Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 311, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 May 1932 — Page 5

MAY 7, 1932

RUSH IN YOUR 'BELIEVE IT OR NOT' TO TIMES Tempting Prizes Offered for Best Hunches for Ripley Feature. Contestants in the national Ripley Believe It or Not’’ contest are grtting their second wind,” so to speak. The mail ..today brought a redobuled stream of amazing facts to the desk of The Times contest editor, inspired, no doubt, by the items published heretofore . . . and many of today s entries bear the names of contestants who were among the first to submit items. The national Ripley ‘Believe It or Not contest is for the purpose of finding the most amazing facts in America. The only way that can b** done is for every one to submit many .as he knows . . . and *very reader of The Times Is invited to participate—to send as many as he can think of. Plenty of Inducement The grand prizes, which will be awarded to the nine persons whose; facts Robert L. Ripley considers the i most amazing, are sufficient induce- j ment to excite hundreds of readers! to rack their brains for odd bits of iniormation. Ne\er before has such an array o! prizes been gathered together—never before has such a valuable group of prizes been offered on such a liberal basis; the winner to take his choice of ail prizes; second place winner, gets choice of the other eight; and so on until all have been awarded. An airplane, a Rockne sedan, trips to Havana and Quebec are included. You have a “Believe-It-Or-Not;" everybody has. Some of the best are from yesterday's newspaper. Schoolbooks, history, the Bible, all are full of them Sports supply many of the best ones. Let's have your hunting or fishing stories—only prove them. There are things that most people i have forgotten about your own city i or town which would make good ones Let s have them. The more j the merrier. There's no work to thus contest, so you have everything to gam and nothing to lose. Mall It Now Just write your “Bclieve-It-Or-Not” legibly on only one side of the paper and add any explanation or proof necessary to make us believe it. then mail it to the “Believe 2t Or Not Editor” of The Times. And do it right away, so you will have a good chance of winning one of the daily prizes we will be giving away until May 16. If you think of another one later, mail that in too. You can send us as many as you wish. Good luck!

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Top Row Heft to right)—Mary Wright. Mariam Smith, Florence Beaver. Bertha Jines. Malvra Davis. Florence Klotcsche. Second Row—Minnie Meadows, Ruth Bums. Thelma Lamb. Ruth Johnson, Bonnie Wilson, Lena Belle Patterson. Third Row—Edward Martin, Roßert Kirk, Robert Rankin, Jack Robinson, Clarence Baldwin, Byron Spillman. Fourth Row—Frank Faust. Colbert West, Robert Thomas. William Totten. Elmer Rosebrough, Willard Rosebrough. Fifth Row—Betty Leerkamp, Geraldine Alderson, Lena McFall, Martha Toler, Margaret Polley, Nathan Steele. Sixth Row—Evelyn Catt. Gladys Swinford, Dora Thorne, Virginia Vomehm, Mary Haltom. Eleanor Wolf.

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Bottom Row—Edward Jones, Charles Pittman. Elza Montgomery, Virgil Cross. 108 GRAFTS ON TREE _________ Numerous Varieties of Pears Produced From One Set of Roots. ; By United Press GRANT'S PASS, Ore., May 7. v F. E. Jordan, local nurseryman, has

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a Chinese pear tree, which has 108 grafts, nine of which wiil bear this year. A French pear has forty grafts; a hybrid peach has thirty-two grafts, and a Japanese pear has eighty-four grafts. Jordan expects to develop new varieties of fruit through crosspollenization.

ACT TO STOP OIL ‘DUMPING’ ' • Reward for Information Is Posted by Committee. Announcement of a reward for information on gasoline or oil “dumping” was made today by the Indiana gasoline tax evasion committee, of which H. D. Rauch, 5 East Market street, is chairman. The committee is composed of representatives of large oil companies who are seeking to stop tax evasion in the state. The reward announcement follows: “The Indiana gas tax evasion committee will pay a suitable reward for Information leading to the arrest and conviction of parties who dump gasoline in equipment owned and controlled by other oil companies. “The information requested should give the time and place where the illegal dumping occurs, together with the truck license number and a description of the driver. “All information so received will be treated in strictest confidence, and vigorous prosecution will be instigated where the evidence warrants such action.” COMPLETION OF VOTE TABULATION IS NEAR Larrabee - ElUs, Boetcher - Marker Races Still in Doubt. The primary election canvassing board is expected to finish its official tabulation of Marion county voting today or Sunday, and members of the board of election commissioners reported that the outcome of the Larrabee-Ellis and Boetcher-Marker races still are In doubt. The canvassing board reported that numerous mistakes had been found on the tally sheets, but that they were not expected to alter results. Prosecutor Herbert E. Wilson in a statement Friday lauded the election commissioners for the efficient and swift conduct of the election. RAISE $37,000 FUND FOR JEWISH WELFARE Drive to Continue; Final Report Will Be Due May 16. With $37,000 already raised, workers of the Jewish Welfare Fund will continue their drive unofficially and hold a jubilation meeting at Kirshbaum Center, May 16. as a final report meeting. The fund goal is $53,000. G. A. Efroymson has been reelected president of the Jewish Federation of Indianapolis, it was announced Friday. Other officers were re-elected. They are: Dr. Harry A. Jacobs, first vice-president; Samuel Mueller, second vice-president; Edward A. Kahn, treasurer; Mrs. Louis Wolf, financial secretary, and Rabbi Morris M. Feuerlicht, recording secretary.

Last Call for Recruits in Times Radio Contest

i Indiana Ballroom Will Be Scene of Finals Tonight; Many Entered. The Times and the Indiana Roof ballroom today sound the final call for recruits to The Times-Charlie Davis Amateur Radio Contest, which started tn the ballroom last Tues- > day night. The talent hunt is being sponsored at the instigation of Charlie Davis, former Indiana theater master of ceremonies, who presents his dance orchestra in the Indiana ballroom. His opinion that there is an abundance of talent in Indianapolis and vicinity has been proved by the great number of entries. Last preliminary of the contest will be held in the ballroom at 7:30 tonight. Winners anil compete later in the evening with the Tuesday. Wednesday and Friday night winners for the championship, a share in the cash prizes totaling $25. a one-week engagement in the Indiana ballroom, and an audition, without charge, in radio station WLW’s Cincinnati studios. Any talented person over 16 years of age is eligible to compete. (Only recitations are barred.> Judges are Walter D. Hickman. Times dramatic critic; Frank Sharp, WFBM program director: Dessa Byrd, Circle theater organist: Don Hastings, of the Pep Unlimited Club, and Charlie Davis. Friday night winners were: Miss Sriley Cable, 1217 Newman street; a trio, Alvin Pavey, Byron Gettings and William Hoening, 233 West Twenty-ninth street; Flanagan sisters. 510 North Hamilton street, and Eddie Allen, 1438 Winton street. OPPOSE - COAL MEASURE Merchants Fear Bill First Step in U. S. Ownership. A resolution opposing the congressional Davis-Kelly bill to stabilize the coal industry as the first step in government ownership, was unanimously adopted at the session Friday in the Claypool of the Indiana Coal Merchants’ Association. Louis F. Shuttleworth of the Raven Coal Company. Indianapolis, was elected president, and other officers chosen are: William F. Hornberger, Ft. Wayne, first vicepresident; Lewis Cosner of Bedford, second vice-president; Ray Lewis of Elwood, secretary, and Charles Cross of Indianapolis, treasurer. AGOSTBUSINESS SCHOOL Strong business, stenographic, secretarial and accounting courses: Individual instruction in major subjects, large faculty of specialists tn their resDecrire lines. Free Employment Service Fred W Case. Principal CENTRAL BUSINESS COLLEGE Pennsylvania and Vermont, First Door North X. W. C. A. Indianapolis. Ind.

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PALESTINE ESCAPES DEPRESSION'S BLIGHT Goes Atone in Old Way. Still Ltvint Simple Life of Yore. By United Press KANSAS CITY. Mo., May 7. Palestine, the ancient home of the Jews, is one country that has not felt the business depression, according to Dr. Nahum Sokolow of London, president of the World Zionist organization. While the rest of the world was speeding along, building industries and undergoing far-reaching economic disturbances, little Palestine, at the crossroads between Europe and Asia, was going along in its simple way, interested only as a spectator in the changes around it. Dr. Sokolow explained. But now, while the rest of the world is suffering reaction from the economic upheavals. Palestine goes along in its old way, still unaffected. Its people live the simple life they have always led, and the depression has passed them by, he | declared.

BICENTENNIAL Summer Vacation Tour to Washington, D. C. Including Annapolis. Alexandria and Mt. Vernon. Your trip will be made over the scenic route to the east . . . through the beautiful Allegheny mountains . . . Here is a chance for every American family to visit Washington— Annapolis, the home of our great naval academy—to enjoy a personally conducted tour. Five glorious days for $35 and all costs included in this price. June 12th to 16th, 1932 Complete Details May Be Obtained From RICHARD A. KURTZ, Manager Travel Bureau Leading Travel Bureau of Indianapolis ftuNION TRUSTS s®3D§Syi2o East Market St. RI ley 5341

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MINNESOTA U. SENIOR CHIEF IS KIDNAP VICTIM Disappeared Wednesday Night on Way to Call on Co-Ed; Returns Friday. Bis l nitrd Pre MINNEAPOLIS. May 7.—The University of Minnesota campus, in turmoil for a month with a series of violent student political outbreaks. was aroused again today by the purported kidnaping of the senior class president. The student. Richard Morean of Minneapolis, returned to his home Friday night in what was described as an exhausted condition, after having disappeared on Wednesday night while en route to call on a co-ed. Morean told a story of having been kidnaped from his automobile by a group of men. whom he believed to be students. He said he could not identify any of them and had no idea where he was held prisoner. University authorities were to question him regarding his story. Student opinion was divided over the “kidnaping.” some regarding it as a publicity stunt. Morean was to have led the grand march at the senior prom held Friday night. Inasmuch as his disappearance coincided with reports that tickets for the ball were selling poorly, college officials first believed the affair was devised to bring more money in at the box office. The youth's parents, however, demanded that Lotus D. Coffman, president of the university, act to apprehend the abductors, and asked Governor Floyd B. Olson to investigate conditions on the campus.