Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 277, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 March 1932 — Page 2

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SHIP IS COALED FOR RESCUE OF LINDBERGH BABY Transfer Reported Slated to Take Place Outside 12-Mile Limit. By United Pres* BALTIMORE, Md„ March 29. Colonel Charles Consolvo of Baltimore, prominent hotel owner, has been asked to use his steam yacht in a trip which it is hoped, will result in the recovery of Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. This information was forthcoming ioday from Mrs. Consolvo who said their yacht, the Marcon, has been lying at Norfolk for the last three days, coaled and ready to start to sea at a minute's notice. Mrs. Consolvo said she has received word from her husband that the three emissaries working between the kidnapers and Colonel Lindbergh—Dean Harold DobsonPeacock, pastor of Christ Episcopal church, Norfolk; John Hughes Curtis. Norfolk boat builder, and RearAdmiral Guy Burrage, retired—will accompany Colonel Consolvo on a trip to the twelve-mile limit -within the next day or two. “Colonel Consolvo went to Norfolk about a week ago on a business trip,” Mrs. Consolvo explained. Three days ago he was asked by one of the three Norfolk men connected with the case—l don’t know which one—to accompany them on a trip to the twelve-mile limit. “It was indicated that contact would be made there with the kidnapers of the Lindbergh baby and the transfer of the child would be made.

Report Deal ‘On Fire’ By United Brent NORFOLK. Va., March 29. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and men who claim to be kidnapers of his 21-months-old son are “talking business,” it was believed here today. Dean Dobson-Peacock, one of three local intermediaries in the negotiations, made a dangerous flight to Hopewell Monday for a ( ha If-hour conference with Lind'bergh and returned today. The dean talked to John H. Curtis, local shipbuilder, who. with Rear Admirai Guy Burrage, is assisting in the negotiations. Curtis refused to say if he still believed that the curly-haired baby would be “returned to his parents soon.” And Colonel H. Norman Rchwartzkopf of the New Jersey state police, said after the conference at Hopewell: “Colonel Lindbergh does not believe the information obtained at Norfolk to be of specific significance in this case.” Dean Dobson-Peacock denied published reports he was carrying little Charles Augustus Jr.’s sleeping garments or any other bit of evidence from the kidnapers. And Curtis admitted “I have not seen the Lindbergh child alive.” HIT STREET^ BANNERS Safety Board Urges Council to Restrict Displays. The safety board today recommended to the city council an ordinance prohibiting all street banners, excepting those pertaining to federal, state and municipal governmental events. “Those street banners make our streets look terrible,” said Charles R. Myers, president of the board, “and it is about time we cut them out.” Decrease in theft loot was revealed in the report submitted by Chief Mike Morrissey. Morrissey's report showed a decrease of $468,000 in stolen goods in 1931 as compared with 1930. William F. Hurd, city building commissioner, reported to the board commissioner, reported to the board that while building per--26 were considerably more than for the corresponding week last year, the amount of building was less. During the week, 131 permits were issued, as compared with ninetyseven permits last year. The amount of work, however, for the week w r as $41,214. as compared to $378,754 for the corresponding week in 1931.

N. Y. OFFICIAL HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT Judge Ponders Jail Term in Refusal to Answer Probers. By United Press NEW YORK, March 29.—William J. Flynn, Bronx public works commissioner. was adjudged in contempt of the Hofstadter committee today by Supreme Court Justice John Ford because of his “insulting and willful” defiance of the committee. Justice Ford reserved decision on the request of Samuel Seabury, the committee’s counsel for a thirty-day jail sentence for the Bronx politician, who banked $647,093 since he assumed the $12,000-a-year public works job in 1918. TWO KILLED BY AUTOS Farmer Is Struck Down by Car as He Walks on Highway. By United Press FRANKFORT, Ind.. March 29. Ott Unger, 54, farmer living near here, was killed by an auto while walking on a highway near his home. By United Press LA PORTE. Ind., March 29.—Injures suffered by An tone Schuman, 51, Michigan City, when the auto he was driving crashed against a tree near here caused his death a few hours later. Ollie Boka, 24, also of Michigan City, was riding with Schuman, but was uninjured. m /OUR CHILD*S m/COLD Vg Mutwrote, eefe "cotuna -irritant." applied every boar for 5 hour*. •Houid kero* complete comfort.

HAIL MELLON AS DEBT ‘SAVIOR’

Ambassador, ; Facing Giant Task , Welcome in Britain

T*nr (bare of th* forelrn war debit to thia country, principal and interest, amounts to approiimatelT IIM. Each member of yoor family hat a similar tbare. You mar, and then asaln too may not. collect. Europe it niacin* a debt for cancellation, or at least a reduction. Here is the first of three articles telling about It. BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Seripps-Howard Fore'sn Editor WASHINGTON, March 29. Europe's $22,000,000,000 war debt to the United States (principal and interest), amounting to some SIBO per capita, or SBOO for the average family—is in danger. Led by Great Britain, Europe ts seeking outright cancellation. Failing that, she aims at radical reduction. The next three months should tell the tale —the time between now and the expiration of the Hoover moratorium July 1. Fight for cancellation or reduction will revolve largely around the spare, gray figure of “Uncle Andy” Mellon, our new ambassador to the court of St. James. This is inevitable. As secretary of the treasury, he headed the commission which negotiated the debt settlements. The government to which he is accredited is taking the lead in the propaganda drive to bring about revision. Lastly, being in the thick of things, as he will be, his views are expected to influence administration policy here. In administration circles he is known as “the greatest secretary of the treasury since Hamilton.” Next June, just before the moratorium ends, Britain, France and Germany—to mention only the Big Three among the reparations and war debts powers—will meet at Lausanne, Switzerland, to determine how much, if anything, Germany is to pay the allies in the future. And the allies’ payments to the United States will depend upon what happens there. n n tt BUT what happens at Lausanne, in turn, will depend a good deal on what goes on behind the scenes meantime in Washington, London, Paris and Barlin—on the diplomatic exchanges of these four capitals.. In this sounding-out process Mellon will play a highly important role. That Great Britain shares this view is evident. It is also evident that she is much pleased over Mellon’s coming. It may or may not have the slightest significance, but his appointment was hailed by the British press as eminently satisfactory. “Coming to London amid a crisis in the world’s affairs such as never before has been known

3,000 SCOUTS ATTEND SHOW Parade to Circle to See ‘The Lost Squadron.’ More than 3,000 Indianapolis Boy Scouts marched down Meridian street today to attend a special showing of “The Lost Squadron” at the Circle theater. The parade and show were features of the third day’s program in the annual Scout vacation week. Feature of the parade was the Boy Scout band, dressed in capes, worn for the first time today. Also featuring today’s activities will be the father and son banquet, at 6:30 in Central Christian church. Approximately two hundred Scouts and their fathers are expected to attend. Speaker will be Professor J. J. Haramy of the Indiana Central college history department. His topic will be “The Soul of America.” Civic day will be observed Wednesday. Eagle Scouts will take over reins of state and city governments, and Scouts of star rank and above will direct downtown traffic for an hour.

SEVEN ARE INJURED IN CAR ACCIDENTS

Scoutmaster’s Condition Is Critical; Three Drivers Are Arrested. Seven persons were hurt, two critically, and three drivers were arrested in traffic mishaps Monday and early today, according to police. Leßoy Allen. 22, of 3856 Cornelius avenue, scoutmaster of Boy Scout troop 72, and George Steinmetz, 13, of 115 East Fortieth street, a scout, were injured when a truck in which they were riding collided with an auto at Park avenue and Thirtysecond street. Monday night. Allen is in a critical condition today at city hospital. Steinmetz incurred head lacerations. Charges of drunkenriess and operating a car while drunk were placed against Clarence Forward, 43, of 2041 Singleton street, when police halted his car Monday night near Troy and Madison avenues. George Reibold, 51 West Fortysecond street, was charged with drunkenness, operating a car while drunk, failing to have a driver’s license and a certificate of title after his car crashed into another driven by Jack Leslie, 28, of 1320 Columbia avenue, a chauffeur. Leslie was arrested for failure to have a driver’s license and a certificate of title. Theodore V. Marbaugh, 5353 College avenue, who was injured when he stepped into the path of an auto in the 600 block Virginia avenue, Monday afternoon, remained in a critical condition today at city hospital. Marbaugh, who recently returned from a honeymoon in Florida, had parked his car and was crossing the street. He stepped in front of a car driven by Harrison King, an aviator, who was held blameless. Joseph Bolderberger, 87, resident at the Old Folks home, 852 South Pennsylvania street, incurred a leg fracture when he stepped into the side of aa automobile driven by Richard Krug, 17, of 1200 East Tabor street, Monday night, at S> ii. . Jv . -V .iJJ

in modern times outside of war,” said the Morning Post, a Tory organ, "no man could have been better qualified for the part which he will be called upon to play. . . He has a commanding knowledge of all that concerns war debts and reparations, and his attitude toward these questions may be summed up in the following sentence from a speech which he made as long ago as 1927: • “ ‘The entire foreign debt is not

GETS SHARE IN MILLION Shelbyville Resident Notified He Is Heir to Montana Estate. By United Brest SHELBYVILLE, Ind.. March 29. Ernest D. Hamilton, local resident, has been notified that he is a principal heir to the William Hamilton estate, said to be valued at more than $1,000,000, in Butte, Mont. William Hamilton, who died forty years ago, left the estate to two children, both of whom now are dead. DEMOCRATS IN PARLEY Shouse Confers With Leaders on Convention Plans. By United Press WASHINGTON, March 29.—Jouet Shouse, chairman of the Democratic national executive committee, was in New York today conferring with Democratic party leaders over arrangements for the Democratic national convention. The most difficult problem for the moment is that of selecting the keynoter, for which Shouse is favored by Democratic National Chairman Raskob. The question will be decided at a meeting of the committee on arrangements at Chicago Monday.

Pennsylvania and Washington streets. Krug was not arrested. Three persons were injured when two autos crashed Monday night at Michigan and Blake streets. They are Miss Helen Burke. 23; Miss Bertha Greer and Doris Greer, 9, all of 744 North Sheffield avenue. All were cut and bruised.

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worth as much to the American people in dollars and cents as a prosperous Europe as a customer.’ ” nun THE TIMES, another Tory daily, declared: “Nothing could be more welcome to this country than the news (of Mellon’s appointment) .... If some of the remarks made by him on the capacity of European debtors to pay have sounded on distant

FIVE FILE FOR SEATS IN HOUSE Two in County Also Seek State Senate Posts. Five aspirants for the Democratic nomination for state representative and two candidates for state senator from Marion county filed today with the secretary of state. The candidates for representative are: Stuart E. Reed, 4202 Bluff road; John W. Taggart, 346 Congress avenue; Leo M. Gordiner, 3537 North Pennsylvania street; Dennis J. Colbert, 311 Prospect street, and Theodore McCarty, 2516 Southeastern avenue. Jacob Weiss, state representative and attorney, Democrat, and George T. Purves, 5261 Carrollton avenue, Republican, filed for state senator. State Senator Charles L. Strey, Wabash, today filed as a Republican candidate for congress from the Fifth congressional district. Strey gained prominence in the last legislature by launching an investigation of conduct of the state highway department for failure to collect millions of federal aid due Indiana. He also sponsored a bill' for a full-time commission. Clarence Cones, 3642 Coliseum avenue, and Dr. Charles H. Keever, 5216 College avenue, have filed for the Republican nominations for county treasurer and coroner, respectively. Keever is a former coroner. Loew’s Manager Dies in Crash By United Press ROCHESTER, N. Y., March 29. Dave Nolan, manager of Loew’s Rochester theater and widely known in the theatrical world, was killed I in an automobile accident near here today.

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ears like the words of an ‘uncompassionate’ man, it always must be remembered that in his own country he became a sort of bogy to the senators who opposed even the British settlement as far too lenient. “Quite recently, moreover, the secretary of the treasury frankly explained to his countrymen that, with the pound sterling no longer on the gold standard, the British taxpayer was being asked to meet, not the obligation established by the debt commission, but an amount nearly 50 per cent in excess of it.” Said the Liberal NewsChronicle: “The appointment of Mr. Andrew Mellon .... will be regarded in this country with immense satisfaction. A man of great power and influence in America, as his twelve years of service as secretary of the treasury show, he always has been sympathetic to Great Britain and taken a liberal view of the whole problem of international indebtedness." tt n n THE Daily Mail of the Rothermere press, opined: “Whatever view may be taken of war debts and reparations, they long will remain the dominating problem in Europe, and no American is more familiar with every detail of the question than Mr. Mellon. A reserved, uncommunicative banker, the new ambassador probably would not dissent from the view that he is a convinced revisionist . . .” Here is a fair cross-section of British opinion as expressed in representative newspapers. It is recognized abroad that this is a presidential election year in the United States, and that congress has the final say in debt matters. But, even so, “Mr. Mellon remains an ideal ambassador in these days of international financial crisis,” according to The Daily Mail, “and his sympathetic comprehension oi our position will not fail to find reflection in Washington." Next: Mellon’s Stand on the War Debts.

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BODIES OF TWO MURDERED MEN FOUNDIN ROAD Slain, Tossed From Auto; Near Evansville: May Be U. S. Agents. By United Press EVANSVILLE, Ind., March 29. Bodies of two unidentified men were found in this vicinity today, and a blood-spattered car. abandoned near Evansville, was thought to be one in which they were slain. Police rushed efforts at identification, upon word that the victims may have been federal prohibittion agents. One man, with his* throat cut, was thrown from a car near Mt. Vernon. The other body, with the heat battered in. was thrown out near Henderson. Ky. Police Chief Emmett Bell, Evansville. went to Mt. Vernon to view one body, while fingerprint experts went to Henderson. The auto thought to have been used by the assassins was said to be a stolen machine. John W. Morrill, deputy dry administrator, said he did not believe any dry agents from his office were in the vicinity of Evansville today.

NEEDY HIT BASKET AID Kokomo Marchers Demand Work With Pay Two Days W’eekly. | By Times Special KOKOMO, Ind., March 29.—1nIndianapolis’ “basket plan” of food I distribution for poor relief drew protest here of three delegations of | unemployed persons, who staged a demonstration Monday before the ! office of Walter Koontz, township trustee. The delegations, after parading through the downtown area, demanded that each be paid for two days’ work each week, and that investigations be made of the wage scale paid to unemployed by individuals and independent organizations. The “basket plan” provides for weekly food baskets to persons employed in public work.

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By United Pre*s LONDON. March 29.—Gloria Swanson. American actress and wife of Michael Farmer, was suffering today from bronchitis at her Mayfair residence here.

SET RULING IN GUN GIRL CASE Geckler to Decide Thursday on Vera Wood. Juvenile Judge John F. Gecklcr said today he will rule Thursday morning on the case of Miss Vera Wood, 17, Shortridgc high school girl and confessed toy-gun bandit, charged with drunkenness and delinquency. It was indicated the girl will be placed on probation for one year, with orders to cease smoking cigarets and to obey directions of her parents, in whose custody she is now. Her arrest resulted frbm a night robbery tour more than a month ago when she held up eleven pe-fr-sons with a water pistol.

MARCH 29, 1932

’FRIENDS' SLIP GIN INTO PUNCH FOR DRYJiROUP Beverage Is Acclaimed by Political Club Members After Tiring Meeting. Members of an Indianapolis women's political club today are puzzled about a subject far from the realm of politics. They have found that grape juice and ginger ale is a “perfectly delightful drink.” And, above all. they are puzzled by the buoyant effects of such an innocent mixture. The club members met a few days ago to discuss, pro and con, issues forthcoming in the primary election They discussed candidates from those seeking the President's chair to precinct committeemen. All Devout Dry* Prohibition, as a subject for consideration, was dismissed summarily. The women all are devout drys. There could be no argument on that score. The nation's problems settled, the women turned to their matinee repast. The hostess produced cakes on a tea tray. She had mixed the ginger ale and grape Juice beverage before the close of the session. This she also offered to her guests. As one. the club members acclaimed the drink. It was a success and they lauded its marvelous taste. ‘Tired Feeling’ Disappears None of them noticed the tired fueling that followed a full day. In fact, they felt better than before the meeting. So popular was the drink that the guests took two helpings. The hostess only was able to secure one cup. When all the guests had left, the hostess returned to her kitchen. Several uninvited friends were convulsed with laughter. They admitted pouring a half pin* of gin into the ginger ale and grape juice. The hostess staggered to bed.