Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 January 1941 — Page 13

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MARTINIQUE | ON FORTUNE

Guards More Than 945 Mill Million in Gold but Can't Spend

Any of It Because of F

rozen Credits in U. S.—

Cash Had Wild Odessey.

By PETER

C. RHODES

United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Jan. 9.—Martinique today, short on food,| EF clothing and other necessities because French credits in the| E United States are frozen, is sitting on a “mountain of gold”—|

$945,232,344 worth,

That gold represents a large slice of the Bank of France gold reserves. The French Government, anxious to keep it

out of German hands during

gold first to Canada, and then to Martinique. | ~ ‘away in the Ft. de Saix at Ft.-

de-France Martinique, guarded by all the available power

. the French have been able to

muster.

United States olisérvers regard the gold as a source of danger, be-| cause any of the present belliger-

" ents might regard it as more ‘valu-

able than a. military victory: A Wild Odessey The gold had a wild odessey be-

“fore coming to rest in Martinique.

It was loaded aboard the fast

cruiser Emile Bertin at Brest on armies,

June 12 as the French cracked on-the Somme, Comrmander Robert Batet was ordered to dash to Halifax and turn it over to French and Canadian authorities He arrived June 18. As he entered the port he received secret

_ code instructions. advising him that

Marshal Henri Philippe Petain already had begun negotiatioris for an armistice with the German Army. He was ordered to Martinique before the .armistice was signed and the gold seized. Canadian authorities came aboard to tell Batet that a special train, guarded by troops was waiting on the dock to take the gold to Montreal. Batet stalled for nearly two days. Finally he is reported to have

_ threatened to shoot his way out of

‘the harbor. He got away five days before the

armistice was signed. Eluding Brit- |,

ish warships which followed him

° that night, the Bretin docked in

Ft.-de-France on June 22, Orn June 24 the armistice was signed—but the gold was stored away under Ft. de Saix’s guns. The Bertin brought 14,000 sacks of gold coin and bullion, each weighing 132 pounds. All were marked with the stamp of the Le Puy branch of the Bank of France, where France's gold reserve had

"been stored at the outbreak of war.

Important to France THat gold, the men in charge of it

"gay, is almost as important tc France

as the French fleet and the French If it had fallen to British hands in Halifax, they say, it might have gone into war purchases without further accounting to France. If it were shipped piecemeal on freighters to North Africa either the British blockade patrol or German raiders might seize the ships. The French in Martinique insisted that Germany had no lien on this

the military collapse, sent the It is locked

gold, even under the oirginal armistice terms. The gold would still

had to, without becoming an auxiliary force of any other power, a sort of French Foreign legion at the service of another ndtion, they say.

sive German demands. The United States,

the gold might be shipped to Séuth

aid Germany in her fight. - When the American delegation led by Admiral John |W.

miral Greenslade was taken to Ft. de Saix and shown fhe gold. Since then American representatives have been allowed to inake periodic checks to be sure the French are living up to their wdrd not to send that . gold away. The American naval patrol keeps its eye open for anyone trying to get it. “Sitting on Fortune”

The gold is likely to stay in Martinique until some final settlement is made with JFrance—perhaps until the end of (he war. presence probably accounts for the reinforced measures of defense taken on the island ii recent weeks. Sitting on| this fortune which is almost all that France can still call its own money, Martinique almost starved in the first few months after the armistice. The British blockaded the island for a month, and then the United States put on an unofficial blockade. The U. S. Treasury, by freezing some millions of French dollar credits in American banks prevented fool and-supplies from being bought for Martinique as well as France. Finally a general agreement concerning the airplanés, gold and warships in the Prench West Indies was reached ‘with the United States. The agreement was reached just in time, for the first load of American flour arrived in Martinique four days after bread had run oui. A few minor fights and demonstrations, which might casily have developed into riots, | marked those

four days when there was no bread.

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permit France to fight again, if she| |

The gold, I was told, has been one] | of the essential [factors in Marshal| Petain’s recent resistance to-exces-|

it is. under-| | stood, has. expressed its concern that} . -

America for the plirchase of war

materials or for propaganda pur-|. poses, or back to Europe, and thus

It’s

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School New TE Reminder

4 Cars, 4 Thefts, And Nary a Clue

. OWNERS OF HIGH-PRICED ‘and new autom sbiles had a bad time of it her{ yesterday. Four ‘cars were stolen within two hours and 15 minutes ind the police are practically withbut “clues. The stolen aujo roundup: 1. Cadillac driven by Mrs. F. A. Preston, 3529 Ce¢ntral Ave., stolen from 38th and 0 inais Sts, at 11:30

Rr A Buick d riven. by Robert Lawson, of the (Community Motors Co., stolen from 38th and Pennsylvania Sti. at 1:15 p. m. 3. A Buick |driven by John _ Downey, 5510 Central, stolen from 82d St. and Roajl 31 at 1:35 p. m. 4, A Buick dri’en by Mary Willis, 4430 ‘N. Meridian St. taken yrom 38th and Ii linois Sts. at 1:45

"Police were to d two men were seen at 54th and Illinois Sts. driving north in a car answering the description of that of Mr. Lawson. That’ s all they had to work on.

HEW ALBANY COLONEL . DIES IN WASHINGTON

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Seven-year-hld Jo Anne Osborne, Sid 28 pupil . .. looks at the ‘bronze plaque { hat commemorates a good natured feud in 1891.

‘at school only on special days and

of a Feud 3

SCHOOL 28 WAS I1STTOFLY FLAG

Friendly Argument With Building 32 Settled by Search of Records.

By EARL HOFF School buildings and postoffices are easy to spot in strange neighborhoods.

They're all marked by large American flags floating atop tall flagpoles. '

But that wasn’t true until the middle 20s when a State law was passed requiring each school to display an American flag every school day. Before that time flags appeared

pupils or their way to class could know immediately - that it was Washington's Birthday, Lincoln’s Birthday or Discovery Day. The present practice grew out of a good-natured feud at the turn of the century that is commemorated by a bronze plaque now on the front of School 28 at 931 Fletcher Ave.

Plaque Marks Feud

The plaque, erected in May, 1923, proves that the school was the first in the City to display an American flag. : School 32 at 2110 N. Illinois St. had claimed the honor, but a search

of records revealed that on Jan. 22, 1891, when Mrs. Mary Mather Dit-

displayed an American flag.

pupils. A few months later School 32 acquired a flag and the feud started. That was before the days of Par-ent-Teacher. Associations, but each school had a group of very staunch patrons. They fought for the honor of saying their school was first to display a flag in the city.

Records Won for 28

School 28. The pride of patrons of School 28 could hold no bounds. Maybe, they spetulated, their school was first in the nation to display a flag. In 1923, when the P.-T. A. was preparing Lo erect a commemorative plaque at the school, Miss Jane Graydon, then principal, wrote to Congressman Merrill Moores. Back came the reply that the national honor belonged to an unnamed log school in western Massachusetts where a ‘flag first was raised in May, 1812. Only then were the School 28 patrons set back. But a few staunch supporters still wouldn't give in. They wouldn't believe the records.

AND ‘SOME PEOPLE HERE DON'T LIKE ’EM

LONDON, Jan. 9 (U. P.).—A 14pound bag’ of onions, held by the

lost, brought 70 claimants after officials advertised for the owner, it

con- .

was disclosed today.

MODIFIED MERIT |

PLAN URGED FOR: ~Rex_ Stout, American - author and [about when the United States will| Tuesday night. They. later corrected friend of President Roosevelt, pre- (enter the war.” their report to show that Sea

mers was principal, School 22 wi certain reforms in the court.

It was presented to the school by

The records won the case for|

postoffice since before Christmas because the address tag had been

Onions now

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JUVENILE COURT}:

Good Workers Should Haves Security, Bradshaw Tells Women. Some form of ‘a. modified merit |,

Judge Wilfred Bradshaw in reviewing his two years on the bench at a’

luncheon of the Indianapolis League of Women Voters ¥glerday at the Colymbia Club. 1 udges will come and judges will go,” he said, “and that’s probably the way it should be: :

security of tenure for. those in the court who make good, not so much for the benefit of the individual as to keep the gains made through experience.”

Urges New Survey

honestly have made some progress” in the first half of his term, but he suggested that the League or some

other group make a new. and independent survey of the court “so we'll know just where we are.” He renewed his objections to the present physical surroundings of the Juvenile Court—in the dingy, dismal basement of the Court House—|3 and added that “I believe no judge ever will be able to go much farther

conditions are corrected.” The court, he said, should not be | housed in the same building as the Criminal and other courts, “and the time is coming soon when citizens ought to think the problem over carefully.”

Doesn’t Mention Suit No direct reference was made to

moval of the Juvenile Court and Juvenile Detention Home to-unused space in the -Children’s: Guardians Home in Irvingten. In reviewing the court’s: progress in the last two years, Judge Bradshaw said 438 juvenile delinquency. cases were before the court last year, a decrease of 140 under the first year of his administration. “Frankly, we don’t know the significance of this,” he said. “We are studying it carefully. It might mean that, with the aid of such organizations as this League, we are making

quency. Again it might mean merely a change in our policy of deciding

refer to other organizations.” Asks New Jurisdiction

is understaffed inggcomparison with the courts of other counties. of simi-

which he sald has less population and twice as much money in -its budget. ° Discussing pending legislation, he supported proposed bills giving Juvenile Court jurisdiction over adopted children and children born out of wedlock. These changes, he said, would make necessary some increase in personnel of the courts. 5 Judge Bradshaw was introduced by Mrs. Perry Lesh, chairman of the Citizens Committee formed by the League a decade "ago. to work out Mrs. Thomas D. Sheerin presided. ~~

OFFICERS INSTALLED BY RELIEF CORPS 44

Officers have been installed at the Maj. Robert Anderson Relief Corps No. 44. Mrs. Flora Hays of Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs. Nellie Pfeffer of Indianapolis have presented the Corps with five American . flags which were ‘accepted by Mrs. Edith

Pauley. Officers installed were: Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, president; Mrs.

Stella Rariden, senior. vice president; Mrs. -Hazel Spacke, -junior vice president; Mrs. Grace E. Hoffmeyer, secretary; Mrs. Nellie Pfeffer, treasurer; Mrs.- Nellie Priller, chaplain. Mrs. Maud Clayton, conductor; Mrs. Evelyn Kosaveach, guard; Mrs. Clara Belle Bottorf, : patriotic instructor; Mrs. Grace’ Van Sickle, assistant conductor, and Mrs. Ann Starr, assistant guard. Mrs. Harry Haley was named press sorraspord.

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summer.

times in the last’ year,” h he said. “I it, say probably by summer. »

system for the Juvenile Court staff : was suggested by Juvenile Court}:

“But there should be some sort of |¥-

Judge Bradshaw said’ he felt “we

in building a good court until those |=

the pending suit to enjoin the re-|§

definite progress in reducing delin- 2

which cases to accept and which to

The Marion County Juvenile Court =

lar size, he said, citing Louisville,

1 could tak to him again 1 tuink |p| TER R THEFT. REPORT | United States warships will start| Police yesterday reported that the : ENTRY BY SUMMER to convoy British freighters across|offices of Seaboard Co » 303 Security 3 . TORONTO, ont., Jan. ‘9 (U, P.).[the Atlantic and as a result, just|Trust Bldg. were A some time

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