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FRIDAY, JAN. 8, 1937

INTIMATES URGE NUTT TO SEEK 1.U, PRESIDENCY

Some See School Post as Aid to Presidential Nomi- ; nation in 1940. .

"BY TRISTRAM COFFIN Although Governor McNutt has not decided upon his future course, some influential friends are urging him to become president of Indiana University, it was reported today. The University Board of Trustees met Monday without taking any action on the proposed retirement of William Lowe Bryan, University president for 35 years, it was learned. The next regular meeting of the Board is in June, but sessions may be called by the chairman, George A. Ball, Muncie capitalist, at any time. McHale Indorses Proposal

Frank McHale, one of the Governor’s closest political friends, is

dency. “I believe the Governor would make a good University president and that the position would be a suitable one for him,” Mr. McHale said. In view of Governor -McNutt's reported ambition to be the Democratic nominee for President in 1940, he would be freer to make important political contacts as university president than as a New Deal Cabinet officer or Commissioner of the Philippine Islands, acording to some of his friends.

Earle, Wallace Mentioned ~ Both Governor George H. Earle of Pennsylvania and Henry Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, mentioned as possible Presidential timber, are close to President Roosevelt, according to Washington observers. In an open race, Governor McNutt has a chance to pick up enough convention votes in the

South and in states where he has a nucleus organization, to win the

nomination, some of his friends believe. Furthermore, Governor McNutt

has made a good New Deal record in Indiana, is an impressive campaigner and has shown ability in a crisis, according to observers. On the other hand, it is said by some observers that the Governor is handicapped by his fight with Postmaster-General James A. Farley over Indiana’s votes in the 1932 Democratic National Convention and an American Federation of Labor resolution criticizing his action in calling out the National Guard.

Conservative Standard Bearer

Some observers predict Governor McNutt will develop into a standard bearer for the conservative wing of the Democratic Party. There may be some reaction against the retirement of President Bryan because of his popularity with students and alumni. ‘The Governor was dean of the Indiana University Law School before his election. If Dr. Bryan decides to retire, Governor McNutt probably would have little difficulty in obtaining the position, it is said.

WABASH PUBLICITY -

is almost entirely one of personnel,” the Governor declared. “The most serious losses are those accruing through the ignorance and inefficiency of public servants. Practically all functions of government require of governmental special knowledge and training. This is especially true of ‘welfare activities.”

Merit System Praise

He commended the merit system established in the State Welfare and Unemployment Compensation Departments. The extension of the social security program to governmental employees and other groups outside of the Indiana law should be seriously considered by a special commission, the Governor recommended. Governor McNutt called attention to the report of the Committee on Governmental Economy and recommended the reorganization and integration of local governmental units as a means of reducing the cost of government. An effective preaudit of public expenditures as a further step toward economy was urged together with the re-establishment of a contingent fund for public improvements and equipment. This fund would be expended only upon the authority of the budget committee and the department concerned, with the approval of the Governor. A suggestion that two budget bills, one covering funds appropriated by the State for State purposes and the other for funds required as a contribution to joint Federal and State enterprises, was made by the

DIRECTOR OR APPOINTED

Times Special CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 8. | —Richard Elwell Banta, local busi- | ness man, has been appointed pub- | licity director of Wabash College, |

President L. B. Hopkins announceq | |

today. The post recently was cre- | ated By the president. |

Governor. Following the recommendations of the Legislative Tax Survey Commission, Governor McNutt declared that local government units should not be able to shift responsibilty of raising revenue while retaining con- - trol of expenditures.

Banking Proposals The Commission said that coun-

President Hopkins also announced {ties should continue to bear their

a three-hour course relating

to [share of welfare costs as long as the

psychology of physical education |funds were administered locally.

will be added to the regular curriculum, Robert Bruce, education department head.

Two constitutional amendments

under the direction of |suggested by the State Department

of Financial Institutions were indorsed by the Governor. They

IN INDIA

MEETINGS TODAY

) FEehange A Club, luncheon, Hotel Washngton pcr imtist Club, luncheon, Columbia Cluh,

TO eTve Officers’ Board of Trade. noo Phi Delta Theta, Trade, noon. Delta Tay Delta, Club. noo Beta Theta oh luncheon. Board of Trade Building. noo

. MARRIAGE | LICENSES (These lists are a official records at the County Courthouse. The Times is not responsible for any errors of names or addresses.)

luncheon, iuncheon, Board of

Association,

luncheon. Columbia

Jac Price, 72, of 1219 N. Alabama St., i Niels Edna Folk, 48, Riley Hosital. P Leo Joyce, 37, Rokemo, Ind., and Margaret Helen Shirts, 39, Bloomfield. Paul Zell, 23, River Rouge, Mich., Eleanor Young, 22, of 410 South St. Orval E. Blankenship, 56, of 24 S. Pine St., and Nettie F. Purdue, 48, of 24 S. Pine St.

Donald E. Kri 25, Lees Summit, Mo., and Mabel R. ions. 36, Indianapolis. BIRTHS. Girls

Richard, Dorothy Dyke, at 3619 Brookide Parkw SV. Hallie "Smith, at 215% Geisendorf Philmore, at 223 WwW. 13th

3 Reata Hedge, at 2910 Wilcox St. Ssh: Mary McLean, at 2401 N. Ritter

Loyella Stenson,

Jesse, Thelma Aon, at 510 Douglass Yrarrison: Margaret Colvin, at 2026 N. Temple

ve John, Frances Dickey, at 1628 N. Rural St.

DEATHS Earl Williams, 48, at Central, paralysis.

Wilson Boa, Darker 69, at 5825 Guilford Ave. Eheriam Opies Yio, at Methodist, lobar pneumenia Infant Perkifison, at Coleman, premature Ellsworth Wickliff, 14, at City, appendicitis. Helen M. Lavelle, 31, at 725 N. Tremont St.. cardio vascular renal disease. opis | L. Miller, 61, at 1029 Union St., carcin Valier Nichols, 39, at City, skull frac-

tu ohn T. Dixon, 79, at 1437 N. Delaware St.. acute cardiac dilatation. Theims Hart, 24, at Methodist, scarlet

nk Rhodes, 55, at 234 Wyoming St., iahetes mellitus. Harvey Beard, 64, at City, pulmonary tuberculosis. Joseph S. Ulmer, 76, at 1939 W. Vermont St.. acute uremia James H. Gray, 37, at 1402 Bellefontaine

general

acute

St.. broncho-pneum Salvina Collins, 73, me Central, hronchopneumonia Eugene Short, 51, at Long, bronchopneumonia.

Sarah Alice McAmich, 75, 2 1940 Bellefontaine St.. lobar Dheumon Bertie Patterson, 69, 1501 E Tabor St.,

Archie Love, 40, ‘at 613 W. Vermont St., _ lobar pneumonia, |

Tampa. Fla. ......... ar Wgiston. D.C. sis. Sony

NAPOLIS

Shirley Anne Bennett, 83, at 4221 Broadwal, Diotehiel pheunjonia, avi ee Enders, 1, at . tuberculosis. 2; Clty, pilmonary Billie Ray Miller, 6, at 5164 Sheldon st., lobar pneumonia Perry Leftwick, 60, at Methodist, septicaemia. s eorge Fleischmann, 65. at N Bite Aves Throne i yocardais sR mma H. artin, 81 A s Lo Sora] Jara = 17% Joe St, nna oods, 61, at 623 v arteriosclerosis, ~ "dons.

OFFICIAL WEATHER

United States Weather Bureau

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST—Rain turning to snow tonight; tomorrow cloudy with possible snow; decidedly colder with tem-

peratures tomorrow morning between 15 and | 20.

“Santis AE 9:07 | Sunset ........ 4:37

TEMPERATURE —Jan. 8, 1936—

Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 1 a. m.. Total precipitation since Jan. 1 Excess since Jan. 1

MIDWEST WEATHER

Indiana—Cloudy, rain turning to snow tonight .and Sossibly tomorrow morning; decidedly colder tonight and tomorrow: moderate cold wave northwest and westcentral portions.

Illinois—Snow flurries tonight: tomorrow generally fair, moderate to severe cold wave tonight and tomorrow.

Lower Michigan—Rain turning to snow tonight and tomorrow; colder tonight: moderate cold wave tomorrow.

Ohio—Rain tonight: changing to snow tomorrow; colder in west and central portions late tonight; decidedly colder Saturday and tomorrow night with a cold wave

Kentucky—Rain tonight, probably changing to snow tomorrow morning: decidedly colder tomorrow and in west and central portions late tonight; coid wave tomorrow.

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES AT 7 A. M.

Station Weather. Bar. Temp. Amare Tex, ....... Cloudy 30.20 0 Bismarck, N. D....... Snow 30.54 —16 Boston... nn. Cloudy 30.18 46 Chicago ....... vii. Rain 29.84 38 Cincinnati ........... Cloudy 30.10 54 Clew:lahd, O. ......... ain 30.06 56 Penver | i... 00 lear 30.34 —10 Dodge City, Kas. ....Cloudy 30.32 -—2 Helena. Mont. ....... ow 30.62 —20 Jacksonville, Fla. ....Cloudy 30.32 56 Kansas City, Mo. ... Rain 30.12 10 Little Rock( Ark. ....Rain 29.94 64 [Los Angeles ......... Clear 29.88 40 Miami. Fla, .......... PtCldy 30.20 174 Minneapolis cavers vas Snow 30.10 2 Mobile. Ala. ......... PtCldy 30.18 64 New Orleans ......... ain 30.10 68. New York ...........Cloudy 30.26 40 Okla. City. Okla. ....Cloudy 30.18 8 Omaha, Neb. ......... now 30.20 —4 Bittsburgh’ ...... +s. PtCldy 30.18 52 Portland. Ore, ....... ear 30.54 60 San Antonio. Tex. ....Rain 29.80 68 San Francisco ....... Clear 30.08 32 St. Louis. .......i.... Slouay 29.84 60 80.24 64 30.30 48

personnel |

When the Lieutenant Governor is not presiding over the Senate his substitute 1s Senator Thurman A. Gottschalk (D. Berne), president pro tem. He is shown practicing on the Senate anvil used in bringing the body to order.

McNutt to Advise Legislature That New Taxes Not Needed

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would provide for repeal of the double liability of stockholders of state banks and a rule requiring every bank to cease operations within 20 years after the time of organization. As economic conditions improve, thie distribution of State funds toward education should be improved, and schools should be allowed to use a portion of these funds for adult education, the Governor reported. : Opposes Tax Diversion Diversion of gasoline and motor vehicle taxes was condemned. The Governor recommended serious consideration of the Highway Survey .Commission’s report. The report states that state highway improvements are not keeping pace with modern transportation, many bridges are too narrow or unsafe and that highway funds are not equitably distributed. Indorsing Governor-elect Townsend’s stand on highway safety, the Governor asked that the Governor’s Committee on Public Safety's legislative report be given a thorough study. He also recommended that the scope of a yet unappointed committee to study mining safety be enlarged.

Trustees Accounting Act

The Judicial Council's recommendations that judicial officers be elected on nonpartisan ballots “demands careful consideration,” the

Governor said. Recommendations of the Uniform Law Commission providing uniform legislation with other states relative to obtaining evidence were indorsed. Governor McNutt also asked consideration of a uniform trustees’ accounting act in the interest of both the beneficiary and trustee. Until today, it was not known outside the Statehouse, that the unencumbered. balance’ in the State treasury exceeded $11,000,000, a figure used in the election campaign.

Building Needs Stressed

Governor McNutt’s message was.

expected to dispell fears of many legislators who thought additional taxes to meet Social Security obligations would be required. The Welfare Department is asking for a biennial appropriation of $23,348,779. Total estimates of the States financial needs for the 1937-39 biennium amount to $98,638,994, or $48,308,938 more than the 1935 appropriation, according to budget requests. : Governor McNutt emphasized that it would be false economy to neglect institutional building weeds any longer. ’

Barry Introduces Bill

Aside from the Legislature's appropriation bill, the honor of introducing the first measure in the House went to Rep. Edward P. Barry (D. Marion). He introduced one providing for a 30-day extension. of time during which an injured man can receive medical attention under the Workimen’s Compensation Act. Rep. George Wolf (D. Peru) introduced a bill applying to that city. It would reduce the delinquent penalties on flood control assessments from 24 per cent yearly to 6 per cent yearly. Printing of 1000 copies of a report of the Joint Legislative Tax Survey Commission was requested in a concurrent resolution introduced by Rep. William E. Treadway (D. Spencer).

DR. MILLER NAMED SCHOOL PHYSICIAN

St. Louis Negro Hospital Unit to Be Inspected.

The City Health Board today had appointed Dr. Albert Miller as school physician and reinstated Miss Charlene Reny as tuberculosis service nurse. » Dr. Charles W. Myers, hospital superintendent; Earl C. Wolf, business manager, and J. Edwin Kopf, architect, were authorized to inspect a St. Louis hospital unit constructed to extend Negro hospital service. A proposed City Hospital wing, for which a PWA grant is pending, is to include similar faciliti

City Council already has approved

a loan for the City share. ~~ SE ~ $s

taxes but he opposed tax reduction of any kind. He recommended: 1. Making the Civilian Conservation Corps permanent. 2. Continuance of 3-cent firstclass postage. 3. Continuance of so-called nuisance or manufacturers’ excise taxes (gasoline, lubricating oil, brewer’s wort, matches, automobile, etc). Total revenue $452,580,000. 4. Maintenance of current rates .on taxes which otherwise would be reduced next June (stamp taxes on bonds, stock transfers, future delivery produce sales and admigsions). 5. Subjecting to Budget Bureau supervision expenditures of all emergency agencies continued in the next fiscal year. Withholding precise estimates of

11938 fiscal year recovery and relief

needs from Congress and the public, Mr. Roosevelt expressed the hope they would not exceed $1,853,154,000. Recovery and relief will cost $2,816,157,100 in the current fiscal year. He said if business continued to improve, if revenue met expectations, and if recovery and relief needs remained within the figure mentioned, there would be no net deficit in the 1938 fiscal year, but merely a technical gross deficit of approximately $401,515,000, representing the sum of statutory debt retirement. : The budget message greatly improved business.

Forecasts Big Revenues

It forecast record-breaking Government revenue of $7,293,607,197 in the next fiscal year and reduced Federal expenditures compared with the current period. This budget launched the Nation on a battleship building program and asked for $29,000,000 to begin building two of these war vessels, the first such to be projected since the 1921 Washington Arms Conference.” They will cost $50,000,000 each. The budget raises peace time national defense estimates for purely military purposes to a new high, $980,763,000, of which the Navy will get almost $600,000,000. The President considers this 1938 budget to be balanced in the nontechnical sense of the term, subject to the conditions he imposed upon business, continued recovery and Congress, Technical balance would require actual reduction of the public debt. This he projects for the fiscal year 1939. The budget message revealed that Mr. Roosevelt planned sharply to curtail relief expenditures from the 1936-37 levels. But he found available funds insufficient for the remainder of the current 1937 fiscal year and asked Congress to appropriate $790,000,000 immediately, of which $650,000,000 is to be expended for recovery and relief between Feb. 1 and June 30, when the 1937 fiscal year ends. The aggregate of additional or deficiency appropriations for which need developed since the adjournment of Congress last June and for which Mr. Roosevelt today asked immediate appropriation is approximately $910,000,000, of which part is destined for the Civilian Conservation Corps. “Business conditions have shown each year since 1933,” the message said, “a marked improvement over the preceding year. Spending Reduced “These gains make it possible to reduce for the fiscal year 1938 many expenditures of the Federal Government which the general depression made necessary. Although we must continue to spend substantial sums to provide work for those whom industry has not yet absorbed, the 1938 budget is in balance; and, except for debt reduction of $401,515,000, it will remain in balance even if later on there are included additional expenditures of as much as $1,537,123,000 for recovery and relief. “We expect, moreover, if improvement in economic conditions continues at the present rate, to be able to attain in 1939 a completely balanced budget, with full provision for meeting statutory requirements for debt reduction, “I plan to submit at a later date an estimate of appropriation for additional relief for the fiscal year. 1938, which I hope will not exceed the amount of $1,537,123,000 previously mentioned. This hope is based on the assumption that industry will co-operate in employing men and women from the relief rolls in larger numbers than during the past year. Many of those in charge of industrial management, recognizing their obligation to the nation, have furhished a large measure of employment for the jobless. Today, while it is true that in some sections of the country certain types of skilled workers are still seeking employment, it is nevertheless a fact that the great majority of those now receiving relief belong to the unskilled group. “It is my conviction that if every employer or potential employer will undertake during the next six months to give employment to perSons now receiving government help,

reported

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Budget Will Be Balanced In 1939, President Tells Congress in His Message

Warns Nation That Co-operation by Industry Is Necessary in Reducing Number of Unemployed; Taxes Not to Be Increased or Cut, He Says.

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the national budget can thereafter be kept definitely in balance.

“Without such co-operation on the part of employers, the question of a balanced budget for 1938 must of necessity remain an open one, for the very good reason that this government does not propose next year, anLy more than during the past four years, to allow American families to starve.” The President warned Congress that if new legislation imposed substantial increase in expenditures

over budget estimates he would ex-.

pect Congressional co-operation with the Executive in finding new tax revenue to pay the additional costs. The President practically forebade Congress to expand government functions, in this language: “No expansion of government activities should be authorized unless the necessity for such expansion has been definitely determined and funds are available to defray costs.” He said he shortly (next week) would submit to Congress plans for governmental reorganization but reiterated that more efficiency than economy was expected to flow from it. But notable in this budget was the plain indication that regular governmental functions already had expanded to unprecedented peacetime costs and proportions and that much of the increased activity and expenditure was meant by the President to be permanent. The budget revealed that regular Government operation in the next fiscal year would cost $5,841,968,000 compared with $3,045,520,267 in the first New Deal fiscal year. The increase in regular expenditures is accounted for both by increase in the cost of government generally and by the shift of some activities, such as agricultural relief, from the emergency to the regular salegory of Federal functions,

Operation Costs Increase

“While relief expenditures should decline with greater re-employ-

ment,” Mr. Roosevelt's message said, “the normal growth of the country naturally reflects itself in increased costs of Government. Many of the old functions and duties of Government naturally cost more as the industrial and agricultural activities to which they are related expand in volume. The cost of new functions and duties can be substantially reduced only by curtailing the function or the duty.” This budget message closed the books on the fiscal year 1936 and reported a peace-time spending record of $8,879,798,257 for that year. It re-estimated expenditures for the current 1937 fiscal year, ending next June 30, at $8,480,804,493 and forecast total budgeted 1938 fiscal year expenditures, less ultimate recovery and relief needs, at $6,157,999,254, For those years the message reported receipts as follows: Actual 1936, $4,115,956,615; estimated 1937, $5,828,150,719; estimated 1938, $7.293,607,197. Total appropriations asked for the 1938 year in the budget aggregated $6,839,000,000, including amounts asked for the District of Columbia’s postal service and supplemental items. This includes, however, several items not classified as regular Government expenditures under the budget.

The cycle of deficit which Mr.

Roosevelt plans to end except for statutory debt retirement in 1938 and in 1939 to bring to an end compietely began in the fiscal year 1931 with a red ink balance of $902,716,845. It rose above $3,000,000,000 the next year and continued to climb to the peak peace-time deficit year of 1936 when the red ink entry aggregated $4,763,841,642. There also were deficits in the war years, 1917-18-19 and in the latter year the existing record was established, $13,370,637,569. The Harding and Coolidge Administrations reported uninterrupted Treasury surpluses and former President Hoover had surpius funds in 1928 and 1928. War and depression piled up the national debt which Mr. Roosevelt plans to begin reducing in about 18 months. . With the estimates published today it was possible to cast a total of Congressional depression appropriations in four years and Mr. Roosevelt’s expenditures. Appropriations, up to Oct. 31, 1936, aggregated $20,000,000,000 of which Mr. Roosevelt spent nearly $15,000,000,000, leaving unexpended $5,000,000. Mr. Roosevelt said he would repeat this year his 1936 procedure in which he withheld relief estimates for the 1937 fiscal year until spring. In the 1938 budget submitted today he asks for only $316,030,913 for recovery and relief next year, explaining that will not be sufficient and that he will ask further funds later.

The $1,135,608,000 surplus which he

estimates for the 1938 fiscal year represents a surplus of revenue over expenditures including the $316,030,913. The surplus is available for ultimate.recovery and relief expenditure.

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Vu'tis Neal Named by - Leach as Member of Suspected Trio. (Continued from Page One)

mo ile to drive to his home in Univer: ty Heights. C pt. Leach said he had retraced the route usually followed by the dru gist and found there were were fou: traffic signals along the way, At me of these Capt. Leach theon d, the automobile stopped for red light and the three men enA re | the car.

Became Panicky, Belief

T ieir intentions apparently were to ake the druggist’s automobile and drive to Madison, Capt. Leach said = After driving some distance sout 1 on Route 29, the trio evidently ord¢ ‘ed Mr. Bright from the car and whe: | he started to resist became

belic ved. T! en, he theorized, they drove to a co nfield about four miles off State Roz | 29 and removed the body from the car, accounting for the blood aroi 1d the spot where Mr. Bright's hat was found. They evidently intenc :d to leave the body. there, Cap . Leach said.

Fearing that it would be too easil | found there, however, they plac d Mr. Bright's body back in the iutomobile, drove to the Red Mills bridge and threw it into Big Sug: r Creek, Capt. Leach said he belie, ed. Tk @ trio drove to Madison, where the (ar was abandoned after being strip ed of heater, spare tire, license plate : and floor mat, Capt. Leach state © Th | original motive of robbery and © ehicle taking ended in murder when the youths became excited and | hot their victim, Capt. Leach said.

DEFAUW BAN LIFTED EY AA. U.P. ACTION

Pres dent Wildman Says N pve ‘Means Much.’

Times ‘pecial GR! ENCASTLE, Ind. Jan. 8.— Presid nt Clyde E. Wildman of DePay ¥ University today announced that {ie school has been removed from | 1e ineligible list of the American A sociation of University Professors Notice came from Dr. H. E. Himstead, . i. A. U. P. national secretary, who s: id action was taken at the associa ion meeting Dec. 27. The ichool was placed on the list in Dect mber, 1934, after Prof. Ralph Hufforc brought charges at the time h 5s contract was not renewed. Presi lent Wildman, upon receiv-

ing ‘th: notice of reinstatement, said: “I'm j;lad DePauw has been restored. It means much.”

URGES REALTY TAX P0GRAM SUPPORT

Suppc rt for the Indiana ‘Real Estate A: jociation’s tax program in the Leg slature was urged by Paul Sullivar Cincinnati, WLW news commer ator, in an address before the Ind inapolis Real Estate Board in the ( laypool yesterday. He ali 5» outlined methods used in gatherin; news for broadcasting and poi ted out the limitations of radio n¢ws as compared to newspapers. The fr eeting was in charge of Fred L. Palmer, board president.

SURE 'Y BONDS FOR UTILITY HEADS FILED

Surety. bonds for municipally owned C tizens Gas & Coke Utility direc ors have been approved by Maye Kern and filed with the City Cor iroller, it was announced today. Each of the seven bonds is for $15,0( ), effective Jan. 1.

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BRIGHT KILLING

pan zky and shot him, Capt. Leach ;

Mice Voice Indianapolis Can Be

"Proud; It, Tco, Has Singing Mouse Now,

By JOE COLLIER

T'S a matter of distinct civic pride that we are able to report ° that Indianapolis now has a captive singing mouse which is looking for a radio sponsor. Oolitic, Ind., has made some vague claims to a musical mouse over a period of several weeks, but the story has lost a good deal of voltage due to the stubborn refusal of the mouse to sing in captivity. This city’s mouse, a little shaver hardly more than an inch long, was taken into custody involuntarily last night at the home of Barniey Morris, R. R. 1, Box 146, on Thompson Road. He had been singing there for more than a month, sounding like a kaytdid bragging about katydoings, but had never shown himgelf. ¥ Last night Mr. Morris said he encountered the shy little tenor

behind a cellar door, and guided

him into a glass fruit jar. Even in captivity the timbre of the voice was grand, Mr .Morris said. and the mouse’s virtuosity was something te behold and behear,

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ELL, today Mr. Morris brought the mouse to work with him at William H. Block Co., where he is chief engineer and occupies quarters in the subbasement. - He decided to put him in a rat cage, but the little fellow walked through the bars and scampered about the basement with the whole force—15 men—after him. He was finally captured and led protestingly back into the fruit jar, over the mouth of which was placed a screen so fine he could net sift through «it. He had gotten wet during the escapade, too, and he sat there pouting and licking the water off himself and being quiet as a lay mouse with no talent at all. He’s still there. He hasn't sung a note since, and no amount of coaxing can get him to utter so much as a practice scale. But theyre building him a new house, and when he moves in Mr. Morris expects that his heart will swell with joy, his throat with song, and business affairs with radio sponsors like the first singing mouse feted in Chicago where it broadcast, coast to coast.

COMPANY TO BUILD 25 NEW BUNGALOWS

East Side.Gets Majority of New Dwellings.

Construction plans for 25 modern five and six-room bungalows in North Indianapolis as the intial 1937 building unit of the Development Finance Corp. were completed today by the Allison Realty Co. Seventeen homes are to be built on the East Side and eight on the North Side by April 1, according to Robert Allison, company president. Construction of three-homes on Bolton Ave. also has been scheduled for next week by company officials. Mr. Allison said that he anticipated the erection of approximately 50 residences by the company. Last year, 18 houses were completed and this year’s quota, which will represent an increase of more than 60 per cent over 1936, promises to be the biggest year for the company since 1926, he said.

HELD FOR GRAND JURY ON ASSAULT CHARGE

After preliminary examination before Judge Pro Tem. Edwin H. Smith in Municipal Court, Marshal Dean, 25, living in the 600 block on N. Rybolt Ave., was bound over to the Marion County grand jury yesterday on a charge of criminal assault. Bond was fixed at $5000. Dean is

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CADILLAC ENDS ACTIVITIES AS MEN SIT DOWN

Strike by Auto > Union.

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according to Hugh Thompson, United Automobile Workers of) America leader here, Another issue of the American Auto Workers Daily News appeared today: “There have been many rumors, | but we have heard nothing definite today concerning negotiations in De= troit,”” Mr. Thompson said. |

Striker, Hit by Car, Dies in Flint

FLINT, Mich, Jan 8.—Approxi= mately 175 auto- union members| marched on police headquarters this morning, but returned immediately to union headquarters when auw thorities refused them entrance to | the jail. They had marched there in an an-

nounced effort to obtain the release | of Roy Slee and Harold Hubbard, two of their members who are to be arraigned in Municipal Court today on charges of suspicion of ase sault with felonious intent. William Coburn, 49, one of an ess | timated 500 strikers

by an automobile, died from his injuries in a Flint hospital today.

Union Carries Plea

who particie | pated in a police headquarters dems | onstration last night and was struck .

To U. S. Agencies By United Press + WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.—John Li. Lewis’ Committee fog Industrial Organization today carried its General

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Motors unionization drive before |

two Government agencies. The United Automobile Workers of America—C. I. O. affiliate which | is conducting widespread strikes in General Motors plants—submitted charges to the National Labor Re= lations Board that the vast corporation is violating the Wagner Labor | Relations Act. The union also asked the Senate

Civil Liberties Committee to ins:

vestigate charges, that General Mo=

aid in its current controversy.

COMMISSION LETS

PAVING CONTRACTS

Three paving contracts totaling $820,226.21 were awarded by the State Highway Commission today for northern Indiana road projects, James D. Adams, chairman, announced. They were: Improvement of seven miles on U. S. Road 30 south of Mer= rillville, awarded to Thomas McQueen, Forest Park, Ill, on a bid of

$380,428.89; six miles on State Road :

1, awarded to D. M. Vaughn, Lafayette, for $220,189.58, and six miles on State Road 1 north of the Wells= Allen County line. The projects are scheduled to be completed next fall, Mr. Adams said.

SCHOOL COMMITTEE ISSUES STATEMENT]

Edgar H. Evans, Citizens’ School Committee chairman, today released a detailed statement which said that every Indianapolis school commissioner elected through the committee since it was formed in 1929 “has kept faith with the citizens and the children and, in every respect, has fulfilled platform pledges.” :

BOARD PLEDGES AID FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY

The Works Board today pledged support to the civic organizations and Washington High School offi cials for a campaign to make Wi | Washington St. safer for traffic.

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