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FORECAST: Considerable cloudiness tonight and tomorrow; somewhat cooler,

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FINAL OME

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ON MOUND IN SECOND GAME

Temperature at 55, Cold Enough to Make It ‘Hot’ for Both.

CAPACITY CROWD AGAIN

‘I'll Flatten Em.” Boasts Dean: ‘With What?’ Yanks Reply.

PROBABLE LINEUPS

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WRIGLEY 8 (U. P) enough today to emblam of Jerome Herman Dean the great Dizzy carried the burden 1icago GQubs into the second game of the World Series| with the New York Yankees Manager Joe McCarthy of the] Yankees, still basking in the warm | glow vesterday's triumph | over the Cubs, the man who| has never failed him in a World | Series game, Leftv Gomez, into the | an attempt to make it two |

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an arm that denly went deader than the chances of a shopgirl to be invited to Mrs

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Britain, France and Italy

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1938

THREE POWER AGREEMENT ON SPAN HINTED

Make Preliminary Terms Of Settlement.

ROME ADMITS PARLEYS

Duce’s Empire in Ethiopia To Be Recognized if Plan Succeeds.

(Other Foreign News, Page Three)

(Copyright, 1938, by United Press) LONDON, Oct. 6—Great Britain. France and Italy have reached a broad basis for a three-power agreement aiming at settlement of the Spanish civil war and BritishFrench recognition of the Italian conquest of Ethiopia, informed

sources said today. There may be considerable hag-

And Now It’s ‘One-Punch’ Mr. Shields

NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (U.P). —The latest night club brawl: Contestants—Frank Shields, former Davis Cup tennis player, and J. D. Stetson Coleman, Wall Street broker. Locale—The swank El Moroceo. Cause — Coleman said he didn't like “these big athletic guvs.” The Winner single punch.

STEEPLEJACK ENDS SITDOWN

Shield on a

‘Snared by Deputies When! personal

He Leaves Anderson Perch for Nap.

ANDERSON, Oct. 6 (U. P) —G. J. Stafford's sit-down strike atop

¥ntered as Second-Class Matter Indianapolis,

at Postoffice,

FOR MAY TRY MEDIATION OF

LABOR RIVALRY

WASHINGTON — F. D. R. stake in ending labor row increases. Lewis summons C. I. 0, constitutional convention. HOUSTON, Tex.—Green says action is rebuff to President.

By THOMAS L. STOKES Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, Oct. 6—A very definite feeling prevalent here that President Roosevelt about ready to step in and move person{ally for mediation to settle the dif- | ferences between the fighting A. F. ‘of L. and C. I. O. labor factions.

intercession by Mr. | Roosevelt is seen as perhaps the {only way to bridge the bitter gap between the two labor organizations because of his known friendship and interest in labor and the {great support he has among the rank and file of labor.

| Twice in the last 48 hours he has

[gling over details. however, so that the Madison County Court House evinced his hopes for a settlement announcement of the agreement flagpole ended at 2 a. m. today. Of the dispute, by his message to the

Times-Acme Photo,

Lula Belle Kimel Behind Bars

Cloudy and Cool Spell Is Forecast

TEMPERATURES 55 10 a. m. il a. m. 12 (noon) Ip m Cloudy and somewhat cooler weather tonight and tomonow was forecast bv the Weather Bureau, Last night's low temperature was 53.

SPENCER APPROVED AS VOTE CASE JUDGE

Baker Consents to Choice of Attorneys.

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An agreement on the selection of

Circuit Judge John W. Spencer Jr of Evansville as special judge in the cases of 92 primary election workers charged with ballot frauds, was approved today by Criminal Court Judge Frank P. Baker. Judge Baker withdrew the names of 39 Indianapolis attorneys he previously named as a panel for selection of a special judge. When the agreement was submitted by six defense attorneys and deputy prosecutors Tuesday, Judge Baker hinted that the action might not be legal without going to the Supreme Court

neys said their first udge Spencer qual1 a motion the 1 ments. If that uled, they said t

will prein abatement : {

day

YOUTHFUL THUG SHOT BY POSSE

Jailer’s Daughter Appeals 60-Day Term for Freeing | Desperadoes.

may be delaved, | Although little has been divulged | officially, the most reliable sources

along the following lines: 1. Premier Mussolini will agree to! a “token” withdrawal of a certain| number of | bly 10,000, from the Spanish war. | 2. France French-Spanish frontier closed to war materials for the Loyalists and probably also will send an agent to the Rebel regime at Burgos.

Italian volunteers, possi- | will agree to keep the’

Spanish |

Nineteen hours earlier he had as-

painting the Court House dome,

45-year-old painter had chattered and shivered in the cold October wind. Finally, he decided to crawl down to the dome, warm himself

and sleep, before climbing back. Deputy sheriffs were lurking in

A. F. of L. convention at Houston

and by inspired dispatches from

jcended the swaying, breezing perch Hyde Park which envisaged co-op-indicate that an agreement is likely because, he said, the County Board eration between harmonious labor | en : ‘had failed to pay him in full for 8nd industry as a means to carry prescription certain sleeping potions derived from barba-

|forward the upswing in business

ialready shown by trade statistics.

be stated. are ready to respond to a mediation offer, in fact are very hopeful of one. They also see this avenue as the only one through | which peace might be effected | Neither side seems willing to swallow all the tough jibes flung at the

3. Both Britain and France will the shadows, however, and as soon other and make the first overtures,

immediately recognize the Italian conquest of Ethiopia.

4. Other provisions of the British- home, just a block from the jail] Italian treaty of April 16, which has! been suspended by failure to settle!

as Mr. Stafford set foot on the dome they grabbed him and escorted him Mr.

Stafford had ascended the

pole at 7 a. m. vesterday morning. |

HICKORY, N, C, Oct. 6 (U. P).— the Spanish situation, will come into Throughout the day he swaved back

James Godwin, who was freed bhei | Joved bv jailer’s

was wounded and recap-

cause he was a daughter tured todav because his companion betraved him. Bill

Godwin

who accompanied

dash for Lexington, N. C., jail, surrendered to Sherif P. P Jones and revealed Godwin's hideout in a barn near here. | Lula Belle Kimel, to whom Godwin whispered words of tender love, sought meanwhile (0 escape a 60jail sentence imposed because she “fell for” Godwin and gave him the kevs to her fathers jail. Godwin was wounded in an exchange of shots with members of the Sheriffs party. Sheriff Jones said he would be returned either to Lexington or High Point, N. C., within a few hours If he is returned to Lexington. Godwin will find no sympathy from Lula Belle, husky 175-pound blond who believed his honeyed words when he talked his way out of jail to escape a possible death penalty on a first-degree burglary charge. Lexington Jailer Tom Kimel postted a $200 bond which permitted his daughter to go free until a highr court rules on her sentence. She pleaded guilty when arraigned in County Court last night Godwin and Wilson, however, will face an even more serious charge than that against them when they escaped from jail early this week They will be charged with killing

Wilson, in a spectacular

freedom from a

| Donald Moss, a textile worker, from

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PARK BOARD VOTES BONDS FOR BRIDGE

The Park Board adopted a resolution today for the issuance of bonds, not exceeding $40,000, to pay the City's share of the proposed W. 38th St. bridge over the 1 estimated at A PWA grant for 435 per cent cost has been approved The bridge is to be of concrete, At present, W ends at Northwestern Ave is planned to extend the sireet over the Canal to connect with Road 352 An extension from Road 352 to the Canal Is now der construction Preparations also are being made to build a bridge over White River at W. 38th St

RILEY LASLEY DIES IN KENTUCKY SCHOOL

died of

Asbury

267.000

of the

Total cost 1S

reinforced 38th St It

Riley Lasley, Indianapolis heart disease today at College. Wilmore, Ki a sophomore He was Mr. Lasley and Mrs. D. E Las! St He gracua mn High School known in softhall pitcher, Mr. and Mrs. Laslay left for Wilmore to return the body for burial Resides the parents. he is surnived by a sister, Naomi, and three brothers, Lester R, J. Russell and E. Marvin Lasley.

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DEAD AT PORTLAND

PORTLAND, Ind. Oct Pr). | Funeral services were today for A. M. Adair, representative from In1a’s old Fighth District for 10 : Mr, Adair died at his home re yesterday, He was Mr. Adair was Democratic candidate for Governor in 1916 but lost P. Goodrich. He had 1 politics and affairs

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minent i industrial son and a brother sur-PICK-A-BACK ON FLIGHT DUNDEE, Scotland, Oct. 6 (U.P) -The pick-a-back airplane Mercur)

departed today on a nonstop flight to Capetown. South Africa

CALLED

THIRD STRIKE PEEVES GEHRIG . . . . . . GABBY SWINGS BUT MISSES . . . . . . . . . .

Lou Gehrig protests a calied third strike in the eighth inning of the World Series opener. Yankee Coach Art Fletcher, standing between Lou and Umpire Moran, pushes him away as Selkirk (No. 3) walks up. Gabby Hartnett of the Cubs looks on.

arranged |

whom they allegedly sought to ob- movement which had threatened the Chief Morrissey. had not necessarily |

tain an automobile to further their ADMITS 4 HOLDUPS. GETS 10-YEAR TERM

Confessing fo four holdups, Fdward J. Hill, 30, was sentenced to 10 vears in the Indiana State Prison In Criminal Court today He pleaded guilty to robbery of Bruce Campbell, taxicab driver. and admitted three other similar holdups. i SENATOR NORRIS TO QUIT M'COOK. Neb... Oct. 6 (U. P) Senator Norris (Ind. Neb.), “father of the TVA" and regarded for 28 vears as a leader of the progressive movement in Congress. will not seek re-election after his present term expires in 1942, he announced toQav.

force immediately. 5. France will resume negotiations for a settlement of outstanding differences with Italv. 6. When the Spanish war

has!

|been sufficiently isolated from gen-| | eral European conflicts by with-{ “I'm not after a flagpole sitting! Just what approach Roosevelt might take in a mediation (0 House Committee investigating

drawal of foreign forces from hoth sides, the tnree powers would encourage the Spanish factions negotiate an armistice. ROME, Oct. 6 (U. P.) British sources here said today that negotiations with Ttaly for solution of!

the Spanish problem and enforce- Stafford was paid in full and had

ment of the Italian-British friend-! ship pact had entered stage.”

Morrissey Ouster

and forth while hundreds of gaping spectators stared at him. Police attempted to persuade him to come down but he refused until the Board promised to pay him $150 he claimed was due him.

championship.” he said “I was paid by a check of $330

to but when it was handed to me, an

official told me to kick back with $150. I gave it to him and asked why I should. He said only ‘that is the usual procedure’.” County Commissioners said Mr

made no rebate. County Auditor

celed check for $350.

Not

‘Pledged,” Wolff Claims

Democrats Cheered VanNuys Reception At Ft. Wayne.

By TOM OCHILTREE Times Staff Writer

FT. WAYNE, Oct. 6. —Pleased with ' the reception given U. S. Senators VanNuys and Minton, Democratic leaders here today predicted the!

complete collapse of the third party

chances of their local ticket.

same program for the first time in!

[this campaign here last night at the supporters last

Fourth Congressional District Democratic rally which attracted approximately 2200 persons to Shrine Auditorium. Prolonged applause greeted the statements by both men that the Democratic Party deserves the con-! tinued support of “liberal voters” since thev claim that the Republican Party is afraid to attempt to repeal New Deal measures. Peters on Platform The rally in this center of party | factionalism had every outward sign | of complete Democratic harmony. | R. Earl Peters, Federal Housing Administration State Director, who reportedly has been on the “outs”

with the State House organization. newed their campaign efforts today|

sat on the platform with Virgil]

(Continued on Page Four)

Mayoralty Candidate Comments on Remark Made by Henry.

By RICHARD LEWIS Herman C. Wolff, Republican Mayoralty candidate, said that a statement made by George A. Henry that Mr. Wolff's election ould “insure” the removal of Police

today

made the Chief's dismissal a cam-

&a | The two Senators spoke on the baign pledge.

Mr. told 300 South Side night that Chief Morrissev's record “is sufficient to move every man and woman of voting age to po to the polls Nov, 8 and insure his removal as Chief of Police bv electing Herman C. Wolff as vour next Mavor.” “I say this for I have everv confidence that the moment Herman Wolff becomes your Mayor. that moment will see Mr. Morrissev retired as Chief.” Mr. Henry declared Mr. Wolff said that this did not “pledge” him to retire Chief Morrissev. “No one speaks Mayoralty candidate said. my own thinking.” Marion County

Henrv

for me.” the *1 do

Republicans re-

with four meetings scheduled.

(Continued on Page Four)

Roosevelt's Stake Large Though A. F. of LL. President

ton his opinion that the ation’s executive council would act favorably on a mediation proposal from Mr. Roosevelt. The message was referred to the council.

effort is not disclosed. The C. 1. O. is to meet at Pitts-

dent may take the course of sending a similar message to that body, thus laying the groundwork for a definite proposal later. | Mr. Roosevelt has quite a stake in

“the official John J. Reddington showed a can- a peaceful and united labor move-!

ment. Labor is not only one of the strongest elements in his personal { following, contributing to his two overwhelming victories at the polls,

but also has been effective in his!

[legislative program, that is, the A. F. L. began to fight hi {the last session of Congress. | The A. F. of L. success in side- | tracking and beating down the { Wage-Hour Bill in the House for a long time and its stand againsé {the President's reorganization bill | were proof enough of its threat to { Mr. Roosevelt's legislative aims. The (C. I. O. stood bv the President..

NLRB Is Issue The A. F. of L. is effective in

m in

the House because it represents to|

many members who come from small towns—and they are preponderant—the only labor organization which exists among their constituents and, yet in many cases, the organization most active politically. The A. F. of L. some time ago opened war on the National Labor Relations Board, which it claims

Green did not interpret the President's message as a mediation offer, he was quick to express at HousFeder-

Ind.

PRICE THREE CENTS

DOCTORS ADOPT

PLANS

DR. RUDDELL IS

group hospitalization and vol

TWO INSURANCE FOR STATE

‘Group Hospitalization and Voluntary Sickness Indemnity Are Approved; Financing Proposals Ordered Prepared.

NEW PRESIDENT

‘Free Serum and New Drug Restrictions Asked; Steps Taken for Marriage Law; Ft. Wayne Gets Convention.

The Indiana State Medical Association today made

untary sickness indemnity in-

surance parts of its public policy and ordered its executive ‘committee to submit immediately a physician-controlled plan

to finance them.

It also asked the Legislature to make available only on

'turic acid and sold under various trade names. The phyThrough much of the night, the] Both C. I. O. and A. F. L, it can |sicians explained the unsupervised use of these tablets has

(GALL PUBLISHER IN FASGIST QUIZ

‘Foreign Groups Seeking to Unite as Third Party, Witness Says.

| WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (U. P.).—

President Chairman Martin Dies (D. Tex.) of !reasurer,

‘un-American activities called a

burgh in mid-November for its first publisher today to testify in his ex-| national convention. and the Presi- Dose of Nazi and Fascist organiza- vention site

(tions in the United States. | Rep. Dies declined to disclose the ‘name of the witness. deseribing him jonly as the “owner of a big publica- [ tion.” | John C. Metcalfe, former newspaperman who joined the GermanAmerican Bund to gather information on its activities, testified yesterday that efforts are being made to unite about 125 Fascist organizations into a third political party.

until The party, Mr. Metcalfe said, would |

‘be under the leadership of the “Hit{ler inspired” German-American | Bund.

| He said Newton Jenkins, Chicago!

{ lawyer, made such an attempt while the Bund was looking for a leader of its third party movement. Mr. Metcalfe quoted a number of Bund officials as claiming that (Italian Blackshirts, Ku-Klux |Klansmen, American Silver Shirts, | Mexican Gold Shirts and similar organizations are co-operatng. The Bund made plans at its 1937 convention in New York, he said, to establish pistol and rifle ranges for its storm troops, and ranges have been set up by local units in Philadelphia, Buffalo, Reading, Pa. and Detroit,

| DETROIT, Oct. 6 (U. P.).—John H. B. Schreiber, leader of the De-

been known to be injurious to some patients.

twice as long as usual, the House of Delegates, which speaks on policy for the Association, aiso asked the State ‘to make available free to in|digent persons certain biological preparations, such as pneumonia and diphtheria

serum. After it elected Dr. Karl Ruddell, Indianapo:is. president-elect to take {office in 1940, and re-elected Dr. A. F. Weyerbacher, Indianapolis, as the House plunged into the meeting that leaders said greatly liberalized the Association's pol{icy platform. Ft. Wavne was chosen the confor next year. Drs. Homer Hamer, Indianapolis, and {George Dillinger, Fench Lick, were elected delegates, and Drs. Walter | Kelly, Indianapolis. and A. S. Gior={dano, South Bend. alternates to the American Medical Association convention. The House appealed to the Legislature to enact laws that would set up standards of laboratory prac- | tices, and to license pathologists as such, in addition to certifying them as physicians.

( In a two-hour session,

{

Anticipates Marriage Law

| Doctors explained that this was a move toward successful operation of the proposed new marriage law which almost certainly will require | laboratory blood tests of applicants for licenses, and for the fight against pneumonia the State Health Board will begin this fall. Pneu=monia is typed for serum by pathol- | ogists. | The House failed to recommend moving all of the Indiana University Medical School to Indianapolis, but suggested thz2t such a move at some future date would be beneficial from the standpoint of the teaching staff. | Tt failed, also to recommend the em- | ployment of a full-time school dean for Indianapolis, expressing “satis=faction with the present administra=-

has discriminated in favor of the'!troit unit of the German-American tion of the school both in Blooming-

C. I. O. and gradually President Green, at least. has been drawing awav and cooling off toward the

New Deal.

| Politically, alsa. Mr. Green has charge that the Detroit group main- ficer of the 5th Corps Area, U.

stepped out against candidates supported by the New Deal, as in the case of Rep. Maury Maverick of Texas, and for candidates whom the President sought to defeat, such as | Senator George of Georgia. | It is expected, in the case of a

‘mediation effort, that the A. F. of L.|

{would ask for a guarantee that the | Labor Board would rectify what it claims is discrimination against its unions, though this criticism is not {accepted as a just one by the Labor | Board. A practical reason for peace and {satisfaction with the Labor Board

| (Continued on Page Three)

Go —

Times-Acme Photos,

Gabby Hartnett. manager of the Cubs, hit a triple, the longest hit of the game, in the

Bund, today denied he was working with the Ku-Klux Klan or any similar “shirted” organizations. Mr. Schreiber also denied the

Vainsinpshoniing range. FORD TO PRODUCE NEW ‘MERCURY §&

—A new car was added to the line manufactured by the Ford Motor Co. today with the announcement by President Edsel Ford of a “V- | type” eight-cylinder car to be known |as the Mercury. The car—most powerful ever mar-

: , . keted by Ford—will receive its first Simmons. State Conservation De- William O. Nelson, 11th District | is the danger that the A. F. of L. exhibition at the New York auto-| It will be priced be-|8T

mobile show. | coln Zephyr, and its lines will rege the styling used in the Zephyr. Mr. Ford said the Mercury 8 would

® | have hydraulic brakes.

BULLETIN

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 6 (U. P.).— Mrs. Thelma M. Sutton, a 22-year-old Indianapolis stenographer, today voluntarily typed and signed a statement admitting that she and six others arrested here had staged three Indiana holdups. The statement was typed after two men and one woman in the group insisted Mrs. Sutton had no part in the robberies. They were Julian M. Trader, 22, of Terre Haute; Mrs. Agnes Irene Wilder, alias Sarah Trader, 19, an Indianapolis waitress: and Hubert Leo Turner, alias Ace Allen, 19, of Terre Haute. The other two were Walter Edward MeGuire, whom police said escaped from a Lansing jail or prison after serving eight vears of a highway robbery sentence, and Elizabeth Waugh, of Indianapolis. BLAST CUTS OFF POWER TOLEDO, Oct. 6 (U.P). —An explosion in the Toledo Edison Co. power plant today injured twe men seriously and caused a two-hour

seventh inning. But when this picture was made, in the fifth, he had just struck out. The ball cap be seen bouncing in Catcher Dickey’s glove,

-y

shutdown of all power in this city of 300,000, J

DEARBORN, Mich., Oct. 6 (U.P). |

(tween the current Ford and Lin-|

ton and Indianapolis.” It, voted io ask the Legislature for a larger school budget. | It petitioned the commanding ofS. Army, to appoint a full-time medical instructor to Indianapolis | for training medical reserve officers. | It provided for setting up boards in each county society to which a patient could appeal a physician's fee if he considered it too high.

| Lectures End Convention

| The House urged member physi cians to pay “more attention to prenatal care” in order to cut down the birth mortality rate, and it urged |that postgraduate work be set up {in an effort to co-operate more closely with the Public Welfare De=partment’s crippled children p~.am. Under the law on barbiturates | which the association recommends, | no one could buy the sleeping tablets {at retail except on prescription of | physicians, dentists or veterinary | surgeons. The State Health Board would be charged with enforcement of the law. Biologicals, such as pneumonia and diphtheria serums, would be furnished free to indigents on cer=tification of the attending physician. This program, doctors said, would | require a larger State Health Board | budget. The convention ended today with scientific lectures at Murat Temple. The Pathologists Association, in recommending to the House that the Legislature license: them as (Continued on Page Five)

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