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VOLUME 52—NUMBER 167
BERLIN SAYS ‘CLOUD X-RAY
FINDS LONDON
Italian Press Says Spain|
May Enter Wz = Soon Against Britain.
BULLETIN
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (U. P.) —Brig. Gen. George V. Strong, chief of the Army's War Plans
Division, who has just returned | =
from London, predicted today that Great Britain will be able to defeat Germany after a long war. He told reporters that the R.A. F. is makihg a magnificent showing and that Germany cannot pessibly invade Britain now without “appalling losses.”
By JOE ALEX MORRIS
United Press Foreign News Editor British bombers blasted with mounting fury at German and Italian war bases from Europe to Africa today to offset steady Nazi air raids on the British Isles and Axis,
hints that Spain might soon KES
enter the conflict. Daylight raids on London and other targets in southeastern England continued at a slackened pace following a night in which bombing of 35| districts in the London area was carried out so sporadically that the harassed | population got a chance to sleep for the first time in two weeks.
" But British bomber pilots got little
rest. Throughout much of the night they showered high explosives on
German “invasion” bases across the| - calm but foggy English
channel and blasted Nazi airports, harbors and communications lines as far as Western Germany in one of their most powerful counter-blows of the war, Explosions Visible Far
Dispatches from Berlin admitted for the first [time, that steady powerful British raids had been made for weeks on the French side of the English Channel where the] . Germans - have been reported massing beats and, men for a possible invasion of Britain. The raids have been more intense in recent days and last night, were seen from Ant-| werp to Boulogne, but the German High Command asserted that little damage had been done. to] military objectives by British, bomb-! ers that flew over Western Germany and were turned back from Berlin at Hamburg.
Claims Hitler “Behind”
Hugh Dalton, British Ecoonmic| Warfare Minister, said: that the R.' A. F. has bombed 90 per cent of! Germany's synthetic oil production | plants and 80 per cent of the oi}’ refineries of the Reich. Labor Leader| Clement R. proadcast a speech saying the Hitler was already “behind his time table.” German attacks on Britain were| described by the Nazis as successful in smashing—with the aid of new fog-piercing apparatus—at British | industrial and communications ob-| jectives, especially railroad centers)
Atlee’
in the London area which are vital pean and pushed him
to British Joferpe against an In- | gressing room. A majority of Cleve-
vasion attempt.
‘Cloud X-Ray’ Described
The Germans described the new, apparatus as a cloud X-Ray, and said4 it. looks like a small television set next to the pilot's seat. The bombers have brightly painted noses, red, yvel-| low or blue to ! 1 ] and feeler for the machine, which is in some ways re iniscent of infrared filters on cameras. Prof. Leo Ubbelohde, head of the Berlin Tech(Continued on Page Three)
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U. S. TO EAT WELL
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (U. P). __ Secretary of Agriculture Claude
jca “will be well fed” in any emergency if distribution and potention production of food is managed cor-
rectly.
‘SQUARE-UP’ JOB
Tigers made nine singles earn six “rode through cheering crowds of
‘past the boiling point a battle be- | city. The Republican Public Ledger/|
{McGowan nearly materialized.
Tigers this year, will oppose School-|
{the best percentage in the Ameri-| ican League.
Autumn arrives at 10:46 p. m. tomorrow! The biggest seasonal show in Indiana is now on, a little ahead of time. Famous regionally, and even nationally, is Brown County in the fall when the leaves are turning as they are now. Reds, and browns, and yellows, and pink—all the warm colors will be out in force in a few days—the last glow of nature before winter. 8
No Pessytocting~Willkie: BOESTOMILNAR F- D-. R. Leaves Philadelphia
an ‘New Deal Standard Bearer G. 0. P. Candidate Talks . Hailed by 200,000 | Back to California x During Parade. Hecklers. |
Narrowly Avoided. W PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 21 (U. PJ. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21.— DETROIT, Sept. 21 (U. P).—A' _“p D. R. Wars Against Rule by Republican Presidential nominee seething (tribe of Cleveland Indians, | pey, Laughs Off ‘Dictatorship’ | Wendell L. Willkie, * cracking at one game out of the American cpgrges” was the headline in the his “timid pussy-footer advisors” League leadership, pitted southpaw New Deal Philadelphia Record to-|who warned him against attacking Al Milnar against the Detroit Tigers day after the biggest Democratic |president Roosevelt, said today he today in an attempt to square once day in Philadelphia since the Presi-|yq,14 continue to assail without let-
more the wild last-minute nant dent aroused adoring crowds to es : iL pennant weeping adulation in. October. 1936. UP ihe President. and the ac drive. | The Republican Philadelphia In-|cOmplishments of the Roosevelt Ad-Out-lucked yesterday when the quirer reported that Mr. Roosevelt | ministration. In a half dozen extemporaneous {talks in the San Francisco Bay area,
runs, Cleveland players were so far 100,000 in his progress through the oom Chinatown to tne hills <f
Hasn’t Beaten Tigers This Year; Faces Rowe; Fight
| Berkeley, he laid the foundation for ‘his major address on foreign affairs which he delivers at 10:30 p. m. (In-
(estimated that 100,000 to 200,000 |people cheered the New Deal pa- ; {rade through town. Democratic esThe two met in the runway from timates were 300,000. | auditorium, ee sane Hontn nguteo | piErident. Roosevelt touched the) a" third” term for Mr. Roosevelt line of invective at the umpire aap ls pulse apd had a quick look Mr. Willkie said, would lead to the two were reddy for war when St national defense areas here yes-|bankruptcy and loss of liberty. 1 : The American people “are not de-.
: (oe ) iterday in a brief invasion of PennUmpire Bill Summers grabbed left local Demo- serving of this: great, free republic of
Soto the SYlvania which ing a : (cratic bigwigs happy and smiling. fours” if they decide in 1940 “that {It left Republicans fighting a vital among all the. 130,000,000 in the [1 , in an ef-|United States there ‘is just one ‘qualified to be President,” Mr. Will-
'kie told a trainside crowd en route
tween Jeff Heath and Umpire Bill
land players then took over the in-| . sults against McGowan, who had Rattle for 1940 survival worked behind the plate. {fort to save the state—and perhaps Milnar, who hasn't beaten the he nation—for Wenden Wilkie : There was Republican comfort in 15 the fact that 1940 crowds were (Continued on Page Three) -
boy Rowe, whose record of victories and three losses gives him |
‘War Moves Today
By J. W. T, MASON
Uniten Press War Expert
| As the German offensive against Great Britain apparently has reached a deadlock, it is reasonable to believe reports from Ro cussions between Mussolini and German Foreign Minister ven’ Ribbentrop relate, in part, to plans for attack elsewhere.
5, ; a military stan Mr. Mason’
egy of a campaign, and especially
gained has to be altered, as now seems tc be the case. Reports from the!
totalitarian capitals point to a shif time being, from Britain to the; Mediterranean and North Africa. | {Three possible German movements thus offer themselves for examina- | tion. : The first possibility would be a! German offensive through oe) Balkans into Turkey, for the pur-
many can strike anew with fair hope of success.|Pe unablé to play. Daux injured his It is always hard in warfare to change the strat- {foot in practice.
{to the Golden Gate. 1 “Grapes of Wrath” and told several The towering School-! out being charged with a loss. MilThe good-natured crowds submust take five of seven to win the Favored Over St. Joseph; 5H kindly way at the parade and then If the Tigers win five of the last! of Mayor Ed Kelly of Chicago, | versity football team takes the field day's slate of gridiron contests in- | since 1934, lacks the stars of the Only 16 more days remain e and Berlin that disHowever, Joe Dienhart’s St. Jo-
He rode yesterday through the fruit, vegetable and cotton area 'de- : ( | audiences which included migratory boy has pitched against the maians BIT] ER GAME TOPS workers from the Democratic South four times this season, winning two that he would put the 9,600,000 unemployed back to work, thereby innar's record is 16 and nine. STATE GRID OPEN NG If the Tigers win three of their! afin jected him to frequent heckling. title. If Detroit wins four, Cleve- | blurted out, “We are going to vote land must take five to tie for the! Other Indiana Teams Play. for Roosevelt though.” : . By UNITED PRESS seven games they automatically get] (Continued on Page Three) the championship. at Butler Bowl here against St. : : Joseph’s College in a state college 16 Days Left volving seven Hoosier clubs. | Butler, who has held the state] 1939 aggregation. but it was favored || for voters to register for the to win, mainly because it is Nov. 5 election. Branch regish seph team was expected to give It is difficult, however, from | the Bulldogs a battle, although Bob
picted in John Steinbeck’s novel and getting out of the others withcreasing the farmers’ markets. seven remaining games, the Indians! One girl ‘at Fresno smiled in a pennant. | Once he alluded to the question A heavy and rugged Butler Uniconference battle that headlines to- ° To Register conference championship every year coached by Paul D. (Tony) Hinkle. tration offices are: understand where Ger- | Daux, senior right halfback, may
Today and Tomorrow
Fire stations at 636 E. 11th St.; Russell and Merrill Sts.; 1134 Prospect St.; 341 N. Sherman Drive; 2320 N. Olney St.; Community House at Rhodius Park.
Monday and Tuesday |.
School buildings at McCarty and West Sts.; Carson St. and Troy : Ave.; 307 Lincoln St.; North, and Agnes Sts.; fire stations at 2918 E, 10th St.; and 128 W..15th St. £0
dpoint, to
In the second conference battle of the day Rose Poly travels to t of the offensive, at least tor the Sf MivTasIlie 2 mast (he Yoram : : {a scoreless tie last year, but pose of moving against Suez snd wapash holds the edge today. Egypt from Palestine. This opera-| jndiana State plays Louisville, tion ‘would | run the danger of em- (RV; Hanover, one of the surprise broiling Russian interests in the teams in the conference last year, Balkans. || {plays the University of Cincinnati, But if Stalin were to remain while Ball State, a title contender
so when the major objective to he
CITY MANAGER
jdianapolis Time) tonight in civic|
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PLAN OFFERED IN AMENDMENT
Governor to Present Study Group’s Proposal to ’41 Legislature.
Committee today | proposed to Governor Townsend adoption of a constitutional amendment giving| Indiana cities the right to adopt any form of government they choose. The committee's report includes a proposed amendment Which the Governor said he would submit to the 1941 Legislature for preliminary action. bh
Under the Constitutional amendment plan, it would be six years be-
ment could be adopted and placed in effect by any city. If it were passed by both Houses of the 1941 General Assembly, and voted through again in| the 1943 session, it could be presented to the voters for ratification in| the 1944 gereral election. Cities then could adopt the plan and put it| into effect in 1946. : Urged by Jr. C. of C. Adoption of the constitutional amendment plan of offering cities the manager plan was urged by the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Indiana League of Women Voters .at a public hearing held by the committee last February. ~ The plan could be legalized through an act by the Legislature, but this, it was asserted, might be held invalid by the Supreme Court at any time. i The Legislature passed ‘a City Manager enabling act | in 1921. Under it, Michigan City adopted and placed the manager government in effect. Indianapolis voted te adopt it by a 5 to 1 vote. How-| ever, in 1929, before it could be put in effect here, the Supreme Court declared the law unconstitutional. Sets Up 2 Methods
The report was handed to the Governor by Clarence W. Efroymson of Butler University, chairman, and Pressly S. Sikes of Indiana! University, secretary. It sets up two methods by which a city could initiate an election to decide on the manager plan, after the plan becomes legal through the constitutional amendment. The election could be initiated.
The City Manager Study
fore city manager form of govern-|
‘Fletcher American Action
by a two-thirds vote of City Coun-! cil, or by petition of 10 ‘per cent of| the voters in any community. In case such a petition should be; filed, the City Council would be re-| quired to draw up a proposal to be passed on by the voters at the next general election, if the election occurred within 60 to 120 days after (Continued on Page Three)
SUMMER DIES TODAY BUT HEAT LINGERS ON
In Fact, New Record May Be Set Before Night.
"LOCAL TEMPERATURES e-... 9° 10a. 1m. .. hvac 2 Nami... 89 ..... 76 12 (moon) .. 90 ei ov: 83 lpm. .... 92
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Summer, 1940, bids farewell today and ‘here's a good chance that record heat will mark its passage. The all-time high mark for this date is 93, but the mercury got away to an early climb and the weather experts said it’s highly possible a new record will come this afternoon. And tomorrow, the first day of fall, will be just about as warm. The prediction was for fair weather with little change in temperature. Yesterday's 94 at 3 p. m. was a
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record for Sept. 20.
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: $100,000 WAITS, KIDNAPER
Mare de Tristan
British Bomb Nazis in Channel Ports, Shell Italians in Africa
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. . . heir to several fortunes.
Dutch Improve On Heil Salute
NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (U. PJ). —The National Broadcasting Co. today heard the British Radio say: “Reports from Holland say that the Dutch people in appreciation of German efforts to ctoss the Channel have enlarged the German Heil Hitler “salute Jof the oustretched right arm ihto the swimming movement of a breast stroke.”
BANK WILL PAY DIVIDEND OF 5%
To Bring Total to 81% Of 1933 Balance.
CLERK'S BOOKS ARE EXAMINED
Purported Discrepancies Are
Under State Accounts Board Scrutiny.
‘By LOWELL B. NUSSBAUM Underground rumors that a jsubstantial shortage has been discovered by State Accounts Board examiners in the Municipal Courts accounts of the Marion County Clerk were discounted today by County Clerk Charles R. Ettinger. Admitting that Accounts Board examiners had uncovered what appeared to be discrepancies in the accounts, Mr. Ettinger said he is
confident that such a shortage, if it| actually exists, is merely a “paper |
shortage” due to loose procedure in the records. “Our records and our funds bal-
The payment of another 5 per cent dividend totaling $262,000 to! the depositors and creditors of the| Fletcher American National Bank has been authorized by the liquidating trustees. This makes a total of $5,788,517.70 the trustees have distributed, including a payment of $1,200,000 to the Reconstruction Finarfee Corp. When the $262,000 is distributed, depositors will have received 81 per cent of their ‘balances on deposit with ‘the bank on Feb. 25, 1933, hen this bank and all other Indianapolis Clearing House banks were placed on a restricted basis. From Aug. 23, 1933, the date the reorganization plan of the bank became effective, until Aug. 23, 1935, the liquidating trustees were not
positors. During that period, in June, 1935, the loan made by the RFC was paid in full. Depositors received previous dividends in 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939 and in January of this year. Certificate holders are requested
12 and present them at the American National Bank here where payment will be made. Out-of-town certificate holders may present their coupon to their local banks for collection. The liquidating trustees are Otto J. Feucht, John P. Collett and William N. Fleming Jr.
ELLIOTT ASKS CAPTAINCY WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (U. P.). —Elliott Roosevelt, second son of the President, has applied for a captain’s commission in the Specialists’ Reserve Corps of the Army.
A witness in ‘an alleged hit and run case was ordered in Municipal Court today to sign an affidavit of driving while drunk against a defendant or go to jail. Police testified before Judge John L. McNelis they were unable to sign the affidavit against ‘the defendant. Theodore Netherton, 55, of 1461 Lee St., because they did not see him drive. : ~ They charged him with drunkenness, failing to stop after an accident and resisting an officer. The witness said he saw Netherton drive, but could not say if he was drunk. : Judge McNelis said his order was
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Hit-Skip Case Witness Told To Sign Charge or Go to Jail
‘ness was handed the affidavit to
based on “accumulative evidence,”
since officers testified the defendant was under the influence of liquor and the witness testified he had seen him driving. When the wit-
sign, the judge said: “Either sign it or go to Jail for contempt of court.” :
Netherton's: attorney declared that since the signing of an affidavit is a voluntary act, the procedure was illegal. 3 Netherton was released under $250 bond. The case will be heard Wednesday. Police charge his car struek an automobile yesterday on Howard St. and that he failed to
ance to the penny,” he said. From other sources, however, it was indicated that the State examiners hadefun into some accounting procedures that are being eyed by the Prosecutor and his staff.
Judgments Studied
One report has it that the examiners are looking into the matter of several court judgments—fines and costs—stamped ‘suspended’ despite the fact the defendant possesses what purports to be a receipt for payment of the fine and costs. It was said sonie deputy clerks in| charge of Municipal Court ‘records have had access to several receipt hooks at’ one time. The receipts in! each book bear serial numbers. One hook, reported lost, is understocd to have been found by the examiners with some of the blank re-| ceipts missing from it.” These are bzing checkeo. The exaniners alsc are understood to be investigsting reports that some | (Continued on Page Three)
4 IN FAMILY DIEIN PENDLETON CRASH
Car Is Struck by Train Near Reformatory.
PENDLETON, Ind, Sept. 21 (U. P.).—A family of four, all of Gary, was killed when their car was struck by a New York Central express train near here. | The dead: MATTHEW KLIMCZAK, 66. HELEN KLIMCZAK, about the same age, his wife. Two sons, THOMAS, FLOYD, 21. Their automobile was struck as it turned off Road 67 and over the railroad tracks at Rollo Crossing, the west entrance to Pendleton Reformatory. The group was en route to visit another son who is an inmate there. T The ‘train was traveling about 80 miles an hour and dragged the victims’ car for nearly a mile.
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137 ORDERED TO TRIAL: DETROIT, Sept. 21 (U. P.).— Former Mayor Richard W. Reading and 136 co-defendants, including high law enforcement officials: and notorious’ ex-gangsters, today were ordered held for trial on charges of conspiracy involving huge graft payments to protect. Detroit's $30,000,000-a-year horse race gam-
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SILENT
FEAR FORLIFE
OF BABY SEIZED BY ECCENTRIC’
Family of French Nobility Isolated in Mansion; FBI Withdraws.
By FREDERICK C. OTHMAN United Press Staff Correspondent
HILLSBOROUGH, Cal, Sept. 21.—The wealthy and socially prominent family of 3-year-old Marc de Tristan Jr. isolated themselves today in the palatial mansion of the Count and Countess Marc de Tristan today and awaited word from. the kidnaper of their son. ~
They had complied, so far as possible, with the terms laid down in his note demanding $100,000 ransom. The money was ready—in 5, 10.and 20-dollar bills. Law ene forcement agencies had withdrawn, Newspapermen stayed away. In Washington, Director J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI said: “In compliance with the wishes of the family, we have withdrawn in order that they may function, Our primary interest is to see that the child is returned, and we will do nothing that will interfere with the family’s efforts along that line.”
Family Keeps Indoors
The de Tristan family had ine serted in the San Francisco Exame iner a keyed classified ad, as ine structed by the suave, hook-nosed kidnaper when he abducted the scion of five of California's wealthi< est families yesterday. . The de Tristan mansion had the appearance of being deserted, Shades had been drawn; the drivee way was clear of automobiles, the servants and the family kept ine doors. The newspaper ad was a pledge of good faith on part of the de Tristans. The kidnaper in his ine structions said that as soon as the ad appeared the family would ree ceive [further instructions, He ade vised them not to try to communie cate by other channels and. said:“Wait until you have received our next letter.” No further word has been ree ceived. Snatched From Nurse
Some authorities entertained grave fears for the safety of the little victim, despite the kidnaper’s repeated assurances in a ransom note that he would be well treated. The kidnaper, a man between 45 and 50, apparently a Latin with a prominent nose, had acknowledged an unstable mind by signing the note “Unconventional Eccentric.” The kidnaper, who snatched the baby from his nurse in a street of this wealthy suburb of San Frane cisco yesterday, struck at a family so prominent itself and with so many wealthy connections, that the crime may become known as “the California Lindbergh case.” The young Countess Jane is the
I daughter of the late Edwin Chrise
tenson, multi-millionaire lumber and shipping magnate. Her mother is now the wife of Louis Shattuck Cates, wealthy president of the Phelps Dodge Corp., the copper firm, . On his father's side, the elder Count ‘is a descendant of an old French noble family, 3 The ransom money was hastily collected by Mr. Cates in $5, $10 and $20 bills as the kidnaper die
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BRIG. GEN. HONEYCUTT AND PILOT MISSING
ATLANTA, Ga. Sept. 21 (U. P.), —Fourth Corps Army Area head quarters announced today that Brig. Gen. F. W. Honeycutt, coms manding general of Ft. Bragg, N, C., and his pilot, Capt. George F. Keyhoe, were unreported for 17 hours on a flight from Ft. Bragg to Jacksonville, Fla. The general and Capt. Keyhoe took off from Ft. Bragg at 6 p. m., last night and should have are rived at Jacksonville around 8:30 p. m,, according to area headquare ters. :
Roy W. Howard And the Far East
Roy W. Howard has written .a series of ‘interpretative articles on conditions in the Far East following a 30,000 mile journey through the entire area. The first of these are ticles will appear in The Times on
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