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CITY SURGEON, NURSE NABBED IN POLICE RAID Held on Vagrancy Charge: Accused of Operation by Woman, Officers Say. BABY FOUND IN ROOM Doctor Has Arrest Record: Long List of Names on Card Index Probed. Raiding a North Pennsylvania street residence, a police squad Monday night arrested a surgeon, i Ins nurse, and a Negro porter. The three arrested are Dr. Tell j C Waltermire, 52, of 4045 Graceland avenue; Marie Willingham, 31, j nurse, and Robert Arnold, Negro porter. Dr. Waltermire and Arnold; me in city prison under $5,000 bonds j each on vagrancy charges. The nurse was released after she gave 1 bond m a lilcr* amount. Called to the residence on reports of a light, Lieutenant Dan Scanlon, Sergeants Kent Yoh and Charles Hodges, and Patrolmen Walter Haase and Orville Quintette said they heard a man screaming and cursing and calling for a hammer. They forced the door to an inner room and found there, they say, Dr. Waltermire and a 5-day-old baby. I The surgeon, according to police, j apparently was under the influence ! of narcotics. Woman Found Upstairs In one upstairs room, police said, they found a young woman who told them that Dr. Waltermire had performed an illegal operation upon her and that she had been without j medical attention for ten or twelve hours. In another upstairs room, according to police, they found an 18-year-old Crawfordsville girl, who j told them she had been brought to; the house by a young Indianapolis business man after she had borne j a baby without medical attention \ in a downtown hotel. The father of her child, police quoted the girl as saying, paid Dr. Waltermire $l5O to arrange for an adoption and paid her S2OO, most of which is being held by an attorney. Both women, whom Dr. Frank T. j Down, police surgeon, described as j suffering from post-natal medical j neglect, were taken to city hospital, j Seize Card Index Today, Detectives Edward Tutt; and Charles Jordan, assigned to the! case, were investigating approxi- j mately 300 card-indexed records | which police seized in the raid. Many of the records, practically | all of which were of women, andj date as far back as 1926. had a nota- j tion of "$35” scribbled on the back. | The alleged victim of the illegal I operation told police it was this amount she paid Dr. Waltermire. Cases from larger cities of Indiana. small towns ear Indianapolis, and such out-state cities as Louisville. Chicago, and Ft. Worth, Tex.,: were included among the records, j The card index was examined by j newspapermen on a court order j from Municipal Judge William H.s Sheaffer, when Chief Mike Morrissey objected. One ‘Rubber’ Check Included among the records was j a check bearing the signature of a well-known member of ‘ bonds- j men's row.” It bore the notation. ‘'Not sufficient funds.” Dr. Waltermire has a lengthy I municipal court record of arrests on j blind tiger, drunkenness and traffic | charges, police said. Several of the j arrests wore under the names "Wal- j lenmire” and “Wallenmeier," court j records reveal. On April 1. 1929, Dr. Waltermire pleaded not guilty when arraigned; in criminal court on an abortion j charge, A change of venue vns ob- j tained Oct. 25 and on Oct. 28 the state nolled the indictment mid a new affidavit was filed. A criminal court jury returned a not guilty j verdict three days later. Dr. Waltermire was fined SIOO and costs and sentenced to thirty days at the state penal farm on a blind tiger conviction in municipal court.! Jan. 6. 1930. He drew a fine of S3O and costs on a companion charge ol drunkenness. Criminal court reversed these convictions March 14, j 1930. - I Freed on Other Charges On five other arrests for drunkenness, drunken driving, and traffic violations. Dr. Waltermire was discharged in municipal court, except for a $1 fine for running a preferential street. Municipal court records on Miss Willingham revealed that she has been arrested four times on charges ot blind tiger, vagrancy, assault and battery, and vagrancy again. She was discharged in all four cases. Dr. Waltermire is listed at offices of the state medical board as a graduate of the Eclectic Institute. Cincinnati, and is a licensed physician. Mast recent case, police sav. against the surgeon was on last Aug. 1. when he was arrested at 301 East. North street. Apartment 1. listed in the city directory as his office. Police arrested Dr. Waltermire and a "Marie Winningham” on blind tiger charges, when a Southport man complained that he bought some beer at the apartment, vent to sleep, and awoke minus approximately S2O. Both defendants and the Southport man. held for vagrancy, were released when the latter refused to sign an affidavit. Hourly Temperatures 6 a m 30 10 a. m 41 7 a. m 32 11 a. m 44 Ba. m 36 12 <noon).. 44 9 a. m 39 1 p. m 47

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Jury Is Being Selected for Trial of Muncie Pastor in Attack Case Court Is Jammed as Minister Faces Court: Accused by Pretty Young Sunday School Teacher of Attempting Assault. By I nilril f’r> SS MUNCIE, Ind., March 28. —The task of selecting a jury was started here today as the Rev. G. Lemuel Conway, suspended pastor of the Madison Street M. E. church, went on trial on charges of attempting a criminal assault on Miss Helen Huffman, pretty 18-year-old Sunday school teacher.

The prospect of hearing sensational testimony brought an overflow crowd to the court room long before Judge L. A. Guthrie appeared on the bench. Lees than two weeks ago a church jury found Conway guilty on charges of attempting to attack Miss Huffman and he was suspended for one year. Bishop Edgar Blake of Detroit presided. The minister also is under indictment on charges of assaulting Willard Aurand, his choir leader. He is accused of knocking Aurand over the chancel rail when the latter

APOLOGIZE FOR MISSION BOMBS Japan Pledges Future Safety for Americans; Nine Die in Attack. BY HERBERT R. EKINS, United Press Staff Correspondent PEIPING, March 28. Complete protection of Americans throughout the area of Japanese-Chinese hostilities was pledged by Japanese diplomatic authorities today after United States minister protested the airplane bombing of an American mission at Taotowying, near Peiping. Minister Nelson T. Johnson's protest brought a prompt apology from Schoichi Nakayama, Japanese charge d'affaires at Peiping. Nine Chinese men, women and children were killed in Monday’s bombing, though they were under the protection of the American flag. The Rev. and Mrs. Charles O. Kautto, Americans in charge of the mission, escaped injury. They were the only Americans in the community. Despite their promise of protec-* tion for Americans, the Japanese pointed out that authorities at Tientsin had advised American nationals to quit; the danger zone in north China near the Great Wall separating China proper from Manchuria. Many missionaries are remaining in the territory. Mr. Kautto is affiliated with the assembly of Brethren mission. J. W. Kramer, his father-in-law, lives at Redlands, Cal. STAGE HANDS SIGN NEW PAY CONTRACT Continued Operation Assured for Theaters. Last impediment to continued operation of local moving picture theaters was removed with signing of an agreement between theater owners and stage hands whereby the stage hands accepted a wage reduction of 10 to 15 per cent. While contracts held by the stage hands will not expire until Aug. 24. the new scale will go into effect at once. The compromise settlement followed a similar agreement signed Monday by movie operators, who accepted a wage cut of 17’-_, per cent in place of the 50 per cent demanded by the owners and 10 per cent offered by the operators. JUDD VERDICT IS NEAR Ruth to Hear Decision of Board Wednesday or Thursday. By t niled Press PHOENIX. Ariz.. March 28.—The Arizona board of pardons and paroles will decide either Wednesday or Thursday if Winnie Ruth Judd is to escape the gallows, Arthur T. LaPrade. attorney-general and a board member, announced today. Mrs. Judd is scheduled to hang April 14 for the murder of Agnes Ann Leroi.

‘Retaliation ’Drive on Jews in Germany Is Delayed

Bt I nilrd Prp Sporadic attacks on Jews were reported in Germany today, but the Nazi party organization postponed a repressive campaign of retaliation j in the hope that “atrocity propaganda’’ abroad would halt. More than one million Jews and Gentiles gathered at mass meetings throughout the United States Monday night to hear Christian and Jewish leaders denounce anti-se-mitism. Former Governor Alfred E. Smith, one of the speakers at the New York meeting, pleaded against religious bigotry and declared “there is no difference between a brown shirt and a night shirt.” In Schwerin. Germany, Jewish shops were ordered closed. In Gleiwitz. Nazi pickets patroled the sidewalks in front of Jewish shops, urging prospective patrons to buy elsewhere. Jewish store owners were ordered, </

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attempted to lead singing during Sunday evening worship Jan. 22. In answer to the two charges, ' Conway has said: ’Aurand's fall over the rail was an acrobatic stunt I can’t explain, j “Miss Huffman was inspired to tell ! her story by my enemies.” Before the grand jury and at the I church trial Miss Huffman testified ; that Conway picked her up in his automobile, Dec. 29, 1932. She said that instead of taking her downtown, as he had promised, I (Continued on Page Seven)

FLAYS 'CHASING' OF AMBULANCES Morrissey Says Some Lawyers Tune In on Police to Get Business. ‘‘Ambulance-chasing” attorneys are equipping their automobile with short wave radio sets so they can get to the scene of an accident before police, Chief Mike Morrissey charged today. The chief's statement that many attorneys make it a practice to tune in on police calls, and race the police to a crash scene came as Circuit Judge Earl Cox delay until next Monday ruling on a plea to ; mandate Morrissey to allow inspecI tion of accident records at headj quarters. Morrissey is defendant in a suti ; filed by Frank K. Miller and Albert |S. Cantwell, attorney for Isaiah I Ellis, Negro, 1101 North Senate avenue, who was injured in an automoi bile accident Feb. 22. James E. Deery, city attorney, apj peared in circuit court today to dej fend Morrissey, explaining the i chief's refusal to let Miller and | Cantwell examine the Ellis records | was due to their failure to show the ; proper authority. Morrissey did more than defend his action as a desire to stop what he termed "ambulance chasing.” At his request, the safety board today voted to make optional instead of mandatory the opening of accident records. The chief also asked the board to instruct Herbert Spencer, assistant city attorney, to make an investigation of the activities of persons Morrissey described as “ambulance chasers.” SHORTENING OF SCHOOL TERMS TALKED HERE State Superintendents Against Eliminating Art Courses. School terms probably will be shortened, in preference to the ! elimination of art courses, if opini ions expressed by Indiana superin- | tendents are upheld in various comj munities. Discussion of shortened school j terms was held today in the meet- : ing of the Indiana City and Town Superintaidents’ Association at the Lincoln. Other matters takeen up by the association were the addition of j teaching duties to junior and senj mr high school principals, and the ; possible elimination of free kindergartens in Indiana communities. TAX STAMPS READY State Intangibles Levy Must Be Paid Before April 10. State intangibles tax stamps are being distributed to county treasurers today by Philip Zoercher, state tax board chairman. The board has charge of distrii bution and collection on the stamps. They are required on all intangibles under the new law passed by the 1933 legislature. Stamps may be procured at courthouses or banks of public funds i deposit.

to pay their employes two months wages in advance. In Munich. Professor August L. Meyer, former director of the famous Pinakotehk museum, was taken into "protective custody.” In Hamburg, carrying out the Nazi campaign of removing Jews from prominent public positions, the chief prosecutor of the criminal courts and his two asistants were ousted. In Moscow, the Soviet government unofficially protested attacks on Society citizens. In New T York, George Sylvester Viereck made public a cablegram from the former German crown prince in which he compared current stories of Jewish persecutions with the war-time propaganda of German atrocities. Speakers at the main New York meeting included, in addition to Smith. Senator Robert F. Wagner. Bishop William T. Manning. Bishop (Continued on Page Seven)

INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1933

CONSECRATION RITE HELD FOR BISHOPRITTER Awe-Inspiring Ceremony at City Cathedral Marks Rise of Priest. HUNDREDS SEE SERVICE Post Is Likened to That of Christ's Apostle in Sermon. Before an imposing array of Catholic church dignitaries, and with all the pomp and liturgy of the beautiful consecration ceremony, the Most Rev. Joseph Elmer Ritter today was consecrated Bishop of Hippus and auxiliary bishop of the Indianapolis diocese of the Catholic church. The ceremony, at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, started at 9 a, m. and lasted three hours. The Most Rev. Joseph Chartrand. bishop of the diocese, was the consecrating bishop, assisted by the Most Rev. Emmanuel B. Ledvina, bishop of Corpus Christi, Tex., and the Most Rev. Alphonse J. Smith, bishop of Nashville, Tenn. Several hundred members of the Catholic clergy were present, including a large number of bishops from all sections of the country. The cathedral was filled, except for pews reserved for the clergy and nuns, long before the appointed hour, with several hundred standing outside. Priests Precede Bishops The service was opened by the processional, led by an escort of honor, composed of fourth degree Knights of Columbus. Following wex - e more than 150 priests in vestments, preceding the monsignor and the bishops in their cardinal robes. Each bishop was escorted by two priests. Next in line were Archbishop Philip Bernardini, recently appointed aspostolic delegate to Australia, and Archbishop Francis J. L. Beckman, Dubuque, la. Bishop Ritter, with his two assistants, the Most Rev. Emmanuel B. Ledvina, Corpus Christi, Tex., and the Most Rev. Alphonse J. Smith, Nashville. Tenn., were followed by Bishop Chartrand and two priests serving as chaplains. Divided in Three Parts The consecration ceremony was divided into three parts, the preliminary examination, the consecration proper, and the investiture. The examination ceremony included the form of ascertaining that the bishop-elect has the right to episcopal consecration, of receiving his oath of submission and of inquiring into the orthodoxy of his faith. Singing of the mass followed, sung simultaneously by the consecrator and the bishop-elect, signifying the unity of their faith. The consecration ceremony, with its liturgy over, Bishop Ritter was invested with the crosier and ring, and the mass proceeded with Bishops Chartrand and Ritter celebrating in unison at the same altar. Receives Mitre, Gloves After the communion, the new bishop received the mitre and gloves, which have been blessed by the consecrator, and he was enthroned on the episcopal seat. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. James Hugh Ryan, rector of the Catholic University of America:, Washington, formerly of Indianapolis, delivered the consecration sermon. Explaining the duties and powers of a bishop, Monsignor Ryan described bishops as successors of Christ’s twelve Apostles. ‘‘lt is the bishop who exercises full authority, in preaching, in administration of the sacraments, in the government of the church,” he said. "Under the leadership and guidance of the first bishop. Peter, and his successors in the See of Rome, the Catholic hierarchy, century after century, has defended, fought for, and even died for the faith handed on to them by their predecessors. ‘Keep Moral Level High’ “In countless other ways have the bishops led the church to triumph after triumph. They have stood firm for ecclesiastical discipline, despite the terrific onslaughts often made upon it; they have, by word and example, kept high the moral level of the nations: they have been the champion of the down-troddc* and oppressed in every period of medieval and modern history. “It was the bishops of the church, too. who establshed the first schools, generally attached to their palaces, who gave the charters and money to found the great universities of Europe, almost without exception. “To them, more than to any other group, is due the spread of knowledge and culture, respect for democracy, acceptance of and regard for the rights of the individual man. the high position of woman, the sanctity of family life.” Advance Is Rapid Bishop Ritter's advance has been rapid, having been ordained a priest only sixteen years ago. this ceremony also having been presided over by Bishop Chartrand. Born in Indiana, he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Ritter, formerly of New Albany, now living in Louisville. Ky., who witnessed the services today. He is the only one of five brothers and a sister to take up the religious life. Bishop Ritter attended the parochial schools of New Albany and entered St. Meinrad preparatory seminary in 1906.

‘Peg’ Hamilton, Famed Cabby, to Take Last Ride

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“Peg” Hamilton, king of the Hoosier cabbies, shown with his old horse-drawn shay.

Death Calls Hack Driver of Old Days Who Numbered President as Passengers.

THEY’RE taking "Peg” Hamilton for his last ride at 2 p. m. Wednesday. No big plumed hack will carry him. There’ll be no shiny glass carriage lights to glisten in the sun. The crack of the coachman's whip with a flick of a "Giddap” at each note will be missing.

CITY BBEWEBY GIVEN PEBMIT First in Indianapolis to Get Get Federal 0. K. to Start Bottling. First federal permit to an Indianapolis brewery for manufacture of beer was granted today to the Indiana Breweries, Inc., 946 West New York street. Officials of the company announced they received a wire from the Chicago bureau of industrial alcohol saying the permit had been granted. The company is expected to start bottling within a few days. Swamped with applications from pharmacies and doctors for permits to sell medicinal liquor, George Winkler, inspector for the bureau in this territory, announced applications are being checked at the rate of thirty a day. More than five hundred applications have been received by Winkler. anufacturers are required to deposit with the internal revenue agent $5 tax for each thirty-one gallons they expect to bottle. No deposits have been received here yet, E. E. Neal, internal revenue collector, said today. Six brewery permits will be allowed in the Indianapolis terrritory. three for each of the Eleventh and Twelfth congressional districts, according to Winkler. In addition, the state law allows ten importer's permits for Indiana, part of which may go to local firms. A total of twenty-one brewery permits will be issued in this state. AUTO EXPERTS MEET President’s Night to Be Observed by State Engineers. President’s night will be observed at the Athenaeum next Monday night by the Indiana section, Society of Automotive Engineers, when the honor guest will be Dr. H. C. Dickinson, president of the national organization of automotive engineers, and chief of the heat and power division of the United States bureau of standards. Dr. Dickinson will speak on "The Mechanics of Recovery—Why Not FTosper?” Another speaker will be John A. C. Warner, general manager of the national organization of engineers. BUY ING POWE R BLOC KE D Paul Fry Finds Department Without Jurisdiction for Time. Possibility that Paul Fry, state purchasing agent, and his assistant. C. M. McAlpin. may not be able to buy much until the 1933 statutes are promulgated, was pointed out today. It was discovered that the act, creating the new state purchasing department, does not carry an emergency clause. Therefore the department is without power until the acts become law through proclamation of the Governor. Fry, however, said “it doesn’t matter.”

Girl, 6, Slain, Body Thrust Into Sack; N. Y. Tenement District Is in Terror

Bj/ L nil ril I'm* NEW YORK. March 28. A bruised and lacerated 6-year-old girl was found in a burlap bag todayin the basement of a Brooklyn tenement house. Physicians worked over the dying child with a pulmotor but were unable to revive her and she was pronounced dead, while detectives sped through the district, where five major crimes against children have occurred in the last two years. The assailant had knotted a rope tightly around the neck of his victim. Barbara Wiles. She had been carelessly stuffed into the sack —recalling the manyrecent gangster “sack’ murders and the sack was in one corner of the basement. Police sent out to all radio cars < in the greater City of New York

For James H. (Peg) Hamilton, 68, the city’s oldest hack driver, will ride in modernity’s burial coach—a motor hearse—when last rites are said over him at Floral Park, Wednesday afternoon. “Peg” died Monday after a tenday illness. Morticians would have liked to have given "Peg” his plumes on a horse-driven hearse. "He deserved them, lots of plumes,” they say, as they admit their inability to find an equinedrawn coach of mourning. “But his last cab was a gasdriven taxi and ‘Peg’ won’t mind this time,” they say. “Peg" Hamilton died, though, before he was granted his last wish. “This town always has been good to me," he said. “I’d like to get in a plane and strew roses all over the city.” Poets, statesmen, bar-flies, and Presidents of the United States have heard “Peg's” hail, “Cab, Mister.” First ladies of the land have ridden in Hamilton’s cab, but “Peg” was first, a proud first, in driving the original rubber-tired hack in an infant Indianapolis. And years later he quit his whipcracking to pilot the first Ford taxi(Turn to Page Twelve)

CITY CHURCHES TO EXCHANGE BUILDINGS Trade to Be Made After Easter, Is Decision. The first Moravian Episcopal church at Twenty-second street and Broadway will exchange buildings with the College Avenue Bapist church. Fifteenth street and College avenue, after Easter, it ~has been announced by officials of the churches. The College avenue church will be called the Broadway Baptist church after the exchange. The Moravian church will retain its present name. The Baptist church, with a membership of 700 persons, has outgrown its present building. The Moravian church, on the other hand, is too large for the present congregation, according to the Rev. Samuel Wedman. pastor. The new Moravian church will be dedicated April 23. The Baptist dedication will be held May 14.

A Disgraceful Chapter in History For centuries the Jews havp been persecuted. Torture and death have been their lot in many lands. Today they again face danger with the rise of Hitlerism in Germany. Who are the Jews? What is their history? What are the facts of their persecutions, past and present? These questions and many others will be answered in a series of four articles by Dr. Harry Elmer Barnes, starting in The Times Wednesday. Read these articles. They are rich in historical information ana especially timely in view of the situation in Germany today.

an alarm to watch for a man ob-, served running along the street near where the child was found. News of the crime spread quickly through the crowded tenement district. Frantic mothers ran through the ! streets, herding their children home. Where scores of children had been playing on the sidewalks, all had vanished ten minutes after the i crime was discovered. Detectives made a door-to-door search. A woman living five doors from the Wiles tenement said she had found a man loitering in the hall and had told him to move on. The child's mother. Mrs. Anna Wiles, had sent Barbara to the basement for her brother's baby ► carriage fifteen minutes before the body was found. When Barbara did *

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BUSINESS REVIVAL FIGHT IS ON; JOBS GIVEN THOUSANDS Millions of Dollars Are Being Poured Into New Enterprises; Economic Pickup Reflected in Survey. BEER PLAYS MAJOR ROLE IN ACTIVITY Speed and Energy of New Administration in Washington Echoed by Whir of Factory Wheels in Many Cities. iCoDvrieht. 1933. bv United Press! NEW YORK, March 28.—America is fighting foia business revival—and getting results. The economic pickup was reflected today in a nationwide survey by the United Press, showing that: 1. Millions of dollars are pouring into new enterprises. 2. Thousands of new jobs are being filled, and many thousands more are opening up in the new beer industry. 3. The speed and energy of the new administration at Washington is being echoed by the whir of factory wheels in many cities. Preparations for sale of legal beer are playing a major role in new business and industrial activity.

SKIP ELECTION SUIT IS FILED Boynton Moore Charges Law Delaying City Vote Is Unconstitutional. Suit attacking the “skip-election” i law as unconstitutional and asking the court to order city officials to proceed with the mayoralty election this year was filed today in circuit court. Boynton J. Moore, former city councilman? who declares himself a Republican candidate for mayor, is j plaintiff. Defendants are Henry O. Goett, city clerk; William E. Clauer, Democratic city chairman; George L. Denny, as lawfully nominated Republican election commissioner, and Philip Lutz, attorney-general of Indiana. Charging it is the duty of Clauer I and Goett to prepare for a primary 1 election for May 2, 1933, the suits demands the court mandate them to nominate city elections commissioners. It is suggested that Goett appoint George L. Denny as election commissioner. Declaratory judgment citing the election law. which postpones both ' the 1933 primary and November | election, as “unconstitutional and | void” also is sought. The law further is attacked for placing power over city elections in hands of county officials rather than city officials. LICENSE SUIT FILED M’Nutt Appointee Goes to Court to Obtain Supplies. By THitcd Press CONNERSVILLE, Ind., March 28. —Another auto license branch managership change made by Governor Paul V. McNutt has reI suited in a court suit. Paul Gettinger, ousted manager here, refused to surrender his supplies and books to Curt Jerman, Mci Nutt appointee of last week. Jerj man Monday filed replevin suits for | the supplies and a petiton for a restraining order to close Gettinger s office. Jerman was forced to open anew license branch. BEGIN ELECTRIC REFUND Martinsville Action Is Result of Supreme Court Verdict. Refund of $61,000 to electrify patrons of the Northern Indiana Power Company has started at Martinsville, based on a United States supreme court decision in February. The decision upheld the principle of a single consuming community being used as a basis for rate making as opposed to a utility interest's theory of grouping communities served. Fight of the city of Martinsville against the rate which led to highest court of the nation, was begun ) six years ago.

not return. Mrs. Wiles went to the basement. She saw' the sack and examined it, then ran out of the basement, screaming. Helen Sterler, 6, was found strangled in a tenement house basement in the same district, Jan. 25. Florence McDonald, 5, met a similar fate last summer. Lloyd Price, 22, a Negro, is held for trial, charged with killing Helen. Robert Small, 14, confessed killing j Florence, but later repudiated the confession, and the case remains unsolved. Barbara had severely beaten. Physicians said she had been criminally assaulted. The child's father. Harold Wiles, has been unemployed for six months and was away from home looking for work.

HOME EDITION PRICE TWO CENTS Outside Marion County, 3 Cents

But the reopening 1 of banks on a sound basis after a national holiday, the launching of public works on a large scale, and the optimism inspired by developments at Washington have given business a surge far in advance of the usual spring activity. The big brewing centers provided perhaps the most striking signs of new business. Here are a few substantial bright spots from that field: The York Ice Machine Corporation of New York received orders for SIOO,OOO worth of refrigerating equipment. The Mengcl Company received orders for 100,000 beer cases for Anheuser-Busch Company, which took an option on another 100,000. The Anheuser-Busch Company, in all, has ordered 400,000 cases and 400,000 gross of bottles. 10,000 Get Jobs in St. Louis Anew issue of 177,000 shares of common stock of the Falstafl Brewing Corporation of St. Louis was offered here at $7 a share. The magazine Steel said beer requirements developed inquiries from Milwaukee for 2,000 tanks; Ohio fabricator has taken prices on 50,000 tons of plate, and a Milwaukee brewery has ordered 1,000 tons of structural shapes. In St. Louis, legalization of beer resulted in direct or indirect employment of about 10,000 men drawing a weekly pay roll of $250,000. The Illinois Glass Company rehired 100 men; cooperage industries reported a 50 per cent business increase and more than 400 former bartenders are renewing licenses. In New Orleans, four breweries are working on beer and one is installing new machinery, employing hundreds of men directly or indirectly. Milwaukee Puts on Men In Milwaukee, about one thousand men were given jobs by brewers last week, while about seven hundred others have new jobs in nearby breweries. Pabst spent $2,000,000 for supplies and equipment. George P. Meyer Manufacturing Company claims to have $2,000,000 in orders for bottling machinery, and has added 235 workers. In Chicago seven operating breweries and nineteen new plants are spending $10,000,000 on equipment and supplies. At Natchez, Miss., the National Box Company employed 300 men to work day and night shifts. In the northwest Arkansas Ozarks about $12,000 a day is going into work of making staves for beer kegs. The stave mills also are booming in Mississippi, plants near Clarksdale and Greenville needing about two hundred more men. The price of cottonwood went up 25 per cent. Lumber Trade Reviving At Charleston. W. Va., the Owens Illinois Glass Company reopened a large bottle plant employing about 1,000. At Waterloo, la., the Hinson Manufacturing Company received orders for tire covers—advertising a Milwaukee brew—to keep seventy-five employees working full time for two months. The Berghoff Brewery, Ft. Wayne, Ind., is adding 100 men April 5, and ordered 30,000,000 bottle caps and 7,000,000 labels. More than 200 men were employed by lumber mills in southeastern Oklahoma to meet the demand for beer barrels. The Marienville fPa.) Glass Company will start production of beer bottles about April 1, employing 110 men. The Macbeth Evans Glass Company, Charleroi, Pa., received orders for a million beer glasses. But there was activity not concerned with beer or its associated industries. A strike of shoe workers at Haverhill, Mass., ended and other labor troubles in New England were being solved to permit revival of activity. (Turn to Page Thirteen) Rate Reductions Are Asked Petitions for reduction in electric rates of the Indiana Service Corporation charged in Blue Lake, Liberty Center and Roanoke were filed today with the publiu service commission by Jap Jones of Martinsville. director of the Municipal Rights League of Indiana.