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“Better Govern ment,’
Warmly clothed, Incinding furcaps with earflaps for sub-zero Weather, the first U 8. Army troops to
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depart for the new U. 8. base in Newfoundland, are seen on the deck of the 8S. S. Edmund B. Alexander
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BUGLE TO CALL 6000 HOOSIERS
Gurion to Begin Year's Active Duty. Tomorrow; 1000 Go From Here.
Today was the last day at the office and factory for some 6000 Hoosier National Guardsmen, Tomorrow morning they will don their khaki uniforms and report to home armories throughout the state for the beginning of a “tour’—as they put it in the Army—that will last for at least a year and may even take them to distant U. S. possessions. The Guardsmen will hold drills, put their equipment in order and at the end of a week, board trains and Army trucks for Camp Shelby, Miss, where they will train,
1000 Go From Here
More than 1000 Guardsmen from Indianapolis and vicinity will report at the local- Armory, 711 N. Pennsylvania St. Indlction of Guardsmen in Kentucky and West: Virginia will be carried out at the same time. The troops from the three states compose the famous 38th Division, with headquarters here and commanded by Maj. Gen. Robert H. Tyndall, who will go into the “field” for-the fourth time in his 42 years of Army service, a Gen. Tyndall .and his staff have operated the division headquarters at the Armory here for two weeks under Federal status, to prepare for the induction and mass movement . of the division’s 12,000 troops to the Mississippi camp.
Training, Then What?
When the division reaches camp, schools will . be established and troops will begin intensive. basic training to last 13 weeks. . After that, advanced training will get under way. And after that? It - may be Puerto Rico or other island possessions. To take up posts to guard Uncle Sam’s military and naval outposts. In addition to his capacity ‘as division commander, Gen. . Tyndall also will be commanding officer of Camp Shelby which is also training base for the 37th Division (Ohio National Guard) and Corps troops. Gen. Tyndall will be “C. O.” to some 60,000 troops, many thousands of whom will be draftees who next spring will be assigned to the 37th and 38th Divisions to place those units at war strength.
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Pilot Rides B
eam fo Earth
In Record Fog at Airport
f : “By SAM TYNDALL. Williams (Rip) Strong, test pilot, cased the wheels of his black and
orange bi-plane onto the concrete
runway at: th: Municipal Airport
yesterday afternoon and called to the contro} tow ir by radio:
“I'm ort the ground.”
“On 1-kaly” answered Max Emery from the center of "the all-glads tower ar the administration huilding. “I’ll have to take your werd for
WOMAN DIES, 4 HURT IN CAR-TRUCK CRASH
Bedford Resident Victim in Bluff Road Accident.
A woman was killed and four other persons were injured today
when an afito crashed broadside into a truck ap Bluff Road and [pler Ave. ‘The victim and all the injured were from | Bedford, Ind. The wo man killed was Mrs. Terez Pilcher, 6 The injured were Mrs. Charles it 32; Mrs. Edward Glover, 48; Mrs. Roy Patrick, 41, and Ervin ‘Spires, 31. The injured were taken to Long Hospital, !where hospital thc said that] Mrs, Broglin was hurt seriously. | They said that she was driving the car and received "a crushed chest. i The Beliford party was en route to a clinic at the I. U. Medical Center. | Witnesses said that a truck driven by Arnoldi Breeden, 434 W. Raymond St) stopped at the iniersection to allow two vehicles tc pass. When it iwas about. halfway ACross the highway, the Bedford car struck it with a terrific impact, they said. Winesies said that fog mace visi-
bility at the time poor.
Disarms Bandit
| After Robbery |
ls HIGGS, custodian of on Majestic Building, 47 8. Pennsylvan St., is mighty Lricky Wiis it comes to handling armed and. “He eticountered ‘one ‘last right “while hs was working. Affer giving up his $60 watch and his maoney-iess. billfold at the point of a 18 gun, he led the gunman ino a law office, floored him, disarmed him and then held him while were called. The guiaman. was held on a vagrancy churge.|
SCHRICKER AND AIDS GOING TO INAUGURAL
Times 8 ectal TON, Jan. 16 ~~-GQVer-
Washington to atiend the augural of President Roose
Rep. [Ludlow immediately confogred ith Rep. One A. Halleck
his way to the runway,
it. I can’t see you.” Strong, a CAA pilot attaclied to the radio experimental station, had landed his plahe in the dens¢st fog
af the airport in two years. Ceiling Low |
Visibility wes less than one-fifth of a mile and ceiling less than 100 fet. Under such conditions, a pilot in a speeiing plane can hardli see his motor. It was| worse than ‘“zero-zerd.” It was just plain soup. | ' » There was Only one way Strong could land and that was fo ride down a radib beam “bannister” which guided him to the invisible runway. It was the, sirst test of the Govenmment’s CAA instrument or “blind” landing system at the. airport under actual “blind” weather conditions. The little bi-plane has been landed many times before by instruments alone--the weather being simulated by covering the pilot's cockpit with black hood—buf it was a little different yesterday when the actual fog was there. |
Airport Fog-locked
airpor; was fog-locked to all commerciil and private planes when Strong /decided to mike the ost. After he taxied the plane out from the CAA hangar, groping he called to Emery anc asked him tc switch on the blind landing transmitters. Then Mr. Emery contacted all planes over Indianapolis arej bound for clearer airports beyond and warned them to stay above $000 feet to eliminate the danger of a crash with the test plane. Strong glucd his eyes to an in(Continusd on Page Five)
ASKS CELL, FEARING HE’LL HARM. WIFE
COLUMBUS, 0, Jan. 16 \(u. PY, --~Raymond Taey. 3%, choie to go 4 to. prison voluntarily “beciise he was afraid of “HArming his divorced wife,
{ers” said
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s Naval Base; Revolt in Ethiopia Spreads
EES AIR INVASION PER
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O.P. Says of Ripper; Ruin, Foes Cry
‘BILL ROTTEN AND INVALID,
‘We're Trying to Bring Back Horse Sense,’ Rep. Harrison Answers.
The Legislative Front Page The HODDPET sessseesvavrncees |S Senate debates police bill.. 15 «State Institutions Bill.......15 Photos, other Assembly news 15
By WILLIAM CRABB The G. O. P. “decentralization” steam-roller rumbled towards passage in the House of Representatives today despite a determined oratorical stand by the Democratic minority. The “ripper” bill, which would strip the Governor of most of his power, was halfway toward enactment less than g week after its in-
troduction.
In today’s debate Democrats
| charged the bill would “wreck the
State of Indiana.” Majority Leadit was an attempt to “bring back good horse-sense. administration.” - “In: the name of good government ih the future, don’t pass this
bill. It is the rottenest thing introduced in this House in a generation,” said Rep. Winfield K. Denton (D. Evansville), minority floor leader.
Calls It Invalid
“From a political standpoint, we would like ta have this bill pass. It’s so unconstitutional it stinks. “We took an oath to uphold the Constitution. The Constitution is as binding on us as on anyone else. The Constitution places the eXecutive power in the hands of the Governor. ' “This bill sets up a new type ‘of government in commission form. The courts have passed on this and have always held it unconstitutional, “Indiana has built up a merit system. That merit system is destroyed. Everyone under it is thrown out of office and into politics.” Rep. Denton said the Republican (Continued on Page Five)
FUND IS APPROVED FOR SEWERS HERE
Many Improvement Planned Under $810,268 Project.
Presidential approval of an $810,268 WPA project for Indianapolis sewer extensions and improvements sponsored by the Works Board was announced in Washington today. The project is for the construction, reconstruction and improvement of a number of ‘sewers in the City as a means of relieving overloading and in some instances flooding of property. Included is the reconstruction of a sewer in Adler St. from Meridian St. to White River; a new sewer in E. Washington St. from Davidson St. to Pogue's Run; a new interceptor sanitary sewer along the north bank of Fall Creek from Ruckle St. to Balsam Ave., and reconstruction of the sewer in E. Market St. between Pine and Davidson Sts. and of a section of the ; Washington St. sewer east of Illinois St.
MISSING PLANE HUNTED
FERNANDO NORONHA' ISLAND, |. Brazil, Jan, 16 (U. P.).—Italian and German commercial air lines planes, Brazilian Ay Sits ang coastwise | sear ay ior Tipe: “T. “1. tfans- oy iantic air Tiner at sea. The plane developed motor trouble a few hours after taking off from Natal yesterday. It
Backs Governor
Carl Mullen . . . not interested in pelitical aspects.
LABOR OPPOSES BUREAU CHANGE
United ‘Fight to Utmost’ Means New Trouble For G. 0. P. Plan.
Indiana’s labor forces are united in a fight to keep the State’s oftenpraised Labor Department under the Governor. This action forecast new trouble
“decentralization” program which would strip Governor Schricker of most of his powers. Legislative leaders of both the A. F, of L. and the C. 1. O, announced that they wopld “fight to the utmost” to keep the Labor Department from being placed under a Republican-dominated board. Carl Mullen, A. F. of L. legislative director, declared that his organization wanted the Department of Labor “left where it is now.”
Sees Better Supervision
“We feel that the Department will be better administered by the Governor than by & board,” he said. Mr. Mullen said that his organization was not interested in the political aspects of the decentralization bills—whether the G. O. P. got ¢ontrol or Governor Schricker was left in control of most State departments. “But,” he declared, “we are Opin the House which would take the Labor Department from the executive division. a John Bartee, legislative director of the C. I. O. said that leaders in his organization had discussed the subject of the change in control of the Labor Department and “had decided to do everything possible to keep the Department ‘under the Governor.” Can Raise ‘Dickens’
“We may not be able to accomplish our geal,” he declared, “but we can certainly Talse plenty of ‘dickens.’ Mr. Bartee explained that his organization favored retention of the present Labor Department setup because it offered a ‘‘go-between” between labor forces and the Governor who has the power to call out National Guard to settle strikes. The G. O. P. decentralization bill would place the Labor Department in the Department of Public Works and Commerce which would‘be gov=erned by a board composed of Lieut. Gov. Charles Dawson, Treasurerelect James Givens, and Governor Schricker. The former two are Re~ publicans.
RAIN iT] COLDER IS THE DISMAL REPORT
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
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Morbid repo Som § th Weather ‘Burgau today 8 . be rainy and por oe 2 At Municipal Airport, the f ceiling was near zero-zero ‘and there were no flights in or out.
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Janey had been placed on robe carried a crew of eight.
tion in Frarklin County Common Pleas Court last week tfter he pleaded guilly of assault tc kill his former wife, Peggy Feamster, A condition of the probation (Was that he did not see her. Tuesday he walked into the office of the county proseciitor and asked to be taken to jail. |
“I love her so much. it’s difficult |,
io kéép away from her,” he explained. “I'tn afraid I might harm 1 ” Judge Chirles A. Leach revoked
the probaticn and sentencpd Janey |.
fo Ohio Penitentiary for 1-to 20 years, STOCKS; DECLINE AGAIN NEW YCRK, Jan. 16 (U. P.).— Stock price: declined today for the fifth consecutive time, | Tradi
was slightly better than y: ci slow. pace... y
By FREMONT POWER
[artin Dies a pla audience last night at Cadle Taber-
He based his assertion upon the money-raising fifth column in the United States. The “Trojan Horse” in America “is better organized and more highly financed than in any of the countries that have been overrun
either by Joe or Adolf,”
P.| Holtida
Enough of this unhappiness.
As. Dewmogzatic chairman of House Committee a Le American activities, he spoke here under ‘the auspices of the John H. Jr. Post 186 of the American on, Time alter time Mr. Dies ‘brought a murmur and then a hush from his audience as he drove home his assertion that it “is time to stop seeing how much we can get out of the Government and see what we can give to the Government.”
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He mentioned only briefly WilDudley Pelley, who has been
the gang-|liam' Du
for Republican legislators in their|
posed to that part of the bill now.
BERLIN ADMITS
After, Dusk - to - Dawn Wilhelmshaven Blow.
The War Front
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Graphic photos of London damage Spire dreinte es dosiee 13
Today's War Moves Bombed Illustrious Reaches Port
U. S. Defles Axis, Japan says 3
By UNITED PRESS
The Royal Air Force today gave Germany a blitzkrieg demonstration on Reich soil by delivering one of the war’s great air attacks upon the massive north German naval base of Wilheimshaven. Some British reports described the attack—continued from shortly after twilight almost until dawn—as the heaviest so far made by the R.A. F, British air power demonstrated its constantly increasing offensive strength by attacking the new German dive-bomber base at Catania, Sicily, in addition to making secondary raids on Emden, Bremerhaven, - Rotterdam, Flushing, the submarine base at Brest and German airports along the invasion coast. In Cairo the Royal Air Force reported that between 30 and 40 divebombers were destroyed in the Catania attack.. Three hangars and the administrative buildings also were claimed heavily hit. The R. A. PF. report indicated that the Germans and their co-operating Italian air units have lost possibly 50 planes since the inauguration of theim, dive-bombing attacks on the British Mediterranean fleet last Friday. Ethiopian Revolt Reported
The report of the German High Command appeared to corroborate British accounts of the Wilhelmshaven raid. Berlin said that 20 persons were killed and 35 wounded and admitted that fires were started which were not extinguished for 10 or 12 hours. The German High Command said that other ports and cities in north Germany also were raided. The German air attack on: Britain last night did not get under way until the early hours of morning and although widespread was nat’ heavy. Other developments: In London, British advisers to Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia said that he had reported from his General Headquarters at Khartoum in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan that 90 per cent of his tribesmen were ready to revolt against Italian rule. (Continued on Page Five)
FOUR INJURED WHEN TWO CARS COLLIDE
Four persons were hurt when two autos collided last night at 53d St. and Washington Blvd. Thomas Blackwell Jr., 5736 Guilford Ave, driver of one car, was cut about the head. Mrs, Ruth Satz, 5302 N. Delaware St., and her son, Arnold, 11, were still in Methodist Hospital today. They were riding in the car driven by Mrs. Satz’ husband, Morris. The extent of Mrs. Satz’ injuries had not been determined. Arnold: was ~ bruised about the face.
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Smog Hailed as Defense Weapon
NEW YORK, Jan. 16 (U, P). —That smoky which smothers many American cities has been orified. It's a national defense eapon now, Allen J. Sayville of Richmond, Va., told the ican Society of Civil Engineers toflay that in war= time a city’s chimneys—there is ‘one for every four persons—could provide an excellent smoke screen
against invading bombers.
Nation's Fifth Column Best Organized In World, Dies Tells His Audience Here
e|lowship Press at Noblesville, Ind. But the mention roused a wave of here| cheers.
“All I can say is that he picked the worst place in the world” to set 3p his ~ Rep. Dies de-
as applause Sd his.statement. He said that since the dissolution of Pelley’s Silver Shirts at the insistence of the Dies Committee, he had heard very little of the alleged Fascist until apprised that he had moved his operations from Ashevile, N. C., to Noblesville.
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2 BEAD AFTER RAID’
Flames Continue for Hours!
Gets Higher Post
Ira W. Davies , , . promoted by Harvester.
Ira W. Davies, superintendent of International Harvester Co, Brookville Road works here, today was appointed asssitant works manager of the company’s motor truck division in Chicago. H. B. Rose, assistant superintendent of the firm's Farmall works at Rock Island, Ill, will become head of International Harvester’s factory here where 2500 are now employed. Both promotions are effective tomorrow.
SCANS 4-POINT TRAFFIC DRIVE
Advisory Committee Seeks Better Enforcement, Parking Regulation,
By RICHARD LEWIS
The Safety Board's Advisory Committee today began detailed consideration of four approaches to Indianapolis’ traffic problem, The proposals were outlined at the committee’s first meeting yesterday at City Hall. .Outlined by Safety Board President Leroy J. Keach, the points on
which the advisory group’s study will be concentrated are: 1. Enforcement—How can this be improved to reduce the traffic death rate? 2. Parking—How should parking congestion be eased to facilitate traffic movement downtown and in neighborhood business sections? 3. Parking meters—8Should parking meters be installed throughout the downtown district? If so, how should they be purchased and what preparations should be made? 2 4, Education — How can publie co-operation with officials be stimulated? In addition to these points, it was also suggested that the committee look into the possibility of tightening traffic statutes. This suggestion followed . Police Chief Michael F. Morrissey’s statement that present drunk driving laws make it difficult to obtain convictions because the arresting officer must witness the violator driving the car in order to sign the affidavit. . (Continued on Page Five)
NOT SURE SHE SAW 10220 OBTAIN GUN
Girl Describes Cafe Fight; Defense Attacks Story.
A state's witness today said she saw Fred lozzo get a gun during the tavern brawl in which Virgil Disher Jr. was killed, but later she admitted her identification. was not positive. The witness was Grace Stevens, 17, a member of the Disher party at Iozzo's Cafe, 36 S: Illinois St., on Oct. 25 when the shooting took place. As she began her testimony ‘in Criminal Court before a jury and Special Judge Frank A. Symmes, Miss Stevens said that she saw Fred Iozzo, charged with first degree murder, go to the cashier's cage and get a blue steel revélver. “The next thing I knew,” she testified, “Virgil had fallen to the floor. I didn’t hear a shot.” On cross-examination she identified the man she saw get the gun only as “a man about as big as Iozzo who were a black coat.” The question marked the opening of the defense contention that it was an unidentified man in a black coat who had a revolver and (Continued on Page Five)
BENTON WAITS DRILLERS BENTON, Ill, Jan. 16 (U. P.).— Oil drilling within the “city limits
by the Borden and Gas Co., Evansville, nd, was sxpesied to be-
y's Asheville es eet |
Witnesses in these cases dof
BRITAN'S NAVY GUARD, HESAYS
Hearing Ends in Dispute ; As Bloom and Fish Argue Over Witness List.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (U. P.).—Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said today, he believed the United States would be “in very great danger of invasion by air in the contingency that the British Navy should be destroyed
or. surrender.” Mr, Stimson testifying before the
in support of the Administration's
ment in response to a question by Rep. Hamilton Fish (R. N. Y.). Mr. Fish asked Stimson if he would oppose an amendment to provide that the Wesf Indies and other British possessions be taken! over as security for any aid exe tended to the London Government, Mr. Stimson said that such an amendment would cause “great de lay” and that speed and prompt action is required fin war fime.” He said for this reason he was
Soon afterwards, broke up in a dispute betw Chairman Sol Bloom (D. N. ‘¥. and Rep. Fish, over the latter's acs tion in inviting witnesses to appear without Committee; consent, 3
had invited to appear Tuesday Wednesday and who had NH his invitation are Wendell L. Wil kie and retiring Ambassador to Britain Joseph P. Kennedy, Mr, Fish had asked them to on the “President’s dictator bill.”
Bloom announced the Commi Mr. Fish inquired the purpose.
on the President's dictator -bill,* Mr. Bloom told Mr, Fish," “you were wong because there isn't any sucky il.” pr Danger, /if Delay, He Says
Stressing. the danger of delay, Mr, . Stimson said that the nation faces a more critical period than it did even in 1917. He termed the prompt. enactment of the British aid bill as the best and simplest means of
defense. yy 'T substantially assists, us in the! job of caring for our own needs a the needs of those whose defense’ is a matter of vital importance to us, Mr. Stimson told the Committee. ey The Committee resumed bearings on the measure after receiving & plea from former President Herbert:
Hoover to reassure “an apprehensive (Continued on Page Five)
HOOSIERS MISSING IN AIR CRUISE FOUND
MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 16 (U. P.).—~= Officials of the annual Miami= Havana air cruise believed today that the missing plane piloted by Dr. David L. White of San Marcos, Texas, somewhere en route. They located Dr. W. Moore of Elwood, Ind, night. After three Coast planes had made a day-long séarch of the Florida keys for the White and Moore planes, Dr, Moore tele= phoned from St. Petersburg to re=: port that he never had started the flight—that his plane had been left in St. Petersburg while he and his wife. drove to Miami for the alle | American air maneuvers. 1 Flight officials insisted that the Moore entry appeared in the starts: ing list and were at a loss to exe plain the misunderstanding,
CAPONE JR. BESTS COPS WITH PISTO
‘and. M#s, John last uard
Pistol Club matches posted at the police pistol range. today disclosed that Al Capgne Jr. won the Class gold medal outshooting most of members of the Police Departmen The son of the former gang leader, a HheaheR of the composed mostly olicéme scored 279 out of a 300. high score will give hith a Class. rating in the next matches,
lo TYPHOID CLAIMS HOOSIER
PLYMOUTH, Ind, Jan. 26 (U. P.) —Lewis’ Bules, 80, died at in Etna Green today, typhoid fever. have been but Health
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aid-to-Britain bill, made the states Ii 3
“seriously opposed to such restrice tions.” ay
Among those whom Rep. Fish ih]
The altercation started when Mr, ¥ would meet in executive sessionand i E “If you invited people to testify “4
would turn up there or =