Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 October 1941 — Page 1
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VOLUME 3 NUMBER 190
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FATHER OF SIX SUED FOR RENT ON SLUM HOME
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Needs Cash to Pay For New Quarters.
By RICHARD LEWIS Mrs. Margaret Montgomery is the mother of six children. For nearly two years, she, her husband -and the children, ‘whose ages range from
18 months to 14 years, have lived]
in a three-room house at 1437 Ww. Ohio St. They pay $10 a month rent. It
has no running water inside. The toilet is out in:the back yard. A The kitchen roof leaks so badly that the
kitchen ‘is unusable when it rains
hard. On Sept. 15—the day Mrs. Montgomery: have trudged over the City, Health Department condemned the house as unfit for human habitation. That meant the Montgomerys: had to move, Explain Failure to Pay
Since then, Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery have trudged oved the City, looking for a house. They did find ong they could afford, but the landlord wouldn't rent to families with children,
When the agent from the Dunlop & Holtegel rental agency came last Wednesday to collect the October rent, on the Ohio St. house, the Montgomerys said they could not pay because the house had been condemned and the City Health De- . partment had ordered them to move: Mrs. Montgomery explained they couldn’t move if they paid the rent because they needed that money to. .rent.another house. The agent ins} hm her, she said, that the rent} would have: 6 be paid if the family stayed, . Advised to Pay
Thursday, Mrs. Montgomery called | the City Health Department to find out what she should do. Someone at the Health Department told: her she’d have to move, but that if she could not find another place, shed better pay the rent.
| It was then that Mrs. Montgomery wrote a letter to the Indianapolis Times asking what she should do. | “The rent man has bgen here to collect this next month’s rent,” she wrote, “and he says that unless it i§ paid by this Saturday at noon, “he. will sue for the house. “I called the Board of Health and the Justice of the Peace and they both say if I stay here, I have to pay rent and get out as, soon as Iican
"Served With Summons
“If 1 pay rent here now, I will not have the money to rent a house when I do find one and besides the Board of Health can move us out at any time no ' But the “rent now did not wait until Saturday. Thursday night, a summons came for William Montgomery instructing him to appear in the court of Walter J. Bradford, Justice of the Peace, at 2608 W. Michigan St. on Oct. 21. Mr. Montgomery was notified to appear to answer the demand for rent made by Leo F. Welch, Harold ister sid 3 Norbert Fox, trustees of
he F, Pert¥ich 1s vice president of the City Board of Works, Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery said they were worried yesterday. Even ‘ {Continged on Page Two)
JOHN T. ROLL HEADS CONSERVATION STAFF
John 1 T. Roll, Fredericksburg, ol day was appointed supervisor of
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Visited Kin Here
Lieut. Comm. A, L, Danis, who was in charge of the torpedoed destroyer Kearny, visited his sis-ter-in-law, Mrs. P. A. Irwin, 1002 E. Maple Road, during the Christmas holidays of 1939. Comm. Danis’ wife is Mrs. Irwin's sister. The couple live in Brooklyn, N. Y. Comm, Danis is 42 and is a native of Woonsocket, .R. I.
LIMIT DEBATE ON SHIP-ARMS
Senate Opponents See Passage; ‘Will Fight -Com~ ‘bat Zone Clause.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (U. P.).— Senate non-interventionists, privately conceding that the bill to arm merchant ships will pass, said-to-
day that . their floor fight against the House-approved legislation will Jast only about a week. They planned to save their heavi-| er ammunition for. an expected amendment to the Neutrality Act to repeal its ban on entry-of American ships in combat zones. The ship arming measure was given a 259 to 138 majority in’ the House yesterday. Grim legislators—both supporters and opponents of the bill—seized upon the: torpedoing of the American destroyer Kearny and the uncertainties presented by the Japanese Cabinet shake-up to emphasize- their arguments. ’ Senate - Democratic whip Lister Hill-of Alabama was confident’ of passage. He predicted that the Kearny - incident: and the recent North “Atlantic” of “Amer-fcan-owned merchant. vessels would give proponents a few more votes. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee meets Monday to arrange for hearings on the measure. Opponents plan to ask that Gen. Robert E. Wood, chairman of the America First Committee; John .T. Flynn, economist and writer who'is a member of that group, and fermer Ambassador to Belgium: John Cudahy be.called as witnesses. Committee Chairman Tom Connally (D,' Tex.) is understood: to have assured House leaders he would not attempt to enlarge the scope of the bill, through a Senate amend-
repealer. Informed sources, how-
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OVER THE TOP SEEN FOR FUND CAMPAIGN
Chairman’ Shipnes..
| - FUND FACTS Previously reported seed + 250,430.90 Reported yesterday .... : Bun.
Baised to date.......$92587217 Per cent of Sr ns
ment, to include the combat zone|the ever, said that this issue will be sub- |
Changes ‘Extra Good,’ Says,
SEEK REVENGE
FOR ATTACK AT
SEA ON KEARNY
Further Details Awaited; Demand for Retaliation Heard in Congress.
in a gigantic air and sea hunt for the submarine which torpedoed and damaged the new 1630-ton destroyes Kearny while it was on patrol 350 miles southwest of Iceland. While military secrecy surrounded
§ |the operations to avenge the first| American warship casualty in the| &
current war, the Navy awaited a
The crippled destroyer was Mmpe to an undisclosed port, perhaps in Iceland. There was only a terse announce-
the ship had been torpedoed and damaged, apparently - without casualties among her 13 officers and 177 men. Four Hoosiers were listed among: the crew of the Kearny. They arg Harold C. Barnard of Linton, Vernice. James Curtis ‘of Freetown; John Mihalko of East Chicago and Ralph 'V. Coyles of Bloomington.
Wait Captain’s Report How the injuries were suffered, their extent, whether the destroyer attempted to sink the U-boat with her battery of five-inch guns and depth charges, and other pertinent details were still a deep mystery of |.
the sea. Officials were seanfident, however, that Lieut. ioc A. L. Danis, 42-year-old Skipper of the injured destroyer, would forward all details|”
fy asumed - that he had
the Navy, smarting under the episode was doing everything possible to capture or destroy the unknown submarine, presumably German, under President Roosevelt's recent edict to “shoot on sight” any (Axis marauders entering’ our defensive
areas. Speculate on Damage They speculated that the damage to the Kearny, which was put into service last’ year, must have been comparatively slight if she were able to vroceed to safety under her: own power and Re not suffered casualties. Mr. Roosevelt sald in Hyde Park, N. Y., that the Kearny was clearly within the American defense zone when the torpedoing occurred and that the Navy is under regular orders to hunt dawn marauders.
BEVIN PLEADS FOR ‘MORE BRITISH ARMS
Spring Invasion Is Likely, He Warns Workers.
LONDON, Oct. 18 (U. P).— Labor = Minister Ernest Bevin warned today that the situation confronting Britain was _despergte and urged factory workers to speed preparations to, meet & German attempt at invasion in the spring. “At this moment Germany is putting Sveryiing she can nt production to be ready for us in “spring,” Bevin told * ‘Tactory workers in’ the midlands. “Things are really. desperate,” he said, “we have a terrible task. We and the United States are determined . that if Russia sticks it out she shall not’>be beaten for want ‘of material.” Bevin’ appealed to the workers to ‘labor their hardest to. provide British forces with more guns, shells, tanks and airplanes ‘hap Germany can: provide.
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“As the Germans pound at the gates of Moscow, the famous black tomb of Nicolai Lenin has been If Moscow falls, the removal of the body seems certain. For in a godless state, Lenin has taken the place of God for the masses. And this is his holy sepulcher,”—William Philip Simms.
MOTHER KILLED BY TRAIN HERE
Warning Saves. Daughter; Woman Dies as Foot ; Gatones J in. Rall.
ing downtown.
railroad tracks at Oriental, St. and Southeastern Ave, side by . side, wheri. Mrs: Slinker looked up. and saw a. train bearing down on. them. “Run, Leona,” she .cried. Leona ran. But apparently Mrs, Slinker’s foot got caught in the tracks and she was struck and killed instantly. Leona wes safe. -
Leonard - Slinker,. an - employee of the Park Department who works at the Riverside Park nursery. She is survived by five other children, Pvt. Leslie Slinker, Ft. Knox, Ky.; Virginia: Slinker, 17; Richard Siinker, Frances ‘Slinker, 11,. and Barbara Ann Slinker. Mrs. Slinker was born in Shelby-| - ville, Ky. and: the family moved here last February. :
5 INJURED IN CRASH ON ROCKVILLE ROAD
Three persons were injured "seriously, and two less seriously, when two cars collided today head-on in the 5000 block of Rockville Road. The seriously. injured ‘are Mrs. Ethel Montgomery, 51, of 86 N. Holmes 'Ave.; Arthur Brewer, 8, Plainfield, and ‘William Adkins, 20 Plainfield. Less seriously. injured ,are Oscar Montgomery, 54, husband of Mrs. Montgomery, and Mrs. Edna Rukes, .50, of 312 Northeastern Ave. All were’ ‘taken to City Hospital. mets HILLSBORO; Ind, Oct. 18 w. P.).—Two ‘persons were ‘killed today in a head-on automobile collision two miles east of here.
aR VAN HOUSEN, 10, Veadershure, Ind. businessman. MATTHEWS, about 65, Champeien, 10
PASSES THE BUCK
WASHINGTON. C Oct, 18 (U.P) — The Budget Bureau today passed the: economy buck’ right back Congress‘ with a report pointing ont] that substantial cuts Sn Rerment costs could be. piv diy nly b ‘tremendous :
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Pesky Robins Act Like Starlings
THERE ARE so many starlings ganging up in shade trees in town, it' now appears they have the rohins doing .it. At any rate, reports have come that robins by the hundreds are nightly gathering in certain neighborhoods, particularly on N. Cap-
ital: Ave, which the- Conservation
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short distance if er migrate at don’t think it nec--essary ‘to congregate before setting out. :
Bird men consider this very strange.
ARMY AWARDS “JEEP ORDERS
Ford and Willys-Overland Get" Contracts; Output To Be ‘Doubled.
WASHINGTON, : Oct. 18 a PD. —The. War Department today.announced an arrangement with the Ford Motor - Co. Willys-Over-land - Motors, Inc., iw produce identical .models of, the . quarter-ton Army “jeep”. scout cars. Under the, agreement, which the Army said was the first of its kind to be negotiated since the World War. between two American auto‘mobile - manufacturers, ' Ford will make availgble its huge River Rouge ‘plant’ facilities at Dearborn, Mich., for LP dRuetion of a vehicle | identical’ to the modél now being manufactured by - Willys - at Toledo, 0. . The Willys firm, the Department said, has agreed to. furnish complete drawings; licenses, patents and other manufacturing information’ without cost. 3 The Army expects that the arrangement will its output of. the light De cars, thus assuring an adequate supply| for the defense and lend-lease pro- . Fair 3 g- ft
To the “splendid ‘spirit ation” that they had shown in sacrificing individual interests for the good of the defense program, ;
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NAVY T0 CHECK PACIFIC SHIPS
Routes and Sailings Must Be 0. K.'d to Receive ol Clearance Papers.
Oct. «18 “ (U, ordered that
co Jor, Similar orders were understood to ‘have ‘been issued for: San Pedro
all ppin brought under Navy control for the first. time since the World War. The custom officials said- the order was received here yesterday. , Officials of the 12th Naval Command would not comment for publication. but they unofficially confirmed the order. (Both custom-.and naval cMcials referred questioners to Washington for details, but in the Capital available ury . authorities denied that a -control order had been issued to its custom officers and Navy spokesmen said they knew nothing about the matter.) The order means that -customs offices will not issue clearance orders for Pacific-bound vessels until their routes and sailing plans have been approved by the Navy. The order will affect more than 100 American flag vessels plying the Pacific. It came on the heels of a worsening ' in Japanese-American relations. - During 1917 and 1918 Navy patrols supervised and inspected all incoming and outgoing shipping, a slightly ‘more ‘ drastic ‘ control than today’s custom order will invoke, / Pacific shippers, who have faced a shortage of bottoms since withdrawal of vessels to carry war car(Continued on Page Two)
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By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News_Editor
Germany claimed a victory in the North Atlantic sinking
of two destroyers and 10 merchant ships en route from
America to Britain today but on the Eastern Front the
offensive against Moscow.
:|Red ‘Army reported pressing back the Nazi encirclement
Both Berlin and Radio Moscow reported fierce battles
lon three sides of the Soviet Capital, with the Russians"
claiming the recapture of Orel on the south and of Kalinin
on the north. German sources claimed
an advance in the Mozhaisk
sector due west of Moscow and the capture of 650,000 Rus= sian prisoners in the Bryansk-Vyazma sector, also west of
the capital, in addition to 1200 tanks and 5200 guns.
But
the Russian radio taunted the Nazis with their failure to. break through and said they would never give up the
capital.
“We are going to stay in Moscow and the Red Ain, :
is going to fight hard for it,” a radio broadcast from the Soviet’ Capital, directed “at
London, said. Sub Pack Roams A “A German submarine pack. i oan ing the North Atlantic inside the so-called Axis blockade zone—which includes ‘the waters around Iceland patrolled by American warshi reported the sinking of two: de-| stroyers and 10° merchant’ vessels % & convoy en route from America Great Britain. “The submarine attack was made over a period. of several days, ac cording to the Germans, and in cluded a “mighty battle” against the destroyers as they’ entered the blockade zone, which might put the action not far from where the U. 8S. 8. Kearny was torpedoed. Berlin insisted, however, that it knew nothing of any American warships being involved recently in any clashes with U-boats.
Berlin Press Assail lls F. D. R.
The. torpedoing of the Kearny. aroused a brief period of Deo tion ‘in ‘Britain on whether th United States would enter the war while in Berlin it was described “an opportune” incident for Presi dent Roosevelt and “his fellow
the United States to impress Ji
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Li leisions to strike, either at Russ in the Far East or to otherwise
the German drive on Moscow’ a a move in the South Pacific ares that would detract American “ate tention; The new Japanese Premier, Eiki Tojo, formed a Cabinet moderate nationalists. In a declaration of policy told ihe nation, that it was the £4 e policy” of his Governm to push the China war to a snp cessful conclusion and to CAIry: Japan’s plans for a great East sphere. of ‘influence.
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