Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 245, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 February 1932 — Page 3

FEB. 20, 1932

‘BABY BONDS' ARE BAIT FOR HOARDED CASH Denominations May Run as Low as SSO, in Drive for Slacker Dollars. BY RAY TUCKER Timet Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Feb, 20.—Plans for Issuance of “baby bonds” in small denominations as another means of extracting noarded dollars from socks and mattresses virtually have been perfected by treasury officials, it was learned today. Although Representative F. H. La Guardia (Rep., N. Y.) insists that all future bonds of the new reconstruction finance corporation should be of small denominations, the treasury department does not contemplate using this method of obtaining funds as a part of its regular financing. It will be resorted to solely as a method of restoring confidence, and present plans contemplate a comparatively small issue, though the size has not been determined. The bonds would be short-term issues bearing a low rate of interest, possibly something less than savings bank accounts pay. The denominations will be as low as SIOO, and may run as low as SSO. It is estimated that hoarded dollars amount to from $1,200,000,000 to $1,700,000,000, but there will be no attempt to match this sum in the proposed anti-hoarding bond issue. After Slacker Dollars It is hoped that people will buy these issues because of the confidence they have in government bonds, and that this confidence will become so contagious that it will extend to securities bearing a higher return, and regarded as a sound investment. The proposed friendly raid upon hoarded funds is simply part of the general campaign to enlist “slacker” dollars and credits. The other parts of the plan are the general campaign headed by Col. Frank Knox and the Glass-Steagall bill, which is designed to loosen eligible paper now held in banks’ portfolios. There is no intention of reviving Liberty loan campaign methods, according to treasury officials. The bonds probably will be sold through federal reserve banks in various cities, and agencies established by Colonel Knox may be used in some communities. To lessen the cost and inconvenience of distribution and bookkeeping, headquarters may be set up in various cities where the public can purchase the bonds without any personal inconvenience. Seek to Avoid Competition Proceeds from sales would be left in banks throughout the country, thus furnishing those institutions with cash which would keep them in a liquid state. The purchaser would be expected to hold his bonds until maturity, or, in view of their expected market ability, dispose of them to meet obligations. In view of increased taxes facing many citizens within the next few years, purchase of these securities may prove to be an easy way of setting aside means with which to make tax payments, as is done by large corporations. Deposits of the proceeds in banks may be necessary to offset possible withdrawals of deposits with which to purchase* these bonds. If purchasers should buy the government securities with money withdrawn from banks, there would be no improvement in the situation and possibly no increase in the amount of money in circulation. The interest rate will be placed at a figure lower than savings banks, to induce hoarders to place their money in banking institutions. Otherwise, the proposed issue would become competitive rather than helpful to the very structure it is desired to strengthen.

NAB FOUR IN ALLEGED POKER GAME SWINDLE Wisconsin Man Asserts He Lost Traveler’s Check to Trio. Pour men are under arrest today following an alleged poker game swindle in a downtown hotel Thursday night. Detectives Earl Higgs and Plez Oliver were told by T. W. Voltz, Kenosha, Wis., that the other three men swindled him of a $lO traveler’s check during the game. He faces a gaming charge. G. H. Walker, Spartansburg, N. C., and Edward J. Bartow, alias N. P. Davidson, Atlanta, Ga., are accused of gaming and vagrancy and S. C. Russell, alias J. H. Russell, Louisville, is charged with gaming. CITIZENSHIP RALLY SET Jewish Groups Sponsor Meeting in Communal Building Sunday. Citizenship rally sponsored by the Jewish Community Center Association, B'nai B’rith and the Council of Jewish Women will be held at 8 Sunday night in the Communal building, 17 West Morris street. Richard E. Gutstadt of Cincinnati, director of the B’nai B’rith national membership bureau, will speak on "The Importance of Becoming a Citizen.”

Ripley Wrong? After F W. Vawter, 1509 West Twenty-sixth street, went to bed Wednesday night his mind dwelled on Ripley’s statement that will not give the same result as 23.50x38.50, and came to the conclusion that Ripley is wrong According to Ripley, multiplication with the fractions gives a result of 905, and with the decimals, 904.75 Vawter contends that the answer should be the same in both cases, 90475. He says Ripley erred by multiplying one-half by one-half, making one-quarter, and thus a result of 905 with the figures having fractions. Multiplying one fraction by the other is an error of arithmetic, but a common one, according to Vawter F J. Murray, Greenfield, agrees with Vawter in the view that Ripley ia in error.

Brew, Wine Are Given Blame for Almost Anything, Even Stopping German Drive

By United Press CHICAGO, Feb. 20.—The Women's Christian Temperance Union, attacking the beer bloc’s plan to legalize 2.75 per cent beer and tax it 3 cents a bottle, declared today that the scheme would “ruin the milk industry” and “cause not a depression, but a panic.” At 3 cents tax a bottle, this country, to raise a billion dollars, “would have to drink each year 33,333,333,333 1-3 bottles of beer,” the statement said. "To doubt that consumption and force more than 4,000,000,000 gallons of beer down American throats would ruin the milk industry and divert enough money from food and clothing and other essentials to cause not a depression, but a panic.”

SEIZE FIVE FOR THEFTOF GOAL Detectives Ambush Quintet in Railroad Yards. Indiana coal supplied on township poor relief orders didn’t satisfy five men arrested early today, according to statements of three railroad detectives. The prisoners are Albert Hopwood, 19; Warren Hopwood, 20, and James Monday, 23, all of 3332 South Harland street; Robert Ashman, 42, of 732 Perry avenue, and Jeff Dickard, 27, of 712 Martin street. The detectives, H. W. Quellhorst, C. L. Moran and C. W. Randall, reported they lay in wait from 1:30 to 4:30 this morning while the five men unloaded seven tons of Kentucky coal from a car at Troy avenue and the Pennsylvania railroad. Three tons had been loaded in a truck when the officers halted activities. Indiana slack coal given them on the relief orders was of too low quality, the prisoners are said to have asserted in statements to the officers.

ACQUITTED CUP ADMITSMURDER Names Two Accomplices in 2-Year-old Slaying. By United Press BUFFALO, N. Y., Feb. 19—Anthony W. Bell, a former detective and policeman, today confessed he and three other men committed the murder for which he was acquitted two years ago. Arrested by Buffalo police as an important witness against two men now held in Uniontown, Pa., charged with the same slaying, he admitted his guilt to Buffalo police. Bell’s confession revived the sensations of the roadside death of John Donoghue near Uniontown in July, 1929. Donoghue was taken for a ride. The following day A. D. Rosenberg, Fayette county district attorney, killed himself. Bell, chief of detectives of Fayette county and police chief for Masontown, was arrested. He was acquitted on an alibi.

NEGLECT OF CHURCH MOCK TRIAL FEATURE "General Apathy” Is Defendant at Tabernacle Presbyterian. "General Apathy,” played by Edward W. Harris and representing the spirit of indifference on the part of church people, took the witness stand Thursday night during the third session of a mock trial at the Tabernacle Presbyterian church. Cross-examined by Emsley W. Johnson and H. B. Pike, prosecuting attorneys, the "General” admitted that he spent 100 times as much of his time on amusements, prize fights, and theaters as he did on church affairs. “John Bunyan,” played by Edgar H. Evans, also was placed on the stand, and reviewed briefly “Pilgrim’s Progress.” The “trial” will be completed next Thursday night with ‘General Apathy” being sentenced.

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Charged with slaying two men after petty yguments in a poolroom and barbecue Wednesday afternoon and night, Joseph McClanahan, 45, of Valley Mills, and Robert Nance, 32, of 2615 Butler avenue, today faced action by the grand jury. McClanahan, barbecue operator, is alleged to have slain Daniel Stewart, 28, former Valley Mills high school basketball star. Nance is charged with fatally stabbing Clarence Baker, 50, owner of a poolroom at 305 East Washington street.

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By Time* Special SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20.—Juliet Proctor not only is queen of the Santa Rosa (Cal.) rose festival—she also is a lady prohibition agent temporarily, if a prohibition agent can be a lady. Miss Proctor sailed for New York today, guarding one bottle or rare old Sonoma champagne. Carrying a federal permit Miss Proctor will take the wine east to christen the new $5,000,000 Grace liner, Santa Rosa, at Jersey City March 24. But between the time she reaches New York and the date of the christening, real prohibition will have charge of the bottle.

BAD KIDS DON’T FIB

Few Children Liars, Says Judge

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aren’t liars, not even “bad” boys and girls, and rarely does a child show a yellow streak! This is what Judge John F. Geckler has concluded after one year on the juvenile court bench of Marion county. “Children almost always tell me the truth,” he declares. “They seem anxious to tell a straightforward story, even when it can do them the greatest harm. “There are cases when a boy or girl will advance a most unbelievable tale about having played hookey from school, and then admit the theft of an automobile. “A confidential talk usually will get the whole truth from a child. Children fear disgrace.” Geckler advocates probation rather than imprisonment, and is extending the system by which “bad” boys and girls are made good by trusting them. tt ft a says he has learned 'J it is better to sentence a boy to mow lawns, wash automobiles, work in a grocery or join the Boy Scouts than send him to a school of correction. “A 12-year-old girl had turned thief,” Geckler related. “She would steal articles from downtown stores, almost always giving it away to her girl friends. We put her on probation. Now she is living with her grandmother, and has not been in trouble since. The foremost cause of juvenile delinquency, Judge Geckler says, is poverty. Heredity and environment determine a child’s character, and environment is most important. Wayward youths generally come from broken homes, and become good citizens when taken away from unfavorable environments, Geckler believes.

PRESS GROUP MEETS Laws Affecting Election Ballots Discussed. Indiana stake laws affecting the printing of election ballots formed the highlight of discussion today at the opening of the two-day meeting of the Indiana Weekly Press Association in the Palm room of the Claypool. Claude G. Brodecker of the Brownstown Banner, led the discussion. The # morning session wps occupied with the registration of convention members. A banquet will be held at 6:30 tonight at the hotel. Julian Wetzel, president of the Keystone Press and Indianapolis schools commissioner, will be the main banquet speaker. The convention will end Saturday with election of officers and a discussion of the problems of publishers. Officers of the association are: Walter H. Crim, Salem, president; Peter Holzer, Osgood, vice-presi-dent; C. E. Van Valer, Gas City, secretary; Harry W. Thompson, Versailles, treasurer, and Paul L. Feltus, Bloomington, publicity director.

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By United Press CHICAGO. Feb. 20.—50 far as Municipal Judge Green is concerned, the poor have as much right to violate the dry law as the rich, and therefore he refused to convict Adam Krolikowski, 61, accused of operating a saloon, jthe eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act notwithstanding. The wealthy can drink without interference in the privacy of homes and other places closed to the public, Judge Green declared, while the burden of prohibition enforcement falls, on the poor, who drink more or less publicly. “Any law failing to govern all classes alike is unfair,” the judge held.

* Most children, even “bad” boys and girls, are good, Juvenile Judge John F. Geckler tells Johnny Sims, 6. They will tell the truth even, if it brings harm to them, said the judge.

G. B. Shaw Is Hurt in Crash; Auto Smashed

By United Press CAPETOWN, South Africa, Feb. 19-—George Bernard Shaw was recovering today from bruises an<j slight injuries hr received when he tried out his new driver’s license. His wife suffered an injured wrist. Their automobile was smashed. When Shaw got his driver’s license here a few days ago he asked the examiner a few questions after the examiner was through with him.

“How long have you driven?” Shaw asked. “Thirty years,” the examiner replied. “Then you soon will drive as well as I,” Shaw said. The famous wit and author had intended to return to Capetown from Mossel bay by ship, but changed his plans at the last moment and hired a car. With Shaw

driving, he and his wife started out, and ended up in a ditch at Mossel bay, near Knysna. The Shaws canceled their passage to England and remained at their hotel at Mossel bay. Physicians did not expect to detain them long. Shaw, who is 75, made his first airplane flight at Capetown. He described it as the greatest thrill of his life. GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT IGNORES SUPERSTITION By United Press ITHICA, N. Y., Feb. 20.—Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt ignored superstition as he started his upstate tour, figuring in his fight to control New York’s delegation to the presidential convention. Thursday, the first day of the trip, he rode in state car No. 13, the official automobile of Henry Morganthau Jr., state conservation commissioner, over Highway 13.

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By United Press t WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—The Germans never reached Paris during the World war because they reached the French vineyards first, and being addicted to alcohol, “could not resist the temptation,” Canon Chase said today before the senate committee considering the Bingham 4 per cent beer bill. Senator Bulkley asked why “total abstaining” Turkey did not swing the tide of war in Germany’s favor. The reason, Canon Chase shot back, was that “total abstaining” America was on the other si<Je. This rejoinder drew a laugh from all other witnesses.

JOBLESS PLEA WINSJJENIENCY Court Frees Forger Called 'Depression Victim/ Judgment that he must hoe southern tobacco fields was cherished Friday by Radford Brabham, 22, for he found a job in criminal court instead of a prison sentence. Jobless, Branham confessed forging a check to buy an overcoat. The one to ten-year prison sentence, imposed on the charge, was suspended by Judge Frank P. Baker. Branham’s suggestion that he might find a job with his brothers in Tennessee was accepted by the court. “You are not a criminal, merely a victim of the depression,” the court ruled. Branham had forged a check of Misa Bessie J. Kellam, Cloverdale, Jan. 11, 1932. The check was taken from a letter. Later, Branham told the court, “1 had to seU the overcoat to buy food.” Another prisoner, James Mitchell, 37, Negro, charged with first degree burglary, was not so lucky. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to serve fifteen years in the state prison.

JUDGE GARDOZO ATTACJMGNORED By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—A unanimous recommendation for confirmation of Benjamin Cardozo as associate justice of the supreme court was voted Friday by a senate judiciary subcommittee, a few minutes after the committee had listened to attacks upon both the nominee and his father. The attacks included the charge that Albert Cardozo, the father, was “owned body and soul” by the famous Tammany character, Boss Tweed. Cardozo himself, now chief judge of the New York court of appeals, was attacked by William H. Anderson, reformer, as a “second generation Tammany judge.” The subcommittee was composed of Senators Arthur R. Robinson (Ind.), Thomas D. Schall (Minn.), and Henry F. Ashurst (Ariz.). Anderson, head of the American Protestant Alliance, protested that the actions of Cardozo’s fathpr were significant because of his son’s alleged participation in a “conspiracy to deprive me of my liberties and permit A1 Smith to be reelected governor.” He explained this referred to his own convicton on felony forgery charges five years ago, Cardozo and the other judges of she court of appeals having affirmed his conviction and prison sentence.

TEACHER LOSES SUIT v Court fight of Mrs. Nina Black, former city school teacher, for reinstatement under provisions of the teachers’ tenure law, met defeat Friday under a ruling of Superior Judge Joseph R. Williams. Williams refused a petition for a mandate under which the school board, as defendant, would be forced to reinstate Mrs. Black as teacher at School 5. Mrs. Black’s petition was based on the contention that her contract provided for employment for an indefinite period. Williams held to the contrary. Previously Williams had ruled the tenure law unconstitutional. The oldest investment in the world is the real estate mortgage. In ancient Babylon, 2,100 years before Christ, in the reign of King Khammuragas, money was loaned on mortgage, while the great Bablyonian banking houses of the Egibi family, founded about 600 B. C., invested large sums in mortgages on both city and farm property.

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HEIRESS MADE A MOSLEM IN FLYINGMOSQUE English Beauty, a Princess of Borneo, Takes Vows in Speeding Plane. (CoDvrleht. 1932. bv United Pressl PARIS, Feb. 20.—An English beauty and heiress, a princess of Borneo, who, some day, may rule over savages, revealed today why she left England as, a Christian in an airplane speeding 100 miles an hour, and landed in France a Mohammedan, after a ceremony in mid-air in the flying mosque. “I chose the air for my conversion because I wished it to be performed on no earthly territory,” the heiress, Princess Muda of Sarawak, Borneo, and daughter of the late Sir Walter Palmer, said. The fore compartment of the Silver Wings, liner of Imperial Airways, was converted into a mosque. The ceremony was carried out 5,000 feet in the air, halfway between England and Frgnce. Dr. Khalid Sheldrake, president of the Western Islamic Asssociation, performed the ceremony. Prays to Allah Shouting loudly to overcome the roar of the motors, he prayed to Allah, “the beneficent, the merciful, all praise due Allah, lord of the world . . . the beneficent, the merciful.” Then he placed his hands over the palm of the right hand of the princess, who repeated the words of the Koran: “I bear witness that nothing deserves to be worshipped but Allah, Allah, and I bear witness that Mohammed is the apostle of Allah, Allah.” “I give the name of Khair-Ul-Nissa, fairest of women,” Dr. Sheldrake shouted as solemnly as possible under the circumstances. Princess Muda wore a black fur coat and a black frock. The red fez worn by Dr. Sheldrake was the only eastern touch to the scene. The silver Wings crew was aboard in regular uniform. A steward served luncheon to the princess and Dr. Sheldrake after the ceremony. The plane carried other regular passengers. Reared a Protestant The princess has made other changes in her religion. She was reared in the Protestant faith and later became an ardent Christian Scientist. In 1930 she became a Roman Catholic and was received in private audience by the Pope, wearing the national Malayan costume at his request. The princess will become the custodian of one of the most valuable garments in the world, a tunic which Mohammed is said to have worn more than 1,300 years ago. The garment is valued at $1,750,000. The faithful from many parts * f the world are expected to inspect the tunic when displayed at a large hall in London. Princess Muda was left a fortune by her father, the late Sir Walter Palmer, who was a partner in the biscuit manufacturing firm of Huntley and Palmer. As the wife of the Prince of Sarawak, Borneo, she some day may rule over the savage headhunters. COSTA RICA NOW QUIET By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 20—The American legation at San Jose, Costa Rica, reported to the state department today that the revolution against the Costa Rican government conducted by Castro Quesada virtually had ended. Ends Dental Lectures Series A series of dental hygiene lectures by the Marion County Tuberculosis Association has been completed by Dr. A. E. Fogg of Chicago, who, since Jan. 25, addressed 16,000 school children and teachers in the county.

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Wedding Bells

Carmen Pantages, flashing, dark-eyed daughter of the millionaire theatrical magnate, is shown here with John Considine, motion picture director, after their wedding at Los Angeles. They planned a honeymoon boat trip to New York.

HOME STRIPPED OF FURNISHINGS Thieves Pay Visit Before Moving Men. All furniture from a five-room house at 2166 North Wallace avenue was stolen Thursday, according to a report to police by C. J. Clements of the Commonwealth Loan Company, 205 Odd Fellow building. Loot included a radio set. Acfcording to Clements, the house had been occupied by Eulah Montgomery, who advised the company she was moving and ordered the furniture taken. Before removal could be effected, thieves paid their visit. A Negro youth is sought today for breaking into two homes Thursday night. Mrs. Pearl Guge, 21 West Sixteenth street, Apartment 2, told police that while she was in the living room of her home, a Negro, about 20, entered a bedroom after raising a window. She screamed, and he fled. While Mrs. Marie Campbell, 1220 North Illinois street, Apartment 1, was in bed, a youth raised a window and took a purse valued at $5 from the table, she told police. There was no money in the purse.

COLLEGE STAGE CLUB TO OFFER MINSTREL “Anchors Aweigh” to Be Presented at Indiana Central. “Anchors Aweigh,” a minstrel and stage show, will be presented by Alpha Psi Omega, collegiate dramatic society of Indiana Central College, at 8 tonight in Kephart Memorial auditorium. Members of the cast are Virgil Hague, Roy Pownall, Arnold Elzey, Kenneth Brice, Earl Stoneburner, D. E. Weidlar, Robert Barnett, Robert Gilbert, James Eaton, Junior Wilson, Dale Clendennon and Ralph Newby.

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ALLEGED LIQUOR RING PROBED BY FEDERAL JURY Muncie Politicians, Former Cops Give Testimony at U. S. Quiz. Approximately fifty Muncie politicians, ex-policemen and soft drink stand operators appeared today before the federal grand jury here in its probe of an alleged gigantic liquor conspiracy, which, it is said, links officials with underworld characters. Investigation of the alleged Anderson conspiracy was recessed until March 1, after approximately 100 witnesses appeared before the grand jury Thursday. Indications are that the grarfd jury will be in session for three weeks. Among the political figures appearing today are Arthur Meeker, automobile license distributor; Paul Brady, former deputy prosecutor, and Clell Maple, all of Muncie. It was Maple who signed the affidavit declaring that D. C. Stephenson, ex-klan leader, had purchased the horse Senator from the then Governor Ed Jackson for $2,500. The Senator, it is recalled, ehoked to death upon a corn cob. John Bohlinger, Muncie ex-de-tective, appeared before the grand jury and stayed in the room for more than an hour, while Ed Quirk, a former policeman, was in twice. Bohlinger, it is said, was one time confidential investigator for city officials.

ARBUCKLE DEATH DUE v TO NATURAL CAUSES Asphyxiation Report Was in Error; Heart, Kidney Disease Blamed. Last rites for John Arbuckle, 74, of 2334 Roosevelt avenue, who died Tuesday, were held Thursday at the Moore & Kirk undertaking establishment. Burial was in Snider cemetery. Mr. Arbuckle died of heart and kidney disease and not as result of asphyxiation in a suicide attempt, as reported erroneously, according to Coroner Fred W. Vehling. Arbuckle, who was overcome at his home after inhaling fumes of a gas heater blown out by the wind, died of natural causes. Gas had no connection with the death, according to physicians. MANGLED BY TRAIN; CALMLY PUFFS CIGAR By United Press CLEVELAND, Feb. 20.—James Colazzo, 26, is the grittiest man they ever saw, police said today as Colazzo hovered near death after being hit by a train. Police found him lying beside the tracks, both legs and one arm mangled, fully conscious and calmly puffing a cigar. Have Color in Cheeks If your skin is yellow—complexion pallied tongue coated appetite poor—you have a bad taste in your mouth—a lazy, no-good feeling—you should try Olive Tablets. Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets —a substitute for calomel —were prepared by Dr. Edwards after 20 years of study. Olive Tablets are a purely vegetable compound. Know them by their olive color. To have a clear, pink skin, bright eyes, no pimples, a feeling of buoyancy like childhood days, you must get at the cause. Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets act on the liver and bowels like calomel —yet have no dangerous after effects. They start the bile and help overcome constipation. Take nightly and note the pleasing results. Millions of boxes sold yearly. 15c, 30c, 60c. —Advertisement.