Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 207, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 January 1931 — Page 2

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petty charity dole is mere DROP IN BUCKET Farmers Near Starvation; Red Cross Relief Held Utterly Inadequate. SCORES WITHOUT SHOES Infants Fed Cornbread as Milk Gives Out; Fear Heavy Death Toll. BY LUTHER S6UTHWORTH Times Staff Correspondent ENGLAND, Ark., Jan. 7.—While t/he dispute continues as to whether this little farming town was the scene of a food riot last Saturday, conditions steadily grow ripe for a showdown which will settle the question. The nation has been led to believe that the Red Cross is on the job, that relief has come, and that all is serene. But what the hungry folk around England want the nation to know is that the Red Cross dole amounts to approximately a dollar a month for person, or roughly, 1 cent a meal for each hungry mouth. Some families almost have cleared their cupboards of the rations doled out by local merchants Saturday, after a group of hungry men and crying women threatened to loot the stores unless the food promised through the Red Cross was forthcoming. Infants Eat Cornbread In many cases the two 15-cent cans of condensed milk included in the rations were consumed within two days and mothers are feeding infants on cornbread. What the leaders of this town of 2,500 and the eleven surrounding communities are wondering is what will happen if nothing more substantial in the way of aid is forthcoming when the present rations are gone.

The Red Cross gave help to 305 more families Tuesday, bringing the total aided since Nov. 28 to about 1,100. Sut the hungry people in this vicinity total thousands. Mayor Walter Williams points out that it will take 3,000 pairs of shoes alone to keep the feet of the hungry people of the neighborhood off the ground this winter. “I don’t know where the shoes are coming from, either,” he added. “Even if the people get food until March, they are likely to suffer for want of clothes.” Clothing Is Lacking Planters are authority for the statement that there isn’t a sharecropping family in Lonoke county, the home of Senator Joe Robinson, with a complete outfit of clothing for all members. Also lacking food and clothing, there are many families without roofs of their own. In some cases, four or five families are packed together in cheap shacks. Five families are living in a dilapidated wooden school house in England. The roof is half gone and there are no window panes to keep out the cold. Eighteen persons are occupying an abandoned house next door to the school. Physicians throughout the county predict a heavy death toll from pellagra this spring because of starvation conditions, long enduring. They already have noted an increase in anemia, nervous disorders and intestinal troubles. Drought Ruins District England is in the heart of what was a rich agricultural section until the summer's drought blighted garden, feed and cotton crops. The low price received for what cotton survived the dry spelll, insured ruin of the district. There is no industrial life. Highway construction and all forms of building have stopped. A bank failure completed the desolate picture. The pittance which cotton pickers earned at an average rate of 75 cents a day. soon was spent, leaving hundreds of families without enough money to movo elsewhere. Bryant Dodd, living eight miles from England, called his case typical. • Together with my wife and two children I ended the season with a S4O debt," he said. “I sold my hogs for sll and my forty-six chickens for sll more, and that is all the money we have had since last summe:.” “For a month we have lived on cornbread and milk. We have spent less than $3 for clothing in eighteen months.” At the upper end of the scale is William Morris, a prominent planter. His story follows: “I have 1.600 acres, but they are heavly mortgaged, because of previous crop failures. I have several pieces of unencumbered land, but the banks won’t lend a cent on it. I have been feeding 175 sharecroppers on my place for several months. “I lost my cash when the local Citizens Bank and Trust Company and the American Exchange Bank at Little Rock failed. I have no money to buy seed and other bankers tell me they are not opening new accounts. I don’t know what lam going to do."

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CHAIRMEN FOB C- OF C. NAMED H. L. Dithmer Will Direct Education Committee. Heads of the education, fine arts, national affairs and manufacturers committees of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce were announced today by President Louis J. Borinstein. His choices were: Education Committee—Henry L. Dithmer. president or the Polar Ice & Fuel Company, chairman, and Milo H. Stuart, assistant schools superintendent, vicechairman. Fine arts —Frank J. Horuff, president or the Horuff Shoe Corporation, chairman, and Elmer A. Steffen, vicechairman. National affairs —Walter B. Hardiner, president or the G. & J. Tire Company, chairman, and Felix M. McWhirter. vice-chairman. Manufacturers—iftward T. Griffith, president ot the Udell Works, chairman, and Clinton E. Stoutenbera. vice-chairman. Personnel of the education committee includes: Robert J. Aley, Dr. Robert White Blake. Louis Brandt. Hilton U. Brown. Mrs. Mary S. Carey. Charles C. Cray. Miss Agnes Cruse. W. J. Daniels. Lawrence B. Davis. Herbert Foltz. Eugene C. Foster. Albert S. Goldstein. X. J. Good. Miss M. E. Hoasland, Karl Von Ammerman. Rev. M. L. Haines. E. W. Harris. William Herschell, Eleanor Hester, John E. Mellett, Fred Bates Johnson. Earl W. Kiser, John J. Madden. William Maub. G. A. Millett, Dr. Edward L. Mitchel. Earl Mushlitz, Dr. Louis Seprar. Dr. Ada E. Schweitzer. Mrs. A. L. Tripp. Miss Nellie Warren, Philip Zoerchcr and Leo Welch. SEVEN RETAIN POSTS WITH MADISON COUNTY One Nfew Job Created as Board Dispenses 1931 Patronage. By Times Special ANDERSON. Ind., Jan. 7.—Seven county employes were retained and one additional office created when the Madison county board of commissioners passed out 1931 jobs. Those given positions are Lewis E. Kimberlin, county attorney; J. Cromer Alldredge, pauper attorney; William Wade, courthouse custodian; Mrs. Florence Evans, courthouse matron; Richard Manis, custodian at the county heating plant; Dr. Clarence Rozelle. orphans’ home physician; Dr. O. E. McWilliams, jail physician; Dr. C. A. Walton, infirmary physician. Alldredge is a new appointee, his duties having previously been performed by the county attorney. Shifts will occur Jan. 1, 1932, when Democrats gain control of the board of commissioners. Salary of Judge Bartlett H. Campbell, superior court, w f as increased SI,OOO. He will receive $7,000 a year, the same as Judge Carl F. Morrow of -circuit court. THIRD JUROR CHOSEN Another Venire to Be Summoned in Effort to Impanel Group. Third member of the Marion county grand jury was selected today by Criminal Judge Frank J. Baker, leaving three additional members yet to be chosen. With two other members named Monday. Baker Thursday will sum- i mon a third venire in an effort to impanel the probe body by the end cf the week. Harry A. Ryan, 4429 Manlove avenue, was picked today, REVOLT WOUNDS FATAL Alabama Newspaper Man Succumbs to injuries in Panama City. By United Press PANAMA CITY, Jan. 7.—Hartwell | F. Ayers, Alabama newspaper man. wounded accidentally in the recent revolution here, died early today. Ayers made a remarkable fight for life against heavy odds. He was wounded in the neck, abdomen and hip. Doctors praised his cheerfulness and courage. Father of Six Dies P# Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind.. Jan. 7.—Fred , Schulz, 62, farmer of Bartholomew ( county, is dead at his home in the Clifty neighborhood east of hpre. He xvas born and reared ip the county and there he spent all his life. He was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church. He leaves his widow and three sons Henry, Fred Jr., and Bartholomew county; three daughters, Mrs. Ben Wehmeier, Mrs. Clifford Scheldt and Mrs. Clarence Armuth

ALMA NOT ‘BACK ON DOPE,’ POLICE SAY

By Lnited Press T ANGELES, Jau. 7.—Alma Rubens, screen and stage beauty facing three federal narcotic charges in San Diego, was believed today to be In seclusion on the ranch of her mother near Madera. 300 miles from here, after her release on $5,000 bail. % Miss Rubens, arrested in a San Diego hotel when police found 120 grains of narcotics in the hem of an evening gown, must appear Jan. 13 fojj preliminary hearings >"• / £ Ruth Palmer, former Ziegfeld chorus girl and *Miss Rubens* maid,

REBUFF FACED BY DRY LEAGUE IN LEGISLATURE Election of Myers, Nejdl as Leaders Claimed by Adherents. Prospects that the Indiana AntiSaloon league will suffer a severe rebuff, which may result in considerable loss of its political prestige, be- ; came evident today as the adj herents of Representative Walter ! Myers (Dem., Marion), claimed his election as house speaker, and supporters of Senator Janies J. Nejdl (Rep., Lake), declared him elected as senate president pro-tem. The Anti-Saloon forces are straining every effort to obtain their defeat. Nejdl has been outspoken for years in his fight on prohibition; while Myers has been blacklisted by the league h% his campaign for mayor of Indianapolis and the Democratic nomination for United States senator. Myers Is Conceded Myers is being conceded the election as Speaker at the Democratic house caucus in the house at 7:30 tonight, while Nejdl will be one of five engaged in a bitter battle in the senate caucus at the same hour in the senate chamber. Senators French Clement (Rep., Vanderburgh); C. Oliver Holmes (Rep., Lake); Lee J. Hartzell (Rep., Noble and Allen), and I. Floyd Garrott (Rep., Tippecanoe and Benton), are the other four contenders. Although it was said today that the five Marion county Republican senators had agreed Tuesday to support Holmes for president, Senator J. Clyde Hoffman (Rep., Marion), declared today that the question of president‘had not arisen, as the meeting was confined to patronage appointments. Delegation to Caucus A meeting of the Marion county senators is expected to be held this afternoon. Senator Roy M. Friedley (Rep., Delaware) has announced his candidacy for senate caucus chairman, while Representative Miles Furnas (Rep., Randolph) is expected to preside over the Republican representatives’ caucus at the Severin, at 7:30, when Representative James M. Knapp (Rep., Wayne), who was 1929 speaker, will be named minority leader. Three Democratic senators, Walter Chambers (Hancock, Henry and Madison), Addison Drake (Sullivan and Vigo), Democratic nominee for Lieutenant-Governor in 1928, and Chester Perkins (St. Joseph) are vieing for senate minroity leader. Chambers, former state chairman, is said to have the edge. It was definitely stated today that the veteran representative, George L. Saunders (Dem., Adams and Wells), is to be named majority floor leader. Patronage aspirants are besieging the various candidates for promises of preferment and the number of applicants was said to be greater than at &ny former session.

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SESSION FAILS TO END SCHOOL BOOK MUDDLE Two Conferees Comment on Meeting Held at Indianapolis. By Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., Jan. 7.—The Indiana school textbook situation is none the clearer for all the discussion at a several hours’ session of the state board of education Monday in Indianapolis. This is admitted by W. W. Borden, superintendent of schools here, and Dr. Henry B. Longden, vice-presi-dent of De Pauw university, a member of the board, who is visiting in South Bend today. Superintendent Borden, br. Longden and L. N. Hines, president of the Indiana State Teachers college at Terre Haute, led a successful fight to postpone at least until Jan. 19. and possibly March 27, awarding of contracts for textbooks for the next five years.

Abolish Slavery, U. S. Message Warns Liberia

By L Hited Press WASHINGTON. Jan. 7. A critical outspoken / document, warning against the continued practice of slavery and. forced labor in the small African republic of Liberia, has been transmitted to that country by the state department, the United Press learned today. Informing the Liberian government that it will lose the friendship of the United States unless these abuses are corrected, the department memorandum charged: 1. That Liberian officials are conniving at the slave trade in Liberia. 2. That high Liberian officials themselves use forced labor. 3. That despite promises to inaugurate reform, no measures to stop slavery have been adopted by the Liberian government.4. That Liberian officials ham-

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Closed Deq. 30 by the state banking department, the Citizens State bank, 2602 West Michigan street, will be reopened Thursday by the Fletcher Savings and Trust Company, which today announced acquisition of the west side institution. George P. Torrence will be flew president of the bank, while John Pullen, former president, will be a director.

Man Who Has No Hands Sentenced for Forgery By United Press CHICAGO, Jan. 7.—Frank Greissmayer, 40, who has no hands, began serving a jail sentence today for forgery. “But how could I be guilty when I have no hands to write with?” Greissmayer protested, when arraigned on a charge of obtaining a S7OO loan from a finance company by forging a relative’s name to a note. v An assistant state’s attorney interrupted to introduce evidence that Greissmayer was convicted two years ago of a similar charge. The defendant then pleaded guilty and entertained the judge with an exhibition of writing while holding the pen between his teeth.

COURT'S ORDER FORFEITS BONDS

Collection of $30,000 Begins in Lake County. By Times Special CROWN POINT, Ind., Jan. 7. On order of Judge Martin J. Smith of Lake criminal court, Sheriff Roy Holley and his deputies have started serving executions for forfeiture of bonds totaling $30,000, posted during 1930 in cases in which defendants failed to appear. There are thirty-three such cases, and in twenty the bond in each is SI,OOO or more. Among the bonds of which forfeiture is asked is one for $5,000 provided fur Joe Carlson, former Gai'y police detective, convicted in connection with vote frauds in the May primary last year. MAYOR BUYS CITY HALL Pays $7,000 for Building as New Municipal Home Is Opened. MARSHALL, Mich., Jan. 7. Mayor Harold C. Brooks probably is the only mayor in the country "today who owns a city hall. He paid $7,000 cash lor Marshall’s old city hall, recently vacated with opening of anew. municipal building.

THREE ASSAILANTS OF GIRL GIVEN SENTENCES Reformatory Terms of 5 to 21 Years Imposed at Logansport. By United Press LOGANSPORT, Ind., Jan. 7. Sentences of five to twenty-one ! years in the state reformatory were passed here upon three men who pleaded guilty to charges of crimI inally assaulting an 18-year-old girl after_ abducting her from her es--1 cort, Audrey Hatfield. Herbert Wendt, 22; Harold Wilburn, 22, and Alvin Cooper, 23, were sentenced by Judge John B. Smith in Cass circuit court. Their only excuse for the attack was that they had been drinking, although all denied v being drunk. None had a police record so far as known. There are about ninety lawyers and nearly twenty doctors in the British house of commons.

pered the investigation of the commission sent there to inquire into slavery. The memorandum transmitted to the Liberian congress was based on information furnished by an international commission which reported to the League of Nations and the state department about two months ago after an extended investigation in Liberia. Since transmission of the message both President King and Vice-President Yancey of Liberia have resigned. Tire document described the commission’s report as a ‘‘shocking indictment,” showing slavery was supported by numerous officials, including Yancey. American interest in Liberia is partly economic and partly based on the large American Negro population here.

was named jointly in the narcotic charges and was released ox? SSOO bail when she could not furnish a larger bond. •ram a a a A WARRANT also was issued against Eddie Tholman, Miss, Rubens’ chauffucr. accusing him of participation in the alleged conspiracy to smuggle narcotics. He had not been arrested. San Diego police said investigation revealed the dress concealing the narcotics actually belonged to Miss Palmer, although it was in an overnight bag owned by Miss Rubens. Police surgeons added that they were convinced that Miss Rubens had not been using narcotics recently.

COUNTY LOAN AWARD GIVEN THREE BANKS Two Indianapolis, Chicago Firm Successful Bidders. Merchants National bank, the Indiana Trust Company and the Harris Trust and Savings Company of Chicago were successful joint bidders today on a total $600,000 temporary loan floated by Marion county for operating expenses in anticipation of spring taxes. As announced by County Auditor Harry Dunn, the award will mature in June. Os the total loan, $350,000 will be applied to the county fund, and $250,000 to the sinking fund, Dunn said. HIGH PRESSURE SALES RUIN LIQUOR DEALER Advance Advertising Brings Cops as Customers. j By United Press DETROIT, Jan. 7.—Edward W. ; Walsh always had believed that it paid to advertise. Today his stock of choice liquors was confiscated. He faced federal trial. Anticipating the National Shoe Retailers’ Association convention, Walsh allegedly circularized the delegates in advance. He placed a sign outside his door at a downtown hotel, “Samples for Shoe Salesmen.” Officers bought four quarts of samples. HEART ATTACK FATAL Delphi Man Drops Dead at Hospital on Way to Visit Sister. Pete Lamb, Delphi, brother of Miss Jane Lamb, employe in the Indiana securities commission at the statehouse, dropped dead today as he walked up the steps of St. Elizabeth hospital at Lafayette to visit another sister from Delphi, who is critically ill there. Miss Jane Lamb was present at the sister’s bedside, when informed of her brother’s death, attributed to a heart attack. YULETIDE IN RUSSIA Russian Orthodox Churches Observe Day cn Old Calendar Basis. By United Press MOSCOW, Jan. 7.—Christmas was celebrated according to the old Russian calendar in Orthodox churches today while atheists held lectures denouncing religion and Christmas services were burlesqued in theaters and other amusement places. GOVERNOR TAKES OATH Wilbur L. Cross Inaugurated Today at Hartford, Conn. P.y Times Special HARTFORD, Conn.. Jan. 7.—The political career of Professor Wilbur L. Cross, Democrat, who began life as a farm boy at Mansfield, began officially today when he was inaugurated as Connecticut’s sixtysixth Governor.

CHINESE AIRS ON RADIO Tong Celebration to Be Carried By WTAM Tonight. By United Press CLEVELAND. Jan. 7.—A program of Chinese music and rituals will go on the air over Station WTAM, Cleveland, tonight in connection with the dedication of anew $300,000 On Leong Chinese Merchants’ Association building here. CANNON CONVALESCING Methodist Bishop Reported at Texas Sanatorium. By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—Bishop James Cannon Jr., who for several months had been undergoing treatment for arthritis at a local hospital, now is convalescing at the Tuscott sanatorium in Marlin, Tex. it was learned today.

IPROBE STARTED OF TOWNSHIP'S FINANCIAL JAM Perry Trustee Blamed for Big Expenditures; Fear High Taxes. Deplorable financial condition of Perry township, Marion county, resulting from alleged excessive expenditures by the previous administration, were being investigated today by newly installed township officials. That many unpaid bills for construction of the new Perry township high school, near Southport, were passed on to the new Democratic administration by the former trustee, O. S. Pollard, was the charge today of Omer Green, new trustee. “It is apparent before I start my year at all that the 1930 tax levy of $2.13 will be insufficient to cover estimated expenditures for 1931. many of which have been forced upon me,’’ Green said. Tax Burden Boost Hit Criticism of Pollard for unduly increasing the township’s tax burden by placing the new Southport high school back off the main road in an inaccesible Cornfield, necessitating expenditure of thousands of dollars for roads leading to the building, was renewed by officials and numerous citizens. It is alleged the new building is located on a swampy land, demanding increased expenditures for drainage. It is doubtful whether any amount of money wholly can correct the evil, one new advisory board member stated. ‘lt was a mistake to place the school building where it is, and I don’t feel that the public should hold me responsible for increased taxes, which probably will be necessary during the next four years,” Green said. Thousands for Road It is known that Pollard, before leaving office, spent $19,000 on a gravel road approaching the school. To learn just how much more expense is necessary is the aim of the present investigation. Among other complaints are several relative to unsatisfactory conditions in the new school building, despite the fact that all contracts were fulfilled and accepted by Pollard. Plumbing fixtures formed one point of contention While other townships are arranging- to decrease taxes, taxpayers of Perry are certain to have to stand increases. HORSE CARETAKER ENDS HIS LIFE BY HANGING Had Been Drinking Heavily Recently, Police Probers Told. Fastening a rope around his neck, Charles Martin, 49, horse caretaker at Barn N, state fairground, early today jumped from a bale of hay to commit suicide. Martin’s body was found suspended by the rope from a rafter in the barn by Henry Freindel, fellow employe. Friendel told police Martin had been drinking heavily in the last j three weeks. Martin* came here j from Bluff, 111., three years ago, it was said. He is survived by a brother, Joseph, residing in the II- ; linois city. Emil Winters, deputy coroner, sent the body to the F. W. Vehling undertaking establishment, 702 Virginia avenue. Vehling now is county coroner, having taken the post Jan. 1. FRENCH WINE MAKERS LOOK TO U. S. FOR AID Producers Expect American Market to Reopen Before 1932. By United Press PARIS, Jan. 7.—Although 20,000,000 bottles of champagne were consumed in France over Christmas and New Year, wine producers are looking glum. They indicate that unless they find new markets for 1931, some wine presses will have to, stop running. Wine men in France stili pin faith to the belief that the United I States will vote for wine and beers, j thus reopening a rich source of j revenue for the vineyards of Cham- j pagne, Bordeaux and Burgundy. | Producers declare they expect the American market to be reopened j before the end of the year.

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Stopped Cold Caught at Dance In Time to Avoid Spoiling Sound Film Next Day Colds always make one feel miserable and may bring risk of pneumonia. And in the ‘talkies” a , cough, sneeze or hoarseness will I spoil the sound film. So Hollywood stars now end colds with Ayer’s Pectoral—a pleasant remedy which hospital doctors have I found to be the quickest and surest of different methods tested for head colds, coughs and chest colds. “During a recent dance,” says Alice White, “T became overheated, cooled off on the veranda and caught a severe cold. The next day, my cold was worse. I was advised to take Cherry Pectoral to clear up the cold promptly—in time to avoid spoiling the sound film that I was scheduled to make the next day. “The first pleasant spoonful of Cherry Pectoral brought quick, welcome relief. By night my fever was gone; I was able to sleep without coughing. The next day my voice was in condition to sing the theme song and I felt good enough to make several dialogue scenes. The day following I was simply astounded to see how quickly Cherry Pectoral cleared up-<my disagreeable cold.”

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Patrolman Tevelin With his brother policeman, Ferdinand Finchum, last night, patrolman Owen Tevelin was wounded in a gun battle with robber suspects in an alley Thirtieth street and Northwestern avenue. While Tevelin escaped with a slight hip wound, Finchum’s condition from a wound in the adbomen is critical.

‘PARTY’ MURDER TRIALDATE SET Gary Youths Scheduled to Face Court Jan. 13. By Times Special GARY, Ind., Jan. 7.—Five Gp.r; r men charged with first degree murder in the death of 4-rlene Draves, 18, fluring a liquor party, are scheduled to go on trial in Lake criminal court at Crown Point, Jan. 13. The accused are Virgil Kirkland, Paul Barton, Henry Shirk, David Thompson and Leon Sanford. However, it is not expected that the trial will be held, as the day set is expected to be taken up with presentation of motions for changes of venue and for separate hearings. Counsel for Kirkland, Miss Draves’ escort at the party, which was held at Thompson’s home, announces a change of venue will be asked for his client. While attorneys representing the other four have not made known any intention to ask a change, it is believed they will move for separate trials. HUBBARD WILL FILED Widow Only Beneficiary Named by Paragraphed Mrs. Josephine Jackson Hubbard, widow of William McKinley (Kin) Hubbard, internationally known paragrapher and caricaturist, today was named sole heir and executrix of the estate. The will of the late Mr. Hubbard was filed in probate court today before Judge Smiley N. Chambers, by Martin Hugg, attorney. The document was drawn in December, 1923, mentioning the name of no other beneficiaries, save Mrs. Hubbard. Mr. Hubbard died the morning of Dec. 26. Amount of the estate was not announced. RITES ARRANGEO FOR MRS. CLARA WICHMANN Bank Cashier’s Wife Dies in Hospital Following Operation. Funeral services for Mrs. Clara M. Wichmann, 37, of 1310 Comar avenue, wife of Anton J. Wichmann, cashier of the Meyer-Kiser bank, will be heid at the home at 8:30 a. m. Friday and at St. Catherine’s Catholic church at 9. Burial will be in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Mrs. Wichmann died at St. Vincent’s hospital late Monday, following an operation. Mrs. Wichmann, born in Indianapolis, had lived here all her life and was married twelve years ago. She was a member of St. Catherine’s church and the Daughters of Isabella. Survivors, in addition to the husband, are four children, Mary, Gertrude, Anton and * Martha Jean Wichmann; a brother, Leonard Derleth, and a sister, Mrs. Francis McCarthy, all of Indianapolis.

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FAIR TAX LAW ADVOCATED BY G. O.jUEADER Three Points Stressed in Elza Rogers’ Letter to Legislators. With a fatherly pat on the head and some words of advice, Elza O Rogers, Republican state chairman today figuratively sent his party’i representatives and senators into the legislative fray, which begins Thursday. Rogers gave his advice to the lawmakers through the medium of a long letter to Senator Joe Rand Beckett (Rep., Marion), which was read at the conference of Republican senators and representatives today at the Severin. The meeting was behind closed doors on motion of Senator George W. Sims (Rep., Vigo). Three major recommendations were made by Rogers: That the G, O. P. legislatures work for a measure which will shift the heavy tax burden from real estate: obtain passage of a fair congressional reapportionment bill, and reduce new legislation to a minimum. Tax Cut Advocated In the letter, read by Beckett as chairman of the special committee to investigate and report back to the conference, Rogers said: “I think the best service the legislature can give is first to make a reduction of taxes on real estate, both rural and urban. Os course, it ! will be necessary to provide for ! necessary expenses of state government and state institutions. I think the provision for this expense should be on a basis of rigid economy, and there should be no needless expenditure. “I believe if the legislature will carry out this program and adjourn it will render the best possible service to the state.” Asks for Reapportionment Pointing out that Republicans have control of the senate. Rogers suggests that they deal “immediately and openly with preparation of a reapportionment, and one that can be adopted immediately upon receipt of authority from congress.” On request of the Democratic state chairman. Governor Harry G. Leslie sought to bring about agreement on reapportionment between Democratic and Republican state chairmen, but Rogers would not join in the move. Taxation problems were discussed at the conference without reaching any solution of the question and it was also decided to attempt to cut down appropriations and insist on more rigid economy. Neither Governor Harry G. Leslie nor Chairman Rogers was at the meeting, over which LieutenantGovernor Edgar D. Bush, presided. NEW YORK IN BLIZZARD By United Press PLATTSBURGH, N. Y„ Jan. 7. One of the severest blizzards of recent years swept northern New York today. Snow has fallen almost incessantly over a great part of the section for more than twenty-four hours, and there were few indications that the severe weather would abate soon. Huge drifts blocked roads to the north, parlyzing motor traffic.

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