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17 KILLED BY OIL AS RESCUE BOAT CAPSIZES

Men Taken From Doomed Freighter Are Lost in Giant Waves. ELEVEN SEAMEN SAVED Victims Choke to Death on Oil Spread to Aid Attempt. B V United Press ABOARD S. S. JEAN JADOT, Dec. 15.—(Radio to United Press)— A lifeboat upset by high waves in an oil-coated sea cost the lives of 17 sailors —most of whom choked on fuel oil—in the destruction of the British freighter Usworth by a storm In mid-Atlantic. The Jean Jadot and the steamship Ascania, both standing by to take 26 exhausted men off the sinking Usworth some 850 miles off Newfoundland. rescued 11 survivors from the British freighter. Huge waves capsized a lifeboat from the Jean Jadot after several attempts to reach the Usworth accounted for most of the victims. <A radio message from the Ascania to the Cunard White Star Line offices in New York said that the Ascania had nine survivors and the Jean Jadot two others.) A hurricane-like storm crippled the Usworth's rudder and caused her to list severely. The Jean Jadot, yesterday morning, made an attempt to send a boat to the freighter to take off the crew, which was exhausted by the battle against the storm. . The boat failed. A second attempt, this time by the Ascania, also failed. A third attempt at noon by the Jean Jadot was successful. A boat loaa was taken off. but the lifeboat. returning, capsized before it could be picked up by the Jean Jadot. The occupants, thrown into the sea. were choked by fuel oil which had been pumped on the water by the Ascania in an effort to smooth the way for the lifeboats. The Jean Jadot saved ten. An undetermined number—more than ten—drowned. The rest were believed to have been picked up latter by the Ascania.

‘Terrible Tragedy’ Ry United Press NEW YORK, Dec. 15.—The Asrania reported to the line’s New York office today that 17 men, including the fourth officer and the donkey engineer of the Jean Jadot, had been lost in the Usworth disaster. Captain J. J. Reed of the Usworth was rescued. The Chatham station of Mackay Radio picked up a report from the Jean Jadot, relating the efforts of the Jadot to take off the Usworth’s crew in what the rescue ship’s radio officer described as “terrible tragedy.” “Capt. Sadi Gonther,” the message said, "maneuvered Jadot's bow within a few feet of Usworth s stern, but Usworth crew too weak to throw lines aboard Jadot. “Captain restarted maneuver .. Greatest seamanship in mountainous seas ..Jadot’s cargo hqavy machinery shifted and she is grave danger while re-locating Usworth. “Blowing hurricane . .Located her with (radio) direction finder. Usworth wireless officer was drowned. Jadot’s lifeboat swamped and capsized. Two of our crew’ lost and 10 Usworth crew who too weak to hold lines we threw them, choking in fuel oil, drowned alongside us... Terrible tragedy.”

EAST SIDER RECEIVES COURT APPOINTMENT Cecil Eschmeyer to Serve as Clerk; Other Changes Announced. Cecil Eschmeyer, 725 Bosart-av, file clerk in the County Clerk's office, has been appointed as a Superior Court clerk. Glenn B. Ralston, County Clerk, announced today. Mr. Eschmeyer will succeed Charles Forsha. clerk in Superior Court two. who has been assigned to sene Prosecutor Herbert E. Wilson, judge-elect- of Superior Court five. Cletis Seibert, a deputy clerk assigned to the Juvenile Court support department, will succeed Mr. Eschmeyer. Mr. Forsha will replace John M. Kelly, who was named as a deputy to Herbert M. Spencer, prosecutor-elect. NYE COMMITTEE EAGER TO PROBE WAR LOANS Congress to Be Asked for Additional Funds to Broaden Inquiry. Bp I'nittd prrst WASHINGTON. Dec. 15.—The senate arms inquiry may be broadened to include activities of leading American firms which floated international loans and bond issues during the World War. it was learned today. It was reported the committee will ask Congress for additional funds to finance a detailed analysis of the war profits of the financiers who floated hundreds of millions of dollars in international loans. Times Index Bridge 5 Broun 7 Church Services 14 Comics 13 Crossword Puzzle 13 Drawing Lesson 9 Editorial 6 Financial 12 Pegler 7 Radio 10 Sports .8, 9

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The first members appointed by President Roosevelt to his committee charged with drafting legislation to take private profit of war were Bernard M. Baruch (right) and Gen. Hugh Johnson, pictured outside the White House, where they attended a conference. Baruch, chairman of the new cc mittee and wartime head of the War Industries Board, favors feder i control of prices and profits oelow peacetime levels.

Up Goes the List in 1934’s Clothe-A-Child a a a a a a Roll Touches 235 Made Happy and Warm; Approximately $2350 Spent Already to Bring Cheer.

THE good-will of 1934’s Christmas swarmed down upon Clothe-A-Child of The Indianapolis Times today and lifted TWO HUNDRED and THIRTY-FIVE boys and girls from the ranks of the under-priv-ileged to the normality of warm coats and dresses. In a deluge of phone calls, the good ship Yuletide set full sail into poverty's gale to buck chill breezes as FIFTY-ONE children were clotned today at a cost of approximately $5lO to send the annual campaign to approximately $2350 in warmth placed or. frail, young bodies. But there are so many more children who w’ait in line for some donor to say, “I’ll take a boy,” or, “I’ll take a girl.” The file of children in need of garments lengthens with the rapidity

with which the shopping days before Christmas shorten. THREE HUNDRED children clothed is the next stepping-stone in Clothe-A-Child. There's a Mary with a flock of golden curls, an Anna with a freckle on her nose, a Jimmy with a dimple in his chin and a hole in his trousers, and a Joe who whistles between his teeth to keep his spirits up. You'll find them waiting to be taken over that numerical stepping-stone and into the heart of You. a a a 'T'HE Inland Container Corp. office and employes with a bid of SEVEN children aided in bringing the campaign to new heights. Departments at Real Silk Hosiery Mills took more chips in this game of cheering for Santa when they raised their original ante of EIGHT children to THIRTEEN. Unlucky number, you say! No! Not for the THIRTEEN who are being dressed in Clothe-A-Child. Call Riley 5551 for your child. Shop for him. See him or her smile. Or. if you’re too busy, The Times will shop for you. New donors to the campaign follow: Office, Inland Container Corp., two boys and a Kiri. Employes. Inland Container Corp., two (iris and two boys. Office, Kroger Grocery and Baking Cos., boy and girl. Spinning Dept., Real Silk Hosiery Mills. Inc., girl. No Name, two girls. Downstairs Store Lunchroom, L. S. Ayres & Cos., boy and girl. Robert A. Norwood and Wife. girl. Employes of De Ba. boy. Indianapolis Industrial Row Ing League, Indiana alleys, boy. Employes of Cniversal Credit Cos., boy. Employes of State Flanning Board, girl. A City Official, cared for two children and took another boy. J. L. .Mcuaniel Printing Company, Employes, three girls. Boarding department. Real Silk Hosiery Mills. Inc., two girls and a boy. Two Girls in Boarding department. Real Silk Hosiery Mills. Inc., girt Cniversal Bowling League. Pritchett alleys, girl. Employes of Punch Press department. Diamond Chain Cos., girl. Tower Sunday School Class, North Mrthodist church, boy. Link Blt Employes. From Dept. SSS. Dodge Work. girL Earl D- Baker, boy. Jane. boy. Tau Delta Phi sorority, boy. L. M. Brown Abstract Cos., boy and girl. R. H.. Who Likes Children, boy. Matthews. Manufacturing Cos., cared for one child and took another boy. R. M. M.. girL L. W. V.. boy. ' Mr. and Mrs. Irvington, girl. Marion County Democratic Women'* Club. girl. Cse No Name. girl. *A Generous Mr. and Mrs., two children. West Side Lnmber Cos., boy and girL Would Bea SM Bowler, boy. Engraving Dept., The Indianapolis Times, boy. E. B. 8.. boy. Employes of Indian Refining Cos.. District Office. Bulk plant, and Repair Shop, boy and girt (Other Donors on Page S) Alleged Slayer Acquitted By United Press BROOKVILLE, Ind.. Dec. 15 Leonard Alford. 21. Buena Vista, was free from a charge of murdering Hames Linville today under an acquittal verdict returned by a jury in Franklin Circuit Court, which de berated 37 hour*.

Cloudy and probably light s-now tonight and Sunday, with lowest temperature freezing.

HUNGARY AGREES TO SURD BY AUSTRIA Pledges Support to Nation’s Independence. By United Press BUDAPEST, Hungary, Dec. 15. A series of significant conversations between Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg of Austria and Premier Julius Goemboes of Hungary was concluded today with announcement that Hungary agrees to support the independence of Austria. The announcement by Baron Egon Berger-Waldenegg, foreign minister of Austria and a member of Chancellor Schuschnigg’s party, was regarded here as a sensational development in the present phase of political maneuvering in Central Europe. * Hungary hitherto steadily had refused to join in a declaration by Italy, France and Great Britain guaranteeing the political freedom of Austria. EXHIBITION HOUSE TO BE OPENED THURSDAY Christmas Carol Program by Girl Scouts to Feature Ceremony. Exhibition House, remodeled shack on the south lawn of the Federal Building, will be formally opened at 4 Thursday, following a program of Christmas carols at 3:30 by 400 Girl Scouts. Announcement of the openting was made today by Walter B. Harding. remodeling and modernization program chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, and Ed Pierre, Construction League president. The opening will begin the registration of visitors to the house, which will be given to the Girl Scout organization to be used as a laboratory for their home-making department after 75.000 people visit it. Christmas Services Set A Christmas vesper service will be held at the north entrance to the Woodrow Wilson School. 1251 Belle Vieu-pl. at 7 Thursday night.

It Costs a Dime for the Show; and That Dime Goes to the Mile-of-Dimes

Indianapolis children will be given a DIME at 9 a. m. NEXT SATURDAY. The theater management of Loews Palace will give the DIME. Here’s how: Promptly at 9 a. m. Dec. 22, the doors of the Palace will swing wide in a children's show. The slapstick Laurel and Hardy, oozing in tossed custards and skull-cracks from falling chandeliers, a Mickey Mouse film. Silly Symphonies, and Our Gang comedies will be screened in a one and one-half hour's show. Every picture will be a child's picture to draw chuckles and stamped feet. How do you get that DIME? Just by giving your DIME from the toy bank or the weekly spending money as admission prize to see comics cavort on the screen. It ** given beck to you after the shew.

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1934

PASTOR’S WIFE PINS HOPES ON MEDICAL MEN

Feels Certain Doctors Will Back Plea of Temporary Insanity. PACES CELL ANXIOUSLY Trust This Week-End Will Be Last in Jail; Rests Case Monday. By United Press LEBANON, Ind., Dec. 15.—Mrs. Neoma B. Saunders, Wabash, nervously paced her in the Boone County Jail today hoping this would be her last week-end behind the bars. The 35-year-old widow, mother of two sons, is on trial in Boone Circuit Court here, charged with giving $lO to Theodore Mathers, 19-year-old Indianapolis embalming student, to kill her husband, Gaylord V. Saunders, former Wabash Methodist minister. The trial will be resumed Monday morning with the defense placing a psychopathic expert on the stand in an effort to support Mrs. Saunders' plea of temporary insanity at the time of the slaying. Doctors Verdict Awaited The defense will rest immediately upon conclusion of the testimony. Although the state plans to place two or three rebuttal witnesses on the stand in an effort to impeach the testimony of defense witnesses, the most important testimony to be given before the case is concluded will be the report. A sanity inquest was conducted on Mrs. Saunders at the start of the trial. Three Lebanon physicians, appointed by special Judge Paul E. Laymon conducted the examination and gave a sealed report to the court. Findings of the inquest are expected to be given by Dr. W. H. Williams early Tuesday. Closing arguments are expected to be concluded Tuesday with the case going to the jury some time that afternoon. Character Witness Heard After Mrs. Saunders was dismissed from the witness stand late yesterday, 25 character witnesses testified that she was a “moral and upright woman.” The state attacked testimony of the witnesses on grounds that they were not intimately acquainted with the Saunders family during the last few months before the slaying. Character witnesses included William Wingate, Shideler; Mark Langdon and D. M. Langdon, both of Hartford City; R. McCormick and Mr. and Mrs. Al Simmons, C. L. Wood, E. W. Harrison, Mrs. Nancy Ogborne, Mrs. Fannie Stone, Miss Lena Frank, Harry Garland and Miss Leroy Plunkett, all of Albany; Walter Jester, George W. Mover, Miss Jesse Cochrane and Mrs. Martha Briggs, all of Eaton, and Charles Turner of Selma.

DEADLOCK LOOMS IN POKE SLAYING TRIAL ‘Hibiscus’ Jury in Favor of Acquittal, Is Hint. By United Press WOODLAND, Cal., Dec. 15.—The murder trial of Judson C. Doke in the “white hibiscus’’ slaying appeared today to be headed for a deadlock such as ended Doke’s first trial. When the 11 men and the lone woman were locked up last night it was reported they stood 7 to 5 for acquittal of the San Leandro man who killed 23-year-old JLarnar Hoilingshead, college poet ana sweetheart of Doke's wife. The jurors had considered three possible verdicts—not guilty, guilty of first-degree murder and guilty of second-degree murder—for seven and a half hours without approaching an agreement. Doke admitted killing Hollingshead. but said the gun was discharged inadvertently. Twentieth Fire Victim Identified By United Press LANSING, Mich., Dec. 15.—The identified dead in the Hotel Kerns fire rose to twenty today as authorities established that the charred body of one of the victims was Charles O. Gunn, Bay City. The total known dead is now 28.

How? Your DIME will be placed just as if you stooped and placed it at the shrine of DIMES, of Mile-of-Dimes. of The Indianapolis Times, at Washington and Meridian -sts. It will go with thousands of other city DIMES to clothe needy children in The Times annual Clothe-a-Child campaign, the theater management announces. Theater ushers are donating their services in honor of the DIMES of children who wish to help their more unfortunate brothers and sisters of the school playground. Every foot of movie reel is free to children who wish to place their DIMES thro;igh the Palace, to increase the yardage of “Mile-of-Dimes.” But there’s no limit to the DIMES you can hand the movie cashier. * <

Kern Slaps ‘Rumors’ as Foes’ Work

Attempts Being Made to Embarrass Regime He Charge's. Charging a direct attempt to embarrass the incoming city administration, Mayor-Elect John W. Kern today branded as “unfounded-rum-or” a list of purported City Hall appointments published today in another newspaper. The mayor-elect a week ago announced several major appointments and at that time said he would have no more announcements to make for several weeks. In commenting on today’s “dope” story, Mr. Kern said;“A week ago a similar set of advance prognostications was made, based upon information I think they obtained from a person who sought to embarras me and who was in a position to know what I had been considering up until that time. “You may quote me as saying that so far is any immediate appointments, as published today, are concerned, they are unfounded rumor, unauthentic and circuited to embarrass the new Administration. “The person or persons who are circulating them are unfriendly to me and ar attempting a direct slap at me.” The mayor-elect said he has been engaged in lodge initiation ceremonies and handling court work as Superior Court Judge the last several days and had given no serious consideration toward any appointments except a few he considers necessary before he assumes office. Beginning Monday, he will spend several hours daily in the mayor’s office at City Hall familiarizing himself with the duties he will assume Jan. 1. He was invited by Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan to share the office the remainder of the year and to discuss major problems confronting him. TODAY’S WEATHER Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 24 10 a. m 32 7a. m 26 11 a. m 34 Ba. m 27 12 (noon).. 36 9 a. m 27 1 p. m 36 Sunrise tomorrow, 7:01; sets, 4:21. Sunrise Monday, 7:02; sets, 4:22. In the Air Weather conditions at 9 a. m.: Wind, nine miles, an hour, from the south; barometric pressure, 30.27; ceiling, unlimited; visibility, two and a half miles; high overcast. COTTON CONTROL BILL WINS IS REFERENDUM Bankhead Bill Favored by Fanners in Old South. By United Press ATLANTA, Dec. 15.—Cotton farmers of the old South have voted overwhelmingly in favor of retention of the Bankhead cotton production control act, which limits United States production of the staple to 10.000,000 bales. United Press tabulation of The incomplete vote from nine Southeastern states in yesterday’s referendum showed 719,717 votes for retention and 47,736 against.

Viola lima Does Neat Sidestep in Speech Here Young, Pretty and Able, Youth Worker Disappoints Advance Critics by Rap at Hitler. BY GRENVILLE MOTT Times Staff Writer Viola lima today disappointed Indianapolis citizens who believed accusations that she was a paid Nazi agent, by producing frqm the sleeve that was supposed to contain a swastika nothing else than the Stars and Stripes. “Americanism, I may not know what it means but I’m behind it,” said the young and pretty speaker who has variously been accused of

being a secret propagandist in these United States for the Messrs. Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin. Miss lima, chiefly concerned herself in her talk with the problems of American youth today, problems which she hopes a vigorous youth movement will solve. Miss lima, incidentally, regards action as a positive good in itself, and offers no specific program to Young America, other than efforts towards municipal reform by local young people’s units. That her notions, however vague they may be, are clearly anti-Fas-

And oldsters, parents, are halffare, too. It’s up to you and your pocketbook. It’s your DIME having a good time and at the same time helping the Palace to aid you in making Mile-of-Dimes as elastic as it can be before Christmas-time so it can stretch into hundreds of homes of needy children of the city. Remember it is NEXT SATURDAY at 9 a. m. at the Palace. It’s just a DIME or as many as you want to give—and every one will be placed on the line in front of L. S. Ayres <St Cos. and S. S. Kresge Cos. Mile-of-Dimes completed its third 100-foot row today and had a good start on a fourth row. Watch the silver strip that stripe ragged garments from under-privi-leged children and puts on new garb. See it growl

BANDITS FLEE WITH $3550 FROM STATE BANK, POSSE OF VIGILANTES IN PURSUIT

KUtWTOIH VKUM WAGES KflHpiE Family on Relief, Doctor Handicapped by Lack of Nurse. By United Press MORRISON, 111., Dec. 15.—Scores of telegrams and phone calls from' every section of the country were pouring into the home of Mrs. Harold McKee this afternoon as doctors battled to stem the tide of yawns that threatens the life of the 27-year-old farm woman. At noon she had been yawning steadily for 140 hours. Dr. H. L. Pettitt, attending the stricken woman, is fighting against odds. There is no nurse available to watch over Mrs. McKee. The McKee family is on relief. The husband has been out of work and has been ill for several months. A son is suffering from diabetes. “Mrs. McKee was delirious the greater part of last night,” Dr. Pettitt said today. “She sleeps very poorly, and then it is only a druginduced coma,”

2 AUSTRIAN BORDER TROOPERSARE SLAIN Exiled Nazis Blamed in Dual Killing. By United Press VIENNA, Dec. 15.—Rudolf Glanzl, a Catholic Storm Trooper, and Karl Troger, a Heimwehr Trooper, were killed on the German frontier by unidentified men, Relieved to be exiled Austrian Nazis, it was announced today. Glanz and Troger were patrolling the frontier near Kufstein last night when they saw three men flying to cross the frontier. They ordered the men to halt. A volley was the response and Glanzl and Troger fell dead. SNOW FLURRIES ARE DUE FOR WEEK-END Mercury Will Hit Freezing Point, Is Forecast. There may be light snow flurries this week-end. but there will be no biting cold, the weather bureau predicted t<*lay. The lowest temperature forecast for tonight or Sunday is freezing. Snow may fall tonight or tomorrow, the bureau states.

cist was demonstrated by her statement that she was horrified by what could happen to a youth movement which, for wagt of a better alternative, fell in behind a demagog like Hitler. Miss lima was lavish in her praise of the New Deal and the President. Particularly, she was enthusiastic about “New Frontiers,” a volume recently written by Henry Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture. From this book she quoted continually and from it she obviot-sly derived more of her ideas than even she realized. Miss lima is an able and attractive speaker, but her concepts, both historical and economic, seemed confused, and there was a distinct impression that one of the reasons she favors no program is that she is not thoroughly acquainted with any. In an interview prior to her address, Miss lima stated that she favored a return to the methods of Thomas Jefferson. When it was pointed out that the third President distrusted the people of the cities, but was chiefly faced with a prosperous agrarian civilization, a situation which is the reverse of today’s, the youth worker hedged and ended by saying that she liked the Sage of Monticello's attitude toward the masses. Faced with written and documented accusations that she is an alien and a Nazi agent, Miss lima said, “my parents are Quakers; I am a Quaker and an American.”' Communist pickets who had threatened to march in front of the Columbia Club where the speech was made failed to pyt in an appearance. Delivery of Miss Ilma’s address was protested in advance by severs! local rabbis and the Indianapolis chapter of the American League Fascism.

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HUBBELL. SLAB ACE. SWEARS OFF HUNTING AFTER WOUNDING PAL

By United Press SHAWNEE, Okla., Dec. 15Carl Hubbell, ace pitcher for the New York Giants, today “swore off” hunting trips, while his companiom, Paul Shoe be, oil company employe of Meeker, recovered from a wound accidentally inflicted by Hubbtll. The pair were hunting quail near Meeker late yesterday when Hubbell accidentally discharged his shotgun, the load striking Shoebe in the shoulder and puncturing a lung. “There’s been a jinx following me all year.” Hubbell said. “This is more evidence of it. I'm through hunting.” 80Y.6, SAVES 3 FROM FIRE Turns in Alarm; Nurse and Two Children Escape SISOO Blaze. Six-year-old Billy Taylor was playing on Thirty-fifth-st today and saw the home of his neighbor afire at 3652 Birchwood-av. He pulled a fire-alarm box. Inside the house were Billy, 4, and Margaret, 3, the children of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur L. Appel, who were attended only by a nurse. The nurse rushed the children to safety when she was informed of the fire. Mr. Appel was away at work. Mrs. Appel was in Methodist Hospital, where Monday she bore a son. Damage to the Appel home was estimated at SISOO. The home of Ellison Arbuckle to the nortli was damaged to the extent of S2OO by the fire and the home of R. B. Coapstick, to the south, was damaged slightly.

SLUM DEMOLITION CONTRACT SIGNED lekes Approves Award to Cincinnati Firm. By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—Harold L. Ickes, Public Works Administrator, announced this afternoon the signing of a contract for demolition oi a 36-acre slum area in Indianapolis to be replaced with a $3,000,000 Federal Community Housing project. The contract was let to the, Cleveland Wrecking Cos., Cincinnati. The new development, fifth of its kind in the country, will consist of 15-apartment buildings, providing 661 living units and 92 row houses for Negro occupancy. S. G. Rose, vice president and general manager of the Cleveland Wrecking Cos., Cincinnati, told The Times today he will employ 75 Indianapolis men for 75 days in demolition of the slum clearance project buildings. In addition, he said, he will bring a superintendent and foremen and fifteen men from Cincinnati. ‘Y’ CHRISTMAS PARTY TO BE HELD TUESDAY Music, Carols and One-Act Play on Yule Program. Members and friends of the Young Men’s Christian Association will be given a Christmas party in the building lobby at 8 Tuesdaynight. Concert music by the White Cross Junior Guild, under direction of Mrs. G. E. Hoagland, and carols by the Royal Brass Quartet, will be presented. A one-act play, “Beggars Are Not Choosers,” directed by Mrs. Fred Stucky, will be another program feature. The Y. M. C. A. orchestra, led by Leslie Troutman, will provide instrumental music. PRIZE 12- TURKEY IS SENT TO ROOSEVELT Bird Presented to President for His Christmas Dinner. Bp United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 15. The prize turkey of the Southwest Dressed Turkey Show of South Plains, Tex., was presented to President Roosevelt today for his Christmas dinner. The bird, a 12-pound hen, took all the honors at the show, which was staged by the South Plains Turkey Improvement Association. Names Minister to Uruguay By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—President Roosevelt today appointed Julius G. Lay as minister to Uruguay. Alleged Slayer Held Sane Charles Chapman, was found to be sane in a hearing today in Criminal Court. lie is accused of having killed Mrs. Grace Lackey last January.

HOME EDITION PRICE TWO CENTS Outside Marion County. 8 Cento

One Shot Is Fired Through La Paz Cashier’s Cage; None Injured. FOUR GUNMEN IN BAND Bank Officers and Employes Forced to Lie Down Behind Counter. By United Press LA PAZ, Ind., Dec. 15. Four bandits robbed the Farmers* State Bank of La Paz of approximately $3550 today. One shot was fired through grill work in front of the cashier’s cage as the bandits left, but no one was struck by the bullet. The bandits fled south in U. S. Road 31 in a black sedan and were reported to have turned west on U. S. Road 6, a few T miles south of town. All were between 30 and 35 years old and were well dressed. The holdup occurred about an hour after the bank opened. Two men walked to the cage of Miss Margaret Tuveson, assistant cashier, passing W. L. Hoover, president; Edward Heyden, vice president, and H. G. Carbeiner, cashier, in the lobby. One of the men asked for change for a large bill and while Miss Tuverson was waiting on him, the third bandit entered, carrying an automatic. The two men at Miss Tuverson’s window then drew automatic pistols. Both bank officers and the two employes were forced to lie on the floor behind the counter while one of the bandits rifled cash drawers and the vault of all the paper and silver currency In sight. The alarm was sounded as soon as the bandit automobile sped away and local vigilantes started in pursuit immediately. STOKOWSKI URGED TO RETAIN MUSIC POST Philadelphia Group Offers Him "Own Terms.” By United Press PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 15.—The way was open today for Leopold Stokowski to remain as director of the Philadelphia Orchestra. The board of directors of the Association in a letter to Mr. Stokowski asked him to remain at virtually “his own terms.” , Stokowski was reported in a conciliatory mood and willing to reconsider his recent resignation if “an executive director could be appointed who would take care of business affairs and leave the music to me.” -

LLOYD GEORGE BRINGS NEW DEAL TO ENGLAND Liberal Chief Borrows Roosevelt Ideas, Sponsors Building Program. By United Press LONDON, Dec. 15.—David LLoyd George, liberal ltader and war-tyire prime minister, today revealed in* tentions to embark early next year on a reconstruction campaign designed to make him the “Roosevelt of Great Britain” and give to Great Britain a Rooseveltian New deal. Nearly 72, chief figure in a party all but crushed between conservatives and laborites, Lloyd George said he intends to go through the country demanding as an imperative need drastic reconstruction of the country on the lines of President Roosevelt’s methods. He is greatly impressed by the New Deal. CORONER DOUBTS TRAIN CAUSED MAN’S DEATH Hit-Run Motorist Placed Body Near Tracks, is Theory. By United Press ANDERSON. Ind, Dec. 15.—A theory that John Addison, 55, farm hand near Ingalls, was killed by an automobile and his body carried to nearby railroad tracks biy the driver was expressed today by Coroner S. J. Stottlemeyer. Mr. Addison’s body was found on the Big Four tiacks near Ingalls. Coroner Stottlemeyer said both shoes and hat of the victim were found along State Road 67 about 1500 yards east of the tracks and there were marks of an automobile tire on his clothing. MERRILL CUMMINS IS NEW UNION PRESIDENT Attorney Named Leader of Federal Employes Group. Merrill D. Cummins, attorney for the Veterans’ Administration, today was president of Local No. 78, National Federation of Federal Employes, elected last night to succeed George G. Fortner at a meeting in the Lincoln. Other new officers are Floyd O. Toner, first vice president; Louis Moehlman. second vice-president; Mrs. Agness K. Eddelman, third vice president; Miss Katherine Connelly, secretary; Miss Bettie Wolfe, recording secretary, and Miss Nina Nichols, corresponding secretary, CLOTHE-A-CKO© AT IUCCK’S—A4*. J