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MERCURY MAY HIT 10 BELOW, CITY WARNED

New Cold Wave Is Due Here Tomorrow, Weather Man Forecasts. 202 DEAD IN 22 STATES Floods Threaten South as Thaw Starts; East Also Hard Hit. Anew cold wave, bringing temperatures of zero to 10 below, is due here tomorrow. It will be preceded tonight by snow. Coming as it will after the city has enjoyed above-freezing temperatures in the last 24 hours, the cold wave will bring renewed suffering to the city’s indigent, will make more acute .the coal shortage situation, and again tax relief agencies. Even before its advent, one more Indianapolis person succumbed to injuries received as a result of the cold. Mrs. Jennie Misner, 1321 Olive-st, died last night in City Hospital. She fell on ice Feb. 1 at Orange and Shelby-sts and fractured a hip. She was 71. In spite of the thaw yesterday there still was ice enough to cause three persons to fall and injure themselves. They are Mrs. Clara Buckerfeldt, 46. of 712 N. Alabamast; Mrs. Catherine Beasley, 49, of 1215 S. 9th-st, and Robert Taylor, 44, of 745 E. Vermont-st. An auto, unmanageable on the ice, struck Charles McDaniels, 55, at Georgia and Illinois-sts eajdy today and broke his left leg. He said he had no definite address. Last night persons called The Times office and said there was a curious ring around the moon. The night editor looked out and left a memo: “It did look a little cockeyed.” 202 Dead in 22 States By United Press Blizzards roared over the Rocky Mountain region today, promising more snow and severe cold for nearly all of the nation east to the Atlantic. Deaths attributable to the more than a fortnight of unprecedented cold rose to 202 in 22 states. Coal miners worked overtime in lowa, Illinois, Kentucky and Ala(Turn to Page Three)

SHELBY JURY TO GET SHERIFFS CHECK CASE Ray Is Defendant in Suit Seeking Fayment of S2OOO. A Shelby County circuit Court jury today i£ to be charged with deciding whether Sheriff Ray of Marion County owes Sigmond B. Topkpf, Springfield. 0., S2OOO on a check written to his brother-in-law in 1927. The sheriff claims that the check was written as a business accommodation, not to be cashed, when he dissolved partnership with A. O. Strauss, the plaintiff's relative. TRIO HELD FOR ATTACK ON STUDENT AT I. U. One Member Identified; Others Deny Participation. By United Press BLOOMINGTON. Ind., Feb. B. Three men were held by authorities today in connection with the attack and robbery of Erie Robert Schneider, 22, Logansport, Indiana University student. Wayne Mercer, arrested yesterday, implicated Robert Seay and Basil Wade, who were taken early today. Mercer was identified by Schneider as one of his assailants. Seay and Wade denied participation. HEARING IS CONDUCTED Tax Board Reviews Proposal for $118,030 County Appropriation. A hearing on the proposed appropriation of $118,030.20 for operation of Marion County departments and institutions is being conducted today by the State Tax Board. Sixteen taxpayers have presented a remonstrance against a S9OO item for medical work' at the county infirmary. They said the superintendent is a physician and can handle this need. PEKIN STRIKE SETTLED Distillery Workers to Resume Work After Three Weeks. By United Press PEKIN. HI.. Feb. B.—Settlement of the distillery workers walkout which led to a paralyzing 52-hour gpneral strike returned this thriving Midwest industrial town to normal conditions today. Six hundred distillery workers, many of whom picketed for nearly three weeks in subzero weather, will return to work Monday. General strike ended at noon Thursday. \ Times Index Page Amusements 11 Auto News 16 Births, Deaths 12 Broun 9 Church News 8 Comics 15 Editorial 10 Financial 14 Junior Aviation 12 Pegler 9 Radio 2 Serial Story 6 Sports 4,5 State Deaths 3 Want Ads 12,13 Woman’s Pages 6,7

The Indianapolis Times FORECAST: Snow tonight and tomorrow with severe cold wave and temperatures zero to 10 below.

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BANGS TO FIGHT BOARB'S RULING

Mayor Is to Ask Court to Set Aside Finding of Commission. By United Press HUNTINGTON, Ind., Feb. B. Charging the Public Service Commission “is dominated by power interests,” Mayor Clare W. H. Bangs of Huntington today prepared new legal action in his fight with the Northern Indiana Power Cos. The commission denied a certificate of public necessity and convenience to the Municipal Light and Power Cos., an ally of Mr. Bangs, after a hearing in which the militant mayor questioned witnesses. “We need a good house cleaning in the Statehouse,” said Mayor Bangs. “The Public Service Commission was created to protect the rights of the people, but it is dominated by power interests.” “The Governor appointed the members of the commission and contributions to campaign funds elect the Governor,” he charged. An action is to be filed in Huntington Circuit Court to set aside the order of the commission, Mayor Bangs indicated. Appeal of the commission order through the Circuit Courts provided under the Spencer-Shively act, he explained. If the lower court denies the appeal, the case is to be appealed to the Indiana Supreme Court. “It will serve to place the proposition before the people of Indiana,” the mayor commented.

STOCKS IRREGULAR AT MARKET OPENING Trading Is Fairly Active; Bonds Firm. By United Press NEW YORK, Feb. B.—Stocks opened irregular in a narrow range today with trading fairly active. Bonds were firm, cotton futures were steady to firm, and the dollar little changed. (Bv Thomson & McKinnon> 10:30 A M. Prev. N Y. close. B & O 19' 2 19 s * C & O 59‘* 58 s * Delaware & Hudson 46' 2 46> a N Y Cent 35 35 Pennsylvania 35',a 35>i Am Loco 30 30 Gen Elec 39 7 g3339 3 Westinghouse 121 120' 2 Firestone 32'*3332 3 Goodvear 26' 2 26 3 Auburn 47'* 47 3 * Chrysler 94 '2 94 7 Gen Motors 58 57 3 Briggs 53 3 a 53 3 a Elec Auto Lite 39 s * 39 Bendix 23 '2 24 Douglas 68 3 70 Alaska Juneau 16' 4 16'* Anaconda 3330 3 3330 3 Freeport Texas 33 '2 33 '2 Kennecott 33 '2 33 7 Allied Chem 162 162 Atlantic Resin 32 3 i 32 3 i S O of Cal 46 46 S O Os Ni 59\ 59 3 i S O of Ir,d 4040 U S Si eel 51 3 * 51 Rep Iro.i & Steel 21 7 21 3 4 AT&T 169 3 4 169' 2 Cons Gas 34 3 4 35 I T &• T 17'4 17 s , Western Un 85 85'* Gen Foods 33 s * 34 Mont Ward 39'* 39 Am Can 124-2 125 Conti Can 78 79 Int Harvester 6S 7 * 67 Remington Rand 21 3 21 s * Am Radiator 23' 2 23 s * SEVERED ARTERY FATAL Police Say Sherman Ellis Pushed Arm Through Door Glass. Sherman Ellis, 29. of 528 Cablest, died today in City Hospital of injuries received when, according lo police, he “got mad” and shoved his arm through a door glass in the Charles Drury grocery, 338 Minkner-st, Jan. 30, and cut an artery.

Its mighty flow fettered by subzero temperatures which transformed it into enormous masses of gleaming ice, the American Falls of Niagara is shown here in surpassing winter beauty, as thousands of spectators gathered to

Two Gigantic Strikes Are Threatened in New York 100,000 Garment Workers and Employes of 210 Hotels Vote to Walk Out Next Week. „ By United Press NEW YORK, Feb. B.—Two gigantic strikes threatened New York City today. More than 100,000 garment workers have announced they will strike next week, probably Monday. Elevator operators, bell hops, maids, and clerks of 210 hotels notified their employers and city authorities that they would strike Monday unless the hotels agree to arbitrate wage and hour demands.

Affected hotels include some of the largest in the country—the New Yorker, Pennsylvania, Astor, McAlpin. Commodore and Roosevelt. Garment workers approved their strike almost unanimously at mass meetings yesterday. Most of the strikers work in New York, but those in other garment centers also will walk out. Union heads continued conversations with employers’ associations but said a strike was inevitable. They promised Mayor LaGuardia they would not call the strike before Wednesday. Both the union and the employers’ associations prepared for a potentially violent affray while they sought a settlement of their differences by arbitration. President William Gi’en of the American Federation of Labor telegraphed an assurance that the A. F. of L. would support the strike and offered to come to New York himself to join the union board of strategy. Twenty-two thousand union members who jammed Madison Square Garden yesterday almost drowned out their officers’ speeches with belligerent demands for a walkout without delay. Heads of the hotel- workers said all the larger inns were 100 per cent unionized and that a strike would stop their service completely. State of Seige Ordered (Copyright. 1936. by United Press) SANTIAGO. Chile, Feb. B.—A three-months’ state of siege was proclaimed today in all provinces affected by a series of lighting strikes the government believes to be part of a co-ordinate communistic revolutionary movement. More than 900 strikers, saboteurs who have derailed trains on the state railways and Communist leaders, were under arrest this morning and more arrests were expected. There have been varied motives involved in the strikes, but the government is convinced that they are partly motivated also by a centralized effort to foment a revolution of Communist nature. LAMSON DEFENSE MAY CHANGE ITS STRATEGY Fourth Trial of Accused Killer to Be Resumed Monday. By United Press SAN JOSE. Cal., Feb. B.—David A. Lamson’s attorneys are to pursue an entirely new course of defense strategy when the former Stanford Press employe's fourth trial on wife murder charges resumes Monday, it was indicated today. First testimony dealing with Allen e Thorpe Lamson’s three-year-old death mystery was presented yesterday. State prosecutors still apparently are determined to send Lamson to the gallows. They charge he beat his wife to death. Attorneys said the defense probably will content itself with showing inaccuracies and impossibilities in the state’s case.

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view the magnificent spectacle. Appearing like pigmies, as photographed from the Canadian side, they crossed the frozen river, shown in the background and struggled across the huge mounds of ice and snow piled below the cataract.

G-MEN WILL PUSH WHITE SLAVE DRIVE Nation-Wide Raids Planned, Hoover Reveals. By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. B—The Department of Justice plans a nationwide driye on vice rings trafficking in white slavery, Director J. Edgar Hoover revealed today. Raids this week, in Florida and New York were forerunners of many others to follow in all parts of the country, Mr. Hoover said. His G-men have been busy for months gathering evidence. Mr. Hoover said his investigations had revealed that powerful vice rings operate in almost every large city in the country. Each is dominated by an underworld “boss” who co-operates with similar “bosses” in other cities. The roundup is to include racketeers and gamblers operating from coast to coast, Mr. Hoover said. SEPARATE RITES TO BE HELD FOR STEWARTS Wife to Be Buried in Shelbyville, Husband Here. Separate funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Stewart, who died as result of a fire in their apartment, 3640 N. Meridian-st, Thursday are to be held Monday. Rites for Mrs. Stewart are to be held at 2 in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Burton Gillespie, Shelbyville, Ind., with burial in Shelbyville. Mr. Stewart is to be buried from the Shirley Brothers Funeral Home Chapel, 946 N. Illinois-st, at 10. Burial is to be in Crown Hill. LIGHTS WENT OUT—AND ALSO HIS sls But Money Didn’t Come Back With the Lights, Police Told. Ed H. Kruase, 61, of 24 S. Cap-itol-av, is a sadder but wiser man today. Last night, with three friends, Kruase left the Manhattan Tavern, arrived at another address which he can not remember. The lights went out. In the darkness, someone took sls from Kruase’s pocket, he reported to police. The lights went on again, but the money w r as not returned. Buron Fitts Is Acquitted By United Press LOS ANGELES, Feb. B.—Buron Fitts, district attorney of Los Angeles Comity today returned to his office cleared of perjury charges by a fury’s acquittal verdict.

SOUTH ANXIOUS OVER TVA FATE

Supreme Court Action to Spread Either Joy or Gloom. BY MARSHALL M’NEIL Editor cf the Knoxville News-Sentinel. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Feb. B.—ls the Supreme Court calls the Tennessee Valley Authority unconstitutional, a great region will be steeped in deepest gloom. If TVA is upheld, joy in corresponding degree will prevail. The decision, expected for weeks, may come Monday. If the court stops government electricity at the switchboards of TVA’s dams, the widespread and thus far successful effort to improve agriculture, the valley’s basic industry, will get a severe setback. Rural electrification is an essential, part of this effort. Moreover, such a decision would stop communities in this region from getting the cheap TVA power to which they have looked forward. What the court will do is anybody’s guess. The simplest adverse decision would, be for the court to say that TVA can not transmit its power (Turn to Page Three) ABANDONS AMBULANCE CARRYING 4 PATIENTS CCC Driver Rounded Up Several Hours Later—Drunk. By United Press SALINAS, Cal., Feb. B.—Bernard Radloff, a Conservation Corps worker who got out of his ambulance and off the water wagon simultaneously, today was under a sixmonth jail sentence. There were four pneumonia patients in the ambulance he abandoned. Radloff was bringing the four CCC camp youths to the Monterey Presidio Hospital when he stopped off at Salinas. He parked the ambulance and went to a tavern. When he failed to arrive at the hospital police were notified. They charged Radloff was drunk when located. An officer brought the ambulance to the hospital and physicians said the patients apparently suffered no ill effects although they spent several hours in near freezing temperatures. DOG ‘DEGREE OFFICER’ OF SCOTTISH RITE DIES Local Members Mourn Passing of Bozo From Homesickness. Bozo, brown-and-white English .Pointer who for years took part in Ninth Degree ceremonies of Scottish Rite here, is dead in Monee, 111. He was sent there last July to a veterinarian when his owner, George W. Snoddy, 221 E. Michigan-st, became ill and was taken to a hospital. Yesterday Mr. Snoddy, now recovered and planning to send for Bozo, received word that the dog had died, apparently of homesickness. WIFE IS ACCUSED OF ASSAULTING HUSBAND Stopped Paring Potatoes, Began on His Neck, He Says. Mrs. Eva Butler. 1260 Congressav, is in jail today because her husband charges she employed unusual zeal in preparing a meal yesterday at their home. With a sort of scientific fury, Mr. Butler charged, she stopped paring potatoes and started paring his neck with the knife. This, he said, was entirely redundant to the meal getting and amounted to assault and battery .with intent to Icilif

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CONGRESS LEADERS HINT WILLINGNESS TO ADOPT $500,000,000 TAX BILL

BULLETIN By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. B.—Former Vice President Charles Curtis died here today. Mr. Curtis died at 10:25 a. m. His physician said death was due to heart trouble.

Assembly Is Expected to Meet Early in March to Pass Security Measures Gov. McNutt Indicates Session Will Be Held Before May; Committee Named to Lay Groundwork; Tax Law May Be Amended. Indiana’s much-discussed special session of the General Assembly probably will be called for March 2 or March 9, it was indicated today following Gov. McNutt’s action in appointing a joint legislative committee from the House and Senate to prepare social security legislation. The Governor’s committee ap-

pointments came yesterday after Congress passed the delayed deficiency appropriations -bill which provides for Federal aid to states which accept terms of the Federal social security program. Date of the session will depend in part, Gov. McNutt indicated, on the speed with which the special committee prepares the contemplated legislation. Senator Walter Chambers, Newcastle publisher, has been chosen as chairman of the joint committee. $5,000,000 First Year Cost Gov. McNutt said, however, that the session would be held before May so it will not conflict with the primary and party reorganizations. Informed persons at the Statehouse said the. most likely dates are the first or second week in March. First year of Indiana’s participation in the social security program is expected to cost the state approximatelj $5,000,000 in excess of its present bill. The largest item in the financing is the increased oldage pension made possible by the Federal government’s willingness to match state pensions up to sls a month. It will be necessary for the special session to pass a number of enabling acts to coincide with the model Federal legislation. The oldage pension law will have to be revised to provide either state administration or state supervision of all counties. Tax Law May Be Changed Indiana now grants pensions up to sls a month to persons 70 or older, half of which is paid by the state and half by the county. The Federal legislation permits a maximum of S3O a month on a matching basis. Other steps necessary w’ill be enactment of an unemployment insurance system, revision of the (Turn to Page Three)

LEADERS OF MUTINY AT ALCATRAZ LISTED San Francisco Paper Prints 'lnside Story.’ By United Press SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. B.—A gunman, a kidnaper, a figure in the Lindbergh baby abduction and the man who rode with George (Baby Face) Nelson in his last battle with Federal agents were named today as the leaders of the Alcatraz Island Federal Prison mutiny Jan. 20. The asserted leaders were listed in a purported “inside story” of the revolt published by the San Francisco Examiner. The Examiner, which did not reveal the source of its information, said the ringleaders were: John Paul Chase, former Sausalito (Cal.) bootlegger and lieutenant in Nelson’s Midwest gang of desperadoes; Harmon Waley, convicted kidnaper of George Weyerhaeuser of Tacoma, Wash.; Normar. T. Whitaker, ‘The Fox,” convicted with Gaston B. Means in the Lindbergh ransom hoax, and Ludwig (Dutch) Schmids, gunman of the Roger Touhy gang and participant in the kidnaping of John (Jake the Barber) Factor. 'ROOF SITTER’ NABBED; HELD FOR VAGRANCY Coatless Suspect Hides Behind Chimney, but Couldn’t Fool Police. A man Who gave his name as Frederick Dunn, 202 McKimm-st, was found early this morning on, of all places, the roof of the Progress Laundry garage, 416 E. Wabash-st. He was hiding behind a chimney when police arrived. He had no coat nor hat on. He said he didn’t know why he was on the roof. He was charged with vagrancy. Copper Wire Stolen Copper wire valued at S2OO was reported stolen today from the Schwitzer-Cummings Cos., 1125 Mas-sachusetts-av, by Carl J. Winkler, works manager.

C. OF G. ASSAILS RAILROADORDER Voluntary Consolidation Is Proposed by National Organization. By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. —Voluntary consolidation of the nation’s railroads was put forward today by the United Chamber of Commerce as the “reasonable and proper” cure for evils of wasteful competition. The Chamber emphasized the belief that railroads “could be depended upon to take the initiative” in bringing about the mergers. The statement was construed as an attack on the plan of Joseph B. Eastman, Federal transportation coordinator, to force rail lines to consolidate terminal facilities in 11 cities. The C. of C. contended that the railroad situation is constantly changing, making consolidation by the government “impractical.” The Chamber contended that the only function of government should be to pass upon proposals “worked out by the interests concerned.” It also warned that Federal efforts to enforce consideration would “undoubtedly cause prolonged litigation and hinder, rather than promote, the desired ends.” COUNTY JAIL PUTS U. S. REGULATIONS IN EFFECT Prisoners Not Allowed to Keep Money in Their Cells. New regulations, recommended by the Federal prison inspector, went into effect today at the Marion County jail. Under the new system, prisoners will not be allowed to keep money in their cells, Sheriff Ray said. County Commissioners have agreed to follow the Federal recommendations and will install a shower system to replace the bath tubs now in use and a steel and concrete catwalk is to be constructed in the women’s department. RUSSIA NOT GODLESS YET, ATHEIST ADMITS Fight Against Religious Influence to Continue, He Says. By United Press MOSCOW, Feb. B.—Russia is not yet godless, atheists admitted today. They planned to continue their fight against religion until all Russia is free of its influence. Emilian Yaroslavsky, 58-year-old atheistic leader, made the frank admission that many Russians still adhere to religious beliefs. Speaking last night as president at the tenth anniversary meeting of the Society of Militant Atheists, Mr. Yaroslavsky said that half of the population is atheistic. SAFETY PIN REMOVED . FROM BABY’S THROAT 11-Month-Old Child Is Recovering At City Hospital Eleven - month - old James Hayes was recovering in City Hospital today after an open safety pin was removed from his throat. The infant was rushed to the hospital by police yesterday after it swallowed the pin while playing on the floor near its mother, Mrs. Edgar Hayes, 21, of 903 E. Market-st, who was sewing. FOUR DIE IN FLAMES Children Are Victims; Father Badly Burned, May Die. By United Press LONDON, Ont., Feb. 8. —A broken jar of gasoline started a fire last night that killed four children and burned their father so severely that it was feared he might die today. The dead were children of Mr. and Mrs. William Carpenter, whose home in London Township, five miles from here, was razed by the fire. They were Marion, 24 years old; Jack, 7; Edna, 12, and WalM, J

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Prompt Action Expected If Request Is Made by Roosevelt. BONUS LEVY UNDECIDED Proposed Measure Would Raise Fund to Finance AAA Substitute. By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 8— President Roosevelt will ask Congress for new taxes intended to yield $500,000,000 annually, Democratic leaders believed today. Despite political reluctance to levy new taxes in an election year. Congress will enact tne new taxes promptly, it was indicated. It will be to finance the Administration’s soil conservation farm program expected to be passed next week. ' Mr. Roosevelt revealed his fiscal experts still are studying a tax measure. Congressional leaders believed it would be sent to Congress, either directly in a presidential message or through the House Ways and Means Committee, next week. Congressional leaders who said earlier in the week that the President would not propose new taxes to finance the $2,237,000,000 soldiers* bonus declined to comment on Mr. Roosevelt’s White House conference observations that the bonus problem had not yet been settled. Congressional leaders are anxious to avoid a bonus tax bill because of plans of inflationists to attach their currency expansion schemes to it. The inflationists favor paying the bonus in “greenbacks” issued against idle gold and silver in the treasury. Administration leaders believe that if no bonus taxes are proposed that inflationists will drop their fight for currency expansion at this session. Inflationists said they were “awaiting developments” before determining their course. Borah Opposes Bill By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. B.—Political battle lines were shaping today around the Administration’s farm program in a manner that suggested it may become a paramount issue in the presidential campaign. The intensive study given the measure by Senator William E. Borah, together with his preliminary conclusion that it was unconstitutional, indicated that the farm problem would figure importantly in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. “It doesn’t help the farmer one particle to resolve unconstitutional questions in his behalf,” Mr. Borah said. “A casual survey of the bill shows a very serious question about its constitutionality.” The opposition to the BankheadJones bill, which combines soil conservation features with a method of controlling production through bounties to farmers, was developing in the Senate largely on the issue of constitutionality. Progress of the farm bill was halted in the Senate yesterday when many Senators were unable to reach the chamber because of a heavy snowstorm. The Senate remained in session less than an hour. HOPE HELD FOR LIFE OF COUNT COVADONGA Son of Spanish King Better Astor Two Blood Injections. By United Press HAVANA, Feb. B.—Physicians held| hope today for the recovery of Alfonso, Count of Covadonga, who renounced his right of succession to the Spanish throne to marry Miss Edelmira Sampedro, daughter of a Cuban planter. Suffering from an external thigh abscess, the count was in danger of bleeding to death because of his hereditary haemophilia—a tendency to bleed profusely. He slept throughout the night after two intermuscular injections of blood, and was said by members of his wife’s family to be better. ‘MODEL’ YOUTH, FRIEND FIGHT TO EVADE CHAIR Illinois Boys On Trial for Killing Official at Edwardsville. By United Prrss EDWARDSVILLE, m.. Feb. B.—A “model” high school freshman and his 15-year-old grade school pal sat in frightened silence in a little county courtroom today while their attorneys fought to save them from the electric chair. They are accused of killing John C. Higgins, deputy county treasurer. The state alleges that James Jarrett, 16, and Everett Rambo, 15, confessed to killing Mr. Higgins when they entered Jiis home last Nov. 26 to “steal what they could find.” Everett, his early bravado gone, threw himself on the mercy of the court Sullivan’s Condition Unchanged Sydney A. Sullivan, publicity director of L. S. Ayres & Cos., remains in critical condition today at St. Vincent's Hospital where he is suffering from pneumonia.