Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 12, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 May 1934 — Page 15

MAY 25, 1934.

TOLEDO STRIKE RIOTS BORN OF OLD DISSENSION Seeds of Violence Sown in Truce Pact Signed in February. BY DONALD POND Times Staff Writer Toledo had been expecting trouble in its auto parts workers’ strike for a long time before that trouble arrived so dramatically Wednesday night with the siege of the Electric Auto-Lite Company's plant. The seeds for the violence, which has taken two lives and resulted in more or less serious wounds to dozens of persons, were sown late in February. Then, led by the workers in another plant, the auto parts workers struck unexpectedly. The first plant at which they struck was tied up completely. Two more seriously were crippled in operations. The Auto-Lite, now occupied by the national guardsmen, its windows smashed and its walls scarred by fire, stood the strike better. Not more than a handful of approximately 1.600 it employed, walked out. Truce Ends Walkout The strike ended early in March with a sixty-day truce. The union won eventual recognition and considerable higher wages at the plant where the strike began. At the AutoLite and the two other affected plants—both controlled, at least indirectly, by Auto-Lite—it got a 5 per cent raise and no recognition. During the sixty days, a permanent agreement was to be reached. Some of us close to the strike as w r orking newspaper men sensed a joker in the limits of the truce. Summer traditionally brings a slump in the auto parts industry in Toledo. We felt the men were being pulled back to work at fair terms so that the union could be smashed in May. Another Strike Called The period of truce drew near its end. The plant originally hit by the strike was all set. There were ugly rumors of unrest from the Auto-Lite and its satellites. Then, there was another strike. The Auto-Lite ranks didn't hold so w’ell this time. The strike, which rapidly developed intense bitterness, was fairly successful until two weeks ago. At that time, sixty skilled mechanics enrolled in the Mechanics’ Educational Society of America—not affiliated with the American Federation of Labor Union which called the strike —agreed to return to work. Picketing had been a sore spot before this. The companies had obtained, through an injunction proceeding, certain temporary limitations on what the strikers could do. In their turn, the strikers had won from the court a ruling that only certain doors could be used for entrances. Mechanics Return to Work Thus, the strike - breakers — “scabs” to the strikers and their sympathizers—had to pass tae picket lines. These wore swelled not only by friends and families of the strikers, but by organized members of the Socialist party and of the more left-wing Lucas County Unemployed League. When the Mechanics’ Educational Society men went back to work the bitterness increased. Then, despite not infrequent personal brushes be-

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STRATFORD LITERARY CLUB OFFICERS NAMED

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New officers of the Stratford Literary Club, which is part of the English department at Technical high school, were announced today. The club is under the sponsorship of Miss Helen Thornton. The officers are John St. Helens, president; Beverly Zolezzi, vice-president; Alice Heins, secretary, and Warren Confer, sergeant-at-arms.

tween strikers and workers, there was a lull. Court proceedings and attempts by the head of the Toledo Central Labor Union to obtain arbitration through the national automobile labor board in Detroit held the center of the stage. Newspapers took reporters away from the plant, covered the story in other areas. It had begun to die down in importance when I left Toledo ten days ago. Fears Are Realized But, under it all, there still was the feeling that “hell might pop” any minute. There was rather definite talk of a general strike and other employers looked apprehensively at the workings of the central Labor Union's special committee of twenty-three, dubbed “the terrible twenty-three” by the auto parts manufacturers. Wednesday night, “hell did pop.” Personal bitterness enters the picture, too. C. o. Miniger, president of the Auto-Lite and twenty-five years ago a traveling drug salesman, is disliked heartily by an overwhelming majority of the city's working class. A. J. Minch the plane’s representative in negotiations with the workers, is distrusted by the men. They say he broke his word in the truce and failed to deal with their union officials. Strike Leader Inexperienced Those who sat in the conferences leading to the truce know that

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Minch’s attitude then so ired the men as to almost smash the possibility of a truce. On the other hand, Thomas Ramsey. business agent of the United Automobile Workers’ Federal Labor Union, is new at the strike business. He lacks the experience and cool head of veteran labor leaders—and he has an extremely quick temper. There was bound to be trouble. It came in a big way Wednesday night.

NOT GUILTY IN SON'S DEATH,JAYS FATHER No Date for Trial Set in Murder Hearing. Shuffling his feet nervously Everett Arbuckle, 43. of 734 Elm street, today pleaded not guilty to the murder of his son Noah, 19, in a dance hall row April 20. With downcast eyes Arbuckle heard Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker read the first and seconddegree murder charges against him for an attack upon his son with a knife at Germania hall. Mrs. Verna Arbuckle, 42, suffered stab wounds during the family quarrel, which was said to have been precipitated by Arbuckle's failure to dance the last dance with his wife. No date was set for trial in the brief hearing today. MEMORIAL TO BE HELD BY NATURE STUDY CLUB Services will Honor Deceased Heads of Groups. Annual memorial services of the Nature Study Club of Indiana will be held tomorrow afternoon at Woollen's gardens. Deceased presidents of the club will j)e honored. Charles J. Buchanan will be in charge of the exexercises. The club will sponsor a ceremony Sunday celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the gifts of the gardens to the city. Woolen’s gardens is near Fiftysixth street and Shadeland drive. Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan and A. C. Sallee, city parks superintendent, will be Sunday afternoon speakers.

‘AIR TRAINS’ TESTED BY SOVIET AIR FORCE Four Types Now Are Being Built for Service. By United Press MOSCOW, May 25.—Four types of gliders are being built by the army and will be tested this summer for use in air trains, it was announced today after the arrival of the first air train at Kokotobel. The gliders are from 1.6 to 2.7 tons in weight. Pilot Fedosiev, in an airplane, towed three gliders in the first flight og 930 miles from Moscow to Kokotobel. The gliders were released over Kharkov in triangular formation, and their pilots took them safely to earth. Fedosiev reported the flight a complete success. It is planned to utilize the air trains for passenger, mail and express transport. SHOPLIFTING ALLEGED 2 Held When Supposed Loot Is Found on Person. When lace curtains alleged to have been stolen from a downtown store were found on their person late yesterday, two Negro women werp arrested and charged with vagrancy pending further investigation. They are lola Suttles, 20, of 220 West North street, No. 5, and Alice Jackson, 24, of 809 North Senate avenue. ADMINISTRATOR NAMED J. K. Lilly Appointed to Handle Wife’s Estate. J. K. Lilly has been appointed administrator of the estate of his wife, Lily R. Lilly, who died April 19, under terms of a will filed today in probate court by George L. Denny, attorney. Her personal property was listed j as $30,000 and real estate at $.90,000. 1

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HU6E CHICAGO FIRE SHOWN IN TIMESJILMS $10,000,000 Blaze at Big Stockyards Will Be on View Here. The terrific fire which broke out in the Chicago Stockyards, destroying $10,000,000 worth of property before it was brought under control, is to be seen in the current issue of The Times-Universal Newsreel. Graham McNamee, noted radio announcer and the screen’s talking reporter, describes this and other outstanding news events in the reel. Firemen battled with every available piece of apparatus for more than five hours before bringing the conflagration under control. Described as the worst since the holocaust of 1871, the fire destoryed 120 acres of stock pens and famous old landmarks before it could be checked. Other important news events in the reel include scenes at Derby, Conn., as the Yale crew defeats Princeton and Cornell in the Carnegie cup rowing classic; a daredevil driving a closed automobile down a runway into the water at Lakewood, Ga., and Sistie and Buzzie Dali, the President’s grandchildren, attendin a circus in Washington. Madrid has a law prohibiting tipping; waiters asked for the law and insisted that it was humilating to accept gratuities.

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COLLEGIAN EDITOR

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Miss Marjorie Watkins May day edition of the Butler University Collegian will be edited by Miss Marjorie Watkins, 5535 Julian avenue. The edition will be issued Saturday. It is sponsored by Theta Sigma Phi, national journalism sorority. Miss Watkins is a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. Others on the staff are Mabel Espey. managing editor; Dorothy Campbell, city editor; Martha Banta, news editor; Mozelle Ehnes and Frances Brumit, associate editors; Frances Wysong, rewrite; Luana Lee, sporis and make-up editor; Madeline Sanders, feature editor; Ruth Mary Morton, society editor, and Marie George, circulation manager. Jerusalem Lecture Set J. J. Harramy, Jerusalem, will speak on his native land at 9:45 Sunday morning at the First Moravian church, Fifteenth street and College avenue.

GYM EXHIBIT IS SCHEDULED AT MANUAL HIGH

Musicale Also to Feature School Event Set for Tonight. Annual Manual high school gym show will be held at 8 tonight in the school auditorium, when the varied activities of the physical education department will be on display for the benefit of parents and friends. Both boys and girls will take part in a musicale, the theme of which is built around the trip of a typical family to a music store, where the proprietor advertises his songs by dancing choruses instead of the customary singing. Music will be furnished by the Manual band, under the direction of Lon L. Perkins. Miss Eloise Hansen and Miss Dorothy Siling, gym instructors, are supervisors of theshow. Tumbling, drills and apparatus work will begin the program with students in the gym department participating. The following songs will be featured in the different acts, “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” “Sentimental Gentleman from Georgia,” Pony Boy,” “Smoke Gets' in Your Eyes,” “My Hero,” and “There's Something About a Soldier.” British advertisers spend somethyag like $750,000,000 a year in bringing their products to public notice.

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In the Spring Revue to be held at the Rivoli theater, tomorrow and Saturday, pupils of Miss Helene Eder will present a num-. ber of dances and skits. Little '-.Anne Gail Schon will appear in her favorite number, a fan dance. Other children who will perform at the entertainment are Ruth Rockford, Mary Garnay, Mildred Gonters, Betty Stratman, Mary Catherine Cullen,. Joan Denner, Betty Long, Joan McMann, Virginia Boersig, Beverly Rose Larten, Shirley Mae Denner, Jane Simon, Margarete Croaker, Dolores Fisher, Rosemary Gleason and Eileen Beranisch. Asks Analysis of Milk Mrs. D. O. Crem. 4401 College avenue, Apt. 6, reported to police today that she feared a bottle of cream left for her early today had been tampered with. Police investigated and sent the cream to the city chemist for analysis.

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EFFICIENT AID OF JIM FARLEY IS EX-REPORTER

Harlee Branch, Erstwhile Printer’s Devil Cleans Up Situation. By Scripps-H award Newspaper All fan e WASHINGTON, May 25.—When Postmaster General James A. Farley recently announced award of fifteen air mall contracts, the official statement of his action was so complete newspapermen were surprised. Departmental “hand-outs” in Washington are often sketchy. But not this one. It was written by a former newspaperman, Harllee Branch, the second assistant postmaster general, who is credited with doing more than anyone else to bring air mail out of the chaos into which it was dropped by the cancellation of contracts. Fatherless at four, Mr. Mranch quit school at sixteen to go to work for a newspaper, the old Charlotte, N. C. Observor. He was a printer’s devil i nthe composing room. Sick, he had to quit after three years; well again, he asked for a job as composing rom foreman for a Charleston newspaper, and got it. Everybody else in the shop was his senior. He studied linotyping, got a job with the Atlanta Journal and fulfilled an old ambition. There proofreading hurt his eyes, and he asked for s job as a reporter. He got it. Rapidly, he was shifted from beat to beat, ending up as city editor.