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The Indianapolis Times

VOLUME 52—NUMBER 163

FORECAST: Fair tonight and tomorrow; somewhat warmer tomorrow.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMB

Entered as Second-Class

at Postoffice,

ER 17, 1940

Indianapolis,

FINAL HOME

PRICE THREE CENTS

Matter Ind.

GALES SCATTER INVASION FLEET; ‘OUR STRENGTH GROWS’--CHURCHILL

WILLKIE FINDS COUNTRY BOY ROLE APPEALS

Supporters Enjoy Way He Pictures City Slickers Ruling White House.

(Text of Coffeyville address, Page Five)

A Free Man

Convict Who Built $7000 Prison Organ For $100 Released.

ICHIGAN CITY, Ind. Sept. 17 (U. P)~Jdim Trees to- { day is a free man because he has a spirit stronger than the bars of Indiana State Prison. Trees, serving a Seven-year sentence for robbery ended his bondage because he developed a useful trade. He assembled and built a complete pipe organ estimated by specialists to be worth at least $7000 from material costing less than $100. In recognition of his achievement, the State Clemency Commission has granted a commutation cutting three months of his sentence, and Trees has gone to Chicago where a job as an organ mechanic awaits him. He was released last Sunday, Warden Alfred F. Dowd revealed today.

WORK OR ELSE’ RELIEF URGED

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By THOMAS L. STOKES

Times Special Writer

ABOARD WILLKIE SPECIAL TRAIN, Sept. 17.— Wendell L. Willkie finally has| developed a campaign approach and a technique—and it is a very simple and obvious one that seems to go over with the folks out in this western country. By the same token, he is expected | to use it henceforth for the folks | everywhere he goes—and he is go-| ing lots of places before the No-|

vember rains set in and people Tax Board Unanimous

gather about the ballot boxes—on what he hopes is the way to the | Demand for Plan to Cut Costs.

White House down in Washington. | A plan to reduce taxes by making

It’s Town With Memories It is that of the simple fellow—| and it would take a very clever fel-| poor relief as unattractive as poslow like himself to be so simple a|sible to recipents was to be sugfellow—who came up out of Indiana |gested to township trustees today by and did a lot of odd jobs here and members of the County Tax Adthere and taught history in a high! justment Board. school, who is amazed at all “them strange goings-on down there in|this afternoon, will be asked by the Washington,” that tricky man in the Board to adopt a program requiring White House who lets smart city all able-bodied reliefers to work for slickers sneak into the back door! part or all the assistance given and tell him what to do. them. The board believes this would He tried it out in Coffeyville, Kas {result in many getting off the rea town of 16.000 inhabitants down in| lief rolls. the corner of the state nigh to| The program also includes requir-

klahoma and Arkansas and Mis-|ing the recipients to surrender their license plates, (already re-

souri, an oil refinery town, where auto : you see lots of men in overalls and | duired by some trustees), closer inlots of children playing about the|vestigation of residence qualificastreets. It is a town that has been (ions and promise of the trustees preponderantly Democratic, a town to consult with the County Council

that undoubtedly until he came | When they find it necessary to exback into its midst—he who once eed ee n taught history in the high school : 7] ivdles re Sel and now is running for President— This morning, the Board set the preferred for its heroes the man|

11941 tax rates for Beech Grove,

who befuddled batters with a fast| Speedway City and 19 smaller cor-

ball that you could not see, one(POTANONS. a Walter Johnson, and the SABRI

aroused _ plan was crew of home guards who shot the! initiated late yesterday in a resolu- > g S e Dalton boys down in their tracks)

tion submitted by Board Member ; 3 : Paul i r Yass j= back in the early Nineties I aay ne, PASS wire The trustees are expected to agree ; ; wi {to the program They point out the triangular| Hos the “work or else” phase bank building on the corner, which | the program my produce dif still pays what the checks say, and Ricglties : - . i f Y Oo > Oo. Ly bd Dr Under the relief laws, trustees are & By os phy required to provide relief—food and others, that the Dalton boys Were | chelter—to ‘all ‘Who require it, and Ri . 3 iy i st : C age! BI he placeime law makes no mention of resx ne Sus 3 was Co "quiring recipients to work for what cealed behind a lot of junk—mow a) oc opt hardware store—and the alley down | ™n their efforts to hold ‘down ae oy oon ors oy eo] taxes, including that portion reo L . C AIT | 3 : 2 i ) : {quired for poor relief, the Adjustby a rain of gun fire. Wg or ror J Washington, heretofore, he city where young Walter landed to make

Johnson Played Safe

was the |

Johnson | Ei 1 iy himself famous duested 1941 tax rate of 55 cents.

pitching league-leader ball for Bhi ronan CI Wo he team that always lurked in Turns.

| current the | edd cellar, and they still remember here Spsrotintely half of the pro(Continued on Page Three) Roe

15-cent increase was

GALES IN CHANNEL | HELP WAR BABIES

NEW YORK, Sept. 17 War babies were most in demand | vear.

expected to reach about $300,000 by {the end of this year. | The remainder was to put relief Nn or near, a “pay-as-you-go” basis. The Center Township Trustee was (U.P.).— | allowed a budget of $1,100,000 this And the board’s 15-cent slash

on the stock exchange today. Brok- [cut the budget to about $1,000,000]

ers believed this was due to speed- | for next year. ing the defense program and to] Merchants Told to Sue

belief that gales over the English | . ‘ Channel precluded any imminent] Instead of making up this year's German invasion of Britain. | deficit (owed to merchants for relief Gains in trading favorites ranged Supplies) by a 1941 tax levy, the to more than $1. At Chicago wheat | board decided to advise the merand corn sold slightly higher at|chants to sue and obtain judgment. mid-day. | This would force the County Audi-

—————————— tor to issue judgment refunding 3 TRAPPED IN OLD bonds to pay the debt. COMSTOCK SHAFT

The Board also pared 7 cents from | the combined township, tuition and special school funds of Center VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. Sept. 17 Township, setting next year’s total (U. P.) —Three miners were trapped 500 feet under the surface in an old Comstock Lode mine today and

tax rate for the township, outside (Continued on Page Three) rescue workers were handicapped by new cave-ins blocking the narrow

WEATHERMAN SINGS Sh rescuers said, however, that AND HIS SONG IS FAIR

they had dug within a dozen feet LOCAL TEMPERATURES of the entombed men whose voices m 534 10a.m could be heard and they hoped to me... 3% \Mi'aim reach them today om o...81 2 oon)...

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| TIMES FEATURES ||rve, taken = beating the summer | ON INSIDE PAGES

The weatherman said, said he: “I promised rain, corn burned | away, “I promised heat, sun didn’t stay. Clapper ..... “Now, it's been fair three days Comics straight, Crossword 2 | “Showin’ I try, though a little late.” Editorials .... 11 | “Tomorrow—FAIR!” Financial «eee ! Flynn Forum . In Indpls.....

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—— | i BETTINA HALL WEDS 12 Mrs. Roosevelt 11{ SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17 (U. 3 Serial Story.. 17|P.)—Bettina Hall, opera and musical 11 [Side Glances. 12 | comedy star, was on a honeymoon Jane Jordan.. 9 Society ...... 8, 9 today with Raymond Rubicam, chairJohnson 12 Sports ....14, 15 man of the board of the advertising Movies ..... . 6 je Deaths. 10 Fe of Young & Rubicam, Inc, They

Mrs, Ferguson 12) sueiummmtonton 4 WEr+ married yesterday. _ om.

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Board yesterday whacked 15] cents from Center Township's re-|

to} | finance, from 1941 taxes, a deficit}

U.S. PREPARES FOR INVENTORY OF MANPOWER

He Proclaims Oct. 16 Registration Day.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (U. P.).—State and Federal Governments were creating America’s first peace-time conscription army today. Staffs in each state capital were in action along a pattern developed over many years for the huge inventory of manpower to be conducted on Oct. 16, the first step toward putting 400,000 men in the Army by Jan. 1. Simultaneous with progress on the draft, 35,700 more National Guardsmen were ordered to report { for active service Oct. 15. It was the second contingent called to the colors, 60,500 having reported yes- | terday. Critical Days Visioned Gen. George C. Marshall, Army Chief of Staff, in announcing the second National Guard order last night in a radio address, cautioned {that the next six months might be “the most critical in the history {of this nation.” President Roosevelt, in the pres-

lence of Secretary ot War Henry L. {Stimson and other high officials,

| yesterday wrote across the en-|

grossed parachment Senate bill 4164 {the signature which made peace- | time conscription a law. Mr. Roosevelt immediately issued {a proclamation declaring Oct. 16 Registration Day. On that date, between the hours of 7 a. m., and 9 p. m. in every community in the United States an estimated 16,500,000 men who have reached their 21st birthday but not their 36th will go to local voting places to register under the provisions of the draft law. Director Not Named Mr. Roosevelt also issued a statement hailing the legislation as a reassertion of “an old and accepted principle of Democratic Government.” “Universal service,” ne said, “will bring not only greater preparedness to meet the threat of war, but a wider distribution of tolerance and understanding to enjoy the blessings of peace.” Before the conscription machinery will get into full swing Mr. Roose(Continued on Page Four)

STUDENT IS KILLED WHEN "CHUTE FAILS

Plane Seemed to Go Qut of Control.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. Sept. 17 U | P.) —George Pickels, an advanced training airplane pilot, was injured fatally today when his parachute failed to open completely after he bailed from a training plane near Morehouse Road northeast of here. Both legs were broken and he received severe internal injuries. Witness said that the plane appeared to be out of control and that Pickels leaped out at low altitude a short time before the ship crashed into a field. He died in a Lafayette hospital. pital.

RULES AGAINST BERGDOLL NEW YORK, Sept. 17 (U. P.).— Federal Judge John C. Knox ruled today that Grover Cleveland Bergdoll must complete a seven-year prison term for dodging the draft during the World War.

F. D. R. Stresses Crisis as|

‘We the Peopl

| perfect Union .

| dianapolis schools. John Greer Wi Class 6B at School 66.

Constitution 153 Toda

‘Public Meetings, Exhibits and School H Focus Attention on Source of U. S. Law.

| Constitution Day was observed {and patriotic organizations coday. It was 153 years ago on Sept. 17

| : : was adopted.

| given the Constitution so much significance.

Schools, patriotic organizations a observance of the historical signing. | Highlight of today’s celebration Iwas an exhibit in the World War| Memorial sponsored by the Sons of | [the American Revolution. The ex{hibit consisted of eight replicas of [shrines for the Constitution in the {Congressional Library at Wash[ington Patriotic Program Tonight |

‘ . | Decorations were furnished by |

{the Wm. H. Block Co., L. S. Ayres |& Co., H. P. Wasson & Co., the Indiana Historical Society, and the State Library. { At 8 o'clock tonight a patriotic |program will be held in the World {War Memorial auditorium. Dr. Franklin R. Burdette, Butler Uni- | versity government instructor and executive secretary of the National | Foundation for Education in Amer|ican Citizenship, will speak on “Our | Constitution.” { Henry M. Dowling, attorney, will| |discuss “The Constitution and the {Common Man.” Dr. Carleton B. At(water, First Baptist Church pastor, {will give the invocation and Col. Robert L. Moorhead will have charge of presentation of the colors. The program will close with a mass pledge of allegiance to the flag and singing of “God Bless America.”

Others to Take Part

Other organizations participating in the celebration include the Dames of Colonial Wars, Daughters of the American Revolution, the Mayflower Society, Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Society of the War of 1812 and Children of the American Revolution. Meanwhile, throughout the city (Continued on Page Three)

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~~ By Severe

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Sept. 17 (U. P). — A tropical hurricane lashed Canada’s maritime provinces today, disrupting communications, smashing ships, destroying crops and injuring scores. Damage was estimated at more than $1,000000. Scores of persons were injured. The storm, which had been brewing for days in the Atlantic missed most of the New England coast but struck with all its fury at wide areas of Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. At Moncton, New Brunswick, the storm, accompanied by blinding torrents of rain, roared through the town all night at a velocity varying from 60 to 80 miles an hour. For a brief moment the wind speed gauges registered 90 miles an hour, the maximum for which they were

designed.

Eastern Canada Bottered

Tropical Storm

|were meager because of broken communication lines, but it was estimated that 25 per cent of the apple crop of Nova Scotia's rich Annapolis Valley was ruined, Three yachts were wrecked here, (other craft were damaged and fish|ing fleets were scattered. Many towns and cities were (“blacked out” when the wind tore down power lines. Trees were uprooted, highways blocked with debris in many places and property destroyed by wind and high tides. Maine's northern coast felt the (hurricane’s backlash. Wind ve{locity rose as high as 70 miles an {hour inland, small vessels were |driven ashore and power lines were |broken. Snow flurries were reported in northern Maine. There were indications the storm was abating today, but in many places winds of gale force continued

New Significance for City

Not since the first World War have international troubles |

THREE STATES HOLD

today in New York, Wisconsin and |

e of the United States’ . .

The Constitution of the United States—“We the people of the United States, in order to form a more | . provide for a common defense .

"—was required and pertinent reading today in In- |

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lliams, 3907 Ruckle St., and Ruth Haas, 3703 N. Delaware St., read it to

y, Has

£3.90 ELIGIBLE istory Lessons, MEN IN GOUNTY

City Has 54,064, Many of | Whom Are Asking, ‘What’ll | Happen to Me?’

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by Indianapolis schools, merchants

that the United States Constitution | | |

" " vl By EARL RICHERT Ss united in the annual

As the pen of President Roosevelt | lifted yesterday from his signature

nd merchant

on the first peace-time military conscription law, about 480,000 Hoosiers between 21 and 35 became eligible | for the draft | These men will be required to | register Oct. 16 and from then on | » their destinies are to be determined | by a lottery and draft boards.

Wisconsin Vote Today. About 63,900 eligibles live in|

By UNITED PRESS | Marion County, of whom 54,064 live | Primary elections were under way | in Indianapolis

Figures for other cities over 30,000 Massachusetts. Most contests Were population are Anderson, 6803: of a local nature and a light vote East Chicago, 7700; Elkhart, 4677; was forecast. | Evansville, 15,554; Ft. Wayne, 16,547; Connecticut Republicans open | Gary, 15,520; Hammond, 9632: Kokotheir state convention tonight. | mo, 4747; Muncie, 6947; Richmond, In New York there were con- { 4905; South Bend, 15.200, and Terre tests for Congressional nominations. | Flaute, 8764.

Republican, Democratic and Ameri- | can Labor parties were partici- | 5 pating. Already State House departments John J. O'Connor, former chair- | are being swamped with inquiries man of the House Rules Committee, | 2P0Ut “what will this law do to who fell victim to President Roose- | Me?’ : velt's 1938 “purge,” was attempting | Wives are picturing themselves a comeback on both Republican | 2S being left alone to provide for and Democratic tickets. | Junior and Mary while Jim is in In ‘Wisconsin, Senator Robert H. | the Army. Young Andy Jones vise LaFollette Jr. was unopposed for | ions the loss of his new automorenomination as a Progressive. The | bile to the finance company when death of Dr. Glenn Frank, in an |he is taken into the Army at $30 automobile accident, had removed a month one of the leading Republican | Some businessmen already have Senatorial candidates. Seven others [reported that customers are delaysought the nomination. John | ing buying irs. Smith doesn’t Cudahy, ambassador to Belgium, want a new refrigerator now. if was opposing three other candidates | Henry is going to be called within for the Democratic nomination to|the next few months. the Senate. Friends entered his| In the State House itself, two name at the last minute and it was {women have quit their well-paid HL Ribee mI a Ly positions because they felt that if . : Ss ior “ |they were working when the draft gressional jobs. went into effect their husbands In Massachusetts, Attorney Gen- (ywoyjq be called. They said they eral Paul A. Dever and Francis E. would rather it their job nd Kelly, former lieutenant governor, Kk 3 oe! ay sought the Democratic guberna- eep their husbands at home. torial nomination. Governor Lever- Official Irked All this is very irksome to the

ett Saltonstall was unopposed for renomination on the Republi ticket. ¥ publican State House officials dealing with conscription, Governor Townsend and National Guard officers.

3 | 20 Days Left | nevspipers and tne cio snowing To Register

[that only about one out of every 21 men in Indiana between the ages of 21 and 35 will be affected by the draft, if 900,000 are called. You still have 20 days to They have said that there is no register for the Nov. 5 election. |ichance whatsoever of married men Registration clerks are oper- |lor men in key jobs being called ating in each ward for two days until the deadline Oct. 7. Branch registration offices today and tomororw have been

during the first draft. But it seems to have had little set up at the following places: School buildings at Walnut

effect, Mrs. Smith is still worried. St. and Senate Ave.; Vermont

and Fulton Sts.; 13th St. and Belleview Ave.; 1701 Miller St.; 57th St. and Central Ave. and 4700 English Ave. All branches are open until 9 p. m,

PRIMARY ELECTIONS

New York, Massachusetts

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Calls Swamp State House

BOY KILLED BY AUTO RICHMOND, Ind., Sept. 17 (U. P.) Donald Stump, 6, was fatally injured last night when struck by a car near his home at Boston south of here. James Camden, 31, of Bos-

sion. The London attack

SMART SHOPS IN

LONDON BOMBED BY NAZI AIRMEN

Prime Minister Says 2000 Civilians Died in September Attacks; Fighting Is Sharp On Egyptian Front.

By JOr ALEX MORRIS

United Press Foreign News Editor Providential gales——such as those which dispersed and sank the Spanish Armada of Phillip II—<have scattered a German invasion fleet in the English Channel, British recon« naissance fliers reported today. The Air Ministry reported that its observation planes

| were seeking out new locations of the German surface craft

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which last had been sighted in “exposed places” along the invasion coast. Winds over the narrow channel waters were so furious, said the Air Ministry, that German small craft hastily scure ried for cover. The new disposition of the fleet was being

ferreted out quickly by observation planes. Hint Big Berthas Shell London

«This favorable news for Great Britain came as Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that the Royal Air Force is making “crushing inroads” into Germany’s numerical air superiority, but warned that there still is danger of invasion. Churchill! addressed Commons a few hours after the first strong German air attack on London's West End had scattered bombs in Mayfair, Picadilly, Berkeley Square, Bond Street and other streets synonymous with wealth and exclusiveness the world over. In connection with the destruction in London a Ger man spokesman hinted that German long-range cannon may be shelling the metropolis from emplacements on the French and Belgian coasts nearly 90 miles away.

2000 Civilians Die in Two Weeks

The Prime Minister said Britain's armed strength grows day-by-day despite “indiscriminate” German air ate tacks which have taken the lives of 2000 civilians and seri« ously wounded 800C more in September’s first two weeks. As Churchill spoke, an air raid alarm was in progress, The great stain glass windows of the Commons chamber had been removed to spare them the risk of bomb damage Churchill said Britain's strength “by land, sea and above all in the air” grows steadily. Lord Caldecote, Doe minions Secretary, told the House of Lords that air produc tion and training of crews has progressed so speedily that “very shortly” a flow of pilots will start reaching Britain which will give her ultimate air superiority. Stresses Havoc in Germany

Churchill emphasized the great havoc wrought by Brite ish bombers among Germany’s ships and barges concen trated in the “invasion” ports for an attack on Britain and

Ireland. It was announced that borough officials had been requested by the Government to requisition unoccupied houses, many of them the vacant homes of the rich, in which to house thousands of London slum dwellers bombed from the East End by repeated German attacks. Sharp fighting on the Egyptian front was reported by, Churchill. Italian sources claimed that Sidi Barrani, two thirds of the way to Marsa Matruh, had been occupied by columns advancing from Libya. A fresh crop of rumors broke out in the Balkans. They concerned reports of a new ultimatum from Russia to,Rumania, clashes between Russian and Rumanian troops in northern Bukovina, and suggestions that Rumanians in northern Dobrudja were seeking a Russian protectorate. Germany reported that German air attacks on London

(Continued on Page Three)

War Moves Today

By J. W. T. MASON Times Special Writer

Renewal of German assaults on purely military objectives in the English Midlands and elsewhere may indicate that the German High Command is returning to its original plan of campaign, based on efforts to , demolish war factories and cripple the British air force. Bombing houses and civilians in London causes temporary confusion, but it does not contribute in any major way to helping Germany obtain mastery of the air over British productive capacity. Reports of neutral observe ers all show that the sufferings of London civilians is not indicative of serious weakening of Britain's combat power. Had it been otherwise, the long promised invasion should now La

be under way. The primary reason why the invasion has not started is because the Germans estimate British defensive strength has not been |{vasion is too hazardous, it would be

overcome by the air offensive. natural for him to make a spectacFrom a military standpoint it is|ular effort to distract attention at impossible to associate the bombing home from the invasion project. The of London with the strategy of inva-|bombardment of London may well

designed to weaken British morale and for the psychological effect on the German people. If Hitler has decided that an Ine

to drive everything moveable be{fore them, y :

ton, plunged his car, into a ditch in

an effort to avoid tiie boy,

be regarded as a separate

t still have this purpose, since mbbouver , {Continued on Page Three)