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HARLAN MINES OPENED UNDER TROOP GUARD

Machine Guns Block 4000 in| Union Caravan; Operators | Defiant of Lewis.

ONE BEATING REPORTED

Killing of One Miner and Wounding of Another Called ‘Incidents.’

HARLAN, Ky. May 15 (U. P)—| Half a dozen of Harlan County's 42} soft coal mines resumed operations | on a nonunion basis today under | the protection of National Guards= | men Union pickets cruised the county | in a motorized caravan. But the Guardsmen, armed with rifles, bayonets and machine guns, them away from most of the mines | that started up after being shut down for a month and a half one min Claude Howard, reported had been beaten by Guardsmen near Brookside. He was n seriously Guardsmen charged that he failed to stop his auto when ordered do so, and tried to run over them

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to Telegraphs Governor | George Titler, president of the United Mine Workers telegraphed Governor Chand- | were violating srfering with peaceblocking the roads residents from He conthat only 2350 { county

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by r postoffices telegram 2.0090 miners in the ad 1 ned to work The MW expired April 1. The Harlan County operators refused to sign the “union shop” contract that a majority of the country’s soft coal producers executed with John L. Lewis last week. Brig. Gen. Ellerbe W. Carter, in command of the State troops, asked Governor Chandler to send 200 more here to augment the 600 aiready on ty The 200 previously had been ordered to stand by in reserve, Arrival of the first Guardsmen was followed by inwhich one nonunion killed and another was wounded. Authorities said the casuaities resulted from personal brawls that had no connection with the enmity between union and nonunion workers Caravan Broken Up George S. Ward, secretary of the Harlan County Coal Operators Association, said mines of these five companies had reopened: Crummies Creek Coal Co. Clover Fork Coal Co. Bardo Coal Mining Co. Green-Silvers Coal Co, and R. L Twayv Coal Co The Guardsmen is In the county

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blocked many breaking up a 40300 men before dawn hat troops also been to guard the road ing into Harlan from West irginia. Governor Holt of West irginia had promised Governor handler to do evervthing he could to prevent miners from his state entering Kentucky Retween 300 gathered front Harlan City Hall. No attempt was made to have them move on although they blocked traffic

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showdown mav not come was pointed out that “clean up’ work Was necessary before operations could be resumed because the mines have been closed since April 1. | Accustomed to Vidence | Accustomed to violent labor disputes for vears, some of the townspeople cheered the troops as they arrived in motor trucks late vester-| dav afternoon. However, the situation was tense. ! Creed Bates. & miner who testified for Harlan operators in the Federal Governments mass conSpiracy case against coal companies and law enforcement agencies last year, was shot and killed in Yancy Ky, 16 miles from here The sheriff's office said Bates was in a “drunken brawl” National Guard officers said they did believe the slaving was cons nected with the miners’ controversy Walter Rowe was arrested and lodged in the Harlan jail Elmer Clark, an unemploved miner, wag shot and wounded on a downtowh Harlan street later by a deputy who said Clark attempted to stab him.

Hoosier Mines Ready To Resume Operations

TERRE HAUTE, May 15 —Hoosier coal mines today ready to resume operations ever business conditions warrant™| Harvey Cartwright, commissioner of |

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Times-Acme Telephoto Happy and smiling, Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor are shown after their return to Hollywood following a surprise elopement

and marriage at San Diego, shortly after midnight Saturday. ” =

Bob ' Hoping Ma rriage Will End ‘Oh C and Ah’s’

HOLLYWOOD, Mav 13 (U. P) —Robert Tavior, having taken unto himself a bride—the beauteous Barbara Stanwycek—hoped today that he at last had put an end to the ordeal he has been subjected to by feminine admirers Mr. Tavior married Miss Stanwvek at San Diego in a ceremony held up until after midnight Saturday so they wouldn't be affected by an)

possible May 13th bad luck. His friends believed that his wed- ROYALTY NEARS

ding would stop the siege of hysteria which caused feminine fans to tear his clothes for souvenirs, to crowd <o Ship Bearing British Rulers To Dock at Quebec at Midnight Tomorrow,

close in attempts to kiss him that they smeared his face with lipstick to hide under his bed, and to make life miserable for him whenever he

The newlyweds had only one day to honeymoon and even that was broken up by a reception for the press. Roth returned to the sound stages today, Mr. Taylor to make movie love to Hedy Lamarr: his bride to perform as a prize-fighter’s

girl friend. QUEBEC, May 15 (U. P.). — The

For three vears thev were com- Empress of Australia, bearing King aE DS cc Co! George and Queen Elizabeth on a panions. They even built adjoining precedent-breaking visit to the New ranch homes in the San Fernando world, steamed at forced draft toValley so close they could signal gay on the last 700 miles of its each other from their upstairs vovage to Quebec windows The liner, free at from They announced they would con-! hazards of fog and ice which detinue to raise horses, as Miss Stan- layed its scheduled arrival by two wyck has done for the last two days, passed Gallantry Head at 19 vears knots and approached Cap: Rav at ‘How about children®” the entrance of the Gulf of St asked I awrence CARP&Y The master of the Empress ra- . Well, : ‘ dioed that he expected to dock here nitely,” Mr. Tavior said hn ny : 4 Yn pce at midnight tomorrow Mr. Taylor, who was born Arling-. Ajvm ton Brugh 27 vears ago in Filey irplanes were catapulted from Neb. Hever had been mas gh the Southampton and Glasgow on , 1 1 1¢ r - & : : . a ah C= reconnoiter Ss over Q fore. His 31-year-old bride is the ring Hights over the gull.

h After determ her § divorced wife of Frank Fav. termining whether the

. : gulf is clear of ice the planes will S AT return to the cruiser and

Commission Appointments Expected This Week.

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enzie King announced in the House of Commons that the recention program planned here would be carried out despite the liner's delay in arrival. He said their maj= esties would spend Thursday in

to attend a state dinner that eves ning and a parliamentary dinner Saturday night i The Queen was downcast delav Representatives of the St <i wp b ate Aa “The people T am sorry for” she ministration on the City Manager said, “are those who have made Study Commission are expected to plans to see us in Canada and perbe appointed this werk by Governor Naps have traveled thousands of

: miles to do 50.” Townsend and Lie 3 ay Lieut. Gov. Henry F.\ gyundreds of Schricker.

and photographers, as well as thous= Other members of the Commission ands of private citizens, awaited the are to be named by Speaker of (he arrival of the King and Queen herve. House James Knapp (R. Hagers-

Thousands of police and soldiers will line the routes over which their town) and the presidents of Purdue majesties will travel. and Indiana Universities, Appointment of the Commission was

authorized by the Legislature F. D. R. T0 GO WEST Alter adjournment Was dis- T0 FAIR ABOUT JUNE 15

covered the resolution had net been 5 certified for enroliment with the WASHINGTON. Mav i5 U. Pp) 1839 acts. However, Nolan Wright President Roosevelt expects to clerk of the House of Representa- leave Washington about the middle tives, certified it to the Secretary of of June to visit the San Francisco State on April 28, six weeks after Fair, the White House said todav. Tentative plans call for the Presi« This was held to be legal by the dent to go first Attorney General's office in an un- Smokies National Park in Noith official opinion. | Carolina.

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WATER WHICH CITY MAY PURCHASE . . . TESTED 24 HOURS A DAY

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TIMES FEATURES ON INSIDE PAGES

Movies i! Mrs. Ferguson 10 Obituaries T Pegler 10 Pvie ‘ 9 Questions .... 9 Radio 13 Mrs. Roosevelt 9 Scherrer . 9} Serial Story.. 14 Society 4 In Indpls. «occ 3 Sports . 6 ¥ Jane Jordan... 9 State Deaths. Johnson ..... 10, Wiggam ...... 10

Rooks Broun Comics Crossword Curious World ditorials Fashions Financial Flynn Forum

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the purchase cost of the Indianapolis ava Co, with a view to buving it, the process by which the ity . \

is a section of the settling tanks rant in which the water from the nat te eh .

With City officials studying Water

It Ottawa, Prime Minister Macks.

Montreal and go to Ottawa Friday, |

newspaper reporters |

REPORT RUSSIA TURNS BRITISH OFFERS DOWN

Molotov Stands Firm for Reciprocal Alliance of Three Powers.

SEEKS NEW GUARANTEES

London Hopes for Accord At League Council | Session May 22. | LONDON, May 15 (U. P) —Soviet

Russia was understood in authoritative sources today to have polite-

for adherence of Moscow to the European anti-aggression front, The Russian Government, in a’

[ish formula as “inadequate.” It| |stood pat on the original Soviet

| suggestions for a more comprehen- | sive mutual aid agreement with Great Britain and France. | Adherence of the Moscow Government to the antiaggression front; has become a key factor in the] | British-French effort to form a barrier to future aggressive expansion [i Europe. The adherence of Turkey {to the united front last week appeared to make more likely the inclusion of the Soviets in the series | of alliances and it was generally believed that negotiations would be continued in an effort to achieve that goal

Look to Geneva |

British circles believed that arrangements for bringing Russia into the united front in one way or another might be worked out] when Viadimir Potemkin, the Soviet Vice Commissar of Foreign Affairs, | apes to Geneva for the League of Nations Council meeting May 22 British Foreign Secretary Vis-! count Halifax and French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet will also attend the meeting. It was understood that the Soviet note insisted on: 1. Mutual aid pact among Great Britain, France and Soviet Russia. | 2. A three-power military convention | 3. A system of three-power guarantees to protect the small nations from the Baltic to the Black Sea against aggression. |

Molotov Delivers Note |

Britain has been particularly re-| juctant to enter into a military con- | vention for fear that such a move | would force Japan, Spain and possibly Portugal—all hostile toward Moscow—into an alliance with German and Italy The Soviet note was handled by Premier-Foreign Commisar Viache-| slav Molotov to Ambassador Sir William Seeds at Moscow early today. The reply was given after a cordial half-hour interview which began at midnight

Turkey's Stand Called

Bloc’s Turning Point | By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMS |

Times Foreign Editor WASHINGTON, May 15-=| Turkey's alignment with the “stop Hitler” bloe, led by Britain and France, may prove to be the turn<| ling point in the frantic effort to prevent war. | Coupled with Poland's stand on the Baltic. Turkey's decision to hold | (Continued on Page Three)

Indian Girl, Mother at 5, Puzzles Medical Minds

LIMA, Peru, May 15 (U. P) =| | Medical authorities today investi [gated the case of Lina Medina, an Indian girl said by physicians at the maternity hospital to have given birth to a son at the age of 5. The child, born Sunday, weighed 53% pounds. Doctors said both the mother and the child were doing well. Lina lives at the coastal town of | Pisco, where her father took her to a doctor last month for treatment. (He said that the girl was suffering | from a tumor which he attributed to | "the evil water springs.” Natives {of the vicinity have a superstition

|pass near it, The father insisted that the girl

The Canal water flows slowly tanks by gravity. As it completes fis .

ly rejected Great Britain's proposal .

|note to Britain, described the Brit- | §

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frequent intervals to purity, Riverside t workers, weveral e pint labora wor 24 hours a dav,

$22,825,000 ‘SUGGESTED’ AS WATER CO.S PRICE

Os in Crosn 13 ARE DEAD IN TRAFFIC, 4 AT RAIL CROSSING

Margaret Canner, Edmund | Welch, Wilford Ping Are | Killed in County.

Thirteen persons were Killed in Indiana week-end traffic, four of them at a Monon grade crossing in Monon. Three died in accidents in {Marion County while 8 others were

(hurt.

Canner, 16, of Beech | | drivers, seven charged with speed-

[ing and three with driving while drunk. The crossing crash ended the fesivities of a birthday party which the participants had left for a ride.

DUCE HEDGES IN | Two Dead in County

TALKING PEACE

Margaret Grove, was killed when the car in which she was riding crashed into a tree on a Beech Grove gravel road.

The victims of the fatal accidents in Marion County were: MARGARET CANNER, 16, of 121 N. Fourth Ave. Beech Grove. EDMUND G. WELCH, 74, of 4412 N. Baltimore Ave. WILFORD PING, 23, | Ringold Ave. Vietims of the Monon tragedy were:

HUBERT HENDERSHOT, 22 of By United Press Wolcott

Europe listened closely to Premier puyGENE KIRSCHER, Mussolini's words to North Italians; wolcott. today in an effort to guess how far MRS. SARAH HENSLER, 20, of he may swing the totalitarian, Remington powers toward peace. | MRS. WILLIAM BLAKE, 22, of In general. the Fascist leader put Remington the emphasis on peace but it was] Others dead significant that in a second speech | oe : today he Styl te Sil} pram Bus GENE WILDERMUTH, 4, of ag tan ig a against) near Rochester, killed when he : Se 3 SUT fell from the car in which he and France in the Mediterranean—must| th : be solved before the danger of war) his mether were driving w he cah be eliminated. parents home for a Mother's Day The second speech, made to auto- | pe Ya JONES. 35. of Detroit, hurt mobile workers at Turin, repeated | fatally in a thiee-car crash on the declaration made on Sunday | Road 20 near South Bend. r that there are no European probs | JAMES PICKERING, 5. of lems of such magnitude that they Hammond, killed at Frankfort cannot be solved peacefully. Then,| when struck by a Car as if he might have gone too far] SONE LUNDGREN 43. killed along the road to conciliation te suit in a truck-auto crash at Elkhart his axis partner, Fuehrer Hitler, the "91 cutie. Fascist premier declared: { DALE RILEY, 2 cassville, “But peace is only possible if cer=] Burt favally Whe eo E tain problems are solved before they Struck A RE TERSON. 57 of reach the chronic stage.” g ho ; ' ; . Nazis were not pleased by Mus- Osceola, Shrgert by an auio pear golini’s speech on Sunday inasmuch : : as it was taken to mean that Italy Two Hurt Seriously did not back up any German move that Hg} cause War over the Free geech Grove High School, died at Italian a ent on Sig Musso- | SF Francis Hospital yesterday after lini's speech vesterday was that it the car in which she and Mr. Ping Was Ror Before 950.000 were riding with friends swerved off persons, he said: 0% the gravel on Ninth Ave, Beecs sons, § : at HAY : ‘ee. ¥. Pin “While I speak to you millions of | Sien & And hit 8 yee. f B men, perhaps hundreds of millions | Lawrence Stuart, 20, of 20256 Barth of men in every part of the globe, | , oo the driver and Hazel Clayton, are passing through highs and lows! of "0 N Fourth Ave.. Beech Ry Shu ase Tmetl SKINg | Grove, were injured seriously. They eace or war? Bohg Td were taken to St. Francis Hospital. » “Now. I re slv to this question by Miss Canner was the daughter of hited on P eo ir an ViMr. and Mrs. Bertis McElroy. Other h n Cul ee __|survivors are two brothers, Richard

(Continued on Page Three)

COOL TONIGHT, THEN WARMER FORECAST

LOCAL TEMPERATURES a.m... 34 10a m.. Ta m. 56 11 a.m... Ram... 5 12 (Noon). 9am... 58 1 pm...

The weather will be somewhat cooler tonight, but it will be fair and warmer tomorrow, the Weather Bureau said. The Bureau reminded those who might think it chilly, that the normal average for May 15 is

Certain Problems Must Be Solved, but War Is Futile, He Says.

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was born on Aug. 23, 1934, bul physicians at the hospital today said merely that she appeared to be “less | than 6 years old.” The physicians said she was still cutting her second

Before the birth Lina weighed 66 pounds. She is a little less than 3'% feet tall. The baby was delivered by | a Caesatrian operation {only 63 degrees. Dr. Hipolito Larrabure, director | of the maternity hospital, said: DEFICIT PASES 3 BILLION “Lina and the baby are well. She] WASHINGTON, May 15 (U, P.) = withstood the operation excellently.|The Federal Government's gross The girl became pregnant when she deficit passed $3,000,000,000 on May was four years and 11 months old. |12, the Treasury announced today. “According to her baptismal cer<| With a month and a half left of

to the Great that the spring affects women who|tificate, she was born on Sept. 23, [the fiscal year, the excess of spend(1033. Despite the conflicting data |ing over

income stood at §3,-

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Indianapolis police arrested fifty |

Figure Would Be Considered Favorably by, Geist Estate, McNear Declares at Meeting of Mayor's Committee.

BOTH SIDES SAY ‘NO OFFER’ MADE YET

Preparations for Public Meetings to Be Aired As Municipal Negotiators Resume After Cost Announcement.

The City can buy the Indianapolis Water Co. for $22, 825,000, it was “announced” today. The figure was made known during a meeting of the Mayor's Committee of 23 City officials with C. W. McNear, Chicago investment broker representing the owner. During a recess in the meeting, the Committee called reporters and explained the proposition. Both Mr. McNear ‘and Mayor Sullivan said that neither Mr. McNear nor the executives of the C. H. Geist estate, Water Co. owner, were ‘making an offer. Mr. McNear said that he had not made an offer, but ‘that he had told the Committee a price which, if the City

should offer it, would be favorably considered by the execu-

[tors of the estate. Mayor Sullivan said the

TAX SHOWDOWN ‘City has made no offer to the | estate on the basis Mr. Mce POSSIBLE TODAY suggested. |

“We are going to get all

(the information we can on President Meets

the subject before we make Leaders a decision to submit an offer,” After G. 0. P. Fails To Force Issue.

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Mayor Sullivan said. In explaining the proposition he had made to the Committee, Mr, McNear said: “I am confident that a definite

offer from the City of five million dollars for the common stock owned by the Geist estate, representing control of ownership, will be favors ably considered by the executors of the estate. “That at such a price, through liquidation of the holding company of the Indianapolis Water Co. the City would receive not only all of the physical property, constituting the water system, including the Oaklandon reservoir site and the real estate on the Circle, but also net current assets consisting of cash and Government bonds, after paying all liabilities of every kind and character, of not less than a million and a half,

Stock Cost Would Be Cut

“This would reduce the cost of the ownership stock from $5,000,000 to $3,500,000 net “That the cost of retiring all bonds and preferred stock incident, to the liquidation of both companies would be $19,325,000, making a total cost to the City for the water works system of $22,825,000. “This is the valuation fixed by the Public Service Commission in 1932 of $22,000,000 plus the cost of net additions since January, 1938. “That the $500,000, in round he " ures. spent between 1033 and 193 man Harrison (D. Miss) of the |g, en meats is not considered, Senate Finance Committee and | 5 ssuming it would offset any dee Chairman Robert L. Doughton (D.| preciation.” N. C) of the House Ways and| 1; was explained that in taking Means Committee were expected 10 gyer the utility, the City merely [comprise the Congressional delega-| ould purchase the stock. pay off [tion to the White House conference ie bonds and other indebtedness, at 4:30 p. m. then liquidating the company as such and converting it into a city utility. In doing this the City would ace quire the more than a million and a half dollars in cash and Government honds owned by the company and would add that much more to the purchase price. The committee, after making these announcements, resumed its session to discuss details of the pro=posed transaction and to discuss preparations for holding publie | meetings.

Suggested Bond Issue

Mr, McNear, in proposing orige inally that the City buy the coms pany, cited the company's earnings for the last five years and contended that on this basis, the City could af=ford to pay “as much as $26,570,000" for the property. At such a price, he contended, the City could retire 3 per cent revenue bonds in this amount over a 40-year

| WASHINGTON, May 15 (U.P y-) | Legislative leaders take a "business

appeasement” tax program to the White House today for a showdown with President Roosevelt. The prospect was for a general announcement of compromise and harmony after today’s conference to| be followed by a tax battle royal] when the issue finally comes up for Congressional debate. Earlier, in the House, Republican Majority Leader Joseph W. Martin (Mass.) failed to force a showdown by asking Majority Leader Sam Rayburn (D. Tex) specifically whether any “deterrent taxes” would be eliminated at this session of | Congress. Rep. Rayburn replied that he could not speak for the Ways and Means Committee or the President but pointed out that billion-dollar nuisance taxes must be re-enacted and that corporation taxes bringing [in $250,000,000 a vear expire Dec. 31. 'Rep. Rayburn said that every tax fon the books is “a deterrent to capital in some respects.” Republicans and conservative Democrats are determined upon tax reform but are aware they probably would not be able to overcome a veto. Vice President Garner, Bankhead, Rep. Rayburn, Chair-

Speaker

GIRL, 5, 1S INJURED AS CLOTHES BURN

Neighbor Rescues Child Who Lighted Newspaper.

Five-year-old Marion Lavonne Townsend was in a serious condition today in City Hospital with first and second degree burns. Yesterday as she played near her home, 1010 Hosbrook St., she lighted a newspaper with a match and the blazing paper set fire to her clothing. Her screams attracted a neighbor, Fred Dickson, and he tore the burning clothes off the child.

through the network of filtering the circuit, sam are taken at Eugene

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NOW TO PUMPING STATION

From the filtration beds, the purified water flows, again by gravity, ping station, where it

period. At the same time, he said, there would be sufficient revenue left over for the City to take $317,000 lof water revenue to compensate it [for the loss of taxes it and the Bl School City have been receiving = from the company; to cancei its | present $413,000 annual hydrant rental charge, and to place $100,000 annually in a water utility depreci= ation fund. Under the $22825,000 net price offered to the City, Mr. McNear as=serts that on the hasis of past earne ings, there would be a total of $893,« 508 left over each year after making the annual principal and interest pavment. Thus, besides diverting about $300,000 in lieu of taxes, saving the $413,000 hydrant rental bill, there would be another $180,000 which could be diverted to the City trease ury to reduce property taxes. The subject of the City buying the Water Co. first was broached at a City Council meeting last fall, Last December, Mr. McNear, as representative of the C. H. Geist estate, submitted his to Mr, Sullivan, who delayed cons sideration of it until after his ine sugualioh in January. AL Sime, he |

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