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Evening star., 1936-08-14

fense. Germany. the French general
staff says. has. the last two years,
spent over $3,000,000 900 in arma-
ments: France must 60 one better.
The cost Of armaments will be some.
what lessened henceforth because the
government has nationalized the arms
and ammunitions factories. But that
does not mean that the government
will spend less. 1t will get more for
Its money.
French Arms Antiquated.
Compared with the German, the
Italian. and the British armament
the French Is somewhat antiquated
Arms are these days like ladies' fash
ions; they change from year to year:
sometimes from season to season. And
Marianne has not got the latest fash
ions. Airplanes and tanks must be
replaced. The old ones must be
tunked or sold to less ambitious coun-
tries, like Spain and the Latin Amer
ican states; they are good enough for
revolutions but not for wars.
And even II the French general stan
could not prevail upon the prime min
lister to be lavish in his expenditure,
Frances allies and associates-the lit
tie entente, the Soviets and Great Brit.
ain-demand rearmament on q large
scale as the best insurance policy in
the world. The Blum government. a
paciflSt government, desirous to spend
the taxpayers money on productive
enterprises. will be compelled by cir:
cumstances to spend this coming year
between 81 SOC. .000. 900 and 81 900 ,o00,.
900 for national defense.
Yvon Delbos. the French foreign
secretary. and Leon Blum, as we'll as
the man in the street. are confident
Great Britain will be on Frances side
in any European conflagration. For
some reason or other it is difficult to
find anybody in France who does not
think that sooner or later Germany
will attack them. This view is not
to be found alone among the popular
masses. 1t Is held also among the
high-ranking officers in the army and
in the navy. And when that day
comes. they say. Great Britain will
be once more on Frances side. ANY
idea Of an understanding with Ger
many appears, for the time being, at
least, out of the question. And the
more Hitler and his associates talk
about permanent understanding with
Frence the more the French fear Ger
many, and congratulate themselves
for having spent $500, 0,0o0, 900 on the
Maginot chain Of Notifications, the
most formidable fortress ever built in
the history Of the world. The fear of
Germany, the fear Of the aims Of the
two dictators Of Europe. Hitler and
Mussolini, has galvanized France, as
much as she will ever be galvanized,
into q united nation.
lCopyrisht. 1885. By The Evening star
Newspaper CO.,
Evening star., 1936-08-14
HOOVER DECLARES
SAVINGS IN PERIL
Charges New Deal Policies
Undermining Nations
Credit,
BY the Associated Press.

oy ehe AsoOSAAtCu fICpo.
SAN FRANCISCO. August IL
In his first public address supporting
the candidacy Of Gov. ALI M. Landon,
former President Herbert Hoover sub
mitted for study today his charge that
the Nation u being forced by the New
Deal to a "precipice Of reckless none
tary and credit policies which jeopar-
die your savings"
The former President last night at
Republican rally asserted the presi-
Dental campaign "is contest of two
PHILOSOPHERS Of government. 1t Ia in
q sense the echo Of the gigantic con-
test raging all over the world"
Calls Congress Must" Sheep.
Briefly tracing the history of the
Government since he left the presi-
dency. Mr.. Hoover said:
I'VE have seen Congress reduced
from proud independence to a flock
Of must sheep. We have seen the
Constitution violated q dozen times.
We have seen coercion, propaganda
and presidential orders substituted for
specific laws In . land builded on gov.
ernment Of laws and not Of men,"
Hoover spoke in introducing John
Hamilton, Republican national chair
man.
II don't know how to transmit q
laugh" Hamilton declared when in
formed Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau announced in
Washington. after q White House
conference, there would be no new
taxes proposed at the next session of
Congress.
Warns Of Future.
Hamilton said the only comment he
had WAS ''in the words of Senator
Walsh of ssachusetts-'.here may
be no new taxes this year, or the year
after. but. oh boy. look out for the
years to come"
Hoover saw the Republican cause as
"a holy crusade for liberty" against
what he termed q "swarming bureau
crscy."
True American liberalism" he as
serted, ''has been the common pos
session Of both great parties until
this temporary seizure Of the Demo-
cratic party by the New Deal"
Hamilton In his address asserted
that royal economists" in Washing
ton, rather than the economic royal
lists" Of President Roosevelt's recent
address, were the enemies" Of the
welfare Of citizens Of the United
States.
Evening star., 1936-08-14
FIGHTERS SUbDUE
BIG FOREST FIRES
Change in Weather Aids in
Bringing Major BIazes
Under Control.
Hy tnr Associated Press.

Hy thc Associated Press.
ST. PAUL, August IA stubborn
host Of fire fighters took swift advan-
tage Of a favorable change In the
weather today to bring major forest
blazes under control. ....
Minnesota's three principal con-
fiagrations were checked for the time
being at least As winds subsided and
humidity rose.
A wireless dispatch to the Duluth
National Guard from Kabetogama
Lake. so miles west of international
Falls, told how the flames had burned
out" on a peninsula after blackening
$4,000 acres.
400 Halt Fire.
Rangers in the Grand Portage
State Forest near Pine Lake advised
400 men had halted the IRE there for
the first time.
State Forestry Department officials
here assumed that the third big blaze,
which threatened to vault the interna-
tional boundary above Warroad and
drove several settlers from their
homes, had been controlled since they
received no reports to the contrary.
Residents of the McGrath, Mimi,
area returned to the places they had
quit. Rangers had despaired Of stem
ming the fiery onrush but an East
wind was credited with saving the
day."
Gain Time to Dig In"
A. F. Opel, deputy State forester,
said the favorable turn would give
more than 10000 Minnesota fire.
Evening star., 1936-08-14

long as they show willingness to be-
come good soldiers Of France.
Leon Blum and the majority of his
fellow members in the cabinet are
pacif1sts. They honestly believe that
another war will finish what has
been known for centuries as the
European civilization. And, IN order
to avoid such a catastrophe, the
French government Of today Is willing
to 80 a long way to pacify Europe.
M. Blum is well-meaning idealist
hesitant in his actions and with ar
unbounded confidence in the better
instincts of human nature. He can.
not conceive that Europe Is goine
blindly toward disaster.
When I saw him after he came back
from London where an agreement had
been reached for the holding of q
conference of the five powers sigma
tories of the Locarno treaty. he was
bubbling with hopes and confidence
in the ultimate result of that meeting
He recognized the mistakes of the
previous French governments which
kept strictly to the letter Of the Ver-
sailles treaty. The treaty is dead and
1t would be q fatal mistake to adhere
to it. Had the previous French gov
ernments recognized the importance
Of not being too legal minded, there
Is no doubt that Europe would be In
better shape now.
Blum will endeavor to mend the
mistakes Of 20 years of short-sighted.
ness. These opinions Of the French
premier are shared by his principal
collaborators, although some of them
doubt that anything tangible will
result from the next Locarno con-
ference.
Hitler and Mllssolini have accepted
the invitation to attend that con-
ference, fully confident that whatever
may happen at that meeting will
benefit the two allies. The reconstruc-
tion of the Locarno treaty. as it was
originally conceived in 1925 when the
Soviet republic was still an outcast,
is inconceivable. A high official of
the French foreign office admitted this
to me. 1t is certain that the Italian
and the German demands will be
such that, in order to reach an agree
ment. France will be forced to abdi-
cate the cardinal points of her foreign
policy. Since Leon Blum will not be
able to assume such q responsibility,
there is strong likelihood that the
next conference will see for the last
time the central powers and the
French block around the same table.
Yet Blum wants to overlook these
difficulties. He hopes against hope
that the first international conference
to be held under his auspices will prove
the beginning of new era in Europe.
Because of this belated devotion to
the cause of peace, the French tax
payers will have to spend more this
year aud next year for national de-
Evening star., 1936-08-14

fighters time to dig in for q threat.
ening long siege"
"Unless we get q heavy rain, the
constant menace of fires will remain :"
said Opel.
Scattered light showers In the Ar
rowhead country yesterday were held
Of little benefit in view of the un-
paralleled drought in the region.
Scores of smaller rires. all poten-
TALLY dangerous, continued to smolder
over the upper two-thirds Of the State.
The State Department of Forestry,
estimated the burned over area in
Minnesota at 100000 acres.
Three persons were arrested at In
ternational Falls as Rangers enforced
State regulations requiring burning
permits and q report Of fires on in-
dividual premises.
Evening star., 1936-08-14
MINNESOTA AIDES
TALK W|THFARLEY
Leaders Urged to Put Aside
Differences in Fight for
New Deal.
~ the Associated Press.

Dy the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 14.-Chairman
James A. Farley yesterday appealed
to Democratic leaders In Minnesota
to lay aside their differences and
work for the reelection of President
Roosevelt.
After a conference with State Chair
man John.F. D. Meighen, Farley an
nounced that Meighen would be In
charge of the campaign in Mime
sofa and said he had asked other
leaders to cooperate with him.
1T is requisite" Farley said, that
q harmonious organization be per-
fected within the Democratic ranks
to enable Minnesota to give its elec-
toral vote to President Roosevelt and
Vice President Garner In November.
Meighen, who attended Farley's
press conference, said the differences
between the party LADDERS would not
prevent President Roosevelt from
carrying the State. Other Minnesota
leaders were scheduled to confer with
the national chairman tomorrow.
West Virginia Democratic leaders
expressed the belief that Senator
Rush D. Holt, critic of some Of the
administration activities, would not
take an active part in the campaign,
despite his past differences with Sen
ator Matthew NJ Nicely, who Is run
ming for reelection.
This opinion was voiced by State
Chairman r. c. Andrews and by Mrs.
Douglas w. Brown, national commit
teewoman. who conferred with Farley
along with leaders from Kentucky,
Delaware, Tennessee and South Caro-
lima.
Holt, Democrat, will deliver the
keynote address at the convention OF
the National Union Of Social Justice
at Cleveland tomorrow.
Evening star., 1936-08-14

minded-for the time being, at least
Moscow wants them to be So"
Their theory is that Hitler and
Mussolini are doing their best to
Nazify Europe. The developments in
Spain are considered by them as a
definite proof of this theory. In
order to defend Western Europe from
Fascism, France must be prepared
for any eventuality. She must have
a perfect army and a perfect air
force, regardless of how expensive
these may be for the already over
burdened taxpayer. The Right and
the Left political factions are in full
agreement on this. The former still
Dreams about political hegemony
of France over Europe. The latter
wants to defend democracy as seen
through Moscow's spectacles In fact,
they are both defending two kinds
OF relationships.
Pamphlets Praise Discipline.
Since the only support in this strug-
gle is the army, the Communists
are doing their best to strengthen 1t.
The pamphlets which are distributed
by the headquarters of the Young
Communist party to the boys who
join their regiments say:
Don't forget that the officers and
the non-commissioned officers are
your friends, not your enemies. They
will be rough with you sometime
in the same way your father is rough,
because he wants you to be a good
and useful citizen. They mean well
by you and you must obey and love
them. Listen to them and do every
thing they tell you. It's for your
party. Young Communist, be a good
soldier if you want to be a good
Communist"
In this way the undisciplined spirit
which at one time threatened to
disrupt the French Army Is begin
ming to disappear.
The officers who are concerned over
"the war of tomorrow" welcome this
help from the Communist headquar-
ters and are going out of their way
to help their former foes. It is no
longer O crime for the soldiers to
sing the "Internationale," nor is the
Communist official newspaper, the
Humanite, banned from the barracks.
1t does not matter what the young
recruits sing or what they read, -
Evening star., 1936-08-14
4.Month Strike Ended. .

GAFFNEY. s. c., August IA CP.-
A strike at the Limestone cotton mills,
affecting $50 workers, ended yester-
day. four months after it began. The
terms Of the settlement were not dis
closed. The mills will reopen Mon
day.
Evening star., 1936-08-14
Victim of Ride" Dies.

CHICAGO. August IL JP-Frank
Moles, 43. a taxicab driver. taken for
a ride" last Tuesday. died yesterday
OF bullet wounds inflicted by two as
Sassins.
The police said they were convinced
that Moles was the victim Of mistaken
identity.
Evening star., 1936-08-14
Brown

Continued From First Page.)
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On Commission ROlD

Quotation below subject to change are
average wholesale prices being offered to
buyers by local commission dealersl
FRUIsTsoasstra,wberries: Louisiana, 24-pt
G.mes1MeSican, carton, Zoe. ' Bananas as
seven hands, pound, sc. Apples-Delcous
fancy baskets. 81. is; Rome Beauty. sls5
Red Ball (36osl s5,75 Pineappes-i2 4s)
box, So; Honey Dews, S. America. $3.50.
strhSess ha@peTs sseT Gsnd
crate, $3.50: Carrets-caiifornia is-doz.
sratel. 50; Texas doz.. crate), soc. Cauli-
Florida washed and trimmed (doz). asa
cucumbssT 4 Tothouse IdozJ. Sis two dos.,
Szs ,.sSis, SiFslnls ss.6;i. sse ,a Hss:
home grown leaf Q5-lb. basket. SIPS.
MsnScs s &c., peck 5s' basket ResPpes sS
doc, soc. Mint. Hothouse doz0. soc.
Mushrooms--Pound. a0c. Mustard-Texas,
half crate. 40 Onions-Indiana yellow
low. 5o-ib bag, si4o Parsley-southern
Ccng punches. doz. :. S5c, Parsnips-Home-
grown washed, bushel, 81; half-bushel. SOC.
Michigan Round Whites, ioo-lb. bs Esas $50
Maine Green Mountains, lo0-lb. bag. 50. So
r. r. Early Ohio. lo0-lb. bag So: r. r.
TgSSpes .d loO 3 as ea Idaho Rss S
$3.50; New Florida Triumphs 5o-ib. bag.
50 IS. Sweet potatoes-Tennessee Nancy
Halls. hampers ,I9Epr' $50. Rsdisnes HOME
soc MISUNDERSTANDING bunch. soc.
Rqtabasas-Northern so-ib, bag, ST at. sage
Dor. 45c; Shellots-Louisiana, dos,,. 35c.
Tomat -Repscked. iO-lb. box. si.sS:
Florida. orig. te-6l. lug. $780,
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RESOURCES OF
INSURED BANKS
CAIN IN STATE
Assets of s224,322,OO0
Are Reported as
Cash Items.

By Scripps-H Newspaper Allonoe
WASHINGTON, April "a. - Ag-
gregate resources of the insured
commercial banks in the State of
Indiana stood at s759.419,000 on
Dec. 81, 1885, according to an abb
stract of their condition released
today by the Federal Insurance
Corp.
Assets in this amount represent
ed an increase of 9.3 per cent over
the figure shown on Dec. 81, 1884.
Of the assets reported at the end
of 1885. 1924 1872 900 were being held
as cash items in process of collec-
ton or as balances with other
banks; SAT $50, 900 was shown to be
invested in securities fully guaran-
teed by the United States govern
ment and $3.50, 433,0 900 in United
States obligations.
Holdings OF other bonds, stocks,
and securities by the insured COM
mercial institutions of Indiana adj
vanced from $83,620,0o0 to S1IO,-
669, 000sin the interim between Dec.
81, 1884, and the same date in 1885.
In the same period loans and dis
counts rose from $184, $4,000 to
$201 1900
Deposits Increase
Total deposits were $667, 653 900,
an increase of 2O.4 per cent during
the year.
On Dec. 81, 1885, demand de-
posits were S380,924,0O0 and time
deposits 1924, 1877, 900.
Nationwide, total assets of in
sured commercial banks increased
by 10 per cent in the II months
and were $51 900 900, 900 on Dec. 81.
1885. The 14,121 insured banks in
the country for which figures were
tabulated hold SO per cent of the
total commercial bank assets.
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New Business Books
Available at Library

The following new business
books 2re now available at the
business branch Of the Indian
apolis Public Library:
SWEDEN. THE MIDDLE WAY, by
n. w. Childs. For more than q
hundred years. the Scandinavian
peninsula has been at peace-that
one fact Is sufficient to set Sweden
and Norway apart from all the rest
OF the world. t
BE KIND TO YOURSELF, By wash
Young. philosophy OF life whose
theme is not TO become upset over
tribes, not 70 let ones thinking get
all mixed up with doubts and fears
WHAT yEBLEN TAUGHT. ed. by
w. C.. Mitchell. The hereto. who
views his own ideas as but tomor-
rows fashion in thought. needs
courage Such courage Vehien had.
THE NEW IMPERATIVE; by walter
Lippmann. The ability 20 protect the
popular standard Of life Is an in
diepensabic condition Of the survival
OF political institutions
RADIO BROADCAsTTNG MANUAL:
THE RADIO As A PUBLICITY ME-
DIUM ron RETAILERS, comp. BY
the Sales Promotion Division Of the
national Retail Dry Goods Assoeix-
lion.
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PORKERS SHOW
UNEVEN TREND
Market Steady to 10 Cents
Higher; Cattle, VeaIs
Stationary.

The pork market continued I'M
settled today at the local stockyards.
Prices were steady to generally 10
cents higher than yesterdays close.
weights ranging upward from 100
pounds showed the full advance,
while slaughter pigs were unchanged.
Receipts, estimated at 1000, dropped
to around the normal mark, and
only approximately ISL head of hogs
we're held over from the preceding
session. The top price paid for good
and choice grades moved up to
$11.10.
The bulk of 100 to 225 pounds was
offered at $11 to $11.10, while me-
dunn weights, from 225 to $50
pounds, cashed in at $1,000 to $1,000
Heavyweights, scaling from 800
pounds and upward, brought 5000
to 5000. Light slaughter pigs, from
100 to 100 pounds, sold at $1025 to
$10.75. Desirable packing sows held
at 1925 to $780,
With the total supply consisting
largely of cows, the cattle market
was mostly unchanged. Only few
odds and ends of steers and heifers
were available. Low cutters and
cutters sold at 81 to IS, while COM
mon to medium beef cows brought
1928 to Sc. Receipts were 400.
Continuing unchanged, the bulk
of good and choice veals sold at SO
to $3.50. Receipts numbered 600.
Lambs we're mostly Is cents higher,
especially on clipped grades. Wooled
grades and sheep were scarce.
Clipped lambs weighing around 80
pounds sold at $9.75. Few choice ma
tive spring lambs around so pounds
each brought $14. Receipts were
1900.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-24
INDIANA BELL RENAMES
DIRECTORS, OFFICERS
Both Groups Hold Meetings in
General Offices.

All directors of the Indiana. Bell
Telephone Co. were reelected yes
terday at the annual meeting. of
stockholders. Following the share
holders meeting, the directors met
and renamed all officers.
The directors are: James F..
Carroll, Fred G. Gardner, Frank A.
Montrose, Nicholas H. Noyes. Cur
tbs H. Rottger, Thomas D. Sheerin,
w. Richardson Sinclair, Elmer w.
Stout, all of Indianapolis, and Will
liam G. Irwin, Columbus, Ind.
Officers include: Mr.. Carroll,
president; Mr.. Montrose, vice presi-
dent and general manager; H. S..
Hanna, vice president; P. T. Wat
son, secretary and treasurer, and
w. j. McWilliams, general auditor.
The meeting was held in the gen.
eral offices of the company.
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for more than a year. The rise
has been more or less steady. And
in that respect it has been an ex-
traordinary market. Last April,
when 1t began its definite upward
move, business activity, according
to one Of the well-known in
dexes, stood at 80. Now it stands
at 81. This is a rise of IL points.
But expressed in percentages, it
is rise of a little over 10 per
cent.
ATOW what were our leading,
IN most active industrial stocks
doing in the same time? In April
year ago IS leading stocks were
priced at an average of IA. Now
they are priced at oil. This is a
rise Of 81 points or as per cent.
If we look at SO stocks, made up
of Is industrials and Is railroads,
the rise In price in the same time
was 48 per cent. So to state the
matter plainly, while business was
increasing 10 per cent, industrial
stocks were rising in price 46 per
cent.
Another interesting feature of
this market is to be found in a
comparison with the rise of the
first year Of the Coolidge market.
Business was declining in 1923, but
in September of that year the
Coolidge market, which broke all
records for its folly, its madness,
its wildness, got under way.
In the first IL months it rose
from 83 to 90. That was an in
crease Of Is points or Is per cent.
TN it's first IL months this mar
Il ket rose from 81 to 125. That
was a rise of Al points or 48 per
cent. Will this market maintain its
pace? If so, where will the energy
come from? And how long will it
last?
A good many questions might be
asked about it. How much of the
so-called public" is in this mar
ket? The effort is made to create
the impression that the public has
seized the market and run away
with it--that once again stenog-
raphers, shop girls, BARRIERS and
statesmen are making the market.
I do not believe this is true.
There is always a great deal of
guessing about these things. 1 can
offer only guess. That guess is
that this is a distributors market
and that a large number of in
vestors and incipient spectators
are being drawn into it by the old
methods of secondary distribution.
Warnings about the stock market
are, of course, always thrown away.
But this is a good time to issue
them.
(Copyright 1885, by NEA Service, Incl
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Produce Markets

The prices quoted are paid for stock
gathered in the country. while delivered
Heavy breed hens, TIC: Leghorn breed
lbs. and over, &C. geese. full feather.
15c: No. ! strictly fresh eggs loss of,
lie; delivered in Indianapolis 1Sc.
Each full case must weigh SIS lbs. gross;
lbs. will be made. No. / butter, 32ia0
S3lsc; No. 2. 2sia@soisc. Butterfat, 27c.
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5000 BORROWERS REPAY
Debtors Refund S10,OOO,0OO to Home
Owners Loan Corp.
By United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, April 24.-The
Home Owners Loan Corp today
announced that nearly 5000 bor-
rowers have paid back all their
loans, totaling $10,000,O0O, instead of
using the Is years granted them.
Most of the borrowers repaid
their loans in full, the HOLC said,
without giving any explanations.
Others reported that they had OBJ
tanned inheritances, that they had
cashed in on insurance, that their
business had improved, or that they
had sold their property to buyers
who cleared off the mortgage in
cumbrance.
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FOOD COSTS DOWN

Times Special
WASHINGTON, April 24.-The
retail cost of food declined one
tenth of l per cent during the two
weeks period ended April Z, the Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics reported to-
day. The index stood at 1873 per
cent of the 1923-25 average. or 2e
per cent below the level for the
same period a year ago
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ASSETS SHOW INCREASE
Quarterly Income Shares Reports
Gain of S2,655,3S7.82.

Tunes Special
JERSEY CITY, N. J., April "a
Quarterly Income Shares, Inc, a
group investment fund supervised
by Administrative and Research
Corp, New York, today reported
net assets at market value Of
SAC, S42, 34906 for the quarter ended
April Is.
This represents an increase of
S2,655, 1892, exclusive of a tax re-
serve of $1,766,33 on unrealized
profits, over the quarter ended Jan.
Is, and of $10,155,0O5.21 over year
ago.