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‘FIGHT SALARY INCREASE. FOR REGISTRATION
C. of E. Contests Budget Proposal Made by County Clerk.
JJACREASED WO WORK CITED |
Adjustment Board Indicates Partial Approval of School Program.
(Editorial, Page 18)
~ BY TOM OCHILTREE
Increase in the salaries item of the vote registration division undar County Clerk Glenn B. Ralston today was the focal point of discussion before the Marion County . Board of Tax Adjustment, The clerk's office defended its 1937
budget against an oral onslaught by William H. Book, executive vice president of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. Between conferences with county officials on budgets, adjustment board members indicated that after a prelimihary survey of the school budget yesterday, they would support, in part at least, the proposed $875,000 school building program. If the board approves the building item, school officials said they vould apply for a WPA grant to supplement the amount raised here by taxation. Charles Ettinger,
chief deputy
county clerk, defended the vote |.
registration salary item of $13,600 and the expense item of $1842 in the department (with the explanation that thre more deputies would be needed in 1937 than during vote registration in 1935.
Points Out Need for Help
“Our office,” Mr. Ettinger said, “took this budget matter up with the League of Wpmen Voters, sponsors of the registration law, and they are in accord with our figures. If you wait until 1938—an election year—and do all your registration changes in ‘a spasmodic way you'd have to have about 35 to 40 temporary workers and it would cost much ‘more .in extra help ‘than to Keep up the registration each year.” Mr. Book, in the Chamber of Commerce report to the board, pointed out the salaries item for the vote registration division was $8400 in the off-election year of 1935, with $1064 for expenses. Mr. Book recommended to the board that the amount’ should be decreased $8600 ‘on salaries and $1000 on other:expenses. : Mr. Book pointed out the registralion division and its records are in ° better shape now than in 1935. “I have talked,” Mr. Book said, “to officials of the League of Women Voters and it was my impression that they thought the cost of registration was out of line—too high.” Mr. Ettinger replied by explaining to Mr. Book and the board that extra clerks are needed to prevent present workers from working overtime. _ “One-third of the population of the city moves between elections and theh, too, there are new features in the registration law that’ (Turn to Page Three)
FIRST LADY PLEADS FOR PEANUT VENDER
By United Press WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 ~—Steve Vasilakos, the nation’s No. 1 peanue vender, was free to return today to his stand at the front en-
interceded with . Two years ago him from the peanuts and
Roosevelt wrote Police Commissioner George Allen: “I would myself miss him on that corner.” = -
STATEMENT 1S FILED By United Press WASHINGTON, Sept. M_A rec-ord-breaking registration statement covering ' a $175,000,000 25-year 3': per cent debenture bond issue was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission today by the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. It was the largest filed in the commission's history.
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Choke Back Tears, Glad. ! Baby Is Dead
(Photo, Bottom of Page) By United Press CHICAGO, Sept. 24. — The parents of Baby Julian Tafel Jr. choked back their tears today, glad their baby was dead. The. death for which the baby’s father had prayed and which the mother agreed might represent the quality of mercy came last night, 28 hours after the resources of medical science were mustered to keep him alive in the faint hope that surgery might rectify his bodily abnormalities. The baby, six days old, succumbed to post-operative shock and toxic poisoning caused by imperfect elimination of body waste. Not until doctors had performed a post-mortem did they realize how truly merciful death had been. “Junior” had only a rudi- . mentary bladder, physicians at Danish-American Hospital discovered. It would have caused his death “in any event,” said Dr. Lewis K. Eastman, hospital ° chief of staff. When told, Mrs. Tafel cried: “It was God's will.”
GRIDIRON COACH | HERO IN BLAZE
Minnesota Team Team Flees to Safety as Hotel Fire Spreads.
By United Press MISSOULA, Mont., Sept. 24.--Bert Baston, one-time All-Ameri-ica grid star and -end coach «i University of Minnesota's football team, emerged today as the hero of an early morning hotel fire whici. drove the Gopher squad into the streets. The blaze swept through the four-story, 125-room Florence Hotel, where the Gophers, en route to Se¢attle to meet the . University of Washington Saturday, were stay: ing. £ snr Ly Several "business establishments’ in the hotel building were destroyed. Damage was estimated at $50,000. Blinded, Nearly Overcome s Baston, disregarding his own fety, searched through the burning, smoke-filled rooms for two members of the Minnesota teari who were at first believed trapped in: the \fire. Blinded and‘ nearly overeome ‘by smoke he finally was forced back into the street. Later it was discovered the youths he sought to rescue — Frank Warner of Minneapolis and Mike Milese: vich of St. Paul—were safe.
Adhesive Removers
Noninflammable By United Press CHICAGO, Sept. 24—By use of modern solvents for removal of adhesive tape, trainers and coaches cn prevent such explosions as the one which caused the death of two Purdue University football players, the American Medical Association Journal said editorially today. Tom McGannon, 20, Evansville, Ind, and Carl Dahlbeck, Lyndonville, Vt.,r were burned fatally wher gasoline used for removing adhesive exploded in the Purdue shower room. Dr. Morris "Fishbein, who wrote the editorial, pointed out that “foe Council: on: Pharmacy and Che try has voted to accept two explosive, non-inflammable for removal of adhesive tape. - One contains 98 per cent /dichlor-
on - vents
but not explode under “ordinary circumstances,” contains 60 per cen: tetrachloride, 40 per cent naphths and some sassafras oil.
3 CHILDRENDIE IN | FARM HOME BLAZE
By United Press CARP LAKE, Mich, Sept. 24.—-
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and their mother and father and .a two-year-old daughter were critic
a farm home at the east end of Carp Lake. The father, Albert Terrien, said he started a fire in the kitchen before doing his early morning chores. He discovered the home in flames
as he returned from milking.
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F DREC JAST: Fair and cooler tonight; tomorrow fair: with rising temperature i in afternoon.
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NEW INCREASE IN APARTMENT RENTS HINTED
Owners’ Association Head Predicts Advance in Acute Shortage.
TERMS BOOST AS FAIR
Drake Says Vacancies Are Uncler 2 Per Cent Due to .Business Gains.
; BY SAM TYNDALL
- Less than 2 per cent vacancies exist in the 12,000 apartment units in Indianapolis with less than 1 per
cent in: the better class. buildings, |B. S. Drake, Apartment Owners As-
sociation president, said today. Mr. Drake attributed the acute apartment shortage to general increase in business, “undoubling” of families and the general increase in the marriage rate. He also said that apartment own"ers believed a further increase of i renfs was fair and that the shortJags would not mean the immediate | cons truction of new apartments.
Raise Held Justified
“The law of supply and demand should entitle us to gradual increases,” he said. “We also believe that an increase would be fair because rents were cut approximately 42 per vent during the depression.” Mr. Drake explained that even when the 10 per cent increase, voted by association members several weeks ago, becomes effective Oct. 1, rents will still be approximately 65 per cent of normal. Mr. Drake hinted that apartment rents would be increased appreximately 30 per cent more over a three-year period until rentals are returned to the 1929 figure. “We have no way of telling just how much of a stimulation in business activity there has been nor can we judge as to the increase in the money circulation,” he said, “but we notice that people have money to spond orn new automobiles, and that a sizable per:cent of these persons ere apariment dwellers.” Mr, Drake also pointed out that ‘while rents have been reduced in the. last several years. the service in gpariments has increased and. phys-
-ical equipment hasbeen maintained.
Heé said the increase in the nurmhber of f{enants was noticed first in| 1933 and has been steady ever since. The 10 per cent rental increase voted by the Apartment Owners Association is being followed by other apartment owner. groups a individual owners, he said.
LOUIS WOLFF DIES; FUNERAL SATURDAY
Louis H. Wolf, a fire insurance
official for more than 50 years, died today in his home, 5401 N. Dela-ware-st,. following a brief illness. Funeral services are to be held at 10:30 a. m. Saturday in the home. Burial is to be in Crown Hill. Mr. Wolff was born in Cincinnati, May 27, 1862, and attended Prof. Chickering’s School there. After moving to Topeka, Kas., in 1879 he entered the mercantile business. ' He was married to Miss Winifred Clark of Topeka, Oct. 6,:1886. He retired as general agent of the
‘| Aetna Tire Insurance Co. five years
ago. Since that .time he has served
S| as manager of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Insurance Bureau of Indianapolis. He was a& member of the Colum-
"| bia Club, Ancient Landmarks lodge, ‘| F. and A. M. and the Tabernacle "| Presbyterian Church.
Survivors are the widow, a daughter, Mrs. John R. Curry; a son, Herman Clark Wolff and two grandchildren, John Curry and Florence Wolff.
COAST GUARDSMAN
DIES IN PLANE CRASH
By United I'v'ess
Three children were burned to death
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NORFOLK, Va. Sept. 24—One coast guardsmen was killed and a second. injured seriously today when their airplane crashed during a practice flight at the coast guard base at Saint Helena near here. P. L. MtElroy, aviation machinist’s mate, died instantly when the plane crashed on a dock. The pilot, R. S. Banker, was removed from the wreckage and taken to a hospital.
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‘Rooster Crows
“And the Elephant Will Roar When He Gets This Mail.
TATEHOUSE Democrats hage sworked out a uniform reply to the forth letters many of them have received from the Republican National Committee asking for a contribution of $1. They stuff the envelopes full of blank: per and sen em the Republicans’ Chicago mailing address. The Republican National Committee pays the 4 cents postScores of the surprised Democrats have been receiving the form letters and Landon stickers through the mail.
Aggravation
AST Monday, William S. Richter, 428 E. 49th-st, reported to police the thett of his motor car from the Statehouse parking lot. Yesterday at 11:25 a. m. he called headquariers and reported finding his car ‘on a lot near the Center T trustee’s office. An hour later called and said: “My car is g again. I went home to get my keys and when I came back to the lot near the township irustee’s office it had disappeared.” Abort two hours later police reported they had found the car again and were holding three high school boys for questioning. :
STRIKES CLOSE MILLING PLANTS
Troops Mobilized to Meet “Any Eventuality’ Minneapolis.
By United Press MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 24.—Gov. Hjalmar Petersen announced today that he would participate directly in negotiations seeking a peaceable settlement of Minneapolis’ labor controversies. The Governor said he will attempt to persuade Shreve Archer, yperator of the Archer-Daniels-Mid-land linseed mill—sore spot in the strike of flour and cereal workers— to agree to terms. Unions, meanwhile, progress: yoward. their. principal objective — recognition of ° collective
reported
‘to représent its members in collective bargaining is reasonable and it is the-employers* obligation to recognize that lawful right,” the GovJernor said. The union claimed- victory in the reopening of the huge Pillsbury mill under an agreement to permit: the union to represent its members in discussions of wages, hours and working conditions. ‘The same con-
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Shippers Fear Break With Dock Workers
By United Press
days before expiration of agreements with: labor made after ihe 1934 general . strike, ' Pacifi* Coast shipowners appeared to be convinced today that a complete break can be expected Oct. 1. ‘ They announced plans for hiring longshoremen from the docks, at increased wages instead of from hiring halls, immediately upon expiration of the two-year old pact. As negotiations with the Interna-
ended and the break appeared inevitable, the coast experienced a shipping boom.’ ’
WEATHER TO REMAIN FAIR, COOLER TODAY
HOURLY TEMPERATURES
6am .......62 10a m. ......61 7am .....621am....62
Fair and cooler tonight with slowly. rising temperatures tomorrow was forecast today by the United States Weather Bureau. During the last 24 hours 1.19 inches of rain fell in Indianapolis as ‘a new pressure area development drove northwest winds into the city. The mercury. - probably will rise to the middle sixties tomorrow after a drop into the fifties tonight, the bureau predicted.
HEADS LEGION
The desire; “of organized air
cession ‘was.made ‘by the northwest--
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24—Six
tional Longshoreman’s Association:
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER Au, 1936
LANDON HITS AT ‘SCARCITY’ IN FARM TOUR
Empty Corn Cribs Cited as Failure of Policy in . lowa Stops.
SPEAKS IN EIGHT CITIES
Candidate to Talk Tonight on Trade Agreements in Minneapolis.
By United Press ABOARD LANDON TRAIN, EN ROUTE MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 24.— Gov. Alfred M. Landon, carrying his presidential campaign northward
day assailed the Roosevelt Administration’s “program of scarcity” and declared that the real function of government should be “to help the farmer produce and to finance car-ry-over crops.” “One reason for your empty corn cribs—and don’t forget this—is the | of scarcity of a year ago,” the Republican nominee said as he journeyed through eight cities en route from Des Moines to Minneapolis for a major address tonight on reciprocal trade agreements. “There are always some years of
equally certain to have some years
Iowa and every other agricultural state been allowed to produce as long experience dictated, they would have been better prepared to meet the drought tragedy of this year.” Gov. Landon pledged the Republican Party, in a speech at Nevada, Ia., to help production and to finance carry-over Crops as a means of helping solve the farm problem and promised that he would stand for “co-operation with the farmer; not coercion.”
F. D. R. Pleads for Logic in Politics
By United Press NEW YORK, Sept. 24. —President Roosevelt closed the sixth forum of current problems with a pléa for the banishment of prejudice and rancor Tomi poit cs. nb Speaking by’ ]
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(N. Y.) Schumachér and. Mancuso. (Beos.) MacFayden and Lopez. (Another ‘Story, Page 25) Times Special a : BOSTON, Sept. 24 Needing only one victory to clinch the National League pennant, New York’s Giants moved into Boston for a doubleheader this afternoon. Hal Schumacher, the ex-collegiate right-hander, was scheduled to pitch
the first game against Danny MacFayden, a veteran, and Harry Gum-
Weir in| the night cap. Meanwhile, St. Louis was scheduled for two games with Cincinnati today, and if the Cards lose either one of them, the Giants take the title even if they lose both games today. {Paul Derringer and Wild Bill Hallahan for the Reds and Tarzan Parmelee and Rookie Bill McGee for the Cards were listed for mound work.
TOWN AUTHORIZES SCRIP By United Press ORILLIA, Ontario, Sept. 24, — own Council - last night passed a by-law authorizing issuance of $30,000 in scrip, but set ho date on whieh the “new money” would be available.
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erman War Games Near Their Close
y United Press BAD NAUHEIM, Sept. 24.— Germany's largest maneuvers since the World War neared "their close today in an atmosphere strangely reminiscent of the Western Front combined with a county fair. For the 70,000 troops participating, the war games are serious enough, but it is war without dead, or wounded or cooties. Physical demands on the men, however, are comparable with real war for the “fighting” continues day and night and food is served only when some one is able to warm up hd hi sn an regiment y y Cov i kilometers afoot, hurrying to support the weakening “Blue” defenders. But for the Hessian population in the score of villages in the area of maneuvers it is a grand show and they are making the most of it. They enter enthusiastically into the spirit of the affair in the evenings when the countryside is darkened “to remove
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LEGION ELECTS
Kansan Succeeds Murphy; Entrance Into League Is Opposed.
By United Press PUBLIC HALL, CLEVELAND, Sept. 24—The American Legion, meving its powerful bulwark into a
voted against United States entrance into the League of Nations and against cancellation of war debts. : Legionnaires at the final session of their annual four-day convention also elected as national commander Harry Walter Colmery, Topeka, Kas. -corporation attorney, one. of the few Legion heads not to have
League of Nations resolution as the convention . sped toward. adjournment. They also voted against future 510 other nations. “Mr. , & pursuit pilot with ‘the rank of lieutenant during the war, was so apt he was kept on American soil to train other pilots. Mr. Colmery, a personal friend of Gov. Alfred M. Landon, Republican presidential nominee, succeeds Ray Murphy of Ida Grove, Ia.
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‘| March With G. A. R.
(Photo, Bottom of Page) Two Indianapolis Civil War vaterans, Joseph B. Henninger, 1902 Ruckle-st, and David Kinney, 1419 Sharon-av, discarded their canes and walked the- entire mile in the Grand Army of the Republic's last march down Pennsylvania-av to the White House in Washington yesterday. were able to negotiate the distance on foot, the rest following in automobiles. Joseph Thompson, Solsberry, was the only other Hoosier to march. J. A. Clark, 1127 Eugene-st, Indianapolis; was among the Indiana contingent riding in automobiles. The other Hoosiers who rode are: Quincy A. Hunt, Terre Haute, commander of the Indiana Department; I. Sharp, Warsaw; John W. Barnes, Kokomo; Dr. E. H. Cowan, Crawfordsville; -John- H. Hoffman, Ligonier; Henry Robinson, New_ Albany, and ‘Samuel M. Quaco, Lafayette.
OFF FOR WAR GAMES By United Press “TOKYO, Sep rohito - was .en route to. Hokkaido aboard the battleship Hiyei today to- witness the three-week grand maneuvers of the Japanese army.
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defense of ‘Americanism, today.
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British, u. S. . 5. Troops Ready to Defend Nationals in Shanghai.
JAPAN LANDS MARINES
Chinese Authorities Declare Martial Law as Nippon Extends Patrols.
By United Press SHANGHAI, Sept. 24 — British
and American troops were instructed today to prepare for the defense of their national interests in the event of a serious outbreak between China and Japan over - the -k’lling of a Japanese sailor here yesterday.,
British troops prepared to patrol the international settlement bridge; United States Marines stood by in barracks. More Japanese marines were landed in Shanghai today. In Peiping, Maj. Gen. Takayoshi Matsumuro, in command of Japanese troops in North China, said: “I personally think the limit of patience has been reached.” ~ Japanese troops, who yesterday occupied the Japanese section of international settlement,
native city (Chine Shanghai.
Five murdes of Japanese stibjects in the last 30 days, each killing being in a different locality, have been Seized | ih
upon by Nippott as an excuse for tightening her hold upon what if left of the celestial kingdom. -
Tension between Chiriese d Japdaily. The Japanese charge that the Chinese have inaugurated an “antiJapanese terror,” and attribute the murder of their nationals to that. Japanese marines have taken over a large section of the ‘international settlement at Shanghai, scene of the latest killing on Tuesday. Japan is reinforcing her warships in Chinese waters and sending additional troops to north and central China. A large section of Chinese are dem war with Nippon, and while the Central Government at Nanking is leaning over back(Turn to Page Three)
TOWNSEND LEADERS ADOPT NEW NAME
By United Press CHICAGO, Sept. 24.—The Townsend organization is to be reincorporated as a non-profit organization, changing its name from Old Age Revolving Pensions, Ltd. to Townsend National Recovery Plan, Inc., national headquarters announced today. Gilmour Young, national “secretary, said articles ‘would be filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware today by J. R. Christianson,
10. A. R. P. attorney, and the In-
corporation Trust, Delaware agents. “The change in name comes at
| the specific request of the Town-
send delegates to the second na-
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held in Cleveland last July,” Mr. Young said. “For a long time Townsend people have felt that the name ‘Old Age Revolving Pensions was meaningless so far as defining the real objectives of the Townsend plan and its value to the people of the United States. The new name defines what the - Townsend plan
really is.”
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Spanish Government Halfs Advance of Foe in Maqueda Area.
REPORT HEAVY LOSSES
Loyalists Attack From 3 Sides After Cutting Off ~ Retreat of Enemy.
By LESTER ZIFFREN 7 (Copyright, 1936, by United Press) :
MADRID, Sept. 24.—The Madrid government turned Jack the rebel advance west of . Toledo today by a mass attack after opening the flood gates iof the great Alberche River Dam, which sent a torrent of water ‘sweeping over rebel
troops. — : Millions of gallons of water raced down ihe Alberche Valley yesterday and today, cutting off the retreat of the rebels to the west and carrying away rebel troops, ammunition, guns and supe plies, it was asserted. - Today the government forces ate | tacked from three directions—f{rom Navalperal, north of the river, from Santa Cruz De Retamar, south- of it, and northwestward from “ To-
~} ledo.
The left wing government was jubilant over the coup. News of it was known in the capital after the first opening of the flood gates yesterday, .but was kept from the outside world by the censor.
Losses Reported Heavy The dam, holding back a vast
troops at| Talavera, Santa Olalla, 3 and Maqueda from the
ized is ig The coup Was hailed here as the greatest govern- - . ° ~troke of the war.
Léague Makes Gesture
to-Conciliate Italy (Editorial, Page 18)
By United Press GENEVA, Sept. 24 —The League of Nations Assembly, after having seated Ethiopia as an official dele= gation and - risking driving, Italy’ from the league, made a conciliatory gesture today by electing Italy to one of the six yice presidencies of: the assembly. > Italy was given }he vice presidency by 32 of the 51 Yotes. France was
HUNT WITNESSES IN BLACK LEGIC LEGION TRIAL:
By United Press DETROIT, Sept. 24. — Two Wwite nesses in- the Black Legion slaying of Charles A. Poole, who have played hide and seek with police and shifted their testimony in the trial of 12 suspects, were the objects of: an intensified search today. Elmer Anderson faced perjury: charges demanded by Circuit Judge Joseph A. Moynihan yesterday when he. #ppeared as a defense witness and claimed he before the one=
immediately afterward.
“MARKETS AT A GLANCE.
By United Press
Stocks irregularly higher in try: vactive trading. Curb stocks irregularly higher. _ Chicago stocks higher. Foreign exchange irregular. Cotion 2 to 4 points higher. Grains—Wheat up more’ than cent a bushel; corn Irgctions. to
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