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VOLUME 50—NUMBER 303

“FAVORS EASING . TRUCK BANS ON

~ CITY STREETS

- Safety Board Thinks Move Would Eliminate Many Traffic Hazards. .

f Ser SUPPORTS PLAY

‘Means Better Distribution, He Contends; Action Is Up to Council. ,

Withdrawal of truck bans from all except three Indianapolis streets

ow Was recommended by the Safety

Board today to the City Council. The Board took the action on the ' recommendation of Police Chief

* Morrissey, who scid .he had made a _ detailed study of the truck traffic

‘situation and believes lifting of the!

bans would reduce traffic hazards.

\ | @ If the recommendations are car-

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ried out, trucks would be banned vsnly on Meridian St. from 16th St. to the city limits; on 38th St. from Keystone Ave. to Northwestern Ave,

® and Westfield Boulevard from Col-

lege Ave. to Sunset Ave. Action Up to City Council

+ Since 1937, the Safety Board has

off and on been reported considering such an action, and at various times has been reported considering , lifting all bans, ~ The bans tould be lifted only through action of City Council in repealing ordinances, and before that body now are appeals for fur-

'¢" ther bans.

During 1938, trucks were banned by ordinance from ‘Pennsylvania St. and Boulevard Place, and during 1937 from Broadway, Central Ave. Illinois St. and College Ave. Paul C. Wetter, president of the Indianapolis Federation of Civic Associations, predicted there would

#~ be much criticism of the recommen-

dation and that it would be fought by individual associations affected in the proposal.

Safety Move, Says’ Chief

Chief Morrissey said he believed lifting the bans would distribute truck traffic over enough streets nat 3 woul not be serious problem

for v 1% He ia the- hazard created by | 'the- bans which he seeks to clear

# exists mainly on the North Side.

At other times when rerouting of truck traffic or extension of truck routes in the City have been dis-

« »cussed publicly, the Parent-Teacher

Associations in various sections of the City have protested.

|. ‘MORLEY PROBATION \

i X

+ PETITION STUDIED

—e A petition asking probation for Clarence J. Morley, 70, former Governor of Colorado now under a fiveyear term for using the mail lo de- . fraud, was taken under advisement today by Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell, following a hearing. Mr. Morley, former president of the C. J. Morley Co., an investment

¢ firm with offices here and in Evans-| * ville, has been at liberty under $5000}

~appeal bond since his conviction here in July, 1937. + His firm was accused of “bucket ' shop” tions. The petition stated Mr. — Morley is seriously ill. Four ether

defendants in the case are serving|

EP and two still are fugitives.

| K. C. JURY RETURNS

NINETY TRUE BILLS

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 28 (U. P.) —A County Grand Jury investigating crime in Kansas City returned 90 true bills today and then returned to quarters to continue the investigation into gambling and racketeering. * Crusading Judge Allen C. Southern, who received the report, in-

Dies in Traffic

| Irmadean Reading | os 8

CRASH INJURIES

Detective and Youth Are Huff in Traffic Accidents In City.

Irmadean Reading, 15-year-old Indianapolis girl who was injured in an auto accident one mile south of Greenwood Sunday, died today in City Hospital. ~ Miss Reading is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude I Reading; 905 Albany ‘St.; three sisters, Adele, 16; Ernestine, 13, and Maxine, 6, and three brothers, Bernard and Claude Jr, each 12, and Kenneth, 8. Services for Miss Reading will be at 2 p. m. in the South Side Nazarene Church and burial will be in Memorial Park Cenietery.. The car in which Miss Reading was injured was driven by David C. Cox, Beech Grove. Neither he nor two other passengers, Roy Clayton and Florence Fryman, wer? injured. Detective Sergeant Fred Swego, 1311 N. DeQuincey St., was injured when a car driven by Detective Sergeant Stewart Coleman collided with a car driven by Harold King, Zionsville, at Capitol Ave. and Ohio St. Mr. King was charged with reckless driving. : Robert Peale, 15, of 1117 Standish Ave., was in City Hospital with possible head injuries. Eis bicycle struck a car near his hone.

Bryant Driver’s Crash: - Death Is Probed

RICHMOND, Feb. 28 (|. P.).—An investigation was planned today into an automobile accident which killed J. A. Driscoll, 60, of Bryant. His automobile plugged through a bridge railing into Gresn’s Fork

Creek. A preliminary examination by Coroner Russell Hiatt indicated Mr. Driscoll’s death was caused by drowning. The automobile landed in four feet of water.

EARLY ELECTION OF NEW POPE IS LIKELY

overa-|It Once Required Three

Years—in 13th Century.

VATICAN CITY, Feb. 28 (U. P.). —Fifty-five Cardinals attended today the 18th and last General Congregation in preparation for the election in.a conclave which starts tomorrow of a 262d Pope to succeed His Holiness Pius XI, The Italian Cardinals absent today, and three Cardinals from the American. Hemisphere who are due at Naples early tomorrow, were expected to be here tomorrow in time for the opening of the conclave. The Americans are His Eminence William Cardinal O'Connell, Archbishop: of Boston; Giacofio Cardinal

FATAL TO GIRL|

RIVERS PERI DOWNSTATE'S LOW REGIONS

Some Villages ‘Are Warmed Streams May Go Out Of Banks.

NO DANGER IN CITY AREA

Road Hazards Are Removed As Rain Washes Down Snow.

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TEMPERATURES 6a. m... 49 10 a. m.... 9a. m... 11 a. m.... 8a m... 12 (moon), 9a m... 1p nm...

48 48 48 48

48 49 48

Considerable tise in southern reaches of the Wabash and White Rivers was predicted today by J. H. Armington, meteorologist. He warned residents of river villages in those parts that streams probably will go out of their banks when last night’s rain and the melted snow wash down the streams. - Some heavy rains were reported but they were spotty, he said. It rained .45 of an inch in Indianapolis, which, added to the snow melt, made about 1.23 inches to drain into the streams from here in the last 48 hours, he said.

North Not in Danger

Mr. Armington said Shoals reported 1.23 inches of rain last night and Martinsville. reported 1.85 inches. Flood dangers in northern parts of the Wabash and White River valleys were considerably minimized, he said. because heavy rains were not general. The lowest temperature here last night was 36. A minimum of about 30 was predicted for tonight and fair and colder weather was forecast for tomorrow. No new rain was predicted.

Driving Is Safer

No streams in the Indianapolis area appeared in danger of going out of their banks, With most of the snow washed away by last night’s rain, no extraordinary traffic hazards existed today in the City and smyivons. Despite easing ' danger. of floods- in wo ries to . the. Ohio River, the Ohio itself was reported

All rural schools in the, Evansville district were reported open, although some recently had been closed because ot of high water.

SAFETY BOARD ASKS SMOKE INSPECTORS

Also Calls Upon Police to Report Nuisances.

The Safety Board today approved recommendations that would require police to reports smoke nuisances, and that would set up one fireman in each engine house as a smoke inspector for the area. It also named a committee to function in an advisory capacity with the administration, and approved a proposal that public buildings be required to observe the smoke ordinance to the letter. Named to the Committee were Dr. Herman G. Morgan, City Health Board secretary; Police Chief Morrissey and Fire Chief Kennedy; B. FP. Mulchay of the Citizens ‘Gas & Coke Utility; J. W. Wood, Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen; William P. Snethen of the ‘Apartment JFlouse Owners Association: W. L. Georgan of the International, Harvester Co.; Louis Schwitzer of the Schwitzer-Cum-mins Co., and G. Don Sullivan, Indiana Coal Merchants’ Association executive secretary.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1939

Farewell, Lillian . re

Crew Leaves in Lifeboat (foreground) As:'She Begins Plunge.

_|py United Press rapidly falling at} | Evansville.

The Sea Boils in Angry Triumph.

shouted:

Times-Acme Photos.

In a whirling, roaring mass of white water, the freighter Lillian of

: Fawcett withdrew his motion and

(of $83,800,949

Entered as Seconc-Class

‘at Postoffice, Indianapolis; Ind.

HOUSE, S

Total Is $83, 800, odi) ) as Committee Ends; Paring.

TEMPERS FLARE

Last Session Brings Two Threats of Resignation.

The House Ways and Means Committee today was to report out fo, passage the biennial appropriation bills reduced by $1,000,466 from the

$84,801,416 figure recommended by the Budget Committee. In a final eight-hour session which lasted until 1:30 a. m., the committee slashed an additional $156,240 from the two bills. Last week’s meeting resulted in an $844,266 cut as the economy ax fell on operating expenses in almost every State department. Toward the end of the final meeting tempers, irritatéd by long hours of work, flared into the open with Budget Committee members threatening to resign. When Rep. Harry R. Fawcett (R. Kokomo) moved to further decrease the Governor's deficiency emergency operating expense fund, which had beep cut from $500,000 to $300,000 ‘last week, Rep. Edward Stein (D. Bloomfield)

“If you fellows don’t trust the Budget Committee I'm ready to resign right now.”

Threatens to Quit

Edward Brennan, Chief Examiner for the State Board of Accounts, banged on the table a copy of the bill and said, “I'll resign too.” Quiet was restored when Rep.

Rep. J. Frank Smith (R. Lafayette), committee chairman, warned | he would adjourn the meeting. The final Sppreved budget figure more than thrég million eS greater than the last biennial budget which totaled $80,784,598.

$118,000 reduction in funds for the Division of Registration and Licensing ‘of Motor Vehicles. This included a $60,000 cut from the original $280,000 appropriation for license plates and chauffeurs’ badges. Clarence A. Jackson, Gross Income Tax director, described for the Committee’ the difficulties in collecting the tax in some localities, particularly Lake County.

Explains State Problems

“This is because of the foreign population who do not understand and is. also due to unscrupulous politicians who have told their constituents not to pay the tax. They then promise that the tax will not have to be paid when they are elected. “This recent tax strike was started by a Lake County man who never has paid any tax,” Mr. Jackson said. The committee virtually abolished the Deep Waterways Commission and the State Board of Attendance, a division of the Board of Education. The Committee approved withdrawing the $3600 appropriation for the Waterways Commission and cut the Attendance Board from $8220 to $300. The Muck Crop Association's recommended appropriation was reduced from $17,640 to $7640. Because a: bill extending the Milk Control Board for another two years is awaiting action by the Governor, the committee approved an

Restored by the Committee was $20,928 which had been cut from

Heaviest slash approved was ‘al

Matter se

LEGISLATURE TODAY HOUSE -

Ways and Means Committee reports out biennial budget bill after slashing more than a million dollars from appropriation requests.

Killed bill to admit law school graduates to bar without examination.

Killed resolution to extend license plate deadline. Receives amended City Manager resolution for concurrence in Senate amendment,

Republican leaders reported opposed to gas tax increase and $1 license fee amendments made by Senate to " truck weight tax repealer.

State Clemency Commission to consider Stephenson resolution on March 8.

SENATE

Considers local option bill in commitee as Lieut. Gov. Schricker prepares to appoint members to conference committee studying Markland measure.

Roads Committee to meet in executive session to redistribute gasoline tax funds.

Finance Committee to consider proposed gross income tax reduction.

Receives House bill broadening terms of the Unemployment Compensation Act.

Only one election law “re- . form” measure conceded much chance of passage.

STATE HIGHWAY. DATA ATTACKED

Senators:Charge Unit ‘Lied’ To Budget Officials About Funds.

Two members of the Senate Roads Committee today charged the State Highway Department had “lied” to the State Budget Committee in a ling to mention in 1939 budget estimates more than a million dollars in carry-over funds for Federal-aid matching money. - The charge brought prompt denial from T. A. Dicus, State Highway chairman, who said the Committze was misled by figures in. budget estimates for 1939 and said that “just because there is $2,000,000 carried over from last year it is no reason to assume that the money is not already allocated for road construction work.” The squabble arose in a hearing of the Roads Committee on a House bill to redistribute the gas tax funds to give the counties an additional 15 per cent. The Committee’s meeting was held today after an attempt

0 force the measure out on: to the oor. The Committee adjourned ition taking action on the bill. "Another meeting was called for this afternoon, The Committee was attempting to (Continued on Page Four)

CITY MANAGER BILL

amendment appropriating SEMIS ANOTHER SN AG for the Board for the next biennium

ATE LIQUOR _ ACCORD REPORTED: “BUDGET CUT BY MILLION

yesterday .by a Republican Senator

wah

Markland Measure Is Now Believed Near ‘0. K.”

CAUCUS IN SECRET

G.O.PIs Expected To Request % ly nay Two Changes. i

Republican House members at a secret caucus this afternoon were reported to have agreed to “go . along” in most re with the . amended Markland li for law: ree form bill.

Their action followed spots that : several G. O. P. leaders: were Opposed to the Senate’s action on the bill and the situation was on the

{verge of “stalemating.”

However, Senate developments indicated that there still was much dissension over the liquor question, They were: 1. Senate members of the conference committee to consider . the

{much-amended Markland House -|liquor bill have been instructed by

Democratic leaders to make no cons cessions in the negotiations - with the Republican House members. 2. Some members of the “reform” group of Senate Democrats are. res ported dissatisfied with the selec tion of the Senate members of the conference committee.

Local Option Losing

Meanwhile, Republicans ‘Joined with Democrats in delaying final consideration in the House on the local option bill to re-enact the old Nicholson Law after it was explained that this measure would result in the loss of between four and seven million dollars. When the House refused fo cons cur in the amendments the Senats added. to the Markland Bill Detogn passing | it under suspension PI the rules turday, Speaker era ps. Glenn Markland Ear Zionsville), the author, and Frank Millis (R. Campbelisburg) to the’ conference committee. Dissension reportedly arose among members of the Democratic. mas= jority in the Senate when Governor Townsend was sald to have been conferring with Senate leaders & few: minutes before Lieut. Gov, Schricker was to name the confers ence committee. members from the upper house. Members of the liquor “reform” group supposed the Governor was attempting to “dictate” appointment of the committee members. Demo-

a “coincidence” and the Governor” made’ no mention of the liquor Situation at all.

' Appointments Held Up

The result was that Mr. Schricker held up appointment of the members until today when he named Senators Walter Arnold (D. South - Bend) and Frederick Eichhorn (D, Gary). One Democratic leader said the committee would not be authorized to permit any changes whatsoever in the bill as it left the Senate floor - because “we decided caucus on ine way the liquor legislation should

When the Nicholson law pill, which was introduced A by Rep.

‘| Evans, was ‘handed down: for third

reading in the House, Rep. George W. Henley (R. Bloomington) moved to make the measure a special ore der of business for 2 p. m. tomore row. The Henley motion carried on a voice vote. The bill would allow property owners in governmental units as

>» —— «ny i

cratic leaders, however, said it was

the Bull Line went to the bottom off the New Jersey coast the day following her ramming by the German freighter Wiegand in the fog off Barnegat Light. Its bow smashed in by the collision, the ship kept afloat with its $400,000 cargo of sugar after all hands had abandoned ship. ' The captain and a picked crew returned to her in an effort to

structed his clerk to keep every name secret until all those indicted were under arrest. He ordered the sheriff to start making arrests immediately. It was believed the alleged offenses included gambling and liquor law

small as townships and wards to (Continued on Page Four) =

MISSING N. Y. GIRL. 6,

The Indianapolis Smoke Abatement League will hold a mass meeting at the War Memorigal at 8 0 ‘clock tonight as part of its campaign to reduce air pollution this year. Prof. W. T. Miller of Purdue Uni-

the Fire Marshal’s Department last|Qur i week. The Committee also returned Su nday Dale in Measure

(Continued on Page Four) ‘Confusing to_Proponents.

Copello,© Archbishop of Buends Aires, and ' Sebastiano Cardinal Leme, Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro. They were in the Mediterranean today in the liner Neptunia.

violations.

: 2 WORKERS SCALDED AT RIVERSIDE PLANT

Two €mployees’ of the Indianapolis Water Co. were in Methodist _ Hospital today recovering from

Puscalds received when hot water

Tomorrow afternoon, ' the Cardinals awill file through a single doorway into walled isol:tion in the center of the Vatican, to simelee only after they have elected a Pope, by the traditional meth id which go back to the end of the 13th Century.

‘Captains of Wheels’ Named The conclave can last indefinitely.

¢ jetted from a pipe at the Riverside

pumping station yesterday. |

They were Herbert V. Smith, 2414 N. Alabama St. assistant superintendent of the station, and William J. Taylor, 2841 Station St, a machinist. The men were repairing-a|

large pump. IR

NEW YORK, Feb. 28 (U. P)— Steel shares, with gains ranging to 2 points, and rail issues led the stock market higher today. Volume continued small. A. T. & T. rose to a new high since 1937 at 1587, up %. A sizable group of other stocks made new tops, including In-

In the 13th century, three years elapsed before Gregory X finally was elected Pope. Vatican observers were confident today, however, that a new ‘Pope will be found this time within two or three days. Prince . Ludovico Chigi-Albani Della Rovere, hereditary marshal, made his last inspection of the specially constructed quarters in which the cardinals will be cut off from all communication with the outside world except through four mediaries. : On the eve of the conclave, authoritative Church opinion was agreed only that the new Pope

cordance with the tradition established after the death of Adrian VI, 8 Dutchman who was elected in 22.

probably will be an Italian in ac-|C

ternational Harvester, gific and Philip Morris issues.

| FRANCES MERCER TO WED

| HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 28 (U. P.).— frances Mercer, young screen ac58 and daughter of Sid Mercer, stern sports writer, and scenarist nd Cooper, had a marriage liCounty |

0] file today ab the

Union Pa-

Vatican experts on procedure, who have made a research into traditions and unwritten. regula|tions governing elections of a Pope during the past 100 years predicted that the new pontiff likely would be chosen from the names of five Italian cardinals. This list was drawn up on the.

versity, the principal speaker, will demonstrate methods of economical and virtually smokeless firing of boilers and furnaces, Roy O. John= son, League counsel, said.

3 SHIPS IN DISTRESS SEND PLEAS FOR AID

s. Marion Reported Afire|

In Arctic Circle.

By United Press ee ships were reported in distoday, one off America’s West

the Russian-Arctic

° 8.8. Marion, giving her posiin the Russian-Arctic Circle,

‘was reported afire in the hold.

ist Guard officers were unable to contact the ship. Reported in “no immediate danger” but seeking assistance, the 2509-ton freighter Cumberland was

aground on Frying Pan Shoals, off

Cape fear, N. C.

On the West Coast the Coast Itasca neared the steamship West Nilus, wallowing off with her. propellor A crew of 37 and an number of passengers

Guard cutte

Lower Califor shaft broken. undetermined

over the doomed vessel.

save her and left the ship only a few minutes before she took the death plunge. These remarkable pietures were taken from a plane giving low

Loyalist President Quits;

Warships Await Refugees

FOREIGN SITUATION

PARIS—Warships wait to evacuate Loyalist leaders. VALENCIA—Negrin Cabinet holds emergency meeting. LONDON—Censure of Chamberlain on Spanish policy asked. WASHINGTON—U. 8. expected to recognize Franco shor}, BURGOS—Franco thanks his allies, condemns. Jews. =i ® 2 =» ¥ 2 8 ROME--Newspaper says Mrs. Roosevelt “writes too much.” 'BRUSSELS—King seeks new Cabinet. » ” #

DEMOCRACIES aided by time in tug-of-war with axis. (Page Five.)

PARIS, Feb. 28 . P) —President Azana of Loyalist Spain an-

nounced his resignation today while the British and French Soyernment awaited news that Loyalist resistance in Central Spain had collapsed.

Diego Martinez Barrio, Vice President and president of the Loyalist

it was revealed a crew). been rescued from the

until the Government, at Valencia had been consulted.

Cortes or Parliament, said he would refuse to assume the Presidency

French and British warships were

Mediterranean coast to evacuate {perhaps final meeting. Loyalist leaders in event that Pre-| Senor Azana sent his re:

cided that to continue the war: was French ‘Alps, fo Sener useless. Senor Azana said in

believed waiting off the Spanish |them there for an emergency and

ation

mier Negrin and his associates de-|from Collonges.sons-Saleye, | in the

5” letter

STABILIZATION FUND FACTS ARE REVEALED

U. S. Operation in Chinese Money Is Disclosed.

(National Affairs, Page Three)

WASHINGTON, Feb, 28 (U. P). —Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau Jr. today for the first time revealed the confidential balance sheet} of the Treasury’s two billion dollar currency stabilization fund, showing that it has operated extensively in Chinese as’ well as European currencies.

to the House Committee‘on Weights, Coins and Measures. ' The balance sheet revealed the| Treasury never has employed more| than 200 million dollars ‘of its vast| capital, that net profits since 1034 total $9,874,447 and that one of the chief operations of the fund” has been to stabilize the relative values of the U. S. dollar and the Chinese yuan, under agreement with the Chinese Government. The fund’s profit sheet showed these principal sources of income: Handling charges on gold, $1,772, 273; sales of silver bullion to Treas-

merits (U. 8 Treasury bonds), $2,-

pres proponents today.

The balance sheet was presented |

MERCHANT ASKS AID,

ury, $3,473,362; interest on invest-|

14| wherever you are,

A “bug’ in the resolution creating the commission to select the best method for cities to obtain the«city manager form of government caused confusion in the ranks of the meas-

by civic groups headed by the Indianapolis Junior Chamber of Commerce, the resolution required the Commission to report its findings to the Governor “on or before Oct. 1, 1940.” « | The resolution passed the House

| As originally drafted

‘ |in this form, but it was amended by

the Senate Judiciary “A” Committee to read “on Dec. 1, 1940,” which Is Sunday. Rep. Howard Batman (D. Terre Haute), who largely was responsible for pushing the resolution through both houses, immediately: drew up a motion to direct the House not to | (Continued on Page Four)

IN FINDING DAUGHTER

KEOKEE, Va., Feb. 28 (U. P.).— R. H.- Darnell, a waslifty merchant here, today appealed to the FBI to investigate the possibility of kidnaping in the disappearance of his ‘daughter; Eliza Darnell. Miss Darnell, 25, a former school teacher, has been missing since Feb. 20. Her father offered a $1000 reward for information as to her wheres ts. He asked newspapers and radio stations to publish a plea: “Eliza,

if living, please call:us or come back home. Any

IS FOUND NEAR HOME

LARCHMONT, N. Y. Feb. 28 (U. P.) ~Lois Masterson, 6-year-ol daughter of a former GOVernor ¢ the New York Curb Exchange, ended a 12-hour search for her by police, firemen, volunteers and bloodhounds today . by approaching Police Chief William J. Keresey less than- 100 feet from her parents’ home and announcing, “I haven’t been home.” Chief Keresey, directing more than 100 searchers who had feared the missing child ‘was a victim of kidnapers, had just left the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Masterson: The girl's clothing and her soiled face indicated that she had spent the night resting on the ground. A doctor examined her and said she had suffered “no ill effects.” It was the fourth time that Lois ‘had. id appeared,

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