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RAIN AND HAIL BATTER AKRON ON WAY WEST Giant Dirigible Moves On Toward Coast Through Clearing Skies. UNREPORTED FOR HOURS 1.000 at Texas Airport to Land Ship, but Gale Is Too Severe. My In <•'< DRYDEN. Tfx May 10 The H S. ? Akron, giant navy dirigible. )i , rightv men and officers on borm cv.( led for hour* in southwr<- Tr a* todav after riding out a niciit of storms, received wea'h?r rap'/ ' and then or.red above low ciouc: and sped w-stward. In it* path lie the cloud-hanked pa - ■ mountains, -ome of which are mr.rr than B.COO fee : high Tiie hip vas reported at Dryden for the seroVl tjme at 8 30 a m . and later at Sanderson twenty mile.' west. An hour later however, it was back at Langtry. fortyfive miles east o! Dryden. A* this time the ship radioed it planned to set a course for Van Horn by way of Alpine and Marfa, the toute of the Southern Pacific lines. A* the dirigible can remain in Ihe air for a week, no concern was felt for possible fuel exhaustion. Skies vrre clearing somewhat. Trv to Skirt Storm Thunderstorms broke around her a* she appeared over San Antonio, but her'’officers turned northwestward in an effort to run around the storms, and continued on their course. More trouble was in store. The storfiA grew in Intensity. All southwest Texas was "thick with thunderstorms,” weather observers reported. Then the Akron was unreported for a time. Radio operators throughout the state worked frantically to establish communication with the husie ship. Occasionally they hpard faint signals which they believed were attemptst of the dirigible's radio operators to rommunieate. But the storm nude it impossihL* to read the messaf-/;. nl Warning At midntph*. ihe great, gray bulk of the *hip looniwri suddenly over Ran A/lgeio. 200 .*rom Ran Antonio,' fetid the .blinker lights spelled to watching, worried men th* message: j ' We are going to land.” Through driving rain, a thousand men rushed to the airport prepared to form the emergency ground crew. Suddenly hail begaD to fall, the storm grew heavier, and the Akron turned its nose back in the direction from which it had come. For another hour it was unreporteri. Then came word from Ei Dorado, fifty miles south of Ran Ancelo that 'hr ship had ipeen seen there Still fleetrtral disturbances rut, off communication. There was no report for many minutes from the Ship. Then almost at daybreak an American Airways operator at Dallas established communication. After obtaining a weather report from the American Airways station Pic Springs, at 7 a. m . the ship reported it would continue northwestward over Pecos to El Paso. An unlimited ceiling was reported over this route. The ship had been In the air fifty-one hours when the report was obtained. TWO. FACING DEATH IN CHAIR. GRANTED STAYS Dec. 16 Is Date Set for Anderson. Carlin Executions. Petitions of two men. sentenced to die in the plrrtrir chair at the state prison this month. for stays of execution, were granted today by th* suprerpe court. Execution of James Anderson, set for May 13. was moved up to Dec. 16 of this year. Anderson was found guilty in Franklin circuit court in June. 1930. on a charge of murdering Herman Lange, sheriff of Dearborn county. He first was scheduled to die Oct. 1. 1930. but secured e stay. Walter Caglm. convicted in Jefferson circuit court on a charge of killing a Madison policeman, scheduled to die May 27. was also granted a stay until Dec. 16

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VOLUME 43—NUMBER 313

Itching, Shame Bad Vigilantes Sprinkle Powder on Nudists’ Basking Ground.

By / nU>4 prr tm PALO ALTO. Cal.. May 10 Itch powder, used effectively in British Columbia to dampen the ardor of unclad doukohobors. virtually has disrupted Stanford university's budding nudist cult. Henry Miller Madde. thoughtful Stanford Junior, got the idea that sun baths were as good a way to health a* eating spinach. With a band of kindred thinkers he sought seclusion on the campus. But the cult hastily disbanded when someone sprinkled itch powder on their basking ground A note signed ‘The Vigilantes” gave a clew. ‘Next time well take your clothes away from you." the note said, ‘ and you can all walk home raw.”

LEBRUN TAKES DOUMER POST Senate Leader Is Elected President of France: Tardieu Resigns. Ii„ I nihil fit . VERSAILLES. France May 10 Albert Lebrun. 60-year-old president cf the senate, was elected president of France on the first ballot today in succession to the murdered Paul Doumer. The Versailles palace, where the senate and rhamber, sitting as a national assembly, held the election. was heavily guarded by thousands of troops as a precaution against anv outbreak of violence. The election proceeded in good order and was the calmest in history as a tribute to the memory of Doumer. Lebrun's election as fourteenth president of the third republic was proclaimed by Fernand Rabier, vice-president of the senate, as soon as the voting ended. Lebrun will serve for seven years. Premier Andrp Tardipu handed the resignation of himself and his cabinet to President Lebrun tonight. President Lebrun asked Tardieu to continue to handle current affairs until the new parliament meets and another government is formed. Edouard Herriot, radical Socialist leader, confidently was expected to be the new premier.

DEAL MADE 8Y ‘BARBER JAKE' Factor Settles for More Than a Million. lly I mini /‘it** CHICAGO. May 10.—Settlement of 300.000 pounds sterling $1,104 - 000' has been made with British shareholders in the South Rhodesia Company by John (Jake the Barber' Factor. Chicagoan who was accused of swindling the investors of $7.000 000. it was announced today. The settlement was accepted by (he British government receiver lor the South Rhodesia Company. Factor said, and handled through Sidney Stein. Chicago attorney. Factor, who recently won a decision in federal court here against extradition proceedings designed to return him to England .or trial, said the settlement represented more than his profits from the company, which was thrown into ieceivership in London after Factor disappeared. He finally surrendered in Chicago. WANTS M. E. MARRIAGE RITUAL SIMPLIFIED Committee Approve* Deletion of Two Nuptial Phrase*. n / vnftfH /vc * ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. May in. —Deletion of the phrases with all mv worldly goods I thee endow" and "speak now or forever hold your peace" from the marriage service of the Methodist Episcopal church, is recommended in a report of the committee on revision of the ritual, submitted today to the general conference of the church. The report was submitted by the committee's chairman. Dr. John W. Langdale of New York, and recommends further that the words, "earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust." be discontinued in the church's burial service.

BORED EXTORTIONIST Just Tired of Gardening: He Won't for While. Bv I nitni Frrt* DOYLESTOWN. Pr.. May 10 The boredom of being r gardenei caused Oscar Seachrist to seek variety in life by writing two extortion letters to Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, demanding from *50,000 to $150,000 for the return of his kidnaped son. “I'm satisfied." said Seachrist to Judge Hiram H. Heller, who sentenced him to jail for one and onehalf to three years, after he had told his story. Seachrist was arrested March 8 at Croydon, where he had selected a location for the payment of the money. "I knew police would be there." Seachrist told the court. I wanted to be arrested. I was willing to do anything to get away from gardening, even if I had to g 6 to jail.”

CRASH 0E1929 LAID TO BANKS’ GAMING GREED Stocks Speculation Chief Cause. Glass Charge Before Senate. ALLEGES FUNDS MISUSE Opinion Denouncing Practice Suppressed 20 Years, Says Virginian. BV RAY TICKER Time* Staff Writer WASHINGTON, May 10—Senate passage of the Glass banking bill appeared certain today as a result of thg author's sensational speech charging that a rormai opinion condemning use of banking funds in speculation had been suppressed by the department of justice for more than twenty years. Assailing the ‘stock gambling" activities of bank affiliates as a chief cause of the 1929 crash, bank failures and the depression, S3nator Carter Glass iDem.. Va.) revealed that alliance of investment houses with banking institutions had been declared illegal in an opinion submitted to George W. Wickersham. then attorney-general, in 1911. The report was made by Fred W. Lehmann, then solicitor-general and a former president of the American Bar Association. Glass heard of the document only a few days ago. but was unable to find it at the office of John W. Pole, controller of the currency in charge of national banks. Although Pole is "the czar of the national banking system," the opinion never had been brought to his attention. It eventually was found at the department of justice, and across the top of the document was written the words: “Confidential, not to be made public.” Denying any partisan motives. Glass disclosed that “a member of my own party, who has been ele- ! vated to higher office, subsequently denied access to and publication of the opinion." It is understood this refers to James C. Mcßeynolds. attorney- ! general under President Wilson, and now associate justice of the supreme court. Although Wickersham apparently a.sked for the opinion as a guide to (Turn to Page Twelve)

INDICT MEANS IN LINDY FRAUD Grafid Jury Accuses Him of SIOO,OOO Embezzlement. By I iiit<d /V( ** WASHINGTON. May 10.—Gaston B. Means was indicted by a federal grand jury today on two charges growing out of his strange operations in connection with the Lindbergh kidnaping case. The first charge alleges he embezzled SIOO,OOO given him by Mrs. Evalvn Walsh McLean, with which to pay the ransom for the Lindbergh child. The second charge is one of larceny after trust, alleging the larceny of the SIOO,OOO with which Mrs. Mcl<ean says she intrusted Means. Each charge Is contained in a separate indictment. Mrs. McLean is the wife of Edward B. McLean, multimillionaire publisher of Washington and Cincinnati. A society leader of Washington, she is also a multimillionaire in her own right. She is the owner of the famous Hope diamond, reputed omen of ill-fortune. Each charge returned today alleges that on March 7, Mrs. McLean gave Means, former government , agent, who gained wide notoriety 1 during the Harding administration. SIOO,OOO. She did so. it is alleged, after Means had represented to her that he knew the whereabouts of the child and its kidnapers and could obtain its return. ZEPPELIN SETS RECORD Arrives in Germany From Brazil in 77'a Hour*. By f Miled /Vr** FRIEDRICHSHAFEN. May 10. The Graf Zeppelin arrived over Friedrichshafen this morning with a [new record of seventy-seven and ; one-half hours for the return flight from Pernambuco. Brazil, an average speed of eighty-five miles an hour.

FIREMAN PLAYS HOOKY: BLAMES IT ON TABLETS Morrissey Favors Punishment After Hearing Story. Effect of amvthol tablets a? an excuse for a firpman being absent from duty caused the safety board to hesitate today and it took under advisement decision in the case of William A. Devine, member of pumper company No. 27. Devine, who was absent from duty April 21 and 23. said he started to work both days and sought to bolster himself against nervousness by taking some of the tablets. “And that is all I remember." he said in concluding his plea. Chief Mike Morrissey .tavored punishment. *‘l am afraid some of my men might decide to go fishing one of these days— not a bed trick.” Morrissey commented.

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, MAY in, 1932

Hands Over Cash to Bandit , but Is Slain as He Lies Helpless

Filling Station Operator Dies in City Hospital of Wounds. After obeying the command of a bandit of hand over his money, Joseph P. O'Callahan, 48, w-as shot 14) death early today in a filling station at Emerson avenue and Pendleton pike. O'Callahan succumbed at city hospital of two bullet wounds in the abdomen and hip after relating his story of the robbery and shooting His murderer escaped. Clew Is Provided First clew as to identity of the slayer was given police several hours after the shooting by P. D. LaMar. 3811 College avenue. LaMar said he drove past the station at about the moment O'Callahan was shot, and that he narrowly escaped colliding with a large sedan which roared away from the filling station, heading out of town on the Pendleton pike. LaMar said he believed the car contained two men. He provided police with a license number and description of the automobile. O'Caiianan had closed the filling station shortly before midnight, and apparently had fallen to sleep on a cot in the small structure, when he was awakened as the bandit shattered glass in the window above the cot. The attendant raised upon the cot and attempted to grasp a revolver which he had placed on a chair beside the cot when the bandit fired the first shot, apparently through the window. Bandit Fires Two Shots Wounded, O’Callahan produced SlO but remained on the cot. At this point, O'Callahan told police, the bandtt fired a second shot through the window. The slug tore through O'Callahan's abdomen and he fell. The bandit then entered the station, grabbed the money from O'Callahans hand and escaped. OCallahan. attendant at the station since February, lay for nearly ten minutes on the floor and crawled finally to the door, shoutinß for aid. His calls were heard by three youths and three girls as they drove past the station. They found OCallahan in the doorway. He told them to notify Robert Roell. whose home facer the filling station on Thirtieth street at the intersection. “Don't Lei Daughter Know” “Tell him I'm shot, but don't let my daughter know it.” O'Callahan said. His daughter. Ethel. 18. came to the city Saturday from Orleans. Ind.. to join her father and was living at the Roell home. When the group returned to the station, motor policemen Eugeno Beaver and Glen Mangus arrived at the scene to investigate a parked auto. | O'Callahan was unable to give a description of his assailant. One of the slugs, apparently fired from a .32-caliber automatic, was found on the floor of the station. A discharged shell from the slayer's gun was found near the building. Survived by Widow O'Callahan is survived by the daughter and the widow, who resides in Orleans, but who expected to come to Indianapolis to live this sunjmer. He formerly wa* an active member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Although final arrangements for the funeral have not been completed. the rites probably will be held Wednesday at the Kirby & Dinn funeral parlors. O Callahan was a member of the Holy Cross church, and had participated as a singer in St. Patrick’s day rites recently. PHYSICIANS PERFECT BUSINESS ORGANIZATION Board of Economies Calculated to "Make Medicine Cheaper." By I nii'd Prrti NEW ORLEANS. May 10—The American Medical Association appointed a board of economics today to mfV recommendations for placing ne medical profession on a "business basis." ! The action was taken at the annual convention here after speakers had discussed plans lor cheaper medical service and medical educaI tion, better means of allocating I physicians and plans for financing illness and similar subjects. I The new' policy, officials ex- : plained, is not to make medicine 1 "commercial,” but rather "economical."

ASK 48-HOUR STRIKE Labor to Act on Plan for National Layoff. R'j T nit rtf prrtt READING. Pa . May 10.—Agitation for a forty-eight-hour national strike of workers to force realization of the seriousness of changing economic conditions was fore' ast at the annual convention of the Pennsylvania State Federation of Labor which opened here today. John Edleman, research director of the American Federation of Full-Fashioned Hosiery Workers, affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, said the plan will be presented at the first meeting of the state labor body. "If the plan is approved by the state federation, we hope to have the American Federation of Labor i also adopt the idea, ' he said.

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HUNGER RELIEF NEED GROWING Conditions Are Immeasurably Worse in Last Three Months, Senate Told. Ry Scriptm-Hovrmil \rirnftnprr Alliance WASHINGTON. May 10—Since congress last considered federal hunger relief three months ago conditions everywhere in the country have grown immeasurably worse, social workers report to the senate manufactures committee. Private contributions for relief long have been exhausted: public funds available will be exhausted in all the large cities not later than July -15. according to reports made Monday by workers from New York, Pennsylvania and Chicago. In New York families are being forced to subsist on 52.39 a w’eefc. In other cities, families are being given $3. $4 and $5 a week. In the anthrarite regions of Pennsylvania, destitute families with numerous children get only $4 a month with which to kefp alive. Conditions Grow Worse In the southwest, particularly in Houston and Dallas, no applications lor relief are being received from Negroes or Mexicans, but social workers "have the uneasy consciousness” that these large groups are without help. In Cleveland and Chicago hospitals are threatened with closing. Clevelands summer camp for undernourished children will have to be closed,* and practically all community work except direct relief, has stopped. New York City has a waiting list of 44.000 families in need o' help. New Orleans is giving unemployed only one day’s work a week and has 26.000 applicants for which it can do nothing. Dark Outlook Next Winter Without exception, the social workers saw no hope of feeding the needy throueh another fall and winter without federal help. Edward F. McGrady of the American Federation of Labor told the committee Char "if something is not done, the doors of revolt in this country are going to be drawn open, and the leaders of the government ought to know it,.’’ McGrady said he was making labor's last, appeal for help. The committee has before it a new relief bill introduced by Senator Edward L. Cositgan <Dem. Colo.) proposing $500,000,000 federal relief bond issue. The committee was to meet again today to hear Dr. Lillian Gilbreth of. the President's unemployment organization, oppose the bill. DEATH MESSAGE FATAL Tell* Sister of Mother's Demise; Then Succumb* to Stroke. By r nitrrt /Vr* CHICAGO. May 10.—When Mrs. Carolina Wilson, 58. died of heart disease after several months’ illness, her son James. 30. left her bedside to carry the news to his sister. Mrs. William Moore. Wilson opened the door of his sister's home. "Mother just died." he said, then stumbled and fell. When his sister reached him, he was dead of a heart attack.

DIVORCEE PAID $5,000 FOR TOSSING BOUQUET Think* Figure Too High: No >LSue for Its Return. ft '/ r H't' l I’rt •• WHEATON. 111.. May 10.—Five thousand dollars, decided Mrs. Jessie Erickson, a chic young divorcee, is too much to pay for the privilege of tossing bouquets to a tall, angular married motorman. She was suing in circuit court today, therefore. to recover $5,000, which her attorneys claim was paidin 1926 to Albert Gregory, the motorman. and his wife Grace. Mrs. Erickson, her attorrieys said, became acquainted with the motorman through mutual interest in flowers. One day she tossed him a bouquet, and friendship flowered. Hourly Temperature* 6a. m 51 10 a. m 54 7a. m 52 11 a. m 56 Ba. m 53 12 'noon).. 59 9 a. m 54 1 p. m 58

Sneered a* Serond-Olana Matter at Postoffice. lndiaoapolla

CHIEFS OF BOTH PARTIES IN CONGRESS JOIN HANDS TO PUSH ECONOMY DRIVE

Hoover Thinks . Co-Opera-tion Has Gone Far to Dispel Nation’s Fear. LAUDS BONUS ACTION Killing of Legislation for Veterans Hailed as Success Step. R'i I nils it /'•<■* WASHINGTON. May 10.— President Hoover feels that the eo-operation among leaders in both parties in the senate for settling the finance and economy problems al-

ready have gone far to restore confidence and destroy fear throughout the country. The President's viewpoint was discussed today by competent authorities. What Mr. Hoover considers th° death and burial" of the bonus bill in congress is one reason why the chief executive feels encouraged at the outlook for business recovery. The other major reason was the success of his week-end conference with leaders in the senate which he believes will result in early passage of the long delayed tax bill. Unity I* Encouraged Encouraging unity of action among leaders in both parties in the senate was seen in administration quarters as preparing the way for the early passage of this vital legislation. The President believes co-opera-tion of all factions would make it possible to submit the revenue bill and economy legislation to anew subcommittee on economy which has been organized In the senate. He feels there is still some possibility of saving upward of $200.000.000. as originally proposed. The President desires the people to understand there are two ways to the goal of economy—by reduction of appropriations and by changes in the law delegating new authority on which reductions can be made. Elated Over Bonus Curb The President particularly is elated at the killing of the bonus legislation in the house ways and means committee last week. This legislation, he has felt, might disrupt the /entire program of government economy. The President feels that the most important problem facing his administration at the moment is the early balancing of the budget by co-ordination of action. He now feels that this is possible and expenditure reductions can be made in all directions. Evidence that the people generally have responded to this new atmosphere in the national Capitol has reached the President who now feels optimistic that they will support the administration and leaders in congress in hurrying the economy and taxatiop legislation into law. Jobless Relief Hinted Rumors that the administration contemplates some form of unemployment relief through the construction finance corporation were emphasized when Charles G. Dawes, president of the corporation, appeared todav at the senate office building. Dawes was asked wnet her his conference with senators had to do with a relief project. • "That would be a legislative mat- ! ter.” Dawes replied, refusing to discuss the matter further. Reports that President Hoover would recommend amendment of the finance corporation act to permit loans to cities and states for relief of the hungry have been circulating for some time. WOMEN HURT IN CRASH Two Machine* Collide on Road 6” Near Oaklandon. Collision of two automobiles on Road 67 near Oaklandon Monday night resulted in injury’ of two women. Mrs. A. R Murphy. 65 of 2138 Station street, is believed to be in- | jured internally. Mrs. C. C. Lyle. 63 Lawrence, was bruised severely. The car driven by Mrs. Murphy's husband collided with one driven by H. C. Anders. 23. Anderson.

YOUNG WIFE SLAIN Husband Denies Guilt, but Is Being Held. R'l t nitrr! Pmi MILLERSBURG. Pa. May 10 Alleged discrepancies in the stones of his movements twenty-four hour’s before the nude and battered body of his 18-year-old wife was found in a muddy stream near here induced Holmes county authorities today to retain Herbert Meeker, 23-year-old farmer, in custody. County Prosecutor E. M. Estill, quoting the young fanner's assertions of innocence, said Meeker at the same time had told questioners conflicting stories. Meeker, who is 23. collapsed at sight of his wife's body in the morgue. When revived, he again looked *' tb- "iris mutilated features and sobbed: "Gertrude. Gerrude —get up and tell them who did it.”

Hurley Angry llv I nt'rd prntt WASHINGTON. May 10.— War Secretary Patrick Hurley, who has figured in numerous quarrels with congress, vigorously protested before the house military affairs committee today against drastic cuts in army appropriations.

FIGHT BREWS OVER TARIFFS Sharp Floor Fight Seen in Senate Debate on Tax Measure. BY MARSHALL M'NEIL Time* Staff Writer WASHINGTON, May 10—Senate leaders who are trying to smooth the way lor quick passage of the $1,030,000,000 tax bill, today foresaw sharp controversies over its five new tax-tariff and the admissions lax. Senate debate will start Wednesday or Thursday, depending on how soon the Glass banking bill is voted on. Attempts also will be made to rhange other provisions, particularly the income tax rates, but the proposals of the finance committee have the support of conservatives of both parties and seem likely, for the most part, to prevail. The tax-tariffs are five: Oil. lumber, coal, copper and crude rubber. Senator Cordell Hull (Dem.. Tenn.>, who fought the tax tariffs in committee, apparently believer, if the oil tariff can be beaten the others may be kicked out. He is bitter in his denunciation of efforts to lead down an emergency levenue measure, levying high and unusual taxes, with protective tariffs. These, he beliefes. will help throttle foreign trade at a time when the world, and particularly this country, should be lowering Its trade barriers.

Tariff Fighl Feared His party ha* made a campaign issue of the Republican HawleySmoot tariff, but whether it Is retained as an issue appears to depend on the final form of the tax bill. Hull has strong Democratic support, although Democratic senators Tom Connally of Texas, and Senator Thomas R. Gore of Oklahoma chiefly are responsible for the committee's approval of the petroleum impost. Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas, the minority leader, opposes the tariffs. Pat Harrison of Mississippi, ranking Democrat on the committee. Millard E. Tydings of Maryland and others will fight them. Arthur R. Robinson and James E. Watson (Rep.. Ind.) apparently fear that the tariff fight, unless curbed somehow, may delay passage of the bill bevond the time expected by the country. Treasury Secretary Ogden L. Mills, in voicing public approval of the bill he practically wrote, expressed hope the bill could be Dut through the senate in two weeks. Night Session Planned To speed the process, night sessions are planned. There is less speech making after dinner. Samuel M. Shortridge, tall, pontifical Republican senator from California, has indicated he will lead the fight against the admissions tax. This levies 10 per cent on all admissions—to movies, theaters. etc—costing over 10 certs, and is displeasing to Hollywood, movje eapital of the world. Shortridge. in the face of the administration's demands for speed and co-operation, tried to stop the committee at its final meeting by moving reconsideration. A fewDemocrats and progressives joinefl him. but he failed. The income tax fight will be led .by young, black-haired Robert La Follett?. the Wisconsin Repub-lican-Progressive. and white-b'ured Jim Couzens. Michigan Republican. Dispute Income Taxes La Follette wants the surtaxes increased in compliance with the theorv of income taxation, instead of stopping short of 45 per cent on incomes in excess of $1,000,000: and Couzens believe* if the war-time income taxes were reimposed, much mon®y might be raised, and several of the numerous nuisance taxes eliminated. Huey Long, red-haired Democratic Napoleon of Louisiana, is expected to join in the fight to hike rates on incomes, estate* and gifts. Connally will try again to have the senate adopt the 1922 income rates, which the finance committee adopted before Mills trained his guns on it. Connally also may push his fight for an excess profits tax on corporations. Couzens. and his Michigan colleague. Arthur H. Vandenberg. will fight the higher auto taxes, which were written into the bill after a long list of luxury taxes was stricken out. Other high point* in the floor battle will come when David J. Walsh 'Dem.. Mass.) joins David A. Reed 'Rep.. Pa.i in trying to put the discredited sales tax back in the bill.

HOME EDITION F KIC E TWO CENTS Outside Marion County, 3 Cents

Bipartisan Committee Is Named by Senate to Devise Program. HOUSE AID OFFERED Struggle Over Slashing of Military Funds Is Begun. BY RUTH FINNEY Tlmn Staff Writer WASHINGTON. May 10.— Co-operation not only between the two parties, but also between the two houses of congress in effecting: federal accompany seemed assured today. The senate appropriations committee today created a bi-partisan economy committee to consider the economy program. Chairman Jones of the committee appointed himself and Senators Bingham <Rep.. Conn.*, Dickinson • Rep.. la.. McKellar 'Dem.. Tenn.t. Bratton 'Dem.. N. M.) and Byrnes ' Dem.. S. C.) Creation of the committee followed agreement on the senate floor Monday between Majority Leader Watson and Majority Leader Robinson that the parties should share equally in responsibility for devising an economy program. In addition, the economy committee of the house, made up of four Democrats and three Republicans, has offered its services to the senate committee which will study its $30,000,000 economy bill, and, if desired. will put at the disposal of the senate all the information it collected in its unsuccessful attempt to secure approval ol other measures in the house. Meantime. In consideration of the war department appropriations bill on the floor of the house today, there is less prospect, for cooperation. War Over Army Cuts The appropriations committee has recommended cutting the war department $24,710,750 under the amount recommended by the budget, and Republican Floor Loader Bertrand H. Snell has announced he will oppose this reduction. Snell submitted to the house a statement from General Douglas Mac Arthur, chief of staff, viewing "with utmost concern” plans to drop 2,000 officers from the regular army, and charging that further reduction "would bring us,close to prostration." Washington has been flooded with protests against all the economies in the war department bill by the Reserve Officer Training Corps Association. The house economy committee is meeting again todav following its resumption of activity Monday, and while Chairman John McDuffie would not outline what it plans to do. he admitted that it may offer new economy legislation, and even that it may offer some of the proposals rejected bv the house, in somewhat, different form. He opposes any new omnibus bills, however. Seek to Know Hoover Attitude The senate's bipartisan committee is to contain six members of the appropriations committee, three from each party. It may be selected when the appropriations committee meets today to consider the independent offices appropiration bill and two resolutions sent it Monday after a sharp eccnomy skirmish on the senate floor. One of the resolutions, offered by Senator Tasker Oddie (Rep., Nev.i calls lor abandonment of the additional 10 per cent cut policy as far as treasury and post office bills are concerned. When Oddie called the resolution up for a vote Monday, immediately following his economy visit to the White House with other Republican senators, he was beseiged with questions from Democrats as to whether his opposition to this savings plan was approved by the President. Oddie insisted that he did not know, although he said the President "thinks it a wicked thing to discharge thousands of federal employes.” There was no Republican response to a general Democratic challenge to disclose how Hoover stands on this proposal for saving *70.500.000 in the two bills under consideration, and $290,000,000 in the general 10 per cent program. Fear Another Scolding "We want *o know whether we would be co-operating with the President if we abandoned this economy measure which his cabinet members oppose, or whether we would be charged by him with blocking economy," said Senator James F. Byrnes (Dem.. S. C.) "We should not be asked to vote on this without knowing whether we would be calling down on our heads another scolding." Republican Floor Leader Charles McNary hastily moved to end the discussion by sending the resolution to committee, where it probably will slumber. LIMITS SIDEWALK USE Chief Warns of “Parking” Violation! on “Commix*ion Row." Ordinance limiting use of sidewalks by merchants on "commission row." particularly' on South Delaware street and Virginia avenue, will b*- enfe ' —rictly. Chief Mike Morrissey sale too a*-...