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VOLUME 48—NUMBER 100

FORECAST: Fair tonight and tomorrow; continued warm.

MONDAY, JULY 6, 1936

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind.

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445 LOSE

LIVES IN

~ HOLIDAY ACCIDENTS; ~ FOUR KILLED HERE

228 Fatally Hurt ins Auto Crashes Over Nation; 118 Drown.

TOLL UNDER ESTIMATES

Only Seven Are Killed in Fireworks Mishaps, Reports Show.

Accident Toll

FATALITIES BY STATES

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aT mw 7 ; By United Press The nation today counted its toll of lives in mishaps during the Independence Day celebration at more than. 400.

A United Press survey by states showed that at least 445 had died by accident. The number of fatalities resulting from fireworks was abnormally small, only seven, and in view of the record-break-ing movement of ° the population to resorts, parks, lakes and beaches the toll from other accidents was considerably smaller than predicted by insurance company statis- | ticians. Millions crowdsd highways seek relief from the scorching days and at least 228 were killed in automobile mishaps. Of the hundreds of thousands who went to rivers, lakes and beaches, 118 were drowned. Seven died in airplane accidents and other accidents claimed a toll of at least 85 lives. The death list was regarded as surprisingly small by safety authorities who had anticipated a greater loss of life than at any time since the start of the depression. More

people were on the move, more money was spent by celebrators and

the general tenor of the holiday was

of more hilarious nature than at any time since 1831. Officials. of the National Safety Council attributed the relatively small automobile casualty list to safely campaigns conducted in newspapers. Likewise, “safe and sane” campaigns and drastic restrictions on sale and use of fireworks in many cities reduced the toll from fireworks. In New York there was but one fireworks fatality. Approximately 300 were treated at hospitals for firecracker wounds. Last gear the list was 2500. One of the New Yorkers who

commissioner of New York City. Last week he issued a lengthy order to firemen and police outlining the anti-fireworks ordinance. A defective skyrocket exploded when he lighted the fuse. Suicides, murders, holiday liquor,

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19 Local Blazes Are Laid to Firecracker Sparks by ™ Fire Department.

BABY BOY IS KILLED

Fireman, Son Are Victims When Car Rams Into Utility Pole.

Four persons died -and many were injured in weekend traffic accidents here and more than 40 persons were burned, one seriously, by

Fourth of July fireworks.

Firemen attributed 19 fires in the city during the week-end to sparks from fireworks. That today was the police record summary of holiday activities in Marion County. Funeral services were being arranged for the four traffic victims. The dead were: Richard Bage, 18, of 2501 N. Talbot-st; Cecil Richardson, 43-year-old city fireman, 261 N. Addison-st; Robert L. Richardson, 16, his son, and Dwight F Morgan, 8 months, 1414 N. Tuco st. Bage, a Shortridge High School pupils, suffered a fractured skull ednesday when his motorcycle locked wheels with an auto near Kessler-blvd and Meridian-st. He died last night. Mr. Richardson and his son were driving home from a fishing trip at Lake Nyona when Mr. Richardson apparently fell asleep and the car crashed into a utility pole at 52ndst and State Road 29 early yesterday.

Girl Injured Seriously

Both were hurled clear of the | wrecked car, and they were dead

| when deputy sheriffs arrived. Mr.

Richardson, a member of the fire

% | department for 20 years, was sta-!

( tioned at Engine House 13, 102 Ken-tucky-av, . Double. funeral services are to. be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow in the home, ‘with burial in Washington Park Cemetery. Robert, an only son, was a pupil at Washington High School. The Morgan child, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight F. Morgan Sr., was injured fatally Saturday night when the auto which his father was driving collided with a coupe driven by Paul Williams, 18, of 144 Highlandav, at Pennsylvania and 28th-sts. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan and Virginia Malcolm, 12, of 724 Grahamav, a passenger in the Morgan auto, were treated for cuts and shock. Miss Juanita Horner, 16, of 1138 E. Ohio-st, was injured seriously when she was pinned beneath the coupe. Williams and Tony Fosso, 19, of 1223 E. Market-st, were cut.

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. STATE HOLIDAY TOLL

IS PLAGED AT 25

Auto Accidents Take Lives of 18 in Indiana.

By United Press

lives was counted in Indiana today !

At least 18 of the deaths resulted from automobile accident; four were

miscellaneous accidents. Three persons were killed in an automobile collision nine miles south of South Bend. They were Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Smith of near Elkhart and Norton Blane, Goshen. Three others were killed in a

Road 52 near Montmorenci. George Winners, 35, and Marquis Park, 30, both of Earl Park, anc a man identified tentatively as Lawrence Rittenour, Chicago, were the victims. Rudy Gasperec, 24, Chicago, was

drowned when his motor boat caphadi deov in Bass Lake. 'G. M. Gris- , {more, 47, Evansville, drowned when

the rowboat in which he was riding with two other men capsized in Wabash River near Mount Vernon.’ David Chapman, 45, ‘was struck

Mrs. Thelma Query, 25, {was killed when an automobile. driven by her husband,” William Query, 29, Cloverdale, crashed into Pennsylvania

William Plump, 56, was found

dead beside the L. & N. Rajirond (Tarn to Page Three)

divide organized workers during a “tor

A holiday death toll of at least 25!

and scores of other persons were in; hospitals for treatment of injuries.

drowned and three others died in’

head-on collision of two trucks on!

and killed by an automobile _AgAF: : Goshen.

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White River Tract Is Offered to State

SHown here is a view of a portion of the heavily , ning C6. has offered to turn over to the state in con-

wooded tract along White River that William P. Hapgood, president of the Columbia Conserve Can-

A.F. OF L. CHIEF TO END SILENGE

Green Preparing, “Statement on Conflict in Ranks of Labor.

By UU Inited Press WASHINGTON, July 6.—Pres dent William Green of the ar can Federation of Labor prepared | today to break his silence on internal labor conflict which threatens to

ign” steel, rubber - and automobile industries.

He said he will issue a statement

tomorrow, prior to a possible show-

down this week on the A. F. of L. executive council’s request for John L. Lewis’ C. I. O. leaders to appear for a discusaion of the controversy. The council meets Wednesday. A swift series of developments, in preparation for Wednesday's executive council meeting, included:

1. A radio speech tonight by Lewis in which he will outline the principles of his proposal for unionization of the nation’s steel, automobile and rubber industries through

Jthe C. I. O.

2. Announcement by the National Labor Relations Board that it had petitioned the Circuit Court of Appeals at New Orleans for a rehearing of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. case in which the court denied a petition to enforce a NRLB order calling upon the company to end interference with employes’ attempts at self-organization. 3. Announcement by Maj. George L. Berry, president of the Labor Non-Partisan League and President Roosevelt's industrial co-ordinator that labor leaders representing organizations with an enrollment of 2,000,000 voters have accepted mem-

bership in “the league.

Safe and Sane DRI} LL

WALKING INTO TROUBLE ALKING into trouble seems to be the chief thing that the city dweller does, for 67 per “cent of all urban motor vehicle fatalities are pedestrians. : In 42 per cent of these deaths

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Time Waits

On May 8, 1916, Clarence Arnold, who lived at 821 Su-perior-st, was unable to locate his watch, valued at $15, and he reported same to police. Today police found the watch in a pawnshop. It had been pawned for $1.50. Now police are unable to locate Mr. Arnold.

‘MURDER.IS HINTED IN

‘ART CRITIC'S DEATH

Is Launched _Into Demise of Junius Cravens.

By United Press REDWOOD CITY, Cal., July 6— San Mateo and San. Francisco County authorities today discarded theories of suicide and accident and began an intensive murder investigation in connection with the death of Junius Cravens, internationally known art critic of the San Mr. Cravens was a former Indianapolis man. - Mr. Cravens’ body was found at Salada Beach in.San Mateo County Friday by a group of San Francisco high school boys, . Sheriff James McGrath of San Mateo County said there were a number of unusual circumstances connected with Cravens’ death, warranting an extensive inquiry. Coroner William - Crosby and Deputy Coroner Luella Pepper also recommended a murder investigation after an examination of the body.

Cravens’ neck was Dicken. the

left side of his face. crushed, his |.

nose broken and his jaw dislocated. Yet his clothing was not torn and there were no scratches on his body to support an earlier theory that he might have fallen from a cliff that overhangs the spot where his body was found. All officials agreed on one theory—that Cravens may have been dashed against the bordering rocks while attempting to follow a beach trail, dangerous at high tide.

VICTIM OF MYSTERY

INDIANAPOLIS NATIVE

Cravens Was Son of Pioneer Couple, His Cousin Says. Junius Cravens, San Francisco art

| critic who was found dead near San

Mateo, Cal, was born in Indianapolis. He is the son of a dioneer couple, Dr. Junius and Mrs. Cravens, both dead. Miss’ Susan D. Stewart, 2924 Washington-blvd, a cousin of the critic, said today that she believed the death could only be due to accidental means. Mr. Cravens visited Indianapolis for the last time. in 1925. He has four other cousins in In-

SIAMESE TWINS BORN

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nection with the Izaak Walton League recreational project of riverside strip Totugte,

DONATES LAND

FOR PRESERVE

W. P. Hapgood 1 to Provide ‘Wooded Area for Development.

BY SAM TYNDALL

William P. Hapgood, Columbia Conserve Canning Co. president and farm owner, today was the first to offer land in connection with the White River strip-forest recredtion ot, started last week by the

After reading of Lhe plans calling | for state-owned riverside recreational reserve, Mr. Hapgood wrote to The Times offering to turn over to the state a mile-and-a-half strip belonging to his farm, southwest of Indianapolis. “I had never heard of the plan until I read the article,” Mr. Hapgood said, “but I have always thought that it was a shame that the river and its beautiful wooded shores could not be made usable and accessible. '

: Additional Tracts Sought

William FP. Collins, league president, is to meet with Mr. Hapgood and Virgil S. Simmons, State Conservation Department commissioner, to discuss plans in connection with

to the state. Mr. Hapgood informed The Times that he had already corresponded with his neighbors to the north and south, explaining the project and appealing to them to donate land from their farms. Mr. Hapgzood's letter said “I am so interested in this project from the point of the social benefits which will accrue from it, that I have asked members of the Izask Walton League to inspect my farm in anticipation of deeding a river front tract to the state.” Regarding the stream pollution factor he said, “I coincide with the belief of the league that if a number of such strips are secured, the interest of the Indiana citizens will be sufficient to compel towns along the course of White River, including - Indianapolis, to dispose of their sewage in a manner which will not affect unfavorably the river water.”

Development Is Anticipated

The riverside strip forest project was initiated at a meeting of 20 men jast week, who organized themselves into Izaak Walton League, White River Chapter. Specifically, the plans as outlined at the meeting call for a’series of camps for equestrians, pedes- : {Turn to Page Three)

STATE MAY NOT ASK

= DEFENDANTS’ DEATHS

Selection of of Jury Begins in Penny Murder Trial.

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the eventual deeding of the tract !

DROUGHT FIRES INCREASE; HAY CROP IS IMPERILED; RELIEF NOT YET IN SIGHT

|Only Prolonged Downpour

Can Save Forage, Parley Here Is Told.

1 934,

: Two-Day Sessions Opened;

Indiana Conditions 50 Per Cent of Normal.

Only prolonged rains within the next two weeks will

| save the United States hay

and forage crop from de-

| struction similar to that in 11934, National Hay Associa-

tion members reported here today. * Seriousness of the present drought, which was termed “even more widespread than those in 1911 or 1934,” was outlined to delegates in convention here by Loyd M.

Faris, Missouri Hay Association :

vice president. The two-day sessions opened at the Lincoln with more than 150 dealers, shippers, wholesalers and producers of hay attending. Mr. Faris stated that present indications of the hay and timothy crop in northwestern Indiana and northern Ohio were 50 per cent of normal while the clover-mixed, ranged from between 50 to 90 per cent of normal. Indiana’s share of the national hay production is approximately 2,500,000 tons.

Southern Areas Affected

The southern sections of Indiana and Ohio “are suffering from very extreme dryness,” and the prospects for Illinois are very low, he said. Mr. Faris added that Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona and California are the only states that may expect anywhere near a normal hay crop, ‘while North and ‘South Dakota, Minnesota, Montana and eastern Wyoming are practically a total loss

Walton League.’ = amy {A580 a5

The states ‘which ‘ure hadest nit by lack of rains are those most sékiously affected in 1934, he said, but the present extreme dryness has been much more widespread, having touched southeastern sections around the Virginias, Carolinas and Georgia. “Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, North and South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin are normally among the first states to suffer from lack of rain and did so in 1934, but in addition, Eastern and Southeastern United States need heavy rains to save their forage crops” he said. Crop Conditions Surveyed

The -eport surveyed the crop expectations in all sections of the country. In the northeast sections the production is from two-thirds to 80 per cent of normal, afid in the Virginias. Carolinas and Georgia a “very light” crop indicated with approximately 25 per cent of normal. Some scattered showers have been reported in this section “but the effect has been almost unnoticeable,” ‘the report said. Following the address by the president, E. A. Olson, Minn, two addresses are to occupy the time of delegates during the afternoon meeting. Paul J. Stokes, National Retail Hardware: Association, research director is to speak on; “The Outlook for Business,” and W. R. Scott, Iansas City Board of Trade secretary, is to talk on, “A Southwestern Program to Meet Truck Competition.” Discussion session, addresses reports of committees, adoption of resolutions and election of officers are the principal items of business tomorrow.

MARKETS AT A GLANCE

By United Press

Stocks irregular in light trading; aviation shares strong. Bonds—Corporation issues and United States governments irregularly higher. Curb stocks mixed; market quiet. Chicago stocks irregularly higher. Call money 1 per cent. Foreign exchange steady. Cotton futures at new highs for more than a year. Grains closed at peak Dhices, up the limit for one dayjg rade Rubber futures at highs for six years. Silver bars in New York “443% cents, unchanged. eo.

Farley, F. D. R. Confer

| By United Preas

WASHINGTON, July 6.—Postmaster General James A. Farley arrived at the White House at 11:55

a. m. (Indianapolis time) oday for | conference

a luncheon the

REPORT

Minneapolis,

CORN. CROP CUT

Chester Troyer Times Special ; LAFOUNTAIN,; Ind, July 6—

Chester Troyer, thrice ‘ international champion corn raiser, today said that the Indiana drought had reduced the state's corn crop by one-fourth. “If it continues,” he said, “it will make inroads in those sections not now affected. My ‘area, for instance, has had some beneficial local rains. But two more weeks of no rain even here would seriously damage the crop.”

WHEAT FUTURES GOTO FULL LIMIT

Trading ‘Gomes to Standstill ‘Afters July Reaches $1.05% Mark.

By United Press CHICAGO, July 6. — Trading came to a standstill after all wheat futures rocketed the full 5 cent limit to new seasonal high levels today on the Chicago Board of Trade. At the end wheat was up. 5 cents, July $1.057%, corn was up 4 cents, July 76's cents, oats were up 3 cents, July 357% cents. A feverish buying movement halted trading as all grain futures advanced the limit established by the government. Wheat futures fluctuated around the 5-cent limit throughout the early part of the session in response to the strength shown at Liverpool and reports of drought conditions throughout the greater part of American grain belts. The continued critical crop situation in the Northwest spring whsat section and the forecast for hot dry weather forced the prices of all grains to the limit. Corn futures followed: the trend in wheat and advanced the 4-cent limit to new seasonal high levels. All traders were on the bu side of the pit in active trading. Oats advanced the 3-cent limit in sympthy with other grains.

2 FACE QUESTIONING IN CEMENT MURDER

‘Kentucky Warrants’ Issued for Pair, Leach Says.

Two persons for whom Kentucky warrants have been issued in conHestion with the desth of Hams A Cincinnati fire cap-

retired’ Cincinnati ; le tired Cineinnsll, fife £ap-

ernoon by Capt. Matt Leach of the Indiana State Police. :

State Farmers Ave Are Urged to Entrench Selves Until Rain Arrives.

PARKS RECORD IS SET

| Temperature May Reach

100 Today, Is Report of Weather Man.

HOURLY TEMPERATURES

12 (mid.) . 75 7am... 17 lam. ... 74 Sam ... 84 2am. ... 13 9a.m.... 87 3a.m. ... 713 10am. ... 91 4a. m. ... 71 1l1a.m. ... 92 Sam... 73 12pm. ... 92 6am. ... 75 lpm. ... 96

As the drought continued ° today in Marion County and other sections of the state, farmers were advised by age ricultural agents to entrench themselves against it, rather than “let things ride” until rain arrives.

The Weather Bureau predicted fair and warm weather for tomors row. row. Early in the day, J. H. Aint

-ington, forecaster, said the tempera

ature might reach 100 today. It was 96 at 1 p. m. The mercury yess terday reached 99.1 at 5 p.m, & new July 5 record. Meanwhife city dwellers were ade vised by physicians to protect thems selves against the high tempera« tures; to avoid over-exercise, to eat reasonably; to be temperate in all activities. Both city and Conservation De= partment firemen fought a record number of grass and forest fires, and urged people not to throw ciga= ret stubs on burnt lawns, but te grind them out before leaving them. State Parks Record Set An all-time record was establishe in the state parks as thousands = ‘Indianapolis over the week-end oi escape the city’s heat; swimming pools and wading pools werd crowded, and common carriers ree ported definite slumps in business volume. ? Horace Abbott, Marion County agricultural agent, advised farmers today to stay out of corn fields with _ cultivator, and get into them with hoes. Cultivators, he said, turn over damp earth and let moisture escape, Hoes would cut weeds off that now

are moisture thieves. He advised farmers to haul barrels of water to

fields where they are working horses and to let them drink about every hour. He advised those farmers who are feeding reserve hay and grain stock to grazing cattle and horses because pastures are scorched, to feed eco nomically. He advised them, also, to market their newly threshed wheat with the knowledge that corn probably will be short this year and they will have to have some substis tute feed. Early corn, he said, iis holding upremarkably well, but late corn and sweet corn is badly burned in this and other drought-racked sections, Tomatoes, he said, are doing well, but they must have rain before they flower and fruit. Young clover and grasses are practically destroyed, he said. The lack of pastures has caused the milk production in the Indiane’ apolis shed tp be past its peak when the peak oplinarily would- not have

ying | come until much later, milk industry

leaders report. This condition will lead to a milk shortage in the county pnd the state, they predicted. 60 Forest Fires Reported Fire Chjef Kennedy reported toe day that there have been more grass fires in Indianapolis during June and thus far in July than there were in all five dry months of last year. them He emphasised that 1 ost of start from careless] discarded