Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 250, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 February 1932 — Page 24

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EDITORS TO BE ‘PUT ON PAN’ AT DINNERTONIGHT Gridiron Banquet Feature of Midwinter Parley; Costigan to Speak. Approximately 150 Democratic editors of the state and their wives gathered at the Claypool today for the annual midwinter meeting, which looms most Important this year because of the major political campaign now under way. Two high spots on the program will be the first annual gridiron banquet tonight, at which J. Kenneth Gorrell of Bremen will be toastmaster. Democratic political leaders of the state will be put on the pan, according to Claude Brodhecker, president of the Democratic Editorial Association. Another feature is the banquet Saturday night, when Senator Edward P. Costigan of Colorado, outstanding Democratic progressive, will be the principal speaker. Tribune Publisher Speaks Boyd Gurley, editor of The Times, will introduce Costigan, with whom he w r as associated closely in Colorado. The mid-winter meeting began with a luncheon today when Brodhecker, as presiding officer, opened! a discussion of legal advertising. Colonel R. R. McCormick, publisher of the Chicago Tribune, who arrived by plane from Chicago, was the principal speaker. His topic wao “Our Fight for the Freedom of the Press.” Wives of the editors were entertained by the Marion County Women’s Democratic Club at a bridge party at the hotel.

Committee Named Committees for the convention announced by Brodhecker were as follows: Resolutions, Lew M. O’Bannon of Corydon, John Deprez of Shelbyville and Paul Feltus of Bloomington; nominations, A1 Rumbach of .Jasper; Gorrell and Senator Walter Chambers of Newcastle; committee on leases, Prank Finney of Martinsville, Dean Barnhart of Goshen, A. J. Heuring of Winslow, Rom McConnell of Fowler and George Purcell of Bloomington. Saturday’s program includes a discussion of the “Relation of Advertising to Circulation,” by Harry G. Potter of Marshall, 111.; a luncheon meeting at which Major Norman A. Imrte of Culver Military academy will speak on “The Waning Editorial Pages as Viewed by An Outsider,” and the election of officers and adoption of resolutions during the afternoon. Wives of the editors will attend a special matinee at Keith’s theater. COX URGES ECONOMY Expenditures of money by townships, except for the maintenance of poor relief, are unnecessary at this time,” Earl R. Cox, Indianapolis attorney, told the Men’s Brotherhood of the Zion Evangelical church at Fenton, Warren township, Thursday night. He addressed farmers from Warren and Franklin townships on taxation problems, advocating retrenchment in expenditures, and taxing of all tangible property.

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Rob Restaurant Proprietor of sl4; Take $75 Worth of Groceries From Store. Early hours of today were chosen as the time for two burglaries and a robbery, following a series of similar crimes Thursday night. - Two men obtained sl4 in robbery of a restaurant at 1365 Madison avenue, owned by Clifford Peters, police were told. They entered while William Schoenoke, employe, was alone in the place. “They’re moving everything out of the Standard grocery at 2528 West Eleventh street," an unidentified person telephoned police shortly before 1 this morning. Officers were told by Cecil Hicks, 4917 West Eleventh street, manager, that burglars removed merchandise valued at $75. Half an hour later a small amount of money was stolen from a desk and an attempt made to open a safe in the office of the Great American Tea Company, 1233 North Meridian street, police were informed. Alvin Hickman, 1131 West New York street, taxi cab driver, was robbed of $2.50 by a Negro Thursday night, he reported. Aaron Bray, 17, Negro, 701 West St. Clair street, is held under high I bond following his arrest after dis- ; covery that a quantity of sugar had been removed from a freight car on a siding at the Indianapolis j warehouse, 330 West New York street. A thief who reached through a window stole a purse containing $5 at the home of Mrs. Robert Wands, 2833 North Pennsylvania street. Gladys Butler, 951 Locke street, was arrested after seven pairs of trousers, some silk hosiery and other clothing was alleged to have been stolen from the store of Mrs. Rose Brill, 1925 West Michigan street. A cash register in a Standard grocery at 805 East Eleventh street was looted of S2O by two robbers, J. C. Ward, manager, reported.

P.-T. A. MEETINGS FOR WEEK ARE ANNOUNCED Wayne and Decatur Townships List Gatherings for Current Period. Sessions of Marion county Par-ent-Teacher Associations scheduled for the week, follow: Wayne Township Clermont association will meet next Friday at 3 at the school. Fifth and sixth grade pupils will entertain and a prize will be given the room with most parents represented. Meeting of the Fleming Garden group will be held Tuesday night at 8. The rhythym band, directed by first grade teachers, will present* a program. Monthly meeting of the welfare clinic will be held next Friday from 9 to 11. ‘'Mother Mine,” a three-act play, will be given at the Fleming Garden school at 8. nights of March 3 and 4. Decatur Township Vailey Mills association will meet March 4 at 1:30 at the Friend’s church. J. W. Schell will talk on “Mental Health.” Mrs. Oscar Muir will present two readings. Building Permits' Henrv Ward, repairs. 1060 Holborn S2OO S4oo r Keaton ‘ re hs. 213 East Fifty-first. - j S3OO UIS Smart ‘ reDairs - 2715 Bellefontaine. j „„S® neral Outdoor Advertising Company ' $1 500 r ° anC S - WhUe River boulevard, j Norn' ?&‘ c “"’"' nv ">• ° I

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MOTHER'S PLEA SAVESHER SON Forgives Attempts to Hit Her; Sways Court. A mother whose son—drunk or sober—is all she “has in the world,” succeeded today in saving him from a state penal farm sentence after his conviction for being drunk and attempting to beat her. Mrs. Ella Thatcher, mother of Charles Battey, 44, of 1735 English avenue, was vehement in her demands that officers “break the neck” of the Negro who sold Battey liquor. Officers testified Battey was nabbed as he struck several times at his mother in their home. “But I couldn’t have hurt ner, even if I did hit her,” Battey told Floyd Mannon, municipal judge pro ; tern. "I only weigh 107 pounds.” Mrs. Thacker said her son attempted to strike her after she had smashed a bottle of liquor he had. She testified her son spent much much of his government war compensation check for booze. “Don’t send him to the farm, judge,” Mrs. Thacker pleaded. “He’s got a fine wife who works nine hours a day. She gives him money and any mother will give her son money.” Mannon suspended S2O fine on drunkenness and disorderly conduct charges and ordered Battey to turn over his government check to his wife. CINCINNATI SYSTEM IS INSPECTED BY SEABURY \ New York Graft Prober Looks Over Manager Government. By United Press CINCINNATI, Feb. 26—Judge Samuel Seabury, nemesis of municipal graft and corruption in New York, was in Cincinnati today to study the operation of the community which boasts of being “the best governed city in the United States.” Seabury, whose committee is to recommend anew type of city government for New York City, conferred with C. A. Dykstra, city manager, and other officials on municipal problems.

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NAMELESS MAN IS SENT TO PEN FORJRGLARY Elderly Baker Never Had Right to *Martindale’; Reared an Orphan. Prison bound for the third time, John “Martindale,” 52, a baker, revealed in court today that he has lived his entire life under a false name, not knowing his parents. He explained this when the court questioned an alias attached to the affidavit, charging him with burglary. An orphan, brought to Indiana with a train load of other boys and girls in 1885, he never knew his real name. Put Him in Asylum His mother had put him in a Cincinnati orphanage under the name of Trushell. He was reared by a Newcastle family by the name of Martindale. The gray-haired prisoner wast sentenced to the state prison for 3 to 10 years, but said he didn’t mind going there. “It’s better than being out of work.” he declared, “besides it will I give me a chance to fix some fancy pastries and make the boys up there happier.” Served as Cook From 1916 to 1917. he served as rook at the. Michigan City prison, while serving a 1 to 14-year sentence for theft. He was sentenced today after he plealed guilty to attempting to rob the Regal Stores, Inc., at 125 North Davidson street, Wednesday. “Martindale” explained he never had been adopted by the Martindale family. His repeated efforts to find trace of his mother and learn his name failed, he said. GUARD SHARPSHOOTERS SEEK INDOOR TITLE Three Regimental Teams to Cooperate at Armory Saturday. Regimental sharpshooters of the Indiana national guard will compete Saturday at the armory for the state guard indoor shooting championship. Teams representing three regiments will shoot under direction of Lieutenant William R. Mitchell, range officer, Company M, One hundred fifty-first artillery, and Sergeant Alonzo P. Hauk, army firing instructor, starting at 8 a. m. The teams are composed of company winners of the One hundred fifty-first and One hundred fiftysecond infantry regiments, and the One hundred thirteenth engineers.

DIGEST POLL STILL 80 PER CENT WET

(From the Literary Direst of Feb. 27, 1932) For For State Prohibition Repeal Connecticut 1.528 8.579 Georfia 2.969 8.218 Illinois 3.744 14,683 Indiana 7,221 13,162 Maine 689 1.446 Maryland 4,456 17.891 Michigan 754 2.926 New Hampshire .. 855 1.868 New Jersey 14,616 86,663 New York 38,144 255.662 North Carolina.... 6.486 8,876 Ohio 17,584 45.655 Pennsylvania 43.831 147.139 Rhode Island 346 1.733 Vermont 636 1,707' Virginia' 4,493 10,196 West Virginia 1,198 2,134 149,526 625,806 Vote for continuance of the Eighteenth amendment registers a gain of from 15.85 per cent to 19.28 per cent of the total vote in the second week’s returns of the Literary Digest 20,000,000 ballot nation wide poll, as announced in Saturday’s issue of the magazine. An additional tabulation of more than 450,000 votes is reported, making a total of 703,935 received for the current tally. Os this tabulation, 149,526 votes, or 19.28 per cent, favor continuance of the prohibition amendment and 625,806, or 80.72 per cent, favor repeal. Nine states, the initial returns of which are tabulated in this second published report of the poll include: Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Additional returns are also reported from Georgia. Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia. All of the states so far reported show a majority sentiment in favor of repeal. North Carolina Dryest North Carolina still leads as the dryest state reported with a percentage of 42.21 for continuance, a slight increase over the previous week’s returns. The wettest state in the current returns is New York, from which 87.02 per cent of the ballots counted are for repeal, which is a slight decrease in its wet sentiment over the prior returns. West Virginia and Indiana are second and third in dryness with percentages for continuances of prohibition of 35.95 and 35.42, respectively. Second and third in wetness of the states now reported are New Jersey and Connecticut, where the vote to date shbws 85.57 and 84.89 per cent, respectively, for repeal. Maine, which has long been slated as a dry state, shows a sentiment of 67.73 per cent for repeal. Rhode Island and Connecticut, the only two states which never have ratified the prohibition amendment, are both voting five to one for repeal in the current tabulation. Governor Richie’s home state of Maryland gives a current vote of approximately four to one for repeal and its neighboring southern state of Virginia shows a sentiment of over three to one wet.

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] Special prohibition polls for t clergymen, doctors and bankers and lawyers will be conducted at an early date, in addition to the main ! poll, the Literary Digest announces. The second report is not quite as wet as the first one of the poll,” the ; Literary Digest states editorially. “We advised the drys last week not to be down-cast, and already our advice is justified by the event. “To be sure the wets are still away in the lead with their new total of 625,806 ballots for repeal of the prohibition amendment as against 149,526 fqr its continuance. “But if you figure out the percentages and compare them with those of last week, you will find that the faithful drys have forged ahead from 15.85 per cent to something like 19.28 per cent. “It is not surprising to find New York just a shaae less wet and North Carolina just a shade more dry. “But again we must warn our readers that the time is not yet ripe for accurate conclusions to be drawn from the poll figures. “Wait until unterrified Kansas horns into the tally with her camelcorps legions. “It is anybody’s game yet.” Reaches All Walks of Life In answer to a multitude of requests which it is related the magazine has received asking for information as to how the 20.000.000 ballots are dispatched, the Literary Digest states: "To whom do we send our 20.000,000 or more ballots? “We’ll tell the great secret. “To Americans of both sexes and all occupations, in every city, town, village and rural section in the United States. “To Republicans and Democrats, prohibitionists and anti-prohibition-ists, manufacturers, merchants, business women, bankers, farmers, housewives, men and women doctors, preachers and teachers. “To railroad men, truck drivers j and all others, men and women of ! all ranks and occupations and be- i liefs. To the man who brings the milk, to the woman who comes for the wash. To the man of the crossroads filling station and the woman of the Main Street beauty parlor. “Our elaborate machinery of distribution works automatically and makes no distinctions. “The result is as so many observers have remarked, a veritable slice of American life. And a very big slice, too. “It has been estimated that, roughly speaking, a Digest ballot finds its way to two out of every three American families. “And every state receives a quota proportioned pretty accurately to its voting strength. “During forty years an elaborate machinery has been built up, a system of distribution and of mailing lists which are kept continually up to date by a staff of trained workers.”

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man unless you can take more than that,” Mannon said. “Youll probably have to take a lot more.” But Baker had differpnt plans. “11l never take her back.” he told the court. “I’ve had enough and I’m through." Baker, who said he was coffee salesman, said he did not know whether he could pay the $3 weekly. “If you don’t, 111 revoke suspension of the $1 and costs against you,” Mannon warned. GROTTO INITIATES 100 Ceremonial Held in Connection ’ With Washington Party. Initiation ceremonies for 100 candidates were held Thursday night by Sahara Grotto at the pest monarch’s ceremonial at the Claypool. A Washington party was held in connection. Several hundred prophets and their wives were present at the banquet which preceded the initiation. During the ceremonial, members of the women's auxiliary entertained at a party.

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