Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 July 1940 — Page 11

| WEDNESDAY. JULY 17, 1940

The Indianapolis Times

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SECOND SECTION

Hoosier Vagabond

ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., July 17.—Some friends drove me out to the Los Angeles airport at Burbank, to take the plane for Albuquerque, We went into the waiting room and sat there. Sitting in a chair, about half asleep, was an old aviation friend of ours, Ross Hadley. We had lunch together before my plane left. And while we were eating, a tall, thin, nice-looking young fellow came up and started talking to Ross. Pretty soon Ross introduced us, and the fellow turned out to be Joel Thorne, the millionaire auto race driver who placed fifth at Indianapolis this vear. Now, I'm the same way about race drivers that little boys used to be about Lindbergh-——they're the complete ultimate in heroes tc me. So I felt mighty big sitting there talking with Joel Thorne. We talked some about this vearls 500-mile race at Indianapolis, and Thorne laughed and said, “I always run slow, so it'll make the boys ahead of me look better.” And then he told of a new race they're trving to cook up for late September. He and one other driver have agreed to put up $5000 each, and then the two of them race for an hour on the salt flats in Utah, the winner taking the $10,000.

Pyle, the Speedster

But he thinks they may get other drivers into it, too, including Wilbur Shaw. Maybe five altogether. The winner would take the whole pot of $25,000. Oh boy! I want in on that. If they'll let me in, that'll make six drivers, and a grand total prize of $25,002.50 A very nice-looking girl was sitting across the plane aisle from me. When we got over the Mojave Desert she leaned across and said, “I never knew the desert looked like that. I thought it was always flat.” So I said, “Did you really? Well. Ha ha!” When we landed for 15 minutes at Boulder City, Nev, we strolled around the beautiful desert-type

Our Town

SOME TIME AROUND the turn of the century, Councilman Michael J. Shea of the Ninth Ward introduced an ordinance to change the name of Meek St. to E. Maryland St Up to that time, Meek St. had identified Irish Hill, Indeed, it was as much a part of Irish Hill as the Statue of Liberty is of New York. To change the name was nothing short of sacrilege, and the first to express himself to that effect was Councilman James D. Moriarity who represented the 10th Ward Both Councilmen had a perfect right to be heard because, the way things stood at the time one-half of Meek St. ran through Mr. Shea’s bailiwick and onehalf through Mr. Moriarity’s. Councilman Moriarity succeeded in having the ordinance held up in the Committee on Streets, Alleys and Sewers for more than three months, but finally Councilman Shea pulled a fast one and got enough votes to bring the ordinance out. Once it was on the floor, Mr. Shea had the audacity to ask for passage

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Almost a Classic

Mr. Moriarity’s speech that night came as close to being a classic as any I know “Meek Street,” he. began, since my name became Jim Moriarity. My name has been Jim Moriarity since 38 years ago. Thirty-eight vears ago I lived in one square of Meek Street and 1 live there vet. In all that time I never heard why the name should be changed until now.” At this point the speaker began to warm up and wave his hands. He continued: “I guess there are a couple of Councilmen present tonight who know that Meek Street is named after a man called Meek. Meek Street is a statue to Mr Meek. Are there any gentlemen present who remember Mr. Meek?” Nobody spoke up, whereupon Mr, his disgust and said: ‘That shows your

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“has been Meek Street

Moriarity showed ignorance.”

By Ernie Pyle

waiting room, and she told me about her vacation. I he Law On

She was from Kansas City and I never did ask her |

her name. |

We flew over Boulder Dam shortly after taking | It is very unimpressive from the air, And then we flew right over Grand Canyon. | too, is less impressive from the air than from the ground. At least it is to me. I know all this southwestern country well, from | the ground and could pick out all the interesting landmarks along the way. When we flew high over the big El Tovar Hotel, | on the south rim of the Canyon, I told the girl from Kansas City about it, and she moved over to my side and looked | Baffled the Hostess | Then in the distance we could see San Francisco | Peak, and TI told the girl all about it. Pretty soon the hostess came along and said, “That's San Francisco Mountain.” And the girl from Kansas City said, “That's What | the gentleman across the aisle said.” And after awhile the hostess came through and pointed and said, “That's Meteor Crater.” And the girl said, “Yes, the gentleman across the | aisle has already told us about it.’ And after a bit the hostess came through and said, | “We're over New Mexico now.” And the girl said, “Yes, the gentleman across the aisle told me when we crossed the line.” So the hostess sat down beside the girl and stared | at me. and stared at me. And I never even looked at her. but just sat there, with my mouth way over on one side of my face, just looking smugger than an owl. I sure do have fun on an airplane trip. But we came bounding into Albuquerque right on| time. four and a half hours out of Los Angeles. There was a big crowd at the airport and before T ever left | the seat I saw That Girl standing there waiting. She had on a new dress, the first new dress this ill-clad world has afforded her in eight years. But no disguise can throw a blase old air-traveler like me | off balance. I recognized her right away.

off.

By Anton Scherrer

“Well, did you ever hear of Fletcher, of Bates, of Lord and a good many others?” asked My, Moriarity. “Streets have been named after thermh., Do we stand] here today ang dictate to our fore-fathers who are| the ancestors of this city? Do you want to change) the name of Fletcher Avenue, of Bates Street, of Harrison Street? I ask you here and now, do any| of vou Councilmen know who Harrison was? Come | now, who was Harrison?” | Mr. Moriarity repeated the question several times and was about to proceed when Councilman Crall in-| terrupted him to make a point of order. He said Mr | Moriarity had talked more than five minutes which was all the rules allowed. It was a great pity be-| cause the way Mr. Moriarity was going there was every reason to believe that he was just about ready to reveal the identity of Mr. Meek,

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Devoid of Sentiment

President Holdeman sustained the point of order] and Mr. Shea took the floor. He said the changing of the name was a busimess proposition. A number | of firms on the street wished to have their location | more definitely described. Everybody knew that Maryland St. was one square south of Washington St. whereas nobody outside of Irish Hill knew where] Meek St. was. Meek St, he pointed out, was a direct continuation of Marvland St. Although for one block | between the two, no street had been cut through. | From beginning to end, Mr, Shea's matter-of-fact speech was without a semblance of sentiment. It was hard to believe that an Irishman was talking

To the surprise of everybody, the bill passed, 15 to! 6. As a result of its passage, Mr. Moriarity owt x standing as Democratic leader of the Council. Eve more alarming was the fact that it split the Irish of Indianapolis. Among the families who never forgave Mr. Shea were those headed bv Messrs, Sughrue. | Murphy. Sullivan, Sayre, Dowd, Small, Godard, Fitz-| gerald, Kennedy, McBride, Hawkins, Kelly, Riley, Collins, O'Neill, Daugherty, Yarbrough, Graney and Griffin—all of whom, at one time or another lived on| Meek St. and helped to make it the precious thing| it was.

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Service’ Is Keynote, of Force Today

By TIM TIPPETT UST as the last two decades have brought a revolutionary change in warfare so have they changed the war on crime. Like modern armies, the police force moves on wheels. Back in 1922, when Policeman Mike Morrissey wag working in the station garage, as a mechanic, rolling equipment consisted of several bicycles, four motorcycles and a few “Model Toms.”

Today, Chief Mike Morrissey’s Indianapolis police force rides on 47 motorcycles, more than 60 ra and a hrand car, equipped bumper with

dio-equipped cars new emergency from bumper to modern armament, Ten vears from dianapolis Police force will be changed ~again to such an extent that it is quite probable that our present radio-operated streamlined department will look as antiquated as the old system does today. For modern police procedure is based on service “When people want a man,” savs Chief Morrissey, want one right now.

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ACK IN 1030, it took about 15 minutes to get a policeman In 1940 it takes somewhere between three and five minutes In 1950, it probably will take from one to three minutes, There can be no status quo in police work. Conditions change from day to day. No longer is a policeman’s life one of crime detection. It is one of crime preof first aid, of advice to voungsters, of traffic control, of accident prevention—the job of

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And so, perhaps, it is not so strange that blueprints have already been drawn up for the construction of substations in various parts of the city—substations that will have their own ambulances, their own patrol wagons, own squad cars; in other words, complete neighborhood po-

lice stati stations.

GALLERY CHEER

LEADER NEEDED

“Here's how we want the stripe to 0, » Chief Mike Morrissey tells Ernest Minker,

police garage handyman,

NVEN the airplane has not been overlooked An airplane is already used on Speedway Day to direct the flow of traffic. Chief Morrissey fancies the idea of the department owning its own plane He doesn't talk much about it but you can catch the train of thought in his casual remark that he already has four licensed airplane pilots on the force Typical, too, of Police Depart. ment growth is the spanking new crime laboratory recently One of the finest laboratories of its kind in the country, it is under the direction of a trained scientist with the rank of criminologist—Roderic Rae The addition of men like Roderic Rae is another significant development in police work. No longer are policemen chosen on the basis of who they know and what political party they have been active in. Today, prospective policemen have to enter the Police Merit Training School, go through an intensive training course, and then take examinations That's the reason many young, alert, licemen these days

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Two Women Kept 3d Term 'Secret’ |

CHICAGO, July 17 (U. P.) —Let no man say a woman can't keep a secret!

Two women knew the secret of

cal of what is going on all over the United States, The old, gruff “Where's the fire?” bellow has given way to the “Pull up to the side, please” technique, ” EMBERS of the force are not only encouraged to study procedures in other depart-ments-—they are sent to watch and to report back. Several have gone through their paces with the F, B. I. in Washington. Others have been to Milwaukee, to Detroit, to Evanston What happens as a result? Here's one example: Chief Morrissey was talking with a Cleveland police official recently, Morrissey was making a point of the importance of the uniform as a preventive measure in police work, “Well, if you think policemen should be conspicuous,” said the Cleveland officer, “why don’t you make vour patrol cars conspicu= ous? Ours are red, white and blue.” Today, there sits a pairol car in the police garage here marked with a stripe similar to that used on State Police cars. The stripe is red, white and blue and runs through a large painted police shield picturing the ‘Monument

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In a short time vou'll see scores of cars marked like this cruise ing around the city, Tt is not an ornamental trick. It will empha~ size to the public that the police department is on the job. Tt will tell the would-be criminal the same story, ” ” ”

ACK in Mike Morrissey's day as a mechanic, policemen made their reports on small slips of paper. The slips were lost “just as often as not” Today, reports are made on forms which furnish a complete and comprehensive picture of each detail of every crime or acs cident, Planned on the enforcement” scheme, these ports show just where police are needed and--what more im-portant-—when, By 1950, the police force hopes to be in a new central home. It will be located either on the present, site, or across the street, It will occupy an entire city block. It will house the crime laboratory, all police divisional offices, municipal courts, the criminal court. Night traffic court will be the practice

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STRATEGY WORK

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‘Happy Days’ Theme Song Gone---No Omen, It's the War

Field Glasses, Woh, Phere Help Organist Keep Tab on

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And by that time every member of the force will merit-trained man, » B® ® HERE is only one big obstacle in this picture of the fu= That obstacle is money, oddly enough, lack of hasn't hindered the Mors administration the case of

ture But, money rissey In the department faced the prospect abandoning the project for lack of funds, The initial outlay and the necessity of relay stations made it appear a hopeless cause, But Inspector Robert Batts kept right on working, One day he walked into Mike Morrissey's office and told him he had invented an antennae which made relay stations obsolete, He could build sets right at the station at a cost far below that asked hy manufacturers Today, every Indianapolis pas trol car has its own receiving and sending equipment, It sort of gives vou the idea that if the police force decides it has to have something it will get I ~money or no money,

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3d Term General to Leave Hotel for 1st Time to

None Can Accuse New Deal | Of Planting Demonstration; Boo Hoover With Ease. By FRED W. PERKINS

Times Special Writer

President Roosevelt's on a third term long before Senator Alben W. Barkley, of Kentucky, revealed it to the convention dele-

position

Washington

CHICAGO, July 17-—-The word from President Roosevelt that he has never desired and does not now desire to continue in office leaves the convention situation unchanged The statement in

By Raymond Clapper i

McNutt of Indiana and Senator Wheeler of Montana. The Administration is thumbs down on them and they cannot be nominated.

no sense sought to discourage ae delegates from voting for Mr Roosevelt. Nor can a single action of his in that direction be discovered. The delegates were merely told that they were free to do whatever they wished. They will renominate him. Chairman Farley said his own name would go before the convention as previously planned The Roosevelt statement coming at this late date—was Just so many words. Such a statement several months ago, when newspaper correspondents for a statement at every press conference, might have carried some ring of genuine desire to retire. But it comes too late to carry with it any force of conviction. Especially so when the delegates know that for several davs Mr. Roosevelt has been trying to get a suitable and willing running mate to be Vice Presidential candidate on his ticket For all practical purposes the Vice Presidential race has been narrowed down to two men-Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace of Iowa and Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson of West Virginia Either will be highly acceptable to President Roosevelt.

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President Roosevelt struggled for several days to persuade Secretary of State Hull to accept the Vice Presidential nomination. Hull has given a final refusal. Several others have been eliminated Administration list—Vice President

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Convention, Whip Up Fervar of Rallies With Music. . days with war in the world, third-term manager Harry L. Hop- |Harry L. Hopkins, the mystery man | TH EN A “ whipped up the Democrats in 1932 | packing the galleries for President | , Generally speaking, it might be guessed that Secre- | form throughout the evening with | ted on the convention floor, {mated on c 1 ‘many’ unfortunate people suffering associated in analyzing the Latin American problem, |of the enthusiasm that ee |sergeant-at-arms. They're going to have a hard Viel an American,” hy He has left a highly favorable impression upon the] irls' cakes won't fall : shouts by sweating delegates! merwne © July 11 U.P) — 'He has been working from a hotel g ! ‘ [gates dont know. But martial ment industrial preparedness program. peals for|day that James A. Farley had ac- | emerged. : : to join in crying he remained in his garden produce. The girls Will bei), 0, i more complicated | Willys-Overland Motors, Ine. effec~ (ator Alben W. Barkley lin the far-flung It will be an all-day affair in| | fingers, He cut index As to the national chairmanship, the pressure now | } Hy oh Teachers, it will be the first Dandicap him, b tter of a month perhaps. and other hot Roosevelt men es-|Chicago, the Democratic National WS in his shirt sleeves, i a job, a matter ¢ oti of the address—to reporters Mrs. William Wisehart, Mrs. Leon Warmed up the organ with a dozen Walker has eliminated himself. He does not feel that | were concern master General James A. Farley, | for after, he told re-|Mrs. Frank Hope, Mrs. Paul Can-{ The telephone atshis left hand inclination. In fact he says he won't take it. But] | hot and bothered about a conven- lwill become president of the New chine is a part of the third-term | Jeremiah T. Mahoney of New York. |* ‘big moment” was passed. Witte. platform of the huge stadium. Not The Administration will bear down on Byrnes id : an easy matter for anyone to succeed Jim Farley. The tion that interrupted Senator Bark- in front of him. Garner, Paul V papers while the milling went on so far—and swing into the proper By NOBLE REED

a . STADIUM, CHICAGO, July 17 (U. P) The old Democratic battle Visit Convention. song, “Happy Days Are Here Again,” was shelved today on orders from gates last night. headquarters for duration of the convention because there are no happy Shirley ‘Olepatch. secretary 1 CHICAGO, July 17 (U. P) \ p 1 cretary to Al Melgard, organist who booms popular tunes in the big hall that | CHICAGO, July 17. — The New! kins, had typed the statement in |managing the “draft Roosevelt” Hodis like Madison Square Garden, said the “Happy Days” tune which As between Wallace and Johnson, it is too early to|Dealers will not be charged with the early afternoon drive, emerges into the daylt ht! foresee which will come through Mrs. Barkley sat on the plate ine . we h bis Rls coms ! and 1936, ruled out because Roosevelt in the Democratic Na-| Ey A ee “there are no happy days with so tary Hopkins leans toward Wallace for the natural | 5% h I s Inst] copies of the statement in her lap reasons that they are both from Iowa and are veteran tional Convention. The galleries la: He visits the convention hall for LEST THE CAKES FALL the horors of war New Dealers together. They have been rather closely night showed only a minor symptom | the first time--not as the field Ins stead, the theme song is “Her ARLEY MAY HEAD general he but an assistant me song i ere in which both are acutely interested at the moment. ywendell Willkie's nomination Johnson has roots among the war veterans, 8S | philadelphia. RY Since last week he has been the|at Warren Central High School Mr. Melgard for the convention. ('s former national commander of the American Legion. | | | | third term generalissimo, with a|Aug. 2 keeping things quiet so the! Motie . [ Despite bands and an organ, plus ‘pipe line” to the White House. | g ping gs quiet so he a patriotic tune, one that the deies business world, with which he has been in close con- (lusty ; : fact for several years in handling the War Depart- from most of the states, plus ap-|It was reported authoritatively to- [Suite from which he seldom a ~H Club boys of the town- (air stirs them, through a loudspeaker | |Last night, ship will be exhibiting chickens and | Mr. Melgard demonstrated that rer ; cepted tentatively an offer to be-| Aas £ We . everybody "We oD chairman of the board of Sanctum, listening by radio to Sen-|showing their best handiwork and | Spi Byrnes for Chairman? want Roosevelt!” the large majority read Presi- baking ave politics, He has only nine spectator seats |tive Aug. 1, at a reputed salary of | [dent Roosevelt's historic message. off his left Senator James Byrnes of South Carolina. Far. 100ked on in silence. $100,000 a year. A SHHay Soe gi a No win a giv and ry boy "seal Anger in his basement woodworking SRNR ROSNER No mention was made of the deal |EUn to bristle on his tired face. His participate. Sponsored by the War- ’ ley’s intention tc retire is irrevocable. Farley will re-| Senator Claude Pepper (D. Flay, 'lby which. it has been announced in | White trousers were rumpled. ren Township Council of Parents|ShOP Years ago. But that doesn’ main on only until his successor has worked into the Senator Jimmy Byrnes (D. S. ©) ol : ‘1 p During Senator Barkley's speech, |step toward the county ran his nine good linger: The two hames most strongly urged as successor saved ty ot as Shi Jedeters Brom of the New York | ome president Te Ivo i ced | combats. along the six keyboards, flipped at are those of Prank C. Walker, former treasurer of the the Pie form, far ws I wee | | with reporters and friends during] The committee in charge includes ® bewildering array of keys and party, and Senator Byrnes. Tt is understood that |P08ged down § e CHICAGO. July 17 (U. P.) —Post- | most Ney. Dealer from Washington the first time Deer, Mrs. Willlam Winter, Mrs, [Other musical effects. he can afford to undertake the assignment of manag- | bi oy oe WFC Chicago ne y | Wha has been reported ready to re-| When the climatic moment came Harvey Timmerman, Mrs. Orval] "YOu see,” he said as he played, ing the third-term campaign. Senator Byrnes is|® phy wouldn't aspect rat to et | sigh his position as chairman of the he was alone in the bedroom of Barnett, Mrs, Emmett Thompson, | it's easy. halking. too, saving he has neither the time nor the] land you {Democratic National Committee, his suite. Soon tion.” In other places you could hear [porters Mr. Roosevelt would be re-|naday, Mrs. Emerson Mithoefer,|Jingled. He wound up the piece and Jimmy hasn't anything to lose. He is snugly tucked | lon,’ In other } ond t that York Yankees baseball team “within | nominated and re-elected. Mrs. Fred Mithoefer, Joseph Scher-/conversed with the platform. He is wav in a safe Senate seat, and, after all, somebody | wo weeks,” according to torney | e appeare relieve ne |schel, orge eside an erman SU w (people expressing won Shen ati, ks.” | to At BC d lieved th hel. Creorge Whitesid d H in constant touch with the main has to do the job {Mayor Kelly of Chicago, whose mai hadn't planted hi — only that, but as he plays, he can take it and he prowably will have to. He would be a eather Jungs in the galleries. | see every move on the convention vides popuat ehove in the party 1 wont be “pusng the 0-minite aemonsin-| | OWNS@NA Chosen fo Nominate McNutt; [io ins pi miro pieced aircty demonstrations of affection for Jim Farley are the ley’s speech, after he had first men- ! ' ' n Ne Relea) wo Recps a pair u highlights of the convention. tioned Mr. Roosevelt, women and V N / th M Wh Ww f Th eld glasses handy, hat’s so he men were observed reading news- an uys S e an oO asn ere can watch the demonstrations-few below. During the 20-minute hulla- theme piece. He Knows them all baloo at the end, the galleries began Times Staff Writer “hy hey for every candidate and i every state, to empty. CHICAGO, July 17.—Governor M Clifford Townsend has been selected

Only on one subject did the gal- When the organ-—the biggest in leries show sustained enthusiasm. the world in typical Chicago supers

wees Philippine delegates have said they would support Mr. McNutt, ” ” ”

By Eleanor Roosevelt

U. 8. Senator Sherman Minton, * the Indiana member of the Resolu-

HYDE PARK, Tuesdav—I have been watching with the keenest interest the growth of three little robins outside of my bedroom window. I never knew

diminutive objects could sit so much and grow so fast. The nest seems much too small for them. This morning, one of them is frying his wings. He almost flies out, but seems not to have the courage at the crucial moment. It reminds me of myself going off the diving board. I long to be able to communicate in some bird language that, if he just has self-confidence, it will be all right. Some unexpected guests dropped in yesterday afternoon and we spent a lazy time sunning and swimming. This morning they are off again. The sky looks gray so there is little temptation to do anything but work. The organization called, “Bundles for Britain” is spreading and a branch has just been formed in Rhinebeck, N. Y., near us, This organization asks American women to send food, clothing, surgical supplies and comforts to both the soldiers and the civilians of Great Britain. I think there is a very warm response to their appeal. One has a desire these days, to feel that one is doing something toward alleviating the widespread 3

human suffering in so many parts of the world. Since it is almost impossible to do anything for a great many countries, we are fortunate still to be able to | do something for Great Britain. I have a letter today from a young university woman who makes the following suggestion: “If America, instead of pouring all her wealth into armaments and waiting to be attacked, would begin a positive program of relief to all, but no aid to either army, giving repeated promise of technical and material aid to both sides in the event of an equal negotiated peace, if the United States would do this, I believe we would undercut all loyalty to, and power of Hitler before he could endanger our own welfare.” This is the best example of wishful thinking that has come to me in some time, and that is why I am giving it to you today. Many of us would like to feel that this role was possible, It would be, if there was not one strong victorious nation which already has in her power many other weaker nations, and to whom “equal” peace would mean complete control for herself alone, There never would have been a war if the sweet reasonableness for which mest of us have been hoping for in international affairs had existed. Under the present circumstances, all that we can hope for is to keep alive in our own nation a desire to establish this kind of peace on earth, but to realize that a victorious force with a philosophy in back of it such as is preached in “Mein Kampf” can never be vanquished except by equal force.

They taneity every mentioned Herbert Hoover, the Chicago razzberry in this same is expected to outline Mr, hall in 1932.

hooed with apparent spontime Senator Barkley

[the who got | homination for

by the Indiana delegation to place name of Paul V. McNutt in Vice President, He MeNutt's qualifications on his record as Gov-

But Mer. Hoover isn’t running this|ernor of Indiana during the depres-

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sion years, as High Commissioner [to the Philippines and as Federal

DUTCH SAY 30,000 IN Security Administrator.

AMSTERDAM KILLED Despite rites ii pledge to

WASHINGTON, July 17 (U, P).

—On the basis of information received from Holland Netherlands Government in London, the charged that German bombers killed 30,000 men, women and children and wounded 70,000 in an attack on Amsterdam May 24,

through the

Netherlands Legation here

The Dutch claimed that the city

was bombed for seven and one-half minutes by planes each dropping bombs, although the city was undefended, ters, Dutch handed to the Germans.

two groups of 27 air-1000-pound

and without air raid shel. and the capitulation of the Army already had been

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support a third term for President Roosevelt, the hopes of McNutt leaders for a chance at the first place on the ticket are not abandoned by any means. The McHale strategy on second choice votes is

always tinged with the warning to

other Presidential candidates that

“we're moving into the top position

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Robert Batton of Marion, Ind, a Fifth District delegate, saved the

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Senator VanNuys , , . Conspicuous by his absence,

tions Committee, sisting upon one main plank in the platform, a pledge to send United States troops to fight a war in Europe. “I'll fight for that plank to the last ditch,” he said. Senator Minton, the 100 per cent New Dealer, again was demonstrat ing his policy of no divergence from President Roosevelt’s personal views, The pledge against sending troops to Europe was made by the President in a message to Congress last week. ” ” »

U. 8. Senator Frederick VanNuys is conspicuous at the convention headquarters by his absence. He had not appeared at the Indiana headquarters up to last night and some party leaders said they didn’t expect him. The Senator's absence is attrib-

uted to his avowed opposition to a]

Philippine Island delegation from|ton, the Indiana representative on third term for President Roosevelt. possible invalidation as a voting the Credentials Committee, noticed

unit when he discovered the Cre-|the oversight and made a separate to avoid creating any friction in the Indiana

dentials Committee had failed to motion to seat the delegates, The|Ind

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seat the Filipinos formally. Mr, Bat-|motion carried

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“Senator VanNuys is staying away

delegation,” one party

said he was in- | 1ative—starts booming at Mr,

Mel« gard’'s touch it has a psychological

no effect on the delegates, They react

[immediately. He said that despite 16 vears on the radio and his travels as ace companist of ice-skater Sonja Henie, he still gets a terrific kick out of national conventions. And, he admitted, that's some thing for an old trouper, The phone rang again, The order came for a piece fingers rippled over the six boards, and he said again, easy.” Four good looking Chicago girls in fragile crepe paper dresses, braved the crush of the convention crowd to distribute New Deal litera ture for the Democratic National

His Keyes “it's