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AGED LOOK TO ASSEMBLY FOR PENSION LAWS

58,000 Hopeful of Aid as Legislators Prepare to Convene. STARTING DATE ISSUE Many Anxious to Begin Payments by July, 1937, Instead of 1938. This Is Ihc first of a scries of stories outlining Indiana's social security problem and proposed legislation that Is to effect It during the special session of the Legislature, opening Thursday. BY JAMES DOSS Approximately 58,000 aged residents of Indiana eventually are to receive pensions ranging from sls to S3O a month, contingent on the action taken by the General Assembly in the special session starting Tuesday. The word “eventually” is used because there now is no certainty as to when pension payments to certain classifications of aged persons are to start. So-called model legislation prepared by a joint legislative committee calls for payment to persons 65, starting July 1, 1938. There is a rapidly growing movement among members of both houses to start the 65-year schedule a year earlier —on July 1, 1937. The issue probably will be fought out in the extra session. Persons 70 Aided Now Indiana now has an old-age pension law which provides for payments to persons 70 or older. To obtain millions of dollars in Federal aid, it must start paying on the 65-year basis by 1940. The cost to the state, therefore, is a question, and dependent on whether more persons are to benefit during 1937. Taking 1930 Federal census figures as a guide, it is estimated there are approximately 95,000 persons in Indiana between 65 and 69, inclusive. There now are approximately 35,000 persons on the pension rolls, or eligible to be placed on them, under the present state law calling for payments to persons 70 or older. If the same proportion ~oT the 65-69 population is eligible to pensions, the total number of Federal, state and county pension aid recipients would be raised to approximately 58,000, it is estimated. Some estimates of the increased number of eligibles under a 65-69-year classification reach 29,000. Tensions Are to Vary The pensions to be paid under the Federal aid setup are to vary according to the individual’s needs. Thus, the cost of the undertaking can be determined only by figuring from average pension figures arbi(Turn to Page Three)

BARBARA IMPROVES, NOW OUT OF DANGER American Heiress Gains Following Grave Abdominal Operation. By United Press LONDON, March 2.—Countess Barbara Hutton von Haugwitz-Re-ventlow, American heiress, was pronounced out of danger in a bulletin issued by her physicians today, “Countess von Haugwitz-Revent-low’s condition continues to mend and the patient may now be regarded as out of danger,” said the bulletin. She began yesterday to show real Improvement after a grave abdominal operation which caused fear for her life. A son was born to her a week ago. OLLIE DAVIS DISMISSED AS WPA DISTRICT CHIEF Alleged Folitical Activity Charged as Reason for Action. Ollie Davis, Tipton, was relieved of his duties today as Terre T ute district director of the “ks Progress Administration by r f Wayne Coy, state director. , It was charged that Mr. T ,a"s dismissed because of polit vCtivities. Mr. Coy could not ne reached for comment. 7 DIE IN TRAIN WRECK Canadian Workers Killed While Clearing Snow, Mud From Tracks. Bn United Press DOWNIE. B. C., March 2.—Seven rpen were killed and seven were injured a few miles east of here today when the locomotive and tender of a Canadian Pacific Railway train rolled from the tracks on to a group of laborers who were clearing away snow and a mudslide KING IN SECOND CRASH Greek Monarch Again Escapes Injury in Auto Accident. By United Press ATHENS, March 2.—King George escaped injury today in his second motor crash in three days. Returning from a meeting of the Chambre of Deputies, the King, driving his own car, collided with a taxicab. Only Friday, King George, by a quick swerve, avoided a head-on collision with a street car. 46 Reported Deat. iu Quake By United Press SHANGHAI, March 2.—Forty-six persons were reported killed today and scores injured in an eythquake at Kanglo, in Kansu pnmnee. More than 1000 houses were reported destroyed.

The Indianapolis Times FORECAST: Fair tonight and tomorrow; warmer tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight about 35.

VOLUME 47—NUMBER 306

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REVOLT FAILURE, SAYS KAGAWA Japanese Masses Disgusted With Rioting, Christian Leader Says. The revolution of military extremists in Japan failed because the masses became disgusted with tha rioting, Dr. Toyohiko Kagawa, leading Japanese Christian, said this afternoon. In an interview following his address on the co-operative movement at the Central Christian Church, Dr. Kagawa said thfe young militarists would have won more sympathy if they had returned to their barracks instead of prolonging their rioting. The extremist movement is sporadic and will be wiped out by the spread of Christianity and consumers’ co-operatives in Japan, Dr. Kagawa said. “One reason for the rioting at this time is that now is the season of rainfall in Japan and people have more time on their hands,” Dr. Kagawa said. Co-operative trade among nations, lowering of tariff walls and understanding of each country’s economic problems are the only avenues to world peace, he said. Fifty per cent of the Japanese population and 80 per cent of Japan's farmers belong to co-operatives. NEW STAKE THREAT HANGS OVER AKRON Unions Move for Possible General Walkout. By United Press AKRON. 0... March 2.—Labor leaders held the threat of a general strike over this city of 225,000 today as the walkout tying up three plants of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Cos. entered its third week. Central Labor Union was authorized by a committee of 25 to call a general strike if the Goodyear Cos. should use force to reopen its plants or if it should become necessary to win the Goodyear strike.

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Annual Indiana Art Show Opens at Herron Institute

MAYOR TAKES DRASTIC STEP IN N.Y. STRIKE

La Guardia Calls Emergency in Walkout of 25,000 Lift Workers. FINDS CITIZENS IN PERIL Puts City Force to Work in High Apartments as Trouble Spreads. By United Prats NEW YORK, March 2.—Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia today declared a “state ofemergency” , because of the elevator strike which disrupted service in much of Manhattan and ordered city employes to operate elevators in residential buildings more than six stories high. The Mayor’s decree held that stoppage of elevator and other services in tall buildings that house countless thousands of New Yorkers was a menace to safety. “The emergency measures taken by the city are for the protection of life and of the public health,” he said. Scattered Riots Reported Scattered violence was reported as strike leader James J. Bambrick declared 70,000 men in 6000 buildings would be out by nightfall, including many in the Wall Street district. A brawl broke out in offices of the American Confidential Agency, where nearly 100 men sought jobs as strike breakers. §ix were arrested on charges of disorderly conduct.The disturbance started when the! strike breakers objected to being fingerprinted and photographed as demanded by the Realty Advisory Board. The entire police force of 18,000 men, and additional thousands of fire, sanitation, health, tenement and building department employes were ordered by the Mayor to be deputized to provide essential services in buildings in which the owners were unable to replace strikers. Mayor La Guardia acted after the strike, which started yesterday, spread over most of Manhattan north of 59th-st, This is the main residential area of the Metropolis’ most crowded borough, an area of mile after mile of apartment buildings. In many of these, residents unaccustomed to walking had to make their way laboriously up and down 20 or more flights. HIGH WATERS STILL THREATEN INDIANA Wabash, White Rivers Rush Through Lowlands. Under a smiling sky and in warm temperatures Indianapolis today relaxed and tried to forget the rigors of the extreme cold, just passed. In other sections of the state, however, floods threatened property damage. Skies are to continue fair and temperatures are to ascend tonight and tomorrow, the Weather Bureau reported. Elsewhere, lowlands and highways were inundated as flood waters swirled down the lower Wabash and White Rivers. Flood warnings were given lowland residents. No evacuations were reported and damage was not believed extensive.

MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1936

Brick Wall ‘Faw Down and Go Boom!’

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One man was injured seriously today when an brick wall fell, apparently of its own weight, from its perch on top of a row of one-story shops in the 400 block of W. Washington-st. Buried under the bivcks, and taken t< City Hospital, was Aybin Fazle, 47, of 441 W. Wa. lington-st, a barber who worked at 4571 W. Washington-st. Carl Koons, 514 N. Pinest, who was walking on the north side of W. Washin£ton-st, saw the accident and rushed across the street-to aid the injured man.

Selassie to Abdicate, Seek Peace, Is Rumor After Crushing Italian Victory

10,000 Reported Killed or Wounded; Selassie Takes Command. By United Press ITALIAN GENERAL QUARTERS, Northern Hthiopia, March 2.—Marshal Pietro Badoglio, Italian commander-in-chief in East Africa, has smashed all but one of the Ethiopian armies that faced him—the force under the personal command of Emperor Haile Selassie in the Dessye region, some 160 miles south of the present front line. Warriors of Ras Kassa, called the strongest military leader in Ethiopia, fled for their lives today, abandoning equipment and leaving on the battle field in the Tembien region an estimated 10,000 killed and wounded. Ras Kassa himself was said to have escaped with but 50 personal bodyguards. Ras Siyoum, his subchief who long harassed the Italian lines of communication, was believed to be hiding in the caves of his Tembien mountain fastnesses. It was asserted that, as opposed to the estimated 10,000 casualties among the Ethiopians, of whom 3000 were said to be killed, the Italians lost about 1000 wounded or killed. Nice Enters G. O. P. Race By United Press PHILADELPHIA, March 2—Gov. Harry W. Nice of Maryland today announced his candidacy for the Republican vice presidential nomination with the opening of a Philadelphia campaign headquarters.

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Left—“ Fish Cleaners,” by Edwin Fulwider of Indianapolis, first honorable mention; center—“ Girl With Still Life,” by John King of Richmond, Ind., Art Association Prize of $150; right—“ The Other Side • of the Tracks," by William Peed of Indianapolis, Holcolmb prize of SIOO.

Here is an art critic's view of the Herron show. Another reaction will be found in the “Squaring the Circle” column on the Editorial Page. BY ANTON SCHERRER In spite of the Picasso spree and anything else you have heard, life at the Herron moves in orderly channels and with a certain predictability. Thus every year about this time, Director Peat drops everything to do his duty by Indi-

He removed bricks from him and carried him into a furniture ’store. Although it was reported that an explosion attended the falling of the wall, Firfe Chief Fred Kennedy said-he believed weather had so weakened the wall that it merely fell of its own weight. William J. Hill, 59, of 424 W. New York-st, a WPA worker, said he had just reached the end of the danger zone when the bricks fell and said that some of them struck his ankles.

Mussolini Threatens to Quit League, Denounce Locarno Treaty. By United Press ROME, March 2. —ltaly expects Emperor Haile Selassie to abdicate shortly in favor of the young crown prince, who will make peace with Italy, unofficial but usually reliable sources said today. By United Prtss ROME, March 2.—Premier Benito Mussolini brought his threats to leave the League of Nations and denounce the Locarno Treaty into the open today as League leaders met at Geneva to consider new penalties against Italy for its war on Ethiopia. This time, as he has done frequently in the past, Mussolini used as his medium of expression, his own newspaper, Popolo D’ltalia of Milan. An editorial which many people believed came from Mussolini himself warned directly that a league policy of “super-sanctionism” might lead to denunciation of the Locarno pact and to Italy's resignation from the League. Under the Locarno treaty, Great Britain, France, Belgium, Italy and Germany guarantee the present German-Belgian-French frontiers. It is considered perhaps the most important single treaty in Europe. “Super-sanctionism,” the editorial said, could lead to the destruction not only of the League itself but of Locarno and “other international obligations” in which Italy is a partner.

I ana artists. He and his predecesI sors have been doing the same i thing for the last 29 years. Which means that the First Indiana Artists Show was held in 1907, or three years before Paul Chabas thrilled a waiting world with a thing called “September Mom.” That represents a lot of time and art. So much, indeed, that we don’t hesitate to say that the Annual Indiana Artists Show is. with the possible exception of spring house-

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Geneva Calls Committee to Renew Peace Efforts; Embargoes Delayed. By United Press GENEVA, March 2.—The League of Nation’s steering committee of 18 on sanctions convoked the peace committee of 13 today to meet tomorrow for anew peace effort in the Ethiopian war before an oil embargo or other new penalties are applied to Italy. Capt. Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary, informed the committee of 18 that if an oil embargo is voted, Britain is ready to apply it regardless of the attitude of the United States. Foreign Minister Pierre Etienne Flandin of France, proposed the meeting of the committee of 13. Capt. Eden was only lukewarm in supporting it. Britain was understood to favor speedy application of an oil embargo if th? committee of 13 does not produce concrete hopes for peace in the next few days. The committee of 13 comprises all members of the Council except Italy. Times Index Bridge 7 Movies 4 Broun 9 Mrs. Roosevelt 6 Clapper 9 Pegler 9 Comics 15 Pyle 10 Editorial .... 10 Radio 2 Fashions .... 7 Serial Story.. 7 Financial .... 11 Society 6 Hoosier Editor 10 Sports 12 Merry-Go-R’d 9 State Deaths.. 5

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cleaning, the oldest practiced tradition we know anything about around here. Like spring housecleaning, it, too, is good for a, number of surprises every year. Anything can turn up, we mean. First thing to turn up at this year's show, which began a month’s run at the Herron yesterday, was the

BRUNO TO GET NEW REPRIEVE, OFFICIAL HINTS Hauptmann’s Death in Electric Chair tp Be Delayed Again by Gov. Hoffman, Is Reported ‘Present Indication.’ WILENTZ NOT TO OPPOSE ACTION Democratic Leaders to Let G. O. P. Executive Run His Course, Is Claim; Prosecution Staff Holds Parley. By United Press TRENTON, N. J., March 2.—Bruno Richard Hauptmann, on the basis of “present indications,” will receive another reprieve before he is scheduled to go to the electric chair the week of March 30 for the murder of the Lindbergh baby, a high state official sa;d today. The reprieve statement was made shortly after an important conference between Atty. Gen. David T. Wilentz, Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, state police head, and Prosecutor Anthony Hauck of Hunterdon County convened at the State-

GAS COMPANIES INDORSETREATY Settlement of Rental Dispute Postponed; Court Action Hinted. The Indianapolis Gas Cos. and the Citizens Gas and Coke Utility today signed an agreement, in effect postponing settlement of a rental dispute and hinting of litigation. The dispute began last Sept. 9 when the city took over operation of the gas company and found that the old company had been paying Indianapolis Gas Cos. more than $600,000 a year rental for 60 per cent of the distribution system and one plant. The new agreement provides that, pending a settlement in or out of court, the utility district will pay immediately the semi-annual interest on outstanding bonds of the Indianapolis Gas Cos. due March 30 and amounting to $171,575. If the stand-still agreement continues through other semi-annual bonds interest payment, the city is to place amounts equal to the payment in escrow to be divided eventually as the court or an agreement dictates. The city also is to pay all municipal, county and state taxes, Federal and Indiana gross income taxes, and premiums on insurance policies on Indianapolis Gas Cos. property. These are to be paid outright by the city for as long as the standstill agreement is in force. TVA REVIEW IS DENIED High Court Refuses to Reconsider 8-to-l Decision. By United Press WASHINGTON, March 2.—The Supreme Court today refused to reconsider its recent 8-to-l decision by which it upheld the operations of the Tennessee Valley Authority against an attack of preferred stockholders of the Alabama Power Cos.

extraordinary sensitiveness and clear-eyed concentration of John King’s contribution, “Girl with Still Life.” It carried off the Art Association prize of $l5O. A cool, ca’m rendering of an architectural interior with a woman and the kind of things with which (Turn to Page Three)

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Mr. Wilentz indicated, when the reprieve statement was called to his attention, that he would not fight such a move if it is made. Earlier he had been represented as being ready to go to court to prevent another stay for the slayer of Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. According to constitutional authorities, Mr. Wilentz has the power to cut short any further attempt by Gov. Harold Hoffman to extend the life of the condemned slayer. There have been frequent rumors that high Democratic politicians were interested in permitting the Governor to run his own course on the Hauptmann case in the hope that it will increase dissension in the Republican Party in this presidential year. Hoffman is a Republican; Wilentz a Democrat. The conference was called to discuss the attacks of the Governor on the complicated structure of guilt erected about Hauptmann at his trial in Flemington a year ago. In a series of statements, Hoffman has challenged the credibility of important identification witnesses. Schwarzkopf to Reply Col. Schwarzkopf, whose handling of the case has been assailed by Hoffman as “bungling,” refused to comment when he arrived for the conference. Hauck was understood also to be seeking advice on what course to follow in view of repeated defense demands for the perjury indictment of Millard Whited, mountaineer, who testified he saw Hauptmann near the Lindbergh estate previous to the kidnaping. When the conference broke up Col. Schwarzkopf announced he would write the Governor this afternoon in reply to a letter from Gov. Hoffman Saturday in which the state police were urged to greater efforts in the investigation of the case. The Governor also demanded proof of “threats and promises” which Col. Schwarzkopf .said had been made to state troopers working on the inquiry by men representing themselves to be aids of Hoffrmm.

Refuses to Call Jury Prosecutor Hauck said the Whited situation had been gone into thoroughly and that nothing would be done on the case unless the defense produced a signed complaint charging him with perjury. “I am not going to call back the grand jury to give the Governor grounds for a reprieve,” Mr. Hauck said. He was one of the prosecution staff at Hauptmann’s trial. Mr. Willentz said he had no plana for the return of state witnesses, particularly Dr. John F. Condon, whose testimony has been criticised by Hoffman as containing “discrepancies.” “If the Governor asks me about Condon, I’ll consider the matter then,” the Attorney General said. “I consider anything the Governor asks.” STOCK MARKET QUIET; 2-POINT GAINS MADE Good Demand Is Indicated for Leading Industrials By United Brest NEW YORK, March 2.—Quiet trading today found stock prices advancing fractions to more than 2 points with leading industrials in demand. Rails and utilities recovered fractionally, but remained behind the rest of the market. Southern Pacific had a % gain at 36. TWO DIE IN HOTEL FIRE 6 Feared Trapped By Raging Blaze at Warren, O. By United Press WARREN, 0., March 2.—The Youngstown and Niles fire departments joined Warren firemen today in trying to check a raging hotel fire which already has taken two lives and is believed to have trapped six other persons in the building. A man and woman, unidentified, guests at the Warren Hotel, were killed when they jumped from a third floor window. The blaze still is raging.