Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 January 1941 — Page 1
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FORECAST: Partly cloudy. and colder tonight with lowest temperature about 30; tomorrow fair and slightly colder.
VOLUME | 52—NUMBER 255
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1941
Entered as Second-Class Matter at. Postoflice, Indianapolis, Ind.
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| Better Business Bureau’s Bulletin ays ‘12 Places’ Advertise Giames.
Py The Better Business Breau re- : ported today in its monthly bulletin that it is Teceiving numerous re- . ports of the operation of bingo _ games throughout Indianapolis and environs. | “The bulletin listed 12 places, including some churches, where games “allegedly “are being advertised and conducted” land said “a brief investigation would - uncover others.” ‘It also carried reproductions of a number of the post card notices and hand-bills, mos; of them dated in ldte November, that the bulletin said are being distributed for the games. ' Ld Operators Warned
Police Chief Michael F. Morrissey, given the list published in the bulle-. tin, said that the places mentioned in Indianapolis, hacin’t operated for several weeks “to my knowledge.” He said {the Police Department orking on the matter uietly for Severs] weeks and that
il such cases a later intion showed that no games were being played. : yO alnle of the Better Business
io nt hi stopped within w days; but said they had nformasion on other artidgularly in some withih the past few days.
go games allegedly are
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lace listed in the bulancock County. State
that matter was up to
scalding water ‘when a steam pipe br We eng
berland [station collided with (a freight lengine en route to the |
STR ERS MASS AT | HARVESTER GATES
name was “Tim.”
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hbi 8 in the county. Sheriff E ihble Elioth dr. Was #hne.
taurant.
preparing to take a nap, her daugh-
| |slie had ‘told her daughter to awaken her if she was going tp bie to Martinsville, Mrs. Elliott was
He's Only 3 and His Latest Aclventure ‘Scared Her To Death.’
Eobbie Elliott Jr, likes policemen when they ride him in their automobiles, has a habit of “slipping away from his grandmother.”
Bobbie ‘slipped away” yesterday afternoon and. in his wanderings
a kind lady, two policemen, and the folks at the Children’s Ciuardians Home in Irvington.
E. Ninth St. and his graidmother, Mts, Donnie Elliott, said that “here’s on¢ grandmother whose Jittle boy isn't going to get away again.”
Found by Woman
At 5:53 p. were called to an address in the 800 block of Ft. Wayne ‘Ave. |/A woman there told them that a child had followed -her through the rain from East and 9th Sts. The boy, she said, had no hat, coat or underwear under his green curdurey overalls She took him into her frome and called police.
name and he didn’t care tO say himself. washed and the staff of the Juvenile Aid Division entertained him. But late last night two policemen took Bobbie to the Guardians’ Home. They had to give him two pennies before he'd let them go, for he liked to ride in their automobile. |
Sleeps Soundly
Then Bobbie was cleansd up and put to bed. He slept weil and this morning he became attached to a biye toy truck in the Home's play room. At 7 a. m. they still didn’t know who he was. All he’d say when asked for his
| Hut at 7:45 o'clock this morning man called and reported that
Bobbie's grandmother, had the nian, a nearby grocer, call and police. told him about Bdbbie. The -|grandmother was: “scared to death” | Bobbie had been killed. When told that he was at the Home, Mrs. Elliott told this story: 1Bobbie’s mother died recently, and his father is a night cook in a resAnd so he lives with her.
Leaves as She Sleeps ‘Yesterday afternoon, as she was
ter from Martinsville, Ind., came in land said she might take Bobbie to Martinsville. Then NMrs. Elliott went to sleep. ' When she awakened morning, Bobbie was gone.
early this Since
take Bob-
| | worried about Bobbie being gone. And so she went to the home of lanother daughter who lives here. But this daughter didn't know anything about Bobbie @nd so Mrs. Elliott had the groce: call police. This morning Mrs, Elliott told her son, John, 18, to “make haste and go get Bobbie.”
NEw YEAR'S DEATH. -| TOLL NOW PAST 225
Traffic Fatalities. About 90 Below ‘Yule Total.
By UNITED PRESS The nation’s motorists embarked
; tn. WAYNE, Ind, Jan. 2 (U. P). —Hund reds of strikers massed at
Lo the gates of the International Har-|| 3 vester Co. truck plant today in a
demonstration for a contract for | which they walked out two days|
% R.| Turner and A. J. Atwood, 1al directors for the United obile Workers (C. I. 0), told. rikers that the union was ask- - “a decent contract which | jhe :management) can grant i jeopardizing their competi~ 8 place in the truck industry. p 8 [demonstrators were given fom’ a nearby kitchen Oper Strikers’ wives.
IAL STOCKS FEATURE YORK, Jan. 2 (U. P.)— Stocks continued to be the ony the stock exchange toile geins in leading issues jenierally small. Universal Ares first preferred soared $12 nen, to retire a portion of the
1 15 « 17 Mrs. Ferguson # . 12 Obituaries ... § . 14 Radio ...... “18 . 18 . 12/8ide Glances. 12 14 Soclety . . 13, 14 + 3|8 8, 8
Ha the streets.
‘| springtime winter is that you never || know what’s going to happen. Arm
3! made it plain
Ll |shivering and pulling their heads:
on the new year b: more “than half the victims to a ‘holiday toll of at least 226 persons (dead of violence. A ngtional survey showed at least 142 persons perished in traffic acicidents on New Yeai’s Eve or the | first day of 1941. The Council said the New Year holiday traffic fatalities appeared to range 90 victiis under the Christmas holiday toll.
Don't Rejoice Too Soon—It
Was Zero Th
. LOCAL TEMPERATURES 6am,....5 10a m.... tam.,...51 11a. m..... 8a.m.,,...49 12 (noon) . 9a.m..... 45 1pm. ....40
The trouble with rejoicing over]
Even J. -H. ington, the Weatherman, can predict only a few hours into the future. Today he said that it would be colder tonight and slightly sa tomorrow, but he hat it’s not a cold |wave that’s coming. He used the term “slightly.” If you think it will make you feel good, here’s how i; was this time last year—icy, zerc cold, everybody
down into their coat collars like turtles, cars skidding, water pipes going blooey and fires from overheated stoves driving people out
Bobbie's Rinaway: to End— Grandmother, Police Hope
who js 3 and }
in the rain became acquainted with §
But he’s back home today at 414 §
m. yesterdiy police #
Police took the boy to headquar- X ters but they could not learn his
His face and hands were|——
ime jor executive divisions proposed
contributing |’
‘Bobbie Elliott. . . . Likes to ride with policemen.
a SEEKS RULE OVER ATTY. GEN.
REonoses to Appoint Him for Two Years, Then Make 'y Office Elective.
By NOBLE REED . Republican majority legislators have drafted a bill that would give the G. O. P. complete control over the Attorney. General’s office for the nex two years, it was learned today Tae tentative draft, agreed upon by the Republican Steering Commit;ees, would make the Attorney Gereral’s office elective instead of appointive in 1942, but contains a provision for G. O. P. control until the next election. | : The measure would set up a thrisze-member board, composed of the Secretary of State, Auditor of State and the Governor, which wotlld appoint the‘ Attorney Genera. for the next two years. The bill provides that the board, “or a majority of the members, if they cannot agree, shall name an Attorney General to serve until the second Monday in January, 1943.” The new appointment would be cortrolled by Secretary of State Jarnes M. Tucker and State Auditor Richard James, with Democratic = Governor-elect Heary F. Schricker having a minority - vote in the selection. This is the same ratio of authority given Mr: Schricker in four other
by Republican majority leaders in their reorganization bills. Ilepublican Steering Committees colivene in caucus sessions at the Claypool Hotel today to formally raiify final drafts of reorganization bills affecting all divisions of State Government for the next four years. Under bills tentatively agreed upon by the G. O. P. committees, (Continued on Page Seven)
WHITE TO RESIGN AS AID-ALLIES LEADER
CHICAGO, Jan. 2 (U. P.).—Willim Allen White intends to resign next week as chairman of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, it was learned today. A,successor to the Emporia, Kas., editor who organized the committee has not been named but regional leaders of the movement are planirg to. hold a meeting here next w2ek to choose one.
is Time in 1940 Having its coldest weather in four
yiars. On Wednesday, Jan. 3, 1940, 200 had ben caused by icy roads and streets the week-end and cars were n up by the hundreds. At 9 a. ni. it was 4 above zero. (It was 45 at 9 a. m. today.) It was even worse the next day, Jan. 2. The mercury went to zero et 8 a. m. (Today it was 49 at 8 a. rn.) On ednesday, Jan. 3, "1940, 200 had to flee when Our Lady of Lourdes (’atholic school in Irvington caught ¢n fire. Twenty died in a hotel fire #t Minneapolis, Minn. That was the day, too, that Mr. Armington reported that the preceding December’s temperatures had heen, as a whole, 36 degrees above ‘1ormal There's a legend around newspaser offices that when you write a story about how warm it’s been, it mmediately gets cold.
both Republicans, [©
DIES AID SAYS PELLEY MONEY
BACKS LOSEY
Claims Silver Shirts Founder Is Power Behind Fellowship Press, Inc.
By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 2.— William Dudley Pelley, founder and former leader of the Silver Shirts of America, put up the money to create the Fellowship Press, Inc., at Noblesville, Wick Fowler, Dies Com-
mittee agent, reported here today.’ The investigator, who has just re-
2 | turned here from Indianapolis, said % | he also learned that Pelley financed ¥ |the moving of the Pelley publica-
tions plant equipment from Asheville, N. C., to Noblesville. This information was obtained in a long ‘talk in Mr. Fowler's Severin Hotel room at Indianapolis with Carl Losey, president of the newly formed Fellowship Press, and Losey’s attorney, George A. Henry.
Firm Directors Listed
The conference, Agent Fowler said, brought out that title #to the Noblesville printing plant for Pelley publications is held in the name of Mrs. A. M. Henderson, 415° N. Euclid Ave., Indianapolis. Directors of the firm, besides Losey, are L. A. Brown and: A. M. Henderson, both listed as living at 415 N. Euclid St. Both L. A. Brown and A. M. Henderson are said to be former associates of Pelley. During an investigation of Pelley by the Dies committee in August, 1939, Chairman Martin Dies read into the record a reference from one of Pelley’s writings mentioning “Marion Henderson, my secretary.” Past publications by Pelley have heen anti-Semitic and Losey was inclined to blame the Jews for what he termed “smear stories” regarding the new publication venture, Mr. Fowler said.
Losey Mixes Words
“At first, Losey told me that his plans were to publish nothing but what was ‘intolerant,’ ” Mr. Fowler reported to the committee, “but when I called his attention to this, he said he meant he would publish nothing but things ‘tolerant’ to all races and creeds. “He pleaded to be given a chance to show what his publication is like before condemning it as subversive or un-American.” While admitting that Pelley had been in Noblesville under the name of Garrison and that they had tried to buy the Noblesville Times, Losey told Mr. Fowler that he alone would be responsible for the new magazine to be published by the firm. The magazine, to be put out for “businessmen” is expected to be off the press within the next two weeks. “Pelley’s only connection with the business, Losey maintained, would be through an agreement to put out Pelley’s own books on “esoterics and metaphysics.”
Losey Is Director
Although Losey is a director and president of the Fellowship Press, Mr. Fowler said, the fact that both Brown and Henderson are long-time associates of Pelliey might give Pelley two to one voting strength with the . directorship and make Losey a figurehead rather than a real power. The agent said that although he was in both Noblesville and Indianapolis, he had no personal contact with Pelley. Losey’s own past connections with D.- C. Stephenson, Grand Dragon in the heyday of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana, combined with the alleged fascism of Pelley’s Silver Shirts, brought on investigation of the Noblesville venture by the Dies Committee.
Resentment in State
The Committee will continue to watch the operation with great interest, Mr. Fowler said, “particularly the matter of finances and possible political connections.” Mr. Fowler confirmed the report that resentment is growing over the advent of Pelley in Indiana, both in Indianapolis and Noblesville. He declined comment on the seriousness of an alleged bombing threat which Losey said he received by mail and turned over to the FBI.
Bet They Were Bowled Over,
NEW ORLEANS, La., Jan. 2 (U. P.).—Patrolman F. J. Aragon reported today that he was watching the Tennessee-Boston College football game in the Sugar Bowl when two men, obviously victims of too much New Year’s cheer, asked him to help them find their seats. Aragon said he looked at their tickets and discovered they were for the Rose Bowl game between Stanford and Nebraska at Pasadena, Cal.
“I told you we were on the
rong train,” the celebrafre Tod to or.
‘Well, well
Robert Rainwater was looking around today for another place to farm. He's been working the Saul Munter 160-acre property east of Arlington Ave. between 16th and 21st Sts. But now the United States wants the land for the new Naval Ordnance plant to be ‘built here..
Doesn't Know Whe re t5Go,
Robert Rainwater . . . he’s looking around.
A suit of condemnation has been filed and the notice to vacate has been posted on the barn door. “We haven't found a place to go yet,” Mrs. Rainwater said. “The 20-day notice isn’t long, but I'm sure we can make some arrangements for a place to live and work in that time.”
‘Blitz a Failure
days here I have met a tremendous
“Is it better or worse than you
I think the newspapers have estimate of the damage. True; the
Believe it or not, London as a
or its transportation, or its health. not in its spirit.
badly as she really does. You See a Block Half Wiped
can travel wherever they like. between the Capitol and the.
(Continued on
SIX SPEEDERS FINED AVERAGE OF $17.63
Rinier Cites Newspapers’ Criticism of Laxity.
Pointing out that newspapers blame low traffic fines for the ‘mounting auto death toll, Municipal Judge Pro Tem George Rinier today
fined six speeders an average of $17.63. Judge Rinier declared: “The newspapers place the blame on the courts for the traffic toll and say that our fines.are too lax. Where the evidence warrants it, I intend to give sufficient punishment so that the motorist will think before he speeds again.” One motorist charged with speeding was acquitted after he explained that at the time of his arrest he was taking his child, suffering from pneumonia, to Methodist Hospital. Eldon Broyles, 1258 Roosevelt Ave., charged with drunken driving, who was released without bond so that he could spend Christmas with his family, today was fined $60 and sentenced to 20 days in jail.
LONDON’ CONSIDERS DYNAMITING RUINS,
LONDON, Jan. ‘2 (U. P)— rts and civilian officials me op to decide whether to tear Ee or dynamite the ruins of the ancient Guildhall, Wren churches and other famous buildings Ings destioved in night. to Royal oe frig charge of de-
Ernie Pyle in England
everyone says—and I'll bet I've heard it 200 times—is this:
THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS on newspapermen here.
So Far and,
London Is Not Knocked Out’
LONDON (by wireless) —It has happened that in my first few
number of people. The first thing:
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thought it would be?”
Then I have to explain to them that in the United States we toad felt that perhaps, because of the censorship, we might not be getting a complete picture of the deyastation. We had been afraid that London was more grievously wounded than we were being allowed to know. And now, having been prepared for any shock and having looked at London, I can truthfully answer that it is better off than I had expected
given a proper destruction has
been immense. But these ghastly blows actually have hurt London less than it is possible to conceive or believe without seeing for yourself.
living, enduring
institution is not gravely injured. Not in its architecture, or in its mode of existénce, or its utilities,
And above all, . Ernie Pyle
So far, the blitz on London is a failure. London is no more knocked out than the man who smashes a finger is dead. Daytime life in London today comes very close to being normal. My reply of “better” seemed to please the questioners, with one exception. A girl said, “Oh, I'm sorry to hear you say that.” 1 think she probably felt that I didn’t appreciate what, they had been through. Also, she may have thought that if I wrote such stuff back to the States it might lead people to believe that Britain didn’t need help as
Out
They
The two sections hardest hit are the poor East End and the rich West. End. The latter would correspond to the Times Square and Fifth Ave. districts in New York, or to all of downstown Washington “Million Dollar” Bridge, or to San Francisco from Market St. to Russian Hill. I haven't been to the East End yet but I have walked af least 10 miles through the West End. I covered and re-covered the Parliament
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Dig for 4 Bodies Under Avalanche
ALTA, Utah, Jan. 2 (U.. Pym Hundreds of men dug - through tons of ice, snow, broken trees and rocks today for the bodies of four men believed buried late yesterday | when an avalanche swept down the side of a peak in the Wasatch Mountains d into Rustlers’ Gulch, A force of 100 ‘men who had worked through the night was relieved at daylight by 400 fresh workers, but despite their efforts,
it was feared the bedies might not be found. until the snow melts next summer. “Machinery : cannot be used to remove the snow, which is piled 50 feet deep in the gulch.
GARNER A’ ‘STRANGER’ UNDER HIS NEW. HAT
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (U. P.).— Vice President John N. Garner, returning from Texas after a long vacation, drove up to the White House today and almost didn’t get
ne reason: He was wearing a ‘man in the street” gray fedora. hat in place of his usual wide-britnmed Texas sombrero. “I didn’t know you,” a . White House guard said when Mr. Garner walked in, smoking his customary cigar. “I don’t blame’ you,” the Vice President replied. _Mr. Garner, who
not vote in the November: general election, will remain in’ the Capital 8 term inaugura-
| hood that the United States may
» |lannual message to Congress—an
| HEALTH 0. K., GABLES TOLD , opposed Mr. Roosevelt's renomination. and ‘did |
FOR MAY GIVE DETAILS OF AID PLAN MONDAY
Craft of German-Occupied Nations Tied Up in Our Ports May Be Acquired.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (U. P). —Administration quarters indicated today that American cargo ships will be lent or leased to Britain as one of the first steps in President Roosevelt's program of accelerated material aid for Axis foes. : The sources said that if the plan is carried out there is. somé likeli-
compensate for the loss of vessels by acquisition of most of the 133 ships owned by German-occupied/ countries and now tied up in American ports. Legal aspects of such a course were being studied but there was no indication that the Government planned fo take per German and Italian “refugee” vessels as well as those of other foreign countries. Germany and Italy- have said that seizure of their ships would be viewed as a “warlike” act.
Works on Message
This new mové came as Mr. Roosevel; continued work on his
address which is expected to give details of his plan for speeding up, delivery of war supplies to Britain. It will be delivered Monday. Britain's urgent need for ships was placed in the forefront agamn by dispatches from London telling of a proposed plan by which American flag-vessels would take over, for the duration of the war, British trade routes in an extensive area of the Pacific, thus releasing Brite ish merchantmen for the more vitally important Atlantic Mediterranean services.
Similar to Plan Year Ago First reaction to the British proposal here was lukewarm. Officials said that this country could not afford to upset its normal foreign | ‘trade development by guaranteeing it would return any routes to Britain after the war. Official sources said that the British | proposal appears to be similar in most respects to one made over a year ago. Nothing came of it at that time. because maritime officials hgre were unwilling to. guarantee a return of trade routes
DELAYS ARRESTS ON DRIVERS’ LIGENSES
State Lenient Because of Deadline Confusion.
| state police will not begin making 'arrests “right away” for failure to have 1941 drivers’ licenses, Don F. Stiver, State Safety Director, announced today. He said that the custom of giving motorists a few days of grace, followed 'in previous years, was being followed again this year because of the confusion among the public over the different deadlines for procuring drivers’ licenses and license plates.
and
20,000 BOMBS RAIN ON BREME
that nearly 100.000,000 bombs had been aumped on Br in the great series.of air at which started Aug. 8. ;
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Overseas; Neutral = Eire Bombed.
BULLETIN LONDON, Jan, 2 (U. P)e= More than 20,000 incendiary bombs and huge guantities: of high explosives were dropped by British planes in a 3%-hour raid
‘on the great German port of Me Bremen last night, the "Air Min. fy
istry said today.
By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editof’
Germany is sending’.
squadrons to Italy and several hundred Fascist warplanes | are being rushed home fr bases at the English Chann it was revealed today, | order to bolster Italian ‘s strength ; North Africa and attack. ish supply lines and sea
in the Mediterranean. Announcement of the move to ald |
in Albania
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the bogged down Fascist: m machine was made by Gen. . cesco Pricolo, Italian Und for Air, It was believed“to indicate pow winter campaigns in the M ranean theater of war. Well-informed sources in R said the German reinforceme would be complete with crews, machine shops and pi facilities, but that they would: ate under the Italian High mand.
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man squadrons were expected used against British sea the Mediterranean and the by which material and supplies convoyed eastward from GC to British forces in North and Anglo-Greek forces in and Albania. Pr Other developments includ Lord Beaverbrook, British 3
of Aircraft Supply, told correspondents ‘that United bombers are being flown ae Atlantic to Britain in “g stream” and that British a forces now are at an. all-tim
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The Nazi High Command. ¢
Bombs Fall on Eire i Residents of one area in"
Eire were evacuated today af covery that two large pe mines were dropped there in | course of last night's airplane. |
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tack -on Eire in which three p
were killed and several injured. _ bombs fell in several Eire' re not far from Dublin. At least was_ officially identified as of. | man origin.
The plane activity accomp
increasing anxiety over the of Eire.
The British are eager ta obtain Irish naval bases to use fi
protecting sea lanes against Ge (Continued on Page Three) { Aaa
CONVICT LEAPS TO DEA RALEIGH, N. C,, Jan. 2 (U.
A: 17-year-old North Carolina ¢ vict committed suicide in the n cell block of Central State O here today by jumping from thi fifth cell tier to the concrete f below. The ‘convict, Ertel
Governor Townsend Monday extended the deadline for purchasing license plates ‘to Jan. 13 and Gov-ernor-elect Henry PF. Schricker said he would extend the plate deadline to March 1. The legal deadline for purchasing drivers’ licenses, midnight, Dec. 31, was not extended, however. The state police policy of leniency to motorists on drivers’ licenses concurs with the policy of the Indianpolis police department announced terday by Chief Michael F. Mor-
Chief Morrissey said that no one will be arrested for failure to have a 1941 drivers’ license “until further notiee.”. Mr, Stiver said that state police would" wait until the rush for the licenses at the var auto license branches is over ore beginning to make arrests.
BALTIMORE, Md., Jan. 2 (U, P.)}
until after
LONDON, Jan. 2 (OU, Pd The Exchange Tel Agency reported from Hong-! kong today that survivors from vessels attacked in the E that one of ders south of Equator was commanded b Capt. Count Felix von ner,
claimed that Von commanded the raider wh attacked his ship. The sury was quoted as saying hat 1 raider was the former Brit