Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 34, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 June 1931 — Page 6

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‘LOW' POOLROOM CURSE TO CITYs YOUTH^PERILED Police Have Hands Full Trying to Stamp Out Vice Breeders. Thouands of Indianapolis high schoolboys are on vacation and the lower class poolroom again looms as one of the city's greatest menaces to its civilization, police assert. The “low class’’ neighborhood poolroom is the nest of vice and petty larceny where schoolboys learn to gamble, smoke and drink. The innocent-appearing front of “Billiards" is the blindest sort of a blind for a "public enemy"—a man who operates a poolroom where boys and young men gather and learn of crimes, thefts and grafting. There is a poolroom on South Illinois street that for years has been the breaking point for young, boys. One schoolboy habitue of the poolroom listened too closely to the advice of the older men. He turned thief. Police Are Balked He was captured and sentenced to the state reformatory. A prominent Indianapqlis lodge obtained a job for him and succeeded in getting his release from the reformatory. He was released on the condition that he never enter the poolroom again. But police never have been able to “close in” successfully on the joint. Always, morning or night, there are several loiterers hanging around the outside of-th^place. A short cry through the door and domino games in which men and boys are playing poker for money immediately become simple pastimes “for fun.” Poolrooms throughout the city are a lure for young boys. They have an indefinite, mysterious appeal which youth can not ignore, police declare. Soon the neighborhood becomes a “tough section." The abundance of poolrooms and bocze joints undoubtedly makes certain sections of the city “tough,” although many have been forced to quit because of the increased pressure of police and civic organizations in the last few years. Girls Are in Peril Indianapolis’ work will not be cleared up until it is clear of poolrooms which known gamblers, petty bootleggers and vice mongers frequent, and where young boys are allowed to enter, police say. One small portion of the south 6ide is known for its errant schoolboys, truants who while away their heurs in poolrooms and where parents refuse their daughters permission to leave their homes after dark. The north side is peculiarly free of that menace. The north side has Us poolrooms, but they are scattered widely, and it is in that section of the city where boys are less rough and where less petty grafting occurs. CUB CROP IS ‘BUMPER’ Twins and Triplets Swell Bear Population in l'oscmite. By Science Service YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Cal., June 19. —A “bumper crop” of bear cubs is reported in Yosemite National Park this year. Many of the proud mothers are displaying twins, and some triplets. This is a great contrast to last spring, when hardly a cub was seen in Yosemite valley. The special bear patrol still is functioning, and any bears which damage cars or tents, or are in any way a nuisance, are caught, daubed with white paint for identification purposes, and removed to the lower end of the valley, away from the various centers of activity. Former Officer Accused HARTFORD CITY. Ind., June 19. —Charged with being an accomplice in a robbery, Harry Wells, former Blackford county deputy sheriff, is in custody hefe.

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What Uncle Sam's Big Guns Can Do

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These cadets of the United States Military Academy at West Point placed a literal interpretation on the orders to “man the guns" when they visited the Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland' The “future generals'’ were treated to a demonstration of the army’s biggest weapons, including the 16-inch gun upon which they are standing. Cadets are shown poking their heads through holes in armor plate made by 16-inch shells like that photographed to scale at the left.

FORECASTS 0. K. 9 TIMES IN 1Q Weather Man‘s Accuracy Is Proved by Record. Babe Ruth, emperor of baseballdom, has nothing on the United ; States weather forecasters in Indi- | ana when it comes to hitting the | ball on the nose. Those who predict the w’eather for the morrow for Indianapolis and Indiana are credited with a high average by the federal weather headquarters at Washington. Each forecast made in America is checked against the actual outcome, and the records of this t erification process reveal that Indiarfe forecasts were 94.7 per cent correct in January of this year. In February, the weather prognosticators were 92.3 per cent right, and in March were 90.1 per cent correct. Although later figures have not been compiled by the federal bureau, it is estimated that the Hoosier experts still are batting around SO per cent or higher. So when J. H. Armington, the senior United States meteorologist here, tells The Times that it Will be “fair and w r armer” on the morrow, it’s better than a 9-to-l bet that you won’t need an umbrella. TARPON PLUNGES INTO BOAT, WHACKS ANGLER Five-Foot Fish Then Leaps Overboard; What a Thrill. By United Press SAN BENITO, June 19.—Tarpon fishing held unexpected thrills recently for four San Benito men when a giant silver king leaped into their boat and gave one of the fishermen a resounding whack on the back of the neck. While making a strike the fish leaped over the shoulder of one man. seated on the deck in a camp chair, and struck another in the middle of the boat. The impact threw the tarpon on to the boatside, where it flopped back into the water. the surprised witnesses state. N. J. Davis, F. E. Burker, R. B. Temple and F. Rhodes were fishing near Brazos Santiago pass, when-the tarpon, estimated to be I about five feet in length, leaped : overboard. oneToyaTsubscriber On Subscription List of T r for Seventy-Six Years. By United Press CLARKSDALE, Miss., June 19— At the recent celebration of the ninety-first birthday of the Lexington Advertiser at Lexington,, Miss., it was x-evealed one subscriber had been on the subscription list for seventy-six years. •

Its Alarming Midget Sits on Tightwire 30 Feet Above Street for 59 Hours.

By United Press BROCKTON, Mass., June 19. The fire alarm sounded here and firemen responded. “Where’s the fire?" they chorused. Charles D'Agostino, who had sounded the alarm, pointed to a forlorn object sitting on a taut wire midway between two polies some thirty feet in the air. It proved to be Charles’ brother, Ralph, a 28-year-old midget weighing less than 100 pounds, who claims the world flagpole sitting championship—a record of thirty-four days aloft, established last summer. For fifty-nine hours Ralph had been parked high on the tight wire, seeking to establish a world record in this fascinating sport as well. He had grown faint, and fearing he might tumble from his precarious perch, he decided to call out the fire department. Firemen obligingly raised a ladder and took him down. Suffering from exposure he was taken to Brockton hospital.

BRONZE AGE RELICS FOUND IN MACEDONIA Britons Excavate Deposit Containing Two Occupation Levels. By United Press ATHENS, June 19.—Relics of the bronze age have been unearthed by the British school during a year’s excavation in Macedonia. Working on a site in western Macedonia, at the village of Armencchori, near Fiorina, the expedition discovered a deposit containing two occupation levels. Both belong to the early Macedonians bronze age culture, which is known from previous excavations by the school in .other parts of Macedonia to have flourished about 2500-2000 B. C. In the upper level were found thirty whole vases, each with two high-swung ribbon-shaped handles, a form which was to have great vogue in the succeeding period in the south and throughout the subsequent history of Greek pottery. getsa~reaL BIRDIE Salt Lake City Golfer’s Ball Strikes, Kills Robin. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 19.—A birdie usually thrills the ordinary golfer, but one caused Dr. A. C. Callister of the Country Club to retire immediately to the shower room. Dr. Callister, a lover of birds, essayed his shot. The ball rose magnificently, but only to strike and kill a robin and spoil the doctor’s afternoon. *

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ROOSEVELT WILL SPEAK Governor Scheduled for Labor Day Address at Erie Stadium. By United Press ERIE, Pa., June 19.—Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York will speak in the new stadium here Labor day. A crowd of 10,000 is expected to welcome him. John Hemphill, candidate for Governor at the last election, and John R. Collins, state chairman of the Democratic party, will be among the distinguished visitors.

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PRETTY NURSE > CHOKED, SAYS TRIAL EXPERT —— Testifies for State Against Son of Legislator, Held in Murder. BY FRANK MURPHY United Press St3ff Correspondent NEWPORT, R. 1., June 19.—Dr. George Burgess Magrath, whitehaired Boston pathologist who has investigated 18,000 to 20,000 deaths during his long career, today expressed the opinion that the death : of Verr.a E. Russell was due “to I the effects of compression on the : neck.” The celebrated medical examiner i was placed on the witness stand as the state sought to strengthen its contention that the pretty j sudent nurse was strangled by Elliott R. Hathaway, 28, son of a Massachusetts legislator, who is on trial charged with the murder. Dr. Magrath was asked by At-torney-General Benjamin M. McLyman, chief prosecutor, to state his opinion as to how T the girl died. “In my opinion, first of all, death not due to any natural cause,” said the pathologist. “Secondly, it was due to the effects of compression on the neck, with all that may ; follow —the cutting off of breath, ■ compression of the great blood vessels on the sides of the neck, pressure on the nerves on the sides of the neck. The sum of all in my , opinion was the cause of death.”

Civil War Landmark Boras _ By United Press MACON, Ga.. June 19.—The Lanier hotel, temporary Capitol of

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Merchant Dies BLOOMINGTON. Ind.. June 19. George A. Daughrity. 59, a merchant, is dead after an illnesa of several mouths.