Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 207, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 January 1933 Edition 02 — Page 3

JAN. 7, 1933.

DRYS OPEN FIRE ON BEER BILL, CHARGING 3.2 BREW PLAN UNCONSTITUTIONAL Hearing Held Before Senate Judiciary Committee; Anti-Saloon League Counsel Followed by Array of Witnesses. BY LYLE C. WILSON I'nited Pres* Staff Correoondent WASHINGTON, .Jan. 7.—Edward B. Dunford, counsel for the Anti-Saloon League, W. C. T. U. and other powerful dry organizations, today declared the Collier 3.2 per cent heer bill to be “squarely in conflict with the eighteenth amendment,” and hence unconstitutional. Carrying the brunt of the dry argument in a six-hour hearing before a senate judiciary subcommittee, Dunford, the first witness, staked his case on the contention that 3.2

per cent beer is intoxicating. Dunford was followed by j an array of witnesses, including two women, who asserted the failure of the Collier bill to forbid sale of beer to minors would endanger the physical and moral welfare of 30,000,000 children. The women who presented this argument were Mrs. William T. Bannerman of the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, and Mrs. Henry W. Peabody, chairman of the woman's national committee for law enforcement. Representative Beck (Rep., Pa.), noted as an authority on coi.stit.utional law, was to reply to Dunlord's arguments for the wets. Fear Constitutional Threat Privately, many wets express fear that the drys have the best of the constitutional argument and that • the supreme court would set the beer bill aside. Dunford declared 3.2 per cent “is substantially the same as pre-pro-hibition beer, commonly known to be intoxicating." Cited laboratory tests made on medical students by Dr. Walter R. Miles of Yale, quotjng Miles as having concluded that: “there longer is no room for doubt in reference to the toxic action of alcoholic beverages as weak as 2.75 per cent by weight. He pointed out that 3.2 per cent brew is 13 per cent stronger titan that used by Miles in his experiments. And What Is Beer? Andrew Wilson, another prohibition organization attorney, was interrupted by Chairman Blaine, who suggested that dry objections could be met by making the beer bill read that alcoholic beverages “shall be presumed to be intoxicating only when it contains in excess of 3.2 per cent by weight.” “No, that would not do, and I shall demonstrate that fact," Wilson repied, citing a Wisconsin case in which courts had determined to “take judicial notice of beer." “Oh, that was bock beer,” Blaine said. “I presume you are familiar with bock.” Wilson’s face and voice were witness to his emotions when he replied: "I have never tasted it, sir." The gallery of prohibitionists, which included Bishop James Cannon Jr., applauded the witness, 92 Per Cent Enforced Wilson said there had been “considerable difficulty in getting authorities to enforce or attempt td enforce the national prohibition act.” “I am glad you said ‘attempt to enforce’ ” Blaine said, “you surely don't contend that it can be enforced." “Let me tell you," Wilson replied. ‘ Colonel Woodcock, director of prohibition told me on the telephone that the act now is being enforced to the extent of about 92 per cent." "I am afraid that is self-evi-dence," Blaine said. HITCH IN THE AUCTION 200 Pounds on Chair; Down It Goes to a New Low. A county sheriff’s sale was interrupted abruptly today when Ralph Hitch, chief deputy sheriff, weighing 200 pounds, sat on a chair to discourse with bidders. Prices and Hitch reached anew low when the chair tumbled to pieces, and the figure of Hi s ch slide under a table. Bidders rushed to resuce the embarrassed, former Butler university athletic manager, who, much out. of breath, declared: “Go on with the sale boys, I'm not hurt!” 25 ACTS ON PROGRAM Annual Rural Amusement Contest to be Held at Purdue. Everything from musical dogs to dollar "stretchers" are listed among twenty-five acts competing for state', honors in the annual rural amusement contest to be held during the annual Indiana agricultural conference starting Tuesday at Purdue university. Many of the counties of the state will be represented in the contest by acts composed of local talent. Prizes will be awarded. GETS PROBATION POST Indianapolis Woman Is Appointed to State Job by Leslie. Miss Isabelle Somerville, 5539 Carrollton avenue, was appointed state probation ocer today by Governor Harry G. Leslie. Appointment followed receipt by Leslie of a telegram of resignation from Mrs. Florence Reddick Boys, Plymouth. Miss Somerville is a former referee of Marion county juvenile court. CALLS BUDGET PARLEY _____ Roosevelt to Meet Congress Leaders on Jan. 19. By I nited Press HYDE PARK. N. Y„ Jan. 7. President-Elect Franklin D. Roose- I vclt, noting the storm caused by the budget balancing program suggested during the conference here with party leaders, is preparing for another *ch meeting in Washington J „ i9.

‘I’M ON SPOT,’ SAYSACTRESS Betty Compson Refuses to Aid Police Hunt for Jewel Thieves. By United Press HOLLYWOOD. Cal.. Jan. 7.—Nettled by the refusal of Betty Compson to sign a complaint, detectives worked alone today in an effort to track down mebers of a jewel thief syndicate blamed for robbing the blond actress of $50,000 in jewelry, Thursday night. After relating how a gunman invaded her home and bound and gaged herself and E. D. Leshin, a friend, Miss Compson flatly declined to co-operate in the investigation. “A voice over the phone told me I would be ‘put on the spot’ if I continued to stir up this investigation," she explained. “I was so frightened that I don’t remember just what was said to me.” She provoked more surprise when she signed a waiver releasing two insurance companies from liability in her purported losses. In exchange for her signature, the companies paid her sll. “I’m under the impression I will get my things back if I drop the investigation," Miss Compson said. “I’m willing to take that gamble." PENAL POPULATION IN STATE INCREASES Determinate Sentence Laws Are Blamed. Enactment of determinate sentence laws by recent legislative sessions was blamed today by John J. Brown, secretary of the state charities board, for the fact that while fewer admissions were made to the state’s penal institutions during the year the total penal population increased. \ “The flat sentence laws permit fewer prisoners to be paroled than when they have served their minimum time under the indeterminate sentence," Brown pointed out. Total number of persons in all state institutions at the close of the fiscal year was 19,731, an increase of 645, according to Brown’s annual report. Admissions during Ihe year decreased 394, however. While there was but one more admitted to the Indiana state prison in 1932 than in 1931, the populations thex-e was given as 2,531, an increase of 108. Reformatory admissions decreased 129 and state farm 760. The reformatory reported a population of 2,449, an increase of sixty-six and the farm 1,314, an increase of forty-nine. No s—No Love Marriage Business Drops 15.5 Per Cent Here in Year. “ . . . Potatoes are cheaper. Tomatoes arc cheaper. Now’s the time to fall In love.’* WORDS of this popular song were not taken seriously by Indianapolis couples during 1932, at least, to extent of leading them to the marriage altar, a summary of work done by the county clerk’s office reveals. Continuing its downward trend, that began soon after the Wall street crash, the marriage business declined 15.5 per cent during the year. Yet, while couples listened with incredulity to advice “that two can live as cheaply as one," fewer persons chose 1932 for breaking marriage ties. The number of divorce applications decreased 8.8 per cent, according to figures announced by County Clerk Glenn R. Ralston. Alimony and support payments also fell to a low level, so that, it appears, the scarcity of money was a major influence on ail sides of martial relations. “We can be thankful the depression has struck a heavy blow at the gold-digger and alimony racketeer," Ralston observed. Statistics indicate the trend in marriage by showing that: During 1932, 2.889 licenses were issued compared with 3,432 in 1931. 1,917 divorce complaints were filed against 2,293 the previous year. 1.035 women were granted divorces. while men won only 293 divorce cases the past year. The record in county courts for 1931 were 1,585 divorces, 1.207 to wives and 398 to husbands.

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Art Takes a Back Seat Because, After All, a Husband Is a Husband, No Matter How Famous. BY DAN BOWERMAN United Press Staff Correspondent CARMEL, Cal., Jan. 7.—The tramp of many heavy male feet shook this picturesque town of artists Friday. What had all the earmarks of a disheveled and angry mob swept into the sanctum of Mayor John Catlin. “John,” roared Sculptor Austin James, “there ought to be a law.” “There really ought,” choi-used twenty-nine other deep-voiced men of art, wild-eyed and in soiled shirts. “Now boys,” cajoled Mayor John, “be reasonable. We already have a law.”

Before he became village blacksmith and mayor here, Catlin was a highly-persuasive and highly-paid attorney. “We must have anew law,” insisted Author Lincoln Steffens. “Well, Link,” the mayor temporized, “what sort of a law would you like?” “Put in plenty of whereases,” suggested Scientist Charles Roberts Aldrich. “We want this law to hold.” Bit by bit, the story came out. It was a tale of dishes and clothing unwashed, and of telephones and doorbells unanswered. Instead of doing their housework, the wives of Carmel spend their days and nights trying to fit thousands of daffy-looking bits of cardboard into completed jig-saw puzzles. “My art ” protested a painter. “My stomach," said a poet. “I have to do the cooking.” “Tut, tut,” said Mayor Catlin. “I guess you better write me a petition.” So City Attorney Argyll Campbell was petitioned to frame a massive law, duly studded with impressive verbiage, to outlaw the sale, transportation, possession or use of jig-saw puzzles in the city of Carmel, state of California, S. S. Then the wives met at the women’s club. There'll be trouble, they grimly promised, if any one deprives them of their puzzles. And in the meantime, some of America’s better authors, poets, sculptors and painters dolefully washed the dishes and made the beds. LIFELONG RESIDENT OF KNIGHTSTOWN DEAD Mrs. Alice Culbertson, 87, Taken at Daughter’s Home Here. After an Illness of a month, Mrs. Alice Culbertson, 87, lifelong resident of Knightstown, died Friday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. C. Martin, 2145 Central avenue. She was born in Knightstown, not long after the town was founded and was a member of the Methodist church and for fifty years had belonged to the Rebekah lodge. Funeral sendees will be held Monday morning at 10 a. m. in the Johnson & Montgomery funeral home, 1622 North M :ridian street. Burial will be in Kr. ghtstown.

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CALL BOARS TO OUSIJMORGAN G. 0. P. Session Slated for Jan. 24; Determined to Fire Chairman. A round robin has been signed by Republican district chairmen calling for a meeting of the state committee Jan 24 to oust Ivan C. Morgan of Austin, incumbent state chairman, it was learned today. The committee rules provide that the district chairmen may call their own meeting, change personnel of the committee and this action comes as a result of the session Dec. 20, when an attempt was made to force Morgan’s resignation. Leaders in the movement declare that they have sufficient pledges to effect the change. Don Irwin of Frankfort, Fifth district chairman, is said to be slated to succeed Morgan. The moon reflects only about onefourteenth of the sunlight falling on it. HAVE COLOR IN CHEEKS If you skin is yellow*—complexion pallid—tongue coated—a ppet it e poor—you have a bad taste in your mouth—a lazy, no-good feeling—you should try Olive Tablets. Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets—a substitute for calomel—were prepared by Dr. Edwards after 20 years of study. Olive Tablets are a purely vegetable compound. Know them by their olive color. To have a clear, pink skin, bright eyes, no pimples, a feeling of buoyancy like childhood days, you must get at the cause. Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets art on the liver and bowels like calomel —yet have no dangerous after effects. They start the bile and help overcome constipation. Take nightlv and note the pleasing results. Millions of boxes sold yearly. 15 C , 30c, 60c.—Advertisement.

COOLIDGE GOES 1 TO REST AFTER RITES Notables of Nation Pay Last Honor to Son* of New England. (Continued From Page One) Amherst college, a classmate of the former President. Among the attendants at the simple services were these men and women: President and Mrs. Hoover, Lawrence Ritchie and Theodore Joslin, the President's secretaries: Rudolph Forster of the White House staff; i Vice-President Curtis, Secretary of State Stimson, Secretary of Com- ! merce Chapin, Secretary of Navy Adams, Senator David Reed, Chief Justice Hughes, Dr. Joel T. Boone, Senator James J. Davis, Justice Stone, Harry S. New, Everett San- ! dex-s, Dr. James F. Coupal, T. V. j O'Connor, George Christian, Wil- j liam J. Donovan, Michael Gallagher ! of Cleveland, and forty-five mem- j bers of the house and senate. Ambassador Claudel, Charles D. ! Hilles. Eernard M. Baruch, F. Stuart j Cranford, Justice Arthur Rugg of ! Massachusetts, Governor Jolin G. Winant of New Hampshire, Walter Scott, Mrs. Russell Magna also attended. CLEAR TRIO IN STORE SLAYING Police Fail in Effort to Identify Three Men as Killers. Detectives today failed in efforts to identify three suspects in the slaying of Chris C. Wade, 54, of 842 South Lyon avenue, who was shot Thursday night during a robbery attempt in the grocery of Otto Aldendorf, 650 South Lyon avenue. Those held are Raymond Jutt, 30. and George White, 34, both of 347 North East street, and Archie Lawson, 29, of 436 West Norwood street. Although apparently cleared of any connectio with the slaying, the three will be held as Jutt has made a statement, according to detectives, that he and White obtained a truck, shotguns and rifles on Dec. 30 in a burglary of the store of R. E. Harrell at Fichers Station, and sold the loot in Terre Haute, A statement credited to Lawson said he had planned to take part in the burglary, but failed to go because of “ a sore foot.” White has made no statement. Mr. Wade leaves two daughters, Darlene, 6, and Ruth Joan, 4; a brother, B. M. Wade, and three sisters, Mrs. Lillie Robbins, Oolitic, Ind.; Mrs. Elizabeth Block, Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. Laura Gilliott, Charlotte, N. C. Funeral services will be held at 10 Monday morning at the home of Robert Ramsey, 828 South Roena street. Burial will be in Fioral Park cemetery. HOME TUMBLES INTO RIVER: FAMILY SAFE Unedrmined by Flood Waters, House Collapses; Six Flee Scene. By United Press MT. VERNON, Ind., Jan. 7.—lts foundation undermined by flood waters of the Wabash river, the home of Etnal Bambie, one mile north of New Harmony, tumbled into the swirling stream today, just after he, his wife and four children fled to safety. In the last five years the Wabash j has cut almost 500 feet into the , shoreline at the point where Bambie’s house was located.

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‘PATRIOTS’ OPEN NEW FIGHT TO BARJNSTEIN Membership in Anti-War Organizations Cited as Reason. By Bcripps-Hoicnrd Xncspaprr Alliance WASHINGTON. Jan. 7.—A new attack on Albert Einstein, eminent German scientist, is being planned by “patriot’’ groups here. Attempts are being made to have Dr. Einstein denied the right of entry to this country when his vessel reaches California, in spite of the fact that he holds a visa issued by the department of state. The first attack was made when Einstein applied for a visa, and was accused by the Woman Patriot Corporation of being a Communist. ' Within the last few days members of the California delegation in congress have been asked by repl’esentatives of the National Defense Council to protest to immigration authorities against Einstein’s admission. They think Dr. Einstein should be barred as a member of the World's Congress Against Imperialist War, the Workers’ International Relief, and the War Registers’ Internationale. The Californians have refused to take the request seriously, and no official complaint has been filed. Einstein is on his way to California to engage in research work at the California institute of technology. The woman Patriot charges, filed with the state department here and and transmitted to Berlin, roused a storm of ridicule and protest. The state department issued a statement saying that Einstein had been examined in regard to his applicability “in the same manner as any applicant,” and had been found admissible. The Woman Patriot has in the past also attacked Franklin D. Roosevelt, Senator Thomas J. Walsh, and other distinguished Americans, and carries on a campaign against the child labor amendment. Miss Mary G. Kilbreth, chairman of the corporation, now is opposing the five-day work week.