Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 12, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 May 1932 — Page 3

MAY 25, 1332

PLAYED HOOKY ! FROM CLASSES; BOY: 11. DROWNS Resuscitation Efforts Fail After Victim Appears to Be Breatling. Heroic efforts at rescue and resuscitation failing, the body of an j 11-year-old boy lies today in the I funeral home of J. C. Wilson, 1230 Ptcspect street. The body is that j of Glenn Albert Smith. 958 West i Thirty-second street, first city droaming victim of the season. Glenn absented himself from ■ school No. 36 Tuesday without ex- ] cuse. So did Loring Reinhart, 11, of 506 West Thirty-first street.) James Bumgarner, U, of 413 West Thirty-second street, remained out

of school to prevent being exposed to .mumps. The boys slipped away to a point on White river about one-half mile north of the Thirtieth street bridg®. In a short time Bumgarner and Reinhart wanted to leave. Glenn objected. ' I'm going to do something b i e," Glenn said. He rlimbed on a log

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on the waters edge. Don't d f < that." Loring warned. • Oh. yeah. I'm going to the middle ■ Gienn replied and shoved the log. Twenty feet from shore, the log turned, and Glenn fell screaming ;n‘o the water. Loring was the only one who rr.uld swim. Without hesitation he plunged into the river. Twice he grasped Glenn, but the drowning j boy struggled with him. and. finally, Loring came out to save himself. Dive for Body The frightened boys called aid. James Clark, 2005 North Delaware .street, a city life guard, and Marley j Wingert. 2130 Gent avenue, employed at the River Side boat house, were among the first to arrive. They { dived repeatedly. Finally, Clark found the body in eight feet of water and it was carried to shore. Then began a struggle of an hour and a half to restore life. Clark j and Dr. C. H. Ade, who arrived in ! a city hospital ambulance, worked j in relays. They were aided by po- : lice, including Lieutenants Leo \ Troutman and Frank Owen, Ser-j geants Edwin Kruse and Arthur G.! Htteber and patrolman Tim Me-, Mahon. Oxygen ctfrried in tanks on the ambulance was exhausted. More was! sent bv the Indianapolis Power i and Light Company, and by head- ! quarters fire company. New York j and Alabama streets. Death Is Winner Once the boy appeared to be breathing, but death w'on. The drowning victim is a son of Lerov Smith, a building custodian at Shortridgc liigh school. The j mother is an employe of a whole- ; sale grocery. There are four chil- ! dicn. Mrs. Mary Dunn. 22. of 221 South Warman avenue; Sarah, 17, a member of this year s graduating class at Technical high school; Wayne. 19. and Quincy, 14. Jiggs. a dog. which has been a constant companion of Glenn was disconsolate today. .He wandered front garage to house in his loneliness. Quincy today expressed a desire to learn swimming and that Clark be his instructor. Mrs Dunn had a narrow escape from drowning eight years ago in the river where her brother lost his life. She was removed unconscious from the water. EXPECT END SOON IN EXTRADITION BATTLE Black. Wanted Herr in SIO,OOO Theft, Is Held in Seattle. Court battle of George Black to escape extradition from Seattle. Wash., to face charges of theft of SIC.OOO from an Indianapolis woman. may be dropped. Chief Mike was informed today. Detective William Miller, in the Washington city to return the suspect. wired Tuesday that Black was denied bail at a hearing Monday, and that the extradition appeal may be dropped by the suspect's relatives. Final hearing will be held June 7 at San Francisco, and Black has been placed in custody of Miller, the detective wired. Black faces charges of having borrowed the money from the Indianapolis woman on agreement to pay her SIOO for use of the funds for ten days. He failed to return the money, it is ciiarged. STEALS TO SEE RACE Ft. Wayne Youth Admits Theft for Speedway Trip. lly I nltrd Puss FT. WAYNE. Ind., May 25.—Lee Hindman. 19. always had led an exemplary life, he told police, until he yielded this year to the temptation to steal money from the clothing store where he had parttime employment, so that he might take his girl friend to the 500-mile au*** .*c? in Indianapolis. Hindman confessed that he took $105.07 from the tills. FAIL TO CRACK SAFE But Burglars Get Goods Valued at SIOO in Pharmacy. Merchandise valued at nearly SIOO was obtained from the B. W. King pharmacy. 501 North Noble street, but effort to open a safe faded. A Negro who entered the home of Gregg Oliver. 1211 College avenue.! today obtained $5.50 and purses, pens and pencils valued at sls. ASKS HELP, COLLAPSES Man Dies Shortly After Entering Ruckle Street Home. Walter Myers. 39. of 1423 Castle street, died suddenly Tuesday night at the home of D. Henry. 1047} Ruckle street. Becoming ill. he sought aid at the Henry home, and collapsed before arrival of a physician. Dr. J. E. Wyttenfcach, deputy coroner, sent the body to city morgue.

Depression Exaggerated, Says Mencken

Hh, lb, HLl'il 111 Amerlra **> *rln.nt ut,lion, for a tolctloa l oar rarrrnt rronomir dilemma? Tb, laar rrlilriird nor mannof af *•- rrnmrnt. What do th think li wranc noa? And what r,m,d? ran lh„ offer? Th* Ini ted Pr„ ha* InterTlrwed aeeral af their nomber far The Time* and areienl* their idea* *nd opinion* in a terlet of article*, the third es whlrh fallow*. BY ALLEN SMITH t'nlted Pre Staff Correspondent XTFW YORK. May 25 Henry L. Mencken, long a potent force in American criticism, can see no reason to be alarmed about either the future of the United States or the security of the capitalistic system. Further than that, the man who has spent most of his life jabbing pen points into "Boobus Americanus,” is convinced the economic depression is exaggerated greatly. • Obviously," he said, “the capitalistic system is working badly m these days of severe stress. But so would any other system. It seems to me that, for all its defects, it is doing fat better in the

REMY, EX-JURIST, IS SERIOUSLY INJURED

Pinned Beneath Overturned Auto: Driver of Car Seized. Charles F. Remy. 72, former Indiana appellate court judge, is in a critical condition at the Methodist hospital today of injuries received when he was pinned beneath an overturned auto Tuesday afternoon near the statehouse. The former jurist, father of William H. Remy, former Marion county prosecutor, suffered a broken leg, a fractured wrist, a crushed hand, possible Internal Injuries and severe lacerations on the face. He was going to the Capitol building when struck at Market street and Capitol avenue. Physicians say he may recover. Ben Con. 21, Negro, of 910 Athon street, driver of the car, was arrested on charges of reckless driving and speeding. Police were told Con's auto skidded as it approached the intersection, striking two parked autos and overturning. Remy, crossing the street, was pinned beneath the car. Con escaped with minor injuries as did Miss Rosella Con. his cousin, who was riding with him. Witnesses said Mr. Remy lay in the street for half an hour before medical aid arrived. Police called for aid at city hospital, but ambulances were on other emergency runs. Private ambulances were called, but it was half an hour before any of these reached the scene. Mr. Remy, whose home is at 1603 Park avenue, was judge of the appellate court for twelve years. He first became a member of the bench in 1919. He was a member of the general assembly in 1895, reporter of the supreme court from 1897 to 1905, and then engaged in law practice until elected to the appellate bench.

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United States today than thCommunistic system did in Russia at the time of the last famine. "The effects of the depression are exaggerated greatly, mainly by interested parties. Some of them are Communistic sympathizers. who try to make It appear that Communism would save us; others are charity mongers, who naturally howl calamity whenever there is a chance, and yet others are simply idiots of the kind who yell 'fire!' in crowded theaters.'* a a a Meanwhile, Mencken is convinced that we are learning some useful things. "The rascality of professional politicians is being neatly exposed," he said. "And so is the stupidity of bankers, most of whom seem to have lost far more themselves than they lost for their customers. "Best of all, we are learning that economists are mainly quacks. A few years ago they were heard gravely by almost everyone, especially bankers, but now it is plain that their so-called science

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COURT REPORTER ASKS G. 0. P. RENOMINATION Genevieve Brown Was Elected to Position in 1928. Miss Genevieve Brown of Winnamac, reporter of the supreme and appellate court*, today announced her candidacy for renomination at the Republican state convention, June 8 and 9. She was elected to the post in 1928, after serving several years as vice-chairman of the old Eighth district. There has been no announced opposition to her candidacy. She has opened headquarters in the Claypool.

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is at least half buncombe. , "Try to imagine what pathology, say, would be like if it were in the state of economics. Every eminent doctor would be whooping up a different cause ot tuberculosis, and his own private sure-cure for it. "The exposure of such charlatans leaves us a bit bewildered, but much better off than we were when we believed them. For human progress consists mainly in ceasing to believe in nonsense. The more ignorant the man, the more sure he is of everything. "For every question he has a ready answer. The concept of the unsolvable simply is beyond him. Nevertheless .it remains a fact that most of the really basic human problems probably are unsolvable. The chances are that the world never will see a genuinely sound and efficient system of government, and that it never will see a perfect economic system.” Mencken is not worried greatly about this insolubility of mankind's problems. The American system, in government and eco-

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Dr. Clippinger Will Give Central Address. Annual commencement address at Indiana Central college, June 8. will be given by Dr. W. G. Clippinger. president of Otterbein college. Westerville, o. This was announced today by the graduating class, members of which will receive fifty-four degrees and thirty-six two-year certificates at the institution's twenty-seventh commencement. A senior class play, “The Cat and the Canary," Saturday night, June 4, will open commencement week activities. Baccalaureate service, with the Rev. A. D. Smith. Corydon, Indiana conference superintendent, United Brethren church, as speaker, will be held at 2:30 Sunday, June 5. Seniors will have their annual candle-lighting service Sunday night and will be guests of the music department at a special program on Monday. The spring pageant, with all girls of the college participating, will be given Tuesday. Miss Helen Schmidt, Terre Haute, will be crowned queen. A second presentation of the seni ior play is scheduled to end activiI ties Tuesday night. SUES PERRY TOWNSHIP Chicago Firm Asks $3,500 Judgment, for School Furniture. Suit on a contract for school furniture was filed against Perry township Tuesday in superior court five. Judgment of $3,500 is asked. The debt is alleged to have been contracted by O. S. Pollard, former trustee. The complaint, filed by-the W. W. Kimball Company of Chicago, stated the company furnished equipment for the new Southport high school April, 1930.

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nomlcs, though “plainly full of holes.” still seems to him to be better than any other system currently in force. “The Communistic scheme,” he said, “really is too silly to be discussed seriously, and the various projects for a planned economy would be almost as bad, for they simply would expose us to more and worse quack than we have now. “My belief is that the best thing we can do today is to plug along quietly, letting each day wrestle with its own problems. But whether that is the best thing or not, it is what we are going to do. All the short cuts and sure cures will fail. man "T SUSPECT that the United X States soon will have another war on its hands, and that it will be a tough one. The show will be excellent, and I hope to enjoy it in a refined and patriotic manner. “Meanwhile. I am laying mighty plans for personal attendance at that great two-act human comedy which our rulers will provide next month in Chicago. The shoats of American progress are lean this year, and the grunting at Chicago will be thunderously comic. May God preserve my health until then.”

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TEN BILLIONS FOR RELIEF IS SOCIALIST AIM Platform Calls for Repeal of Dry Act, Soviet Recognition. By t'nitrd Prrt* MILWAUKEE, May 25,-The Socialist party platform, as adopted in the national convention here, today called for repeal of the eighteenth amendment, $10,000,000,000 for federal unemployment relief, and public works, and immediate recognition of Soviet Russia. Norman Thomas is candidate for President. Government ownership of the liquor industry and state option are asked in the prohibition plank, which was adopted by a close vote after a bitter fight. Other platform planks ask extensive reforestation, old-age pensions, health and maternity insurance, better workmen's compensation laws, abolition of child labor, ; socialization of mines, forests, powi er and oil resources, public utilities. * transportation and communications. TROOPS GUARD MINE 200 Ohio Soldiers Patrol Hocking Valley Fields. By f nited Press ATHENS. 0.. May 25.—More than 200 Ohio national guardsmen, including machine gun unit from Washington courthouse, patrolled the strike-ha missed Hocking valley coal fields today to guard against further outbreaks. Governor George White ordered ! the troops into the area late Tues- } day upon the request of Sheriff ! Wayne Wingett and Prosecutor I John W. Bolen of Athens county.

A Safe Profit By Vnilfd Press WINONA. 0.. May 25. Postmaster Clarence Taylor is grateful to the safe-blowers who opened his postoffice safe. The combination no longer worked, he explained today, and the loot obtained by the yeggs was small compared to The cost of hiring a safe expert to come here to open the safe at $2 an hour and expenses.

DROPS REQUEST FORM YARD Lawyer’s Act Ends Fight of Protesters. When approximately 150 residents of the western section of the city appeared before the board of zoning appeals Tuesday afternoon to oppose a petition of Samuel M. Goldsmith to construct a Junk yard at the southwest comer of Neal and Washington streets, Frank A. Symmes, attorney for the petitioner, withdrew the request. Board members told protesters they will be notified in the event the petition again was presented. The board also proposed a measure prohibiting last minute withdrawals in such cases. Board members intimated they would refuse the petition. Alvah Rucker, attorney, represented the delegation organized by the Belmont Civic League. The park board was requested last week to deny a petition for the junk yard which, it was contended, would be within 500 feet of Indianola Park. No petition for a permit has been filed with the park board, however. A petition of the White Star Oil Corporation, 519 North Pennsylvania. to build a .filling station on the old site of Shortridge high school also was withdrawn.

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MARKET STANDS OUSTING FOUGHT BY HOUSEWIVES Court Writ Is Sought to Bar Abolition Ordered by Safety Board. Hearing on an injunction petition to prevent the safety board from abolishing sidewalk stands at the j city market will be held Saturday before Circuit Judge Harry O. Chamberlin. | T. Ernest M a holm, attorney, asked for a temporary injunction, after filing a suit Tuesday, but was advised to provide bond. The suit was filed on behalf of all taxpayers of the county. Plaintiffs are the Housewives League, Inc., and Michael Bisesi, marketstand holder. The league represents 3.000 housewives, it is said. The stand removal order of the safety board, due to become effective next month, was branded as ; “unjust, unreasonable, an abuse of public welfare, property and rights.” !in the complaint. The suit further stated abolishment of stands would deprive th® city of a large income from rentals. On recommendation of the market survey committee, the sidewalk stands were ordered abolished. The move is designed to fill vacant stands inside the market house and also provide for angle parking on Market street. Sweater Thief Had S4OO CHICAGO. May 25 —Police found S4OO in the wallet of Laird Drake, i 24, who confessed, they said, to ; stealing *s sweater.

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