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SIX ARE HELD IN GUN DEATH OF CITY MAN Alleged Ex-Hijacker Found Slain After Drinking Party. MYSTERY BAFFLES COPS Victim’s Head Is Nearly Blown Off in Shooting at Rooming House. With six men under arrest for questioning, police today were seeking to solve the mysterious murder last night of Raymond J. Walsh, 33, of 949 North Bosart avenue, reputed former hijacker. The body of Walsh, fully clothed, lying on a bed in a rooming house at 628 Ft. Wayne avenue, operated by Mrs. Viola Craig, was found by patrolmen Otto Bock and Roy Daniels shortly after midnight. He had been shot behind the left par, the bullet emerging above the .right eye, passing through a mattress on which he was lying, and expending its force on the floor. Part of the top of his head was blown away by the shot. Officers were called to the rooming house by Sam Harmon, 35, and Millard Burns, 43, living at the house. Both are under arrest on vagrancy charges under $15,000 bond. Freed on Drunk Count Others under arrest are Thomas (Tommy) Dillon, 744 ! 2 South Capitol avenue, boxing referee, former saloon keeper and reputed gambler, with whom Walsh was engaged in a fight Tuesday night, $5,000 bond, which he provided; James Bosdyke, 30. of 1604 North Belle Vieu place, $2,000 bond; Walter Wright. 45. living at the rooming house, $5,000 bond, and Dan Douthitt, 30. of 1105 North Mount street, $4,000 bond. All are held on vagrancy charges. Harmon and Burns told police they met Walsh shortly before noon yesterday, after Walsh had been released on bond in municipal court on an intoxication charge resulting from the fight with Dillon the night before, in which Dillon is alleged to have shot twice at Walsh, and then slugged him. Both were reported to have been intoxicated. They said they and Walsh began a drinking party, going to the rooming house where, about 11 last night, Walsh became intoxicated and went to sleep on Harmon's bed. Didn't Hear Shots No shots were heard, they asserted, but a short time later they discovered Walsh's body. Before calling police, they said, they telephoned two men, believed by police to have been Douthitt and Bosdyke, to come to the house and remove a ten-gallon jug of liquor. Then they called police. Checking up on the telephone number which they told police they called, officers went to 1604 Belle Vieu place, listed as the residence of Floyd Merz, and arrested Bosdyke. In the house they found a loaded revolver and a broken slot machine. In the garage was an automobile, said to have been owned by Merz, and equipped with extra heavy springs and a compartment for carrying liquor loads. Several empty cans were said to have been found in the car. Served Liquor Terms The other arrests were made later. Dillon formally being arrested after several hours grilling by detectives.. Detectives said Walsh had the reputation of having engaged in liquor hijacking for several years, adding that his brother. Pat Walsh, was slain about eight years ago in a bootleggers' battle near Lafayette, in which Raymond Walsh participated. Jail records show that Raymond Walsh was sentenced to twelve months in jail on a liquor charge by Fedefal Judge Robert C. Baltzell on Nov. 14. 1932, being released from jail Sept. 14. Relatives said he had not engaged in the liquor business in the last several months, having obtained a job on a civil works administration projects several weeks ago. Surviving relatives include the widow, Mrs. Mary Walsh; three children. Raymond Jr.. 10: Mary Ellen. 7, and Donald. 6 months: three sisters. Mrs. George Breithaupt. Mrs. William McKinney and Mrs. ZaTtina Hirshberger. and a brother, Leo Walsh, all of Indianapolis. Walsh was born in St. Croix. Ind.. coming to Indianapolis in 1912. FISHING SCHOONER SAFE Portland Vessol and Crew of Nine Survive Gale. By United Press „ PORTLAND. Me.. Dec. 28.—The schooner Sunapee. one of four Portland fishing vessels reported missing after Tuesday's gale, arrived safely today with all her crew of nine aboard. Times Index Page Bridge 13 Broun 11 Classified 13,16 Comics 17 Crossword Puzzle 18 Curious World 17 Editorial 12 Financial 13 Hickman—Theaters 15 Hunting 5 Lippmann 13 Radio 3 Safety Pledge 3 Sports 14. 15 State News 18 Unknown Blond ..........17 Woman’s Page 8 Your Health 18

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Stalin Sees ‘Menace’ in Japan

By United Vr*ss NEW YORK. Dec. 28 —The New York Times, in an exclusive cable dispatch from Moscow today, quoted Josef V. Stalin in an interview as seeing “real danger” to the Soviets from Japan, but as believing that Japan “would be unwise to attack.” "We should like to have friendly relations with the Japanese,” the Communist party leader said. “But unfortunately that does not depend upon us alone. If the more reasonable elements and more prudent counsels prevail in Japan, our two countries can live in amity, but we fear the militant faction may push saner policies into the background .... It is uncertain, too, whether she would get support for such an adventure from other powers . . . There is grave danger, and we can not but prepare to meet it.” Stalin spoke optimistically of the possibilities of a lively trade between Russia and the United States, and laughed at fears expressed by some economists regarding the Soviets’ ability to pay for goods. “We are the greatest demand market and are ready to order—and pay for—large quantities of goods,” he said. “Every one has been surprised that we are paying, that we do pay and that we can pay. I know it is not cus-

TWO KILLED IN SMUGGLING WAR U. S. Border Patrolmen and Rum Runner Slain in Gun Fight. By United Press EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 28.—A United States border patrolman and a smuggler lay dead here today after a renewal of the government’s campaign against rum runners on the Texas-Mexican border. Four suspected smugglers, two of them wounded, were under arrest. Twenty gallons of contraband whisky was in the hands of officers. The dead patrolman was Bert Walthall, 34, formerly of Flagstaff, Ariz. The body of Joe Estrada, who had served a prison term on a federal liquor charge, was found in the smugglers’ wrecked automobile. Patrolmen Walthall, Louis A. Smith and Curtis Mosely gave chase when they saw the suspected smugglers cross the international bridge in an automobile from Juarez last night. Commanded to halt, the smugglers opened fire through a rear window. The first bullet wounded Smith slightly. The second struck Walthall. He died en route to a hospital.

INCOME TAX FORMS WILL BE MAILED Heavy Penalty for Those Not Making Returns. Forms for filling out federal income tax returns will be mailed to all taxpayers of record on Jan. 2, Will H. Smith, collector ~f internal revenue, announced today. Persons required by law to file income tax returns, and who do not receive the blanks, must apply to the internal revenue department in the federal building. A heavy penalty will be imposed this year for those failing to make a return on time. Those required to file returns are individuals with a net income of SI,OOO or a grass income of $5,000 or more if a single person, and married persons with a net income of $2,500 or a $5,000 gross income. Sixteen on Boat Safe BOSTON, Dec. 27.—Twenty-four hours overdue the New York towboat Honeybrook. with sixteen men aboard, arrived here safely from New York shortly after 1 p. m. today.

Byrd’s Flagship, Engines . Leaking, Is Facing Peril of Crash With Iceberg Jacob Ruppert Battling Way Through Northwest Gale; Blinded by Fog, Seamen Keep Wary Eye for Floating Mountains of Ice. By United Press ON BOARD S. S. JACOB RUPPERT EN ROUTE TO ANTARCTICA. Dec. 26 (via Mackav Radio, delayed*.—Surrounded by icebergs, blinded by fog and with its engines slowed by leakage of w’ater into its fuel oil. Admiral Richard E. Byrd's flagship was feeling its way tonight. A northwest gale was blowing. Visibility has not been more than three miles for four days. New bergs meet every movement of the ship. The ship is being steered by dead

reckoning, and for nearly two hours today it drifted all but helplessly on a stormy sea with scores of icebergs around it. An idea of the problems posed by the icebergs is given by an experience as the ship moved slowly eastward. ‘•lceberg off the starboard bow.” shouted one officer. "Iceberg off the portbow,” cried a second. "It's the same berg” shouted the first. It was half a mile long and stuck 100 feet out of the water. The boat was turned away and in a few minutes the iceberg disappeared in fog. There was an acute situation today when two enormous icebergs loomed 200 feet high, one off the starboard bow. the other off the port bow. It was decided to take the ship around them, as it was feared an

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attempt to pass between them might j endanger it. Just then the engine room reported that water had leaked into the oil and steam pressure was dropping fast. The oil and water, pumped to the burner nozzles, had extinguished the fires. It took time . to raise steam again and the ship lost speed rapidly. The captain yelled for more speed and was told that the engine room was doing its best. "We have got to have more,” the captain said. "We are in dangerous waters.” The two big icebergs were less than 300 yards off and there were j twenty small ones nearby, some only fifty yards away. Preparations were made to guard the airplane against disaster. Steam dropped to half its normal pressure. then rose and the ship fought itn way back into the wind. 1

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Too Soon Wife Faints —Didn’t Hear Term Suspended.

UNNERVED when she heard sentence pronounced on her husband, Mrs. Trae Gatti, 334 North Beville avenue, collapsed in a faint today in municipal court three. Her husband w-as found guilty by Judge Dewey Myers on chargee of drunkenness, drunken driving and failure to have a driver's license. His arrested followed an accident Dec. 17. Judge Myers suspended the drunkenness fine, withheld judgment on the no license charge, but fined Gatti $lO and costs and sentenced him to thirty days in 'jail on the drunken driving charge. He also suspended sentence in the latter case and allowed Gatti six months for payment of the fine and costs, putting him on probation for that period. Mrs. Gatti did not hear the judge’s ruling on the jail sentence and collapsed as she prepared to bid her husband good-by. She was carried into Judge Myers’ office and revived by the knowledge that she wasn’t going to lose Gatti. HOMESTEADS FOR 160 FAMILIES PROMISED Relief Work Planned in Vicinity of Youngstown, O. By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—Subsistence homesteads for about 160 families will be established in the Youngstown (O.) industrial area under supervision of the subsistence homestead division of the interior department, it w 7 as announced today. The Homesteads to be established at an average cost of about $3,000 each will be scattered around the villages of North Jackson, Austin Town, Struthers, Girard, North Lima. Boardman and Canfield. $600,000 FIRE RAZES RECREATION CENTER Hibbing (Minn.) Firemen Battle in Sub-Zero Weather. By United Press HIBBING, Minn., Dec. 28.—Hibbing's $600,000 recreational building was destroyed by fire today as hundreds of volunteer firemen braved 40-below-zero temperatures and strong northwest winds to salvage a portion of the furnishings.

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nearly double that of czarist times —more than *100.000,000 rubles.” Stalin characterized President Roosevelt as "bv all appearances, a decided and courageous political leader.” Explaining his conception of Mr. Roosevelt, Stalin said there was a philosophical system known as “solipsism,” which means that “you do not believe in the reality of anything outside of yourself, but only in your own personality.” “For a long time,” he said, “it looked as if the American government was 'solipsist.’ But Mr. Roosevelt is not a supporter of that strange theory. He is a realist and knows facts as they are.” He also praised Ambassador William Bullitt who, he said, “does not talk like an average diplomat—he is straightforward, and means what he says.” Stalin was hopeful that the world is rising from the depression, and believed business was on the upgrade, he said. “Unless I am mistaken,” he declared, “’business is beginning to improve. I think the lowest point perhaps is already past. Ido not believe they (the countries touched by depression) will reach the heights of 1929, but with some fluctuations a transition toward a revival is not only possible, but probable.”

TWO ACCUSED COPS ARE FIRED Davidson and Hamilton Are Dismissed by Safety Board. Patrolmen John (Red) Davidson and Ermal Hamilton, under suspension in connection with the poison suicide of Miss Leona Norkus, today were dismissed from the police force by the safety board, following a hearing several days ago. Miss Norkus was said to have swallowed carbolic acid while in Davidson’s car, and to have been taken to a drug store by both officers, where they gave her an antidote before sending her to city hospital. The board action was announced by President Charles R. Myers, without comment.

PNEUMONIA CAUSES DEATH OF GANG FOE Officer Famous as Nemesis of Criminals. By United Press CINCINNATI. 0., Dec. 28. Joseph B. Schaefer, 59, relentless and uncanny foe of such notorious 'criminals as Robert (The Fox) Zwick and George (Fat) Wrassman, died at his home here last night after thirty-four years in police work. Pneumonia, which developed while Mr. Schaefer was suffering from a foot injury, caused his death. He gained widest notice for his courage in a revolver duel in downtown Cincinnati in 1929 when he shot straighter and faster than Wrassman, a gang leader. Wrassman was sent crashing to the pavement, fatally shot. Early this year, Mr. Schaefer again gained wide acclaim when he was instrumental in bringing Robert Zwick to justice after Zwick gained the name ‘ Fox” by eluding police of three states. Zwick now is serving a life term for murder. Schaefer’s investigations had made him known to leaders in police work throughout the nation. ROOSEVELT TO LEAD U. S. IN WILSON FETE Seventy-Seventh Birthday of War President Will Be Commemorated. By'Unitcd Press WASHINGTON. Dec. 28.—President Roosevelt will lead the nation tonight in observance of the seven-ty-seventh birthday of Woodrow Wilson, with an address at the first national dinner of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, organized to perpetuate the war President's ideals of international peace. Eight hundred persons will gather at the dinner, including Mrs. Wood- ! row Wilson, and ranking officials of the government. AUTO CRASHES INTO STREET CAR, 2 HURT Man and Wife Injured Seriously in Skid on Icy Street. Skidding on the icy {lavement,! Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Trucksess, Brownsburg. were injured critically last night when the car Mr. Trucksess was driving crashed into the rear of an Illinois street car at Rookwood avenue and Forty-second The car was demolished. Mrs. Trucksess suffered head and shoulder injuries and her husband sustained leg and face bruises. Both were sent to St. Vincent’s hospital. The car was demolished. PRESIDENT HOPES TO ‘CARRY ON* NEW DEAL Messages to Congress Are Now Being Prepared. By United Press WASHINGTON. Dec. 28— President Roosyelt today carried forward the task of projecting his new deal into 1934. Assisted by various department heads the President was reported making steady progress on his recommendations to congress next week. He was expected to complete his messages on the budget, and the state of the union by the end of j the week.

STATE HEALTH BOARD DROPS ‘BLEND’PROBE Powerless to Act Unless Pure Food Law Is Violated. COURT DECISION CITED High U. S. Jurists Ruled Use of Alcohol and Water Legal. Indiana state health department can do nothing about the quality of whisky as long as it does not contain poison or ingredients in actual conflict with provisions of the pure food and drug law. This conclusion was announced today by Dr. Verne K. Harvey,.state health director, after a conference on the subject with Frank J. Koehne, director of the state food and drug laboratory. Mr. Koehne has made a thorough study of the problem since repeal, Dr. Harvey said. Their findings will be available for the Governor's commission on liquor control. New Remedy Is Sought A meeting of the commission is to be held shortly after New Year’s to map a plan for dealing with both high prices and low quality as exposed by The Times, it was said. Alex Gordon, labor member of the commission, when informed of the findings of the state health department, declared he believed that a remedy may be found through rules to be promulgated by Paul Fry, state excise director. “At the last meeting, the commissioners expressed the view that Mr. Fry can require all blended whisky labels to carry the formula under which the blend is made,” Mr. Gordon asserted. “If it is a little aged whisky and much alcohol and water, the label would reveal that fact and the price of good whisky could not be obtained for the inferior quality. Blend Ruling Reviewed A United States supreme court decision, rendered when the late President William Howard Taft was chief justice, makes state health department rulings impotent in the matter of quality of whisky, Mr. Koehne found. This decision practically holds that “whisky is whatever you drink and want to >all it such,” Mr. Koehne said. It dealt directly with the matter of blending and upheld the right of distillers to take highly flavored whisky, long aged in the wood, and mix it with alcohol and water. “We would be right up against a stone wall if we attempted to make any rules contrary to the findings of the United States supreme court,” Mr. Koehne pointed out. “People Want Wallop” “After all, the era of prohibition with its drinking of anything that was potable and portable has largely ruined the taste of the average American whisky drinker. “They think ‘bouquet’ is a bunch of flowers and never heard of the word being used to describe the aroma and flavor of whisky. What they want is something with a great big wallop and that can be had with bourbon flavored alcohol and water as well, or even better, than with fine old whiskies, which really live up to the name.” Such being the case, the state health department has decided to do nothing about it, Dr. Harvey declared.

MORE CWA JOBS ARE PLANNED FOR WOMEN Bulletin Urges They Be Used on All Possible Projects. Move to give more jobs to women under the civil works administration w r as launched today by William H. Book, state director, and Miss Florence Kirlin, director of women’s work. A bulletin was sent to the county administrators urging that women be used wherever possible on CWA projects already under way. “As replacements are made, employ women for all jobs they can do,” the bulletin set out. TRANSOCEANIC - PHONE WEDDING IS HALTED Consul-General in Prague Stops Strange Ceremony. By United Press EL DORADO. Ark„ Dec. 28.—A proposed trans-oceanic telephone wedding involving a man here and his sweetheart at Prague, Czechoslovakia, was halted by the American consul-general at Prague just as the ceremonies w T ere to have been held. The consul-general ruled that Benjamin Lebowltz, bridegroomelect, had not offered sufficient proof of American citizenship to warrant carrying out his plan to marry Miss Weiss Hermina telephonically so he could bring her into this country as his wife.

School Bells Await Erring Motorists

OH. living motorist, prepare to go to school! In the future, when you carom gently off the fender of another car. park in the wrong spot, fail to turn a corner properly or violate any of the hundred and one canons of traffic etiquette, you may be sent to school. So decreed Chief Mike Morrissey today after a conference with Judge Dewey Myers and Harry Smith of the accident prevention bureau.

Roosevelt Diction Is “Model of Culture and Force,’ Educators Sav

NEW YORK, Dec. 28. The diction of President Roosevelt, “just an American citizen who uses English well.” was acclaimed today by educators attending the eighteenth annual convention of the National Association of Teachers of Speech. The presidential voice and diction were praised by Professor Lee Emerson Bassett of Stanford university, president of the association, and Ray K. Immel, dean of the

school of speech. University of Southern California, at the opening session of the two-day convention attended by 500 teachers. Mr. Roosevelt's speech is “lively and varied, with excellent pronunciation and enunciation,” Professor Bassett said.

SI,OOO IS LOSS IN CITY BLAZE Firemen Battle Flames at Hornaday Home for Full Hour. Awakened by smoke which seeped into his bedroom early today, Charles L. Hornaday, 4814 Central avenue, well-known manufacturer, investigated and found the basement of his home ablaze. He assisted his wife Barbara to the street and called the fire department. After more than an hour’s work, the firemen succeeded in putting out the blaze. Damage was estimated at $1,000.' Neighbors near the home of Henry McCall, 2440 Boulevard place, attempted to deter firemen from entering a house today when a Christmas tree caused several hundred dollars worth of damage. The McCall family was away when the fire started in the Christmas tree. According to the firemen, neighbors attempted to prevent them from breaking down a door to enter the house, asserting that the Christmas tree only was lit. Breaking into the house, firemen discovered the Christmas tree ablaze and the fire spreading rapidly through the whole lower portion of the house.

4 WEEKS, 13 MONTHS URGED FOR CALENDAR Radical Change Suggested by Statistical Association Board. By United Press PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 28.—A calendar with four weeks in each month and thirteen months in the year, was recommended today at the annual meeting of the American Statistical Association by its committee on calender reform. Each quarter would have thirteen weeks and each half year twenty-six weeks. The extra day in the year would be designated solely as “year day,” and the additional day every fourth year, or leap year, would be designated as “leap day.” RAILROAD IS SEEKING AIR LINES PURCHASE New York Central Reported in Chicago Negotiations. By United Press CHICAGO, Dec. 28.—The New. York Central railroad has opened negotiations for the purchase of the intensive network of air lines of American Airways, Inc., it was reported today. L. D. Seymour, president of the Airways Corporation, admitted that auditors of the New York Central have completed an examination of the Airways Corporation’s books, but would not comment on the report of negotiations. ALFRED E. SMITH TO CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY Happy Warrior Will Be 60 Years Old Next Saturday. By United Press NEW YORK, Dec .28.—A box of apples from Oregon and a crate of Colorado celery received at the office of Alfred E. Smith were early reminders today that the former Governor celebrates his sixtieth birthday Saturday. Despite the early influx of congratulatory messages and gifts. Mr. Smith planned a quiet celebration. He will be at his desk in the Empire State building as usual, and will join his family at dinner at home. Treasury Official Appointed By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—President Roosevelt today appointed Clarence T. Ellis of St. Louis as assistant solicitor of the treasury.

Judge Myers, a trifle weary, it seems, of attempting to render decisions in cases where motorists claimed that the other fellow was wrong, decided to send offending motorists to school so that there would be no stereotyped excuses in the future for doing the wrong thing in traffic. All defendants in cases in which the judges find it difficult to render decisions will be enrolled in the new school, too. The curriculum likewise extends to those

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the radio have exerted a marked influenced in the direction of speech uniformity, both professors said. Dr. Bassett added that both media of vocal expression had tended to eliminate marked provincialisms from everyday speech.

THREE BATTLES FACE CONGRESS Democratic Leaders Fear Party Splits Over Food Bill. By United Prefix WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—'Three legislative proposals only slightly interwoven with the administration’s recovery program may force congress to remain in session through next summer. Democratic house leaders admitted today. Hopes for early adjournment will be blasted they said if President Roosevelt urges action on the Tugwell food and drug bill, permanent transportation-co-ordination, and communication merger proposals. All three matters would, it was said, result in breaks in party ranks. Controversy already has developed about the drastic food and drug bill. Transportation co-ordinator Ben Eastman has been working on a report which he may submit before Feb. 1, outlining the need of coordination in rail, water and truck traffic. The emergency transportation enacted last session was only a temporary device. Mr. Eastman is now assembling data obtained from transportation sources relative to equipment costs, competition between rails and waterways, duplication lines etc. Substitutes for the far-reaching Tugwell food and drug bill probably will be given careful consideration. Representative George Huddleston, <Dem„ Ala.,) has announced he will introduce a bill providing for labeling by the bureau of standards of all commodities. Under his plan even clothing would carry "symbols” showing grade and quality.

WYNEKOOP HIRED MAN IS MISSING Police Hunt Employe of Accused Murderess. By United Press CHICAGO. Dec. 28. —New police investigation of the shocking oper-ating-room murder of Rheta Gardner Wynekoop was believed under way today as Judge Philip J. Finnegan considered a petition for a writ of habeas corpus for John Van Pelt, 69, hired man in the home of Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop, suspected killer. Van Pelt has been missing since a w 7 eek ago last Sunday, the petition said. He was last seen in the company of two men W'ho previously had questioned him about the murder, according to Frank Tyrell, attorney for Dr. Wynekoop. Dr. Wynekoop will go on trial on Jan. 4 on charges of having shot and chloroformed her pretty daugh-ter-in-law to death. PACKERS DEFYING NRA, SPEAKER RAINEY SAYS Urges Strict Government Control in Process Tax Problems. By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 28—Speaker of the House Henry T. Rainey charged today that the meat packing industry is operating in open defiance of the recovery program. He urged strict government control of all meat packing plants to prevent the industry from passing processing taxes along to the consumer. DOLLAR CLOSES STRONG Opens at $5.10 on London Exchange, Winds Up at 55.08 V,. By United Press LONDON, Dec. 28.—The American dollar was strong today, opening at $5.10 to the pound and closing at $5.08\, against yesterday's close of $5.12. French francs opened at 834 to the pound and closed at 83 9-16.

who are learning to drive. The faculty will be made up of members of the police traffic department and the first regular session will be held at 8 p. m, Feb. 11 in Room 4 aft police headquarters. Thereafter, classes will be held every Thursday night at the same hour. Any motorist who offers objections to an officer's order to attend the traffic school will be met with a warrant, according to Chief Morrissey.

HOME EDITION PRICE TWO CENTS Outside Marion County, 3 Cents

TEMPERATURE CLIMBS, COLD SPELL BROKEN Lowest Tonight to Be About 15 Above. Is Forecast of Armington. MERCURY AT 19 BY 12 New Cold Wave to Miss Indianapolis. Weather Man Says. Hourly Temperatures 12 (mid- 7 a. m 13 night) .. 13 Ba. m 13 1 a. m 12 9 a. m 14 2 a. m 12 10 a. m 15 3a. m 13 11 a. m 18 4a. m 13 12 (noon>.. 19 5 a. m 13 1 p. m 20 6 a. m 12 Partial relief from the subzero temperatures which swept Indianapolis and Indiana yesterday morning greeted the city today, with the probability of further relief tomorrow. J. H. Armington. meteorologist, today forecast little change in temperature tonight, with the lowest about 15 above zero, and slowly rising temperature tomorrow. He said that anew cold wave originating in central western Canada today, extending into the Dakotas and Minnesota, probably vill pass across the lakes region arid miss Indiana. Readings of 28 below zero at Duluth. Minn., the coldest point in the United States, and 52 below zero at Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, were reported this morning. Lowest temperatures throughout the state ranged from 4 above zero in the northern section to from 13 to 15 in the southern section. Lowest in Indianapolis during the night was 11 at 8:45 p. m. By noon today the mercury had risen slowly to 19. New Cold Wave Coming Bv United Pres* Another cold wave, sending temperatures back to subzero levels, moved southeastward today out of the Arctic. A short respite between the new storm and the season's most severe cold wave was indicated by United States government forecasts. The second high pressure area was preceded by snow in Canada. Temperatures rose slightly today from the Appalachian to the Rocky mountains, bringing some relief from the storm which caused at least 142 deaths. Hundreds of others were injured in accidents caused by the snow and Ice. The Pacific northwest, with twenty-four deaths caused by the storm and floods, and the New England region, which reported eighteen deaths due to the storm, suffered the most severely. United Press reports from other sections revealed fifteen dead in Wisconsin, twenty-one in Illinois, ten in Indiana, eight in Michigan, seven in lowa, twelve in Minnesota and the Dakotas, eleven in Pennsylvania, four in New York, four in Massachusetts, six in Ohio and one each in Connecticut, Oklahoma and Washington, D. C. Temperatures still were below normal in all sections of the United States, with the exception of extreme southern states. North of Duluth, Minn., the temperature was rising, after falling to 47 degrees below zero. I law of 23 degrees below was recorded at St. Paul.

NONSTOP FLIGHT TO HONOLULU APPROVED Six Naval Planes to Start Mass Hop in January. By Timm Rprrial SAN DIEGO, Cal., Dec. 28.—The last apparent obstacle in the path of a projected flight of six naval planes from San Francisco to Honolulu was removed today after approval of plans from Washington. The chief cf naval operations instructed Eleventh naval district headquarters here to proceed with plans for the air squadron VB-10 to take off about the middle of January in the trans-Pacific hop. Thp flight will be directed by Commander Kneffler McGinniss, who led the squadron from CocoSolo, Panama, to San Oiego in a one-stop flight in October. McGinniss was given permission to set a definite date for the takeoff. WALKER ON TEA DIET, HEALTHY, FARLEY SAYS Postmaster-General Returns From Europe; Glad He’s Home. By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 28— Post, master - General James Farley brought the news from Paris today that dapper Jimmy Walker is drinking nothing stronger than tea. This sober diet is making New York's ex-mayor look ’very healthy,” added Mr. Farley, who said that Europe was a fine place, but not for the postmaster-general. ‘ The more I saw of Europe," explained Farley, -the more I think of the United States." LEGAL FRATERNITY HONORS ROOSEVELT President Is Given Jeweled Key by Phi Delta Phi. By United Press WASHINGTON. Dec. 28—President Roosevelt today was given a jeweled key of Phi delta Phi. international legal fraternity, of which he is a member. The members voted the key to their most celebrated brother at their annual meeting last summer.