Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 February 1940 — Page 1

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FINAL HOME

_ TRAFFIC TOLL REACHES 11 AS

TWO MORE DIE

One Killed, Three Injured: §8

As Auto Upsets at Raymond and Hobart.

A motorist was killed today

VOLUME 51—-NUMBER 299

Struck at Interurban Crossing

and a pedestrian injured Feb.! &

2 died to raise Marion Coun-

ty’s traffic toll for the year

to 11. : They were the third and fourth to die within two days. Two pedestrians were killed in the City yesterday and

Wednesday. Christopher Landrigan, 32, of 1911 Ruckle St., a well-known amateur flyweight boxer here 12 years ago, was Kkilled and three companions were injured when their auto overturned at Raymond St. and Hobart Ave. early today. Injured were Francis Ackerman, 30, of 1801 S. Meridian St.; Miss Bertha Riegel, 18, of 217 Bicking

St., and Miss. Gertrude McGlynn, 21, of 1025 Madison Ave. Miss Riegel was released from! City Hospital and sent home. Miss McGlynn was transferred from | City to St. Vincent's

Hospital, where her condition was described | as sericus. Dies of Injuries

Thonias Whitely, 63, a peddler who lived at a downtown hotei, died at City Hospital of injuries re- | ceived Feb. 2 when police said he walked into the side of a car at New York St. and Capitol Ave. Police know of no immediate sur-| viving relatives. | Meanwhile police reported that] Mr. Landrigan apparently died of al fractured skull immediately after the crash last night. The «¢ driven by. Mr. Ac man, a filling station operator. went out of control as it was going eas on Raymond "St. and overturned, they said. According Mrs. John F. Riegel. her daughter left their home about] 11 p. m. to visit Miss McGlvnn. a friend, two blocks awav. The two girls then decided. she said. to go ‘to a drug store at 1201 Madison Ave, another block awav, and there

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met Mr. Landrigan and Mr. Ack-, The voung business men also j 'warned that anv amendment should

erman, ; Her daughter told her that the; group decided to go for some sand- | wiches and that, since Mr. Acker-. man was an old friend of the fam-| ily, she decided to accompany them.

Once Held Boxing Title

It was not until 2:30 a. m. that Mrs. Riegel was notified of the accident by Herbert Marsh, brother-in-law of Miss McGlynn. Mr. Marsh is a City Fireman stationed at No. 13 Engine House. Mr. Landrigan once held the flyweight championship of Marion County, having won it in a tournament sponsored by the South Side Turners. He was remembered today by boxers and trainers as “one of the hardest-hitting flyweights in these parts.” : Lawrence Aschoff, 17, of 46th St. and Washington Blvd., was injured when his auto and an Indiana Railroad interurban, Ft. Wayne bound, collided at Shadeland Road and 42d St. The impact threw the auto into a steel utility pole which was shattered. Aschoff ‘was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital where physicians said his condition was fair.

Pedestrian Hit by Car

Charles White, 29, of 1804 Northwestern Ave. was in a critical condition ‘at City Hospital today with injuries received when he was struck by a car at 15th St. and Senate Ave, last night. Physicians said he received a skull fracture, a broken right leg and internal injuries. They said the car! . was driven by Albert Ferguson, 59, of 2702 Boulevard Place. A 9-year-old boy, Charles Whitted, 53. W. Abbott St., was struck by an auto when he ran into the street in the 900 block of West St. yes-| terday. Police ordered him into traffic school and advised his par-' ents to-take him to a physician,

“Farmhand Is Killed As Train Hits Auto

: VALPARAISO, Ind., Feb. 23 (U.. P.).—George C. Wilson, 50, a farm hand living near here, was killed yesterday when his car was struck by .a Pennsylvania Railroad . train at a crossing two miles east of - ‘Valparaiso. ! i

REP. LANDIS’ FATHER : IS DEAD AT LINTON,

LINTON, Ind., Feb. 23 (U. P.).— John Landis, 87, father of Congressman: Gerald W. Landis, died here today due to a complication of ailments. He had been in poor health for three months. Seven children survive.-

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ELECTED... Gen. Hugh S. Johnson

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attempts to set it up

syndicate, today was die in the elect:

“Condition fair” ... that's the hospital report on Lawrence Aschoff, 17, of 46th St. and Washington Blvd. who was driving this car when it was struck by an interurban today.

DRAFT MANAGER PLAN PROPOSAL

Committee Members Work |

On Amendment to State Constitution.

The City Manager Study Committee has begun the first draft of a proposed amendment to the State Constitution.

It will be designed to give Indiana cities the right to adopt a manager torm of government and operate

municipal business independent of

party politics. The Committee decided upon the amendment procedure following a hearing last week at which Junior Chamber of Commerce officials, who had studied the manager plan legal phases for several months, opposed

by legislation.

Recommended Amendment

The Junior C. of C. Committee recommended that an amendment was the only sure way to set-up city manager governments because the validity of legislation was questionable.

be drafted carefully to prevent fu-

ture Legislatures from “emasculat-|

ing the powers of city managers.” Prof. Clarence W. Efroymson of Butler University, chairman of the Manager Committee, said the group will “meet again in two or ‘hree weeks” to study the first draft of the amendment.

Members Draft Proposals

Various proposals for the document are being drafted by individual members this week, he said. Virgil Sheppard, member of the Committee, said the most difficult part of the amendment will be the home-rule provisions. “There have been many questions raised as to what degree of homerule should be given to city governments under the manager plan,” he said. : | The Junior C. of C. Committee recommended that the State Board of Accounts, State Tax Board and State Health Department should retain control over some functions of city governments but urged that the right to fix municipal salaries be taken away from the Legislature,

SEEKS TO TAKE VOTE FROM RELIEF CLIENT

New Jersey Committee Urges Pauper Ruling.

.. TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 23 (U. B.. —A joint legislative committee recommended today that all ablebodied meni who remain on the State's . relief rolls for three consecutive years be declared paupers and deprived of the right to vote or hold public office. The recommendation was one of many in a report submitted by Col. G. Barrett Glover who directed the committee's eight-month investigation of the New Jersey relief setup. The report also proposed removal of State Relief Director Arthur Mudd on grounds of execu-

tive laxity, reduction of the State's

share of local relief costs and elimination of cash payments to relief clients. :

HILDEBRAND, WIFE - CALL OFF DIVORCE

Times Special : MARTINSVILLE, Ind. Feb. 23.— Mr. and Mrs. Oral Hildebrand prepared today to leave for Florida where he will begin training for the baseball season with the New York Yankees. Their divorce is off. After Judge Omar O’Harrow of the Morgan Circuit Court yesterday anted Mrs. Hildebrand’s petition r a divorce: on charges of cruel

{treatment and had fixed the finan-

cial settlement, dttorneys for the couple asked him “to hold up the finding and dismiss the divorce action because the couple had become reconciled. 2

DEATH RING FIGURE TO DIE PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 23 (U. P.). —Paul Petrillo, 44, South Philadelphia tailor and “witch-doctor” in the arsenic murder for insurance

sentenced io

War Mine Drifting Across Atlantic

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (U. P.) —The Navy said today that a drifting mine has been sighted about 1350 miles east of the north Florida coast. The mine apparently was loosened by storms from its moorings, perhaps in the North Sea. It was the closest approach of such hazard tqg North America since the start 8 the European war. The Italian steamer Bronte reported sighting the mine to the Navy's hydrographic office, which keeps track of hazards to American shipping. It was presumed that naval craft on neutrality patrol or the | Coast Guard would attempt to | destroy the mine by rifle fire if and when they sight it.

200 EDITORS OF

STATE CONVENE

| ‘Assemble Here to ‘Stick Qur Noses in the Other Fellow’s Business.’

(Photos, Page 20)

More than 200 newspaper publishers and editors from through-| out Indiana assembled here today to “stick our noses in the other fellow’s business so that the Fourth Estate can become a more virile force in the community.” | Holdings ils seventh annual convention at the Hotel Lincoln, ‘the Hoosier State Press Association also studied every phase of the newspaper business. i “You're Telling Us” was ithe theme of the convention and. participants in the panel discussion included rperesentatives of radio, business, manufacturing and agriculture, “The prime duty of an association such as this may well be to aid in strengthening the confidence that the public should possess toward the members of the Fourth Estate by strengthening their newspapers,” Foster W. Reddick, Columbia City, president, said. “The newspaper and its publisher must possess an intelligent knowledge of business and economic conditions of his community and commonwealth and must continue t¢ be the forthright guardian of fairness and justice to his fellow-citizens.” Those were the reasons, Mr, Reddick said, “that we are sticking our noses into the other fellow’s business.” i Speaking of recent attacks on the American press, Mr. Reddick said that most of the accusations have been refuted, but that actions of the press must be such as to “give the lie to careful aspersions.” | “We must not only get rid of any (Continued on Page Six)

BULLETIN

(Earlier Details, Page Three)

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (U. P.). —The House today rejected the first attempt by opponents of the Administration’s reciprocal trade agreements act to alter the pro-

‘FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1940

Times Photo.

UNION PROTESTS KNOT HOLE BAND

Seeks to Bar Use of Young Musicians at Perry Stadium Games.

The protest of Indianapolis Musicians Local 3 against the Knot Hole Band playing at Perry Stadium was made to protect professional musicians, Abe Hammerschlag, secretary, said today. The union requested the stadium management to discontinue use of the band of 125 youngsters from 7 to 17 at American Association ball games. The band receives no pay. Mr. Hammerschlag said this action was taken after numerous protests had been voiced at union meetings about the Knot Hole Band and simliar groups competing with professional musicians. “The question of amateur bands, including high school bands, continually is a serious problem to the professional musician who makes his living by the music profession,” Mr. Hammerschlag's statement said. i

83,000 GIVEN

PUBLIC AID IN COUNTY IN 39

Assistance to Fifth of Population Costs Taxpayers - More Than 11 Million.

By LEO DAUGHERTY

Nearly 83,000 men, women and children in Marion County received some form of public aid last year, a study conducted by The Indianapolis Times revealed today. This aid cost the taxpayers roughly 11% million dollars, or an average of $138.75 for each person assisted, without counting administration costs. That’s a lot of people—nearly a fifth of the county’s population— and a lot of money, too. But there’s a bit of encquragement in the figures, for they represent a slight improvement over the

preceding year.

State Figures Given

In 1938. according to Chamber of Commerce figures, the number of persons in families aided was 9384 higher, and the cost was $1,693,147 greater. That made an average cost per person of $142.91 in the county, compared to last year’s $138.75. Those given assistance in one form or another in Marion County represent nearly 13 per cent of the approximately 650,000 aided in the state at a total estimated cost of $81,556,724. : The per person cost for the state as a whole averaged $125.53. The higher average cost in Marion County is accounted for partly by the greater complexity of life in a large city, where a larger percentage of those on relief are wholly dependent on public support.

WPA Rolls Decrease Included in the aid figures for the

pensions, aid to the blind and dependent children, CCC, NYA, inmates of 19 institutions operated by the State, such as correctional institutions, ‘hospitals for the insane and infirm, homes and schools. The county figures also include individuals in the County Infirmary and County Jail. An important fact revealed by the study is that Marion County WPA rolls, which reached a peak of 13,801 in Pebruary, were down to 7677 at

Professionals Seek Work “The assertion often made that no money is received for service elimiis

fessional musician

ices of musicians when music at no cost is available. . . . “The ‘unemployment problem which is one of the chief issues before the country today is a very formidable issue with the professional musician. The mechanization of music, the intrusion of factory and other amateur, including high school bands, ' has compelled musicians of not only this organization, but like organizations throughout the country to protect themselves by all possible economic measures.” The union secretary said “there are plenty of opportunities for young musicians to gain experience withou encroaching on the commercial side.” Stadium Officials Co-operate Mr. Hammerschlag said that the stadium officials have given “utmost co-operation” in this matter. The union’s request was made to the stadium management which notified members of the band and its director, Herman Rinne, at a rehearsal Wednesday ngiht.

of the band since its organization nine years ago at the suggestion of Norman Perry, park owner, said some of the youngsters “went home in tears.” Mr. Rinne said that the band would not disband as a result of the union protest.

CHURCHILL BOAST OF NAVY'S POWER

ston «Churchill, Pirst Lord of the Admiralty, declared today that “the long arm of British sea power” stretches into “the tangles of onesided neutrality” as well as against the German fleet. Welcoming home the crews of the warships Ajax and Exeter, Mr. Churchill revealed that Britain now has 1700 auxiliary naval ships in service and that the nation has a new slogan:

gram.

CLAYTON, Mo., Feb. 23 (U. P.. —Melvin PF. Miller, 30, a scissors grinder and self-ordained preacher, was on a hunger sirike in the vil-

lage lockup today, his latest antic in a 12-year-old campaign to win the love of Edith Perkins, 31, a blond stencgrapher. Hh He wasted the first six years of his courtship because of bashfulness. He said it took him that long to obtain courage to ask for a date. Miss Perkins went to church with him and refused to see him again. During the last six years he bas been more courageous in his pursuit. He was arrested yesterday for having chained himself to a” tree for three days two blocks from Miss Perkins’ home and, as neighbors complained, “barking like a dog.” “I haven't eaten in five days,” he said. “And I won't eat a bite un-

Torn From Chains of Love, Suitor Fasts to Win Girl

til she comes to see me and

ith

filled with cement. Adams filed

“The Navy is here.”

Miss Perkins, who can cook, learned at the home of her parents of Miller's strike. She was un-

sympathetic. “Nuts,” she said.

Miller weighs 210 pounds and is six feet tall. He described himself as “sort of a minister” for the Good Samaritan Army. After his date with Miss Perkins, he pleaded with her in letters and: attempted to telephone her at her office. Last October, on complaint

of her mother, he was sentenced to]

30 days in jail for disturbing the peace. : Monday he chained himself to the tree. Miss Perkins summoned Constable Charles Adams, who found Miller in a pup-tent beside the tree. One end of the chain was padlocked

to his neck. the other to the tree.| ‘The keyholes of the padlocks were|

Mr. Rinne, who has been leader! -

the close of the year. The low point for the year was 7008 in September. And the direct relief load, which

nates any controversy with the pro- reached a high of -10934 cases erroneous. | (cases represent families) in FebruThere is practically no desire on the ary, was down to 9045 in December, part of anyone to pay for the serv-|after a series of fluctuations during

the year. The State Welfare Department bases its hopes for a further requ tion in aid expenditures this year on (Continued on Page Three)

INDICT HUTCHESON IN ANTI-TRUST QUIZ

Carpenters’ Leader and 49 Others Charged.

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 23 (U. P.).— William L. Hutcheson, of Indianapolis, general president. of the A. F, of L. Carpenters’ Union, and 49

other defendants were indicted today on two counts of a conspiracy to restrain” and monopolize inter‘state commerce in violation of the Anti-Trust Act. Accusing the defendants of conspiring for three years to prevent millwork products being shipped into the Pittsburgh area from other states, a special Federal Grand Jury indicted two trade associations, seven trade association officials, two union organizations, 18 union officers and 21 Allegheny County Pennsylvania lumber dealers. International officers of the

Brotherhood who were indicted are

S. P. Meadows, Indianapolis; Frank Duffy, Indianapolis; William J.

i Kelly, Pittsburgh; T. M. Guerin, LONDON, Feb. 23 (U. P.) —Win- |

Troy, N. Y.; Harry Schwazier, Cleveland; Roland Adams, Jacksonville, Fla.; E. E. Roberts, Dallas, Texas; A. W. Muir, San Francisco, and Arthur Martel, Montreal, Canada. : This is the third time Mr. Hutcheson has been indicted in the Government's nation-wide probe of building - costs. He previously had been indicted in St. Louis and Chicago. ,

CONFUCIUS SAY ‘ONE DAY'—ONE DAY IT IS

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 23 (U. P.. —Confucius had his say in Federal Court today. Eng Sing, 47, Princeton, N. J. Chinese laundryman, was given a 30-day sentence for contempt of court for failure to appear as a witness in a white slavery case. The Chinese wept, said he was ill and pleaded for mercy. “I wish I had the wisdom of Confucius,” observed Federal Judge George A. Welsh. “I think Confucius would say one day, and one day it is.” ;

No Catch to It

‘ABOARD DESTROYER LANG IN THE PACIFIC, Feb. 23 (U. P.).—President Roosevelt planned another day of fishing from the cruiser Tuscaeloosa, anchored off an undisclosed island today, i ‘Yesterday morning he hooked only two small fish and three

§¢a, gulls, that snatched his fish

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FURIOUS BATTLE RAGES

: Helgoland Attacked;

Open Drive on U-Boats.

LONDON, Feb. 23 (U. P.).—Royal Air Force bombardment of German warships in Helgoland Bay was announced by the Air Ministry today

as Nazi planes renewed attacks on British | coastal ‘shipping and the Allies opened an intensive drive against U-boats. One German plane was reported shot down off the Essex coast and one British plane was lost en route home from Helgoland. (The High Conmmand in Berlin admitted the loss of two planes over the North Sea today but asserted that a British Vickers-Wellington bomber, one of three which flew over Helgoland Bay, had been shot down by a German Messerschmidt fighter.) Bomb Explosions Heard

Nazi air raids on coastal shipping also were reported from the Norfolk Coast, where British fighting planes went into action. Bomb explosions and machine-gun fire were heard off the coast. South of Amsterdam, Netherlands anti-aircraft guns fired on one or more unidentified airplanes. Meanwhile, the British steamer Leo Dawson, 4330 tons, was feared lost with all hands today. . The vessel has been overdue for about three weeks. : British planes also flew over Austria and Czech Bohemia during the night. Warships and Royal Air Force planes swept the seas around the British Isles in search of a fleet of German submarines believed to have started a campaign of unre- | stricted warfare in British waters. Two | German submarines were believed to have been damaged, and probably sunk, by Air Force planes Wednesday, it was disclosed. It had been announced that five: U-boats were sunk last week and unofficial reports put last week's total at seven.

Ship Reports Attack

The hunt for a submarine fleet was intensified after the British steamer Cape St. Andrews, 5094 tons, wirelessed yesterday that it was being attacked off Aberdeenshire, on the east coast of Scotland. Fighter planes were sped to the scene and‘ searched a wide area of the North Sea for trace of the submarines, ; Germany had announced unrestricted sea warfare Saturday. This was immediately after the rescue of British seamen from the German steamship Altmark. The announcement, however, cited the arming of British merchant shipping as the reason for the declaration. In addition to the U-boat which attacked the Cape St. Andrew, a {second submarine was sighted yesterday off the Irish coast by the 2621-ton Finnish steamship Brita. It was believed the Germans had sent an entire fleet of submarines to attack shipping around the British Isles. ° Royal Air Force planes attacked (Continued on Page Three)

RAIN PREDICTED; SNOW TOMORROW

LOCAL TEMPERATURES 25 . 25 i 25

11am... 33 12 (noon). 34 1pm... 34

2pm ... 35

6 a m. . a.m. . 8 a. m. . 9a m. ...26 10 a.m... 29

Rain in Indianapolis tonight and tomorrow probably will change to snow tomorrow, Weatherman J. H. Armington said today. He predicted that after warmer weather tonight, the mercury will dip to “much colder” tomorrow night. The forecaster declined to say how much colder it will get tomorrow night, but said that chilling winds are due from the frozen Northwest. As new rains were predicted, streams in Indiana remained below flood stage and the rise was slow. The Ohio River stage at Evansville today was 31 feet, three below flood stage.

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The War in Brief

HELSINKI—Russians attack in snowstorm outside Viipuri on 22d anniversary of the Red Army,

LONDON—Air Ministry announces bombardment of German warships in Helgoland Bay; drive opened on U-boats.

COPENHAGEN-—British attempt to blockade German ships in Russian Arctic port of Murmansk revealed.

OSLO—Norwegian and German Foreign Ministers sign new trade agreement.

RCA ADDS UNIT IN BLOOMINGTON

Buys Showers Bros. Plant No. 4 for Operations to. Start in July.

Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Feb. 23.— The RCA Manufacturing Co., Inc., has purchased Bloomington plant No. 4 of the Showers Bros. Furniture Co, and will open a new radio

factory here by July 1. Negotiations for the purchase of the plant and 50 acres of ground were completed yesterday. The new factory will employ about -500 persons, mostly girls and women, at the start, and expects to have 1000 on the payroll by the end of the year, according to company officials. : The two-block-long building, which contains 176,000 square feet, was built in 1219 and is thoroughly modern. The furniture machinery (Continued on Page Six)

M'CREA SURRENDERS T0 JURY IN DETROIT

Governor Asked to ‘Oust Wayne Prosecutor.

DETROIT, Feb. 23 (U. P.).— Duncan C. McCrea, Wayne County (Detroit) Prosecutor walked into Circuit Court today and surrendered to the Grand Jury, which named him and 18 others in an indictment charging conspiracy to protect the operation of a $1,000,000-a-year baseball pool. He had been sought by police since Wednesday night. - Following McCrea's surrender, Governor Luren D. Dickinson was asked to remove the Prosecutor from office. A few minutes before McCrea appeared, former Police Superintendent Fred Frahm and Harry Colburn, McCrea’s chief investigator, surrendered. Both were named with McCrea in the indictment. McCrea, who has been mentioned as a candidate for U. S. Senator, was smiling. The three, together with Detective James Bennett of the Special Investigation Squad, also named in indictment, were to be arraigned immediately before Judge Homer Ferguson.

3 FOUND DEAD IN HOME:

ROCHESTER, Mich., Feb. 23 (U,

IN SNOW NEAR VIPURI; BRITISH RAID NAZI SHIPS

Finns Report 3000 Russians Slain In Attack.

HELSINKI, Finland, Feb, 23 (U. P.).—The Red Army shock troops smashed through snow and sleet in a climactic offensive against the Mannerheim Line today after losing more than 3000 dead—according to a Finnish communique —in yesterday’s attacks. Russian tanks and artillery pare + ticipated in a huge scale in the fighting before Viipuri, where Fine nish messages reported the most

furious battle of the war was in progress. The Finns were reported

(Telephone communications bee tween Helsinki and Copenhagen were disrupted at 4:30 p. m. Copene hagen time.) : ~ Today was the 22d anniversary of the foundation of the Red Army and according to reports for weeks it was the day selected by the Ruse sian High Command for victory. In Stockholm it was reported withe out: confirmation that Josef Stalin had arrived in Leningrad to pare ticipate in the celebrations.

Report Casualties High

The Stockholm newspaper, Folke ets Dagblat, said today that Finland has lost from 50,000 to 75,000 dead and wounded during the first phase of the Mannerheim Line bate tle as against “nearly 300,000 casue alties for the Russians.” The Finnish communique said that Russian attacks were repelled at Yla Somme, which is about seven miles south of Viipuri. The communique said 16 Russian tanks were destroyed. : Tirelessly, endlessly, fresh waves of Russian troops were hurled against Viipuri. All civilians in what has been Finland's second city, a prosperous port with 75,000 population, had been evacuated. Viipuri had bee come a Finnish Verdun. Every ounce of Finnish strength had been put into the Mannerheim Line in an attempt to stop the Russians, now only about six miles away,

Crete fast.

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‘Snow Favors Finns

Snow inland," a grey flannel fog . on the southeastern coast, favored the Finns, but the Russians kept on while their big guns poured shells into Viipuri. The second line of the Manner« heim fortifications, along which the fight now proceeded, was shorter and stronger than the first line, and more thickly wooded. Hence the Finns were in better position than when they held the first line, Normally the late February snow lasts for as long as three weeks. Then there is a period of clear weather before the thaw, The snow was calculated to impede Russian transport and, it might make cone tinuance of the Mannerheim Line offensive impossible,

Three Towns Bombed

The Finns have heavy plows with which they hope to keep their own roads open, but they doubted that the Russians would be able to maintain transport lines. An air communique said that the towns of Issalmi, Kajaani and Roe vanieini were bombed yesterday, From seven nine persons were killed at Ro mi, the communi« que said, and several houses were damaged at Kajaani.

P.).—A foundry worker, his wife and mother were found dead in their home here today in what sheriff’s| officers said appeared to be a dou-| ble murder and suicide committed a month ago.

5 PLANETS TO BE VISIBLE NEW, YORK, Feb. 23 (U. P.).— Five planets — Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and Mars—will be visible over the western horizon at sunset tonight, in the order named, a phenomenom that will not recur for. people now living, astronomers

say.

A definite spirit of conciliation between employers and employees points to continued nation-wide business recovery, Almon E. Roth, San Francisco Employers Council president, said in an interview today. Mr. Roth will address members of the Associated Employers, of Indiana at their 36th anniversary dinner tonight atthe Columbia Club. Speaking from his experience in strike settlements on the West Coast, Mr. Roth said unions were much more willing to conciliate principally because their members were tired of strikes. a : At the same time, he said, the Employers Council there was meeting strikers on common ground because labor instability. was the “greatest factor in the lack of development of much-needed new -enterprises.” SE He said both employers and California had agreed to a

labor in | ag waiting period before any overt

Labor and Capital Breach Closing, Coast Man Says

Smash the Finns, Pravda Urges Russian Troops

LONDON, Feb. 23 (U. P.).—Rus= sia ordered blackout drills in key cities in the Finnish, "Turkish and Afghanistan frontier zones today as the Communist newspaper organ Pravda, in a Red Army anniversary editorial, urged Russian troops to smash the Finns. : A Moscow dispatch disclosed that (Continue: on Page Three)

N. Y. STOCKS LOWER, TREND IRREGULAR

New York stock prices drifted ire regularly lower today as trading increased moderately. Eastman Kodak was the outstanding weak spot, . dropping 5% points to a new low. at 14815, : : Foreign dollar bonds were firm in an easier bond market. Curb stocks were irregular. Cotton futures gained 35 cents a bale and wheat cone tinued strong at Chicago. British Government bonds were in demand at London. Hogs sold at 10 cents:

owes than yesterday at Indianape

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