Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 207, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 January 1933 Edition 02 — Page 12

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DEMANDS FOB R, F, C. PROBE ARE GROWING Reports That Hoover Friends Were Favored Secretly Draws Fire. BY RAY TUCKER Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—The demand for a congressional investigation of R. F. C. operations grew today as a result of new details concerning the $850,000 advance to Julius Barnes’ insurance company, and reports that other friends of the Hoover administration were favored during the period when loans were surrounded with secrecy. The house showed its feelings when it adopted without roll call the Howard resolution to make public all transactions during the months when secrecy was in effect. Such influential members as Senators Carter Glass iDcm., Van, George W. Norris 'Rep., Neb), and Robert F. Wagner <Dem, N. Y.i, insist this use of public funds should be aired. Wagner has asked the R. F. C. for details of the Barnes’ loan. The latest report relates to a loan of $90,000 to a western newspaper through the agency of a midwestern bank. The newspaper once was owned by a Republican prominent in White House circles and active in recent campaigns. Asa former owner, he still is financially interested in the newspaper’s financial status. Loan Is Criticised The loan to the Barnes concern, which is the Missouri State Life Insurance Company of St. Louis, came in for new criticism because of the resignation of M. L. Emerich, Chicago, who quit because of disapproval of the whole transaction. Emerich is a partner of Hall-Gar-ten & Cos., New York bankers, and is believed to give significance to his protest. The series of incidents began last July wtih a loan of $850,000 by the R. I’. C. to the Missouri corporation. Following this transaction, the Barnes company obtained from three banks a loan of SBOO,OOO on its own guarantee. For that amount, the Missouri firm bought the Kentucky Home Life Insurance Company of Louisville. Since the Kentucky concern owned 148,500 shares of the Mi.ssouri corporation, it gave the Barnes faction full control of the latter company. New Details Are Aired In resigning, Emerich disclosed additional details of the transaction. The SBOO,OOO with which the Louisville concern was purchased first came from three banks on the guarantee of the Missouri Life, after it had received the S' 1 ,50,000 from the R. F. C., but on r hursday the latter firm took over 'he loan. Although Missouri officials deny that R. F. C. funds financed the Kentucky purchase, Senators Robert Wagner and George W. Norris think there may be a connection. The purchase of the Kentucky corporation was handled by the Equities Corporation, which is controlled by Barnes, who is also board chairman of the Missouri Life. Headed Grain Corporation The Barnes invasion of the Kentucky company caused resignations of several directors, who maintain he is violating agreements made in the interest of policy holders and regulations of the state insurance commmission. But the Barnes faction controls both corporations, it is alleged, through the aid of the R. F. C. loan. Barnes was head of the Grain Corporation during the war, and later president of the Chambeer of Commerce of the United States. He has been a frequent visitor and adviser at the White House in the last four years.

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This afternoon, on a granite hillside of Vermont, the 30th President of the United States, was laid in rest. Marked by the simplicity which typified the life of Calvin Coolidge, the last sad rites were devoid of all the pomp and ceremony usually accorded one high in the nation. A son of stem New England, his rise from farmer lad to the highest honor the nation can bestow, struck a popular note lending to his life a Lincolnian touch. Because he was a man of straightforward sincerity and honesty, and because his tenure in office recalls more pleasant days, there is genuine regret and sympathy in his passing. The nation pauses today to pay tribute to the memory of the last former President of the United States. a a a Asa move towards economy we note that the legislature has taken a ‘•drastic’’ cut of 85 cents a day. a a a Local Swedish massage operators seem to be rubbing the law the wrong way. a a a Open tonight until 10 P. >f. and all clay Sunday. O O tt

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TOY BANDIT SUSPECT TRIAL IS POSTPONED Ex-Dc Pauw Student Will Come Before Court on Jan. 12. Trial of Malcom Berger of Columbus, former De Pauw university student, charged with robbery of filling stations, was postponed Friday in criminal court. The case was continued to Jan. 12 because of illness of his parents. Using a toy pistol to frighten his victims, Berger was arrested, police say, after he attempted to hold up a filling station in the southern part of the city. PLAY WILL BE GIVEN Presentation to Be Part of Scottish Rite’s St. John's Day. Presentation of a play, “The Terrible Meek,” will be the feature of the St. John’s day program to be observed by Scottish Rite bodies in the Cathedral, Sunday afternoon. Several musical selections will be part of the event. Participants in the play, which was written by Charles Rann Kennedy, will be Alice Baxter-Mitchell, Harry A. Pihl and Marshal T. Levey. Horace Mitchell is director.

Birth Control May Bring Stationary Population Hoover Economics Committee Warns Plans for Steadily Expanding Market Must Be Changed. By Srripps-Tlaward Newspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—Birth control as it is practiced now in the United S.ates, together with restrictive immigration policies, will bring about a stationary population in this country before many yeras, the President’s research committee on social trends predicts. Whether this is a desirable situation or not, the committee does not attempt to say. It points out that a patriotic militarist and a labor leader may disagree on this point, just as a real estate owner and a social worker

may disagree. But it warns that plans for the future which are based on a steadily increasing population, and, thereiore, a steadily increasing market for commodities, must be revised. The rate of population growth has been declining for years, although this has not been noticeable because of the net increase in population. Before the Civil war the population was increasing at the rate of 35 per cent a decade whi’- the rate had dropped 4o 16 per cent between 1920 and 1930. Expanding Markets Blocked “Manufacturers, who try to estimate future markets have been expecting a population of 140,000,000 by 1940, but the calculations of our contributors . . . show that . . hardly more than 132,000,000 or ""3,000,000 are to be expected by 1940. This means tnat the markets for mine operators, farmers and manufacturers, whose plants may be overequipped and whose problems are those of overproduction, will be considerably smaller than has been expected unless foreign markets are expanded, or our domestic standards of consumption are raised.” In this last possibility the committee sees some hope of compensating for loss of population increase. It points out that limitation of population may come to mean higher living standards and expanding markets just as definitely as a growing population. Forces May Vary During the present century the population of the United States may grow to a figure anywhere between 145.000,000 and 190,000,000, but the committee believes the lower figure is much more accurate. “The forces which determine the size of our population may vary from time to time, so that in the future numbers may fall and later rise again, but within the near future the prospect is for further decline in rates of increase, as the use of contraceptives may spread, if not among those religious groups which now bar them, certainly farther into the farming areas and among the groups with lower incomes in cities and villages,” the committee reports. Injured in Auto Crash Injuries to the left arm and chest were received by Jack Messer, 32, of 2439 East Sixteenth street, late Friday night when his car was in collision with a United taxicab driven by Bert Kelly, 43. of 739 Is Massachusetts avenue, at Massachusetts avenue and Michigan street.

FUNDS SPENT ON WILD LIFE DRAWING FIRE Economy Proponents Think Human Hunger Is More Vital These Days. BY RAYMOND CLAPPER, United Press Str.ff Correspondent ICoppyrlght, 1933, by United Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 7—Expenditure of $1,756,177 a year by the federal government on wild life has drawn the fire of congressional economy groups. The house has reduced this figure by $400,000. Many members felt that however desirable encouragement of wild bird and animal life might be in normal times, in times when thousands of children were deprived of sufficient food, the little birdies would have to go on short rations, too. Eight new wild life refuges have been established by the federal government in the last year for the protection of migratory birds. A chain of them is being developed in the west. These bird tourist camps are being set up some 200 miles apart. There are sixteen refuges in fourteen states, covering a total of 250,000 acres. Human Flock Kicked Out One of the last refuges to be decided upon was one just north of Sacramento, Cal. The federal migratory bird conservation commission, which consists of several cabinet members, senators and congressmen, reached their decision to go ahead with this project for the relief of migratory birds on Dec. 8, juwst as the last of another migratory flock, the human hunger marchers, were being escorted out of town by federal police, who kindly had allov/ed them refuge for two winter nights on an open circus lot in Washington. It was to inspect the government’s wild life project in the upper Mississippi river region and the wild elk feeding grounds in Wyoming that occasioned the memorable senatorial junkets when expense accounts contained items for S2O tips, mineral water, fishing and hunting licenses, and even “soda to take on boat.” Land Price Is Run Up When the agricultural appropriation bill was up in the house a few days ago, an attempt was made to add to it an item providing for purchase of land in Barton county, Kansas, for a bird refuge. Representative Clifford R. Hope (Rep., Kan.), said the refuge was needed because it was the only one for a distance of 300 miles in any direction. Controversies over titles had caused the government to spend $33,000 in surveys and investigations. Opponents declared that owners of the seventy-five tracts involved had run up the price of the land from about $4.50 an acre to as much as $25 when congress showed signs of interest in the project.

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Automobiles reported to police as stolen belong to: Charles Vollmer, 316 East Vermont street, Chevrolet coupe. 60-470, from 316 East Vermont street. C. H. Whitsell, R. R. 1. Fishers, Ind., Ford coupe, 590-846, from Fishers. Cecile Kiser, 5127 Washington bouleva'd. Dodge sedan. 29-909, from Meridian and Thirty-seventh streets. J. H. Boyd. 257 North Tremoht avenue. Chrysler sedan. 50-380, from in front of 257 North Trcmont avenue. Ernest Voight, Tenth street and High School road. Ford roadster, 39-364 from Maryland and Capitol avenue.

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Stolen automobiles recovered by police belong to: D. Jameson, 4644 Central avenue. Buick sedan, found at Minnesota street and Eagle Creek. Wayne Walters. Franklin. Ind.. Plymouth coach, found at St. Joseph and Pennsylvania streets. Lewis F. Reiley, 1050 North Tremont ■avenue, Chevrolet roadster, found at 2238 College avenue. Manuel Kaseff. 1206 Union street. Dodge truck, found at 1009 Maple street. NEW GRAND JURY WILL BEGIN DUTIES TUESDAY Probe Group Will Serve for Six Months Under Wilson. Anew county grand jury to serve six months will begin duties Tuesday under direction of Prosecutor Herbert E. Wilson. Several murder and other felony cases await action by the jury, selected in criminal court Friday. Members of the jury are: Samuel W. Shannon, 6186 Ralston avenue, engineer: Charles L. Perdew, 5448 Carrollton avenue, steel worker; Beltzer K. Lytle, Meeker hotel; Robert J. Neely, 1029 West Michigan street, meat inspector; Theodore M. Tyler, 5350 College avenue, retired, and Joseph Spondel, 143 West Twenty-ninth street, barber. S. C. HADDEN QUITS MOTOR TRAFFIC GROUP Resigns as Association Secretary to Devote Full Time to Business. S. C. Hadden, secretary of the Indiana Motor Traffic Association, has resigned to devote all of his time to the secretaryship of the Indiana Sand and Gravel Company. Succeeding Hadden is D. F. Mitzner, former sales manager of the W. F. McQuarrie & Cos., Chicago, who has been a member of the association staff for some time. W. W. Bond, director and branch manager of the Mack International Motor Truck Company, has been elected treasurer of the traffic association. New Offices are being opened at 7s’ <&inois building. /

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WARNS AGAINST USE OF LOW-PRICED STAMPS Only Christmas Cards Could Carry l!a-Cent Stamps. Acceptance of unsealed Christmas greeting cards in the mail bearing a l'a-cent stamp, has resulted in a misunderstanding on the part of the public. Postmaster Leslie D. Clancy said today. Since Christmas, a large number of unsealed letters have been received at the postoffice with the I’ 2 -cent stamps, he said. Several stores also have attempted to send out their monthly statements with the lower priced stamps. Clancy explained that all letters, monthly statements and similar personal matter must bear first-class postage, regardless of whether or not they are sealed.

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Thirty Ordered to Replace Obsolete Equipment on City Lines. Thirty new metropolitan type gasoline busses soon are to be placed in service on Indianapolis Railways and Peoples Motor Coach Company bus routes throughout the city, according to announcement by company officials. The new busses, seating twentynine passengers each, have been purchased from the Mack-Interna-tional Motor Truck Corporation at a total cost of approximately $300.000. First of the new busses is expected to be placed in service about Jan. 11. Purchase of these thirty busses, added to the twenty-five street cars and fifteen trackless trolley cars already ordered by the company, makes a total of seventy new transportation units ordered for use in Indianapolis since organization of the Indianapolis Railways in June. The new busses are to be of the metropolitan type, with bodies of all-steel. They represent the latest development of bus manufacturers, and without doubt are the finest busses ever developed for city service. In comfort, appearance and performance, these new gasoline coaches will be fit companions for the new trackless trolleys and new de luxe street cars previously ordered. The new coaches will replace thirty present obsolete bus imits. Principal heavy duty bus routes in the city will be supplied with the new metropolitan coaches for allday service. Best of the present bus equipment will be retained for rush hour service. Construction of the new metro-politan-type busses is radically different from that of busses now in service m Indianapolis. Front doors are located ahead of the front wheels, to permit the driver to bring the front entrance door of the bus directly to the curb for loading passengers. This feature also allows greater ease of handling in traffic. Another innovation is that the new busses will be equipped with exit doors in the center of the bus, which will permit passengers ‘ to leave at the center if they choose. This feature is expected to speed up loading and unloading, and to permit faster schedules without increasing top running speed. Anew veneering brick applied with steel strips can be used to modernize cud frame construction or to veneer new work.

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For fifty years Everingham has been directly connected with the oyster business, from the oyster beds in New Jersey, where he worked in shelling oysters, to his present place of business. From these years of experience it makes it possible today for the lover of sea foods to walk into the Philadelphia Oyster house and order a choice dish in any style, and be sure of satisfaction. Everingham declares that no sea food delicacy is served elsewhere in the city as well as in his establishment. Oysters, clams, cocktails, chowder, frog dinners, and all varieties of dishes are served. All oysters and clams are opened personally by Everingham, giving added assurance that every dish served is absolutely fresh. BEN-HUR LIFE GROWSJIAPiDLY Association Declares Its Financial Condition Is Among the Best. If any evidence were needed of the strong financial position of the legal reserve fraternial life insurance societies of the United States, it could be found by pointing to the financial history and present financial condition of the Ben Hur Life Association of Crawfordsville, a typical organization of this kind. Starting in 1394 with nothing, the assets of this society have increased in each of the thirty-eight years of its existence, through periods of depression as well as of prosperity, until now the total is almost $10,000,000. An examination of the monthly j financial statements published in ! the Chariot, official publication of ! the society, shows that during the | present depression, beginning with ; the autumn of 1929, Ben Bur as- ! sets have made a substantial gain i every month. There was an inI crease for 1931 of $1,303,000. During this trying period the society also has aided its members with loans amounting to nearly a million and a half dollars, without borrowing money or selling or sacrificing any of its securities. Death claims have been paid with promptness. More than $31,090,000 has been paid to beneficiaries. The Ben Hur headquarters in Indianapolis are at 809 K. of P. building. Arrius court, No. 5, meets every Monday evening at 322 East New York street.

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