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G.O.P. LEADER SOUNDS PLEA FOR REPEAL Henry Marshall, Lafayette Publisher, Lashes Cannon and Crawford. SLAPS AT DRY TACTICS Walter Myers Hits Law as Stumbling Block in Path of Recovery. Drive for prohibition repeal took j on a more bipartisan tinge Friday ! night, when Henry Marshall, Lafay- I ette publisher and power in Republican politics, pleaded for abolition of the eighteenth amendment. He j spoke at a meeting in Lafayette,: sponsored by the United Repeal j Council of Indiana. Several hundred persons from j Tippecanoe and surrounding counties heard Marshall predict that Indiana would be the tenth state to ‘ add her illustrious name to the j roster of repeal states June 6 at the I special election.” Mayor John B. Hudson, county chairman of the repeal council, presided. In an address asserting that repeal is linked indissolubly with economic recovery, Marshall loosed several blasts of sarcasm at the type of orators the dry organizatons is using in its campaign. Crawford Is Scored Two of the most indefatigable of these speakers have been Earl Crawford, Speaker of the Democratic house of representatives, and Bishop James Cannon Jr. of the Methodist Episcopal church, south. “ Brother Crawford’ is ‘very unhappy’ in this campaign, and for several reasons,” Marshall asserted. ‘ As Speaker of the house, his name is written on the Wright ‘bone dry’ law repeal. So as ‘Brother Crawford’ goes about assailing repeal, he is ‘very unhappy,’ for he went into office on a party platform calling for submission, and on a national platform calling for prohibition repeal. ‘He went into office pledged to do what his party platform promised would be done. He received the votes of a majority and a posi- | five mandate from that majority to 'support repeal. Hence, the gentleman’s arguments do not carry much force. Takes Slap at Cannon ‘‘Blessed are the consistent. Blessed are the sincere. Getting votes as a repeal candidate and keeping those of persons who favor keeping the eighteenth amendment must be quite an achievement.” Turning to Bishop Cannon, Marshall dismissed him with: “It. 4? to be regretted that our friend* who advo&tte retention of the eighteenth amendment could not bring in from outside the state a speaker more worthy of public respect, and better entitled to a hearing, than the sadly discredited Cannon of Virginia. His record is known to all.” Stressing effect of repeal on jobmaking. crop consumption, tax relief and respect for law, Marshall asserted “we liave learned our lesson.” Myers Urges Repeal “Repeal, revenue, regulation, recovery—these are the four R's in the school of experience. We are ready to act intelligently Tuesday,” he added. At Vincennes, Walter Myers, speaker of the 1931 house of representatives and former candidate for United States senator, told a large mass meeting that the promises made in behalf of prohibition have not been fulfilled and that nothing ran spur more the return of re- i covery than repeal of the eighteenth 1 amendment. “Prohibition must be repealed in j the interest of decent politics, in i the interest of good morals, in the j interest of keeping the church and j state separate, in the interests of j the rising generation, and. most of j all. in the interests of American in- j stitutions and government,” Myers asserted. SWINE SHOW 5-CENT GAIN IN EARLY DEALS Little Change Noted in Cattle. Calf Market*. Hogs showed a gain of 5 cents on j most classes this morning at the city j yards. The bulk, 160 to 400 pounds, j sold for $4.90 to $5. mostly $5 on 225 j to 300-pound weights. Weights of | 140 to 160 pounds brought $4.65 to j $4.75; 100 to 130 pounds. $4.25 to $4.55. Sows sold for $4 to $4.65. Receipts were estimated at 5.000. Holdovers were 235. Cattle were steady. Compared j wiht a week ago. better steers were j steady, lower grades weak to 25 cents ofl. Heifers were steady, cows un-1 changed to 25 cents down. Bulk of steers for the week sold in a price range of $5.25 to $6 75. Top price was $7.25. Bulk of heifer sales were made around $6 to $6: top $6.25 Mast cows sold for $3.25 to $4. a few up to $4.50. Cutters and lowcutters brought $1.75 to $2.75. Receipts todav wa*e 50. Vealers were unchanged at $5.50 down. Calf receipts numbered 100, Not enough sheep were on hand to make a market. Frices were quotably steady. Receipts were 50. Haymakers’ Convention Opens The Haymakers, subordinate body of the Improved Order of Red Men, held the forty-first annual state convention today in the Denison. Harry Robinson, Bloomington, chief haymaker, presided.

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VOLUME 45—NUMBER 20

Oil Field Blast Deaths May Reach 20

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Photo shows a general view of the fire which followed a terrific explosion at the Signal Hills Richfield refiniery near Long Beach, Cal. Neighboring towns within a radius of thirty miles thought that another earthquake had visited the section as the force of the explosion was felt that distance.

Search Large Section of Signal Hill for Bodies Seven Known to Have Lost Lives, 12 Others Missing; Property Damage in Excess of $1,000,000. BY GEORGE H. BEALE United Press Staff Correspondent LONG BEACH, Cal., June 3.—A smoking, blackened ten-black-square section of Signal Hill, one of the world's richest oil fields, was searched for bodies today as authorities sought the toll of the explosion and fire that turned the district into a holocaust late Friday. The known dead stood at seven this morning, but more than twelve persons still were missing, and some officials expected the total death list might reach twenty. The injured totaled forty, mast of whom were expected to recover. Property damage was placed in excess of $1,000,000 and some estimates set it as high as $2,500,000.

The higher figure included damage to a score of homes adjacent to the field. Some were demolished. The homeless were cared for 'by appropriation ot $25,000 from the Red Cross fund established to aid victims of the major earthquake that shook this section March 10. The blast, followed immediately by fire, came in the middle of a quiet afternoon while Signal Hill was pouring out its daily quota of oil. Blast Felt Miles Aaway A few seconds before 2 p. m. there w'as a slight detonation at the absorption plan of the Richfield Oil Company in the southw'est section of the field. Thase who knew' what caused that minor blast did not live to tell what happened, but it was presumed that a valve from a pressure tank blew' out. A few workmen ran to aid those already in the absorption plant, for all knew that it w r as important to shut off valves. It was too late. Sheets of casing head gasoline, highly volatile, w'ent flying through the air and then came a terrific blast. The concussion was so great it was heard in Hollywood and Pasadena, almost twenty miles away. It broke window’s in San Pedro, seven miles distant. Score of Houses Demolished Flames flared in all directions. Within a few' seconds ten of the Richfield storage tanks, each holding 1.000 barrels of oil, were aflame. Oil pools in the immediate district were set afire, as w'ere derricks and office buildings. A score of houses on the fringe of the oil field were demolished. Homes were badly damaged within a mile area. Only the fastest response and quickest action by firemen from all adjacent cities prevented the spread of flames that might even have swept the entire field. Six derricks were blown to pieces by the blast. Only their platforms and bent casings remained. Flames Flares 150 Feet in Air Flames from the burning oil field flared 150 feet into the air. and the entire district was covered with a heavy black smoke. Field crews and firemen worked desperately to dump oil to pools and tanks in the section. As an emergency measure they turned oil into the streets and black rivers as deep as two and three feet went swirling down a half dozen j streets. Some of it w'as lost, but | part was dammed and recaptured. Attempts were made immediately to reclaim bodies, and seven, all identified, were accounted for. Five of these were oil workers j Mrs. Lottie Carlyon, 50, and her j 8-year-old daughter Marilyn weer j the other two. The mother and daughter died as the blast flattened the walls of their home. Boy Injured at Playground Fracture of an arm was incurred by Edward E. Bates, 8. of 718 North Noble street, when he fell from a trapeze at a playground at Spring and Walnut streets Friday. Today's Short Story Summer is at hand and many articles will be lost over the weekend by persons seeking enjoyment in the great outdoors. If you are among the losers, don’t let the loss of your article mar the enjoyment of the outing. A TWA quickly will place you in communication with the finder and the cost is onlvJJ cents a word (the lowest rate of any Indianapolis paper*. Just pick up the telephone and call*Want Ad Headquarters. Ri. 5551, and place yottr ad. You may I charge it if your name is listed in; telephone or city director}’.

Generally fair tonight and Sunday; not much change in temperature.

BIG MEAL KILLS STARVING MAN Days Without Food, Then He Eats Ravenously; Dies in Few Hours. By United Press DYER, Ind., June 3.—A. C. Faulkner, 38, of Joliet, 111., went for days without food, then died Friday of overeating. Faulkner, a World war veteran, applied at a shelter herd for aid. He levealed that he had gone without food for so many days he had forgotten just how long it had been. Food was given to him and he ate ravenously. A few hours later he was found dead in the shelter. Coroner Andrew Hoffman determined that death was due to a heart attack caused by overeating.

Bright Spots

By United Press General Motors Corporation increases wage rates of 8.000 employes at its Buick Motor Company and Olds motor works approximately 5 per cent an hour. Pressed Steel Car Company receives order for forty-two passenger cars from Grant Park Transportation Company of Chicago. Hudson Motor Car Companv reports May shipments of 5.600 cars against 4.600 in April. New York Central railroad places orders for 7.000 tons of steel witn United States Steel Corporation and Bethlehem Steel Corporation. California and Hawaiian Sugar Refining Corporation Ltd. advances price of refined sugar 10 points to $4.60.

Starts Atlantic Hop in Solo Flight Around Globe

Most Difficult Route Ever Tried Will Be Taken in Record Attempt. BY C. C. NICOLET United Press St?.fT Correspondent FLOYD BENNET AIRPORT. NEW YORK. June 3.—James Matern. trans-Atlantic speed record holder and an Oklahoma colonel, took off in his airplane, Century of Progress, at 5:21 a. m. * Eastern daylight time* today on a solo flight around the world. Mattern is a Texan, smiling, curly haired and confident. His plane is the one in which he and Bennett Griffin, trying a world flight a year ago, crashed in a Russian peat bog. Mattern’s, flight today is perhaps the most difficult ever essayed. His route is Berlin, Moscow, Yakutsk, Siberia. Edmonton (Canada), Chicago. New York. Alone he will try to break the twoman record, itself hailed as historymaking, of Wiley Post and Harold Gaity, on his 15,561-mile world flight. Mattern. army trained veteran of many flights .for weeks has been reconditioning and testing his 600-

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1933

MORGAN PROBE TAKESRECESS Questions Relating to Income Tax Bring Hearing Battle. BY THOMAS L. STOKES United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, June 3.—The senate J. P. Morgan inquiry was recessed today over the week-end. Adjournment came Friday just as the banking committee began to examine young Thomas S. Lamont, youthful Morgan partner, about stock sales involving his income taxes. Ferdinand Pecora, committee counsel, sprang a surprise w'hen he asked Lamont, a son of Thomas W. Lamont, veteran Morgan partner, about a sale of 5.087 shares of assorted s*tt>cks on Dec. 30, 1930. The Morgan clan immediately w'as on the alert. John W. Davis, Morgan lawyer, leaped to his feet ana objected before the young man could answer. Davis protested that it was not “an orderly proceeding” to ask Lamont about personal transactions without advising hipi beforehand. Pecora flared back that Davis had no right to prevent an answer to the question. The committe lawyer was upheld by Chairman Duncan U. Fletcher. Lamont, who had sat quietly at the committee table through the verbal battle, with a questioning look on his face, replied: “II can’t recollect.” Afterward, Pecora declined to reveal the purpose of his inquiry, but Fletcher said it “involves an income tax matter.” Asa result of Davis’ protest, the whole controversy over this phase of Pecora's inquiry wil be thrown into a secret session of the committee Monday morning, before the investigation resumes. Pecora is expected to be backed up by the committee, whose revelations brought about the indictment and subsequent trial of Charles E. Mit= chell, former head of the National City bank, on a charge of income tax evasion. The United Press revealed before the Morgan inquiry began ten days go that the committee was looking into income tax returns of the firm and its partners.

Garnishee Law Abuse Is Halted in Marion Countg

Garnishee law abuses in Marion f county practically are a thing of the past, with both debtors and creditors coming to equitable set- i

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CITY SCHOOLS MUST CUT OFF 50 TEACHERS Reduction Next Year to Be Made Necessary by Budget Slash. PREPARING CONTRACTS New Order Will Bring Number of Instructors Down 100 in Three Years. Teaching staff of the Indianapolis public school system will be reduced by at least fifty teachers next fall, because of budget restrictions, it w'as announced today by Superintendent Paul C. Stetson. Majority of the reduction wall be by failing to renew contracts with teachers with low success grades and those who are married, who have not taught long enough to be under provisions of the teacher tenure act. i The remainder of ' the staff cut will result from voluntary resignations and leaves of absence. The reduction in the teaching staff will be accomplished by increasing the teaching load of the remaining teachers, a practice which has been followed for several years during which but few vacancies have been filled. The staff during the last school years -was about fifty teachers less l than it w'as two years ago, it is reported. With the contemplated reductions for next year, the staff will be reduced below' 1.950. List of tea 'hers to receive contracts for next year is being prepared by Stetson, and will be submitted to the board for approval within the next W'eek or tw'o, it was indicated. BAREFOOT HIKER GUEST AT FAIR Ambition Is Realized in Chicago by 13-Year-Old Arkansas Boy. BVjL I'it&l Press CHICAGO. June 3.—Jack Johnson, 13-year-old boy who hiked, barefoot, from Arkansas to see the world’s fair has realized ambition. After hiking the 700 miles from Malvern, Ark., Jack was stopped at the exposition gates because he did not have a ticket and had no money to buy one. Police took him to a shelter and his story was published. Friday more than thirty persons asked permission for Jack to accompany their children to the fair. Jack’s story brought out also that four other runaway boys were at the Home for the Friendless. All had hiked here to see the fair. All w'ere taken there Friday by some of the “left-overs” in the crowd that wanted to show Jack a good time. CAT FAMILY STEALS RIDE Feline Mother and Two Kittens Found in Railroad Tank Car. By United Press OMAHA, Neb.. June 3.—A mother cat and two newly-born kittens were found on a Rock Island railroad tank car when it pulled into the Omaha yards. Kindly trainmen fed,* but did not disturb the feline family, w'hich continued on its w r ay to Kansas City.

[ tlements, according to county of- ! ficials. This has been the effect of rulings by Marion county courts against the garnishee act. No longer can the law be used as a club over employe and his job, officials point out. Practically all garnishee orders and executions have been eliminated since municipal court judges held the law r invalid, following similar rulings by superior courts. On petition of debtors, Judges Wilfred Bradshaw and Dan V. White have been vacating numerous garnishee orders. Neither of the two civil municipal courts is making any disposition. by court order, of money already paid the sheriff on garnishee orders. However, Ralph Hitch, chief deputy sheriff, asserts this matter is being settled by compromise between debtors and creditors. The sheriff's office has about $2,000 which has been paid on garnishee orders. Since neither side can get a court order for return of money, compromises are being affected. A few garnishee defendants never have appealed for vacation of orders, and still are paying to the sheriff's office. Hitch said. BROTHERS WED SISTERS Four Kansas Men All Choose Same Family for Marital Ventures. By United Press PITTSBURG, Kan.. June 3.—Over a period of years, four sons of H P. and Mrs. Sherman have married four daughters of E. H. and Mrs. Pease, and now live in this section of Kansas. The four couples are the parents of eighteen children.

WILLIAM MULDOON, IRON DUKE OF SPORT, TAKEN BY DEATH / *

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William Muldoon and Margaret V. Farrell, his 43-year-old secretary, who was adopted by Mr. Muldoon two years ago.

How the Market Opened

BY ELMER C. WALZER United Press Financial Editor NEW YORK, June 3.—The inflation market made further gains in heavy turnover at the opening today on the New York Stock Exchange. Huge blocks were brought up as specialists bunched their overnight orders. The same situation prevailed on the Curb Exchange where bolcks ranged up to 13.000 shares. Electric Bond sold at 3014, up Vz point and anew 1933 high. Cotton futures resumed their advance. The dollar was lower in terms of foreign exchanges. American Telephone and Telegraph, which rose 4®4 points Friday, opened at 122 3 s, up M, on 1.000 shares. That was anew 1933 top. Kelvinator opened 12,000 shares at 10, up 14 and equal to the year’s high. Armour A opened 10,000 shares at 7, unchanged. Radio Corporation opened 6,000 at 9Vi, up %. ♦ Commonwealth & Southern opened 10.000 shares at 394, up Vs and anew high for the year. Alleghany Corporation opened 8,000 shares at 4. unchanged. Packard opened 10,000 shares at sq, up 14 and anew high for the year. United States Steel opened at 54v 8j up 14. MERCURY HEADS TO NIGH MARK Temperature Rise of 13 Degrees in Three Hours Recorded: 78 at 9. Indications that anew high temperature mark thus far in 1933 may be recorded by mid-afternoon was seen this morning when there was a rise of 13 degrees in three hours to 78 at 9 a. m. The present high mark for the year is 86. Ft. Wayne Bank to Reopen By United Press FT’. WAYNE Ind.. June 3—The old First National Bank & Trust Company. Ft. Wayne’s largest financial institution, will be reopened soon, according to Frank H. Cut- | shall, president of the institution.

WASHINGTON PARK, HOMEWOOD, 111., June 3.-The speed babies W'ill share the spotlight today and if you think the card is easy just wait until the curtain falls on the last race, then check up.

Mr. Sponge come fresh from the east and is the class of the fifth. The Coldstream Howard entry will give him a battle. With Jack Gilbert on the leather Charley O ought to cop the $25,000 World Fair American Derby, with all its double-handled silver beer mugs, etc. Gold Basis second. Mr. Khayyam third and Head Play for what’s left. If Jack Westrope jumps in there and messes up the works on Technique, then I’ll never bet on another horse. Don’t be surprised if he does just this little thing, as he has such a winning way. At Belmont Park you can jump right on the Whitney reliable Equipoise and go to sleep. There should be nothing to worry about in the fifth with him. Today’s Selections At Washington Park—1. Beau Jolie, Spanish Way, Field Goal. 2. Busy Spain. Calumet Farm entry. Panorama.

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IMPROVED FARM OUTLOOK SHOWN Price Rise of Past Few Weeks Is Cheering Indication. By United Press LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 3—An improved farm outlook since the United States went off the gold i standard was reported today by O. ! G. Lloyd, chief of the farm manage- ; ment department of Purdue university. “Prices of seventeen basic com- | modities have risen 24 per cent since | the gold standard was abandoned I April 17, Lloyd reported. “The outj look is better than at any time in ! the last four years.” “Corn sold for 31.4 cents a bushel ; in the United States during April. | Wheat brought 43.1 cents a bushel, I and hogs sold for Sc.sß per bundled ! pounds. These prices were 89 per cent of the pre-war level while articles farmers bought held equal to pre-war prices. “Inflationary powers invested in President Roosevelt by recent acts of congress, however, are sufficient to double the April prices, placing farm products prices on a parity with other costs,” Lloyd pointed out. In connection W'ith recent discovery of stunted, yellow and dying alfalfa and sweet clover plants in Indiana, the Purdue bulletin said experiments conducted in the botany department have revealed that the wilt disease is not present and farmers should feel no fear about cutting the affected spots. Winter injury was blamed for such conditions and considerable damage may be expected to result, the bulletins said. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 65 Ba. 76 7a. m 69 9a. m 78 Times Index Book-a-Day 9 Broun column 4 Church Notes 3 Classified 8 Comics 9 Conservation 2 Crossword Puzzle 7 Curious World 7 Editorial 4 Financial 7 Hickman Theater Review'.s 6 Radio 7 Serial Story 9 Sports 10 Talburt Cartoon 4 Vital Statistics 7 Woman’s Page 5

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3. Grand Prince, Broad Meadows, Ridgewise. 4. Secret Tryst, Sighting Bob, Impel. 5. Mr. Sponge, Coldstream Howard entry, No More. 6. Charley O. Gold Basis, Mr. Khayyam. Head Play. 7. Desert Call, Advising Anna. Isaiah. 8. Scimitar, His Last, Suffolk. Best—Charley o. Track—Fast. At Belmont Park—1. Backgammon Lucky Racket. Solace. 2. No selections. 3. Billy M, Night's End, Black Buddy. 4. Pardee. Capsheaf, Glidela. 5. Equipoise, Questionnaire, Kerry Patch. 6. Airy Spirit. Cooley, Galaburg. Best—Equipoise. Track—Fast.

Capital EDITION PRICE TWO CENTS Outside Marion County, 3 Cents

Famous Conditioner of Athletes, Great Men Falls to Old Age. i -BENEVOLENT DESPOT’ Clean Play Was Creed of Veteran Head of N. Y. Boxing Commission. BY STUART CAMERON United Fres* Sports Editor NEW YORK, June 3 William Muldoon, famous conditioner of athletes and prominent men, died today in the suburban home to which he had retired reluctantly when the ravages of old age finally undermined his great physique. Muldoon, millionaire member of the New York state athletic commission. passed his eighty-eighth birthday in a semi stupor last May 25, and since that time he had been conscious for only a few hours at a time. The big house where he died is a part of the widely known Muldoon health farm at Purchase, near White Plains in Westchester county. In recent months, he had lived quietly there with few clients visit-* i ing his gymnasium. As he slipped into a decline, the , once independent grand old man of | boxing relied more and more upon j the services of Miss Margaret Far- , rell, whom he had adopted as a I daughter two years ago. She served j as a practical nurse. Benevolent Despot of Sport Famous visitors came away irom I Muldoon’s home with tales of his amazing determination to keep young. But with the approach of warmer weather he suffered more ! and more from fatigue. On his birthday last month he was said to have suffered a sinking spell because of the humidity. “Iron Duke" they called him, the benevolent despot of sport. He had presence, dignity, fire and imagination. Clean play was his creed, discipline his by-word. Many of the greater minds of the country bent to his will. He mada strong-willed persons tractable. Presidents and statesmen, financiers I and social lights, athletes and writers accepted his rule of obedience. Fought in Civil War This personality, who dominated | the wdrld of sports during the last i quarter of the century, was born j May 25, 1845, the son of a farmer, i in Belfast, N. Y. Asa boy of 17, he marched off ; to fight in the Civil war, and here, among the of warefare, Muldoon got his first taste of athletic competition. “The officers in charge realized the value of some form of athletic diversion,” Muldoon once said, “and so they picked out athletic-looking fellows from the ranks to teach wrestling.” After the war he came to New York and worked as a waiter and “bouncer.” Then he joined the New York police force, and within a few r years was placed in charge of the departi ment gymnasium. World Champion Wrestler It w'as while one of the “finest” that he first attracted attention as a wrestler. He beat Jim Gaffney, champion wrestler of the “cops,” with such ease that sporting men j matched the new' athletic wonder with Chris Bauer, a top-ranking wrestler of the day. Bauer went the way of Gaffney and w r ithin a short time Muldoon found himself world's champion He retired undefeated after years of competition. Muldoon turned to training boxI ers. Jack Dempsey, the Nonpareil, John L. Sullivan and Kid McCoy I were among the ring notables who placed themselves in his care. It probably w r as work in conditioning ; the great “John L.” for his fight with Jake Kilrain that won for Muldoon his renown as a builder of men. Treated Great Men At his health resort he successfully treated Elihu Root, Theodore Rcoseveit and William Howard Taft. Even these “greats” complied with hi s "no loafing" orders. There was something brutally arrogant in his methods, but few dared resent it. As head of the New York state ! boxing commission, Muldoon had much to do with the popularization of the sport. His insistence on clean play, and his passionatae ini terest in boxing as such, forced fighters and managers to a recognition of his principles of sportsmanship. Gene Tunney owed much of his success as a fighter to Muldoon's advice. “It is a fine thing for boxing,” the graying old man said after the Dempsey-Tunney fight at Philadelphia, "that we have a man of the type of Gene Tunney.” Druids to Hold Convention Members of the Grand Grove of Indiana, Ancient Order of Druids, will hold their seventy-third annual convention in Druid’s hall. 29 South Delaware street at 9 Sunday morning. In the Air Weather conditions at 9 a. m.: West-northwest wind, 13 miles an hour; temperature. 76; barometric pressure. 30.03 at sea level; general conditions, scattered clouds; ceiling, unlimited, visibility, 10 miles.