Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 93, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 August 1930 — Page 1

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CUT FARMERS’ TAX, EXCHANGE CLUB IS TOLD Business Must Lend Hand, Assistant U. S. Secretary Says at Session. ‘SITUATION IS SERIOUS’ m Rescue of Agriculture Is Urgently Needed Step, Dnlap Asserts. Business must lend a hand to the farmer if agriculture is to be saved, Renick W. Dunlap, assistant secretary of agriculture, told delegates at the national Exchange Club's convention here today. Reduction of the farmers’ tax burden, help in marketing grain in areas of overproduction and loans to rescue the farmer from the drought dilemma were advanced by Dunlap as immediate steps that would aid agriculture. “Farmers of the United States are paying the burden of taxes, $1,607 a minute, or $26 every time the watch ticks.’’ "A practical thing to assist the farmers in reducing taxes would be reclassification c* property tax laws to shift the burden of taxation,” Dunlap declared. Urges Tax Reduction “I should like to see taxes reduced or entirely eliminated from land on which the farmer has no income,” Dunlap said. “It is important that men in all lines of business come to the rescue of agriculture in the United States which now includes 11,000,000 workers and more than 6,000,000 farms, with a. gross income last year of more than $12,500,000,000,” he continued. General business depression can be relieved by helping agriculture. Local credit, corporations can assist the farmer by giving him financial aid to buy feed for livestock in drought stricken areas in Dunlap's opinion. “The present feed situation is this: “A total of 412 million bushels of wheat must be stretched to meet shortage of. 494 million bushels of other grains,” Dunlap said. “Situation Is Serious” “There is no food shortage, but the situation is serious for farmers who must buy feed to maintain livestock. “Congress, which has not given the farmer anything up to this time, can and should help. States also can help the farmer by providing public improvements to keep him busy,” Dunlap concluded. Continuation of golf for the Exchange Club national championship at Meridian Hills Country Club and a fashion review' for visiting ladies at the Lincoln were among entertainment features today. Ladies also w’ere to be guests of the national organization at a theater party this afternoon. Delegates were to close the day's program by attending a carnival at. Broad Ripple park tonight. John H Awtry, Dallas, national third vice-president, presided at the regular convention session. The convention will close Thursday noon. CITY LUNCHEON CLUBS TO BOOST STATE FAIR .500 Persons 'Arc Expected to Attend Dinner-Rally Thursday. Members of city luncheon clubs striving to make the seventy-eighth Indiana state fair, Aug. 30-Sept. 6, the “biggest and best" will meet jointly under the auspices of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board Thursday in the Riley room of the Claypool. Governor Harry G. Leslie, and Saniual R- Guard of Spencer will speak. Five hundred members of civic clubs are expected to attend the dinner, an annual event. whaletravelslnlan and Shot to Death When Stranded Ten Miles From Sea. Bu rm ted Frees DOVER. N. H.. Aug. 27.— Though Dover is an inland town, some ten miles from the sea. local health authorities were faced with the problem of what to do with a four-ton whale. . The whale, twenty-nine set long, apparently pursuing a school of fleh, wandered up the Cocheco river Tuesday and became stranded when the tide went out. Subsequently police killed the mammal with a volley of rifle bullets. TWO BANDITS ROB BANK Escape With $3,500 After Holdup of Women Employes. Bu United Press CINCINNATI, Aug. 27. Two bandits held up two women employes in the Sayler Park branch of the Peoples Bank and Savings Company today and escaped with 53.500.

A FEATURE THAT WILL INTEREST ALL AMERICA STARTS THURSDAY IN THE TIMES—THE LIFE STORY OF LON CHANEY, “THE MAN OF A THOUSAND FACES.”

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VOLUME 42—NUMBER 93

Machine Falls in Flames at Speed Event Bu United Frees CHICAGO, Aug. 27.—A navy plane crashed at the finish of a speed event at the national air races this afternoon, and burst into flames. • * The pilot landed the burning plane at the foot of the bleachers in a crowd at the southeast end of the field.The pilot was caught in the air wash from his companions’ propellers as they rounded Hie home pylon, ending a fifty-mile race. The plane was flipped over hs it hit the rushing air and dived about fifty feet to the ground.

Lieutenant J. P. Deshazo, 28-year-old pilot, was removed from the flaming wreckage of his burning plane and died a few minutes later in the airport hospital, the first fatality of the meet, which began last Saturday. Hundreds rushed aiound the burning plane. It was 'impossible for a time to ascertain how many persons had been hit by. the blazing ship. The navy pilot was going about 150 miles an hour when the accident occurred. The other planes landed immediately and the pilots rushed to the scene, barring the crowd. Early reports were that only one spectator had been hit as the plane crashed at thcNfoot of the bleachers, at the southeast end of the grand stand. — * \ Goebel Is on Way v Bu United Press LOS ANGELES. Aug. 27.—Colonel Arthur C. Goebel, last entrant in the Los Angeles to Chicago nonstop air derby, took off from the Metropolitan airport here at 5:10 a. m. (Pacific standard time). Goebel hoped to lower the time made by Wiley Post of Oklahoma City in leading the first contingent of derbyists into Chicago Tuesday. Goebel said if he lowers Post’s time, he may keep on to New York in an east transcontinental record. Finish Is Thrilling Bu United Press CHICAGO, Aug. 27.—Two aviators who landed their powerful

ROUTED BY HOODOO

Negro Actors Shun Death Role _

BY H. ALLEN SMITH United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Aug. .27.—Twice within a week death has struck down the Negro actors in role of a doomed criminal in the all-colored musical revue. “Hot Rhythm.” Today the casting director for the show could not find a Negro anywhere in New York who would step into the hoodoo part. When the curtain rose on the fifth anniversary of “Hot Rhythm” at the Times Square theater Tuesday night a white man, with burnt cork on his face, was led off the stage to the electric chair. ■* The show went into rehearsal three weeks ago with a Negro named James W. Jackson taking the part of the doomed convict. The- scene in which he was to play portrayed a range of prison cells. It was designed to be a burlesque on the popular drama, “The Last Mile.” Jackson was to be led down the corridor to the execution chamber. Inside this chamber, out of view of the audience, was a hypothetical electric chair. A moment after the death party passed through the door, a motor started to buzz ominously and the lights grew dim. It. was all in fun, all a travesty on the more serious play. The Negro actors thought nothing of it at first. ts a a THE revue was scheduled for opening last Tuesday night. Tuesday morning James Jackson was found dead in his room in Harlem of accidental asphyxiation. The openuig of the show was delayed for two nights, so another Negro. William Sheppard, could learn lines.

Lon (lur, crantrd ftw interviews. Ivy Crane Wilson. Hollvwood writer, interviewed him shortly before his death. What he said is told in the following article. BY IVY CRANE WILSON Written for the Lnited Press HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Aug. 27. —Back of the distorted features which a vast movie public associated with the name of Lon Chaney lay a kindly philosophy which few who saw him in his grotesque roles knew about.

monoplane only thirteen seconds apart after racing more than half way across the continent, awaited today the arrival of Art Goebel to decide the winner of the men's Pacific nonstop air derby. Taking off from Los Angeles thirty minutes after Lee Schoenhair early Tuesday, Wiley Post of Oklahoma City caught and passed the famous Akron flier nine hours later, and streaked into the airport at 5:30 p. m., just thirteen seconds ahead of his opponent. Both flew Lockhead monoplanes with Wasp motors, as did the other two contestants, Wiliam Brock, EJetroit, and Roscoe Turner, Los Angeles, who landed third and fourth, respectively. Another derby, the women’s Dixie from Washington, arrived shortly after 3 Tuesday. Mrs. Phoebe Omlie of Memphis led the fliers into port.

Close Later Summer closing hour of 5 p. m. for downtown stores will be abolished by members of the Merchants Association Tuesday, W. E. Balch, manager, said today. After Labor day. the stores will close at 5:30 on all days except Saturday.

tHURRICANE PATH TURNS Storm Had Been Sweeping on U. S. From South Atlantic. Bu t’nited Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. The tropical hurricane which had been sweeping toward the American shore from the south Atlantic was believed here early today to have shifted from its threatening northwest path and turned almost directly north.

“Hot Rhythm” opened last Thursday night and William Sheppard did a fair job with his part. The execution scene was realistic. Then, after the performance, someone in the cast told Sheppard about his predecessor’s death. Sheppard immediately resigned. At Friday night’s performance, William Simpson, another Negro, stepped into the role. He was led away to the execution chamber to hear the buzz of the motor just once. He, too, learned of James Jackson's death, and he called for his pay. By Saturday night the producers were fairly frantic. They put Edward Roiles, a Negro chorus boy, into the electric chair scene. The buzz of the motor and the dimming of the lights nearly made a nervous wreck of the Negro youth, -and he resigned. ts a ts FINALLY Nat Cash. 42-ycar-old Negro dance director for the show, stepped forward. “There's no reason for all this superstition,” he said. “I'm ashamed of these fellows. I'll do the part Monday night and from now on.” So Monday night, Nat Cash went to the electric chair. He did not know the lines well and was aided by a prompter. After the performance he took the script of the play and told other members of the company that he was going home and study up on the part. He went to his home in Newark, N. J., and sat up most of the night going over the lines. At 5 oi:lock Tuesday morning his landlady found him sitting bolt upright in a chair, dead of a heart attack. ,

‘NO MAN ENTIRELY BAD/ WAS THEORY OF LON CHANEY

Chaney granted few interviews. Yet one of his last and probably his longest, was given freely, enthusiastically, because it concerned his views on what he called his guiding principles. In it the actor revealed a surprising secret back of his repeated roles as a misshapen and frequently hideous victim of mans cruelty—to himself or others. His creed: “I don't know if I have succeeded in leaving this impression with the public, but I play every

INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1930

NOTE TO OGDEN BARES NAMES OF LYNCH MOB Letter Believed to Contain Identity of Leaders, State Chief Says. HARDIN DENIES STORY Claims The Times Interview Is ‘Lie;’ Visit Here Is Verified. A letter, understood to contain name; of leaders of the Marion (Ind.) mob that lynched two Negroes there Aug. 7, is in possession of Attorney-General James M. Ogden, he said today on his return from the National Bar Association meeting, in Chicago. Two other epistles, from Harley F. Hardin, Grant ceAmty prosecutor, also were received by Ogden. Both dealt with the Marion lynchings. The information on leaders of the lynch-mob was dispatched to the attorney general by Walter White, secretary of the National Association for Advancement of Negroes. Ogden told The Times he had not read the letter, late this morning. Hardin Denies Interview In one of his two notes to the at-torney-general, Hardin denied an interview with him, which appeared exclusively in The Times Aug. 22, in which he was quoted as predicting race riots in Marion if agitation for punishment of mob leaders was maintained. Hardin said The Times’ story was a lie, and charged that it was published for political reasons. He is seeking re-election as prosecutor in fall elections. His second letter informed Ogden that the Grant county grand jury would convene soon, although he wished the date kept secret. He invited Ogden to send representatives to the grand jury sessions, with privileges of questioning witnesses, and summoning additional witnesses. S, Denies Being in City Denying statements attributed to him in The Times story, Hardin told the attorney-general that he was not in Indianapolis, Thursday, Aug. 21, the date on which the interview was obtained. In the story Hardin was quoted as saying: “Guilt of the tw'o Negroes lynched was beyond doubt.” The story further set out that Hardin indicated the matter would be dropped, as far as he w r as concerned, and it charged that when deputy attorney-general worked with him to obtain six warrants against alleged mob leaders, Hardin complained that action against the men w'ould defeat him in his campaign this fall. Visit Here Verified That Hajley F. Hardin, Grant county prosecutor, was in Indianapolis Thursday, Aug. 21, the date on which the interview with him was obtained, w'as verified today by Miss Friedie McDowell, secretary in state Odd Fellow offices in the L O. O. F. building. Hardin, himself a member of the Odd Fellows lodge, paid a social call at lodge offices with his wife and child. Miss McDowell said. It was there that Sheldon Key, fraternal editor of The Times, met Hardin and. talking with the prosecutor in corridors of the building, and on an elevator en route to the first floor, obtained the statements published Friday, Aug. 22, in The Times. * Hardin has made no complaint to The Times denying the statements attributed to him. NEGROES’ RIOT QUELLED One Convict Is Killed and Several Injured In Clash. Bu United Press BATON ROUGE, La., Aug. 27. A report to the Point Coupee parish coroner today revealed that Negro convicts had rioted on a privately owned rice farm and only been subdued after one w ; as killed and several injured. State penitentiary officials who have been criticised for their use of the convicts’ lease system, refused i to disclose details of the riot, which occurred Monday.

character with the definite idea that no matter how bad or distorted the man portrayed may be, he is fundamentally good.” ts St ts “xtO man is entirely devoid of ±N good. At some moment every criminal murderer and thief has' had the word of God on his lips, with an unspoken prayer behind it. “As for my endeavor to portray good in the hearts of sinful men, I believe that to radiate goodness is,the greatest art in the world.

Fairest of the FAIR

n.*‘^'* M ********‘ xi.Mmwo—a—— =re arc the fairest of the R ushering in the 1930 Inia state fair with the annual e economic school for 4-H ■ ■ ■ ■ ■■ - ■ ■

DROUGHT BELIEF PLANCOMPLETE Bankers Agree on Credits of $20,000,000, Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—Plans for extending financial aid to drought-stricken farmers through local credit corporations were completed today at a conference between linkers from fifteen states and the national drought relief committee, headed by Secretary of Agriculture Hyde. Henry M. Robinson, Los Angeles, member of the Dawes reparations commission, is said to be the author of the plan, based upon establishment of co-operative credit organizations in each of the drought affected states. ' The definite plan will furnish about $20,000,000 credit, ssyd to be needed by farmers lacking sufficient collateral for normal loans. SURVIVE SHIP WRECK Trio Swims Eight Sends Relief to Mates, Bu United Press ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Aug. 27. —Three haggard men staggered ol of the surf today and told a stoiy of how they had been swimming for eight hours after the wreck of the schooner Francis T. with her crew of seven, bound for Bermuda from Halifax, sixteen miles off shore. The men, John Larre, Clarence Atkinson and Freeman Bonbury, collapsed oh the beach at the foot of Penna avenue. Revived, they told a story that ten minutes later started a coast guard cutter in search of the waterlogged ship and the four other members of the crew. COOLING SHOWERS”DUE Rain Thursday Forecast to Follow ( Warmer Weather Tonight. Slightly higher temperatures tonight, to be followed by cooling showers late Thursday, were forecast by the United States weather bureau in Indianapolis this morning.

If that light finally glows In a sin-scarred heart, so much bettei the proof of al all-pervading goodness.” To that small circle of intimate friends, who knew of the actor’s perpetual kindnesses to the unfortunates with whom he came in contact, his views were no suiV prise. Much of his huge salary went for charities among the down-and-outers. And most of his time between camera shots was devoted

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FARMERS FIRE ON ROAD GAMP 0 Discharged Men Angered by Hiring of Negroes. Bu United press LONOKE, Ark., Aug. 27.—A detachment of soldiers stood guard over the camp of the Ayars Construction Company near here today, after it had been fired upon by angered drou?. ct-stricken farmers who were refused work. The ten guardsmen were sent here Tuesday night upon orders of Governor Harvey Parnell when the situation became serious. It was believed today the crisis had passed, but the guard detail remained. The farmers who had been employed on the road project early this summer became angered when discharged. Early this month they were refused jobs. Company officials explained they had discharged the men and had replaced them with Negro laborers. The farmers were not skilled mechanics, the officials said, and could not operate the road machinery. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 68 10 a. m 82 7a. m 65 11 a. m 86 Ba. m 72 12 (noon).. 86 9 a. m 77 1 p. m 87

SCOURGED BY HEAT

Camels, Men Killed on Desert

Bu United Press BEN GUERIR, Morocco. Aug. 27.— I The sun-blistered village of Ben Guerir, said by deserttribesmen to be the hottest place in Africa, recorded a temperature of 131 degrees Fahrenheit at 11 a. m. today, setting anew sum-* mer record. Ben Guerir warning that the heat wave, which extended along the African coast and even to France, was coming. Several weeks ago there was a sudden rise of temperature, accompanied by blistering winds from the desert, bringing a horde of scorpions and spiders on the town. Some of the most experienced

to helping beginners with suggestions about their work. St St ts OD has the same thought VJ for the humble that he holds for his most beautiful works. That’s why I keep a hand out to the underdogs,” Chaney said. “On the movie lots there always are plenty of hands to find a chair for the leading woman. I like to help the tired little e*tra. And I have found that when I send out a prayer to the great invisible God, everything seems to work out all right.”

Here are the fairest of the FAIR ushering in the 1930 Indiana state fair with the annual home economic school for 4-H Club girls. / The state fair begins Salurday, but the school in slaw-making, carpet-sweeping, began Monday and continues through fair week. Upper left: Too many cooks may spoil some broth, but this ' salad is doing pretty well under the guidance of (left to right) Miss Amy Schenck, Decatur; Mary Cripe, Flora, and Mary Glick, Columbus. Upper right: Martha Goss, Martinsville, taking a stitch in time. Lower left: Bankable Cherie Bon, the first bovine fair entrant, just had to horn in on this beauty array. Lower right: “Why men marry!” can be seen in this photo of Eleanor Stoner, Warsaw, and the rolls she’s baked. NOMINATE M’MURRAY Idaho G. 0. P. Unanimous in Governor Choice. Bu United Press IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, Aug. 27. John McMurray of Oakley received the nomination for Governor by acclamation on the first ballot at the Republican state oenvention today. McMurray received 145 votes—more than enough to assure his nomination—when his opponent, W. D. Gillis of Filer, interrupted the roll call and submitted a motion that the vote be urianimous.

desert travelers were caught in sand storms and blistering heat that carried torture and death to camels and men on the caravan trails. Heeding the warning, the natives moved sheep and camels up the slopes of the Atlas mountains into the comparatively cooler highland valleys, where a sparse grass keeps the animals from starving. They will be moved even higher up the hills for the winter, when a sun will have burned the lower grass to a crisp. St St BEN GUERIR, where the temperature can be measured only with scientific thermometers, is below sea level, in a bed of sand with a flat horizon. The tr&in that links Casablanca to Marrakech carried no passengers and has been operating only at night because of the heat. Natives said it had been more than a decade since Africa witnessed such severe heat. ts ts ts CAMELS have suffered severely, often stretching on the sand and refusing to move. The natives sleep almost all day in the darkened rooms of their houses, which are ventilated only by narrow openings. At night they enjoy a sudden drop in temperature, Ulten as much as 50 or 60 degrees.

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SIR ALLEGED PLOT TO KILL FLORIDA CHIEF Al Capone Was to GeS Blame for Slaying Governor, Court Told. EDITOR IS ACCUSED! Political Control of State’ Was Conspiracy Aim, Says Witness. Bu United Press JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. Aug. 27.-*, The alleged plot to assassinate Gov-* ernor Doyle E. Carlton of Florida, called for throwing the blame on Al (Scarface) Capone, Chicago gang chief, Clem Dowling, roommate oC one of the men charged with that conspiracy, testified today at a preliminary hearing for the thrdte defendants. Dcwling was the‘"first witness foa the prosecution. He said Frank: Rawls, one “of the defendants, told him on July 15: “Carlton will be bumped off, and there is no chance to get caught; we’ve got a way to blame Capone.’* In addition to Rawls, Fred O, Eberhardt, publisher of the Florida States News, and Henry Halsman, are under arrest in the case. Wanted Political Control Dowling said he learned through! Rawls that Eberhardt and Halscman knew of the plot, the alleged aim of whiefy according to the witness, was to obtain “political control of the state.” Dowling said that Rawls' alleged threats were made as they returned here from Tallahassee after he (Dowling) had failed to place Rawls in a state job in a conference with R. A. Gray, secretary of state. Several days later, Dowling said, he told Governor Carlton and Gray; of the conversation, and Carlton asked him to continue rooming with Rawls. Dowling testified he became more and more convinced that an actual attempt on the Governor’s life would be made, and that Rawls told him that he only lacked S3OO of $7,500 needed to pay a gunman to kill the Governor. “Who is the kilk. ?” Dovling said he asked Rawls. The only response he received was that “he is a mar* who has killed two men for twd Florida sheriffs.” Check on Telegrams Rawls w r as Duval county campaign manager for Carlton during last year’s primary, and according to Sheriff W. B. Cahoon, once served a prison term in Alabama for embezzlement. Telegrams exchanged between: Capone and Giblin, and between Jack Zuta, recently slain Chicago gang figure and a Florida friend# Ben Laube, were subpenaed. Managers of the Western Union Telegraph Company at Orlando and Miami were ordered to produce all telegrams sent by Laube to “Frank Gross, 22 West Fifth avenue, Gary, Ind.,” and telegrams sent by Giblin during the last two months. STEEL TRIAL NEAR END Eaton Leaves Stand After Fouff days of Cross-Examination. Bu United Press YOUNGSTOWN, 0., Aug. 27.-. The end of the trial of Cyrus S Eaton’ suit to block the Youngstown Sheet and Tube-Bethlehem Steel Corporation merger was believed in sight, today as Eaton lefts the witness stand after four days of intensive cross-examination by Newton D. Baker, chief of counsel for the pro-merger forces. Elton Hoy 11, partner in Pickands, Mather & Cos., Cleveland oraj firm, followed Eaton on the stand. it was announced that after th© summoning of one or two additional witnesses the plaintiffs would rest, MACNIDER TO CANADA New American Diplomat Is Flying to Post. WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—Hanford Macnider left by airplane today for Ottawa to take up his duties as minister to Canada and became the first American diplomat ever to fly to a foreign post. Macnider took off from Bolling field at 10 a. m. piloted by Captain Ira C. Eaker, famous army flier who made the Right despite a broken ankle suffered last week in a parachute jump.. Mrs. Macnider accompanied her husband. $100,000,000 IN ESTATE Wildcat Oil King's Will Is File?! for Probate. Bu United Press CLARION, Pa., Aug. 27. The will of Thomas B. Slick, "king of oil wildcatters," who was reputed to have amassed a fortune ranging toward $100,000,000, was filed here today for probate. The widow, Mrs. Bernice Slick, j receives one-third of the estate. The balance, except for payments j of $5,000 yearly to his mother, will ;be divided among Slick's three 1 children.