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VOLUME 48—NUMBER 82
BONUS BONDS ARE
MAILE
D VETERANS;
13,385 DUE HERE
Packages hive in City; Deliveries to Be Made Tomorrow - Evening.
POSTAL FORCE <3 BUSY
Special Group to Work All Night Preparing for Quick Service.
A special force of Indianapolis postoffice workers today began the task of sorting and checking 13,385 bonus bond packets in preparation for the delivery te begin after
5:30 tomorrow evening.
The bonds arrived here over the week-end. They are to be claimed as registered mail and identification of the recipient is necessary, John H. Rothert, mails superintendent, said. Regular carriers are to make deliveries, because in many cases they know the addressees. Veterans were asked to stay at home tomorrow night to sign for the bonds. Bonds are to be delivered to downtown addresses Wednesday morning, he said. The mailmen have been ‘instructed ' to deliver the bonds only to the veterans named .on the packages and only when identification has been assured.
Urged to Hold Bonds
Bonds may be cashed between 8:30 a. m. and 10:30 p. m. beginning Wednesday each day except Sunday At two meetings tonight, sponsored by the Twelfth District American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, local veterans are. to be urged not to cash their bonds and to take advantage of the interest to be accrued. Ralph B. Gregg, Twelfth District commander, is to speak at the LenD meeting to be held at the orld War Memorial Building at 8. V. of P. W. meeting 1s to be held at ‘Sergt. Barker Hall, Prospect and Rastests. 2 Veterans who ‘wish to cash their bonds must obtain certification of « and} present two witnesses for identifica-! tion. Adolph Seidensticker, postmaster, today said that he had made arrangements for pastors of Protestant and Catholic churches to’ aid in identifying veterans known to them, Bonds may be cashed at Rooms 309 and 421 Federal Building and | at 522 Indiana-av. Classified postal stations are to be n ‘each night from 6:30 to 10:30 the following places: 817 E. 63da 52 W. 32d-st, 4205 College-av, 2730 E. Michigan-st, 5 Johnson-av, 1030 Virginia-av, 534 N. Belle Viewpl and 2043 Clifton-st.
County to Get $7,000,000
Value of bonds to be delivered to Marion County veterans amounts to almost $7,000,000, Mr. Seidensticker said. Each packe et contains an average of 14 bonds, and 187,000 bonds are /to be delivered. He said the postoffice could certify bonds for 2376 veterans a day, and - he asked those who did not need the money immediately to wait and turn in their bonds later. _ Fifty clerks will work in the central Federal Building offices, and take care of approximately 1800 veterans. Mr. Seidensticker asked that veterans not deface or write on the bonds.
Issues Theft’ Warning
To avoid chance of having checks taken from mail boxes, he suggested that veterans meet postal - deliveries at their homes after their bonds have been certified. Checks may be stolen if left in unlocked boxes, he said. Successful termination of the American Legion's program to ob-| tain a Federal bonus for veterans was proclaimed today by J. Ray Murphy, National commander. As mail carriers throughout the nation prepared to distribute the huge pay roll, Mr. Murphy asserted “the book is now closed. I see no reason why it should be opened again.”
BONUS UNDER ATTACK ‘Great National Wrong,’ Educator Tells Earlham Graduates.
By United Pfioss RICHMOND, Ind.
June 15.—
3,518,000 Soldier Soldiers in U. S. Collect $2,300,000,000 for War Service.
AID TO TRADE LIKELY!
Registered Packages Are Delivered in All Sections of Nation.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, June 15.— The nation’s 3, 518, 000 World War veterans collected $2,300,000,000 from Uncle 3am today as a bonus over regular army pay for the months and years they spent in training camps, dugouts and trenches.
Special delivery postmen began distribution of the biggest American pay roll of all times, in villages and cities clear across the country, at exactly midnight. Long before dawn they had handed checks and bonds worth millions of dollars to veterans. Postmaster John F. Inman of New Egypt, N. J, claimed to have de= livered the first bonds to Ralph Walton, a 29th Division veteran of the Argonne campaign. Inman personally handed Waiton his bonds atl 12:01 a. m.
$350 Is Average Amount
Registered packages given to the veterans colitained bonus payments cf $1 for every day served in this country and $1.25 for every day sirved overseas—except for the first 60 days in each category, for which | no payment is made.
The average veteran received ap-
proximately $550.: Individual payments rang:d as low as a few dollars! and as high as $1500, deperlding on’ length of service and whether the" veteran had borrowed on his adjusted service certificates. A large portion ot the tremendous bonus outlay was expected to find its way immediate'y into the nation’s trade channels. Treasury,
and veterans organization offizialy have urged veterans to nold their
bonus as investments But 4here ! are back d:bts to be paid, automo-
biles to be bought, homes to be fur-
nished and redecorated, and chil-
dren to be educated. It was a cash bonus which th: veterans demandz=d. It is into cash that many of their bonds will bz converted. Marks End of Long Trail Special night deliveries: were arranged by the Postoffice Department so that veterans who are regularly employed need not miss part of a day’s work in order to receive their
{ bonus payments.
The distribution which began to- i day marked the énd of the long, long trail upon which the bonus legislation was launched soon after the doughboys ceased standing in line before the paymasters’ tents 18 years ago. Vetoed regularly by every President from Coolidge to Roosevelt, the bonus legislation was finally authorized by the last session of Congress.
PLANE PLUNGES IN BAY
3 Aboard Coast ( Guard § Ship Believed Killed in Storm. By United Press TAMPA, Fla. June 15. — Coast Guard vessels reported today that an amphibian plane, piloted by Lieut. C. M. Perrott of the St. Petersburg Coast Guard base, plunged into Tampa Bay during a storm along the Florida Coast, probably killing the three occupants.
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Storm Ended By United Presa , MIAMI, Fla. June 15—A tropical storm which flooded lower Florida west coast cities Whirled over Miami today without causing damage, passing out to sea. Velocity was 38 miles an
ance when it struck the west coast did not accompany the storm as it shipped over Miami and out into the Atlantic. The rain here was only a. drizzle. : The storm virtually isolated two small Florida towns as it cut across the peninsula. Although not of hurricane intensity, the storm cut off communications with the little town of Bonita Springs and the settlement of Estero, both south of Fort Myers, on the west coast. No deaths were reported. A
[Second Alarm Necessary;
Adjoining Homes Damaged by Stubborn Central-Av Building Fire.
FLAMES SPREAD QUICKLY
~ Attic, Second Floor Are Destroyed.
FEAR FOR LIFE OF MRS. DIONNE
Quins’ Father, Grandfather Express Concern Over Approaching Birth.
(Copyright, 193¢. by United Press)
CALLANDER, Ont. June 15. Fear was expressed today that a childbirth expected this week or next might. prove fatal to Mrs. Elzire Dionne, mother of the quintuplets. M. Legros, father of Mrs. Dionne, who revealed to the United Press that the child. or perhaps children, is expected “this month,” said today that he and Oliva Dionne, the quins’ father, - had discussed the danger to the young mother and that both were worried. Friends of the Dionnes, who had kept silent the fact that the mother again is “expecting” bzcause they knew the family wanted to avoid , ; Publicity, talked freely today in the “I knew-it-all-the-time” vein. Many of them share the fears of Dionne and Legros. Believes Danger Slight Dr. M. .G, Ranney, who is treating Rose and Herbert, two oi the five older brothers and sister: of the quintuplets, for measles, .an: who has had recent opportunity to see, if not examine the mother, thinks danger is present but not great. ‘He sees no chance thai another birth could imperil the mother’s lilc “unless the Sonemen of publicity and visitors Op ‘brought on some complications,” «No matter. . | -parents choose to
foe, who delivered "the quintuplets. The Dionnss broke finally with him when he sudportzd the Ontario govcrnment in making the quins wards i of the state.
BLACK LEGION PLOT DESCRIBED IN COURT
“Trigger Man” Says Band Planned to Kill Publisher.
By United Press DETROIT, June { Dean, “trigger man” in the Black ' Legion slaying of Charles A. Poole, today told a crowded courtroom how he and four other members of the vigilante band had pricked their
land Park publisher. In the same low monotone in which he described the wanton killing oi Poole two weeks ago, Dean testified ‘at the examination of 12 men charged with conspiracy to
| murder Kingsley.
| COAL BILL GIVEN 0. K..
| Senate” Group / Approves It by Vote of 9 to S.\ By United Prissy WASHINGTON, Jun: 15—The Scnate Interstate Commerce Committze today approved the new Guffey-Vinson coal c¢ontr:l ast dzsigned to stabilize the bituminous! coal industry law invalidated by the Supreine . Court. The committee voted 9 to 5.
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A two-alarm fire burned the roof and upper floor of a frame a ment house, 1525 Central-av, today. and spread to a nearby double house and the rectory of Bishop Joseph M. Prancis, of the Episcopal diocese The ‘blaze, apparently started by defective wiring in the apartment, caused damage to the buildings estimated at more than $20,000. Several thousand dollars worth of furniture and clothing also were destroyed. ’ Battling for more than an hour, firemen finally were able to bring the flames under control. Mrs. Earl Stunkard, who lives in a second-floor apartment, discovered the flames. She and her husband, Earl Stunkard, and John Stunkard, her father-in-law, were forced to flee. :
Fireman Slightly Injured
The eld&r Stunkard was said to have hidden several hundred dollars in the apartment. This was destroyed. : Fireman Wallace M. Fish, 65, of 908 Tecumseh-st, was injured siightly. He was treated at City Hospital. Heat was so intense that Mrs, Kate 8S. Francis, wife of the bishop who had been confined by illness in a room in the rectory, was moved out of the building. The families ! of Edward Remmetter and of Mrs. Marion Trexler occupied the double house. Fire Chief Fred C. Kennedy di- | rected, efforts to quell the blaze... . This is the third time the frame apartment building has heen on fire, department records showed.
2 BROTHERS BURNED IN EXPLOSION HERE
Fire Follows Blast in E. Market-st Home; Damage Set at $650.
was estimated at $650. : The victims, Wayne Arney, 14, and Gerald Arney, 10, were treated by the fire department firsi-aid The parents were not at home. ‘The boys’ grandmother, Mrs. Rose Arney, led seven other children to safety.
JAPANESE WARNING DEFIED BY CHINESE
War Chief Refuses to Halt Troop Advance.
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(Copyright 1936. by United Press)
CANTON, June 15. — Defying strong Japanese warnings against further hostile demonstrations in South China, Gen. Chen Chi-Tang, dictator of the autonomous Canton government, renewed his demands | for united resistance to Japanese aggression today. He refused to halt the northward | advance of his troops, intensifying la threat of civil war with Gener- | alissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's central government at Nanking.
With his followers inflamed by |
repeated demands for war with Japan and with Japanese marines patrolling the southern coast port of Amoy under the guns of five Japanese warships anchored in the ‘harbor, Gen. Chen pushed his prep= | arations to fight.
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BN FIRST LADY
Mrs. Roosevelt to Arrive Here at 5 Tomorrow by Motor.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt is ex-| °
pected to arrive by motor at 5 tomorrow afternoon from Grayville, Ill, for an appearance in the city under the auspices of the Town Hall.
She is to speak at 8:30 on “The | e of Gavernment Home- |"
steads.” Following her address, she is to answer. questions in an open forum. Mayor Kern today ‘urged all Indianapolis: residents to attend Mrs. Roosevelt's leciure.: = Gov. and Mrs, McNutt are to send their car to Grayville for Mrs. i Roosevelt and her social secretary, Mrs. James Helm. She and Mrs. Helm are to be guests of the McNutts. Meridian-st and the route to the theater are to be decorated with flags.
McNutts to Give Dinner |
A dinner is to be given in Mrs. Ropsevelt’s honor by Gov. and Mrs. McNutt at the Governor’s mansion preceding the lecture. Dinner guests are to include Mr. and Mrs. Omer Stokes Jackson, Greenfield; Mr. and Emory Scholl, Conneisville; Thomas Taggart, Mrs. Samuel M. Ralston, Miss’ Lucy Taggart and Mrs. Heim, The President's
wife, who has
ner, a hog calling contest, horseshoe pitching, a baseball game and
Wednesday morning, Mrs. Roose- | velt and Mrs. Helm, accompanied by Gov. and Mrs. McNutt. are ‘to’ go to Purdue University, where Mrs. Roosevelt is to talk at 11 at the Purdue Science ‘and, Leadership 1 stitute. :
Ww. C. FIELDS GAINS IN PNEUMONIA FIGHT
Physician Discloses Grave Condition of Veteran Trouper. By United Press
RIVERSIDE, Cal, June 15.—Veteran trouper W. C. Fields was re-
ported showing a slight improve-
ment today in his fight against pneumonia at Riverside Hospital. The comedian was stricken Friday at a nearby hot sprinzs and was rushed here for hospital treatment. His condition became worse Saturday and he was placed under an oxygen tent. physician, Dr. Jesse Citron, re Mr. Fields seemed to be rallying. Six Killed in Riots By United Press ; MADRID, June 15.—Six persons were known to have been killed and more than 15 injured in clashes between right and‘ left wing organizations throughout Spain during the
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BATTLE FOR DELEGA TES’ VOTES
: Pleas E. Greenlee
WHEAT TAKES JUMP
ON CHICAGO MARKET
Piices Rise on St on Strength of Dry Weather Reports.
Times Special... Hd CHICAGO, June 15.—Wheat prices closed sharply higher on the Chicago Board of Trade today following - bull*.h w:ather reports received from the Northwest and a higher Minneapolis market, where July wheat advanced the full 5-cent limit. So Practically all traders turned to oi wheat soon after
3 trading but strong Wheat hers 25% to 3 cents higher.
STOCKS HOLD GAINS DURING DULL TRADE
Fractional Upturns Noted in Several Leading Issues. By United Press NEW YORK, June 15.—Stocks held gains of fractions to more than a point in dull trading in the third
| hour on the Stock Exchange today.
Case was at its high for the year of 179%, up 4%. were. noted in the motors, oils, silvers and utilities. :
MRS. EDNA D. GOSS, "EDUCATOR, IS DEAD
Former Member of Purdue Faculty to Be Buried Friday.
Mrs. Edna D. Goss, a former member of the Purdue University i faculty, died today in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fermor S. Cannon, 42353 N. Pennsylvania-st. ‘She was the widow of Dr. William
was dean ot the University of Illinois enginezring school. Funeral services are to be held at 10:30 Wednesday morning at Mrs. .Cannon’s home with burial Friday in Barnstable, Mass.
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F. D. R. Is Busy Drafting Platform on Which He'll Seek Re-election.
FACES DIFFICULT TASK
the Issues Raised by - Gov. Landon.
BY THOMAS L. STOKES Times Special Writer
WASHINGTON, June 15.— While employing one hand this week to shoo a reluctant Congress out of Washington,
with the other the outlines of the platform on which he will stand for re-election.
His opponent, Alf M. Landon, has made this a more difficult task than was first though likely by adding a few paragraphs of his own to the Republican platform, particularly in forcing the constitutional issue with his proposal for a constitutional amendment giving the states power to legislate -on wages, hours and working conditions. Thus the Democratic convention which opens in Philadelphia a.week from tomorrow will assume more importance than a mere renomination jamboree. Presidents in office usually write their own platforms. Mr. Roosevelt will be no exception. Early this week he is expected to get down to ‘this business in conferences with Senator Robert F. Wagner (D., N. Y.); who is slated to head the resolutions committee, a post to which he was selected because of his promotion of labor and social welfare legislation. In the three addenda to the Republican platform upon which he insisted, Gov. Landon posed ' the principal problems for Mr. Rooseyolt bard his platform assistants.
an eventual return fo.gold.
‘man’s land” for such social reforms, already |.
Practional gains I
nt,-and a ‘declaration for
Mr. Roosevelt himself projected the constitutional issue anew when, after the Supreme Court decision nullifying New York’s minimum wage law for women and children, he declared the éxistence of a “no
since the Supreme Court had barred: this territory to the (Turn to Page Three)
PRIMARY CLIMAXES DEMOCRATIC BATTLE
Minnesota Party Factions Accuse Each Other of “Selling Out.” By United Press. ST. PAUL, Minn, June 15.—Bitter campaign battles between Democratic factions accusing each other of “selling out” reached a climax today in Minnesota's primary election.
The lively issue among Democrats, |.
in contrast to desultory campaigning among Republicans and FarmerLaborites, was expected to produce at least a plurality of Democratic votes.
Two Democratic factions present- | i ed complete slates of delegates anx-
ious not only for state and congressional offices, but seats in the national nominating convention. Gov. Floyd B. Olson, who headed the. Farmer-Labor slate, was conceded the nomination for United States Senator.
Landon
F avors
‘the ‘American Way’ of General Debts |
BY LYLE C. WILSON (Copyright. 1936. bv United Press) TOPEKA, Kas, June 15.—Gov_ Alf M. Landon today prescribed “the American way” as'thé proper approach to the problems of a nation harried by unemployment and business uncertainty. “The American way,” he said, “means education and debate in Congress and out of it. We all get impatient when we are not getting things done. There are interminable delays. But that is -the American way and that is the path we must follow.”
Gov. Landon explained his views on the use of professional brains by
accurate information led to mention of the so-called Brain Trust recently 1} assembled in Washington by the
What would happen to the professional brains: department now that the G. O. P. leadership had moved West with curly-haired John D. M. Hamilton in charge.
Brain Trusters to the Rear Gov. Landon disposed of that in
Republican National Gonvention in Cleveland, will be carried into the presideatial campa Gov.
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‘Undue Pressure Being Used, Manager Claims in Statement.
DELEGATES REACH CIT
Administration Inroads on County Strength Claimed: by Judge Baker.
(League of Women Voters story; on Page 8)
. Supporters of Lieut. ‘Gove M. Clifford Townsend today claimed a gubernatorial band= : Wagon was rolling their wa for the state convention
morrow at the Fairground... Adherents of E. Kirk McKinney, Indianapolis realtor, hand claimed that as the 1845 cone vention delegates arrived that “une fair tactics and undue pressure” were being used to attract tife dele gates into the Townsend camp. While the delegates milled in the lobby and eighth tioor of the Clay= 5 pool Hotel—among bunting, painted and electric signs of candidates —the headquarters of Pleas E. Greenlee, the third gubernatorial candidate, forecast that the Townsend forces
wouly be “stopped on the first bal« oO ”
Marshall Tsstes Statement
Leonard B. Marshall, president of the McKinney-for-Governor Club, issued a statement shortly before noon which McKinney lieutenants said was directed ‘against the Townsend group. : He said in part: “It is regrettable that inf comes to us repeatedly that nation tactics and undue pressure are be= ing used to wean delegates a from us. It is noticeable that Townsend forces ‘claimed 1023 gates and now say they have nan 900 . )
Claim 75 From. County Claypool headquarters have heer} established by Criminal Judge Frank P Bakér and Joel A. Baker, Marion County wel= fare director. Judge Baker claimed that betweem 75 ana 80 M County delegates have left the Me~ Kinney camp for the Townsend candidacy. : Joel A. Baker said: “We ha 83 delegates out of the county’ for Townsend.” Municipal Judge Dewey, Myers, a Greenlee supporter, said Judgs Ba~ ker had won some strength, but. set the number of delegates at "bea tween 20 and 25.” : Senator VanNuys entered the bat tle for his candidate last night. I predieung McKinney's success,
“His supporters are fighting cause in the face of strong patrons age opposition, a powerful Two Per Cent Club, and a desperate last~ minute strategy made possible enormous resources.”
Stump Candidacy Urged A quiet gubernatorial boom for Albert Stump, Indianapolis
United
but his managers told 5 delegates that he might accept post if ~ “lightning strikes.” 1} might obtain support from the ion County Courthouse
convention “deadlock, it was indie ‘cated.