Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 February 1937 — Page 1

The Indianapolis Times

FORECAST: Fair and continued cold tonight, with lowest temperature 10 to 15; tomorrow partly cloudy with rising temperature.

VOLUME 48—NUMBER 2838

LABOR ACT BEFORE COURT AS HOUNE

DEBATES REFORM

Sumners’ | Wyz

Wagner Law for New Deal.

First of | Proposals Brought | To Floor. |

F. D. R. IS ACTIVE CITES ssi | Confers With Author |U. S. Attorney Holds

OLD RULING

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1937

INDIANA HOUSE Micrid Pres

Relief From Cold Wave Is Due Tomorrow

LOCAL TEMPERATURES BW... 9 FW tm... h. WW... 8 1a. Mm... 2. Wh... 8 12 (Noon) . . 2. Mm... 9 1p. m....

10 13 11 13

Temperatures today iook a ca- |

anski Argues ON | pricious slide and won't begin to

toil upward until tomorrow, the

| Weather Bureau predicted. -

| 14. | as 10, the Bureau predicted.

The mercury fell to 8 degrees at 7 a. m. At noon it had climbed to Tonight it may go as Tomorrow will be partly cloudy and somewhat warmer, the Bureau said.

11 KILLED WHEN

low |

SPURNS ATTACK ONCOURTP

‘Republican Measure Reform Proposal Fails, 73 to 20.

FLOOD BILL RECEIVED

‘Nine Safety Acts Reported Favorably by Committee.

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| drid today that with the Rebel capON ture of Malaga the Loyalists faced |

Matter Ind.

Entered as Second-Class at Postoffice, Indianapolis,

Warns City of STRIKE PARLEY arm Cov of SHOWS NO SIGN oe OF AGREEMENT

MADRID, Feb. 10.—The Govern- | ment-controlled press warned Ma- |

Continues Past Noon Hour

Despite Earlier Forecast

the gravest situation since the start | | | the |! |

of the civil war last summer. Immediate action to solve | acute food situation was demanded. Evacuation of women and children and elderly men unable to fight continned. Drastic discipline was | urged for those who remain. Mass mobilization of every able- | bodied person capable of bearing [arms was demancied for defense. The Socialist youth organization issued a manifesto mobilizing all members of the defense of the capi- | tal with Rebels battling at its out- | | skirts in the fourth month of the |

Of Settlement. ‘LEWIS ILL, STAYS AWAY

Important Development With | C. I. 0. Chief Absent Is Held Unlikely.

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CONGRESS GIVEN PLAN TO AVERT DROUGHT DANGER |

‘New Economy’ for Midwest Is Proposed in Committee Report Presented With Message by President.

NEW FEDERAL AGENCY IS SUGGESTED

‘National, State and Individual Co-operation

iege.

Of Bills; Summons Others.

BULLETIN By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—The House today passed the Sumners bill providing voluntary retivement of Supreme Court justices on full pay at the age of 70. The measure, proposed by Chairman Hatton W. Sumners of the House Judiciary Committee, was regarded by some House veterans as a flank maneuver against President Roosevelt's sweeping court plans. It was passed by the House with strong support of both Democratic and Republican members. House Democratic leaders and Rep. Sumners joined in a denial that the proposal had any connection with the President's plans. Mr. Roosevelt asked for the voluntary re. tirement at 70 provision, but coupled it with a plan to appoint additional justices to the High Court if those over 70 failed to retire.

By Unived Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. -—~ The House plunged into fiery debate over President Roosevelt's judiciary reorganization plan with opponents charging it would lead the nation toward communism or fascism. Rep. Sumners acted after a White House conference with Mr. Roosevelt. The President also scheduled

A. P. Commerce Is | Interstate.

(Heywood Broun, Gen. Johnson and Merry-Go-Rounders discuss the Court and Editorial, Page 12;

PLANE CRASHES

‘Salvage Operations Begun

“The Court Pleases to Stay” and

Mrs. Roosevelt's Column, Page 11.) | | By United Press | WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—The New Deal defended the Wagner Labor Relations Act today in the dramatic setting of the marble Supreme Court chamber, with Special Assistant to the Attorney C. E. Wyzanski Jr., urging the high court to uphold the law in a test case involving the discharge of a reporter by the Associated Press. The Associated Press case, grow-

| when collective bargaining negotia- | tions were being instituted by the American Newspaper Guild, is the first case challenging the law to be heard by the tribunal. | Four more important cases involv- | ing application of the Wagner act argument this

{ are scheduled for | week. The courtroom was crowded and the space before the bench barely | afforded room for stenographers to | take down the argument of lawyers. | The entire address of both sides is | being recorded, an unusual proce- | dure in Supreme Court cases, since | there is no appeal from the Court's | findings.

Courts Have Responsibility

talks with Senate Judiciary Commit- |

tee members in the face of spreading opposition in both houses to his far-reaching plan.

Approves Sumner's Decision

The House Judiciary Committee, 20 minutes after Chairman Sum-

approved his decision to bring up his two bills for action in the House today. The two measures called for consideration provided: 1. Full pay for Supreme Court justices who retire after they are 70 if they have served 10 years.

Mr. Wyzanski said the Wagner act, was not expected to cover all labo: organization, but that the courts | were given the responsibility of de- | termining how far flung its applica- | tion might be.

[and unfair

General |

ing out of discharge of Morris Watson, an editorial worker, at a time

| | | | |

To Raise Airliner From San Francisco Bay.

By United Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10.—A

derrick barge, moored alongside the | wrecked United Air Lines plane half | vote down the measure this after- | submerged in San Francisco Bay, |

today began operations in an at-

tempt to raise the wreckage and determine the fate of the 11 occupants. There were none who be-

| lieved that any of the eight pas- |

(Editorial, Page 12)

A minority attack on President | Roosevelt's proposed judicial reorganization failed in the Indiana House of Representatives, 73 to 20, | today and met opposition in the Senate. Introduced simultaneously in the { House by Rep. James Knapp (R. | Hagerstown) and in the Senate by | Senator William E. Jenner (R. Paoli), resolutions requested the | Indiana Congressional delegation to | oppose the Federal courts plan. The Senate also was expected to

noon. A bill to legalize pari-mutuel betting on horse races was introduced {in the House. The State's proceeds, under the bill, would go into the | old-age pension fund.

The House also received a bill

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LAWRENCEBURG PLAN PROPOSED

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‘Purdue Suggests Low-Cost | Homes Be Used in Flood Area.

By JOE COLLIER | A long-range plan for recon- | structing flood-wrecked Lawrenceinvolving Indianapolis,

| burg, and {may result from conferences in

BULLETIN

‘sw United Press

Murphy recessed the General Motors Corp.-United Automobile Workers of ‘America peace conference indefinitely, but subject to | his call later this afternoon.

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By United Press DETROIT, Feb. 10.—Conferences | on a strike settlement between Gen{eral Motors and the United Auto- | mobile Workers of America dragged jon past noon today after a high | neutral spokesman had predicted | “we're going to settle this thing this { morning.” There was no word of developments within the conference cham- | ber but reliable sources said no set- | tlement was likely due to the absence of John L. Lewis, chief of the union delegation, who was in

sengers and three members of the |from the Senate to provide for Indi- | Washington between the American | bed with “a slight touch of the

crew had survived the splintering crash into the Bay as the transport glided toward its runway at Municipal Airport. The ‘salvage operations began at low tide. Those aboard were: Pilot Thompson, Burbank.

Co-Pilot Joe Decesaro, North Hol- |

lywood. Stewardess Ruth Kimmel, meda. Passengers: Mark Fontana, Remo Margaroni and J. Franklin Gilmore, of San Francisco; John A. and Gertrude Grennan, of Berkeley: Myron Lorge and H. D. Freedlander, Los Angeles,

Ala-

and Roger Meyers, Ridgewood, N. J. |

Officials estimated that it would require about four hours to fasten lines about the wreckage and lift it high enough to permit authorities to enter the cabin where they expect to find all dead. Weather conditions were perfect

He countered objections that the las A. R. (Tommy) Thompson, vet- | ner’s return from the White House, |1aw should have outlawed strikes eran pilot with more than a million practices of labor by as- | miles of flying experience to his

serting that Congress had a right to | credit, eased the big plane into a

| pass the law as it stands if it be[lieved that employers interfered | with employee organization more | often than workers interfered with | the organization of employers. { Mr. Wyzanski's 45 minutes of ar-

2. Authorizaiton of the U. S. At- gument was uninterrupted by the torney General to intervene in| Court. The jurists appeared to folprivate litigation in Federal Courts |l0W his argument closely. if a Constitutional issue is involved; | Mr. Wyzanski told the Court that direct appeal of such cases from | Congress knew that the law could

district courts to the Supreme Court, | NOt “cover all labor situations but Debate Nation-wide {only those “affecting interstate

trie i wd hile V2 | commerce.” e House ac while the coun- | : 9 try discussed President Roosevelt's | Cites Previous Rulings proposals on a tremendous scale.| “Congress knew that the ambit of The Texas Senate asked the state’s | the statute would have to be defined Congressional delegation to vote | by the Court,” he said. against them, while the Colorado| He called attention to the fact House asked its state's delegation to | that five of the Circuit Courts of support them. | Appeals have agreed that the law is The Maine Legislature and the |Separable and that its failure to apConnecticut House, both Republi- | Ply in one case would not cause the can-controlled, urged their delega- | whole act to fall. tions to oppose, while a similar reso- | Mr. Wyzanski asserted that, under lution introduced in the New Jersey | Previous rulings of the Court, Senate was referred to its Judiciary | there was no doubt that the Assocommittee. © | ciated Press was engaged in interRepublicans in the New York As- | State commerce, particularly under sembly drafted a resolution today | the rule in the Fishers-Blend case memorializing Congress to reject | where the Court held a radio station

President Roosevelt's plan. The retirement

lina Supreme Court and Circuit

Court judges who have served 10 | have | reached the age of 70 was proposed |

consecutive years or who

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of South Caro-

BOB BURNS

Says: VS. "VE got a kind of confession to make. Although I make my livin’ talkin’ and I suppose I talk a whole lot, I hate to talk. But the thing that wears me out is to have somebody talk to me. I hate to ask some people a simple question because that seems to be an invitation for them to open up and gab away for a half an hour and when they finish up, they haven't answered my question. That's one reason I like to go back home once in a while. If you ask them a question, you get

| was engaged In interstate commerce. ‘COUNTY ORDERS FIVE

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| Bids on five new two and one- | half-ton trucks for emergency road | repairs were ordered for Feb. 24 to- | day by the Marion County Commis- | sioners. The county now has only two trucks, as compared with 18 in 1932. As soon as roads are passable, commissioners said they would order grading with gravel and rock. Officials also ordered signs posted on all gravel and black top roads giving load limits and warning of arrests for violations.

NEW REPAIR TRUCKS

routine landing that ended in the Far West's fourth major air tragedy of the winter. Some experts believed that Mr. Thompson dipped too low in circling for the landing

and the undercarirage dipped into |

the water, catapulting the plane over into the bay. The San Mateo County Coroner also awaited to start an investiga- | tion, and the United Air Lines com- | menced an inquiry. | Mechanical Failure

Possibly Cause Bu United Press

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—Air

{Commerce Bureau Director Eugene Vidal said today that preliminary |

investigation, based on a process of

elimination, indicated that the San |

Francisco plane crash was due to man failure or mechanical failure. “Reports from our inspectors on the West Coast indicate the weather was good and Department of Commerce navigational aids functioning

properly at the time of the crash,” |

Mr. Vidal explained.

DR. C. H. CUNNINGHAM

IS DEAD HERE AT 41 |

Dr. Carl H. Cunningham, 2824 Robson St., physician here for eight years, died today in St. Vincent's Hospital after a two weeks’ illness. He was 41. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Born in Loogootee, Dr. Cunningham was graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine in 1928. He was a member of local medical associations, the Knights of Columbus and the St. Philip Neri Catholic Church. Survivors are the wife, Lorena; son, Robert, and daughter, Joyce, mother, Mrs. Effa Cunningham, Loogootee, and seven brothers and sisters.

ana participation in Ohio River Val(lev flood control conferences. | Speeding action on Governor Townsend’s program to reduce traf-

fic deaths, the House Public Safety |

Committee reported favorably nine bills, eight of which were introduced yesterday, A resolution asking the State Highway Commission to prepare a ' master plan and map showing an- | ticipated road developments was in- | troduced by Rep. Henry A. Emig | (D. Evansville). By voice vote thre House approved | and sent to the Governor a Senate | resolution thanking the New York | Legislature for a $100,000 contribu- | tion to the Indiana flood relief fund. The Senate received bills to estab'lish a state Labor Relations Court ‘and to tighten provisions of the Corrupt Practices Act. There were

| 24 House bills and 12 Senate bills!

| introduced today. By a standing vote, turned down the plea of its (Turn to Page Three)

only

LAWYERS HERE RAP HIGH COURT REFORM

Heritage Must Be Guarded, . | Resolution Says. | | The Lawyers’ Association of In- |

the House !

Red Cross, the Rural Reseltlemen

| Administration and other | executives. DeWitt Smith, national Red Cross [leader, is ‘studying a preliminary | plan submitted by the Purdue Housling Research Project which calls for construction of low-cost dwelling for 300 families.

here last summer by Purdue, the State Planning Board, WPA and the Marion County Commissioners.

up the dwellings, for the use of workmen reconstructing Lawrence- | burg. When that town was rebuilt, | the structures would be moved to | Indianapolis and set up as slum

| ty-owned property, The cost of the dwellings, with free labor, would be $109,350, or $364.50 a unit, Mr. Watson said. | This compares, he told Mr. Smith, with $85,050 for as many temporary | structures with low salvage value. When brought to Indianapolis, | they could be reassembled into { slightly larger units for permanent | use, he added. Mr. Watson returned to Washing‘ton today for additional confer-

| ences.

NEC to Push Bill for State Housing Act

The National Emergency Council

| dianapolis today was on record as|is to sponsor a bill in the Legisla- | ornosing an increase in the mem- | ture creating Indiana Housing Au-

clearance projects, mostly on coun- |

tect the gains he reported after last | night's

¢ | 8rip.

| Federal | neutral quarters was regarded more | IN MILK PRICE

The optimistic statement from

as an expression of determination rather than an actual forecast. Aids Represent Lewis

| Associates of Mr. Lewis said he | was extremely irked to learn from | testimony before the La Follette

According to Frank Watson, Pur- | Committee in Washington that his due project director who prepared | home at Alexandria, Va., had been the plans, the dwellings would be | watched by Pinkerton detectives. similar to the low-cost house built |

Mr. Lewis was represented today by Wyndham Mortimer, first vice

| | president of the United Automobile

Workers, and Lee Pressman, C. I. O.

The plan, he said, would be to set | counsel. { General | strength, William S. Knudsen, exec-

Motors had its full

utive vice president; Donaldson

[| Brown, finance chairman, and John | Thomas Smith, general counsel.

Governor Murphy strove to pro-

four-hour session. Mean- | time he continued to keep close watch on strike-paralyzed Flint lest

an incident there torpedo the peace i conference.

‘Flint Mayor Quits

Post With Buick

By United Press FLINT, Mich.,, Feb. 10.—Mayor Harold E. Bradshaw announced today that he had resigned Monday as a salesman for Buick Motor Co. division of General Motors, in order to be free to carry out his duties as “police dictator” of this strike-para-lyzed automotive center, As the Mayor announced his

DETROIT, Feb. 10.—Governor |

| resignation, City Manager John M.

Held Essential to Enable Agriculture

To Meet U. S. Needs.

(Message Text, Page 6; Report Summary, Page 10)

| | By United Press

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—President Roosevelt urged Congress in a special message today to develop a “new econ omy” for the Midwest to protect the nation’s “breadbasket” area against disastrous future droughts. Mr. Roosevelt transmitted to Congress a long-range rehabilitation program, formulated by his Great Plains Drought Committee in an effort to rescue 10 Middle Western states

PROTEST RAISE

| Distributors, Club Delegates Voice Position as Hearing Is Postponed.

Protests against any increase here in the price paid milk producers were voiced today by distributors and club representatives as the State Milk Control Board postponed a hearing on the producers’ petition

for 30 days. An increase would be reflected in the retail market, would cause a hardship on poor families and would curtail milk distribution by club welfare agencies to sick children, protestants claimed. The postponement followed an agreement between representatives of distributors and producers. Winfield Hunt, representing the latter | group, asked the delay to prepare | an audit to be used in protest. | More than a score of civic and women's club representatives had gathered in the State House to protest. Milk producers have asked an increase in the base price of Class 1 milk from $2.54 to $2.65 a hundredweight, and In Class 2B milk to the present price of 2A milk. If producers and distributors can “get together” and prevent any increase from being reflected in retail prices, the Indianapolis Federation

| bership of the U. S. Supreme Court. | thorities to facilitate slum clearAction was taken yesterday. ance and enable communities Copies of the resolution are to be [qualify for Federal housing aid. sent to President Roosevelt and In- | diana members of Congress. | Grier M. Shotwell, who offered | proposed measure the motion, said in part: “The sweeping changes proposed | the Federal Government as enabling for our judicial system, especially the | Cts. | proposal to change the Supreme | | Court membership, are of crucial | and sanitary dwellings for persons |and vital importance to the nation, | With low incomes (cannot be pro“We must guard and protect our | vided) through the operation of No one questions the in. | Private enterprise.” | | tegrity of the Supreme Court judges | Could Aid ‘in Floods {and the proposal of the President is| Authorities set up under the act | most unfortunate. We must pre- | would be able to function in such | serve our system of checks and bal- public emergencies as floods, it was

is the revised

| heritage.

| composite of three bills suggested by | |

The theory of the bill is that “safe |

ances in Government.” The association also adopted a resolution opposing House Bill 134. which provides that county judges may admit to the practice of law of any person, regardless of qualifiation. The bill has passed both houses and has gone to Governor Townsend. A committee composed of Merle A. Wail, Harry Stitle. Jr., Miss Bess Robbins, Paul F. Rhoadarmer and Telford B. Orbison was named to confer with Governor Townsend and Attorney General Omer S. Jackson on the bill. Circuit Court Judge Earl Cox told the association that any judge “can stop the illegal practice of law by trust companies and other concerns if the judge has the courage to do

it.”

| explained.

| The measure provides that an au- | | to replace Marion County's Juven-

thority could be created upon petition of the governing bodies of communities to the chief executive of that governmental unit. Under provisions of the act, the Mayor of Indianapolis would appoint a five-man commission upon passage of a petitioning resolution by the City Council. The commissioners would not be city officials or employees and would serve without salary. Subpena Power Stated

The authority would be empowered to transact business necessary for the costruction, maintenance and operation of public housing projects. It would have an undefined power to subpena witnesses (Turn to Page Three)

| Barringer was “packing up” in apal-

directly.

CHILDREN'S COURT MEASURE OPPOSED

‘Local Civic Groups Start

Fight on Weiss Bill.

An organized fight against a bill

ile Court with a two-divisicn Children's Court was started today less than 24 hours after it was introduced in the Legislature by Senator Jacob Weiss (D. Indianapolis.) More than 60 representatives of local luncheon, sivic and women’s clubs, meeting at the Claypool Hotel yesterday, adopted a resolution, urging clubs and social agencies to oppose the measure, At the same time, civic leaders proposed that a professional survey be made of Juvenile Court conditions. Juvenile Judge John Geckler said he would co-operate in such a survey. A steering committee of six was appointed to organize opposition to (Turn to Page Three)

of Community Civic Clubs will withdraw its protest, Albert Neuerburg, spokesman, said. He doubted this | could be done, he added. | Charles G. Daly, acting Milk Board chairman, said there probably | would be no hearing until the Senate and House chambers are available. Mr. Neuerburg said that he would ask representatives of civic and Parent-Teacher groups the next hearing.

BEGINNING OF LENT

1S OBSERVED HERE

Indianapolis citizens today began observance of Lent, with services that will continue until Easter Sun-

day. Catholics are caiied upon to observe fasting and abstain from worldly pleasures until noon of Holy Saturday, March 27. The World Day of Prayer services sponsored by the Indianapolis Council of Federated Church Women will be held at 10:30 a. m. Friday in the First Baptist Church, Meridian and Vermont Sts. - A series of daily midday services was started at Christ Church with a sermon by the rector, the Rev. E. Ainger Powell. Speaker at tomorrow’s service is to be the Rev. George S. Southworth, Church of the Advent rector.

just what you ask for and no

more. I went back in the mountains,

but I didn't know just where. but |

I happened to see a boy in front of the postoffice that came from that part of the country and he was talkin’ to a fella, but when he finished, T called the boy over and I says “Can you show me where Mr. Wade Allsop lives?” and the boy says ‘Yep, follow me.” So we started out that morning and we trudged for miles and miles over the mountains and finally along about sundown, we got to this little house 'way back there on the side of the hill and the boy says “That's where he lives.” So I went up to the house and knocked and hollered but nobody answered and I came back to the boy and says “I guess he ain’t here” and the boy says “No, he aint.” And 1 says “Do you know where I can find him?” and the boy says “Yes, he's in town. That was him I was talkin’ to when you called me.” {Copyright, 1937)

HEAVY TRAFFIC BARRED HERE

Heavy traffic is barred, ro

. County roads are in terrible shape, Commissioners say. Here's a view of Arlington Ave. near Stop 29,

WORKMEN

Workmen start Job of iepmcing approximately 200 feet of conerete

hed out by recent rains. 3

4 y

REPAIR DAMAGE FROM RAINS . .

and West Sts,

>from the threat of economic starvation through repeated ravages of dry weather. In a message, accompanyling the report, the President | said: “A new economy must be dee | veloped which is based on the cone | servation and effective utilization |of ‘all the water available, especially that which falls as rain and snow.

| The committee's report, approved by the President, urged creation of a regional Midwest authority to die rect the Federal Government, states, communities and individuals in the long-range program. The report dove-tailed with the Administration’s view that the whole country should be divided into regional areas—Mr. Roosevelt suggested eight—to plan preservation and use of natural resources. Mr. Roosevelt took full cognizance of conditions caused by the 1934 and 1936 droughts. He admitted the seri ous outlook for future of the areas, and said: | “The problem is one that can be | solved, but the solution will take | time. | “Therefore, a policy should be de= | termined, a long-run program forme ulated, and execution begun withe | out undue delay.”

Executive Order Indicated”

Mr. Roosevelt's emphasis on speed led to the belief he was considering issuance of an executive order to establish the Great Plains regional planning group recommended by the committee. Mr. Roosevelt's brief message also contained a plea that political sub~ divisions co-operate with the Gove ernment in rehabilitating states damaged by repeated drought. “Whatever program is adopted,” he said, “must be co-operative and | will require complementary lines of action by the Federal Government, state governments, and all tue citi= zens of the region individually. The message said that the prob= lem created by the manner in which Great Plains settlers practiced agriculture was “not merely one of relief.”

to attend |

“The report,” clearly that

he said, “indicates the problem of the

| Great Plains is not merely one of | relief of a courageous and energetic

people who have been stricken by several years of drought during a period of economic depression. It is much more fundamental than that. “Depression and drought have only accentuated a situation which has been long developing. “The problem is one of arresting the decline of an agricultural economy not adapted to the climatic conditions because of lack of information and understanding at the time of settlement, and of read just« ing that economy in the light of later experience and of scientific ine formation now available.”

Future Outlook Studied

The plan he presented was dee veloped by the Great Plains Come mittee which the President apepointed at the height of last year’s disastrous drought. The group studied the past history, current conditions and future outlook for Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, ig and Wohi: It then drafted e suggestions Mr. es Roosevelt The committee stressed the neces= sity for immediate Government ace tion by declaring “the steady proge ress which we have come to look for in American communities way (Turn to Page Three)

TIMES FEATURES ON INSIDE PAGES

Books Bridge Broun ,. Comics

Movies Mrs. Ferguson. 1l Mrs. Roosevelt. 11 Music

Curious World . 19 Editorials Fashions ...... 8 Financial

Serial Story . Short Story ... Grin, Bear It..18 In Indpls. .... 3 Jane Jordan .. 8 | State Deaths.. 6

Sullivan ,.....11

12 Merry-Go-R'd, 12 | Wiggam .....19