Indianapolis Times, Volume 48, Number 31, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 April 1936 — Page 1

ANNUAL HOME SHOW TO OPEN HERE TONIGHT Colleen Moore to Take Part in Ceremonies at Fairground. EARL PETERS TO TALK Display in Manufacturers’ Building to Begin at 9 P. M. Colleen Moore, of movie and doll house fame. Is to play anew role tonight,. She is to be leading lady to R. Ea: ! Peters, state Federal Housing Administration director, at the opening of the fifteenth annual Home Show in the Manufacturers’ Building at the Fairground. The show, said to rank at the top of the nation’s home exhibits, is to be opened formally to the public at 9 Miss Moore, assisted by 50 local young women, is to clip the ribbons barring entrance to Electrohome, the Show's model home. FHA to Direct Ceremonies Ceremonies marking the exposition’s opening are to be under the direction of the FHA, which has cooperated with the directors in an effort to make the show the greatest ever staged here. Mr. Peters is to make the dedicatory address, which is to be preceded by a flag raising. The Eleventh Infantry Band from Fort Harrison is to play. According to Walter Stace, the show’s associate director, more than 100 exhibits are to be shown. They are said to be more elaborate than those of previous shows. Basing his estimate on advance ticket sales, Ted C. Brown, show president, said he expected the attendance to reach 150.000. Credit for the advance sales was 'tvcn to the Indianapolis Chamber Commerce, the FHA, and more an 1800 women of city garden ciJbs who are sponsoring the garden display. J. Frank Cantwell, managing director, declared the expos..'" was attracting more civic interest than any of the 14 previous shows he has staged here. Banquet Is Scheduled Preceding the opening, a banquet is to be held at 6 at the Indianapolis Athletic Club for members of the Manufacturers’ Housing Display Council. Members of the council an organization of nationally known manufacturers, here for a tiwo-day convention are to attend the show. George S. Olive, Chamber of Commerce president, is it be banquet toastmaster, and Frank H. Watson, Purdue housing research project director, is to speak. Other speakers are to be Gov. McNutt, Mayor Kern, Miss Moore. Mr. Peters, Russell G. Creviston, chairman of the Housing Display Council, and Lee Gignilliat, Washington. deputy Federal Housing Administrator.

MINE RESCUERS BORE WITH DIAMOND DRILL Hop? to Send Food to Entombed Men Through Tiny Hole. By United Praia 4 MOOSE RIVER. N. S., April 16. A diamond drill was pressed into service at the Moose River gold mine today as rescuers continued their battle to save three men trapped inside the mine by a cavein Sunday night. Drilling was started through solid rock to a spot on the mine’s 140-foot level where it is believed Dr. D. E. Robertson, Herman R. Magill and Alfred Scadding, all of Toronto, are imprisoned. Once the drill cuts through to the mine bottom, messages, food and water could be dropped down the five-inch bore. A caravan of tractors, cranes, derricks and a steam shovel reached the mine today. NURSE, MOTHER OF 5, IS EXECUTED IN ENGLAND Woman, 36, Dies on Gallows for Poisoning Patient. By United Press BIRMINGHAM, England, April 16.—Mrs. Dorothea Nancy Waddingham. 36, a trained nurse and mother of five children, was hanged at Winson Green prison today for the murder of a patient. Despite a strong recommendation of mercy by the convicting jury, which the trial judge indorsed in forwarding it to Sir John Simon, home secretary Sir John refused to recommend that King Edward VIII commute the sentence. As is customar,, the King did not intervene personally. The refusal to commute the sentence was understood to be due to a strict ruling that as a matter of public policy the death penalty must never be relaxed in a poisoning case. Times Index Births 7J Mrs. Ferguson 18 Barnes 17 Mrs. Roosevelt 15 Books 17 Music 22 Bridge 15 Pegler ‘..17 Broun 17 | Pyle 18 Clapper 17 Questions 18 Comica 29 Radio 22 Curious World 17 scherrer ... 18 Editorials 18 Science, Diets 17 Fashions ... ..15 j Serial Story. .10 Financial 28 Short Story ..29 Flynn ... 28 Side Glances 18 Grin A Bear ,17 Society 14 Jane Jordan .14 Sports 22 Merry-Go-R’d 17 state Deaths 12 Movies ...20; Want Ads ... 26

The Indianapolis Times FORECAST: Fair tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature.

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Workmen today put finishing touches on Electrohome, the centerpiece of the Indianapolis Home Complete Exposition in the Manufacturers Building at the Indiana Fairground. A dinner tonight will be the kickoff.

SCORNED YOUTH ENDS OWN LIFE Fires Shotgun Charge Into Body While Facing Girl’s Pictures. Facing two pictures of a 17-year-old girl, Wilbur Eagle, 21, today ended his life with a shotgun in the apartment he shared with three other young men at 422(4 E. St. Clair-st. Between the pictures lay his wallet, which contained a letter the despondent youth had written to his mother in Washington, Ind. The body was discovered by Miss Ruth Davis, 17. of 1822 Marloweav, when she went to clean the apartment this morning. The shotgun charge entered the youth's body just below his heart. Police quoted Miss Davis as saying that young Eagle had quarreled last night with the girl whose pictures he placed before him. Mr. Eagle wrote to his mother: “I hated to do this. I had a r.irl friend that liked me and was '.rue to me. I found out different, and I couldn’t have a good time for thinking about her. “I have tried to make something out of myself, but I am getting disgusted with my work and everything, so good-by mother and all.” The youth’s brother, Earl, 23; Kenneth Carrico, 23, and Carl Doyle, 25, all employed at a trucking company, lived with Mr. Eagle. En route the ambulance collided with anew coupe driven by Miss Mary Alma Thompson, 44, Prince-. ton (Ind.) hospital superintendent. A passenger in the car, Mrs. Josephine Goodrich, 530 E. lOth-st, was cut and bruised about the knees and face.

ETHIOPIANS REFUSE PUCE'S PEACE OFFER Decline to Make Plea to Army Chief. By United Pres s GENEVA, April 16. —League efforts to arrange peace talks between Italy and Ethiopia struck a snag' today when Ethiopia announced it could not accept the Italian proposals for negotiations. Italy, flouting the League's au- ! thority, demanded that Ethiopia sue for peace direct to the army headquarters of Marshal Pietro Badoglio in East Africa. Peace negotiations then would be held between the two nations at Ouchy, Switzerland, with League participation barred. Wolde Mariam and Prof. Gaston Jeze, representing Ethiopia, informed Salvador de Madariaga, chairman of the League’s committee of 13 on peace efforts, that Ethiopia could not agree. BICYCLE THEFT RING BROKEN BY SENTENCES Two of Gang Go to Bovs’ School; Two Are on Probation. The activities of a band of youthful bicycle thieves were revealed today as Municipal Judge Dewey E. Myers sentenced two boys to the Indiana Boys’ School and placed two others on probation. Detectives Charles Downey and Aubrey Jacobs said that when the bicycles were recovered, owners had difficulty in identifying them because the youths changed their appearance. HEALTH CLERK BETTER Taylor Reported Recovering From Flu at T’ethodist Hospital. George R. Taylor. 205 Parkway-av, Health Board chief clerk, was reported recovering at Methodist. Hospital today. He was taken to the hospital yesterday suffering from complications following influenza. Physicians feared a kidney infection had developed. Approve Flood Control Projects By I nitrd Pres* WASHINGTON. April 16 —Works Progress Administrator Harry L. Hopkins today announced approval of expenditure of 85.021.061 in 326 flood control projects in four floodstricken states. 1

PRETTY PLACE—THIS ‘ELECTROHOME’—ISN’T IT?

TRIPLETS NAMED, BUT STILL PUZZLE NURSES Charles, Robert, Richard Fenwick “Doing All Right.” The triplet sons of Mr. and Mrs. John Fenwick were named Charles, Robert and Richard today, but nurses at William H. Coleman Hospital for Women still couldn’t tell them apa: L Charles looks so much like Robert that sometimes they think he is Richard. Hospital attaches may solve the problem by putting different colored ribbons on their wrists. Born at the hospital Monday night, the babies and mother were reported “doing all right” today. Mrs. Fenwick, a former Butler University student, was brought to the hospital Sunday by her husband, a graduate of Purdue University. They had been visiting Mrs. Fenwick’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. O. E. Biery, in Frankfort. The couple live in South Milwaukee, Wis.

SOUTHSIDERS TO HEAR RAIL PROPOSAL Works Board to Hold Hearing Tomorrow. Four South Side civic organizations are to appear at the Works Board hearing on the proposed rerouting of the Minnesota and Madison trolley lines tomorrow. Tlie original protest against the rerouting was filed by the South Side Civic Clubs, but three other organizations interested in the proposal have announced they are to appear, also. They are the Fountain Square Merchants Association, the S. Stateav Civic Association and the University Heights Civic Association. The proposed rerouting to connect with a crosstown line is from Madison-av to Lincoln-st, east on Lincoln to Leonard-st, north on Leonard to Palmer-st, east on Palmer to Shelby-st, and then south on Shelby-st to Minnesota-st. The South Side Civic Clubs say that jogs in the proposed route and the fact that the streets are 30 feet wide would make a traffic hazard if the new routing was granted. WINCHESTER SCHOOL HEAD DIES IN CRASH A. K. Williams Hurt Fatally in Wreck Near Marion. By United /‘reus MARION, Ind., April 16—A. R. Williams. Winchester school superintendent. died in Marion General Hospital today of injuries received in an automobile accident at the intersection of State Roads 22 and 13 yesterday. TRAFFIC POLICE EYE RESIDENTIAL AREAS Improper Parking, Lights to Bring Stickers. Police tonight are to make a check through residential districts in their drive to end traffic law violations. Capt. Lewis Johnson, traffic department head, announced. Cats improperly parked or parked without tail lights are to be tagged with the new triplicate stickers, improper parking on narrow streets has become a traffic hazard, Capt. Johnson said. Fifty-two misparked cars were given stickers yesterday, department books showed, and 59 motorists paid off. A collection record of some sort was made when Jack Messmer. 1230 Sterling-st. building contractor, paid $lB for four tickets he had received recently. Since he had been fined before this year, the price was higher for him. traffic office employes explained. FUNDS* ARE APPROVED Safety Board Vvtos $2500 Traffic Light Purchase, Dog Catchers. The Safety Board today made $2500 available for the purchase of seven or more automatic traffic lights to be placed at street intersections not yet designated. It also agreed to hire four dog catchers to work under Chief Morrissey in the drive to rid the streets of stray dogs. . ".W

THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1936

$200,000 BLAZE SWEEPSTOWN 15 Buildings Razed in DeMotte, Ind.; Phone Girl Is Heroine. Timex Special DEMOTTE, Ind., April 16. SLanding guard over their ruined stores, business men of this Jasper County town counted their fire losses today, and laid plans to begin the long, hard task of rehabilitation. The estimated damage from the blaze, which broke out yesterday afternoon, still stood at $200,000, and some residents said the figure would run even higher when a complete checkup was made.

Even with the business district of their town destroyed by fire, residents of DeMotte still had time to laugh out of the sides of their mouths today. Two weeks ago the town ordered a second-hand fire truck. Ironically enough, however, the apparatus didn’t arrive last night until the flames had done their damage.

Os undetermined, origin, the flames which originated in a warehouse of the A1 Konovsky Lumber Cos., were spread through the entire business area by a northwesterly gale. During the height of the fire, United States Road No. 152 was clased to traffic. Today state police again were routing motorists through the community. Miss Edna Summers, a telephone operator, was the town’s heroine today. With flames roaring through the building next door to the exchange, she stuck to her post and summoned fire-fighting equipment from Lowell, Crown Point, Hebron, Schneider, Wheatfleld, Rensselaer, Shelby and Gary. “Although the smoke was so thick it made it difficult for me to speak, I did have good luck in getting these connections through before the flames cut us off,” she said. "The fire almost destroyed oui* telephone system. We now have one (Turn to Page Three)

G-MEN HOLD EIGHT IN $590,000 HOLDUP Method Used in Crime Not Revealed. By United Press NEW YORK, April 16—Federal agents announced today that “further investigations” are expected within a short time to solve completely the mysteries of how $590,000 worth of Treasury notes disappeared 28 months ago from a trust company teller’s cage under the eyes of a dozen persons. The Department of Justice revealed last night that its agents had arrested eight men as members of a master securities )heft ring and had recovered $310,000 worth of the stolen New York securities. Neither of two statements released simultaneously in New York and Washington disclosed the method by which the thieves got the notes. The notes were stolen from the United States Trust Cos. offices In (Turn to Page Three) WEATHER TO CONTINUE BRIGHT BUT SNAPPY Calendar Is Only Proof Summer Is Moving Closer. Sun bright to look at but snappish to feel, Indianapolis weather today moved closer to summer without any evidence of it other than the calendar. The Weather Bureau forecast that tonight and tomorrow are to be fair but that there will be little change in the temperature that made a topcoat feel all right today. 20 Reported Dead in Battle By United Press WARSAW. April 16. Twenty persons were reported killed today on both sides in a battle in the streets of Lwow (Lemberg). At last reports the battle still was in progress.

KERN PLEDGES CITY WORKERS PAYJNCREASE Half to Third of 1932 Cut to Be Restored, Firemen Told. ‘INEVITABLE/ HE SAYS Employes Have Waged Long Battle to Restore 15 Per Cent Slashes/ City employes today were pledged that between 7Va and 10 per cent of a salary cut made four years ago will be restored starting Jan. 1. Prediction of the restoration was made yesterday by Mayor Kern in an informal talk to 300 firemen and Chief Kennedy. The Mayor is to repeat his prediction today before 300 other firefighters. Salaries of police and employes of other departments also are expected to have a similar restoration, according to city officials. Early in 1932 city employes’ salaries were cut 5 per cent under a state jaw, and later in the same year they were given an additional slash of 10 per cent. Since that time many efforts have been made to restore the reductions. Organizations advocating restoration of wages were the local Association of Firefighters, the Central Labor Union, and the American Federation of Labor. In addressing the group Mayor Kern said, “It is inevitable that your salary cuts will be restored to the extent of between 7Vi and 10 per cent of the reduction. Although I would like to see them restored the full 15 per cent, I can not see how that can be effected for next year.” Restoration Sought Although confirmation of the restoration must be by City Council action, it is believed that the majority of the members favor the proposal. Because the city is to receive approximately $127,000 in gasoline tax money, which last year was held up by the County Commissioners, and because the new state beverage act did not impair the city’s budget as much as anticipated, an ordinance providing for the restoration is expected to be passed. The total increase in the budget to provide for the two departments would approximate $207,260. If raised by tax assessment, a tax rate approximately 4 cents higher would be needed. Budgets for operating the various city departments during the next jear now are being prepared and must be in the office of Walter C. Boetcher, city controller, by June 1. The date for filing of the budgets is a month earlier than in former years.

WENDEL, CLEARED, MAYJIELPINQUIRY 'Torture Confession’ Probe to Be Opened. By United Press TRENTON, N. J., April 16—Absolution of Paul H. Wendel of the murder of the Lindbergh baby cleared the way today for investigation in New York and New Jersey of charges that four men, t inspired by state officials, kidnaped Wendel and tortured him into “confessing” the crime. The Mercer County (Trenton) grand jury, whose investigation of Wendel’s confession delayed Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s execution three days, voted “no bill” last night. Prosecutor Erwin E. Marshall conferred with Assistant District Attorney Francis Madden of Kings County (New York City) about plans to send Wendel to New York to help identify the men he says kidnaped him. Investigators have announced that one of the motor cars used in transporting Wendel from New York to New Jersey was owned by the State Motor Vehicle Bureau, an agency controlled by Gov. Harold G. Hoffman. TWO TAXPAYERS FORCE CHANGE IN PARKWAY Refused Park Board Right-of-Way for $400,000 Project. Two owners of property on a proposed $400,000 Works Progress Administration boulevard today forced a change in the course of the parkway. John Askren and Ben H. Askren, the property owners, refused to give the Park Board the right-of-way unless the city would relieve them of a SI4OO sewer assessment. The new course of the six-mile boulevard is to be on 56th-st south on Shadeland-dr to lOth-st, east to Arlington-av and squth to Pleasant Run-pkwy. 300 CHICKS, 29 HENS KILLED IN FARM BLAZE Flames Destroy Brooder House at County Hatchery. Three hundred chicks and 29 hens were burned to death early today when flames swept through the brooder house of W. L. Harrison, R. R. 2, Box 439. Firemen estimated the loss at SSOO. An overheated stove In the chicken house was believed to have caused the blaze. Apparatus from Engine House 24 answered the alarm, and kept flames from spreading to other farm buildings.

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F.D.R. PLEADS FOR AID IN SAVING NATURAL WEALTH; LANDON HELD KNOX HEIR

President’s Total Almost Twice That of Chicagoan, Borah in Illinois. SEE BOTH ELIMINATED Publisher’s Lack of Strength in Rural Areas Held Significant. BY THOMAS L. STOKES Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, April 16. —Governor Landon of Kansas and President Roosevelt should derive most comfort from the Illinois primary results. As far as the Republican presidential nomination is concerned, the result would seem to prove—if it proved anything—that neither Senator William E. Borah of Idaho nor Col. Frank Knox, the Chicago publisher, came out with that glamor which a sweeping victory would have meant in such a populous state. Apparently it will take a lot of glamor—and quite a few delegates—to head off the Kansas Governor. Beating Mr. Eorali is a feat in itself for any one that runs against the Senator anywhere, and Col. Knox will go into the Cleveland convention with mast of the 57 Illinois delegates, but his margin of victory after a terrific campaign was not large enough to classify as sweeping. Borah Sees Moral Victory His great strength was in his home city, Chicago, on wh:ch the Idaho Senator succinctly commented: “Knox carried Chicago and I carried Illinois.” And President Roosevelt got almost twice their combined total in the Democratic preferential primary, in which the President was unopposed. The newspaper publisher ran far behind his opponent in rural downstate Illinois. This is rather important in assessing the strength of his candidacy, for Republicans this year are koking for a man who can pile up vo es in the farm belt. As for Mr. Borah: His friends enthused over his showing in Illinois, pointing out that it was achieved in Col. Knox's home stale, without an organization, and against a regular Republican organization, and with only a brief campaign. They claimed further that his commanding vote in the farm sections revealed his strength among the farmers. It was really, they said, a “moral victory.” But moral victories are not worth a great deal in conventions when it comes down to counting noses of delegates.

WHIP HAND HELD BY KELLY IN ILLINOIS Organization Badly Split by Fight on Horner. By United Pr< x CHICAGO. April 16.—The powerful Chicago Democratic machine, defeated in Tuesday’s primaries, appeared today to hold the winning cards for next fall’s political contests. Until this organization, controlled by Mayor Edward J. Kelly and National Committeeman Patrick A. Nash, discloses what it will do with its power, Illinois will remain a national question mark. The organization has in its power the ability to swing hundreds of thousands of votes to the Democratic fold next fall. Important observers doubted whether it would do so. NEBRASKA_AIDS LANDON Governor’s Name Written on 10,000 Ballots, Is Report. By United Prext OMAHA, Neb., April 16.—Supporters of Alf M. Landon pointed proudly today to the 10,000 ballots on which his name was written in as a candidate for President to justify their claim that the Kansas Governor would receive 11 of Nebraska’s 14 votes in the national nominating convention.

Local Power Cos. Reports $216,000 Gain in Income

An increase of $216,000 in net income and a $500,000 gain in book value of the property of the Indianapolis Power and Light Cos. was shown in the company’s annual report filed today with the Public Service Commission. Assets for the year ended Dec. 31, 1935. were $82,085,000, compared with $81,544,000 in the preceding year, the report showed. Gross income of $9,601,000 represented an increase of $764,000. Net income, after payment of operating charges, bond interest, preferred stock dividends, taxes and depreciation, was $306,000 last year, against $90,000 in 1934. Taxes tc-

Brotherly Love Add fraternal notes: Indianapolis alumni of Phi Gamma Delta, college fraternity of Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas, today received letters urging members of the fraternity to work together for the Republican nomination of Gov. Landon for President. Claude E. Sowers, Kansas City (Mo.) attorney, who describes himself as a “friend and associate of Gov. Landon,” writes in one paragraph: “Os course, you understand he is not at this time a candidate, but it is hoped by some of his friends that he might be persuaded, as a patriotic duty, to assume this tremendous responsibility.”

SPEAKING PLANS GO AWRY AGAIN Townsend Unable to Attend Democratic Meeting at LaPorte. The fifth attempt to bring the three Democratic gubernatorial candidates—Pleas Greenlee, E. Kirk McKinney and Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend—together on the same political platform went awry today. The candidates were billed to attend a meeting tonight in La Porte. Mr. Townsend, who had a prior engagement in New Albany, said he would be unable to attend, but Mr. Greenlee and Mr. McKinney are said to have agreed to be present. A sixth attempt to bring the three candidates together is to be made April 21 at Kokomo. The candidates have said they would attend this meeting.* CONGRESSMEN HINT RELIEF WAGE RAISE ‘Labor’ Backers Predict Increase for 3,500,000. % Hy United Frfnt WASHINGTON. April 16.—Increased wages for the 3,500,000 persons on work relief under the 1937 program for which President Roosevelt lias asked an additional sl,500,000,000 appropriation, was predicted today by “labor” Congressmen. Rep. William P. Connery (D., Mass.) House labor Committee chairman, said he had received assurance from Works Progress Administrator Harry Hookins that prevailing wage rates would be paid over a broader range than at present. J “The SSO security wage is out,” Rep. Connery said. Connery’s prediction, however, w r as disputed by Chairman James P. Buchanan of the House Appropriations Committee considering the added relief appropriation to supplement funds now on hand after July 1. Present security wage levels, “with some exceptions,” will continue under the new program, Buchanan said. PLEAS CONGRATULATES HORNER FOR VICTORY Uses “McHale-ism” to Denote Machine Politics in Wire. “McHale-ism,” a campaign term coined by Pleas Greenlee, was used to denote machine politics in Illinois today when Mr. Greenlee, Democratic candidate for the gubernatorial nomination, sent a telegram of congratulations to Gov. Henry Horner of Illinois. The telegram, Mr. Greenlee said, read: “Congratulations on your victory over machine rule. We are having the same kind of a battle here in Indiana, but we think we will eliminate McHale-ism.” Ellenbogen Bill Approved Hi/ United /‘rent WASHINGTON. April 16.—The House Labor Committee today favorably reported the Ellenbogen Bill to establish a “Little NRA” in the textile industry.

taled $1,349,000 in 1935, an increase of $161,178 over 1934. Approximately half of the SSOO- - increase in book value of the power company's plant and property was included in acquisition of the old Continental Bank Building, now the Electric Building, the common stock of which the utility purchased for $216,000. An additional $135,000 was spent in building improvements. The Indianapolis Power and Light Cos. paid common stock dividends totaling SBOO,OOO, of which $300,000 was earned and $500,000 was taken out of surplus, the report showed. Surplus at the end of the year amounted to $2,213,000, against $2,802,000 on Jan. 1, 1935. g

. FINAL HOME PRICE THREE CENTS

Urges New Conservation Drive at Corner Stone Laying Ceremony. ICKES SUPPORTS STAND Suggests Changing Name of Interior Department to Reflect Policy. By United Prcxx WASHINGTON, April 16. —President Roosevelt called on the nation today to carry on with renewed vigor the government’s policy of conserving natural resources. The chief executive spoke at th corner stone laying of the new $12,000,000 Department of Interior building now under construction. Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes joined the President in urging conservation of resources and called on Congress to change his department’s name to "the Department of Conservation.” High officials of the government were in the crowd that heard Mr. Roosevelt review what already has been done along conservation lines and saw him lay the corner stone with the trowel used by George Washington when he started construction of the national capital in 1793. Lauds Theodore Roosevelt “A nation less bountifully endowed than ours,” he said, “without a national policy of conservation would have ceased to exist long ago. The remarkable thing was that the people of the United States were so complacent for so long in the face of exploitation, waste and mismanagement, yes, even larceny, of the national wealth that belonged to all the people.” He traced the pioneering efforts of Theodore Roosevelt along the lines of natural resources preservation, adding: “He, for the first time, made the people conscious that the vast national domain and the natural resources of the country were the property of the nation itself and not that of any class, regardless of its privileged status. Battle Must Go On “Supported by an awakened country which by now is beginning to realize the truth of the old warnings we of this Administration have devoted our thoughts and energies to tile conservation of our Godgiven wealth. "Employing every agency of government at hand to protect our birthright we have in the last several years made advances far beyond the hopes of earlier day conservationists But the battle goes on and must be carried forward with renewed vigor if future generations are to receive the full benefits that are their due.” The President gave a brief history of the development of the Interior Department from a 'oneclerk organization in 1849 to the vast body it now is. Ickes Fears Continued Waste Mr. Ickes, in calling upon Congress to enact the pending bill to change the name of his organization said that ‘‘would be declaratory of the intention of the United States government henceforth to go forward with a policy of conservation of our natural resources. “It stands to reason that until we consciously and deliberately, with our eyes to the future, make some such affirmative declaration, the stupid waste of those resources will continue.”

STATE OFFERS FIRST FLOGGING TESTIMONY 108 Witnesses to Be Called in Trials of 7 Policemen. By United /'rest BARTOW, Fla., April 16. Ths state today began presenting ths testimony of 108 witnesses in ths trial of seven former Tampa policemen charged in the Shoemaker hogging case. Days of bitter wrangling over selection of a jury ended yesterday with six men being accepted by both sides. This afternoon the first state evidence will be presented. Heading the list of defendants is R. G. Tittaworth, former Tampa police chief, who is accused of being an accessory in the alleged kidnaping and false imprisonment of three labor organizers. FINGERPRINTS ON SAFE IN GROCERY CHECKED P. O. Power Store Looted, Local Police Are Told. Fingerprint records were checked today by police following the looting of the safe of the P. O. Power grocery, 2147 N. Talbot-st. A quantity of small change and cigarets were taken last night. The yeggmen entered through a coal chute. The safe was battered open. Detectives said a good set of fingerprints were found. Twins Born; Grandmother Die* By l nitrd Brent ROCHESTER, ind.. April 16Heart attack believed induced by excitement following birth of twins to her daughter caused the death of Mrs. William Clinker here yesterday.