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HOOVER CALLS ON YOUTH OF G. 0. P. TO ‘SAVE’ NATION Republican Parly Faces Gravest Crisis Since Lincoln’s Day, Ex-President Warns Young: Californians. NEW DEAL REGIMENTATION FLAILED Rejuvenation of Party and l nitv of Purpose in Defending: American Principles Demanded in Message. B't I n't'* Press SACRAMENTO. Cal.. March 23.—Herbert Hoover today declared that the Republican party faces its greatest crisis since the days of Abraham Lincoln, and called upon tho youth of thp party to save the nation from un-American government. In a strongly worded message to the California Republican Assembly, the former President demanded a rejuvenation of the party and a unity of purpose in defense of Ameriran principles "jeopardized daily by regimentation and bureaucratic domination.’’ The rebirth of the Republican party, he said, "transcends any personal interest or the selfish interest of any

flxoup,” and it is the young men and women of the party who must "give attention to the drift from national moorings.” He excoriated the Democratic business, financial, relief, labor and agrarian policies and declared the present Administration had made the people “pawns of a centralized and self-perpetuating government." He demanded a return to “economic common -ense" and to the fundamental spirit of "free men and omrn’’ Mr. Hoovers message follows: March 22. 1935. * Mr Sherrill Halbert. President. ‘California Republican Assembly. • Sacramento. Cal. •Derr Mr. Halbert*: “I am glad to comply with ymir request for a message to your for* romtng meeting. “The Republican party today has the ereate>t responsibilitv *hat has come to it since the days of Abraham Lincoln. That responsibility is to tajse the standard in defense of fundemrnta! American principles It musi furnish the rallying point for all those who believe in these prinnp.es and are determined # o defeat those who are responsible for their daily jeopardv. “1. The American people have directly before them the issue of maintaining and perfecting our system of orderlv individual liberty under constitutionally conducted government. or of rejecting it <n favor of the newly created system of regimentation and bureaucratic domination In much men and women are not masters of government but are the pawns or dependents of a centralized and potentially self-perpet-uating government. That is. shall we as a nation stand on the founda:tons of Americanism, gaming tne great powers of progress inherent in it. correcting abuses which arise within it. videninc the seeuntv and opportunity that can alone be budded upon it? Sees Freedom Curtailed •Before us is the smk into which first one great nation after another abroad i falling Am rica mu>t look todav. as m the past, to the creative impulses of free men and women, born of the most enterprising and self-reliant stock ip the world, for productive genuu*. for expansion of enterprise. V r economic recovery, for restoration of noma! jobs, for increased standards of living for reform of abuse of governmental or economic powers, and for advance from outworn modes of • houcht. The freedom of men to think, to art. to achieve, is now being hampered 2. The American people have a rtght to determine for themselves this fundamental issue, and it is solely through the Republican party .Turn to Page Two'

HOSPITAL GETS $1633 FROM ROOSEVELT FETE Rilrr Unit Given TO Per Cent Share of Proceeds. A check for 51633 was presented to Hush McK Landon. chairman of the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children executive committee. yesterday as 75 per cent of the ; net proceeds from the five Presidents Birthday Balls held here. Fred Hoke chairman of the President s Birthday committee, made the presentation. The birthday committee forwarded to Washington a check for S7OO. approximately 30 per cent of the local net income, to aid in the national fight against infantile paralysis. honor college paper Critics Hold Texas l\ Magazine One of Four Best. Ay t n*'4 AUSTIN. Tex.. March 23—Texas Ranger, humor magazine published at the University of Texas, has been judged one of the four best in *m*nca. * was announced her*.

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DEATH PURSUES DUST REFUGEES Scores Flee Denuded Area. Once Prize Farm Land of Colorado. By I H'lrd Press SPRINGFIELD. Colo.. March 23. —Scores of men and women abandoned a 2.000.000-acre desert today. A few days ago it was a region of fruitful farms. The emigres fled from disaster and death, defeated by nature and their own lark of foresight. A strange disease, “dust pneumonia," dogged them. Where ferule wheatlands and rich pastures once lay. there w-*re mile after mile of naked barrens, denuded by the dust storms rag’ng for riavs. Not enough grass remained in the —embracing several eountie uPern Colorado and West sa.isas—to feed a single horse. Six humans succumbed to the strange mrlady, a lung congestion resulting from inhalation of air saturated with volcanic ash., suspended sand particles and top soil blown from the farms of Colorado. Western Kansas and the Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle. An estimated 100 others were ill. Scores of cattle and other livf*stoek died of the same malady. The winds which tore the ash and dust from the unprotected prairies and fields blasted crops from the ground. Billowy cloud of yellow dust spread over the area today, with Springfield the center of the storm. HANGED IN ODD MISHAP Blt Snaps on Woodlifi. Man Strangled hr Pope. By I nttrei Press OREGON CITY Ore.. March 23. Harvey Ernest Wallis. 55. was getting up the evening's supply of svooH in the woodlift. The bolt slipped from its place, the woodlift dropped and the rope tangled about his neck strangling him to death.

Distribute Income or Go to War, Dr. Beard Warns New Deal Policies Fail to Meet Needs of Hour, Noted Historian Says: Domestic Reform Ureged. BY MAX STERN Times Special Writer WASHINGTON. March 23.—America must adopt a strong and effective domestic reform program involving a wider distribution of the national income or soon see itself pushed bv its jingoes into another foreign war. This "fateful choice" was put squarely up to the New Deal today by Dr. Charles A. Beard, dean of American historians, in an in-

terview. The historian believes the New Deal policies are failing to meet the demands of the hour, the poor becoming poorer, new waves of popular revolt rising in the South, the Northwest and other sections. On the other hard, he pictures Capitol Hill as besieged by Army and Navylobbyists demanding and getting bigger armament appropriations. Historically, he warns, we have had five major wars, each "by a curious coincident" occurring at a time when a domestic crisis threatened to loose the grip of “the Hamiltonians" on the government. -We have reached & domestic deadlock once more in our history." said Dr. Beard. 'Europe ar.d Asia are tmderboxes awaiting the spark of some incident' to set the world •blase in war. History can not fora-*

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If you look forward with dread to your spring housecleaning, just drop a tear for this Kansas City housewife and then think how easy your task is, compared to hers! She is shown here as she went about her work in the most recent dust storm, handkerlhief to nose to keep from choking, with dirt seeping through every crevice of the house. Just to show- how thickly the dust had gathered, she traced the name of her home city on the desk before her.

Patman Bonus in Senate, Early Action Is Promised Upper House Sure to Pass Some Type of Veterans’ Measure but Veto Is Certain, Is Consensus, By l nit'd Press WASHINGTON. March 23.—The Patman $2,000,000,000 currency expansion bonus bill was added to the Senate Finance Committee's crowded calendar today with a promise by Democratic leaders that it would receive prompt consideration. A presidential veto is expected if it is approved by the Senate. Injecting thp bonus issue into debate on the $4,380,000,000 work relief bill. Senator Thomas <D.. Okla.t. threatened to offer the Patman proposal as a “rider" to the relief measure. Administration forces were con-

NOTRE DAME MOURNS FORMER PRESIDENT The Rev. John Cavanaugh Passes at 64. By 1 nitrd Press SOUTH BEND. Ind.. March 23. The Rev. John Cavanaugh, former president of the University of Notre Dame, died last night after a month-long attack of nephritis complicated by diabetes. He was 64. Father Cavanaugh was chief executive of Notre Dame from 1905 to 1919 and is c •edited for much of the growth whch transformed the school in that period from an institution of a few hundred students to on*’ of the leading institutions of America. He -as retired by canon law from the university presidency, but remained an active member of the faculty until his last illness. Hourly Temperatures 6 a m. . . 62 8 a. m. ... 65 7 a. m 63 9 a. m. ... 67 Tomorrow's sunrise. 5:42 a. m.: sunset. S OI p. m.

close on the future. It can only indicate the probabilities of future events. And in the past when governments have had to choose between strong domestic and strong foreign policies they have generally adopted a belligerent policy abroad.' Here is the picture of America at its hour of decision, as Dr. Beard sees it: •The Roosevelt Administration swept into power on a surge of protest and backed by the astounding upheaval of 1933. promised to relieve 'inemployment and improve living standards. Yet pay rolls last December were 40 per cent below those of 1926. and dividends and interest were higher by 150 per cent "NRA has reduced hours and increased the lower-brackei (Toni u> Pag* Twa*

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A vote today on trie Fatman oin would not be a fair test, however, of the strength behind the measure. Many of its supporters probably would vote against it on the ground that it had no place in the relief bill and should be considered separately. Chairman Pat Harrison <D.,Miss.) said his finance committee would conduct limited hearings before acting on the Patman bill. He said he believed the. Senate would pass a bonus measure, and would uphold a presidential veto. An effort will be made- to eliminate inflationary features and adopt the Vinson-American Legion bill, which lost by three votes in the House. That measure would leave it to the Treasury to find the money necessary for bonus payments. Senator Millard E. Tydings CD.. Md.) will attempt to substitute his •‘compromise" plan to give veterans 3 per cent government bonds in exchange for their service certificates, offered in the House by Rep. John J. Cochran <D.. Mo.', It was overwhelming defeated. Mr. Harrison promised early action on the bonus question, and said no attempt would be made to have his committee pigeon-hole it. The Patman bill never has received Senate approval and there is doubt of its adoption at this session if it is put forward in its present form. The overwhelming vote —318 to 90—by which the House finally approved a bonus payment made it apparent that Administration leaders would have difficulty in obtaining support for a veto in the lower chamber. MISS PERKINS SNUBBED BY CALIFORNIA ALUMNA Labor Secretary Ignores Slight, Will Address College Group. Py United Prrxt BERKELEY. Cal.. March 23. Disregarding a snub by a prominent alumna who called her "a mire politician." Frances Perkins. Secretary of Labor, prepared today to address a University of California gathering at charter day exercises. The snub came from Miss Martha Ijams. secretary of the university class of 1901. who believed that other women were more worthy of the honor of being the first of their sex invited to speak at the annual exercises. f Miss Ijams. Berkeley resident, refused to act as a hostess at an alumni association dinner honoring the cabinet official tonight. Times Index Bridge 4 Broun 7 Church Sendees 11 Comics 13 Crossword Puzzle 13 Curious World 13 Editorial 6 Financial ... 14 Hickman—'o

CITY ‘BOOKIES’; CLOSED; WHY, NOBODY KNOWS 21 Horse Betting 'Joints' Shut Doors: 'Shake Out’ Rumored. POLITICS HINTED CAUSE Larger Shops May Reopen in Two Weeks, But Others Are Out. This city's 21 horse betting handbooks are closed today for an in- ; definite period, and for reasons no one is able to explain satisfactorily. Tuesday, a police order went out to all bookies to ‘’close cold,” but. about an hour later, they were notified that they might operate up to and including yesterday. The reason for the sudden extension of time after the original closing order was reported to have been a desire not to injure unduly the investment the bookmakers had in wire service for race results. The “bookies” contract for this wire service by the week, paying in advance, and the weekly period ends on Fridays. Some books also have j a weekly contract for copies of the ; Daily Racing Form, supplied to their betting clients. Operators Are ‘Raffled’ All of the handbook operators professed to be baffled by the sudden order to close as there have been no large losses lately which might have resulted in a “squawk" to “the law.” “However, the police “lid” was reported in various sources to be part j of a campaign to “shake out” some of the small fry operators. The closing period, it was re- j ported, is to last two weeks, after which approximately a dozen of the books will be permitted to resume operations with “thumbs down” for | the others. The natural result of such a pro- j cedure, it was pointed out, would be diversion of the business hitherto I done by the small fry operators to i the bigger books. New ‘Joint’ Has ‘Class’ One downtown book in particular j will benefit by a sharp decrease in j the number of bookmakers, it Is reported. This book opened only recently., It is what is known as a “class joint’’ and would do credit to the j ornate bookmaking establishments in New York, Chicago and other larger cities. According to well authenticated reports, a SIO,OOO bankroll has been put behind it by a prominent Marion County Democratic politician. This resort, already nicknamed “Little Monte Carlo,” takes nothing less than $1 bets. It is situated over a downtown eat-and-drink spot. The majority of the 21 books which have teen operating until today were only too glad to get 50cent horse wagers, but “Little Monte Carlo” is luxuriously furnished and it has plenty of overhead. It needs a large volume of business to operate profitably. It may or may not be significant. | but this resort didn’t even bother to finish out this week. It closed Tues- j day without taking advantage of the j breathing spell. Only Phone Rets Now At any rate, the “pork and onion stores" —books to you—are closed indefinitely and it will be some time before you can lay a bet on some sure thing. That is. it will he some time if you expect to stroll casually into some "store,” scan leisurely a Racing Form, hear the running of the race after you’ve made your j wager and collect immediately if j you win. The only betting available will be j phone betting—if your credit is good—and the collection will have to wait until the next day. The shutdown may be merely police routine, but there are plenty of well informed persons who will tell you it is inspired by political, rather than moral, reasons.

PLEURISY DEVELOPS! COL, HOWE WEAKER All Hope Now Abandoned for Roosevelt Aid. By T nitfd Prrt* WASHINGTON. March 23.—Development of pleurisy in Louis McHenry Howe's left lung in addition to other complications caused physicians today to abandon all hope for his recovery. Col. Howe, senior secretary to President Roosevelt for 25 years, has been seriously ill for more than two weeks, suffering a combination of bronchial trouble and heart weakness. Relatives summoned here when his condition became critical a week ago remained near his White House bedside. Mr Roosevelt has visited Mr. Howe daily. The 64-year-old secretary has been in a coma for several days.

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Fate Plane Falls Apart on Last Dive, Jimmy Collins Loses His Life.

By United Press FARMINGDALE, N. Y.. March 23.—The motor of the tiny plane fell off at 10.000 feet. At 7000 feet a wing fell off. A few minutes later horrified ontlookers lifted a mangled body from the wreckage. “I'm all through fellows,” whispered the victim. That was the death of James ( Jimmy) Collins, former United States Navy test pilot and one of the country's best known aviators. Celebrated for his daring in dangerous power dives, he had promised himself just one more. In that one he died. a tt a YESTERDAY afternoon Collins took up a Grumman biplane fighter, anew type plane, to test it for the Navy. It withstood nine of the ten prescribed power dives. On the tenth it folded. Collins was to have received SISOO for his work, enough to maintain his wife and two children while he established himself as an aviation writer. Grumman Airplane Cos. executives and naval officers took extraordinary precautions against revealing anything concerning the design of the wrecked plane. Three photographers who took pictures of the wreckage had their cameras smashed and were roughhoused by guards. One company official said the ship design and various instruments it carried were “naval secrets.” Collins was a cadet with Col. Charles A. Lindbergh at the Kelly Field Training School. He was 33. CITY BOXER DIES OF AUTO INJURY •Reamer Roberts’ Is 34th County Victim: Had Been FERA Instructor. The number of persons fatally injured in traffic accidents in Marion County this year stood at 34 today with the death last night of Jewell C. Bradburn of 1104 South-eastern-av, of injuries received last Saturday when he stepped in the

path of a car at Wash-ington-st and Southeast-ern-av. Mr. Bradburn was 28. At this time last year, 32 persons had died from

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traffic accidents in Marion County. Mr. Bradburn, known in boxing circles as Reamer Roberts, was boxing instructor for the Federal Emergency relief Administration recreation activities. Surviving are the widow Mrs. Annabelle Bradburn, and four children. Mrs. Mary Ellen Massey of 536 E. New York-st. is in a critical condition at City Hospital from injuries received last night when she was struck bv a car driven by Wilburn Nealis, 37, of 48 N. Mount-st, at Washington-st and Belle Vieu-pl. Mrs. Massey is 35. Mr. Nealis told police he was forced to swerve out of line in passing a slow-moving car and did not see Mrs. Massey until it was too late to stop. George Wing of 1138 N. Warman*av, died early today in City Hospital from injuries suffered when he fell out of bed at his home March 19. Mr. Wing suffered a broken hip. He was 80.

Terre Haute Strike Crisis Near; Conciliator on Job

U. S, Official Hopes to End One Walkout in Large Plant and to Prevent Another. BY JOE COLLIER Tim<?s Staff Writer TERRE HAUTE. March 23.—A Federal labor conciliator was trying here today to get employer and employe together in two Terre Haute industries in order to settle one strike and to prevent anothr. It seemed to be the hope of all concerned that 610 employes of three plants of the Stahl Uiban Cos., out since March 13 when 435 of them Struck and established picket lines. I

will, as a result of today's negotiations. go back to work Monday. And it is hoped that more than 500 workers in the Columbia Enameling Cos., technically on strike today, although the plant is idle on Saturdays, will go back to work Monday without the loss of a work day. The Stahl Urban employes are asking for full recognition of Local No. 106. United Garment Workers of American, and a 25 per cent increase in wages for a 60-dav trial period. At the end of 60 days, the workers want a chance to vote as to whether they want to be represented by Local 106 or a company association. Enameling company employes, not sc much concerned with wage increases. are demanding strict company observance of seniority rights and full union recognition. They also are asking for a 5 per

160,000 MORE TROOPS CALLED INTO SERVICE Italy Stands Ready to Back Up Her Desire for Peace With Several Millions of Steel Bayonets,’ Duce Roars. 660,000 FASCIST MEN NOW READY] Blackshirt Leader Summons Class of 1911 to Colors, Augmenting* 1913 and 1914 Groups, Already in Uniforms. By L in ted Press ROME, March 23.—Italy today mobilized the empir* army class of 1911. The Italian army will approximate 660,000 men in consequence. The announcement came immediately after a forceful speech by Premier Benito Mussolini to thousands of his Fascist blackshirts massed in the Venice Square. “Let it be clear,” he roared, "our desire for peace and European collaboration is above all backed up by several millions of steel bayonets.”

At another point he said: “I desire to say to the whole Italian people that no event whatsoever will find us unprepared.” The call to the colors takes in all Italians born in 1911 who are now around 24. Two divisions of these men were called to the colors during the Abyssinian crisis. Only on Thursday, Mussolini decided to retain in the army the 1913 class which normally would be released April 1. On April 1. also, the new class of 1914 will report for a year's compulso’.y service. It was explained that retention of the 1913 men was due to the political situation. Today's call involves about 160,-

French-British Pact Nullified by Nazis, Laval Declares

By l n'trd Press PARIS, March 23.—France at an allied conference this afternoon held that Germany's rearmament decrees nullified French-British proposals for consolidation of peace, it was said authoritatively

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however, affect but 45 per cent of the employes. Robert E. Mythen, Washington, the conciliator, was scheduled to met in a series of conferences wtih employers, employes and labor officials. In each case, it was said at the Central Labor Union that it appeared probable that the strikes would be settled. Meanwhile, the United Coal Miners of America, about 50.000 strong in this section have announced they will strike April 1 if their demand for a 10 per cent increase in wages and a 30-hour week are not granted by operators. Operators must sign anew contract April 1. Terre Hauie, with a population of approximately 65,000, has a union population of approximately 10 to 11 thousand. Central Labor Union officials say. \

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000 men—those of the 1011 class who were not mobilized for the Abyssinian crisis. It was recalled that when the Abyssinian mobilization was decided upon, two new home divisions were formed to replace them. A brief dramatic communique gave the news of today’s call. It said: "The head of the government in his capacity as minister of the armed forces has ordered a call to arms of the entire class of 1911. The measure is of a precautionary character.” Dates on which they were ordered to report, in order that they might be assimilated into the army, were not revealed. It was believed that the first thousands of the men would report early next week.

i Id I c ljd Veil, IUI was said, made the statement at the outset of a conference with Anthony Eden. British privy seal, and Fulvio Suvich, Italian foreign undersecretary. While the conference was proceeding the Supreme Council of National Defense met under President Albert Lebrun at the Elysee Palace. Finance Minister Louis Germain-Martin was called hastily to the meeting. Laval, it was asserted, told Britain and Italy it would be necessary to seek anew basis of discussion with Germany. The conference, an important preliminary to the talks which Sir John Simon, British foreign secretary, will have with Adolf Hitler Monday and Tuesday, began afe 11:15 a. m. Sir George Clerk, British ambassador, accompanied Eden. Alexis Leger, general secretary of the foreign office, assisted Laval. The French-British proposals to which M. Laval referred were those of Feb. 3 for general consolidation of European peace. They have been the basis for all talk since. They envisage Germany's re-entrance to the League of Nations, her adherence to eastern European and Danubian security treaties, and her participation in an aerial defense treaty. It was indicated that M. Laval held as a threat the possibility that France might oppose a formal meeting of the foreign ministers of Great Britain, Italy and France until the League of Nations council, at an emergency meeting set for the first week in April, considered Germany's violation of the Versailles treaty. SHOWER HERE WASHES AWAY CLOUDS OF DUST Drop in Mercury Is Expected as Resuit of Rain. Gloomy, gray clouds brought refreshing spring showers to Indianapolis today, washing down the dust which has hung in the atmosphere since the swirling sand storm early Thursday. The showers are expected to lower the temperatures which reached €9 degrees at 4:30 yesterday afternoon. The ram deficiency for Indianapolis for March up to the time of the rain was 02 of an inch. February was exceptionally dry. Judge Treanor to Broadcast Supreme Court Judge Walter E. Treanor will deliver the seventh of a series of lectures on "Law For the Layman” at 9:30 tonight over Radio Station WFBM. The series have been arranged by Humphrey C, Harrington, Marion County Deputy Prosecutor,