Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 270, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 January 1936 — Page 3

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ARRESTS SOLVE SAFE ROBBERIES. IS POLICE CLAIM Statements of 3 Negroes Is Said to Have Cleared Up Crime Series. Statements of three Negroe3 to Detectives Donald Bushong and Harold Diggs today cleared up eight safe robberies over a period of many months, police claim. The alleged yeggs questioned by police are: Harry George Perkins, 33, of 1163 Hlawatha-st; William Monerrah, 29, of 220 1 *! Blake-st, and William Armstrong, 29. of 734 Roanoke-st. Sherman Cody, said to have been another member of the gang, was rV >ot and killed by police on Dec. 17 .l 465 N. Elder-av, when he resisted arrest. The robberies include: June 22, Dorman’s Auto Parts Cos., 529 E. Washington-st, where a safe was battered but no money stolen. July 12, Fruehaufer Trailer Cos., 722 N. Capitol-av, sll taken from a safe. July 18, Kuhn's Meat Market, Michigan-st and canal, SBOO from a safe and a large quantity of meat. July 30, * Tony Ryan’s poolroom. 37 W. Michigan-st, S7O and a quantity of jewelry. Watchman Struck on Head Aug. 22, Holcomb & Hoke Manufacturing Cos., watchman was struck on the head, bound to a chair and S2O in cash taken from a safe along with a number of postage stamps. Sept. 9. Pittsford Distributing Corp.. 539 N. Senate-av, $97 and two quarts of whisky from a safe. On this job Armstrong was given $2 as his share of the loot and tnen he left the gang, police said he told them. Sept. 25. Joe Wolf Dry Goods Cos., 236 W. Walnut-st, there was no money in the unlocked safe but the cash register yielded $56. Two revolvers also were stolen here, one of which was found on Cody when he was killed. Oct. 3, Emcrick’s Hardware Store, 2526 W. Michigan-st, where about $l5O was taken. BUTLER DEBATERS ARE NAMED FOR TOURNEY Four to Represent University at Illinois Normal. Four Butler University debaters have been named by Prof. Charles H. Walters to represent the local school in the annual debate tournament at Illinois Normal University, Bloomington, 111., on Jan. 24-25. They are Joseph Calderon and Allan McDiarmid, negative squad, and Miss Evelyn Willsey and Miss Jean Knowlton, aflrmative. The Butler squads are to participate in 10 contests at the tournament. Representatives from 25 Mid-Western colleges and universities are to participate in the meet. The question for argument is, “Resolved, that Congress shall be empowered to override by a two-thirds majority any decision of the Supreme Court declaring acts of Congress unconstitutional.’' SUIT ATTACKS METHOD OF ISSUING AUTO TAGS County Board Charges Full Poll Tax Payment Is Ignored. Timex Special NOBLESVILLE. Ind.. J<jn. 20. Suit to enjoin C. W. Kraft, local auto license bureau manager, from issuing licenses to persons whose poll taxes are not paid in full, has been filed here by the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners. Charging that Mr. Kraft has issued 1400 sets of plates to motorists who have paid only a six-month installment on their taxes, the complaint holds the procedure a violation of state law. It also contends that the practice tends to make more difficult a full and prompt collection of poll taxes. The suit is believed to be the first of its kind filed in Indiana. LONE MAN ON GRAND JURY MADE FOREMAN No Special Instructions Given As Group Is Sworn In. The lone man on the Marion County Grand Jury was appointed foreman today after being sworn in by Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker because he said “the man must be the boss in order to get along with five women.” The foreman is Willicm P. Peacock. 1833 Lexington-av. Other members are Mrs. Hazel Hollis. Mrs. Alma K. Taggart. Mrs. Fay E. Fisher. Miss Delia Tarpey and Mrs. Elma Hart. No special instructions were given other than that they should sift the cases thoroughly before returning indictments in order that the one criminal court would not be cluttered up with minor cases. SHELBYVILLE PONDERS TWO LIGHTING PLANS Works Board Considers Proposals for Business District. limes Special SHELBYVILLE. Jan. ville Works Board today is considering two proposals for restoration of the ornamental lighting system in the business district here. One of the proposals under consideration provides for use of only 45 lamps, about half the number in the system, and would result in a current reduction from 6000 to 2000 volts. The other, necessitating a fiveyear contract with the Public Service Cos., would provide for use of all lamps, but at a lower wattage. HITLER PAID TRIBUTE BY Y. M. C. A. LEADER Germans Have Faith in Him, Dr. Colton Says. The people of Germany have faith that Adolf Hitler will lead them to anew order, Dr. Ethan T. Colton, Y. M. C. A. representative in Germany, believes. Dr. Colton said in an address at the Y. M. C. A. Big Meeting in Keith’s Theater yesterday that other nations could well adopt many phases of the Nazi dictatorship. The "blood purges” of the Nazi regime have been exaggerated, Dr. Colton declared.

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FIGHTS FOR LIFE OF ARMSPROBE Senator Nye Raps Critics; Will Seek S9OOO to Continue Inquiry. By United Peexx WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.—Secretary of State Cordell Hull has informed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee it would be impossible to draft legislation establishing an absolute guarantee of American neutrality in the event of another foreign war. Mr. Hull stated his position at a secret conference on President Roosevelt’s proposal to keep the nation out of war by restricting financial transactions and trade with belligerents. The United States never can enjoy complete neutrality, Mr. Hull told the committee. But he indorsed the pending program as a means of lessening chances of being drawn into another conflict. The Cabinet officer’s attitude became known today as Senate munitions committeemen announced a vigorous campaign for additional funds. Wants S9OOO Appropriation Chairman Gerald P. Nye <R., N. D. plans to ask the Senate for S9OOO to complete the inquiry Old Guard Democrats, incensed by his reference to former President Wilson as a “falsifier.” are determined to prevent an additional appropriation. Pending a decision of his request, Mr. Nye suspended further study of the wartime activities of J. P. Morgan, international banker, and his partners. A committee “budget” is being prepared for consideration when the group meets Wednesday. Nye said the committee had sponsored constructive proposals in two bills, one to take excess profits out of war and one to prevent collusion on warship contracts. Coughlin Pledges Aid By United Press DETROIT, Jan. 20.—A SIO,OOO appropriation stands between peace and war today, the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin declared in his regular Sunday radio address. He promised the financial aid of the National Union for Social Justice for the Senate munitions investigation in case it is refused by the United Spates Senate. SHOWGIRL INFANTICIDE TO ASK LEHMAN'S AID New York’s Governor Must Decide Whether She Will Die. By United Press NEWBURGH, N. Y., Jan. 20.—A new “official hell” was being built today around humorless, conscientious Gov. Herbert H. Lehman of New York. He must decide again if a woman is to die in the electric chair. This one, unlike two others, has her jury’s recommendation for mercy. In the jail at Goshen was Mrs. Dorothy Sherwood, 27, who drowned her 2-.vear-old son because she feared for his future. She will be sentenced this week. District Attorney Harry Eirschberg announced that he saw no reason for clemency. Mrs. Sherwood was found guilty Saturday. The jury recommended mercy, but. by finding her guilty of first-degree murder, made the death sentence mandatory. The Court of Appeals must pass upon ihe verdict, but can not consider the recommendation. That left it up to Gov. Lehman. STATE PLANT LEASED FOR TOWNSEND WEEKLY Removal to Be Celebrated by OldAge Pension Group. Plans for celebrating the removal to Indiana of the Townsend Weekly, official organ of the Townsend oldage pension plan, were being completed today by state members ol the organization. A mass rally is to be held in the Manufacturers’ Building at the Fairground Feb. 7. R. E. Clements, cofounder of the plan, and possibly Dr. Francis Townsend, will be speakers. W. S. McClintic. state manager, said. District rallies will be held during the day. The organization recently leased a printing plant in Spencer. Charles E. Weiler, Fort Wayne, former director of the Metropolitan Evangelists School in New York and now Fourth District organizer, announced in a meeting at Tomlinson Hall yesterday. NEW DEAL LOSES IN MAGAZINE POLL HERE Literary Digest Reports 3769 for and 6854 Against Policies. Final returns in the Literary Digest poll for Indianapolis on the New Deal show a total city vote of 10.623, of which 3769 were marked ’’yes” and 6854 “no” in answer to the question: “Do you now approve the acts and policies of the Roosevelt •New Deal’ to date?” In a similar poll taken of the same list of names in the city in the spring of 1934. 3732 were in favor of the New Deal and 2914 opposed. The final balloting for the nation this year was 62.66 per cent opposed and in 1934 38.85 per cent opposed.

Members of the Works Board today heard the plea of Indianapolis Railways, Inc., for use of present temporary agreements as the basis for future contracts of the company with the city on street maintenance. The photo was taken at the opening session. Left to right are: Arthur L. Gilliom, attorney; James P. Tretton, general manager of the car company, and Charles W. Chase, company president: Mrs. Peggy Gordon Murphy; Corporation Counsel James E. Deery, Works Board members Louis Brandt and Robert K. Eby, Maurice Tennant, City Engineer Henry B. Steeg, and Ernest Frick, Works Board secretary.

VANNUYS GIVEN HISTORICAL JOB Senator Named on Commission for Northwest Territory Celebration. Times Special WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.—Senator Frederick VanNuys’ appointment by Vice President Garner as the Democratic member of the Northwest Territorial Celebration Commission gives him a second historical assignment. For Senator VanNuys already is a member of the American Constitution Commission. He and Senator Vandenburgh ife., Mich.) will serve as the Senate representatives on the Northwest Tetritory Commission to celebrate the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the Ordinance of 1787 and the settlement of the territory consisting c/f the states of Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin and part of Minnesota. “The Ordinance of 1787 was a forerunner of the Constitution and its provisions had great weight in framing that document,” Senator VanNuys said in commenting on the work cut out for the commission. “This celebration will mean much, not only to the six states involved, but to the nation as a whole.” LOUISIANA CLOSES NAME-CALLING FIGHT Huey’s Heirs Rest Fate With Voters. By United Press NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 20.—Amid sulphurous charges and counter charges, in the bitterest possible atmosphere, Louisiana voters decide tomorrow whether to permit the continuance in power of the late Huey P Long's political machine. With opposing candidates calling one another such choice epithets as “assassin” and “thief,” the voters choose Democratic candidates for Governor, Senator and various state officers at the party primary. Nomination is tantamount to election. Gov. O. K. Allen, who succeeded Long as boss of the machine, warned against Federal “interference” with the primary in Opelousas last night. “You can kick them (Federal investigators) out of the parish if you want to,” he said. “We are going to have a fair election and we are not going to have trouble.” Because of many complaints of alleged fraud in registration and the selection of voting commissioners, investigators of a House elections committee are to watch the polling. DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAX SALE PROHIBITED Restraining Order Halts Action in Elkhart County. By United Press GOSHEN, Ind., Jan. 20.—Sale of tax delinquent property, scheduled for Feb. 10. has been prohibited in Elkhart County under a temporary restraining order issued by Superior Judge O. M. Conley. Three officials. County Treasurer Harold Pribble. Auditor Francis M. Mishler. and Frank H. Ellis, Elkhart city treasurer, are cited to appear Feb. 10 for further hearing on the case. CIVIC LEAGUE TO MEET TONIGHT IN BROOKSIDE Group to Renew Fight for Park Swimming Pool. The Brookside Civic league is to meet tonight in the Brookside Community house. Mrs. George R. Shepherd and Mrs. Joseph Rollra have been re-elected president and secretary, respectively, and J. H. Patton has been elected treasurer. The league is to renew its fight for a municipal swimming pool for the park. MRS. S. R. ARTMAN ILL Study Club Founder Seriously Sick at Methodist Hospital. Mrs. S. R. Artman. Columbia Club, is seriously ill at Methodist Hospital. Mrs. Artman, who maintains a summer home in Ulen Park. Lebanon, is founder and lecturer of the Indianapolis Travel and Study Club, Inc. f*

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HOSPITAL GROUP PIGKSJIFFICERS C. C. Hess Made Controller of Budget at Methodist Institution Here. Clarence C. Hess, assistant superintendent and head of the purchasing department of the Methodist Hospital, today is the new controller of the budget of the Methodist Hospital Association of Indiana. The Rev. Valentine Deitc i and the Rev. Benjamin Rist were reappointed associates to Dr. John G. Benson, superintendent of the Indianapolis Methodist Hospital. The appointments were made at yesterday’s meeting of the association’s board of trustees here. Reports were made on the Methodist Hospitals in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Gary, and Princeton. Arthur V. Brown was re-elected president of the board. The Rev. C. A. McPheeters was elected secretary. Other officers re-elected are: W. E. McKee, first vice president; W. H. Forse of Anderson, second vice president; J. I. Holcomb, third vice president; Arthur Wolf, treasurer, and Dr. Benson, general secretary. New members of the executive committee are Charles E. Lutz of Gary, the Rev. F. E. Fribley of Fort Wayne and James Lawson of Hammond. Other members elected are: W. L. Taylor, Dr. W. C. Hartinger, Alex Corbett, Dr. Jean S. Milner, Judge Robert C. Baltzell. Otis Kirkpatrick, Chester Albright, all of Indianapolis; Bishop Edgar Blake of Detroit, Mich., and Q. G. Noblitt of Columbus: CAMPAIGN IS ARRANGED BY ANTI-SMOKE GROUP Directors to Elect Officers at February Meeting. Officers of the Indianapolis Smoke Abatement League are to be elected at a meeting of the league’s directorate next month. The league is to sponsor a Smoke Abatement Week, beginning Feb. 23, it was announced. A perfect anti-smoka record in 1935 for the Indianapolis Union Railway was reported Saturday at the January meeting in the Washington. Daniel J. Welsh, railroad supervisor for the league, said the railway went through 1935 without being charged with violations. The new board of directors: Mayor Kern, Dr. John G. Benson, Methodist Hospital superintendent; Miss Gertrude V. Brown, W. A. Hanley, Eli Lilly & Cos., engineering director, and Dr. Thurman B. Rice, assistant director of the State Board of Health. SHELBYVILLE BUILDING TO GIVE WORK TO 300 New County Courthouse Project Goes to Indianapolis Firm. Times Special SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Jan. 20. More than 300 workmen are to be employed in the construction of the new Shelby County Courthouse, according to A. R. Ozment, project superintendent for the Service Construction Cos., Indianapolis contractors. All the men will not work at the same time, however, as the number required will vary at different stages of the project. Employes of Harry Hoffman, Indianapolis, to whom the contract for wrecking the old building and for excavation of the new structure, was sub-let, are rapidly clearing the site. Earl Mings, county surveyor, is project supervisor for D. A. Bohlen & Son, Indianapolis, architects for the new structure. U. S. JUDGES REFUSE TO FREE AAA FUNDS Three Chicago Jurists Deny Petitions of Packers, Other Processors. By United Press CHICAGO. Jan. 20.—Three Federal judges today refused to grant petitions seeking the release of processing taxes held in escrow pending the outcome of suits against the outlawed AAA. and ordered approximately $30,000,000 retained for further Supreme Court action. The orders, involving petitions filed by packers and other agricultural processors, virtually destroyed hopes of obtaining release of the funds until after the 25-day period allowed the government in replying to the Supreme Court verdict which destroyed the Agricultural Adjustment Act. PISTOL IS DISCOVERED IN AIRLINER WRECKAGE Investigation of Arkansas Crash May Be Reopened. By United Press MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 20.—A .38caV'ber automatic pistol with only three shells in the magazine has been found in the wreckage of the American Airlines passenger liner, The Southerner, at Goodwin, Ark., it was announced today. Announcement cf the discovery gave rise to the belief that the Bureau of Air Commerce might reopen its investigation into the crash of the de luxe craft with th® loss of 17 lives. : r

CHURCH PARLEY DISCUSSES NEW TEACHINGWAYS Modern Instruction Offers Theme for Disciples at Institute. Progressive methods of religious education are being discussed today at a local church improvement institute program of the Disciples of Christ in the Third Christian Church. The institute is being attended by delegates from Marion and surrounding counties and is one of 11 being held in Indiana. Clinics were held this morning with Miss Hazel Lewis, St. Louis, national director of children’s work, leading the discussion on children; Mrs. Ruth D. Estes, of Union City, Ind., state director of Christian education, led the young people’s discussion, and John W. Karmes, state director of religious education, the adult- work. The theme cf the institute concerns the change of procedure in church education in keeping with economic changes. Miss Lewis, Mrs. Estes and Wilbur Parry, of St. Louis, are to speak at the afternoon sessions. Tonight the discussion of war and peace in connection with the young people’s institute to be held next month at Martinsville and Richmond is to be taken up. A. A. Wood, president of the Marion county Church Association is to speak. KID CANN IN COURT FOR LIGGETT DEATH Suspect Faces FirstrDegree Charge for Killing. By United Press MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 20. The machine-gun assassination of Walter Liggett, crusading weekly newspaper publisher, brought Isadore (Kid Cann) Blumenfeld into court today for trial on a charge of first degree murder. Mrs. Edith Liggett, widow of the slain editor, who has identified Blumenfeld as the assassin, will be the state’s first and chief witness. When five machine gun slugs tore into the editor’s back as he stepped from his automobile early in the evening of Dec. 9, his wife and 10-year-old daughter, Marda, were in the car. The state has a second witness who has identified Blumenfeld as an occupant of the death car. He is Wesley Andersch, who was nearly knocked down by the killer’s car as it sped out of the alley. Since his arrest several hours after the shooting, Blumenfeld, a burly liquor dealer, has insisted he has an iron-clad alibi. PENNSYLVANIA WILL EXTEND ITS SERVICE Complete Door ■to - Door Plan to Be Started April 1. Beginning April 1, the Pennsylvania Railroad is to inaugurate complete door-to-door transportation service for less than' carload freight rates, it was announced today. The extra charge now made for truck pick-up and '.elivery on shipments moving distances beyond 260 miles is to be eliminated. It also was stated in the announcement that the Pennsylvania stands ready to join with any and all railroads serving the territory in extending similiar privileges to shipments between points on its own lines and those of other systems. A 50 per cent increase in door-to-door delivery by the railroad in 1935 was recorded over 1934. Among the innovations in connection with the service are the cash-on-delivery plan, later closing hours for the acceptance of freight, earlier deliveries and rearrangement of other details to fit the convenience of patrons. OFFICERS INSTALLED BY RAIL ENGINEERS Brotherhood Holds Combined Ceremony With Grand Auxiliary. Indianapolis divisions of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and its Grand Interanational Auxiliary have new officers today. The combined installation for both organizations, held at the Washington yesterday, was attended by 250 engineers from local brotherhood divisions. Officers assisting in the program were J. D. Sanford, Harry McHale, C. C. Wallace and Mrs. J. A. Fulmer. M. J. Murdock was master of ceremonies.* Out-of-town guests included G. W. Barros, Paler ! ne, 111., and Vernon Roberts, Mattoon, 111.

Laval Downfall Expected; Loses Socialist Support

By United Press PARIS, Jan. 20. - Repudiation of government policies by the radical Socialist Party and resignation of six radical Socialist ministers probably will cause the downfall of the Laval government this week. Premier Pierre Laval, at Geneva today attending the session of the League Council considering an oil embargo against Italy, was prepared to return speedily the moment radical Socialists resigned. Withdrawal of radical Socialists from the government became a certainty following yesterday’s meeting of the party executive committee. An “order of the day” was adopted that left five radical Socialist ministers no alternative. They will follow Edouard Herriot, minister without portfolio, from the cabinet. The cabinet officers affected by the order are: Marcel Regnier, minister of finance.

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Indiana Young Democrats to Ignore Party Primary Action" Os Hoosier Group Seen as Blow to Greenlee’s Hopes to Obtain Governorship Nomination. Decision of the Young Democrats oPlndiana to adopt a “hands-off” policy concerning primary elections and preconvention activity was viewed today by political observers as another blow to the gubernatorial ambitions of Pleas Greenlee.

The Young Democrats, preparing for their first state convention here Feb. 28 and 29, decided yesterday their efforts should be confined to supporting the Democratic party ticket in the fall election under direction of the Democratic State Committee. The meeting was held in the Claypool. Mr. Greenlee, who was active in organizing the original Young Democrat movement, recently was “retired” as Gov. McNutt’s patronage secretary because of his insistence on seeking the Democratic nomination for governor. McNutt' Praises Decision Praising the Young Democrats’ decision to tvoid entanglement with any candidates, Gov. McNutt made a short talk at the meeting, terming the Young Democrats the “service club” of the party. Mrs. Emery School, state vice chairman, also spoke. State Chairman Omer S. Jackson was unable to attend. In addition to setting their state convention dates, the Young Democrats decided to open the fall campaign in Lake County late in August or early in September. Miss Ruth Ann Baker, Indianapolis, was chosen executive secretary, and Louis P. Adams, Twelfth District president, as treasurer. Other officers are to be elected in the convention. A1 C. Johnson, Seymoufr, a deputy attorney general and state organizer of the group, presided. ANNUAL MEETING OF MURAT DUE TONIGHT Murat Shriners to Elect Officers, Hear Reports at Mosque. The Murat Temple is to hold its annual business meeting tonight in the Shrine mosque. Dr. C. E. Cox, potentate, is to preside. The Murat band is to play and a “dutch” lunch is to be served. Reports of Recorder Charles $. Barker and Treasurer OLie J. Smith are to be read. Officers are to be elected and four representatives to the sessions of the Shrine council to be held July 14 to 16 at Seattle, Wash., are to be selected. A bingo party is to be given by the Shriners Saturday. TWO ARE NABBED IN SUNDAY TAVERN RAID Police Charge Operator Violated State Liquor Law. Two men are under arrest today as the result of a police raid upon a tavern at 231 S. Noble-st yesterday. Paul Modaffari, operator, is charged with violating the Sunday liquor law, and Guy Martinelli, 44, of 925 S. State-av is charged with carrying concealed weapons. Police said they saw a waitress serve two men beer and attempt to hide it v:hen they entered, and that Martinelli attempted to hide a loaded revolver.

Georges Bonnet, minister of commerce. Joseph Paganon, minister of interior. William Bertrand, minister of mercantile marine. Henry Maupoil, minister of pensions. Party lmdeship u'as assumed by Edouard Daladier, elected president by acclamation. He is a bitter foe of Laval. With Daladier’s election, Herriot steps down as active head of the party, although he was elected honorary president on Daladier’s nomination. It is certain that Herriot’s uni rated resignation will be effective within an hour after Laval’s return from Geneva, which probably will be on Wednesday. The Herriot resignation then will be followed immediately by the group resignation of the other Radical Socialist ministers*

40 feet along the tracks. The car was wrecked. Earlier today a truck containing Homer Martin, 28, of 213 Ccssellst, and Harold Schrier, 23, was struck by a train at Lyndhurst-dr crossing of the Big Four railway. Neither was injured seriously.

HARRISON OFFICERS WILL GO TO HAWAII s Capts. McClenaghan, Fay Are Transferred to Island. On orders of the War Department, Capt. S. McClenaghan and Capt. Donald A. Fay, now stationed at Fort Benjamin Harrison, are to transfer for service in Hawaii, it was announced today. Capt. McClenaghan of the 19th Field Artillery, who recently returned from Washington where he was a patient in the Walter Reed Hospital, has been stationed at the local post since 1931. Capt. Fay, an officer in the 11th Infantry, has been located here since 1932. Capt. Fay will sail for Honolulu from New York, Feb. 11, and Capt. McClenaghan, April 24. Three Indiana National Guard officers have been recommended to War Department officials by Adjt. Gen. Elmer F. Straub to attend the company officer’s course at the Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia. The officers are Capt. Garrett W. Olds, plans and training officer, 151st Infantry, and Capt. Fred C. Dyer, 152d infantry, both of Indianapolis, and Lieut. Charles U. Knaub, headquarters company, 76th brigade, Shelbyville. HOHLT FACES FURTHER FIGHT BY TAXPAYERS Group Meets m Odd Fellows Hall to Map Campaign. Perry Township Taxpayers’ Association, claiming 450 members, will continue its fight against Trustee Leonard A. Hohlt, George Hacker, association president, said today. Association members met Saturday night in the Southport Odd Fellows Hall after they have been locked out of the Southport High School Monday night by order of Mr. Hohlt. Last Monday Mr. Hacker filed impeachment proceedings against Mr. Hohlt charging intoxication while on duty. Mr. Hohlt denies the charge. Saturday State Senator John Brit Webb upheld the township form of government, but said, “I am against the township system as practised by a few of our officers ... but I still think there should be some definite seat of local government.” Oldest Fort Wayne Man Dies By United Press FORT WAYNE, Ind., Jan. 20. Alanson C. Griffin, one of the first residents of Allen County, and believed to be the oldest resident of Fort Wayne, died here yesterday, five months short of his 100th birthday.

OFFICIAL WEATHER 1.,. United States Weather Bureau Sunrise 7:03 ! Sunset 4:50 TEMPERATURE —Jan. 20, 1933 * *• m 50 1 p. m 50 —Today—--0 a. m 15 10 a. m 13 7 a. m. 14 11 a. m IB 8 a. m 12 12 (Noon) .. . 18 9 a. m 10 1 p. m 19 BAROMETER 7 a. m 30.21 1 p. m 30.24 Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m . .00 Total precipitation since Jan. 1 0 97 Deficiency since Jan. 1 1.18 OTHER CITIES AT 7 A. M. Station. Weather. Bar. Temp. Amarillo. Tex Clear 30.18 20 Bismarck, N. D Cloudy 30.20 —lB Boston Cloudy 29 60 18 Chicago Clear 30.20 6 Cincinnati Clear 30 28 8 Denver Cloudy 30.00 22 Dodge City. Kas Clear 30 18 18 Helena. Mont Cloudy 29.96 34 Jacksonville. Fla. .. Clear 30.22 32 Kansas City. Mo Clear 30.32 6 Little Rock. Ark Clear 30.36 22 Los Angeles Clear 30.06 56 Miami. Fla Cloudy 30.10 56 Minneapolis Clear 30.16 —l* Mobile. Ala Clear 30.30 28 New Orleans Clear 30.32 32 New York ... Clear 29 84 16 Okla Citv. Okla Clear 30 26 18 Omaha. Neb Clear 30.28 —l4 Pittsburgh Snow 30 16 10 Portland. Ore Cloudy 30.28 46 Ban Antonio. Tex. .. Clear 30 36 26 San Francisco Foggy 30 18 44 St. Louis PtCldy 30.30 12 Tampa. Fla Cloudy 50.18 40 Washington, D. C. ...Clear 20.04 22

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DAIRY FARMERS RESENT OUSTER OF AL_FEENEY Want to Bring Marketing Situation Into Open; Advocate Hearing. BY JOE COLLIER Dairy farmers in Marion and surrounding counties today said they want the entire milk marketing situation in tha Indianapolis shed brought out into the open and they believe a public hearing ior A1 G. Feeney, dismissed administrator, would be the best way to do it. A committee headed by William Lyons. Greenwood (Ind.) farmer, and Leander Browning, dairy and orchard farmer west of Greenwood, was to have met with Mr. Feeney this morning but Mr. Feeney had been called from the city. The committee is to meet soon, however, and Mr. Lyons said he expected farmer resentment against Mr. Feeney’s dismissal to crystaliz® into a formal request to the State Board to prefer charges against Mr. Feeney and to prosecute them publicly. Can’t Understand Dismissal “We realize,” Mr. Lyons said, “that Mr. Feeney had the good of the farmer on his mind, and we all know that some of those supposed to represent the farmer exclusively have not. “We couldn't understand why the State Board fired Mr. Feeney and not some others, and we want to know.” When Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend dismissed Mr. Feeney Friday and refused to give him a public hearing Saturday, calls from farmers’ committees came to his office and his home. Mr. Feeney said. Another group is to meet with him tomorrow'. Mr. Feeney was dismissed, Mr. Townsend said, because there was a lack of co-operation between him and the local committee. Report Committemen Defiant Mr. Feeney gave other reasons, one of which was that he had tried unsuccessfully to get the State Milk Control Board to adopt policies he said were for the good of the farmer and the consumer. Meanwhile, it is understood, two members of the local committee, which requested the state board to dismiss Mr. Feeney, have themselves refused to resign as requested by the state board. They are Frank McCready. a farmer member, and Carl Hedges, co-operative manager. Local Committee to Meet The local committee is to meet tomorrow. when Mr. McCready said the matter of resignation of the committee is to come up. It is understood, however, that producer members have resigned. Mr. Townsend said the board has asked the resignation of the local committee because the board wanted to “start new” in an effort to straighten out the market. Mr. Townsend has said that Charles Dailey, attorney for the state board, is to be administrator until anew local committee can be elected and it can select anew administrator. STATE AUDITOR MAKES CHANGE IN BOOKKEEPING System Simplified in Order to Speed Up Efficiency. Simplification of bookkeeping systems in the state auditor's office, has resulted in a marked speeding up of efficiency, Gov. McNutt said yesterday in his weekly radio address. A modern system of bookkeeping was set up in order to maintain a careful check on expenditures, and to make available to the public pertinent data on the state’s finances, Gov. McNutt said. The revised system simplifies procedure, he said, because it divides the many funds handled by the stat® into five logical major divisions: General fund appropriations, general rotary funds, highways funds, special funds and distribution funds. The balance in the general fund was $7,191,285 as of Dec. 1, Gov. McNutt said. PLANE STOCKS BOOSTED BY U. S. NAVY AWARD Dci/llas Aircraft Gets Btg Order; Trading Dull Otherwise. By United Press NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—Strength in airplane stocks, after announcement of a big navy award to Douglas Aircraft, featured a dull and irregular stock market today. Douglas was fairly actively traded and jumped more than 4 points to anew 1935-36 high cf 591*. Wright Aero was 21- points higher at 67 Boeing was -)i higher at 23’a while United Aircraft recovered almost all of more than a point early loss. Utilities turned ragged after announcement there would be no decision on the TVA case from the Supreme Court today. Rail shares were easy, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe showing a point loss at 66?i. American Rolling Mill lost a point to 29 3 i and other steel shares w r er eeasy. 87,882 PLACED 1N7935 BY EMPLOYMENT BODY State Service Report Shows 46,187 Get Work in Private Industry. A total of 87,882 men and women were placed in jobs in Indiana during 1935, according to Martin F. Carpenter, Indiana Stats Employment Service director. Os this total 46.187 were placed in private industry, Mr. Carpenter said, making an increase of 66 percent in the number of persons entering private employment in 1938, as compared to 1934. This private industry number included 28.148 men and 18,039 women. Other employment placing included 20,130 in public jobs and 21.565 in Works Progress Administration work. Kipling to Lie in Westminster By United Press LONDON. Jan. 20.—Arrangements were made today to bury the ashes of Rudyard Kipling. British poet and novelist, in the “poets’ corner" of Westminster Abbey at noon Thursday.