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MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1936
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SEEKS REVISED TROLLEY PACT
Changes in Rates, Routes May Be Demanded at Meeting Tonight.
RENTAL HELD TOO LOW
Report Drafted by Public Works Committee After Lengthy Study.
BY PRA HERIDAN
The City Council Public Works Committee is expected to recommend revisions in routes and rates when it reports on the proposed trackless trolley agreement, tonight. Dissatisfaction with the $324.76 a mile section of the agreement was expressed today by members, who are expected to-recommend that the Works ard redrafi the agreement
with the Indianapolis Street Rajl- ;
ways Co. i The agreement on rates was “rs on maintenance figures for a year period. The Works Board arrived at the figure by estimates submitted by City Engineer Henry B. Steeg. . A recommendation that tracKiess trolleys be kept off Pleasant Runblvd is to be included in the report, . it was said. No substitute routes for the abandoned Minnesota-Lincoln-sts line have been submitted to the Works Board, Ernest Frick, secretary, said. A proposed route includes Madisonav. Southern-av and Shelby-st. This would necessitate a feeder lire on Lincoln-st, a proposal said to be objectionable to the trolley company. The Minnesota-Lincoln route was fibandoned several weeks ago when the street car company agreed with protesting South Side residents that the ‘line was not practical.
Civic Group to Attend
Edward Eckstein; South Side Civic Clubs, Inc, president, said a group is to attend the meeting tonight, An attempt to force the trolley agreement out of committee last meeting failed after Councilman Fred Kealing, street car employe, took an informal poll. The . Works Committee has held several meetings during the last two weeks to. study the, jreement.. . The report tonight is to be the result of consultations since the ordinance for approval was introduced June 1 The agreement has been approved by Mayor Kern and the Works Board.
Budget to Come Up
The budget ordinance also is scheduled for introduction tonight after a week-end of meetings called by - Walter C. Boetcher, city con-
troller, and city department heads. |
Slashes in budget requirements have been promised by councilmen after Mr. Boetcher recently .announced a tax rate rise of approximately 10 cents. Council members can change the agreement with the railways company only by suggestions to be carried out through the Works Board, it was pointed out today.
GIANT HUNTED IN SLAYING OF BRIDE
* By United Press CHICAGO, Aug. 17—A laundry mark clipped to a tell-tale lost notebook today led police on the trail of a giant, oSuth Side Negro whom they sought for questioning in the hotel room murder of Mary Trammell, 24, bride of little more than a year. Mrs. Trammell's bruised and beaten body was found in bed in her hotel room by her husband last night.
By United Press YORKVILLE, Ill, Aug. 17.—endall County authorities said today they would question a former sweetheart of Blanche Shrader, 35, in
‘an effort to learn whéther the
Rockford (Ill,) grade school music teacher was murdered or committed suicide over. a former love affair. Her body was discovered by clam fishermen in the Fox River Friday.
COUPLE BURIED ON ANNIVERSARY DATE
- Special
ELKHART, Ind., Aug. 17.—Double funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Yoder were held Soday, their fifty-second wedding
anniversary. Mr. Yoder, 75, died Friday. Mrs. Yoder, 73, died 14 hours later. Mrs. Yoder is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Wallace, Elkhart, and Mrs. Ella Nausbaum, Chicago. Mr. Yoder had no immediate
GREENLEE SUPPORTER IS GIVEN PARTY POST
Life Has Been Exciting » By race
Moore
. CHAPTER ONE UST before I stepped into the choir stall of the First Baptist Church of Jellico, Tenn., to sing my first solo, the minister noticed my very apparent nervousness and
whispered to me—
“Grace, child, the Father above has given you a voice; sing today to His glory and don’t be afraid. . . .” That understanding, kindly voice has rung in my consciousness ever since, and, in many dark moments, those words have saved me from discouragement, despair and defeat. I remembered them when I was penniless in New
York . .. when, seemingly, I
had lost my voice and never
would sing professionally again . .. when I was tempted to
throw overboard my greater
ambitions and commercialize .’
my career”... when, lacking ‘adequate background and
“training, I ‘made hy début” House... 0
‘at "the Metropolitan Opera |
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Midwestern Heat Wave
Is Moving
Toward East
Entire . Great Lakes Region May Be Engulfed by Tomorrow, Forecasters Say.
By United Press
CHICAGO, Aug. 17.—A blistering sun laid a new siege across the
drought-purged Middle West today.
. The suffocating heat, already holding Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas in its grip, rose again in half a dozen other states in the boundary
of the nation’s “bread basket.”
It hit with renewed force an area where
green crops already have turned a listless brown and where thou$ands of
farmers’ have been forced on relief
INDIANA MORTALITY INCREASES § SHARPLY
High Death h Tol | Is Blamed on Hot Weather.
* A mortality increase in Indiana of -1171-deaths last month -over-July; 1935, was reported today by Dr. Verne K. Harvey, State Health Board .secretary. Yh The abnormal heat wave caused the sharp increase, Dr. Harvey said. A total of 4053 died last month, compared with 2882 in July, .1935. While heat was the direct cause
of 385 -deaths, the high temperatures were contributing factors in 164 tuberculosis ‘mortalities, 143
' | pneumonia deaths and 702 accident
fatalities, Dr. Harvey said. Hot weather may have been a factor in th
CORN HITS HIGHEST
LEVEL VEL IN 8 YEARS mal
By Uniied Press CHICAGO, LAE. 1. —Com ices
by its ravages. : It included Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and eastern South and
it is expected to engulf the entire upper Great Lakes region, forecasters said. No relief was foreseen for Missouri, where last week at Kansas City temperatures soared .to 113 degrees, highest in the history of the Weather Bureau. It was cooler the Western Dakotas today, t at Boise, Idaho,
“temperatures -held around the i00
mark. Forecasters said the wave was moving eastward.
Heat to Continue,
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REBELS PLAN
ARMY-FASCIST | RULE IN SPAIN
Uprisers Claim Victories; Assert Resistance - of Government Broken
SLAUGHTER LOYALISTS
Use of Gas Threatened as
Troops Prepare for March on Madrid.
(Editorial, Page 10)
By United Press
LATEST developments in the Spanish civil war: BURGOS—Rebel leaders believe backbone of government resistance is broken and expect to set up army Fascist regime. Rebels claim gains in north, east and south. Menace Malaga after taking Badajoz, where 4000 troops are preparing to march on Madrid.
‘| BADAJOZ—More than 1000 Loyal-
ists Saughtered in rebel capture | of city. PAMPLONA—Unofficial estimates place total casualties so far at 14,000 dead and 7000 wounded. MADRID—Two high rebel officers executed and ‘bloody reprisals . seem likely if rebels take Madrid. HENDAYE—Four rebel ' warships - off Cape Figuier bombarded the forts at Irun and San Sebastian today, despite a Loyalist threat to execute 2000 rebel prisoners in San Sebastian if the city is bombarded.
By United Press : GENERAL ~~ HEADQUARTERS, SPANISH NORTHERN REBEL ARMY, BURGOS, Aug. 17.—Rebel chieftains believe they have broken the back of the government's resistance and. that an army-Fascist government for Spain is certain. “It is a veritable crime—it is more, it is insane—for Madrid to prolong its resistance,” Gen. Emilio Molo, rebel commander-in-chief in the north, said today. A column of 4000 picked Moors and veterans of the Foreign Legion is being organized at Badajoz, taken. at the bayonet point, to march eastward on Madrid from the Portuguese frontier. -
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Sebastian area and word of their
‘| fall was expected at any hour.
« Rebel ‘Spanish watships, ignoring: the threat of Loyalists ashore to execute some ' 2000 prisoners and hostages if bombarded, shelled forts
guarding the cities of Irun, San Se-|
bastian and Bilbao. Loyalists at Madrid execifted two prominent * rebel leaders today, thereby, it was believed, ‘making bloody reprisals and mass slaughter likely if the rebels capture Madrid. The rebels, Gen. Joaquin Fanjul and his aid, Col.- Jose Fernandez Quintana, were shot at the Madrid prison. Northern and southern armies have made .complete contact in the Badajoz region. Gen. Francisco Franco, generalissimo of all the rebel armies, has arrived and held a series of conferences on strategy and tactics with Gen. Mola, the northern commander, and Gen. Virgilio Cabanellas, Provisional president of the rebel government, It was understocd that an important feature of these conferences was whether to use a new, powerful instrument of war which the rebels hold. Gen. Mola declined to name the agency, but every modern weapon but gas has been used already in the campaign.
Hundreds Executed in Streets of Badajoz
By United Press
BADAJOZ, Spain, Aug. 17.—Hundreds of women walked in tears through the bloodstained streets of
Italian Troops L Land in Malaga, Get Consul
Times to Broadcast Sharkey-Louis F ight Tomorrow Evening
Charles Francis Coe and Ted Husing to Give Description
for Scripps- Howard Newspapers Through ‘Columbia System and WFBM.
BY MAX B. COOK Times Special Writer
NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—The Louis-Sharkey “if” fight will be broadcast tomorrow night over a nation-wide hookup under the sponsorship of The Times and other. SerippsHoward newspapers. It can be heard over Station WFBM through the Columbia Broadcasting System. Charles Francis Coe, noted author, will handle the blow-by-blow description, which not only will reach stations in the 23 Secripps-Howard cities but will cover the entire country.
Ted Husing, ace Columbia sports broadcaster, will take |
over the mike between rounds, describing the reactions of the crowd, reviewing the preceding round and anslyiing the
condition of the fighters.
It is the first time the Scripps-Howard newspapers have. sponsored a big fight broadcast since ine famous Dempsey-Tunney 14-count battle in Chicago several years ag That proved to be hy Bat widely distributed up to that time. ‘This one will break that record. ) » » » . , OCKER” COE once was heavyweight champion of the United States Navy and is well-equipped to supply a vivid descriptive Word pleitire’ of the fight. His appearance at the microphone will recall to listeners his 'de-
scription of another heavyweight battle, featured in. his great story |
“Knockout,” which appeared last fall in the Saturday Evening Post. “Socker” Coe feels his fight—in his broadcasts as well as in his thrilling, vivid stories that have made him the highest priced magazine serial writer’ in the country. He is quick to sense the effect. of a blow. © He has felt them, and given them. When he sends his voice out over the country. as he watches every move in'the Louis-Sharkey fight, his description will prove as realistic as seeihg the battle itself. All the
olumn is driving Nictort-
1% jes are. dliBst | Negro Olympic hero, Has not turned at the ‘gates of towns in the San 1 have always dba them, and I have always |
sung from my heart. To-that fact, rather than to any
drama will be there and the picture that will be hainten is bound to
be a’ masterpiece. ’
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(Another story of the fight broadcast is ”. Page 15)
OWENS STILL AN
AMATEUR, CLAIM
Track Star Faces A. A. U. Suspension if He Sails Home Now.
B United Press , LONDON; Aug. 10.4deske Owens,
professional, his coach, Larry Snyder, announced today. But : Snyder indicated strongly that the outstanding star of the 1936 Olympics was tempted to trade his athletic glory for cash. “We are definitely sailing for the United States Wednesday,” he said. “We are going back to New York and look over all these professional offers. We will decide there whether or not we shall accept them.” Dan Ferris, secretary-treasurer of the - Amateur Athletic ‘Union, who announced: in Berlin today that unless Owens appeared in a Stockholm track meet this year he would lose his amateur standing automatically, telephoned Owens and Snyder this morning. “He said that unless Jesse went to Sweden and later to Norway he would be suspended by the A. A. U. because they had iii “for him to run in those countries and that therefore he must go,” Snyder said. “I replied, ‘Well, that’s as it may be, but it doesn’t prevent him from running for Ohio State University.’ (Turn to Page 12)
G. E. PENROD, FILM DISTRIBUTOR, DEAD
Movie Pioneer’s veor's ike: to Be Held Wednesday.
Claude E. Penrod, pioneer in the
- 1881 after gradu-
Judge nes Rites Set for
(Editorial, Page 10)
Funeral services. for Superior Judge. William A. Pickens, one of the authors of the Indiana secret ballot law and. tariff reform leader, who died of heart disease yesterday, are to be held at Flanner & BuehAsAn Martvary at 1 a m: toTiness Sorced Judge: Pickens, who was 78, to leave his Superior Court bench last March when he went to Methodist Hos =~ pital - for three months.” He then went to the home of a - daughter, Mrs. ‘Clifford Foote, 1529 Parkav, where he lived until his death. : Born in Spencer, Ind., in 1858, Mr. Pickens began the practice ‘of law there in
Judge Pickens ation from Co-
lumbia University and Indiana University. While in Spencer he served .as attorney for the Indianapolis & Vincennes Railroad, now the Pennsylvania Railroad. Mr. Pickens came to Indianapolis in 1893 and became associated in the law firm of Linton A. Cox and Sylvan W. Kahn. He _was city corporation counsel here under Mayor Joe Bell from 1914 to 1918. Mr. Pickens was serving his second term as Superior Court judge. He first took office in 1931, He was one of the organizers of the Indiana Tariff Reform League in 1889 and he helped draft the secret ballot law which was passed by the General Assembly in 1889 one of the first laws of its kind passed in the United States. He also aided in the codification of private corporation laws in Indiana and continued this work until 1921 when the Legislature adopted the code. ° He was a member of the State Bar Association, Commercial Law League of America, Indianapolis Athletic Club, the Anthenaeum and Scottish
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CANNERS ASSET ANTI-POLLUTION DRIVE BY STAT
Model Low-Cost Plant to to Treat Wastes Is
Installed at Stokely Brothers Plant at Expense of Association.
TESTS TO BE USED TO GUIDE INDUSTRY]
Lower Cost of Operation Expected From New Equipment; Indiana Chemist on Job Supervising Experiments.
(Pictures, Page 3
BY ALLEN DIBBLE ik United Press Staff Correspondent
Completion of a model, low-cost plant for sreatment an disposal of waste from canneries was announced today as i step toward ending pollution of Indiana streams. The Indiana Canners’ Association and the State Health Department were co-operating agencies in construction of the model plant at the Greenwood factory of Stokely Broth ers & Co. Construction data and tests made at the experimental § plant are to be made available to canners who wish to res
and disposal systems or cone
20 ARE Hl RT N model their present treatment. AUTO ACCIDENTS
Score of Mishaps Reported to Police During Week-End.
- (Editorial, Page 10)
At least 20 persons were injured in a score of week-end traffic accidents in Indianapolis and vicinity. Three persons were injured early today when an automobile driven by Noel Dunham, 38, of 4218 Corneliusav, collided with one driven by Charles Schmitt, 19, of 4408 E. 21st'st, at Olney and 21st-sts.
Mr. .Dunham was treated at City |
| Soepital a A eas released, but Mr. Richard Goodin, 18, of 2317 Station-st, & passenger in his car, remained in the hospital. Their conditions were reported fair. Max McCoy, 18, of 2015 W. Wash-ington-st,” and Philip Roell, 9, of 1630 - S. Delaware-st were injured
when their bicycles collided with
automobiles. Both were taken to City: Hospital. treated - at ‘Methodist Hospital for a scalp wound suffered when she allegedly drove through a stop signal at 16th-st and Senate-av and was struck by an automobile driven by Theo Roberts, 214 W. 21st-st. Flavian Elsey, 37, Negro, 455 8S. Harding-st, was .arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated after his truck struck a trackless trolley at Hiawatha and Michigansts. Grover Webster,” 48, of 318 N. Lansing, riding with Elsey, suffered minor cuts and awas arrested by police on a drunkenness charge. : Marshall Carr, 29, of 714 W. 9th- | st, received an injured right leg and (Turn to Page Three)
Fidgety Phil
BY NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL
IF HE KEEPS ON DOING THEY, HE'LL BE HOLDING A } HARP INSTEAD OF A WHEEL!
struct new ones. A survey which preceded. construction of the Greenwoed unit showed that the treatment and dis= posal- equipment of most of the ap= proximately 218 canneries in the state was inadequate.
Canners” Asked Aid
With seasonal operation . limited to six or eight weeks, a majority of the canneries were unable to make the capifal outlay for equipment previously needed to treat and dispose of their waste adequateley. It is thought," however, that the cost of -the model plant. will within the means of most of -the
state’s canneries, who asked the
state for assistance in the experiments. Paced with the problem of i itn the 1933 ’ anti ution law, state canners the funds for ‘the Green faim
The problém of alleged De by canneries was particularly Ac because most of the factories o ated along small streams and ing the summer months when channels were low, W. H. _—n assistant pubfic health director, said The Greenwood plant was ‘Cotte structed under the direction of B. A, Pool, chief sanitary engineer, ng the experiments ‘are being Sieve] by ‘Les Miller, a state heme.
Chemicals Are Not Used * Operations at the Grestwond plant do not use chemicals in settling basins, eliminating ah the largest items of expense under the old systems, Mr. Miller In the model plant, waste the carinery first is screened then taken into a pumping bed re which it is moved into two prim; settling tanks with a capacity - 2500 gallons each. Liquor from the settling tank drawn into a second .pumping and forced into filters. = For { perimental purposes, one of the fllt-
| ers is equipped with fine stone and
the other with
stone. ‘ Opera= tion will de
which is the
the ‘will be emptied into the stream.
Hime. Maz Be Used
FRIEND IDENTIFIES VICTIM OF ATT