Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 October 1940 — Page 5

FRIDAY, OCT. 11, 1940

Burma Road May Be Road to War for U.S.,

By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMS

Times Foreign Editor WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.—Despite a tendency in Administration circles to temper the growing talk of early War—too much of such talk Might prove a political boomerang— it is nonetheless grimly accepted ere that the European conflict could easily spread to the Far East and pull us in at any time, For us, many feel, the Burma Road may well be the road to war. When Britain closed it three months ago at Tokyo's insistence,

It was because she realized Ja ; Us pan might retaliate if she refused.

Now Britain has reversed her position. The Burma Road is to be reopened Thursday. Once more munitions—mostly from the United States—will begin to flow through Rangoon and Mandalay to the upper reaches of China’s Yangtze. As the United States protested against the closing of the road three months ago, it is widely accepted here that its reopening at this time is at our request, direct or implied. In diplomatic circles some even go further, expressing the conviction that it, was done as a result of some definite understanding among the English-speaking nations. Be that as it may, Britain certainly is no better prepared to de-

three: months ago.

than ever to make an issue of it.

inasmuch as the United States ap-

might happen as a Britain’s shift or position. If the reopening of the road is to be effective,

itself cannot stand alone. The United States would have to back it up with a firmness of purpose no

less than thatwof Britain.

fend her Far Eastern interests now than when she closed the road On the other hand, Japan seems more disposed

Should she do so, it would almost certainly involve the United States,

pears to have made itself at least morally responsible for whatever result of

according to authoritative British circles, the act of |

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embarrassed when one of em called on him for the first time in his spacious office suite in the new

wing of the Federal Building. He always hastened to explain that the suite would be cut in half wheh more space was needed by other departments. Mr. Nolan maintained a deep interest in the fortunes of the I. U. football and baseball teams and managed to see several games each season. He also was a baseball fan, and during the World's Series ‘arranged his lunch hour so he could listen to radio accounts of the game.

Born in Evansville

Born in Evansville, he was the son of John J. Nolan, former Mayor and Postmaster and a prominent Democratic leader of that city. After attending Evansville schools and graduating from Indiana University, he began the practice of law in 1915. If was only a year later that he was named a deputy county prosecutor. When the United States entered the World War, Mr. Nolan resigned this position and enlisted. He was commissioned a lieutenant in the Field Artillery, serving at Camp Jackson, S. C. Before his discharge from the Army, he entered the race for Prosecutor of Vandenburgh County on the Democratic ticket. Defeated, he resumed his law practice upon his discharge. . He had been serving as Evansville City attorney three years when, in 1933, Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell appointed him district attorney for the Southern District of Indiana to fill the vacancy resulting from the resignation of George R. Jeffrey. He later received a formal Presidential appointment, and was reappointed for another four-year term in 1937.

Named I. U. Trustee

Ever since his graduation, he had maintained an active interest in Indiana University. This interest resulted in his appointment as a trustee of the university by former Governor Paul V. McNutt.

As trustee, he helped select Herman B Wells as president. Mr. Nolan made a trip to South America last year as a member of a semi-official good will tour to Venezuela.

His engagement and subsequent marriage to Jeannette V. Covert was the subject of considerable interest in Evansville as it linked two of the city’s most prominent Republican and Democratic families. Her father, Charles. Covert, was a former Evans¥ille Mayor and Postmaster, as was Mr. Nolan’s father. News of Mr, Nolan's death

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VAL NOLAN; U. 8 Simms Says as British Prepare to Open It

Geo. Washington

Meet George Washington, who is going to fight for the British, instead of against them, like his namesake. A member of the British branch of the Washington family, he’s pictured as he arrived in New York from South America, en route to England to volunteer.

brought expressions of sorrow from leaders in many fields. Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell said: “The death of Mr. Nolan came as a distinct shock to me and severed a friendship which has existed over a period of 20 years, the last seven of which have been in more or less of an official capacity. “Mr. Nolan was a man of great personal charm, upright life and character; a man whose qualities of heart and mind endeared him to all who knew him. Hi§ depth of devotion to his work, his high ideals with respect to his oath of office, and his deep sense of pride in and devotion to his wife and children

|were some of his many outstanding

virtues. | “In- his passing I cannot but feel a great sense of personal loss® and in the circle of our official court family he will indeed be greatly missed.”

Among the other tributes were: HERMAN B WELLS, president of I. U.: “The death of Val Nolan is a shock to all of us. Indiana University could suffer no greater loss because it had no more loyal supporter, no more interested friend and no wiser counselor, His services to the university are inestimable. But not ‘alone has the university suffered a loss. The whole state toaay is poorer because of Val Nolan's passing.” = . DR. WILLIAM LOWE BRYAN, who was president of the university when Mr, Nolan became a member of the hoard of trustees: “Wise in every circumstance, honest in every fiber, with reverential fear of God in his heart, but fearing no man on earth—there was the priceless man, Val Nolan” : WARD G. BIDDLE, secretary of the board of trustees: “Val Nolan was a devoted, courageous and effectve trustee whose judgment in the affairs of the university was universally respected. He based his decisions on all the facts and his actions were always fair. His place

will be difficult to fill.”

NOLAN TRIBUTE

‘He Was Fair and Efficient,’ Says VanNuys, Who Named Him U. S. Attorney.

Times Special : WASHINGTON, Oct, 11.—News of Val Nolan’s sudden death was received by high officials here with profound shock and great regret. Senator Frederick VanNuys, who secured Mr. Nolan’s - appointment shortly after being elected in 1932, praised his loyalty. : “I learned of Val Nolan's death upon arrival at my office this morning and am deeply grieved,” Senator VanNuys said. “He was my first appointment upon taking my Senate seat. His selection met with approval from every citizen of Indiana. He was rated as one of the finest United States Attorney in the entire country. In the conduct of his office he was fair, able and efficient. I shall feel his loss very, very much indeed.” . Other tributes here: REP. WILLIAM H. LARRABEE: “Few men in similar office have so completely commanded the respect of all people. Although his assignment was that of a prosecutor, he was always deeply conscious of the meaning of the phrase ‘equal justice under law.’ In the pursuance of his duty he treated all alike. No finer measure of his greatness could be found.” : WAYNE COY, assistant to Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt: “No person in public life in Indiana ever commanded greater respect than Val Nolan. His untimely death takes from public office a great public servant.”

ECONOMICS TERMED BARGAINING FACTOR

Employer and understand business economics to reach -workable agreements, according to George Hodge, assistant manager of industrial relations of the International Harvester Co. He spoke last night at the Junior Chamber of Commerce executive leadership forum at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. “Twenty full years of experience in actual collective bargaining,” he said, “has proved the very definite conclusion that the foremost problem in collective bargaining is to reconcile company policies and the policies of labor ofganizations with the economics of business.. ! “After all, fair wage policies, good A working conditions and job security depend upon the success of the business. The sooner all parties participating in collective bargaining conferences understand the condition and outlook of business, the more quickly they can reduce their problems to a common understanding and reach a mutually satisfactory agreement.” : Mr. Hodge termed the customers a third invisible party at all bar-

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rine Corps during the World War and was wounded in action twice. He has a son 17 and a daughter 13. Mr. Travis is a former Republican judge of the Indiana Supreme Court, serving for 12 years- from 1920 to 1932, He was born on a farm near La Porte. He obtained his law degree from the University of Michigan in 1893 and practiced law in La Porte until his election to the Supreme Court. Since 1932 he has been practicing nere. He is 72. Mr. Vestal, has for six years been business agent and financial secretary of the Local Union No. 22 of the International-Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers Union. He has served two terms as president of the Marion County Building Trades Council, including the current year. He also is commissioned by. the American Federation of Labor to serve us organizer and labor agent for the A. F. of L. in Indianapolis. Mr, Vestal, who is an exservice man, is 47. Mr. Wood is general chairman &f the Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen of the entire Big Four system. He has held this post for 22 years. He came here about 1910 from his native town of Greenfield. He has been a railroader for more than 30 years. He is a member of the MeGrew Camp No. 1, Spanish American War Veterans. Df! Clark is councilor for the Seventh District, Indiana State Medical Association, which includes Marion, Johnson, Morgan and Hendricks Counties. A lifelong Indianapolis resident. he has been in practice here since 1924. In addition to his Medical Association post, he is chairman of the department of post-graduate education and economics and associate professor of cardiology at Indiana University. The personnel of the 11th District Appeal Board which also includes a part of Indianapolis and Marion County is: JOHN THOMAS, R. R. 12, farmer. BERRY W. COOPER, Anderson, industrialist. ; CHARLES HARTLEY, Anderson,

Townsend Announces Personnel of Draft Appeal Boards, Sent to F.D.R. for Approval

HARVEY B. HARTSOCK, 59 N. Hawthorne Lane, lawyer and president of the Indianapolis School Board. DR. M. A. AUSTIN, Anderson, physician. Mr. Hartsock, 52, has been practicing law here since 1925. He was born! on a farm in Owen County and ‘was graduated from DePauw University with an A. B. degree in 1911... He then attended the Columhbia University law school, being graduated there in 1917.

He practiced law in New York City) until 1925, when he moved here.- He is a member of the Irvington Methodist Church, the Indianapolis Athletic Club, Sigma Nu Fraternity, the Masonic Lodge and the Board of Trustees of DePauw University. He is the father of four children, two girls and two boys.

The appeal boards chosen for the other Indiana districts are: - DISTRICT 1—Henry Paarlburg, R. R. 1, Crown Point, farmer; Martin Peterson, Hammond, labor leader; Frank Grider, Gary, labor leader; Dean H. Mitchell, Gary, industrialist; Maurice E. Crites, Hammond, attorney, and Dr. James M. White, Gary, physician. DISTRICT 2. — Arthur Arnott, Rensselaer, farmer; Tom McConnell, Fowler, business man; John Acker, Lafayette, labor leader; Brenton A. DeVol, Lafayette, attorney, and Dr. F. T. Romberger, Lafayette, cian.DISTRICT 3—Harry Summers, LaPorte, farmer; Walter S. Gundeck, South Bend, -industrialist; Chester Ralston, South Bend, labor ieader; Robert E. Proctor, Elkhart, attorney; Dr. Alfred Ellison, South Bend, physician. ’ DISTRICT 4—C. C. Palmer, Albion, farmer; D. W. McMillen, Ft. Wayne, business man; D. D. Miller, Ft, Wayne, labor leader; Clarence R. McNanb, Ft. Wayne, attorney, and Dr. A. J. Sparks, Ft. Wayne, physician. , DISTRICT 5—J. B. Cummins, Portland, farmer; John E. Frederick, Kokomo, industrialist; Gus Condo, Marion, attorney; Stanley Elliott, Marion, labor leader; Dr. Ira Perry, North Manchester, physician. DISTRICT 6—Walter Thompson,

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Crawfordsville, farmer; Robert F. Prox, Terre Haute, industrialist; Charles Funcannon, Terre Haute, labor leader; C. C. Gillen, Green-

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ander, Terre Haute, physician. DISTRICT 7—John Curry, Sullivan, farmer; D. G, Wylie, Bloomington, industrialist; Harmon Kelly, Sullivan, labor leader; Sanford K.

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By President on Trip West

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indication that they may have come to an understanding to present a common party front for the elec-

tion. :

Several thousand were packed around the Johnstown station. A scattered cheer went up as the crowd spied the President, seated on the rear.platform with an old naval cape draped qver his shoulders to fend off ant esrly morning fog. The: high school band blared out “God Bless America” while the President . waved to the crowd.

Tomorrow, the President will reach Dayton, O., where at night he will broadcast from his train an address on Western Hemisphere defense. To endow the trip with a “nonpolitical” aspect, Republican officials have been invited to join the train, but some of these, including Senator James J. Davis of Pennsylvania, have found that “nonpolitical” engagements of their own make this impossible.

Back-Tracks Willkie Route It would perhaps be lese majeste to suggest that Mr. Willkie's recent presence in the territory which the President is visiting today, and the reported rise in the Republican candidate’s fortunes in these parts, have anything to do with Mr. Roosevelt's. journey, but it is only fact to point out that the President is back-tracking over some of the route covered recently by Mr. Willkie. The same people in the same steel towns outside Pittsburgh who saw Mr. Willkie are getting their oppor-

tunity to see the President, appar-

ently on the theory that cheers for Mr. Roosevelt in these neighborhoods can ve contrasted with the boos that the Republican nominee encountered from some of the people there. ;

Similarly, Youngstown, O., where Mr. Willkie also received a baptism of boos in some of the industrial sections—is on the President’s “ine spection” itinerary. Mr. Roosevelt has been in Penne sylvania before during this cam= paign period, and according to present plans he will be there again before election day. Likewise, he may be expected to find “inspec~ tions” necessary in other parts of the East and Midwest before Nov. 5. For this is recognized as the ter= ritory in which the election will be won or lost—the tier of states ine cluding New England, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Miche igan and Illinois.

Mr. Willkie’s 1s, the uphill job here, He must capture this whole area and some besides to win the eélection, if the President's strength as indicated by various polls holds good elsewhere in the South, Southe west, the mountain states and Pae cific Coast. In New England and the Eastern and Midwestern indus trial states enumerated above there are 228 electoral votes, It takes 266 to win. This is the territory in which Ree publicans showed a surprising re= surgence in the 1938 Congressional elections. They are counting on the candidate’s continual plugging campaign there from now until election, with some expecting a swing toward the Republicans in the Mid west because of the Administration’s foreign policy and the threat of war, The Democratic task is to hold sufficient of this area to offset pose sible defections in the farm country, Republicans have good prospects in the latter section, particularly in Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas, with a chance also in Wisconsin, Minne sota -and the Dakotas.

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" DISTRICT 9—Fred Suhre, Columbus, farmer; Yandell C. Cline, Columbus, industrialist; Bernard MecCartney, Bedford, labor leader; Charles A. Lowe, Lawrenceburg, attorney, and Dr. J. C. Elliott, Guilford, physician. ; DISTRIT 10-—Frank Beall, Clarksburg, farmer; Harold G. Ingersol, New Castle, industrialist; R. C. Fisher, Muncie, labor leader; John A. Titsworth, Rushville, attorney, and Dr. Samuel Kennedy, Shelbyville, physician. |

The appeal boards are composed of at least one labor leader, one industrialist or businessman, one farmer, one physician and one lawyer as prescribed by Federal regulations.

Six Men on Two Boards

The Governor thought it necessary to place two .labor| leaders on the appeal boards in the industrial Indianapolis and Calumet areas, making them six-man boards. All other 10 boards have five members,

Members of the appeal boards, like draft board members, will serve without pay. Their offices will be in some centrally located public building in the area’ over which they have jurisdiction. In addition to hearing the appeals of registrants, the appeal boards will also hear the protests of the apes} agents who may appeal from /any classification of a registrant by the draft board which the appeal agent does: not think

Too, the appeal board has the authority to call upon the Department of Justice to make investigations of the claims of conscientious objectors. {

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Supreme Court recommended attorneys for board members and the Indiana State Medical Association submitted the names of the physicians. Assisting the Governor in making the final selection was a special selection committee composed of Alex Gordon, legislative representative of the: railroad brotherhoods; Anson Thomas, legislative representative of the Indiana Farm Bureau; Clarence A. Jackson, executive vice| president of the State Chamber of Commerce, and Raymond B. Townsley, former state commander of the American Legion. : The names of the |152 appeal agents and the 488 draft board members will be announced shortly, Governor Townsend said.

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