Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 87, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 August 1931 — Page 1

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Gold Croesus Shamed by Bullion Stacked Deep Beneath Bank of France.

BY RALPH HEINZEN T'nltrd Press Staff Correspondent PARIS, Aug. 20.—1 rode today by trolley through streets paved *ith gold, fifteen fathoms under Paris, a greater fortune than Croesus ever dreamed of. It was no dazzling sight, not half so brililant as the decoration of a modern palace devoted to the speaking films, yet within an arm’s reach of the trackless trolley stood piled mast of the nearly 59,000,000,000 francs which represents the bullion stores of the Bank of France. The bars, mast of them with Bank of England seals, do not glitter, nor do they shine, but stand in neat steel cases like so many books in a library. This great supply of gold, second largest in all the world’s history, is guarded more carefully by ingenious mechanical protections than is any reigning king. A regiment of safe blowers could never hope to steal a single bar of gold from these vaults, into which 2,000 guards of the Bank of France could retire and keep house in case of attack or war. Part of the bank's gold holdings have been sent to strongholds in the provinces, because of the bank’s old theory that it is not wise to carry all your golden eggs in one basket. a a a THE Bank of France outwardly looks like any other bank, except that it is larger than most others in Europe. The thrill comes only in penetrating the gold vaults, flanked by an official who has previously instruced detectives to look up your reputation. Alongside and bringing up the rear is a platoon of uniformed guards, each intrusted with opening some portion of the great underground labyrinth. If one man is missing, it is impossible to penetrate the vaults. All the keys are useless if one is missing. The entrance to the gold vault Is by one of a series of shafts, most of which are “dummies” leading nowhere. The shaft for the descent fias walls fifteen feet thick of steel and concrete, waterproofed and ventilated. This shaft is sunk through solid rock over which, not far below the surface, runs an underground creek. This creek really is mud and sand in motion. It is allowed to run freely over the gold vault, another protection against penetration. At various levels on the way down it is necessary to leave one shaft for another, passing through great steel and concrete doors. Some of them are revolving, others are pushed in and out like corks. These are the most ingenious barriers. a a a AT first approach, the wall appears to be solid, but an electric trolley runs up, attaches itself to a ring and backs away, pulling from the bottleneck this great 15-ton “cork” of steel and concrete. The same trolley pushed the cork into place. There are ten such impregnable, doors of all sorts, each more ingenious in conception than another, before the gold is reached eighty feet below. There, ninety feet under Paris, are the streets of gold. Bullion constantly is arriving. Everything is spick and span. The gold is moved on trackless trolleys which also are used to carry visiting inspectors. Grayhaired men sit here and there. Their duty merely is to watch for possible fire. Neat old ladies, gray-haired and immaculately aproned, walk about touching up the bars with feather dusters. None of the employes seem worried by responsibilities. The gold is too heavy to carry by hand: the traps for a possible thief are too numerous. The minute anything goes wrong underground, warning bells clang all the way up to the surface, and at police headquarters on nearby streets overhead a special signal rings. a a a IF the thief tries to run, special traps will open, flooding compartments and shafts with water or trapdoors in the ceilings are sprung and tons of sand crush everything beneath. Secret pipes carry gasses and steam. Walls and doors are sanded so smooth that it is impossible to take hold and flooded moats from which rise slippery sand steel walls ynake capture certain. The Bank of France prepares for war in time of peace. If an enemy Invades Paris it will take him at least six months to reach the bank’s gold, if he ever finds his way there. In the meantime, hundreds of bank employes will live like kings with all the comfort of home in the gold vaults. Kitchens are there to cook meals by steam. If the steam fails there are electric cooking appliances, and once the batteries run down there are oil stoves left. Fresh water comes from wells drilled below the vaults. Secret air shafts carry plenty of fresh air. Store rooms underground are filled with canned and dried foods and if there is time to prepare for the siege, there is a cold room to hold tons of beef. Hourly Temoeratures 6a. m 66 10 a. m,..'.. 68 7a. m 66 11 a. m 71 Ba. m„... 67 12 (noon).. 75 9 a. m 68 1 p. m 75

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GIFFORD WILL DIRECT U. S. JOB RELIEF Hoover Names Utility Chief as Chairman of New National Agency. FREE HAND IS GIVEN President Reiterates His Stand Against Federal Fund Use. By United Brent WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—President Hoover’s emergency program developed today in a manner indicating that Walter S. Gifford will stand at the President's right hand this winter to exercise wide powers as national administrator of relief and employment projects. The head of the three billion dollar public utility system was named by President Hoover as chairman of anew national organization. He will have a free hand in devising ways to prevent distress, the President indicated. Gifford goes to work here Monday. A desk is ready for him at the commerce department. Persons familiar with Gifford suggest that before the winter is over, he may be handling administrative affairs second in importance only to those which pass over the big square desk in Mr. Hoover’s green, circular office. In selecting Gifford and determining his responsibilities, President Hoover is adopting the tactics which led President Wilson during the war largely to centralize the tremendous emergency problem of food conservation with a single individual. In that instance the individual was Mr. Hoover. Gifford to be Boss Gifford has been invited to return to Washington Saturday. He will be Mr. Hoover’s week-end guest at Camp Rapidan. In New York Gifford responded to announcement of his appointment with assurance that the relief burden “will be whole-heartedly mqt.” It was explained at the White House today that the job contemplated for Gifford is executive and not deliberative. Mr. Hoover apparsntly wants no reports on relief and employment. He has assigned Gifford the job of meeting those two pxoblems with executive action. The 46-year-old president of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company has been told to organize and direct relief as well as employment efforts. He will have an advisory committee, to be appointed by Mr. Hoover. Fred C. Croxton, acting chairman of the President’s emergency committee on employment, will be Gifford’s assistant. Colonel Arthur Woods, who headed that committee from October, 1930, until this spring, has returned to his duties with the Rockefeller Foundation, although Mr. Hoover says Woods will assist the new relief organization. But Gifford is the new executive. Classed as Volunteer Gifford is classified as a volunteer. His adviser assistants will be volunteers. Responsibility will center on the young communications executive. Mr. Hoover hopes Gifford’s efforts will counteract the multiplying demands for federal appropriation and an extra session of congress. Senator Reed (Rep., Pa.) today issued through his office here a rebuke to Governor Pinchot for making demands on the federal government. Reed's statement was telephoned from northern Michigan, where the senator is on a vacation. “Pennsylvania is solvent,” Reed said, “her credit is perfect and she is just as well able to raise the money to help her unemployed as she is to bear her share of a federal fund for that purpose. Called ‘Serious Mistake’ “The Governors of the several states and the local authorities under them should not and must not evade their responsibilities.” Reed said the open letter on relief sent Mr. Hoover by Pinchot was “a serious mistake.” “I am sure,” he said, “that it does not express the idea of the people of Pennsylvania.” Gifford has had experience in relief work and semi-governmental activities. During the war he was director of the United States Council of National Defense. He is president of the Charity Organization Society of New York, and had a prominent part in New York City’s unemployment relief program last winter. Green Wants Job Parley By United Press ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Aug. 20.—President William Green of the American Federation of Labor was determined today to ask the co-operation of Secretary of Labor Doak in urging President Hoover to convene a conference of industry and labor to meet a “great national emergency.” The conference would deal with unemployment and plans for an economic revival. Green said. A similar plan was advocated by the American Legion. The executive council of the federation concluded its quarterly session Wednesday night and will report to the annual assembly at Vancouver, Oct. 5.

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City Athlete Gives Life in Rescue

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Miss Helen Bortleui and John (Shorty) Birch, marathon dancers, shown in their dancing apparel. Birch was drowned Wednesday attempting to rescue a boy at Wildwood, N. J.

COMPROMISE IS SOUGHTON GAS Plan to Mix Artificial and Natural Is Advanced. Initial steps to provide natural gas to Indianapolis manufacturers, through the medium of the Citizens Gas Company, were taken by C. L. Kirk, general manager of the company. In a letter to H. C. Atkins, president of the Manufacturers Natural Gas Company, whose petition to enter the Indianapolis field was turned down by the public service commission because of lack of jurisdiction, Kirk offers a concoliatory plan. Kirk’s plan is to conserve the Citizens properties from natural gas competition by having the company buy and mix natural gas with artificial. “We are desirous of learning at an early date as possible from those having an available natural gas supply, the best terms upon which natural gas can be purchased, so that we may come to an intelligent conclusion as to just what rates can be offered to manufacturers and other users for a mixed gas,” the Kirk letter closes. PACT IS COMPLETED Franco-Soviet Treaty Is Viewed Significant. By United Press BERLIN, Aug. 20.—Initialing of the new Franco-Soviet treaty of non-aggression was viewed today as extremely significant. Press dispatches from Paris asserted the pact had been completed, despite denials from official sources in Paris. The Boersen Courier said: “The Quai D'Orsay denies that the pact has been signed, but this is quibble* because it is an established fact that the treaty, while not actually signed, has been initialed.” A Paris dispatch to the Berliner Tageblatt said it had been confirmed that the text of the FrancoSoviet pact was completed. FRAUD RING IS BROKEN Six Face Charges in Scheme to “Imitate” Radiator Solution. By United Press CHICAGO, Aug. 20— A scheme to sell colored Lake Michigan water to unsuspecting motorists as a legitimate “anti-freeze” radiator solution was believed broken up today with the arrest of six men charged with being members of a ring engaged in the “manufacture” of the product. In a raid on a west side “factory,” officers found 6,000 one-gallon cans, which they said were perfect imitations of containers used by a legitimate manufacturer. The cans contained nothing but water, colored to imitate a nationally known product.

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ONE month ago John (Shorty) Birch, 28, graduate of Indianapolis baseball sandlots and professional player, headed east to win fame in the realm of sports. Today, in death, he moved home again—tragic symbol of the crowning achievement in heroism, the gift of one life for another. John, son of Riehard Birch, of 2614 East North street, was drowned at Wildwood, N. J. Wednesday whil attempting to rescue 15-year-old Albert Fatell of Philadelphia, who was swept out to sea. An entrant in a marathon dance contest with Miss Helen Bortlein, 24, of 1647 Fletcher avenue, Indianapolis, Birch already was fatigued when he attempted to save the boy. His companions, Miss Bortlein and John Passo, 26, Chicago, narrowly escaped and were * pulled unconscious into a lifeboat. UNAWARE that her partner had perished, Miss Bortlein pleaded to return to the marathon from her bed in the hospital. “Please let me go,” she said. ‘John and I need that S6OO prize money. He will be disappoined . if I drop out now.” While funeral arrangements were being completed at the home here, the father declared: “My son started east a month ago, where we understood he was to play in a baseball league. “Only recently we received word that he was a contestant in the marathon.” RELATIVES of Miss Bortlein said she and Birch had been sweethearts for two years and left Indianapolis recently to take part in a Columbus (O.) marathon. “Helen won a marathon at Tomlinson hall four years ago,” they said. “After the Columbus marathon, John told us he never would enter another one.” r Miss Bortlein will return to Indianapolis Friday, and will attend Birch’s funeral Saturday. a a a AS a youth, John was prominent on Indianapolis baseball diamonds. He studied at Holy Cross Catholic school and was prominent in athletics while attending Technical high school. He played professional baseball in the Three-I League at Evansville and had a reputation as a swimmer. He also played several seasons in the K. I. T. League with Hopkinsville (Ky.) team. Funeral services will be held at 9 a. m. Saturday at St. Philip Neri Catholic church. Burial will be in St. Joseph s cemetery. Survivors are the father, two brothers, Raymond and Howard Birch, and three sister. Miss Ruth Birch, Mrs. Paul Gastineau and Mrs. Florence Ostheimer, all of Indianapolis. BOUND TO GRANDURY Arts Theft Suspect Is Held Over <m Grand Larceny Charges. Charles Eperson, who admitted possession of two statues stolen from John Herron Art Institute and several art books identified as property of a library, was bound to Marion county grand jury by Municipal Judge William H. Sheaffer today on grand larceny charges.

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FLOODS TAKE THOUSANDS OF LIVES JNCHINA Famine Comes in Wake of Yangtze Torrents and Toll Is Appalling, i HOPE FOR U. S. HELP Disaster Regarded as One of Worst in Years; Relief Rushed. By United Press SHANGHAI, Aug. 20.—Floods on the Yangtz river today assumed the proportions of a major world disIndescribable conditions prevailed in Hankow, once prosperous city. Hundreds of people are dying of starvation daily and the famine hourly is becoming more acute. Women and children fight frantically for bits of refuse seen floating in the muddy, filthy waters, to obtain bits of nourishment. Dogs by the scores roam the elevated grounds, feeding on the unremoved human bodies. Conditions comparable to the suffering occasioned by the Tokio earthquake of 1923 existed over a vast area. Hastily constructed refuge camps are being built in the hills above Wuchang and Hankow, to which a part of the sufferers will be taken. General Chian Kai Shek has ordered steamers to stand by to prepare to evacuate Hankow residents. Transports will be used to carry food and medicines. The League of Nations has offered assistance in curbing pestilence. Relief workers were cheered today by a prospect of obtaining wheat for the starving thousands from the United States farm board, and the prospect of early aid from the American Red Cross. May GetUTs. Wheat By United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—Chairman Stone of the federal farm board today announced he had informed the Chinese government, through the state department, that the board was willing to discuss a proposed sale to China of 15,000,000 bushels of wheat on credit. China inquired regarding wheat purchases. The government hopes to relieve Yangtze river valley famine sufferers with American grain. China made no proposals on terms of sale. Stone said he believed a two or three-year credit would be acceptable. Stone believes sales to China would not interfere with marketing the current crop, because China is not normally a wheat-consuming nation. Unless the grain could be obtained on such long term credit as only this government could offer, no purchases would be made. Federal grain stocks on the Pacific coast would be more than ample, Stone said, to supply 15,000,000 bushels of wheat to China. Stone thought the Chinese Flood Relief commission would accept delivery at Pacific ports. ‘BIG BILmOE DEAD Dr. Robertson Was Chicago Mayoralty Rival in 1924. By United Press CHICAGO, Aug. 20.—Dr. John Dill Robertson, 61, one-time candidate for mayor and prominent in business circles, died early today at his summer home in Fontana, Wis., of heart disease. The wife he married six months ago when she was his secretary and his son by a former marriage were at his bedside. Dr. Robertson, who held the posts of commissioner of health and manager of the West Park board during his public career, was bitterly attacked as “one of the two white hats” by Mayor William Hale Thompson, after Robertson had run against Thompson in the 1924 mayoralty campaign. 50 FEARId DROWNED Terrific Storm Hits Korea; Scores of Boats Are Wrecked. By United Press SEOUL, Korea, Aug. 20. —Scores of boats have been wrecked or are missing and more than fifty persons were feared dead today in a terrific storm sweping the ocean, off Zenranado. One motorboat, carrying ten persons. went down. A total of seventyfive boats were believed to have been lost and the number of known dead was thirty-five, with twentytwo others missing. BUTLER ASKS TO RETIRE | Marine General Fixes Date at Oct. 1 in Formal Application. By United Press QUANTICO, Va., Aug. 20.—MajorGeneral Smedley D. Butler, who won two congressional medals of honor as a fighting marine, applied today to the navy department for retirement effective Oct. 1. Butler is commandant of the marine barracks here. He plans to live in Newtown Square, Philadelphia, Pa.

Lindbergh’s Plane Is Crippled; Japanese Send Rescue Vessel

Pity This Poor Sailor at Sea in a Westbound Bus

By United Press NEW YORK, Aug. 20. Charles Sengard, blonde oiler of the fruit liner San Jose, now in port, walked along with a rolling gait acquired in Manhattan, climbed into a vacant bus Wednesday night and cruised away, expertly. He charted a course under the “L” and across Broadway, but before hitting Fifth avenue made a sligh miscalculation and banged into a taxi. The driver. Isador Feldman, got out. He ran. He caught the bus. He got Sangard to climb out.

SCHOOL BOARD HAS SUPPORT OF LEGION

Indianapolis Post on Record With Confidence Vote in Budget Clash. Vote of confidence in the Indianapolis school board’s ( preparation of the 1932 budget was given Wednesday night at a meeting of Indianapolis post No. 4, American Legion. In announcing its support of the school board, the post “stole a march” on th£ Seventh district committee of the Legion, appointed to study the budgets of the school board and other governmental unfts. The district committee has not conferred on the subject, Joe Rand Beckett, attorney and committee member, said today. The resolution in favor of the school board was presented the post by Raymond Grider, a member of the legion’s district group. Included in the resolution was the statement that the Legion post was against “the proposal to abandon night schools, vocational schools and free kindergartens.” “The Legion stands for forward moves and not steps backward,” the resolution stated. Members of the post went on record to have delegates at the state Legion convention at Anderson, which opens Saturday, oppose alteration of the Legion districts to coincide wbh the new congressional districts, unless Legion purposes were served by the shift. WINE BRICK STORE PADLOCK IS SOUGHT U. S. Files Suit Against Firm Halted by Raid. By United Press NEW YORK, Aug. 20—The United States government had on file today a suit expected to determine if stores which sell wine bricks which can be turned into wine can be padlocked. The government filed suit Wednesday to padlock the premises where Vino Sano Distributors, Inc., sold wine bricks before they were raided a little more than two weeks ago. If the government wins the suit, the victory will be only a technical one, for the company has moved its offices and has suspended business pending the outcome of criminal complaints against three men arrested in the raid. DRY MAYOR TO TOAST FRANCE—WITH WATER Porter Even Sends St. Loui Chief Bottle of Mineral Product. By United Press ST. LOUIS, Aug. 20.—Los Angeles’ dry mayor, John C. Porter, who declined to drink a toast in champagne to the president of France while touring that country with a party of American mayors has proposed another toast. In a letter inclosed with a bottle of mineral water sent to Mayor Victor J. Miller, Porter said: “Herewith will be found a bottle of drinking water. With it, I cordially invite you to join me in a toast to M. Paul Doumer, -president of France.” He specified the toast was to be drunk Aug. 22. REAL SILK SALES GOOD Upward Trend All Over United States Reported at Banquet. Reports of the Real Silk Hosiery Mills, Inc., show sales trends are upward in all parts of the United States, according to regional and sectional sales managers of the company, who closed a two-day convention Wednesday night. Sales managers were guests of P. O. Ferrel, vice-president and director of sales, and W. G. Youngholf, general sales manager. A banquet at the Indianapolis Athletic Club ended the convention.

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Sengard's gait rolled too much, and he tumbled to the street. “You're drunk,” Feldman wailed. He repeated the charge in police court. “I can't drive a car; never drove one; don’t know the first thing about them,” the sailor testified. He was given the new intoxication examination, during which he said he planned to go out west in the big bus. Later he was arraigned and held for the grand jury.

Make It a Law By United Press BOSTON, Aug. 20.—1f rumsmugglers are going to operate at night they should equip their boats with lights. Congressman A. Piatt Andrew believes. He has asked coast guards to take action against lightless rum-runners.

MERCURY DOWN TO 66 NOTCH Lowest Mark of Season Is Reached Here. Gradually climbing mercury this afternoon brought the temperature to near seasonal heights after rains Wednesday and during the night had slid it to 66. At neon the weather bureau reading was 75. Prospects for Indianapolis and vicinity today were for continued unsettled weather and cool temperatures, with fair skies and probably a maximum temperature below 80 degrees Friday. One of the driest regions of Indiana, the Evansville district, was freshened Wednesday and today by heavy rains that measured 1.12 inches in the governmental wea ar bureau’s glass. At Lafayette the bureau recorded 1.48 inches and many other points in the state reported precipitation from light showers to a half inch or more. In Indianapolis .21 inch rain fell Wednesday and today. With previous rains the day before precipitation here this week now exceeds a half inch. No additional rain was expected this afternoon or tonight. HITS U. POLICY Legion Chief Urges Lower Bonus Interest Rate. By United Press * WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—A lewer int;rest rate on “bonus” loans to World war veterans was advocated today by National Commander Edward T. O’Neil in a discussion of policies to be considered at the coming American Legion convention in Detroit. The present rate is per cent. O’Neil charged that the government was making money at this rate, as it is able to borrow funds at a lower charge. “It is unfair for the government to make a profit from the interest charged the veterans, who are in such dire need of financial assistance that they must pawn their certificates with the government,” he said. 101 RANCH HALTED AFTER 6-MILE ‘JUMP’ Maryland Constables Get ‘Draw’ With New Attachment Papers. By United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. —The 101 ranch wild west show was stranded again today—this time by legal writs backing up its 400 employes’ demand for payment of back wages. Starting home to Oklahoma after two weeks’ delay in Washington, the circus moved just six miles. Six Maryland constables stopped the train as it crossed into that state from the District of Columbia. They were armed with a suitcase full of attachment papers. The attachments said the circus owners were “absconding debtors” and decreed that the train must not be moved until a hearing is held. If the employes are upheld by fche courts, the show could be sold at auction to satisfy their claim.:, for $28,000. I

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COLONEL AND WIFE TAKEN ABOARD SHIP Aircraft Forced Down in Kuriles; Anchor Broken in Landing. ROUGH SEAS ARE PERIL Flier Prepares to Work All Night to Repair Propeller, Motor. BY MILES W. VAUGHN Unted Press Staff Correspondent TOKIO, Aug. 20.—Their disabled plane lashed to a Japanese rescue | ship. Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh remained fog-bound today off Ketoi isle, in the Kurile i chain, a wireless dispatch to the Otchiishi station reported. The dispatch said that the plane’s anchor had been broken in their forced landing and fight with rough | seas during the night. Motor trouble also developed, it was revealed. Repairs were to be made after the waves, slapping dangerously at their trans-Pacific plane, had subsided. Their departure was delayed until Friday at the earliest. Go Aboard Ship The Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh were taken aboard the Shinshiru Maru, where they are spending tonight. The ship anchored just off Ketoi isle, to the west of the island, awaiting clear weather. The Lindberghs, flying one of the most dangerous legs of their 7,000mile trip from Washington to Tokio, were forced down among the islands as dusk fell Wednesday. It was the second time they had been forced to land since leaving Petropavalovsk, Siberia, for Nemuro. The first forced landing was made twenty-five miles from Petropavalovsk, because of motor trouble. While Mrs. Lindbergh tapped out messages on the portable radio, assuring the world they were safe, her husband repaired the motor and they were in the air again after two hours. Run Into Fog They had completed more than half the 900-mile flight to Japan when they ran into fog banks so heavy that Lindbergh decided to turn back. After circling about for many minutes—looking for a hole in the fog, they dropped down safely off the Kurile islands, where the ‘‘hairy Ainus” roam. These islands, stretching from Kamchatka peninsula toward Japan are sparsely inhabited and 600 of the people living on them are of the Ainu tribe, a half civilized people. A radio from the Lindberghs, through the wireless of the Shinshiru Maru, said they expected to complete repair of the airplane by dawn and hoped to start for Nemuro at 5 a. m., provided weather conditions were favorable. Lindy Works on Plane During the evening the weather cleared and grew calmer. The Lindberghs went to their plane in a lifeboat and worked on the propeller, which had suffered some damage. Later they dined with the captain of the Shinshiru Maru, after which Lindbergh planned to return to the plane and possibly work throughout the night. The Shinshiru Maru sent a radio message at 7:10 p. m. indicating that the plane was anchored off northern Ketoi, with an additional rope run to the steamship, anchored some distance offshore. Ministry of communications officials today reiterated denials that the captain of the Shinshiru Maru had questioned Colonel Lindbergh as to why he landed off Ketoi without government permission. The reports are manifestly absurd, the ministry pointed out, inasmuch as the Shinshiru Maru was ordered to proceed to Lindbergh's aid when he alighted. The American embassy also deprecated the rumor, asserting Japanese officialdom was extending the Lindberghs every possible courtesy. URGES RETURN TO LAND Roosevelt Says "Back to Farms” Move Would Aid Employment. By United Press ITHACA, N. Y., Aug. 20.—Gov* ernor Franklin D. Roosevelt recommends a “back to the land” movement as one of many which might be co-ordinated by the federal government in its effort to prevent a recurrence of “the industrial depression.” He announced at the country life conference here Wednesday night his “plan”vhich he specified “was not a panacea.” “No single remedy,” the Governor said, “will bring the country back to normal conditions of employment.”

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