Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 October 1939 — Page 1
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1989
SUPER COUNCIL TORUN COUNTY B CONSIDERED
Tax Board . May Suggest One Unit to Include City and Schools.
FEE SYSTEM ATTACKED
Survey on Possible Cutting Out of Certain Courts Also Scrutinized.
By SAM TYNDALL
Creation of a “super County council” to replace the present City and County Councils and the School Board is expected to be recommended by the Marion County Tax Adjustment Board in its formal public report being prepared today. The “super County council,” which
tablishing the county ‘unit form of overnmeht, is one of
mental proce re fo -be included in the report. Among these are: 1. Strict control by the State Accounts Board over ‘relief expenditures by township trustees, and the requirement that trustees advertise for bids before buying food and other relief commodities. 2. Circulation of public petitions asking the present County Council not to approve issuance of bonds to pay poor relief expenditures not covered by budgeted appropriations. 3. Public agitation for- legislation abolishing fees now paid to certain County officials in addition to their regular salaries. 4, A survey of the County courts to determine if elimination of certain Municipal and Superior Courts, as an economy measure, would be feasible.
Court Costs Studied
The Adjustment Board, which was to meet at 2:30 m. on the
fifth and final draft of the report, |
also was considering a recommendation that the laws be changed to require ‘litigants to pay costs of changes of venue in court suits, instead of ‘the costs being paid by the County, as at present. Board members explained that the idea of the “super County Council” was. conceived as a means of coordinating the activities of similar ~ departments in ‘the various local branches of government. As an example, they said, it would permit establishment of a central purchasing agency for the schools, City and County, eliminating discrepancies in prices now paid for - certain identical articles by the variour units. This co-ordination and simplification of government, they feel, would present many epportunities for substantially cutting governmental costs by eliminating overlapping functions. Board Salaries Suggested
The “super council” would require extensive revision of existing laws, which might take years, it was pointed out. The proposed body would assume the duties of the present Adjustment Board. However, for the interim between possible creation of the “super council,” the Adjustment Board is expected to propose several changes in the Board's setup. These would include paying the Board members, and eliminating from membership anyone directly (Continued on Page Three)
CITY SEES DISPLAY . | OF NORTHERN LIGHTS
LOCAL TEMPERATURES 6a m... 5 10a. m.... 74 7a m... 57 11a. m.... 76 8§ a.m... 63 12 (noon): 7 9a m,...69 1p m...80
There was a display of northern lights visible in Indianapolis last night at points where city lights did not offer roo much interference. They were reported to be plainly visible in the rural districts. This was one of two or three displays that have been visible .in the last two months, J. H. Armington, meteorologist, said. The Weather Bureau predicted partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures for tonight and tomorrow. \
ASK NATIONAL BANKS TO REPORT CONDITION
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (U. P.).— The Compigoller of the Currency today direc all National banks to report their condition as of Oct. 2.
Rental
Losses—
range from 50c to $5.00 per day en vacant rooms. houses and apartments, but a tenant finding Times Want Ad costs only from 38¢c to 27c a day and nm most ‘oases ‘these efficient little salesmen stop rental losses very quickly. Try one for vour vacancy—vou will be pleased with the results. Phone tonight before 9 or tomorrow before 11.
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New Tax Rates Are Certified
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The Marion County Tax Adjustment Board today prepared its final report which is expected to contain drastic recommendations for governmental setup revisions. Here, Board Chairman Albert F. Walsman signs the Adjustment Board’s budget report to the State Tax Board, as County Auditor Fabain Biemer, board secretary, looks on.
The Presbytery of : Indianapolis,
TOBIN SUPPORTS F.D. R. APPEAL
Local Unionist Urges A. F. L. To Heed Roosevelt Plea For Labor Unity.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 4 (U. P),— Delegates to the 59th annual A. F. of L. convention expressed satisfaction today with President Roosevelt’s message asking that negotiations for peace with the C. I. O. be continued in the interests of national unity. Daniel J. Tobin of Indianapolis, president of the Teamsters’ Union, said the message was “conciliatory and constructive, one that no trade unionist could afford to overlook.” Meanwhile Joseph Padway, chief counsel for the A. F. of L., charged “trust busters” had invaded the rights of labor, and he appealed to Attorney General Frank Murphy to “curb and possibly suppress” activities of the Anti-Trust Department. Mr. Padway told the convention that Thurman Arnold, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the (Continued on Page Three)
‘SNUBBED,” CHARGE ADVISERS ON PARKS
Middlesworth to Meet With Mayor’s Committee.
A charge that the Park Board has ignored members of the Mayor's Advisory Committee on Recreation was made last night at a “showdown” conference between members of the Board and the committee. After a two-hour verbal battle, the committee emerged with the Board’s promise that H. W. Middlesworth, recreation director, would confer -once a month with committee members. During the discussion, the Board criticized newspapers for printing news “before we were ready to announce” it. - The Committee, it was agreed, will meet with Mr. Middlesworth some time next week to formulate a winter recreation program. It will discuss the creation of a city-wide community center council which will advise the Park Board on the winter program. The Mayor’s Committee was rep(Continued on Page Four)
ONE HOUR FOR DRINKS ON NEW YEAR'S EVE
Liquor and beer can be sold only one hour during celebration of New Year's Eve the night of Dec. 31-Jan. 1, the Alcoholic Beverage Commission raled today. The new tavern closing law speci
sold to 1 a, m. on New Year's Eve instead of the regular midnight closing deadline. However, New Year's Eve this year falls on Sunday and the law pro-
day without exception. The Beverage Commission then ruled that sale of liquor for the New Year's Eve celebration can legally start at
midnight, but must end at 1 a. m. New Year's Day,
fies that alcoholic beveragés can be|
hibits sale of liquor on any .Sun-|
Keep War Out of Pulpit, City’s Presbytery Urges
Governing Body of 41 Central Indiana Churches Asks Protection for Conscientious Objectors.
governing body of 41 Presbyterian
churches in 11 central Indiana counties, today stood on record as opposing war propaganda from the pulpit and favoring guarantees of | religious and citizenship rights: for conscientious objectors. War was characterized by the Presbytery as being “repugnant to the Christian conscience, a manifestation of the power of sin in the world, and we repudiate it as a means of settling international disputes. We would affirm again our faith in the Christian method of overcoming evil and hate by love and the power of the Cross.” The Presbytery further declared that “war should not be presented
as a holy crusade and that the churches should guard against becoming agencies for propaganda of hatred.”
Follows World Action
The action was taken Monday when the Presbytery met at the
¥ Second Presbyterian Church here in a ‘special called meeting at the request -of the Social Education and(
Action Committee. It unanimously adopted part of a report framed in Switzerland in July by a special committee of the World Council of Churches.
This statement, stating the attitude of the . local Presbyterian churches toward war, was presented to the Presbytery by the Rev. Paul S. Mellish of Hopewell, the Rev. Alexander E. Sharp, executive secretary of the Synod of Indiana, the Rev. Charles B. Swartz, Bloomington, and the Rev. John B. Ferguson, Irvington. The sections adopted by the Presbytery as its position were: “1. In face of the tendency to absolutize nation or state and to put the loyalty to the state on the same level as that towards God, it is the duty of the Church to disentangle patriotism and religion and to teach fearlessly that state and nation belong to the sphere of relative, earthly values. God alone is absolute and he alone has a claim to our unconditional loyalty.
Supports Conscientious Objectors
“2. The primary task remains the task of an evangelism growing out of the Biblical message that God is supreme Lord over men and nations and that in Christ alone and in His Church even the deepest division between men is overcome. “3. The churches should maintain the integrity of Christian fellowship among those who differ on conscientioys grounds as to the duty of par(Continued on Page Three)
7 SPEEDERS FINED: WARNED BY JUDGE
Seven speeders were fined a total of $50 in Municipal Court today and Judge John MeN threatened to take away their drivers’ license “if you appear here again soon.” The heaviest fine was against a motorist doing 55 miles an hour. The bill was $20.
Evelyn Maxwell . . . hide-and-seek led to hospital,
Ca
[EXPECT HITLER
10 GIVE PEACE TERMS FRIDAY
Fuehrer to Go to Warsaw, | |
Then Return-for Reichstag Session, Nazis Say.
RUSSIA, ITALY STAND BY|
Nations May Be Called for - Consultations if Allies Spurn Offer.
BULLETINS PARIS, Oct. 4 (U. P.).—France today joined Great Britain in rejecting in advance any ‘peace | proposals based on acceptance of the Nazi conquest of Poland.
LONDON, Oct. 4 (U. P.).—Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax | said today in the House of Lords that assurances from the present German. Government “are not enough” to re-establish peace “but
we are ready and anxious to join |
hands with Germany in the work of real world reconstruction.”
BERLIN, many will continue her peace offensive despite Prime Minister Neville ‘Chamberlain's speech to the House of Commons yesterday, a . wellinformed Foreign Office source said today. : Mr. Chamberlain's speech was not considered an answer to the RussoGerman peace declaration of last week and Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, it was indicated by this source, has decided to stake immediate chances of énding the war on his forthcoming spéech to the Reichstag. 3 Herr Hitler probably will go to Warsaw tomorrow and deliver his speech Friday, it was understood today. If his offers then are rejected by the Allies, Germany plans consultations with Russia and Italy as to next steps to be taken.- 2 Comments on “Safety Zone” - Well informed that Herr Hitler would say he is prepared to discuss establishment of a small Polish state on condition that the Western powers would halt the war. The plan would have to be approved by Moscow, it was said. An official source also said that reports that Germany is planning two protectorates in Poland, one for Jews and one for Poles, are “pure invention.” Commenting on the Pan-Amer-ican neutrality conference at Panama City the same source “wondered” if the conference measures such as the “safety band” around
Jthe Hemisphere were sufficient to
maintain the neutrality of the Americas. French Cabinet Meets
It said Germany was pleased that the Americas had “settled their own problems in their own way” and asserted that while Germany would not interfere in American affairs it would resist with force interference in Germany’s internal affairs. The Chamberlain speech had all but extinguished Herr Hitler's hope that the Allies might be induced to stop the war on the basis of the (Continued on Page Three)
TRADERS ARE WARY PENDING PEACE BID
Stocks Irregularly Higher as Bonds Add Strength.
By UNITED PRESS
The stock list pushed’ irregularly higher at New Yorl today with traders cautious pending more definite news from abroad regarding Russo-German peace overtures, Peace issues were in best demand. U. S. and foreign government bonds gathered strength. Cotton was lower. Grains at Chicago eased fractionally.
Driver Held After Auto Drags Girl,
13, 108 Feet
Just as she was crossing the street near her home to begin a game of hide-and-seek with some friends, 13-year-old Evelyn Maxwell was struck by an auto last night and dragged 108 feet. Her left leg was broken and she}
"was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital
where physicians today were attempting to set the splintered bone.
Don Thomas, 20, of 2028 Brookside
Parkway, driver of the car, was charged by police with having no driver’s license and with having improper brakes. ‘Evelyn is ‘a Tech High School |! freshman and lives at 742 N. Bradley Ave. She and a group of friends had gathered last night at
.the home of Bessie Baker, 907 N. ‘Sherman Drive.
Physicians told her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Maxwell, that the bone was badly splintered’ and that setting it would be very difficult,
Oct. 4 (U. P.).—Ger-
quartérs forecast |
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Hoosier Gets First ¢ S. . R. 0. Ducat at Cincy
Rollie Felsinger of Marion, Ind., waited since Sunday to be the first to buy a “standing room only” A can of coffee is on the cot he slept on during his fourday siege. Four thousand fans followed him to the box office window when the S. R. O. tickets went on
ticket for the Series games at Cincinnati.
sale today.
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The ducats sold for $3.45 each.
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‘KEEP EMBARGO ~-VANDENBERG
Senator - Fears U U. S. May Become One Belligerent’s ‘Arsenal, Other's Yarget..
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (U. P.) — Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg (R. Mich.), renewing the attack on President Roosevelt's arms embargo repeal program, declared today. that if the United States becomes “an arsenal for one belligerent,” it will become “a target for the other.”. Simultaneously, Secretary of State Cordell Hull issued a new. warning for American merchant ships to stay out of European belligerent zones, but reiterated that the United States does not recognize legality of “unrestricted ‘interference with American ships and commerce.” “In my opinion,” Senator Vandenberg told ‘the Senate, “this. is the road that may lead us to war and I will not voluntarily take it.” Disagrees With Connally Senator ‘Vandenberg, a candidate for the 1940 Republican Presidential nomination, followed Senator Tom Connally (D. Tex.), who spoke for the Administration bill They disagreed squarely on the fundamental issue in this debate —how. best to keep America out of the war. Senator Connally said that the danger lies not in embargo repeal but in the present law; that unless the law is changed the U. S. “will be brought to the brink of war, perhaps plunged into its dark and cruel depths.” He argued that this is so because the present act permits American ships to go to belligerent ports with all manner of material, aside from arms, and these ships are open to attack. Second Day of Debate
Senator Vandenberg and Senator Connally, both members of the Foreign Relations Committee, shared the oratory in the second day of debate. on the Administration’s proposal to substitute a title-and-carry plan for the present ban on arms sales to belligerents. The Michigan Senator said that “It is not our war, despite our devoticn to democracy,” and that “it need not—it should not—become our war.” He submitted the following “nurshell” summary of the isolationists’ position: ° “We are guided by the one, single, hard-headed thought that to depeal the arms embargo is to strike down a great, indispensable, ‘insulating defense against our involvement in this war. : ) “The repeal, though labelled otherwise, is in its essence a deliberately unneutral act which may too easily be the forerunner of others when once the habit starts. “The substitution of = so-called ‘cash-and-carry’ as respects -munitions is the inauguration of relativey dangerous rous and complicating facak w seriously hamper if they do not finally déstroy our detachment. Warns of Huge Debts ~
“I oppose repeal because I believe repeal makes us’ relatively vulnerable while the embargo leaves us relatively immune.” a Yandeunerg asked his col-
Why speculate at all? Why take ally chance? Any: speculation with American destiny ‘ is fraught with peril in such ‘fluxing hours. as those which © now curse. a iseraught world,” ;
BOX SCORE
Reds . 000 100 000— 1 Yanks 000 010 001— 2
CINCINNATI Werber, 3b . 4 Frey, 2b ... .4 | Goodman, rf 2 McCk, 1b...3 Lombardi, ¢ .3 Craft, of ... 3 Berger, If .. 3 Myers, ss ...3 Derringer, p 3
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Totals ....28 1 425 5
One out when winning run scored.
NEW YORK Si AB Crosetti, ss . 4 Rolfe, 3b ... 4 Keller, rf .. 4 DiMaggio, cf 3 Dickey, ¢ ood Selkirk, If ...3 Gordon, 2b . 3 Dahlgren, 1b 3 Ruffing, p .. 3
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Totals .....31 2 SUMMARY Errors—None. Runs batted in — McCormick, Dahlgren. Two-base hits—Dahlgren. Three-base hits—Keller. Stolen bases—Goodman. Double plays—Rolfe to Gordon to Dahlgren, Ruffing to Crosetti to Dahlgren, Gordon to Crosetti to Dahlgren. Left on York 3. Base on bals—off Ruffing 1, Derringer 1. Struck out—by Ruffing 4, Derringer 17.
bases—Cincinnati 1, New:
50.000 WATCH DERRINGER AND
RUFFING HURL
Cincinnati Draws First Blood
In Fourth, Then New York : ‘Ties It in Fifth.
DAHLGREN GETS DOUBLE Both Teams Held to 4 Hits
Through Seventh Inning of Game. YANKEE STADIUM, N.
Y., Oct. 4.—Joe McCarthy's Yankees got away to a flying ® start in their drive for a ‘| fourth championship today by defeating the Cincinnati Reds in the opening game of the: World Series. a)
consecutive world’s
y
The score was 2 to 1. The winning run was scored
in the ninth when Charley Keller tripled and scored on Bill Dickey’s single.
A crowd estimated at 60,-
000 was in the stands to see the game. |
In the first inning Ruffing set
FARMLAND BANK HELD UP AGAIN
Officials Fear Bandits Es- , caped With $4000
FARMLAND, Ind. Oct. 4 (U. P). —Two armed bandits held up the Peoples Loan. and Trust Co. Bank here this noon and escaped with an undetermined amount of cash. Officlals said the loss might amount
down Werber, Frey and Goodman in rapid order. Derringer replied in kind for the Reds by disposing of Crosetti, Rolle and Keller in 1- 2-3 order. :
Reds Score First
The Reds drew first blood in the fourth inning, ; Goodman walked on four straight pitches after Wer-. ber had. rolled out and Frey had. flied out. Goodman stole second. McCormick singled past Rolfe and Goodman: tore across the plate. : i The chagrined Yankees evened: - the count in the last half of the: fifth after a slow getaway in which. Selkirk rolled out to McCormick; unassisted. Then Gordon singled and Dahlgren doubled down the left field line, sending Gordon home, Berger tried to cut down Dahlgren: at second and only by a masterly’ piece of base running did Gordon’
OHM OS OO HON
to $4000, since the bandits entered the bank’s vault, Cashier William H. Alexander and his daughter, Mary Ellen, the bookkeeper, were alone in the bank when
the two men entered, dressed in overalls. The bandits forced them to lie down behind the cage, as they did three customers who entered while they were waiting for a time lock to open the vault. The robbery was the third suffered by the bank in the past three years. In 1936, robbers seized $5600 and in 1937 $1400.
beat the relay from the Red in-. field to the plate.
; Ruffing, Derringer Start Rufus (the Red) Ruffing, whose
fireball contributed 28 victories to the Yanks’ marck toward the id ican League pennant, started on the slab for the champions after rserious deliberation over the condition of his arm.
Paul Derringer, a gentleman of
dangerous character with a low mean curve and flawless control, went to the pillbox for Manager Bill McKechnie’s Reds.
SENATE HEARS PLEA FOR U, 5. PEAGE BID
‘The Time Is Auspicious,’ Says Johnson Resolution.
Ruffing didn’t seem to have anything wrong with his arm when he - | started warming up with Bill Dickey. McCarthy said, “I'm not certain how Red’s arm feels, but I guess it is as good as it is going to be for this series.” The sun broke through the overs hanging clouds at 1:30 when the band struck up “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The Yankees raced onto the field and Bill Werber walked out * o he Reds’ dugout swinging two a
‘were “looking to us for leadership
- WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (U. P).—| 10m
Senator Edward Johnson (D. Colo.) introduced a resolution today requesting President Rosevelt to join with other neutrals in urging
belligerents in Europe to enter into “an immediate armistice. The resolution was read to the Senate and to galleries crowded for the neutrality debate. Then it was referred to the Foreign Relations Committee for consideration. It said that “the time is auspicious” for the United States to use its influence to promote an armistice, and that other neutrals
in a movement to that end.”
By RALPH HEINZEN United Press Staff Correspondent WITH THE FRENCH ARMY, Oct. 4.—French 75 and 155 millimeter field guns were cracking behind the front lines on the Saar front and we could see their shells smashing down in the leafy forest on the German side, destroying enemy observation posts. Occasionally, about once for every six or eight French shots, there would come the whistle of a German shell passing over our heads towar® the: French batteries in our rear. Later would come the sound of the explosion which had sent over the German shells. In a French colonel’s post of command. in the woods in the French advance area, the gray-haired colonel alongeide me lifted his finger Be a: particularly loud German ex-
“That ‘wasn't artillery—it was a
r| mine,” said the colonel. “The Ger-|
mans are setting off mines to make us $hink. ey ave. sare’ artiliery
Nazis Make Lot of Noise Trying to Fool French
‘{we. are not counting the noises at
in the west than is really there. So
their end but only the noise of the explosions on our side. We are not falling for the mine trick.” It was evident, according to the French on the tront, that the Germans had not brought over .to the {fishing west the big siege guns with which they battered Warsaw for 22 days: Even when . they do come, the
A play-by-play of the game fole S: : :
First Inning REDS—Werber flied to Selkirk on.
the first pitch, the Yankee leftfielder faking the ball over his head after a few steps backward. Frey, with the count 3 and 2, flied to DiMaggio. Goodman fanned s no RUNS: NO HITS. NO ERRORS,
rosetti ‘ -popped to
Gorse After working for. Yee Straight ‘balls, Rolfe roll ou ey to McCormick. Ke flied to Berger who Thade the Chie near the foul line, No RUNS, NO, HITS, NO ERRO ORS.
‘Second Inning REDS — McCormick singled
"| sharply over Crosetti’s head
to 3 NG hs ONE kIT. pitches. NO 13 Enon:
a one and om lined a Goodman. Dickey was called. ont on strikes, a curve ball
REDS—Berger Yanned 3 fishing for a slow-breaking mag
hig last try. Myers, with one ball on
French say, they will be of reduced |dri
value because the French have now advanced into the Warndt Forest 8 and almost to the Saar ‘along | th a 50-mile front, and the German guns have to stay on the German side “of the Saar, out of range of some’ important French targets. :
Even if the Germans stop using|poRs the Chinese trick of making noise to" y
frighten an enemy, and. bring up
their biggest naval guns on railroad |pa trucks, the French seem to think it|mick.
will not make much difference. The French now have 3,500,000 as fh aghesn Soot Upward {Continned on Page Four)
for the first hit off Derenger setti jJannen, Sv iaing around