Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 December 1939 — Page 7

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Firms Never Expect Payment for Any Under Ground March 18, 1938.

(Last of a Series)

By WALKER STONE Times Special Writer MEXICO CITY, Dec. 4¢.-—You alight from a tax:-ab on & dignified residential street. There is ho sign on the door of the house. You Knock, and are admitted by a grim, silent Mexican with the build of a bouncer,

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The foyer is furnished only with |

a bare table and two wooden chairs. | You ascend an wuncarpeted stair, | and walk down a dark corridor and into a large, bright room where men and women are busy at desks and typewriters. You are in the Mexican head- | quarters. of an American oil com-| pany whose properties have been | expropriated by the Mexican Gov- | ernment. ! The sensation is reminiscent of | entering a speakeasy in prohibition days. Mexico's oil laws require foreign companies pretending to do busi-| ness here to have their offices here. | But when the Government expropriated the oil wells and refineries, also took over the companies’ offices and files

Use Legal Technicality

After expropriation the skeleton staff of ‘the particular company which the writer visited was Kicked around from pillar to post Finally a legal technicality was employed. The offices now in use were set up not in the company's name but in the name of the company's representative, functioning as an agent All that remains of the once large staffs of the British and American oil companies is a handful of statisficians and clerical workers, and | one top man ir each company At ‘the offices the company employees busy themselves compiling statistics 40 Million in Oil

They say that from the date of the expropriatory decree, March 18, 1938, up to Nov, 1, 1939, the Government took from expropriated | wells some 50 million barrels of oil, | valued at approximately 40 million dollars Furthermore, the ruling of the Mexican Supreme Court Saturday | upholding the expropriation of the foreign oil companies apparently means that these firms never will receive a peso or even a centavo for oil that still was under the ground March 18, 1938. The vote upholdIng the seizure was 3 to 1

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$15 TON TO BE PAID | FOR HOOSIER BEETS

limes Special DECATUR, Ind., Dec. § —Farmers in this district will be paid at least $5 a ton Dec. 15 for 101.000 tons of sugar bects grown this vear on 13.400 acres Processing of the sugar beets is expected to be completed hy this week. Exact price of the beets will be adjusted according to sale price of pulp, sugar and ‘molasses and Government benefit payments,

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This concrete pre-treatment basin is one of four being constructed by the Indianapolis Water Co. at its Fall Creek pumping station as part of a $1,000,000 new water treatment plant which will be fed by water | Alum is used to coagulate tiny particles of mud, forcing them to drop from the creek. Yt will add 16,000,000 gallons daily to the utility's | to the bottom of their own weight. The agitation causes the alum to supply, now obtained largely from the White River,

Down in the center of each basin will be a “Aocculator” whit. This | unit consists of a large Wheel spinning around and agitating the water.

| ‘collect the mud particles more rapidly and speed purification.

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OVER WEEK-END

20 Injured Here in 51 Mis: haps; Driver Held in 3-Way Wreck.

Five persons were killed in weekend Indiana traffic outside of Indianapolis, while 20 persons were hurt in 51 accidents here, The dead

WILLIAM GUARD, 35, Ashtabula, O., hurt fatally when his car and a truck collided near Clymers. Wayne Mockerman. 19, both of Rockfield, riding in the truck, were injured. HERBERT HAWKINS, Stinesville, killed when his overturned near Stinesville. LEE SLENTZ, 65, killed when the car in which he

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near his home. FRANK BISHOP, Newport, killed when struck by a car driven by Amos Richardson, Sheldon, Ill. near Boswell.

Mrs. Alice Applegate, 1638 N Illinois St, was charged with being drunk and leaving the scene of an accident after a three-car crash at Meridian and Morris Sts. Police charged that her car struck another driven bv Fred Brazil, 3506 Salem St, while he was stopped by traffic light, and knocked it into another car driven by Carl Bristow, Beech Grove. Mrs, Brazil, who was riding with her husband. and Mrs Applegate, were injured slightly. Mrs, ‘Gladys Duty, 40, of 2023 N. Oxford St, and her son, Emmett Jr, 5, were hurt slightly when the car in which they were riding and another driven by Edward T. Newcomb, 440 N. Walcott St., collided at Ohio and State Sts.

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—Edmund Sikorski, 11, received six cents today because a physician removed his tonsils instead of stitches from a lacerated hand. A Supreme Court Jury awarded the damages after more than an hour's deliberation, Testimony showed entered Goshen Hospital about 10 days after cutting his hand. He had been directed by his physician to return for removal of stitches. An older brother, Henry, 2'¢, misunderstood, however, when a nurse asked if Edmund was “one of the doctor's tonsilectomy cases” and replied in the affirmative. Edmund's tonsils were removed. The physician, who had several other tonsil operations on schedule that day, did not recog | nize the boy. He said the tonsils were diseased and that the opera- | tion was beneficial rather than { harmful.

U.S. PROTESTS TO JAPS ON ASSAULT

SHANGHAI Dec. 4 (U.P) —The American Consulate General lodged representations with Japanese Consular officials today after police in the Japanese-controlled areas of Shanghai had assaulted John B Penniston of Seattle, a former major of the United States Army, and his Japanese wife. Police under Japanese eontrol Mr. Penniston said, blocked his path and slapped his wife when she attempted to pass carving her baby, Mrs. Penniston was bruised and her fur coat was tom. Mr, Penniston was beaten when he protested. At about the same time the Jap-anese-controlled Chinese police arrested & British soldier and a British civilian.

FIRST LADY TO GIVE PRIZE TO QUAKERS

| PHILADELPHIA, Dec. § (U.P) — Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the President, and the American Friends Service Committee will receive the 1939 Humanitarian Awards here tonight. The awards are presented annually by the Humanitarians, a group formed to recognize ndividuals “who are distinguishing themselves in the cause of humanity.” Mrs. Roosevelt will receive the $1000 individual award, and Dr, Rufus M. Jones will accept the $2000 group Prize for the Quaker Service Committee, The First Lady has announced she will give her award money to the Friends Committee,

BURGLARY-LARCENY IN U. $. UP OVER '38

Cases of burglary, larceny and rape throughout the country during the first eight months of this year increased over the same period nm 1958, B. Edwin Sackett, local Federal Bureau of Investigation agent-in-charge, reported today. The number of homicide, robbery, assault and auto theft cases de[creased, he said, There were 7 per

{cent more violent sex offenses, 5 per |

[cent more larcenies, manslaughter by negligence decreased 8 per cent [and auto theft cases dropped 6 per cent, he pointed out.

WILFORD STORE BURNS

MILFORD, Ind., Dec. 4 (U. P) — Fire of undetermined origin Was brought wmder control today after destroying the Federated Store, largest ‘mercantile ‘establishment here, Loss was estimated at $15.000. The store was owned by R. O. Ospeth of Chicago.

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FEENEY DENIES Rit Gun Gives CHARGE IN RAID Clerks Jitters

| Times Special | SHELBYVILLE, nd, Dec. 4— Attorney Alleges Prisoner hic at the Shelby National | Ba

| nk were asked to carefully check | Was Prevented From | their money until employees could Calling Counsel.

get over jitters generated bv an accidental discharge of a riot gun in the bank's vault. The gun had just been returned to the bank after repairs. As Cashier G. W. VanPelt was placing it back in the bank vault, the gun accidentally discharged and slugs tore through the floor into the basement.

DEBATE U. S. TRADE ISSUE WITH JAPAN

TOKYO, Dec. 4 (U. P) —American Ambassador Joseph Clark Grew and Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura, Foreign Minister, discussed the whole range of Japanese-American relations today at a conference

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Sheriff Al G. Feeney today denied an attorney's allegation that depr- | ties held Harin (Tex) Holley, dine and dance establishment proprietor, | ‘in jail overnight without giving him | |an opportunity to call his attorney. The charge was made by Attorney | Herbert W. Stewart when Holley | \appeared before Municipal Court)

ment on two charges of violating the [1035 Beverage Act. Holley was arrested as the result of two raids on El Rancho Grande, on Kentucky Ave, by deputy sheriffs Saturday night and last night,

Sheriff ‘Charges “Threat”

The arraignment was postponed utes. until Dec. 16. Holley was released| Japanese attached importance to

on his own recognizance on the sec- | Ne fact that the talk was held at |Nomura's residence, instead of his ond charge.

{office, say that this meant that the Sheriff Feeney said another at-

talk was much more than a routine torney obtained Hollev's release on

one, bond after the first arrest and Hol-

Japanese sources said that dislev. “did mot ask for an attorney cussing the Japanese - American last night.”

| trade pact which the United States The Sheriff added that Mr Ste. denounced, Nomura mentioned the wart threatened he would get an in- Possibility of a temporary a junction “if vou ‘don't leave my ment. The United States denounced client alone y {the treaty because of its dissatisfac7 . {tion with conditions in China, Tt Deputies Seize Four Tn the first raid, Saturday night,

expires late next month deputies arrested Holley on a charge

of violating the 1935 Beverage Act POST-WAR PRICE RISE two patrons on charges of intoxica- FORECAST BY LUBIN

(tion and vagrancy, and a third man, wi y ra {who had a bottle of gin, on a Bev-| WASHINGTON. Dec. § U.P) — Dr. Tsador Lubin, Commissioner of

‘erage Act Violation charge. Holley | was released under $500 bond. ‘ : Sunday night the deputies paid a | Labor Statistics, said today that a return visit, arrested Holley on a Period of rising prices and “painful Beverage Act charge and a patron economic readjustment” is in proslon a vagrancy charge. Holley failed | Pect as a result of the European to raise bond and was held in jail, | Var. sy sbi Meanwhile, 10 persons were ar-| Dr. Lubin's prediction was made rested by police in four liquor and at the opening of the Federal Mongambling raids over the week “end. | OPOLY Committee's study of price |The raiders seized a quantity of Deer | trends, President Roosevelt had reand liquor, one slot machine and eight punch boards.

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| NEW YORK. Dec. § (U.P) Po. Will talk on “Polymerization.”

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Water for the new plant, started three months ago and to be completed in 1941, will be drawn from this old mill race.

ground is the old Schofield grist

rebuilt after a fire in 1905. The mill, now owned by the utility, but leased to a private firm, still is operating.

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Disgruntled ‘Angel’ Charges He's Too Grasping, Wants $4476 Back.

NEW YORK, Dec. ¢ (U. P) Father Divine, the god of thousands of Negroes, goes to court today to resist a disgruntled angel whe wants back her $4476 The dusky Messiah of the heavenstudded Empire of Wonderful Peace was brought inte Supreme Court by Verinda Brown, who said he had

become “too grasping” after she had (given him her husband's wages dur- |

{ing the three years in which she

[belonged to his cult. The suit, expected to take wix| weeks in trial, threatened to bring] into the open the secrets by which Divine rose from a handy man to | (the religious ruler of thousands of! Negroes with “inexhaustible” wealth. | The bald little prophet has a promised land that includes some 22 Manhattan properties and 50 rural retreats, all of which could be turned over to a receiver if Angel Brown gets a verdict. Divine denied that he had taken $4478 from her while she and her butler-husband gloried in his spiritual efflorescence

WU PEI-FU. FAMED CHINESE. DIES AT 61

PEIPING Pec. 4 AJ. PD Marshal Wu Pei-Tu, one of ‘China's foremost war lords in the civil wars | which followed the overthrow of the imperial dynasty in 1912, died | of septic poisoning from an infected | {foot today. He was 61, Wu was a native of Shanting Province. Most of his career was! jin the Army and at the height | of his fame in 1996 he was regarded | (as the most competent of alll [Chinese military commanders

YEGGS BATTER SAFE, OBTAIN $600 IN LOOT

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Yeggs early today battered open | the safe at the Walker Theater, 607 | Indiana Ave, and obtained about | $600, Townsend Green, 513 WwW. Ninth St, the manager, told police. The burglary was discovered by Tous Tyler, 620 Blake St. night watchman. The yeggs apparently had hidden in the theater and then left by the front door,

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~ [Election Thursday Climax In 2-Year Governmental Study Course.

The final step in two years of | [governmental study will be taken | [Thursday at Washington High [Bchool when the student body elects a seven-man executive council. Candidates will be introduced at a ‘convention tomorrow. Presiden tial ‘candidates will wet out their platforms. I The movement for semi-gelf-gov-ernment was started two vears age at Washington High and a constitu= tion and by-laws were adopted last year, The purpose is to provide ex= [perience and training in democratie principles of government, Candidates for office are: For (president, Harold Negley, Ruth | Downey, William Gingery and Betty [Jane Smith; vice president, Maxine ‘Lambert, Betty Schuck, Robert ‘Hanley and Marshall Hudson; res

cording secretary, Clarence MecIn= tire, Norma Jackson, Mary Lescu and Phyllis Webb; corresponding | secretary, Suzanne VanTalge, Vivian (Spaulding, Maxine Smith and Homer Rupard of the Tndianap- Mabel Mohr; treasurer, Fred olis Water Co. C. M. Gross of re] TOOHOR and William a 4 y sergeanc-at-arms, William Leak and Delco-Remy ‘Co. of Anderson, and papas Hollowell: and publicity @iA. A. Potter, Purdue University rector, Kileen Newby and Robert dean, are attending the 60th an- Jones.

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Philadelphia. The meeting started today and will run through Fridav. Tt is dedicated to ‘“‘the peaceful purpose of broadening the usefulness to nation and community of the mechanical engineering profession.”

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (U, P.).—| The National Labor Relations Board | unanimously ruled today that the 1935 Omaha streetcar strike was not | caused by unfair labor practices of | the Omaha and Council Blufls| Street Railway Co, and said the company was under no obligation to reinstate 248 discharged strikers. A decision reversed recommendation of the board's trial examiner, R. N. Denham, who had urged that the strikers be reinstated. The board noted that on June 29, 1935, the company had offered to reinstate all strikers pursuant to the terms of an award made bv an arbitration board appointed by Govemor R. I. Cochran of Nebraska The wnion rejected the offer, the hoard said, “taking the position {hat the strikers were entitled to 1'eturn with wnmimpaired seniority.” The company filled the strikers’ places and took the position that the] strikers desiring reinstatement must file applications “as new men.’

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CANADIAN WHEAT KING

CHICAGO, Dec. 4 (U.P) —F Flovd | Rigby of Wembly, Ontario, today won the world wheat crown with a sample of Reward variety grain, the

same type that won the title for him in 1938.

| | MANTON LOSES PLEA | | NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (U. P).—The conviction of Martin T. Manton on charges of selling judicial *decisions while he was senior judge of the

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A typhoon which had roared north-| PARIS, Dee. & (U. PP) —Twenty- g ward toward Manila after causing eight German planes were shot down heavy ‘damage in at least five prov- on the Western Front between Nov. inces apparently was almost sta- 10 and 28, the Air Ministry claimed tionary 90 miles south of here to-|today. The announcement did not | day. However, schools were dis- include ‘German planes brought | missed and police emergency squads | down over the North Sea, or in Bel | stood by. 'gium, Germany or England.

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