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VOLUME 50—NUMBER 115

14 FEARED DEAD ASTEXASRIVER IMPERILS 3000

FLOODS >] SAN SABA. Tex.—3000 refugees ! eatened. WIL GTON, Del. — Worst flood in 35 years reported. BOSTON—Flood damage passes half-million mark. |

WASHINGTON—Tropic air mass blamed for rains.

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Texas Town Appeals for Aid SAN SABA, Tex., July 23 (U. PJ).

? —An emergency flood relief com-

mittee today ‘appealed to the U. \S. Army and to the Coast Guard to

take charge of caring for refugees in the worst flood in the history of the San Saba Valley. At least 14 persons were believed already to have been drowned by the sweeping advance of the normally placid San Saba River. - The 14 persons, believed to have been members of two Mexican families had sought refuge p a barn, which river workers said Was almost t away during the night. ® The town had no water supply. The city water plant’ was submerged and there was threat of disease

" .from lack of sanitation facilities.

Food supplies were almost gone. George Steinman, head of ; the quickly mobilized relief committee,

in the appeal for help said, “con--

ing extremely

ditions 1] loss of life and

critical and muc property is feared.” He said /hope virtually had been abandoned for the stranded Mexicans \ : Orie_Phone Line Left

All communication lines exeept a single [telephone wire had been washed out. Mr. Steinman asked the United Press to relay the appeal of the committee to the Army and to the Coast Guard. M. W. Trussell, a publisher, who had been checking the rise in the river, said that it was advancing at the rate of two feet an hour and that! at its present rate of gain, would reach the city square, where 3000 refugees were huddled, “sometime this afternoons’ Approximately three inches. of rain fell during the night, adding to the tide of the river. A drizzling rain continued through the “day, adding to the suffering of the refugees. Many families were separated and it was believed that there would be additional loss of life, when a check of the missing could be made. There was no way for the citizens

. of the town to stop the oncoming

flood, because there was no protecting dike or levee. It was the first time in the history of the town that the slow-flowing river had gone on a rampage. 2-Foot Rise Feared

Mr. Russell estimated that another two-foot rise in the river would bring the waters over the public. square. Shortly before noon, the river still had not approached the business district. “We are expecting the worst and hoping for the best,” Mr. Trussell said. Conditions below the San Saba also were becoming serious. The San Saba River and Brady Creek converge above here, and both flow into the Colorado River, which also is swollen. : It was reported that Richland Springs, a small community above San Saba, was inundated by the waters. Lack of communication facilities made it impossible to check loss of life and property damage. The isolated flood area contained at least 4000 refugees. Only two persons were ‘known to have drowned.

EL PASO, Tex., July 23 (U. P.).— Lieut. Perry S. Lyons, commander of the Coast Guard station here, said today he would dispatch a plane immediately to the Ilooded San Saba district to aid in rescue work there.

Rains to Continue in

East, Bureau Says

"WASHINGTON, July 23 (U. P)). —A tropical air mass, four miles deep in places and “dripping” with moisture, was blamed by the Weather Bureau today for the incessant rains over most of the United States during the last week. The warm, moist air has been stagnated over large areas, bureau officials said, and there are no prospects of change within the next few days. : The Bureau's river and flood division reported little possibility of floods except in isolated areas. Two days of hedvy rains in upper New York State caused Catskill Mountain streams to overflow their banks, flooding valley towns and paralyzing traffic. The waters are receding now, however.

Worst Flood in 35

Years Rages in Delaware

WILMINGTON, Del, July 23 (U. P.).—Red Clay Creek overflowed today, inundating a large area in the Brandywine Valley. The water isolated homes, ruined crops, and carried away railroad tracks and bridges. It was the worst flood in this district in 35 years. Damage estimated at $5000 to

$10,000 was caused at Yorklyn when |.

muddy water swirled four to eight feet deep groynd the plant of the National Vuléanized Fiber Mill, ruining stock.

BOSTON, July 23 (U. P.).—Flood damage was estimated today at $500,000 to $1,000,000 in Eastern Massachusetts as raig fell for the sixth consecutive day. The Weather Bureau predicted showers again to-

New Russo-J ap Incident fs Reported at Moscow;

PEIPING NORTH

THREE MISSING “WOMEN FOUN

Flash Mirrors to Attract

Rescuers in Badlands;

Suffer Exposure.

GRANTS, N. M,, July 23 (U. P.)— Three women, missing for nearly a week in the northwestern New Mex-

ico bad lands, werg~f today hy searching parties were attracted by mirrors Which the women

tourists flashed into the sun. They

were suffering from exhaustion and exposure. : ye A state trooper named MecCullough found the women approximately three miles from their car, which they had left to visit # ice cave in the lava beds of the bad lands. He said that they were hopelessly lost and that in their wanderings their shoes had .been torn to shreds. as they plodded across the sharp glassy surface of the area. y The women were so weakened from. exhaustion that they could

‘| scarcely move, and their feet were

badly lacerated. They finally decided to rest and one of the women

took a small compact mirror from

her pocketbook, flashing the reflection from the sun. It was from these flashes that Trooper McCullough made the dis-. covery, he said. : The missing women were; Mille. Marie Antoniette de Laforest, Lexington, Ky., a part time instructor in French at the University of Kentucky. p Miss Irene Piedalue, 45, Winchester, Ky., extension worker at the University and Clark County home demonstration agent. Miss Laura Piedalue, 47, also of Winchester, a -social worker for Catholic Charities in New York. Thea women, missing since Tuesday, were en route to Billings, Mont., to be the summer guests of Mrs. Philip Gibbons, wife of a hardware salesman and sister of the Piedalue women. The first indication that the women might have lost their way in the rugged mountain region came Tuesday, when Martin Craig, of Albuquerque, noticed their car on the side of the road.

Mlle. de Laforest, French instructor at the University of Kentucky, who with two companions has been rescued after nearly a week of wandering in the badlands of New Mexico, was a house guest at the home of Dr. and Mrs. H. G. Hamer, 7808 N. Pennsylvania St. immediately before she left on the trip West.

FAIR WEEK-END HERE 1S PROMISED

TEMPERATURES

6am... 67 10a m.... Yam... 71 11 a. m.... 8a.m... "4 12 (Noon). 83 9am... 79 l1p.m... 84

The week-end will be fair and there will not be much change in temperature; the Weather Bureau forecast today.

83 84

U. S. Gunboat in

Danger

THE FOREIGN SITUATION MOSCOW—Russians protest to, Poland; wait Jap action. TOKXO0—No hint given of Ja- -- pan’s next move in crisis. ‘SHANGHAI — American gunboat periled by Jap shells. WASHINGTON — Pittman says peace prospects are better. "PRAHA—Tension increased; ° Parliament delayed. * LONDON — Chamberlain urges

TT Hitler to be moderate.

Soviets Bolster Claim

To Disputed Hill

+ MOSCOW, July 23 (U. P.).—A new border incident between Soviet Russia and Manchukuo was reported today in dispatches from ¥habarovsk, Siberia. K

The -dispatches said six Manchu-

kuan_soldiers violated the frontier

and landed on the Soviet island of Fainaov from two motor boats, firing on a passing Soviet cutter. All -six were captured and two wounded. A light machine gun, five Japanese rifles, a Mauser pistol, more than 1,000 cartridges and other arms were seizedy the dispatches said. ‘Meanwhile, trouble arose in the west when Russia protested to Poland against “intolerable” police repression of Russian Embassy and diplomatic officials at Warsaw. The protesting note asserted that Embassy employees, even those possessing diplomatic passports, were kept under police surveillance and that some were taken to police sta-, tions and required to sign depositions. i

As regards the earlier frontier incident, Russian authorities made it known that they had found new maps of the disputed area. Some suspicion was expressed in nonofficial quarters that Japan had fartifically created the incident— possibly to withdraw attention from its troubles in China.

1860 Map Found

Russia had cited maps attached to a treaty of 1869 in support of its claim to the disputed hill. Now, it was said, a copy had been found ‘of an 1860 map which Japan herself cited. This map, it was asserted, showed the hill to be even- farther | inside Siberia than did the 1869 map. Henee'it was argued, Russia nade some concessions in the 1869 treaty, but. the hill still was plainly Russian. The Government still awaited word of the next Japanese move in the - frontier dispute. Russia had rejected the demand for withdrawal of . troops. Japanese Ambassador Shigemitsu, aftér “reporting to the

4 Government .at Tokyo, awaited in-

structions. ¥ The official newspaper Izvestia in a long and sarcastically phrased editorial, accused Japanese militarists today of fomenting the frontier incident. ) ’ : 3

Japs Report Russia Reinfercing Frontier

TORHO, July 23 (U. P.).—Newspapers: repgrted today that Russia was eemnfinually increasing its forces A hill -_the Siberia-Manshukue-Korea , frontier which has caused (Continued on Page Three)

400-MAY FLEE TOWN * MENACED BY FIRES

P®

COURTENAY, B. C., July 23 (U. P.) —Four hundred residents of Bevan prepared to evacuate today as authorities warned that a forest fire, which already had burned through 130 square miles of timberland, would reach the town within 18 hours. . The towns of .Courtenay and Cumberland also were In:the path of the fire. : A train of freight cars was sent to Bevan to carry out the residents and their belongings. : Fire fighters escorted 50 families to safety. from the community of Black Creek. Camp Three of the Comax Lumber Co. was abandoned. The fire had destroyed millions of dollars worth of standing and cut timber and farm and town property. The more than 1000 men engaged in fighting it were driven back constantly as the flames leaped fire lanes and spread through the tops

of trees. /

the neighborhood of the

SATURDAY, JULY 23,1938

SESSION SPEED SATISFACTORY

Governor Says He Does Not Fear ‘Pork Barrel’ - Threats.

SENATE WAITS REPORT

Budget Director Brennan Warns of Possible ¢ Insufficient Balance.

While Indiana’s legislators enjoyed a week-end rest, Governor Townsend said today he is “satisfied” with the progress of the Legislature during the first week of the special session. The Senate has recessed until 10 a. m. and the House until 2 p. m. Monday. Replying to .reports that the $6,000,000 Institutions Building Bill may be subjected to “pork barrel” tactics before it is passed, the Governor said he was “certain both Houses will handle the measure in a satisfactory manner.” Some Assembly leaders had cited the slowness of the Senate in the first week’s activities and predicted that the -session would “drag on.” Governor Townsend, however, said he thought the session would require only a few days to complete its task. /

Await Brennan Report

Meanwhile, State Budget Director Edward Brennan warned there will be an “insufficient balance” in the State Treasury at the end of the present Administration if the Legislature continues to increase the appropriations in the present Institutions Building Bill. He said he wiil turn over to a committee of Senators Monday a financial report being prepared by the Budget Committee at their request. Thg Senators are expected to discuss the report with the Governor. : Mr. Brennan said the report will show that the State will spend this year $11,000,000 more than it takes in. He also said the cost of maintaining the new. institutions buildings to be constructed as part of the “recovery and relief” program also will prove a heavy drain on the treasury during the next few years. Governor Townsend, however, said, “I am in favor of returning a large part of the $25,000,000 General Fund surplus to the people.” - He said he believed “four or five million dollars for an: emergency fund would be sufficient.”

Adds Display Rules

The Senate yesterday advanced the House bill to repeal the gadget law to second reading after amending the measure in committee to write in title card display regulations similar to those in force before 1937. : After wrangling all day over amendments to the Southern Indiana Tuberculosis Hospital Bill, (Continued on Page Three)

In the most uneven tra in months, hogs went to a new top of $10.30 here today. The top price went for 200 to 210-pound’ porkers.

The previous high mark for the year was set July 12, when the price went to $10.15. Receipts today were estimated at 800.

INFANT SMOTHERS

Dr. Hugh K. Thatcher, deputy coroner, said today that Patricia McKinney, four-day-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James McKinney, who died yesterday at her home, 5633 Greenfield St., had smothered in her crib. Details of the accident kad not been reported. Mr. McKinney was to appear at an inquest today, Dr. Thatcher said.

T0 TOWNSEND

IN CRIB AT HOME Ze

Hint Indicted A Lawyer Visited

Showgirl Daily

NEW YORK, Jun 23 (U. P)— J. Richard (Dixie) Davis, indicted lawyer for the Dutch Schultz gang, has been tempering the rigors of life

in Tombs Prison with almost daily visits to his red-headed showgirl sweetheart in a midtown apartment, it was learned today. * Davis, facing trial as one of the alleged heads of a 100-million-dol-lar-a-year numbers racket, had been permitted to leave the prison supdly for visits to a physician treating him for a stomach ailment. But the trips to the doctor, it was learned, have been followed regularly by long visits to a woman who rented a suite in the doctor’s building in June under the name of Johnson. The building superintendant and other neighbors said hpey were certain the woman was ype Dare, the shawgirl found with Davis when he Philadelphia. :

AUG. 1 SET FOR

S captured in

Mayoralty Commission Asks Chante in Law; Feeney ~ Given Plurality.

Trial of the Democratic mayoralty recount suit will be started in Cir-

| cuit Court Aug. 1. it was decided

today at a preliminary hearing in which Recount Commissioners urged primary election changes. The com-

quarters for the counting of all ballots. : . The date for the mayoralty recount suit was set by Special Judge Albert A. Rabb after Recount Commissioners conducting the Democratic sheriff race contest filed a certificate giving Al G. Feeney, originally declared the loser, a plurality of 272 ballots. The canvassing board had. certified Charley Lutz the nominee by (Continued on Page Two)

SOUTH BEND CROWD ~ WAITS LA FOLLETTE Wisconsin Governor : Paks Foe at Union Picnic.

SOUTH BEND, July 23 (U. P.).— Approximately 25,000 persons representing labor groups throughout the Midwest assembled here today expecting to hear Governor La Follette of Wisconsin reveal the labor policies of his new National Progressive Party. : Governor La Follette is to address a picnic of the Mishawaka Rubber Workers Union. On the same platform will be Sherman H. Dalrymple, Akron, international president of the rubber workers and an out"spoken opponent of the Wisconsin Governor. Labor delegations represented Chicago, Detroit, Akron, Milwaukee, Eau Claire,” Wis., and other midwestern cities. ‘

_ JUDGE ROLL RETURNS » Supreme Court Judge Curtis W. Roll returned to his desk at the State House today after being confined to his home, 3674 N. Dela-

on. with a brenchial infection. ;

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RECOUNT TRIAL

missioners urged a central head- |

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FEAR PWAAID FOR ELEVATION “HERE UNLIKELY

Officials ‘See Grant Denial Because Railroads’ Help Unassured.

HOPES FOR PROJECT DIM

U. S. Assistance Last Resort; Boetcher Unavailable For Comment..

Times Special WASHINGTON, July 23.—Hopes for immediate track elevation on the South Side of Indianapolis were decreasing today with reports that PWA officials might not allow the city’s request for a 45 per cent grant on the proposed $3,085,000 project. : Officials here think the proposed project probably will be refused be‘cause the pending PWA application carries no assurance of financial cooperation by the affected railroads. These officials are of the opinion

regional offices at Chicago will be disapproved there or passed on to Washington without recommendation. Definite assurance in writing from

road and the Indianapolis Union Railway that those companies will help finance the project will be necessary before PWA will aid, officials said. : ¢ They pointed out that under Indiana statutes, affected railroads must pay 50 per cent: of elevation project costs, the City must pay 34 per cent and the County 16 per cent. Application was made by Indianapolis officials for 45 per cent of the estimated cost. Under the plans filed with PWA, the Pennsylvania Railroad’s share was estimated by Indianapolis officials at $606,588, the Union Railway's share at $241,480.

PWA Aid Seen as

Last Hope for Project Mayor Boetcher, vacationing in

ports that the PWA might refuse

the City’s request for track elevation funds. City officials turned to PWA as a last resort when all other methods of financing the long-sought project had failed.- It had been reported two weeks ago from Washington that “the atmosphere is favorable” for PWA approval. ? City Engineer Henry B. Steeg said that the application had been filed with PWA officials in Chicago July 7 “after conferences with engineers and officials. here. One of the chief obstances to the project always has been the claim of railroad officials that they have insufficient: funds to join in the project, he said:

Northern to Help

On Elevation Plan

Myron C. Northern, 5117 Burgess Ave., today was appointed temporarily as draftsman in the City Engineer’s office to assist in prepara-

elevation.

Recommended by City Engineer Henry B. Steeg to the W Board, Mr. Northern will receive a sala of $125 monthly to be paid from t track elevation bond issue fund. Mr. Steeg explained that Mr. Northern has been employed in the City Engineer's office as a WPA draftsman. He will assist Harvey Cassidy, track elevation engineer, in preparation of final plans for South Side grade elimination. It is customary to prepare final plans pending approval of federal grants on municipal projects, Mr. Steeg said.

PUPS BORN CAESAREAN SALT LAKE CITY, July 23 (U. P.) —Four 1-day-old shepherd puppies were mothered today by a fox terrier after their own mother was

| killed by a hit-run automobile be6 | fore they were born. A caesarean

operation at the scene of the acci-

dent saved the lives of the puppies.

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

that the - Application filed with

officials of the Pennsylvania Rail-

Michigan, was not available for comment today on Washington re--

-discharging employees

tion of plans for South Side track.

PRICE THREE CENTS

NEW H GAINS |

Times Special is better than a month ago, alt Bureau said today. as measured by the monthly

said. : ; “The record of output

OPES FOR

STATE

BUSINESS SEEN |

Sentiment Improves Despite June Decline in | All Indexes, I. U. Review Finds; Durable . Goods Industry Dips Most.

UNEMPLOYMENT DROP HERE SLIGHT

Job and Payroll Jumps Noted in Retail Trade And Food Manufacturing; Auto Sales % Are Increased Over May.

BLOOMINGTON, July 23.—Indiana’s business outlook

hough the index dropped three:

points in June, Indiana University’s Business Research.

“Business sentiment seemed to improve much more dur=ing the month than did physical output, sales or consumption

statistical record,” the report

) and business sentiment will not remain apart long; either ‘business improves or optimism

fades into pessimism. It is yet too early to forecast which

turn business in the State will take in the coming months.”

NLRB TO FIGHT SITDOWN RULING

THE LABOR SITUATION

NLRB opinion overruled by Court of Appeals.

REPUBLIC spies’ identity concealed. :

RAILROAD wage parleys at standstill.

U. S. Appeals Court. Calls Strike llegal

" WASHINGTON, July 23 (U. P.).— Charles’ Fahy, National Labor Relations Board generals counsel, said today that he would ask the Board to appeal from a decision of the Seventh U. 8. Circuit Court of Appeals at Chicago which voided a labor board finding in the Fansteel Metallurgical Corp. case. The Court decided yesterday that since “an employer is justified in who seize property against his will,” the Board erred in ordering the Fansteel company to reinstate 83 persons whom it had discharged for conducting a sitdown strike at its North Chicago plant 17 months ago. “1 hope the Board will appeal the case to the Supreme Court because I think that it should,” Mr. Fahy said. “This case involved only an unfair labor practice by the employer in which the Circuit Court opinjon indicates that it agrees with the Board.” > In the majority Court opinion, Justice: Will M. Sparks said: “In this (the sit-down) they (the employees) violated the law which they now seek to enforce against the petitioner.” Justice Walter C. Lindley concurred; Justice Walter E. Treanor dissented. Judge Sparks and Judge Treanor are Hoosiers. The Board had ordered the Fansteel company. to reinstate discharged employees and to enter into bargaining with the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers of North America, a C. I. O. union. The union charged that the company refused to bargain collectively, that it hired an agent to spy upon the activities and membership of the union, and that it attempted to

threatened to discharge all who did not join. % A Labor Board examiner’s| report found that the company Was engaged in unfair labor practices. It was this report that ordered rein-

(Continued on Page Three)

TELLS HOW HE ESCAPED DEATH ON BRIDGE .

James Hunt (right), seated on the front porch of his home with

his brother, Curtis, is explaining how he escaped death

girder of the Fall Creek frestle when a Mon

by jumping to a

THEIR VACATION OUTING ENDS IN TRAGEDY . . YOUTH KILLED IN FALL FROM THIS SPOT .

‘Here are the surviving brothers who went on

which ended in tragedy——( James. Curtis, who was b

the vacation outing Curtis, Robert, Herbert and i eu Lin

right)

organize a company union andj]

employment was off slightly more than 1 per cent from May but nonmanufacturing employment partly: overcame this with a rise of about 1 per cent, with an accompanying “striking increase in payrolls,” the review said. As was true for the rest of the State, the largest decline in employment was in the durable goods industries. An expansion in employment and payrolls was shown by the manufacturers of food pj ducts “and - in meee i lines of retail trade. 4

NEW : YORK, July 23 (U. P.).~The Stock Market rose to a new high since Oct. 7, 1937, in the industrial average in a rousing last half hour spurt. | Trading picked up sharply on the rise until tickers fell far behind. Sales in the first hour were light at 200,000 shares, against 330,000 shares in the corresponding period last Saturday. The spurt raised the second hour total to 580,000 against - 300,000 shares last Saturday in the second hour.. :

The Bureau's index dropped three. points in. June, the ninth consecutive declifle from the high point of the jong rise which terminated last September. - At its present level the index is nearly 50 points below the peak of last autumn.

Weakening General "The decline of the index in June was due to a general weakening of nearly all parts of the index and not to a spectacular drop in any

one part. New car sales, building contracts awarded, and stone production were the only*divisions of the index making a relatively better showing than in May. The steel industry opened the month at about 22 per cent of capacity, a new low since 1934; and closed the month operating at about 27 per cent of capacity, or close to the level of late May. “The new pricing system for steel which went into effect late in June brought little immediate busi ° ness because of the confusion it introduced for the time being among both “buyers and sellers in the figuring of prices,” the review concluded: “The coal industry in the State, which reaches its annual production bottom in June, did relatively better in June than in May, and the ‘industry was hopeful for a satisfactory cost price for the coming season. In the building field, the stimulation came from public works and other large projects rather than from any expansion in residential building.” The review carried the following reports on Indiana cities: .

INDIANAPOLIS — Department

| store sales were somewhat less than

in May and considerably under a year ago. Wholesale grocery sales were about 19 per cent under 1937, and wholesale drug sales were prace tically the same as last year, New car sales were more than 50 per cent under June, 1937, while used® car sales were about 30 per cent under the same period. Employment showed practically no change from May, but payrolls were about 2 per cent less because of the decline in the number of man-hours worked in June. Industrial employment declined slightly more than 1 per cent, and industrial payrolls about 3 per cent. The reduction in manufacturing employment was offset in in nonmanu-

Deas thrughos the State, the