Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 81, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 August 1933 — Page 5

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NEW ‘CODE' FOR CUBA TO LIFT MISERY YOKE Roosevelt's New Deal Plan May Be Turning Point for Republic. BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Srrtpp.Hnward Foretrn F.dlter WASHINGTON. Aug. 14 President Roosevelt's new deal for Cuba may prove to be a turning point in that island s history, second in importance only to that which freed it from the yoke of Spain. American big business, largely responsible for the Machados of Cuba, may be forced to agree to anew "code" for the islanders which, in a measure, will free them from much of their present misery, political and economic. It should mean better and more profitable relations between the two conn tries. Cuba once purchased $500,000,000 worth of American products in one year. That was in 1920 Last year, she bought only S2B 750,000 worth, and this year things are even worse. Figures for the first six months of 1933 showed Cuba buying at a rate of less than $26,000,000 a year, onetwentieth of what it was in 1920. U. S. Is to Blame The chief reason for this lies at the door of the United States. One big cause, of course, is the world sugar slump. But this country is to blame for sugar being Cuba's one big crop and al.->o for the disastrously high tariff. Under Spain. Cubans diversified their crops. After independence, congress at Washington passed ‘ commercial measures” in the interest of her material well-being known as the treaty of reciprocity. That treaty, framed in 1902. granted lower duties on Cuban imports into this country and obtained similar treatment for American products entering Cuba. The result of this was to make the United States Cuba's big market, and as sugar was in increasing demand. Cubans were encouraged to plant less and less of other crops and more and more sugar cane. During the World war, the United States officially urged still further concentration on sugar production as a patriotic duty to help win the conflict. Accordingly. Cuba became virtually a one-crop country. Price Bottom Drops Hardly had the war ended, however. than congress raised the outy on sugar. In 1930. the Grundy tariff raised it to 2.5 cents. Even with the 20 per cent differential granted by the reciprocity treaty. Cuban sugar had to pay 2 cents a pound to get into the United States. Meanwhile, the bottom dropped out of the price. Raw sugar now sells, in New York, for about 3.5 cents a pound, freight and duty paid. That means Cubans receive a cent a pound or less. It costs nearly twice that much to produce it. Out of a little over 3.500.000 population. Cuba has more than 500,000 unemployed. If one is lucky enough to get a job in the cane fields, the pay is 12 or 20 cents a day. In towns and cities, hit by the general disaster, it is just as bad. Skilled cigar makers, when employed at all, are paid $1 a day. Other industrial workers get from 20 to 35 cents. Hardly anybody is employed full time. That is why Cuban purchases in the United States have fallen off 95 per cent in the last twelve years.

Investments Diminish Americans have approximately $1,500,000,000 invested in the island. A well-informed Cuban today told the writer these investments now are probably worth $200,000,000. Some $600,000,000 American money is invested in the sugar business. The rest is in tobacco, public utilities. loans and so forth. The Presidents ‘back to the farm" movement means farm diversification. Nearly 40 per cent of Cuba’s imports have been food products. The sugar tariff is due for reduction. and the reciprocity treaty, it is indicated, will be revised so the island, at least, will not be economically wpied off the map. In return for these measures—which will help them as much as Cubans—American interests may have to scale down some to make it possible for the islanders to pay their way out. SEEKS $150.000 FROM EX-BUSINESS PARTNER Jesse Shields Charges Insurance Contract Broken Illegally. Dissolution of the partnership of Hackleman and Shields, insurance agents, has been followed by a $150,000 damage suit, filed today by Jesse Le Roy Shields against his former partner, in superior court one. Ward H. Mackleman and the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company are named defendants by Shields in his suit, which alleges that the agency agreement between the partnership and the insurance company was terminated without his knowledge The suit charges that Hackleman conspired to terminate the agency agreement and (he partnership, to obtain the exclusive agency for himself. The $150,000 damage is said by Shields to represent his interest in the business and the uncollected premiums which will fall due in later years on policies written by the partnership. According to the suit. Shields obtained a quarter interest in the business about July 1. 1924. upon payment of SIB,BOO to Hackleman. In 1930 anew partnership agreement was written, whereby Shields obtained a half interest by payment of approximately $11,500 additional. according to the complaint. Hackleman received the exclusive agency for the state on July 31. Shields charges, after termination of the existing agreements. Three silver crowns studded with jewels were among /the royal treasures recently found by archeologists in Egypt when they explored a tomb of about 600 A. D.

Have a Hobby Bulldog, Is Loyal, Kindly Despite Ferocious Looks

Cintralynn. a dog of high renown.

BY MRS. C. O. ROBINSON Timfn llbbv Editor I know I'm not a handsome do* And miv lark trier and charm But rrallv I'm a clubby pooch That would not bite or harm. Behind my rather aweyome mien You'll And a lovinr pup I’m 'tracta-buH' and centle, too So do not payy me up. a a a Undoubtedly more persons are interested In dogs than in any other domestic animal, for they hold a place in man's life that nothing else can fill. Each distinct breed has its admirers who may own only one pet dog or have a kennel full of show stock. Frank C HatfWd of this city has for his hobby the raising of his favorite breed, the bulldog, whose history is very interesting. When the conquering Romans invaded the British Isles in 55 B. C.. their fighting dogs were defeated ignominiously by a native dog, called, by the Romans, the “Pugnaces." Old records tell us that when oxen roamed wild in England, butchers found these dogs exceptionally helpful in capturing the cattle. While watching the dogs work, a nobleman of sporting proclivities decided that a fight between a bull and a dog would make a great show, and started the brutal practice of bull-baiting. Historians claim that the present day bulldog is descended from this fighting dog and was named from the sport. The first record naming the bulldog as a distinct breed was written in 1631. but illustrations as late as 1771 show him with straight legs and nose. a a a BREEDERS endeavored to emphasize the features which make the bulldog more proficient in fighting. By a long period of selective and experimental breeding. an improved type of bulldog emerged. The strengthening of the jaw. shortening of the leg and nose produced a stocky warrior with a nose so placed as to facilitate breathing while hanging on to the bull. His shape today is the result of fitting him for the sport which continued as a favorite and even fashionable pastime until forbidden by law in 1853. With this fascinating though brutal background, the bulldog can claim to be one of the oldest breeds which has held a steady popularity for decades. Designated as England's mascot, he often is called "English bulldog." The word English is superfluous, however. Bulldog is correct. Several breed names—Boston terrier, bull terrier and French bulldog—have caused this confusion in the public mind. The bulldog of today has retained all the original fierceness in his looks, but has lost his vicious temper, if he ever had one. He makes an especially good playfellow for children and is not only gentle, but is instinctively protective. a a a WHILE the bulldog primarily is British. America has produced some fine ones. Dr. Glenn Adams, well known for his dog talks over WLW, is a bulldog fancier and publishes the magazine 'Dog News." which will feature the bulldog in the September number. There are some fine bulldogs In Indianapolis. Frank Hatfield owns one of the finest young females in the country, Cintralynn. here pictured. The "aldermanic baywindow" between her front legs is a mark of her perfection of form and is called the "brisket " She has eight champions in four generations of her pedigree and is descended from Champion Irish Alaunt. the most famous bulldog this country has produced. He Is valued at SIO,OOO Although young. Cintralynn is a veteran of the show ring and will appear at the dog show to be held at the Indiana state fair Mr. Hatfield and his son Jack are partners in the hobby of bulldog raising and the older son. Bill, adds his bit by photographing the CRASH HURTS 2 WOMEN Victims in Collision of Autos Are Treated at Hospital. Two women were injured today in the collision of two automobiles at Thirtieth street and Talbott avenue. on? suffering a seriously cut left hand. An automobile driven by Mrs Agnes Murphy. 40. of 3536 North Meridian street, collided with a car driven by Roy Micheli. 16. of 525 Stevens street. Micheli was injured and Mrs. Murphy suffered a badly cut hand. Mrs. Frances Welch. 37. of 4445 Central avenue, riding with Mrs. Murphy, was bruised. Both women were treated at city hospital. LOSES $l2O IN JEWELRY Edward Hallett Robbed by Thief Who Removes Window Screen. Jewelry valued at S!2O was stolen from his home Sundav night. Edward Hallett. 1516 North Oxford street, informed police today. The thief entered by removing a screen from a side window.

prize pets. Cintralynm must have felt keenly her responsibility toward the partnership, for she presented her owners with eight puppies in her first litter. Three or four would have been considered a large family. Since the current price of bulldog puppies runs from SSO to S3OO, this overproduction was commendable. aaa ONE of the pups, Tuffy, was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Hood to take the place of a beloved Boston terrier, Mike, who, as an important and elegent gentleman, had lived out a long and busy life of cat chasing. Tuffy is registered as Robin Hood and shows promise of being a great credit to his illustrious forebears. Another pup. registered as Jennielynn, w'as purchased by Delos Arnold, owner of the TimesTribune, Alexandria, Ind., and a third w'ent to Judy Crow', of New Castle. Beauty, ’tis said, is only skin deep, and although the bulldog never may win medals for patrician pulchritude. sylphlike symmetry’ and classical comeliness, he combines rugged strength, gentleness and deep affection, which makes him an ideal dog.

COURT TO HEAR TRUCKTAX SUIT Injunction Sought Against Enforcement of Weight Law. Judge Clarence Weir at 2 this afternoon will open a hearing in superior court four on an injunction suit instituted against enforcement of the new state weight tax law fixed on trucks operating in Indiana. and asking that the law be declared unconstitutional. The suit, filed by Hubert S. Kelly, asks the court to enjoin Frank Finney, state motor bureau commissioner, and A1 G. Feeney, state safety director, from enforcing the law. The Indiana Motor Traffic Association, representing 14.000 truckers in the state, also is a plaintiff with Kelly in the suit. Albert Ward is attorney for the truck men. The law levies a $1 a hundred weight tax on all trucks and the injunction seekers brand the law as "violation of the Constitution of the United States and of the state of Indiana, and that the law is discriminatory. its operation neither uniform nor equal, end that the classifications are oppressive, arbitrary. and unreasonable.” Judge Weir has been on his vacation. but special arrangements were made to hear the case this afternoon.

Hunt Lost Dog Adopted to Fill Vacancy in City Home

Pet Companion of Couple Grieved by Death of Child Strays. Somewhere in the vicinity of Lake Freeman is a bewildered small brown white dog. He is "Bob." 11-year-old pet of Mr. and Mrs. J. Pratt. 609 West Thirtieth street'. Bob came to the Pratt home ten years ago. to offer consolation to two broken-hearted parents, four weeks after the death of their 8-year-old daughter Violet. Though he isn't listed in any canine social register, he has given ten years of faithful service and love. He has accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Pratt on several vacation trips, and was their companion a week ago when they went to Lake Free- \ man for a few days' outing. A sudden death in the family called Bob's owners back to Indianapolis. The dog was out "scouting" j about the lake, and had to be left behind. Sunday. Mr. and Mrs Pratt returned to the lake to hunt

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lekes Tells How Public Works Dollars Are Being Made Into Jobs. (Continued From Page Onel work under the program from all over the country. But the full force of the public works effort will not be felt immediately. It is working now, but it is cumulative in effect. Turn Dollars Into Jobs If the Washington organization rested now, which it will not. that billion dollar seed planted so swiftly would go right ahead sprouting into jobs throughout the country. Ordered by President Roosevelt to serve as federal public w'orks administrator. I have watched the administration struggle and succeed in its efforts to get tho program working. The start, without any organization and a policy which had to be built as we worked, I believe is the mast difficult period from which we now are emerging. Our decentralized state organization for handling the orogram intelligently on a low-i ost basis with slashed overhead now has been completed and is functioning. But while we were building, we could not hesitate, for ours was an emergency task for which tffere was dire need. Therefore, the public works administration drove on w’ith immediate and continuous action, turning dollars into jobs. Period of Waiting Over Available machinery was invoked. The first heavy blow to unemployment was taken at the earliest moment possible, when President Roosevelt allotted $400,000,000 for road building. The money was assigned immediately to the states. They now have qualified their roads projects with the government through the United State bureau of roads and the advertising of contracts and other requirements for protection of public money has gone forward with minimum delay. \ Workmen called back from idleness through the public works administration actually are working for honest pay on roads today. Three hundred road projects giving employment to 27,000 men to 185 counties of nineteen states have been approved by the government. The period of waiting is over. Throughout the country the detour signs are blossoming—each indicating where real work for w'ages with all its regenerative and beneficial powers has supplanted unemployment. Separate Good From Worthless The navy shipping program has started with the power of $238,000,000 behind it. Bids have been approved and jobs will result not only in shipyards, but throughout the country where the materials for the vessels are obtained. In the same manner the delayed effect of the many other allotments from the public works fund will become apparent. Now, with the completion of the state organization, we are turning to nonfederal projects and are in a position to separate the good from the worthless projects. Many allotments will be made—and many projects will fail to win indorsement. Say ‘No' as Well as ‘Yes’ We are prepared to say “no” as well as "yes.” No fund would be large enough to finance all the schemes laid before the public works administration. Many are unsound and approval would saddle an unbearable burden on the public. There will be laments from interested parties who are disappointed. If these were permitted to change our policy, we would betray a public trust. We are in action and getting results. The public works program 1 is well launched.

for him. Bob had been seen in neighborhood on Friday, traveling east. Other than that, no information could be learned about him. "He wouldn't mean much to anyone else, but he is very dear to us,” Mrs. Pratt sal’s. "He came to us at a time w'hen we were griefstricken, and needed him. I 3m sure no one has taken him. "He is just lost, and can’t find his way home. I am hoping that someone will find him and return him to us.” NAB TWO AFTER CHASE Youths Halted in Car Face Charges of Speeding. Drunkenness. Pursued for a mile along West Washington street at a sixty-mile-an-hour gait. Keith Emery, 19. of 4922 Hillside avenue, and Hampton Wililams. 24. of 427 Alton avenue, were under arrest today, charged with speeding and drunkenness. Police said half a gallon of whisky was found in the automobile. Williams also was charged with resisting arrest.

YEGGS GO BURROWING

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Here’s what safecrackers who take their work seriously can do to a downtown building. The photo shows Miss Alma Kruge (left) and Misr. Helen Kenedy. employes of the Commercial Credit Realty Company. 223 East Ohio street, looking through the hole which yeggs cut to enter the company offices. Ladders used by the burglars in their battering job also are shown.

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‘RATE CUT NOW impossible: is UTILITTS PLEA Parley With Public Service Company Officials Is Stalemate. NRA may mean "no rate alterations" so far as public utilities are concerned, it appeared today. Another meeting of officials of the Public Service Company and Sherman Minton, public counselor, who brought a rate reduction case for the "south system." resulted in a stalemate. Sept. 11 was set for further negotiations before the public service commission, but the company issued the following statement, explaining why no rate reductions can be granted at this time: "The Public Service Company of Indiana is trying in every way to co-qperate with the commission, the NRA, and its thousands of customers. It is impossible to determine at the time the total increase in operating costs which the company will have under the NRA program. "Pay roll expense alone will be increased by more than a half million dollars, under the propased code for utilities. To this increase, there must be added the increased costs of coal, and other materials and supplies, used by the company. These increases already are being felt to some extent and further increases will be an inevitable result of the NRA program. We already have cut our revenues for 1933 by more than $475,000 In rate reductions this year. "For the reasons stated, our expenses are being increased unavoidably. In addition to the facts already mentioned, the Federal tax of 3 per cent on all energy sold becomes effective Sept. 1 and will cost the company about $131,000 a year. The state's gross income tax law is costing us about $132,000 a year. "Congress levied a stock tax. amounting to another $7,000 a year, and another 5 per cent tax on dividends. Our tax expenses, there-

SETS ALTITUDE MARK

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High up in aviation circles now is Mile. Helene Boucher, prominent French flier, who unofficially broke the women's altitude record at Paris. Her barograph recorded 6.000 meters, which beats the mark set by Ruth Nichols.

fore, are not coming down. Taxps. including property taxes, but not the many kinds of indirect taxes, will amount to more than $1,250,000 this year. "These are the reasons it is impossible to reduce electric rates any further at the present time Our rates never have been increased in boom times. The company desires to co-operate fully with the NRA program, but will be hard put to do so without increasing its rates. “However, we are making every effort to co-operate with the commission and the public conuselor." AUTO TROPHY IS STOLEN Cannonball Baker Reports Theft of Possession From Home. An automobile trophy, valued at SIOO, and $5.50 in cash were stolen from the home of Erwin (Cannonball* Baker. 902 Garfield drive, famed automobile record breaker, he reported to police Sunday. Some of the shaiks that lived millions of years ago w'ere giants with jaws five feet wide.

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WILSON ‘BACKS UP' IN GROCERY CLOSING CLASH Prosecutor Dumps Hours Problem Back in Laps of Operators. Prosecutor Herbert E Wilson today stepped out of the scene in the Indianapolis grocers’ war over opening and closing hours, gently placing the entire problem right back on the laps of the grocers Wilson last week issued a warning asserting that he would prosecute any grocer keeping his store open Sundays. Later, he amended his warning to rule that any grocer keeping his store closed on Saturdays because of religious beliefs would be permitted to keep open on Sundays. The Sunday clasing prosecution was threatened on an old state statute. passed about 1880 which prohibits Sunday labor. A near-storm broke around Wilsons head. He learned that small grocery owners were up in arms and that the NRA administration in Washington had ruled that grocers could stay open as long as they wanted to. in an effort to spread employment. Today, Wilson issued a statement. It said: "There is no doubt that closing of all groceries would work a great hardship on many communities. For instance, in poorer communities. many persons aie without the funds necessary to maintain iceboxes. and depend on getting their Sunday meats on Sunday. Then, too. many families with babies purchase their milk on Sunday, because they have no way of keeping it cold. "The prosecutor s office does not believe that it has any right to say that some groceries may keep open and others not. Perhaps the grocers will work out this satisfactorily among themselves this week " The most beautiful photographs of trees in America are sought by the American Forestry Association for a collection to be exhibited throughout the country.