Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 September 1941 — Page 2

siers In ‘Washington—

PITAL CRITICAL

~ OF WILLIS’ STAND

At G. 0. P. Meetings More Important Than Tax. Bill Vote, Some Say.

By DANIEL

M. KIDNEY

* Times Staff Writer

WASHIN GTON, Sept.

13. —Considerable amusement

i and the other at the G. O. P. an te honoring the pew State Chairman, Ralph Gates. In the latter address the junior Senator from Indiana

Jax Delinquency Claimed "At Hearing on Arrests Of Tenants.

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| somvie continuance to try to get fhe. people out of the property.” He said eviction proceedings have ‘been filed and the realty company

has been trying to get the people gemoved so the property could be

ed. “These properties rent for six or eight dollars a month,” he said. -. *7t would cost four or five times the = ~ rental to repair them. We are ask- = that the cases be continued a reasonable tine so we can try to get these people out.” “We are ready for trial,” declared Mr. Eggleston. “Some of these people are working and cannot afford to lose time at their work. They are guilty of nothing but being

oo Walt on Directors

“Judge Rinier asked Mr. Sullivan hat he thought would be a “reanadie continuance.” .- Sullivan said he thought the middie of October, because “there's a certain board of directors who will meet Oct. 8 in regard to these 8.” .-“I have heard of directors holdie a bi meeting,” answered the

Mr. Sullivan: explained that one of the directors would be out of the "City so the Judge set Oct. 11 _ Bs the hearing date. Immediately after the hearing, members of the Citizens’ Housing - Committee went to the Court House gnd said they found that one of the parcels of properly involved was nine years . delinquent in County taxes which now totals $4015.35. The other parcel $669 delinquent, - Bommittee members said.

~.ZAt the time of the tax auction)

squabble two years ago, Mr. Koesters _ defiled a court order to sell the

Meanwhile, Governor Schricker entered the housing shortage picture yesterday with the promise to appoint a special five-man committee to investigate and make recommendations to proper authorities. ~~ He met with a citizens’ committee, 2 which presented him a petition ~ pointing out that there is an acute -_ghortage of suitable dwelling houses

8 _ in the city because of the influx of

defense workers. "City Problem Mostly

© The Governor said he would be glad to appoint an investigating p but that he “wanted some to pick the men.” i The committee is to survey the 2 focal housing situation, with a view - fo making recommendations to the Federal Government to obtain dehousing projects as well as ; um clearance projects. ~ “You cannot force people with gmoney to build houses,” the Gov-

~ emor told the citizens’ group, “and

fhere should be some plan to take gare of the housing shortage.” He said that he intended for the fnvestigating committee to co-oper-afe with Indianapolis City officials, -gince it was chiefly a City problem. Members of the citizens’ commitHee Salling upon the Governor were ©. C. Livingstone of the Indianpolis Federation of Civic Clubs; Arnold Atwood, regional director of ‘ghe United Automobile Workers; an. Mel Shaw of the Parenthers Association; Miss Martha ‘Stafford of Flanner House; Alex Gordon, legislative representative of Brotherhood of Railroad Train_3nen; Morton Pruden of Local 226

: Ww, and Rabbi Elias

urged that only Republicans be sent to Congress from Indiana next year so that the country can be saved from “parlor politicians.” Earlier he had told the State Committeemen: to forget their

important to be neglected because of petty party differences.” That phrase “too important to be neglected” particularly caused amusement. For on the very day that Senator Willis was back in the State making these speeches the Senate of the United States was voting on the most important tax measure of the Seventy-seventh Congress.

Denver Visit Recalled

Informed that the tax bill was up for debate and important amend-

the final vote was taken, Senator Willis reportedly took the position that the Indianapolis meeting was more im t. As passed by the Senate that day, the tax bill provides an additional $3,583,900,000 take, Senator Willis also was absent when draft extension was voted upon. He was hospi by a broken arm and went home ediately afterwards. But before attending the Indiana G. O. P. meeting he had gone to Denver with a Senate Committee and Denver is farther from Indianapolis than is Washington.

Organizations

Dr. Myers to Speak—The Indianapolis alumni chapter of Sigma Delta Kappa will meet Monddy at the Canary Cottage. Dr. Charles Myers, City Hospital superintendent, will’ be the speaker, .

Scientech to Hear Kern—A. O. Kern will speak to the Scientech Club at its luncheon Monday noon in the Board of Trade Building. He will explain the process of welding.

Townsend Session Tonight — Townsend. Club 8 will meet at 8 p. m. tonight in the I. O. O. F. Hall, at: Hamilten-Ave. and E, Washington St. :

Rebekah Unit to Meet—Members of Ellen Rebekah Lodge 520 will meet at 1:30 p. m. tomorrow in Castle Hall, 230 E. Ohio St., with Miss Madge Kretsch in charge.

Maturates to Entertain—The Indianapolis School of Maturates will have a. social meeting at 2 p. m. Monday at the Y. W. C. A. - Charles M. Fillmore is superintendent.

Mrs. Bryson Honor Guest — Mrs. Stanley Bryson, presiding president of the Women’s Auxiliary of Saraha Grotto, will be guest of honor at a luncheon meeting of past presidents of the auxiliary at 1 p. m. Monday in the home of Mrs. Mae Oliver Bergman, 66 S. Colorado Ave.

Family Reunion Set—The 12th Daringer family reunion will be held tomorrow at Christian Park. Dinner will be served at noon, followed by a business meeting and musical entertainment. Ed Daringer of Anderson is president and Hettie Daringer of Indianapolis is secretary.

Wayne Club to Give Party—The Wayne Club will give a card party at 8:30 o'clock tonight im its club rooms, 2829 Jackson St.

Induct New Service Unit—The officers of Service Mothers of America, Inc., established a unit at Noblesville yesterday with Mrs. Charles Reddick, Carmel, as president. The unit will be known as the Service Mothers of Hamilton County,

. Microscopy Group te Meet — The Indianapolis Chapter of American Microscopy will meet at 2:30 p. m. tomorrow at the home of Paul

squabbles because “our task is too.

ments were to be acted upon before |.

8 POINTS GIVEN METHODIST 0. K.

Accept Report Holding They Furnish Partial Basis For Sound Peace. (Continued from Page One) Ts

the management of industry and to economic security when productive

’|years are ended.” It outlines as la-

bor’s responsibilities, “the duty to work when employment at a security wage is offered, the duty of labor organizations to safeguard the rights of employer, employee and the public, the duty of labor organizations to refrain from thuggery and the duty of every worker to take responsibility for the quality of his product.”

Condemn Anti-Semitism

Anti-Semitism and “all forms of racial discrimination” are condemned. The report: demands that the sale of liquor to men in the Army be stopped by Federal law and “heartily condemns” lotteries and other forms of gambling. As significant as the features contained in the report were those sections stricken out at this moming’s session. Committee members pointed out that the laymen, who dominated the committee, had supporfed “unanimously all the sections which the conference as a whole deleted today. Voted out of the report were: 1. A statement that “We are now in tkis war whether we like it or not . . . and the peace which shall be made is more important than any other problem.”

Other Planks Deleted 2. Insistence that all minority parties (including Communists) be given the right to places on the ballot. 3. Demand that conscientious obectors be given the same exemptions from the draft as workers in essential defense industries. -4, Indorsement of the Hoover plan to feed the populations of the “small democracies.” 5. Support of the right to strike and a statement that “labor must have a larger share in both the rewards and the responsibilities of industry.” The conference also is to debate today the question of whether next year’s meeting shall be in the late spring or early fall. A resolution to move the time to June was adopted once yesterday and then reconsidered.

CALVARY LUTHERAN TO LAY CORNERSTONE

The congregation of Calvary Lutheran Church of Edgewood will lay the cornerstone of its new church building with services at 2:30 p. m. tomorrow. The Rev. W. H. Eifert, Indianapolis, will give the principal address. The Rev. W. L. Barth is pastor. The new structure is being built

_ Klinge, 3365 N. Colorado St.

lat Shelby and Dudley Sts.

Will Aid Defense by ele Conia Plan

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be selected at a called meeting ®f city and civic officials. Cities aving a population greater than 00 are to have one additional

psentative on the county coun- ] for each additional 50,000 popu-

, chief duty of the Civil Pron Committee will be to superg

the and ments so that an auxiliary poSerge So ie. Svatihle in ctee

' | Civil Protection Committee and will

. | duty.

Rescue parties will be trained by the Red Cross and a volunteer Medical Corps will be assembled in each community by the local héalth boards. Nurses’ aid corps will also be formed. Persons. who have motorcycles and automobiles and who are willing to serve as “mounted messengers” in case communication lines break down will be listed by the

be subject to call by any of the various defense groups or Silage. Women will be given training in driving ambulances. A “drivers’ corps’ will ‘be assemse in the same manner as the “mounted messengers.” This grou will gonsist of wha are will ing to do such 3adks as hauling other Persons wor case a breakdown and, if Bacessdry, of ‘of taking evacuees to the.

committees will be formed to list the names of homeowners who will be willing to take in persons who may have to be evacuated from the distressed areas. Volunteers will be given. a 6 in demolition and clearance work

d an crews of these trainees will be formed to be ready for emergency

A “decontamination corps” will

formed by evacuees, etc. State and local health, fire and police officers are to administer all phases of the program dealing with their respective spheres. But the Civil Protection Committee will have the task of assembling the volunteers for training in these types of work and generally supervising the training. “There is no need of anyone volunteering for any of this work now,” Mr. Jackson said. “We ‘hope we never have to put the program into action, but if we do, we are ready.” The civil defense director said that all persons who wished to do p | something for their country should keep on doing just what they are doing now in their respective civic organizations that have an Americanization and community better-|©: ment program and “try to do it a

little better,”

“The Indiana law’ contemplates the fullest use of State and local officials in the continuing day-by-day programs as most defense efforts fit naturally into their le, duties,” Mr. Jackson said. “The policy of the Indiana Civillian Defense Council is to resist

special [as far as possible the creation of

any new local civic organizations for defense purposes and to“ call upon these officials and organizations now in existence for special efforts that may be asked for from

formed and will .be trained by h officials. This grou;

Hme to time by our Fedéral of |

137 Years in Methodist Mini

stry

This Shake family has given 137 years to the Methodist ministry in Indiana.” The Rev. L. J. Shake (seated) of Farmersburg, Ind., has been a minister for 52 years. His three sons have each served more than a quarter century. The Rev. B. Brooks Shake (left), after 25 years of the ministry, is Ft. Wayne District superintendent. The Rev. Clarence A. Shake (center) has served 29 years and is now a New Albany pastor. The Rev. Edwin F. Shake, after 31 years, is pastor of the Edwin Ray Church here and secretary of the Indiana Methodist Conference, in session here: :

Dr. Orien Fifer to Retire .

0. 8, FORGING

SUPPLY LINES 8

Roosevelt Hopes to Send Materials to Russia Via Persian Gulf.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (U. P.). —The longest military supply lines in world history were ordered today by President Roosevelt in order to divert a portion of Ameritroops. The United States mission to Moscow, headed by Lend-Lease Expediter W. Averell Harriman, re- .

ceived last - minute instructions

from the White House before its departure for the Soviet Capital and the three-power talks which will determine full extent of AmgloAmerican aid to Russia’s fighting forces. Mr. Harriman disclosed that . probably the most important point of entry for American supplies will be the Persian Gulf—opened for allied operations by Russo-British

~ | occupation of Iran.

Dr. Orien W. Fifer is retiring after 50 years in the ministry, including a pastorate at the Central Avenue Methodist Church here, the Indianapolis district superintendency and the editorship of the Christian Advocate. Mrs. Fifer, who is president of the conference Women’s Society of Christian Service, declares, however, that she is not retiring

from church work.

Britain's naval and aerial escort strength could be concentrated. Furthermore, a question of Nazi

prestige, already injured in Russia despite vast military advances, would be involved in failure to challenge Mr. Roosevelt. Hitler is not yet worried by uprisings in occupied areas but he doesn’t want to see them encouraged. Fourth, in order to defy the President’s order the Axis submarines for their own safety must be prepared to shoot first if they get a chance. N6 naval commander would send a U-boat into a zone where hundreds of hostile ships were looking for a chance to destroy it without instructions to defend itself.

choice of abandoning attacks on the British-Russian supply route in the most favorable Atlantic zone or risking conflict with United States warships. Hitler cannot show weakness by abandoning the attacks and therefore must choose whether to risk the loss of submarines without a declaration of war or to attempt to capitalize oh a challenge to the United States. There are certain disadvantages to a declaration of war on the United States, even if Hitler has decided that warfare is inevitable. It would be contrary to Hitler's

indicate need for re-inforcing ‘the Atlantic patrol force. Army units are co-operating from island land bases with the Navy but the burden of safeguarding that area rests largely on the Atlantic Fleet which in the past six months has been tremendously reinforced from the Pacific. Coincident with the drive against the Axis in the Western Atlantic,

W. Averell Harriman, who shortly will leave to represent the United States in a Moscow conference with Great Britain and the Soviet Union, revealed that a tremendously long new supply AT would be developed to aid the Russians. It will extend 11,500 sea miles from Atlantic ports to the Indian Ocean and into the Gulf of Persia to make overland connections across Iran. Taking Iceland as the easternmost extremity of American ‘“defensive waters,” the area from which Mr. Roosevelt has proscribed Axis raiders, comprises the western half of the German-proclaimed combat zone. The President says the United States has not been advised of this proclaimed area and that he does not recognize it. The German-proclaimed zone is an irregular, seven-sided area extending west from the southern extremity of occupied France into the Atlantic. and thence northwest to a point near the southern tip of Greenland. It parallels the Greenland coast, passes north of Iceland and extends southeast and south to encompass the British Isles. The eastern half of it, in which Mr. Roosevelt does nof assert any American rights whatsoever, corresponds roughly to part of the combat gone proclaimed by the

merchant vessels are barred. Great Britain lies in that area. The Montana, which was en route to Iceland, is another of the former Danish ships taken over by this Government and subsequently transferre® to Panamanian registry where they are not subjejet to restrictions' which forbid American flag vessels to enter British ports. It is estimated that from 120 to 130 American-owned vessels, the 30 seized Danish ships, -are under Panamanian registry. Although Mr. Roosevelt's shoot-on-sight orders did, not become known until night befdre last when’ he delivered his world-wide radio

slates | broadcast, the Navy was

ordered last week to search out and “eliminate” one Axis submarine—the craft which the Navy announced attacked the U., 8. destroyer Greer. Mr. Roosevelt revealed the death sentence for that submersible on

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The Germans therefore faced a

War or Peace Up to Hitler; Will He Junk’

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program of meeting his foes one by one. It would shorten whatever time might otherwise be lost in bringing American production power into full swing. er’s final decision probably will be

determined by the success or fail-

ure of his armies in Russia in the near future. But months ago there were members of the British War Cabinet who believed that a declaration of war by Hitler against America might be a valuable and typical blow on the part of the Nazi leaders. They argued that Hitler had nothing to lose if America were fighting Naziism any way and that the psycho= logical effect of such a declaration would be of importance in convincing Germans and all of Europe that the Reich was strong enough to fight any combination of powers. Even more important, they believed, it would checkmate the worst psychological blow that Hitler could suffer among his own people and among the peoples of occupied Europe who now .are showing increasing signs of resistance to Nazi rule. That would be an American declaration of war against Germany such as the Nazis charge Mr. Roosevelt with seeking on the basis of “manufactured” incidents. Germans still remember the early victories and the final deféats of the World: War and believe that Amer-

ican power swung the balance. So do the peoples of the rest of Europe.

4th American Ship Is Sunk; 26 Men Adrift in Lifeboats

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Sept. 5, but there has been no word of its destruction. Chairman Tom Connally (D. Tex.) of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee told questioners the Senate would refuse to authorize an investigation of the Greer incident proposed by Senate ‘isolationists. Chairman David I. Walsh of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee said, however, that Navy Secretary Frank Knox and Admiral Harold R. Stark, Chief of Naval Operations, would be asked to attend hearings next week on the investigation resolutions and to bring with them the log of the Greer. These hearings are scheduled for mid-week.

ISAIAH MORGAN DIES; LIGHT CO. EMPLOYEE

Isaiah Morgan, “trouble shooter” for the Indianapolis Power & Light Co. for 33 years, died yesterday in his home, 3300 8S. Keystone Ave.; after a year’s illness. He was 53. Born in Kentucky, Mr.. Morgan had been a resident here 35 years. He was a member of the Ipalco Club at the power company and the Methodist Church.’ Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Nellie Morgan; four daughters, Mrs. Irene Weaver, Mrs. Laverne Key, Mrs. Florence Thompson and Miss Ruth Morgan,, all of Indianapolis; two sons, Stanley and Carl Morgan,

Ebb and Garfield Morgan, both of Greenwood, Ind., and Henry Morgan of Indianapolis, and four sisters, Mrs. Ella King, Mrs. Lula Powell and Mrs. Mary Horne, all of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Martha Johnson of

United States under the Neutrality Elwood Act and from .which American].

Services will be held at 3 p. m. Monday in the J. C. Wilson Funeral Home with burial in Greenwood. -

It's Your Time

to Attend So Eh ir ie

The Fuehr-|

both of Indianapolis; three brothers, ||

WIDOW OF SLAIN MAN IS WITNESS

Bloomington Grand Jury to Resume Mattingly Probe Monday.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Sept. 13 (U, P.).~—A Grand Jury investigation into the murder of Charles O. Mattingly, 4l-year-cld trial examiner for the Indiana Public Service Commission, will be resumed Monday after a week-end recess. Eleven witnesses appeared yesterday. Mrs. Lurayne Mattingly, widow of the slain man, her mother, Mrs. Ray Oberholzer, and her husband’s two brothers, Charles and John Mattingly of Anderson, testified. Yesterday's session was marked by verbal battles between opposing counsel. ‘J. Frank Regester, cocounsel for Mrs. Caroline. Payne who is being held for the slaying, charged the prosecution with “outrageous” conduct in intimating to the press that testimony by witnesses before the Grand Jury established beyond doubt vhat the murder was- “premediated and unmitigated.” 5 Prosecutor Floyd Cook is seeking a first-degree murder indictment against Mrs. Payne, named by Mat-

tingly in a deathbed statement as)’

the person who fired five shots into

his body as.he visited at the home

of a friend last July 5.

HOUSING PROJECT NAMED WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (U. P.). — Federal Works Administrator John M. Carmody today approved the name of Beacon Heights for the defense housing project at

SIX TRANSIT LINES

RESUME OLD ROUTES

Indianapolis Railways today resumed the regular downtown routes of six transit lines following the completion of repaving work on Maryland St. between Delaware St. and Capitol Ave, Temporary routes have been in operation since Aug. 23. The lines affected were the Illinois and Shelby streetcar lines and the S. East, Columbia, Indiana and English trackless trolley lines.

WANTS ‘LINDBERGHS’ MUZZLED WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (U. P)). —Col. Louis Johnson, former assistant secretary of war, believes the time has come “for the Lindberghs to accept the opinion of the major-

Utilization of this gateway entails dispatch of shipments 11,500 nautical miles from New Yawk to Basra, Iraq, at the head of the Persian Gulf, for transshipm the ancient “golden road. to Sa~ markand,” through the Caucasian Mountains over hundreds of miles of poor transportation lines, to depots for Russian fighting units. Shipments to Basra from the United States’ west coast would travel approximately the same distance by water. No military operations in the history of the world have been cone ducted with a major base of essential materials so far distant. Suce cess of the endeavor is completely contingent upon the ability of Great Britain to control the seas and the:

results of Mr. Roosevelt's order to U. 8. forces to sweep American defense waters clear of Axis raiders, -

PREDICTS HITLER DEFEAT LONDON, Sept. 13 (U. P.).—

Arthur Greenwood, minister withe out portfolio in the inner war cabie net, said today in a speech at Liver pool that Adolf Hitler is losing the war.

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