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VOLUME 5

The Indianapolis Times

little change in temperature.

2—NUMBER 149

FORECAST: Fair tonight, tomorrow and Monday;

SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1940

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NAZIS UNLEASH FULL AIR FURY IN RAIDS TO KNOCK OUT BRITAIN

ONE YEAR

FAIR OFFICIALS WAIT 175,000 OVER HOLIDAY

Major Attractions to Start Today: Judging Goes On In All Buildings.

Hoosierland’s big three-day week-end trek to the State Fair Grounds started today. Fair officials hope that 25,000 pass the turnstiles today, 50.000 tomorrow with of 100,000 on

more a grand slam Labor Day. A light shower trickled down today

but the week-end march got under-|

way with 5000 persons on grounds by 8 a. m. At noon officials estimated paid attendance at about 15,000 Ideal weather was promised least through Labor Day. Weather Bureau said skies will clear, the will shine and temperatures will continue mild

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Officials said close to 9500 persons!

the fair vesterday, some 500 short of opening day last year. The} blamed the rain earlier in the day But they're still pointing toward the half million attendance figure T is Youth's Activities Bovs' and Girls’ Club Dav. morrow is War Veterans Day Monday, of course, is Labor Day. Judging of all exhibits, from cookies to the mammoth bulls, continued In almost every building attractions start this

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The major afternoon. The elite of horses will start pacing for what ti as important more than $53.000. was scheduled for

the nation’s harness trotting and 1e horsemen confolding money— The first speed 1:30 o'clock

sider

event

Barn Dance at 6: will scarcely scene will shift seum f{ the WLS Barn Dance, ied at 6:30 p A nationwookup will carry this Satur1t radio feature all over the

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Teeter, the Hoosier Drivers” for the tomorrow afterthe big stage

his “Hell grandstand crowd noon “Americana,” show, opens i of the 1dstand tomorrow night And o in the Coliseu (Conifnted on Page. Three)

WRIGHT AERO’ S $9 GAIN TOPS MARKET

YORK. Aug. 31 (U. PD) Aero soared $9 today to feabest advance in stocks since Trading was the most acurday since mid-June Wright Aero and Curtiss-Wright have been awarded large government orders for airplane engines and propellers. Steels were strong, motors steady, coppers slightly higher. At Chicago wheat rallied and closed fractionally higher.

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TWO ON TRAIN HURT MANVILLE, N. J. Aug. 31 (U.P) —The engine, baggage car and four of eight passenger cars on an excursion train from Philadelphia to New York but did not overturn when the train ran through an open switch obscured by fog Two of the 200 passengers were injured slightly, police reported.

TIMES FEATURES ON INSIDE PAGES

Mrs. Ferguson. Obituaries ER | Pegler Pvle . Questions .. Radio ( 8 Mrs. Roosevelt. 7 Serial Story Side Glances.. 8 Society sesed-d 71 Sports

Churches Clapper Comics Crossword Editorials Financial Flynn Forum Gallup Poll. In Indpls Inside Indpls.. Johnson Movies

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who | risks his neck to provide thrills, will!

ts engagement in front

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were derailed today!

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; Willkie,

8 State Deaths..11| : jporged to police today.

After the raid a London housewife inspects the damage.

New York Bombed (It's in Britain)

LONDON, Aug. 31 (UU. P.).-—4 German raider bombed New York vesterday, it developed todav—the village of New York in Northumberland, too small to be listed in gazeteers. The raider dropped incendiary bombs on a cow shed. causing considerable the

milk.

and some curdling of

The cows emerged unhurt,

PARALYSIS DEATH TOLL REAGHES 23

LaGrange Woman, 23, Dies; 242 Now lil.

{ Indiana's infantile paralysis death {toll was increased to 23 todav while [the number of cases rose to 242. { The 23d victim was Mrs. Bugene Roberts, 23, of LaGrange. She died in her home after an iliness of wo days. Five new “children,

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patients, four of them were brought to Riley Hospital, bringing the number of patients at the Indiana University Medical Center to 70. Of these. 61 are children. Three were reported In serious condition. They are being treated in respirators. One of the new patients at Riley was irom Indianapolis and one each from Decatur, Kosciusko, Fa[vette and Allen Counties. { Dr. Verne K. Harvey, State Health Board head, reported an abatement the spread of the disease in St. Joseph County, the area hit hardest. He had no reports of new cases there. Dr. Franklin H. Top, research | specialist of the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis, arrived at South Bend to seek the origin of disease. He raid he would study the sewage system St. Joseph River. PLANE FORCED DOWN MIAMI, Fla, Aug. 31 (U. P.).— Pan-American Airways reported today a twin-motored Sikorsky plane, being flown to the Miami base from Merida. Mexico, was forced to land near Key West late vesterday because of motor trouble

the

STEALS WILLKIE'S PICTURE NEW YORK, Aug. 31 (U. P) A thief who broke into the BrookIvn headquarters of the Associated

Willkie Clubs last night took only!

a large photograph of Wendell L Republican Presidential

nominee, an official of the club re-|

wounded feelings among |

and the

ENGLAND—92,000 killed, wounded or missing. GERMANY—206,000 killed, wounded or missin ITALY FRANCE—60,000 killed; BELGIUM—7500 killed, 35,000 wounded.

—2052 Killed.

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EAST WARNED OF HURRICANE:

Storm Sianals Are Raised Between New England And North Carolina.

NEW YORK, Aug. 31 (U. The Weather Bureau a tropical storm of “f

| intensity”

N. C,, toward ern New England coast. The storm, third hurricane reported this vear, moving northwestward earlier day. In ing

Hatteras,

the warnmterests”

advisory

“all

an earlier system urged

(were flving to stand by for further ping as far north as sou England was warned,

6 Reported Missing

In Carolina Floods

RALEIGH, N —Truckloads of State Highway partment employees were en route to flooded sections of western North Carolina today to try to keep roads open into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, wino2re President Roosevelt plans to speak Monday. At least six persons were reported missing in floods near Asheville. Traffic into the park trom the east was virtually halted. The Highway Department said flash floods, which followed {from seven to 12 inches Thursday night, had destroved 12 large bridges in the area and washed away all temporary structures.

“take precautions and advices.” Ship-

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300,000 wounded.

Plo today reported over ull hurricane military was sweeping north from! [a central point 225 miles south of the south-! full-strength | Was | to-!

in the area where the storm warnings]

Aug. 31 (U. P), | De- |

rainfall of |

steel |

NORWAY —4000 killed, 5000 wounded. NETHERLANDS—5000 killed, POLAND—50,000 killed; 150,000 wounded. FINLAND—15,000 killed; RUSSIA—50,000 killed; 160,000 wounded.

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This German Dornier bomber was grounded by deadly rifle fire of

® PLAT DRAFT

~ RENT T STUDIED

House Military Committee

Discusses Substitute for Russell Clause.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 —Members of the House Affairs Commi were today a substitute amendment which would®allow

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ttee con the Russell

£ Ar iol

the Government

Military | sidering |

to the conscription bill!

to commandeer factories for national |

a rental basis. An adoption of the World War Defense Act, requiring privaie| manufacturers to accept defense orders, was being studied. It would | allow the Government to take over and operate plants of manufacturers refusing to accept orders,

defense on

tion basis. The Russell amendment to the pending Senate version of the con-

scription bill would allow the Sec- | to

retaries of the Army and Navy institute condemnation proceedings gainst factories whose owners refuse to co-operate with the defense

but | —— on a rental rather than condemna- |

program, and to take over and op- |

‘erate the factories will e the courts are deciaing the issue. Regardl lis offered in the House, {the Administration { pending conscription script industry as

seeks the | bill

well

mn as

the principle of training. Debate begins Tuesday Military ized to offer an amandment commandeering industry. The House Rules Committee granted that au- | Continued on Page Three)

IS iT *HOGUS-POCUS' | OR A REAL CURE

Patients Testify at Hearing For Dr. Hiel Crum. EARL RICHERT

A mahogany, oblong box that looks like a 1928 model table radio is the key to the most hotly contested license revocation case that has been brought before the State Board of Medical Registration and Examina- | tion in several vears, | The box, called a is the patented invention of Dr. Hiel Eugene Crum, drugless physi-| cian, whose license revocation is

with the

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| sitting at the counter at 5 a. ess of CH sort of plan | charges that |

Affairs Committee author- | on|

| K. Gregg, Indianapolis | the

jeer,

“coetherator, 8

{asked by the Better Business Bureau |

on the grounds that his treatment by use of the box is entirely * pocus.” Dr. Hiel Crum claims that he has | treated thousands of patients suc(Continued on Page Three)

hocus-! |

{ The prowler

New Tune

Whistled for Dogs, Now Whistles for Watches.

Goings-on last night: At 853 Camp St. — William Gill came home and whistled for his watchdogs. He found thieves had locked them in a front room. Now Mr. Gill whistling for two watches. on on At 3105 Winthrop A prowler Edward 9 o'clock asked him of water. “Get out,”

n Ave — Parr for

saw at a drink

Mr. Parr walked to the garage, stopped. Mr. Parr got his shotgun, once in the air. vanced slowly toward the houseowner. i This time the shotgun was aimed at the man's legs when it was discharged. That convinced the prowler Mr, Parr, after judging the speed in which the prowler took off, decided he hadn't hit him. on ” » At the Toddle House, Meridian St, “Give me your money,” said the bandit to Victor McClain, Tom Williams and Cecil Schoolcroft, m, “No, sir,” they answered stoutly. “Well, 0. K,, said the bandit resignedly. ders despondently, he left. ” on ” At 928 W. 28th St. Halloween got off to a flving Clarence Moore and his family got up this morning and found all the porch furniture moved to the lawn, and a $25 bicycle moved clear out of sight

INDIANA PLEDGES ITS . AID IN AIR RECRUITING

Indiana's Civil Aviation Conti i

fired

2420 N

9 tee met in Governor M. CIiff 1 Townsend's

office today I | Pledged its co-operation in helping | the U. S. Army enlist aviation | "cadets. The committee headed hy Others at meeting were Henry Ostrom, Indianapolis, co-chairman; Col Enrique Urrutia Jr, in charge of the Army recruiting office here; Maj J. R. Cullerton, recruiting oifiand Mrs. J. M. Moore, man of the Seventh District eration of Women's Clubs.

Willkie Upset!

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31 (U. P.).—Philip Rambo, a lifelong Democrat, was embarrassed today when physicians removed a Willkie-for-Presi-dent button from the stomach of Philip Jr,

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Fed-

The ‘Hatch. Act Kicks Back Radio Benefits For New Dealers Who Opposed Passage

By THOMAS L. STOKES Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—Democrats seem to have one advantage over Republicans in the Presidential campaign—by indirect benefit of the Hatch Act over which so many New Dealers gnashed their | teeth, This is in the radio contest, or the war of the vocal chords, which apparently is to be a very important part of the campaign this year It comes about this wav: Both Republicans and Democrats have cut heavily their radio time this vear hecause of the limitations on, campaign expenditures imposed by the Hatch Act. But President Roosevelt, who gen-

budgets of |

|era lly is given the palm as far and |

jaway the best the lot, apparently plenty of free time for ous speeches here and there under the guise that they are “non-| political.” ‘ Broadcasters, af

their recent con- political.”

A test is offered in the President's

radio performer of | week- end trip to the South for

is going to get | speeches at Chickamauga Dam near his numer- |

Chattanooga and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. These speeches, it is learned, are catalogued by the White House as “nonThe broadcasting chains

vention in San Francisco, devised a have so recognized them, and Re-

formula to meet the peculiar problem this vear

a speech that was “political,” would offer the Republicans lime free of charge.

| advance as to the caliber of the anything that can be construed as

| particular speech,

radio publicans are not to be given any by deciding that,

whenever President Roosevelt made

compensating time.

Republicans suspect that this

they southern trip has definite political equal implications.

Accordingly, they are

| expected to study these addresses— But the broadcasters have to take! one of 15 minutes, the other a half {the word of the White House in| hour—to see whether they can find

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sharpshooting

Casualties in Ent in England Put at

Army I¢

ordered. |

The prowler ad- |

[2052

[eclaim:

Shrugging his shoul- |¢ | France and the Western Front,

| paign

|defense of the Panama Canal.

— | dispatch

{man

| Institute, founded in 1937, {parent scientific investigation”

i planes are first of-an order for 30.

MANY AREAS IN BERLIN FIRED BY R. A. F. BOMBS

1 Axis Removes Danger of War at Rear by Typical Mutilation of Rumania; Where Does Stalin Stand on That Deal?

By JOE ALEX MORRIS

United Press Foreign News Editor Aiming at a knockout of the Royal Air Force, Adolf wid Hitler today sent 1000 explosive-laden w arplanes over Enge op in four great formations with separate objectives. Britons, convinced that this was the signal for the err) of the “real aerial blitzkrieg” long threatened by | Germany, fought back with a heroicism that stunned the invaders. As the first year of the war ended, typical Nazi mutilaticn of Rumania, the | frankly admitted that today's momentuous “thrust for the kill” of the British Empire. In addition to sending four waves of bombers which roared into the London defense area, one formation of Gers man planes was turned back by anti-aircraft fire and fighters ‘before it reached the city. UNITED PRESS Another was chased from it attacked today that German : .. ; . ces in the first vear of the the balloon barrage, possibly as a feint to attract British war were 39.000 killed, 143.000 fighters from the greater London area. wounded and 24,000 missing—a to-| The Air Ministry said that Germany's onslaught against 206.000 ca: | England today began shortly after 7 a. when a formae Casualties of Great Britain were tion crossed the Kent coast. All attacks appeared to have

list at 920 kille ; . ¢ : : ‘ listed at 32,000 killed, wounded or aq ajpdromes as their objectives. missing, as of Aug. 20. Italy had reported as of Aug. 17. m ter wver vest * + Clavrve Yap w Berlin sad thot in. tie Ast. 12 Fhe ministry said that another German force crossed months of fighting, 1050 German | the Thames Estuary to attack the air port in East Anglia, |planes had been destroyed in alr where some damage was done before the Germans wera battles or by anti-aircraft guns. . , - A total of 3100 enemy planes were 'driven back with losses. Still another at ttack was made brought down in air battles in the on a Thames Estuary Airdrome where bombs, dropping on same period and 3850 others downed oy anti-aircraft guns or destroved Several points, causea several casualties. on the Nazis claimed, During the third raid of the day, a total of 6950. ~~ v ~ : : The Germans said that they had P. m., German bombers attacked Croydon, [TU nore aa) an bigeliah i just outside London. merc 1antships 0 Ing more 1a . , v . 2,000,000 tons. A German wireless broadcast heard in New York said The British official staustics that the airdrome at Farnborough, southwest of London, “was most severely hit.” The broadcast said also that ueik ‘German planes had attacked Scotland, including such points 45 On the Firth of Forth as Lieth and Kirkealdy., It was planes; in the Scandinavian cam-| claimed too that direct hits were scored on shipyards at 68. shot down in naval

or fleet air arm operations, 97; over the Newcastle and steelworks at Middlesbor ough.

20,000 wounded.

000 wounded.

London Guardsmen.

39,000 NAZIS DEAD IN WAR

high-spotted by a German command drive was a

92,000 Killed, Wounded, Or Missing.

Sala

Dover where Naz

tal of sualties.

its One German Force Crosses Thames

dead bi

which began at 1 great airdrome

the

ground,

and over

Britain 1335:

Enemy losses over along the British coast,

Getingn planes; over Germany,

North Sea, In addition, have lost a total of the war with Britain.

Italy is reported to| Invaders Meet Terrific Barrage

205 planes in|

During the fourth raid of the day 30 or 40 German

{bembers fiew over the London area only to meet a terrifie HITLER ACCUSED oF barrage followed by attacks by British fighters. In the | corres of this engagement three planes were shot down, PLOT ON AMERICAS one in flames. The battle continued at

a distance from London. British planes bombed Nazi bases in France. | London reported that big fires and explosions had ree in Puerto Rico, sulted from a Royal Air Force pre-dawn raid on Berlin, N r The official news agency in Berlin admitted in a coms ewspaper Charges. : : le tiled . munique that bombs had struck public buildings and prie SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Aug. 31 vate houses in the heart of the city as well as in residential U. P).—The newspaper El Mundo charged today that Adolf Hitler's districts in the pre-dawn raid and that roof fires had been agents in the Dominican Republic started and buildings wrecked. were conspiring against “the so : A High Command communique, reporting that British

ereignty and liberty” of the Fors and inspecting bases that (Continued on Page Three)

endanger the United States

Centered

1cas might

The newspaper's charges were based on a dispatch by Samuel E Badillo, who had been assigned to investigate German activities in the Dominican Republic. “In the heart of the New World, equal distance from the chief

Today's War Moves

By J. W. T. MASON United Press War Expert In the exchange of air raids over London and Berlin, the Germans strategic centers of North and South [have the advantage of shorter distance and numerical superiority while America, the Third Reich has been | the British have higher average aviation efficiency. These attacks over conspiring with the same tactics the two capitals are serving no important military purpose and foreign used to subjugate weak European correspondents in both cases, who have inspected the damage, report only countries against the sovereignty {minor results. and liberty of this hemisphere,” the! Their intensity may be expected said. gradually to end as their futility The dispatch said that the Ger-|pecomes increasingly apparent to fifth rolumn had been estab-|the military commands. When two lished in the Dominican Republic | belligerents be- | for more than four years and that gin such operathe Dominican-German Scientific tions against] for “ap- each other, howwas ever, it is diffi-|

which neither belligerent may wish to resume the fruitless contest in endurance, The German planes probably do not have to fly more than an aver= (age of 200 or 250 miles from their ltrans-channel bases to London and ; back. The round trip from the Brite cult for either of ii}, ¢oast to Berlin and back, howe them to halt aver measures 1200 miles. This exe without simul- 10500 why the British night raids Jeous Suspens; over Berlin are always of shorter other. Prestige | duration than the German night becom es in- (raids over London, since the fuel volved and vol- {capacity of an airplane is limited. untary termina-' . Ine Germans lately have been tion by a single [showing less reluctance to engage in combatant night flying. They had neglected 'might be interpreted as weakness °ffective traning in blind flying, by the other. [trusting to their mass power to : | dominate the air by daylight attacks,

: If a mutual agreement were made, P.).—Six new NA-4 low-wing attack | the sleepless millions of both cities When there is far better opportunity [to bomb selected targets. Too, air

bombers built by North American would be grateful but they cannot Aviation, Inc., will be flown to South openly say so. Nevertheless, in the combat is almost impossible at nighs America for the Brazilian Army Air end. realism should prevail. A day ‘between opposing planes. Corps early in September. The or two of impossible flying weather Neither Britain nor Germany

jmay soon grant a respite, after (Continued on Page Three), ’

the chief organization involved. The institute was set up to study tropical conditions, according to announcement at the time, but Santo Domingo is a “sub-tropical country and the investigations by scientists have centered largely around possible military bases,” the dispatch asserted. a

SIX PLANES FOR BRAZIL INGLEWOOD, Cal, Aug. 31 (U.|

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Mr. Mason