Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 January 1940 — Page 1

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FORECAST: Fair and somewhat colder tonight with lowest temperature 5 to 10 degree; tomorrow fair and continued cold.

[Sires —nowazp] VOLUME 51—NUMBER 265

NO RELIEF DUE AS COLDBLAST

SWEEPS STATE

Mercury to ‘Go to 5-10; Poles and Wires Down; Traffic Snarled.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6am ...19 10am ... 24 7am J: 18 1la.m. ... 26 8a. m....18 12 (ndon)... 29 9a m ...20 ip. m ...31

Indianapolis today was caught in a new, bitter cold wave which

spotted the entire country and swept | §

eastward with destructive force, carrying snow and heavy rain. The Weather Bureau here predicted even colder weather tonight, possibly 5 to 10 degrees above zero under fair skies. = The Chicago Bureau said the cold would continue for at least 24 hours, dropping temperatures to around zero from the Rockies eastward and as far south as the Ohio Valley.

The storm centered over the Upper Great Lakes Region today and storm warnings were hoisted on

‘the Eastern Seaboard and the Great

Lakes. : In the Central States it*left highways blocked by drifted snow, power lines sagging and falling, buildings nnroofed and windows smashed by jhe wind. Many towns in northern Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa were marooned by the heavy snow. Galesburg, Ill. schools were closed. At Galena, Ill, milkmen made deliveries on foot, supplying first only the homes where there were small children,

Travelers Marooned

Traffic suffered most severely Many travelefs were marooned, bus schedules were interrupted temporarily and railroad service was delayed. The cold blast rode into Indianapolis and the state yesterday on a gale that did considerable property damage and lowered temperatures since yesterday morning by 25 degrees. Wind velocity at the Municipal Airport Weather Bureau reached 55 miles an hour at 10:20 a. m. yesterSay, and 65 miles” an hour at. 11:35

* The wind blew in gusts until about 5:30 p. m. and then started to subside. at 25 to 35 miles an hour and then it decreased to 16 miles an hour, which it was registering this morning. The Indianapolis Power & Light Co. reported 15 poles were blown down in the City and County and said that 14 light service trucks and two heavy duty line trucks were manned and ready for service during the gale. Wires Down

The Indiana Bell Telephone Co. also had emergency crews ready but reported little trouble. Police received reports of trees down at 3322 Guilford Ave., in an alley on 13th St. between Keytsone Ave. and Tacoma St. and at. 1457 Boulevard Place, where a Wie also was reported down. Wires were regorted down on Spencer St. outside the City Limit, 530 Spring St., 20th St. and Pierson Ave., North and Exeter Sts., 535 W. Morris St., 28 W. Raymond St, Keystone Ave and Graydon St., 36th and Pennsylvania Sts., 1412 E. LaGrande Ave. and 6000 Ww. Washington St..

Poles . were reported down at

Grove and Fletcher Aves. 13th and].

West Sts, 34th and. Pennsylvania Sts., 30th and Dearborn Sts.,. and 412 E. 37th St. A smoke stack was blown down ai? 1602 E. Washington St.

Three Hurt in Falls

The wind rattled windows and set off 24 false automatic electric burglar and holdup alarms. A plate glass window at the John Deere Plow Co. 1065 W. Washington St., was blown in and police were forced to nail shut a door that blew open at 555 S. Delaware St. Police also

. found the rear doors of a ware-

house in the 1500 ‘block, Madison Ave., blown in. Meanwhile, the City Administra-

. tion considered requests of citizens’

organizations for a more effective and swifter treatment of streets after heavy snow falls. Three persons were injured in (Continued on Page Three)

HOOSIER TILE FIRMS INDICTED BY U. S.

CHICAGO, Jan. 15 (U. P.).—The Federal Grand Jury investigating the building trades today returned an indictment naming 41 persons and corporations, all connected with the tile industry. . Leo -F. Tierney, speciab-Assisthni Attorney General in charge of the building investigation, said the 10 largest manufacturers of tile in the United States were included in the indictment, which charged violation of the Sherman Anti=Trust Law. The 10 big companies named as de-

| fendants included the National Title

Co. and the Superior Ceramics

Corp., both of Anderson, Ind.

® Bulletin BOSTON, Jan. 15 (U. P).— Coast Guards, police and volunteers rushed by boat to the aid of nine boys mareoned on four ice cakes which were being swept seaward by the ebbing tide in Boston

.The Most Rev. John F. O'Hara . .

Takes Vows in Colorful

By midnight it was blowing|.

Now a Bishop

Consecrated to the hierarchy of the Gatholic Church.

Niost Rev. ¥; F. 0’Hara

Rites at Notre Dame.

By THOMAS J. KENNEDY Times Staff Writer NOTRE DAME, Jan. 15.—In the colorful, centuries-old ceremonies of the Catholic Church, the Most Rev. John F. O'Hara, president of Notre Dame University, .was consecrated titular Bishop of Hilasa and Auxiliary Bishop to the Army and Navy diocese here today. : Leading dignitaries of the church and persons prominent in public and professional life throughout the Midwest were among those attending the three-hour solemn services in Sacred Heart Church on the campus which has been home "to Bishop OC’Hara for 32 years. The Rev. Fr. J. Hugh O’Donnell was named acting president of the university and superior of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart to succeed.’ Bishop O'Hara. Father O'Donnell has been vice president. The provincial council of the C. S. C. is to meet this summer to name permanent university officers.

Friend Pays Tribute

Bishop O’Hara was consecrated by the Most Rev. Francis Joseph Spellman, D. D., Archbishop of New York, and as Ordinary of the Army and Navy Diocese, Bishop O’Hara’s immediate superior in his new duties. Co-consecrators were the Most Rev. John Francis Noll, D. D,, Bishop of Ft. Wayne, and the Most Rev. Joseph Elmer Ritter, D. D., bishop of Indianapolis. Tribute. was paid to Bishop O’Hara’s career as. educator and churchman in a sermon by the Rt. Rev. Thomas Vincent Shannon, L. L. D., Chicago, his close friend. The consecration service was preceded by a procession Irom the main building to the church with Archbishops, bishops, mitred abbats, monsignori, and others of -the religion in ceremonial garb, taking part. More than 35 of those in the procession had a part in the consecration ceremonies which followed.

Mother Not Present

At various stages during the consecration mass, Bishop O'Hara was presented with the crozier, the episcopal ring and other symbols of his office. The ring was one worn by the late Bishop Joseph Chartrand, who ordained Bishop O’Hara to the priesthood in 1916. It was the gift of Bishop Ritter. . Scores of Bishop O’Hara’s relatives and friends from Indianapolis, Washington and other cities were present, but his 82-year-old mother, Mrs. Ella C. O'Hara, 3164 N. Illinois (Continued on Page Three)

SPANS OCEAN, LANDS ON BRAZILIAN ISLAND

BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 15 (U. P.). —Col. Angelo Tondi, Italian aviator attempting a distance record flight from Rome to Patagonia, landed today on the Brazilian island of Fernando do Noronha, 380 miles northeast of Pernambuco.

There had been widespread con-

cern for his safety because of messages saying that one of the three motors on his Savoia-Marchetti plane had failed. Earlier, Col. Tondi had flown through a severe storm over the south Atlantic, just south of the austen. >

16 HELD UNDER $50,000 BOND IN U.S. ‘PLOT

2 Others Face Court Later; FBI Presses Probe Into Bizarre Scheme.

NEW YORK, Jan. 15 (U. P). — Sixteen members of the pro-Fascist Christian Front, charged with conspiracy to overthrow the U. S. Government, pleaded not guilty in Federal Court, Brooklyn, today and

.| were held for hearing Feb. 5 in $50,-

000 bail each.

Their arraignment followed their|

arrest over the week-end -and the charge by J. Edgar Hoover, FBI chief, they had plotted extensive terroristic activities, bombings and anti-Semitic outbursts. Two of those arrested were not

arraigned. Federal authorities said they would be brought before Fed-

eral Judge Grover M. Moscowitz

later. Shield Faces With Hats

Several thousand people milled in and around the Federal Building, Brooklyn, hoping for a glimpse of the prisoners. The men were handcuffed to FBI agents and shielded their faces with their hats. . At the same time, Federal agents revealed the fantastic plot of the

|small ring to stage an uprising|‘

against the Government might lead te an investigation of the New York National Guard to determine if the

| |band’s small arsenal had been ob-

tained from the military. Harold M. Kennedy, U. S. Attorney in Brooklyn, said: “Of course, we believe that this entire conspir-

| acy, or scheme, was fantastic, but we could not wait until these peo-

ple decided to hang up a bomb.” His reference was to the joint investigation of his office and -the FBI, which was said to have re-

vealed the front’s alleged plot to}

detonate a bomb in a public place as part of the conspiracy to stage

an uprising against the Govern- |.

ment. He said those arrested were only a part of a larger group still

.|lunder investigation.

IRA Tieup Investigated

:He said evidence his men had collected indicated that the alleged terrorists planned to start their ac-

“{tivities about Jan. 20. An invesfi-{ gation into a possible tieup bétween

the group. and the outlawed Irish Republican Army also was under way. The arrests were disclosed yesterday by Mr. Hoover, who charged the suspects had plotted to bomb two newspapers, a theater and the Custom House and to stage a campaign of terrorism against the Jews. “We expect more arrests,” Mr. Kennedy said. “We have merely scratched the surface.” He said every effort would be made to expedite the trial of the alleged - conspirators who, according to Mr. Hoover, have been training for months at suburban camps.

Claimed Allegiance to Coughlin

Their objectives, it was said, were set forth in formal plots. In addition, Mr. Hoover charged, they had discussed assassinating 12 Congressmen who voted for repeal of the arms embargo “to teach them a lesson,” seizing power plants, docks, railroad terminals, the telegraph and telephone facilities, all the Federal Reserve Banks to get control of the gold supply, and the New York General Postoffice. The 18- seemed a small number ‘to face New York City’s 18,000 policemen and the regiments of Army regulars stationed here. But Mr. Hoover said their first objective had been to recruit more men. He displayed the arsenal seized when the men were arrested Saturday night— rifles, 3500 rounds of rifle ammunition, a number of pistols, 18 partly made bombs and explosives for more bombs. The Christian Front, Mr. Hoover (Continued on Page Three)

HIGH COURT REJECTS FORD PLEA ON TAX

Refuses to Reconsider Its Texas Levy Ruling.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (U. P.).— The Supreme Court today refused to reconsider its decision—hitterly criticized by the Ford Motor Co.— holding a Texas franchise tax on corporations to be constitutional, The Ford firm originally had attacked the Texas levy as _discriminaiory. When the Supreme Court last month upheld the tax, it filed a brief vigorously assailing the Court’s decision and asking for reconsideration of the case. Today the Supreme Court denied the request for reconsideration. As is customary in such cases, it offered no reason. The court rarely grants requests for reconsideration of its decisions. In other action the Court: Dismissed the appeal of New York City seeking reversal of a State High Court decision holding the city’s 2 per cent sales tax invalid as applied to oil sold for fuel In trans-Atlantic vessels. The case dismissed was an action against the Gulf Oil Corp. Four others, involving the validity of the tax as applied to interstate commerce, re-main-to be settled. Granted the National Labor Relations Board's petition for review of a First Circuit Court of Appeals decision refusing to direct enforce-, ment of an order against the Brad-

ford Dyeing Association (U. S. A), ‘Bradford, R. 1 Ea :

MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1940

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TENSE EUROPE FEARS NEW AR BLOW BY NAZI

Low Countries Strengthen Armies Afters Rumors German Attack Is Imminent; Norway Hints Defiance of Reds.

at Postoffice,

Accused of Plan to Overthrow U. S,

Five of the 18 men who, G-Men charge, plotted ¢ £8 ver tirow the Government, are shown in this phivte found in possession of the organization, Left to right they are Michael vil, ‘Macklin Bogitger, Frank Ma.

T0 U.S. GRAND JURY

Nolan Declines Comment on Cases Considered.

* A special Federal Grand Jury called to. consider all alleged WPA irregularities in the Southern Indiana district began its deliberations today. : ; The: 22 free-holders from the 60

counties: in the : Southern District, composing the jury, received their instructions from - Federal ‘Judge Robert C. Baltzell before beginning their deliberations. One man, Oral C. Chattin, 40, of Washington, Ind., was excused wheh it was found he did not own property. Sixteen of the jurors will constltute ‘a quorum and 12 of them are needed to vote an indictment. Indications were that the jurors first considered the cases of Federal prisoners now in Marion County jail. Secret Service and Federal Bureau of Investigation agents were the first to appear before the jury. The special Grand Jury was called at the conclusion of the Carl Kortepeter case here in December, when U."S. District Attorney ‘Val Nolan told the Kortepeter. jury: “If you go} along with me in this and*bring in a verdict. of guilty, I promise. you I will call a special grand jury to} hear evidence I now have in my possession and {further evidence. I can get. Kortepeter, former. Marion County WPA co-ordinator. and his father-in-law, Gurney G. Derbyshire, were convicted: of using - WPA labor to (Continued on Page Three)

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£50 2 4 $y : 3 i : . NEW YORK. Jan.<15(U.:P.). —Identieal” twins who. ‘married ‘identical © twihs, shared an .- apartment for more than two ; years and had" offspring four days apart drew’ the ‘attenfion of medical authorities. today . Benjamin and. Hyman ubin: met Ruth and Sylvia Reisman at a party four years ago. They were immediately ‘attracted— ' Hyman to Ruth and Benjamin to Sylvia. Two years later they -- were married in ‘a double ceremony and took a five-room apartment together. _. Four days before. Christmas: Ruth’ and Hyman became the parents of a baby boy. Identical twin girls were" born to Benjamin a'n d Sylvia on Christmas Eve. The. four parenis have blue eyes. The wives ‘are 23, the husbands 29. They ‘100K so .- much alike that the doctor who delivered: the boy congratulated the: wrong father. ’

WAR CAUSES DROP IN BELGIAN BONDS

Es By. UNITED. PRESS. Belgian ' bonds and currency. declined: at New York’ today on: European war news. Losses extending to more than $3 were made on the New York secufities fist, bringing the list to.the lowest levels since early Sep-

tember. Indianapolis hog prices were 10. to 20: cents pgher for weights -abeve

Landis Snips

"BULLETIN

CHICAGO, Jan. 15 (U. P.).— Baseball High Commissioner Kenesaw M. Landis today asked that the name of Paul Trout, former Indianapolis player, be removed from the list of Detroit players who had been made free agenis. There was no immediate explanation for this request.

(Other Stories, Page Six)

DETROIT, Jan. 15 (U. B).—From his palatial winter home [in Miami Beach, Walter O. Briggs ay laid plans by telephone with Detroit Tigers executives to rebuild his mil-lion-dollar baseball chain which was shattered even as he dreamed of a 1940 American League pennant. Ninety-one . players — five: Tiger performers and 87 farm club play-

sonar. in in a ruling yesterday

Briggs Rebuilding Tigers; 91 Off Chain

Detroit's exceptionally large baseball following. Only Walter O. (Spike). Briggs Jr., Tigers’ vice president, who was in frequent communication with” his father in Florida, seemed calm over the decision which virtually wrecked their: baseball interests and caused an immediate loss estimated at more than $500,000. As crushing as it was to-the club —soon to start the spring training trek to ‘Florida—it was a stroke of good fortune to the five players declared free agents. They received news of their status jubilantly. As free. agents: they may resell their servi at least several thousand dollars each—to any professional ‘baseball club. Several offers and promises to Tiger

ers—were made free agents by Judge | been Kenesaw M. Landis, baseball's high |’

hen UPHELD BY COURT

State High h Bench Reverses - Decision by Judge Cox.

The hew: 1989 law slhorlamz ‘the appointment .of magistrates to handle traffic violation cases - was declared. constitutional by the Indiana Supreme Court today. The opinion reversed a decision

|given several’ months ago by Cir-

cuit Court Judge Earl PR. Cox who ruled that the act was unconstitu~ tional. The law provides that circuit judges of each county in Indiana may appoint two or more magistrates to preside over courts of limited jurisdiction within the county. Last summer, a petition signed by more than ‘40 taxpayers of Beech Grove, asking the appointment of a magistrate to preside in that town,

{was filed in Judge Cox’ court.

After a hearing, Judge Cox ruled that provisions of the law requir-

ling a Circuit Judge ,to appoint: a

magistrate was unconstitutional. “A Circuit Judge has no power to appoint . magistrates and the petition is denied,” Judge Cox ruled. The Supreme. Court opinion-said that the Legislature intended ‘to create magistrates’ courts to replace Justice ‘of the Peace Courts in the handling of traffic and other minor law. violation. cases. - “The Act provides that a Circuit

Judge may ‘in :his' discretion’ ap-|

point magistrates,” the opinion stated. “Had the Circuit Court exercised its discretion in_ denying the appointment, this Court would not be warranted to review the exercise of its discretion. : - “The only duty of the Circuit Judge ‘is to determine whether the petition warrants him in sppoiiing magistrates. ”

REVERSES TRAFFIC FINDING AGAINST CITY

The Indiana Supreme Court today reversed a Marion County. Superior Court judgment of $8000 against the City of ‘Indianapolis. A jury in the lower court awarded Mrs. Anna Evans $8000 for injuries allegedly received when the car in which she was riding struck a safety zone post in E. Washington St. The Supreme Court reversed the judgment on the grounds that Mrs:

Evans failed to prove that she gave to.

the City notice of her injuries.

0. K. MURPHY AS JUSTICE

WASHINGTON, (an. 15 (U. P)). ~The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved today the nomination of Atto ‘General Frank Murphy to be an Associate Justice qf the Supreme Court, and sent the: nomination to the Senate for ‘eonfirmation. The Committee also approved the. A of

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F.D. R. TO URGE AID TO FINLAND

|Expeoted to Ask Congress

To Make Loan Through Export-Import Bank.

‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 15: (1, B).—

President Roosevelt today deter-

mined to propose ta Congress that the United States give material aid to Finland. ‘The President’s decision was made known at the White House after he

conferred, exhaustively “with his legislative leaders. © The President's views on Finnish aid will be submitted in a communication to House Speaker: William B. Bankhead and Vice President John N. Garner.

vell’s proposals was not made public, but: White House Secretary Stephen T. Early declared Mr. Roosevelt “wants something that will give material relief.” It was believed “that the President's .proposals would be submitted in the form of a letter, rather than a formal message to Congress, for diplomatic reasons. It was understood in. Congressional circles that Mr. Roosevelt would not indorse a direct Government loan to Finland but would suggest that the matter be handled through ‘ the Export-Import bank, which recently gave $10,000,000 ‘to a specially-created Finnish corporation for food purchases. These same sources said that if the President mentioned any specific amount in his communication, they doubted if it would be higher than $25,000,000, and -that he probably would express opposition to any loan for strictly military purposes.

QUIZ AGE NAZI SPY OF COLUMBUS GREW

Schlueter, Fugitive From U.S. Posing as Steward.

NEW YORK, Jan. 15 (U. Pym Karl Schlueter, high-ranking German spy, was found among the crew of the scuttled German liner Columbus and is being questioned by Federal officials, it was reported today. Schlueter. who fled the United States after he was indicted in connection with the Nazi spy ring uncovered in October, 1938, had posed since as a steward on German liners in the South American service to continue his espionage activities, it was said. ; : While the Federal Bureau of Investigation sought to. maintain secrecy regarding his capture, news of it became known after 512 crew members of the Columbus entrained aboard two trains for San Francisco, whence they will sail for home, presumably via Siberia and Russia. Schlueter’s activities were revealed at the Pederal trial in which three of his subordinates were convicted or pleaded guilty to stealing and selling United Siates. military secrets

WORLD'S FAIR OFFER TO QUINS REFUSED

TORONTO, Ontario, Jan. 15 (U. P.) ~Virtually the last chance of the Dionne quintuplets being shown at the New York’s World Fair next summer vanished today, when tives of the Canadian Red

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(Other Foreign News, Page Two)

LONDON, Jan. 15 (U. P.) .—Sudden, unexplained emer= gency military precautions by Great Britain, Belgium and

Russian protest against Swede

ish and Norwegian aid to Finland, sent a thrill of appree hension through Europe today. Leaves were suspended for an indefinite period in the British ‘Expeditionary Force in France. ND Belgium recalled all troops from leave, called up new men and turned all military operations over to the general

King Leopold assumed sibreraiconmand of all armed

The Netherlands caniedled all Army leaves. : ‘Adding to the intensity of the “war of nerves,” Nore way indicated in a note to Russia that she would permit transit of war materials for use agajnst the Red Army. While Sweden was expressing hope in its note for elimination of any misunderstanding, Norway was denying charges that Government circles had fostered anti-Soviet

been transported to Finland

The Norwegian note added, however, that brant of arms was not considered. to"

be a violation of neutrality. Moscow not only said that the Scandinavian replies were unsatisfactory but followed with an announcement that men of 19 and 20 were being

called to the colors. Rome reported that the Italian Government and public alike were anxious over. the Belgian and Netherlands situation.

precautions of obvious importance without the slightest explanation, Aside from the main developments, however, there were incidental ree ports which showed the extent of a suddenly acute infernational situae tion, Fear Intense Air War

Amsterdam reported that the Netherlands and Belgium precaus tions might have been due to an expectation that Germany would start a new phase of the war with great intensity—most likely by toe talitarian aerial warfare against Britain and France. . Brussels reported that “Italian circles” had warned Belgium Friday night of the danger of an imminent German attack. i There reports, regarding the aerial warfare, and the alleged danger of an attack on the Netherlands and Belgium, were without confirmation. The Moscow Radio reported that the Hungarian Minister at Moscow had visited Vladimir Potemkin, Russian Vice Commissar for Foreign

talks were not aimed against Russia. Deplores Attacks 2

In Stockholm, Swedish Foreign Minister Christian E. Guenther said that the Swedish Government “has no political grievances against; Russia. * His note deplored attacks against Sweden appearing. in the Russian press and broadcast by the Russian radio and said that there was no reason for the Soviet complaints against Sweden. oSwitzerland’s Army command took occasion to deny “foreign reports” that German troops had been cons centrated on the Swiss frontier. A few hours before, apropos of a coldwave story, the news had come from Switzeralnd that 100,000 men wera now guarding Holland's frontier.

Buzzing Spoils Phone Talks

The British War Office made the announcement late last night that “leave service” from the British pended temporarily. The War Office Expeditionary Force had been suse declined to amplify this announcement, which came as a ¢omplets surprise after a day in which news of the Belgian and Netherlands pre= cautions had been flashed. Leaves of 10 days had been granted soldiers in the British Expeditionary Force since mid-December. British newspaper correspondents, telephoning news from Holland to their offices here, reported that their conversations were repeatedly interrupted by loud buzzing on the line whenever they mentioned ale leged German troop concentrations on the Netherlands southeastern frontier.

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