Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 69, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 July 1932 — Page 3

JULY 30, 1932

VERANDA VOTE DRIVE WAGED BY ROOSEVELT Nominee Directs Activities From Spacious Porch of N. Y. Mansion. BY PAUL H. KING I nitfd Pre*. Staff Corrfmnnnd.nl ALBANY, N. Y„ July 30.—Franklin Roosevelt's front porch” camPa £n for the presidency threatens to equal the no'v famed veranda oompaign of the late President Warren G. Harding, The spacious front porch of the executive mansion suddenly has been turned into the unofficial campaign headquarters of the Democratic nominee. Since advent of warm weather, RoosevPlt has directed practically all ot his affairs from there. All of Roosevelt’s principal conferences, ‘harmony talks” with leaders still out of the fold, and plans for campaign strategy have been directed from a rustic, rickety swing which occupies a prominent spot on the ‘‘gallery.’’ Has Office on Porrh The porch, cluttered with chairs, tables and flowers, virtually has been tt n d into an offifee. Telephones have been installed near the swing. Special tabies have been tted up for dictation. A booming radio is near. The fact that the New York Governor has not yet planned a lengthy stump campaign has led persons close to him to believe he would not frown upon a strenuous ‘‘front porch” bid, similar to the one that helped carry Harding to the White House. Practically all of Roosevelt’s public appearances since his nomination at Chicago have been from the porch. Ideal for Campaign The night lie was nominated he was forced to accede to the cheers of several hundred persons and walk to the veranda and say “Hello.” Later at a demonstrtaion sponsored bv Albany's supporters of Alfred Smith, he spoke to 20,000 persons who clogged the picturesque mansion campus. The mansion porch would be ideal for such a campaign. The porch overlooks the sloping front lawn in which many thousands of persons could gather. , ROOSEVELT WON WITH $48,000. SAYS HIS AID Bit I nilnl Prrss OMAHA, Neb., July 30.—The cost of securing the Democratic presidential nomination for Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt was less than SI,OOO a state, Arthur F. Mullen, Roosevelt’s floor manage!’ at the Chicago convention, said here Friday. Mullen said the Roosevelt campaign probably was the least costly of any such campaign in recent years. "The total cast, was something less than $48,000,” Mullen said. “Most of the money was for traveling expenses and office maintenance.” BALKS AT SENATE RACE McCarthy, R. F. C. Member, Refuses to Oppose Smoot in Utah. Bn Snipiis-Hotrnrd Xewspaper Alliance WASHINGTON. July 30.—Wilson .1, McCarthy of Salt Lake City, a Dcmeocratic member of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, does not contemplate entering the senatorial race against Reed Smoot, he stated today. McCarthy, although a successful lawyer, jurist, and man of affairs, is far from wealthy and says he plans to return to private endeavor at the conclusion of his service. In addition, as the only westerner on the board, with an intimate knowledge of livestock, agricultural, anad mining needs, he is loath to leave his present post of usefulness to the west. POISON RUM KILLS FOUR Bowery “Smoke Joint" Booze Is Blamed for Tragedy. Bit I niled Press NEW YORK. July 30.—Four men were dpad on Manhattan's lower East Side today from poisoned liquor whiejj police believe they obtained in Bowery "smoke joints.” A special detail of police was assigned at once to trace the poisonous liquor to its source. PLAN ENDURANCE HOP Bit I nihil Press VALLEY STREAM. L. 1., July 30. —Mrs. Frances Harrell Marcelis of Centerville, Miss., and Miss Louise Phaden of Baltimore, both licensed pilots, will begin an endurance flight here Aug. 8. They seek to break the woman's record of 123 hours in the air, made several years ago on the Pacific coast.

Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobile* reported to police as stolen belong to. M\ron C. Cosier, 1944 North Pennsvlva.r.a street, Ford coupe. t>o-826. from tn front of 1944 North Pennsylvania street. Newby Motor Company. 3839 Fast Washington street. willvs-Knight sedan M 1-934, from 3839 East Washington atreet. Everett Cones. 43S East Michigan street. Chevrolet touring. 34-782. from Illinois and Ohio streets.

BACK HOME AGAIN

Stolen automobiles recovered bv police be ong io: Margaret Gregg 2139 Ashland avenue Che\ roiet roadster, found at Twentieth atreet and Ashland avenue George Corey. 2233 Columbia avenue. Desoto roadster, found at Thlrtv-thlrd atreet and Schofield avenue, stripped of wheels and spark plugs. R-K-O Takes Columbia's Films Bit I mint t‘rrni> NEW YORK. July 30.—Radio-Kcith-Orpheum Corporation and Columbia Pictures Corporation announced today the signing of a film contract involving millions whereby the entire 1932-33 Columbia product of forty-eight feature pictures will be shown in theaters of the R-K-O circuit. Non-Agency Slop Is Ordered Indiana railroad has been authorized by the public service commission to convert, their Ben Davis station into a non-aßeney stop. Similar authorization was given for Taylorsvile.

Veterans Yield as Tanks Move in

[ , A Hkjhhp* 34

Army tanks rumbled down historic Pennsylvania avenue in Washington after rioting between bonus veterans and capital police brought a call for federal troops to drive the marchers from the city. Top photo shows three of the lumbering tanks pressing on toward scene of the rioting, near Capitol Hill,

CHARGES AID PLOT Family Head Says Politics Back of Food Denial. Charges that politics is responsible j for a conspiracy which is preventing : a family, almost at point of j starvation, from obtaining poor re- j lief were investigated today by county commisisoners. Lynch C. Symms. 57, Negro, 2547 j Northwestern avenue, made the ! charges in a petition filed with the ! board Friday. He asked a hearing J before commissioners. The petition charges conspiracy | exists between Miss Hannah Noone, \ Center township trustee, and Fred- . erick Eisenhut, Democratic precinct ' committeeman. It alleges that Miss Patsy Valentine, Negro, * investigator. ; visited Symms, a Republican, and asked him his politics. The petitioner alleges he later; was told. May 4, 1932, by the pre- j cinct committeeman that “it will be j too bad for those who vote the Re- I publican primary and ask for poor | relief ” Symms declared his family had received no aid since April 15. He is the father of five motherless children and also supports five grand- j children. ARM BROKEN. YOUTH CONTROLS LOADED CAR Severely Hurt in Accident With Truck; Brings Car to Stop. Double fracture of the left arm j was suffered Friday night by Harold Barker, 18. of 914 North Belmont avenue, when he was struck by a truck which Barker attempted ?j pass in his automobile on U. S. Road 40 near Bridegport. Despite his injury, Barker did not lose control of his automobile in which several persons were passengers, and brought the car to a stop. It was not damaged. Driver of the truck, unaware of the accident, did not stop. Automobile driven by L. M. Efroymson, 3957 North Pennsylvania street, was damaged today on Meridian street near Thirtieth! when struck by a car Efroymson charges was operated by a drunken man. License number as given to police by Efroymson is held by Clifton Peck, Maryland hotel. Muncie. Efroymson pursued the other car to Thirtieth street and Kenwood avenue, but was outdistanced. Between 1900 and 1930 the population of the United States increased 62 per cent.

Nice Kitty —Fora While

‘ **'' ** V,' ' 'J@ gp v **•' *|< * ,*'' f ■;'

“Nice kitty.” now, is this half-grown Malay leopard. But Mrs. L. Ross Freeman probably won t sit so comfortably and at ease beside him when he is a few months older—and bigger. The leopard is one of a cargo of 293 animals which have been brought to this country by Mrs. Freeman's husband, who trapped the wild beasts on the rubber plantation which he manages at Sumatra.

behind two lines of cavalrymen with drawn sabers. Below, veterans, who a moment before were full of fight, throw up their hands in surrender after a sharp tilt. One of their number was killed, a second seriously wounded and a score of combatants, both bonus veterans and police, were injured.

Loses for U. S.

A Efijjr nsJ \

Ellsworth Vines Ellsworth Vines, American and British tennis champion, today was upset by Jean Borotra of France, in Davis cup play, INDORSE POOR AID BILL Measure Before Legislature Given Backing of Civic Clubs. Bill before the legislature providing for poor relief commissaries operated by county commissioners was indorsed by the Indianapolis Federation of Community Civic Clubs Friday night in Garfield park. The delegates also voted support for the municipal rights bill, authorizing municipalities to acquire control of public uitlities. It was decided to continue the federation's fight to reduce the price of ice. which, it was pointed out, has not changed here since the peak of prosperity.

THE TNDTANAPOLIS TIMES

FILE GRAIN APPEAL Board of Trade Act Blocks Execution of Order. 81l United Press CHICAGO, July 30.—Appeal of the Chicago Board of Trade against a sixty-day suspension order by the grain futures commission today was before the United State circuit court of appeals. No decision is expected until fall. The action automatically stayed execution of the suspension order, set for Aug. 8. FLOOD WATERS RISE Damage Toll Heavy From Colorado Rainstorm. Bp United Press COLORADO SPRINGS. Col., July 30.—Thousands of dollars in damage was reported today as a result of what was believed to be one of the heaviest rainstorms ever to strike the state. More than 250 houses in Colorado Springs were damaged by the storm as flood water poured through the section.

The City in Brief

Troopers H. P. Bucher, H. S. Fauvre, J. S. Kittle Jr., W. H. Link and L. Partlowe, all of Indianapolis, will leave Monday morning on the annual hike of the cavalry school, a unit of the Culver summer schools which they are attending. The hike will take about twelve days and will cover points of interest in northern Indiana and southern Michigan. Annual reunion of Posey county residents will be held at Garfield park, Sunday, Aug. 7. it has been announced by the committee in charge of arrangements. Mercator Club members will hear Edgar D. Bush, lieutenant-governor, and Miles J. Furnas, Republican floor leader in the house of representatives, Tuesday in the Columbia club. Entering through a service door a thief stole clothing and jewelry valued at SSO Friday night from the home of Obert Young, 1005 North Pennsylvania street, apartment 107. Theft of a ring valued at $125 was reported by Juanita Williams, 714 Douglass street. CITY MAN RESCUED IN FISHING BOAT BLAST Samuel Beck, Contractor, Unhurt in Atlantic City Mishap. Samuel Beck. 2546 North New Jersey street, Indianapolis building contractor, was rescued with five other men. late Tuesday at Atlantic City when the fishing boat on which they were passengers, caught fire, after explosion of a gas tank. Beck, his wife, and son Benjamin, are spending a vacation with relatives near Atlantic City. They are planning to return here Aug. 12. They left Indianapolis Monday. Beck was not hurt, but Captain Ezra R. Mathis and William R. Irvine, both of Margate, N. J., and William Chess of Pittsburgh, were burned. The other passengers rescued were Jacob Juppermar. of Absecon, N. J., and Martin Green of Atlantic City. VAN NUYS TO SPEAK Senate Nominee to Address Women Democrats at Meeting. Women's Democratic Club of White River township. Johnson county, will hold a dinner tonight in the Foodcraft Shop. Century building. Frederick Van Nuys. candidate for United States senator, will speak. He will be introduced by Thomas Dorrell, former state senator from Johnson county. Delegations from Edinburg. Franklin, Greenwood and 1 Glenn's Valley will attend.

CITY OFFICIALS ARE INDICTED IN j FUND SHORTAGE Cleveland Trio Accused of Misappropriation of Tax Money for Own Use. Bit United Preen CLEVELAND. July 30.—Grand jtiry indictments were returned against three city officials Friday as a result of an investigation into the disappearance of $570,382 from the county treasury. Other indictments are expected. Those indicted were Herman H. j Finkle, known as Cleveland s most powerful councilman; Alex Bernstein, former chief deputy county treasurer, who has held various positions on the city pay roll for thirty years; and Joseph F. Lange, deputy county treasurer. Finkle and Bernstein were charged with embezzlement of $37,273.52 of tax funds from the county treasury. Lange was indicted separately on a charge of embezzling $2,097 Testimony before the grand jury indicated that tax funds had been taken from the treasury, and used in private enterprises. Mast of it later was returned after the enterprises prospered. At one time, it was stated, the treasury had a book shortage of $2,500,000.

SUB RESCUE IS SHOWN IN FILM Navy Diving Bell Operation Is Feature of Reel. Submarine disasters, such as the recent lass of the French submer- j sible Promethee with sixty-one i aboard, the British Poseidon, with twenty, the American S-51 with thirty-seven and the S-4 with forty, may be a thing of the past if the j new navy diving bell, shown in the | current issue of The Indianapolis Times-Universal Newsreel, proves as efficient in practice as it is in rehearsal. During a staged demonstration in the sea at Point Loma, Cal., the I new safety device, a huge pearshaped steel bell, carrying a crew of several officers and men, easily drops to the hull of the submarine S-4, submerged under sixty feet of I water, and brings up four of the underwater craft's crew. The entire test was made under “accident" conditions. , Graham McNamee, veteran radio ; announcer and the screen's famous | talking reporter, explains the operation of the navy invention as the “rescues” are being made. Other important and interesting events reported in the news-reel are the opening of the British trade [ conference in Ottawa, and the reading of the king's message, scenes at the battle front in the bitter labor war near Marseilles, 111., sensational feats performed by expert lumber jacks at the world's championship “rolleo" at Longview, Wash., successful tryout of anew plane that resembles a potato bug. BANmfsTARMED WITH KNIVES, FLEE WITH $65 Chase Futile. Victim Tells Police; Cab Driver Is Arrested. Two men armed with knives robbed Herman Kinbrew. 2107 Columbia avenue, of $65 Friday night while he was seated in a restaurant counting his money. Kinbrew and Robert Mack, 225 West Fifteenth street, a companion, told police the two bandits ran from Davenport’s restaurant, 1330 North Senatae avenue, and entered a taxicab. In a second taxicab, Kinbrew and Mack followed the men to Thirteenth and Cora streets, where two women joined the bandits. At Capitol and Indiana avenues, the bandits leaped from the car and fled. Their driver, Charles Smith. 27, of 657 Blake street, was arrested on charges of vagrancy and carrying concealed weapons. The women, Clara Campbell, 28. of 1335 North Senate avenue, and Georgia Howard, 29. of 1316 Brooksr street, were charged with vagrancy.

, a , out , „ Dt"" _ c ' C ° n "’''' r AO'"'"' 1 ' o ''. . c w? ' et ' a.-*' 4 <!1 . 01 00 0.00°" 1 t etvVaV • VTicW* e l 0

\ GOOD BUSINESS SCHOOL Strung business. sfenograi tile. aecre l lariat and an-omii ing mitriir*• iinlivin ual instruction in major auhjects. large faculty of spci'ialiais in their respective lines Free Employment Service Kred W Case, f'rfrtripa. CENTRAL BUSINESS COLLEGE Pennsylvania and Vermont. First Door ' North I. B. C. A. IndianapoUa. Ind.

Hoover Maps Concerted Drive to Better Business

President Plans to Enlist Industrial and Financial Heads in Campaign. B;t United Pres* WASHINGTON. July 33.—President Hoover plans to enlist industrial and financial leaders in a concerted campaign for economic recovery throughout the nation. Mr. >Hoover announced that he and administration and Reconstruction Corporation officials had been working two weeks cn a preliminary nine-point program for such a united drive. The Reconstruction Corporation w;th its billions of new resources will provide the heavy artillery for the business offensive. The program tentatively outlined by Mr. Hoover calls for: The R. F. C. organization for loaning $1,803,000,030 for construction projects is being co-orc.inated with other agencies, so as to start the work as scon as possible. Clearance of slums and replacement construction to expand employment. A co-ordinated program for livestock and feed loans is being worked out with agricultural officials. Attention is being given to R. F. C. financing of agricultural exports. Expansion of credit facilities is being sought. Efforts are being made to expand railway employment. The new home loan bank system is to be put in operation as soon as possible. Discussions are under way looking toward a further spread of employment by reducing working hours. Preliminary consideration is being given to other avenues of cooperation to aid private and public agencies. Woman Bitten by Dog Mrs. B. F. Smith, 135 West Fall Creek boulevard, was bitten on the left arm by a dog Friday night while walking in the 2400 block, Noi’th Meridian street. The dog, which was on a leash, is owned by Mrs. Harold Ellis, 2446 Pierson street. Police said she promised to have the dog kept under observation to determine if it has rabies.

ANOTHER PATENT FOR GILLETTE! ® Gillette’s advance over other shaving devices is again proved. The United States Patent Office on JuV 26th, 1932, issued one more patent* on the Gillette slotted razor blade. Patents, to be allowed, must show definite improvements and advantages. In the issue of this patent you have impartial evidence of Gillette’s superiority. 'Patent Number 1,869,327, issued July 26th, 1932.

IPP9IMI SUMMEBrrjME SOWING TALK T he Economical Voice of M/7//07J any woman who loves to do her own sewing how many mlnttea she loses by having to leave her sewing room and rush downstairs to answer the teiepnone. Then suggest a handy extension telephone in the sewing room, just at you have yours arranged at home. You’ll be thanked for that thoughtful tip many times over ;:: for extension telephones save miles of steps .:; and extra steps are wearisome affairs these summer days. Economical, too! Indiana Bell Telephone Company

Good SSO, Too Tendering a SSO bill in payment for sandwiches is one way to get in jail in Indianapolis. Throwing the bill away makes matters worse. The bill was tendered Friday night in a restaurant at Illinois and Emmett streets by Robert Rooney. 41. of 730 North Illinois street, apartment 44. Today he and a companion Arthur Miller, 37, same address. are held on vagrancy charges. Police were called to the restaurant. Before their arrival Rocney threw the bill into the s:;ee.. It was recovered. It is genuine money, accord; ing to police. Rooney has offered no explanation for his action.

SANG MURDERS 3 BROTHERS IN BOOTLEG WAR Bullets From Auto Wipe Out Pittsburgh Booze World Czars. IS ft In tid I’l t PITTSBURGH. July 30.—Three of the Volpe brothers, alleged bootleggers, were shot to death in a hill district street Friday. Bullets fired from a speeding automobile killed the three brothers as they walked along the sidewalk. The killings generally were interpreted as the beginning of ofle of Pittsburgh's gang wars. Observers said it meant anew gang had worked itself into a position where taking over the vast business ot the three brothers depended only on their deaths. The victims were John. James and Arthur Volpe. Only the youngest brother, Louis, survives.

PAGE 3

LEAPING TANK AMAZES ARMY Planes May Carry New High-Speed Machine. Bit United Press | LINDEN N. J.. July 30.—A highspeed, stream-lined armored tank, capable of leaping thirty-five feet over broad ditches, was prepared today for testing its usefulness when carried by airplanes. This unusual machine, brain child of J. Walter Christie, was tested Friday when Leo Anderson, test driver, jumped the tank from the ground three times at fifty miles an hour, crossing a twelve-foot ditch with safe margins each time. Several army officers, including Major-General Stephen C. Fuqua, chief of infantry, witnessed the demonstration. The tank now will be equipped with brackets to attach the vehicle to any aircraft capable of lifting five tons. Tests with planes will be made at Dayton, 0.. later this summer. Tuesday spectators were astoundi ed when the tank registered a speed of 112 miles an hour over uneven | terrain. PUSHMOBILE GROUP TO STAGE ITS FIRST RACE I Former Judge Wetter to Speak at Dedication of Track. First race to be run under the j jurisdiction of the Indiana Pushmobilc Contest Association will be held at 7 tonight on the organization's new track. Howard and Richland j streets. Speakers at the dedication ceremonies which will precede the race i will be Paul C. Wetter, former municipal court judge; J. Ed Burk, | representing the South Side Civic clubs, and Dr. Walter Hemphill, president of the Enterprise Civic League. A1 Von Wilier is president and ’ William C. Peacock is secretary of j the pus’nmobile association. ; Eight cars will compete. In 1789 there were only seventyfive postofflees in the United States. In 1929 there were more than 49,400. The postoffice revenue in 1789 was about $25,000. In 1929 it exceeded $700,000,000.