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FINAL HOME

VOLUME

| — Injured, 4 Near Death After Gas s Blast Wrecks Ohio School

RAIN RELIEVES INDIANA CROPS, ~ REDUCES HEAT

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Oats, Hay and Corn woul |

Have Suffered Within Week, Schenck Says.

COOL EXPECTED TO STAY

Fire Hazard Cul; Precipitation May Be Half Inch.

Forest Day's

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STOCKS DECLINE ON SOVIET-ANGLO PACT

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THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1939

How an explosion wrecked an Ohio grade school building,

AMIS USED AS - CLUB’ INSOUT

Join Up to Guarantee Your Funds.” Farm Bureau Tells Alabamans.

HUTTO

Writer

By YAMES C.

Times Snecial MARION Ala June | farm benefit influence

Hox Federal are used an to tell Congress what you want revealed in a drive now unde: in Perry County, Alabama ster membership in the Farm Bureau Federation Taking an active part in paign Is R. LL. Giffin, county farm agent. through whose office some $254,000 in benefit payments is curs rently being distributed On March 15 this year Griffin mailed to farmers in county—in franked envelopes of U. S. Department of Agric letters pointing out that since a total $1,532,780 in AAA payments had been distributed in Perry County, and aading “There is only one way continue to receive these payments; it through the membership in organization which is strong to tell Congress what vou want “The American Farm Bureau Federation is the largest farm or zation in t world and onl through this organization have vou been able to receive these pay. ments Pointing out that annual member ship dues in the Farm Bureau are Mr. Griffin's letter states further For each dollar invest in arm Bureau dues have receiveq Government benefit

£125 in pavments, I know no better ce that you ean

vestment of imsuran your farm or in business

payments

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todav.” Emphasizing this same theme was a large red-lettered placard posted in the County Agents office in Marons new Community Activities Building until a few davs ago. It read: “The American Farm Bureau Federation membership pavs vou 8250. “Join now, $2 “The orxanizat The placard after a represen ningham Post wy of Several

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ion needs you.” Was removed soon tative the Bir. had taken a photo-

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persons interviewed eporter in Perry County (Continued on Page Three)

HUGE LAND PLANE ISEN ROUTE TON. Y.

Lands at Cleveland With 39 Passengers Aboard.

CLEVELAND The world's largest plane, carrying more persons than ever have flown before between Chicago and New York, landed here at 8:04 a. m. (Indianapolis Time) today on the first leg of a test flight Aboard were 39 persons—15 more than the previous land plane record between Midwest and East. The new ship is worth $£3500.000 and can carry 42 passengers

If ‘O.K. EH.’ Cops Wonder

“*O.R. BE H."

June 1 (OO. Pp)

commercial land

Now, police sav. it's but mavbe not 0. K ! “O.K E H." is significantly reminiscent of “Bingo.” they report Binga” can't be plaved because it I? outlawed In the city, and today they are engaged in finding out whether, if "Oh-Kay' is a blood relative of “Bingo,” "O. K. E. H.” isn't outlawed too Police reported they went to 443 E. Washington St, at 7:30 p. m vesterday and found about i00 persons in a hall Then, police said, the following things happened in the {following order:

enough

|the names of the e winners,

Two Walt Disney dwarfs , ,

Deas Exe |PILOT INURED AT PLAINFIELD

Six

Camera Lowered 1 Shaft Gets

Miner's

T™ UCA {wo

Picture of

Body, Navy Plane Crashes.

Others Believed to Be Unhurt,

J. P) pDominie

I. June 1 Weeks ago Vale 10. 77. a former coal mins er. disappeared Hig neighbors suspected he had fallen down the shaft an abandoned mine neay his home They summoned state mine inspectors The supporting beams shaft were «6 ramshackle the inspectors were unable to descend into the mine. Instead they threw flares down the shaft and inspected the bottom as best they could through a telescope, They found nothing Yesterday Jacek Gerardo, brothers, amateur photography, attached a flash bulb to a camera, wired it, lowered it 421 feet to the bottom of the shait, and snapped several pletnres, They developed the negatives last night The piletures showed Valessano's mangled body at the bottom of the shaft

A Lockheed land training plane crashed in a forced landing two milez north Plainfield today injuring Chief Pilot George Dunn, He was taken to a Plainfield physician for first aid (reatment Six others in the plane were bhelieved to have escaped unhurt, The plane number was 1053 and State Poiice said they believed it was out] of a St. Louis airport, destination unknown. Police said bad weather was blamed for the crash. The plane made several attempts land safely before the crash. Civil Aeronautics Authority officials left immediately from Indianapolis to investigate. Destination of the plane was not immediately known,

DRIVERS WANT Two Navy Fars Drown in Pensacola Bay Crash HIGHER PRIZES

PENSACOLA, Fla. June 1 (U.P)

Two Navy aviators drowned today when a plane in which they were flving crashed into Pensacola Bay Point to More Costly Cars; $84,875 ‘Melon’ Cut at Victory Dinner.

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The victims were identified at the 8S. Naval Air Station here as Lieut. Joseph S. Fox. 34, of Seattle and aviation machinist mate Alfred Peter Ivy, 23, of Norfolk, Va Their bodies were recovered shortly after the erash Lieut. Fox. a pilot instructor of the Naval Reserve, was making his first flight since his marriage last Friday to Miss Nornfa Cook. Pensacola Doctors who examined the bodies said the men had not been killed by | the crash, but had drowned. Cause

By 1. E. O'BRIEN

27th Speedway prize melon been cut today, but in the it was disclosed that there likely will be no more Victory Dinners and further, that there may be an increase in the amount of

prize money of the accident was not determined

Several drivers indicated at he dinner last night that there was BRADFORD IS NAMED

growing feeling among the men of the roaring way for a revision in the Succeeds Peck as Alleged Shortage Is Probed.

The had paring

prize list. These drivers—and some of them were among the 10 who drew the choice cash cuts of the £84,875 distributed—said most of the racing fraternity was convinced the {future would have to bring a larger share of material rewards to the losers and those who fail to qualify and perhaps, even more te the ctors | It was pointed out that sven with Walter A. Bradford Jr, 1338 the lap and consolation prizes and Sharon Ave. today was appointed manufacturers’ awards they cannot by County Commissioners as Wayne meet the expens?® of putting costly Township justice of the peace to vars on the track ll a vacancy created by the resigI'' © (Pop) Mvers, Speedway gen- nation last week of Edward F. Peck eral manager, sounded the Victor. Al the same time the Marion Dinner death knell while distribut- County Grand Jury began a probe ng the drivers’ prizes into a State Board of Accounts reAfter lauding the subcommittee of port of an alleged $920 shortage in he Indianapolis Oitizens’ Speed. [the accounts of Mr. Peck Committee for its work on this Mr. Bradford, active in Demo(Continued on Page 17) cratic circles, was connected with

{the City Street Commissioners DeTHIRD HOPPENIJON [partment. He has been a DemoTRIAL UNDER WAY

cratic precinct commmitteeman and active in lapor union work NEW ALRANY, The third

The Grand Jury investigation was begun after receipts by Prose'eutor David M. Lewis of a certified jon, former Flovd County treasurer. on a charge of embezzlement of “ " county funds, was under wav today gxwan ws routine And said it “would take about a week

Way

June 1 (U,. P.).trial of Frank A. Hoppen-

Lewis dssceribed

copy of the report of the Accounts the investiHe was indicted in connection 4 ; ’ !

Board with a shortage of $124 417 in the = —

"failed to agree. Two previous juries MANTON SECRETARY CITES $30,000 LOAN

| NEW YORK, June 1 (U. P.). — | plump woman who for more than 34 vears has been private secretarv to resigned Judge Martin T. Manton! admitted today that he received |

Is Bingo. Ki in, . if It IS O. K. §30.000 from George M. Spector, but | insisted the money represented nor-

A man told all those who did not mal loans rather than payment for| have tickets to leave the room, and judicial favors Sohuiat Pi Abe ’ =] ss Marie chmalz said that those having tickets to find chairs Spector. a codefendant with Manton | There were no tables in the room on charges of obstructing justice, and the players played on their laps paid over the money when with cards which had "O .K. E. H." properties of Manton's realty firm | printed on the top were tied up by a court Injunction. When the card was filled out, holder called out “O. K. EB. H." , DEMOCRATIC LEADER DIES No prizes were passed out, but the| NEW HARMONY, June 1 (U. P.). winners’ names were jotted down by —Albert E, Heckman of New Har-| the game operators. No money was mony, paid by the card holders. chairman, died today in an EvansPolice carefully wrote down the ville hospital after a long Hines. | names of the game operators and| Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon in New |

the

Baer vs. Nova

Max Eight Heavier Than Lou but Betting Is Even.

Pounds

(Earlier Details, Page 186)

ane 1 (UU, PD will have an advantage of eight and a half pounds when he mets Lou Nova tonight in a 135-round bout that will decide which one fights Joe Louis for the heavvweight title At the official weigh-«in at noon Baer scaled 210':; Nova, 202 Promoter Mike Jacobs of 20th Century Sporting watched the skies anxiously was his first outdoor fight of the season-—in Yankee Stadium--and in mid-day the skies were cloudy and a cool wind was blowing Both Baer and Nova seemed to be in perfect condition. They shook hands and Baer said: How are vou?” “I'm fine, Max, Nova replied The betting even money

TWO YOUTHS DIE, 7 IN TRUCK HURT

Machine Taking Group to Swim Party Hits Bridge; Five Others Killed.

Ew YORK Max Baer

the Club his

how are you?”

hovered around

Seven persons died overnight injuries received in Indiana traffic accidents and 11 persons were injured in traffic accidents within the City in the last 24 hours, The dead are RUSSELL SCHILL, HARLAN ALBERTSON, of Crothersville, MISS ELEANOR COBBUN, 2 Goshen, EARL RETTINGER, 50, Columbus. CHARLES T. NORTHERNER, 32, Cannelton WALTER SULLENS, 65, Haute An unidentified woman, about 65, killed on road 9 when she was struck by an auto near Huntington. Mr

16, 19

and both

Terre

Schill and Mrs. Albertson were Killed and seven others were hurt when a truck taking the men to a swimming hole

young | near |

Entered ax Second-Class

at Postoffice,

Indianapolis,

HOUSE DEFEATS

PRICE THREE CENTS

Matter Ind.

TOWNSEND BILL; VOTE IS 302-97

60-DAY LAYOFF T0 HUNT WORK ASKED FOR WPA

Committee Drafts Plan to Take ‘Social’ Attitude Out of Relief.

Pension Plan Founder Sits in Gallery, Hears Roll Call.

NATIONAL AFFAIRS TOWNSEND plan beaten House, 302 to 97.

WPA white-collar projects may be curtailed.

ROOSEVELT confined to study with slight fever, (Page Three)

NEUTRALITY must not delay adjournment, Roosevelt savs.

| Congressional 60-day vacation without pay on un-/ (employment relief clients who have

a pair of shoes,

STATEANDUS. OPEN INQUIRIE

Broken Main Is Blamed as Teacher Tells Story of ‘Blinding Flash.’

BARBERTON, O, June 1 (U.P) State and Federal investigators (sought an explanation today to the! gas explosion which blew open a frame building used as a school, inuring 55 first and second-grade pupils and four adults. Four of the pupils were feared near death City Solicitor Harold J. Eckroate of Barberton told Nelson G. Hovey, assistant director of Ohio Industrial Relations, that a broken gas main apparently had caused the blast. Mr Hovey sent two investigators to the scene, The U., 8. Bureau of Mines dispatched two chemical engineers from its Pittsburgh office. Fumes from the main apparently were ignited when Harry White, janitor, set fire to waste paper. | Teacher Describes Blast | Mabelle Miller, teacher, said there was a “rush of air, a booming roar and then a blinding flash of flame.” “After that no one knows what happened,” she said. “Some of the children were hurled through breaks in the walls.” J. Ruhlin, who was working on an yD tool shed. said he heard a "roar. and then the screams of children.” “Tt seemed second blast,” to raise the | the air

to me there he sajd. “It building right

WAS seemed up in

Children “Some children fell floor te the basement from the second floor to the street.” Injured adults were Mr. White, Miss Miller, Miss Albertina Mili. another teacher, and P. W. White, school electrician. | The pupils injured critically all were girls. They were: Lucinda Williams, Mary Mattingly, Dorothy Young and Frances Fisher. The pupils were attending their last day of regular classes. i

NINE PARK OFFICERS GET POLICE POWERS

Shifted to Safety Board After Sallee’'s Plea.

Fall from the first and some fell

| suggestion

Crothersville, crashed imto a bridge!

abutment. Paul ville, was reported in a critical condition, Miss Cobbun was [fatally injured when a motorcevele she was riding with George Yoder, 32, Goshen, collided with a car in Mishawaka Mr. Rettinger was injured yvesterdav when a car Im which he was riding collided with another at Coiumbus Mr. Northerner auto accident near Tuesday night, and Mr injured in an auto accident 20 Meanwhile. it was announced here that May traffic fatalities in ihe City and County nearly doubled this vear over last. There were 11 vic(Continued on Page Three)

was injured in an Huntingburg Sullens was May

HARTMAN NAMED IN

DISBARMENT SUIT

Bar Association Asks Action By High Court.

Disbarment proceedings against |Poseph E. Hartman, local attorney and former Republican candidate] {for Superior Court judge, were filed in the Indiana Supreme Court today

The pleading asked the Supreme Sour to set a hearing and order . Hartman to appear and “show

hit why his admission to the bar

should not be revoked by the Court.” The information for disbarment

charge that Mr. Hartman made a false statement in answer to a questionnaire filed before he was admitted to the bar ir 19832.

Silence, Carothers-|

Nine Park Department policemen transferred to Safety Board jurisdiction last week, officially became members of the City police force today when the Board granted them police powers Similar powers were conferred on five special policemen employed by private firms The nine park transferred to the when A. C. Saallee, intendent, said he was unable to (control the force At the same meeting, the Park Board imposed penalties on two of the force charged with irregular conduct. Those transferred were James J. Reilly, 1409 E. New York St.;| Lawrence Burke, 230 E. Ninth St.; | (William A. Brown Jr. 1419 Horst] ell Ave.; Harold F. Bucy. 155 W.| {16th St.; John Costas, 910 E. 22d St.; Raymond Dalton, 1041 S. Sen-| ate Ave.; John V. Gallagher, 955] Union St.; Lawrence Hilton, 1039 Hanna Ave, and Francis Kennedy, 418 N. State St.

were Board parks super-

policemen Safety

'been on relief rolls 15 months to go

dine with

rabid. She was bitten as she at-

MOSELEY and Dies Commite tee discuss Hitler policies, GASTON nominated as Assiste ant Treasury Secretary. MURPHY orders West Coast spy precautions. TREASURY (oo issue bonds this quarter,

WASHINGTON,

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WASHINGTON, June 1 plans for

months were

tentative pro- |

the rolls 15 revealed today in a gram for overhauling the WPA, The vacation was expected to en- | courage search for private employ- |

it, | mel . i; : ~The House today This program coincided with a call voile: defeated brusque and convincing assertion by S3! Vole deiealed b jority the Townsend Plan for paye-

Vice President Garner that Con- o aress would not adjourn before en- Ment of $200 monthly pensions to the aged.

acting legislation to Keep politics out of relief | The votes Members of a House Appropria- !© 97. with two of the members tions Subcommittee have decided Present not voting Five of the seven Indiana Repub-

tentatively to recommend changes in WPA, réduction of its scope and licans voted for the Townsend Plan a shift from what they described 3nd two opposed its passage. Four as the “strictly social welfare” phil- Hoosier Democrats voted against it osphy of relief administration, and the fifth, Rep. William T. . 8 : . |Schulte, was absent, but announced Seek “Security Wages as paired for the measure. A committee member, explaining Republicans voting against it were that the program was subject to re- Reps. Charles A. Halleck and George vision, outlined proposed legislation W. Gillie. Voting for the plan were as follows: IReps. Robert A. Grant, Forrest Har1. Require all persons who have ness, Noble J. Johnson, Gerald W, Landis and Raymond S. Springer. Democrats who voted against the plan were Reps. Ludlow, W. H. Larrabee, Eugene Crowe and John W. Boehne Jr. House members went on record on the controversial plan which has stirred political activity in states from Maine to California as Dr, 3. Substitute for the existing one- Francis E. Townsend, aged gray= man administration of WPA a haired leader of the pension move= three-man board to be named by the ment watched proceedings from the President and confirmed by the Sen- House members’ gallery. ate. The Board probably would in-! The House undertook the record clude representatives of business, vote after refusing to recommit the labor and the public, measure to the House Ways and 4. Limit the cost of individual Means Committee for reconsidera WPA projects to $25.000. tion. 5. Eliminate the WPA's Federal & . Theater projects and sharply in Sponsors Concede Defeat tail other white collar relief opera-| The House roll call was frankly tions. jundertaken by opponents of the snm——— [ Townsend movement to embarrass

. |Congressmen who accepted Towne BUSINESS LEADERS send aid and Townsend votes in TO DINE WITH F. D. R.

their election campaigns, many of With

heen on

no new

June 1 (U7. P), in a record roll by a large ma-

was announced as 302

off for 60 days to seek private employment, 2. Develop a system of “security wages” to supplant the “prevailing wages” under which WPA now pays for work on a scale equal to that prevailing in private employment in any locality.

them in belief that the measure would not be brought before Cone gress for action, Many members comnlained that their colleagues were trving to “put them on th2 spot.” Sponsors of the Townsend movement, including (Rep. Joe Hendricks (D. Fla.), who [introduced the complex measure in [the House, admitted that the bill was doomed to defeat even before final debate and voting commenced.

President's Trouble Sinus Continues.

WASHINGTON, June 1 The Administration made a move today in its intermittent cam- | Townsend Letter Read paign for better relations with busi-| wpe ways and Means Committee ness when it arranged for eight top- brought the bill to the House floor

flight industrialists to discuss their py reporting it without recommenproblems with President Rooscvelt dation. Rep. Hendricks described

(U. p)— new

lat a White House evening gather- the measure, which included a com-

ing. [plicated transactions tax to provide

The business group, comprising a funds to pay the pensions, as repe delegation from the Business Ad- (resenting Townsend's exact ‘‘wishe« visory Council, was invited to ales.” He read to members a letter White House dinner at the by Dr. Townsend warning that a of Commerce Secretary vote to recommit the measure was Hopkins. President Roosevelt, suffer-|a vote against the plan. The letter ing from a sinus irritation, was not was greeted by an outburst of boos certain that he would be able to from Congressmen. the group, but planned| The motion to recommit the bill in anv event to confer with the was made by Rep. Allen Treadway group in his study. (R. Mass), ranking Republican It was expected the conference member of the Ways and Means would cover the whole range of Committee. He asked that his Combusiness relationship with Govern- mittee be instructed to reconsider ment. the bill and report a measure ‘in its The guest list judgment constitutional” and proR. Hook, head of the viding "a just and eyiisbie pension Rolling Mills: John R. Biggers, On & pay-as-you-go basis.” Toledo glass manufacturer; Averill Speaker William B. Bankhead deHarriman, chairman of the board of clared the motion lost on a voice the Union Pacific; A. D. Whiteside, |V0t¢ and Chairman Robert L president of Dun & Bradstreet; E Doughton (D. N. C.) of the Ways R. Stettinius Jr. United States and Means Committee immediately Steel chairman: J. F. Fogarty, presi- called for the record vote on the dent of the North American Co.: i sive vi w Carle C. Conway, board chairman of | = I the Continental Can Co.. and Gano "=o" 0 C0 ID hepa Dunn, president of the White pec In here.

TED AYER DOG BITE CITY BANKS SHORTEN et THEIR HOURS TODAY

Mrs. Gertrude Abel, 40 of 747 Woodlawn Ave, was given the| " Beginning today, Indianapolis | banks are to close at 2 p. m. ine

Pasteur treatment at City Hospital| [last night after it was learned her [stead of 3 p. m., according to {Arthur V. Brown, Indianapolis

dog, which bit her Monday, was [Clearing House Association presi= dent.

Charles American

includes

noncommittal

tempted to give the dog medicine.

Cuba Orders German Ship To Leave With Refugees

{ HAVANA, Cuba, June 1 (U. P).—,

the 'by the Indianapolis Bar Association. | President Federico Laredo Bru to- Jews in Cuba, those aboard the St.

Posey County Democratic was based on the Bar Association's arrived Jewish refugees earlier was|Juan J. Remps, eluded servants and

submitted to President Bru. The expulsion proposal would affect a great portion of of the esti-

[through a cordon of guards around

The change in hours, which will be permanent, is due to the re|quirements of the Federal Wages land Hours law. He explained that {work after hours requires shorter {bank hours to keep bank employees within the legal limit. Saturday hours will he the same as formerly, 9 a. m. until noon.

3 ARE KILLED, 16 HURT IN BRITISH CRASH

DOWNHAM MARKET, England, June 1 (U. P.).—Three persons were killed and 16 seriously injured when a London & Northeastern passenger train crashed into a truck near here today. The engine and three coaches were overturned.

As despair increased among the | {Louis lined the rails and gazed upon the land they had been forbidden to enter.

A young Jewish woman broke

the home of Secretary of State Dr.

pleaded with members of the Remos | family to help obtain permission for the landing of her parents {rom the St. Louis.

2 AY age