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Office. Opponents of the bill last year claimed it would have virtually abolished the office of Comptroller General. Under the new bill the President may not extend the functions or lives of agencies beyond the time specified by existing law — a provision intended to prevent any executive order from continuing the emergency - agencies beyond legal authorization; nor- permitting any agency to exercise functions “not expressly authorized by law.” The bill gives the President six administrative istants at $10,000 a year, popularly termed “Assistant Presidents.” ' The House eliminated the unbudgeted parity payment fund from the 1940 Agriculture Department Appropriation Bill last night by a vote of 204 to 191. The bill, as sent to the Senate, carried $816,513,613 for the Department’s activities. Votes of House members from industrial centers, where relief needs are greatest, more than accounted for the 13-vote margin by which the parity payment amendment was defeated.

Feared ‘Farm Boys’

City legislators apparently decided, after tentative efforts at logrolling to get farm and urban support behind both appropriations, that they could not rely on the farm votes for the relief bill once the parity payment issue had been decided. Reps. Louis Ludlow and John W. Boehne (Democrats, Indiana) Joined the seven Indiana Republicans in voting down the 250 million parity fund. Indiana Representatives William Schulte, Eugene Crowe and W. H. Larrabee voted for it. Rep. Leon Sacks (D. Philadelphia) said: PiWe knew the farm boys were against us, so we decided to let them have it.” Rep. Eugene Cox (D. Ga.), critic of Administration relief policies, said failure of the two groups to co-operate meant that the House would “accept whatever relief bill the Appropriations Committee reports—probably . $100,000,000. The farm group will cut their throats on relief.” Woodrum Praises Action Rep. Clifton A. Woodrum (D. W. Va.), leader of the House economy bloc, said elimination of the unbudgeted 250 million from the bill was “the best job the House has done this session.” The parity fund was designed to raise the income of producers of wheat, cotton, corn, rice and tobacco toward a figure regarded as their proportionate share of the national income. The $250,000,000, it was estimated, would have been enough toq raise the prices of these major crops to about 75 per cent cent of parity.

WASHINGTON, ON, March 29 (U. P.). —The American Farm Bureau Federation today placed its support behind President Roosevelt's proposal to dispose of the surplus cotton by subsidizing exports. In a letter to Senators, the Bureau said the “low price of cotton today is largely due to the enormous accumulation of cotton before the present agricultural . adjustment ° program could become fully effective.” The statement broadened the field of a struggle over the fundamental principle of export subsidies. Secretary of State Hull, proponent of recipreccal trade on an open world market, reportedly is hostile to plans for subsidies, although he said he will acquiesce with the Presidential proposal regarding the cotton emergency. Senator Walter P. George (D. Ga.) assailed Mr. Roosevelt's program as a “dumping move.”

tected in Union Rows.

WASHINGTON, March 29 (U. P.). —The House Appropriations Committee, moving to strengthen Gov-

strikes, reported today a $30,552,470

appropriation bill for the Depart- j

ment of Labor for 1940. The committee, on its own initia-

labor conciliators in the department.

“many times over in the savings accruing to wage earners by the activities of the service in averting strikes.” The committee made public testimony by Labor Secretary Perkins that the fight between the C. I. O. and A. F. of L. “is one of the most difficult things” the department has to deal with. She said it “complicates every single thing we do” and is “very confusing in strikes.” Miss Perkins said that the department never takes action in relation to a union without conferring with the other opposing group, sttempting to reach an amicable conclusion, and added that “we have maintained a very fine balance, although both sides sometimes accuse us of favoring each other.” The C. I. O. and A. F. of L. at President Roosevelt’s behest, are now engaged in the second attempt to negotiate a settlement of the union labor controversy. :

Court Ruling Maintains Employer Unprotected

WASHINGTON, March 29 (U. P.). —The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has held that an employer has no legal recourse for protection when competing. labor unions are waging a contest among his employees. Citing an. employers’ “inequality before the law” in this particular application of the National Labor Relations Act, the Court held that the NLRB has sole authority to settle such jurisdictional struggles among labor unions. The decision dissolved an injunction against picketing by a C. I. O. union of H. Zirkin and Sons, Inc, a Washington fur company. The C. I. O. union was competing with an A. F. of L. affiliate for the right to represent Zirkin employees. + ° “It is clear that in such a situation there is no remedy for the employer under the National Labor Relations © Act,” the court held. “That act makes no provision for invocation of the election and certification powers of the board by an employer. “The result is an inequality before the law as between an employer and employees in this particular, namely that while the employer has. a substantive right to carry on his business, he lacks a legal remedy for protecting the same against injury through the kstruggle of competing unions, even though he be indifferent as to the choice of his employes between them, whereas the employees in respect of their substantive rights of self-organization and collective bargaining are afforded a protective remedy under the election and certification power of the board.”

Senate May Strip F. D. R.

Of Greenback Power

WASHINGTON, March 29 (U. P.). —A compromise agreement being negotiated today indicated that the Senate will strip President Roosevelt of power to issue three billion in greenbacks in return for continuation of Presidential control over the dollar’s gold content. Senator Robert F. Wagner (D. N. Y.), an Adminstration leader in the Senate and chairman of the Banking Committee, said he “leaned”

which authorizes the President to issue up to .three billion in green- | backs.

Funds Marked in Labor Department Budget for Increase in Conciliators Capital Court Ruling] . | Holds Employers Unpro-|}

ernmental machinery for settling|

tive, allowed 25 thousand additional | | funds for employment of 15 more | §

It said the cost will be made up :

toward repeal of the Thomas Act

Secretary Perkins

HARVEY DENIES HELL QUIT JOB

Rumored Strife on Health “Bill Veto Appears to Be Ended.

By NOBLE REED

Rumored State House friction over Governor Townsend's veto of a bill that would have reorganized the State Health Department, has been smoothed over quietly, it was indicated today. At the time of the veto, it was reported that Dr. Verne K. Harvey, State Health Director, was in Washington seeking a post in the U. S. Health Service and that some department executives might resign in protest of the Governor's action. “There never was any truth in the report that I was seeking another post in Washington,” Dr. Harvey said today. The director previously declined to comment on any of the rumors that followed the veto action. He denied knowledge of any impending resignations. The Health Department bill, passed by the Legislature, virtually would have placed control of the Department in the hands of professional ‘groups. ‘The measure provided that nominations of persons to be appointed to the State Health Board be made by the Indiana Medical Association, the State Dental Association, the Indiana Pharmaceutical Association and the State Veterinarian Association. “These groups were too optimistic in thinking they should take over control of a great government department,” Governor Townsend said yesterday in discussing his veto of the hill. “All. departments of goverhment should be controlled: by officials who aré responsible directly to the people, and not special groups.” : State Senator Thomas A. Hendricks, executive secretary of the Medical Association, said the organization has planned no further protest of the veto. “The association may support some kind of health legislation in the next session,” he said.

3 WPA OUTLAYS FOR STATE ARE APPROVED

Times Special WASHINGTON, March 29 —President Roosevelt today approved, three WPA expenditures for Indiana. ‘The Governor's Unemployment Relief Commission was awarded $265,518 to handle food and clothing for relief clients, $71,468 was given to Technical High School for stadium improvements and a $93,750 grant was made for Pendleton sewers.

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Here Is the Traffic Record County Deaths Speeding .... 7 Reckless

driving .... 2

— Running oi Deals preferential

streets .... 7 Running red

oe Drunken Accidents .... driving .... © Dead eee 00a

Arrests IRE REN] 36 Others secs 8

MEETINGS TODAY

ealth, Physical Education and Recreation Eatcators. Midwest convention, Clay-

all day > Riva Hoge "Club, luncheon, Columbia Club, * Lions Club, luncheon, Hotel Washington, Men’s Discassion Club, Alumni Assoclation, luncheon, = verti District rioan Legion, luncheon, Board of Jad e, noon. a Alpha Epsilon, luncheon, Board " ae ‘Tau, luncheon, Seville n, Beverage Credit Group, luncheon, Hotel n A rs Club of Indianapolis, lunchAssociation, Indianapolis Junior Cheaper of Commerce, “luncheon, Canary Cottage, noon. MEETINGS TOMORROW

alth, Physical Education and RecreaML Eaueators, Midwest convention, ClayP Sigma No,

ny Youn dinner,

ay of Union Veterans of the Civil War atriotic inzgs meeting, Indians World ar Memorial Shrine, P. di polis 3 Rea Estate Boird, Ilunchof. Hotel Wa.

shington vertising Cle Club . of indianapolis, lunchcod; Colum

Chi, a0 “Board of Trade,

on an Business Club, luncheon, Co Julnbia ‘Club, BoNSedit. Group, lunchieo men's gx grille, the Willlam H. Block Com. sicla, luncheon, Board of Trad 4 J van Club, luncheon, Murat “temple,

"Ge Engineers’ Guild, meeting, Hotel nn hots) Spin, Sot Architects and Builders build: | sadn, oy Camera Club, meeting, 110 Theta Th ‘luncheon, Canary Cottafe. n rroughs School Junior Choir, meeting,

tel Washington, ‘noon. Indaina Mineral al Aggregates Associa

tion, er Seta pool Hotel, 6: ob Bd Ei, Clayhool Claspoor” Hotel! Indi

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Nu, Yeon, Hotel Washington, a

Ernest, Bess Selon at Cit Robert, Gladys Billiu, at Colgan, BE Vir, sh Ria Sires 84 " Goleman.

W. B., athews, at Methodist. Chester, ‘Rachel Jordon, at 1506 Pleasant. Boys Everett, Paralee Hall, at 810 Blake. William, T.eona Kelso, at 809 N. Tecum-

on Floyd, . Age Stokes, at Methodist. Willi Wilma Crawford, at M Robert, Eleanor Tomlinson, al Methodist. L. G., Esie W

hitn: oy A ey, at St. yigoeny S. RS at. Irving,

SY Dunham, at Met ana Crouch, at Metho Herbert, Kathleen Wright, at Methodist. Twins

John, Elizabeth Gill, at Coleman, girls.

. DEATHS

Mary Altha Black, 64, at 1a09 Broadway, cardio vascular renal dise ‘Jennie Bateman, 74, at 1515 ox she, arterioslerosis.

Isabelle Dumont Williams, 0, at 3845 N. Hidian, pernicious anem Nathan 'H. Richardson, i) at 333 Ww. 31st, myelogenous leukem Laetitia Swain, 77, at I hodizt diabetes mellitus.

Charles E. Quick, 83. at 253 N. Gray, coronary SeShiste Sanfor ling 87, a - pital ait edem § Vetsrans Hos Bennett, oS at 1118 W. New Yor carcino

William Burnett, 72, at 758 Kin; _ Sande ra Sue Salmon, 1 at City, RL a James’ Burns, 85, at St. Vincent's, inIda Leotus Eaglen, 63, at - top enianary hiattdlseate. 0 % Mate ne , » ob tidine MM Miracle mont s, at Riley, Brriet vi] son, 78. at 321 W. 42d, hypohe er ‘68, at 2828 M harles a - terioscieros Sy BHIOve, jar Fihur Goodey. 60, at Methodist carci-

Ella Barkes, 75, at 457 N. ehronie myocardi itis, o 1 As cpas) Louella ow al 2 i way, chronic myocarditis. Broad

INCORPORATIONS

O'Donnell & Anderson Sy er Servic c., South Bend; dissolutio! PRS Ere tice Co. a ols: admitted to 0 sell refrigerating, ventilatin and Sit Sooditioning ais, Swa R ers-Koontz e; resident agent, pert a SNert, Cry capita) stock, 1000 shares no par value; canning fruits and Segetables, also “Hohe Juels: Bert Powers, Paul Powers, Koontz, Laura P. Koontz. er Farms. Inc, R. R. 4, blesville; resident agent, John bE

ar value; general farming and livebusiness: dwin L. Fisher, John HOS. R. Neff dos Thdianapolis; disolu-

Indiana School of Chiropractic, AnderRI I c-Thera olle| 5 nec., an ghanging £ ade dress to 301 Castle Hall Bldg. Hobart Ch Izaak W, Ameri Hy Chanter part £" amendment of ar: ticles 3° ncorporatio

J. J. of agent to on i Central Ave.

Methodist. Dav

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Delaware; change and 8

Davies-Martin County Rural Electric Membership Corp. x Washington; no capital stock: Aus O. Arthu 7H 3a PF. O'Neal, Geor I 7. Dye and o Parker Dr ing" Go y OES others. ‘ change of agent to Jacob’ 8. White, Merchants Bank Bldg., Indiana, apolis olis. Sigma spon Alpha Pi Sororit ke 1109 Ww. ve., Gar i: no ptapital; or social; rs. Elmer Harkin, Mrs, Michael 8. Kelley, Mrs. Kenneth Shaffer and other Association Femenil Pro-Mexico, 11¢., 3630 Pennsylvania Ave., East Chicago; capital stock; civic and social; Victorica Vv. Hotes, Maria G. Vasquez, Ignacia

FPortiand Mills Fish, game and Sportsn Club, Inc. dson; apital stock; a L. Pas ett, Clarell 2 Padgett, Leah Padgett, Pauline Jenkins.

OFFICIAL WEATHER

ae3Y U. 8. Weather BUreallammmm INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST—Rain tonight; tomorrow, becoming fair: continued cool; lowest temperature tonight about 35. Sunrise. ......5:3% | Sunset ......6:08

TEMPERATURE

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Proipiatios. 5 hrs. gnding Total precipitation Jince Excess since Jan.

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MIDWEST WEATHER

Indiana-~-Rain in south, snow or rain in north portion tonight; tomorrow becoming fair, continued cool.

Illinois—Rain in south, snow or rain in north porfion tonight; tomorrow becoming fair; rising temperature in north and west central portions this afternoon.

Lower Michigan—Considerable cloudiness in north, occasional snow rovable in south rtion tonight and tomorrow; Bt cold in north central portion to-

Ohio—Rain tonight and tomorrow in east and north portions, and rain ight probably ending tomorrow mong in southwest portion, warmer tonight

Kent ueky—Intermittent rain tonight and Fg. “ger in Sast Joriion tomorrow morne west portion toadity in Sir in east and Sen~ reme west portio {oright; slightly ¢o Ider in southeast por ion tomorrow.

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES AT 7 A. M.

INBITTER FIGHT | T0 CURB POWER

! Replacement of Board Held

Possible in Accordance With A. F. L. Demand.

By LUDWELL DENNY Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, Marchi 29.—Enemies of the National Labor Relations Board for the first time are in a position where they may succeed in curbing it or replacing it with a new boartl, as demanded by the A. F. of L. But the Administration, apparently, is strong enough to prevent

nullification of the Wagner Labor

Law by the Burke amendments and others favored by the National Association of Manufacturers. This is the situation following the

‘| break yesterday in the Administra-

tion-C. I. O. alliance to prevent Congressional consideration of the Labor Board and’ Wagner Law issues. . The Senate Labor Committee voted to begin hearings in two weeks, which is expected to bring ‘the amendments to the floor well ahead of the last-minute legislative

am. It is considered significant that Administration members of the committee, and other friends of the Wagner Law, joined in the unanimous vote. They are tired of being caught in the A. F. of L.-C. I. O. crossfire while trying to hold the Wagner line against the antiunion lobby. They had gone along with the Administration-C. I. O. demands to sidetrack the hearings, in the hope that the warring C. I. O. and A. F. of I. could get together on Labor Board policy if not on the other issues which deadlock the union peace conference. Failure of the C. I .0. and A. F. of L. to compromise their Labor Board dispute, after a month of delay, made it impossible for the Administration to obtain further postponement of the Senate hearings. Just as the Administration in January and February was forced by the general situation to side with the C. I. O,, so the changed situation today tends te throw the Administration closer to the A. F. of L.

There is a growing disposition among liberals in Congress, if absolutely necessary, to let the unpopular Labor Board be made the goat in order to save the basic provisions of the Wagner Law. Recent Supreme Court decisions, and the Appellate Court opinion here Monday, have hurt the Board and greatly strengthened its enemies in Con-

gress. “Inequality” Is Ruling

The Appellate Court in a furworkers injunction case found an “inequality before the (Wagner) law as between an employer and employees,” because the employer “lacks a legal remedy for protecting the same (his business) against injury through the struggle of competing unions, even though he is indifferent as to the ice of his employees between them.” This is a sore spot because the Wagner Law was enacted before the A. F. of L.-C. I. O. split and before “the struggle of competing unions” became a major problem for employers and labor boards. Therefore the most popular proposal for amending the law has been to give the employer, as well as a union, the right to ask a board election to determine the proper bargaining representative. The Administration points out that this employer “right” is not denied by the law, but merely by the board’s own regulation which it can change. The board has refused to reverse this regulation. The Administration has hoped that all amendments could be avoided by the appointment of an outstanding labor expert and administrator in place of Board member Donald ‘'W. Smith, whose term has expired, and by liberalization of Board regulations. This hope is now waning. Some blame the rigidity of the board, and the vigorous C. I. O. indorsement of the board. for creating a situation in which amendment of the law is becoming politically expedient.”

Acceptance Considered

Some of the President’s advisers S1in search of a compromise are considering accepting—or rather not opposing—the A. F. of L. proposal to replace the present’ board with a new ‘one, provided the A. F. of L.

o/will drop its Walsh amendments

.|favoring craft unionism, This is not admitted publicly. The Administration will not com-

‘promise on the so-called nullifica-|

tion amendments introduced by Senator - Burke and others. These amendments, it is said, would remove all teeth from the law, turn the board’s power back to the courts, increase employer “freedom” to the point of indirect interference with the workers’ right to organize, outlaw the closed shop and checkoff, limit the right to strike, and regu-

‘|1ate unions.

The only two amendments on which it now seems the Administration may be forced to compromise— apart from the A. F. of L. proposal

1 for a new board—are the so-called

clarification amendments. These would give the employer the right to ask for a representation election of his employers, and would tighten the very loose rules of evidence under which the board now operates.

PATRICIA IS HAPPY, FOR FELIX IS BACK

* It may be gloomy outside today but there’s sunshine at Patricia Ann Sentney’s house. Felix is back. He is the 10-year-old Boston bulldog who has been Patricia’s companion while she recovered from a serious auto accident. An infection

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same address; - capital stock.” 100 shares Denv. L. Fisher, Cora L.|Hel

left leg below the knee. Monday night Felix was let out of the Sentney home, 3514 Birchwood Ave, and failed to return. Last night Lucille Cole, a maid employed in an apartment at Balsam and Fairfield Aves, found Felix on the street.

EE ———————— FALLS IN RIVER, DROWNS BLOOMFIELD, March 29 (U. P.).

—Funeral arrangements were being peared

made today for Herman Ring, 31, recovered la

Tee dy was terday from

George F. Mathews

MATHEWS’ SIDE GIVEN TO JURY

Testifies He Shot Chinese Due to Fear After Shirt Argument.

George F. Mathews, a wanderer who is on trial for the murder of Tom Lee, 75-year-old Chinese at his E, Washington St. laundry July 2, 1934, testified today that he was “in fear” when he fired the fatal bullet. “The reason I shot him was because I didn’t know what he was going to do,” the small, frail former carpenter said as he peered through heavy, black-rimmed glasses. Asked if he was in fear, he replied: “I sure was” He said the Chinese refused to give him a second shirt “due me in a bundle of laundry I had left.” Mathews said that he lived at tourist camps until his arrest in Texas a year ago. He claims selfdefense. He testified that he fired only one shot. The case is expected to go to the jury late today. Eight persons testified at the opening of the trial in Criminal Court yesterday. One worker at the laundry, 430 E. Washington St, where the Chinese was killed nearly five years ago, testified that Mathews was the man she saw shoot Lee. Two other laundry workers failed to identify Mathews.

ACTRESS CLUBBED, FEAR DEATH NEAR

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two-by-four, and in each instance it was left behind. Both victims were approached]. with stealth, surprised and struck

outcry. In each instance the assailant stalked his victim in a public place and obviously was frightened from carrying out his motive. Neither Miss Bogard nor Miss Saosoyeva were robbed. The club used to fatally beat Miss Sosoyeva, assaulted as she walked across the dark campus to appear in a school dramatic skit, reproduced no fingerprints. Police were hopeful the one used to Beat down Miss Bogard would reveal the prints of her attacker. It was examined in the) Los Angeles police laboratory.

Family Shocked

The Bogards, well known in the movie colony, were shocked and grieved. The mother said Delia had been in the habit of attending late shows on Sunset Blvd. and walking home in the early morning. “I always warned her to keep to the lighted streets,” she said. “Oh, why did I let her walk home alone?” The mother and father rushed to the hospital. Capt. D. R. Patton of the police homicide squad said he was convinced the same clubber struck down Miss Bogard and Miss Sosoyeva. Numerous suspects have been described in the earlier slugging, but none heretofore have been definiiely linked to the crime.

In Films Nine Years

In all other recent attacks upon women here the victims were criminally attacked. Within the past few

days one woman was assaulted in a church restroom, and another in her own home, apparently by the same man. Miss Bogard began her movie career as a child actress nine years ago. Oufgrowing the “kid” roles, just as did Mickey Rooney, the star of her comedies, she attended dramatic school and lately had obtained bits with a song and dance act.

JAPS OCCUPY WUNING

SHANGHAI, March 29 (U. P.).— Japanese troops occupied Wuning, in Kiangsi province south of Hankow, today, the Japanese Domei News Agency reported. Chinese sources disclosed that‘ Sun Fo, president of the Chinese government legislative committee for Yuan, had left for Moscow to seek additional Russian aid for China.

| Police Will Keep Watch At Butler Roller Derby -

An injunction to stop the roller derby will be asked if derby officials do not obey the “letter of the law,” Jacob Weiss, attorney representing residents of the Butler Fieldhouse neighborhood, said today.

Appearing before the Safety

C. L. Zechiel, Butler attorney, exButler Fieldhouse cannot maintain

permitted.” The roller derby, held here for the past several years, opened last night and will continue for a little more than 20 days Several By eit of the roa OE at the m

te yes- derby

|a week ago made an unsuccessful

down before either could make an

DRUGBIST, DIES

Police Seek Clues in Hunt for Killer.

W. Clyde Menaugh, 536 E. 20th

‘| st., was dead today, victim of a bul-|.

let wound inflicted by a bandit who

holdup attempt at Mr. Menaugh's drugstore, 2960 College Ave. Mr. Menaugh, who was 58, died late yesterday at St. Vincent's Hospital.

As police increased their efforts to obtain some. clue to the identity of the man who fired the bullet, they investigated two overnight holdups and a slugging and arrested three suspects. A bandit entered Mr. Menaugh’s store a week ago tonight and asked for a prescription. As Mr. Menaugh prepared. to fulfill the request, the bandit whipped out a gun, threat-|® ened Mr. Menaugh and ordered a clerk, Willard Benzie, 17, Shortridge High School pupil, of 3448 Brouse Ave., to open the cash register. Grappled With Bandit

Mr. Menaugh grappled with the bandit and as they fell the gun was discharged. The gunman fled without obtaining any loot. Last night a lone gunman invaded a drugstore at 3371 W. 10th St., and after menacing . a clerk,

took $10 from the cash register. While police were investigating the holdup, they halted a car containing three men and arrested them for questioning. One of them had a revolver, police claimed, and he was charged with violating the 1935 Firearms Act. William Tynes, 39, ‘of 612 Langs" dale Ave. told police two men jumped into his car at 10th St. and Senate Ave. and forced him ‘to drive to Booker St., 1500 block. He said they forced him from his car and took $17.° Knocked Down, Robbed

John Crawford, 53,. of 453 W. Michigan St, reported that two thugs knocked him down on W. Michigan St., 300 block, dragged him into an alley and took $16 from him. Mr. Menaugh, the druggist who was killed, was born at Salem and was in the drug business there and at Muncie before coming to Indianapolis 10 years ago. He graduated from Purdue in 1902. He was a member of Salem Lodge 21, F. and A. M,, the First Baptist Church at Salem and the Shrine. He is survived by his wife, Grace M.; three stepdaughters, Miss Thelma Johnson, Mrs. J. T. Casebourne and Mrs. Arthur S. Kendall, all of Indianapolis; a stepson, Austin F. Johnson, of Washington, Ind.; a brother, Heber L. Menaugh, of Salem; a sister, Mrs. Henry Splitgerber, of Bloomin , and two nephews, John L. Menaugh, of Indianapolis, and Robert M. Menaugh, of Washington, Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p. m. Friday at the Salem First Baptist. Church with ‘the Salem Masonic lodge. in charge. Burial will be at Salem.

TUCKER, TOWNSEND CONFER ON OUSTER

Governor Townsend was {to con‘fer with Secretary of State James M. Tucker today in connection with the latter's demand that the Governor discharge Chester R. Montgomery, State Securities Commissioner. Mr. Tucker, the only Republican elected to a State office in the last election, demanded Mr. Montgomery’s removal two weeks ago after the Securities Commission reinstated an investment firm while the Sosterary of State was out of the ty. “I no longer can tolerate such insubordination,” Mr. Tucker said. The Securities Commissioner operates directly under the Secretary of State but is an appointee of the Governor. » > 3 Mr. Montgomery defended his reinstatement of the firm, declaring “immediate action was necessary and since Mr. Tucker was out of the City, I had: to act on the matter.” Governor Townsend, in Florida at the time, ordered the firm’s reinstatement rescinded pending an investigation. The Governor declined to comment on the demand for Mr. Montgomery’s removal but said he would confer with Mr. Tucker about the status of the investment firm under question. It was reported that Atty. Gen Jackson's office was preparing a legal opinion on the reinstatement| proced

TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER RIVER RESCUE

Lee Hill, 32, of 151 of 1251 Hiawatha St., was at City Hospital today after police said he was rescued from the White River about a block south of

wading into the river three times he was carried out by Howard Clark, a fireman at Station 1, 1445 W. Michigan St, and William

Board members that the derby was a commercial enterprise and was operating in a district zoned for residences only.

plained to the Board that “the|neise

Hr ome CHS ee

Tynes,

Board yesterday, Mr. Weiss told

OF GUN WOUNDS|

(Shot by Bandit at Store|:

Richard Lee, 15, of 1032 Groff St.|

10th St. They said that after]

Fred Bays

9 MORE ARE IN DEMOGRAT RAGE

Simmons Placed on List of Possibilities for New State Chairman.

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mittee member in the state in point of years service,” one State Democratic leader said.

Mr. Simmons has been Fourth District chairman for about 10 years. Although Mr. Bays is reported to have the lead position for the chairmanship, any one of the new candidates mentioned today may be elected party head in a compromise if state committee votes are divided. Attorney General Jackson, whose intended resignation was announced yesterday by Governor Townsend, said he will confer with party leaders this week to determine a date for calling the State Committee for the election. The new chairman is to be named in the next two or three weeks, It was indicated that Mr. Jackson may announce formally his resignation within the next few days. Should either Mr. Bays or Mr. Simmons be elected, he would have to resign from the state employ, some party leaders said.

Peters Is Pleased Over Talk With Farley:

Times Special WASHINGTON, March 29—R. Earl Peters, Indiana FHA director, left for Indianapolis last night completely pleased with a lengthy political conference he “had here with Jim Farley. Mr. Peters was closeted in : Mr. Farley's office yesterday afternoon long enough for the Postmaster General to order lunches sent in for both. He emerged smiling and indicated that he received every assurance he still is the Hoosier fairhaired boy so far as the Democratic national chairman is concerned.

Citizens Utility Points fi Coke Gains as Reflecting Improved Business.

Average daily gas production of. the Citizens Gas & Coke Utility in February was the highest. in the utility’s history, it was reported at a meeting of the Citizens Gas Utility Club last night at the Columbi: ub.

At the same time, it was reported that sales of coke in February totaled 33,700 tons, the highest for any month in two years, and 10,000 tons higher than the 1938 monthly average. The coke and gas increases, ace cording to the utility’s officials, re flect generally improving business conditions, although the gas pro duction. increase was affected also by mains extensions. The Utility club is composed of Citizens Gas office executives, de= partment heads and foreman.

Discuss Production Reports

Production reports discussed at the meeting showed the daily aver= age gas pumped into the mains In February was 12,135,000 cubic feet. January’s daily average was 11,692,= 000; that for the year 1938 was 10; 387,000, and in 1937 the daily avers age was 10,342,000 cubic feet, The daily average for February, 1938, was 10,281,000 cubic feet, and for February, 1937, it was 10,604,000, Commercial gas consumption in February was 28,800,000 cubic feet, compared to 27,600,000 in February, 1938, and 27,000,000 in February, 19317. Industrial gas consumption jumped from 59 million cubic feet in Febe. ruary, 1938, to 72,800,000 in Februe ary, 1939. February's 33,700 tons of coke sold is a gain of 14,200 tons over the February, 1938, figure although 2300 tons less than February, 1937, 2

3-Year Increase Cited

Meanwhile, a statement issued by the utility reported a material ine crease in both total gas consumption and industrial gas consumption in the three years since the Utilities District took over operation of the gas company. Last year, it was reported, cone sumption was 3,579,995,000 cubic feet, an 18 per cent increase over the 1935 consumption figure. Revenues, however, increased only 2.1 per cent in the same period, it was stated, re= flecting the two rate reductions made in May and October, 1936. Industrial gas consumption last year, 772,277,000 cubic feet, was 40.13 per cent higher than that for 1935, revenue from this source increasing only 2.02 per cent. 8

Mr. Peters said, but revealed no des tails. Mr. Farley is labelled as an arch-foe of the Presidential candidacy of Paul V McNutt, but agreed that the former Hoosier Governor is entitled to the Indiana gslegalion

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you lay your money* on the line for a Suit or Topcoat .

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be beter Satisfied VEARINGTON”

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