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VOLUME 18-NUMBER 145

The Indianapo

F OREC AST: Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow ; not much change 1 in temperature.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1936

at Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind.

Entered as Second-Class Matter

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GAIN IS REPORTED BY LOCAL STORES;

Indepefdent Stores Reveal oF 33 Per Cent Rise in + Transactions, JULY DEALS COMPARED “Increase of 21 Per Cent for State - Is. Shown hy Federal Division.

An increase of 33.4 per cent |

in retail sales of 46 Indianap- | independent stores last | month as compared. to July, 1935, /was reported today. by the Department of Commerce, . Washington.

July sales of the 46 establishuénts]

totaled $1,036,000 as compared with § $776,000 the same month a year ago, the report. showed.

For the entire state,

ago. : « ‘Irflianapolis stores showed: the | ar ’st percentage of increase of any "ot. ’r city in the state.

Other Gains Reported

Fort Wayne sales in 25 stores inGary, 2%. per | cent; South Bend, 24 per cent; Evansville, 229 per cent, and Terre Haute, 11.6 per cent. - Sales in other cities with 2500 popiilation and over gained an av-

- erage of 11.8 per .cent and ‘areas|

with populationa of .

‘The seasonal decline in July as compared to June in the entire state was 13 per cent. in the- 46 Indianapolis stores in July as somphred te June was 9.9

: per cent.

ACTRESS “ FRIGHTENED

[INTO FLIGHT, CLAIM

By United Peds BOSTON,’ Aug. Pickford, after engaging

27 —How the

Mary Six-

‘teenth floor of the Hotel Ritz-Car 1-1

ton to insure privacy, was frightened into flight by a/ mysterious couple,

here today at a hearing preliminary to trial of a $1,000,000 slander suit against the actress.in New York, The plaintiff, J. Raymond Cornell,

. retired Newtonville organ manufac |

. turer. contends that Miss Pickford | slandered him in statements - she night in 1934, when she fled under | police escort to Cape Cod to seek |

refuge, against supposed kidnapers:

Neither Miss Pickford nor Mr. Cornell was present today when Atforney Francis B. Burns of Boston, acting _ as special commissioner; began taking the depositions of local

' witnesses for use when the suit goes |

to trial in New York Federal Court |

in October dr Nov ember,

ASKS IMPROVEMENT

* OF FALL CREEK- BLVD

The Park Bodid was asked today | bv Mayor Kern to co-operate with | the Works Board in a project to! improve Fall €reek-blva between "10th and 16th-sts. Besides paving the stretch, tel Mayor: proposed - a. beautification | project including. an artificial lake |

yate land for the project would be |

necessary, .the Mayor said.. : Board rhembers agreed - support the | project.

- Formal | opening of Keystone-av,

closed for four-month during an!

- _ extensive paving project, was set by

fixed at $2.36 a hundredweight,

me board for Sept. L

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CLA PORTE MILK PRICE ~ INCREASE IS ORDERED

MAK price increases in Decatur | County and the La Porte city mar- | keting area were ordered by the | State: Milk “Control Board today, |

_ effective Sept. 1.

In Decatur County the price was an “increase of 11 cents, making retail prices 7 cehts for pints and 11 cents

=. * for quarts.

In the la Porte city area the price. was fixed at $2.60 per hun‘dredweight, maXing retail prices 7 cents a pint Fe cents a quart.

Farmers reported . 90 per cent of pastures laid waste by drought.

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| TIMES FEATURES ON INSIDE PAGES

asus 15 | Movies Bridge ....... 12} Mrs, Ferguson 16 Broun .......

. Comics ....... 25 | Music ........ 25 Crossword 23 | Obituaries sash iD Curious World 9! Pegler ....... 15 Editorials ..,.18| Pyle ......... 16 - Fashions .....12| | Questions ....18 Financ 11% Radio ........25 Dm «iia Scherrer ..... 16 «Fiynn ..... 20| Science ...... 16 . Forum ....... | Serial Story ..10 _ Grin, Bear It 15| Short Story .. 8 ‘Ind. History . .16 | | Society: . ...... 13 a Jordan 12 i Sports '....... = | State Deaths. Rd 33 Sheva Ell

fneluding | 446 stores, an increase of 21 per cent | - was reported for July over a year |

2499 and less | _ showed gains of 11.1 per cent.

The decline |

Purchase of pri-|

an increase of 65 cents. |

15 | Mrs, Roosevelt 15 if

|imaroved Business Cited oY -.. New Deal Chiefs in | ~ Washington.

DEFICIT DROP IS SEEN

$500, 000, 000 Slash From I~ Debt by End of Year He Is Predicted.

(Copyright, 1938, by United Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.— Administration leaders said today , that: they - expect | improving business conditions | to reduce the Federal deficit | this fiscal vear to the lowest | point since the New Deal took office in 1933. :

Unofficial figures in financial cir- | cles indicated that from $500,0004000 to $1,000,060,000 may be pared from {the previously estimated: deficit of $3,000,000,000 for the 1937 fiscal | year.

Most of the reduction will come

! from incres#sed revenues through ini come tax collections, both individual and corporation, officials expect. Aeting Budget Director Daniel W, | Bell is putting the finzl touches on | his mid-year revision of the budget- | ary outlook, which is expected to be made ‘public Within the next few ! days. Optimistic predictions came in the face of a revelation that the Federal government now proximately $3 for each -$2 it spent { last year in relief activities. Estimate Was Three Billion - The deficit for the 1934 fiscal year was $3,989,000,000; in 1935, $4,869;- | 000,000; in 1936, $4.763,000,000, and la previously estimated $3,000,000,000 for the present year. The 1936 figure. includes: bonus payments of | $1,773,000,000.

made on the basis of the President's

forecast that the government would go “in the red” about $1,000,000,000 but did npt take into account $1,425,000,000 in relief and about $600,~ | 000,000 in‘ veterans’ bonus expendi- | tures. | Despite {the loss of the AAA | processing taxes ‘which were esti- | mated to yield $547,000,000 this year, | Federal government revenue is run- { ning ahead of last year and ahead | of previous estimates. » | Total receipts for the first 54 days of the fiscal year, which began July 1, were $587,000,000, an average of { more. than $1,000,000 a day ahead of | the same period last year.

ROOSEVELT VIEWS

DROUGHT REGIONS

(Farm, Folk Wave Greeting as, Train Rolls Past.

(Photo, Page 5)

By United Presa

ABOARD ROOSEVELT SPECIAL | EN. ROUTE BISMARCK, N. D.,

| Aug. 27 —President Roosevelt from.

the drawing room of an air- condii tioned train today got his. first | glimpse of the 1936 dust bowl— | 40,000,000 acres of baked and barren farmland. At occasional, crossroads and way stations along the route little knots of farm folk stood patiently in their dust-stained clothes ,to . wave a greeting to the Chief Executive who has come back to this section for thé first-time in two vears to see for himself the effects of weeks of ‘blistering heat without a drop of rain. : Int seersucker suit and broadbrimmed Panama hat, his conces-

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| sion to the hot weather, Mr. Roosevelt soon after arrival in Bismarck] to enter a | a drive |

i this afternoon plans | waiting - automobile for Hough thet country-side.

| a a EE A

HOOSIER MINER KILLED By Uniled Presa :

* PRINCETON. Ind.. 2 aug. 27.—Leon Fougnies, 45, was Killed

S. INCOME SOARS

is spending ap-|

budget message to Congress, which | an

instantly, i

and Geddes Johnson, Oakland City, |

was injured critically today slate fall at King's mine near here, &@

in a| b:

DEFIES ‘MAMA’

By United Press CHICAGO, Aug. 27.—Pretty 16-year-old Mary Belle Spencer wright (above), bride of a week,

and her mother, a prominent Chicago lawyer, took over adjoining ?

columns in the Chicago Times today to tell their views on the

“do-as-she- pleases” 4 girl's marriage. “Mama says she is’ going to

force an annulment upon us,” the, bride wrote. “Well, mama ‘ may be facing the biggest legal hurhurdle she has yet taken. I don’t

care if mama: is a darn good lawyer. Edward’ and I will hire a lawyer. 3

Said the mother? ! ; “I am going to use all the legal knowledge I have gained in years of ‘law practice to nullify their marrisge-this ghastly mistake.”

HALF-INCH RAIN FALLS ON CITY

Hours Now 1.67 Inches; Farmers Cheer.

HOURLY TEMPERATURES

6 a. m. 4 10a. mm... 1} Tam... 12 RHa.m... 73 Sam .. 7 12 noon ... 69 9a. m ... 80 lpm... 70

In one-hour and 10 minutes, at midday today, it, rained within .12 | of an inch as much asiit did in 83

This year’s original ‘estimate was | | days between June 3 and Aug. 26.

The downpour measured one-half inch. During the 83 days of drought only .62 of an inch fell. The rain today brought the total in the last 24 hours to 1.67 inches, and Marion County farmers were ‘‘singin’ in the rain.” i The Weather Bureau forecast. un-

settled weather conditions for: to-|

night and tomorrow, with not much | change in -temperature. During the heavy downpour today police reported wires down at Southeastern-av and Trowbridge-st, a transformer on fire at 621 W. Ray-st and a-utility pole down at Churchmansav and Pleasant Runblvd.

Driving Hints

BY NAT'L SAFETY COUNCIL

DRINKING AND DRIVING

F you ‘want to drive, drink: if you want to drink, don’t drive. : If you indulge too freely at a party, don’t try to drive home. Let the completely. sober member of your party, if any, do the driving. Or, better ‘still, take a taxicab. Remember that .if you are arrested for an accident or a traffic law violation, and there is evidence. that you have been drinking, the penalty. is likely to be much more severe than it other-

. wise would be.

MARION COUNTY TRAFFIC TOLL ig 3936 .iiiiiraeeinivn cieins . 103 1935 ...rverivannes Sas seeni: 89 ~ TRAFFIC ARRESTS August 27 Speeding... -........0.. 7 Running red light ...... .... 7

Running preferential street . "6 Reckless driving * Drunken driving . Other except parking ....... 24

TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

Accidents Ingured

Hoarse and Buggy Daze

W oman Calls in Vain for Official Protection; Neighbors Eventually Rout Insects.

don't .

{pion ‘from Lexington, Ky.,

U.S. REJECTS SPAIN'S PLEA FOR BLOCKADE

Hull Insists -on Freedom of Seas in Note Sent to Loyalists. '

WON'T © HALT VESSELS

| American Ships to Continue | Landing in Rebel Ports, He Replies to Note.

By United Press . WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—Rejecting a Spanish government “paper blockade” of rebel ports, the United States today reaffirmed its’ historic policy of freedom of the seas. Amerigan merchant ships will continue to enter Spanish ports held by rebels until “an effective blockade” is laid down, the State Department said in reply to a Spanish'government warning. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, in a firm note to the Spanish government, said this government “can not admit the legality” of a Spanish order declaring rebel and certain

1 other ports “war zones.”

Rebels Plan Attack on Madrid Next Week

By United Press LISBON, Aug. 27.—Spanish rebels, still on the aggressive, opened the second day of their attack on Irun today and disclosed plans for an at-

* tack on Madgid next week.

Precipitation Total for. 24

The Loyalist government at Madrid, by making a war zone of the country south and southwest of -the capital, admitted by implication the steady if slow advance of a formid-

.| ablé force northeastward from the |

Estremadura country. Besieged rebels continued their surprisingly stubborn defense of Oveido. ” Rebels: at Toledo, holding the ancient Alcazar Fortress, raised a white flag on the battlements, but tore it down and fired on Loyalists who approached..

wave of attacking rebels at Irun today, and after a long morning of fighting the lines ‘were unchanged.

Nazis Assure France No Threat Intended

By United Press : "PARIS, Aug, 27.—Germany today .assured Franc through Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, its economic director, | that its increase to two years in the period of military service for the Rei¢h’s ‘male citizens was not intended as a threat to tHe French. In a conversation with Premier Leon Blum, Schacht frankly stated that the Reich's increase in the term of military service was designed to counteract the recent enlargement of the Soviet army.

HARRIETT RANDALL

Local Player Defeated by Miss Barrett, 5 and 4.

By United Press | SOUTH BEND, Ind. Aug. 27— Harriett Randall, Indianapolis’ only contender to reach the quarterfinal round, was defeated by Beatrice Barrett, Minneapolis star, in a woman's Western golf tournament match here this afternoon. The score was 5 and 4. The match was close until the players rounded the turn. Then the Minneapolis girl won four consecutive holes to clinch the victory. Marion Miley, defending eliminated the outstanding challenger for her title when she defeated Mrs. Opal S. Hill, and three-time winner, 1 up in 19 holes. ''Miss Miles won on the first extra hole with a par four. Patty Berg, Minneapolis, won six and four over Mrs. Gregg Lifur, Los Angeles, stapding three up at the turn. Hope Seignious, 15-year- old Detroit sensational player, was elimnated by ‘Dorothy Traung, San Francisco, one up in 18 holes.

BOYS’ BB BARRAGE | BREAKS BALLOONS

Mike Templeton, who operates a used car sales agency at 916 E. | Michigan-st, asked for police prote¢tion today. He . told officers he was in a mess. _ Boys with air rifles, he said, shoot down gas balloons he strung

ments. The balloons, he said, have practically no BB resistance.

called the State Entomology De-

partment, {and they said their | bee dep: ent was -out and - ‘would be e till tomorrow.

| She called police and they said they had no bee squad. She called the City Park board and © they said they would .send some one out. In case the man’s on his way now, he might just as well

all taken care of, Neighbors helped out. They. cut the branch, sprinkled the

with water, set them afire,

go back, because the situation's

HERE were maybe 500 yellow bee-like bugs at 209 Sheffield-av this morning and the woman who lives there, Mrs. Claude Earp, was a captive inside her house and wanted to get out. She called the State Conservation Department, and a girl there said so far gs se knew they had no one who could help her out.

She

pulled them into the street and otherwise broke down their morale, until just before the heavy storm broke, there was not one of them to be seen. - { Every one thought they were

iyellow jackets. Every one but

‘one man who hung around the fringe of the crowd, ducked twice when one came within 100 feet ‘of him, And kept his coat collar turned up “He. said they were too large 10 be . Yellow jackets.

5 . . It’s the Limit _ Carl Carr, 30, of 2815 Brook-side-av, was arrested last night after police chased his car for several blocks, and today is held on the following charges: Speeding, :reckless driving, disobeying an automatic traffic signal, failing to stop at a preferential street, no lights, no. certificate of title and va-

graney. . As if ‘that wasn't enough, police are questioning him AE a length of rubber hose found - in his car, and about spots of blood found on his shirt.

Loyalists turned back wave after |-

LOSES GOLF MATGH

Kansas City veteran’

up outside his place as advertise-| was injured seriously this afternoon

NATION'S CAPITAL GRIEVES

do Th : Seorge

Landon. Talks i in Illinois;

H. Dern

& Rr

Knox ox Assails Roosevelt

Kansan Heads for Home After Rap at New Deal Tax Policies.

COMPLETE TEXT OF GOV. LANDON’S SPEECH, PAGE 4; EDITORIAL, PAGE 16.

By United Press ABOARD LANDON SPECIAL TRAIN, BLOOMINGTON, Ill, Aug. 2T—Governor. Alfred M. Landon of Kansas, carrying his campaign into

- Illinois in an attempt to swing that

state back into the Republican fold, addressed a large group of Central Illinois farmers here today. “The first thing the present Administration did was to plow under its own platform,” Gov. Landon said. ; A halt at Springfield; Ill., to visit the tomb of Abraham Lincoln and to speak briefly in that state capital, was the chief point on the day's heavy schedule. It was raining at most towns where the Governor's special train stopped today. Crowds jostled

.about under unhrellas to hear Mr.

Landon speak from the rear Platform. Speaking last night in Buffalo,

N. Y., Gov. Landon pledged repeal |

of the “ill-advised” 1936 Roosevelt surplus tax act, and pledged him“ self to tax reform. He cited the Administration for waste, extravagence and absurdities.” The Republican candidate recommended that government reduc “hidden” taxes and derive most its revenue from direct levies on corporate and individual income. He warned that the nation was living now in a fool's paradise and beyond its means. The entite Federal and state tax system, he said, should be cverhauled, 3 25,000 Hear Speech Ridiculing suggestions that the rich will pay the Roosevelt bill, he said confiscation of all incomes of more than $5000 would not now pay the cost of government. A crowd of 25,000 heard him. With the start of his bare-fist and hard-knuckle campaign last night,

Gov. Landon: abandoned ' the gen-

eralized approach to national problems. He charged Mr. Roosevelt had violated the principles of common sense in meeting depression emergencies. v "Nt

Cities Bond Market in Reply to Landon

By United Press ? WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—Secretary .of Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. today replied Gov. Alfred M. Landon’s attack on the Administration's fiscal policy with. an assertion that Treasury policy “has met. with

: the approval of the country.”

Mr. Morgenthau’s statement said: “The policy being pursued by the United States Treasury has met with the approval of the country. “The acid test of it is the government bond market.”

BICYCLE HITS TAXI; BOY SERIOUSLY HURT

John Sayers, 13, of 40 W. 26th-st,

when he rode his bicycle into the side of a taxi at Illinois-st and Fall Creek-pkwy south. He was taken to City Hospital, unconscious. The boy's head was lacerated severely. The cab was driven by Leon Franz‘man, 21, Brevort Hotel.

MRS. BLANCHE DIRKS, GREENCASTLE, DEAD

By United Press GREENCASTLE, Ind. Aug. 27. — Mrs. Blanche Meiser Dirks, 56, wife

of Prof. Louis H. Dirks, dean of men |

at De Pauw University, died suddenly today from a cerebral hem-

Srehage Prof. Dirks was was Panda) 3

G. 0. P. Vice Presidential

Candidate Opens Drive - in New En

By United Press :HAMPTON BEACH, N. H, Aug. 27—Frank Knox, Republican vice presidential nominee, opened his New England campaign today with a charge that President Roosevell raised a “straw man” issue by denouncing “economic royalists” in his Philadelphia acceptance speech. “The only economic royalist that scares the small manufacturer,” Col. Knox said, “is in Washington, D. C.” Speaking from a seashore stand at the annual outing of the Rockingham County Republican Club, the G. O. P. nominee asserted that Mr.

‘Roosevelt, in his acceptance speech

attack on “economic royalists,” was “shadow boxing” and seeking “a big bad wolf.” “With 18,000,000 people on relief,” Mr. Knox said, “he offers to go out and:slaughter a big bad wolf, if he can only find the wolf.” Col. Knox charged that the New Deal had caused business ‘‘fear” through “regimentation efforts exemplified by the NRA,” aided monopoly and ‘shackled industry.” Future plans of the Roosevelt Administration, he asserted, are “an absolute blank.” “The fight we make in this campaign,” he added, “is a fight to restore in America the old-time principles of sound government, the oldtime virtues of honesty and thrift and’ self-reliance in our national i e ”

$330,500 ALLOTTED FOR RURAL LIGHTING

Program in Marion, Nearby Counties Benefited.

Times Special WASHINGTON, Aug. 27—A further allotment of $330,500 has been made. for rural electric distribution lines in Shelby, Johnson, Bartholomew, Decatur, Hancock, Marion and Rush Counties, the office of Senator Frederick VanNuys announced today here. This money, added to the $112,500 previously allocated, should be sufficient to complete the program of the Shelby County Rural Electrifi-

{ cation Membership Corp., to supply

current to approximately 700 homes, the announcement said. : An additional allotment of $332, - 000 was made to complete lines in Whitley, Allen, Noble, Kosciusko,

Wabash and Huntington counties.

Previously $84,000 had been provided.

Victor

WAR SECRETARY

GEO. DE IN

Gov. McNutt Among Those Discusbed as

RN DIES

WASHING oN

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Successor to Popular Cabinet Officer;

Townsend Would

Become Governor.

HEART DISEASE CAUSE OF DEATH

National Leaders

and Administration Asso-

ciates Pay Tribute as Army Mourns Loss of Chief.

. BY ARCH STEINEL Gov. McNutt today was viewed by Democratic politicians as a possible successor of Secretary: of War Dern, who died ‘this morning. Political -rumor here was divided into two camps> 1. That, if considered for the appointment, he would not be named until after the November election. 2, That if the Governor were

| named before the election, it would

place Lieut. Gov. M. Clifford Townsend in an advantageous position in his campaign for the gavernorship. It was pointed out that Mr. Townsend would be acting governor and in charge of the. state’s Democratic machine as titular head of the party. “The cabinet needs a good public speaker,” said one prominent Democrat today. “The Governor, of course,” he added,” would benefit his-party more in the U. S. Senate.

: Promotion Often Discussed

Other . politicians have discussed from time to time the possibility that the Governor might go to the Senate should Senator Minton be named to a Federal judgeship. The’ Constitution of the state of Indiana would not. prevent the Governor's -acceptance of an appointment immediately from President Roosevelt, it was pointed out. Under the State Constitution the Governor would tender his resignation to the State Legislature, if in session, of to the Secretary of State. Formal’ acceptance of the resignation automatically would place the Lieutenant Governor in the .executive chair, attorneys said. A former national and state commander of the American Legion and a strong proponent of military preparedness, Gov. McNutt has the backing of persons close to the President, it was said.

" ISELECTION OF JURY PROCEEDS SLOWLY

Crickmore Defense Motion = Delays Progress.

Selection of a jury in the trial of Crickmore, charged .with murder in connection with the death of John Penny, truck driver, proceeded slowly in Criminal Court today. Selection of jurors was halted temporarily this morning when Clyde C. Karrer, defense counsel, asked dismissal of a special .venire of 35 prospective jurors on, the grounds that the list was not drawn

equally from the three commission- |.

ers’ districts. E. E. McFerren, special judge, overruled the motion.Mr. Karrer’s request that the jury be locked up throughout the trial caused a furor among court at taches. The Courthouse, it’ was explained, does not provide adequate facilities for the housing of a mixed jury over a two or three-week period. Juries

rarely have been locked up in Mar»

ion County criminal cases, and

never since women have been called to serve. : The court may be bound to accede to Mr. Karrer's request, it was said.

Alfonso Again Battles Dreaded Haemophilia

-By United Press : EW YORK, Aug. 27.—Alfonsq de . XN Bourbon, count of Covadonga and once Crown Prince of Spain, fought again for his life today against the curse of some ancient European royal house, haemophilia. He was taken to Columbia-Pres-byterian Medical Center last night

when a hemorrhage threatened to

reach the severity of one that last

| year kept him at the point of death

for weeks in Havana. Today he was given a blood transfusion. The Count’s illness was kept secret until today under orders of his physician, Dr. Antonio Valenti. Vie-

| at Shortridge High Schoo R ali for £6 yeas beter soins to De Pauw, J

"BULLETIN =

By Uniled Press

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. —President Roosevelt will attend the funeral of Secretary of War George H. Dern in Salt Lake City, but will not curtail his trip of inspection through the drought area, the White House announced today. - It was anticipated that the President will remain ‘at Rapid City, S. D,, at-, taching his * train to the funeral train as a second

section, a. :

By United Pr ess

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.— Secretary of War George H,

Walter Reed Army Hospital today, first New Deal Cabinet

service.

a. m. (Indianapolis time) waging a losing fight against ravages of an influenza attack last spring. which had left him with a critical heart condition. Secretary of Treasury William Woodin was the first Cabinet member to die. He was on leave of absence.at the time.

eral of them had come East from Utah, Mr. Dern’s home state, Several weeks ago when the Secretary’ s

ing. . Rites in Salt Lake City

Fritz Meyer, European heart * specialist. Dr. Meyer flew to Washington from Boston..yesterday at

Roosevelt. Mrs. J. C. Dick, sister of ‘Mr. Dern, said today in Salt Lake Ci 7 [the Cabinet officer's funeral will be 7 [esa there. Mr. Dern, 63 years ‘old, had been confined to Walter Reed Hospital sinee early .July. There was no indication whether President. Roosevelt would make an

vacancy caused by Mr. Dern's death, Assistant Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring was a likely possibility for the secretaryship. |

charge of the department for the most part during Mr.

porter. He is a former Democratic vernor of Kansas and a leading

Cabinet as Secretary of War a for= ward looking pioneer to. head the oldest, and generally, considered the most conservative branch of the American government. = Mr. Dern brought to his new job

practically no knowledge of military affairs, or the science of war. But

direct the energies of men; also a

These ideas he put to work. ‘almost immediately but he did so in such an unobtrusive manner that for (Turn to Page Three) a

By United Press

Stocks higher under lead of steels and rails.

tions higher; U, 8. regularly lower. -

Match This

, Times Special 3 FORT WAYNE, Aid — —— Firemen

Dern died of.heart disease at

officer to die while in active

The War Secretary died at 9:55 ‘after

Roosevelt

condition was first reported alarm-

The death was announced by Dr. :

the personal request of President

immediate appointment to fill the

Mr. Woodring has been in active

Dern’s illness and is a strong Administration sup~

figure in Kansas Democratic laa!

The a ppointment “of” enry Dern, twice Governor of 5 Utah, brought into the Roosevelt

he did bring a great knowledge of humanity and how to manage and

set of definite ideas on the ideal relationship between the individual |and his government.

MARKETS AT A GLANCE.

Bonds mixed; domestic corpora=