Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 262, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 March 1931 — Page 4

PAGE 4

JOBS WILL GO TO THOUSANDS ON WATERWAYS Along Hundreds o; f Rivers and Harbor Fronts Vast Projects to Start. Bn United Press WASHINGTON, March 13.—The clank of steam shovels soon ■will resound throughout the land, and along hundreds of rivers and •waterfronts the unemployed will work again. These result* were foreseen by the war department today as plans were made to spend $52,819,245.75 improving American ports and waterways. This fund already has been appropriated among some 250 projects, ten of which received more than $1,000,000 each. Department officials estimate fully half of this amount will be spent for labor. This would mean, if exactly half were put into wages, four weeks work at $4 per day for approximately 170.000 men. Three Months’ Work for 90,000 It would provide three months’ work—a job until summer—for about 90.000 men. The rest of the money will go for materials, technical services and supervision, all of which, too, will benefit the unemployment situation. Officials here are prepared to ’’get men on the Job’’ in the shortest possible time. District engineers throughout the country have drawn up advance plans for the projects. In many cases contracts are in shape to be let almost immediately, the war department said. Some of the money will go to continue contracts already made. Guard Against Slave Wages About 90 per cent of the contracts, according to a rough war department estimate, will be let to private concerns which will employ their own men. The rest of the work will be carried out directly by the corps of engineers. To prevent any of the engineers ; from taking advantage of the unemployment situation to hire workmen at subnormal wages. Secretary Hurley recently issued a blanket order that the prevailing wage scale in all localities was to be paid men on government jobs. A close watch, too, is being kept on what private contractors pay-, according to the war department. •THIRD CLASS PUSH’ WAS OLD COACH RULE! Full F are Passengers Kept Seats or. l Steep Highs. Rtf United Press DENVER, Colo., Maarch 13.—The old stage coach line which ran between Georgetown and Denver in the gold ’ash days and probably the most unique “three class’ ’fare system ever known. First-class fare was $7; secondclass was $3, and third-class was $1.50. All classes occupied the same seats—but: When the stage came to a steep hill the driver shouted: “First-class passengers, keep your seats. Second-class passengers, get out and walk. Third-class passengers, get out and push.’’ NAVY TO USE TALKIES Special Equipment Is Developed for Use on Battleships. Bu\T!A (Service WASHINGTON, March 13.—At a cost of $500,000, the United States navy is equipping many of its fighting ships with “talkie” equipment. Two hundred outfits are to be purchased and installed for the benefit of sailors who spend most of their time at sea and get little opportunity to see the movies. Special apparatus has been perfected to withstand the motion of the sea.

■Kdi/i*u&Kzai‘jL cmdtySfCeUv&ot. fCdot, cottptvnq* 13 BIG SPECIALS for Saturday | 2 I | QUANTITIES LIMITED! M 8 one DAY ONLY ~ H 9x12 Ft. Heavy Standard'' HNE9xI2 FT jft'' J) ||lj H % B E \ B E?* **§* I 9 /VgH These are the rugs that. £Bs*’ a# I m# g~' M pw£ I I I m WSLS3 / I Inlaid Linoleum 1 -> it cevtVi, tfrcftefft vtt liaotjtt:** HUM (REMNANTS) faM to B rV^ Buy at the Store Nearest You—We Deliver! raff

BELIEVE IT or NOT

There is not a curved line in this diagram J| 3tT m fIRE , It ISA"FIWNKROOI>MN'’MAM WITH STRAIGHT LINES IN 3,YRS by R.5M1W,2766 H MCWKirKiI Philadelphia. yS , , * mi gmz Feature* SiMitHa. !. Orl ftm.fs rlabla ruin m “ 3’tl

FIND BURNED BODY OF GIRL Clews Sought in Grewsome New York Death. By United Press ¶ CROTONVILLE, N. Y., March 13. —Clews to the death of a young woman whose burned and decomposed body was found half-buried in the deep wooded marshes near here Thursday afternoon by a trapper were sought today by state police and Westchester county authorities. ¶ The mystery, which resembled the case of Dorothy Peacox, one of Westchester’s most famous murder mysteries, was given greater interest by the theory advanced by some that the young woman might have met the same fate as Did Vivian Gordon, murdered witness in the Seabury investigation. ¶ Joseph Schmidt, a trapper setting snares for muskrats, stumbled upon the blackened bones in the swamp. The only possible means of identification were a few strands of blonde hair, dental work and a pair of small black slippers. BAR WARNS STUDENTS New York Association Points to Overcrowded Field. By United Press ¶ NEW YORK, March 13.—The Bar Association of New York has sent a questionnaire to young lawyers with the intention of deterring students from training for the law by showing them how hard it is for them to make a living. The association says the field for lawyers here is badly overcrowded.

On request, sent with stamped addressed envelope, Mr. Ripley will furnish proof of anything depicted by him.

Following is the explanation of Ripley’s “Believe It or Not’’ which appeared in Thursday’s Times: Fasquale Tarantino Has Been in the Navy Thirty-Seven Years, but Never to Sea—Pasquale Tarantino is a musician, first class, United States navy, and is at present on duty with the United States Naval Academy band, with which unit he has been associated since Feb. 6, 1895. To give permanency to this band, it’s members are not transferred to sea duty under ordinary circumstances, though they are not exempt from that service, and in the thirty-six years of Tarantino's connection with the navy never has been to sea. Flat Fish, Flounders, and Halibut have Migrating Eyes—The fish of this family begin life with eyes on the opposite sides of their bodies, but after a few days one eye passes over or through the head to the other side. Another unien’e thing about the flounder farmiy is that in the colder waters ' most of these fish have their eyes on the right side and in the warm waters the left side. Reference: John Oliver La Gorce in the National Geographic Magazine, December, 1923. “The 19-year-old Major-General of the United States Army.” WATERLOO IS REPORTED Duke of Wellington “Covered” Battle for London Times. By United Press NORFOLK, Va., March 13.—A copy of the London Times, dated June 22, 1815, and containing the first authentic story of the battle of Waterloo, is owned by F. P. Harris. -The paper presents an account of the struggle signed by the duke of Wellington, who defeated Napoleon.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

tc wj Registered O. & .D V Patent Office RIPLEY

WOMAN KILLED BY STREET GAR Walks Into Trolley’s Path, Knocked Down. Thirty-third traffic fatality of the year in Marion county was on police records today, after- Mis. Lilly K. Cunningham, 46, of 524 North Alabama street, succumbed to injuries suffered w r hen she was struck by a street car. Mrs. C. K. Faught, 1330 Ashland avenue, a witness, told police Mrs. Cunning*iam walked from behind a northbound car KJkJ' into the path of a southbound ' car at Twelfth street and College avenue Thursday afternoon. When he saw Mrs. Cunningham in front of the car William Jones, 916 East Twenty-first street, motorman, put on the brakes, he said, but could not avoid striking her. Mrs. Cunningham died in city hospital of a skull fracture. OCTOPUS IS DELICACY Devil Fish Finds Ready Sale in Oriental Countries. By United Press VANCOUVER, March 13.—Althought the flesh of an octopus would be revolting to Americans, orientals relish this tidbit, and Canadian fisheries are selling thousands of pounds of this fish in Japan and China. The meat brings between 5 and 10 cents a pound on the market.

TWO PRY WAY INTO GROCERY; SUSPECT HELD Man Is Grabbed by Police Motor Squad After City Robbery. One of two men alleged to have broken into a Kroger grocery at 2008 East Minnesota street was captured by a police motor squad early today. Two men seen in an alley near the grocery fled after McKinley Armstrong, 1808 East Kelley street, merchant policeman, ordered them to halt. Armstrong fired at them, the two men falling down after running into a guy wire. They escaped, but shortly afterward Motor Policeman Arch Bail and Charles Weddle captured John Stahl, 27, of Sheridan, Ind. Officers said Stahl had six packages of cigarets and a quantity of razor blades in his packets, but denied robbing the store. Seven sacks and a box containing twenty pounds of coffee, a cheese, fifty-six cartons and 135 tins of cigarets and other articles, were found in the alley from which the two suspects fled. The store was entered by prying off a padlock. J. A. Bice, Omar Baking Company driver, was held up and robbed of $25 by two men Thursday as he stopped to make a delivery in the rear of 1321 North Pennsylvania street. Eight hundred pounds of lard, valued at SBO, and ten hams, valued at S3O, were stolen from a meat market at 818 West Michigan street, operated by A1 Cross, Thursday night, police were notified today. Purse of Miss Daisy Hook, Columbus, containing $17.75, was stolen Thursday while she was in a downtown store, she told police.

PRISON BLAST PLOTFOILED Five Ohio State Convicts Are Punished. By United Press COLUMBUS, 0., March 13.—Five prisoners were in solitary confinement at the state penitentiary here today after officials thwarted what they described as a plot to blow up a dormitory of the Junction City brick plant, a branch of the penitentiary. The plot was nipped Sunday only a few hours before the explosive was to be touched off, Deputy Warden Blosser, superintendent of the brick plant said. Blosser said he received, a tip on the plot and questioned two of the five prisoners who confessed. Three sticks of dynamite stolen from the plant storeroom were found. The men were brought to the penitentiary here under heavy guard. JOB ABOLISHED - BY PARKBOARD Miss Julia Landers Loses Recreation Position. “Housecleaning'’ in the city recreation department, threatened by city park board members before a caucus and meeting Thursday, materialized today with abolishing .of the position of assistant director held by Miss Julia Landers, 2451 North Talbot street. Miss Landers, a prominent Democratic worker in both city and state organizations, received $2,500 a year. Action of the board was believed taken as result of statement by David B. Kilgore, former recreation director, who resigned recently, that Miss Landers had “caused trouble’’ in the department and had failed to co-operate with him. Kilgore will be succeeded Monday by H. Walden Middiesworth, assistant football coach at Indiana university for the last five years. GEMS HELP MAKE WIRE Finest Product Is Drawn Through Invisible Hole in Diamond. By United Press NEW YORK, March 13.—A large proportion of the fine wire in common use is made by drawing the metal through holes bored in diamonds. A single firm here keeps over 2,000 diamond dies on hand. The smallest is so minute that the aperture is not visible to the naked eye, even when held against the light. DOCUMENTS PRICELESS Original Confederate Constitution Owned by Alabaman. By United Press MOBILE, Ala., March 13.—'Two priceless documents in possession of Alex C. Birch, United States district attorney at Mobile,' are the original draft of the constitution of the Confederacy and the first “bond 1 ’ issued by the confederate government. EXCHEQUER HEAD ILL English Official in Serious Condition; Awaits Operation. By United Press LONDON. _ March 13.—Philip Snowden, chancellor of exchequer, who has been ill for several days, passed a bad night and his condition was more serious today. The chancellor will undergo an operation Monday if his condition perm'.ts. Former Minister Sentenced GREENFIELD, Ind., March IS.— A sentence of two. to fourteen years in the Indiana state prison was imposed in Hancock circuit court here, on Or In P. Wamsley, evangelistic singer -and one time ! preacher, who pleaded guilty to a ! statutory offense, committed while i he was assisting in ajevival at -the Methodist cjxurch in^iaxwell*

EMPEROR NAMES CHILD Japanese Ruler’s Daughter Called “Sincerity and Obedience.” By United Press TOKIO, Japan. March 13.—The ceremony of naming the fourth daughter of the emperor and empress were held today. The infant was named Atsuko Yorinomitya, which means “sincerity and obedience.” The child was born Mar:h 7. All Lawyers Engaged LOGANSPORT, Ind., March 13. Every law firm here is represented one side or the other in a cause sited against Paul Davis and Samuel Cotner, bridge contractors, by twen-ty-two persons. Collection of bills for supplies used in construction of six small bridges is sought by plaintiffs.

Tomorrow, ‘CLOCK DAY’ otKoy’s I Hundred* of Fine Guaranteed Clock* in All Style*, Shape* and Sizes for Every Room in the Home at Tremendous Reductions I Genuine "Nev/ Haven" ihReJ Chime 8-Day Mantel Clock 5Q.95 mm I A handsome guaranteed 8-day mantel clock with raised .Ayj&tlwajSllarJx. numerals end silver lie dial—special Saturday at— .. 50c DOWN —SO c WEEK! gHSHa 1 htatetiaan MeJe The Famous * 85 v^I EMMESBz' 400-Day Clock G_r)a v KitfW 'i Stands about 28 inches high—a real , y " Runs 400 days R beauty and a wonderful timekeeper. < oi i°ng. Ha a g QP 50c Down—soc a Week! Washable. ca® 1 dtp gracefulglasa 3 aJL-jJqJ porcelain fin- sL Na dome and fl *9r Ish. Choice v brass trim- ■ ■ of color*. , mlngs. J| ' 50c Down— SOc a Week}] ML 79c Ur H - ?*• yR £££& W t —Nest Poor to Peoples Outfitting Cos. C—uffli and Assorted /^tSs. >| | Watch Crystals—Round, 15c; Fancy, 35c ’*l m ~T~~

Factory Outlet Sale V INDIANA'S u eS! Jm GREATEST TO shout/. .'Uvyfe Underselling xKfcljfo Shoe Store '“fl ANOTHER LOT OF, . A* \ Wj r M WOMEN'S ■ SHOES J§ % .Women’s Health 300 Pairs of shoe, with Men’s k jW% Features Oxfords $1 JOP , F s°om"7 B|a <* W:rL „„ <t 4 % 1 *Q J an< * 438 Pairs of Women's Quality & 8 tp S Tan Shres. A Special Purchase for . h this fevent. Values to $5.00, Jk. $1 6Q “ BOYS’ GYM “■————— Boys* and Youths’ Men's dress and school HIGH SCHOOL AND Work Shoes SHG£§ COLLEGE GIRL Regular * Jfl OXFORDS *l-98 $ | Seller ■ * nj j3jSjjk&& I— Infants 1 Shoes ipjh. Value* Soft Soles First Steps ij hf C S £T Purchase $4 H EaSSSMa mEKBKa|3BfA 4 /. \ ->W a/. Bosolar _ ill] jfiSGk, H \ 3 **e Vain* 11 I g formerly Lester’s

RICH CHICAGOAN FALLSTODEATH Aged Millionaire Plunges Six Stories at Hotel. Bp United Press CHICAGO, March 13.—Alexander H. Revell. 73, millionaire furniture dealer and member of a Gold Coast society family, plunged to his death today from the ninth floor of the fashionable Drake hotel on the Lake front. The body crashed on the top of the Marine dining room on the

-MARCH 13, 1931

lake side of the hotel where it was found by hotel attendants at 9 a. m. Revell was head of a large, loop wholesale furniture firm of the same name. Later, the family issued a statement which said Revell, who has been losing his sight, stumbled through a large window in the bathroom of the Revell suite and feu to the roof of the dining room six stories below. Revell belonged to several reform organizations and had taken an active part in governmental reform movements for the last forty years. He formerly was a trustee of Northwestern university and for a long time was a member of the Chicago board of education. He was one of the directors of the 1893 world's fair and in 1908 was made a member the Legion of Honor.