Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 February 1941 — Page 24
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A general view of the Eastern Air Lines sleeper wreckage.
POWER & LIGHT NETS 3 MILLION
Sales Gain and Federal Tax Savings Boost "40 Profit by Million.
By LOWELL B. NUSSBAUM Net earnings of the Indianapolis Power & Light Co. climbed almost a million dollars last year to $3,204,926. The gain was due to a nearly $700,000 windfall in the form of Federal tax savings and increased current sales under national defense stimulus. The $700,000 tax savings, resulting from the complete refunding of the company’s debt last July, will not be repeated in future years, it was pointed out in:the annual report mailed to stockholders today. Incidentally, ‘the report was mailed for the first time to 8081 common stockholders instead of one, as in the past. A year ago, all outstanding common stock of the company, in which is vested the voting power, was held by the trustee for the estate of the Utilities Power & Light Corp. Last April, the company became the first large public utility to have its common stock ownership transferred from a holding company to the investing public. Full responsibility for financial as well as business operations now rests with the officers in Indianapolis. in The preferred stock is owned by 8512 individuals, making a total of 11,593 stockholders, 2994 of whom live in Indiana, and the others in every state except Idaho. More (Continued on Page Five)
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councils at Ankara tonight or tomorrow. He is en route from Moscow by .plane.
Put Hopes
Japan boosted Far Eastern tensign toward French Indo-China.
being explored. Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden and the chief of the British Imperial Staff, Gen. Sir G. Dill, held an important consultation at the Turkish Premier's office today. It was learned that Eden consulted with Jugoslav, Russian and Bulgarian representatives last night.
Cripps probably will join the
Just what the British have in
mind is not certain but it is pre-|;
Today's War Moves j
By HARRISON SA LISBURY United Press Staff Coirespondent
Britain prepared new moves on the Halkar checkerboard today while
sumed that ways and means of
borders from Rumania by airplane, tanks, armored: cars, automobiles
word and the magic transformation The two jolly looking young men | who sat in the coffee house this afternoon will appear in the same gray-green uniforms that fill the streets of Bucharest. The sober, erect gentleman of 50 with the toplaced boots, who tried to be polite when BBC came in booming, will appear in the striped red trousers of the Reichswehr General Staff.. Was that a naval officer for whom the Bulgarian Admiral put on his dress, form with all his medals; this jeven Ee he was, be Tom If and gave the salute, en midnight strikes he German traveling men are 3 become soldiers. It is probably the most perfectly trained army in mufti that one has ever seen. In Bucharest where
Sports 18, 19, 20 State Deaths. 17
Johnson 14 Model Planes. 12
“The best that Stalin ‘could hope for, since September, was. to get
; turn the winter ‘without being
they come from, their routine of greeting is complicated: First, Hit+
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on Russia
In Anglo-Turk Talks
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fuddenly stiffening her attitude
The British Balkan moves were shrouded in mystery, but word that Sir Stafford Cripps, British Ambassador to Moscow, is joining the Anglo-Turkish conferences at Ankara inflicated ‘that Russia's position is
creating a barrier to Nazi expansion in (he Balkans is being considered. One report is that the British hope to create a ‘Balkan defense pact withh Turkey as the keystone. "Ine Russian attitude toward such a project is vital because of the close relations| between Russia and Turkey. Sore clue to Russia’s attitude may be given by Soviet Premier-Foreign Commissar V. M. Molotov in an address he is expected to make before the Supreme Soviet. The threat in the increasingly (Continued on Page Five)
Nazis on Mark in Bulgaria
By GEORGE WELLER (Copyright, 1941, by The Indianapolis Times and ‘The Chicago Daily News, Inc.) SOFIA, Feb. 27.—The hour of the midnight ball has almost struck, the 8000 or so -hobnailed Cinderellas who have crossed the Bulgarian
train, ferry and pontoon bridge in and motorcycles are, all in their
chimney corners, and it remains only for Adolf Hitler to pronounce the
will kegin.
SOFTA, Féb.' 26" (U. P.).~The Crerman legation today denied that German troops are in Bul--garia and added that Germany “had no intention” of sending troops across Bul
ler salute, then handshake, the Army salute, then Hitler salute gain, Here, it is only a slight lift ©f the eyelash. ‘This business of being part of one iarge machine, and yet pretending «4 be isolated all day long, is a wearisome test for Army nerves. About 1 o'clock in the morning, when even the American newspa-. permen have fallen asleep on their ypewriters, the visiting firemen nave retired to an old-fashioned
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By LELAND STOWE copyright: 1941, by The Indianapolis Times an
The Chicago Daily
AST May, after the Allied withdrawal from Norway, the Chicago Daily News Foreign Service ordered me to the Balkans, by way of Moscow, There was a world of meaning behind the phrase, “by way of Moscow.” It recognized clearly the fact’ that the - Soviet Union is the greatest imponderable force - connected with the second World War. It anticipated the developments which have so drastically altered the destinies of the Balkan countries during the seven months which I have just passed in southeastern Europe. This was the perfect moment to cover the.
Balkans: An assignment
spondent would feel fortunate to receive. Now the question is asked—Where Does
Russia Stand? 1 saw both
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1941
WAIT START OF 64 SECTIONALS
Decatur Central and Tech, Both Champs, Clash in
Opener Here.
(Another story and photos, Page 18; rosters, Page 19)
By J. E. O'BRIEN Out at Tech’s gym and at 63 Gther sectional centers this evening, Indiana’s schoolboys take up their annual basketball tournament chores.
It's the beginning of the Indiana High" School Athletic Association's annual four-week go-around, and 777 teams this time are shooting for the crowd worn by Hammond Tech. Four separate tournaments—sectional, regional, semi-final and final —will be required to eliminate 776 teams by March 22. The draw promised pyrotechnics at the opening session of the local tournament, which is to decide who's best among 16 Indianapolis and Marion County teams.
In the evening’s second game at 8|
o'clock, the high-scoring Hawks of Decatur Central will move out against Tech’s Big Green combination. Decatur Central is the county champion, Tech, the city champion, and the winner will be tabbed a definite threat for the title. An hour earlier the Southport Cardinals and Manual’s Redskins will take the floor to determine who’s going. ahead into the second round. The final game of the night will pair Castleton against New Augusta. Shortridge’s defending sectional champions make their first appearance on: tomorrow morning's program, tackling Lawrence at 9 o'clock. Other first-round games tomorrow are: Warren Central vs. Broad Ripple, Beech Grove vs. Ben Davis, Washington vs. Speedway, and Howe vs. Franklin Township.
CHURCHILL IS GIVEN VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
LONDON, Feb. 27 (U. P.).—The
House of Commons today gave Prime Minister Winston Churchill a vote of confidence by approving unanimously .a bill allowing members of Parliament to retain their seats while holding government
posts abroad.
News,
GOP LEADERS TRIM BUDGET BY 8 MILLION
Several Hundred Face Job Loss; Tempo ‘Speeded On ‘Must’ Bills. The Hopper .. Other Legislative News 3, 4, 6, 13
Bearing down for the last 10 days of the session, Indiana's Legislature hit a new peak for activity today.
Highly-controversial “must” bills | &
on the Republican program forced aside most other issues and will hold the stage from now until the final curtain. 2 Highlighting the busiest session were: 1. Republican financial and party leaders announced they had trimmed $8,287,000 'from the biennial budget. It was estimated that “several hundred” clerks and stenographers would be knocked off the State payroll.
Tax Cut Vote Due
2. With-the problem of balancing the State's two-year budget solved, at least temporarily, the Senate set 2730 p. m. today for final enactment of a bill to reduce the gross income tax rate for retailers from 1 per cent to % per cent. This is expected to take $4,000,000 a year from State revenue. 3. Governor Henry F. Schricker personally read his messages vetoing the two G. O. P. Attorney General “ripper” bills to a tense Senate, declaring them unconstitutional. On the measure which provides for the hiring of a two-year “attorney for the state” until the Attorney General’s office is placed on the ballot in 1942, three Marion County Republican Senators bolted and voted against over-riding the Governor's veto. The motion to over-ride carried, 26 to 19. House action is expected later today.
Jobless Aid Liberalized
4. Liberalization of the Unemployment Compensation Law was passed By the House under suspension of rules and sent to the Senate. This speedy action was taken, leaders said, to avoid any possibility of the long-delayed measure getting lost in the last-minute “jam.” 5. Speaker James M. Knapp lashed out at “agents of racket and (Continued on Page Five)
SNOW BLAMED FOR GAR AGGIDENT, FALL
Pedestrian Hurt Seriously; Mayor Youkey Injured.
LOCAL TEMPE URES
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A thin coating of snow, slippery as a banana skin, covered Indianapolis today and its treachery accounted for at least one auto and
one pedestrian accident. The Weather Bureau predicted there would be further light snow and that temperatures will be lower today and tonight. Charles Graham, 76, Whiteland, Ind., was injured seriously when his car and another collided because of the snow at Troy Ave. and Bluff Road. He was taken to Methodist Hospital. The other car was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Flynn, Greenwood, Ind, who received minor injuries. Vincent Youkey, Mayor of Crown Point, Ind., slipped at Meridian and Washington Sts. last night and received a deep gash over his left eye. “The State Highway . Commission reported that practically all roads in the state had some snow on them, with the heaviest fall in southern sections.
Leland Stowe has just returned to the United States after 17 months’ service in most of the crucial sectors of the war. Freed of the limitations of censorship, Mr. Stowe has been asked to summarize his impressions for the benefit of American readers. This is the fourth of his noteworthy dispatches.
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Come On, Eddiel
Eddie Rickenbacker . , . “I am bruised but not broken in spirit.” ”
FOR LIFE AGAIN
Critically - Hurt in Crash, Daring Ace Maintains Determination.
Eddie Rickenbacker, that daring, debonair captain who survived countless experiences when the odds were death-to-1, accepted another challenge today. Pulled out of the wreckage of the fatal plane crash near Atlanta, Ga., he “only complained of a pain in the back,” when his injuries: were described as serious. He still banked on the same kind of fate, luck or charm that’s always been with him. Displaying his characteristic determination, “Rick” smilingly commented to a Baptist minister who visited him in the hospital at Atlanta: “I am bruised, but not broken in spirit.” He was one of those cap-turned-backwards, grease-smeared drivers who made the Speedway famous when death always rode the hoods of those snorting racing cars of the track’s earlier days. “Rick” in those days was devoted to speed. The risks took second place. He left this charmed circle, howover, to sign up for the first World War .and he returned as America’s most famous ace, credited by the Army with 25 German planes and by his friends with 26. He was leader of the ¢“Hat-in-the-Ring” Squadron 94, which the Germans feared more than any other air fighting outfit. At 50, “Rick” is considered a genius as a commercial aviation executive. He 1s president of the Eastern Air Lines and it was one of (Continued on Page Five)
POWDER PLANT BLAST IS HEARD 15 MILES
ACTON, Mass., Feb. 27 (U, P.) — A terrific explosion at the American Cyanamid & Chemical Corp. plant here shook the countryside for miles around this afternoon. The blast was heard. in Framingham, 15 miles from here. The plant, situated in Acton, Maynard, Concord and West Sudbury, manufactures nitro-cellulose. At was feared several persons were
injured.
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First, that the
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Rep. Byron of Maryland Is Among Dead; Three of Passengers En Route to Defense
Project; All Members of Crew Killed.
ATLANTA, Ga. Feb. 27 (U. P.).—An Eastern Air Lines sleeper plane, flying through a chilling rain en route
here, crashed in a pine grove
15 miles south of the Atlanta =
Airport early today with 16 persons, including Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker and Rep. William P. Byron (D. Md.). Capt. Rickenbacker, the nation’s No. 1 World War ace and president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, was seriously injured, all three crew members were killed, four
passengers were listed as dead by the air line, and eight other passengers were injured.
One body was identified as Rep. Byron's. Rickenbacker Suffers Great Shock
At the Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, attendants said Capt. Rickenbacker was “suffering from a great deal of shock.” He was described as semi-conscious and talking under his breath, although doctors could not make out his
words.
His face was cut and required several stitches.
He
suffered also several fractured ribs, a possible hip fracture, wrenched back and internal injuries. Newspaperman Among Those Injured
Paul Bratton, E. A. L. vice president in New York, was quoted as saying that Capt. Rickenbacker, the line's president, was undergoing an operation. Mr. Bratton quoted survivors as saying that despite broken ribs and a broken leg, Capt. Rickenbacker was able to direct first aid for the injured and keep the suvivors from being
panic-siricken. He also enforced a rule against’ smoking and”
lighting matches during the cuers. -
ALASKA, PHILIPPINE AIR UNITS BOLSTERED
6 Groups Sent North and 2 To Far East.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (U. P.). —The United States moved today to bolster its air forces in Alaska and the Philippines, with six additional Army Air Corps units scheduled for Alaskan service and two more pursuit groups assigned to the Far Eastern outpost. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson disclosed the dispatch of air units to Alaska, announcing that three of them already had been sent from Ft. Mason, Cal, and that three others will leave within the
next two months for their new stations. The Philippine transfer, involving an estimated 50 planes and 65 pilots, was revealed earlier by other War Department officials. Mr. Stimson declined to disclose the number of planes and men involved in the Alaskan move. The decision to send more planes to the Philippines came in the midst
of increasing tension in the Far East.
REJECTS CLOSED SHOP BAN WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (U. P.) —
The House today voted down, 81 to 11, an amendment to the $1,533,439,702 supplemental defense bill to prohibit the closed shop on defense projects. The House then approved the entire bill by voice vote. measure provides American defenses at Guam and Samoa.
The
for holstering
hese experiences I am con-
vinced of the following things:
dominant motivation behind
the Kremlin’s decisions and policies is fear— fear of a final reckoning with the forces of
Second, that this fear is inspired by an acute realization of Soviet Russia’s inherent
which any corre-
the strong points
In Moscow, and while crossing the Soviet Union, I saw how seriously Russian railroads and transportation had been disorganized by the Finnish war, Veteran observers also offered impressive data ‘on the lag in production of many of the Soviets’ key industries. Finally, throughout these seven months, I have watched the Kremlin’s representatives playing their cards in a desperate effort to check or counterbalance Nazi Germany’s steadily expanding control of ore di ol lic
weaknesses on the
available,
part of Dictator Josef V.
Stalin and his inner circle of advisers. Third, that Soviet leaders see their only hope of future strength, relatively speaking, through prolongation of the present conflict to its longest possible duration. | Fourth, that the Kremlin's revolutionary strategists see their only safety in getting Adolf Hitler's military might overextended, in what--ever direction and by whatever means may be
On this basis, it makes sense that Moscow has nok lifted a finger to prevent Ge:
seven-hour wait for the res-
Among the injured reported in Atlanta hospitals, in addition to Capt. Rickenbacker, were: H. A. LITTLEDALE of Short Hill, N. J, an assistant to the managing editor of the New York Times, in critical condition with back injuries. MRS. H. A. LITTLEDALE, shock. : P. L. BRADY of New York, mechanical engineer en route to the Canal Zone on a U. S. Army defense project, right leg trace tured. R. B. SEWELL of Atlanta, eye and back injuries. Attorney Is Hurt
J. 8. ROSENFELD SR. of New Orleans, treated for minor in juries and released. C. M. TAPPEN, New York ate : torney en route to Houston, Tex., where a company he represents: is building a $3,500,000 tin smelter for the Government, in serious condition from shock and exposure. GEORGE FEINBERG, New York theatrical agent. N. W. RANSELL, New York * civil engineer, injuries believed: minor, ; The dead crew members were: CAPT. G. E. PERRY, pilot, L. E. THOMAS, co-pilot. CLARENCE MOORE, steward, Passengers killed were: REP. BYRON, whose body was the first’ identified. B. C. M. VAN DER HOOP of Scarsdale, N. Y., president of the i (Continued on Page Five)
STEEL SHARES DROP . NEW YORK, Feb. 27 (U. P.)~= Steel shares led the stock market lower in quiet trade today. Beth= lehem fell $2. Eastern Air Lines
stock also was weak.
“Soviet Russia stands on defensive, playing for time