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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-02
Launch Resignation Fight;
Mooney, Billings Pardon,
Beer Demanded.

Although charging that the con-
vention is packed against them, in
surgent miners today launched a
fight for adoption of a resolution
demanding that President John L.
Lewis and his administration Off
Gals resign as heads of the United
Mine Workers of America.
This resolution, which every in
dication doomS to failure, was pre-
Sented with the committees report
for inconvenience shortly after the
convention unanimously adopted a
resolution calling for unconditional
pardon of Thomas j. Mooney and
Warren x. Billings, and another
asking the legislation of beer.
Present Substitute
The resolutions committee pre-
sented a substitute for the more
than a dozen introduced asking re-
lease of the two life termers in the
San Quentin (Cal0 penitentiary.
Copies of the resolution are to be
sent to Mooney. Billings, the Gov
ernor of California, and state and
American declarations of Labor.
The resolution demanding i'm
mediate resignation of the interna-
tiona1 officials was presented to the
convention just before noon adj
journment by Van Bittner, interna-
tional official and bitter foe of the
insurgents, who is secretary of the
committee on resolutions on the
constitution. He recommended that
thte resolution be voted down.
Ignorance Charged
Presented by the Raylton Qn0
local union, it set out:
1.-THE solidarity of our ranks is
badly shattered through the GRIM
inal ignorance shown by our inter
national officials in dealing with
both contractual and organizational
efforts"
/ The resolution provides that
temporary officials be elecetd from
the floor of the convention, and
that an international election be
arranged and held within sixty
days after the adjourning of the
convention.
CudgelS for the international OH
Gals Immediately was taken up
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-02
GET LEWIS IS CRY
OF MINE REBELS

by George Tilley of Bicknell, Ind;
Tom Robinson of Pittsburgh, and
Lawrence Lamb of Springfield, ILL.,,
who laid the blame for the mem
bership loss to economic conditions
and the weaving away of the miners
by communistic dual organizations.
This was the second attack
launched on Lewis today.
The first resulted from the pre-
sentation of a resolution by John
HindmarSh of the Riverton CID
local, demanding that Lewis resign
as president because he holds the
position as president of the Labor
bank here.
Hindmarsh declared that the
president has no right to hold two
positions.
Resolutions opposing wage re-
auctions or tampering with the an
thracite five-year wage agreement,
which has four years to run, also
were adopted today.
The beer resolution declared in
part; I'VE recommend that this
convention go on record supporting
the position of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor in urging upon
congress the enactment of legisla-
ton to modify the Volstead act so
as to permit the manufacture, sale
and distribution Of good beer"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-02
Japan Is AssaiIed

by Untte0 FTe8S
LONDON, Feb. 1.-The Joint
Anglo-American plan for ending
the strife in China was announced
in the house of commons TODAY bv
Sir John Simon, foreign secretary.
The British representatives at
Toxic and Marking, he said, had
been instructed to deliver this morn
ing to the respective governments,
the five proposals and to press
strongly for their acceptance. The
proposals were announced here and
in Washington.
Cheers greeted Sir Johns an
nouncement that France and Italy
had agreed to the proposals.
George Lansbury. labor member,
caused an uproar when he said:
THE country and the world ought
to recognize that up to this point.
the Japanese government has been
engaged in piece Of international
piracy"
Lansbury refused to accede to
ministerial cries of withdraw"
In this house" he said, 'the
Russian government. which is as
friendly as any other government,
has been denounced over and over
again"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-02
PEACE PROPOSALS SUBMITTED BY
US. AND BRITAIN IN new EFFORT
TO HALT CONFLICT IN FAR EAST
Days War DEVELOPMENTS

WGshington-Five-pact proposal for peace submit
ted to warning nations by the United States and Great
Britain.
Shanghdi-Japanese marines claim smashing vic
tory in routing Chinese from native Chapel district in
Shanghai
Nankinq-United States consular authorities
slider evacuating all Americans following bombardment
by Japanese warships.
Harbin-Japanese approach city; Chinese struggle
desperately to tear up tracks and halt progress.
Tokio-United States and Great Britain present
plan to stop hostites in Shanghai but doubtful
Japan will accept it. Diplomats victory in Chapel
new "fat accompl' and failure of peace plans
Pdris-French order troops to cooperate with
America and Britain in defense of foreign areas in
Shanghai
LOndOn-Labor parliamentary leader calls for unity
among white races in Shanghai crises
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-02
MAY
LEAVE NANKING
Threat of Renewed Battle
MenaCeS U. S. Citizens.
IA United Preas

By United Press
NANKING, China, Feb. g.
Evacuation of all Americans in
Marking was considered today by
the United States consular author
tiles, after the city'S bombardment
by Japanese warshipS during the
night.
American residents were reported
unhurt, but there was threat of
renewed fighting. Some 100 Amer
leans are living in Marking, most of
them missionaries.
The cause of the Smelling of the
city, particularly the Chinese forts
on Lion Hill, within the wall, was
the subject of an investigation to-
day. Both real and blank shells
were fired.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-02
COMMISSION MAY ORDER
CITY WATER RATES CUT

Possibility of a reduction in In
dianapolis water rates doomed to-
day, with reports from the state
house that Harry Cuthbertson, pub
lie service commissioner, is prepar-
ing the slice order.
CuthbertSon'S order, it is re-
ported, will be laid before the COM
mission Friday afternoon.
It was understood the commits
sioner reached his decision to cut
the rates, following a conference
Monday afternoon with Walter
Morse, general manager of the In
dianapolis Water Compan~. and
Joseph Daniels, utility attorney.
The water company has main
tanned an arbitrary attitude on re-
auctions throughout conferences
with Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan
and the city'S utility committee.
1t also was reported officials OF
the Indianapolis Power and Light
Company may agree to a rate re-
duction through the conference
method. If not, Cuthbertson also
is said to be ready to issue re-
duction command. ~
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-02
Japanese Marines Storm
Trenches, Drive Chinese
From Chapel.
CLAIM MAJOR VICTORY
Invaders Advance Behind
Whitening Barrage to
Capture DefenSeS.
BY H. r. EKINS
United Press staff Correspondent

copyright. 1882. BY United Press
SHANGHAI, Wednesday. Feb.
3.-Japanese marines held the
Hongkew section of Shanghai with
machine guns early today, after a
desperate four hour battle with the
Chinese, in which the japanese
marines claimed a smashing vic
tory.
The Japanese marines were in
complete control of Hongkew after
darkness and the regular settle
ment police we're confined to their
stations, unable to resume their
beats until daylight. The machine
gun firing in Hongkew was on the
plea of eliminating snipers.
Six hours after the latest general
offensive had died down, other quar-
tiers of the city were quiet and
curfew was in rigid effect. Oc-
caSional shots rang through all sec
tons, but the danger had eased off.
Japanese to Extend Lines
ment did not expect the Chinese
to attempt to enter it, but to con-
centrate at Kiangwan, within easy
reach, to harass the japanese
further.
The immediate future was ex-
pected to witness extension Of the
Japanese military activities N the
Shanghai area, especially between
the WooSung forts at the mouth of
the Whangpoo and Chapel. and at
Nantao and Lunghua.
The Slashing offensive came
swiftly and without warning. The
Japanese advanced in relentless
waves behind a whitening barrage
1 of artillery fire Booming field
guns and the charge of the Jap
anese machine gunnerS over
whelmed the Chinese.
The sudden blaze of artillery fire
shattered the midday calm which
preceded the attack on smolder-
ing Chapel, already laid waste by
aerial attacks.
| PlancS on scout DUTY
| Airplane Squadrons flew low over
head. They secuted over the Chinese
lines during the encounter, but
dropped no bombs.
The japanese marines at p. m.
6 a. M, central time) began con-
verging on the North station. Chi
nese troops aboard an armored
train continued their stiff, though
losing battle.
The United Press correspondent
interviewed General Fan Chi-Wu
of the Chinese defense command,
while the Japanese were announc-
ing their smashing victory. Artil-
lery fire and naval gunfire from
along the Whangpoo river beat an
ominous background to the CONVEX
sation.
He said he had issued circular
telegram, signed also by Generals
Chang Kwang-Nai, Tsai Ting-Kai,
and Tai Chi, appealing to COM
handing officers throughout the
country to oppose with force any
japanese attacks.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-02
RELIEF Bills
FATE UP TO
SENATE today
Powerful Plea Made for
Nations Hungry Hosts
by La Toilette.
OPPONENTS WON OVER
Wisconsin Senator and His
Ally, CoStigan, Make
Valiant Fight.

By Scripps-Hoi0ard Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-Fate of
The federal hunger relief bill NAV
be determined today.
With the senate reluctant to agree
even to consider the. measure writ
ten by Senators La Toilette and
Costigan, after months of careful
study, these two are putting up an
impressive fight in its behalf They
OBVIOUSLY have gained support as
they presented their case.
Since early Monday, when La
Toilette moved that the senate take
up the relief bill, testimony of city
and state officials, of social workers,
and Of labor, showing the desperate
struggle for survival, in which mil
lions of Americans now are engaged,
the suffering, the toll in human life
and human health, and the in
capacity of existing relief agencies
to help, has been heaped before the
senate.
1t is the first complete report yet
made on conditions of the unem-
ployed.
Threat of a motion to recommit
the bill and thus end all chance of
passage has SO far failed to ma
terialize. This move had been
threatened by conservative Demo
Gratis, but as La Toilette and Cos
tigan presented their evidence, some
of the men the conservatives had
counted on to help them decided
to throw their strength to the
other side.
The Democratic policy commit
tee is meeting today to discuss the
bill again.
Meanwhile, the house labor COM
mittee is holding hearings on
companion bill and witnesses are
testifying that conditions are more
severe now than even a month ago,
when the senate committee gathered
evidence
"A million unburied dead are
walking in our streets today" said
Edward F. McGrady of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor. They
are starving and are beyond help,
but still are able to move"
La Toilette, making one of the
major speeches of his career, laid
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-02
Housing Facts

American housing is not
superlative; it is not even
good. The truth is, that less
than half the homes in Amer
lea measure up to the mini
mum standards of health and
decency."
This is the shocking truth
as barred in the survey made
by Fortune magazine.
In six wildly written ar
ticles, The Times will present
the result of Fortunes in
vestigatiton of the nations
housing conditions. The first
appears today on Page 7.
The second viii appear on
Wednesday. Watch for them.
They'll aStound you.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-02
Suicide Victim Is Former
MorriStoWn Newspaper
Publisher.

Leaping from the top of the SOL
diers' and Sailors monument, a
man believed to be Sylvester w.
Summons, former Morristown Qnd.)
newspaper publisher, dropped 200
feet to death late this morning.
The body landed among statues
about thirty feet from the base of
the structure, on the west side of
the monument. The body was man
gled so horribly that recognition
was impossible.
1t was the first suicide leap from
the monument since it was COM
pleted in 1901
Only witness to the death leap
was E. H. Bingham, official of the
Indianapolis Power and Light Com
pany, who was seated in an office
on the Circle.
Body Turns Over and Over
Bingham said he saw the man
turn over and over several times
before the body landed in the
statues near the base of the struc-
ture.
MY God, a man has jumped off
the monument" Bingham said to P.
c. Reilly.
When no crowd g, thered imme-
diately, Reilly suggested it might
have been a sack. 1t was several
minutes later that the tragedy was
reported by Harry Leonard, 1920
Carrollton avenue, who heard the
thud Of the body against the stone
work.
Lands Behind Peace Statue
The body landed behind a statue
depicting peace and surrounded by
statues of men, women, and chill
dren seeking her protection.
Firemen from Engine House IS
used portable ladders to reach the
body, entangled in the stonework.
Unable to carry the body from the
statues, firemen attached ropes and
lowered it.
A Masonic lodge pin, insur-
ance papers and an auto title
card in possession of the sui
eide bore the name of Sammons
and the Indiana town address. In
addition. there were a number of
newspaper obituaries in his pocket.
these had been clipped from To-
ledo tO0 newspaper.
After discovery of the auto title
card in the pocket of the dead man,
police started combing downtown
streets for an Oakland sedan be-
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-02
FRIDAY DEADLINE FOR
HAWAII MURDER PLEAS
Judge Grants Last Continuance to
Four Indicted Americans.

Judge Grants Last Continuance to
Four Indicted Americans.
By United Press
HONOLULU, Feb. 2.-Only one
more brief, postponement of hearing
of Mrs. Grace Hubbard Fortescue
and three navy men charged with
killing a Hawaiian will be granted
after Thursday, Judge Albert M.
Christy told defense attorneys to-
day.
The reference to brief continu-
ance" was taken to mean that Fri
day would be the last day on which
the defendants may enter pleas to
indictment charging second degree
murder.
Mrs. Fortescue; her son-in-law,
Lieutenant Thomas H. Massie, and
enlisted men E. j. Lord and A. o.
Jones were charged with killing Joe
Kahahawai, one of five men al
legged to have attacked Lieutenant
MasSie'S wife.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-02
TheStory Behind the Painting

GREAT days in history dramas in the lives of famous
NJ persons grim tragedy and high comedy :.
revealed in the colorfu stories that lie behind The Child
in the Painting"
These are the stories that viii be told to readers of
The Times by Alice Robe widely known writer for maya
newspapers a of weekly articles which
she has prepared exclusively for this newspaper NA
Service Her first article which tells about the lad who
posed for the famous painting of The Blue Boy" will
appear on The Times school page Wednesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-02
Italy to Send Ships

BIZ United Press
ROME, Feb. 2.-Italy decided to-
day to send warships to Shanghai
Immediately to augment the light
cruiser Libia and two gunboats al
ready in the Far East.
The cruiser San Giogio and the
destroyer zeffiro were understood
to have been ordered to proceed to
China.
'The presence of warships is de-
signed solely fo1 protection of the
lives and interests of Italian citi-
zenS," it was said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-02
STOP WAR; BRITISH
WARMING TO FOES

By United Press
GENVEA, Feb. 2.-The present
state of warfare in the far east can
not be allowed to continue, j. H.
Thomas of Great Britain today
warned League of Nations con-
ferees, meeting in sudden extra seS-
sion called by Britain.
War in everything but name is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-02
ROCKEFELLER STAYS IN
Friends Insist He's Well, but Oil
King Is Confined to Home.

ORMOND BEACH, Fla, Feb. 2.
John, D. Rockefeller's intimate
associates insisted today that he
was in good health, but the 92-year-
old philanthropist remained con-
fined to the Easements, his winter
home here, and the belief persisted
he was not his usual self.
Rockefeller's ailment was believed
to be a recurrence Of an old throat
trouble, not serious, but sufficiently
annoying to force cancellation of
his usual outdoor activities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-02
CANCEL DEBTS, is PLEA
British Chancellor of Exchequer
Makes Appeal to Commons.

BLUSH ChanceIIOr OF EXchequer
Makes Appeal to Commons.
By United Press
LONDON, Feb. melville Cham
berlain, chancellor of the ex-
chequer, announced in commons to-
day that the government believes
general cancellation of war debts
and reparations is the best means of
settling, comprehensively, the repa-
rationS difficulties.
Chamberlain told a questioner
the government policy is that a
comprehensive, permanent settle
ment of the PREPARATIONS question,
must be reached as soon as posi-
BILE"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-02
Bargain Day at Zoo

OoA 6nAA Lay a. AOU
BIZ United Press
HOUSTON, Tex, Feb. 2. - The
city of Houston will sell a $500
jaguar for $50 or a year-old elk for
SIS if any one is on the market for
pets. The animals are being sold
by the city zoo as part of a
municipal retrenchment program.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-02


Larry Harrowgate be-
cause of a business en-
gagement, he became so
angry she thought their
friendship was ended.
But that very evening
Larry came to see her,
deeply repentant. Ellen
forgave him, as she al
ways did.
Larry's gaiety made
him an amusing COM
panion,. but his chang
ing moods caused Ellen
frequent h e ar t aches.
Their romance is told
in the new serial,
"The Dime-a-Dance
Girl"
1t begins Wednes-
day in The Times.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-02
is DEFENDED

Designer Calls Construction Nearly
100 Per Cent Perfect.
By United Press
NEW YORK. Feb. DIR, Karl
Arnstein, designer of the navys new
airShip Akron, defended the con-
struction of that dirigible, before
leaving for Akron, o., to assist in
construction of the SiSterShip, IRIS.
The Akron, in my opinion, is as
close to 100 per cent perfect as an
airship can be-" said DR.. Arnstein.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-02

Either of the companies, if or
dered to cut rates, can fight the
order in state or federal courts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-02
Repentant

When Ellen
RoSSiter re-
f u S e d t o
lunch with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-18
WATERBURY RELIEF WORK AGAIN ENDORSED
GREETING CARDS.
 AT THANKSGIVING
Sentiment Marks Back to Courageous Spirit of
 First Thanksgiving
SAY IT WITH TURKEYS

,The thanksgiving turkey as he appears on this years greeting cards has shaken off the depres- sion and is decked out in an un- usual display of colOrings. Usually fin the past the harvest-horne motif of fruits and leaves, done in the E d-Old fashioned nutumnal browns and reds and yeilows, has been the, chief characteristic of Thanksgiving cards, with the tur- le3 in a minor role.
 All that has been changed. This year the turkey is the thing, and q turkey with no repressions, | veritablie peacock of q. turkey.
 One ail-silver bird for instance, outlines himself in sampier-fashion in black cross-stitch effect with a deft touch of orange, Another expresses himself in orchid and rose, while. still another prefers repousse gold feathers set off by black and flame. Or if you really insist on the conventional autumn olor-scheme, a clever turkey will enliven even that just bit with a surprising fieck of cobalt or jade.
 Revalling the Thanksgiving bird as a favorite motif are the Pilgrim and Puritan couples. For the more conservative taste there are a var iety of authentically rendered de- signs. but there are many whose oiden- time costumes are done in a modern beaux-arts spirit. For example, a blonde Puritan lassie in purple and white plaid carries gay. bunch of golden leaves, while the orthodox black suit of her es- cort Is frightened by hat and bow of the same vivid purple.
 The sentiments of the 1892 cards, however, hark back strongly to the courageous spirit of the first Thanksgiving. Wise-cracking jestA or good wishes in the pert spirit of modern youth are rare. Typical of the self-less, friendly tone of even the lighter verses is:
 .'what wish for your Thanks
 giving
 Is just too big for words,
 And when you pull the wish bone
 Hope you get at least two-thrds."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-18
ELKS PLAN FOR
 COMING EVENTS
Thanksgiving Eve Dance District Deputy's
 Visit Anticipated
NAME COMMITTEES

Waterbury lodge of Elks com pleted plans for two coming prom inent events, at it's meeting in the club rooms last evening. The first event, is the Thanksgiving eve dinner dance, and the second, the visitation of District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler Joseph Fitzgerald of Derby who will come to Wa terbury on December 1.
 Special entertainment win be on the program for the Thanksgiving dance which is, to be given the key dinner will be served. Timmic dance music. It will be informal The committee in charge of ar- engagements consists of Gene Ovi- att. chairman, Representative Daniel J. Mahaney. Thomas Col lins, Andrew Putetti, Frank Leary, Benjamin LaVallee, James Court ney. Jerry Squires, Al Demenskc, Robert Mccormack and Gene &c., vile. Reservations for the dance are to be made with the stewart Of the club not later than Monday evening.
 Elaborate plans for the recep-, ton to District Deputy Fitzgerald are being made. Chairman Oviatt is arranging an attractive enter tainment program for presentation. The Elks Trio will sing and sev- eral other acts will be presented. James Courtney will be in charge of refreshments. The committee in charge Is composed of John Bulger and Exalted Ruler R. l.. Pa1atine. Assisting them are Ben- jamin LaVnllee, Walter E. Mona- gan, Robert Waters, Frank Bailey and James Ncagle.