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FORECAST: Fair tonight followed lowest temperature tonight about 30;

by increasing cloudiness tomorrow;

rising temperature tomorrow.

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VOLUME 48—NUMBER 305

TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1937

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind.

PRICE THREE CENTS

- STATE MOVES TO OUST JOEL BAKER

AS POLICE

~ BUILDINGS SWAY ASPAYANDHOLR SLIGHT QUAKEN ARE FELT IN CITY

Motion on East Side Pronounced Enough to Rattle Dishes and Move Furniture First Reported at 8:49.

Two earthquakes, the first at 8:49 a. m. and the second, almost immediately afterward,

All downtown buildings

shook Indianapolis today. shook noticeably, apparently

with a horizontal motion northeast to southwest.

Yeports were phoned to

Weather Bureau from every section of the city.

ported that in the East Side ® the motion was pronounced | enough to wobble furniture and rattle dishes.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES 2% 10a. mm... 2% 11 a. m.. 31 12 (Noon) 3 1 LB m...

39 42 45 48

J. H. Armington, chief —— gist here, said he had no scientific | information on the quake, since there is no seismograph avaiiable. He said the shocks followed cach | other closely, and that there ap- | peared to be two. Reports from other persons, however, indicated a series of shocks. It was estimated by various persons that the shocks continued from five seconds to 15 seconds. It is

believed that the nearest seismograph is at Notre Dame University.

Runs Length of State

The United Press reported that the tremor ran the length of the state. South Bend and Evansville, in the extreme north and south, felt the shock. Wayne, Miami and Grant Counties all reported slight tremors. It was felt also by rural residents along the Wabash River south of Huntington. Mr, Armington predicted that the skies would remain fair today, changing to cloudiness tomorrow. The temperature will go as low as 30 tonight, he said, and rise tomorrow, |

Tremors Centered Near | Bellefontaine, 0.

By United Press COLUMBUS, O, gentle earthquake Bellefontaine, O,,

March 2—A| centering near | shook buildings |

in six states today but caused only |

minor damage and mild excitement.

The shock, felt in Ohio and parts | Vir- |

of Indiana, Michigan, West ginia, Kentucky and Pennsylvania, | occurred between 8:45 and 8:50 a. m. (Indianapolis Time). In some places the quake was felt for only 10 seconds; in some places several minutes. There were no distinct shocks but rather a continuous rumbling or | shaking sensation. Windows rattled, | (Turn to Page Three) |

and the It was re-

newspaper offices

HOUSE ADOPTS

SECURITY BILL

$13, 985, 316 Appropriation

Measure Given Senate; Labor Act Signed.

(Editorial, Page 14)

By a 75 to 10 vote, the House to- |

day passed and sent to the Senate a bill to appropriate $13,985,316 for 1937-39 State social security costs. The Senate is expected to take final action this week on this measure and the $63,504,237 General Biennial Appropriations Bill. Governor Townsend today signed | an act creating a State Labor Division with broad powers to arbitrate industrial disputes. It had been

termed the “keystone” of the Labor |

Bloc program. Other legislative developments included: 1. Advancement to Senate third reading of the amended House Unemployment Compensation Bill. It would eliminate present employee contributions, but retain both the pool and reserve account systems provided in the present law. Fivesixths of employers’ contributions would be held in individual reserve

| accounts and one-sixth would go to | the pool.

2. Approval by the House of a | committee report to amend the Sen- |

ate $700 Teacher Payment Bill. The | | measure would provide that State |

| teacher would require reductions in

| local budgets. County Welfare Bill

3. Passage by both Houses under | suspension of the rules of a new County Welfare Merit Bill. The measure was introduced in the House earlier today to replace a! | Senate bill “lost” by the House Ju- | diciary A Committee. Its provisions | follow the original Senate bill ex- |

| cept to specify that the State Wel- |

fare Board shall appoint the Marion |

| County Welfare Director.

4 Failure of House Republicans

| to force out of Judiciary A Commit-

BOB BURNS Says: yc

OLLYWOOD, March 2-1 think one reason why this country has advanced so fast is because we travel so much that it don't take long for new ideas to seep in to the “out of the way” places. Fer instance, we never would've had painless dentistry down home if it hadn't been for that city man that use'ta come down there on business. We didn’t have nothin’ but an old-fashioned dentist down home —old Doc Hocks—and one day, he asked this city man, he says “Don’t you never have no teeth pulled >" and the city man says “Yes, but I always have my work done while I'm in the city where I can get a painless dentist.” That started Doc Hocks to thinkin' and finally one day, he went to the city man and he says “Well, you can come up anytime now and git your teeth pulled because I can make it painless.” Not long after that, the city man went up to Doc ‘Hocks’ office and he says “Well, I'll have to have a tooth pulled, but,” he says, “if you hurt me I ain't gonna pay you.” Doc says “Jest sit right down there in that chair and show me which tooth it is. I'll guarantee that you won't feel a thing.” The man sat down in the chair, opened his mouth and pointed to the tooth that was hurtin’ him. Doc picked up his forceps and hollered “All right, Joe” and in walked a great big man with a big club. Doe turned to him and says “All right, Joe, stun him!”

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| for concurrence | ments. | treasurers 6 per cent of collections

most State employees.

5. Passage by the House of the | Senate County Treasurers’ Fee Bill, |

{ which now goes back to the Senate | in House amend-

This bill would give county

Train Bill Advanced

Governor |

LAW IS URGED BY ROOSEVELT

NRA Report ort Presented to Congress With Message By President.

(Text, Page Five)

| |

| By United Press | WASHINGTON, March 2 —Presi- | dent Roosevelt sent a special message to Congress today pointing to- | ward re-establishment of NRA-type | wages and hours legislation, a prob- | {lem he described as “one of the | most vital subjects of national con- | cern.” The President's message was for the specific purpose of transmitting | a report written by his Committee ——— on Industrial Analysis after an ex- | haustive study of the old NRA. | “In my opinion,” the President | said, “it (the report) will point the way to the solution of many vexing problems of legislation and administration in one cf the most vital subjects of national concern.’

Notes Progress Under NRA

| The committee report submitted by . Roosevelt noted the nation’s otis toward economic recovery [under the NRA but criticized that {agency as having attempted to do | too much. | Major points | analysis: | NRA aided substantially in increasing total wage. distributions |and initiating the nation toward | solution of questions affecting labor. | That the NRA program was espe{cially handicapped by the effort to do too much too fast and that certain trade practice provisions intended to raise or stabilize prices failed to function satisfactorily. That both management and labor attempted to undertake imprac- | ticable and unworkable provisions and that even simple matters such as minimum wages, maximum hours and minimum prices developed unusual complexity.

In Line With Antitrust Laws

That final NRA policy, emerging in the agency's last days, was in harmony with antitrust laws. The report was written by an economics professor, an attorney, a manufacturing executive and a representative of organized labor. Mr. Roosevelt's message con- | tained no definite recommendations | for Congressional action on new

in the committee

land attorney,

KENTUCKY SENATOR | BAGKS GOURT PLAN

Clark of Missouri Confers | With Roosevelt.

|velt's judiciary reorganization plan! [with a Senate declaration that the | | proposal is designed “to save the! {Supreme Court and the Constitu- | tion.” Senator Logan made known his stand as Senator Clark (D. Mo.), who attacked Mr. Roosevelt's pro-

| fee on each admission and discharge gram in a radio address last night,

from State insane institutions. This (Turn to Page Three)

consulted with Mr. Roosevelt at the (Turn to Page Three)

(Editorial, Page 14)

By United Press PITTSBURGH, March 2. — The | mammoth United States Steel Corp. | will announce a wage increase for | thousands of its employees and also

| will adopt a 40-hour work week

| with time-and-a-half for overtime, the Pittsburgh Press said today. [ A $ a day minimum wage for common labor, now getting in most | instances $4.20 a day, will be estab- | lished by the corporation, while the | 40-hour work week, expected to consist of five eight-hour days each will suppiant the present 48the Press said.

U. S. Steel to Raise Pay, Shorten Hours, Is Claim

If the pay raise is extended to all of the 485,000 steel workers in the industry, approximately $85,000,000 is expected to be added to the annual payroll. First of the corporations sub-

| ican Steel & Wire Co. and the Nationai Tube Co. Numerous independent steel companies already have announced the cha \ Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp. largest U. 8. Steel subsidiary, will swing into line with announcements this

sidiaries to announce the changes | in wages and hours were the Amer- |

afternoon, the Press said, with the | th (Turn to Page Three)

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Peter A. Caucilla

DICK MILLER DEAD; HEADED CITY TRUST

Banker Dies at Home of Heart Disease.

(Photo, Page Four)

Dick Miller, Indianapolis banker died today at his home, 3525 N. Pennsylvania St. He had been ill with heart disease for approximately two years. Mr. Miller was 66. On March 8, 11935 he went to the hospital for | several months. Subsequently he was | sufficiently recovered to attend to

| business. Lately he had become | worse and was at Methodist Hos(pital from Monday to Friday. Born in Rockland, Mr. Miller came to Indianapolis from Terre Haute, | where he had practiced law. He was

associated with various bond houses

| until 1908, when he formed Miller & Co. a bond house,

Helped Found I. A, C.

This later became Miller, Adams & Co. and in 1917 was merged with the City Trust Co. In 1925, the bond department of City Trust Co. was incorporated into City Securities Corp., and continues to operate. The bank failed Oct. 23, 1930. Mr. Miller was a founder and life member of the Indianapolis Ath- | letic Club, a Scottish Rite Mason and was until three years ago a life | member of Highland Country Club.

| He was a member of Phi Gamma | Delta at Indiana University,

from which he was graduated in 1894. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Catherine Miller; foster daughters, Miss Juanita Miller and Mrs. Genevieve Kriner, Louisville; a brother. George Miller and a sister, Mrs.

| William White, of Rockville,

Services have not been arranged.

"HOUSE PASSES BILL

TO OUST WIRT, 64-29

By United Press

A bill enabling Mayor L. B. Clayton, Gary, to dismiss Dr. William Wirt, once investigated by the United States Senate, as City School Superintendent, was passed, 64 to 20 today by the House of Representatives. It already has passed the Senate. The bill will permit Mayor Clayton to appoint a new City School Board, which in turn appoints the School Superintendent. Mayor Clayton was balked by his present School Board, appointed by the City Council, in a previous attempt to oust Mr. Wirt, who precipitated the Senate investigation by charging Presi dent Roosevelt is the “Kerensky of the American revolution.”

TWO KILLED IN BLAST

By United Press CHICAGO, March 2.—Two men were killed and seven were injured, three seriously, when a boiler exploded early today in a small power house servicing blast furnaces at e South Chicago works of Care

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Ways e Coy

M'NUTT STIRRED BY GOY INGIDENT

«Cowardly a Uncalled For,” His Comment; Minton Is ‘Shocked.’

By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer

Commissioner McNutt of the Philippines today described as “cowardly and uncalled for” the alleged attack of Peter A. Cancilla, Indianapolis attorney on Wayne Coy, State Welfare Director, Commissioner McNutt revealed that he had asked Mr. Coy to accompany him to Washington for the month of study preceding departure for his new post. He said Mr. Coy elected to stay in Indianapolis to do what he could to have the Merit Bill passed before Nutt’'s administrative assistant in the Islands. Details of the alleged assault were phoned to Mr. McNutt by his wife and Adjt. Gen. Elmer Straub. “It was an uncalled for and cowardly attack,” Mr. McNutt deciared.

WASHINGTON. March 2.—High |

leaving to become Commissioner Mc- |

“Wayne only stayed there instead | of coming here with me because he | was really interested in the public | | welfare of the State. This is certainly a most unfortunate circumstance. I hope for his speedy recovery.” Senator Minton Comments

Senator Minton, who roomed wilh Mr. Coy at the Indianapolis Athletic Clup in the early days of the McNutt Administration, was

“shocked bevond words.” “It's too horrible for words,” he said. “I just can’t imagine such a thing happening to Wayne Coy and the fact that it actually happened at the State House in Indianapolis, makes it appear that savagery still is rampant in civilized communities.” Senator VanNuys also expressed SOrrow. “Since I do not know the facts in the case, I would refrain from making any comment,” Senator VanNuys said. “But of course I | am sorry to hear of the serious in- | juries to Mr. Coy.”

Ludlow Is Amazed

Rep. Louis Ludlow expressed amazement that such an incident could occur and declared: “It is particularly unfortunate that such an assault should grow out of differences regarding the passage of a bill. The whole point of the legislative procedure is to enact laws through conviction in debate, rather than to carry them by force. I am deeply sorry for Mr. Coy, his wife and family.” The incident was called “cruel and shameful” by Rep. William H. Larrabee, who deplored the fact that it could happen in the State House corridors. He praised Mr. Coy highly and expressed deep regret. Harry L. Hopkins, Works Progress Director, today deplored the assault (Turn to Page Three)

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Joel A. Baker

FIRE CAUSES $3800 LOSS AT TWO HOMES

Jackson St. Residences Are Damaged by Blaze.

Fire at noon today caused damage estimated by owners and occupants at $3800 to two frame homes in the 2400 block of Jackson St. The flames started in the second floor of the house at 2435 Jackson St. The first floor is occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence McClintock

mother, Mrs. Silver Gay. The flames spread quickly to the bungalow home of Victor Sherman, 2429 Jackson St. The McClintocks estimated their loss to furnishings at $1500. Mrs. Gay estimated her loss at $200 and James Adair, owner of the house, said damage to the building was $1000. Mr. Sherman estimated his loss at $1000.

500-MILLION-DOLLAR NAVY BILL REPORTED

By United Press WASHINGTON, March 2. — A $526,555,428 Navy Supply Bill was favorably reported to the House today—the first great national de-

fense measure under the Administration’s program to spend more than $1,00,000,000 next year for the Army and Navy. The bill, as sent to the House by the Appropriations Committee was cut $35,870,281 below Administration budget estimates and actually appropriates $1,693,554 less than Congress did last year for the Navy. The principal cut was one of $27,000,000 for Navy construction, due to delay in the Navy program for building up the fleet to full treaty Strength,

BRITAIN MAY SEEK ‘NEW LOCARNO PACT’

By United Press LONDON, March 2-—Anthony Eden, Foreign Secretary, intimated in Commons today that Britain would take the lead in seeking a “new Locarno pact” to maintain peace in western Europe. Mr. Eden hinted at the early possibility of the Locarno negotiations, and referred to Germany's desire for the restoration of colonies lost in the World War. England is no! considering the transfer of British territories, Mr. Eden said.

HUGHES 1S AWARDED HARMON AIR TROPHY

POST ‘CUT RIGHT FROM UNDER HIM, SAYS TOWNSEND

Governor Is Ready to Sign Bill Passed by, Legislature Vacating Office of Marion County Welfare Director.

U. S. MAY PROBE ATTACK ON COY

Special Senate Committee, County Prosecutor And Police Chief Morrissey Start Separate Investigations.

(Editorial, Page 14)

Governor Townsend and the Legislature today prepared to oust Joel A. Baker as Marion County Welfare Director, while State and City Police hunted his political associate, Peter A. Cancilla. This action followed yesterday’s attack by Cancilla in the State House corridor on Wayne Coy, State WPA and Public Welfare Director. Mr. Coy, before undergoing an operation for serious head injuries last night, charged Can cilla with attempting to intimidate him in connection with the Welfare Merit Bill. A warrant {or Cancilla’s arrest, on assault and battery with intent to kill charges, was signed by an Indianapolis police officer. Capt. Jesse McMurty said today: “Joel Baker called me about 5:30 p. m. yesterday and said Cancilla would surrender —Dbut he didn’t say when.” The Legislature shortly before noon passed a new County Welfare Merit Bill to replace one “lent” to Joel Baker and not returned by him to the House Judiciary A Committee. The State Welfare Board was to meet at 1:45 p. m. to=day at headquarters, 141 S. Meridian St., at the call of Fred Hoke, president, to replace Mr. Baker with a new Marion County Welfare Director. ! The board members are Mr. Hoke, J. Pierce Cummings, Indianapolis; Mrs. Richard Edwards, vice president, Peru; William Hacker, Indianapolis, and Victor O'Shaughnessy, Lawrenceburg.

Townsend Makes Statement

Governor Townsend said: “This act would repeal the previous law. It cuts the floor right from under him (Joel Baker). The new act creates a vacancy immediately. The State Welfare Board is to meet immediately to name a new director. The hill is to be signed as soon as it gets here. They (the Legislature) made short work of the Welfare Director in Marion County.” Meanwhile, four official and one unofficial investigations were pressed by the U. S. Department of Justice, the State Senate, County Prosecutor, Chief of Police, and president of the Indianapolis Bar Association. In Washington, WPA attorneys office of Attorney General®

conferred with the

to make ‘a personal investigation” Cummings to determine | of charges by Senator Martin J. | Cleary, Ft. Wayne, that a City po=whether the Federal Govern- | liceman following the Cancilla atment would enter the Coy | tack said: “You boys had better lay hands off. You may have a hard assault case. | time getting back to the Claypool A special Senate probe committee, | Hotel.” consisting of Senators Jesse E.| Willson Forecasts Report

Wade (D, Mount Vernon), Thurmah Russell Willson, Indianapolis Bar Association president, forecast a

A. Gottschalk (D. Berne) and I.| Floyd Garrott (R. Battle Ground), conferred with Floyd Mattice, City |Possible report on the Coy- -Cancilla Corporation Counsel and former |incident at a monthly meeting of the association tomorrow night. He said, “I should think somes

deputy prosecutor, who may ke named commiiies: atlorney, thing will be done regarding the ine cident. All I've heard about it is

Spencer Names Hagemeier County Prosecutor Herbert M.| what I've read in the newspapers.” Spencer named his deputy, Oscar| The penalty for assault and bate Hagemeier, to make the county in- | tery with intent to kill is a one-year vestigation. Mr. Hagemeier was in| prison term to which may be added charge of the 1935 prosecution of | a fine not to exceed $1000. Cancilla for assaulting an Indian- The new bill differs from the apolis Times reported in the Court | original Senate measure in two House. Cancilla was convicted in! places. It would grant the State

that case.

By United Press WASHINGTON, March 2. Howard Hughes, moving Cn producer and speed flyer, became the third American aviator to win | the Harmon International Trophy today when President Roosevelt presented him the award in behalf Avion he Lave Internationale 1

Cen a A A ———— A

He had been convicted several years previously by a Buffalo jury for first degree larceny and criminally receiving stolen goods, according to Prosecutor Spencer. Police Chief Morrissey promised

Guarded

The House didn't take any chance on losing the new welfare merit bill in transit between the House and Sendte. Pages usually carry documents between the two houses, but the House today enlisted the services of State Police Detective Chief Paul Armstrong to carry the bill over to the Senate. The detective chief later was assigned as bodyguard to Dick Heller, Governor Townsend's secretary, and another detective was assigned to keep an eye on the bill,

Welfare Department the right to appoint the Marion County Welfare Director. This measure also contains an emergency clause which would enable it to become effective immediately upon the Governor's signature. The substitute bill was introduced in the House by Majority Leader Frank G. Thompson (D. Bluffton) after Rep. Martin Downey (D. Hame mond), Judiciary A Committee chairman, said he had lent the orig« inal bill to Mr. Baker.

Downey Makes Apology

Rep. Downey publicly apologized for letting the original measure get out of his hands. When the second Lill was introduced it was not re ferred to his committee. It was sent to Judiciary B Committee and im= mediately reported back to the floor. The House passed the measure, 90 to 1, and the Senate gave unani< | mous approval to the bill., Rep. Harry M. Shull (R. Auburn) cast the lone “No” vote. He said he voted