Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 270, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 April 1929 — Page 2

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AVIATOR PLANS RELIEF TRIP TO ARCTIC ISLAND Trappers Marooned Three Years in Rich ‘Land of Death.’ P>r United Press SAN FRANCISCO, April An American aviator today awaited permission of United States authorities to make a flight from Alaska to Wrangel island, the “land of death” far north of the Arctic circle, so that lie might carry cheer to a little Soviet colony that has been isolated three years. Noel Wien, ace of the Arctic pilots, has made application for the permit and weather conditions for the 750mile journey are ideal, United Press dispatches from Alaska said. He realized, however, that his hazardous journey, a financial venture as well as one of mercy, might be delayed, due to an international dispute that has been waged by the United States, England and Russia for many years, each claiming rights to the island. American Evicted by Soviet Charles Well, accompanied by Thirteen Eskimos, carried the American flag into the polar region and seemed about to succeed when he was evicted by a soviet gunboat in 1924. He died of pneumonia a short time later. In 1921 a Canadian, Allan Crawford, son of a Toronto professor, aided by three citizens of the United States and Ada Blackjack, Eskimo seamstress, went to the territory north of the seventieth parallel but all perished except the woman. The main difficulty encountered by the early colonies was that their members could not survive the bitterly cold storms until they could build substantial houses. This trouble was not encountered by the present group on the island, composed ot soviet trappers, according to John Borden, millionaire ex- j plorer, who sighted their small village during a cruise on his yacht in 1927. a year after they had estab- i lished it. Riches in Fur on Island Wien recently answered a call for j help from the soviet provision ship Elisif, icebound off North Cape, Siberia. and flew over a round trip of 500 miles never traversed by air before so that the crew might have . food and medicine. When he returned he brought l $60,000 worth of furs from the ves- 1 sel, and it is anticipated the set- J lcrs oi Wrangel Island have accu- | initiated con. iderably more than this. I The island is about 150 miles north • v here the Elisif has been strand i for many months and the community probably will have to wait .it least six months for new companionship if the pilot fails to obtain his license.

NEW DEVICE ENDS GEAR SHIFTING WOES Grinding to Be Eliminated by Product of British Inventer. B" I nih 'I I’rrgi LONDON, April I—An invention to eliminate gear-grinding from the \voes of motorists is being perfected here and very soon, it is claimed, nervous and inexpert drivers will be able to shift gears without the accompanying complaints from the gear-box. The new invention, known as the !“Salerni coupling,” is a small device and inexpensive, according to its inventor. Gear changing is difficult. it was explained, and can be done silently only when rotating at the speed. with -e Salcrri coupling, the jpressu: the clutch disconnects *the whoit gear box from the pvojpeller shaft. Engaging any pair of |gears then is simple and the .{coupling, interposed between the ;fcear box and the propeller shaft, connects the latter fvvith the engine as soon as both are ■rotating at the same speed. Stop Using a Truss TUART’S ADHESIF PLAPAO-PAOS sr ntirely diHorent from trussos—being jtomatically continuous mechanico-cheniico pplicators of the herbal muscle-tonic PLAPAO” to the affected parts. Made eelfdhesive purposely to minimize painful abating and dangerous slipping and to eliminate armful pressure. . omfortablt wh*n->- Fabrlo no straps, I *°** as buckles we,we, “ or springs ® asy attached. *° apply - For almost s quarter of a century satisfied thousands report success without delay from work. Stacks of sworn statements on file. Process of recovery natural, so no subsequent use for a truss. Awarded Gold Medal. Rome. Grand Pm. Paris etc. Test of PnPP factor "PLAPAO” sent you |>Kf Mail Coupon below TODAY ■ PlapaoCo., 1464 Stuart Bldg., St. Lonit, Me. Addrw —•*; Rt*urn mail will bring Free Trial PLAPAO*

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END LONG SERVICE Railway Employes Honor Two Veterans. Thomas H. Perkins and Samuel Moore, veteran passenger conductors of the Pennsylvania railroad, were honored this afternoon by more than sixty fellow employes with a reception and party at the Union station. Perkins has completed fifty years’ service and Moore finished fortynine years of service Sunday night. J. T. Ridgely, superintendent of the Indianapolis division, presented Perkins with a gold button and Moore with a certificate. Walter J. Bshiner, assistant trainmaster, gave a short talk, and Paul A. Kriese, ■.-peeial agent of the southwestern general division, was in charge of the affair. Perkins entered the service as a water boy on the old T. H, & L. Railroad, April 1. 1878. He was made a brakeman in 1081, and promoted to conductor, Dec. 22, 1884. He became a passenger conductor in June. 1894, and is a charter member of the Pennsylvania Railroad Veteran Employes’ Association, and for a while was president of the former South Bend Division Association. He lives at Terre Haute, Ind. Moore entered the service as a brakeman on the Tyrone <Pa.) division. March 1, 1880, and was transferred to Logansport, Ind., June 1, 1883. He was promoted to conductor on July 1, 1885. He lives at Frankfort, Ind.

ASK PERMIT TO ISSUE BONDS FOR GENERATOR Utility Wants to Sell 57.<100,000 Notes for Power Plant. The State Line Generating Company. an Insull utility, today petitioned the public service commission to issue 57.000.000 in s'_- per cent notes to sell at not less than 96 per cent to carry on financing of constructing the $28,500,000 electric generating plant at Hammond. Ind. The plant is to be the largest in the world. The commission formerly approved a $14,000,000 issue for financing. The Insull utility will supply electric power to four other Insull utilities in Indiana and Illinois. They are the Northern Indiana Public Service Company, the Interstate Public Service Company, the Commonwealth Edison Company of Chicago and the North Illinois Public Service Company.

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PATIENCE OF COP LEADS TO ARREST OF FOUR Men Held for Loading Alcohol Into Autos. Patrolman Charles Huxley today was rewarded for patience. About a week ago Huxley saw several persons behind a billboard on the south side of Michigan street just off Massachusetts ave. He investigated, but the persons escaped. Saturday night he saw the same persons. Drawing his revolver, he stepped around the sign board and saw four men loading cans of alcohol from one automobile to another. The men gave their names as Clifford Allen, 1125 Shannon avenue; Edward Volpp, 819 East Minnesota street; Eddie Leland alias Carl Johnson and Eddie Carrol of Terre Haute. They were charged with transporting liquor and operating u blind tiger. TURKISH TROOPS WAY START RAID ON IRAK Wahabi Tribesmen Also Threaten Kingdom From South. li!' VnVcd Pn ss JERUSALEM. April I.—Concenj {.ration of Turkish troops on the ; northern frontier of Irak was reI ported from Bagdad today. I The reports intensified anxiety of the people of Irak, owing to the conj tinued trouble on the southern border, where powerful Wahabi tribes, some of which had been outlawed by King Ibn Sand from Hed- | jas and Nejd, continued to attack ; and to raid villages along the fronI tier. Both Turks and Wahabi tribes 1 were accused of exploiting the unsettled political condition of Irak, : to threaten the kingdom. Authorities of Irak were recruit- ; ing Assyrians in the northern portion of the country to be sent j against the Turks. $67 IS LOST IN FRAUD ! "Badger Game” Is Worked oh Negro Porter. Bennie Parker, Negro. 2233 Howar dstreet. a porter at The Indian apolis Times, knows how to pla> the old ‘‘badger game” today. A perfect stranger taught him. He met a stranger at Capito i avenue and Washington street. Tht man didn't know how to deposit money in a bank so Parker gave the stranger 567 to put in an envelope with the stranger’s “money” to be deposited by Parker later. Parker got home and found only paper in the envelope. Richard Loses a Fight Richard Arlen engages in three separate boxing bouts in “The Man I Love,” Paramount's all-talking romance of the ring in which he is featured with Man - Brian. Eight Die in Bus Crash Eu t utted Pres BUCARAMANGA, Colombia, April I.—Eight persons were killed and twelve injured seriously when a bus rolled down a highway embankment near here last night.

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SOCIAL EVENTS OF FIRST LADY WINAPPROVAL Informality of Mrs. Hoover Continues in New Position. BV LAWRENCE SULLIVAN United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON. April I.—Mrs. Herbert Hoover has captivated Washington with the new note of neighborly informality which has marked her first month as mistress of the White House. Despite the demands upon her Lime and energy incident to the inauguration and the social responsibilities of initiating the new administration. These old friends, a few of whom have been her intimates since college days, find the First Lady obviously unawed by the responsibility of social mentor of the capital. Her proficiency as a hostess was certified to the capital beyond challenge when tea-table gossip chronicled tire story of her having established a 4 o’clock tea as a regular daily institution on the battleships Maryland and Utah during the Latin-American good will tour. The only woman on the man-o’-war, save for her personal secretary, Mrs. Hoover set about her tea program as if she had all Washington to make up her company. The ease with which she could persuade almost any man of' the sea to take his place before the silver tea service and pour for the little group of twelve or fifteen is told in naval folklore today. Mrs. Hoover's aversion to excessive formality is epitomized in her refusal to have a secret service man at her side constantly. Only when she appears in public are the secret service operative at her side. Mrs. Hoover personally directs the housekeeping at the executive mansion, but does not involve herself in the myriad details of management as have several of her predecessors. Like her husband, she confines her “administrative” activities to the enunciation of broad general "policies” regarding table and daily program and leaves details to her staff. A staff of three woman secretaries assists Mrs. Hoover in her varied activities. Two of these. Miss Ruth Fessler and Misg Mildred hall, she took into the White House with her from her former home. Miss Jane Randolph, who served Mrs. Coolidge as social secretary, has also been retained.

MAP OUSTER ACTION Confer Today on Charges Against Williams, Chairman Altert j. Wedeking, Dale, of the state highway commission conferred today with Attor-ney-General James M. Ogden to decide what action the commission is to take on the motion of Director John D. Williams of the highway department to make commission ouster charges more specific. The motion was filed with Ogden Saturday by James Bingham, attorney for Williams in the ouster fight. Having ref ised to resign, Williams is charged by the commissioners with ineffic’ ocy and neglect of duty and hearing before the commission is set for Wednesday at 2 p. m. Disobedience and discourtesy were the bulk of the charges brought against Williams, but one alleged a contract violation. When the conference adjourned for lunch at noon. Wedeking announced that all commission members will assemble here tonight to act on the more definite counts.

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PICK WINNERS IN BASKETBALL THROWMATCH James Thompson First of Seniors; Irvington Club Wins. Winners were selected Saturday night in the finals of the first annual free throw basketball contest held at the Brookside community center under the auspices of The Indianapolis Times and the city recreation department. James Thompson. 5703 Julian avenue, was first, and Dan Sullivan, 1137 Farker avenue, was second in the senior division. Gene Demary, 2326 Coyner avenue, was first, and Le Roy Rathson, 1349 North Dearborn street, was second in the junior division. In the girls’ class, Catherine Wolf, 2357 North Delaware street, was first; Viola Duckwall, 2422 North Sherman drive, was second: and Helen Horning, 2860 North Chester street, was third. Irvington Club Wins The Irvington A. C. team was first and the O’Hara Sans team was second in the senior team competition. Members of the Irvington A. C. team are James Thompson, 5703 Julian avenue: Thomas Johnson, 5607 East Washington street; Robert Carey, 146 South Ritter avenue; Thomas Wilson, 69 Layman avenue; Elmo McKeighan, 47 Jefferson avenue: William Wallace. 212 South Audubon road, and Paul Schwinner, 212 South Butler avenue. Members of the O'Hara Sans team are John Clark. 2322 Stewart street; Vicent Concannon. 506 North Bosart avenue; Harold Marlowe, 4127 East Tenth street; Carl Goepper, 550 North Oxford street; Paul Stanley, 1324 North Gale street; Glen Brown, 2636 East Tenth street, and Dan Sullivan, 1137 Parker avenue. The Brookside Community House Juniors were first in the junior class, and the Spades Juniors were second. Team Members Members of the first place team are Kenneth Koeiling. 1337 North Olney street: Malcolm Hall, 1361 North La Salle stret; Le Roy Rathson, 1349 North Dearborn street; Roger Stanley. 1324 North Gale street: Frank Baden. 3501 East Sixteenth street; Dwight McKenzie, 1414 North Gale street, and Dale Gilson. 1019 North Tuxedo street. The Spades Junior team is composed of Herman Kuerst, 1434 North Tuxedo street; Gilbert Everett, 571 East Drive, Woodruff Place; Gene Demary, 2326 Coyner avenue; Kenneth Payne, 1424 North Tuxedo street; Anthony Wakin, 3325 East Twentieith street; Frank Sites, 2322 North Gale street, and George Katzenberger, 1415 North La Salle street. Girl Demons First The Hoosicr Demons won first place in the girls’ contest. a‘nd the Rhodius girls were second. Members of the Hoosier Demons are Catherine Well’, 2357 North Delaware street; Eva Sawyer, 401 North Denny street; Alice Demory, 308 Eastern avenue; Madge Gray, 85 North Hawthorne Lane; Viola Duckworth, 2422 North Sherman drive; Helen Collins, 2017 Dexter street, and Rachel Robbins, no address given. The Rhodius team is composed of Edna Branch, 827 South Sheffield avenue; Florence Hickey. 1002 South Pershing street; Evelyn Graves, 835 South Sheffield avenue; Edith Hedges, 2402 West Ray street; Lillian Leach. 1815 West Morris street; Jeanette McCormick, 1251 Standard avenue, and Mary Ann Neil, 2017 West Wilkins street. Several valuable trophies were awarded by the city recreation department. Officials in charge were Jesse J. P. McClure and Bruce Hunter of the city recreation department and Norman Isaacs, John T. Hawkins and Rader Winget of The Indianapolis Times.

Women Fight for Votes

Women in Great Britain will take a far greater part in the coming elections than did American wortien during the presidential campaign. For English women entitled to vote arc in a great majority over the y men, and each of the three great political parties will have a corp of ' prominent women speakers on the stump. Here are some prominent figures in the campaign: Leif to right above are Miss Megan Lloyd-George, daughter of the famed liberal prime minister; Miss Ishbel MacDonald, daughter of the first labor premier; Lady Nancy Astor, candidate for re-election. Lower left is Mrs. Stanley Baldwin, wife of the present Tory prime minister.

TAX COLLECTIONS OP Increase Over 1928 in State to Reach $3,000,000. Average increase oi 2.38 per cent in tax collections for 1929. over the 1928 figures, is expected according to figures compiled by the Indiana Taxpayers Association and made public bv Secretary Harry Miesse. Total collections for all state and local purposes is expected to reach $143,848,535 as compared with $140,496,619 last year. Forty-seven counties are listed with increases and forty-five with decreases?. . Marion county increase is listed at $650,577. This is exceeded by the lake County increase of $936,005, which is first on the list. VOTE ON PEACE PACT Greek Chamber Votes on Treaty With Jugoslavia. 1 ATHENS. April I.— Recent efforts of Premier Eleftherios Venizelos towards security of peace among Greece’s neighbors was to move a step forward today when the chamber voted on the new treaty of friendship with Jugoslavia. Exactly similar to the recently signed treaty with Italv the first article of the pact provides that the two countries will give mutual support and co-operation for maintenance of treaties to which they arc signatories. In event of international complications. Greece and Jugoslavia agree to act together to safeguard their common interests if both are satisfied that such interests are threatened. NEVER BE WITHOUT IT "Baby had a bad cough with each tooth she cut. She is also subject to croup. Our never-failing remedy is Foley’s Honey and Tar. It cuts the choking mucus, clears the throat, and stops the bad cough,” says Mrs. Agnes Barnes, Altoona, Penna. Contains no opiates no chloroform. nothing that a careful mother hesitates tp give her child. Just the well-known curative virtues of pure pine tar, fresh, clear honey and other valuable cough and tissue healing ingredients. Ask tor if For sale by all Haag Dru^, Stores—Advertisement

Counting Pennies Everyone knows whut il means to count the pennies, but some may think it is unnecessary for a business handling millions of dollars a year to he so careful of its receipts and disbursements. Every large business, however, needs to count the pennies in order to live within its income, and the Illinois Central System is no exception. Pennies tire the measure of the payments made for Illinois Central service. When this system in 1928 moved 61,937,935 tons of freight an average distance of 250.17 miles, it received an average of 914 thousandths of 1 penny for each ton hauled one mile. Similarly, when it transported 40,008,778 passengers an average distance of 22.04 miles, it received an average of: 2.722 pennies for each passenger carried one mile. Pennies also show where the dollais come from. Freight revenue made up 75.65 pennies and passenger revenue 13.37 pennies of the average dollar received by the Illinois Central System in 1928. The remaining' 10.98 pennies came from various other services, such as express, mail and switching, and from rentals and investments. Pennies likewise show where the dollars go. It took 27.89 pennies of the 1928 Illinois Central dollars to maintain the property. ♦lt took 27.08 pennies to operate trains, stations and other transportation service, exclusive of the 5.58 pennies spent for fuel. Other operating expenses took 12.85 pennies. Rentals consumed 4.29 pennies of the average dollar, and interest on borrowed money required 8.71 pennies, faxes came to 6.52 pennies. It took 5.66 pennies to pay the usual dividends to stockholdeiand after all these disbursements had been made there were 1.42 pennies left over out of each dollar to spend for improvements. Prudent management of the pennies is what makes modern railway service both good and cheap. Constructive criticism and suggestions are invited. L. A. DOWNS, President, Illinois Central System CHICAGO, April 1, 1929.

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ALL EMPLOYE# TO BENEFIT IN MOTORS7RQFIT President Sloan Announces New Policy for Minor £ Workers. Hu United I’r. ** NEW YORK. April I.—Those employes who spend all their lives at minor tasks, with never an opportunity to attain an executive position. will be made financially independent befor r ’ *’'eir retirement, under anew policy of the General Motors Corporation. '1 s : -nt industrial firm which has developed a hundred or more million-' -vs a- ig its higher executive personnel, is seeking to establish a partnership relation between the company and “individuals who have been i ■ nl and effective members of the organization for many years, but whose effectiveness is declining for air - u e whatsoever. ‘lt is belied.” Allred P. Sloan Jr., president, says in the company’s report for 1928. ‘that ihe General Motors Corporation is taking an advanced stand in establishing the principle that each member of the organization is entitled, in addition to the daily wage, to an opportunity to participate financially in some form or other, depending on lv relative position, in the progress | the corporation.” Sloan reported that ‘ there we| allotted during last year 195.| shares of tnc new $lO par ce-r-j| stock as bonus awards to 2,513 • moves for conspicuous services.” ;