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‘Ickes -and Jackson Speeches ‘Condemned by Members Of Both Parties.

VANNUYS AMONG CRITICS

McCarran Warns of ‘Class’ Strife; Others Ask Enforcement.

. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 - {U. P.).—Facing criticism from both Republicans and ‘some Democrats for state‘ments of leaders in the Administration’s antitrust drive,

President Roosevelt today in-:

dicated that the attacks on big business are aimed only ‘at “malefactors of great Ith.”

Chairman John O'Connor (D. N. : of the House Rules Committee, Joined Republicans criticizing the ‘speeches of Assistant Attorney Gen‘eral Robert H. Jackson and Secre- | tary of Interior Harold Ickes, and | said he did not believe they reted the views of the President. Both Rep: O'Connor and Senator ‘White (R. Me.) challenged Mr. Jackson to enforce existing laws fif “monopoly” existed” before making charges against business. | President Roosevelt, however, at his press conference implied that the drive against monopoly was okie at all industrialists, but only ; . “malefactors of 8s at Wealth. » He drew a parallel on words of the te Theodore Roosevelt gondemning |

Present Laws Cited

The President’s remarks were made when he was asked whether

oR “he approved the speeches. ~~ * “No one can make me believe that

these gentlemen are reflecting the

; - views of the President,” Rep.:O’Con-

nor - “One thing I do know, J is hghat such purile and exflo not reflect,

aon: Tor as, aching er’ present titrust avs, : “If monopoly exists and is making ptributions to the present busiess depression,” he sald, “Mr. Jackbn might better, employ himself th the institution ‘of prosecution her than making speeches tha othing but: political alibis.”

Discuss: Licensing Bill

_ The President revealed that’ he had discussed, at his Cabinet meet-. yesterday, the Borah-O’Mahoney

for Federal licensing of corporaans engaged in interstate; com-

merce; He said, however, that it is

foo early to announce whether he vors the bill in principle. etary Ickes’ address drew,from ‘Senator McCarran (P. Nev.) a warn- ¢ against “setting .class against

Definite Congressional reaction to fhe antimongpoly.barrage was deding delivery of Mr. Rooseparticularly on of belief that the ® President a strongly conciliatory atHr toward . business . generally rithout , relaxing his attack on the per cent he has blamed for most f the nation’s économic ills. - el lore Secretary Ickes spoke,

Power Waning?

VIENNA, Dec. 31 (U. P.).—Reliable reports from Bucharest today indicated that the position of Mme. Magda Lupescu, red-haired sweetheart of King Carol II of Rumania, has become most diffi cult as the result of the Fascists assumption of power there. reports say she may be forced to leave the country.

YACHT SEAMEN ‘MAY BE FREED

G-Men Indicate P: Pair Not to Be Prosecuted for Mystery Slaying.

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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 31 (U. P.). —Robert Horne and George Spernak, seamen aboard the yacht Aafje, today were charged with the slaying of Jack Morgan who had killed Dwight L. Faulding,

wealthy sportsman, on Fauding's yacht.

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 31 (U. P)— Federal sources today indicated that Robert Horne and George Spernak, seamen on the ill-fated yacht Aafje, would not be prosecuted for the slaying of Jack Morgan, who shot and killed Dwight Faulding, wealthy sportsman, aboard

and none is Tike fo be. Their motive of self-defe has been established sufficiently’ and there is mo grounds for prosecution, an attache of U. S. District. Attorney Benjamin Harrison’s office said. Horne and Spernak beat Morgan

t { with a marline-spike and tossed his

body overboard four ‘days after

-| Faulding had been murdered.

The six surviving members ‘told agents that Morgan, a naval reserve ensign whe had: chartered Faulding’s yacht for a two-day pleasure cruise to Catalina ‘Island, apparently went insane, seized the boat at the point of a pistol, and shot Faulding to death last Dec. 20, shortly after the yacht left, Los Angeles harbor. As a sequel, the six survivors— two men, three women and a child —were left adrift in a boat they could not handle, with food and water nearly gone, no radio to sum(Turn to Page Three)

HAS LAST LAUGH, ‘BUT IT’S COSTLY

A bandit victim today had the.last augh on the.gunman who robbed

les Halleck (R. Ind.) had him.

“The stickup. man paused ‘In is

0 | flight long enough to snatch a bot-

tle of ‘whisky from the liquor store

“|shelf. But he grasbed one of .thel’ g lowest-priced brands “available, ‘} * Edward Callahan; clerk of the #istore at 3913 E: 10th SE “said the {gunman forced him to. the: rear ‘of

8 room and took $27. ot so unfortunate. were the

who ‘last night’ entered. a

8st [liquor store at 169 E. 25th St. They

= | took only the most expensive brands,

.. |Tila *Manolous,

und | They ialso took $25 to help rior {celebrate New Year's, she ad ded.

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the latter's yacht, while on a holi=

clerk, told’ police.

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COUNTY JAILIS |

NSANITARY,

JURY CHARGES

Bath Facilities Inadequate|

For Prisoners, Probers’ Statement Says.

EARLY ‘REPAIR’ DOUBTED

Report Lauds Work of Young Police; Merit System Training Cited.

The Marion County Jail was con-

demned as “insanitary” todsy by the | Sa

grand jury in its final report for 1937, Jurors also reported they were “favorably impressed” with the work of young members of the Pplice Department. “It shows the effect of ' special training in the ne¥& Police School under the merit system,” the report stated. “Very insanitary conditions exist in the men’s section of the county jail,” the jury's report charged. “In each cell block there is only one bath tub for about 40 men. Every

cell block should 'be equipped with | -

six shower baths. Cost Held Negligible

“We understand previous Grand Juries have recommended correction of this condition yet nothing has been done. We believe necessary

action should be taken as the cost |

would negligible.” Clarence I. Wheatley, president of County Commissioners, said he would bring the “jail repair matter up before the County Council” but he “doubted if the council would appropriate the money.” He said there was no item in the Sheriff’s 1938 budget for jail repairs _and that an appropriation would have to be apwroved by the State Tax Board. Twenty-seven indictments were returned by the jury. One of them charged Raymond Hawley with failure to stop after a fatal accident on Road 29 on Dec. 14. ¢ William J. Wilkins was injured fatally in the accident.’ Another indictment was returned against Sarah E. Helm, accusing her of obtaining money under false pretense in connection with the alleged op eration of a Beauty © culture Se

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permit practise . in any state.

ADAMS’ PLEA BEFORE

U.S. SUPREME COURT

Ruling Asked on Validity of Gross Income Tax. Law.

WASHINGTON, :Dec. 31.(U. PR). |

—The J. D.. Adams Manufacturing

‘Co., Indianapolis, today asked the

Supreme Court to review constitutionality of application of the Indiana Gross Income Tax Law to income derived from inferstate commerce, and from tax exempt municipal bonds,

Asserting that its suit had been agreed upon by State officials as a test for application of the tax in this manner, attorneys for the company asked the High Court to reverse the Indiana . Supréme Court decision upholding validity of such application. THe company said the. litigation

began in June, 1933, when it filed

suit with the Marion: County Superior Court asking for rulings on whether it must pay tax on that portion of its income derived from the two. controverted sources. = - That: Court: ruled : that the tax could not be so applied, but was reversed by the State Supreme Court: The company pointed out that validity of this type of application of the levy was so questionable that the State Treasury Department has made no effort to collect the tax on income from interstate commerce | or municipal tax exempt bonds in

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Elderly Couple Carried F rom Room

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An elderly couple was rescued from this charred room today. Both were unconscious from smoke fumes when firemen found them.

GREETING READY FOR INFANT '38

Varied Welcomes Prepare; Police Caution Drivers; Promise Arrests.

Indianapolis today pré¢pared to witness the passing of 1937-and welcome the new year in varied ways— some with gay festivity, others with church services. As the year ended, Mayor Boetcher issued a statement tharking ‘citizens for co-operation in the Administration which he inherited from John W. Kern when the latter was named to the United States Board of Tax Appeals. He urged a unified c:mpaign to bring new industries to Iudianapolis. during the coming year. At the same time, Governor Townsend, citing floods and industrial turmoil which beset the:State this Year, ‘hoped for a “rormal” 1938

: Swift conélusion in 1938 : co-operative, democratic methods used to solve other problems.” Cautions = Celebrators The new year will bring a new face to the City’s judiciary. “John L. McNelis, appointed hy Govcrnor Townsend, is to succeed Judge Dewey ‘Myers on the Municipal| Court 3 benc The personnel at the State louse; Court House and ‘City Hall are to remain the same,’ but several officials are to begin new ierms. They. |. include Thomas A. Moynahan, City

| Works Board member, and Paul E. ‘I'Rathert, City Park Board member. Hugh |

State Excise Dirzctor Barnhart cautioned ceiebrators and tavern ‘and ‘club’ keepers that the deadline for serving beverages is Tam State and city police cautioned motorists to drive with utmost care and that traffic law violators will be arrested. Many Protestant churches sched~ uled watch night, services while all Catholic churches in the Indianapolis diocese ‘will have the Holy Hour, an hour of adoration and meditation = before the Blessed Sacrament.

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To Welcome 1938

Jan, 1, 1938 (U. P.).<The" ‘New | Year flashed across the - international .date- line-in the Pacific a

sn hour later had reached here, Some 200 shepherds and’. men’ in the Chatham Islands, 414 miles east of iNew Z ‘brated the arrival of 1938 :as workers were going to their jobs in Indianapolis at 6:30 a.

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LINTON, Dec. 31 ar. ] promised today tl he will marry Tis. schoolgirl mother of his 10%-pound baby boy. ' The young father, ivho app | has caused in this minirg communit 1% the baby: and it's bo preity,

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Parley Invites All Associations to Form ‘World Science Court.”

Delegates attending the American Association for the Advancement of Science convention, today awaited one of the most important announcements of the week-long assembly award of the $1000 prize for the paper making the year’s greatest contribution to the field of science. While ‘the committee headed by Prof. F. R. Richtmyer, Cornell University physicist, weighed ‘its decision, the convention had invited all allied associations in the world to join it in a “world science court.” ° As scientists entered the final day of major sessions, with only scattered meetings scheduled tomorrow, they also had heard one of the major addresses of the convention— that deliv at Murat Temple last night by

ng ding possibili the $1000 award, according to indi-}|

Adel and Dr. C. O. ‘Lampland, both of the Lowell Conservatory, Flagstaff, Ariz, and Dr. W. M. Stanley, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. The Arizona scientists early in.the week: contributed papers on the discovery of a new atmospheric gas, nitrogen pentoxide, which is 10 to 25 miles above the earth. + Dr. Stanley, recipient of the award last year, read a paper on his discovery several months ago, that the virus cof the mosaic disease of the tobacco plant is a protein molecule possessing many characteristics of living * ‘organisms. © The discovery (Turn to Page 16)

21 STATES BEGIN © JOB INSURANCE

WASHINGTON, Dec. Dec. a (u. P). TS The New Deal’s long-range program to provide for the unemployed will start in 21 states and the District of Columbia tomorrow, affecting apir ately 12 million. workers. a “pot” of approximately 0,000, these political juriswill serve as ‘a proving d for the Administration's { plans for alleviating unemployment. “|The funds have been collected ‘dur-

WELLINGTON, New Zedlind, | the past two years under the

‘provisions of the Social Security Act ‘and will serve as a so-called “cush- ”. for thse who lose. their jobs.

unemployed in

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eeks. Wisconsin already bas started ying benefits. Indiana’s unem-

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sweetheart, a child of 12 and the

2 little. shaken. by. the. furor: hd soberly made plans for the future slender Betty June Lacer.

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tember ‘when Betty June was taken before Judge Powell and disclosed she: w an: expectant ; mother.

s with the boy,” Judge Powell “She showed it to me when

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A. A. A. 8. Delegates Wait Naming of Prize Winner 8 BAAN Allied

Researchers of T. B. And Leprosy.

(Editorial, Page 10; Another Story, Page Nine.)

By DAVID DIETZ Times Science Editor

Conquest of tuberculosis, leprosy and a whole group of related diseases hinges upon the solution of an amazing puzzle in the behavior of a certain class of germs, Dr. Esmond R. Long, Henry Phipps Institute director of the University of Pennsylvania, indicated today in an address before the American Association for the Advancement of Science. It has been customary to think of a specific microbe as the causative agent of a specific disease. But regarding the germs which cause the group. of diseases under discus-

its ‘type in Too on als henge and artificial modifications of a given ‘micro-organism cause it to induce different disease processes in the same species of animals. “Indeed, the bacicrial cause isolated from: one clinical: type of disease can, by manipulation of the organism or substitution of animal, produce a disease resembling one of the other clinical types of disease more. closely than the type from phich the germ originally was isolated.”

had reference are known technically as the mycobacteria or “acid-fast bacteria.” They get this name from their. reactions to certain dyes and from the fact thai they all contain certain fats and waxes. The diseases which they cause are the human and bovine types of tuberculosis, - tuberculosis in birds, leprosy, a curious skin - disease of cattle as yet unnamed, and what Dr. Long called “a motley collection of nodular ailments in birds, rodents and various cold-blooded animals, called for convenience rat leprosy, fish tuberculosis, and the like, with

| little satisfaction 0 the namer and

to the everlasting annoyance of the : (Turn to Page 16)

ANTI: NAZIS HOLD MEETING IN BERLIN

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“BERLIN, Dec. 31 «(U. P).—Anti-

Nazis, bringing their undercover

fight into the hear of Germany, have held a secret. nvention in Berlin to discuss m ducting a “fight fer fréedom,” forsign. Joreapongant + Were: informed ay.

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‘Acid-Fast Bacteria’ Puzzle

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AGED PAIR SAVED AS FIRE DAMAGES RESIDENCE HERE

Stokely Night Watchman and Wife, Overcome by Smoke, Are Treated or. Roof of House While Firemen Fight Flames.

JGARDED SERIOUS

Grandson Is Injurd in Attempt to Rescue Them; Child Carried to Safety and Two Others Escape Cottage Ave. Home.

An elderly man and his wife, overcome by smoke, were rescued from their burning home at 728 Cottage Ave. today

squad on the roof of the build-

ing while firemen fought the flames a few feet away. Three other persons, including a baby, escaped. One of

Those overcome were James Hackett, 75, a Stokely &

LOYALISTS USE AMERICAN. UNIT

Crack U. S. Battalions May Turn Tide of Spanish War at Teruel. '

HENDAYE, French-Spanish Frontier, Dec. 31 (U. P). — Spanish Loyalists’ rushed the crack American battalions of the International Volunteers into their front lines today to stem the Rebel attack cn Teruel, now developed into one of the biggest battles of the civil war.

Men of the Abraham Lincoln and

other battalions, who 18 months ago, at home in the United States, were clerks, mechanics, teachers or students in schools and now are among

_ | the best fighting men in the world,

were: sent into, thedines ‘six. miles northwest of Teruel at-whatwa ‘pected to be the most eritical - ‘of the Rebel athack. Where in the earie “of th war, when they het to save Madrid, the Americans hardly had

mored car units. Opposing the Americans, the men of other international units and. the new Spanish Republican ‘Militia, which has become a formidable army, were the Rebel Italian Black Arrow, the Moorish regiments from (Turn to Page Three)

‘BUS DRIVERS FIXED

Truckers Also Included icc. Work Order.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 (U. P).— The Interstate Commerce’ Commission: today ordered estabiishment of

a maximum 60-hour week for bus and truck drivers.’ The order alsc established a maximum day of 12 hours vith the provision no driyer shall be on duty, more 15 hours. The regulations wore adopted under authority of the Motor Carrier Act. The regulations deal with maximum hours “only; frora the. standit. of safety,” the Commission said. It said it has no jurisdiction to. base regtilations upon economic factors, the unemployment . situa-

tion or social eonsiderytions.

Chinese Map

n city to looting. SHANGHAI-Chinese,. flushed with plans

| LISBON-—Port gal

Portugal

~ anese: air raid on Canon.

tung. :

Aliens Guan rd Tsingtao;

Shansi Drive

TSINGTAO—Fareign vighaniss seek to presrve order as. ‘Chinese. po-. lice: abandon

success in Shansi Province, make

for 2 three-front attack on Japanese armies there.

CANTON—Amcrican experts aid China in building tormidable air force and big new army in South China. ugal, reported protesting Japanese occupation island on claims special rights.

HONCRONE Fotis communications arouse fears of severe Jap-

TOKYO—Great Britain refuses to consider Ladybird incident closed. HANRKOW—200 reported. killed by 700 Japanese bombs dropped. on Shan-

TSINGTAG, Dec. 31 (U. P)—Vi “Vigilar

rifles, today they had tark and ar-.

Bros. Co. right watchman, and his wife, Mary, 72. They are at City Hospital, where their condition is not believed

serious.

James Carrigg, 25, their grands son, was treated at the hospital for a cut hand, received when he broke a window glass. Mrs. Murrell Carrigg, his sister-

Patty Ann Welch, 2, daughter of Mrs. Grace Welch, who also lived in the house. Firemen gave no estimate of the damage to the two-story, double irame house, owned by Mrs. Mary Blum, Chicago. They said the second floor was damaged considerably. Flames were prevented from spreading to the other half of the house, occupied by Mr. and Mrs, LeRoy Hunt.

Smelled Smoke

Mr. Hackett, who had returned from work a few hours before, had gone to sleep on the second floor when Mrs. Hackett smelled shke and Jet upstairs to in - 2 - minutes later Mr. Be y Srieiled the smoke. Fearing for this grandmcther’s safety, he called + her, to come down. She did ‘not ans swer, The flames blocked the staire way, so Mr, Carrigg went next: door, through a second-floor, window: ento the porch roof and then tried to’ enter his own home by; breaking the. window.

moned firemen. Using ladders the?

found Mr. Hackett unconscious on the floor. Mrs. Hackett, semiconscious, had fallen onto the bed. The firemen carried both to the porch roof over the other half of the house. given first aid and then taken through the house to an ambulance, Cause of the fire was not known,

BITTERNESS FOLLOWS END OF PARIS STRIKE

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PARIS, Dec. 31 (U. P.).—Dissens sion within the Popular Front Cabinet was reported today over, the handling of the strike of municipal utilities workers, which was settled yesterday by a compromise. The newspaper Le Jour , reported that Premier Camille Chautemps was so incensed by the allegedly uns authorized settlement made by Socialist ministers in the Cabinet that he would have resigned but for the necessity of passing the budget: A dangerous. internal strain still existed hetween Socialists and Radi= cal Socialist minister. There is a flat contradiction between the strik+ ers’, understanding of the settlement terms sand . the Government's vera sion.

RAILROAD MAN DIES IN: GAS- FILLED ROOM

“John P, ‘Smith was found * dead early today on the floor of his: wife, Nell. He was; 50. with gas fumes. Mr. Smith had. been. iri ill health; police: were told.. “Mr. Smith was a telephone opera« tor at the Belt ‘Railroad. Funeral services are to pe held at 10: ga. Mm Monday in Shirley Brothers’ Cen Chapel; He to bo buried in be-

: morial Park Cemetery.

' His ‘wife, Nell, Survives. : E

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