Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 February 1939 — Page 1
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ROMIG RINGS ARE TRACED TO
* MUNCIE VAULT
Local Risteston: Owner Is Questioned in Death Of Woman.
TWO OTHERS IN CUSTODY
Former Convict Claims He Purchased Disputed Jewels Here.
Police and members of the Prosecutor’s office this afternoon went to Muncie to recover two more rings believed to have been stolen when: Mrs. Carrie Lelah Romig was . plain here Jan. 17. The jewels in Muncie were in a bank vault, where they were placed by the pawnshop cwners over the week-end and yesterday because of the bank holiday. Three persons are held in connection with the investigation of the murder. A 57-year-old ex-convict was arrested in Anderson Thursday
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was -arrested here Saturday. The third person held is an Indianapolis roominghouse and restaurant pro-
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He was arrested last night after the ex-convict named him as the ‘ man from whom he bought jewels identified as ‘having belonged to the victim.
Denies Knowledge of Jewels
The Indianapolis man denied any knowledge of the jewels and his wife said he not only did not know the ex-convict but that he was in his place of business when Mrs. Romig was murdered with a hammer. in her apartment at 120 W. 12th St Police reported that one ring re_covered from an Anderson pawn shop and one recovered from an Indianapolis pawn shop have been identified by H. Daniel Romig, 28, ‘as Maving belonged to his 55-year-old ‘wife. TFickets for the pawns were found by police in the luggage of the stepdaughter of the ex-convict, they
said. Police said she made a 21-page ‘statement about her knowledge of the jewelry, but said they would not d make the contents public until they have further investigated the case.
Face New Grilling
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‘ments about the time of the murder and afterwards will be checked by the Homicide Squad. Charges, of vagrancy against the three probably will be allowed to remain until further investigation, they said. The Indianapolis man was ar/raigned in Municipal Court today ‘and his case continued until Feb. 21. His bond was reduced on suggestion ‘of police from $5000 to_ $2500 by .iJudge Charles Karabell. ~The other two were held without “bond. :
‘Find Body of Slain Man Near Springville
BEDFORD, Feb. 14 (U. P)—A searching party today found the body of Earl Roach, 41-year-old ‘WPA worker of Avoca who had been missing since Sunday. His throat had been cut and his body had been dragged 40 feet and left under a clump of bushes, Sheriff Lincoln Dunbar said he had been murdered. - The body was found a mile and a half west of Springville by Chris Spoonmore, a member of the searching party which was composed of fellow WPA workers. The Sheriff and coroner were to make a thorough search of the scene for clues. ; _ Sheriff Dunbar said no weapon was found immediately and it appeared certain Mr. Roach had not committed suicide. Fellow WPA workers could offer no motive for Mr. Roach’s murder. He is survived by his wife and
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SIX BELIEVED LOST IN ALASKAN PLANE
JUNEAU, Alaska, Feb. 14 (U. P.). '—Six persons were believed today to have been lost aboard the Marine Airways hydroplane which disappeared in a storm Sunday. Reports . from Ketchikan, where veteran Pilot Alonzo Cope took off with four passengers, said that Jack Lennon, 18, boarded the plane at Wrangell, intermediate stop on the 274-mile flight. Others aboard were John Chappell, 40, Juneau insurance executive, and Earl Clifford, 45; Ernest E. Ek, 29, Juneau, and George Chamberlain, 41, Anchorage, all --salesmen. An increasing storm. that forced the plane down with ice on its wings finally drove back searching parties late ‘yesterday. 3
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VOLUME 50 NUMBER 201°
Pius XI Buried in St. Peter's Crypt
NINE FAVORED FOR NEW POPE,
Elder Prelates Say. New Pontiff Must Be Under 70 and Be Italian.
(My Diary, Page 11)
VATICAN CITY, Feb. 14 (U. P.. —The body of His Holiness Pope Pius XI, sealed in a “triple coffin, was laid reverently to rest in a crypt below St. Peter’s basilica today .with the most solemn rites of mourning the liturgy of the Catholic Church affords. Behind the locked gates of ihe mother church of the Catholic world, its splendor dimmed by the black drapes of sorrow, several hundred dignitaries knelt while. the church said farewell to its 261st Pope. Among them were the cardinals now in Rome, one of whom may be selected for the vacant throne of St. Petel 8
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A pontifical requierr mass " for the repose of the soul of His Holiness Pope XI will be celebrated at 10 a. m. tomorrow ‘at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, it was announced today by thé Most Rev. Joseph E. Ritter, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Indianapolis. The music of the mass, the . “Requiem”. of Perosi, will be sung by a choir of 40 .composed of the Cathedral Schola Cantorum and the * Clergy Choir. = Catholic parochial schools of * the City will be dismissed tomorrow,
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A group of older prelates of the Vatican narrowed the probable field
"lof ‘candidates to nine today, exclud-
ing the possibility that a foreigner might be chosen or that anyone over 70 might be elected. Outside - St. Peter’s, the. crowds knelt or stood with bowed heads in the great square.” The bells of St. Peter’s tolled in.slow, deep: tones.
Relatives Present
Inside, the grief of the church was expressed in the steady Gregorian chant of the hymns “Ingredior” and “Quemado dum desiderat,” sung by the choir,
Standing behind the Pope's coffin were his relatives and intimates of the Papal household and behind them the Cardinals, headed by His Eminence. -Eugenjo Cardinal Pacelli, temporary head of the church. He wore a White miter and a ‘black cape. The ceremony started.’ in the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament, where the body lay ‘on a red-cov-ered; inclined catafalque; still with| the golden ‘miter -on’ the head and the red ceremonial vestment. k First a white veil:was’ placed over the -Pope’s face. Then a ’crimson shroud was laid over the body, which was lifted into: fhe inner casket of light cypress, lined with white and gold silk. The cypress coffin then was inclosed in one of "lead 1! inches (Continued on Page Three)
HAMBURG, Feb. 14 (u. P)— Germany announced to the world today its bid for “blue water” naval power as its first 35,000-ton Yattle-
Bismarck for the man . who built modern Germany, slid. .down the ways into the Elbe. Fuehrer Hitler named the ship in a brief speech in. which he paid tribute to the Iron Chancellor, his predecessor “strong man” of last century.” But for once Herr Hitler was overshadowed by the importance of an event which spoke for itself. The Elb> leads out to the
of the World War. and: with the
first line battleships, Nazi Germany was preparing to take the open sea as did the fleet of the old. Empire which its crews sank in Scapa Flow
) |the World War.
In this low-ceilinged grotto beneath | ithe confessional alige Be S% Peter's cathedsal dn Rome,
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Radio Battle Puts Spitetul Son in Jail
NEW BRITAIN, Conn., Feb. 14 (U. P.).— Stanley Andrukiewicz, 18, played his radio too loudly. His mother put a stop to that by hiding one of the radio’s tubes. Stanley retaliated ‘by hid= ing his mother’s false teeth any eyeglasses. Then, she charged, he became abusive. Stanley is in Jail serving. 10 days.
ELECTRIC PLANT
Madison Ave. Co. to Resure Work at Once..
A thres-alarm fire at the Liberty
night, caused little damage to fac-
tory equipment and work will be continued immediately, Carl J. Weinhardt, general manager of the company, said today. Firemen from 12 companies spent more than two hours getting the blaze under control. It was confined to the upper story of the block-long, two-story brick structure. The blaze attracted ’ a crowd estimated by police at 5000. Seven Sjualls of police and a sheriff's Sad 4 directed traffic around the reg ‘traffic: and trains on. the nearby Belt Railroad were held up several hours. Eleven pumpers poured, water on the building and a large ladder was raised in front to help combat the fire from the the roof. The cause of the fire: was unknown.
CLOUDY AND COLDER WEATHER PREDICTED
HOURLY TEMPERATURES “gam... 42 10’a. m.... 34 ‘7 a Me... ‘11 a. m..... 34 “8 a.m... 12 (moomn).: 35 9a m.. 1 p.m... 34
40 38 - 36° . Clouds and colder ‘weather was predicted for tonight and tomorrow by the Weather Bureau.‘ The lowest tonight will be. between. 25 ‘to 30, the Bureau said. Yesterday a maximum of 57 gave the city the illusion that spring
skies returned today.
ELKHART. FIGHTS FLU; +700 PUPILS AT. HOME
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ELKHART ooFeb. 14 (U.P).~— Health" ‘officials’ took steps. today: to prevent , the sspread ~of influenza which threatens to force closing of schools... At least 700 pupils of City schools were reported absent yesterday be-|an cause of flu. "Several members of the postoffice staff and the Fire Department’ also: were absent from
North Sea, the naval battleground
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man who was the forerunner of German rebirth, and appealed to the cheering, eager thousands who heard him to keep the names of Bismarck in their hearts. . -
Halt an bour before
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Electric Co., 1915 Madison Ave., last,
was here, tra la, but gray wintry
between. the tombs.of his predecessors Pius X and Benedict XV, Pope Pius XI was buried today.
BISHOP FRANCIS RITES ARRANGED
Funeral Will Be at All Saints Cathedral Tomorrow At 2 0'Clock..
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(Editorial, Ps Page 12) ; Services for the the Rt. Rev. Joseph
‘Marshall Francis, bishop since 1899
of the Indianapolis. diocese of “the Episcopal Church, will be tomorrow
‘Jat All-Saints. Cathedral church.
The Bishop died yesterday after-
|noon at his residence in the Cathe-
dral apartments, 16th St. and Central Ave. : Holy Communion will be celebrated at All: Saints Cathedral at 10 a.m. tomorrow for any of the diocesan’ clergy who may be able to attended and for the close friends
and associates of Bishop Francis in
the. work of theé.church. Burial services will be held at the Cathedfal at 2 p. m., and the same simple ‘service from the Book of Common Prayer that is used for
‘thie highest and lowest in the Church
will be read. wugial will be 11 Crown | Hill. It was announced also. that a Requiem Eucharist will be offered for the repose of the soul of Bishop | Francis at 10 a. m. tomorrow at Christ ghurch. Present at Death
Only members of Bishop Francis’ household were present when : he died. They included Miss Louise Hooker, his secretary for many years, and . Elizabeth Pennington, nurse for Mrs. Francis, who has been ill several years. The. Bishop. had . been . conscious only part of the time during the day, but his death at 3:20 p. m. came somewhat ‘unexpectedly, as it was believed he might live through the night. = The ' Rt. | Rev. ‘Richard Ainslie] Kirchhoffer, who only last week was consecrated Bishop-Coadjutor of the Diocese to - assist and eventually succeed him, visited Bishop Francis’ home during the afternoon, leaving
{only a few minutes kefore his death,
The -elderly Bishop, :oldest--active Bishop in“the American branch of the Anglican ‘communion, had been ill more than 18 months. : For months, despite his illness, he sought to carry out the duties of his office, but in March, 1938, he announced he would ask the appoint. ment of a. Bishop-Coadjutor to relieve him: of part of his duties. The Rt. Rev. Mr. Kirchhoffer, then assigned to Mobile, Ala. was chosen, coming here last” week” for his consecration. : Bishop Francis nad’ ‘been a priest . (Continued on Page .Five)
3 HOLDUP YOUTHS GET 10-25 YEARS
Pleading. guilty - to : a series of store and office holdups during the last three weeks, three Negro youths were sentenced to 10° to 25 years each in the Indiana Reform- | atory Crimifial * ‘Court Judge Dewey - “Myers
They were George Harrison, 20; co
Walter. Hughes, 19, and DeHumimon Collins: 19. though they pleaded guil * ‘affidavit accusing them hy the AD of the George . Stockton Drug Store, 726 W. New York St. police said the trio had’ confessed
’ FOREIGN SITUATION HAMBURG—Hitler launches first 35,000-ton battleship.
| WASHINGTON—Nazis will mobilize March 6,” commentators says; . ROME—Mussolini may make clear demands on France, Sunday,
PARIS—Cabinet decides to delay fully recognizing Franco. ZURICH—Switzerland to recognize Franco regime. ’ PERPIGNAN—Rebels take last bit of Catalonia. BRUSSELS—Catholic leader asked to form Cabinet.
WASHINGTON—Hull rejects Ludlow plea arms conference. SHANGHAI-U. S. destroyer sent to Hainan,
sy other holdups.
Nazis Launch Bid for Power on All Seas; Duce May Announce Demands on Sunday,
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HOPE TO GET * BRANDEIS J0B
[Retirement From Highest
U. S. Court Starts Speculation. MINTON IS Murphy, Jackson, Douglas, Rutledge and Hutcheson Also Are Talked.
(Baitorial, Ps Page 12)
By. LEE G.’ G. MILLER Times Special Writer
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. — Once
|again, the question is: ‘Will the West
get the Supreme Court appointment? : President Roosevelt's three previous appointees have come from Alabama, Kentucky and Massachu-
setts. Today the Court's farthestWest member is Pierce Butler of Minnesota. Westerners widely mentioned to succeed -Associate Justice Louis’ D. Brandeis, who retired yesterday, are: Wiley Blunt Rutledge Jr., 44, law dean at the University of Iowa, born in Kentucky and schooled at the Universities of, Wisconsin and Colorado. Harold M. Stephens, 52, of Utah, Justice of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and former Attorney General assistant. Sam G. Bratton, 50, of New Mex< ico, judge of the 10th U. S. Circuit Court and a former U. S. Senator. Joseph C.. Hutcheson Jr. 59, of Texas, judge of the Fifth U. S. Circuit Court and former Mayor of Houston. - (He has been on the Federal bench, both District: and Circuit, for 21 'vears.)
Minton Is Mentioned
To these might be added William O. Douglas, 40, chairman of the SEC, who was born in Minnesota and reared in Washington state, but who has been an Easterner for 18 years or so. (He is on leave from a law professorship. at Yale.) From the Middle West there also is Lloyd K. Garrison, 41, dean of Wisconsin law school and former chairman of the National Labor Relations Board. There is in addition Benjamin V. Cohen, 44, native of In a, ‘whose title is general ‘counsel of the National Power Policy Committee but who is better known ‘as the draughtsman of much New Deal legislation and as the “silent partner” of Thomas G. Corcoran, White House aid.. Both Wisconsin and Indiana are in a circuit not now represented on the Supreme Court. The New Deal Senators from the West, Mr. Minton (D. Ind.) and Mr. Schwellenbach «D. Wash), have been touted for the. high bench in the past. Stephens’ Chances Sifted
Friends of Judge Stephens are wondering if his chances have been lessened by the fact that one of his
Utah), only last week sharply criticized the President during the dispute over a Virginia judgeship. In most other issues Senator Thomas has been a loyal Rooseveltian. If the President chose to pass over the West again, he might bestow the: Brandeis mantle on James M. Landis, 39, the Tokyo-born dean of Harvard Law School and former SEC chairman: Ferdinand Pecora, |57, Italian immigrant who won fam as counsel for:the Senate bankin inquiry in 1933-34, served on- the. SEC, and now is a judge of the New York Supreme Court; J. Warren Madden, 49, born in Illinois and law professor in several states before becoming chairman of .the National Labor Relations Board; Senator Wagner (D. N. Y), 61. New Deal legislative sponsor; Robert H. Jacksan, 47, the upstate New Yorker 0 is U. S. Solicitor General; A. A. Berle, 44, of New York, assistant Secretary of State, or Jerome N. Frank, 49, of New York, member of the SEC.
Brandeis Gives No Hint 0f Future Plans
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (U.P) .— Justice Louis Dembitz Brandeis gave no hint today of his plans after retiring from his Supreme urt seat yesterday. The 82-year-old liberal Associate | Justice refused to be interviewed or make a statement, and his brief note to Mr. Roosevelt yesterday afterneon announcing his retirement after 23 years on the bench, gave no indication of his plans. He was the oldest Justice and exceeded in years of service only by! (Continued on Page Five) 3
STOCKS ARE STEADY AS HOGS DROP 15:20
NEW YORK, Feb. 14 (U. P). — The “stock market steadied after a
| decline: of fractions to more than a
point in light trading today. Steel
issues led ‘the decline. There was no
particular ‘pressure in any depart-
CHICAGO, Feb. 14 14 (U. PD. —Buying on resting orders and some local support reversed the lower trend in wheat today and prices were up %
~ |to % cent in early trade. Corn was| by
slightly lower, down % cents, and % cent,
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stern of the. ship. Today was a school and bus launching, 1
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MENTIONED]
boosters, Senator Elbert Thomas (D.]
Entered as
Times Editor
Raiph Burkholder
DENNY RETURNS T0 WASHINGTON
New Executive Directed News Department as Associate Editor.
; 5 : » Ralph Burkholder. associate editor of The Indianapolis Times, was
named editor today. Since last September Mr. Burkholder has been in active editorial charge of The Times, relieving Ludwell Denny for special publishing re'sponsibilities now completed. Mr. Denny, who came to Indianapolis as editor in 1935 from the national Scripps-Howard organization, is returning to the Washington office. Mr. Denny said: “My return to Washington as a commentator on national affairs of course means. no change in Times policy under the able direction of Mr. Burkholder. The Times is now in the strongest position in its history. “Though I deeply regret leaving Indianapolis, I feel the time ' has come for me to resume my w the national capital as an observer Scripps-Howard newspapers.” ‘Mr. Burkholder was formerly editor of the Akron 'Times-Press and editorial writer of the Cleveland Press. . :
INTINATES INDIANA " PROVOKING SOUTH
Rankin Protests Bill Freight Rate Fight.
WASHINGTON, oh: 14 (U. P)— Rep. John E. Rankin (D. Miss.) suggested today that Indiana was inviting a ‘boycott of its products by
the South because of its appropriation of $10,000 to “prevent the South from getting justice in transportation rates.” “Probably the administration in control of Indiana is trying to provoke. the South into economic retaliation,” Rep. Rankin said. The South complains that freight differentials make most manufactured articles pay higher rates for the same weight and distance from the South to North within the Northern section. Southerners say the present system favors the Midwestern States.
The bill appropriating $10,000 to carry on Indiana’s fight against discriminatory freight rates by Southern states was signed by Governor Townsend on Friday and became‘effective with his sighature. A group of Southern Governors has been seeking lower rates for freight transported into the South than for freight shipped into the North, according to the authors of the bills, Reps. Elam Y. Guernsey (R. Bedford) and Edward H. Stein AD. Bloomfield). If was Passel 92 to 2 in the House and 45 to 1'in the Senate.
COUNTY PLEADS FOR
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‘Suburban residents were urged by County Commissioners today to support the gasoline tax redistribution bill before the Legislature, “to save the County's road | system from collapse.” County Attorney John Linder said
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GASOLINE TAX SHIFT |
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LEGISLATURE TODAY i HOUSE
Republican Ways and Means Committee members plan to make slashes in the $84,801,416° biennial appropriations bill. Labor groups prepare to substitute a compromise measure for their State Wage and Hour Bill upon which no action has been taken. : Advances to third reading the House bills to: reduce the gross income tax rate for retailers and to provide blood . tests for marriage license ‘applicants. Prepares io take final action on numerous minor measures ° pending on third reading.
SENATE
Refers to committee Repub-lican-sponsored House bills to revise the State’s liquor control system and nullify the 1933 State Reorganization Act.
_ Receives a favorable committee report on the House bill to prohibit the retail sale and use of fireworks accept. under permit from the State Fire Marshal's ‘office. Prepares to withdraw a bill to shift 50 per cent of the cost: on maintaining public wards and destitute children from the counties to the State.
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NEW WAGE-HOUR BILL IS PLANNED
Labor to Propose Measure k in|’
Granting Concessions ‘To Employers.
* Labor groups
today they will: offer’ the House
Lebor Committee 2a substitute
measure = containing several concessions to employers, “including a fist 48-hour maximum work week. Meanwhile,” the ' Senate bill to make interference - with the transportation of. any commodity on streess or highways a felony has! brought business and labor groups to loggerheads. The measure was defended by spokesmen for business and attacked by labor leaders in a public hearing before Senate Judiciary “B” Committee last night. As now drafted the State WageHour Bill, upon which no action has been taken since its introduction in the House early in the session, establishes 44 hours as the maximum work week for the first year the act is in effect, 42 hours the second year and 40 hours thereafter. .
Commitiee to Decide Form
minimum wage.
seven years.
in order to insure its
apolis), author of the original bill, tated.
“We are going to leave it to the Committee whether the substitute proposal goes in as a new bill or as amend-
discretion. of the
ments to the present. one.”
criticism from emloyers,
wage for a particular industry. (Continued on Page Four)
PLUMBERS’ BOARD NAMED
new Plumbers Examiners Board.
years, and Arthur Paetz, 1039 S.
he will make a radio appeal tonight.
East St., for three years.
sponsoring the State Wage-Hour Bill announced |
Supplement Drafted To Beer Import Repealer. - |
rp 2% SIGN MEASURE
Proposal Would Ban ~ Gambling From. ~ Taverns... 3 :
BULLETIN a * The House public "Morals ; Committee this atterhomn : voted to recommend for pass- : age a House bill which would =~ re-enact the old: Nicholson liquor law and added ‘an’. amendment. providing for - township or city ward local option. Under the amended = bill a remonstrance signed- by: a majority of the: voters in‘ any township or’ city ward : ward could halt the issuance 2 of alcoholic beverages permis a : for-a ¢ -year period. - Eo
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A bipartisan liquor bill dnt by 26 Senators, a majority, in:the upper chamber, was -to be introduced in the Senate this ‘afternoon to “remove the abuses’ “from the Alcoholic Beverages ‘Act. This measure would supplement the Administration - proposal: press ented last week which was ajmed at repeal of the present “importer” system only, its sponsors said. Of equal -interest in both houses was the reaction of" Republican Representatives to the $84,801,416 budget bill ed troduced -yestérday ‘a few minutes before Governor Townsend presented a special message in which he defended the appropria-
tions and outlined a three-
oro. gram to keep the State's finances’in
balance until - 1941 withoiit™ new
taxes. ii Three Cats Planned
The G. O. P. majority in the Ways and Means Committee has.indicated it will seek to slash at" least three items in the budget when the bill:is
considered in committee. Meanwhile,
‘
the Inter-Organiza-
tion Council, representing : business groups, distributed an amended 1e= port to Legislators in which. it fore-
cast. a
possible cash - balance of
$1,687,719 in the General Fund at
the close of the 1941 fiscal year, on
the basis of the new budget figures.
An earlier report, issued befors.
the budget figures were released; ‘es. timated a deficit of nearly- $300,000; ' This afternoon the Senate was to
Another major change under the compromise proposal would be the sefting of a flat 25 cents an hour
The bill now would provide increases up to 40 cents an hour in
“After analyzing the objections offered at the public hearing, the labor delegations in both houses agreed to compromise on the bily| passage,” Rep. Arnold Nahand (D. Indian-
He said the provision pertaining to the appointment of boards to investigate cases, which has drawn also would be modified. The present bill provides that the Labor Commissioner “could appoint a wage board to recommend a minimum
Under the proposed change, the
Mayor Sullivan today appointed a
Members are Joseph Clarke, 42} Jackson St., for one year; William H. Fox, 24 Garfield Court, for two
give first reading to-a bill to: limit the rule-making. of State boards and commissions. Introduced in.the House this inorning were measures to increase membership cf the State Health Board and place the sale of certain drugs on the same basis 4 as narcotics.
Gets New. Labor; "Bills
Two new labor bills were rite: duced in the House during ‘the morning session, They ‘would: = Créate an Indiana Labor Rela= tions Board to protect the :right of employees to organize and ‘bargain collectively. The board would. te composed of three. members appointed: by the Governor and. cone firmed by the Senate. .The machinery would be similar to. that of the National Labor Relations Board. Declare: as Indiana's public ‘pole icy the promotion ‘and .encourage= ment of collective bargaining and the protection of unions from’ ter ference, restraint or coercion: by em= ployers. It would require. . union contracts ‘on all construction: work by the State of Indiana and would prohibit any person or firm :found by the State Labor Commissioner to have violated a union contract from receiving ‘a State contract for-three years. San - Fifth Liquor Measure . The new liquor reform bill is ‘the fifth -liquor measure introduced so far in the session. The importer repealer bill was presented .asmove to insure enactment of ‘this
NEW YORK, Feb. 14 (U. P.).— The Republican Party presented to the nation today what its leaders asserted was a “united front” infused. with “a great spirit of fight for 1940.” i : Leaders ‘looked back on last night's Lincoln Day celebration here, one of the largest and mosi militant gatherings of Republicans in years, and predicted a return to the next Presidential
and dictatorship,” ex ppressed delight today with. the. io action his rate ng :
Hoover Urges G. O. P. to Victory Through Unity
men and women greeted his 3000word address, Mr. Hoover said: “It was a great and enthusiastic meeting. It bodes a great spirit of fight for 1940.” Party Chairman John: D. M.| Hamilton was ever more jubilant. Last night he admitted that prior to last November's Republican gains, there had been “grace doubf’ ifi the minds of many men that the Republican Party would recover from the diastrous defeats suffered in the previous six years.”
But he turned the meeting int an octasion of happy back-slapp
all around with' the assertion that passed"
its very existence.”
Today he felt even more certain: “I went out West last. January
legislation because it was feared the controversial points in the other bills might result in the" failure: to pass even this reform.
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The new bill would:
1. Revoke licenses of ‘all: tavern
Owes who permit gambling on ‘the
pre 2. Sie bit credit for longer than seven days: between a: wholesaler
and a. retailer.
3. Prohibit any distiller. to “sell tor one wholesaler cheaper than to, any
other wholesaler.
4. Set, up procedure for investiga: tion and prosecution of anysales-
men or firm found to_be using
timidation in selling distilled prod:
ucts. 2 5. Prevent. discounts, -secret bates and remitting devices by .p: viding that distilled spirits not. be wholesaled’ in hci: |than four-tenths gallons. ‘The Republican liquor: pL the House without aha
and visited- six states in 12_days,” eve 4 never 15 | §
-tied | he said