Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 243, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 February 1932 — Page 9

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COUNTY FACES REVENUE LACK OF $ WOO Huge Shortage Revealed by Sexton; Tax Sales Are Failure. ORDER RIGID ECONOMY Effort Will Be Made to Collect Funds Held in Defunct Banks. Marion county faces $1,000,000 shortage in revenues this year, according to County Treasurer Timothy P. Sexton, who today said there is little hope of collecting taxes and other funds due. The shotrage includes more than $400,000 in delinquent taxes and $502,552.86 of county funds on deposit in defunct banks. Attempt to collect part of the delinquent taxes, largest in the county’s history, apparently has lailcd. No buyers have appeared at the county tax auction for several days. Halts Tax Sales For this reason Sexton today halted sale of real estate for taxes. About $50,000 worth has been sold since the sales started Feb. 8. These startling revelations from the treasurer’s office caused county officials to consider the most rigid economy measures ever contemplated. Sexton has received orders from the county finance board to take any steps necessary to collect funds from the closed banks. He contemplates suits against the defunct banks’ bonding companies. Buyers Fear Tax Suits Conclusion of the tax sale, at which 20,000 pieces of property were placed on the auction block, had been set for Tuesday. A conference between Sexton and Fay Wright, deputy treasurer, caused the postponement for an indefinite period. “Buyers have been afraid of this tax sale because of several suits filed against the county by taxpayers,” Sexton said. These suits practically all were in opposition to tax assessments, charging 1931 assessments were “unfair and unproportionate.”

CITE? ATTENTION NEED OF ORDINARY STUDENT Butler President, However, Sees Value of “Prodigies Plan.” More attention should be given ordinary students than those of more brilliant mentality, according to Dr. Walter Scott Athearn, Butler university president, discussing a proposal by President Walter Dill Scott of Northwestern university for special classes for prodigies. Northwestern, Dr. Scott pointed out, has two prodigies now—Harold Finley, a junior, who was enrolled at 13, and Betty Clark Seeley, who entered the university at 16. He is seeking six “child wonders” to form a special class next year. The Butler president expressed a belief that more persona who were not exceptionally brilliant as children have reached distinction than those of more promising mentality. DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN DECRIES G. 0. P. ‘PLOT’ Peters Charges Republicans Are Spreading Rumors of Strife. Republican strategists were charged with “intrigue, misrepresentation and every conceivable devise in a vain effort to promote disharmony in Democratic ranks,” by R. Earl Peters, Democra ;ic state chairman, at a meeting of the North Indianapolis Democratic Club, Twenty-ninth and Clifton streets, Wednesday night. “At state headquarters we are too busy endeavoring to detect and combat the false rumors and propaganda given circulation by Republicans to countenance exaggerated reports about factional strife within our party.” the chairman said. REALTY VALUES SLASH URGED BY ASSESSORS Reasonable Reduction Is Favored, State Report Reveals. Reasonable reduction in real estate valuations was recommended by the Indiana County Assessors’ Association in a letter sent out by the organization’s officials Wednesday. “In numerous localities, a 50 per cent reduction has been demanded. It is our opinion that such reduction is not warranted by the facts,” the message stated. A survey by the state tax commission. reported in the letter, indicates: Fifty-five counties had 2.252 real estate transfers at a sale price of $9,489,274, with an assessed valuation of $9,162,897. VOLLEY BALL TEAM IS HURT IN CAR CRASH Eli Lilly & Cos. Players Injured In Dunreith Mishap. Five members of the Eli Lilly 6s Cos. volley ball team, injured Tuesday night when an automobile in which they were riding crashed into a parked truck near Dunreith, Ind., were reported recovering today at their homes. E. D. Campbell of 1417 Tuxedo street, driver, received a broken leg and head lacerations. Other members of the team escaped with minor injuries. They are: Kenneth W. Wantland of 556 Eugene street, Clarence Paul of 3819 Fletcher avenue, John Hodges of 315 South Hamilton avenue and Walter Sweeney at 246 North Temple avenue.

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We’re Thrifty INDIANAPOLIS women are not extravagant. This assertion was made today by R. L. Polk 6s Cos., compilers of commercial statistics, following a recent market survey of the city. Os women heads of families interviewed, 68 per cent pay less than $1 for hosiery; 80 per cent less for $4 for millinery; 50 per cent pay less than $8 for street dresses; 86 per cent do not buy evening dresses, and 90 per cent do not buy fur coats. Forty-four of 100 families here do not . have automobiles, forty-eight do not own vacuum cleaners, and twentysix do not use gas ranges, the survey disclosed. Among other examples of probable markets for merchants are facts that thirty-nine of the 100 families have no radios, seventy-six own no pianos, sixty-five do not posssess washing machines, and only twelve own electric refrigerators.

RUM RUNNER'S BOUYISFUUND Slain in Road, Cargo of Alcohol Scattered. By United Prtst FOWLER, Indi, Feb. 18.—Edwin Gill, alleged Calumet City (111.) liquor runner, was found slain in his automobile here early today, apparently lured to his death, authorities said, by a decoy telegram. Around the automobile were scattered 125 one-gallon cans of alcohol. Andrew (Andy) Bandura, alleged leader of a Cook county liquor gang and Gill’s companion when the latter left Calumet City last Wednesday night, was missing. Deputy sheriffs suggested that he might have been kidnaped by the slayers of Gill, or killed, and his body removed. Gill’s destination, when he left, was Cincinnati. In going by way of Fowler, he took the least traveled of several optional routes. It was pointed out that Gill’s slayers may have known his traveling habits and possibly waited in ambush for him. Fowler is approximately fifty miles south of Calumet City. The slaying was discovered by a truck driver who came upon Gill’s automobile standing near the highway, the alcohol thrown out on all sides. Gill’s body was found on the ground, near the automobile. He had been shot through the neck. WOMAN, ALLEGED HEAD OF RUM GANG, HELD Mrs. Edna Boyer, Anderson, Bound Over to U. S. Grand Jury. With Mrs. Edna Boyer, 32, bound over to the federal grand jury, authorities today held nineteen alleged members of the Anderson booze ring in custody. Mrs. Boyer, wife of an Anderson roadhouse proprietor, was bound over to the jury on $5,000 bond by Commissioner Howard Young. Mrs. Boyer, sought for months by federal agents, was arrested Monday when she appeared at her home in Anderson. Department of justice agents told Young Mrs. Boyer was one of the ringleaders of the liquor conspiracy case, one of the largest bared in Indiana in several years. One of the largest stills ever found in the state, with a daily capacity of 500 gallons, was found on the Bronnenberg farm near Anderson. The case is to be presented to the federal jury in a few days. RABBI FEUERLICHT TO SPEAK ON WASHINGTON First President's Americanism Will Be Topic at Temple Service. Rabbi Morris M. Feuerlicht will speak on “The Americanism of George Washington” at 8 Friday night in the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation temple. Another phase of Washington’s life, “George Washington as a Property Owner,” was to be discussed by James M. Ogden, attor-ney-general of Indiana, at the Indianapolis Real Estate Board meeting today in the Washington. Members of the Lions Club of Indianapolis held a Washington bicentennial program in the Washington Wednesday. The Lions and Kiwanis basketball and volley ball teams will clash at the English avenue Boys’ Club tonight for the benefit of medical and dental clinics and other social work being carried on at the clubhouse.

TWO SLAIN AFTER PETTY ARGUMENTS

Two men were slain and two others are held today as slayers after petty arguments in a poolroom and a barbecue ended in tragedies Wednesday afternoon and night. Joseph McClanahan, 45, operator of a barbecue near Valley Mills, faced a manslaughter charge after he shot and killed Daniel Stewart, 28, former Valley Mills high school basketball star. Robert Nance, 32, of 2615 Butler avenue, is held on a murder charge after fatally stabbing Clarence Baker, 50, poolroom operator, at 305 East Washington street. Stewart died in less than fifteen minutes after being shot under the left arm during an argument over a bill with McClanahan. Nance is alleged to have been drunk as he eotered Baker’s poolroom. Baker attempted to quiet Nance, according to witnesses. At that point, Nance drew a knife and stabbed Baker five times in the abdomen and chest. Nance fled from the poolroom and was arrested while runninz past police headquarters. He attempted to stab his captors, who at the time

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ACCUSE 3 UF PLOT TO LOOT STATEOFFICE Three Negroes Sought to Rob Mayr’s Coffers of $50,000, Police Say. ‘FRAMEUP’ IS CLAIMED Capitol Employe, Alleged Ringleader, Asserts He Is Innocent. Hope of obtaining a larger sum of money is believed by detectives to have delayed an alleged attempt to rob the office of Secretary of State Frank Mayr Jr., set for Monday, according to statements police say two of three Negroes, in custody on .a conspiracy to rob charge, made today following arrest Wednesday. Arraignment of the three is set for this afternoon in Municipal Judge William H. Sheaffer’s court. John F. Johnson, 41, of 2130 Boulevard place, superintendent of mails in the office, who denies any part in the alleged plot, is at liberty today under $2,500 bond. The other prisoners are Ernest Martin, 24, 318 Indiana avenue, and William Singleton, 32, of 225 West St. Clair street. The trio hoped to obtain $50,000 in the robbery, police claim. “It’s a frame-up. They have been trying to get me for two years," Johnson declared today. After working a few hours this morning Johnson was suspended by James Carpenter, head of the automobile license division in Mayr’s office, pending outcome of the case. Tells of Anonymous Calls According to Johnson, a- janitor was overheard by Martin discussing the manner in which money is handled in the office, and Johnson asserts the alleged robbery plot developed from that. Martin has been befriended by him on several occasions, Johnson asserted, having received clothing and payment of his rent. When Johnson confronted him following arrest, Martin at first denied making a statement, but later admitted doing so, according to his fellow accused. Johnson said he received two anonymous telephone calls warning of the plot and told state police about the first, but said nothing concerning the second call, explaining that the first had resulted in extra guards being posted around the office. Alleged Plot Details Related Johnson, according to H. A. Strange, assistant chief of state police, warned him of the plot early Monday, stating that he had received an anonymous telephone call that an effort would be made to rob the office to obtain automobile license money. According to statements, which, police say, they obtained from Martin and Singleton, the robbery was suggested and planned by Johnson. Martin says, according to officers, he was apprdached by Johnson on Jan. 25 with the question as to whether he wanted to make some “easy money.” “Johnson said the statehouse is a setup,” Martin is reported to have asserted. “I told him that was a lot of money and a big job and he said for me to let it ride and think it over.” On Feb. 11, the statement continues, Martin and Johnson met Singleton and the office employe is said to have warned the other two: Warned Not to Shoot “Don’t shoot, because if you shoot someone more racket will be raised than if you get $100,000.” The robbery was set for a period between 8:30 and 9 Monday morning, the Martin statement is reported to allege. At that time Martin is reported to have said, Johnson told him there would be only one man and two women in the office. Singleton’s statement is similar to that of Martin, officers said. Both said Johnson told them the loot would be about $50,000, according to police. Martin and Singleton asserted Johnson gave them detailed instructions and promised to provide a suitcase in which to carry the money and two automobiles to be used in effecting escape, police claim.

did not know of the poolroom slaying. Baker died within a few minutes at city hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Baker lived over the poolroom. In the barbecue argument, McClanahan had refused to extend more credit to Stewart, a regular patron. Witnesses said Stewart rushed toward the stand operator and struck him. Roland Loitved of 1359 Reisner street, a witness, and two other men attempted to hold Stewart. McClanahan seized a shotgun, fearing the former athlete would overpower him, he told deputy sheriffs. , A moment later Stewart dropped to the floor, wounded fatally, officers were told. “You got me, Joe, didn’t you?” Stewart said. Coroner Fred W. Vehling, who investigated, ordered McClanahan released, but deputy sheriffs placed the suspect under arrest. Stewart, who played freshman basketball at Butler university in 1924, receiving his class numerals, had been unemployed several months. His wife had gone to Rushville to Jive with her parents.

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1932

Anti-Saloon League , Once Lavish With Its Money, Feels Pinch of Depression

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William Jennings Bryan, above, was on the Anti-Saloon League's payroll as a lecturer right up to the time of his death, and a senate investigation showed he got SII,OOO. This is the second of two exclusive stories on the present predicament of the Anti-Saloon League of America, which has suffered greatly during the period of depression. BY ROBERT TALLEY NEA Service Writer (Copyright. 1932. NEA Service. Inc.) WESTERVILLE, 0., Feb. 18.— Today, twelve years after the Anti-Saloon League of America victoriously climaxed its fight for a national prohibition law—following a generation of effort and $35,000,000 spent to put prohibition in Uncle Sam’s Constitution the league finds its labors still far from ended. To sum it up: The league seems to feel that it has the law, but it hasn’t got prohibition. Therefore, the leagues sees as Its doublebarreled duty: 1. To defend the law against the assaults of repealists and modificationists; 2. To make prohibition a fact by vigorously enforcing the law against violaters, and by educating the public to the point where people will no longer want to drink liquor. This answers the oft-repeated question as to whether the AntiSa,ioon League has outlived its usefulness, since the last saloon was outlawed more than a decade ago. Obviously, the league doesn’t think it has. I found this out when I came to Westerville, cradle of prohibition and headquarters of the AntiSaloon League, to investigate the organization’s straitened circumstances in these days of depression. Contributions have dropped from nearly a million dollars in 1919 to less than one-fourth of that at present, high officials have not been paid in four months past, salary cuts were made Jan. 1, and activities have been curtailed all down the line to reduce expenses. 0 0 TTS labors far from being ended, A a hundred years of work may lie before the league, said Bishop E. G. Richardson of Philadelphia, newly elected league president, in his inaugural address last month. “You have summoned me to the presidency of the National AntiSaloon league at a time when the league is under heavy attack,” Bishop Richardson said. “Before constitutional prohibition was achieved, the enemies of the legalized liquor traffic conducted a hundred years’ war. We are prepared to conduct

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HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 13.—Wandering around Hollywood. There go Joan Crawford and young Doug Fairbanks in Doug’s roadster. With Joan doing the driving. After all these months of planning—ever since their marriage—they actually are leaving for Europe in a few weeks. Doug just has to finish the French version of “Local

Boy Makes Good” and then they’ll be off. Bill Powell looks sort of lonesome these days. Os course, his wife, Carole Lombard, keeps him pretty busy and is darn good company. But both of Bill’s pals now are on the “on leave list.” Ronald Colman has been making a tour of the world. And Dick Barthelmess left just a few days ago with his wife to meet Ronnie in Yokohama. # * ESTELLE TAYLOR still is recuperating in the hospital from injuries sustained in an automobile accident Christmas eve. However, her physicians say that she will be able to resume her career in a ccuple of months. Carl Laemxnle Jr. going into the Brown Derby with an unknown blond. That youngster, who is

head of the gigantic Universal studio, is just about the most eligible bachelor m town since Richard Dix got married. Perhaps that explains why he never sticks to one girl very long. Dorothy Burgess and Clarence Brown heading toward the airport in Browns car. Well, it’s a swell day for flying and Clarence is a

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cameramen? George’s four unsuccessful marriages to date don’t seem to bother her in the least. She still thinks she can manage him. JUST BOLONEY—Greta Garbo skipping rope down Hollywood boulevard. Lupe Velez and Dolores Del Rio lunching together. Mary Pickford riding in an old Ford. Ruth Chatterton bemoaning the fact that she doesn’t know how to act. Maurice Chevalier walking a tight rope. John Gilbert trying to find a theater running his' latest fli™, Marlene Dietrich throwing a party without Josef yon Sternberg present,

“Pussyfoot” Johnson—who just to poke fun at the cartoonists, dolled up like their conception of a prohibition reformer —drew $lB,807 as an Anti-Saloon League lecturer from 1917 to 1926, the senate found. another hundred years’ war, if necessary, to maintain that which we have achieved.” I interviewed Boyd P. Doty, who manages the American Issue, the Anti-Saloon league’s great propaganda organ, and is high in the league’s councils. Is the league short of money? Why, the league has always been short of money! I’ve never seen a time when we had all the money we needed for our work. “If you dumped a million dollars on this desk right now I could spend it effectively. What’s a million dollars? A hundred million people in the United States—only 10 cents a head! “How far would that go in the vast educational work that lies before us?” n u TpHE Anti-Saloon League knows •*- how to spend money to educate the people—and a lot of money, too. Appearing before a senate committee in 1926, the late Wayne B. Wheeler, legislative superintendent of the league, admitted that his organization had spent $35,000,000 to put prohibition in the Constitution. The senate investigation of the league in 1926 disclosed that prohibition lecturers with big reputations were paid handsomely. Ex-Congressman Richmond Pearson Hobson, hero of the Merrimac in the Spanish-American war and later a prohibition campaigner, was paid $171,249 during the period between 1914 and 1922, William Jennings Bryan was paid SII,OOO as a lecturer. “Pussyfoot” Johnson—who still lecturers for the cause—drew $18,897 between 1917 and 1926. Ex-Governor Frank B. Willis of Ohio (later senator) was paid $1,200 in 1919. The Rev. Sam Small, famous evangelist, drew $32,674. Congressman William D. Upshaw of Georgia (afterward beaten for re-election) collected handsome

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pretty good pilot. Guess he wouldn’t take Dorothy up if he wasn’t, since they are going to be married soon—maybe. Dorothy says they are, but maybe she forgets that the director has been involved in several very serious romances since his divorce. All of them almost have started those wedding bells—but not quite. * * * LEILA HYAMS and her husband, Phil Berg, dancing. She certainly is proof that a successful screen actress can be happily married. One seldom hears of her private life. In fact, even in Hollywood a number of people don’t know she is married. Wonder if she is one of the reasons Joan Blondell is getting ready to take that fatal leap with George Barnes, one of Hollywood’s best

Ex-Congressman Richard Pearson Hobson, above, hero of the Merrimac, whose vigorous dry oratory rang through the nation at the height of the prohibition battle and accomplished much for the cause, drew $171,249 between 1914 and 1922, the senate found. “honorariums” for Anti - Saloon League lectures, apparently on a basis of the a percentage of the collections taken at his meetings. 000 THE organization that was able to pay lecturers on this scale was born among college professors and students at Oberlin, 0., about 1894. It had its root buried deep in the past—in the old Temperance Society of 1806 when that v/ord meant what it said; in the nation’s Prohibition party which first appeared at the polls in 1869; in Frances Willard’s W. C. T. U. which came along about 1880; in the activities of the redoubtable Carrie Nation and her hatchet. But the real war on liquor never got very far until the Anti-Saloon League of America came the scene—and then it went forward like an avalanche. Cautiously, the youthful league began to feel its way—working constantly toward its goal, but never ■GOLDEN WEST' - DREAM_FADES Tech Students Lose Guns and Adventure Hope. Dreams of James Petranoff, 17, Technical high school pupil, of galloping across his father’s ranch in the west with his “trusty .45” on his hip, faded today in municipal court. Evidently prepared for his summer adventure in the wide open spaces, young Petranoff was arrested for carrying a gun. The weapon, he told Judge William H. Sheaffer today, had been intended for use on the ranch. “I wanted to get in practice,” he said. Facing the same charge with Petranoff was Lawrenfce Hoffman, 17, of Mars Hill, also a Tech pupil. Hoffman had a revolver with a long barrel which Petranoff wanted; so the two traded, with Petranoff paying $1.50 “to boot,” Judge Sheaffer was told. The “swap” was made on the Tech campus. Almost immediately it was brought to the attention of school officials, who summoned detectives. And now Petranoff’s much-prized gun no longer exists. Sheaffer confiscated weapons of both youths, and withheld judgment on the charge, penalty for which is a heavy fine and imprisonment. THEATER FIRE FOLLOWS SOPHIE’S ‘HOT’ SONG 1,700 Hearers of Miss Tucker Routed From Famous Palace. By United Prtst NEW YORK, Feb. 18.—Sophie Tucker, “original red-hot mamma,” just has finished singing “The Last of the Red-Hot Mammas,” at the Palace theater, nationally famous

vaudeville house, j Wednesday night I when flames enveloped the backdrop, drove mere than 1,700 patrons into Times square, and resulted in injuries to four persons. Among the performers forced to flee was Bill Robinson, veteran Negro tap dancer, presenting an act; called “Hot From Harlem.” Girls in

scanty stage attire fled to a nearby hotel. The blaze apparently was started by a short circuit in a floor lamp. Stage hands rolled down the asbestos curtain, but the flames spread, and shot out over the orchestra pit. Playing the Palace, rated as the country’s premier vaudeville house, is the goal of every variety artist. Miss Tucker’s appearance was something of a “comeback" for her on that stage, for she had not appeared there in many seasons.

A typical cartoon from the great campaign that put the 18th amendment in the Constitution. The caption advises the prohibition reformer to use the rocks, labeled “votes,” against the saloonkeeper. making the mistake of over-reach-ing. Its first important move was in 1899 when it got congress to bar liquor from army canteens. That took six months. Then it got laws to prohibit the sale of liquor at government immigration stations. Next, it closed tne famous old bar in the basement of the capitol at Washington. Then it turned its attention to the National Soldiers' Home and had congress bar liquor there. n tt BY 1906, it had obtained dry area zones around various government buildings in Washington. In 1908, it got liquor shipments barred from the mails. In 1909, it got a law putting an end to “Collect on Delivery” liquor shipments in interstate commerce. In the sixty-third congress, it got a law prohibiting the shipment of liquor from wet states into dry states. The same session clamped a drastic prohibition law on the District of Columbia. Meanwhile, was busy in the states. It fought first for local option and, having got this, pushed the battle for state prohibition laws. It sought to make—and did make, in several cases —prohibition a requisite for new states then entering the Union. In 1913, the first open move toward the ultimate aim that had been quietly nursed through the years was made. A committee of 1,000 marchgd on the capitol and presented a draft of a suggested federal prohibition amendment to Senator Sheppard of Texas and Congressman Hobson of Alabama. From that day until December, 1917, when congress decided to submit the question to the states, prohibition was a flaming issue in the halls of congress, and throughout the nation. In January, 1919, the last necessary state ratified the amendment; one year later, by its terms, prohibition became a part of the nation’s Constitution. 000 THE guiding genius behind this great reform was the late Wayne B. Wheeler, legislative superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, who had grown up with the movement from a college boy at Oberlin. Wheeler was a political genius —without doubt one of the shrewdest lobbyists the nation ever produced. He built up in every congressional district in the land a local organization that could put voting pressure on congressmen when pressure was needed. His office *was just across the street form the capitol. Daily, he sat in the same seat in the senate or house gallery, a silent figure—but a tremendously powerful one. He was strong enough, in the showdown, to pass the Volstead act over President Wilson’s veto. 000 IN thos-' hectic days of a dozen years ago, the little town of Westerville —to which the league’s headquarters were moved from Oberlin because Westerville had never in its history had a licensed saloon—boomed. Despite its population of only 2,000, Westerville became a firstclass postoffice with postal receipts as high as $86,000 a year. Fifty-five per cent of this represented the mailing of Anti-Saloon league propaganda. Today, Westerville has slipped back to a second-class po6toffice, with annual receipts of about $36,000. Less than 25 per cent of this amounu represents Anti-Saloon league mailings now. Such is the story of the rise and decline of Westerville and, likewise, the rise and decline of the AntiSaloon League of America. PAGEANT FEATURE OF SCHOOL’S DEDICATION Pupils Have Part it Ceremony at Colombia Avenue building. School 56, at 2400 Columbia avenue, was dedicated formally Wednesday night a a ceremony in the schools auditorium. A pageant deleting the progress which has been made in public school facilities was presented by the pupils. The building, which has twelve classrooms and an a iitorium, cost $136,000. It was completed Sept. 3, 19 URGES CARE OF ROADS Warning to counties against neglecting roads taken into the dotted line system, while awaiting maintenance by the state, was sounded today by Chairman Albert J. Wedeking of the state highway department. Wedeking stated such neglect would delay the state taking the roads over, as rebuilding would be too costly.

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DRIVE WILL BE RENEWED FOR HUNGERRELIEF House to Take Up Measure Similar to La Follette and Costigan Bill. OTHERS BEING DRAFTED Senator Wagner to Request Two Billion Fund for Public Works. BY RUTH FINNEY, Times Staff Corresoondent WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—On both sides of the capitol, new drives to secure federal help for tha hungry are under way today. The house labor committee will report a relief measure by Representative David J. Lewis of Maryland, a companion bill to that In-trod-ced by Senators La Follette and Costigan, within the next few days. In the senate, while the authors of the direct relief bill have not announced their plans for the future, Senator Wagner of New York, has introduced the amendments offered by him during the hunger debate as a separate bill, and has had it sent to the manufactures committee of which La Follette is chairman. Black Bill Is Pending The Black “loan" bill, introduced just before defeat of the La Fol-lette-Costigan bill, is pending before the committee on postofflees and post roads. In addition to these measures, two pieces of legislation providing extensive public works programs are to be pressed for action at once, as a result of the evidence developed during the last three weeks of serious want through the country. Senator La Follette is asking for immediate hearings on his five and a half billion dollar public works bill, and probably will secure them. Senators Metcalf, La Follette and Copeland compose a subcommittee of the senate committe on education and labor which has been assigned to consider the bills. Wagner Drafts Bill Senator Wagner proposes to introduce a two billion dollar public works bill, for beginning the program ,of the federal stabilization commission within the next few days, but has not decided what committee he will ask to hear it. When the Lewis bill, providing $375,000,000 for direct relief, is reported by the house labor commits tee it still will have run the gauntlet of the rules committee before it is given a time for debate on the floor of the house. It will, however, have strong backing, not only from its author, and Chairman Connery of the labor committee, but from the ranking Republican of the committee, Representative Richard J. Welch of California. The attitude of Speaker Gamer and the Democratic leadership has not been made known. DUNN PERJURY APPEAL DISMISSAL SEEN LIKELY Supreme Court Cites Important Omission in State’s Brief. Questions put by supreme court judges to attorneys arguing the Paul S. Dunn perjury appeal by the state have indicated the action may be dismissed by the high court. Dunn was charged with perjury when it was alleged he swore hd was a property holder to qualify! as Marion county councilman inJ 1927. Judges Julius Travis and David Myers of the supreme court pointed out that the state’s brief fail* to set out the fact of his being $ council member, which, they in dicated, is vital to prosecutioi* Dunn was freed of the charge in Marion circuit court. V. Ed Funk, deputy attorney general, appeared for the state; Clinton H. Givan, county attorney at the time Dunn was in office, for the defense. The court also heard arguments on the kidnaping case of Herbert Cox, who is serving a life sentence. The case was affirmed at one time, but rehearing granted. Cox was convicted of kidnaping Gloria Jean Huffer, 7-year-old Columbus girl. TWO WOMEN INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENTS Particles of Glass Hurled in Victim’s Eyes, When Cab, Car Collide. Two women were Injured in automobile accidents Wednesday night. Mrs. Kate Malkus, 60, of 718 East Morris street, suffered cuts and bruises and particles of glass were hurled in her eyes, when an automobile driven by Miss Julia Miller, same address, collided with a taxicab at Thirteenth and North Delaware streets. The cab driver, Frank Capana, 25, of 751 Fletcher avenue, was arrested on a charge of driving without a chauffeur’s license. Minnie Bell, 25, Negro, 1331 Lafayette avenue, suffered head injuries when she walked against the side of an automobile driven by Chester B. Ellis, 32, of 1303 North Keystone avenue, at Twenty-fifth and Montcalm streets. AMMONIA DRINK FATAL! 18-Months-Old Boy Is Victim of Bottle Found in Cupboard. Tanald Eugene Davidson, 13-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Davidson. Southeastern and Emerson avenues, is dead today from the effects of ammonia he diank Wednesday. The fluid waa in a bottle he found in a cupboard at. the home of Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. Fawcett, 238 South Sherman drive, where he was a guest with hid parents.