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LOYALIST ARMY | No Fooling PUSHES DRIVE [sc conve ON REBEL BASE

Second Insurgent Force Kept on Run Toward Cordoba Hills.

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Safety Campaign Conductor Fined for Traffic Violation.

IVINGSTON JAMESON, 5252 W. 15th St, of all persons, found himself in Municipal Court on April Fools Day for two traf-| fic law violations. | He was fined $5 for speeding and’ $5 more for failing to stop at the | | preferential intersection at 30th St.! and Keystone Ave. by Judge Pro Tem Russell Dean. Mr. Jameson said his business was conducting traffic safety campaigns, for an automobile manufacturing corporation. 2 ”

ISS LELAH PRICE, 802 N.| Highland Ave. didn’t like the idea of paying $2 at the traffic department after being given a sticker for illegal parking.

EYES ITALY

Peace or War Up to Il Duce, Major Powers Believe: U. S. Concerned.

By United Press

CITY UTILITIES

HELD TAXABLE BY HIGH COURT

Supreme Bench Rules South Bend Water Works | Must Pay.

MANY CITIES AFFECTED

Restrainer Against St.Joseph |

County Treasurer Dissolved.

Municipally owned utility prop-

THURSDAY, APRIL

1, 1937

Local ‘Purse Snatchers

AW AN US

Loyalists continued their successful campaign in Spain today, driving in full force toward Burgos the

insurgent capital in the north, and |

pushing the southern Rebel army steadily back toward Cordoba. The military strategy of Col. Jose Miaja, defender of Madrid, has proved extraordinarily effective. He has kept Rebels busy scattered fronts so that they cannot concentrate for a mass drive on] Madrid and Valencia. The

taneous drives on Burgos and Cor- |

doba are examples. Such moves prevent the insurgents from reinforcing their army in the | Aranjuez sector just east of Madrid. where the Loyalists have succeeded ! not only in holding them off, but beating them back.

Italy Deciding Factor

Formation of a new Cabinet in | the autonomous state of Catalonia at its capital at Barcelona in north- | eastern Spain was believed today to have lessened the increasing internal tension there From the international viewpoint, | Italy remained the deciding factor. | If was a question whether Mussolini | will accept the loss of prestige en- | tailed by defeat of the Italian forces already in Spain, or would scrap the nonintervention agreement and send | in enough men to insure a Rebel | victory. It was stated officially in Rome yesterday that Italy is not contem-! plating sending further men to Spain and will abide by the nonintervention agreement. The spokesman added the proviso, however, | that other nations must do likewise,

Paris Drops Hint | 1 Hints were dropped in Paris that | the French think they see a possibile solution—perhaps the simultaneous | withdrawal of all foreigners from | Spain. { Mussolini could conceivably accept such a solution and back out of a | bad situation with a minimum loss of face. Washington, which has kept aloof | from the international aspecis of the situation, nevertheless is following developments minutely. Nor- | man Davis is in London, Keeping close watch on the situation and | presumably empowered to discuss the question if an international cor | ference on peace and economic | problems is proposed. | A communique issued by Rebel | headquarters today charged at- | tempts had been made “to distrub | the Spanish Moroccan protectorate | from the French zone and Tangier.” |

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13 Americans Held on Neutrality Law Charge

| By United Press PERPIGNAN, FRANCO-SPANISH FRONTIER, April 1. — Two Americans questioned today by an examining magistrate said a party of 13 Americans and five Canadians, caught by French authorities while trying to enter Spain by boat, had planned to volunteer in the civil war. The magistrate ordered all 18 returned to jail pending the verdict of their disposition or punishment under the neutrality law.

IN TORCH DEATH CASE

By United Press NEWCASTLE, April 1.—Coroner Elmer H. Bentley today returned a formal verdict of ‘‘death from an unknown cause,” in the torch death of Miss Mable Sutton, 28, former Cadiz school teacher. “This is the only verdict I can file,” Coroner Bentley said. “It will leave the case wide open for further work. “While we seemingly covered every clue, we are without anything conclusive in either the theory of suicide or murder so therefore my verdict.”

on a dozen |

simul- |

| quarrel | that she told him to leave or she

| her and the refrigerator gone.

| missed her, |

” ” ” NE of Attorney Adolph Seidensticker's former clients | today was accused of doing Post- | master Adolph Seidensticker | wrong. | Edward A. Saylor, 25, of 842 N. East St, was before U. S. Commissioner Fae W. Patrick, charged with stealing letters from mail boxes and cashing four money orders, He waived grand jury action, “Why Mr. Seidensticker, who is Postmaster now, helped me get out of the Indiana Reformatory,” the accused said. It was brought out that Attorney Seidensticker in 1931, before he was Postmaster, was counsel for Saylor and helped obtain him a parole after he had served three years and three months of a 10year sentence for robbery.

o o n AMES R. Dickerson, 512! Indiana Ave., was hot and bothered | in Municipal Court today all because of an ice box deal. It resulted in his being held for | Grand Jury action under $1500 bond | on a charge of removing conditioned- |

| sales property from the state.

Store detective testified that | Dickerson bought the electric re- | frigerator on the installment plan last June, and ever since she has been trying to catch up with him and the refrigerator. | Dickerson testified that he had a|

with his girl friend and]

MORGENTHAU CALMS FEARS ON BOND DIP

U. S. Cash Ample to Support, Prices, He Says. |

(Another Story, Page 19)

By United Press WASHINGTON, April 1.—Treasury Secretary Morgenthau declared | | today the Treasury and Federal Reserve Board, working together, have ample funds to maintain id orderly bond market. Mr. Morgenthau replied to a question regarding reports that funds, such as postal savings and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. | money, which the Treasury must invest in Government obligations, had been exhausted in an effort to support the falling Government | market.

| He said the Treasury still

had available funds for investment pur- | poses in approximately 60 different | trust funds and special accounts. He declined to state whether he | agreed with Rep. Robert Doughton, (D. N. C.), House Ways and | Means Committee chairman, who | declared that if tax collections were | deficient, the Administration should | embark on a program of retrench- | ment. He said only the President would have authority to answer that | question. i ————" a —— ————— ‘HULL NAMED FARM HEAD FOR PRISONS

(Another Story, Page 8)

J. D. Hull, Columbus, today was

| in the title of the act under which | the | Water Works cited provisions in the | claiming tax exemption,

| F. DeHaven, former County Treas- | urer. | 1036.

ing to $12,238.42 for the 1934 term

totaled $466.272 during 1934, accord- |

| records.

| said.

State Tax Board chairman, who said

| somewhat colder weather for tomor-

| erty used for commercial purposes | is assessable for County and State taxes, according to a ruling today by the Indiana Supreme Court. The high court overruled the St. Joseph County Superior Court in a case brought by the South Bend Water Works against the County ! Treasurer. An injunction preventing the | Treasurer from collecting taxes from | the utility was ordered dissolved by | the Supreme Court. Basing the appeal on alleged flaws |

(Editorial, Page 18)

All the youngsters above need is a victim to make the picture complete. Yes, it's April Fool's Day, and the tricksters'll get you you if you don't watch out! For instance, there was Keith Hosey (below). When he saw a quarter on the doorstep he had visions of ice cream cones and candy galore. When he started to pick it up he found he couldn't budge it. Undaunted, Keith got himself a screwdriver and went | after it. He's 5, lives at 1818 N.

utility would be taxable, the

amended Spencer-Shively 1913 Act

The City sought a permanent injunction in April, 1935, against John

The case was appealed in

Wide Effect Probable Brightwood kindergarten.

The decision pointed out that no claims of error in the Tax Com- |

| mission assessment through fraud | DEFENSE OPENS had been made. The utility prop- IN BRIGHT CASE

erty was assessed at $2,092,040 which

would have brought taxes amount-

payable in 1935. Back taxes amounting to approximately $40,000 will be | ‘ collected hy the Treasurer. Justice of Peace Says Neal

Income from commercial sales | . Insane at Time of Crime.

ing to Public Service Commission State-wide in its application, the Supreme Court ruiing probably will | affect many cities and towns. |

Pay $28,000 Here

Citizens Gas & Coke Utility, local municipally owned plant, {paid .ap-| Marshall, 22. and, ;

: \ | from death ‘in the electric ¢RAIF for proximately $28,000 in State and County taxes for the 1936 period, | the alleged murder of William H.

according to Thomas Kemp, general | Bright, Ro a, manager. : : This payment was based on a vai- fen Se uestioned Bs lone sal vation in excess of $4,800,000, he fense is to be insanity 8 The State 15-cent rate and| one of the first witnesses was EdCounty 44-cent rate payments were ward L. Rosenberger, Switzerland included. : _ __..| County Justice of the Peace. He The utHity here always has paid |gsajq he knew Neal from the time he State and County levies, according | was an infant until about five years fo Mr. Kemp. Only that part serv-| ago. He said he thought the youth ing the municipal buildings is ex-|insane at the time Mr. Bright was empt. robbed and killed. Total State taxes on municipally Denies Directed Verdict owned utilities at the last taxing The defense opened iis. oo 10 period. amounted to approximately minutes before Circuit oer aie £46,000, according to Philip Zoercher, | 2 y journment yesterday after Special

Judge Roscoe O'Byrne denied the defendants’ plea for a direct verdict of acquittal on the second count of the indictment, murder in the commission of a robbery. Such a verdict would have saved them from a mandatory death sentence if convicted. Defense counsel claimed they could not be convicted in Shelby County |of a robbery which they claimed 51 | was committed in Marion County. 51 [Their contention was that one of 58 |

Times Special

| Defense witnesses today told their

the property used for commercial purposes is assessed at $31,000,000 in Indiana.

LIGHT RAIN LIKELY FOR CITY TONIGHT

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MWg De sy ant | Sis = SEEKS QUASHING OF rrieesiazem | GANCILLA CASE WRIT

rains for tonight, and clear and | APARTMENT HOUSE So sete ‘Spencer to File Motion With High Court Today.

TEMPERATURES 383 10a. m.. 40 11 a.m... 43 12 (Noon) 46 1 pom...

row,

A fire of undetermined origin forced seven persons to flee in their | nightclothes from an apartment house at 932 W. Walnut St. early today. Damage was estimated at ap- Prosecutor Herbert M. Spencer proximately $200. was to file a motion today to quash The fire broke out in the kitchen | returns of Circuit Judge Earl R. of the apartment occupied by Mrs. | Cox and Criminal Court Judge

Maggie Lumpkins. Mrs. Lumpkins | Frank P. Baker, against Supreme and the occupants of adjoining | Court writs of prohibition. the building. Judge Baker prevent them from INCREASE IN INDIANA acting in the case of Joel A. Baker malicious mayhem ang assault and | battery with intent to murder Customs Collector Wray E. Flem- | Director. ing today reported March collections | Mr. Spencer said his motion $503,866.87 in March, 1936. by Judge Cox and Judge Baker He reported that in Indianapolis | were not relevant to the issues. and warehouse withdrawals totaled | day, challenged the right of Su$24.387 against $8449 for the same | preme Court to interfere with the

Rural St. and is a pupil at the

BOB BURNS

Says: April 1. — I

think “vanity” is about as bad a trait as a person can have when carried to extreme. We've all got a certain amount of it and I suppose we should have pecause it helps ease the pain that comes in from outside sources. I was funeral down home one time and we all felt so sorry for the young widow be-

named agricultural supervisor for all state penal and benevolent institutions. At a meeting of state institution heads today, Thurman A. Gottschalk, new supervisor, outlined a personnel system and said no drastic changes would be made. He said Richard Bunch would be personnel director and would conduct examinations in a setup similar to i the merit system. All institutions were represented at the meetings. The state building program was to be considered this afternoon, .

APPEAL BOND HALVED cause she was IN SYNDICALISM CASE

“carryin’ on’ so. | By United Press Finally the ANGOLA, Ind. April 1. — The preacher says, “My heart goes out | Steuben Circuit Court yesterday rein sympathy for this young widow | duced from $10,000 to $5000 an apwho has suffered such a loss at | peal bond of Paul Butasch, 43, Chiher early age of 25 years.” cago, convicted more than a year The young widow stopped cryin’ |ago on a criminal syndicalism

at a

and said “I beg your pardon—24.” | chigan City awaiting decision on his

al looked at the preacher coldly | charge. Butasch is in prison at Mi-

(Copyright, 1037) appeal to the State Supreme Court. oe

period last year.

apartments fled when smoke filled Writs against Judge Cox and and Peter A. Cancilla, charged with CUSTOMS REPORTED buiier, Coy, former State Welfare in Indiana of $813,506.16, against | Would charge that questions raised last month collections on imports | Judge Cox's return, filed yester- | Circuit Court’s equitable powers.

Slaying Solution Hinted; Gedeon Guarded at Rites

By United Press NEW YORK, April 1.—Joseph Gedeon sat tearless in custody of two detectives today while the Rev. John Sheedy conducted funeral services for his wife and daughter, who were strangled to death Easter Sunday. The little upholsterer exhibited no signs of emotional stress during the 20-minute Catholic service for the murder victims—Mrs., Mary Gedeon, 54, and Veronica, pretty 20-year-old artists’ model. More than 5000 persons jammed both sides of the street in front of the funeral parlor where the services were held, Gedeon had been questioned al-

most SORIA by detectives who | ings.

were not satisfied with his alibi. Detectives found a brown coat in Gedeon’s shop which they sent to the police laboratory for analysis. The trousers to the suit could not be found.

The District Attorney's office and

police said “a solution is near and a definite suspect is being held.” A possible new suspect—a man in a brown overcoat—entereq the case when Cosmos Campanis, who lives below the Gedeol apartment and heard a woman scream the night of the murders, told police he had seen a man in a brown overcoat loitering on the stairs of the apartment building the night before the slay-

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| SHELBYVILLE, Ind. April 1M

stories in an effort toisave Hugh 3

Logan Fears

New Deal Labor Strategy To be Based on Fate Of Wagner Act.

By HERBERT LITTLE Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, April 1.—President Roosevelt's Supreme Court and labor policies are being wrapped up in a single package. His strategy today appears to be: 1. No action whatever to curb sitdowns by legislation or by utterances, until and unless the Supreme Court upholds.the Wagner Labor Act as applied to the mass and interstate industries, specifically steel and autos. 2. The Justices meanwhile will be pictured by Administration supporters, as Senators Minton and Schwellenbach did in the Senate yesterday, as having joined in the dusty ring of politics through Easter Monday's batch of liberal decisions. 3. If the Court fails to decide the Wagner act cases next Monday or a week later, and then takes its customary recess of two or three weeks, the President probably will carry out his threat to make such further radio addresses “as may be necessary” in support of his Court plan. : 4. If the Wagner act decision bars the Federal Government from mass industry regulation, as most observers expect. the President's Court program will get a decided impetus from the labor reaction. Only a “modernized court,” to reverse such- a decision as well as the Guffey and AAA decisions, will then suffice to legalize the Federal minimum- wage and maximum-hour legislation which the President promised in his campaign. 5. But if the Supreme Court should uphold the Wagner act as applied to big manufacturing, the way probably would be cleared for immediate adoption of valid wage and hour legislation. This might bring the President's court campaign to the verge of collapse, and he would be forced to take to the radio and build up a lot more fire among the grassroots if he still was determined to enlarge the Court.

DENY REPORT BALL SEEKS RAIL BUYER

By United Press MUNCIE, Ind., April 1.—The office of George A. Ball, Muncie industrialist, today denied rumors that he was seeking to sell his Van Swerin-

gen railroad interests.

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

“at Work

—Times Photos.

‘Cataclysm’

If Court Reform 1 Fails

| Drastic Step Justified, He Tells Senatorial Committee.

By United Press | WASHINGTON, April 1.—Senator Logan (D. Ky.) told the Senate Ju|diciary Committee today that the | nation faces “one of the greatest

|cataclysms in history” unless legis|lation is passed to meet immediaté economic needs. | Senator Logan made his statement during questioning of Dean Harry M. Bates of the University of Michigan Law School concerning the effects of President Roosevelt's judicial proposals. Mr. Logan said that he “didn’t like the plan,” but firmly believed that national conditions were so critical as to justify emergency action. “Unless there can be legislation quickly to stabilize conditions,” he said, “and relieve large parts of our population, we face one* of the greatest cataclysms in history.” “We have now,” said Senator Logan, “the most popular President in years on the basis of election returns. Yet here he is having great trouble getting this plan through Congress. If we had plenty of time it would be different. “In view of the fact that we face problems that some people believe must be solved promptly or that our Government may go to pieces, don’t you think constitutional emergency action is justified?” Dean Bates replied that he believed ‘‘there are crises that warrant emergency action” ‘but declined to say whether he believed the situa(Turn to Page Three)

Heir-less

By United Press FT. WAYNE, April 1.—Allen County Court House attaches wondered today if Frank Orsban, who said he was returning here to claim a $100,000 estate, was the victim of an April Fool's Day joke or if he only concealed his destination when he caught an eastbound train in Santa Ana, Cal. No person named John Orsban has died here during the last four years, Board of Health officials said, and no will of a John Orsban has been filed for probate in Allen

County. al

PRICE THREE CENTS

NEW SIT

DOWNS

HIT AUTO WORK; COAL PACT SEEN

Sign, Delegate Indicates.

SESSION IS CALLED

Operators Ready tod G. M. Plants Shut

Down; 90,000 Workers Idle.

TWO STRIKES END

400,000 Miners May Grievance Bodies Not

Return to Shafts Tomorrow.

By United Press NEW YORK, April 1.—A leading figure among coal

' operators negotiating the new

Appalachian bituminous contract said today that an agreement seemed imminent and that it was hoped it could be concluded in time to permit 400,000 miners in a dozen states to resume work to-

morrow.

This operator, who would not permit his name to be used, said that while producers on the negotiating committee of 16 put off action last night on a proposed compromise agreement, he believed they were set to approve it today. A meeting of the Committee of 16, composed of operators and United Mine Workers representatives, was called for 2 p. m., Indianapolis Time. The full wage conference of 300 members was called to meet an hour later, and it was hoped that conclusive action to ratify the agreement could be taken then.

Contract Has Expired

The previous contract expired last midnight. Bituminous miners will not return to work until the new one is signed. Mines were shut down today, but they would have been anyway as April 1 is a holiday—"“John L. Lewis Day.” Mr. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, said that if a new contract was concluded late today or early this evening, he was prepared to telegraph all locals to resume work tomorrow. Other national ments: A strike of WPA workers started in San Francisco. Workers’ Alliance officials said they expected 30,000 WPA workers to be effected. Twelve hundred Pacific Northwest wood workers went on strike when wage negotiations were deadlocked.

Strikes in New England

Boston coal drivers balloted on acceptance of an agreement to end a strike which began yesterday. Several more New England textile strikes were reported. At Houston rival organizing campaigns of the C. I. O. and the American Federation of Labor were expected to collide in the oil industry.

labor develop-

In Washington, the House Rules |

Committee considered a resolution by Rep. Martin Dies (D. Tex.) intended to outlaw sit-down strikes. The Senate had before it the substitute Guffey coal control bill already passed by the House.

Indiana Miners Mark Pact Anniversary

By United Press TERRE HAUTE, April 1.—Indiana union coal miners, comprising District 11 of the United Mine Workers, today celebrated the anniversary of the Jacksonville Agreement of 1925 which inaugurated the eighthour day in the mines. In absence of a new Appalachian agreement, which forms the basis for the Indiana contract, the men are expected to prolong their holiday tomorrow.

POLICE DOUBT PARIS FOUL PLAY THEORY

Hold It Unlikely Salesman Was Kidnaped.

City police and Johnson County authorities today expressed doubt that Lawrence Paris, 22-year-old Bargersville salesman missing since last Wednesday, had met with foul play. Local officials said it was unlikely the youth had been kidnaped by the Potts slayers. They pointed out that the men were aware police knew their identity and would not be hitch-hiking on a public highway 24 hours after the holdup. Two paroled convicts have been indicted by the Marion County Grand Jury in the slaying in Clayton G. Potts, foundry official. Sheriff Claude F. McLain of Johnson County likewise discounted the foul play theory. “The only fact uncovered so far is that he is missing,” he said today.

WPA PAYMASTER DEAD By United Press WASHINGTON, Ind, April 1.— John Yarbrough, 60, Daviess County PWA paymaster, died suddenly today of heart disease.

Recognized, Union Claims.

By United Press DETROIT, April 1.—More than 90,000 automotive worke ers were idle today as a new wave of sit-down strikes spread through the plants of General Motors Corp. and its affiliates. With 73,400 employees out of work as a result of pro-

longed strikes in the plants of Chrysler Corp., Hudson and Reo Motor Car Companies, new labor troubles in four G. M. plants and the factory of the Yellow Truck & Coach Manufacturing Co., added 17,200 to the ranks of idle workers. A strike affecting 7600 employees of the Fisher Body Corp. plant at Pontiac last night was followed today by the shutdown of the Pontiac motor assebly line due to a shortage of bodies. Similarly, a sit-down at the No. 2 Chevrolet plant in Flint forced closure of Fisher's No. 2 plant, where Chevrolet bodies were piling up.

Other Trouble Cleared

Two brief sit-downs in other Gene eral Motors plants were celared up before today’s strikes were called. At Buick Motor Co.'s No. 11 plant at Flint, 1000 men returned to work after United Automobile Workers’ representatives had conferred with the management over alleged dis= criminatory transfers. A strike at the Cleveland, 0O., plant of Fisher, workers returned to body assembly lines today after a short sit-down. The United Automobile Workers of America, expressing concern over the new industrial outbreak in view of the recent strike settlement with the corporation, nevertheless refused to say whether or not the strikes had been authorized.

Meeting Set Tonight

Ed Hall, union vice president, con= ferred with Harry Anderson, head of G. M.'s industrial relations, over the strikes. “We understand that the strikes have resulted from the failure of plant managers to recognize the grievance machinery established in the strike settlement,” Mr. Hall said. Union leaders planned a public pronouncement of their progress in the Chrysler negotiations at a mass meeting tonight.

M’CARL FEARS CRASH IF ‘WASTE’ CONTINUES

By United Press

NEW YORK, April 1.—John R. McCarl, former Controller General of the United States, declared today that prompt balancing of the Federal budget is imperative “if we are to avoid utter exhaustion of nae tional credit, avoid riotous inflation, another crash—or worse.” Addressing the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, Mr. McCarl said two things needed to be done to balance the budget: “l. Stop all waste and needless spending by the Government. “2. Remove the need—and excuse —for appropriating annually bile lions of dollars for the Executive's use in extending ‘relief’.”

MORGAN WARNS OF SCARLET FEVER RISE

Dr. Herman G. Morgan, City Health Board secretary, today warned parents to keep children out of crowds in an effort to check the spread of scarlet fever and chickens pox. He said a seasonal increase has been reported in the number of cases of both diseases. The health authority said 150 scarlet fever cases were reported in March against 125 in February. He said that during the last three weeks 180 cases of chickenpox have been reported.

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