Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 November 1939 — Page 1

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WIVES OF CITY SCAN ADVANCE INMILK PRICES

Two Groups to Attend Hearing; See Hardship for Many Consumers.

Organizations of housewives today began to investigate ressons for the one-cent-a bottle milk price increase effective in Indianapolis tomMOITow. Committees of at least two organizations will conduct inquiries and send representatives to the public hearing Nov. 27 before the State Milk Control Board, which ordered " the increase. They are the Indianapolis Council of Women, and Economic Welfare Department of the League of Women Voters. Leaders of the two groups, with memberships of several thousand each, said the price advance no doubt would work a hardship on countless consumers.

‘It’s a Matter for Study’

“It is too bad oe price had to be increased,” said Mrs. Lowell S. Fishér, Council of Women president. “It is a matter for study by our consumer education committee. I will recommend that we send delegates to the public hearing.” “The average family will be hit hardest,” said" Mrs. J. Malcolm Dunn, committee chairman. ‘When a family needs three or four of milk a day, the increase something. I will follow Mrs. Fisher’s suggestion.” “I hate to. see it,” Mrs. Stanley Hayes, chairman of the League of Women Voters group, said. “It is hard on the ‘people who already have to stretch their pennies to get milk. ”. Increase {0 Be Scanned °

Her committee is interested chiefiy in relief work. Mrs. Hughes said the increase will be studied and that a committee probably will be sent to the hearing. The price increase possibly will cause some consumers with children to -buy less or a cheaper grade of milk, Mrs. William R. Shirley, Indianapolis P.-T. A. vice president said. ~ She said she was unable to say what action the council might take. The Milk Board last night issued the emergency order to distributors to raise the price to consumers and

to producers. “Prices to farmers wil | tion.

be $2.46 a hundredweight for bottle class milk instéad of the current $2.18, . Supply Low, Says Hunt

-C. Winfield Hunt, manager of the Milk Foundation of Indianapolis, a distributors’ organization, said the low flow of milk in this area now is the cause for the price rise. He sald that the fall drought ruined: pasturss and caused farmers to put their herds on winter feeding schedules at considerable expense. -In addition to that, he said, the production: per cow was down. © “The price probably will remain at i ‘the new level throughout the winter and be reduced to the former level when the milk flow freshens in the

: spring, he said.

‘MILK TRUST’ CASE IN SUPREME COURT

WASHINGTON, "TON. Nov. 15 (U.P). .—The Supreme Court hears argument today in the Government's ef- - fort to revive anti-trust indictments . against Chicago’s milk industry. Charges were dismissed last July : by a Federal District Court on the ' ground that Congress has exempted ! the handling of agricultural prod- : ucts, including milk, from the operation of anti-trust statutes. Those / indicted included 10 corporations i distributing milk in the city. The ; Pure Milk Association, an organiza- \ tion of 12,000 farmers in Illinois, , Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin, { and others.

STOCK GAINS PARED ~~ WITH TRADING DULL

i By UNITED PRESS New York stock prices receded slightly from: early gains today. Trading was dull. Chrysler gained $1 on a “back to work” report. ‘Wheat lost fractionally at Chicago while cotton futures firmed at New York with renewed ‘demand. Trading in London stocks was quiet.

MURRY GUGGENHEIM DIES NEW YORK, Nov. 15 (U. P.).— Murry Guggenheim, 81, financier and member of the famous copper family, died today. Guggenheim was noted for his a and founded the Murry and Leonie ' Guggenheim Dental Clinic here. He was a native of Philadelphia.

DECOMMISSION SQUALUS PORTSMOUTH, N. H,, Nov. 15 (U. P.).—As the 26 survivors and a marine guard stood at attention, the U). 8. Navy today decommissioned the submarine Squalus which sank off here last -May. 23-with a loss of 33 lives.

Safe Cars and Safe Investments—

In the Want Ad section of today’s Times you will find a special selection of used.cars—cars that have peen ‘made sale—cars that are safe ' fnvestments, because in all probability they will be worth as much next spring as they are today. Prices are most attractive and | terms exceptionally easy. Tum NOW to the—

Gold Strike

New Ore Pocket in Georgia Assayed at $60,000 Ton.

ATLANTA, Ga. Nov. 15 (U. P.).—Discovery of a new ore pocket that would assay “at least $60,000 a ton” in one of the oldest gold mines in America, was announced today by Capt. Garland

ment of Geology. “In spots it looks like there's more gold than quartz,” Mr. Peyton said, adding that a probable assay of $60,000 a ton was “putting it conservatively as it definitely is a bonanza.” He said the vein of gold ‘was two inches thick, of unknown depth and “appeared as one continuous ribbon of yellow metal.”

in more than 30 years, Mr. Peyton added. The new ore pocket was discovered at a depth eight feet below the previous limit of operations and at a slope depth of 150 feet. In previous excavations, more than $300,000 was mined in the area, he said.

MRS. DONNELL PLEADS GUILTY

Move Comes as Trial on Fraud Charges Resumes In _U. S. Court.

In a surprise, move, Mrs. Ethel Pitt Donnell, 3707 N. Meridian St. today changed her plea of innocent to guilty of using the mails to defraud. She and two other persons are on trial in Federal Court in connection with an alleged $640,000 Indiana swindle. When her attorneys announced her change of plea to Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell, he sent the jury from the room and told Mrs. Donnell she was free to leave the courtroom under her $10,000 bond.

Two Await Sentence

The judge advised attorneys for the other two defendants, E. J. Hartenfeld, Henderson, Ky., and Chicago, and John K. Knapp, 2703 Washington Blvd., that he would have to advise the jury of Mrs. Donnell’s ac-

The jury then was recalled and the trial was resumed. Another defendant, Robert D-. Beckett, 5520 College Ave. changed his plea to guilty - before the trial started. He and .Mrs. Donnell now await sentence. Miss Lucille Eder, 1025 N. Sherman Drive, told the jury she turned over $1500 in building and loan stocks to Mrs. Donnell after the latter said she would give her better stock in return, including some of “Henry Ford’s company stock.” «Mrs. Donnell asked me to sell my home and put all my money in her (Continued on Page Three)

ONLY 650 ANSWER RECALL TO CHRYSLER

A. F. L. Faction Leads Back-to-Work Move.

DETROIT, Nov. 15 (U. P)—A back-to-work call sounded by the A. F. of L. branch of the United Automobile Workers union brought fewer than 700/ men to the gates of closed Chrysler plants in Detroit today. None® of the plants, paralyzed since a production dispute broke out between the company and the C.I.0. faction of the union early in October, resumed operations.

U. A. W.-C. 1. O. members patrolled the sDodge main plant, where the dispute started Oct. 6, and no workers attempted fo enter althdugh police kept a gateway clear. At other plants there were only a few or no

porting was estimated by the company at slightly over. 650. The company explained, however, that it had not called the men back and could not do so until the Dodge main and Dodge forge plants reopen.

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TRANS TERROR |.

SWAYED TRIAL ~STEPHENSON

‘Illegal Conviction Caused By Treasonable Activities,’ Petition Charges.

Times Special ' NOBLESVILLE, Ind. Nov. 15.— Ku-Klux Klan leaders 15 years ago had “almost dictatorial power in the United States, , particularly in Indiana,” D. C. Stephenson charged in a petition filed in Hamilton Circuit

Court today. The petition was one of a series of legal documents filed in the last 24 hours by Stephepson’s attorneys in

from a life sentence for the murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer, Indianapolis stenographer, 14 years ago. The complaint charged that terrorism caused (by Klan leaders inflamed the public against Stephenson, who was head of the Indiana Klan at the time.

‘Prevented Fair Trial

“Klan officials created false charges against the defendant, preventing him from gefting a fair and impartial trial,” the petition charged. The pleading was filed in connection with Stephenson's new petition for writ of habeas corpus which is expected to be heard within the next few weeks. “The illegal conviction of the defendant was caused directly by treasonable activities of Ku-XKlux Klan officials who threatened members with death for disobedience of its edicts,” the petition charged.

Declares Evans Ordered Mob

“The organization had .at that time such power that it did defy authorities of the United States and of the State of Indiana.” Stephenson charged that Hiram Evans, national head of the Klan, ordered a hooded mob formed in Noblesville at the time of the murder trial for the purpose of “threatening to lynch the defendant.” ° “While: the trial was in progress, armed. persons were stationed in the Court House and made threats against the life of the defendant if he attempted to testify in his own defense,” the pleading charged. The habeas corpus action seeks the release. of Stephenson ‘on the ground: that threats against his life prevented him from defending him self in court.

Affidayit Offers Alibi

In one: of a series of affidavits filed yesterday, Stephehson stated that he was in the company of the “wife ofa prominent State official” on the day Miss Oberholtzer was allegedly assaulted. According to the affidavit, Stephenson loaned Miss Oberholtzer an automobile and the services of a driver early in March, 1925, io take her wherever shé wanted to be taken to obtain “medical service.” On March 15, 1925, the affidavit sets: out, Stephenson accompanied the wife of the “prominent State official” to Hammond, at her request, “to intérview her husband.” Another man accompanied them.

Returned to Capital March 16

In Hammond, Stephenson alleged, he and the official's. wife took separate rooms at one hotel while the n | other man took a room in another Nihotel. On the afternoon of ‘March 16, a few hours before Miss Oberholtzer was attacked, Stephenson said he saw Miss Oberholtzer on the street in the company of Earl Gentry, one of the former Klan leader's bodyguards. Gentry later was acquitted on charges similar to those on which Stephenson was convicted. Later in the day, Stephenson averred, he took the official's wife (Continued on Page Three)

FAIR SKIES, WARMER WEATHER FORECAST

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6a m....4 10 a. m., . Ta m.... 41 11 a. 8a. n..... 43 12 rat 9a m.... 46 1p m 5

Fair skies and higher temperatures were: forecast today by ‘the Weather Bureau for Indianapolis and vicinity tonight and tomorrow. The lowest temperature tonight probably will be about :36, the bureau said.

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W. W. Pangburn, National Reersation Association field representative, Indianapolis’ recreation system “the best in the nation. of the P.-T. A. Council Tefreation comumities, and Mrs, Joseph A. recreation committee, ;

an attempt to gain “his freedom

Discuss Municipal Problems

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a W. Esterline, Indianapolis Citizens Council president, chats at the National Municipal League conference here with Richard S. Childs. league president, and Howard P. Jones, New York State civil

service commissioner,

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Hitler Facing Dilemma Lacking Usual Loopholes

BERLIN, Nov. 15 (U. P.).—The_ official D. N. B. News Agency said today that Foreign Minister Joachim ven Ribbentrop had told the Belgian and Dutch Ministers to Germany that the mediation offer of - Queen Wilhelmina and King Leopold failed “because of its brusque rejection by the British and French.”

By LOUIS F. KEEMLE

United Press

Cable Editor

The belief that this is going to be a war of starvation and of nerves

grew today.

Officials, military men, correspondents and others in London and Paris who should know, still are convinced that Herr Hitler intended a thrust through Holland as a start of his “war in earnest”—he promised “war in earnest” six weeks ago, incidentally.

30 TERM RIDDLE VEXES VANNUYS

Asks President to Declare His Aims; F. D. R. Chuckles At Reporter’s Query.

WASHINGTON, Nov=45 (U. P). —Senator Frederick VanNuys, Indiana Democrat prominent orn President Roosevelt's 1938 purge list, today called upon the President to declare his “1940 intentions.” “It is incumbent upon the President to make his intentions known,” Senator VanNuys said, reiterating his opposition to a third térm. “I see no reason for so much mystery. “The President certainly knows by this time what he intends to do and he ought not be secretive about it. A third term would violate one of the sacred traditions of this country.” Senator VanNuys’' statement followed closely on the latest of Mr. Roosevelt's refusals to reveal his plans. : President Chuckles

. Merwin H. Browne of a Buffalo, N. Y., newspaper asked him at yesterday’s press conference whether Vice President John N. Garner's Presidential campaign had changed his plans. The President chuckled and advised Mr. Browie not to be so subtle. But he revealed nothing of his own intentions. Some of his associates, however, insist that he has indicated (Continued on Page Three)

ROOSEVELT-M!NUTT PARLEY SCHEDULED

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (U.P) — President Roosevelt and Federal Security Administrator Paul V. MecNutt will discuss liberalization of the social security law at a White House conferen‘e tomorrow, it was learned today. : Mr. MeNutt asked for the appointment following defeat of:Ohio and California pension plans last week which the Administration opposed as “short cuts to Utopia.” It was understood that Mr. MecNutt desired to review the'whole security set-up with Mr. Roosevelt. He would not indicate in advance of the conference the proposals which he will present to Mr. Roose-

|velt.

Recreation Leaders Get Some Advice

The drive not only has been postponed but may never come, except

as an act of desperation and it is

a question even then if Herr Hitler could override’the opposition of his general staff.

Dutch Didn’t Intimidate

Allied ‘observers point out that Herr Hitler did not mass 500,000 trained men, with motorized divisions, near the Dutch border just for exercise. They believe the maneuver was for a dual purpose—to take the Nether- |- lands as a base against England, and to intimidate Belgium through

Holland _; : 0 ib . ie Dutch did not intimidate as per schedule. They: threw every

resource: they had into preparing to.

meet invasion. Even so, Herr Hitler could have crushed them, but ‘they were not. acting alone. It -soon ‘became apparent - that Holland could not be-taken as an isolated conquest which would provide the bases « that : might crush England. x No formal agreements were signed and no announcements made, but what happened was that | Belgium declared herself in to the death. (Continued on Page Three)

BASIS IS LAID FOR ‘FURIOUS SEA WAR

British ‘May Strip Neutral Ships of Nazi Exports.

BULLETIN ’ LONDON, Nov. 15 (U. P.).—Nine of the crew of 12 were drowned today when the British coastal steamer Woodtown, 794 tons, sank off the British Coast after an explosion,

By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Forefgn News. Editor Nazis warned today that the Allies had felt “only the: very beginning” of Germany's fighting power on the sea and in the air. A retaliatory hint by ‘Great Britain that she may: soon start seizing German exports from neutral ships, combined with the Nazi warning to lay the basis for a furious war at sea. The long-expected German offensive against the English—in which neutrals must necessarily face increased 'dangers—still is ‘to come, according to comment in Berlin on this week’s Allied sea losses and on Monday’s Nazi aerial raid on, | the Shetland Islands. The official German ‘News. ‘Agency © (Continued on Page Three)

‘Now When I Was ¢ on Farm, Gentlemen’

SPEAKER CITES

NEED OF HOME

| RULE FOR CITY

Seasongood Outlines Steps To City Managership At Session Here.

By TIM TIPPETT Indianapolis’ first aim in city gov-

ernment should not be simply city managersgovernment but home rule, Murray Seasongood, former Cincinnati mayor and nationally known advocate of good government, said this afternoon. He was addressing a National Municipal League conference on government, which opened a three-day convention at the Severin Hotel. Home rule, he explained, is the transfer by the State Legislature of all administrative and governmental control over all matters which are principally local to the localities involved.

Discusses Merit System

“That's how Cincinnati-got its charter.” Mr. Seasongood said. “First we got home rule and then, operating under that, we got ithe charter. In the charter we got the city manager form of government.” Another step to better government, the merit system of public employment, can be permanently achieved under law only if it. is written into the State Constitution, Howard P. Jones, National Municipal League secretary and New York Civil Service. Commissioner, said in an interview. “Democracy is under a severe attack,” Mr. Seasongood told the first general session. “The greatest patriotic duty anyone can perform is to help do away with the weak: spots. in. county, township and city. govefnment,

Compares Two Cities

“The: remnants. of Tammany Hall, the Long machine in Louisiana, and other like organizations are all enemies of democracy. Cincinnati and - Indianapolis are similar in many respects. They both have a large percentage of native-born residents; and the cities are centrally located. ““In Cincinnati, the city manager form of government, which has just set a reform government record by winning the eighth straight election, was ‘achieved’ only by the unselfish work of the citizens. “The first thing Indianapolis must do to achieve what Cincinnati ‘has achieved is to get home rule,” Mr. Jones said that a good example of how a civil service law CO! be emasculated is to be found in chigan. . “Two years ago in

Michigan,” he said, “the Legislature

a good civil service law (Continued on Page Five)

MARGERINE PLANT HIT BY $5000 FIRE

Fire today wept the the second floor of the Standard Nut Margerine Co. warehouse, 1122 Roosevelt’ Ave.,

.{causing damage estimated by com-

pany officials at between $5000.and $7000. The cause was not determined. As firemen poured water through a ventilator over huge vegetable oil tanks, flames and clouds of smoke rolled out, hampering them in their fight to bring the blaze under control. Water was poured through the

.fonly two windows on- the second

floor. - Lawrence Goodson, the only worker in the warehouse, discovered the blaze. He had been on the first flop for about three minutes and he ascended the stairs was driven ‘back

by smoke.

+. The company’s “main building : is

across the Sirses, at 1106 Roosevelt Ave, i J

Nation's Best Play Program’ Is Sought Here |

A movement to make Indianapolis’ recreation system ‘the best in the nation” was launched jointly by. Parent-Teacher groups and the Mayor's Advisory Committee on Recreation today at the Indiana World War Memorial. The prime factor in an adequate recreation program is the selection of competent personnel, W. W. Pangburn, field representative of the National Recreation Association, the principal speaker, told the group. Other speakers who outlined the need “of expanding the municipal recreation activities here were Miss

. (Continued on Page Three)

STATE TO PROBE

JUVENILE SETUP

Welfare Division to: Assist Judge in Determining Status of Home.

By SAM TYNDALL A special investigation by the State Welfare Department into the entire program and legal status of the Juvenile Detention Home will start Friday. Plans for the investigation, designed to be the most thorough ever made of the local institution, were laid yesterday by Juvenile Court Judge Wilfred Bradshaw and Miss Mildred Arnold, director of the Welfare Department, Children’s Division. Judge Bradshaw requested the. investigation early this week when he learnéd the Children’s Division |g already had made plans for a routine study of the Home with .a view to approving and licensing it.

‘Investigator Named The request to enlarge the proposed study to include an investigation into the controversial issue of policy control over the child caring agency was agreed to by Miss Arnold. Miss Arnold announced that the investigation would be conducted by Miss Wilma La Voo,- child Ea consultant of the Children’s division. It will continue for two or three weeks. The original study was to include recreational facilities, educational facilities, admissions and releasing (Continued on Page Three)

FCC BOOSTS WIRE NIGHT-TIME POWER

Station Becomes State's No. 1 Full-Time Unit.

Times Special ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 15— The Federal Communications Commission today authorized WIRE in Indianapolis to operate on 5000 watts at night as well as in the daytime. The hew power authorization follows a recent international radio conference at which it was decided to permit some regional stations which have been operating on 5000 waits in the day and 1000 watts at night to increase their night wattage on an experimental basis. Authorities said that this would

‘make WIRE the most powerful full-

time broadcasting station in the state... The station is constructing new studios on the Claypool Hotel and expects to occupy them: about Jan. 1. 'A new 5000-watt transmitter ‘was installed’ by WIRE last spring, to buttress its request for |- greater Might time power. :

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Action" by ‘Assembly,

May Be Asked in ‘Resolution.

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By EARL RICHERT Laws. which would prevent issuance of poor relief bonds and require able-bodied indigents to work for relief were advocated today by Hassil E. - Schenck, Indiana Farm Bus reau president. He spoke at the opening session of the bus reau’s three-day convention, - Addressing 5000 Indiana farmers in Tomlinson. Hall, Mr. Schenck said that “without question, the most serious problem confronting

the taxpayers of our State today is that of welfare.” “Of necessity, society must rece ognize the existence of certain obligations to groups unable to care for themselves by reason of economic insecurity, but in turn must seek a method of discharging those obligations on a basis which will

not destroy the taxpayers, and in

turn jeopardize free government,” Mr. Schenck said.

“Temper Idealism With Realism’

“Our idealism must be tempered by realism. There is only one way by which welfare and relief can be maintained, and that is by taxes, Whether the program is good or bad, it must be paid for, and it. should be currently financed withe out the issuance of bonds. “With reference to the financing of poor relief, the issuance of bonds 'should be grohibited by law. In event of a wholly unexpected relief load, borrowing should be done on a short time basis, with the time defi nitely set for the paying of such loan.” j It ‘was expected ‘that a resolution to be presented Friday would ask passage by the 1941 Legislature of law to prohibit issuance of poor relief bonds. “All suppHes-foi” welfare and" poor” relief should be purchased in open enck déclared,

Traces Buresu History

Bureau in the 20 years since:its fore mation. The orgdnization, he said, is in the best economic condition in many years with several projects underway which will . be of ine estimable value to Indiana farmers, The projects include the nation's most modern fertilizer factory, now nearing completion outside Indian apolis; oil refinery; development of the . Rural Electric Membership Corp. now serving 30,000 farm families, and development of ‘co-

: | operatives.

One of the most serious picblents | facing Indiana farmers is that of livestock marketing, he said. Packers buy livestock in the country at terminal prices. And, he added, since inferior quality beef floods the terminals, those prices are low, Farmers should ‘place their entire supply in the terminal markets, so that all the demand will be

| centered in the place where, the

market price is determined, he said, Cites 3-Fold National Goal

. He announced opposition now to any attempt in the next regular General Assenjbly to change the ine come producing capacities of the Gross Income Tax Law. “Any change that may be neces saly in this tax, should ‘be only for the purpose of making the tax burden more equitable,” he said. In discussing national affairs he declared that a three-fold goal must be achieved if America is to cone tinue to be a great nation. ‘ “This goal embodies stability for industry, security for labor and parity for agriculture,” he said. Mr. Schenck’s address featured the morning program. Many observers saw it as an indication of Farm Bureau policy for the coming’ election year.

Mentions No Parties - " He mentioned no political parties,

~ {but declared that those Congress-

men who have helped the farmers should be remembered while those who have not should not be re«

‘| turned to office.

“I plead with every farm voter in the State of Indiana to become fa-

‘| miliar with the stand taken by every’

cendidate for office of either political party—think in terms of the future of American agriculture and the (Continued on Page Five)

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.ks 18 Pegler ARR 14

Curious World 19| Py

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