Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 112, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 September 1931 — Page 4

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RAVAGED BELIZE 1$ MELTING POT OF MANY RACES Hybrid Civilization Formed by Mixing of Settlers. /’,y Science Service WASHINGTON. Sept. 18.— Hurricane-stricken Belize is a strange melting-pot of races. British Honduras, originally Maya country, where native America was at its height before Columbus, and ruined cities lie in jungles. Thirteen years before America was discovered, the Itza-Mayas abandoned their city-state of Chichen Itza in Yucatan, for Tayasal in Guatemala, the heart of the famous “Land of War” of Spanish Colonial times. Conquered at last in 1697, the Itza remnants fled to British Honduran forests, where their descendants live today. In the northern part of this British colony, which is about the size of Wales, live descendants of Mexican exiles from Macalar, Spanish city of Quintana Roo destroyed by rebel Mayas in 1848. In the southern part live SpanishMaya hybrids from Guatemala. Descendants of Negro slaves, brought by the British for cutting dyewood in pirate times, are now the expert cutters of mahogany, ebony, cedar, rosewood, and the like. Caribs, and Negro-Carib hybrids, were aiso brought from the West Indies in Colonial times. Caribs were eaters of human flesh; from their name comes “cannibal.” Descendants of Pirates There is only one pure white in British Honduras to every twentylive persons of darker race. These white are descendants of English pirates and later settlers from Europe. But all the races have intermingled to form a large mixed class. Statistics indicate that 45 per cent of all births are illegitimate. English is the official language, but Spanish and Maya are also spoken. Belize inhabitants boasted that in their shops one could buy in Spanish, English or Maya. But English, called “creole,” as spoken by most of the hybrids, is a real surprise to the unwary. It has a tang of Africa, Spain, Mayab and England, and the ear must struggle with its as with a foreign tongue. Disasters Frequent The bit of English blood in British Honduras impresses its character on towns like Belize and Corozal. Corrugated tin and wooden boards take the place of wattlework and palm thatch, as in Mexican villages across the Hondo river, the northern boundary. Tropical hurricanes, such as those that destroyed Belize and tore across Yucatan, operated in the downfall of the Mayas shortly before the coming of the first white men to the peninsula. Natives told Diego de Landa, second bishop of Yucatan, that after a series of disasters like drought, famine, civil war, disease and locusts, came hurricanes which tore up every big tree, ruined orchards and fields and blew away houses. Early traditions of Haiti, too, refer to floods and cataclysms.

LICENSE IS REVOKED Federal Surety Firm Barred From Business in State. Announcement of the revocation of the license of the Federal Surety Company, Davenport, la., now in receivership, to do business in Indiana, was made today by John Cramer, chief deputy state insurance commissioner. The company took over the Old Trails of Memphis, Tenn., which previously had taken over the Old Trails of Indiana. There are hundreds of policyholders in the state, it was stated. However, the company no longer is a so-called “reciprocal company,” and policyholders will not be liable. Only stockholders will lose if the receivership does not pay out. , PLAN POOR AID STATION County and City Employes to Join . in Providing Help. County and city employes will join in providing a poor relief station and restaurant on Maryland street for the unemployed. This was announced today after a meeting of county officials Thursday at which they decided to donate 1 per cent of their salaries toward financing the station. The organization will be known as the City and County Employes Relief Fund. Free meals will be served and some clothing will be provided for the needy. Raccoon Kills 27 Chickens By United Press THERESA, N. Y., Sept. 18.—The depredations of a raccoon cut a wide swath in the ranks of chickens owned by Paul Cooper. In one night the animal killed twenty-seven chickens. MOBILOIL ON SALE AT VONNEGUT’S Light and .Medium Ileary. e i 0 P S-tialloa Cans .. $4.00 Heavy. 5-Gallon e ej jCan* pD. I D Basement, VONNEGUT’S —1 ★ Safety for Savings Fletcher American NATIONAL BANK Southtast Corner of Mar4t and Pennsylvania I Three-Piece Velour £QA *7P* I Suite J j EASY TERMS k Lewis Furniture Cos. all “A United Furniture Store’ H 844 S Meridian St. H mm 3 ISB N I'eiinoy I vanla (it , STOKER OS W. tVathincoin St. .

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BY BEN STERN WHAT was a “perfectly elegant” plan to put Governor Harry G. Leslie and the state tax board back of the eight ball, fizzled out Thursday when Democratic legislative leaders met, discussed the deplorable condition of state finances and then adopted an innocuous resolution calling for economy. The setup was to demand that state institutions cut expenditures so as to keep the 29-cent tax levy from being increased and to base the demands on the fact that the state now is operating with a deficit and bankruptcy looms. * Leslie was to be asked to cohsult with members of the general assembly as to their attitude on cutting expenditures, and if he refused to do this the plan was to demand a special session of the legislature, the members to pay their own expenses, to consider only cutting the appropriation bill. n a a The idea really was fathered by Representative Earl Crawford of Milton, Democratic house caucus chairman. Representative Delph L. McKesson of Plymouth, house majority leader, was willing to agree to this, but it seems that Senators Walter S. Chamber of Newcastle and Francks Lochard of Miland, Democratic bosses of the senate, and Speaker Walter Myers didn’t like the idea. Myers and Lochard held out the idealistic thought that the institution heads would be glad to slash expenditures merely for the asking and then added that the heavy tax burden is not the state’s fault, but due to local levies. It was carefully explained to them that the local rates have nothing to do with the bankruptcy of the state government, but to no avail. If the Democrats could have thrown the issue directly up to Leslie the Governor would have been left with a load on his hands and the bankruptcy of the state could have been blamed upon him. But as usual, when it comes to “smart politics” the Democrats fumbled. n a • State chairman R. Earl Peters was wholeheartedly for the plan, fox it is an open secret that the Democratic state auditor, Floyd Williamson, has been carefully ignored by the tax board in the discussion of the state levy. The members of this body even went so far as to send to Charles Kettleborough for the statistics on the state finances, instead of asking Williamson. And Kettleborough had to get them from the auditor. But Williamson had the last sayso, for the statutes provide that both the Governor and the auditor have to approve the state levy submitted by the tax board. As it is the state finances are in dire condition. Incidentally, a voice from the bleachers wants to know why Frank Mayr Jr., secretary of state, and head of the Democratic official family, was not invited to the Thursday conference. What an embarrassing question, Mr. Peters.

HOOVER'S PRESS AGENT WILL BE GUESTATCAMP Believed Called for Parley on White House Fight With Reporters. By United Prcse WASHNGTON, Sept. 18.—George Akerson > former press relations adviser to President Hoover and the man Mr. Hoover is expected to summon again for that service during the 1932 campaign 1 , today headed a list of week-end guests who are to accompany the President to Camp Rapidan. It is believed Mr. Hoover will discuss with Akerson the relation of the press and the White House, which recently has been the subject of some agitation. Akerson was Mr. Hoover’s assistant in the 1928 campaign and went to the White House as secretary. He resigned in February to become a moving picture executive. It is understood, however, that *it was agreed Mr. Hoover might recall him for service in 1932. Theodore Joslin, former correspondent of the* Boston Transcript, succeeded Akerson at the White House. Terision has arisen frequently during the past few months between the White House and Washington correspondents. At one time, there was an investigation by the secret service to discover the source of news leaks from the White House. More recently, Editor and Publisher, a newspaper trade journal, charged editorially that government officials deliberately were misleading the press. Within the past few days, administration authorities have madeknown their displeasure concerning publication of stories regarding unemployment relief this winter and the economic conferences Mi. Hoover is holding on that subject. The President is expected to motor to camp early Saturday, remaining until Monday or early Tuesday. Among the guests invited are: Henry P. Fletcher, retiring chairman of the tariff commission; Governor Leslie of Indiana; Senator Walcott (Rep., Conn.); James P. Hornaday, Washington correspondent of the Indianapolis and Captain John F. Lucy, Texas.

NAMED TO AID STUDY OF FOREIGN MISSIONS Former City Woman to Visit India, China, Japan. Miss Rush F. Woodsmall, formerly of Indianapolis, has been appointed commissioner to assist in an intensive study of foreign missions in India, China and Japan. Announcement of her appointment was made today by the Laymen’s Foreign Missions Inquiry. While holding a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship, Miss Woodsmall, an executive of the Y. W. C. A., made a study of the changing status of Moslem women. Her work in this field was one of the deciding factors in her appointment. The commission of fifteen members will sail from Marseilles for India Oct. 8 and later will proceed to China and Japan where the commissioners will prepare a final report on Christian missions in the three countries visited.

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“Aunt” Dorothy Sebastian Boyd, shown in center above, wouldn’t be surprised if a trip to Hollywood is in store for these young boys and girls. For she has ambitions for them. The motion picture actress, wife of William Boyd, also a screen star, traveled across the continent for a three-day visit with two young nephews and three nieces at Birmingham, Ala. At the left is Fred and at the right is Robert Phillips. The girls, left to right, are Dorothy, Stella and Mary Helen.

NANKING WAITS LINDYSVARRIVAL Floods Drive Thousands to City’s Walls. By United Press NANKING, China, Sept. 18.—General Chiang Kai-Shek, president cf the Nationalist party, left today, unable to delay an important military conference so he could welcome Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindberg when they arrive. The Lindberghs had been expected to stop in Fukuoka only one night and residents of Nanking were disappointed when it was learned they would not l'each here before Saturday. Plans for the reception were not changed. Colonel Lindbergh is expected to bring his plane down on a lake near Nanking because of the Yangtze river floods. Water from the river has swept into the city and the foreign office is under water. Thousands of refugeees are on the city walls. General Chiang left for Hankow at 10 a. m. on the gunboat Yungsui. Invasion of Hunan province by Cantonese troops •will be discussed at the conference. WINKLER’S TRIAL SET Suspect in $2,500,000 Robbery Enters Plea of Not Guilty. By United Press LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 18.—Gus Winkler, St. Louis, suspect in the $2,500,000 Lincoln National bank robbery, stood mute today when arraigned. Municipal Judge Polk entered a plea of not guilty for Winkler and fixed bond at SIOO,OOO. The same was set for, Howard Lee, Tom O’Connor and Jack Dritt, three other suspects. Winkler’s trial was set for Oct. 9.

Coats of Tan Win Prizes MEMPHIS, Sept. 18.—Prizes were awarded here recently to the children who had the “best coats of tan.”

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GANNON TURNS THUMBS DOWN ON ROOSEVELT No More Acceptable to Drys Than Al Smith, Says Bishop. By United Press NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt's views on prohibition make him just as inacceptable to dry Democrats as a presidential candidate as was Alfred E. Smith, Bishop James Cannon Jr., of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, said Thursday night on his arrival from Europe. The Virginia Methodist leader announced his intention of actively opposing the Roosevelt presidential boom. He also will fight the candidacy of any one not wholeheartedly in favor of the Eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act. Cannon’s activities against Smith in Virginia in 1928 were credited with helping Hooves to carry the state. A senate committee, headed by Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, has been investigating his use of funds in that campaign. “I didn’t divert one penny of that money to my personal use,” Cannon said in commenting on the Nye inquiry. “I would welcome a grand jury investigation to show that I am right, but I haven’t been able to get one.” The Nye committee resumed its investigation of Cannon’s campaign funds over Cannon’s protest while

he was abroad. It sought to trace, without complete success, thousands of dollars turned over to Cannon to organize southern drys against Smith. CSmon said he was willing to appear before the committee again for further questioning. Cannon arrived aboard the Maure-

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