Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 38, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 June 1927 — Page 2

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50 BOYS AND GIRLS TO SEE CIRCUS FREE \ - 'Giraffes, Tigers and Camels i Are Coming With Robinl son’s Show. Abyssinian giraffes, said to be the most perfect pair in captivity, are one of the zoological features of John Robinson’s Circus, and the boys and girls of 16 years or younger have an opportunity to fee them Thursday afternoon as of The Indianapolis Times. H The giraffes are but one of the Itnany features of the augmented *Rx> which is carried by the Robinson Circus. They even have a •juvenile department, which boasts of baby tigers, pumas, lions, monkeys and camels. Two of the baby camels were born right here in Indiana, which makes them natives of the Hoosier State. One of them Is named Andrew Volstead, and the ®ther “Monon,” after the railroad. Any Animal Will Do | Tt Is very easy for the boys and girls to see the circus as guests of The Times. All one has to do is to (Write an essay of not more than 1160 words on any animal, and that Includes everything in the three general orders, which are grassbating, flesh eating and four-handed pnimals. If you prefer an elephant to a [horse or a lion to a polar bear, then (write a neat and accurate essay on one side of the paper and send or Inail to the Circus Editor of The Indianapolis Times. These essays inust reach The Times office not later than 6 p. m. next Tuesday. Every boy or girl, 16 years or younger, is eligible. And if you Want to know more about animals come to The Times office and get a fcopy free of “A Short Lesson in Zoology.” Fifty Get in Free Fifty writers of the essays will be rewarded with free tickets for the afternoon performance on Thursday. All others who write essays will get a special ticket, which when presented at the circus with 25 cents will admit the winner to the exhibition.

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Here are the answers to the “Now You Ask One” questions printed on page 6: 1. Thomas Garrigue Masaryk is president of Czechoslovakia. 2. Rene La Coste defeated Tilden for the European hard court tennis championship. 3. Leningrad was formerly named St. Petersburg and Petrograd. 4. Paris is nearer the north pole than New York. 5. The equator crosses Ecuador, pear its capital, Quito. 6. Detroit is north of Windsor, Canada. 7. Sir James Barrie wrote “Peter Pan.” 8. Dungarees are the clothes worn by sailors engaged in rough work. 9. “Big Berthas” were named after Bertha Krupp, head of the Krupp munitions work in Germany. 10. “Black and Tans,” British soldiers in khaki uniofrms wearing black caps, were used in Ireland. 11. 51.4 miles. 12. 473 miles of improved streets. PURDUE ESTABUSES NEW GRADING PLAN Marking of “H” Above “A”—Less Stress on Percentage. Bu United Press LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 24.—A change in the- system of grading will be started at Purdue University next fall, in which the students will be graded on actual fundamentals they acquire In a given course rather than strictly on a percentage basis. Under the new plan, an instructor Will outline definitely the ideas which each student is expected to i gather during one particular course, kand then, at the conclusion of the ■work, determine what the student ■has attained. The final examinations which have counted one-third R>n the semester grade will be conHkued, but they will no longer a definite proportion of the grade, the amount depending on nature of the course. Anew grade, ( that of “H,” is to be given, denoting completion of a . subject with high honor, which is above the “A” mark by most institutions and now. given by Purdue. In order to be graduated under the new plan, a student must have ■ received B or higher in at least ; sixty semester hours of all four-year courses, or sixty-five semester hours in the three-year pharmacy course. HONOR REV. GRAFTON ’ Third Christian. Church Expresses Appreciation of Work. The Rev. Thomas W. Grafton, S who resigned as pastor of Third Christian Church that he might take up his new duties as chaplain and student adviser at Butler University, was honored Thursday eves ning by a reception given by his old : congregation. f Rev. and Mrs. Grafton were each ? given checks in appreciation of ; their church work. Rev. Grafton <• became pastor at Third Christian i fifteen years ago when the church * had but 500 adherents. Its membership is now more than 2,000. The Rev. William E. Rothenberger, Springfield, 111., who is to succeed Rev. Grafton, will take charge Sept. 11. Next week Rev. and Mrs. Grafton will go to Chicago for a visit. Arrangements are being made to fill the pulpit until Sept. 11. Woman Ends Own Life Sn Times Special NOBLESVILLE. Ind., June 24. Mrs. Fred Atkins, 41, active in society affairs here, is dead, a suicide. 11l health is believed to have prompted her in taking poison at home late Thursday afternoon.

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Whoosit? Are you one of these women? Do you know these women? A prize awaits them at the office of The Indianapolis Times. If you are one of them come in and claim it—if you know them tell them to come in and get it. Snapping at random on the streets of Indianapolis, The Times protographer will each day continue to provide free theater tickets for persons whose pictures are printed in this space. Each person photographed who

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gives the Whoozit Editor of The Times proper identification will receive two tickets to an Indianapolis theater. The women shown above will receive two tickets each to see “Resurrection” and hear Max Fisher's “Californians” at the Circle Theater or to “The Butter and Egg Man” at Keith's in which Elliott Nugent is being starred by the Stuart Walker Company this week. Calico gets its name from Calicut, a seaport of western India.

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DEATH ‘THE ONLY WAY’ Hotel Lawyer's Wife Commits Suicide in Home. Bu United Trees NEW YORK, June 24.—Mrs. Mary Groehl, wife of Frederick J. Groehl. who represented Gerald Chapman

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in that bandit's effort to escape hanging in Connecticut, shot herself to death today in her apartment. A note said, “it was the only way.” Groehl, formerly a magistrate of New York City, found his wife dead when he returned home about 5 a. m.

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OCEAN FLIERS TO START HOME Chamberlin and Levine Book Passage. Bu United Press PARIS. June 24.—Clarence D. Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine have booked passage on the Leviathan. sailing trom Cherbourg July 2. After announcing earlier today that Chamberlin and Levine would arrive at Le Bourget Sunday. Chamberlin's representatives were trying this afternoon to postpone the arrival until Tuesday. Feted at Fourth Capital Bu United Press PRAGUE. Czecho-Slovakia, June 24. Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine were feted by their fourth European capital today. They arrived here from Vienna by air last night. The trans-Atlantic fliers previously had been entertained at Berlin, Vienna and Budapest. Informed of suggestions of American aviation authorities that a flight from the United States to Buenos Aires would be of great value to international relations, Chamberlin told the United Press he considered such a trip practicable. The Columbia, in which he and Levine crossed the Atlantic, could fly from New York to Buenos Aires with a single stop, and anew Bellanca plane, now under construction, could make the trip without a stop, he said. His Mother in London Bu United Pres• LONDON, June 24.—Mrs. Jessie Chamebrlin, mother of Clarence Chamberlin, trans-Atlantic flier, was the guest of /riends in London. She reached England late yesterday from the United States.

Bad Egg Case Bii Times Special KOKOMO. Ind, June 24.Tom and Clarence Davis stand acquitted in a bad egg case. They proved alibis after being arrested on charges of hurling stale eggs at passing motorists.

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PLAN IVES FOUNDATION Alfred M. Glossbrenner on Committee Raising $50,000-*'unil. Alfred M. Glossbrenner, president of the Levey Printing Company and director of the Employing Printers' Association of America is a member of a national committee which is seeking to raise a $50,000 fund to cs- | tablish the Ives Foundation as a tribute to Frederick E. Ives inventor of the half-tone process by which photographs are reproduced in newspapers and magazines. Although he made possible use of pictures in newspapers and magazines, Ives never benefited financially from his invention. The income from the fund will go to Ives during his life and after his death will be used to found a chair in photo-engraving at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Drowns Day After Graduation WASHINGTON, June 23.—TiM day after his graduation from high school here, George Francis Lawrie, 17, drowned in a swimming pond near McLean, Va„ as former classmates of both sexes tried to save him.

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JUNE 24,1927

THREE SLAYERS PUT TO DEATH Two Electrocutions ams Hanging Occur Same Day. Bu United Trees LITTLE ROCK, Ark., June 34 Lonnie Dixon, ftegro, charged with having assaulted and murdered 11-.vcar-old Floclla McDonald, was hanged at the State prison, at 8:18 a. m. today. The girl's body was found In the belfry of a church after she had been missing for several days. Dixon. whose father Is Janitor o! the church, was arrested and convicted. He was taken out of Little Rork when mob action was threatened and was returned "here for the execution. Hang Man in Chicago Bu United Trees CHICAGO, June 24 —Eltn Lyons, convicted of killing a patrolman, was hanged today. The trap was sprung at 7:08 a. m„ and he was pronounced dead a few minutes later. He was calm when led to the gallows. Shortly before the execution, Lyons again denied he had killed the patrolman, but said he was ready to die. ‘Sniper’ Pays Penalty flu United'■ Press ~ ' LINCOLN. Web.. Jqpe 24.—Frank Carter, Omaha “sniper,” died in the electric chair today. The man who was accused of two murden and who terrorized Omalut| for several weeks as he "sniped” a" passerby, was led to the electric chair in the State prison at 6:13 a. m. One minute later he was pronounced dead. DIVORCE TO GET HOME Bu Times Special HARTFORD CITY, Ind., June 24. —Suit for divorce was the only way i in which Mrs. George Fleming could gain control of a home owned Jointly with her husband, mysteriously missing since February last. In a statement after filing auil, Mrs. Fleming explained that until a court had vested the property in her through a divorce decree she could not sell tt, pledge It for a loan or otherwise use It for the | benefit of he; four children.