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The Indianapolis Time

VOLUME 50—NUMBER 55

22 INIURED IN 33 ACCIDENTS; 3 DIE IN STATE

Two Policemen Hurt; Heavy Penalties Given Three Drunken Drivers.

ONE IS GIVEN 75 DAYS

Motorist Is Wounded When

Officer's Bullet Pierces His Windshield.

Heavy fines and sentences were given in cases of drunken driving in

Municipal Court today as the aft-|

ermath of 33 overnight traffic aceidents in Marion County that injured 22 persons, several seriously. Thirty-one of the 48 arrested were found guilty by Judge Charles Kargbell and were fined $263. A total of $203 was suspended. Thirteen preferential street violators were fined $61; eight speeders, $62, and three drunken drivers, $75. Meanwhile, Indiana traffic outside Marion County caused three deaths,

GENOA -—Mussolini warns

RIO DE JANEIRO-—Nazis

Duce Says Nazi

Axis Remains Strong GENOA, May 14 (U, P.) —Premier Benito Mussolini told 800,000 wildly cheering Italians today that if the democracies wanted to wage a war of ideas against dictatorships, the totalitarian state would close them-

| selves into mne bloc, | His hearers, massed in Victory | Square, where he spoke from the

| thrusting gray prow of a model war-

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FORECAST: Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature,

Anglo-Mexican Rupture Embarrassing to U. S; Duce Strikes Back at Hull

THE FOREIGN SITUATION WASHINGTON-—Anglo-Mexican quarrel displeases U. S. MEXICO—Diplomatic suspension seen as protest. LONDON-—Mexican envoy ordered home. SHANGHAI—Japanese claim Lunghai line is cut.

U. S. as 800,000 cheer.

BERLIN—Baron von Cramm given year in prison. PRAHA-—AIl citizens order

BRUSSELS—Socialist forms new Cabinet. BUDAPEST—Anti-Nazi Cabinet formed in Hungary. GENEVA—Chile decides to quite League.

ed to buy gas masks.

backed revolt, paper says.

U. S.-British Co-operation Periled | WASHINGTON, May 14 (U, P.)).— | Mexico's suspension of relations with Great Britain over debt and oil controversies today opened new | difficulties and possible complica- | tions for the United States. | Officials considered the situation so grave that they withheld all | comment pending receipt of com- | plete official dispatches from Mexico

The dead were Donald Hugh |[ship, thought that he referred to | City and London.

Thompson, 8, at Tangier: Jesse Scott, 25, at Greencastle, and an unidentified girl at Evansville. Two of those injured seriously

overnight were policemen. City Hospital reported that the back of one of them may have been broken. Motorist Is Fired On

One patrolman was forced shoot at a motorist who refused to The man was

stop when ordered.

wounded and treated at City Hos- |

pital. Patrolman Guyv Luster fired two

| the United States when he said:

| “The aims of our program are |

We want peace, wiln every fone. Nazi Germany also wants | peace. But this peace must be an [armed peace. | “We must be prepared to defend | this peace, especially when speeciies [such as those across the ocean are | delivered. If the democracies want to make doctrinal war, the totalitarian state will close themseives | into one bloc.” Hull Speech Seen as Target Tt was recalled that Secretary of

| clear.

Officials made no effort to disguise | the fact that Mexico's action had | precipitated a new crisis in an al-

| powers to declare and execute hew |

moves. | Development | British crisis

Mexicanthe United

of the placed

shots at Carl Heathco, 49. of 811 Bo- | State Cordell Hull in a statement at | States in a delicate and embarrassing

sart

Heatheo refused to stop at command speech—said that the United States in the 1100 block of Lafayette St, | would continue its policy of nonand threatened to shoot the police- | recognition of Italy's conquest of

man or run over him. Patrolman Luster said there were no lights on the Heathco car and

| Ethiopia. | Likewise in Washington last week | Secretary of War Harry S. Wood-

Ave. when, the officer said, | Washington Thursday—it was not a | position. American foreign policies

{in the Western Hemisphere and in {other parts of the world were | threatened with headon collision as |a result of the crisis. The Monroe | Doctrine was opposed to the State | Department's policy of close co-op-

the threats against him were made | ring, in a speech directed at the dic- | eration between the United States

when he tried to question the driver, Fires Two Shots

The officer said he then fired .wo shots at the car, one of which broke the windshield. a piece of which inflicted a deep wound on Heathco's head. Patrolman Luster said he chased the car to North and Tllinois Sts. where he overtook Heathco, who explained he had not stopped because he thought it was a holdup. Heathco was treated at City Hospital and was charged with reckless driving and resisting arrest. Patrolman Albert Beck, 769 N. Wallace St., driving to the scene of a holdup in the 700 block of N. Capitol Ave. was in collision with an auto driven by Edward White, 22, of 819 Highland Place at Illinois and Ohio Sts. White was charged with reckless and drunken driving. Patrolman Beck was taken to City Hospital, where it was reported he may have received a fractured spine. His left arm was badly injured.

Driver Arrested

The Misses Genevieve Sharkitt, 25; Milicent Swain, 23, and Alice Moore, 20. all of Richmond, and Howard Swain, 29. and Maurice Barber, 27, both of Greensfork, Ind. were injured when the car driven by Swain crashed into a safety guard at Washington St. and Belmont Ave. Swain was charged with drunken driving and was taken to City Hospital, as were the others who were treated for cuts and bruises. Miss Sharkitt, most seriously injured, was reported to have received a possible fractured left leg and right arm, Lemmie Miller, 38, of 220 N, Traub Ave. received a fractured pelvis bone and left leg when he slipped

while attempting to board a moving | truck at Keystone Ave. and 24th St. |

Witnesses told police the truck, driven by Ralph Hannigar, 31, of 631 N. King Ave, was in low gear when Miller seized the rear gate and fell. Mrs. Laura Horm. 40, of 2105 Boulevard Place, received a possible fractured skull when she was struck by a ear driven by Robert Walton, 24 of 1855 Quill St. at 12th and West, Sts. She was taken to Methodist Hospital Frederick Butler, 17, of 706 E. Market St., broke his collarbone and injured his right arm when he leaped from a moving truck near the city limits on Road 67. He was taken to City Hospital. Jess McNutt, 58, of 4202 Sutherland Ave., received cuts and bruises when struck by an auto driven by Omer Hughes, R. R. 7, Box 362, in the 1300 block Kentucky Ave. He was taken to City Hospital. Harold Burk, 24, Southport, received back injuries when hurled from his motorcycle in a collision with an auto driven by Myron C. Gross, 29, of 4115 Madison Ave., at Madison Ave. and E. Morgan Drive. He was taken to Methodist Hospital. Mrs. Henrietta Naylor, 52, of 745 WwW. 26th St., passenger in a car (Turn to Page Two)

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| tatorship nations, said “a wave of | indignation” might sweep over the | democracies if they were pressed too | far “that would make it extremely | difficult to keep the peace.” The crowd's cheers turned to catcalls and boos when Signor Mussolini made his reference to overseas speeches. Signor Mussolini spoke with even more than his usual candor, the | despair of more cautious diplomatists. He said he would remain faithful to his new friendship with Germany and that he wanted to make his treaty with Great Britain everlasting. “Talks with France are progressing,” he continued. “I do not know whether they will be successful because they want a Barcelona (Spanish Loyalist) victory ana we want a Franco (Rebel) victory.” Pledge Given to Germany

To this—the first hint from any quarter in Italy or France that | agreement with France on a treaty of friendship was not absolutely | certain—Premier Mussolini added the following regarding Germany's | annexation of Austria: “Italy replied ‘No!’ to projected | diplomatic steps against Germany. | This greatly disappointed anti- | Fescists. Anti-Fascists wanted war | between two totalitarian states. | “But Italy has not forgotten | sanctions”—the League of Nations | penalties against her for her war |on Ethiopia. | “Stresa will | shouted, | It was at Stresa, three years ago. | that Great Britain, France and Italy met to consider German violations of the Versailles Treaty. There they formed the Stresa front | to oppose further treaty vianlations.

ROPER RESIGNATION * THREAT IS MODIFIED

NATIONAL AFFAIRS ROPER threat to resign lies on White House desk. PROPAGANDA RADIO station plans alarm broadcasters. GARNER AND FARLEY balk at new job for West. UNIFORM WPA contributions sought by Senate bloc. M'CARRAN OPPOSES own air authority bill.

ECCLES says Administration is partly to blame for slump.

never return,” he

Friends Prevent Outright Resignation

(Copyright, 1938, Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance)

WASHINGTON, May 14.—A letter in which Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper has threatened to resign was on the desk of

President Roosevelt today. The threatened resignation— which for a few hours yesterday, before it was revised was an actual letter of resignation—was written because of a suddenly discovered proposal to shift the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce

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from Mr. Roper's department to the Department of State.

The proposal apparently had the |

full support of the President. Neither of the two Cabinet members ncerned—Mr. Roper and Secretary of State Cordell Hull— apparently had any knowledge of the project until within recent days. Details of the plan were worked out by Sumner Welles, undersecre(Turn to Page Three)

|and Great Britain in world affairs. The situation was further com- | plicated by the United States’ own | controversy with Mexico over that | Government's expropriation of | American oil and other properties. Meanwhile Interior Secretary

approve sale of helium to Germany during a conference with Dr. Hugo Eckener, German dirigible expert.

Mexico Taunts Britain With War Debt Default

MEXICO CITY, May 14 (U. P). —Mexico, angered by Great Britain's methods in demanding a claims annuity of $85,000, suspended diplomatic relations with the British Government today and taunted it with failing to pay its own gigantic debts. President Lazaro Cardenas recalled Primo Villa Michel, Mexican Minister at London, and the Legation personnel, and ordered the Legation closed indefinitely. Foreign | Minister Eduardo Hay handed | Owen St. C. O'Malley, the British Minister, a check for $85,000 and, in a note informing him of the President's action, said: “May I be allowed, however, to call Your Excelency's attention to the fact that not even powerful states with ample resources at their disposal can boast of having fulfilled their monetary obligations?” There seemed no doubt that Senor Hay meant to remind Britain that it owed more than four billion dollars to the United States on its war debt. Britain Demands Annuity What a high and unimpeachable Government source called a suspension of relations, as opposed to a formal break, was an outgrowth of the Government's action in expropriating four hundred million dollars worth of foreign oil properties. . Britain took a most forceful tone [in demanding return of the prop- | erties and Mexicans were not slow to point the contrast between the British attitude and that of Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Ambassador Josephus Daniels, who is defending American oil interests, took care to respect all Mexican sensibilities. Then Britain began demanding payment of an annuity, due Jan. 1, of $85,000, on account of claims for damage done British interests in revolutions of years ago. The tone of the British messages was regarded as deliberately insulting. There was a surge of anti-British feeling, which had been brewing as part of the oil controversy. Senators demanded that the Government boycott Britain and refuse to sell her oil. Newspapers yesterday called the last claims note malevolent and said that if Mexico were a great power, Britain's attitude would be sufficient cause for a formal break even if it meant war. Cardenas Acts Quickly | Then President Cardenas acted, with the swiftness and determination that has characterized his pursuit of his policy to end foreign “domination” in Mexico and improve the lot of the poorer classes. He recalled the Minister and closed the London Legation and Senor Hay handed the Mexican note to Mr. O'Malley. The note said that owing to the unfriendly attitude of the British Government regarding oil, and the climax of the claims demands, the President's action had been necessary. The Legation archives, he informed Mr. O'Malley, would remain in custody of Consul General Gustova Luders de Negri. As regards the claims demands, Senor Hay informed Mr. O'Malley, the claims agreement itself was concluded by Mexico only as a

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| Charged During Operations

SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1938

POLICE CLAIM NARCOTIC RING SMASHED HERE

One of 5 Men Arrested Is Convicted and Given 180 Days on Farm.

3 BOUND OVER TO U. S.|

Sales of Marijuana Are

Over Past Year.

An alleged narcotics ring, described by officers as the largest in Marion County in 10 years, has been smashed, police announced today. Sergt. Carl Ashley, police vice

squad head, said five men have been arrested, one of them being convicted in Municipal Court today and three others bound to the Federal Grand Jury. The fifth man is being held for questioning, he said. Sergt. Ashley said officers also are seeking a second “ring” in their concentrated drive against peddlers, growers and addicts of marijuana. Convicted today was Miqual Joe Gonzolues, the alleged leader, who was fined $50 and costs and sentenced to 180 days on the State Farm on charges of violation of the State uniform narcotics law, possession of marijuana cigarets and possession of marijuana. Claim Cigarets Found.

He was arrested by the vice

squad and Federal narcotics agents, | who said they found $25 worth of | the marijuana cigarets in his possession. | Gonzolues employed runners to.

| peddle his drugs, Sergt. Ashley said. | who | argument tomorrow at the Indian- |

The other alleged peddlers have been bound to the Federal | Grand Jury are: Juan Lopez, 43, a Mexican; Vo Hollowell, 21, a Negro; and Mauro Morales, 37, a Mexican. |

Lopez was arrested in a raid last |

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‘Good luck,’ says

CUMMINGS AND City and County

MAYS TO MEET

Three-Heat Battle of Skill Scheduled at Speedway Tomorrow.

Two voung men who like to travel

| fast in automobiles and are rated |elevation project. | City and County will join in mak- |

among the best in their business, are scheduled to settle a personat

apolis Motor Speedway. They are Bill Cummings, Indian-

All Set for Matc

Pntered as Second-Olass Matter at Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind.

Bill (left) to Rex.

To Join in Plea

‘For Elevations

City Engineer Henry B. Steeg, accompanied by a Works Board

| member and a County Commissioner, will go to Chicago next week to discuss the application for a PWA [loan to finance the South Side track

ing the application if President Roosevelt's lending-spending bill, already passed by the House, is approved by the Senate. | Mr, Steeg said railroads already

apolis veteran, and Rex Mays, the | have drawn preliminary plans for

young California driver. They gave | the project, which would raix tracks at Madison Ave and S. East

HOME

~ FINAL

PRICE THREE CENTS

250,00 ROP IN

Rain Arrives Too LL

88 Per Cent of N Legumes and G

Thirty days of dry wea

today.

FARMERS FIGHT NEW CROP ACT

Four Meetings in Indiana Attack Agricultural Program.

By United Press

sembled in four towns last night— |

Disgruntled Indiana farmers as- | i

night in the 800 block W. Darnell St. | [eir match race cars a final tun-

Ickes stood firm in hs refusal to | | bond, he was placed in the Marion |

by agents who said they found 250 cigarets and a crock of marijuana | weed with a total value of $250. Sergt. Ashley said it was the largest | haul in the county in 10 vears. | Lopez was bound to the Federal Grand Jury when arraigned before Federal Commissioner Fae W.| Patrick today on charges of posses- | sion and transfer of marijuana | cigarets. Unable to make a $2000 | | County Jail. Hollowell and Morales were hound | to the Federal Grand Jury by Mr. | Patrick at an arraignment yesterday. They were arrested Thursday night. Morales was arrested at his home in the 300 block W. Vermont St. | and Hollowell in the rear of a build- | ing in the 400 block Indiana Ave. Sergt. Ashley said.

GASOLINE SPEEDER | HITS AUTO, 9 HURT

| |

GOSHEN, May 14 (U. P.).—Nine | persons were injured, three seri- | ously, today when a gasoline speeder, carrying members of a section | gang, on the Wabash Railroad crashed into an automobile at a | crossing a mile west of New Paris, | near here, Four members of the section crew | were taken to a hospital for treat- | ment. They are Lee Sewell of North | Liberty, skull fracture; Eli Moon, also of North Liberty, broken hip | and spinal injury; Carl Hall of For- | aker, leg fracture, and Clarence See |

of Hamilton, severe bruises. | The automobile was driven hy | Ralph Yoder of New Paris. He was accompanied by his father, John, and John Dunmire also of New |

Paris. They received only slight inJuries, Other members of crew less seriously

the section | injured are |

F. Thompson of Hamilton.

WKINNEY TO TALK WITH GRAND JURORS |

Prosecutor Herbert M. Spencer | said today that County Treasurer Frank E. McKinney will give the Marion County Grand Jury next week what information he has “on the matter of the missing funds in the Treasurer's office.” Mr. Spencer said Mr. McKinney had asked an opportunity to discuss the matter with the jury. Mr. McKinney originally obtained an investigation by the State Board of Accounts and personally made good the loss attributed to the miss-

ing employee.

[ing up today and announced they

were ready for the test. Racing fans have warmed up to the unique duel and officials are prepared to handle a large turnout. In case of rain, the race will be run off at a later date, officials said today. Cummings, who won the 500-mile race here. generally recognized as one of the greatest drivers in Speedway history, daring, crafty and cool. When the auto racing business is slack one is apt to find him seeing what he

can get in the way of more speed |

out of a motorcycle, Three Heats Scheduled

Racing fans are agreed that in Mays, Wild Bill meets a worthy foe, The Glendale, Cal., youngster is Pacific Coast champion, once won the pole position in the 500-mile and was praised by the great foreign drivers who took part in last year's Vanderbilt Cup Race, in which Mays placed third. And so the stage is set for what generally is conceded to be the greatest prerace treat in the history

of the Speedway classic. It will be |

run in heats. The first heat of 15 miles is scheduled for 11 a. m.; .he second over the same distance (six laps) at 1:45 p, m. In the event a third heat is necessary it will be run off at 4:40 p. m. over 25 miles. The drivers will not use the cars they are to pilot in the Memorial Day classic. They will drive fourcylinder Miller Specials, their managers pointing out that the contest is to be primarily a test of driving

| skill rather than car performance.

Dauber Even Money

As Rain Sweeps Pimlico (Details, Page Six)

BALTIMORE, May 14 (U. P).— As a heavy downpour swept the

| James Crane of Hamilton, and T. | smooth Pimlico track this aiternoon,

Dauber became an even-money

favorite in a field of nine to win |

the 48th running of the $70,000 added Preakness Stakes. Dauber, who finished second to Lawrin in the Kentucky Derby, is accorded a wide edge, although Bull Lea has been known to go well on a heavy course,

HORSE Fighting Fox Bull Lea . Menow xSun Egret Dauber Cravat .. Hypocrite Can't Wait

JOCKEY J. Stout Anderson Workman . Shelhamer ., Peters J. Westrope : 0 Boy ve ..G. Woolf xBull Whip ........ ..M., Lewis

Horses listed in order of post positions. x—Doubtful starters. Gross value (if field $69,525, i" Net to winner, $52,525: second, $10,000; third, $5,000; fourth, $2,000 : Deduct $500 from gross and net to winner for each scratch. Probable post time 3:45 p. m. apolis Time),

remains intact)

(Indian-

Unitarian Calls Tolerance Answer to Social Problems

The spirit of tolerance is the only solution to the social problems of our times, Larry S. Davidow, Detroit, told Unitarian Laymen attending the Midwestern Conference of the league today at the All Souls Church.

Earlier, the Rev. John C. Petrie of Memphis described the modern age “the most spiritually inhibited in the history of civilization,” and H. Weston Howe of Boston scolded his colleagues for expecting women to do “too much of the active church work.” The three speakers led a symposium on the “Unitarian Laymen,” the first session of the four-dav conclave here, > The League convention banquet is scheduled for this evening, when Frank W. Scott of Boston, Lay-

men’s League president, will speak on “League Objectives” and Samuel S. Wyer of Columbus, O., consulting engineer on “Religion’s Contributions to a Sane Social Order.” The Laymen's League convention one of two Unitarian denominational gatherings meeting at All Souls Church over the week-end will conclude Sunday afternoon, to be followed by the 86th annual Western Unitarian Conference. High light of the conference is to be a recognition service honoring the Rev. Frank.-S. C. Wicks, All Souls pastor, who is retiring after 32 years of service. Speaking of the need for tolerance, Mr. Davidow declared: “We cannot consider these social (Turn to Page Three)

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| St | Under existing legislation, the | railroads would pay 50 per cent of | the cost; the City 34 per cent, and | the County 16 per cent. It is hoped [the PWA will furnish 45 per cent of the County's and City's share, Mr. | Steeg said. At a joint meeting with the Works | Board yesterday, Clarence Wheatley,

Winamae, Warsaw, Monticello and | Macy—to attack the New Deal's | new agriculturgl program. At Warsaw, the farmers formed | an organization to seek repeal of the 1038 farm act, electing C. LeRoy Leonard, Silver Lake, as president.

| County Commissioner, asked that | proposed elevations be extended to | include Shelby St, but it was | pointed. out this would make | cost prohibitive. | Tt originally was estimated the | Madison Ave. and S. East St. elevations would cost about $3,500,000. Railroads have indicated that they have no money for the projects,

RAY, FEENEY ASK RECOUNTS

Omer Stokes Jackson Again Named Chairman of State Committee.

| The Indiana Democratic Commit (tee today re-elected Atty. Gen. (Omer Stokes Jackson as state [ chairman at a harmonious reorgani- | zation meeting at the Claypool | Hotel. { Meanwhile, however, Marion | County Democrats discussed with | interest the filing of recount peti- | tions by Sheriff Ray, unsuccessful | mayoralty candidate, and Al Feeney, [loser in the Sheriff race. The petitions were filed in Circuit | Court late yesterday by the two | candidates. It took the State Committee only | 25 minutes today to elect its list of | officers, all of vhom were regarded as the choice of State Administra- | tion leaders. [ Mrs. Sanford K. Trippet, Prince- | ton, was elected vice chairman to [succeed Mrs. Emory Scholl, Con- | nersville. James L. Beattey was re-elected secretary. Clarence Gramelspacher of Jasper was elected treasurer to succeed William Storen. The Committee was addressed by Governor Townsend and Dick Heller, his executive secretary.

10 Irregularities Charged

The recount petitions listed 10 alleged irregularities on the part of election officials in counting the votes. The formal actions followed state- | ments by Sheriff Ray that he had almost 300 affidavits attesting to | complaints and that his Machine Busters, Inc., would be made a permanent organization to break what he termed “machine rule” in the Marion County Democratic organ- | ization. | Circuit Judge Ear] R. Cox ordered Charles R. Ettinger, chief deputy to the County Clerk, to double the guard over the ballots which have been stored in a balcony over his courtroom. Since the election the ballots have been under the surveillance of a watcher appointed by Sheriff Ray and another appointed by the County Clerk. Judge Cox said he was undecided as to whether to disqualify himself as the appointing officer of the three-member recount board. Judge Cox is Democratic nominee for reelection, Under the law, the Circuit Court Judge is called upon to name three persons to make the recount, two of them to be of opposite political affiliations and representative of the two major political parties. Accompanying the petitions there

was filed the guarantee of the Sea(Turn to Page Three)

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Will Federal Radio Station. |

Lowell McDaniel, Wilkinson, |spoke at the Monticello meeting, | declaring that the 1938 farm act “is so evidently a maladjustment that it seems almost useless to point out its injustices.” Mr. McDaniel, member of the Corn Belt Liberty League, assailed the corn control features of the act.

“That is the first great objection. It isn't right. In the building of

| this great country our forefathers |

[rewarded effort, not inactivity. But | other things are far more wrong than accepting money for ‘not doing.’ > “One of them is the twisted and distorted theory of overproduction There is no such thing as overproduction until every table in our state and country is loaded with the essentials of life in until every family with a desire to work and prosper has the chance to realize that desire.” Other speakers called upon farm- | ers to work for repeal of the farm lact in the meetings at Macy and Winamac.

TAX BOARD PASSES AIRPORT BOND ISSUE

Finance Building for |

The State Tax oBard today ap- | proved a proposed $70,000 bond issue | to pay the City's share of the new $300,000 Federal aircraft radio ex- | perimental station at the Municipal | Airport. The bonds probably will go on sale about May 18. Included in| the appropriation is $55,000 to erect | a building to house the Federal radio station, The balance of the | money will be used to grade new | airport runways. The Tax Board also approved an ordinance passed by the City Council appropriating $177,826.49, the City’s share of the quarterly State gasoline tax distribution. The Tax Board approved a proposed $70,000 Wayne Township bond issue for an addition to a school on Road 40. The affirmation was granted subject to a report by the township on the tabulation of bids received for the project.

WIFE OF SURETY CO. MANAGER DIES HERE

Nellie M. King, wife of Thomas W. King, manager of the American Surety Co., died last night at her home at 5710 College Ave. She was a member of the Olive Branch Methodist Episcopal Church. Funeral services will be held Monday, 1:30 p. m, at Shirley Brothers | Central Chapel. Burial will be at | Crown Hill. Survivors besides the husband are a son, Gene; a brother, W. L. Baker, | both of Indianapolis, and a brother, | Roy E. Baker of Monon.

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| - ‘HOT WATER BURNS BABY

Nine-months-old Mary EIeth Brown, 3209 N. Capitol Ave., was in a fair condition at Robert W. Long Hospital today With second-degree burns received when she turned a

kettle of hot water over Ol body.

abundance, |

RY SPELL RUINS

0 OATS COUNTY

Reckoned as ‘Almost Total Loss’ by Abbott as

ate; Losses Feared

For Clover and Alfalfa. SHOWERS SEEN BENEFICIAL TO CORN

Winter Wheat Yield of 34,720,000 Bushels, or

ormal, Predicted; rasses Prosper.

ther has caused an “almost

total loss” to the Marion County oats crop, normally valued at $250,000, Horace Abbott, County Agricultural Agent, said

Today's rain came too late to save the crop which at present should be at least a foot high, but which now stands a scant few inches, Mr. Abbott said.

The average annual yield of oats in the county is 300,« 000 bushels and “for all prac tical purposes this has been destroyed,” he declared. Substantial losses also will result to the clover, alfalfa, wheat and corn crops if the present rain does not continue,

TEMPERATURES

50 52 53

10 a. m. 11 a. m. 12 (Noon) 1 p.m

51 50 50

The farmers have planted their clover in with the oats and if they plow up their stunted oats for ree planting they will destroy their en«

[tire clover crop which is valued at

$200,000, according to Mr, Abbott He said the rain today will hene- | fit the corn planting which has | been delayed in most cases because of the hardness of the soil Until today onlv .19 inch of rain (had fallen here since April 9. By [early today .25 inch had fallen overnight. The Weather Bureau's fore[cast was for partly cloudy skies toe night and tomorrow and not much (change in temperature,

Predicts Winter Wheat 88 Per Cent Normal

LAFAYETTE, May 14 (U. P) | An Indiana winter wheat crop of | 34,720,000 bushels, 88 per cent of | normal, was predicted today on the | basis of May 1 reports by M. M, | Justin, Purdue University agricule tural statistician in co-operation with the U. 8S. Department of Agri | culture's Bureau of Agricultural Economics. The yield was established as 17.5 | bushels per acre and the acreage (8 per cent less than last year. “Precipitation throughout the state was about 73 per cent of | normal,” Mr, Justin said, “whereas [in the southern one-third of the state the precipitation was only 46 per cent of normal. Temperatures were somewhat above normal.” Rye production was forecast at 1,620,000 bushels, or a vield of 12 bushels per acre, Mr. Justin estie mated there will be about 135.000 acres of rye for harvest in Indiana this year, about 17 per cent less than last year but about 20 per cent more than the 10-year average. The condition of growing hay was 89 per cent of normal, 24 points above last vear's condition and 12 points above the 10-vear average. Legumes and grasses have made a good growth and all field: were showing a nearly perfect stand, Mr, Justin said Stocks of old hay on farms May 1 was estimated at 466,000 tons. more than twice the stocks a vear ago and 44 per cent larger than the 10year average, “Pastures, like the hay grasses, have made a good growth this spring and the condition was 88 per cent of normal compared with the 10-year average of 76 per cent,” Mr, Justin reported. Farmers on May 1 had an average of 91.7 hens and pullets of laying age compared with 101.8 last year and the 10-year average of 1014, These produced an average of 60.5 eggs per 100 hens and pullets com« pared with 60.8 eggs last year, Mr. Justin announced that of all milk cows in the state, 75.8 per cent were being milked as compared with 73.4 per cent last year and the 10

vear average of 74.3 per cent.

DICK SEIBERT GOES TO ATHLETICS IN TRADE

COLUMBUS, O, May 14 (U. P.) «= The Columbus Red Birds today ane nounced the trade of First Baseman Dick Seibert to the Philadelphia Athletics for First Baseman Gene Hasson, rookie Outfielder Paul Eas« terling and Pitcher George Turbee ville. Seibert recently made an appeal to Commissioner Kenesaw M, Landis when the Cardinals sent him back to the minors. He alleged he had been “covered up” in Cardinal deals. Seibert starred with Indiane apolis in 1936.

POLISH FLIERS IN MEXICO MEXICO CITY, May 14 (U. P.). Five Polish fliers on a long distance flight from Los Angeles to Warsaw, via South America, landed here at 11:16 a. m. (Indianapolis Time), from Mazatlan. ‘