Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 89, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 August 1933 — Page 9

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U. S. OFFICERS BUILD CHINESE FLYING FORCE Powerful Air Squadron Is Being Formed as Japan Watches Closely. 36 PLANES ARE BOUGHT Crack American Pilots at Work Instructing in Attack Aviation. BY C. B. ALLEN Time* *peril Writer NEW YORK. Aur. 23 Behind announced purchase by the Chinese Rovernment of thirty-six Cur-Mss-Hawk pursuit planes is a story of American strategy in the Orient ■which may have far-reaching effects. It, is. in essence, that the United States, unofficially, but none the less effectively, is building up a first class air force virtually on the doorstep of the Japanese empire. Colonel John B Jouett. who conceived and built up so-called attack aviation in the United States the only country where this low-flying, swift-striking branch of flying has been highly developed—is head of the American mission.whose goal is to create in China an air force pat- j terned in every detail after our own ; Crack Pilots With Him He has with him a dozen crack American pilots, recruited from either the army or the navy. Like their chief they still hold commissions as reserve officers. In addition, the group contains 1 four skilled mechanics who former-1 lv were enlisted men in Uncle Sam's flving services and whose dutiv it is to inculcate the principles of American aircraft maintenance in the Chinese mechanics assigned to them. 'The unit to which they are assigned and of which Colonev Jouett. has charge is ealled the Central Aviation School. It is at Hangchow and is the official aviation training center of the Nanking government. The Americans now have been on the job for a year.

Japan Walchps Closely Japan is watching the Chinese air training center with ever-increasing apprehension. China placed the order in this country for a squadron of the fastest and most deadly modern fighting planes following a spectacular exhibition of the CurtissHawk's performance by Major James H. Doolittle, former army speed flier. The planes are nearing completion in the Curtiss-Wright factory at Buffalo. The three-vear contract under which Colonel Jouett is working calls for the graduation of fifty Chinese pilots every eight months with a total of at least 180 hours flying time each. Then their air training is to be continued along the same lines followed in the United States Army Air Corps. Buy Italian Bombers In addition to American activities in China's military aviation set-up it is reported from Rome that twenty Italian bombing planes have been sold to the Chinese government and that Lieutenant Colonel Mario de Bernardi. one of Italy's most famous airmen, is to supervise instruction of China's fliers. The machines are old-style Fiat bombers of "wood and wire" construction. Equipment bought here, on the contrary, is of latest military type, and exceeds the best planes of the Japanese. NAB BANDIT SUSPECT Negro Man Is Identified as Assailant of Victim in Battle. In a battle with a holdup man late Tuesday night. Albert E. Tafe. 1441 Everett street, received a severely bitten finger and bruises on head and face. Shortly after, in company of a police squad. Tafe identified Jasper Norris. Negro, 33. of 2443 North Arsenal avenue, as his assailant. Norris was charged with vagrancy and is held under high bond. Tafe told police he was walking on Massachusetts avenue near the city dog pound when the man leaped at him with a drawn razor When Tafe resisted, the man fled, and Tafe reported the attack to Harry Koeniger. railroad detective, who called police.

CITY MAN DIES IN EAST Body of Son of Local Family Not to Be Returned for Burial. The son of a local man is dead in a New York hospital, but th? father will not seek return of the body because of the effect it will have on the boy's mother. This was revealed Tuesday when local officers questioned Joseph Axelrod, 1032 South Illinois street, whose son, Abe. died in New York. Axelrod told police he wanted the boy buried in a Jewish cemetery there. He said his son has been away from home several years. SEEK FLORISTS SESSION Attempt to Be Made to Bring 1934 Convention to City. Attempt to bring the 1934 convention of the Florists' Telegraph Delivery Association to Indianapolis was launched today by local members of the group. Irvin Bertermann was authorized to extend the invitation at the September convention of the association in New Orleans. Formal invitations from Governor Paul V. McNutt and Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan will be presented by Bertermann.

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AUSTRIA ARMS AGAINST NAZIS 1,000 Sharpshooters to Guard Frontier From Storm Troopers. by ROBERT H. BEST United Prm Staff Cnrrespontsnt >Copyright. 1933. by United Pressi VIENNA. Aug. 23.—Austria prepared an army of 1,000 picked sharpshooters today which is to be sent to the German frontier in fear of an attack by exiled Nazis, working in co-operation with Hitler storm troopers. The frontier already is guarded heavily. Military intelligence reports that the Nazis planned a series of border raids, and perhaps an invasion in force, early in September, caused Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss to order the new fdree of two battalions of the Heimwehr to prepare for action. This development emphasized the tension between Germany and Austria over the Nazi or Fascist problem, which has brought increasingly bitter enmity between the governments which were allies during the World war European powers were considering the addition of 8,000 men to the military forces allowed Austria under the St. Germain treaty. It was hoped the sharpshooters force would be ready to go to the border early in September, after they have been organized and instructed in special duties. Frontier incidents have been frequent. Orders from the government are for guards to shoot to kill any one who adopts a threatening attitude, or even fails to halt when ordered to do so. Guards are instructed to reply to any fire, from either Austrian or German soil.

STRUCK BY CM. BOY IS HURT CRITICALLY Condition of Injured Lad Reported Better. Conidtion of Richard Green. 4. of 15 South Rural street, who was struck by an automobile in front of his home Tuesday, was given as improved by city haspital physicians today. The boy suffered a fracture of the skull when struck by the automobile of Ralph Kirkbrtde. 1946 Houston street, and was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Hospital treatment was given three persons after an automobile crash at New York and Bright streets Tusedav night, when an automobile driven by Charles Beeson. 50. of 823 West New York street, collided with the car of Everett Taylor. 50, of 612 Woodlawn avenue. The injured were: Mrs. Mavme Cotton. 60. of 823 West New York street, head cuts; her daughter. Miss Thelma Cotton. 23. leg injury, and Philip Darling, 18. of Williamsport, head cuts. No arrests were made. Alberta Caldwell. Negro. 10. of 2816 Indianapolis avenue, was taken to city hospital with a broken leg after being struck by an automobile driven by Edmond Wilson. 2611 Clifton street, who was not held. Fire Damages Yacant House Slight damage was caused at a vacant house at 1010 East Seventeenth street Tuesday night by a blaze believed to have been of incendiary origin Firemen reported finding waste paper heaped against the side of the building.

Schools Get New Chance to Qualify for State Aid Forty-three Indiana school corporations which failed to levy sufficient faxes to qualify for state aid will be given a chance to redeem themselves, as result of a resolution adopted by the state board of education.

Units which last year fixed school levies for 1933-34 of less than the 50 cents required to qualify for state aid this fall must fix a levy of 50 cents, plus enough to make up this year's deficit, if they expect to receive sttae aid for 1933-34. Thus, a unit which has a 40-cent levy for this year must fix a 60con t levy for next year. One unit, which has only a 5-cent levy this year, must fix a 95-cent levy for next year. Following the education board meeting, representatives of fifteen organizations of school men and women met and promised support to the state in its camapign to make October gross income tax payments as large as possible to increase payments by the state for

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U. S. SUPPLY Os WHISKY WILL BE PLENTIFUL Industrial Alcohol Chief Discounts Any Worry Over Shortage. HUGE STOCK IN STORE Millions of Gallons of High Purity Can Be Rectified to Meet Demand. BY KENNETH WATSON Times Special Writer WASHINGTON. Aug. 23 —Americans who are fearful that domestic liquor stocks will be <>xhausted before distillers can produce to meet the repeal demand expected to start in December have no cause for apprehension, according to Dr. James M. Doran, commissioner of industrial alcohol. "So much of the whisky on hanc is old and heavy that with proper 1 rectification the present supply will be ample to meet demands until new liquor can be manufactured," Dr. Doran said today. Dr. Doran said that approximately 14.000,000 gallons of liquor are stored in government-controlled warehouses. Due to relaxing of manufacturing restrictions through action by congress in removing prescription restrictions, the supply is is expected to exceed 20,000.000 gallons by Jan. 1. Large Supply Can Be Made "At least 4.000.000 gallons of the whisky is so pure that but from 10 to 15 per cent will be required for a base in rectifying or otherwise in blending it with alcohol," Dr Doran said. Through this rectification, or blending, the 4.000.000 gallons could i yield 25.000,000 gallons of satisfactory whisky, and this would be sufficient to tide the drinking public over until newly manufactured whisky was available. While government regulations require whisky bottled in bond to be four years old before being sold, there is no restriction against new whisky bping sold in barrels. He estimated that only five to six months will be required to age whisky for the market. Dr. Doran said congress will have to determine whether regulations governing whisky rectification should be changed. Restrictions Arc Slight ‘‘Under the present law. any firm which pays a SIOO license fee can rectify whisky. No restrictions arc imposed upon the percentage of alcohol used in the blending process, except, of course, that the exact percentages must he labeled to comply with the pure food and drug act.’* The manufacturing record for 1917, the last prewar and preprohibition fiscal year, shows that some 500 American distilleries produced 57.600.000 gallons of whisky; 8.200.000 gallons of brandy; 5.700.0C0 gallons of gin. and 2.800.000 gallons of rum. The federal revenue collected that year was: On whisky. $83,600,000; gin. $5,400,000; brandy, $3,500,000, and rum. $660,000.

5 CANADIAN TOURISTS KILLED AT CROSSING Tragedy in State Occurs as Auto Is Struck by Train. I'nilril Prr** • CHESTERTON. Ind„ Aug. 23. The bodies of five Canadian tourists killed when their automobile was demolished by a New York Central passenger train at a crossing on the Dunes relief highway Friday, were held in a local mortuary today. The victims, three women and a boy and a girl, tentatively were identified as Miss Christina MacDonald. 33. Winnifred. Alberta: Miss Mary McDonald. Edson. Alberta; Mrs. A. F. Masson. Ponoka. Alberta, sisters, and Mrs. Masson's two children. Kenneth. 8. and Marie. 10. STUDENTS IN PAGEANT Bible Institute Class to Participate in Mission Rally. A pageant, part of the fall rally program of the Wheeler City Rescue mission, will be presented at 7:30 tonight by students of the Indianapolis Bible institute. Other features of the fall program are a sacred concert Sunday night and the opening. Monday night, of a series of stereopticon lectures by Dr. E. M. Cobb. Spencer. Ind. Leading part in the pageant will be taken by Lora Ferguson, who also is the director. Others are Mary Hatton. D. C. Swaner, Carrie Swaner. Drusilla Burris. Clara Southern, and Bertha Overfield.

teachers' salaries, reducing the amount to be paid by the units. The campaign will be directed toward the small income taxpayers, whose taxes amount to less than SlO a year and who are not required to pay their taxes before Jan. 1. Unless the small taxpayers waive this privilege of delaying payments, the state's receipts will be insufficient to pay more than 8200 for each teacher, which is only onethird of the maximum the state legally could pay. Governor Paul V. McNutt, attending the session, promised that all gross income tax receipts up to Jan. 1 would be applied to payment of teachers' salaries.

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ALLEGED FUEL THIEF GIVEN COURT MERCY Allowed Opportunity to Return Stolen Lumber. Because he has three children and needed fuel for his family, Clarence Linger, 307 South Hamilton avenue. Tuesday was given opportunity to return lumber he is alleged to have stolen from the Pennsylvania railroad. A storm some time ago tore off part of the grandstand roof at Pennsy park. Linger, it is charged, went to the park and took home several large pieces of timber. Arrested by Charles Moran, detective for the railroad. Linger is said to have told him the need for fuel prompted the offense. Dewey Myers, municipal judge pro tern., continued his case until .Sept. 7. ordering Linger to return the lumber.

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Directors and the president of the new American National bank, who were named late Tuesday, after it was announced that the bank would open at 9 Thursday morning, are shown here. Left, top to bottom—Elmer W. Stout, J. I. Holcomb, William J. Mooney Sr., and John Rau. Center—James S. Rogan, of Cleveland, president of the institution, who has had twenty-seven years' banking experience. Right, top to bottom—Charles B. Sommers, Thomas D. Taggart, J. H. Trimble and Frank H. Sparks. Photos of Scott C. Wadley and G. Barret Moxley. other directors, are not included. Election of other officers was delayed. Stout, who was president of the Fletcher American National bank, which the new institution succeeds, will be chairman of the board of directors.

Now It's Your Bite Fire Alarm Was False, But So Were Teeth, and Judges Are All Gummed Up.

BY AL LYNCH Times Staff Writer THE ALIBI OF THE TEETH, a four-act playlet, was enacted dramatically in the board of safety chambers in city hall Tuesday, when Marion T. Harrison, a city fireman, went on trial for sending in a false*alarm July 24. Act one had the scenic background of a small barber shop at Boyd avenue and North Rural street. Time, 6:30. July 24. 1933. Enter a small man, slightly under the influence of 3 point 2. who demanded a shave, haircut, and shine, also a bottle of beer.

He obtained the first three items, but the shop owner refused to comply with the beer request. The little man with the full cheeks became abusive and the boss barber, with a highly dramatic gesture, offered playfully to cut his throat if he didn't leave. Exit little man with the pudgy cheeks, murmuring '‘l'll start a riot, I’ve just had the police out and they responded pretty good. Now I’ll have the fire department." The little man with the fat cheeks then walked across the street and pulled the fire alarm, while David Southern, the shine boy in the shop, watched. Hearing the fire engines responding, the littl£ man with the bulging cheeks disappeared. Much time was spent by firemen and civilians in trying to find the box puller, and police took David with them to cruise the neighborhood, trying to find him to no avail. a b a ACT TWO —This shows David slowly walking home past No. 2 engine house at Roosevelt and Sixteenth streets. Suddenly he spies a man resembling the little fellow with the puffed cheeks. David played the part of the hero, the only one in the story, for a few minutes, and identified the little fellow, who now is in the role of showing two visiting firemen from Boston around the town, as the box puller. Act Three—Chief Voshell's office at fire headquarters, where affidavits are obtained from David Southern and a barber in the North Rural shop that the little fellow with the visiting firemen is the same little fellow with the outboard cheeks who pulled the fire box and then disappeared. He is identified by Chief Voshell and other firemen as Marion T. Harrison. also a city fireman from No. 20 engine housp. Act Four—The safety board rooms, where Charles R. Meyers and Donald R. Morris, board members, sit as a civil court to try the box puller. The scene opens with Herbert Spencer, assistant city attorney, presenting the evidence to the court. A dozen witnesses testified that the fire box was pulled, that it was a false alarm, and that the little fellow of the inflated cheeks did pull the box and disappeared.

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boy. David Southern, positively could identify the defendant. Marion Harrison, as the little fellowwit h the outgrown cheeks. The evidence was far from convincing that Harrison was the man. but a shadow of doubt began to creep into the trial when fvlarion took the stand in his own defense, and began to lisp. Ever alert. Prosecutor Spencer demanded to know about the lisp. He was informed by the defendant that he "could not talk with his store teeth in, and always carried them in his pocket when not eating." So a deep air of puzzlement settled over the trial room. Every one. until that moment, had the little fellow with the large cheeks in mind, and here was a little fellow with sagging gums and sunken cheeks. After much discussion as to whether the teeth were in their proper place, and not in the pocket of the owner on July 25, members of the board, to escape the double jitters from the little man with the big cheeks and the little man with the sunken cheeks, took the case uivler advisement until the next board meeting, w'hen the final act, No. 5, will be presented.

LEASES HOUSE, FINDS FURNITURE MISSING So Is Tenant, Mrs. La-ura Miksell Discovers After Renting. Something unique in furniture thefts was reported to police todav by Mrs. Laura Miksell. 818 Lincoln street. Last week, she leased a furnished ' house at 723 Lincoln street to a woman who gave the name of Mrs. ; Marion Anderson. Today Mrs. Miksell strolled by the house. It was empty, not only of occupants, but of Mrs Miksell's furniture. She told police the furnishings were valued at $547. WARNS ON AUTO LIGHTS State Police Drive to Start Soon, Says Safety Head. State-wide drive against trucks and autos without tail lights and with faulty headlights will be started within the next ten days. A1 Feeney, state safety department chief, announced today. Feeney said he will ask co-opera-tion of police officials in every state town of more than 200 residents in enforcing the law on proper vehicle lighting.

Levy Sufficient to Repay Poor Aid Fund Is Ordered Township levies sufficient to repay poor relief advancements, regardless of the $1 and $1.50 tax rate limits, must be fixed this fall, the McNutt administration has ruled, it was revealed today. Letters pointing out that sufficient funds to pay these advances must be made next year today were sent to county auditors by Philip Zoercher. state tax board chairman.

Zoercher ruled that auditors are bound by iaw to enforce the ruling. Legal test of the ruling was foreseen as result of insistence in some counties of observance of the $1 levylimit for property outside incorporated cities and towns, and 81.50 on all other property. If trustees fail to present estimates of levies fiecessarv to raise money to repay the county and federal government for poor relief funds advanced to the township during the current calendar year, auditors then must estimate the levy. Zoercher wrote.

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PASTOR FREE ON BOND October Trial Likely in Charge Filed by Girl's Mother. /?/ I nit* tl prr hh ANGOLA, Ind.. Aug 23—The Rev. Sidney H. Beauchamp was free on SI,OOO bond today after he had been held in the Steuben county jail for nearly a week as result of a complaint filed by the mother of Gladys Bradbury. 1". who was living with the pastor and his wife. Howard Mountz. Garrett, counsel for Beauchamp, said the charge against the former pastor of the Nine Mile United Brethren church probably would be heard at the October term of the Steuben circuit court. ROBS FILLING STATION Bandit Holds Two Customers at Bay and Flees With sls. Holding two customers at bay. a bandit Tuesday night robbed William A. Parker. 4251 Sangster avenue. attendant at a filling station at Maple road and Fall Creek boulevard. of sls. Robert and Jack Davis. 3754 Fall Creek boulevard, were at the station when the bandit appeared. He fled on foot.

The tax chairman’s ruling coincides with the view of William H liook, director of the Governor's unemployment relief commission, who this week held that auditors must require trustees to levy sufficient money to repay federal poor relief loans received during the year. The federal loans need not be repaid next year. Book said, but because federal aid grants will decrease greatly in 1934, the moneymust be raised locally to be used tn place of the absent federal aid for poor relief. i

BANKS WARNED TO‘LOOSEN’ON LOAN POLICY Gen. Johnson Declares That Caution Is Retarding Recovery Program. DEPOSITS ARE FREED More Money Released, but Large Sum Still Is Tied Up. BY THOMAS 1,. STOKES Time* special Writer WASHINGTON Aug 23 - The nation's banks were warned bluntly today that they must do their part ' in the recovery program. They were lold by General Hugh Johnson. NR A administrator, that they must loosen up on credits to business and industry Acting upon numerous protests that banks are refusing loans. General Johnson called the stringency of credit to the attention of the Federal Reserve board and the Reconstruction Finance corporation Business is on the upward spiral, the administrator said, but It can not go forward without bank cooperation. Simultaneously, pressure is being brought upon the treasury to hasten release of $2,000,000,000 tied up in closed banks. Deposits Must Be Freed Fall buying is about to begin. Prices are going up under the industrial recovery plan. Freeing of deposits is regarded as important in maintaining the advance. Depositors arc becoming testy at the long delay. Business men. likewise, are resentful over reluctance of banks to provide them with necessary rredit to participate in the recovery plan. Industry lias stocked its shelves and increased its easts. It. must have ■ credit, to move its goods. Swamped with appeals, treasury officials say they Rrr proceeding as swiftly as passible under difficulties to reopen banks. , Optimism exuded today from Walter J. Cummings, special assistant. lo Secretary W H Woodin in charge of opening banks, who forecast that sixty days will see the reopening of ail national banks and state banks which are members of the federal reserve system. 897 Banks Closed Os the 5.360 national banks still extant, only 897 still are closed, according to last-minute figures compiled by Cummings. A total of 4.963 have been reopened, releasing deposits aggregating $17,000,000,000. But the national bank picture is even belter than that, said Cummings. While 897 banks are closed, plans have been approved for reopening 317 of these, leaving only 580 stiil locked. Os the 835 state bands which are members of the federal reserve system, 95 still are clased. In the 897 nafional banks still unopened there are $817,000,000 of deposits. This will be reduced to about $450,000,000 with opening of the 317 which about ready to function again, ho estimated. Still unavailable in the ninety-five state bank members of the federal reserve are $204,000,000 of deposits. Made available by reopening of state bank members is a total of $9,741,000,000. Cummings Is Optimistic "That looks pretty good to me." commented Cummings, who remain* genial and placid despite his worries. "That means that $26,741.000 1)00 has been* released by national and state bank members, with only $654,000,000 still tied up.'* Not so much can be said for state banks wihch are not members of the federal reserve system. Os a total of 10.116. there are still 1,866 closed. \t#ih total deposits ol $1,005,000.000. A total of 8.250 have been Topened. with deposits of $5,057 - 000.000. The only part the treasury can play In regard to. state banks is to expedite loans from the R. F C., he said. Altogether, a total of 13.953 banks have been reopened to date, with more than $32,000.000 000 of depasits. Still tied* up are deposits amounting to $2.126.000.000 Cummings said his policy is to insist upon double liability for stockholders. He denied that the treasury favors the bankers in its reorganization plans, a complaint frequently voiced "We are for the depositors." h# insisted. WOMAN TRAILS. TRAPS STEALER OF CLOTHING Acts Part of Amateur Detective to Cause Prowlers Arrest. Amateur detective work proved profitable to Miss Hazel Buchanan, 645 Massachusetts avenue. Apartment 15. Tuesday night. After following a theft suspect for several blocks, she recovered clothing stolen from her apartment and brought about the arrest of Oren Dickinson, 35, of 523 East North street, on a vagrancy count. Miss Buchanan said she wss walking near her home when shtf saw a man with a bundle of clothing. some of which she ecognized as hers. She followed the suspect to the North street address before she called officers. They pursued Dickinson three blocks before capturing him.

DRAWS GUN ON COPS Negro Is Arrested When Caught Loitering Near Storerooms. Drawing a loaded revolver on a squad of police which caught him skulking behind storerooms at Belmont avenue and Howard street, Griffin Williams. Negro. 31, of 1442 Shepard street, was arrested on a vagrancy charge early today.