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GiPPs HOWARD] VOLUME 48—NUMBER 97

THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1936

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MINER BURIED FOR 24 HOURS RESCUED ALIVE

Pennsylvania ‘Bootlegger’ Saved by Crew From Legitimate Shaft.

FATHER ESCAPES GAVEIN

Victim Saved When He Falls Under Wheelbarrow as Mine Collapses.

By United Press F SHAMOKIN, Pa., July 2A man who had been buried for slmost 24 hours in an abandoned cpal mine was carried to the surface today— alive.

The 35-year-oid miner, Enoch

Kuklinski, who was trapped at 8:30

a. m, (Indianapolis time) yesterday 85 feet underground, was brought out by 15 miners of the Stevens’ 1 Coal Co., who worked yesterday and last night to reach him. : Working cautiously, and placing braces as they dug through the wet clay and anthracite coal, the rescuers reached Kuklinski shortly after dawn.

Taken to Hospital!

They encouraged him with pats on the back and reassuring words while they tediously removed the last of his barriers to freedom, and placed him in an ambulance at 6:10 a. m. He was taken to Shamokin State Hospital. Kuklinski appeared to have suffered {no injuries other than shock, although he had been buried, doubled peneath a wheelbarrow, since day morning. -wheelbarrow probably saved e. tlinski and his father were ng yesterday in the mine, on property next to Stevens, when they heard the roof giving away. “They thought they could get one more wheelbarrow load of coal from the mine,” a Stevens Company official said the elder Kuklinski told him. ‘The father was leading the way and the son was pushing the barrow when the cave-in occurred.”

Son Trapped in Shaft

- "The official said that if it had not n for the desire for “one more ” both could have escaped eas-

As it was, the elder Kuklinski, 65, |,

stumbled through the unshored shaft to freedom, but his son was trapped between the wheelbarrow handles. ‘The rescue was an epic in the Jong fight between “bootleg” and ~ “legitimate” miners. ‘The former dig into coal proper‘ties often not their own and mine it without permission and in competition with the collieries. Bitter enmity has grown between them ‘during the years of bootlegging, and ‘numerous physical clashes have resulted. But when the Stevens Co. learned of Kuklinski’s entrapment, it sent three of its officials and mote than 8 score of its men to make the ' rescue.

POPE PIUS PRAISES CLEAN MOVIE DRIVE

_ Calls on World to Follow Move Made by Americans.

By United Press ~ VATICAN CITY, July 2—Pope Pius, in an encyclical letter to the episcopate of ~ the United States, called on bishops and the faithful ~ throughout the world today to follow the American example in cam- _ paigning for clean films. . Fathers and mothers particularly were urged to co-operate. It was the longast encyclical let- ~ fer ever addressed to the American

‘episcopate, Approving the clean films camof the American Catholic - FE egion of Deécency,” the pontiff “rged its continuance.

ATLEY TO DISCUSS ~ CABINET DEF DEPARTURE

Resignation or Leave Until After Election Is Expected.

{By United Press WASHINGTON, July 2. PostMaster General James A. Farley, forNew York Boxing Commissioner tho mandged President Roosevelt to Fiitical heights in 1932, is due at ‘White House today to discuss j. departure from the Cabinet. is to remain as Democratic ; Committee Chairman and chief strategist of the Rew Doal 1938 presidential campaign. ether he will resign his Cabinet position or ‘take leave until after the November om has not been revealed.

INDIANA-AV BRIDGE CLOSED TO TRACKLESS TROLLEYS

A Works Board order has recommended that Fall Creek bridge at Indiana-av (above) be closed .to

trackless trolley cars.

Cars such as shown above on the bridge weigh, A new limit placed by the order sets

almost 10 tons.

BOARD ORDERS FIVE-TON LIMIT

Structure Over Fall Creek Should Be Replaced, Steeg Reports.

Trackless trolleys running between the city and Perry Stadium,

South Grove and "Riverside Golf course no longer may use the In-diana-av bridge over Fall Creek, the Works Board has ruled. City Engineer Henry B. Steeg told the board that the steel structure of the bridge had deteriorated to such an extent that it was unsafe for loads greater than five tons. After a conference today with Mr. Steeg, J. P. Tretton, vice president and general manager of the railways, said the company was sending engineers to inspect the bridge. “The engineers are scheduled to : a report. to street railway ials Monday. We'll know after that meeting what to do,” he said. In his recommendation to the board yesterday, Mr. Steeg said the bridge should be replaced. A plan to replace the 37-year-old structure as a WPA project is being considered, Mr. Steeg said. . The five-ton limit places the load at half the weight permitted by law, Mr. Steeg’s recommendation said. The order becomes effective when warning signs are placed at both ends of the bridge by the Street Commissioner's Department, probably the first of next week, the city engineer said.

13 ARRESTED HERE IN GAMBLING RAIDS

Police Action Follows Order From Mayor Kern.

Thirteen persons arrested in gambling raids last night and early today face court action this afternoon. Acting under Mayor Kern's recent order, two police squads visited pool rooms and alleged gaming establishments. : At one place, two men charged they lost $4 and $10, respectively, in a poker: game.. Five men were charged with keeping a gambling house. They were: Frank Dougherty Sr, 61, and Frank Daugherty Jr., 28, of 134%: N. Pennsylvania-st; Pred Phelan, 32, of 1229 N. -Penn-sylvania-st, Apt. 301; Thomas J. Lynch, 37, of 1358 Kappes-st, and Jacob Chenoweth, 37, of 1346 Kap-pes-st. : Eight others, two of them minors, were charged with visiting gaming houses. Mayor Kern's order followed charges by Harry V. Underwood June 15 that he lost $60,000 to gamblers. The Marion County Grand Jury is considering Underwood’s statement. He is held on an affidavit charging him with $1500 embezzlement.

GOLF COURSES SHOW PROFIT OF $7824.99

Total Income, January-Jume, Is|

$27,930, Report Says. During the first six months of operation this year, the six municipal golf courses made: a profit of $7824.99 compared to a $9609.16 Seflel for all of 1935, it was reported

ig C. Sallee, city parks superinSenden, told Park Board members

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. Thr hiertase in in profits was at-| eyes tributed. to efficient management

the load allowed at 5 tons. Street railway officials and City Engineer Henry B. Steeg, who recommend-

ed the limit, are to confer today on rerouting the

golf courses.

cars serving ;Perry Stadium and two municipal

For Safety

By United Press WASHINGTON, ‘July 2. Rules for a “safe and sane” Fourth of July were promulgated today by Dr. Thomas Parran, Surgeon General of the Public Health Service. Warning that “an army of well-meaning experimentors of ‘all ages” may lead to ‘sudden and unexpected disaster,” Dr. Parran offered these suggestions: 1. Community display of fireworks rather than the “individual or backyard variety.” 2. Keep small children away from fireworks. 3. Don't celebrate in the streets. 4, Don’t throw firecrackers at any one. : 5. Don’t hold lighted fireworks in your hand. Adherence to these rules, Dr. Parran said, can decrease ‘if not eliminate the “annual blight” of 7000 to 10,000 Fourth : of July injuries.

DEAF MAN (LE WHEN HIT BY TRAIN

William Keene Steps Onto Tracks at Rural-St.

William Keene, 89-year-old - retired railroad machinist, was killed today when he stepped into the path of a Big Four gasoline train at Rural-st. Witnesses said Mr. Keene, said to be deaf, stepped into the path of the train. He lived with his son, Oscar Keene, at 2149 N. Rural-st. The train, bound for Springfield, O., was in charge of Oscar Grebe, Whiteland, engineer, and George Pummill, 926 N.. Dearborn-st, conductor. : Mr. Keene came here from Ger-

4many 56 years ago and was em-

ployed by the Big Four Route until he was retired on pension 20 years ago. Besides his sop, he is survived by two grandchil

- WAITING AT THE LIGHT

PURDUE DENIED

FUND REQUEST >:

University Can Not Invest $340,000 Fund, Lutz Tells Sullivan.

Purdue, University today was denied the right to invest $340,000 of a permanent endowment fund in an: opinion given to State Treasurer Laurence F. Sullivan by Atty. Gen. Philip Lutz Jr. The fund is held in escrow by the state. The money, secured from the sale of a Federal land grant in 1862, is costing the state $13,600 yearly in

| interest because the General As-

sembly has failed to enact a law to complement a Federal act.

The Federal act of 1862 which

‘granted Purdue University the land

and the money from the sale of the land, required that the money be invested. in 5 per cent bonds and that the State of Indiana be the custodian of the funds. a When interest rates dropped, the | state was compelled to make up the difference. Today the state pays 4 per cent interest. Atty. Gen. Lutz, after denying Purdue’s request to have the money turned over to it for investment, held that the slate must pay interest in excess of that which the fund yields until the General Assembly enacts a law permitting the lower .interest rate for the fund. Such a law would complement a [Federal act of 1926.

22 DEAD IN TEXAS AS FLOOD RECEDES

Fear More Bodies May Be Found in Debris.

(Copyright, 1936, by United Press) DALLAS, Tex. July 2. — The bodies of an adult and two children were taken from raging waters at Kyle early today, bringing the death toll from a series of cloudbursts that

devastated parts of south Texas, to’ ab least 22, Authorities feared that the rapidly receding waters would reveal more

| bodies.

Today, 24 hours after spouts of water poured down from the skies, the full story of the disaster was coming from the isolated tegions. Soon after the cloudbursts, dry stream beds ' contained + maddened torrents that swept everything before them. Hund reds of thousands of acres of farm lands were inundated as were several towns. Property damage was estimated in the millions. a Near Nixon in Gonzales County, the bodies of Clarence Wernette and his two daughters, Betty Jean, 6, and Jean, 4, were found on the banks of receding Sandies Creek.

(FAIR, WARMER

‘rain needed for crops, according to

| weather has cut mint crop. -

FORECAST FOR HOLIDAY HERE

Farmers Given Hope as Bureau Predicts Rain Today or Tonight.

RIVERS REPORTED LOW

Tomato, Corn Crops Need Moisture, Canners of State Told.

Hoosiers who are to celebrate Independence Day may have fair and warmer weather ror their picnics, outings and swimming parties, J. H. Armington, United States meteorologist, said today. Farmers, still praying for rain, were given a little hope as Mr. Armington forecast “possibly thunder showers for this afternoon or tonight.” He said the showers, if they fall, would be in the south and central portions of the state. Paoli, with Jd1 inch of rainfall, was the only station reporting more than a trace of precipitation yesterday.

Temperature 66 at 6 A. M.

The temperature ducked to 66 degrees at 6 a. m. today. Yesterday's maximum temperature was 83 at 5

While Indiana farmers were benefited by rains earlier in the week, farm leaders and county agents declared the precipitation merely granted a reprieve to corn crops and pasturage. J. J. Rogers, Indiana Canners Association secretary, received a special report from the U. S. Weather Bureau that Indiana tomato and sweet corn crops:are badly in need of rain in most sections. Sporadic showers lifted .the levels of creek beds. but rivers, according to state engineers, were still low in some sections. Lack of rainfall, it was pointed out by sanitary engineers, results in more damage to fish-life from stream pollution. ' State Condition Reported

Reports of crop conditions from various parts of the state follow: Miami County—Wheat threshing scheduled to begin July 10. Crops need more rain. Elkhart County—One inch more

County Agent A. T. Marvel. Corn “perked up” during last shower. rn

omew County — One-man combines are being used for the first time in the wheat harvest. Grain yields better than expected. Wabash — Showers inadequate. Corn aided by showers but drought bothering oats crop. ! Cass County—Grasses, clover and pastures suffering from lack of moisture. Showers beneficial but not sufficient to overcome dry spell. Oats and rye near cutting stage. Hay harvested.

RAIN FAILS TO BREAK WIDESPREAD DROUGHT

Showers Are Forecast Throughout Ohio Valley.

By United Press WASNINGTON, July ising fell over great expanses of the nation’s agricultural regions today, the Weather Bureau reported, but precipitation was insufficient to break the prolonged drought in the Dakotas and Montana, where 109,000 farm families are destitute. “The bureau reported that ¢“good rains” have fallen in most of the drought-stricken areas of the nation except in North and South Dakota, Montana and Iowa. Local showers were forecast for the next 36 hours throughout the Ohio val-

ley. STOCK TRADING SAGS AFTER FIRM OPENING

Farm Implement Issues; Record Sharp Drop in Values.

By. United Presa NEW YORK, July 2. — Trading picked up in the first two hours of today’s stock: market session and then dwindled again in the third hour. Prices firmed under lead of stéel shares in the morning but sagged later as the farm Bo ment issues dropped Sharply,

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Siamese Twins By United Press MEDFORD Mass., July 2.— Surgeons prepared for a rare and’ exceedingly dangerous operation today to separate ‘Siamese twins—one of them alive and the other dead. ; Not until plans for the operation were revealed did it become known that the Siamese twins—both girls—had been born at 5:30 p. m. yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Diego Fiorenzo at their home in Everett, Mass. The larger and first-born of the babies, weighing seven pounds, died at 10:15 last night, but this afternoon, Dr. John B. Vernaglia of Medford reported that the second infant, weighing five pounds, was “very much alive.” Dr. Vernaglia said the babies - Were back to back, attached at the heads. Surgeons hesitated to operate because of the possibility that the infants might “have common brain tissue and that the severing ‘operation - might therefore prove immediSiely fatal to the surviving

WHEAT PRICES JUMP 5 CENTS

Soar Limit to New High for Season Despite Rain Report.

By United Press - CHICAGO, July 2.—Wheat prices boomed the full 5-cent limit to new seasonal highs today on the Chicago Board. of Trade.

Despite reports of good rains throughout some sections of the

North American drought stricken territory, wheat prices rocketed to

new high levels for the season. Reports from the Northwest stated that light rain was too late to aid large areas of spring wheat which withered away in the hot dry fields: Drought reports generated the feverish buying movement in the latter part of the session. There was some profit taking in the pit when the futures reached the $1 mark but offerings were easily absorbed. The strength shown at Liverpool was a factor in the sharp rise in ‘wheat. soon after the opening. The ‘Winnipeg market, which was closed yesterday, reached the 3-cent limit soon after the market opened and inspired the ‘bullish - trend.

WHEAT PRICE HERE 1S BOOSTED 5 CENTS

Corn and Oats Also. Affected by Advance in Rates.

Indianapolis cash wheat prices, influenced by the sharp advance in futures on the Chicago Board of Trade, were boosted 5 cents a bushel today at local elevators. The upturn also was extended to corn and oats, which were up 3 and 2% cents a bushel, respectively. Only a few shipments of new wheat have been received at Indianapolis elevators, M. D. Guild, assistant manager of the Farmers National Grain Corp., said.

NATION'S EXPENSES ARE DOUBLE INCOME

Expenditures for. Fiscal Year Set at $8,879,798,257.

By United Press WASHINGTON, July 2. — The Federal government spent approximately $2.25 for every dollar of receipts during the fiscal year just ended, final Treasury figures -for the 1935-36 fiscal year showed today. Total expenditures for the year were $8,879,798.257, as against total receipts of $4.115,956,615, leaving a deficit of $4,763,841,642 for the fiscal year’s operation. Included in the total expenditures was $5,588,870,388 for general operations, or the ordinary running expenses of the government. Expenditures for recovery and relief were During the 12 months the public debt was boosted from $28,700,892,624, on June 30, 1935, to $33,778,543,493 on June 30, 1936.

Movement to Make You ths of Nation Aviation Enthusiasts Is Formed Here

BY SAM TYNDALL The American Cadet Corps, first unit in a national movement teach American youth to fly and to become aviation been

nt Indianap- |] ‘leaders

J. H. McDuffee, president of Prest-O-Lite Corp.; R. W. Frost, engineer; A. M. Glossbrenner, Levey

present time“ it is under the direct

150 PER CENT GAIN IN BUILDING SHOWN; SCHOOL LOSS HIGH

Prevailing Hoe Shortage, Availability of Loans Held Stimulants.

2 GROUPS MAKE SURVEY

Chamber of Commerce and FHA Find Bonus Is Aid to Local Increase.

(Pictures on Page Three)

An increase of 150 per cent in home building activities in Indianapolis during the last six months over a similar period in 1935, is shown in a survey report issued jointly by the Chamber of Commerce and the Federal Housing Ad-

ministration.

The report stated that recent distribution of veterans’ bonus bonds resulted in some increased activities among builders ana real estate men who. reported that many veterans started negotiations to buy homes outright and others are contemplating building new ones. “The building industry is stimulated,” the report stated, “by prevailing shortage of desirable homies and availability of loans from local institutions for home building purposes. ” The FHA has aided prospective home owners in making applications for loans to build new houses The report stated that modern equipment, some of which has been developed only within ‘the last’ two or three years, is being installed in most homes now under construction. An increase is reported in the installation of furance stokers. Real estate men reported to the Chamber of Commerce and FHA

that not in many years have so

many persons contemplated building and owning their own homes.

4,640,000 GAIN IN

| WORKERS REPORTED

Increase Over May, 1933, Revealed by U. S.

By United Press | WASHINGTON, July 2.—Labor

Secretary Frances Perkins announced today that 30,950,000 persons were at work in “non-agricul-

tural employments” during May. This represents a gain of 4,640,000 since May, 1933. 'In addition, she said that approximately 12,000,000 workers were attached to agriculture and 3,230,000 were engaged on emergency projects financed with Federal funds. This brought the entire number of employed to 46,180,000 for the month. Many others were “gainfully occupied” in business and professional fields, she caid. . Miss Perkins said “nobobdy can estimate the number of unemployed. No estimate of incidental employment is available.

WORK ON POSTOFFICE TO BE STARTED SOON

Details of Contractor's Bond Is Holding Up Addition Here.

Times Special WASHINGTON, July 2. — Although no definite date has been set, construction of the Indianapolis postoffice addition is expected to be started soon, officials of the procurement division of the Treasury announced today. Details of bond coverage have not yet been worked out with Henry Dattner, Detroit, who has the $1,369,652 contract, they said. As soon as bond approval is final the procurement division will give an order to proceed with construction.

BUILDING PLANS MADE

Fairmount Glass Works to Construct $15,000 Warehouse. Charles D. Rau, Fairmount Glass Works treasurer, today announcai

plans for the construction of a $15,000 warehouse. The addition is

to replace an old building, which is |’

to be torn down, he said.

$300,000 Deficit Caused by Mortgage Loans, Board Reveals.

HOUSES MAY BE RAZED

County Heads Confer With State = Officials Seeking Way to Recover.

Losses amounting to nearly $300,000 on mortgage loans made from the Marion County school fund during the last 10 years were disclosed today at a meeting of the Board of

County Commissioners.

Methods of overcoming the deficit were discussed by the commissioners in a conferénce with members of the State Planning Commission and representatives of the state fire. marshal’s office. Advice of state officials was sought, according to John 8S. New= house, county board president, bes cause the money lost on loans ine volved old houses that have de orated into fire, hazards.

Own 40 or 50 Houses

Commissioners - explained that mortgage loans totaling about $600,« 000, were made on more than | residential properties in the last 10° years and that subsequent ' fore closures during the depression years left the board with 40 or 50 houses on its hands. 1 The law governing the school fund ° prohibits any expenditures on property repair, : explained, and as a result more than 40 houses should be torn down and replaced, they said. No rent has been collected from most of the houses for two or three years and many of the tenants 3 paying as little at $1 a commissioners said. month,

Razed Last Year : La% Jor, My. Newhouse mig, Jf

of the houses had to be razed . cause they had become fire Under. a law which provides rd the state distributé tax moneys to various counties as a school fund, the counity is required to invest the money and turn the income. back to the state, Mr. Newhouse exp = “As a result of receiving prac tically no income from the fund because of the necessary fores closures,” Mr. Newhouse said, “tl county has been forced to make the deficit. We have been paying ‘an average of about $30,000 a year interest to the state on the deficit uring the last few years.” Suggests New Houses Representatives of the fire mars shal’s office said at least 40 of the houses are serious fire hazards that many are not fit for pancy. Members of the State Planning Commission suggested to the missioners that .they devise ‘somes method of raising funds to down the houses and build new with WPA labor. The commissioners said they ki of no legal method they could use

.to raise the money but took

proposal under advisement for fus ture action. The problem families living is to be studied,

FULL REN] ORDERED

Rule Affecting Is Eff

The practice of accepting partial payments of rent from Indianapolis

hot ‘what to do with in the houses also they said. Ge

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GIRLS’ CAMPS PLANNED sian:

WPA Is to Administer 50 Groups, |

U. S. Official sas. By United Press

the $71,250,000 alloted his National

Youth Administeation will be spent |;

establishing 50 camps for needy girls similar .10.00G companies for men.