Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 210, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 January 1931 — Page 3

JAN. 10, 1931

HOOVER CRIME PROBE GROUP'S WORK IS DONE Report Is Ready to Be Made After 19 Months’ Study of Prohibition Problem. United Press Washington, Jan. io.—Their, task virtually completed after more j than nineteen months of studying | ♦he prohibition problem, members of the Wickersham law enforcement commission now are beginning to turn attention to the private interests which engaged them before Hoover formed the commission in May, 1929. Only a bare quorum of the commission remained here today, j awaiting next Wednesday’s meeting, at which, it is understood, final approval will be given the long-await-! od prohibition report. The report will then go to the White House and shortly afterward to congress. Judge William S. Kenyon of lowa and Monte Lemann, New Orleans attorney, left Friday, after months j of effort in preparing the report. Newton D. Baker, President Wilson's secretary of war, sailed earlier ; m the week for Europe, while William I. Grubb of Birmingham, Ala., j and Miss Ada Comstock, the only women member of the comission, conclude their work more than a week ago. Most of the commission’s remaining work involves the studies made bv its eleven subcommittees. Staff experts will continue this work during the absence of the commissioners. but each report will be approved by the full group as it is completed. FIVE APPOINTED TO POLICE RADIO STATION Safety Board to Increase Service t 24-llour Basis for 1931. Five radio men were appointed to. the police radio station by the safety board late Friday to increase service to the twenty-four-hour basis as planned in the 1931 budget. Phillip R. Kennedy, 2855 North Pennsylvania street, and Irwin Chapel, 2136 North De Quincy street, both holding government licenses as operators, were appoint- . rd. Glen Kentworthy, 429 South, Kevstone avenue; Russell E. Nicewanger, 1018 North La Salle street, and Bernard Welmer, 1646 South Delaware street, were named as 'radio service men. Three automobile mechanics named were William J. Sharkey, j 1020 North Denny street; Paul Corliss, 1819 East Thirty-fourth street, and Louis Schwatz, 2620 East Michigan street. William Rector, 6544 Ferguson avenue, will become an inspector in the weights and measures department, all appointments to take effect immediately. STARES AT AIMEE, EXPLAINS IN COURT j Professional Interest Only. Says Doctor, Sued for Divorce. fly United Press CHICAGO, Jan. 10.—When Dr. Henry Amberson gazed at Aimee j Semple McPherson on a California ferryboat, he did so with a professional eye, and not for the purpose of carrying on a flirtation, he told Superior Judge Rudolph Desort. Replying with a suit for divorce to the separate maintenance sought by his wife Nellie, who charged that the specialist had flirted with the evangelist. Dr. Amberson said: “All I did W'as to look at Mrs. McPherson, and that was proses- i sionally. My interest, you see, was i to find out the makeup of a woman ! like Mrs. McPherson—sort of a diagnosis.’’ The case was continued. OPTIMIST CLUBS JOIN IN -BUY NOW DRIVE Five-Year Expansion Program Discussed at International Meeting. Optimist International has joined ihe “Buy Now" movement. This plan was adopted at the meeting Friday of the executive committee and board of governors of the international organization at the Columbia Club. A five-year expansion program, ncreased activities in boys club work and plans for district and international conventions were discussed during the day. Closing session of the convention is being held today. JEFFREY WILL OPEN ROWBOTTOM PROBE District Attorney Returning Here With Data Provided in Capital. Armed with information from lustice department heads in Washington, George R. Jeffrey, district attorney, today was returning to . Indianapolis, prepared to open a federal grand jury quiz into the alleged sale of postoffice positions by j Representative Harry E. Rowbottom of the First (Indiana) district. The jury is expected to convene Feb. 42 when Jeffrey, possibly with the aid of a special department in- j vestigator, will lay evidence before the jurors. HOLDIP IS FRUSTRATED Interurban's Headlight Frightens Street Car Bandits. An interurban served as the watchdog that prevented the holdup ! of a street car Friday night. Two Negroes jerked the trolley of a one-man Brightwood car, operated by Omer Haynes, 1402 East Tenth j street, at Massachusetts avenue and Lewis street. The beam from the traction car’s headlight shone on the Negroes as they started to enter the car. They j fled. racing pigeons shot Reward Offered for Conviction of Banded Bird Killers. Reward of SIOO for information leading to conviction of persons shooting oanded racing pigeons has been posted by the Indianapolis Racing Pigeon Club, H. S. Wyeth, secretary, said, after a number of pigeons had been killed from lofts of club members. Weyth declared a federal law makes it an offense to shoot, imprison, or maim a banded pigeon. !

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WRONG TOWN NAMED Goodland Not Included in ■Rural Slums' Report. Good citizens of Goodland In Newton county, led by Editor Will C. Logan of the Goodland Herald, have protested in numerous letters to The Times regarding a story about “rural slums,’’ w'hich came from a survey of conditions among poor former Kentuckians in the onion field district in Jasper county, not far from Rensselaer. The town named in the article was Goodland. This was a mistake and the town cited by Miss Merry as a case in point was Newland. Goodland citizenry were justly irate in declaring that no such deplorable conditions exist there. OGDEN GIVES RULING Holds Assembly Powerless to Amend Constitution. The present biennial legislature has no power to propose any constitutional amendments because two now are pending a referendum, At-torney-General James M. Ogden has ruled in an opinion to Senator Ralph Adams (Rep., Shelby). Constitutional requirements for amendments are cited in the opinion, which was written by Joseph E. Hutchinson, deputy at-torney-general. The pending amendments, impowering the legislature to enact an income tax and fix requirements for lawyers, should have been voted on by the people at the last election. They were barred from the ballot by the election board, which found flaws in the titles of the bills providing for this action. But since they have been approved by two legislative sessions t’ :v can only be corrected as to titl .y the present session and submitted at the next general election, the attorneygeneral’s ruling states. FUNERAL RITES HELD~ FOR PRINCESS LOUISE Sister of King George Buried in Royal Tomb. B i United Press WINDSOR. England, Jan. 10.— Funeral services for Louise, the princess royal sister of King George V., were held in the newly restored St. George's chapel at Windsor castle today. King George and Queen Mary, the prince of Wales, the duke and duchess of York, other members of the royal family and several members of the government and diplomats attended. The coffin was placed In the royal tomb house holding the remains of King Edward and Queen Alexandria. The estimated population of Canada is 9,786,000, according to the 1929 census.

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CUBAN PRESS SUPPRESSED TO QUIET ISLAND All but Three Newspapers Are Ordered to Suspend Publication. By United Press HAVANA, Jan. 10.—The Cuban government tightened its grip on the island republic today in an obvious attempt to restrain anti-gov-ernment propaganda and possible seditious movements in various parts of the country. All newspapers except Heraldo de Cuba and the Havana Post and the Havana Telegram, the latter two published in English, were suspended. "* By presidential decree, the army and the navy were authorized to assist the police in maintaining order. Juan Clemente Vivancos, secretary of the interior, ordered all military posts in the interior to redouble their vigilance to prevent arson after the alleged intentional destruction by fire of a large quantity of sugar cane in Pinar Del Rio province. The Hanava American, an English newspaper, was among those ordered to cease publication. Reason for the wholesale suspension was not announced, although it was believed that the editorial policies of the newspapers and their comments and news photographs regarding the attempt of a group of girls to hold a demonstration at the national palace were responsible. Cuba, disturbed for months by student outbreaks and several serious riot, hardly knew what to expect next. President Gerardo Machado is using the extraordinary powers given him by congress to maintain peace and order on the island. It could not be doubted that the government regarded the situation as serious.

POOR DRIVERS j BAN PROPOSED Bill Would Bar Reckless, j Incompetent Motorists. Barring from the road of the incompetent and reckless auto driver who has caused an accident is embraced in the A. A. A. “safety responsibility” bill to be sponsored in the general assembly by the Hoosier State Automobile Association. Principles of the bill call for a J ban on such drivers who have had ; judgment rendered against them, until they present satisfactory proof of ability to compensate financially for any future damages and make reasonable restitution for damages already caused. Diversion of auto license fees or j gas trx receipts to any other purpose than .'or the use of roads will be fought by the association. Compulsory auto insurance also will be opposed, the association contending it penalizes careful drivers, who make up 98 per cent of the driving public, and that the “safety responsibility bill would reach the “2 per cent who cause practically all collision trouble.” Other legislation to be sponsored includes a bill providing limits on height, width and length and requiring special warning lights where the width limit is exceeded. Uniform municipal traffic regulations will be subject of another bill. FIGHT SPICY BOOKS French Arrest Bootleggers of Volumes to U. S. By United Press PARIS, Jan. 10.—At the request of the American government, France lias turned its most scholarly policemen into bookworms with orders to halt the bootlegging of “naughty” literature into the United States. The “obscene literature” squad of the judicial police started the ball rolling by arresting M. Francois Albert Gauffeur, 72-year-old French agent of an American publishing house. M. Gaufeur was charged with expediting tons of “naughty” English books to the United States. A series of arrests are said to be in the air and several well-known libraries and Paris publishing houses have been placed in question. The American government asked France to co-operate in stopping the shipment of banned books at the source. Peru Woman Dies By Times Special PERU, Ind., Jan. 10.—Funeral | sendees will be held Sunday for Mrs. j Alice S. Edwards, 76. a leader in In- ! diana social and women’s club activities, who died at an Indianapolis hospital where she had been a patient since Oct. 3, suffering from a throat malady.

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Here are the railroad executives who devised a four-trunk line system for eastern railroads which has ended a decade of fighting and which has won the approval of President Hoover. No. 1 is General W. W. Atterbury, president of the Pennsylvania railroad: No. 2 is O. P. Van Sweringen, who, with his brother. M. J. Van Sweringen <No. 3), heads the Nickel Plate-Chesapeake & Ohio group; No. 4 is Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio; No. 5 is Patrick E. Crowley, president of the New York Central.

MOBS STONE BRUENING Hostile Acts Mark Chancellor’s Tour of Eastern Germany. By United Press BERLIN, Jan. 10. —Chancellor Heinrich Bruening’s tour of eastern Germany has been marked by repeated hostile demonstrations. Mobs stoned his automobile at Oppeln Friday, and police beat back the crowd with their truncheons, the Deutsche Zeitung said. SEEK AD9LITION OF STATE DOARD Railworkers Oppose New Term for Commission. Confidence they can defeat in the general assembly any resolution calling for the continued operation of the 1929 commission appointed by Governor Harry G. Leslie to study and effect a solution of state railroad problems confronting employe legislation, was expressed Friday by railway brotherhood legislative agents. Statements from Martin H. Miller of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, and Alex E. Gordon of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, were prompted by Governor Leslie’s recommendation in his message that the commission be allowed to function for two more years. Criticism of the commission, comprised of four brotherhood and four railroad representatives, as designed to stifle and sidetrack contemplated labor legislation, was made by Gordon and Miller, who cited the unofficial opinion issued by AttorneyGeneral James M. Ogden on creation of the commission. Ogden described the resolution as so indefinite and uncertain in all its provisions that it practically amounts to a nullity; that in its present form it can perform no useful service and that no legislation is needed to do the general things contemplated by the resolution. VISITS” WIFE, JAILED George Hess Held After Seeing Mate in Woman’s Prison. A visit to his wife who is serving a sentence in the Indiana state woman’s prison resulted in the arrest of George Hess, 35, of Louisville, Friday afternoon, on fugitive from justice and vagrancy charges. Police alleged Hess is wanted for escaping from the Indiana state farm at Putnamville three years ago. He probably will be returned to the institution today. Mrs. Hess is serving a sentence on a child neglect conviction.

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BILL FOUGHT BY TRUCK OWNERS Leslie Proposal Held *Too Drastic’ by Operators. Criticizing Governor Harry G. Leslie’s recommendations for new regulatory legislation on motor trucks as a “little too drastic,” motor truck owners throughout the state today were preparing for a determined fight against changes in the present laws. Tom Snyder, president of the Indiana Motor Truck Association, announced a state conference will be held here Jan. 19 with operators of large truck fleets and industries using trucks represented. The association will oppose particularly increases in truck license fees and lowering of weight limits on loads. Snyder defended the Indiana laws as following the standards fixed by the uniform code committee of the automotive industry and by the Hoover safety committee and branded as erroneous “propadanda,” that motor truck do not pay their share, of taxes. He pointed out that the normal two and one-half-ton truck pays from $275 to S3OO a year and that no other mechanism pays so large a proportion of its value in taxes. DRAFTS LOAN BILL Grabill Would Legalize County Borrowing. Bill to legalize borrowing of funds to continue Marion county’s poor relief prgoram wil be drawn by Harvey Graybill, county attorney, and presented to the general assembly. Meeting Friday at the Hotel Washington with local legislators, Grabill discussed a proposal by which the county would borrow funds, which various outside townships would repay from taxes collected in 1931. On a motion of Representative Albert Walsman Grabill was authorized to present a bill to legalize the plan.

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GIRL AVIATORS LAND AFTER 122 HOURS IN SKY Backer Orders Endurance Hop Team Down When Residents Protest Noise. By United Press LOS ANGELES. Jan. 10.—The new world's endurance airplane | refueling flight record for women is 122 hours, 50 minutes, and was set by Miss Bobbie Trout and Mrs. Edna Mae Cooper. After landing their Curtiss-Robin plane, the Lady Rolph, late Friday, the girl, fliers estimated they i could have gone on for many more hours had not their backer, Joseph j L. Martin, ordered them to stop because residents near the airport complained about the incessant ' roaring of the airplane motor overhead. The new record is almost three times as great as the former record of 42 hours. 16 minutes, set last summer by Miss Trout and Elinor Smith of New York. - Martin declared the motor of the plane was in excellent condition. Trouble which threatened Friday when smoke was seen pouring from the exhaust entirely had disappeared, he said. With the exception of one stormy ] day, the fliers enjoyed -almost perfect weather during their long stay in the air. The storm broke Wednesday, but they escaped it by flying to the Imperial valley and remaining until the weather cleared again here. During the flight, the girls completed twenty-two refueling con-' tacts, with Mrs. Cooper handling all refueling operations. They took aboard 1,138 gallons of gasoline and thirty-four gallons of oil. They flew approximately 7,400 | miles at an average speed of sixty miles an hour. They alternated at the controls.

Dempsey to Stop Here Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight champion, was scheduled to be a passenger through Indianap- ; olis today on the eastbodund T. & IW. A. The plane for New York was ! to stop at Mars Hill airport at 3:40 | today. Flying Paul Revere A modern Paul Revere is coursing the countryside carrying a message not of warning of an enemy, but of the return of prosperity. He is Captain George R. Hutchison, and with him in a cabin monoplane is his family, his wife, and Janet Lee and Blanche, 4 and 7, with their 2-months old pet African lioness. They are bearing the scroll “The Spirit of ’31,” akin to the spirit of ’76, to be signed by every Governor in the United States during the twenty-two-day trip. In Lansing, Mich., today, the Hutchisons will be here Jan. 24. President Hoover’s is the first name on the scroll. GIVEN BUS PERMITS Newcastle Man Is Granted Two Routes. Bryant M. Bouslog, Newcastle, was granted two bus operation per- ; mits by the public service commis- , sion Friday. One is the Anderson to Middlei town line now operated by Oris Enright of Brookville and the other is the Connersville city line operati ed by Russell Crouch. Ebert Hawn was granted permis--1 sion to operate a Gary-Chicago bus. Eddie St. Pierre of Wolcott was dneied permisison to operate a truck line between Michigan City and Reynolds. Petition to Increase rates was filed with the commission bv the Middletown Municipal Electric Lijiht Company. Southeastern Indiana Power Company of Indianapolis petitioned for approval of a $100,001) securities issue. Interstate Public Service Company (Insull) petitioned for permission to purchase the Harrodsburg Light and Power Company. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad petitioned to abandon the Lyons agency sta- | tion in Fayette county. Shore Line Motor Coach Company petlj tioned for rate increase on its Long Beach- • Michigan City route.

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During his football career Hank Bruder, star half back at Northwestern university, was known for his bad luck, football injuries and an attack of smallpox keeping him off the playing field much of the time. Now, however, good luck has begun to come his way. Here he is with Mrs. Bruder, the former Miss Omega Gilbert of Evanston, 111., to whom he secretly was married early this year. NEW TANK IS TESTED Travels at Terriffic Rate of Speed, Tests Reveal. By United Press RAHWAY, N. J., Jan. 10.—A new tank which will be recommended as standard equipment of the United States artillery has passed its first tests here. It travels at eighty-five miles an hour on a macadam road, and at forty-five miles an hour over rough grounds. It can crash through brick walls, trees and trenches, and carries a onepounder cannon, and a .45-caliber machine gun.

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BILL TO REZONE STATE JUDICIAL AREAS DRAFTED Division Into Five Equal Districts to Be Urged by Hoffman. Division of the state into five equal supreme court judicial districts wil be urged in a bill to be introduced in the legislature within the next few weeks by State Senator J. Clyde Hoffman <Rep., Marion). Characterizing the present districts as a flagrant disregard of the Constitution’s mandate that supreme court districts be approximately equal in population. Senator Hoffman said the 1930 census shows the five districts laid out in 1872 to be grossly unequal. No effort has been made to redistrict the state for the judiciary in fifty-nine years and it is time something be done, he contends. Radical changes of the boundary lines might mean that two or more judges now serving on the supreme court would be ineligible for reelection from the district wherein they now' reside. Every candidate for a license to drive a taxicab in London has to pass a stiff medical examination.

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