Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 January 1941 — Page 1
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1941
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Willkie Flies to Europe
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Lease of Arms Will Hasten U. S. Into Total War ‘Norman Thomas Says.’
WASHINGTON, Jan, 22 (U. P.). --Senate Republican Lesder Charles I.. McNary said today he will oppose the British aid bill in its extraordinary and total power to one person”—President Roosevelt, The Senate Foreign Relations Committee meantime unanimously decided to open its public hearings on the bill Monday. A subcommittee of five, headed by Chairman Walter F. Cteorge, was voted broad powers to control the
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Where Hitler Stands Now—
Europe to Hope
For End of Strife
Dazed Peoples Fight Against Will and Judgment; Even Germans Cheer Only When Told; French
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This is the first of a series of articles written by Wallace R. Deuel, who hag just returned to America
after six years
as Berlin correspondent of The
Chicago Daily News. Mr. Deuel’s first article discusses “The Morbid State of Mind of Continental
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calling of witnesses, order of appearance, ahd duration of the hearings. | Senator . McNary, back in the] Capitol for the first tinle since Oct. | 26 when he departed on his last
Presidential nominee, charged that
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of life.” | His views on the bill had been| awaited with considerable interest hecause of his positicn as leader of the minority, although the fight | Lover this bill has cut .across party lines.
Wants Limitations
Mr. McNary told reporters, that he favors aid to Great Hritain short, of war, but he believed that at the very least, time and money limitations should be written into the bill.
To "Find Out Some, Things’
Carries Cablegiam From Churchill Inviting Him to Interview; Return Is Set for. Around Feb. 10.
NEW YORK, Jan. 22 “w. P) —Wendell i Willkie left for Great all-out policy of aid to the democBritain aboard a trans-Atlantic clipper today on & private fact-find-
ing ssion.
Thé Yankee Clipper bearing the 1940 Republican Presidential candidate and two friends as passengers, took off from La’ Guardia airport La 7:30 a. m. (Indianapolis Time), bound for Lisbon, Portugal,
SHERIFF SEEKS TRAFFIC P. PATROL
Asks Cash and ad Edulainent: Urges Co-operation at Plane Plant.
| By HARRY MORRISON
Shortly after another victim was “adddd to Marion County's * 1941 . traffic toll today, Sheriff Al Feeney asked the County Commissioners » for en ‘emergency appropriation ‘to . establish a permanent road patrol. The victim was Halbert Jones, 39, of 12 8. Elder Ave. He died today in City Hobspita.,” the seventh to be killed in city and county traffic this year. The toll for the same -period last year was two. Sheriff Feeney attributed the inctregse partly to additional industrial) activity in ‘the county. He pointed out that he asked for extra road patrol funds in his regular July appropriation requests last year, but that he never was called in by the County Council to explain it. He said he believed, it apparently never got beyond the Commissioners. The County Council grants or re“jects requests. Sheriff Feeney’s emergency request is for six men who would (Continued on Page Two)
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NEW YORK, Jan. 22 (U. P.) — Herbert White today introduced his latest dance step—the Harlem Congeroo. It is a combination of the Lindy Hop (also invented by White) and the Conga, with a few kangeroo jumps thrown in. The dance starts with a “real simple step”—the girl does a double somersault over her partner's back. Then: Partner grabs girl by her hands and throws her through his legs. She slides several feet on her stomach. Girl then leaps up, partner grabs her right leg and right hand and INirls her three times around his ead.
Putting girl down, partner runs |
up the side of the wall, somersaults into the waiting arms of girl and theh they “boogiewoogie.” Partner then whips into a little ballet stuff. Girl ducks each time foot comes around. Then, in a smash finish, partner grabs girl and throws her. She lands on her back and while partBe claps, girl does a horizontal €. . The dance is done with four icouples at once. , It's a stream-
whene the Willkie party will transfer top a British passenger plane to go to Britain. They should arrive in London Friday. Mrs. Willkie kissed him 'gobdby and waved as the big plane taxied into the sound snd took: off, Plans to Return Feb. 10
His friends were John Cowles, president of the¢ Minneapolis StatJournal, and Landon K. Thorne, banker. Mr. Willkie wes asked if he would make a report Jo President Rposavelt when he réturned. “Well, no,” he|replied. “I have 10 plans for that. You see, I'm not going in any official capacity. I'm going as Wendell Willkie, private citizen.” ai planned to return abouf; Fek.
“I will undoubtedly have things to say about what I learn, but I have no definite plans to speak. And 1 wish you would explain that I have no plans to speak- formally while I'm in England.” While he sat] on ‘a counter in the customs room falking to the reporters, a Pan-American Airways employee handed him a bundle of 1:tters and telegrams addressed to him at the airport.| He opened ong telegram, beamed, said: Churchill Asks Meeting
“I have redeived thousands like this. in the last couple of days. It pleases me very much. Maybe vau can explain [without quoting nie that this answers the reports taat the party (Republican) is pulling away from my leadership. This sort of thing speaks for itself.” The telegrein, expressing approval of Mr. Willki¢’s indorsement of Mr. Roosevelt's bill for all out aid to Britain, with modifications, was from a group lof Springfield, Ill, Republicans, including Mayor John W.
Kapp. Mr. Willkie had in his pocket a cablegram om Prime Minisier Winston Churchill inviting him to an interview'as soon as he reached London. Hg was asked if he planned to talk to British leaders,
STOCKS IN SMALL GAINS
NEW YORK, Jan. 22 (U. P.). — Stocks rose this morning, slipped a little, then [steadied at small net gains this afternoon. Trading was ight.
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| “I earnestly hope that the bill may be modified by appropriate committees or after debate in the Congress,” Mr. McNary said. “During the fall months the Pres{ident was advocating aid to Great Britain short of war. That policy became a national anthem. There {was unity of thought. I favor that plan and shall support earnestly an
racies by every method short of war. My great concern is to keep our country out of the conflicts of mass murder in Europe, Asia and Africa.” Mr. McNary’s return to Washington was delayed until today because he was stricken with pneumonia in November.
Thomas Condemns Bill
The bill also was condemned today: before the House Foreign Affairs Committee by Normar, Thomas, the Socialist Party leader. While professing desire for a Brit: ish victory and an end to Nazi con quest, Mr. Thomas said that sur. vival of the British Empire is “cer. tainly not vital to American secur ity.” “An America whose democracy is solely dependent upor military vic. (Continued on Page Three)
4 KILLED, 14 SAVED IN MINE EXPLOSION
Three Seriously Burned i West Virginia Tragedy.
WELCH, W. Va., Jan. 22 (U. P.). —Four miners were killed and 14 others rescued today in an explosion at the Carswell Mine of the Korpers Coal ‘Co. near Kimball, six miles east of here. All of the men in the mine at time of the blast were believed . accounted for. Those rescued were said to have been burned, three of them seriously. Rescue crews immediately started to search for bodies of the others. The explosion happened” about 4:30 a. m. The effects were localized, thus permitting an early rescue of the miners not killed. N. P. Rhinehart, State superintendent of mines, at Charleston, and several Federal engineers at Pittsburgh left for the scené of the disaster to direct rescue work and conduct Investigftions.
COLDER WEATHER WILL FOLLOW RAIN
LOCAL TEMPERATURES am ...4 10 a. m.... a.m ... 45 1 a. m.. am ... 45 : (noon). am... 4 i m. .
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6 7 8 9 L 48 Tonight and tomorrow will be cloudy and consider:bly colder, the Weather Bureau predicted this morning. The lowest temperature tonight, the forecasi said, will be about 32. . Today's rainy weather was general over .the Middle Mississipi Valléy as warmer climate spread gver the Eastern part of the counry
DISPENSE WITH ARMY POMP WASHINGTON, Jan. 92 (U.P.).— The War Departmer.t decided totlay to cut down on pomp and ceremony “during the present emergency” by dispénsing with gun salutes ‘snd honors to officials
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By WALLACE R. DEUEL
Copyright,’
1941, by The Indianapolis Times
and The Chicago Daily News, Inc.
Most of the peoples of Europe are like the victims of a
campaign trip as Repiiblican Vice nightmare today—dazed, numb, worn out, despairing
‘confused.
and
The war is the monster of the nightmare, of course. But so many other terrors preceded it—so many unbearable
shocks and’ strains and disil'lusionments—that the peoples
‘were worn out before the war
came.
There was the last war, from which much of Europe never recovered. There were inflations and deflations and depressions and panics. There was party and racial strife. There were civil wars. There were the pre-war preparations and the pre-war crises. And now there are the 16 months of the war itself. There is a hopelessness about the nightmare, as well as an Almost, unendurable fatigue.
On the allied side, thee is the
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There is also, on the Allied side, the hopelessness of the failure to solve the peoples’ own interests, with the results that the peoples have lost much of their faith in their own ideals. The world depression is Adolf Hitler's most potent ally. But there’is a hopelessness on the German side, too. It is:true that
{Germany has risen again, But the
price in wear and tear on the people’s nerves has been appalling, and rmillions of Germans have ceased to believe, if they ever did, that it is possible to hope for rewards which would be worth the price. The German people are tired,. as few people in the world have ever been tired without breaking down. In a single generation, they have gone through a major war, a starvation blockade and a catastrophic defeat; they have had two revolutions; they have had their currency wiped out altogether once
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Who and what are responsible for the war? Is it worth fighting? Where does Russia stand? Are they the friends of peace and freedom? Or are they friends of Adolf Hitler, orgare they just unscrupulous gangsters? Who and what are responsible for the failure of Versailles? ' For the world depression? For the rise of the Third Reich? For the collapse of France? And what could and should be done? A lot of people think they know the answer to these questions, but
hopelessness of seeing Germany rise again, -only half a generation after it had been beaten “for good.” How can the “German. problem” be solved if it was not solved in 1918? There are ways of solving it, of course, but the man in the street may be forgiven if he does not see them clearly. On the allied side, there is the further hopelessness of the appalling cost of war in blood and treasure and freedom. Even if the Allies “win,” what can be the fruits of their victory? Here, again, there are answers, but here, again, the
“Iman in the street may be forgiven
if he does not see them clearly.
Hitler's Most Potent Ally Is Depression of World
and have been seriously threatened with the same fate again; they have had the same exhausting and disillusioning experiences of the depression the rest of the world has had, and now they have entered a new war. They are winning all the battles in the new war, it is true. But they won all the battles in the last war, too—all except the last—and they have never forgotten it. Until the last battle in this war has been fought and won, it will be hard for millions of Germans to believe that it will be won at all. And besides, unless that last battle is fought and won soon enough, what good will the victory be to the Germans? The longer the war lasts, the more the Germans wonder if it is worth fighting. Not only are tens of millions of people in Europe despairing and worn out, but they are also almost
hopelessly confused.
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"Who Is Responsible for War? And Is It Worth Fighting?
most of them cannot agree among themselves. There is, accordingly, more confusion, more exhaustion, more despair. The peoples tried to flee from the first of these terrors of the 30's, tried with the agonized and leaden-limbed despair of all the victims of all the nightmares, even then. But then they couldn’t get away. You almost nevep can get away, in a nightmare. Now most of the people are not even trying to get away any more. And yet the peoples fight the war (Continued on Page Three)
FATAL FIGHT BLAMED ON DISHER'S PARTY
Son, Cook and Patrolman Testify for lozzo.
Dominic Iozzo testified ,in Criminal Court today on behalf of his father, Fred Iozzo, charged with the first degree murder of Virgil Disher Jr. Dominic, who was wounded in a fight early on Oct. 25 in the Iozzo Cafe. when the youth was killed, testified that there had been no trouble until the Disher party arrived. The bar, he testified, closed promptly at midnight. : As he began his version of the events leading to the fight, court was recessed for lunch. : Previously, defense witnesses testified that members of the Disher party started the fight. Tarquino Agnelneri, the cook at the cafe the night of the fatal shooting, testified that “two boys followed Mary Iozzo-into-the kitchen and she told them it was closed
DIES OF PNEUMONIA ‘AS HE FIGHTS POLIO
JINCINNATI, Jan. 22 (U. P.)— The combination of pneumonia and infantile pdralysis finally licked plucky 15-year-old Charles Chatham, it was learned today. ‘Young Chatham, who attracted nation-wide attention by his valiant fight against the dread infantile paralysis last October whén he was moved by special truck from Cincinnati. to Indianapolis, died at his Aurora, Ind., home yesterday. * He responded to treatment and was sent home. Just as the boy was winning his fight, however, he contracted influenza and his system was not able to resist and the “flu” turned to pneumonia. -
FAILS TO EXPLODE
GREENSBURG, Pa., Jan. 22 (U. P.)..—A man carrying sticks of dynamite was killed today in a traffic
failed to detonate the explosive. Paul Eerger, 57, Soal miner
accident but. three other persons Flynn escaped injury when the crash|
TOBRUCK FALL IN LIBYAN WAR BELIEVED NEAR
4 Million Britons Guard Against Invasion; Report 1000 Die in Rumania.
By UNITED PRESS Prime Minister Winston Churchill told the world today that four million armed, uniformed men defend Britain's shores against invasion, intimated that. official announcement of the fall of Tobruk may be expected at any moment and called Britain’s offensive against Italian East Africa “extremely important.” The Prime Minister's statement was made to the House of Commons as unconfirmed diplomatic reports from Budapest asserted that the Roumanian outbreak is still in proggess despite reports that Gen. Ion Antonescu has regained control of the situation. The Budapest reports estimated casualties in three-way fighting between the Rumanian Army, Iron Guard and German troops at 1000.
Tobruk’s Fall Believed Near
An unofficial report by the Australian War Minister P. S. Spendexn claimed that Tobruk already had fallen. However, today’s official communique of British Middle East General Headquarters merely said that today’s operations are proceeding “satisfactorily” after advance troops pushed to within three miles of Tobruk last night. The Middle East communique said that Tobruk’s defenses and
miles and there was no indication that the Fascist garrison estimated at 20,000 men could long hold out. The capture of another 20,000 Italians would boost Marshal Rodolfo “Granziani’s losses since the start of the British offensive to 100,000.
Stress Military Importance London authorities emphasized the strategic importance of the base. It has a good harbor on a coast which has few of them. It is astride the coastal road which Mussolini built with the Suez Canal in view. It dominates another main road 15 miles inland. “Wtihout the use of these two roads a large scale Italian counterattack would be impossible,” an informant commented. Further, the British occupation of Tobruk would make many of Italy's main airdromes in Libya useless, because Royal Air Force planes based in the Tobruk area can bomb them.
Italian Fliers Stay Away
The Italian High Command admitted that the defenses of Tobruk had been penetrated from the east. The Italians gave the strength of the attacking force as three Australian divisions, two heavy artillery regiments, two armored divisions and a French motorized formation. The British reported that the Italian air force, possibly because of blasting R. A. F. assaults on their bases, were not interfering. Nor was there any attack by the powerful German dive-bomber squadrons based a short distance (Continued on Page Three)
RIPPER’ BILL WINS IN HOUSE, 55 TO 33
6 More G. 0. P. Measures Pushed in Senate.
BULLETIN Voting on straight party lines, the House this afternoon passed the Republican “ripper” bill, 55 to 33. The measure now goes to the Senate, where speedy. action. also is expected.
Making up for time lost in an unexplained slow-down yesterday, the Republican-controlled Legislature started hammering through its “decentralization” program today. The Senate set the pace, pushing through six G. O. P. measures on a solid party vote, The bills then went to the House. Only the muchattacked Attorney-General bill is nanging fire in the upper House. Bitter debate broké out in the House, when the “big ripper” bill was brought out for final action by that body. This was the keystone of the Republican drive to shear (Continued on Page Two)
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Justice to Retire
James C. McReynolds . . . Friends recall his shout: “The Constitution is gone.” ”
BOOST MINTON FOR HICH COURT
Jackson Appears Favored To Succeed McReynolds, Foe of New Deal Laws.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (U. P.) — Associate Justice James C. McReynolds of the Supreme Court, one of the few remaining members of the so-called ¢onservative group of the high bench, advised President Roosevelt today that he intends to retire on Feb. 1. This will give Mr. Roosevelt opportunity to appoint his sixth justice on the nine-man court. The retirement of Mr. McReynolds revived talk here .of the possibility of the appointment of former Senator Sherman Minton to his place. As an administrative assistant to President Roosevelt “with a passion for anonymity,” ‘Mr, Minton de-
Friends Begin Campaign
Many friends in the inner Administration circles began at once to boost his appointment. When Mr. Minton took his present assignment, after being defeated for re-election in Indiana, there was talk that he might be made a judge on either the Federal District or Court of Appeals Bench. Inside track at the moment, however, seems to ‘be given Attorney General Robert H. Jackson, although there also is the suggestion that Chief Justice Charles: E. Hughes may retire and Mr. Jackson be given the Chief Justiceship. Mr. "McReynolds adyised the President, in a letter, that he 'intended to avail himself of the rights granted under the law passed in 1937 permitting Supreme Court] justices to retire at full pay of (Continued on Page Two)
FIRE ROUTS PARENTS OF LIEUT. SCANLON
A sudden burst of flame from a leaking fuel oil line routed Mr. and Mrs. Michael Scanlon from. their home last night at 832 Church St.
stroyed before the fire was extinguished. Firemen returned a short time later when the kitchen roof caught fire. .The Scanlons are the parents of Lieut. Dan Scanlon of the Police
TATE BUDGET BOOSTED 6 MILLIO
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NEXT 2 YEARS
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ticipated From Highway Department. :
BULLETIN A bill providing for local liguor: option was introduced in the: House today under the sponsorship of seven State-wide dry. groups and civic organizations,
By NOBLE REED An increase of about oo $6,800,000 in State Govern= ment expenditures for the. next two years was proposed to the Legislature today by, the State Budget Committee, Recommendations totaled $110,= 118,000, an. increase of $22,800,000,
but $16,000,000 anticipated revenue in the Highway Department sched= ule this year was not included im the 1939 budget which provided for ‘1940 and 1941 expenditures. The $16,000,000, revenue will come from gasoline taxes, auto licenses and other fees allocated specifically’ to the Highway Department by law,
Three Bills Planned
The appropriation bill will be ine troduced in three measures this time
institutions and colleges. Another will cover Federal matching funds and the Unemployment Compensa= tion Division. The third will cov the General Fund for State de ments and independent funds includes the State FOlice and Highway funds. : The largest increase was in the
000, an increase of $4,258,000. : The next largest * increase was, recommended in the budgets’ for: State Institutions and Colleges, which totaled $15,850,000, up $3,818, 000 over the current budgets. 3308 When the figures were dumped: i onto the laps of the House Ways and Means Committee’ members, they immediately began a campaign’ to make some big cuts “all long} the line.” However, State Budget Commie. tee members said they already had trimmed “several million dollars™ off the original requests of the vas. rious departments. The Committee sliced about ax million dollars off the institutions requests and cut $1,400,000 off the colleges’ requests.
Welfare Budget Up
The biggest signle item in the whole state budget is $19,713,600 to match Federal funds allotted to the Health, Welfare and Educational divisions. This is an increase of $441,400 over the current biennum. The Governor's contingent emers gency fund, from which the State Budget Committee makes quarterly appropriations for new and repairs to institutions, was seb at $5,165,590, an increase of $!. 2, 000 over the current budget. * Other recommendations includeds: $345,116 for the Department of State; $527,050 for the Department of Audit and Control; $1,789,000 for the Treasury Department; $175,480 for the Department of Law, $229,« 680 for the Education Departmenty $1,086,000 for the Public Works De< partment; $1725 for the Commerce and Industries Department; $1,204, 580 for the Judiciary Department. All showed increases ranging from $1700 in the Judiciary Department to $232,000 for the Treasury Des partment. A special fund of $4,189,800, set up : by the Committee for the State’s share of Unemployment Compen= sation payments, is an increase of
Department.
$941,040 over the current fund.
Indiana May Become Home
Of New United States Mint
By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, ‘Jan. 22.—Indiana is -scheduled to ‘become the home of a new United States Mint, Senator Frederick VanNuys (D. Ind.) revealed today. The Senator said that he and Rep. William H. Larrabee (D. Ind.) will introduce identical bills in -the Senate and House tomorrow providing for the construction of a mint in the “central part of the United’ States.” While the bills will not specify the exact location, it is understood that the U. S. Treasury favors locating it somewhere in Madison County, in or near Anderson. t Since the plan has the support of the Treasury, it was said the bills
5lare virtually certain of passage by
Congress. : The selection of Madison County is a tribute to both Senator Yan Van-
t 3 Nuys and Rep.
Larrabee. County is in the 11th Sons ressinmal P
District, represented by Rep. Larra , 13{ bee, whose e is: in Nex
8 Madison County and in his youtly served as its prosecutor.
Although no estimate was gi it was expected that the new would cost several million dollars, and, with beautiful landscaping, will become one of the show places of the state.
At present, the United States nage active mints in Philadelphia, Dens: ver and San Francisco. Fr The Treasury, it was repo would like to have a mint in thi territory to better serve the West with coins. Senator VanNuys said the Tre ury prefers to locate its mints or near small or medium. size citle because it is easier to protect ther there than in large industrial citi With various new taxes requ the use of small coins, requiring rapid increase in the number coin-operated devices, the Madison | existing mints ug} hard pressed
instead of the usual two. One will -|include the Executive Department,
General Fund, which totals $56,330, =