Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 March 1939 — Page 3

French Strengthen Fleet After Duce’s Colonial Demands

Daladier to Answer in Radio Speech on ~ Wednesday.

PARIS, March 27 (U. P.). — The Council of Ministers, debating Italy’s Mediterranean demands as vaguely outlined by Premier Mussolini in his Sunday speech, decreed today an immediate strengthening of the French fleet by, increasing

the peace-time strength of active and reserve personnel. Premier Daladier outlined to the Council, over which President Albert Lebrun presided, a radio speech which he will make on Wednesday. In the speech, it was reported, M. Daladier will refuse to cede a single inch of French territory to Italy, but will express willingness to negotiate a political understanding.

Congratulate President

The Cabinet heard Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet report on the world situation, and warmly congratulated M. Lebrun on his reaffirmation of the British-French ‘entente cordiale cn his recent official visit to Lodon. M. Daladier submitted five decrees for President Lebrun’s signature, chiefly providing credits for industrial mobilization and naval expan- _ sion. M. Bonnet, in preparation for the meeting, had spent hours in conference with Alexis Leger, permanent Foreign Office secretary general, and . Pierre Bressy, chief of cabinet of the Foreign Office, discussing Mussolini’s speech. A Government spokesman-said in commenting on it that France would cede not an inch of her empire, either to force or to ruse, and M. Daladier was expected to make this plain—but at the same time to leave the way open for a friendly settlement of Italy’s “aspirations” which do not involve loss of territory.

Hope for Proposals The interpretation placed on Sig. Mussolini’s speech in official quar"ters was that it might have been worse but could have been a good bit better. Particularly it was commented that Sig. Mussolini had mentioned Tunisia, Djibouti and the Suez Canal but had shown no sign that he was ready to make definite proposals to France. The French Government has expressed its willingness officially, it was said, to discuss the three problems Sig. Mussolini mentioned—so long as no cession of territory is involved.

Roosevelt and Aids

To Discuss Crisis

WASHINGTON, March 27 (U. P.). —President Roosevelt will review with his advisers on foreign affairs today recent events in Europe and the Administration’s campaign for revision or repeal of existing neutrality legislation. He will confer with Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles and Assistant Secretary Frances B. Sayres regarding latest reports from abroad, particularly Premier Mussolini’s speech in Rome yesterday. Mr. Roosevelt plans to leave Wednesday for a short vacation at Warm Springs, Ga.

HUNGARY RENEWS DRIVE IN SLOVAKIA

BRATISLAVA, March 27 (U. P.). —Reliable advices from Eperjes said today that the Hungarians had launched an offensive in ‘the Michalovce and Sobrance sector of the eastern Slovakian border, using bombers and artillery. The attack coincided with the departure of a Slovak delegation from Bratislava for Budapest to begin peace negotiations. It was assumed that this was intended as a last effort to advance the Hungarian occupation as far as possible before the negotiations in Budapest gel underway.

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Speeding .... 21

" Reckless driving ....

Running preferential streets .... 29

Running red

County Deaths _ (To Date) 1939 . 1

City Deaths (To Date)

March 25-26 Injured ..... 8 Accidents .... 26| griving ...., 6 Dead ........ 0 — Arrests ..... 104| Others ...... 24

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MARRIAGE LICENSES (These lists are from official records in the County Court House. The Times, therefore, is not responsible for errors in names and addresses.)

* John P. Wininger., 24, of 101 N. ColoJado; Martha Scott, 21, of 4819 E. New

Claude Norris, 22, Milner Hotel: Ruby Plummer, 18, of 1346 Blaine, Richa Hasch, 22. ‘City: Hazel Crawshaw, 17, of 946 E. 29% rel Lee Clayton, 3%. of 1127 N. Hawa Doris Knox. 24, of 418 E. 15th. 26, of - Wheeler:

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Mussolini Insists Fascists Must Be Dominant in ‘Mediterranean.

ROME, March 27 (U. P.).—Political circles in Rome said today that Premier Mussolini's speech of yesterday, mentioning Tunisia, Djibouti and the Suez Canal as points of Italian conflict with France, was a bid for dominance in the Mediterranean. The speech itself was moderate in tone. It was regarded .as likely to lead to negotiations soon after the fall of Madrid on a three-point basis: 1. Dominance of Italy in the Mediterranean and Italian naval equality with France. 2. Replacement of the FrenchItalian treaty of 1935, which - Italy abrogated last December, by a new treaty settling the status of Tunisia, Djibouti and the Canal. 3. Recognition by Italy that the settlement of these questions wipes out any and all obligations France might have had toward Italy as the result of the secret London treaty of 1915, under which Italy was promised concessions for joining in the World War.

Demands Predominance

Government circles, discussing Premier Mussolini's speech, said that it contained these main points: 1. Italy desires a peace based on recognition by all major European powers in general and France in particular of Italy’s “sacrosanct rights.” 2. The Berlin-Rome

mains solid. : 3. Outstanding problems between Italy and France must be settled at once or the present breach separating the countries may become so wide that it might prove impossible to bridge it by peaceful means. 4. Italy must be predominant in the Mediterranean, as well as the Adriatic. 5. Italy must continue arming, turning out even more ships, cannons and airplanes. Fascists hailed as proof of the solidity of the “axis” the following exchange of telegrams yesterday between Fuehrer Hitler and Sig. Mussolini: Herr Hitler—“On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the foundation of Fascist Groups of Combat I think with cordial, faithful friendship of you, victorious creator of a

“axis” -re-

|proud, new Italy. With the same

ideals, the German people stand side by side with the Italian people, tempered in battle in defense against all maneuvers of hatred and incomprehension aimed at throttling the legitimate will to life of our two people and endangering world peace.” Sig Mussolini—*“I thank you for fhe message you sent to me on the occasion of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the founding of fascism. The new conception of life of our two revolutionary movements is destined to bend the reactionary and conservative positions of the Old World, at the same time eliminating dangers of Bolshvik ideology. This will occur for the welfare of our two peoples and for the peaceful development of a new basis of European civilization.”

Lithuanian Army

Chief to Be Premier

KAUNAS, Lithuania, March 27 (U.P.).—The Cabinet of Premier Vladas Mironas, which surrendered Memel to Germany, resigned today. President Antanas Smetona immediately called on Gen. Jonas Tsernius, the chief of the Lithuanian Army staff, fo form a new Government. The selection of a military leader to succeed Premier Mironas was considered significant because of the danger of Nazi dominance as a result of return of Meme] to the Reich.

IN DEMOCRACES' TIEUP WITH DUCE

Signs Hint That Rome and Berlin Axis Is Vulnerable, Howard Says.

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her political linen, and is preparing to adopt some form of national conscription.

ter is about to overtake the

dictatorships with their printingpress currencies has about disappeared. It is now acepted that, while such a collapse would be inevitable in case of dire adversity, is probably. will not eventuate until popular faith in the dictators is undermined by reverses. Meanwhile, once war is accepted as inevitable, the continuing unfavorable trade balances of England and France will naturally urge them toward war before their own economic structure is seriously threatened. There will be no disposition to leave Hitler the great advantage of striking at the moment that is most advantageous to him.

Tomorrow—Another Story

- All these facts and many of a kindred nature loom up to challenge dissenting opinion. They will be disputed and ridiculed by partisans and wishful thinkers. But no truly objective appraisal can ignore their probabilities today. Tomorrow, of course, may bring a different story. Six months ago the Rome-Berlin axis appeared to be a thing of steel. Today there is a considerable opinion, despite Mussolini's protestations yesterday, that it may be made only of cast iron, destined to crack under severe strain. In the hope from which this opinion doubtless springs lies the most direct road to peace. But before that road can be successfully traveled, the realism of the democracies will be put to a severe test. They must decide if they are willing to differentiate between the dictatorships. They must also decide whether, in order to avert a war that would probably wreck every existent government in Europe, they are willing to attempt with Mussolini a policy of appeasement which failed so completely with Hitler. In the meantime, there is a grave question whether shortsightedness among the democracies has not already driven Mussolini too deeply into Hitler's clutches to make possible a rapprochement between Italy and the democracies. Many believe that Mussolini's demands regarding Tunisia, Djibouti and Suez may be within the range of what France is willing to concede. Much depends on the manner in which these claims are presented in detail. If they are offered for orderly discussion and negotiation, much may be accomplished. If they are presented at the point of a bayonet, results will be difficult to obtain.

- Italians Oppose Anti-Semitism

The British Foreign Office is known to believe that guarantees for the permanent security of Italy's Mediterranean position can be assured without impairment of either British or French interests. It is now reported that if war had come at the time of Munich, northtrn Italy would have borne the brunt of the French attack, which would have been an attempt to sweep southeast across northern Italy to hit into Austria. This knowledge has not added to the popularity in northern Italy of Mussolini's tieup with Hitler. Incidentally, the: anti-Semitic campaign has been unpopular in Italy because it has been construed as evidence that Mussolini is taking orders from Hitler. Many other factors Italian people's dislike of Germany. From these known factors springs the hope of a possible democratic rapprochement with Italy.

TOMORROW—Ttaly From the In-

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INDIANAPOLIS

Harry Miller, 35, a azs Hotel; Dorothy Norman, otel Hersche Ind.; Esta McConnell, wa. James Emmert. 22. of 1536 Broadway; Alice Milhous, 20, R. R. 7 Box 256. Frank Drees, 40. of 846 N. ast Alice Strauser, 39. of 1408 N. Illino B 21, 37 . ~Mlinols: Dor-

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1945 Dea Tn Morgan, 24, of 238 E. 12th; Mar-

gares Cunningham, 22, of 1834 Holloway.

BIRTHS

Girls James, Dorothy Williams, at {dleman. George, Helen Ladd, at Colem Richard, Rosa Chew. at Coleman. Lenos, Frances Marshall, at Coleman. Charles, Marian Hatton, at Coleman.

John, Mildred Overton, at 828 B John, Mary Bush, at 506 Warre Bia

Harold, Anna Thompson, 2: 2150 Gent. Walter, Louise Rife, at 137 Oliver. Fount, Ruth Gentry, at 22 Ww. 18th. J. C., Virginia Henson, at City. Everett, Francine Carroll, at City. Meredith, Muriel Ballinger, at City. Donald, Lorraine Mathews. at (Coleman. John, Jane Kinghan, at Colem me oo £0 e axine Sm. at bt 'S. Wale: Hen: oO rttin b Shi eens alter, ella Griffin, at St. Vincent's. cor ited, Elizabeth Candis, at St. jo

DEATHS Ruth Thomas, 32, at City, pulmonary

tuberculosis. 31, at City, lobar

Nellie Hornaday, pHeimo nia. : ot na Weissman, chronic lc endocarditis at 1133 S. Illinois, ur 50. t - sylyania. eins =! N. Penn ert, breath Seis at 150 E. 24th, race Acklin, a 827 o nary occlusio Bradshaw, coro Anna Rawiett, 71, at 4002 Par, broncho-

Pueumonis Mick 0 a ; carcinoma. nker, 69, at Methodist,

Jesse C. Ma artin, 65, broncno-pneumo ons.” Re at Methodist, atilda Hauc a 4 E. Fa chronic_myocarditis. 11 Creek, Ella carcinom Or;

mellitus cinoma.

sion, , Eimonary tuberculosis, t rve - | ne “cErebral hemorrhane at 1517 Brook er, dein Bill ym a Methodist," second Edward Eieeden. 65, at City, cerebral

hemorrhage. Zah 7. at ahn, - pneumonia, at City, broncho

Elizabeth Carter. 76. at 3015 EB. 8b.

Cora” ‘L. Dean, "3, at Methodist, carHoward J. Woodard, 34, at Flower Mis-|M

Elizabeth Mary Barnshy, 76, at Haugh, coronary occlusion. Judith Gustin, months, amyotonia congenita.

INCORPORATIONS National Lock Co., Delaware corporan

441 at Riley,

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OFFICIAL WEATHER

By U. 8. Weather BUrea lam INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST — Consider-

.|able cloudiness tonight with lowest tem- : S:| perature 30 to 35 degrees; tomorrow, be- .| coming - unsettled, followed by rain at

night and Wednesday. Sunrise ...... 5:37 | Sunset TEMPERATURE

«March 27. 1938— 1p. Meeeens or

eeun ar 6:04

Precipitation 24 a. ending 7 a. m.. Total precipitation Since Jan, 1 Excess since Jan.

MIDWEST WEATHER Indiana—Considerable cloudiness, colder in southwest and extreme west portions tonight, tomorrow becoming unsettled followed by rain tomorrow night and Wednesday. Illinois—Consicderable cloudiness, colder in southwest and extreme south ‘portions tonight, tomorrow becoming unsettled, rain in afternoon; rain Wednesday. hio—Fair, somewhat colder in south portion tonight: tomorrow fair and continued cold: ednesday rain.

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES AT 7 A. M. Station. = Wesiher, Amarillo. Tex, ane - -Cloudy Kk. 30 Boston

Chic cago Cheinnahi .

Belle Hukreid, 59, at 527 Vinton, | Helena. Mont a Otls Carter, 57, at Long, diabetes K

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HUNGER REIGNS

- Capital Without Opposition.

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IN SPLIT MADRID

Franco Expects to Enter;

Burgos that the capture of Madrid would be more or less routine with little opposition. - Deserters who crossed into Generalissimo Franco’s ‘lines -in - the early hours of this morning were quoted as saying that many inhabitants had hoisted white flags on their homes. Something had happened to interrupt peace negotiations between the Republican Defense Council at Madrid and Gen. Franco’s Nationalist Government at Burgos. Ultimatum Expires The Madrid radio announced that as a result of the hitch the Defense Council was studying means of preparing its defenses. But there were strong intimations that the fall of Madrid was imminent. Analysis of dispatches from both sides indicated: 1 That the Republicans had little idea of making a long stand if the Nationalists attacked. - 2. That the Nationalists felt they had reason to believe that, if they did start a formal attack, they would be doing a favor to the Defense Council by giving it a reason to surrender to major force. It was reported from Burgos that the Nationalists in their negotiations with Loyalist secret envoys last week had -set midnight last night as the deadline of a 72-hour ultimatum for the city’s surrender. Heavy Snow Falls

Radio broadcasts from Madrid left no doubt that the Defense Council had been preparing to meet the Nationalist demands, and was preparing imminently to meet the first conditions which was for surrender of the Loyalist Air Force, the planes to be flown to Nationalist air bases. Direct dispatches left no doubt also that the civilian population, hungry, cold in the heaviest snow fall of the year, wanted immediate peace on any terms, The Nationalists already were driving at an astonishing pace through southern Republican areas, meeting almost no resistance and taking thousands upon thousands of prisoners who merely awaited their arrival to surrender. They began a new offensive today in the Toledo sector and it was reported in Rome that the campaign against Madrid had been ordered. Franco Makes Appeal

Gen. Franco, the Nationalist leader, broadcast an appeal direct to all people in Republican territory, soldiers and civilians alike, to surrender and prevent further bloodshed. Gen. Franco pledged himself to take no reprisals against ordinary Republican soldiers or even against militant members .of political parties opposed to the Nationalist movement. He said that ordinary courts of justice would handle complaints against the only ones who would be prosecuted—persons who had committed actual crimes during the Civil War. At the same time he warned that anybody responsible for shedding further blood would be punished.

TEXAS SENATE GIVES GARNER 1940 BOOST

AUSTIN, Tex., March 27 (U. P.) — The Texas Senate today proposed Vice President John Nance Garner for the 1940 Democratic Presidential nomination, A resolution indorsing him was passed without a dissenting vote and was sent to the House for concurrence.

LONDON, March 27 (U. P.)— Prime Minister Chamberlain today renounced the Munich method of personal conversation with .Fuehrer

Hitler as a means of solving Europe’s war dangers but shied away from Laborite suggestions to join the United States in economic retaliation against “disturbers of the "| peace.” The Government has not considered the possibility of a boycott against Germany, it was made clear during debate in the House of Commons as Mr. Chamberlain sought to hold his Cabinet together after collapse of his campaign for a quick four-power declaration aimed against Fuehrer Hitler, “Will the Prime Minister consider what steps could be taken with the United States to apply economic sanctions against future disturbers of the peace of Europe?” Morgan

all that remained of the Braniff

airliner that crashed and burned at the edge of Oklahoma City, Okla.,

Stewardess Louise Zary

POLAND UNDER NAZI ‘SQUEEZE’

News Agency Says German Woman and Children Are Attacked.

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Polish Corridor by members of the Polish Western League, the statement said: “Recent anti-German demonstrations by the Polish Western League: in Bromberg and the vicinity have astonished political circles here in

halt systematic attempts by this league to disturb Polish-German relations.” The statement added that “yesterday’s demonstrations at Bromberg were by no means an isolated instance, but on the contrary actions against Germans are accumulating to a regrettable degree. In this conenction it must be emphasized that agitation of the Polish Western League is the cause of this unpleasant development.”

Deny Danzig Is Goal

. German officials denied categorically that Germany has any plans to move on Danzig or the Corridor in the near future, although responsible quarters close to the German Government privately believe that Poland would ke well-advised to act cautiously in dealing with Germany in the next few days. Whether this information was part of a campgign to influence the Warsaw Government against joining up with Britain, France and Soviet Russia in an anti-Nazi movement was not clear, but a dispatch from Warsaw said that official quarters denied any mistreatment of the German minority in the Corridor,

Poland in Danger,

Workers Declare

WARSAW, Poland, March 27 Uu, P) —Workers and clerks at mass meetings all over Poland yesterday pledged themselves to donate one day’s wages to the Government’s armaments fund. Resolutions were passed at the meeting to fight if Polish inisrests were endangered. 4 At a Socialist Party meeting here, a resolution was passed asserting that workers were determined to give their lives if necessary to defeat fGernan imperialism.” Government quarters meanwhile denied knowledge of any mistreatment of the German minority in the Polish Corridor and reasserted Po-

land’s readiness to fight if her frontiers are endangered.

No More Munich Talks, Chamberlain Declares

tions regarding co-operation in the league’s economic activities. Mr. Chamberlain did not reply but R. A. Butler, Foreign Undersecretary, said the Government could not: consider such steps because the United States’ offer of co-operation did not include such action as suggested by Mr. Price. Mr, Chamberlain told a questioner that he did not think it would “serve any useful purpose” for him to make personal contact with Fuehrer Hitler at the moment. Mr. Butler told Philip Noel-Baker, Laborite, that the Government had not- protested to’ Berlin against the German annexation of the Memel district. ~ Mr. Butler agreed with Arthur Henderson, Laborite, that the annexation was contrary to Hitler's promises in the British-German declaration at Munich. He told Mr. Henderson Britain had expressed to

Price, Laborite, asked after xeterring to “the friendly reply”

Lithuania “sympathy in the situain which Lithuania has been

so far as it has been impossible to

killing eight persons. age, and survived the crash.

Surviving Co-Pilot Unable To Explain Flames After Ignition Is Cut.

OKLAHOMA CITY, March 27 (U. P).—A preliminary investigation

{indicated today that the takeoff

crash of a Braniff air liner which

killed eight persons and injured four others early yesterday was caused by motor failure and visibility “too hazy” to allow a successful emergency landing. Co-Pilot Malcolm Wallace, who, with Pilot Claude Seaton and two passengers managed to crawl from the wrecked plane only a momett before it- exploded, said the left motor “failed immediately after the takeoff” from Municipal Airport at 2:42 a. m. Sunday. When the motor failed, Mr. Wallace said, both he and Mr. Seaton knew they would have to land and so advised the passengers by flashing an electric sign in the cabin ordering adjustment: of safety belts. “If the weather had been cleares.” Mr. Wallace said, “we might have gotten down safely. But a light haze made it difficult to judge distance.” Bert Ison, CAA inspector, who flew here to direct the investigation, said the No. 6 cylinder of the left motor apparently failed a few

FRANK M. RICE, 83, DIES AT LOGANSPORT

Times Special LOGANSPORT, March 27—Funeral services are being arranged for

day following a heart attack. He was born Feb. 29, 1856, a leap year. Mr. Rice, son of prioneer residents of this city, attended Wabash College. He was a mercantile and hardware merchant before organizing the Logansport Basket Works. He had been active in the Chamber of Commerce, Country Club, Historical Society and Masonic and Elks lodges. His father, Elihu Rice, was one of the founders of the local Baptist Temple. Mr. Rice and his widow had observed their 54th wedding anniversary last November.

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Four others were thrown clear of the wreck-

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Frank M. Rice, 83, who died Satur-

charred bodies and wreckage. There

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minutes after the takeoff. He had already sent a preliminary report to Washington and said a formal statement would be issued when his investigation was completed. Mr. Wallace was unable to explain the origin of a fire which licked up through the floor behind the cockpit when the plane, after bounding several hundred feet in a field a mile from the airport, crashed into a fence. The ignition and ‘gasoline lines had been cut before the plane crashed, he said. This fire evidently was responsible for the three gasoline ecxplosions which completely destroyed the plane and turned it into a roaring death pyre for seven passengers and the stewardess.

The dead were: Miss J. Allen, Evanston, Ill. R. T, Bate, Denver. Senor Jerim Claire, Calleon, Bilbao, Mexico. B. Coplin, Chicago. B. Grossman, Aurora, Ill Mrs. E. Hinckley, Port Isabel, Tex. Mrs. Georgia Sheldon, Salina, Louise Zarr, Stewardess, The ship, a Douglas 14-passenger, was en route from Chicago to Dallas.

Six minutes after the takeoff, or at 2:48 a. m., Mr. Wallace sent this message to the airport. “Turn on the lights. Returning to field.” The crash followed two minutes later. After determining that the fire had licked back into the cabin cutting off any rescue attempt, Mr. Wallace ‘and Mr. Seaton leaped out and crawled some 50 yards from the wreckage. P. R. Smith, 45, and E. C. Erickson, 35, passengers, freed themselves of their safety belts and got to safety through holes in the fuselage. All four survivors were hospitalized. Police Lieutenant Henry Revels, one of the first to reach the scene, said the inferno of the cabin “was almost indescribable.” : “Everything inflammable had already been consumed. Flames 20 feet high illuminated a tangle of

was nothing we could do but stand there and watch. Ny When the fire subsided, bodies of the victims had been reduced to

CHINA FIGHTS ON DESPITE LOSING KIANGSI CAPITAL

Japanese Capture Nanchang; U. S. Protests Bombings of Missions.

SHANGHAI, March 27 (U. P.).—

of Nanchang, Kiangsi Province

capital and birthplace of the Chinese Communist Party, today. Loss of the city after some of the most severe fighting in months was a serious blow to Chinese Generale issimo Chiang Kai-shek. It was announced in Chungking, Gen. Chiang’s Nationalist provisional capital, however, that “the

Japanese bombing planes bat= tered Nationalist cities throughout China.

Alliance mission at Chengchow

March 9, the American Free Mission at Chengchow March 23, and the Wood Oil Co. property at Wanhsien Feb. 4.

China Ships Huge Specie Fund to U. S.

March 27 (U. P.).—Specie valued at $3,250,000 was shipped to the United States yesterday aboard the liner President Garfield. It was believed the specie wag destined to be used as a Chinese credit to the United States.

Mayor Shies From Office

Mayor Sullivan wasn’t at his office today and his aids weren't very enthusiastic about being there either. The painters were there and only they could stand the fumes they were creating. The painters guessed that tomorrow the air would be clear again and the Mayor's office would look like a Mayor’s effice should.

PROTEST EXPECTED BY AUBURN FOUNDRY.

ney for the DeKalb Iron Workers, an independent union, are expected to file exceptions to a trial examin-

National Labor Relations Board in Washington tomorrow. At a hearing held a year ago, the foundry was: ordered to recognize the C. I. O. ironworker’'s union as exclusive bargaining agency and to reinstate two employees allegedly

union. Mr. Link and Mr. Stump indicated they will appeal to the Federal Courts if the Labor Board upholds the examiner’s ruling.

2-HEADED PIG DIES WINAMAC, March 27.—A litter born to a Hampshire sow near Pue laski included a double-headed pig.

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