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$169,047 Reductions Put Budget Requests at $7,960,164.

A revised Civil City Budget which would require a 1939 property tax rate of $1.3284, an increase of 7.62 cents over the 1938 levy, today awaited formal adoption by the City

Council. The Council’s budget study, which began Aug. 16, was completed yesterday at a short session during

which an additional $10,250 was |Y

pared from departmental requests. This brought the reductions ordered to a total of $169,047. These reduc-

‘tions permitted a cut of 3.31 cents

in the tax levy originally proposed. A Civil City budget for 1939 must be adopted formally at the regular Council meeting at 7:30 p. m. Monday. Meanwhile, the County Council, which has been holding private sessions to study of the Various Souniy budget proposals, prepar conduct public sessions Tuesday and

_ Wednesday. Councilmen said they

probably would take final action on the County budget proposals Wednesday.

County Cuts Promised

“substantial cuts in all departmental budgets” were promised by County Councilmen last week at the conclusion of a public hearing in which taxpayers threatened a “sitdown strike” against paying. County departmental budget proposals, as submitted to the Council, would require a 1939 property tax rate of 61 cents; 12 cents higher than the County’s 1938 tax rate. ; At the conclusion of yesterday’s City Council session, Councilman Edward R. Kealing said he and the two other Republican councilmen “will have to vote against the budget ordinance.” Votes of the six Democratic members are sufficient to pass the measure, and there was no indication any of the six would vote with the Republicans. : The Civil City budget, as origin-

ally submitted to the Council, called

for expenditures totaling $8,129,211.72, requiring a property tax rate of $1.3615. Reductions ordered by the Council pared the total to $7,960,164. Of this amount, it is estimated that $1,191,187 will be provided from balances left at the end of 1938, and from next year’s miscellaneous and special tax receipts, leaving $6,768,976 to be raised from the property tax levy. Shortly after yesterday’s meeting was opened, Mr. Kealing charged that the Democrats had agreed not to make any additional reductions. “The burden is on you fellows, not on us,” he said. “What is the use to continue this consideration.” Following probable passage of the budget ordinance Monday night, the budget is to be certified by the City Controller to the County Auditor. Later, it and other local budget proposals will be reviewed by the Marion County Tax Adjustment Board which has the power to reduce, but not to increase any items.

Oppose Investigator’s Raise

City Councilmen yesterday refused to reconsider their action denying a $362 salary increase for Roderic Rae, Police scientific investigator. The reconsideration was asked by George S. Olive. Albert Schlensker, secretary to Chief Morrissey, told Council several days ago that Mr. Rae is prepared to resign unless the increase is granted. Mr. Olive said the City now “has the basis for the best criminal investigation bureau of any city in the United States.” Opposing the reconsideration, Councilman Kealing said: “If we're going to reconsider that

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item, we might as well go through the entire budget and reconsider other items.” . The Council cut $100 from the

| city Engineer’s proposal for com-

munication and transportation, and $5000 each from the garbage reduction plant and sewage disposal plant fuel items. : : The revised Park Board budget, from which Council earlier had crdered a $25,000 blanket cut, was re-

submitted with a total of $25,150

eliminated. The cut was made by dropping plans for employing additional playground and swimming workers and supervisors for uext ear. i Employee Cut Defeated

An attempt of Councilman William A. Oren, Republican, to obtain further reduction in the number of additional workers for the Sireet Department was defeated on the motion of Mrs. Nanette Dowd,

Democrat. Earlier, the proposal to add 10 laborers and three truck drivers to the department for sewer maintenance was revised by Council to include only four additional laborers and two truck drivers. “It is the inadequacy of our sewerage system, not the lack of maintenance, that causes the trouble,” Mr. Oren said. As the Council completed its study, Edward B. Raub, president, attended his first budget meeting. He had been vacationing lin Pennsylvania. ~ Mayor Boetchersand City Controller H. Nathan Swaim, who returned Thursday from Washington where they conferred with PWA officials on the City’s request for a South Side track elevation grant,

| attended the meeting.

Youth Is Shot In Pistol Duel Over His Girl

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3 (U. P). —Warren Murphy, 17, son of a wealthy suburban market owner, was injured dangerously in a pistol duel with another youth over a remark made about Murphy’s sweetheart, police believed today. Officers were unable to get from Murphy the name of his assailant. “I'll settle this myself,” he said. Shot through the abdomen, physicians said Murphy was in serious condition but probably would recover. A 32-caliber steel-jacketed bullet passed through his body at the waistline. “There was a fight,” he said. “Some one made a dirty remark about my girl.” Murphy went on a beach party with five boys and two <girls. He drove to his family’s home in Glen-

dale at midnight, staggered into the

living room and said: “Help me. I've been shot.” Police questioned a| 17-year-old girl, Charlotte Beamer, described by Murphy’s mother as his “regular girl friend.” She said she had not seen Murphy in two weeks. : Murphy is a senior at Hoover High School in Glendale.

LA PORTE GETS NEW HARVESTER PLANT

LA PORTE, Sept. 3 (U. P).— Construction plans were being made today for a new unit in the AllisChalmers Manufacturing Co., which will produce a new model harvester capable of cutting a 40-inch swath. The new plant, 206 by 372 feet, will be completed by Dec. 1, officials said, and several hundred workmen will be added for its operations.

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Here Is the Traffic Record

County Deaths | Speeding .... 9 (To Date) | 1933 9 1937 ..s.

3 | Reckless Driving .... 1

Running Prefer-

City Deaths ential Street 2

(To Date)

Running Red 1937 SDL. 2 66

Accidents ... 2

Drunken Driving ....

MEETINGS TODAY

Indiana State Fair, Boys’ and Girls’

, Fair Grounds, all day. hin 2% RE luncheon, Hotel

n Washington, noon

MARRIAGE LICENSES (These lists are from official records in the Countv Court House. The Times. therefore. is not responsible for errors in aames or sddresses.)

James M. Meek. 21. of 2039 Laurel St.

_ Mildred Waters, 31, of 1115 W. New York

St ert Czapliski, 38. of Ft. Harrison: Addie Hila Hoeltke, 38, of Indianapolis. Ervin Bohall, 22, of 1308 Bra Jugs 1 Eas oI th of or 14 San au war c . 20, - fers St.; Vera Eloise Relford, 19, of 2714 e St. ‘Wilbur E. White, R. R. 3. Indianapolis: Wilma Katherine Stepro, 17, of R. RT Sohn TI. Callicotte, 21. of Lawrence: MareT ar, RH 3. Indianapolis: arry New Lugar, R. R. 3, 3 Mary Jean Armstrong, 230, of West Newon. . Julius A. Hancock, 23. of 135 W. VerTa St.: Anna Hawk, 18. of 725 N. Pennsylvania St. : J BIRTH Girls

Paul, Martha Fillis, at 1635 Nelson. Malvern, Irene Grubbs, at 2829 Highland

lace. iam, Audrey Blankenship, at 917 8S. ois. Arnold, Lottie Fox, at 429 St. Peter, Paris, Gladys Organ, at 1343 Deloss. wi Dihony, Mary Price, at 1014 S. Delaare

Joseph, Mildred Shea, at 1002 S. West. John, Katherine Edwards, at 1601 Wilcox. ith, at 2314 Kenwood. Wendell, Ruth Kattman, at St. Francis. Robert, Dollie Humphrey, at 8t. Francis. Alvin, Ri t City.

thod ernhardt, at Met!

Frank, Alice Benjamin. at Methodist. Boys . Warren, Elizabeth Martin, at. St. Francis. \ cog Enellus, Mary McGuire, at: 8t. Vinflilam, Mary Robenstein, at St. VinOmzr, May Louise Besar, at City.

lenn, Ma mbo, AY Jone Moir, at Math zabeth a

James, Dorothy Johnston, at Methodist. Dudley, Pauline Sizemore, at 21 Ww. A Thelma Garr, at 1475. Rooseyel \ a Carr, a i . David, Ruth Soots, at 2204 Wash.

ington. Milton, Izzetta Roe, at 1115 N. Dx . Joseph, Frances Macy, at 2846 Wood Mervin, Mildred Mitchell, at 2574 BurLester, Mabel Wilson, at 6871 Ashlan John, ‘Wilma Donahue, at 2% Prunk. a

DEATHS

America J. Campbell,| 72, at City, cerebral hemorrhage. ary Ann Burgess, 94, at 520 E. Vermont, broncho-pneumonia. Marlyn Ruth Johnson, 13 days, at City,

movin a, Robbins, 50, at : am Robbins, , at Long, spotted fever 8: Bucky

Mountain L Alice Gray, 40, at City, cerebral

Tyler hage. Mabel E. Bowars, 31, at 3344 N. Sherman DE Kenneth M Knight, 19 d ac enne (2 , 19 days a 8. Pershing, gastro enteritis. ya 2 150 ary Boone, 28, at Methodist, pulmonary tuberculosis. Oscar D. Parrish, 70, at 5018 Central, chronic myocarditis. Susie M. Armstrong, 78, at 4912 E. Washington, carcinoma, 5 ara . er, y ’ edema. de at City, pulmonary ora . alls, , at 42 cardio vascular renal Sf i wintsiop, George P. Vaughan, 62, at City, cardio vascular disease. Anna Mae Frierson, 51. at 2634 Cornell, CIN d, 38 e » » ’ aE City, cerebral Lena Kaufman, 60, at 2250 N. Meridian,

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+ | coronary occlusion

bert W. Bird, 71, at Cen arteriosclerosis. % Central Indiana,

OFFICIAL WEATHER

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Haymaker Says Leaders Of Opposition Are Republicans.

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Ira P. Haymaker, Marion County Democratic chairman, issued a statement today charging that the tax reduction movement headed by the Citizens Taxpayers Protest Committee apparently is “inspired by partisan politics.” Mr. Haymaker said that the names of the leaders on the com-

side of the political ledger.” Carl Vandivier, Republican County chairman, replied today that “so far as the Marion County Republican organization is concerned, we are not sponsoring the tax protest committee.” He added that he does not know the committee’s leaders. “I am confident Mr. Haymaker and a lot of others,” Mr. Vandivier said, “will find a goodly number of Democrats resenting the tax situation and that they will give a very definite indication -of that fact at the polls Nov. 8.” . He said he would study the Democratic = chairman’s statement and “no doubt will have something to say on his figures later.” ‘Dana Webster, Citizens Taxpayers Protest Committee president, could not be reached for comment. Mr. Haymaker added that those on the committee, particularly those who live in Center Township, pay less property taxes this year than they paid in 1932 on the same property. Claims 1925 Budget Higher

He said that the Civil City budget in 1925, the last year of the Shank Administration, was $1,609,18841 more than the 1939 Civil City budget proposals as submitted to the Council. The Council since has pared the proposals $169,000. “The levying of taxes by officials charged with that duty,” Mr. Haymaker said in his statement, “is a public responsibility for the action of these officials affects the pocketbook of every taxpayer. 3 “But under the theory that good government is the best politics, it would be the most stupid kind of politics for our governmental officials to adopt a budget or to fix a tax rate not in accordance with the demands or needs of the taxpaying units. For this reason, he said) many are being mis-led as to the real tax situation by “some who are setting themselves up as tax experts.” “It is a significant fact,” he said, “that the name of the present leaders in the Protest Committee are found on the Republican side of the political ledger. Some of the leaders, he added, “are not registered voters, some are not in the City directory and some do not even pay property taxes.”

Claims Taxes Lowered

Those who paid taxes on property in 1932 pay less property taxes this year than they paid then, particularly in Center Township, he said. Mr. Haymaker pointed out that the two factors determining the tax rate, are the assessed valuation of property, and the money needed for governmental costs. “It is a fact that taxes have risen in Marion County during the last eight years,” he said, adding that “the taxes requested this year are not the highest levied in the County.” : In 1931, he said, the assesed valuation upon which taxes were levied in Marion County totaled $691,336,210. In 1932, he said, the Center Township” Assessor made a 20 per cent horizontal cut in the valuation total. The intangibles tax law, passed in 1933, took other millions off the tax duplicates, until today the “tax rate is based upon a total property assessment of only $510,414,330.”

Based on Valuations “The rate of $2.82 per $100 in effect in 1932 would raise approximately $14,000,000 on our $510,000,000 valuation of today, whereas based on the $691,000,000- valuation «f 1932 the same rate raised ap-

-| proximately $19,000,000.

“The 1937 rate of $3.20 coupled with the 1932 valuation, would raise

approximately $22,000,000. So the question of assessed valuation is a vital factor in determining the amount of taxes each one pays. “In 1925, the last year of the Shank Administration the budget for conduct of the City Government totaled { $9,738,400.13. The budget asked fOr next year totals $8,129,211.72, or $1,609,188.41 less than was expended during the last year of the Shank administration. Since 1925, Mr. Haymaker. said, Indianapolis’ population has increased 60,000. “These people demanded the services of government,” he commented. Also since that time, he pointed out, more than 100 miles of streets have been added to the City’s system. Also added, he said, have been miles of sewers, additional garbage and ash collections, five new parks, 25 miles of boulevard, 22 wading pools, recreational grounds, police radio, Municipal Airport, new country road paving, new fire stations. Also, he said, City Hospital has been doubled in size, and the Police and Fire Department personnel increased. ; Costs Are Increased

“All these betterments each year,” the . chairman said, “mean additional maintenance cost added to the original cost. “But with all these additional costs, the ‘City Government today

a | is operating on more than a mil-

lion dollars less than in 1925.” He said that of the $272,096 bud-

mittee “are found on the Republican

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BID TOG. O.P.

Hamilton Lauds President’s Willingness to Accept . : Republican Liberals.

(Editorial, Page Eight) . By THOMAS L. STOKES Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.~President Roosevelt has given the prac-

‘tical politicians in the Democratic

Party another rude shock.

They were muttering today— :

though mostly in private—over his expressed willingness to forget party

tags and, if a Republican wearer |

is “liberal” in his heart, to welcome his election.

This was heresy for old-line poli- |

ticians, especially since it came in the midst of another Roosevelt move which many of them deplore—the attempt to “purge” the party of members of Congress who are not sympathetic with the New Deal. Nor were Republicans appreciative of the poaching of their preserves. = Realignment Desire Shown

But Mr. Roosevelt’s pronouncements served to emphasize one thing —his determination to attempt to shake up the two old parties and produce a realignment along “liberal” and “conservative” lines, an old dream of his which many consider a bit visionary but which a great many would like to see. He certainly started a controversy. What the President said was: “If there is a good liberal running on the Republican ticket I would noi have the slightest objection of his election. The good of the country rises above party.” ‘Regulars’ Differ Against the general background of the discussion at his press conference, the inference was that if a “liberal” Republican is running against a “conservative” Democrat— that is, a Democrat hostile to the New Deal — then Mr. Roosevelt would prefer the election of the Republican. Regular politicians—and this includes Postmaster General Farley— are not inclined to take off a fellow Democrat’s coat and apply the stethoscope to see if every beat of his heart is for the New Deal. They take his general party affiliation as

sufficient for ordinary political pur-

After that, they are willing to try to keep him in line as much as possible by applying pressures of all sorts. Except in the case of Senator Tydings, it is to be noted that Mr. Farley has kept pretty much aloof from the purge, and in the case of Mr. Tydings he feels a personal slight in the Maryland Senators’ refusal to play ball despite all that the party has done for him.

‘Cannot Believe It,’

Hamilton Declares

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (U, P) — Chairman John D. M. Hamilton of the Republican National Committee “welcomed and applauded”. today

President Roosevelt's willingness to see liberal Republicans elected to

office. ¢ : In a formal statement issued

after Mr. Roosevelt's press confer-

ence: remarks, Mr. Hamilton said that Republicans were so pleased that they would not “even recall Mr. Roosevelt's recent lamentation about the immorality of crossing over party lines in this year’s campaign.” “But I cannot believe that Mr. Roosevelt actually means what he says,” he continued. “Because if he does his statement constitutes a repudiation of the New Deal and a large number of his followers on Capitol Hill.”

President Polishes Up Maryland Speech

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (U. P.) — President Roosevelt put the finishing touches today on the important political address he will deliver to the nation by radio from Denton, Md, at 1 p. m. (Indianapolis Time) Monday. :

get increase proposed for 1939, (which since has been reduced $169,000 by the City Council,) about $175,000 was for WPA assistance. Since 1935, he said, more than $24,000,000 has been spent for public works in Indianapolis by the Federal Government, the local govern-

mental units matching that sum ap

with about $3,000,000, thus obtaining “$8 for every $1 spent” by local

‘ units.”

“It strikes me that is good business for our taxpayers,” he said.

Cites Old Debts

The proposed budget, he pointed out, includes $1,475,183.69, or 18.1 per cent of the total, for payment of bonds maturing next year, “ . . . debts which this administration had no hand in making.” :

Indianapolis, he said, during the

depression, paid its bills and its}

bonds when due, establishing “a credit rating second to none in the nation, “I believe that our City and County officials are willing and eagér to consider any just and constructive ideas for the reduction, of taxes. . . . As added services are placed upon government, however, added costs to the taxpayers ensue. “I am sure that if the fair-mind-ed taxpayers of our community wall make an intelligent study of our real tax situation they will not join any radical movement which calls for ‘tax strikes’ nor allow the misleading, evasive, partisan propaganda now appearing in our daily newspapers to sway their judgment Bb obtain real constructive tax reorm.” ;

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"REGULARS BY |

County Warren Township

wife of a ‘moderately wealthy rancher of Rio Oso, near Yuba City, Cal., who is the victim of kidnapers seeking $15,000 ransom. Her hus-

band, William R. Meeks, said the

men broke into the house, bound

them and ransacked their home, then left with Mrs. Meeks. ® x =n i > »

Police Ordered From Kidnaped

Woman's Home as G-Men Quit

Seek to Smooth Way for Her Husband’s Contact With Abductors.

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were able to trace the car from the rural home to town, but there the trail ended. : Whether the roughly dressed, youthful appearing abductors had transferred to another automobile or had hidden at some isolated place nearby officers did not know. Nor did they know how much time had transpired between midnight, the

‘approximate hour of the kidnaping,

and the moment they abandoned the car. Daughters Await News

Mr. Meeks was secluded in his home. He and his two daughters anxiously awaited any news of Mrs. Meeks. He had said he did not have the: $15,000 ransom the kidnapers asked. It was Mr. Meeks who had opened the door to the kidnapers. He and his wife had entertained guests Thursday evening. Shortly before midnight the guests left. Mr. Meeks

| and Mrs. Meeks sat down to listen

to the radio for a few minutes before retiring. . There was a knock at the door. M:. Meeks thought possibly a guest had forgotten something and showed no hesitation about opening it. As he pulled the door open he was confronted by twe roughlooking men who wore white handkerchiefs over their faces. The men pointed pistols at him and ordered him back into the room. Then they told Mr. Meeks and his wife to lie on the floor. The men sealed the Meeks’ mouths and bound their arms and legs. One held a pistol over them while the other went through the house, apparently in search of money. ° When the second man returned he untied Mrs. Meeks’ feet. She was wearing the blue chiffon dress and black shoes she had worn while entertaining guests. One of the men pushed her toward the door, indicating she was to accompany them. Mr. Meeks struggled free and called authorities. Governor Merriam ordered out National Guardsmen. “Kidnaping is the most dastardly of all crimes,” he said. “I am determined to see that-those responsible for this woman’s abduction shall be apprehended immediately and that she is returned to her family.” ; ; Officers said that the men might

have been itinerant farm workers. |

Hundreds come into this area each year to assist in harvesting peaches. Mr. Meeks is a peach grower and often employs as many as 25 men temporarily. The possibility even was explored that the men had worked for Mr, Meeks. ‘The men wore blue jeans and peared to be not more than 24 years old. Several persons reported seeing men fitting their descriptions in the vicinity. Mr. Meeks is well-to-do, friends said, but not wealthy. His daughters are married, one living in Marysville and the other at Goodrich, Mrs. Meeks, a brunette, is 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 110 pounds. *

Death of Millionaire’s | Wife to Be Investigated

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., Sept. 3 (U. P.).—Coroner Eugene Sampson

Willis-for-Sena

The Republican State Committee today announced that organization of the Willis-for-Senator Press Club has been completed, with 300

Republican newspapers in. Indiana invited to join and help elect Ray-

fire today from John E.

oul :

ordered an inquest today into the death of Mrs. Peter Conrad Dings, 56, wife of ‘a millionaire banker and oil man, who was found dead in bed at her estate ‘on Spider Lake. There was every indication that Mrs. Dings had died 'a natural death from a heart attack except that the side of her face was badly bruised. When Mrs. Dings did not come downstairs for dinner yesterday evening; a servant went upstairs to investigate. He found her dead. Her physician arrived soon afterward and said she had not been dead for more than an hour. Mr. Dings was. in Toronto, where he has banking interests. He is a former treasurer of the North American Light & Power Co., and jof the Illinois Power & Light Corp., a present director of the Federal ‘Reserve Bank of Oklahoma City and of the Chicago Trust Co. He has made fortunes in Oklahoma oil and in banking in Chicago and Toronto.

POORER CHILDREN ARE WORRIED LESS

LONDON, Sept. 8 (U. P).— Nerves and nightmares are the penalty a child pays for “well-to-do” parents. Children of poor families show’ less worry, timidity and instability. These are the conclusions of Dr. W. Lindesay Neustatter, a clinical research assistant at Guy’s Hospital, published in the Lancet, British medical journal. He selected three groups of families in an attempt to discover the effect of poverty and bad social conditions in producing nervous disorders. Nine per cent of the children in the poorer groups had been restless and irritable in their first

in the rich group.

PHILADELPHIA GIRL TO WED CURTIS DALL

HAVERFORD, Pa., Set. 3 (U. P.). —Curtis B. Dall, former son-in-law of President Roosevelt, will marry Katherine Miller Leas, daughter of a prominent and wealthy Philadelphia family, it was announced today. Miss Leas’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stewart Leas, announced her engagement today. No date had been set for the wedding. Mr. Dall, a Wall Street man, was the husband of the President's daughter, Anna.

JAPANESE WARNED OF NEW TYPHOON

TOKYO, Sept. 3 (U, P.). -— The Weather Bureau warned today of a strong typhoon in the Pacific, headed toward Japan. Ships were advised to seek safety. : Casualties in a typhoon earlier this week totaled 175 known dead and 68 missing. The storm sank 366 fishing vessels and destroyed 3912 houses. :

G. T. MARKLEY DIES AT 79

BLUFFTON, Sept. 3 (U. P.)— Gabriel T. Markley, realtor and former Mayor of Bluffton, died to-

was Mayor in 1933. He had been ill three years.

STAGE COMEDIAN DIES LONDON, Sept. 3 (U, P.).—Bert

| Coote, stage comedian, died yester-

day at the age of 70. His son, Robert Coote, is acting in Hollywood. :

Chicago; Second—Claude Steele, Knox; Third—Unnamed; Fourth— Leland Thompson, Ligonier; Fifth— Gardner J. Thomas, Marion; Sixth—

William Hargrave, Rockville; Seventh—James Raper, Brazil; Eighth —Unamed; Ninth—U. B. Cummings, Tell City; 10th—Wilbur E. Sutton, Muncie; 11th—J. A. Keefe, Anderson, and 12th—ILeo K. Fesler, In-

dianapolis. 4 An organization statement issued

today said in part: “Insulting allusions against the

year of life, compared to 30 per cent.

‘day at his home. He was 79° He | Th

| Fatalities in State Show

July Decline of 41 Per Cent.

Traffic deaths in Indiana decreased 41 per cent during July as

. | compared with the same month last

year, State Safety Department records showed today. Eighty persons were injured fatally in July, 56 less than in July, 1937. ; Cities with populations of more than 70,000, Indianapolis ranked third in the lowest number of traffic deaths per 100,000 population. Evansville was first and Ft. Wayne, second. : During the first seven months of this year, 542 died in Indiana traffic, while the tol was 737 for the same period a year ago, Safety Director Don F. Stiver said.

Can Save 360 Lives

| 1t this decrease of 26 per cent

continues, Mr. Stiver said, 360 lives will have been saved this year. Deaths in rural areas, he said, outnumber those in cities by two to one. Mr. Stiver listed pedestrians as the greatest single factor in the traffic death toll this year. Occupants of motorcars involved in collisions ranked second in the toll, while noncollisions were third. About 10 per cent of those killed were out-of-town state motorists,

Dubois Record Perfect

Cass County had the smallest percentage of traffic deaths of counties over 25,000 population. Dubois County headed the list of counties of 20,000 to 25,000 population, escaping without a traffic death. Fayette County, with 15,000 to 20,000 population, had a similar record for the year thus far. Switzerland and Franklin Counties were without traffic deaths among the counties with 10,000 population or less. Counties in this population group have shown the gratest decrease in traffic accidents during the year, with a reduction of 64 per cent, Mr. Stiver said.

3 Burned to Death

In Truck Accident

BALTIMORE, Md. Sept. 3 (U.P). —Three men were burned to death today when their trdck was sideswiped - by an automobile on the Philadelphia road near Glasgow, Md. It swerved from the road, struck a power line pole and burst into flames. The automobile, operated by William C. Knight, was attempting to pass the truck when the crash occurred. The cab of the truck was telescoped and the three men riding in the driver's seat were pinned in the small compartment.

2 lllinois Men Die

In Seymour-Crash

SEYMOUR, Sept. 3 (U. P.).—Two Danville, Ill, men were killed and two others were injured today in a collision between their automobile and a beer truck on Road 31 south of here. The dead were Frank Omahen, 25, driver of the car, and James Rebomsky, 25. The injured were Walter Dekewicz, 26, of Danville, and Joe Omahen, 26, brother of the driver of the car, who now lives in Chicago. The automobile containing the four men side-swiped a beer truck and overturned in a ditch at the side of the road. John Sunderland of Columbus, O., the truck driver, and his companion, E. F. Garnell, were not injured.

2 TRUCKERS STONED

(Other Labor News, Page Nine)

BALTIMORE, Sept. 3 (U.P).— Two truck drivers were injured, one truck was set afire and at least 20 trucks operating between Baltimore and Washington were stoned today in Baltimore's strike of 2500 truck drivers and helpers. : A stone hurled through the windshield of his truck struck R. L. Rhodes, ariver, in the face. Fred G. Woolridge, Philadelphia, also was injured by a rock hurled through the windshield of his truck. The fire occurred in the heart of Baltimore's waterfront section. Operators and representatives of the strikers continued conferences over the demands for wage in-

creases. ’

$60,000 OPIUM HAUL MADE WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (U.P) — e Treasury Department disclosed today that customs agents at Portland, Ore., seized approximately $60,000 worth of opium aboard the S. S. Don Jos, recently docked from Hong Kong. The drug was found buried in the ship’s coal bunker, the report said. The Treasury did not yeyeal whether any arrests had been made.

tor Press Club Formed: Shearer Attacks County Expenditures|

the United States Senate of one who has served honorably in our profession for two score years and one who

IN BALTIMORE STRIKE |

Record Labor Day | Traffic Predicted; | Auto Deaths Drop

Good Weather Promised For Holiday; Parade To Be Feature. 1 City and State Policé and deputy sheriffs prepared today to handle & record traffic volume over the Labor Day week-end when thousands o Hoosiers are expected to establish attendance records at the State Pair,

In addition there will be a Labor Day parade in Indianapolis which which labor leaders said will attract 15,000 ‘marchers and thousands of Fair weather with little change. in temperature was forecast for the week-end through Monday by the Weather Bureau. : ne Lieut. Lawrence McCarty, chief of the Police ‘Accident - Prevention - Bureau, and State Police officials urged motorists, -both from Indiane apolis and out-state, to observe strictly all traffic laws and regula tions in an effort to hold accidents to a minimum. He estimated thers will be about 15,000 extra automds biles in the city over the week-end, Police Chief Morrissey said every man on the force would be on duty to help handle the traffic and State Police, who are also patroling the Fair Grounds crowd, will be active on the highways leading to the city, . Chief Morrissey urged “all city drivers to be careful not to drive in center lanes of multiple lane highways except when they are passing other cars. ; : Last year, 19 persons were killed in accidents in the State over Labor Day week-end; 14 were injured in Marion County and two were injured in Indianapolis. v 33 Motorists Arrested Police arrested 33 drivers last night on traffic violation charges as eight persons were injured, none seriously, in 20 reported accidents. Mayor Boetcher, Chief Morrissey and Fire Chief Kennedy will lead the Labor Day parade which will be in five divisions, each of which will be led by a band. : The parade will form on Meridian St. between St. Clair and North Sts., will proceed south on Meridian St. around the Circle, west on Mar= ket St. to Capitol Ave., south te Washington St., east to Alabama St. and then north to New York St. The parade will be spotted with floats, Duane Newton, parade mare shal, said. J - Where Unions Will Meet

Unions entered are Stage Ems ployees, Local 30; Movie Operators Locals 194 and 194-A. Film Exchange Employees, Local 35-B; Gar= ment Workers, Local 127; Engineers, Local 112; Glass Bottle Blowers, Local 133, and Auto Mechanics, Los cal 1149. ‘These unions, comprising the first division, are to form on the west side of Meridian St. be= tween North and St. Clair Sts. - Second division entries are building trades organiaztions, led by the Iron Workers’ Union, Local 22, and Metal Polishers, Local 171. Formas tion will be on Walnut St., between Illinois and Meridian Sts. The third division, which will as= semble on North St. between Illinois and Meridian Sts., includes the Hod Carriers and Laborers, Butcher Workers of North America and Window Cleaners, Local 41-A. ; The Teamsters and Chauffeurs’ Union is to form on North St. be= tween Meridian and Pennsylvania Sts. as the fourth division. Heading the fifth division will be the Brewery Workers’ Union, Local 159, Members are to form on Michigan St. between Illinois ‘and Meridian Sts. ;

ASKS 48 MILLIONS IN PATENT SUITS |

ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 3 (U. P). —The Gasifier Manufacturing Co. sought $48,000,000 damages today from the General Motors Corp., De= troit, and the International Har= vester Co., Chicago, in two suity charging patent infringements. x Attorney Orla M. Hill filed the suits in U, 8, District Court late yesterdsy. One asked $30,000,000 from General Motors and the other asked $18,000,000 from International Harvester. i The bills said that the companies had infringed on patents for two types of fuel vaporizer attachments for carburetors. The devices are manifolds which supply dry gasolind to cylinders and reduce gasoline consumption, Mr. Hill said

IDENTIFIED AS PUBLISHER PITTSBURGH, Sept. 3 (U. P).— An apparent amnesia ‘victim was identified today as Jack Elms, 20, of - Denver, publisher of the Colorado Parent-Teachers’ Magazine. Policé notified a companion, James Dufree, 19, who said he and Mr. Elms were touring the country and had been ' in several minor auto wrecks, J

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