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FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1937

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‘TRUCE REACHED BETWEEN UNION HEADS ANDG. M.

Agreement Is Effected After 15-Hour Session With Governor Murphy.

TO EVACUATE STRIKERS

Auto Officials Promise Not to Discriminate Against ‘Union Employees.

(Another Story, Photos, Page 16)

BULLETIN By United Press LANSING, Mich, Jan. 15.— Demobilization of National Guard units called for strike duty at Flint was begun today on order of Governor Frank Murphy.

By United Press Here's the way today’s agreement affects the General Motors dispute: SETTLED Sit-down strikes in five General Motors Corp. plants are called off. The company agrees not to resume production in plants closed by sit-down strikes, nor remove dies, machinery and materials (except for export use). Both parties agree to meet Monday to begin collective bargaining. The union will represent its members. Rights of nonunion workers will not be prejudiced. Production will be resumed on a limited scale in plants not shut down by the strikers.

STILL TO BE SETTLED Shall General Motors bargain on a national basis with the union and not individually with the plant managers? The abolition of piece work. Reinstatement of all workers “unjustly discharged.” Seniority based on length of service. A speed production to be agreed upon mutually.

LANSING, Mich. Jan. 15.—General Motors Corp. and the United Automobile Workers reached a truce today and agreed to begin bargaining Monday on wages, hours and working conditions. oA After 15 hours ‘of negotiations with representatives of both sides, Governor Frank Murphy: came out of his office just before dawn and ° in a hoarse, tired whisper said: “We have arrived at a peace.” The terms of the truce: 1. The union agreed to remove ssit-down” strikers from five Genera] Motors plants in Detroit, Flint, ‘Mich., and Anderson, Ind, before Monday. = 2. General Motors promised not to remove tools, dies, machinery, or materials, ‘except for export trade, from any of those five plants, and pledged itself not to resume production of automobiles or parts in them during the negotiations 3. The union receded from its earlier demand that it be the sole bargaining agency for all of General Motors’ 135,000 employees. In that connection Homer Martin, union president, said: “I would say we have achieved recognition; I wouldn't say that we have achieved recognition as the bargaining agency for all the General Motors’ workers.” 4. General Motors pledged itself not to discriminate against any employee because of his affiliation with a union. Start Negotiations Monday 5. Both sides agreed that efforts to effect a settlement would continue for at least 15 days from Monday, unless a settlement is reached sooner. General Motors Corp. announced “in order to alleviate distress the corporation proposes tc resume operations on a reduced basis at plants not shut down as a result of the strike.” Which plants will reopen was not known immediately. ‘On Jan. 4 the union issued a series of demands on General Motors. These demands, with the exception of one that the United Automobile Workers had to be recognized as the sole bargaining agen(Turn to Page 13)

[BOB BURNS | Says; Me en

stray off into commercial channels, but I was jest thinkin’ how important it is fer a person that deals with the public to undertand people. : A er can raise the finest “produce in the world but I suppose he'd git skinned out of his eyeteeth if he tried to sell it all himself. That's where the middle man comes in. He's the man that understands the people. It’s like a dog my uncle used to have. This was a fightin’ dog and my uncle came to town with him one day, and he was braggin’ about the dog knowin’ all the tricks of fightin’ .and he says, “He’s the fightin’est dog in the world.” Well, jest then a mongrel shepherd come walkin’ down the other side of the street and the shepherd looked kinda old and tired, and this dog of my uncle's took off across the street and he “tied into” that shepherd. : Well, sir, that shepherd rolled my uncle’s dog around and purty near killed him, and this friend says to my uncle, he says, “I thought your dog was such a fighter.” And my uncle says, “Yes, he’s a good fighter and he knows all the tricks, but he’s a dern poor judge G dogs.” i 2 ; : (Copyright. 1937)

What This Auto Needs Is F ins and Outboard Motor

72d St., Ravenswood’s main stem, goes swimming in White River.

BILL SEEKS U.S. AID ON LEVEES

Republicans Sponsor Act for Reappraisals of Real Property.

(Editorial, Page 20)

The Republican minority, in keeping with a promise to “favor worthy Democratic measures,” today introduced in both Houses of the Indiana Legislature bills mandating reappraisal of all real estate every four years, beginning this year. This” program, designed to keep the State’s tax rolls accurate and up-to-date, previously was urged by Governor Townsend in his message and by Philip Zoercher, State Tax Board chairman. Coincident with flood conditions reported from many parts of the state, a bill which would permit counties to take advantage of Federal flood control levee programs was presented by Senator William P. Dennigan (D. Vincennes). This measure is of special interest to Vincennes, which is seeking ga levee to protect property against overflow of the Wabash River. It was reported the Agricultural Bloc today considered drafting a State AAA bill in anticipation of Congressional action. Meanwhile, the Indiana League of Women Voters and the Indiana County Clerks’ Association launched a campaign to defeat a bill, introduced, in the House yesterday, and amended and reintroduced today, which would abolish voters’ registration in cities under 45,000 and counties under 90,000 population;

Adjourn Until Monday

Both Houses adjourned at noon until 1 p. m. Monday. It is expected the new Administration's plans will take definite form over the week-end. Twenty-five measures had first reading today, 18 of them being introduced in the House and seven in the Senate. Senator Jacob Weiss (D. Indianapolis) said he was preparing a measure which would outlaw all city anti-picketing ordinances. Although the Supreme Court already has held these ordinances unconstitutional, in several cities, including Indianapolis, they still remain in city codes. Tentative approval has been given by Governor Townsend to a proposal to establish a new institution for care of the feeble-minded to replace or house the overflow from the Builerville home. An inadequate water supply is reported to .threaten the Butlerville institution. Among the new measures introduced in the House were bills to put all taxicab companies under control of the Public Service Com(Turn to Page 11)

DRIVER IS OVERCOME - BY FUMES FROM CAR

Robert Metcalf; 34, was reported in serious condition at City Hospital today from carbon monoxide fumes inhaled in the garage at his home, 1829 S. East St. He was found shortly after 2 a. m. by his father-in-law, Albert Wirick. The motor of the car was running,

| German sources.

-| Senator who fought for a general

Mystery Man Trust Fund .

By NOBLE REED

On Nov. |7, 1920, a middle-aged man stepped from a passenger train in the Indianapolis Union Station, walked rapidly to a policeman, and handed him a package wrapped in newspaper. : “Hold this,” he said. The policeman was puzzled because’ the man appeared to be greatly agitated. He took the man and the unopened package to the police station where the man said his name was John Janosh. Police opened the package and

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found it cgniained $4017 in small

anosh refused to tell]

Duce, Hitler Have 100,000 Men for Franco, Report

Believed Ready to Send Army Unless Moscow Stops Alleged Communization of Spain.

(Copyright, 1937, by United Press)

ROME, Jan. 15.—Italy and Germany are prepared to send as many as 100,000 men to aid Gen. Francisco Franco, Rebel commander-in-chief in Spain, if Moscow does not abandon its alleged project to communize Spain, according to reports in diplomatic circles tonight. The reports were circulated as Premier Benito Mussolini and Col.Gen. Hermann Wilhelm Goering, right-hand man of Fuehrer Adolf Hitler,

finished the second-day of a four-®

day conference. There was no confirmation from offici Italian and

One report said Gen. Franco had informed Rome and Berlin that he urgently needs at least 80,000 fresh troops to insure a rapid insurgent victory. Diplomats were convinced that Gen. Franco's Fascist allies’ are more determined than ever to support him. Although it was reported that Germany and Italy are ready to send 80,000 men, or even more if necessary, they first wish to see whether Britain will not intercede, at least with France if not with Russia, to block the establishment of Communist headquarters in Spain. A reliable source said Mussolini and Goering are purposely taking plenty of time to draft their replies to the British note on nonintervention, partly to permit fresh ItalianGerman reinforcements to arrive in Spain, and partly to see whether Britain is prepared to line up with them against a Communist base in Spain. If Britain will join the ItalianGerman anticommunistic bloc, Goering and Mussolini were reported to believe that the time will be ripe to take advantage of France's weakened position by reviving a modified version of the four-power bloc, permitting an all-around settlement of the European situation with - Russia excluded.

Hitler to Declare Foreign Policy, Belief

By United Press BERLIN, Jan. 15.—Fuehrer Adolf Hitler is to make a significant declaration on Germany’s foreign (Turn to Page 16)

OFFICIALS GIVEN FREE TELEPHONES, CHARGE

By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, — The Federal Communications Commission inquiry into the vast American Telephone & Telegraph Co., today heard testimony that public utility commissioners in a half-dozen Southern states received free telephone service in their homes and offices and that a South Carolina State

telephone rate reduction was retained by the Southern Bell Telephone Co., for “consultative purposes” at a $5050 fee. These were highlights of today’s hearings before Commissioner Paul A. Walker,

EX-KAISER IS ILL By United Press . LONDON, Jan. 15.—The ex-Kaiser is confined to his room at Doorn,

Holland, with a cold, the Exchange Telegraph reported today.

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where he was from or how he came into possession of the money. Police kept him at th etsation for a couple of days and decided that he was in fact owner of the money. They released him, but put the money in guardianship for him with the Fidelity Trust Co. They got Mr. Janosh a room on N. Alabama St. and except for the occasions when he went to the bank and asked for and received small amounts for living expenses, they forgot him. On March 19, 1921, Mr. Janosh appeared at the bank again pretty excited, and managed to talk them

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NEW TRADE TREATY WITH BRITAIN HINTED

Runciman White House Bid Causes Speculation.

By United Press : WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.—President Roosevelt's invitation to Sir Walter Runciman, member of the British Cabinet to spend the Jan. 23 week-end at the White House

caused speculation today whether he intended to discuss with h guest a. possible Anglo-American trade treaty. Runciman is aboard the liner Caledonia, due at New York Monday, on what he described on leaving England as a private trip. Disclosure of the unusual White House invitation under such circumstances led to belief that the President had in mind discussion of some vital matter. The present arrangement is for Runciman to spend his entire time in Washington at the White House. Both British and American official quarters insisted they knew of no plan to take up any special matter. Circumstances, however, intensified conviction of many experts that a trade treaty would be their main topic.

CONDITION OF POPE’S HEART IS IMPROVED

VATICAN CITY, Jan. 15.—Pope Pius was able to leave his bed for his new specially constructed wheelchair for the third day today. He -assisted in the celebration of mass, received Communion and ate a hearty breakfast, a Vatican official said. Prof. Aminta Milani, Vatican physician, visited the Pope and was. reported to have said that he found a slight improvement in the functioning of the Pontiff’s heart.

SURVIVOR OF FATAL CRASH BOUND OVER

Rocco Iaria, 317 S. Noble St., only survivor of an auto accident at the Big Four tracks and W. Washington St. in November in which four were killed, today was bound to the grand jury on a charge of involuntary manslaughter. He waived examination by Municipal Court Judge Charle§ Karabell, and was placed under $250 bond.

The charges grew out of the fatal accident.

the Police ... Ours Now

withdrawals to $300. He left the bank that day never to be seen again by bank officials or police. Since then the bank has made efforts over a period of 15 years to find him or a relative. They haven't even found anyone who knew the man, they said today.

So today the Fidelity Trust Co. asked Probate Court to declare the

man legally dead, which the Court did. Since there are no known heirs, the estate, consisting of about

$3000, will go to the Treasurer of the

State of Indiana.

Those are the known facts in the

is | abandoned shack five miles south of

NEW CLUES AID TO KIDNAP HUNT

Searchers Believe Abductor Still Is Hiding in or Near Everett.

By United Press EVERETT, Wash, Jan. 15.—Be-

lief that the kidnaper-slayer of 10-year-old Charles Mattson still is hiding in the vicinity of Everett in-

creased today as investigators accumulated new evidence indicating that virtually all phases of the crime occurred near this city. Pieces of clothing, believed to have been worn by the Tacoma schoolboy when he was stolen from his. home Dec. 27 today were included with an abandoned automobile and a machinist’s hammer as the three mod8t important clues discovered since the boy’s frozen body was found. As G-men received reports of numerous arrests of “suspects” throughout the West, they agreed that more than one person was involved in the crime,

Find Clothes in Shack The clothes were found in an

Everett near the Edmonds-Beverly Park Rd., which runs past the field where the boy’s body was found. It also was reported a package of men’s clothing which may have been worn by the man who killed the boy was found in the shack. Suspects were taken into custody at Casper, Wyo. and Sacramento, Cal. At Casper, a hitch-hiker, supposedly bearing a ‘marked resenmrblance” to the kidnaper-slayer, was held. Fred. Orrin Haynes, ‘former Cali- | fornia convict, who was positively | identified by Mrs. Melvin Smith of | San Jose, Cal., as being the party who rented her cottage near Everett and was among the suspects sought, surrendered today to the Seattle police. Haynes told police he did not want to get mixed up in the case and knew nothing of it. Miss Virginia Chatfield, guest in the Mattson home on the night of the kidnaping stated today that pictures of Haynes did hot match her recollection of the kidnaper.

COMMISSION ORDER MAY SAVE $180,0000

18 Communities Affected by Natural - Gas Contract.

A possible saving of $180,000 to State gas consumers was seen today when the Public Service Commission issued an order approving a pipe line contract between the Public Service Co. of Indiana and the Michigan Gas Transmission

The order affects 18 cities. It gave Noblesville and Tipton the right to institute natural gas immediately, it was said. Cities affected are: Crawfordsville, Linden, Romney, Elston, Lafayette, West Lafayette, Lebanon, Ulen, Mechanicsburg, Antioch, Frankfort, Noblesville, Cicero, Atlanta, Tipton, Attica, Williamsport and Newcastle. The order also permits the Michigan Gas Transmission Corp. and the Public Service Co. to build pipe-

lines to serve some of the affected

cities at a cost of $300,000. The Northern Indiana Power Co. contract with Williamsport and Attica also is approved in the Commission’s order. Both cities are declared to be ready to take natural gas service from the pipe-line com-

panies. Observers pointed out that af-

fected cities must determine wheth- |‘

er they desire natural or artificial gas. Natural gas rates fixed by the approved contract were: 23 cents for each 100 cubic feet in the first 800

cubic feet; 10 cents for the next |

1200 cubic feet; 7 cents for the next

Swelling Streams to Reach Crest Here By Tor ight.

MERCURY DROPS

More Families Saved From Homes Filled With W ater.

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| the tempernd Indianapd any threat there might 48-hour pre5 inches genvte.

‘Rains ceased, ature dropped, : olis today escap! of serious flood have been in a cipitation of 3.( eral over the sf

The temperature [will continue to drop, the Weather Bureau said.” A low of 16 tonight wiis predicted. The cold will check so:niewhat, the bureau said, the drainage of ground water, but will nol materially alter the situation. Dr. Herman G. Morgan, City Health Board secrciary, warned all families getting water for personal use from wells that have been flooded to have the water tested before continuing usiiig them. As Big and Little Bagle Creek and White River and their tributaries rose last night, more families were moved from home; in outlying Indianapolis sections, notably Ravens-

wood, Rocky Rippl¢ and Happy Hol-

low. Crest to Be¢ Reached But early today, White River was rising slowly and fie crest was ex-

pected to be reached today.

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The Weather Iiureau predicted fair weather tomdrrow and cold temperatures. The fall in temperature began at 6 a.!m. and by 9 it was below freezing and continued to drop. It will 1kach 16 degrees tonight, the Bureali predicted. While the cold weather would add to the discomfort ¢f flood refugees, it also would provice a slight check on ground water drainage, the Bureau said. 1 At 11 last night, Charles G. Russell, who operatey the 750-acre Haueisen farm in {lie lowlands near the junction of White River and Lick Creek, noticed that the levee there was weakenirnz. He summoned tehants from the farm and they begin an emergency repair of the fiveimile levee. By tamping with shovils and throwing dirt from the top Hown the sides,

they managed untij after midnight J

to stem the flood. | Help Is Summoned a

Then water pushed through the levee in little guslkiers that would spout three to fou: feet into the air. The 15 or 20 yersons working on the project saw (hey were fighting a losing battle. | Sunshine Gardens, with its 400 {umilies, was endangered. i He called Marior| County Commissioners, and they sent a truck and 500 bags. They filled the bags in a sand bank f#o miles away, trucked them to |within threequarters of a mile of the levee, and carried them the ast of the way. These they put on top the little gushers and stopped them. Through the night they worlied. The levee, they said, had be:n weakened by foxes and ground moles. Leader Shout: Warning “Spot yourselves :. tree,” a leader warned workers. (It will be your only chance if the (¢vee gives way.” If the levee had given way it would have floodec!! hundreds of acres with water goproximately 15 feet deep, Mr. Russell said. The water, he said, was tiigher last night than at any time since 1913, when it washed away a siinilar levee. Meanwhile, the residents near the (Turn to Page Three)

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PERIL OF HIGH WATER EASED BY COLD SNAP

Sudden Freeze Adds to Suf-

fering; Pennsylvania Streams Rising.

By United Press Freezing temperatures today eased temporarily therats of dangerous floods in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio. Streams still were rising in Pennsylvania. A cold wave moving eastward from the snowbound Dakotas settled over Illinois and Indiana, covering small streams with a layer of ice. It reduced the danger of serious floods but increased the discomfort of familiies driven from lowland homes yesterday when rivers went over their banks. Rains which fell for hours without a break over Illinois, Indiana and portions of Missouri, Kentucky and Ohio, moved to the Atlantic’ seaboard today. New York City and Boston reported spring-like weather and rain sluicing down streets ordinarily at this time of year filled with snow. Flood waters from swollen tributaries of the Ohio River continued

to lap over Indiana and Illinois t

lowlands. Coal Mines Cut Off

Water ran two feet deep through the Portland, Ind., business district.: Flooded highways cut off Southern Illinois coal mines and water. stood in some of the workings. A rainfall of nearly five inches in two days was reported. At Vandalia, Ill. the Kankakee River was at its highest stage since 1930. A dozen families fled their homes at Masury, O., as Yankee Run over‘flowed. At Sharon, Pa., police and firemen were called to aid marooned families from their homes. A number of manufacturing plants were closed by high water in the Shenango River district at Wheatland, Pa.

MRS. EMERY SCHOLL DUE FOR STATE JOB

Shakeup Hinted in Ten Major Offices.

Mrs. Emery Scholl, Connersville, vice chairman of the Democratic State Committee, is to receive a major State appointment within the next few days, it was learned today. During the next month, it was reported, Governor Townsend may request the resignation of at least 10 State officeholders. It has beenn proposed that the officeholders in question be allowed to resign instead of being dismissed with a brief note, the method employed by former Governor McNutt. Changes in the Excise Department are not expected until after the Legislature closes.

$100,000 GRANTED FOR PERRY SCHOOL

The State Tax Commission today approved a Perry Township request for a $100,000 additional appropriation for remodeling and constructing an addition to Township School 9, Hanna Ave. and Bluff Road. The request includes a PWA grant of $55,000 and a bond issue for $45,000. The Federal money must be appropriated pending receipt of the funds. —

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4,299,451,200

HEN the hysterical

_ Collier Counts Every Raindrop . . Well, Almost All

Gallons Over 52,800 Acres if Laid ‘End to lind Would Reach—— Ete., Ete.

By JOE COLLIER : January skies decided early today to call it

quits, and this flood rains ceased, they had managed to pour out in the 48 hours immediately preceding slightly more than three inches

of water, the Weatlizr Bureau reported

That is more than one-twentieth of the normal yearly rainfall which is 40 inches, But to talk in terms of inches about it is like talking in terms of light years about the distance of stars from the earth.

Three inches of rainfall over &-

Indianapolis’ 52,800 acres (in the corporation limits) would have filled 4,299,451,200 :allon pails if nobody spilled any. | » » 2 T would have weighed 35,879,500,800 pounds if somone had weighed it. It iveighed © that much, anyway, bui was sort of spread out and didit't mash anyone’s toes. Ma Now then, the apolis fall being

000 cubic feet; 6 cents for the next 306,000 ubic feet and 5% cents fo

But it is easy to compute that Indianapolis—and Marion County proportionately—was shy 9,315477,600 gallons of water last year when there was a deficiency of slightly more than six and onehalf inches of precipitation. Now from there you figure how much greener that much water

HERN PART OF STATE S NEW FLOOD DANGER S CONTINU

Most Lowland Areas In Indiana Are’ Inundated.

ROADS BLOCKED

Crew Escapes When Road Bed Sinks ~ Under Train.

By United Press Steadily dropping temperas tures following abnormal Jan uary rainfall slightly alleviate ed flood dangers in Indiana today, but added to discomfort of hundreds of lowland residents who were driven from their homes by high waters.

Twenty Pennsylvania Railroad freight cars were piled up seven miles south of Franklin when flood waters washed out the road bed. All members of {the crew escaped ine jury. The Iocomotive and six cars passed over the weakened stretch of track before the crash. Twentytwo other cars at the end of the train remained on the track. Tracks of the Indiana Railroad Co., running parallel to the Penn sylvania line, also were washed out, forcing discontinuance of traction service between Franklin and Seymour. Temperatures will fall throughout he night with fair and colder weather tomorrow, the Weather Bue reau predicted. Recession Predicted “Waters will rise slowly for the next several hours, and then, if there is no more rain, will subside,” authorities said. Floods of serious proportions werd indicated in the Wabash River Valley, south of Terre Haute, and in all the White River Valley, except the west fork at Indianapolis. Shelbyville was cut off to all mo= tor traffic except by way of Greense burg, to the south. A temporary bridge over Blue River on the road leading to Indianapolis was closed o traffic and a bridge over Blue River leading to Franklin was closed because of an auto accident that occurred before the rain. The levee west of Shelbyville broke last night and today more than half the gas customers of the Public Service Co. of Indiana found, when they tried to cook breakfast, that- the stove pipes contained not gas but water, - Some relief was experienced in northern reaches of the rain-swol-len streams, but waters continued to rise throughout the southern half.

Schools All Closed

Lowland residents were chased from their homes, many rural schools were closed, highway traffic was almost at a standstill and communications were hampered. Eel River virtually isolated the eastern and southern section of Clay County from Brazil, the County seat. A 50-foot concrete bridge was washed out and more than 150 feet of highway grading was carried away. The Wabash, Patoka and White Rivers rose steadily causing serious flood damage in Gibson County, Many homes in the Wabash River bottoms were evacuated as ‘that stream neared the 21-foot mark. White River was near the 20-foot stage cutting off highways to most of the small towns in the area. Frank Eckert, Buckskin, member of the County Grand Jury, now in session at Princeton, left home at 6 a. m. yesterday and was forced to walk most of the 20 miles through high water. He arrived at 2 p. m, Evansville reported a secondary rise in the Ohio River was expected after nearly three inches of rain in the “pocket” section, threatening to send the stream to 43.8 feet. Flood stage. is 35. Roads Impassable : Barker school in Union Towne ship, Vanderburg County, was closed when roads became impassable. There were nearly 100,000 acres of low farmland under water in the

{ district and several hundred homes

in Villa Sites and Oakdale, suburban districts, were threatened. Terre Haute reported the Wabash six feet over flood stage and still rising. A bridge was washed out, but new WPA levees protected an area almost annually flooded by spring rains. Improvement was reported, howe (Turn to Page Three)

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