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| Hl , FORECAST: Fair and somewhat warmer tonight; tomorrow fair and warmer.

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind.

‘Tear Gas Used in Fisher Riot

66 HURT AS 3000 PICKETS FIGHT 450 | CLEVELAND POLI Trice Called After Two-Hour Battle When 3

Officers Run Out of Ammunition; Firemen Play Hose on Crowd.

a — ' PRICE THREE CENTS | SCRIPPS ~ HOWARD | Bim

VOLUME 51—-NUMBER 121 MONDAY, JULY 81, 1939

WATER SAVING [Oc IS ESTIMATED AT $2000 DAY

Fred B. Johnson Presents Negotiators’ Side for City Purchase.

TALKS TO BE RESUMED

r Mother: We're Coming Home’

WPA IN STATE T0 FAVOR NEW JOB SEEKERS

Given Preference Over List Of Those With 18 Months Or More of Service.

4000 OUT SINCE JULY 15

|EXPECT NEW CLASH IN FEW HOURS Tool and Die Walkout Brings Violence at Body Plant as Non-Union Workers Try To Break Through Lines in Cars.

This Group Not to Be Rehired Until Quota Can Take ‘All 25,000 Waiting.

New applicants for Indiana WPA 1 jobs will be given preference over | workers employed for 18 months or longer, despite the Senate amendtorney, told the Service Club at the ment abolishing enforced vacations Hotel Lincoln today. ; for relief recipients employed: that Mr Johnson is local representa- e ed long, John K. Jennings, State adtive of C. W. McNear & Cp. of Chi- ; a ministrator, said today. { SE ' Since July 15, when the Relief Act

cago, negotiators for the C. H. Geist estate in ‘the proposed sale of the became effective, 4000 workers who

Possible Rate-Hike, Under Private Management Cited as Factor.

‘The City could save from $2000 to $3000 a day by owning and operating the Indianapolis Water Works system, Fred Bates Johnson, at-

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BULLETIN | CLEVELAND, July 31 (U. P.—Mounted police charged a crowd of 2000 strike sympathizers

Indianapolis Water Co. to the City. Meanwhile, City officials and Mr. McNear were to confer this afternoon. Mr. McNear returned here from Philadelphia, where he conferred with H. S. Schutt, the estate's executor. | Gives Negotiators’ Side

Presenting the negotiators’ side of the proposed transaction for the first time, Mr. Johnson asserted that retention of the company by ‘the owners or sale to a private concern ‘‘carries the possibility of an increase in water rates.” | Citing figures prepared by Judson Dickerman, Federal utilities expert, Mr. Johnson said that the City by acquiring the company would realize a money benefit, or net profit, of $931,349 a year, or more than $2500 a day. | ! “Our calculation (McNear’s) is about £1.200,000 a year, or $3000 a day,” he said. “The discrepancy between the two figures arises out of different accounting methods. “We are confidently certain that from the [standpoint of cdsh available to the City, history will prove that our estimates are mare nearly correct. |

Denies Guesswork

“These sayings to the (City are not made up by any projection and guess at probable income and expene, but are based oon the actual , income and.expense figur ras. for the year 1938, without taking into account the normal increase in domestic business and the expected return of large industrial business of the pre-depression years.”| ‘The business aspect of the acquisition of the company by the City should appeal to those whp are not “implacably ' opposed” to public ownership, he said. The net price is approximately $22,300,000, he said. “No one of those who assert that the price is in excess of |its value pretends in any way to be competent to pass on the question of the value of the property. | “The value cannot be properly ascertained in an off-hand and cava-lier-like manner as objectors seem to think. . . . The value of this property has been established twice in two comparatively recent court cases ‘involving that question, |

Cites Stand of Courts

“In 1926, the Supreme Court of the United Statés stated that the value of the property as of then was “not less than 19 million dollars. Since, $7,500,000 of actual net additions have been added te the property.” | He also referred to the Chicago Circuit Court of Appeals decision which neld that the value of $21,500,000 set by the Federal District Court here in 1935 did not take into account a commodity price rise of 25 per cent during litigation. Mr. Dickerman, the Federal Trade Commission utilities engineer, employed by the City as consultant, (Continued on Page Three)

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“FAIR AND WARMER,’ WEATHER FORECAST

LOCAL TEMPERATURES 6a m...66 10 a m... 81 7a m...69 11 a. m.... 80 8a m...7 12 (noon). 82 9a m... "78 1p. m... 8°

‘Pair and warmer wegther was predicted for Indiahapolis; both tonight and tomorrow by the Weather Bureau today as the temperatures started to climb above the B0-degree mark. bod The maximum temperature yesterday was 80 at 4 p. m. land at 9 a. m. today the mercury stood at 78. 3 ————————————————

CAR DEATH REVEALS INVERTED STOMACH

~ AMSTERDAM, N. Y., July 31 (U. pP).—An autopsy revealed today that Donald Palmer, Schenectady, who was killed in an automobile accident, had lived 25 years with an “upside-down” stomach. Physicians said it had functioned perfectly.” |

TIMES FEATURES

“apparently

today wi City foot ang possible, dent ocgurred.

| have promised him they

| “Deg r Mother: Just as soon as they put my foot in a I will come on so I can get well at home.” : In answer to her letter from their Cleveland home, Robert Traut, ‘14, injufed in a train accident here Saturday, and his brother, Bill, ote their mother—Robert dictating and Bill writing. Hospital physicians said they believe they can save Robert's

They were homeward bound from Missouri when ihe acci-

Times Photos. cast, Bill and

will let him go home as soon as

N ROBBERS ROUTED, 2 SHOT

epulsed in Battle | 56,613 Army Payroll jon Illinois Train. CHAMPAIGN, TIL, July 31 (U1. P). —Two bandits were wounded and a mail clory injured today when four men made a daring attempt to hijack the | 56,613 payroll of Chanute Field, U.| S. Army air base, on a moving Illinois Central train, between Onarga, Ill, and this city. Mail clerks drove. the bandits off}

so severely he could not

her fled to an automobile containing two confederates which was speeding along a parallel highway. The seriousness of his wounds was not known.

ws unded Three Times

The captured bandit identified himself Champaign Hospital as John Waldon. Doctors said he was wounded [in the head, shoulder and leg. One| shot had broken his leg. Mail Clerk Guy O’Hearn, Chicago, was taken to the hospital for injuries to his head inflicted by a pistol butt. Railroac

employees said two bandits apparently boarded the train at Onarga, about 35 miles north | of here. The other two continued beside the train on a parallel highway in their afitomobile.

The meh were believed to haye secreted themselves between the locomotive tender and the ‘baggage car, After the train left Gilman the

into the mail compart-

[Slugs Mail Clerk

One slugged O’Rearn, the registered mail clerk. Earl G. Boothman, letter clerk, and John E. Gearon, baggage (clerk, both of Chicago, picked up| revolvers and fired. One bandit, believed to be the man wha called himself Waldon, fell. mh other, also believed to have been hit, jumped out of the side door|lin the middle of the cat. He was picked up by his. confederates on the highway. Boothmgn estimated he and Gearon “at least a dozen shots.” | The bandits failed to get any of the registered mail or express, including the pouch containing the

red

of -gunfire that wounded].

‘97 and who forfeited a $650 bond

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By EARL HOFF Housewives of Indianapolis at some future date may get together and hold a cheering session for |Richard Mueller and his Government stamp. Mr. Mueller, an assistant marketing specialist, came to Indianapolis from Denver, Colo, in February to see that buyers here are able to get the quality of meat they order. Every day in the week he can be found at local packing plants grading and stamping meat for quality. His customers to date are Indianapolis hotels and restaurants, the State of Indiana and commercial firms outside the state. The housewives of the City probably haven't heard about him yet, or they'd keep him busy too. Mr. Mueller hates to puncture the

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9 He's not. | He really is a mild-

pride of the City’s housewives, but with a shake of the head he says they don't know as much about meat as ig should. He says the same thing for some of the City’s butchers, | - From statements. like that, “it might sound as though Mr. Mueller was a dour individual who spends all his time digging for trouble. mannered sort of person wino knows more about meat and its various grades than any Bousewise and

Whoops! Hats Have Bustles

AN FRANCISCO, July 31 (U. P.). — Brace yourself, men: Women’s hats will be more extreme this fall. 1 The gentlemen who dictate trends in millinery gave a private peek today at the chapeaux they will display at the San Francisco Exposition next week, and the ' darn things had bustles. Indeed, the women’s top pieces will include chic postillions, exotic batic turbans and umbrella hats “that draw their inspiration from the trans-Pacific Islands,” (“to quote these gentlemen); exquisite ostrich tipped victorian bonnets, suede flets a-flutter with birds— some of them smaller then sea

new and exciting versions, They even careen forward, to balance

the backward swoop of the new bustle dresses.

HEAVY FINES LEVIED ON YOUNG DRIVERS

Lose Licenses for Year; One Gets Farm Term.

(Traffic Deaths, Page Two)

Municipal Court Judge John McNelis passed heavy fines on two young men found guilty today of charges of drunken driving and other traffic violations. He warned each of them that they “must not mix liquor and autos,” and suspended their drivers’ licenses for a year. Arnold Jines, 27, of 3648 N. Tacoma Ave., who was arrested May

when he did not appear in Court July 7. was fined a total of $170 and given 180 days on the State Farm on charges of drunken driving, drunkenness and speeding. “The most daring thing any defendant can do,” Judge McNelis said, “is to ignore an order of a Court.” Henry S. Burns, 19, of 547 S. Harding St., was fined $85 on charges of drunkenness, drunken operating and reckless driving. Judge McNelis put him on probation for a year and allowed him to defer payment on the fine. “You must stay out of taverns, if you are only 19,” he warned tis youth, “and you must stay out of

had been on the rolls for a year and a half were dismissed. These workers were dropped at the rate of a few a day, in the State’s 15 districts, he said.. . They will not be rehired, he stated, unless the Indiana quota is increased to the point where all the 25,000 persons now awaiting WPA employment could be hired. :

Gives Interpretation

“As 1 interpret the amendment,” he said, “it means that any new new applicants will have preference over those on the rolls 18 months or longer.” : In addition 7000 workers will have been dropped from the rolls by midnight tonight and another 9100 will be dismissed during August, he said, because of reduced funds. Mr. Jennings said that in all cases dismissals would be done on ' the basis of need required.under an order which went into effect July 1. Before that time, he said, reliefers were dismissed on the basis of ability. : The July quota for Indiana was 72,000 workers; for August it is 65,000, and for September 55,900.

Gauges Dismissals

All those dismissed will be discharged ' a few at a time so no

gulls—and doll hats revived _in |

“chaotic condition” will result from a wholesale suspension at one time, he said. : _The 18-month dismissals followed the Senate's action in passing a rider to the President’s lending bill which would modify the compulsory

dismissal proviso of the 1940 Re-

lief Act. The Relief Act had provided that all workers employed 18 months or longer on. WPA should be dismissed to make way for new applicants. Following the Senate's WPA Commissioner F. C. Harrington ordered that dismissals should be halted “. . . until further instructions are received by you ...”

EXECUTIONER IS ILL, 3 MAY LIVE LONGER

NEW. YORK, July 31 (U. P)— Robert Elliott, 65, executioner of Bruno Hauptmann, Ruth Snyder,

Judd Gray and hundreds of less

notorious criminals, was seriously ill today and authorities of New York, New ' Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Vermont realized suddenly that there was no substitute immediately available for his grim duties. As a result three condemned men— two in Massachusetts and the other in New York—may live longer than they had anticipated. The Massachusetts executions had been set for this week, the New York one for Aug. 24. Mr. Elliott's wife said there was no possibility. of his officiating at either of the scheduled dates, but denied he was “cracking up” under the strain of his job. °

WHEAT GAIN ERASED CHICAGO, July 31 (U. P.)—A half-cent gain in wheat was erased near .the closing today by ‘commission house sales and hedging pressure on the Chicago Board of Trade.

autos for a year.” ¢

knowledge he wants to help standardize meat grades and prices in Indianapolis. Mr. Mueller’s services have furnished to Indianapolis by the U. S. Department. of Agriculture. For the time he works in packing houses, the Government collects $2 an hour. He grades T0 to 80 cattle every hour. After a 14-month trial period, the Government set up the Meat Grad-

Corn prices were irregular.

been -

ing Service to which Mr. Mueller -

belongs. That was in 1923. Today there are 52 registered meat graders on civil service working in 22 U. S. cities. In 1938 they graded 603,000,000 pounds of beef,

6,200,000 pounds of veal, 28,000,000

pounds of lamb and 4,000,000 pounds of pork, Mr. Mueller said. But how does this affect the Indianapolis housewives and butchers? Here the service is noncompulsory as it. is in every other city with the service except Seattle, Mr. Mueller points out. Only if the City or

State passes a law making a Gov-

ernment standard mandatory would every piece of meat have to be

labeled. a

And until then—well, Mr. Mueller

points out sirloin steaks brought

home from the butcher shop sometimes turn out to be pot roasts. He

doesn’t know who's that.

to blame for

action,

' Times-Acme Telephoto.

Clouds of tear gas spread over Fisher Body strike scene.

the swinging| police sticks.

Is Enemy

demonstrators are told. in China.

alliance with Russia, and trade.

The United States became more peace might be expected.

area as Tokyo police guarded th demonstration denouncing “Britain,

M'NUTT MAKES NEW GESTURE FOF. D. R.

Cleveland Speech Believed Part of 1940 Drive.

(Another story, photo, page 7) Times Special WASHINGTON, July 31.—Paul V. McNutt’s Cleveland speech backing the Roosevelt-Hull policy of aiding the democracies revived speculation today that the former Hoosier Governor may be in line for Presidential blessing in 1940. The speech was so forceful jn support of Administration policy that it is considered here almost in the light of a state paper, which had the careful editing and approval of both the State Department and the White House. It was looked upon as possibly the first step in carrying out Mr. Roose~

| velt’s threat to take the issue of iso-

lation to the people after the Senate postponement of action on the Neu-

trality Bill. It is believed to be another step in Mr. McNutt’s effort to win Roosevelt support for his Presidential candidacy, but nevertheless the pecsition was one that Mr. McNutt has consistently upheld.

STOCKS TURN LOWER NEW YORK, July 31.(U. P).— Failure of an early rally to attract support this afternoon stocks lower on the New York Stock Exchange. Although a few issues had gains, most stocks were

down fractions to about a point.

Government Meat Checker Grades 70 Cattle an Hour;

Services Are Not Yet Available to Local Housewives

Tokyo Crowds Told U.S.

of Japanese

FOREIGN SITUATION TOKYO—U. S., Britain and Russia are “common enemy” of Japan,

SHANGHAI—Japanese planes drop bombs on two American missions

'LONDON—England and France name military mission to complete

PARIS—Peace offer to Hitler expected to follow treaty with Soviet. DANZIG—Free City charges Poland with boycotting Danzig products

By UNITED PRESS

entangied in the Far Eastern situa-

tion today while Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told Commons that if the world could halt its “war of words” a long period of prosperity and

Agitation against Americans as well as Britons flared over a wider the Embassies of both powers during a big America and Russia” as “our com-

mon enemy.” tL

Japanese bombed American hos-

Co. plant today. After quelling a siege wh

afternoon.

HEROINE OF SEA SAVES 33 LIVES

Girl Swims After Aid When Pleasure Boat Capsizes In Atlantic. |

police and pickets. Several persons suffered

pitals, missions and schools in two Chinese cities and poured explosives into Chinese sectors near the mouth ‘of -tHeY Péart River in what appeared. to. be an attempt to! isolate Hongkong and .thus cut off the big artery of British trade with Canton.

STONY CREEK, Conn., (July 31 (U. P.).—Cynthia Chapin | wasn’t

feeling any too well today,\so her boss told her to stay home and rest on the theory that a girl who had

Charge Guerrillas Are Aided

The American Embassy Chungking was notified that Japanese planes dropped six bombs on the tal and courtyard of the Lutheran mission at Honan Province. One bomb : hit

Chinese and wounding two. Three

Hospital, the American Southern Baptist Mission and the girls’ school at Wuchow. Japanese military authorities in Shanghai charged that Russia, with “support of British authorities,” was financing a Chinese guerrilla campaign against Japanese airdromes and supply depots,

tory around Shanghai and Nanking. British officials denounced the

lcharge ds “full of lies.”

At the same time, many sources in London were discussing the

Japanese-British negotiations Tokyo for settlement of the Tientsin incident and, if the Japane:\

Koshan in

the hospital. directly, killing six

bombs struck the Stout Memorial

deep in Japanese-controlled terri-

possibility of breakdown in the at

just saved 33 lives was entitled to a day off. : Miss Chapin, 24-year-old employee of a Hartford Fire Insurance Co.,

swam for 45 minutes in the choppy waters of Long Island Sound early yesterday to get help for the passengers and crew of a capsized pleasure cruiser, and no one doubted that except for her all 33 would have drowned. 2 As Capt. Arthur Doolittle, master {of the vessel put it, “that girl certainly saved our lives.”

Nothing at All, She Says

Miss Chapin, daughter of Robert D. Chapin, secretary of the Hartford National Bank & Trust Co, said it was nothing. “It was just a matter of selfpreservation,” she said. “I wanted to get back to shore as much as anybody else.” The cruiser, a 30-foot eraft, was in the vicinity of the Thimble Islands when the mishap occurred. Despite Capt. Doolittle’s warnings, members of the party had climbed on top of

"was estimated that

turned |

| September. These preparations were

plans prevail, for smoothing: out controversy on China in:general. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commonsy for instance, that he would consult ‘the Dominions about the possibility of denouncing Britain's commercial agreement with Japan but that such a move would require “careful consideration.” The British Government denied it had agreed to withdraw support of the Chinese currency, which Japan desires. ’

Send Mission to Moscow

Mr. Chamberlain warned Japan that the Government “will be obliged to take a very serious view” of continued anti-British agitation in North China. Mr. Chamberlain made a full foreign affairs statement in.Commons,

military mission will leave for Moscow probably this week to. consult on mutual defense and to acknowledge the determination of the two powers -to carry through their proposals for a three-power military alliance. : Gen. Joseph Doumenc of the French Superior War Council and Admiral the Hon. Sir Reginald Almer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax of Britain will head the mission. : Behind the facade of diplomatic maneuvering, the powers were pressing steadily ahead with preparations to offset a new crisis in August or,

made on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the World War, which began the first week in August, 1914.

revealing that a British-French|: , rescue was “nothing much.”

the cabin.

It was after midnight. Suddenly

the cruiser lurched to one side and then toppled over, throwing its occupants into the water.

. Dragged Aboard Boat “There was no panic,” she said.

“Some of the fellows began diving under the boat to get life-savers and sea-cushions. toward the shore where I could see some lights blinking.” :

I started swimming

After 45 minutes she saw & boat

which turned out to be the’ tugboat Cayuga with Capt. John Bunnell ‘of New York in charge. Her cries attracted the crew’s attention and she was dragged aboard. Mr. Bunnell

anchored the oil barge he had been towing and went to the rescue.

But as Miss Chapin told it, the

Meets Young Man iin Water

“After I started,” she said, “I

found a young man swimming with me. said he was Arnold Pierson of Meriden. swimmer and deserves a lot of credit for making the attempt.

We. introduced ourselves. He

He was hot a very good

\ «1 kicked off my shoes and had to remove some of my clothes.

They were weigh me down. I tried to persuade Id .to take

off his clothes he wouldn't.

After a while Arnold said he was

tired out and couldn’t keep on. I

told him to keep floating and not. to worry.

“I finally saw a boat. I was not

particularly tired but it looked good

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JOHN DAVID SHOOTS "67 FOR GOLF LEAD

(Early Details, Page Six) ee

today in the first 18-hole qu

12, two. strokes

Britain’s 12,000 naval reservists

‘| ANDERSON, Ind, July 31.—John David, Indiana intercollegiate champion and Indianapolis Hillcrest member, shot a 67, five under par, alifying round of the State Amateur golf tournament at the Anderson Coun- | try Club. : 2 David was out. in 34 and back in better than his Mike Haperak of

to me. The water was terribly cold. They heard me yell and threw me a line.

ANGLER HAS FROLIC

WAUTOMA, Wis., July 31 (U. BP). —Albert Cronk found fishermen's paradise. His baited hook hardly

gobbled it up. He caught 11 nice German brown trout, some 18 inches Then the game warden came

touched the water before a fat fish||

today in a second clash between head. gashes from A : I 0s

: CLEVELAND, July 31 (U. P.).—Four hundred . fifty police and 30 firemen fought 3000 pickets with tear gas and water volleys before the plant of the struck Fisher Body

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ch lasted more than two hours

they deployed for another expected pitched battle during the

At least 41 persons were hospitalized with inju ies. Leaders of the C. I. O. United Auto Workers Union tool and die ‘workers, said that 25 of their number had been treated | for hurts in a field tent setup near their lines. [oh

Scores of others were be lieved to have suffered injuries not reported at the scene. : Safety Director Eliot Ness at noon

declared the Fisher strike zone a “riot area.” In a proclamation he forbade any person to enter it other than those “having legitimate [busi ness.” He said non-strikers would be permitted to enter. . | A truce was agreed upon as police fired their last available tear gas shell. . It was estimated that 100 were fired. I.=e Police said that pickets back many of the tear gas shells and fired other shells of their c a gun, ; ; New Battle Expected

| Pickets swung clubs and I : stones at police who were attempte ing to protect nonastriking workers seeking to enter the factory in auto. mobiles. di ‘ Observers said police in sol stances were forced to throw| back the stones to protect themselves. Joseph Bagano, a strike leader, predicted new fighting during the afternoon when non-strikers in the plant were due to come off duty. It about 25 workers. were inside. : boo Mr. Bagano said: “We will| cone tinue to throw stones, turn over cars and resist these ‘scabs’ until| they get religion and stay home Where they belong. SE _ “We'll be back there fighting this afternoon when these ‘scabs’ come

City’s Largest Plant |

The Cleveland Fisher plant is the only one operating among thosé

out.”

Cleveland's largest factory | and

normally employs 8000 workers. Only jobs in the slack summer season. . - Robert Travis, strike leader sen from Flint, Mich., Fisher home city, said he would ‘ask Attorney General Frank Murphy to investigate police action in the strike. He charged that three strikers had been struck in the legs by police pistol fire. Hos» pital records showed no such ine juries. : : : i Police said the trouble began when a picket police said Vie Brook, 25, approached the open gate and stood leaning on a large club. [Te “Do you feel like fighting! this morning?” police quoted him. aske " said

ing them. “Sure—we feel tough,” they Lieut. John Mernaugh replied. “Do - you?” : : i ! Fire Chief Spat Upon . - “Yeah, do you want to start somes thing?” police said Mr. Brooks coun« In a short time, the air was filled with swinging clubs, stones, tear gas and water, 4 : Firemen said a picket spat tob juice in the face of Fire Chief E. Granger when he arrived to di rect the firing of water volleys at the angry crowd. ho The battle was the first violence in a strike which began three Weeks ; ago. ; Ll

Claim Loudspeaker Used {Police said a picket leader stood pn the roof of one of the plant's building and directed the workers’ siege through a loudspeaker. | runs

Police used tear gas to-drive the crowd to E. 140th St., whi (Continued on Page Three) i 35,000,000 Voters have definitely Pp - made up their minds o

a Roosevelt third term, the Gallup Poll shows.

| What is itYes or-No? 4] For the answer turn now

slong. The judge gave Albert 90 days the State Fish

Hatchery.

jail or a $100 fine for fishing in’

from

struck by the U. A. W.-C.1.O. | It is =

tool and die workers are at [their = |

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