Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 308, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 May 1932 — Page 9

MAT 4, 1932

STOCK TAX WAR IS SHIFTED TO SENATE FLOOR Brokers Win Victory in Committee: House Levy Cut. BY MARSHALL MNEIL Tlpnn Stmff WrHr WASHINGTON. May 4—The fight to curb stock speculation through taxation, and to make Wall Street pay a larger share toward balancing the federal budget has been transferred to the senate floor as the result of the brokers' victory in the senate finance committee. Wall Street was released from a 442 000.000 tax burden when the committee late yesterday reduced the bouse levy in the tax bill. Instead of one-quarter of 1 per cent on the face value of stocks transferred, the tax agreed to by the committee will be 4 cents. Progressives plan an attempt to re-insert the house tax on the senate floor. Many Law Suits Feared This action followed a committee decision against giving to estates of persons who died between Sept. 1. 1928, and Jan. 1, this year, a ' depression discount" on their Inheritance tax. By strikng out the estate devaluation section, the committee added about S4O 000 000 revenue, and at the same time opened the way for many law suits involving large estates. The devaluation provision would have permitted such estates to pay. not on the value of the estate at the time of death as now provided, but on the value eighteen months after death. It would have affected about 30,000 estates. Senators Couzcna l Rep., Mich.) and Connally 'Dem.. Tex.) led opposition to the depression discount. Connally said the estate of Ogden Mills Sr, father of the secretary of treasury, would have been among those benefited The mills estate was valued at $50,000,000* Drink levy Cut Other estates that Connally said would have received the "discount.” not granted to income taxpayers, were these: George F. Baker, estate valued at $100,000,000; Dwight Morrow, $20,000,000; Harry Payne Whitney. $100,000,000; Miss Ella Wendel, $100,000,000; Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, $25,000,000; Harry Phipps, $100,000,000; Alexander Cochran. $40,000.000; Edward Bok. $25,000,000; John T. Dorrance. $15,000,000; Coleman Du Pont. $35,000,000. and Thomas Fortune Ryan. $150,000,000. The committee changed again the tax on carbonated drinks, cutting out the 5-ccnt per gallon levy formerly agreed to and going back to the 2-cent tax of the house bill. It also reconsidered chewing gum. reducing the 5 per cent levy to 3 per cent, and losing about $1,000,000 thereby. Then it changed the tax on telegraph messages, making it 5 per cent of the price charged, with no exemptions. It also placed a tax on radio and cable mesagrs of 10 cents per message. Postal Boost Approved It agreed with the house that first class postage rates should be hiked 1 cent, and imposed anew schedule of rates for second-class mitter approximating the 1921 charges. The latter will raise about $5.0)0,000. It also agreed to the house depletion allowance of 27'j per cent on oil and gas wells, and fixed sulphur well depletion at 23 per cent, which is lower than the house did.

GHOST OF PRINCE IS REPORTED SEEN AGAIN Countess of Limerick Fear* More Bad News Is Coming. ft" I nitrd rrmt LONDON, May 4 —The ghost of Edward, the black prince. Is said to have appeared again at Hall place, Bexley, Kent, historic home of the countess of Limerick, who claims to have seen the apparition for the fourth time. Each time it has been the omen of bad news. lady Limerick said the last time she saw the ghost was in 1924. and 'hortly afterward her daughter died in America. The ghoet is said to appear in the banquet hall, clad in armor and accompanied by faint sounds of weird music. Hall place was bought and furnished by Lady Limericks brother-in-law, James Bradley, o’ New York. TWO FLEE PRISON IN •FRONT PAGE - STYLE! Hide In Desks They Built; Hop Out on Way to Old Cells. By UHitfd Pmt JOLIET, 111.. May 4.—Two prisoners. emulating an incident in ’The Front Page." famous newspaper play, today were at liberty from Stateville penitentiary after a novel j escape. In the play, an unscrupulous city editor attempts to spirit a prisoner i out of the ounty *il in a roll-top desk, but the subterfuge is detected.! The prisoners, Harold Witt and James O'Connor, both sentenced rom Chicago on long terms for robbery. were assigned to construct two desks. The men concealed themselves in : he desks apparently with he aid of i fr''ow prisoners. The desks were ] loaded on a truck to be taken to the old prison here. On the wav the men broke out and ( escaped COAL PRODUCTION GAINS Increase In State Strip Mines Noted Despite Strike. Indiana strip mines and those i working on a nonunion or so-called ' co-operative basis increased produc- ! tion of coal in the state for the week ending April 16. according to' a report from the United States bureau of mines received here today.! The strike in the union fields,! however, put production far below the pre-April period and the aver-; age for other years. Total output for the week was given a* 126.000 tons, while the preceding week was but 106.000 ions. For the corresponding period iast year the production "was 221000 ions, m 1923 the April weekly average was $14,000 tone.

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To obtain a character analysis. write to Mlia Marguerite Carter, care of The Indianapollx Time*, atatinr rear, month and dar of rour birth. Inclose 10 cents in coin for each birth date riven, to rover cost of mailing renlv. Be sure to include the return address. Letters ran not he acknowledged unless these instructions are followed. BY MARGUERITE C ARTER IF today is your birthday, ycu arc * possessed of a genial personality, but you have strong likes and dislikes. You are inclined to be somewhat secretive about, ycur own affairs and you seldom are talkative in that connection. You have -plendid powers of concentration and are magnetic, forming friendships easily. You are inclined to demand the liberty to do things in your own way and you have confidence that is apt to carry you through to success. Your opinions usually arc very definite and you have strong power of will, the combination giving you great perseverance. Literary’ pursuits are apt to possess strong attraction for you. and If you have had the proper educational advantages you probably make a success in such endeavor. You are apt to demand ycur own way in the pursuit of pleasure and opposition, or resistance is likely to arouse you to excessive anger. The greatest weakness you have is for the goed things of life. You are fond of good food and good living, generally. a a a Drar Mis* Carter I alwavs have been verv fond ot music. 1 love It better than anythin* in the world Mv folks are not in a financial oo>.uon io aid me in anv wav towaid gettins * musical rdurction. 1 have studied some in the oast but not enough to do me much •rood, t am engaged to a man who also is poor and he does not svmoathire with mv musical ambitions. Please advise me what to do. 1 was born Feb. ANN C. YOUR birthdate shows that you are talented along musical lines. Undoubtedly you always will regret it if you give up every activity along that line. You haven't given me the birth date of the young man to whom you are engaged. but the fact tha* he objects to your continuing to study music is an indication that he wouldn't be in sympathy with anything along that line. If such is the case, you will not be harmonious temperamentally. It is possible, of course, that he fears the possibility that your music will come between you. If he has no sympathetic interest in music, I’d hesitate a long time before marrying him. At any rate, you will be miserable, in my opinion, if you never go any farther in music than you have. To give it up entirely would be a mistake, in my opinion. However great the struggle. Id continue, if I were you. mar I-x. M. C.—You have many of the < characteristics which usually are possessed by people who are na- j tives of your birth sign, cancer. You have both mechanical and artistic ability and you could devote a great deal of your time to working out new principles and perfecting new Ideas. You are. however, most gifted along business lines and. in my opinion, belong mainly to manufacturing spheres. Some of the world's most successful financiers were born in your sign. You are well fitted to continue as you are. m m a Ta L. C. D-—The mlin* planet* of Ikr ported belwern Mar S* end 3* Mr Venn* end Mcrcnrv. That la exactly between the dm Tattrat and Gemini. People who were born at that time usually are aoae**ed of cracefat. eav manner and pleasinc personality, dae to the Intlnenre of Vena*. Mercery a influence, on the other hand, aivea them talent for music, art and aratenr. They art ant to he thinker*, srtiit*. and investor* and their hand* and brain* work in areat harmony. In mv opinion, the treated threat ta year •secern ta ant ta come ahoat tbroath voar tendency ta oacrv certain trails to extreme. Too are feltv aware of those trait* and restrain their fnrther derelopment. F. V. C—Children born under ‘he sign Aries frequently are difßcfct to manage unless one has the y.v to their natures, that key ] being iov, reason and kindness ,

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Almost invariabliy they will demand a reason and explanation at every turn. The only successful correction for them is a quiet talk at bedtime. Physical punishment is not only a failure with them, but positively harmful. Serious trouble is likely to develop in later years as a result of corporal punishment to a child of Aries. It usually requires much more punishment to conquer them than their bodies ran stand. I advise you to use reason entirely with your boy. iConvrlßht. 1933i SMITH DEMANDS RASKOB BE PAID Urges Party to Rid Itself of $320,000 Debt. ! By United Brett NEW YORK. May 4.—Alfred E. Smith has called upon the Democratic party to rid itself of the j financial obligation to John J. | Rarkob. which the party has incurred since its defeat of four years ago. Raskob was selected by Smith as his national chairman during the 1928 campaign. Smith based his appeal on the ground not only that the party should pay Raskob approximately $320,000 which it still owes him. but that it should free itself from obligation to any one individual. He made only one reference to his present campaign for a second nomination. That was a denial of reports that the proposed Democratic victory campaign fund cf sl,500.000 would be used for “any one candidate." His demand that the Democratic party relieve itself of the financial obligation placed Smith on record as agreeing with the severest critics of himself and Raskob who have revolted against the "Raskob mortgage " H, A, CALDWELL DIES Rites for Aged Man Will Be Held Friday. Henry Arthur Caldwell, 78. died Tuesday afternoon in his home, 3201 Broadway. He lived in Indianapolis thirty-two years. For many years Mr. Caldwell was foreign buyer for Chicago and Indianapolis firms. He was born in Gardner, Mo. He was a member of First Presbyterian church. Ancient Landmarks lodge, F. and A. M.. and the Scottish Rite. Funeral services will be held at 2 Friday in Hisev A- Titus funeral home. Burial will be in Crown Hill cemetery. An attack of heart disease resulted in the death of Charles G Pugh Sr., 69. in his home, 4026 East Tenth street. He was well known in Indiana as a paper broker. It was believed his death was hastened by the death of his wife., Mrs. Florence Pugh, eight weeks ago. Funeral arrangements have not been announced. BAD STATE CHECKS OUT Worthless Paper Passed in Northern Section of State. Warning to Indiana bankers and merchants to be on the lookout for spurious checks on the state treasury was issued today by William Storen, state treasurer, following discovery that two fake checks were passed Tuesday in a Waterloo (Ind.) grocer)* and the Angola State bank. The checks were written against account of the state highway commission and were printed in duplicate of state checks. Storen pointed out that vC one is authorized to cash draft* on tha state treasury.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Tv E*ri*trWl C. S. M J JL Palest OCtea RIPLEY

Following is the explanation of Ripley’s "Believe It or Not” which appeared in Tuesday’s Times: The Belt of Death—ln 1909 the non-magnetic ship, Carnegie, built entirely without iron to make it impervious to magnetic interference, discovered that there is an area in the South Pacific ocean completely devoid of oxygen. This area, about 100 miles wide, called the Belt of Death, was located at a depth of 300 feet, extending downward at least 1,000 feet. No living organism depending on oxygen for life can exist in the Belt of Death. It bars the creatures of the deep sea as effectively as though it were constructed out of some impenetrable and indestructible metal. The Philippine Slapping SportTwo lithe and muscular Igorotcs step forward. One of them squats on a wooden bench and grasps his right thigh so as to tighten the muscles. The aggressor steps back, rises on his toes and delivers a powerful stroke upon the rigid thigh of the slappee with the flat of his hand. If blood shows beneath the skin of him who got slapped, the blow is considered to have carried the proper amount of dynamite, and the aggressor is declared to have won the game, without fear of reprisals. Otherwise, he must take his turn on the bench and be slapped by his victim to the "first blood.’’

Thursday: The Long-Distance Water Walking Champion. MOTION PICTURES LAST 2 DAYS BARBARA STANWYCK in the pictur i/a tion of x K<lna Ferber's novel of a American WomanSbBlG with DICKIE MOORE Extri. LINE S BUSY Cowtdy Hit AMUSEMENTS IfJ J¥JfcTl Ph0neR1.7277 ■ ■Wail NOW BERKELL PLAYERS In the Sauciest Comedy es the Tear “A Modern Virgin’’ Better than “ioung Sinner*.’’ and by the eame author! r MATINEE WED., THIKS., HAT. | NEXT - WEEK—FRANCES DALE Joins the Berkell Players In "WHY MEM LEAVE HOME* Ladies! Meet ESTHER RALSTON On Mmanlnr Floor Thursday at *:© P. M. FIRST 500 LADIES Will He presented with * miniature gift eompaet of MAX FACTOR'S PACE roVVDEK rvj I , I [ 1 T, U Oa the Stage— I:U. 3:4*. :ts, :1* ESTHER RALSTON Golden Girl es the Stage end Screes IN PERSON “ YOUN6 ” with SPENCER TRACT DORIS KENTON, TOM MV CO.VLON NEXT SATURDAY— MKT HERR TOM MIX an first TACKIN'* rwwa •‘PESTKT RIDES JlfcAIV

POLICE RECEIVE ‘RIDE’ VICTIM'S FRANTIC CALL Fear San Francisco Lawyer Slain: Benefactor’s Death Probed. By l nited Pres* SAN FRANCISCO. May 4.—A city-wide hunt for public defender Frank J. Egan, who vanished while police were investigating the violent death of a worn a* friend and benefactor, turned today into a grim quest for his body. Two telephone calls, one from Egan to police and another in which his wife, Mrs. Loraine Egan, was told her husband had been "taken for a ride,” remained the i only tangible clews to his fate. The deepening enigma of his disappearance was linked at first with the death of Mrs. Jesse Scott Johnston Hughes. 55. who made Egan her executor, and bequeathed him mo6t of her $25,000 estate. Her battered body was found Saturday I morning beside a road in an exclusive residence district. Police believe she,was slain, and her body run over by an automobile to make it appear she has been struck by a hit-run driver. Captain Charles Duella received a frantic call from Egan Tuesday night, the last time his voice was heard. "These men have got me. captain" Egan cried. “I swear I'm innocent. They think I’m phoning j my wife. I'm at the Ferry building. so come ” Duella heard a gasp as the receiver clicked. A squad of officers searched the Ferry terminal with- ! out finding Egan. Then today his prostrated wife revealed she had received a m.vsMOTION PICTURES Premiere Tomorrow Kite! JOAN BLONDELL in “The Famoua Ferguson Case” Irhharp arlex^^B tell ROBERT CO(H.AN j ‘Sky Bride’ . 1 *nraniouill's fun- gj|j romance thriller of fflB 1 HHII the Air! IfPBl ~h° n e ,il, [circle] tea i/s. .the best show in loicn^

i .i MORTON DOWNEY-TONY WONS _.f I and JACQUES FtENARD All in Person 2 Days. plus " Ladies o( The Jury - Qn Screen A world gone TV*and Mazing UNQUESTIONABLY THE GREATEST ATTRACTION ON STAGE OR SCREEN w r* r w * Gref* GARBO John BARRYMORE Joan CRAWFORD Wallace BEERY * Lionel BARRYMORE * GRAND HOTEI. + * METRO-GOLDWYN * This picture Fhone A MAYER .Jk ** i.i.*ata it * i * T> * IT ““> **■* fer Yeur h - * ta India napnTtefcet w **• thl * * r * Oß Breervalloes " 4 Premiere Opening Saturday, May 7th, at 2:40 P. M. All in l Twlc ® M * n J ) ALL SEATS RESERVED Un I U 2:40 aml * :4 ° \ Seat* on Sale Ohio at lUinoit ' " * Hal. *--:ia At Box Office Now M aftnees, ✓ THE FIVE CHURCHES OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, INDIANAPOLIS. INDIANA Jointly Offer A Free Lecture on Christian Science Entitled “Christian Science: The Saving Law of Love ” By ' John Randall Dunn , C. S. B. of Boston, Massachusetts Member of The Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts . In CADLE TABERNACLE Ohio and New Jersey Streets (Seating Capacity 10,000) Thursday. May sth , 1982, at 8:00 P. M. Doors Open at 6:30 P. M. The Public Is Cordially Invited

Itching Shame By United Press TRENTON, N. J.. May 4 Mrs. Bertha 6. Carter charged her husband with extreme cruelty in her petition for divorce filed today. She charged: He sprinkled her corsets with itching powder. He examined the front lawn when he returned home from work each evening, seeking the footprints of men he suspected of visiting her during his absence. He frequently called her names, not gentle.

terioua call a few minutes after Egan had talked to Duella. • We've just taken Frank for a ride,” Mrs. Egan said a man's voice told her. Although every officer in the city was ordered to hunt for Egan, inspectors indicated they believed he would not be found alive. WIN TRIP TO IRELANO Two Women and Man are Victors In Circulation Contest Free trips to Ireland have been won by two women and one man. contestants in the Indiana Catholic circulation contest which began three months ago and ended Tuesday noon. The winners are Miss Margaret Dillon, 402 South Holmes avenue, 128.175; Miss Grace Carroon, R. R. 7. Shelbyville, 118.657, and John C. Taylor, 303 North Irvington avenue. 98,150. Thirty candidates from all parts of the state were entered in the contest.

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ACTRESS ADOPTS BABY Miriam Hopkins Selects Boy From Evanston Nursery. By United Press CHICAGO May 4.—Miriam Hopkins. blond stage and screen ac-

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NORTH SIDE jWVJPJKJBFB Fim.lT Ml# . Double Feature tute Brooa ‘Muaband'a Halida;" *•*.-wist.-Miriam Hopkins “DANCERS IN THE DARK” iir g*R B afjl ■ JSj Zl ■ ■ and ciir*o Familr Hite. Jack Holt in “BEHIND THE MASK” SOUTH" SUMS Shrike St. l®e U All Jean Harlow In THREE WISE GIRLS” west slde ” MMMfIBfeHW. Waab. M Belmont Familr \ lie ■■■■■■■MAMW ClandeMe Colbert “THE WISER SEX" ■■■■■■■l tM W EBBED Marc,".:; 1 :-. THREE WISE GIRLS”

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tress, took out adoption papers today in County Judge Edmund Jarecki's court for a baby boy that shehad selected at an Evanston nursery for waifs A year ago the actress and her playwright husband, Austin Parker, decided to live apart permanently.

~ ~east side MPMVfHfHnHB IM3 Re*eeeelt At*. I I*J 11 rn ViiTtl 11 Fa mile >'lta ■•■■■•■■•mm Billie boro Hi “AGE FOR LOVE” MHEMPPHIB Jiao E. mb iu ■ alTTailfcliTTl Cheater Morria UliUAEiaiy All loon Lloyd In “CORSAIR” ■■■■■■■■■■? F- Fork sC ■MI ■-■ ■ >!<■ Jam Hr Nlto WbMMMMi Bulb Chatterton In “TOMORROW AND TOMORROW” PfJWJWHBPB lIVS K l*th U lAMMbbUIH Arllaa In “MAN WHO PLAYED GOD” HMPBfWW Waab. RU • ■ ■lEßß*l..■-■ lAr to Alt ■■■■■■■■■Mi Will Rotors In “BUSINESS AND PLEASURE” If T®r favorite theater f* not listed tell yotir theater nanaier.