Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 March 1938 — Page 1
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LIQUOR BOARD ACTS TO AVERT MICHIGAN BAN
Prepares to Draft Proposal Favorable to Neighboring State Commission.
GOVERNOR URGES PEACE
Dislikes Retaliation, Denies Hoosier Plan Wrecks Out Of State Brewers.
The Indiana Liquor Control Commission today prepared to meet during the week-end to draft a proposal favorable to the Michigan Liquor Control Board and thereby prevent that state from enforcing
,% .- its proposed ban on Indiana beer.
This step was announced after a committee of Michigan wholesalers
conferred today with Governor Townsend and State Excise Director Hugh A. Barnhart. Indiana officials are silent on the nature of the proposal they might make, but said they hoped to have it ready and wire it to the Michigan Board before its meeting at Lansing at 3 p. m. Monday. It was indicated that Indiana importers and brewers might be called before the -Indiana commission during thé week-end conferences.
Hopeful of Agreement Both Governor Townsend and Mr. " Barnhart asid they were hopeful of
a_ satisfactory agreement. The Governor said “Michigan and Indiana ought to be good neigh- . « I don’t think we're so far apart on our views.” It was hinted at today’s conferences that Michigan’s chief objection to Indiana’s import system is the handling fee, which the Michigan wholesalers intimated raises the price of their product in this state and reduces its sale. The Michigan delegation Which was here today included J. E. Smith, Jackson, Michigan Wholesale Beer Distributors’ Association president; J. Adrian Rosenburg, Jackson, aSsociation attorney; T. F. O'Connor, Detroit, association. ,-and Thomas Engel, Benton . Harbor. Following. the State House conferences, meetings between the visitors.and Indiana officials were con‘tinued at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Unless contrary steps are decided, Michigan on March 14 is to forbid importation of Indiana beer, and Indiana, in retaliation, will place in effect the same day a ban on Michigan beer. The war already has spread to several other states.
Wanis Inside Story
“If this situation is to develop into retaliatory measures,” Governor Townsend said, “Indiana can play that game just fine. However, I would hate to see that come about. :
“Maybe something in our liquor setup is discriminatory, but it certainly can not be said that our system is wrecking out-of-state brewers since many of them do a good business in Indiana. I would like to know the whole inside story of this dispute. It is a very unAmerican thing for states to take actions that in effect are embar- _ Roes.” Governor Townsend said he was not going to threaten Michigan - with cancellation of the MichiganIndiana truck agreement, although this has been hinted as a possible retaliatory measure in event Michigan enforces its ban on Indiana
beer. Passage for Trucks
Indiana, because of its geographic location, is a passageway for trucks in interstate €ommerce, the Governor said. Revocation of the present motor vehicle reciprocity agreement between the two states would fall heavier on Michigan interests, he claimed. “When we signed the truck agreement with Michigan we knew we were getting the worst of the bargain by a dollar and cents measure,” he "said. “The agreement allows trucks of either state to operate in the other state without paying additional fees. It has been estimated that approximately seven Michigan-owned trucks operate over Indiana roads to one Indiana truck operating in Michigan.”
HOOSIER COUPLE IS HELD
CHICAGO, March 5 (U. P.)—Police today interfered in the elopement of a young Indiana farm couple at the request of the girl's father who lives at Mitchell; Ind. The girl, Sarah Tomes, 16, was taken to a juvenile home and her sweetheart, Woodrow G. McKinney, 21. ay eld at a Solice station while a es awa warrants f Indiana. om
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VOLUME 49—NUMBER 308
All Broken Up
Husband Starts Spree On Dishes and Furniture, Wife Declares.
EORGE RUSHER, 1411 8S. Illinois St., a young husband, was fined $10 and costs and sentenced to 30 days on the Indiana State Farm today for some plain and fancy domestic personnel trouble. Mrs. Dorothy Rusher said he came home yesterday and started throwing dishes. He didn’t stop, she said, until he had broken them all. Then he started on the furniture and din’t stop until that was all broken, she said. Patrolman Cecil London, whom she called, said he gof there just as Rusher finished the furniture and started on him and his partner. Rusher said he did it all in self defense, and told Judge Charles Karabell his wife broke a mirror over his head. “She should have broken three,” Judge Karabell said. He turned to the wife. “Can you get along without him if I send him to the farm?” he asked. “Sure, I have to work anyway,” she replied, and the judge passed sentence.
FORD PREDICTS PROSPERITY ERA
Blames Business Slump on Financiers’ Desire For Power.
WAYS, Ga. March 5 (U. P.).— Henry Ford feels that “the greatest era this world has ever known” is approaching. He looks for early improvement in business, and lieves that industry can combat unemployment by providing technical education for the youth of the country. The automobile manufacturer was interviewed as he drove through the grounds of his winter estate on an inspection tour of educational projects he designed. Mr. Ford declared that financial interests who sought to ' contro} prices, production and pay were responsible for the present Regession “Financiers are trying to beeak | the country down so as to con! all industry,” he said: “If this small | group is successful, prices will then go up and wages will come down.
Sees Grain as Wealth
“However, I am glad to see that finance is waking up in one respect and moving in the right direction by recognizing grain, such as wheat and corn, as the true basis of wealth. “I have hoticed over a period of 60 years that prices of wheat and corn have varied but little. Such products of the soil are real wealth, provided the corn is reasonably curtailed so that it will have a value. “After all, money is simply a token-of what has been done. Gold in itself is not a very useful metal. In the first place, it is scarce; and while it glitters and makes very pretty jewelry, it does not wear well. “I feel the present generation will see the greatest era this world has ever known. Scientific inventions and mechanical improvements are making things easier for us, and out of leisure comes civilization, as J. P. Morgan said recently.”
Explains Education Theory
Mr. Ford was asked if he meant to predict a “prosperous” era and replied: “I prefer not to put it in terms of dollars.” Turning to the problem of unemployment, the manufacturer explained his theory of technical education. “So many young men come out of high school and coilege with abundant book learning but lacking in ability to apply themselves, I am convinced we should start our youth at an early age on a program of practical training which will lead directly into positions following graduation,” he said. “Industry has every facility for technical training, and should take the initiative in offering. such instruction as a supplement to general schooling.”
PRIEST'S HOME LOOTED
The Rev. Fr. John S. McShane, 801 N. West St., told police today
| that someone entered his home
‘after midnight and stole two radios valued at $110, a rifle valued at $15, a bond valued at $40 and $10
FHA PREDICTS. HOUSING BOOM.
AS LOANS RISE
House Takes ‘Time Out’ in Debate Over Proposed Tax Bill.
TVA HEAD ASKED TO QUIT
Jackson’s Antitrust Post Is Offered to Yale Professor.
HOUSING upturn predicted. TAX debate recessed. NORRIS asks Morgan resign. COURT discusses labor law. JACKSON confirmed by Senate.
FHA Applications Top Last Year’s
WASHINGTON, March 5. (U. P.). —A flood of applications for loans under the Administration's new housing program prompted officials of the Federal Housing Administration today to predict a general upturn in residential and apartment building this summer. During the week ending Feb. 26, for the first time in 1938, the value of mortgages on small dwellings which the agency selected for appraisal exceeded the value for the same week last year. Officials reported that the volume of applications for loans coming into private lending institutions is nearing last year’s peak, with the seasonal increase that comes with summer building weather well in the future.
Few Amendments To Tax Bill Expected
WASHINGTON, March 5 (U. P.).
—The House recessed its fight over the Administration’s tax bill for the
week-end today after leaders revealed they expected only a few
amendments to be offered from the floor. The Senate also was in recess. House adjournment came’ after 10 of the 12 hours allotted for:general debate, after which amendments are in order, had been cohsumed.
Maty . Leader Sam :Rayburn” at- [5 mipted to ‘get unanimotis, consent
for a vote not later than 4 p. m. Wednesday but was blocked by Rep. Gerald J. Boileau (Prog. Wis.).
Norris Suggests
Dr. Morgan Resign WASHINGTON, March 5 (U. P). —Senator , Norris (Ind. Neb), “Father” of the Tennessee Valley Authority and a supporter of most New Deal policies, accused TVA Chairman Arthur E. Morgan today of “hindering” the agency’s program. Senator Norris suggested
that Dr. Morgan resign. Senator Norris cast his lot in the TVA directors’ “feud” with majority members David E. Lilienthal and Harcourt A. Morgaf, by bitterly denouncing the chairman as a “bad boy who won't play because he has not had his own way.” Senate and House conferees t{oday failed to agree on construction of a new TVA dam. °
Yale Professor Offered Justice Post
WASHINGTON, March 5 (U. P.). —Attorney General Homer S. Cummings today offered the Administration’s key “trustbusting” post to Prof. Thurman Wesley Arnold of Yale University, liberal attorney and author of the recent book “Folk lore of Capitalism.” Mr. Cummings offered the Yale professor the post of Assistant Attorney General in charge of the antitrust division. It ‘was vacated today by Robert H. Jackson, who took the oath of office as U. S. Solicitor General after Senate confirmation yesterday.
$428,000 BUILDING IS MONTH’S TOTAL
Indianapolis construction during January totaled $428,000, the F. W. Dodge Corp. reported today. Private contracts were $311,000, the remainder being financed by public funds. More than half of the total was used for residential
building.
Kidnaped Boy's Father Wants Proof Child Lives
NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. March 5 (U., P.).—Murray Levine, father of kidnaped Peter Levine, said today that: the abductors had made no.response to his appeal yesterday in which he asked further instructions for the delivery of $30,000 ransom.
A source close to the family said no proof had been received that the boy was still alive. Mr. Levine, New York attorney, | , ined said when questioned by telephone | drained today that there were ‘no developments.” He declined to amplify that part 9/0of yesterday's appeal which said that an intermediary named by the kidnaper had “tried very hard to deliver the money and failed.” -unsh -light burned all night in the home of Rabbi Abra-
ham Nowak, whose name figured in
earlier veporis of ransom negotiations. He insisted that the light had no significance. New Rochelle police placed no credence in the statement of an anonymous New York tipster who telephoned Bronx police last night that Peter was dead and that his body was in a Bronx lake. + Nevertheless police dragged tue lake for three hours today a officials said® later that it at co
Tommy Manville, asbestos heir, whose home is in the outskirts of New Rochelle, appeared at police headquarters last night with his prize police dogs, Taps and Daro, and ahounced that he would “clear
plank .of his “re-election” platform
tion of the National Labor Relations -| Board.”
|and courageous suggestion and rem-
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SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 1988
Seek City and Court
M. Bert ‘Thurman
Thurman in Mayor’s Race; VanNuys Backs Li ttle. Man
Senator Adopts Program of Recent Parley as Platform Plank.
By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer -
* WASHINGTON, March 5.—Senator VanNuys laid down the first
today by announcing that he favors the governmental program approved by the “Small Businessmen’s” conference held here last month. That program includes 22 points, ranging from . Federal loans to finance small businesses to curtailed governmental expenditures and a balanced budget. It calls for “immediate investiga-
Senator VanNuys explained he intended only to adopt the “general plan” of the small businessmen and reserved the right to Ssagtes. on any specific point.
; Backs Little Business .
His formal statement said in part: “Within the last six months special conferences have been called by the President, by the Secretary of Agriculture and by the Secretary of
our citizens to aid in the s
groups came a recital of, the unfore tunate condition of the nation, but | only one group brought affirmative
edy. This was the small businessmen’ group. “There are those in national life who now are endeavoring to decry the simple, same plans, for the recovery of this nation, outlined by these sturdy American citizens, who, more than any other group in America, through the hard school of adversity and bitter experience, have had the feel of what is the matter with this country, without their Government even furnishing them the factual knowledge.
Represent ‘Americanism’
“The small businessman represents Americanism at its best. His yearly income and outgo are known to him. Business decisions that control have to be made by him alone. : “In my humble way I have sensed this and have ever been in spirit with hint. Thus I am happy to say that the platform of the ‘little businessmen’ meets with my hearty approval. If is a very material step in our efforts to rehabilitate and stabalize the nation.”
Scripps Rites To Be Held at Ranch Monday
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SAN DIEGO," Cal., March 5 (U. P.) —Private funeral ‘services for Robert P. Scripps, controlling stockholder of the Scripps-Howard Newspapérs, who died Thursday aboard his yacht off Lower California, will be held Monday at Miramar, the Scripps ranch. The family requested that no flowers be sent to the funeral. ‘Mr. Scripps’ widow left Mexico City at 7:15 a. m. today in a chartered airplane and was due’ in San Diego between 5 and 6 p She is accompanied by her eldest son, Robert P. Jr. Roy W. Howard, chairman of the executive committee of the Scrip, Howard Newspapers, and Paul Patterson, controller and general counsel, planned. to leave New York by
Commerce of almost every group. of
national 5 > > o “From one phan
Pat. | da anounced his candidacy for
.| tion of the party and has “resisted 1 ‘political machine.” ”
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* Judge S. N. Chambers
ie Crarite Declares For Third Term; 108 * Others File.
M. Bert Thurman, former internal revenue collector, today announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Mayor, while Smiley N. Chambers, Democrat, announced his candidacy for a third term as Probate Court Judge. ; Their announcements were made as 108 others filed their declarations of candidacy with State Secretary August G. Mueller or County Clerk Glenn B. Ralston, At the same time, two others announced for Congress, but had not yet filed their official declarations,
Sought Nomination Twice
Mr. Thurman was internal revenue collector from 1920 until 1928, resigning to seek the Republican nomination for Governor. He sought the Republican gubernatorial nomination again in the 1932 convention. - He was Republican national committeeman from 1928 until Feb. 17, 1932. In 1928 he managed the campaign ef former U. S. Senator James E. Watson for the Republican nomination for Presidency. He began his political career ‘in. Floyd ‘County where he was chair-
“1f - a am bmtated and elected,
zens as ‘a whole and I shall not be dominated or controlled by any partisan bloc, individual or group.
Favors Managership
“My conception of municipal government is that it should be conducted in the spirit of city managership. In fact, I believe in that plan-of city government, and if
shall ‘do all in my power to have the next Legislature of Indiana give to the citizens of Indianapolis the opportunity of establishing the manager form of city government. “City government should and must be conducted upon a business basis and not wholly in the interest of partisan politics. There is oniy one plan of city government and that is the plan based upon intelligence and honesty. “For the protection of the safety and health of the citizens of the city of Indianapolis we must. have police, fire and health departments second to none in the United States and the members of these departments must be paid salaries come mensurate with the importance of the duties they discharge. “Frills and foibles must give way to the stern realities of life and the taxpayer must not be gouged to support and maintain a partisan political organization, “For many years, I have held a ‘nembership card, both active and , in the International ‘Typographical Union. My sympa-~ thies, therefore, are ‘naturally with the laboring people. I shall see that labor is justly Tepresented in city - government.”
Judge Served In War Judge Chambers. was born here in 1891, educated in ‘the public grade schools, Shortridge: High School, Wabash College and Indiana University Law School. He was admitted: to the bar in 1914 and practiced. law until he en-
War, serving as second lieutenant overseas in the 139th Field Artillery, 38th Division. Upon his return from ithe Army he became a member. of the law firm of Pickens, Davidson, Gause & Pickens, which De Jo left in 1930 when elected to the ben William O. Pind Richmond, to-
Republican - nomination for Congress from the 11th district. He said that he has never before sought public office and never has aligned himself with any fac-
attempts to cregle o or Perpetuate. a
Fred Jeffries to File
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. Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind.
SHURA IN
B4SECTIONALS ARE LAUNCHED
Washington, Tech, Shortridge and Southport Swing Into Action Here.
MANUAL IS ELIMINATED a —— ‘
F Weaker Fives Pushed Aside
By Hammond, - Muncie And Huntington.
(Details, Pages 6 and 7; Photo, Page 6.)
Warfare in the 64 sectionals of
ball tournament was renewed this afternoon with semifinal games at all centers.
Washington battled Tech and Shortridge met Southport in the Indianapolis sectional! semifinals at Tech gym. Each had survived two previous tourney tests. In the second of last night's three games at Tech gym, Shortridge spilled Decatur Central’s county champions, 41 to 35. In the final game last night, Southport came from. behind, forced Beech Grove into an overtime and then shoved the Hornets to the sidelines with a 30-t0-27 single overtime triumph. Tech Tramples Manual
Tech moved into the semifinals by trampling Manual, 39 to 27, in the first game last night. The East Siders exhibited a reversal of form that indicated they may not fall as easily as was thought before the sectional began. Washington, e¢ity champions, gained the first position in the semifinals by edging out Ben Davis, 28 to 25, in the last afternoon game. Tonight first-round champions from ‘all sections of Indiana will be acclaimed. The field, narrowed from 787 at the start last Thursday, then will prepare for another week-end of eliminations in the regionals. With the exception of a few minor upsets, the big guns still are in the bombardment. In rounds last night, ‘Huntingburg, Hammond, Muncie, LaPorte: and Martinsville pushed aside weaker fives by impressive scores. ek Hammond's Wildcats blasted Cal21. Elkhart dumped os to 9, and one of the state's unknowns, Springfield Towntook the dizziest game of the tournament from Fairview, 51 to 0 —yes, that’s zero, Fairview ‘missed nine free tosses. The Anderson Indians, defending champions, started their campaign with a shaky 22-to-16 victory over Markleville. © Washington of South Bend proved the surprise of the South Bend secHonel by upsetting Central, 36
nominated and elected Mayor I|to3
he upset came at Hammond as Edison of Gary, a small county quintet which had built respect out of a great season record, fell before Griffith, 22 to 18.
for Evansville Central when it em-
Reitz, 26 to 24. Central wore out the nets against Wadesville, 73 to 13. Emerson Upsets Froebel
One of the hardest-fought games thus far was the Emerson-Froebel scrap at Gary. Emerson won, 30 to 26. They had split two tilts during the scheduled - season, . Froebel winning the last one in an overtime. Horace Mann coasted along, defeating Wheeler, 43 to 13. Thrown into an overtime with Hoagland, North Side (Ft. Wayne) barely escaped. The Redskins eventually conquered, 41 to 37, but were given a scare in doing it. Central pushed out New Haven, 33 to 19. in the south, New Albany and
fatal tangle tonight by winning second rounds. The Bulldogs beat New ‘Washington, 69 to 6; the Red Devils gave Borden a 76 to 23 setback.
Martinsville Artesians forward through Mooresville, 41 to 25, in
tance without breaking. | The Columbus Bulldogs smashed past Waldron, 50-25, and Morristown, 49 to 28.
HOOSIER RAILROADER DIES
CHARLESTON, W. Va., March 5 (U. P)—J. F. Youse, 82, former
general freight agent for the New. York Central Railroad and a Connersville, Ind., native, died of pneumonia at his "home here today.
Prosecutor Herbert Spencer today said the Grand Jury will investigate charges of irregularities in connection with the Safety Board confract award for construction of Engine House 1. His - announcement followed @&
meeting yesterday of the Safety ‘Board, called to investigate charges
ruction Co. was accepted. - John G. Karstedt, Capitol com-
him $100 if he would bid
Lawrence J. Street,
the 27th state high school basket-
Mount Vernon cleared the path
erged winner in a close battle. with’
Jeffersonville edged closer to their |.
Coach Glenn Curtis directed his |.
another typical Curiis stride that | has four times gone the entire dis-,
PRICE THREE CENTS
LOOTING, ADD TO
Possibilities Wane for Rescue of Nine on Airliner.
CANAL GIVES WAY
30 Square Miles of San Joaquin Area Inundated.
FRESNO, Cal.,, March 5 (U. P.).— Flood waters gushed into the city today, bringing a new obstacle to the search for a Transcontinental & Western Airways liner that has been missing since Tuesday night with nine persons aboard. A score of airplanes, assembled for the search, were quartered at the airport here and a break in a flooded canal threatened to inundate most of the city. Flood waters broke through the Herndon Canal five miles north of the business district early today. Fresno is 200 miles northwest of Los Angeles, and far removed from the Southern California area that has ‘been devastated by floods earlier in the week. Warning Broadcast Police broadcast warnings of the peril over the city’s two radio stations early this morning and instructed all persons in the vicinity of the canal break to be Teady to evacuate. “Only a miracle will prevent the flooding of the business district,” one police official said. Rains and snowstorms in the mountainous area 60 miles northeast of here, where the plane was last reported, have hindered the search for four days. The airport, where searchers’ planes were kept, was ‘not in immediate danger of being. flooded but weather conditions boded that there would be little or no flying to Ground. si ay traveling on skis or snowshoes, were able to make little progress in the mountains, although it had been established by persons who heard the motors of an airplane Tuesday night, that the air liner had gone down somewhere within a 30-mile radius of a power house at Big Creek, in the Sierras. Rescue Chances Wane There was from five to eight feet of snow in the mountains. There were flat areas where Pilot John Graves might have brought the plane down safely, and T. W. A. officials still held hopes that the six passengers and three crew members might be alive. As each day passed without news of them, the ‘possibilities of rescue waned. An estimated 30 square miles of San Joaquim Valley was under water that ranged in depth from a few inches to 12 feet. The exclusive Figarden district was under seven feet of water already. Three hundred persons were rescued from that area in boats.
Drop to Below Freezing Seen As Rain Ceases
TEMPERATURES
a. m 59 10 a. m.. am... 60 11 a. m.. a m.... 60 12 (Noon) . 50 a m... 59 1pm... 48:
Indianapolis was drenched today
during the first thunder and lightning storm of the year. The rain ceased shortly before noon and the Weather Bureau predicted that temperatures would drop to 25 or 30 degrees tonight. Fair weather was predicted for tomorTOW. + A total of $4 of an inch rainfall was recorded in 24 hours here, the Bureau said. The Bureau said today’s storm
58 56
‘was the result of a well-developed
low pressure area that passed over Indiana last night and today cen-
: pany president, test fled before the | Board that two men had. 1
tered over the Great Lakes Region.
Grand Jury Probe of City Contract Award Ordered
deal in-connection with the project. He sai’ the men told him they would tell him the amount of Mr. Street’s bid if he would take their offer. Mr. Street had bid $13,280.85. Mr. Karstedt had submitted a bid of $11,516.15, but the bid was described ‘incomplete and he was not
| made by. Attorney Carl Losey. The | - Fra | attorney said the low bid of Capitol | ] Engncering 4 Oona: of not
DISEASE MISERY;
FRESNO HARD HIT
I Dead Estimated at 126 With 100 Still Missing.
WATERS . RECEDE
Hollywood Returns to Work as Sun Dries Mud.
LOS ANGELES, March 5 (U. P.). —The threat of disease from stagnant waters in outlying communities was added today to the suffer= ing in Southern California’s worst flood. All drinking water in East Riverside, 57 miles east of here, was condemned by health authorities who recommended that residents be inoculated for typhoid. Attempts were made to haul water into East River side from Ontario. Dr. George Parrish, Los Angeles health officer, reported water in all sections of this city was in good condition, but in other communities the heavy rains had left stagnant, disease-breeding pools. The number of dead was estimated at 126 throughout the 30,000 square miles affected by the flood. A hundred persons were missing, Estimates on property damage ranged from 25 million to 33 million dollars and engineers said it would take a year to restore all washed out bridges. Looting broke out in several communities and orders went out to. shoot any one caught robbing houses or stores. ‘ - People here were terrorized for a time last night when thunder boomed across San Bernardino Mountain and rain began to fall again. “A thousand persons who had returned to their half-flooded homes, fled back to the municipal auditorium where they had n refugees for two days and Ine ‘The Weather Bureau . AH reassuring - reports that the s was local, ‘and that toddy’s f was “clear weather.”
A San Bernardino Desolate
One of the most desolate areas today was San: Bernardino, a city in the foothills: 60 miles east of here, where 30 persons were drowned, many were missing and hundreds -were still stranded. -Looters were at work in several sections of the flood area. A company of National Guardsmen patrolled Anaheim, a town southeast of here which was deluged by an overflow of the Santa Ana River, after looters smashed doors of lige uor stores and helped themselves to the stocks. “Rowboat pirates,” mostly youths, were paddling about in small boats leisurely looting houses in the Santa Monica area ‘from which the residents had fled. Police had orders to shoot looters on sight, but none had been reported killed, al= though five suspected looters were ‘under. arrest, g out to
"Flood. the ocean, leaving a ravaged area of 30,000 square miles. It was the worst flood disaster in the history of southern California. There were more than 100 towns in the stricken area, and metropolitan Los Angeles was hard hit, the loss there being 13 dead and $3,000,000 damage fo streets and bridges. The draining waters continued to create new perils. At Claremont today, a form of martial law was in force while 400 men worked on the levees trying to stem the flow of water near the mouth of San Antonio Canyon. Refugees to Get Blankets
The Red Cross ordered 300 blane kets dropped from’ an airplane to the San Antonio Canyon refugees. The list of reported dead today
was, by towns: Los Angoles, 13; Riverside, 15; Long Beach, 4; North Hollywoodvan. Nuys area, 9; Ontario, 4; Glen dale, 2; Santa Ana, 2; Anaheime Atwood area, 17. San Juan Capise trano, 2; Fullerton-Placentia area, 7; Lake Arrowhead, 2; Maywood, 1; Redlands, 2; San Bernardino, 30; Barstow-Victorville area, 3; Wildwood, 6; Ventura, 4; Camp Baldy, 3. In Hollywood the movies. were making epics again today, almost as if Hollywood’s greatest. ‘flood never had been more than a drizzle, The sun was shining so brightly that the mud on the studio lots was turning to dust. The only studio ‘not operating as usual was Republic on' the banks of the Los Angeles River, Three acres of the back lot were washed away when the stream changed its course, all power was cut off, and leading to the lot were
ruined. Universal Studios, which suffered
$75,000 damages, was making pice tures on schedule again.
REP. SCHULTE ROBBED AFTER INDIANA VISIT
WASHINGTON, March 5 (U. P.).
ast