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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-16
Congressional Parsons

Circumstance provides more ex-
element for praying parson"
In the House than in the Senate.
Rev. DR.. James Shera Mont
gomery opens the sessions of the
House each day with prayer-elo-
Quent prayer.
Over on the Senate side, be-
cause Of a quaint Senatorial Gus
tom in keeping with the turning
back of the hands Of the clock in
case that body is not ready to
adjourn at the hour previously
agreed up, Chaplain Re Barney T.
Phillips is not called upon to offer
up a daily petition to Heaven.
The Senate, a Roosevelt by
product, is prone to recess instead
Of adjourning each day. Custom
dictates that prayer is delivered
only on the converting after an
adjournment. Nevertheless, both
chaplains draw the same salary,
$3.50 a year.
The A. A. A.-automobileS, not
agriculture-e expects some 5000
out-of-town boys and girls as its
guests in the School Safety Pa
troll parade which will take place
near the end Of May.
The AAA is extremely proud OF
the record Of the School Patrol.
It believes many accidents have
been prevented by the help Of the
alert patrol in getting children
through traffic.
Perhaps the school children can
repay the AAA by some free les.
sons in spelling. A recent press
hand-out from headquarters here
on the subject of safety earnestly
sets forth that "Horrow stories,
safety weeks, and good intentions
are not enough"
Enough for what?
Someone has suggested that
Congressman Marion A. Zion
check, cop-defying, traffic law
flouting Democratic Congressman
from Washington, is suffering
from an inferiority complex. Mr..
Zioncheck has proudly counted up
on his fingers and has found that
numerically a Congressman is
only one-fourth as important as a
Senator.
Studies in Contrast
The two Senators from Della
ware, the little State Of the
big duPonts are in action.
Big jovial, white-haired Sena-
tor Townsend, with friends on
both sides Of the aisle, wanders
amiably over the barrier Of par.
tisanship, while his Big-Business-
Executive-Lo oking colleague, Dan
lei o. Hastings, chairman Of the
Republican Senatorial campaign
committee, delivers able and
caustic barrages against the New
Deal.
An anti-New Deal gentleman
from virginia sent to his Repre-.
sentative this anecdote, deScrip.
tive of the present state Of the
party Of Jefferson:
"a country undertaken put a
man in his casket wrong end
around, and never noticed un.
til he took the cover off at the
funeral and saw amid the
kerChiefs fluttering to catch
the tears to be shed as they
passed by the caSket, the mans
big feet staring him in the
face. He pushed the cover back
ON and said, NO use! No use!
He has changed so you would
never know him."
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-02-13

In the lot pans. pudding pans basins eVc
The popular ivory enamelware that looks SO clean
and blends with any kitchen color scheme.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
S1,5OO,OOO,OOO
RELIEF REQUEST
Roosevelt Asks Congress to
Appropriate Sum
for WPA.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, March 1S.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt today asked Congress
to appropriate $1,500,OOO, 900 to con-
tinue the Work Progress Admins
tration for another year.
President Roosevelt estimated that
this sum would be sufficient to care
for the destitute unemployed to-
gether with 100000 5000 in unex-
pended previous appropriations and
the $600,000,00 carried in the bud
get for the Civilian Conservation
Corps and various public works.
Limitation of Federal relief ex-
penditures to this figure, however,
is dependent upon re- employment of
substantial numbers of the idle by
private industry, the President said
THE ultimate cost of the Federal
Works Program, the President said,
will be determined by private en-
terprise. Federal assistance which
arose as result of industrial dis
employment can be terminated if
industry itself removes the under
lying conditions"
AS the Presidents message was
presented, Speaker Joseph W. Byrns
revealed that Mr.. Roosevelt had ad-
vised his leaders that any increase
in the appropriation over his esti-
mate must be accompanied by new
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
England Takes
Lead in Moves
to Keep Peace
BY LOUIS F. KEEMLE
Omitted Press Gable Editor)

Great Britain, acting as Europe's
international policeman in the
cause of peace, resolutely steered
France and Belgium today toward
a compromise of their dispute with
Germany over the reoccupation of
the Rhineland.
The threat of war, SO acute last
week, had disappeared. Even the
talk of League penalties, which
France had Stoutly insisted must
be enforced, had faded into the
background and may not be revived
Moreover, the question of for
NAL declaration by the Council that
Germany is treaty violator dimin
ished in Importance.
The French undoubtedly are thor
oughly angered by Britain's success
in maneuvering things to a stage
where Adolf Hitler is in a position
to gain the essential points of his
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
Epilogue

Into Municipal Court today
came two IriShmen, bedraggled
even to their lapel ShamrockS.
Well" said Howard Bates,
judge pro tenn, what part Of
Ireland do you come from?"
John Lynch. 38, of Ala N.
Haugh-st, replied
The west part, and SO does
he" indicating his companion,
BARLEY Mulryan, 557 w. Wash
ington-st. also 38.
The police said the two were
celebrating st. Patrick's Day
too enthusiastically in the 500
block of w. Westinghouse and
refused to stop.
They pleaded guilty and
were fined 50 each.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
SESSION
END DUE TODAY
Adjournment Expected Late
This Afternoon as Work
Nears Finish.
BULLETIN

The House of Representatives
this afternoon cOncurred with the
Senate on the unemployment in
surance bill, accepting the con-
ference committees report. They
adjourned until 4 this afternoon
when the process of enrolling the
bills will be completed and they
can adjourn sin die.
The special session of the Indiana
General Assembly proceeded slowly,
but surely toward certain adjourn
ment some time late today.
The lower House, the only branch
in session this morning, took up the
conference report on the unemploy-
ment insurance bill. Changes made
in the Senate and approved by the
Conference Committee were taken
up one by one and inserted in drafts
of the bill as it passed the House.
There was a report that the en-
rollment procedure might delay
until 8 tonight, but this
was secuted by administration
leaders.
Senate Waits House Action
The Senate idle and waiting on
the House action on the job in
surance bill, the House adminiStra-
ton leaders had intended to finish
concurrence in Senate adjourn
ments before they quit for lunch.
Despite murmurs of, lets eat, "
from various parts of the floor, the
discussion of the conference report
proceeded with the prospect that all
amendments would be discussed and
acted on before a recess to was
taken.
The Senate was scheduled to con-
vene at 2, complete several routine
actions and recess to 4. Adjourn
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
RE0PENED IN AKRON
Union, Company Officials
Resume ParIeyS.
By United Press

By United Press
AKRON, March 10. = A sudden
renewal of peace negotiations be-
tween management and striking
employees TO the Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Co. was revealed today, eys
actly a month after the three big
plants were placed under a strike
blockade.
At the same time the company
asked a six-judge common pleas
court to reduce the number of pick
cts at each AZ entrance from 10 to
three and that deputy sheriff be
placed at each entrance.
Conferences looking toward early
settlement of the dispute which
holds nearly 5000 rubber workers
idle-the result of a union demand
for reinstatement of 10 dismissed
tire builderS-were to be resumed
between E. E. ZeSiger, union coun-
sci, and L. M. Buckingham, Good
year counsel.
For the time being, danger of
violence seemed to have diSap-
peared. Snow and sleet apparently
dampened the enthusiasm of both
strikers and non-Strikers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
Snow CrippIes Buffalo

BUFFALO, N. Y, March 49,
Snow piled to record height of
1872 inches crippled transportation
in Buffalo and throughout West
ern New York as the area dug it
self out of the worst snow and sleet
storm in years.
Adding to the inconvenience and
misery were threats of floods as
weather bureau officials predicted
a thaw. The Susquehanna River at
Waverly, rising rapidly, stood three
feet above flood level.
In Buffalo the snow fall was
blamed for one death and injuries
to seven.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
DEPTH Is FEET
IN PITTSBURGH'S
BUSINESS AREA
Nations Steel City Paralyzed as Rising
Rivers Pour Into Golden Triangle;
Number of Deaths Uncertain.
Two Dangerous Fires Brought Under Con-
troll; Property Damage Runs Into Millions;
Crest Expected This Afternoon.

Press
PITTSBURGH, March 18.-Fifty blocks of Pittsburgh
inundated today by the Ohio River and it's tributaries
the Monongahela and the Allegheny.
The most seriously affected district the Golden Tri-
angle formed at the point where the Monongahea and Allie
gheny join to make the Ohio
Water stood deep Is feet in the Triangle and dam
there estimated at nearly $OOOOOOO Other esti-
mates placed possible damage high $1OOOOOOOO Ord
nary business life paralyzed The Stock EXCHANGE ss
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
GAINS CONSOLIDATED
AS STOCKS GO DOWN
SteeIs Heaviest as Some
Utilities Are Active.

By United Press
NEW YORK, March 18-The
stock market drifted irregularly
lower today as the list consolidated
gains made in the heavy advance
yesterday
Steel shares, active in yesterdays
advance, were heaviest although lit
tie pressure was apparent. Some
lower priced utility shares were fair
ly active. Rails quieted after early
strength, aircraft shares were in
some demand and metal shares were
about steady.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
RIVER RECED|NC
AT YOUNGSTOWN
Reopened Roads Enable
Red Cross Relief Squads
to Enter City.
By United Press

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, March l8.-Johns-
town began slow return toward
normally today after the worst
flood since the destructive inunda-
ton and dam break of 1889. it was
indicated today by j. Williamson,
plant wire chief there for the Bell
Telephone Company.
BY afternoon, Williamson said in
a National Broadcasting Company
interview from the scene, the flood
waters, which rose to second stories
OF JohnStowns buildings, will have
receded back into the confines of
the banks of Conemaugh River and
Stony Creek.
Automobile traffic, he added. has
been opened to within a quarter of
a mile of the central business dis
trict. Red Cross emergency squads.
equipped with medical and food
supplies, are expected momentarily
he said.
Urgent Need For Aid
OIlllklllS wafer III JIlc area must
be boiled first, he said, adding the
people of JohnStown must have
assistance from some source and
must have it quick"
Williamson said that in his
opinion the inundation surpassed
the flood of 1889.
But the destruction and the loss
of life was not near what it was
at that time" he said. "All the
people had plenty of time in the
lowlandS to move to higher ground. y
What is the flood situation
now?" he was asked.
Situation Is Grave
ut is very bad. In fact, there is
nothing that could be got in Johns
town. We are receiving plenty of
help from outside of Johnstown."
Telephone workers have been sup
piled with food from Pittsburgh.
Williamson revealed that two
trains arrived today from Pitts
burgh.
Those trains did not carry any,
thing but telephone equipment and
state police and highway patrols. "
he said. They were special trains
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
FLOOD WATERS DELAY
TRAIN SERVICE HERE
Report Passenger Service From East
Five Hours Late.

Union Station here reported to-
day that trains coming from the
East are running five to six hours
late.
Pennsylvania Railroad trains that
normally are routed through johns
town, Pa, are being detoured and
re-routed. A Pennsylvania train
scheduled to arrive here at 7:50 this
morning is not expected in until 5
this afternoon.
Railroad service west of Pitts
burgh has not been affected by the
flood, except in the delays necessary
to re-routing other sections east of
Pittsburgh, it was said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
HEAVY OHIO SHOWS
HALT ROAD TRAFFIC
Tourists, Buses Trapped
by High Drifts.
By United Press

By United Press
CLEVELAND, March 18.-Hun-
dreds of tourists were snowbound
today in villages throughout Ohio.
Bus traffic was almost halted and
in Wooster, O., Is BUSES were re-
ported stalled.
The state highway patrol reported
all roads in northern Ohio were i'm
passable due to drifts. Buses were
halted in many towns and passen-
gers were taken to hotels or farm
houses.
Several Cleveland suburbs were
cut off from the downtown section.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
LOBBY PROBERS TO ASK
SENATE FOR $4,000

Urge Hiring Of Counsel to Defend
Them Against Hearst's Suit.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, March 18.-Sen-
ate lobby investigators planned an
appeal to the Senate today for $10,-
900 to employ counsel TO defend
them against William Randolph
Hearst's injunction suit in District
of Columbia Supreme Court.
The request has been filed in a
resolution submitted by Chairman
Hugo L. Black 3D., Ala, whose
committee has been charged by
Hearst with seeking to interfere
with freedom of the press Black
is expected to ask the Senate to act
Immediately.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
WOMEN JOIN STRIKERS
Wisconsin WPA Employees Continue
TO Picket Governors Office.
IN Uniicd Press

MADISON, Wis, March IS. -
Ranks of WPA strikers who COM
mandeered Wisconsin's Capitol for
their home until they get higher
wages swelled today with new arriv-
ais. including women and children.
In hourly shifts, the strikers
meeting and sleeping in the assem-
bly, chamber, trudged down the mar
BILE corridors to picket the office of
Gov. Philip F. La Toilette.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
WORKER TO TEST
UNUSUAL SCHOOL CASE
Former Teacher Seeks Right to
Instruct Own Children.

Instruct Own Children.
By United Press
JOLIET, Ill, March 1S.-Josiah
Watson, WPA worker, said today
he is prepared to appeal as high as
the United States Supreme Court
to establish his right to teach his
own children ard keep them out OF
public schools.
Watson, former high school sci
ence teacher who employs a So
letter alphabet to teach his two
daughters, Z and 9 years old, has
defied a court order to send them
back to the public classrooms.
School Board Counsel John Cowl-
ing said he is preparing con-
tempt citation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
POLITICAL ORDER ISSUED
Hopkins Tells WPA Chiefc Not to
Hire, Fire for Party Work.
By United Press

WASHINGTON, March 10. -
Works Progress Administrator Har-
ry L. Hopkins issued general let
ter to all state WPA directors to-
day ordering that mo person shall
be employed or discharged ona the
ground of his support or nonsup-
port OF any politickl organization. 7.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
Farm Hand Held for Murder

LAPORTE, Ind, March 49,
Joseph Nieckila, 55-year-old farm
hand, was held in Laporte County
Jail today in connection with the
Staying of Mike Kos, 40, a fellow
hired hand.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
CURFEW GIRL WINS
POINT IN COURT FIGHT

Edith Maxwell Granted Writ of
Error by Appeals Tribunal.
By United Press
RICHMOND, Va, March 49,
The state Court of Appeals today
granted Edith Maxwell, 21-year-old
school teacher, a writ of error in
her legal fight against 25-year
prison sentence for Staying her ia
Their with a slipper.
The next step viii be an open
hearing on whether the error is
sufficient to justify a new trial.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
Jury Returns IL Indictments

The Marion County grand jury
today returned 10 no bills and II
indictments against 20-persons.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
CITY SKIES SMILE, BUT
RAIN is PREDICTED

Local weather Ignores Floods, Snow
Elsewhere.
Ignoring the floods in Pennsyl-
vania and the snowstorm in Ohio,
Indianapolis skies smiled Serenely
today, and promised a pleasant out
of-doors day.
But tomorrow there will be cloudi-
ness and, in the afternoon, it will
rain, the weather bureau predicted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
BY MRS. ED BARBOUR
fAS Told fo the limited spreSsi


YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, March 49,
1t was so sudden-so sudden that
even we folks right here on the
scene couldn't believe our own
eyes. Imagine was downtown
shopping at noon. The river was
high but I never thought that the
streets would be six feet under
water by supper time.
I returned home without giving
any further thought to the high
water. I was amazed when just be-
fore supper happened to look out
window on the second floor of
our little store building and see the
water covering the entire business
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
PASTORS WIFE, CHILD
AFFECTED BY FUMES
Mrs. Charles Livendy, 2-Year- Old
Daughter, Emma, Recover.

UdugHteT, Emmd, RECOVER.
The wife and child of the Rev.
Charles r. Livendy. pastor of the
st. Paul's Methodist Church, were
partially overcome by gas fumes in
their home, 3137 Northwestern-av,
and were revived at the Office of a
neighboring doctor.
Those affected were Mrs. Livendy
and their 2-year-old daughter,
Emma.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-18
Quick Rise of
River Surprise
to JOhnstOwn

Only few telephones were available
in Johnstown a few hours after waters
from two rivers swept through the city's
business district. The United Press con-
facted one of these, nearest the flooded
section. and obtained the following
story from the wife Of a confectionery
store owner. The store is a half mile
from the center of the flooded distr;ct)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-12
JOINT COMMITTEE
SCANS COMPROMISE
Balance on Home Rule and
Central Control Urged.

A compromise plan calculated to
strike balance between home rule
and complete Capitalization of
power in the state government for
social security administration was
reported to be before the joint legis-
lative committee today.
The committee of "a senators and
representatives, meeting to draft
legislation for the special session ex-
pected March 2, was said to be
divided on the question of whether
the township trustees should be
shorn of all power they now have,
except township school administra-
ton.
The reported compromise plan,
it was said, contemplates making
either the county commissioners or
the existing county boards of chill
dren's guardians the administrative
agencies for all social welfare &C.
tivities in the county.
Suggestions submitted by Gov.
MscNutt's Governmental Economy
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-12
ONE BURNED, $4,000
ISl0ST IN 3 FIRES
Filling Station Attendants
Hands Injured.

One man was burned and a loss
of more than $4,000 resulted from
three fires early this afternoon.
Forest Hilligoss, attendant. was
burned on the hands fighting fire
in the gasoline filling station at 1874
w. Michigan-st.
The combination barn and garage
of DR.. B. N. Stees, Glen's Valley.
was destroyed with loss estimated
at $4,000. The Glens Valley school
bus, 800 bushels of corn and four
tons of hay in the barn were de-
Stroyed.
The third blaze damaged the va
cant third floor of building on the
northwest corner of Delaware and
Westinghouse.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-12
BALL SAVED
RAIL EMPIRE,
VAN ADMITS
MunCie Jar Manufacturer
Came to Rescue, Says
Cleveland Magnate.
|. C. C. HEARS DETAILS
Transportation Car Frankly
Lost in Maze of
Financial Setup.
BU United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.-Grey-
haired Oris P. Van Sweringen sat
before the Interstate Commerce
Commission today and told how
G. A. Ball, Muncie Und) fruit jar
manufacturer came to his rescue last
fall when the Van Sweringen trans
portation empire was lettering.
Sitting in chair too small for
his bulky frame Van Sweringen
talked in voice so low that even
his attorney, Andrew p Martin, had
difficulty hearing him.
Toward the end of the hearing he
raised his voice to deny that he
dominated" officers of the railroads
which make up his vast rail empire.
The hearing was called to learn
whether Mid America, which owns
stock in Allegheny Corp, top hold
ing company of the Van Sweringen
group, directly controls the operat-
ing railroads further down in the
pyramid.
Assured Balls Backing
Van Sweringen told this story of
Mid Americas organization:
Anticipating the sale of Ale
gheny stock and other collateral by
New York banks last year, my friend
George A. Tomlinson suggested that
when I came around to need for
dollars he would consider it. He
said relative of his, Mr.. G.. A. Ball
of Muncie, also might like to par
ticipate.
MY brother, Tomlinson, Ball and
myself ueid conference and Ball
said frankly he would go along
Mid-America Corp. was incorporated
under the laws of Ohio in Septem-
Der, 1885.
Ball has 1888 shares of preferred
and 10000 shares of common stock
in Mid-America. Tomlinson has 6667
shares of preferred and 5000 of COM
mon. That is all of the stock in
Mid-America."
Van Sweringen and his late
brother, M. j., had pledged some
$50,0000 900 in collateral to j. P. Nor
gan. IN september of last year,
Mid-America bought the 100000 900
in securities for about 100000.
Frankly at a Loss
Making one of his few public APP
pearances in tempestuous business
life, the publicity Van Swerin-
gen became entangled in such a
maze of stock control negotiations
that he was forced to admit he did
not know some of the answers.
He was led through a detailed
account of the shares owned by the
various holding companies and the
railroads in his system. These deals
were so complex that one of his
questions was:
Are the shares of the Chesapeake
g. Ohio in the Erie owned by the
Virginia Transportation Co., or by
the C. & o. direct?"
The man who rose from newsboy
to spectacular financier removed his
heavy, black-rimmed glasses, pom
dered a moment and admitted:
Il frankly don't know"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-12
COIN HARVEY DIES
IN HERM|T'S REFUGE
Pioneer BaCker of Lotto |
Silver Was 3d..

By United Press
MONTE NE, Ark, Feb. Nv. II.
(Coin) Harvey, who introduced
William Jennings Bryan to the 1911
silver theory and got $4,000 votes
for President in 1882, died of peri
tonitis last night in his hermit's
refuge.
He was "a, but vigorous until the
last day of his life and a critic to
the end of the country's suicidal
money system" Few persons of
this generation knew more than his
name and fewer attended his eco
nomic theories but Coin fought
every day for reforms he believed
WOULD enrich the nation.
For several years before he led
the Liberty" party in the ma
tional campaign of 1882, and since
then, Harvey had lived a refuses
life in Monte Ne.
Harvey was the pioneer advocate
of the coinage of silver at ratio
OF Is to ! as compared with gold.
When Bryan adopted the theory
and led one of the most celebrated
political campaigns of the country's
history, Harvey was a national fig
ure and leader of a great follow
ing. His fame and power died with
interest in the silver issue.