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JEWISH AGENCIES DO GREAT WORK IN WELFARE FIELDS

Thousands in City Are Helped by Social Service Units; Especial Benefits Given in Homes. HEALTH BETTERMENT IS STRESSED Camps for Children Care for Hundreds; Recreation for Adults Provided; Assistance Rendered Needy. B V WALTER D. HICKMAN Time* Churrh Kdltor The church cavalcade of Indianapolis is reaping great benefit from the Jewish welfare and social service work. Never before in the history of the city have so many Jewish agencies been operating toward the united goal of better living conditions in the home and the community. A far-reaching and comprehensive program of developing and advancing youth in this city is revealed in this study of Jewish social service. This program of service for individual and community

advancement links with the great social service programs of Protestant and Catholic churches. All have Joined hands in this endeavor to evolve a program of highest efficiency in advancing the health and well being of the young people of this city. liet us look over the synagog skyline in Indianapolis. Figures compiled by H Joseph Hyman, executive secretary of the Jewish Federation., show an estimated membership of 2,000. Attendance Is Large During their holidays, the synagogs have had large attendances. As Mr. Hyman points out. ‘Not so much stress is placed on church attendance except during the high holidays.” The Jewish church lines in Indianapolis are marked in four ways. There is the Orthodox group, which is especially obsenant of the Mosaic code, diet, and keeping of the Sabbath. Then there is the conservative group, which is more liberal than the Orthodox group. Then there is the Reformed group, represented by the Indianapolis Temple at Tenth and Delaware streets, of which Dr. Morris M. Feuerlicht is rabbi. There also is the Sephardic group., known as the Spanish Ladino group. Another group which has no particular church affiliation is the one affiliated with the Workmen Circle. Several Congregations Here The Jewish congregations here are the Indianapolis Hebrew Temple Beth El Zedck. of which Dr. Milton Steinberg formerly was rabbi; Shaare Tefillah. oi' Polish synagog; Knoseth Israel, or Russian synagog; United Hebrew on Union street, mostly Rumanians, keeping fresh the memories of old country customs; Ezres Achim, also called the “Peddlers' Synagog;” the Central Avenue synagog. at Twentyfirst street and Central avenue, and the Sephardic congregation, at Motris and Church streets. Mr. Hyman estimates the Jewish population of Indianapolis at 9.000. The great Jewish service program is headed by the Jewish federation. of which Mr. Hyman is executive director This is the parent organization, which is similar to and acts with the Community Fund. Hyman ex(Turn to Page Fourteen)

SOUTH BEND DRIVER STARS IN BOAT HEET Winning three of the four events and placing second in the other, George Martin of South Bend dominated the outboard motorboat races at Ravenswood beach Sunday before 5.C00 fans. H Kincaid of St Louis won the free-for-all race in the best time of the day. 4:08 for the five miles. Tony Venezia, local pilot who finished second twice, escaped injury when thrown into the water when his boat overturned during the Class C event. FAUCET BURNS WOMAN Electrical . Short Circuit Blamed for Mishap in Rochester. Bv r nitni rr>t ROCHESTER, Ind.. Aug. 14 Mrs. Howard Sprunger. Berne, was seriously burned when she grasped a water faucet in her home. Wires from an electric water pump had come in contact with the water pipe. Mrs. Howard was unable to break away from the current until she became unconscious and fell to the floor. Times Index Book a Day 7 Bridge 7 Broun Column 4 Classified 12 Comics 13 Crossword Puzzle 11 Curious World 14 Dietz on Science 9 Editorial 4 Financial 11 Fishing 14 Have a Hobby 5 Herblock Cartoon 4 Hickman Theater Reviews 9 Lodge Page 7 Radio 14 Serial Story 13 Sports 10 Vital Statistics 11 Womans Page 6

The Indianapolis Times Fair tonight and Tuesday; slightly warmer Tuesday.

VOLUME 45—NUMBER 81

WOMEN BEGIN NRA CANVASS Urge Merchants to Enter Floats in Recovery Day Parade.

Due to the change in plans for the program of Indiana Recovery dav, Aug. 21. many people have been laboring under a misconception that the parade and celebration had been called off, according to Francis Wells, Indiana recovery director. Wells wishes to state that Indiana Recovery day definitely will be observed on Aug. 21. The parade will form in Garfield park at 4 p. m. and the march will be to Butler bowl, where a patriotic program will be held.

Indianapolis women went into active battle against the depression today, when a field force under direction of Mrs. Elias C. Atkins, "lieu-tenant-general" of the local NRA. contacted shopping centers throughout the city. Women recruits visited every shopping area in the city, with the exception of the downtown district, which is being handled separately, to urge merchants to enter floats in the Indiana Recovery day parade. Aug. 21. After Sept. 1, the same women will be utilized to make a survey of the shops they will visit today and the rest of the week, to investigate alleged violations of agreements by industrialists who display the blue eagle. The women also will aid in city-wide codification of the unemployed. Two Not Assigned The following shopping centers in the city were visited today by local recovery officers and their assistants: Speedwav area. Mrs. William Hodson; Sixteenth street and Central avenue. Mrs. Alva Cradick: College avenue and Sixteenth street. Mrs. Frank Dowd. College avenue and Thirty-eighth street. Mrs. Carl T. Lieber; Irvington. Mrs. T. J Murphy: 3200 block South Meridian street. Dr. Carrie Reid: Fifty-fourth and Pennsylvania. Fifty-fourth and College, and Forty-ninth and Pennsylvania, Mrs. Wolf Sussman. Clifton and Thirtieth streets. Mrs George Dyer; Twenty-second and Central and Twenty-second and Talbot. Mrs. Bert Ktmmel; 3000 block East New York street, Mrs. Forrest Bennett, and College avenue and Thirty-fifth street. Mrs. Walter P. Martin. Two districts on the south side have not been assigned yet. Local recovery officers will confer with Mrs. Atkms today to make sure that complete coverage of the city shopping areas has been made. Following inspection of South Meridian street today, the parade committee and members of the board of works agreed on Butler bowl as the place where the Indiana Recovery day program will be held on Aug. 21. More Than 100 Float* The parade wall form in Garfield park at 4 p nr. march west on Raymond street to South Meridian, north on South Meridian to Fortysixth street, west on Forty-sixth street to the Butler campus thence to the bowl. Local merchants today entered seventy-five floats in the parade, making a total of more than 100 entries thus far The Standard Oil Company plans to enter three floats, depicting patriotic episodes in the years 1776. 1861 and 1933. From Newcastle. Seymour and i Turn to Page Three* FATHER OF SIX KILLED Hammond Man Struck When on Way Home on Bicycle. Hu I milrd HAMMOND. Ind. Aug 14.Charles Arden. 45. father of six children, died today of injuries suffered Sunday when he rtw run down by an automobile while r ding a bicycle borne from a church.

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HERE it comes! It’s draught beer and it has been flowing into the kegs at the Indiana Breweries. Inc., over the week-end while a thirsty city awaits the legal sale of the brew' at 9 a. m. Tuesday. The only brewery in operation in the city, the company stepped up production the last three days

Detour Signs Aid Revival j Ickes Tells How Public Work Dollars Are Being Made Into Jobs. Inlrrior Srrirtarv Harold 1,. Irkrs in this dispatch written rxprra.lv for thr t niird Prraa tell* how thr *3.:tf10.00.m0 public work, fund is brine translatrd into artual lobs for thr unrmplovrd with thr utmost sprrd. As dirrrtor of this nhasr of thr national rrcovrrv campaign, Irkrs has rharer of thr largest rorstrucfion procram rvrr undrrlakrn bv any natlor. , 1 BY HAROLD L. ICKES (Copvrißht. 1933, by United Press! WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—The federal public works program is moving off paper into jobs in every state in the Union. In the short space since June 16. when the national industrial recovery' act was approved, more than $1,000,000,000 of the $3,300.00.000 public w'orks fund has been allotted to specific projects. Actual construction work already has i started. Preserving all reasonable safe-

guards for the Dublic’s money, delays have been avoided while making effective the intent of congress and the will of the administration. Approximately, a third of the ft n ance power congress vested in the President for a period up to two years through the public works fund was exercised in six weeks, and

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the federal emergency administration of public works is persevering under terrifi<* pressure to speed its program of priming industry and moving men from relief rolls to pay rolls. With satisfaction the public works administration is receiving reports of men being called back to (Turn to Page Five)

SEIZE TWO GUNS IT JAIL; BREAK BALKED Revolvers Come in Mail: Trusties Changed. What Sheriff Charles tßucki Sumner believes was an attempt to launch a jail delnery plot at the Marion county jail was blocked today with seizure of two fully loaded .38-caliber revolvers, sent through the mails. Sumner revealed that the revolvers were sent to the jail in an unaddressed package and that they were discovered when the mail was censored. The sheriff immediately changed all trusties at the county jail, asserting that apparently a movement was under way for the guns to reach the hands of trusties and launch a jail break. He said a thorough investigation was under way.

How About Taking Care of This Cuban Row, Too, Mr. Feeney?

ONE of these days, a lawbreaker is going to recognize A1 Feeney, state safety director, as he passes by. It's an odds-on bet that the evildoer is going to start running for any place out of Feeney s sight. For. day by day. the onetime all-America >ot bailer, is proving he's *tist about the "toughest guy" in all Indiana. Feeney, who not only runs the state pohce and the state fire marsha’s, but keeps the prizeflglvers and wrestlers in line, and settles lit?lf beer wars on the side., happened to be passing

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1933

Otto B. Herman (left) and John Giesen, master brewer, at the Indiana Breweries, Inc.

to prepare for the second beer rush of the year. Downtown brew merchants believe the demand for keg beer the first few days will be as heavy as it was for the bottled product when it came on the market. Governor Paul V. McNutt's o. k. on tap beer brought word today from Leo McNamara, presi-

DEATH THREATS SENT FAMILY City Mother, Four Children Get Notes Warning of Kidnaping. A 27-year-old mother and her four children, ranging in age from 14 months to 7 years, today were faced with three written threats of kidnaping and death, the third instance in Indianapolis in less than 1 a week. Mrs. Mildred Mulkey and her mother, Mrs. Holman Morton. 50, of 349 North Holmes avenue, re- • vealed receipt of the threats to The Times today. The first warning letter was slipped under the rear door of the house at 8 Thursday night, the sec- | ond about 7:30 Friday night, and the ! third w r as pinned to the backyard , fence Sunday afternoon. In each instance, the grandparents of the children were warned of harm in store for Mrs. Mulkey and | the children. Mrs. Mulkey’s children are Eula Belle, 7; Charles Holman. 5; Charlotte Lorane. 4. and Manford Verlin, 14 months. Both the grandparents and the mother of the children declare they had no enemies in the neighborhood and said they did not know who would seek to kidnap or harm the family. Charles Mulkey. father of the children, is not in the city and. until two w-eeks ago. was employed by a bakery on West New York | street. Mrs. Mulkey and her children I have lived with Mrs. Mulkey's par(Turn to Page Three i

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CITY WOMAN CHOKES TO DEATH ON MEAT Mrs. Rose Baxter Succumbs at Home Before Aid Is Reached. Choking on a piece of pork, Mrs. Rose Baxter, 62. of 723 East Ohio street, died at her home Sunday befoiv medical aid could be obtained. She was at dinner table with her husband. Homer Baxter, and Mrs. Jessie Shipman. 211 Spring street, when the pork became lodged in her throat. Their attempts to save her were futile. LINDBERGH CLAIMSIhE HAD NO_ADVENTURES "Never in Danger.” He Asserts; Flew Over Ice Cap at 8 Below Zero. Hir I nitrii prr ANGMAGSALIK. Greenland. Aug. 14.—Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, on his way to Iceland after a remarkable series of Arctic flights, said today that he had no adventures at allLindbergh. planning to take off soon for Reykjavik. Iceland, was aseked to describe his flights over Greenland and to Baffin Land. He laughed. “I had no adventures at all.” he said. “I never was in danger.” Then he described how he flew over the almost unknown land ice cap of Greenland at 3.000 meters 1 9.840 feet) with the temperature at 8 below zero Fahrenheit.

Fourteenth and Pennsylvania streets Saturday night. There, a Negro "jug band" was plying its trad<, luring passing motorists to halt and listen to the strains of the “St. Louis Blues" and "Old Man River" as only a musical Negro can play them. But Feeney's sharp eyes caught something else. Two burly Negroes were lurking in the background. m a a A L stopped and rested himself against a building. Two motorists stopped, and got out of their can to listen to the hot

dent of the local brewery, that "we are all ready for the word ‘go/ ” Majority of downtown retailers have their bar equipment installed. ranging from the small novelty boxes, with one and two taps, to other places with eight spigots behind the real bars of the old days.

The ABC of the NRA Every man, woman, and child in this city will be affected as employer, employe, or consumer by the industrial codes and the President’s agreement to put men back to work, shorten hours, and increase wages. What is your problem in connection with the new industrial set-up? Are you an employer? Member of a trade association? How much must you pay to meet the minimum wage requirements? Are commissions counted as wages? Can boys under 16 be employed at any kind of work? Are union contracts affected? How are your employes classified? Are you a worker? What wage will you receive? What will your hours be? Can you be worked overtime? Can you do piece-work? Can you work part time? Are your tips, if you get any, figured into your wage? What do you want to know about NRA? Frame your question clearly, then write, or telephone The Indianapolis Times, Riley 5551, ask for the A. B. C. Department, and dictate your question. \\ e immediately will forward your query to our Washington Bureau, which will get the correct answer, provided a ruling has been made, and your question with its answer will be printed in a special department —“The ABC of the NRA"—in the quickest possible time. Give our office identifying initials, so you can spot your question and answer as soon as printed. That’s all—it’s as simple as ABC!

CITY WOMAN KILLED, 5 INJUREDJN CRASH Miss Rose Bassler Dies in Hammond Mishap. One member of a prominent Indianapolis family was killed and five others were injured critically Sunday night in an automobile crash near Hammond. Miss Rose Bassler, 30, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bassler. 2622 North New Jersey street, was killed her parents, two sisters, and Margaret, 2, Alice. 19, and a brother Charles. 26, were hurt seriously. Mr. Bassler is the owner of the Platinum Shqp, Inc., in the Occidental building, and is well known as a jeweler. His sons, Charles and Joseph, are associated with him in the business. According to wire dispatches, the Bassler car was. passing another en route to Indianapolis from Chicago. when it crashed head on with a Chicago-bound car driven by R. Norman of Chicago. The latter was not hurt. A maid at the home said that the elder Bassler and his son Charles left Indianapolis Saturday afternoon to return Mrs. Bassler and the daughters from the home of another daughter in Chicago, where they had been visiting since June. Joseph Bassler did not make the trip. He left for Chicago this morning.

strains of hot music. Each time the band played, the burly Negroes took something from a car. A1 went into action. The jug band fled for dear life, so did the pilfering pair. Al pulled his gun and threatened to fire. The two stopped. ' Big boy.” said one, you didn't have that gun. I'd sure whittle you down to my size." "Yeah." said the other, dropping the packages he was holding, “you didn't see us take anything. We haven't got anything.” Pick 'em up." said Feeney, motioning with the revolver,

In the photo, Otto Herman, 313'2 North Addison street, stacks the barrels that are filled by John Giesen. master brewer, at the plant. The barrels are newly imported from Scotland and a shortage of kegs already faces every brewer in Indiana and adjoining states.

BOY BREAKS BACK IN DIVE IN CREEK POOL Fights for Life Following Delicate Operation. Life of John Walker. 19-year-old Princeton youth, is in the balance today, after city hospital physicans performed a delicate operation to ward off death from a broken back. Walker's back was broken Sunday afternoon in a shallow dive in Eagle creek. He is said to have dived into water about three feet deep, his head and neck striking rocks. A laminectomy, one of the most difficult and delicate operations known, was performed Sunday night. Today his condition still is critical. MARY TO STAGE SHOW Estranged Wife of Fairbanks to Take Role of Producer. Ru United Prem NEW YORK. Aug. 14.—Mary Pickford expects to appear on Broadway in anew role, that of producer, and she intends to take a part in the play. She arrived Tuesday night. This was one reason for her visit east, she admitted. Another *as that she has a novelette and a short story to sell. Hourly Temperatures 6 a m 60 10 a. m 73 7a. m 62 11 a. m 74 8 a. m 69 12 noont.. 75 9a. m 72 1 p m 77

SOMETHING in his voice tamed the belligerent pair. They picked up the pacakages. Off they stalked, in front of Al. to a corner drug store. There police were called. When they arrived. Al pocketed his gun and faded from the scene. The pair of men he had captured gave their names as Orville Davis. 23. of 2611 James street, and Harold Harris. 21. of 20434 Ludlow avenue. Both are in city jail. In their possession, p f said, was a package address* Sergeant C. F. Tfosky, F* ’ Ky.;

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‘CUT’ TO IMPORTER TO BLOCK RETURN OF NICKLE BEER

Ten-Ounce Stein for Five Cents Would Pay Profit if High Cost of Distribution Was Lower, Figures Show. RETAILERS ‘CLEAN UP’ ON DIME GLASS Fry’s Tabulation Indicates Dealers to Get 100 Per Cent Clear on Brew Dispensed at Higher Prices in State. A ten-ounce glass of beer for 5 cents would l>e a reality for Indiana Tuesday, when draught beer becomes legal, if it were not for the state’s system of importers, it was learned today, when Paul P. Fry, state excise director, issued a statement revealing the wholesale and retail costs of beer. With the importer’s $1 “cut” figured in on the cost of a sixteen-gallon half-barrel to the retailer. Fry’s figures revealed, the dealer will lose money attempting to sell a tenounce glass for 5 cents. At 10 cents a glass, however, the retailer will make approximately 100 per cent, said Fry.

CUBANS LOOK TO ‘NEW DEAL 1 Eye-Witness Gives Account of Dramatic Last Fight by Machado Forces. Lawrence S. Haas, manager lot Cuba of Ihf United Proas wax an eyr-witnes* to the turbulent events that marked the passing of Presiden Gerardo Marhado. He saw the chief of the Porra shot down and Machado's palace looted. In the following dispatrh he gives a first hand objective account of a historic day. BY LAWRENCE S. HAAS United Press Staff Correspondent (Copyright, 1933. by United Press I HAVANA. Aug. 14.—Fourteen swiftly-moving days have brought the fall of a feared and hated dictatorship *rd the dawn of hope in Cuban miiiGs of anew deal for this island republic. I have seen during these crowded days men shot down, a president's palace looted, buildings burned by crowds drunk with irrepressible joy and hatred of the old regime Gerardo Machado, the deposed president, stayed a few days too long He could have stepped gracefully from his office a week ago when it became obvious that he had to go. He stayed, and Cuba's release from national suffering for four years under his heel came rushing upon him. It was the natural overflow o * long pent up feelings that brought the looting and death that occurrAi in the streets Saturday. The soldiers and civilians who hunted through the city, and they still are hunting, for the dreaded Porristas, the gunmen secret service men of the deposed ruler, were (Turn to Page Threei REFUNDS STATE PAY Vanderburgh. 60, Ex Assessor Forced to Pay Back S3OO. Attorney-General Philip Lutz Jr., announced today that he had collected S3OO from Samuel B. Bell, former assessor of Vanderburgh county, levied as over payments for making assessment.

$2,000 LOOT TAKEN IN SAFE ROBBERIES Yeggs Get Booty at Two Downtown Offices. Battering through a wall, yeggs early today obtained $2 000 from safes in offices of the Police and Firemen’s Insurance Company 221 East Ohio street, and the Commercial Credit Realty Company, 223 East Ohio street. The burglars first gained entrance to the insurance company through a transom and knocked the combinations off two safes. They obtained SSOO from the strong boxes. Completing their looting in this office, they went to the balcony where they battered their way through the wall into the offices of the credit company. Officials of the company said the safe was looted of $1,500. The safecrackings were discovered today by Jessie Jones. 1711 Yandes street, porter for the insurance company.

a felt hat and a woman s green hat. stolen from the car of William J. Johnson. 1733 North Meridian street. ® n n 'T'ODAY, Feeney sat in hs ofAce at the state house. "What capture?” he said to newspaper men. "Oh. that? Say. I wasn't even in the picture I just happened to be passing by and called police. Nothing to it." To which Orville Davis and Harold Harris might have some appropriate answer.

HOME EDITION PRICE TW 0 CENTS Outside Marion County, 3 Cents

Fry’s figures list the cost of a sixteen-gallon half-harrel at $16.02 to the retailer. Deducting the $6 deposit required on the keg, Fry estimates an average cost of $lO ' a barrel to the retailer. From such a keg. 198 f*n-ounce glasses can be drawn. Fry's figures show. At 5 cents a glass, the income would be $9.90, while at 10 cents a glass the income would be $19.80. a profit of $9.80. or almost a full 100 per cent. Services Duplicated Fry listed the cost of half-barrels to the retailer as follows Six dollars f o. b. brewery, including 52.50 federal tax; $6 deposit on keg; 77 cents state tax; 55 cents, average freight rate; 20 cents refrigeration cost; $1 to the importer for ‘‘warehousing, refrigeration. and handling”; and $l5O to the wholesaler for "warehousing, refrigeration. and handling.” This makes a total cost of $16.02 and, barring the $6 deposit price, Fry arrives at the $lO average cost. Fry. however, failed to remark in his statement on the all too-appar-ent duplication of services between importers and wholesalers With elimination of the $1 importer costs, it is apparent that 5-cent beer could be a reality. Lists Retail Income State brewed beer, said Fry. will sell f o. b. breweries, not including the keg deposit, at prices ranging from $7 to $8 for half barrels The excise director then listed a table worked out by breweries showing the retail income for various sized glasses. The table follows; Ounce*. No of Glasses At 10c. At sc. 5 397 139 70 *l9 85 S 331 33 10 IS 55 I 383 28 30 14 15 * 248 24 80 12 40 9 220 22 00 11 OO 10 198 19 80 9 90 Jt . 180 1 8 00 900 12 .165 16 50 8 25 The table. Fry pointed out. is based upon solid beer, without foam. Observe Law, M’Nutt Plea By t pti*i and Bren* HAMMOND. Ind , Aug 14 —With draught beer approved, the beer law must be observed. Governor Paul V. McNutt said Sunday in an address at the Hammond Democratic club picnic "You people asked for draught beer and you now have it." the Governor said. "I call upon you to see that provisions of the law are carried out and that only licenced establishments sell beer You have beer now See that you uphold the law that gives it to you." Taking up other administration affairs. McNutt said the state government Is going to be operated on the most economical basis in its history. In asking support for the program which has been started, he asked for patience, asserting that a year's time may be necessary before effects of the program may b*> felt fully. "You will like the effects." he said. 'We have done our best and our consciences are clear.” , The state will do all In Its power i to give every able-bodied man a job at wages that will provide ample food and clothing for himself and his family. McNutt said ROOSEVELT ACTS TO SETTLE CODE FIGHTS Goes, Over Disputes in Oil, Coal and Steel Negotiations. Hu t lits- <1 Prrtt WASHINGTON, Aug 14-Presi-dent Roosevelt took a guiding hard today in his national recovery administration's efforts to swing three key industries, oil. coal and steel, into line under cod*s regulating | competition, wages and working j hours. Codes for these giants of American business have oeen delayed by ' protracted disputes within their own ranks and controversies with the NRA As Mr. Roosevel* look personal command of the recovery drive, one of his first acts was to go over the disputes with Kenneth M Simpson, deputy NRA administrator, who president at hearings which failed to bring agreement on proposed codes lor the three groups.