-time high all existing recperiod of September Bureau said temperature reached 94 mid-dav it equalled this date In
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He said the far east and far west and most of the Great Lakes area except Chicago were enjoying normally cool fall weather Temperatures throughout the heat wave area generally were at fall normals during the early morning but began rising with the sun, Mr Donnel said He anticipated a maximum of 98 in Chicago during the day, three degrees higher than the mid-Sep-tember ad of 935 reached in 1927, and similar readings across the entire area. The all-time September vecord set last
for Chicago Thursday when the mercury reached 100
PIPE LINE BACKING PUT AT $4.500.000
Times Speci WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.—When and if the General Gas Pipe Line Corp.. Indianapolis, gets a permit to operate its proposed natural gas pipe line and consume for 12000000 cubic feet a day at 30 cents per 1000 cubic feet. it probably will be underwritten for $4.500.000 by investment concerns, the Federal Power Commission was told toda: Testimony on this proposed financing was given by Ross T Ewert, president of Ross T. Ewert, Inec.. Circle Tower Ruilding, Indianapolis
HEWIT IS NAMED GROSS TAX HEAD
Gilbert Hewit, New Castle banker, today was appointed bv Governor M. Clifford Townsend as acting director of the State Gross Income Tax Division, effective immediately. He will take over duties of Clarence A. Jackson who is on leave of absence to assist Federal Security Administrator Paul V. MeNutt in Washington, The Governor's office said Mr. Hewit probably will be named permanent director of the tax division on Nov. 1 when Mr. Jackson's resignation becomes effective. Mr. Jackson has accepted an executive position with the State Chamber of Commerce,
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SIGHTS SUB OFF MEXICO MEXICO CITY, Sept. 13 (U. P) --The newspaper Universale's correspondent at Puerto Mexico reported today that the tug Pemex had sighted a submarine, without lights, off Zapotitlan, last Monday, Capt. Juan Palma of the tug said the submarine submerged a few minutes after it was sighted.
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13 (U. P.).—President Roosevelt today summoned Congress to meet in special session Sept. 21 and headed the Administration toward a spectacular showdown with isolationists on the issue
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of selling arms and ammunition
ligerents.
The call was issued after a drumfire of Senatorial protest that the Roosevelt plan to amend existing neu-
trality legislation is a “fake” wnich United States in war,
Senate and House leaders of both parties were invited to confer here with the President the day before
Congress meets. It is Mr. Roosevelt
fine this session to limited emergency legislation, if
possible. He will address a special message 21 and is expected to ask revision of
tion in such manner that any belligerent could pur-
chase anything here on a cash and
The practical effect of such revision would be to open the United States market to naval powers—Great Britain and France in this instance. As word of the Congressional call circulated here,
the Capital settled itself for a m
tween the White House and the isolationist bloc.
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likely to match in bitterness and vigor the dispute which ended in rejection of the New Deal plan to reorganize the Supreme Court,
Rep. Sol Bloom (R. N. Y.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee was confident the special session would support the Administration's neutrality wishes. Rep. Bloom was author ot the Administration bill for repeal of the arms embargo in the last session which failed of passage. The President's proclamation follows: “Whereas public interests require that the Congress of the United States should be convened in extra session at 12 o'clock noon on Thursday the twenty-first day of September, 1939, to receive such communications as may be made by the executive; “Now, therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and declare that an exiraordinary occasion requires the Congress of the United States to convene in extra session at the Capitol, in the City of Washington on Thursday the twenty-first day of September, 1939, at 12 o'clock. noon, of which all persons who shall at that time be entitled to act as members thereof are hereby required to take notice. “In witness whereof. I have hereunto set my hand (Continued on Page Three)
to Europe's bel-
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LEGION OPPOSED Gavin Payne, Investment WAR ‘OVER' IN
T0 SCHOOL CUT
Leaders Urge Board to Pass New Budget Without Any Reduction. A plea that the 1939-40 proposed
Schools budget be adopted without reductions so as “not to blackout
the school children” was presented paralysis e week ago after being ill |
today to the Marion County Tax Adjustment Board by officials of the 12¢h District American Legion. Raymond Grider, 12th District commander, presented a formal resolution to the Board. Homer IL. Chaillaux, Legion national Amerfcanism director, and Arthur F. G. Gemmer, of the State Americanism Committee, urged adoption of the budget, without change, in short speeches, The Board expected te conclude its study of the Schools budget today and begin reviewing the Civil City budget tomorrow.
Clash Over Attendance
Today's the School
session, the second on City budget, opened with a controversy over whether school patrons should be admitted during the Board's session Albert FF. Walsman, Board chairman, asked two representatives of the Indianapolis Federation of Par-ent-Teacher Associations to leave the room when they entered just as the doors were about to be closed. Harvey Harisock, the School Board's representative on the Adjustment Board, protested that “it looks like there will be all foes of the budget. and no friends, here today.” After a discussion. it was agreed that the women might remain, but they declined to remain.
Ask Classroom Count
Harry Miesse, Indiana Taxpayers’ Association executive secretary, who entered with the women and had taken a seat, arose and said: “I guess you don't want me, too. but I would just like to make one request, that this Roard have an inventory made of the number of students and teachers in each classroom. There hasn't heen one made since Mr. Walsman was School Board business director.” Mr. Miesse then left the room. Walter Horn, Indiana Taxpayers’ Association attorney, remained in the room. however, and several other women who arrived later were seated “Last vear, more than 400 per (Continued on Page Four)
EDUCATOR DIES IN CRASH FAYETTEVILLE, Ark, Sept. 13 (U. P).—Dr. J. C. Futrall, 66. president of the University of Arkansas for 25 vears, was killed early last night when his car collided with a farm truck near here. Dr. Futrall had been connected with the university for 40 years and had been president since 1914
Moderation and Life of Serenity Definite Ways to Avoid Heart Disease
By JOE COLLIER
Nearly evervbody can take definite precautions against angina pectoris, one of the most prevalent types of heart disease in this country, Dr. Irvine Page told the Central Section of the Indiana State Nurses’ Association this afternoon.
Dr. Page, director of the Lilly Laboratory for Clinical Research, addressed the nurses at the City Hospital auditorium. Angina pectoris, Dr. Page said, is a sort of charley horse of the heart muscle. It is manifested by a crushing pain in the chest. To a large measure it can be avoided by equanimity and moderation in all things. Dr. Page said. and then gave these specific precaution-
[ary measures to take: Learn to accept reality instead of fighting it. Americans, aggressive by, tions.
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Suffered Stroke Week Ago: Funeral to Be Held
Gavin L. Payne, investment broker, died today at his home in Williams Creek. He s“ffered a stroke of
for several months, Mr. Payne, who was 70, headed Gavin L. Payne & Co. investment brokers, 8 E. Market St. He established the company in 1907 From 1901 to 1906 he was secretary and president of the Security Trust Co. In 1894 he was city editor of the Indianapolis Journal.
| Born Near Madison | Mr. Payne was born in Wirt, Ind. near Madison, and was brought to Indianapolis as an infant. He had lived here ever since. He was graduated from the old Indianapolis High School.
| He was Marion County district chairman from 1932 to 1936. He was a member of the Scottish Rite, of Blue Lodge 398. F. & A. M., Sons of the American Revolution. Indiana Society of Pioneers, the Columbia Club and the Military Order of Foreigh Wars, He saw service as a captain on the Mexican border and as a colonel in Puerto Rico,
Daughter in Germany
He is survived bv his wife. Mrs Carolyn Conde Payne. whom he married in 1920 after his first wife died; a sister, Mrs. Janet Payne Bowles; a daughter, Mrs. Ida Payne Renshardt, Heilbroun, Germany; a son, Fred Payne, California, and three grandchildren, Services will be Friday afternoon at the home and burial will be at Crown Hill Cemetery.
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SHOWS LOSS OF 196
A loss of 196 in the present total enrollment in the City schools was announced today by Superintendent DeWitt Morgan. Total elementary enroliment to date, 39078, represents a drop of 738, while high school enrollment, 17.561, is a gain of 542. Mr. Morgan said he expected the loss wouid be overcome later in the year. He explained that last year children were permitted to enter school if they would become 6 by the middle of the semester, while under this vear's rules, they must have reached their sixth birthday before enrolling. CONSIDERS PAWN sUIT A motion to dismiss a suit seeking ito restrain the City from enforcing the pawnbrokers ordinance was taken under advisement today by Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell.
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Declare Polish Defense Has Been Broken by Three Armies.
BERLIN, Sept. 13 (U. P.).—Naazi
BRITAIN
Senator Borah . . . leads isolationist bloc.
BULLETIN LONDON, Sept. 13 (U. P.).=The Ministry of Information said today the Government has reason to believe that Germany may air
attempt to establish
and submarine bases on the
military dispatches reported today]
that Polish defense lines had been
ft broken by three German
war in Bastern Eurcpe as a “serious” military conflict. Conflicting with Polish claims of important counter-attacks west of Warsaw, the Nasi military announcements said: 1. The German Northern Army from Bast Prussia had moved strong | forces across the Warsaw-Siedlce | Railroad, thus drawing a line east of Warsaw and closing all but one railway line running southeastward irom the capital to Lublin. This line was reported under artillery fire and __ German troops whic crossed the Vistula south of Warsaw may already have completed the encirclement, the Nagis said.
Admit Resistance Germans admitted that there was strong resistance in tht Warsaw sector but said that it was largely due to civilian sniping. The High Command announced that such Polish resistance would be broken “by all means,” which was taken to mean that agreement not to bomb open cities might be abandoned.
Gavin L. Payne
STOCKS HIT HIGHS ON CONGRESS CALL
Set New Records for Year; Grain Prices Up 3 Cents.
By UNITED PRESS President Roosevelt's call for a) » The German Southern Army special session of Congress Sept. 21 has advanced along the railroad today brought an upward surge in jjne trom Cracow, broken through the stock market to new highs for the Polish defenses on the year. River and sent advance scout units Earlier. traders had taken a new as far east as Lwow. This was interest in issues which have lagged said by Nazis to mean that all in the current bull movement and southern Poland would be swiftly bid them up while taking heavy dominated and communications (profits from recenu {avorites with Rumania cut off. Foreign markets had been des Defense Lines Broken pressed in trading before the New 3 The German motorized troops York market opened. in the northeast have broken Grain prices whirled up more through defense lines in the Lomza than 3 cents a bushel in North sector, 80 miles from Warsaw, and American markets on the news of moved swiftly southward to within the call to Congress and reports 25 miles of Brest Litovsk, Poland's Russian merchant ships had been eastern communications center. ordered home. The High Command announceLivestock prices in Indianapolis ment regarding determination to were strong. break Polish resistance “by all
_— - - means’ created great interest. : The announcement was given ou ‘OUTSIDE BRAIN’ | BABY STILL ALIVE
as coming from “the Fuehrer's headquarters.” It said that Polish FT. MYERS; Fla. Sept. 13 (U. P.).—Four-day-old Marjorie Janet
district governors as well as Army commanders had been ordering (Continued on Page Three) Fortson, born with a growth outside her skull, apparently contain ing part of her brain, continued to
fight for life today but doctors said her chances were slight. They believed her only hope for life lay mn the possibility the sac. | P.).—The stern pontoons of the about the size of a tennis ball. dig sunken submarine Squalus not contain brain matter. peared on the surface at 11:25 a. m.
SQUALUS IS BROUGHT TO SURFACE AGAIN
PORTSMOUTH, N. H. Sept. 13
nature, are likelv to fight the inevitable. Angina pectoris is not neary so prevalent in China for instance, as it is here.
If it is impossible to break an eight-hour day's work with a two or three-hour luncheon time and nap, then take a bath when you get home and a half hour or hour nap before the evening meal. This restores blood pressure to the morning starting point, instead of permitting it to climb steadily throughout the day, he said. One who has angina pectoris should not smoke, he said. Smoking intensifies the pain. Otherwise, there is no evidence, he said. that either alcohol or ‘tobacco cause heart disease. Another cause of heart disease is infections—namely syphilis, matic fever
rheu-| and streptococeic infec- vancing age, which Brings on hard[ening of the arteries, he said.
~~ (Indianapolis Time) today, and salvagers immediately began pumping Called air into the two bow pontoons. The submersible was reported listing 23] ‘degrees to starboard. | Previously today the submarine was lifted to the surface but later returned 90 feet to the bottom because of faulty balance. It was] These can be combatted by ade. ‘he second time that salvagers had | quate treatment of colds, sore throat | been forced to lower the submersible and tonsilitis, and of syphilis and © the bottom again after surface other veneral diseases, he said. ing it. To help prevent colds. one should | exercise the blood vessels in such a way that thev become used to and react properly to changes of temperatures. This can be done by exercising outdoors in few clothes, or by taking sudden cold showers and massage, he said. Books There are metabolic causes for Broun heart disease that can be com- Clapper batted. he said. One may pay spe- Comics ; cial attention to vitamin diet, being Crossword . 18 particularly sure to get enough of Curious World 19 Vitamin B. Editorials . 12 Questions One should avoid excessive weight Fashions .... 9 Radio : and should not eat excessively at! Financial . 13 Mrs. Roosevelt 11 one meal. | Flynn . 12! Serial Story . 19 The other principle cause is ad! Forum 12 Society .. 8 In Indpls. .. 3 Sports .. Jane Jordan. &| State Deaths. 15
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U. S. Envoy to Poland Says . Civilians Disregarded by Nazi Aviators.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 13 (U. P). —Anthony Drexel Biddle. American Ambassador to Poland, today formally charged the German military forces of bombing open cities and towns in Poland. Mr. Biddle's charge was made in official telegrams to the State Department. He reported an aerial bombing raid upon the village where his villa is located. Mr. Biddle used the word “today”
the San in describing the time of a raid on| the Polish village where he has es- |
tablished the U. S. Embassy on a temporary basis. The actual date of this bombing was not given further and neither was the name of the Polish village mentioned. Another telegram reporting bombardment of industrial centers was daged Sept. 8. Mr. Biddle reported tl.at German aviators bombed industrial establishments without regard to endangering the civilian population.
Report. Diplomatic Corps
Bombed in Poland PARTS, * Sept. 13 (U. P).—The newspaper L'Information raported today from Krzemieniec, Poland, that German Air Force bombed Krzemieniec where the diplomatic corps accredited to Poland is stationed temporarily. L'Information said that the diplomatic corps. led by the Papal Nuncio, sought refuge in a dugout. Later it was decided that each Government individually would protest
reap- the bombardment of Krzemieniec, banks from Saarlautern past Volk-|
an open city, the newspaper said.
Blackout! But New Blind
By SAM TYNDALL
Benny Howard, crack test pilot, was sitting far up in the nose of the United Air Lines twin-motored giant “flying laboratory.” Eight aeronautical radio experts representing private radio firms throughout the nation climbed in and filled the seats. William E. Jackson, the Civil Aeronautics radio division director, sat on some radio cabinels on one side where seats had been removed. Mr. Jackson gave the pilot the signal and the big plane taxied for a take-off. They were going to make a “blind” landing with the Federal Government's new in:trument landing system which is undergoing formal tests this week at the Municipal Airport. Sitting beside Mr. Howard was a
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‘French Continue Advance in Saar With
Grand Scale Combat Imminent; Aided By English Air Force. United Press Foreign News Editor
| | By JOE ALEX MORRIS
While the Nazi High Command threatened to bomb Polish “without of Warsaw claimed today to have turned back German invaders and
civilians pity,” defenders | England and France united to crush Iitlerism “once and for all.” Of mysterious implication was an Agence Radio report from Moscow to the eifect that all Soviet merchant ships en route to England have been ordered to return to home ports. Radio messages and Polish dispatches reaching London and Paris said that the defending Polish troops had broken out of the military trap in which the Nazis caught them, recaptured the city of Lodz and hurled German troops west of Warsaw back into the Warta Valley. The Polish claims were disputed by the Germans, the official Nazi wireless broadcast from Berlin asserting that ‘Adolf Hitler had visited Lodz this afternoon on his tour of ‘the Polish front.
| Nazis Claim Pole Counter Attack Repulsed
In Berlin, the Nazi High Command asserted that the Polish counter attacks had been repulsed, that the steel band around Warsaw was almost closed and that German advance units had plunged across south Poland to Lwow in a drive to cut off Polish communications with Rumania. From a standpoint of a ‘serious conflict,’ the eastern war is over, said a Nazi communique. But the Nazis admitted that their war machine had met serious resistance as they attempted to close their pincers around Warsaw and cut off probably 18 Polish divisions west of the capital. This, they charged, was due to sniping and sabotage by Polish civilians. The German High Command declared that as a result, Polish resistance would be broken “by all means” which was taken to mean bombardment of open cities. The Pohsh Transcontinental Press Agency today pub(Continued on i’age 1hiee)
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4 bat. Go he By UNITED PRESS artillery hammered a rmal “tem Ae . ; sitions on the Saar Front tonight in| The recapture of Lodz by Polish preparation for a large-scale thrust'armies was reported in official against the Nazi Westwall defenses. sources today. Dispatches said there “he French drive against advance was a general improvement in the | posts in the German line continued Polish defense position, methodically against heavy enemy| The Poles were described in the artillery fire, according to unofficial dispatches as holding the German messages reaching Paris. advance at major points and as The British Air Force is co-0per- recapturing strategically important ating with the French, but both territory in counter-offensives in the French and British officials said |)ast 24 hours. that the British troops had not yet| The semi-official Le Temps, in gone into action although large! paris, said that Polish reports told numbers are arriving in France. of the repulse of all German atSeek Better Positions tempts to break defense lines on The advance on the Rhineland I reg Bug Ravers, Shieh appeared to be designed to achieve at the right flan
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was virtually a no man’s land, al- hoyns wb in that sector, the most surrounded by the French. . res ; German artillery pounded at the Polish Claims Contradicted Saarbruecken area to prevent! contradicting Polish claims, the French occupation of the city. British shortwave radio today The French are now firmly | broadcast the following from Berlin: ‘planted on the Saar River's west| «af the Fuehrer's headquarters: On a tour of inspection of the front the Fuehrer arrived at Lodz at 3 p. m. Wednesday. The drive of | the Fuehrer right through the town, | which was occrpied only over the | week-end, came as a tremendous surprise to the German troops and | population.” | The Polish counter-attacks were | reported to be the result of a comeback by tlie armies which the Nazis ‘motors and the ship left the con- had reported trapped in the Posen
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crete runway smoothly. While he area west of Warsaw. The reports maneuvered into position to make |from Poland said that Polish forces the trial landing by instruments, from the west were attacking the | Mr. Jackson told the radio men that (Continued on Page Three) they would “follow the eee as |down in four different runways di- | rections. BREMEN REPORTED | Each direction is provided with a distinct glide path radio beam. HEADING FOR ITALY, [These beams, broadcast by 16 tiny high-frequency radio transmitters, LONDON, Sept. 13 (U. P.).—The lextend from about 600 feet altitude Ministry of Information today sancon the outside of the airport. At tioned publication of a report made first they are straight and then as public by the Nieuwe Rotterdamsche they descend they round out to give Courant that the German liner the pilot the easiest natural ap- Bremen had changed her nationality ‘proach to the runways. in mid-Atlantic. Pilot Howard had leveled the ship, The Dutch newspaper had stated off at about 600 feet and pointed to that the Bremen had become an (two instruments. One had needles Italian vessel ana now was heading which crossed each other. One was| for an Italian port. The Bremen night
(Continued on Page Foul) of Aug. 30.