Indianapolis Times, Volume 48, Number 50, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 May 1936 — Page 3

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CLAIM PRIMARY REDUCED G. 0. P. GOVERNOR FIELD Leaders of Party Point to Poor Showing of Three Candidates. The eight-cornered gubernatorial race in the Republican Party was believed today to have been reduced to five by Tuesday’s primary. Those given a chance to win the nomination in the convention June 3, are: Raymond S. Springer, Elza Rogers, Glen R. Hillis, Herbert H. Evans, and “Mr. A. Dark Horse,” who i always discussed in preconve ition talk of both parties. Delegates selected in the primary resulted in conflicting claims by the Jour major candidates. The primary. Republican leaders eay, definitely scuttled the hopes of Mayor Samuel Beecher, Terre Haute; George Hill, Michigan City, and Mayor Clare W. H. Bangs of Huntington. The little strength shown for them, they said, is certain to drift to other candidates. Mr. Springe/ Is Satisfied Mr. Springer said he was well satisfied with the returns on the pledged delegates. Before the primary the Springer managers claimed a positive delegate strength of 422. Now they claim material gains in strength from a first ballot vote of 700 to 800 to as high as 1000. On the other hand, friends of Mr. Rogers, Lebanon attorney and former state chairman, declare that he may hold a strong hand in any preconvention jockeying. Hillis Claims Are Modest The supporters of Mr. Hillis, Kokomo manufacturer, are . modest in their estimates. They say only that the Fifth District’s 145 delegates are assured him on the first ballot. They say they have lured delegates away from the Evans camp in the Fifth District and claim to have beaten him in the primary. Possibility of a deal between the various candidates is being rumored. Rumors and hotel lobby conversationers see a coalition of delegate strength to prevent the possibility of naming "Mr. A. Dark Horse.” The Hoosier Republicans, Inc., who have sought to change the party chairmanship and replace Don Irwin with Ralph Gates, Columbia City Legionnaire, suffered a defeat, according to some Republican leaders and friends of Mr. Irwin.

9 BITTEN BY DOGS; POLICE RUSH DRIVE Three Owners Arrested on License Charges. Police today intensified their drive against stray, unlicensed dogs following the report that nine persons were bitten yesterday. Dick Hunter, 14, of 5014 Centralav, was attacked by two dogs while he was riding his bicycle at 56thst and Central-av. The same dogs were believed the ones which bit 11-year-old Richard Riley. 5530 Winthrop-av, while he was on his way to school. Police have not found the animals. While delivering lumber in the 500 block on N. Hamilton-av Henry Fry, 63, of 512 N. East-st, was bitten by a dog Margaret Oley, 1035 N. Beville-av, was bitten on the back by a dog. Other persons attacked by dogs yesterday were: Mrs. Ruth Corigan, 32, of 514 E. Walnut-st; Betty Graham, 12, of 814 Marionav; Dorothy Reynolds, 8, of 417 N. Grant-av; Donald Cole, 8. of 2310 Station-st, and Elizabeth Williams, 8, Negro, of 1717 N. Arsenal-av. Dog owners arrested yesterday for failing to purchase licenses were George Wood, 21, Negro, of 1621 N. Arsenal-av; Robert Seiloff, 20, of 423 N. Grant-av. and Mrs. Lillian Hall, 57, of 853 Birch-av. CRAFT UNIONIZATION OF STEEL GROUPS ASKED Green Says A. F. of L. Will Not Help Workers Otherwise. Bp United Press WASHINGTON, May B.—President William Green of the American Federation of Labor telegraphed the convention of steel workers at Cannonsburg, Pa., today that if the A. F. of L. is to aid in their membership drive they must organize on a craft basis. KING ASKS SALARY CUT Farouk I of Egypt Asks Parliament to Make $250,000 Slash. By United Press CAIRO, Egypt. May B.—King Farouk I, youthful sovereign of Egypt, today inaugurated his reign with a request to Parliament that the privy purse be reduced from $750,000 to $500,000 annually “for the good of the country.”

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City Acquires Tracts for West Side Park

BRITAIN SEEKS NAZI ATTITUDE ON PACTS Asks Hitler if Nation Has Regained Equality. By United Press LONDON, May B.—Great Britain, in a questionnaire of historic importance to Adolf Hitler, asked him whether he now considers Germany to be in a position to conclude “genuine treaties," it was disclosed today. The question, in a note calculated to conciliate Germany rather than to antagonize her, was a direct invitation to Hitler to say frankly and formally whether he now considers his Nazi Germany to be on equal status with other powers. Hitler’s reason for violating the Versailles Treaty and for denouncing the Locarno Treaty by reoccupying the demilitarized Rhineland zone was, he said, that Germany did not negotiate those treaties as an equal. The questionnaire, presented to Baron Konstantin von Neurath, German foreign minister, yesterday by Sir Eric Phipps, British ambassador, was published today as a Foreign Office “white paper.”

MINE UNION CHIEFS HAIL NEW CONTRACT Operators Agree to 7-Hour Day, 5-Day Week. Bp United Press NEW YORK, May B.—Union officials prepared today to get approval of rank and file miners for the twoyear contract governing wages and working conditions signed last night with owner?’ representatives. More than 106,000 miners are affected. The agreement, providing a sevenhour day and five-day week at the same daily wage rate of the old contract of 48 hours a week, was hailed by union leaders as a labor victory. Negotiations lasted almost three months. The clause stipulating decreased hours, it was anticipated, will be instrumental in decreasing the number of unemployed miners in the Pennsylvania anthracite fields. It is estimated that between 30,000 and 40,000 meja are without work there. Other points in the operatorsminers agreement included equalization of available work, prohibition of strikes for two years and a complete check-off system, whereby operators collect union dues and assessments.

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Following through the middle of two farm tracts soon to be transformed into a West Side park is Big Eagle Creek. The Park Board yesterday acquired a 90-acre tract and a 9.2-acre tract adjacent to

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Hints Recount in 2-Vote Victory of OARP Backer

G. 0. P. Chairman Asks That Ballots Be Saved in Fifth District. Bp United Press HARTFORD CITY, Ind., May B. A request for a recount of votes cast in the Fifth District race for Republican congressional nomination was anticipated today after James Fulton, district Republican chairman, asked that the ballots not be destroyed. Ben Brown, Kokomo, an avowed supporter of the Townsend Old-Age Pension Plan, defeated Richard T. James, 26-year-old Portland attor-

In the Grease By United Press CHICAGO, May B.—Edward Skoraz ran for a street car today and landed in a heap of splintered plate glass and warm doughnuts. Confused by blurred vision, he had tried to board the car's reflection in a doughnut shop widow.

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the present Little Eagle Creek Park. The development of the park will bring to the far West Side a recreational center that civic clubs long have requested. A bathing beach extending along Big Eagle Creek is planned.

ney, by two votes in the Republican contest, complete but unofficial returns showed. Mr. Fulton said he would have no voice regarding a possible contest of the election and that such a move would have to be made by Mr. James. The votes will be certified to the State Election Board and action likely will await that body’s official announcement as to the outcome. Recount May Be Asked Times Special MARTINSVILLE, Ind., May B.—A contest of the two-vote margin by which Omar O’Harrow, regular Republican organization candidate, won the primary nomination for judge of Morgan Circuit Court, was believed imminent today. Although Van Whiting, runner-up in the five-cornered race, declined to say whether he would demand a recount, his supporters became more insistent in urging the action. Official tabulation of Tuesday’s results gave O'Harrow 1184 votes to 1182 for Whiting.

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COMMITTEE CLOSES TAX BILL HEARINGS Stream of Objections Hit New Deal Measure. By United Press WASHINGTON, May 8. The Senate Finance Committee today completed open hearings on the Administration’s $803,000,000 tax bill with prospects for fundamental revision of the measure increasing. The eight days of hearings were occupied solely by opponents of the bill, with the exception of a day of testimony by Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. and Treasury heads. The open hearings closed with no change in the constant stream of objections to virtually every phase of the far-reaching bill and especially the drastic new corporate surplus tax proposal. The committee ordered a recess until Monday, when it will meet in executive session. At that time it was expected plans for revision of the measure will be put forward aggressively.

BOORSE SUSPENDS EXCHANGE FUTURES Drastic Step Taken to End Gold Exodus. By United Press PARIS, May B.—The Paris Bourse today suspended future dealings in foreign exchange. The move was taken in a desperate effort to check the rush away from the franc by French nationals who fear early devaluation and a general upset in business when the “Popular Front” Chamber of Deputies goes into office June 1. This was the second drastic step taken in the last few days to halt a gold exodus that has been cutting deeply into French gold reserves. For the week ended May 1, the Bank of France lost around $77,000,000 in gold. A larger amount has been engaged for shipment abroad since then, experts estimate. The Bank of France’s first step was a rise in the discount rate from 5 to 6 per cent on Wednesday.

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LOCAL TRAFFIC RATINGS POOR, REPORTSHOWS Gary Has Lower Standing, Safety Committee of State Says. Marion County, with 50, and Indianapolis, with 37 automobile fatalities in 1936, today were given poor comparative ratings with other Indiana cities and counties in a report made public by the Governor’s Committee on Public Safety. With the return of warm weather, city and state police departments expect to have added traffic worries over the week-end. Highways and streets probably will be crowded to capacity, they said. Indianapolis ranks fourth in safety among the five cities in the state having populations of 70,000 or more. Gary, which has had 15 fatalities since Jan. 1 and has an estimated yearly rate of 44.80 per 1000,000 population, is in fifth place. 4 Killed at Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, a city of 114,946 people, has had only four deaths this year. It is classed as the safest large Indiana city, and has an estimated yearly rate of 10.44 per 100,000 population. The estimated Indianapolis yearly automobile death rate is 30.48 per 100,000 population. Among counties having populations of 25,000 or more, Marion County ranks twentieth in a list of 34. Montgomery and Daviess Counties, which have had no fatalities, rank first, while Clinton, with seven deaths among a population of 27,829, ranks lowest. Have Perfect Records Smaller counties having perfect safety records are Fayette, Ripley, Decatur, Spencer, Parke, Washington, Carroll, Bartholomew, Jay, Scott. Union, Ohio, La Grange, Benton, Owen and Crawford Counties. Indianapolis police department records show that 21 accidents have been caused in Indianapolis by automobiles crashing into the newly erected safety zone guards. One fatality has resulted from an accident of this type. Mishawaka and Lafayette, which have had no traffic deaths this year, have the best safety records of cities in the 25,000 to 70,000 population classification. Terre Haute with nine and Hammond with 13 fatalities rank lowest in this group. Records Are Unmarred Smaller cities which have unmarred traffic records are Columbus, Washington, Brazil, Wabash, Valparaiso, Princeton, Hartford City, Madison, Hobart, Warsaw, Rushville, Greensburg, Franklin, Kendallville, Sullivan, Plymouth, Portland, Bicknell, Decatur, West Lafayette, Auburn, Linton and Bluffton. Martinsville, Tell City, Tipton, Noblesville, Greencastle, Alexandria, Boonville, Lawrenceburg, Crown Point, Attica, Rochester, Huntingburg, Mitchell, Union City, North Vernon, Batesville, Rensselaer, Petersburg, Dunkirk, Rockport, Mor.ticello, Cannelton, Loogootee, Ligonier, Covington, Delphi, Montpelier, Butler, Veedersburg, Rising Sun and Vevay. Vincennes, Newcastle, Huntington, Bedford, Connersville, Peru, Frankfort, Whiting, Elwood, Goshen and Crawfordsville.

Poll in Doubt By United Press PIERRE, S. D., May B.—An official canvass may be necessary to determine the result of Tuesday’s Republican presidential preference contest between Gov. Alf Landon of Kansas and Senator William Borah of Idaho, election officials said today. Unofficial and incomplete returns today gave Mr. Landon a 1500-vote lead. However, reports from the remaining 50 precincts may reduce Gov. Landon’s margin considerably. Possible errors discovered by official canvass may be enough to swing the contest either way, election officials said.

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SttßrtM 4:37 ! Sunset 6:46 TEMPERATURE —Mt S. 1935 7 *. m 51 1 . m 66 —TODAY—6i. m S3 11) •. SI 7. m 70 11 . m S3 8. m 7! 12 (Noon) 83 9 . 77 1 p. m 85 BAROMETER 7 a. m 30.15 1 p. m 30.09 Precipitation 34 hrs. ending 7 a. m... .00 Total precipitation since Jan. 1 1112 Deficiency since Jan. 1 3 11 WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES AT 7 A. M. Station. Weather. Bar. Temp. Amatlllo. Tex PtCldy 29.68 46 Bismarck. N. D Cloudy 30 12 36 Boston Clear 70 04 62 Chicago Clear 30.06 68 Cincinnati Clear ?.0 18 66 Denver Rain 30 10 36 Dodge City. Kas Cloudy 29 76 56 Helena. Mont Clear 30 12 46 Jacksonville. Fla Clear 30.16 74 Kansas City. Mo Cloudv 29 90 68 Little Rock. Ark Cloudy 29 98 68 Los Angeles Clear 29 98 60 Miami. Fla Cloudy 30.06 76 Minneapolis PtCldy 29 92 56 Mobile. Ala Cloudv 30.06 70 New Orleans Clear 29 98 74 New York Clear 30.10 62 Okla. Ci;y. Okla Rain 29.76 60 Omaha, Neb Cloudy 29.86 58 Pittsburgh Clear 30.14 70 Portland, Ore Clear 30.22 48 San Antonio. Tex Cloudy 29.72 74 San Francisco Clear 29.96 58 St. Louis Clear 30.06 66 Tampa. Fla Clear 30.10 72 Washington. D. C Clear 30.12 66

FARMS IN WEST SOAKEDBY RAIN Best Downpour This Spring Aids Crops, Although Late for Wheat. By United Press KANSAS CITY, Mo., May B.—The “best general rain Lhis spring” soaked farm lands and pastures in Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Colorado and parte of Texas last night and today, the Weather Bureau here reported. Falls ranging from gentle showers to heavy downpours were reported throughout Kansas, except in the extreme eastern regions, where precipitation was expected today or tonight. Half of Nebraska was soaked, north central Oklahoma reported good rains, eastern Colorado’s dust area became a region of mud, and scattered falls were reported in Texas. While the rain came too late to make a bumper wheat crop, it assured at least a small yield and encouraged farmers to plant additional row crops. HOFFMAN DENIES PART IN WENDEL TORTURE Refutes Insinuations That He Had Knowledge of Case. By United Press NEW YORK, May B.—Gov. Harold G. Hoffman denied today that he knew Paul H. Wendel, disbarred Trenton attorney, was being tortured into making the false confession to the Lindbergh kidnaping that delayed the execution of Bruno Richard Hauptmann. Insinuations have come from several sources in the last few days that Hoffman had personal knowledge or was kept informed of the “progress” of those obtaining from Wendel a statement that he took the Lindbergh baby from its crib at Hopewell, N. J.

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BOY'S MOTHER DOUBTFUL SON FEUJN RIVER Does Not Share View of Detectives Assigned to Death Probe. Mrs. Stella Payne, mother of 12-year-old John Payne, today clung to her belief that the bully, whom she believes shoved her son into White River, will be brought to justice. Detectives J. J. Sullivan and George Gilby reported today that ■ hey believe John slipped on a rock ind fell in the river near Gardner Lanc-rd Sunday. Mrs. Payne, mother of seven children, said, “My boy could not swim, and I don’t believe that he possibly could have jumped in the river.” Back Tender, She Says She disclosed that her son suffered great pain when touched on the back, due to an attack of spinal meningitis eight years ago. She ia the mother of seven children. “The bully, I think, probably bumped John in the back,” Mrs. Payne said. She recalled that John’s brother, George, 10, said he saw John in tha air and the bully with his arms widespread and that John waa screaming as though in pain. Reports of the tragedy conflict on whether the bully jerked an injured bird from John and threw it roughly into the river, or whether John willingly gave the bird to the elder lad. Find Bird Near River The two Payne boys and two companions found the injured bird near the river. The Paynes live at 424 S. Alabama-st. A mill foreman fishing near the scene told detectives he noticed no quarreling between John and the older boy, who, Mrs. Payne believes, was known as “Dutch’’ or “Butch.” Calmly determined, Mrs. Payne said: “I know that it will all come out in the end. I have some information of my own that may help in the investigation.”

LOBBY BILL PASSAGE THREATENED BY DELAY Joint Committee Has Not Met Yet to Iron Out Conflicts. By Scripps-Hoicard Newspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, May 8. Five weeks have passed since the lobby registration bill passed by the House and Senate went u> conference, but the conferees h ive not yet met. Only four v.eeks remain before the date tentatively set for adjournment. Thus the conferees’ delay constitutes a real threat that no law for lobby registration may be enacted this year. The two bills would require every lobbyist seeking to influence legislation to report his employer’s name, the amount paid him, and the amount of his expense account, together with any amounts spent for entertaining or for obtaining publication of material favorable to his cause. A compromise on the bill is sought to reconcile conflicting provisions. ,