Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 302, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 April 1932 — Page 2

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HOOVER VETOES PENSION GRANTS TO UNDESERVING Sends Bill Back to House, Citing Typical Cases of ‘Bogus’ Claims. By United Press WASHINGTON, April ?,1. —President Hoover today vetoed and returned to the house of representatives a bill granting pensions or increased pensions to 367 soldiers and nav y, and to certain veterans and widows of veterans of past wars. The President explained that “many meritorious cases” were included in the legislation, but that there were many others which he did not ‘‘deem worthy of public bounty.” “Many of these undeserving cases previously have been rejected by the pension bureau as having no sound basis upon which to construe any obligation in equity for the granting of special benefits,” Mr. Hoover said in a message accompanying the veto. Outlines Conditions Explaining he did not wish to reflect on any individual, Mr. Hoover declined to name what he considered the unworthy cases. He did, however, outline the conditions affecting some of these cases. A few were as follows: “A proposed pension for a man who was court-martialed ior drunkenness and conduct prejudicial to good order, sentenced to six months’ confinement, and w'hose conduct during confinement was so bad that he finally was discharged without honor for the good of the service. ‘‘A proposed pension to a man wao was discharged without honor <’'cause of chronic alcoholism. Never Legal Wife ‘ A proposed pension to a widow whose claim was filed five years after the death of tne veteran, and upon call having been made for evidence of legal widowhood, the claimant abandoned her claim for a period of twenty-five years. “A recent investigation indicates the claimant never was the legal wife of the soldier.” After citing a number of other instances of this kind, Mr. Hoover concluded: “I could add other instances, but it seems to me that even this number which appear to have neither law nor equity to justify them, warrants a revision of the bill, and that a larger dependence should be placed upon reports which are easily obtainable from the pension service.” SIX CANDIDATES ARE SLATED BY LEAGUE Municipal Rights Group Sends Out Queries on Utility Stand. Six candidates for the Governor nomination in both parties and the legislative aspirants, subscribing to the need that there must be reforms in utility legislation, are slated today by the Municipal Rights League of Indiana. This organization, recently formed at Martinsville and composed of mayors and other officials of approximately 100 cities sent questionnaires to all primary and convention candidates, many of whom refused to answer. Those slated are candidates who had answered the letters up to April 25. The recommended list included. Governor —Republican, M. Bert, Thurman Frederick Landis. Edgar D. Bush and James M. Knapp; Democratic, Wood Posey and John Fredrick. Marion County State Senator—Republican Don Ft. French, John Niblack. Louis Markun. Robert J. Rutherford. Winfield Miller, Russell B. Harrison, Glen D. Parrish and Oscar F. Smith; Democrats. E. Curtis White. Jacob Weiss. William H. Montgomery. Edwerd C. Eikman. James H. Storm. Salem Clark and Arthur J. Probst. Marlon County Representatives—Republican, Clarence A. Pope, Robert F. Shepherd. Walter C. Rothermel. Hazel . Blackwell John W. Lovett. James H. Drill. Edward J. Hecker Sr.. Walter L Shirley Beniamin C. Miller. Henry Kottkamp, Henry J Wiethe. Charles L. Hutchison. Wilbur H Gwynn, William J. Helm. Frank E. Wrism Will C. Wetter, Bayard C. Marsh. Gordon L. Stewart. Newell W. Ward. Jesse L Monroe. Charles M. Clark. James H. Monical, Robert Lee Brokcnburr and Frank J Noll Jr.: Democrat, Edward L. Hitzelbereer Clavbournc Blue. Alan K. Major, Rex B Smith. Ora Gill. Bess Robbins. William T. Cook. Robert N. Obleton. Douglas D Brown. Charles L. Bain, James F. Walker. Fred S. Galloway. Carl F. King. George O. Lehman, H. Edward Lochry. Edward L. Wiggins. John W. La Follette. Stephen A Clinehens. George F. Fox, James E Perry. John Shelby. William A. Hussey, Thomas Smith. Earl Dally. Henry J. Richardson Jr.. John F. White, Howard I. Robertson and LcwMs Q Clark. RETIRED PAINTER DIES John Shafer, 82, Had Resided in Indianapolis 29 Years. John Shafer, 82, native of Akron, 0., who had lived twenty-nine y-.ars at 2614 Burton avenue, died at his home Tuesday. He was a member of Local 47, Painters’ and Decorators’ Union. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Mary Shafer; two sons, John, Philadelphia, and William, living in California. Funeral services will be held at 10 Thursday morning at Shirley Brothers central chapel. 946 North Illinois street. Burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery.

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Mr. Fixit—West Nineteenth street, between Sugar Grove avenue and Harding street, is in terrible condition. There are holes eight and ten inches deep. We would like this street scraped and oiled. E. L. P. Tb hole* will be filled at once. Street Commissioner W. H. Winship said. At toon as tbe weather permits the street will be graded, and oil will be placed on it- when hot weather arrives. Mr. Fixit —I live at 1918 Adams street. There is a public alley beside our property. About three months ago the city dumped crushed stone in this alley. Since, this stone has become pulverized and dust is very annoying. Could this alley be oiled? MRS. I. M. C. Street Commisisoner W. H. Winship advises that the department is unable to oil alleys. Mr. Fixit—Some time ago I wrote you about the alley in the rear of 511 South Delaware street, and the street department did a good job of cleaning it. But now it is even wont, being piled high with trash from * jumk yard. ffllbnr H. Winship. street commissioner, said he would consult with the police t’epartmert in an effort to halt the 'practice of dumping trash in this alley.

Read These Rules , Marble Shooters, Then Get Busy on Practice

YOUTHFUL gladiators of the marble arena, many of them veterans of last year's tilts in the big rings, are knuckling down on numerous Indianapolis playgrounds, in daily practice sessions, determined to improve their marksmanship with taws and aggies for the important jousts in The Times annual city-wide marble tournament. Grimy knuckles are being scraped in the dirt and favorite shots are being rehearsed with care, as a mighty army of young stalwarts starts limbering up thumbs in anticipation of the

LINDT AID BACK FROM CRUISE Effort to Contact Baby Kidnapers Continues. By Vnitrd Press NORFOLK, Va., April 27.—John Hughes Curtis, who for four days has been off on a mysterious yacht ! cruise in attempts to negotiate reI turn of the kidnaped son of Colonel : Charles A. Lindbergh, returned to | Norfolk today. Arrival of the yacht Marcon, on ; which Curtis made his trip, was not ■ noted, but the Norfolk ship builder : appeared at his boathouse. He immediately summoned Rear Admiral Guy H. Burrage, with whom he has been working in the Lindbergh case, and they held a conference inside the boathouse. The naj ture of this conference was not disI closed. Schoeffel Returns f<!/ United l’rcss HOPEWELL, N. J„ April 27. State police reported no developments in the investigation of the kidnaping of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh’s son today, the fifty-sev-enth day since the baby was stolen. The return of Major Charles H. Schoeffel, who went to Europe in connection with the case, aroused considerable interest, but state police officials refused comment. FUND DINNER SLATED Jewish Welfare Workers to Meet Thursday. Several hundred workcis of the Jewish Welfare Fund campaign, which will open Friday, will be guests Thursday night at a dinner at Broadmoor Country Club. Samuel E. Rauh, honorary efiairman; Charles S. Rauh, chairman, and J. A. Goodman, president of the fund, will be hosts. The principal speaker willl be Rabbi John B. Wise of New York. Rabbi Wise is the son of the late Rabbi Isaac Maier Wise, founder of the Hebrew Union college at Cincinnati. The campaign will open formally Friday morning with thirty teams, under direction of Samuel Miller, men’s division chief, and Mrs. J. A. Goodman, women’s division head, canvassing the city. The fund helps maintain seventytwo institutions in the United States and abroad, and the bulk of the budget is concentrated on direct relief agencies aiding orphans, aged, needy and the tubercular. chargesToaTfirm CAUSED HER ILLNESS Woman Asks $5,000; Asserts Agents Harassed Her Continually. Charging a representative of an Indianapolis loan company harassed her until she became ill, Mrs. Cora M. Carpenter, 512 North Chester street, filed suit late Tuesday against the Household Finance Company of America, asking damages of $5,000. Mrs. Carpenter, a widow with a child, asserted in her suit that she was unable to pay on a loan, and when visited by representatives of the company told them to take her furniture and ‘‘leave her alone.” ‘‘Two or three times each week,” Mrs. Carpenter alleges in her suit, “representatives of the company came to my house, demanded payment on the loan and talked disrespectfully." The company’s representatives, the suit charges, also went to homes of her neighbors and. as a result, she became ill. Mrs. Carpenter’s suit sets out that doctor’s bills amounted to more than S2OO. The suit lists the company as one charging 34 per cent interesl a month, or 42 per cent a year. FIND CLEW TO KILLERS Gunmen Who Shot Muncie Officer Believed Seen in Anderson. By United Press MUNCIE, Ind., April 27.—Muncie police redoubled their efforts to capture two men who shot Patrolman Ovid McCracken to death Sunday night, when informed by Anderson police that several shots had been fired there at Police Captain Kershner by three men. Two of the gunmen were believed to have been the Muncie slayers. Descriptions of the men and the auto they drove were said to tally closely with those of the Muncie bandits, who shot McCracken when they robbed two theater messengers carrying money to a bank. DEATH TRIALNEAR END Closing Arguments Start in Gladden Case at Frankfort. By United Press FRANKFORT. Ind., April 27. Completion of closing arguments in the first degree murder trial of Richard H. Gladden was started in circuit court here today, with indications that the jury would receive the case before noon. Gladden is charged with murdering his wife, Dolores, whom he contended died of accidental asphyxiation while they were parked on a roadside.

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sport and glory which this annual event affords. The old-fashioned game of ringer, the same that is played in many lands, is the official ?amc j of the national marble tournament. The lure of this game, as its many challenging features arc revealed with each succeeding play, has captured the interest of boys and girls eligible to compete and has made it the smartest juvenile game of the season. And through mastery of this j game some boy or girl right here j in Indianapolis is going to win the 1 championship which will entitle

Bank Gang Suspects Nabbed

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Twenty-nine daring bank robberies were believed solved with the seizure of a gang of nineteen and an arsenal in simultaneous Chicago raids. Pat Roche, chief criminal investigator, fmplicates the interstate gang in the bank robberies as well as at least one kidnaping. Part of the gang shown in the lower picture, includes two women who are alleged to have participated in the robberies in Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan. They are, left to right, seated: James Barrett, Tony Mungo, Isadore Gaby, John Muroni and John Muscio; standing, Dorothy Marshall, Mario Ranieri, Frank Michael, Nick Zona, Pasquale Tocco, John Sebastian, Joseph Pyza and Harriet Tanner. The upper photo shows part of the arsenal seized in the Chicago dragnpt. It is examined by chiefs from the Cook county state’s attorney's office, left to right: Mike Casey, Roche, Fred Joyner, State’s Attorney Swanson, Charles D. Bolte, “Doc” Williams and A1 Hammer. Five of the suspects have been taken to Hartford City. Diphtheria Found at De Pauw By United Press GREENCASTLE, Ind., April 27. Immunization against diphtheria was being administered to De Pauw university students in dormitories, following diagnosis of two diphtheria cases on the campus. George Purcell, Carlisle, and Glen Ruble, Dayton, 0., were confined with the disease.

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i him or her to make the glorious trip to Ocean City. N. J M next June, as a guest of The Times, to compete with other champions from all parts of the United States for the marble championship of the nation. a u a THE rules have undergone a slight change this year. Previously a player continued to shoot every time he knocked a marble from the ring. This has been changed. Tfie new rule says he continues to shoot, "provided his shooter remains inside the ring.” ‘ This means that only when a

i player's shooter stays in the ring after he has scored is the player This means that players will have to develop the art of applying a back spin, or ‘‘English,” on a shooter so that they can stick in the ring. This is one of the mos; skilful features of the game and enables a player to make many high runs, oftentimes cleaning out the ring before his opponent has a shot. Thousands of boys and girls knew how to play this game, but for the benefit of beginners we are going to tell them hew. All j players would- do well to cut out I these instructions and save them.

permitted to take another shot. Here are the rules: 1— Draw a ring ten feet across. Mark a cross in the center. On this cross place thirteen mibs, one in the center, three on each arm of the cross. Mibs should be laid three inches apart. O— At opposite sides of the ring draw straight lines, parallel to each other, each of which touches the ring at one point. Players stand toeing one line and lag shooters to the other. In the lag shot they may knuckle down or not, as they choose. Shooter nearest the line gets first shot, the next nearest second, and so on.

ADAMS MAPPING NAVY ECONOMY Virtual Closing of Three Stations Proposed. By United Press WASHINGTON, April 27.—Secretary of Navy Charles T. Adams today appeared before the house naval affairs committee to recommend extensive economies in the naval shore establishments, including virtual closure of the Boston, New Orleans and Portsmouth (N. H.) stations. The navy secretary, saying he was making his recommendations “pursuant to a request for economy,” told the committee that it was believed many yard facilities at Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Hampton Roads, Va., would be ample to take care of the fleet at present. He said that the Pacific coast stations must be retained intact. MARLENE SUSPENDED Paramount Drops Dietrich in Dispute Over Story. By United Press HOLLYWOOD, April 27. The dispute of Marlene Dietrich, actress, and Joseph von Sternberg, director, with Paramount studios over production of “The Blonde Venus” today brought indefinite suspension to Miss Dietrich. Miss Dietrich failed to appear on the set when ordered to start work on the film after Von Sternberg had left for the east, declaring the story as revised by studio writers would not make a successful picture. Detroit U. President Dies ANN ARBOR, April 27.—The Rev. John P. McNichols, S. J., president of the University of Detroit for eleven years, died suddenly Tuesday night at St. Joseph’s hospital.

3— Playing marbles (mibs) must not be over five-eighths inch in diameter. Shooters must be from one-half to six-eighths inch in diameter. Steelies and ironies are barred. 4— First player knuckles down at right side and shoots to knock out a marble. He wins what he knocks out. He continues shooting until he fails to score, provided his shooter does not leave the ring. 5— If in his failure to score, his shooter stays in the ring, the other players may shoot at it. If a shooter is hit, but not knocked out, the player picks up any marble he wishes. If a shooter is knocked out of the ring, the player collects all the marbles the owner of the shooter has won. The shooter knocked out of the ring is killed, out of the game. —On all shots except the lag, players must knuckle down. At least one knuckle must be on the ground. Penalty for lifting the hand (histing) or moving it forward (hunching) is that the player loses any gains he may have made on one shot. —The game is over when the last marble is won. The player with the largest number of marbles is declared winner. All games are for fair. At the end of each (jame, winners must give all marbles back to the players they won them from. 8— Conduct at the marble ring is important! No coaching is allowed. To coach a player may mean that he will be disqualified. Walking through the ring, instead of around it, is forbidden. To do so may mean a penalty of one marble. The referee’s decision on all points is final. He has wide powers, and will not permit any arguments. —ls a shooter slips from a player’s hand and does not travel more than ten Inches he may call “slips.” Then the referee, if he is convinced it was a slip, may permit the player to take the shot over. 1 A—Players must not smooth J-U the surface of the ring or place mibs or other shooters. They may ask for “picks” and then the referee will clear the ground for the shot.

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HITLER LIKELY TO SHARE IN PRUSSIAN RULE Socialist Head, Always Fierce Foe of Fascists, Switches Stand. BY FREDERICK KUH Vnited Press Stiff Correspondent BERLIN, April 27.—Karl Severing, Prussian minister of the interior and “strong man” of the government, announced today the Socialist party was willing to allow Adolph Hitler's Nazis to share in Prussian governmental power. The Socialists have been the strongest enemies of the Nazis, and Severing one of Hitler’s most determined adversaries. The minister of the interior, directing the powerful Prussian police, was responsible for the recent raids on Nazi headquarters, and the subsequent charges that documents had been seized on which Hitler possibly might be tried for treason. Severing admitted the Nazis had a good chance to enter the Prussian government and perhaps the government of the reich. Hitler's party became the strongest in the Prussian diet as the result of Sunday's and the coalition government decided to resign soon after the new diet convenes. “The Socialist party as well as th Catholics, strongly are inclined to see Hitler’s party share governmental responsibility,” Severing said. “Heretofore only the Socialists and Catholics have shared that responsibility.” “However, participation by tha Hitlerites in the government of Prussia or the reich would be possible only if a coalition in which they shared power would guarantee that the principles of the Constitution would not be violated and that the reich's foreign policy would be continued and supported,” Severing added. The minister of the interior gained the name of Prussia’s strong man through his administration of the police force of some 80,000 men, the most powerful unit in Germany,