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FORECAST: Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; possible showers or thunderstorms; slightly cooler tonight.

VOLUME 50—NUMBER 61

SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1938

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind.

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FINAL

PRICE THREE CENTS

CLOSE CZECH BORDER; MOVE TROOPS

MAYS HAS NARROW ESCAPE ON TURN AS

OTHERS

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Auto Spins 3 Times as |

Wheel Bends at 127M. P. H.

RAIN BRINGS HALT

Snowberger, Stapp, And Gulotta Win Positions.

By EDDIE ASH Rex Mays, Pacific Coast driving champion, narrowly escaped death during the qualifying trials at the Speedway today as three drivers,

fighting for the pole position in the |

Memorial Dav race, qualified at 120 miles an hour or better. The qualifiers were: Russell Snowberger, 124.027. Tony Gulotta, 122.499. Babe Stapp, 120.595. The trials were halted when a thundershower broke at 1 Chet Miller was on his 10th and had averaged 125.021 miles an hour up to that point, just .86 miles an hour under record set last year.

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TREES, WIRES

‘More Showers and Cooler Weather Forecast for

If the weather does not permit the |

trials to continue, Snowberger will !

get the pole position in the race, | At 9:30 a. m, the Speedway main |

gate resembled race day. At 10 a. m.

the crowd was estimated at 8000 and | the *ime the first ear was]

Week-End.

TEMPERATURES

64 67

72 73 69

10 a. m.... 11 a. m. 68 12 (Noon.

wheeled on the track for the trial | 68 1 p.m... 68

Tun, approximately jammed the stands.

The weather, although threaten |

ing, was ideal for the trials. The sky was gray and the wind velocity was only eight miles an hour. Mays turned five laps at better than 126 miles an hour and a sixth at 127.37 before his car went into a skid o nthe Southeast turn, whipped around three times and came to a stop on the apron,

Fastest Lap 121.408

“Each time I spun around the car | block of Virginia Ave., the 200 block |

missed the wall bv less than six inches,” Mays said.

He said he would take his second

trial run this afternoon after a bent |

whee] was replaced and the car was checked by the A. A. A. technical committee. Stapp was the first driver to venture a qualifying run and toured the 25-mile route in 12 minutes 26.3 seconds, for an average speed of 120.595. The Dallas speedster, driving a McCov Auto Service Special owned by Bill White, was above 120 on all but the last lap when he was clocked at 119.792. His fastest lap was the eighth, 121.408. Snowberger, the second driver to take the track, averaged 124.027. topping the 123.445 which won the pole position for Bill Cummings last year. Driving a D-X Special. a front drive, four-cylinder job, Snowberger took the first lap at 124, stepped off the second lap at 125.156 and then settled down to a consistent 124 average.

Car Won in 1936

Gulotta, turning his fifth lap in 123,203, was timed at 12 minutes 14.7 seconds for the 25-mile trip. He drove the car which Ralph Hepburn drove to second place last vear and in which Louis Mever won in 1936. After Mays was forced to the pits, Chet Gardner took the track but was forced to postpone his attempt when a light rain sprinkled the track. After 15 minutes’ delay, he resumed the trial but motor trouble forced him out on the fifth lap while averaging only 111 miles an hour. The driver turning in the best time in today’s trials wins the pole position. All restrictions except as to the size of the motors, have been lifted, There will be no limitation as to quantity or type of fuel used. Officials for the time trials were:

20,000 persons |

The Weather Bureau forecast | possible showers or thunderstorms for tonight and tomorrow, and slight- | ly cooler weather for tonight. A fall of only .28 of an inch was recorded from last night's storm. A 36-mile-an-hour wind last night | blew down utility wires and trees in | many sections of the city and | county. Wires ‘were reported down in the 1700 block of Howard St., the 700

| of N. East St., in the 6500 block of | Ferguson St., and at Birdsall Park- | way-and E. Riverside Dr. Trees were reported down at Stock | and Silver Sts. in the 700 block of | Noble St., at Henry and Drover Sts., in the 800 block of Payton Ave. at Grove and Elm Sts., 64th St. between Harding St. and Spring Mill Road, and Lyndhurst Drive and Rockville Road.

KATHERINE RAWLS

WEDS LOCAL FLIER

| COLUMBUS, O.. May 21 (U. P.).— The secret | Rawls, Olympic swimming star from | Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., to Theodore H. | Thompson, Indianapolis aviator, | was revealed by the bridegroom here | today. | Mr, Thompson, a partner with Lieut. Joseph Mackey, Columbus, in | the management of an acrobatic (flying troupe, said he and Miss Rawls were married at Valdosta, Ga. Miss Rawls is the holder of nu- | merous breast-stroke and individual | medley swimming marks.

! Theodore H. Thompson, an avia- | tor, lives at 670 W. Drive, Woodruff | Place. Persons at that address said | they had received no word of his reported marriage to Miss Katherine Rawls.

APPOINTS WOMAN TO STATE COMMISSION

Mrs. Richard Davis, Peru, today was appointed by Governor Townsend as the League of Women Voters’ representative on the commission formed recently to study Indiana's child welfare laws. The commission held its first meeting

Mahoney Believed Winner In

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marriage of Katherine | anna Representative Mott, and in

| today with State Welfare Director |

| Thurman A. Gottschalk.

| compared to 248159 Democrats.

TABULATION NEAR END

| ner will oppose Mr. Pierce.

ROOSEVELT’ CHOICE TAKES OREGON LEAD

Hess Pulls Away From Governor Martin, Critic Of New Deal.

Senate Contest; G. 0. P. Backs Sprague.

PORTLAND, Ore., Mav 31 (U. P.) —Henry L. Hess, the New Deal's favorite in the Oregon race for the Democratic nomination for Governor, today slowly pulled away from Governor Martin, the Yormer Army officer, who supported President Roosevet but reserved the right to criticize the Administration. Returns from 1280 of the state's 1681 precincts showed: Hess, 46,044. Martin, 42,898. As the vote count neared completion it was indicated that Governor Martin's outstate strength probably would not be sufficient to offset the heavy vote that Mr. Hess polled in Multhomah County, where a third of the state's population is concentrated.

Rebuked by White House

Mr. Martin, who was rebuked by the White House after he stated that President Roosevelt had told him “you and I make a good pair,” also was criticized by Senator Nor- | ris of Nebraska and Secretary of | Interior Ickes. They said he was | no true New Dealer. Organized labor formed another | formidable opponent for Governor | Martin. He had attacked what he | termed “labor racketeers” and caused numerous arrests in labor's ranks in closely organized Portland. Willis E. Mahoney, apparently had the Democratic Senatorial nomination won. Incomplete returns from two-thirds of the precincts gave him 38,304 votes to 20,894 for United States District Attorney Carl Donaugh. He will oppose Rufus Holman. the Republican nominee, in the election. Mr. Holman was making a runaway of his race against Robert N. Stanfield. Incomplete returns on the race showed Mr. Holman 49,576; Mr. Stanfield 17,250. The incumbent Congressional members, Walter Pierce and Nan Wood Honeyman, Democrats, and James Mott, Republican, appeared assured of renomination. In the First District Andrew Burk led Ear] Nott 8255 to 6054 for the Republican nomination. The win-

Sprague Leads G. O. P. Race

U. S. Ballentine apparently had won the Democratic nomination to

the Third District Homer D. Angell | was leading Walter L. Tooze hy a wide margin for the Republican) nomiantion. Mrs. Honeyman was leading two opponents by a two-to-one margin, The Republican race for the gubernatorial nomination was a runaway for Charles A. Sprague,

publisher of a Salem newspaper, who had 30,000 votss to less than 10,000 for Sam H. Brown, farmer, closest of his six opponents. In Portland, Mr. Martin's campaign against labor union “racketeers” cost him the enmity of many members of both the C. I. O. and | A. P.of 1. Mr. Hess, a lawver., had the support of Secretary of Interior Ickes and Senator Norris of Nebraska. The White House secretary, Marvin McIntyre, had denied Mr. Martin's claim to President Roosevelt's favor. There were seven Republican candidates seeking the gubernatorial nomination. There were 265,132 registered Republican voters

Charles Merz, A. A. A. chief stew- |

ard, and Louis Schwitzer, chief of |

the A. A. A. Technical Committee. observers: Hairington, starters; Chester Ricker, director of timing and scoring, and Odis Porter and G. H. Fort, timers. All restrictions, except as to size (Turn to Page Three)

TIMES FEATURES ON INSIDE PAGES

Circling City. Churches ....

Seth Klein and Arthur | S. |

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The State Tax Board today ap- | proved expenditure by the city of | $12,500 for purchase of 20 acres of

land bordering White River to be | it was announced several months

used in a flood prevention project that ties in with the proposed extension of 38th St. The by-product of the flood prevention project has been outlined by City officials as the extension of 38th St. from its present terminus over White River, through Woodstock, to Cold Springs Road. The money, appropriated from the unexpended 1937 balance of the general fund of the Park Department, was requested by the Indianapolis Flood Control Commission. The land belongs to the Cooper estate, which already has donated

Purchase of Land in City Flood Project Approved

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two White River islands in the same vicinity for the project. The proposed 38th St. extension created some opposition among property owners in Woodstock when

ago as a WPA project. The proposal then was to dredge the is- | lands with WPA labor and use the earth as a fill-in for the proposed arterial highway,

The Tax Board also approved an emergency appropriation of $1200 from the Park Board 1937 balance for the erection of a storehouse at 29th and Harding Sts. Another emergency appropriation of $850 is to be used in paying the Board’s share of the cost of the repairs made late in 1637 to the Ringgold St. brid y the Indianapolis Union Rail S. ‘

Farley Welcomed to City

Postal Chief to Speak At Dedication Ceremony

He'll Support Friends State Elections Directly Or Indirectly.

ants, arrived here shortly after noon today to deliver the principal addown to the man who serves the | | Mr. Farley and his in mittee which greeted Mr. Farley on

Postmaster General James A. Farley, accompanied by several assistdress at the dedication of the $1,980,000 addition to the Federal*Building. ® Other postal officials, those high up in the national Administration, F. D, R, WILL USE | smallest Indiana town as both gen- | eral storekeeper and postmaster, HIS ‘INFLUENCE’ were to participate in the program. | A civic committee of more than | | 230 business and civic leaders met | ) party at the | Union Station. In the “front line” of the comthe station platform were leaders | in Indiana Democratic circles. ¢ They included Governor Town- | | send, National Committeeman Frank | | McHale, Mayor Boetcher and State |

By THOMAS L. STOKES | Chairman Omer Stokes Jackson. Times Special Writer Postmaster Adolph Seidensticker |

WASHINGTON, May 21.—Presi-| WAS ‘quite a ways down the line dent Roosevelt will continue his at- Fon those who greeted Mr. | tempts to influence primary elec- ee " ‘ tions despite the bad luck encoun- Poses With Namesake tered by Postmaster General Far-| The Governor walked with him | ley’s last-minute endorsement of the | through the stati z C. I. O. candidate for Governor EN of " on an there was

Pennsylvania. This he will do either by direct] Mr. Farley posed with an-| other James Fariey—James Farley, |

gesture, or through negotiation, or by the intercession of various New | 22-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs, | Deal spokesmen. Already the Ad-| Floyd Farley, 2228 Guilford Ave. ministration has broken in an un-| Dick Heller, Governor Town- | precedented way what might be Send’s executive secretary, was with | called the “rule of primary courtesy” | the Postmaster General, having | whereby most administrations have | gone to Columbus, O., to meet, him. | kept hands off—or professed to. Meanwhile the hundreds of pos- | Before this campaign is over, the tal officials in the City were hold- | White House hand will be felt as| ing three separate conventions. | never before. The President is| At the Indiana Chapter of the determined to reward his friends| National Association of Postmasters and defeat his foes—all to the end | meeting at ‘the Claypool Hotel, of continuing his New Deal program |

Harold Cannon, Knox, was elected | and keeping control of the party | to succeed George Purcell, Bloom- | machinery for 1940. |

ington, as president. Rivers “Counted Out” The association pledged itself to He has never minded breaking |

| support Mr. Purcell for the presi- | precedents. In 1936, for instance, | 9€0¢Y of the national organization. | he went into Nebraska and demanded—successfully—the re-elec-tion of the veteran Senator Norris, for years a Republican by party designation. That was direct action. Right at this time he is quietly negotiating in an effort to defeat Senator George (D. Ga.), who has fought some major New Deal reforms and become a prominent leader in the Southern conservative, anti-New Deal bloc. In casting about for a Georgia car.didate, the eyes of Admimosuration lieutenants lighted first on Governor Rivers. It was discovered that the Governor had a Ku Klux Klan link in the past, and Mr. Roosevelt's fingers were burnt on that issue in the case of Hugo Black. That counted out Mr. Rivers, as far as White House favor was concerned. He will not run for the Senate, but will run again for Governor and will so annouilce on May 28. Now Administration go-betweens are canvassing the Georgia field for another candidate who will meet White House specifications. Three men, it is learned, are being considered — Charles Reed, state Camp, U. S. District Attorney at Democratic chairman; Lawrence Atlanta, and H. Abit Nix, Athens lawyer who was defeated once for Governor. It will he a three-way race, for the effervescent ex-Governor and anti-New Dealer, Eugene Talmadge | of the red suspenders, has announced his candidacy. Administration strategists figure that he and Senator George will split the anti-New Deal vote in a way that should give a strong New Deal candidate a good chance. Governor Rivers, on his recent visit here, invited the President to go to Georgia early in June to accept an honorary degree from the State University, which would give Mr. Roosevelt an opportunity to make a gesture toward whatever New Deal candidate is selected meanwhile, The Administration has already been successful twice on the Southern frontier—in the New Deal vietory of Senator Pepper of Florida, to whom the White House nod was given by James Roosevelt, and in the election of Senator Hill of Alabama.

Speaks Again Tonight

Mr. Farley's second speech of the | day is to be delivered at a banques | of the combined postal organiza- | tions at the Scottish Rite Cathedral | this evening. Governor Townsend | also is to speak at the banquet. In his dedication speech Mr. Farley was to trace the history of the | Postoffice Department and pay | tribute to the present Administration's policies. Rep. Ludlow was to give the history of Indiana postal service. | The caravan of autos which met | Mr. Farley at Union Station was to | proceed to the southeast corner of | Meridian St. and Monument Circle | where Mr. Farley was to hear an- | other welcome from a “talking mailbox.” | The dedication program, to be | held on the New York St. side of | the new wing, is to climax the Indiana observance of National Airmail Week and to feature Indianapolis Postal Day. rain, ceremonies are to be at the Indiana World War Memorial. Mr. Farley, Rep. Louis Ludlow, | (Turn to Page Three)

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FIREMEN SAVE 50 | AS HOTEL BURNS

SAN FRANCISCO, May 21 (U. P.). —Pifty men, women and children | were carried to safety by firemen today as flames swept the five-story Jefferson Hotel at Gough and Golden Gate Sts. Four hotel guests and one fireman received injuries or burns serious enough to require hospital treatment. Fire chief Charles ‘Brennan estimated damage at $12 500.

12-YEAR-OLD GIRL BEATEN TO DEATH

LAVERNIA, Tex., May 21 (U. P). —The body of Hope Elizondo, 12, was found in a pasture near here

Independent Union Meets

CLO AFL URGED TOUNITE BY TOWNSEND

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Opposed to Any Wage Cuts, | Governor Tells State Parley Delegates.

| ‘JOIN HANDS,” HIS ADVICE

To Organize and Name Officers.

[ | Consolidation of the C. 1. O. and | the A. F. of L. was urged by Gover-| nor Townsend today at the first an- | nual convention of Indiana C. I. 2 unions at Tomlinson Hall.

He also expressed himself as|

| against “any proposed wage cuts at | Britain Asks Nazis

this time.” “There is no reason why the members of both labor organizations cannot join hands for mutual protection and to improve the welfare of the working man,” the Governor told about 1000 delegates and as many visitors. Delegates were assembled to form the Indiana Council of the C. I. O. and to elect officers. “I think the time has come for | all progressive forces to line up |

| shoulder to shoulder and go forth | | united in their efforts to obtain |

greater security,” Governor Townsend said. “The organized labor movement | is too important and too essential | to the economic and social welfare | of the nation to be destroyed by | factionalism. Brophy Among Speakers “I have been happy to learn that a fine spirit of co-operation has manifest itself in many of our Indiana communities. I hope you

| will encourage this spirit of toler-

FRONTI

ER POLICE

KILL 2 GERMANS;

EUROPE IS TENSE

THE FOREIGN SITUATION

ZINNWALD-—Czech-German frontier closed. PRAHA-—Two Germans shot; reserves called out, LONDON-—Europe tense in fear of Hitler coup. BERLIN—Newspapers charge Czech ‘“‘aggression.” BUDAPEST—Hungarian Government watches closely. PARIS—Daladier denies action in Czech crisis.

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SHANGHAI—Chinese guerrillas raid Shanghai area. TOKYO-—Japanese plan drive toward Hankow, MEXICO CITY—Military zone reported quiet,

About Troop Shifts

By WEBB MILLER (Copyright. 193¢, by United Press) LONDON, May 21 —Czechoslovakia called to the colors today one vear's contingent of its Army reserve, and sent a thrill of anxiety and alarm to every corner of Europe. It was asserted officially and emphatically that the reserves were called out to insure peace and order | in the municipal elections which start tomorrow, and it was added specifically that their assembly was | not aimed against anyone outside the country. The fear was immediate in all chancelleries that the situation in |

j Europe had been made even more

| explosive. The great fear was that

| the German Government might con- |

| sider the call provocatory and that

(it might in turn increase German the | the |

| military precautions, ignoring | Czechoslovak assertion that

ance and friendship.” | troops were to be used only to in-

The Governor urged a better understanding between employers and | employees. “Our economic society today de- | mands a great deal of co-operation,” | he said. “Our industrial and commercial systems are so interde- | pendent and so complicated that every element must make a sincere effort to understand the whole prob- | lem and co-operate with the other

| elements.”

The Governor urged the workers to join in united efforts to obtain social security and to condemn war and dictatorship. He said that he wanted to pay his personal respects to Van Bittner,

James Robb and Frank Barnhart, |

Indiana C. I. O. leaders. John G. Brophy, Washington, national organizer, also was to speak. Committee reports, election of officers and naming of next year’s convention city were on the program.

Independent Union

Directors Meet

The hoard of directors of the National Federated Independent Union

| met at the Hotel Washington today

to plan organization of state councils in 26 states in which officials said it represents 450,000 workers. Five hoard members were to be removed and five elected.

The board was to adopt a resolu- |

tion condemning William Green and John Lewis, A. F. of L.. and C. I. O. leaders for approving a proposed 25 cents an hour wage minimum. National officers attending included W. D. Smith, Portland, Ore,, secretary and treasurer. JAPANESE MANIAC KILLS 28 AND SELF

OKAYAMA, Japan, May 21 (U. P.).—A maniac killed 28 persons and wounded two today, then fled to the mountains and shot himself dead as police, firemen and volunteers surrounded him. Searchers found the body and

In the event of | identified the killer as Takao Doi, a | with {

laborer.

By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, May 21.—Harry V. Wenger, chief engineer for the Indiana Public Service Commission, has left for Indianapolis after a conference here with Paul A. Walker, Federal Communications Commissioner, who conducted the American Telephone & Telegraph and Bell Telephone Co. investigation. Mr. Wenger reported that the state commission’s engineering staff is now engaged in an audit and appraisal of the Indiana Bell Telephone Co. properties in preparation for a rate case. Based on the findings of his investigation, Mr. Walker reported to Congress that he believed a 25 per cent reduction in Bell telephone 1ates is possible. This was predicated in part on

the fact that telephone supplies for n Western

It will extend its now | the

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sure a peaceful election. Diplomatic Tension High

The Czechoslovak Government's | action hit Europe like an electric | shock. It came at a time when fears that Adolf Hitler, the key man | of Europe, might be preparing to exert in Czechoslovakia the “protec- | tive interest” he asserts in Germans | outside Germany's frontiers, already | had sent shivers of apprehension through European foreign offices. Diplomatic tension was at its highest point since Herr Hitler's seizure of Austria. There was serious concern in the British and | French Foreign Offices. The Czechoslovak municipal elections in 11,000 towns, which start tomorrow and which have stirred | widespread clashes between Czechs | and ‘“Sudeten” minority Germans, suddenly brought the situation to a point approaching that of crisis. Diplomats, with or without reason, | feared that Fuehrer Hitler might decide to take the opportunity, with France and Italy embroiled | over intervention in the Spanish | civil war and with Italian-British | relations cooled in consequence, to | impose his will upon Czechoslovakia, using the electoral disturbances as an excuse.

Austrian Crisis Recalled

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A series of incidents which | brought German-Czechoslovak re- | lations to a head created an at- | mosphere exactly reminiscent of | that which preceded the exertion | of Germany's protective interest in | Austria. 1. German troop movements on<he | | Czechoslovak fontier. The Ger- | man General Staff admitted the | movements to the British Ambas- | | sador at Berlin, but asserted that | {they had no relation to any poli-| | tical situation and Involved merely 'a normal transfer of troops from winter to summer quarters, Some diplomats pointed out that troop movements before the Austrian an- | nexation had been denied. 2. The Sudeten German minority | party's abrupt refusal to negotiate | the Czechoslovak Govern- | (Turn to Page Three) |

Phone Rate Cut Possible Here, Engineer Reports

tended that this resulted in high | monopoly prices for those supplies. In discussing this phase of his audit, Mr. Wenger said that he had found Western Electric prices had dropped considerably since the Federal investigation was inaugurated. | “Our engineering report will be | based on current market prices,” he said. He also expressed high praise for the manner in which records are | kept by the Indiana Bell. Mr. Wenger drove here, accom- | panied by Mrs. Wenger, to attend | the 16th annual conference of State | Utility Commission Engineers which was held at the Bureau of Stand- | ards. Much of the discussion at the “neeting was around the simplification of electric rate making, he said. Although he called on Senator Minton, who is a leading advocate of the prudent investment theory of utility rate making, Mr. Wenger | did not give it his outrigh} indorsement,

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Czechs Erect Barriers, German Patrols Say

(Copyright, 1938, by United Press)

ZINNWALD, GERMAN-CZECH BORDER, May 21.--The border bee tween Germany and Czechoslovae kia was closed to travelers tonight, A United Press correspondent, ar« riving by automobile from Berlin at this frontier town south of Dres= den, was halted by a German bhorder patrol. It would be useless to continue because “The Czechs have erected barricades two kilometers farther

lon,” the patrol said.

Customs officials refused firmly, although courteously, to open the frontier gates, even for foreigners or for newspapermen bent on reporting developments on the other | side of the border. “We know that the Czechs will not let you through when you reach the barricades,” they said. “They erected barricades this afternoon and said something about mainetaining them for a fortnight. “We don't know just what sort of trouble they expect.” Borderland peasants, traditionally entitled to border passage privileges without papers, returned disappointed from the Czech side. When they reached the German watch post through a dense mist, they reported “much excitement” on the other side. Everything was quiet on the German side,

Czechs Call Out Troops As Germans Are Shot

(Copyright, 1938. hy United Press)

PRAHA, May 21.—Czechoslovakia called a year's class of combined reserves and special reserves, as well as certain specially trained units to the colors today for “special exercises.” The call came on the eve of the critical municipal elections and

| after the killing of two farmers of | the Sudeten German minority whe | were shot by border guards when

they ignored commands to halt while crossing into Germany on a motorcycle The incident, which occurred at the border town of Eger, caused a in Germany, where troop have been reported along the border, Calling out the reserves was af« tributed officially to the necessity of training the reserves in the use of new weapons. Officials insisted that the calling up of the reserves cid not constitute mobilization. One year’s normal reserves come prises 70,000 men. The special reserves are the older men, past 40, who have had briefer training than that now prescribed for regular army service, The Germans killed were Niklas Boehm and Georg Hofmann, Sudeten area farmers. Nobody knew whether their names would live in history, President Eduard Benes, in a speech at Tabor this morning, told his countrymen that the present was the most critical time since the World War. “We must conduct ourselves in a manner that permits no errors,” he said. “We must guard peace, keep steady nerves and a clear goal. We must not permit ourselves to be disunited but must stick together to complete our national unity. We are not 4fraid of the days ahead, We are not afraid at all. We are prepared for everything.” According to the German lane guage newspaper Praguer Mittag, Hitler asked Konrad Henlein, Sude« ten leader, to visit him at Berchtes« gaden before returning to Phaha next week.

REFUSE CITY AS TAX ADJUSTMENT CENTER

WASHINGTON, May 21.—A ree quest that Indianapolis be selected as one of eight Federal tax ade justment centers, has been turned down by the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Senator Minton was ine formed today.

WPA REPAIR OF STATE

BUILDINGS APPROVED

Times Special WASHINGTON, May 21.-—Presi« dential approval of Indiana WPA projects announced by Senator Minton today included $296 400 for repairs and rehabilitation of state owned buildings.