Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 288, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 February 1936 — Page 1

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YOUNG WORKER IS INJURED IN GARAGEBLAST Recent Bridegroom Loses Leg, Arm Is Mangled by Explosion. BUILDING IS DAMAGED Noise Heard a Block Away; Globe Cartage Cos. Is Scene of Mishap. Curtis Hall, 21-year-old mechanics helper, was critically injured today when a compressed air machine at the Globe Cartage Cos., 1300 Ken-tuck.v-av, exploded. He was taken to Methodist Hospital. So great was the force of the explosion, that the half-inch steel plate which formed the storage tank for the air war, flattened out and blown nearly 35 feet. It was so heavy one man could not lift it. Mr. Hall, who works at night and lives with his bride of three months at 3302 Kenwood-av, was not farther than three feet from the tank when the explosion occurred, investigators believe. His left leg was torn off, and his left arm was mangled. Only one other employe, Verne McGregor, 1401 Nordyke-av, was in the building when the accident occurred, but he was considerable distance away and was uninjured Metal Oil Drums Crumpled The force of the explosion also wrecked an Bxl2 wooden inclosure inside the building, and blew the time clock across the room. A bucket of paint that had been on the floor near the tank was driven through the rear window of a light truck and paint splattered the interior. Two metal oil drums standing nearby were crumpled. The Fire Department’s first aid squad attended the injured man and he was later rushed to the hospital. The tank was used to store air for tires. Other employes said they believed the safety valve had frozen. Heard a Block Away Mr. Hall had been employed at the cartage company about a year. He came here from Bloomfield, Ind., as di dhis wife. Hiram Parks, employed in a restaurant a block from the Globe Cos., felt the shock. Mrs. George H. Schaler, 1301 Ken-tucky-av, confined to her bed with sickness, suffered shock. Hoosier Dies in Blast By United Press CLINTON, Ind., Feb. 10.—One miner was killed and three others injured, one critically, today when they were trapped in the Northwest Coal Corp. mine after setting off dynamite shots. Ben Pitchkites, 29, Clinton, was killed instantly. Joe Rollins, 40, Blanford, was taken to Vermillion County hospital in a critical condition. Dan Muncilivoch, 45, Blanford, and Frank Pangrazio, 33, Clinton, were hurt less seriously. The men were trapped in the mine after setting the shots when the cage froze to the bottom of the shaft and the hoisting apparatus was thrown out of commission.

CURTIS’ FRIENDS WILL HONOR HIM TOMORROW Rites Are to Be Held in Kansas Capitol at Topeka. By United Press TOPEKA. Kas., Feb. 10.—Old friends of Charles Curtis, who followed his political career from county attorney to Vice President of the United States, waited here today to pay their final respects to his memory. Mr. Curtis, who died Saturday in Washington, where he lived after his defeat for re-election in the Democratic landslide of 1932, is to be buried tomorrow afternoon. The body is en route here The funeral service is to be held in the hall of the Kansas House of Representatives. State officials, headed by Gov. Alf M. Landon, are to attend. CROSSES ARE TO MARK TRAFFIC DEATH SPOTS p dnted Signs on Pavement to Serve as Reminders. White crosses, surrounded by a circle, are to be painted on the pavement at the spot where fatal traffic accidents have taken place this year, Chief Morrissey announced today. Thus far this year there have been nine traffic deaths in the city. The Marion County total is 10. This plan, an adaptation of one used in Los Angeles, is for the purpose of calling motorists’ attention to driving hazards, that they may be more careful, Chief Morrissey said. DE VALERA'S SON DIES Youth Unseated When Horse Runs Under Low-Hanging Bough. By United Press DUBLIN, Feb. 10.—Brian de Valera, 20, son of Eamon de Valera, president of the Irish Free State executive council, was fatally injured yesterday while riding in Phoenix Park. De Valera's horse took him under a low-hanging tree branch. The branch unseated him and the horse dragged him for some distance. Ue Valera was an engineering student at Dublin University,

The Indianapolis Times FORECAST—Fair and continued cold tonight and tomorrow with lowest temperature tonight about zero.

VOLUME 47—NUMBER 288

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PUBLICITY CHIEF OF AYRES DEAD Pneumonia Attack Is Fatal to Store Executive; Here Since 1922. Sydney A. Sullivan, fc; several years director of publicity for L. S. Ayres & Cos., died at 8:50 this morning at St. Vincent’s Hospital. Mr. Sullivan had been fighting a losing battle against pneumonia for more than a week. Funeral services are to be held at 9 Wednesday morrmg in St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, with burial in Holy Cross Cemetery. The body is to be at Flanner & Buchanan Mortuary. Mr. Sullivan, who was 42, was born in Chicago and had lived at 5325 Central-av. He had worked his way through the various branches of the department store business during several years with Marshall Field & Cc., in Chicago. He became associated with Ayres on Feb. 20, 1922. Mr. Sullivan was educated in Our Lady of Sorrows grade school and St. Philip’s High School in Chicago. Surviving him are the widow, Mrs. Angela Sullivan; a son, Tom, 9; two daughters, Sydney, 6, and Peggy, 4; his parents, Mr. and Thomas Joseph Sullivan, Berwyn, 111.; three sisters, Sister Mary Corona, Elsdon, 111.; Mrs. R. J. Wiegand, Naperville, 111., and Miss Mary &ane Sullivan, Berwyn, and a brother, Paul H. Sullivan, Berwyn. Mr. Sullivan counted among his friends newspaper men in all parts of the state and Midwest. He was a member of the Indianapolis Literary Club.

FALL CAUSES OEATH OF W. B, WHEELOCK Ayres Official Dies at Home; Rites Today. Funeral services are to be held this afternoon at 2:30 for William B. Wheelock, first vice president of L. S. Ayres & Cos., who died Sunday at his home, 1346 N. Delaware-st. Mr. Wheelock, who was 73, had been ill several years, and a fall recently in which he suffered a fractured hip brought complications which hastened his death. One of the earlier presidents of the Merchants Association of Indianapolis, Mr. Wheelock was long active in the business and civic activities of the city. He served as a director of the association from 1918 to 1926, succeeding Frederic M. Ayres when Mr. Ayres resigned to enter American Red Cross work in Washington. Mr. Wheelock was borp at Og(Turn to Page Thfce) GOV. HOFFMAN TO VISIT HAUPTMANN, IS REPORT Young Republicans in State Back Executive’s Action in Case. By United Press TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 10— Gov. Harold G. Hoffman may visit Bruno Richard Hauptmann in his death cell again and attempt to wring from him new information about the Lindbergh kidnaping case, informed capital sources said today. Gov. Hoffman was encouraged by the outspoken support of young Republicans of New Jeisey, probably the most powerful rival in the state of the old-guard Republican state committee faction that has threatened Gov. Hoffman's political life. It was reported that the Governor had asked Atty. Gen. David T. Wilentz, who prosecuted Hauptmann for the Lindbergh kidnaping, to accompany him on the visit. FALL CAUSES DEATH Injuries Fatal to Mrs. Pau’ine Thorne, 2108 Singleton-st. Mrs. Pauline Thorne, 70, of 2108 Singletor-st, died today in Emhardt's Clinic, 1621 S. East-st, as the result of a fall in her home Saturday. Surviving are a son, Allen Thorne, and a half-sister, Mrs. Hazel Duggan, both of the Singleton-st address. TIMES INDEX Amusements 4 Births Deaths 8 Books 9 Broun 9 Comics 15 Editorial lo Financial 11 Merry Go Round 9 Mrs. Roosevelt 6 Pegler 9 Radio 2 Serial Story 7 Sports 12-13 State Deaths 16 Want Ads 14 Woman’s Pages 6-7. a

TRIAL STARTS IN QUINNETTE SLAM CASE Joseph and Pierce Neatly Attired, Belie Need for Pauper Lawyer. WIDOW IN COURTROOM Eight Jurors Tentatively Selected; Defendants Smile at Counsel. BY JERRY SHERIDAN Times Staff Writer GREENFIELD, Ind., Feb. 10.— Neat in carefully pressed black suits, new shoes and rather debonair neckties, Paul Pierce, 26, and Donald Joseph, 28, today went on trial in Circuit Court here for the murder of Detective Orville Quinnette of Indianapolis. Known as the “hair tonic” bandits the two today had plastered down their hair with the same perfumed tonic that won them this sobriquets and once aided police in linking them to a holdup. In spite of their seeming influence, thev were assigned a pauper attorney as the trail started. He is William C. Ewing of this city and as he consulted with his two clients they occasionally smiled. Not as meticlously dressed nor so jovial were eight farmers, tentatively seated in the jury box, some of whom eventually may have to vote on whether the two defendants shall die. Fifty more prospective jurors were summoned at the morning recess and Judge Arthur C. VanDuyn indicated he would hurry the proceddure so that a jury may be selected and seated before night. Widow Among Spectators Seven relatives of Pierce were in the half-filled courtroom. Also present was Mrs. Ruth Quinnette, the widow of the detective who was shot Dec. 7 in a North Side Indianapolis apartment and died of his wounds Dec. 18. None of the spectators was identified as a relative of Joseph. Detective Russell Chatham, who was with Quinnette during the shooting and who received a superficial wound from the guns of the bandits, also was among the spectators. Prosecutor John Wigg'n of Hancock County conducted examination of witnesses for the state, and indicated that at least one of the eight jurors tentatively seated would be dismissed by peremptory challenge. Detective Quinnette was shot when he and Detective Chatham went to the apartment to question its occupants about the death of Patrolman Frank Levy, who was shot a few days before in Anderson, Ind., while he made an investigation of a car parked on his beat.

SWIMMER RIDES SHARK, TRIES SEA COW NEXT Former Local Life Guard First to Perform Feat, He Says. By United Press MIAMI. Fla., Feb. 10.—Earl Montgomery, under-water swimming expert, today claimed the distinction of being the first person in this country to ride a shark successfully. He mounted the seven-and-a-half-ton fish and clung on for two and a half minutes while the shark surged through the water. Montgomery was unharmed, except for a small gash on his thigh received from the shark’s scaly hide. He had no difficulty in approaching the shark and swimming free after riding it, he said. Next Sunday he plans to atttempt to ride a 1200-pound sea cow. Earl Montgomery formerly was a life guard at Indianapolis’ public and private beaches and at Lake Wawasee. LEGISLATIVE GROUP TO MEET TOMORROW Task of Drafting Security Bills to Start. The joint legislative committee of members from each branch of the Indiana General Assembly is to meet tomorrow morning at 10 in the Indiana Supreme Court room to begin drafting a bill or bills to make existing laws conform to the Federal social security legislation. The meeting was called yesterday by Senator Walter Chambers, Newcastle publisher, who is to serve as chairman. Study of proposed bills to be introduced at a special session has been under w'ay for some time. Announcement by Gov. McNutt of the date of the special session is said to be contingent on the speed with which the joint legislative committee prepares the bills. AUTO RIDER INJURED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT Ward Ratcliff, Standing on Running Board, Suffers Crushed Chest. Ward Ratcliff, 21 of 3768 W. Washington-st, uras injured seriously this afternoon when the auto on which he was standing was struck by another car at Holt-rd and W. Washington-st. Ratcliff was standing on the running board of a car driven by A. H. Oglesby, 38, of 425 McClure-st, as the car crossed the road to a filling station. Ratcliff, crushed in the chest, was sent to Hospital,

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1936

SNOWPLOWS KEPT BUSY RESCUING MIDWEST MOTORISTS FROM DRIFTS

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Through mountainous drifts, plows slowly sliced their way to free scores of stranded motorists in a nearrecord snowfall that accompanied subzero weather in a great area from Northwest to the East Coast, this scene near Algonquin, 111., being a typical one of rescue. Rail and highway traffic was paralyzed, schools were closed, and blocked roads brought peril of fuel famines in many communities.

NEWSPAPER TAX LAW RULED OUT Louisiana Act Invalidated by Unanimous Verdict of High Court. By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—In a sweeping unanimous opinion that that went to the roots of the American constitutional guarantee cf freedom of the press, the Supreme Court today invalidated the Louisiana state newspaper gross receipts tax. While submitting its verdict in the newspaper TVA law passed at the behest of the late Senator Huey P. Long, the court failed again to render its decision upon the co. stitutionality of the Tennessee Valley Authority. However, two important rulings upon the validity of sections of the New York State milk control law were presented. The court’s opinion in the Louisiana case struck hard at any effort by government to shackle the long-guaranteed liberty of the press. Milk Rulings Vital Read by Justice George Sutherland, it challenged the Louisiana statute squarely as: “Not an ordinary form of tax, but one single in kind, with a long history of hostile misuse against the freedom of the press.” The court’s rulings in the New York milk control law were of vital importance to the continuance of that form of state control. The first case was brought by the Borden Farm Produces Cos. to test a provision providing that dealers who advertise their milk widely must sel it to stores for 1 cent a quart more than non-advertising dealers. The court, by a 5-to-4 vote, held this provision valid. TVA Delay Surprising The second test came on a suit by Mayflower Farms, Inc., to test a part of the statute which held that firms organized after April 10, 1933, would not sell their milk at the 1-cent-a-quart lower price. The court, by six-to-three, held this provision invalid and sent the case back to the New York courts to determine whether the restriction could be separated from the first provision which was held legal. The failure of the court to hand down the TVA decision today surprised observers who have expected the decision for some weeks. The court has now had the TVA case for 53 days without a ruling. Indiana Case to Be Heard The court decided today to hear argument in a suit brought to challenge the Indiana state law regulating installment sales within the state. The appeal was brought by Gov. Paul V. McNutt and state enforcement agents for a ruling of a threejudge Federal District Court in Indianapolis which held the law unconstitutional and enjoined its enforcement. The suits were brought by the General Motors Acceptance Corp. of Indiana and the McHenry Chevrolet Cos , Inc. The law provides for the licensing of finance companies engaged in underwriting installment sales contracts for less than SISOO and puts a limitation on charges which may be imposed in connection with installment sales. CONSUMER PROTECTION URGED FOR FARM BILL Amendment Result of Criticism by Senator Wagner, New York. By Scripps-Hoicard Newspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—Efforts to give the consumer more specific protection in the new farm relief bill were In prospect as the measure came up for final Senate debate today. Senator Wagner (D., N. Y.), who has criticised the bill from the consumer viewpoint, has conferred with Donald Montgomery, AAA consumers’ counsel, and an amendment has been drafted which would require that the Secretary of Agriculture, in taking any steps that would curtail production, must give due consideration to normal domestic consumption during the period 1920-1929. The amendment also would require that e’lowances be made for changes in export demand, increases in population and new trends in domestic consumption, j

Pittman Flays Japanese for Policy in China By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—Chairman Key Pittman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee denounced Japan’s policy toward China in the Senate today as a threat to the United States and to the “open-door” principle. Mr. Pittman advocated strong naval and air forces for the United States “until the time arrives when there is universal respect for and obedience to peace treaties.” He charged Japan violated the nine-power treaty in its attitude toward China and criticised the Japanese ambassador, Hirosi Saito, for comparing Japan’s policies to the Monroe Doctrine. Quoting a speech attributed to Vice Admiral Sankichi Takahashi, Mr. Pittman commented: “Never in the history of modem (Turn to Page Three) SOVIET ARMY GRIEF DISCUSSES SECURITY Paris Visit Linked to Move for Mutual Aid. By United Press PARIS, Feb. 10.—A visit to France by Marshal Michael Tuckhachevsky, Russia’s brilliant army field commander and vice commissar of defense, marked today the opening of anew chapter in Europe’s quest of security. While Michael Tuckhachevsky is talking to French political and military leaders, the Chamber of Deputies will start debate tomorrow on ratification of the French-Russian mutual assistance treaty. It is expected that ratification will be voted Thursday by a large majority. It is intended that after the French-Russian treaty is ratified, there shall be a similar treaty between Russia and Czechoslovakia, then one between Russia and Rumania. Together, the treaties will form a ring almost all around Nazi Germany. They will be linked up with the Little Entente of Rumania, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, and the Balkan entente comprising Greece, Yugoslavia, Rumania and Turkey, in such a wa;, that in event of an attack by any nation against any one in the group, France and Russia would get into the argument at once. ROOSEVELT’S HEALTH GOOD, SAYS DOCTOR Condition Better Than It #as Three Years Ago, Reports Aid. By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—Cares of state have agreed with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was described by the White House physician today as being in better health than when he assumed the presidency three years ago. Still wearing his happy smile and seemingly unworried by the series of New Deal reverses at the hands of the Supreme Court, the President prepared for the coming political campaign in high spirits. Dr. Ross Mclntyre, White House physician, revealed today that Mr. Roosevelt, weighing 180 pounds, is feeling fine. “The President’s health,” Dr. Mclntyre said, “is better today than it was when he came to the White House.” STOCK PRICES GAIN; STEEL AT NEW HIGH List Advances on Failure of Court to Rule on TVA-. By United Press NEW YORK, Feb. 10.—Stocks advanced when it was learned the Supreme Court would not render a TVA decision today. The list had turned slightly irregular as traders awaited a ruling on the utilities case. Meanwhile the United States Steel Corp. reported its shipments of finished steel for January at 721.414 tons, anew high since June, 1934, and the best January since 1931. Steel common mounted to a new high at 53%, up 1%, and its preferred reached 125, up four points, and anew top.

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JURY SELECTED IN STERN TRIAL Lawyer Snowbound, Taking of Testimony Delayed Until Tomorrow. After selection of a jury in Federal Court today to try the 11 defendants in the Louis Stern & Cos. mail fraud case, Judge Robert C. Baltzell adjourned court until 9:30 tomorrow because one of the defendant attorneys was snowbound in Chicago. The jury: Joseph Starke, Fountain County, automobile salesman; Walter J. Haney, Montgomery County, insurance agent; Chester Thomas, Madison County, rentals and insurance; Harold E. Steg, Harrison County farmer; Russell Rothrock, Harriscn County, farmer; E. J. Clem, Morgan County, farmer; John B. Dixon, Morgan County, farmer; J. B. Bolander, Fayette County, automobile salesman; Walter Chappel, Marion County, retired; Miles Ellsbury, Bartholomew County, farmer; Ralph Heilman, Bartholomew County, farmer, and Earl Long, Owen County, farmer. Forty-five indictments against 15 persons have been filed by the government. The charges include using the mails to defraud and obtaining mor.ey under false pretenses by use of the mails. About .50 witnesses have been called by the government and the case is expected to last a week. The defendants appearing for trial besides Stern are A. T. Hunt, R. P. Henry, Robert Polhamus, Albert Teeman, Morris Nieman, H. H. Cleveland, James Mintz, Gerald Capoot, H. W. Collins and Sam Schweitzer. Still sought are Miss Myrtle Carbaugh, Earl Warren, Alfred H. Peterkin and George B. Hoague. Offices of Louis Stern & C. were raided last May 29 on orders of Prosecutor Herbert M. Spencer and State Security Commission officials.

TWINEHAM NAMED HEAD OF INFIRMARY Wife to Be Matron; Ruse Chosen Physician. The appointment of James M. Twineham, 1145 King-av, as superintendent of the Marion County Infirmary at a salary of $1428 a year, was announced today by the County Commissioners. Mr. Twineham’s wife is to serve as matron at a salary of $540 a year, and the present superintendent, Dr. A. O. Ruse, is to be infirmary physician at S9OO a year. The change in personnel, effective Saturday, was due to suggestions that the superintendent live on the grounds and be acquainted with farming problems, it was explained. The State Tax Board Saturday approved an appropriation of S9OO for physician’s sendees. Mr. Twineham is a Democratic precinct committeeman in the Nineteenth Ward. BOY, 8, IS THREATENED BY INCURABLE DISEASE Mishawaka Child, 111 With “Black Hives,” Seems Doomed. By United Press MISHAWAKA, Ind., Feb. 10.— The life of J. Edgar Stebbins, 8, was threatened today by a rare malady known as “black hives,” physicians say there is no cure known. The illness started three days ago as ordinary hives, later forming black welts and causing skin hemorrhages. Blood transfusions are being made regularly. HIGHWAY COMMISSION TO GET BIDS MARCH 3 Road Projects in 78 Counties Are Estimated to Cost $1,402,650. Bids on improvement of 60.7 miles of state highways and feeder roads in 12 outstate counties are to be received by the State Hihway Commission March 2, Chairman James D. Adams announced today. Estimated cost of the projects is $1,402,650 and is to be met chiefly with Federal funds.

FUEL SHORTAGE THREATENS CITY, ENTIRE MIDWEST

Coal, Food Supplies Halted by Snowdrifts; 250 Reported Dead. 7 RESCUED FROM ICE Planes and Ships Save CCC Boys Stranded 22 Hours in Bay. By United Press EAST BREWSTER, MASS.— Seven youths afloat on ice floe in Cape Cod Bay for 22 hours are rescued. CHICAGO —Fuel and fottd famine threatened in blizzard-locked Midwest; schools closed, transportation paralyzed. CHARLEVOIX, MICH. Hope fades for three men last seen afloat on ice floe in Lake Michigan. WASHINGTON—Army bombers will take more food to ice-locked Tangier and Smith Islands in Chesapeake Bay. Dwindling supplies of milk and food, added to an already serious fuel shortage, brought the frozen Middle West today face to face with the most serious emergency in the 20day cold wave. Death and acute suffering were reported in half a dozen states where mountainous drifts blocked all traffic. Serious milk shortages were feared in lowa, Wisconsin and portions of Illinois where supplies were rationed in pint lots to grocerymen. Officials said every effort would be made to suppiy the need of children and hospitals. A number of lowa towns reported shortages which affected their entire food supply. Orders were placed on a ration basis. Worst in 40 Years lowa weather men said the storm was the worst in 40 years. Waupaca, Wis., received its supply of milk by sled. Kenosha (Wis.) dairies limited deliveries to hospitals and homes with sick or children. Coal deliveries were limited to one ton a customer. One hundred and sixty-six persons in four Wisconsin counties were isolated in farms and small town hotels. Trains were far behind schedule and every available man and piece of equipment was ordered out to clear the rails. Subzero temperatures numbered the Central states for the seventeenth of the last 20 days. Almost 250 persons had died from exposure, fires, or in traffic accidents during one of the most prolonged cold waves on record. Trains were snowbound on nearly all branch railroad lines in Wisconsin, Minnesota, lowa, and the Dakotas while main line trains were hours behind schedules. Trains between Des Moines and Minneapolis were cancellea last night. Winds had piled great drifts across highways and hundreds of miles of roads were impassable. Towns Are Isolated lowa, suffering from an acute coal shortage, was menaced by a food shortage. Disruption of train and truck schedules prevented milk deliveries to many towns. Des Moines dealers rationed milk to families with small children. Sioux City had enough milk to last through the day but unless highways are opened today, there will be no milk tomorrow. Three trains arrived late last night bringing Sioux City its first mt.il since Friday. Towns near Arnolds Park, la., near the Minnesota border, were cut (Turn to Page Three) MRS. LONG TAKES OATH^SENATOR Huey's Widow, Native of Indiana, Sworn In. By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—A pretty, dark-haired girl who baked a cake for Huey Pierce Long 26 years ago and later became his wife was sworn today as successor of the slain Kingfish in the United States Senate. Rose McConnell Long, smartly dressed in black with a cluster of flaming orchids at her shoulder, demurely took the oath of office as junior Senator from Louisiana. Her three children watched from the gallery as she quietly stepped into the place where her colorful, hoarse-voiced husband had once been a dynamic figure. The official designation of the new Senator will be Senator Rose McConnell Long <D., La.). TTie original credentials were made out to Mrs. Huey Pierce Long but were changed today. Mrs. Long is a native of G'tensburg, Ind. David S. Barry Dies By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.— David S. Barry, former sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, died today at his home. He was 76.

FINAL! HOME PRICE THREE CENTS

One-Half Ton Limit Issued by Some Firms as Cold Wave Stays. NO BREAK IS IN SIGHT Four Lose Lives in State; Icy Highways Cause Many Accidents. Hourly Temperatures Midnight ... 2 7 a. m —4 1 a. m 0 8 a. m —3 2a. m —1 9a. m —2 3 a. m —3 10 a. m 1 4 a. m —3 11 a. m 4 5 a. m —3 12 (n00n).... 6 6 a. m —4 1 p. m 8 Faced with a serious coal shortage and subzero weather, a majority of Indianapolis coal dealers this afternoon limited customers to orders of one-half ton or one ton on a cash basis. Cold weather that was swept into Indianapolis and Indiana by a blizzard. early yesterday is to remain through tomorrow, and perhaps longer, the Weather Bureau said. The temperature was 6 at noon after rising from 4 below at 6 a. m. A 24-inch snowfall in the Eastern mining area, a shortage of railroad, coal cars and the freezing of the coal barge route to Cincinnati on the Ohio River are factors in the acute local situation, dealers said. Coal Prices Boosted If barge routes from the Northwest are frozen or if the supply in the Northwest lake docks is exhausted, the situation will be more critical, it was said. Coal prices have been boosted 50 to 75 cents a ton by the producers due to overtime labor in the mines, dealers said. Customers who attempted to order coal this week-end were told by some dealers that they would have to pay cash. One firm reported it was entirely out of coke and West Virginia Coal. Already, the new attack of cold—that forced the mercury from 42 to below zero—has claimed four live* in the state, and many city persons were week-end victims of ice and traffic accidents. There were 38 fire alarms in the city over the week-end. Ice Coats Streets, Sidewalks Streets and sidewalks remain coated with treacherous ice frozen on them when a rain Saturday night turned to snow. Exposure was fatal to William Kerns, 68, Pennsylvania Railroad shop worker at Logansport. He was found nearly frozen in his home. Earl L. Sturgeon, 48, Anderson, Big Four Railroad brakeman, slipped as he attempted to board a freight train at Greensburg and was killed. Russell E. Looney, 35, was found daad in his automobile near Rushville after his automobile had run into a tree and utility pole. Youth Hurt in Accident Injuries suffered in a head-on collision between two automobiles caused the death of Robert Russell, 25, Augusta, a Civilian Conservation Corps member, at Evansville. Four firemen were overcome by cold and another was injured in a fire which caused $20,000 damage to a business block at Lafayette. Snowplows are working on highways in the La Porte and Fort Wayne areas to clear them of large snowdrifts, the State Highway Commission reported. Road 55 for six miles south of Shelby and all roads north of U. S. Road 6 and ea ,s os Goshen are closed. Ice has n., 1e all highways perilously slick. Edward Benson, 19, of 230 N. Bellevieu-pl, is in critical condition at City Hospital with injuries received when he was struck by an automobile driven by William J. Henderson, 2628 N. Harding-st, at Michigan-st and Holmes-av today. The youth apparently fell in front of the car. Henderson was pursued to King-av before being overtaken by an eye-witness, Mike Haney, 534 N. Tibbs-st. Henderson said he was unaware that he had struck the youth. He was arrested on a vagrancy charge and bail fixed at SIOOO pending an investigation of the accident. Offer Is Turned Down Injured in auto accidents, all traceable to the slippery condition of the streets, were Daniel Miller, 69, of Pittsboro; Mrs. Myrtle Bridewell, 42, of Richmond; Joseph Gooch, 70, Negro, 455 W. 16th-st; Fred Jones Jr., 18, Terre Haute; Fireman Charles Britton, 54, of 2510 E. Washington-st; Ernest Butler, 36, Hadley, and Miss Catherine Stout, 4358 Carrollton-av. The Works Board today turned down an offer of several business men for ashes free to be distributed at slippery downtown street intersections. Claude E. Shover, street commissioner, explained that the ashes might contain wire or nails or glass and cut tires of autos, making the city liable for damages. Hirota’s Resignation Denied By United Press TOKYO, Feb. 10.—A foreign spokesman today denied reports that FOriegn Minister Koki Hirota intended to resign.