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Cabled for Your Information: This
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eally Hasn't Started Yet
There has heen a feeling of mystery about Greal Britain in
the present war.
Are the English really preparing te fight.
Are
they expecting a long or a short war? The answer (o these questions is given in the following advisory cable today from Hugh Baillie, president of the United Press,
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By HUGH BAILLIE President of the United Press
LONDON, Sept.
15.—It
is becoming increasing-
ly obvious that the war has not really started yet on
the Western Front.
With the French conducting limited
operations, and the British not yet in action on land, it is apparent that the Germans are following the course forecast, namely, to finish the Poles first, if possible, and then
offer peace to the Western powers.
accepted, to turn on the heat. Whether they would be
Then if peace is not
able to seize the initiative
from the British and French on the Western Front remains to be seen, since it would appear that the French have as yet done nothing to demonstrate what potential
striking power may be there.
In other words, nobody has
as vet slung a Sunday punch on the Western Front. Diagnosing the German program, British spokesmen have already gone on record declaring that no such peace would be acceptable, and the French have been
equally positive.
Meanwhile, however, the Germans have
done nothing to indicate any change in their program
apart from submarine activities.
They have, up to the
time of writing this, been content to remain on the defen-
sive in the West. say. At the same time, of course, the Germans are giving the works to the Poles, and it is a matter of conjecture how long the Poles will be able to keep large numbers of German troops occupied. Delay in starting the slugging on the Western Front is obviously giving the British and French more time to prepare. An important task in Britain may be to keep the people geared up to observing precautions. The day war was declared everybody expected an air raid any minute, and the airraid alarm which came Sunday morning just after
How long this will last no man can
Mr. Baillie . ..
Mr. Chamberlain had finished his radio announcement of war produced an alertness and tension which lasted for
Yesterday's Mark May Fall; Grid Game Postponed: Four Hoosiers Dead.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES Midnight . 82 Sam . a.m 9a m 10 a. m, 11 am. 11:30 a. m, 12 (Noon) 1pm
The thermometer today was in a nip-and-tuck race with yesterday to
Last Straw
see which would be hottest of the { current September heat wave, un- :
precedented in Weather Bureau history.
Clouds appeared about noon to
partially shade the city and take a §g slight edge off the turbulent mer-|
cury However, as the afternoon wore on, it was likely that the mercury would reach or perhaps pass yesterdayv’s record wreaking 100. Four Are Dead Already four deaths have been reported in Indiana as having been indirectly caused by the heat. Tomorrow wili be hot, but probably no® as hot as today. the Bu-
reau predicted—and then relief. Meanwhile, dozens ol heat prostrations were reported over the state, Thr 2 persons died of heart attacks: John Vinev. 45, Logansport; John Plantz, 76, and Mrs. Mary E. Thrush, 83. both of Rochester, Deputy Coroner C. 3. Parker at
Ft. Wayne today returned a verdict |
of accidental death in the drowning vesterday afternoon of Charles Wormeastle, 14 in the Maumee River here. Authorities said vester[day's excessive heat probably was indirectly responsible for the boy's death. Charles and a companion defied posted warnings against swimming in river. Collapses at Work 42. of 2327 Yandes St. collapsed at his work at the West Side Motor Sales..2419 W. Washington St. and was taken to Citv Hospital where physicians said he had been prostrated by the heat. C. E. Hammond. business ageat for the local painters’ union, reported that two 16-inch electric fans were stolen from headquarters, 29 S Delaware St The football game scheduled between Southport High School and Tech was postponed because of the heat.
the
Ed Chaney
Schools Closed
Schools were closed for afternoon sessions at Indianapolis, Ft. Wayne, Logansport. Marion, Lafavette, Kokomo, Seymour, Crawfordsvile, Redford, Anderson, Peru, Portland, Huntington and Brazil It was reported that the water supply at Logansport was scant and all resident were asked by City officials to conserve it. The supply is taken from the Eel River which officials said was “dangerously low.” Among the higher record temperatures reported over the state were 10% at Portland, 103 at La Porte, Huntington and Marion; 1135 at Kokomo, 192 at Logansport, Crawfordsvilie, Seymour and Biuffton. Horace Abbott, Marion agricultural agent, said some late corn and vegetables intended for canning would be damaged.
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HOSPITAL DATA
Head of City Institution Declares Negro Wing
In a letter written Reginald H. Suliivan, Clark,
to Mavor Col. E. W. acting Public Works Administrator, today asked whether Negro internes and Negro nurses had been given quarters in the new Wing F of City Hospital. Col. Clark's letter said reports have been received that this plan has not been carried out. despite the fact that the wing was built with PWA funds under a contract which stated that the third and fourth floors would be for Negro patients. land the fifth floor would provide Negro internes and
: nurses.
|| Mayor t ‘reached for comment.
Times Photo.
For hot weather, there's nothing like ice cream soda therapy. says 3-yvear-old Emsy Crowder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Crowder, 4101 Park Ave. It's potack with the dnll, tee,
U. S. DOLLAR SOARS IN TERMS OF POUND
Financial and Commodity Markets Narrow.
By UNITED PRESS Financial and commodity markets settled down to narrow movement in quiet turnover today while the
American dollar soared in terms of the pound sterling. The pound, which vesterday lost more than 10 cents to close at $3.90 opened unchanged ana then dropped sharply until it touched $3.73 A new low since April, 1933. The descent of the pouna has been rapid since the British abandoned support Aug. 25 to conserve its nold supply The decline vesterdav unsettied the market and it was considered a factor in todav's dullness on the stock exchange Trading in the stock market fell to the lowest level of the month as prices fluctuated in a narrow area. Some gains of more than $1 were noted.
CLOSE INDIANA AVE. FALL CREEK BRIDGE
The Works Board today condemned the Indiana Ave. bridge over Fall Creek and ordered it closed to traffic immediately, after City Engineer M. G. Johnson reported it unsafe.
. ’ Louis C. Brandt, board president,
said the board will confer next week with Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan on the feasibility of raising $225.90 by bond issue to build a new bridge. Mr. Brandt said traffic will be routed over the 10th, 16(h and Michigan Sts. briages.
Democra ts Map Indiana
Sullivan could not
Reports Quarters Available
Dr. Charles W. Myers, City Hospital superintendent said the fifth floor quarters were available ior Negro internes and nurses. but were unoccupied. Dr. Myers said that there was no City Hospital rule or policy against admitting Negro internes, but that he had received no applications tor interneship from Negro medical students since he assumed his post in 1931. Dr. Myers said there had been Negro internes at City Hospital. but did not know how long ago 1t had been. “About 20 years.” he said There are only two Negro graduate nurses on the hospital staff, and they hive outside the premises, Dr Myers said “There was nothing said in the WPA contract about training student Negro nurses at the City Hospital. We don’t have anv definite (Continued on Page Seven)
WPA QUIZ COUNSEL IN CITY TOMORROW
limes Npecial WASHINGTON. Sept. 15 (U. P). —J. O'Connor Roberts, counsel for the House WPA Investigation Committee. will confer with the committee’s investigators in Indianapolis tomorrow, According to Earl Chesney. chief of the committee's staff. Mr. Roberts went to Chicago on personal business today and will stop off in Indianapolis en route back to Washington. His conference will be with Matt Connelly and George J. Shillito. the committee investigators in Indianapolis.
SLAYS HIS DOCTOR
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 15 (U. P.).— Brooding because 15 vears of treatment had failed to cure him. a 46-year-old odd ‘obs man today shot and killed a downtown physician and critically wounded the doctor's assistant, The dead man was identified as Dr. Frank G. Leslie, 67. Wounded three vimes was Joseph A. Cerra. 58. {who said he holds a medical degree from the University of Naples. Cap[tured b,; a cigar store clerk a few minutes afte. he left the scene. the confessed s'ayer, Mike Koski. 46. was turned over to police.
Drive in Secret Session
By NOBLE REED Times Staff Writer FRENCH LICK. Sept. 15. —Indiana Democratic leaders went into closed session this afternoon to outline a plan of strategy for the 1940 campaign. Members of the State Democratic Committee and officials of the State Democratic Editorial Association
29 took part in the secret session.
The editors were invited to sit in for the first time in history. State Chairman Fred F. Bavs said he would announce action taken at the meeting tonight.
More than 1000 leaders and partly workers began arriving here today for the week-end conference to
chart a “harmony” course for the coming campaign. “Favorite son” booms for gubernatorial candidates were in evidence
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in the lobby of the French Lick!
Springs Hotel where accommodations have been made to serve 1200 persons at a banquet tomorrow night. District
caucus meetings began
be
Doubly Guilty, Judge Decides
S Criminal Court took up today, there was a commotion in the back of the room. Judge Pro Tem Robert L.
brought before him. “The man.” he said. parently drunk.” Mr. Bryan was there appealing a Municipal Court conviction on drunken driving for which he had been sentenced to 30 days in jail. The case was tried immediately. Judge Carrico found him guilty and doubled the sentence—60 days in jail.
“was ap-
ASKS PROBE OF CITY PURCHASES
Albershardt Makes Request At Tax Adjustment Board Session.
Charges that the City Purchasing Department is not functioning properly and warrants an investigation were made at the County Tax Adjustment Board today. Frederick C. Albershardt, vice chairman of the Board. made the claims during a review of the proposed budget for the Safety Department. “There is something wrong with this Purchasing Department,” he charged during a debate over the price paid for gasoline for the Police Department. “It is not functionIng as a purchasing agent for all
" departments.”
Deery Denies Charges
Denying the charges, City Controller James E. Deery said the Department is acting as a central
{purchasing agency and it trying to
make purchases as economically as possible. . Leroy Keach, Safety Board president, said approximately 129 cents a gallon is paid for gasoline for the Police Department. Mr. Albershardt claimed the School Board is paying oniv 1147 cents a gallon. Mr. Keach said that his department advertised for bids through the Purchasing Department, but that bids were opened at the Safety Board office by the purchasing agent. He said “the majority” of the Board's supplies are bought through the Purchasing Department.
Charges Complaints Made
When Mr. Albertshardt declared “there have been a lot of complaints about what goes on in the Purchasing Department.” Mr. Deery asked for the names. of complainants. “There has been enough brought out at this hearing on gasoline purchases alone to warrant an investigation.” Mr. Albershardt replied. “It is not your fault, but someone ought to look into it.”
GOLD FUND HEAD QUITS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (U.P). —The Treasury today announced the resignation of Archie Lochhead. director of the $2.000,000,000 stabilization fund. H. Merle Cochran. former secretary -to the Embassy in Paris, will succeed him.
PLEADS GUILTY IN SLAYINGS PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 15 (U. P.). —Cesare Valenti, 55, of New York, described by the prosecution as the “professional killer” for Philadelphia’s notorious mass murder for insurance syndicate, halted his trial today by pleading guilty to a general murder charge. ARMOUR CONFERENCE SET WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (U. P.. —Secretary of Labor Frances PerKins announced today that Armour & Co. officials will come here Tuesday for a conference concerning a threatened strike of the Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee, affiliated with the C. I. O. M'ELROY, KANSAS CITY, DIES KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 15 (U. P.).—H. F. McElroy, city manager of Kansas City for 13 years and the No. 2 man in the Tom J. Pendergast
Carrico had | Arthur Brvan, 614 Fletcher Ave.
days, and was intensified by succeeding air-raid alarms.
Nobody was complaining about the blackout then.
“war prognostications are tricky.”
Now, however, small changes are being made in the rules about auto headlights and the hand lamps. The war spirit in this country is the most businesslike imaginable, All the people you meet tell you, with an air of fatalistic finality, that now that they are in it, they are going through with it, but there is no patriotic hoopla whatever. London with its sandbag barricades, its blackouts, and extraordinary air raid precautions looks like a stage setting for a war drama with no actors on the stage. There are no bands, parading troops, or
patriotic orators, as we used to have during Liberty Loan drives. There do not seem to be more flags than usual, and
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it is noteworthy that there are no recruiting posters or hate propaganda in London now as in the last war.
Occasionally a small group of soldiers may be seen
marching vigorously along
the street. There are, of
course, anti-aircraft batteries and barrage balloons, all of
which seem to be keenly on
the job all the time. But the
people, who are going about their business as usual, accept
them as commonplace, and
soldiers at various situations
have an air of being at work—not engaged in anything
romantic or adventurous.
Men are called up. no big sendoff, no public weeping, no cheering.
There is War is
rapidly becoming a routine business of the nation. With the theaters closed, football off for the time
being, and large assemblies
banned, there are no gather
ings at which patriotic songs could be sung or demonstra-
tions staged.
The newspapers are restrained, and radio reserved
and unexcited in presenting the news.
When the coma
munique telling about the Kiel Canal raid was broadcast, the announcer showed no more emotion than when he
read other items.
Somewhere songs are being sung, no
doubt, and bands are being played, but I have yet to hear anything in the way of martial music. War prognositications are tricky, but all the information I can get is that it is going to be a long war with much more activity in the West than has been seen vet,
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NAZI U-BOATS REPORTED
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Machine Guns
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Nazi infantrymen are pictured storming machine gun nests set up in abandoned street cars in a suburb of Warsaw. This photo was
passed by German censors,
The Eastern Front
The Allies
ZALESZCZYKI, Poland. Sept. 15 (U. P.).—Polish troops, reinforced by heavy artillery, are fighting bitterly in defense of Lwow (Lemberg), messages received here today reporied. (The Germans have reported that Zaleszczyki is the new seat of the Polish Government.) Formidable German motorized columns had succeeded in reaching the outskirts of Lwow, Poland's most important southern industrial center, but they fell back, it was reported, after Polish resistance showed they were unable to storm fortified approaches to the center of the city. Dispatches indicated, however, that the Lwow defenders soon would be isolated by German columns advancing to points east of the city along routes north and south of Lwow. One heavily motorized German column, it was reported, moved in the direction of the Rumanian frontier toward Stryi, a large oil refining center south of Lwow. An(Continued on Page Three)
Germany
BERLIN, Sept. 15 (U. P.).—The army high command announced today that German troops from the north had pushed into the heavily forvified zone at Brest-Litovsk
SUNK BY ALLIED FLEETS
German Troops Drive Closer to Soviet Border As French Push Into ‘Weak Spot’ Along
Westwall in Face
of Artillery Fire.
War is certain to bankrupt belligerents, writes Gen. Hugh Johnson, Page 20; John T. Flynn discusses ''The War and Your Pocketbook," Page 19; Gallup Poll shows American public wants U. S. ships to stay out of war zones, Page 8.
By JOE ALEX MORRIS
United Press Foreign News Editor
The Allied powers reported land and sea successes toe: ‘day in their war to offset the battering advance of the
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German war machine through Poland.
On the high seas, the British Admiralty announced, many attacks have been made on Nazi submarines and “a:
vy . wi ! number” have been destroyed. Both British and French
‘warships sought out German tions for the U-boats.
vessels acting as supply sta-
The French said that only 25 of the 30 German submarines at sea when the war started were still afloat and
‘that many of these were being forced to return to Germany
for new supplies of torpedoes. was reported putting out from ‘returning submarines.
However, a new U-boat fleet German waters to relieve the
French Gain Near Saar
On the Rhineland front,
French troops reported more
local advances east of the Saar River and near the Luxem-
‘bourg frontier. The French,
holding their ground against
(Brzesc na Bugu), gateway to East greatly intensified Nazi artillery fire, penetrated German ‘territory east of the Saar until they were in contact with ‘Nazi forces before the Westwal and also carried out a strong attack in the Sierck sector, which some believed to be a weak point in the main German fortifications. The Nazi drive through Poland, meanwhile, progressed rapidly, with the Germans blasting at the fortifications be-
Poland, and had blown up parts of its fortifications.
The great citadel there, however, was “still held by the enemy.” For the first time today, the Germans admitted that “local rains” were beginning to slow their advance in Poland, but denied that the storms had heen any serious inconvenienze vet The communique said that Germans had approached Praga. a suburb of Warsaw, from the north, east and southeast; that they had beaten back another attempt yesterday by "a very strong and desperately fighting Polish force surrounded in the vicinity of Kutno (60 miles west of Warsaw) to break through to the southeast.” The fortified zone of Brest-Litovsk commands the main routes to the east, the Pripet Marches and the y (Continued on Page Three)
The Western Front
Germany
By UNITED PRESS
The German High Command to- troops were reported today to have|in a radio talk to
day reported that the French had ‘been unsuccessful in an attempt to
leross the frontier by the Burgundian!
gateway near Switzerland. . Of the two places most strategical-
ly located for a French invasion of |
Germany, most of the fighting so far reported has been in the Saar valley near the Luxembourg fron-
tier. The German communique to-| day revealed that the French had
also tried to force the southern
gateway, however. The communique said, “The enemy which attacked south of Pirmasens, near the Swiss border, Sept. 12, was torced back over the frontier by our artillery fire” Why the clash was not reported earlier was not indijcated. Regarding fighting in the Saar, where the French claimed to have filtered into the advance works before the Westwall, the German
communique said simply, “Enemy | had increased the intensity of their |for the laboratory. |artillery was active east of Saar- artillery fire and brought up many |
bruecken.”
The Allies
fore Brest-Litovsk (Brzesc na Bugu)
through the south in an effort tier communications.
and driving hard to cut off the Rumanian fron-
Warsaw still held out, reporting that« Germans again ‘had been hurled back in fighting in the suburbs, and Polish
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In Washington:
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Lindbergh Talks Over Radio Tonight on War,
| WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (U, P.). —President Roosevelt indicated to-! day that the Administration’s special Congressional session program will be limited to revision of the neutrality law, unofficial debate over | which was in full swing today. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh was ex- |
erents. Confidence is booming that the proposal will succeed and will aid in restoration of Democratic Congressional harmony. Mr. Roosevelt said at a press conference today that he does not expect to ask Congress for legisla tion to restrict activities of war
| PARIS, Sept. 15 (U. P.).—French pected to add to this debate tonight time profiteers.
pushed deeper into German terri|tory east of the Saar River and to be in contact with Nazi forces before the Westwall. These positions were held in the
erations started last night and continued today, unofficial reports said. The operations were largely between Saarbruecken—now wholly cut off by the French—and the Blies River. This sector is in a small German salient directly opposite Saaregemuines. German troops and civilians were reported to have evacuated Bubingen, Kleinblittersdorf, back, Bebelsheim, Bliesmengen and Auersmacher, in the hills east of Saarbruecken, thus losing control of the richest Saar coal mine pitheads. | French dispatches said Germans
more airplanes, many of them re-
early in various parts of the hotel,' Democratic political machine, died Observers in southern Holland and turning form the Polish front to the
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today. He was 74.
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face of heavy Nazi artillery fire as a | result of another series of local op-|jly maintains a strict silence on gram to Congress asking only ree
Bliesrans- |
the nation on | “America and Foreign Wars,” He {will speak from 8:45 to 9 p. m. (In'dianapolis Time) over the three] [major networks—Columbia, Mutual | land the N. B C. Red. The famous flyer, who customar-|
public affairs, was relieved from in- | active duty in the War Department | | late yesterday. He completed a two- | | weeks period ot active duty, which | included a survey of the nation's (aviation and research facilities, on May 2. Since tl:en. he has served in an inactive training status in the (office of Ma). Gen. H. H. Arnold. chief of the Army Air Corps. Col. Lindbergh met for two hours | today with other members of the National Advisory Committee for | Aeronautics but the group deferred selection of a site for its proposed | /$10,000,000 research laboratory. | (Fifty-three different cities have bid
The Administration desires to eliminate the neutrality act provi-| sion providing for mandatory em- | bargo of arms shipments to bellg-
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In previous statements he had ine dicated that measures against profiteers and revision of the neutrality were ithe two most pertinent subjects at the present time. Thus, his statement today appeared to imply’ that h- would presetn a pro=-
vision of the neutrality law. : Mr. Roosevelt, again emphasizing
| that all plans for this country are
on a peace-time basis, said that no suggestions have even been cone sidered for increasing Government personnel in Washington. ;
No Limit to U. 8S. Walers
The President, referring to the neutrality patrol in waters off the U. S. coast, said that territorial vaters of a nation can extend just as far as its interests require them to extend. Nobody ever defined the term bee fore in that manner, said Mr. Roose= velt, but it is a pretty good definie tion. “Does that extend our territorial (Continued on Page Three)
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