Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 92, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 August 1931 — Page 5

AUG. 26, 1931.

TRAUGOTT SUES FOR INSURANCE IN SIM BLAST Ask $67,894 Judgment From Eight Firms on Policies. Judgments totaling $67,894.66 are demanded in nine suits against eight Are insurance companies filed In Marion county courts Tuesday by Edward Traugott and Harry Sussman, owners of the Edward Traugo“ Company, men’s clothing store, was destroyed by a mystery blast in August, 1928. The suits are similar to those now Pending in federal court. , O .T h * Trauot t store was at 21722 ' We st Washington street. Chester L. Zechiel was named receiver for the clothing store following the explosion. The suits pend2f#i n nSo ral court ask J udgment The suits contend the insurance companies refused to pay principals of the policies despite repeated demands. The policies, it is said, were iaken out the year before the mystery blast. Companies named as defendants in the suits are: H7m MCUt i Flre In * urance Company. • 17.800: Emnlovcrs' Fire Insurance Company. *11.500: Fireman's Fund Insurance Company. *10.000: Fireman's Fund Insurance Company. *2.000; Stuvvesant Insurance Company. *5.000: National Security Fire Insurance Company. *10.000: Atlas Assurance Company. Ltd.. *3.397.33 >,4: Detroit Fire and Marine Insurance Company. •3,397.33 Vi, and Eaale Star and British Dominions Isurance Company. *5.000. TRIO, ADRIFT FOR s7x HOURS, SAVED BY SHIP Woman and Two Men Picked Up by Freighter and Sent to Land. Hu I nitril Press BUFFALO, N. Y„ Aug. 26.—A woman and two men were safe in their homes here today after drifting several hours in a disabled motorboat on Lake Erie before'they were picked up by a passing freighter. The three were Miss Clara Jones, Florian Jones, her brother, and Eugene Pitz. Miss Jones and her companions left here Sunday morning in their ten-foot launch to visit friends near Silver creek. En route home, they ian out of gas and headed toward Buffalo. They paddled and drifted for six. hours before the freighter Tnorold sighted and picked them up. The Thorold transferred them to n fishing boat which landed them at Port Dover, Ontario. From there they came home by train. BOARD MOVES TO WIPE OUT MICHIGAN ST. JOG Declaratory Resolution Is Adopted; Work to Start by Next Spring. Steps to eliminate a jog in Michigan street, between Highland avenue and the first alley west of Dorman street, were taken today by the works board with adoption of a declaratory resolution. The work, which probably will start next spring, will necessitate acquisition by the city of nine lots to cost $36,610. The new thoroughfare would eliminate a deflation 200 feet in the road course and will conect with the paving of Michigan street to State avenue. The project will be paid by assessment of 40 per cent on property owners benefited by the improvement and the remainder by the city plan commission. ASKS REALTY RECEIVER Suit Is Filed Against Corporation by City Business Man. Suit for appointment of a receiver of the Combined Realty Corporation was filed in probate court today by Edward G. Hereth, Indianapolis business man and stockholder in the company. He charged that the company, which holds a 99-year lease on property at the northwest corner of New Jersey and Vermont streets, has become insolvent through decline in property values and loss of rentals. ‘VANDY' KEEPS SILENCE Cornelius Won’t Talk Regarding Rumors of Elopement. Jtii United I'res* CHICAGO. Aug. 26. —Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., wealthy journalist, arrived today from Reno. He would not comment on reports he was planning to elope with Mrs. Marie Glass Marshall of New York, who left Reno on a later train. "Not a thing to say,” Vanderbilt parirer when reporters surrounded him. He hopped into a cab and was driven to an undisclosed destination “to rest.” MOOSE NAME DIRECTOR Former Congressman is Chosen; Cleveland May Get Session. By United Press ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., Aug. 26. —Frederick N. Zihlman of Cumberland, Md., former congressman, was elected supreme dictator of the Loyal Order of Moose at the fortythird annual convention here today. The order has more than 600,000 members. It was believed that the forty-fourth convention would be held at Cleveland. ROTARY GOLFERS READY Tournament to Be Held Sept. 11 at Speedway Course. Indianapolis Rotary Club golf tournament will be held Friday, Sept. 11, at Speedway course, according to announcement Tuesday at the weekly luncheon in the Claypool hotel. Play will begin at 10 In the morning. A dinner at the Highland Golf and Country Club will conclude the event. Sleeps on Running Board ODON, Ind., Aug. 26.—A 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Overton, Raglesville, rode four miles on the running board of her grandfather’s automobile while she slept. The child went to sleep on the machine while her grandfather was visiting her parents.

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Here are some of the younger entertainers who will perform in the open-air theater at Garfield park Sunday afternoon as a part of the program closing the twoday city-wide safety rally.

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Bummy’s Gone By United Press CHICAGO, Aug. 26.—A tiny ribbon of crepe fluttered today from the door of engine house No. 4 in memory of a terrier dog. / Bjim was his name. He was the pal of every man in the company. He never missed a fire. A place was reserved for him atop a roll of hose and whenever the gong sounded in the station he was the first to reach his post. A 2-11 flre which did $50,000 damage at the plant of the Garfield Felt Corporation sent Bum on his last run. He knew a big fire when he saw it. He became excited as the engine roared to a stop in front of the flaming building. For a moment he forgot his training, leaped from the engine without looking, and landed in front of a hook and ladder truck which was following. He was crushed to death.

ASK RETRIAL FOB TWO Negro Youths Serving Life for La Porte Crime. Action for anew trial for two Negro youths, serving life sentences at the Indiana state prison, has been instituted in the supreme court by Robert Lee Brokenburr and R. L. Bailey, Indianapolis Negro attorneys. The prisoners are John May, 18, and Richard Harris, 23. They were convicted of assault with a deadly weapon upon pleas of guilty and without hearing of evidence according to Brokenburr. They were charged with having struck two white youths, with whom they were stealing a train ride, and robbed one of them of $2 and a fountain pen. Sentence was passed by Judge Cyrus Pattee in St. Joseph circuit court Sept. 20, 1929, the date the crime is said to have been committed on the train, near La Porte. SCHOOL TEACHER SUES TO RETAIN HER POST Miss Gertrude East Invokes Tenure Law in Court. Another Indianapolis school teacher entered the court lists today to fight for her job under the Indiana teacher tenure law, following dismissal by the local school board. May 29. Miss Gertrude East, 2149 Broadway, city school teacher for more than eleven years, filed the suit in superior court four. She asked a mandate directing her reappointment. Trial of the case will be held Sept. 8 before Judge Clarence E. Weir. Miss East contends that the tenure law, which provides a lifetime job for a teacher who has held her post five years, prevents cancellation of her contract by the board. ‘YOU MUST COME OVER' Traffic Violators in Evanston Now Get Polite, “Cultured” Letters. By United Press EVANSTON, 111., Aug. 26.—Persons who overlook a summons to court for minor traffic violations now receive polite, courteous letters commenting upon their absence and urging that they see the court clerk about the matter within five days, instead of facing arrest, as in the past. Magistrate Harry H. Porter said the change was made in keeping with “Evanston’s culture.”

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Standing (left to right) Dolores Schmidt, Betty Wolfe and Mary L. Noe. Seated (left to right), Emily Jean Semler, Tommy Wright and Harriet McCord. All are pupils of the Jac Broderick school of dancing.

150 to Attend Class in Women’s Building at Grounds. The thirteenth annual state fair I school of home economics will open ; Friday in the Women’s building at l the fairground with more than 150 girls attending. Those in attendance will come from all parts of Indiana. Each county is given an opportunity to send two girls, usually chosen on a competitive basis. In some counties, trips are given to those who obtain the greatest number of members for the farm bureau. In others, the* girls give exhibits or are winners in 4-H Club contests. The program arranged for the two-week period includes preparation of well-balanced meals and serving, home nursing, sewing and the like. Competent instructors have been chosen to teach the girls the newest and best methods in each class of work. Mrs. L. G. Vannice of Danville is director of the school. Instructors are Miss Eulalie Mull, Homer; Mrs. Frank Kirkpatrick. Frankfort; Miss Lucille Simpson, Danville; Mrs. Ida Piatt, Evansville; Miss Aline Mullinix, Indianapolis, and Miss Dorothy Muehl, Lafayette. Special lectures will be given by Dr. Ada E. Schweitzer of the state board of health; Mrs. Payne Mercer, Miss Maria Tudor. Mrs. Gentry, Miss Lela Gaddis, all of Purdue university, and Mrs. Lawrence Foster, Crawfordsville. STOP SIGNAL ‘GIVES AWAY’ ESCAPED LIFER Convict Nabbed After Fleeing Prison in Golf Togs. By United Press JOLIET, 111., Aug. 26.—Arthur Miller, who walked out of the penitentiary July 4 in tlje golf togs of Warden Hill’s son, after dieting down from 180 to 130 pounds so they -would fit him, was back inside today because a stop light baffled him. “They didn’t have such gadgets when I was put in stir twelve years ago. And automobiles drive funny with all these modern improvements,” was the convict’s alibi. He was arrested at Dixon, after driving through a stop light at' Rochelle, in a stolen automobile. A deputy sheriff checked his finger prints and discovered he was Miller. Guards took him back today, to serve the rest of a life sentence for murder. i , ■ MINE GAS KILLS THREE Brothers Die in Attempt to Rescue Victim of Deadly “Black Damp.” By United Press DUDLEY, la., Aug. 26.—“ Black damp,” the deadly enemy of miners, was blamed today for deaths of three coal miners. Ernest Redburn, 18. and Glen Hanson, 33, and Harold Hanson, 31, brothers, lost* their lives in a small hillside mine. Redburn collarsed when he entered the mine late Tuesday. The Hanson brothers died in rescue attempts. CAPTURE LIQUOR CARGO Coast Guard Patrol Seizes 550.000 Rum Ship After Chase. By United Press NEW YORK. Aug. 6.—The gasoline trawler Bel Ray 11, with a cargo of liquor valued at $50,000, was captured today eight miles off Fire island lightship, outside New York City. Carl Schmidt, in command of the coast guard patrol ship No. 145, said the trawler was overtaken after a chase. A search yielded 1,000 sacks of liquor, Schmidt said.

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PRODUCER FINDS TALE OF FILMS MUCHJOO ‘HOT’ Actors Refuse to Work in ‘Queer People’ and It Is Put on Shelf. By United Press HOLL YW OOD, Aug. 26.—Truth may be stranger than fiction, but it is much livelier. That is why “Queer People,” a frank, fictional novel of Hollywood life which Howard Hughes planned to produce as a motion picture turned into a “hot potato” too warm for him to handle. Hughes, who paid Carroll and Garrett Graham $15,000 for motion picture rights, has announced his temporary defeat in efforts to produce the film because actors refused to accept roles. The book has been under the official frown of Will Hays and ! motion pietpre producers since its publication, for the reason that it depicted only the seamy side of Hollywood life. The book is dedicated to a newspaperman, of whom the authors said “we are deeply indebted and vice versa.” In the book he is “Whitey” and his characterization was drawn from a real-life reporter whose escapades still are the talk of Hollywood. Identify True Characters In the book, White goes everywhere and meets every one worth knowing. All are given fictitious names, but so pointed tvere some descriptions and anecdotes that the 1 initiated had little trouble identify- ! ing their true counterparts. One chapter in the book purports to reveal the “inside” of a change in management at a major studio. The studio owner orders a huge banquet. Every one in filmland attends (at $lO a plate). Decline to Fill Roles The producer, to climax the evening, presents the general manager with a gold watch as a “token of esteem,” fires him, and announces amid cheers the appointment of his son, just reached his majority, as the new studio head. When Hughes’ purchase of the book became known, it was told jokingly throughout Hollywood that the young Texas millionaire intended to purchase the aforesaid studio so that he could produce “Queer People” with the original cast. At any rate, the fact that actors decline to fill the roles of characters drawn from some of their best friends, finally has resulted in Hughes putting the screen rights on the shelf, for the present at least. OIL STILL GOING UP Four Firms to Post Price of $1.07, Is Rumor. By United Press OAKLAND CITY, Aug. 26.—C. I. Murray, commander of the national guard troops which closed the Oklahoma oil fields, predicted today that before nightfall four oil companies would post a top price of $1.07 a barrel for crude oil and make it possible for Governor William H. (Alfalfa Bill) Murray to recall the soldiers. If these four companies—said to be Stanolind Crude Oil, Carter Oil, and Magnolia Oil, all Standard subsidiaries, and Texas Company—join the Phillips Petroleum in offering $1 or more, it is regarded certain that “Alfalfa Bill” will declare an end to martial law and allow the flush fields to be reopened. Prices throughout the mid-con-tinent area have gone up. In Texas, where the price had been dropped as low as 6 cents, it was 73 cents today. Kansas, Arkansas and Louisiana have shown similar gains. GIVE UP SEA MYSTERY Japanese Importer’s Probe Regarded as Hopeless Task. By United Press NEW YORK, Aug. 26.—The strange disappearance of Hisashi Fujimura, millionaire Japanese silk importer, from the pleasure cruise liner Belgenland, appeared today to have become another unsolved mystery of the sea. C. W. Mellick, attorney for the missing millionaire, announced withdrawal of the $5,000 reward offered for information leading to discovery or finding of the body. He said that if, as suspected, Fujinjura disappeared over the side of the ship on Aug. 14. he fell in shark-infested waters off Long Island and little probably would be left of his body for identification. CONSTANCE IS IRKED “When I Get Married I’ll Send Invitations,” She Tells Reporters. LE HAVRE, France, Aug. 26. Constance Bennett, screen actress, and the Marquis Henri Coudraye De La Falaise, husband of Gloria Swanson, sailed for New York on the liner Paris today without commenting on reports that they may be married when the divorce decree obtained by Miss Swanson against her titled husband becomes final on Nov. 7. “How silly some people are,” Miss Bennett said to reporters. “When I get married, if I do again, I will send out invitations.”

Asthma Disappeared Had It 15 Years 65-Year-Old Lady Says Cough, Wheezing and Asthma Gone. Elderly people who suffer with asthma and bronchial coughs will find interest in this letter from Mrs. Elizabeth Woodward (age 65), 3460 W. Michigan St., Indianapolis. “I had asthma for 15 years. I couched hard, wheezed, and was short of breath For one year I couldn't do an.\ work, nor fcven wash the dishes. On Feb. 7. 1325. I started taking Nacor. The wheeling and cough have left entirely and I have had no sign of asthma since.” Hundreds of people who suffered for years from asthma and bronchjal coughs, state that their trouble left and has not returned. Their letters and a booklet of vital information will he sent free by Nacor Medicine Cos., 408 State Life Bldg.. Indianapolis, lad. Call or writ§ for this free information, and find out how thousands have found lasting relief.—Advertisement.

Up a Tree? By United Press LONG BEACH, N. J„ Aug. 26.—Shipwreck Kelly, who specializes in sitting atop flagpoles, announced today that he . intends to remain atop the seventy-five-foot flagpole in Ocean park here for a year or so—or at least until Frank Niblet, constable, gets tired of sitting at the foot of the pole. Constable Niblet stationed himself at the foot of the pole today an announced that he would remain there until Shipwreck comes back to earth. The constable has a judgment writ of $75 which he desires to present to Kelly. Kelly shouted to the people gathered around the flagpole that Constable Niblet would "get weary of sitting down there long before I quit sitting up here.” “Yeah?” replied Constable Niblet, as he placed himself into a more comfortable position at the base of the pole.

Eve Speeiaist Dies LOGANSPORT, Ind., Aug. 26. Dr. J. F. Noland, 71, an eye specialist, died of heart disease here Tuesday.

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Sept. sto 12. Practically aU breeds of poultry will be exhibited. “American standard of perfection” rules will govern judges in making awards with the exception of the classes in production and in club classes. Birds will be exhibited in uniform coops which will be furnished by the fair board free of charge unless birds are on display only and not entered in the competition. ’Competent assistants will be present to card, care for and return all entries when so instructed. Judges for the poultry show are

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H. A. Pickett of Indianapolis. H. V. Tormohlen of Portland. W. W. Zike, Morristown; L. J. Demberger, Btewartsville; C. J. Munger, Lafayette, and Arthur Zimmer -of Warsaw. Austin H. Sheets of Indianapolis is department director. He is being assisted by Theodore Hewes of this city. Aged Widow Dies By Times special NfUNCIE. Ind., Aug. 26.—Mrs. Helen F. Graves, 68, widow of John C. Graves, is dead following a year’s illness.

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