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I. U. BUILDING DEDICATION IS FAIRFEATURE War Veterans Are Guests at State Carnival Along With Children. GOVERNOR IS SPEAKER Harness Races Continue to Prove Exposition’s Best Drawing Card. Men of the wars “crashed” the gate of peacetime’s front line trench —agriculture—today when they were admitted free to the Indiana state fair. The uniform, battle insignia, was the carte blanche to the annual scrap for blue ribbons. No lame excuses of knowing the “brother of the man who takes the tickets” was necessary for war veterans. Discharge papers and campaign medals served as tickets of entrance. At the same time children under 32 were admitted free, thereby swelling the day's attendance figures.

Horses in Pulling Contest Horses that answered to the "heave, ho" and “giddap” of their drivers staged a pulling contest in front of the grand stand as the morning's highlight. The new Indiana university building this afternoon was dedicated and officially turned over to the university by O. L. Reddish, president of the board of agriculture. In an address of presentation of Ihe building to the university, Reddish said: "We feel that the structure which will serve for many years was built at a time when costs are low. We also rejoice in giving employment to hundreds of men, who, otherwise, would not have employment. May this building stand as a lasting monument to the value of the university to the people of Indiana.” Dr. William Lowe Bryan, the university's president, and Governor Harry G. Leslie gave acceptance talks. Three bands, the Indiana State Legion band, Indiana university’s brass players, and the Indianapolis Military band gave concerts throughout the day. Races Draw Crowds Harness races in front of the grandstand continued to prove the fair’s big drawing card for the afternoon. With a crowd of 46,036 persons filing through the gates on Labor day it was expected that today’s turnstiles would click to the tune of at least 25,000. Holstein cattle, one of the prize breeds of the dairy farms, faced the judges today in the Coliseum. Reports that freaks of the tent show would be missing from this year’s fair proved false when both today’s crowd and the Labor day jam found the west section of the fairground blazoned with red-let-tered canvas hailing the oddest of odd in humanity. A Trick of Fate? Carnival rides drew patronage while ice cream merchants were flowed down by the day's coolness. A trick of fate, or perhaps its showmanship, is drawing crowds to two booths in the Woman’s building. The booths are those of the W. C. T. U. and an organization to "Repeal the Eighteenth Amendment.” They are side by side, with the one declaring with banners that beer will provide a market for the farmer's grain while the other denounces tlie beverage as a wrecker of homos. The dog show, in the Dog and Cat building, swung into its stride today as judges examined the entrants for conformity of physique and coat. Nine states are represented in the show with breeds ranging from Russian Wolfhounds to half-pint Chihuahuas.

ru<hmobile Stars to Race One of the feature attractions tonight at the fair will be the state pushmobile contest at 7:30 in front of the grand stand. Indianapolis heads the entry list of pigmy ears and race-drivers. Fireworks, vaudeville, and band concerts are other attractions of the evening, in addition to the night horse show in the coliseum. Farmers and ex-board members of the fair will be honor guests at Wednesday's opening of the gates. The motorist's route to the fairground is north on Meridian street to Thirty-eighth and east on Thirtyeighth to the main gate. Ample parking space is provided car owners. Illinois-Fairground street cars will take pedestrians to the exhibition. Admission is 50 cents. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 57 10 a. m 66 7a. m 58 11 a. m 67 Ba. m 64 12 (noon).. 68 9 a. m 66 1 p. m 68

Steal Wedding By United Press SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 6. The marriage of John Cadigan and Miss Mary Jane Munter has been postponed until John finds his trousers. He reported to police today that a thief entered his room while he slept, and stole his coat, vest and pants. The wedding license was in a trousers pocket.

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FLORIDA MOVES THOUSANDS OUT OF GALE PATH

Special Trains Ordered to Help Take 4,000 From Direct Line of Hurricane Sweeping Out of Bahamas. By United Preen MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 6.—The state of Florida raced a tropical storm swirling inland from the Bahamas today, to move 4,000 persons living in the direct path of the hurricane to safety before the storm struck. This city expected for hours that it would feel the full force of the storm for which warnings were posted early Sunday. It prepared for the worst. Then the hurricane changed its course. Today it was scheduled to hit about 140 miles northeast of here in the Lake Okeechobee region soon after noon.

TROOPS GUARD TRIO FROM MOB Hundreds Storm Jail, Demand Killer Suspects. By United Frees LEBANON, Term., Sept. 6.—Sixty national guardsmen arrived here early today from Nashville after a mob of 1,500 men stormed the county jail, demanding three Negroes, who are alleged to have shot and killed two deputies Labor day. It was the second visit of the mob within twelve hours. Several hundred came Monday night, and demanded the keys from J. E. Fields, brother-in-law of Sheriff E. W. Climer. Fields did not know where the keys were. He denied that he knew where the Negro prisoners were. Sheriff Climer had hidden the Negroes under the flooring of the jail, and ®oved them to another jail Monday night, after hearing talk of lynching. Major Knox Alexander in charge of the troop detachment here said today that the situation was quiet and under control. Trouble started Monday when the Negroes were reported in argument with a white boy. The boy swore to a complaint, and deputies Ben Northern and Milton Brown went to the Negroes’ home to serve a warrant. In the fight that followed, both deputies were shot and killed.

PICKS NEW CABINET Mexican President Selects National Figures. By United Press MEXICO CITY, Sept. 6.—President Abelardo Rodriguez, newly installed head of the Mexican government, has announced anew cabinet which included a group of the most distinguished figures in national political affairs. Manuel Tellez, former ambassador to Washington, was appointed foreign minister, and Alberto J. Pani, former finance minister, was again placed in his old position. ExPresident Emilio Portes Gil was named attorney-general. General Juan C. Cabral was named head of the Mexico City government.

STRIKE ATTACK LOOMS Deputy Sheriffs Rush to Trouble Zone to Head Off Caravan. By United Press BENTON. 111., Sept. 6.—Reports that a caravan of central Illinois coal miners was approaching Franklin county from the west for a ‘‘surprise attack" sent fifty deputy sheriffs and special officers speeding to Mulkeytown today. Incendiary Blazes Cause $250 Loss Two fires, believed of incendiary origin, caused $250 damage Monday night and early today at a vacant house at 421 West St. Clair street. The house is owned by the J. J. McCullough rental agency.

Norman Thomas Visions Socialists as Major Party

BY BEN STERN ASSERTING there must be a new alignment of political parties, one conservative and the other liberal, and pointing to the Socialist cause as that which should attract the latter group, Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate for President, will address a rally at Cadle tabernacle tonight. Tall and lean, Thomas shows an amazing grasp of politics, even from the view of the ,precinct committeeman. He predicted here today that out of this campaign will come a militant Socialist party which will not be a minority group, but which eventually will supersede one of the major parties. m m m THOMAS scored Senator James E. Watson whom he characterized as a “Louis XVI mind with an Indiana accent, and in modern dress.” ' Some time ago when I visited Washington with others to ask for unemployment relief, Watson w T as there and showed as much grasp of the subject as a grade school child,” Thomas said. ‘lt was amazing to see how little a United States senator and a leader of his party could know about the actual conditions in the nation.

Governor Doyle E. Carleton ordered two special trains into the area to carry residents out. Miami made ready to extend any needed help. Highway department trucks in the region were ordered to help move the people. The first of the two special trains was ordered to pick up residents of Clewiston, Moorehaven, Canal Point and other towns on the east shore of pie lake. These passengers were to be taken to West Palm Beach. The second special train was to pick up residents of Pahokee, Okeechobee and Bellglade on the west shore and carry them to Sebring. The Governor assured all refugees that they would be furnished free transportation back home after the storm. The Bahamas reported that the hurricane was believed to have pased north of Nassau today. There was a forty-mile wind at Governor’s Harbor Sunday night, and a sixtyfive mile wind at Abaco Monday morning. The thirty-mile wind at Grand Bahama Monday afternoon was reported increasing. The steamship Munargo, sailing for New York at 6 p. m., Monday, canceled a scheduled call at Nassau because of the storm. Reports of the hurricane kept mainland residents on the move all day long, preparing for their own safety or the safety of others. Supplies of antitoxin were ordered sent to all areas within the area the storm was expected to strike.

At the Fair TODAY American I.egion day and Children’s day (children 12 and under, and all soldiers in uniform, or with discharge paper, or with G. A. R., or American Legion, or other service badges or buttons, admitted free). Horse and cattle judging. Coliseum. Sheep judging, sheep arena. Swine judging, swine arena. Harness races, vaudeville, band concerts, afternoon and night, grandstand. State pushmobile race, grandstand, night. Indiana university stage show, all dav, I. IT. building. Dog show, Dog and Cat Show building. Horse show, vaudeville, band concerts, night, Coliseum. WEDNESDAY Horse and cattle judging. Coliseum. Sheep judging, sheep arena. Swine judging, swine arena. Harness races, vaudeville, band concerts, afternoon and night grandstand. Horse show, vaudeville, band concerts, night. Coliseum. Dog show. Dog and Cat Show building.

DEATH RACE IS LOST Ex-Notre Dame Football Star Gives Blood in Vain. By United Press LOS ANGELES. Sept. 6.—Rushing here by airplane, Larry (Mon) Mullins. former Notre Dame football star, gave his blood for a transfusion in an effort to save the life of his mother, Mrs. John Tubman. She died, however, late Monday. 102-Year-Old Woman Dies CULVER, Ind., Sept. 6. —Funeral services were to be held here today for Mrs. Minerva Hartzell, 102. oldest resident of Marshall county. One daughter survives.

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“I am surprised that a man of this type can be re-elected to senate. “But. of course. Senator Arthur R. Robinson makes a perfect foil for Watson, and I suppose that he looms the greater in comparison with Robinson.” mum AT the same time Thomas discussed the resignation of Major James J. Walker of New

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INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, SEPT. 6, 1932

CITY BUDGET DRAFT SHIFTS POLICEPOSTS Abolishing of Major Rank Is Provided in Plan Given Council. OWENS’ JOB AFFECTED Accident Prevention Chief Would Be Reduced to Sergeancy.

Drastic shifts in police department personnel and increase of 23.9 cents in the city tax levy were outstanding in a budget for 1933 presented today for city council approval. Police personnel shifts include abolishing the post of Major Herbert R. Fletcher who would be reduced to captain. No appropriation item for the post of major was included. Lieutenant Frank Owen, head of the accident prevention bureau, would be reduced to a sergeant, and with Sergeant Tim McMahon would continue to perform accident prevention duties. A radio captaincy is created, the post to be filled by Robert L. Batts, who originated the local police system. Policewomen, who have experienced much opposition from the present police department regime, are not mentional specifically in the budget. Salary Cut Recommended However, sixteen persons are classified as third, fourth and fifthclass patrolmen, and these places may be filled by women. There would be four third-class patrolman at a yearly salary of $1,387.50 each, three fourth-class, $1,221, and nine fifth-class, SI,OOO. When the present regime took charge, there were eighteen police women. There are fifteen now, two having been dispiissed and one resigned.

Under the proposals there will be six police captains; number of sergeants reduced to thirty-five; 131 first grade patrolmen and 275 second grade patrolmen. Ordinance which would make salary reductions effective Sept. 26 for the remainder of this year also was introduced. Can’t Stay on $1.50 Limit Fixing ot the civil tax rate at 1.319 precludes a possibility that Indianapolis taxpayers will benefit by the $1.50 tax limit set by the special session of the legislature, as there is a school city levy of $1,087. Budget for 1933 is $7,466,533.77, which is $555,083.21 under the budget this year. Os the total, the $1,319 tax rate is expected to raise $6,877,217.58. the remainder to be realized from miscellaneous receipts and unexpended balances. Among reductions in next year's budget is one of $737,000 in the general fund, cutting appropriations for the health, sanitation and recreation boards. Increases include $480,000 to pay expenses of the city primary election next spring and the election in the fall; interest on bonds and approximately $147,000 additional for payment of light and water bills.

FIX ROOSEVELT TOUR Governor to Visit 19 Cities in Swing Through West. By United Press ALBANY, N. Y„ Sept. 6.—Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic presidential nominee, will visit the following cities on his forthcoming swing through the west: St. Louis, Kansas City, Topeka, Denver. Cheyenne, Salt Lake City, Butte, Spokane, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Willinams. Ariz.; Albuquerque, Denver (second visit); Omaha, Sioux City, Milwaukee, Chicago, Detroit and back to Buffalo or Albany. The tour will begin Sept. 12 and end Oct. 3.

York, whom he opposed at the last election, declaring “Jimmy is through.” “He won’t run again because even Tammany will not support him,” Thomas said. “Walker realizes that he is finished, becattse if he did not, his resignaiton statement would not have been written in so bitter a tone and with more of the confidence and bravado that characterized the Jimmy of old.

Suicide Quarrel Denied

By United Press Hollywood, cal., sept. 6. Denial that a quarrel between Jean Harlow and Paul Bern could have been the motive for Bern’s suicide was made by the star’s stepfather, Marino Bello, today. Bello received newspaper men at his home. It was impossible, Bello said, t hat a quarrel had caused Bern to stand unclad before a mirror in a dressing room of his home and fire a bullet into his head. “Paul was a wonderful husband, very attentive and devoted.” he said. “I can assure you they never quarreled . They were extremely happy.”

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DOOLITTLE WINS SPEEDJROPHY Goes 252 Miles an Hour to Take Prized Trophy. By United Press CLEVELAND, Sept. 6.—“ Jimmy” Doolittle, rollicking dare-devil of the air, wore the mantle of speed king today, his name inscribed on the prized golden Thompson trophy. The former army flier roared over the 100-mile course in the Thompson trophy race Sunday at an average speed of 252.686 miles an hour, fast enough to lap all but one contestant. Doolittle’s time W'as 16.447 miles an hour faster than that of the winner of last year’s race. Doolittle has vowed time and again that he is flying his last race. “Air racing is like hay fever. It crops up when the season is ripe,” was the stocky little flier’s answer once to those who asked him when he would quit racing. Doolittle is past 35, old for a flier. two killed in blaze Women Perish When Flames Sweep Into Apartment. By United Press INDEPENDENCE, la., Sept. 6. Fire today destroyed a combination business house and apartment building here, killing two persons and burning two others seriously. Mrs. Nellie Statis, 76, and Mrs. Charles Chesmore, 43, perished in the flames that swept into their second-floor apartment from a grocery beneath.

“Tammany won't let him run and antagonize its party’s presidential nominee. That isn’t politics the way Tammany plays it.” mum COMMENTING on the announcement of Dr. Clarence True Wilson, executive secretary of the Methodist board of temperance, prohibition and public morals, that he would vote for Thomas, the candidate said;

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DEMAND BOLIVIA DECLARE WAR Formal Motion Presented in Chamber of Deputies. By United Press LA PAZ, Bolivia, Sept. 6.—A formal motion calling for a declaration of war against Paraguay was presented in the chamber of deputies today by Deputy Felipe Molina. The motion was referrred to the chamber committee considering the dispute with Paraguay in the Gran Chaco. Officials would not predict the fate of the motion. Bolivia and Paraguay, after half a century of quarreling over the disputed Chaco area, have been near open conflict in recent weeks. Arbitration of the dispute appeared unlikely as long as Paraguay protested against Bolivian occupation of Chaco forts, and Bolivia insisted on the present status in the Chaco as a basis for negotiations.

MARRIAGE CLINIC OPENS Counsellor Goes on Job to Give Adivee to All Comers. By United Press NEW YORK. Sept. 6.—New York today has its first marriage clinic functioning, with Dr. Peter L. Lersch ready to meet all comers in his new job of human relations counsellor. “He will listen to the problems of married couples, and advise them how to solve their difficulties,” the announcement of the clinic stated. Lersch believes in birth control.

“Os course, I am not rejecting any votes but this indorsement by Dr. Wilson will give many the wrong viewpoint. “The Socialist platform declares for repeal of the eighteenth amendment, and gives the states the right to permit sale and manufacture of liquor under public authority, but does not permit private profit-making from this business. “I don’t intend to fish for votes with the Wilson indorsement because I want every one to know just how the party stands on this issue.” mum ■p ETURNING to a discussion of the similarity of the majority parties, Thomas said: “The tone of public opinion and government is set by people with annual incomes of SIO,OOO and up. “There is no more real Democracy in this country today under the Republican and Democratic parties than there was in Rome when Augustus set up the empire." The nominee was taken on an automobile tour of the city this afternoon, following conferences with local party leaders, including Powers Hapgood, candidate for Governor, and Forrest Wallace, candidate for senator.

JEAN HARLOW PROSTRATED AS POLICE PRESS PROBE IN MYSTERY DEATH OF HUSBAND 42-Year-Old Film Producer Mate of Blond Star Apparently Suicide; Nude Body Found in Front of Mirror. REVOLVER CLUTCHED IN HIS HAND 'Frightful Wrong I Have Done You’ Mentioned in Note Left to Wife, Who Was Absent From Home at Time of Killing. BY RONALD WAGONER United Press Staff Correspondent HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 6.—Jean Harlow, beautiful platinum blond screen star, was prostrated today as police investigated the death, aparently by suicide, of her husband, Paul Bern, 42-year-old film producer. She was under the care of a nurse and two physicians. Bern’s nude body was found before a mirror in a sec-ond-floor dressing room of his secluded canyon home Sunday. A .38-caliber revolver, one chamber emptied, was clutched in his hand, and there was a bullet wound in his temple. Another loaded revolver was nearby. On a dressing table authorities found a note addressed to Miss Harlow, his bride of two months. It read: “Dearest Dear—Unfortunately this is the only way to make good the frightful wrong I have done you and to wipe out my abject humiliation. I love you. PAUL. “P. S.—You understand that last night was only a comedy.”

The body of Bern was discovered by John Carmichael, his butler, at approximately 11:45 a. m. Authorities were not notified until approximately two and one-half hours later. Attendants at the Price-Daniel mortuary, in announcing an autopsy over Bern's body for this morning, reported that the film producer had been dead at least twenty hours before his body was received at the funeral parlors. Complete Probe Ordered A preliminary examination, mortuary officials declared, indicated that Bern had ended his life late Sunday evening. Detective Chief Joseph F. Taylor announced that he had assigned members of the police homicide squad to make a complete investigation. He said he felt that discrepancies existed in versions of the apparent suicide. He also wanted to know why police were not called sooner. Irving Thalberg, Norma Shearer’s husband and Bern’s immediate-su-perior at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, was at the Bern home with David O. Selznick, head of RKORadio studio, and a personal friend of the victim. Douglas Fairbanks Jr., called. Miss Harlow was working at M-G-M studios when she received word of the tragedy. The actress, hysterical, was taken to the home of her mother, Mrs. Marino Bello, in Beverly Hills. Miss Harlow in Seclusion The platinum blond denied herself to interviewers. A brief statement in which Miss Harlow denied she had quarreled with Bern was issued. Miss Harlow was said to have gone from her studio Saturday to her mother’s home, since her stepfather tfas absent on a fishing trip and her husband had a business engagement. The next day, Sunday, she went to the studios, and that night returned to the Bern home briefly before going back to the mother’s house, where a dinner party was to be held. Carmichael, the butler, said he accompanied Miss Harlow to the Bello house Sunday night. She parted with her husband the best of friends, the houseman said. Carmichael returned to the house the next morning. “The place seemed terribly quiet,” the butler said. “I tip-toed into his bedroom. It was empty. Then I stepped into the dressing alcove to turn up the blind, and stumbled over his body.” Little Confessor of Hollywood Bern was born forty-two years ago in Germany. His carer led him from a poverty-stricken boyhood in New York to a high position in the motion picture industry. Gradually Bern had come to be known as “the little confessor of Hollywood.” He sat at the bedside of the beautiful Barbara La Marr when death came to the actress in 1926 after her brilliant career ended in tragedy. When fatal illness seized Mabel Normand, the comedienne, again it was Bern who was called upon to soothe her last moments. Lya De PUtti, whose meteoric path ! through Hollywood was as brilliant j as it was brief, flew to Bern when j she was oppressed and in trouble. Friend in Need to Many It is said that Bern persuaded | Nazimova, depressed and discouraged, to make her now famous “comeback.” He was a friend of both John Gilbert and Ina Claire. Gilbert’s former wife, and retained both friendships after the marriage ended in divorce. Joan Crawford and Jetta Goudal are others who came under Bern's protection at a time when Hollywood seemed about to crush them. Estelle Taylor sought his advice. Bern lived a secluded life far up in Benedict canyon. His home was so remote that he placed a sign at a lane branching from the main

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road from Hollywood—“ This way to Paul Bern’s home.” Bern was known as ultra-sensi-tive. He appeared to suffer intensely himself when ill luck came to his friends. His associates said he frequently discussed the philosophy of self-destruction. His family came to New York from Germany when he was ten years old. Bern, according to his friends, frequently went hungry as a boy, and forged ahead in the theater and motion picture business only by his indefatigable spirit and genius. Bern studied in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and became a stage manager and director of theatricals. Later, he wrote scenarios for motion pictures. His most recent work was “The Divorcee,” for Norma Shearer. Miss Harlow’s rise was as sw’ift as Bern’s was slow and plodding. The platinum blond was born in Kansas City, where her family had money and social position. She was educated at a fashionable girls’ school in Lake Forest, 111., and then married Charles F. McGrew, son of a v/ealthy Chicago family. The young couple visited Hollywood. and Jean was attracted to the movies. She played a few small parts. Then Howard Hughes discovered her “platinum menace,” and placed her in a vampire role in ‘ Hell’s Angels.” She divorced McGrew on charges of cruelty, and continued on her film career.

GERMANY DEFIES WORLD ON ISSUE OVER ARMS Nation Will Carry Out All Measures for Defense, Says Von Schleicher. By United Press KOENIGHBURG, East Prussia, Sept. 6.—General Kurt von Schleicher, minister of defense, threw down the gantlet to the world today in the matter of Germany’s claim to equal military strength with other powers. Von Schleicher, arriving to attend the maneuvers of the army's first division, did not wait for France’s reply to Berlin's demand for equality in arms. “Germany,” he announced bluntly to the press, “will carry out measures necessary for national defense under all circumstances.” In reply to amazed questioning, he reiterated, “under all circumstances.”

DIES IN CROSSING CRASH Wife of Former Shipping Board Chairman Killed by Train. By United Press CHICAGO, Sept. 6.—Mrs. Florence Hurley, wife of Edward N. Hurley, former chairman of the United States shipping board, was injued fatally today when a train struck the automobile in which she was riding with her daughter and son-in-law at a crossing in Hillside. The daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. William Andrew Ryan, were injured. AIL three were taken to a hospital.

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