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FORD WARNED TO SIGN MOTOR CODE OR PAY PENALTY l American People May ‘Crack Down’ on Auto Magnate if He Refuses, Declares Administrator Johnson. FLIVVER CHIEF SILENT ON COURSE *No Corporation Rich Enough to Block National Program, NRA Leader Asserts at Press Conference. By United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—Henry Ford, first individual Industrialist to hold out against the NRA, today faced the alternative of signing the automobile code or operating without a blue eagle, under threat from Administrator Hugh S. Johnson that “The American people may crack down on him.” “Ford is mistaken if he thinks he can obtain the eagle without signing the code, even though he has a code of his own containing higher wages and shorter hours,” Johnson •aid.

The administrator voiced his warning at his press conference. Several hours later when no word came from Ford, vacationing in Canada, or from his son, Edsel Ford, president of the Ford Motor Company, who is in Maine, Johnson enlarged on this thesis in a public address at the recovery celebration in the nation’s capital. “No corporation is rich enough,” Johnson thundered, “and no group strong enough, to block this nation. “There will be provision to take care of the man who chisels.” Ford was represented in Detroit at the first preliminary conference held to formulate a code for the automobile industry. The represen-

Giant Celebration in Capital Sets NRA Pace for Country

BY H. O. THOMPSON United Pres* Staff Correspondent .WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—Reemployment of 2.000.000 persons, increasing pay rolls $30,000,000 a week, was claimed today as the National Recovery Administration pushed its blue eagle drive through the phase ol local campaigns. In a setting of bursting bombs, the r. ion’s capital, led by Administrat Hugh S. Johnson, set an exa. * for the drives of local commi, ~s throughout the country with a recovery pageant Tuesday night. Johnson declared in an address to massed thousands that the recovery program was working, that re-employment to date mean’ $1,500,000.000 a year more for trade, to be spent many times over. “And yet this effort just has started." he said. “The people, without any incitement from anybody, will know how to visit the proper punishment upon the fellow who tries to stand in the way.” Donald Richberg, NRA counsel, declared business men had as much

Roosevelt Takes Keen Interest in Ford's Stand on Motor Code

By I nittd rrrm HYDE PARK. N. Y.. Aug. 30President Roosevelt is watching with greatest interest Henry Ford's course of action regarding adherence to the NRA program, it was said at the summer White House today. Mr. Roosevelt has instructed General Hugh S. Johnson, national reAMERICANS ARE PERILED U. S. Warship Rushed to Foochow, China, to Protect Nationals. By l nitrd Fmi WASHINGTON. Aug. 29. An American naval vessel is being rushed to Foochow. China, to evacuate Americans threatened by bandit operations in Fukien province, the state department announced late today. Nelson Johnson. United States minister at Peiping, requested the commander-in-chief of the Asiatic fleet to send a ship on the suggestion of the Foochow consul. The U. S. S. Tulsa is at Swatow and the U. S. S. Sacramento at Hong Kong. Neither the state nor the navy department knew today which was being sent. Times Index Page ABC of NRA 9 Book a Day 8 Bridge 11 Broun Column 4 Brown Derby Coupon 2 Classified 11-12 Comics 13 Crossword Puzzle 9 Curious World 13 Diets on Science 11 Editorial 4 Financial 9 Fishing 7 Hickmaa Theater Reviews 11 Playground Page 8 Radio 7 Serial Story 13 Sports 10 Successful Women of City—Senes 6 Vital Statistics 9 Woman s Page 6

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tative did not participate in the discussions, however, and did not attend future conferences. Ford is not a member of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, which drew the code, and which was designated to administer its provisions. He has not indicated his attitude in any way. Johnson was asked when he was 'going to crack down’’ on Ford. The American people may crack down on him when they see blue eagles on all other automobile manufacturers’ plants,” the administrator replied. Johnson said, however, that if Ford comes in here and signs the code and then makes better labor provisions than those in the code, we'll be very happy.” Although Johnson has discretion in fixing codes for subdivisions of industries, he said he did not intend to in the case of Ford.

to gain from organization of labor as had the workers. “The whole scheme of self-in-dustry in government would fall to the ground without labor participation." he said. Officials hoped to complete a bituminous coal code by tonight. William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, said it would not contain any qualification of the NRA labor clause such as was incorporated in the automobile code. This provision, giving employers the right to hire, advance, or discharge workers on a merit basis, regardless of union affiliation, was sought by the coal operators, although they have reached a hasis of agreement for a code with leaders of the United Mine Workers. Green denied the dispute provision prevented any one from joining a labor organization, and telegraphed William Collins, union organizer at Detroit, that the right of collective bargaining among automobile workers would be protected by the national labor board.

covery administrator, to keep him posted of all developments in connection with the attempt to have the Detroit multimillionaire automobile manufacturer come in under the blue eagle. It was emphasized that the President has given no thought at this time on what action the administration would take should Ford decide not to subscribe to the automobile code. Neither would he comment on indications from recovery administration headquarters in Washington that public sentiment was being relied to force Ford into line. Close advisers of Mr. Roosevelt pointed out that the licensing rights of the NRA were not discussed in connection with Ford. HURT IN TRAIN LEAP Ohio Youth's Head Narrowly Misses Landing Under Wheels. Wheels of ten Pennsylvania railread coaches clicked past the head of Marvin Brown. 16, Piqua. 0., as he lay in a dazed condition close to the track today after leaping from the train near Davidson street. His only injuries were a head gash and a split lip, incurred in his leap. He was taken to city hospital for treatment.

SKILL STANDINGS }•* MrLaffrrW 3.864 T. B. Rorrrt *.463 E. W. Mmhraih J. 446 Fred K. Kraerer ;,M1 Bk Shank .573 Elias W. Dalbercer 1.46i A! Feeney 828 Louis J. Carvin 869 Dr. William Smith Jr 11l Clarence I. Baker 36* y AZY bones! You'll never get a vote that way! Influence of the radio crooner must have hit the Brown Derby candidates Tuesday and today.

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By Time* Special LONDON, Aug. 30.—Viscount Grey of Fallodon, whose secret diplomacy is credited with having led Great Britain into the World war, is dangerously ill here.

REPEAL WINS IN WASHINGTON Victory for Wets by 2-1 Majority; No. 24 for Anti-Prohibitionists. By United Pre>g SEATTLE, Aug. 30.—Washington joined the nation's repeal forces today with better than a 2-to-l vote to withdraw the eighteenth amendment from the Constitution. It was the wets’ twenty-fourth consecutive victory. Aa outlying county votes continused to dribble in. it appeared certain that ninety-three repeal delegates of a total of ninety-nine had been elected to the ratification convention Oct. 3. Returns from 1,296 precincts of 2,663 in the state showed 317,075 votes for repeal and 133,264 against repeal. Only one county, Whitman — named for*the famed Methodist missionary, Dr. Marcus Whitman—in far eastern Washington, elected two delegates pledged to vote “dry.”

NRA VIEWED ‘THIEF’ OF STATES' RIGHTS American Bar Chief Sees Usurpation Trend. By United Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 30. —The trend toward usurpation of states’ sovereign powers by the federal government, as exemplified by the national recovery act, was deplored by Clarence E. Martin, president of the American Bar Association, in his address opening the organization's 56th annual convention here today. Although he did not openly condemn legislation which has given extraordinary powers to authorities in Washington, Martin criticised the states for permitting themselves to be placed in a position whereby they “trade independence for federal cash.” He called upon members of the legal profession to support the NRA “as a temporary expedient,” but he urged that it be withdrawn as soon as the necessity is removed. He declined to express an opinion on its constitutionality.

PROBE FIRE IGNITING AUTOMOBILE, GARAGE Flames Believed to Have Started From Short Circuit. Detectives today are investigating a fire whicn destroyed an automobile and garage early this morning at the home of Edward Imus, 941 King avenue, who, in less than a year, reported he was robbed twice for a total of $435. According to firemen, Imus said he went to the garage shortly before 4 this morning intending to go squirrel hunting, but his car was ignited when he started it, supposedly from a short circuit in wiring. Flames spread from the car to the garage and then to the garage at the home of a next door neighbor, Claude Wright. 939 King avenue. Loss on the buildings was estimated at $l5O by firemen in addition to loss of the automobile. Imus, who operates a combined cleaning and barber shop at 2701 West Tenth street, reported he was held up in the place on Dec. 23, 1932, and robbed of $235. and again on Jan. 21. this year, when he says S2OO was the loot.'

Brown Derby Race Is Close, With McLafferty Holding His Lead

Votes were as scarce as hen's teeth. All candidates seemed contented to coast. From all points came objections to lack of time to get dated ballots into The Times office to be counted for the city's most distinguished citizen, who will speak in front of the state fair grandstand on the night of Sept. 7. After a conference with the milkman, a couple of city hall white-wings, Jo-Jo, the dog-faced

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INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1933

CITY SCHOOL TAX RATE OF $1,021$ SET Levy Is 6 Cents Lower Than for 1932-1933; State Aid to Be Given. BUDGET CUT HEAVILY Principal Slash Is Made in Salaries of Teachers for Coming Term. City school tax rate of $1.02 for 1933-1934, to provide a budget of $5,775,583, tentatively was approved Tuesday night by school commissioners, following submission of figures by A. B. Good, business director. Hearing at which objections can be presented will be held Sept. 12, when final action will be taken. The figures then will go to the county tax adjustment board, which will meet Sept. 18. Trie $1.02 rate is 6 cents lower than for the 1932-1933 school year, and the budget less by $779,897. However, the budget provides for only about $350,000 less than was spent in the 1932-1933 period. Tax basis for 1932 was 92 cents, but there was a deficit of about $425,000. This was absorbed by depriving teachers of twenty-one days’ pay prior to the close of schools in June this year. Further Cuts Made Further reduction of teachers’ salaries accounts for $600,000 of the $779,897 budget reduction. This brings the total reduction of teachers’ salaries in the last two years to an average of about 16 per cent. Local taxpayers’ burden will be $528,088 less for the school city, because of increased revenue to be received from new taxes. Benefiting from the new state aid bill, the school city will receive from the state S2OO a teacher in January, or a total of $324,800. The school city estimates that it will receive $158,328 from intangibles taxes and $87,446 from excise taxes. Miscellaneous receipts expected would make a total revenue of $934,777. A reduction of $105,000 under the new act reduces the state apportionment to $465,000. Other Reductions Made Besides the saiary cut. further reductions were possible in expenditures for debt service, libraries, free kindergartens, art institute, and The Children’s Museum. Total education cost has been reduced from $5,770,143 to $4,346,096. Reduced effectiveness in classroom work will be a direct result of heavy reductions, declared Paul C. Stetson in a statement to the board. Considering the relationship of the NRA program to the school city, Stetson said: “The NRA program will mean an increased need for adult education. We can not meet this new and important demand because of our reduced budget.” Sees Serious Problem Stetson stated that a serious problem may arise from the decrease in size of the teaching staff and the anticipated increased enrollment in high schools, due to the NRA codes discouraging child labor. The board approved the appointments of Crowell W. Shelton, elementary manual training; Harold F. Irby, printing, Shortridge high school; Louise Headrick, Shortridgfe high school; Mary E. Walton, Maenell V. Hamlin, George Gray, Florence Norton, Crispus Attucks high school; Virginia Cochrane, Washington high school, and Hazel Whizenand, Emmerich Manual Training high school.

Stil 19 to 19 Hoodlums Spoil Baseball Game With Score Tied; Hundreds Flee.

By United Pregg CHICAGO, Aug. 30.—The score was 19 to 19 in the ninth inning of one of the season's thrillers at a south side sandlot. Hundreds of spectators crowded the sidewalks. Passing autoists stopped their cars in surrounding streets until all traffic was blocked. An auto load pf hoodlums came speeding down the street, intent on getting some place in a hurry, irritated by the traffic blockade. Just as the players took the field for the crucial tenth inning, one hoodlum fired four shots in the air. In a moment every player had disappeared, sidewalks were deserted, traffic melted away, and the score still stood 19-19. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 61 10 a. m 77 7 a. m 65 11 a. m 79 Ba. m 69 12 (noon>.. 81 9a. m 75 Ip. m 80

judge, decided to give all candidates a few more hours to get dated ballots to The Times office. Beginning today, the ballots of Tuesday must be in The Times office by 8 a. m. Thursday morning; today’s ballots by 8 a. m. Friday; Thursday's votes by 8 a. m. Saturday; Friday’s ballots by 8 a. m. Monday; Saturday’s by 8 a. m. Tuesday. But Monday's and Tuesday ballots of next week must be in the Times office by 8 a. m. Wednesday.

Real Silk Raises Pay by $250,000

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Employes to Get Quarter Million Annual Boost, Firm Head Says. Several thousand employes of the Real Silk Hosiery Company, 611 North Noble street, today voted wage boosts totaling $250,000 a year —and got them! If this sounds preposterous or unreal in a country struggling out of a depression, skeptics are referred to the executive board of the Employes Mutual Benefit Association of the Real Silk Hosiery Company, or to J. A. Goodman, president of the firm, for confirmation. Announcement of the wage boosts were made by representatives of the employes and the company to The Times reporter while Goodman nodded acquiescence. “The wage boosts are based on the fact that business is improving with Real Silk,” Goodman explained. Agree to Pay Request “After the recommendation for wage raises was made by the employes’ association executive board, the management agreed to it because of improvement shown in business and from confidence that business is going to get better in the near future. “This is the second increase since July,” Goodman added. “And we have added 600 employes to our pay roll since May.” Today's wage boosts are due only in part to the NRA. Real Silk officials declared. Ability of the concern to increase its pay roll at this time also is due, according to officials, to the unusual labor set-up and the fact that the national recovery act unquestionably has improved business. Approved by Hays In explaining the labor set-up of the concern, L. L. Goodman, secretary, revealed that Arthur Garfield Hays, famed New York attorney and champion of labor, had expressed approval of the plan when Goodman outlined it to him recently on returning from abroad. “The employes’ association has been in existence for more than ten years,” L. L. Goodman said. “In that period it has proved an unqualified success. Our employes know the exact condition of our business. They have access to the books of the company. “In the set-up by which raises or cuts in salary are determined, a board, consisting of four representatives of the employes, meets with four company representatives, also employes. These representatives are elected by the employes annually. BANDITS ROB STORE, KIDNAP TWO GiRLS Hostages Taken From Building as Robbers Flee After Raid. By United Prcsg KANSAS CITY, Mo„ Aug. 30. Three bandits today kidnaped two women employes of a downtown store, after looting the cashier’s cage. The women were Lydia Steele and Alice Graham Johnson, both members of the cashier’s force. The kidnaping occurred on the fifth floor of Kline’s department store, in the heart of the downtown district. After appearing at the cashier’s cage and demanding money, the bandits forced, the girls to accomany them as hostages as they fled from the building. The men menaced early morning crowds of shoppers as they left the store and went to a waiting automobile. Police radio cars took up the chase and engaged the kidnapers in a gun battle. Ft. Wayne Banker Dies FT. WAYNE, Ind., Aug. 30. Henry C. Paui, 82, prominent local business man and banker, died at his home here today after a prolonged illness. Paul was president of the old National Bank of Ft. Wayne.

M'LAFFERTY of the courthouse still clung to bis lead today while Motor Inn Rogers stepped over “Riverside” Mushrush to hold a slight lead for second place. “Walgreen” Krueger seemed content to play Rip Van Winkle in fourth place, while “Hoosier Airport” Bob Shank merely settled comfortably into fifth place, to leave Lawyer Dulberger in command of sixth. ’’Western Union” Carvin climbed on A1 Feeney, while "Dentists

SULLIVAN LASHES REALTORS FOR BUDGET ATTACK, BLAMES BOARD FOR VALUATION CUTS

Coney Isle Wants Huey SI,OOO a Night to Appear in Sideshow Is Tempting Offer Made to ‘Kingfish.’

NEW YORK, Aug. 30— Senator Huey P. Long, victim of a socialfistic encounter at the exclusive Sands Point (L. I.) Bath Club Saturday night, was offered SI,OOO a night today for appearances in a Coney Island sideshow. Bert Nevins, manager of the sideshow, said Long’s “unusual pugilistic activities have oentributed to his right to claim the title of the most

GANG SEES $30,000 AND MURDERS COP Thugs Spray Machine Gun Bullets Over Crowd in Daring Holdup. By United Press SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minn, Aug. 30.—Seven men held up two postoffice guards today, seized a $30,000 pay roll, shot down two policemen, killing one, and, then in a frenzy, poured out a murderous fire from submachine guns as their two automobiles sped out of town. The holdup was staged in front of the postoffice. One policeman, Leo Pavlick, was killed instantly. The other, John Yeaman, was wounded critically. The postal guards were on the steps of the postoffice building and two policemen were waiting for them at the curb when the deluge of bullets was released. The bandits were in two automobiles and had timed their first burst of fire with the exit of the guards from the building. The police were ordered to raise their hands. They complied. Policemen Shot Down The first murderous bursts from at least three machine guns killed Pavlick, who was standing on the curbing at the side of the police automobile. His partner, Yeamen, armed with a revolver, fired point blank at one of the bandits and was believed to have shot him in the abdomen. Another burst of bullets caught Yeamen and he slumped with a bullet wound in the head. The bandits had descended from their automobile during the firing and they raked the front of the postoffice building and other adjoining buildings with fusillades of bullets. The postoffice guards had thrown themselves flat and were not hit. Shoot Over Crowd Two of the bandits rushed up the steps to where the guards were lying prone and snatched the pay roll satchel. The guards, Joe Hamelton and Herb Shyene, remained motionless. The gunmen alternated at firing their submachine guns and loading. Several spectators said they saw the bandit shot by Yeaman being dragged into one of the two automobiles of the gang. The firing from submachine guns continued as the bandits drove out of town, but the bandits were firing above the heads of spectators. LINDY WILL MEET"KING Audience Will Be Granted Flier by Danish Monarch. By United Pros COPENHAGEN, Denmark. Aug. 30.—King Christian is expected to grant an audience to Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh Thursday, when the king returns from a visit to Jutland.

Bill Is Sure of a Home ‘Rents’ Vacant House Without Telling Owner, Tears Down Another for Firewood.

WILLIAM GENTRY, 54, Negro, 1957 Yandes street, who had “dug in” for the winter, was dug out today by the law and then put in again. Evidence before Municipal Judge Dewey E. Myers showed that Gentry had moved into the house at the Yandes street address without knowledge

of the owner. However, entry was not wholly lacking in consideration. He permitted a “For Rent” sign to remain in place. But the moving was just one of the things Gentry did. A $1,500 house at 1954 Yandes street is only a memory. Material from which it was built now is in the back yard of where Gentry was living and is in the form of kindling. Gentry was arrested a week ago by officers called to 1956 Yandes

Smith neared Carvin s vote total. S. O. S. is sent out today for the ten leaders to mail or bring the photos of head sizes, and headstone inscriptions, for publishing in Friday’s Times to Jo-Jo at Brown Derby headquarters. M M M THE last ballot in the Brown Derby will be printed next Tuesday. The winner will be announced in Wednesday’s home edition of The Times. He will be shown with the regal kelly on his crown and then, on

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pictuersque man in America. “As business men concerned with profitable exploitation, we believe that Huey Long, if exhibited, would more than pay any compensation that we would give him,” Nevins said. The board of governors of the Sands Point Club, where Long met his mysterious assailant in the washroom, explained in a terse statement that he was struck by an unidentified “gentleman.” Long said he was attacked by gangsters. Other witnesses, who withheld their identities, said he was hit by an unidentified man who objected to his manner of approach. The blow opened an inch long cut over the senator’s eye. * n n BECAUSE the entertainment which Senator Long attended at the clubhouse was for charity, “the club was without its usual supervision over attendance,” the statement, issued by Henry A. Alker, chairman of the board of governors, said. Members of the club were making a determined effort to identify Senator Long's assailant. Mrs. Dale Parker, chairman of the committee which sponsored the party at which he was struck, said members were “anxious to meet him.”

GOOD RECORD SAVES sll FINE; 60 DAYS Albert Sterrett Freed in Parked Cars Crash. Previous good record saved sll and sixty days of liberty today for Albert Sterrett, 20, of 1020 Bellefontaine street, whose automobile struck three parked cars Tuesday night. On a charge of drunken driving, Municipal Judge Dewey E. Myers fined Sterrett $lO and costs with a thirty-day term, but suspended the days and suspended all of a $1 fine and costs and thirty-day term for drunkenness. Richard Fleming, 19, living in the 900 block Dorman street, who was with Sterrett, was discharged. He had been charged with vagrancy. Automobiles alleged to have been damaged by Sterrett belong to James Crowe, 3620 Stanton avenue; Oscar Caplinger, R. R. 12, Box 367, and F. C. Casper, 519 North Jefferson avenue. Police are searching fo\ a woman hit-and-run driver who crashed into the automobile of Patrick Arvin, Detroit, at Vermont and Pennsylvania streets, Tuesday. CASHIER IS "ABDUCTED Bandits Gets $7,000 in Alabama Bank Holdup. By United Press DUBLIN, Ga„ Aug. 30.—A bandit with a submachine gun today robbed the Farmers and Merchants bank of Brewton, near here, of between $7,000 and $9,000, and kidnaped J. B. Herndon, cashier of the bank, who was alone in the bank. Herndon, forced to lie on the running board of the automobile, was released about two miles from Brewton.

street on a report that a man was tearing down a house. Gentry had an ax, officers said, and the job of wrecking the house was about completed. Gentry admitted all in court. Then Myers asked: “I take it you want a place to stay?” “Yes, sir, that’s it,” Gentry said. “Well, 111 fine you SSO and costs,” the court decreed. Unable to pay, Gentry faces a sixty-day stay in jail.

Sept. 7, in front of the racetrack grandstand, a motley crowd will hear the coronation ceremcnies and the “why and wherefore” of the crowning of the 1933 king. It is Governor's and Legislators’ day at the fair. Every one will be there to see anew ruler raised on the dais of Brown Derbydom. Be there! But from now on vote for your favorite. You'll find today’s hallot on Page 2. Vote early and late and often, but—VOTE! X.

HOME EDITION PRICE TWO CENTS Outside Marion County, 3 Cents

Critics Are Ones at Fault in 40-Cent Tax Raise, Mayor Declares. REFUNDING NOW ASKED Realty Men Take New Line, Qualifying Demand for Repudiation. Continuing his vigorous defense of the 1934 city budget prepared by his administration, Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan today charged the Indianapolis Real Estate Board, his severest critic, with a 40cent increase in the tax rate. Meanwhile, the board armed itself with additional ammunition for demanding alteration in the outstanding bonded indebtedness of the city. Qualifying its demand for repudiation to one of refunding over a 44-year-period, the board prepared to take a final stand before the city council Monday night, when the 1934 budget will be adopted. Mayor Assails Board Basis for the mayor’s attack on the board is the strenuous efforts which accomplished a reduction in the valuation on city real estate. “If property valuation had been left at the 1930 level of $691,000,000, the tax rate to produce revenue to meet the proposed 1934 budget would be only 91 cents,” Sullivan declared. “Despite the decreased valuation, more than $3,500,000 has been cut from the city’s expenses during the last three years,” Sullivan continued. “More than $170,000,000 in valuations have been lopped from the tax duplicates through pressure of the Real Estate board, the Chamber of Commerce, and other tax reduction groups, in the last three years. Rate Could Be Lower “If we had this valuation to tax, the rate would not need to be $1.31, raised 5 cents to bring in $203,656 less revenue than in 1933.” The charges against the board and other tax reduction bodies were voiced openly for the first time in the two-year period since the city budget has been the target of attacks. On numerous occasions, in the confines of his private office and during confidential conferences with newspapermen and close associates in, his administration, Sullivan has defended his budget position by pointing to the two-edged activities of the groups. Consistently refusing to be quoted, despite strong urging by his advisers, the mayor broke his long silence Tuesday after J. Harry Miles, real estate president, demanded repudiation of the city’s bonded indebtedness, threatening a tax strike as an alternative. Scorching criticism by Miles that city officials’ best in tax reduction “is not good enough,” and a charge of breaking the $1.50 tax levy limit (Turn to Page Three)

SCRATCHES ON FACE CLEW IN DEATH CASE Traffic Officer Says Suspect in Wife Killing Was Marked. By United Prenn SAN JOSE, Cal., Aug. 30.—A Stanford university traffic officer’s testimony that the face of David A. Lamson had been scratched, as though he had been in a physical encounter, today bolstered the state’s contention that he beat his wife, Allene, to death ip their Palo Alto cottage Memorial ’day. The defense contends Mrs. Lamson fainted and fell in her bathtub, thereby killing herself accidentally. Gordon R. Davis, young traffic officer on Stanford campus, questioned by Prosecutor Allen P. Lindsay, said there were scratches on Lamson’s face and also his hands. He said the scratches appeared to be fresh. Defense Counsel Edwin M. Rea said he would prove the mark Davis saw on Lamson’s face was an old scar, thrown into prominence because his face was blanched by the shock of finding his wife dead. CALL TEACHER PARLEY Instructions Will Be Given for Opening of School. Teachers of Indianapolis schools will be given instructions by department heads Friday at 10 at Arsenal Technical high school in the annual teachers’ meeting. All teachers will be on duty in their respective buildings throughout the opening day. Sept. 5, to complete organization plans.

Exciting Day It was an exciting day in the home of C. G. Ent, 1449 King avenue, when it was learned that their Boston terrier had strayed away. A “lost” ad immediately was phoned to The Times and the terrier was returned the same day. If your dog goes for a walk alone and can’t find its way back, let a Times “lost” ad show it the way home. Call RI. 5551.