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TEARGASUSED TO END GOSHEN UNION FLAREUP

13 in Jail Charged With Assault and Battery, Inciting Riot.

NONE HURT IN DISORDER

Fighting Starts as Pickets Overturn Rival Faction’s Car, Police Report.

Times Special GOSHEN, March 15.—Thirteen men were in jail here this afternoon after police used tear gas bombs to quell labor disorders outside the Hettrick Manufacturing

Co. plant. : They were charged with assault

- and battery and inciting riot, ac-

cording to Police Chief Ray Auer. No one was injured. Chief Auer said that he augmented his regular force with special deputies and that he had 75 officers on the scene shortly after the disorders started. The Chief said that the strike was called Monday by a C. I. O. union while an A. P. of L. union has the contract with the company as the sole bargaining agency. . i He said that a 48-hour truce suggested by authorities ended at 7:30 a. m. today and that the A. F. of L. union then granted the request of the rival faction for another conference at 11 a. m. The chief declared that the C. I. O. group said the picket line would be continued, but that force' would not be used to prevent members of the rival group from entering the plant. : When police escorted an: automobile bearing A. F. of L. members through the C. I. O. picket line of 75, the pickets overturned the car and fighting started, Chief Auer said. Police said that the dispute is be-

tween the rival unions and that the

company has not been consulted. Neither C. I. O. nor A. F. of L. officials could be reached for comment.

5 STREET PROJECTS GET TENTATIVE 0. K.

The Works Board today gave its tentative approval to plans for the resurfacing and paving of five streets, as a part of the City’s 1939 street improvement program. The ‘improvements contemplated are the removal of car tracks and resurfacing of Prospect St. from Virginia to Keystone Aves.; the resurfacing of Central Ave. from 38th to 52d Sts.; the resurfacing and widening of Sherman Drive from 10th to 21st Sts.; the paving of Pershing Ave. from 10th to W. Michigan St., and resurfacing of Delaware St. from South St. to Madison Ave. 3 Present plans call for assessing property owners not more than 25 per cent of the total cost for materials. The City will pay the remaining 75 per cent and WPA labor will be used.

‘WIDOW, 75, MENACED

BY ‘MATCH BURGLAR’

Mrs. Jeanette Nunnamaker, 75-year-old widow of 2440 Pierson St., reported to police today that during the night she was menaced by the “match burglar” who entered her home through an unlocked window. She said the prowler struck one match while standing in the kiilchen, another in the dining room and then entered her bedroom. She said he put his gloved hand over her mouth and ordered to. keep quiet. Mrs. Nunnamaker said that when she finally succeeded in pushing the man’s hand away from her face he fled through the kitchen door. Nothing was stolen, she said.

DR. HARVEY SILENT ON

' _RUMOR OF U.S. JOB

Dr. Verne K. Harvey, State Health Director, returning from a trip to Washington, today declined to com‘ment on reports that he was considering a post with the U. S. De-

i] partment of Health.

‘He refused to deny or confirm rumors started among medical leaders that he is seeking a Federal post in preparation to resigning his State position in protest against Governor Townsend’s veto of the Health Board's reorganization bill.

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Second Twin

Jasper Boy Is Born One Month After First Baby.

ASPER, Ind., March 15 (U. P.).—’ A second twin was born today to Mrs. Robert Scherle, 30, exactly one month after the first twin was born, Feb. 15. : The second child was a sevenpound baby boy, born at 11 a. m. today. The first was a boy also. | Thus Mrs. Scherle failed to break the all-time record of 44 days for a |detayed birth. But she had waited {exactly four weeks to bear her second chlid. . Dr. L. A. Salb, the family physician, said that both mothe: and child are in good condition.

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HE new baby has not been named yet, although the first twin was christened William Joseph Scherle shortly after birth, since it was expected to die. Mrs. Scherle’s condition was serious for several days but later she recovered and has spent the last 10 days doing her normal housework. : Robert Scherle, 32, father of three other children in addition to the twins, pursued his wood-working trade and refused to remain home and “pace the floor? after the second twin did not appear for several days. . " He said he “had gotten sover the stage of being nervous” and asseried he was compelled to work hard to provide for the two extra children.

WARN ALL-NIGHT PARKERS IN CITY

Safety Board Orders Chief To Enforce Law as Aid _ In Street Cleanup.

While plans were completed to establish a Traffic Violators Bureau in the Police Station, the Safety Board | today ordered. Chief Morrissey to enforce the ordinance which prohibits all-night parking on City streets. LeRoy J. Keach, Safety Board president, told members of the Works Board that the parking ban would assist them in their spring street cleaning program which begins next week. The section of the. traffic code prohibiting all-night parking mekes it unlawful for the operator of any vehicle not in use to park it for a period of time longer than one hour between the hours of 2 and 6 a. m. on any street or alley. Louis G. Brandt, Works Board president, said he was completing arrangements with Wilbur Winship, Streets Commissioner, to give the City’s 350 miles of streets “a thorough spring cleaning.” Mr. Keath said cardboard signs warning against all-night parking will be placed around the City Monday. He said the Board had ordered police squad cars and motorcycle men to patrol the streets during the night hours. The Traffic Violators Bureau will go into operation as soon as new traffic stickers are printed, Chief Morrissey said. He said the stickers probably. would be printed by Tuesday. The new bureau will eliminate the practice of making traffic sticker payments at the City Controller's office, according to James E. Decry, City Controller. Two deputy clerks and one cashier will comprise the

MENACE OF FLOOD 15 LESSENED HERE

Fair| and Colder Predicted: Downstate Warned.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES 6a. m... 38 11 a. m.... 7a. m... 36 12 (noon). Sa. m... 33 1p m... 9a. m... 33 2p m.... 10 a.m... 33

Streams in Indianapolis and the northern section of Indiana were receding today as southern Indians braced itself for racing flood waters due there late this week. Little damage was expected downstate, however, because of advance warnings to lowland residents. \ > 7)

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here predicted fair and colder weather which may make the situation less serious. ‘The Bureau said the mercury tonight may dip to 20 to 25 degrees, but that it will rise again tomorrow. Ppl The Bureau said wind velocity here reached 23 miles an- hour shortly after 11 a. m. Normal velocity for March is from 12 to 12.1 miles an hour. The Weather Bureau at Mun:cipal Airport reported a surface velocity high of about 38 miles an hour shortly before 4 a. m. The Bureau there said the velocity at 5200 feet was 76 miles an hour against a normal for that neight of 25 to 30 miles. In the northern section of the state, waters left a trail of mud and debris where they had covered

i city streets and swirled into low-

staff of the bureau, the Chief said.|

Meanwhile, the Weather Buresu |

NORTH SIDERS

MAP NEW LAW TOBAN TRUCKS

Present Ordinance Believed Invalid; West Side Group Hits Flood Conditions.

SURVEYS CALLED FUTILE

Hundred Made Without Remedial Action in Eagle Creek Area, Is Claim.

(Photos, Page 18)

Further steps toward the drafting of a new North Side truck ban ordinance and toward a flood control plan for West Indianapolis were being taken today following neighborhood meetings last night. A committee representing North Side residents, elected at a meeting

at the American Legion Hall, 6lst|

St. and College Ave. was working on the truck baa ordinance to present to the City Council. The protest meeting was prompted by an attempt to repeal the City ordinance which prohibits trucks of more than two tons from using.several North Side streets, including College Ave. .

Demand Curb on Eagle Creek

Members of the West Indianapolis Civic League, meeting at the home of Edward Brand, 2220 Thornberry Ave., urged the City to take immediate steps toward flood control of the agle Creek area, Which, they said, overflows each spring into their homes. John Hoff, 1845 W. Wilkins St., a Health Board statistician and member of the League which has been working 10 years to better West Side conditions, said: : “We are asking out here for only those things we think we ought to have. We want streets cut down and ‘graded; alleys cleaned, preferential streets, children’s playgrounds and a safe after-dark neighborhood.” ~ John McShane, 5156 College Ave, temporary presiding chairman of the North Side truck-ban meeting, said he did not “know if there is a concerted effort to repeal the truck ban ordinance on North Side streets, but that there is a movement on foot to get a modification of the law.”

Cites Drivers’ Arrest E. Dean Miller, attorney, 2445 N. Alabama © St., representing the Metropolitan Coal Co., explained that he had called the meeting because he was attempting to prove the present ban unconstitutional. “On Feb. 7 one of our drivers was arrested for driving on College Ave. A few seconds later another driver was arrested. I attempted fo fight these arrests in Municipal Court and found that the City Prosecutor was attempting to get convictions through two ordinances,” Mr. Miller explained. > “If my move to prove one of them unconstituional succeeds, you people living on College Ave. will be left unprotected from all trucks. We do not want that and that is why I had this meeting called.” Acting upon Mr. Miller's suggestion, the group appointed to the committee Ross Richards, 4435 College Ave.; Mr. Miller; David Smith, (Continued on Page Féur)

TAXPAYERS IN RUSH TO BEAT DEADLINE

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WASHINGTON, March 15 (U. P.).—Taxpayers engaged in an 11th hour rush today to meet the midnight deadline for filing income tax returns which were expected to increase the Treasury’s cash reserves by 500 million. By midnight an estimated six million individuals will have filed returns for the calendar year 1938, less than four million will pay taxes.

exempt from tax by various deductions and credits. President Roosevelt - indicated yesterday that the Administratica does not contemplate any changes in personal income tax rates.

30,000 State (National Affairs, Page Two) More than 30,000 families will lose their WPA income and be thrown on direct relief in Indiana if Congress fails to grant President Roosevelt’s request for additional funds, John K. Jennings, WPA State administrator, said today. These families representing some 150,000 Hoosiers would lose ar average of $53.83 monthly by May 1 at the latest, Mr. Jennings said. “If the additional money is not

fortheoming I will be forced to re-

move 16,000 families from WPA {rolls April 1 and an additional 14,000 on May 1,” Mr. Jennings explained. It is possible, however, that national WPA" headquarters may de‘mand an instant reduction, in which case Sotirg Suber would be

The two million nonpayers will be|P

‘Signed’ Over To Persian By Farouk

CAIRO, Egypt, March 15 (U. P).—Two of the world’s oldest civilizations were linked by .a new royal tie today with the marriage of Crown Prince Shahpur Mohammed Riza Pahlevi of Iran and Princess Fawzia, attractive, olivesskinned sister of King Farouk of Egypt. The Prince, a tall, handsome youth of 20, signed a contract to wed the 17-year-old. Princess at Addine Palace in the presence of the royal family and court dignitaries. The King signed in behalf of

his sister who, according to ancient Egyptian custom, could not even be present at her own wedding. A second marriage will take place in Teheran, where the couple will make their home in a huge marble palace.

AUTO TAG REFUNDS ARE RULED LEGAL

Jackson 0. K.s Payments On Vehicles Sold.

Truck and passenger automobile owners who dispose of their vehicles are entitled to a refund on the “unearned portion of license fees paid,” Attorney General Omer Stokes Jackson said in an opinion handed down today. The opinion was given at the request of the State Auto License Bureau. . Frank Finney, License Bureau Commissioner, said a question had been raised on refunds especially ertaining to truck weight tax as a result of litigation on the weight law last year. Legality of the weight tax law was challenged in the courts a year ago but the Indiana Supreme Court

recently held that it is constitutional.

Families

Facing Loss of WPA Aid

ilies would be forced to return to

{their counties for direct relief, ac-

cording to Mr. Jennings. “Many of our counties are on the brink of bankruptcy now because of the relief load and the possible addition of all of these persons will be tremendous,” he said. At present there are 89,764 families on WPA in the state and 13,492 families in Marion County. This is a slight decrease from February when there were 92,584 families on WPA in the state and 13,741 families in Marion County. “It would take the wisdom of a Solomon to choose which men would suffer least from removal from the WPA,” Mr. Jennings said. “This is a problem that is directly up to Congress.” a : Mr. Jennings added that not only would the families losing their WPA

Fawzia Absent at

Own Wedding

Princess Fawzia, Bride of Prince Pahlevi.

HUNGARY NEXT IN HITLER PATH

Only Kingless Kingdom Now

I~ Stands Between Reich {stores

And Rich Ukraine.

By JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News FRdifor Fuehrer Hitler has now risen to such heights of power that he is able tp revise the map of Central Europe. on a scale unprecedented since | Versailles without causing even & whispered fear of world conflict. | te Developments of the last 24 hours bring that fact into bold relief as the most amazing and perhaps the most foreboding thing that has happened to the uncertain pattern of peace ince Europe's “big four” met at Munich in September. | It also is a guidepost for the future, because now that Herr Hitler has wiped the post-war republic of Czechoslovakia off the map, the troubled and kingless kingdom of Hungary is next in his path—and beyond Hungary lies the Ukraine of Soviet Russie. \ :

been unbelievable that any man or nation (could break up and absorb the Czechoslovak “Republic which the victorious World War allies erected as a Middle Europe barricade against future wars. It would have been fantastic to imagine that the President of a sovereign nation would rush to Berlin to ask Herr Hitler what to do; or that the gray-green armies of Germany could march unopposed into Praha; or that the hodge-podge of the old AustriaHungarian empire could be rebuilt

overnight. Yet Herr Hitler has done it. (Continued on Page Three)

POLICE HOLD LID ON BINGO GAMES

3 Establishments Closed; No Arrests Made.

Police today continued their vigil over bingo establishments to prevent their operation following a ban on the game by the Safety Board. : A squad reported to Chief Morrisey that three of about 17 places visited yesterday afternoon and last night were in operation and that games were halted. There were no arrests. “There are from 15 to 17 places which operate every afternoon or night,” the chief said. “We will have to keep a watch on them for about a week. “None of the churches is holding bingo parties and we don’t think the church people will operate since they have learned that the game is under ban.”

REPORT JAP BOMBS LEVEL U. S. SCHOOL

CHUNKING, China, March 15 (U. P.).— Cliinese reports from Ichang today said that Japanese

bombing = planes demolished the Americar; Missi

income be affected but the sn

on School ther

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RUTHENIANS RESISTING PRAHA BOOS NAZI TROOPS

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HITLER FOLLOWS ARMY

GERMANS GET BIG ‘WELCOME IN BRATISLAVA

Swastikas Fly High Under Strict Orders of New State’s Officials.

BRATISLAVA, March 15 (U. PJ. —German troops entered Bratislava late today as the armies of Hungary completed occupation of CarpathoUkraine, the eastern tip of the dissolved Republic of Czechoslovakia. Under strict orders from leaders of the newly created state of Slovakio, the population and militia of Bratislava arranged a welcome for the Nazi troops as official protectors. The march of the Germans to the capital of Slovakia had not been entirely routine. They encountered unexpected Czech opposition at the towns of Boesing and Ratzersdorf— indicating that the hostility of the Czechs extended farther than Praha. TE es Swastika Flies in Streets The German troops came in from several directions. They were officially greeted by Slovak leaders. ‘Swastika flags were raised and Slovak paper flags decorated the streets. and of the deceased Rt. Rev. Msgr. Hlinka hung on many houses and 1e developments in CarpathoUkraine, where Hungary’s armies

battled with Ruthenian separatist,

guards in fighting their way to the Polish border, were carefully watched by German officials as they occupied Slovakia. Hungarian troops clashed at some points with Slovaks when the Hungarians surged across the Slovak border. Two Slovaks were killed, . two wounded and six captured by Hungarian irregulars while 50 Ruthenians were reported killed or wounded in Carpatho-Ukraine. Polish and Rumania soldiers were massed on the frontiers of the Carpatho-Ukraine territory. German troops had not been expected to enter Slovakia. Slovaks Ask Nazi “Aid . As the announcement came that they had done so, it was asserted at Vienna that Ferdinand Durcansky, foreign minister of the new Slovak Government, had appealed to Germany for aid against Polish troops who, it was asserted, already had crossed the Slovak frontier. Poland, however, soon afterward announced full recognition of the new Slovak state. Premier Josef Tiso of the Slovak state mobilized the separatist Hlinka Guard, nucleus of his new Army, to oppose the Hungarians. He called his Cabinet into emergency session and closed banks for three days.

HITLER'S INVASION NETS $100,000,000

Wall Street Estimates Gold Acquired in Czech Coup.

~ NEW YORK, March 15 (U. P.).— The Nazi march into Praha brings a gold and currency hoard of more than 100 million dollars within grasp of Fuehrer Hitler, it was estimated in Wall Street today. The' Central Bank of Czechoslovakia reported its gold holdings on March 7 at around 81 million dollars. In addition about 11 million dollars in gold is held in a special fund against gold liabilities. On the same date, the Reichsbank statement revealed that Germany’s admitted gold stocks amounted to less than $28,500,000, or little more than one-quarter of the Czech gold reserves. . Over and beyond the Czech gold holdings, are the National Bank's balances abroad and holdings of foreign currencies, amounting to about 35 million dollars.

STOCKS BREAK, 1 TO 4, “AND THEN NARROW

NEW YORK, March 15 (U. P.).— After a wide break of 1 to 4 points on the New York Stock Exchange attributed to nervousness over the central European situation, the list held narrowly around the lows today. A sharp break in Czech bonds

‘| featured the London Stock EX-

change. : Czechoslovak dollar bonds were offered in Wall Street today at the lowest levels on record with no

takers.

CHICAGO, March 15 (U. P)— Wheat prices rose nearly a point on the Chicago Board of Trade today

prompted by the garian

Fuehrer to Be Given

PRAHA, March 15 (U.

land and Rumania fought for German troops marched

the Czech national anthem.

new Slovak state, where they

HENLEIN GIVEN ~ BOHEMIA POST

Fuehrer Names Two Others As Civil Heads for Czech Areas.

BERLIN, March 15 (U. P). — Fuehrer Hitler sent his armies into Czech territory today to enforce a newly declared protectorate and appointed a military governor and two civil administrators for Bohemia and Moravia. While Herr Hitler crossed the frontier into Czechia and speeded to Praha for a triumphal entry in the wake of occupation by Nazi soldiers, the following appointments were announced to seal the fate of Czech territory under German rule: Konrad Henlein, the Fuehrer of Sudetenland, as Civil Administrator of Bohemia, the largest Czech area. Herr Henlein, who has been Commissioner of the Sudetenland, was the chief Nazi leader in the long campaign leading up to the Munich settlement. : Josef Buerckel, Commissioner of Austria, as Civil Administrator of Moravia. : Gen. Von Gablenz as German military governor of Praha.

Recognize Slovakia -

At the same time, it was disclosed that Hungary and Poland had officially recognized the new independent state of Slovakia, which under Nazi pressure started the break up of the Czechoslovak Republic. The action lessened the possibility, officials believed, of clashes among the massed troops of ‘four nations in or around Slovakia and Carpatho-Ukraine, the easternmost tip of Czechoslovakia which has been occupied by Hungary. Chancellor Hitler was credited in Nazi circles with a display of courage by going immediately to Praha, which demonstrated great hostility (Continued on Page Three) ed

HUNGARIANS SEIZE CARPATHO-UKRAINE

Ultimatum by Budapest Is Given to Premier.

BUDAPEST, March 15 (U. P.).— Hungarian troops occupying Car-patho-Ukraine fought their way to the Polish border today as Hungary sent the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Augustine voloshin, Premier of CarpathoUkraine, an ultimatum demanding surrender of his authority. The troops were greeted by Polish troops as they reached the border at 2 p. m. (8 a. m. Indianapolis Time), five hours before the deadline given to Msgr. Voloshin in the Hungarian demarche. : Count Stephen Csaky, the Hungarian Foreign Minister, said in the note that the surrender was necessary to avoid bloodshed. °° As the ultimatum was sent it was reported in private but reliable quarters that Hungarian troops had tered Chust, the Ukrainian capital. g 2 here that Hun-

It was asserted

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Triumphal Entry in

Fallen Capital After Hacha Turns Nation Over to ‘Protector.’

HUNGARIANS BATTLE TO BORDER

800 Nazi Secret Police Sent to Stamp Out ; Last Vestiges of Democracy in ‘Bohemia and Moravia.

(Simms, Page Five; Gallup, Page 12; Editorial and Cartoon, Page 14) .

P.).—Fuehrer Hitler and his

Nazi Army marched to the east today, wiping out the last vestiges of Democratic Czechoslovakia, while Hungary, Po-

a share of the spoils. into Praha and were greeted

by hostile crowds which alternately booed, wept and sang

Herr Hitler crossed into Czech territory, preparatory to a triumphal entry into Praha. ) German troops also entered Bratislava, capital of the

were welcomed by the popula-

{tion on strict instructions of the Slovak Government.

Hungairtan troops, smashe ing resistance of Czech troops, and Ruthenian nationalist militia, marched

across Carpatho-Ukraine, the tiny eastern segment of the dis= membered republic, and reached the Polish border. " Thus the common frontier be= tween Poland and Hungary was ate tained. Polish troops greeted the victorious Hungarians. : Closer to Ukraine

Herr Hitler as overlord of Central Europe was a step closer to Russian Ukraine. Rumania was reported mobilizing - frontier reinforcements for a possible bid for a slice of) Car-patho-Ukraine. In the general tension, Jugoslavia decided’ to take military precautions along its northern frontier, which faces Hungary and Rumania. : Terror prevailed in Praha amohg those Czechs who feared Nazi rea prisals, and especially among the Jews. Many of the latter were trying desperately to flee the country, but it was hard to get out. There were reports of many suicides, presumably mostly among Jews who realized that the dreaded Nuremsberg laws would be put into effect. Nazi Police Arrive

The arrival of 800 Nazi secret poe lice, - sent by Heinrich Himmler, head of the Nazi police organization, increased the apprehension. Freedom-loving Czechs, deserted by Britain and France, were in despair, Word came from London that the British Government repudiated the proposed four-power

{Munich agreement under which.

Britain, France, Germany and Italy guaranteed the frontiers of the new Czechoslovakia as carved out at Munich. France likewise has refused to be bound by the agreement, which actually never was formally put into effect. (In Berlin, the official DiplomaticPolitical Correspondence classified Germany’s protectorate over Czecho« slovakia as “the end of a 20-year interregnum, after which Bohemia again has been incorporated into the German Lebensraum (room to live) in which for a thousand years they were able to develop culture to the fullest extent.) : | Curfew Is Ordered The [atmosphere in Praha was so hostile) to the German forces of oce cupation that at 8 p. m. curfew was imposed to prevent an outbreak. Their entry meant the death of the Czech nation but the Czech peo= ple, who had fought Austro-Huna. garia domination for decades lived on. : General von Gablenz, one of the commanders of German troops who marched in, was appointed military Governor of Praha. As he set up

columns continued to pour into Praha through a driving snow with (Continued on Page Three)

BENES IN SECLUSION; ~ TOUR IS CANCELED

CHICAGO, March 15 (U. P.) —Dr, Eduard Benes, who resigned the presidency of Czechoslovakia during the Sudetenland crisis last fall, canceled a scheduled California speaking tour today because of fur< ther German invasion of the nation he helped to found. He secluded himself in his hotel room a..er conducting a weekly seminar last night as visiting professor at the Universit of Chicago. Before the seminar was visited by Jan Masaryk, son

the first president of Czec

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