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1500 LOOK ON AS KENTUCKIAN DIES IN NOOSE Young Robber, Convicted of Criminal Attack, Dies Assailing Accuser. SISTER SEES EXECUTION Victim Talks to Crowd for 59 Minutes Before Trap Is Sprung. By t nil'd Pn * BMITHLAND. Kv.. April 19.—1n the presence of a holiday crowd of 1500 citizens, William Thomas Deboe. a white man. was hanged today for criminal attack. He went to his death shouting anathema at his accusers. In the crowd that saw his body dropped through the trap, was Mrs. Marjorie Johnson, a storekeeper's wife whom he was accused of assaulting. Before the trap was sprung the condemned man and the victim of his crime engaged in a dramatic colloquy. Led to the scaffold in the bright dawn, Deboe talked rapidly, almost incoherently at times, for .59 minutes. The great crowd watched him, restless but silent, while the executioners prepared the drop. Sister Near Gallows All of the principals in this Kentucky drama were grouped around the gallows during the final act. In the crowd, near the steps up which the prisoner was led. was Mrs. Johnson. By the scaffold itself stood M. T. Deboe. his father, and nearby was his 19-year-old sister. “I tell you I was a robber—not a rapist,” Deboe began. His eyes rested on Mrs. Johnson, who was silent, and he embarked on a tirade against her, against the state, against the witnesses who sent him to death. He stretched out a manacled hand toward the woman. ‘ If I had S3OO or $.500 to give her, she would not hava made the charges." he cried. “Not for a Thousand" For the first time, stirred by his charge. Mrs. Johnson’s lips moved. “Not for a thousand dollars!" she shouted back. The executioners muffled his reply with the black hood and adjusted the noose. A moment later Sheriff George H. Heater sprang the trap and the crowd saw the desperate orator’s body plunge downward. Sixteen minutes later the examining physician declared him dead. "People, I hope none of you ever have to face what I do." Deboe said before his death. “I’ve been up there at Eddyville 10 months, larking one day, thinking about this, and believe me I died a thousand deaths. If you wanted me to pay, I have pail. But I'm ready now. "Woman, Are You Satisfied?" "I've made peace with God. I’ve asked him to forgive that woman, to forgive all. That's more than you did for me. They are even putting me down on the day Christ d''ed. Well, they are doing the same tning to me that they did to Him. "But I want to ask that woman again—woman, are you satisfied? and .Johnson, are you satisfied?" "Young men and young boys, you'd better take this warning against wrong life and bad company. I see some young girls and .some women here. too. but • you shouldn't see this. I don't think women should see It. "Good-by Everybody" "Seein’ so many of you here shows me the inhuman side of some of you. but it'll be a lesson to all to you. There is many in this crowd that needs it- worse than I do " "I'm ready now. Good-by everybody." "Good-by, brother." called his sister hysterically, looking up from below and clinging to her fathers arm. "Take your time." he cautioned the officials through the black hood. "Do a good job with that knot." He had hardly spoken when Sheriff Heater sprung the trap. It was the first hanging in history of Livingston County and Smithland. the oldest town on the river between Louisville and New Orleans. Hoosier Held in Slaying Sy United Press JASPER. Ind.. April 19.—Alvm King. 47. was held today on charges of killing his brother-in-law. Calvin Abel. 58. King and his mother live at the Abel home. The mother witnessed the shooting, but was too hysterical to give particulars. Times Index Page Bridge 20 Books 22 Broun 25 Church Services 30 Comics 37 Crossword Puzzle 37 Curious World 37 Editorial 26 Financial 36 Food Pages 29-31 Hickman—Theaters 18 Junior Aviation 23 Let’s Go Fishing 34 MERRY-GO-ROUND 34 Notes on Canvas 38 Pegler 25 Radio 10 Religious Questions 13 SIDE GLANCES 18 Sport* 32-33-34 Stamps 21 State News 16 Story of Easter 15 TV A 25 Woman's Pages 20-21

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VOLUME 47—NUMBER 34

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Four-year-old Alberta Louise Gray, pictured here as she posed for an Easter picture last year, this Easter is involved in a court fight between her father. William B. Gray. Chicago real estate man. and her mother. Mrs. Alberta Lieber Gray. Traders’ Point, heiress to part of the $1,000,000 Lieber brewing fortune. In Chicago. Mrs. Gray's attorneys claim Alberta Louise was kidnaped by her father last Saturday from the grounds of their Traders’ Point home and taken by him to Chicago. Mr. Gray's attorney claims that in the absence of a court order fixing custody of the child, the action could not be construed as kidnaping. A suit for divorce recently was filed in Superior Court here by Mrs. Gray, and Mr. Gray has a $250,000 suit pending against Mrs. Meda Lieber. the child's maternal grandmother, charging alienation of Mrs. Gray's affections.

Hopkins Takes Charge of Georgia Relief Activities Governor Taimadge Ousted as Administrator of Federal Aid After Attack on Roosevelt. By I nitrd Press WASHINGTON, April 19.—Relief Administrator Harry L. Hopkins today todk over unemployment aid activities in Georgia, shutting out Gov. Eugene Taimadge from administration of Federal unemployment

HEAVY RAINS SETTLE DUST IN PANHANDLE Farmers, Overjoyed, See Hope of Making Crops. Bn r „it, y Pres* KANSAS CITY. April 19. Heavy rains today broke the drought and settled the dust in the Texas Panhandle. Downpours of varying intensity were reported through most of the state, thp moisure area extending through southwestern Oklahoma to Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Farmers were overjoyed at the prospect of making crops and getting their land bark in soil anchoring grass. The Kansas City airport weather station reported light rain and mist as far west as Albuquerque. The rains missed Kansas. BEAUTY. GRIEVING OVER PET'S DEATH. IS SAFE Stenographer Feared Suicide Found at Friend's Home. By f nitrii Prrn BUFFALO. N. Y„ April 19 —Belladine Curtis, hysterical over the death of her pet chow, was found here today at the home of a friend. Mrs. William Bibby. The loss of her dog. she said, caused her to flee from her Brooklyn home, and brought about the frantic efforts of police—who thought she might have taken her own life —to locate her. The pretty stenographer laughed, rather wanly, at reports she had intimated suicide was in her mind when she disappeared. "I thought a lot of that dog.” she admitted. ' I was almost hysterical when I heai 1 of Pepper's death. I wanted to get out of town, so I took a bus and came to Buffalo.” CITY TURNKEY RESIGNS William raulsel. Veteran Police Officer. Quits Post. William M. Paulsel. 58. of 3423 Kenwood, a member of the police department more than 36 years, handed his resignation to Chief Mike Morrissey to#av. Paulsel joined the force Dec. 19. 1898 He was promoted to captain in 1922 and later reduced to sergeant in 1926. During the last few years he has been a turnkey at City Prison. CARLOADINGS MOVE UP Sharp Increase for Week and Over 1934 Figures Revealed. By United Prr*t WASHINGTON. April 19—The Association of American Railroads announced this afternon that carloadings of revenue freight for the week ended April 13 totalled 587,685 cars, increases of 42.058 above the preceding week and 7704 above Lh4c:responding week m 1934.

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aid funds. The action was taken after the Governor attacked President Roosevelt and the New Deal, and the state Legislature failed to appropriate its own funds to augment Federal grants. Mr. Hopkins, in announcing federalization of Georgia relief, said that "all Federal funds for direct relief will be discontinued not later than June 1.” After that, he said, "direct relief will become the responsibility of the state and local governments.'' Mr Hopkins named Miss Gay B. Shepperson. Atlanta, director of Federal relief in Georgia. Taking over of Georgia brought to three the number of states in which Mr. Hopkins is administering relief without any part being played by state governments. He federalized unemployment aid in Ohio, charging the Democratic state committee with "shaking down" business firms doing business with FERA, and in Louisiana, where Senator Huey P. Long attempted to interfere. More than 77.000 families are on general relief in Georgia, not counting beneficiaries of rural rehabilitaton. transient care and other special programs. Georgia also felt the sting of an order by Public Works Administrator Harold L. Ickcs canceling $210.000 in construction allotments. The action was taken aver Gov. Taimadge vetoed a bill to validate bonds posted as collateral for PWA loans.

MATHERS JURY WILL RECEIVE CASE TODAY Closing Arguments Heard in Pastor Slaying. . By Z'nitnl Prr* LEBANON. Ind.. April 19.—A jury in Boone Circuit Court was scheduled to receive today the case of Theodore Mathers. 21. accused of murdering Gaylord V. Saunders, former Wabash minister. Closing arguments were started when court convened today. Saunders was slain after a drinking party in Indianapolis a year ago. The state claims Mathers killed him because of an illicit love affair with Mrs. Saunders. The defense has pleaded insanity and self-defense. SENATE GROUP BEGINS WRITING OF NRA BILL Two-Year Extension t* Be Sought in New Measure. By Cnitrd Prrm WASHINGTON. April 19—The Senate Finance Committe. its hearings completed, settled down this afternoon to write a bill extending the National Recovery Act for two years. Both those favoring and those opposing continuation of NRA have presented their cases. Gen Hugh S Johnson, first one-man head of NRA. appeared yesterday for the defense. He gave a dramatic recital of its virtuesjw

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1935

FOOD AT JAIL is ‘terrible; INMATES’ CRY Meals Are Inadequate and Poorly Cooked, Claim of Former Prisoners. COMMISSARY IS OPENED Insufficient Number of Blankets Is Another Charge. Following the announcement by Sheriff Otto Ray- of the establishment of a commissary in Marion County jail, today came complaints from recently discharged prisoners ot inadequate and poorly cooked jail meals. A former prisoner, discharged Monday after serving a term for contributing to child delinquency, told The Indianapolis Times the food served prisoners is hardly edible. This former prisoner charged the morning oatmeal and prunes are practically uncooked; that coffee is served only at breakfast and then without milk, and that water only is served at the other meals. Prisoners w’ill be required, this former prisoner charged, to buy food at the commissary. Claim Some- Sleep on Floor The Times also was told there are insufficient blankets for the prisoners and that six or seven men occupy cells in the "bums' row'.” Some prisoners are required to sleep on the floor, it was charged. Charles Markey, chief jailer, denied the charges, and asserted since Sheriff Ray took office Jan. 1, the prisoners have received better food than ever before. “The prisoners never knew what prunes were until Jan. 1 when Sheriff Ray took office,” Mr. Markey said. "Sheriff Ray has tried to give the prisoners good and wholesome food. In fact he has employed a chef w’ho directs the cooking and who inspects the foodstuffs as they are received." Cigarets, Candy Sold Mr. Markey said it is uncommon for his office to be complimented by prisoners for the quality of the jail meals. Vigorous denial was made that prisoners are required to buy additional food at the jail commissary. Only cigarets and candy are soid at the commissary, Mr. Markey declared. The practice of permitting visitors to leave cigarets and candies for prisoners has been discontinued, Mr. Markey said, in an effort to prevent the smuggling of narcotics and other contraband into the jail. Meanwhile a committee of members of the County Council is conducting an investigation of conditions at the jail* "Not Running a Hotel” At a recent meeting of the Council. the committee w'as not ready to report, but presented an informal report of an insufficient number of employes. The former prisoner told The Times the noonday meals at the jail copsist of beans, stewed potatoes and water. Macaroni and water are served at night, the former prisoner said. Mr. Markey claimed today the prisoners are served good vegetables and other wholesome, inexpensive meals. * "After all.” Mr. Markey said, "we are not running a hotel." COL. HOWE CONTINUES BRAVE FIGHT FOR LIFE President’s Secretary Spends Most of Day in Oxygen Tent. Pi’i l nitcd Press WASHINGTON. April 19.—Louis McHenry Howe, senior secretary to President Roosevelt, clung to life as tenaciously as ever today, the White House reported.| Col. Howe spends most of each day in an oxygen tent. Attending physicians weeks ago aba%loned hope for his recovery, but today his condition w r as reported unchanged with no indication that his strength was weakening. M ’NUTT’S FATHER HURT Governor’s Parent Recovering From ShocA After Wreck. John R. McNutt, 74, father of Gov. Paul V. McNutt, was reported recovering from shock and a dislocated thumb today in a Martinsville hospital. He was injured w'hen an automobile in which he was rkfing was overturned yesterday near Martinsville. Mr. McNutt was returning from Danville with Silas Kivett, Martinsville attorney. HARD-BOILED CONVICTS! Four Unpainted Eggs Prepared for State Prison Inmates. By United Press MICHIGAN CITY, Ind.. April 19 —Four hard-boiled eggs, uncolored, will be distributed to each inmate of the Indiana State Prison Easter Sunday. Deputy Warden Lorenz Schumuhl said that 9648 eggs will be needed to fill the order.

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City Bows Its Head in Humble Reverence to Savior on Good Friday

Thousands Hear Sermons in Churches and Theaters; Business Pauses for Prayer and Mediation. The attention of all Indianapolis today was called to the greatest paradox of all time—the Cross that was dead but is the symbol of life —the Cross that is the symbol of victory in failure. Around this Cross, all Indianapolis w’as told today, gathered ecclesiastical prejudice, political chicanery, militarism ana materialism—and they joined forces to put Christ to death. And around that same Cross today gather those same forces, worshipers on this Good Friday were told by men who now represent Christ on earth. Methodist Superintendent Speaks "The observance of Good Friday will have its divinest use if it produces in us the conviction of sin, and leads us to repentance. This w'ay lies salvation," said Dr. William C. Hartinger. Methodist Episcopal Church Indianapoiis superintendent. at Keith's Theater. "In the cross," he said, “we see the revelation of sacrifice as the law of redemption and progress. The cross is a revelation in visible and historical form of the grief and pain of a God who suffers for and with His children.” Dr. William E. Bell spoke at English's this afternoon, saying: “This is the darkest hour in all human history. All the deviltry of which the human heart is capable has mustered itself and spilled itself out here on Calvary's hill. There is mystery there we shall never be able to fathom. Christ Dominates World “ ‘lf the atonement were not too wide for our intellectual apprehension, it would be too narrow for our spiritual necessities.’ "But through the maze of mystery, one fact becomes apparent: This is God’s method of reckoning with the sin problem.” At noon in English's the Rev. W. H. Kendall said: “Christ claims through the power of the Cross to dominate the world. The dream of universal empire has always exercised a powerful fascination upon the minds of men. To the militant imagination it seems attainable only through the force of arms and ruthless subjugation. "But to Jesus the Cross was the power of God and the wisdom of God. Its teachings of righteousness and service constituted an ideal of human government which will make the whole race kin, uniting all the scattered tribes of earth in one indissoluble brotherhood.” Courthouse. City Hall Closed And so from many pulpits in many churches came words about the Cross, the greatest paradox of all time, while Indianapolis paused in its business operations once again to ( take stock of its religious life. In every section of the city the hours between noon and 3 p. m. were reserved for prayer and meditation. The Marion County Courthouse (Turn to Page Three) NOTES AID ‘SANTA’ IN FIGHT FOR LIFE Hoosier Postmaster Cheered by Many Letters. By Unit id Press SANTA CLAUS, Ind., April 19.—A flood of letters reminiscent of the Christmas season poured into Santa Claus this afternoon offering hope for the speedy recovery of Postmaster James F. iJim) Martin. The children to whom Mr. Martin has played Santa Claus for many years did not forget him in his illness. He suffered a heart attack a week ago and for several days it was feared he would not recover. One of the letters came from a girl on the Pacific Coast. She implored “Santa Claus" to get well by Christmas time. A Chicago man for whom Mr. Martin once forwarded a letter with the Santa Claus postmark sent a huge basket of fruit. “The letters dad received are one of the reasons he is getting well,” his son Paul said teday.

No Raid! Tsk, Tsk! But Then Maybe the Squad Was A-Hunting Easter Bunnies

The language on the levee today was simply shocking! Chief Mike Morrissey issued a Statement that the bookies are closed and are going to stay closed, and until then every one had supposed that the bookies were open and were going to stay open. But the real reason for the shocking language was the performance yesterday afternoon at the corner of W. Maryland and S. Illinois-sts. where the flying squadron was scheduled to land, but early this morning was nearly 20 hours overdue and unheard from. Close on to noon yesterday the word went along the levee that two spots in adjoining blocks in S. Illi-nois-st were to be raided, or at least one of them was to be. The newsboys on the comer were the first to pick up the word, and also to observe that a total stranger, who might have been a reporter, was hanging around the drug store on tin corner. When total strangers

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Pope Leads Roman Catholic World in Observance of Savior's Death on Cross of Calvary. By l nitcd Press VATICAN CITY. April 19— Pope Pius today led the Roman Catholic world in observance of Good Friday. The pope attended a solemn ceremony commemorating the crucifixion of Christ at the Sistine Chapel, with cardinals and members of the Papal Court accompanying him. The Mass of the Pre-Sanctioned and the singing of the Passion and the Tenebrae were features of the service. The Mass of the Pre-Sanctioned was celebrated at all churches in Rome, and there were processions inside churches to honor the relics of the True Cross. High altars and sanctuaries were divested of ornaments. Priests and their ministers were vested in black. Procession in Chapel In many churches the “three hours" were preached in memory of the three hours during which Christ was on the cross. The sermons consisted principally of discourses on the “seven words" or sayings of the Lord. Numerous old Roman churches, now opened only once a year because they are not used as parish churches, were visited by the faithful and by tourists. There were important services at St. Peter’s and the Basilica of St. John Lateran. At St. Peter's, there was a procession to the chapel to the relics of the True Cross, and at St. John Lateran. remains of boards on which, according to tradition. Christ gave the last supper were shown. Pope Kisses Cross Pope Pius and nine cardinals attended the mass at the Sistine Chapel. The Pope descended from his throne, removed his surplice and j knelt thrice before he kissed the 1 cross which Cardinal Rossi placed before him. Afterward the Cardinals, barefooted, also kissed the cross. Father Virgilio Da Valstagna preached the sermon. Father Lorenzo Perosi conducted the choir, which rendered the Lord's Lamentation. After the Sistine Chapel service, the Pope and his party went to the Paolina Chapel, where the Pope prayed at the shrine

Colorful Pageant Given By United Press ANTICOLI CORRADO, Italy, April 19.—Picturesque observations of Good Friday in villages throughout Italy were climaxed here today by a. procession in which there was carried aloft, through the narrow streets, a coffin symbolically supposed to contain the body of Christ. The coffin was carried by the "faithful apostles.” The Virgin Mary, represented by a village woman, was comforted by others. Judas Iscariot was portrayed by an unfortunate citizen who was belayed with sticks. The coffin was taken from the village church under the care of the arch priest and borne through the village to the accompaniment of hymns and laments, some from the church hymnology, others characteristic of peasant plaints. Many actors were veterans. They take the same parts each year in the pageant and hand the roles down to their descendants. Four-Day Holiday Opens By United Press LONDON. April 19.—A1l England started a four-day holiday today. There were no newspapers. Stores as well as offices were closed, and there was almost a complete stoppage of normal activity in observance of Good Friday. Black Saturday, tomorrow, will be devoted entirely to sport. Stores will be open, and there will be newspapers, but most offices will remain closed. There will be Easter parades Sunday, and Monday is a bank holiday, with all business still paralyzed. Former Ohio Pen Warden Resigns By United Press COLUMBUS. O, April 19.—Preston E. Thomas, former Ohio penitentiary warden, dropped his reinstatement appeal before the State Civil Service Commission this afternoon and resigned, effective May 1.

hang out along the levee there s something definitely awry and the newsboys passed the word along by an elaborate hand wig-wag system. Pretty soon there was a parade of people past the drug store comer, each of them eyeing the total stranger, but no one spoke—they hadn't been properly was an open secret, however, that the levee was interested in what was going to happen. Then some of the boys who have a speaking acquaintance with the levee sauntered in and asked what it was all about and were told that it was in the air that someone was going to be raided but no one knew just who or why. This kept up all afternoon, but the only policeman to show himself in the neighborhood after the nags started running was the comer traffic policeman who was completely occupied in holding up traffic while the trackless trolleys on Maryland-st halted in the intersection's each and

FRENCH-RUSSIAN WAR-AID TREATY AWAITS SIGNING Pact Is Presented to Cabinet; Litvinov to Arrive Tonight in Paris to Affix His Signature to New Locarno. FIRST LINK FORGED AROUND NAZIS Added Action Within Next Few Weeks Will Bind Hitler’s Germany in Ring of Steel, Powers Admit. BY RALPH HEINZEN I'nitrd Tress Slaff Correspondent (CoDvnsht. 1935. bv United Press) PARIS, April 19.—A French-Russian military agreement, first of a series intended to ring Nazi Germany, was submitted to the cabinet today and was due to be initialed probably tomorrow. Approval by cabinet members of the draft treaty was regarded as a routine matter. Maxim Litvinov, Russian minister, was due here tonight to initial the treaty with Pierre Laval, French foreign minister.

FRANK J. LAHR DIFS AT HOME Ex-Juvenile Court Judge Succumbs After Illness of Three Months. Frank J. Lahr, former Marion County Juvenile Court judge, died this afternoon at his home, 4910 Washington-blvd, after a three months' illness. He served as juvenile court judge four terms, having been elected first in 1914. Judge Lahr, who was 67, was born in Huntington County. He was eaucated in schools there, and took a teachers’ training course in the Terre Haute Normal School. He taught for a number of years, and was principal of the Shelbyville High School four years. Following his term as principal, he took a law course at the Indiana University Law School, .and was graduated in 1896. He entered law practice in Indianapolis, practicing until his election as Juvenile Court judge. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the National Education Association, and the bar association. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Grace A. Lahr, and six children, Frederick W. Lahr, Indianapolis insurance man; Mrs. Dorothy Schreiber. Miss Frances Grace Lahr. Rosalind May Lahr and Franklin James Lahr Jr., both Shortndge High School pupils, and Alfred Spencer Lahr, pupil at School 70. Funeral services will be held at 3 Monday at the Flanner & Buchanan Funeral Home, with burial in Crown Hill.

FARM UNITS ACT TO SELL RURAL POWER Bureaus File Application With Commission. The Indiana Farm Bureau and the Indiana Farm Bureau Co-oper-ative Association today asked the Indiana Public Service Commission for permission to go into the electric power businesss. The action was made possible through a law passed by the last Legislature. If the permission is granted, the Farm Bureau expects to borrow Federal funds to construct a transmission system, and then to distribute power they will buy from private utilities and sell at cost plus maintenance. The petition said that of 180.090 farm families in the state, only 27,000 now have power. The petition request includes all the 92 counties in the state.

every time to replace the trolleys on the wires. They bumped off every time, without exception. He didnt conduct any raid. So the shocking language that was being bandied about on the levee today was because the boys, instead of waiting all afternoon in a state of suspense, could have gone about their normal business, just as though the flying squadron was on a good-will flight to the major horse tracks from which rumors of how horses finish are said to drift back mysteriously into Indianapolis. Meanwhile, however, other members of the police department, expressly forbidden by an official order from Chief Morrissey to hamper the flying squadron by making any gambling arrests at all unless the suspects practically asked to be arrested. were fairly busy. They picked up eight on charges of operating gift enterprise; 41 on visiting and gaming charge&and five on liquor law charges. J

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Formal signature was expected when Laval visits Moscow on his delayed trip late in May. The treaty binds France and Russia to mutual aid against an aggressor which could only be Germany. The treaty will be left open for signature by Germany or any other nation. Its articles, as now drafted, are three in number. They provide for invocation of Articles XV, XVI and XVII of the League of Nations covenant to provide first economic and financial, then military, penalties, against an attacking nation. Another Treaty Ready The treaty is to be supplanted next, month by a Russian-Czecho-slovakian treaty of similar import. There were reports that the treaty would be made to cover an attack bv Poland on Czechoslovakia, and that it would be understood that it Germany attacked France and Poland remained neutral, Russia would bring pressure on Poland, However, it was regarded as unlikely that any such understanding ever would be made public particularly as Poland has shown increasing signs of again reorienting herself with France. Statesmen of Czechoslovakia, Rumania, Yugoslavia, Turkey and Greece were reported preparing to demand that if Austria. Bulgaria and Hungary are permitted to rearm. the ymiist pledge themselves to accept existing frontiers as final. Laval Reports to Cabinet This demand wmuld be made at the Rome conference to be called late in May by' Benito Mussolini for the conclusion of Danubian and Mediterranean security treaties. It was reported that at this meeting. also. Austria and Czechoslovakia might sign a direct mutual aid treaty. Laval retorted to the cabinet in detail on tie Stresa conference and the League of Nations council meeting and was congratulated warmly on his success. The cabinet studied the draft of the Russian treaty, which is still subject to alteration before its final signature next month.

ROOSEVELT CALLS FOR CRITICISM BY EDITORS President Urges Co-operation in Message to Publishers. By United Print NEW YORK, April 19.—1n a message to American newspaper publishers. President Roosevelt this afternoon declared he welcomed ‘constructive criticism of us in government.” and bespoke the cooperation of the press to beat the depression. Mr. Roosevelt said that the press, as a whole, had benefited materially by the improved conditions of last year. His message, addressed to publishers through the magazine Editor and Publisher, came on the eve of the annual meeting of the American Newspaper Publishers Association.

ANTI-RED BILL SIGNED BY MICHIGAN GOVERNOR Teachers Required to Take Oath of Allegiance to Constitution. By L nitrd Prett LANSING, Mich., April 19. Governor Fitzgerald today signed the Baldwin bih requiring teachers in state-supported educational institutions to take an oath of allegiance to the Constitution of the United States* The bill was first cf a series of measures to outlaw Communism in Michigan. GOOD FRIDAY GREETED BY OVERCAST SKIES Occasional Showers Predicted by • Weather Bureau. Good Friday found Indianapolis weather in a gray mood, and not very likely to change, according to the calculations of the weather bureau. There will be no great change in temperature tomorrow, either, and the low-hanging clouds will remain. /vraai finally shedding shOWCIS*