Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 275, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 January 1936 Edition 02 — Page 3

JAN. 25, 1936.

F. D, R. SHOULD HOLD INDIANA, FINDS Capital Probably Will Be Arrayed Against Labor, He Declares. (Continued From Page One)

denti&l candidate. The nomination of Senator William Borah or Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas, for instance, would give many Republican farmers who have supported Mr. Roosevelt a place to light. Indiana farmers anxiously await word from Gov. Landon about his farm views. On the other hand, selection of Frank Knox, the .Chicago publisher, who has an organization at work in the state, or of another conservative or an Easterner, would, in the belief of informed observers here, probably leave many Republican larmers clinging to the Democratic roost. McNutt Is Strength, Weakness Both the strength and weakness of the Democratic Party in Indiana are centered in the dynamic, handsome Gov. McNutt, who radiates the aura of a man of destiny and pins his ambitions on the White House. The Governor has lost popularity. Opinion about him is sharply divided. All in all, he seems to have given the state a good administration. He has lowered farm taxes, and the state’s budget is balanced. He reorganized the state government, centralizing its functions and placing in his own hands powers formerly enjoyed by department heads. This has aroused antagonism and given the Republicans an issue. But the storm beats most heavily about charges that he has replaced efficient public servants with deserving Democrats of lesser caliber. Gives None the Nod In charge of the pie counter has been, until recently, the brusque Pleasant E. Greenlee (they call him “Pleas”), one of the men responsible for Gov. McNutt’s elevation. A few days ago Mr. Greenlee announced for Governor. But he neglected to step out of his job as executive secretary to the Governor. So the Governor fired him. Whether the rift is deep-seated remains to be seen. Numerous other ambitious Democrats have announced, or are on the point of announcing for the gubernatorial nomination. Gov. McNutt has given none the nod. One of them is worth mentioning because of his connection with another issue. This is Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend, who does not look like the high priest of the famous pension plan, but who has been gadding about lately to numerous Townsend Club meetings. His name may help him. Thurman Backs OARP A former Republican leader who may seek the nomination, M. Burt Thurman, once United States internal revenue collector, is openly riding the Townsend boom. Townsend Clubs claim half a million members in the state, but a check by someone in the state administration puts the figure at 198,000. Democrats are favored for the coming campaign by an efficient machine, thanks to Gov. McNutt, by greatly improved business conditions and a 30 per cent increase in farm income in 1935, by the expenditure of large Federal funds for various agencies in the state. They likewise may derive political benefit from another New Deal project just started in this staterural electrification. Work began a few days ago on a Boone County project, the first in the country, providing 161 miles of power line. The government* lends money and the farmer supplies a $5 deposit and pays a rate that will discharge the debt in 20 years. • Others Clamor for Service Farmers in other parts of the state are clamoring for electricity on the same terms. Former Senator James E. Watson. repudiated in 1932, is still said to dominate the Republican organization, which only recently has begun to bestir itself. Another oldtimer, former Gov. James P. Goodrich, a Hoover adherent, also is active again. Republicans are expected to send an uninstructed delegation to the Cleveland convention. BEECH GROVE PROJECT BACKERS ASK U. S. AID Homestead Society Hopes Federal Funds Will Be Granted. Members of the Beech Grove branch of the National Suburban Homestead Society hoped today that the Federal government would grant funds for a homestead project there. C. A. Norton regional director of the Rural Resettlement Administration, discussed activities of the division at a meeting in the Beech Grove City Hall last night. Residents of the community assisted Mr. Norton in surveying ground for the proposed project yesterday afternoon, and gathered data about the families it would benefit. Low-cost houses would be provided for 170 employes in the Beech Grove railroad shops, according to plans. “Mr. Norton seemed favorably impressed with our ideas.” Bert Wilhelm. president of the Beech Grove organization, said. HORACE SLIPPYTOBE BURIED IN CINCINNATI Services for Highway Employe Will Be Held There Monday. Funeral rites for Horace A. Slippy, 25 N. Wallace-st, are to be held in Cincinnati Monday. Burial is to be in Cincinnati. Mr. Slippy, an employe of the State Highway Commission, died in the Fowler Hotel at Lafayette Thursday night, while attending the annual road school at Purdue University. He was 43. Bom In Reindeck, la.. Mr. Slippy had been employed as chemical engineer in the building materials testing department of the commission the last two years. He lived in Cincinnati before coming to Indianapolis. Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Goldie Slippy, and three children, Vernon, Lola Jane and Virginia

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SMITH SET FOR LEAGUESPEECH New Yorker Expected to Condemn New Deal in Talk Tonight. (Continued From Page One) the annual Liberty League meeting at which Smith is expected to state the case for non-partisan opposition to President Roosevelt. Sitting with Smith as fellow League member will be John J. Raskob, the little man who was chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1928 to 1932. The league dinner is the beginning of three weeks of explosive campaign oratory. Senator William E. Borah and Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas, both potential Republican presidential nominees, will speak next week in Brooklyn and Topeka, respectively. Bitter Attack Expected On Feb. 12—Lincoln’s birthday— Senator Artnur V. Vandenberg of Michigan, and former President Hoover will invite politically minded listeners to speeches which will headline a general burst of Lincoln Day Republican oratory. Senator Vandenberg speaks in New York, Mr. Hoove"* on the West Coast. Speculation on Smith’s Speech assumed that it would be a biting arraignment of the Roosevelt Administration in the best tradition of one of America’s foremost platform performers. The address is expected to have significance as an indication of 1936 campaign trends and even perhaps to make a keynote for nonpartisan opposition to the New Deal. Technically a Democrat Smith still is a Democrat, technically of the same party as President Roosevelt. But a distinefc coolness has arisen. And the Republican National Committee is moving into the political battle with the cry that New Dealers are not genuine Democrats and that many Democrats would find themselves happier in the opposition camp. Popular interest in the Smith speech is at a high pitch. It started with the excitement over his rejection of an invitation to stay at the White IJouse during his Washington sojourn. He will begin his talk about 10 p. m. (9 Indianapolis time). Davis Lashes New Deal By l riled Press NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—The New Deal took a jolting attack last night from a former presidential candidate of its own party, John W. Davis, as it set itself for a second tonight from another one-time party head. Alfred E. Smith. Davis charged before the New York State Bar Association that President Roosevelt, whom he did not name but to whom he unmistakably referred, had reduced Congress to a rubber stamp and threatened the nation with despotism. Davis attacked the New Deal principally through a laudation of the United States Supreme Court, which has wrecked several important Administration measures. “A willful violation of the Constitution or a willful usurpation of power by any official, high or low, is an offense that no man who loves his country can pardon or condone,” he said. OFFICIAL WEATHER ___United States Weather Bureau ____ Sunrise 7:00 ! Sunset 4:56 TEMPERATURE —Jan. 25, 1985 7 a. m 16 1 p. m 34 —Today—--13 midnight .... 4 7 a. m 5 1 a. m 4 6 a. m 6 2 a. m. 4 9 a. m 7 3 a. m 5 10 a. m 8 4 a. m. 4 11 a. m 14 5 a. m. 3 13 (Noon) .... 16 *a. . 4 Ip-m __ 16 BAROMETER 7 a. m 30.36 1 p. m 30.34 Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m... .06 Total precipitation since Jan. 1 1.26 Deficiency since Jan. 1 1.27 OTHEF CITIES AT 7 A.. M. Station. Weather. Bar. Temp. Amarillo Tex Cloudy 30.16 22 Bismarck. N. D Clear 30.4 g —l2 Boston Clear 30.06 10 Chicago Clear 30 40 —2 Cincinnati Snow 30.36 8 Denver .. Clear 30 16 22 Dodge City. Kas. . Cloudy 30.34 14 Helena. Mont Snow 30.46 16 Jacksonville. Fla. ... Clear 30 28 42 Kansas City. Mo ... Clear 30.42 —2 Little Rock. Ark. Clear 30.22 30 Los Angeles Clear 29.92 44 Miami. Fla PtCldv 30 18 68 Minneapolis Cloud* 30 34 —lO Mobile. Ala Cloudv 30.16 46 New Orleans Cloudy 30.12 50 New York Clear 30.28 8 Okla. Citv. Okla Clear 30 24 16 Omaha. Neb Clear 30 48 —l6 Pittsburgh Cloudy 30.38 —-4 Portland. Ore Clear 30.04 38 San Antonio. Tex Clear 29.98 52 San Francisco Clear 29.88 48 St. Louis Snow 30 36 8 Tampa. Fla. Cloudy 30.23 52 WMbicJtton. D. C Cloudy 80.49 10

SHOOTING SPURS VENUE PLEA IN ALABAMA CASE Defense Sure to Seize on Attack as Reason for Federal Trial. (Continued From Page One)

defendant, who was shot down by Sheriff J. S. Sandlin. Protests poured in upon Gov. Bibb Graves at Montgomery. The International Labor Defense, long active in behalf of the Negroes, charged the incident was “a deliberate frame-up to cause a lynching.” The Governor filed all protests without comment. / National Guard troops were held In readiness. Powell, possibly fatally wounded with a bullet hole in his brain, lay under guard at a Birmingham hospital. Deputy Blaylock was believed out of danger. Powell was “holding on,” Dr. W. S. Littlejohn reported to Gov. Bibb Graves after examining the Negro today. He said Powell was still semi-conscious, with a fairly strong pulse, and still had “50-50 chance to live.” Recognizing the natural reaction to the frustrated escape attempt by Powell and two fellow prisoners, Lieut. Gov. Thomas E. McKnight Jr., special state prosecutor in the cases, said at Montgomery: “I can not say what effect the incident will have on the trials of the other seven Negroes. I realize the defense counsel will capitalize on it to renew their efforts to seek another change of venue from Morgan Circuit Court to Federal District Court, contending racial feeling will now run so high as to make it impossible for them to have a fair trial in Circuit Court.” Several efforts of the defense to obtain such a change of venue have thus far failed. Peddler Suspect Held Stabbing of Blaylock and shooting of Powell occurred while the nine Scottsboro defendants were being returned here from Decatur, where a jury this week found Haywood Patterson, key defendant, guilty for the fourth time and sentenced him to 75 years in prison. How Powell obtained the knife with which he admitted slashing the deputy was a matter of investigation. Deputy Sheriff Jack Taylor said that Powell told him he “bought two knives from a Negro candy salesman for 30 cents and had been carrying them for two days.” Powell identifed the candy man only as “Ernest.” The Morgan County sheriff’s office announced that Ernest Meriwether was being held at Decatur for questioning in connection with smuggling knives to Powell. Meriwether was said to have made a trip to the Decatur Courthouse yesterday, fetching tobacco to a juror on the second Scottsboro case, that of Clarence Norris. He had been called by Sheriff Sandlin. Lieut. Gov. McKnight discounted a suggestion that “radical elements” had smuggled in the knives. Believes Powell’s Story “J am inclined to believe Powell’s story that he and Andy Wright (one of the defendants with Powell at the time of the stabbing), plotted the escape. The conduct of the Negroes heretofore has been exemplary and many privileges have been extended to them. “I understand visitors were permitted to see them frequently, to give them food, so it would have been a simple matter to smuggle in the knives. However, I can not explain the apparent carelessness on the part of law officers in not searching them.” Sheriff Ssndlin, who fired the pistol shot which ended the attempted escape, wounding Powell, was praised by the Lieutenant Governor for handling the situation “with relatively little bloodshed.” Pals Knew of Plans Deputy Sheriff Jack Taylor reported that Powell told him, just before he was taken to the operating table, that “all the boys”—his companions accused of assaulting two white girl “hoboes” on a freight train five years ago—knew that he had planned to escape. “He said he bough ttwo knives from a Negro candy salesman for 30 cents each and had been carrying them three days,” Taylor reported. The escape attempt was made approximately 70 miles from Birmingham, near Cullman, Ala., while the nine Scottsboro youths were being brought from Decatur, where two of them had been on trial. Judge W. W. Callahan just had sentenced one of them, Heywood Patterson, 23, to 75 years in prison and adjourned the trials of the others indefinitely because an importaxu witness was ill. The nine prisoners were being taken to Birmingham in three automobiles, with carloads of state patrolmen before and behind the cavalcade. Powell, Roy Wright and Olarence Norris were in the middle car, handcuffed together in the rear seat. Sheriff Sandlin and Deputy Blaylock rode in the front, with Sandlin driving. Fires Point-Blank Into Face Sandlin said Powell, sitting on the right side of the handcuffed trio, with his right hand free, precipitated the fight in the car by drawing a knife and thrusting it at Blaylock’s throat. Powell said later that he didn’t intend to cut Blaylock, that he meant only to hold the knife at his throat and seize his gun and then force the sheriff to drive the car during a race for freedom. But he lunged too far with the knife, or Blaylock jerked, and the long blade slashed the deputy’s throat. Sandlin whirled in his seat and fired into Powell’s face. When officers from the following two cars arrived the three Negroes, Sandlin and his deputy were slugging each other violently in the closed car. Heart Fails Aged Man William Kruse. 72, of 42 N. Dennyst. died today of a heart attack while working in the blacksmith shop of the Fairmount Glassworks, 1601 S. Keystone-av. Glossbrenner to Speak Herbert M. Glossbrenner is to speak over radio station WFBM at 7:45 tomorrow morning on “Patience.”

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Wide Open mm* Lou Holtz Cashes In on His Ability to Throw Golf Ball.

By United Press MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 25.—Lou Holtz, radio and stage comedian, yesterday rounded the 18 holes of the SIO,OOO Biltmore Golf Open course in 48 over par—and collected more money than Horton Smith did when he won the top prize of the classic this season. Holtz didn’t exactly follow usual golf procedure. He made $2550 in bets that he cou.'d throw the ball around the course in less than 130 tosses. He did it in 120. Followed by a large gallery and heckling bettors, Holtz tossed from tee to fairway, from trap to green and finally into each cup. The comedian threw the out nine in 60 and returned in an equal card. When he marble-shot an 18-foot “putt,” both he and the gallery were surprised. “Well,” he said, “You coulda knocked me down with Kate Smith.” It was playing the water holes that brought Lou the greatest strain. They were tough. Often he was forced to roll the ball a bare 15 yards to the edge of a canal hazarding the course to be sure he could toss it over the water. The course was 6640 yards. "Tvly arm was one solid pain,” he lamented, “and even my shirt sleeve aches. Ouch!” FATHER KICKED INFANT TO DEATH, POLICE SAY Albany Officials Report Confession From Relief Worker. By United Press ALBANY, Jan. 25.—Samuel Bellinger, 28-year-old relief worker, confessed today, police said, that he kicked his 7-months-old son, Clarence, to death because the child screamed constantly. Neighbors of the Bellingers were startled when they heard Bellinger’s 21-year-old wife scream: “My God, the baby is dead.” Clarence was in his carriage. The mother picked up the infant and rushed around the room screaming. An autopsy revealed the baby received a skull fracture, a broken left arm and fractures of several ribs. NEGRO GIVEN $1069 SLUM PROJECT CHECK Two Identify Him for Court; lie Thinks He’ll Buy Business. George Washington (Wantssome) Williams, Negro, today was handed a check for $1069.26, Federal payment for land condemned in ihe slum clearance project here to which his family had title. He was identified as George Washington (Wantssome) Williams by a city detective and a former school teacher, and, clutching the check, left Federal Court with the announcement that he is going back to Louisville to start a business. He didn’t know just what kind. HARRY LEVE FUNERAL RITES HERE TOMORROW Indianapolis Merchant for 40 Years Dies at Home. Harry Leve. Indianapolis merchant for 40 years, died today at his home, 2602 E. 17th-st. Services are to be at 2 tomorrow afternoon at the Aaron and Rubin Funeral Home, 1943 N. Meridian-st, and burial is to be in Knesis Israel. Mr. Leve is survived by his widow, Mrs. Bessie Leve, two daughters, Freda Levy and Mrs. Dora Prince; a son, Manuel; a brother, Morris, and two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Levy and Mrs. Goldie Levin. NEGRO STRUCK BY CAR IS INJURED CRITICALLY Tennessee Resident Steps in Front of Auto; Driver Arrested. James M. Sharp, 65, Negro, Chattanooga. Tenn., is in a critical condition in City Hospital today with injuries received when he walked in front of an auto at, 117 E Wash-ington-st last night. The driver, John M. Young, 854 Fletcher-av, was arrested on a charge of failure to stop after an accident. Sharp was said to have walked into the car’s path as he stepped into the street from between two parked autos. 85 BLIND WILL GET AID Judge Cox Signs Pension Applications for $5 to $25 Monthly. Circuit Judge Earl R. Cox today has signed 85 blind pension applications which will entitle the petitioners to monthly pensions ranging from -,'5 to $25. The pensions were provided for by the 1935 Legislature. Named Rotary Speaker Cyril J. Bath, Cleveland manufacturer and insurance executive, is to speak on “England’s Recovery with Managed Money” at the Rotary Club luncheon Tuesday in the Claypool.

Aged Veteran Dismayed by Slight to War Relics Climbs to Fourth Floor of Statehouse to Relive Stirring Days; Learns Beloved ‘Antikkies’ Are in Basement. A venerable gentleman, one of that “thinning line of Blue” immortalized in both prose and poetry, came to the Statehouse yesterday. He made his way to the fourth floor and lost himself among the serried ranks of mounted battle flags which tell the story of Indiana's Civil War participation.

What thoughts went through his mind and what images the tattered banners evoked are conjectural, of course, but presumably his memories went back to the days of 186165 when youth was singing in his blood and he bravely marched away to do battle with “Johnny Reb.” But the battle flags apparently didn’t satisfy his yearning for the old days because he inquired at the office of the Public Service Commie, sion on the fourth ofr*

MORE AID FDR WAR VETERANS OF U.jt LOOKS First Trickles of New Demands Visible in Congress; Four Bills Pending. (Continued From Page One)

payment of pensions at 75 per cent of existing rates to widows of veterans who died of disabilities not incurred in the service. Widows, Orphans First Upon enactment of the bonus bill, the Legion’s widows and orphans’ bill will become first on the legislative program of the Legion executive committee, to be pushed even ahead of its universal draft bill. Last May President Roosevelt predicted, in his bonus veto, that if veterans are given cash now “every candidate for election to the Senate or House of Representatives will in the near future be called upon in the name of patriotism to support general pension legislation for all veterans, regardless of need or age.” So far, the Veterans of Foreign Wars’ proposal calls for pensions based on age and degree of disability. Such a measure, applying to widows and orphans but not to the World War veterans themselves, was reported by the House Pensions Committee in 1932, and the House actually adopted a milder bill proposed by the Legion. Neitheir measure made progress in the Senate. 407,564 Now Get Help Veterans now receiving disability and other allowances from the United States number 407,564. Mr. Roosevelt estimated last spring that $7,800,000,000 had already been paid out to and for World War veterans. If benefits were extended to all veterans, the cost, over a period of 18 years, should be around $82,000,000,000, a sum almost three times as great as the present national debt. If Civil War precedent were followed, general pensions for veterans would be available not later than 1940. Pensions for widows may be provided even earlier, since those receiving monthly sums under the 20-year war-risk insurance policies will come to the end of their allowances within two years. Veterans of the War of 1812 were not given general pensions until 56 years after the war. Mexican War survivors had their pension within 40 years. Civil war veterans suffering from any disability, whether or not incurred in the war, were pensioned 25 years after their discharge, and 10 years later they were all made eligible for pensions if they had reached the age of 62. Wait Only 12 Years World War veterans had to wait 12 years only for concessions it took Civil War veterans 25 years to win, and although they lost some ground in the 1933 Economy Act, they have since regained much of it. Two-thirds of the pensioners now on the United States rolls are disabled World War veterans or their dependents. Pensions are still being paid to three widows and one daughter of the War of 1812, 282 dependents of Mexican War veterans, 12,500 survivors of the Civil War and 96,915 dependents, 8544 veterans and dependents of the Indian Wars, 178,245 Spanish War veterans and 42,981 dependents. In addition to the 407,564 World War veterans on the rolls there are 110,744 dependents of men who died in the service. HOT ASHES START FIRE IN BAKERY BOILER ROOM Second Blaze in Year Also Damages Roof at Model Company. Fire caused by hot ashes, which had been taken from the boiler while a frozen valve was being repaired early today damaged the bolier room and roof of the Model Bakery, 1401 Madison-av. The loss was estimated at more than SBOO by Walter Krome, the owner. It was the second fire at the bakery in about a year. THREE MINERS RESCUED Bicknell Men, Trapped by Flames, Are Saved. By United Press BICKNELL, Ind., Jan. 25. — Trapped in the Panhandle Coal mine by fire, three miners, last of a late shift of 35 men, were rescued by Bicknell and Vincennes firemen last night. The three-hour blaze caused SSOOO damage to the tipple and hoisting machinelry. Offer to Buy Waterworks By United Press KOKOMO, Ind., Jan. 25. The city of Kokomo today had sent the American Water Works and Electric Cos., New York, an offer to purchase the Kokomo waterworks for $1,290,000. Roosevelt Greeters Named The First Division Society is to meet at the Columbia Club at 11 tomorrow to meet Col. Theodore Roosevelt, who is to speak at 2 tomorrow in the English Theater under the auspices of the Hoosier Republican Club.

“Where d’ye keep the Civil War antiques?” (He called them “antikkies.”) He was told they had been moved years ago to the Statehouse Museum in the basement. The old gentleman seemed a bit put out by this additional evidence of the way the world changes, but headed for the basement in each of the “antikkies ’ that called back his youth.

Park Progress 15 Years Ahead, Board Boasts; Federal Aid Gets Hand $10,000,000 System Created Without Additional Burden on Taxpayers, Is Claim; $1,500,000 in WPA Money Available for 1936. BY TOM OCHILTREE Those shrewd traders. Park Board members, rubbed their hands today and proudly announced they were 15 years ahead on all park improvement plans. Pointing to maps, they showed visitors and each other the new clubhouses, parks and boulevards that spread fan-like in all directions. All this new work, which they

claim has given Indianapolis a $10,000,000 park system, was carried on with Federal aid and with funds they saved from their own budgets. No bonds were issued in the last three years. The stoopshouldered taxpayer did not have to reach down any further in his pocket, they said. Nor is the board at the end of its financial rope. Approximately $1,500,000 in WPA money has been approved for 1936 development, most of which will be used for labor, members announced. Reforestation to Continue The extensive reforestation program, which already has given this city half a million new trees and shrubs of all native varieties, is to be continued. A 16-acre Riverside tourist camp is to be converted into a public park. All the crushed stone park walks are to be resurfaced with bituminous material to make them more serviceable. But the board just Is taking a windup. They class these as minor improvements. Many of the major WPA projects, started last fall, are to be completed this year and the commissioners intend to extend the north drive of Fall Creek-pkwy from Key-stone-av to 56th-st, a distance of two and a half miles. Pleasant Run-pkwy, from S. Me-ridian-st to Bluff-rd, now is under construction and will be completed early this spring,- they predict. Angry Golfers Mollified The proposed boulevard along Pleasant Run from Arlington-av north and east to Shadeland-dr and 56th-st, still is in the drawing board stage, but construction is to start soon. The board had to soothe angry public links golfers to put this project across. A survey also is being made for extension of Fall Creek-pkwy from 56th-st to the Marion County line, a distance of 11 miles. These projects are expected to put the whole improvement program ahead five years. Their past performances, they said, have outdone their old 10-year plan. Federal aid. proved the great bonanza. The FERA, CWA and WPA all made contributions. Some of these projects date back to the old basket system of poor-relief, when the Park Department employed from 4000 to 6000 men weekly. Matched Federal Funds Commissioners pointed out that they matched these Federal grants with money saved from their own budgets. “All this is so much velvet to local people,” A. C. Sallee, park superintendent said. “Local governmental costs haven’t been increased because of these improvements.” The board’s first large job, undertaken with relief work in 1931, was construction of Pleasant Runblvd from E. Washington-st near Emerson-av to Keystone-av near Prospect-st. At a cost of $60,000 the East Side park system was hooked up with South Side centers. Construction of Kessler-blvd east from Keystone-av to Brendenwoodrd and Fall Creek, was completed in 1934 as an FERA project. The board acquired this right-of-way years ago, but assumed it would be another decade before work was started. $209,000 Job for $20,000 Engineers estimated it would have cost the city $200,000 to build this boulevard without Federal aid. As it was, the board spent $20,000 for materials. Clarendon-rd from Maple-rd to Hampton-dr, and Pleasant Runpkwy from Shelby-st to Keystoneav, also were completed in 1934. Both were handled as FERA projects. Pleasant Run-pkwy from Englishav through Denny-st, Ellenbergerpkwy, east and west drives, from St. Clair-st to E. lOth-st, and N. Meridian-st from Kessler-blvd to 61st-st also were built with FERA funds. The plans, supervision, engineering work and much of the materials were furnished by the Park Department. In addition, more than 30,000 lineal feet of curb was constructed erosion control along White River was started and the Coffin Golf clubhouse was remodeled. Three New Parks Opened Three new parks have been opened to the public since 1932, and development work in all these has been done largely with FERA and CWA labor. These are Belmont Park, a 28acre tract at White River-pkwy and Belmont-av; Northwestern Park, a 14-acre tract at Northwestem-av and Fall Creek-pkwy, and Bethel Park, a 15-acre tract at Bethel-av and Minnesota-st. A shelter house for Bethel Park is expected to be completed within a few months, “And that isn’t counting all the minor improvements that have beautified our system,” Mr. Sallee said. “New walks have been constructed, sections cleaned up, swamp land reclaimed and gardens improved. “All of this work has had a tendency to raise property values in this city,” he said. SALESMAN IS ARRESTED Danville Resident Charged With Embezzlement by Firm. Richard Bishop, alias Harry Simpson, 34, Danville, Ind., is under arrest today on a warrant charging him with embezzling from the J. C. Cusack Cos., Inc., 443 E. Washingtonst, chinaware dealers, last summer. He is a former salesman for the firm. Townsend Club to Meet Townsend Plan Club No. 2 is to meet at 7:30 Monday evening in the First United Presbyterian Church, 22d-st and Park-av. The Rev. R. S. Easterday is to speak. The supper originally planned is not to be serv||.

BRITISH, FRENCH PACTJRKS RUCE Mussolini Warns Paris He May Change Feeling on Locarno Treaty. By United Press ROME, Jan. 25.—Premier Benito Mussolini has warned the French government he may revise his attitude toward the Locarno Treaty because of the Mediterranean agreement by which Great Britain will receive aid in event of an attack by Italy, it was understood today in foreign quarters. The warning was said to have been conveyed in a conversation Mussolini had yesterday with Count Charles de Chambrun, French ambassador. Under the Locarno Treat}’, Great Britain, France, Belgium, Germany and Italy pledged mutual support. Mussolini was said to have told Chambrun that he wanted to be informed of the meaning and extent of the Mediterranean understandings, that he considered them unjustified, and that if his view of them was confirmed, he might reconsider Italy’s obligations under the Locarno Treaty. Observers took this to imply that Mussolini might reconsider his attitude regarding the frontiers of Western Europe. JUDGE ORDERS PROBE OF CHILD MARRIAGE Learns Boy Burglar Suspect, 17, Is Wed to Girl, 14. By United' Press . CHICAGO, Jan. 25.—Judge J. M. Braude said today he will ask Gov. McNutt of Indiana to investigate the marriage of a 17-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl by Justice of the Peace Clarence B. Kitchell, Crown Point, Ind., famed Gretna Green for Chicago elopers. The young husband, Roy Haisler, was arrested for burglary and appeared before Judge Braude yesterday. He was released on probation pending an investigation of his case after social workers reported his young wife is to become a mother. Indiana law, Judge Braude said, requires that boys be 18 and girls 16 in order to marry, and at those ages must have the consent of their parents. Haisler and his wife eloped to Crown Point last September. HIGH SCHOOLS ARE TO WELCOME NEW PUPILS Exercises to Be Monday Aftmoon; Old Students Meet in Morning. Exercises for pupils entering Indianapolis high schools at the start of the new semester are to be held Monday afternoon. Old pupils are to assemble at 8:15 that morning for class assignments. Principals E. H. Kemper McComb, Manual; George Buck, Shortridge; K. V. Ammerman, Broad Ripple; DeWitt Morgan, Technical, and Walter G. Gingery, Washington, are to address the new freshmen in their respective schools. The Rev. Jasper H. Cox, Speedway M. E. Church pastor, also is to speak on the Washington program. FIVE FIREMEN INJURED One Hurt Seriously as New Albany Truck and Auto Collide. By United Press NEW ALBANY, Ind., Jan. 25. five firemen were injured, one seriously, when an automobile driven by Robert Friend, 22, collided with a fire truck answering an alarm. Davis Fogle is in St. Edward’s Hospital, suffering from internal injuries. KINDER WARM FOR HIM Eskimo Chieftain's Son Amused at Complaints in South Bend. Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., Jan. 25. The few hurrying persons Cheetet Keetumi Unket met in his saunter along South Bend streets received this greeting from the smiling son of an Eskimo tribal chieftain: “I’m used to 60 and 70 below zero.” Merrill Tent to Meet Katherine Merrill Tent No. 9, Daughters of Union Veterans, is to meet at 2 Monday afternoon at Fort Friendly, 512 N. Illinois-st.

Will find Seville’s Towne j&hAuZL Dinner the answer to “Where can I find good i tasty home style cook--6M4( O€55€RT ing?” Don’t let the low price influence you for Slindav against the finest dinner a / in town. Choice of Braised Round of Beef Browned Pear # I I Fricassee of Veal rjtt with Mushrooms Fried Fillet of Sole Tartar Sauce _XiWtrfMW

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‘STOP WATSON,’ THEME SON 6 OF YOUNG G. 0. P. Youthful Republicans Sound Cry as Time Nears for Parley Tonight. (Continued From Page One)

to stop the Watson ambitions. By such a course they hope to preserve harmony in the party and at the same time call attention of convention delegates to what is going on. Ask Uninstructed Delegates The committee on type of delegates has urged that all delegates be represented in person, that they come uninstructed and that they use unusual care in seeing that their districts are represented by independent and intelligent persons. The committee on place and importance of committeemen in the party program stressed the importance of the dissemination of party truths through educational methods. Newspapers throughout the state were lauded by the relationships committee for the unbiased manner in which they had enlightened their reading publics. Young Leadership Urged Young leadership was encouraged by the report of that committee, and women were called upon to take a more important part in formulating the policies and platform of the party. At the general sessions this afternoon, Dr. A. W. Cordier of North Manchester was the leader of discussions. John K. Ruckelshaus spoke on the problems of young voters and made a plea for party harmony. Other speakers were Don B. Irwin, Frankfort, state chairman; Sidney S. Miller, Indianapolis; Raymond H. Sellers, Franklin; Ralph F. Gates. Columbia City, and Miss Genevieve Brown, Winamac. tonight a banquet is to be held at which Benjamin Wallace Douglass author of the much discussed “New Deal Comes to Brown County,” is to speak. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. is to speak tomorrow at a mass meeting at English’s Theater to which all Republicans or "constitutionally minded” citizens are invited. Commendation Received Hoosier Republican leaders had before them today letters of praise written by Henry P. Fletcher, Republican national chairman, and Col. Frank Knox, Chicago Daily News publisher, to Dan Flanagan, Fort Wayne, the conference chairman. Both Mr. Fletcher and Col. Knox praised the objectives of the conference which include the rebuilding of the Republican organization “from the precinct up.” “Our coming campaign must be a factual campaign,” Mr. Fletchec wrote Mr. Flanagan. “The people are clamoring for facts and the truth. They are sick and tired of misleading ballyhoo.” Col. Knox said he has noticed an increasing swing from the Democratic party and is confident Indiana and Illinois will go hand in hand with the rest of the country to a Republican victory this year. CITY LAWYER TO TALK AT RICHMOND RALLY George Barnard Booked for G. O. P. Meeting Feb. 12. Times Special RICHMOND, . Ind., Jan. 25. George Barnard, Indianapolis and Newcastle attorney, is to speak at a Lincoln Day rally of Wayne County Republicans here Feb. 12, Harry Reeves, committee chairman, announced today. Committee members assisting Mr. Reeves are Henry U. Johnson Jr., Paul Comstock, Mrs. Lester Leiter and Mrs. John Shroyer. MAYOR NAMES GROUP TO RECODIFY LAWS Slack, Pritchard and Emhardt Selected for Task. Mayor Kern today named L. Ert Slack, former Mayor; Walter Pritchard. Republican nominee the Mayor defeated in the last election, and Adolph G. Emhardt Jr. as the three attorneys who are to recodify the city ordinances. Each is to receive $750 yearly. Mayor Kern announced that he Is to leave early next week for Florida. DEMOCRAT LEADER DEAD C. R. Johnson, Laurence County Chairman Dies at Bedford. Times Special BEDFORD, Ind., Jan. 25.—Funeral services were planned today, for C. R. Johnson, Lawrence County Democratic chairman, whose death occurred at his home here late yesterday. Mr. Johnson, mayor of Bedford from 1922 to 1926, was 55. Surviving are the widow and a daughter, Mrs. Ben Poe.