Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 January 1939 — Page 1

. HURT, AS SNOW . HAZARDS GROW

Shelbyville Woman Is Killed _When-Car Skids; Most Roads Passable.

wore MOISTURE IS DUE

Certain Streets Are Barricaded" to Provide Safe Places for Coasting.

TEMPERATURES 30 11 a. m.... 30 12 (noon). 30 1p mm... Tei 29 2p Mm... . ‘29

One died in the State and two were injured in Indianapolis as the result of ‘a snow blanket that made both driving and walking dangerous today.

At. Brookville, Marie Barton, 55,

Shelbyville, died in a traffic accident that was caused by a car skidding on ice. The ‘Weather Bureau said it might rain in Indianapolis, and there will be below freezing temperatures tonight that may make the streets even more hazardous.

* Most Roads in Fair Condition

The State Highway Commission reported all roads in fair condition with packed snow except in the Seymour and. Vincennes districts " where rain followed the snow and coated the roads with ice. The City Street Department said 10. trucks are busy spreading salt, sand or cinders on bad intersections. The snowfall was heavier to the north and lighter to the east and south of here, the Bureau said. Tomorrow is to be fair and somewhat colder, the forecast said. "Police reported the following as reasonably safe thoroughfares for driving today: From the north: Northwestern Ave., Capitol Ave. Illinois St. to 38th; Meridian St.; Delaware St. south from Fall Creek; some parts of . Pennsylvania, By Sb. and 16th St. all the way in.” From: the ‘west: ‘Washington st. and Michigan 86.

the south: Madison Ave.,|

Shelby: St, Southeastern Ave. and Meridian St. From the east: Washington, New York ‘and 10th Sts. all the way in and Michigan St. from Rural St.

- Art Teacher Is Hurt

Miss Frances Failing, art teacher at Washington High School, was injured when she slipped on ice at Illinois and Washington ‘Sts. yestérday and was reported in good condition at Methodist Hospital. She injured an ankle, police said. ‘Mati'da Boyer, 58, of 1231 MecDougall St., was taken to City Hos pital with an injured hip received .when she fell on ice in the 2200 block Shelby St. last night. A warehouse containing firewood at 1019 E. 15th St. caught fire from an overheated stove. Loss was estimated by firemen at $25. Police designated and barricaded the following sections of streets for coasting and until further notice from 3 p.-m. to: 11 Pp. Thirfy-sixth St. — of Elmira St.; Graceland Ave, north and south of 52d St. from Capitol Ave. to Sunset Ave.; Highland, Ellenberger, Riverside and Garfield Parks. Eleven overnight traffic accidents, many of them reported by police to have been caused by the snow, inflicted minor injuries on four persons. "Injured in traffic were Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Cranfill, New Augusta; Harry Chappell, Ingalls, and Elray Blackwell, 46, of 711 Bates St. Of the 32 arrested yesterday on traffic violation charges, 17 were charged: with improper parking ,and failing to pay sticker charges.

‘Shelbyville ‘Woman Ie urt Fatally

KVILLE, Jan. 24 (U. P.) — Mo Barton, 55, Shelbyville, was injured fatally last night when the automobile in which she was riding skidded and turned over on Road 52 near here. Mrs. Alma Chambers, driver, was injured slightly.

SHOOTS AT BANDIT BUT LOSES $12- $16

Charles E. Alcorn, attendant at a filling station at 5129 E. Washington St., last night, fired four shots “at a bandit who escaped on foot after robbing him of $12 to $15, he told police. He said he believed none of the bullets was effective. Paul Bonham, 4159 Guilford Ave. * told police a bag containing clothing and papers valued at $80-was stolen from his parked car. Two holdup: men took $2.25 from Wiliam Gra- ' ham, 926 Muskingum St., in the 1000 block N. Senate Ave., he told police.

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Driver Dead, ‘Milk Wagon Clears Route

ROCHESTER, N. Y. Jan. 24 (U. P.).—Housewives won=dered why the milk wagon drove on past without leaving any milk. The reason became apparent when the wagon returned to the dairy. The driver, 55-year-old George C. Brenny, was dead of heart disease. His horse had covered the’ entire route without a guiding hand on the .reins.

MISSOURI FUGITIVE RINGS PRISON BELL

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Out at Beech Grove.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Jan. 24 (U. P.).—Everett Adams, 30, who didn’t enjoy his liberty after he escaped from the Missouri Penitentiary last October, was back in his old cell today. He rang the bell at the prison gate last night and surrendered. : "Adams was 17 when he redeived a life sentence for killing A. R. Clawson of Lodi, N. Y., who had given him a ride. He was hitch-hiking from his home in Wilmington, O. “I didn’t get much sleep dodging the law,” Adams said. “It: wasn’t easy on the nerves.” He said he had spent most of his time around Beech Grove, Ind.

Adams’ Picture Is Seen In Detective Magazine

Everett Adams, who voluntarily returned to the Missouri State Prison at Jefferson City, spent considerable time in Beech Grove, he said. Charles Shelby, 16, and Paul Bailey, 14, were jooking through a detective story magazine recently and found a picture of Adams, it was reported to police. They . decided it resembled the theater employee, and, after a while, confronted the man with it, police were told. He laughed, denied he was Adams, and treated the whole matter as a joke, it was said. Within an hour, the boys told police he left the theater, and disappeared.

15 SHIPS BUFFETED

LONDON, Jan. 24° (U. P.).— Lloyd's shipping agency reported today that 15 ships were in difficulties because of a storm in the Atlantic. The largest, and the only one carrying passengers, it was said, was the Aconagua, 7237 tons, which was believed to have 12 or 13 aboard. The Aconagua was expected to arrive at Liverpool tonight. Other ships which reported damage in a storm were small freighters.

Gives Self’ Up After Hiding *

- BY ATLANTIC GALE

Times

FORECAST: Fair tonight and {otorrows lowest tonight 25 to 30; somewhat colder tomorrow.

escuers and Rescued Come Home

Times-Acme Telephoto;

: Capt. Prank H. Spurr, master of the oil tanker Esso. Baytown that rescued the 10 survivors of the luxury airliner Cavalier, faced a battery of “mikes” (left) upon the arrival of his rescue ship in New York Capt. M. R. Alderson (right in car), pilot of the Cavalier, drove away from thezdock with Mrs. Patricia Neil of Cleveland, oO.

PROBE CAVALIER MYSTERY CRASH

Flying Boat Captain Asserts ‘Ice Hazard Negligible’; Inquiry Begins.

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (U. P.).—A British Air Ministry official and officers [of Imperial Airways, Ltd., interviewed survivors and crew members today in an effort to establish the cause of the Cavaliers crash at sea, described by the filying boat’s captain as “a mystery to me.” Passengers who survived the crash, in which .three lives were lost, said they had no warning of impending danger and that life belts were not distributed until the Plane hit the water and began to. Capt. M paper NR said he was at a Toss to explain the failure of the craft's four. engines. which made the sea landing necessary. In the last series of radio messages from the Cavalier Saturday afternoon, the . engines were said to have stalled “through ice,” but Capt. Alderson said today that the “ice hazard was negligible.”

Had| Flown in Worse Weather

He said he often had flown through “much worse weather” without a mishap. | Griffith Powell, operating manager of Imperial Airways, said informally that he beleved the weather, and not any defect in the pase; caused the crash. He said there appeared to be little or no ice accretion on the wing surface or propellers. » The | others of the Cavaliers crew who survived were close-lipped as to the cause of the accident

which killed three of the 13 persons|’ aboard. and flung the other 10 into"

the Atlantic 300 miles from the nearest land, where they drifted 10 hours before picked up by the tanker Esso Baytown. But | Capt. Neil Richardson, first officer| of the $200,000 Imperial Airways craft, said he had ordered the stewards to distribute life preservers before the crash. Capt. Alderson and his crew were to be questioned by Capt. G. C. Pirie, air attache of the British Embassy, and Paul E. Bewshea of the Imperial Airways. The United States has no official part in the investigation. The survivors said there had been only “six or seven” life preservets for the 13 occupants.

Get Tumultuous Greeting

Returning to a tumultuous greeting in the harbor and: on the pier, the survivors appeared to be in good physical condition. Mrs. Edna Watson, 43, of Bermuda and Montreal, told fhe most vivid story. She said that not until the plane had struck and water was knee deep in the cabin, did Steward Robert Spence stand at the emergency | exit in the smoking room and pass | out the buoyant cushions which were to sustain them for 10

(Continued on Page Three)

HEAVY ARTILLERY POUNDS BARCELONA

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1939

HOUSE VOTES NOT TO HEAR

Legislature Today HOUSE

Refused to hear D. C. Stephenson’s plea for release from State Prison on murder charge. Debated measure to transfer two million dollars from general fund to State Highway Department.

measure to give the Secretary of State right to appoint Securities Commission.

Advanced to third reading, following debate, bill to make Attorney General's office elective. State Medicine and Public Health Committee holds a public hearing at 2 p. m. on the House bill to give the State Barber Board jurisdiction in trade disputes.

Discusses in committee bills to

| reduce gross. income tax levies

particularly for the benefit of retailers. SENATE Killed on third reading bill to permit Indianapolis to choose daylight saving time. Received favorable committee report on bill to extend life of Milk Control Board.

Holds public hearing on the Senate bill to limit township direct relief expenditures.

Education Committee announces investigation of Indiana High School Athletic Association. (Page 7.)

Textbook Investigating Committee questions Lieut. Gov. Henry F, Schricker.

Heated debate filled both chambers of the Legislature today as the House turned down an attempt to bring D. C. Stephenson here to plead his case and the Senate killed a measure to permit Indianapolis’ to choose daylight saving time. Another argument accompanied introduction in the House of a measure to provide a 2 million dollar transfer from the general fund to the State Highway Department. A rule of order used only once ‘before in the last 30 years, was employed in an unsuccessful attempt to block its being referred to committee.

WheH™ “the “Fiouse bill to ” make the Attorney-General's : office elective came up for seeond reading today, Rep. Paul S. Brady (R. Muncie) offered an amendment abolishing the Attorney-General’s office, saying: “Since the Attorney-General became an appointive office the expenses have increased consistently from $39,000 lo $76,000 a year. I am told that the Attorney-General received a salary from the Democratic State Committee and a bonus from the ‘Two Per Cent Club. It is rumored that he receives more from these sources than he does by his $7500 per year salary.” When. Rep. Brady was heckled by the Democratic side he withdrew his motion.

An gitempt to kill on second reading the House bill to remove the office of Attorney General from the State Reorganization and make it an elective instead of an appointive office was blocked 50 to 49. _ Another close vote was recorded when the Republican majority kept alive on second reading a measure to permit the Secretary of State to appoint the Securities Commission. Rep. Joseph Klein (D. Gary) introduced the resolution calling for the return of Stephenson, former Ku Klux Klan grand dragon, who is serving a life sentence at the State Prison for murder. to present his case before the House on Jan. 31. Speaking for the Stephenson resolution, Rep. Klein said: “I am confident that the people of Indiana despise everything that Stephenson stood for, but the peo= ple of Indiana are just. The people want to discover if he is a murderer or whether he is the victim of a gigantic. conspiracy to keep him buried in the State Prison. “The courts have failed to heed the obvious public sentiment for a rehearing of this case. There was much discussion yesterday of the Reorganization Act. There was no

STEPHENSON

Voted 50 to 49 to keep alive |

“| the. comm {testimony _ |adjournment of today’s séssion.

Faces Fight

Frances Perkins

Rep. J: Parnell Thomas (R. N. J.) today introduced in the House a resolution to investigate the activities of Labor Secretary Perkins

to discover whether she should be impeached. (Story on Page Three.)

TEXTBOOK QUIZ REOPENS TODAY

Ferris Will Draft Measure “To Take Schools Out Of Politics.”

As Lieut. Gov. Schricker prepared to tell the Senate Investigating Committee “all I know about the textbook situation,” Senator Albert Ferris (R. Milton) announced today he is drafting a bill designed to take the Board of Education “out of politics.” : When the resolution calling for the textbook inquiry was introduced Lieut. Gov. Schricker, speaking from the floor of the Senate, urged adoption of the resolution and termed the textbook adoption system “next "to the liquor racket, the biggest racket in the State today.” Senator O. Bruce Lane (R. Bainbridge), committee chairman, suggested that Mr. Schricker appear rl eter committee and explain

his tement. Mr. Schricker said he uld “be glad. to es “nis ittee. was . to. hear. immediately “following

. The only other witness to testify

tpefore the committee so far was "1 Floyd

. McMurray, State Superintendengs of Public Instruction, who said he knew of nothing irregular in the present adoption methods.

The textbooks now are selected

by the Board of Education sitting |} as the Board of School Book Com-:

missioners. Lieut. Gov. Schricker (Continued on Page Eight)

DUVALL WILL STAND MURDER TRIAL HERE

Potts Killing Suspect to Be Extradited. :

Raymond Duvall, 30, Todatapels will be returned here for trial on charges of murdering Clayton Potts, in a holdup at the C. & J. Potts Foundry two years ago, Detective Chief Fred Simon said today. Prosecutor David Lewis phoned Chief Simon that he had received permission to try Duvall here from U. S. District Attorney Lenniel Via at Huntington, W. Va., where Duvall is wanted for bank robbery.

2 FIRE DEPARTMENT AIDS RESIGN POSTS

Resignations of Battalion Chiefs Michael A. Murphy and Wallace N. Fisk from the Fire Department were accepted today by the Safety Board. Both have reached the retirement age of 170. The resignations are to be afievtive Feb. 11. A two-week school, with 45 fire captains eligible to attend, will be conducted: to: select SUCCEessors.

BENNY TRIAL DELAYED

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (U. P).— The trial of Jack . Benny, radic comedian, on charges of smuggling jewelry, was adjourned today until

reorganization act when Stephenson (Continued on Page Eight) :

Feb. '14.

Entered as Second-Class Matter Indianapolis, Ind.,

at Postoffice,

FINAL HOME

PRICE THREE CENTS

REBELS SMASH LAST LINE OF BARCELONA DEFENSES;

NEW NAZI MOVE RUMORED

Joint Rome - Berlin Action Reported Imminent.

‘DEAL’ IS TALKED

France and Rumania May Be Targets Of Attack.

By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Times Foreign Editor WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—Confidential advices from London and Paris express the conviction that Germany and Italy are now preparing to strike simultaneously, perhaps as early as March. Germany, it is thought, may move in the direction of Rumania. Fuehrer Hitler thus far has failed to number King Carol amongst those who jump through the hoop whenever he cracks the whip. Paris is convinced that Italy will demand, as a minimum, local autonomy for the 95,000 Italians in Tunisia; a free port in Djibouti, French Somaliland; the demilitarization of Corsica, and a seat of the

board governing the Suez Canal.

Hope for London “Deal”

Berlin, it is said, hopes to strike a bargain with London whereby Germany would guarantee to remain neutral, in the event of war between Italy and France, if Great Britain would agree to do the same. Berlin’s argument would be that in this way these two powers would cancel each other out quite as effectively as if they went to war, and at the same time localize the conflict. 3 Germany, however, would gain a free hand in Eastern Europe, where even now she continues diplomatically extremely active. Envoys from Berlin and Rome are hastening from capital to capital, tightening up their ties with each other and with Budapest, Belgrade and Warsaw. This week Field Marshal Herrmann Wilhelm Goering is scheduled to visit Rome. Later he will move on > (Continued on Page Three)

Come Home!

It’s Not a Feud—Just A Kentucky Squabble Over the Law.

ITTSBURGH, Jan. 24 (U. P.). —Clifford Peck was headed back to his old Kentucky jail today after two sets of deputies—one set containing relatives of the mountaineer Peck was convicted of killing—had claimed the “honor” of escorting him back to Campton, Ky. “Craziest case I ever heard of,” Pittsburgh's Detective Inspector Walter Monaghan muttered. ‘The case started out simple enough. Down in Wolfe County, Kentucky, Peck, a tavern owner, killed Oldag Arnett in a gun duel, and Peck was convicted. But he escaped and wags arrested here. Peck said Arnett was shooting .at the feet of a girl dancer. “Down home,” Peck drawled, “gentlemen don’t do that.”

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HE case became complicated when Pittsburgh officers had to turn him over to Kentucky deputies. Two groups of officials left Campton to get Peck. One was composed of Elmer, Dewey: and Kendall Clark. Elmer, it was explained, had “leased” the jail at Campton. The other group of officers was headed by Henry Tibbs, jailer who “leased out” the Campton Hoosegow. When Inspector Monaghan asked Mr. Tibbs if he could guarantee the prisoner's "safety, Mr. Tibbs contemplated the ceiling, and opined, “anything can happen.”

IL DUCE CALLS ON RESERVISTS

Order Follows Drive of Rebel Troops on Barcelona.

ROME, Jan, 24 (U. P.).—An official of the Ministry of Popular Culture said today that Italy had called “several classes” of older reservists to the colors for further training. A class is normally about »200,000 men. The classes were called .for the normal period of “retraining,” the

any other explanation of the action was “tendentious.”

The official's comment was in circles yesterday that a large number of reservists, possibly most of the class of 1901 (men now in their 38th year), had been called tothe colors. These reports had indicated that the action was taken as an indirect result of the advance of Spanish Rebel troops toward Barcelona. It was said that Premier Mussolini presumably was preparing for any possible emergency that might arise in connection with the Spanish war, which Italians view as approaching an end.

Claims Due Jan. 30

The reservist reports had coincided with a statement in Marshal Italo Balbo’s newspaper, Corriere Padano, that Germany and Italy would make formal announcement

on Jan. 30. The official comment on calling of the reservists used the word “classes’—in .the plural—but declined to state how many classes had been called up. Foreign military experts said that Italy annually calls up a number of conscript classes for brief retraining. but usually in the late spring or early summer. The call also is normally made public. The fact that the training period is beginning in midwinter was considered of importance in view of the tension between Italy and France, foreign sources said.

PHILIPPINE TRADE AGREEMENT ASKED

Committee Urges 15 Years Of Preferences With U. S.

(National Affairs, Page Three)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 (U. P.).— President Roosevelt today sent Congress a report of the Joint Preparatory Committee on Philippine Affairs, recommending that the islands be granted trade preferences with the United States for 15 years after attaining their independence in 1946. With the report Mr. Roosevelt sent a letter pointing out it was his approval and that of President Manuel Quezon, of the Philippine Commonwealth. The report made no mention of proposals, recently widely discussed both in continental and insular circles, for postponement of the date of Philippine independence in view of Japan’s “new order” in East Asia. The report proposed confirmation of Philippine independence in 1946, but with the establishment of an “economic breathing period” of an additional 15 years during which the islands would retain trade preferences with this country.

FOR TRAINING

Ministry official said, adding that

connection with reports in foreign|

of their claims in Europe at Berlin

peices. drifting dows.

U. S. Citizens Board _ Warship to Flee Bombing.

BULLETIN BURGOS, Jan. 24 (U. P.— Seven Rebel divisions are at the gates of Barcelona and meeting virtually no resistance, the Nationalist Military Headquarters announced at 6 p. m. tonight. The capture of Monresa and Martorell was announced.

FOREIGN SITUATION

PERPIGNAN — 100 killed in Barcelona bombings.

ROME—TItaly calls up reservists.

LONDON — Britain seeks to avoid conscription.

BERLIN—Troop movements at frontier denied.

WASHINGTON — Early RomeBerlin action rumored.

GREENWICH, Conn. — .Goeb-bels-Goering feud reported.

HITLER'S first dix years. (Page Nine).

QUITO—New revolt in Ecuador reported failure.

more roops in. China.

Frontier, Jan. 24 (U, P.).—The Rebel armies of Generalissimo Franco crashed the last main line of Loyal= ists defenses today and closed in on the great city of Barcelona. United States, British and French officials, aided by warships in the Mediterranean, rushed evacuation of their Nationals as Rebel bombing planes pounded at the Loyalist capital and fast motorized units smashed against the nearby River Llobregat defense line. Rebel artillery opened up on the outskirts of Barcelona, with the main part of the city and the har-: bor in range of the guns. Government ministries evacuated northward toward Gerona and. . Figueras. tion of civilians from the Batcelona % fighting zones, but more than 100

raiders. Line Reporte Broken

Official military dispatches from Rebel headquarters at Burgos: and Leérida reported early in the aftere: noon that Rebel troops had broken ° the “last” Loyalist defense lines along the River Llobregat, which.’ empties into the Mediterranean Juss south of Barcelona. Details of the maneuvers indi<: cated that the line had been broken by a Rebel encircling movement around Montorell, 10 miles north of

the mouth of the river, where the -

miles by direct line but five miles by highway from the capital.

was: Rebel troops under Gen.

terranean coastal highway, south of - Barcelona, past the village of Gava, which is seven miles by direct line from the capital. That meant, the Rebel headquarters at Burgos said, that Rebel artillery had the busy Barcelona harbor and the main part of the city within range at noon. Report Crossing River

Gen. Yague's troops then pushed °

Llobregat, which at that point, is : only three miles from Barcelona but: is so wide that crossing it against the Loyalist defense lines might be costly or impossible. As a result, the Franco troops sought to maneuver around the Loyalist defense line in order break it and clear the way for Gen, * Yague’s men to cross. they circled Martorell, 10 miles." north of Barcelona, and also on. the y river Llobregat. South of Martorell—still held by Loyalists—the Rebels reported that they had crossed the river, smashed through Loyalist defenses and were moving southeastward down the

celona. In that way, the Rebel column moving down from Martorell sought. to turn the main Loyalist defenses and force the Loyalists nearer the mouth of the river to fall back, Progress of the Rebels in that ma« neuver appeared slow, however. A late radio broadcast from Bure gos reported that 20 Franco divie

before Barcelona and that the whole western suburbs of the city were under artillery fire by the rebels. "An attempt was being made to cut Barcelona off from the. French frontier. The operations of the Rebel Army covered a great deal of ‘mountainous ground within a semicircle 25 miles out from Barcelona. The main northern fighting was at (Continued on Page Three)

NEW. YORK, Jan. 24 (U, P). Stocks swung through a broad are’ today with intermittent bursts of activity that reflected nervous tens sion of traders. ‘Opening strong in active trading there was a slowing up of pace wi Aroun

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