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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1937

VOLUME 49—NUMBER 181

HEALTH

Second Class Malter "een

Entered As Indiananolis, Ina

at Postoffice,

BY MILK TIEUP

MENACED

KILR ws no wise vn

. TO THE DAIRY FOR HIS DAILY

SMILE IS MISSING .

William Teecke, 2-vear-old son of Mr. and Mrs, Winifred Leeke. 606 N. Rural St. drinks a quart of milk every day. an emply

He usually smiles, but

position,

glass altered his dis.

apen car

RRR

John Ragsdale didn't know why, but his grand mother, Mrs, took Lim to the dairy this morning to obtain his q John and other youncsters like hiv

door,

wart of milk, Gene Wiley is

so they ean go ahout their business in the sandbox,

42,000 WATCH Aids Confer With F. D. R.; RIVER PROJECT Duce Won t Quit Spain UTUP TO WPA

30 SERIES TILT

Schumacher, Fearson Start as Teams Move to Polo Grounds.

Yankees 612 11

Giants

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 (U. P) —The Now York Yankees and their World Series rivals, the Giants, played the third game of the series today at the Polo Grounds. Hal Schumacher, Giant righihander. and Monte Pearson were the starting pitchers. The Yankees held a two-game edge. Cold weather turned up today and most of the fans wore top coats, Aithe smallest so (ar were in the stands.

tentance was

About 42,000 First Inning

YANKS Crosetti walked on four ctraight balls. Rolfe lined to Ripple, Crosetti holding first. DiMaggio fanned Gehrig grounded out, Whitehead to McCarthy. NO RUNS, NO HITS. NO ERRORS. GIANTS Moore grounded out, Crosetti to Gehrig. Bartell lifted a high fly to DiMaggio. Ott flied to DiMaggio. NO RUNS. NO HITS. NO ERRORS. Second Inning YANKS-—Dickey flied to Chiozza. Selkirk walked. Hoag singled to left, Selkirk stopping at second. Lazzeri singled to center, scoring Selkirk

and sending Hoag to third. Pearson |

walked, filling the bases. Crosetti grounded to Ott, who threw to the

plate retiring Hoag on a forced play, |

Ott to Danning. The bases were still filled. Rolfe fouled to Danning. ONE RUN. TWO HITS. NO ERRORS. GIANTS Ripple hit a high hounder down the first-base line, Gohrig fielded it and retired the runner. McCarthy lined to DiMaggio. Chiozza fouled to Rolfe RUNS. NO HITS. NO ERRORS.

Third Inning

Y ANKS — DiMaggio Chiozza. Gehrig singled, but overran first and was trapped in the sase line. He reached second safely when Ripple's throw was wild. Dickey tripled, scoring Gehrig. SelKirk singled, scoring Hoag bunted out, Ott to McCarthy, Selkirk taking second. Lazzeri passed purposely. Pearson was called out. TWO RUNS. THREE HITS. NO ERRORS. GIANTS — Danning popped to Lazzeri. Whitehead fouled to Gehrig Schumacher was called out. NO RUNS. NO HITS. NO ERRORS.

Fourth Inning

YANKS-—Crosetti grounded out, Ott first pitch for two bases. Di Maggio beat out an infield hit to Oft, sending Rolfe to third. Gehrig flied to Moore, Rolfe scoring after the catch. Dickey forced DiMaggio at second, Whitehead to Bartell. ONE RUN. TWO HITS. NO ERRORS. GIANTS—Moore grounded out, Crosetti to Gehrig. Bartell grounded

flied to

out. Crosetti to Gehrig. Ott fanned. |

NO RUNS. NO HITS. NO ERRORS. Fifth Inning Vv ANKS—Selkirk hit down the first base line and MecCarthv fumbled. Selkirk was safe at first and when McCarthy's throw {0 Schumacher got away pitcher, Selkirk ran to second. Hoay singled to center. When Chiozza fumbled Selkirk scored. Hoag held first. Lazzeri fanned. Pearson was out. Schumacher to McCarthy. Hoag took second. Crosetti flied to Moore. ONE RUN. ONE HIT. THREE ERRORS.

ho nt i i

NO |

Dickey. !

was |

to McCarthy. Rolfe lined the |

& grounder |

from the |

Mussolini Rejects Pleas of France and Britain to Isolate War,

BULLETIN LONDON, Oct. 8 (U, P.).—The diplomatic correspondent of the Evening News said today the British Government has information from unimpeachable sources that 15,000 Italian troops landed last week in Cadiz, Spain,

ROME-—Mussolini to reject French and British plea to withdraw Italian troops from Spain,

LONDON —Britain awaits Prime

Minister Chamberlain's speech tonight defining British foreign policy,

ROME, Oct. 8 (U, P)).—An Italian note refusing to discuss withdrawal of foreign volanteers from Spain except on Premier Benito Mussolini's

own terms will be delivered to Great

Britain and France today or to-

morrow, it has been disclosed.

The note has been drafted in what |

was expected to be its final form.

It was understood that Mussolini, in | agreement with Fuehrer Adolf Hit- | British- |

ler, had decided to defy French demands that he withdraw | his men from Spain, and his reply

| constituted in effect an invitation to |

| Britain and France to take action if they saw fit. It was said authoritatively the Italian note would be “published” in Rome today or tomorrow, This meant it might be delivered to the British Ambassador and the French Charge d’Affaires at any hour, and

tate a new European crisis,

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COUNCIL PASSES BILL T0 REPLENISH FUND

Money Spent on Bike Tags May Be Replaced.

The City Council today had passed. on first reading, an ordinance which would appropriate $2435 to the Controller's office to replace extra money spent on supplies incident to the unsuccessful attempt to enforce the bicycle license ordinance.

A temporary injunction granted,in | Superior Court 3 several weeks ago | blocked enforcement of the fee col- |

lections. The injunction suit fol- | lowed protests made by thousands of

| bicycle owners when the ordinance

was passed last summer.

consider a revised ordinance reducing the fee from $1 to 25 cents.

'ED HOWE LEAVES DAUGHTER ONLY $1

ATCHISON, Kas. Oct. 8 (U. P.. —The late Ed W. Howe, editor of the Atchison Globe, left his daughter, Mrs. Mateel Howe Farnham, only $1 from his $200,000 estate, it | was revealed today when his will was filed for probate. A friend of the family said Mr. Howe resented certain paragraphs

| in Mrs. Farnham’'s novel, “Rebel- | Dr. C. H. Hall of Elkins treated a dentials of several lion,” written 10 years ago, in which | dying girl who had been so disfig- | postponed until next Monday

she depicted a stern father. Mr. Howe left Miss Adeline Howe,

The note was expected to precipi- |

Councilmen indicated they would |

Cabinet Heads and Davis Discuss U. S. Policy in Far East Crisis.

OKYO—Japanese cahiney studies war policy. Tokyo may denounce treaties, WASHINGTON President Robsevelt and Cabinet confer on Chi- | nese war. U. 8. ‘favors Nine Power Treaty signatories meeting ih foreign city. MOSCOW-—Soviet press lauds | Roosevelt's speech citing war dangers in territorial aggression, SHANGHAI-—-Chinese mass for greatest resistance while Japan rushes more troops to Shanghai front, (Editorial, Page 186)

WASHINGTON, Oct, 8 (U, P) .- The Cabinet met with President Roosevelt today to study foreign affairs and consider what further action, if any, this country will take in the Sino-Japanese war, The full Cabinet assembled after the President conferred with Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Under-

and Norman H. Davis, roving ambassador to Europe. Mr. Roosevelt was expected to canvass the entire foreign situation with the Cabinet members. bility of United States collaboration

Nine-Power Treaty likely for review. Foreign Affairs Discussed The President's conference with Secretary Hull, Welles and Mr, Davis consumed an hour and three [ quarters. Secretary Hull said they had engaged in general discussion of international conditions, Mr. Roosevelt at an eariier conference said he had no comment to offer on international conditions because he had had no opportunity vet to meet with his advisers. The invitation to Mr, Davis to attend the conference with Secretary Hull gave impetus to reports Mr. Davis might be designated American representative at ihe expected Far Eastern consultations mong signatories of the Nine-Power Treaty.

The United States will resist every | the |

| effort to make Washington scene of forthcoming consultations among signatories to the Nine Power (Turn to Page Three)

RAIN LIKELY AFTER FROST. BUREAU SAYS

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

Dam... 11 a. m 12 (Noon) 1p Mm ..

. m ,» mm

The Weather Bureau today would not make any promises to football fans for fair weather for tomorrow's | games. ‘The forecast said that | warmer weather tomorrow possibly would be accompanied by showers | during the afternoon or evening. Another light frost was predicted | for tonight, but the mercury was not to drop as low as last night.

FAILS TO RECOGNIZE

DYING GIRL AS OW

| ELKINS, W. Va, Oct. 8 (U, P).— ing tonight on the challenged cre- Editorials

lured in an automobile accident that (he did not recognize her.

secretary of State Sumner S. Welles | America’s |

Possi- |

in a conference of signatories to the | also appeared

Steeg, as Flood Commission Chairman, Turns Over Responsibility.

City Engineer Henry B. Steeq, Flood Control Commission prasident, today turned over to WPA officials the responsibility for starting dredge work for removal of two islands in White River north of 38th St. John K. Jennings, Indiana WPA administrator, who several days ago denied City officials’

that he had authorized moving the dredges to the site, todav said he

statemends

Ina Tersonette, “serving” him through the n wish that all this fuss and trouble will soon be over

of Winthrop Ave.

ren ah

out Jas

ITS STILL EMPTY . . . .

POLICE REPORT "ALL QUIET, BUT

FIRMS ALARMED

Times Photos,

Maurice Pavne, one of the three children of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Payne, 1250 8, Capitol Ave.. found the hottles his mother had put

night still empty,

(An

astounded Indianapolis this

the babies is paramount,

from violence County Prosecutor Spencer

babies and invalids, should

While Babies Sufter—

Editorial)

The complete shut-off of home delivery milk which

Neither unions nor companies have a moral right to drag innocent and hungry babies into their dabpr battles. Whatever may be the rights and wrones of the labor dispute in the three struck companies, the welfare of

According to police, milk deliveries will be protected of which there has been none to date,

use the full force of the law to punish violators. Yesumption of deliver

morning cannot be justified.

also has pledged himself to

ies, especially to homes of begin at once,

Health Board Warning--

| would call a conference on the mat- !

| ter at once, Mr, Steeg said was up to WPA since the Park Board vesterdav adopied a resoiution granting the Flood Commission permission to remove the islands and right-of-way space from the

the project

river bank to Cold Springs Road for |

the proposed extension of 38th St. Earlier 0. K. Reported

The City Engineer said he would inform Capl Kortepeter,

action and “leave it up to him.” Mr. Steeg previously had said thai Mr. Jennings had given his personal approval of the project earlier. Mr. Jennings said the proposed | project was a “district matter” and | that he would have to confer with Mr. Kortepeter before reaching a decision. Following

announcement last

week by City officials of their plans |

to proceed with the work, residents of Golden Hill and Woodstock protested on the ground that it was an “extravagant expenditure.” Mavor Boetcher, referring to the

project for the first time yesterday, | it |

defended it on the ground that | was a flood control project and that construction of the highway was “quite far ahead.”

SNUB FOR HOWARD CHARGED TOA.F.L

Eligibility of Typographical Chief Challenged. DENVER. Oct. 8 (U, P). ~The

American Federation of Labor battle | against the rebel C. 1. O. broke out

| briefly on the convention floor today |

{ when the credentials committee Was | charged with giving Charles P.

| Howard, of Indianapolis, president

| graphical Union, out of order. The conflict broke into the apen coincident with a vigorous denial by Mr. Green that he was taking | any part in the New York City may- | oralty campaign. | The C. 1. O. outbreak came as the | convention opened its final session | this week with a report by the credentials committee, headed by Francis J. Curran. The chairman announced a hear-

but the Mr.

delegates

most important hearing on

The girl, | Howard's credentials. Mr. Howard's | Food

his niece, $50,000, and Miss Nellie who died several hours later, was right to sit in the convention had Webb, society reporter on the Globe | his daughter, Eloise, 25, of Fairmont. | been challenged by Frank Duffy

for 37 vears, $1500. The balance

| Miss Hall, a radio

singer, was | of the Carpenters Union, on the

was left to his sons, James P. Howe, en route to Elkins to participate in grounds that the C. I. O. secretary

Walnut Creek, Cal., and Eugene A.

| Howe, publisher of Amarillo, Tex.

a festival Iwith another,

when her car collided | signed a charter issued to a rebel | Johnson

| carpenters union on the West Coast.

now

Marion County WPA director, of the Board's

Dr. retary, said: time. 24 hours:

“Many infants in Welfare clinics | They are remote distances from the dairies,

Herman G. Morgan, Indianapolis Health Board sec“Boltle fed infants will be affected in a short

Their nutrition would be seriously interfered with in

are on bottle formulae. It is a difficult

task for these parents to walk several miles, These people

won't have even carfare. on the menu. It is described lauthorities say quart of milk a day. some milk every day. would in a short time have a

“In the fresh-air schools, milk ig an important article

as a food medicine, The best

that a growing child should consume one Ninety-five per cent of children drink The inability to secure a milk supply

serious effect on the health of

the city's infants and children,

“It also would affect the tuberculosis patients and in-|

valids who depend on milk for nutriment.

“] feel that the dairy owners, drivers

know this and therefore 1 am make a conscientious effort of the public and p of the community.” | Dr. Morgan added tha

| clinics and fresh air schools,

Families Use

and union officials sure all parties concerned will

to settle the strike for the sake articularly the infants’ and children groups

t milk was supplied today to free

Old Supplies,

Hope for Quick Settlement

Indianapolis mothers today. while | hoping for speedy. resumption of milk deliveries, for the most part made the best of a bad matter by using up extra supplies laid in yesterday and getting more from groceries. Typical Mrs. Be | 8t.—My sister trouble yesterday. children here, but

comments were!

told me about

There are two

TIMES FEATURES

| Financial | Fishbein | Flynn

|Porum .......18 | Grin, Bear Tt 42 | Tn Tnd'pls .... 3 | Jane Jordan ..15

| rtha Pierson, 609 N. Rural | the |

1 got an extra |

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quart yesterday and have it left for today. Guess I'll have to walk to the grocery if 1 need any more. Mrs. D. T. Wast, 2011 N. Delaware St. —- I got three quarts. at the grocery store yesterday. buy it that way and keep it in the fce box. Is there a milk “strike.” Mrs. Tracy Calkins, 2035 N. Merirdian St. as she stepped up to the

empty bottle—I don’t usually have to get my milk this way, but had to this morning. | Mrs. Winifred Leeke, 606 N. Rural | 8t.—We didn't get any milk this | morning, but I didn't know what the | reason was. The baby drinks a spe- | cial preparation. but Billy, he'll be [2 next month, drinks about a quart a day and 1 guess T'll have to g0 lout and get fit

Mrs. Charles Clark, 134 W. Ari-

sona St—We haven't gotten any |

yet My husband couldn't cereal this morning and he d to

| milk | have his didn't like it a bit that he ha drink his coffee black. Mrs. Henry Schilling, | sin St.——Guess I'm lucky. I had a quart left. The grocery boy told me he'd bring all I needed, so the tvouble doesn't inconvenience me «ch, | Mrs. Roy Payne, 1250 S. Capitol | Ave.—~What's wrong this morning? ‘I'm still waiting on the milk. Get (Turn to Page Three)

1 always |

counter at a grocery store with an |

216 Wiscon- |

Independent Dealers Hint They May Start Deliveries and Seek Protection From

Prosecutor Spencer.

THIRD COMPANY IS STRUCK TODAY It Is Little Short of Criminal to Deprive Children and Those in Need of Necessary Nourishment,” Savs Dr. Wicks.

BULLETIN

Thomas R, Hutson Milk

State Labor

Commissioner, this afternoon

and Tee Cream Drivers, Salesmen and Em.

| | | | announced that | plovees' Union Local 774 leaders had accepted his invitation ta con. fer with State officials on negotintions to settle the milk delivery

dispute,

Complete stoppage of milk delivery to homes was cons

tinued by the companies today, while their organization,

the Indianapolis Milk Council, issued an open invitation for the striking drivers’ union to meet them in a peace con ference, Without taking sides in the lahor dispute, Dr. Ierman (;. Morgan, lleallth Board Secretary, warned that infants and invalids would sufier if the stoppage continued, Meanwhile Prosecutor Herbert M. Spencer's office said that several independent milk deliverymen had appealed for legal protection, il they start deliveries in violation of the Milk Council's stoppage order. These independents said they “feared loss of their customers to other companies if not permitted to make deliveries.” The stoppage action was taken hy all city firms although only three of them were struck by the Milk and Ice Cream Drivers, Salesmen and Employees’ Union Local 774. The non=struck companies justified their action on the ground that ‘there were “threats of violence.” Police authorities, however, insisted there had heen no violence and said that escorts were ready to protect deliveries whenever companies decided to resume, Following investigation of several reports of alleged violence, police at 1 p. m. declared that only one tinuck had been stopped today. That was at 10th St. and Indiana Ave,

and there was nc damage, according to police,

Prosecutor Spencer, who yesterday promised to proses cute under a 1933 Indiana law any persons responsible for violence, today said he was investigating whether the law regarding stoppage of the milk suppply applied to the coms panies themselves, State Starts Secret Inquiry A secret investigation was started by the State l.abor Division, An unnamed agent, who investigated the recent steel strikes in northern Indiana, was assigned to “get an actual picture of the situation to determine if it was a strike or a lockout.” State labor officials, although not help settle the dispute, said they wanted advance data for use in any future arbitration conferences,

formally iavited to

Mavor Boetcher said he also was trying to arrange a peace conference, C. Winfield unt, Indianapolis Milk Council and spokesman for dairy owners, at noon today open invitation for union men to meet with dairy owners. “We haven't been approached by any union men. Wa would like to talk with them,” he said. “It is a waiting We are acting only on a protection policy.”

secretary issued an

| game with us. Official statements were public indignation over stoppage of home deliveries affecting the welfare of thousands of infants in homes. Typical of such public sentiment was the statement of the Rev. Dr. Frank S. C. Wicks of All-Souls Unitarian Church, who said: | “Tt is little short of criminal to deprive children and

overshadowed hv increasing

| those in need of necessary nourishment, | “If one side consenied to arbitration and the other re- | fused 1 would know then whom to condemn. There is no use for a strike until peaceful measures fail.”

Not Lockout, Hunt Says

| exc John Williams, union business agent, charged the stoppage was “a lockout of union men.” “Tt is unnecessary to stop deliveries in plants not struck Dairies have

| because there have been no threats of violence. stopped deliveries to get public opinion against the union. “Several union men not on strike at other plants wanted | to deliver nursery milk in their own cars to homes where | there are babies, but reported to us that dairy owners re-

| fused to let them.” Referring to Prosecutor Spencer's statement vesterday, he added: “Employers should come under the law the sama (Turn to Page Three)