Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 292, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 February 1936 — Page 1

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NEW ZERO WAVE IS DUE HERE TONIGHT; 320 DEAD IN U. S.

Motorists Again Warned Against Traveling on Highways. MANY HURT IN FALLS Trolley Service Disrupted by Glazed Streets; Fireman Is Injured. Biting northwest winds and snow flurries this afternoon speeded the new zero wave which is expected to reach here tonight. At 7 this morning the temperature was 33, but by noon the mercury was 28. Zero is forecast for tonight by the Weather Bureau. St:eets, deep with slush and ra’n yesterday, were beginning to freeze ever this afternoon, increasing traffic hazards. A conflict of .barometric pressure fields was explained as the cause for the delay in the new Arctic invasion by the bureau. During the last 48 hours 1.15 inches of rain fell, which would have made, approximately, 11 inches of snow. Above freezing temperature of the two-day period probably caused some damage to pastures, and may have cleared southern and central Indiana winter wheat and rye fields of their snow blanket, baring them to harmful ice that may follow, it was reported. Highways Still Dangerous However, the freeze will void whatever threat there was of a flood condition in Indiana streams. The thaw had been reported in various parts of the state as swelling small streams, and had it and the rain continued it was believed by experts that there might have been serious danger from high waters. Highways wilf remain in a dangerous condition, especially north of Indianapolis, and truck traffic is expected to be considerably slowed. Police and motor clubs warned against driving, unless imperative. Mrs. Lucy E. valentine, 75, of 4220 N. Capital-av, broke her right hip in a fall in her yard today. She was taken to St. Vincent’s Hospital. Pedestrian Is Injured Ray White, 842 Rybolt-st, was struck by an automobile driven by Edward Fite, 1441 S. Lawndale-av, last night as he was walking on W. Washington-st near Holt-rd. He was treated at City Hospital. Mr. Fite told police that he had been blinded by bright lights on an automobile coming from the opposite direction. Thrown from his car after it skidded and crashed into an auto driven by Alfred C. Meldthan, 4965 W. 14th-st, Walter Blakely, Paxton, 111., received severe lacerations on (Turn to Page Three) TOWNSEND LEADERS’ FUNDS ARE ATTACKED

Broadside Attack Launched at House Hearing on Probe Request. By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. A broadside attack on the Townsend Old - Age pension movement vas launched today at a House Rules Committee hearing on a resolution to investigate all old-age pension organizations. Rep. C. Jasper Bell (D„ Mo.) and Rep. Phil Ferguson (D„ Okla.) produced documents through which they sought to show need of a thorough investigation of the Townsend movement. The committee, however, delayed until Monday action on the resolution. Bell asserted that huge funds were being received by Dr. Francis E. Townsend, organizer, and his chief aid, R. E. Clements. RITTER-AV WIDENING APPROVED BY BOARD Work to Be Done From Pennsylvania Railroad to Brookville-Rd. The Works Board today authorized widening, resurfacing and curbing of Ritter-av from the Pennsylvania Railroad to Brookville-rd, at an estimated cost of $5199 to the city. Residents of the neighborhood for more than a year have requested widening of Ritter-av. A resolution providing for widening of Ritter-av to Pleasant Runblvd Is to be presented soon, City Engineer H. B. Steeg said. The board also authorized expenditure of $915 for a pneumatic tube system to connect the Health Board, City Engineer and Building Department with the Controller, and paving of the first alley east of Graham-av between St. Clair ana Ninth-sts. TIMES INDEX Amusements .... 24 Comics 35 Editorial 22 Financial 34 Food Pkges 26-27-28 Merry-Go-Round 21 Pegler 21 Radio 3 Serial Story 19 Sports 29-30-31 Want Ads 32-33 Woman’s Pages 18-19

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The Indianapolis Times FORECAST: Fair tonight and Saturday, with cold wave; lowest temperature tonight about zero.

VOLUME 47—NUMBER 292

320 Reported Dead in U. S. as Result of ‘Worst Winter.’ ENTIRE NATION HARD HIT Planes Ready to Fly Food and Supplies to Marooned Groups. By United Press CIIICAQP, Feb. 14.—Skiequipped planes take off today to take supplies to 11 snowbound communities in western South Dakota. A new cold wave was sweeping the Central States and the East. Rain, sleet and snow over 90 per cent of the nation during the last 24 hours increased hazards of the worst winter on record. The death toll mounted to more than 320. Federal Airport Inspector Lester Orcutt at Pierx-e, S. D., awaited safe flying conditions before taking off for Rapid City where he was to join the proposed airplane expedition to the marooned communities. Huge Drifts Balk Rescuers Highway crews have been unable to break through huge drifts to Red Owl, Advance, Cooper, Camp Crook, Stoneville, Herford, Fairpoint, Enning, Cedar Canyon, Sulphur and Pedro, Communications lines were down in some of the ranching communities and it was impossible to determine the extent of suffering from lack of food and fuel. Anew blizzard yesterday and last night kept the planes on the ground but fair and colder weather was forecast for South Dakota today. Coal Train Is Stalled The cold wave which advanced southward over the Rocky Mountain region was expected to reach most of the Midwest by tonight. Moderate weather yesterday with rain in Southern areas again crippled traffic. Motorists were warned off Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana roads. The freakish weather included earth tremors at Helena and Butte, Mont., but no damage was reported. Many persons believe the tremors foreshadowed another damaging earthquake. lowa’s coal shortage remained acute. A Rock Island train loaded with coal for Audubon, la., was stuck in a snowdrift a mile south of Hamlin. SWANSON REPORTED ‘HOLDING HIS OWN' Condition Unchanged Since Last Night. By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—Secretary of Navy Claude A. Swanson, seriously ill of pleurisy at Navy Hospital, was reported “holding his own” today. Hospital attaches said there had been no change in his condition since 11 last night, when he was reported “resting comfortably.” The 74-year-old Navy Secretary was injured a week ago when he fell, fracturing a rib. Pleurisy set In. Naval doctors attending him were apprehensive lest pneumonia develop, but said today that there was no indication of it yet. They described his condition as “serious” but “not necessarily hopeless.” HOUSE GROUP FAVORS NEUTRALITY EXTENSION Foreign Affairs Committee Agrees to Push for Quick Action. By United Press WASHINGTON. Feb. 14.—The House Foreign Affairs Committee today reported favorably a bill extending the present neutrality law with modifications until May 1, 1937, and agreed to bring it to the House floor Monday for quick action under a “gag” rule. The House bill is virtually identical with the measure reported favorably by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. This measure is opposed in the Senate by a bloc headed by Senator Gerald Nye (R., N. D.), chairman of the Senate Munitions Committee, who is leading a fight for enactment of a stricter measure. MART IRREGULARLY UP IN SELECTIVE TRADING Telephone Reaches New High; Rubber Shares Have Late Run, By United Press NEW YORK, Feb. 14.-Selective trading carried stock prices irregularly higher today. American Telephone reached a new high since 1931, at 179, up 414, and then in quiet trading eased fractionally. Rubber shares had a late run up as Goodyear reached 30 '% for anew 1936 high, up 114, and Goodrich reached anew high at 20 up *6. Bendix Aviation turned strong in later trading.

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STORM HALTS RESCUE PARTY Efforts to Reach 111 Family Fail Before Merciless lowa Wind. By United Press SPENCER, la., Feb. 14.—Merciless . wind, subzero cold and drifting snow today forced a volunteer crew of shovelers to abandon their efforts to clear a highway to the Alvin Blessing home where two children are near death from pneumonia and six other small children are ill with whooping cough. A snow plow, sent to aid the workers who battled the storm far into the night, was stalled with a broken axle. Fears were felt for the fate of the eight-months-old twin daughters of the Blessing family, reported critically ill with double pneumonia. The plow was dispatched after a general phone call was sent over rural lines for aid. Shovelers were forced to give up the bat ie against wind and snow when d.-ifts piled up behind them and threatened to trap the entire crew. Many snow plows in the vicinity of Spencer were reported broken down under t£e severe use made of them in a month of extreme winter weather. Available equipment was used almost exclusively for emergency service, to open roads for physicians and undertakers. INFLUENZA VACCINE IS SAFE, DOCTORS Cl AIM Still in Experimental Stage, Say CcFinders of Scrum. By United Press SAN FRANCISCO Feb. 14. Science has developed a limited quantity of influenza vaccine, safe for use on human beings and successful in initial tests, but it is not ready for application to persons suffering from the disease, Dr. Thomas Francis Jr., of the Rockefeller Institute, said today. Dr. Francis said he and his coworker, Dr. T. P. Magill. consider the vaccine in the experimental stage, however, and until further tests of its safety and protective power have been completed, it will not be used. ETHIOPIANS”CAPTURE OUTPOST OF ITALIANS Loss on Southern Front Is Announced Officially at Rome. By United Press ROME, Feb. 14.—A strong Ethiopian force attacked an Italian observation post at Curati, northwest of Gerlogubi on the southern Ethiopian front, and “overpowered” the garrison of Dubat native troops after strongest resistance, an official communique said today.

Red, Blue Triangles to Distinguish Bargains as Indianapolis Stores Observe ‘Opportunity Day f

Indianapolis stores are to be thrown open tomorrow to an eager buying public for the annual “Opportunity Day” sales event, sponsored by local merchants and The Indianapolis Times. In every 7 department outstanding bargains are to be distinguished by red and blue triangles. Shopping lists are to be made out by housewives, students and business women; even Father is to make a notation on his office reminder

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14,1936

Urchin Gang Lair Found High in Loft of Theater Detectives Led to Downtown Hideout by Negro ‘Pal,’ Who Says He Wants to Bea Policeman, Too. There is gloom among the regulars at the Juvenile Detention Home today because their favorite lair has been discovered—all because their 14-year-old Negro pal wants to be a policeman when he grows up. For months police and Juvenile Court officers have known, they say, that the urchins who commit petty thievery and stay away from their homes have had a hideout, but it was not until last night that they found it.

High over the drops of Tower Theater, formerly the Rialto, on S. Illinois-st, these urchins had built a home, complete with rugs filched from back stage, and whatever other “conveniences” they had been able to pick up from robbing stores and autos. Built on Girders From this perch they made forays on city bakeries and stores for food and turned to the streets to beg for money. The floor of the lair is built of planks spanning two girders and covering an aperture that opens on to the topmost pulleys and machinery of the stage settings, no longer used. Seventy-five feet below is the stage. The lair has a “penthouse” roof. It was discovered last October when one member of the gang was trying to slip into the show from the fire escape landing and heard someone coming out. He ran on up the escape, onto the roof. He got to prowling around and found the spot. The outside approach involved going to the roof of another building and crossing three stories up, from building ledge to building ledge, the width of a narrow alley. Password Required The boys said they had an air-gun and guarded the place against prowlers. Even members of the gang were required to answer with a password when challenged at night. They said they could crawl under the loose planks onto beams of the theater inside, along them to the wall, and climb down onto the stage by a steel ladder. From there they slippad into the show and watched it. Late yesterday, led by the ambitious Negro lad, detectives raided the place and one of the boys climbed to the ledge, let himself over the edge and hung there by his hands until police went to the roof and dragged him back. Three boys are under arrest. More are sought. Police know there is another hangout, known to all of that band of half-world boys, but they haven’t been able to locate it. They hope to get information on it through questioning those held. The little Negro stool pigeon told police that his band knows a secret way into every downtown theater, and that one by one they see each new show as it opens. He said policemen couldn't get in the same way because they are too large.

pal. Past experience has taught buyers that merchandise assembled for this occasion is not to be disregarded. Wherever the red and blue triangle appears it is a reminder that the merchant has made a special effort to provide customers with needed articles at a low price. He has had it in mind for days. Every shipment has contained merchandise which has been placed among the bargains.

WITNESS TELLS OF STERN STOCK DEALS Mrs. Emma B. Henry Is Called in Federal Trial. Alleged stock manipulations of Louis Stern & Cos., officers and salesmen were revealed in Federal Court today by Miss Emma B. Henry, 2865 N. Illinois-st. Miss Henry testified that she lost a total of SB7OO, including six SIOOO Shortridge High School bonds, in her dealing with Sam Schweitzer of the company. Her money, she testified, had been lost in switching from one stock to another. She told how Schweitzer gave her his personal note for S4OOO and wrote her consoling stories from various parts of the country, telling her to “be patient.” Miss Henry was the eighteenth witness called by the government in the mail fraud trial of 11 officers and employes of the former investment firm. Nicholas Noe, 21 E. Minnesota-st. testified yesterday he had invested $4347 without receiving any stock, and Miss Maude Arnold, 327 N. Pennsylvania-st, charged she lost $1925 in dealings with the firm. TENSENESS IN SYRIA TRACED TO MOSLEMS Wave of Nationalism Linked With Italian-Ethiopian Crisis. By United Press PARIS, Feb. 14.—Moslem nationalism in Syria is becoming urgently dangerous, according to reports reaching Paris today. Economic life in the French-mandated republic is almost at a standstill and martial law is enforced in principal cities. The situation is more alarming because the Moslem unrest is traced to student rioting in Egypt which, in turn, resulting in further riots, is held directly due to the ItalianEthiopian crisis and the delicate racial questions which arise in African and Asiatic countries under European influence.

There are to be money-saving articles for every room of the home, such as electrical appliances, kitchen equipment, clothing items for every member of the family, and many others which each member of the family has expressed a desire for, and which you have hoped to buy. You will have to come early and stay late to get the most out of the sales event. Stores will be crowded. Remember now you had to hurry around through the crowds to find

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VANNUYS, MINTON SPLIT ON HIGH COURT CURB; BACK RIVAL .CANDIDATES

State Editors Hear Plea for Job Insurance Law; U. S. to Aid Bill Framers

Security Board Official to Meet Friday With Legislators. Frank Bane, executive secretary, Federal Social Security Board, is to arrive here next Friday for conferences with the joint legislative committee studying state security bills, Gov. McNutt announced today. The Governor said he believed that Mr. Bane would be able to assist the committee in preparing the legislation for the coming special session. The Governor has proposed a centralized administrative setup for social security, while the committee tentatively favors concessions to home rule.

MONGOL CLASH ROUSESJAPAN Nipponese and Manchukuan Planes Reported Ready for Swift Attack. BY RAY MARSHALL (Copyrißht. 1936. bv United P.ess) TOKYO, Feb. 14. —Japanese and Manchukuan air forces were reported to be prepared for instant action today, and military chiefs in Manchukuo were in consultation, as the result of the latest of a series of clashes on ,the Mongolian frontier. v The clash occurred Wednesday. Unofficial reports say seven Japanese-Manchukuoans and one Mongolian were killed and eight Japanese-Manchukuoans and seven Mongolians were wounded. Though the clash was only one of many in past months on the frontiers of Mongolia and Russia, there were indications in Japanese reports that this incident may lead to strengthening of the JapaneseManchukuoan frontier forces. On the Japanese side there are suspicions that Soviet Russia is involved in the clashes, even on the outer Mongolian frontier; on the Russian side, Japan is suspected. Mutual Suspicion Aroused It was indicated that this clash was regarded more seriously than previous ones, perhaps because it may be believed that the fights are becoming more serious. But other clashes have passed after brief excitement. and there are clear indications that, as regards Japan and Russia, neither nation seeks a fight but each is suspicious of the other’s intentions. Dispatches of Japanese correspondents from Hsinking. capital of Manchukuo, were significant. The Nippon Dempo news agency correspondent reported that Japanese headquarters at Hailar, behind the frontier area, and Tsitsihar, farther back on the main railway line, were in constant communication regarding "measures” to be taken concerning the situation. Mongolia Sends Protest By United Press MOSCOW, Feb. 14.—Mongolia has sent an angry protest to Manchukuo over a frontier clash which occurred Wednesday and has demanded action to prevent further invasion of Mongolia by JapaneseManchukuoan troops, an official statement said today. Mongolia, it was asserted, telegraphed the Manchukuoan government protesting ’resolutely” over the clash and demanding immediate investigation of the facts of the “violation” of the frontier and trial of the persons guilty. The official Tass News Agency told of the protest, on the basis of a dispatch from Ulan Bator (Urga), capital of the outer Mongolian republic.

all the bargains you had in mind last year? But. there will be plenty for every one. for much preparation has been made. Never before have the merchants responded so well to this event. They have studied every one’s problems and needs, and Lave made elaborate plans to fill them. They present them tomorrow in another Opportunity Day, to what is expected to be a grateful buying public.

Indiana to Lose $4,000,000 Unless Bill Is Passed, Editors Warned. By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 14—Federal funds began flowing today to 21 states and the District of Columbia to aid needy aged, blind and dependent children under the social security program passed by the last session of Congress, Checks totaling 54,446,622, representing the first social security grants to states, were mailed by the Treasury within 48 hours after President Roosevelt signed the deficiency appropriation act. Indiana may L'-se $4,000,000 this year if it fails to enact an unemployment compensation law, Dr. R. Clyde White warned today in an address at the midwinter meeting of the Hoosier State Press Association. Admitting there is serious question about the social security bill’s unemployment insurance section, the Indiana University educator said self-interest, if nothing more, demands that Indiana enact such a law. Employers will have to meet the pay roll tax anyhow until the United States Supreme Court makes a decision, Dr. White pointed out. If the unemployment insurance section of the bill is held unconstitutional and Indiana has its own law, 90 per cent (Turn to Page Three) STATE FARM RECEIPTS UP IN ’34, U. S. SAYS Hoosiers Received $246,798,000, Federal Report Discloses. Times Special WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—Indiana farmers enjoyed the most prosperous year in recent history in 1935, a tabulation of receipts from sale of principal farm products and AAA rental and benefit payments by the Department of Agriculture disclosed today. Total receipts for Hoosier farmers amounted to $246,798,000 in 1935, an increase of $57,225,000 over the previous year and $110,818,000 over the depression low of 1932. Os the 1935 total, $19,327,000 was from AAA rental and benefit payments and $227,471,000 from the sale of principal farm products. Crops accounted for $46,433,000 and livestock and livestock products for $181,03F. TOSCANINI TO LEAVE NEW YORK ORCHESTRA Conductor to Make Last Appearance With Group April 25. By United Press NEW YORK. Feb. 14.—Arturo Toscanini, internationally famous orchestra conductor and director of the New York Philharmonic-Sym-phony Society’s orchestra since 1923, is to make his last American appearance with that orchestra Sunday afternoon, April 26, the board of directors announced today. Toscanini “feels the necessity for a release from the great responsibility of presiding as music director of a permanent orchestra,” the board’s announcement said. He will not return to this country next year, but, according to his friends, is to fill occasional guest and festival engagements in Europe. SENATE USES GAG TO GET FARM BILL ACTION Vote Is Expected Today After Body Agrees to Limit Debate. By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—The Senate resorted to gag rule in an effort to obtain passage today of the Administration's new farm-re-lief bill. The self-imposed gag consisted of an agreement, reached unanimously, to limit debate which has dragged for more than a week. Senate Majority Leader Joseph T. Robinson said the arrangement should bring a vote today. 4 DIEIN DEMONSTRATION Venezuelan Troops Fire on Mob Near Government Palace. By United Press CARACAS. Venezuela, Feb. 14. Four were killed and 15 wounded today when troops on the balconies of the Government Palace fired jpto a mob of demonstrators in the Plaza Bolivar. The demonstrators turned out in sympathy with the newspapers of Venezuela, which have suspended publication because of new censorship rules curtailing freedom of the j press.

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Senior Senator Opposed to ‘Tinkering’ With Judges’ Powers. M'KINNEY HIS CHOICE Colleague is Standing by Greenlee in Race for Nomination. BY JAMES DOSS Indiana’s two United States Senators came back to this state today on different trains, indorsed different candidates for the Democratic nomination for Governor and expressed opposite views on the proposal to curb the Su- | preme Court’s power. Senator Frederick VanNuys saids “I am for Kirk McKinney for Governor. I think most of my frined® know that and realize that his selection w’ould be very pleasing to me.” Senator Sherman Minton said; I am for Pleas Greenlee for Governor and I say that without reservation. He is my friend and lam not going to run out on him. I recognize the right of any Democrat to be for whom he wants and I reserve the same privilege to myself. When the coming friendly contest for Governor is over, I’ll be for the nominee regardless of who he is.” At Odds Over Court The senators, here primarily for the midwinter meeting tomorrow of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association, expressed opposing views on the proposed legislation to weaken the Supreme Court's authority. Senator Minton said he would favor a bill requiring the court verdict to be unanimous, if he thought such a bill had chance of passage. “If the Constitution is the yardstick the Supreme Court judges contend it is,” Senator Minton said. “I see no reason why their decisions should not be unanimous on questions of Constitutional law. “Every precept we have calls for determination of constitutionality without question. The Federal courts demand a unanimous verdict from juries. Why should the learned justices of the Supreme Court be permitted to issue their repeated 5-4 decisions?” “Opposed to Tinkering” Senator VanNuys asserted he was opposed to “any tinkering with th® courts or the Constitution.” “Our existing system has been successful for 150 years,” he said, “and I see no reason for changing it now. We are emerging from a serious economic and industrial crisis and any tinkering with th® Supreme Court powers would b® dangerous. “I shall oppose any such attempts, both in committee and on the floor of the Senate.’” Senator VanNuys was asked if h® thought there is any possibility of him and Gov. McNutt forgetting th® political differences which began when the state administration forces nominated Senator Minton in the last state convention. Convention to be “Open” “You know as much about that a® I do,” he said. “However, from what I "have been able to observe, the coming state convention will not be ‘packed’ by patronage as the last one was. “It looks like an open convention and that's what I’ve insisted on from the first.” In his indorsement of Mr. McKinney, former Indiana head of th® Home Owners Loan Corp., the senior Senator said he believes there i® no question but that Mr. McKinney would be an "ideal Governor” if h® is elected. “I've known Kirk since he was % boy,” Senator VanNuys said. “Hi® integrity is unquestioned; he is * master of detail and could make the same record in the office of Governor of Indiana that he mad® in the HOLC—a record that i® recognized as the best in the country.” Senator Minton is scheduled to speak tonight at Shelbyville at the formal “coming out party” of Mr, Greenlee. Dispells All Doubt "I’m not coming back to Indiana to taka the stump,” he said, “because I’ve plenty to do in Washington. But I'm going to do al. I can for pleas. He's my friend.” Senator Minton’s flat indorsement of Mr. Greenlee dispelled any doubt, according to political observers, as to whether he is for the man who put through the Senator’s nomination in the last state convention. It has been suggested that h® might be compelled to feel that his political allegiance belongs to Gov. McNutt and the faction within th® state administration which opposes Mr. Greenlee’s candidacy and which was instrumental in his “retirement” from his powerful patronage position. Real Estate Probe to Continue WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—Th® House voted $25,000 today for expenses of continuing the investigation of real estate bondholders' protective committees.