Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 68, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 July 1931 — Page 5
JULY 29,1931
GRASSHOPPERS' TOLL WILL RUN INTO MILLIONS Farmers of Five, States in Frenzied Fight to Save Their Crops. By United Pm* LINCOLN, Neb., July 29.—Ravenous grasshoppers of a nonmigratory but exceptionally greedy variety swarmed in wriggling hordes today over more than 46,875 square miles of farmlands in five mid-west-ern states and caused damage of which crop experts could say only that “it will run into millions.’’ Every hopper fighting device known to man was brought into play as farmers in Nebraska, lowa, Minnesota, North and South Dakota fought to save from the invaders what little was left of their grains and corn. In many of the seventy-five counties overrun, farmers marched into the blackened fields with clubs, pounding right and left as they beat down the “hoppers with the fury of men who had worked hard to plant their crops, nurtured them almost to maturity, and then seen them gobbled up by insect pests. Poison was spread by hand and machine over many fields and in South Dakota it was sprayed across the countryside from speeding airplanes. In several Nebraska counties the pests were fought with “bulkers,” huge machines which scoop up the insects by the bushels and dump them at end of each round of the fields. The piles of insects then are soaked with oil and burned. In other places, ingenious methods were devised to electrocute the ‘hoppers. “There Is only one estimate you can put on the damage,” declared an official in Nebraska. “It’s in the millions, that’s all. And just how many millions we probably won’t realize until winter comes and human suffering begins.” In the Air Weather conditions in the air at 9 a. m.: West southwest wind, 18 miles an hour; barometric pressure, 30.02 sea level; temperature, 83; ceiling unlimited; visibility, 14 miles; field, good. Air Safety Code Drawn By United Pre*.i WASHINGTON, July 29.—New rules to increase the safety of airplane passenger service will be promulgated within a few days by the department of commerce. They were agree dupon at a joint conferenceof airline operators and pilots. Most important of the new regulations follow: Only planes equipped with twoway radio may fly above clouds or fog banks. Pilots of passenger planes are forbidden to work more than eight hours aday or to fly more than thirty hours a week. Between flights of more than six hours the pilot must be given a prolonged rest period. Only one pilot will be required on multimotorode planes, unless he is to fly more than six hours in one day. Present rules call for two pilots on all the large passenger planes. Operators demanded the change for economy.
Flying Club to Meet Participants in the recent Indiana air tour will be guests of the Hoosier Flying Club tonight at Hoosier airport. The meeting, to be followed by a buffet supper, is expected to be devoted largely to “hangar flying.” Speakers will include James Gordon, injured in an accident to one of the tour planes: Attorney Edward F. New and William F. Sturm, tour director. Each tour participant will receive a gift significant of his greatest "boner” on the tour. President Jess Gaugh will act as master of ceremonies. • TWO MORE NABBED IN HOLDUP OF THEATER Police Believe Walker Robbery Solved by Negroes’ Arrests. Police today said they had written "finis” to a page in their report book devoted to the holdup of the Walker theater on July 13 with word received from Chicago of the arrest of two Negroes in connection with the stickup. Detectives left today to return Andrew Allison and Rudolph Clay, Negroes held in the Illinois city, here to face robbery charges. Four Negroes have been indicted for alleged participation in the “stickup” and with the arrests in Chicago, Detective Chief Fred Simons said the theater holdup had been solved. Approximately $l7O was obtained in the holdup. Allison and Clay have waived extradition.
‘Off the Boat’ By United Pres* HAVANA, July 29—If American bootleg liquor is as bad as the counterfeit labels exhibited lately, the American consumer is taking a terrible drubbing, Facundo Bacardi, head of the distillery which makes the famous rum, declared today. The labels on several bottles of bootleg Bacardi reaching here recently have contained such glaring errors in spelling and printing that the Cubans are at a loss to understand how the American purchaser could be led to believe they were getting something “Just off the boat.” Among the mistakes was the spelling of Carta De Oro. Bootleggers thought it was “Carte.” They also overlooked the fact that “PHZ” in Philadelphia is changed to “F” and that the rum is “ron” in Spanish. Further that the ron is made in Santiago de Cuba and not in Havana, as the bootleggers believe.
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“Shoot the works,” said Heywood Broun, and the photographer “shot.” So here you see the columnist-producer with some of the dancers and chorus girls who decorate the revue devised for employment of jobless Broadway theater folk.
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BY BEN STERN IP there is one state commission which is the subject of continuous fire from citizens in every walk of life, it is the public service commission. Strange as it may seem, there are occasions when even the utilities (which are reported to control the commission's decisions) make it a target for brickbats. These occasions, however, are scarce indeed, for the only time a utility gets angry is when it doesn’t get all the rate increase it demands. “Make the commissioners responsible to somebody besides the Governor,” is the cry heard everywhere. There is a genuine feeling that as long as the Governor is the only authority over the commission, the public is in the position of the poor child with nose pressed through the bars watching the rich and favored children playing on the grass. u u a A step toward closer supervision over the appointment of the commissioners was made by the Democrats in their platform last year, when they included a plank demanding senate approval of executive appointments. But, like a great many other im-
Rules Are Announced in $3,000 Vacation Contest
Following are the rules governing The Times-Indiana Theater Vacation Contest, opening Saturday; 1. This shall be known as The TIMES-INDIANA THEATER $3,0C0 VACATION CONTEST. 2. Seventeen prizes (providing vacation accommodations for forty persons) will be awarded by the judges to those entrants who most correctly identify the forty-two motion picture stars whose pictures will be published in the INDIANAPOLIS TIMES starting Saturday, Aug. 1, and continuing for the next six consecutive issues. 3. The contest is open to every one except employes, or their immediate relatives, of the INDIANAPOLIS TIMES, of the SKOURASPUBLIX THEATERS, or of any of the hotels or resorts participating in the plan. 4. All entries must be mailed to CONTEST EDITOR, INDIANAPOLIS TIMES, not later than 12 o’clock Wednesday night, Aug. 12, 1931. Winners will be announced in THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Saturday, Aug. 15. 5. In case of ties, similar awards will be given those contestants who tie. 6. Winners of first, second, third, and fourth prizes will be given their respective choices of two weeks’ accommodations for two persons (winner and one) at (a.) The SPINK-WAWASEE HOTEL and COUNTRY CLUB, luxurious playground at Lake Wawasee; (b.) HOTEL KNICKERBOCKER, Chicago’s far-famed gold coast section; (c.) HOTEL GOLFMORE, exclusive recreation resort on Lakf Michigan, at Grand Beach, Mich.; (d.)COLONIAL TERRACE, popular rest and play hostelry at Lake Manitou, Ind. Winners of fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth prizes will be given their respective choices of ten days’ accommodations for two persons, (winner and one) at either of the above hotels. They will obtain the same deluxe accommodations, but for a period of ten days instead of two weeks. Winners of the next nine prizes will be given their respective choices of ONE WEEK at either of the above hotels with all charges paid; or of a bungalow on Roscoe Ails’ famous Artists’ Island at Indian Lake, O. The cottage will accommodate eight persons, and will be available to the winner for two weeks without charge. The above accommodations will be available for the winners until Sept. 15, transferable in the event one or more winners are unable to take advantage of the accommoda-
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portant planks, the idea died aborning. Now comes M. Bert Thurman, one of the outstanding contenders for the Republican nomination for governor .with the following suggestion concerning appointment of commissioners: “The vital thing is to fix responsibility. To do this, let us have party responsibility for actions of the commissioners,” Thurman points out. “Let each party nominate three public service commissioners in the state convention every four years. a a a “The Governor then will appoint the three selected by his party’s convention and the two obtaining the highest vote in the other convention. “In this way the commissioners will be accountable to their party and the party always is accountable f to the public.” Thurman’s plan, it is said, has much merit, in that it is one solution for a most perplexing question. There are thousands in Indiana, however, who are clamoring for abolition of the commission. And if its decisions don’t show 7 much improvement in the near future there will be a couple more.
tions during the period of time which they cover. Winners will enjoy accommodations with full service (including meals) at each of the four hotels. The bungalow at Indian Lake is equipped for preparing meals ala camping style. 7. None of the entries is to be mailed in until all seven groups have appeared, after which tima all are to be sent in together with names and addresses of sender written plainly on entry. 8. Stars are to be identified in accordance with the number appearing with each individual photograph.
Gone, but Not Forgotten
Automobiles reported to police as stolen belomt to: Charles Wlnburn. Kokomo. Chrysler sedan. from Senate avenue and Walnut street. James A. Hamilton. 524 North Senate avenue. Dodee sedan. 731-335. Xrom rear ol 524 North Senate avenue.
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Stolen automobiles recovered by nolice ! belong to: Ray Knapp. 444 North Walcott street. Oldsmobile coach, found at Harding street and White River. A. C. Shirley. R. R. 9. box 478. WiliysKnight sedan, found at Capitol avenue and Morris street. Scissor Wielding Mate Jailed Mrs. Grace Hyatt, 509 North Illinois street, Apartment 3, was in city 1 hospital today with a severe wound beneath the left arm, and her husband Walter was in city prison I charged with assault and battery with intent to kill. He wielded a I pair of barber’s scissors in a fit of | anger, Mrs. Hyatt charged. Civil War Bugler Dies ; By United Press BRAZIL, Ind., July 29.—William I H. Bubb, 86, former mayor and Civil I war veteran, died here Tuesday. He ! was a bugler with a Pennsylvania I regiment. 11l Woman Kills Self By United Press HAMMOND, Ind., July 29.—Mrs. :C. K. Wallace, wife of the Lake \ county engineer, committed suicide I with a revolver because of desponI dency over the prospect of treati ment in a sanitarium. Thought Asthma Would Smother Her Sleeps All Night Now. Bronchial Cough Gone. Her prompt relief from asthma and severe bronchial coughs is deI scribed in a letter by Mrs. Emma Whisenand. R. R. No. 4, Bloomingj ton, Ind. She says: “I had bronchial asthma and was so weak it just seemed I would drop at every step. I couldn’t sleep at night. When I would lie down it seemed I would smother to death. Since taking Naeor, every symptom of asthma has left me. and I did not have a bad cold or cough all winter.” Hundreds of people who suffered for years from asthma and bronchial coughs, state that their trouble left and has not returned. Their letters and a booklet of vital Informs*will be sent free by Naeor Medich. 408 State Life Bldg., Indianapolis. . i. Call or write for this free information and find out how thousands have found lasting reliefs——Advertisement.
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NEGRO ACCUSED AS SLAYER OF CITY DETECTIVE Richard Perkins to Return for Trial in Murder of Carl Heckman. Awaiting arrival of Indianapolis police to return him to face murder charges for the death of Detective Sergeant Carl Heckman, Richard Perkins, alias Cobb, was held today in Chattanooga, Tenn. Dispatches said he would return to Indiana without extradition. Perkins has been sought since Jan. 3, when Sergeant Heckman was wounded fatally in a duel with two Negro bandits in the 3500 block North Pennsylvania strete. A Negro policeman arrested Perkins in a motion picture theater there for skipping bond on a liquor charge. Photographs, sent to Chattanooga because local officers were certain he would show up there, were his nemesis. Perkins, according to messages from the Tennessee city, denied firing a shot when Sergeant Heckman and Detective William Miller stopped him and Richard Board, now held in Marion county jail. However, the bullet that killed the policeman was identified as having been fired from a revolver found in Perkins’ room after the battle. The pair of Negroes was stopped by the policemen after they followed a laundry truck, which Board later admitted they planned to hold up. After the gun fight Perkins, although wounded, made his escape. Board is under a robbery indictment. PLEDGES AID IN PAVING Woodruff Place to Share Cost of East Michigan Street Project. Cost of widening and resurfacing of East Michigan street by the city will be shared by Woodruff Place, town trustees have announced. The board adopted plans and specifications prepared by the city of Indianapolis, and agreed to pay for the improvement along the town boundary, about four blocks, from the north curb line to the center of the street.
Duration of Stay—rOne day. On Thursday afternoon and night. Show Grounds—Keystone avenue. Performances—At 2 and 8 p. m., with doors opening one hour earlier for inspection of menagerie. Arrival—On its own 100 doublelength all-steel railroad cars, in four trains, from South Bend, over the Pennsylvania railroad. Dimensions Covering twentythree acres of ground, with the “big top,” world’s largest tent, seating 15,000 persons, and with thirty other tents. Personnel—Carrying 1,600 persons, more than 800 of whom are performers. Features—Orland-Mara Sensation, in which Or land, with Misr, Mara strapped on his back, dives from dome of big top to chute far below; Wallenda troupe of death-de-fying high-wire aerialists; Alfredo Codona, triple somersaulting aerialist, and famous Codona troupe; Con Colleano, wizard of the tight wire; Luicita Leers, aerial gymnast, and Huga Zacchini, original human projectile. Menagerie—All rare animals of REJECT MINE PAY CUT 5 Union Men Turn Down Proposal to Make New Jobs. By United Press TAMAQUA, Pa., July 29.—A plan for wage cut through reduction of the eight-hour working day to six hours was rejected today by United Mine Workers of America employed at the Summit Hill coal stripping project of the Lehigh Navigation Coal Company. The company proposed to amend the eight-hour working agreement to provide four shifts to six hours each, giving employment to about sixty additional men. All workers are paid on the hourly* basis.
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Sponsored by the Women’s Club of Garfield park, a play, “Farm Folks,” will be presented on the nights of July 29, 30 and 31 by the Garfield Dramatic Club at the municipal theater in the park. Ella Bushatsky and Donald Rugenstein have leading parts. The club was organized in May and is under the direction of Arthur D. Barnett. The members, young people of the Garfield park section, are making their first appearance in this production.
the earth, forty-three big and little elephants, twenty-six camels, thirty zebras, tallest herd of giraffes, largest tiger in captivity. Side Show—Gigantic congress ol strange people; open from morning until night. Wild West Show—Takes place in the big top immediately after each performance of the big show. All champions and stars of the Wild West. Music—By the Ringling Bros, and Barnum &; Bailey concert and recording band, led by Merle Evans. Downtown Ticket Sale—From 9 to 5 at Clark & Cade drug store, Claypool hotel. Leaves Here —for Louisville. * Special Note —There will be no street parade in this or any other city this season.
EXCURSION Saturday, August 1 TOLEDO $5.00 DETROIT $6.00 Leave Indianapolis 10:15 p. m.; returning, leave Detroit, 11:20 p. m., Eastern Time, Sunday, August 2; Toledo, 1:30 a. m., Eastern Time, Monday, August 3. * Tickets good in coaches only. Children half fare. Tickets at City Ticket Office, 112 Monument Circle and Union Station. BIG FOUR ROUTE
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OUTLOOK BRIGHT FOR ’32 PARLEY ON ARMSSLASH Sitmson’s European Visit Believed to Have Paved Way for Success. BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Scripps-Howard Foreign Editor BERLIN, July 29.—As Secretary Stimson nears the end of his official swing around Europe, I am in a position to state that he is confident that the groundwork has now been laid for a successful arms conference in 1932. A personage who has been closely associated with the secretary and other statesmen during negotiations in Rome, Paris, London and Berlin said it was the unanimous opinion of those participating that real progress has been made in the direction of disarmament. It would be a big mistake, he de-* dared, if observers permit trees to prevent them from seeing the forest. In trying to weigh the immediate tangible results of the London conference there is danger of overlooking intangibles which in
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the future probably will prove incomparably more important. Arms limitation is perhaps the most vital thing before the world today because of its bearing on world confidence. Obstacles in the way of achieving disarmament are one-tenth material and nine-tenths mental. The biggest thing London did was pave the way for mental disarmament, which is essential if the February conference is to succeed. Chancellor Bruening, Premier Laval, and representatives of Germany and PYance, countries regarded as keys in the coming arms conference, I am told, are tremen-
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dously impressed by Stimson and others with whom they came into contact as sincere, earnest statesmen, intensely desirous of reaching a common understanding. It can be stated definitely that Stimson regards his trip to Europe as most fruitful. He has gained invaluable insight into European problems first-hand, which will be highly useful in the future, while the exchange of views between Americans and Europeans and between Europeans themselves should serve to clear the air of many misconceptions and pave the way for an agreement on arms.