Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 October 1942 — Page 4

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Senator Norris.

By ‘THOMAS L. STOKES "Times Special Writer

- OMAHA, Oct. 20.—A goggle-eyed, half-pint radio an-|

nounce edian of silent-film days, and

who looks somewhat like Harold Lloyd, the com-

somewhat like Kay Kyser, the

band leader, is raising particular political hell in this state. Foster May, 37 years old, is the son of a Methodist| minister. Ye can’t weigh much. He’s a voice behind a

big pair ner, and flash in his clothes.

of horn-rim spectacles. He affects dash in his man-

He aims high. He aspires to the seat in the United States senate filled notably for so many years by Senator

George W. Norris, now 8l.[ He won the Democratic nom“ination from a large field that

included Rep. Coffee. Senator Norris was thinking seriSusly of retiging this year. One : here is that he took one look he radio announcer and changed his mind. The senator is run- : ning as an independent. Foster May is : adept at the ; folksy-wolksy : stuff which already has lifted : one gentleman to > the senate in the i person of Pass"t h e = BiscuitsPappy O’Daniel exas. Mr. May uses no hillband. He sizes up as a sort of milk-and-water variety of the hy Long-Gene Talmadge-Ger-'K. Smith school of selfanointed apostles to the people. He definitely lacks their rough-

Mr. Stokes

| snd-tumble virility, but makes up | for this omission by a wiry sort of | energy wrapped about a determined

e of egoism that lets itself out the air; like a whirring dyna-

l mo, in a staccato voice which, for seyeral years now, has made the|'

averse Nebraska farmer, his wife nd family feel that they are right

| om the midst of national and world | affairs.

Appeals fo Women

Especially the wife. He appeals | particularly to women—and women

* He is not alone responsible for i the bit of color, so lacking elsewhere the political year, that is to : be found in Nebraska. There are i. other touches. bet, regular Republican candidate,

| Kenneth G. Wherry, is a bounding,

| bouncing sort of fellow himself, | who neither smokes nor drinks but "has a volatile, whoop-’er-up. man-

- ner. h Find Republican = state

i he was a live-wire party , setting up a Republican | : tion in every county in the state, Twice, some years ago, he © tried for public office, once for gov‘ernor, once for the senate, but the | voters failed on him.

. A ‘Fourth Candidate

e fourth candidate for the seat) Alfred F. Ruthven, is terest largely because of his , if elected, to reveal a cure J the world’s economic ills. He mad the promise two years |. ago, but got beat. His plan is likely

lw renmain a secret after Nov. 3.

All this variety provides a rather eonfusing problem for the Nebraska voter, or so it seems. The average

person, knowing about Senator

Nerghs would think off hand that

he should emerge head and shoul- . ders above this aggregation on elec- | tion day, and in ordinary times un"doubtedly he would, what with his ' long and distinguished career and | his following among the people ‘of (Labor switched to the senator, from Mr. May, when he

"announced recently as an indepen-

"| litical potentiality as he sat behind

his desk—between telephone calls|p, | and the adjustment of his -clothes ' and features for a photographer . from & national news magazine. a dozen years—he was before that | & newspaper reporter—he has been _projecting the drama of the

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| tion's . power may well be chale|ce

outside world into the humdrum life of the Nebraska farmeér. And

at the dinner table. “These folks know me,” he says. “I've not only given them the news, but what I thought of it. ‘They know what I think about things—” Capitalizing this politically has been somewhat slow. Twice he ran for the house, and lost. But the voice finally paid dividends when he won the Democratic senatorial nomination, and that has given him confidence. Woos the Independents He counts on making inroads into the large independent vote in Nebraska which: has been Senator Norris’ great strength for many years. He must have large sections of that if he is to win, for the Democratic nucleus is not sizable. He carries with him letters of congratulation and well-wishing from Democratic National Chairman Ed Flynn and Senator Joe Guffey of Pennsylvania, chairman of the party’s senatorial campaign committee, though he ‘has received no blessing from President Roosewvelt—and won't. % Senator Norris will have the President’s blessing, though whether publicly, as in 1938, remains to be seen. It may take a word from FDR be-

| fore this is over. For, in this Re-

publican year, Mr. Wherry also may cut a figure. Young Mr. May has a couple of politically wise sponsors, both from the South, who are credited with injecting the folksy technique—D. E. Bradshaw, president of the Woodmen of the World Insurance Co., and Rainey T. Wells, attorney for the company, which has its headquarters here. The company, it is

in the senate to look after fraternal insurance matters, which was for-

merly done by the late Senator|+

Morris Sheppard of Texas. Mr. Foster may supply the voice. ‘As he left his office, going down to another floor to pose in a studio, he carried a microphone. He patted it. - “This,” he said, “is beginning a new era in politics and public affairs. Oh, I know we all talk about new eras today. But radio really is beginning a new era. That's the medium of the future—" “Yes,” some one temarked. “There’s President Roosevelt.” The young man grinned.

TEST NEARS ON HILEAN POLICY

Rios Faces Dissension Over "Axis Attitude After Welles Speech.

By NAT A. BARROWS

ht, 1942, by The Indianapolis Times Coprad The Chicago Daily News, Inc.

PANAMA CITY, Oct. 20—Simmering ominously for months and brought to a head by President Antonio Rios’ abrupt cancela n of his Washington goodwill , the Chilean political scene conbr to give every indication of a far-reaching showdown before many days. From reports reaching here, it appears that’ the Welles om citing axis activities in Chile and Argentina as contributory to united nations ship losses—hae highlighted the, Chil internal situation -in which dent Rios finds himself involved in increasing dissension over the country’s failure to join other Latin American republics, except Argentina, in breaking off Telations with the axis,

Rios Faces Crisis

I has made clear that a cleavage exists between Rios and his foreign | minister, Ernesto Barros Jarpa, and further it points up the possibility

sandri is not as inactive as it might; Rios, who is around 50, a lawyer, banker and Freemason, has beén sitting none too easily in the president's chair for many months, His own radical party with its various factions, has often overruled him

‘|and now, faced with a crisis over

what Chile does next, he has a serious problem on his hands. The forthcoming showdown doubtless will find Alessandri taking an active part either directly or through his protege, Barros Jarpa, In short, the Welles ‘speech has crystallized

tics by which the

reported, would like to have a man}

that former President Arturo Ales-|

at a most propitious time-for he| visits. with the family, as he puts|g* it, at 12:30 every day, when they are; i

25-cent admission is charged,

day, opening at 8 p. m.

"Cannon like these fire from each corner of sented in the Butler bowl again tonight, rain or shine. Tickets can be bought

The Army Show mascot rides a tank. The 2300 men in the show are bivouacked at Crown Hill and from 2 to 4 p. m, today, tomorrow and Thursday the public can see how the army lives, free of charge. Tickets for the show itself are 55 cents, general admission $1.10, including tax, for reserved section, and there are a limited number of $2.20 seats. There is also a daily show at the war memorial plaza where a

The show will be here again tomorrow and ThursN. Pennsylvania st. or at any downtown stors, hotel, fire station, or from traffic policemen. The battle part of the show gets under way at 8:30 p. m.

fo field during the Army War Show which will be pre-

LONDON, Oct. 20—(U. PJ)— ‘Fighting French sources said today that underground organizations in

France have pledged “open war” against the Vichy regime if Pierre Laval persists in his attempts to draft skilled French labor for|Germany’s war factories. A spokesman said Fighting French headquarters here had received messages of support from strong French underground organizations, and predicted that opposition to the government’s labor policies might force Laval to forego the whole proposition. “We are anxious to avoid pre-

‘men,

Underground Forces Pledge Open War Against Vichy

mature revolt in Prance,” he said, “but the underground is determined to take any measure if Laval forces them. They will stage strikes, riots

threaten to overthrow the Vichy regime. ” According to his agreement with the Germans: to provide 150,000 workers for their war plants, Laval still must recruit 133,000 skilled advices from the continent said. ’ The labor situation in France has become so acute that ichy dispatch announced Laval would address the nation by radio tonight to discuss the trouble.

Moving Ahead

Sergt. Voyles Pvt. Latta

LEFT—Sergt. James H. Voyles has entered officers’ training at Ft. Davis, N: C., a former technical sergeant, he enlisted in the army two years ago and had been stationed at St. Augustine, Fla. While there, Mrs. Voyles lived with him but now she has returned to reside with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. w. Ober, 2227 Central ave. \RIGHT—Pvt. Elmo Latta, son of Mr. and. Mrs. Macy Latta, 56 8. Holmes ave., really is doing some fighting for the marines in the Panama Canal zone. In five boxig matches he has scored three knockouts and won the championship of the Canal zone in the featherweight class. "He attended Washington high school, leaving there to enlist in the marines in February, 1942,

HITLER PURGE OF SIX GENERALS RUMORED

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 20 (U. P.).— Usually reliable sources reported tod..y that Adolf Hitler's recent purge of generals hit at least six of sthe. most prominent, including his closest military adviser, - Gen. Alfred Jodl. | Others said to have been dismissed ‘or forced to resign included Field Marshal Fedor von Bock, commander of the armies on the Stalingrad and Caucasian fronts; Gen. Frans Halder, chief of staff of the high command; and Field Marshal

mentioned as von Bock’s suc-

congressional -

Wilhelm List, who only recently had,

FARM GROUP SEEKS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (U. P.).— Twenty-eight state commissioners of agriculture and the powerful farm bloc planned an investigation of the office of price administration with a view towards “impeaching” ‘Administrator Leon Henderson. The commissioners, the farm bloc and representatives of°a dairy union met here last night and prepared demands that congress investigate the “tactics” used by Henderson in setting up price ceilings on faim products. The ceilings established by the OPA came after an administration defeat of farm bloc plans to have labor costs included in computation of parity prices. One of the steps planned by the conference was the preparation of “conclusive” evidence that Henderson is the “dagger in the farmer's back” and should “be impeached or forced to resign.” (The constitution provides that “the president, the vice president ang all civil $fcers of the United States shall be removed from office on impeachment for and conviction of treason, bribery or other high crithes and misdemeanors).

BULL SPURS SALE OF $50,000 BOND

LAFAYETTE, Ind, Oct. 20 (U. P.).—A Hereford bull yesterday accounted for the sale of a $50,000 war savings bond. The bull, valued at more than $1000, was awarded to Maxwell Kunin, bidding ior the Richelieu farms of Lake Village, Ind., at the Indiana Hereford Breeders’ association, meeting at Purdue university for purchase of the bond.

Is It Today?

and demonstrations which will}

HENDERSON OUSTER :

today] .

SEES BUSINESS BACKING MYERS

Grocery Firm President Lauds Fiscal Policy, -

Tax Reduction.

A prediction that 90 per cent of the businessmen of Indianapolis will support the Democratic mayoral candidate, Dewey E. Myers, was made yesterday by Albert H. Gisler, president of Kothe Wells and Bauer, wholesale grocery firm. Speaking before a party rally at county headquarters, Mr. Gisler said that the businessmen are concerned

first of all with a sound fiscal policy|

and the lowest possible tax rate. “No one can fool this group of citizens on this point,” he said. hen you tell them the city’s bonded indebtedness today ds $5,027,000 less than it was Jan. 1, 1930, the date Mayor Sullivan first took office, ‘they know what that means.

Praises Labor Relations

“This is a reduction of practically 30 per cent. This means a savings alone of $200,000 a year in interest. Indianapolis has one of the lowest per capita indebtedness figures in the nation] Its tax rate for 1943 will be one of the lowest in years.” -Mr. Gisler also said that businessmen were cognizant of the fact that employee-employer relations have been better in this city than in any

city of comparable size in the U. 8.|

for the past 12 years.

He said that this situation was|

the reason many large companies such as Curtiss-Wright had opened plants here. Judge Myers, Mr. Gisler pointed out, has promised the same policies and practices that already have given us “fine administrations.” “This promise on the part of Judge Myers, together with the full indorsement of Mayor Sullivan, is, I am sure, enough to satisfy the businessmen and citizens of Indianapolis,” he said.

27 KILLED AS RUSSIAN SUB ‘HITS NAZI FERRY

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 20 (U, P.).— The German ferryboat Deutschland, en route from Sassnitz, Germany, to Trelleborg, Sweden, with 1000 German- soldiers returning to Norway from a furlough, was torpedoed by a Russian submarine, it was disclosed today. The newspaper Tidningen reported that 27 soldiers were killed and 31 injured. The ferryboat, damaged badly, managed to reach

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Trelleborg afioal.

The ALLIED FLORISTS ASS'N. of Indianapolis

HELL END LIFE

Captured in Holdup While

Seeking ‘Money for Last Spree.

' CHICAGO, ‘Oct. 20 (U.. P)— Police placed ‘a special guard out-

| | side “the cell of Irwin Kadens, 32,

army deserter and former postal

|elerk, today to prevent him from

fulfilling his threat to commit suicide to climax his 60-day criminal career. . : Kadens, the laces removed from his shoes and without belt or necktie, returned to his cell after confessing that he had shot a policeman, kidnaped a Detroit couple, raped four women, staged a $1400 mail robbery, stole at least 20 cars and committed at least 50 other robberies and holdups since deserting from Camp Grant guardhouse last July. “I was going to kill myself on my 33d birthday,” he told police. “That’s next Thursday. I was going up to jump from the tallest building in Chicago. :

Caught in Holdup

“And I was going to .celebrate plenty then. I needed dough so

TI went to the loan company two

days ago and made believe I was applying for a loan while I looked the place over. I. went back then to take what I wanted.” Kadens was captured yesterday while making an unsuccessful attempt to hold up the Family” Loan Co., where he meant to get the money for his “last spree.” “I've been living high and I was going to live higher with only three days to go,” he said. “If they don’t execute me by Thursday, I still may die on my birthday. If I set a date to commit suicide, I'll do it.” Kadens, ‘who faces Lindberg law kidnap charges filed in Detroit, was nervous and jittery when he faced 15 holdup and robbery victims at a police showup last night. Ten of the victims identified him, and he admitted the crimes.

Says Wife Is Best

Kadens, whose criminal career was conducted in Michigan, Illinois and other mid-western states, was hunted by the FBI. Chief J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI called him the “most dangerous criminal at large,” before the escape of Roger Touhy and Basil Banghart, Chicago gangsters, from the Statesville, Ill.

-| prison.

Kadens had no criminal record until he deserted from Camp Grant. “My wife is the best in the world,” he said, “and I was the best husband in the world until I saw red

C. W. Kellogg

C. W, Kellogg, president of the Edison Electric Institute of New York city and formerly president of the Engineers Public Service Co., will be the speaker at the Electric League of Indianapolis “gll industry” dinner meeting Thursday at the Claypool hotel. Mr. Kellogg was a $l-a-year man with the OPM in Washington for a time and his discussion here on the “Business of War” will deal with the possibility of power rationing. The dinner will be at 6:30 p. m. and the program at 7:45 p. m . Others who will appear on the program are George A. Kuhn, president of. the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, and Dean H. Mitchell, president of Northern Indiana Public Service Co. The Ipalco chorus will sing. }

REPORT SINKING OF U. S. MERCHANT SHIP

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (U. P.). —A small U. S. merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic off the northern coast of South America early in October, the navy announced today. Survivors were landed at a U. S. east coast port.

AN EAST COAST PORT, Oct. 20 (U. P.).—Nine survivors of a small American merchant ship, torpedoed and sunk off the northern coast of South America early in October, have been landed here, it was disclosed today. Six of the ship's crew were lost and 29 were saved by a United States navy vessel. The dead in*lcluded three wounded by the torpedo explosion who died aboard the rescue vessel.

0. E. 8. TO CONFER DEGREES

West Newton chapter 489, O. E. S,,

in the army.”

KAY JEWEL

137 W. Washington St.

will meet tonight to confer degrees.

GOOLIDGE FILES

| Letters Might Aid Enemy

Placed in Storage in Congress Library.

NASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (U. P.); —Charles Kohen said today that he and the Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc, of New York, had withdrawn 9000 items. of White House corre= spondence of the Coolidge admin= istration from auction, because they feared that to reveal what was in them “might be detrimental to the' war effort” if they fell into axis hands. Kohen owns the Hobby shop here. : The Parké-Bernet Galleries were to have auctioned them on Oct. 28, but yesterday they were withdrawn and sent to the library of congress, where

they will remain sealed until. they : can do no harm.

‘Fear Aid to Enemy

The papers were “of such vital importance. that we, as Americans, should not let them fall into axis hands” or into the possession of some collector who might publish them, Kohen said. He said they included a “tre-. mendous amount of political matter,” much of which could be used against the Republicans. The auction catalog said some of them were “sensational,” and one file contained letters from the holder of an ime portant office in the Coolidge administration who has been appointed to a high office by President Roose=

velt since the outbreak of the war:

Include Secretary's Letters

The items comprised the files of the late Edward T. Clark, who was Calvin Coolidge’s private secretary. The auction catalog said the core respondents were “menibers of cone gress, governors of states, govern ment officials, businessmen, finane ciers, personal friends, politicians

- One particularly important folder was described as containing “orige inal letters, carbon copies of letters, translations of ciphered code ntessage and other papers on the Mexican confiscation policy written during the ears 1926-27."

DENIES FRAU HESS STORY

LONDON, Oct. 20 (U. P.).—Riche ard K. Law, parliamentary undersecretary of the foreign office ree plying to William J. Thorne, Labor,

lin the house of commons today, ;

said that no request had been received from Mrs. Rudolf Hess to join her husband, now held by the

British.

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