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ARCTIC STORM TO TUMBLE MERCURY TO 5 BELOW HERE New Bitter Cold Wave Sweeping* Down on City From Canadian Rockies, Meteorologist Asserts. TEMPERATURES TO FALL. TONIGHT Little Respite Is Predicted for Tomorrow; Streets in Dangerous Condition; Needy Families Suffering. A bitter Arctic storm, hurtling down from the far Canadian Rockies, will dash temperatures to 5 below zero tonight, the first subzero recording of the winter here, J. H. Armington, Federal meteorologist, said this afternoon. There will be no respite in the subzero weather, Mr. Armington added, the mercury making but little gain to-

morrow. The cold was blown into Indianapolis and the remainder of the Middle West on a penetrating 20-mile-an-hour wind. Mr. Armington said below-zero weather in Indianapolis is unusual and that the thermometer usually descends so far only a few times a winter. He said that a large depression, or warm area, had been loafing over the North Pacific all winter long, and occasionally sends shoots of itself over the country to bring relief, or even unseasonable warm spells. A shoot of this will bring slight relief tomorrow. Meanwhile the traffic hazard in the city was greatly increased as friction melted a thin snow in the streets and transformed it to ice that made cars unruly. There is not likely to be any precipitation w'ith this atmospheric storm. Mr. Armington said, and fair Wather that existed today will probably continue. Alarmed at the prediction, local relief agencies worked hard today to prepare themselves to meet anticipated calls for aid in the form of clothing, fuel and food. The cold wave also gave impetus to the Red Cross drive for discarded clothing to be revamped for use of unemployed and destitute. On the other side of the picture

Temperatures Fall to Lowest Point in 23 Years in Midwest

By United Prc* The northern half of the North American continent battled a midwinter cold wave today that sent temperatures down to the lowest point in 23 years. From Hudson Bay and the Yukon country down through the Canadian provinces and nearly half wav across the United States the cold wave spread. |

At White River. Canada, it was 62 below zero. Winnipeg had 44 below. • These temperatures were almost equaled in the United States. It was 34 below zero in Minneapolis, the coldest recorded there since 1912. In the Pacific Northwest, torrential rains and high winds caused tremendous property damage, but a cold wave there was broken. In the old South temperatures were far below normal with heavy rains swelling streams to flood stages.

Seven Drowned in Mississippi Flood; Scores Are Marooned

By United Press MEMPHIS Tenn., Jan. 23.— Mississippi River tributary flood waters receded and Red Cross and other relief workers reached hundreds of water-marooned residents m north Mississippi and west Tennessee this afternoon with motorboats, skiffs, food and dry clothing. Meanwhile, the death list attributed directly to the high waters and

cold reached seven today when four others were reported to have lost their lives. Mayor H. G. Pry sock, of Sledge, Miss., reported that Ed Smith, nearby farmer, was found frozen on a highway near h’“ home and that an unidentified Goo. wyn (Miss.i youth had been drowned two miles west of Sledge. Flood waters submerged Sledge. Two Negroes drowned at Savage when they went back to their marooned homes after taking kinsmen to safety, F. R. Turley, store clerk, said. Two Negroes drowned Monday when they disregarded official highway warnings not to cross Coldwater River bridge near Coldwater. Miss. A fifth Negro drowning victim was found near Memphis. The Red Cross appeal last night j for motorboats was met today with scores offering assistance. Food kitchens and temporary housing centers cared for half-frozen and hungry refugees, some of whom had to climb trees to escape flood torrents of the Coldwater and other Mississippi tributary rivers. Many remained stranded on house-tops at Savage last night because the only motor-boat was out of order. The current of the Coldwater was too swift for skiffs. More than 100 persons crowded into the Y. & M. V. Railroad station. Lower floors of all dwellings had been abandoned. Mayor Prysock said 250 persons were crowded in the small railroad station. “The stores are all flooded and every house that has a second story la full of people, but they can’t get out. Water is three and four feet deep in stores—we must have help, boats, blankets and fuel.’’ Meanwhile, the National Red

The Indianapolis Times Fair tonight with cold wave and temperature tonight about 5 below zero; t omorrow fair with slowly rising temperature by afternoon.

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TODAY’S WEATHER

Hourly Temperatures 12 midnight 20 7a. m 18 1 a. 20 8 a. m 18 2 a. m 19 9 a. m 18 3a. m 18 10 a. m 17 4a. m 17 11 a. m 16 5 a. m 17 12 (noon).. 16 6a. m 17 Ip. rn 18 Tomorrow’s sunrise, 7 a. m.; sunset, 4:55 p. m. In the Air Weather conditions at 9 a. m.: North wind, 24 miles an hour, variable; barometric pressure, 30.29 at sea level; tempertaure, 17; ceiling, overcast, estimated at 2500 feet, lower scattered clouds, estimated at 1200 feet; visibility, 15 miles, snow flurries. was the announcement by city officials that ice on city park lakes would be safe for skating if the cold wave continued as it is predicted. Warmed by a brightly shining sun and a clear sky, the temperature reached 26 at 4 yesterday afternoon. However, by nightfall the mercury slumped again. Flying conditions were good here today despite occasional snow flurries.

Storm warnings were posted along the East coast. The following are representative temperatures throughout the country: Holcombe, Wis.. 48 below; Spooner, Wis., 42 below; Milwaukee, 10 below; Duluth, 38 below; Williston, 40 below: Charles City, la., 26 below; Devil’s Lake, N. D., 36 below; Bismarck. N. D., 32 below; Omaha, 10 below; Huron. S. D., 18 below; Mobile. Ala., 20; Miami, Fla., 60; New Orleans, 32.

Cross was on the job. Mrs. Mollie Nicholson. Red Cross worker from Washington, using Tunica, Miss., as a base, sent 10 tons of coal to Sledge from Lambert. T. M. Garrett, of Tunica, was leading a Red Cross expedition to Sledge. He had 100 blankets. He expected to secure motor boats en route. Need of quick relief was emphasized when the United States weather forecast today was for another cold wave tonight, which is expected to send thermometers to from 6 to 12 above zero. Meantime, a warm sun began to thaw the ice a little about noon.

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Japan Launches New Attack on Chinese; Airmen Lead Drive

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The Jehol border in the southwestern corner of Manchukuo, shown encircled in map above, is the scene of the latest Sino-Japanese outbreak today. A punitive expedition has been launched by the Japanese government and Chinese officials fear that the move masks Japanese intentions to annex Chahar to Manchukuo. By United Press PEIPING. China, Jan. 23.—Chinese troops, fighting valiantly, have repelled an initial Japanese drive in what appears to be a move by Japan into Chahar province. By United Pres* PEIPING, China. Jan. 23 A Japanese advance with infantry and airplanes along a 25-mile front was reported today by Chinese official sources describing a renewal of warfare in Chahar province, on the Manchukuo frontier. Dispatches from Chahar province telling of fighting during the last 24 hours were officially confirmed by the Chinese, although Japanese legation officials said they lacked any official information. The Japanese

CALLS OLD AGE PLANMNTASY' Townsend Scheme Would Eat Up National Income, Says Miss Perkins. By United Press f WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—The Townsend plan to give S2OO monthly pensions to all persons over 60 was described today as a “fantasy” by Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor. Testifying on the Administration’s economic security program before the House Ways and Means Committee, Miss Perkins said the plan would eat up more than half the entire national income. The factor of cost alone makes it prohibitive, she said, and in addition to that it would not be oldage insurance but a mere dole. Roosevelt Backs Court By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—President Roosevelt feels that there are sufficient safeguards for American rights attached to the proposal for American adherence to the World Court without additional reservations, it was indicated today at the Whits House. A Senate vote on adherence is expected late Friday unless some unforeseen contingency arises. Jobs for 3,500,000 Men By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—President Roosevelt plans to create jobs for 3,500,000 men at an average wage of SSO a month. The House was informed today as it started debate on the disputed new $4,800,000,000 work relief program. The proposed “security wage” is far below prevailing wages for regularly employed workers. Data on the projected wages and number of persons to whom it is hoped to give jobs were contained in the formal report of the House Appropriations Committee on the bill. As placed before the House, the bill acceded to the President’s demand that his hands “not be tied” in putting the program in effect and allocating funds to projects. POLAR BEAR SLIPS ON ICE; SHE’S RUG NOW Fanny Forgets Her Early Training; Fall is Fatal. By United Press DETROIT, Jan. 23.—A few years removal from the frozen North made Fanny, prized polar bear at the Detroit zoo, forget about the peculiar nature of ice and she slipped and fell yesterday and was killed. Fanny will soon be a rug valued at about $l5O, John T. Mille,u, zoo manager, said.

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were using airplanes, motorized units and strong infantry groups in the attack, the advices said. The warfare is in an interior area of northern China, near the Manchukuo frontier, and centering at the town of Tushihkou, which is a gateway through the Great Wall. Tushihkou was attacked by Japanese and Manchukuoan forces, the dispatches said. The area recently has been under dispute, both China and Manchukuo claiming different boundary lines. Recently, Chinese sources have reported growing tension in the district and alleged that Japanese were massing forces on the frontier for an attack. The fighting in the last 24 hours has extended from Kuyuan to Tushihkou, the official Chinese messages said. Japanese were said to have 1000 troops in the advance, aided by another 1000 of so-called Manchukuo troops. During the recent controversy over the frontier area, the Japanese charged that Chinese forces were attempting to advance into Manchukuo. territory. Later, however, the Chinese governor general of Chahar withdrew even from the advance posts of the area which China claimed.

MAIL TRUCK ROBBED of smooo CASH Machine Gun Bandits Stage Daring Holdup. By United Press FALL RIVER, Mass., Jan. 23. Machine-gun bandits, believed responsible for two other spectacular robberies in the last two weeks, today hijacked a United States mail truck, kidnaped the driver and escaped with an estimated $129,000 in currency. Part of the loot was consigned to the B. M. C. Durfee Trust Cos. from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston for pay rolls in Fall River mills. Five masked men drove an automobile up to the mail truck, driven by Herbert Reid. They leaped on Reid, tied him up, and took him and the truck to a spot near the Providence highway, where both machines were later found. The bandits apparently fled in a third car. WITNESS TO LINCOLN ASSASSINATION DEAD John Marshall Descendant Passes in Boston at 79. By United Press BOSTON, Jan. 2o. —Thomas Francis Marshall Lamer, who as a lad of 10 witnessed the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, was buried yesterday. He was 79. Mr. Larner was a direct descendant of Chief Justice John Marshall.

LADDER BRANDS BRUNO AS KIDNAPER, JURY IS TOLD

GAS BILL HITS SENATE SNAG, PASSESHOUSE Measure Blocking Franchise to Be Debated Again • Tomorrow. The bill to prevent the Marion County Commissioners from granting a gas franchise that would block the city’s acquisition of the Citizens Gas Company was passed, 82 to 11, today in the House of Representatives, but struck a snag in the Senate. After an impasse obviously had been reached over desirability of rushing the measure, the bill was made a special order of business in the Senate for 11 tomorrow morning. The Marion County delegation in the Senate first attempted to suspend the rules and pass the bill, but acceded to demands by Senator I. Floyd Garrott (R., Battle Ground) that the Senate have a chance to study the amendments made by the House. His motion to have the amended bill printed and put off to tomorrow morning was adopted when the Democrats lost a move to obtain action this afternoon.

Saving clauses Added Inroads on the Republican minority opposition were made this morning when the House adopted amendments offered by Rep. Fred Barrett (D., Indianapolis). The amendments consist chiefly of saving clauses, it was said, and were designed to relieve fears of municipal utilities that they might be affected. The measure, as it now stands and if passed by the Senate, will prevent the Marion County commissioners from granting a franchise to the Users Gas Campany without first obtaining Public Service Commission approval. Such a grant was scheduled to be made Feb, 4, it reported. Hence, the efforts of the Marion County delegations in both houses to obtain immediate enactment. Unanimous consent in the House permitted Rep. Barrett to offer his clarifying amendments. He thanked the minority for its co-operation and explained that the bill was faulty when it was introduced. The House minority stopped an effort yesterday to pass the bill under suspension of the rules.

G. O. P. Claims Credit “The Democrats ought to be happy that we didn’t let them run that bill through yesterday,” said Rep, Herbert H. Evans (R„ Newcastle), “They would have been in a bad spot if that bill had gone through with those errors.” House Republican leaders and some of the minority voted against the bill. In explaining his vote Rep. Evans said, “I consider the statement made by Senator Jacob Weiss (D„ Indianapolis) that SIOO,OOO was being used by a certain utility company to influence attorneys and city officials as a direct affront to the dignity of this.body.” He filed a formal protest in the journal, and voted no on the measure. Rep Evans announced that tomorrow he intends to introduce a motion to have Senator Weiss appear before the House and explain his statement, or to file a motion having the House censure the President pro tern, of the Senate for his statement. Fears Wrong Impression “This whole thing will give the people of the state the wrong impression,” he said. “It will look as though we were being bought off by special interests.” Three measures sponsored by the Indiana State Bar Association were introduced yesterday in the House. They are intended to license attorneys, correct obsolete procedure and restore rule-making authority to the Supreme Court. One bill, the integrated bar bill which failed to pass the 1933 Assembly, provides for establishment of a state board of bar managers made up of one member from each of the 12 judicial circuits. The State Board of Agriculture appropriations bill asking $200,000 for aid in liquidation of the state faorground bonded indebtedness is to be presented in the House. The fair board owes appriximately $900,000 on the state fair plant and expects to use the $200,000, revenue from contemplated pari-mutuel betting machines and the 3 V mill tax to retire the debt. NRA Conferences Ordered By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—Further White House conferences on NRA legislation will be held within the next two weeks, President Roosevelt said coday. Times Index Bridge 7 Broun 9 Comics 15 Crossword Puzzle 15 Editorial 10 Hickman—Theaters 4 Financial 11 Pegler 9 Piano Lesson 7 Radio 16 Sports 12-13 State News 4 Woman’s Pages 6-7

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EXTORTION TRIAL IS NEXT FOR BRUNO IF JURY ACQUITS HIM

By United, Press FLEMINGTON, Jan. 23—Inspector John J. Lyons, of the New York Police Department, who testified today, told reporters that if Bruno Richard Hauptmann is acquitted, he will be triPd at once in New York on charges of extortion. “And whatever happens in that case—whether he is convicted or not—deportation lies at the end of the trail,” he said. The outlook for the German carpenter is not encouraging for him. As an extortionist he might be sentenced to serve as many as 40 years in prison. In view of his age, 36, and the rigors of prison life against which he chafes continually, it is doubtful if he would live to be deported at the end of the trail.

$125,000 DIAMONDS SEIZED BY BANDITS Gunmen Shoot Their Way Out of Police Trap. By United Press SIOUX CITY, la., Jan 23.—Three bandits slugged Sol Roseman, New York jewelry salesman, as he entered the Hotel Martin here, and escaped with $125,000 in diamonds after a battle with police. One of the trio hit Mr. Roseman on the head with the butt end of a revolver, seized the portifolio of diamonds which fell from his hands, and jumped into a waiting car. Mr. Roseman’s inert form, lying on the sidewalk, attracted the attention of a policeman driving a squad car. He arived in time to see the bandit car speed away, and gave chase. The policeman drove the bandits into a blind alley. The thieves opened fire, shooting their way out of the trap. KING BORIS RETAINS " CONTROL OF BULGARIA Army Aids Ruler in Bloodless Coup; Republicans Foiled. By United Press SOFIA. Bulgaria, Jan. 23. —King Boris ruled today with a cabinet dominated by the army, after a bloodless coup in which the army turned the tables on Republicans seeking to oust him.

Fire! All It Takes to End Fear Is an Ethel Waters Singing of Negro Musical Comedy Star Prevents Threatened Panic at Murat Theater. Ethel Waters, singing Negro star of “As Thousands Cheer,” the musical comedy now at the Murat Theater, was cast in the role of a heroine last night. The program called for Miss Waters to sing “I’ve Got Harlem on My

Mind, ’ and the way she sang it prevented a threatened panic. A moment before, the spotlights set on the front rim of the Murat balcony had flared up in smoke and flame after a preliminary burst of bluish sparks, caused by a short circuit. Smoke billowed from burning insulation. It was a tense moment. People began to stand. From the rear of the house, a man’s voice shouted gruffly: “Sit down!” His was the only voice heard. There were no screams. The flames leaped to three or four feet. Fire extinguishers were brought into action. Ushers and other theater attendants walked up and down the aisles, repeating quietly the first commaiiu: “Sit down; keep your seats.” The “spots" were so arranged that there was no danger of the blaze spreading. The only danger was that of panic. This, the management met. The orchestra began to play loudly. Miss Waters and a chorus came out on the stage. The chorus

Spectacular Circumstantial Evidence Is Introduced by State, Nearing: End of Its Strong* Case. HAUPTMANN TO TESTIFY TOMORROW U. S. Wood Expert Ready, to Tell of TracingMaterials for More Than Year; Board Is Fitted in Suspect’s Attic. By United Press FLEMINGTON, N. J., Jan. 23.—Saving one of its most spectacular evidence for a final blow at Bruno Richard Hauptmann, the government this afternoon traced to his handicraft, by circumstantial evidence, the ladder by which the Lindbergh crime was committed. The state’s case against the brawny Bronx carpenter neared completion. Atty. Gen. David T. Wilentz confidently expected to rest late today—unless long cross-examinations should frustrate his plans. It is therefore possible that within another 24 hours, Bruno Hauptmann, the first witness in his own defense, may

KARPIS ELUDES MIDWEST NET Hunt for Gang Leader Is Centered Here and in Chicago. By United Press DETROIT, Jan. 23.—A widening search for the notorious Alvin Karpis and Harry Campbell today extended the greatest mobilization of armed men since the days of John Dilinger over five states and a portion of Canada. The chase pointed toward Chicago, where only two weeks ago a member of Karpis’ outlaw gang was killed and Arthur (Doc) Barker, another of its leaders, captured. Highways and byroads from Detroit and Cleveland to Indianapolis and Chicago swarmed with patrol cars bristling with riot and machine guns. Barriers halted traffic on every road leading from Monroe, southern Michigan town, where the trail lost in New Jersey and again in Ohio became hot again yesterday with discovery of a stolen automobile.

The car was that of Dr, Horace Hunsicker of Allentown, Pa., whom the outlaws, fleeing from a gun battle with federal officers in Atlantic City, forced to drive them about Pennsylvania and Ohio for hours Sunday. Indiana and Illinois state police joined remnants of the famous Chicago “Dillinger squad” in attempting to prevent the outlaws from gaining refuge in the Windy City's mazes. Department of Justice agents have guarded known haunts of the Barker-Karpis gang about Chicago continually since the Atlantic City shooting. Even in St. Paul, where “Doc” Barker was indicted yesterday for the kidnaping of Edward G. Bremer, St. Paul banker, guards were reenforced around the stubby gangster’s cell. Karpis Hunted Here Federal agents and police today were checking tips that Alvin Karpis was in Indianapolis. Squads rushed to a parking lot, 221 E. New York-st, last night on information that men resembling Karpis and his pal, Harry Campbell, were in a coupe there. When police arrived, Charles Lydy, attendant, said the men had left. The license was Indiana 1935. Michigan state police radioed that it had been definitely established that Karpis and Campbell were driving a Plymouth coupe.

looked frightened. Miss Waters had complete command of herself. She sang—and the house broke into uproarious applause as she finished. Mayor John W. Kern; his brother, William C. Kern, and their wives were in the theater at the time. When lights came up, it was seen that Mayor Kern had moved from an. inner seat to an aisle seat. Chief Mike Morrissey, near them, h -.d remained absolutely still, though his neighbors said he obviously had wished to rise and take command of the situation. Attempts to reach Miss Waters today for comment were met with the statement by her maid that the singer was “very sick” and that she could see no one “since last night.” Further explanation was refused and it was impossible to determine whether Miss Waters’ illness was caused by excitement of the fire. Her condition will not prevent her appearance in matinee and night performances of “As Thousands Cheer” today, however.

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face the jury and tell his strange version of how he acquired the ransom money through which he was trapped. The three-section ladder, standing against the wall of the courtroom, a mute witness against the prisoner, was found on the Lindbergh estate shortly after the kidnaping. Police officers today matched wooden pieces from it, in their evidence, against a board that had been removed from the attic floor of Bruno Hauptmann’s home in the Bronx—and declared the pieces fitted “perfectly.” Thus, the last piece of the jie-saw puzzle the state is trying to put together as a portrait of the man it accuses of murdering Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., was set in place. Expert Is Cross-Examined W’'en the noon recess was ordered, Arthur Koehler, the government’s expert on woods, was on the stand, being cross-examined as to his qualifications as an expert, by Frederick A. Pope of the defense counsel. Mr. Pope fought to keep Mr. Koehler's evidence from the jury, on the grounds that “there is no such animal known to mankind as an expert on woods.” Mr. Koehler’s hobby dnd vocation is probing the secrets that lie at the heart of trees. Forty-nine years old, a native of Manitowoc, Wis., a graduate of Lawrence College and the University of Wisconsin and Michigan, the technologist has been employed by the forestry service for 20 years. He has testified in numerous criminal triais, although none was so widely noticed as this one-

Months of Work Involved Baffled by the lack of clews to the identity of the Lindbergh kidnaper, the New Jersey State Police turned the ladder over to Mr. Koehler as a last resort. It had revealed no fingerprints. It was built of yellow pine, perhaps the commonest, cheapest wood in the country. It was a needle in a thousand haystacks. Mr. Koehler took the ladder to a laboratory in Washington. He sawed a notch in a rung and saved the sawdust that dropped on a sheet. The process was repeated with an upright. The little chips of wood were handled as carefully as diamond dust. It was weighed, its specific gravity measured and finally it was bathed in different acids, stained with various dyes and then burned so the ash could be studied. Outside the laboratory walls the Lindbergh case had almost been forgotten. Within its cloistered precincts the bushy-browed Mr. Koehler kept on with his research. Few men in the world know as much about wood as he does. Analyzes Type of Wood He studied the ladder, took It apart piece by piece and reckoned its tensile strength, its density. X-rays and enlarging cameras were utilized. So, too, were machines that have no names, many of them perfected by the chief wood technologist himself in the forestry laboratory at Madison, Wis. He learned finally that a certain, high-speed planing mill had trimmed the lumber, finishing the surfaces with a grain peculiarly its own, unique among the one-inca by four-inch boards planed throughout the United States. Mr. Koehler circularized some 40,000 mills to learn where such a planer had been used. It was tiring work and during the year and a half he ran down many false leads. There were trips to the pino and spruce forests of Oregon, journeys to the lumber mills of the Great Lakes region and finally, on the slopes of the Appalachians in South Carolina, Mr. Koehler so ,nd a neighborhood mill withs highspeed cutter. Reaches Goal in Year The character of the surfacing done by this plane served the wood expert as well as whorls and loops serve the fingerprint expert. True, the lumber mill of State Senator J. J. Dorn of South Carolina shipped yellow pine to many lumber yards, but Mr. Koehler was on the way. Mr. Koehler’s travels took him from the Atlantic to the Pacific until the day when he walked into the yards of the National Millwork & Lumber Cos., in the Bronx. It was more than a year after Mr. (Turn to Page Three)