Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 292, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 April 1931 — Page 5

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THREATS DON'T WORRY BACKERS OF WINE JUICE Farm Board Feels Secure in Contention Industry Is Legal. Bcrippa-Hotcani Setctpaper Alliance WASHINGTON. April 17.—The federal farm board and other backers of Fruit Industries, Ltd., felt secure today in their contention that **le of grape-concentrate was not violating the liquor laws, despite the two threatening gestures against this new industry. These—a raid on a Fruit Industries plant in New York City and the prohibition bureau’s announcement that it will prosecute this California Industry if it can prove Intent to make wine intoxicating in fact—were considered old storms the concentrate backers have already weathered. “Violations Individual Matter” Charles C. Teague, California’s member of the farm board, who is credited with having engineered the government’s loan of $2,500,000 to frplt industries, saw nothing new in the gesture of Prohibition Director Woodcock. “The whole matter of the legality of the operations of the Fruit Industries has been gone into,” • Teague said. “They are clearly legal under Section 29 of the Volstead act. If there should be violations it would be an individual matter, and not one involving the grape industry of California,” Mrs. Willebrandt Silent Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, chief counsel for the Fruit Industries, reiterated her customary refusal to “talk about my clients’ interests.” The Woodcock declaration to prosecute if he can prove “intent” is being treated lightly for the reason that to prove intent to turn grape juice into wine is difficult. Woodcock himself in his letter to , the "Crusaders," admitted "the practical difficulty of the proof of such unlawful Intent.” Test cases, however, are being tried on this point in Kansas City and Los Angeles. ENLARGE COMMAND OF FOREIGN LEGION Recruit Rush Brings War Ministry Reorganization. i By United Prcts , PARIS, April 17.—There is such a rush of recruits to join the French Foreign Legion that the war ministry has decided to reorganize and enlarge its regiments and for that purpose has increased the rank of its commander, Colonel Rollet to general, at the same time setting a limit on recruiting. The Legion, which observed Its 100th anniversary a few weeks ago, has been stormed by increasing numbers of Germans, Poles, Czechs and Russians since the economic depression swept the continent. Germans now predominate, despite the efforts of the Berlin government to end German recruiting in the Legion. ARKANSAS BLACKSMITH SURE KNOWS HIS HILLS Keeps His Shop Going for “There’H Always be Horses to Shod.” By United Frees WALNUT RIDGE, Ark., April 17. —The reason J. L. (Uncle Jake) Caspar, 70, for fifty years a blacksmith and the oldest of his trade in eastern Arkansas, keeps his tools sharpened and his shop open is because “as long as those hills last there will be horses to shod and iHows and harrows to fix.” Caspar, however, has bowed to the advance of the mechanical age by Installing two gasoline pumps at his shop. J

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“npHE king Is dead, long live the A king,” may be all right when the identity of the new monarch is known, but First district Republicans have been thrown into war in which a score are claimants to the throne vacated by ex-Congress-man Harry E. Rowbottom at the request of the Federal government. Rowbottom’s organization, strength of which permitted him for a time successfully to defy Senator James E. Watson and the state party leaders was a most peculiar affair. It was an organization within the regular Republican organization, which Rowbottom controlled. Although the Ku-Klux Klan as a political unit disintegrated over the state, the ex-congressman welded most of the First district members into a cohesive body, which he ruled. It was this group which permitted him to repulse attacks Os other G. O. P. groups advancing opposition candidates. K St Three efforts were made to defeat him. The first was in 1924 when he wrested the nomination from Judge Roscoe Kiper, now a member of the state industrial board. The nomination was stolen from Kiper in Vanderburg county by members of Klavern 1. The same group did the work In 1926 and 1928. An attempt to defeat him was made in the primary of 1930 by running State Senator Bruce Cooper of Stewartsville against him and thus divide the klan vote. Cooper was another of the men who rode into power with the klan, being elected district chairman in 1928. However, the state senator’s record was no better than that of the incumbent, so Rowbottom was renominated only to be defeated by John W. Boehne, Evansville. It is to gain control of this klan group for which First district leaders are fighting. u n u JUDGE PHILIP C. GOULD, Vanderburg G. O. P. chairman, who was one of Rowbottom’s counsel has, it is said, made tentative overtures to the organization. Possibility of being Rowbottom’s heir is said to have prompted his accepting the bribery case. But, no matter who becomes head of the organization, the real district boss is C. B. Enlow, Evansville banker. In the basement of his institution party strategy is hatched. Enlow is the cleverest man in the district G. O. P. organization and he generally is credited with aiding in putting Rowbottom on the spot. Enlow is sponsor of Albert J. Wedeking, Dale banker, who is chairman of the highway commission and from whose bank was obtained the bills used in convicting Rowbottom.

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CAFETERIA IS NEW MODE IN U. S, PRISONS Old-Time Bucket Dipper Days Past as Health Issue Brings Reforms. By Bcrippt-Howard Newspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, April 17.—The battered old tin stew bucket and dipper, ancient symbols of prison food, have been abandoned in Uncle Sam’s penal institutions. In their stead, the government Is establishing cafeterias providing speedy self-service and a limited choice of food—and with the change, officials report, has come a striking

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general improvement in prison morale. With the stew kettle went also the haphazard system or prison-medical service, under which young and incompetent or old and infirm doctors administered hospital facilities. Today the public health service administers the medical plant In every federal penal institution, assigning qualified personnel in proportion to the population and supply new and adequate equipment as fast as appropriations will permit. These reforms, said AttorneyGeneral Mitchell in summarizing the new federal policy, characterize the "complete reorganization” of the prison system during the last two years. Although only recently launched, the new policy already has attracted international attention among criminologists. It aims to provide ultimately daily work for every prisoner, man or woman, to carry on systematic education and to salvage as many lives as possible through an efficient and scientific parole system.

HELEN CHANDLER WINS HER WAY IN FjLM FIGHT Convinces Hollywood She's Dramatic Artist; So Moguls Give Up. By United Preee HOLLYWOOD, April 17.—When Helen Chandler was on the New York stage she won recognition as a dramatic actress despite her youth, but when she came to Hollywood she found she was in for a fight. Not that she lacked screen value. It was just that someone saw her in a dramatic hit on Broadway, signed her up, sent her west and

cast her in Ingenue role* because she was young, blonde and beautiful. “I can’t play silly love roles,” she said. “I have to have drama and pathos. My face Just isn't the kind to look gay and happy.” She fought and won. Today, she Is more in demand for dramatic parts than any young girl in Hollywood. The start of Helen Chandler’s stage career can best be described by saying it just happened. When she was 15 a school friend went to see Arthur Hopkins, New York producer, about a stage role. Helen accompanied her. Hopkins talked with a number of applicants, then turned to Helen. “Wouldn’t you like this role?” he asked. “You look like a good little actress to me.” Helen explained that she had to go home to eat lunch with her mother, but promised to return that afternoon. Her mother gave permission to accept the part and a new actress was launched.

CATHOLICS SHOW GAIN NEW YORK, April 27.—The Catholic population for the United

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State* In 1930 was 20,091,593, representing an Increase of 13,391 over the 1929 figure, acordlng to & compilation released today by publisher* of the official Catholic directory.