Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 304, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 April 1932 — Page 14

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WOMAN CLAIMS PAIR DEFRAUDED HER OF SAVINGS Files Action Again;t Two Grocery Operators to Reclaim $2,000. A 70-year-old Indianapolis woman today filed suit in superior court one against Thurman Tongret, 504 North Noble street, and Ida Scharfe, 416 North Bancroft street, charging they defrauded her of $1,200 in savings. Tongret. criminal court records reveal, is under indictment for the alleged embezzlement of SI,OOO from the woman who filed suit, Mrs. Louisa Luekhardt. Mrs. Luekhardt names the defendants as operators of a grocery at 504 North Noble street, named the “Civic Sales Company." The suit charges she was approached by the defendants and asked to go into the business and “double her money.” Saya She Bought Stock She alleges she paid S2OO to the defendants for stock in two instalments of SIOO each, ten days apart. A few days after that, she charges, she was approached and asked to lend Tongret S6OO. and that “Tongret was falsely and fraudulently represented to be the owner of clear real estate." Mrs. Luekhardt asserted she was promised a first mortgage on the real estate and gave Tongret S6OO. but never received a mortgage and charges in her suit that Tongret did not own any real estate at the time. Charges Date Wrong On another occasion. Mrs. Luekhardt alleges, she was asked to loan Tongret S2OO on a ten-d?.y note. She charges that the due date was to have been Feb. 1, 1931, but that instead it was dated Feb. 1, 1932. Her suit asks for $2,000 damages. Tcngret was indicted by the grand jury May 22, 1931, on embezzlement charges and grand larceny. Criminal Judge Frank Baker disqualified himself for the reason that he had been prosecutor twenty years ago and had prosecuted Tongret on another charge. Earl R. Cox was named special judge July 7, 1931, but the case has not been tried, court records show. SPRING MILL PARK TO BE OPENED ON SUNDAY "Distillery” in Pioneer Village to Be Soft Drink Stand. Spring Mill state park tavern will open next week under direction of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Robinson. Attica, who have taken the concession, it was announced today by Director Richard Liebcr of the state conservation department. The tavern will specialize in southern style dinners. Spring Mill park consists of a fully restored pioneer village, including mills and a distillery. Only the former will operate. The distillery will be the site for soft drink sales and lunches, Lieber said. The mill race will be opened Sunday. EVEN DRUG ADDICTS HIT BY DEPRESSION Narcotics Use Declines; “People Too Poor," Says Expert. By United Press NEW YORK. April 29.—Dr. Paul WolfT, member of the faculty of the University of Berlin, secretary of the League of Nations committee on drug addiction, and one of the world's leading authorities on narcotics. arrived today on the liner Deutschland. He will, address the convention of the American Medical Association at New Orleans. Dr. Wolf said there had been a marked decline in the use of narcotics and the number of addicts during the depression. "People Simply are too poor to buy." he declared. FARM BOOM IS URGED Labor Department Favors Black Bill to Aid Unemployed. By United Press WASHINGTON. April 29—High government officials today urged favorable congressional action on legislation to encourage a "back to the farm" movement among the nation's unemployed. As the house labor committee began hearings on the Black bill to appropriate $10,000,000 to this purpose. A. E. Reitzel. legal officer of the labor department, appeared on behalf of Secretary- Doak to give "approval' to the measure. ROTARIANS TO MEET Pacific Conference Will Convene June 11 in Honolulu. By United Press HONOLULU. April 29—For the second time in Its short but active life, the Pacific Rotary Conference will open sessions here June 11. with Rotarians from all sections of the Pacific basin in attendance. The Pacific conference of Rotary of which the conference opening next month will be the fourth, was formed as the result of efforts of Australian members of Rotary on the return trip from the international convention in 1925. Meetings have been held every two years since the formation of the conference, the first session taking place in Honolulu. SOVIET NO ■MENACE’ Only 1* Per Cent of Russia's Total Timber Export Comes to U. S. By United Press MOSCOW. April 29.—0n1y about 14 per cent of the Soviet Union's total timber exports in 1931 went to the United States, final figures just made public show. The greatest purchaser <3B per cent) was Great Britain. The entire Soviet exports of timber of all types for the year a third —3.740.600 cubic meters Great Britain obsorbed more than a third—3.740.600 cubic meters. —of this total; the United States, onlv 159.800 cubic meters. Germany waa the second largest buyer. 14 9 per cent; then “ome Holland. 12.1 per cent, and Japan. 5.8 per cent.

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ESTHER RALSTON TO TOP LYRIC BILL Movie Star Got Her Start on Stage at the Age of 16 by Playing Ingenue Parts in Stock. BECAUSE the management of a San Diego stock company was "hard up for an ingenue” several years ago, Father Ralston, beautiful stage and screen star was given a role when she was 16 years old. Miss Ralston will be seen at the Lyric theater Saturday in person, presenting her Hollywood revue in “The Sensations of 1932. ’ Getting that ingenue role at the Strand theater at that particular tim.3 meant a great deal to the girl who was destined to become one of the greatest stars of the silver sheet. When she applied for the job the stage director looked at her home-made hat with too many flowers on it. her cheap dress made by her own hands, and at her youth.

“We're mighty hard up for an ingenue," he told her sadly, “so I guess you get the job. Be at the theater at 11 o'clock tomorrow." She made the five-hour trip on the bus that night and went directly to the theater because she had been given the direct fare and had nary a dime left over for a bowl of soup, let alone a hotel room. Her first meal in San Diego during *hat engagement was bought by the director, John Griffith Wray. She played the part of a tough little ingenue in the show. "Cheating Cheaters.” Because she lit a cigaret, as called for in the production. as a firecracker, she was given notice that night. Two years later, after doing bits in pictures, she was recalled to San Diego, this time as leading lady for a Broadway theater. She didn't land the job. but her

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James Le Roy The stage manager as well as one of the actors of the Charles Berkcll Players at Keith's is James Lc Roy. HANGAR TO BE GIANT ZRS-5 Home Will Be Three Blocks Long, One Wide. ! By United Press WASHINGTON. April 29.—Dei tailed plans of the naval dirigible hangar at Sunnyvale, Cal., to house the ZRS-5, sister ship to the Akron, j show that it will rank among the j great structure* of the world. It will be 1,138 feet long. 310 ieet wide and 198 feet high—about three j city blocks long, one block wide and eighteen stories high. The total exterior surface of the hangar and doors if spread out flat | would cover fourteen acres, of which one and one-half acres would consist of windows and skylights. The hangar will have a steel frame, covered with asbestoe-pro-tectcd metal with aluminum finish. Fireworks Dealers to Register Forms for registration of fireworks dealers, required under a city ordinance passed recently-, are available tn the offices of the board of works. W. L. Lewis, secretary, said i today.

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\ temporary discouragement was responsible for the pseudo self-con-fidence which landed her the role of Mrs. Darling in “Peter Pan,” the role which started her on the road to her ultimate success. Five other RKO vaudeville acts ! will be offered in addition to the thirty-minute Hollywood revue which Miss Ralston presents, and includes FYancis and Wally, "Beau Brummels of Hokum"; Clyde Hager, “the international street faker”; Al Norde and Jeane, in “Contrasts of Flin and Song"; Large and Morgner, in original athletic surprise, and Loma Worth, “the versatile girl.” Frank Borzage’s latest Fox pic- | ture production. Young America,” with Spencer Tracy. Doris Kenyon and Tommy Conlon featured, will be shown on the screen. B tt Morton Downey. Tony Wons and Jrcques Renard open their engagement at the Indiana today on the stage. On the screen is Edna May j Oliver in "Ladies of the Jury.” Other theaters today offer: "Scarj face." at the Palace; “So Big," at the .'*x>llo; “Sky Bride,” at the Circle: “Getting Gertie’s Garter,” at Keith's: Dodge Twins at the Lyric, and burlesque at the Mutual. m m u Neighborhood theaters tonight offer: "Bat Whispers" and “Two Kinds of Women," at the Mecca; "Ladies of the Big House," at the Tuxedo; "Polly of the Circus.” at the Stratford; “Lady With a Past," at the Belmont: “Heaven on Earth" and "Broken Lullaby," at the Hollywood; “West of Broadway.” at the Emerson; “The Gay Caballero,” at the Daisy, and Talbott, and "Wiser Sex” and “The Dead Line," at the j Hamilton. Arrest Three Kreuger Directors : By United Press STOCKHOLM. April 29.—Three directors of Kreuger and Toll companies under arrest here are charged I with being accessories to alleged | frauds committed by Ivar Kreuger. police announced today.

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Following is the explanation of Ripley’s "Believe It or Not,’’ which appeared in Thursday's Times: The Eighteen Holes in One Shot —Dr. Samartini's freak shot was his first attempt to play golf. His ball was teed on No. 1 when he took a few practice swings. One of these trial clouts struck the ball and it shot off 75 yards to the right and plump into the cup of No. 18, to go down into golf history as the “18 holes in one shot.” Saturday The Kidnaper of 100,000 Children. 6,000,000 Bees on Long Ride By United Press WAXAHACHIE, Tex., April 29. Six million bees are making an overland trip from here to Sack City, la. The shipment was sold by a local apiary to an lowa honey company. The 350 swarms were loaded into wire cages and ? board a truck for the trip.

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BONUS BILL IS CALLED UNFAIR BY WAR HERO Thousands of Veterans Do Not Need It, Asserts Medal Holder. By United Press WASHINGTON, April 29 —The $2,000,000 Patman bonus bill was attacked before the house ways and means committee today as “class legislation" discriminatory to the rank and file of the unemployed. Richard O'Neill, who at 20, received the congressional medal of honor for heroism in the World war. made the assertion. "There are thousands of veterans like myself who do not need such aid," O'Neill said, "on the other hand, there are thousands of unemployed not, veterans who deserve such aid.” O'Neill, however, said he disagreed with other opponents of the bill "that cash payment would ruin the currency of the country.” The bill provides for issuance of $2,000,000,000 in new currency." On Own Initiative The witness, a New Yorker, said he was not representing any organization. “More than $1,600,000,000 under the bonus bill would go to veterans not in dire need—is this fair?” asked O’Neill. He cited figures he said, showed only one out of five veterans was unemployed. “Some legislation should be enacted to aid these unemployed veterans, however/’ asserted the witness. Professor Irving Fisher, Yale university economist, told the committee the bill would pay what is not due to the veterans and "might further impair confidence.” Touching on the currency aspects oi the measure, he said the country is suffering from deflation, but “justified inflation best can be obtained and controlled by credit expansion.” In his statement, Fisher said the Patman bonus bill would increase “pocket money" while what is needed is an increase in bank deposits subject to checks." Two Things Needed Fisher said to things are needed to “get us out of the depression—to raise the price level and to stabilize the price level.” He blamed 90 per cent of the depression “on two economic diseases—debts and dollars.” “By the debt disease I mean that in 1929 we had accumulated a tremendous over-indebtedness, from stock market speculation, reparations and internal obligations amounting to $200,000,000,000. "The dollar disease from which we now are suffering is a result of the debt disease and is caused by contraction of the currency.” He estimated a total concentration has occurred of $15,000,000,000. The real indebtedness today is 30 per cent greater than in 1929 because of this contraction,” he said.

Bids on $2,500,000 Worth of Road Work Are Asked

Bids on 108.5 miles of paving and thirty-three miles of grading, representing an investment of $2,500,000, will be opened by the state highway commission May 19. it was announced today by Director John J. Brown. In four previous lettings the commission has contracted for 326 miles of paving and 20.5 miles of grading. One of the new projects relocates U. S. 31, between Indianapolis and Carmel, and provides approaches for the new North Meridian street bridge over White river to be buiit by the state highway department. Paving projects in the new letting follow: TJ. 8. 50— Bedford to Ftlrview. ( 4 rail** in Lawrence county. U. S. 50—Brownstown to Seymour, S I miles in Jackson county. Road 57—Washington to Plainvtlle, 9.a miles in Dariess county. Road ai— Muncie to the junction of road 38 near Richmond. 34.6 miles in Delaware. Henry, Randolph and Wavne counties. Road 68—Roc It port to a point two miles west of Troy, 13.5 miles In Spencer county. Road 6—Lagrange to a point three miles north of Wolcottrilie, 5.9 miles in Lagrange county. V 8 31—Indianapolis to the north side of Carmel, 9.3 miles In Marlon and Hamilton counties. Part of this pavement will be 40 feet wide, the remainder 20 feet wide. The paving will cast approximately $250,000 and anew bridge across White

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HALL PLEDGES G. 0. P. LOYALTYCongress Candidate Lauds Party's -Wisdom.’ j Regulation of public utilities to provide the 'best service for the lowest cost," and relief of unemployment were advocated by Archibald M. Hall. Republican congressional candidate. Thursday in an address before members of the Indiana Women's Republican Club. "Every sane man favors lowering of taxes and curtailment of public expenditures," Hall said. “Os course, he favors an economic adjustment that will bring prosperity and distribute'the fruits to all. “I have employed labor for more than twenty years. I always have been on the fair list and never have reduced wages. I think I know the labor problem. "Os course, the sane man believes society should endeavor to relieve the burden of unemployment, dependence and old age. The solution of the problem lies in the combined wisdom of a majority of the people expresed through a dominant, party. I believe such wisdom inheres in the Republican party and I pledge my allegiance to the Repubi lican program.

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