Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 303, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 May 1929 — Page 21
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116 TRUCKS IN ORDERS GIVEN MARION PLANT Highway Commissions of Five States to Use Indiana Product. ALEXANDRIA PROSPERS Industrial Building Near Total of $1,000,000 Affects Three Plants. BY CHARLES C. STONE Matr Kdilor. Thr Time* Placing of orders lor 116 trucks with the Indiana Truck Corporation at Marion Is disclosed in a business and industrial survey of the state for the week ended today. The Indiana highway commission was the largest buyer, its order being for forty-four trucks valued at 552.000. Highway bodies of other states placed orders as follows: Missouri, 24: Georgia. 20; South Carolina, 18, and Kentucky. 10. Working toward a goal of straightline production, the General Insulating and Manufacturing Company. Alexandria, announces a SIOO,000 building will be erected. Another new structure on which work was started several months ago, will be ready for use late in May. Alexandria Is experiencing an industrial revival which leads to predictions that doubling of its population will be disclosed in the 1930 census. Revived After Gas Boom Advertised as ‘ Not on the Nile, But Just as Worthwhile,”, the city suffered a severe setback when the natural gas boom, but since the World war has grown steadily. Including the General company expansion program, industrial building is near a $1,000,000 total, including that of the Johns-Manville Corporation, $400,000, and the Aladdin Products Company. $250,000. The Alexandria Metai Products Company has 150 persons working with a weekly payroll of $3,200. One hundred are working in the Alexandria Glove Corporation plant. Developments during the week at Brazil included organization of the Kidd Coal Company, which will operate Crawford Mine No. 1. and announcement that the Clay Products Company will erect a $500,000 plant on the site of one destroyed by fire, owned by the Chicago Sewer Pipe Company. It is planned to begin operations in the new factory by fall. The following summary shows conditions in other Indiana cities: Columbus —The new building of the Adkins Machine Works has been completed and that of the Continental Sales Corporation will be ready within a few days. Remodeling of a unit of the NoblittSparks Industries plant will be started next week. Assembling Economy Planned Marion —Thousands of dollars will be saved annually by anew method of assembling radio sets by t'ne United States Radio and Television Corporation. A. E. Case, vice-presi-dent, announces. Under the method sets will be sent to cabinet making factories, where assembly will be completed, reversing the usual procedure of bringing the cabinets to the sets. Decatur —With continual addition to both night and day forces at the General Electric Company plant, it us expected 500 will be at work soon. More men are now employed at the Decatur Castings Company plant than at any time in recent years. The city council will receive bids up to June 4 for remodeling the municipal light plant at an estimated cost of $21,000. Wabash —A minimum of $250,000 has been set for an industrial fund to be established to bring factories to the city. Banks and trust companies will underwrite money offered by pledges. Waterloo —A canning factory is to be established here by the HallStingle Company, which has operated at Ashley for the last six years. Increasing business created necessity for another plant. La Porte —The La Porte Rural Loan and Savings Association, capitalized at SIOO,OOO, has been formed to aid in home development. 5227.000 Contract Signed Goshen —The Rieth-Riley Company of Goshen has been awarded a contract for construction of the new Kline street bridge over the St. Joseph river at South Bend, on a bid of $227,000. South Bend—Plants of the Bendix Brake Corporation here will be doubled 50 per cent within ninety days. Vincent Bendix. president, announced on completion of a $140,000 merger including the corporation, the Stromberg Carburetor Company, Scintilla Magneto Corporation. Eclipse Machine Company and subsidiary concerns. Ft. Wayne—The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company of Ft. Wayne has obtained a contract for insuring the 77.000 employes of the Missouri Pacific railroad. Mergers Make Purchases Terre Haute —The Borden Company, operating on a national scale in the manufacture of dairy products, has purchased the Terre Haute Pure Milk and Ice Cream Company. The Giilis Drug Company has been bought by H. A. Woods. Inc. subsidiary of the Charles Leich & Company, Evansville, operating twenty drug stores in Indiana and Illinois. I.awrenceburg—The General Industrial Alcohol Corporation, which by a recent merger acquired the Greendale Company here, announces offering •of $2,508,000 sn convertible debentures as the first ►step in a financing program.
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Indianapolis Will Be Bombed in Huge Aerial Show Battles
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A scene much like the above will thrill the spectators when Indianapolis Is ‘‘attacked” from the skies and 200 army planes battle overhead some afternoon late this month. At the right, is a plane being refueled in midair, like the one that will fly from Ohio to New York, “bomb” the city and return without alighting. Below are shown the weapons that will be used by the ground troops: (1) Hand grenade; (2) Trench mortar; <3> Rifle and bayonet; (4) Rifle grenade; (5) Battle tank; (6) 37-milimeter gun; (7) Automatic rifle; (8) Browning machine gun.
200 ARMY PLANES WILL PERFORM IN MANEUVERS ON VAST SCALE; ‘WAR’ WILL LAST FOR TEN DAYS, WITH START SCHEDULED FOR MAY 15. BY RODNEY DUTCHER NEA Service Writer WASHINGTON, May 10.—The United States army’s conception of what the next war will be like is to be demonstrated by a huge aerial sham battle this month over Indiana and contiguous states. Working in conjunction with ground troops, about two hundred army fighting planes will go through the most advanced maneuvers of the kind ever undertaken. If the results are successful, the air corps will have gone a long way toward establishing itself as an independent fighting army and it will be shown that great fleets of planes can be commanded entirely from the air by radio instead of being forced to function individually or under ground direction. The v.a'r maneuvers will run from May 15 to May 26 and plans provide a theoretical state of war between two theoretical states, Blue and
Red. Blue will be to the west and Red to the east of a north-south line beginning tw r o miles west of Toledo and running through Bowling Green, Findlay, Kenton, London, Washington Court House, Hillsboro and Manchester, O. Mass at Dayton and Columbus Blue air forces will concentrate at Wright field, Dayton, and Red air forces at Norton field, Columbus. The Blues will advance against the Red positions covering Columbus and attack the main Red position along the Big Darby creek to the west. The Reds will retire, and be chased and reattacked. The Fifth Corps area staff, other regular officers, high officers of the Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio National Guards, and reserve officers from those three states and Kentucky will pro\ide the Red and Blue staff personnel. The ground troops will be infantry units from Ft. Thomas, Ft.
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Hayes and Ft. Benjamin Harrison. The 200 planes, bombing, attack, pursuit and observation craft will all be equipped with radio transmitters and receivers and will operate under the general direction of BrigadierGeneral Benjamin D. Foulois. On the afternoon of May 18, at 2:30. they will engage—Reds and Blues —in a combat on the outskirts of Cincinnati, battling to an umpire’s deci-
sion. Another army plane, hovering just outside the fighting, will broadcast the battle over a national hookup. Throughout the operations or concentration, maneuvering and combat radio will be continually used by all air and ground units. Observers aloft will report the battle's progress to commanders below, and both ground commanders and commanders in the air will broadcast orders. Such a demonstration of radio's great capabilities in aircraft has not been achieved before because of the many difficulties which have had to be gradually solved—such as roaring engines, weight factors, ignition noises and vibration. Plan to “Bomb” New York City One of the main stunts in connection with the maneuvers will be the non-stop refueled flight of a
heavy bomber from Dayton to New Yors City and return, a distance of 1.044 miles. It will be refueled twice, going and coming, at Middletown, Pa. Arriving at New York City about 8 p. m.. May 21. the bomber will drop parachute flares near the foot of the Battery, representing the dropping of 100-pound bombs. The ship will fly orer New York for about fifteen minutes and then head back for Dayton, due there before dawn. The main show really begins the night of May 14. when army planes :rom over the country, with a personnel of about 280 officers and 225 mechanics and enlisted men, will concentrate at Norton and Wilbur Wriglu ne.ds. xhere will be two distinct phases of the maneuvers Mav 15 to 21. and May 21 to 26. During the first phase the opposing air units will operate against each Ci.,ei for tire purpose of locating and destroying airdromes and crippling enemy ground mobilizations and industrial centers Thus air raids will befall such Blue cities as Indianapolis. Dayton. Cmc.nna Springfield, Ft. Wayne and Lima and such Red cities as Columbus. Wheeling. Cleveland. Akron and possiblv Pittsburgh and Y’ounsstown. ® . ol \ .¥Y ~ 6 , an n y ? ation ' enemy airdrome” actually will be bombed and riddled with machine gun fire at Wright field. Major-General Dennis E. Nolan of the Fifth Corps area will direct the Blue forces. Tire Red forces will be commanded bv Colonel William H Waldron of the Tenth infantry. wunam it.
NAME SECRET CONOR Du Pont Gave Six Million to Virginia University. ‘ CHARLOTTESVILLE. May 10.— The late Phillip Francis Dupont of Fairville. Pa . was revevaled today as the donor of a trust fund of $6,000.000 for the University oi Virginia Announcement of the gift was made last June, a month after Du--ont’s death, but the name of the ion or was held until today when 'resident Edwin A. Alderman made it public.
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CONVICT FEARS THREAT Paroled Slayer Sees 111 Mother Away From Alexandria. Bu Times succi<i! ALEXANDRIA. May 10.—A threat made eighteen years ago that if James Walker, slayer of two Alexandria policemen, ever returned here he would pay with his life, still holds good. Paroled from the Ind ana state prison at Michigan Cjtv on account cf the illness of his mother. Mrs. , Joseph Walker, who lives here, Walker will see her in Chicago, where she is to submit to an operation. Walker is serving a life term. He was convicted in 1911.
INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1929
FOUR LEAKS IN DEATH VESSEL Vestris Carpenter Makes Admission on Stand. Bu United Press LONDON, May 10.—The liner Vestris probably sprang four leaks from the time she sailed from Hoboken until she went down off the Virginia Capes last November with a loss of 111 lives, Gustav Wohld, carpenter of the lost Lamport & Holt vessel, testified today at the Board of Trade’s inquiry into the disaster. Thomas Scanlon, counsel for the j National Seaman's Union, in crossexamining Wohld, suggested that she might have sprung four leaks. “That is possible,” Wohld said. “Is it true?” insisted Scanlon. “Yes, I think so,” Wohld replied. Wohld previously had testified he I was unable to tell how many leaks j the ship sprang. The hearing j was adjourned until Monday. BUILDING IS FINANCED ! New Big Four Structure to Be Started July 1. Construction of the $1,250,000 Big Four railroad building at the southeast corner of Maryland and Meridian streets on the site now occupied by the Mooney-Mueller-Ward Drug Company, wdll begin July 1. Financing plans for the nine-story buliding have been announced by J. J. Kiser, vice-president of the Meyer-Kiser Bank. The program inI volves a. $400,000 first mortgage; $500,000 preferred stock paying 6 per j cent; and an issue of 20,000 no par value common in the Meridian and Maryland Realty Company. The building will have two floors finished in granite and Indiana limestone and seven in brick with terracotta trimming. Seven floors have been leased to the Big Four railroad for twenty years with option for two ten-year renewals. The annual rental will approximate $93,000. The ground floor and basement will be used as stores and the ninth floor for small offices. School Band Gets Contract Bu Times Special RUSHVILLE. Ind.. May 10.—The local high school band has been obtained by the city council to provide a series of concerts in Memorial municipal park, probably to be held on Sunday afternoons. An organization of not less than thirty members. a good director and neat uniforms are specified in the contract.
Shot Over Love
Charles Gibson deft). Craig hotel, who was shot by Nick Bence (righti, in an argument over the affections of Mrs. Eva Bishop, 723 North Alabama street.
MCARDLE MAY SIDESTEP ON INSUiTS CASE Public Service Commission Chairman Is Likely to Dodge Criticism. ELLIS MAY GET TASK Assignment of Merger Action Is Expected Late Today. Assignment of the $70,000,000 proposed Insull utility merger case, pending for months before the publice service commission, is expected to be made late today at a commission conference by Chairman John W. McCardle. When McCardle was reappointed for his fourth term by Governor Harry G. Leslie last week and elected chairman to succeed Commissioner Frank L. Singleton, it was reported that he would probably assign the merger case to himself. He is looked upon with great favor by the Insull interests and most all utility men agree that he has the so-called “utility viewpoint.” Feustel Visits Statehouse But Thursday Robert Feustel, Ft. Wayne utility magnate and one of the new Insull chiefs in Indiana, visited the statehouse. He is a personal friend of the Governor. Governor Leslie was out of the city when he called, however, so he went to the fourth floor and con- | ferred with McCardle. It was then rumored that McCardle is not likely to assign the case to himself but shunt it to Commissioner Howell Ellis, younger member, and thus allay criticism that might attach to McCardle’s handling it. Up to Ellis or M’lntosh As chairman, Singleton assigned the case to Harvey Harmon, who f was replaced by Leslie appointing I Jere West, Crawfordsville. Had he remained chairman Singleton said he would have let Harmon’s successor handle it. West asserts that he is disinclined to accept the case because of his inexperience. In the meantime, McCardle has all of the papers in his office, having taken charge of them when Harmon left. Singleton is unlikely to be considered in the case assignment and the only remaining commisisoners a te Ellis and Calvin Mclntosh. Veteran Railroader Honored Rm Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., May 10.— Frank S. Montgomery, district freight agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad here, was presented with a fifty-year-old gold service button by J. E. Weller, vice-president in charge of traffic, in the Union Station at Chicago Thursday. Montgomery completed a half century of service with the Pennsylvania Railroad on April 15.
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The arrow points to Curtiss 'eld at Mars Hill, where the Indianapolis Times-Curtiss field model airplane contest will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday. Boys entering model planes are asked to be at the field before 2 in order that the judges will have more time to give all the planes entered a thorough trial.
40 KILLED BY FIRE Mexican Town Reported Wiped Out; Many Dead. I Bu United Press MEXICO CITY, May 10.—Forty i children were burned to death in Ia fire which spread through the j town of Xochilapa, state of Guanaj juato, an unconfirmed dispatch to I the newspaper Prensa from Iguala said today. The dispatch said the fire, which started in nearby woods, cut off the ! town on two sides while the populace was asleep. The fire burned until midday and destroyed the town, the dispatch continued. Municipal authorities at Iguala ordered aid sent. ‘NEEDLE BABY’ LIVES Baby, From Whose Head Steel Was Drawn, Recovers. 3ti United Press POTTSVILLE. Pa., May 10.—Although her scalp was laid open Thursday and a needle was drawn frem the center of her brain, 9-months-old Rosanna Harvey of Pine Grove played happily in her crib in the Pottsville hospital today. After cutting open the top of the girl’s head. Dr. J. B. Rogers removed the needle by the aid of . powerful magnet.
MILDRED HARRIS IS QUIZZED ON DEATH
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Former Wife of Chaplin Is Said to Have Been With Operation Victim. LOS ANGELES, May 10— Mildred Harris, screen actress and former wife of Charlie Chaplin, denied before a medical board here today that she accompanied Delphine Walsh to San Francisco when an illegal operation which caused Miss Walsh’s death is alleged to have been performed. Miss Walsh, a 22-year-old dancer, requested permission to go to San Francisco to attend the wedding of her sister, Jessie Walsh, Miss Harris said. Miss Walsh was in a stage show with Miss Harris. Investigators said the girl was given a party in San Francisco and that the operation was performed before she returned. Two doctors whom Miss Walsh named before she died are held on charges of performing the operation. The medical board was said to have been informed that Miss Harris went with Miss Walsh by airplane to San Francisco. Search is being made for two men, one of whom is said to be a theatrical producer, in connection with, the case.
ATTORNEYS SPEED UP Must File Tax Returns by May 15, Says Auditor. County Auditor Harry Dunn today announced that attorneys for corporations and other organizations in receivership, administrators of estates and attorneys for domestic and foreign corporations should file tax returns with the Marion county board of review before May 15. * Unless the returns are in by that time, a 50 per cent delinquent fee may be assessed by the board, Dunn said. Returns have been coming in tardily, he said.
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P e n n sy 1 v ania street, who disdiscussed special survey work he has been doing recently before the class in applied sociology at Butler university, taught by Dr. Tolbert H. Reaves this morning. Dr. Bailey, former pastor, has lectured and studied widely upon philosophical and
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BOY ON PICNIC KILLED IN FILL Slips From Precipice During High School Frolic. Bp United Press LITTLETON, Colo.. May 10. Tragedy marred the annual “Sneal day” of the Littleton high school here in the death of Sterling Wilson Jr., 19, who plunged to his death from a precipice in Deer creek near here. The senior class went to the picnic spot Thursday for the annual senior class sunrise breakfast and while other members of the class were preparing the breakfast, Wilson and several boy and girl companions started to climb the perilous slopes of the rocky canyon. Early morning frost rendered the footing insecure. Ross Chambers, another youth, reached the top of the crags and turned to warn Wilson that “it is terribly slippery on top, be careful.” Just then girls screamed and boys shouted as Wilson slipped, caught himself and then slipped again and went hurtling sixty feet to his death. Wilson died four hours later. YOUNG PEOPLE MEET Epworth League Convention to Open Tonight. The annual convention of the Indianapolis district Epworth League will open tonight in the Broadway Methodist Church, Fall Creek boulevard and Broadway, with the Rev. Jacob Peltz, Chicago, general secretary of the Hebrew Christian Alliance of America, as the main speaker. The convention will last three days. Saturday night officers of the organization will be elected at the annual banquet. Dr. John W. McFall, pastor of the Broadway church, will give the sermon at the “life saving service” at 6:45 Sunday morning. Dr. O. W. Fifer, Indianapolis district superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal church, will speak Sunday afternoon when the fortieth anniversary of the league is held. The Indianapolis district includes Marion and Johnson counties.
Hey , Squirrels! How Do You Get the Pesky Things Out of Attic?
“T VE got squirrels in my attic,” A said the woman. "I beg your pardon.” asked Harry Brooks, police telephone operator. “I said I had squirrels in my attic and I want a policeman to come out and get rid of them for me.” answered the woman. “What is your address?” asked Brooks. “Eleven forty-three Eugene street.” answered the woman. Hanging up the receiver, Brooks turned to Sergeant Charles Hodges. “Go out and stand in front of the house, sergeant,” he said. Hodges generously permitted Brooks to live. Lifelong Resident Dies Bv Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., May 10.— Mrs. Virginia Tuttle, 82, lifelong resident of Putnam county, is dead at her home in Clinton township.
ROAD MOTOR CHIEF OUSTER IS FORECAST Manlove May Be Removed as Result of Waste Charges. BOLING IS BROWN AID New Post Is Created by Director of State Highways. That Omer S. Manlove, chief of the motor transport division of the Indiana state highway department, is marked for removal in a sweeping reorganization of the division, was the report at the statehouse today. The post is under the control of the highway commission, which approved Manlove's dismissal of two of his departmental heads Wednesday, strengthening the opinion that all is not well in his department. The discharge of H. A. Hitzelberger, purchasing agent in the motor transport division for four years, and Fred R. Huddleston, auditor for two years and a half, revived stories of uneconomical management and unfairness in the purchase of thousands of dollars of auto parts under Manlove's direction. Boling Made Assistant While no appointments have been made to the motor transport posts, word leaked out that Owen S. Boling, secretary of the state tax board, has been named assistant to John J. Brown, highway director. The post is newly created. The commisison accepted Manlove's charges of insurbordination and approved the discharge of Huddleston and Hitzelberger, without inquiring into their work, it was understood, and without a hearing. Neither had anything to say on his removal. From other sources, however, it was learned that Manlove's policy of buying parts to replenish the division’s $1,000,000 stock, which has a rapid turnover, had engendered the hostility of part manufacturers and disributors throughout the' state. When bids were asked only on new materials, at least one Indianapolis dealer in used parts repeatedly has submitted bids on used partu and been awarded contracts while other bidders are alleged to have had no opportunity to bid on used equipment. Probe Contemplated Protest has been carried to the highway commission, it is known, and an investigation is contemplated. As purchasing agent, Hitzelberger was said to have born the brunt of complaints which became so vehement that Attorney General James M. Ogden took cognizance of the matter. Huddleston, experienced in banking , inauagurated an accounting system in the highway garage that disclosed uneconomical management. Neither he nor Hitzelberger, it is said, has been conspicuously active politically. Boling, who will become Brown’s aid as soon as his successor is appointed in the tax board offices, is a native of Franklin county. He is a graduate of the Indianapolis School of Law and has been connected with a number of Indianapolis firms. He was named secretary of the state tax board in 1925. Brown said that increased activities of the department, made possible by the 1-cent gasoline tax increase, necessitated an assistant chief. NATIONAL BISCUIT HEAD, EX-CITY HAN, BURIED H. 11. Tomlinson, Vice-President of Firm, Dies in East. Funeral services for H. H. Tomlinson, vice-president of the National Biscuit Company and a former resident of Indianapolis, who dies in Montclair, N. J., were held today in the New Jersey city, according to word received in thi3 city. Mr. Tomlinson was associated with Arthur R. Baxter of this city as general managger of the Loco Light Company several years ago. He was a member of the Indianapolis Athletic Club and the Rotary Club of this city. Born in III., Mr. Tomlinson attended the University of Wisconsin. He was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity. Survivors are the widow, a son, three daughters, a sister and two brothers, one of whom. Roy Tomlinson is president of the National Biscuit Company. 3 ROBBERIES REPORTED Thieves Enter Home While Woman Mows Lawn. While Mrs. Fred J. Mennel, 412 West Twenty-ninth street, was cutting grass in her front yard Thursday, a burglar entered a rear unlocked door and stole jewelry valued at $485 and sll 85 in cash. Burglars broke open a cigaret machine at the Maryland lunch room early today stealing an unestimated amount of money and cigarets. The home of Mrs, Frank Kenner, 1109 West Thirty-sixth street, was ransacked by -thieves Thursday. Three pocketbooks containing sl2 were taken. Aged Woman Buried Bu Times special GREENCASTLE, Ind., May 10 Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy A. Vaughn. 83, formerly of Coatesville, were held Thursday morning at the Stilesviile Baptist church.