Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 February 1940 — Page 1
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LONG'S FUTURE AT STAKE TODAY
Troops Watch Louisana Polls; Four Arrested. In New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 20 (U. P)). —Louisiana selects a Governor and
settles the fate of the late Huey. bs
| Log pelitient mackie while 3500 National Guardsmen stand by to’ suppress disorders. It is a Democratic run-off primary in which Governor Earl K. Long, younger brother and heir of the assassinated “Kingfish,” seeks renomination over Sam Houston Jones, a reformer whose ambition is to “run the rascals out” of office.
Democratic nomination is equivalent to election in Louisiana.
Four Arrests Made
Overcast skies and chilly weather prevailed, but the early balloting indicated the vate would be heavy. Shreveport, Monroe, Alexandria and Lafayette reported voters swarming to the polls despite the threatening weather. First violence was reported in New Orleans, where Sam Zemur‘ray Jr., scion of the United Fruy: Co. fortune, was arrested twice within an hour and charged with fighting and - disturbing the peace and interfering with election congmissioners. Three others were arrested with him the second time. Young Zemurray, former Tulane collegiate boxer, is a Jones supporter. The Long machine, crippled by Federal indictments exposing fraud «in public works contracts; graft in state departments, corruption in state institutions, and reverses in last month's primary, faced a crucial test. Prospects were for an extremely close vote despite the fact that the Long faction controlled the election machinery, the National Guard and the New Orleans and State police.
New Orleans Police Watch
In addition to the National Guard, which Mr. Long ordered in readiness to ‘combat any efforts to
create disorders at the polls,” the
police force of New Orleans, dominated by Mayor Robert S. Maestri, stalwart of the Long machine, put 1500 special armed men on poll duty. These precautions were designed (Continued on Page Three)
LONDON AND BERLIN FEEL COAL SCARCITY
LONDON, Feb. 20 (U.P.).—A coal shortage in London and elsewhere in England is reaching an acute state, it was disclosed today, with widespread discomfort and suffering
dn. the poorer districts.
BERLIN, Feb. 20 (U.P. —Ger-
“mans had official permission today
to use immediately clothing rations
“Yecards which were not due to have
me valid until March 1 and
: _Apre 1. The permission was granted
yse of “continuing cold and the ~ difficulty of securing fuel.”
ST. JOE TAX SALE PLEA DISMISSED
SOUTH BEND, Ind. Feb. 20 (U.
P.).—Circuit Judge Dan ‘Pyle today
sustained a demurrer filed by County Auditor Nicholas A. Muszer to a petition for a mandate seeking to force a tax sale in St. Joseph County this year. - Judge Pyle held that no emergency existed for the sale and that
“the time for a, mandate petition
was _ before the County Council set ‘the tax rate and budget last Sep-
”
Roosevell Fails fo Squelch Debate 'Will He Run Again?’
Events al Home and Abroad Bring Change in Public Feeling on Both Questions.
By Institute of
PRINCETON, N. J., Feb. 20.—Despite President Roosev elt; Ss recently announced “moratorium” on third-term inquiries at his press conférences,
the two questions which Washington
by the men who make politics their business: Meanwhile, although they have no “inside” clues or special information, the great majority of Americans are interested in the same questions. Eight months ago, before the outbreak of war in Europe, the general consensus of the public was that Roosevelt probably could not be reelected. A slight majority believed he would not make the attempt. But many things have happened —at home and abroad—to bring a change in public thinking. The latest nation-wide studies of the American Institute of Public Opinion show the trend: 1. The public’s first reaction, following the outbreak’of war, was that the chances of President Roosevelt’s running. were greatly enhanced. But as the weeks have passed without any definite statement from the President himself, some of these voters are not so certain. Despite the fact that slates of delegates may be entered for the President in the coming Wisconsin and Illinois primaries, the number who expect him to be (Continued on Page Three)
STATE 6. 0. P. HAILS MARTIN ‘PLATFORM’
12-Point Plan Is Presented At. Columbia Dinner.
(Photos on Page 11)
By NOBLE REED Indiana Republicans today described a 12-point campaign program offered here last night by Rep. Joseph W. Martin (R. Mass.) as a “constructive set of party principles.” Republican Congressmen and party organization workers predicted that many of the issues outlined by Rep. Martin, who is G. O. P. floor leader of the House, will be in the national convention platform. Heading his program with “Keep Us Out of War,’ Rep. Martin stressed chiefly the need for clarification of “Federal regulations 50
industry and business may know |
what to expect and be able to create jobs with some certainty as to the future.” Several hundred Republicans, attending the 51st annual Columbia (Continued on Page Three)
CITY PARKING METER CONFERENCE CALLED
The Safety Board will confer at 2 p. m. tomorrow with representatives of the Indianapolis
Chamber of Commerce and other|
business groups on the proposal to install parking meters in the downtown area. : The City Hall conference was announced last night at City Council meeting by Leroy J. Keach, Safety Board president. He invited Councilmen to attend. The Police Department has completed its survey of parking meter sites in the downtown area and the Board is ready to present the survey to business organizations, he said. Tomorrow’s conference will be the first of a series planned before. any whan A
lofficial ial action is : ¥
carefully these days are— Will Roosevelt, run again?” and “Could he be
Po tive prideints phR ars TN
It on Third Term:
_|“influence”
in Courts, launched today by the In apolis ‘Accident Pres Council.
The campaign, “adopteds hy council's traffic safety section: night, calls for public officials pledge that they will show no ‘favoritism in the ‘enforcement. 0
‘ Itraffic laws.
Public Opinion
political leaders. are pondering most
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GARNER SET OR 3D TERM TESTS
Expected to Run in Ohio; McNutt Hopes for Formal ‘Clean Slate’ on Taxes.
By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—Tests of Democratic third term : sentiment are practically assured to-
day in all but Southern and Eastern areas as Vice President John
N. Garner's managers contemplate carrying the fight against President Roosevelt’s renomination into Ohio.
Mr. Garner can obtain an Eastern Seaboard anti-thifd term fight if he wants it in Pennsylvania, where the Democratic state committee has indorsed Mr. Roosevelt for 1940, or in New Jersey, where Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City is for the President’s renomination. Maryland also has a preferential primary without entries. If Mr. Garner entered either New Jersey or Pennsylvania, the local organizations probably would put up Roosevelt slates against him.
Other State Tests Due
Ohio’s Democratic committees are for a third term, but with no “favorite son” in the race, Mr. Garner is expected to enter the May 14 primary in a contest for 52 delegates. Mr. Garner and President Roosevelt already are opposed in the Illinois, Oregon and Wisconsin primaries with 92 delegate votes -at stake. Mr. Garher has entered the California primary, .where Mr. Roosevelt is not yet a contestant, in a bid for 44 delegates and is attempting to force the New Deal organization in Georgia to permit a preferential primary to determine whom that state's 24 delegates shall support. Texas has 46 delegates and neighboring Oklahoma, where the state administration is anti-New Deal and pro-Garner, has 22. It all adds up to a potential Garner nest egg of
in that area, but so far]:
Adopted as a means of reducing careless driving and ' accidents through rigid law enforcement, the program was explained to members of the Safety Board: today. . . Wide Co-operation Sought E. C. Forsythe, council presid said his group would ask everyon connected in any way with traffic law enforcement — Safety Board members, the Mayor, City Councils men, judges, prosecutors, police offi-
cials—will be asked to take fhe 3
pledge. The pledge follows: “We, County officials, realizing, from an accident prevention standpoint, the
value of strict and impartial traffic
law enforcement, do hereby pledge
las a gesture of full co-operation in
an effective safety campaign to not
individually or By participation, act}
or influence in any way to the detriment of strict enforcement and the application of lawful penalties} | where violations are proved. ° “We further pledge that we will do} I everything in our power to eliminate the influence of friendship and politics from the enforcement of
traffic. laws and the application of}. just penalties in connection with
same.”
Morrissey Is Willing Mr. Forsythe said there is no evidence that traffic stickers are “fixed” at present. - “However,” he added, “we understand there is a certain amount of ‘fixing’ in court cases. Sometimes the a cls some Ee gos ak the ini ang ‘calls someone. he ; A eae Clie Michael! F. Morrissiy said he personally, would sign the pledge willingly. Municipal Court Judges Charles Karabell and John McNelis' could not be reached for comment on Mr, Forsythe's statement, Mr. Forsythe also outlined several other proposed accident prevention steps to City officials. They are: 1. Adjusting traffic signals so the change signal will burn.four or five seconds, instead of the present two seconds, to give motorists more time to clear the intersection. 2. Installing, without cost to the City, signs warning pedestrians to cross crossings cautiously. 3. A drive to force all motorists to obtain operator’s licenses or cease driving. 4. Lowering the speed limit at night when a large percentage of fatal accidents occur. 5. Placing pedestrian safety is(Continued on Page Three)
5 NEW PRECINCTS CREATED IN COUNTY
Boundaries of 28 Others Changed by Board.
County Commissioners today approved additon of five new precincts
in Marion County, bringing the total to 341. ! Also approved by the - Commissioners were changes in the boundaries of 28 other precinets. The changes were necessitated by annexations by the City and the creation of the new precincts. | The new. precincts are: Ward 2, Precinet 13, between Gladstone Ave. and Sherman Drive from 10th to 16th Sts.; Ward 23, Precinct 11, between Kinnear Ave. and the Nickel Plate Railroad north of 30th St.:
‘Ward 20, Precinct 13, Marcy Village
and the Indiana School for the Deaf; Decatur Township, Precinct 3, Mars Hill; Wayne Township, Precinct 17, a new subdivision west of Speedway City. The boundary changes and descriptions of the new precincts were drawn by Cletus Seibert, chief deputy County Clerk. Mr. Seibert, who is County Election Board supervisor, will make the necessary changes in registration files. He said it will not be necessary for any properly registered voters in the affected pre-
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cincts to register.
Denies Altmark Was Armed,
Scores Slaying of Sailors
By JOSEPH W. GRIGG United Press Staff Correspondent JOESSINGEN, Norway, Feb. 20.— The Altmark officers’ version of the attack on their ship by the British destroyer Cossack in Norwegian waters Friday night is that although the German ship carried more than 300 British seamen as prisoners, it was unarmed, offered no resistance, and that the killing by the British of seven: of its sailors was unjustified ; With a party of newspapermen, 1 was flown here from Berlin to hear. the story: of Capt. Heinrich Dau, the Altmark’s master, and other SEH in
or. he prison. Spi ‘now a
Jecising Fjord, a gorge-like inlet on the Norwegian coast. The Altmark, a 12,600-ton tanker, had sailed from Port Arthur, Tex. with a cargo of oil for Rotterdam just before the war started, the officers sdid, and was in the West Indies when the order came to join the pocket battleship Graf Spee,
then starting out on a short-lived|
raiding career. Capt. Dau, a 67-year-old, whitemiustached and goateed ‘mariner I/know in American ports as former
commander of the Hamburg-Ameri-
can liners, Orinoeo, Caribia and Dean, said that he spent, two lin
the following City and|
Entered ‘as Becond-Class Matter at Postoffice, Indianapolis,
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Times Photo.
Paul’ Howey (left), juvenile protection chairman, presided meeting of the Indianapolis Council of Parents and Teachers Mrs. Robert S. Wild, newly appointed recreation chairman, with W. W. Pangburn, National Recreation Association field
ative, Wha sadvessed the group.
P.-T. A. Council Initiates.
City Recreational Survey
Inventory to Be Taken of All Equipment; ‘Emotionally Mature’ Directors Urged by Speaker.
Pushing its campaign for more adequate playground facilities and supervision, the Indianapolis Council of Parents and Teachers today began ‘an inventory of the City’s recreational equipment. At the same time the 100 representatives of every P.-T. A. in Indianapolis, meeting in the World War Memorial, heard a national recreation expert advocate a highly-trained personnel for every playground.
‘Quiestionnaires to determine the number, kind and condition of all playground equipment now in use Wei fistributed to the representa-
for a, Inventory to Be Made
The information will be co-ordi-nated and presented to the Mayor's Advisory Committee on Recreation
with the ultimate goal of providing better facilities. in parks, playgrounds and homes. The inventory is to be made by members of the various P.-T. A. groups with the co-operation of playground representatives in their neighborhoods. “The crux of the adequate recreation is in the choice of a trained director and assistant for each playground,” Weaver W. Pangburn, field representative of the National Recrecreation - Association, said.
Qualifications Outlined
“The direction of a group is a big job and has been over-simplified.
‘| Hundreds of children come to play-
grounds voluntarily. It is not like a classroom. A director should be youthful in outlook, but emotionally mature.” He said that a director should have the qualifications of an organizer, disciplinarian, teacher, athletic coach and administrator, the attitude of a host and the ability to keep records and administer first
aid. Pointing out that a course of instruction for directors is to be started within the next three weeks, Mrs. George Clark, president of the council, said that on orders of the Park Board and A. C. Sallee, park |. superintendent, qualified directors will be excused. She said, however, that they will be required to take examinations. DeWitt S. Morgan, superintendent of public schools, told women that “the development of a program of recreation involves planning of activity which is as specific as the; planning of a program of education.”
9 MEN DEMOTED BY CHIEF MORRISSEY
Ashley and Kavanagh Were ‘A. W. 0. L.,, He Says.
Police Lieut. Carl Ashley has been demoted to the rank of sergeant and Corp. Michael J. Kavanagh has been reassigned as a patrolman, Police Chief Michael F, Morissey reported to the Safety Board today. The Chief said the reductions
were made after both officers were reported absent without leave last week. The absences occurred when Dhue! Morrissey was out of the city, e told the Board. howe Ashley, who was promoted from sergeant fo lieutenant of the police training school Jan. 26, was reported to have’ been absent without leave Feb. 15 and received a three-day suspension. Corp. Kavanagh was away from duty Feb. 14 and 15 and received a four-day suspension, the Chief said. Under the law, the Chief has the power to make rank reductions without Safety Board ratification, unless an appeal is taken, in which case the Board must hold a trial.’ Lieut. Ashley joined the Departent in 1931 and Officer Kavanagh
928 and became a corporal last/to
{convinced “phony” war—not meaning the real
EASTERN SNOW
Ankle Deep in Some Places; Rain Clears N. Y. Streets; 15 Hurt in Crash.
By UNITED PRESS
The second storm in six days had parts of the Eastern seaboard ankledeep in slush today. Like its St. Valentine’s Day predecessor, the new storm came out of the south—a combination of snow. wind and rain. The temperature remained above freezing throughout most of the section. in New England a storm center from the west converged on one from the southwest and nine inches of snow and sleet were piled up on central and western Massachusetts onto last week's unmelted snow. Power. lines were dragged down by the weight of -the snow and many New England communities were without power for brief periods. Scores of accidents occurred on the highways, one between two busses at Sudbury, Mass., in which 15 persons were hurt. In New York City, winds reached gale force but the more than an inch of rain had helped to wash away the remnant of last week’s SNOW. ; Airplanes were grounded throughout New England and New York. The Cincinnati, O., weather bureau said run-off of rains in the upper Ohio Valley will send the river to a crest of 37 feet here by Thursday he. Ohio was still rising after reaching 34 feet today, but river traffic was normal.
Light Snow, Colder
Predicted Here LOCAL TEMPERATURES
.. 34 10am ... 34 ...34 1llam . 36 . ... 34 12 (noon)... 36 his 34 ip.m, ... 35
There will be light snow flurries during slightly colder weather tonight, the Weather Buresu predicted. . The lowest temperature to-
night will be about 28 degrees, - Skies are to clear by tomorrow night. During intermittent rains, the lowest temperature during the night was 34. The rain was followed by a brief snow flurry early today. ‘Three secondary State roads have been closed because ‘of excessive surface water from melting snow, the State Highway Department announced. They are 245 at Lamar, 162 southeast of Jasper and 64 east of Huntingburg. Light snow fell over parts of northern Indiana last week, making highways slippery, the Department sa id.
LOW-PRICED STOCKS IN DEMAND AT N.Y.
Low-priced securities were in demand on the New York Stock Exchange today but the main list fluctuated irregularly. At mid-session, most leading issues had recovered part of their -earlier losses. ‘Wheat sold fractionally higher at Chicago as mills were on the buying side. = At Indianapelis, hogs sold 15
= TURNS TO SLUSH
Ind,
PRICE THREE CENTS |
NAZIS
RESUME
~ AERIAL RAIDS “ON SHIPPING
FURIOUS WAR
FORECAST FOR EARLY SPRING
|Experts Bet It Will Break
On Western Front; Attack Will Be Costly.
By LOUIS F. KEEMLE ‘United Press Cable Editor
Foreign correspondents back home from abroad are in the main that the = so-callgd
one being waged in Finland—, will turn into a violent one .with the coming of spring. ’ . They base their belief on the reasoning that the terrific economic strain, the draining of capital, reserves and material resources; the staggering disruption of trade and the hardships being borne by civilian populations through a bitter winter will impel one side or the other to try to end it before facing another and (worse winter. Opinion is divided on where the blow-off wil lcome. Scandinavia is considered a = strong possibility; southeastern Europe and the Near and. Middle East are not ruled out.
“Attack May Be Costly
Most of the correspondents are inclined to think, however, that the ‘Western Front. will be the scene of action. As to whether the attack will be a direct German assault on the Maginot Line or a flanking maovement through neutral countries, military experts: abroad think .the chances of either are ‘ahout even, ~The French estimate that sven if the Germans could=bresk through the Maginot Line it would cost about 1,000,000 men.. Correspondents who know the situation lean to the opinion that if a flanking attack is made, it will be through Belgium and Luxemburg, not through the Netherlands.
Swiss Invasion Doubted
Their view is based on the following reasons: An attack through the Netherlands would still leave Belgium to be traversed; a tour of Holland's dikes and defenses show them to be excellent and capable of seriously hampering an invader in the flooded low country; the delay would give the Allies time to pour a strong defending army into Belgium; while air bases on the Dutch coast might; be a German objective, equally good bases are available on the Belgium coast, much closer to Ene. land. A German attack through Switzerland generally is ruled out because if the Germans fought their way through Switzerland, they would not have attained any objective such as the sea but would merely be at the French border. Besides, the Swiss defenses are formidable,
F, D. R. VIEWS CANAL DEFENSES ON WEST Warns 21 American Repub-
lics Protection Is Vital. "ABOARD THE DESTROYER
LANG, Feb. 20 (U. P.).—President
Roosevelt inspected the outer Pacifit defenses of the Panama Canal today after warning the 21 American republics that the Canal was. vital to the defense of the entire Western Hemisphere. In his first press conference aboard the U. 8. 8. Tucaloosa, since he embarked, the President declared that protection of the Canal is of utmost importance to all the republics as well as’ to the United States. The whole policy of hemispheric defense affects ‘each republic just as much as the United States, he said. He anticipated: the heartiest cooperation of all the Americas in measures to make the Canal impregnable against attacks from land, air or water. The Tuscaloosa cruised in West Panamanian waters a day out from Balboa, the President explaining that he is making a complete study of the Canal Zone and Central American defenses: on the Pacific side, with special attention to distant Canal defensés rather than, fortifications near the Canal. Last night the Tuscaloosa and its convoy anchored off islands near the Panama Coast and Mr. Roosevelt tried his hand at his favorite pastime, deep sea fishing. He fished from a whale boat and caught a, large blue crevally and one amberjack. Two big fish struck his hook but got away,
AUTO VICTIM IDENTIFIED SOUTH BEND, Ind. Feb. 20 (U. P.).—A man killed here Sunday when he was strlick'by two automobiles at an intersection, was identifled today as Prank Hoses, 1 liv=
cents higher with a top price|ing
‘Set to Strike in Any Direction.
. BULLETIN COPENHAGEN, Feb. 20 (U.P). —The Swedish radio, giving as its solirce a military commuique issued in Helsinki, said today that the Finns had repulsed Russian attacks ‘at Lake _Muola, Swedish radio said also that the Finns had repulsed the Ri near. Tairale on the Kare Isthmus with heavy losses.
By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor
German airplanes today ine augurated a new onslaught against shipping in British waters, Finland still fought off the Red Army offensive, Scandinavia struggled to guard her neutrality and the
war - dangers in the Near
East.
Nazi air raids were believed to be in retalation for the British rescue last week of 326 seamen from the German prison ship Altmark in Norwegian waters.
Shipping was attacked off the Norfolk, Northumberland, Lincolne shire and Suffolk coasts. A coastal lifeboat was launched at Norfolk after reports that steams= ers were being bombed by airplanes as far as 30 miles off the coast,
Furious Warfare Expected
The rattle of machine guns was heard southeast of Sussex and it was believed the German planes were - spraying the decks of some vessel under attack. Listeners on the Norfolk coast heard a radio dise trees call from one vessel being ate tacked. Air raid warnings were sounded southeast of Essex. ‘Throughout ' Europe snd: in ‘the
move by big and little powers was pointed toward the possibility of furious warfare on some still une designated front this spring or toe ward precautions to prevent the spread of war to new fronts. In Turkey, the non-belligerent but unneutral government of Premier Refik. Saydam emphasized—espec< ially to the Nazis—that it was pre~ paring for any emergency. The Supreme Army Council met, the Caljinet invoke. the drastic national defense law, exerted currency control, restricted travel.
Newspapers Pessimistic
Newspapers took the attitude that the outlook was pessimistic as a re< sult of German “bluff” and “propaganda” designed to ‘force Turkey to remain strictly neutral. The full intentions of the Turks, however, were difficult to discover, They have no desire to fight Soviet Russia. The Germans are showing no signs of any plans to move toward the Near East, or even the Balkans.
of somewhere around 1,000,000 men
the Russian press has charged that they are planning to move against the . Soviet’s Baku oil fields and against Germany by way of the Balkans. Turkey has given no indication that she would facilitate any new military venture, although she now is regarded as on the Allied side if war breaks in the Near East.
Rumania Tries to Calm British
There . was action, too, in the Balkans, but of a passive character. Rumania made a determined and apparently successful effort to overcome British anger over oil shipements to Germany. Dispatches from London said that a -new note from Bucharest regard-
entirely satisfactory in connection (Continued on Page Three)
CITY MARKET'S $2000 AD BUDGET APPROVED
a $2000 advertising program for the City. Market in an effort to ativace more patrons. Under present plans, the advertis-
Russell C. Stevens Agency and will
daily newspapers in March, April, May and June. An appropriation ‘of $1500 was provided for the program in the 1940 City budget. The additional $500 will be raised by assessing mar= ket vendors, according to Paul Lindemann, market master.
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