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MILLIONAIRE IS KIDNAPED; ASK $60,000 RANSOM Wealthy Young Denver Man Is Seized by Two Who Wait in Shadow of Garage for Him to Return Home. STRIKE AT HIGHEST SOCIETY STRATA Rise of Victim’s Family Has Paralleled State’s Industrial Rise; Note Thrust in Hands of Wife by Abductors. BY CLYDE G. BYERS Vnitcd I’ress Staff Correspondent DENVER, Feb. 13.—Kidnapers held Charles Boettcher 11, young Denver millionaire, for $60,000 ransom today. He was seized by two men, who had hid themselves in the shadows of his garage awaiting his arrival home Sunday night. Boettcher and his wife arrived at 11:50 p. m. One of the men forced him into a small sedan. The other thrust a ransom note into the hands of Mrs. Boettcher.

The kidnapers struck in the j highest strata of Denver busi-! ness and society in picking | young Boettcher as their prey, lie probably was the wealthiest young man in the city. His father and grandfather be- j fore him amassed one of the largest, fortunes in Colorado. The rise of the family has paralleled the industrial rise of the state. Pursuit was prompt, for Mrs. Boettcher summoned police immediately. But, despite the police, with their advantages of larger numbers and radio, the criminals apparently made good their escape with their victim. Gets Glimpse of Abductor The abductors either possessed authentic information as to Boettcher's movements or were inordinately lucky. For he had returned from Kansas City by airplane only a few hours before. He had been visiting his mother, Mrs. Millison McCormick. Mrs. Boettcher obtained a brief j glimpse of one of the kidnapers as j he stepped into the light from the ! shadows, gun in hand. He was an American, smoothshaven and stout. She guessed he was about 42 years old, 5 feet 7 inches tall, and weighed perhaps 160 pounds. He wore a sand-colored tweed overcoat and a cap. Mrs. Boettcher did not see his confederate, but noted that their car was | without license plates. No Trace of Kidnapers The police radio crackled instructions to patrol cars within ten minutes after the abduction, but all trace of the sedan and its occupants had vanished by the time they arrived. Special officer Ed Stephens, night watchman of the palatial Boettcher home, and five others in the fashionable Seventh avenue neighbor- j hood, was on his beat a block away at the time of the kidnaping. He did not see the kidnapers arrive or depart. Apparently no one j except Mrs. Boettcher saw them., I Although all the neighbors were aroused by the arrival if scores of official cars, none reported seeing or hearing the kidnapers. The wife of the kidnaped man today ofTered to pay the $60,000 ransom demanded for his release. •'Nothing else matters," said Mrs. Boettcher. "I'll pay it all. I just want him safe." Airplanes were ofTered for the search by Major Carlos S. Reavis of the Colorado national guard. It was indicated planes would take off shortly to observe possible hideouts in the mountains. CHARGES FALSE ARREST $50,000 Damages Sought for Malicious Prosecution by City Man. Charging he was arrested on a false charge of forgery, on which the grand jury refused to indict him. Robert Burkhart. Indianapolis, today sought $50,000 damages for malicious prosecution in a jury trial in superior court one. Burkhart asks this amount from the Krogery Grocery and Baking Company and two other defendants, Harley J. Pavey and Carl Pavey. He alleges they caused his arrest July 20, 1931, as a result of which he remained in jail several days. The county grand jury recommended his discharge Oct. 21, 1931, he allege?. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 27 10 a. m 33 7 a. m 27 11 a. m 38 8 a. m 29 12 (noon'.. 40 9 a. m 33 1 p. m 39

Name a Cabinet It's opening day in The Times’ Pick a Cabinet contest. On Page Five of this edition appears a picture of Roosevelt's cabinet. It lacks an important feature, however. All the members are headless and have no names. It's your job to supply the names and the heads. Cut out the picture today. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday three groups of pictures will be published. Cut out the heads, fit them to the bodies, and select your own cabinet. Cash prizes will be awarded. Turn now to Page Five for full information.

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VOLUME 44—NUMBER 238

HOOVER'S LAST SPEECH READY Goes to New York Today for Farewell Address at G. 0. P. Dinner. By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—For the last time before he leaves the White House to become a private citizen again, President Hoover packed his suitcase today to go to New York where he delivers a Lincouln day address tonight. It is regarded as his farewell address and the last important utterance he is scheduled to make as President. Mr. Hoover will speak at the annual Lincoln dinner of the National Republican Club at the WaldorfAstoria hotel at 10 p. m. The President spent much of Lincoln’s birthday working over his manuscript in the White House study, which is named for the immortal President. Some who cling to the hope that Mr. Hoover will be called upon to carry the Republican banner in the 1936 presidential fight, awaited tonight's utterance with high expectation. The contents of the speech were guarded closely. Republican leaders prepared to make his New' York appearance a national political event. Mr. Hoover was scheduled to leave Washington at 2:15 p. m. He is due in New r York at 6:45 p. m. He planned to go immediately to the WaldorfAstoria. where the dinner is set for 8 p. m. Mr. Hoover's speech is to begin at 10 p. m. (9 p. m., Central standard time). WEDNESDAY SET AS LICENSE DEADLINE State Police Are Ordered to Begin Arrests. Notice was served today from the office of Frank Mayr Jr., secretary of state, that Wednesday will be the deadline for the use of 1932 automobile license plates. Orders were issued to state police I to begin making arrests Thursday in their districts. Last year the final date was extended until March 1. Preparations were being made in the license bureau for the customary last minute rush as tardy motorists sought to obtain new' licenses before the deadline.

ERNIE SGHAAF TAKEN TO OPERATING ROOM Injured Boxer Is Partially Paralyzed, Is Report. ! Hit l ii itrd Press NEW YORK. Feb. 13.—Ernie Schaaf, heavyweight boxer, injured j in his bout last Friday night with ; Primo Camera, was taken to the operating room of the Polyclinic hospital at noon today. Physicians, attending him since he was taken to the hospital in a semi-coma, believe he is suffering from a clot on the brain which has resulted in partial paralysis.

Hides 3 Weeks; Freezes Homeless Man May Lose Legs; Lives on Milk; Hay Only Shelter in Barn.

/> >' f nitrd Press LADOGA, Ind.. Feb. 13.—Half starved and with both legs frozen. Henry Grebb, 40. homeless, was found in the barn of Dode Cro r dian. south of here, where he had lived* on milk for nearly three weeks. Every time some-one approached. Grebb said he crawled into the hay to avoid detection.

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Governor Charles W. Bryan By t. nitrd Press * LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 13.—Governor Charles W. Bryan Issued a proclamation today calling upon holders of mortgages on Nebraska farms and homes to suspend foreclosures.

PUSH REPEAL RELIEF BILLS U. S. Senate Expects to Act This Week on Two Measures. By Her />/>-lloirard Xcwspaycr Alliance WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—The senate this week may take final action on two far reaching legislative proposals. It will pass a modified prohibition repeal amendment before Saturday, Senator John J. Blaine (Rep., Wis.), author of the measure, predicts. Passage of the Wagner bill, liberalizing the Reconstruction Finance Corporation law will follow speedily, Senator Robert Wagner (Dem., N. Y.) says. Senate leaders are described as tired of the inaction which has marked the last ten weeks of the ’’lame duck” congress. The Blaine measure, as it stands now, is not satisfactory to Blaine, nor to ofher wet leaders, who will endeavor to eliminate some of the objectionable features. Senators predict, however, that the required two-thirds vote will be obtained even though the objectionable sections are retained. After a series of delays, the Wagner relief amendment, which has President-Elect Roosevelt’s indorsement, probably will be approved Tuesday by the senate banking and currency committee. A subcommittee already has indorsed the measure. Should the prohibition debate show signs of continuing longer than anticipated, the repeal amendment will be laid aside to take up the Wagner bill. FAMILY OF 4 KILLED AS FIRE RAZES HOME Sleeping Youngstown Victims Are Trapped by Blaze. Ba 1 ailcil Press YOUNGSTOWN. 0., Feb. 13.—A sleeping family of four was trapped and burned to death when fire of undetermined origin partly destroyed the bungalow' home of Alexander A. Spraker today. The dead are: Alexander Spraker, 43; his wife, Mabel, 32; his son, Darwin, 6; his daughter, Marilyn, 9. By I nitcil Press LOUISVILLE, Ky„ Feb. 13.—Fire which swept an apartment here killed three children, the eldest 3 years old, in their beds and critically burned their father, Lucien Boone, 26. RELIEF BOARD TO MEET New State Commission to Gather Here on Wednesday. First meeting of the new- state unemployment relief commission district chairmen will be held in the office of Governor Paul V. McNutt Wednesday, with Fred Hoke, state chairman, presiding. Governor McNutt wil be unable to attend, having arranged to attend a meeting of the fifth corps army area board at Ft. Hayes. O.

EX-GOVERNOR IS DEAD Hawaiian Island Chief, During Regime of "T. R.” By Vii itrd Press HONOLULU, T. H.. Feb. 13. George Robert Carter, 66. Governor of Hawaii during the administration of President Theodore Roosevelt, is dead here of a heart ailment which caused death. Cleveland Judge to Speak Judge Robert S. Marx of Cleveland, wil laddress the senate finance committee at 7 tonight in the senate chamber on effects on the wage earner of the proposed new chain I store tax law.

But when his legs froze, he was unable to move. j Crodian had lieen missing milk for several days. Hay was the only protection he had from the cold during last week’s sub-zero weather. Grebb was taken to a hospital at Crawfordsville, where physicians said it may be necessary to amputate his legs.

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1933

‘BEST MINDS’ CLINIC ON U. S. ILLS OPENED B. M. Baruch, Adviser to Roosevelt Appears at Senate Inquiry. FIGHTS ALL INFLATION Tax Everything, Cut Down Spending, His Advice to Speed Prosperity. BY LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—Bernard M. Baruch, capitalist and advisor to President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, today outlined before a senate committee a program for taxation and other emergency projects which he said was necessary to avoid economic disaster. Baruch appeared before the senate finance commission W'hich is holding a clinic of ‘‘best minds” on domestic and world problems. The scene was like a movie set with Kleig lights glaring and Baruch’s w'ords being absorbed by the talkies for reproduction throughout the United States. In staccato, clipped sentences, Baruch read his prescription for world ills: ‘‘Balance budgets. Stop spending money W'e haven’t got. Sacrifice for frugality and revenue. Cut governmental spending—cut it as rations are cut in a siege. ‘Tax for Everything’ ‘‘Tax—Tax everybody for everything. But take the hungry men off the world's pavements and let people smile again.” He opposed all forms of inflation, insisted that a balanced budget and sound money were the avenues to salvation for the United States. He opposed cancellation of war debts, but condemned the Versailles treaty in bitter language indicating his belief that it should be revised. For the United States recommended farm relief in tw'o directions—scaling dowm of farm debts and curtailed production. He w'ould have the government rent from the fai'mers the land taken out of production to reduce commodity surpluses. Urges Immediate Repeal Beer should be legalized anc taxed, Baruch continued, and the eighteenth amendment should be repealed immediately “not alone foi relief of its abuses but for the purpose of obtaining taxation which can be substituted for more onerous levies.” Baruch’s farm plan was as follows : Authorize a farm mortgage corporation to issue 3 per cent t s exempt 30-year bonds would be exchanged for existing mortgages oi for title to foreclosed farms, but not to exceed 60 per cent of the pai value of the previous indebtedness The mortgages thus taken over would be revised on the basis of 314 per cent interest with the objective of reducing the principal by 50 pei cent and the interest rate by about 66 2-3 per cent. LINDT EXTORTION HEARING IS DELAYED Government Continues Case to Obtain More Evidence. By Vnfted Press ROANOKE, Va.. Feb. 3.—Preliminary hearing for Joe Bryant and Mr. and Mrs. Norman Harvey, charged by the federal government with conspiracy to kidnap the second Lindbergh child, was postponed today until Saturday by Federal Commissioner Charles Fox Jr. Motion for continuance was made by Federal District Attorney J. C. Shaffer to permit the government to obtain additional evidence in the case. Bond for Harvey was reduced from $25,000 to sio.ooo, and for Bryant to $5,000 from $25,000. STMULANTS ARE GIVEN Corbett’s Doctor Administers Hypodermic to Sinking Ex-Champ. By United Press NEW YORK. Feb. 13.—Stimulant* were administered to James J. Corbett, former heavyweight champion Today as he continued his battlf against a heart ailment. Corbett awoke suddenly during ! the early morning hours. His physician was called and a hypodermii was administered. •

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Zero Foundling Baby Girl Is Named for Weather Along With the Forecaster. By Uni led Press CHICAGO, Feb. 13.—• The newest foundling at St. Vincent's orphanage has been named Zero Donnel. Here's the reason: When Mrs. May Tiedman found the baby girl on her doorstep she called police. Officers Thomas Scanlan and Adolph Plinski took the baby to the orphanage. “Call her Zero," Scanlan told the orphanage clerk, “because that’s what the weather was when we got her.” “But she’s got to have a last name, too,’ objected Plinski. "All right then, call her Zero Donnel, he's the man responsible for the weather,” answered Scanlan, and the baby was entered under that name. C. A. Donnel is the government weather forecaster in Chicago. WRIiTREPEAL BATTLE IS ON Democratic Senator Waging One-Man Fight for Dry Law. One-man battle against advancement- of the Wright bone dry law repealer was staged in the senate this afternoon when the measure came from the public policy committee with a minority report demanding indefinite postponement of action. Although the minority action was termed futile by administration leaders, Senator Elias C. Swihart (Dem., Elkhart), one of the two minority signers, told the senate that repeal of the law would leave only the federal law “to control the vicious liquor traffic in Indiana.” Swihart drew a laugh from the gallery and the floor when he declared he had “not seen a drunken men in Indianapolis since I’v been here.” After Swihart’s address, the senate adjourned until later this afternoon, when the battle was expected t obe renewed. Senator Will Brown (Rep., Hebron) was the other signer of the minority report, but he had made no defense of the action at adjournment. The committee, however, recommended indefinite postponement of action on the measures defining drunken driving and public intoxication and for revocation of the license of a liquor selling store where the federal dry law is violated. The committee acted after wet leaders had pointed out that the bills had been in committee since Feb. 1 without any action. The beer control bill this afternoon was eligible for passage in the house. It has been amended several times. STARTS PERILOOS HOP OVER ALPS IN GLIDER Swiss Expert Towed 15,000 Feet High. By United Press ZURICH, Switzerland, Feb. 13. Willy Farner, Switzerland’s leading motorless airplane pilot, started today on the first attempt to cross the Alps in a glider. It was regarded as possibly the most hazardous gliding attempt ever made. A motored airplane piloted by Robert Fretz towed the Farner craft aloft, intending to go as high as possible, probably more than 15,000 feet. If the weather Ls favorable, Farner will start gliding in the Gotthard region, aiming to land in Milan, seventy-five miles from Gotthard, risking the danger of a forced landing in the mountains. NEW BILLS PREPARED One Makes Lieutenant-Governor Full-Time State Official. Lieutenant-Governor M. Clifford Townsend will become a full-time state official with a $6,000 annual salary under terms of a bill prei pared by the administration for introduction in the senate today. Another administration bill, also ready, will transfer all powers of the state finance committee to the new department of audit and control and in addition will permit the borrowing of funds over a four-year period. These funds may be secured I through the issuance of state cerI tificates of indebtedness bearing 5 per cent interest under terms of the j measure.

Crooks Enjoy Civil War Two Posses Turn Out in lowa Town, Battle Each Other as Suspects Flee.

Fy T'nitcd Prrnu PLEASANTVILLE. Ia„ Feb. —When night marshal Clarence Smith sees holdup men after this, he’s going to investigate personally instead of calling out a posse, he decided today. Smith, seeing two suspicious characters, called the telephone operator to muster a vigilante organization. Soon a group of thirty men gathered stealthily, armed with sawed-off shotguns and revolvers. Smith, fearing delay might be disastrous, personally recruited another group of men. They

BRITISH READY TO TALK ECONOMIC PROBLEMS AT WAR DEBT CONFERENCE

At Feeney Will Direct New State Safety Unit

Fire Marshal Hogston to Be Ousted, in Major Shift by McNutt. Dismissal of the last of Republican office holders from the statehouse mpended today, as Governor Paul V. McNutt prepared his first major order reorganizing state departments. The order was understood to oust Alfred M. Hogston, state fire marshal, transferring the office to the executive department under a safety division to be headed by A1 Feeney, Indianapolis business man and former athlete. Feeney will be chief of the state police, replacing Grover C. Garrott, and appointee of Secretary* cf StatFrank Mayr Jr. Duties of the fire marshal, in arson cases, and bank robbery investigations and other activities of the bureau of criminal investigation will be combined with the police work under Chief Feeney. McNutt has been trying, for the last week, to get Hogston into his office to break the news, but the fire marshal has been ill at his Irvington home. Today the Governor was told that Hogston would be present for an afternoon conference. It is expected that Hogston will be told that since funds in his office are exhausted to the point where it would be impossible to meet February payrools, the entire staff, including Hogston, shall be dismissed. Feeney will take over the fire marshal’s affairs, police and criminal bureau as soon as * the executive order is written. Taking over the police and criminal bureau is the first step toward removal of all patronage from Mayr and concentrating it in the hands of the Governor. CHINA UNITED FOR ‘ DEFENSE OF JEHOL Whole Nation Is Ready, Says Acting Premier. By United Press PEIPING, Feb. 13.—Any attack on Jehol province will encounter the united resistance of all China, acting premier T. W. Soong announced today after conferences with Marj shal Chang Hsueh-Liang. j Soong said he came here because j of the threat against Jehol “which | is as integral a part of China as i Nanking.” By United Press TOKIO. Feb. 13.—Japan will continue to ignore all efforts of the League of Nations to settle the Manchurian dispute on the grounds that recommendations and negotiations of the league, *oward establishing Chinese sovereignty over Manchuria, arc illegal, a government spokesman said today. MOTHER OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE DEAD Mrs. Violetta Van De Vanter Had Lived Since 1848 at Marion, Ind. By United Press ' MARION, Ind.. Feb. 13.—Mrs. I Violetta Van De Vanter, 94, mother | of Willis Van De Vanter, associate justice of the United States supreme court, died at her home here today. Born in Perry county, Ohio, Mrs. I Van De Vanter came to Marion with I her parents in 1848. Her husband, Isaac, one cf the leading attorneys cf this part of the state, died in 1898. RATE REVIEW REFUSED Public Service Commission Is Upheld by Supreme Court. The United States supreme court has refused to review the Wabash Valley Electric Company rate case under which the Indiana public service commission established the South system as basis for rate making for the city of Martinsville, it was learned here today. The commission’s order previously was upheld in the Chicago disI trict federal court.

watched from the basement entrance of a barber shop. All night long the vigilantes, barricaded in the town bandstand, peppered at vigilantes in the barber shop, and the return fire was enthusiastic. Meanwhile, the suspicious characters escaped. Worried over the firing, the telephone operator summoned sheriffs of two adjacent counties, who arrived at daybreak, to find almost every able-bodied man in town engaged in the battle. There were no casualties.

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QUIZ PAIR !N POLICE MURDER Taxi Men Forced to Ride With Killer Bandits, Officers Claim. With two employes of a taxi company held incommunicado at the city prison, Indianapolis police today probed the $2,000 holdup Saturday night of a Terre Haute public utility company for clew's in the brutal murder of Police Sergeant Lester E. Jones. The tw r o men< held for questioning, Paul Luthmers, 1704 Ashland avenue, a taxi driver, and Harold Butts, 841 Broadw r ay, a mechanic, are said to have been forced to ride in the taxi with the five bandit killers from a site near the shooting to their “planted” get-away car near the Brookville road, southeast of Indianapolis. According to police, Butts had let Luthmers out at the latter's home when the five bandits, one carrying a machine gun, rushed the cab and forced them to lie on the floor while one of the gunmen, w r ho called himself “Oscar,” drove. Relatives of Luthmers said he and Butts had been questioned by police Tuesday and then w'ere arrested early Sunday. raid they believe Luthmers has told all he knows and claim they have been unable to see him. The bandits who staged the Saturday night robbery of the Public Service Company of Terre Haute answered, generally, descriptions of the Jones killers. Tw r o of them were extremely short in stature w/hile tw T o others w T ere about six feet tall. Both Luthmers and Butts are held under bonds of SIO,OOO each.

DEBT RELIEF BILL IS HANDED SENATE Sections on Corporations, Railroads Stricken Out. Bit l'nitcil Prrft* WASHINGTON. Feb. 13.—A drastically shortened debtors’ relief bill making no provison for reorganization of corporations and railroads was reported favorably today by the senate judiciary committee.! The bill approved applies only to individual debtors and farmers. The railroad and corporation reorganization sections, it was announced, had been eliminated because of a marked division of opin ion, which made it seem unlikely a comprehensive debtor-relief measure could be enacted at the short session. Committee members were agreed, however, that some provision must be made in the near future for those organizations. EQUITY BILL ADVANCED Gallowav-Black Measure Goes to Second Reading in House. Following a demand made last week by one of its authors, the Gal-loway-Black bill to liberalize conditional sales contracts in favor of the purchaser was submitted to the house of representatives today by Judiciary A committee "without recommendation.” The bill was advanced to second reading. The measure protects the purchaser's equity when full payment is not made and provides that if delinquent payments are not made up. the goods shall be sold at auction and proceeds above expenses and remainder due on *he contract shall be returned to the purchaser. Among several bills killed today in the short morning session of the house was one permitting city judges to add $2 to court costs to go to a special judge fund. Supreme Court to Recess WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—Chief Justice Hughes announced today that the supreme court will recess next Monday for three weeks, returning March 13 to hand down opinions.

HOME EDITION P K ICE TWO CENTS Outside Marion County, 3 Cents

Now Is Willing to Give Something Tangible in Return for Revision. VICTORY FOR ROOSEVELT Announcement of Shift in Stand Is Made by MacDonald. B 1 W. G. QUSENBERRY l nitod Tress Staff Correspondent LONDON, Feb. 13.—Great Britain made it plain today for the first time since the war debts crisis arose that she is now ready to give the United States something tangible in return for revision. The announcement of Premier J. Ramsay MacDonald in the house of commons that the government has agreed to discuss economic problems at Washington was regarded as an about-face since Neville Chamberlain, chancellor of the exchequer, declared in a speech less than two weeks ago that there will be no “swapping deal.” Victory for Roosevelt The change in the government's attitude represents a signal victory for Franklin D. Roosevelt in his first approach to probably the most pressing foreign problems he will be called on to meet when he enters the White House. However, the actual credit for bringing Britain and the United States to a commonly-acccptable basis of settlement belongs to Sir Ronald Lindsay, British ambassador to Washington, who conferred with Mr. Roosevelt before coming here for debt discussions with his government. In numerous conferences since his return, he did his utmost to show the cabinet realistically the strong feeling in congress and public opinion in the United States against reducing war debts without receiving something in compensation. Promote Trade Revival “The object would be to promote a revival of world trade and prosperity, MacDonald told the house of commons while the settlement of war debts is an essential condition to such revival, the government always has recognized that there are a number of factors, financial and economic, which also must be dealt with, and would be very glad to exchange views with the United States government over the whole field. “The purpose of the delegation.” MacDonald continued, “will be to get in close personal touch with the United States government so they can go on harmoniously facing the big problems that would have to be faced bv both.” He said he wanted an agreement with the United States which would enable Britain to pursue a definite European policy. WARNS ECONOMY BILL WILL COST 7,000 JOBS 5 Per Cent Provision Is Paid to Postal Employes, Says Brown. By t nil rd f*rc*s WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—Post-master-general Walter F. Brown warned today that if the 5 per cent economy provision is retained in the treasury-postoffice supply bill, 7,000 or 8.000 postal employes, will be dismissed as a result. Brown’s statement came as house and senate conferees considered the bill with its amendment providing for 5 per cent savings in each government department, and its provision giving President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt unprecedented powers to reorganize or abolish federal agencies. Brown advised Representative Will R. Wood, ranking minority member of the house appropriations committee, that while the Bratton amendment provided for savings in his department of approximately $37,000,000, the maximum savings that could be accomplished without resort to pay roll reductions would be $20,000,000. BLAST WRECKS HOME Gas Heater Explodes; Mother and Daughter Escape Injury. By United Prtss SULLIVAN, Ind., Feb. 13.—Explosion of a gas heater destroyed the five-room home of Robert Kable here today. Mrs. Kable and a young daughter, asleep in the house, escaped injury when the walls and chimney crashed into an adjoining room.

Bridge Star Bad luck never daunted Mrs. L. H. Brink, who won the city championship in The Indianapolis Tunes bridge tourney recently. She ran into tough breaks when she played for the national title in St. Petersburg, Fla., but she showed real championship caliber, according to experts. One hand in the national tourney which Mrs. Brink played like a bridge master is described in The Times bridge column Tuesday. Watch for it, bridge players. It'll be a valuable lesson for you.