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VOLUME 50-—-NUMBER 47

HAERLE ROYSE 597 AHEAD: LUTZ 618 IN FRONT

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Ralston Has Edge of Engelke Holds Bdge 1 Of 1100 in Superior |

Court 4 Race. sw — | REMY WINS 6 TO 1

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a2 on Walpole for

| Auditor. |

MYERS' LEAD 4579

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Bradshaw Runs 12.000 Votes Ahead of Geckler.

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Nelson Runs 2 to 1

Over Canan in

County Vote,

Interest in the Republican pri- | mary count centered this afternoon | on the races for the Prosecutor and | Superior Court One nominations. | An unofficial

Democratic party workers today | Kept their attention on the race for| the sheriff nomination. With the ending of unofficial tabulation by | party headquarters, interest turned | to the official reading by the Can-| returns from 190 precincts showed vassing Board. | Edwin Haerle leading Russell I. Democratic officials stopped their | Richardson for Prosecutor by only count on the Sheriff race at 236! 552 votes. out of the 336 precincts with Charles | a tabulation of returns from 180 | Lutz at that point leading Al G.| of the 336 precincts in the Superior | Feeney, 15823 to 15205, a margin | court One contest showed Wilbur | of 618 votes. | A. Royse leading Joseph F. Milner | The official reading, unofficially | py 597 votes. tabulated at 196 precincts, gave Luz | The count at those stages were: 13.671 and Feeney, 12.391. a marg | Royce, 4419: Milner, 3822.

of 1280, { The organization virtually con-| HRerle, 10,551; Richardson, 9799, ceded the nomination of Glenn B. Unofficial tabulation of the | Ralston as County Auditor over | Official returns at 170 precincts | Martin H. Walpole. The unofficial | showed John F, Engelke holding an tabulation was stopped at 231 pre- | 1100-vote lead over Mark H. Miller | cincts, with Mr. Ralston leading by | in the race for the Republican | 1132 ‘votes. | nomination as Superior Court Four | Judge Frank P. Baker apparently Judge. had lost to former Judge Dewey E. | Myers in the for Criminal Court Judge. With 196 precincts officially read and tabulated unofficially that standing was:

Remy Far in Lead

At the same stage, William H. Remy was leading Harrison White | for Juvenile Court, more than 6 to 1. | Republican headquarters had | | ceased its tabulations and announced . 19,566 | that its last figures on the mavor- |

alty race (204 precincts) were:

The end of the Democratic head- | Wolff quarters’ unofficial tabulation | Henry showed: |

race

MYErs ..... ices

17,709 |

(201 Precincts out of 336)

PROSECUTOR The

| official follows:

of the | reading |

unofficial tabulation

Canvassing Board 8.971 ?

22,318 |

SUPERIOR COURT Markey Smith

“ue te ine ate ee ADO ht JUDGE OF CIRCUIT COURT SUPERIOR COURT 4 | (170 out of 336 Precincts)

19,792 | william D. Bain con veers]

11,473 PROSECUTING ATTORNEY | Edwin Haerle 9.106 R

2.125 Spencer 4,211 Williams Dina A SUPERIOR COURT 3 . 1 Schlosser Slack

PROBATE COURT Chambers Steinmetz RRR JUVENILE COURT (201 Precincts out of 336) Bradshaw Eikman Geckler

ussell I. Richardson

JUDGE OF SUPERIOR COURT, ROOM 1 | John M. Caylor 59 | Harry D. Hatfield Robert TI. Marsh .....u Charles Mendenhall 2,535 { Joseph M. Milner . 3,616 | | Wilbur A. Royse ; 2 | | David F. Smith

JUDGE OF SUPERIOR COURT, ROOM 4

He Ly va 038 29 6,"

2,060 1,678 1,660

COUNTY CLERK (201 Precincts out of 336)

Ettinger Russe

COUNTY AUDITOR (231 Precincts out of 336)

Ralston 19,610 Walpole 18,478

| { John F. Enge | Henry B. Krug Mark H. Miller | JUDGE OF JUVENILE COURT |

William H. Remy 15,926 | Harrison White . 2,587 |

STATE SENATOR

3 | Wiliam A. Boyce, Jr. 7.272 | Alvah C. Waggoner 9,999 |

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

| Louis W. Carnefix 4,471 Joseph ‘QO. ‘Carson, TI........ 9.196 | Charles P. Ehlers .......... 10,496 Lewis T.. Heidt .......W. 4915 William Heim ..... 0.0000 5923 | Elsworth E. Heller 9,894 | | Herbert E. Hill oe 6914 | Herbert Jackson Jv 5182 (Turn to Page Eight)

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SHERIFF (236 Precincts out of 336) Feeney a | COUNTY CORONER (201 Precincts out of 336) Wilson . Wyttenbach COUNTY SURVEYOR (201 Precincts out of 336)

Ryan Walton

serene

The unofficial tabulations of the official returns in the Democratic primary follow: ’ CONGRESS (Eleventh District) (73 Precincts) William H. Larrabee ....... CONGRESS (Twelfth District) (111 Precincts) Louis Ludlow ..

HARNESS WINNER BY 500 IN 5TH DISTRICT

Noses Out James in G. 0. P.

Congress Race. (181 Precincts out of 336) rr JUDGE OF CIRCUIT COURT Earl R. Cox 25,373 PROSECUTING ATTORNEY Andrew Jacobs David M. Lewis JUDGE OF SUPERIOR COURT, ROOM 1

Joseph T. Markey Leo X. Smith (Turn to Page Eight)

Forest Harness, Kokomo lawyer, today had edged out Richard T. { James, Portland, for the Fifth Dis- | trict Republican Congressional nomination, after trailing through yesterday's tallying. Unofficial tabulation gave the Kokomo candidate a lead of about 500 votes, with all but one of the district's 366 precincts tabulated. A heavy vote from his home county, Howard, shot Mr. Harness into the lead last night.

Schulte and Belshaw Win

TIMES FEATURES : No other upsets were reported in ON INSIDE PAGES the other Indiana districts. The |

nominees are: { First District—Rep. William TT. Schulte (D.) and M. Elliot Bel- | shaw (R.). 10| Second District—Homer Stone18 | braker (D) and Rep. Charles A. 7| Halleck (R.). | 17/ Third District—George N. Beamer | 25 | Radio ... 25 (D. and Robert A. Grant (R.). 18 Mrs. Roosevelt 17 | Fourth District—Rep. James 18 | Scherrer ..... 17 | Farley (D.) 24 | Serial Story. . 24| (R.). 3 Society ... 12, 13 Fifth District—Rep. Glenn Gris17 | Sports .... 21, 22 | wold (D.) and Mr. Harness (R.). 18 | State Deaths.. 10| Sixth District—Rep. Virginia E. Wiggam ..... 18! (Turn to Page Four)

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| Mrs. Ferguson Music . Obituaries ... Pegler Pyle ......... | Questions . ...

BOOKS ........ Broun wi Circling City.. Comics Crossword ... Editorials .... Financial .... Flynn Forum : Grin, Bear It

1. and George W. Gillie

Jane Jordan.. JORNSON. .'.... Movies oven. 20]

tabulation of official | .

FIVE FROM CITY HURT IN CRASH

. | [Infant May Die of Injuries; Five Killed in State Traf- ||

v | mother,

FORECAST: Fair and considerably cooler tonight and tomorrow,

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THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1988

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Entered a

nt Postoffies, Indianapolis, Ind

A fireman was overcome and three women were

forced to flee during a fire at the

fic; 22 Fined Here.

LA PORTE, May 5 (U, P.) Five Indianapolis persons, including =a 13-months-old boy who is expected to die of a skull fracture, were in-

jured here this morning at the m-| | tersection of Roads 43 and 30 when | car crashed into one driven]

their by William Sullivan, La Porte County farmer, who also was hurt, The injured: Donald Gene Pinkerton, months, fractured skull, Mrs. Hazel Pinkerton, 1421 Oliver Ave.

the boy's bruised | | |

and cut.

Marion Zook, broken right shoul- |

der (same address).

Mrs, Zook, broken collar bone and |

fractured ribs (same address). Mrs. Bertha Thomas, 1414 Belmont Ave, two fractured vertebra in neck. The five were {aken to the Holy Family Hospital here,

Traffic Kills Five; 22 Draw Fines

Twenty-two trafic violators here paid average fines of $7.13 each in Municipal Court today after Indiana traffic accidents had claimed five lives outside Marion County overnight, Judge Charles J. Karabell fined | nine speeders a total of $73 as the | regular force of traffic officers was returned to street patrol after election tuties. Police investigated accidents in which six Indianapolis persons were injured, Driving his automobile with four persons in the front seat cost a 19-year-old Tech High School pupil $11 and his driver's license for 30 days. Twenty-five other motorists arrested by police overnight were to face Judge Karabell this afternoon. Ada Sterrett, 3, was hurt when

| struck by an automobile driven by

Donald Kidwell of 604 N. Hamilton Ave, in front of her home, 615 N. New Jersey St. Police said she ran from between two parked cars. Charles McClammer, 51, Greenfield, died at St. Francis Hospital here of injuries received April 27 when the wagon he was driving on State Road 2 near his home was struck by an auto. Others who died in trafic were: Mrs. Lylia Wiles, 35, Dunreith, and her two children, Virginia Belle, 11, and Linda Lou, 17 months, killed at Dunreith in an auto-train crash late yesterday, and Mrs. Anne Jackson, 42, killed at Vincennes when struck by an auto. Robert E. Stone, 8434 E. Washington St. was the high school youth charged with driving with four persons in the front seat. Officers testified they were forced to chase him several blocks to make the arrest. Judge Karabell said he imposed a heavy fine because court records showed the youth had heen convicted of speeding a year ago. Four df the Indianapolis persons injured were hurt when their car overturned on a road a mile north of Noblesville. Brought to City Hospital here were Jack Seay, 19, of 523 E. 9th St.; Barbara Hitchcock, 13, and her sister, Norma, 14, both of 126 E. 9th St., and Edward Ingersoll, 18, of 810 Broadway. Norma Hitchcock was the most seriously injured. She received =a possible fracture of the right hip. The others were treated for cuts and bruises,

Mother, Two Daughters Killed at Crossing

NEWCASTLE, May 5 (U., P).— The Spiceland High School field day exercises ended tragically for Mrs. Lylia Wiles, 35, and her two daughters yesterday. They were Killed instantly when a fast Pennsylvania passenger train crashed into their car at a crossing in Dunreith, south of here. Besides Mrs. Wiles the dead are: Virginia Belle Wiles, 11, and Linda Lou Wiles, 17 months.

VINCENNES, May 5 (U. P.).— Clifford Goodman, 27, was held in jail here today following the death yesterday of Mrs. Anne Jackson, 42, wife of Theodore Jackson, postoffice official, who died from injuries received when struck by his

apartments, 1235 N. New Jersey St, today. New

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automobile while crossing a street.

LE AD 552: | Fireman Overcome in 4 partment Blase STAGEHAND IS

OUT OF DERBY

‘Withdrawal

DUE TO FEVER

of Favorite Comes Soon After Defeat By Stablemate.

Mecond Mass Matis

FIGHTING FOX NOW 2 TO 1

‘Probable Starting Field of

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Times Photas | Jersey St. traffic was tied for an hour as firemen | battled the flames, confining them to the roof and | upper floor of the three-story building

Maccabee Lodge

* SMOKE, FLAMES

Of 1000 Suspects, He's | Only One State Has Goods On,

‘Damage of $4000 Reported In Another Fire at | Junk Yard.

A fire captain hy | [gas while fighting a blaze at the | Maceabee Lodge apartments, 1235 | N. New St., after | flames had forced three women oc | cupants to flee The fire was confined to the roof | land top floor of the three-story frame building apartments, | | their furnishings and contents, were | damaged by flames and water. Fire- | men said the loss would be several | hundred dollars, sarlier, firemen n {alarm blaze that caused damage es-

timated at $4000 to the junk vavd of Fred Schuchman at 1623 Mill 8t,

Fire Rages Two Hours

Fed by oil-soaked tires and other inflammable materials, the fire raged two hours before it was ex- | tinguished, Origin was not deter- | mined. The Maccabee fire was discovered by Miss Esther Adamson, a resident of the apartments, who smelled smoke and turned in the alarm Mrs. William Mussman, asleep in | her second-floor apartment, was | aroused and fled in night clothing Mrs. Raymond Faust, who also escaped unharmed, was the only other | occupant at home in the building, which contains 19 apartments. Capt. Charles Milender, Engine Co. 7, was overcome hy gas escaping | from open burners of a stove on the third floor. Although firemen had turned off the supply of gas into the building, enough remained in | the pipes to cause his collapse, He was carried outside and vived. New Jersey St. traffic was tied | up for an hour during midmorning as firemen fought the blaze. Origin of the apartment blaze also was undetermined.

By JOE COLLIER

BOUT 1000 Indiana bugs, warned that anvthing they | do will be held against them, now are held on vagrancy charges in Bloomington, N. J, in connection with recent death of 64 Indianapolis elm trees, Some of them have been there for two years. Others only re-

cently have been picked up as suspects. More, probably, will he picked up later. It is a bug roundup of known criminals police make when a particularly atrocious crime is committed and they want to check alibis. Federal agents, employed hy the U. 8. Department of Agriculture, picked the bugs off elm trees and took them to Bloomfield, where they put them ima room containing only Indiana bugs, plus elm limbs infected with Dutch elm disease, anc healthy elm seedlings. The jdea was to see which, if any, of the suspects would carry the disease from the infected limbs to the healthy seedlings. In Europe, where the disease is rampant, and in the Fast, where it is seriously prevalent, the carrying agent is known. It is a beetle named scolytus multidtriatus. But, no scolytus multristriatus ever has been seen in Indianapolis or environs and the only Indiana elm victims have been in or near Indianapolis. Thus, the agents reason, some hitherto unsuspected bug is carrying the disease.

was overcome

Jersey today

Six

battled two.

® O the agents picked up all manner of beetles and leaf hoppers that like elms, and one of them has been detected infecting a healthy tree, Although the Government has

this particular suspect dead to rights, agents refuse to identify him for publication because the crime was accomplished only under laboratory conditions and they are not certain it could have been done in the natural state The scolytus multistriatus, which has been an accessory before, during and after the fact in the death of about half of all the elms of Europe, recently has been found in southern Indiana along the Ohio River. Entomologists sav it rode West in the 1937 flood. Frank Wallace, State entomologist, currently is engaged in asking Congress not to cut a requested appropriation to fight spread of the disease. “The elm is our most satisfactory shade tree,” he said. “It is only a question of time until all the elms in Europe will be dead. We can stop it in this country if we act quickly and vigorously.”

Mayor Refuses to Lift Ban on Sunday Circus

scheduled on —— Easter,

Mayor Boetcher today refused to Mrs. John Mason Moore, Orrescind b: « . ws | phans’ Home Auxiliary president, = i DER agains (performuites | said the organization's public affairs of the Cole Brothers circus here committee will meet today with Sunday, Mother's Day. Frederick E. Schortemeier, circus atReconsideration of the Safety |torney, to determine whether to op-

{pose the ban. Board action had been ‘asked by a She said that while the auxiliary

committee from the Indianapolis [was sponsoring the circus’ appearOrphans’ Home Auxiliary, which [ance here on both Saturday and was to share in the Sunday receipts. | Sunday, it would get a percentage of

The show is scheduled to open here Only the Sunday receipts for the Saturday. institution. Circus officials indicated

“Banning of the circus Sunday is | Saturday performances would be | a matter of consistency,” Mayor | given as scheduled, and that a Mon- | Boetcher ‘old the committee. “We | day showing was being considered. | can't refuse to let one circus pe:- There still is pending before the | form on Sunday and then a month | City Council an ordinance, sponlater permit another circus to have | sored by the Indianapolis Ministerial its performances.” Association and the Church FederaThe Mother's Day ban was issued | tion, which would ban circuses on by the Safety Board at the request | Easter Sunday and Good Friday. | of ministers and church lay leaders, Some Councilmen have indicated | Theo H. Dammeyer, Works Board | that there was possibility of an | president, said. Churchmen pro- |amendment to prohibit the shows tested that a circus exhibition |on all Sundays. would not be in keeping with the | Mr. Dammeyer said that it was | spirit ‘of the day, he explained. his opinion that if one circus is not | Sunday performances by the allowed to exhibit on Sunday, an- | Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus were [other should not be granted permisprohibited at the ors request | sion.

re-

"FAIR WEATHER AND COOLER IS FORECAST

71 kh! 70 68

10 a, m. 11 a. m, 12 (Noon) 1%...

Ll 68 69

Fair, but cooler weather which will bring a low temperature of 45 to 50 degrees tonight, was forecast by the Weather Bureau today. Today's temperatures were run-| ning about eight degrees lower than | those of vesterday due to a shift | in a storm center from Kansas to | Minnesota, the Weather Bureau | said. During a light shower last mid- | night .05 of an inch of rain fell, the | mercury dropped from 71 degrees at 12 o'clock to 64 degrees at 1 a. m, |

(Photos, Page 19) because they were

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‘ing | seven, | third on three other occasions was out of the money only three | Cancer before they die, He reached the peak of his |

| Handicap

pounds,

Nine Smallest Since Eight Ran in 1918 Classic.

(Other Derhy News, Page 22)

LOUISVILLE, Kv, May § (U, Pp) —~Stagehand, winter-book favorite to win the Kentucky Derby, was withdrawn from the race today bes cause of sickness, owner Maxwell Howard announced Thousands of dollars bet. on the Stagecraft

had been colt to win

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WARNS FOREIGN DICTATORSHIPS

Woodring Says Democracies Will Not Remain

Pacifistic if Pressed; Japan Started

Unrest, He Declares,

(Other Vorelgn

the Derby after his sensational tet |

WASHINGTON, May 5

. TO ‘KEEP POWDER DRY’

World Conditions Require Huge Armaments And High Taxes, Cabinet Member Tells

UU, S. Chamber

of Commerce,

Affairs, Page 1)

(U, P.).=Secretary of War

umphs in the Derby and Handicap | Harry H, Woodring today warned Japan, Italy and Germany

at Santa Anita

The first signs of illness were |

finshed third behind his stablemate, The Chief, and Lawrin in the onemile Derby trial Stagehane had been coupled with

until the former's poor showing in the trial Woodward's son of Sir Galahad 111, was made a 2-1 choice immediately upon withdrawal of Stagehand

Nine Probable Starters Left

The withdrawal left only nine probable starters, the smallest feld since Exterminator won the 3.

1918 Those remaining now are Plight

Lea, Dauber, Can't Co-8port and Elooto The enforced withdrawal

of the

| The Chief, the 3-1 favorite entry,,

Fighting Fox, William |

[ vear-old classic from seven others |

[ing Pox, The Chief, Menow, Bull | Wait, Lawrin, |

that if the dictatorship nation

——— » ” » No ] Bug J WOMEN FLEE [shown ‘Tuesday when Stagehand too far there will be war, |

Speaking hefore the U, 8,

ADDED CAREFOR

Legion Speaker Says More

Hospital Facilities Needed |

To Battle Diseases.

VETERANS URGED

hospital health of

additional the

for to protect

A plea facilition

Howard favorite was the worst dis. | World War veterans and check the

appointment, suffered by any Ken-

tueky Derby in the long history of | was made here today by Watson B Stagehand opened at 5-1 wpjijnr, Washington, director of the |

the race favorite in the winter book and held position until Pighting Fox

spread of cancer and mental cases

| Legion's national rehabilitation

won the Wood Memorial stakes last | committee,

favorites at 3-1 Stagehand started 15 times dure his short career, running second

times, career when he defeated the 1037

| Saturday, and they were made joint |

Reporting to the Legion national executive committee, holding a two day session here with National |

winning | Commander Danfel J. Doherty pre- |

twice and | siding, He | 500,000 veterans will be afflicted with

Mr. Miller predicted that |

He sald in an interview that ex

isting veterans’ hospitals, with en- |

| handicap champion Seabiscuit by a | largements planned, will have fewer

nose in the $100,000 Santa Anita than 80,000 beds. He said that there

are $137.310 Howard was bitterly disappointed at being forced to withdraw Stagehand, but he said he owed it to the public to let them know the ecolt's true condition as soon as possible, “As a protection to the public whose affection for Stagehand

His earnings to date |?r® only about 1000 beds assigned ; | to the care of cancer patients

in |

the Kentucky Derby has been most |

unusual owing to his recent California triumphs,” Mr, Howard said,

[“T think it only right and fair that

the public should have this information at once, “Earl Sande, my trainer, has Just notified me that Stagehand very suddenly developed a fever and fis running a temperature of 103 degrees and that he is definitely out

| of the derby,

Stout on Fighting Fox

“As the Kentucky Derby is only two days away Sande does not think it advisable to run so valuable

| a horse even with the slightest, fever,

I concur in his opinion. Now we can only depend on The Chief to carry

| our colors.”

Sande said that Stagehand came

temperature because of a throat. He said that at one colt’s fever was up to 104.2 degrees, Fighting Fox, the new favorite, is a full brother to Gallant Fox, 1930 Derby and triple-crown winner, The Fox is a big. strapping colt

sore

At least 500 more beds for their care will be needed within the next vear, he said, Mental Cases Inerease inereasing |

Mental cases among veterans as they grow older, | he said, citing that about 30,000 | beds for such cases now are avail- | able and that 15000 more will be

needed within the next 20 vears, Mr, Miller said the Legion itnelf | has joined the fight against cancer | within its ranks. He explained that the Legion obtains radium and | radon, a gas used in fighting the | disease, and speeds it to hospitals | by plane, He made no recommendations | pertaining to the U, 8, Veterans’ | Hospital here, explaining that cancer patients are not treated here The Legion had a surplus of $172,335.04 at the end of 1037, 8am W. Reynolds, Omaha, national finance committee chairman, re-

are

| out, of Tuesday's derby trial in fine | | shape but last night he began to run | A

| conventions,

{

ported, The executive committee, governing body between national applauded Mr. Reynold's report that no securities held |

Legion

time whe | hy the organization are in default

either in principal or in interest,

tion of $200 interest, The committee received an invitation from Governor Charles ¥

standing close to 16 hands high and | Hurley of Massachusetts for the |

will be ridden by Jimmy Stout. He

and Menow are the biggest horses [convention in Boston. The invitaHe weighs close to 1100 | tion was presented by Raymond B

entered.

Fighting Fox started only times in 1937. in the Grand Union Hotel Stakes at Saratoga in August.

Legion to hold its 1040 national

| McEvoy, who headed the Bay State

five | delegation of 15. His lone victory was

[of Washington as war orphans’ edu- |

He finished | cation committee chairman was ac- |

second once and third three times. | capted and James V. Demarest of The colt won both of his starts this [New York was named to succeed

year, of Marguerite,

HOOVER TO ADDRESS ‘GRASSROOTS’ RALLY

(Radio Details, Page 25)

OKLAHOMA OITY, May 5 (U.|2lso is seeking the conclave, P.).—Herbert Hoover came to the | | Southwest today to attend a “grass | MO, street railway commissioner, roots” Republican rally and to make |

a radio speech. Observers believed that in addition he hoped to gauge the political pulse of this normally Democratic section. Republican leaders from eight states, including all the border on Oklahoma, attended the rally. The former President's text will be “Dangerous Roads of Democracy.”

ally at 8 p. m. (Indianapolis Time),

12 BAND CONCERTS

He is by Sir Gallahad ITI, out | him.

It will be broadcast nation- |

IN PARKS PLANNED

The Park Board today laid preliminary plans for 12 band concerts to be held in the Oity parks this summer, . Rhodius, Ellenberger and Garfield Parks were among the locations named for the concerts. There is a possibility that the Butler Stadium may be used for one of the concerts, 4

Chicago Seeks Parley

| pnd the next

| in the world situation

eral

8 push the democratic nations

Chamber of Commerce, Secs retary Woodring placed res sponsibility for present cha otic world conditions primar

upon Japan, to he accupn tion

no guestion of wis the begine

"There seam: that the Japanese Manchurian in 103] ning of a ehain of events that lad directly to much of the present difficulty in which the world finds itself,” he wsaid Pour Inter Clormany announced (ts adoption of rearmament, and In violation of the Treaty of Versailles, year came the accuse pation of the Rhineland “In the same year with Cierman conscription came the Tialian ate tack upon Ethiopia, which was ad

VERS

conseription

| ncdged by the League of Nations a

the League Covenant hand signed. This waa followed hy armed intervention in the elvil war in Spain, and Anally by the Japanese invasion of Chinn.”

violation of which Ttaly

Treaties Less Sacred

Sacretary Woodring said he did not ‘pass judgment on these events” He added that “it is a fair infers

| ence that this chain of events was [In direct, consequence of the success

of Japan in setting up the state of Manchukue without effecive ohieecs tion from the democratic powers, Each incident has had repercussions until today there is less reliance upon the sanctity of treaties, less trust in interns tional good faith, less confidences upon which to build lasting prosper.

| ity than there has been for a long

time.” He then warned the dictatorships against exerting too much pressures against democracies “At present, the democracies are strongly pacifistic,” he sald. "They have not always been so, Tf pressed too far a wave of indignation might sweep over them that would make it extremely difficult to keep the peace, It is essential that contine ved aggression stop before things get out of hand.”

Holds Armament Necessary Secretary Woodring he was not one of those “who believe thers is any immediate danger of a genewar, even that such a war is inevitable.” The world situation is such, however, that United States must keep its powder dry and

sald

the

| to build up its defenses, he said

He sald the War Department ree gretted as much as any other body of Americans the nacessity for spending huge sums for armaments, but they are necessary for the na-

| tional security | Mr, Reynolds named one excep |

“We in the War Department ap« preciate the burden of heavy taxes,” he said. “We are deeply concerned in holding our expenditures to reasonable needs. Nevertheless, our first duty is to be secure... The

| amount of monev necessary to give | us a reasonable guaranty of security

depends in large measure on world conditions Among these conditions, he sald, is the emergency of dictatorships, most of them essentially military dictatorships in whiszh the indus trial life of the nation is centered

{ upon building up a powerful mili- | tary machine,

These are the forces,

| he sald, which today are disturbing

Edward M. Stayton, Kansas City

as elected president of the Amer[fcan Legion Endowment Fund Corp. when the board of directors met The corporation administers the $5,000,000 fund raised by the Legion in 1925 for rehabilitating World War veterans and caring for warorphaned children. Mr. Stayton has | been a board member 12 vaars, He succeeded Howard Savages, Chicago, past Legion national commander, Other fund corporation officers chosen were Harry Colmery, Topeka, Kas, vice president: Dr. C. B McCulloch, Indianapolis, re-elected treasurer, and William G. Wall, Indianapolis re-elected secretary.

F. D. R. OFF PUERTO RICO

the peace of the world.

New Deal Spending Program Attacked

WASHINGTON, May 5 (U, P) «= Representatives of big and little business today attacked Administra-

| tion plans to lead the way out of

depression with a new spending pro gram and predicted disaster if large scale pump priming is continued indefinitely, The U. 8. Chamber of Commeres, at its annual convention, heard a dual attack on the underlying philosophy of President Roosevelt's $4,512,000,000 drive against depression and unemployment The first criticism came from Francis E, PFrothingham, president

| of the Tnvestment Bankers Associa

tion of America, who predicted that the program would fail to obtain its objective—permanent business recovery. He warned that capital markets for new money must be revived

[| if “disaster is to be avoided.”

The prediction of the possibility

ident Roosevelt's vacation ship, was in the vicinity of 8an Juan, Puerto Rico, today where Mr. Roosevelt re- | ceived by Navy seaplane official | Washington mail and sent a pouch | back to San Juan en route to the capital,

of disastrous results was reiterated by Fred H. Clausen, Chamber vice presiednt, who told the representatives of business that Iarge-scals spending ‘cannot be allowed to go on indefinitely if disaster is to be avoided.”