Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 February 1941 — Page 3

FOUR ‘HOT BIL HELD UP BYG. 0. P

Reliskictin, Wage-Hour, Local Option and Oil kionsers

vation Measures Set Aside in Favor |

Of “Ripper”

Four controversial matters have been’ ordered pigeon-| holed by Republican House majority leaders until their} “ripper” program has been safely passed by both houses.

These are: 1. Redistricting of the State to reduce Indiana's number of Congressmen from

12 to 11.

2, The State Wage-Hour Bill, 3. Local option. 4, The State Oil Conservation Bill. The redistricting of the State is mandatory because of a population shift. A special committee of Republicans is working on this mat- _ ter but it has been decided to delay action until the very last minute. Since there are eight Republicans and four * Democrats in Congress, the redistricting will bring “heat” not only from home but from the delegation in Washington. Several Indiana Congressmen have “visited” Indianapolis during the last few weeks to keep an eye on proceedings, but they have been told the matter won't be taken up for a while. “The State: Wage-Hour Bill is considered by the “high command” as too controversial even to discuss this session of the Legislature. Some attempt may be made to prevent a public hearing on the measure,

Called “Misunderstanding”

The State Chamber of- Commerce understood a public hearing on this measure would be held Monday afternoon and notified its members to tirat effect. Rep. J, Otto Lee (R. Indianapolis), House Labor Committee chairman, said this was a misunderstanding and- that the Labor Committee meeting was open but was not “a hearing on the WageHour Bill.” The Chamber of Commerce then sent special notices to its members correcting the impression. The question of local liquor option may be one that cannot be . held in committee regardless of what party leaders may desire. A public hearing has been called by the Public Morals Committee for 3 p. m. Tuesday and “dry” forces are expected to turn out in large numbers.

Oil Bill Attacked

Several of the committee members do not want to be responsible for “sitting” on the local option bill and the measure may be put out on the floor sooner than would be agreeable to the Republican Steering Committee. The bill to permit the State Conservation Department to regulate the Indiana oil industry was attacked bitterly by Southern Indiana. oil industries at a Natural Resources Committee hearing Tuesday. No further action is expected by the committee “for a while,” Rep. Timothy O’Connor . (R. Frankfort), author of the bill and committee chairman, said afterwards.

LANDON SAYS LEND BILL TOO EXTREME

TOPEKA, Kas., Feb. 1 (U. P.).— Alfred M. Landon, 1936 Republican ‘candidate for President, said today he opposed the Administration’s lend-lease bill because he believes it unwise for the United States to “go to the extreme of plunging back, head over heels, into world politics” with the risk of being involved in the war. Mr. Landon, in an address prepared for delivery over a nationwide (CBS) radio network, said he had supported until now the moves .to help Great Britain and had thought it unwise during the past 25 years that the nation had withdrawn from world affairs. “Let me say that I am not neutral in this European war,” he said. “Naziism and Communism stand for more than merely fotalitarianism. They mean fiithuman brutal. ity on a, scale not witnessed for ages. “But we are now committing the terrible folly of again swinging to the other extreme, and threatening to consider our part in world af- * fairs on an emotional basis. A terrible responsibility rests on those

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Legislation.

ONLY 3 BILLS PASSED SO FAR

Await Passage of Rippers; House Delays on Senate Acts Mystery.

‘So far the Legislators have nothing to write home about.

sion will ppen Monday with the legislative record looking like the

scoreboard at the ball | park after the first half of the first inning. Only three bills have been passed by both Houses, two of| them dealing with finances and the other making March 1 the legal auto license tag deadline. The House hag passed 44 bills to the Senate and the Senate has sent 27 bills to the House. These bills passed include all the tna jor G. O. P. measures to gain cohtrol of the state government.

House Bills Advanced

The Senate Republican-majority has been pushing the House-passed G. O. P. “ripper” bills, but most of the Senate-passed measures are still in House commiftees. Next week the Senate is scheduled to pess the House-approved “big ripper,” setting up four state governmental departments controlled by Republican-dominated boards; the bill to repeal the 1933 McNutt Reorganization Act and the bills revamping the Public Service and Highway Commissions. The House alsp is scheduled to pass next week the Senateapproved G. O, P. bills to repeal the Two Per Cent Club and revise the State Tax Board giving the Republicans control.

Delay Is Mystery

A dark mystery, however, is the number of important Senate-passed “ripper” bills, such as the Attorney General, State Folice, Public Welfare, Industrial Board and State Planning Board measures, still being held by the House Judiciary Committee, more than a week after they were pased by ne upper house. It has been hinted {hat they are being delayed on the orders of the G. O. P. high command for possible amendments. Committee members say, however, that they have been “unable to get together” for a meeting. Although both Fouses have passed comparatively few bills, the members have seen to it that there is plenty of material upon which to keep busy. | 424 Bills Introduced A total of 424 bills have been introduced so far this session, 284 in the House and 140 in the Senate. Many of them will still be buried in committees when the session ends.

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BOY MUSICIAN WINS

Carl Perkins, 11-year-old Negro lad who plays classical pieces on the piano after hearing them over the radio, took top honors in the finals of the fall series of Block’s Children’s Hour programs at Block's auditorium today. The programs are broadcast over WIRE. One of 11 children, Carl lives with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Perkins at 1039 W. Walnut St. Indianapolis, and never studied a note until about three weeks ago when he was awarced a scholarship and started taking lessons at Jordan Conservatory. Jack Wade, vocal soloist, of 1831 N. Warman £t., won second honors and Joy Schoeneway, 4947 W. i6th St., dramatic reader, third.. There were five other finalists.

GIRL DIES oF BURNS

Mary Ann Gordon, 6-year-old New Castle girl, died today at Riley Hospital of burns received in her home Nov. 10. | She is the daughter

who are emotionalizing us into war fervor.”

of Mr. and |Mrs. Wilson Gordon, New Castle, Rural Route 3.

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Here Is the Traffic Record County City Total 2

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1940 Sesto nness 1941 ..... Injured ......14 | Accidents . 0 | Arrests ...... FRIDAY TRAFFIC COURT Cases Convic- Fines tried tions paid 6 $51

..16 .52

Violations Speeding Reckless driving. . Failure to stop at through street.. Bisshevine traffic

gnals Da driving... All others. seesvae 53

10 58 0 4 60 32

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MEETINGS TODAY

lly & Co., University of Oklahoma, P) pty School, breakfast, Hotel Severin,

na. State Democratic Women Club, annual, mi nid witier i cheon, oye

Pog 2 2 Ty So. y ‘style’ show, Hotel washington: 3 P. ; 2B f MARRIAGE LICENSES | (These lists are from official records in the County Court House. The Times | therefore, is not responsible for errors in mames and addresses.)

n A. Munohel, 26 of Jaan Pleasant; mildred C. Floyd. 20, ), of 4 Joseph

oothe 1 Ladig, 0. %2. of 921 Elm: Vada

" Ts. of si m. i. 5 Settles. 25, New Palestine; Giliilagg, 18, of dog E, Mar-

Claude Swink, 21, of 508 W. Vermont; Lula P. White 19 of 922 N. Sheffield. Marvin A. James, 25, of 15 E. Hanna; Paula J. Matais 22, of 9 . Iowa. of 4025

Clarence R. Greene | Jr., . Jane w. Dugan, 20, of

Washingto1 Blvd.; 2540 W. Washing gjon Goe A. Conley, 25, of 2206 E. New York; Marv J. Hewees, 23, of 2305 E. New York. Ge SOrge Ayers. 31, Naval Reserve; Irene E. Hathawav, 26, Robinson, Kas. Clarence L. Golay. 50. of 60 N. Wallace; Iris M. Donlan, 45 of 4315 E. Ninth. Glenn L. McKillys, 22 Salem, Ind.: Lucile Mavhan, 23, Cam Ind. Donald H. Gille, 5% Vif 964 N. Lesley; Mildre ed L. Schaler, 19, of 1234 N. Lin-

Guy R. Stutzinan, 24, Bloomington, Ind.; Rosemary A, Sinith, 20, of 5008 Baltimore.

BIRTHS

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{onn, Mary Elliott, a; St. Vincent's, pry ohn, Lorene 'Werren, at St. Vin-

Methodist. Methodist. Francis. ‘at St.

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0S, Willa | Childs. Clarence, Luiline Ball, Boys

Joseph, Heler, Winslow, at St. Vincent's: Robert, B hodist.

City, at 1103 Sterling.

t St. Francis. Samuel, Ba, Bishop, at 1 1316 Yandes.

"DEATHS Wililam Kelly, 49, as 309 Poplar Rd.

Cans te a 13, gt Cit i Tu . e: William La 68, ar Methodist, bronchophoum aon. rah Alice | Berson, 81, at 2518 Ralston. Te obar pjeumon; oy Nona Davidson, 49, ®al 819 W. 31st, carosoh 1 Haas, 53, at Methodist, bronchoRaymond Bewler, 32, at City, endocarties McDamot, 51, at | 1214 Madeira, cere-

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dersville, Miss.

A close-up of the Indianapolis troop train whicH was wrecked A arsiay by a split rail near San-Twenty-one Indianapolis guardsmen, en route to Camp Shelby for a year’s active duty, were injured. The engine crashed intg an embankment, killing the fireman, and spilling six cars along the right of way. Federal, Army and officials of Southern Railway are investigating.

Myr. Mason

and Berlin is Germany’s inability

Africa. Axis, which Marshal Petain refuses to do Germany wants control of the French fleet and wishes to send Nazi troops to French North Africa. The Germans believe that if the French warships were to pass into their hands they could be united with the Italian fleet and thereby change the naval situation in the war.

The French Navy still is powerful, especially in cruisers, destroyers and submarines. If it were put under German. orders, Great Britain would have to increase her sea strength in the Mediterranean considerably to keep control of that waterway. To do that British warships in the Atlantic would have to be depleted. That would mean a decline in the British convoy strength for food ships and might also result in weakening British maval power in home waters.

Hitler Has Only One ‘Out’

Tha. resulting complications would be to the advantage of the Axis, even though in the end there is reason fo helieve Great Britain would be able to meet the menace. Since the beginning of the war, the British have put into service several new first class battleships and a number of ‘cruisers and auxiliary craft. of sufficient strength to balance the French fleet in a major sea battle. Nevertheless, Hitler's only possible hope af against the relentless stranglehold of the British Navy is to get control of the French warships. If he can do that he will have some scope, at least, for new activities. If, in addition, Hitler obtains Vichy's permission to send troops! to French North Africa, he will have made a gesture of assistance to his hard-puffing ally. "To try to get an adequate number of divisions across the Mediterranean, however, would seem difficult, with the British fleet commanding the sea. Use of the French fleet, in conjunction with the Italian, appears to offer the only hope of accomplishment.

Petain in Strong Position

Marshal Petain, however, has given public veto to any such enterprise. He holds the trump card. If Hitler were to break the armistice! terms, arbitrarily, he would be in difficulties. Most of the French fleet is supposed to be in African poris out of reach of the Germans, and Gen. Weygand has several hundred thousand armed French soldiers in Africa, ready to strike. As long as Marshal Petain remains firm, Hitler is blocked. He

thas would not guarantee compliance of the French Navy and Gen. Weyzand.

M'ADOO, 77, DIES OF HEART ATTACK

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Elesnor Randolph Wilson. They had two children. Mrs. McAdoo obtained a divorce in 1934. Mr. McAdoo married his third wife, the former Doris I. Cross,

2 1935. Mrs: Eleanor Wilson McAdoo said tocay, “I and my daughter, and everyone else who loved him, ary heiirtbroken. at his death.” Mr. McAdoo was a candidate in 19.0 for the Democratic Presidential nomination, which Governor James Cox of Ohio won on the 44'h ballot. Then in the famous 1924 Democritic convention in Madison Square Garden in New York, McAcdloo had a majority of the votes for a long time but Governor 4l

.| Stnith of New York prevented his

getting the required two-thirds. John W. Davis was selected as a compromise nominee after more than 100 ballots. In 1832 Mr. McAdoo had his re¢veénge. He swung his against Mr. Smith and threw a crucial bloc of votes to Mr. Roosgvelt. That same year, Mr. McAdoo ran for the Senate from California, and with the support of Mr. Roos2velt and William Randolph Heart, was swept into office. He served only one term, being defeated for renomination in 1938 by Senator Sheridan Downey.

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BOLE TO HOLD PARTY © Cross Catholic Church will hold a pillow slip bridge party at 8 p. m.

trying to do something|

might try to remove Petain for al more complaisant chief of state, but ||

married at the White House to Miss

public health nurse, in September,

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War Moves Today

By J. W. T. MASON

: United Press War Expert . Marshal Petain and Hitler are now fighting the Second Battle of France, position stronger spring’s blitzkrieg. + - The fact that France still is able to hold off Hitler's diplomatic offensive shows how conditions have changed to Germany's disadvantage since the French capitulation seven months ago. The crux of the present conflict between Vichy

with the French at present than during last

to overcome Britain’s power at sea

and Italy’s desperate situation in the face of the British Army in North Hitler is trying to force France to come to the rescue of the

INDUSTRY GETS NAVY TUNGSTEN

Entire Reserve Will Fill

Week’s Needs for Steel Plants. §

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (U, P.).— The Navy has released its entire regerve supply of tungsten—226 tons —o the steel industry to relieve a ternporary shortage which threatened to halt production of highgrade steel for the armament program, it was disclosed today. Defense officials explained that the shortage resulted from a sharp curtailment of tungsten ore imports irpm China when the Burma Road wes closed for three months by the British Government. Comparatively little tungsten has come from China since the road was reopened in October. Defense experts estimated that the supply made available by the Navy will fill the steel industry’s needs for one week only.

TWO RESIGN FROM MERIT COMMISSION

"Two of the three members of the Indianapolis Police and Fire Department Merit Commission have resigned for indefinite periods of Hiveary service, it was learned toay They are Dr. Murray DeArmond, psychiatrist member of the Commission, who has been summoned th active duty as a major in an Army medical unit and Dr. Dudley A. Pfaff, called to duty as a captain in the National Guard. Dr. Pfaff, who is already in military service, was the physician rnember of the commission. Dr. Armond will leave for Army service Feb. 12. Both men have submitted their resignations to Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan. | The remaining commissioner, W. Rowland Allen, is to confer with ithe Mayor next week on filling the yacancies. { However, it has not been decided at City Hall whether the resignations of the two physicians will be accepted. And it was viewed as possible that temporary commissioners may be appointed while Drs. DeArmond and Pfaff would be given leaves of absence. Both men have served on the [Commission since its creation in 1935. Together with Mr. Allen, they lsat as the municipal board which governed the hiring and promotion lof police and firemen.

16 DIE IN SHIP ATTACK AN EASTERN CANADIAN PORT, | Feb. 1 (U. P.).—A British ship captain, arrived here, said today that 16 persons were killed when {a Nazi dive bomber sank his ship {off the coast of Ireland in November. He said 88 persons were rescued. The ship wastthe 9333-ton Apapa.

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OFFICIAL WEATHER

U. S. Weather BUrea le——— INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST—Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight and tomorrow, followed by rain tomorrow; lowest temperature tonight about 32. Sunrise ..... 6:54 | Sunset ....... 5:04

TEMPERATURE —Feb. 1, 1940—

6:30 a. m Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m. Total precipitation since Pa Yicoeess, re Deficiency since Jan. 1. MIDWEST WEATHER Indiana—Increasing cloudiness,

followed by rain tomorrow and in southwest portion topight; son somewhat warmer tonight. s—Cloudy, rain in south and central portions tonight and tomorrow; someWha! yarmet in south and central portions n ‘Ohio — Increasing cloudiness, slightly rmer in central and south portions tone followed by rain in west morrow af oon or night an tion tomorrow night. Kentucky — Increasing cloudiness followed by rain tomorrow and in central and west portions tonight; rising temperature tonight and in central and east portions tomorrow.

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES, 6:30 A. M.

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JAPAN ORDERS RICE RATIONING

R. A. F. Bombs Tripoli as ‘Free French’ Raid Southwest. (Continued from Page One)

ernor of Malaya warned of the imminent threat of war in that region. Many believe that the groundwork

for a Japanese offensive in the South Pacific is now being laid in the “peace” negotiations going forward under Japanese sponsorship between Thailand and French. JrdoChina. Singapore Threatened

The suspicion is that Japan will win concessions from both parties in the negotiation which will firmly install her military and aerial forces north of Singapore in a position to flank that great bastion of British Far Eastern power from the land side, and obtain for Japan naval bases which will threaten Singapore from the sea for the first time. Vichy has hinted that the price of Japanese intervention in the Thailand war will be aviation rights in Southern Indo-China and possible use of the uncompleted French naval base of Cam Ranh.

French authority in what was before last June the star of the French colonial empire in the Far East, Thailand is expected to get most of the French territory now occupied and even today incorporated 37 Indo-Chinese towns under her rule. The Siamese today said they would insist on return of the whole Cambodia and Laos provinces. Her price to Japan, presumably, will be military co-operation in - whatever further plans are devised in Tokyo.

6000 Italians Make Stand

The war in Europe and Africa held to pattern except for the bombing of Tripoli. British troops in Libya fought to break a line formed by 6000 Italian troops who retreated west of Derna and took up a strong position along the coast in an effort to slow down the advance toward Benghazi. Tripoli, which ‘was bombed heavily today, is 550 miles west of Derna. R. A. F. planes poured several tons of bombs on the city last night, hitting two 8000-ton ships and one of 4000 tons, Cairo reported. At the same time the R. A, F. dropped hundreds of incendiary bombs on about midway between Derna and Benghazi, the sole remaining Italian base in Eastern Libya. The British said that their forces had driven 40 miles into Italian Somaliland and were pushing on in Eritrea. “Free French” Make Raids “Free French” soldiers co-oper-ating with the British raided oases in the Black Mountains of Southern Libya. These troops are followers of Gen. Charles de Gaulle, who last week asked Gen. Weygand’s forces to join in completing the conquest of Italian Africa. Gen. Weygand’s speech today appeared to be an answer to Gen. de Gaulle. “In the new Africa we are to build,” Gen. Weygand said, “there will be no place for politicians. We expect you to collaborate in the rebirth of France. My instructions today are confidence: in our chief. There is a great work confronting you in the future.” Long-range German guns shelled the Kent coast again today. Night raiding planes were inactive, possibly due to weather, but the British anxiously suggested that the Germans may be preparing 24-hour daily attacks as the opening phase of the awaited spring offensive. The Greeks reported “four more shattering blows” against the Italians in the Albanian mountains but Budapest heard rumors of Greek discouragement and possible peace talks.

This would leave only a vestige of

= OVER WAR 0DDS

Wheeler ‘Denies Roosevelt Charge; G. O. P. Offers Substitute Bill.

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: alterably for American peace ‘and

against the entry of the United States into any foreign: war.” The Senator said it was “abso-

|lutely false” that he had said “in

1934 or at any other time that Nazi domination of ‘Europe was inevitable.”

The President told his press conference yesterday that such a state-: ment had been attributed to Senator Wheeler by the late William BE. Dodd, former Ambassador to Germany. He quoted Dr. Dodd as saying that when Nazi domination occurred, this country’s safety lay in taking over Canada, Mexico and the five Central American republics. Extracts from Dr. Dodds’ diary, soon to be published in a weekly magazine, will refer to an unidentifled Senator as making that statemen

Glass Denies It, Too

The President told reporters that Dr. Dodd had advised him that Wheeler's statement was made at a dinner at the home of Rex-' ford Guy Tugwell, then Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, and that Dr. Dodd said Senator Carter Glass (D. Va.) was among the guests. Senator Glass, however, said “I never was in the home of Rex Tugwell in my life,” adding that he. knew nothing of Senator Wheeler’s reported remark. Senator Wheeler, in a statement issued through his office, said that he never had attended the dinner at which he was supposed to have made the remark and that he was now being attacked through words attributed to a dead man whom he had no chance to meet face to face —in “the American way.” The Senator telephoned the statement to his office fron Palm Beach, Fla., where he is the guest of Josepn P. Kenedy, retiring Ambassador te Britain. He is recuperating there from the influenza. Senator Wheeler and the President have been engaged in bitter controversy since Mr. Wheeler described the British aid bill as “the Administrations new AAA foreign policy—ploy under every fourth American boy.” Mr. Roosevelt called that the “most dastardl, unpatriotic and rotten statement” he had ever heard.

G. 0. P. Offers Substitute

House Republicans rallied opponents of the bill for, a floor fight beginning Monday to restrict powers it would grant President Roosevelt. It is scheduled to reach the chamber Monday. They contended that changes made by the House Foreign Affairs Committee constituted mere “window dressing.” Unless more restrictive amendments are adopted, they were prepared to seek to sidetrack the . entire measure and substitute for it a seven-point program involv ing $2,000,000,000 in credits to Britain to “keep us out of war.” The strategy was developed during a House Republican conference late yesterday. It was based on a substitute proposal outlined by the Foreign Affairs Committee minority in its formal report which assailed the bill as an “unprecedented bid for Presidential power” that would permit Mr. Roosevelt to become the “director of the war. in England.”

Ask Two Billion Credit

The dissenting report of the House Republican committeemen contended that Britain needs dollar exchange to buy war material in this country but that the Administration’s bill would not supply it. Britain's needs could be met, it added, by extending the $2,000,000,000 credit, requiring “reasonable” collateral security if available. “This bill does not provide dollar exchange for Britain, and is not needed to procure co-ordination of our defense efforts. “This bill will not provide any additional war supplies for aid to Britain within the 60 or 90 days of her alleged crisis, unless the President uses the power provided to dispose of part of our arms or our Navy, which he-and his Cabinet officers have specifically denied they could spare,” the report said. The minority said it willingly would support a “straight-forward” bill to help Britain and keep out of war, Seek One-Year Limit

In addition to the $2,000,000,000 credit, its program would: 1. Permit the sale of arms to Britain only upon written certification by the highest Army and Navy officers that they are not necessary for national defense. 2. Limit all extraordinary Presidential powers to one year. 3. Provide that no vessels of the Navy be disposed of without Con‘gressional consent. 4. Prohibit. the use of American ports for repair bases for belligerent ships. 5. Prohibit the use of American

vessels to transfer exports to bellig-

. | erents.

Several Marion County young women were recognized today for their achievements in 4-H Club projects. Sixty-two received awards from Miss Janice M. Berlin, home demonstration agent. Then they started making plans for their 1941 wardrobes and the family dinners this year. Anna Louise Brewer, Ben Davis High School senior, received a gold pin given by Servel, Inc. for work in baking and food preparation over a nine-year period. Her mother, Mrs. Glen Brewer, has .|served as her local 4-H leader and Mrs. Charles Sohl, home economics teacher, assisted. The Kerr award for achievements in canning was presented to Anna Rosemeyer, Warren Central High School student. Her local 4-H Club leader is Mrs. C. C. Calvin and Mrs. Vivienne Carter is the vocational home economics teacher. County honors in Dress Revue went to Mary Mowry, Warren Central graduate. She will receive a gold 4-H Club pin provided by

tomorrow in .the parish hall, 1433 Citn | g ashington Ste Bionbouis

Montgomery Ward Co. to recei

4-H Honors Conferred Upon Several Young Women Here

pins were Elinor Brewer, Marie Goodall, Florence Kennedy, Carolyn Minnich, Dorothy Peters, Rosemary Shanks, Joanne Strauss, Esther Connard, Marietta Gray, Dorothy Lay, Margaret Newhouse, Eileen Nolting, Goldie Owens, Virginia Peale, Dorothea Gilbert, Joan Jolly, Betty Kissel, Anna Lou Lampe, Alice Powell, Aloma Remsburg, Betty Rippy, Martha Screes, Joan Wildridge, Betty - Higdon, Joyce Johnson, Eileen Pollard, Norma Resener and Ruth Snyder, all in the fourth division. Fifth division girls to receive pins were Coradell Amos, Betty Butler, Betty Claffey, Elinar Curtiss, Helen, Daugherty, Thelma Dugan, Jane Featherstone, Estel Fivecoat, Margaret Fry, Rosalie Glesing, Mary Glossbrenner, Saralu Hill, Eleanor Mithoefer, Loraine Mithoefer, Ruth Mowry, Alice Nadolny, Irma Piel, Cora Pugh, Jean Richardson, Edith Rode, Delores and Veneta Stoner, Freda Schmalfeldt, Dorothy Sheaffer, Shirley Vansickle, Mary Mary Myrle White, Marigail White, Doris WillMargery |g

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bills is now before the Senate.

study by G. O

‘schoolbook. racket.”

The most “decentralizing” of all the Republican “decentralization”

It concerns textbook adoptions and was prepared after a two-year O. P. leaders who say it “should prove the answer to the

Maal adopiion of hosks iy Tediovey Som fhe Hanis of ihe Stas

Board of Education and turned over to hundreds of city and ts. Several

county superintenden hundred teachers also will have their say in the choices. Here's the way it goes: For instance, the adoption of a fifth-grade history textbook expires. During the first week in November, the State Board advertises for bids in the two newspapers in Indiana with the largest circulation. Publishers of fifthgrade history books entering bids must present 20 sample. copies, along with the price. A committee of seven history teachers, each having five or more years of experience, is named by the State Board to read all the text and select not less than six nor more than eight which they consider the best. They submit their list to the State Superintendent, and it becomes public record. Then the State Board. selects five of these, including one already on the’ approved list, for six-year adoption. The approved five are certified to city and county school superintendents throughout the state. Fach superintendent calls in all his fifth-grade history teachers and they study the five approved books. They submit suggestions to the superintendent, and he has the final word in officially adopt.ing the book. (A digest of the bill handed out by the sponsors said 51 per cent of the teachers must approve the final local se-" lection, but no such provision was found in the press copy of the bill.) After making his selection, the city or county superintendent informs the State Superintendent of his choice. The State Board signs the contracts for the books, to be delivered to the local super= intendents. Under this setup, of course, it’s possible that five different texts on the same subject in identical grades will be in use throughout the state. A pupil moving from one school district to another may find that all his textbooks are no good, because different ones are used in his new district. So the bill provides that the school unit he is leaving “shall offer to purchase the books at a reasonable price.” “The bill provides fines and jail sentences for any misdemeanor in connection with the adoptions. This bill may do all its backers say it will in eliminating the socalled “textbook racket,” but it certainly seems like a complicated way to do it.

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A Headache?

There may be a little embarrassment for the G. O. P. when the Democratic Governor and the Republican Lieutenant Governor get around to naming their State Board of Education if another G. . O. P. bill introduced in the Senate is approved. Under its terms, the Governor is to name four "members, and the Lieutenant Governor an equal number on a bi- board. It specifies that the members include one from a state-supported and one from a privately-oper-ated college or university; a city superintendent, county superintendent, high school principal, grade school teacher and two laymen interested in education. The two citizens replace the Governor and Lieutenant Governor on the present board, and the State .Superintendent of Public Instruetion continues as a memsber under the proposed new

setup. But the bill does not specify which members the Governor is to appoint and which .the Lieutenant Governor may name. Governor Schricker already has named his new board under the present law, composed of three Republicans ‘and three Democrats. It's such a good board that some of his severest eritics have praised it. Just suppose that the Governor insisted that he wanted to keep any or all of his G. O. P. appointees—Dr. Ralph Tirey of Indiana State Teachers, Dr. Daniel Robinson of Butler and Miss Virginia Kinnaird, Pt. Wayne teacher and Indiana State Teachers Federation president. What would the Lieutenant Governor do? Would he name any of the Governor’s present Democratic appointees? Or if the Governor decided .to keep his Democratic appointees, on what grounds would the Lieutenant Governor remove Dr. Tirey and Dr, Robinson, both highlyrespected? And would he care to alienate the Teachers Federation by leaving Miss Kinnaird off the list? The situation has all the possibilities of a “Sood headache.

Purdue Upset

Purdue University officials are disturbed by a House bill which would require state-supported colleges and universities to report all revenues and disbursements to the State Auditor each month and deposit such money with the State Treasurer, who would keep it in separate and independent funds. Rep. O. G. Couch, the author, says the measure would require an accounting of thousands of dollars in athletic receipts and other fees collected and spent by the schools, in addition to the millions appropriated by the State to operate the schools. The Purdue officials say this would wreck their accounting system—one .that was designed by President Edward Elliott and has been adopted as a “model” by 45 other universities from Yale to ‘Stanford and including Indiana U. They claim it also would cause legal complications for Purdue's experimental farms, some of them operated under wills which pro-

vide that the funds must be

"Zipper" Ripped The Republicans made short work of Senator Roger Phillips’ “zipper” amendment which would have closed the gap for the G. O. P. “ripper” bill incase of an emergency. . . . Majority Floor Leader William Jenner gave his. oratorical all ‘against Senator Phillips’ proposal... He shouted, gestured with emphasis, pounded desks, got red in the face and perspired. Wild applause -from his teammates followed and he walked to the cooler near the press desk for a drink of water. A veteran colleague walked up and said: “Don’t get mad, Bill. You know they're just trying to get under your skin.” “Who's mad?” smiled Mr. Jenner. , , , » ® »

Batman Whacked Senate Democrats who tried to

change the Marion County voter registration “ripper” to cover the

“If it’s a good thing to take reg=- * istration away from the county clerk in Indianapolis and give it to the prosecutor and a bi-parti=. : san board, why itsn't it a good move for all counties?” they asked, The Republicans did not answer that all counties don't have Republican prosecutors. . . « Rep. Howard Batman, Terre Haute Democrat, is beginning to believe that all is futile. He agreed to Majority Leader Frank Millis’ request that he vote for the G. O. P. Public Service Commission “ripper” bill if the majority accepted two of Mr, Batman's non-political amendments.’ And he voted with the Republicans. So what happens? The first thing a Republican=. controlled committee in the Sens ate does is to whack out Mr, Batman’s. amendments to the House-approved bill. . . . Rep. Hugh Dillin, another Democrat, went over before a Senate com= mittee to plead for his measure. “Gentlemen,” he said, “I, a. Democrat, got this bill through the House. That's a miracle— and should be sufficient reason to give it a chance over here.” «+. . And here’s the most “colors ful” bill introduced yet. It was signed by Senators Green, Black, Brown and Vermillion. Honest!

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Theater, Information Please, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby hour, Fibber’ McGee and ‘Molly, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, the Monday Radio Theater, and Charlie MeCarthy in a tie tor ninth with the Detroit Symphony Hour. The editors prefer the Fred Allen hour with Kenny Baker and general background to Mr. Hope's program But in the voting on individual comedians they place Mr, Hope above Mr. Allen, second only to Mr. Benny. Behind the three comedy leaders are Fibber McGee, Charlie McCarthy and Eddie Cantor. Helen Hayes, trying serious drama

radio editors. Her program finished second behind the Monday Radio Theater. Other leading dramatic programs: One Man's Family, Arch Qhelsr's Dramas, Columbia Work= shop.

on popularity, and so did Information Please as the favorite among them. Other quiz shows with high

Truth or Consequences, Quiz Kids,

Kay Kyser’ lege of Musical Knowledge. Through all the c nging musical

vogues of the last 10 years, Guy Lombardo always has been the favorite of radio editors. The big new band of the year is: Glen Miller’s, which finished second. Other outstanding bands: Wayne King, Fred Waring and Mr. Kyser. Favorite male singers of popular songs are Bing Crosby, Kenny Baker, Lanny Ross, Dennis Day. On the distaff side: Kate Smith, Dinah Shore, Connie Boswell and Ginnie Simms. The editors also chose Miss Shore as the outstanding new star of the year. Bill Stern again beat out Ted

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H. V. Kaltenborn as best - am news commentators. - The other totals among commentators go to Lowell Thomas, Elmer Davis and Paul Sullivan. Honors for studio announcers are won by Don Wilson, with Harry von Zell second. be The other first-place winners are Arturo Toscanini as conductor and Lily Pons as vocalist in the concert divisons, Ireene Wicker's Singing Lady as the best children’s p: and Fred Waring as the best. qui ter-hour show.

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