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Blizzard | Expected to

' _to the flood-stricken South and

FORECAST: Clearing this afternoon, followed by fair tonight; and tomorrow;

SCRIPPS — HOWARD §

CITY’S SNOW BLANKET VANISHES BEFORE BRIGHT SUN

Bright sunshine melted away snow which blanketed Indianapolis early today.

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The Indian

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“48 DEAD AS STORM; SUBSIDES OVER U.S; Fier Winter

SUN SMILEY HERE

Spend Itself by Sunday.

> By United Press Clearing skies and diminishing winds brought a measure of relief

snowbound Midwest today as the

worst April storm in history raced | northeastward toward -the Atlantic:

seaboatd, where it was expected to spend ifself by Sunday. ' The nation counted at least 48 dead from floods, tornadoes and raging blizzards. Sixty others were missing in six states battered by the storm center. As the storm center shifted to western Pennsylvania, swollen rivers in northeastern Indiana rolled over their banks and inundated - thousands ‘of acres of lowlands. The U. 8S. Weather Bureau at Washington said the Scioto River in Ohio - had reached flood level and would spill over lowlands tomorrow and that the Mississippi would reach flood stage around Hannibal, Mo., tonight or tomorrow.

Midwest Snow Melts

Forecaster J. R. Lloyd at Chicago said snow melting throughout the Midwest today would be a contributing factor in swelling rivers. Snow still was falling in Ohio, southern Indiana and Kentucky while the eastern and east central states . were being drenched by wind-whipped rain. Clear skies were reported from Illinois to the Rockies—the region hardest hit when the storm first roared down from the Canadian plains Wednesday. Heavy snow blanketed the Midwest and extended into central Texas to El Paso and Abilene. Adding to the misery of the flooded deep South was predicted cold—but not freezing—weather tonight. The storm that blasted its way to the Gulf of Mexico laid a paralyzing blanket of snow and ice across north central states from the Rockies to the Ohio Valley en route.

Floods Ravage South

Floods caused heavy damage In Mississippi, = Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Indiana and Illinois where heavy rains fell. To the north, states in the Great Lakes region battled heavy shows and sleet, while rain and snow swept the Atlantic coast. Red Cross officials and rescue workers said the total of lives lost and property damage will not be “known until a complete check can be made and communications reestablished. - The known dead: Alsons, 13; Indiana, 10; Illinois, 10; Texas, 7; Georgia, 4; Missouri, 3, and Iowa, 1. Forty-five persons were missing in snow-bound sections of the Texas Panhandle, nine in a flood zone near Whitestone, Ga., two in Illinois, and four on snow-blocked highways near Elk City, Okla. Throughout the flood areas, thousands of persons were driven from their homes, The worst blizzard since 1916 lashed the Texas Panhandle yesterday. Seven: pérsons, including four children, were asphyxiated by gas at Pampa, Tex. in a small house in which they apparently ‘had sealed themselves to escape the storm.

SHIP SPLIT BY BLAST

NEW YORK, April 9 (U. P).— . The Radiomarine Corp of America reported that it had received a message from the 8. E. Europa saying that an explosion on the S. S. Mount Kyllene today tore the ship into two parts. In a message received at the R. C. A. Radio Station at Chatham the Europa gave the Mount For hout bout 1200 miles

‘| flood conditions.

of Soganeport, not closed. : Ww district:

Stren: Rice Rise, Nine State Highways Are Closed.

: The April Sun smiled on Indianapolis: today for the first time in four days, marking the end of a five-day storm that has brought death to 10 in the state, and snow

and ice to all sections. Streams, swelled by heavy generat rains, went out of their banks and the Indiana Highway Commission 1eported nine roads closed by high water and predicted others would be closed by night. Fair weather was forecast by the Weather Bureau for tonight and tomorrow and rising temperatures tomorrow. Temperatures here may go as low as 25 tonight, the Bureau said.

The Winnah! April Sun

The fight to a knockout between winter, seconded by Jupiter Pluvius, and the April Sun ended today at 9:39 a. m. in Indianapolis with a knockout for April. The fight began at 9:30 p. m. April 5, and at that time ngpbody supposed that Winter had a ghost of. a chance with the contender. But since that time, the April sun was eclipsed every minute of every round, according to Weather Bureau records. The records, incidentally, are not to- be disputed. It was no 4 to 5 decision, with the referee “casting the deciding vote. The decision was made by a. sensitive machine that sees all, knows all, about the sun. During that trying period, when the contender appeared to be

~peatent by the-aging champ; ‘April's.

‘friends shed 3.25 inches of tears, (P which practically sets the record for hysteria. The new champ appeared worn and bruised as the fight ended. Tree buds were droopy, some fruit blossoms were killed, and the landscape seemed tp need smelling salts. The defeated Winter left for the East without announcing future plans.

TEMPERATURES ... 30 10 a. m.... 32 11a m. .. 33 12 (Noon). 33 1pm

snow was general over the. state. One and six-tenths inches fell here. The low temperature was 30 at 6 a. m. Three more persons met death in the state in an accident attributed to the heavy rains, bringing the week’s storm total in Indiana to 10. . Milburn Estes, 40, Brazil; Dora Steele, 35, Patricksburg, and Homer Steele, 30, Clay City, Dora’s brother, died in a mine.slate fall at Clay City yesterday. The slate was loosened by the ex= cessive rains, mine men said. Rescue crews worked for two hours before reaching the bodies. All three men left widows and families. Indiana “streams were rising but the Weather Bureau said Unless precipitation was heavier than. expected there would be no . serious

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The Wabash and White Rivers, however, out of their banks in some places -eight feet above the flood stage, stopped interurban service at Wabash. Passengers were tranferred by bus between Lagro and Peru. The Wabash River at Terre Haute stood at 20.5 feet today and may reach 22 or 23 feet, the Bureau reported. At Logansport it stood. at 143 feet; at Mt. Carmel, 23.8 and may go to 25 or 26 feet. Seymour District The West Fork of White River at Anderson was stationary at 13.1 feet; at Noblesville, 15.6 feet, with flood stage at 14. The East Fork of White River at Seymour was 15 feet, with flood stage at 14. | At Vincennes a leak in a levee along the Wabash sent an emergency WPA crew into action with sandbags. E The nine roads reported closed were: Crawfordsville district: Road] 28, closed west of Road 52; Road 42, closed at Poland; Road 59, closed north of Clay City; Road 63, high water east of Clinton, still using old underpass, but expected to be closed by night; Road 63, nine inches of water at Cayuga, not closed; Road 150, eight inches of water at Terre Haute, expected to be closed by night; Road 234, nine inches of water at Cayuga, nok closed; Road 246, closed west of Clay City. Road 31,

Seymour district: 12

RESIGN, DEMAND MADE OF GAUSE

Wolff - Tieup Is Protested; Schlosser Censures Democratic Slate.

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Demand that Fred C. Gause resign either ‘as Republican State Election Commissioner or as chairman of the Herman C. Wolff-for-Mayor Clubs, was made today by Glenn W. Funk, campaign manager for George A. Henry (R.), mayoralty candidate. : In a letter to Mr. Gause, Mr. Funk declared “it is important that you as Republican State Election Commissioner maintain a position of absolute impartiality.” Mr. Gause today said he had no comment to make.

Wolff Opens Campaign

Meanwhile, other political developments were: Ad. Members of the Indiana Republican Editorial Association concluded ‘their one-day meeting with ‘a dinner last night at which Del.oss Walker, associate editor of Liberty Magazine, was the principal speaker. : 2. Mr. Wolff, in his first public address of the campaign, pledged a business administration if he is elected Mayor. 3. Ward Hiner (R.), another mayoralty candidate, issued a state-

ment attacking Mr. Wolff’s record

charging that both Mr. Wolff and Mr. Henry are “Coffin candidates.” 4. “Hitler tactics” in selection of a Democratic organization slate were charged by Chalmer Schlosser (D.),. candidate for judge of Superior Court 3, in a speech before: the East Side Democratic Club last night at 4301 E. Michigan St. 5. Mr. Henry, speaking before the Washington Township Republican Club, asserted “1 am an unbossed candidate,” adding that his campaign is ‘not controlled by any political ‘faction, clique or group.

‘Resignation Asked In his letter to Mr. Gause, Mr. wrote:

inches of water north of Seymour, | Funk

not closed but traffic advised to use Roads 7 and 9; Road 67, closed between Ramona, and Gosport; Road 235, closed east of Medora. ‘Vincennes district: Road 64, four inches of water west of Princeton, not closed; Road 157, closed north of Worthington, and water over road south of Worthington, not closed. La Porte district: Road 43, closed north of Lafayette and closed at Medaryville; Road 17, water north

“I know that upon reflection you will see the definite need either for your immediate resignation. as Election Commissioner for the State of Indiana; or your immediate resignation as head of Mr. Wolff’s campaign organization. With the latter

should be coupled your i ols

that you are. definitely committed to an open primary, and that your:

past actions should in no way in- |.

fluence the vote of any Repubilcan. | “I am writing this letter to you | Forum

pot. only in the interest of

SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1938

AS GREEN. BUDS TURNED TO PUREST ERMINE

The April snowfall brought a curious ensemble to University Park. The grass is green and the trees

budding, but buds and snow don’t get along well together.

li TAX SALE

Markey Grants Injunction “On Plea Auction Law Is - Unfair to Poor.

Superior Judge Joseph T. Markey granted an injunction today restraining County officials from sells ing at. delinquent tax auction Monday the home and lot of a 74-year-old widow on a pension. Judge ‘Markey upheld the con tention of the. woman's attorney that the 1919 delinquent tax law providing “for the selling of the property was tutional be-

cause “it Nas eons against. the |

poor in favor of the rich.” The widow is Mrs. Amanda /Gad~ dis, who lives at 949 Sheffield Ave. Mrs. Gaddis is delinquent $85.63 on the property. She has not paid her taxes since 1932, records show.

Law Permits Auction

Herbert W. Stewart, her attorney, pleaded before Judge Markey that

“the.]aw gives County officials the |

right to evict this destitute woman for as little as $1.” Under the law, County officials may auction any property fo the highest bidder after the property has been up for salé for delinquent taxes two successive years. The law states that the property

must be sold for no less than the |

taxes due for two successive years,

but it may change hands for any |

amount: under jhe taxes due a third,

Judge Markey’s order will restrain the auctioning of the property of all others in the ‘same predicament. Many ‘ thousands of dollars in property throughout the state will be affected, the judge said. ' County Attorney John Linder said he had not yet decided whether he would appeal the order.

First Attack on Law Judge Markey said that suit was the first attack ever made on this law. ; Mr. Linder, who answered the at-

tack, said County officials “do not |

relish the thought of selling homes from under aged persons.” He told Judge Markey that the Legislature was a proper party to the action and not the named cefendants, the County Auditor and County Treasurer, who are charged with the enforcement of the act. Mr. Linder said he did not agree that the act was unconstituional, ‘but said that it was “awkward. and never should have been passed. i 4

Called Corporation

Mr. Stewart charged in his arguments that the law primarily was designed for real estate corporations

who could get property from pri-

vate, destitute and poor taxpayers for practically nothing. x Mr. Linder answered that it was the first time the County ever has been confronted with such a situation because never before’ had de-. pression properties not sold at least. for delinquent taxes. Mr. Stewart claimed the act takes property ‘from one citizen and gives it to a more fortunately situated one without any benefit acerting to the State.

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COURT'S ORDER STOPS COUNTY

Typewriter on Dump Rejected AsLevine Clue

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y., April 9 (U. P.).—Boys Scouts, plodding through the rain in search of some trace of kidnaped Peter Levine, 12, found a. typewriter in a municipal dump today, but their discovery apparently threw no light on the boy’s: disappearance. At first it was believed the typewriter . might have been the one used to write a ransom note fo Murray Levine, father of the missing boy. - “It is not the typewriter we are looking for,” said Detective George Reifenberger. Mr. Levine,

saying there was

nothing new in the case, told news-

papermen he was undecided wheiher to issue another appeal to the kidnapers. About 2700 Boy Scouts participated in the. search. on the theory that the Levine boy may | >

dead and his body concealed in a

place overlooked searchers. >

CHINESE SMASH RETREATING FOE

THE FOREIGN SITUATION SHANGHAI—Chinese seek to

widen Japanese defeat into rout as foes retreat, |

PARIS—French strikers paralyze airplane ° engine’ . factories. Daladier forming | Cabinet, |

BARCELONA — Premier Negrin orders all Loyalist Spain to colors under: death threat.

HENDAYE—Spanish Rebels prepare for decisive battle in drive _ to control coast.

VIENNA— Hitler ‘acclaimed as | Austria , waits plebiscite on | union, with. Reich,

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Japanese Retreat After Chinese Victory

SHANGHAI, Apri 4 9 (U. P)— Chinese troops on the central front have inflicted a serious defeat on the Japanese ' and, their morale high, are seeking to widen the defeat into a, disaster, reports from the battle lines said today. The Chinese have retaken Taierhchwang, northeast of Hsuchow and the Japanese were retreating northward, abandoning

wo by previdus

their motorized equipment.

In the rear of the Japanese, as ‘they retreated, Chinese - irregulars were ripping through the Japanese communications line and cutting off supplies. Chinese - said a mixed army of guerrillas and irregulars had reached the suburbs of Tsinan, a most important city on the Tient-sin-Nanking , and a Japanese operations base over the entire northeastern: front.- =

Southern Offensive Reported

It was said officially at Hankow today that Chinese troops had stormed -and taken the eastern suburbs of Tsinan and were attacking the southern suburbs. Further, the Chinese said they

had smashed with frightful losses |

a sudden Japanese offensive on the Lake Tai-Hangchow front west and southwest of Shanghai—apparently a Japanese effort to divert attention from the central front. Se It was reported that 10,000 Japanese reinforcements had arrived : at Shanghai from the homeland. All reports from the Chinese side

-] |indicated the Chinese had won a. | great victory, and it was plain that

they hoped to make of it not only their greatest victory of the war but the greatest in the long, troubled history of their nation. The: Yellow River, for

called “China’s sorrow,”

a symbol for the rebirth tion of-400-odd million central or Yellow

the : after. months of bitter

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leader of the bolting Democrats, said

freezing temperatures tonight, Toweat 25 to 380; rising temperatires tomorrow.

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STOCKS SOAR, REGAINBILLION OF "37 LOSSES

Shares Bunched in Blocks of 6000 as Day’s Volume Totals 1,410,000.

(Further Details, Page Eight.)

NEW YORK, April 9 (U. P)— Stocks and bonds listed on the New York Stock Exchange today regained more than a billion dollars of their loss of nearly 11 billions made in March when prices rose on death of the Government Reorganization Bill. Orders to buy stocks piled up before. the opening. Specialists bunched them into blocks ranging to €000 shares. Thousands of shares of the so-called “cats and dogs” appeared, representing purchases by small traders. Total volume approximated 1,410,000 shares. It was the most active Saturday since Oct. 23, 1937. The openings in the pivotal leaders were delayed as much as a half hour because of reticence of holders to sell except at a sharp rise.

Tickers Lag Behind

Initial gains ranged up to $5.25 a share. Hundreds of. stocks sold $: or more above yesterday's closing levels. Volume increased until the tickers were far behind the actual market. Dealings . in. the first hour amounted to 710,000 shares, the largest first hour since Oct. 28, 1937, when first-hour trading amounted to more than a million shares. To-

3,550,000 shares for a five-hour session or 1 420,000 shares for a Saturday. : The tapes eaghit up at 10:20, and then. profit-taking reduced gains. Western traders came into the market on the buying side in the second hour and the tape fell behind again. Prices went above the highs of the early trading.

U. S. Steel Up $2.25

Among the leading issues. $000share blocks appeared in U. S. Steel at $45.271 up $2.25; Chrysler $45.50 General Motors $33, up $2.87%, and Standard Oil of New: Jersey $48 up $3.1212. American Telephone - opened belatedly - at $131.50 up $4.371%. Eastman Kodak appeared at 10:35 a. m. at $142, up $5.25 a share. Most of the foregoing gains were extended before the market met profit-taking. ' Bonds mounted with stocks and gains there ranged to 5

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points or $50 on a $1000 bond. Most commodities strengthened.

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HAKEUP DEFEAT 0 SEND F. D. NTO CAMPAIGN

NATIONAL A AFFAIRS

ROOSEVELT to campaign for New Deal supporters. REORGANIZATION bill defeat stuns Administration. FOES OF SHAKEUP delighted over victory. HOOSIER CONGRESSMEN 7 to 5 against recommittal,

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RELIEF philosophy of New Deal outlined.

TAX BILL passage expected late today. SEC Chairman praises Government spending plans, (Editorial, Page 10)

No Recrimination WASHINGTON, April 9 (U.P.).— President Roosevelt, in a letter to

House Majority Leader Sam Ray-.

burn, said today there should be no personal recrimination as a result of defeat of the Byrnes-Coch-ran Government Reorganization Bill. The President’s brief letter on defeat of the Reorganization Bill by a coalition of Republicans and dissident Democrats was made public oy Rep. Rayburn.

It came after friends of the Pres-.

ident had charged that defeat of the measure was a victory for lobbyists and propagandists. Text of President Roosevelt's letter follows: : “Dear Sam: “Thanks for the fine fight. Will you also thank the Speaker and the others? : “The Reorganization Bill is intended to simplify and improve the public ‘service. With this single objective in view, I have given it my earnest approval. “The question presented is solely one of policy. Therefore the legislative developments of yesterday offer no occasion for personal recrimination, and there should be none. : “Very sincerely yours, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.” House action recommitting the bill over the pleas of Administration leaders that such a step would be interpreted as®a lack of confidence in the President, brought no official comment from Mr. Roosevelt but close ‘friends claimed that

the defeat was due in a’ large

measure to misrepresentation of the bill to the country, It was claimed that it was lobbyists and propagandists who tied the term “dictatorship” to the bill and thereby helped to kill it despite the President’s personal disavowal of dictatorship ambitions.

Bureau Heads Lobby

There was some feeling in high Administration sources that a lobby inside the Government as well as outside forces helped defeat the measure. - Close Administration friends said that there was little doubt that some people within the Government acted against the measure to save their own jobs. : Hence, it was said, there was the spectacle of : department heads working ' for the bill and some bureau chiefs and others working against it. . As a result of the defeat, stanch New Dealers declared that the antigue medium of Gevernment would continue to lag in efficiency and that for example, the affairs of Yellowstone Park will be administered by at least three Government departments and that the Territory of Alaska will be in the hands of practically every department. No Prestige Loss Seen

The adverse vote was not” interpreted by Administration supporters as a defeat for President Roosevelt or a loss of prestige, inasmuch as they explained Presidents for 40 years have been attempting to obtain such a measure but without success. Whether the President would move again in the next Congress for enactment of the bill could not (Turn to Page Three)

“| Shakeup Fi oes Jubilant;

Most Papers A pprove

WASHINGTON, April 9 (U. P.).— Republicans and insurgent Democrats in Congress hailed the defeat of President Roosevelt's Government reorganization bill today as a great legislative victory. Administration supporters declined to comment. Rep. John O'Connor (D. N. Y),

that he believed the recommittal of the bill is “best for the interest and prestige of Congress and . for the benefit of the Democratic Party ‘andthe country.” ; Rep. Arthur Lamneck (D. O.), coleader with Rep. O’Connor and Rep. Samuel Pettengill (D. Ind.), said: “The President declared the Senate

could not be purchased on reorganization and I say the House

Speaker William B. Bankhead said he had “no disposition to analyze the results of the vote. House Minority Leader Bertrand H. Snell (R. N, Y.) said that it was an indication that the country wants action on business-aid measures, ‘Senators who voted against the bill in vain about two weeks ago were “delighted” with the result. Senator Byrnes (D. S. C.) coauthor with Rep. Cochran of the bill, refused to comment an the House vote after a conference with President Roosevelt. Senator Vandenberg (R. Mich.) said: “The vote definitely reflects the fact that the country ceased to be' willing to take all of Mr. Roosevelt’s medicine with a smile

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Roosevelt to Aid - Supporters in Primaries BULLETIN

WASHJNGTON, April 9.— “The La Follette amendment to increase income surtaxes was defeated this afternoon, 33 to 44. (Details, Page Three.)

By HERBERT LITTLE Times Special Writer J WASHINGTON, April 9.—The President's leaders in Congress abandoned the shipwrecked Reorganization Bill as a total loss today and pointed toward early adjourne ment, while their sorely disappointe ed chief prepared to take his poli= cies before the country again this summer. - Mr. Roosevelt, close associates ine dicated, will drop much of ‘the trae ditional White House neutrality toward primary campaigns and go te bat for his supporters within the thrice-split Democratic Party. He reputedly intends to stop over at Paducah, Ky. during his forthe coming visit to the Northwest Tere ritory celebration in July at Marietta, O., and give Senator Barkley (D. Ky.), his Senate leader, a public pat on the back. Mr. Barkley is being challenged for renomination by Governor Chandler. It was also indicated he might aid former Controller of the CurrencyJ. F. T. O'Connor in his fight for nomination as California Gove ernor.

Friends to Be Helped

The President’s program is dee scribed, by those who should know, as this: Reward the Democrats who have stood by his program, and let the people—if they approve his policies—take care of those who have within a year wrecked his Supreme Court, wage-hour and Gove ernment reorganization policies. Mr. Roosevelt is too seasoned a campaigner to follow the tragic exe ample of his one-time chief, Wood

row Wilson, in taking his failures to the country and centering attention on them. He intends to bring his whole broadgauge effort—recovery plus reform—to the public. He will place plenty of stress on the. new four-billion-dollar spending program. He is keenly alive to the growing insurgency within his party, a phenomenon which was dramatic= ally evidenced yesterday at both ends of the Capitol. Defeated - Leaders Win In the House, Rep. John O’Connor (D. dN. Y.)—who was defeated for the majority leadership of that body two years ago by the Presi dential favorite, Rep. Sam Rayburn of Texas—led the wrecking crew which scuttled the Byrnes-Codchran Bill. ‘ In the Senate, Pat Harrison of Mississippi—who was defeated for the Senate leadership last year by the Administration favorite, Sene ator Barkley—jockeyed toward pase. sage of a revenue bill which junks the President’s tax on undistributed profits. Mr. Roosevelt will apparently use orthodox political methods, just as he did in shoving his reorganization bill within a few votes of passage last night. Instead of going over Congress’ head on that measure via the radio, he assigned Jim Farley and Charley West to the task of buttonholing members. That, and the promise of a WPA program for project hungry Congressmen in an election year, came within an ace of putting the bill over despite the flood "of letters and telegrams against it. The shift of five votes would have reversed the 204-196 vote recommitting the measure,

Early Adjournment Likely

It was plain today that further reform legislation this year would be difficult indeed. The President's leaders in Congress were >

routine appropriation bills as main. These can be completed by mid-May or June 1. The Wage-Hour bill is a big tion mark. Lis iy by many Southerners most Republic= ans, and is regarded very coolly by

and the C. I. O. Wnigns are sill } for it. 5