Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 87, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 August 1928 — Page 2

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AIRPORT BOARD HEARS DATA ON OPERATING COST Survey of Other Municipal Fields Is Given by Paul H. Moore. An exhaustive report on data obtained from a number of municipal airports in leading cities was presented to the airport equipment and maintenance committee at its luncheon today by Paul H. Moore, Chamber of Commerce aviation • secretary. It was announced the site committee probably would meet Tuesday to consider five proposed sites submitted to C. L. Harrod, industrial commissioner today. The sites ranged from 350 to 547 acres, and were the first submitted since the committee outlined its requirements. Sept. 10 is the final date for submitting sites. Gives St. Louis Budget Moore presented a tentative budget for the $2,000,000 St. Louis airport improvement bond issue recentely voted: Land, 693 acres, $485,000; buildings, $438,000; autos, tractors, etc., $20,000; roads, $90,000; water installations, $15,000; lighting system. $10,000; runways, ditches, grading and drainage, $835,000; sur- , veying. $3,000. An 80x100 foot hangar, he re-; ported, would cost $40,000, and would house three tri-motor planes or 12 . ordinary ships. It should be of fireproof contsruction. He suggested no runways be built for a year or two. An adequate fire-fighting equipment is necessary, he said, and • should include chemical extinguish- j ers and a chemical cart, as water is ineffective in plane fires, mostly of gasoline origin. Companies to Pay Salary of field managers range from $4,000 to $9,000, while superintendents are paid SI,BOO to $2,000. Mechanics may be borrowed from operating companies on the field. Companies using the field should pay in proportion to their use, he found. Hotel and restaurant concessions, and oil should be handled by the field manager. Most fields have hangar storage charges but no landing fee. It is customary to let a company erect its own hangar, if desired, with specifications approved by the field manager. Reports on Costs Appropriations for municipal ports In other cities reported by Moore included San Francisco, $1,000,000; San Diego, $800,000; Santa Monica, $860,000; Los Angeles, $3,000,000. Portland, Ore., he said, paid $20,000 an acre for land a mile and a half from the business section. Cost figures and other data were given on municipal airports at Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Cleveland, Hartford, Oakland and St. Louis, and the Army field at Dayton.

ADMITS OLD MURDER Prisoner Confesses Slaying Five Years Ago. Bn United Press TOLEDO, Ohio, Aug. 31.—A prisoner held in the county jail here today has confessed, according to detectives, that he murdered Mrs. Clara Banneke, 45, who disappeared from Swartz Creek, Mich, five years ago. The man’s name was withheld pending the arrival of detectives from Flint, Mich., today. He was arrested here July 27, on charges of carrying concelaed weapons. Thursday night the man sent for officers and made the confession voluntarily. He said simply that he had killed the woman and disposed of her body.

ALL KIDS KLUB MOVIE ' ON SCREEN AT PALACE Picture Will Show Youngsters on Frolic at Broad Ripple. j Loew’s Palace will present, in conjunction with its regular program j starting Saturday, special pictures ’ taken at Broad Ripple Park, showi ing The Times “All Kids Club” having an outing and being awarded prizes. The Palace’s first sound picture, John Barrymore in “Tempest,” will be seen, as well as anew “Our Gang” comedy, “Growing Pains,” Fox movietone news and other short features. This “All Kids” film will be shown at every performance. ARRANGE LESLIE RALLY Senator Watson, Robinson to Attend Event at Lafayette. A rally honoring Harry G. Leslie, Republican nominee for Governor will be held at Lafayette, the nominee’s home, Sept. 15, attended by G. O. P. leaders from all parts of the State. Senators James E. Watson and Arthur R. Robinson and State candidates will be among the speakers The reception and rally will be held at Purdue University, where Leslie has been secretary of alumni. WAIT NEW LIBRARIAN Appointee Will Visit City Next Week for Conference. Luther L. Dickerson, Chicago appointed Indianapolis librarian Tuesday, will not come here to confer with school officials on salary until next week, it was announced today. Dickerson is on a hunting trip in Canada and was not expected to return to Chicago until Monday. At present he is executive secretary, adult education committee, American Library. Association.

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Schoolroom anecdotes of sixty years ago and more were recalled by former pupils, of Miss Lou Huff, 89, R. R. K, Box 31, one of Indianapolis’ pioneer teachers, when they gathered at Broad Ripple Park Thursday for their annual reunion. At the left in the ( picture, congratulating Miss Huff, is Mrs. Augusta Hendershott, 5141 N. Keystone Ave., who was Miss Huff’s pupil in a log cabin school in 1861 near Malott Park, on what is now Fifty-Sixth St. Next to the right is George A. Leatherman, Tipton, Ind., hale and erect at 81, who was taught his

PLOT AGAINST THAWJARED Blackmail Letters Sent to Harry’s Mother. Ry United Press PITTSBURGH, Pa., Aug. 31.—The arrest of a suspect today revealed a plot to extort money from Mrs. William Thaw, mother of Harry K. Thaw, police announced. Detectives arrested William Beatty, 42, on suspicions that he wrote a letter to Mrs. Thaw threatening the life of her son if the demands of the writer were not complied with. Beatty, who denied any connection with the letter, was arrested in Highland Park at a price where the ..etter had directed $5,600 be left. “We demand $5,000 from your son,” the letter read. “If he doesn’t take care of this matter his life will be In danger.” Threatening letters of similar nature have been received by other wealthy residents of Pittsburgh recently, police said.

LUDLOW IS SPEAKER Addresses Teacher on His Rise in Newspaper Work. Louis Ludlow, Democratic nominee for Congress fro mthis district, told numerous anecdotes of his rise from Indian farm to the press gallery of Washington, in an address before the Marion County teachers’ institute today in Criminal Courtroom. In his address on "Reminiscences of a Busy Newspaper Career,” Ludlow entertained the audience with recollections of his rise in his profession. He served as president of the National Press Club last year when it built a commodious clubhouse in Washington. He followed Mrs. Demarcus Brown to the platform, Mrs. Brown today gave a travel lecture on Egypt, and to close her eight-lecture series this afternoon with a further discussion of the East. The five-day institute was to be brought to an en dthis afternoon, with a short address by County Superintendent Lee Swails, who has been in general charge throughout the course.

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“three R’s” by Miss Huff nearly seventy years ago at Millersville. W. A. Schofield, 3101 Sutherland Ave., back of Miss Huff, trudged to Miss Huff's classes in old “School 15,” located sixty years ago near what today is Fifty-First St. and Allisonville Rd. Mrs. Margaret Roberts of Lafayette, to the right of the picture, was another of Miss Huff’s pupils in the ’6o's. Warren D. C. Wright, 5002 N. Keystone, at the extreme right, was another pupil in the old log cabin school. Miss Huff’s first school was at Mount Jackson in 1859. She retired in 1896.

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BASEBALL FAIR MARK PROGRAM FOR LABOR DAY Central Union Abandons Annual Picnic; Many Head for Lakes. Labor day will be observed in Indianapolis Monday quietly, without any organized celebration. For the first time in the history of the holiday, according to union leaders, the Central Labor Union will hold no program. An outdoor celebration at Broad Ripple Park and a dance, planned in accordance with custom of past years, was abandoned Monday night by the Central Labor Union. “So many people are planning to be out of the city Monday that it wasn't .thought advisable to attempt any organized program,” Emil Salsbury, Central Labor Union recording secretary, explained. Business at Standstill Business will be at a standstill the entire day, all except necessary industry being halted. Banks, facte ries, stores, business offices and off ees in the city hall, Statehouse, Federal Bldg, and courthouse will remain closed. The Indianapolis postoffice. Postmaster Robert H. Bryson, reported, will be on holiday schedule, with no carrier deliveries. General delivery and parcel post window's will be open from 8 a. m. until 12 noon. Special delivery and perishable articles will be delivered. Collection and delivery of mail to hotels will be made on Sunday schedule. Many families were busy today packing their automobiles ready to start tonight or Saturday on motor trips to the lakes and other cities for the two-day holiday. Many Expected at Fair The Indiana State fair, which opened today, is expected to register its peak attendance Monday with thousands attending not only from Indianapolis and vicinity, but from other cities of the State as well. The double-header baseball game between Indianapolis and Louisville Monday afternoon is expected to attract many thousand baseball fans. Theaters, picnics, outings at city and amusement parks will help others to spend the holiday. Park board officials said ten reunions are scheduled for city parks Monday. Hurled Steel Crushes Leg By Times Special BEDFORD, Ind., Aug. 31.—A piece of steel spring hurled when a train ran over it crushed the right leg of John Blackwell, 52, so badly that amputation W'as necessary. Blackwell had just stepped from the track as the train passed when he was struck.

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By Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Aug. 31. Slayer and victim were buried here today after funeral services conducted by the Rev. Charles B. Stephens of the First Baptist Church. The dead were Jefferson P. Kemp, 68. who shot and killed his mother-in-law, Mrs. Lucy Barbee, 86, at his home Wednesday, then turned a 45 caliber army revolver on himself in suicide. For several hours after the tragedy, it said Mrs. Barbee died of shock due to Kemp’s suicide But Dr. Frank Tourner, Monroe County coroner, made a finding of murder and suicide, as Mrs. Barbee w T as shot through the heart.

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Slight Relief Promised to City After Two-Day Torrid Spell. By United Pri ss NEW YORK, Aug. 31.—Slight relief was promised New York today from the heat wave that has bathed the city and surrounding territory for the past forty-eight hours, resulting in four deaths and many prostrations. After temperatures had climbed to 88 degrees Thursday at ter noon a sudden thunder shower early in the evening brought the first relief. Sultriness prevailed most of the night, however. Suffering was intense in Manhattan Thursday. Several business houses were forced to close at noon so that employes might escape the worst of the mid-summer heat, reported from all sections, while numerous prostrations were The beaches were crowded. Coney Island, the Rockways, Long Beach and the New Jersey shore resorts reported that thousands sought the sea breezes to escape the intense humidity of the metropolitan area. Many persons spent the night at the beaches, while all of the parks in the city were crowded most of the night and police relaxed in their “keep moving” orders. Although the rain storm brought welcoming relief, the accompanying high wind and electric storm did some damage. Boy Is Champ Salesman Freddie Wooldridge, 10, of 533 N. Traub Ave., has been honored by the Crowell Publishing Company by being named champion member of the publishing company’s club of juvenile magazine salesmen. He sells 275 magazines a week, the individual sales record for Indiana.

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Kemp killed himself rather than face blindness. Recently he was told by specialists at Indianapolis there was little possibility of saving his sight. The coroner found Kemp went into Mrs. Barbee's bedroom and killed her, then going into another room, locked the door and thtew the key away before sending a bullet into his brain. He left two notes. One addressed to the coroner said: “I alone am responsible for what I have done. Look no further.” The other note, addressed to his /ife, gave detailed instructions regarding his funeral, including his choice cf an undertaker and pallbearers.

SPEAKERS FOR CITY TEACHERS’ PARLEYMMEB Meet Sept. 4-7 to Perfect Plans for Opening of Schools. Dr. Earl E. Harper, new president of Evansville College, and Dr. Frank B. Pearson, Ohio State University, were announced today by Superintendent Charles F. Miller as the speakers for the city teachers’ meeting Sept. 4 to 7. About 1,800 Indianapolis school teachers will attend the sessions next week to organize for opening of public schools Sept. 10. Dr. Pearson will speak at a general session Tuesday and Dr. Harper Thursday in Caleb Mills Hall. Superintendent Miller is expected to address the teachers probably Friday. Speakers will include Dr. William A. Ocker, Miss Rousseau McClellan, Ernest G. Hesser, Mrs. Jeanette Williams, Harry E. Wood, Miss Lucy Montgomery, Mrs. Ida C. Langerwisch and Miss Florence H. Fitch. Final preparations for opening of various school buildings were being made this week by Carl Eurton, assistant building and grounds superintendent. Several hundred janitors, plumbers, carpenters and other workmen have been engaged during summer vacation in renovating the buildings.

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COMPLETE LAST PRELIMINARY IN. SCOOTER DERBY District 5 Winners Chosen for Finals Labor Day in Circle. The last of the semi-finals of The Times-Capitol Dairy Scooter Derby were completed this morning with races In District No. 5 at Riley playground. Those in charge were Jesse P. McClure, city recrea-* •' tion director; Lewis Skinner arid Henry Long, supervisors. Harold Frye, 843 River Ave., Riley playground, won first in the junior boys’ race. Wayne Campbell, 1824 W. Wilkins St., was second, and Robert Sanford. 1102 S. Richland Ave., was third. Both were from Rhodius. Jack McMahon. 24 N. Belmont Ave., Indianola, was first in the senior boy’s race. Slobodan Yovanovich, 167 Bright St., Kingan, was second, and Floyd Skiles, 801 River Ave., Riley, was third. Feme Watson, 214 Geisendorff St., Military, was first in the girl's race. Anna Lascus, 1024 N. Belle Vieu PL, Kingan, was second, and Lettitia Lupear, 516 W. Washington St., Kingan, was third. Other children who raced were Ewel Farley, Kenneth Oliver, Margaret Lucas, Harriett Mitchell, Helen Mitchell. Paul Revere. Robert Chance, James Neese, Joseph Kelly, Thomas Elkins, Beulah Huber, Hazel Englert, Mary Malia, John Pappas, Francis Stefanko, Daniel Davis, Cornell Lupear, Alexander Youanovich, Victoria Marsykscu, Donald Ash, Harley Francis, Christ Krethiotis, Arthur Francis, Alexander Tudor, Feme Watson, Julia Sarvich, Wayne Campbell, Kenneth Oliver, Louise Green, Marjorie Wiemann, Mary Sanford. Winners of first, second and third in each of the three clasps in the fi" semi-final district races will race in the finals at 10 a. m. Monday 1 1 the Circle. All prizes will be awarded at that time. HEAR LESLIE PRAISED Ninth Ward Republicans Addressed by Peter Sletterdahl. Ninth ward Republicans heard Harry G. Leslie, Republican gubernatorial nominee - , praised by Peter Sletterdahl, publicity director for the State fire marshal’s office, at the McKinley Club, 2217 E. Michigan St., Thursday night. Otto Fifield, nominee for Secretary of State, decried the fact that only about half of the qualified voters go to the polls. He urged citizens to exercise their voting privilege. County candidates spoke. Increase the profits from your business. Buy the cash register offered for sale at a low price in tonight’s Miscellaneous For Sale Want Ads.

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