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MEXICO SPEEDS | TOWARD. STATE SOCIALISM ERA

Gen. Comacho, Assured of Presidency, to Run on ‘Six-Year Plan.’

By WALKER STONE Times Special Writer | EN ROUTE FROM MEXICO, Dec. 11 —How fast Mexico is driving toward state socialism is indicated by the Mexican Revolutionary Party's so-called “Second Six-Year Plan.” The “plan” has not been published yet in final form. But the tentative draft, titled “Draft of the Project of the Second Six-Year Plan,” which! Was approved in principle by the Revolutionary Party at its convention last month, points the direction , Reputedly it was written by three radical brain-trusters in the Carde-| nas Administration. Some protests were raised at the convention that the project was too detailed in its! blueprinting of the next administration's course of action, and the party's executive committee was directed to modify the plan somewhat The revised draft will be the platform on which the party's nominee, Gen. Avila Camacho, campaigns for the presidency,

Victory Appears Sure

This polo-playing general, whose election is considered inevitable, is regarded here as moré moderate than President Cardenas. But there is nothing middle-of-the-road about the program tentatively outlined for him. Here are some of the “projects”: To complete the distribution of land in the shortest time possible; to make the “ejido” communal svs-

tem the basis of the country's agri- CCC workers and State highway COme Tax director,

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Edward Liljeblad (above), 3648 Park Ave, a Butler University senior, has been elected president | of the Loyalty Legion, campus service group, and will head pep and program activities for the current baskethall season, Other officers of. the club are Miss Eleanor Cook, vice president; Miss Joan Hixon, secretary, and Miss Carol Maxine Fields, treasurer.

HOMES PERILED BY FOREST FIRE

Nearly 1000 Acres Ablaze at Huron, Ind.; Cigaret Held Responsible. |

HURON, Ind, Dec. 11 (U. P).

INDIANA C. OF C. T0 BROADEN ITS 1940 PROGRAM

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Plans to Be Discussed and Officers Elected at Parley Friday.

The recently reorganized State

Chamber of Commerce will make.

plans for a broadened 1940 program and elect officers at the annual meeting Friday in the Columbia Club. The meeting, according to President John E. Fredrick, Kokomo, is to be a strictly business session “to serve as the starting point from which the membership and its officers and committees can build their broadened program on a construetive and co-operative basis, for the business community of Indiana" The Indiana Commercial Secretaries Association, comprised of secretaries of city Chambers of

Commerce and similar commercial organizations, will hold its annual mid-winter meeting in conjunction with the state Chamber meeting.

Relief on Agenda

The secretaries will discuss need for changes in relief laws of In-

diana and other governmental] problems at its session, L. G. Mec-| Intire, Elkhart, president, said. The state Chamber meeting will} be the first full membership ses-| sion since the selection of Clarence | A. Jackson, former State Unemploy- | ment Compensation and Gross Inas executive

. qn r WOp vice president of the organization, cultural economy; to extend state employees early today were fight- | : R

controls over agriculture; | To extend government over the banking svstem: to use credit to promote industrial produetion by labor groups with state par-| icipation; to extend legal protection to labor groups and to further; the program of expropriations in| cases where emplovers refuse to grant workers increases to workers are entitled; To stabilize (which means to fix) prices of necessities in domestic trade, and to regulate foreign trade to prevent free monetary exchange: To complete the nationalization of the petroleum industry (some private oil companies are still operating | in Mexico, including the Gulf Oil Co.); to consider no proposals designed to return the expropriated properties to former owners, and “in case it

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ing a forest fire which covered near- | and which two farm houses, The blaze was believed to have started last night from a cigaret thrown from a passing automobile Fire fighters were digging trenches around the two farm buildings in Although the wind spread the blaze rapidly, U. S. highway 50 protected timber and cabins south of the flames.

endangered

French Lick Country Club Damage $200,000

FRENCH LICK, Ind, Dec. 1! (U. P) —Loss of approximately $200,000 was caused by a fire which swept the French Lick Springs Country

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should become absolutely Club near here Saturday, officials

necessary to compensate the holders estimated today.

of concessions for their nationaliza-| tion , . . that compensation

shall | built never be greater than the amount Sr, and most

The blaze destroyed the building, in 1921 by Thomas Taggart of the furnishings.

of the unrecovered portion of the High winds fanned the flames and

Justified investments , . .”; { To inaugurate compulsory teachIng of socialism in the schools.

Profit System Shadowed

While some of these proposals make allowance for the continuance of capitalist enterprises in ‘Mexico, the tenor of the document as a! whole points to toleration of the profit system only for an interim! period. More eloquent than any individ-! nal plank is some of the language used in the introductory chapter of the "Draft of the Project,” called the “Edpose de Motifs": { ‘Under the administration of the present Chief Executive, a new sys-| tem was put into operation. This] consists—in view of the two irreconcilably opposed elements, and when the moment arrives in which the conflict gravely affects the pub- | lic welfare—in the elimination of that one of the parties of the conflict whose function can be socially replaced: the emplover . . . | “This solution, which is character- | istic of the present Government, is the only logical one, the only one] consistent with revolutionary though and the only one that satisfies the interests of society. Through its application the conflict disappears, leaving behind nothing but technical problems of organization and finance. These problems are in no way insoluble and in no case more | serious than those which are pre-| sented by productive enterprises in the hands of emplovers, the technical and economical structure of which are a continuous source of worry to the state, | “Moreover, the revolutionary government is freed from the contin-| uous threat of the employers to par-! alyze activities, and... on the other hand, the workmen are not removed from their proper class by placing the property in their hands because there is a possibility that sooner or later they may exploit other workers and constitute themselves as employers, as practice has shown In various well-known cases.”

HOOSIER IS AWARDED | AIRLINE FELLOWSHIP Timer Spovial NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 11 —Two men, one from Indiana, have been awarded traveling fellowships in South America by the Fan-Amer-fean Airways and Pan-American-Grace Airways. They are Harry J. Tomlinson, 1150

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] : . | cup : able to save the Structure: [Ohio Street side and part of the

firemen from French Lick were un-

Youth Rescued in

Portland Fire

PORTLAND, Ind, Dee. 11 (UP) The five-room farm home of Ray Shepherd four miles southeast of here was destroved last night by al fire of unknown origin. George Shepherd, 13, in an upstairs room, was overcome bv smoke and was carried from the building. Loss was| estimated at $3000. |

LACK OF CLOTHES NO ‘HOOKY' EXCUSE

Times Special { SOUTH BEND, Ind, Dec. 11.—| Lack of proper clothing is no excuse to keep children home from school, ! Donald Coleman, St. Joseph County | Attendance Officer, has warned, if the parents are not eligible for relief, “Under State law,” he said, “children under 18 must attend school. If investigations show that the parents are unable to provide the nec-! essary funds, we can handle this situation through the trustee's office.” |

A feature of the meeting will be

control Iv 1000 acres of timber near here # Joint luncheon of the state cham- |

ber and the secretaries’ association | at which the newly elected chamber | officers will speak Representatives | of the Inter-Organization Council of Indiana, the organization being consolidated with the chamber, also| will appear on the program, Opens at 10 A. M, The chamber meeting will open at 10 a. m. Following the luncheon. separate meetings of the chamber and the secretaries’ association will] be held | Outgoing chamber officers are Mr. | Frederick; G. B. Tuthill, Elkhart, | first vice president; Louis Ruthen- | burg, Evansville, second vice presi-| dent; Fred C. Kroeger, Anderson.| third vice president, and Louis J.! Borinstein. Indianapolis, treasurer. Eighteen directors also are to be named. i Delegates will be shown the new quarters of the state chamber on the second floor of the Board of Trade Building. When remodeling is completed, the chamber will oc-| cupy all of the second floor on the)

Meridian Street frontage. The organization formerly had quarters on the fifth floor of the building.

WPA FORGERIES TOP GOVERNMENT'S LIST

WPA checks accounted for «move | than half of the 20000 forgeries of | Government checks investigated by the Secret Service last year, George Loy, Indiana Agent for the U. S.| Secret Service, said today in a ra-|

dio broadcast. “A total of 2274 persons were convicted and sent to prison,” Mr. Loy said, “With the increasingly large number of checks being issued fer relief, Social Security, Railroad Retirement and other activities of the Government forgery has become an important responsibility for the Secret Service.” Speaking at WIRE, Mr. Lov was | interviewed by Clarence Manion, State Director for the Office of Government Reports,

Traffic 50 Per

Science:

Jams Cut Gasoline Mileage, Cent, Says M. |. T. Teacher,

By Seienece Sevivee \ WASHINGTON, Dee. 11. —Traffic| congestion reduces gasoline mileage 50 per cent, A. J. Bone, assistant professor of highway engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reported to the meeting of the highway research board of the National Research Council. by} Prof. Bone has made studies in! crowded downtown Boston which show that for his test car it takes 7 minutes to travel a mile under ordinary conditions. Two and onehalf minutes are spent waiting for traffic lights, a minute and a half is used up in low cr second gear, | ana three minutes of time in high gear, His average gasoline consumption in city traffic was 12.1 miles to the | gallon, while on Sunday mornings, |

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Cotton Lines Ditches By Science Service

DENVER, Colo, Dec. 11.—Cotton

with trafic interference removed, | linings for irrigation ditches may be

Jailed On Way To 2d Wedding

Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind, Dec. 11.— Because he was $116.50 in arrears in child support to a child by his former wife, a disgruntied bride groom-to-be living near Westfield, Ind, was forced to spend four hours in jail while his second bride waited at the altar. Friends finally came to his res

cue and paid the money in court. The man was released and the wedding followed.

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STATE TEACHERS TO OPEN DEBATES

Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Dec. 1i.— Bight debates in four days this week will inaugurate the 1939-40 | debate season for Indiana State | Teachers Coliege here, The debates will be against DePauw University and Fastern Illinois State Teachers College. One against Eastern Illinois at 2 p. m. Wednesday will be broadcast over |trucks, but service was augmented Radio Station WBOW, today and it was indicated that The topic for debate this year is: | more runs may be necessary before “Resolved, That the United States the village of less than 100 sinks | {Should Own and Operate the Rail- back into its routine for eleven roads.” : | months.

P.).—The Postoffice today ran extra ‘mall trucks to the railroad at Linlcoln City to handle letters and packages deposited yesterday by more than 1000 visitors who wanted the cherished Christmas postmark on their mail. For more than a week, the Postoffice has been running special

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Santa's Mail Bag Filled

SANTA CLAUS, Ind. Dec. i1 (U.| The Postoffice remained open yos- |

terday to accommodate the swarm

of visitors, ranging from toddling | children to swarthy oldsters using |

canes, who began arriving early in! the day. I'here were two centers that 2 | tracted

ITALY’S RELATION TO VATICAN TO BE AIRED

Relations of the Italian Govern. ment and the Vatican will be dis cussed at the second 1939-40 Catholic Forum series at 8 p. m. Sunday at the Knights of Columbus auditorium. Dr. Vincent A. Lapenta, Italian consul here, will preside. Dr. 8. William Halperin of the University of Chicago will talk on ‘‘Italo-Papal Relations.” Mrs. Richard Graham is general chairman of the forum, which is presented under the direction of the Very Rev. Msgr, Henry F. Dugan, Indianapolis Cath« olic Diocese chancellor.

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Thus. a 50 per cent greater gasoline South, it was suggested to the Na- | consumption must be charged up to

traffic. tional Reclamation Association Prof. Bone estimates that if all ‘meeting here. jcars behave in a way comparable, The new utilization of cotton to h.s traffic delays cost motorists |. jements the use of cotton fabsome $18,000 per mile per year for : > | the routes he studied. rics as a binder for secondary highways and airport runways. W. H. Robinson, manager of an

irrigation district in Idaho, de{scribed how a section of an irriga[tion canal was lined with a mixture of asphalt and gravel backed by heavy cotton fabric. Water | {losses in this section, which formerly ran from 20 per cent to 30| per cent, have now been cut to about 1!': per cent. The standard method of lining [irrigation canals is with concrete, {which pays for itself despite high cost. The cotton-gravel-asphalt (liner is cheaper, Mr. Robinson said that the ex-

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