Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 September 1939 — Page 4

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ANS HEAR DETROIT LEADER AL FOR PEACE

a: Mrs. Wenz of . Indianapolis

Re-el cted Treasurer ( f Auxiliary.

RCHICAGO, Sept. 29 (U. P)— Raymond J. Kelly, 44, World War artilleryman and corporation counSi of Detroit, Mich., for-sevgn years, today was the new 2Ist national

commander of the American Legion |

arid was pledged to carry out the Begion’s mandate to keep - the United States out of European wars. + ‘We have conscientiously advised

our fellow-countrymen of the vital|’

necessity of their maintaining a realistic neutrality policy,” Mr. Kelly said after he had received the unanThien approval of the convention, h ended yesterday.

“The national executive committee |: of the American Legion Auxiliary, |

meantime, elected national officers. were: National secretary, Mrs. Gwendolyn Wiggin MacDowell, Story City, Jowa.: treasurer, Mrs. ia Wenz, Indianapolis, Ind.; chaplain, Mrs. Albert Greenlaw, Augusta, Me., and historian, Mrs. William L. Lutz, Miami, Fla. Mrs.

MacDowell and Mrs. Wenz were re- |:

elected to their positions. The auxiliary’s new president is Mrs. William

. H.- Corwin, Rockville Center, N. Y.

on Calls for ‘Coolness’

In his acceptance speech, Mr. Kelly said that “attempting to cloak

hail to|the new chief.

our neutrality with a biased belligerncy must inevitably lead us Straight to war. “As you return home may I urge $ou to be cool and deliberate in your pronouncements and actions. If you faust become partisan, let it be “solely for aggressive partisanship for the Aperican way of life. “As your national commander, I pledge myself to go from this conVéntion and make known to our fellow-citizens your mandate to keep our nation out of any armed conflict - overseas.” Mr. Kelly was elected after three of his rivals withdrew. His oppoents were Milo Warner, Toledo, O.; .ynn U. Stambaugh, Fargo. N. D., gnd Jatk Crowley, Rutland, Vt. He slicceeds - Stephen F. Chadwick of Seattle, Wash. Sidestep Embarge

The elections closed a four-day

RIDES HOBBY TO TOP-FLIGHT JOB

Kelly [Has Beer & to 13 National Conventions Since wer Was Over.

Raymond J. Kelly rode a hobby to

I the highest honor the American Le-

gion has to offer. The | new national cemmander, elected at Chicago yesterday, has only two hobbies—his home and the

ssion of the 21st annual conven-. tion during which the Legion de- | clared. itself "for peace and for the! neutrality of the United States in| the present European War. The|© convention, however, sidestepped action on the arms embargo on the premise that Congress should determine the nation’s policy on that! @uestion. Five national vice commanders elected unanimously were: John Q. Kelley, Little Rock, Ark.; James B. Fitzgerald, Cheyy Chase, Md.: Leo E. Ray, Gorham. N. H.; . E. Davis, Pueblo, Colo... and Matew J. Murphy, Chieago. “The Rev. Patrick MeDermott of| Atlantic, Iowa, was elected national

* chaplain by acclamation.

HELD FOR OHIO AS - BURGLARY SUSPECT

A 17-year-old youth was held] a today for Cleveland police who 2id he is wanted on a burglary | arge. He was arrested last night] City Police after he and two | ompanions eluded a State Policean. . :State 'Peliceman Victor Waller was driving back of their car on] ad 31 and stopped them for | stioning when he noticed - that |

n newly painted. «Bei in ‘his car, Patrolman | Waller ordered them to drive ahead # him and to stop at a designated |

place so he could phone head- jaw

Bharters and see if the car had! heen reported stolen. Instead, thd outdistanced the police car in chase that lasted about a mile!

ind ended in the fugitive car jump- linjuty, after he had been recom--

g a ditch and being wrecked in gn orchard in the 3300 block S.| geridian St. - $+Descriptions of the three were fe local police who picked up the th some time afterward. He] was to appeal in Municipal Court

° this afternoon in extradition pro-!

ceedings.

INDIANA WPA LISTED 48,015 ON SEPT. 20

Times Special fWASHINGTON, Sept. 29.—There were 48,015 persons employed on WP! projects in Indiana on Sept. | 20, Il. F. C. Harrington, Works Progress Commissioner, reported to-| day. This is an increase of 28 over the, figure for Sept. 13. Of the total. 697 were employed on Federal agency projects in the state and 47,318 on state and local WPA projects.

SPOKANE ‘ISOLATED’ |

BY U. S. WARPLANES

SPOKANE, Wash, Sept. 20 (U. P.).—Spokane’s transportation facilities, communications lines and bridges today lay in theoretical ruins after 15 U. S. Army bombers played war over the city in a long-range mock raid from San Rafael, Cal. Planes of the Seventh Bombardment Group of Hamilton Field pretended that Spokane was an enemy « stronghold. In three raking dashes over the city, the planes theoretically wiped out railroad yards, high-

~ ways and bridges and disabled

ymmunications and hydro-electric enters. »

" BALTIC NATIONS UNEASY COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Sept. 20 (U, P.) .—Foreboding spread through the peaceful Baltic nations

- today, as news of the Russia-Ger-

man agreement and the Russian-

~ Esthonian agreement were made

own. | It was for that after Esthonia atvia, and then, it was

ed, which of the northern coun- §

the trio speeded away 2

Legion—and of these, - the . Legion has received a substantial pertien of | his energies since he returned from overseas after the Armistice. Mr. Kelly, now Detroit's corporation counsel, had just settled dow to the practice of law’ when the v S. entered the World War. | Up Threugh Ranks U his return to civilian life, he | resumed the practice of law in De- | Htroit ing took an interest in the fledgling Legion. He (worked his way up through |.

ithe ranks, serving two years as com- |12an City. Ind., policeman. ,

mahder of Detroit's Pittenger Post. commanding the Wayne County |

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deapmond J. Kelly (center) and Stephen F. Chadwick (left) , . ,

Times-Acme Telephoto.

Mrs. Cecelia Wenz of Indianapolis « « » re-eleeted to handleauxiliary funds.

- ST. LOUIS SUSPECT WANTED IN INDIANA

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. Sept. 29 (U. P.).—The bond for Virgial Heikert, | | St. Louis, a holdup suspect, was in- | creased from $5000 to $50,000 today jon new infermation that\he was a

6.1.0. SWNNER AT 11 CHRYSLER AUTO FACTORIES

Evansville Votes for A. F. L.;|

Kokomo Spurns Both; New Castle Splits.

DETROIT, Sept. 20 (U. P.).—Results of” the largest National Labor

| Relations Board employee election

ever conducted revealed today that the United, Automobile Workers Union (C. I. O.) will be collective | bargaining agent in 11 Chrysler

(Corp. plants, the U. A. W.-A. F. of i |L. in one and neither union will be t (represented in one.

Results of the poll. in which 51,217 Chrysler employees voted gave the U. A. W.-C. 1. O. 40,552; the U. A. W.-A. F. of L, 4673, and neither union 4473. The U. A. W.A. F. of L. won at Evansville, nlda and neither union was wanted at Kokomo, Ind. The U. A. W.-C. 1. O. victorious in seven previous NLRB polls in the auto industry this year, won. by wide margins in the eight Detroit factories, one in Marysville, Mich., one in Los Angeles and one in New Castle, Ind. At the New Castle plant the A. F. of L. won bargaining rights for tool and die makers

‘in an election held concurrently

with the auto workers. 54,000 Eligible to Vote There were 54,000 employees eligible to vote in the 13 plants. The results at Kokomo and Evansville were a district surprise to President R. J. Thomas of the U. Al W.-C. 1. O. He had released a statement saying that the results

the elimination of that organization

i from the automobile industry.”

Mr. Thomas said, however, the

%#U. A. W.-C. I. O. would ‘proceed immediately” to negotiation of new

contracts with 11 Chrysler plants. The current union contract covering all Chrysler plants expires Saturday. Kokomo Spurns Both An independent union on the bal-

illot at New Castle gained 722 votes

while the U. A, W. piled up 2277 and the U, A. W.-A. F. of L. 60. The vote at Evansville was U. A. W.-A. F. of L. 355; U. A. W.-C. 1. O. 307 and neither union 7. At Kokomo it was neither union 343; U. A. W.-C. I. 0. 173 and U. A. W.-A F. of L. 17. Chrysler workers at Los Angeles voted 585 for the U. A. W.-C. 1. O,, 69 for neither and 5 for U. A. W.A. F. of L. The C. I. O. group in previous elections held to determine the jurisdictional dispute between the

U. A. W. unions won at Packard|

Motor Car Co., Briggs Manufacuring Co., Motor Products Corp. and three smaller companies. ~ Frank Bowen, regional NLRB director in charge of the election, said the vote totals could not be declared official until the vote was canvassed by mail.

| suspect in the shooting of}a Mich-

{here with him, was retul ned

Coungil one year, serving as Michi- | Michigan City yesterday by|Indiana die executive commit- | authorities. .

MAYOR 1S FATHER OF 28° CONWAY, 8. C., Sept. 29 (U. P.). —Ed J. Roberts, who was elected mayor of Conway over 23 opponents, claims he will guide the citizens paternally, Mr. Roberts, aged 69, is line father of 28 children.

Heikert's wife, taken into, custody to

|teeman a year, department vice commander two years and department (commander in 1929 and 1930. The following year he was named {national executive committeeman from Michigan for two years, after | which he served as chairman of the natianal legislative committee. In pursuance of his hobby, Mr. | Kelly, served as a delegate to 13 Le{gion national conventions,

| Six Miles to School

e new commander was born at | Otsego, Mich. As a youth, he fought to overcome difficulties in the path of his education. At the age of 12 alked six miles a day to attend | high? school. He worked his way through both {the Dniversity of Notre Dame and the University of Detroit, taking his Eig degree in 1915 at the age 1° hs After] | joining the Army at the start of | the World War, he entered th rst Officers Training Camp at \Ft. Sheridan, Ill, in May. 1917. An

imended for a commission, forced! i his lischarge. | Enlists Again

| He underwent an operation to re-

{move the disability, and, then reenlisted as a private in’ the field |artillery. | Shortly | Thi d Officers Training Camp at | Coup | Sherman, O., Mr Kelly served overseas almost a year. While in France, he was com- | Xa a ‘second lieutenant of fe artillery. He was the commat ding officer of Battery F of the 62d Coast Artillery at the time of | demobilization. r. Kelly is expected at national dquarters here within a week or days.

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3 YOUNG BURGLARS GET: 180 DAYS EACH

Thee youths whom authorities said confessed to participating in! {nine burglaries, were sentenced to 1180 days each on the State Farm by ‘Judge Pro Tem. Clyde Carter in iminal Court today. hey were Robert Young, 18, of 9 Massachusetts Ave.; Robert

wis Coleman, 19, Spruce St. apd oodlawn Ave. [Young and Faucett pleaded guilty ta second-degree burglary and gra larceny. Coleman pleaded guilty flo pei larceny. The youths were charged wi burglarizing taverns, groceries and di ugstores during the last two

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The Ben Davis delegation (left to right), front row: W. F. O'Neill, Willard Thomas, Mrs. Denham

Felix, Miss Ann Staples, Leslie

Caldwell; rear row:

Ross J. Moore, Governor's Safety Council member;

Marign County Surveyor John Ryan; Mrs. -Chester Faulkner, and Val MecLeay, assistant city engineer.

Survey to Begin at Once

A sidewalk will be built from Indianapolis ‘city limits to Ben Davis, the State Highway Commission decided today. . A survey is to be made immediately and construction will start as soon as possible, State Highway Commissioner T. A. Dicus said. Sidewalks will be built on both sides of

Road 40, making the total construe-|

tion distance approximately eight miles. Mr. Dicus told 10 persons who appeared before the Commission that it would be necessary to build a

storm sewer first, to replace the present ‘open ditches. s The movement for the sidewalks was begun by the Wayne Legion

sip —————n——— POWER ENDS HOME ROW COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 29 (U. P.).—When a i20-pound husband and his wife, who weighed 250 pounds, had a little argument over

his drinking and selling her old

clothes she didn’t waste words. She picked -him up, placed him under her arm and walked to police headquarters. .

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SHOW BUSINESS GAIN

Gross Income Tax collections in Indiana for the third . quarter amounted to $4,871,724, an increase of $780,081 over the third quarter of 1938, Gilbert K. Hewit, acting director of the tax division, anmounted today.

“This rise is: evidence of a remarkable increase in business and points to a large increase in the number of taxpayers during the last quarter,” he said.

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tor Paul V. McNutt, was in Indiane apolis today arranging. final plans for the third annual meeting of the Interstate Conference of Unemploy=

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