Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 74, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 August 1931 — Page 2

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200,000 HIT BY WAGE SLASHES SINCEJANUARY Labor Federation Survey Shows Increase in Cuts Over 1930. B)i United Press WASHINGTON, Aug 5. The American Federation of Labor today declared that more workers have taken wage cuts in the first half of 1931 than in the entire year 1930. In its monthly survey of business the federation quoted figures of the department of labor ehowing about 200,000 workers affected by wage cuts so far this year. The total for 1930 was in the neighborhood of 125,000. The survey expressed encouragement at the fact that no increase in wage cuts was reported to the labor department for June. Only 210 firms reported wage cuts in June, as compared with 293 in May and the number of workers affected, according to the federation, was “scarcely more than half the May figure.” At the same time the report included figures purporting to show that while the cost of living had decreased since 1929 workers’ income had decreased much more. I Cost of living declined 12 per cent by June, 1931, from the level of June, 1930, according to labor department figures. Workers’ incomes, however, the Federation report asserts, have in the same period dropped 32 per cent and “real wages” figured in terms of the goods they will buy have fallen 22 per cent. The Federation's figures were based on reports of the federal reserve board and the interstate commerce commission and covered factory and railroad workers. COL. AND MRS. HOUSE MARK WEDDING DATE Congratulatory Letters, Telegrams Received on 50th Anniversary. Bn United Press MANCHESTER - BY - THE - SEA, Mass., Aug. s.—Colonel and Mrs. Edward Mandell House observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary Tuesday, surprised that so many of

their friends remembered the date and event. The famous southern Democrat said he and Mrs. House, for m e rly Loulie Hunter of Austin, Tex., began receiving congratulatory letters and telegrams last week. “Some came from prominent persons in Europe,”

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Colonel House remarked. “And I don’t know how they learned of it over there, unless it was published.” No elaborate celebration was planned by the couple, whose marriage took place a few months after House completed his studies at Cornell university. CIVIC LEAGUE ELECTS AT CHURCH SESSION Mrs. C. C. Wolvcrton Named Head of Northeast Group. Mrs. C. C. Wolverton today succeeded Paul Whitesides as president of the Northeast Civic League, following election held Tuesday night at the Ebenezer Lutheran church. Other new officers are G. C. Cauldwell, vice-president; A. M. Jeffers, secretary; Mrs. C. A. Peters, treasurer, and J. A. Swarm, trustee, re-elected. Necessity of providing safety for child’, en en route to and from the new school at Thirty-fifth street and Keystone avenue, to be opened this fall, was discussed. It was pointed out that unless cinder walks are laid on Keystone avenue children will be forced to walk in the street, risking injury from motor vehicles. LEGION POST TO FROLIC Games, Contests to Feature Outing of Oaklandon Group. Service Post No. 128, American Legion of Oaklandon, will hold its annual picnic Sunday, Aug. 9, at Plummer’s Grove on Fall creek, three miles north of Oaklandon. A short talk and resume of the past activities of the post will be made by the commander and the afternoon’s program will be one of swimming, games and contests. Aug. 8 the post will sponsor a dance at its hall in Oaklandon. Plans are being made by the post to take over and re-establish a Boy Scout troop in the community.

Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported to police as stolen belong to: C. H. Wisehart. North Salem. Buick coach, from parkins space at Methodist hospital. Abo Reese. 426 West Twentv-eishth street. Ford coupe. 32-977. from Indiana avenue and North street. C A. Kaas. Chicago. Essex coach. 1-880.267 Illinois. Irom Capitol avenue and Ohio Jreet. Llovd Multlean. 1418 Hovt avenue. Ford roadster. 48-146, Irom Meridian street and Jackson place. R E. Rlckentvorth. R. B. 17. Box 239 E. Ford sedan. Irom Wabash street and Senate avenue.

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Stolen automobiles recovered by police belong to: George H. Reaver 318 South Hancock avenue. Willvs-Knlaht. found at 25 West Pearl street. Ira Hall. 1811 Yandes street. Buick convertible coupe. loud at 1100 West Michigan street. Earl Stafford. 2434 North Meridian street Marmon aedan. found at Resent street and the Bluff read.

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Boy Hero of Blizzard in State Guide Fire Patrol

Bryan Unttedt and his new rifle

Bryan Untiedt, 13-year-old hero of the Colorado school bus blizzard disaster and erstwhile guest of President Herbert Hoover, today took his first steps toward becoming a deputy Indiana state fire marshal. He joined the Indiana Guide Fire Patrol under Captain Zach Sanderson. This organization has enlisted several thousand boys to aid in the safety campaign being carried on

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Tattooer’s Business Still O. K.

BY ARCH STEINEL BUSINESS may sing the St. Louis blues, the arts and sciences may toss out crepe verbs, but the depression has missed the tattooer like a Kansas cyclone does a treeless prairie. Don’t take our word for it, just call on “Professor” Charles Hamilton, tattooer extraordinary, of 24 South Illinois street, and ask him how he’s paying the “nut” (overhead expenses) these days of lassitude. ‘Why, pal!” soothes the professor, “the tattooing business is just as good a-a it always was. Why, I banked SI,OOO last year, believe me or not.” Now the “professor,” despite his slightly bald head, is to be believed with no “not” to it. His tattoos may deceive. He may turn a blue anklet on a man’s arm into a lodge ritual, but when he says “business is good,” you can depend that he’s done more than his share of dragon claws, American flags and the Rock of Ages. u tt tt THE yearly C. M. T. C. camp at Ft. Benjamin Harrison is the ointment that soothes the pocketLURID FILMS VIEWED MENACE TO MOVIES “Killing Goose that Laid Golden Egg,” Brooklyn Judge Declares. By United Press BROOKLYN, N. Y., Aug. 5. “Gangster and sex pictures are killing the goose that lays the golden eggs for the motion picture industry,” County Court Judge Taylor declared in sentencing two youths on robbery charges. The youths, Calph Raia and Angleo Elco admitted robbing a man because gangster pictures inspired them to “get in on a little of this easy money racket.” They were given indeterminate sentences. “No responsible parent cares to take children to see these pictures,” the judge commented, “and until the industry becomes respectable it will not be a financial success.” HOLD PAIR IN THEFT Police Say Tools Fit Jimmy Marks in Grocery Burglary Attempt. Police early today held two men on vagrancy charges for questioning in connection with an alleged attempt to break into a Standard grocery at 3200 East Twentieth street. The men were Elmer Wilkinson, 20, of 2809 School street, and Clifford Stillwood, 19, of 2109 North Olney stret. Police say they carried tire tools that fit marks made by attempts to jimmy off doors leading into the grocery. They were found, police say, hiding near the store. HURT IN TAXI MISHAP Girl Thrown Through Window in Sudden Stop. Rushing in a taxicab to catch a bus for Toledo, Miss Patricia Jones, 23, of Toledo, was injured in a traffic accident today. When a car pulled in front of the cab, driven by E. M. Stewart, 606 West Twenty-ninth street, the driver suddenly put on his brakes, throwing Miss Jones through the glass partition in the cab. Her face was cut, and she was taken to city hospital for treatment. Miss Jones told police the driver charged her 35 cents to take her to the hospital. Helpless, After 15 Years of Asthma Cough and Wheeze Stopped Two Years Ago. Well Ever Since. Any one tortured by asthma or bronchial cough will be glad to know that Mrs. George Kiefer, 35 South Vine Street, Indianapolis, found lasting relief. She said: “I suffered from asthma 15 years. I was so bad I could hardly walk across the house, and used to sit up in a chair four or five nights at a time. The second night after taking Nacor I slept in bed all night. I have not noticed any asthma In over two years; breathing fine, no wheezing and I sleep fine." Hundreds of people who suffered for years from asthma and bronchial coughs, state that their troubla left and has not returned. Their letters and a booklet of vital information will in* sent free by Nacor Medicine Cos.. 408 State Life Bldg.. Indianapolis. Ind. Call or write for this free information and find out how thoustands have found lasting relief.—Advertisement.

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by the office of Alfred E. Hogston, state fire marshal. Untiedt’s application for membership, received at the stafehouse today, gives his age as 13, height five feet four inches, and weight 104 pounds. He is in the eighth grade at school. Boys making the best record in the safety work become special deputy fire marshals. Those who win the county awards are to be given badges at the state fair.

book for the “professor” in the summer months. “The camp brought in quite a piece of money. Then there’s the year-round show business that comes my way. Oh! I can’t complain,” the “professor” assured. The latest in tattoos are: Hoover fishing on the Rapidan; Clara Bow bowing herself out of the talkies, and the new Arlene Dietrich limb design. “And have you any designs on the moratorium?” the “professor” was asked. “Moratorium? You mean this ‘in memory to mother’ wreaths? Sure, pal! We got a lot of them.” And we promised solemnly to get one for 50 cents if it would charm our creditors away.

BANK RESOURCE LOSSJSSHOWN Large Decrease Regarded as Healthy Condition. Resources of Indiana’s savings, private, and state banks and trust companies were $51,196,881.39 lower June 30 1931, than Dec. 31, 1930, report by the state banking department showed today. The combined resources of the 673 institutions last December were $652,141,275.79, compared with $600,944,394.40 in 625 institutions June 30, date of the latest bank call. Demand deposits fell from $161,887,589.62 to $152,929,815.31 in the six months’ period; certificates of deposit from $76,370,151.85; trust deposits from $9,983,974.49 to $9,443,831.61 and special deposits increased from $4,736,147.62 to $4,741,333.99. Increase in cash reserve over the December report was 3.3 per cent. Banking department officials regarded the report as highly satisfactory in view of economic conditions and indicative of a healthier bank condition than in many other states. VETERAN SEES' HOOVER Millionth Legionnaire Is Presented at White House. By United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. s.—The one millionth member o fthe American Legion was presented today to President Herbert Hoover. He is Tell W. Nicolet, landscape architect of Pittsburgh, Pa. The Legion’s membership is now 1,026,259, according to Edward Lewis of the Legion’s national legislative committee who presented Nicolet at the White House.

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FLIERS SURVIVE JUNGLE LANDING IN NICARAGUA Letter Bares Adventure of Marine Aviators During Native Uprising. By United Press WASHINGTON, s.—The story of twr jQ&ilne fliers who were uown by Nicaraguan insurrectionists but survived two days wandering in the pest-infested jungle was received today at the navy department in a letter to Colonel T. C. Turner, chief of marine corps aviation. Flying in a two-plane formation, Sergeant Gordon Hermitage and Corporal Orville Simmons alighted in the western Nicaraguan swamp country on July 22. Neither was wounded but the letter said heritage counted sixteen bullet holes in their plane. The report was made to the navy department on July 25. merely the men had been forced to land. It did not mention that the plane : had been hit. The other plane circled above the j bogged fliers. Its crew dropped a message advising their comrades to burn the plane and start on foot ! toward the railroad line. Hermi- : tage and Simmons destroyed the 1 craft which was sinking in the swamp muck. They took down the i machine gun, scattered its parts 1 and started on a thirty-mile tramp to the logtown railroad. “We had an anxious couple of days here on the 23d and 24th,” the letter said, “when neither air nor ground patrols could contact Heritage and Simmons.” Friendly Indian fishermen saved the fliers’ lives. Encountering the aii men struggling toward civilization the Indians guided them to the marine base.

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’REDUCE WAGES, PUBLIC WORKS,’ MOORMAN ASKS Elimination of Gravel Road Fund Is His Latest •Relief’ Advice. Cut wages and curtail public work. That is the advice John Moorman, Knox, wealthy and retired, offers Governor Harry G. Leslie for solvj ing the tax problem. Both policies are exactly opposite to the stand taken by President Hoover and advocated as a na- | tional policy during the depression. Last week Moorman, who is an : Indiana prison trustee, introduced i a resolution to cut wages at the ! prison, and urged that the plan be extended throughout the state government. Now he wants the county gravel road fund eliminated, which would require that whatever county road i work is done be financed from the county’s share of the state gasoline tax. A bill with that provision was overwhelmingly rejected by the 1931 legislature. Moorman says he is going to eliminate the 21-cent gravel road levy in Starke county, where he lives, or take the matter to the state tax board. He urges others to do likewise. This policy has approval of the Indiana Taxpayers Association. $lO Bite for Biting Husband By United Press CHICAGO, Aug. s.—Joseph Bartnick was fined $lO in police court when his wife Annette, 25, testified he became angry at her, “chewed away part of the wooden frame of the davenport and bit away a yard of leather, coming up with the excelsior stuffing sticking out of his mouth.”

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POUR ACID ON CLOTHES Armed Hoodlums Bind Dry Cleaning Employes, Ruin 150 Suits. By United Press * CHICAGO, Aug. s.—Armed with guns, a jug and a sprinkler, three men f iiered the Michigan Cleaners and layers main south side plant today, forced two employes to lie down on the floor, then proceeded

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leisurely to sprinkle sulphuric acid over thousands of dollars’ worth of clothes. Police attributed the strange attack to a renewal of labor troubles which became so serious last winter that for more than a month officers guarded the company’s trucks on all their rounds. The three men were thorough in their work, not missing a single one of about 150 suits.

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ARE HELD IN ALLEGED ALKY DIVERSION PLOT Dearborn County Men Are Nabbed by Federal Authorities. Five Dearborn county men were arrested Tuesday by Harry E. Gates, deputy United States marshal, and other arrests are expected to follow, when an alleged conspiracy to divert industrial alcohol into the bootleg trade was exposed. The five men, who are alleged ! to have stolen thousands of gallons I of alcohol in the last six months, j are Kenneth (Buck) Whitney, I Lawrenceburg poolroom operator, | and Jesse Bawer, Harlow Sturgeon, ; Herbert Atkins and Raymond Gray, all former employes of the Rossj ville Commercial Alcohol Corpora- | tion at Lawrenceburg. All are under $3,000 bond to federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy to possess, sell and transport alcohol, by Fae W. Patrick, United States commissioner. Government guagers have reported quantities of alcohol missing at the distillery for months. Operations were carried on, it is charged, at night when only one government man was on duty. The men were aided by Gray, who, it is alleged by the column house or still operator, and were kept informed as to the location of the watchman, it is alleged. When the government man was in a distant part of the distillery j they filled five-gallon cans and hid \ them, the federal complaint says. Later they met in a cemetery, where division of *the spoils was | made, it is said. It is charged they received $7 to $lO a gallon for the alcohol, which I was what is known as middle run.