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FORECAST: Fair and somewhat warmer tonight; light frost probable in exposed places; tomorrow fair and warmer.
FINAL HOME
VOLUME 52—NUMBER 47
SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1940 .
‘Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind.
PRICE THREE CENTS
PLANES SINK 2 WARSHIPS, NAZIS SAY
Sun Shines Bright, Track Fast and Bimelech Is King
Field Reduced to 8 With Scratching of True Star; Bradley Hopes for 5th Winner and Record.
CHURCHILL DOWNS, LOUISVILLE, Mav 4 (U. P).-The field for the 86th running of the Kentucky Derby was reduced to eight today folder
when True Star was scratched.
Rainy weather that has been hanging over Louisville for almost week broke today. the sun came out and there were prospects of a track when the Derby horses go to the po
M. J. Schmitt, owner of True Star, withdrew his horse in view of the improved prospects for the track. He announced vesterdav that True Star would go only if the track was muddy. Col. E. R. Bradley's Bimelech remained the overwhelming favorite regardless of the condition of the track.
80,000 on Hand
Bimelech carried on his black shoulders the hopes of one more Derby victory for an old man who is nearing the end oi his days. Upwards of 80,000 people thronged the long rows of white grandstand under the spires and parapets of Churchill Downs track to watch hi mighty voung ‘thoroughbred carry his vaunted speed against the field for glory and a $75,000 purse, but the 80-year-old man to whom the race meant much wasn't among them. Today, with his fifth Derby victory considered a certainty, Col Edward Riley Bradley was 30 miles away from the brown loam strip over which Behave Yourself, Bubbling Over Burgoo King and Broker's Tip flashed his green and white hoops to triumph in other vears
Forced to Stay at Farm
Sick, weak and tired, old onewo Ed was forced to stav at his Idle Hour Farm. He gathered a few friends and all his hands about him to wait by radio for the news of a victory that he had been planning for, hoping for and scheming for since Bimelech was foaled — znd which would put his Derby recorc out of the reach of other owners for decades. But the Colonel's private box, hard by the iinish line, was the cnly empty one as the newest king of the Bradley's B's went out seeking his minth straight victory and one that would send his winnings over $200.000. Every seat on the track was filled
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ing & two-minute race that they belI‘eved onlv one horse could win. That horse was Bimelech, - vear-old champion of 1939. Although he was going against the best horses the East and the West could find to oppose him, the undefeated son of Black Toney was
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Carrving equal weight of 126 pounds, with Jockey Fred A. Smith (Continued on Page Three)
GENEROUS SUNSHINE
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LOCAL TEMPERATURES 10am. ... 4 113.m ... 51 12 (noon) ... 53 1pm ... 56
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. 40 . 48 Warmer weather with generous sunshine is the Weatherman’ promise for tomorrow. He said that temperatures may go even as high as the 70's. Somewhat promised for tonight, but flower gardeners who have been nursing plants during the unseasonal cold. were cautioned that there might be
warmer weather was
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Bradford Faction Supports Candidates Left Off Machine Slate.
By NOBLE REED | Fifty-two thousand letters RN ~ were mailed today to voters BAR in all 341 Marion County precincts by the Republican Builders, Inc., giving that or- ~ ganization’s “suggestions” on < candidates to support in Tues‘'day’s primary. E. The organization, which repret sents the G. O. P. faction led by James L. Bradford, who is seeking
to unseat County Chairman Carl Vandivier, recommended mostly candidates who were not included on the regular organization slate issued last Monday. Officials of the Builders denied (that the letters contained a slate, ‘explaining that the candidates’ were ; mentioned in the letter merely as : suggestions.” | : Fight Centers on Blue
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Contents of the letters made it plain that the organization was centering its major support on the candidacy of Sherwood Blue for the G. O. P. prosecutor nomination. The regular Republican organization slate, based upon a majority vote of ward chairmen last Mon- | day, listed Russell I. Richardson for the prosecutor nomination. The Builders’ organization letters merely contained campaign cards of the “suggested” candidates. Those in charge of the mhiling project said that all the letters did not contain cards of the same candidates. “Suggested candidates were different in some wards than in others,” one mailer said. However, Mr. Blue's campaign was in every letter. Cards of Paul Tegarden, for the Treasurer 2 nomination, and of Dr. Ulis B. fast Hine, for coroner nomination, also were in all letters.
Sheriff Card Left Out
Suggestions for a sheriff nominee were left out of most letters although Otto W. Petit's name was conspicuous at the Builders’ headquarters The regular organization slate listed Neal Grider in the treasurer
Gifts of Tickets Illegal, but race; Dr. Roy B. Storms for coro- . ner and Jesse A. Hutsell for sheriff. State Can't Act.
In the State Senate contest (four to be nominated) the names of John The Kentucky Derby. while it fc W. Atherton, Albert J. Beveridge : ” pbidne, as Jr.. Joseph O. Carson, John O. being run 125 miles away, has ji JOE OO ue Fay A. brought its annual headache to the Langdon appeared in most letters. State Alcoholic Beverage Commis- Mr. Atherton was the only candision here. date listed among the first four on
Liquor manufacturers and whole- he regular organization slate.
salers ‘outside ‘of Indiana lave bee In the Surveyor contest, the let5 rs bulsite U ii e 0 ters suggested George G. Schmidt.
presenting clients in Ind’ana with The other slate listed Paul R. Derby tickets. This, according to Brown. Richard A. Shirley, Commission Kealing, Ayres Backed
member, is a clear violation of the ps; County Commissioner, Second
State laws which prohibit rebates District, the Builders suggested Edin any form. ward R. Kealing, who was not on However. the donors being out-of- the organization slate. For Comstate residents, they are not re- missioner, First District, the Buildsponsible to Indiana laws, Mr. ers suggested William T. Ayres, Shirley said. “They should be un- came as the other slate der our regulations.” Mr. Shirley, por Congress. 12th District. the added, “but this would bring up the gyijiders suggested James A. Colproblem of trade barriers.” lins, former Criminal Court judge. | 1
As for State wholesalers and (Continued on Page Three) dealers “we haven't much to com- all
plain about, we have been receiving
BE tet tn per. MRS. TRENT FREE OF FRAUD CHARGE
mit holders, Hugh A. Barnhart, Commission chairman, said: ~The Commission has in ifs files) Charges of mail fraud &nd conevidence at least strongly circum- spiracy against Mrs. Anna Louise stantial that wholesalers directly qrent former official of the Contiand manufacturers indirectly are in pental Credit Corp. Winchester, some Instances granting special yng were dismissed by Federal concessions to retailers and dealers Judge Robert C. Baltzell today. when they make their purchases “op. ‘|hovion for dismissal was Stich appear a be nothing more filed by the prosecution, with the 3h revates yond the regula: consent of the U. S. Attorney Gen-
Pte UL uk nite eral, on the grounds that there had
NEW YORK STOCKS’ heen iho intent on the part of Mrs. TREND IRREGULAR volved in the c
She was ill at the time others inconvicted late last vear. (Details, Page 9)
ase were tried and Trading was routine in New York | stocks today and price trends were irregular at the close. Steel shares turned down fractionally and a few special issues made new highs. Curb stocks were irregular and Chicago stocks were steady. Wheat closed at Chicago, with May wheat selling | at $1.06: a bushel. Corn was I to 1; cent lower, with the May selling, at 65 cents. At Indianapolis hog! prices were the same as vesterdav's, | ranging down from $6.15 for 220 to| 230-pounders. e
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DERBY IS HEADACHE FOR LIQUOR BOARD
ARCTIC EXPLORER ILL
PORTCHESTER. N. Y. May 4 (U., P.).—Dr. Frederick A. Cook, 77-vear-old explorer who claimed to have discovered the North Pole in 1908. was in a serious condition at United Hospital today. He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage last night. | is to XX cent lower. - — Ry cei
The 1940 city-wide marbles tournament is in the bag. Tournament plans were drawn up
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Knuckle Down! Marble Tourney Is Here
SUED FOR $28,000
EVANSVILLE, Ind, May 4 (U. P.).—Ben E. Hatley, owner of a car in which Gilbert Ballard was killed in an accident near Evansville in March, today was named in three suits asking $28,000 damages in Vanderburgh Superior Court. Mr. Ballard was one of four killed in the accident. Chester Mounts asked $3000 for. the death of his daughter. Norman Hollander asked $15000 and
Thomas Jordan $10,000 for injuries. they
yesterday by city, school and WPA recreation officials. It's a wideopen contest—which means both boys and girls’ 14 years old and under can enter. The tournament this year is being sponsored by the City Recreation Department, assisted by the Public Schools, the Catholic Youth Organization, the Marion County WPA recreation division and The Indianapolis Times. All you have to do to enter is to fill out the blank printed on Page Two. Al vou have to be is a boy
vor girl who will not reach his of
Behind Scenes?
Allies Shell Port; Both. Sides Rush Troops |
To Area.
STOCKHOLM, May 4 (U.! P.).—Allied forces in north ‘Norway were reported closing lin with artillery and troops on the German-held port of Narvik today but Nazi reinforcements were moving into Norwegian territory by aire plane and ship. Dispatches from the Swedish coast said that German air and sea transports were continuing to pour | into Norway as rapidly as before the Allied forces withdrew from the Trondheim area and there were reports that the German troops at Narvik would be aided by aerial attack. . The advices followed reports from : : y _ Narvik that the Allies were shelling Jim Watson is being credited here German positions from land and with aiding and abetting the pri- sea in that sector in preparation | mary opposition to Rep. Charles A. for a final assault. Halleck in the Second District and Warning Shots Fired thus checkmating any attempt 0 The newspaper Allehanda said promote the able, young Republican that about 50 airplane tfansports Congressman to the United States and 14 ship transports had been Senate. sighted en route from Germany to The veteran former Indiana Sen- Norway in one day, and that four ator denies this, of course, but it is or five foreign craft had been driven now known that before Frederick from Swedish territory. A Swedish Landis Jr. announced he would op- destrover fired warning shots at a pose Congressman Halleck- he had ship which invaded Swedish terria huddle with Mr. Watson at the tory near Lysekil, the newspaper Claypool Hotel in Indianapolis. said. Landis Junior came down from The Allied withdrawal from cen-| Logansport accompanied by his tral Norway—which aroused severe older brother, Kenesaw, and the criticism in Stockholm newspapers! meeting was said to have been ar- today—left the Norwegians helpless arnged by Elam Neal, who also at- to continue opposition in the tended. Namsos-Steinkjer sector, according Mr. Neal was the leading pro- to messages from the front. The moter of the candidacy of the late Nazis were expected to reach Frederick Landis Sr. for Governor Snaasa. on their northward advance of Indiana. He put a noisy band from Steinkjer, at any hour. with Landis banners into the G. O. Norse Faced Terrific Odds
P. state convention and plaved his J candidate right out of the picture. The newspaper Social Demokraten . said editorially that the Allied withBarton Boosts Hoosier drawal meant that all Norway beRep. Halleck has returned to ¢8me a German protectorate and a Rensselaer. He will expound what Dase for German war against the comes very nearly being the official British rH of ‘Ue view Republican sition regarding war re Fae sna nation-wide broadcast on the Paper Tidningen reported from the
: Namsos front that the withdrawal NBC Blue network from Chicago at 4 in , 8:45 p. m. (C. S. T.) Saturday night. of the Allies left the Norwegians
. with a choice of capitulation or - Despite the front-page blast p on or Ge
3 Sad ie i. ay ; .. | struction. against him in Henry W. Marshall's “They had no airplanes: no antiLafayette Courier - Journal this
: aircraft guns, no ammunition beweek, Rep. Halleck is confident that yong one dav's fighting,” he said. he will win the primary by a large (Continued on Page Three) margin next Tuesday
One of his closest friends here is
Cry Sma mt. ives ma | OFMER STAGE STAR, a persons 87. DIES IN LONDON
Rep. Barton wrote his own personal LONDON, May 4 (U. P.).—Mrs.
tribute to the youthful Hoosier to Edward Compton, once famous on
be used in Second District news-! (Continued on Page Three) -HZI. L6 OWIDLL IL ropmnwwWwwn {the stage as Virginia Bateman, died today. She was the mother of the
1 novelist, Compton MacKenzie, and the actress, Fay Compton. Born in
the U. S., she was 87. | She played with Henry Irving and | Abandonment of Traction Line Studied by P. S. C.
other famous stage stars and married Edward Compton, an actor. 1 She died at the Theater Girl Club. | which she founded for chorus girls who needed help. She was known in recent vears as the ‘chorus girls’ {riend.” | The South Side Civic Club and —-— — a group of more than 20 Johnson 3 iN DERBY-BOUND CAR County residents today joined the Perry Township Businessmen, Tnc., DIE IN RIVER PLUNG in protesting the proposed relocation of Road 31 from Indianapolis SEYMOUR. Ind. May 4 (U. P).— to Greenwood. Three unidentified Negroes, beThe South Side Club. as the re- lieved to be from Indianapolis and sult of action taken at a meeting On their way to the Kentucky, last night in South Side Turners’ Derby, were drowned in White River! Hall, prepared to ask the Federal €arly today when their automobile Highway Commission and the Fed- plunged through a guard rail on!
eral Bureau of Roads to widen the & Route 31 bridge near here and
+ (sank in 18 feet of water, resent road rather than relocate it.| Sank in . Ol ” At the same time "the Public Two of the victims were men and
Service \Commission Studied a 'pe-| ONE Was a woman. State police were (ion, presente by Here “Har Uncertain whether there wore other ris, Greenwood editor, and 21 other ve a Rite re oily ght, Johnson County citizens, asking the 2'¢ = —
forced abandonment of the traction iia line between here and seymour. INDIANA PRIMARIES TUESDAY TO BE ‘DRY’
The abandonment of the line is asked so tracks can be removed to (Continued on Page Three) SEEN : — "| The sale of liquor and beer from midnight Monday to 6 p. m. Tues-| {day, the day of the primary elec-
City-Wid - / y / e | tions, is prohibited, the State Excise!
Department said today. | “Many people are under the impression that the State law against | the sale of liquors concerns only her 15th birthday before July 1. Election Day. The statute refers to| 1940. : y the primary as well as election day,
It doesn't cost a cent. But there the department said.
are prizes for the winners and the PRESIDENT STIFFENS
James E. Watson . . . conferred with Frederick Landis Jr,
LINK WATSON IN HALLECK FIGH
But Former Senator Denies Abetting Primary Drive Of Landis. By DANTEL M. KIDNEY
Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON, May 4. — Wily
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all-City champ gets, in addition to | morial Day Speedway Race. H AN bE | The extra ticket is for the win- ON C G S IN CAA gotten in the excitement. P.).—President Roosevelt today stif- | Here are the rules and the pro- fened his fight to reorganize the 1. Start filling out your blank to- nouncing he expects to appoint CAA day and send it to H.W. (Wally) Chairman Robert H. Hinckley as asDirector, at City Hall. You can! The appointment would open the also sign up at your public school, door for selection of a new chief!
a silver cup, two tickets to the Mener's dad who ought not to be for- HYDE PARK, N. Y, May ¢ (U. gram: Civil Aeronautics Authority by anMiddlesworth, City Recreation sistant Secretary of Commerce, community center or through the of the reconstituted board ‘which Two) | civil ‘meronautics, i
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The Queen Elizabeth, a British warship of the Warspite class.
Today's War Developments
By UNITED PRESS
Germany claimed an important gain today in the sinking of two |
British warships and damaging of six other naval vessels by its aircraft and the Fascist press boasted that Italy had eight million soldiers and 340 warships ready for any Allied move in the Mediterranean. Other developments were: , STOCKHOLM--Germans continue to mop up in central Norway. Allies attack Narvik farther to the north in an effort to regain some of lost prestige. LONDON Britons wait anxiously for “good news.” Chamberlain Government may be threatened during open debate Tuesday in the House of Commons. FORMOFOSS—Norwegians north of Trondheim give up hopeless struggle and conclhiftie an armistice. Germans arrive at Namsos. BERLIN —-Germany continues to advance idea that Britain, balked in north, is about to spread war to a new front, perhaps in the Mediterranean or the Balkans. WASHINGTON Betting in official circles about even that Italy will
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THE HAGUE Mwenty-one Dutch Nazis arrested in roundup of extremists. PARIS —German troops attack French advance post after violent
Allies Promise to Fight On; Britain's Cabinet May Topple
By WEBB MILLER United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON, May 4 ~The Allied powers intend to fight on in Norway with the greatest vigor, an authoritative statement emphasized today while a political tempest threatened the Cabinet of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain as a result of reverses in the Scandinavian campaign. It was up to the British Navy and landing forces to win a victory at Narvik, on the north Norwegian coast, observers believed, in order to temper the attack on the Chamber- rite i lain Government when it faces Parliament debate Tuesday. It was considered significant that the announcement was made today that British troops which originally landed in the Andalsnes sector of Norway were commanded by Brig. Gen. H. De Rimer. No announcement had been made that Gen. De Rimer was replaced, but it was pointed out that state-| ments regarding the withdrawal of | the British from Andalsnes said the evacuation was supervised by Maj. Gen. Bernard Charles Paget.
Criticism Is Aired
Authoritative sources also said that British territorial troops, which correspond to the American National Guard, formed “a part of the forces” sent to Norway. There has been much criticism of the handling of the Norwegian campaign based on the fact that territorials instead of seasoned {troops were sent. It was disclosed also that after French troops landed at Namsos, part of their munitions and other
NAZI DRIVE IN WEST BELIEVED REPULSED
Artillery Barrage Hammers At French Position.
PARIS, May 4 (U. P).—German troops attacked a French advance [post in the Blies Sector today after (violent artillery preparation. Tt was believed here that the attack was ‘repulsed but details had not been received. There was violent artillery fire day and night west of the Vosges | Mountains, centering at the Ohrenthan salient. Slightly improved weather brought increased airplane activity. French planes made photographic and reconnaissance flights over the [German lines and German planes |flew over northern France. | munique said that artillery, both
aerial attack. [French and German, was active
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CLAIM TRANSPORT DOWN. 6 OTHER “CRAFT DAMAGED IN MAJOR BATTLE LOOMS IN NARVIK
BOMB RAIDS;
— Press Hails “Triumph” Of Air Power Over That of Sea.
| BERLIN, May 4 (U. P.).— ‘Nazis claimed tonight that the German air fleet had ‘proved its superiority over British naval power in a tre mendous bombing attack off the Norwegian coast where a 30,000-ton Battleship, a heavy ‘cruiser and a loaded transport ship were sunk and six other
‘naval vessels damaged. In London, British naval sources (declined to comment on the Gere man radio claims.
Loss of Thousands Hinted
The sinking of a British battlee ship of the Queen Elizabeth class was reported in an official statee ment of the High Command, hut ‘the German radio later claimed {that Nazi airplanes had: Sunk a heavy cruiser of the 8250« ton York class and a 12,000-ton British transport ship carrying a full |load of troops withdrawn from central Norway. Bombed and “partially blown up” | another heavy cruiser, Damaged a British destroyer that | was believed to be a total loss. | Damaged still another destroyer, | Bombed and hit a British battle {cruiser. set a cruiser afire and hit (another transport ship near Narvik, (on the north Norwegian coast, | Thousands of British lives have | been lost off the Norwegian coast if the German claims are correct, hee [cause the warships that were ree [ported bombed carried perhaps 3500 to 4000 officers and men in addition to the thousands that presumably
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Report Incessant Attack
The radio announcement-—which has the status of an officially ape proved statement, also claimed: “The British naval forces which vesterday embarked retreating Brite ish land troops from Namsos suffered heavy losses from incessant attack by German bombers and dive bombers. “Another merchantman was forced to enter Trondheim harbor, “Enemy naval units before Nate vik also were attacked by German fliers.” The German claims of success against the British Navy were hailed by the Nazi press as proof of the triumph of air power over sea power.
Termed Great Test
“The great test case of which the | English have so often spoken has been decided by a German dive bomber that sank a British battleship with a single homb,” the newspaper Deutsche Allgemeine said. The German attack on the battle« ship—a fighting unit of the Queen Elizabeth or Warspite elass—off the Norwegian port of Narvik was care ried out by waves of Nazi aircraft that rained bombs around the ship until one struck between the two forward turrets and set off a tremendous explosion as. if the ship's ammunition supply had been struck, according to the German version. “When the smoke from a 500 vard-high flame disappeared there was nothing left of the vessel (cars rying a normal complement of 1100 (men) except some floating debris,” [the communique said.
Boast of Submarine Power
The* Deutsche Allgemeine said that German U-boats had previous ly shown their power by sinking | the British battleship Royal Oak at [Scapa Flow but the air force attack on the battleship off Narvik was far more impotrant than previous aerial [bombardments that sank British cruisers—some with a single bomb, “The English rejoiced too soon when they announced the flight from Andalsnes and Namsos (in Norway) had been completed withe [out loss of a single man,” the newse | paper said. The sinking of the battleship was not announced immediately by the [German High Command, according to Nazi sources, because it wanted to give the British Admiralty an op« portunity to make the announce ment, When the British tried to (conceal the loss, these sources said, (Continued on Page Three)
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French Troops in Narvik Area
An announcement by the Norwegian official news agency that British and French troops, abandoning Namsos, had landed safely elsewhere in Norway was supplemented by reports that the Ailies had started a big scale attack on Narvik. British and Norwegian troops had been putting pressure on the
Germans at Narvik for days and
they were now reinforced by crack French Alpine chasseurs who would be at home in the mountains. beled on Rage Three) hit
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east of the Moselle River and between the Blies River and the ‘Vosges Mountains sector to the east.
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