Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 July 1940 — Page 3

MONDAY, JULY & 1940

NAZIS INTENSIFY RAIDS ON BRITAIN

One of Several Bombers Glides In With Engines Cut Off To Drop Explosives on Main Shopping Street: Axis Maps Post-War Structure. (Continved from Page One)

German bombers were now being escorted the belief generally was hat would come any day

toll of life, and by Messerschmidt

that they

fighter planes, a foretaste of W

reds of planes on militar)

were only - hund gorte and perhaps on cities to prepare for an attempt to land ai. It held that the present raids

intended to familiarize pilots with Brit=

raids by

trans ced and Was

by were

teh

raining ones, defenges, bombed German ship yards at Kiel Canal. an arms Eyvieux, northern France: and Ypenburg, Holland; barges at Zwolle, Holland at Katwii', Holland, and seaplane bases on Nordene) Hornum Islands, Germany. Germany claimed the raids caused little damage. vlin reported 14 British planes shot down, three GerSome 21,000 tons of British shipping was submarines and two merchant port by airplane bombs.

isn Riremen 10

entrance

Fomden, airdromes at B

a canal

depo Knocke, Belgium,

and

nes fost.

have been sunk by

Haakon Refuses to Resign

and Count Galeazzo Ciano,

0 at Berlin

Italy's foreign were reported to have discussed nediate grant of special rights to na and the Dutch East Indies, and

such questions as an mm Indo-Chi

Ralkans,

Japan the fate

Ih Rerlin presg, “has been

herve

estion, said the

RR ] 3 1 Balkan qu

activity.” wag no indication

veached but in connection with Fact Africa, ofl dependent upon

wete

at ltahian cut hh

[taly, may goon be ipplies

\ the

empol ary

algo reported French capital, that the West Indies, has is awaiting a British ulti-

(ye) News agenc) island colony

the British

mn Kaded and ondon, refugee King Haakon of Norway announced 2 Mini that he had refused proposals oard of Parliament in German-oceupied all claims on the throne. struggle for a

12 Foreion ster esidential and

cate renounce

) 1 1 Wh @ id he would continue the

deeper dent NO) wal

Italian Pattern May Be Followed

and Italians politi ical and economic The French etain was scheduled AN I)

vice

tinent, the Germans were vzation of totalitarian ph Marshal Henri Philippe |

118 Week a

reoreal Hogophv, 5

nd to override objections to

denioand were the leading

constitution breaking with ANce's

Pierre | tion with ltaly,

aval, premiel

10 by

cauged

representatives

prevent any delays parliamentar) [he official German's ted constitution as based family and the fatherland.” unbers representing the professions and cor(apparent milar to the Italian chamber of and corporations) are planned by the Petain regime, etam hig aids, led Laval—will to draw up the constitution, it added. Italiane Raid Malta, Africa, A tank border.

French

hag been arranged.

news agency described the projec

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agency full powers Alexandria d several armored cay planes Italian

la) and 1s

and Italy claime mt and ¢

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“effectively Two

or four Britigh,

ang ratded Alexandra three

were Killed and one wounded had been Killed and

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Cheers of victory are shouted hy British seamen from the deck of a captured French capital ship taken aver By Britain in a southern English port, according to the English censored caption on this cablephoto

from London.

Note the French tricolon

not vet taken down.

War Fails to Block Decline In Prices for Food Here JAPANESE ARMY

(Continued from Page One)

is that hogs

corn I'he result there are

onl

net today

100 man)

v within the last couple of

has

the corn-hog re keel. Now corn ix 60 While

millionaires

ratio

turned to even

cents. hoes 86 both prices

aren't making

rat

the

400 HURT IN MEXICAN VOTING

(Continued from Page One)

the f{armens 10

Gleorgetown Un were walking with two othe) Francie BE. Maloney Ji igton. and Parkman clancel Tacoma Park. Md. when they, like My. Mallen, were struck by sira)

students at versity

bullets

Federal District mole riots elsewhere and more than

included Col

only by

Ore

were killed in the here yesterday and than 200 were wounded in Eighteen persons were killed the country, at least 200 wounded

Alimazanisias said that their dead Vicente Obregon, for of telegraphs in the ‘omimunications wag bitterly gidee axgeried that Ud be defeated intimated Hence if ext {ew between would

Thirty persons

mer Sm Ministry of The tion texted and both their candid: fraud wii

inval

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would date the appeared that weeks 1h

TWO Png

fo ® count the ipa be 11 urm Tere anti=goavernment Alimazan had shi strength but there indication of Almazanisias nad been qefections supposed to Government

ol ibt that the Of en WH unexpected was no authens thie vote erted that AMONE supporters Pal of the Revolution Particulars said. many members of the Mexican Confederation Labor, Who were supposed to parade erday fon Gen. Avila Camacho, had turned out ingtead wearing the green cols of Gen Aimazan

seemed no dol

Pari

11 there men of the Mexican it Was

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makes it just as profitable to grow corn as to breed hogs Last year the world wheat crop wag the largest on record. An all: time high in ¢orn vield was record ed In Indiana along with an ex: tremely large national yield,

All Rates Cheaper knocks from under meat mstance;

Thik the props right out prices For 193% 39 IR 43 Rr 3% 335 1m

1939 33 21 1t 1H a 3) a1

1940 1" 18 13 1 1 15 3

Smoked cottage Swiss steak Veal steak Rolled ham Veal roast, shoulder Sliced hacon Round steak

lowers the

milk

VeAars

Cheap feed PREER

Iwo

price

lard, butter cheese and chickens ago farmers stuffed chickens with cheap grain. The chickens retailed at 28 cents a

pound for stewers and 33 cents a pound for springers. Too many chickens dropped the market prices to springers, 29 cents, and stewers, 23 cents Down went eggs dozen from 26 cents Since farmers considered egg prices too low, they sold their lay: ing chickens, Flooding the chicken market caused a further drop in prices 21 ¢entx for stewersx and 25 cents for springers Then eeg prices bounced back their pres eng evel around 19 J) cents

Wheat

to 18', cents a

Reread, About

Bread and wheat, less huge surpluses az is about last year's level and=a=nalf loaf of bread tails at 81-3 cents, Flow hag eased up cents cents for a 24-pound sack because of the Government's ever=normal granaly svstem of withdrawing surs pluses {rom the market AR 10 future food prices yopean war will have a fect on what they will do Will England be able much of our surpiug foods? On the answer to that man) speculators are basing their actions when Franee capitulated she dis {ood trade The Mediterranean alge is and The

Same

a fie meat A

ted by ate at pounds still tes , though from 49

to 8%

the Fumajor ef-

to take

picture

oul The loge of Belgium

| Netherlands destroved a 150.000.000-

market foi

There's Plenty

bushel grain

of Food

At present none of the large chain stores or wholesalers are buy ing in advance in anticipation of a shortage I'he Surplus thowg these for this week

Commodities Corp food: ax overabundant Butter, raising, rice pork lard Pork cornmeal, eggs dried prunes, hominy grits, wheat and whole four, graham four, dry beang, cabbage peas spinach and snap beans If European markets dry up we'll have another group of surpluses for the third year Even if England it ig doubtful whether or not she can absorb enough to alter prices very much America has plenty

JOE LOUIS IS INVITED INTO YOUTH GROUP

LAKE GENEVA, Wig, July 8 (U P.)-Joseph Cadden, executive secs retary of the American Youth Cone gress, invited heavyweight chams pion Joe Louis to join the organiza‘tion's Adult Advisory Committee because "voung America admires an [undefeated champion who refuses to retire on hig laurels.” | The invitation was sent to the | fighter at the close of the Congress’ sixth annual meeting which refused admission to a group of organiza- | tiong sponsored by Gene Tunney, retired former heavvweight boxing champion The “pro-American” Tunney group had termed the Congress Communist dominated The Congress adjourned laxt night after rejecting overwvhelmingIv a resolution which expressed determination never to be led by “a political dictator ax are Germany, CItaly, Russia, Japan or Spain.”

of food

U.S. MARINES IRK

‘Serious Incident’ Threatens After Arrest in Shanghai Of Plain Clothesmen,

(Continued from Page One)

according to all yeporis that the Japanese weye yeleased | Col. Peck said that Ma) Gen Keitehi Miura, commanding Jap anese gendarmes the apolog\ and that he reed Bf it Miwa had ineident was closed Yesterday was versar of the Chinese=Japanese wal precautions were taken out the International and armored cars patroled streets Though there ing agreement that of one nation here ter the defense areas tions, the Japanese parading through the other nations in observance anniversary Gen. Juzo Nishio commander, led a parade of a dozen or more automobiles through the defense xectors of other na-= uvons Japanese chine guns touring ca The Japanese speed, forcing sone: pointed

U. S. Expected to Ignore

Japan's ‘Monroe Doctrine’

WASHINGTON, July 8 (U. P) Administration officials indicated today that the United States would continue itg policy of non=recogni= tion of Japan's attempts to set up a 'xo=talled Monroe Doctrine for the Far East Government they saw nothing thix attitude. despite thix Govern ment's demands for strict enforce ment of the Monroe Doctrine in this hemisphere and President Roose velt's proposal that post-war te ritorial adjustments in Asia and Europe be achieved by continental (consultation Refore leaving Hyde Park vestel dav Mr. Roosevelt emphasized the {difference petween Monroe Doctrines under the name only and the Mons voe Doctrine as we know it in this hemisphere Phrough his secretary, Stephen T | Barly, the President left no doubt that he was completely in harmony with Secretary of State Hull's des nuneiation of attempts similar to those of Japan to set up a "Monroe Doeotrine for Asia . He made it clear that the United f|iater hag ne desire 10 interfere in the affaire of anv other nation, and that thig country entertains no ae sires to gain new territorial sion

GAS RATE CUT FOR CLARKE COUNTY 0.K.D

The Publie Service Commission today approved an order reducing gas rates in Jeffersonville and sure rounding towns served by the Pub lie Service Co. of Indiana The reduced rater will tive under the order when the company changes from artificial to natural gas. The Commission's order stated that the new rates would mean an annual saving to Clarke County users of about §11.000 a year, about 18 per cent below revenue received by the company from artificial gas

FARM CHILD KILLED RIDING ON HAYRACK

SOUTH MILFORD, Ind, July 8 (U.P) --John Freed granted the wish of hit 2-vear-old son George and took him along on the havrack The horses bolted, The child was thrown under the wheels Death was instant Mrs, Freed in a fire at ber.

apology,

made hag a

adviged

ctenographic that en that the

sain

him

the third outhreak

ann of the Defense thioughs= Settlement the

a jongs=standarmed forces should not ens of other nas ilisisted on areas of of the

Was

Japanese troop

sub=ma-= open rode

armed with strounded the Nishio cars went at high al 1hraffie to curb e machine=gunners at civilians

in which

Japane:

their weapons

spokesmen said that ineongistent in

POSse y=

he effec

death clos

burned to home last

was thei

| fice for several days,

THREE DIE AS AUTOS COLLIDE

AND THEN BURN

County Traffic Fatalities Mount to 63; Nine Killed in State.

(Continued from Page One)

fire in which Mr. Myers. My. and Mr. Hoffman died Mi. Myers, State Police said, was driving south inte Indianapolis shortly after midnight Young Hoffman. accompanied by the Puppel youth, they said, drove out of a drive=in restaurant, started south then attempted to turn around and erashed into the car driven by My. Myers Hoffman s and his

Puppel

fire He trapped

car caught companion were

Two patrons of the restaurant came |

out, dragged them [rom the car and helped them and Myers into two cars driven by passing who brought them to hospitals. Neither injured nor the two who drove the

the two who assisted the |

motorisis |

cars on the mercy errand left their |

names Both Die in Hospital

My ward at City Hospital shortly after his father, Alva Myers, had arrived The Puppel youth died in St Vincent's Hospital shortly after a. m Mi ernoon The County death time last year wag 45 Ax the result of two deaths traffic on Lyndurst Drive last deputy sheriffs yesterday vigilance on that sireet west of the City hey motorists, eharging speeding or failing though streets Twentv=five athe) arested in the City charges

Nation Counts 500 Dead Over Holiday

Re UNITED PREx® The nation counted more 300 dead after a four=day of July victime of fireworks ber of traffic

toll at this in week Kept and others arrested 33 them go {6 Bop At

motorists on speeding

than

and the nums fatalities was less

| 31

Hoffman died early this aft-|

Fiscal

Fourth surplus of $13,007,000 al holiday but only eight were of

than | nounced

that for an average July week=end. |

A survey showed that only were killed on the highways coms pared with 420 on an average fours= day week=end Drownings aceount= ed for 107 deaths, suicides for 66 and miscellaneous causes, including fireworks, for the remainder of the 308 fatalities California led the =tates with 80 deaths, 30 of them on the highways Pennsvivania reported 34 deaths New York 32 and Illinoix 26

Hangs Self After Boys Tease Him

Imre Shvevind CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind. July 8 —Twelve=vear-old Glen (Skeet) Anglin, whe lived on a farm near neve, didn't like hiz playmates to tease him. He brooded when they did: sometimes he stayed away from home for a while Some of the bove of the neighporhood teased him Saturday morning. Glen walked in the di= rection of the barn A few hours later his brothers, Kenneth, 18. and Howard, 11, found hix body hanging in the bam On the rafter te whieh the noose was attached were some of Glen's possessions, including a pie» ture of hix voungest sister, Dar= lene

MARTIN IS CHOSEN G. 0. P. CHAIRMAN

(Continued from Page One)

ow her husband to Washington tos night or tomorrow Mr. Willkie expects to overnight in Washington merrow to Av to Colorado for or three-week vacation, From mountain resort in that state will proceed around Aug. 1 te wood, Ind

Willkie Makes No Request For Talk With President

WASHINGTON 3 U1. BP) White House Secretary Stephen T Early said today that there was ne indication that Wendell L., Willkie would see President Roosevelt dul ing the G, O, P. nominee's visit to Washington shortly after

remain and to-= a two ome he Bl=

July

Mr. Willkie was nominated Myr Roosevelt said that he “naturally” would be glad to see him should he care to call “We have not had any from Mr Willkie for an ment.” Mr. Early said

CHECK ON FALSE SOS INVOLVING U. S. SHIP

WASHINGTON, Julv 8 (U, P) I'wo Federal agencies today investia false SOS that the United States destrover Barry had been hit by a German submarine’ off the const of Spain he report gave panicky Sunday the Barry lay safely Bilbao. Spain I'he sular staff there had the ship yesterday Ine message was picked up by Mackay Radio in New York and within a few minutes was relayed inte millions of American homes over nation-wide radio hook-ups, Excitement swept the Capital although several features of the message indicated that it was a hoax,

CANADIANS T0 GET DOLLAR PASSPORTS

OTTAWA, July 8 P.) —Passport offices will be opened in Mon= treal, Winnipeg. Vancouver, Toronto, Moncton and St. Stephen for issuance of a new $1 one year passport for travel in the United States, it wag announced today {he United States has prohibited free sntry Long lines of applicants had been waiting at the Ottawa passport of-

request appoints

gated

country a afternoon while at anchor at American cons lunch aboard

t hig

200 |

Admiral |s Home

Admiral *. 0. Richardson, U, S, Fleet Commander Reports to Roosevelt

WASHINGTON. July The navy disclosed today that Admiral J. O. Richardson, coms mander=in=chief of the U. 8. Fleet, had arrived from the Pacific for a series of conferences He was President Roosevelt's guest at luncheon and was exs=

8 (U.P)

Myers died In the receiving | pected to report on the condition

of the U. 8S. Fleet, out from Hawaii Admiral Richardson's visit coins cided with intense speculation about future movements of the fleet. There has been some indi= cation that it might be moved to Atlantic bases

STATE SURPLUS 1S $13,997,000

Stability Assured, Even in Emergency, Says Townsend.

The State

now deployed

were |

had a cash the close June 30, Govers Townsend an=

Treasury

the fiscal veal M. Clifford today The balance is $760.000 less than the Treasury surplus the same time a vear ago. The balance on June 30, 1938, was $25,000,000 At that time State officials mated that the entire surplus would be wiped out by 1941, due to extra expenditures authorized by the special session of the Legisla= ture in 1938 However, a revenues and department stilt In a on Jan. 1, end sala State extimated ments

noy

esti=

big increase in State general reductions in expenditures will re substantial cash balance 1941." Governor Town Auditor Frank Thompson that the various depart wollld return to the State General Fund about £3,000.000 which represents savings on budget expencitul es ‘I am very happy to learn of the cash balance, because it provides a financial margin which will insure fiseal stability, even in the event of any emergency.’ the Governor said

MAYOR RUGH COX DIES WASHINGTON, Ind, July 8 | (U, P.).=Mayor Hugh L. Cox, 60, of Washington died today of heart | complications following a long ill= ess He was elected Mayor in| 1038 and took office Jan 1 1939,

STRAUSS SA YS:

and d Were

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Were

PLAY SHOES — Califernia primitives —s0ft, glove: leather, thongstitched moccasins —at 2.95.

clearan

$3, $4

at 5.98

|over all domestic

principles of the bill, [stood to object

[month pay | Army,

FINAL DETAILS FOR ARMY-NAVY BILL DRAFTED

F. D. R. Message Awaited; Study Forced Acceptance Of Defense Orders.

Ry UNITED PRESS Three major moves were under way today to speed up and suppiement the United NStates' multi= hillion=clollar rearmament program:

1. Army officers drafted proposed legislation giving the Government authority to require that private industry accept essential national defense orders. The Administration hag not yet decided definitely whether ask Congress for this authority 2. An executive order was expects ed to give the Governmens priority and [oreign orders, already in the hands of manufacs= turers, for materials and machines deemed necessary (to defense, 3. Final drafting of the new $5.000,000,000 supplemental ArmysNavy authorization and appropriation bill to start some new wars ships and provide the Army with a great armada of airplanes and tanks

Admiral Returns

An unannounced visitol ington was Admiral J. © Lon, commander=in=chief U. 8. feet. He returned suddenly from his Pacific command to cons fer with President Roosevelt and other officials, The Navy refused to disclose the nature of these dis= cussions ol whether important changes in fleet policy were being contemplated The Senate is preparing to take up the Vinson 70 per cent naval expans= ston bill, Chairman David 1, Walsh of the Senate Naval Affairs Comes mittee said that the Senate quicks Iv would approve (his measure, ex= pected to cost ultimately $4,000,000 « 000 shorty alten White House [rom Roosevelt conferred with Louis Johnson, Assistant Secretary of War, and Lewis Compton, Acting Secretary of the Navy, and with Budget Director Harold Smith, Durs= ing the conference he received new Army and Navy data on the $5,000,000.000 supplemental defense pros gram

in Wash Richardof the

returning to the

Hyde Park Mr

Profits Tax Studied

Necessity of going over this data made it impossible for him to send the program to Congress today, as he originally had planned, It was expected that Mr. Roosevelt would transmit it before Congress recesses Thursday for the Democratic Nas tional Convention Later in the day, he was to begin work on details of his proposal for a sharply graduated tax on excess profits, Participating in that cons ference will he Secretary of Treas ry Henry Morgenthau Jr, and Ede ward J Foley, Treasury general counsel Other Draft

defense developments The Army is scheculed to present Congress with its fjdeas of selective service tomorrow when the Senate Military Affairs Committee resumes study of the Burke-Wads« worth bill requiring compulsory de= fense training for all males 18 to 65. The Army favors the general the War De=but it was understo some features of the proposal, especially the 85 a for the draftees. The it was said, believes this is far too low pay.

partment said,

Gly

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SKIRTS reduced for quick

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PLAY SUITS at unexpected reductions . . . shirt-tailored styles

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