Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 June 1937 — Page 3
‘SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1
NEW TROUBLE
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1 ized fo hire additional police as arousgd strikers felt attempts might be mgde soon to reopen closed mills. CroSnor Davey, in the first joiny conference of both sides since the strike| against the other three companies began, tried to persuade executives of Republic and Youngstown Sheet & Tube to sign a S. W. O. C. agreement for its members only on condition that the union give assurances that it would not seek the closed shop or the checkoff system of collecting union dues. The companies say that the reason they refuse to sign a contract is that they believe it would lead to the closed shop. S. W. O. C. Chairman Philip Murray announced after the session: “We are prepared to negotiate a written, signed agreement. with representatives of the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. and the Republic Steel Corp. on the basis of the Governor’s recommendation and suggestion.”
Remain Unshaken
The companies, however, remained unshaken in their position. Meantime Chairman Tom Girdler of Republic issued a statement in Cleveland assailing the closed shop and “the reign of lawlessness now being carried on by the (John L.) Lewis tnion in many communities.” The statement was directed at Senator Guffey (D. Pa.), who had attacked Republic for refusing to sign. Davey said the companies were willing to carry out all the provisions of the union contract with CarnegieIllinois Steel Co., biggest U. S. Steel Corp producing uriit. The hitch was that while they were willing to carry out the provisions, they did not want to! put their names to any written compact.
Preserve Status Quo
Murray said he had raised the question of whether they would sign if a National Labor Board election were held and showed that the union had a majority. Davey said both sides had agreed “to preserve the status quo’ until Tuesday. He said there had been no discussion of proposals that he call out the National Guard in Ohio. Asked if he intended to mobilize the militia, he said “not tomorrow.” The conversations began at 3:30 r. m. Some of them were held in the garden of the xsculivg mansion and some inside, Af dinner time the contesting leaderg Sat’ down to ‘steak and sturgeon. Davey had urged them to remain in . [session more or less continuously until some agreement could be reached, 2nd even offered accommodations for all in the mansion. Justi before { a. m. today, however, the talks were postponed until 1 p. m. Tuesday.
Senate Clash in Mail Quiz Threatens
By United Press | WASHINGTON, June ‘sharp Senate battle cover Federal investigation of labor disputes threatened today as a result of proposals ‘to “find the facts” behind charges of illegal activities in the steel { strike. | The controversy centered in the Postoffice Committee, headed by Senator [McKellar (D. Tenn.). It ‘involved | the scope and manner of ~conducting an inquiry originally . proposed by Senator Bridges ‘R. N. H., into charges that union representatives ‘“‘censored” mail addressed | to picket-besieged Ohio steel plants. { | While| the ccmmiitee decided to * call witnesses for further explanation of | the charges, Administration leaders maneuvered to broaden the scope of the ‘inquiry and to
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Seeking Trail of Kidnap
Apprehensively, police searched every possible hiding place on and
near the Parsons estate at Stony Brook, L. I, Parsons might have been concealed by kidnapers.
above examine an abandoned well, of the wealthy society matron.
where Mrs. Alice State troopers which failed to produce any trace
Victim |
Frank McDonnell, brother of
kidnaped Mrs. Alice Parsons, was one of a large group of relatives who volunteered to aid police."
JOHN COOPER TAKES JOB AS PROSECUTOR
Succeeds Albert M. Thayer
In City Post.
John J. Cooper today assumed his duties as City Prosecutor following the resignation of Albert M. Thayer yesterday. Mr. Cooper has been @ Assistant City Prosecutor since January. Norman Blue, former Assistant City Attorney, was promoted to Mr. Coopel’s position and ‘Adolph G. Emhardt Sr. was appointed Assistant City Attorney. The pressure of his private practice caused Mr. Thayer to submit his resignation to Mayor Kern. In it he said he was not able to do justice to either by continuing both.
SEEK INSANITY PROOF By United Press BUFFALO, N. Y., June 12— Thomas Edward Smith, 19, confessed slayer of Mary Ellen Babcock, read and played checkers in his cell today while defense attorneys lined up more witnesses to convince the jury that he is insane.
keep it in the hands of the Postoffice Committee. Developments included:
Seeks to Widen Inquiry
1. Announcement by Senator McKellar that he would propose an amendment to the Bridges resolution calling for an inquiry into an offer by the Republic Steel Corp. to take over the job of delivering the mail if the Government would so authorize. Senator Guffey (D. Pa.) already had offered an amendment to broaden the inquiry to include the “conduct” of all steel companies in the strike. 2. Declaration by Senator Bridges that he would fight any attempt to make his resolution so broad that it would ignore the original objective. 3. Announcement by Senator Bailey (D. Tex:) that he would offer an amendment to the existing law to limit the power of the Postmaster General to suspend mail service, as in the case of the strike-bound factories, or to refuse “abnormal” mail shipments.
Defends Suspension
First Assistant Postmaster General W, W. Howes told the committee that the picket lies around the Republic Steel Corp. factories at Warren and Niles, O., had justified the Department, under the law, in refusing to carry mailed food sup-
plies to workets in the plants.
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IN INDIANAPOLIS
MEETINGS TODAY luncheon, Hotel meeting, Claypool Ho-
= umni day, Univer-
— Alliance Francaise, Washington, noon Job's Daughters, tel. all day Butler University sity campus, all da
MARRIAGE LICENSES (These lists are| from official records at the County Courthouse. The Times 4s not responsible for any errors of wames or addresses.) JuLillian Peer] 731
Eugene Webster, 23, Gallipolis, Og;
r. 23, Columbus ha) Nesse 23, fCoatsvilies
Otis O'Connell, Taylor, 20, Franklin illiam Roberts, 21, Indianapolis: Frances Carlyle John Avery Evans, 22, of 408 N. New Jersey St.; Ruth Wayne, 22, of 2439 Kenwood Ave. erthur George Beal, 47, of 3264 Broadway; Juna Marie Lutz, 42, of 3262 Broad-
Ne Tohn William Martin, 59, of Jen Ave.: yetohita J. Heller, 61, of 3028 New Jersey Nal: Doyle, 24. of 221 N. Gray St.; Virginia Summer. po Ba nsion, Ind mile Brochin 0 - Clarence Aline Wolfe, 25, of 1331 Ringold Av z George ‘E. Hasse, 46, of 1610 Bradbury Helen Grafton, 34, of 5119 S. State
Ay VE wr Maurice Ireland Jr., 22, of 490 E. 28th St.: Alice Bljzabem Collester, 23,
John Douglas Shel: on, 20, of 739 W. Michigan St.: Lg eTina Jane Cox, 19, of 20 W. 29th 8 Eugene Marlett, 21, 1818 Lawndale Aye; Marv Bertha Gallamere,. 19, of R. 4, ox 62. Br Joseph Roach Jr., 30, of 32 S. Belle Vieu Place: Helen Marie Sellmeyer, 23. of 245 N. Pershing Ave Leroy A. Chloupen, 25. Bridgeville, Pa.: Boniroe M. Raphael, Indishebons Ind. Delbert M. Lakin, 22, R. 2. Box 127; Bertha Greenwood, 20. 2039 N Oxford St. onald C. Franklin, 22, Beech Grove; Martha Virginia Phifer, 21. Beech Qrove. Paul Leon Shotts, : , 133 N. East St.; Beautona Alice Ford, 18, of 5331 W. Washington St.
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Boys Elizabeth Weber, at St. Vincent's. Elio, Jo Scales, at St. Vincent’s. John, Ruth Fouch. at St. Vin cent’s. Richard, Nancy Sturks, at 1030 N. Shef1d.
e les, Pauline Titus. at Cit halle "Katherine Hurt, at Cit; Forrest, Violet Hyait. at City. William, Thelma Yer Harland, Lorene Maes 8 on iy. Charles, Bruton Eggers, | Joiner, Mildred Hurst, at 1355 S. Shef-
© Joseph. Nettie Grote, at| Coleman. William. Vergie Short, at Coleman. Lester, Margaret Waggoner, 2 Coleman. Virgil, Iris Ancil. at 1202 N. Pershing. : Girls | . Warren, Vernia Jones. at City. Melvin. Edna Richardson, at City. H on, at Coleman, oleman., Lat Colethan. at Colem Adeline Warford,
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DEATHS
George, na Rn ooleman.
5225 Eng- |
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Arbie Clarence Clark, 74, at Central Indiana, coronary thrombosis. William Thomas Spears, 52, at 1402 N. Capitol, coronary occlusi Dora C. McPherson, 60 at 526 Arnolda, cerebral hemorrhage. Mary Williamson, 80, at City, uremia. Jennie S. Hetterly, 52. at Central Indiana, chronic myocarditis, Aa Moriarity, 57, at 36 W. 13th, carinom Valera Mary Ehle, 40, at St. Vincent's, carcinoma. Charles H. Petro, 40, at 1617 E. Vermont, cerebral embolism Soloman Wilkey, 18, at City, pulmonary tuberculosis. Beatrice Huber, 27, at 3921 N. Delaware, coronary occlusion Carl Marish Noll, 37. coronary occlusion.
at Central Indiana,
OFFICIAL WEATHER
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INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST—Increasing cloudiness and slightly warmer tonight,
becoming unsettled and warmer tomorrow
with possibly
showers by afternoon or night. |
Sunrise ........ 4:15 | Sunset ........ 13
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MIDWEST WEATHER
Tadiana—TIngressing cloudiness, slightly warmer tonight; tomorrow mostly cloudy. possibly showers by afternoon or night; somewhat warmer. Illinois—Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, with showers tomorrow and possibly extreme northwest tonight; slightly warmer tonight and east and extreme south tomorrow. Lower Michigan—Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, possibly showers west and north portions tomorrow afternoon or night; slightly warmer south portion.
Ohio—Fair tonight: tomorrow partly
Kentucky—Fair tonight; tomorrow party cloudy. slightly warmer, followed by SHOWere. in west portion in’ afternoon or at nigh
WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES
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Cincinnati Cleveland, O. Denver Dodge City. Kas. Helena, Mon Fe
Los Angeles Miami, Fla. Minneapolis ; Mobile, Ala. | New Orleans
Martin T. Walter, 42, at Veterans, tuber- | Omaha, Neb,
culosis. Andrew Jackson, 3 at | {520 E. Vermont,
elehtal hemorrhag < rthur 859, at! City, bronchoPer
Y a Martin, _ Wesley William Ryan, 46, at 5602 CarTollton, coronary occlusion,
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Administration’s
Compromise
On Court Measure Is Drafted
By United Press
WASHINGTON, June 12.—Administration proposals for a compromise court reorganization bill were under negotiation today as Senate leaders sought to line up support on modification. It was understood that Majority Leader Robinson (D. Ark.) was directing efforts to work out a compromise that would command a majority vote and that an entire new Supreme Court section of the
bill might be presented. Tentative compromise suggestions already have been put together with the aid of the Attorney General's office. They were understood to include features of the Hatch plan for a fluctuating membership of the Court, dependent upon regularity of retirement, and of the Andrews plan for an 1l-member court representing each circuit in the nation.
X-RAY USED TO HUNT TAYLOR DEATH CLUE
Bullet Fired as Joke May Solve Old Mystery.
By United Press LOS ANGELES, June 12.—Police used a fluoroscope today to hunt for a bullet that Mary Miles Minter was said to have fired into a wall for a joke two years before William Desmond Taylor, the movie director, was murdered. The lead slug, if found, will be compared with the one that was fired into Mr. Taylor's back at his bungalow 15 years ago. The bullet was the latest in a series of clues that have cropped up in the long-unsolved murder case. District Attorney Buron Fitts is conducting the investigation. Miss Minter, blond, curly-haired star of the silent-picture era, was
‘Mr. Taylor’s sweetheart. He was di-
recting her pictures. Miss Minter’s mother, Mrs. Charlotte Shelby, told of the bullet in the wall at the house where the family once lived. Police went to the house with an X-ray device to hunt for it.
PLANS ARE.SOUGHT FOR 1. SWIM POOL
Committee to Obtain Drafts Is Appointed.
Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind. June 12. —The Indiana University Board of Trustees today appointed a committee of three to submit plans for a proposed enlarged swimming pool for coeds. The pool is to be housed in a new north wing which is to be added to the Student Building in the near future, officials said. The committee is to be composed of Judge Ora L. Wildermuth of Gary, | board vice president who was re-elected alumni trustee today; Miss Edna Monroe, Women’s Physical __ Education Department
‘head, and a representative of Mc-
Guire & Shook, Indianapolis architects. Judge Wildermuth was the only candidate for the alumni position.
BABIES RECOVERING; MOTHER ARRESTED
By United Press BUFFALO, N. Y., June 12.—MTrs. ‘Mary Regina Pfohl, mother of 10 children, was lodged in Erie County Penitentiary today while the twin baby girls she abandoned in a farmyard thrived at City Hospital. The 34-year-old woman was held for grand jury action on a charge of child abandonment. She was arrested yesterday after authorities had sought for 24 hours to identify the “tiny infants found in rainsoaked cardboard boxes early Wednesday morning. The 10-day-old twin sisters, Doris and Dolores, were reported fully recovered from exposure by hospital
officials. A FORMER SLAVE, 97, SUES FOR DIVORCE
By United Press HARRISBURG, Ill, June 12.— Harry Whitehead, 97-year-old former Negro slave, filed suit for divorce from his wife Anna, 84, also a former slave, here in Saline County court today. He charged desertion.
The aged whitehead, is a Civil War
veteran. He married {Anna in 1907 after the death of his first wife. Mrs. Whitehead had also been married previously. She left their home at Elizabethtown, JIll., last year to live with a son Willard, at Anderson, Ind. \
TAXI DRIVER HELD ON LARGENY GHARGE
Liford Named by Police as|
Quillin Assailant.
Claude Liford, 32, of 509 N. Noble St., was charged with robbery and grand larceny today as the taxicab driver who robbed Ralph Quillin, 36, of 2437 Stuart St. Mr. Quillin said he took a taxi to Brightwood May 23, but on the way he stopped at a tavern. He said the driver took him to 30th St. and Sherman Drive, beat him and robbed him of two diamonds, his watch, his rings and other jewelry valued at $160. He said the robber also took $7 in cash. Liford is to be.tried in Municipal Court June 16. Meanwhile, police, who . said they traced the stolen jewelry through pawn tickets found in Liford’s possession, were investigating other pawn tickets which they said they found in ' his possession.
2 TRAPPED MINERS
RESCUED FROM PIT
Three Others Drowned, Survivors Report. By United Press
NANAIMO, B. C.,, June 12.—Two of five miners, trapped in an old
coal mine near here by water, were’
rescued early today. The survivors reported that the others had drowned. The rescued men saved their own lives by scrambling to a cross cut as 40,000 gallons of water swept through the mine. They stood there for more than eight hours while rescue crews pumped out enough water so that they could walk to the surface. The mine is located in an isolated district of the Nanaimo coal field.
TOWNSEND’S EX-AID SET TO FACE COURT
By United Press MADISON, Wis, June 12 J. w. Brinton, named in a warrant sworn by Dr. Francis E. Townsend, said today he would welcome a court appearance as an opportunity to force into the open records and transactions of Townsend's old-age pension organization. Brinton, former general manager and vice president of the pension group, resigned with 11 other officers a week ago, in protest against their founder's attacks on Administration policies. Townsend in Chicago yesterday asked that Brinton be arrested on a charge of withholding $16,000 of organization funds.
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
TOWNSEND LAYS CONCLAVE PLAN
May Call-3 Governors Here To Seek Steel Strike Solution.
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"Martin, United Auto Workers president, will postpone his visit here. It also was announced that a scheduled address by Homer Martin, United Auto Workers president, here tomorrow night at the Amalgamated Clothing Workers’ headquarters, 168 W. Ninth St., may be postponed because of the Monroe, Mich., situation.
Vote Being Studied
employees over their collective bargaining agency was being studied by Robert H. Cowdrill, National Labor Relations Board regional director. Steel management and striking workers representatives met with the Governor in two separate sessions yesterday, but remained in disagreement over the question of a written contract, demanded by the union. Company representatives © were William Randall and Clarence Sykes, of the Inland Steel Co., and J. Daily and E. S. Ballard, of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co. ‘Mr. Bittner and James . Robb, Steel Workers Organizing Committee representatives, headed C. I. O. affiliates delegation. Declaring he was interested in the effect of the strike would have
Governor said: “Nineteen thousand Indiana workers idle becomes a -public problem. There is always the danger. that they may become relief .cases in a long dispute.”
Split Election Victory
The Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North America, also a C. I. O. Union, was victorious in the Dodge plant election of Link-Belt, 515 to 463, but was defeated, 345 to 539, in the Ewart plant, it was reported. The employees’ association won in the Ewart plant. The election was peaceful, and 52 votes were challenged. Mr. Cowdrill explained the election was conducted by agreement of employees in "both plants.
Probe Requested in Muncie Outbreak
By United Press MUNCIE, Ind. June 12.—Elmer Davis, district organizer for the United Automobile Workers’ Union, demanded an “immediate senatorial JAnvestigation” of labor difficulties at the local Chevrolet plant today after an outbreak in which two union workers allegedly were injured. Mr. Davis reported to Senator La Follette, Senate Civil Liberties Committee chairman, that the men were beaten by about 100 workers who emerged from the plant last night while the two union representatives were distributing copies of the U. A. W., weekly publication. Richard Austin, 20, recording secretary of U. A. W. Local 287, and Cecil Markham, 20, union member, were knocked down and their clothing torn in the scuffle, Mr. Davis charged.
Drive Launched Recently
A company spokesman reported that the brief flurry had taken place outside the plant but minimized the extent of the clash and would not comment further. Mr. Davis said the United Automobile Workers Union had launched their drive to organize Muncie Chevrolet workers only recently. Previously they had concentrated their efforts at the Warner Gear plant, a subsidiary of General Motors Corp., he -said. Homer Martin, international president of the U. A. W., was scheduled to come to Muncie today to addreSs a mass meeting of union workers: “Martin is expected to seek a conference with company executives regarding this situation,” Mr. Davis said. The local Chevrolet plant employes approximately 1500 workers.
Three Organizers Quit Hoosier City
By United Press WASHINGTON, Ind. June 12.— Three organizers for the Amalgamated Garment Makers’ Union were forced to leave the city late yesterday after 300 townspeople staged a demonstration in front of their hotel. The trio—two men and a woman— were advised to quit the city by two representatives of the Senate Civil Liberties Committee, who arrived: to investigate C. I. O. officials complaint of interference in attempts to
The split vote of Link-Belt Co..
on the general public welfare, the
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Gray and Blue. to Meet
This reunion the last? Nonsense. They've been predicting that for the last five years, but here sit Gen. Harry Rene Lee, left, of Nashville, and Gen. Homer Atkinson, Petersburg, Va., at the Jackson, Miss., federate veterans’ reunion—and they're already planning year's proposed joint meeting with the Union veterans at Gettysburg. The convention nearly reached the fist fight stage today before the veterans agreed to the Gettysburg meeting with their former Northern
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Times Special FRANCESVILLE, June 12—Having celebrated his 58th wedding anniversary, Pulaski County's oldest
work today. He is Dr. J. C. Sharrer, Francesville, and. although yesterday was his 58th anniversary, he divided his time between his wife and his practice, hurrying back and forth across the street between home and office, just as he has done since July 1, 1879. Dr. Sharrer, who has delivered more than 4000 babies, began practicing medicine in White County, Four years later he located in Francesville and for forty years here served as City Health Officer, receiving the sum of $2 annually, which amount failed to cover his postage expenses. - He rode a saddle horse on his first professional visit but later owned the first rubber-tired buggy in Pulaski County and. the first automobile in Pulaski, White and Jasper Counties. Dr. Sharrer was born in Pennsyl-
unionize the local factory. The La Follette representatives suggested the trio leave to avoid personal injury. It was reported the organizers, Hugh Rasmussen, Frank Kwallek and Mrs. Otie Jennie, were recruiting employees of the Reliance Co. to the Garment Makers’ Union, a C. 1. O. affiliate.
meeting at the garment factory, where the employees reportedly voted to oppose the unionization efforts. :
Agreement Ends Mount Vernon Strike
By United Press MOUNT VERNON, June 12.—The year-old strike of the United Garment Workers of America at the Garment Corp. of America plant was ended today after the union was granted sole collective bargaining rights for the company's employees. S. J. Rissman, company president, last night signed an agreement in Chicago, it was reported here. Ratification of the agreement was expected today by the rank and file membership of the local union. Under the truce, picketing of the plant has ceased, a 40-hour work week ‘was established and the union will remove a ban against stores handling the firm's products.
‘Labor Relations’ Held Field for Graduates
By United Press ANDERSON, June 12.—Governor Townsend, in an address at commencement exercises of Anderson College and Theological Seminary, pointed to “labor relations” as a new field of opportunity for college graduates. “Mass organization is so new ‘to most of us that we haven't begun to understand its complex problems,” the Governor said in outlining a “new era of opportunities” to the graduating class. Prior to his address, the Governor received an honorary degree of doctor of laws from Dr, John A. Mor-
rison, college president.
County Agent Makes Cheerful Crop Report But Army Worm Plague Threatens to Reverse It
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however, was Mr. Abott’s opinion that unfavorable winter weather
conditions damaged some crops.
He said a complete acreage of corn is not anticipated due to a
three weeks delay in planting.
The peach yield is curtailed this year, he believed, since most of the peaches weré killed during the win-
ter of 1935 and 1936. Mild Winter Blamed
Moreover, the mild winter was blamed for the unusually heavy inMr. Abbott : would not estimate the damage ex-
vasion of army worms.
pected from the worms, but indicated it would run into thousands of dollars. The entire southern half of the county is infested. The seriousness of the worm invasion was brought to the attention of Mr. Abbott yesterday one his retu from Washington. Following scores of reports from land owners in the southern half of the county, Mr. Abbott took immediate steps to control the plague. The army worm, described as the larvae stage of a species 6f moth, is one of the most. destructive pests known to farmers. It is capable of stripping an entire field. Mr. Abbott said the worms
move together to an adjoining field when one has been devoured, increase by thousands overnight, and are usually not detected until they have already wrought severe damage to crops. -
Trenches Prescribed
Officials from the County Agricultural office, including Mr. Abbott, went to the stricken area yesterday
. | to prescribe control measures. They
included digging trenches filled with poison to stop the crop killers’ onslaught. Farmers were warned to obtain a poison bait and to spread it over the fields. The bait formula prescribed by Mr. Abbott consists of 25 pounds of bran, one pound of
crude arsenic, sodium arsenite or paris green; two quarts of blackstrap molasses and two to three gallons of water. The army worm probably will spread to the northern part of the county if not checked, Mr. Abbott warned. He said that the worms would appear in the northern sections of the state later because the crops are later.
Worm Comes Suddenly
The true army worm, he explained, appears in the fields suddenly and it seems quite certain
that the moths at times fly in great '
numbers for many miles, in the direction of prevailing winds, and alight in a body to deposit their eggs at some favorable spots. , The present infestation is the first in five years, he said, but probably is the worst in 20 years. About the size of a caterpillar, from one to two inches long, the army worm first appears as a greenish worm, later changing to a greenish grey with a stripe running the length of the body, Mr. Abbott said.
| Physician Practices After 58th Wedding Anniversary
Counts 4000 Babies Delivered, Recalls Owning First Car in Three Counties.
practicing physician went back to |
The demonstration followed a
vania at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains and was graduated from University of Louisville in 1880. Mrs. Sharrer was born in Rockfield, Carroll County.
SPEED ASKED ON NUISANCE TAXES
Morgenthau to Be Called First in Evasion Inquiry.
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(Utah), Walter F. George (Ga.) and
David I. Walsh (Mass.), all Democrats; Arthur Capper (R. Kas.) and Robert M. La Follette (P. Wis.) In the Senate, President Roosevelt’s forces sought speedy approval of a resolution extending for two years the nuisance levies which have produced approximately $2,250,000, 000 since their enactment five years ago. . The resolution, which also calls for continuing 3-cent postage, was passed by the House last night, 229 to 95, after numerous efforts to revise the levies were defeated.
Ask Senate Action
Because most of the nuisance levies expire or are reduced on June 30 or July 31, Administration fiscal officials asked immediate Senate action. Among the taxes which would be continued under the resolution are those on articles made of fur, brewers’ wort. and malt syrup, cameras and lenses, sporting goods, chewing gum, electrical energy, firearms, gasoline, lubricating oil, matches, radio sets, phonograph records, mechanical refrigerators, telegraph, telephone, cable, radio facilities and leased wires, transportation of oil by pipe line, toilet preparations, automobiles, trucks,’ tires, accessories and theater admissions. These levies ,most of which are manufacturers’ excise taxes, are expzcted to provide at least $500,000,000 in the| 1938 fiscal year. If the Senate should fail to extend them, it is dlmost certain the "Treasury would have to borrow, thus further increasing | the national debt mark before the end of the current fiscal year, June| 30. The resqlution setting up the tax evasion inquiry was signed yesterday by es Roosevelt,
ASSASSINATION OF BROTHERS DECRIED
Called Political Crime by Ex-Italian Premier.
By United Press PARIS, June 12.—Francesco Nati, former italian premier, denounced the assassination of Carlo and Sabatino Roselli, Italian antiFascist brothers today, as “the worst political crimes since the beginning of Fascism.” As police investigated the murder of the anti-Fascist leaders, found dead in the woods near Bagncles, Nitti said: “The assassinations were far worse than the Matteotti crime be-
cause they were planned abroad
with greater cunning. (Giacomo Matteotti was a Socialist leader, kidnaped and murdered for his opposition to Fascism.) “One Roselli brother was Killed fighting to preserve demccracy in the World War. Two brothers now are killed because they defended liberty in peace time. A dagger thrust into the ground beside the brothers’ bodies was their assassin’s signature, police believed.
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EIGHT GRAVES OF DISHONOR AWAIT
SOVIET TRAITORS
High Army Officers Shot for Treason, Allegedly Nazis’ Behalf.
By United Press MOSCOW, June 12.—The crume pled, bullet riddled bodies of eight high army officers were believed to be in a Moscow prison morgue t0day awaiting dishonorable burial, in evidence of the swift merciless punishment that Russia ' metes to traitors. The eight men, a marshal and seven generals—the marshal, Mikhail Tuchachevsky, regarded as
1 Russia’s most brilliant soldier—were
convicted on their own confessions of espionage in behalf of a foreign country unfriendly to the Soviet Union. : The military collegium of the Supreme Court ordered that they be stripped of all military titles and honors and then shot summarily, without right of appeal or possibility of clemency. The trial was secret and the government silent. But Pravda, official newspaper organ of the Communist Party, said in its editorial: “The artfulness of the agents of Fascist intelligence services in our country has not helped and will not help them. . . . We have disclosed plans of a certain foreign government, and any attempt by it to ate tack the Soviet Union will be the beginning of the end of Goebbels and his like.” Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels is [the
.Nazi Minister of Propaganda, and
the inference seemed inescapable that Pravda was| disclosing that Germany was i in the Jredson trial. Vassily Ullrich, president of | the Supreme Court, presided at the trial before the Court's military cole legium. With him sat three mare shals of the army and four generals. Defendants were: | Tuchachevsky, former vice come missar for war; Gen. R. P. Eiderman, chief of the Osoaviakim, whose 6,000,000 members comprise the army air force auxiliary; Gen. D! M. Feldman. chief of the administratiove board of the war commissariat; Gen. A. I. Kork, former chief] of | the Army War College; Gen. K. V. Putna, former military attache. at London, Berlin and Tokyo; Gen. J. E. Jakir, commander of the important Leningrad military area; Gen. J. P. Uborevitch, recently replaced as the White Russia | area commander, and Gen. V. M. Preimakov, former chief of army personnel.
TRAFFIC SURVEY DIRECTOR CHOSEN
Henry A. Fillenworth to Lead Fact-Finders.
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ted time, the car owner would return to the same inspection place for ancther test, Mr. Powers said. The City would be authorized to charge a 50-cent inspection fee to pay the test costs. If more than one inspection was required during a six-month period, the original fee would cover the additional tests, un=der the proposed ordinance. Car parts which. wculd be in spected include brakes, rear-view mirrors, headlights, horns, | windshields. and windows, mufflers and steering apparatus. A $50 penalty is provided for violation of the regulation. 3 day's violation would constitute a si parate offense. Mr. Powers, after a series of tests here recently sponsored by the Hoosier Motor Club, reported that one out of four cars inspected had faulty brakes. Approved by Chief Chief Morrissey said: “I am heartily in favor of such an inspection plan, providing it is completely under the police department.” He said he proposed such an or-
‘| dindnce three years ago, but that
when private garages, who wanted to keep the inspection business, developed a strong opposition, the po= lice deparimen withdrew the measure. Chief Morrissey said, however, he did not believe most auto accidents are caused by either drunken driving or defective cars. He said his survey aims to determine the causes, :
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