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SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1937

DEFECTIVE HEATING SYSTEM BLAMED IN SCHOOL BLAST; RITES HELD FOR 425 VICTIMS

Architect and Contractor Heard by Military

Court of Inquiry;

Day of Mourning

Proclaimed by Governor.

(Continued

from Page One)

the safety signs that read: “Drive Slow—We Love Our Children.”

Governor's

Governor said: “Let us all enter into the House of the Lord, let us pray for those dear children and their teachers: let us entreat the Lord to bless them that mourn, to comfort the broken hearts of families and friends; let Us reconsecrate ourselves to the faith of our fathers, and highly resolve that no such disaster shall ever again be visited upon any community or any home.”

Gas Plant Substituted

It developed from Mr, Downing’s testimony that the gas type of heating had not been specified in the architects’ plans, but had been substituted by the School Board. Architects Defee and White of Henderson and Houston, supervised the construction. The original plans, Mr. Downing said, called for a boiler and steam heating. He said the change in plans was to effect an important saving in operating expenses. He outlined the ventilating system installed to carry off carbon monoxide from

Proclamation

Allred’'s proclamation

the radiators, but he said no steps

were taken to carry off any leakage of live gas. The ruins of the school had been cleared completely, the last pile of debris had been thoroughly checked and Col. Clarence Parker, ruler of the school grounds and its vicinity

under martial law, placed the num- |

ber of dead at 425. Only a census of the migratory workers will establish

mangled beyond any possibility of identification, and there were a

number of fragments of bodies left | great prosperity and abject poverty | —it was impossible to decide how |as oil wells came in gushing or were |

many entities they once composed.

Of the 125 injured, 48 remained | the men in silk shirts, they filed intg |

in hospitals today. Eight were in critical condition but physicians expect almost if not recover. Gradually, the hospitals were releasing more children with bandaged heads, and arms in slings, who walked the streets, living symbols of the tragedy.

Task Is Undramatie

The task of the experts was un- |three pink coffins in its living room, |

dramatic but of importance. They hoped to establish the exact reason why the natural gas accumulated in the buolding’s subbasement exploded with enough force to demolish all its walls and dump its three floors and roof on top of the other, The basement was a cavity beneath the 300-foot long building, without windows or other opening tO the outside, walled and paved with concrete. The explosive experts pointed out that it was comparative to the brass cartridge case

of a rifle bullet—it confined a high terial from which their children’s | explosive, natural gas, as tightly as | clothing had been made, hoping to |

a brass case confines gun powder. Its detonator, of a nature unknown, when set off had the same result. Dr. E. P. Shock, professor of Texas and the State's leading ex-

the precise | number of dead. Some bodies were |

all of them to |

afternoon and thoroughly explored the ruins. Arriving today were G. W. Jones of Pittsburgh, an expert on gas surface explosions, and three experts of the U. S. Bureau of Mines, D. J. Parker, Salt Lake City: H. B. Hill and Gustave Wade ot Dallas.

Experts to Testify

They will testify before the military board of inquiry. Col. Parker said the session would be open, that its purpose was to establish the reason behind the explosion rather than to search for someone to blame, |a military function to investigate | thoroughly any occurrence or Ccir- | cumstances sufficiently disquieting ' to public order to invoke a proclamation of martial law,

were undertaken by the Texas Insurance and Railroad Commissions, and by committees of the Senate and House. They wished to prevent such tragedies in the future and also to determine if the explosion was due to negligence of any sort. There was no disposition among

circumstances. To the oil field workers the black crude and the natural gas they pipe up out of the earth carries with it nature's own protective devices against explosions—to them an oil well fire, a gas explosion are acts of God which no man can control, and they held

ments for William C. Shaw, the

old son was one of the victims. Few Tears Shed

[not even by the women whose lives | have always been a succession of

| depleted. In their best clothing,

| the funeral parlors, sat there solemn

| but composed while a minister in-|

toned “The Lord Is My Shepherd,” then got into cars and followed the { hearse to the cemetery.

children enlarged and framed in gilt and carry the pictures | with them from field to field. | One family—the Williams—haad leach containing the body of one of | their three children. Four families { purchased two coffins each. Even more trag= than the plight {of these parents, was the emotional | state of the parents of children who { beyond doubt were killed but whose | bodies cannot be identified. { There were approximately 100 of | these, and the parents of the miss- | ing dead went from morgue to | morgue looking endlessly at fright- | fully mangled bodies. Some of the | mothers carried scraps of the ma-

| identify their dead in that way. This method was reducing steadily th enumber of unidentified dead. Though high officials of the companies had nothing to say publicly, it was understood that the

He explained that it was |

Investigations of another order |

the bereaved to blame persons or

only kind and sympathetic senti- |

There were no tears shed today, |

Later they | | will have snapshots of their dead] tinted and

The outer shell of the 1937 Model Home, center- | piece of the 16th annual Indianapolis Home Show, is being erected in the Manufacturers’ Building at

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Work Is Rushed on Mode

the State Fair Grounds. pleted and furnished for the show opening April 15. It is to reflect the composite ideas of 1000 women.

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[| Home

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| Tended Family

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| Laid to Rest With Loved Ones

Inscription on Fourth Headstone Completed as Last Rites Are Held Up for Patrick Cannon.

Grave 30 Years;

OR vears, visitors at Holy Cross Cemetery have envied the well-

was buried today.

There were four headstones, one

scene.

| ing a water cart, would be near | the graves, sprinkling them in or shearing the grassy

| drought This would be Mr.

| slopes. | Cannon. If one talked to him he would say in Killarney brogue: “My wife and three children are buried here. I Keep their graves. It gives me something | to do and I can be near them. | Sure and I've been doing it for | 30 years now. I never use a lawnmower, just the shears. They are nearer to me when it's well trimmed.”

” n n ODAY stone-masons prepared to fill out the one headstone “Patrick Cannon, 1862-19—." | Mr. Cannon, caretaker of his | own grave-plot, died Wednesday night after a short illness. | Requiem mass was celebrated today at St. John's Church. | Survivors are two daughters, Mrs. George Young and Mrs. George McCammon; and a son, Joseph { Cannon. Mr. Cannon had lived with Mrs. Young at 2205 S. Meridian-St.

'PWA ACCEPTS BIDS FOR CHARLESTOWN

| Contracts for the Charlestown, { Ind., waterworks have been ap- | proved by the Public Works Ad- { ministration, State Director F. M. i Logan said today. The distribu- | tion system contract was awarded to the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel

plosive expert, arrived yesterday school would be rebuilt immediately. Co.. Des Moines, at a bid of $51,595,

IN INDIANAPOLIS

MARRIAGE LICENSES (Incorrect addresses frequently are given te the Marriage License Bureau deliberately. official list assumes no responsibility for such addresses.)

Earl Gibson, of Ave to Sarah Josephine 3484 Birchwood Ave Leo James Shafiner, 21, of 4231;

Adams, 35,

E. 30th st Ritter Ave. Donald Lee Hillock to Mildred W

29 pd

Jolliff, 19, of Beech Grove

Dave Friedman, 52, of 6143 Calumet Ave., |

to Minnie Jeffe, 44. of Indianapolis. Richard Maver, 28, of 4924 Ford St. to Charlotte Stelzner, 23, of 4948 W. Vermont ol.

BIRTHS Boys Vesper, Mildred Johnston, at 8235 Birch. Martin, Viola Price, at 1739 Wade. Charles, Gertrude Purtee, at 1408 Silver. Claire, Mary Burgess, at Methodist Fred, Helen Steinhauer, at Methodist. Guy, Cecelia Sears, at Methodist. Thornton, Florence Chandler, at St. Vin-

nt's. Ralph, Edna Long. at St. Vincent's John, Janice Young. at St. Vincent's. Joseph, Marian Edwards, St. Vincent's. James, Nora Moylan, at St. Vincent's Buford, Marion Payne, at St. Vincent's. Kenneth, Gladys Rayburn. at St. cent’s Charles, Louise Riley, at St. Vincent's. Mounte, Aline Frantz, at St. Vincent's,

The Times in printing the |

540 Massachusetts | of

to Mildred Eileen Kaster, 18, of 415 8. |

of Beech Grove, |

Vin- |

Cornelius Webster, 29, at 1511 Belifontaine, Addison's disease Isaac Nunley, 37, at 830 Daly. occlusion | Rebecca Headspeth, 72. 75,

coronary at 1943 Hovey.

at City, diabetes

arterioslerosis Theodore Grubb, mellitus

Andrew Holloway, 52, at Veterans’. mi- |

tral insufficiency William Downev, 11, coccic meningitis Infant Lynch, 2 da cranial hemorrhage. Julia Weber, 73, | monia. Jeanenne Mancourt. | tuberculous meningitis Walter Thomas, 37, { narv thrombosis. Malissa A. Newson, 85, at 1039 \V. 36th, | coronary thrombosis | Patrick Cannon, 75 at 2205 3. | hypostatic pneumonia. { Robert Heninger, 72. | betes mellitus. { Louise H. Green, 51, cerebral apoplexy. Emmett LeRoy Stitt, 50. at Methodist, | gastrie ulcer. | William Benjamin Bumps. 1. at Riley. | broncho-pneumonia. : Robert W. Leamon, 32, at City peritonitis, ji | Michael Horan. 87, { cerebral hemorrhage. | Mary Althia Becker, coma, Willette Hayes, 44, at Civ heart disease |

at Riley, meningovs, at Coleman, Intraat Citv, lobar pneu-

2, at St.

at 1126 Park, coro-

Meridian,

at 840 N. Oxford,

general at 22 N. Richland, 15. at Riley, sar-

, hypertensive

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OFFICIAL WEATHER

Mare, Katherine Frank, at St. Vincent's |

Louis, Iva Tracy, at 232 Beauty. Joseph, Rose Goddin, at 2217 Station. Johith, Anna Zove, at 3114 W, 9th William, Catherine MecGougal, at E. Washington, Fred, Elizabeth Parham, at 1520 Shep-

ard. Ronald, Elizabeth 1413 WwW,

Henry Pete, Teresa Wynolda, S. Key701

Hillman, 3 at

at stone Kenneth, Jeanne Mahurine, New Jersey. Girls Charles, Helen Gutheil, at Methodist, Blaine, Harriet Miller, at Methodist Joseph, Dorothy Reddington, Methdist, 9 Rov, Beulah Hershey, at Methodist. Robert, Ruth Wiegand, Methodist. Maurice, Helen Lunte, at St. Vincent's, Emil, Margaret Mertz, at St. Vincent's. Carroll, Frances Sipf, at St. Vincent's Fred, Elinor Mahaffey, at St. Vincent's. Frederick, Louise Zuhlke, at St. Vincent’s William, Ann West, at St. Vincent's. William, Betty Fairfield, at 1264 Naomi. Frederick, Christeen Butler, at 1226 N

La Salle. Alfred, Alice Paul at 3779 Parker. at 1053 N. Bel-

ont Robert, Genevieve Harper, at 2218 N. Arsenal. Bdward, Helen Giffel, at 233 S. Trowbridge. . Grant, Viola McCombs, at 321 W. 14th, Hayden, Amelia Martin, at 208 Concordia. Ernest, Susie Wilson, at 552 Drover. Cornelius, Maude Green, at 2006 Hovey. John, Missie Bean, at 724 E. Michigan. William, Gertrude Tucker, at 1901 S Pershing. Oliver, Clotie Williams, at 3021 Martindale.

William, Janie Jones,

DEATHS Donald Cook, 8, at Riley, Hodgkins dis

ase. . Nora Flynn Stineecker, 68, at 1234 N. Dearborn, cerebral hemorrhage, William H. Lyman, 66, at 5828 College, mitral stenosis. James Gabe, 49, at Veterans, lobar pneu-

monia. William Patterson, 36, at City, general

peritonitis. PeRuth Harris, 62, at 963'2 W. ton. cerebral hemorrhage. % 44, City,

Kenneth Dariel Gordon, at Methodist,

Washing-

at City

obar pneumonia ! Harry Garland, tured skull

Roy Hickman, 351, culosis meningitis.

at frac-

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es United States Weather Bureau

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST—Cloudy and | colder tonight, with rain possibly turning to snow flurries: i and colder.

Sunset

| Sunrise we vou BES 3:5% TEMPERATURE ~—March 20. 1936

. 33 AIM. BAROMETER = 1 pom Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m.. Total precipitation s Excess since Jan. 1 MIDWEST WEATHER ._Indiana—Cloudy and colder, rain turning to snow flurries east and north portions tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy, colder southeast portion. Ilinois—Cloudy to partly cloudv and colder, snow flurries extreme northeast Portion tonight; tomorrow fair: continued

Lower Michigan—Snow probable tonight and tomorrow; continued cold. Ohio—Rain and colder tonight: tomorrow generally fair and colder except snow flurries in northeast and extreme north | portions. | Kentucky—Generally fair and colder to- [ night and tomorrow, except probably light rain in east portion early tonight. WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES AT 7 A.M. Station. . Bar, Temp. Amarillo, Tex. ........ 30.10 30 Bismarck, N. Boston Chicago Cincinnati .... Cleveland, O. Denve

nver Dodge City, Kas. ... Helena, Mont. Jacksonvile, Fla. .... Kansas City, Mo. Little Rock, Ark. ... Los Angeles | Miami, Fla. | Minneapolis ......... | Mobile, Ala. ........: | New Orleans New York Okla, City. ha, Neb

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Vincent's, |

at Methodist, dia- |

tomorrow partly cloudy |

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| and the elevated tank contract to | W. E. Caldwell Co., Louisville, on a | bid of $7896.

LIBRARY TO EXHIBIT

* RELICS OF OLD MAYA

Collection Is Loaned by | C. 0. Warnock.

| Relics of Maya and related cul- | tures, loaned by C. O. Warnock, 4324 | Park Ave. are to be exhibited at | the Public Library, starting Sunday and continuing through April 12. The collection includes curved knives made of black, volcanic glass and once used in sacrificial rites. A {small clay figure strapped to a | sacrificial table also is to be shown. | Mr. Warnock, credited with pos- | sessing one of the finest collections | of its kind, now is in Mexico seek-

ing new objects and new knowledge

‘TRAVELERS TO HEAR MEXICO DESCRIBED

Indianapolis Council 4, United Commercial Travelers of America, | is to entertain members and guests ‘at 8 o'clock tonight in the Women’s Department Club Building, 17th |and Meridian Sts. Motion pictures depicting pioneer Indiana are to be shown, and Otto is to describe “Scenes Around Mexico City, Mexico.”

ORPHAN FILM SCHEDULED A motion picture, showing scenes at Bellefaire, Jewish Orphan Home, Cleveland, O., is to be given by Indianapolis lodge, B'nai B'rith, Monday night in Kirshbaum Community Center. Richard P. Efroymson, lodge president, is to preside.

“How well-trimmed and neat,”

Miss Mary Cain of the library |

kept grave plot of the Cannon family, where Patrick Cannon

was their comment.

| school’s superintendent and respon- | A floral urn, heaped high with flowers, usually added color to the

sible executive, whose own 17-year- | 5 | Frequently an aged man, push-

AMERICAN MEDICAL

~ GROUP HEAD TO TALK

Of State Secretaries.

| Dr. Charles Gordon Heyd, New| York, president of the American | Medical Association, is to speak at a banquet of the Indiana State | Medical Association's annual secretaries’ conference in the Columbia Club tomorrow night. The banquet is to follow an after- | noon meeting at which national and state authorities in the field of medical economics are to speak. | Guests at the affair are to include Dr. Olin West, Chicago, gen- | eral manager of the national asso- | ciation, and Dr, Austin Heyden,

| and determine just what I can do.”

| whether he had given Prosecutor | Spencer any advice in the dissolu~ |

Dr. Heyd to Address Parley

| ference” with Mr. Spencer, but that | the latter merely showed him the

| Chicago, secretary of the board of |

| trustees.

BATTON RENAMED TO

| peared at the County Jail accom-

| attorney. He said Mr. Ettinger told

STATE FINANGIAL JOB

| {

| Townsend Picks Two Local

(at 10 a. m.

Men for Board.

| Robert R. Batton, Marion attorney, today was renamed chairman | | of the Financial Institutions Board by Governor Townsend.

[ be served on County Clerk Ralston

marked “Patrick Cannon, 1862-19—. | Spencer said after a meeting with { Mr. Northam.

CLAIMS STATE REFUSES HELP

Spencer Charges Lack of Co-operation in Cancilla Case.

(Continued from Page One)

“I'm going out right now to a plenty good law library

Earlier the prosecutor said he was of the opinion that an order to dissolve the injunction could be ob-

tained in the State Supreme Court. No Statement

say |

Mr.

Northam declined to

tion procedure. He said he had not held a “con-

statute under which the change of venue was asked. Joel Baker and Cancilla are to be arraigned Monday in Criminal Court before Judge Frank P. Baker. Judge Baker previously has said he would not sit in the trial. The order signed by Judge Cox | restrains the County Clerk's office “from certifying to the Clerk of the Supreme Court of Indiana the facts of the applications for change of venue from the judge heretofore filed in the Marion Criminal Court.” It was served on Charles Ettinger, Chief Deputy Clerk, by E. W. Hindel, night jailer, at 3:30 a. m. Aroused From Sleep Mr. Hindel said Mr. Ettinger ap-

panied by Andrew Jacobs, Cancilla’s

him Mr. Jacobs had called him out of bed to have the order read immediately. The order provides that a hearing on a temporary injunction be held in the Circuit Court March 27

Summons to the hearing was to

by deputy sheriffs today.

Text of Order The complete text of the order |

| signed by Judge Cox in which Mr. | | Cancilla

listed as the plaintiff |

| and Mr. Ralston the defendant, is|

At the same time the Governor |

announced four new appointees of | | the board. They were: | William P. Flynn, Indianapolis | Democrat, vice president of the In- | diana National Bank; Frank Mc- | Kinney, Indianapolis Democrat, | president of the Fidelity Trust Co.; Spencer Herrell, Shelbyville Republican, engaged in small loan business, and Vincent Vaughn, Lafayette Republican, an attorney. They are to replace O. P. Welborn, Indianapolis; H. B. Hartsock, Indianapolis; Myron H. Gray, Muncie, and C. M. Setser, Columbus. Robert A. McKinley recently was named director of the Department of Financial Institutions.

COUNTY HEALTH UNIT EXPANSION OUTLINED

Expansion of county and district health units as a means of raising Indiana health standards was explained by Dr. John W. Ferree of the State Health Board at the Indiana Health Council meeting in the Hotel Lincoln yesterday. “The State Health Board desires, first of all, close co-operation of the medical profession, and it would be a distinct advantage to all concerned if the initiative in organizing these units were to come from the medical societies,” Dr. Ferree said. The only such unit in existence in Indiana is in Lake County, he said.

————————— DOCTOR KEEPS SECRET By United Press ATLANTA, Ga. March 20—Dr. Samuel Green, prominent Atlanta physician, resumed his practice today after having spent more than a day in jail in defiance of a contempt of court order which sought to force him to reveal the name of a woman patient sought by defense attorneys in a damage suit.

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| above cause and files his verified

as follows: “Comes now the plaintiff in the

complaint for a temporary restraining order without notice until a hearing can be had for a temporary injunction and the said complaint being supported by the affidavit of the plaintiff and the Court having read the same and being convinced of the plaintiff's rights for temporary relief, it is now ordered, adjusted and decreed that the defendant, his employees, agents, or anyone having knowledge of the term of this order be and are restrained immediately and until notice and a hearing for a temporary injunction from certifying to the Clerk of the Supreme Court of Indiana the facts of the applications for change of venue from the judge heretofore filed in the Marion Criminal Court. “It is further ordered that the clerk of this court cause certified copies of this order to be made and served upon defendant and that Saturday, March 27 at 10 a. m. or soon thereafter as the same can be heard, be set as the date for the hearing on a temporary injunction, | said hearing to be held in the court | room of the Marion Circuit Court at | Indianapolis.” | Spencer Petition :

Prosecutor Spencer's petition yes- | terday reads: “Comes now Herbert M. Spencer, | prosecuting attorney for the Nine- | teenth judicial circuit of the state of | Indiana and moves the court for a change of judge in the above entitled cause for the reason and on the ground that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had by reason of the interest, bias and prejudice of the trial judge, herein. Your applicant further alleges that he objects to the judge from whom his change of venue is being taken, himself selecting a judge to try the case, or sub-

BLAZE CAUSES $50,000 LOSS IN RUSSIAVILLE

Early Reconstruction Downtown Buildings Is Planned.

Times Special RUSSIAVILLE, Ind. March 20.— This little town was busy today planning reconstruction of aproximately $50,000 worth of buildings in the downtown section destroyed last night by fire, And if it had not been for the assistance of nearby towns, plus a heavy downpour of rain at about 10:30 p. m., town leaders said more of the downtown section might have been destroyed. The fire started about 6:30 p. m. in a brick building that housed the Russiaville Hatchery. No one, it was reported, was in the building. Russiaville has a volunteer fire department, which consists of bucket brigade, and is equipped only with a two-wheeled, man-pow-ered hose wagon. Four telephone operators, at their board across the street from the fire, began calling citizens to join the bucket brigade. Next door to the hatchery was a brick building occupied by the Stout & Sons Furniture Store and Funeral Parlor. That was ignited. Flames also spread to the dry goods store of William O’Brien. As the fire spread, firemen boarded up the windows across the street to keep the heat away from the phone operators so they could continue to spread the alarm. The operators were ordered to leave finally when it appeared that the phone company building would become ignited. Choking fumes handicapped the work of the firemen. The phone operators were Miss Hazel Orm, Miss Ruth Taylor, Miss Helen Kanagle and Mrs. Fay Ratcliff.

CLASH AT HEARING ON JUDICIARY PLAN

| | |

Editor and Senator Exchange ‘Angry Words.’

| Ry United Press WASHINGTON, March 20.—Irving Brant, St. Louis editor, and Senator Connally (D. Tex.), ex-

changed angry words today at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on President Roosevelt's judiciary plan. Mr. Brant, appearing in support of Mr. Roosevelt's program, charged that the method of questioning witnesses employed by Senator Connally, a foe of the plan, was a “disgrace.” Sen. Connally rejoined hotly that “this is a country of free speech.” Chairman Henry F. Ashurst intervened in the dispute to order the remarks stricken from the committee record. The outburst came after an assertion by Mr, Brant that if the Supreme Court is allowed “to stand aloof and use its arbitrary power to thwart the aspirations of the underprivileged masses, the democratic government we have known in the United States will disappear.”

SPANISH REBELS ON RUN, LOYALISTS SAY

By United Press WITH LOYALIST ARMY, MADRID FRONT, March 20.—Moorish and Fascist reinforcements rushed down the Aragon highway today to halt the headlong flight of Rebel Gen. Francisco Franco's Italian units and make another stand north of Gajanejos, Loyalist Army dispatches reported. Army leaders made public the text of an alleged telegram from Premier Mussolini to Gen.. Mancini of the Italian forces fighting with the Rebels, urging them to victory.

CONFESSION CLAIMED IN DEATH OF GIRL, 9

By United Press NEW YORK, March 20.—Less than two hours after the body of 9-year-old Einer Sporrer was found today in a sack near her home, Salvatore Ossido, middle-aged barber, confessed to police that he lured the child into the rear of his shop, attacked and strangled her.

GUNMEN KILL YOUTH By United Press PITTSBURGH, March 20.—Warfare over moonshine liquor was blamed today by police for the killing of Alberto (Butchy) Melaragno, 19, and the critical wounding of Joseph Saldutti, 25, by two gunmen.

mitting a list of names from whom a judge may be selected to try the case. “Applicant hereby prays and requests the clerk of this court to certify the facts set forth herein to the clerk of the Supreme Court of the state of Indiana.” Other developments incident to the slugging of Mr. Coy, and alleged lobbying activities of Joel Baker and Cancilla, also were to be discussed by the legislative committee today, Mr. Bedwell said.

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Famine Strikes Nine Million in Central China

By United Press PEIPING, China, March 20.— Nine million people are starving in a 13,000-square mile famine area in Central China, the Honan Province Famine Relief Commission announced today. C. C. Chang, engineer of the International Famine Relief Committee, disclosed that peasants were stripping metal from their homes and bartering it for cottonseed cake, normally used as fertilizer, as their only food. A year-long drought, climaxing eight years of crop failures, had brought the people of the region to the end of their resources, Chang said, and the only hope of relief was early rain.

STRIKERS WRITE MURPHY LETTER

Demand Satisfactory Pact Before Leaving Nine Chrysler Plants.

(Continued from Page One)

that our grievances are adjusted, or you can use the state's troops to try to force us out. “The first way will lead to industrial peace and the elimination of the causes for strikes. The second way will lead to bloodshed, violence and more strikes. “We are resolved to protect out rights to our jobs with our lives The choice is flatly up to you.” The letter was prepared as the Governor announced the outlook for industrial peace “favorable” and as James F. Dewey, Federal conciliator active in the recent General Motors strike, arrived in Detroit. “I will be unable to announce my plans until I have seen the Governor,” Mr. Dewey said. Murphy slept late after the early morning breakup of a preliminary conference between representatives of the United Automobile Workers and Chrysler officials—a meeting arranged at his behest. He was to meet today with Sheriff Thomas W. Wilcox and Presumably Mr. Dewey will attend. The sheriff is under Circuit Court order to arrest the Chrysler strikers and them before Judge Allan Campbell to show cause why they

RAILROAD STRIKE PARLEY RESULTS T0 BE REPORTED

Bowman Elder Confers With Workers on Anderson Walkout.

(Continued from Page One)

wage increases to be granted, the first on March 29 and the second on June 1. Announcement of sale ary increases was made before a workers’ petition asking higher wages had reached company ofe ficials.

Newcastle Mill Raises Pay of Employees

By United Press NEWCASTLE, Ind., March 20.—= Five per cent increases in hourly and piece-rate wages for employees of the Ingersoll Steel Disc Co., effec tive April 10, were announced . toe day by company officials. The firm also announced distri bution of a June bonus as follows: $25 for employees who have worked continuously through 1936 and $2 a month for workers in the ems= ploy of the company less than that period.

Four Strikes Over State Settled

Four strikes in Indiana communi« ties were settled yesterday and workers were back to their jobs today. Fifty WPA workers at Vincennes returned to their project. They had quit because of an argument over trucking dirt. The Brown Rubber Co., Lafayette, today was in agreement with the United Rubber Workers of America 53. The pact provides pay and a half for more then 48 hours’ work a week and sets up a grievance pres= entation slystem. Granting of a 10 per cent pay ine crease sent workers in the Ely Saw Mill at Argos back to their jobs. Rex Manufacturing Co. employees were at work today at Connersville after settlement of a strike called Tuesday by the United Automobile Workers. > The company makes auto trailers and refrigerators and reopening per= mitted resumption of activities in the Davidson Enamel Co. Nearly 2000 workers were affected. The agreement granted collective bargaining rights to U. A. W. A. for members, but not for all workers.

BURNS KILL VICTIM

should not be held in contempt for

failure to quit the plants under in- |

junction. The corporation, in a statement by President K. T. Keller, told its employees today that they were the “victims of a lawless element which is striving to tear down all that the corporation has built up.”

PITTSBURGH, March 20.—President William Green of the American Federation of Labor today carried into Federal Court his fight to prevent the New Kensington, Pa., local of the National Council of Aluminum Workers from transferring its allegiance to John L. Lewis. :

OF FIRE IN HOME

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Alex Coward died in City Hospie tal today from burns suffered when flames destroyed his cottage at 2405 Yandes St. a week ago. He was 69. Use of kerosene to revive a fire caused an explosion which set fire to his home. Police said he was burned when he stayed to search for money he had hidden.

CAMP STAFF TO MEET Members of the Camp Gridley boys’ summer camp staff are to meet tomorrow afternoon at 3415 | Park Ave. to discuss plans for the " summer season.

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