Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 191, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 October 1935 — Page 3

OCT. 19,1935

EUROPE’S PEACE SEEMS INSURED AFTER PARLEY Britain, France and Italy Reach Agreement, Is Understanding. (Continued From Page One) These negotiations seemed likely today to lead to the following agreements: 1. Italy will withdraw most of the tens of thousands cf troops it has sent to Libya, which adjoins Egypt and the Sudan on the west and is separated by them from Ethiopia Britain to Move Fleet 2 Great Britain will remove a small portion of its cruiser strength from Gibraltar, at the west end of the Mediterranean. 3 These ships will be replaced by French units. 4 Great Britain will undertake to initiate no action against Italy not authorized by the League of Nations. 5. France will give Britain the use of its Mediterranean ports, notably the Toulon and Bizerta naval hases, in event that it is made the instrument of the League in enforcing penal'tes against Italy. 6. Great Britain and France—and the League of Nations—will continue with the work of applying against Italy, for the duration of the Ttalian-Ethiopian war, any penalties voted. Peace Drive Likely , 7 The reartion from fear of an early clash of European nations was the result of weeks of growing tension and in itself may start Britain, France and Italy on a real effort to create a peace instead of war atmosphere 8 Meantime. Italy will continue Unabated its campaign in Ethiopia and probably will initiate anew offensive in thp north, to take its Adigrat-Aduwa-Aksum army aT least 53 miles south of Makale in Tigre Province. Rome well-informed sources here Insist that Premier Benito Mussolini has revealed his minimum peace terms. Confirmation was lacking entirely. There have been rumors from almost all European capitals since Premier Pierre Laval of France talked to Monsignor Luigi Maglione, Papal Nuncio at Paris, that Pope Pius XI was working quietly for peace. Papal Action Reported The following dispatch was sent from Madrid last right: ' Foreign Minister Alejandro Lerroux insists that the international tension is diminishing as the result of negotiations which, according to the Spanish delegation at Geneva, have been undertaken by the Vatican with Italy in an effort to end the Italian-Ethiopian conflict.” Great Britain's virtual ultimatum to France, insisting on a clear definition of its own position in event of an Italian-British clash, seems to have obscured the beginning of negotiations which really were aimed at stopping what seemed an imminent threat of actual war in the Mediterranean. It was learned that the foreign office received a nine-page affirmative reply from France. Well-in-formed sources expressed considerable satisfaction with it It was learned that the foreign office sent urgent instructions Thursday night to Sir Eric Drummond, ambassador at Rome, to seek an appointment with Mussolini at the earliest posible moment. Simultaneously Sir George Clerk, ambassador at Paris, was instructed to see Premier Laval. Britain Sets Out Stand Drummond told Mussolini: (1) That Great Britain seriously resented the Italian newspaper campaign against Britain—more serious because all Italian newspapers arc under direct control by the government; (2) Britain resented the fact that Italy had five times as many troops in Libya alone as Britain had throughout Egypt and the Sudan; (3) That it was because of these facts, and not because of possible penalties by the League of Nations, that the British fleet was in the Mediterranean. Incidentally, when the fleet was concentrated in the Mediterranean, Britain announced that it was there because of Italian threats. Drummond told Mussolini that Britain would withdraw a certain portion of its cruiser strength from Gibraltar if Italy reduced its army in Libya to the equivalent of the British strength in Egypt and if its newspapers immediately altered their tone and ceased attacking Britain. Push I,aval Into Action Ambassador Clerk, at Paris, asked Laval to instruct Count Charles de Chambrun, his ambassador at Ronv\ to see Mussolini at once and tell him <T) That Laval was acquainted with the British viewpoint; <2) that Laval believ’d British assurances to be genuine; i3> that he was convinced that Britain reinforced its fleet solely because of the Libyan reinforcements and the threats made in Italian newspapers. It was said here that the British offer to withdraw some cruisers from the fleet was motivated by a desire (1) to discredit suggestions that Britain's policy at Geneva was guided by individual anti-Italian feeling; 1 2) by easing Italian-Brit-ish tension to emphasize that the Italian-Ethiopiaa war was purely a League of Nations affair; (3) to facilitate complete French-British cooperation from now on in imposing League penalties on Italy. Boycott Is Adopted BY WALLACE CARROLL 'Oopyrlftht. 1935, by United Press! GENEVA. Oct. 19.—Tlie "general staff of the League of Nations penalties committee today adopted a proposal for a complete boycott of Italian goods, effective Oct, 31. full penalties committee 52 members for final adoption. The general staff, composed of 18 key stations, agreed to keep in permanent session to watch the application of penalties. Swiss Make Reservation Switzerland, which already has celled attention to its traditional neutrality in all international disputes, made a reservation as to its

Entry Into Ethiopia Is High Point of De Bono’s Brilliant War Career

Commander Spry, Alert at 73; Long Ally of Mussolini. BY WEBB MILLER 'Copyright. 1935, by United Press) ADUWA, Oct. 19—Gen Emilio De Bono's entry into Ethiopia to begin the building of anew Roman empire in Africa marks the zenith of his remarkable career. The commander-in-chief of the Italian forces in East Africa is extraordinarily alert, mentally and physically, for a man 73 years of age. Standing about five feet six inches tall, he is as spry as a cricket, with a neat white beard and moustache, bright-eyed and active. Despite an altitude of nearly a mile and half, he rides almost daily. These are the greatest days of his : life, climaxing the effort for which he has been Eritrea eight months. Long Ally of Duce During that time he has com- ! pleted the building of miles of roads : and the widening of 260 miles of existing roads by 186,000 workmen as well as directing a multitude of j other military and civil preparations in his capacity as high commissioner for the Italian colonies in East Africa, De Bono has been associated with Benito Mussolini since the birth of Fascisn . He was thp military organizer of the historic “March on Rome” and one of the original quadrumvirate which established the Fascist regime in power. His friends say that his outstanding ability is to see things simply and then act with a sense of reality, j De Bono’s entire life has been a : military one. He entered the Milan j Military Academy as a boy of 12 and was in Eritrea in 1887 as a lieutenant with Gen. Marzano’s expedition into Ethiopia. After that he gained much credit lor his part in the Libyan campaigns. War Career Brilliant His career in the World War. first as a colonel and later as a general, was brilliant. He was awarded three medals for valor and went through a dozen severe battles. One of his most enviable char- I acteristics that I have observed personally is that flies seem to avoid him. At the Maskal celebration, when De Bono had to stand at salute for an hour, his arm raised as he reviewed the troops, and later while he awarded decorations, everybody around him was maddened by myriads of flies, continually flicking at the pests with their hands. De Bono never twitched a muscle, prompting one correspondent 1o comment: “There are no flies on De Bono.” FATHER OF ALLEGED BOOTLEGGERS HELD Youths Sold Pint of Whisky for 25 Cents, Police Say. The bootlegging business looked like it might have a bright future for two Indianapolis boys, 14 and 12, until they were arrested last night after police said they sold a pint of whisky to Roy Wright, 804 Lexington -av, for 25 cents. Police, who said they watched delivery of the whisky to Wright, said the youths also confiscated a quart bottle filled with alcohol. Wright, according to police, said he had bought whisky from the two boys previously. A belated parental search for the boys was made by Frank Sgro, 817 Lexington-av when he went to police headquarters early today looking for his two sons. He didn't find them, but he was arrested on charges of violating the 1935 beverage act. The two boys were taken to the Detention Home and Wright was esharged with vagrancy. State Deaths ALEXANDRIA—Arbie James Duckworth. 47. Survivors: Widow, Faye: son. Charles Paul: daughters, Mrs. Jav Wavmire. Mrs. Helen Waymire, Johanna and Betty Duckworth; brothers. Charles and Frank Duckworth; sisters. Mrs. Edna Jarvis and Mrs. Nellie Campbell. CONNERSVILLE—Robert B. Cook. 68. farmer. Survivors: Widow; sons, Gifford. Donald and Fred Cook. CRAWFORDSVILLE— Mrs. Hester Mari tin. 83 Survivors: Nephews: W. L. and Gene Harris; nieces. Mrs. A1 Cannon. Mrs. H. M Bell and Mrs. Will Simpson. FRANKFORT—James F. Davis. 61. Sur- ; vivors: Widow, Myrtle Wessel; son. Glenn L : daughters, Anna May, Lavonne Beatrice. sisters. Mrs. Nellie Sheets, Mrs. Margaret Hill and Miss Davis. GREENSBURG Miss Hester Matilda Hill. 52. Survivors: Sisters, Mrs. John Lawson and Miss Dora Hill. KOKOMO—Edward W. Ulrich. 96. Survivors: Daughter. Mrs. Robert Sellers; sons. Jonathan, Charles and Dwight. LAFAYETTE —Carl Leonard Carlson. 59, farmer. Survivors. Daughter, Mrs. George Boothroyd: son=. Frans and Emil. George Kamsira, 50. farmer. Survivors: Brothers. Abe and Garrett Kamstra; sisters. Mrs. Rena Vandergraff, Mrs. Ella Cayse and Mrs. Dora Johnson. LEBANON—James Smith, 97. farmer. Survivors: Daughter: grandchildren. Frances end Eleanor Honan. LIZTON Henrv Woodard. 90 Survivors: Sons, John and Herschel Woodard: daughters. Mrs. Sarah Doty. Mrs. Florida Crostreet. and Mrs. Nettie Schencks. MARION James William Underwood. 68 Survivors: Widow: foster son. Clarence; brothers. John. Newton and Alonzo; sisters. Mrs C E Ladenburg. Mrs. John Smith. Mrs. Jess Elser and Mrs. George Calhoun. SEYMOUR—Mrs. Marietta Galatt. 34. Survivors Widower. James; daughter. Geraldine; son, Louis: brothers. Dennv and Emil Mirra: sisters. Mrs. Gusie Solimeo and Mrs. Asunto Mttrena. SHERlDAN—Lawrence Wood 17 Survivors: Parents. Mr. and Mrs Walter Wood: sisters. Mrs. Roy Duchemin. Mrs Lester Millikan. Mrs. Fred Galvin and Mrs R C Jones; brothers. Chester. Clark. Myron and Gene. TERRE HAUTE—Mrs. Millie Marrow Ripoetoe. 84 Survivors: Sons. Harrv Louis and W. Rav. Claims Soldier Robbed Him Samuel Sharp. 57. Columbus. Ind.. told police last night that a soldier for whom he bought "a few drinks.” slugged him and robbed him of sl3. participation in the boycott proposal. The general staff decision to impose the boycott was unanimous. It was decided that all League members should reply bv Oct. 28 to the proposal and that the big League Penalties Committee, at a meeting Oct. 31. should declare it formally in effect. The general staff agreed to meet this afternoon to vote on depriving Italy of a selected list of key | products, and is to discuss arrangements for compensating League members for damages through loss of Italian trade.

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DIPLOMATS GIVE LAVAL CREDIT Swarthy French Premier Is Lauded for Moves to Insure Peace. (Continued From Page One) surances. Come what may, it is said. Britain has pledged herself not to resort to force against Italy without first obtaining a League mandate to do so and, secondly, consulting France. Until further r ?e, therefore, the question of war the Mediterranean will remain n abeyance, apparently largely in the hands of France. And France at this moment is bent upon peace more than upon anything else on earth. With these assurances and provisos, France is said to have yielded at last to British pressure and given the pledge required. Namely, that if Italy assumes the initiative and attacks the British in the Mediterranean, British warships may use French bases in those waters. France Convinces II Duce France is believed to have convinced Mussolini that he must accept a satisfactory compromise in Ethiopia or fight Britain. That war France wishes to avoid at any cost. But if it comes through sheer unreasonableness on II Duce’s part and France is put to it, she will have no option but to side with Britain. Mussolini is reported to understand just how utterly events have put France on the spot, and not to feel too hostile. Thus the swarthy little French Premier appears to have won a half victory in his desperate battle to stave off war in Europe. He has won a breathing spell. Events in Britain may play into his hands if he can keep the guns from going off in the Mediterranean for 60 days. Britain’s Premier Baldwin Is said lo have set Nov. 14 as election day. That i s.'ess than four weeks away, Legally he can call a national election whenever he pleases. And now seems an excellent time. Expect Easy Victory Recently the peace groups of Britain polled the nation on League sanctions. Nearly 12 million registered voters took part, Os these, some 10 to 1 favored economic sanctions, and 3 to 1 favored resorting to force to uphold the League. The present Tory government, therefore, now expects to win not only the usual conservative support but the vast majority of the peace groups as well. These usually go to Liberal. Labor and Independent candidates. Baldwin believes his government’s stanch stand at Geneva entitles it to such support, and it is believed he will win in a walk. The elections won. the Conservatives may turn out to be a little less warlike at Geneva. If II Duce will then talk reasonably, London will likely listen. For, amazing as it may seem, the Tories are the ones who ! are now sending anxious delegations I to Downing Street begging the government to keep out of war, while ■ the pacifists are egging it on. INSURANCE AGENTS TO CONVENE AT SPA Washington Pastor Will Speak at Banquet. By Time * Special WASHINGTON. Ind., Oct. 19 The program for the thirty-sixth annual convention of the Indiana Insurance Agents’ Association, to be held at French Lick Thursday and Friday, was announced today by Ralph G. Hastings, state president. The Rev. J. Edward Murr, local First M. E. Church pastor, is to be principal speaker at the opening banquet Thursday. A student of Indiana history and the life of Lincoln. Mr. Murr is to talk on “The Hoosier in Action.” Business sessions are to begin Friday morning with an address by Kenneth H. Bair. Greenshurg. Pa., president of the National Insurance Agents’ Association. Other program features are to be a showing of the film. “Death Takes No Holiday,” and a series, of roundtable discussions of insurance topics. Officers are to be elected at the closing session. Trackless Trolley Operator Robbed Benjamin Wiges, 33. of 1424 E. Tenth-st. trackless trolley operator, told po’ice he was robbed of an undetermined amount of money last night by a Dassenger at the end of the E. Tenth-st line near Brookside Park.

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FUND WORKERS OPEN DRIVE TO RAISE 5724,360 Campaign Is Termed Modern Crusade at Banquet of Volunteers. Three thousand volunteer workers today began an organized drive for the Indianapolis Community Fund's goal of $724,360 for 1935. The campaign was formally opened at a dinner addressed by Albert H. Merrill, Cincinnati, Kroger Grocery and Baking Cos. president, j at the Claypool Riley room last night. The Community Fund campaign j is a modern crusade, James F. Carroll, Indiana Bell Telephone Cos. presideni told the assembled workers last night. Termed Social Duty Mr. Morrill said in part: “Community Chests, or funds, or by whatever name they are known, are not charity today. They constitute a social duty, a social necessity for you and me, just as do our duties toward those to whom we: are bound by ties of blood and affection. “Our Community Chest in Cincinnati has operated successfully year after year. It has become so much a part of the community life of our city that I find people have become accustomed to it. They think it will continue to function somehow, some way, “Once in so often we have to jolt the good citizens of Cincinnati out iof their complacency and make them realize that it is only by continued effort, continued realization : of the needs, that our Community ! Chest can be continued.

Appeals to Workers “There is no doubt but that here in Indianapolis the same complacency regarding your Community Fund is to be found. Your citizens come to think of it as we do in Cincinnati, and it is for you army of workers who generously give of your time and your effort to jolt the citizens of Indianapolis, high and low, rich and poor, old and young, out of their complacency; to make them know that the needs of the Fund are real, inescapable, and that they can only be met by increased giving. “During your campaign, you will find a woeful ignorance of the difference between state and Federal contributions for relief, and the contributions which your citizens are asked to make to the Community Fund. “Why. they will say. should we contribute when the Federal government is spending billions for relief? That was a natural and legitimate question in recent years. It was completely answered here and elsewhere by the fact that in most cases Federal relief contributed nothing for the support of the agencies under most Community Funds or chests, and in no case did Federal relief contribute any substantial sum. U. S. Aid Withdrawn But whatever the answer was in former months and years, the answer to this question today is that the Federal government has already withdrawn most of its relief funds; that in the course of a month or two all relief funds will be withdrawn. And this is as it should be. The maintenance of the 36 agencies which are supported by the Indianapolis Community Fund is essentially a local responsibility. “Locally, you are better able to say what should and should not be supported. Through local supervision and direction you can effect economies and get results that could not be obtained through long distance appropriations and direction. “The decentralization of the support of charities and the shouldering of local burdens is fundamental in our theory of government and management of public affairs. It leaves to each community freedom to handle its own affairs, freedom to develop it own initiative and to bear its own obligations. “But the fact that bearing local obligations and making local contribution is sound, does not in any degree lessen this burden. In fact, it increases it. Here, in Indianapolis, you have fixed your goal at $724,360. This is $50,000 more than last year's fund. But last year's fund was $369,000 less than you raised in 1932. And the goal which you have fixed this year was determined on months ago. before the prospect of withdrawal of Federal relief was known. New Burden Apparent “Already Federal funds formerly available for direct relief have been withdrawn. Already the Federal Transient Bureau, which took care of the floating population, has been closed. Already the inevitable drain and strain on your fund caused by these withdrawals is felt. Placing of destitute individuals in private families has had to be abandoned because of lack of funds and the difficulties of obtaining these funds promptly. “True, under your law. poor relief is now administered by township trustees, but these trustees alone have neither the organization, nor the money to adequately and promptly provide for the wants of the indigent. “Indianapolis can not turn its back on the indigent transient, the Door residents, the person who is helpless because of youth, age or illness. This class can not be allowed to float here and there, dependent on begging and casual charity. Indianapolis and its Community Fund must provide for the care and protection of this class.” SEEK GOVERNMENT JOB Civil Service Tests Given Applicants for Civil Service at Evansille. [Ui Timex Special EVANSVILLE. Ind., Oct. 19—Approximately half of 550 applicants for civil service appointments as postal clerks and carriers were to be examined here today. The remainder. according to Fred Bienhaus, examining board secretary, are to be given tests next Saturday. Program Set for Shriners Shriners will be entertained with a dinner and floor show Monday night at Murat Temple. The entertainment will be under direction of Edwin E. Temperley, entertainment committee chairman.

Zenge Given Life Term for Slaying Jury Is Out V/2 Hours in Fixing Emasculation Murder Penalty. By T ailed Press CHICAGO. Oct. 19 —Sentenced to life imprisonment for the emasculation murder of the middle-aged professor, who won his childhood sweetheart. Mandeville W. Zenge. Missouri farm youth, arose from a sound sleep tod£y, his taciturn composure unchanged. A jury of young men last night found him guilty of murdering Dr. Walter J. Bauer. The jury deliberated four and one-half hours, spending most of the time agreeing on the punishment. Zenge. now 26, will be eligible for parole in 20 years. Zenge showed not a trace of emotion when the verdict was read. His head held high, his long arms dangling loosely at his side, he walked from the courtroom with a firm step.

HOOSIER KILLER PUT TO DEATH Richard Chapman Dies for Murder of Farmer at Ainsworth. B;i I'nitcd Pres* MICHIGAN CITY. Ind., Oct. 19 Richard Chapman, 21-year-old Hobart farm hand, was electrocuted at the state prison early today for the slaying of Henry Nolte, Ainsworth, during a robbery Dec. 31, 1933. Chapman was strapped to the death chair at 12:05 a. m., and was pronounced dead six minutes later. The youthful slayer held hopes for a last-minute reprieve or commutation of sentence by Gov. McNutt, but the Governor refused to intervene. He had stayed the execution three times. The state Supreme Court had intervened once when an appeal was tiled from the Lake Criminal Court. Chapman, one of the youngest ever to be electrocuted in Indiana, was convicted on a charge of slaying Nolte at the latter's farm home to obtain money to marry a childhood sweetheart. QUAKES CONTINUE TO SHAKE HELENA One Killed; Damage Placed at $1,500,000. (Continued From Page One) Harrison, two and a half miles west of Helena, was evacuated, the buildings being considered unsafe. Some 150 patients were sleeping in the open on improvised cots. The St. John’s Hospital here was damaged. One nurse was injured dangerously when she rushed from the building in a rain of dislodged bricks. All Schools Damaged All school buildings were damaged. The new $500,000 high school building, erected with PWA aid, was heavily damaged. A group of dramatic students just had left the building when the first tremor rocked it. The Intermountain College buildings were weakened. The Bryant grade school was demolished. The old Helena High School building, now used as Works Progress Administration headquarters, was cracked severely. Six Quakes Last Night There were six quakes last night, two of approximately a minute's duration in the main shock and four less severe ones subsequently. Prof. Harold W. Scott, assistant professor of geology at the Montana School of Mines, Butte, who investigated the first shock a week ago, said the disturbance occurred along a “fracture” probably from one to five miles deep. One surface crack half way between Great Falls and Helena was reported. Several mines in the affected area were considered unsafe for work. The Spring Hill Gold Mine, three miles from Helena, was evacuated. In Butte, the shock was felt in a few underground workings of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. Miners hurried to the surface. All buildings in East Helena were : evacuated. City lights were out for an hour. Telephone and telegraph service was interrupted for a few minutes. The fatality was David Harris, a Negro, struck by flying bricks. Ten persons were treated at hospitals. Most of them were discharged.

DELAY FORECAST ON FT, HARRISON FUNDS Act of Congress Said to Be Only Way to Get Money. By Times Special WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.—Ft. Harrison, Indianapolis, appears unlikely to receive funds for additional buildings until Congress returns in January and makes a specific appropriation. it was learned today. Funds have been allotted by WPA for repairs to present buildings but no funds were authorized for new buildings bv the Public Works Administration. Ft. Harrison officers said today that grading had' been the extent of WPA operations at the reservation to date. Lecture on Indians Is Scheduled Dr. T. B. Noble Jr. is to speak on “Lantern Slides on Indian Customs" Friday night at a Uniiversity Heights Christian Church men's fellowship meeting. Hillary Bailey, prominent local photographer, also is to speak.

SILVER EVENT OF AUTO SHOW TO BE MARKED Display Set for Nov. 9 to 16 to Be Twenty-Fifth in City’s History. Annual automobile show of Indianapolis Auto Trade Association will be held Nov. 9 to 16 in the Manufacturers Building. State Fairground. This is to be twenty-fifth exhibit and special events have been arranged to mark the show's silver anniversary. More than 50.000 square feet cf floor space, twice that of last year, has been reserved by dealers and distributors. W. J. Robinson, association president said. The exhibit follows the New York show and precedes that in Chicago. Members confidently expected the largest attendance in history. “In view of the fact that the new models will be presented to the public 60 days earlier this year than at any time in automobile business history it will surely mean a real start for the 1936 sales campaign,” Mr. Robinson said. “Reports from other cities sponsoring exhibits during November indicates the automotive industry is anticipating the greatest show attendance yet.” Show managers are arranging to exhibit models of the cars shown at the first exhibition held in 1910. Decorations will be in blue and white in keeping with the silver anniversary.

TEACHERS END 1935JEETING Talks in Cadle Tabernacle Finish Sessions for This Year. Indiana teachers were on their way home or to homecoming football games today following the close of the Indiana State Teachers’ Association's eighty-second convention. Sessions ended last night in Cadle Tabernacle when Dr. Fred B. Smith, New York, warned delegates that war can not be outlawed “until it is made a sin against God as well as society.” Dr. Smith, chairman of the executive committee of the World Alliance for International Friendship. urged mobilization of all religions of the world to "abolish war forever.” Deplores Scattered Thought Dr. Preston Bradley, Peoples Church, Chicago, deplored the “scattered thought of today that passes for profundity.” “The rarest thing in the world is a thinker,” h said. Collapse of the social order began, he said, when men “tried to create wealth without value.” Stalin, Hitler and Mussolini are in power today because statesemen would not make an intelligent peace, he declared. Miss Hilda Maehling, Terre Haute, president, and Carl Zimmerman, New Albany, vice president, are new officers. The organization has under consideration constitutional amendments which are to be voted upon at the 1936 meeting. FRANK J. SKINNED DIES AT HOME HERE Well-Known Timekeeper at Ring Fights Stricken. Frank J. Skinner, well-known boxing timekeeper and head of the Skinner Radio Cos., died at his home, 5603 Guilford-av, of heart disease last night. He was born in Montreal. Canada, where his parentis lived temporarily while his father was engaged in construction work. Mr. Skinner, who was 44. was a member of the first Manual High School fotball teams, and later was a member of various independent and professional teams. Mr. Skinner officiated at boxing matches at Ft. Harrison and in the Armory for the American Legion and later at practically all boxing matches in Indianapolis. He was the father of six sons, all of whom had played on the Shortridge High School football team, and three daughters. The children, all of whom live in Indianapolis, are Lewis. William, Frank Jr., Jeanne, Richard, Betty Jane, Virginia, Donald Lee and Daniel Skinner. He is also survived by the widow. Mrs. Bessie Skinner, and two brothers, Lew Skinner and William Skinner, both of whom were associated with him in the Skinner Radio Cos. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. EXCHANGE CLUB MEETS Candidate for President Introduced at Luncheon. Elmer Bertsch. candidate for president of the Exchange Club on j the Lame Bull ticket, was introduced j yesterday at a luncheon in the i Washington. Others on the slate are Otis Mauer, Ben Roberts and Harold Wells, for vice president; Tom Elrod, for secretary; Irwin Walker, for treasurer, and Paul Buchanan, Walter Eggert and John Mueller for control board members. The election is to be held Tuesday. SUES CITY BALL CLUB Fan Alleges He Was Struck in Eye During St. Paul Game. The Indianapolis Baseball Club Inc., and Perry stadium, Inc., was sued for SBOO today in Superior Court by Roy J. Hibner, who alleges that he was struck by a baseball during a game between Indianapolis and Stv Paul, June 25. Lodge to Visit Brown County Busses will leave Traction Terminal at 8:30 tomorrow bearing approximately 100 members and friends of the Mother Theodore Circle, Daughters of Isabella, on an all-day trip through Brown County. Miss Edna Buennagel is trip chairman. ♦J

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RURAL ELECTRIC CHANGES FILED Proposed Rates for Boone County Submitted for Federal Approval. Preliminary rates for service and minimum monthly charges in rural electrification in Boone County are to be submitted immediately for the approval of the Federal Rural Electrification Administration, it was announced today. The rates already have been approved by the State Electrification Administration and the Boone County Rural Electric Membership Corp. Rates approved for filing are: For the first 30 kilowatt hours a month. 71-2 cents a kilowatt hour. For the next 30 kilowatt hours a month, 5 cents a kilowatt hour. For the next 170 kilowatt hours a month, 3 cents a kilowatt hour. All over 230 kilowatt hours a month, 2’z cents a kilowatt hour. A minimum charge to each customer of $1.50 a month. The Boone County project is the first corporation to be chartered under the new Indiana law, and is being undertaken by the Indiana State-Wide Rural Electric Membership Corp. Permission will be asked of the Public Service Commission to organize and certify the Boone County organization. Seventy other projects sponsored by the same group are on file in Washington, and more than 50 local rural membership corporations are prepared to file articles with the Public Service Commission, I. N. Hull, Indiana REMC general manager, said today. ‘GO-TO-CHUFSCH’ DRIVE DISCUSSED AT MEETING District Chairmen Set Plans for City-Wide Campaign. A meeting of “Go to Church" campaign district chairmen was to be held at noon today at the campaign headquarters on the Circle. Plans for the visitation committee are to be outlined by the Rev. Virgil P. Brock, promotional manager. Mr. Brock said that men and boys will be given the “go to church” message to carry into every home in Indianapolis. First of the district preparation meetings wre held last night at the First Reformed and Calvary United Brethren Churches. Open Warehouse Store Beginning today the warehouse store of Pearson & Cos., at 316 N. Illinois-st, is to be open for retail business with Robert Fulton in charge. The warehouse is to carry a complete line of home appliances. Agents Hunt Fake Bill Passer Secret service agents today are searching for a young man who gave a counterfeit $5 bill to Vincent Moran. 24, clerk at McCaslin's drug store, 257 N. Arsenal-av, yesterday afternoon.

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A. F, OF L. TO TREAD NARROW WAY THIS YEAR Conservatism Is Shown by Its Refusal to Pass Many Resolutions. BY HF.RBFRT LITTLE Time. Special Writer ATLANTIC CITY. N J.. Oct. 19 The conservative and narrow road to be followed next year by the American Federation of Labor, still under craft-union domination, may best be visualized by looking down ! the many paths which its fifty-fifth annual convention refused to tread. There is to be no great campaign to organize the mass-production m- ; dustries. The restrictions imposed on “Federal'' unions, and the 35- | cents-a-month A F. of L. tax per ' member, will not be lightened. No attempt is to be made to ors ganize the youth movement separately. No drive is to be made to organize farm workers, cannery workers or WPA workers. Will Not Form Labor Party No move is to be made toward 1 forming a labor party. : No move is to be made to obtain the release of Angelo Herndon, Negro Communist organizer serving 18 years for violation of Georgia's sedition law. The convention adopted it usual resolution upholding efforts | to free Tom Mooney. Resolutions ordering campaigns for health insurance in state legislatures and Congress, and for sav-ings-bank insurance were pocketed. The New Deal social security program was approved. Liberals Win Two Points Progressive elements won resolutions pledging efforts for Congressional investigations of conditions among southern tenant farmers. Activities of labor spies, and alleged chiseling by employers on the Ft. Peck Dam in Montana. Liberals also blocked the old-line leaders' proposed amendment to the Federation constitution authorizing a purge of communists. FRIENDS’ ANNIVERSARY IS TO BE CELEBRATED First Church to Observe Eightieth Birthday. Special services celebrating the I eightieth anniversary of the found- | ing of the First Friends Church, Alabama and 13th-sts, will be held | tomorrow' morning and afternoon. Principal speakers are to be Dr. : Willard O. Trueblood, Whittier. Cal., and Dr. David M. Edwards, Wichita, Kan. Dr. Trueblood was pastor of the church from 1912 to 1924. Dr. Ed- | wards w'as supply pastor for the church in 1924 and 1925 and was pastor from 1932 to 1934. The Rev. O. Herschell Folger, pastor, is chairman of the committee of the services. JUNIOR CHAMBER TO HOLD DANCE TONIGHT Prize to be Given Best Membership Drive Team at Affair. The annual membership drive dance of the Indianapolis Junior Chamber of Comerce is to be held tonight in the Indianapolis Athletic Club, under the direction of J. E. West and Lawrence A. Wingerter. Prizes are to be awarded team which reported the largest number of new members. Music is to ba by Danny Daniels and his orchestra. Butler Club Chapter Elects James Morris is the new president of the Butler University chapj ter of the Newman Club, Roman Catholic organization. Hugh Quill is vice president: John O'Donnell, treasurer, and Patricia Kelly, secretary. Installation wull be Oct. 29, District Teachers Name Leader By Lulled Press EVANSVILLE. Ind., Oct. 19 Mrs. Eugenia Hayden, Spencer County, today was president of tha | Southwestern Indiana Teachers Asj sociation at the closing session of I the annual convention.