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MERCURY FALLS TO 18 BELOW IN INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS—IB below zero; 31 fires overnight, loss estimated at more than $16,000; one frozen to death and scores frostbitten; all transportation schedules behind time; rising temperatures forecast, may reach zero by tonight; ali public schools closed. INDIANA—Seven known deaths traced to cold wave; temperatures range from 5 to 21 below zero; traffic north of Indianapolis stopped; State Police issue warnings to drivers. NATIONAL—Midwest hardest hit by cold; Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana. Ohio and Kentucky affected worst; only slight relief forecast; International Falls, Minn., coldest United States spot with 56 below reading; cold moving toward east; death toll placed at more than 30.

Traffic Paralyzed in City; Woman Found Frozen to Death. Hourly Temperatures Midnight —l7 1 a. m —lB 2 a. m —lB 3 a. m —lB 4 a. m —lB 5 a. m —lB 6 a. m —l7 7 a. m —IS 8 a. m —l6 !) a. m —l4 10:00 a. m —ll 11:00 a. m —8 12 (noon) ; —6 12:30 p. m —6 Indianapolis fought against the coldest weather in 18 years today, when the mercury tumbled to 18 below zero and slowly rose to 6 below at 12:30. The low mark was set this morning at 1 and remained until 5 a. m. when a degree-by-de-gree break gave but little relief. It is expected that the mercury will remain in the sub-zero bracket over night. One person in Indianapolis, a blind woman, froze to death last night, scores were frostbitten, and 22 fires overnight caused a total loss estimated by firemen at $16,000. All Indianapolis public schools will remain closed tomorrow, both elementary and high school, because of the cold weather, but teachers and principals are to report for duty ( , as usual, Supt. Paul C. Stetson announced today. All Catholic schools are closed until Monday, and all units of the Indianapolis Free Kindergarten Society are closed until Monday. Classes at Butler University will be resumed tomorrow. The blind woman was Mrs. Anna Ross, Negro, who was found this morning in a shed in the yard of her home, 810 Darnell-st. Being blind, she had a guide wire stretched from her home to the coal shed, and she apparently had been following it last night to get more coal for the stove. Police believe she stumbled and was rendered unconscious by the fall. Indigent families barraged all relief agencies with calls for coal yesterday and last night and as far as possible deliveries were made. However, there appeared to be inevitable suffering in inadequately heated homes. Transportation Tied Up Transportation. including street cars, busses, trackless trolleys and cabs, was tied up. Many downtown workers were late to their desks or absent. Hundreds of autos were stalled and frozen and all downtown storage garages were filled to capacity with autos of owners who preferred to take chances on utility transportation instead of driving home from work last night. The telephone company reported that its exchanges were swamped with calls about the weather all night long, and the weather bureau spent yesterday and today on the telephone giving temperatures and forecasts. All Schools Closed Many apartment janitors stayed up through the night firing furnaces and many householders are reported to have made two or three trips to the cellar for the same purpose during the night. Public school janitors were on duty all night, keeping fires going, although schools were not in session either in the city or county. At no other point in Indiana was there a lower temperature officially reported to the weather bureau. Fort Wayne did go down to 18 below, however, while Evansville was only 8 below. Even Nashville, Tenn., was zero. Unofficial report from Kokomo recorded 21 below. Wind Bothers Pedestrians A strong, biting west wind made such pedestrians as did venture out even more uncomfortable and it was found advisable to make long walks In installments, stopping u> get warm every block or so. The Indianapolis Water Cos. warned all subscribers to wrap with windproof substances—old newspapers will do—all unprotected water terminals or meters, and to plug any openings in basements that are near service pipes or meters. Thomas Connor, assistant street (Turn to Page Three)

The Indianapolis Times FORECAST: Cloudy with light snow tonight and tomorrow; slowly rising temperature; lowest tonight near zero

VOLUME 47—NUMBER 273

Frigid Wave Heads East, With Little Relief in Sight for Midwest. By United Press The Middle West and East numbly looked forward today to relief from a record-smash-ing sub-zero blast which claimed at least 30 lives, tangled transportation, caused fires, closed schools and inflicted untold misery and suffering. As the wind subsided and the storm moved eastward from its focal point in Minnesota and North Dakota, rising temperatures were forecast, to be accompanied by snow tonight and tomorrow wafted in on southeastern breezes. International Falls, Minn., which yesterday had the coldest recording in its blustery history at 5o below zero, was one degree colder today. The government thermometer on the international bridge into Canada registered 56 below this morning. The official reading for International Falls today was 38 degrees below. Minneapolis, which yesterday had an all-time record chill of 33 below, today had 28 below with the mercury rising. Chicago had 18 below in the city and 24 below in the suburbs this morning, but hopefully watched the rising thermometer. Firemen at Franklin, Ind.. fought (Turn to Page Three)

9 DEATHS IK STATE LAID TO COLD WAVE Traffic Blocked by Snow; Hundreds Stranded. At least nine deaths were reported in Indiana today as Hoosiers sought relief from one of the most severe cold waves since 1918. All state and county roads north of United States Road 40 virtually were impassable at midnight, and state police warned motorists in all sections of Indiana not to travel unless an emergency existed. Temperatures throughout the state ranged from five degrees below zero along the Ohio River to 21 degrees below in the northern section. Traffic was so blocked in the northern sections that bus lines discontinued service to Chicago and Detroit, and it was impossible for tractions to get through from Muncie to Fort Wayne and between Newcastle and Richmond. Hundreds of motorists sought relief in farm houses and wayside filling stations when their autos were caught in snow drifts. State police highway patrols pushed (Turn to Page Three)

SARRAUT WILL FORM CABINET FORLEBRUN Herriot, Delbos Had Refused to Accept Posi. By United Press ■ - PARIS. Jan. 23.—Albert Sarraut, Radical Socialist and former premier, accepted today the invitation of President Albert Lebrun to try to form a cabinet to succeed that of Pierre Laval which resigned yesterday. Edouard Herriot and Yvon Delbos had refused Lebrun’s request earlier. Sarraut sounded party leaders on the possibility of forming an allradical cabinet, with himself as premier and foreign minister, or a left-center coalition built around the Radical Socialists. Sarraut is a Senator. He was premier for one month in October, 1933. QUINS SCOFF AT COLD, THEY’LL NAP ON PORCH 18 Below Just Ordinary Weather for Sturdy Dionnes. By United Press CALLANDER. Ont., Jan. 23.—The Dionne quintuplets began life in heated incubators, but they are plenty sturdy now. Although it was 18 degrees below zero here today, nurses at Dafoe Hospital said the five girls would take their afternoon nap on the outdoor veranda as usual.

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Congress, Fearful of New Taxes, Awaits Bonus Veto Prospective $5,000,000,000 Deficit Would Be Charged to Veterans’ Measure and Farm Relief. By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—A Congress beginning to foresee a $5,000,000,000 or $6,000,000,000 ©lection-year deficit and fearful of new tax proposals awaited anxiously today President Roosevelt’s expected veto of the cash-bonus bill. — ; *

Most of the deficit will be charged against the bonus, which appears assured of enactment even if vetoed, and farm relief, which no longer pays its way since the AAA was outlawed. The $2,237,000,00p bonus bill sped through the House yesterday and was delivered to the White House by Rep. Claude V. Parsons (D., 111.), chairman of the Committee on Enrolled Bills. Veto Is Indicated The President’s associates have indicated he will veto it after its provisions have been examined. It will first be sent to Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. for study. Mr. Roosevelt has 10 days in which to veto, sign the bill or permit it to become law without his signature. Realizing that new tax legislation this session might be extremely unpopular, House and Senate leaders were silent. No new tax legislation will be offered, it was indicated, unless a stern demand comes from Mr. Roosevelt. Members of the House Ways and Means Committee, where tax bills must originate, are on record as opposing any change in tax laws. There were hints of a revolt against new taxes, even if Mr. Roosevelt demands them. Possible Revenue Sources Congressional tax experts believed the most logical source of new revenue would be lowering of the income tax base to include thousands now exempt. Excise taxes may be considered as an alternative to processing taxes to finance farm benefit payments. A proposal to place an excise levy on farm machinery is being considered Leaders of veterans’ organizations supporting the cash-bond payment plan viewed the House 346-to-58 approval of the compromise as assuring sufficient votes to override a veto. Congress appears inclined to leave the problem of obtaining money to finance the bonus and farm benefit payments up to the President and Morgenthau. It’s Up to Morgenthau Senator John Bankhead (D., Ala.), who introduced the Administration substitute farm and program in the Senate yesterday, appeared to express the general view of Congress regarding funds to pay new farm benefits when he said. “That is up to Henry Morgenthau.’’ Meanwhile, reports reached the House Appropriations Committee that an appropriation of $2,000,000,000 might be requested for relief costs for the fiscal year beginning July. 1. The President' mentioned probable appropriations for relief in his budget but made no estimate.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1936

LACK OF FOOD FEARED IN MAROONED VILLAGE Volunteers Battle Drifts to Save West Virginia Residents. By United Press MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va„ Jan. 23. —A food shortage was feared todaj jin the mountain village of Sherrard, the “ice box’’ of northern West Virginia, marooned by high snowdrifts since Sunday. Several were reported ill as volunteers joined deputy sheriffs and highway workers to open a path. The temperature was 27 below zero at dawn, village officials reported by telephone. ITALY, SOVIET CLASH AT COUNCIL MEETING Litvinov’s Attack on Rome Resented Deeply by Baron Aloisi. By United Press GENEVA, Jan. 23. —A sharp clash between Italy and Soviet Russia marked a meeting of the Council of the League of Nations today. Maxim Litvinov, Soviet foreign commissar, in an attack on Uruguay for breaking diplomatic relations with Russia, said Uruguay, like Japan, Germany and Italy, is trying to exploit anti-Communist prejudice. Os Italy it remarked that a country which recently committed an act of aggression is trying to stir up anti-Soviet prejudices through its press. Baron Pompeo Aloisi of Italy expressed deep resentment. FOUR TRUSTEES NAMED TO BOARD AT BUTLER Vacancies Caused by Death Filled by Appointments. Four trustees have been added to the Butler University board to fill vacancies caused by death. Those elected are John F. Mitchell Jr.. Greenfield; John L. H. Fuller, J. I. Holcomb and the Rev. William A. Shullenberger, FRANK SIMONDS DEAD Noted Writer on Political. International Affairs Passes. By United Press WASHINGTON. Jan. 23.—Frank Simonds. noted writer on political and internatiopal affairs, died today at his home after an illness of seven days. Mr. Simonds, who was 58. is survived by the widow, a son and daughter, James Simonds and Mrs. Lovel Thompson of Boston. Fie had been id of pneumonia.

Appearance mattered little today an early morning workers braveu the sub-zero temperatures. The man shown above kept his ears from being frostbitten by wrapping a muffler around his head. An infinite;variety of ways and means were improvised to thwart the cold. Firemen Fight Fire for Hours in Fierce Cold Times Special FRANKLIN, Ind., Jan. 23.—With the temperature at 18 below zero, city and volunteer firemen this morning were in their fifth hour fighting a fire in the business block that already at 6 had done damage estimated at $30,000. Taking turns pouring water on the fire that at no time blazed forth spectacularly, the firemen aftei their tour of duty, stalked to a warmed room nearby where relief workers beat the ice off their coats with police clubs to free them from strait-jackets of ice. The building is in the 100 block, N. Water-st, and houses the Mutual Building and Loan Cos., which lost only office fixtures and which had what cash was on hand in fireproof vaults; the office of Dr. Walter Portius, M. D„ where the loss was about S4OOO, he estimated; and the Service Shop Printers, whose loss was estimated by a proprietor at about $20,000, mostly covered b/ insurance. 12 WILL TESTIFY IN JACOBY TRIAL TODAY Witnesses to Continue State’s Case Against Gang. More than 12 witnesses are expected to testify tbday in Criminal Court as the state attempts to link Forrest Jacoby, A1 Head, John Head and Jerry Dukes with the robbery of the William H. Roberts & Sons dairy last August. Yesterday D. J. Parsons, ballistics expert from the Department of Justice in Washington, identified the bullets recovered from the green sedan, found in a South Side garage and alleged to have been used in the holdup, as the bullets fired at the fleeing bandits by Russell Roberts. John Head has been identified tentatively as the man who rented the garage from Mrs. George Miiier, 1443 Woodlawn-av. Times Index Amusements 6-7 Births, Deaths 18 Broun 13 Comics 21 Editorial 14 Financial 20 Merry-Go-Round 13 Mrs. Roosevelt ..i 10 Pegler 13 Radio 4 Serial Story 11 Sports 16-17-18 State Deaths j Want AJs .18-19 Woman’s Pages ...10-11

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STRIKE IS CHILLED BY ARCTIC BUSTS Pickets Cling to Firesides; Martial Grip Eased. Times Special NEW ALBANY, Ind., Jan. 23. Zero weather stepped in today to deal a knockout punch to the strike in the two shirt plants of M. Fine & Sons, Inc., at Jeffersonville and New Albany. Workers inceased in the mills as the cold chased unipn pickets from street corners. Col. Paul W. Fechtman, Indiana National Guard commander, withdrew all militiamen as guards over the two plants and used roving patrols to protect workers who desired to register for employment. “No guard units will be withdrawn from the martial law area of Floyd and Clark Counties today. We have a minim im strength of guards on duty,’’ Col fechtman said. Civil trials of four alleged rioters arrested during Monday’s disorders in front of the Jeffersonville plant are scheduled for Saturday. Col. Fechtman said that military rule in the two counties would continue as long as citizens and public officials desired it. Four detachments of troops ware sent home yesterday. They were Company C, Salem; Company D, Princeton, and parts of Companies I and L of Terre Haute. Four companies continue at the stroke scene. JURY IS GIVEN CASE OF SCOTTSBORO NEGRO Defendant Sentenced to Death at 3 Previous Trials. By United Press DECATUR, Ala., Jan. 23.—A jury of farmers today deliberated the fate of Hey wood Patterson, key defendant in the Scottsboro drama, who has been sentenced to death three times in previous trials. Patterson is accused of leading a mass attack on Mrs. Victoria Fb-ice. 27-year-old girl “hobo” in a freight car five years ago. It wns his case that was carried to the nation’s highest court and won reversals of previous death sentencesAcquittal, guilty with the death sentence and guilty with a prison sentence upward from 10 years are the possible verdicts.

On the House By United Press VTROQUA, -Wis., Jan. 23. Swinging doors parted today and in * walked two silverhaired old men. They ordered two beers, drank them, and ordered two more. Then they walked out without paying. A sign, intended as humor, hung over the bar: “Liberal credit extended to those 80 years of age and over when accompanied by a parent.” The drinks were on the house because the men were Gundar Bjerke, 97, and his son, Nels. 30.

70 MOTORISTS STILL BESEIGED NEAR KIRKLIN GENEVA, Ind.—2oo children, marooned in school house, are being rescued by busses. NEPTUNE, O. rush to aid them, while busses fight to get through drifts. KIRKLIN, Ind.—7o motorists stranded, aided by farm families. SWITZ CITY, Ind.—lso school children, minus overcoats, march from burning school.

More Than 100 Snowbound in Celina (0.) Building Since Yesterday. rimes Special CELINA, 0., Jan. 23.—Marooned by six-foot snowdrifts, more than 100 children in the Neptune High School were forced to eat and sleep in their school building today. They have been marooned since 4 p. m. yesterday. Busses attempting to rescue the students were forced back by the high drifts. Roads, in all directions were impassable. Nearby farmers and two groceries in Neptune furnished sufficient food to feed the children, but early this afternoon food was getting low in the stores. Meals were cooked on the stove in. the high school. Furnace fires were piled in an effort to keep the children warm. Sleep on Floors, Benches The children slept on the floor and benches, according to F. A. Snider, publisher of the Celina Standard, and breakfast was served in the school as farm wives rushed to aid the children. Neptune is four miles northeast of Celina and 12 miles east of the Indiana line. E. R. Clarkson, school principal, and teachers remained with the child -en bolstering their courage until rescuers could arrive. State to Aid Rescue One child suffered frozen legs and hands and is under the care of doctors in Celina today when she was found lying by the roadside one and one-half miles from Celina, it was reported. She had been attending the Celina public schools and left a school bus over the protestation of the bus driver that he would take her to her home# The 22 below zero weather froze her legs and arms before rescuers could take her to a nearby farmhouse to resuscitate her and administer first aid. Ohio state highway officials said they would be able to clear the highways and reach the marooned schoolhouse at Neptune by 2 p. in. today. The stranded children at Neptune are 22 miles from the Geneva Township school that was cut off by the heavy drifts and where a rescue was effected.

70 Marooned by Drift Times Special KIRKLIN, Ind., Jan. 23.—Seventy persons still were marooned near here this afternoon by snowdrifts that halted more than 40 cars six miles south of here on State Road 29. About 50 of the group were being housed by Alva Miller, farmer. More than a score of other persons were in other farm residences. All efforts, except one, to cut through the snowdrifts ranging from three to six feet deep, failed. A farmer rescued several school children after battling with his horse and wagon through the cold and snow. The stranded persons slept on floors, in chairs and in beds at the Miller home last night. It appeared (hat rescue could not be effected before late this afternoon. BODY OF GEORGE V TAKEN TO LONDON Dead King to Lie in State Until Thursday. By United Press LONDON, Jan. 23.—The body of King George v! borne between lanes of hundreds of thousands of his sorrowing countrymen through the streets of London, was laid in state in Westminster Hall today for the highest and lowest of his subjects to pay homage. The royal family relinquished the King’s body for the next five days. Until the burial at Windsor Castle Tuesday among his anoester Kings. George V will lie in the great hall for the people to file by for one last look at a beloved face. There will be no distinction of rank. The most exalted power must (Tarn to Page Three) Kipling Paid Last Tribute By United Press LONDON, Jan. 23.—An urn containing the ashes of Rudyard Kipling was buried in the poet’s corner of Westminster Abbey today. A distinguished group of statesmen, writers and army officers attended.

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Snow Plows Are Used to Reach Marooned Pupils at Geneva, Ind. Times Special GENEVA, Adams County, Ind., Jan. 23.—After being snowbound for 40 hours in a six-room centralized schoolhouse near here, 200 pupils of the Hartford Township School were being rescued this afternoon. It was in the nick of time, because the janitor had burned a week’s supply of coal keeping the children warm against 18 below zero weather last night as a lone state highway department snow plow worked through the night toward them through six-foot drifts. Thirty-five of the children were 6 years old and under, and they were put to bed last night in nests made of basketball uniforms, gymnasium mats, and a few cots that had been placed in the schoolhouse for emergencies. Fed by Nearby Fanner Last night Mr. and Mrs. William Anderson took 25 pounds of com meal, 10 bushels of apples and 10 gallons of milk to the school from their nearby farm, and the domestic science pupils cooked the meal. Led by Principal Russell Stiner the seven teachers organized the pupils into games in the gymnasium after the meal and some of the older pupils stayed up all night watching over the sleeping younger ones. This morning, Principal Stiner called classes as usual as a matter of discipline, and all children were given to understand that their parents had been notified by telephone from the Anderson farm. At noon today a snow plow manned by two weary and nearly frozen men, poked through the last five-foot drift in front of the Anderson farm, and the school busses followed shortly. Carrying 25 each, they began to file out through the snow cayons as soon as possible. More than 200 miles of township roads will have to be cleared to get all the pupils home, but those who can’t reach their homes tonight will stay at the homes of fellow pupils. Snow Plow Breaks Down One snow plow had broken down or the work of reaching the marooned children would have been done more quickly, it was reported. The schoolhouse was built in 1317 and is of yellow brick and weatherworthy. Less than a ton of coal remained in the bin when the first bus left the school building and Principal Stiner told the pupils not to return until Monday. Teachers said there was no confusion, no homesickness, no hysteria among the pupils last night and that everything was orderly during the day. Switz City School Burns By United Press SWITZ CITY, Ind., Jan. 23 —One hundred and fifty students and teachers were forced out into subzero temperatures today when flames swept through a grade school building. The fire broke out shortly after the school was opened this morning. Fire departments from Linton, Bloomfield and Lyons were unable to fight the blaze because of lack of water. Braving temperature 10 degrees below zero, the firemen sprayed hundreds of gallons of chemicals on the blaze but were unable to halt the fire. The children were forced into the frigid air in their classroom clothing, as their heavy wraps were destroyed by the blaza. a fleet of school busses was used to rush the students to their homes. Loss was estimated at $40,000. NANTUCKET LIGHTSHIP TORN FROM MOORINGS Violent Northwest Wind Sets Vessel Free in Mountainous Seas. By United Press BOSTON. Jan. 23. The Nantucket Lightship, guarding the most dangerous section of the New England coast, was torn from its mowings today by a northwest wind of hurricane force, according to a radio message to lighthouse headquarters at Chelsea. All ships in the vicinity were notified the lightship had ceased sending signals. The vessel was reported drifting southeastward, unable to make headway against mountainous seas.