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Willkie Meets McNary Here, Raps Roosevelt's Plea to Labor

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‘CLASS CONSCIOUS DOCTRINE SCORED: F.D.R. OPENS DRIVE

Republican Nominee Departs Tonight On Tour.

By NOBLE REED Wendell L. Willkie arrived in Indianapolis today to con-

fer with his running mate,!

U. S. Senator Charles L. McNary, and the high command of the eve of his 7000-mile tour

f 18 states. Attacking President Roosevelt's *labor speech” last night, the nominee accused the President of preaching “class conscious and economic sabotage doctrine.” He asserted that “the United States cannot but fail in the present world ruggle under such leadership As tour pla were completed. Mr. Willkie's managers announced that his first stop tomorrow will be Chicago, stronghold of the KellyNash Democratic machine which he has frequently attacked.

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Confer at Columbia Club The nominee, accompanied by his <taff of secretaries and a score of newsmen. motored from Rushville to Muaicipal Airport wi.ere greeted Senator McNary and Rep. Joseph W. Martin Jr., G. O. P. National Chairman, who flew from Washington. The party went to the Columbia Club where they awaited Governor Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota, chairman of the Willkie advisory campaign, who was to arrive by train. Mr. Willkie, Mr. McNary and Mr. Martin immediately went into conference The nominee's new charge against the President followed Mr. Roosevelt’s speech last night to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers. He said that he would

have more to say about the speech!

Chicago and issued this state-

ment: “I have never felt so about the outcome of I did after listening Roosevelt's speech last night. If the American people have any sense of realism of the condition of the world in which they are living they will reject overwhelmingly a President who preaches such class conscious and economic sabotage doctrine as was preached last night, Likens F. D. R. and Blum “The kindest words which can be

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gpplied to the President’s speech are!

understand the government

he does not of economics,

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finance or the forces at work in the!

world today The United States the present world struggle under such leadership—it is same doctrine which Blum France taught. “In addition, the crass repudiation by the President in his acceptance speech of the foreign relations plank of the platform adopted by self-controiled convention at

cannot but

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fail

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Chicago and his momentary readop- | tion of that same foreign relations|

piank last night must be distressing to all lovers of candor and forth-

rightness in public office. He appar- | has become disturbed by his

ently own clumsy affairs.” In Chicago Mr. Willkie will scramble atop a truck and address workers at the Stockvards, an electric equipment factory, a steel miil snd a Negro baseball park.

handling of foreign

He said that he was not worried |

ahout reports that the Democrats wot have hecklers in the crowds and a the reception might be a rough and tumble one. Mr. Willkie’s train is due at Chicago at 9:30 a. m. Time) tomorrow and he will plunge immediately into a one-day pro(Continued on Page Three)

CRASH INJURIES FATAL EVANSVILLE, Ind., Sept. 12 (U P.).—Weaver Haaf, 18, of French Lick, died yesterday of injuries suffered Sunday when his car hurtled over an embankment near Haysville.

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President Promises

Higher Old Age Pensions.

(Text of Roosevelt speech, Page 17)

| WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (U. P.).—President Roose-! velt’s bid for labor votes was based today on plans for, early expansion of social security benefits, including’ higher old-age pensions, and, such compulsory co-ordina-! tion of industry as may be, necessary for national de-

fense. Mr. Roosevelt officially opened his third campaign for the Presidency iast night before the convention of the International! Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Stablemen and Helpers assembled in Constitution Hall. He reminded the cheering unionists that their membership had increased under the New Deal from 70,000 to 500.000. Earlier the convention had indorsed a third term.

Stands By 40-Hour Week Mr. Roosevelt's address to the Teamsters somewhat clarified the issue of compulsory industrial co-or-| dination which had arisen between ‘him and Wendell L. Willkie. { First denouncing the industrial co-| ordination amendment adopted by] the Senate as an attempt to “So-! vietize” the United States and demanding that the President state his views, Mr. Willkie expliined that he would favor legislation to compel industry to co-operate in national defense “by rule and regu{lation instead of by the arbitrary action of one man.” Mr. Roosevelt, after determined silence, now has indorsed compul-] sory co-ordination of industry, with provision for adequate compensation, as a proposal to which no reasonable person could object. A ‘Tip’ te Laber Capital, labor. industry and agriculture are co-operating lovally in national aefense, the President repwted—the nation awake to the perils which threaten. But he warned against those whose aclions, if not their words. show them to be | the enemies of labor and he prom‘ised that the Administration in this emergency would not back down from its social objectives, including!

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the 40-hour week and overtime pen-| alties. “There are some,” he said, “who; {would not only stop now the progress we are making in social and labor legislation, but would even repeal what has been enacted during the past seven years—on the | (Continued on Page Tiree)

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YANKS VS, TIGERS; |

* CLEVELAND VS. SOX

New York Has Chance to Seize Lead Today. |

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Detroit Cleveland New York .. Boston .....vi.

The surging New York Yankees, who whipped the wonder boy of baseball. Bobby Feller, vesterday,! moved into Detroit today with a chance to take over the American League lead. | Cleveland, only a half-game be-| hind the Tigers, entertained the Boston Red Sox. | The game at Detroit promised to, {develop into one of the best pitching! duels of the week. The Yankees’| mound choice was Marius Russo, | the Tigers’. Schoolboy Rowe. The! | faltering Mutineers of Cleveland! planned to send Johnny Allen up| against Fred Ostermueller. {

WARMER WEATHER

‘draft of the first peacetime con-|

‘affected by registration provisions | {of the compromise measure, (that only about 5,000,000 would be |

itary service.

{two davs of deliberation, eliminated { from

{proved finally until Friday. ident Roosevelt, iy was said, might {sign it Saturday.

{go through the formality of approv- |

ITALY INVA

DING EGYPT

G. O. P. Leaders Fly Here From Capital

$1,000,000

400-Acre New Jersey Plant

but |

Senate and House conferees, after |

the bill the so-called Fish | amendment which would have post- | poned the draft for 60 days pending trial of a voluntary enlistment system. Chairman Morris Sheppard of the Senate group said that he expecied to file the conference report in the Senate early this afternoon, but

after the blasts police estimated that at least 100 persons had been injured and a company official said one had been killed. The blast, which occurred at 11:35 a. m. (Indianapolis Time), shook ing what Sheppard referred to as! All workers in the maintenance |, ChUTe rey and wn “the clean language” in the final division of the State Highway De- , “ro "0 070 Oo BS OS draft. No controversies remain, and | partment today were deciared free a ’w BY Yer wel® eich last night, after the 11-man group from provisions of the Hatch “Clean 2nd houses there were rocked. Oshad completed nearly six hours’ |Jolitics” Act in an official opinion | SIDE, N.Y. CTOs the Huason discussion, there was laughter and |given by Attorney General Samuel fiver: felt the shock as if it was kack-slapping in the conference D. Jackson. jan earthquake. Morristown, N. J

room. ! Highway Department officials es- “ y + y 3 ”» - Vas v . h - the blast. — pi Oy NC timated that the ruling will permit | y_minute intervals. 3 he i | to take active part in politics this The 400-acre Hercul ctor - Conmities Si be VES sim S| al : oh os os A a Adoption of ithe 21-35 age limit | Under a previous ruling, Mr. Jack- | creased its personnel recently to represented a substantial victory | foo had instructed the Highway work on Government for the Senate, which had been |, cPartment to apply provisions of smokeless powder. A $218,000 order (Continued on Page Three) |

Wendell L. Willkie, turning on his famous smile, greets his running mate, Senator Charles L. MecNaryv (right), as the Senator and G. 0. P. National Chairman Joseph W. Martin arrived at Municipal Airport. ; | DRAFT MAY BE Moss Physical IMANY HURT IN . | Training Looms LAW SATURDAY .cumcron we» POWDER BLAST | P.).—President Roosevelt today | eres | asked John B. Kelly, Democratic | BR — { leader of Philadelphia and an Conferees Agree on 21 -35 Qiympie Mite 20 years 280, to Meh | devise a plan for mass civilian | . Age Limit and Drop | training to “toughen up” America. Afire After Four Huge Olympic sculling champion in " 60-Day Delay. 1920 and 1924, Mr. Kelly since has Explosions. | been an outstanding advocate of WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (U.P.).| physical development. He said KENVIL, N. J, Sept. 12 (U. P.).— —The Senate receives today a final | Mr. Roosevelt became interested Many persons were injured today in his ideas through several ar- when four terrifft explosions rocked scription bill requiring all men | ticles he had prepared. the Hercules Powder Co's plant from 21 to 35 years of age, inclusive,{ In a Labor Day address, Mr. here, at which large Government to register for military training. | Roosevelt said America had orders for smokeless gunpowder were War Department officials esti-| “grown soft” with years of easy being filled. mated that 16.500,000 men would be! living and said it must toughen | Calls for ambulances and first aid itself to defend its rights in a squads were sent out over every world at war. telephone line leading out of the Mr. Kelly, who visited Mr. town. Fire fighting apparatus was subject to a year's compulsory mili- | Roosevelt today, pointed out that being rushed from Dover, five miles | in recent National Guard maneu- away. A great fire was raging at vers, infantry detachments were the plant. able to march little better than It was not learned five miles a day githout col- how badly the plant was damaged lapsing in contrast’ to regular or how many persons had been inArmy plans which often call for jured, but workers, some critically marches up to 15 or 20 miles. injured, were taken in a constan® {stream {rom the plant to the Dover General Hospital. 2000 ROAD WORKERS | A nurse at the hospital reported “they are. bringing the injured in { all the time.” She said she was not that it was impossible to determine | able to say how many had been if it could be acted upon today. | FREED OF HATCH BAN belo x House representatives said the re-| | An hour port probably could not be ap-| | Presi- . Maintenance Men Not Under The conferees met again today lo} Law, Says Jackson.

The explosions came at

the Sih Act to all department from the Government was received emp oyees. this morning.

he orney HE AN, STOCKS LAG UNDER |chnsed ni ims wir the cui STEAMER, TANKER COLLIDE OFF N. Y.

CHURCHILL’S TALK ‘had ruled that maintenance workers | NEW YORK, Sept. 12 (0. P.).—

in state road departments would not | NEW YORK. Sept. 12 (U. p.).— be affected by the law which pro-| The stock market had a “hangover” | hibits from active participation in| The 16,991-ton Greek steamer Nea today from Churchill's warning that, Politics all state employees whose Hellas, bringing 586 passengers to Britain faces its most crucial week. Salaries are paid in part with Fed-! New York from Europe, collided After he made that statement ves-| eral funds. |with the 5356-ton Norwegian terday, the advance in stocks was . = tanker Litiopa in New York harhalted and today they bogged down|KING FELICITATES PERSHING por today. No one was reported $2 and more. { LONDON, Sept. 12 (U. P.).—King | injured. The situation was about the same George today sent warm birthday! The Nea Hellas, bound for its in Chicago’s wheat pit where wheat | congratulations to Gen. John J. Hoboken, N. J. pier after being prices slid more than a cent with |Pershing, commander of the Ameri- anchored all night off the United the September future selling at|/can Expeditionary Force in the! States quarantine station, was dam74, cents. Corn also was slightly World War. Gen. Pershing will be aged slightly. It docked at Hoboken

lower. | 80 tomorrow. [for repairs soon after the crash.

'| Still Love Joe,’ Cries Wife in Plea for

General said he

Husband Whose Crime Cost Her Hand

IS DUE TOMORROW Mis. Rose Marie Miller, a comely Board members he would give Mill- | with assault, Miller with conspiracy | wheel-drive trucks, has substantial

a job, if he were released. to commit a felony.

immediately |

about 20 miles away, heard and felt |

orders for |

Both pleaded | government

| brunet who for over a year has been er

Mrs. Miller was sitting in a parked

No explanation was made trucks and baby tanks.

AUDIT ORDERED NAZI ATTACK ian (DUNG NEXT ceo LONDON ASKS

New ‘Mystery Guns’ Repulse Bombers and British Raid Berlin and Possible

Bases for German Offensive. By JOE ALEX MORRIS

United Press Foreign News Editor An Italian offensive through Egypt against the Suez Canal and intensified aerial bombardment of Germany and { To determine the exact deficit, i s indic r eli . : MT | City Controller James E. Deery this the British Isles indicated a new climax today in the Euro-

| morning ordered an audit of City pean war. books covering the last two years. ; a He and other officials confirmed the | Dispatches from Rome reported without official con

error last night after it had been|, ‘ i . " ays pointed out by tax experts |(firmation that a three pronged Italian drive against British Economy Waves Expected |defenses in Egypt already had started and hinted that it In official quarters, it was pre- was timed to coincide wih the climax of the battle for

dicted that increasing waves Of Ry . Mslv writ) . ova 3 Nae: : COs Ot ee re ore tle Britain; possibly with an attempted German invasion of the British Isles.

{to help make up the deficit. Budgetary increases of about $80,- * ra raed Cap A vad "EE . 000 Dimned: Tor iaect vee ii tic ‘German aerial bombardment of Britain (a necessary, [Police and Recreation Department preliminary to invasion) continued, with bombs again fallmay be tossed out. It was predicted, a nga y 3 : atadiv dice on, Wal DOPE Solar Tau jing on the London area, where it was belatedly disclosed 'be eliminated and all municipal that explosives had crashed around the Bank of England operations slashed to the bone. : . re y 3 TIE Sion Ce ntor ction or pe JT Threadneedle St., the Church of St. John the Evangelist municipal financial picture, from and the busy Regent St. shopping district. | comparative affluence to dire poverty, left officials still too stunned | for comment Both Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan

Error Stuns] Officials; Wave of Economy Forecast.

By RICHARD LEWIS { The City today began to (grope its way out of one of ‘the worst financial jams in |its history. i Plunged overnight deep into the [red through discovery of a one| million dollar budget error, the City!

| faces an estimated deficit of $500,000 (at the end of this year.

Germans Add Up Casualties as Deaths

Bol) Ma mi The British capital went about its war-time business an xX. eery ecline to issue a : : formal statement until atter the Dearly all day without threat of new bombing attacks, but [Fan js Sop They indicated, late this afternoon the alarm signal sounded and some power= | fever, a 1€1I' course In obring- . . . - . . ing the City out of the red will be ful new anti-aircraft weapons which fired 500,000 deafening Rete Rined after the exact extent of rounds last night opened fire at planes high overhead. L S Known. - . . . . The transition from a balanced to There were occasional explosions of time-bombs in the Bn unbalsvesd Puig Yb a Jo London area. One blasted windows of fashionable shops in the City’s assumption that a $750,- the heart of the city at Piccadilly, one of the capital's busiest oe ual, P nl teInpoTaty aan sections. Another—still unexploded—endangered famed St. without providing money to repay Paul’s Cathedral and forced evacuation of nearby streets. it. ». nd . a Tow Gity paid the 1o6n when it The Germans today claimed that raids since Saturday | came dus out of funds on hand, but have taken 5500 lives in London, but it appeared that the that t shor i - : : eft a shortage in other ac- firypes were arrived at by adding together the 1000 the

counts. Is Cushions Suimewiat British said had been killed and the 4500 reported hurt,

Similar miscalculations in loans for other funds totaling $250,000!

were made but will be absorbed by | 3 ra . : balances in these funds. The But the British armed forces were taking no chances

$130000 shapage or Sone Soins. after Prime Minister Winston Churchill's warning of great < OV d=) UR x P n . . . . . “pe 'balance. leaving the net deficit at preparations by the Germans for an invasion of the British San 000. (ids were et Isles, possibly within the next week. clais ay were noping agains “ * . — . ‘hope they will be able to slash ex-| Striking swiftly across the English Channel and roaring iDondibures ad R00, elire Joiscel- lover long distances into the heart of Germany, the British pending deficit. bombing squadrons were attacking regularly the most vital le Unies gis Is dove. Mey ashe military objectives in the Reich and in German-held territory, Most speetacular objective of the British counters

1942 tax rate to make it up. The (unbalanced City budget posed a attack was Beriin, where R. A. F. bombers flying low

peculiar problem for the County Tax |, i Adjustment Board. Some Board through a searchlight and ground battery barrage blasted ‘members admitted there is no way at the famous Tempeihof Airdrome (one of the biggest in inow to cut questionable items in the coed i : : " 1941 budget without making the the world), the Anhalter railroad station, often used by City’s plight worse. | Adolf Hitler and an anti-aircraft battery in the Tiergarten.

Berlin Tiergarten Bombed

| Can’t Raise Levy

The proposed 1941 Civil City tax Canopy of Shells Over London

Irate of $1.26—2 cents under the cur- London’s new defenses poured into the sky an awesome

Eons Iie Sencieeh Bos1Q mem canopy of anti-aircraft shells. It drove German bombers |Board cannot raise the levy. It Off their targets and night-raid damage was estimated as

can lower but not raise the rate. smaller than on any night since Saturday. Mr. Deery and his aids are com- | y . . pw ois Apparently as a result of the effectiveness of British

ling to the conclusion that the mil-| lion-dollar mistake occurred last pnjght raids, Berlin police headquarters today ordered cafes, 11 p. m,

{vear when the City began using a ) - J new State Accounts Board form. restaurants, beer halls and bars to begin closing =

|The form, they say, was confusing instead of 1 p. m.

lin its method of computing assets | . i and Liabilities. payne London went to work bleary-eyed and tired this morne (Continued on Page Three)

MARMON IS FORCED ; 10 EXPAND FURTHER TOd2Y s War Moves

. a. pe | United Press War Expert ‘Size of New Building to Be

Renewed reports that Germany is completing the long heralded D 1b d plans for invading Great Britain do not coincide, from the standpoint | oubiea. of military strategy, with the present German air tactics. The natural | | preliminary to an invasion should be an intensive, unremitting air of= (Photo, Page 23) | fensive against the British aviation arm coupled with devastating bombe lings at possible coastal landing places. Instead of these normally essene National defense orders have js) pre-invasion movements, the forced the Marmon-Herrington Co. Germans are continuing to con- preparedness for embarkation. But, to start a new plant expansion pro- Senitale Sueir efiors Spon Yenge-junul the yay is cleared Min he i 3 _ ance raids agains ndon. crossing and landing, an attempt a gram on the heels of a similar pro- “yp, "hocgnle of course, that the invasion would be foolhardy. It gram just completed, it was an- German High Command believes would be in keeping with German [nounced today. .. : it has sufficient- military efficiency, however, to make | The company, specializing in all- ly exhausted advance preparations for the em- : : _ barkation, while awaiting a possible British air pow turn of events giving ap hope that the troops could be ferried

contracts both for

er and has done

[trying to get her husband, Joseph, jslty :

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Mrs. Ferguson Obituaries Pegler . Pyle Questions .... Radio Mrs. Roosevelt Serial Story. Side Glances . Society . 12, 1 Sports 18, State Deaths

Capper ...... comics ...... Crossword 12 Editorials .... 18 Fashions ..... 13 Financial 23 Fiynn .... Forum In Indpls. Inside Indpls. Jane Jordan 13 Johnson .. 16 Movies .... 10, 11

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It will be warmer in Indianapolis tomorrow. but how much warmer the Weatherman didn’t say. It will be fair tonight and tomorrow, too.

“ The Weatherman added that there

is nothing unusual about the chilling temperatures which continued today. going as low as 53. He said theyre just about right as fall ap- | i proaches. |

‘out of prison despite his confessed 1939, when a man with a gun leaped | complicity in a crime which cost 0 her left hand, yesterday carried her ordered them to get out of the car.| Miller has now served 14 months ing of the plant and constructing

i rible mixup.”

car with her husband early in June, | of the strange crime.

ut of a clump of bushes and vears and Miller to 2-to-14 years.

As they did so and started to walk | and is eligible for parole. around the side of the car with] Mrs. Miller told Board members their hands in the air, the gunman | that she had visited her husband an stumbled. The gun discharged, and | average of once every two weeks the blast nearly severed Mrs. Mill-| since he entered the prison and er's left arm at the wrist. Her that he was anxious to come back hand was amputated as soon as’ to her. she reached the hospital. Mrs. Miller lives with her parents she appeared before the Board. | The sheriff later arrested Harry at 1127 Nelson St. James smiled at Board members Graves, a friend of Miller's, and, The Clemency Board is expected and the cleaning plant owner told | Miller himself. Graves wgs charged, to rule on her plea this week.

plea to the State Clemency Board. “I still love Joe,” she told board members. “I want him out of prison. This whole business is a ter-

She was accompanied by her 3-

vear-old son, James, and the owner of a dry cleaning establishment as|

prs :

Graves was sentenced to 1-to-10/ just completed, included doubling |

Weather uncertainties in the Channel usually begin next week, Appearance of equinoctical gales in the latter part of September is unreliable and the Germans might take a chance that they would not be heavy this season. But October | evidence, how- is almost certainly a month of |story added to the present office] ever, for such strong winds alternating with the { building. an assumption start of the foggy season along the | The company's plant site now is not openly known. English coast. | comprises 16 acres of ground, with| Concentration of transports and, At this time of year the Germans jes buildings and private trots on the German occupied side might count on a lucky fortnight of rallroad facilities. of the Channel points to tecignicall (Continued on Page Three) ; ; . 4

to the Brigish! coast to make an invasion possible after more confusion | has been caused in London. Any

{the size of the original main build-

{another behind it. Under the new program, the size {of the latter building is to be doubled, a new service department ' building constructed and another

Mr. Mason