Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 89, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 August 1933 — Page 7

AUG. 23, 1933

JOHN J. MORGAN, LIFELONG CITY RESIDENT, DIES Former Hamilton County Man Employe of Kingan and Cos. Following an illness of a year, John Jefferson Morgan. 62 passed away Monday night at his jiome. 1824 Dexter street He was born in Hamilton county, but had lived here nearly all his life He had been employed for many vears in the Kingan A: Cos. maintenance department. Survivors are the widow* Mrs. Anna Grace Morgan; a daughter, Mrs Aiber* I-evrnthal, and a son. Alpha Moigan all of Indianapolis. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon with burial in Crown Hill cemetery'. Kets Kites Are Set Funeral services for Mrs. Myrtle M Kets. 30, 3818 Central avenue, who died in the Methodist hospital Monday night, will be held in the Royster A’ A kin funeral home at 2 Thursday afternoon. The Rev. W. W Wiant will officiate. Mrs Kets was born in Pembina. N D She was an employe of the Wf.man s World Publishing Company and had lived in Indianapolis a year She is survived bv her father. Hillierd Shannon of this city; two brothers. Wilbur Shannon of Indianapolis and James H Shannon of Oakland. Cal., and two sisters. Mrs Beatrice Odegaard of Columbus. N D . and Mrs. Irene Winkler of Portland. Ore Speedway Worker Dies Funeral services for Charles Morris Richardson, 34, who died at the home of his brother Fred. 18 North Jefferson avenue, Monday, will be held in the home of Fred Richardson followed by buria.! in Crown Hill cemetery. Mr. Richardson was an attendant at the main gate of the Motor Speedway for twelve years. He is survived by a sister. Mrs. Ada VanDeman of Knox. Ind.. and two brothers. Fred and Oliver M. Richardson. of this city.

ROOSEVELTS PARTNER : IS ILL IN INDIANA Boston Man Operated Upon at Rochester for Appendicitis. Bu f hi l> <1 I’rran ROCHESTER. Ind., Aug. 23 Douglas Lawson, millionaire Boston Insurance man, was reported to be making •satisfactory progress” at Woodlawn hospital here today after an emergency appendicitis operation. Lawson is a co-partner in a Boston insurance agency with James Roosevelt, son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He is a son of the late Thomas W. Lawson, one-time president of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. He was stricken Sunday while visiting Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barnaby, Greencastle. parents of his wife, at their Culver summer home near here. POST TO HOLD REUNION Legion Members at Shelbum, Indio Hold 3-Day Event. Three-day reunion of American Legion members at Shelbum. Ind., will open Thursday with the chief feature of the first day’s program a reception and an address by Senator Arthur R. Robinson. Floyd Young, former commander of the state legion, also will speak Thursday. Friday will be devoted to church activities and Saturday has been set aside as miners' day. Hiram Kelly, member of the board of the United Mine Workers of America, will apeak.

Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automoiies reported to police *5 stolen belong to: Millard Smith 5138 Wavne avenue. Ford tout* 39-043. from Blackford and Ne*York at reel *.

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Stolen automobiles recovered bv police belong to __ j J. Su'ton 242 ft Manlove avenue. Ford Coupe, found at Done n> id foltO" *tr-M J. C. Nevins. R R 12 Box 209. Ford coupe, found in roar ot ,53 .-vgnea itf*. Ford yiurtna car license 45-918. found at Michigan and Vermont streets.

a ‘hem? APT fY BRUCE CAUQN THE quiet revolution that has W taken place in English life since the reign of Victoria is depicted painstakingly in R H. Mottram's new novel. ’ At the Sign of the Lame Dog” This Is a story of the transition period, in which the upper class of England—always heretofore a class which was as conscious of its duties as of its privileges—slowly went dead on it* feet and ceased to be the keystone of society. It is all made clear In the account of the life of Ear! Barnmgham. rural innkeeper and horse trader. Barninghams inn is part of a small village, and the village is a sample of the old English tradition in which all life was integrated about the country gentleman. H.s lordship, up at The Hall, was landlord for everybody. He set the key for all neighborhood activities. He kept the commerce of the neighborhood alive. If he had privileges he also had duties, and he did his best to fulfill them. But time brings changes. Steadily the old order passes. The Hall becomes a different place. New landlords. with no sense of social responsibility. replace the old. England's ills. Mottram seems to suggest, come chiefly because the land has not yet found anew system to replace the one it has lost AH of this makes a substantial and thoughtful novel. Its only trouble is that it is over-long and. in spots, just a little dull. Published by the Houghton-Mifflin Cos, it <ells lor U- 50.

The ABC of the NRA Below are given answers to questions sent to The Times by readers seeking information on problems arising from the National Recovery Act. Answers to other queries will be printed from day to day. If you have problems <b which you wish answers, write to The Times, or call Riley 5551, ask for the ABC department, and dictate your question. In giving your query, please state definitely the industry, business, or occupation on which your question is based. It will be answered as soon as possible.

q-A m eWk in a lock! department a'ore which uon the forty-hour week. I receive a nalarv plus a commiMlon. What ahould mv *agev be? Are mv comm uvion* part of mv wage*? T M. A—PRA provides that your minimum compensation, including commissions, must not be less than the minimum set under the agreement. Your total compensation must not be less than $13.50 a week.

Q I am an orderly In a hospital work;:.K fifty -SIX hour- a wee*, seven <lT* ■x ,-ek bo hoepitsl* come under tne SRA' If thev do wha' la mv wag* vrale and the maximum number of hour* that I should work"’ I, C M AT- Municipal hospitals are not under PRA Otherwise, under PRA. your hours are limited to 4fi hours a week at a minimum wage of $14.50 a week in Indianapolis. a a a q I recently have hern employed threa for *xtra work bv dealer in a local oil companv Each time he paid me bv •f . hour and each time -he wage* Were lower or the vam and a.wavs beio* 40 rents an hour’ Is 'hi* the correct wage • ra.< Oh which I should he employed?— A O. R A- The temporary agreement for the petroleum industry provides a minimum wage of 47 cents an hour in Indiana for employes in market operations other than filling station employes. The latter, in Indianapolis. are on a weekly minimum rate of sl4 a week. Part-time employes should receive a pro rata part of this minimum, based on a fortyhour week This works out lor 35 cents an hour.

Q—Can a companv make irregular the hours oi an employe as working him a few hours In ’he morning, laving him off. and then railing him back for several more hours in the afternoon’ The company la on the fortv-hour week, but it seems to cheat In the wav I haxe explained H. C. A—We are of the opinion that this practice might be construed a violation of the .spirit of PRA. A split shift has been allowed in but one code thus far approved. The restaurant code allows such practice, but limits total elapsed time available for duty to twelve hours in any one day. a a m Q-Has an hourly wage been set for the kind of work which I do? I am janitress at a church and library and do cleaning in homes and offices at an hourly rate. — E. H A—ls all your work is done on an hourly basis, you are classed as an independent operator and not subject to the wage and hour provisions of PRA. a a a Q What penally can be Imposed when a a employe is discharged for Joining a union, if the fact is proved’ E O. A—Under most of the temporary agreements for separate industries, and under PRA, an employe is per- , mitted to join a union. If the em-

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ployer has violated this part of his agreement, he is subject to the penalties prescribed. Consult your local Recovery Board for advice on action to be taken through NRA. a a a Q Would a rural uchool janitor and maintenance man whose work includes all painting, cleaning, etc., come under NRA? I work about 55 hour* a week and receive 110 pay.-C. O. D A—Employes of political subdivision are exempt from the provisions of PRA. a a a Q- I am a general contractor and afraid to hid and more afraid not to bid on shat litt le work comes up I have manv questions that are of vital Importance to me and the organlration. but to date. I have found no one who is any better advised or better a- guessing W> express our desire to abldf by any regulations as was requested by the President and have yet to be recognized in any wav The following are questions that we wouid like to have answered: We employ varying numbers of men depending on the work we have on hand. W> have employed union workmen to date at the prevailing wage. How does the NRA affect these workmen and ourselves with regard to nonunion contractors and workmen? What hours should we be working? What wages should we be paring the trades? How is compensation based If we work the men piece work? Have general contractors been orgamred under a code to date? If so to whom should we communicate for detaila?--S. P B A—Union contracts are not affected by PRA. The contracted wages and hours stand. Nonunion contractors are bound by provisions of PRA as modified by the temporary agreement for the construction industry. Piece-workers must be guaranteed the minimum weekly wage for your classification. We suggest you ask your postmaster for a copy of PRA and send 5 cents to the Superintendent of Documents, Washington. D. C., for a copy of I the temporary code for the construction industry. The Construction League of the United States sponsored this temporary code. The address of the code commitr tee of this league is Willard hotel. Washington, D. C.. The league headquarters are 1721 New York avenue. N. W„ Washington. D. C. Also, you should consult your recovery campaign committee or | chamber of ocmmerce for information on the code for your industry.

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PRISONER GIVEN PAROLE TO JOIN AGIN6MOTHER Plea Gains Freedom for Youth -Lost’ Since Childhood. , Plea for clemency to permit an inmate of the Indiana state prison to return to his mother and other members of his family, whom he has not seen for years, gained a parole today for LawTence Baer, alias Harry Stetson. , Baer was convicted in 1930 in Kosciusko county for robbing a filling station and was sentenced I three to ten years. His sister, Mrs. Eleanor Thiesing, Chicago, related to the state clemency board how Baer and his brother, Ernest, were sent to orphans' homes after the death of their fa'her Ernest succeeded in life, later being stationed in the Philippines with the army. He was to return to Chicago today. Serves Term in Ohio Lawrence, however, ran away from the institution and served a safe robbery term in the Ohio state penitentiary. The family was traced by a Chicago lawyer, who revealed the ■ second prison term of Baer. The elderly mother since had not ' seen her son until this year. Baer's petition read: "She is getting old now and I want to be with her." The clemency board ruled that Baer must report his conduct for the next five years. 4 Denied Clemeney One Marion county man was granted a parole, case of another was continued and four others were denied clemency. Earl Sparks, sentenced for five to twenty-one years in 1929 for robbing five groceries, was granted a effective when he has a job. Denials were meted to Oliver Shelton. burglar, serving three to ten years; Cecil Ruff, burglary, ten years; Jean Price, bank robbery, ten to twenty-one years, and Will Ray, voluntary manslaughter, two to twenty-one years. Petition of Horace Smith, serving a life term for murder, was continued until October. The only really effective way of ridding a lawn of moles is to trap them, says the United States bureau of biological survey.

Husband Fights for Wife Facing Return to .‘Slavery’

Mr*. Helen Bigelow Stodghill and her husband Howard.

“I'll do everything I can to keep her from having to go back to that institution," declared Howard Stodghill. 21-year-old husband of Mrs. Helen Bigelow Stodghill. Tuesday afternoon, when vagrancy charges against him and his wife were dismissed by Dewey Myers, judge pro tern . in municipal court. "There's nothing wrong with her. and she's spent many of the best years of her life there now I want 4o get doctors to examine her. ai.d prove that she Is normal and able to iive a normal life." he said. Mrs. Stodghill escaped two years] ago from a state institution for mental cases in Ft. Wayne, where, she testified, she was a "state slave.' After her escape, she married Stodghiil, and has been living at 1048 West New York street. Three weeks ago she met a girl

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who had escaped from the same Institution. The girl informed pohre of Mrs. Stodghill's whereabouts Both Stodghill and his wife are employed. He had not known about the rears she spent in the institution before police called at the home with a warrant for her arres. in an attempt to return her to the institution. The charge of being a fugitive has been continued until Sept. 22 During the thirteen vears she spent in the institution. Mrs. Stodghill says she was employed as a domestic in a number of hemes, but received no pay for her work. Employment was found for her by the institution. "I want to go to Ft Wayne and talk to some of the peonle for whom she worked." Stodghill said. "I believe they can help me prove that Helen is a normal person."

LICENSE BUREAU TO HOLD PICNIC Men’s ‘Beauty Contest’ Is Feature of Annual Office Outing. Usual roles will be reversed at the annual automobile license bureau picnic Thursday at Northern Beach when the Adonises of the statehouse will parade in a beauty contest. Instead of the time-honored custom of a group of male judges ogling at the rharms of feminine bathers, manly curves will be on display, with members of the uiir sex doing the appraising of form and figure. Judges will be Misses Marcia Murphy. Josephine Williams. Lucile Bearer and Mildred Halbig, and Mrs. Effie Durham. More than six hundred statehouse employes and their families are expected to attend the picnic, for which Charles H Cooper is chairman. Governor Paul V. McNutt has promised to attend.

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REALTORS WILL MEET Statistical Data tn Be Explained at Session Thursday. Realtors of the city will hear Charlton N Carter, former member of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board and a certified public accountant. explain the statistical data collected by Real Estate Analysis, Inc., at a meeting Thursday night on the twelfth floor of the Odd Fellows building The meeting was called by Henry E Ostrom vice-president of the real estate board. A rope on a slant is under a greater strain than a vertical rope supporting the same weight.

Mass Meeting for all Beauty Operators. Washington Hotel 16th Floor Friday, Aug. 25 — 8:30 P. M. Every Beautician Urged to Be Present. Irma O. Robertson, Pres.