Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 May 1939 — Page 3

F THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1080

"City and Water Co.

Talks Still in ‘Your Move Next’ Status

Both Parties Jockey to Avoid Early ‘Showing of Hands’; Conference Resumes at 4:30 Today; Report 2 to 8 Million Difference.

Negotiations for the proposed purchase of the Indianapolis Water Co. by the City still were in the “What'll you give—what'll you take” stage today following the first meeting between City and company representatives. The second meeting is scheduled for 4:30 p. m. today. A conference late yesterday between a City committee of seven, and C. W. McNear, representative of the C. H. Geist estate, ended in a stalemate with both sides jockeving to avoid a “showing of hands.” The City committee not only) =

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Mr. McNear wouldnt name a| Exhausted by the preliminary] tracts Outside Appa-

wouldn't, but couldn't say what the City would give, as it was named last week by a larger committee | definite price, and insisted that if] he did, Uncle Sam would seize on sparring, the group broke up with | : a solemn agreement that no one lachian Area.

merely to find how much the estate FE ER | PLAN it in figuring inheritance taxes. — but Mayor Sullivan would give out

City officials and Indianapolis Water Co. representatives go into a “huddle” for the photographer, after a session at which they unsuccessfully sought

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livan and Councilman Ralph F. Moore; (standing) Thomas D. Sheerin, Utility District trustee: Frank B. Ross, Safety Board member; Fred B. Johnson, Mr.

to set a sale price on the company. They are (left

McNear's attorney;

Times Photo.

C. O. Britton, Works Board

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NOLAN SPEEDS CASE AGAINST EX-WPA AIDS

May Bring Government's Testimony to End This Afternoon.

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Mix bought used brick for $4 a thousand and, after having WPA workers clean them, sold them to the city for $10 a thousand.

City Clerk, Testifies

Other witnesses today included Darwin Middleton, present city clerk of Kokomo, who described the claims submitted by Mix, and Miss May Rayl, deputy clerk, who identi filed signatures on the claims. WPA workers who testified about hauling brick were Robert Walker, Merrill G. Tyler, Samuel Atkins, Russell McQuiston, George Willyard, Philip Ward, Everett Sharp, Virgil Hiatt, Walter Aspy, Oren Ney and Ernest Sagersy.

Former Officials to Testify

The first defendant to testify when Mr. Nolan rests his case is

wants for the company. Mayor Noncommittal ‘Agrees to Individual Conpublicity about what went on.

Following the meeting, closed to! newspaper reporters, Mayor Sulli-|

van was noncommittal. “Well, we just did a lot of talking.” he parried. “What did you talk about?” a reporter asked. “Oh, we just talked about and that” “Did you get a price?” *No.” ‘No Definite Figures’ “Didn't you discuss price?” “Oh, yes,” he replied, “we talked about it but we didn't get down to any definite figures.” “Didn't Mr. McNear mention any price at all?” “Why don't you ask him? He wouldn't tell us what his price was,” the Mayor commented, and the interview was over. Mr. McNear, mittal. “There was an understanding that any publicity given out about the meeting weuld be given by the Mayor,” he said. Other members of the committee gave practically the same answer. It was understood there was a difference of two or three million dollars in various figures discussed. One committee member indicated he felt “some progress” had been made in the negotiations.

Lower Price Talked

this

too, was noncom-

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by contract negotiators for both | sides. { John IL. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, and John R. Steelman, head of the U. S. Conciliation Service, agreed to withhold plans for signing individual Appalachian operators with the union pending completion of a canvass of the area by management representatives here. Results of the canvass will be an-| nounced in a joint session scheduled later this afternoon.

Federal Relief Available

Meantime Mr. Lewis continued preparations to resume mining in the 21 states outside the eight-state Appalachian area. He acted at the request of Mr. Steelman, who earlier had demanded that mining be resumed, even if resumption meant destruction of the Appalachian conference. Mr. Steelman told the operators that Federal relief would be available for miners who remained idle, even if state governments withheld unemployment compensation from them. Mr. Lewis, earlier in the week, had threatened political reprisals! against West Virginia, Ohio, Ken-| tucky and other states where un- | employment benefits were denied) on the grounds the miners were] on strike. | Indications were that most of the

Mr. McNear has submitted figures] to show that the City could pay "as much as $26,500,000" for the com-|

pany, retiring 3 per cent bonds within 49 years from water revenue] at the same time setting aside an-| nually a $100,000 depreciation fund, | draw $317000 in lieu of taxes and| save its present $400,000 hydrant} rental bill. City officials, agreeing that purchase of the utility at “the right] price” is advisable, feel confident] that the estate will be willing to sell| the company for quite a bit less than £26.500,000. | Albert IL. Rabb, Utility District attorney serving as the committee's legal consel, submitted a report] showing that for the City to acquire | clear title to the property, bonds and preferred stock totaling $19.320.226 must be retired This does not include the com-| mon (voting) stock held by the, Geist estate. | The estate, according to a pre-| liminary inheritance tax return filed

126.000 miners in districts not included in the Appalachian negotiations would return to work soon, probably Monday, under union shop renewals of expired 1937-39 wagehour agreements, Operators Ask For Time When Mr. Steelman announced | the Government's proposal at 2] a. m, after a long night session, the operators’ negotiators asked until 2 p. m, (Indianapolis Time) to sample opinion among their constituents as to how many companies or associations were willing to sign union shop contracts in the Appalachian area, Both Mr. Lewis and Mr. Steelman had contended such groups represented a majority of eastern tonnage.

Perkins Surprised by

Ohio’s Stand on Benefits

COLUMBUS, O, May 11 (U, P). —Secretary of Labor Perkins, sur-

prised that Ohio had denied unems=-

to right, seated) Councilman Ernest C. Ropkey, C. W. McNear, water company representative; Mayor Sul-

Force or Collaboration Choice, Daladier Says

PARIS, May 11 (U. P.) —Europe must decide whether it will be dominated by force or collaboration, Premier Daladier told the Chamber of Deputies today in a declaration of his Government's policy. France, he said, stands firmly for collaboration and is determined to continue building up a “peace structure” in which the co-operation of

RUSSIANS URGE A-POWER PACT

Whole Situation Changed, Bloc Essential, Says lzvestia.

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were attacked directly or from East Prussia through Lithuania, Latvia and Esthonia.

Chamberlain Warned

The editorial made it plain that Russia was willing to negotiate a mutual defense treaty but it warned as plainly: “In his statement in the House of Commons yesterday Chamberlain, the British Premier, spoke of collaboration, of an alliance with Russia. But collaboration implies reciprocity as its natural basis. Where there is no reciprocity real collaboration can not be brought about.” The diplomatic position was as follows: 1. Britain and France had sought to include Russia in their antiaggression bloc. 2. Russia had made its proposal for security pacts.

3. Britain had sent counterpro-

| posals.

Misunderstanding Charged

4 The Government through the official Tass Agency had issued a statement complaining that the nature of Russia's proposals and Britain's counterproposals had been inaccurately represented,

5. Prime Minister Chamberlain, in a statement in the British House of Commons yesterday, had made a considered statement of his position as regards Russia, including an assurance that Russia would not be expected to enter any war against

aggressor states until Britain and France had first made good their own pledges to protect Poland and

Rumania.

: 6. Mr. Chamberlain invite van in Pennsylvania, is valued at $54.- ployed compensation benefits to coal | pra isky, g berlain invited Iva

Russian Ambassador at

ney.

Soviet Russia is “essential.” France - British solidarity is stronger than ever and remains the basis of French policy. The Government will not reduce its military precautions, M. Daladier continued, but “if certain mobilizations opposite our frontiers are maintained we will reinforce our own military preparations.”

Spain Makes Threat

Spanish Nationalist leaders meanwhile warned Marshal Philippe Petain, French Ambassador at Burgos, and indirectly the British Government by the Duke of Alba, Spanish Ambassador at London, that they might break off relations with France on the ground that France is unduly delaying fulfillment of the agreement by which Ambassadors were first exchanged. Jose Felix de IL.equerica, Spanish Ambassador to France, is to leave for Madrid May 17 to attend a “victory” parade now set tentatively for May 19. It has been intimated that, unless France makes some move to reassure the Spanish Government before then, Senor Lequerica will not return to Paris and that there may be a formal break in relations,

Goering Leaves Ilaly

News of the tension in Spanish relations came simultaneously with two reports calculated to disturb France and Great Britain seriously: 1. That Germany and Spain had agreed to negotiate a trade agree: ment which Germany hoped would afford her predominant economic position in Spain. 2. That Spain might join the new Italian-German military pact. Field Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goering, Nazi No. 2, left San Remo, Italy, Tuesday for the Western Mediterranean. His motorship, the Huascaran, was to touch at Valencia and it was reported that he would negotiate with Spanish lead«

member, and Albert L. Rabb, the committee's attor-

expected to be Lester Ratcliff, 2052 Kenwood Ave. former WPA superintendent in Howard and Tipton Counties. Next on the schedule of defendants testifying are expected to be Gharles W. Harley, who succeeded Mr. Ratcliff as superintendent; Lincoln F. Record, former WPA street project supervisor, and

ers there.

130.684, and must pay more than miners on the ground that a strike London, to inform him of the precise 32 million dollars in Federal and existed, said here today that “WV | grounds on which Russia entertained {

State taxes. had regarded it as a lock-out.” doubts as to Britain's position. Am-

Premier Dalatiep personally took : : i SEE Miss Perkins made the statement j,cadqor Maisky agreed to do so.

charge of the.Spahish situation today and ordered all Government departments to hasten the return

THREAT TO ‘REMOVE’ (after a 7. Negotiations continued both CONGRESSMAN TOLD

WASHINGTON, May 11 (U. P).—, The House WPA Investigating Committee heard testimony today that the Berks County, Pennsylvania, Workers Alliance unit had debated | a suggestion to “remove” Rep. Guy| LI. Moser (D. Pa), if he appeared at

postoffice cornerstone laying.

Chris Doose testified that after

Reading, Pa, Saturday to attend a N. Meridian St, for $35.000.

{sale was announced by

nor John W. Bricker. She was in

Woieh of Whe Tiveas Jiaiees | states. MICHIGAN HOTEL SOLD FOR $35,000

The Michigan Hotel, 120 E. Michigan St, was sold by the receiver today to Mrs. Lucia Friedland, 5678 The Superior Court Judge Joseph T. Markey, who

the unit had defeated the proposallappointed William E. Shumaker re-

and had decided to picket cornerstone laying instead, carrying banners condemning Rep. Moser] the “Communist element” held a, special meeting and decided to go ahead with plans to “bodily remove” |

him. Rep. Moser said he would go,

to Reading anyway.

the | ceiver in 1931.

Mrs. Friedland, who is the wife of Dr. Sol Friedland, dentist, said that the hotel would be modernized and redecorated and will be operated as a transient and apartment hotel. Judge Markey said that he would approve the sale.

20-minute visit to Govers

ti | here and in London, first to clear up| Columbus to address Democratic! any misunderstandings: secondly to

seek a way to include Russia in the

security front. Envoy to U. S. Named

the Embassy at Washington, as AmTroyanovsky, recalled nearly a year

ago. Vladimir Potemkin, Vice Foreign Commissar, had left Warsaw last

{night after important negotiations

with Col. Josef Beck, Polish Foreign Minister, pointed toward effecting normalization of Russian-Polish relations.

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Here Is the Traffic Record)

| County Deaths Speeding .... 10] (Te Date) 99 Reckless . 33 driving .. 2

| Running | preferential

City Deaths (To Date)

9 20 Running Red | light i 0

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3 Drunken %| driving ...

50 Others MEETINGS TODAY

Indiana Telephone Association, convention, Claypool Hotel, all day. Knights Templar of Indiana, state eon | clave of Groh Commandery, Masonic aple, all day, TO Ranapolis Real Estate Board, luncheon. Columbia Club, noon, Advertising Club of Indianapolis, luncheon. Columbia Club, noon. Sigma Nu, luncheon, Hotel Washington,

Accidents ....

15]

state

noon Caravan Club, luncheon, Murat Temple,

oon Oil Club, luncheon, Hotel Severin, noon. | Indianapolis Camera Club, meeting, 110 £. 9h St, 8 p.m, Construction League of Indianapolis, funcheon, Architects and Builders Building. noen, Beta Theta Pi, luncheon, Canary Cottage, noon. arreughs School, junior choir meeting, Hotel Washington, ¢ p. m Bookbinders Union, meeting, Hotel Severin, 7:30 p. m. Central States Paper Trade Association, luncheon, Hotel Severin, noon

MEETINGS TOMORROW |

Indiana Assatiation of Credit Men, meetin Clay otel, White’ Cross Guild, Claypool Hotel, noon. Exchange Club, luncheon, Hotel Washington, noon i Optimist Club, luncheon, Columbia Club,

p.m annual luncheon,

noon | Reserve Officers’ Association, luncheon, | Board of Tr Phi Delta

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ree higtha, luncheon

on. Tau Theta, luncheon, Columbia

1% noon. {.. 8:33 a. \ eta, luncheon, Canary C#t- Steam & Dye | 8t,. 10:81 a. m,, Canary Cot- | 10t

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.)

Vernon Johnson, 21, of 921 Pavette: | dettie M. Underwood. 19, of 413 W. 8th. Charles Rehling, 25, of 817 Villa; Ruby

Heard. 22, or 927 Villa, Franeis Wade, 21, of 2652 Oxford; Virginia London, 20, of 2625 N, Oxford. BIRTHS

Girls

Harry, Roberta Sink, at Methodist. Francis, Gladys Spearing, at Methodist. William, Helen Hill, at Methodist. Glen, Emogene Moreland, at Coleman. Cedric, Evelyn Cummings at Coleman, Lawrence, Evelyn Cummings, at St Vincent's. Philip, Joan Curran, at St. Vincent's. ames, Harriet Martin, at St. Francis. Charles, Alberta Murphy, at St, Francis. Melton, Josephine Murphy, at St. Francis. Leroy, Marie Pittman, at 742 Cleveland. Elbert, Elsie McLernon, at 3 N. Pine. Ben, Nola Wood, at 1518 Rembrandt. Arthur, Bessie Jines, at St. Vincent's. Thomas, Mary Mulryvan, at St. Vincent's. Albert, Henrietta Meyer, at St, Vincent's. Brooks, Hazel Beker, at 1035 Albany,

Boys

Lyman, Gladys Ward, at 1234 W,_ 25th, Rufus, Mvrtle Williams, at 826 Paca. Vernon, Ida Holt, at 1719 Southeastern. Orville, Cornelia Lay, at 1227 Calhoun. ° Rmung, Marguerite Zeph, at St. Vine ent'’s. Leo, Mary Becker, at St. Vincent's. Harold, Dorothy Wykoff, at St. Vincent's. Eugene, Dorothy Wilson, at St. Vincent's. Ralph, Florence Pope, at Methodist. Charles, Ruth Allen, at St, Vincent's, Dwight, Grace Swope, at St. Francis. Harry, Dorothy Kennedy, at St. Francis. Edward, Elizabeth Carroll, at St. Francis.

DEATHS

Celia Warfield, 66, at 618 Patterson, arteriosclerosis, Mary Mav Huff, 65 at 1810 W. Morris, cardio vascular renal disease. Bernard Wainscot, 29, at ©ity, lobar| pncamonia. | Maud MeDermott, 48, at City. carcinoma, | t Maurice Sweany, 44, at Methodist, skull! racture,

FIRES Wednesday boiler explosion, Frene Works. 317 W. Marylan cause unknown, aa: 1913 8 ‘ ‘ rass fire, . . a. m, trash fire, rear ot TavoL %

: Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 6:30 a. m.

| National Bank building, 11 8 Meridian St. 850. |

1:17 p.m, wood bin, Perfection Serew Products Co., 1112 Springdale Place, cause unknown,

OFFICIAL WEATHER

ssn BY U. 8B. Weather Bureau INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST: Fair tonight and tomorrow: cooler tonight. Sunrise ...... 4:33 | Sunset ......6:4¢ TEMPERATURE =May 11, 1938 m 42 1:00

BAROMETER 6:30 a. m...29.98

Total precipitation since Jan. 1 Excess since Jan.

MIDWEST WEATHER Indiana—Fair tonight and tomorrow: cooler tonight, light frost on low ground in north portion. Minois—Fair in central and north portions, considerable cloudiness in extreme south portion, tonight and tomorrow: cooler tonight light frost on low ground in north portion. Lower Michigan—Fair tonight and tomorrow; cooler tonight with heavy frost; continued cool tomorrow. __Ohio—Fair and cooler, with light frost in exposed places in northwest portion tonight: tomorrow fair and continued eool. entucky—Scattered showers this after noon, followed by generally fair tonight and tomorrow: cooler tonight and in southeast portion tomorrow.

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES 6:30 A Station Weath Amarillo, Tex Bismark, N. Boston Chicago

Bar. Temp. 29.92 52

AAREALLEARARAY ea Cincinnati Cloud Cleveland Denver .... Dodge City,

Jacksonville, veh Kansas City, Mo, ..... Little Rock. Ark. .....C 408 Angeles ......e4 fami, Fla. Mpls. -St. Paul Mobile, Ala. New Orleans ....v.io. New York ... Okla, City, Omaha, Neb, Pittsburgh LAAAb ARAN y Portland, Ore. Clear

San Antonio,

32 1 aby m., waste basket, Merchants

TeX. ... n Francisco t. Louis ith “By Gigi

The Russian statement of policy, as contained in the Izvestia editorial, came a few hours after announcement of the appointment of Constantin Oumansky, 37-year-old counselor and charge d'affaires of

bassador in succession to Alexander

Southern Rumania, it was reported

of Spanish Republican ships and motor vehicles to Spain. Franco was also to receive the millions of dollars in gold deposited by the Re= publican Government in the Bank of France. France also agreed to return the thousands of cattle, horses and mules brought to France by the refugees, but most of the cattle have been killed to feed refugees and the horses and mules sold to French farmers to buy food for the nearly 400.000 Spanish refugees still in France.

Barter Plan Failure,

Poles Declare

WARSAW, Poland, May 11 (U. P.)—Poland and Germany have encountered serious difficulties in their economic relations and it is possible that the trade pact negotiated last summer may collapse, it was disclosed today. The pact provided that Poland should sell Germany foodstuffs, patticularly wheat, rye and butter, in exchange for German exports, prin cipally machinery, on long term credits. A report to the Government by an official committee named to handle Poland's part of the pact said that, while Poland has made delieveries of food stuffs, Germany has failed to deliver machinery, The result, it was said, was that there was a $7,500,000 balance on the Polish side.

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Nazi Exports to

~w/ Southeast Europe Rise

BERLIN, May 11 (U. P.).—Germany’s “export or die” campaign drove her exports to Southeastern Europe more than 40 per cent higher during the first three months of 1939 as compared to the asme period in 1038, official figures showed today. But exports to almost all other parts of the world declined mate rially, it was shown. Exports to South America dropped heavily, Exports to the United States were at about the same level as last

M. | year,

Britain and Rumania Sign Trade Treaty

BUCHAREST, Rumania, May 11 (U. P).—Great Britain and Rumania signed a trade accord today, granting economic advantages which assure her against a trade monopoly by Germany under the recent Ger man<Rumanian accord, ~ Twenty Bulgarian comitadjis (members of armed patriotic bands) have been killed by gendarmes near Durostov in the Dobrujda area of

CHAMBERLAIN WARNS HITLER

Claims Britain Won't Yield To Axis and Danzig Coup Means War.

LONDON, May 11 (U. P.) —Prime Minister Chamberlain warned Germany today that seizure of Danzig and threats to Polish independence would start a general war in which

Britain would have to fight. Mr. Chamberlain addressed a meeting of 10,000 women members of the Conservative Party. His speech was, in effect, a warning to the dictators not to “start anything” because Britain now is ready for them. “We are determined not to submit | to the dictators,” the Prime Nt

declared. Speech Is Firm

Mr. Chamberlain also rebuked Fuehrer Hitler for his denunciation of the naval treaty limiting Germany's fleet to one-third the size of the British. His declaration that

not been removed was taken as a hint that Britain can outbuild Germany, if the latter wants to start a race. The speech was considered one of the strongest and most decisive Chamberlain ever has made. Britain, Mr. Chamberlain said, does not want unbridled competition with Germany in armaments He declared that Britain will not refuse economic or commercial negotiations provided “unmistakable signs are given us of a desire to restore that confidence which has been so severely shaken.”

Denies Encirclement

“In many minds,” he continued, “the danger spot in Europe today is Danzig. Our assurances to Danzig are clear and precise. Although we should be glad to see the differences between Poland and Germany amicably settled by discussion, although we think they can and should be so settled, if an attempt is made to change the situation by force in such a way as to threaten Polish independence, why, then, that would inevitably start a general conflagration in which this country would be involved.” The Prime Minister denied that Britain is trying to isolate and, encircle Germany. “On the other hand,” he said, “we are not prepared to sit by and see the independence of one country after another successively destroyed.”

U. S. Can Resist,

Farley Declares

CLEVELAND, May 11 (U. Pp). Postmaster General Farley said today that “labor, industry and government can resist any foreign Fascist threat by uniting to make democracy effective.”

NAZIS AND ITALIANS SPURN POPE'S PLEA

ROME, May 11 (U. P).—An excellent diplomatic source said today that Germany and Italy had rejected a proposal by His Holiness Pope Pius XII for a conference on the Polish-German dispute. According to diplomats, Fuehrer Hitler and Premier Mussolini advised the Vatican that the situation did not warrant a conference because in their belief it was not serious enough to endanger European peace. Vatican diplomats were said to have been cheered by the news, taking it as an assurance that Herr Hitler did not intend to precipitate matters now. Despite German and Italian coldness, to his idea, it was understood the Pope was continuing vo make diplomatic soundings of the possibility of general appeasement of Europe. Meanwhile well-informed sources here and at Berlin said today that King Victor Emmanuel and Crown Prince Humbert of Italy and Prince Paul, regent of Jugoslavia, would make a state visit to Berlin during the first week of June. Negotiations are under way for a visit of Generalissimo Franco at the same

and economics.

time, it was understood,

James A. Harmon, sewer project supervisor,

former WPA

Other defendants on trial are former Mayor Olin R. Holt; Carl J. Broo, former Kokomo City Attorney; George H. Morrow, former City Engineer, and Joe Tarkington, former employee of the Governor's Commission on Unemployment Relief.

Two Witnesses Missing

Two prosecution witnesses are missing from the courtroom and a third has died. Charles Glass, is a fugitive from justice, his brother, Mont, testified vesterday. The second, a WPA foreman, disappeared shortly after testifying before the Federal Grand Jury. Mr. Nolan said their absence would not weaken his case.

FINDS POISON, TAKES LIFE ST. LOUIS, May 11 (U. P). — Goldson B. Harris, 48, Philadelphia, shopped five days for a deadly poison, found it last night and took his life in a drugstore, He seized a can of potassium cyanide powder from a shelf behind the prescription counter, police reported today, and quickly swallowed the poison.

STRAUSS SAYS:

the basic reason for the treaty has |

SSS Sos SF pr

STEN

Tennis Trouble

HOLLYWOOD, May 11 (U. PJ). —Too much tennis, it was revealed today, put Binnie Barnes in the hospital. The British film actress is in St. Vincent's Hospital suffering from what her physician described as “overexhaustion.” She collapsed after playing 12 matches to win a neighborhood tennis tournament.

CITY NOW UNABLE

T0 TAKE FLOOD AID

City Engineer M. G. Johnson said today that a $200,000 U. S. Army appropriation for Fall Creek Flood Control could not be accepted by the City or the Marion

County Flood Control Board for at least a year. The appropriation, part of 110 million dollars requested by the War Department for U. S. flood control, was reported by the House Appropriations Committee in Washington yesterday. Mr. Johnson said that the City is not yet in a position to acquire right-of-way along Fall Creek for the proposed project which passage of the appropriation would make possible. At present, he said, the City has not completed negotiating for right-of-way with the Bemis Bag and Acme-Evans Cos. for a $500,000 White-River flood project. U. S. Army engineers at Louisville have indicated that they will advertise for bids as soon as the City furnishes the right-of-way. Flood Board Engineer Harvey Cassidy said the $200.000 probably would go toward Section 2 of the

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11 MISSING IN CHICAGO FIRE AND EXPLOSION

Huge Grain Elevator Burns After Blast Which Rocks’ Mile-Square Area.

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said Mr, Oberg had walked into the receiving room unaware that his shoes still were burning. He fainted in the receiving room. Ten police patrol wagons were rushed to the scene to carry ine jured to hospitals. All available cruising squad cars in the area were sent to establish fire lines and handle traffic attracted from several miles around by the force of the blast and the high blaze. Flames Seen for 12 Miles The blast broke windows over a three-block area. Flames could be seen from upper floors of Loop skye scrapers 12 miles distant. Robert Thomas, clerk in a grain elevator two blocks away, described the blaze as “a holocaust.” “The explosion shook our builde ing,” Mr. Thomas said, “and I looked out the window, “The roof of the Rosenbaum ele= vator was rising into the air. It seemed to hang up there for an ine stant and then disintegrated. It Just fell apart. “Parts of the walls fell with the roof. A cloud of dust or smoke soared up and the flames broke through, “Then the fire spread from the A unit to the two adjoining. In a few A the whole elevator was on re,” Combustion Blamed Mr. Thomas said he believed that some men had been working a few minutes earlier at the Calumet River dock, where grain boats tie up beside the eleva‘or. The elevator was a wooden struce ture approximately 150 feet tall. Mr. VanDyke said it was nearly filled to capacity with corn, wheat, barley and oats. Firemen assumed that the exe plosion was caused by combustion, possibly induced by radical overs night changes in temperature, The temperature had dropped from a high of 170 yesterday to a low of 44 during the night and was rising rapidly at midmorning when the explosion occurred,

INDICT ATLANTIC CITY B NEWARK, May 11 (U. 2988 Enoch L. (Nocky) Johnson, Repube lican boss of Atlantic City, whose 30-year reign has been compared with that of Thomas J. Pendergast of Kansas City and Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City, was under

Army's White River-Fall Creek pro-

gram.

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