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Mine Workers of America, District

“and revocation of admissions to the

T=.A joint resolution authorizing the soState Planning Board master highway maps and provide ~=$or setback regulations for buildings ~sacing highways was passed by the

“vanced

. Act is provided in a tentative meas- | "Ure to be discussed this afternoon |

mittee.

MONDAY, FEB. 22, 1037

‘Loss Leaders’ by Merchants.

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~~ House bills passed today and sent to the Senate would: 1. Prohibit employment of persons under 18 in coal mines. This provision was contained in two measures sponsored by the United

11. 2. Prohibit “ambulance chasing” by attorneys, set up eithical stan- |g dards and provide for suspension

bar. The measure is sponsored by the Indianapolis Bar Association. 3. License collection agencies and require posting $2000 bond.

Resolution Sent to Senate

to prepare

Honse, 73 to. 7, and sent to the Senate. « The first of a series of Housing Authority Bills, a measure to exempt Federal housing projects from local taxation and request the Fed“eral Government to make voluntary payments in lieu of taxes, was adthrough second reading without amendment, Clarification and a slight “liberali- | zation” of the Alcoholic Beverage |

Fine Noise

Just When Is an Argument Not an Argument?

by the Senate Public Policy Com- |

Final draft of the bill may | ATROLMAN PAUL PEARSAY

said he was walking his beat

ETHEL DU PONT

“be introduced within the next few |

=aays.

Expecting a flood of amendments, the Senate is to discuss as a special order of business the Indiana Police and Firemen’s Merit Bill on second reading this afternoon.

Holiday Is Observed

A joint Washington memorial program was held in the House chamber today. Among measures discussed earlier and to be considered in detail before adjournment today, were 11 criminal procedure bills to lessen trial delays and reduce court costs. Two measures introduced by the Marion County delegation, were sent to House second reading today. They would: A. Increase from $2000 to $3000 a year the salary of the Marion County Criminal Court Chief Clerk. B. Raise the Indianapolis Sanitary District tax levy limit from 8 to 9 cents. The House also killed a measure

early today when all of a sudden he heard a loud noise coming from 426 W. Pearl St. that he couldn't make any sense out of. He said he stopped in and found that John Whitson, 66, who lives there, was making the noise, but said he still couldn't make any sense out of it. So, he said, he took Mr. Whitson to the police station, where the loud noise stopped. Mr. Whitson told Special Judge Edwin Smith in Municipal Court today that the answer was easy. “I was just having a little argument, judge,” he said. “With whom?” Judge Smith asked. Mr. Whitson said he didn't just remember. Patrolman Pearsay said there was nobody there but him and that he personally wasn't arguing with anyone. Judge Smith fined Mr. Whitson $1 and costs for being drunk and disorderly.

to license circuses and carnivals, Rep. James Knapp (R. Hagers- | town), minority floor leader, | charged in debate that the Fair | Trade Bill did not consider the] consumer. { “This bill would do away with unfair competition,” Rep. John E. Roszkowski (D. Gary) declared. “It tries to protect the honest retailer, and would prohibit the dishonest one from cheating on trade marks of nationally-advertised products.”

“Loss Leaders” Defined

“Loss leaders” are defined in the measure as products sold below their regular price to attract customers to stores. A similar bill was defeated bv the last Legislature following a lengthy floor fight. The measure is patterned after an Illinois law. Acting without debate, the House killed the “square foot” tax bill by a voice vote. Introduced early in the session, the bill was reported out of committee and advanced to second reading before the week-end adjournment. It would have provided for a sliding tax scale based on the number of square feet occupied by a business. Only small retail stores would have been exempt. Sponsored by the Indiana Committee, the criminal procedure bills would: 1. Require a prompt trial when a special judge is appointed. 2. Allow jurors to consider the fact that the defendant fails to testify. C' ts Time for Appeals 3. Permit a judge to notify persons charged with a misdemeanor to appear by summons, instead of requiring an arrest under a warrant. 4. Reduce time for criminal appeals to 130 days. The time now is six months plus time for preparations.

5. Reduce the use of bystanders as | jurors. The measure is designed to |

avoid reversals for technical defects in drawing juries. 6. Allow the court to designate a safe place for the keeping of prisoners awaiting trial. Escape of the Brady gang from the old Greenfield

| preliminary hearing be preserved by

jail prompted drafting of this measure, which would allow prisoners to be taken to neighboring state penal institutions or removed to neighboring county jails. 7. Avoid unnecessary repetition of questioning by counsel in selecting a jury. The judge could take the lead in the examination of prospective jurors. Doctor's Statement 8. Provide for alternate jurors. 9. Provide that testimony at a

{a court reporter and admitted as | evidence at a later trial. 10. Require statement of a phy- | sician before a trial would be de- | layed due to illness oi a defendant | or witness. 11. Fix time for trial after de- | fendant has taken a change of | venue from a county. | Two public hearings, scheduled | by Senate committees, are expected |to draw wide attention. At 7:30 |p. m. the Labor Committee is to | hear discussion on a bill to extend | workmen’s compensation benefits to | occupational diseases. Tomorrow night, the controversial Full Train | Crew Bill is to have a hearing. | The bill to increase teacher an- | nuities from $700 to $1200 and re- | duce minimum service requirements {from 25 to 20 years was scheduled Jo come to a vote in the Senate to- | day.

‘Churches Oppose Pari-Mutuel Bill

| Indianapolis church congregations today were prepared to protest nassage of the Pari-Mutuel Bill which is to came before the House this week. A delegation from the Central Avenue M. E. Church plans to, at- | tend sessions of the Legislature to oppose it. Congregations of the Irvington M. E. and Central Christian Churches unanimously voiced opposition in a vote taken yesterday. Other churches registering protests were the First Baptist, Broadway M. E. and North M. E. Churches,

IN INDIANAPOLIS

MEETINGS TODAY Indiana University Club, luncheon, Columbia Club, noon. Service Club, luncheon, noon. North Side Washington, noon. Indiana Package Liquor Dealers, luncheon meeting, Claypool Hotel, noon. Seientech Club, luncheon, Board Trade, noon. Salesmen’s Club, luncheon, Hotel Washington, noon. Woman's Retary Club, luncheon, Columbia Club, noon Irvington Republican Club, meeting, 2, Washington St., 8 m

Hotel Lincoln,

Realtors, luncheon, Hotel

5446, 1 p.m, . National Association of Women, meeting, Hotel Washington, 7 p. m. Junte Club, luncheon, Columbia Club, noo

1 n Delta Upsilon, luncheon, Board of Trade, noon Indianapolis District County Agents, juncheon meeting, Hotel Washington, noon. Rainbow Division Association, dinner, Hotel Washington, 6:30 p. m. Building Owners and Managers, luncheon, Columbia Club, noon. Central Labor Union, meeting, Plumbers Hall, 8 p.m. Big Four Social Club of Indianapolis, dinner, Hotel Washington, 6:30 p. m, Monday Club, luncheon, Columbia Club,

noon. : Associated Sign Contractors, meeting,

Hotel Lincoln, 9 a. m. ub Club, luncheon, Columbia Club, 100N. . Ice Cream Dealers Association, luncheon, Hotel Washington, noon. Junior Chamber of Commerce, luncheon, Hotel Lincoln, noon.

MEETINGS TOMORROW

Exchange Club Board of Control, luncheon, Hotel Washington, noon. Allied Investment, luncheon, Hotel Washfngton, noon. Purchasing Agents, dinner, Hotel Washington, 6:30 Dp. Rotary Club,

noon. . Alpha Tau Omega, luncheon, Spink-Arms Hotel, noon. Gyro Club, luncheon

m. luncheon, Claypool Hotel,

Spink-Arms Hotel,

100N. Mercator Club, luncheon, Columbia Club, noon, “Universal Club, luncheon, Columbia Club, noon, Construction League of Indianapolis, Juncheon, Architects and Builders Building,

p University o Michigan Club, luncheon, oard o Trade, noon. Indianapolis Real Estate Board, appraisclinic, State Life Building, 9:30 a. m.

OFFICIAL WEATHER

United States Weather Bureaun....J

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST—Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight; tomorrow unsettled with rising temperatures,

6:28 | Sunset

TEMPERATURE —Feb. 22, 1936— ceiaiis 23

BAROMETER 29.81 p.m...

Sunrise

~ sa m.....

Precipitation 24 hrs, ending at 7 a. m. Total precipitation since Jan. 1 Excess since Jan. 1

MIDWEST FORECAST Indiana—Increasing cloudiness, warmer west and south portions tonight: Tuesday unsettled with rising temperature.

Ohio—Fair, slightly colder in central and north portions tonight; Tuesday increasing cloudiness. Kentucky—Partly cloudy tonight: Tuesday cloudy followed by rain in south and rain er snow in north pertien: not much change in temperature.

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES AT 7 A.M. Station, Weather, Baz. Temp. Amarillo, Tex. ........ Clear Bismarck, N. D. Boston Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland, O. Denver ..... Dodge Citv, Kas. Helena, Mont, Jacksonville, Fla. .... Kansas City, Mo. .... Little Rock, Ark. Los Angeles Miami, Fla. Minneapolis Mobile, Ala. New Orleans New York . Okla. City, Omaha, eb. Pittsburgh Po Ore

. TOWNSEND GETS! _ Recovering From Operation FAIR TRADE BILL AFTER PASSAGE

"Measure Prohibits Use of

Miss Ethel du Pont, . fiancee of Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., is recuperating in Washington following an emergency appendicitis operation there yesterday.

RESTING WELL

Roosevelt Jr.'s Fiancee Is Stricken on Visit at White House.

By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—Pretty Ethel du Pont, fiancee of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr, lay in Emergency Hospital today recovering from an appendicitis operation performed hurriedly yesterday. Hospital attendants reported that

the 21-year-old munitions heiress, stricken while a guest at the White House, was “resting comfortably.” An official bulletin described her condition as “good.” Hurrying to her daughter's bedside was Mrs. Eugene du Pont of the wealthy Delaware family. She was invited to the White House by President Roosevelt,

Naval Doctor Operates

Miss du Pont's illness, a White House announcement said, first was discerned Saturday afternoon. She

from a sinus infection. Mrs. James Roosevelt and Franklin Jr. accompanied her to Emergency Hospital in a naval ambulance. The operation was performed by Comm. Mortron Willicutts of the Naval Hospital staff, with Dr. Ross McIntyre, White House physician, in attendance. Miss du Pont’s parents were notified before the operation and gave their consent. Mrs. du Pont had left her daughter only a few days ago after the Florida trip.

ATTORNEY TO SPEAK

Henry M. Dowling, local attorney, is to address the Universal Club on “The Constitution and the Common Man,” tomorrow noon in the Columbia Club.

and Franklin Jr. had just returned | from Florirda, where he recuperated |

STATE LAWYERS SHOW DISFAVOR OF COURT PLAN

Rep. Pettengill Speaks Against Proposal for Reform.

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against the President's judiciary reform plan were voiced. | A statement by Booth Tarkington, novelist, in which he condemned the plan, was read at the meeting, sponsored by the Society for the Preservation of American Ideals. “To open up the Supreme Court through a proposal of the President would be like opening the dike,” Rep. Pettengill said. “None would be able to tell where it would end. The day would come when we no longer would have free speech, as Huey Long attempted to accomplish. Step Held Unwise

“If we ever take this step for President Roosevelt, we can never retrace it for any other President. The power that a good man once wields certainly will be claimed by his bad successor. The Supreme Court, once packed with six more judges, again will be packed with six or a dozen more, becoming nothing more than a political | weapon in the hands of transient | majority or future dictators.” | Rep. Pettengill said, however, that “all this talk that the President | wants to become a Hitler or a Mussolini is entirely out of place. While | 1 think he has been advised badly | in this matter, his good faith, his | desire to serve the country, ought | to be conceded. Equally out of place, | on the other hand, is Attorney General Cummings’ characterization of | the attack on the bill as ‘hysteria | and insensate clamor.” | Mr. Tarkington, issuing one of his | few statements on public issues, | called the court reform proposal an | attempt to “discard the dictionary.”

New Power Feared

In his statement, read by Samuel | Miller, Indianapolis attorney, the | novelist said that “proponents of | the bill urge and proclaim that the | present judges must be removed, or | overwhelmed, because they stand in | the way of certain policies.” | He charged that to follow the | President’s proposal will give all | future Presidents new power. “The words in our Constitution,” | the novelist said, “will henceforth { mean whatever any President wants | them to mean.” | George M. Barnard, attorney, for- | mer law partner of Senator Van- | Nuys, termed the plan an “unholy | piece of legislation.” The Rev. Virgil D. Ragan, Fairpastor, { gave the invocation and the Rev. | Wallace C. Calvert, Grace M. E. | Church, gave the benediction.

| view Presbyterian Church

3 SOLDIERS HELD ON CABMAN'S COMPLAINT.

Three soldiers from Ft. Benjamin Harrison were held for questioning today following a cab driver's report that they had taken a ride in his taxi without permission while he was in the Terminal Station early yesterday. The men gave their names as James J. Euble, 20; William J. Moore, 21, and Joseph Quesenbury, 20. They denied they were in the cab.

Three Tratfic Victims Die Here Following Week-End Crashes

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burg; three brothers, Floyd of Edinburg and Clarence and Jackson, Franklin. The body has been removed to the Fair & Gosney Funeral Home, Edinburg. Funeral arrangements were to be completed today. At midnight Saturday, Elmer Kanouse, 57, 2926 N. Sherman Drive, was killed in a railroad crossing accident that left two passengers in his car unhurt. He had almost crossed the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad at S. State Ave. when an eastbound train struck his car on the fendW, whirling it around. He died instantly. His wife, Mrs. Zella Kanouse, and her aunt, Mrs. Grace Siford, Moores Hill, passengers, said they did not see the train. Witnesses, however, said the warning signals were in operation, according to police.

Dies in Hospital

Timothy Lynch, 805 Prospect St, died in City Hospital yesterday of injuries received Friday when he walked into the side of an automobile at Prospect and Wright Sts. He was T4. In critical condition at the City Hospital was Rhoner Darden, 38, 1920 Bellefontaine St, who was struck by a car at Northwestern Ave. and 21st St. yesterday morning. The driver of the car, Henry Vance, 25, 430 W. New York St, was held for questioning.

Pedestrian Killed

George Elkins, 34, Carroll County Infirmary inmate, was Killed in-

- | stantly when struck by an automo-

bile on Road 39, near Delphi. Injuries received when his auto crashed into the rear of a truck near Sellersburg were fatal yesterday to Eddie E. Blair, 41, of Danville. Rawleigh Pinnell, 40, of Michigan City, was killed yesterday when the auto in which he was riding collided with a train at a street crossing there. Mrs. George Hudson, 68, was killed instantly and her husband injured seriously in a collision near Portland on Road 26 Saturday. Two cars sideswiped on a narrow culvert, plunging the Hudson car down 2: embankment, Mrs. Maxine Jensen, 22, of Chicago, was killed and two other persons were injured Saturday in a crash of two automobiles and a truck on Road 30, near Valparaiso. Dr. Stephen A. Hall, 72, of Advance, died yesterday of injuries suffered when struck by an autemobile a week ago. He was visiting & son, Dr. D. P. Hall, Louisville.

John Uebelhgfer, 22, of Ft. Wayne,

was killed in Calumet City yesterday { when his automobile collided with lone driven by an unidentified mo- | torist who fled the scene of the ac- | cident. | Paul E. Fields, 8-year-old son of | Mr. and Mrs. Grover Fields, of near Columbus, died in Bartholomew | County Hospital today of injuries received yesterday when struck by an automobile near his home. Chester Shaw, 35, Monticello, was killed and three persons injured yesterday in a collision near Lebanon. Four persons were injured, two critically, yesterday when a car in which they were riding crashed into a Nickel Plate Railroad engine at a crossing at Rochester, Mr. and Mrs. William Sterret, Indianapolis, were injured yesterday when their automobile struck a parked car on U. S. Highway 30 north of Speed, Ind. Roy Mobley, 25, 4411 Baltimore Ave, still was in City Hospital today after being slugged at the scene of an accident Saturday night. A truck he was driving and a car driven by Mrs. Georgia Pauline Hawthorne, 24, 902 Villa Ave, collided at English and State Aves. Police said they were told a passerby struck him.

Two Injured in Taxi

Both Ted Weighouse, 40, 316 E. North St, and Miss Marcella Gehring, 23, 2909 Capitol Ave., were reported in good condition in Methodist and St. Vincent's Hospitals where they were sent following an accident yesterday. They were riding in a taxi w collided with a car driven by Hoe | Clough, 25, 203 Parkview Ave, in the 1300 block N. Pennsylvania St. Mr | Clough was held on reckless driving | charges. Thirty-eight drivers were con- | victed before Judge Dewey Myers in Municipal Court today. The charges included: Disobeying traffic signals, 16; failing to stop at preferential street, 11; speeding, 5: reckless driving, 3; having no headlights, 1; disobeying officer's signal, 1; making illegal left turn, 3. Police yesterday sent K Wise, 12, to City Hospital for treg nent of a broken right leg ang g oroken shoulder, after they were told he had been without medica] attention since an accident pear Columbus Saturday afternoon,

The officers were called by Mj Mascoe, 35, of 1725 W. el {St., who had put the lad to beq in (his home. Mascoe told the poljce he was bringing the boy and his + mother from Kentucky when his cay ran off a bridge. He said an ampy. lance driver told him not to call a

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES °

Police Are Serious About These Tags

i George Washington's vard historian, Professor-Emeritus Albert

physician until Sunday...

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Some pedestrians thought it was a “game” when police handed them “warning tags” for violating the city traffic ordinance. But the police are serious After a brief educational campaign arrests for “jaywalking” are to begin.

about it all.

Here you see Washington St.

part of the crow ceedings.

receiving their warning cards.

-—Times Photo by Wheeler, two women who attempted to cross between Meridian and Illinois Sts. In the background is d that assembled to watch the pro-

Hart Sheds New Light on Washington; French Allies First to Mark Birthday

English Bank Paid Him Dividends as He Fought Red Coats.

the 205th anniversary of

birth, the Har-

(Today,

Bushnell Hart, will present to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts a vast amount eof Washington memorabilia, much of which never has been published. Dr. Hart has permitted the United Press to preview the data, which is described in the following article.)

(Copyright, 1937, by United Press) CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Feb. 22, — George Washington owned stock in the Bank of England, and all during the time he was battling the Red Coats, dividends on the stock were being paid to his London agent.

This is one of the countless side= lights on the career of the first President, contained in reports, diaries and letters which Harvard's professor-emeritus, Albert Bushnell Hart, turned over to Massachusetts’ State Library today in celebration of Washington's birthday. The memorabilia, much of which was assembled while the 82-year-old professor was historian to the U. S. Commission for the Washington Bicentennial, also discloses: That Washington's line of descent has been traced back to the year 1181. That 150 places have been located in England which were possessed or inhabited by members of the great Washington family. That the Stars and Stripes on the flag and seal of the United States may be found on the coat-of-arms of the Washington family in England. That a George Washington directly descended from the Austrian branch of the family is living in Austria today. Prof. Hart was asked for his estimate of Washington's stature as an historical figure.

Convinced of Greatness

“To my mind,” he replied, “he was one of the greatest spirits of which we have historical records. He was far from being, as modern traducers would have it, a little man with a small mentality.

“His mind was extraordinary. He was unselfish, He had an extraordinary ability to work in harness with others. Despite those scoffing at his military abilities, the historical records attest his superiority ia military science and generalship, according to the problems with which he was confronted—and that is the test. «In business and agriculture he also showed remarkable powers. He was a pioneer in scientific farming. Alfalfa was introduced by him. And he was so farsighted as to the development of the country, that in a letter to his French ally Rochambeau after the Revolution, he shows that he anticipated the advantages of the place that long afterward be-

came Chicago.”

15 SNOWBOUND SINCE CHRISTMAS ARE SAFE

By United Press PHANTOM RANCH, GRAND

CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz, Feb. 22—Fifteen members of a construction crew snowbound at Bright Angel Lodge since Christmas, arrived here today after a perilous trip down the icy trail to the bottom orge. “5 jh re ne time, W. P. Rrogers, superintendent of the Utah Parks Construction Co., by whom they were employed, said he believed it would be necessary to evacuate the other 15 men and two women by the same method because of deep snow on the road into the park.

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NUTT ATTENDS TO |

* PERSONAL BUSINESS

' Former Governor May Leave For Capital Thursday.

Paul V. McNutt, former Governor, was occupied today with personal affairs and correspondence as he prepared to leave for Washington to become High Commissioner of the Philippine Islands. “I plan to leave for Washington Thursday evening,” he said, ‘‘unless I am called there earlier, Meanwhile, I am attending to personal business.” Mr. McNutt said he had a long conference in Detroit yesterday with Governor Murphy of Michigan. “The friendly advice Governor Murphy gave me will prove invalusole in my new office,” Mr. McNutt said.

Nomination of McNutt Arouses Protest

By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. — The National Council for Prevention of War today sought to block appointment of former Governor McNutt of Indiana as High Commissioner of the Philippine Islands. Frederick J. Libby, the council's executive secretary, asked President Roosevelt in a letter to withdraw his nomination of Mr. McNutt. He said Mr. McNutt is “definitely not the type of man to represent the United States during this formative period of the Philippine republic.” “The peace movement, as you know,” Mr. Libby said, “is profoundly disturbed over the influence which Gen. Douglas MacArthur is having in the Philippines, in the direction of their militarization. As High Commissioner, Mr. McNutt will apparently intensify that unfortunate tendency. I hope that you will withdraw his appointment.”

POSTAL COMMITTEE TO CONVENE TODAY

The National Federation of Rural Letter Carriers executive committee was to meet today following the close of the Indiana federation's annual convention yesterday in the Hotel Washington. Rep. James M. Mead (D. N. Y), House Postoffice Committee chairman, advocated a minimum wage, shorter hours and higher salaries as a solution for our “economic ills” in an address yesterday. New Indiana federation officers are Robert H. Allen, Boonville, president; Frank A. Waddell, Otterbein, vice president, and Elmer H. Schmalfeldt, Indianapolis, secre-tary-treasurer.

VICAR ADDRESSES LENTEN GATHERING

The Rev. Robert C. Alexander, All Saints’ Cathedral vicar, spoke today at noon Lenten services in Christ Church, “We do not follow Christ,” he said, “because the way is too rugged and the task too hard.” “We love ease more than truth,” he said. “We have an innate evil heritage, and we are ignorant of God as a reality. In the language of the street, we can’t take it.”

SAIL FOR BERMUDA

Six Indianapolis residents sailed on Monarch of Bermuda over the week-end for Bermuda. They were Mr, and Mrs. R. H. Sherwood, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Miller and Mr. and

| Rochambeau and Army Celebrated Feb. 11 Under Old Calendar.

By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb, 22.—The first holiday honoring George Washington was set for Feb. 12 by a French general and celebrated, not by Americans, but by foreigners fighting in our Revolutionary War. John C. Fitzpatrick, historian and editor of the Bicentennial Edition of Washington's writings, revealed this paradox as the nation celebrated the 205th anniversary of Washington's birth today. Count Jean Baptiste de Rochambeau, commander of a French contingent in this country, wrote Washington from Newport, R. I., that the celebration of his birthday had been postponed one day to Feb. 12 because the 11th fell on Sunday. The Frenchman followed the old style calendar which showed that Washington was born on Feb. 11. Twenty years after Washington's birth the calendar was modernized and Feb. 11 became Feb. 22 under the new scheme. Count Rochambeau thus was celebrating the original birthday of his commander although Washington himself recognized the later date as his natal day. Count Rochanmbeau’s letter from Newport said: “Yesterday was the aniversary of Your Excellency’s birthday. We have put off celebrating that holiday till today, by reason of the Lord's Day and we will celebrate it with the sole regret that Your Excellency be not a witness of the effusion and gladness of our heads.” Thus Count Rochanmbeau won the distinction of naming the first Washington’s holiday—10 days before Washington himself celebrated it.

$60 STOLEN AT CHURCH

Police today were hunting a snewk thief who reportedly stole about $60 from the Communion table at the Home Presbyterian Church, 31st and Rader Streets, yesterday. It was the Sunday collection.

MADRID CLAIMS BAINS TO SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST

Loyalists Report Advance of Five-Eighths Mile at Some Points.

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trenches for a decisive battle raked the Loyalist shock troops, but de= spite the fire, dispatches from the front said: Loyalists broke through at several points and either captured machine gun nests or forced the Rebels to retreat. Government observers reported that at 6 a. m. (Indianapolis Time) the offensive had progressed more than five-eighths mile at some points and that the entire result so far was satisfactory all along the front. Fighting continued, ers said. Rebels brought their tanks into action late in the morning, it was asserted, but Loyalists had sent spe= cially trained antitank units into the front lines. Tank Attack Blasted

They threw bombs and blasted the advancing tanks with antitank guns while the infantry took shell holes, dugouts and trenches in the Rebel lines, it was asserted. Then the Rebels opened up a bar= rage with their new big guns and trench mortars, but it was said that the advance continued in face of the fire. The terrific firing on the battle line could be heard four or five miles north of the front, but no nonmilitary observers were permitted to enter the aone,

Loyalists Enter Oviedo After 32-Day Siege

By United Press BILBAO, Feb. 22. —Loyalists fought toward the center of Oviedo today, after a 32-day siege. They took possession of a Rebel arms fac= tory and advanced along a 37-mile line in adjoining Asturias Province, Their line stretched from Grado, 12 miles west of Oviedo, to the vile lage of La Mata to the east, and along both banks of the River Nalon which runs in a northwesterly direc= tion between Grado and Oviedo Government reports said the Reb= els were suffering enormous losses trying to stem the advance. One re= port placed the week-end Rebel cas= ualties at 1500 in Oviedo alone. Bloody hand-to-hand fighting raged inside the city as the Loyal=ists’ first division advanced house by house as far as Luneta St.

FIVE DEAD IN FLOOD ON ILLINOIS BORDER

Seven Rivers Overflow Banks; Galena Hardest Hit.

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By United Press ROCKFORD, Ill, Feb. 22—Five were dead and several still were missing today as flood waters of half a dozen northern Illinois and south ern Wisconsin rivers, started by tore rential week-end rains, began to fall back as swiftly as they arose. Hundred of families had fled low land homes on the Illinois, Sheboy= gan, Sugar, Rock, Fever, Menominee and Pecatonica Rivers. A blizzard added to suffering of flood victims. Freezing weather was expected to halt the danger of serious flood. Galena, Ill, was hardest hit of the flood towns. Seven feet of water covered Main St. U. S. geological survey experts at Des Moines warned today that if general rains fall in Towa or if tem= peratures rise, the state faces one of its worse spring floods in history,

AUSTRIAN NAZIS HAIL BARON VON NEURATH

By United Press VIENNA, Feb. 22.—Thousands of Austrian Nazis broke through police cordons today and sang the Nazi “Horst Wessel” anthem in greeting to Baron Constantin Von Neurath, German foreign minister, arriving to confer with Government leaders. Many were arrested. The Nazis gave the German envoy the Nazi salute and shouted Nazi “Heiss.”

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