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VOLUME 48—NUMBER 256 MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1937

MORGAN ACTS TOHALT GAINS IN FLU CASES

Extra Care in| Sterilizing “Equipment Is Urged on

Food Dispensers.

| 3 INSPECTORS ADDED

Respiratory lis’ Increase Borders on Epidemic Stage, He Says.

Terming the spread pf respiratory Ciseases here as “bordering on an epidemic,” Dr. Herman G. Morgan, City Health Board secretary, today asked all food-dispensing establish-

ments to co-operate in a move to check these infections. : All restaurants, soda fountains and taverns were requested to pay particular attention to {the sterilization of food and beverage containers. Three additional | men in the department have been| assigned to check these establishments in the mile-square, Dr. Morgan said. Present trend in respiratory infections should reach [its peak by the end of the week, |Dr. Morgan

Workers Accept Offer of Executive; Threaten General Strike.

(Editorial, Page 10.)

By United Press Governor Frank Murphy of Michigan entered the critical auto labor situation as mediator when his offer of aid was accepted by the United

\ Automobile Workers of America.

Empowered with blanket authority from their members in General Motors plants to call- a general strike against the vast corporation, union leaders, headed by International President Homer Martin, boarded ths Governor's train at Detroit and conferred with him en route to Lansing, “Any government action will be toward adjudication of differences between workers and employers and my position will be one of perfect neutrality with my primary interest that of the general public,” Mr. Murphy said. Pickets and police clashed at the Fisher Body plant, Cleveland, O. At Flint, where four of 10 closed General Motors. plants are shut down, company attorneys sought to amend an injunction granted -Saturday restraining 600 employes of two Fisher Body plants frem occupying the factories. While “sit-

said, although i cases are expected to continue for some time. | |

most effective | precaution |

The against further spread of pneu- | nmonia is to “take care of any com- | mon cold,” he added. | Dr. Morgan said foliowing commonsense hygienic rules will reduce possibilities of widespread pneu--monia infection. | a Well-ventilated sleepin rooms, where air is circulating and fresh, rather than cold, is most important, the health board official) said. Constipdtion is another prime factor in increasing susceptibility to colds and pneumonia, he added. Dr. Morgan stressed lack of sleep and rest, irregular hours and unbalanced diet as contributory causes to be eliminated. fro ; The current wave of influenza and colds is different from the usual seasonal trend, Dr. Morgan said. An increased tendency of colds to develop into pneumonia has been noted in health reports. Most pneumonia cases reported during the last month originated with common cold or influenza infections. The Indianapolis situa- . tion 4s part of a similar national picture, Dr. Morgan said. He just returned from a conference with U. S. Health Department officials in Washington.

FLIERS DIED IN LINE OF DUTY, REPORT SAYS

Bi United Press ANNISTON, Ala., Jan. 4.—Lieut. Col. F. I. Eglin, United States Army, and Lieut. Howard E. Shelton Jr, United States Navy, died in “line of duty,” a military board of investigation reported today. The board had examined the wreckage of the Army transport plane in which they plunged to death. : Shelton’s body was sent to Paducah, Ky., for burial. Eglin's was sent to Washington. He is a former Hoosier. The two crashed on Cheaha Mountain, Alabama’s highest peak, in a thick fog Friday.

if Precautions Are Cited

TIMES FEATURES ON INSIDE PAGES

State Deaths. Sullivan

LAWMAKERS READY FOR SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION . . . . .

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down” strikers ignored peaceful attempts to oust them, their attorneys contended the injunction was illegal in that it’ named union officers and not the occupants of the plants. : The situation in Flint remained quiet with both employers and workers awaiting the next move in the labor crisis before acting.

Seven Labor Demands

Mr. Martin planned to return to Detroit from the capital with other union officials this afternoon for the first meeting of a labor board of strategy. The Flint conference yesterday approved seven demands (Turn to Page Three)

TOWNSEND REVEALS PATRONAGE POLICY

Welfare Department Will Be Consulted on Changes.

The State Public Welfare Department will be consulted on any proposed changes in the heads of state institutions, Governor-elect Townsend said today. An executive order last week placed the Welfare Department, which uses the merit system, in charge of the 19 state institutions. . Mr. Townsend made the state-

yen in answer to a question reI o

ing possible removal of Warden Louis C. Kunkel at the State Prison, Michigan gQity. Deputy Warden Louis Schmu long-time employee, has been hinted for the post.

ROOSEVELT FAVORS

MELLON ART GIFT

By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—President Roosevelt prepared today {0 recommend to Congress that it accept the proposed gift by Andrew=W. Mellon of a national Washington art gallery. Mr. Mellon, multimillionaire former Secretary of the Treasury, has offered, it was revealed, to donate his great collection of masterpieces as a nucleus for the gallery. The collection cost him upward of $20,000,000. In addition, he proposed to finance a new $8,000,000 building to house the collection and to set up an endowment for certain administrative purposes.

WORKER . HURT IN FALL

Walter Nichols, 37, of 1207 E. 9th St., fell down an elevator shaft at the Traction Terminal Building today, struck a beam and was found unconscious some time later by a fellow worker. He was taken to City Hospital. © Attaches there said he may have received a fractured skull and internal injuries.

Governor Murphy to Act As Auto Strike Mediator; Violence in Cleveland

‘Beat Us to Draw’ Say|

Anderson Chiefs on Closing Order.

Times Special ANDERSON, Ind. Jan. 4.—Declaring General Motors officials had “peat us to the draw” in closing the seven Delco-Remy plants, Hugh Thompson, United Automobile Workers of America official, said | today that this arrangement was I satisfactory to the union.

“The union intended to call a strike of the 9000 workers in DelcoRemy tomorrow, anyway,” he said. “It probably is better for everyone that it happened this way.” Approximately 200 of the 3000 workers from the Guide Lamp plant remained inside the factory today. Others divided into picketing groups. “These 200 were left in the plant as a rear guard,” Mr. Thompson said. Mr. Thompson said a mass meeting would be held today “to clarify the situation in the minds of the strikers and the workers locked out.” The meeting is to be held at 3 p. m. in the National Guard Armory. No Disorder Reported

The “sit down” strike in the Guide Lamp factory, which has been in progress since Thursday morning, continued today. There were no reports of disorder. Meanwhile business activities in this city of 40,000 persons showed a decline, and union workers continued their campaign against a local newspaper which they claimed had given “unfair reports” of their activities. “Lack .of production needs” due to strikes in the automobile industry was given by company officials as the reason for the shutdown of the -Delco-Remy plants. Only a few employees in the accounting department were at work this morning, officials said. They were busy with an inventory of the plant's stock.

Demonstration Is Held

Following a meeting yesterday, workers demonstrated in front of the Guide Lamp plant, Though many of the Delco-Remy employees live in Anderson, many others live in surrounding towns and rural areas. : According to Mr. Thompson, the purpose of the strike is to secure recognition of the U. A. W. A. as the collective bargaining agency for the workers. The Guide Lamp plant makes accessories and the Delco-Remy manufactures generator systems for General Motors products. Mayor Harry Baldwin today said he did not anticipate trouble. He said the Anderson situation was “only a small part in the general picture.”

GOVERNOR DIRECTS HUNT FOR KIDNAPER

| Snow Hampers Police Search | For Two Men at Sawmill.

{ By United Press TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 4—Governor Clarence D. Martin today directed flying squadrons of police deployed over ice-covered highways and hampered by the heaviest snow of the season in search of two men who| relayed word through a sawmill operator to Dr. W. W. Mattson that his son Charles was well. An airplane was ready to take off at Olympia to aid in the séarch, minutely organized over 2500 square miles comprising the four western Washington counties. The cause of the sudden mustering of police was the appearance last night of two men at a lumber mill at Shelton, 52 miles southwest of here.. One of the men told E. R. Grubbe, company watchman, to “notify Dr. Mattson in person that everything is well.”" Then he left hurriedly in the automobile. Earlier tbday Sheriff William Severyns of Seattle raided a house in the Lake Forrest Park district of that city. A neighbor told officers of hearing a child cry at the house. Deputies detained two men but would give no information about them,

It’s nearly time for the nation’s chosen lawmakers to meet as the Seventy-fifth Congress and Washing-

fon is buzzing with activity.

House of Representatives. Many members play “hooky _desultory quorum that divides its attention betw = 3% Sees 5 N 2

When the session opens this will be a familiar scene on the floor of the » leaving the business of routine lawmaking to a the rostrum, reading and oi

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FIREMAN DIES IN EAST SIDE MARKET BLAZE

Thomas Sheehan, Veteran Member of Company 20, Is Victim.

COMRADES RISK LIVES

Enter Burning Building Repeatedly in Efforts: To Rescue Him.

Fireman Thomas Sheehan, 231 S. Sherman Drive, was killed today fighting a blaze in Warner's Market, 4810 E. Michigan St. He was 47, a member of the department 17 years, and attached to Fire Company 20, 352 Beville Ave. Approximately 15 minutes after he arrived at the fire, Fireman Sheehan disappeared inside the smoke-filled storeroom. Almost as soon as he was missed other firemen heard groans from the basement. Battalion Chief O. J. Petty and Fireman James Renihan of No. 20, took a pressure hose and forced their way through the smoke down a narrow stairs to the basement in tne rear of the storeroom, but even

| by lying on the floor they could

not stand the smoke and were forced to retreat. Other two-man rescue parties made unsuccessful attempts .-to reach the wounded man. More than 15 minutes later co-workers carried him out and into a barbershop nearby.

Rescue Efforts Fail The rescue squad worked with

cxygen and artificial respiration machines in vain. Other rescue squads

included Ernest Schaefer of Com- |.

pany 12 and Raymond Rose, aid to Chief Petty, and Capt. O. R. Marshall of No. 12, and Lieut. James C’Reilley of No. 25. Chief Petty said he believed Mr. Sheehan fell down the stairway, but other firemen said they believed he fell through the floor, which had collapsed under the weight of a Leavy mechanical refrigerator.

Damage Put at $5000

The fire, which damaged huilsling.

and contents more than ;$5000, according to owners’ estimates, is believed to have started either from a defective motor wiring or from the furnace. Stock stored in the basement was ruined either by water or smoke, Warner E. Stoltz, 965 N. Ewing St., who owned the business, said.

Dr. D. S. Goble, 5446 University

Ave., owner of the building, said damage to the building was hetween $800 and $1000. Russell Rader, 423 S. Alabama St., a milk truck driver, discovered the fire. The dentist office of Dr. G. S. Spinning, at 4808 E. Michigan St. was damaged by smoke. :

Born in Ireland Mr. Sheehan was born in Ireland

| and came to this country as a boy.

| He worked in Pittsburgh,

in the

| Montana ‘copper mines, and with

the Big Four Railroad at the Beech Grove plant before he joined the department. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary Sheehan. There were no children. He also is survived by a brother, Lieut. John Sheehan of the Indianapolis Police Department, and a sister, Mrs. Nora Burke, 1429 E. New York St. : Services are to be Wednesday morning. Burial is to be in Holy Cross Cemetery.

POPE MAY RECOVER, FIRST BULLETIN SAYS

Buy United Press VATICAN CITY, Jan. 4—First official bulletin on Pope Pius’ condition was issued today, announcing that both legs were affected with arteriosclerosis. There | is reason, however, to hope for gradual recovery, although the Pope’s heart condition “advises certain prudence,” the bulletin added.

Delicious Steaks; Balanced Meals.

harleys Restaurant, 144 E. Ohio St. V.

. . RESTAURANT ALWAYS POPULAR

Cold Wave .on Way, Weather Bureau Warns

HOURLY TEMPERATURES «<m... 21 10a. m... «MM... 23. Na.m.. 39 . Mm... 26 12 (Noon) 36 «Mm... 29 :

A cold wave is due tomorow, the Weather Bureau forecast today. Cold air, between 10'and 22 degrees below zero, is over Western Canada now, the bureau said, and will move into this section perhaps late tomorrow afternoon.

It probably will not be subzero, :

however, the bureau said. A cold wave forecast calls for temperatures between 10 and 15 above as a minimum low,

COURT REJECTS SECURITY CASE

Refuses Government Appeal To Hear Davis Suit Immediately.

By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 4—The Supreme Court today rejected an appeal brought to test provisions of the New Deal Social Security Law imposing a tax for unemployment insurance. In refusing the case, the Court rejected the request of the Government that the case be heard at once because of the importance of the

- questions involved.

The Court acted in a case brought by George P. Davis, a stockholder in the Boston & Maine Railroad, challenging the law. The case is pending in the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston. Mr. Davis’ suit was brought to restrain the road from paying the tax under the law.

Sets Aside DeJonge Sentence

In other actions the Court: Set aside the conviction and seven-year jail sentence imposed on Dirk DeJonge, Portland, Ore., Communist, following the Longshoremen’s strike of 1934, on charges of violating the State criminal syndicalism law. : Unanimously upheld constitutionality of the Ashurst-Summers act regulating interstate movement of prison-made goods in a decision expected to receive close study in connection with efforts to revive the outlawed NRA. . Derlied a review of the Continental Mills, Inc., suit attacking provisions of the 1936 Revenue Law

governing suits for the recovery, of taxes imposed under #re-invalidted AAA. : Hospitals to Pay Tobacco Tax

Held state hospitals to be obliged to pay internal revenue stamp taxes on tobacco bought for distribution in the institutions. Upheld the Chicago municipal ordinance requiring that coal or other commodities delivered in load lots be weighed BY a public weighmaster and a certificate of weight issued. Juan Bengzon, former Justice of the Peace for Lingayen, Pangasinan, Philippine Islands, won his suit to be paid annuities under the 1933 Gratuity Act. after being retired from the service because of age.

$650,000 TAX NOTE . SALE IS CONSIDERED

The County Council today gave first reading to ordinances authorizing the sale of $650,000 in tax anticipation warrants for general expenses and welfare funds until tax distribution. > Proceeds also would provide Prosecutor Herbert M. Spencer with $30,000 for prosecution of embezzlement charges against officers of four closed Indianapolis banks. Action will be taken tomorrow.

DIES AFTER MATCH SETS FIRE TO DRESS

Mrs. Mary Berry, Sheridan, died today in Methodists Hospital ox burns received when a lighted

.match ignited her clothing at her

home. She was 71.

Always sure of a crowd, however, is the Congressional restaurant,

where food and opinions are devoured with equal avidity.

legislators r over

Here the that

PREPARE FOR ACTION ON NEUTRALITY LEGISLATION

A ngty Notes Flash in Seizure of Loyalist Vessel.

AR GROWS TENSE

Ci pture of Nationalist Ship Third Since Christmas.

‘Building Trenches in "he Skies,” by Maj. Al ~ Williams, Page 9.

(¢ ypyright, 1937, by United Press) SANTANDER, Spain, Jan. 4.— A Spanish coastal freighter 2 id its captor, a grim German cruiser steamed together off he Bay of Biscay coast toda r, making history. Spanish Loyalist aulhorities lashed a series of angry mess iges to the cruiser, deman ing the little ship's return ’ To each message, the German commandant wirelessed back imperturbably that he

woul: release the ship when Spanit 1 authorities released the cargo md a passenger seized from

a Ger ian ship, the Pales, during the CI ristmas holidays.

The: | seemed obvious danger of an inc dent that would necessitate all th coolness and resource of Europe n chancelleries, now watching ti is situation anxiously, to preven a spread of what. is now only a Spanish civil war. Not ¢ ily the German ship and its prize, (but other German ships, Spanis!. Loyalist submarines, rebel warship | and warships of other nations vw re on the watery stage of the dre na at the edge of the Bay of Bisc Vy. : The hips immediately involved are the 38-year-old, 607-ton freighter Maria Junquera of Santander and the crack cruiser Koenigsberg, 6000 tor ;. :

1 larries Potato Cargo

The 1 arta Junquera left Bilbao with a ¢ argo of potatoes and other foodstuf ; for Santander. 40 miles along tl > coast. Halfway, it was stopped vy the Koenigsberg yesterday and “provisionally seized” because B sque provinces authorities persisted in their refusal to surrender the argo or passenger of the Palos. | . Basque authorities say that the Palos w: i seized inside the threemile limi of territorial waters, carrying a ar cargo for the nationalists ad a Spanish passenger whose .pa jers were not in order. Germa! v denies that the seizure was insid | the three-mile limit, denies that the cargo was of war materials, d: nies the right of Spanish authoritie | to take the passenger off the 1 alos—technically German territory. The se ure of the Marta Junquera wa the third in retaliation for the I alos incident.:

Britain ‘lends Strong Protest Dver Attacks

By United I’ ‘ess LONDO: |. Jan. 4.—Great Britain protested itrongly to the Spanish rebel Gove nment today against attacks on t (o British steamships. A spokesman said that the government intended t: reserve to its own Navy the author ty to take any action as regards th rights of British ships. The spo iesman confessed ‘‘anxiety” rege ding Germany's policy of retaliat ry seizures of Spanish Y (Tu n to I'age Three)

Here are » few of the pages, clerks and secretaries necessary to keep the legislative machinery running ., ' hey hecome more active when Cong wil‘ 0 serious business. :

smoothly

By United Press WASHINGTON, third New Deal Congress convenes tomorrow to act on a | legislative program designed to bolster America’s economic and social progress at home and freedom from wars

piled ready for

international

Progress

VITAL PROGRAM IS AHEAD FOR NEW CONGRESS

Legislation Designed to BolEconomic and Social Progress.

Upon an Administration spurred by a resounding vote of confidence in November will fall the task of uniting and holding unprecedented Congressional. majorities behind a program described by New Dealers as centering on: 1. Improvement of the living and working conditions of the Nation's

2. Continuance of national recovery and provisions against future economic disaster. : 3. Safeguarding America against the “next world war.” ; The work of the 75th Congress may be less spectacular but more vital to the national economy and international position of the United States than any session in recent

in the opinion of veteran legislators, the trend will be toward revision, consolidation and strengthening of experimental steps taken in the first Roosevelt adminis-

Budget balancing, neutrality and maximum hours-minimum wages legislation stand out as the high points which may course of the nation for many years. And behind these trail a host of other problems—relief, taxes, farm war debts—which will stir many controversies on Capitol Hill in the next six months. Already the echoing corridors of the Senate and House office buildings are astir with congressmen returned to the capital and others arriving for their first terms. mimeograph “handouts” from senators and representatives began to reach flood stage over the weekThe old desks—dating back to the early days of the republic— have been polished in the Senate A deluge of bills introduction this

The battles of the coming session already are in the air. The 75th Congress will tackle the social, economic problems with the Democrats holding a huge majority of seats and thus bearing responsibility for legislation in 1937. Under the leadership of the President and spurred by his huge election victory, it was lieved that. both Houses would follow the party wheel horses in the early stages of the session, but there appeared no question that some bitier controversies were in prospect. The Republican minority, reduced to a handful in both Houses, was (Turn to Page Three)

WARNS EMPLOYERS ABOUT FIRING JURORS

Criminal Court Judge Frank P. Baker today warned employers that they are subject to fine and jail sentence for contempt of court if they discharge or threaten to discharge employees called for jury

vital

The warning came when John Runyan, 416 Ketcham St., said his Administration foreman had threatened to fire him if he were called for jury service.

as the

Jan, 4 —The

influence the

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But on days when important legislation is n Z consideration the chamber of the lower House if ngress packed and the floor fs abuzz with challengi «

House Is Expected to ~ Push Roosevelt's Suggestions.

RENAME GROUP

President Need Not Wait Declaration of War by Nations.

By United Press

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.— Speaker William B. Bankhead moved today to prepare the House of Representatives for “emergency action” on neue trality legislation in the event it is demanded by: President Roosevelt. Bankhead said he would ask the Democratic caucus to authorize * immediate reappointment of present Democrats to the important Foreign Affairs Committee. This would enable the committea

to act at once on any neutrality .

proposals submitted. Under normal procedure reor= ganization of the committee would have required several days. 1 There are four Democratic and one Republican vacancies on it. “We will propose this to the caucus in order that we will be prepared to take ‘emergency action’ on neutrality legislation that may be sought by the President,” Banke head said at his press conference.

Sees Prompt Action :

“I am sure the House will act: promptly on proposals which Mr, Roosevelt feels are needed to meet the exigencies of the situation.” Simultaneously, diplomatic offi= cials indicated that President Roose= velt is prepared to declare an immediate embargo on shipment - of (Turn to Page Three)

BOB BURNS Says; Tq suppose u

limelight on the deeds that have made people famous, you'd find out there ain’t very much to them after all. I had one uncle who was decorated over in France during the war for bravery under fire. He was given medals over there and receptions over here and a homecoming when he went back to Van Buren. . I've been goin’ around ever since then with my own chest out because I figured I had the blood of heroes coursing through my veins. Time and again, I have proudly told about this uncle who'd brought such honor to my family and my town. Not long ago, I brought him ouk here to Hollywood just so he could tell me in his own words about this wonderful deed he'd done fer this country. He said on that night he and a bunch of soldiers was in a shell hole and when the enemy's - shells started bustin’ around them, everybody but him fell flat on the ground, but he continued to sit up and he says, as long as I was sitting up, I coul see the enemy and could make reports of their position.” I said “Did the captain tell you to sit up?” : He said “No, he told me to lie down flat like the rest of ’em.,” I said “You must have been awfully brave to sit straight up under fire, like that,” and he said “No, it wasn’t that.” He said “I had a quart ‘of applejack in my hip pocket and didn’t have no cork fer it.” (Copyright, 1937)

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