Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 February 1941 — Page 3

Page PDF (11.15 MB)

Back to issue view

THURSDAY, FEB. 20,

1941 he!

Dutch Map Dogged.

East Indies Defense!

Insist They Blow Up Oil Wells Rather Tha Let 7 Japanese Get Them; Taxes Are Sky High.

By R. C.

WILSON

United Press Staff Correspondent "MANILA, Feb. 20.—Dutch men and women of the Netherlands Bast Iadiss have prepared themselves for a finish fight against any ‘Jepanese ritack and have completed plans to blow up their rich oil fields rather

than let the Japanese get them.

T returned today from a visit to the Netherlands East Indies during hich I saw paunchy businessmen drilling and Dutch women practicing

0 “man” ambulances and hospital posts. Every able minded man is a member of some kind of military organization. Even those unused to strenuous exercise persist in drilling many hours a week, some until they collapse in the tropical sun. Twelve American naval instruetors are teaching Dutchmen to fly at Soerabaya. I spent last night at Tarakan Island, off Borneo, where a squadron of camouflaged American Martin bombing planes stand outside the military barracks. Every ' neighborhood has its air raid shelter.

The Dutch still hope for Amer- in

ican naval aid, but officials emphasized that they are not pinning their hopes on this and therefore their defense program does not take into account any outside aid. It is insisted that the moment an invader got a foot hold on Borneo, the rich oil wells and pipe lines would be dynamited so that the attacker would get nothing but steaming jungle for his pains.

During a two weeks’ visit 1 found the Dutch hoping for peace but preparing for war with the greatest determination. Taxes are sky high so that funds may be avallable for defense. . Corporations pay as much as 40 per cent taxes and individuals pay a flat 25 per cent of their income. : The Government seems eager to buy every bit of American defense equipment it can get in_ order to

protect the East Indies which they have spent 3% centuries ¢evelop-

g. The Dutch feel that the establishment of Japanese naval and air bases in the vicinity of Saigon, Indo-China, would be a dangerous threat, and they are anxious. But there is every indication that they will fight to the finish. They are all trying ‘to maintain a normal atmosphere, bul there is every evidence that they are pre-

pared at any moment to meet a surprise attack.

Navy Site Deal Probed

By THOMAS L. STOKES Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—Difficulties encountered by the Navy in securing sites for bases in British

possessions in the Western Hemisphere, as provided in the destroyer exchange six months ago, are to be the subject of an on-the-scene investigation by the House. Chairman Carl Vinson (D. Ga.) of the House * Naval Affairs : Committee, is | delegating a special subcommit- : tee to visit all : eight of the Brit- : ish possessions, : involved — New= foundland, Bermuda, St. Lucia, : Antigua, Jamai- “= ca, the Bahamas, Trinidad and British Guiana. The trip was decided on following a report to the Naval Committee by two members delegated by Chairman Vinson to confer with Navy Department officials. This report was illuminating and surprising, it was learned. Out of the secrecy which has surrounded the negotiations over the base sites comes a very definite indication that the British are driving a hard bargain. It turns out that while the British got the American destroyers promptly, there was nothing definite about what the United States was to get except a 99-year right to build and maintain bases somewhere in each of the eight pos-’ sessions. There was no agreement or guarantee about the exact sites or about the price to be paid to the owners of the land involved. gre it had been supposed that

Stokes

some of the Crown lands! belonging to Great Britain might be turned over for the bases, this has been refused in all cases. Only private lands are offered, for which the United States must reconipense the owners. Exorbitant prices are being asked. Not only that, but some of the facilities offered are not at all suitable—swamp lands in some cases— so that large expenditures and considerable time will be required to adapt them to the Navy's purposes. On Jan. 11' President Roosevelt appointed -a commission-- Charles Fahy, Assistant Solicitor (General; Col. Henry J. Malony, and Comm. Harold Diesemeier — to | negotiate with an English commission. for the bases. The commisison sailed Jan. 17. Negotiations are §till in progress. Recently the Navy Department

awarded contracts for construction

of naval air stations on three of the possessions—$11,487,000 at Trinidad and British Guiana and $9,425,000 in Bermuda. A bill passed yesterday by the House authorized appropriation of $60,000,000 for naval bases in British possessions. The War Department, in announcing award of contracts for army bases on six of the possessions, revealed that it intends to spend $102,000,000 altogether in these six, of which $51,000,000 will go to Trinidad. Lawrence W. (Chip) Robert, head of a big construction company in Atlanta and former Secretary of the Democratic National Committee, who has been very successful in getting Army and Navy contracts, is reported to have been awarded a contract for achitectural and engineering design on the Bermuda base, though the Navy Department insists the contract has

not been signed.

Ethiopian Rebels Set Trap

By JAN YINDRICH United Press Staff Correspondent

KHARTOUM, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Feb. 19 (Delayed) —Italian forces fleeing from Enjabara, important Gojjam Province town taken

by Ethiopian rebels, suffered severely in an ambush set | foi

them be-

fore they could find shelter at Burye, on the road to the provincial capital at Debra Markos, it was learned today.

Fierce Gojjam tribesmen, hiding in the hills,

boulders on three Italian battalions and shiped at the fleeing troops. At the same time low-flying Royal Air Force fighters strafed the Italians from the skies. (In London it was reported that Italian - soldiers and colonists in Etheiopia were in grave danger and that already 15,000 Ethiopians were in armed revolt around Addis Ababa, capital of Italian East Africa. It was reported that even in Addis Ababa it was unsafe for Italians to venture out after dark, even with armed escort. Further spread of the revolt, it was said, might entail massacre of settlers, including women and children, who were estimated to number 200,000 throughout Ethiopia. (Announcement of further Ethiopian successes caused London commentators to say that the end of Benito Mussolini’s East African empire now was in sight. It was predicted that the Italians soon would withdraw from the lowland fringes of outer Ethiopia to the central lowlands.) The Italians ambushed between " Enjabara and Burye were believed

rolled down huge

to have been 2000 native Askari troops commanded | by | Italian officers. They were reported to have been attacked ‘while still 20 miles from Burye, sife of a major Italian airdrome, Trees had been felled scross the road by Ethiopians to hamper the Italian retreat and to make more effective the ambush [by Eilfiopians hiding in the hills.

ARRANGE RITES FOR

EXPOSURE VICTIM:

Funeral services for Mrs. Marie Watson Stumph, of 132): Virginia

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES As Italian Cruiser Burned at. Tobruk

The 9232-ton Italian cruiser “San Giorgi” burns furiously in Tobruk Harbor where the vessel was used as a fortress by the Fascists before British bombs forced their flight from the Libyan port. The craft mounted heavy anti-aircraft guns in addition to her original armament that included four 10-inch guns

and eight 7.5 inch guns.

‘EASIER’ TAX ON PROFITS SOUGHT

House May Be Asked to Give Business Relief From Act of 1940.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (U. P.).— The House may be asked next week to relieve business of tax “hardships” created by the 1940 excess profits act. Chairman Robert L. Dougton (D. N, C.) of the House Ways and Means Committee plans to introduce such a bill Monday and, if approved by the Committee and House leaders, ask for House consideration Tuesday. ‘ The bill will be the second step taken this year to meet tax and financing problems of the defense program. The first bill increased the limit on the national debt to 65 billion dollars and authorized fu-

ture issuance of taxable securities. That was signed by President Roosevelt yesterday.

The Treasury is now arranging)

for issuance of stamps, under its new authority, to persons who could later redeem them for “baby bonds” in larger denominations. The third step will come after the March 15 income tax payments are in. The Treasury and the Ways and Means Committee will begin work then on a major tax bill to raise an extra one billion dollars or so of Federal revenue. The “hardship” tax bill attempts to eliminate injustices created by last year’s excess profits bill. One provision, it was learned, will seek to relieve “growth” corporations,

OFFICIAL WEATHER

U. S. Weather Bureau

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST — Fair and continued cold tonight and tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight 5 to 10 degrees. Sunrise 6:31 | Sunset ‘TEMPERATURE Feb. 20, 1940—

6:30 a. m.

Pregqi Horie 24 hrs, ending ¥ a. m. .00 foiil mat Singe Jan. 1 De; ete cy since 1 1

X ip ST WEATHER

In dis and continued cold tonight and Tehor rro INlinois—Fair ay continued cold tonight and tomorrow; but considerable cloudiness in south portion: Lower Michigan—Snow flurries tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature. Ohio — Partly cloudy, with snow flurries night and tomorro St ie i cloudy In west and north portions, and cloudy followed by light snow in southeast portion late tonight and tomorrow; continued cold.

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A. M.

Station Amarillo. Tex.

continued cold a northeast ‘portion to-

Bismarck, N. D.

hicago Cinemnnati Cleveland

Ave., who yesterday was found dead |R ny

in a vacant lot near her home, will be at 8:30 @. m. tomorrow in the Blackwell Funeral Home and at 9 a. m. in St. John’s Cathglic Church. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery. { Deputy Coroner Hubert Collins|0

said that Mrs. Stumph apparently|Q

died of exposure, probably after

slipping on the ice, falling and in-|3S

juring herself so she could rot rise. She was 41.

Fnorsonville. Fla. Kansas City, Little Rock, LoS riscies iami

St. ws i sien tegen PtCldy

Fla. 30.16 a D.C Clear 30.13

IN INDIANA POLIS

Here Is the Traffic Record Copmiy id Toial

Ry ieee] 8M —Feb, 19— Injured , esses 1 | Accidents .... Dead ........ 0 | Arrests WEDNESDAY TRAFFIC COURT Cases Convic- Fines Violations tried - tions paid Speeding ........ 17 15 Reckless driving... 3 3 Failure to stop at through street.. 9 9 ' Disobeying traffic : signs 10 10 21 Drunken driving. 0 0 0 All others ....... 36 28 Totals ......... 75 65 MEETINGS TODAY

Electrie & Appliance Credit, funcheon, Rotel Washing pon, 12:05 eral

$148

D. sssociation, Juncheon, u y & Soha Credit, dinner, Hote) Washington, 5:30 p. Indianapolis Conference of Bank Audi. tors, DiRher. Hotel Washington, 5.0m Farm Security, meeting, Hotel everin,

El iiny & Co., luncheon and dinner, Hotel - Severin. Shell Of Hotel - Severin,

1 Co., meeting, Compensation Division, Sever. 9 a. Real Estate Board, lunchWas hypeton oon Advertising b of indianipolis, I luncheon, AIT Athletic Clu rad big gua 4 Alumnae, luncheon, Board % a. van. Club, luncheon, Miah Pople,

RILIC0 n. hig be meeting. Hotel Indianapolis eon,

noon, 0

$94 |noon. 2

21, Ir

Construction League of ' Indl janapelis, lunches, 231 N. Pennsylvania it, no 1 Club, luncheon, Hofel Sever in, por Tadisnaolis Famers Club, meeting, 110

t Beta Theta Pi tage, noon Lambda Chi Alpha Alamilf oAituciation, al ima Russet Cafeteria, Indianapolis Motor Teabsnor ation Club, 4 uneheon Fox's Steak House, noon. Sigma Columbia Club,

m. “luncheon, anary Cot-

Nu, luncheon, noon.

MEETINGS TOMORROW Sigma Chi, luncheon, Canary Cottage, BO Exeange Club, luncheon, Hotel Severin, Opiimist Club, luncheon, Columbia Club,

serve Ofticers’ Associdtion, dinner SFR Delta s cafe P luncheon, Canary

ets: ig

oh. Tau Delta, luncheon, Columbia Club, noon. Indiana Stamp Club, meeting, Hotel Ant-

Kappa, Sigma, luncheon,| Cartry Cottage, noon.

MARRIAGE LICENSES (These lists are from official records in the County Court House. Tht Times therefore, is not responsible for crrors in names and addresses.)

Daniel J. JRothenber os nd f 1219 Hanna; Be Ly Youn a of “indiana

Central Sous Will aroum, 8s § rt Harrison;

Doratham C. He John Rack, ‘Plaza Hotel Rai Welti, 21, Plaza Hoel Sch 26, Detroit, Mich.; | etrod Cc Ferrell A. Fenimore. 22. of 1232 W. Michi:

*Ciindis B. Yiison, 81 of 46 Laurel; Vir-

ginia R. Hur Charles E. Conroy. a 2, of 116 N. Elder;

Blecta cta O. Finchum, 23, of 56 E. 11th, Beech payment Shaffer, 23. of 1358 Nordyke; = . of 2037 McFhe: ‘son. am, 17, of oi key, 15,

Cottage, B

BIRTHS

Girls Charlotte Coram, at St. Francis. SS y, at St. Francis. Everett, Ruth Schwartz, at St. Francis. Martin, Martha Yohler, at St. Francis Ernest, Ida Mae storm, at Sy Maurice, Leah Colem: Osborne, Evelyn Hatfield, at Coleman. ceClarence, Kathryn Cheney, at St. Vinilliam, Margaret Robinson, at 340 N. Charles, Mildred 4evin, at 2326 Kenwood.

Caesar, Lillian Gentile, at i ie Guy, LaDeana Stansbury, gthodist. Orville, Beulah Hale, at hat

Russell, Sarah Reynolds, at i) um.

DEATHS Jefferson Hall, 74, at 543 N. Davidson,

“Kona pneumonia. ona Cbristopher, 54, at city, lobar

pne Fred Rothing Bouse, 59. at St. Vincent's, acute dean, of h Myrtle Nisnols, ® Bt t City. 4 thrombosis. Barbara Grol chronie nephritis Margaret HE 43, at 885 N. Grant, chronic myocarditis. n2 by er, 68, at Long, broncho-pneu-

nia. "Nellie Arieon, 80, at 1104 Knox, chronic myocarditis. Elizabeth Wilkinson, 3, at 570 8. Warwan, Poncho PReuIn: onia ot rling Arno! at City, empyema. Clara Gehrlein, 52, at 3855 Guilford, myocarditis. Sallie Boyd, 3 3 | chronie See Bible, 69, Le 1030 8. Capitol, cardio

Vet renal. 13 days, at Methodist,

a Infant Parr, ateidotas is. rest 53, at Spink Arms,

Lafe,

, at City, malat Methodist,

nutrition.

coronary “oostuston. Floral - Mount,

Jilin Faney 436 N. Keystone, 6, a

at Central Indiana,}.

The cruiser was set on fire by the Italians after being severely damaged.

U.S. Army Colonel's Ex-Wite Sues Nazi Envoy for 'Spy' Pay

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20 (U. P.)—The divorced wife of a lieutenant colonel in the U. S. Army today demanded that German Consul General Fritz Wiedemann pay ner $8000 for acting as his secret agent in Berlin. She is Mrs. Alice Crockett, former wife of Lieut. Col. Gilman K. Crockett of Camp Jackson, S. C, Mrs. Crockett, 37, was born in Zurich. She now makes her living as a governess. Her suit, filed in Superior Court, said that Wiedemann, in" 1939, had

a misunderstanding with Adolf Hitler, German Propaganda Minister Josef Goebbels and Field Marshal Hermann Goering, regarding his ability to discharge his duties as chief of the Nazi propaganda and espionage services in the United States.

She said he agreed to pay her $500 a month and expenses to sound out Hitler, Goebbels and Goering on his status and she stayed in Germany from June until December, 1939. Wiedemann said the suit was “ridiculous.”

The Government today prepared to

{equipment for the production of

{General William S. Knudsen of oe

4 PLANE PARTS UNITS ORDERED

Ford, Chrysler, G.. M. and Goodyear Involved in Bomber Plans. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 (U. P.).—

finance the cost of new plants and

bomber plane sub-assemblies by the three major automobile companies— Ford, Chrysler and General Motors —and the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. The plan was revealed by Direc

Office of Production Management yesterday after he announced that plane production during January had reached a peak of 1036, of which 957 were delivered to the Army, Navy and Great Britain. He predicted production this year may reach 18,000 planes. The plan was a surprise to many here who had expected that subassemblies would be produced exclusively in existing idle facilities of the automobile industry. There was a possibility, however, that existing facilties also might be used. Mr. Knudsen said the Army was about to award a contract to the Ford Motor Co. to .construct and equip a plant at Ypsilanti, Mich, where parts will be built for the Consolidated B-24 long-range fourengined bombers. Similar contracts shortly will be awarded to Chrysler, Seharal Motors and Goodyear, he said. The contracts will be of the socalled emergency plant facility type with the companies themselves arranging for the plant financing which the Government would repay over a five-year period. At the end of that time, the Government could take title to the plant if the contractors do not desire to purchase or lease it.

BRAKEMAN IS KILLED LOGANSPORT, Ind. Feb. 20 (U. P.).—William Henry Diamond, 20, yard brakeman at the Logansport division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, was injured fatally early today

when he fell under a moving train.

FOR THE TIME BEING, the Democrats have the: political foot= ball and the Republicans are chasing them. ' And the G. O. P. cry that they were “put on the spot” just tells a fraction of the story. More specifically, their legislative leader and gubernatorial hope= ful, Senator William E. Jenner, is on the spot—placed there inadvertently through a fumble by his hand-picked House floor leader, Rep.

Frank Millis. Mr, Jenner is one of the authors of the old-age pension bill which would raise maximum benefits from $30 to $40 a month. This being Mr. Jenner's bid for the Townsend Club vote in 1944, it was pushed through the Senate | ahead of a similar Democratic [ bill introduced earlier. Both parties made a big play for the Townsendites when 2000 of them thronged the galleries Monday. And when the bill came up yesterday, the Democrats still were in a mood to make political hay. Rep. Thurman Crook of South Bend, who is said to have his eyes on the Congress race, made his ‘bid with a proposed amendment raising the pension to a $40 minimum. Mr. Millis entered ‘a motion that it be laid on the table. When Mr. Crook demanded a roll call (which he had promised his party leaders he wouldn't) both sides gulped. ” ” ” Naturally, the Democrats, being the minority, left the verdict up to the majority and voted for the amendment. After all, hadn't the Townsendites indorsed the Republican ticket last year? And hadn't the G. O. P. candidates gone up and down the State promising them bigger pensions? And hadn't the Republicans made the Democrats look bad in 1939 when they passed a Townsend pension which the Democrats had to kill at the risk of their political necks? Republicans at the top of the roll call were confused. Their leader had made the motion to kill the amendment. If they voted with him, they could see the old-

age vote flying out the window.

Tomorrow Is r Day TWO...of the Sweeping, Smashing

What distresses us beyond words, is the fact that we were compelled to close our doors time and again— in the face of a cold morning.

There was nothing else we could do about it—the cubic content of the building just couldn’t hold

you.

Won’t you forgive it, please, for something that was compleieiy beyond our control.

x * * *x *

There may be some “consolation” in your visit today—there is still “something or other” left of the

Half—

—and there are PLENTY of those “SPECIALS” in new Spring things that are becoming almost as famous

as the Sale offerings!

POSITIVELY! No C. O.D.'s, approvals or layaways, No. phone or mail

orders. No exchanges or refunds.

EXCUSE! Owing to the congestion in alteration and delivery depart‘ments, we cannof ‘guarantee our, usual prompt deliveries.

But most of them went along with their leader.

Opposes Own Motion

w IT came to Mr. Millis, he explained that since the Demos crats were placing their own Gove ernor on the spot and he would have to veto the measure, he would vote against his own motion. The remaining Republicans followed his lead and at the wind= up, most of those who had voted

the other way before Mr. Millis spoke got up and changed ter votes. At this point, the Democrats bem »

‘gan to worry a little themselves, '

For a while they considered ask= ing that the House reconsider its action. After a huddle they dee cided that it was not up to the Governor to decide budget and financial matters—that’s a legis

lative job. And the Republicans

have been telling the Democrats all along that they alone are running the Legislature. So the minority. decided to leave the problem with the G. O. P. If it weren't for the serious facts that the bobble might cost Ine diana at least $17,000,000, might cause the loss of Federal funds for the aged, or might kill a bill that provides more money for the aged who need it, the political situation would be amusing indeed.

FAMED CONDUCTOR DEAD

BRIGHTON, England, Feb. 20 (U, P.).—Sir Hamilton Harty, composer and conductor, died Wednesday. He was 60. He had conducted all the leading English orchestras and had toured Australia and the United States.

"NO! On half-price suits there can be NO alterations, other than chang ‘ing sleeve of trouser. lengths,

You can EXPECT—quite a few SUITS at HALF PRICE

‘especially in the “hard-to-fit” sizes.

~quite a few TOPCOATS with ZIPPER-LINED GOATS among them at HALF PRICE.

Lois of SHIRTS, white and colored, LOTS of TIES, LOTS of SOCKS—quite a few pairs of GLOVES _ _ _ AT HALF PRICE.

Among the “SPECIALS”

are new Wearington, Wool-and- Camel TOPGOATS at 19.76-some wonderful COVERT TOPCOATS at 19.76.

WEARINGTON SUITS-Glens and Worsleds and Stripes- ! you should see them!-$25. |

‘Wearington OXFORDS, 3.95 Wearington HATS (When did you ever see hals like them

al ihe price?), $3.

'BRUXTON SHIRTS, white, outstanding, at | 85, - HANDKERGHIEFS, dozen for $1.

L STRAUSS & C0. we THE MAN'S STORE

FIRS? COME

TRUTHFULLY TOLD