Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 127, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 October 1931 — Page 2

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CITY PUMP CO. IS GENERATING ITS OWN LIGHT Faris Firm Revolts at High Bill and Installs Small Plant. One means of avoiding alleged exorbitant electricity bills, which along with other utility gouging has resulted in citizens arising in revolt, was revealed today by the ' Paris Pump and Manufacturing Company, 2253 North Hillside avenue. Aroused by what it termed an excessive bill from the Indianapolis Power and Light Company, the company ordered the meter taken out and Installed a small individual generating plant of its own, according to Earl L. Faris, secretary and manager of the small manufacturing and general machine office. This plant, part of it purchased second-hand and costing less than SIOO, with an estimated cost of about 4 cents an hour to operate, has made the company independent of the demands of utility companies, Faris said. View by Others Several other small factory owners have viewed the small‘generating plant in the few weeks it has been operating, and are reported to be contemplating similar steps. Results of this company’s successful experiment have added momentum to the rapidly growing movement initiated by civic leaders to demand and obtain relief from utility rates based on wartime prices. Decision to install the plant, according to Faris, came when lightning melted the company’s meter during a storm last summer and the damaged meter was not noticed until it was read several weeks later. Bill Was Reduced Anew meter was installed and the light company, on the basis of the next several weeks consumption, estimated the consumption for a period of tw r o months and one week, sending a bill of $52.58. The company’s light and power bills in the last several years had averaged from $9 to sl4. Faris said, with the highest bill in three years being less than S2O. Appeals for correction of the bill fell on deaf ears, Faris said, until he had arranged purchase of a generator and gasoline motor. Then, he said, the bill was reduced to $34.51. “We are well pleased with the result of our venture,” Faris said. “It has proven highly satisfactory and assures us of electric current at reasonable rates.” 400 ROUTED BY BOMB Blast in Brooklyn Theater Showers Acid on Audience. By United Press NEW YORK, Oct. 6.—A rush for exits, but without serious results, followed explosion of what was termed an “acid bomb” in a Brooklyn theater Monday night. Four hundred persons crowded to the exits after explosion of the bomb which released sharp fumes and scorched the roof under the balcony. Several patrons reported that they had been sprinkled with acid, and one man, John Meade, was burned so much that he had to have hospital attention. TWO INJURED IN TRAFFIC Pedestrian, Motorcylist Involved in Accidents in City. Two persons sustained injuries in traffic mishaps on city streets Monday night. Mrs. Sarah Johnson, Negro, 55, of 860 Torbett street, suffered head injuries when struck at Tenth and Illinois streets by an auto driven by Carl Rader, 19, R. R. 10, Box 388. Hurled from his motorcycle when it collided with an automobile, Louis Ludlow, 712 East Fiftieth street, suffered minor bruises. The car was driven by Burgess Turner, 2805 Columbia avenue. The accident occurred at Twenty-fifth street and Northwestern avenue. IRKED BY SEX STORIES National Church Secretary Hits Discussion Proposal. By United Press NEW YORK, Oct. 6.—The idea that young people should be encouraged to make problems of sex the subject of public discussion and debate was repudiated by the Rev. Samuel McCrca Cavert, general secretary of the Federal Council of Churches, in a statement made public today. The immediate occasion of the statement was the way in which a recent publication on young people’s relationships was described in the press. “In this day of moratoriums, I suggest a moratorium on the newspaper exploitation of sex,” Mr. McCrea Caavert said. Get Rid Os RHEUMATISM New Medicine Drives Rheumatic Poisons from Joints—Muscles. EASES PAIN FIRST DAY Poisons settling In the joints and muscles cause rheumatism. You cannot get rid of rheumatic agony till these dangerous poisons are driven out of your system. External remedies and pain deadening drugs only give temporary relief. "What you need is RU-MA, the new niediclne'now sold by druggists everywhere, that acts directly yn the liver, kidneys and blood, and helps expel through the natural channels of elimination the dangerous poisons that cause rheumatism. No long waiting for your suffering to stop. RU-MA eases pain the first day and Is the one rheumatic remedy guaranteed by Walgreen to free muscles and Joints from all painful stiffness and swelling and stop your rheumatic suffering or nothing to pay.—Advertisement.

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Irene Thompson Hendrix, above, faces charges of “conspiracy to impersonate a federal officer” at i Mattoon, HI., in what the government charges was a blackmail plot which cost business men $500,000. It is charged that she and other young women lured prominent men into adjoining states, after which men in the ring threatened the victims with arrest. THUG, SHOT BY COPS,ESCAPES Burglar Surprised in Act of Breaking Into House. A burglar whom police surprised climbing into the window of the home of Mrs. Laura Lockery, 1908 West Michigan street, early today, was believed wounded by police bullets as he escaped. Lieutenant Leo Troutman and patrolman Ralph Chambers fired several times at him and he fell twice, but regained his feet and eluded his pursuers. Luther Grace, 2166 North Temple avenue, got out of his car to open his garage door Monday night and walked into a holdup. A gunman robbed him of $4. John Roche, 343 North Arsenal avenue, told police two men took a watch valued at SSO from him at Washington and Oriental streets. Bernie Johnson, 18, of 329 Leeds avenue, was held today on a burglary charge after he confessed breaking into a Standard grocery at 1303 Bates street the night of Sept. 24. He said he took a supply of tobacco and food. REDS RECRUIT 1,000,000 Ruling Party in Soviet Now Has Membership of 2,240,000. By United Press MOSCOW, Oct. 6.—The Communist party which rules the Soviet union has admitted about 1,000,000 new members since the beginning of 1930, it just has been revealed here. On July 1 of this year the total number of members and candidates for membership was 2,240,000. Before attaining the standing of a full-fledged Communist the applicant must pass through a long period of candidacy or probation. Although they are included in the total of 2,240,000, about 900,000 are still in the candidacy category. Germany boasts a book that is twelve and a half feet long, four feet wide and which weighs two and one-half tons.

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RILEY BIRTHDAY PROGRAM TO BE | HELDBYPUPILS Observance Scheduled at 1 Lockerbie Street Home on Wednesday. The memory of James Whitcomb Riley will be revered Wednesday morning in a birthday anniversary program at the old Lockerbie street home of the Hoosier poet. The program which will begin at 10, will be presented by pupils of Arsenal Technical high school, and Schools 2 and 9. Announcement of the program was made Monday night by the public school committee in charge. The Riley Memorial Association invited the public to join the birthday observance. Wreath for Tomb After the Lockerbie street program, members of the Memorial association will go to Crown Hill, cemetery where they will lay a wreath on the Riley tomb. Observances at the home will be held on the lawn. The Memorial Association enlarged the terrace during the past year to accommodate sevoral hundred persons. The home will be open for inspection from 11 in the morning until 5 in the afternoon Wednesday. School Children Free School children will be admitted free. No traffic will be permitted on Lockerbie street in front of the home during the hour of the program. Hugh McK. Landon, president of the Riley Memorial Association, will open the program. The Rev. F. S. C. Wicks, pastor of All Souls Unitarian church, will offer the invocation. The children’s part of the observance will be as follows: Songs—“ Little Orphan Annie,” “Technical High School,” “O Heart of Mine.” Boys’ Giee Club. Readings—“ Nine Little Goblins,” Kathryn Addison; “The Raggedy Man,” Robert Schuman. Song—“ There, Little Girl, Don’t Cry,” intermediate girls of School 9. Poems—“ Our Hired Girl,” Alice Perkinson; “Almost Beyond Endurance,” Jeannette Briggs; “Man in the Moon,” children of School 2. Song—“ There’s Ever a Song Somewhere,” Arthur Spencer, Poems—" When the Frost Is on the Pumkin’,” Eva Sheffey, Fern Hoffman. Audrey Nevil; “A Boy’s Mother,” Charles Emmons. Song—“ America the Beautiful/* audience. DEMOCRATS SEEK CASH Leaders to Open Campaign to Get Party in Good Standing. By United Press NEW YORK, Oct. 6.—The campaign of Democratic leaders to get their party in shape financially to begin the 1932 campaign will be opened here next week with a private dinner at Metropolitan Club. John J. Raskob, chairman of the Democratic national committee, has issued invitations to fifty, who will be acquainted with details of the drive to raise $6,000,000 fund, only $1,500,000 of which will be sought before the forthcoming campaign. The first $1,500,000 will be used to clear the deficit incurred by the party in the unsuccessful campaign to elect Alfred E. Smith President in 1928. Don’t Endure Slipping FALSE TEETH Do your false teeth drop or slip when you talk, eat, laugh or sneeze? Don’t be annoyed and embarrassed a minute longer. Fasteeth, anew powder to sprinkle on your plates, bolds teeth firm. Gives fine feeling of security and comfort. No gummy, gooey, pasty taste or feeling. Get Fasteeth today at Hooh’s or any other drug store. —Advertisement.

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~OCT. 6, 1931