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VOLUME 52—NUMBER 171
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1940
DRIVER FINED FOR A-TOOTING IN FOUR TONES
What’s More, Police Reveal Score of Arrests of Loud Horn Blowers.
A police campaign to silence the midnight symphony of multi-toned automobile horns reached the crescendo stage today. The drive was revealed as a 16-year-old motorist was fined $10 and
tune horn tooting and police announced the arrest of more than a score of loud horn blowers during the last few nights. The youth, who was charged with blowing a four-toned horn on the East Side last night pleaded not guilty, but was convicted by Judge Pro Tem. George G. Rinier. “Maybe this will give you something to think about when you blow that horn again,” Judge Rinier said.
North Side Complains
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Accident Prevention Bureau said. Motorcycle officers have been ordered to keep an ear peeled for them and catch tooters in the act when possible. “It's hard to convict when you can't get a witness who actually saw the driver press the button,” Capt. Troutman said. “We've lost cases for that reason. But in most cases the person who blows a horn just for the fun of it is driving recklessly, too, and can be arrested on that charge.” The captain said most of the offenders are between 19 and 21. “But,” he added, “we arrested one fellow 45 years old.
Joined Serenade
"“He was driving along hehind a couple other drivers who were blowing their horns and just joined in the serenade.” ‘ The campaign really opened several nights ago when a youth start- | ed making a practice of driving through the East Side tooting a horn that played “How Dry I Am.” Police caught him, but couldn't convict. 7 “However,” said Capt. Troutman, “it scared Rim and ‘he’s pulled in his horn.”
Look Quick!
This is a very good likeness of fall in Indianapolis south of 30th St., and can be said to be typical of Indianapolis fall scenes. because fall will not long have her makeup on and if you turn your back long, gaunt leafless branches soon wili be reaching up from snow, which is beautifully white but—br-r-r-r-r-r!
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CITY IS ASSURED 7-CENT TAX CUT
Tax Adjustment Board to Formally Ratify $3.21 Rate Tomorrow.
Taxpayers .of Indianapolis in Center Township are assured of a 7-cent reduction in their 1941 tax rate under rates to be formally set
STOCK TRADERS EYE | FAR EASTERN CRISIS
- | NEW YORK, Sept. 26 (U. Res Stocks moved irregularly in light | trading today while market opera-| tors tried to appraise the Far East-| ern situation. Leading issues lost fractions to more than $1 in early trading and then recovered partially. Bonds! were irregularly lower and South | American currencies were strong on| news of the U. S. Export-Import Bank loan approval. At Chicago wheat prices were steady but corn was fractionally lower,
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NEW YORK, Sept. 26 (U. P).—| The New York Stock Exchange an-| nounced today that the 714,835 no-
power & Light Co. stock have been authorized for listing but will not pe admitted to dealings until further notice. | : : _ Officials of the Indianapolis utility said trading ‘in the stock will probably begin following Securities &- Exchange Commission approval, The stock, formerly held by a holding company, was sold to the public
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YES. IT'S NON-POLITICAL
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (U. P.). _The Senate Campaign Committee yu the motion of Senator Clyde M. Reed (R. Kas.) decided today that President Roosevelt's Labor Day speech at Chattanooga, Tenn, did pot contain sufficient political imlications to call for a committee
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tomorrow by the County Tax Adjustment Board. The hoard, which agreed on the various levies at its meeting yesterday. was in recess today but will meet again tomorrow to act formally on the rates and to draw up its final report. The various levies making up the total tax rate. for Indianapolis in Center Township total $3.21, as compared to this year's $3.28. The rates set, for Indianapolis residents of other townships are: Perry, $3.145; Warren, $2.855; Washington, $2.825 and Wayne, $3,3825. The board's report tomorrow is expected to criticize the present poor relief system and to urge the Legis lature to abolish the fees to which certain county officials now are entitled. . During their session, the board members said they felt there should be some restrictions on the handling of poor relief funds. At present, township trustees are not required to consult with any governmental body when they find it necessary to overspend their relief budgets. The question ,of allowing salary and personnel increases in the Civil and School City budgets brought on (Continued on Page Five)
F DETROIT WINS ONE GAME AND IF--
Yanks Play Today, Tigers Idle Till Tomorrow.
The mad scramble for the American League baseball pennant was still on today—but Detroit's Tigers were far and away in the front. The Tigers and second-place Cleveland were side-tracked today while New York’s Yankees tackled Philadelphia in a twin bill, Tomorrow, Detroit and the Indians open a three-game “sudden-death” series. If the Tigers win one of the games they're a cinch to tie for the pennant. Two Detroit victories and the race is over as far as Cleveland is conterned. The Yankees, 3'; games out of first place, must win all their six remaining games against Philadelphia and Washington to stay in the race. In other words, if Cleveland and the Yankees each lose one game, the Tigers are in, Bullet Bob Feller, the Mr, ig of Pitchersville, and Schoolboy Rowe, are likely starters in tomorrow's first Detroit-Cleveland game at
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Frost Helps Some, But It Doesn’t End Hay Fever Altogether
By JOE COLLIER ROST spread itself soundless- . ly over Indianapolis and environs early today and brought clamors of applause from the city’s myriad hay fever sufferers. For them, it's the beginning of the end of a period of torture which some of them will testify is not equaled in any other branch of human suffering. The cool weather which came within one degree of equaling the record low for this date will continue tonight and there will be another light frost, the Weather Bureau said. Somewhat warmer weather is due tomorrow. The transition from the pallenladen days of September to the pollen-free days of October is gradual. But cold weather is a great brake and frost is a great impetus to cold weather, However, all is not yet velvet for some- of the most intense suffer= ers, irost or no frost. ‘ The popular fancy is that the moment frost - forms, hay fever sneezing stops, .in some instances (Continued on Page Six)
WARNER NAMED HEAD OF LEGION
New Commander Is Toledo Attorney; Auxiliary Elects Indiana Woman.
BOSTON, Sept. 26 (U. P.).—Milo J. Warner, Toledo, O, “attorney and World War captain who was wound- | ed in a bombing raid in France, to-| day was elected national commander of the American Legion.
Mrs. Louis J. Lemstra of Clinton, Ind., was elected national president of the Auxiliary by acclamation, succeeding Mrs. William Corwith of Rockville Center, N. Y. In an election yesterday, Benjamin C. Hilliard*Jr., 42, Denver lawver, was elected Chef de Chemin Fer of the Legion's 40 & 8 Division. Prior to the election of a commander today, the Legion had vigorously condemned ‘aggressors and aggressor nations” in a resolution expressing sympathy specifically for Great Britain and China. The action came by acclamation, with only a half dozen delegates at the 22d National Convention favoring a substitute proposal calling for reaflirmation of “our historic policy of an adequate national defense and | suppoft of the Monroe Doctrine.” | Alfred P. Kelley, commander of the Oregon Department, demanded | that the convention recognize that “conditions have changed since Chi- | cago where the 1939 convention was held” and said: | “The people want from us aj resolution of courage . . . not ap-| peasement . . . compromising—ap- | peasement will lead us to war.” O. K. Armstrong of Springfield, Mo., favored the amendment re(Continued on Page Six)
For Those of Draft Age—
In every city over the nation, they're asking about conscription. . Questions by the thousands . . . questions still unanswered . . . and that's just the starter! : As new interpretations are made, new rulings handed down, there will be new questions. To help out, The Indianapolis Times is setting up a special Selective Service Information Bureau in Washington. This bureau will mail replies, correct and complete, to all questions sent in by readers. Questions must be ac- : companied by postage, prepaid postcard or stamped envelope, self-addressed. ! Mail your questions to Milton Bronner, Manager, NEATimes Selective Service Information Bureau, 10i3 13th St. N. W., Washington, D. C, : :
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ROTHSCHILD GOLD SEIZED
TOULOUSE, France, Sept. 26 (U. P.).—Secret service agents . have seized about $10,000,000 in gold Baron Maurice de Rothschild sealed into a wall of his chateau before he fled from France.
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EMBARGO INTO EFFECT OCT. 16
Move to ‘Conserve’ Resources May Cripple War Machine.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (U. P.).—President Roosevelt today ordered an embargo effective Oct. 16, on shipment of scrap iron and steel to any country outside the Western Hemisphere except Great
Britain. Japan is the only major purchaser which théreby will be cut off from American supplies from this important war material and the action came at a time when this Government is greatly concerned over southward Japanese expansion. Other countries affected by the embargo either have not bought much American scrap or, like Italy, already have had their trade with this country cut off by the war. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, meantime, said at a press conference that the basing of the U. S. battle fleet at Hawaii still remained a fundamental American policy.
Called Conservation Move
President Roosevelt's announcement of the embargo said it was intended to conserve the scrap metal
for this country’s own defenses. But White House Secretary Stephen T. Early made it elear that Mr. Roosevelt had been preoccupied with the Far Eastern crisis arising from Japan’s action in French IndoChina and dispute over control of Shanghai, in China. “The President has been virtually
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ly by telephone, with the Secretary of State on the Far Eastern situation,” Mr, Early said. The embargo, long feared by the Japanese who had threatened economic retaliation if one was invoked, had been rumored for some time. Gasoline Shut Off
Recently, Mr. Roosevelt shut off shipments of aviation gasoline to. the Japanese; and to (all other countries outside the Western Hemisphere. Cancellation of the Japanese = American commercial treaty left this country free to.take any kind of economic action against Japan that it desired. Japan took approximately onethird of American exports of iron and steel scrap during the first seven months of 1940, Commerce Department figures showed. Of the 1,796,089 tons exported during that period, 525.309 tons went to Japan and 599.814 tons to Great Britain. During the corresponding period in 1939, Japan took 1,155,536 tons of the total 2,123.264 tons exported. while Britain received only 254,234
P% China Gets Anpther Loan The new embargo followed unconfirmed reports that Japan had agreed to a definite defensive alli-
ance with Germany in the event that the United States and Britain collaborated to a larger extent in the Far East—particularly if the United States used the Great Britain naval base at Singapore. Use of the base has been offered by Britain. The embargo also came a few hours after the United States had advanced another $25,000,000 Ex-port-Import Bank loan to China. It brought total American loans to the war-torn Chinese Government. to $70.000,000. Although only about 13 types of scrap ordinarily are sold on the export market, the export controls will cover all 75 classes.” = . The move, approved by the State Department and by the National Defense Advisory Commission, was announced by the White House in the following statement: “The President has approved the early establishment of additional
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and steel scrap with a view to con(Continued on Page Five)
Il Days Left To Register
Only 11 more days remain for voters to register for the Nov. 5 election. Branch registration offices are:
Today
School buildings at 4715 E. 10th St.; 714 Buchanan St; 5111 Baltimore St.; 21st and Illinois St.; Blackford and Michigan St.; 13th St. and Carrollton Ave.
Tomorrow and Saturday
Fire stations at 1575 Roose= velt Ave.; 2101 English Ave.; 535 N. Bell Vieu Pl; 352 N. Beville Ave.; 512 Maple Road; 332 S. New Jersey St.
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Maj. Warren E. Cleveland . , , ordered into active service,
HELPS DECIDE ON ‘KEY JOBS
Merz Also May Be Called fo Aid in Listing Occupations.
By EARL RICHERT The U. S. War Department dipped into the Indianapolis school system today for one of the key men for the Indiana draft program. Maj. Warren E. Cleveland, instructor in the drafting department and |assistant * football coach at Tech {High School since 1921, was ordered into active service by Assistant Secretary of War Robert Patterson to serve as state adviser on occupational deferments. Maj. Cleveland, who will serve with the State Selective . Service staff, will have the important task of advising various draft boards on whether a registrant's job is of such importance that it would be wise to place him in the deferred list, if his number is called. It is reported in military quarters that Indiana will have two advisers on occupation deferments. The other man likely to get this assignment is Charles C. Merz, president of -the| Merz Engineering Co. and assistant manager of the Indianapolis Motor
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BERLIN BOMBED FOR FIVE HOURS; BALTIC BLASTED
Axis Talks of World Front as Gayda Warns Italy Is on Tokyo's Side in Troubled Far East.
By JOE ALEX MORRIS
United Press Foreign News Editor
British war power and American economic weight today were thrown against what Axis sources insisted was a potential world front of ‘new empires”—Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia and Japan. : ; U. S. moves in what may be the opening phase of a’ titanic world struggle for power and empire were confined to the economic sphere, but their effects may be far-reach-ing. British bombers and warships hammered at German and Italian objectives. President Roosevelt imposed an embargo on shipment of U. S. iron and steel scrap, except to Great Britain and ‘the Western Hemisphere.
Italy Backs Japan, Gayda Warns
Officially the move was to “conserve” U. S. resources of this vital war material. Actually, Washington made no secret that the action was directed against Japan, which has imported vast quantities of scrap to feed her far-flung war machine. : : ; Axis preoccupation with the potentialities of the Far Eastern situation, where Japan's move into French IndoChina, has rocked the delicately balanced status quo, was emphasized by Virginio Gayda, Italian editor who often speaks for Premier Benito Mussolini. - = He warned that Italy was ‘on Japan's side in the Far East and that “any ircautious stand on the part of the French, as well as their American and British ‘protectors’ would only bring about further Japanese expansion in Asia.”
Japanese Land at Haiphong
Japanese troops landed at Haiphong, Indo-China port today, under terms of the “peaceful” agreement signed by Vichy and Tokyo. Their arrival was heralded by the dropping of four bombs which caused 15 native casualties. The Royal Air Force hammered away at both ends of the Axis, driving home one of the most extended attacks of the war. Berlin was subjected to a five-hour raid, longest of the war. Six waves of British bombers swept over the German capital in an attack that ended only in the early hours of morning, Other bombing squadrons blasted the Baltic end of the Kiel Canal and a torrent of bombs smashed down on the “invasion” bases along the French and Belgium coasts. i
Bombard Italians in Egypt In the Kiel attack, the British fliers reported they had dropped high explosives close to the German battleship, Scharnhorst. The Scharnhorst, according to the British
Speedway. Mr. Merz, who is a lieutenant} colonel in the Air Corps’ Reserves, | said he hack received no orders from! Washington and had no comment to] make. . Maj. Cleveland is to go to Lansing, Mich., next week for a War Depart(Continued on Page Five)
NEW APARTMENT ON NORTH SIDE IS ASKED
Permit Requests, Total $260,000.
Petitions for new construction totaling more than $260.000, including a $175,000 apartment hotel on the near North Side. were filed with the City Plan Commission today. The request to build a three-story stone and brick apartment hotel at 1215 N. Pennsylvania St. was submitted by Everett A. Carson. It would be called the “Bar-Bee Apartments.” Plans for a four-family apartment building at 3033 N. Talbott St., costing $15,000, were filed by M. E. Morley. A $35,000 storeroom building to house a food market and a drug store at -the southeast corner of Sheridan Ave. and E. Washington St. was proposed by the Hall Hottel Co., Inc. : Other new construction for which zoning variance petitions have been
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dences, costing $12,000, at 3751 N. Temple Ave.; a $9000 storeroom building for a physicians office and beauty shop at 5216 College Ave., and a $5500 single residence at 2502 E. 13th St. .. . Eleven other petitions. for more than $11,000 worth of construction and remodeling were also on file, to
report_has been attacked at least three other times by the R. A. F. and was believed damaged in an engagement with the Renown during tiie Norwegian campaign. In the Middle East, powerful units of the British Mediterranean fleet opened up with a withering bombardment on Sidi Barrani, farthest point of the Italian advance in Egypt. : British bombers swooped down on Tobruk, Italian base in Libya, for the second raid in two days. Rome reported that five persons were killed and 10 wounded. In East Africa, British planes attacked Gura and Esololo in Kenya
and Adi Galla, Metemma and Magi in Ethiopia. A British
submarine sank an Italian torpedo boat in the lonian Sea. The Axis reports of a world front of “new empires”
came from Rome where they were linked with a conference : (Continued on Page Five)
Japan's Strong Man a Realist, U.S. Trained and Hard-Boiled
The following is the fourth of a short series of interpretative articles by Row W. Howard of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers. They are based on observations gathered in a 30-day 30,000-mile air tour of the Far East, starting from California over the new Pan American service to New Zealand.
By ROY W. HOWARD -
ITH Japan playing a role in the East fully as dynamic as anything offered in the West by Hitler, Mussolini, or Stalin, the question naturally arises—who is the man? While the answer must be given with ‘some reservation.
ister, as Japan’s likeliest man of the hour, : Raised in. America from the | time he was nine, and graduated with honors from the_ University |
be expected to be strongly proAmerican. He is not. While he would deny that he is anti-Ameri-can, he would he quick to admit that in any situation involving a clash of Japanese and American interests he is always proJapanese. Thinking in American-English, . as well as ‘speaking it, and knowing American politics and methods almost as well as those of his home land, Mr. Matsuoka is deeply resentful of West Coast legislation discriminating against
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