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9 (U. P.).—The Nine-Power deadlock today because of a 5 ; k dispute on a proposed Sl Rein ol Run Low | steering committee to ne- ) ¥ ; : One more name today had Haggard and wan, Mrs. | | gotiate with Japan. Max- he: we 5 : i | — AY: is \ nn 3 2 7 | 3 3 i im Litvinov, Soviet Foreign a CRE g % i * been added to the death toll Florence Simmons Davis, | WN i Commissar, impatient at the a aa Three persons were injured at a railroad crossing on | today pleaded not guilty in| 3 3 . 8 kerma loht A NasCow. ER — 3 an a | today when a hot water tank aaa a ; hand pa Loan HE ) After conferring with Norman o ; . ‘ ny . ; Highway 67 southeast of An- ( riminal Court to indictments | 3 1 | H. Davis. United States dele- ; 5 ; exploded in the English Hotel derson. *harging reckless and drunken | x 1 | gate, he indicated he might ho ; gm | basement, flew through the Thomas G. LaManna, 45-year-old | driving, speeding, manslaugh- | 3 ay a Saati var. oil floor of a shoe store at 112 Indianapolis resident, was killed : ar} Be, § os fia : : : i : Ng rn Hen ie re ter and failure to stop after k their entire delegation might ‘Monument Circle, and through : oh Sadie : : | 3 be withdrawn if Italy is in- a : RRR a . struck by a Pennsylvania pass -/an ace . : \ . eC tt, er Wtorotes] | temion oo puri ome | ar wo RE a A | yde P, iller, her attorney,| = | the Soviets excluded. : | Nol | ilding wi three weeks ago claimed the lives asked that trial date be set some 4 — I. No body in the building was of two Marion residents. time after Jan. 1, but Judge Pro.| SHANGHAI—Chinese Army rout injured, but three persons on Coroner R. L. Armington reported Tem Clyde Karrer set the trial ten > feared as Japanese beal back de- the sidewalk near the shoe that another motorist had stopped tatively for Dec. 15. Times Photo. | fenders. for the train. Mr. LaManna, how- Judge Karrer continued the $10.- Scores of downtown workers had to walk flights of stairs today be- | BRUSSELS-—Yapan may discuss : | store were cut, none seriously, ever, apparently did not see the 000 bond and she was returned Lo tween 8:40 a. m, and 9:30 a. m, when the Inaianapolis Power & Light peace with China through media- | TTR by flying glass. They were: train and drove onto the crossing, the County Jail in default. Her | Oo.'s heavy belt line failed. tors, Nine - Power Conference : RS Be Mrs. Chester H. Smith, 53, of 4918 ga Rg : right to drive already had been re- One of them was Miss Wahneta Tewell, 5¢ N. Arlington, shown learns. Ee ® E. 11th St, cut on forehead and Mr, LaManna, a mechanical engi- | voked for a year. | above as she reached the 15th floor of the Merchants Bank Building. LONDON-—Britain is told Germany ; PR " = | taken to Methodist Hospital. neer, lived at 3654 E Fall Creek The charges were placed against The power line was touched by a crane operating at the city sani- soon may ask restoration of Afri- | SER ; is 5 3 Mrs. Frieda Sprecher, 56, of 4020 Blvd. He is survived by his wife, her in indictments returned by the tation plant in Eagle Woods and a short circuit created, according to | can colonies. : : oH ; s | Graceland Ave., cut on hand and Alyce and one child. Grand Jury yesterday in connection ganijtation plant officials. No one was injured. | MUNTCH—Hitler hails anti-Com- | : io ; : : | ankle and treated by physician on Indianapolis 16 alleged traffic with the death in June of 14- This cut off power produced by the Harding St. plant, newest and | munist pact of Germany, Italy | = : : Tw [ scene, : : law violators were assessed $200 in | month-old Barbara Marlene Con-| mpst powerful station, and threw onto two older stations a peak load and Japan, Lo RE | Virginia Cotom. 17. of 144 8. Bute nicipal Courts today. Seven of dit. of downtown buildings and factories, light company officials said. HENDAYE~—General Franco report- : : | ler Ave. cut on right wrist and leg sm fined $65 for preferential Tomorrow she is to be arraigned What current was available after the accident, power company | ed withdrawing alien soldiers 5 i | and taken to City Hospital, street violations and five alleged | before Judge Pro Tem. Edwin H.| officials said, was spread out for lights and direct current used in heavy from rebel ranks in Spain. ; | : peeders were nssessed 287 Four Smith in Municipal Court on operations was cut off. State . wo % | Three Escape Injury persons were injured slightly in a | charges of drunken driving. reck- It was two hours iater before company trouble shooters found the SHANGHAI, Nov. 9 (UU, P), —| . ; The tank, which Fire Pievention eries of overnight traffic accidents. less driving and intoxication filed| pause. While the main Chinese columns R . 8 | Chief, Bernard Lynch, said had run Messenger Boy Hurt foligwing her Rives TRUrRIAy while yn a No Rg Rai Rog a | Ry ic s very low in water or completely dry, : . # a - yaxc the first case still was pending. ras S ) = anal | Ww bo 6 f tall, thr d David W. McConnell. 54. of 1645 : = i ; ak \ as about eet tall, three and a : aware St Tepsived Mr. Smith was selected to hear handful of their comrades grimly sas p : half feet in diameter and had been Noi Sagan aang ini - the case after attorneys for Mrs. Congress to Be Distu rbed | Stood their ground in the Pootung = F & | tested for 85 pounds per square juries vesterday when the ct 8S Davis asked for change of judge. {area tonight, forming another | ; : 2% inch.

driving hit a parked auto at 35th SAY . 13 i OARS " » Spe lian Sts. He was reported | « 10. revoking her license for a vear, . og doomed battalion. : : LE | It came through the reinforced

ition tedav in St Vin. | Robert C. Hill, State Motor Vehicle | l ‘Fl cl { S Fires painted a weird night scene : rete of the shoe store but, Es Hota today in St. ViR- | gireau chief hearing judge, declared UY sua e {oni fg along Siccawei Creek, at the south- a wreak Boone vias Tr nis A Sp " . < _. | that “as Jong as I am in office. you : western corner of the French Con- | 4 ER A Aa . » ih i. : 30 Richard Snelson, 15, & MESSENEST eq never apply for & @river's i: Seki us: cession, in the wake of the Chinese | {ture "rhe were 1awrence Oox. 0 head injuries receivad when his bi=. Conse again, because I will refuse to Ry THOMAS L. STOKES Jot work will be “afflicted With one | (Turn to Page Thies) These scenes show part of the damage caused today when a hot |ager: Miss Lela Bakemeier, 5130 E. cvele struck an auto on S. Meridian | recommend its issuance. | Te Sune Welle disease * called ®lectionitis and | ‘water tank in the Hotel English basement exploded and hurtled up- | Michigan St, clerk, and Mrs. Lucille St near Sveamore St. Robert New | The 37-year-old defendant told WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. — The | another to which Senator yy ward through three floors. Bravis, 48. of 4308 W. Washington ton. 21. of 32 Woodlawn Ave. was |Judee Hill yesterday that she had Congress which convenes here Fountain Ashurst once gave the Above is the hole torn in a shoe store ceiling, and below, wreckage | St, customer, treated for bruises late yesterday been partially deaf for the last seven | at high noon Monday in special name of Presidentitis. | in the shoe store, Mr. Fox said they heard a rumble.

after his bicvele collided With a ear Years. | session, Presumably for several jobs | In the back of the minds of every a — — ome | ing in the basement and already on State St. near Spann Ave. When confronted with her license | House member and a third of the | had started out of the store before

application on which she swore that Senate will be constantly the dis-

Losing control of his car at 38th . — 3 Hak caw : . | the tank ripped through the back a SE Sr RODSEVELT STUDIES | SE hu sh fy ee id Fvor-Normal Grain Plan | 5% - el iA

lds, 21. of 706 N. Sheffield Ave. PAired. she said: | next fall and, among a small group, (p. . The tank went through the Fights red head and bodv bruises. He | I signed it because I didn’t think | the vague hope that one of them | Fair Forecast Tomorrow, of the shoe

vy 3 i i : : mezzanine office floor s treated in City Hospital it. would make any difference.” FORM OF MESSAGE may get the call to run for Presi- d A id l St l F nl nTCugh wn eight-inch - ie | Motorcycle Officer Marion Oster- | dent in 1940. Too, Weatherman Adds. e u 0 a e air ms reinforced concrete floor into one

myer said he arrested her Thursday | 1 Much that happens in the next | ee of a suite of offices occupied by the Young Columbus Cyclist fatter she Wade a U-turn in the 700 | few months in Congress can be ex- | TEMPERATURES —. | Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen {block E. Washington St. barely ' . | plained on this basis. i ” dos bE . (Photos, Page 3: Editorial, Page 14) | Legislative Bureau on the first Injured Fatally Missing the Safety zone at Washing- Undecided Whether to Ap Of the Presidential hopefuls—and | Hann: "> I " oy 3 n 1 rr d'by § ¢ {A It | floor of the hotel, COLUMBUS, Ind., Nov. 9 (U. P.). ton and East Sts. | there are ‘always more than one dt 5 ainda" thas The ever-normal granary plan, . propose v Secretary o gricu ure | John Wehmeier. l14-vear-old son Attorney Miller asked that no pear Before Body, Aids Say. | would suspect—three would seem to GER > rR {Ns » | Henry A. Wallace for the Corn Belt and indorsed by farm leaders of 11 ’ Miller. 290. of 22493 ruling be given on her license until | have more foundation for their Te es Corn Belt states, would be a major economic improvement in Indiana Miss Imogene iller, ' 243.

) 1 1 rs fred y i aa a : : i Rvhonidins Alfred Weiaen the criminal chagges against her WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (U. P.)-- | hopes than some others, all in the, ‘The Weather ; agriculture, Thomas Johnston, Purdue University official, said today. [ College Ave, who had been seated

me Ti Fat baliv wv . . . ; Bureau forecast eth; was injured fatally yesterday When had been heard. This request Was ywonite House aids said todav that | Senate—a Republican, Arthur Van- | warmer weather for tomorrow at| Governor Townsend and Hassill® — | just a moment earlier in that room,

his bicvele was struck by an auto- denied. ; Hon denberg, Michigan: a Democrat, i "i “| Schenck, Indiana Farm Bureau |goes into effect, that acreage prob- | said she had just gone into the next, The fatal accident occurred at President Roosevelt is undecided | 5p.) 3 Barkley, Kentucky. ida | — TD ane somewhat | president, publicly have indorsed | ably will be reduced. | room when the explosion occurred, The vOuth Was SWB an Noble St. and Virginia Ave, when Whether to present his message Progressive, Robert M. La Follette | above normal for this time of the the plan, ‘and the Governor said he| Instead of corn, farmers would The tank came through the floor Fhe youth was on his Way to school | the par she allegedly was driving | opening the special session of Con- | jr Wisconsin. | year. It probably will be fair to-| had been informed that the Indiana | grow more soil-building erops, such | under the chair where she had been when the accident accured. ran through a safety zone, killing gress next Monday in person, or t0| Others included in the long and | morrow. the bureau said Congressional delegation would sup- | as alfalfa, clover and soy beans, he sitting, struck the ceiling above hard S——— the child and injuring five members | Send it to Capitol Hill to be read vague lists this time ahead of the ’ : foot the program. | said. Evidence that such soil-|enough to break a smokestand in Iniuries Are Fatal of the Condit family. { for him, _ | national conventions are Senators Corn Belt representatives vester- | building crops are necessary Is the apartment above, occupied by Municipal Judge Charles Karabell | There have been reports the Presi- | gyrton KX. Wheeler (D. Mont). | TIMES FEATURES day petitioned the special ses-| found, he added, in some corn coun- | Mrs. Delta Peaford, Room 270, and To Athletic Manager | set her bond on the latest charges | dent would go before Congress per- Harry F. Byrd (D. Va. Edward | sion of Congress which convenes |ties, where the average formerly | feli back on the desk just vacated at $5500. | Sonally to recommend a legislative | gyrke (D, Neb.), A. Harry Moore (D. | ON INSIDE PAGES text week to “take immediate action” | was 40 to 50 bushels an acre and [by Miss Miller, CRAWRORDSYILLE, Ind, Not = program for the extraordinary ses- yj) ‘yg Styles Bridges (R. Conn), to provide for parity prices on basic | which now produce but an average “I don’t know Why I got up and (U. P).—James Gott, 15, student NEW YORK, Nov. 9 (U.P.).—|sion. and Henrv Cabot Lodge (R. Mass). | agricultural commodities, and to | of 30 bushels an acre. eft the desk,” Miss Miller said. “I at hletic manager at the Craw fords- Rapidly growing ‘automobile con The President asked his staff to Is Early G. O. P. Contender ! a enact into laws other provisions of | ‘Two-thirds to three-fourths of was through with my work and 1 ville High School, died today of in- | curtail his appointments because of Senator Vandenberg 'i N | Bob Burns... 3, Johnson the proposed plan. Indiana is a part of the Corn Belt, | just walked out. Almost immediJuries sustained last night when an | 8estion which may develop within | the heavy list already scheduled be- a A erg IS perhaps "gaoks 3| Merry-Go-R'd 14 Pi producing corn commercially, he ately the explosion came, and it automobile in which he was riding the next vear into stagnation of | tween now and Dec. 11. he outstanding contender at this Broun ....... Movies 8 Crop "Cwis "Pics said. To farmers in that area, the | knocked me down, I guess my time overturned, pinning him beneath il. | traffic on the nation's more impor- omg. joarly Stage Tor IS Republican Hom- \ispper ‘..-- Mrs, Ferguson 13] Mr. Johuston, who has served as | plan would provide benefit payments | just hadn't come.” ® apr WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (U. P.).— | ination. A careful student of affairs, | Comics 22| Mrs. Roosevelt 13 dviser to the U. S. Department | for controlling production, and| Martin H. Miller, her father, and | tant highways was the chief consid- President Roosevelt today called two | he is expected to be ready when Crossword ... 21 | Music —- 9 ! lL x | olanti oil-buildin ob he | Broth hood Jeet Je tive repr sent - Ohio Recorder eration today of delegates to the Cabinet members, the Director of | Congress meets to have his say on a | Guri d 2: taatd of “Agriculture ‘during ‘the ‘present | Canting SOIL UIE = CIOPS, a lo ovner gisla representa \ 3 Sa urious World 23 | Obituaries ... 15 ; : ; | ‘added. He said there was no esti-|tive, was returning to the offices Killed at Angola Safety Seminar of the Commercial the Budget and three Congressional | number of urrent issues, not least mgitorials ... Pegler .....ov 14 Administration, said that corn prices | mate available on how much the | when the explosion occurred. He ANGOLA. Nov. 9 (U. P).—In- Investment Trust leaders to the White House for a 1 of which will be the neutrality act.| pashions .... 17| Py ++ 13] in Indiana and the rest of the Belt, | payments would total, but that it|was outside the building. juries received in a truck-automo-| The forecnst of critical traffi Pa nianapols Time) onrer | Deady Re fa Deen eritioal of Fres- Financial .... 10) Rad 3| have dropped from more than $1 a | would probably be “several million| Alex Gordon, State Brotherhood bile collision seven miles west of | tieups due to the SroWiny we of ton. Linh ny re weet or Sait ho Test HSHDEIn «vu. 2 Serial tary. 23 Dushe] to Jest man 50 aan, & Naollafs.. | | legiSiative representative, Was ‘alons here on U. S. Highway 20 last Satur- | the automobile was made by Dr. torch Se dict wy - ne | Cone Sa Ts Tost ca Short Story... 22. bushel I etdute vn bump-| “The soil conservation program, in a third room of the suite tele. day were fatal last night to Thomas | Miller McClintock. director of the | recon re, a -iile He wii ; Reostely ‘+vivie 16/ 8p CTOD. | participated in now voluntarily by |phoning and was knocked off his J. Bradley, 37. Recorder of Trumbull | Harvard University ed ° ae record-breaking cotton crop. and | Will sound off on this and | Grin, Bear It. 22 Sports 18) Indiana normally has approxi- | approximately half of the state's | chair, : County, Ohio. ; > : fm y au [J | possible revisions in the tax laws ' other issnes during the course of the In Indpls.. 3 State Deaths. 15] mately 1,500,600 acres in corm an- | 200,000 farmers,” he said, “is a long- | Mr. Milier and Mr, Gordon said Traffic Research. | probably will be discussed. | Tun io Page nee) Jane Jordan... 13 Wiggam 3! nually, he’ Said, and if the new plan | (Ful to Page Three) | (Tarn to Page Three)

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mohile driven bv Ravmond Davis.

SCHOOL 52 JUNIOR GIRLS ENTERTAIN vil «N PENS INVITATION T0 PARENTS . . BEN DAVIS TO DEDICATE NEW BUI ‘

: nN on ai ” th 3 v . oh - Re al Ris of School 52, King Ave. and West Walnut St., today entertained at lunch- ; “Dear Mother and Father: Will vou please visit School 2 tomorrow Ben Davis is to dedicate this new $242000 High School Building at 8 p. 'm. today. ine an eon the pe irl wean Street Businessmen's Association and officers of the school's P.-T. A. Shown * from 7 to 8:30 p. m., when we will hold apen house?” That's the in- of National Education Week observance in the Indianapolis area. Cornerstone laying ceremonies at Hows preparing foed for the Juncheon are (left to right): Helen Matelick, 12. of 93 N. Holmes Ave.; Rhodna vitation Helen Dunford, 6, of 322 E. St. Clair St, 1A pupil is writing Wigh School in Irvington are to be held at 11 ‘a. 'm. tomorrow. The program was postponed Monday becauss Repcheft, 13, of 705 N, Arnolda St. . Kathleen Smith, 12, of 913 N. Tremont St. to her parents, of unfavorable a (Editorial, Page 14; Stories, Page, 24)

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