Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 August 1940 — Page 4
PAGE 4 CE EE THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
TUESDAY, AUG. 20, 1940
GERMAN TRADE Governor of Louisiana Leads Charge
This is the first of five articles on the return of political decency to Louisiana,
Dr. Westrick Is Reported on Way Back to Berlin by By BRUCE CATTON
. Times Special Writer Way of Orient. BATON ROUGE, La, Aug. 20.A political revolution has taken LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20 (U. P).— place in Louisiana, and America’s Dr. Gerhardt A. Westrick, trade first working model of a dictatorship
ol h S counselor to the German embassy, has been thrown I . hbin, v 5 1@ power of the Huey Long mas : to § { Ss oday : 3 WAS En route to San Francisco phy chine has been broken, and one of aboard the Japanese liner Nitta the most amazing chapters in the Maru, and it was reported that he history of American politics has was going home, via the Orient. [come to a close. He refused to discuss his presence Tie man who broke it is a lean, Jarl ayy St) » eh , a on the Nitta Maru or his destina- 93'k man with haggard eves—Sam : Houston Jones, the reform Govertion. All he would say was that he or of Louisiana. a political amateur was “going to San Francisco.” who now has the job of clearing It was learned. however, that he away the accumulated mess piled » > Jara fe astically dice had booked passage to Yokohama up by a decade of fantastically dis Japan. snd probably would not dis. | Tonesh cynical and brutal misruie PB p LV Would not @is-| The job may break him. He is embark at San Francisco, the liners not too robust: cursed with a delport of call. He reportedly icate digestive apparatus, he has to Diane to on from Japish to Russia put in 12 hours a day at his desk, ence to Germany. Dr. Westrick and in addition must wrestie with obviously was annoved by questions. one of the toughest patronage probFrag mganied by his wie, his sons lems that ever beset a governor, red and Nicoloss, and Baroness - v we y Se iv ings Irmgard vonWagenheim., his sec- The Say J ni y Sal em thing Ary. } Bos Lar had got him down; he was stretched Rea ¥ ol fol here Ray ron out in bed, at home, trying to get ork by train it was said. ; ttack © Vous Shortly before the liner sailed yes- he Net o Han Li 1 terday he locked himself fi indigestion which had pu ed him &2bin and refused to en the door, SWRY THOM VAIS NES Cn WNT. aL il { Y { O0T. Da Westrick Nad gained con- 4 Years of Hard Work 1 3 city 1 N (OrK | «wren : BR igeraple pubncity In New York «were in for four years of the when he was exposed by the World- |, dact work anv people ever had,” 3 “ . . i . » Telegram as a super-propagandist, {savs Governor Jones promoting German-American trade, .. ” > fu ; relations. Many prominent busi-| The SDS: ath ol Wie new ae: : E oc istrati Ss 4 hessmen mere entertained at his Te = oo en Pr Woy out Scarsqale. N. Y. mansion pealing the laws which ade. that One of them, Capt. Turkild Rieber, DIL A8 HE EF a chairman of the board of the Texas “Tk oh iy Eo he § \ \ Corp., resigned because of publicity, 1nat part of the job has been “detrimental” to the company li. th : \ Until his appointment by the Nazi Beating Ie people was an al Government as counselor to the em-|MOst impossible job. They had the bassv, Dr. Westrick was legal rep- law on their side. They had unresentative for many American firms limited means of getting finances. in Germany. | There was a shakedown on every single thing.
| ‘Take one illustration—the printHUNTER IS KILLED [ing of state ballots. That used to cost $116.00; were getting it done WASHINGTON, Ind. Aug. 20 (U. for $60000, because there isn't any P) —Hubert L. Hitt, 27, of near | kickback’ on it now. Or take ordLoogootee, was injured fatally yves- ers for highway materials. In the terday when his rifle accidentally old days 44 per cent of the total tlischarged while hunting. The bul-|price was paid in commissions to let struck him in the head {various parties, which means that of the money the state was spending only 56 per ng the materials.
acation Special!
cent was actually buy- The pictures show a Louisiana campaign gag and a campaign fight, Huey Long and Earl Long in action, and Sam Houston Jones, large photo, reform Governor, in a speaking pose.
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{according to Dr. Brinley Thomas of 9 ; (here. Food cargoes unloaded at! 7 ; re $ 81
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he declared, adding: : | "So long as British sea power and : the Royal Air Force remain, neither!|! [he enemy's submarines nor his air- _ {craft can stop British supplies from [coming in, and the formidable mili- |
[tary and civil defense forces will be
| inside the country is only tem- ’ | porary. LESSONS INCLUDED If necessary, Britain could get | [through west coast ports alone, it is|
| y | believed. Ju. paneetime: Britain im- | 40 TO 594 No Payments [British war gardens, planted even||| Now Reduced to | Until October
lon home lawns, and kitchen econ-| (omy and rigid war planning have | 1 65 and 1 95 THEN $5 PER MONTH spurred the country toward greater] (self-sufficiency. |
oiL PERMANENT ‘When vour opposition has un- ; : is limited resources of that kind it's);the Gulf, while his lawyer and his that all polling places must be in political contributions from state
Complete with
| family sought frantically to learn public buildings. Under the old re- employees
BRITAIN GUARDS [fF eatdons ENVOY ON SHIP. On Last Remnants of Long Dictatorship FOOD SUPPLIES | ~
expects every man, woman and |
child will be fed, even during full} 4 = 5 i (onslaught of the Nazi blitzkrieg. 8 : 4 ¥ > Y 0 U Jig self-contained areas, each with ig : — 3 , —3 ; ! SAV E
a food depot and buffer tood depot,
depots. Special routes are traveled. !| (lo avoid hampering movements of '
[of vegetables, dairy products, meat | : x SELLS
| ceed in dislocating for a time the ET (usual channels of communication, |}{" NOW ONLY
[(U. P).—~When compared to the | | oboe as a difficult instrument to get ‘LI. 5513 | into shape to play, the bagpipe wins . | hands down, says George Mac- 128-130
| er dries out the Scottish instrument, | requiring persistent “tootin’” to get
‘Country Divided Into 800 ; Units, Each With OPEN EVERY ER | meas in a. Two Depots. NIGHT TILL FV APTA, ©- ies we
8 : d Blonde maple and By Science Service Gh ; a Fs Swedish mahogany
NEW YORK, Aug. 20—England| TLD ¢ , = 2 " sale prices. $10
down delivers,
The country has been divided into |
British ports are dispatched to these troops and material. Depot stocks! (and staples are constantly used and
| replenished, ph : / Regularly al $260
Even were Nazi attackers to suc-
[the people would still get their food, |
| sufficient to see that the emergency |
the bulk of her food imports in|
war gardens,
= these pianos are standard well-known makes. Shop the ; — 2 . { ome of the Mason and Hamlin , , , Chickering , . . Knabe BAGPIPES TEMPERAMENTAL | . Lester and other famous makes.
THERMOPOLIS, Wyo. Aug. 20, £3 Nas Sama ol Coch Otherwise Small Budget Chas
| Kenzie of Thermopolis. Hot we eath- | : N: PENN.
them in condition for concert work. |
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Shambon, Set hard to buck em” Ne nitions Jones started in office. as he Save what had become of him. New laws gime, they had a way of putting 5. Freeing grand juries from re-| x; by knocking out the laws on which put through by Governor Jonee polling places in disreputable shacks strictions which previously made C the dictatorship rested. Chief steps compel the state police to lodge any in bad neighborhoods, where decent them mere automatons in the hands were the following: {arrested person immediately in the people could easily be intimidated. of a machine-controlled judge or | “legal kidnap- Jail of the parish where the arrest One pet stunt, for instance, was to, prosecutor. ;
Werk GUARANTEED by EXPERTS {| 1. Wiping out the which the State took place, with a formal charge surround such a place with a dozen| 6. Barring state office-holders
ing” law, ye DE LUXE PERMANENTS oe ce cou (ana often did) arrest placed against him. jor more alley bums on election dav from occupying more than one Jou
2 ant > Yishe Up a man, spirit him off to a far part | 2. Throwing public records open and instruct the bums to keep up a at a time CENTRAL BEAUTY of the state, and hold him without to public inspection—forbidden un- Steady stream of foul talk. Few| Getting these laws through is only wi 00 placing anv charge. One such pris- der the Long regime, | women bothered to go to the polls a start. It will take constitutional! \ e @ Cc laws, | under such circumstances. | amendments to establish the bal-| N
5 OPP FELLOW BLDG. Li.etel oner was held a couple of davs on a! 3. Revising the election a A lonely. mosquito-infested island in providing (among other things)! 4 Prohibiting the collection of ance of the reform program. These, oo _.. EE — Sl amendments come up for a vote this fall | SE Civil service reform is prominent | NR od Hid io 3 A Rll Te
on this program. Immediately after)
his election, Governor Jones had THB awh 3 drafted a model law, based on ex-/| CENEES ME For Girls of All Ages, 3 to 6"; and 7 to 16 tensive study of the best laws in iE | ve “ other states. - IY FRESH—-NEW-—-JUST UNPACKED “This law is unique in one re- Be t spect,” he says. “The civil service
commission will be appointed by the HE & 3 Jovernor from a list of names rec- ARAN ommended by the heads of five des- SRO: Hie ignated colleges and universities in REN FRY, ! the state. It will select, on a strict Bln k > = y JAaSs1S, § M1=DOLICY = XIN &he i, A » od A merit basis, all non-policy-making a 4 » Le HW RY Hat @ \J IED [Boaand * Soy RY WE EPO A y eS ! : he
state employees. The bill was drawn up by Charles E. Dunbar, a member of the National Civil Service Association for many years.” Also pending is an extensive gov-| ernmental reorganization bill, which . will regroup 168 bureaus, depart-| ‘ YS Sh ) > ¢ ments and agencies into 20. This] IE NRE ; Be wise—Make your selection will not only save money and reduce Ey © XH é the number of employees; as Gov- 0X N \ BX now—Use our Layaway Plan ernor Jones says, it will “enable us ; ¥ iy. to know what it's all about down ! GREY y here.” ! : cd Pe Bam ox} ‘ y WoC canals Pian Fivnucial itetorm | X 3 N\ Have daughter go back to Huey Long made every one of the Of a! school in our “Famous Make [innumerable bureau heads respon- | ; ERA AED, i eo et cr . Suu sible to the governor alone, which Inquire About Our won dresses. Attractive new styles in colorful plaids, checks,
practice meant that only the gover- . nor was in a position to know what Convenient New . H Wat Fong on, | stripes and prints. Extra fine | “If I spent only one week study-| : . : ing each one,” says Governor Jones, 1 5- PAY quality and styling at this low (“it'd take me three and a half years . io [to finish the job of finding out how budget price
the government of the state is be- | ing run.” Other School Dresses, 59¢ to $2.98 Financial reform is one of the ad-| ministration's biggest problems.
«so for cooking convenience! With its up-to-date 3 : ~~ : “We've adopted a new fiscal code : : : . : i which, in my opinion, is the most scientific improvements a modern gas range will 3 ; X § {forward step we've yet taken," says . > ; ia § 3 Bi the Governor. “A new department, help you become an even better cook, because it RTT HERR : : the department of finance, will con- ETT ' Girls’ Skirts Blouses—Sweaters—Jackets
[trol all expenditures. Appropriations
offers everything the homemaker wants in a su- CN TRE 3 will hot be handed out as ih the) J BLL ; | THE WOOL SKIRTS— 57%
perior cocking appliance—speed, economy, beauty, LE ——— past. The legislature used to vote i i : : : \ . : } RB _— Rk a department so much and let it Bh said Clever new styles in colorful plaids and solid cleanliness, finer cooking results. The simmer spend the money as it saw fit; now J F& © i colors, featuring swing skirts, pleats, leather the department can spend only so LE Hi belts and zipper plackets. Sizes 7 to 16
burner with its very low warming heat will keep : gt # ji : ; o : ¥ : : : M— much as it can prove to the finance ) ii | i ST | THE SWEATERS— $715 15 §
food warm almost indefinitely without further cook. | { aR department is necessary. At the end : . . . n ‘ . : ; SE of the year, all money unexpended fii 8 All-wool sweaters in newest fall colors. Short ing or drying it out. Waterless cooking, possible on must be turned back to the treasury. sleeve slipover and cardigan styles. Sizes 7 to 16.
a modern gas range, will preserve vitamins, natural | No 3 buck 5 buh : — : | “We're going to have to cut the : to brigke color, and delicious flavor. The elimination of 3 LS Fo corners pretty closely on finances,| HE You're Sue to need one of these ligt i i : 3 but I don't anticipate any general plaid jackets to complete _your mi» ‘ “spot heat” through the invention of the ventilated, : Bei ou Sen + wor bated $08 Sa matched ensemble. All sizes 7 to 16. -ai p ¢ . adv ¢ NS : : sales tax and reduced the auto li-| TR RT| $) PEL feshuir ‘oven dceehe. the Tomiperatire. study and : \ hs : cense tax to a flat $3; in the main, | \ PE : THE BLOUSES— a even in all parts of the oven by drawing air in and \ : we've tried to shift the burden from APE Many, many attractive styles in this special 0 ia A the little man to the big man. | § me i budget group, All sizes 7 to 14, “Our additional revenue is coming Girls’ Dept., Second Floor
circulating it. These are only a few of the extra- TS « § RR | from state income taxes in the
lag enlureg povided hy the Mudrrh Klas Range! BL. : | higher brackets, and from increases : - in the severance tax on oil and the ¥ L S Hi } R T S | processing tax on natural gas. The {only exception is in the tax on ‘ " a Pp . y t Vigart and vignrets) wee 1) of the Extra fine quality fancy broadcloths 5 or popular plain whites with collars :
«Removable OVEN BOTTOM The states nancin OO just like dad's. Buy several now and
[none too good. It's bonded | went up from $0,000,000 with $20, use our lay away plan. All boys’ s1zes
FOR EASY CLEANING 000,000 of floating debt on top of 6 to 14.
that. During the last two years,
3 : 3 : | deficits have been run up, to be met « + « + is built like a platter, of double-thick, by borrowing. BOYS FINE { i to plain |
. in-fini > Much of this is due smooth porcelain-finish steel. The convenient thievery. The new Administration handle folds snugly out of the way. The en- is preparing now to find out just SCHOOL SL AC KS : . : : | who stole what, and what can be tire oven lining is smooth non-porous enamel | done about it. | ~ i | . y $ : woo with cut-away corners that permit faster heat. | NEXT: Why the people cheered | ( arefully m ag a 0 1 | departure of “Longism.” cassimeres or pleated cor-
ing and more even heat distribution! Look a ==" duroys in a huge seiecy tion of wanted patterns.
at the modern gas range and learn the advan- f ep : tages science has deen foe you—in pro- WME WANTED pps ih Ay cm viding the finest of cooking tools. 38 to 52 years old. Women who are Boy s' $1 98 SLACK SUITS. 4 A goes
restless, moody, NERVOUS--who
fear hot flashes, dizny spells—to take Washable, sanforized cloths in green and blue herringbone LydiA 5: piakhtups Vogciacie Com $1 y 9 patterns. Pants are pleated and have matching belts. Shirts
Sales Tax Is Gone | pH fA | THE JAC 59%
pound. Pinkham's is famous f pit ¢ thes "trying are the comfortable IN or OUT style. Sizes 8 to 16. Just
helping women during these "trying times" due to functional irregularities. Giet a bottle today from your the thing for early schoo 1 wear. : Star Store, Street Floor,
druggiet! WORTH TRYING!