Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 October 1939 — Page 1

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WOMAN KILLED WHEN CAR HITS TRUCK HEADON

3 Others Hurt Slightly Accident at Harding And Lick Creek.

Mrs. Virginia Mae Clark Byers,|’

32, of 1541 Reisner St., was killed instantly and three others were

hurt slightly today in an auto-truck|

crash on S. Harding St. at Lick Creek. ; Mrs. Byers was a passenger in a ‘car being driven north on Harding St. by William T. Clem, 23, Bargersville. Deputy sheriffs said that as

Mr. Clem attempted to pass another | #8

car, his machine crashed headon with a truck driven by Arch Glenn, 36, Greenwood, R. R. 2. Poth drivers were cut and bruised and were taken to City Hospital. Emmett McMerney, 1170 Kentucky

Ave., who was riding in the truck, was cut slightly but did not require hospital treatment.

Hit by Truck

Meantime, Russell Meek, 44, of 22 N. East St., was in a critical condi“tion at City Hospital, suffering from a fractured skuil. One of six persons hurt ‘in overnight traffic, Mr. Meek was struck -by a truck and carried 80 feet on the hood. "He was walking across Washington St., at New Jersey St. when a truck driven by Howard Jines, 35, of 2914 W. Michigan St., struck him. Mr. Jines told police he turned off the ignition of his truck and coasted to a stop because he thought the victim would be thrown to the pavemeént if the truck jerked to a stop. Police praised him as a “heady” driver. Pupil, 14, Struck

Walking with Mr. Meek at the time of the accident was Willard Day, 40, also of the East St. address, who corroborated Mr.” Jines’ story of the accident. ’ Another pedestrian, 14-year-old Noble Cope, 1042 N. Pershing Ave., " School 75 pupil, was struck while

crossing Pershing Ave. at 10th St. by a car driven by Ralph Cole, 28, of 5123 Burgess Ave. Robert McMorris, 44, of 1634 N, Illinois St., walked into the side of a truck driven: by Albert C. Jones, 63, of 1035 W. 30th St., at 16th St. and Capitol Ave. Physicians reported he had a skull fracture. Harry Bevins, 13, of 1140 w. 27th St., was taken to City Hospital with cuts after the bicycle he was riding at 32d St. and Boulevard Place struck a parked truck.

Thrown From Bicycle

Nineteen-year-old Cecil Qualls, 401 N. Haugh St., was taken to City Hospital after he was thrown from his bicycle in the 400 block N. Warman Ave. when the bicycle chain: came off. ‘He was cut and bruised on the head. Ralph Beard, 24, of 1201 Bacon St.,. was cut when a rear hub cap, thrown from the taxicab driven by Harry Wright, 22, of 847 Woodlawn Ave., crashed through the windshield of the car in which Mr. Beard was riding at Shelby St. and the Belt Railroad. Mrs. Emma V. Hoffer, 67, of 2219 Carrollton Ave. was bruised when she was struck by a car while crossing to a safety zone at Pennsylvania and Washington Sts. yesterday, she told police. She was treated by a private doctor.

Dorothy Barry, 30, of 2426 Brookside Parkway, North Drive, was taken to City Hospital after being struck a Inghisnd Ave. and Wash-

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SPECULATE ON NEW MATCH FOR BARBARA

NEW YORK, Oct. 20 (U. P.). Presence on the same New York bound ship of Countess Barbara Hutton Haugwitz Reventlow, her divorced Danish husband, and the young American with whom she has been frequently seen on the Continent, brought speculation in society circles today that the Woolworth heiress contemplated another marriage. Speculation centered on whether Count Haugwitz-Reventlow had joined his former wife and their child, Lance, on the Conte de Savoia to expedite an American divorce since the Danish divorce does not become effective for more than a year. Robert Sweeney, constant escort of the Countess, also was aboard the liner, due here tomorrow.

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—|at Hanover College, died in a hos-

FORECAST: Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; warmer tonight;

VOLUME 51—NUMBER 191

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‘Stepping Hah

Butler University’s Band—the “Marching 100”—is famous for its high and fancy stepping. But none of the 100 men step quite so high nor so fancy as their leader, Miss Magnolia De Hart. = She'll lead them to Greencastle tomorrow for the Butler-DePauw football game.

RISING MERCURY NEARING RECORD

7 Fires Reported in City; Considerable Damage Done in State. |

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6am. ....57 10am..... 7am. ....58 1lla.m 8a. m. . 60 12 (noon).. 1 9a.m..... 64 1pm ../80

The second day of near-record heat, accompanied by drought, increased grass fire hazards today in wooded and brush areas of the state. Light showers, seen as a possibility for tomorrow .by the Weather Bureau, promised little substantial relief either from the long dry spell or from the unseasonable ‘high temperatures. The mercury neared the altime record high temperature both for this date and for this late in the year. The record, 83 degrees, was set in 1894. The deficiency in rainfall for this month is 1.51 inches, for September was 1.25 inches, and for August was 4 tenths of an inch, The most serious grass fire reported was at Franklin, where the southwest part of the residential section was threatened for a while. Property damage was placed at between $6000 and $7000. The fire destroyed a large barn and dwelling and damaged another barn and building. Sparks carried by the wind set the city dump afire and forced firemen to patrol streets for several blocks. A cigaret butt was blamed. The Brazil fire department was called to fight 11 grass fires yesterday in the drought-stricken grass and brush areas of Clay County.

CRASH FATAL T0 3 HANOVER STUDENTS

Car Rams Back of Truck Near Delphi. |

DELPHI, Ind., Oct, 20 (U.P.).— The death toll in a truck-aufo collision near here late yesterday was raised to three today when Glenn Carmichael of Monticello, student

pital at Lafayette. been fractured. William F. Sullivan of Vevay was killed almost instantly and James Griffin of Salem died in a Lafayette hospital last night. Both were Hanover College students. | The accident occurred when the students’ car driven by Mr. Sullivan rammed the rear end of a truck driven by Roy O’Haver of Elwood.

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PEACE I STILL HITLER'S HOPE, NEUTRALS HINT

New Offer Likely Reason For ‘Polite War,’ Observers Say.

By LOUIS F. KEEMLE United Press Cable Editor

Front today provoked questions as to whether Adolf Hitler was casting about for some new peace proposition. Neutral observers, offering this theory for the next step in the European conflict, pointed to Herr Hitler's apparent reluctance to stake everything on the battlefield or to throw his full aerial strength against British industrial centers and military bases. When the war began most people expected a “blitzkreig” that might become as bloody as the World War in which more than 8,000,000 were killed. Instead it seems to have bogged down into an endurance test. The inactivity on the Western Front gives rise to doubt whether Herr Hitler dares attempt an almost suicidal attack on the powerful French Maginot Line. At the same time Holland and Belgium have prepared defenses strong enough to enable them to slow up a German flank attack for weeks or even months of cold winter rain and mud.

No Great Damage Yet

On their side of the picture, the Allies have shown no inclination to storm the German Westwall, although it is not regarded as being as strong as the Maginot defenses. The logical conclusion, then, is that the Allies believe they can wear Hitler down by their economic blockade and series of alliances such as the one with Turkey. The German submarine campaign and the none too successful air raids on Britain have not convinced the British that Herr Hitler can conquer by sea and air. So far the only established admitted losses have been the aircraft carrier Courageous, the reconditioned battleship Royal Oak, and damage to the obsolete battleship Iron Duke. In the same period of the World War, the British Navy suffered much heavier losses. They also were not equipped to destroy submarines. In this war they claim to have sunk as many as 20 submarines—although the Germans have not admitted any losses. Talk Bribe to Russia

The trend of opinion among most neutral observers abroad is that Herr Hitler would like to call the war off, if he could convince the Allies that it would pay them in the long run to make enough concessions to save his face. The British and French so far have shown no disposition to make any concessions to Hitler's aggressions. They not only pave lined up Turkey but are trying to wean Russia away from Germany. How, it has been asked, can the Allies fight Hitler's occupation of part of Poland and condone Russia’s grab? The diplomats have got around that nicely. They contend that the part Russia took back was seized from her by Poland after the postwar treaty formation of the Polish Republic, and had nothing to do with the treaty. It is reported that the Allies are

to recognize her. seizure as legal, thus bribing Stalin not to fight for Germany. There is no doubt that he would do so anyway, but this move tends to make it more sure.

CANTOR AS GRANDPA PAYS $10,000 BONUS

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 20 (U. P.). — Screen comedian Eddie Cantor today prepared to pay a bonus of $10,000 to his daughter, Mrs.” Natalie Metzger, who became the mother of a son this week and thus, made Mr. Cantor a grandfather.

JAPS CLAIM VICTORY

TOKYO, Oct. 20 (U. P.).—Japanese troops today claimed an important victory over Chinese forces at’ Fengsin, Kiangsi Province, the Domei (Japanese) news agency reported from Hankow today. Chinese were reported to have left 1390 dead

Mr. O’Haver was not injured.

Hospital Insurance Plan ‘Boon,’ Nurses Are Told

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By JOE COLLIER

Nellie G. Brown, superintendent of Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie, this afternoon described hospital insurance as “a form of installment buying and a boon to the average family,” Miss Brown is president-elect of the Indiana Hospital Association and a member of the committee Governor M. Clifford Townsend apted to study a hospital insurance bill after he vetoed one passed by the last Legislature. Addressing the annual convention of the Indiana State Nurses’ Association and the Indiana League of Nursing Education in the War

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tion to “an increase in installment buying in all fields.” “When a member of the average family requires hospital care in an illness, the expense is equal to about half of the family’s annual medical expenditures for the year,” Miss Brown said. “You can’t budget very well against illness, because the choice of illness is not yours. You cannot pick your sickness to suit your pocketbook. “Insurance programs are a method of meeting these bills.” Miss Brown carefully avoided referring specifically to the Indiana situation but called attention to the

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BULLETIN PARIS, Oct. 20 (U. P.). — Attempting to widen No-Man’s Land in the region which French troops surrendered to attacking Germans early this week, French artillery today pounded German troops in hill positions between the Moselle Bhs and the frontier village of er

By WEBB MILLER United Press Staff Correspondent WITH THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE FRENCH FRONTIER, Oct. 20. —A high military source indicated today that the Allies still anticipate a German attack of a “really serious nature” on the Western Front. The source said that the objective of the latest German operations on the Western Front apparently “has been to gain high ground for a further advance.” It was indicated that a main German attack, if it occurs, wil be between Luxembourg and. the great bend in the Rhine River—that is in the Saar sector. The source did not exclude the possibility of a German drive through Belgium or Holland—perhaps also through Switzerland.

Further Raids Expected

In other sources it was pointed out, however, that Allied officials have frequently \professed that. they are Ta attack wn a big scale. \ Yet there has been none and unless it comes in the near future it is not likely to succeed in view of military belief that approximately six weeks of good weather are necessary for preparations to conduct a successful offensive. The British source indicated that the Allies anticipate that Germany may resort to the use of gas in the expected offensive. No definite basis for such a belief was given, however. It was said that British military units still are coming to France al(Continued on Page Three)

FUND DRIVE REACHES $391,008.46 TODAY

Subscriptions of $67,157.37 Reported at Luncheon.

. $683,710.00 Total raised to date... .$391,008.46 Amount needed $292,701.54

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New pledges totaling $67,157.37 were reported by Community Fund workers at a luncheon meeting today at the Claypool Hotel. Subscriptions now total $391,008.46, or 57 per cent of the $683,710 goal of the campaign which ends with a dinner Thursday. Miss Lillian Picken, founder and director of the Satara Friendship Center in India, spoke , at the meeting. She is here on ‘furlough after 25 years of foreign service. Special recognition was given to the residential division of 800 women, under the direction of Mrs. James lL. Murray. The sixth and seventh luncheon meetings for the army of 3500 vol-

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By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor

The Allied campaign to isolate and stranglé naziism by economic

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today as a dominant motif in the

With the military phase of the conflict settling into a state of siege on land and sea, the new mutual aid treaty signed by Great Britain, France ang uirksy may work a sweeping change in the de-

RAID SCOTLAND, DROP NO BOMBS

British Apparently Drive Back Several Waves of . German Planes.

LONDON, Oct. 20 (U. P.).—German aircraft attempting to make reconnaisance flights over the Firth of Forth, Scotland, this morning and afternoon disappeared before Royal Air Force. planes could engage them, the Air Ministry and Home Security Ministry announced today. Air raid alarms sounded time after time over a wide area of eastern and southern Scotland. One eight-minute alarm was given in the south of England. In almost every case, the alarms were followed by the sound of antiaircraft guns and pursuing planes and then an all clear signal. Within a few minutes the alarms would be’ given again. Most of the peeple, instead of taking to shelter grouped in streets, eager for a sight of German planes or a “dog fight.” By the time air raid wardens had herded them into the shelters, the alarm would be over and they would return and stand in the streets for the first few minutes of the next alarm. Business was almost disrupted in the Scottish area. Edinburgh observers could see the bursting shrapnel over the Firth of Forth, but most of the enemy | planes were too high to be seen.

STOCKS DECLINE ON FOREIGN SHAKINESS

By UNITED PRESS New York stocks slipped quietly lower today with losses ranging to $1. Uncertainties over the foreign situation and week-end considerations curtailed trading.

The Gallup Poll Shows—

velopment of a war that so far has definitely subordinated military operations. The full effects of the Allies’ alliance with Turkey depends on how anu when the hostile powers make their next moves. Its favorable prospects for Britain and France might easily be overestimated. But for the moment there appeared to be sound reason to believe the Allied powers’ first diplomatic success had put an important key to the outcome of the war in their hands. For the moment, the alignment of Turkey against aggression in the Balkans brings nearer the encirclement of Germany than at any time except when Soviet Russia was a potential Nazi foe. On the north, the Nordic states have just reaffirmed their solidarity an. determination to maintain their neutrality, creating hope that Finland would be aided and encouraged in opposing any Soviet demands infringing on her sovereignty. On the west, the British and French Armies are dug in and backed by the Maginot Line; the Germans have so far refused to be

that might cost them huge iosses; Adolf Hitler has indicated that he would just as soon not fight France and the coming winter weather is (Continued on Page Three)

F. D. R. HINTS 3-MILE LIMIT IS INADEQUATE

HYDE PARK, N. Y,, Oct. 20 (U. +P.) .—President Roosevelt made clear

today that his proclamation barring operations of belligerent submarines applies only to waters within three miles of the coast, but he indicated that in certain situations territorial waters of the United States might be regarded as extending 1000 miles out to sea. Three miles is the customary limit. Definition of territorial waters, Mr. Roosevelt said, depends entirely upon circumstances. Mr. Roosevelt

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possibility” that operations of belligerent surface ships in territorial waters might be made subject to the same restrictions which he applied

to submarines.

Sentiment Wanes for U. S. If Allies Are Facing Defeat by Hitler

PRINCETON, N. J, Oct. 20.— The number of American voters who think the United States should take up arms against Germany if the

Allies appear to be losing the war has decreased sharply since the early days of hostilities. In the first week of the war more than two voters in every five in an American Institute of Public Opinion survey thought America should declare war

on the Nazis if the Allies were being |

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PATH TO WAR, JOHNSON CRIES

Arms Embargo Repeal Hit; Senate Neutrality Vote Slated Next Week.

WASHINGTON, —Senator Hiram W. Johnson (R. Cal.), white-haired veteran of the successful fight against this-coun-try’s participation in the League of Nations, told the Senate today that repeal of the existing arms embargo would “place us in the shadow, walking down the bloody path of war.” “We gamble with fate if we enter another war,” Senator Johnson shouted as the Senate neared the end of three weeks’ debate on the Administration’s neutrality program. There was general agreement that the Senate would start acting on amendments by Tuesday at the latest, and the chances were excellent for a vote on the bill late next week. “If we enter war from emotionalism, from propaganda, from-the silly arguments that have been made, we risk all as certain as the sun rises, and in seeking to save the democracies of Europe we’ll have lost our own. Stay out, Americans!” When Mr. Johnson concluded, Senator Allen J. Ellender (D. La.), calling himself a member of the “pop gun corps,” made a stinging attack on Herr Hitler, denouncing the Nazi Fuehrer as a “powercrazed madman,” an . “insatiable brute,” a “mad dictator” and a “despoiler of men and nations.” Mr. Johnson spoke as a check of Houe sentiment indicated a measure of support for claims of the leadership that a margin of 15 to-20 votes (Continued on Page Three)

GUN BATTLE PERILS CHILDREN AT SCHOOL

Texas Bank Bandit, Officer Wounded in Capture.

AUSTIN, Tex., Oct. 20 (U. P.).—A bank robber and highway patrolmen blazed away at one another today in a gun battle at a public school yard that endangered lives of school children and ended in the wounding of the bandit and Capt. George Schauer of the. patrol. The bandit, identified by police as Howard Tatum, was wounded after he emptied two pistols. at officers who were forced to fire from a difficult angle to avoid hitting children. Schauer was wounded before Tatum threw up his hands.

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surveys want the Allies to win and are willing to give them every aid

“short of actual armed intervention.

The decline is another indication of the growing intense desire on the part of the public to avoid shedding American blood on the battlefields of Europe. At the outbreak of yr Tush Institute) . number of t—who wanted to} d navy abroad to

Oct. 20 (U. P).

R ARRESTED IN RELIEF PROBE

Allies Win Dardanelles —It Cost 8000 Lives i in 1915

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DAN ANDERSON IS ACCUSED OF FALSE CLAIMS

Surrenders at Prosecutor's Office When -He Learns | Of Warrant. |

BULLETIN

Dan R. Anderson, operator of the Martindale Market, was arrested this afternoon on a bench war. rant charging him with fil ing false claims for relief food. Mr. Anderson, who alsa operates Anderson’s Market on E. 10th St, was the campaign manager for Cen~ ter Township Trustee Thomas M. Quinn last year. It was announced that he learned he was wanted and went to the Prosecutor’s

office where he surrendered. The arrest was made by John Dugan, a special investigator for the Prosecutor. Mr. Dugan obe tained the warrant from Municie pal Court Judge John McNelis, |

Center Township Trustee Thomas M. Quinn announced today that he will confer with the Township Advisory Board next week on the appointment of a committee of “hard boiled” business men to ree vamp the ‘entire relief setup

on a business basis.

At the same time, it was learned from a reliable source that County Attorney John Linder, acting in the absence, from the city of County Auditor Fabian Biemer, has ordered payment held up on all Center Township relief claims for October until completion of the relief ine quiry. Mr. Linder declined to dise cuss the action. The commitiee of disinterested businessmen was suggested editorial= ly Hy The Indianapolis Times

up the township's poor relief situae tion, which is being studied by the Grand Jury, and working out ime mediate economies.

Lewis Helps in Canvass

Meanwhile, other developments in the relief situation included - 1. The Indianapolis Times’ invese tigators have found additional cases of possible false grocery claims and loose administrative methods bee lieved partly responsible for Cene ter Township’s high poor relief exe penditures. 2. Prosecutor David M. Lewis, take ing active field charge of the relief probe, left his office with a group of deputy prosecutors for a housee to-house canvass of relief clients, investigating suspected false claims for groceries. 3. Mr. Lewis announced that evie dence in the case of John Barton Griffin, operator of several milk

on a charge of filing false claims for relief milk, would he presentea to the Grand Jury next week. Mr, Griffin is the son-in-law of Trustee Quinn. 18 Food Prices Lowered

4, Mr. Quinn announced that his price committee established a new list of maximum prices for rel:s# food yesterday, reducing the prices of 18 commodities and increasing one. Mr. Quinn denied that he was considering the possibility of change ing the relief order system to pers mit clients to take their order to any store they might choose. This

too much bookkeeping. He said his staff was working as rapidly as possible to reduce the number of relief clients forced to go to the handful of favorite grocers, and to spread the orders among those far down on the patronage list.

Acts to Spread Orders

Eventually, he said, the list of eligible grocers will be enlarged cone siderably. In its “sampling” check of .relief clients for whom grocery claims have been filed, The Times found several instances of relief clients being un= known at the address shown on ree lief orders. One of the claims asked paymensg for food allegedly furnished to" a man listed on the trustee’s order as living at an address in the 2200 block, Martindale Ave., a few doors from the Martindale Market. A woman at tihs address said she had lived there five or six years but never had heard of the man listed as a relief client. . Another claim asked payment for food purportedly delivered to a man listed as living in the 2100 block of Martindale Ave. No one was found at the house and next-door neighe bors, one of whom had lived there 18 years, said they had not heard of anyone hy that name.

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