Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 November 1937 — Page 1
VOLUME 49—NUMBER 218
The Indianapolis Times
FORECAST: Snow flurries probable tonight and tomorrow; continued cold; lowest temperature tonight 15 to 20.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1937
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PARLEY IS SET AS GOODYEAR'S SIT-DOWN ENDS
NLRB Mediator, Union Heads, Company Officials To Meet.
GUARDSMEN ‘STAND BY’
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Homer Martin Calls Special Meeting as New Strikes Threaten.
BULLETIN COLUMBUS, O. Nov. 20 (U. P.).—Governor Davey, in condemning a sit-down strike in the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plants at Akron, said today that “such a weapon of industrial warfare will not be tolerated in Ohio.” AKRON-—Peace conference between | Goodyear officials and union | heads begins as 2000 National
Guardsmen get “stand-by” order.
DETROIT—Homer Martin sum- | mons United Auto Workers execu- | tive board into emergency meet- | ing in effort to restore General | Motors peace. PORTLAND—National Labor Relations Board intervenes in criti- | cal lumber situation. [ AT. LOUIS—Strike call in Ford plant threatened.
AKRON, O., Nov. 20 (U. P.).—A peace conference between Goodyear tire & Rub- | her Co. officials, union heads | and a U. S. Labor Board rep- | resentative, to attempt to conwose management-union- | ist differences which led to a | sit-down strike and “stand- | orders for 2000 National (Guardsmen, was arranged today. James P. Miller, regional director | for the National Labor Relations | Board, announced that the conference would be held tonight, prob- | ably at the Goodyear plant. Mr. Miller conferred earlier with | representatives of the management after the last of 4000 sitters-down which had occupied the company's | two vast factories evacuated and | company officials had announced | ‘they would open plant gates tomor- | row night “as usual” for work. | Nearly 12000 workers had been | made idle. Mr. Miller then went into con- | ference with United Rubber Work- | ers representatives. He was non-committal as he | emerged from the management con- | ference. “We discussed the sit-| uation fully,” was all he said. In| the session were Frederick Wahl | Goodyear legal counsel, Vice Puresi- | dent Cliff Slusser and Fred Climer, | another company representative, Mr. Miller said he hoped to work out a peace program which might | be presented to a strategy meeting | of unionists scheduled for temorrow | afternoon, a few hours before the | company said it would resume pro- | duction, No announcement was made of any relaxation of orders to two National Guard regiments, given “warning orders” for a possible march on Akron, if necessary, but no additional orders emanated from the Guard command after the evac- | uations. Guardsmen in 2 cities are embraced in the two regiments. Two observers however, remained in this rubber capital on orders of | Adjutant Gen, Emil F. Marx,
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Martin Seeks Peace With General Motors
DETROIT, Nov. 20 (UU. Homer Martin, youthful presicent of the United Automobile Workers’ Union, today summoned the union's general executive board of 24 into emergency meeting in efforts to restore industrial peace to one Gen- | eral Motors plant an dto avert pos-
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sible strike action In two others. | regard marriage as a habit rather | I could to help me identify some of | for Faced with a definite threat to his | than an institution.
leadership of the C. I. O. union on | three fronts, Martin telegraphed the board members in all sections of the country, informing each that
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Tech Girl Wins Times
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Maxine Vice Louise Smith Maxine Vice, 17-year-old Technical High School student of 42 N. Elder Ave, today was ‘thrilled beyond words” when notified she had won first prize in The Times Seek-A-Star Silhouette Contest— an airplane trip to Hollywood and a visit with the stars. Equally pleased were winners of other major prizes, among the 101 awarded. May Jones, 1425 Madison Ave. won the second prize of $100 in cash. Louise Smith, 232 N, Jeiferson Ave. won third prize, $50. A vacation trip to Chicago by plane, with hotel and theater expenses paid, was awarded to Mrs, Vivian B, Lewis for fourth place. >
17-Year-Old Maxine Vice Gets Trip to Hollywood
Third-—Louise Smith, 232 N. Jef- | Maxine Vice, Blue-eyed 17-year |ferson Ave, $50.
old hnical : Fourth—Mrs., Vivian B. Lewis. Technical High School student, | , a0 N. Hamiiton Ave. American
thus expressed her delight today | ajrlines vacation trip to Chicago. as she was announced the grand- | with hotel and theater expenses prize winner of The Times “Seek- | paid. a-Star” Silhouette contest, | TFifth—Betty Riley, 1922 Noble | “I've always wanted to go to |St, Anderson, $25. | Hollywood to see the movies being | Sixth—Kathryn Jones, 861 Lin- | made and see the stars,” she | wood Ave. $10. |
beamed. Next 10 Get $5 Fach
And that's just the big prize she | has won—a trip to Hollywood in an| The next 10 contestants who sub-
American Airlines Flagship, ex- | mitted the best answers received penses paid. In the film capital she $5 each and the next 10, $3 each
will visit the studios and stars. The jud ) b he judges who labored over the Identified Greatest Number | volume of identifications submitted She identified correctly the great- | by contestants and each one's essay est number of stars from the 28 On his favorite star were:
silhouettes which were printed dur- | William A. Book, Chamber of | ing the contest. | Commerce executive vice president; |
Miss Vice's first prize was only | City Librarian L. L. Dickerson, and one of 101. | Ted Nicholas, manager of the Lyric Other major prize winners were: | Theater, one of five downtown Second—May Jones, 1425 Madi- | theaters which supplied pairs of | recovered” from extraction of an
“I'm thrilled to death!”
Mrs. Vivian B. Lewis
F. 0. R. RECOVERS FROM TOOTH ABGESS
President Confers With Budget Director.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (U, P). —Prasident Roosevelt returned to | active duty today and White House [aids pronounced him “completely
Pair to Take 2-Day Honeymoon to Palm Springs.
son Ave. $100 in cash. | tickets for 75 winners. { abcessed tooth and a minor in- —— Rai a Other theaters co-operating are | testinal disorder, the Apollo, Circle, Indiana and | Presidential Secretary Stephen T. JACKIE AND BETTY Loew's, | Barly said Mr. Roosevelt's tempera - Checks and theater tickets were | ture was “normal” and the swelling | mailed to the lucky persons today. [in his jaw had been reduced almost WILL MARRY TODAY “Too Much,” She Says Jo Ton mal by use of ice bag applica- | Miss Vice, 42 N, Elder Ave, daugh- | Mr. Early made his announce- | ter of Harry R. Vice, was “fright- | ment after Dr. Ross T. Mcintire, | ened when I found out I won. It | White House physician, and Lieut. | was just too much, Gee, this is a | Comm. Arthur H. Yando, | Thanksgiving present, a Christmas | present and the thrill of a lifetime | in his White House chambers. SR all wrapped into one.” | On the basis of their examination, HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 20 (U.P.).—| Winning the contest was fun and | Mr. Roesevelt called in Acting This is young love's day in movie- Work eo or the pretty blond who ctor Daniel Ww. Bel for « . 4 . . { competed with movie fans not only [a two-hour conference on Federa land; wedding day for Jackie ©00-| yom “rndianapolis, but other Indi-| revenue and spending estimates for gan and Betty Grable. Tt is the | ana cities, as is evidenced by An- | the 1938-1939 fiscal year. first love for each of them. They derson's producing a major winner. | Mr. Roosevelt saw Mr, Bell in his are sure it will endure, and both| “I did it all myself.” said the | White, House Sy Dr, NMclnure iH BP in ; BAY | Tech honor pupil. “Lots of times | had advised the President to remain | will reserve their movie careers. IT stayed up Yo nights, too. Some | in the White House proper over and fell in love three | or the pictures were pretty hard to | the week-end. years ago on an excursion boat and | match. I didn't start until all the | pursued the romance in this strange | silhouettes were printed and then Early to say that the President | colony where many of their elders|I got all the pictures of movie stars | “certainly will go” to Warm Springs Thanksgiving. His trip in- | them. Of course I found a lot of [cluded an appearance Thanksgiving iors in Gainesville, Ga. | Join the Catholic Church, making Jean Arthur Her Favorite he - i a church wedding at St. Brendan | The winner said that “for a long | coDos TAKES OFF | permissable. Coogan is a Catholic, | time I've wanted to go to Holly- |
The bride decided this week to | them easy.”
presence was imperative at a Sun- | and only Catholics may have a wood and see the stars and movies
day meeting of the board. “The members have been told to
be at international headquarters,” » | Time) with Father William L. Mul- | see everybody who is interesting.” will | lane officiating. \
union spokesman said. “Some have to come by plane to reach here in time. “Mr. Martin will discuss the general situation in G. M. plants.” The union official arrived in Detroit early today from Chicago. His immediate efforts were directed at Pontiac where a sit-down strike of 500 workers in the Fisher Body plant has made 14,721 persons idle, Although Martin had planned to (Turn to Page Three)
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| Movies 8 | Mrs, Ferguson 9 Mrs. Roosevelt 9 Comics ......14 | Music “15 Crossword 13 | Obituaries wl Surious World 15 | Pegler 10 Editorials ....10 | Pyle vary financial ....11 | Questions vo 14 Fishbein ..14 | Radio 15 flynn | Scherrer 9 Torum ...10 | Serial Story ..14 3rin, Bear It 14 Short Story ..14 In Ind'pls | Society Yi Jane Jordan ¢ [Sports ........ 6 Johnson 10 | State Deaths. . ?
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will be at 5:30 p. m. (Indianapolis | out there that is interesting and PARIS, Nov. 20 (U. P.).—Paul
| Codos, famous French flier, took Miss Viee's interest in Hollywood off from Le Bourget airdrome toThey put the wedding off from [is just because she likes the movies [day on a flight across the South lay to day all week, so as not to [and wants “to see if the stars are | Atlantic to Buenos Aires. interfere with the picture, and | really as they are pictured on the! The flight will be made in four finally Producer Lew Gensler per- | screen.” | stages with stops at Dakar, Senegal, mitted them to take the week-end | She doesn't want to go into the Natal and Rio De Janeiro, Brazil off. They will go to Palm Springs, | movies. | and Buenos Aires. He may cona desert resort 100 miles away, for | “Don't think I ever will, either,” tinue on to Santiago, Chile. the two-day honeymoon. They (she said. “There are a lot of Purpose of the flight, he said, must return to work Monday morn- | things I'd like to do after I grad-| was to study air currents ta altiing. (Turn to Page Three) |
| PR p— - ——— i— c——— . = Farm Bill Draft Rushed for Senat | Action Tuesda Block Antilynch Dri ction y to Block Antilynch Drive WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (U. P.).) tee to sit until the job is done,” asserted that the Senate will com—Secretary of Agriculture Wallace | Chairman Smith (D. S. C.) said. plete action on the Farm Bill by conferred today with Vice President Several members believed a night | next week-end. Speaker Willlam Garner to perfect plans for | session would be necessary. H. Bankhead (D. Ala.) of the House handling the nearly - completed | Tne House Agriculture Committee Was ready for similar action. corm Bill when It comes to the ' meanwhile debated details of a corn | The Senate filibuster against the Sone . floor He weet. whi production control program. Antlynching a Ng Virtwally aseither would revea otails of on : . J sured of victory by the anticipated their plans, but Secretary Wailaze waa wich YOU What the whole thing pening of debate Tuesday on the oN hy : boils down to—cash for cotton and , said that “the bill seems to be : w Farm Bill. Comin long all right ” control for corn,” said Rep. Harry ( g along a ght IB. Coffee (D. Neb.) with a smile. | A Doll disclosed today that more The Senate Agriculture Commit- | than one-third of the Senate favors tee meanwhile completed only 19 | The House Committee Was 0 | j.madiate revision of the undispages of the 124-page draft of the (Meet this afternoon and POSSIBLY | priputeq profits tax. Tt stimulated Farm Bill when deliberations were | tonight, Sessions for tomorrow also [leaders of the aid-to-business bloc
halted for the noon recess, | are possible, | to broaden their demgpds for legis“liam going to ask this commit- | Majority Leader Barkley (D. Ky.) $ Yo Pagedintee;
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vie Contest ONE KILLED, 18
HURT AS TRAIN JUMPS TRACKS
‘Four Cars Slide Down 25Foot Embankment in West Virginia
'FIVE REPORTED DYING
Debris Checked for Victims; Accident Occurs in Snowstorm.
| BLUEFIELD, W, Va, Nov. 20 (U |P.)—Four cars of a Norfolk & | Western passenger train were de- | railed in a blinding snow storm eight [ miles west of here today. At least one man was killed and 78 were injured—five seriously | The dead man was a Negro, not immediately identified. The injured were taken to the Bluefield Sanitorium and St. Luke's Hospital here where it was sald five were dying. The four cars left the track after crossing a small stream near Keystone, and slid down a 25-foot em- | pankment. A passenger coach, rolled | over twice and was crushed when it came to rest near the edge of the
SNOW, WIND SWEEP STATE: WOMAN DIES OF INJURIES;
GRID FANS SWARM 10 1. U. PERS BY fr nTs Periiow TICKET PRICE; | »ece AFC =
Worst in North Part of State.
‘Aged Resident Hit By Auto Here
Nov. 15.
Special Care on
Bridges Urged.
2 MASONS KILLED
Edwin E. Temperley, | Charles Barker Bandsmen Get Antifreeze to Protect Horns; Free
Charles B | Are Victims. Shows Promised. |
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TEMPERATURES
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Another person injured i Indianapolis traffic died toda to bring the Marion County | total dead so far this year to
By EDDIE ASH | Times Staff Writer
BLOOMINGTON, Nov Bloomington today resembled a composite convention city enter131. faining the American Legion, Young Miss Gertrude Singer, 1708 B.| pyemocrats and Tri-Kappas as thouDelaware St. died in Bt. Vincent's | sands of fans and fanettes came Hospital, She was struck by an phere for the annual Indiana-Purdue
n y 10 a, m. 11 a. m. 12 (Noon). 1pm.
am, 20) ,~ am. am
With temperatures fore. cast to drop to 15 degrees tonight, a snowstorm swept Ine.
Navy | dentist, had examined the President |
The President's condition led Mr. |
tudes from 6560 to 13,120 feet. |
stream. Most of the injured were trapped | auto in the 1600 block of Union St, fn the car which rolled over. TWO | Ngy, 15, She was 74. of the cars which left the rails were | ' nwhile arfangements baggage or express coaches. I'he Or second passenger coach did not turn made for I1unerai over and was not heavily damaged. nigh officials in the Masonic Lodge, who were injured fatally in a trafaccident near Lebanon,
were
gervices of two
6 Cars in Train
| fic The train, to Norfolk, |
en route
| football battle, | Early arrivals thronged night, Hotels
| | eity last filled; freshmen grads
into and gave in
were
their beds to old fraternity houses,
The downtown square was alive They were Charles 8, Barker, 1540 with iis usual holiday -spirited mass
IVa. from Columbus, O, was made | ¢gjjege Ave, who died early today despite biting wind and snow which
up of six cars, in a Lebanon hospital, and Edwin E. Trapped in wreckage of one passenger car, many of the injured lay for more than an hour before rescue workers were able to remove them from the debris. J. W. Dickerson of Bluefield, a railroad employee, was pinned in the wreckage for three hours before | gyer {ce-glazed roads. he was removed. Physicians ampu- | ‘Mr. Barker was born March 16, tated both his legs. 11862, in Lebanon, Conn. and beRescue crews, hurriedly organized | came shipping clerk and traffic here, believed that all the injured | manager of E. C. Atkins & Co, Inwere removed within three hours | giapapolis, in 1886. He held that after the wreck. A relief train, | position for 30 years and was remade up here, still was working on | ipaq, the wreck, however, and was check- |
the debris in search of other | i My or dead. His Masonic career was long and 60
Bluefield Sanitorium treated fllustrous. He. was raised to the | persons for injuries, admitting 32 Sublime degree of Master Mason of
, ' | Mystic Tie Lodge, F. & A. M,, in for hospitalization. Eleven injured IMiarch. ‘1901. 4
| wer ted to the hospital and NO A P He was made a member of Key-
seven less seriously hurt were sent home after receiving first aid. stone Chapter 6, and shortly after-
The wreck occurred shortly after 7 a.m. Norfolk & Western officials | began an immediate investigation, | The train left the rails on an al- | most straight stretch of track, and | there was no immediate indication lof the cause,
WALLIS MAKES HER DEBUT AS SPEAKER
| who died yesterday. They were returning from a Shine meeting in Lafayette when their car slid into a truck. Three others were | injured. Their deaths brought to seven the victims of state traffic
Active in Masonry
Chapter. He was made Super Excellent Master of Indianapolis | Gouneil 2, in March 1905, and was | (Turn to Page Three)
CITY ‘TEST GROUND’ FOR JOBLESS CHEC
Door-to-Door Canvass to Probe Accuracy.
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i PARIS, Nov. 20 (U. P.).—The Duchess of Windsor made her debut as a public speaker today when, ac- | sompanied by the Duke, she opened | the annual bazaar of Christ | (Anglican) Church before a packed | | hall of leading members of the | | British colony. 'the “proving ground” to test the As the Duchess opened the ba- | accuracy of the national unemploy- | zaar, she addressed the Rev, F, W, went ‘census. Postuaster Adolph 3 Coultidge, FECUoY 01 vite Hey Seidensticker announced today. | 85, Jolows: President Roosevelt, in a drawing
“I thank you very much for your | . : y Sia warm ‘welcome. on behalf of the late yesterday, picked the city fo:
| Duke and mvself. We are very glad
to be here and wish you every suc- areas being kept secret, to determine
. the number of eligibles who failed cess. We all appreciate the great |. i.oaive or send in their unem- | work of those who contributed te. omant registration cards. | the bazaar. i | National census officials hope to a determine, by this minute | the percentage of error that should |
the nation. Districts selected for the check
| new “shell” of blue and gold on the | Murat stage. Orchestra as well as | listeners will be decked out in new | “white tie and tails” and evening | gowns for the occasion. A program of music by Weber,
| ON COSTS FOR OOKE comprise areas where the greatest consist | is midnight tonight, when the regisPublication of prices, costs and! ,saen a peak here Monday when | aay by Roy O. Johnson, Smoke |gaoragation by counties. er coke prices to make the “smoke- nti] the tally is completed in Wash‘owned corporation should be open | [in Indianapolis and I know their | mines in West Virginia from which | lenow what it costs to mine the coal, | (Other Stories, Pages 4 and 8) mine whether they are charging a bers of the League would go to the throng will fill the Murat tonight to said there is “no smoke in coke” | ductor, Fabien Sevitzky, to their the high price of coke. The concert, at 8:30 p. m., is to price committee might investigate was heard by a good-sized and enthem. I stand ready to co-operate meet the first of next week, It is | William ‘P, Snethen, W, A, Hanley Dubensky, Strauss and Brahms is to on smoke abatement also is to meet
concentration of unemployed is known to exist, The canvass will League Continues Drive for every resident in homes in that area, : y Deadline for mailing census cards Smokeless’ Fuel. sii { tration officially closes. | Work of tabulating totals was to | the complete records of the Citizens cones cards from all postoffices in | Gas & Coke Utility, was asked t0-|yhqiana are to be sent here for Abatement League attorney, as the| ‘Results of the poll, both here and League continued its drive for 1ow-|atianally, will not be made known less” fuel available. ington next month, the postmaster “The records of a municipally- announced. | to the public,” he declared. “This is | the solution to the smoke problem Ne | prices can be lowered,” he added. | “The Citizens Utility owns coal | | they obtain their coal supply for | | the manufacture ot coke. We should | transport it here, and the cost to manufacture it into coke to deter- - By JAMES THRASHER fair price to the consumer.” . Yesterday, Mr. Johnson said mem-| A fashionable and distinguished Public Service Commission “if neces- | Welcome the new Indianapolis Symsary” to obtain lower prices, He | phony Orchestra and its new conland that local consumers were | place in the city’s cultural and so- | burning low-priced coal because of | cial life, Mr. Johnson hinted that members he a repetition of the official operiof the League's fuel selection and ing performance yesterday, which | costs and prices of the Citizens Gas | thusiastically appreciative audience. Utility but added “That is up to | Tonight's audience will listen to the with anv decision they make.” He said this committee would composed of Dr. Frank 8. C. Wicks, D. J. Welsh, Edward Xlingensmith, [and Mr, Johnson. The Mayor's advisory committee jo week
numbered
country’s sym« ¥ a
| Temperley, 3537 N. Pennsylvania 8t.,
Indianapolis has been selected as |
a house-to-house canvas, the exact |
check, |
be cumputed in tallying totals for |
of personal interviews with |
| orchestra playing from a handsome |
seemed to disturb ticket speculators more than fans,
Scalpers Are Active
| Scalpers were crying their wares | “buy your tickets here’—on downtown streets and in hotels last night and still were active up to game time | Most of them were steering shy of | the Memorial Stadium gates where a corps of Pinkerton Agency “representatives” had been stationed, But the midwinter weather had a chilling effect on the price of tickets | Three dollar pasteboards, which | could have been sold for $8 Thurs- | day were being offered for $4 this | morning, and prices were lower at [game time.
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| were in the stadium, Streets Covered With lee Tee-covered city streets
sity urged students to leave thair {vehicles in garages and se walks. I. U. license tags were seen in almost their usual number, however, University military students aided local police in directing traffic. The weather was =o biting that the horn players in Indiana's “Marching Hundred” band were equipped with alcohol which they | were to feed their instruments from time to time to keep them from freezing,
‘There Are Several Other 'Foothall Games Today
By TOM KENNEDY
difficult to realize, hut some other topnotch
| It seems | there were
the bars up the
. diana-Purdue football
Detective :
were #0 | ward was made High Priest of that clogged with cars that the Univer- lardous as a new coat
side- |
fie, | eiptal | traffic | given what | Smith termed a
dianapolis and most of Indi. ana today, Highway travel in most sections of the state was perilous again as melting snow yesterday froze again last night, leaving a slippery glaze on concrete surfaces The Biate Highway Commission warned motorists against attempts at high speed driving, Commission« ers raid all routes between Indians apolis and Bloomington, where thousands were to drive to the Ingame, were in “fairly good condition.” Highway engineers urged (hat motorists be particularly careful driving over bridges, since ice stays there longer than on open roads, Crews are scattering sand and [ashes on main highways, the Commission said. No ice was reported in the extreme southern section of the state, but snow and ice “are particularly bad’ in the northern section. Flurries Forecast
The Weather Bureau forecast snow flurries would continue probe {ably tonight and tomorrow, Teme
| Just before game time about 15,000 peratures dropped to a New season's
today hours.
low of 18 degrees at 6 a. m and remained there two | Yesterday's low was 22 Traffic in Indianapolis wa: hazof packed | snow covered the streets Fire Department officials reported a busy 24 hours, with 21 runs over the icy streets. Most of the fires were roof and trash blazes, with only smal] losses, officials said | A defective flue was blamed for flames which swept the upper floor and roof of a home at 1703 8. Tibbs Ave, last night. Lonnie Games and | his family, aroused from their beds, escaped uninjured. Damage was egtimated at £200, | As icy streets slowed down trafe only 22 perzons were in Munie Court todav charged with violations and they were Judge Pro Tem. Edwin “break” when the
| charges resulted from the weather
| football games throughout the na- |
tion today in addition to that min-
| fature Indiana-Purdue warfare at |
| Bloomington, The hectic season reached ils peak in one grand salvo of traditional rivalries wherein pretty serious attention was given settling ancient | grudges. Elsewhere in the Midwest
| Northwestern’s Wildcats; Minnesota
defeating Wisconsin, Illinois and Chicago renewed hostilities as did Michigan and Ohio State. Nebraszka met Towa and Marquette tangled with Duquesne, In the East, Yale clashed with | Harvard, St. Mary's of California ‘battled Fordham and Navy trained (its guns on the Iluckless Princeton | Tigers, Pitt smashed against Penn | State. In the Par West, the Stanford- | California game was supposed to | decide the West Coast | representative. Down in Dixie, Au[burn tangled with Georgia and Duke tried its stuff on North Caro[lina State. The Southwest offered [Rice against | Centenary vs. Texas Tech.
w Symphony to Play in Gold-Blue Shell at Murat
phonic artists within a few years.
Notre | Dame faced the sharpened claw: of |
hoped to clinch the Big Ten title by |
Rose Bowl |
Texas Christian and |
conditions. They paid $80 in fines and costs and $314 were suspended. Ten per= sons were fined $24, while fines and costs totalling $102 were suspended, No one was injured seriously in three accidents reported overnight. Marion County's traffic death toll was at 130, 10 less than for the same period in 1936
Deaths Down 20 Per Cent
A 20 per cent decreare in traffic deaths in the City was noted (oday by Lieut. Lawrence MeCarty, Accident Prevention Bureau head, Eighty-six have been injured fatale ly this vear, and 110 were killed in the same period in 136 An alleged hit-run autoist whe struck Don Maloy, 1724 Rural St, injuring the 20-year-old pedestrian on the head and chest, was sought by police today, Mr. Maloy reported | he was struck by a car as he stepped trom a street ear at Meridian and South Sts. last night. Transportation officials reported [no difficulty in maintaining schedules in this section of the country, Conditions are worse in the East, they said Bus drivers
stopping here said
| highways are “slightly slippery” due
to ice and snow east of Indiana, Air Lines on Schedule Air transport companies whose lines pass through Indianapolis said flights were arriving and departing on schedule, Some flights in the
{East had been cancelled, they said.
Trains from the East were “slightly late” in arriving at Union
|'Btation, officials reported, but add-
To a nucleus of 40 players from last | year's orchestra, the conductor has | added an equal number from other |
| symphonies
I'schools,
and leading music
ed “evervthing is clear west of
Cleveland.” Indiana Railroads said their terurbans were experiencing
ine “Hoy
| serious trouble.” North of Indiane
| Later in the season the Indian- | apolis Symphonic Choir, an auxil-|
[fary organization, will be heard with the orchestra on several occasions. | Organized last summer, they have been rehearsing since then under Elmer A. Steffen's direction. To lelimax the season, choir, orchestra and soloists are to join in a presentation of Beethoven's mighty Ninth Symphony, | A distinguished list of soloists will {be heard with the orchestra, begin[ning with the appearance of Simon IBarer, the Russian pianist, at the next pair of concerts on Dec. 3 and
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apolis the snow is three to four inches deep, the company said Local street ears, busses and trol leys were operating on schedule Miss Bertha Nicholron, 1538 Shelby Bt, fractured her right ankle when she slipped on ice. Bhe was treated at City Hospital Juanita Cunningham, 18, »f Baltimore Ave, broke her right wrist cranking her car that was congealed with the cold. The aceldent happened at her home Anna Love, 1922 Broadway, fell on the ice at 19th and Broadway and injured her hip. She was taken to
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['4, Others are to be Lea Luboshutz, | City Hospital by a neighbor
| violinist; Lotte Lehmann, soprano; | Frank Sheridan, pianist;
list, and Bomar Cramer, pianist,
be played by 80 musicians whom Mr. Spalding, violinist: Richard Bonelli. 38th 8t. and College Ave. slippe Sevitzky confidently asserts will be baritone: Emanuel Feuermann, cel- | ite and in
Mayme Flower, 40. of 1048 Alvord
Albert | St, stepped from a street car av
on red a lag, Bhe was treated at City Hospital,
