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NATION SWEPT BY BLIZZARD; MISSISSIPPI TORNADO KILLS 12

Snow Blankets More Than Half of Country; East Hard Hit. AIR TRAFFIC IS HALTED Mercury Due to Start on Climb Here Tomorrow, Is Forecast. Storms sweeping the United States from the Rocky mountains eastward blanketed more than half of the country today, leaving a toll of at least thirty-four dead due directly or indirectly to the weather. Street and highway traffic was made hazardous and Atlantic coast shipping was endangered. Mail and passenger planes were grounded. Low temperatures prevailed, particularly in the central west and the mountain states, extending south to Amarillo, Tex. Among the deaths attributed to the storms were: A dozen or more killed in a tornado in the Mississippi area. Eight dead in the crash of an air liner near Salt Lake City. Three dead in southern Illinois accidents. Nine dead in the Theta Chi fraternity house at Dartmouth college, Hanover. N. H„ of Carbon monoxide from a faulty furnace. The storm caused cancellation of all army mail schedules to and from Newark, N. J.. airport and all commercial schedules also were cancelled. Planes were grounded in other parts of the storm area. New York City battled to prevent another transportation tieup. Tornado Kills Twelve By I nitrd Prr** MERIDIAN. Miss., Feb. 26.—Relief workers plowed through fallen trees and the wreckage of homes to succor injured and homeless In widely scattered storm-swept communities of three southern states today. A devastating tornado roared out of eastern Mississippi, across central Alabama and into the western edge of Georgia late yesterday, killing at least twelve persons, injuring nearly one hundred and destroying property. Heavy rains were general throughout the mid-south, hampering relief workers. Damaged communication lines let out only meager reports. The heaviest damage was reported at communities near Meridian. from where the tornado apparently hopped to Calera, Ala., and then to Ashland, Ala., and dipped down again at Carrollton, Ga. Known dead were: Centerhill. Miss.—<6> Carl Calvert, 43: his wife. Annie. 35; and their four children. Annie, 10; Nettie, 8; George. 5. and Helen. 3. Kewanee. Miss.—Curtis Bishop. 48. and an unidentified Negro. Calera. Ala.—Mrs. Mannie Kaizziah. Ashland. Ala.—A Rev. Mr. Wheeler. Carrollton. Ga.—Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Phillips, about 60. Hospital here counted thirty-two critically injured from the Centerhill and Kewanee communities. Property damage at Bowdon was estimated at $150,000, with about a dozen homes twisted from their foundations. Snowstorm Hits New York By l nited Prr** NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—A driving snowstorm piled huge drifts in New York City streets today and hampered highway transportation. The storm capped one of the most severe winters New York has seen in many years and placed a blanket of snow over street' still icy from last week's blizzard. Frigid Wave Unbroken Frigid temperature which gripped the city over the week-end. during the heavy snow storm which began Saturday night, war scheduled to remain today and tonight, the mercury beginning a slow rise tomorrow. Temperature tonight was expected to drop to about 5 above zero, 5 degrees colder than last night’s minimum of 10. A total of 2.8 inches of snow fell over the week-end. producing an average of 3.5 inches of snow on the ground, including the snow which fell last week. Temperatures yesterday remained nearly constant, the highest being only 15 above zero, during the afternoon. Today's temperature was expected to rise to between 15 and 20 above, climbing probably another 10 degrees tomorrow, according to J. H. Arrmngton. local meteorologist. The entire force of the city street department was at work today removing snow from 'rsections. safety zones, loading zones, and other points in the downtown section. Salt and sand crews will not be started out until the snow starts melting. Sewer crews were at work keeping sewer manholes open. The snow did not cause any material trouble for bus, railroad or interurban companies, which operated nearly on schedule, it was reported. The snow and cold weather came as a boon to youngsters who have been awaiting a good opportunity for using sleds. Coasters crowded Coffin and Riverside golf courses over the weekend. particularly popular btfng a toboggan slide at Coffin, winch was watered by the park department, the resulting ice making a perfect bob-*led slide. Hourly Temperatures •a. m 11 10 a. m 13 Ta. m 10 11 a. m 13 Ba. m..... 10 12 (noon).. 12 Ba. m 11 Ip. m..... 13

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Missing Air Liner Is Found Wrecked, 8 Aboard Dead Aviation Authorities Examine Crumpled Snow-Covered Craft to Determine Cause of Disaster. By I nitrd Prr** SALT LAKE CITY. Utah, Feb. 26—The bodies of seven men and one girl, carried to death when the big air liner crashed into the side of a mountain thirty-five miles from this city, lay in the morgue here today.

GAS KILLS NINE COLLEGE BOYS Dartmouth Students Suffocated by Fumes Coming From Faulty Furnace. By United Press HANOVER, N. H., Feb. 26.—Nine Dartmouth college students who had gone to bed in their fraternity house early yesterday after an evening of gayety, were dead today, suffocated by carbon monoxide gas from a faulty furnace as they slept. The tragedy was discovered by a janitor, when he visited the Theta Chi house late yesterday The victims were: William F. Fullerton, 20, Cleveland Heights, O. F.dward F. Moidenke, 21, New York City. William M. Smith Jr„ 21, Manhasset, L. I. Edward M. Wentworth Jr., 21, Chicago. Americo S. Demasi, 20, Little Neck, L. I. Harold I). Watson, 21, Wilton, Me. William H. Schooley, 20, Middletown. N. Y. John J. Griffin, 19, Wallingford, Conn. Alfred Moidenke, 20, brother of Edward. A white Siberian sledge dog. the fraternity pet, also was found dead beside the bed of his asphyxiated master, young Wentworth. An examination of the basement convinced anuthorities the furnace had exploded, bursting a pipe w’hich connected it with the chimney. Poisonous gas poured from the broken pipe and filled the house.

SIX BURN TO DEATH IN BLAZEJIT HOTEL Utica Establishment Swept by Flames. By t nitrd Pres* UTICA. N. Y., Feb. 26.—Six persons were burned to death today in a fire of unknown origin at the Mirone hotel. Only two of the six bodies were immediately identified. They were those of Salvatore Troja, 40-year-old marble worker, and Dominick Bevilacqua, 45, a CWA worker, both of Utica. Philips Heidt, 80. one of the twenty persons in the hotel when the fire broke out, was overcome by smoke and is in a serious condition. Times Index Page America Must Choose 3 Bridge 15 Broun 9 Business News 6 Classified 13. 14 Comics 15 Crossword Puzzle 15 Curious World 15 Editorial 10 Financial II Hickman-Theaters 9 Lodge News 8 Music Review 3 Pegler 9 Radio 13 Sports 12, 13 State News 16 Talburt Cartoon 10 War Horrors 9 Woman's Pages 4, 5

French Munitions Makers Scheming to Create New Armed Strife in Europe to Fill Their Own Pockets, Magazine Charges

By Scripptt-Haicnrrl \nrspnpcr Alliance WASHINGTON. Feb. 26,-French munitions makers united with those of Germany to elevate to power Adolph Hitler, “the one man most capable of stirring up anew outbreak of international anarchy in Europe.” the magazine Fortune says in its March issue published today. As soon as this had been accomplished French newspapers owned in part by French munitions manufacturers 'immediately broke out in a fever of denunciation against the Hitler regime and called for fresh guaranties of security against the menace of rearming Germany.” it says. In “Arms and the Men." the magazine presents a detailed account of the names, connections, international alliances and methods of munitions makers. It rates as the richest and most influential those of France topped by the Schneider-Creusot Company controlling 182 French subsidiaries manufacturing heavy ordnance, machine guns, tanks, shells, ammunition and warfare chemicals. This company controls as well 230 armament and allied enterprises outside France, including Skoda, Czechoslovakia's biggest munitions works.

The Indianapolis Times Fair and continued cold tonight, with lowest temperature about 5; tomorrow fair with slowly rising temperature.

Aviation authorities, meanwhile, examined the snow-covered wreckage in an effort to determine the cause of the disaster. Searching parties came upon the wreckage late la-st night after United Airlines pilots Don Broughton and Ed Greer had flashed word they had sighted the battered silver fuselage of the giant bi-motored passenger carrier near the head of Parley’s Canyon. The two pilots, the hostess, and the five passengers apparently were killed instantly. Wrist watches on the arms of the pilots of the plane had stopped at 3:05 p. m., indicating that the plane had crashed shortly after taking off Friday afternoon. Pilots Broughton and Greer were flying close to the ground following the beacon lights that mark the eastward route when they sighted the plane, nose down, nearly buried in the deep snow on the side of the canyon. Radios Line’s Offices Broughton radioed the airline headquarters at Salt Lake. A motor caravan to go to the scene of the crash was ’organized. Eight ambulances were sent in the hope that some of the eight persons aboard would be alive. The dead: Lloyd Anderson, Cheyenne, Wyo., pilot. J. Danielson, Cheyenne, Wyo., copilot. Mary Carter, Salt Lake City, stewardess. E. I. Walker, Rock Springs, Wyo., I automobile dealer. J. J. Sterling, mayor of Benton Harbor, Mich. A. B. Bergland, Boone, la. Marcellus Zinmaster, Des Moines, ; la. Bert McLaughlin, Perry, la. The following statement was made today by L. B. Jameson, public relations official of the United Airlines in Salt Lake: “Leon D. Cuddeback, assistant to Harold D. Thomas (Slim) Lewis, chief pilot of the United Airlines, was the first company official to visit the scene of the crash and report. All Killed Instantly “He reported that the ground party arrived at about 8:30 Sunday night. The plane, he said, was ! wedged between two trees with the nose buried in the ground so that it was in an almost vertical position. • “Due to the darkness it was impossible to determine whether the plane had collided with some object prior to striking the ground. “The plane had not caught fire. The plane struck evenly along the leading edge of the wing. The passengers were thrown forward into the nose of the plane and were very apparently killed instantly. “The first body was removed at 9:10 p. m. Some difficulty was experienced in extricating the bodies of the five passengers and stewardess. The bodies of the pilot and co-pilot were even more difficult to remove. The body of Co-pilot Danielson was not removed until later.” TRUCK CODE EFFECTIVE State Registration of 80,000 Vehicles Starts March 5. Active registration of trucks in Indiana will not begin before March 5, although the code of fair competition for the trucking industry became effective yesterday, it was announced today by D. F. Mitzner, Indiana Trucking Association secretary. Registration offices will be opened in Indianapolis at that time. It is expected that nearly 80,000 trucks in Indiana will come under provisions of the code and be registered.

“In 1899 British sobers w'ere shot down by British guns that British armament firms had sold to the Beers,” it says. “When in 1914 the kaiser's armies marched westward into Belgium and eastward toward Russia. German soldiers were killed by German guns manned by the armies of King Albert and Czar Nicholas II.” In some ways the most amazing part of the recital has to do with the de Wendel-von Wendel family, aristocrats of Europe's armorers, who have altered the prefix to the family name as political control over coal and iron fields they own in the Lorraine has shifted between Berlin and Paris. Describing the fa*~ :, y and industrial history of Francois de Wendel, Fortune says: "When their vast Lorraine estates lay upon soil politically German they attached to their name the prefix ‘von’ and turned their eyes toward Berlin; w T hen the political frontier shifted under their rich deposits of coal and iron they altered the prefix to ‘de’ looked to Paris “In 1914 the ranking member of the family was Humbert von Wendel, a member of the German reichstag. * • , He still lives at

INDIANAPOIS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1934

•LITTLE NAPOLEON’ DIES

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JOHN M'GRAW DIES IN COMA Famed Manager of Giants Is Mourned by All in Sports World. By United Press NEW YORK, Feb. 26—The sports world today mourned the death of John J. McGraw, greatest and most colorful of all baseball managers and the man who did most to establish the game as the national pastime. Messages of condolence from all sections poured into the big red brick home in Pelham Manor where his widow, Mrs. Blanche Sindall McGraw, was near collapse. The peppery little vice-president of the New York Giants, whose dynamic personality, astute field generalship and sweeping conquests during nearly thirty years as manager of the Giants, won him the sobriquet "Little Napoleon,” died at 11:50 a. m. yesterday. He was almost 61. Intestinal hemorrhage was the immediate cause of death. This resulted from uremia from w’hich he had been suffering several weeks. The casket will remain in the Pelham Manor home today and tomorrow. On Wednesday funeral services will be held in St. Partick's cathedral, New York. Burial to Be in Baltimore. After the funeral services the man who directed the Giants to ten National League pennants and three world championships, an alltime record, will be taken to Baltimore, where as a youth he joined the belligerent old Baltimore Orioles in 1891. The casket will be placed in a vault in Bonnie Brae cemetery, outside the cathedral, for burial later . Mrs. McGraw was at the beside in New Rochelle hospital when death came. She was holding his hand. Mr. McGraw’s relapse and death were unexpected. Until late Saturday he was believed definitely on the way to recovery. Soon after 8 p. m. Saturday he suffered the suffered the hemorrhage and drifted into a coma from which he never revived. Friends and admirers, not only in the United States, but in foreign countries, were stunned by his death. The flood of messages and cablegrams that poured into the McGraw home partly attested the world’s appreciation of his contributions to the game. Reached Peak From 1917-1925 No other manager ever approached the “Little Napoleon” in color—in crowd appeal. His career reached its peak during the years 1917-1925, during which time his Giants won five national pennants; finished second four times, and fought their way to the world championship twice. Mr. McGraw was a fighter clear through from the day he joined the old Baltimore Orioles until he retired as manager of the Giants. During his forty-odd years of baseball, he fought players, fans, managers, umpires, league heads, and in later years, officials of his own club. He could be as kindly as a mother in lifting a player out of depression when the player had done his best, but blundered. In 1908, Fred Merkle lost the pennant for the Giants in their play-off with the Cubs by failing to touch second base. Mr. McGraw condoned the fatal oversight and actually raised his salary to encourage him. Merkle repaid his boss by playing stellar baseball for years.

Tu'o Nazis Are Under Arrest

By United Prc** VIENNA, Feb. 26.—Two Austrian Nazis, alleged to have confessed they planned to assassinate several anti-Nazi chiefs, were held today after their capture in a fight with auxiliary police in the Tyrolean mountains. The Nazis’ capture came as indications increased here that there might be early peaceful settlement of the Austrian-German Nazi dispute. The two Nazis, armed, were captured on the Mooser mountain near Koessen. They tried to enter Austria and fired on auxiliary policemen, members of the schultzcorps, who challenged them. The patrol-

Havange but he is no longer a member of the reichstag. A younger brother. Guy, is a French senator—and of his other brother, the Francois of the Comite, more later.” Francois de Wendel’s “connections would fill this page,” says the article. He is regent of the Banque de France, member of the chamber of deputies, owner a majority

GOVERNOR IS NRA CHISELER, SAYPRINTERS McNutt Defends Multigraph Setup to Delegation at Statehouse. WHITE HEADS VISITORS State Senator Is Member of Group Protesting to Chief Executive. “Governor Paul V. McNutt is leading the code chiselers while continuing to make speeches throughout the state in support of NRA,” it was charged today at the statehouse when the Governor was called upon by a delegation from the allied printing trades urging abandonment of the new multigraphing department. Certain members of the committee said that the allegation came from both employing printers and printers’ unions throughout the state. Governor McNutt defended the multigraph .setup, however, saying that through it he expected eventually to save around SIOO,OOO annually in printing bills. Complaints Are Listed He also indicated that he is seriously considering expansion of printing and binding at the prison and reformatory, so that all the state work can be done either there or at the statehouse., No decision had been reached in this matter as yet. he said. Principal complaint of the union men appearing today is that under the multigraph setup, printing is being done by persons drawing SBO to S9O monthly, without regard to hours. Thus, they said, work is being taken from journeymen printers, who draw a union wage, work NRA hours, and many of whom are now unemployed. Another objection was to setting up the plant under the adjutantgeneral. “It is a case of the militia operating a printshop in defiance of both union and NRA code rules,” they contended. Curtis White on Board Members of the protest committee were State Senator E. Curtis White, union printer and member of the state board of agriculture; Claude M. Baker, San Francisco, first vice-president of the International Typographical union, with headquarters here; Phil Rech, business agent of the Allied Printing Trades council; John W. White, business agent for the mailers union. The bindery union also was sending a delegate they said, but was ill and could not attend. Governor McNutt explained that he was procuring a ruling from William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, as to whether those employed in multigraphing were eligible to the printers’ or office workers’ union. The latter pay scale is less. The multigraph setup is part of theh system whereby stenographers are employed on a piece-work basis under what has been termed “sweatshop” conditions in the statehouse basement.

Til Get Your Job’, Roars Governor to Reported at Hectic V , of F. W. Affair

McNutt Backer and Foe Enter Into Battle With Fists; Van Zandt Takes Legionnaires to Task. BY GRENVILLE MOTT, Times Staff Writer Renewal of the feud between Governor Paul V. McNutt, and James E. Van Zandt, Veterans of Foreign Wars national commander, was scheduled to be the main bout, verbal of oourse, on the program of the V. F. W. national officers’ banquet Saturday'night in the Claypool. However, the show was “stolen” by J. W. (Doc) Sherer, V. F. W. In-

men returned the fire, wounded one Nazi, then captured both. Concentration of Fascist forces on the German frontier along the Inn river continued. But at the same time there seemed a greatly increased prospect of a truce in the German dispute. Activity centered at the frontier town of Braunau, where Adolf Hitler, chief of the Nazis, was bom. A group of confidantes of Prince Starhemberg, leader of the Fascist Heimwehr, motored to Braunau prepared to negotiate with representatives of Hitler or of the Austrian Nazis refuging in Germany—and also, if necessary, to give any emergency orders in event of a Nazi movement across the border.

interest in Le Journal des Debats, head of the group that purchased the semi-official newspaper of the French government, Le Temps, controls the Journee Industrielle. and is a power in the management of Le Matin, L’Echo de Paris, and the Agence Havas. “The war in no way interrupted the cordiality of the armament

THREE-TON ICICLE IS REMOVED FROM ROOF OF EASTERN FACTORY

By United Prr** GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.. Feb. 26.—The winter's biggest icicle! residents of Great Barrington believe, is one which a gang of men, aided by tackle block, removed from the roof of the Rising Paper Mills. Measuring more than six feet in circumference, the icicle weighed approximately three tons. robinsonstTrs HEATEOJEBATE Indiana Senator Rebuked by Democrats in Air Mail Dispute. By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.—The airmail controversy broke in full force in the senate today, with accusation that army pilots were “sent to their deaths” after cancellation of private mail contracts. Senator Arthur R. Robinson (Rep., Ind.) began the debate and drew a heated response from Senator Kenneth McKellar (Dem., Tenn.). Senator McKellar declared all aviation deaths were deplorable but those in the army flights could not be criticized any more than the deaths of eight persons in a passenger plane which crashed near Salt Lake City. “Yes, there was a difference,” Senator Robinson shouted. “Those in the passenger plane were flying of their own volition while the army boys were sent to their deaths without any choice.” Senator Bennett Champ Clark (Dem., Mo.) accused Senator Robinson of making “an irresponsible statement” in alleging that President Roosevelt or someone else in the administration had prevented Captain Eddie Rickenbacker from making a broadcast at conclusion of his recent coast-to-coast flight. Senator Robinson had read the statement from the Newark Evening News, but later said, in response to Senator Clark: “Well, then. I make the charge on my own responsibility.”

COMMUNICATIONS BOARD URGED Roosevelt Asks Creation of New Commission. By United Press ' WASHINGTON. Feb. 26—President Roosevelt today asked congress to create anew federal communications commission to regulate wire, cable and radio communications systems. In a special message to congress, the President asked establishment of the new commission in order to centralize federal authority over communications. He proopsed that the new commission take over the duties of the federal radio commission and those functions of the interstate commerce commission which deal with telegraph and telephone regulation.

diana department adjutant, and Fred K. Myles, past commander and supporter of the Governor, who entered into a battle of fisticuffs, with Mr. Sherer claiming the decision. Mr. Van Zandt, who spoke first at the banquet, made good his promise not to permit repetition of a previous occasion, when he and the Governor both were scheduled to speak over the radio. Mr. Van Zandt claims at that tirr.r, the Governor continued speaking after his allotted time, and Mr. Van Zandt was forced to leave to catch a train, without getting to speak. Fort forty-two minutes Mr. Van Zandt last night filled the air with a variety of charges which were identical only in that all were distasteful to the Governor.

makers,” says the article, and cites the care with which German and French armies both refrained from firing on mines and smelters in the Briey basin. Before the war France got 70 per cent of her ore here. The Germans captured the district, being careful not to fire at the mines and smelters, and thereafter got three-fourths of the ore she used during the war from it. Two years later the French were within a short distance of Briey but army officers testified they were forbidden to fire into that region. “They are conspirators because they have no loyalties; because theirs is the sword that knows no brother.” After telling the story of Hitler's rise to power and charging that munitions makers “not only in Germany but in France united in their support,” the article sums up. “In that one example the whole philosophy of the armament makers reveals itself. Keep Europe in a constant state ’of nerves. Publish periodical war scares. Impress governmental officials with the vital necessity of maintaining armaments against the ‘aggressions’ of neighbor states. Bribe as necessary. In every practical way create suspicion that security is threatened.*'

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FUNDS SYSTEM AT INDIANA U. UNDER PROBE Athletic Department Management Under Fire of Alumni Critics; Experts at Work Since Last September, Is Report. UNION HANDLING ALSO IS TARGET Legal Questions Also Brought Up in Investigation of Activities at Bloomington, Is Word Received by Times. BY DICK MILLER Times Staff Writer Complete reorganization of administration policies and management at Indiana university, with particular stress upon the athletic department, where wholesale changes are likely to be made, will take place soon, The Times learned today. So forceful have alumni critics been and so insistent are they that the antiquated system of financial management be investigated and corrected, that Governor Paul V. McNutt has ordered William P. Cosgrove, state accounts board head, to assign examiners to the task. The Governor was former law school dean and is an alumnus of the school.

Two accountants, known to be experts on university management, went to work quietly on the campus last September, The Times learned, and will have a report ready soon, it is said. The recent announcement by E. C. Hayes that he had resigned as head football coach, has no connection with the state board probe, it is said, as the probe has not yet reached the athletic department, chief target of the general criticism, Blundering Is Attacked The removal of Mr. Hayes came instead from the activities of an alumni group which has been labeled “the fact finding committee.” Another recommendation by this group, adopted by the trustees, that the athletic director be in full charge of that department, was not carried out, it is charged, and was largely responsible for the “blundering” in the attempt to sign anew football coach. Check of the athletic department budget reveals that physical education, a department maintained by state taxpayers’ money, has been carrying a great part of the financial burden of major athletics, which have been unprofitable the last few years. Friction Is Investigated Further criticism has been leveled at the management of the new Indiana Union, a recreation center erected through a bond issue subscribed to by students and alumni. Friction between heads of various enterprises housed in the building brings charges from Ward Biddle, state senator and manager of the

Referring to the American Legion as “our sister organization, - ’ the speaker accused the legion of failing to co-operate with the V. F. W. in supporting soldiers’ bonus legislation, and referred to the V. F. W. as the only veterans’ organization which had never “sold out its followers.’’ With the Governor but two seats away, Mr. Van Zandt admonished his hearers “never to trust politicians, Democrats or Republicans, as they all will sell you out.” In attacking the national economy act, he lauded Senator Arthur R. Robinson as the only Indiana legislator in Washington with whom he could shake hands. He said he hoped Rear Admiral Richard Byrd, active in interests of the act, “sits on an iceberg dowm there at the south pole and freezes his pants.” At 11:30 p. m., when the audience had begun to become impatient, Governor McNutt's turn came, and he spoke seven minutes, making references to "justice,” "preservation of the American system,” "the rise of Fascism” and allied topics. The one-round Scherer-Myles battle followed a verbal bout after the banquet. Mr. Van Zandt, in speaking with a Times reporter at the banquet reiterated his statement that the Governor used all the time alloted to both at the Elkhart convention. When the reporter attempted to interview the Governor on the subject, the Governor said: "That was a hell of a story you wrote the other day. I’ll get you for that.” "What do you mean—get?” inquired the reporter. “I'll get your job,” Mr. McNutt explained . "May I quote you on that?” the reporter inquired. “Yes,” roared the Governor, accusing the reporter of misquoting him, which the reporter vehemently denied. The dispute, which attracted attention of a number of spectators, who joined in discussing the convention incident, each giving a different version, ended with the Governor warning the reporter—" Never enter ray office again.”

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university book store, that while he is supposed to be the director of Profits from the building go towards retirement of bonds. On the other hand, some question of the legal use of SI,OOO from the university general fund, to meet a deficit in the building management last year, has been raised. The accounts board examiners also are investigating charges that money has been transferred from one fund to another to meet deficits in the university management funds and in some cases, endowment funds have become involved it is said, raising legal questions. Universities throughout the country have been forced to "retrench” in athletic programs the last few years due to the great decrease in revenue from football and basket ball the two revenue producing sports. Check of Indiana's athletic budget is said to reveal a peculiar situation. Cuts Not Great The amount of money apportioned the athletic department for physical education is $17,909 and just $376 less than it was in 1929, Indiana's greatest revenue producing year, when football took in. $161,590.39, and all sports produced $191,613.30. Minor sports such as tennis, swimming and golf, nonrevenue producing sports, but regarded as three of the sports with training that might be beneficial to in after life, have suffered great* est from the "retrenchment,” if any was employed. Members of teams in these sports are obliged to pay their own transportation to and from major competition, and no individuals are listed on the salary fund chart as expert instructors in these sports. The entire department is under the active management of G. E. Schlafer, and his salary of $2,887.50 appears directly chargeable to that fund. Football Revenue Off The chart reveals that the major portion of salaries of Zora G. Clevenger, athletic director; Everett Dean, basketball and baseball coach; Sid Robinson, assistant track coach; Carey Colpits and J. D. Ferguson, trainers, and W. D. Ramsey, secretary to the athletic director, all come from the physical education fund. The athletic fund, derived from the revenue producing sports, is obliged only to carry the SB,OOO salary of Mr. Hayes as football and track coach, the $2,700 salary of A. J. Nowack, assistant; $2,390 salary of Paul Harrell, freshman coach; $3,600 salary of W. H. Thom, wrestling and assistant football coach; $1,525 of part-time coaches, and $5,605 divided among the first group to make up the deficit between their total salaries and the amount left in the physical education fund after Professor Schlafer’s salary is paid. Football revenue dropped 66 per cent the last five years, as did all the other sports, except for elimination of one head coach and a small pay reduction for the other coaches, nothing has been done at Indiana to economize. Several coaches have been added to the staff. Figures Tell Story Figures tell the story. While friends of the athletic program declare the apportionment of costs is poor and does not truly represent the situation, others charge it pictures the situation clearly. In 1933, football receipts were only $42,264, with $61,336.17 in all sports, placing the department with a $42,621.25 pay roll, in a serious predicament. However, it appears the taxpayers’ physical education fund, $1,400,000 budget allowance for the operation of Indiana university, proved the saviour. Back in 1929 the pay roll for football coaches was SIB,BOO, of which $12,500 went to H. O. (Pat) Page. The budget reveals that Mr. Hayes received $7,000 that year as track coach alone. When Hayes was made football coach in 1931 his pay was raised to SB,OOO annually. Sid Robinson was added to the staff as assistant track coach at a saary of $3,180. Several part time football coaches were added, the pay roll being increased approximattely $2,500. The athletic fund at Indiana further was reduced when the compulsory student ticket, costing each student $7, was made a voluntary o ra “good buy” proposition. #