Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 February 1939 — Page 1

FORECAST: Fair and continued cold tonight; tomorrow fair and warmer; lowest temperature tonight 15 to 20.

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Hecmres “rowite}] VOLUME 50—NUMBER. 298

MERCURY DIPS ~ T0 12 ABOVE; WARMUP DUE

Dozen Plymouth Families Flee When Yellow River Hits 10-Year High.

SNOW FALLS UPSTATE

Tornado ‘in North Carolina

Causes Four Deaths and “Injuries to 100.

TEMPERATURES

14 11a. m.°* 13 12 (noon). 13 1p m... 13 2p nm...

(Photo, Page Two)

Less severe weather tomorrow was promised by the Weather Bureau today as the temperature fell to 12 above, the lowest thus far this year. The cold wave, which began moving in from Central Canada yesterday, blanketed the entire State and was reported moving: eastward toward the Carolinas, Zero wedther was throughout the area from Green Bay and Madison, Wis, to Omaha, Neb., and northward. ‘Chicago reported 4 above zero at 6:30 a. m. today, Ft. Wayne 12, Terre Haute, Louisville and Cincinnati 14. The highest “low” in the State reported to the local Weather Bureau was 16 at Evansville. At Plymouth, a dozen families were forced to evacuate their homes last night as the Yellow River reached its highest level in more than a decade. The crest was €x-

pected today. Low Tonight 15 or 20:

Bright sunshine was expected to warm the ‘ground sufficiently to start a return to more nearly nor‘mal weather. The Weather Bureau forecast a low tonight of 15 or 20 degrees, with “fair and warmer” tomorrow. The drop in temperature began yesterday afternoon when the mercury stood ip the thirties, and continued steadily through the night. At 6 a. m. the official reading was 14. By 9:15 a. m,, it had}: fallen ‘to 12, hovering there until noon when 4t rose a degree. The temperature was one of thel” fowest recordings in the last: two years. The lowest this winter was 9 ‘ghbove, last Dec. 28. The lowest temperature in 1938 was 5 above on Jan. ‘28, while the most severe weather for the year 1937 was only one degree colder, according to Weather Bureau records. The State Highway Commission reported six to eight inches of snow and slippery roads in the La Porte area north land west of Kankakee. In the southern part of the State, four roads were closed because of high water. They were 62 west of Mt. Vernon; 66 south of Cannelton; 69 south of Mt. Vernon, and 166 north of Tobinsport. Opened to trafic today were 65 north and east of Princeton; 66 north and west of Tell City, and 245 south of Lamar.

Four Dead, 200 Hurt in

North Carolina Tornado

WINDSOR, N. C., Feb. 22 (U. P.). —The death toll of a tornado which swept through a coastal farm area near here reached four today with the death of Mrs. George Lawrence, 66, in a hospital. The storm injured 100 persons and destroyed 40 homes. It cut a three-mile path through the farm settlement before blowing itself out over Albemarle Sound. State Highway Patrolmen spent the night rescuing injured, many of whom lay in the wreckage of their homes during the torrential rain that followed the wind. At least 17 were seriously hurt and the little hospital here was crowded beyond capacity. The storm struck early last night, when many families were separated, some members being at home and others in town. A crowd of 500 was about the hospital most of the ‘night looking for relatives or friends who they feared might be missing. Private automobiles, trucks and school busses were used by rescuers in bringing injured:to the hospital. They were reported to have found one family of seven, all ill with influenza, who had taken refuge in an outbuilding after their home was blown down, Others dead were John W. Brown, 65, chief of police at Colerain, whose automobile crashed into the rear of a bus that had been forced to stop suddenly by a fallen tree; J. PF. Mizello, killed when his home collapsed, and Robert Lawrence, 94, who was dragged, mortally injured, from the wreckage of his home. Mrs. McKinley Conner was miss- . A party was organized to search for her. Ruins of homes were guarded by : state police. :

CITY PAYS TRIBUTE TO WASHINGTON

. (Other Stories, Pages 14 and 18; “Our Town,” Page Nine)

Paying tribute e to the 206th birthday anniversary of George Washington Indianapolis schools, public buildings and banks observed a holiday today. Special observances were planned by civic, fraternal and other ortions. Judge William Fitzgerald of the Jennings-Seott Circuit Court ad-

reported

“Today I am a man!”

growing, st

‘FATHER BURNED

Texas Girl, 16, Says Parent Angry Because She Bought Shoes.

EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 22 (U. P.) — Cristina Peschard, prefty 16-year-old welder’s daughter, said from a hospital bed today that she could never forgive her father for burning her face with a blow torch, then withholding medical attention for 10 days—because she bought shoes with a bonus earned at a laundry.

A measure of her bitterness was provoked by the report of surgeons who examined the broad, raw wounds on her cheek, neck and shoulders : last night when police

‘|brought her to the County Hospital

from the home where she had been held a virtual prisoner. Their report was that the deep burns probably would leave livid scars. : Cristina’s story was one of a life o drudgery in a family of eight, of + “tyrannical” father who took Be cent of the $6 weekly wage she earned over the ironing board and around the Soaring kettles of a laundry. Argument Followe The father, Paul Peschard, 40, who operates a small welding shop, had yet:-to tell his side of the events which happened in his shop on Feb. 11, the day on which, Cristina said, she appeared at the shop wearing a new pair of shoes. Held without bond on a charge of aggravated as-

sault, he refused to talk, But the girl did, and this is her story: Shortly after noon Feb. 11 she was on the way home, her week’s work ended, delighted over an unexpected $6 bonus. She saw a pair of shoes and could not [resist the temptation to buy them. Later in the day when she appeared at Peschard’s shop to turn over] her regular wages, she told him [they were the gift of a girl friend. | ‘An argument ensued and the father, who had been bending over a welding job, turned angrily and thrust the blue-blaze of his torch into her face, she said. | Shrieking with pain, she ran home, her father following. | : Peschard ordered her and “her mother not to leave the house, she said, and threatened them with death if they disobeyed. | Yesterday, the mother slipped out and called a doctor.

REPORT CONFESSION IN $8000 ROBBERY

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. Feb. 22 (U. P.)). — Willie Dixon, 40, Negro of Terre Haute, Ind. confessed to robbing a 70-year-old woman in Marshall, Ill, of nearly $8000, police said today. Dixon, who said he had operated the Dunbar Night Club in Terre Haute, allegedly admitted holding up Mrs. Mattie Spencer Jan. 13. The confession implicated William Reese, Mrs. Spencer's son-in-law, police

dressed a joint session of both {said.

‘houses of the Legislature at 11 a. m. "The Shortridge High School Band, - directed by Robert J. Shultz and the Shelby County 4-H

Club Band (fi

Arrested with Dizon was Beulah Yarber, 24, Nashville, Tenn. who had been sought by Terre Haute of-

cers .as. an accomplice in the

21 and a Man—at Long Last!

Robert Wadlow «+ « « his interviewer up | ‘in the air.

Alton Giant Now of Age; 8 Feet 8, Still Growing

ALTON, Ill, Feb. 22 (U. P.) ~—Robert Wadlow, tallest man on record in medical history, today drew himself up to his full height of eight feet eight and one-half inches and said:

And, by way of celebrating his 21st birthday, Robert announced that, althou ugh he is perhaps the biggest man that ever lived, putting on weight, still healthy and aims to stay that way.

he is still

His statistics chart reads thus: - Height, one and one-half inches above last year’s measurement; weight (before eating), 491 pounds; shoes, size 37; hat, size 87%; collar, size 19, with specially tailored shirt. The. bed. ‘he sleeps ‘in is 9 feet 6

.j inches Jong oro aid thé only fiornial sized] Xo of haberdashery or clothing he uses is a handkerchief. His appetite, he said, remains the same— good. He. explained, however, that he eats but. little more thaii- the average person and is not on any special diet. May Reach Nine Feet Physicians who examined the “Alton giant” at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis said he may possibly reach the height of nine feet. They refused to predict when he would stop growing. Robert's condition is caused by hypertrophy of the pituitary gland, an endocrine body which controls growth and is situated under the] brain, physicians said. Robert, in attaining his majority, has reached the time when he can resent being called “that big Wadlow boy,” but said his outlook on life hasn't changed much. “I can’t see any difference in being 21,” he declared. “I don’t feel any different and it doesn’t make a great deal of difference.” Robert’s parents are normal in size and have four other normal children. His father, H. F. Wadlow, a former mechanical engineer, now travels with his giant son.

SCHOOLS AT MUNCIE ARE CLOSED BY FLU

MUNCIE, Ind., Feb. 22 (U. P.).— Public schools here were closed at noon today by the City Board of Health and school officials after it was estimated that. 2000 pupils are suffering from colds and influenza. Classes will be resumed Monday if the epidemic subsides.

TARZAN SAYS HE’LL WED BERYL SCOTT

HOLLYWOOD, Feb: 22 (U. P.) — Johnny Weismuller, the movie Tarzan, said today he would marry Beryl Scott, daughter of a wealthy San Francisco rug dealer, when his divorce from Lupe Velez becomes final next August.

By THOMAS

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terms like these.

but sure in conclusion. Hence the

by sudden circumstances, he was

meeting personal dangers with the acting ‘until every circumstance,

wise, a good, and a great man. toned;

ncy over it. If ever, how

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1939

BERLIN PAPERS PREDICT BREAK WITHULS. SOON

FOREIGN SITUATION

SHANGHAI — Japanese anger . over terrorism rises. TOKYO—Japan “regrets” bombof Hongkong area. ® 8 8

PARIS—France reported rec‘onciled to Franco's terms. .

BUCHAREST—Balkan Entente decides to recognize Franco regime. BURGOS—Reports U. 8. will recognize Franco doubted.

ROME—Mussolini reassures Franco Italian troops will stay.

PERPIGNAN—Spanish Rebels continue bombing coastal cities. ' LONDON = Chamberlain asks air force increase of 6000. 2 8 2 > WASHINGTON-—-U. 8. to cooperate with League in technical work. BERLIN—Roosevelt called unfaithtul Washington's policy. MAJORITY of U. S. voters favor aid to Britain and France in event of war. (Page Five.)

(Heywaod Broun, Page 10)

bombardment of the United States today with predictions that a rupture of diplomatic and commercial relations was likely. “Many believe that relations between the United States and Germany have reached the lowest possible point and that the next step will be rupture of diplomatic and commercial relations,” the National Zeitung said in a dispatch from New York. “Many observers believe President Roosevelt has this step in mind.”

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TUNIS, Feb. 22 (U. P.).— Governor Erik Labonne of Tunisia asked today regards ing a rumor circulated privately in Paris of a clash between French and Italian sol- . diers’ on the Tunisia-Libya frontier, said that there had been no battle, no border - incidents, no deaths, and that » ! 2 = ~ along

BERLIN, Feb. 22 >. 22 (TU. P.). — The} [controlled Nazi press resumed its

Choosing George Washington's birthday for a now barrage at Mr. Roosevelt, Senator Pittman (D. Nev.), Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, and. Rep. Carl Vinson (D. Ga.), chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee, the press attacks blamed the United States for creating “a psychology of fear.” “How Washington prepared a campaign of provocation,” said the Boersen Zeitung’s headline, “That which ‘is published with the authority of the White House will be believed by people cut off from objective’ news reporting.” Of Rep. Vinson’s speech in the (Continued on Page Three)

KORTEPETER SILENT ON BOARD SALARY

Deery Hints City May Take Legal Action.

Carl F. Kortepeter, former Marion County WPA Administrator, today declined to comment on a demand by City Controller James E. Deery that he return $4166.66 in salary he received as a member of the Flood Prevention Board. Mr. Deery’s request followed dis-

after being appointed to, the Fload Board in April, 1937, signed a salary waiver. No copy of the waiver was

carbon copy was discovered in the files of the WPA headquarters recently. Mr. Deery said that if Mr. Kortepeter should decline to :repay the salary, the matter would be placed in the hands of the City Legal Department.

JEFFERSON

Exstipt from a letter dated at Monticello, Jan, 2, 1814, and written to Dr. Walter Jones.)

THINK I knew General Washington intimately and thoroughly; and were I called on to delineate his character, it should be in

: His mind was great and powerful, without being of the very. frst order; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in. operation, being! little aided by invention or imagination,

common remark of his officers, of

the advantage he derived from councils of war, where hearing all suggestions, he selected whatever was best; and certainly no General ever planned his battles more judiciously. But if deranged during the course of the action, if any member of his plan was dislocated

slow in readjustment. The gonse-

quence was, that he often failed in the field, and rarely against.an enemy in station, as at Boston and York. He was incapable of loan,

calmest unconcern.

, Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence, never 3

every consideration, was maturely

weighed; refraining if he saw a doubt, but, When. once decided, going through with his purpose, whatever obstacles - was most pure, his justice the most k no motives of interest or consanguinity, of fries able to bias his decision. He was, in ey sense

His integrity

His temper was naturally

; but reflection and resolution had obtained a

covery that Mr, Kortepeter, shortly]

found in the City’s records, but af

Rupert Ship ‘Torpedoed’

CHATHAM, Mass, Feb. 22 (U. P.)—The Radiomarine Corp. station here intercepted a relayed SOS call today from an unidentified ‘ship which said it had -been torpedoed by an unknown submarine and was sinking. . The call was relayed “by the American freighter Tulsa, which said it had picked up the SOS from a ship with the call letters, PECC, believed to be those of a Dutch ship. The sinking ship’s position was given as latitude 32.10 north and longitude 3745 west, about 250 miles southwest of the Azores.

CHECK ON FATAL WALDRON CRASH

zx City Drug Salesman and Wife Die When Train Strikes Auto.

Police and railroad officials sought today an explanation of § trainauto crash that yesterday took ‘the lives ot an Indianapolis drug sales- | man and his wife at Waldron, seven miles southeast of Shelbyville. A Big Four train and an auto occupied by Ralph E. Morris, 45, and Mrs. Alva Moore Morris, 44, of 736 Bosart Ave., crashed at the unob-

structed crossing. Mr. and Mrs. Morris were killed instantly. The couple had just left the office of Dr. J. E. Keeling, which is about 100 feet from the crossing. Shelby County Coroner Charles Cohlmeyer

said witnesses told him the signal bell was ringing and that there was

an unobstructed view of the ‘crossing at the time of the accident.

Carried 300 Yards

DET IRENA

fast pastenger train, Tndian-

track . for about 300 yards. Both bodies were thrown from the car and papers were strewn along the right of way. The. automobile was demolished.

“Mr. and Mrs. Morris left their home here early yesterday and planned to return last night. Mrs. Morris had accompanied her husband on his trips for the last two months. The bodies were taken to the Bert S. Gadd Funeral Home. Both Mr. and Mrs. Morris were born here. Mr.. Morris attended Manual High School and Indiana Central College. He was an employee of a Columbus, O.,; drug firm more than 15 years. He was a member of Pentalpha Lodge 564, F. & A. M. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Maggie Morris, and two brothers;|’ Harry B. and Edgar Morris, all of Indianapolis. Mrs. Morris also attended Manual High School. They were married 24 years ago. She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Kathryn Smock; a brother, Jess Moore, and. a sister, (Continued on Page Two)

Pardon an Old Wheeze About Shoes

Taking literally the adage “If the shoe fits, put it on,” a burglar last night entered the Shick Shoe Store, 2906 E. 10th St., selected two pairs of size eight boots and left. "But before he left, George Shick, proprietor, told police, he discarded one pair of badly worn size eight shoes.

|apolis-bound, struck the auto squarely and carried: it along the

Entered as Second-Class Matter Indianapolis, Ind.

10,000 FARMERS T0 MASS IN TAX SLASH PROTES

KIDNAPING AND RANSOMING OF BOY REVEALED

4-Year-Old Son of Brooklyn Accountant Freed on Payment of $250.

$7000 ASKED ORIGINALLY

Maid Duped by Telephone Call Saying Mother Wanted Him.

NEW YORK, Feb. 22 (U. P)— The kidnaping and subsequent release for $250 ransom of Michael Katz, four-year-old son of a Brook= lyn accountant, was revealed today. The boy was held two hours and a half and set free unharmed. The kidnapers originally demanded $7000, but agreed to the reduced

figure when the father, George Katz, pleaded that was all he could

pay.

gineered. The abductors lured the boy from his home in Sea Gate, a private section of Brooklyn, on the story that his mother, Mrs. Bessie Katz, wanted him to see a play at the public school where she teaches. Entrance to the Sea Gate development can be gained only with the permission of persons living there. A watchman guards the gate at all hours. Maid Receives Call

Police of Coney Island said that at 10:30 a. m. Monday a man telephoned the Katz home and told the maid, Lillian Beckitt, that he was calling at the request of Mrs. Katz and directed her to take the child to Public School No. 100, where she teaches. The maid told the caller she did not know how to get to the school. ‘He then directed her to meet him at the Coney Island Theater. When she arrived with the child two men were there. “Hello, Michael,” they said, but the boy did not recognize them. Then they told the maid they would - take the child to the school, gave her 'a note demanding the ransom and instructing Mr. Katz how it should be paid, hustled Michael : inte their aucomobile and [drove off. Stn The Kote “demianded $7000 “for the’ return of the child and directed Mr. Katz to have Charles Mitchell,

a friend, act as intermediary. It also ingructed Mr. Katz and Mr. Mitchell to an address on

the lower East Side in New York to pay the ransom and recover the boy. Mr. Katz and Mr. Mitchell followed directions and arrived at the corner. of Ridge and Broome Sts. There, a voice which came from behind them directed the father and friend to “go to the apartment house across the street.” The two men walked into the lower hallway of the house and held a conversation with the kidnapers. They could not see the men because the hallway was dark.

Mentions “Nice Lady”

“Have you got that package?” asked one of the kidnapers. “I have no package, but I've got some money,” Mr. Katz replied. “How much have you got?” ..“Two hundred and fifty dollars.” “Is that all?” asked the man. “That's all I have,” Mr. Katz told him. “All right, drop it on the floor and go to the apartment house next door and you'll find the boy in the hallway.” Mr. Katz and his friend found the boy. He could tell them little of his experience except that he was in the company of a “nice lady.” The Coney Island police said they had not been notified of the kidnaping until Monday night, hours after the boy was returned. They said they had not disclosed the abduction at the time in the hope they would be able to solve it quickly. Both Mr. Katz and Mr. Mitchell were reluctant to discuss the matter. Mr. Katz said the police had requested him not to talk about it. Mr.

_“jMitchell would not. comment.

CLIPPER LEAVES SAN DIEGO ‘SAN DIEGO, Cal., Feb. 22 (U. P). —The 74-passenger Pan-American Clipper “No. 17” took off at 8:15 a. m, (Indianapolis Time) today for the East Coast and assignment to trans-Atlantic service. :

Jefferson, in Off Record Appraisal of Washington, i Described Him as a Man of Destiny and Merit

his expenses he was honorable, but exact; liberal in contributions to whatever promised utility; but frowning and unyielding on a all visionary projects and all unworthy calls on his charity.

His heart was not warm in its affections; but he exactly calétlated A

every man’s value, and gave him a solid esteem proportioned to it. His person, you know, was fine, his stature exactly what one would wish, his deportment easy, erect and noble; the best horseman of his age,

and the most graceful! figure that

could be seén on horseback.

Although in the circle of his friends, where he might be unreserved . with safety, he took a free share in conversation, his colloquial talents were not above mediocrity, possessing; neither copiousness of ideas, nor

fluency of a In public, when was unready, short fusely, in an essy and correct style.

tién with the world, for his education was merely reading, writing ain wig ‘arithmetic, to which he added surveying at a later day. time was employed in action chiefly, reading litt

and embarrassed. - Yet he wrote readily, rather dif-

called on for a sudden “he

This he had acquired by conversa-

le, and that only. in

occupied most of his leisure hours within doors, re On the Whole, his character Was, in. its. mass, Perfect, in not never |

bad, in few points indifferent; and na

it may truly be said

ture and fortune combine more Toa

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The kidnaping was well en-|

PRICE THREE CENTS

LEGISLATURE TODAY

HOUSE

Receives a favorable committee report on a House bill to require school authorities to furnish free textbooks. (Page Two.) ; Advances to second reading three House bills to tighten restrictions on taverns. (Page Light.) Debates upon a split committee report a House measure to reorganize the State Highway Commission. (Page Two.) Ways and Means Committee continues consideration of the $4-million dollar = biennial budget. (Page Two.)

SENATE

Ten . thousand farmers to parade in protest to gross. fax cut, before Senate hearing toMorrow. Receives a divided report from the Textbook Investigation Committee. (Page Two.) Receives a joint resolution asking the appointment of a 12-member * legislative committee to recodify Indiana school laws and report to the 1941 Legislature,

~ (Editorial, Page 10)

GREENLEE HERE, HOPING FOR JOB

Believes He’s First Choice ~ For Revenue Collector; Fears McNutt Slips.

(Photo, Page 18)

Pleas Greenlee, who is a U. S. Bituminous Coal Commissioner and wants to be U. S. Internal Revenue Collector for Indiana, was in Indianapolis today declaring optimism jon both fronts. 1. Vir. Greenlee was not: so optimistic about the political “future of High Commissioner Paul V. MecNutt of the Philippines, whose patronage secretary he was when Mr. McNut{ was Indiana’s Governor. ; Mr. Greenlee said Postmaster General Farley, Vice President Gurner and Secretary of State Hull ar: being mentioned in Washington more frequently as Democratic Presidential possibilities in 1940 than Mr. McNutt. * »T believe that I am first choice for the Internal Revenue post,” Mr. Greenlee said.

Praises Commission

He also said that the Coal Commission has ‘managed to create a horizon that is economically “brighter than at any time since the World War.” Mr. Greenlee stopped in Indian-

hearing in Denver, and said “the latest information in Washington is that I am being considered favorably for the revenue post, but of course there is nothing certain yet.” The term of Will H. Smith, present collector, ended in June and Mr. Smith has been a holdover until a new collector is chosen. Some opposition to the selection of Mr. Greenlee was said to have developed in the Indiana Democratic Committee. State organization lenders have been reported favoring Paul P. Fry, former State EXcise ' director and former Indiana Pu yikasing | Agent, for the appointmen The power of nomination to the Internal Revenue job rests with the two Indiana U. S. Senators.

Two Here Report ‘Seeing’ Killer Pierce. |

‘His.

apolis briefly on his way to a coal

DETEGTIVE'S SLAYER | S STILL AT LARGE |."

Plan March on State: Capitol Tomorrow For Hearing.

MEETING AT2P. M

Merchants ‘Will Urge Senators to Back Pending Bill.

Indiana; merchants and farmers squared off today for a showdown battle before the Legislature on the Gross Income Tax rate. Ten thousand farmers, according to the Indiana Farm Bureau, will parade in downtown Indianapolis

|tomorrow morning in protest against

a proposed rate cut t6 one-half of 1 per cent. Thousands of merchants from all over the state have indicated they would converge on the Capitol to back the “relief” bill at a Senate hearing. Representatives of small businesses are expected to be in the majority. !

ALBANY, N. Y,, Feb. 22 (U. P.)—Thousands of taxpayers carried the threat of a “taxpayers” strike to a legislative. committee today, charging istration’s 1939-1940 budget © and tax program . would destroy business. More ithan 6000 persons from throughout the state marched on the Capitol. =.

The bill under consideration: would lower the retailers’ gross income tax rate from 1 per cent to % of 1 per cent and reduce the exemption from $3000 to $1000,

size of the crowd expected. The ro. : tunda of the State H -is being’ considered as a possible site, Senator Frederick Eichhorn (D. Gary), committee chairman, said.

Plan Button-Holing

The bill was passed by the House by a unanimous vote, but ims mediately after it was sent to the Senate, Administration and farmer: opposition to the measure developed; The Farm Bureau announced that the farmers opposing the cut, on the grounds that it would shift . the tax burden back to property, would assemble at Tomlinson: Hall, at 10:30 a. m.

After marching to the State House, the farmers will disband and talk individually to Representatives and Senators from their districts, They will reassemble at 2 p. m. at the location of the hearing. “This ‘will not be a mob. scene, but an orderly protest against an unjust piece of legislation,” one Bureau official said. Principal speakers for the farmers. will be Hassil Schenck, Farm Bus1eau president, and Anson Thomas,

head of the Bureau’s tax and legise lative department.

Strike Is Threat

Hundreds of merchants from northeastern Indiana, who have declared openly. they will strike if the Legislature does not. give them r lief, are to travel here by bus, at and traction, according to a United Press dispatch.

At a mass meeting held recently in the Ft. Wayne area, the mer-

said that Federal “overnm tistics show that the gros