Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 November 1939 — Page 1

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Serres — HowaRD . VOLUME 51—NUMBER 209°

6.0. REBELS

DROP BOBBITT

DUSTER PLANS

Failure to Agree Upon New Leader Ends Feud Opened by Gates.

By NOBLE REED Failure of factional leaders to agree upon a new State Republican chairman has resulted in abandonment of an insurgent move to unseat Arch N. Bobbitt, it was learned today. The anti-Bobbitt drive was started more than six months ago by a faction led by Ralph Gates, Columbia City, Fourth District chairman. ‘Other factions, including one led by former U. S. Senator James E. Watson, later - joined the move against Mr. Bobbitt, although Mr. Gates and the former Senator had

been bitter factional foes for more

than two years. Insurgency Complicated

This complicated the insurgent movement and the battle gver a successor to Mr. Bobbitt ensued. At one time, the anti-Bobbitt groups were reported to have agreed upon Clark Springer, Auburn, Ind, banker and prominent attorney, and were about to spring the coup when disagreements flared. More recently, party leaders tried to form a coalition and compromise upon Dick Wills of Kokomo, who was defeated for the G. O. P. senatorial nomination by Raymond Willis of Angola last year. But opposition developed again within the factions themselves and blocked a strong Wills-for-chairman movement,

Kidd’s Name Offered

Earlier the name of Lynn Kidd of Brazil had been offered in futile compromise moves. “In view of these deadlocks, most of the organizers have agreed that no more attempts will be made to elect a new state chairman until next May, the statutory time for State Committee reorganizations,”| one party leader said today. Some leaders assumed a defeatist attitude and complained that if the present party muddle is allowed to continue until nex‘ May, they will have no opportunity to build up a campaign organization in time for the fall elections. : “That means that if the Repubficans win in Indiana next year it will be due to the independent voters protesting the present administrations and certainly not due to any Republican organization work,” one party leader said. The alliance between the Watson and Gates factions was reported to have been engineered by Robert W. Lyons, attorney for the National Chain Store Association, who sud-: denly appeared in the Indiana po-| litical picture after an absence of several years.

Lyons Friend of Watson

Mr. Lyons has been a Close personal friend of Mr. Watson for many years. At the same time, Mr. Lyons financed Mr. Gates’ factional campaign to defeat Mr. Watson for the senatorial nomination last year and this put the attorney in position to maneuver the coalition. Several party leaders are known to regard Mr. Lyons as the “mystery man” in recent factional maneuvers and some of them are reported to be opposing - his dominance of certain

groups. - ‘Mr. Lyons, however, has laughed off all charges that he is seeking control of the party and has de-

clared repeatedly that he is not|

seeking any political office or political favors. “I am merely interested in trying to help the party back to a sound basis for the good of the two-party system of government,” he said.

Dissension Dates to 1935

Dissension in the party ranks dates back to 1935 when Mr. Gates’ followers - made public charges that Central Committee officials were linked with bi-partisan activities in connection with the beer business, which was controlled by the Democrats through the port of entry

system. . Donald B. Irvin of Frankfort, the State chairman, resigned in 1937, al(Continued on Page Three)

FOREST FIRES SWEEP DOWNSTATE LANDS

Hunters were blamed today for fires sweeping 2000 acres of Martin County forest land. The blazes were pushed by a 30-mile-an-hour -wind toward the 35,000-acre Federal preserve and State Forest. There was no rain in southwestern or southeastern Indiana, where other fires were reported. The Weather Bureau said there would be fair weather in the areas tomorrow. State Forestry men said the fires “are by far the most threatening of the year.” More than 1300 mien were

fighting the blazes.

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LIKE GRETA GARBQ.

tographers.

with cameramen for six of those friendship of the

career.

vainly for some

him.

role, Douglas is

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matter of working hours made it quartet for a single role.

RKO payroll. assistance, since his grandfather father is- an assistant director at

Douglas on - life, double feature, Douglas was posing obligingly for pictures or exploring the camera. Except for a monosyllabic word - of farewell, not a sound escape . mother had to do ‘the talking for

mo To be exact, Douglas was!one of four youngsters who played the infant in “Bachelor Mother.” A slight

Son of Movie ‘Bachelor Mother’

Times Photo.

Mrs. Edward Mal ang Douglas . . . a third-generation movie trouper.

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Douglas F Here Eon a Visit;

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1989

LOST LAND Orders Inquiry to Learn

Who ' ‘Received - Income From 10 Properties.

City Attorney Michael B. Reddington said today he would seek to recover rentals on ‘10 parcels of municipally-owned property which never have been paid to the City. The properties were acquired by

{the City through foreclosure pro-

ceedings on delinquent. Barrett Law bonds, according to Works Board records. The Center Township Trustee paid rentals on at least one property at 1446 N. Missouri St., in which relief clients lived from time to time. Works Board members, who until recently were unaware that the City owned the properties, ordered an investigation to determine who has been receiving the rent. Rent Paid to Realty Agent

At the trustee’s office, it was learned that the rent on the one house, known to have been inhabited occasionally by relief clients, was paid to a real estate firm serving as agent for an out-of-town client. City records show that a sheriff's deed giving the City title to the properties was executed June 28, 1938, but the deed never was recorded. Instead, it remained in the Works Board files and was found Monday after a search. Leo F. Welch, Works Board vice president, said that he and other Board members first learned that the City owned the properties when the Holtam Realty Co. filed

.1a petition to recover a parcel at

1446 N. Missouri St. Aug. 18, 1939. The Board was advised by Adolph Emhardt Jr., assistant City attorney, that the period in which the properties could be redeemed had expired and that the City was entitled .to the sheriff's deed. A search for the deed was then| started. Sale 0. K. Given

Interdepartmental correspondence] ‘1showed that Mr,

Reddington last advised that ithe previous orks’ Board could the prop-

ear

: 1 erties to make up the’ delinquent

Barrett Law bonds.

and. “Anderson, ‘Do up-and-coming young film actor, won’t “talk for Ps But he displays a calm, professional interest in camerEs and’ pho-

Though Douglas is only 16 foonths old, he Bag. beer ‘acquainted

months. = Already ' he knows that man behind the 2

lens can make or break a screen

"While his interviewer sought

expression from ‘art and ‘the

d him. So his

Right at ‘present, Douglas: and his mother are visiting Mrs. Mull’s i parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kurtz, of 3330 N. Meridian St. Having made quite a splash in the cinema world’ by appearing opposite Ginger Rogers in his. first

resting. on his

laurels and contemplating his next

Emoting

necessary to employ the Juvenile

Miss Rogers might start through a door carrying Douglas, and wind up on the other side with one of his colleagues in her. arms. But that’s Hollywood, and it all came out right in the end. It is interesting to note that Douglas made his movie bow on the It proves his independence.

He might have had works for 20th Century-Fox, hisColumbia and Universal, and an

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Allison Gets Motor Order

THE WAR DEPARTMENT today ordered $1,851,631 worth of spare airplane motor parts from the Allison Engineering Co. here under the original blanket contract for purchase of $18,000,000 worth of engines and parts. Otto T. Kreusser, Allison president, said that this contract ‘was an option provided for under the blanket contract “and exercised by the War Department. He announced also that operations in scattered sections of the new $6,000,000 factory unit at Speedway City were begun today, and that quantity production of the new military high-speed motors probably would be in full swing in two weeks. ’ : Mr. Kreusser declined to reveal the total of contract qrders from the War Department.

HUTCHESON RELEASED UNDER BOND OF $5000

- William L. Hutcheson, Indianapolis, international president of fhe United Brotherhood of Carpeuters and Joiners, was released under $5000 bond today after appearing at the U. S. Marshal's office for ar-

the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. : Mr. Hutcheson, who also is a vice president of the A. F. of L., was indicted Nov. 4 by a Federal Grand

gation of high building costs. He-ap-peared before U. S. Commissioner Howard S. Young.

SO HE WOULDN'T TALK WORCESTER, Mass., Nov. 10 (U. —Thomas Fitzgibbons of Dudley a-divorce today after he testithat his~ wife, ' Alice, taught 8-year-old son to speak only

raignment on a charge of violating|

INDIANA PREPARES FOR ARMISTICE DAY

332 State’ Legi Legion Posts:

To Celebrate Tomorrow.

Armistice Day celebrations are planned tomorrow in nearly every Indiana town where there are veterans who remémber that November day 21 years. ago when the first World War ended in Europe. American Legion officials . here said | that parades, parties and din-

ners| are scheduled by 332 posts of the | Legion’ in as many Indiana communities. They estimated that more than: 100,000 persons would actively participate in the celebrations. In Indianapolis, where one of the biggest Armistice Day parades of several years will be held, Police Capt. Lewis Johnson announced the following no-parking areas in effect from 8 a, m. to noon tomorrow: Both ‘sides of Pennsylvania St. from St. Clair t Michigan Sts.; the (Continued on Page Three) .

WORKS BOARD GIVEN $245,000 SEWER PLAN

Plans for a $245,000 City-WPA sewer project were submitted to the Works Board today by City Engineer M. G. Johnson. The Board will act on the plans Monday and then submit them to the State WPA office. The project calls for the reconstruction of the large White Ri interceptor sewer, repair Washington Adler St. Pogue’s Rin sewers, as well. 8.4 of storm relief

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The: properties had been {for the improvement of W. but, according to City records t

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‘Fire, Water’ Ready|

At Holland Border After Incident.

THE WAR IN. BRIEF THE HAGUE—Army furloughs

canceled after border incident. Americans warned to leave.

HELSINGFORS — Finnish-Rus-sian negotiations near break- ; ing point. BERLIN — Newspapers report country-wide - demonstrations after bombing. : BRUSSELS — Planes, probably German, fly over Belgium.

BERNE—Swiss call cavalry and battalion of infantry to arms.

PARIS — Nazis charged with systematic ignoring of Belgian border. : LONDON—British admit loss of naval vessel, claim Nazi plane downed.

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands .intensified

Nov. 10 (U. P.).— its

| preparations to defend itself by fire

and water today, although official quarters continued to deny that there has been any specific threat to its neutrality. All Army, Air Force and police furloughs were canceled, effective tonight. A United Press staff correspondent toured the zone close to the German frontier and found great activity in progress to complete the defenses there. Armies of workmen were busy, but there was little flooding. Ten thousand additional troops have been moved to the frontier in the last three days.

" Urge Americans to Go

The Paris newspaper Midi re-| ported that in addition fo, cane celing all Army leaves, Holland had| ordered all ships immediately fof leave ports in the sections of the country under ra

owners never liquidated the im-|Wwaters and h

provement lien. In addition to the

house at 1446 N. Missouri St.. City | ings.

records show the properties are located at 445-47 N. 16th Place, front and rear; 441-43 16th Place, front and rear; 1532 Mill St.; 425Rankin St., front and rear; 418 W:. 15th St., and 417 Rankin St.

EAR MUFFS READY? SHIVERS ARE COMING

S. H. S.-Tech High Grid Game Is Postponed.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES 6a.m. ....59 1llam....5 7a.m..... 60 . 62 l1pm....43

2p m. . 4

Frigid breezes from the Northwest will bring “much colder” weather to Indianapolis tonight and tomorrow, the Weather Bureau said. x The Bureau predicted temperatures would decline from the 60s to at least 35 degrees by tomorrow morning. Rain, which began this morning, will con tin ue intermittently throughout the day and tonight, but Meteoroligist J. H. Armington promised football fans that skies will clear for tomorrow’s games. The rain caused postponement of the annual Shortridge-Tech High School - game at the Butler Bowl. The game will be played Monday. Broad Ripple’s game at West Lafayette, originally scheduled for tonight, also was postponed until

| Monday.

Rain Ends Long Drotight

In Missouri, Kansas

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 10 (U. P.).—General rainfall in the eastern half of Kansas and most of Mis-

souri today ended the most ex-|

tended fall drought in the records of the Weather Bureau. But in the vast wheat growing sections of western Kansas, the precipitation was not heavy enough to materially benefit the new crop.

LAND MINE KILLS FOUR AMERSFOORT, Holland, Nov. 10

(U. P.).—A sergeant and three sol-|

diers were killed in the accidental

27| urgent reasons for remaining,

United States and British consuls quietly urged their nationals to leave the counfry. unless they have No formal orders were issued by the consuls to the 1000 Americans and 1200 Britons in the country.

Deny Armi es Involved

A shooting yesterday at the fron-|

tier near ‘Venlo contributed to the feeling of uncertainty as to what developments” ‘might ‘be ‘forthcom-

ing. An official communique issued early today after a midnight Cabinet meeting said that only civilians were involved in the incident, in which one Hollander was killed and his body dragged into German soil. London heard “a report that armed Germar officials and customs officers had been involved in the incident and had crossed onto Dutch territor;. The Netherlands in general present an attitude of calm. The view of officials was that the country faces no imminent. or specific peril, but that the precautions were being taken as normal safety measures. Alarming rumors of Holland's peril from a planned German invasion- are rif here and throughout Europe. The Dutch Govern(Continued on Page Three)

Rabbits Don't Care a Scent

HUNDREDS oF HOOSIER hounds began the rabbit season today with two strikes on them because of an accident of nature. As a consequence, the rabbit “take” probably will not be as great as it might have been. : Well-informed hunters claim that the rain-wet grass is the deciding factor. As the rabbit runs along, the water automatically washes his feet. The faster he runs, the faster his feet are

washed: ; When his feet are washed, the scent leaves them. When the scent leaves them, the hounds are right smack up a blind alley. Ditto the ‘hunters. Even so, the ‘Conservation Department predicted good hunting this year, and sald rabbits are nu-

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Wave of Anger in Reich

Cr unich Bombi.

BERLIN, Nov. 10°(U. P) Newspapers said today that the bombing of the Munich beer hall shrine of Naziism in an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler had caused angry demonstrations throughout the country,

“including the Ruhr.”

Heinrich Himmler’'s Gestapo—the secret taken hundreds into provisional custody and

important clues. The pubiic. had responded to offers of $240,000 in rewards with thousands of tips and clues, while

‘experts searched the wreckage of

the cellar; police built up a mosaic of the scene and a special com-

| mission of experts studied it.

“The attitude ~ was that Great Britain was , .responsibl bombing, which killed seven and

injured 63 only 10 minutes after|

Herr Hitler had left .the ‘hall, but

that some disgruntled German

Democrat or former Communist might have been the actual perpetrator, » Report Long Plot

Excitement over the bombing had died down; Munich had returned to its customary routine, including nightly “black outs,” but the Gestapo army was hard at work and it was considered certain that something would develop from the incident soon. The semi-officia} DNB agency said a time bomb caused the explosion and that the plot was not spontaneous but had been long and well prepared. ‘Nazis said obviously, a number of persons were involved, because the preparations had been too complicated for one man. Following newspaper charges that Britain had instigated the bombing, Herr Himmler announced that clues “lead to a foreign country.” He asked all persons who, immediately following the broadcast of Hitler's 57-minute speech in the beer hall, had heard anyone remark “How for(Continued on Page Three)

STOCKS RALLY MILDLY AFTER EARLY SLUMP

By UNITED PRESS A mild rally in the New York Stock Exchange today helped to erase early setbacks. In earlier trading steel shares slumped as the industrial average dropped to a

new low since the. first week after the uropeqn ws? haried Wheat on the Chicago

Board of Trade after moderate selling based on reports of beneficial rains in the winter wheat belt. Heavy export sales were reported. Tension between the Netherlands and Germany brought precautionary selling on. the London

Stock Exchange.

Ermined Society and Plain ‘Gus Fan’

All Set for Hockey Opener Tonight

Indianapolis; from its erminecaped and top-hatted society down to plain Gus Fan, will get its first glimpse of big-time hockey tonigat at the Coliseum. For society it will be one of the events: ‘of the season. For the average fan it will be a lesson in a

game imported from the north

ticket sale nes been handled by the Civic Theater. Cocktail parties will be numerous before the carriage trade clients appear at the 1250009 “theater” at

average so fans reparation

chairs—the colors distinguish the price range—provide for an 8057 capacity. Temporary seats have been added to take care of an overflow crowd. game itself between - the

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TALKS WITH SOVIET FAIL, FINNS DEGLARE

No Common ' Basis for

Agreement Is Found.

HELSINGFORS, Nov. 10 (U. P.). —Failure of the Finnish delegation in Moscow to reach an agreement with Soviet Russia. was announced by a Finnish Foreign Office spokesman today. No common basis for a SovietFinnish agreement had been found in the Moscow negotiations, the spokesman said. The statement followed a meeting of the Inner Cabinet which considered the report by the Finnish delegation last night after it had met for an hour and a quarter at the Kremlin with Josef Stalin and Soviet Premier-Foreign Commissar Viacheslav M. Molotov. Foreign Minister J. E. Errko and members of the Government were studying the latest reports from J. K. Paasikivi, head of the Finnish delegation to the Kremlin, to decide whether the Finns would remain in Moscow for further negotiations. Recall of ‘M. Paasikivi and his colleague, it was believed, would definitely close’ discussions and would leave the next move in the crisis up to the Russians.

VAUDEVILLIAN KILLED ON WAY TO BENEFIT

MOROCCO, Ind., 3, Ind., Nov. 10 (U. PJ). —One member of a vaudeville team was killed and the other injured today in an automobile-truck collision as they were en route to Cincinnati for an engagement at a firemen's benefit show. : ‘William Lee Burke of San Francisco was killed. . Kenneth Gilfry of Fullerton, Cal., was injured. They were known professionally as Kenny and Burke. Two others were hurt in the accident on Route 41, near here. . They are Maurice Benderly, Chicago, rid-

ing with Burke and Gilfry, ad : .| Clyde. . Reizer, :

Indianapolis, truck driver.

‘FLYING ‘FORTRESSES’ OFF ON FLIGHT TO RIO

LANGLEY FIELD, | FIELD, Va., Nov. 10

(U. P.).—Seven Army “fying fort-|| |

resSes,” carrying 57 officers and men,

took off at 8:00 a. m. (Indianapolis Time) today on a 6000-mile good-

“open to question. - To’

3 Will Hitler Choose i ~ Launch Attack on

Armistice Day?

BULLETIN WINSCHOTEN, Holland, Nov. 10 (U. P.).—Heavy firing from the area be. tween Emden and Ditzum in Germany was heard to- q day at several points on “the Netherland-German. . frontier. ~ By LOUIS F. KEEMLE United ‘Press Cable Editor Europe i8 waiting for the break. Some think Hitler may strike within a matter of days. Some have even suge gested tentative dates — toe morrow, Armistice Day, or the

day after; perhaps Nov. 15.

It is all guesswork. Only Hitler and his generals really know. The Allied High Command may suspect but naturally says nothing. In all the speculation over “war in earnest,” it should be remembered that Herr Hitler has alternatives. He can start a Blitzkrieg on the

Western Front, smashing through ih

Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg in a supreme effort to break through the Maginot Line He can, instead, elect ‘to try the five-year war of endurance which he says he told Air Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goering ta prepare for, Still again, his promise to use on England “a language they can une derstand” ‘might be cdrried out by intensive bombing raids on the Brit ish coast, to synchronize with a fresh wave of U-boats against ships:

ping. : Holland Seems goat

+ The success of German ferror from & air from bases in fhe Reich is" e it really effective, Allied technicians He! Herr Hitler would Rave to Invade * Holland and establish air bases on the Dutch coast, from which fast pursuit planes could accompany the bombers in droves. However, invasion of Holland une "| doubtedly would bring the Belgians, British and French up from the south, and the aerial campaign against England could not be carried out as a separate action but as part of general war in the West. The way events have shaped, Fuehrer Hitler seems _ obviously working up to some definite move.

Like Familiar Signal « The Munich bombing—regardless of who did it—was pounced on by the German press for a campaign of hate against England, and a drumming up of German war frenzy, The press campaign was 50 uncannily precise and immediate that it seemed almost as though the cone trolled paper knew just what to do without being told. Another move paving the way toward something or other is.the German pressure on the small neue trals—specifically Holland and Bele gium. The campaign is still’ in progress. Holland and Belgium are accused of sacrificing their neutrality by ‘submitting without more vigorous protest to the British block ade which is cutting off neutral sup. plies from Germany. It is doubtful if the world would accept this devivus plea as justify ing German violation of Dutche Belgian neutrality, which Hetr Hitler has pledged himself to ree

spect. Why Jump on Dutch? At the Hague, they have some good ‘answers to the German charges. The Dutch point out that

they and the Belgians have protest= 1 /|ed strongly to Britain against interes = | terence with their ships. They ask, |

“But what can we do about it? Why pick on us little fellows?” The Dutch want to know why i Herr Hitler doesn’t call on his powe erful Italian partner Benito Musso lini to protest against the blockade’s interference with Italian shipping, They ask why does the .United States bow to the blockade by ordere ing its ships to keep away from the North Sea countries. The Dutch point out that ‘the Baltic blockade instituted by Gere many similarly hampers their ship= ping, and finally, they say it is up to Germany to try to break: the British blockade and it is not the fault of small Belgium and Holand (Continued on Page Three)

FINN WINS NOBEL PRIZE & STOCKHOLM, Nov. 10 (U. PJ), —The Nobel ppize in literature was awarded today to Frans E, Sillanpaa, no’ | Finnish Jovelish author of “The Maid Silja.”

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