Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 October 1940 — Page 1
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VOLUME 52—NUMBER 179
Hit-Run Driver Kills 2, Goes In Hiding as Police Sei
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DAZED FRIEND REVEALS NAME FOR OFFICERS
One Victim Killed Instantly In Midnight Accident on Massachusetts Ave.
A hit and run driver brought death to two men early today and then—his identity revealed by a friend who rode with him in the death car—went into hiding
to elude searching police. His address and his place of employment are known, too, police say. His car has been found. His home is guarded, his horrified wife knows that he is hunted—hunted for raising the year’s traffic toll for the year in the city to 65, in Marion County to 102. One of the victims was killed instdntly, the other, the father of al seven-day old child, died en route to! the hospital. It was shortly after midnight when William R. Cox, 41, of 359 W. Ray St., and Nicholas Santeiu, 35, of 1705 Lafayete Road, were crossing Maasachusetts Ave. in the 900 block. Operated Shop Nearby
Mr. Cox operated a brake lining shop nearby, and Mr. Santeiu, who runs a used car sales lot near his home, had been there on business. They started across the street just after a trackless trolley had passed and then, a witness said, a speeding car approached near the center of the street, attempting to pass the carrier. . It struck both men at the same time. Mr. Cox was hurled 28 feet and was killed instantly. His companion, thrown 70 feet farther, died in the ambulance. About an hour later, Wilbur Geaunther, a taxi driver, picked up a fare at Boyd and Roosevelt Aves. His passenger had a bump on his head and appeared dazed, the driver said. Says Head Was Injured
The passenger told the driver he'd been in a car which had been in an accident in Massachusetts Ave. and asked to be taken to the scene. He told ‘him that the impact of a crash had been so terrific that he was hurled from his rear seat and his head struck the windshield, injuring his head. {-. Near the accident scene, the taxi driver drove up to Deputy Inspector Lewis Johnson and said: “Here's a man who says he was in that car.” The officer arrested the dazed assenger. He was questioned only riefly, but, according to police, told them he knew the driver, but not lwo other men who were in the car.
Car Is Impounded
Police immediately went to the home of the alleged driver and fountl his car parked nearby. It was impounded. An officer has been “planted” near the home. The suspect’s place of employment was | visited this morning, but he didn’t report for) work. All city and state police and fleputy sheriffs have a description of him. Mrs. Santeiu has heen in the Methodist Hospital since Sept. 27 and her boy was born seven days ago. Sometime today she will be told of her husband's death.
LOCAL MAN KILLED IN FIVE-FLOOR FALL
A 81-year-old unemployed man was killed today when he fell 50 feet from a fifth-floor window of the Holiday Building at Alabama and Ohio Sts. He was identified as Cleo H. Rose by his wife, Grace,| and a son, Robert, who-were notified after a card bearing that name was found in his pocket. He lived at 1468 N.
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SHIPPING TIE-UP LOOMS SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5 (U. P.). —A suddenly called [strike of the marine firemen, oilers, water-tend-ers and wipers, an independent union, spread up and down the Pacific Coast today, threatening to tie up 58 steamers engaged in coastwise trade.
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6 Mrs. Ferguson 8 7 Ohituaries. ... 13 egler Crossword ... 12 | Byle : * Editorials .... 8|Questions .... Financial .... 9 R dio Flynn 8 Mrs. Roosevelt 7 Forum 8 | Serial Story.. 14 In Indpls. ... 3 Sige Glances 8 Inside Indpls. 7 Saciety .... 4, 5 Johnson 8 Sports... 10, 11
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SATURDAY, OCTOB L
ER 5, 1940
Tries Again
Paul Derringer , . . Cincinnati's gamble.
WILLKIE SEEKS VITAL 47 VOTES
Invades Brooklyn Where Advisers Say N. Y. Result Will Be Decided.
(Partial Willkie Text, Page 2)
By THOMAS L. STOKES
Times Special Writer NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-—Another chapter in the Philadelphia story behind® him, Wendell L. Willkie began his quest for New York State’s pivotal 47 electoral votes today. Since 1900, only once—in 1916— has a Presidential candidate who carried New York failed of election.
With election day exactly one month away, Mr. Willkie came again into the home state of his nival, President Roosevelt to strike first at Democratic Brooklyn, where his aids say the election may be won or lost, depending upon the size of President Roosevelt's majority. They hope Mr. Willkie's five-speech campaign tonight will help whittle Mr. Roosevelt's 1936 majority of 525,000 there down to 300,000. If it is no larger than this, they say, Mr. Willkie will carry New York State. Mr. Willkie was greeted by New York Republican leaders at the train and then went to his Fifth Ave. apartment to rest. Rep. Bruce Barton, Republican Senatorial nominee, will accompany him to Brooklyn tonight. Mr. Willkie will rest tomorrow also. I It was announced today that Mr. Willkie in the next two weeks will tour New Jersey and New York and then cross the Middle West again to St. Louis. He will speak in Evansville, Ind., on Oct. 17. Yesterday he was in Philadelphia, where four months ago the miracle happened. Mr. Willkie, a businessman, a political unknown, a former Democrat, | was nominated by the Republican convention there to carry the fight | against _the Democratic candidate | —and everybody suspected that this] would be one Franklin ID. Roosevelt. Because of that suspicion, largely, the Republican delegates ran away from the bosses, broke all the ancient traditions, and picked the very attractive businessman to pit his (Continued on Page Three) |
FOOTBALL GRABS SPORTS SPOTLIGHT
I. u. Meets Texas: Purdue Goes to Ohio.
Today Indiana found itself far enough outside baseball's sphere. of domination to be able to play, see and talk about some college football. Especially at Bloomington and South Bend was the pigskin given prominence. Bloomington was host to what Indiarf& University expected to he its largest opening-day crow for the contest with the Texas Longhorns. After the gala premiere of the film “Knute Rockne—All American.” the game was the thing today in South Bend. Elmer Layden’s Notre Dame club, making its first 1940 appearance, was matched with Coach Amos Alonzo Stagg's College of the Pacific eleven. But these two cities had no monopoly on Hoosier interest. Considerable attention was given Pur-
the Boilermakers tackled the favored Ohio State Buckeyes. Butler also was across the state line facing Ohio University at Athens in what looked like an even argument.
‘(took a long and daring gamble by
DERRINGER ON HILL FOR REDS; TROUT JERKED
Clay Smith Replaces Wobbling Detroit Hurler as Cincy Takes Early Lead.
Cincinnati - Detroit BRIGGS STADIUM, DETROIT, Qct. 5 (U. .-P).— Manager Bill McKechnie made a last minute switch in plans and called on Paul Derringer, the big right-hander who was knocked out of the box in the first game, to try to even up
the World Series for the Cin- military service, and the feet at the cinnati Reds.
Last night McKechnie announced | he would pitch Junior Thompson; ¢ ‘ 1
out after sleeping on the problem Dedicates Three Schools,
over night, he decided to stake everything on Derringer, who failed: Says Education Prevents Dictatorship.
{to last two full innings against the (Roosevelt Text, Page Two) HYDE: PARK, N. | Y., Oct. 5 (U.
Detroit Tigers in the opener. P.) —President Roosevelt today de-
By Their
Manager Del Baker of the Tigers
assigning Dizzy Trout, an in-and-out pitcher who wears spectacles, to gn against the Reds. . Trout went through a wobbling two and one-half innings and was jerked in the middle of the third in favor of Clay Smith, a rookie right-hander from the Texas League. The weather was warm and bright. Trout held fairly steady in. the opening round, but the Reds wangled two runs out one hit and an|
error. Goodman's double brought | ernment SPending|| to - prevent
in. Mike McCormick. Higgins’ error | destitution and declared that Ameron Ripple’s drive allowed Goodman |ica's institution of universal eduto score. The Tigers went down,|cation is democracy’s best bulwark 1-2-3. Bartell swung out, McCosky | against dictatorship in times of
walked and Gehringer hit into a |8reat emergency. : double play. The President spoke at ceremonies
Derringer went way down in the dedicating three new Dutchess bag to pull himself out of a hole| County school houses constructed in the second. York's walk, Hig-|in part with PWA funds. His adgins’ single and a pass to Sullivan |dress, broadcast to the nation. over filled the Detroit sacks. Trout|the CBS and NBC networks, howcame to bat with a chance to glorify | €Ver, signalized opening of his final himself. He didn’t, grounding out|month’s drive for re-election to a
Frank McCormick, unassisted, {third term. to Fran F i The three new schools, Mr. RooseFirst Inning
velt said, stand as symbols of two REDS—Werber walked. Mike Mc-|great American principles — the Cormick forced Werber at second,! right of universal education and the York to Bartell. - Goodman doubled | free exchange of ideas which ban(Continued on Page Three) ishes dictatorships: and "the prin- : ciple that the Government owes a continuing responsibility to see that
unable to find work. Claims Defense Aided
“Almost the first freedom to be destroyed, as dictators take control, 1s the freedom of learning,” the President said, “Tyranny hates and fears nothing more than the free exchange of ideas, the free play of the mind that comes from edu
Solvent ‘Explosion. cation.” :
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Oct. 5 (U.| Mr. Roosevelt. asserted that the P.).—One man was killed, two were billion dollar Federal works proinjured and damage of $100,000 gram also has been a measure in caused to the Commercial Solvents | defense of democracy. Co. plant in three explosions which “In building for the well-being shook the city last night, officials | of America, we have built for the said today. . defense of America as well,” he Earl J. Wynn, head of the Indian- | said. apolis FBI office, denied today that| The address was delivered from a his office is investigating the blast | platform on the terrace of the new for evidence of possible sabotage.|Franklin D. Roosevelt High School, Company officials denied the plant|net far from his Hyde Park home. was manufacturing any products The joint ceremony, however, also used in national defense. dedicated two other major schools— Mr. Wynn said he went to Terre the Wappingers Falls Central Haute last night as “an observer” School, one of the largest of its to ascertain if the company is an type in New York State, and the essential defense industry, but found (Continued on Page Three)
nothing within the jurisdiction of A Good Hunch?
the FBI. The plant makes commercial alSOUTH BEND, Ind. Oct. 5 (U. P.).—“The Oliver,” a thea-
cohol, paint, varnish, enamel and other chemical compounds. = Comter here overshadowed by first run -houses showing the pre-
(Continued on Page Three) miere of “Knute Rockne—All American” took advantage of Rockne Week by billing— “Now showing-—Special Run —Rockne Week Special— The Hunchback of Notre Dame.’ ”
JARS TERRE HAUTE
2 Injured in $100,000
HORNER NEAR DEATH
WINNETKA, Ill, Oct. 5 (U. P.).— The condition of Governor Henry Horner, long an invalid, has become seriously worse, and his death was believed only a matter of a short time, it was announced at his retreat here today.
Completeness of Wardrobe
The much maligned male will gojof years ago and has since been
By their feet they shall be judged by the draft medical examiner: owner—he thought they were flat, but they weren't. The feet in the center
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no one starves who is willing but
each of which contained four eggs.
Feet They'll Be Judged
The feet at the left fooled their got their owner rejected for right won praise from the examining doctor. :
You're Probably Wrong If You Think Yours Are Flat
Bunions and Ingrown Toenails Can Help Draftees Avoid Service, the Question Being—Which Do You Take?
By EARL RICHERT No matter what a wishtully poor opinion you may have of your own feet, the odds are overwhelming that the draft medical examiner will probably just “love” them. The draft medical examiners will use the same methods used by Army ‘examining officers. And Army examining officers find so few youths with flat feet that only about one out of every 200 are rejected Z because of them. : Most men just think they have flat feet. Many of them went barefooted so long in boyhood that they developed a soft pad on their feet which makes them think they have
DEPENDENCY RULE CHANGED FOR DRAFT: en in fal, aly awe
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Automatic Deferment Up to You can judge your feet for your- . (self. If you walk a little pigeonLocal Boards.
toed, as did the Indians, it’s| almost WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (U. P.).— arches and will stand up for miles Selective service experts have Of ramping “i a heavy army : i . os 11 pack on your back. drafted new regulations which wi, If youre flat-footed you will alpermit local draft boards to auto-|most invariably walk with the toe | matically defer men with depend-
ents. The regulations, “among others] *TYice. are flot-tdoted ita’ either now awaiting President Roosevelt's| ‘parents’ ¥ approval, are designed to offset 3 2 what selective service: officials con- | sider to be the too stringent defini-| tion of dependency in the conscrip-| tion law. The draft experts also propose | that college students, who are de-! ferred by the law until July 1, 1941, be placed into Class I instead of Class II, which will include those deferred because of the nature of their occupations. College students will be required to take a physical examination after their numbers have been called, but would not| be required to report for service] until after July 1, 1941.
‘ARMED’ WITH EGGS "FOR WILLKIE TALK
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. 5 (U.| P.).—A man who gave his name as Israel Kirby, Rushville, Ind. was arrested by police last night as he sought to enter Shibe Park with 12 eggs shortly before Wendell L. Willkie was to deliver a national defense | speech. { Kirby carried three paper bags,
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quite a bit to be ineligible for army
and transverse arches. When they break down you're flat-footeds The breakdown, is probably due\tq’ poor muscular development or ‘poor posture. Ill-fitting
with it too.
weight falls on the center of the heel and on both sides of the front part of his foot. If a person's weight falls on the center of the front of
deal of pain. And your feet usually have to be (Continued on Page Three)
2 LOCAL PLANTS GET DEFENSE CONTRACTS
U. S. Rubber, Link-Belt Orders Exceed Million.
Times Special
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5. -— Con-
DR. EPHRAIM D. LOWE was a 5. 1 Con RESIGNS PASTORATE oir = i] en wore
awarded today tc two plants in Indianapolis and two in other Indiana cities. The contracts were awarded as Indianapolis and three other Hoosier sites were considered for Federal housing projects for defense workers. The United States Rubber Co..
Dr. Ephraim D. Lowe, after 19 years as pastor of the Olive Branch Christian Church, will read his resignation at: the morning worship services at 9:25 a. m. tomorrow. Dr. Lowe will succeed Dr. G. I. Hoover as general secretary of the Indiana Christian Missionary Association. He will take office Jan.
Clothiers to Choose Best-Dressed Hoosier,
1, 1940. Indianapolis, received the contract for $34,502 worth of inner tubes, and the Link Belt Corp., also of Indianapolis, an order for | $155,000 worth of ammunition components. Other contracts were to the Guide Lamp Division of the General Motors Corp., ammunition components, $466,900, and Corp., Lebanon, ammunition components, $398,000.
to Be Criterion
{That man in the plaid suit.’ You won't notice him by his clothes.”
due’s trek to Columbus, O., wherel
in for styling in a big way next
Indiana clothiers will select the 10 best-dressed men in Indiana over the week-end. About 150 clothiers will be meeting in Indianapolis at the annual
convention of the Indiana Retail Clothiers and Furnishers tomorrow and Monday at the Claypool Hotel. The biggest change for spring is
The other scheduled games: Central Normal at Earlham, Wabash at Franklin, Evansville at Louisville, Central Michigan at Ball State, ‘Hanover at Centre. The nation’s No. 1 game was strictly a Dixie family feud—Duke
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the complete “opening up” on the attitude for men’s style, according to Joseph | Epstein, L. Strauss & Co. buyer. There will be more color. There’ll he a lot more of those Glen Urquards, the double check that came out of Hollywood a couple
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softened up. The general lines next spring will be a grand culmination of the movement of men’s style toward comfort and easy lines. Coats are going to be even longer than they have been. Along with the longer coat there will be a drop in the opening of the vest. There will be lots of room for men to show off their shirt and tie accessories, And they'll be wearing all the accessories they can—in good taste. : The new styles are coming in from the East. . The 10 best-dressed men will be chosen on a number of counts. The buyers say: “In selecting a well-dressed man you don’t say, v
The criteria for choice will be the completeness—but not the extent—of his wardrobe, He should have a suit for each occasion from buying big steel to playing golf. Tomorrow will be a busman’s holiday for .the clothiers, with discussions on advertising and lighting and a cloth and style clinic. Monday speakers will include Harry P. Fletcher of Ft. Wayne, national association president; S. D. Young of Grand Rapids, Mich, store equipment executive, and Clarence Rickey of Dayton, O., McGregor Golf Equipment Co. president. : : Paul D. Gilbert of South Bend,
association president, will preside.
Besides Indianapolis housing sites considered were South = Bend, Charlestown and Union | Center. Ammunition plants are to be located in the latter two.
MARKET ADVANCES BUT TRADING IS DULL
NEW YORK, Oct. 5 (U. P.), — Stocks advanced irregularly in dull trading today. Recognized leaders lagged but special issues strengthened. German
industrial bonds were
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CUBAN EXPERT
WARNS OF WAR :
Diplomat. Says Desperation Of Nazis Finally Will Force U. S. Entry.
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
Times Foreign Editor WASHINGTON, Oct.” 5. — Her Blitzkreig having bogged down, Germany in desperation will expand and prolong ‘the war until the United States is drawn in— even to the point of sending another A. E. PF. overseas. Such 1s the conviction of Dr. Cosme de la Torriente, former president of the League. -of Nations assembly. Dr. Torriente, who also has heen a member of the Permanent Court
retary of State in Cuba and Cuban Ambassador to the ,United States, was here en route to his home in Havana. . | He knows Europe and the Uni-
And he sees difficult
Western Hemisphere. South Am-
tarian peril, Points to U. S. Fleet
“The United States,” he said, “is the only nation of the New®World
would be greatly weakened if it
America. 0 “Accordingly, the nations down there should prepare to do their utmost not only to defend themselves
e defense of the hemisphere, “Panama is extremely vulnerable. Hostilities have a way of commenc-
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or even a warning. Hostile aircraft carriers could approach within, say, 500 miles of the Isthmus and from (Continued on Page Three)
RAIN UNLIKELY, SAYS WEATHER BUREAU
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ions of the triple alliance per1 Japan to annex the Dutch Indies and French, Indoe ., promised that Germany and would mediate the Sinoese war in Japan's favor 4nd ‘nce a Russo-Japanese none.
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| ri tish bombers were reported of« 'y to have blown up a rail line outside Cherbourg toward 1 the Nazis were moving sup- : damaged a nearby hangar at ile, near Le Havre, and attacked set fire to an airdrome.
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| jout saying where or when,” and fod that landing parties would sed when King Victor Emmanf Italy inspected a giant new sport plane, capable of carrying ge number of fully armed ine ymen. Japan, there was a concert of ments by public men and papers to the effect that Japan
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Japan’s Terms Stated
‘ris for friendship were a free 1 for expansion in the Far East. ‘as said that Japan would deig war if the United States : de England or iadly and stubbornly sticks to the quo in the Pacific.” : ’ the same time, all over South ica, there were moves to bring (Continued on Page Three)
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While threats of immediate and against the, British are pre‘ters, Count Ciano's newspaper, es Hitler and Mussolini “never
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