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VOLUME 49—NUMBER 98

SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1987

The Indianapolis Times

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EUROPE TENSE Inla AS WAR FEARS © MOUNT AGAIN

Whole Continent Shaky as Britain Starts Rein-

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Commanders Are Shifted By C. I. 0. in America’ ‘Little Ruhr.

(Editorial, Page 10)

By United Press | The Committee for Industrial Or- | ganization shifted commanders in America’s “little Ruhr” today as the | steel strike went into its sixth week [with the union atempting to stem | the “back-to-work movement. John Owens, Mahoning valley Spanish civil war, | strike commander, announced that Three crack battleships, all recon- RE eye, Sn, ou rea i | place John Stevenson as union acstructed to withstand fire of faite tivity director in the Youngstown mode] airplane bombs, their anti- Sheet & Tube Co. mills at Youngsaircraft batteries doubled, received town. At the Same ‘time he said orders to join the fleet in what is James O'Hara. “Pittsburgh, would

now the world’s most dangerous sea. supersede Robert Burke as union News from all capitals was grave. (Turn to Page 16)

Paris reported a Spanish Loyalist | - - charge, transmitted by the Agence

Espagne that Italy was speeding war in

By United Press

LONDON, July 3.—Great Britain began reinforcing her Mediterranean fleet today as hope died for preservation of neutrality in the

planes to Rebels in Spain. Berlin, through its official DNB Agency, alleged in a dispatch dated from the French-Spanish border that Basque Loyalists on the Bil-bao-Santander front were using gas shells Rome reported that Ttalians were astonished by the sudden hardening of British-French policy and were preparing to meet what they felt would be the gravest crisis since the World War. It was evident that, as things stood, Britain and France intended to hold fast. Last night's commu- |

nique, issued after two meetings of | CET : 4 “ ™ “ ean mie. | Because of the calendar, Indianthe “chairman’s subcommittee dis- | apolis’ celebration of the 161St Annis closed that the Italian-German pro- INerShYy of the country’s independposals offered yesterday —principally | (HERIY ts Ok OF AR eg seeking the accord of belligerent | Snce If re !

: ; io {this year, rights to the Nationalists—would be | . ; i ould ol submitted to all But while this triple holiday be-

members of the | Nonintervention Committee.

Police Expect Difficulty Delaying Fireworks Until Monday.

(Photo, Pages; Editorial, Page 10)

There | 8i0s today for many workers, amawas every indication that Britain | teur fireworks enthusiasts were asked and France had lined up nearly all | to hold their fire until Monday. member nations against the | Police anticipate difficulty in en-Italian-German proposals and that, | forcing this rule, however. . more to offer, would permit the, Professional fireworks display to be

intervention agreement to lapse Sponsored ‘tonight at the Butler He atet p P% Bowl by the Sahara Grotto. The

| Grotto program, which is to include SCHICK. INVENTOR OF a band concert and exhibitions by ELECTRIC RAZOR, DIES

the drum corps, drill team, clowns ———— |

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and tumblers, is to begin at 7 p. m. The fireworks are to start at 8:45 bp. m. Lodge officials expect an atUnited Pre | tendance of 30,000. NEW YORK, July 3.—Col. Jacob | A bit of patriotic color is to ‘mark Schick, inventor of the electric |the celebrations tomorrow morning razor and former United States when 2000 young men are to take Army officer who became a Cana- | part in C. M. T, 'C, induction ceredian citizen in 1985, died early to- monies at Ft. Benjamin Harrison. day in Presbyterian Hospital. Death | Governor Townsend is to speak at was attributed to a kidney disorder, | 9:30 a. m. The oath of allegiance He was 60. (Turn to Page Two)

300-MILE ROAD RACE POSTPONED BY RAIN

(Earlier Details, Page 6)

BOB BURNS Says: OLLY WOOD, | July 3.—It is

always better to be a visitor rather than a host because when the company starts to get dull, you can get up ard go home, I've been to some of these HeolIywood parties and have seen the hosts start to sag along about 11 o'clock but the guests will linger on until two or three in | the morning.

By United Press WESTBURY, N. Y., July 3.—The 300-mile race for the George Van- | derbilt Cup, scheduled for Roosevelt | Raceway today, was postponed until [11 a. m. (Indianapolis Time) Mon- { day, because of rain.

I thihk my Uncle Sanky had the best system 1 ever saw for gettin’ rid of company. He had a party down home one time and af- | ter they'd exhausted all the games like “Heavy, heavy hangs over thy head” and “Spin the Plate,” Uncle Sanky yawned and mentioned somethin’ about havin’ to get up early in the morning but the company didn't take the hint. Finally at 9:30 when the guests didn't show any signs of leavin,’ Uncle Sanky turned to my aunt and he says, “Come on, mama, let's go to bed—these people may want'ta| “Well, he gave it to me and I lit go home.” | It. Before 1 could throw it, ‘the (Copyright. 1937) thing went off. See what it did?”

A chubby-cheeked “regular fella” was tight-lipped as he stood before a dozen other youngsters assembled

| lice Traffic School today.

when he shot & firecracker before the Fourth of July and didn't use “safety sense.” A bandage covered nearly one side of his face. “Wendell, he's sitting over there. | found a firecracker back of School [30,” 12-year-old Jack Cummings, 284 Miley Ave, said.

Bandaged Boy Teach Lesson on July 4 Safety

He was describing what happened |

Attorneys

uit NLRB Hearing as Reporter Ald [s

Ejected

U. S. Counsel Says Firm

Will Be Bound by Board Findings Nonetheless.

By United *ress CHICAGO, July 3.-—Attorneys for Inland Steel Co. today walked out of the National Labor Rela- | tions Board’s hearing on the Steel | Workers’ Organizing Oommitted’s charge that Inland violated the Wagner act in refusing to make a written agreement. | Ernest 8S. Ballard, chief counsel 300 the steel company, became ir- | ritated when NLRB trial examiner, ( Charles A. Wood, had a court reporter engaged by Inland forcibly | excluded from the session. | ‘Wood refused to aMow the com- | bany’s stenographer to take off. | the-record argument and testimony and called a bailiff to eject | the man. | Ballard protested that in 20 | years of practice before courts and

conducted himself with the utmost propriety and that he demanded the company's reporter be allowed | t6 remain | ‘Overruled, he gathered up his pa- | pers, his three associates and stalked out,

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| “We are withdrawing from this | hearing,” he asserted. “As far as | we are concerned there is no hear- | ing until we are allowed to have our | stenographer take his place.” | I. 8, Dorfman, attorney for the | Labor Board, said: “We will continue to present our evidence the same as if the respondent were | present. The respondent will be | bound by the findings of the Board | Whether he is present or not.” The case is the first whether the Wagner act requires that collective bargaining in good faith presupposes a written contract at the conclusion. Tt is believed | certain to be carried through the Federal courts to the U. 8. Supreme Court.

Townsend Pushes for Sheet & Tube Pact

Despite flat refusal of Yeungstown Sheet & Tube Co. to sigh any agreement, “directly or indirectly,” with the C. 1. O,, Governor Townsend and his labor aids today were reported continuing their peace efforts in the five-weeks-old East Chicago steel strike. The ‘Governor was reported out of town until Tuesday. Thomas Hutson, State Labor Commissioner, who negotiated the “memoradum of agreement” which returned 12,000 men to work at the Inland Steel Co. plant this week, reportedly has left | Bast Chicago after a series of con- | ferences with Sheet & Tube officials | Both said they believed “a ‘common ground for a settlement” would | be found, but added that the situa- | tion “does not look optimistic.” | Frank Purnell, Sheet & Tube | president, said yesterday that “when the public authorities of Indiana are ready to afford protection to our men against intimidation and violence, our plant will open.”

| When Jack sat down beside Wendell Baldwin, 11, of 104 S. Elder | St, his playmate, Sergt. Albert

| lecture.

“Do not shoot fireworks | he said. “Be careful where you throw firecrackers. Do not toss

| them in automobiles or at your

| Playmates. Do not play with them

| in the street.” The School today was composed almost entirely of youthful fireworks ordinance violators. Usually it is held for children breaking traffic safety rules.

WITH HER HUSBAND AT TAKEOFF TIME . .

| government boards he always had |

test of |

in Crospsey Auditorium for the Po- | Magenheimer continued his safety

before | 4 A. m. or after 10 p. m. Monday,” |

FILES REPEAL PROPOSAL FOR $1.25 BIKE FEE

Kealing Declares He Will Put Measure Before Council at next Session.

(Another Story, Page 9)

While Mayor Kern pleaded that | the much-disputed bicycle ordinance be given a fair test, Edward | Kealing, Republican Councilman, [today presented a pro ordinance to City Clerk Daniel J. O'Neill to repeal the measure. He said it would be introduced at the next Council session. | After stating that the present [ordinance is a safety and protection | ‘measure, the Mayor said: | “If, after a fair trial, it appears lit does not accomplish the desired | results, ‘the Administration ‘will suggest ite modification or repeal.” $1.25 Fee Required The ordinance, passed two weeks | ago and effective July 7, requires a $1.25 license fee. City Controller | Walter Boetcher has

|'City. Mr. Kealing said:

“While it may be considered the | [proper thing by some public offi- |

cials to tax bicycles and baby buggies, T do not agree. The children of this city will have plenty to do [td pay our future tax burdens al(ready created by the Administration, and our Government should at least let the kids finish their childhood without burdening them with a lot of unnecessary and foolish taxes. “Of course, we all believe in safety measures, but experience has proven that childi*n must be educated to safety rather than legislated to safety, The thin veil of regulation as defined in the ordinance sought to be replaced, in my opinion, is no more than a smoke screen for the creation of additional jobs for a few undeserving politicians. “It is not fair to tax children on the pleasures of childhood. .*. . The ordinance was evidently the creation of & few politicians looking for soft jobs at the expense of our kids.”

Kern Issues Statement

Mayor Kern, who returned from Chicago for the week-end, also said: “The ‘measure is entirely a nonrevenue producing measure, It is & licensing measure, the fees being calculated to reimburse the City for materials and services rendered. Therefore, if it appears that the license fee contained in the present ordinance is more than sufficient to reimburse the officers engaged in this work for materials and services, (a recommendation will be made by

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Grasshoppers, | Drought Plague ~ Dakotas’ Crops

By United Press BISMARCK, N. D, July 3—A plague of grasskoppers in South Da- | kota and drought in North Dakota today threatened grain crops already

KILLING IS LAID

TO GAMING WAR

New Albany Man Slain as | Gunmen Raid Cafe, | | Filling Station.

By Umited Press JEFFERSONVILLE, Tnd., July 3. | —A gambling war was blamed today for the death of Clarence Am- | ster, 39, New Albany businessman, | who was killed last night at the cafe and filling station of Walter Maddox, five miles north of here, Three gunmen armed with a machine gun and two revolvers ap- | parently shot Aster in an attempt to kill Maddox. Mrs. Jane Maddox was shot seve eral times in the abdomen as she leaped in front of her husband. Maddox escaped with a flash wound in the elbow. Arrested at a downtown bar shortly after the shooting were C. W. James, 36, and Edward Walker, 41, doth of Louisville. Police and the Clark COounty Sheriff's office sought Joe Clark, 30, also of Louisville, for questioning. The ‘Sheriffs office said that James and Walker probably would be charged with Mr. Amster’s murer. Maddox told police that James recently warned him that gambling at his cafe was drawing trade from James’ downtown establishment and

seriously damaged by black rust. |

| and organize this last adventure,

OVERSH

STATE ‘SECOND HOME BY AIRWOMAN

Mrs. Putham Advised Coeds On Careers and Flew Purdue Plane.

To fliers, topography and people are the fundamental things in life, and that accounts for the fact that Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putham considered Tndiana a “second home’ ’-— both of these factors were right here, Hoosiers encouraged her when she was just learning her trade, cheered her when she reached the pinnacle, and some of them helped her finance

These same Hoosiers will ‘mourn her death, but not today. Hope is the thing aviation is built on, and Mrs, Putnam’s friends will wait until the last possible chance is gone, If anyone could make it, Amelia could, they said, and some of them remembered how she flew before she got into aviation’s big leagues. They called her “the greatest girl flier of

could almost “fly the crates the | planes come in.”

Plane Developed at Purdue To a person who has looked from the air on mountains, deserts, wild oceans and big city spires, the plains of this state must give one a feeling of confidence and ease. There are plenty of places that can be turned into impromptu landing fields. The twin-motored Lockheed Flee tra she was piloting was called “The Flying Laboratory,” and it was developed at Purdue University. Mrs, Putnam's hookup with the school came after she had lectured in the Indianapolis Town Hall series

ordered him to close up. Maddox denied that he was running a gambling house and refused. He blamed | last night's shooting on this inci. | dent. {| Amster, former president of the | American Securities Co., in New | Albany and widely known in south- | {ern Indiana, was sitting at a table |

| the Administration that the fee be with his wife, and Mr. and Mrs. [reduced to the point where it is | John Rue, also of New Albany,

|‘ purely compensatory.” | Referring to the violation penalty [in the ordinance of a $100 fine, he [said: | “I feel that the penalty for viola{tion should be impounding of the bicycle. 1 hope the Police Depart(ment will not attempt to enforce, except in most extreme cases, the heavy penalty of $100.” { William Oren and John Schu|'macher, other Republican Council|'men, also have made attacks on the [present ordinance and have indi[cated they will support Mr. Keal- | inR's repeal measure,

HAPGOOD, FIVE AIDS ARE FREED ON BAIL

By United Press PORTLAND, Me, July 3.—Powers | Hapgood, New England C. I. O. sec (retary, and five other jailed leaders lof the Auburn-Lewiston shoe strike {were freed on bail today.

lof State Supreme Court, who grant

| Mrs. Maddox may die from her | wounds, hospital officials said. ads

COOLER, SHOWERS FEARED FOR FOURTH

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

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A little bit cooler and maybe a bit of rain was the Weatherman's forecast ‘today for the Monday holiday. He said, too, that there might be | [a bit of rumbling in the skies both tomorrow and Monday-that there

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| dent, impressed by Mrs. Putnam's

interest in educational] and voeca(Turn to Page Three)

. 0. R. GAINING ON EVE OF COURT TIFF

Poll Gives President, 51-45 Compromise Edge.

By THOMAS 1. STOKES Times Npecinl Writer WASHINGTON, July 3.—The Administration’s compromise Supreme | Court bill occupies a more favorable position on the eve of the Senate

them all” and said they believed she

debate—~which begins next ‘week, than appeared likely a few days ago. A ‘reliable poll gives President |

|'might possibly be thunder showers, |

F. D. R. JR. AND BRIDE | BOUND FOR MAINE

Justice Sidney St. Felix Thaxter | By United Press

MALDEN, Mass, July 3.-—Irank-

ed the men writs of habeas corpus |lin D. Roosevelt Jr, and his bride, Wednesday, in fixing bail at $2000 the former Ethel du Pont, passed each said he did “not condone any- | through here shortly before noon

thing you have done or pass on the (today enroute to Boothbay Harbor, Me, by automobile

merits of the case.”

‘mise, 51 to 45.

Roosevelt A majority on the compro- |

Administration Heutenants have got the upper hand in the last few days through a ‘series of ecircumsstances, and there is a very good chance to put the bill through if they can break through the prospective filibuster before it wears everybody out and impedes other major legislation, One recent development that has strengthened the President's hand is the abandonment of his original (Turn to Page Two)

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PLANES, SHIPS JOIN HUNT FOR AVIATORS OT ISLAND, BELIEF

CALLED Voice Radio Signals Reported Heard From |

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Both Flier and Noonan; Pair Believed Down 100 to 400 Miles Off Howland.

By United Prewy Amelia Farhart, adrift in a metal land plane in the trackless Pacific, sent out repeated, faintly-heard SOS calls today, summoning aid by air and sea. America’s woman aviation pioneer and her navigator, Fred Noonan, were forced down en route from New Guinea to Howland Island, in mid-Pacific, on their flight around the world.

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They were alive, the SOS calls showed, their heavy twin-motored plane kept afloat hy its empty, water-tight fuel tanks. The calm radio voices of Miss Barhart and Noonan wera reported heard in Los Angeles calling from their lost plane, Miss Earhart's voice told the world of her plight. Radio operators in California, the Pacific islands and even Australia could hear her repeating over and over, “SO0S--S08.,” in a calm, unfrightened tone, Cutter Begins Search Radio operators who heard her realized that the daring woman who has faced so many perils in the air over land and sea was not daunted by her present predicament, Ships and planes speeded to her rescue. Her position was not definitely fixed but wag believed to be perhaps about 100 miles north of Howland Island, the plane having overs shot its mark and burned all its fuel. The Coast Guard cutter Itasca wearched the waters off Howland. The British warship Achilles was picking up the planes signals. A United New soared at all==she never - an pel At . BY un States Navy plane command: | gua: way.” ed by Lieut. M. W. Harvey | McMenamy picked up signals left Honolulu for Howland, wile RN am, HRSA ie 1800 miles away, to join in “Tt was a 170 and a sounded like 18" he w®aid, at position the search. would be 300 or 400 miles off Eleven other Navy planes were | Howland, expected to follow. Tt was believed | Warship to Join Search We Earhart “FIVing Laborebory®| cy. oun cals were reported Som was capable of remaining afloat for anywhere giving the planes posis many hours. Tt has both voice and tion, although the Ttasca, Achilles code-sighal radio sending apparatus, | and shore stations in Honolulu as An amateur radio operator at Los | weil as the mainland reported heats Angeles said he ‘distinctly heard | ing the signals, Miss Barhart's voice calling “S08 The Navy plane which left Hono SOS” at 5:30 a. Mm. P. 8. T. (7:30 1u10 for the search had seven men a. 'm. Indianapolis Time), | aboard in addition to Lieut. Harvey, Two amateurs fh Los Angeles, The U, 8. 8. Swan was ordered to Walter McMenamy and Karl Pier- | proceed to Howland from a point son, heard Miss Earhart broadcast- | petween that island and Honolul, ing the BOS and the call letters of Navy authorities at Honolulu said her plane, KHAQ®. . |the U. 8 8. Colorado would leave Voice Sounded Pretty Good , | Pearl Harbor later today for Hows “It was Miss Earhart all right,” | jand, arriving within two and a halt McMenamy said. “I know her voice [to three days. very well, She just keeps repeating | The last word from the plans ‘BOB’ over and over. Just now she | while it was in flight was picked up said something else but I couldn't | at 2:55 p.m. (Indianapolis Time) make it out. Friday by the Ttasca, stationed at “She can't use code herself 30 1 Howland Island, The Ttasoa heard assume Noonan is busy or asleep or | only the plane's signals. something. Admiral William D. Leahy, chief “Her voice sounded pretty good. [of naval operations in Washington, ordered the commandant of (he | Honolulu district to make all fas cilities available to the search, The | admiral acted after Cyeorge Palmer Putham, Miss Barhart's husband, appealed to the Navy Department for aid. Putham, a motion Pictur Johnson ..... 10 executive, was in hix office at tha Merry-Go-R'd 10 | Oakland, Oal, airport, standing vigil Movies 8 beside the radio. Mrs, Ferguson. § | The Ttasea was to use smoke sigs Mrs. Roosevelt. 9 (nals by day and flares and searohs Musie ....... 15 lights by night. The Ttasca broads Obftuaries ... 16 cast A message saying that succes Pyle ..... § | of the search would depend mainly Questions ,...14 | on continued good weather, Tropis Radio 15 | cal storms were reported about in coon. BD | the area but today it was clear and Serial Story. 14 | calm. Short Story... .14 | The freighter Golden Bear was Society 5 | about 800 miles from Honolulu on Sports ........ 8 | the South Seas route, which 1s west State Deaths. 186 (Turn to Page Three)