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Relief Tax Rise Urged as Step to Bring
PLAN FAVORED AS SOURCE OF "FRESH CASH’
Center, Wayne, Lawrence Townships Decide on Plea For Levy Increase.
By EARL RICHERT
The State Tax Board will be asked to increase poor relief rates in Center, Wayne and Lawrence Townships to provide part of the funds
needed to start the Federal Zia food stamp plan, officials said | £8
today. Decision to go ahead with plans to adopt the stamp system here was
reached without a dissenting voice: at -a meeting of state, county andj
township officials, and tax group
representatives, yesterday. They were told that the plan
would pour a minimum of $80,000] § a month in “fresh” cash into the| #8
county.
The principal hitch in starting) §
the stamp plan here has been the Government's requirement that relief be placed on a “pay-as-you-go” basis. Bills Long Unpaid Under the present plan, relief bills are left unpaid, sometimes for
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1940
Entered as Second-Class at Postoffice,
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= launched Oct. 24, an attempt will be
Marion County traffic claimed an|other life last night, the 104th of
CITY SPURRED T0 ‘GREATEST SAFETY DRIVE
Every Child and Every Adult To Gét ‘Reminder’; Toll Now 104.
Plans for the most comprehensive safety campaign in the history of the Indianapolis Police = Department were announced today by Chief Michael F. Morrissey.
During the program which will be
made to place safety literature in the hands of every adult and school child in Indianapolis. The . drive was announced after
he year, three more than during all of 1939.
Plan Safety Bulletins The police will distribute a series
A Criminal Court jury deliberated 5'2 hours to find Leland Peter Lax guilty today of leaving the scene of an accident June 6 in |
which 19-year-old Betty Jane Dawson was killed. He was sentenced to nine months on the
many months at a time, until the next semi-annual distribution of} taxes is received by the townships. The conferees, meeting with Ed-' ward P. Brennan, State Accounts] Board chief examiner, discussed: various means of obtaining the cash; necessary to start the plan. | Most of the townships, it was decided, could obtain enough money by letting current creditors sue for their money and receive bonds to! pay the resulting judgments. ! This would leave the fall install-| ment of taxes available to start on a ‘pay-as-you-go plan” and eliminate future relief bond issues. In the case of Center, Wayne and Lawrence Townships, it was contended, some additional money would be needed, and the plan of] seeking increases in these townships’ poor relief rates for next year was decided on. Suggestion was made that Center Township would need 4 cents more than was allowed by the recent County Tax Adjustment Board, and that Wayne Township would need an additional 5 cents. No estimate was given for Lawrence Township.
Book Opposes Tax Boost
The County Auditor has until Tuesday to petition the State Tax| Board to review the rates of these three townships. William H. Book, Chamber of Commerce executive vice president, said he felt a tax levy boost would be unnecessary in Center Township He expressed the opinion that the, group at the meeting had overlooked several likely sources of) revenue for the township. Ralph Headley, regional director of the Federal stamp plan of distributing surplus commodity foods, explained details of the plan to the approximately 35 persons at yesterday's meeting. :
He asserted that the plan's in-'
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CITY MEETS SETBACK | AS AIR CORPS BASE,
Times Special : WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.—Indianapolis will not be selected as an air corps base for the U. S. Army at the present time, War Department officials today notified Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan. The notification, a letter which thanked the Mayor for the courtesy shown Army officers on a recent inspection tour in Indianapolis, said that the information gained through the inspection will be kept in case of further expansion by the Army.
VETERAN ACTOR DEAD
NEW YORK. Oct. 10 (U. P). — Berton Churchill, 64, veteran stage and screen actor, died|/at the Medical Arts Center Hospital today, four days before he was to resume his Broadway career in the new Moss-Hart-George S.. Kauffman comedy, “George Washington Slept Here.”
State Farm and a $1000 fine. (Details, Page 17).
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!drivers’ certificates. {Chief Morrissey ‘creased number of accidents on in- | creased traffic.
Defense Speech in Dayton Saturday Will Go to American Republics.
WASHINGTON, Oct, 10 (U. P).— President Roosevelt will be joined by
Democratic leaders of Pennsylvania and Ohio on his defense inspection tour of the two states which he starts tonight. White House Secretary Stephen T. Early discolsed that among those expected to board the train en route is former Governor Martin Davey of Ohio, who again is seeking election to the gubernatorial post. ‘ Mr, Early said that Mr. Roosevelt also had added a brief halt at Newton Falls, O., to the itinerary. His schedule now includes stops at Johnstown and Pittsburgh, Pa., and Youngstown, O.. and Newton Falls
ton, O., Saturday. At Newton Falls the presidential ‘special will stop late tomorrow so that Mr, Roosevelt, without leaving his private car, may look over the site of the so-called Ravenna ammunition loading plant, which is near Newton Falls. At Pittsburgh, Youngstown, Columbus and Dayton, the President will leave the train to conduct his inspections by automobile. Discussing the President's defense
talk to the Western Hemisphere
from Dayton Saturday night, Mr. Early said that for the first time the major broadcasting companies will
“beam” the address in English di publics. > : Ordinarily a translated version of the President's words is broadcast after he has talked in English to his home audience. This procedure also will be followed this- time, but only
the President speak in English.
WITNESS DISCUSSES HITLER ‘DIAGNOSIS
Engineer Adds Support to Or. Hiel Crum’s Claims.
An electrical engineer, who said he has experimented with “etheronics” as a hobby for 10 years, told Special Judge Herbert E. Wilson in Circuit Court today that he believed it might be possible to diagnose Adolf Hitler from a contact photograph print of the dictator. The engineer was T. G. Hieronymus, superintendent of the under-
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ground system department of the Kansas City Power & Light Co, who flew here today to testify in behalf of Dr. Hiel Eugene Crum, who is seeking an appeal from a State
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Clapper ..... 15) Music ....... 11 licenses. Comics ....... 25 Obituaries . 7, 13! Mr. Hieronymus testified that Crossword ... 24 Pegler ....... 16 through the new “frontier” of Editorials .... 16 Pyle ........ . 15 science, “etheronics, or the science ranging from Fashions .... 19 Questions ... 15/0f diagnosing human ailments Financial .... 12 Radio ....... Fiynn ...... . 16 Real Estate .. Forum ...... 16 Mrs. Roosevelt 15
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In Indpls. ... Side Glances .- 16
Inside Indpls. 15 Jane Jordan . 18 Johnson .... 16|/Sports ... Movies ....10, 11 | State Deaths.
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photograph negative. “The peculiar emanations of an
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tomorrow; and Columbus and Day-|
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Medical Board order revoking his}
of 12 safety bulletins, 100,000 of each ‘to downtown and neighborhood rstores, - One will be wrapped into levery parcel sold. | Two thousand posters bearing Ipictures of traffic hazards will be |displayed in store windows all over 'the city. Two hundred and fifty other] cards bearing actual photographs of | |serious and fatal accidents will be ‘displayed. in stores. The photo-| {graphs will be cnanged monthly.
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Called Home
Alexander Kirk . . . Washington
bound.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (U. P.). —Alexander Kirk, American charge d'affaires at Berlin, has been called back to the United States for consultation and will not return to Berlin, tle State Department announced today. Mr. Kirk probably will go to Rome to become charge d'affaires during the absence of Ambassador William Phillips, who is ill in the United States. Leland B. Morris, counselor of embassy in Berlin, will become charge d'affaires there, succeeding Mr. Kirk. State Department officials said that there was no significance to the changes beyond a desire to reassign personnel.
{ pocket piece about the size of a half! dollar and bearing a safety slogan. | Stickers will be given to jay walk- | iers, warning them of the danger. | Commercial drivers who have good ‘driving records and motorists whom | ‘police observe as exercising ex-| templary care, will be given good |
Every school child will be given al
More Cars on Streets
“Greater industrial activity, providing more jobs, has brought more cars into the streets,” he said. “Gasoline consumption proves that. |
because of the greater danger.”
‘enrollee from Bloomington was the | victim of the latest fatal accident | which gave new impetus to the] State-County-City safety drive, | ‘He and a companion were stand-| night, “thumbing” a ride back to] his camp at Lebanon. : George C. Shimer, 807 Tastern Ave., didn't see the Bloomington | iyouth dash across the road and his {car struck him. ] | Terrell's companion, James L.! ‘Woods, Decker, saw him killed inistantly. The body was hurled 30 feet. | Authorities are appalled at the accident and death rate. They cited ithe following figures: |
SPENDING PACE HIT BY WILLKIE
Of New Deal,” He Reminds Man in Overalls. By CHARLES T. LUCEY
Times Special Writer
WITH WILLKIE CARAVAN,
|Everyone, pedestrian and motorist {Q¢t. 10.—It - was Wendell Willkie, ‘alike, should exercise greater care practical psychologist, h lcarried his day-and-night campaign |192 appeal agents, 152 medical exCharles Terrell, a 17-year-old CCC [for the Presidency into New Eng- aminers and the 60 appeal board
who today
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ETTINGER ASKS VOLUNTEER AID FOR DRAFT DAY
Change in Plans Reduces Number of Registration Places to 300. County Clerk Charles R.
between 300 and 400 volunteers to serve as registrars
on draft registration day next
Wednesday. Those interested in serving are asked to send letters to the clerk's office at the Court House. Women may volunteer: The registrars will receive no pay, and for the exception of time off for lunch, will work from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. next Wednesday registering Marion county men between the ages of 21 and 35 for the draft.
1800 Cards Needed
Mr. Ettinger said that approximately 1400 persons already have
volunteered for registration work, but about 1800 are needed. Mr. Ettinger said the list of county registration places and the {names of the chief registrars would !be announced Saturday. There will not be a registration place in each of the county's 341 iprecincts, as originally was planned. Some of the precincts are - heing {combined for registration purposes and there will be only about 300 {registration places altogether, he ‘said. i Five or six registrars are to work {at each place to handle the
estimated 65.000 men who will
{register for the draft in Marion, §
| County. Boatman Appointed
! ph dil blamed the in-*T1 Billions in Eight Years| ni mitinger said he had ap-
{pointed Lieut. Col. Frank Boatman,
former Civil Service officer here, to] :«
assist him in directing the Marion County registration. . Draft preparations were pushed in other quarters today. Lieut. Col. Robinson Hitchcock, head of the {State ‘Selective Service staff, said |that he hoped to have the names of [the state’s 488 draft board members,
{members ready to send to President
He is en route to Providence, R. I.,, Roosevelt by midnight tonight.
for a major speech at 8 p. m. (Indi-
anapolis Time) following his ad-
dress last night in New Haven,| C } ing on Road 52 near 56th St. last Conn., in which he offered a six- | SVlVania St., to discuss the status of
point" program’ “for the rebuilding of American business.” In New London, Conn. he asserted that “even the best apologists for the Administration admit that its domestic policy has been a complete failure.” He also charged that the Administration has “bungled foreign affairs” and again urged
‘the nation to “change horses in
mid-stream.” Assailing the New Deal for at-
A meeting was scheduled to be {held this afternoon at Selective 1 Service headquarters, 711 N. Penn-
{conscientious objectors. The meetling with draft officers was requested {by M. Sherman Pressler, Ft. Wayne, {presiding clerk of the Society of Friends. :
| Schools May Be Closed
{ Lieut. Col. Hitchcock announced that the instruction meeting scheduled for appeal agents and appeal {boards for tomorrow had been caniceled and would not be held until
| : after next Wednesday. An instruc-
| Deaths to date in Marion County tempting to break the 150-year-0ld {ion meeting for medical examiners
{this year—104. with 67 of them in-| side the Indianapolis City limits, | ! (Continued on Page Three)
2 HOOSIERS KILLED "IN TRAIN COLLISION
Hammond Railroaders Die in| Indiana Harbor Wreck.
CHICAGO, Oct. 10 (U, P.).—Two| men were killed today when two Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad freight trains collided at the inter= section of a spur line and the main road west of here. The dead were A. J. Burns, a brakeman, and Fred W. Wallish, a fireman, both of Hammond, Ind. Witnesses said the train traveling south on the main line had struck the second train as it moved off the ‘spur at Roosevelt Road and Broadview. The engine of the main line [train struck the tenth car of the iother, derailing the engine and 10 cars. | Henry Ernest, 53, an engineer, was
third term tradition, he said: “The only excuse offered is that Europe is in a crisis involving the democratic system of government, and, therefore, we should violate eur tradition which was established for the purpose of preserving our democratic form of government.” In a section of old America whose tradition from Colonial days is of
{frugal living wrung from rocky =oil |
and dollars earned the hard way, the Republican nominee hammered away at the, New Deal on‘:a theme he knew would be understood—the
spending of Government money at
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BALMY FALL DAYS REFUSE TO LEAVE
LOCAL TEMPERATURES .
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‘Increasing cloudiness and warmer temperatures were forecast by the Weather Bureau for tonight and still more cloudiness and still warmer temperatures were predicted for
‘taken to the West Lake Hospital for treatment of head and leg injuries.
A Poll for Ever That's the C
By NOBLE REED | The straw vote bugaboo is reach-| ing new and dizzier heights in the]
finer arts of political psychology in| (Marion County this year. | | There are polls for every one of ‘the devious “tricks of the trade,”| those designed to
“influence” the independent voters)
12 | through tuning in on the vibrations !to those inner council assortments,
to put |
Both Republicans and Democrats {have their complete assortment,
{egies in every nook and cranny of the body politic. > The Republicans this week an-
tomorrow.
y Purpose— ounty Situation
nounced a straw vote poll for Indianapolis which they said showed “amazing” gains for their candi-
|dates. It rap like this: Willkie, 62.5
per cent compared to 37.5 per cent for President Roosevelt, with other G. O. P. candidates showing similar advantages. Confronted with the Republican poll results, the Democratic generals just smiled and said nothing. They to their poll with a wouldn’t-you-like-to - know twinkle in their eyes and said “We certainly
Society ...18, 19|individual, Hitler too, are trans- ready for the string-pulling strat-jare not discouraged in the least.” .20, 21 [pe i to a picture negative and can
And that’s the way.the poll business is going to be from now until the election Nov. 5. =
tis scheduled for Oct. World War Memorial.
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announced that the matter of closing schools on registration . day would be left entirely to the local school boards. The Governor urged school officials to offer full co-operation with the county clerks in every instance and asserted that no employee of the public schools or other govern-
wages because of time spent workling on selective service matters. Many school men have been named as advisers: to aid registrants in filling out their questionnaires.
DUMP SMOKE SLOWS NORTH SIDE TRAFFIC
| Around 52d and Arsenal.
1 The smoke in North Siders’ eyes this morning did not mean the 194041 gbatement campaign was off to a bad start. : Instead the blame must be centered on a 40-acre vacant tract between 52d and 56th Sts. near Arsenal Ave. where a‘dump fire has been burning for three of four days. Deputy sheriffs, called to the scene this morning on the report that Arsenal Ave, traffic was being blocked, - said they could smell the smoke as far south as 19th St. and could see it when they reached 38th t.
They found traffic was moving but it had been slowed down consider{ably by the pall which hung over {the street. Several attempts have ‘been made to extinguish the blaze but it persists in smouldering:
STEEL SHARES STRONG
NEW YORK, Oct: 10 (U.P. .— Steel shares were strong on the stock. market today. But stocks of oil companies which operate in the Far East were lower. The general list advanced irregularly in moderate trading. :
Ettinger today appealed for|:
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Indianapolis,
Matter Ind.
Food Stamps Here
FINAL HOME
PRICE THREE CENTS
WARSHIPS AS RUMANIA ~ ORDERS RAID SHELTERS
Germans Claim Fires Burning in London;
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Paul's Cathedral. | , bomb finds its mark.
FUND PLEDGES REACH $110,372
Special Gifts Division Paces, Drive as 16 Per Cent Of Total Is Given.
Community Fund geal... $688,500 Pledged to date........... $110,372 Next Report-—Tomorrow noon,
Claypool Hotel. Drive Ends—Oct. 24.
Paced by members of the special gifts division, the 3000 volunteers in the Community Fund drive today pushed toward their goal of $688,500. The special gifts division, directed by Charles W. Chase, president of Indianapolis Railways, Inc. raised $92,962 of the $110,372 subscribed since the drive began Monday. Workers were spurred by reports at a luncheon yesterday that 16 per cent of the goal had been subscribed. : Increased Giving Noted
“We are under way to a good start and we hope to continue the pace,” General Chairman Harold B. Tharp said. “Early reports show that there is increased giving as well as subscriptions from persons who did not give last year.” The biggest job was ahead of the workers who will contact individuals, for the special gifts division at this early stage in the campaign is only about $17,000 short of its quota. The solicitors are stressing the need of reaching the goal to provide adequate funds next year for the 37 agencies of the chest.
Report Again Tomorrow
Many of the workers reported at yesterday's meeting that they are working both night and day, finding it necessary to call on many prospects at their homes after the dinner hour. f
The drive, which began Monday,| 2 will continue through Oct. 24. The §# next report will be made tomorrow. | §
If they care to, donors can spread payments on their pledges over a period of 10 months.
CALL RESERVE GROUP HERE WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (U. P.).— The Navy today ordered all ground units of the organized Marine Corps Reserve, for which mobilization orders were issued last week, to repbrt for duty “on or about Nov. 7.” Units called up include the 16th Battalion in Indianapolis.
BRITISH TO GET BOMBERS NEW YORK, Oct. 10 (U, P.).— Approximately 100 dive-bombers, originally built for Sweden by the Republic Aviation Corp., are to be shipped to Great Britain in the near
future, it was lear; today.
Speculate on
Nazi-Fascist Drive
Through Turkey Southward.
By JOE ALEX MORRIS
United Press Foreign News Editor
British bombers today smashed furiously at German objectives, hitting German destroyers at Brest Harbor and key arms and industrial plants in the Reich, in answer to redoubled German air attacks on London during which a direct hit was scored on ancient St. Paul's Cathedral. - : The bomb hit the roof of the cathedral on the 90-foot stone arch just above the high altar and choir. It exploded on contact and hurled a number of the great stone blocks of the arch down onto the altar, smashing it to bits.
The main body appeared that only treasures had been
ot the cathedral suffered no harm. a few of the cathedral’s priceless art injured and that structural damage to ‘the jewel of” Sir: Christopher Wrens architectural genius ‘could be repaired without great difficulty. i
Rumania Builds Raid Shelters The war in the air raged furiously as tension in the Balkans and the Far East mounted. In Bucharest German and Italian circles said that a rupture in British-Rumanian diplomatic relations was “only a matter of hours” and that British legation officials had prepared to go to Istanbul, Turkey. The Rumanian High Command ordered immediate con-
‘struction of air raid shelters as the diplomatic sources spec-
ulated on a southward Axis drive against Turkey. The order coincided with a series of developments that increased Balkan tension. These included: 1. The German wireless reported from Bucharest that the Government had confirmed officially the discontinuation
of oil deliveries to Turkey and Greece.
The Germans also
reported Russian air raid drills on a large scale at Sebastal on the Black Sea. Sa 2. Gen. Lorenz, chief of the Hitler guards, arrived in Galatz, big oil port near the Soviet frontier, by special plane and inspected strategic centers there. : 3. The High Corimang announced measures designed to speed up the import of all materials needed for war in-
dustries.
Reconnaissance fliers reported that central London was"
Direct Hits on Destroyers Claimed . The Royal Air Force swept over Germany almost until dawn this morning. Berlin had a respite as did, according to Nazi sources, Hamburg and Bremen. : But bombs smashed down on a dozen other No. 1 military objectives in the Reich. These included oil and munitions plants at Cologne, .vital aluminum works at Grevenbroich, the huge Krupp arms plant at Essen, power facilities at Reisholz, freight and transport facilities at Gremberg, Cologne, Loeningshofen, Dusseldorf, Wesel and Brussels. German destroyers assembled in the harbor of Brest on the invasion coast were attacked yesterday in a daylight excursion by planes of the British, coastal command, the Air Ministry reported. Direct hits were scored.
Air Raid Shelter in London Hit German planes attacked London relentlessly last night but activity died away after an initial daylight raid shortly after dawn. Thirty-one persons were feared killed when an emergency air raid shelter in a slum area was hit squarely, An ancient hotel was hit and a garage sheltér was struck, There were no casualties in the garage shelter.
obscured by the smoke of at least nine great fires in the Westminster district. that a 4000-ton Rritish ship was set afire by bombs at
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Mr. Mason
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The High Command also claimed
By J. W. T. MASON United Press War Expert
General Weygand’s arrival in French West
Africa and General De Gaulle’s presence in the Afri can Cameroons, announced today, presage a cons flict between the two over future position of French colonials in the war to liberate France from German control. The position of General Weygand, intent on fighting to uphold Hitler's mastery over France, is
unique in modern military annals. | Prisoners of war, who voluntarily assist the enemy, are adjudged guilty of treason. There is no rule of warfare that warrants a defeated nation helping its conqueror against former allies. By putting forth powerful effort to persuade the French African colonies
France, the Vichy regime not only ianism, largely through his desire is humiliating itself but also is show-| to establish a totalitarian regime in
ing poor military judgment. The aged Marshal Petain is convinced that Germany and Italy can
| France, : . Marshal Petain and his advisers have lost faith in democracy. They
defeat the British Empire although| believe that if the French colonies the British be supported by the do not resist the Germans, Hitler He has a complex; and Mussolini will be lenient in any
United States.
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