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VOLUME 48 NUMBER 70

MONDAY, JUNE

1, 1936

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G. 0. P. DELEGATES HEAR REPORTS OF MEDIATION MOVES

Vanguard Arrives in City for Convention Opening Here Wednesday.

CANDIDATES ARE BUSY

County Deputation Assured of a Free Hand by Schortemeier.

BY ARCH STEINEL While rumors spread of

mediation over Republican state chairmanship differences, the vanguard of 123 delegates to the G. O. P. state convention arrived in Indian-

apolis today. The lobby of the -Claypool, convention headquarters, buzzed with reports of deals to benefit the five leading candidates for the governorship nomination. The balloting to select a nominee will take place Wednesday in the Coliseum at the State Fairground. The Marion County delegates were assured today of their right to vote their own opinions by Frederick E. Schortermeier, county chairman.

County Delegates Unpledged

Mr. Schortemeier said the 195 delegates of the Eleventh and Twelfth Districts would not be

voted in a block for any man. He denied a purported deal to swing the Marion County vote to Raymond S. Springer, Connersville, or any other candidate, and said that each delegate could vote as he wished. It was rumored that the fight over the state chairmanship still might be arbitrated before the convention’s opening .at 10:30 Wednesday morning. Supporters of Ralph Gates, Columbia City, had refused up to noon ‘today to accept Ivan Morgan, Aus- ; Jitin canning factory executive, as 0's’ compromise state ch put: still left the door-open for further |T mediation. me

Compromise Is Hinted:

It is the contention of the Gates group that the seating of the Eighth District chairman and vice chairman, Gene Scamahorn and Mrs. Nannie Groves, first must be out of the way before a change is made in the state committee chairmanship. One rumor was current that Mr. Irwin and Mr. Gates might be named as delegates-at-large to the national convention as one means of arbitrating the differences. If eight delegates-at-large were selected, instead of four, the probable list of those delegates, accord-

ing to some obseryers, would be as.

follows: James E. Watson, former United States. Senator; Mr. Irwin and Mr. Gates, George A. Ball, Muncie, Republican national committeeman; Everett Sanders, Mrs. Eleanor Barker Snodgrass, Nashville; william Jenner, Paoli, or John K. Ruckelshaus, Indianapolis, and the nominee for Governor.

Candidates Seek Recruits

Mr. Irwin has called the state committee meeting for Thursday, the day after the convention. He has said, however, he would resign if Mr. Morgan was made state chairman. The Gates group has not indicated whether they favor or disfavor Mr. Morgan as chairman. In the meantime, the gubernatorial candidates attempted to gauge their delegate strength and bore into delegations already pledged for other candidates. The Eighth District election of the two Gates’ adherents never was recognized by Mr. Irwin. Eighth District leaders, therefore, are wondering who will be seated by Chairman Irwin as their chairman for the Eighth District meeting to select national convention delegates. The Eighth District meeting, as well as those of other districts, is to be held tomorrow night. Under rules of the Republican (Turn to Page Three)

DIVIDEND AUTHORIZED FOR BANK DEPOSITORS

Farmer's Trust Creditors to Get 1214 Per Cent Payment.

Superior Court Judge Clarence E. Weir today authorized Boyd M. Ralston, receiver for the Farmer's Trust Co., to pay a 12% per cent diyidend to depositors and creditors. Checks are to be dated June 1, and are to go into the mail immediately; Mr. Ralston said. The total amount to be distributed is $81,000. This is the nd payment made since the bank closed May 21, 1931. Mr. Ralston said there were prospects that other dividend payments would be made later.

MARKETS AT A GLANCE By United Press Bonds—Higher; as he ug

-Pgacemakers. in all ; y have made 6V

Landon’s Manager ‘Wants Borah Within the Fold, Is" Report.

HOOVER HELP RECALLED

Recent Speech.

The possible agricultural planks of both the Democratic and Republican platforms are discussed in a story on Page 3.

BY LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff correspondent

WASHINGTON, June 1.— A convention-eve effort to mollify Senator William E. Borah was forecast today as the Republican army started toward Cleveland to nominate candidates for ‘President and Vice President in opposition to the Roosevelt-Garner ticket which will represent the New

Deal. Mr. Borah all but broke wi ith the leadership of his own part} last week in a nationally broadcast speech urging a liberal rebellion against Eastern G. O. P. commanders. Political observers differ on the influence Mr. Borah would have if his threats and warnings actually lead to a bolt this year. Many believe the veteran Idaho Progressive has fallen far from the campaign peak of 1928 when his oratory was a prime factor in Herbert C. Hoover's victory over Alfred E. Smith. But a Borah bolt would be unfortunate and might even beccme disastrous for the Republican candidate. Backers of Gov. Alf M. Lan“don, who are a to be party

res ‘to Mr. Borah. It was John D. M. Hamilton, Landon campaign manager, who first proposed that Mr. Hoover be invited to address the Republican national convention. - William Allen White, Emporia (Kas.) editor, suggested several weeks ago that Borah join in drafting a statement of party “principles as a basis for _the Cleveland platform.

Wants Old Guard Dethroned

Mr. Borah refused the invitation. In his broadcast last Thursday Mr. Borah apparently attempted to demonstrate that ‘his mind would not be open to further suggestions of that sort. Whereas at the outset of his presidential candidacy the Senator stressed the importance of the G. O. P. platform, and placed individual candidates in a secondary position, his Thursday speech argued that the platform would mean little compared with the character, background and political and social philosophy of the nominee. The centerpiece of the Borah platform is that Old Guard Republican leaders are aligned with the socalled interests and that the party should. expel them and base its 1936 campaign on a platform of antimonopoly.

Snell Held Sympathetic

No first-rank candidate has joined Mr. Borah in the campaign to purge the party of such men as Charles D. Hilles of New York, J. Henry Roraback of Connecticut, and Walter F. Brown and Ed C. Schorr of Ohio. But House Republican Leader Bertrand H. Snell has met Mr. Borah half way on monopoly. Rep. Snell will be permanent chairman of the Republican national convention and his ideas have weight with the party.

friends here that the Republicans should produce a brief, straightforward platform “so everybody can understand it.” “As for anti-monopoly,” Mr. Snell said after the Borah speech, “I would just as soon have the Senator write it. I think I could agree on anything he wrote. Everybody else I have talked to feels the same way. ”»

Mario Tomsich, Gary attorney, is to lead the Socialist Party of Indiana in its plea for votes in the November election. He was named nominee for Governor at a state convention yesterday. Others on the Socialist ticket are

Success Is Held Doubtful in. View of Idahoan’s

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Zioncheck Held

By United Press WASHINGTON, June 1.—Po-~ lice today arrested a struggling, - cursing Rep. Marion A. Zioncheck (D., Wash.), at Naval Medical Center on a lunacy warrant and took him to Gallinger - Municipal Hospital for mental observation. The warrant, which was signed by Al P. Stump, the sanitary officer of the police department, charged the playboy legislator with driving “his auto in a reckless manner” and annoying citizens and public officials. “Annoy” was hardly the word, police reported after an all-morning tussle with the Representative and reports of his arrest from numerous ends of the town after he had called at the White House with some empty bottles and later had sought the arrest of . Vice President John N. Garner.

FILM ‘SHOOTING’ T0 BEGIN TODAY

First Scenes in Indianapolis Movie to Be Taken at Shortridge.

The complete casting list and details of the production schedule of “It Happened in Indianapolis” are on Page 4.

“Shooting” is to start today on The Times-Loew’s Theater all-local movie, “It Happened in Indianapolis,” for which more than 2500 boys and girls paraded before Director Leonard A. De Menna in tryouts yesterday at the Antlers. Beginning at 10 yesterday, Mr. De Menna and his staff gave voice and lighting tests to the local aspiring actors and actresses who came from all walks of life to seek a chance in the film. Among them were students from more than 15 high schools in and near Indianapolis.. Other applicants gave their occupations as doctors, lawyers and dentists, secretaries, factory workers, barbers, insurance salesmen, bookkeepers and office boys. Two grade schools were represented. A second elmination was held before the Kleig lights at 1 yesterday afternoon and the final tests started at 6:15. The cast was selected following this test at 9:30. _The first s of

Shortridge High School. The public is invited to watch. The cast of 30 and more than 300. selected extra players are to take part in today’s “ghogting”

QUEEN MARY FAILS T0 BREAK RECORD

Normandie Still Holds Mark for Crossing.

By United Press ABOARD S. S. QUEEN MARY, at Quarantine, New York, June 1.—The official average speed for the superliner Queen Mary’s maiden voyage was announced as 29.133 knots today. The mark was but 44 minutes slower than the North Atlantic passenger speed record of 29.64 knots held by the French liner Normandie. For the first time in four and onehalf days the 200,000 horse power engines of the Queen Mary were stilled at 8:09 a. m. (Indianapolis time), when with scarcely a sound the electrically controlled anchors went out at Quarantine. By this time the screaming of

ships’ sirens in the bay were audible.

Busy tugs, official U. S. cutters and boats of all descriptions carry-

ing the curious and the welcoming chugged around the Queen Mary, looking to those gazing down from

the top decks like so many toys.

FIRE SWEEPS HOME OF DR.'C. T. EMERSON

Roof and Part of Second Floor Destroyed at Loss of $3000.

' A fire broke out in the home of A C. T. Emerson, 3177 N. Penn-sylvania-st, yesterday and caused damage estimated at $3000. The fire started in the attic and destroyed the roof and part of the second floor. An extensive library in the attic also was reported destroyed. Firemen fought the blaze two hours before bringing it under control.

Tomsich Nomi ted for Governor by Socialists

and Appellate Court. The platform includes the following planks: 1. A shorter work-week with a $30 minimum salary. 2. State manufacture and control of alcoholic

necessities to aid in reducing unemployment and stabilizing wages and conditions. ; 4. Public ownership of mills,

cture are

MISHAPS TAKE 2 MORE LIVES; STATETOLL17

City Man Fatally Injured by ‘Street Car; Several Drivers Held.

1130 KILLED IN NATION

Director of Safety Council

Warns of Summer Road Peril.

The ‘nation was warned today by

‘'W. H. Cameron, National Safety

Council managing director, that the opening of the vacation and heavy summer motoring season “has precipitated a crisis in the five-year campaign to reduce ' automobile traffic deat . Saturday and yesterday, national

* | traffic took more than 130 lives; In-

diana traffic, outside Marion County, claimed 12; Marion County traffic killed five. “Each year,” said Mr. Cameron in a statement. made at his Chicago office, “the nation has seemed helpless to arrest or reduce the monthly increase in highway accident’ tragedies that begins in April and reaches a peak in October. In 1935, the month of April saw 2590 persons go to their deaths in traffic accidents on American streets and highways. In October, after a. steady increase through the summer months, the total was 3850.” A Marion County victims were: C. M. Atkinson, 65, of 310 N. Eastst, who died yesterday of injuries received when struck by a street car Saturday night. The accident occurred in the 3000 block, W. Wash-ington-st. Police are attempting to find relatives. Jesse Mitchell, 57, of 2047 Collegeav, died this morning in St. Vincent’s Hospital from head injuries received when ‘his automobile collided Saturday with one driven by William Ward, 28, of 3341 N. Illi-nois-st. Ward was arrested on charges of profanity, vagrancy and operating a vehicle while under the Influence of liquor.

Boy Is Hurt Seriously

. ‘Morris -Pevier, 10, is in" ‘serious Series aft imed anen: ] m i

id vier. 40, of 540 Tate collided with a truck! driven by George Frieje, 27, of 1627 Park-ay, yesterday. . Pevler. was arrested on charges. of drunkenness. and operating-a vehicle while. under ‘the "influence of liquor. Mrs. Telford Wright, 21, of New. York-st, was reported to ix fair condition today in St. Vincent’s Hospital where she was taken last night after an accident in which she suffered a fractured pelvis and possible internal injuries. Her husband, driving the car, received minor injuries when his automobile collided with one driven by Morris Cook, 23, of Bryan, O. Cars Collide Head-On Three young women killed Saturday were: Alice Mitchell, 30, Ravenswood; Mrs. Margaret Lyons, 32, 12-st and Capitol-av, and Mrs. Anabelle Florence Columbus, 25, of Ravenswood. State victims, outside of Marion County, were:

Frank Traven, 30, and Edward Czech, 30, both of Chicago, were injured fatally in a head-on collision on U. S. Road, 52, five miles southeast of Lafayette. Bonny ‘Jean Matthews, 3, was killed at South Bend when struck by an automobile driven by Gertrudge Goodman, 18, South Bend. Injuries suffered when he was struck by a Pennsylvania train were fatal yesterday to Howard Hamilton, 36-year-old World War veteran, at Kokomo. Levi Todd, 56, was killed instantly, and his companion Joe McDonald, injured, when their automobile left the road at an “S” curve on State Road 3, north of Newcastle. Wilbur Kammerer, 21, Clinton County, was killed when an automobile driven by Joseph Merrill, 28, Frankfort, crashed into the car in which he was riding on Road 26, east of Lafayette. Merrill and two girls riding with him were injured. Fatality at Richmond Nathan Pinnick, 24, died in Reid Memorial Hospital

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VICTIM OF ALLEGED ‘BLACK LEGION’ FLOGGING

Photo by Acme.

Harley W. Smith, WPA worker and father of five children, whose alleged lashing at the hands of the “Black Legion” on Nov..5, 1935, led to the arraignment of four men on charges of kidnaping and felonious assault, is shown above with his wife. The men, Ray, Clarence and Glen Ernest and Allen Basom are held in the Jackson County (Mich.) Jail under yoo bouth pending examination tomorrow,

Continue Black Legion Probes Here and in 2 Detroit

Terror Cult Membership Pictured by Writer at Detroit.

Forrest Davis describes the “typical Americans’ making up the Black Legion in today’s dispatch from Michigan, chief Stamping ‘ground of the pseudo Faseistic bald.

BY FORREST DAVIS Times Special Writer DETROIT, June 1.—The 15 semiskilled workers and petty officeholders constituting the - Black Legion’s alleged execution corps in the death of Charles Poole, WPA worker, are all, in a study of their records discloses, typical Americans. Native-born, several of Revolutionary stock, they .are family, church and lodge men, baseball fans and devoid of previous police records. In short, the type of smallincome city dweller next door to whom any one may "be living unsuspectingly as a neighbor. Unsuspecting the death’s-head robe, the mid-

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: \$1 2 po of power. wana e environment, Not morons, not obviously Queer,’ the Black Knights who took the] moral law into their own hands in the case of Poole, all-had jobs when arrested. All were products of the public schools, although none went above .the tenth grade. Their average age is 40. Their composite (Turn to Page Three)

LOYALTY STRESSED AT OARP MEETING

Speaker Urges Adherence to American Ideals.

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Urging loyalty to American ideals and the government in defense of American ‘institutions, Benjamin J. Brown, Kokomo, Republican nominee for Congress supporting the Townsend Old-Age Revolving Pension plan, today spoke on membership building at the Indiana OARP convention in Castle Hall. ~The convention later was to name a “citizen maximus” to direct the state’s OARP in the fall election. The “citizen maximus” is to serve on the advisory board of the national organization. Mr. Brown in his address on membership also urged that every organizer in the Townsend movement be an “American citizen in ev:.s sense of the word.” Three hundred delegates from the congressional districts of the state attended the convention. Otis H. Karns was chairman of the meet-

g. The Rev. R. S. Easterday, Indianapolis, gave the invocation. L. B. Dyer, Indianapolis, discussed the raising of club quotas. : Frederick E. Schortemeier, Republican county chairman, gave the address of Welcome. nian

OARP WORKER HUNTED

Townsend Officer Eludes Process Servers in California.

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SAN FRANCISCO, June 1— ‘United States deputy marshals iarmed ‘with subpenas today started

| a state-wide search for Edward J.

Margett, California area T. of the Townsend plan, yanted as a ‘witness before the Bell

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Former Race Driver Finds Coffin-Shaped Board at His Home.

Police today were investigating a coffin-shaped board bearing the words = “Black Legion, ‘Beware,” which was found by Leon De Hart, 2253 Carrolliton-av, a former 500mile race driver, on the door of his summer cottage near Millersville. Mr. De Hart told police the board, about one foot long, was fastened to the cottage door. At one end of the board was a picture of a man’s head. ‘ Cloth covered the rest of the board. On the cloth was written the message and below it was the letter “D” and a heart. De Hart said he knew of no enemies who would have left the warning. Police declared that work on the board must have required ‘considerable time.

EVIDENCE IS ASKED

Sonktor Sends. Request to Black Legion Probers. eo : By United Press DETROIT, June 1.—All evidence pertaining {o the burning of the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin’s Shrine of the Little Flower, allegedly by the

tesroristic Black Legion, has been

requested for presentation to the United States Senate, Prosecutor Duncan C. McCrea announced toy. McCrea said he. had received a telegraphic request for this evidence from Senator Arthur Benson (Farmer-Labor, Minn.), who has introduced a joint congressional resolution for a senatorial investigation of the vigilance band. The prosecutor said he would not comply with the request because he

would not trust his evidence tol

“telegraphic wires or the mails.” “However,” he added, “the Sénator is. welcome to come here and examine our evidence connecting

the Black Legion with the burning of the shrine.” h

Death Linked to Black Legion

State authorities, preparing to open a one-man grand jury investi-

gation of the Black Legion in|

Wayne County (Detroit) early this week, were directing their inquiry

in a new direction—that of Black Legion activity in, the city’s great

automobile plants.

MORGENTHAU REQUESTS : $2,050,000,000 LOAN

Proceeds to Be Used to Maintain

“Cash Balance, Pay Bonus. By United Press WASHINGTON, June 1.—In the | 1argest single borrowing in American peace-time history, Secretary of the ‘Treasury Henry Morganthau Jr. today invaded the nation’s money centers with a request for $2,050,000,000. As security for the borrowing the Treasury offered $600,000,000 in 15 to 18-year government bonds and $400,000,000 in five-year Treasury notes. The bonds will pay 2% per cent interest and the notes 1%, record low

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MINIMUM WAGE ACT RULED OUT BY HIGH COURT

5-4 Decision on New York Law Is Returned by Supreme Tribunal; 1923 District of Columbia Case Invoked by Majority.

DISSENT WRITTEN BY CHIEF JUSTICE

Brandeis, Stone and Cardozo Join Him in Minority Findings; Butler Reads Opinion of Majority.

By United Press

‘WASHINGTON, June 1.—The Supreme Court today in a sweeping decision which will probably doom any kind of state or Federal wage and hour legislation today held une constitutional the New York minimum wage law for women

and children.

The court's verdict was rendered in a 5-to-4 decision. The ruling, while applied only to the New York law, was expected to mean the end of similar legislation in many

IDAIRYMEN OF 46

STATES GATHER

More. Than 500 Delegates Expected to Attend Meeting Here.

e ffty-first annual convention of ti olstein-Friesian Association opene dtoday in the Claypool with registration of delegates and meetings of the executive committee and board of directors. With more than 500 delegates from 46 states expected to attend, the first general business session is to be held in the Riley room Wednesday after an open forum session tomorrow. National President. A. J. "Glover is to respond to an

addreéss o welcome by Gov. McNutt.

“Only 5 pér ¢ént of the cattle ‘in this. 8counisy 18 registered,” said ‘Prof. E. 8S. Savage of Cornell University “animal husbandry department in an interview today. “I in-

tend "to make suggestion for rem-

edying this ‘condition before forum session tomorrow. “After 25 years of study and research in the field, I am disturbed by the fact that less than 3 per cent of the dairy cows in the United States are being tested in any way,” he continued. ; Improve Breeds “Since the purpose of registering cattle is to improve the breed, I intend to suggest a supplementary register for grades and where animals are sufficiently rich in" blood of the breed in question, they would be admitted to the main register. “Under the supplementary register, a cow having four top crosses by registered sires would be eligible to register, although the original cow

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was unknown.

“This plan would stimulate breeders of grade cattle to purchase registered sires and would increase the number of animals eligible to the herd improvement tests being conducted.” . Prof. Savage said he felt the breed associations would be greatly enlarged under such provisions and suggested that they beeadopted in (Turn to Page Three)

THIRD PLAGE RACE AWARD IS CHANGED

MacKenzie, e, Petill Listed in Correction of Error.

Complete details of the 500mile race on Page 12. Another Tacs story 1s ‘wns Page 4.

An official eek. of the results of Saturday's Speedway race foday gave George (Doc) MacKenzie

states including seven which had joined with New York in appeal to sustain the validity

of the law.

The conservative victory was made possible by the adherence of Justice Owens J. Roberts, who cast his vote with the four members of the cone servative bloc who voted against a similar law in 1923. Chief - Justice Charles Evans Hughes wrote a vigorous dissent, which was concurred in by Justices Louis D. Brandeis, Harlan F. Stone and Benjamin Cardozo. Hughes dissented on the grounds that there was a substantial difference between the 1923 District of Columbia case and the New York } aw “And I can “find nothing in the Federal Constitution: which denies to the state the power to protect women from being exploited by over-reaching employers through the refusal of a fair wage as defined in the New. York statute and ascer= in a reasonable manner competent authority,” } Contradict Majority ~~

This was in direct ‘contradiction to the majority ruling written oo Justice Pierce Butler which based squarely upon the cones ruling in the District of Columbia case, Butler said the court majority adhered to the principles ‘of the District of Columbia case, finding them “sound.” While joining. in the Hughes opinion, the three liberals joined also .in a separate opinion by Jus tice Harlan FP. Stone. Stone's opine lon said the liberals would not dis tinguish between the District of Columbia: law and the New York law as the sole basis of decision. “I attach little importance to the fact that the earlier statute was aimed only at a starvation wage and that the present one does not prohibit such wage unless it is also less than the reasonable value of the service,” Stoné said. Legislation Limited ; “Since neither statute compels employment at any wage, I do not assume that employers in one case, more’ than in the other, would pay the minimum wage if the service were worth less. “The vague and general pro= nouncement Of the Fourteenth Amendment against deprivation of liberty without due process of law is a limitation of legislative power, and not a formula for its exercise. “It does not purport to say in what particular method that power shall be exerted. It make no fine= spun distinctions between methods which the Legislature may and which it may not _choose to soolve 8 pressing problem of government.

Two Questions Involved

The majority opinion found thers were fwo questions involved in the case

These were stated as: : 1. Whether the state may ime pose. minimum wage rates for all competent experienced women work< ers whom they may have in their service. The court in afféect went somes what farther than it did in the 1923 case. It ruled that even though thé New York law took into account the value of service ren dered by women workers as well as the cost of living it was just as

2 | unconstitutional as the District of . | Columbia law which sought only to

eliminate starvation wages. “If the te has the power to