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Although split from top to bottom by a bolt of lightning during a wind and rain storm Sunday, the smokestack at the Home of the Good Shepherd, 111 West Raymod street, remained standing. Only minor damage resulted as the flash was carried into the institution's engine room. The huge chimney will have to be rebuilt. TRACE EFFECT OF CAGE SPORT

Not as Dangerous as Grid Play, Survey Shows. Basketball is a less dangerous sport than football, according to the report of the athletic injury tabulation conducted by the Indiana High School Athletic Association during the 1931-32 season. This was announced in a bulletin to the 796 member schools today by A. L. Trester, commissioner. The ICO Hocsier high school playing football filed reports. A total of 5.091 boys participated, and there were 963 injuries. The total expense from injuries was $7,110.37. Many of the injuries were minor, some serious, and two resulted in deaths. More injuries, not only in football. but in track and basket ball as well, were received in practice than in actual games, the report shows. There were 767 schools playing basket ball and 218 reported Twenty-eight reported no injuries. With 5,137 boys competing, there were 594 injuries, with expenses of $1,571.50. There were no deaths. Os the 164 schools competing in track, sixty-four reported, with thirty-three injuries, most of them sprains, and expenses of $129. The health study in the 1932 state basket ball tournament, in w'hich physical examinations were made of the 161 competing boys before the tourney and a week after the meet, showed no demonstrable physical efleet on the youths at judged by the examinations. FARM PARLEY IS CALLED £. Leslie Invited to Conference at Sioux City to Deal With Strike. In a wire today from Governor Warren Green of South Dakota, Governor Harry G. Leslie was asked to attend a conference of fifteen Governors Sept. 6 in Sioux City. la., on farm relief, with goal of averting spread of farmers' strike into the central west.

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VOLUME 44—NUMBER 94

MOOR BLAMES DIRTY DISHES FOR SLAYING Teacher Admits Murder of Wife, Daughter of ’ 1 City Minister. THINK MIND DERANGED Brooding Over Home Life and Teaching Ambitions of Mate Held Cause.

Hubert C. Moor, Robinson, 111., fired two bullets into the body of his wife Marjorie after brooding over "coming home to a dirty house and a sink full of unwashed dishes,’’ and her desire lor a career as a teacher instead of a housewife. Both formerly lived in Indianapolis and their parents are residents of the city. In a four-page confession made Sunday night at Marsnall, 111., where he has been held since the bodv of his wife, with two wounds in the heart was found Aug. 15 in their automobile, Moor said: ‘We have dreams and those dreams can not always be realized because of the actual things of life. "I had such dreams of how I would advance to the top of my profession, and dream of a happy home, but my wife also sought to further her career as a teacher, which made our home life uncomfortable. Never Should Have Married "We gradually w’ere drifting apart I thought of putting myself out of the picture at one time, but that would only mean a second marriage for her. You only can have one love. A second would be a business proposition. "Marjorie never should have married. I grew' tired of coming home to a dirty house and a sink full of unwashed dishes. “She had no idea of anything like this happening. She didn’t know I had a gun. “We were talking. I decided now was the time, and she slumped over in the seat. As she did she looked into my face and murmured, ‘O, papa.’ ” For himself. Moor expresses no concern, but asserts he regrets the sorrow the tragedy has brought to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Moor. 24 South Irvington avenue, and to the parents of his wife, the Rev. and Mrs. Alson E. Wrentmore, 227 South Ritter avenue.

Teacher for Six Years Moor had been a teacher in the Robinson (111.) high school six years and his wife was a substitute member of the faculty. They spent a mid-August weekend here with their relatives, having motored to the city from Robinson. Early in the morning of Aug. 15. Moor appeared at the farm home of William Irnle, near Marshall, with the statement that robbers had slain his wife. Discrepancies weakened his story. He declared he had been robbed of his watch, but a few days later it fell while he was changing clothing in jail. He said his wife’s diamond engagement and wedding rings were stolen, but they were found in his wife's purse. Following arrest of Moor, authorities for a time held the theory that he wished to collect $5,000 insurance on Mrs. Moor's life to finance a honeymoon with a woman who was I party to a divorce said to have *een caused by Moor.

Think Mind Is Deranged However, authorities today are of i \ opinion that Moor's mind has t jome deranged, due to brooding o t his home life and the teachir. ambitions of Mrs. Moor. *he was graduated in 1922 from Butler university, where he was also a student. Transferring to the University of Illinois. Moor was graduated in 1923 and two years ago was awarded a doctor of education degree. Two requests have been made by Moor He wishes to visit the grave of his wife in Memorial Park cemetery here, and to see his mother. He wants a life term in prison and hopes to spend his time teaching fellow convicts. The confession, according to Moor, was delayed because he feared he might be the victim of a lynching if he admitted the crime while excitement ran high. No Action Until November

Suicide was considered by Moor, but he had obtained a loan of a $5,000 insurance policy to buy an automobile, and planned, to. repay the loan and reinstate the insurance so that his parents would receive the entire $5,000 in event of his death. Victor Miller, Clark county (111.) state's attorney, took the confession. He was called by Moor, who asserted his wife's face "haunted" him.

It is likely there will be no fur- ! ther court action in the case until November, when a grand jury will go through the formality of indicting Moor.

CANDIDATES 7 ISO RANS’ Texan Scratches Ont Both Names; Votes for His Dog, Fido. By I nitrd Pm* DALLAS. Tex., Aug. 29—One Democratic voter scratched out the names of Ross Sterling and Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson, candidates for Governor, in Saturday's voting, and cast his ballot for “My Dog. Fido.” Hourly Temperatures ]' 6a. m 72 10 a. m 85 7a. m 73 11 a. m 88 Ba. m 79 12 (noon).. 90 . 9 a. m 84

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1932

CITY'S HEALTHIEST Times Contest Winners Named

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Romanius Alvey and Ruth Cabalzer.

A 10-YEAR-OLD girl and a 14-year-old boy today held honors as the city's -healthiest children. Ruth Cabalzer. 1813 Lafayette road, and Romanicus Alvey, 709 East Morris street, adjudged as “healthy as can be found anywhere.” were named winners of The Times-city recreation department health contest which was started more than a month ago. Selection of Ruth and Romanious followed finals in the contests Saturday at the Fall Creek playground. Each winner will be awarded $5 in gold by The Times. Ruth and Romanious won from six other healthy boys and girls w r ho had been sent to the finals from all parts of the city. The other finalists were Paul Manson, 176 North Blackford street; Joe White, 1152 East Ohio street; Adrienne Allen, 1026 Windsor street; Erika Bras. 1401 Ringgold avenue; Virgil Moore, 2841 North New Jersey street, and Judith Aldrich, 1121 West thirty-fourth street. o u n THESE children are as healthy as one would be likely to find anywhere,” said Dr. Oliver Greer of the board of health, the examining physician. “All are practically perfect. The winners were decided on minor points of posture.”

“The contest has been of great benefit to a large number of children and parents in Indianapolis,” said H. W. Middlesworth, city recreation director, Saturday. “It has aroused their interest in the children’s health.” “The Times is to be commended for its interest in the health of Indianapolis children." said Dr. Herman G. Morgan, city health officer, following the close of the contest. "Too much stress can not be placed on the importance of sound physical development in children." KNOW YOUR STYLES If you'd keep pace with fashions for fall and winter, don't miss Amos Parrish this week on the woman's page. MOLLISON IS OFF

Leaves for Nova Scotia to Begin Sea Hop. By United rrex* ST. JOHN, N. 8.. Aug. 29. Captain James A. Mollison left the municipal airport here today at 1:02 p. m. (12:02 eastern daylight time) for Sydney. Nova Scotia, en route to Harbor Grace to begin his return flight across the Atlantic. He flew here from Nerepis, where he landed Sunday. Mollison intended to land on Prince Edward Island, if he could not reach Sydney today. The weather cleared and gave the Scotsman a good ceiling for his flight. ‘TOO PROUD TO COOK ’ Boy. 14, Wants to Keep Four and Half-Pound Bass Awhile. David Grant. 14. of 531 Udell street, is so proud of the four and one half-pound bass he caught Saturday that it is still out of th? frying pan. The fish was caught in a gravel pit near Srinesville. STUDIES MINE REGION Chasev to Fly Over District and Report to Governor. Study of conditions in the Terre Haute mine war area was to be made today by L. O. Chasey. secretary to Governor Harry G. Leslie, ina flight over the territory in a national guard airplane.

INJURIES FATAL TO ‘BUND TOM' Newspaper Vender Dies of Fall Hurts. “Blind Tom” McGraw, newspaper vendor at Ohio and Illinois streets, died today in city hospital of injuries incurred Friday when he fell in a sidewalk elevator shaft of a grocery at 419 East Washington street. Bates Allison, 35, operator of the elevator, was arrested Saturday on a charge of violating an ordinance against obstructing a sidewalk. Police were told that McGraw fell after changing his course on the sidewalk w'hen his cane came in contact with bread boxes piled near the shaft. WHAT'S YOUR HOBBY? Do you go in for stamps, antiques, glassware, or what? Mrs. C. O. Robinson starts an interesting weekly series today on Page 5. WALKER’S BROTHER IS DEAD: DELAY PROBE Roosevelt Postpones Hearing Till After Funeral. By l niter! Press ALBANY*. N. Y., Aug. 29. nor Franklin D. Roosevelt today postponed further hearings of charges against Mayor James J. Walker until after the funeral of the mayor's brother, who died at Saranac lake this morning. The hearing on corruption charges had been scheduled for resumption tonight. “Os course,” the Governor told the United Press, “there will be no hearing until after the funeral services. George F. Walker, 48, the mayor's brother, died after a long battle with tuberculosis.

PROSPERITY OF NATION HINGES ON SETTLEMENT OF WAR DEBT PROBLEM

Issue Is Vital to Every Man, Woman and Child in United States. BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMS Scripps-Howard Foreien Editor Can the prosperity of the American people be brought back by swapping off the war debts? Would revision or cancellation of Europe's war-time obligations to the United States put the jobless back to work? Would it help the farmer sell his cotton, wheat, cattle and other products at higher prices and increase his purchasing power? Would it start the steel mills going. speed up automobile production. put the other factories back on full time, and enable them to hire more men? Would it bring more customers to the stores to buy clothes, furniture, food, radios, and the thousand and one other things they so bad v need and want, but can not buy. I -ause they haven't the money? Would it help the average Ainer- j

MA IS 3,400 VOTES BEHIND IN TEXAS RACE Marg : n Is Too Close for Safe Prediction in Hot Contest. STERLING IS HOPEFUL Governor Who Beat Fergusons in Runoff 2 Years Ago Wants to Repeat. BY MERRILL E. COMPTON United Press Staff Correspondent DALLAS, Tex., Aug. 29.—Less than 3,500 votes separated Governor Ross S. Sterling and Miriam A. <Ma) Ferguson at noon today in one of Texas’ most bitterly contested campaign for the Democratic nomination for Governor. The Governor's lead at 11 a. m. was 3,429 votes, according to the election bureau, which had tabulated 929,209 votes from 251 counties out of the 254 in the state. Only 169 county returns were complete. The compilations showed Governor Sterling's vote to be 466,318, as compared to 462.889 for his opponent. The election w'as held Saturday. Big Vote Is Polled Mrs. Ferguson’s vote already was the largest that either she or her husband, "Farmer Jim,” ever received. Ma’s highest previous total was 402,238, received in the July 23 primary, when Sterling got 292,383 Pa Ferguson announced Sunday night that he w'ould contest the count if Ma is not declared the victor. It also was understood Sterling w'ould start a contest if he lost. The campaign was fought on the basis of records. The Fergusons charged that the financial affairs of the state were in a snarl because of alleged in efficiency of Sterling’s administration.

The Sterling campaigners on the other hand, pointed to “Fergusonism" as practiced in ‘‘Ma’s” previous administration, and during the term of ‘ Pa.” who was impeached and ousted when he was Governor. Congress Race Is Hot The race between Joseph Weldon Mailey Jr. and J. H. (Cyclone) Davis for the Democratic nomination for congressman-at-large held almost as much interest as the gobernatoria] fight. Bailey won the nomination—considered tantamount to election—and thereby settled a feud which began before he was born. Bailey’s father, the late United States senator, and Davis were bitter political enemies for years. The fight never was carried directly to the voters, however, as the two men never ran for the same office. Davis and the younger Bailey never have spoken to each other.

MIAMI FEARS GALE Brisk Winds Off Coast Are Gaining in Velocity. By I ii iI cl Press MIAMI, Fla., Aug. 29.—Brisk winds which heralded a tropical disturbance south of here increased in velocity at midday today and weather observers predicted they might reach gale force by night. By I nitcl Press NASSAU. Bahama Islands. Aug. 29.—A tropical disturbance, with high winds and heavy rains, reached Nassau shortly before noon today. No property damage was reported. 19 DIE IN CAR CRASH 30 Injured in Puerto Rico When Truck Falls 30 Feet. By United Press SAN JUAN. Puerto Rico. Aug. 29. —Nineteen persons were killed and thirty injured Sunday night when a truck returning with sixty passengers from a political meeting ran off a horeshoe curve on Comerio road and fell thirty feeet into a dryaqueduct. The driver said the truck was so crowded that he lost control.

War Debts at a Glance (With interest for the entire sixty years) Debtor nations Principal Interest Total Great Britain $4,600,000,000 56.505.965.000 $11,105,985,000 France 4.025.000,000 2.822,674.000 6.487.674.000 Italy 2.042.000.000 365,677.000 2.407.677,000 Belgium 417,780.000 310.000.000 727.780,000 Poland 1 "8.560 000 197.800.000 312.500.000 Czechoslovakia 115.000.000 197.800.000 312.800.000 Yugoslavia 62.850,000 32.327.000 95.177.000 Rumania 44.590,000 77.916.000 122.506.000 Esthonia 13.800.000 19.500.000 33.300.000 Finland 9.000.000 12.695.000 21.695,000 Lithuania 6.000.000 8.500.000 14.500.000 Latvia 5.775.000 8.133.090 13.953.000 Hungary 5 1.939.000 2.754.000 4.693.000 Total SI 1.522.354.000 $10,621,185,000 $22,143,539,000

ican jobholder pay his landlord, his butcher and his grocer? Would it save him from more wage cuts? Would it make him more secure in his job? Would it fill the tank of the laidup flivver and revive the family week-end joyride out into the cool

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SLAPS BANDIT GOOD Pastor's Secretary Routs Footpad

"I slapped him—and slapped him good." That was how Miss Ruth Clearwater, 1450 College avenue, apt. 6. scretary to the pastor of a northside church, defeated the attempt of a

WMfc|L at Sixteenth street and BroadsSnoivciv. ivz'.V \f,JF ** When I camp near the 4k intersection." she -aid. 'I saw an autn slow down When thT man came up to &' '„' xv niP 1 a s ‘ ron £ enp on S my purse. As he grabbed \ the purse I held on and i e VR slapped him several times with my other hand.” T Miss Clearwater said she sapped the bandit “at wl will.” kW Finally he wrenched gk a her mother had been the JB victim of a purse snatchtermined to resist the r next thug who attacked

THE FARM STRIKE What is back of the lowa farm strike? Read the first of a series on Page 2 today. LEGGER KILLED BY DRY AGENT Slaying Results in Fight in Alley for Gun.

Verdict of accidental death prob | ably will be returned in the fatal I shooting of Mose O. Davis, 45, Plaza hotel, alleged bootlegger, by Warren P. Allender. 41, Morristown, federal j dry agent, Sunday night, it was indicated today by Coroner William j E. Arbuckle. Davis, shot in the abdomen in a | struggle with Allender who sought j to regain possession of his gun after Davis had resisted arrest on a liquor charge, died almost instantly. The dry agent, with John W. Morrill, deputy dry administrator, 1 sought to arrest Davis as the latter drove up to a house at Thirteenth street and Senate avenue to deliver a five-gallon can of alcohol. Morrill took charge of the alco- | hoi and instructed Allender to arrest Davis, who still sat in his car. | Davis fled in the car. Allender pursuing in his own car. After an : eight-block chase Davis was forced j to the curb, Allender said, and the ; officer got in Davis’ car. After starting back, Davis leaped from his car, while it was in moi tion. at Illinois and St. Clair streets, running in an alley. The agent fired one shot into the ground to halt Davis, he said. Overi taking the fugitive, Allender said ! he grappled with him, Davis grabbing Allender’s gun. Allender said he recovered the gun, but Davis |grabbed for it again. In the struggle for the gun. AlI lender said, it was discharged, and j Davis fell dead.

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footpad to steal her purse at Sixteenth street and Broadway. Saturday u’ght. "When I came near the intersection," she said, "I saw an auto slow down. When the man came up to me I had a strong grip on my purse. As he grabbed the purse I held on and slapped him several times with my other hand.” Miss Clearwater said she sapped the bandit “at will.” Finally he wrenched free and fled in his car. Mns Clearwater said her mother had been the victim of a purse snatching last fall, and they determined to resist the next thug who attacked either of them.

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4 FLIERS SEEK SPEED TROPHY 300 M. P. H. Exceeded in Dash to Cleveland. By United Press LOS ANGELES. Aug. 29.—Four of the nation’s most daring airplane pilots rocketed eastward today at speeds approaching 300 miles an hour in the $15,000 Bendix trophy race to Cleveland. Three of the entries were trirfi, streamlined little Wedell-Williams monoplanes, just large enough to hold the pilot. They were flown by Jommy Wedell. Patterson, La., designed of the planes; Jimmy Haizlip of St. Louis; Colonel Roscoe Turner of Los Angeles. The other entry is Lee Gelbach, Springfield, Mass., flying a Gee-Bee Special. Claire Vance, Great Falls, Mont., was the first to take off in the Bendix race, and also the first to be eliminated. He took off at 2:08 a. m. and returned to United airport at 5:11 a. m. Vance, piloting a two-tail “flying wing" of his own design, was far out on the Mohave desert when leaking gasoline forced him to return, and be eliminated from the race. Turner landed at 7:57 a. m. • mountain standard time) in Colorado Springs, refueled and took off again at 8:22 a. m. Her average time to Colorado Springs was 312 miles an hour. Jimmy Haizlip. one of the contestants. landed today at Goodland, Kan., to refuel, and took off again at 8:53 a. m.

Jimmy Wedell took off from Pueblo, Colo., after taking on fuel. He flew from California at an average speed of 327 miles an hour. Gelbach landed at Amarillo, Tex., at 10:25 a. m., ordered a fast refueling of his racing ship, and took off immediately. FIRE ON REBEL TROOPS Loyal Soldiery Attacks Revolt Army in Ecuador. By United Press GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Aug. 29. —Loyal troops attacked rebels today at Quito, the capital, where Neptali Bonifaz started a revolt Saturday aaginst the congressional decision disqualifying him as presi-dent-elect. An airplane turned machine gunfire on the rebels, it was announced here. The number of casualties were not revealed. Further fighting was expected when loyal troops from the north reached Quito.

SUNDAY IS ON RAMPAGE Modern Flapper Can Not Cook Flapjack, Evangelist’s Plaint. By L nited Pres* DES MOINES. Aug. 29—Billy Sunday, widely known evangelist, addressed a big crowd at the state fair Sunday. He had this to say about the modem flapper. “She's a berouged. lipsticked. sex-novel-reading, tangy shimmying, cigaret smoking, drinking hussy who can't flip a flapjack over the kitchen range.” Hoover Back at W’hite House By i nited I’rexx WASHINGTON. Aug. 20—President Hoover returned to the White House at 9:17 a. m. today after spending a w'eek-end at his Rapidan camp. Mrs. Hoover remained at the mountain retreat *

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WORLD MARTS SURGE UP IN BUYING RUSH Scramble to Buy Up Raw Materials Spreads All Over Earth. PRICES MOUNT FAST Commodity Gains Scored cn Reports Bankers Work to Return Prosperity. BY OTTO E. STURM United Press S'aff Correspondent NEW YORK. Aug. 29.—Commodity markets in America and abroad surged upward today in a world-wide scramble to buy up raw material of all kinds. American and British markets were the scenes of lively trading, to the accompaniment of reports that a complete liquidation of war debts and reparations was being worked out by bankers of both countries in a program calling for a general rise in the international price of raw goods. "Bull fever” spread to South America and the far east. In Yokohama and Kobe, Japan, the silk markets had to be closed because of a buyers’ panic that resulted from a wild rush to accumulate the commodity in belief that a world-wide recovery in trade was imminent. t Wave of Buying Orders American markets were marked by an unprecedented bull rampage in the New York cotton exchange, where prices shot up almost $2 a bale. Waves of buying orders were inspired by sensational improvement in textile markets. Frantic buying and short covering sent the rubber markets at New York skyrocketing in response to reports of g gain in rubber markets at London and on the European continent. Wheat prices all over the world were higher. At Chicago, futures were aln ost a cent a bushel higher, while Liverpool gained a psnny a bushel. Profit Sales Absorbed Grain markets at Rotterdam, Buenos "Aires and other centers were buoyant. Cocoa and sugar markets at New York were in the hands of bulls, who bid prices up vigorously. Cocoa spurted 12 to 23 points to new highs on the current rise. Sugar gained 1 to 2 points. Profit-taking sales by speculators readily were absorbed in all centers, except Liverpool, where the cotton markets were depressed by the strike of rrrill workers in Lancashire, which went into effect today. •BORROWED’ BICYCLE IS TRADED FOR TRUMPET

Half-Breed Indian Youth Not So Crazy About Home, After All. Joy of anticipation was greater than that of realization, Louis Cook, 18. who says he is a half-breed Indian. learned after trading an alleged stolen bicycle for a trumpet. Cook, who asserted he always had a longing to own a trumpet, appeared at a pawnshop with the instrument. while two detectives were in the place. After questioning him, they arrested him on a charge of vagrancy. According to a statement to the detectives, Cook was in Greenfield Thursday, with a desire to return to Indianapolis. “I was tired and my shoes were worn out, so I borrowed a bicycle I saw lying in the yard of a house and rode to Indianapolis,” he said. The bicycle was traded for the trumpet in a deal with Earl Windle, R. R. 11, Box 291. Cook was returned to Greenfield today on a fugitive charge. Cook lives in the 500 block Dayton avenue. FIGHTING LOWER RATES Power Firms File Replies to Petitions From Five Cities Combatting efforts of five cities to obtain lower rates for utilities, the Public Service Company of Indiana and the Northern Indiana Power Company, filed answers and cross petitions today with the public service commission. Noblesville is seeking cheaper gas and water; West Baden and French Lick, low-er water rates and Columbus, gas rate reduction. All are served by the public Service Company. The Northern Indiana company is resisting effort of Wabash to obtain a water rate reduction. Highway Accident Kills By United Press COLUMBUS. Ind., Aug. 29.—Harry Whitlow. 24. Oxford, was injured fatally near here when struck by a truck while adjusting equipment on a trailer attached to his automobile.

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