Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 September 1940 — Page 1
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VOLUME 52—NUMBER 151
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1940
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PRICE THREE CENTS
| BRITISH TRADE NAVAL BASES TO U.S. IN RETURN FOR 50 OLD DESTROYERS
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“Somewhere in the Atlantic” this British destroyer squadron hunts enemy submarines.
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GIRL HOSTAGES
Youngsters Are Held After Mass Arkansas Break; Posse Is Near. |
3 (U.P) A deputies and farmers resorted to bloochounds and!
Only One Ship Was Lost, R
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COLUMBIA, La
sheriff's
Sept posse of
of the British Isles, but after eight
an airplane todav to spot six escaped leader I can $8) that himdreds of ships are entering and leaving British ing them or urging resistance.
their ports each week. German submarine and al tac Not one day passed without aection. The British crew was either manning gun and depth-charge stations to fight off a U-boat, or south of here a few min- manmng anti-aircraft stations to bv five oBGCors fight attacking warplanes saw one British merchantman take a long range torpedo squareiyv amidship and sink within a halfhour. The next day our destroyer evened the score A “tin fish” meant for us, missed
who shot
ambush near here and
Arkansas convicts
t ol
an Bl illing a deputy sheriff to Kill two girl
two mile utes after midnigh 3 when they stopped to fix a flat their stolen automobile. Special Deputy Sheriff F. C. Gartman, a 45-year-old auto dealer, was killed in an exchange of shots and the convicts, with their hostages— ) } two young girls and a young man— by a scant 30 feet as we shipped escaped into the thick underbrush, around. Then we rocked from the abandoning their ea: {eoncussion of our own depth charges
Girls Both Are 18 lover the surface, marking The officers held their fire when boat's end thes the men, because of the hitting the three young parsons ‘They turned their guns one of the deputies said. ting Caldwell. Four or five whined over my head.’ Chief Depuiy A. A. Coates said he had checked with Little Rock au- smaller warship escorting a 50-ship thorities and was positive the men!convoy spread over 15 square miles were part of the 36 who escaped ior ocean. from State Prison Farm at Gould vesterday. The men kidnapped Voncille Wilhams, about 16; Gladys 16, and . y Harrigal
on
that U-
A ‘Typical Job’ The destroyer was engaged in a tvpical eonvoyv job and its duties l00se on were something between those of a hit- conscientious sheep dog and a sister bullets of charity phans across Times Square
first saw
us
stretching out behind us, I remem‘ber what a naval officer in a convoy
s Diamond, 'told me just before I sailed. i 17, all mem-| “Give me 50 over-age American bers of Rayville, La, families destrovers,” he said, "and I will Mr. Coates said the dogs would belgyarantee to cut our shipping losses turned loose in the swampy, heavily | yy considerably more than 50 per wooded section as soon as there was sant » * : ; enough EE Our destroyer was more than 20 youn” he Said vears old but she could do 30 knots they ‘can ‘get wav. The one Grav without straining and could turn back, of course, is that they might J I a dime Her captaih oi harm the girls. They threatened to re proudly that he could stop her shoot ‘the girls ‘When We © "ity dead within her own length when : k AME UP ON moving at 12 knots (about 15 miles an hour)
them last night.” Convoying 50 Ships
LOUD FOE OF DRAFT EVICTED BY HOUS
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (U. P,). vov and shepherd it through the A “peace” demonstrator in the danger area to coastal waters where House gallery shouted “American it would be divided, the ships proconseription American facism’/ceeding to various ports, during debate on the conscription bill today and threw the House into Picked up the big inward bound convov of almost 50 ships, a submarine appeared. We were (Continued on Page Three)
TURN DULL AFTER BRISK START
NEW YORK, Sept. 3 (U. P.) == sa - - Stocks moved narrowly today after WANTS NAZIS TO STARVE TOO receding from an early rise. TradLONDON, Sept. 3 (U.P.).—Jan |ing quieted from the first-hour volSramek, Premier in the Provisional [ume which—had it continued— Czechoslovak Government, said to- [would have resulted in a millionday in eommenting on the first an- {share dav. niversary of the outbreak of the| Some market unsettlement was war that the Czechs would rather [attributed to an amendment on the starve than have food sent them conscription bil! which would force from the United States which the corporations to produce defense supGermans could seize
have them sur‘I don’t see how
an outward bound convoy to a poin’ near mid-Atlantic, out of range of
rsubs, and pick up an incoming con- public utility firms today through a | J |
is
an uproar, The man was William Kenneally of New York, chairman of the National Maritime Union section of a group of several hundred persons STOCKS who came from a “peace mobilization’ meeting in Chicago last weekend to lobby against the draft bill He was evicted by Capitol police
SHANGHAI MOVIE MAN SHOT | SHANGHAI Sept. 3 (U. P.) —A ‘Chinese gunman shot and killed Liu 'Sanha, managing director of the Chinege-Japanese owned Central
TIMES FEATURES ON INSIDE PAGES
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Clapper .... comics . Crossword . . Editorials .... Financial .... Flynn Forum \ In Thpls. ..... Inside I'ndpls. Jane Jordan. JONSON «yuo MOVIES cevcons
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leading a bunch of or-|
Our operation orders were to take |
{plies under threat of stiff penalties, |
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eporter Says, and the Score
Was Evened the Next Day.
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vovage aboard
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HOME GUARD IN INDIANA URGED
Needed if Militia Is Called to Service, Townsend Tells Defense Council.
organization
The guard” in Indiana was discussed tothe Governors Emergency
of a day by Defense Council meeting with Governor M. Clifford Townsend. The home guard would supplant {National Guard troops if and when
We were one destroyer and one they are called into training service, fleets of several hundred
The Governor said some home
{sary in case of a militia emergency. The council also discussed details
Iselective service tion
UTILITIES GRANTED ASSESSMENT CUT
$2,357,000 Pared From $7,639,420 Increase.
Assessed valuation taling $2,357,000 were won
military conserip-
tofour
reductions by settlement with the State Tax Board reached in Superior Court 1 When the state board increased
639.420 several months ago, the com-
assessment, figures, The settlement [leaves them with a combined $5,291,000 increase over their previous assessment The companies and the valuations 'agreed to in the settlement are the [Northern Indiana Power Co. $9913 -
[870; Public Service Co. of Indiana, $41,016870; Northern Indiana PubService Co. $42,781,110, and the
Hie Chicago District Electric Generating Co., $19.485 880.
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Surprise’ Raid By British Opens 2d Year of War
| ‘Will Nazis and Russia Clash Over Rumania?’
~ WT "ee ~ |r © ) . vy | Observers Ask as Guerrilla War Breaks Out. By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor | Great Britain carried the air battle to the European ‘continent today on a cpochal first anniversary of the war's beginning and watched tensely for new threats of a Balkan conflict that might involve Germany and Soviet Russia. The Royal Air Force made a surprise attack of more than on hour on German troop concentrations in Northern France after driving back three fleets of Nazi planes which made new attempts to reach London. The sound of the ‘bombs dropped by the British and the anti-aircraft guns of the Germans was so loud that it could be heard clearly | across the 22-mile-wide English Channel. | A possibly serious situation was developing in the Transylvania area that Rumania—byv dictate of the Axis Powers—ceded to Hungary, although Nazis insisted that Hungarian occupation would be relatively peaceful and that all was well in relatiors with Moscow. | Guernlla Warfare Waged At Cluj, ancient capital ¢ © Transylvania, a group of 100 Rumanian soldiers deserted : | fled to the hills with arms (to carry on resistance to the Hungarians, who already have
ABOARD A BRITISH DESTROYER, in the North Atlantic, Sept. 3.— guerrilla “fifth columnists” fighting in Transylvania. Germany is shooting the works to make good the threat of total blockade
Other soldiers and some peasanis were reported join-| A Hungarian newspaperman ‘was shot to death in the streets of Cluj. The quarters of ‘Communists—charged with leading demonstrations against King Carol-—were guarded by troops. One hundred and eighty Hungarian solaiers and peasants had already been Killed. In the end, outcome of Rumanian protests against the cession of Transylvania must depend chiefly on the attitude Germany, which reportedly has 132,000 mechanized | troops near the Hungarian-Rumanian border, and on Russia, ‘which put considerabie emphasis today on big-seale Red | Army maneuvers ia the nearby Polish area.
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German Losses Smaller If Berlin and Moscow agree on the future of Rumania. the threats of resistance to Hungary will be short-lived. If they disagree, the course of the Furopean war would be involved. Following British hombing attacks German and Italian objectives, including the great Fascist port of Genoa, Nazi planes made three thrusts against England almost at the moment that it was being
on
Watching the line of hulls, 2uard organization would be neces- pavealed in Washington that Great Britain soon will have
50 American over-age destroyers to help check German in-
control room in a West Coast port of Indiana's machinery to handle vasion plans. |
The roar of German plane motors was heard in part of ‘the London region, but the British said they threw back the ‘attacks with destruction of 23 German planes compared to 15 British losses. This was a sharply decreased ratio of losses claimed to have been inflicted on the Germans in comparison with previous weeks, probably due to improved Nazi attack tactics. In Berlin, it waz claimed that more than 54 British planes were destroyed, while only 12 Nazi craft were shot down. Official reports in Berlin said that the German air attack was hammerine vigorously at objectives in southern England from the east to west coasts throughout the dav.
No Time for Celebration
The British airmen, however, were marking the start of the second year of war with “victory rolls” over their
On the fifth day, after we had the valuations of the firms by $7,- southeastern airdromes.
The airmen wera not wasting time and gasoline in gvia
plowing Panes filed suit to =et aside the tions to celebrate commencement of another year of con-
flict. They were whooping it up for the smashing blows the had dealt a few mortents earlier to a great German air armada in a big battle over a southeast inland town. The battle was fought almost at the very hour--11 a. m.—when one year ago Neville Chamberlain, then Prime ‘Minister, told the Enipire that Germany and Britain were lat ‘war. In London today there was no time out for observances (Continued on Page Three)
Legislators Weigh Schricker's Plea That
Indiana's Senators and Repre-
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|eral assembly” today at the Indiana
Motion Picture Co. today as he was State Fair as Governor's and Legis- ljgnger are adeauate
ators’ Day was observed. | The legislators, together with Governor M. Clifford Townsend {and Lieut. Gov. Henry F. Schricker, were to be guests of the 4<H Club girls at a luncheon in the Youth Activities Building. Their inspection gave the legis [lators an idea of the need for new (buildings cited by Lieut, Gov,
13 'movie companies. He refused to say Schricker in a brief address yester- missioner of Agriculture and the test block ih front of the Coliseum | Democratic gubernatorial nominee, |
day.
New Buildings Be Erected at Fair Grounds
Speaking at the hog barn, Mr. also suggested the need for funds in! to house exhibits of the various no state departments how scattered through other buildings The Conservation Department for instance, is housed in the only wooden exhibition building left on the grounds. | Mr, Schricker also favors ah ex-
being entered that facilities [some departments of the fair | The hog barn, he said, should have anh addition to give 25 per cent more space The record-breaking swine entry list forced fair officials to place about 400 prize entries in hastily tensive paving program. Pirst on [erected pens outside the Swine the list would be the Midway, and | Building. The makeshift pens are completion of a paved road from | roofed with canvas, the 38th St. entrance through the | Mr, Schricker, who is State Com grounds to the east entrance, Al
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This map shows the strategic importance of two of the eight British territories on which the United States was today given the right
to establish naval bases, present bases af
Newfoundland and Bermuda, along with the San Juan, Puerto Rico, will give the United States
a complete sereen for the Eastern Seaboard, considering 600 miles as
the normal effective radius of air
patrol. But the United States also
gets the right te establish bases in the Bahamas, just off the Florida
coast; Jamaica, the island shown
helow Cuba in the above map; St,
Lucia, southeast of Puerto Rico; Antigua, east of Puerto Rico, Trinidad,
off the coast of Venezuela, and Br
Loses Freedom By Long Whisker
A HITCHHIKER preen himself a bit wrong place to perform ahlutions today He wa “een pullman car in the Union Station. V. E foreman. locked the cal called police The police emergency crew unde Bergt Michael Griffin roared up to the yards and dashed into the cal In the Pullman's found 20-year-old Henry Jackson of Dry Ridge, Mi: carefully mowing a thick growth of stubble from his face witih a razor blade He didn't have a razor to hold it in Apparently preparing for a nap as well as cleaning up, he had unrolled his blanket and placed it on the floor At the police station was locked up on charges of ire: pass and he explained he had gotten pretty dirty hitehhiking his wav up here and merel: wanted to clean up a bit, He =aid he came here to get a Job picking tomatoes
IDEAL WEATHER, WITH ABOUT 80, PREDICTED
Fair Outlook Continues Through Tomorrow,
TEMPERATURES 60 10 a. m, 64 11 a. Mm. 68 12 (noon) 72 1pm
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ideal early Autumn weather, fail and slightly warmer, will continue tonight and tomorrow, the Weather Bureau forecast today The mercury was expected to get “up around 80" today. The low temperature during the night was a
sentatives met in an Informal “gen- Schricker said so many exhibits are to build an Indiana State building slightly chilly 59 at 4 a. m
FT. WAYNE CHILD DIES OF PARALYSIS
11-vear-old William Trier, Ft. Wayne, hrought to 14 the number of infantile paralysis fatalities at Riley Hospital since the start of the epidemic in June The child had been taken to the hospital Sunday. dren were taken to the hospital aver the week-end. They were from Wabash, Silver Lake and Fowler, *
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HOUSE ALTERS PLANT DRAFT
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Rental Plan Advanced With
Stiff Penalty for Those Who Refuse Orders,
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (U. P) The Houce Military Affairs Committee decided today 12 11 to the Con-
to to an amendment Bill requiring
manufacturing firms to accept Gov-
5PONsol
scription defense
lernment orders under threat of |
stiff The amendment was a substitute for the Senate's provision which would permit the Government, to condemn factories and take them over if the te fused to co-operate in program The Benate amendment, sponsored by Senator Richard B Russell (D, Ga.) was adopted by that Chamber last week The committee decided to spon“Or the industrial compliance amendment, just before formal dehate on the Burke-Wadsworth Conscription Bill started in the House Only two dave were allotted for dis cussion of the bill itself, But the measure i= open to amendments and a final vote iz not expected before Friday Sattirday
penalties adopted ac
awners the defense
[ad] £50,000 Fine Provided
| The amendment was proposed by (Rep. J. Joseph Smith (D. Conn). Tt | would empower the President to iplace orders with any companies [Compliance with such orders would Ibe obligatory
| If the company refused td furnish |
[war supplies to the Government at what War or Navy officials considered a reasonable price, the President would be authorized “to take [immediate possession’ of the plants | Companies or individuals failing to comply with the provisions of the amendment would be subject to im|prisonment from three years and a maximum fine of $50,000 “A fair and just” compensation [would be paid to companies as a rental while their plants were being used by the United States
Date of Draft Big Point
The stiffest engagement of House debate probably will fought-—as it was in the Senate over the date when the nation should begin to draft men A shift of two veates in the Senlate would have deferred the draft Nov, 15, In the House all (Continued on Page Five)
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ENGLISH GIVE PLEDGE FLEET WILL BE KEPT
‘Opposition in Congress Calls Deal Illegal and ‘Act of War.’ (Roosevelt Message, Page 5)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (U, P.).=The United States has (given Great Britain 50 overs
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lage destrovers in an historical trade for strategic naval and air base sites in British pose lessions in this hemisphere, President advised {Congress today,
Roosevelt
Congressional isolationiste immes diatelv called the action illegal and Benator Gerald P. Nye (R. N. D)., sald it wasn almost the final step along the road to wat Senator D. Worth Clark «(D 1da) said the deal was a ‘clear’ violation and that “it was too bad tha could be applied agains war debt. Transfer of destroys amounts substantially to an ack of war.’ House Speaker William B. Banks head, one of the first Administras tion supporters to comment, sald i was a ‘fine trade The action was disclosed by tha [President in a special message read in the House. It was supported by an opinion stamping Attorney Gens eral Robert H. Jackson's legal okay on the deal The Senate was not in session and will not receive oficial word of the deal until tomorrow
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algo that in cons nection with the negotiations, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain had pledged that [the British Empire would never [surrender or scuttle its fleet even if the British Isle: are defeated Mr. Roosevelt's disclosure of ths important and foreign policy move came after months of reports—and official denials=that stich negotiations were under wav, Britain badly to [eontimie resistance to Germany The President’ took leagnizance of igalationist objections, The he wrote, ANY EPANEN He adds important this COHN Purchase
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Notes Exchanged Yesterday | “Preparation for defense is an ifs alienable prerogative of a sovereigh state,” he told Congress. "Under the present circumstances this exercise [of movereign right is *sgential to the maintenance of our peace and safety.” He described the move further as an “epochal and far-reaching act of preparation for continental defense in the face of grave dange; The trade was entered into In notes exchanged vesterday between Secretary of State Cordell Hull and the British Ambassador Lord Lothe ian Mi M1
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sant the notes, and to the Cape itol the information of Cons arese Mr. Jackson held that the agreement does not require ratificas tion Two Free; The President tain has given 8. free 00s vear leases on for bases iA Newfoundland and Bermuda In exchange for the 50 destroyers, the U. 8 gets 9-year leases on hages in the Bahamas, where the Duke of Windsor is now Governor, Jamaica, 8t. Lucia, Trinidad and Antigua in the Atlantic and at British Guiana in 8outh America Mr. Roosevelt pointed that bazes at those sites, together with [the Newfoundland and Bermuda stations would give the United States command of a vast portion of the fsland approaches to North and [Central America, the Panama Canal (and the northern part of South America | More Than 20 Years Old
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Undersecretary Forrestal announced that eight ships would be ready for the British about Friday. He sald they would be turned over with gins and ammunition and sailed to Canada by their American crews On his train in West Virginia, President Roosevelt told reporters that the first of the destrovers probe ably already were at sea Mr. Roosevelt's message referred to the transaction in the past tense} The additional bases, he told Cons | (Continued on Page Three)
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UTAH VOTES IN PRIMARY SBALT LAKE CITY, Sept 3 (19, P) Thousands of Utah voters wang to the polls today to vote in the state primary election. Senator Wils liam H King, Democratic {neums bant, was running for renominas flon against two spponenta and fouy men sought the Republican Senas | torial nomination,