Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 June 1941 — Page 1

NAZIS ACT AGAIN

Ah, So This Is Billy Conn'’s Secret Motive!

Mary Lou Smith, 19, of Pittsburgh, who'll wed Billy Conn after his fight with Joe Louis tomorrow.

2 DEAD IN FREAK MIDNIGHT CRASH

Car Climbs Curb and Kills, .

Mother of Five; Link Belt’ |"

Worker Second Victim.

Photos on Page Five)

J Two persons—one the. mother of five children — died today a few hours after a freak traffic accident at Belmont + Ave. and w. Michigan St. The dead were Mrs. Martha Miskowiec, 39, of 749 N. Sheffield Ave. and Fred Chandler, 35, of 531 N. Belmont Ave. Mrs. Miskowiec was standing on ‘the sidewalk at the intersection of Belmont and W. Michigan St. shdftly before midnight when a car in

which Mr. Chandler was a passenger collided with another and the

second car plunged over the jeurb

and struck ‘her, Mr. Chandler had left his home a half-block away to ride to his work at the Link-Belt plant with Richard Tapp, 25, of 1315 W. 28th St.

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Mr. Tapp tol police the traffic signals were off\ when he approached Michigan: St., but that he stopped his car before crossing the preferential street. As he drove into the intersection, the car collided with one driven by George W. Lowry, 65, of 3309) Graceland Ave.

0 ince and Mr. Chandler died in City Hospital of head injuries. The five children of Mrs. Miskowiec were at home in the care of the eldest, Frances, 15. Raymond Jr. "is 13, John is 11, ; Peter, 7, and Marian, 2

Mrs. Miskowlec’ was born in Minnesota and is a member of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church. She } also survived by a sister, Mrs. : Gasneck of Indianapolis; two : girs snd ave browns living in \ Minnesota. Mr. Chandler was | born in Webster County, Kentucky, and came to Indianapolis in 1920. He was head operator in the Heat-Treat Department at Link-Belt. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, and a sister, Mrs. Erma Gibson of Indianapolis. i She fatalities yur the fst in the city since June 2, raising traffic toll inside the city to 32 and making the county toll 66.

; BACKS ST. LAWRENCE PLAN WASHINGTON, June 17 (U. P.). War Secretary Henry L. Stimson told the House Rivers and Harbors. Commi today that construction of " the St. Lawrence Seaway will open the shipbuilding capacity of the Great Bim for American d defense and British-aid.

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- It's.only a matter of hours now be starting that long walk from the to the light-bathed roped off altar over second base. Who's going ‘to win? This. may help cut through the conflicting ' expressions of expert and inexpert opinion. We were sitting with Mike Jacobs, the promoter, in Lindy’s today and between stabs at two frightened stuffed crabs the gentl ‘remarked: : “I just got a call from Conn Wants to know if the gate will

from him about the sale in two days. » Mr. Jacobs chuckled and the rattle-clatter of his Sears-Roebuck teeth caused four bookmakers and three Shakespearean hams, at liberty, to duck under tables, possibly aring the invasion had started. “If the gate hits $500,000 that means & hunnert grand for Conn and thatll be more dough than he ever thought existed in the world.” This v was interesting. It could be significant. To be sure, the Pittsburgh Conn man is thoroughly practical and his interest in the vulgar finances of this enterprise is understandable; but. if he can whip Xouis and win the heavyweight championship he’ll never

.|have to worry ahout money. What

brings concern to the Irisher's followers is ‘whether he may he more interested in picking up a big check tomorrow night than in going all out to win the title. Usually these gay, young, brash challengers don't (Continued on Page Three)

GIRL DIES AS COURT FORGES TREATMENT

Family Had Refused to Permit Medical Attention.

GILROY, Cal, June 17 (U. P.). —Louise Ford, 14-year-old high school git], died in Wheeler Hospital today of an illness for which her family had refused to permit medical attention because of their religious beliefs. x : Her death came a few hours after Superior Judge: William James that the girl be taken to the hospital. Death was due to pneumonia and to an Snfection with which she was ‘| stricken last

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Warming to Louis: No Bridegroom Wants to ) Fase Suesty ad ig With Battered. Features.

; By JOE WILLIAMS BY Special Writer

NEW YORK, June 17 —There never was a heavyweight fight of any

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considerable amount of confusion,

profound inanities and plain blind staggers. And the closer the fight comes-the more blurred the picture grows. ¢

until Joe Louis and Billy Conn will dressing room at the Polo Grounds

WIBC BEGINS FULL TIME TOMORROW

Part of Mutual Network; To Have. Conn Fight.

- Radio station WIBC will increase its power to 5000 watts and begin broadcasting full-time tomorrow, C. A. McLaughlin, vice president and general manager, announced today. At the same time, the station will become a basic outlet of the coast-

‘|to-coast network of the Mutual Net-

work, and the change-over will be in time for: broadcasting the Joe Louis-Billy Conn title bout tomorrow at 8 p. m. . The station ‘will broadcast 19 hours daily from 5 a. m, to midnight, with local features and highlights of the Mutual Network. These changes, Mr. McLaughlin saicl, are the culmination Of months of planning and preparation and the expenditure of $100,000

The latest. model RCA 5000-watt |"

{ransmitter and antenna have been installed at WIBC's new location near New Augusta. Engineers have been testing equipment for the last month. The WIBC offices and studios have -been enlarged and remodeled to three times their former. space on the ninth floor of the Jodisnapolis Athletic Club. Last Monday, WIBC reached an agreement with. ASCAP, returning its music to the air for the first time since last January, and it is the only. Indianapolis station now licensed for both ASCAP and BMI music, Mr. McLaughlin ‘said.

GRANTS 20 PER CENT BONUS

VALPARAISO, Ind. June 17 (U. P.) ~The McGill Manufacturing

Co., today announced a bonus of 20

per cent of last year’s salaries for 600 Smployses. pApprasimately $200,000 will !

Elephants: Do Heavy Work

overrode the ail objections and # ordered

MAYOR HINTS HE WON'T READ

| KNIGHT OPINION

‘Unparalleled Confusion’ Is Feared by Corporation " Counsel.

By RICHARD LEWIS . The Mayor's office was a telebedlam

‘today as citizens| &¥ 8nd sinessmen ealiod 10.ask wis 3

hel daylight savings : time mean, and what should they do

The proposed changeover has been :

set for 1 a. m. Sunday. In the middle of it all, Corpora-

tion Counsel Edward Knight called]

from his. home advising the Mayor not to sign the proclamation.

Voluntary, Says Mayor

“This thing will throw the City into unparalleled confusion,” said Mr. Knight. “I'm going to write an opinion right away.” He begged the Mayor to take no action until the opinion was delivered. The Mayor, ‘who has said he will sign the resolution, told his secretary that he didn’t think he will read Mr. Knight's opinion: “I know the changeover is illegal, anyway,” he Said. “It’s purely a

ng the : ‘telephone

Were minister, who asked that 8 ing: Ing-be « deferred at east until

| Is Judy Wed ?|

She Denies It; Corporal | Says That's Why He Was A. W..0. L.

"HONOLULU, T. H, June 17 (U. P.)—Corporal James H. Ripley, who -said he married movie actress Judy Canova Saturday night, was in the guard house at Ft. Ruger, Oahu, today for being A. W. O. L. at that time. Miss Canova had left for the United States aboard a Pan-

Ameri - ways/clipper . plang, ing that \Ripley’s most fantastic I ever have heard.” Judge Francis Brooks, who ‘performed a civil marriage in which Ripley RE was the ger ot : groom, said: Miss Canova igre did not give the name Canova so I can’t say it was she, but I was told it was.” : The records showed that Ripley married Juliet C. Burns, who was born at Starke, Fla., in 1917, ang Who had been here for one wi £5 nS 5 L

ess Manager, | To Jalen that he hal fae married to William Burns, whom shé divorced a few years ago. However, Mr. Canova said his sister ‘denied by telephone that

she had married Ripley)

said. “We were S50 we got mar.

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the program score for the

: lock, forward or back ie Mr. Knight said “that ‘Tanks,

clearing houses and courts, which have to co-ordinate their schedules with the schedules of other operauens, would be hopelessly confused. The City Council early this morning authorized the Mayor to set the clock one hour ahead for the summer by proclamation. The Council action came at the close of the longest meeting in the incumbency of the present City Fathers and is believed to set a nation-wide precedent. Occupied most of last evening by other matters, Councilmen didn’t vote on the proclamation resolution until the wee hours of this morning. At that point, they were so weary (Continued on Page Five)

BIRTH RATE IN U. S.)

NEARS GERMAN RATE

WASHINGTON, June 17 (U. P)). —An increase in the American birth rate to a point approaching the high rate in Germany was reported today by the Census Bureau. There were . 20,000: more babies born in the United States during the first four months of 1941 than in the correspond period last year, the Bureau sail. This indicates a national birth rate for 1941 of about 18.5 per 1000 of population —the highest since 1930. The last reported birth rate for Germany was 18.8 per 1000 population in 1937. The sudden rise in the American birth rate brought an’ end, for the time being at least, to the longrange, downward tendency of the national birth rate,

SEEK 0. K. ON SALE OF GREENFIELD GAS UNIT]

The Public Service Company of Indiana today asked the approval of the Public Service Commission for the sale of its gas utility properties in and adjacent to the City of Greenfield to the newly organized Greenfield Gas Co., Inc. The petition, filed with the P. S.C, specified that a $25,000 cash payment would be made if the commission’ grants approval. It further stated that the newly organized firm had to obtain additional natural gas to bolster the

present supply for the City of Greenfield which is diminishing.

Seeks Washington St. Store As Site for Enlarged Juvenile Court.

By NOBLE REED County officials today renewed negotiations for lease of a large store building at 219-223 E. Washington * St., ‘for Juvenile Court quarters after the first contract offer was rejected by County Commissioners. Owners of the building bint a contract lease proposal last week but it contained a clause binding the county to purchase the building or vacate it if a buyer should be found. “The County government cannot sign any contract: involving future p ases unless appropriations are authorized in advance of the contract,” declared County Attorney John Linder. “We will meet attorneys representing the owners of the building later this week and work out a suitable contract for a long-term lease,” he said.

Monthly Rental $300

It was said that owners of the building have offered to work out a lease rental of $300 a month with maintenance provisions. Lease of the building by the county has been talked for more

involving lease of the Court House lawn for a parking lot in return for use of the store. building was abandoned after taxpayers’ groups protested. that the plan was inequitable and illegal. Juvenile . Court Judge Wilfred Bradshaw several. months ago warned Commissioners that his court and allied agencies would have to have larger quarters away from its - present location in the Court House basement. He said expanding activities of the Court resulting from a new law passed by the 1941 Legislature would necessitate more room. Last fall Commissioners considered moving the Court to the Children’s Guardian’s Home in Irving ton but an injunction suit blocked

the move.

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than two months. An original plan|

BUT PREPARED

FOR ‘SURPRISE’

British Using Enormous’ Force in Libya; Bomb Ruhr for Sixth Time.

By HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Foreign News Editor Tension between Germany and the United States today was accompanied by a deepening enigma as

1to the actual status of relations be-

tween Germany and Russia. The strict Soviet censorship was

Henry Shapiro, United Press staff dent, was able to cable a fairly detailed dispatch bearing on Russo-German relations. Mr. Shapiro’s dispatch was the first report from Moscow on the touchy subject which was not based almost

munique. The Moscow summary however, did not reveal! what factors might have motivated Russia in allowing its transmission.

Germans Halt Activity The dispatch reported that Mos-

cow. was probably the calmest capital in Europe, that there was no

1objective indication that full or

partial mobilization had been ordered; that both Russian and German sources denied any economic or political negotiations are going on between the two countries and that neutral diplomats had been unable to confirm any such negotiations. The remainder of the dispatch, however, emphasized Russia’s concentration on defense and preparedness measures of all types.

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were of the type designed)

Ho “meet ‘any threat ‘of German ‘at-| |tack. The emphasis was on meas-

ures to combat parachutist and air attacks and greatest activity apparently was in the Russia, two points where a Nazi invasion might strike, and the capital area’ of Moscow.

French Counter Attack

German military operations appeared—perhaps ominously—to have come to a virtual halt, leaving the ofensive in the air, the’ Western Desert and Syria to the British. It appeared obvious that some new and far reaching Nazi ‘move was in preparation but of its nature Berlin gave no hint, It appeared that in the desert at least, Britain was capitalizing its opportunity despite . the 120-degree temperature. "A German military spokesman said that the British had thrown “enormous forces” into the battle and suggested that Sir Archibald may have launched an attack aimed not only at the relief of beseiged Tobruk but at the recapture of all of Cyrenacia.. . . The British reported that the offensive had caught the Axis by (Continued on Page Five)

LEOPARD FIRST UP AS CIRCUS ARRIVES

Worrying About His Spots; Gargantua Gets Milk. By JQE COLLIER It gives us pleasure to report that the first animal awake at the Ringling Bros. and Barum and Bailey circus today was a leopard with insomnia, who may have Ween. wor= rying over his spots.

When they are sefting ‘up, the circus people have a wily way of

animals to divert the attention of the crowds at the show grounds from the working personnel. The working personnel, the fellows who: do the grunt and heave jobs and get no applause, were working against time to set up the tent city for performances at 2:15 and 8:15 p. m. today on the tradi(Continued on age Five)

: Circus Pulls a ‘Fast One’ . ...

loosened today to the- extent that|

exclusively on an official com-|

These defense preparations ob-

Ukraine and White | -

dispatches interpret that campaign

using some of the more gregarious:

‘Hour of Decision,’ Says Knox ...s Desert War is on Three Fronts ... Today's War Moves ....... Americans in Rome Pool Punds ve

U. S. property in Germany in

velt against Nazi resources in

U.S. IS CALM ON CONSUL QUSTER

Expect German Retaliation; Relations With Axis Powers Grave.

WASHINGTON, June 17 (U. PJ). —United States relations with European Axis powers rapidly were deteriorating today toward a basis of reprisal and increased tension.

America’s next move, it was indicated this afternoon by Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles, will be a protest over the sinking of the American freighter Robin Moor. Mr. Welles said the attitude of the United States would not be affected by the fact that no lives were lost on the ship. Some Administration officials take an extremely grave view of the general situation. But yesterday's clos-ure-ouster order issued by President Roosevelt against German consular and information agencies and their German employees was received by the capital with comparative calm. Berlin orders for closure of United State consulates in Germany and expulsion of their American employees were expected to be an early development in German-American affairs. . Italy already has retaliated against Mr. “ Roosevelt's | week-end order freezing European Axis funds in the United States by a freeze order directed against American assets in Italy. The Italian press is accusing United States diplomats of being “agents provacateurs” and

as warning that Italy might ask for recall of American diplomats unless (Continued on Page Five)

HOGS REACH $10.15, HIGHEST IN 3 YEARS

. Another recsrd was set in hog prices at Indianapolis today when as much as $10.15 per hundred unds was paid at’ the stockyards; est since July 27, 1938. Hog prices here have gone up $3] since the first of the year, $2 of that since the Government began buying pork around a $9 level. Hog supplies are slightly less than last year but market experts attribute the higher prices to Government buying and

increased public consumption of pork products. =

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Or to Comment on Orders Closing of Consulates in America.

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BERLIN, June 17 (U. P.).—The official news agency announced today that the German Government has orde the “necessary measures” effective immediately agains

reply to American freezing of

Nazi assets in the United States. (The wording of the dispatch indicated that Germany has ordered retaliatory freezing of all American assets Germany, similar to the action taken by President Roose=

this country.) -.

An authorized spokesman read the text of the DNB

anno ent to foreign core respondents and formally d clined to make any additional

comment,

“I cannot say what form measures: will take no when will. ‘he: announced,” he ; “The German action closely an intimation a Nazi spokesman that relations between Germany and the United States may be subject to change. May Be ‘Provoked’ Now The spokesman said that a pree vious statement that “we will not let ourselves be provoked” can no; longer be confirmed. There was no direct comment on President Roosevelt's order closing German consulates and other agens cies in the United States. ¥ “No conclusive information on the order has yet been received ud until. it has nothing can be

from here. Wé have no hate ever to say today g whole complex German = Eh States question, including the freeze ing of assets and the closure of cone

sulates,” the spokesman said. Correspondents then

American relations, but the spok man halted the questioning ar “We . absolutely refuse to speak regarding these questions today.”

‘Highest” Officials Study Act German

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ing investigated closely and tha they would be studied by the “high est” German quarters—obviously by Adolf Hitler himself,

‘man retaliaiign on. the same basis closing of American consulates

withhold retaliatory action. This suggestion was made in the belief that the Government might. decide it would be more beneficial to Germany in the long run to take fim more retaliatory action at vi e,

ASK MAJOR BAKERIES : NOT TO RAISE PRICE

WASHINGTON, June 17 (U. Pe —Price Administrator Leon

eries not to advance bread pric “In our policy of Stab} i prices, we consider bread of sp cial importance owing to its inence in the diet of all mem of ihe Community. and tHe va signifi cance of bread as a symk of the cost of living,” Mr. Hende jon wrote executives of ‘12 lg bakeries Jed throughout Sounuy. 3 said that any specific: ships arising out of compliance wil the request would be given diate consideration, by the Office’ dministratior - and Cive ilian Supply.

BUREAU CLAIMS IT

{ISN'T GOING TO RAIN

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about 10 degres

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