Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 November 1939 — Page 1
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VOLUME 51—NUMBER 226
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PARK BOARD'S BAS PURCHASED WITHOUT BIDS
Price Tops Worl ‘Works Board Rate; Joseph’s Firm Coun- - sel for Oil Company.
By RICHARD LEWIS
An investigation of City gasoline purchases today revealed that: 1. The Park Board for almost two years has been purchasing gasoline exclusively and without formal bidding from the Ohio Oil Co. 2. The Works Board during the same period has been purchasing gasoline by formal bids and paying from 3-10 to 9-10 of a cent less per gallon’ than the Park Board for gasoline of a similar octane rating. 3. Jackiel W. Joseph, Park Board president; has served the Ohio Oil Co., according to a firm official, on various occasions as legal counsel. 4. The Park Board's purchasing without bids is contrary to Mayor Sullivan’s announced policy of having all City departments advertise for bids on commodities they purchase, Court House Records Cited
. Mr. Joseph told The Times that he had handled some legal matters for the Lincoln Oil Refining Co. (no longer in existence), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Ohio Oil Co. He denied serving as attorney for the Ohio Oil Co. Records in the Court House reveal, however, that in at least two suits filed in Municipal Court last year, Mr. Joseph's law firm, Joseph -& Dann, is listed as counsel for the Ohio Oil Co. * Vance Anderson, the Ohio Oil Co.’s division manager, said that although Mr. Joseph is not employed on a retainer basis, he represents it and handles “a lot of our business.” “We're very friendly with Joseph,” Mr. Anderson said. “He's a fine fellow ind “has done alot for us”
Board President Fight Years
Mt. - Joseph, who said he was en- - gaged at one time in the oil business in Texas, has been president of the Park Board eight years. He was -named ‘to the ‘Board in 1930 by Mayor Sullivan. #City’ records shuw that the Board has purchased’ its motor fuel from . the Ohio Oil Co. on the open market on. a month-to-month basis since Jan. 1, 1938. In. 1938, thé Board purchased $10,806 worth of premium and regular gasoline from the Ohio Oil Cd. This year, up to-Oct. 30, its gasoline purchases from that firm totaled $2664.53
Asphalt Powder Also Purchased .
* In addition, the Board purchased exclusively from the same firm asphalt powder in six-ton lots from time to time since 1938 without a contract. This material is used for boulevard repairs. A comparison of Works Board and Park Board gasoline purchases shows that the latter paid consistently higher prices. In March, 1938, the Park Board paid 13.8 cents a gallon for premium gasoline, while the Works Board paid 13.1 cents, or «1 cents a gallon less. When tank wagon prices, on which retail gasoline prices are based, increased the following month, the Park Board continued to pay 138 cents a gallon: for premium gas while the Works Board paid 13.5 cents. Last month, the Park Board paid 13.8.cents a gallon for premium gas while the Works Board paid 12.9 cents, or 9 ceni a gallon less.
Joint Bidding Planned
Late last month, the Park Board received gasoline bids. These were lower than the prices the Board had been paying. ‘The low bic on regular gasoline, submitted by the Associated Service Co., was 123 cents a gallon, a half cent less than the Board was paying. The low bid on premium gasoline was 135 cents, or .3 cent a gallon less than vas being paid. ‘These bids were rejected by the Park Board, however, because of a . new. bidding system scheduled to be instituted at the City Hall next year on orders of Mayor Sullivan. ‘Under the new system, all departments are to advertise jointly for bids on similar commodities. Because of thir, Park Board officials said, any contract let on the _ basis of the bids received last month could be effective only until Jan. 1, when the new joint purchasing system is to be started.
i a i VISITS FOREIGN OFFICE - LONDON, Nov. 30 (U. P.).—The Pinnish Ministe nister, G. A. Gripenburg, visited the Foreign Office at
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By NORMAN B. DEUEL United Press Staff Correspondent
HELSINGFORS, Finland, Nov. 30 (U. P.).—Soviet Russia invaded Finland by land, sea and air today, raining death-dealing explosives on Helsingfors, Viborg and half a dozen other centers. ' Red airplanes roared out of cloudy skies throughout the day and, in mid-afternoon unloaded a hail of thermite bombs on the dazed population © of Helsingfors, destroying public buildings and apartment houses, starting fires in the center of the capital and inflicting hundreds of casualties. :
town Helsingfors tonight and at least three suburban homes in Viborg were set afire. Unofficial sources estimated 200 persons were killed. The néw. Polytechnique college was almost completely destroyed. I saw several fires started, buildings damaged and windows. shattered ‘as I telephoned this dispatch. I was hurled to the floor of my hotel room by the terrific explosion of she bombs. I saw one automobile bus crushed
street. The attacking planes were high in the sky. They presumably struck at the railroad, station, but if they did, their aim was poor and tons of high explosives rained on the center of the city of 268,000 population. The daughter of a member of the United Press Staff, quartered in the Torni Hotel, had gone out to buy the latest editions of the newspapers when the bombing attack came. She has been missing about an hour afterward,
MUELLER SCANS TRUSTEE DUTIES
Appointee Ponders Changes In Setup as Jury Report “Nears Judge Myers:
(Photo, Page Five)
Henry Mueller, newly appointed Center Township Trustee, today began familiarizing himself with his new duties preparatory to taking the office Wednesday. The 46-year-old chief deputy sheriff + was. named: to. sutceed Thomas M. ‘Quinn yesterday by County Commissioners after a week's study during which more than twoscore names were considered. : While Mr. Mueller considered what changes he will make in the township’s staff of employees and in its much criticized poor relief setup, the Grand Jury’s report on the poor relief situation was being typed preparatory to submission tomorrow to Criminal Court Judge Dewey Myers. Jury Probe Started Oct. 16
The jury recessed at noon yesterday after completing its deliberations in the probe started Oct. 16, a few days after Mr. Quinn admitted to The Indianapolis Times that. “political and . family favoritism” ruled his distribution of relief patronage. Mr. Mueller asked the Commissioners not to make ‘his appeintment effective until Wednesday in order to give Sheriff Al G. Feeney time to decide on a new chief
deputy.
Former Mayor Walter Boetcher, who temporarily assumed the trustee’s duties Friday in order to prevent a break in the distribution of relief, has submitted his resignation, effective Wednesday. Mr. Boetcher (Continued on Page Three)
SHORTAGE. IN. COAL
Funds Available for Only ‘Few Tons.
The Park Bord today faced a coal shortage which may Tors community houses to curtail recreation activities until after Jan. 1 when the Board's 1940 budget becomes operative. Mrs. Looise Rich, Park Department auditor, told the Park Board that the department's $3400 coal purchase fund is nearly exhausted. The department has enough money. to buy only five more tons for the Brookside and Rhodius Community Youses and the department's {hope which are operating full
At both the Brookside and Rhodius buildings it was reported that
until next week and that an additional five-ton "supply would not
the year. A. C. Sallee, park superintendent, blamed the situation on a 1939/ budget cut by the Adjustment and State Tax Boards. :
BABY FOUND DEAD i BED
Four-month-old : _ Scrugham Jr, 1521 Sauley St. was found
a coroner, |
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Three big fires burned in down-|
and bodies thrown out into the| : ‘ . A Symbolizing' the sweep of the Soviet armed might. Boros the ‘border. with bombs for Helingtors and other Finnish cities, these Russian warplanes are pictured in recent, air maneuvers. :
'FAGES PARK BOARD|
the coal on hand would last only]
The Torni (Towet) Hotel, is three blocks from the railroad station at which the bombs apparently were aimed. The huge glass dome of the hotel fell into the lobby|: as a result of the concussion caused by nearby bombs. Just as the first: blast struck, I was called to the telephone. The
“| operator coolly said that there was
G. 0. P. Notes T hanksgiving |
TODAY WAS JUST THURSDAY for Indianapolis and Indiana in general, while in particular it was Thanksgiving to the Repub4 licen, State. Headquarters in the |. Claypool Hotel.
ters closed in observance of the Thanksgiving date Lincoln established. : The bulk of Hoosiers last Thursday celebrated appropriately /the
| Thanksgiving date set by Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
KUHN GUILT SEEN AS SETBACK T0 NAZIS
Bund Fuehrer Liable to 30- Year Imprisonment.:
NEW YORK, Nov. 30 (U. P.).— Fritz Kuhn, the Nazi Fuehrer for the - United States, was locked: in a Tombs Prison cell today and enemies of hi: movement saw in his conviction of larceny a body blow to American Nazism. . Anti-Nazis expressed themselves privately. They gathered around Assistant District Attorney Herman
J. McCarthy when the verdict was| .
returned last night, to congratulate| him.’ gr The ‘jury had found Kuhn guilty
his handling ‘of the funds of’ the German-American Bund. He received ‘ the verdict with a poker face and marched off stoically to jail to await his sentence, which (Continued on Page Three)
ICKES FLAYS ENDING OF ‘HOT OIL’ HEARING 3
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (U. P). — Secretary of Interior Harold IL. Iekes today in a formal statement criticized U. 8. District Judge James C. Wilson of Houston, Tex., for terminating a‘ ‘hot oil case. involving the brother of another U. S. District, Judge in Texas “without: permitting: the Government to present all. its evidence.” ' : The defendants in the case, resulting from'charges of illegal handling of crude oil produced. in ex= cess of proration quotas, were Reedy |p Allred, a brother. of Federal Judge James Allred; former Governor of Texas, and Neal Powers. Reedy Allred and Powers had been indicted on: the Sharge with H. E. Hines.
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Eye- Witness: Phones Story of
an ‘urgent call from: Copenhagen. She put it through. Since that time, I have watched swiftly moving scenes of destruction unparalleled in their fury. Finland's reply to the undeclared war was given by roaring anti-air-craft guns: that brought down. one and perhaps two Soviet planes, by. stubborn réturn fire in the frontier| areas, especially at Kivena, and @&n
JENNER TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR
Deal Boards’ One Point in _Phatform. : pa er ? Times Special’ Tk g SHOALS, Ind, Nov. 30. state Senator William "E. Jenner .of this
City, minority floor leader ‘of ‘the |
Indiana’ Senate for, two sessions, today formally announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Governor. : His platform s-of: : principles for State government ‘included:
the offices of the county treasurers.
costs even with increased governmental services. 3. “Abolition of useless New Deal Si and commissions. 4, “Elimination ‘of the present political . favoritism in the - State's educational system. 5, “Divorce . of ' politics from itor law administration. 6. “Equal recognition of interests
ers in order to: ‘rescue Hoosier industry, - 7. “Elimination “of schoolbook ‘and ott gove ental rackets. . 8. “Enactmént ‘of laws that will ro honesty: in elections. 9. “Restoration of local _self-gov-efnment.”’ . ‘Adopts Campaign Shogan. Accompanying his announcement, Jenner distributed more 150,000 pamphlets, ‘his’ =
iors. been a relentless foe. of the intrenched
lished: by the State House. gang,” the pamphlet stated. - He has adopted as
. Jenner was born in’ ‘Marengo, Craviors County, the: son ‘of Mr. and Mrs." L. kL: Jenner. He was educated in ‘the public ‘schools: there, - attended Central Normal Collége and ' was graduates; Jrom Indiana Univesity. Convention Keynoter ", After practicing: aw several years in Paoli, Ind. he .served as City Attorney of Shoals. He was lected | to ‘the Indiana Senate from Law-| rence, ‘Martin and Orange. Counties|’
| was the keynote 1936 ‘Republican. State convention. Others : Who -have formally |
Abolition -of ‘Useless New
1. “Payment of all State taxes at|
. “Reduction: ‘of : governmental!
gréed and special privileges estab- a
in 1935 and re-elected in 1938. He| J &. speaker at the{ 9 8.
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Official decree declaring’ > state Jof war existed. agains the Soviet Union. The raid on Helsingtors caught mid-afternoon crowds in the streets as bombs aimed at the . railroad station, the harbor and the airport exploded with terrific. farce. in the center of the city. Finnish authorities directed rescue
[the swift onslaught from’ the a wih ‘and many stood watching the De ion i
{still lighted the sky in the down-
being kept in hand and that: there was no danger of the blazes spread- + ing. |
‘might have béen expected after the 4{raid: and police said that it was not even necessar |around:the burning buildings as the
.| avoided congestion.
| quickly.
{the city presented an eerie scene,
I1 01 76 07] people ‘appeared to be stupefied. by
planes dart in and out of the clouds
while the bombs fell around them| ‘| instead: of “diving for air: raid
shelters, - j . Most of the fires started oy the bombardment were ‘quickly extinguished but the three big blazes
town district tonight. The fire department announced that they were
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The popiilation was calmer than
to put? cordons people ' were self-disciplined and
The hotel lobbies ‘and travel bureaus were thronged with foreigners seeking-to leave the country
Darkness descended at 4 p. m. and
with flashlights winking in the dusk and the flare of burning buildings across the sky. The population, nevertheless, returned = quickly io normal business pursuits. rei The - Government's . messages ‘showed that the Soviet invasion was from all sides. An air raid alarm was sounded from Port Alo in Southwest Finland. : The. Red fleet, according to unconfirmed reports, passed Hogland Island en voute to Helsingfors and tRed Army force: landed at the Island of Seiskari, in the Guilt of Finland.
work’ spegaly | and eficiently but. the
ward making Triand a a place, — for her own: people to live in, The “peace ’aims” of Russia, however, are quite:the. on: Having helped Germany . Poland, and having - “her will: ‘on. little Estonia, Tarvin and ‘Lithuania, | she is seeking ‘mow brutally and| cynically to bully Pinland into ceding whatever it is she wants.
‘China's Alms Peaceful
Russia, has & population of 180 millign. Estonia. has 1,200,000, Latvia
Finland a little less than 4,000,000. What, it is asked, is the good of talking of a “United States of Europe” where all the people ‘will live and work together like one big family, as long as there are bullies like Russia surrounded by helpless neighbors? - - The “peace aims” of China, the
of workmen, employers. and farm-| oc” nCutral observers continue,
were plainly set’ forth: 4n the Nine Power Treaty of Washington. She was to develop slowly and. in her own way ‘with - the co-operation of
© | Japan, the United: States, Great
Britain, France, Holland, Belgium, |Ttaly and Portugal. Yet. today Japan and Rusia are: oe ot dismembering er — one. ‘by armed force; the: other. by “undern mining: “her politically. amt A "The Deeds of War rind {The The peace aims of se wee to continue her, domestic: development, assisted by treaties bd ggression ‘with’ any. an Russia. “Yet ‘these two to: destroy . her— |
{than 35 million inhabitants, found herself unable to prevent. The “peace aims” of, Austria's 7,000,000 inhabfianis, yee Political independence. Today Austria: ~ (Continued on. Page Three)
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Dictators’ Peace’ Views Sow Future War Seeds
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMS Times: Foreizn Editor : : J Bctivitice of Rusa, Germany atid discussion
Finnish advices said that ‘Russian (Continued on Page Three) t : 4
2,000,000, ‘Lithuania’ 2,506,000 : and |
with a combined population of 20 million, conspired to: something which she, with: fewer |:
“IFIRST LADY HEARS
| Invites 6 of Youth Congress
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| ganizations! and then invited six | officials of the. American: Youth) une ol
1 s. OFFICIALS KEEPING WATCH
Russian - Finnish Situation Called Grave; F. D. Re And Hull Confer.
FASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (U.P). — U. 8. officials today took ‘a grave view of Soviet Russia’s attack on Finland but made no official comment on the situation. . Suggestions were made in ‘some quarters that the question of U. B.Soviet ' relations might be re-ex-amined in the light’ of new developments, Secretary of State Cordell Hull would not comment on this possibility and indicated that -no} steps. would be taken until ‘official |
were received.
daily press conference. He determinedly declined to answer inquiries concerning the, nrobable future course of Soviet-American relations. He. said he avas awaiting official dispatches to.dete ex: actly what had ‘happened rs, | making any pronouncenien es ing the Soviet-Finnish- developments. i He added’ a cryptic and ‘possibly significant ‘hint that in a day or two the wisdom of waiting ‘for: the 1 (Continued on Page Tiree):
DIES GROUP HEARING,
To White House for, Lunch.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt liste to Dies Committee testimony ay con alleged Communist domination of American youth. or-
diplomatic reports on the situation J ‘Mr. Hull. was grim-faced at his
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (U. PY.—!
Tiny Republic Fights Back at Soviet Aoisl . Naval and Infantry Offensive; Scandinavians Alarmed,
BULLETIN
"COPENHAGEN, Nov. 30 (U. P.y—Reports from. Helsingfors today said that Russians have completed the ‘occupation of Fisherman's Peninsula, in the Arctic regions oF Northern Finland.
By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor
Soviet Russia's mighty war machine struck at Finland today with infantry, aerial and naval forces. Red Army units smashed across the frontier tn the southeast and Far North. Red naval forces closed: in with roaring guns on Finnish islands and coastal bases’ and-——out of a cloudy sky in mid-afternoon—the famous Red. aerial armada struck with high explosives, at the. crowded streets of the city of Helsingfors. ; Bomb after bomb hurtled down from the ouds on the center of the Finnish capital and its dazed population of 268,000. Perhaps 200. ;persons died in the streets or in flam- : ing buildings which were pierced by thermite bombs. that exploded and spread fire deep within the structures. Many others were wounded. p Flames from apartment buildings and other structures [leaped high in the air as the raiding planes roared away from the stupified city and as the early sub-Arctic. dusk telosed in here still Wete three fires: that Yedgeped the sky
“ene Soviet Union existed throughont the oui as abn vasiont that extended from. the easternmost point of hp Gulf. of Finland at Hangoe to the lake region on the Karelian Isthmus and northward to the sub-Arctic coast, where the Red Army was reported taking over the important Petsamo
In Mostaw, the Government ignored the fighting. he throughout ‘the day, permitting “well-informed sources” to "| say that nothing. was known of the reports, but at the same time making it clear that the United. States offer of mediation would not be accepted. Finland accepted, although the invasion already was under way. : The Scandinavian countries greatly alarmed and many Swedish youths volunteered to fight for Finland. Sweden was understood to be’planning to call up additional forces, without ordering formal mobilization. There were reports that Russia was ‘demanding three important ports from Norway, but She reports lacked confirmation.’ oe oh
Vatican: Deplores Attack Gh
Speakers in the House of Commons at London’ condemned the “apparently. unprovoked aggression” against
" The Vatican deplored the attack on Finland ant’ indie cated “that His Loliness Pope Pius XII would call upon: ore| Christians throughout the world to pray that the spread of atheism would be halted.: The Osservatore Romano said that the attack showed the intention of the Communists. to bolshevize all Europe by: force, All day reports of fighting came. into Helsingfors from the frontiers. Seis |. Red Army, paval and air forces’ (total: 118,000,00 [thrust at the Finnish defense forces (total =: 300,000) . n about 10 different sectors stretching from the Gulf of Fin: : land to Lapland, according to dispatches from Helsingfors. Bombs from Russian planes’ ‘blasted at the Helsingfors fortress and airport, crashed in the Emso Valley, ratth the windows. at Viborg and Imatra, the Finnish reports said,
American: Legation Moving iba
: Shells from’ Russian guns roared across the frontier in. the Tammelsuu, - -Suojarvi and Kivena sectors, the same sources reported, while the Red Navy opened up in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland .and—one report | landed men on the Finnish isle of Seiskari. A Red. 4 Army e, invasion also was reported at Suojarvi. SEA RET po, = tates legation at Helsingfors ann of a was moving toa ia of arester safety 10 mie fom
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