Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 197, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 December 1929 — Page 5

DEC. 27, 1929_

CONGRESS WILL COMBAT RAIL MERCER PLANS Transportation Act Must Be Amended to Allow for Changes. Rv £criuf>*-Ho*rard Wir* paper A Vinure WASHINGTON, Dec. 27-Rail-road executives, confronted with the problem of grouping their properties in accordance with the plan of the interstate commerce commission, will find themselves faced also with the problem of satisfying the political views of congress. Before the proposed consolidations recommended by the commission can be made, it will be necessary to amend the transportation act. For years the commission has sought this blanket authority which congress has withheld. Last year a bill satisfactory to the commission was reported favorably by the house and senate interstate commerce committees, but no action was taken. The measure, reintroduced, has been recommended by President Hoover, confirms the authority of the interstate commerce commission as a judiciary tribunal on consolidations and extends its powers. It appears today, however, that the senate intends to act jointly with the commission in studying the benefits of the proposed mergers and to set up its objections to the tentative plan before authorizing legislation. Some senators believe that the hearings to be conducted by the senate when congress reconvenes will be almost as exhaustive as the hearings which will be conducted by the commission itself. Senator Couzens of Michigan, chairman of the interstate com- j merce committee, has announced that all amendments to the transportation act will be considered at one time and that the committee will go into all details of the proposals. Under this plan spokesmen for the : "Van Sweringen interests, the Morgan and other railroad banking in- j terests, the Pennsylvania, New York Central. Burlington, Missouri Pacific, Wabash, and Baltimore & Ohio railroads will be questioned specifically concerning the commission’s proposed mergers. Western senators already have found fault with the commission’s plan and have announced that they will block its execution if they can. The commission proposes to consolidate the Northern Pacific and

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EXPOSURE KILLS MOTHER, INFANT ' LOST IN STORM Crawl Into Log to Escape Alabama Blizzard; Two Children Saved. By United Press HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Dec. 27.—A motiier and her baby were frozen to death in an Alabama blizzard after wandering four days trying to find their mountain cabin. Two other children are seriously ill in a hospital here after the experience. Mrs. Frank. Markham and her children set out toward their home, high on a peak. The blizzard swept down on them and they lost their way, although Mrs. Markham was familiar with the country. The bodies of the woman and i child were found ni a hollow log, a quarter-mile from their goal. They had crawled there to escape the storm, after becoming exhausted. The other two children, Minnie 14 and Pearl 7, wrapped themselves in their mother’s outer garments i and continued through the storm : eventually reaching home late on i Thursday. An ambulance was sent twentyfive miles through the snow-blocked roads to bring the children here to a hospital. THREE ARE EXTRADITED Governor Harry G. Leslie todayapproved extradition papers from Illinois for two men and two women arrested at Angola, Ind., and held for a Chicago holdup and robbery. Those extradited are George and Rose Miller, Eli Georgevich and Bessie Effron. The papers were sent to the Angola sheriff who will deliver the prisoners to Chicago authorities.

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WALLACE TO SPEAK AT NATIONAL MEETING State Entomologist to Present Paper at Des Moines Parley. State Entomologist Frank Wal-j lace will present a paper before the entomologist sectional meeting of the American Association for thel Advancement of Science at Des Moines next Monday. The associa- | tion meeting starts Monday and continues three days. Wallace is president of the en- j tomological section. His subject is ! “Fundamental Qualifications of Reg- j ulating Employes.” In it he will j urge that personality, patience, j perserverence and broad biological j training be stressed. Paul T. Ulman, assistant state entomologist in charge of cornborer control, will attend the meetings also. State Forester Ralph Wilcox and his assistant. Joseph Kaylor, will attend the meetings of the Society of American Foresters also in conjunction with the scientists meeting. lOOtli Birthday to Be Observed CHICAGO, Dec. 27—Mrs. Nancy M. Snyder, who was in Washington the night President Lincoln was shot, will observe her 100th birthday here Saturday at the home of her daughter.

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