Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 June 1940 — Page 1
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VOLUME 52—NUMBER 92
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1940
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British Landing Parties Raid Enemy Cc Coast’
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A formidable segment of the United States fleet with protecting war birds overhead.
SURPRISE
ATTACK
URNED ON NAZIS
By JOE ALEX MORRIS
United Press Foreign News
Great Britain struck at
Editor Germany with landing party
raids “on the enemy coast” and intensified aerial bombardment in a war threatening vast new complications today in the Americas and the Far East. British land, sea and air forces co- operated in landings at various points on the German-held coast of Europe, attacking German troops and inflicting casualties, the London Ministry of Information stated. The raids were of a reconnaissance nature, carried out while British airplanes unloaded tons of explosives on bases from which the Axis powers might launch their expected blitzkrieg on the British Isles.
Adolf Hitler, disclosing the terms by which the Axis powers hope to cripple France throughout their offensive against Britain, sent German bombing planes against the British Isles again, killing five
persons, injuring nine and]
striking at airfields and ,airplane plants in the midlands (presumably around Birmingham) in another foretaste of the long threatened blitzkrieg.
British airplanes struck at Italy's
coast and the big southern port of Naples, the Rome war communique said, but were driven off, and also reportedly failed in bombing raids on the Italian East African bases of Asmara and Diredawa. British airplanes continued to hammer with tons of high explosives at vital war industry and war supply bases in northern Germany, the German-occupied low countries and Norway, and British sources reported that the attacks . were highly effective both in regard to military objectives and in impairing German morale. In the Far East, Japanese armed forces were seeking to cut off communications between French Indo-|6 China and China, whose capital at (Continued on Page Two)
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FORD DEAL ON PLANE MOTORS CALLED GFF
U. S. May Give Contract to ‘Packard Co.
WASHINGTON, June 26 (U. P.). —President Roosevelt's Advisory Defense Commission sought another manufacturer today to build thousands of Rolls Royce airplane engines for this country and Great Britain after collapse of negotiaticns with Henry Ford. Administration sources said the cancelled orders may be placed with the Packard Motor Co. William S. Knudsen, production co-ordinator of the commission, announced that plans for production of the motors by Mr, Ford had been cancelled because of Henry Ford's refusal to manufacture the motors for Great Britain as well as the United States. Ford has consistently held that he would manufacture implements of war for this country only. Arrangements had been under way for Mr. Ford to manufacture 3000 engines for this country and 6000 for Great Britain. While the commission searched (Continued on Page Two)
WAR BULLETINS
LONDON, June 2 (U. P.)— The headquarters of Gen. Charles Degaulle said today that a French
volunteer: legion would be formed in Britain with full support of the British Government,
HONGKONG, June 26 (U. P.). —Chinese reports said today that Japanese forces had occupied Mirs Bay—favorite headquarters of Chinese pirates—and had thus encircled the British Crown Colony of Hogigkons.
U. 8. SENDS 3D WARSHIP SOUTH
Fields of ‘Live Mines’ Guard Both Approaches to Panama Canal.
. BULLETIN WASHINGTON, June 26 (U.P.),. —Acting Secretary of the Navy Lewis Compton announced today that the Navy is sending the new
South American waters—the third warship to be dispatched there following reports of Fifth Column activities in Uruguay.
WASHINGTON, June 26 (U.P.). —The United States fleet was at sea today operating under mysterious circumstanees suggesting that.President Roosevelt may be shifting its temporary base from Hawaii to the Panama Canal or the Atlantic Ocean. » The main body of the fleet left Hawaii Monday, but naval officers would not confirm that it had sailed.
abouts of the fleet arid speculation on its destination was increased by announcement in Balboa, C. Z., that both entrances to the Canal have been sown with “live mines,” and that railway guns in the zone have been moved from the Pacific to the Atlantic side. But the fleet was operating under secret orders and if Panama is its destination it may be 10 or 12 days before confirmation is forthcoming. It was estimated that it would take (Continued on Page Two}
NOTICE, DELEGATES: RAINLL GREET YOU
TEMPERATURES
. 57 10 a. m.... 72 .63 11 a. m.... 713 . 67 12 (noon).. 74 ... 70 1pm... 7
Delegates to the State Democratic convention tomorrow probably will get a soaking if they aren’t careful, the Weather Man indicated today.
Showers and thunderstorms were forecast for tonight or by tomorrow.
—for about two hours.
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light cruiser U. S. S. Phoenix to ,
Mystery surrounding the where-|"
That represents the time he spent last night with the Republican National Convention, most of it on the plat-
That also is the time of a train ride from Philadelphia to Washington. But his road does not lead back that way. He spoke of the national‘ capital, city of bitter memories for him but still the city of hope.’ He spoke with feeling of what has been going on there in the seven years since he left. He spoke of what ought to go on, there for e¢rs. But he will have no part in it.
'M NEUTRAL INSTATE ROW, MNUTT VOWS Assures Party on Convention Eve That He Doesn’t Seek Goyernorship.
By NOBLE REED
A high-pressure scramble for delegate support broke out among the three Governor candidates today on the eve of the State Democratic Convention as Federal Security Administrator Paul V. MecNutt announced his position s “strictly neutral.” Mr. McNutt - stated emphatically that he will accept neither the Democratic nomination for Governor at tomorrow’s convention nor a post.as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. Prepared to serve as the keynote
speaker at the convention opening at 10 a. m. tomorrow at the Fair
1 Grounds Coliseum, he indicated that
his" chief interest is centered upon the National Convention at Chicago July 15. He made it plain that he still is in the race for, the Presidential nominafion if Mr. Roosevelt does not accept a third term. Should the President accept a third term Mr. McNutt hinted that he will be “in line” for the Vice Presidential place on the ticket.
Despite the former Governor's “hands-off” announcemenht,. party leaders flocked to his headquarters in the Indianapolis Athletic Club where he retired soon after his arrival from Washington. Indications were that Mr. McNutt and other party bosses will swing the conven(Continued on Page Eight)
NOT GUILTY, HOPSON SAYS TO TAX COUNT
NEW YORK, June 26 (U. P.).— Howard C. Hopson, co-founder of the billion-dollar Associated Gas & Electric utilities system, pleaded in-
nocent in Federal Court today to charge of conspiring to evade payment of $1,886,405.39 in income taxes. Mr. Hopson was accompanied by two white-clad nurses .as he appeared before Federal Judge William Bondy. Garrett A. Brownback, George M. Lepine and Edward F. Huber, lawyers indicted with Mr. Hopson, also pleaded innocent. Trial was set for Sept. 3.
MUD BALLS FALL ON TIMES SQUARE AREA
NEW YORK, June 26 (U. P.).— It rained mud-balls in Manhattan last night when west winds turned the Times Square area into a. miniature “dust bowl” and then a shift in air currents brought rain. Visitors from Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas sniffed the air and felt at home. Everyone sought cover. The mixture of dust and drizzle combined to make tiny mud-balls that spotted straw hats, light dresses and stockings.
ARMY PLANE MISSING PITTSBURGH, June 26 (U., P.) — The U. S. Army Air Corps today asked airline pilots and state motor police to aid in a search for an army training ship which disappeared after taking off from Hagerstown, Md., bound for Pittsburgh yesterday. The plane, which had no radio, was piloted by a Lieut. Dow and was to refuel here.
RUSSIA ADDS TO WORK. DAY
MOSCOW, June 26 (U. P.).—The Trade Union Congress today adopted a resolution extending the work day from six to eight hours, extending the work week from 'six to seven days and forbidding workers to quit their jobs. The Soviet Government approved the move,
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Fast-Stepping Hoosier Dares Rival Camps in Vote Quest
PHILADELPHIA, June 26 (U. P.).—Wendell"L. Willkie the precedent
buster from Elwood, Ind., continued
his lightning tactics today and car-
ried his campaign for the Presidency into his rivals’ camps at the Re-
publican Nation Convention.
In a rapid round of meetings he breakfasted with Ohio delegates— pledged to Taft; addressed a gathering of 73 of the 92 New York delegates—most of them pledged to Dewey, and ‘interviewed the entire Oklahoma delegation and smaller groups from other states.
To each of these groups Mr. Willkie reiterated his views and asserted that he had no deals, no pledges and no financial contributions. After his meeting with the New York delegates Judge William Bleakley, a Dewey leader, said: “No matter what happens in this convention, no matter who is the nominee, we all will walk out of the convention hall arm-in-arm.”
Promises Strong Cabinet
‘Mr. Willkie told. the delegates that he had been a Democrat because that party represented the liberalism ‘he advocated aftér the hysteria of the World War. He said he would select his Cabinet from the best Republicans available. “That’s what the Democrats are doing, isn’t it? he asked. The democratic way is the most effective and efficient means of providing national defense, Mr. Willkie told interviewers. “I believe in spite of the collapse of France and the precarious position of England that democracy is still the quickest way.” He said that democracy might have become a little soft in Europe (Continued on Page Three)
GIRL, 2, DIES UNDER MAIL CARRIERS CAR
Lillie Stansfield Killed Driveway at Home.
Two-year-old Lillie Marie Stansfield, living near Harding and Sumner Sts., was killed today when she was crushed beneath the wheels of a mail carrier’s car«in the driveway
of her home, The mail carrier, Claude E. VanSickle, 1818 Commerce Ave. had been waiting in the driveway while the child’s mother, Mrs. Oscar Stansfield, filled out a money order application. Neither he nor Mrs. Stansfield knew the child was in the yard. When Mr. VanSickle backed out of the driveway, the wheels of the car passed over the child's head.
NOT RESIGNING—PERKINS WASHINGTON, June 26 (U. P.). —Secretary of Labor Francis Perkins said today that she does not plan to resign.
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OR him, it is beyond the horizon. At least it seemed very far away last night to the crowds which streamed away from the convention He had come, so it was whispered, to capture the convention with a speech, as another man, so unlike him, did once in American history. That was in 1896. The man was William Jennings Bryan. But last night the conquest did not come off. - It is true that Rep. Joe Martin of Massachusetts, permanent chairman of the convention, grasped Mr. Hoover's hand when he had finished his speech and held it up, in e prize-ring gesture, to denote the victor, But is | was not "he. champ.”
AR STOCKS AT N.Y. SLIDE 70 "40 LOWS
All War Issues Generally ‘Weak in Light Trading.
NEW YORK, June 26 (U. P.)— Aircraft stocks fell to new lows for the year to lead the stock market
downward today. War stocks generally weakened with aircrafts. @ Non-war issues joined the decline. Trading picked up in the first hour but ‘around noon volume was light. Improvement came after a report that the steel industry was operating at 88 per cent of capacity without benefit of defense program needs. Douglas Aircraft sold at 663%, off 214; Lockheed 223%, off 1%; United Aircraft 323, off 1%, and CurtissWright 7, off 1, all new lows. Patino Mines made a new low at 5, off 1%, ; Allied Chemical was at 148, off 2; du Pont 155%, off 2%, and Union Carbide 67, off 3; American Car & Foundry was at 37, off 3; Bethlehem Steel 71%, off 1 75; U. S. Steel 49%, off 13%; Inland Steel 80%, off 2;
Eastman Kodak 122, off 4, and In-
gersoll-Rand 87, off 5% Losses of 2 to more than 3 points were made by Norfolk & Western,
| Penney, Philip Morris, U. S. Rubber
preferred and Westinghouse Electric. Railroad and utility shares eased.
LAY IN-COAL EARLY, U. S. DIVISION URGES
WASHINGTON, June 26 (U. P.). —The Consumers Counsel Division of the Interior Department today advised soft coal consumers. to lay in winter coal supplies now as a precaution against overloading- the nation’s transportation system when the defense program hits full stride. The division said that the bituminous coal industry has ample production capacity and that there is “no basis for a general sharp price increase in sight.”
BR-R! BOSTON’S COLD
BOSTON, June 26 (U. P.).—Today was the coldest June 26 in the 62-year history of the Boston weather bureau. The temperature was 51 from midnight to 7:30 a. m.
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FOREIGN POLICY
BATTLE SPLITS G. 0.P. LEADERS
Dewey, Forces Claim
410 Votes On First
Ballot but Simpson of New York Hints He'll Back Indianian.
By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, June 26.—Wendell L. Willkie tossed another firecracker today into the ranks of the stop-Willkie bloc with the announcement that Governor Harold E. Stassen ‘of Minnesota, the convention keynoter, had indorsed
him for the Republican Presidential nomination.
Mr. Stassen said he would vote for Mr. Willkie on the first ballot and support him “from here out.” The new backing for the Hoosier-born candidate came as the 1940 convention went into its third day with the Presidential race still wide open. Who would win the party’s nomination was anyone's guess with nominations less than 24 hours away. = °°
HOOSIER BLOG PONDERS VOTE
Halleck Puts Finishing Touches to Nominating Speech for Willkie.
By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer
PHILADELPHIA, June 26.—While Rep. Charles A. Halleck (R. Ind.) put the finishing touches to the speech which he hopes will nominate Wendell L. Willkie, Indiana delegates caucused today to determine what their vote shall be on the first convention ballot. - Voting will get under-way tomorTOW. At a press conference last night, Mr. Willkie gave his - Hoosier strength on the first ballot as either 10 or 12. He divided the delegation as follows: Willkie, 12; Taft, 7; Vandenbur@ 3; Bridges, 2, and Dewey, 4. Should the first figure be reduced to 12, Mr. Dewey’s vote will be six, Mr. Willkie said. Other polls were made last night by various Indiana delegates. They rated Mr. Willkie all the way from 8 to 12 votes on the first ballot. All (Continued on Page Three)
SENATOR FRAZIER HOLDS SLIGHT LEAD
Lemke Has Edge in N.D. Congress Race.
' BISMARCK, N. D., June 26 (U. P.).—U. S. Senator Lynn J. Frazier, veteran Republican . isolationist, gained a slight lead over two opponents for the nomination today in straggling returns from yesterday’s primary. Returns from 550 of the state’s 2200 precincts gave: Mr. Frazier, 13,984; State Senator Thomas Whelen, 13,728; Former Governor William Langer, 13,313.
Rep. William Lemke, Union Party candidate for President in 1936 now seeking re-election to Congress as a Republican, held a slight lead in a four-way race for two places on the November ballot. Returns from 490 precincts: Mr. Lemke, 19,110; Rep. Usher Burdick, 18,623; James D. Gronna, 12,740; Walter Welford, 11,272,
Hoover No Longer ‘Champ’ —— They Never Come Back!
By THOMAS L. STOKES Times Staff Writer
HILADELPHIA, June 26—Herbert Hoover came back
T= was merely a venerated elder statesman who is
seemed last night, as he read his
speech, to lack the fire and force that he demonstrated, for instance, four years ago when he did set the state
about the hall and the delegates
to chanting, until their voices were hoarse:
We want Hoover!”
Last night he was the party philosopher, outlining at pattern from which many a campaign orator will crib in the next few months, service he performed for his party. He gave it a creed "that can be pored over with benefit. He gave it several ehoice ge cracks which were being repeated today; a : {Continues on Rags Three), =
It was a fine
But the pressure was on and the front runners— Thomas E. Dewey, Robert A. Taft and Mr. Willkie—cons | tinued to jockey for positions
Claim 410 Dewey Votes .Mr. Dewey went before the Texd$§ delegation which has lined up for Mr. Taft and his headquarters claimed a 410-vote minimum on ‘thé first “ballot. Nebraska announced its 14 first-ballot /votes would go to Mr. Dewey. The dark Hokie candidacy of former President Hoover figured in the background. "Mr. Hoover, himq self, declined to discuss his candie dacy. But his friends in California were preparing to raise a Hoover rallying cry if an early deadlock persists. At today's press conference, Mr Willkie said he had just finished a
telephone . conversation with the
youthful Mr. Stassen and had been assured of the Governor's support. He said Mr. Stasseh had informed his delegation regarding his proposed action and that doubtless other members of the Minnesota delegation would follow his lead. Draft War Plank In contrast to the other red hot developments, the resolutions com= mittee dispute over the foreign affairs plank was ironed out and the platform was virtually complete for presentation to the ‘convention late this afternoon. The last minute drafting come mittee flare-up on foreign affairs was settled only by intervention of Charles Gates Dawes, former Vice President, as peacemaker. He per= suaded isolationists to drop a de< mand for a declaration against shedding American blood on foreign soil after George Wharton Pepper, committee chairman, had walked out in anger at the isolationist proposal. : Even without that declaration the foreign policy plank represented an isolationist victory. - At their insic= tence the plank labels the Republi« can Party as the party “of Americanism, preparedness and peace” and seeks to fasten the war lgbel on the Roosevelt Administration.
Trades Rumored
Mr. Willkie drove ahead with whirlwind tactics, breakfasting with
-Ohioans, including some delegates
and alternates, meeting with mem-=
“|bers of the Kansas delegation and
elaborating his views again at iis press conference. Rep. Frank O. Horton of Wyome ing said that he and other :Congressmen from the Midwest, West Coast and Atlantic Seaboard states had met with Mr, Willkie and “ound his views “completely acceptable to the majority of the Republican Congressmen.” Gossip in hotel lobbies said vhat efforts to reach some kind of agree~ ment between Dewey and Taft (Continued on Page Three)
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“Willkie—And The Future,” an editorial.....Page 14 Clapper blasts G. O. P. platform makers ......Page 13 “Conventions Are Queer Things ’—Pegler .......Page 3 “They're Playing Into F. D. R's Hands—Flynn . .Page 14 Willkie Forces_ Launch ' Counter-Attack A Series of Convention PhOtOS ions oi vneads
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