Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 288, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 February 1936 — Page 3

FEB. 10, 1930.

BORAH'S OHIO CHALLENGE MAY BE IGNORED BY REPUBLICANS; CONFUSION SWAMPS MIDWEST

Conflicting Views Shown in Conversations With Stokes. BY THOMAS L. STOKES Time* Spfcial Writer CHICAGO. Feb. 10—Listen to the Voice of the Middle West as I’ve listened to it for two weeks—on city streets, in paneled business offices, on the farm, in taxicabs, in smokers, in railroad stations, in the headquarters of politicians, in state capitol buildings. A veritable Babel, it rises in Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, lowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin. The farmer is still the backbone of the Middle West. He’s talking about the death of the Triple A, thinking about it, wondering about the Supreme Court, the nine men who got where they are through no say-so of his. Some are mad at the Supreme Court —some just accept it as part of the system under which we live. Emotions Mixed on AAA News of the death of Triple A was received with mixed emotions. Th§, farmer is somewhat like the fellow who has been getting a check regularly from a rich uncle, an uncle who watched his behavior closely and was somewhat perneckety, and then the uncle suddenly stops sending it. They all miss the check. Some are a little relieved that the vigilance of the uncle is no more. A few say good riddance. But a majority say they've got to have something like it to keep up with the city fellow in the East and his tariff protection, or else— Another note rises from the farmers. They don’t like so much government spending, except where the spending is on them. This rises from the fear of debt. Somebody's got to pay for all this. They’ve had enough of debt in the last few years. Listen to Them Hear the voices: ‘‘Looks funny that they let the AAA run two years before they found it was wrong.” "Any time six men ran wreck a program that millions of people want and depend upon, that gives these six men a lot of power.” "If they don’t ~et some substitute for the AAA program we'll have 10cent corn and 3-cenu hogs again.” "I don’t see how a man c a n borrow himself into prosperity. They ought to just let us alone.” "I think Roosevelt has done his duty. I don’t know whether he'll be re-elected, but he should be, by rights. He's got the old boat rolling. With someone else it’s liable to turn the other way.” “I’m not for the President. I was, but I wouldn't be again because he's gone haywire on his spending.” Thus the random voices, a fairly good cross-section, right from the mouths of the dirt farmers. Business Men Fume Business men fume angrily, with some exceptions such as a big railroad official who watches his road climb out of the red, and heads of business which sell to the farmer and liked the Triple A. Sears-Roebuck, incidently, had its biggest year ever, except for 1929, last year, grossing $415,000,000. But, by and large, they are sore. Roosevelt, they say, is leading the country into socialism. They resent his attacks on them. He's grinding down the middle classes, they complain. He’s spending too much money. Taxes will have to go up. Business men out this way take their cue from their big brothers in the East. You hear exactly the same talk in St. Louis, Kansas City, Des Moines, Kenosha, that you hear In New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Canners of the country, gathered In Chicago recently 25.000 strong, reported improved business and in the next breath adopted resolutions denouncing the New Deal, the ‘‘brain trust” and government interference with business. The leaders framed the resolutions. Many of the rank and file spent most of their time at the bars. Incidently, the canning machinery people at the convention broke all records with orders for new machinery—more than $1,000,000, compared with $630,000 last year. Waitress Backs Roosevelt Kitty of Kansas City, e waitress, when asked whom she wa going to vote for, replied: "The same one—Roosevelt. I guess he’s doing the best he can. But none of 'em has ever done anything for me.” She had to work on Sunday—and Sunday was supposed to be her day off. She was sour on the world. NRA? She worked under it just about the same way she does now. Three men in a Pullman washroom of a dark morning, with a blizzard raging outside, tossed out their thoughts as they shaved. All three said they'd vote for President Roosevelt in November. The train was pulling into Madison, Wis., where it was 38 below zero. Washroom Conversation "He's helped me some and I want him to keep on helping me,” volunteei "and one. "He's trying— now NRA did some good. I think,” said a second. "Oh. that AAA and NRA were terrible —all wrong,” broke in the first. But still he's for Roosevelt. "What are they going to do with J. P. Morgan?” asked the third, and he answered his own question with a cynical smile. The munitions Inquiry has stirred up lots of thinking out this way. "Life changes as you go aior^,' ventured the first washroom philosopher. "Now they talk about this debt. Well, you couldn’t let people starve. Our children will have to pay for that. We paid for the war. Maybe if they have a lot of debt they won’t go to war so easy after this.” He's Not Quite Certain A big Insurance man at St. Paul: "I'm against Roosevelt. I’m not for any man who tells me I’m wrong because I don’t agree with him and says I'm unpatriotic. I don't be-

Senator Likely to Be Only G. 0. P. Aspirant in May Primary. By United Pm* WASHINGTON, Feb. 10—Senator William E. Borah’s challenge to the regular Republican leadership to pit a presidential candidate against him in Ohio probably will be ignored, it appeared today. Party leaders are expected to proceed with their plans for an uninstructed or favorite son delegation from Ohio to the Republican national convention. Mr. Borah’s Ohio representatives have taken the first step toward putting up candidates for all 52 of the delegate seats to be filled in the Ohio primary May 12. Mr. Borah is the only candidate who has announced he would go before Ohio voters. Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas is not expected to contest the state, Senator L. J. Dickinson of lowa has said he would not and Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg insists he is not a candidate. A decision is expected shortly from Frank Knox of Chicago. Dissension in Both Parties Dissension in the Republican Party was reflected in the Democratic organization. A general Eastern conservative bolt from President Roosevelt is accompanied now by threats of radical rebellion in the West. Leaders of the End Poverty in California movement announced over the week-end they would attempt to put Upton Sinclair in nomination lor President at the Democratic convention. Mr. Borah’s charge that the favorite son plan in Ohio was a “sham and a deception” and that an uninstructed delegation merely was an invitation to backroom bargaining on the nomination, brought reply today from former Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio. As former chairman of the Republican National Committee and a politician of ability and experience, Mr. Fess practically read Mr. Borah out of the party. He denied Mr. Borah’s suggestion that he was for Herbert C. Hoover for President. "I couldn’t be for Senator Borah,” Mr. Fess added, "without feeling compelled to apologize to the Republicans of the state and nation. The Republicans will want a candidate who has voted for more Republican measures than Democratic proposals and who is more popular with Republicans than with Democrats.” Dispute between Mr. Fess and Mr. Borah is expected to spread in the general clash between Progressive and regular Republican leaders. Political observers believe it tends to improve the chances of such middle-of-the-road statesmen as Landon and Vandenberg. But if the G. O. P. gathers in Cleveland prepared to base the presidential campaign on general repudiation of all New Deal policies the advantage might lie with such a candidate as Knox or Dickinson.

BACTERIOLOGISTS TO MEET HERE DEC. 28 National Organization Votes to Meet in Indianapolis. The thirty-eighth annual convention of the Society of American Bacteriologists is to be held here Dec. 28 to 30, according to an announcement by Dr. William C. Frazier, Madison, Wis., program committee chairman. After conferring here with officers of the society’s Indiana branch, it was decided headquarters are to be at the Lincoln. More than 500 persons are to attend. Heading the local committee on arrangements are Walter A. Jamieson of Eli Lilly & Cos., chairman of the society's Indiana branch, and Marion Sam Campbell, secretarytreasurer, State Division of Public Health. OLDEST BOONE COUNTY RESIDENT DEAD AT 101 Funeral Is to Be Held Today for Mrs. Emmaline Wolf. Time* Spncinl LEBANON, Ind., Feb. 10.—Funeral services for Mrs. Emmaline Wolf, Boone County centenarian who died here Saturday, were to be this afternoon. Mrs. Wolf, the county's oldest resident, was 101. She resided with a daughter, Mrs. J. A. Baker. Other survivors are three sons, Robert, Joseph and H. T. Wolf, all of Indianapolis. Bji T'nitrd Press BEDFORD, Ind.. Feb. 10.—Betty Ann Kinser, 109, died yesterday in the same farm home in which she was born, Nov. 9, 1826. She never had seen a train or heard a radio. A trip to Bedford, 15 miles distant, was the longest she ever experienced. Husband Loses in Game William Easton, 34, Negro, 1250 Lafayette-st, today is recovering from a "game” he and his wife were playing early yesterday. They were tlirowing knives and forks at each other and Mrs. Easton scored on his forehead. lieve you can borrow yourself out of debt. I’ve tried it. "But if Roosevelt vetoes the bonus and'Republicans go after him for it —Til vote for him again.” This was before the President’s veto. A smoking room conversation: A machine shop foreman of East Chicago, a native of Wisconsin, was asked if he would vote for the President again. "I don’t know,” doubtfully. La Follettcs Are Praised Then, with sudden enthusiasm: * "I tell you who I would like to vote for, for President—the La Follette boys.” Either one— it didn’t seem to matter. ‘‘Old Bob. their father —there was a great man. I was working many years ago at a plant in Wisconsin. The owner jr >steil a notice saying we’d all have to report for work as usual Labor Day. We telegraphed Old Bob. He stopped that.” 4*.

MECHANIC’S HELPER NEAR DEATH AFTER AIR TANK EXPLOSION

CONGRESS AIMS TO QUIT MAY 1 Roosevelt Sends Word His Legislative Program Is Held Short. By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—Congress trimmed its sails today for a dash toward early adjournment in response to word from President Roosevelt that he is not to have an extended legislative program. Mr. Roosevelt, it was learned, has informed his aids at the Capitol that he would like to see adjournment as soon as appropriation bills and a few emergency measures are enacted. Leaders talked of May 1 as a possible adjournment date. All Representatives and 34 Senators facing re-election campaigns this summer are anxious to get back home to start mending political fences as early as possible. Leaders want to confine the session to emergency and routine measures. The legislative slate now includes: 1. Farm bill substitute for the AAA. 2. A substitute tax bill to replace AAA processing taxes. 3. Neutrality legislation. 4. Appropriation measures.

LAWS TO OUTLAW WAR PUSHED BY VETERANS D. A. V. Head Urges Profit Be Taken from Conflicts. Organized war veterans in Indianapolis today pushed the legislative fight to outlaw war. At a veterans’ mass meeting in the Lincoln yesterday, Marvin A. Harlan, El Paso, Tex., national commander, Disabled American Veterans, urged this action. “We must stop gambling in human blood and human lives. Take the profit out of war and there will be no war7’ he said. State convention of the D. A. V. is to be June 6 to 8 in Richmond. FEDERATION TO MEET ATMAROTT TOMORROW North Side Clubs to Hear Songs by Miss Norma Gregg. A forty-minute program, ranging from comedy to the classics, is to be given by Miss Norma Gregg, former Indianapolis singer and composer, at the regular monthly meeting of the North Side Federation of Clubs tomorrow night at the Marott. By special arrangement with George J. Marott, the hoten ensemble also will present a half hour entertainment for the Clubs. Activities of the Indianapolis Municipal League in connection with utility rate reduction and municipal ownership are to be discussed by E. O. Snethen, Indianapolis attorney. DAVID LEWIS NAMED TO ELECTION OFFICE Deputy Prosecutor to Serve as Clerk for Democrats. Selection of David M. Lewis, deputy prosecutor, as Democratic county election clerk for primary and fall elections, was announced today by Walter C. Boetcher, Democratic county chairman. A Republican commissioner has not been named, Wayne G. Emmelman, G. O. P. county chairman, said. HUNT CRASH VICTIMS Deputy Sheriffs Find Abandoned Autos Smashed Against Pole. Deputy sheriffs today are seeking persons involved in a two-car accident during the night at 50th-st and State Road 29. Both damaged cars wer found smashed against a utility pole. Deputies said that blood in one of the cars indicated someone had been injured seriously, although local hospitals could give no clews. Hoosier, 85, Dies of Fall By United Press FORT WAYNE, Ind., Feb. 10.— Henry F. Bullerman. who served as Wayne Township justice of the peace for 25 year* is dead here of injuries received in a fall last Tuesday. He was 85. Mr. Bullerman also served a term as Allen County commissioner, retiring in January, 1935. Dies in State Prison By United Press MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Feb. 30. —Fred Ogle, 44. Muncie, sentenced to life imprisonment from Delaware Circuit Court in 1919. died in State Prison last night from a heart attack. “Y” to Offer Business Law Class A course in business law is to be offered by Sanvei E. Garrison, attorney, at the Y. M. C. A. night schools Wednesdays for 16 weeks beginning this week. Or

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Shown here is what is left of a compressed air tank that this morning blew up at at the Globe Cartage Cos., 1300 Kentucky-av, and gravely wounded Curtis Hall, 21-year-old mechanic’s helper. The flattened steel plate in the foreground was the storage cylinder before the explosion. Other employes believe the safety valve was frozen. Mr. Hall is near death in Methodist Hospital. LABOR ACT ATTACKED IN SHOE FIRM’S SUIT Legality Questioned by Company Operating in Vincennes. By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—A suit attacking constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Act was filed in District of Columbia Supreme Court today by the Brown Shoe Cos., Inc., of St. Louis, Mo., which operates factories at Vincennes, Ind., and Salem, 111. The company asked an injunction to prevent the National Labor Relations Board from applying provisions of the act to the Vincennes plant.

CONVICT CARRIES FIGHT FOR RELEASE TO COURT Hearing on Writ Is to Be Held at Noblcsville Today. By United Press NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Feb. 10.— Hearing on petition of Robert Ingersoll, life-term inmate of the State Prison, fora writ of coram nobis, was scheduled in Hamilton Circuit Court today. In a preliminary hearing Saturday, Judge C. M. Gentry denied Ingersoll’s attorneys an order against Warden Louis Kunkel to bring the prisoner here. Atty. Gen. Philip Lutz Jr. fought the petition, which alleged Ingersoll was induced to plead guilty to a charge of slaying a filling station attendant in 1931 because of fear of mob violence. The petition also alleged the grand jury which indicted Ingersoll was drawn illegally because women were not permitted to serve. Floyd Strange, serving a life sentence for the same offense, and Ingersoll were arrested in California and both pleaded guilty to seconddegree murder.

WOMAN IS DIVORCED, GETS WEDDING LICENSE Beech Grove Mother Steps From Court Into Marriage Bureau. A few minutes ofter she was granted a divorce by E. E. McFerren, special Superior Judge, Mrs. Lenora Smith, Beech Grove mother of two children, stopped in the clerk’s office and obtained a marriage license. She was divorced from Charles S. Smith. Mrs. Smith and Harrison Miller, Southpcrt. ; signed the license. 14~SCHOLARSHIPS TO “ BE GIVEN AT DE PAUW Tentative Date for Examination of Recipients Is May 16. Times Special GREENCASTLE. Ind.. Feb. 10.— Fourteen president’s scholarships to De Pauw University, are to be awarded this year, Dean G. Herbert Smith announced today. Granted for a year, the scholarships are vaiued at S2OO each. They are to be given on the basis of an examination and personal interviews, tentative date for which is May 16. Fraternity Pledges City Man Times Special TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Feb. 10.— Pledging of Robert J. Burger, 1 1 26 N. Bosart-av, Indianapolis, a student at Rose Polytechnic here, to Theta Xi Fraternity, was announced today.

OFFICIAL WEATHER —■ United States Weather Bureau

Sunrise 6:44 I Sunset 5:15 TEMPERATURE Feb. 10, 1935 7 *■ ™ 2* 1 p. m SO . BAROMETER 7 ■ ® 30.15 Ip. n 30:15 Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m... .00 Total precipitation since Jan. 1 1 86 Deficiency since Jan. l 2.00 OTHER CITIES AT 7 A. M. . Station. Weather. Bar Temp. Amarillo. Tex Clear 30.36 16 Bismarck, N. D Clear 30.42 —24 Boston Clear 29.74 12 Chicago Clear 30.08 Cincinnati Cloudy 30.10 2 Denver Clear 30.20 g Dodge City. Kas. ... Clear 30 40 6 Helena. Mont Cloudv 30 26 4 Jacksonville. Fla. PtCldy 29 96 44 Kansas City. Mo Clear 30.42 Little itock. Ark Clear 30.34 18 U)s Angeles .... Clear 30.12 54 Miami, Fla Cloudy 29.86 66 Minneapolis Clear 30.22 —l4 Mobile. Ala. Clear 30.14 34 New Orleans Cloudy 30.16 42 New York Clear 29.82 16 Okla City, Okla Clear 30.42 12 Omaha, tfeb Clear 30.46 —lO Pittsburgh Sl ow 29.90 6 Portland. Ore Cloudy 30.20 22 San Antonio, Tex. . Clear 30.26 32 San Francisco Cloudy 30.08 48 St. Louis Clear 30.28 Tampa. Fla. Cloudy 29.94 54 Washington, D. C Ciey 29.86 20

FOUR HAVE NARROW ESCAPE FROM FIRE Flee Just Before Flames Reach Bedroom. Four people had a close brush with death today when fire destroyed the rear of the house in which they were sleeping. They owed their lives, firemen said, to Verl Muncie, 638 Birch-av, a musician, who saw the flames as he was returning home from work early this morning. First he thought his own house was on fire, but as he came clo r ,er he saw it was the dwelling across the street, 637 Birch-av. Pounding on the door he awakened Mr. and Mrs. Prush Lowry: their niece, Jeanette Linn, 12, and nephew, Robert Linn, 16. They escaped just before flames ate through the wall into the room where Mrs. Lowry and her niece had been sleeping. Damage to house and furniture was estimated at SISOO. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Godam and their 11-year-old son, Virgil, were forced to flee in their night clothes when their home at 1038 W. Morrisst caught fire. In fighting the blaze Mr. Godam’s feet were burned. Loss was approximately S3OO. Firemen said defective wiring caused both fires. DELINQUENT TAX SALE OPENS, MOVES SLOWLY Banks, Insurance, Building and Loan Firms Biggest Bidders. Marion County’s delinquent tax sale moved slowly today as property represented by more than $1,000,000 in taxes was put on the block by Fay Wright, chief deputy treasurer. Most of the bidding was done by banks, building and loan associations and life insurance companies to protect mortgages on various properties. Only a few property holders appeared to bid against their own holdings. Most of the bidding was done by George P. Street, Atlanta, Ga., capitalist, represented by Earl McFerren, local attorney. Mr. Street is bidding on these properties for investment purposes, according to Mr. McFerren.

BIDS RECEIVED BY CITY FOR AIR TUBE SYSTEM Device to Cost About $950 Would Link Hall Offices. The Works Board today received bids on the installation of a pneumatic tube system to connect the City Controller’s office W’ith offices of the Health Board, City Engineer, and Building Commissioner. It will cost approximately $950. The board adopted a resolution calling for the vacation of Gover-nor’s-rd from 37th-st to Pomanderpl in Golden Hill. It was explained that real estate men want to replat the division. WEATHER MAY DELAY RULING IN BANGS CASE Judge Awaits Improved Roads Before Going to Huntington. By United Press HUNTINGTON, Ind., Feb. 10.— Inclement weather today threatened to delay further a ruling in Circuit Court on the contempt citation of Mayor Clare W. H. Bangs, defendant in a suit to prohibit commercial extensions of the city electric plant. Special Judge Huber N. Devoss, Decatur, said he would not come to Huntington until road and weather conditions improve. The citation was asked by the Northern Indiana Power Cos., the object of Mayor Bangs' two-year fight to supplant the private utility with the city’s plant. A similar action recently was dismissed in circuit court, but the power company filed an amended complaint. BUILDING REPORT READY Tech Modernization Proposal to Be Outlined to School Board. Building committee of the School Board is to submit its fourth report on proposed repairs and modernization at Technical High School tomorrow night. Paul C. Stetson, school superintendent, is committee chairman. Art Class to Begin Tomrrow A course in showcard writing and poster making is to begin at 7 30 tomorrow in the Y. M. C. A. with I. W. R. Keen as instructor. Classes are to meet Tuesday and Thursday nights for 12 weeks. Courthouse to Close Wednesday The Marion County Courthouse is to be closed Wednesday in honor of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, the commissioners announced today.

FOOD AND FUEL FAMINE FEARED IN MIDDLE WEST Cold Wave Retains Grip; 250 Reported Dead; 7 Boys Marooned. (Continued From Page One) off from bread supplies, by snowdrifts. Farm families, isolated by snow, went into reserve food supplies. Seven Rescued From Ice By United Press EAST BREWSTER, Mass., Feb. 10. —Seven CCC workers, all alive despite more than 22 hours’ exposure to rain, snow r and freezing weather, were rescued by Coast Guards from two ice cakes in Cape Cod Bay today. Completion of the daring rescue was reported in a briefly worded note dropped here by Lieut. P. G. Miller, Coast Guard pilot. The boys were taken aboard the cutter Harriet Lane, which had battled her way for hours through thick ice that coated virtually all of Cape Cod. Bay. John Fitzsimmons, 19, of Portsmouth, one of those rescued, was found to be suffering from frozen feet. All the seven were from Rhode Island. The others, all 18 and 19, were suffering from exposure. The Harriet Lane made the rescues by approaching as closely as possible to the ice cakes on which the seven were marooned, and then sending a party across several hundred yards of ice with a dory. Hunger from which the youths had suffered during the first 20 hours of their isolation had been appeased by emergency food supplies dropped by Army planes. For a time during the night fears had been felt that the boys might never be found alive. Although they had suffered severely from exposure, they were in far better condition than had been anticipated.

Fear 3 Men Lost By United Press CHARLEVOIX, Mich., Feb. 10.— Three men, adrift on a crumbling ice floe in Lake Michigan, were believed swept to an icy death today. Exhausted Coast Guardsmen returned to report that a strong wind had broken ice floes into small pieces. Two of the missing men, Claude Beadsley, 45, and Clayton Brown, 22, were fishermen who elected to wait while three other men were rescued late Saturday. The third was Coast Guardsman Earl Cunningham who went to their rescue. They were last sighted Saturday night. 11 Stranded in River By United Press PADUCAH, Ky., Feb. 10.—Rising waters of the Ohio river surged against an ice dam today threatening to sweep tons of grinding ice cakes against a houseboat in which 11 government workers have been marooned since Friday. Foreman R. L. Ryan, who escaped to shore with 12 other men by jumping from one ice floe to another, said the men had enough food and fuel on the houseboat for four or five days. The men had been working on a mid-channel water diversion project 30 miles north of here. Planes Deliver Food By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—Army bombers and a dirigible battled a roaring wind to carry 4000 pounds of food to ice-blocked Tangier and Smith Islands today while Maryland investigators surveyed cause of failure of last week’s unsuccessful attempt to reach the marooned community by sled. Gov. Harry Nice pressed the work of a board inquiring into the death of one state policeman and the narrow escape of half a dozen others who were lost in a blizzard while trying to cross the ice with sleds carrying food. The islands have been cut off for more than two weeks by the Chesapeake Bay ice blockade.

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PITTMAN FLAYS JAPAmOLICY Sees Threat to U. S. in Tokyo’s Attitude in Far East. (Continued From Page One) times has such an undiplomatic, arrogant and impertinent statement been volunteered by one holding such a position.” The Takahashi speech, as quoted from a newspaper of Jan. 23, presented a suggestion from the Japanese fleet commander that the United States confine her naval program to ‘‘national defense” or be prepared for “extension of the cruising radius of Japanese warships in the Pacific.” “This command,” Mr. Pittman said, “is accompanied with the threat that if we do not yield to his demands Japan will increase ite flee* and fortify its islands. “We are warned that the admiral intends that we shall be unable to protect our commerce in the west by reason of the overwhelming Japanese fleet.” Vast Difference Seen ' Mr. Pittman said there was a vast difference between Japans policy and the actions of this country under the Monroe Doctrine. Turning to pending neutrality legislation, Senator Pittman said: “The United States does not intend to surrender the freedom of the seas.” 10 REPORTED DEAD IN AIR RAID ON DESSYE Population Scatters When Cannon Warn of Planes’ Approach. By United Press ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 10.—Authorities waited anxiously today for details of a raid by Italian bombing planes yesterday on Dessye, war headquarters of Emperior Haile Selassie. Five Caproni bombers attacked the town. Cannon were fired in warning that the planes were approaching, and the population scurried to shelter. By United Press LONDON, Feb. 10.—The Exchange Telegraph correspondent at Addis Ababa reported today that 10 persons were killed and many wounded in yesterday’s bombing of Dessye by Italian planes. JUDGE’S MOTHER DIES Parent of Columbus Jurist to Be Buried at Bloomington. Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Feb. 10.—Funeral services were to be conducted here today for Mrs. Adeline Long, mother of Circuit Judge George W. Long, Columbus, who died here at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Elnora Brakefield. Other survivors include another son, Clarence, and four daughters. Mrs. Samuel Patton, Mrs. Effie Taylor, Mrs. Ethel Wampler, all of Bloomington, and Mrs. Elsie Scobe, Gosport.

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FALL FATAL TO W. B. WHEELOCK, AYRESOFFICIAL Firm Vice President Dies at Home; Rites to Be at 2:30 Today. (Continued From Page One) densburg, N. Y., and started his business career in a St. Joseph (Mo.) dry goods store. Later he became secretary of the Chicago Bridge it Ifon Cos. at Kansas City and Chicago. He entered the employ of L. S. Ayres & Cos. in 1893. He was a member of the Columbia Club, Indianapolis Athletic Club and Indianapolis Country Club, Mystic Tie Masonic Lodge and the Society of Colonial Wars. On Jan. 4, 1893, he married Miss Emma Ayres, a daughter of Lyman S. Ayres, who survives him. Other survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Theodore B. Griffith, and two grandchildren, Helen and Sylvia Griffith, all of Indianapolis. Funeral services are to be held in the home, conducted by the Rev. Jean S. Milner, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church. Burial in Crown Hill is to be private. VANDERBURGH COUNTY PRODUCING MUCH OIL 64 Wells Provide 4000 Barrels Every Week, Report Shows. Times Special EVANSVILLE, Feb. 10.—With 64 wells producing more than 4000 barrels of oil weekly, Vanderburgh County went on record today as one of the leading petroleum fields in the state. Statistics compiled here by local operators show 700 carloads, or 210,000 barrels of crude oil were shipped out of Vanderburgh County to refineries since the field was opened about four years ago. Os 224 wells drilled throughout the state during 1935, the greatest oil production was obtained in southwestern Indiana, reports of the State Conservation Department disclosed. Other counties listed in the heavy producing field include Posey, Spencer, Daviess, Pike and Perry. C. OF C. AT LEBANON RE-ELECTS OFFICERS Three New Directors Named at ReOrganization Meeting. Times Special LEBANON, Feb. 10.—The Lebanon Chamber of Commerce today I entered upon its 1936 program of activities following an annual reorganization meeting, at which three officers were re-elected and three new members named to the directors’ board. Those chosen to continue in office are Lester J. Boatman, president: Rush Stephenson, secretary, and Herbert Epperson, treasurer. New board members are Thomas Burrin, Ralph Ten Eyck and Mr. Epperson. Holdover directors include Harold Lawler, Earl Hicks, Bayard Shumate, Willett Parr, Newell Hollman and Mr. Boatman. G. 0. P. ATTACKS AIR MAIL CANCELLATIONS Pamphlet Asserts New Deal Seek;, Control of Lines. By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. The New Deal has sought to gain absolute control of the country's air mail lines, the national Republican Congressional Committee charged today in a pamphlet called “Roosevelt and the Air Mail—Lest We Forget.” Tracing the history of air mail contract cancellation the pamphlet lists 12 Army men as having been killed as a direct outgrowth of the mail situation. Temporary demoralization of American commercial aviation and unnecessary cost to th* government of $3,767,355 resulted from the move, it asserted.