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FULL-TIME TAX BOARD IS PLAN OF lUDGE COX Adjustment Group Would Be Presented Entire Facts on Finances. LEGAL PATH CLEARED Clerical Help to Aid in New Setup: One Member Will Remain. Bv Jamfs A. Carvin Time* Staff Writer Groundwork is being laid by Circuit Judge Earl R. Cox for a permanent tax adjustment board in Marion county as a solution to government budget problems, it was learned today by The Times. Under the program being considered by Judge Cox, the present county adjustment board will remain in session throughout the year, and will receive clerical and legal assistance necessary for obtaining a comprehensive knowledge of city, county and school expenditures. Regarded as the first constructive step which has been taken toward increasing tty* importance of the adjustment board, since its creation two years ago. the plan is adaptable for all counties of the state, it is pointed out. Serve TwelVe Months Members of the present board, which completed its deliberations last Friday, will be invited to attend a conference with Judge Cox at which details of the permanent organization will be perfected, it was learned. "In my opinion, there is nothing in the law which prevents the board from serving a full twelve months, or at least until Aug. 1, 1934, the time of the new board’s appointment,” Judge Cox declared. “I intend to see that at least one member of the present board is retained next year to give the benefit of his experience and the composite findings of this year’s board to the incoming members.” Organization With Judge This phase of the plan is in accordance with a suggestion made by Judge Cox a week ago when he appeared in person before the board and denounced th,e system which failed to give the board other than • psychological" powers This board is the forerunner of a board which wilj qtyounf to something,” Judge Cox declared then. Organization of the adjustment board rests entirely with Judge Cox, although he has no authority over board members after the -• appointments. ...... Statutory provisions give him complete control over appointment of three civilian members. Three others are selected by him from the school board menjbers. heads of incorporated towns and townsVity trustees. The seventh member is named by the county council from its membership. la*gal Aid Needed Services of an auditor for analysis of budget figures, lack of which was decried by Judge Cox under the present board setup, will be provided under the contemplated plan by assigning a member of the tolirit? auditor's staff to the board. Legal counsel will be provided, either by city, school and county attorneys, or can be acquired by special appointment from Judge Cox. The tentative organization program embraces an opening session of the board early in the summer, permitting at least three months for intensive analysis and personal investigation of budget itemsi beforefinal adoption of budgets on Oct. 1.
Items to Be Probed Records of expenditures will be provided the board by city, countv and school auditors and subjected to close scrutiny. Individual department requests can be probed for elimination of superfluous items and decisions will be made only from personal knowledge of board members. Members of the board, who will be asked to continue their duties throughotit this year, are John Newhouse. president and county council vice-president; Russell Willson, school board representative; Mrs. Maggie Maxwell. Washington township trustee; Harry Britton, Beech Grove town board member; A. C. Schrader, Forst M. Knight, realtor, and Frank Quinn, local business man. Bandits Rob, Kill Farmer Kti l Hilrii I’tr,. THREE RIVERS. Mich., Oct. Two bandits who killed Fritz Hacker, 51, Nottowa farmer, threatened to hang his wife, and looted their home, were sought this afternoon. Times Index Page Berg Cartoon 12 Book-a-Day 6 Bridge 7 Broun Column 12 City Briefs 13 Classified '. 16 Comics 17 Crossword Puzzle 15 Curious World 15 Dietz on Science 18 Editorial 12 Financial 13 Fishing 4 Hickman Theater Reviews 15 Modem Gold Rush—A Series ... 11 Obituaries 9 Radio 15 Serial Story 17 Sports 14 State News in Brief 3 Vital Statistics 13 Woman s Page 8-9
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Young Stribling Is Dead; Won Fame as Heavyweight Boxer
‘Georgia Schoolboy’ Victim of Accident; Wife and Parents at Side.
I By United Pre** MACON, Ga., Oct. 3.- W. L. fYoungi Stribling, colorful heavyweight boxpr who at one time was near the top of his class, died today. He succumbed to injuries received in a motor accident Sunday after a courageous fight to live. Death came at 5 a. m. 'lndianapolis time). He had been at the point of death all night. Stribling was 28. but had engaged in more than 300 ring battles. He reached his peak in 1931 when he fought Max Schmeling, then heavyweight champion, for the title. He lost on a technical knockout. The fighter’s parents, ‘Pa” and “Ma” Stribling, were at the bedside. "Pa” was his trainer and manager; •‘Ma," a Georgia farm woman, supervised the cooking in her son's many training camps, and was known to the readers of all sports pages. Foot Almost Severed Stribling was returning to Macon from the Idje Hour Golf Club on his motorcycle Sunday. R. V. Johnson, a motorist, swerved his car to avoid a collision with another machine, just as Stribling was attempting to pass. Stribling was side-swiped and the fender of Johnson's car almost severed his left foot at the ankle. At Macon hospital the foot was amputated. His left leg was found to be mangled and his pelvis broken. At first, physicians thought he had an even chance to survive, but last night he began sinking rapidly. Wife at His Side His wife, Clara, still confined in the same hospital where she gave birth to a son less than two weeks ago, was taken to her husband’s room and stayed until the end. They have two other children. Clara left the room about 5 a. m. to tend to their baby, and Stribling raised his arms above his head, his last movement, as she walked out the door. She returned to his bedside soon. The hospital corridors were jammed with friends and thousands of telegrams and floral offerings had come from all parts of the country as his admirers sent him greeting in his last fight. Fought Twice Here William Lawrence < Young • Stribling fought two bouts in Indianapolis during his fistic career, against Harry Fay in 1924 and Chuck Wiggins in 1927. On both occasions he attracted large crowds, packing Tomlinson hall in 1924 and drawing a $9,000 crowd at Washington park in the Wiggins match. Young Stribling also visited here a few years ago as chief “second” to another boxer managed by "Pa” Stribling. The Georgia fighter was managed by his parents, known in the sport world as "Pa” and “Ma.” and they often acted as his chief advisers during important bouts. Stribling easily won his fight with Fay here and the Wiggins clash was a ten-round no-decision affair.
Roosevelt Cheered for Talk; Telegrams Pour In
President Eager to Learn Latest Details in Cuban Crisis. ByThittd'Pte** NEW YORK. Oct. 3 —Grave international problems involving the possibility of Cuban intervention oqcqpied the attention of President Roosevelt as he arrived here today from Chicago. Although gratified by the nationwide reaction to his American Legion speech that laid down the principle of "no privileges” for the veteran, the chief executive was more eager to hear the latest developments in the new crisis of the island republic. He proceeded directly to his home, where he plans to complete tonight the speech he will deliver tomorrow before the National Catholic Charities in New York. A flood of telegrams poured in on the President congratulating him for his Chicago address. Some were from veterans who felt the President's principles of veteran relief were fair. Mr. Roosevelt also was immensely cheered by the riotous reception accorded him in Chicago. Mrs. Roosevelt did not return on the train, but flew to New York to be in New
‘Whose Afraid of the Big Bad —’ Say, Look at ’Em Run!
"IyHO'S afraid of the big bad ’ * wolf, the big bad wolf, the big bad wolf?" came the gently insinuating query from a sevenpiece band. It was down at the South Side Turners and a goodly crowd w-as there: a bunch of the boys were w hooping it up. gazing on maidens •'fair." "Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?" insisted the music. The audience was inclined to agree with Mr. Walt Disney's three little pigs that it was silly to have any foreboding about any old big bad wolf, and settled itself down to an evening of esthetic entertainment.
The Indianapolis Times Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday; not much change in temperature.
P. R. MALLORY WORKERS VOTE First of NRA Elections Is Started: Real Silk Ballots Next. More than 1,800 employes of the P. R. Mallory electrical equipment company voted today on whether they wish to be represented by a company union or an accredited American Federation of Labor local union. Bearing an armful of printed ballots, J. F. Dewey, NRA national labor representative, arrived at the plant this morning to supervise the election, the first held in Indianapolis. Wednesday, Dewey announced, a similar election will be held at the Real Silk Hosiery Mills, Inc., 611 North Liberty street, where more than 3,000 employes will vote. Some disorder marked the opening of the election at the Mallory plant today. Two men of a group armed with handbills urging employes to “join the union” were brought to police headquarters and warned not to distribute the pamphlets. They were not arrested. REPEAL ON LOST LAP: 32D STATE AT POLLS Drys Conceded Defeat as Virginia Ballots on Amendment. By United Pre** RICHMOND. Va„ Oct. 3.—Dry forces conceded defeat today while Virginia voted on repeal of the eighteenth amendment. It was the thirty-second state to vote and if the wets win, it will be the thirtyseconds to repudiate national prohibition.
York for the opening of the Todhunter school, of which she formerly was a faculty member. Legion on the March By f nitrd Press SOLDIERS’ FIELD. CHICAGO. Oct. 3. The American Legion marched agaip today, down typafl Michigan boulevard, in the bright October sunlight. From the Chicago river to Soldiers’ Field the city was a mass of moving color, blaring bands and cheering spectators. Behind a sea of banners the massed flags of each of the 10.000 posts represented—the legion swung down the boulevard in battle array. The thousands of marchers in the parade, which police said would take twelve hours to pass a given point, were the rank and file of America's citizen soldiery. Overhead squadrons of airplanes flew. On the towering skyscrapers red. white and blue bunting was draped.
The hall was darkened and the audience became enthralled with some slightly unconventional movies of the bootleg variety. Suddenly, in strode "the big bad wolf." ... He was Lieutenant Ed Schubert. who is 6 feet and 175 pounds of "wolf." Flashing his light around in the darkness. Schubert announced: "All right, you men. those that don’t w r ant a ride, get going." A sound like the murmur of cypress trees swept through the hall. It w r as a collective sigh of relief from several hundred husbands whose excuse for getting away from home was that they | were att“?vting lodge.
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By ! nited Pee** CHICAGO. Oct. 3. The American Legion parade became a march of death today for Gust Docklkas of the Hellenic post 343, Chicago. Dockika.s collapsed as he entered Soldiers’ Field and was pronounced dead a few minutes later.
INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1933
DUPLICATION OF CITY JOBS POINTED OUT
Tax Experts Claim Saving Could Be Effected by Consolidation. / PLAN USED ELSEWHERE Elimination of Expense in Zone Commission Is Stressed. Every one agrees that Indianaolis taxpavers should get relief. Yet the city budget will increase taxes bv 5 cents on a SIOO worth of assessment. Nobodv has suggested specific methods of saving No criticism of Mavor Reginald H. Sullivan s administration is intended, as marked savings have been effected under his leadership, but The Times todav presents the second of a series of articles containing suggestions for further budget slashes. BY AL LYNCH Times Staff Writer Other cities have found a feasible approach to budget economy by eliminating and consolidating departments whose functions overlap, budget experts have pointed out to “he Times. 7 at such a step could he taken profitably by Indianapolis is indicated by a study of the budget appropriations for the city plan commission the city building commission and the weights and measures department. Created by the state legislature under the zoning law the plan commission of eleven, headed by Henry B. Steeg, has authority to pas/ on new building and approve it for its proper zone. The building commission’s duties include inspection of elevators, combustion engines, electrical appliances and general construction. Duties Are Necessary These duties are necessary ones, it is admitted, but persons closely in touch with the work of the building department declare that it is overstaffed in view of the small amount of new construction work being done in the city at present. No definite time is set for meetings of the plan commission and they sometimes are as infrequent as once a month. The last meeting was more than three weeks ago and only two minor cases were up for consideration. With functions of both departments overlapping, budget experts suggest consolidation as the answer, with the resulting department being brought under the works board for greater efficiency and economy. Mayor Could Assume Burden The mayor, or works board secretary, they point out, could assume the task of holding the meeting and the latter would have time to take over the duties of the plan commission and building commissioner secretaries. The building commissioner, In turn, observers point out, could assume the duties of the plan examiner, chief construction inspector a* 1 chief clerk with the chief electrical inspector, combustion engineer, elevator Inspector and plumbing and electrical examining boards brought under the works board. Carrying out of this program would effect a saving of approxi- I mately $27,875. A further $7,740.46 saving through the suggested elimination of the weights and measures department would bring the total to $35,649.46. Advanced by Close Observers Proposal that the latter abolition j be made on the ground of general activity with the department duties being taken care of by police, city j health inspectors and the Better | Business Bureau is advanced by per- j sons familiar with the municipal j finances. Yesterday, The Times’ survey of the budget contained suggestions j that would save Indianapolis tax- \ payers nearly 4 cents on each SIOO j of taxable property. Today’s proposals would mean a ! start on the fifth cent that might be lopped from the $1.31 tax rate that has been fixed by the tax adjustment board. SPECIAL SESSION OPENS Illinois Legislature to Consider Unemployment Relief. By f tiilrd Press SPRINGFIELD, 111., Oct. 3—A special session of the Ililnois legislature convened today with unemployment relief as the chief issue for consideration. Kempton Postmaster Is Named By United Pres* WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—Postmaster General James A. Farley today announced the appointment of the following acting postmaster:] Jesse M. Kemp, Kempton, Ind.
There was a general exodus as promoters, ticket takers, barkers and customers went away from there. The "big bad wolf" and his "assistant wolves” confiscated several reels of alleged illegal film and several bundles' of alleged indecent literature and photos. Meanw'hile. ten "fair" dancers whose gyrations had been amusing the lodge-gomg husbands beat the firemen's record for dressing and. as it is described in less polished circles, ‘ took it on the lam.” MUM 'TT'ODAY the case assumed a po--1 litical tinge, with several political leaders grumbling over “a
STEWART STARTS FOR NATS AGAINST HUBBELL IN SERIES OPENER; FANS RIOT AT GATES
Hurlers in First Tilt
Carl Hubhell
CUBA PRESIDENT ESCAPES DEATH Attempted Assassination of Grau San Martin at Havana Fails. By United Pre** HAVANA, Cuba. Oct. 3.—An attempt to assassinate President Ramon Grau San Martin failed when a volley of bullets struck around his automobile today in a sensational aftermath of many hours of strife and tensity in Havana. The president narrowly escaped death. He was driving on the,Malecon, near the Calle Infanta, when the attack was*made. His machine was not struck by the bullets, but his convoy car, immediately behind the presidential automobile, was struck many times. A. F. OF L. STUDIES LABOR PARTY PLAN Formation of Independent Bloc Is Proposed. By United Pre** WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. Controversies over policies within the American Federation of Labor were foreshadowed this afternoon in resolutions introduced at the federation's fifty-third annual convention here. The resolutions* scheduled to be fought out on the convention floor, include such controversial matters as increases in the personnel of the executive council and jurisdictional disputes between craft and federal labor unions. Abandonment of the traditional nonpartisan political policy of the federation was proposed in a resolution favoring the formation of an independent labor party.
STATE'S BEER TAX TOTALS $1,473,602 Schools to Get $764,760 Slice of Revenue. Beer has proved highly profitable to Indiana. Statistics made public by Paul Fry, state excise director, today revealed that nearly 5,000.000 gallons of beer and 4.000.000 pounds of malt taxed in six months had yielded the state $1,473,602 in excise tax and license fees. Following campaign promises in which Governor Paul V. McNutt pledged part of the state excise revenue to education, it was announced that $764,760.04 would be allocated to schools. Included in the liquors taxed were 171.168 pints of medicinal whisky, 1.117 pints of wine tonics and 500 pints of wine. Cost of administration was announced as $34,802.87. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 48 10 a. m 64 7a. m 48 11 a. m 67 Ba. m 57 12 (noon).. 67 9a. m 61 Ip. m 69
raid in a good Democraic section like the south side" when similar entertainments have been allowed to proceed unmolested in the neardowntown district. There were indications of more political squawks and hints that a similar event reported scheduled for tonight might also draw the attention of "the big, bad w'olf" and his cohorts. Those arrested in the South Side Turner raid, charged with vagrancy, no motion picture license and possession of indecent pictures, were: Glen Black. 31. of 702 East Morris street; Robert McCoy. 27. of 413 Dorman street; George Grumbo, 24, of 1302 South Talbot
Walter Stewart
Plum Full 23 Varieties of Fruit Grown oh Single Tree.
SAN LEANDRO, Cal., Oct. 3. When J. A. Haefele, San | Francisco musician, wants a dif- | ferent fruit for breakfast, he can get. it. By patient grafting, Haefele has developed one tree which produces twenty-three varieties of fruit, including Blenheim apricots, Hale’s early peaches, nectarines, sugar plums, Italian prunes, egg plums, purple plums, Santa Rosa plums, Burbank plums, German prunes, Hungarian Dlums, Royal Anne cherries, greengage plums, French prunes, Crawford peaches, early Grafton peaches, Japanese plums. Damson plums, Lambert cherries, Moorepark apricots, and anew "mystery plum.” BURLESQUE PRODUCER DIES AT REHEARSAL Body of E. E. Daley Returned Here for Funeral. The funeral of E. E. famous as a producer of burlesque shows, wil lbe held Thursday at 8 a. m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic church with burial at 9 at St. Joseph’s cemetery. Mr. Daley, 49, died suddenly in Cleveland yesterday v ile rehearsing anew show. The body arrived here this afternoon and was taken to the home of his mother and sister, Mrs. P. E. Daley and Mrs. J. C. Crider. 2703 Ashland avenue. His show career started when he was 15 and in time became press agent for Hagenback-Wallace circus and other attractions. GIRL STILL CRITICAL: DELAY ATTACK TRIAL Alleged Assailants Allowed $2,500 Bond by Judge. Continued illness of Mrs. Mary Beyerlein, 18. who said she leaped from a third floor apartment to escape a criminal attack, today caused a continuance to Friday of trial of her alleged assailants. When Detective Louis Fosatti told Municipal Judge Myers that Mrs. Beyerlein is too seriously injured to appear. Judge Myers fixed bonds for Richard Heyman, 609 East Twentyfourth street, ’and William Bowers, 517 North Delaware street, at $2,500 each.
street; J. Davis, 35. of 319 North Delaware street; Charles Spoon. 28, of 3847 Spann avenue; Paul Mclntyre, 28. of 826 Eugene street; Irl McDaniels. 29. of 2436 North Talbot street; Frank Graham, 27, Lebanon. Ind.; Emery Snuth, 23, of 1023 West Thirty-fourth street, and Rocky Holland. 36, of 2434 North New Jersey street. John Schillinger, chairman of the South Side Turners board of trustees, declared that organization had nothing to do with the show’. He said that shortly before the raid, he received information that the show w>as improper and intended to go to the hall and stop it
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Crowd of 50,000 .Jams Way Into Polo Grounds at New York for First Battle of World Title Event. NEW YORK ACE STRIKES OUT SIDE Myer, Goslin and Manush Go Down Swinging* in Initial Inning of Game; Throng Cheers Madly. Senators , 0 0 Giants 2 By United Pee** NEW YORK. Oct. 3.—Baseball enthusiasm mounting to a riot in which a score were hurt, heralded opening of the 1933 world series today when the New York Giants met the Washington Senators. Fans unable to gain admittance to the bleachers battled police as a prelude to the big game. Playing before an unexpected capacity crowd of nearly 50,000, the Giants, behind the screwball pitching of Carl
DEATH EQUALS '32 AUTO TOLL Traffic Fatality List at 96 Following Tragedy at Five Points. Death in Riley hospital last night of Paul Craig. 9, of 1256 North Sheffield avenue, as a result of injuries received Sunday in an automobile accident, brought the Marion county death list in traffic accidents so far in 1933 to 96, the same '7(l number as lost their -lives in all of 1-932. The boy was hurt when an automobile driven by his father. Charles O. Craig, struck another car on the Hawthorne road, one mile south of the Michigan road, at aft intersection known as Five Points. The boy's liver was ruptured and he suffered other internal injuries. Should the fatality rate of the first ninp moqtljs of 1933 continue in the last three months, a traffic death toll of 128 for the year would be recorded. The all-time record for traffic deaths in the county is believed to have been in 1931, when there were 176 fatalities.
DOLLFUSS SHOT BY WOULD-BE ASSASSIN Chancellor’s Wound Only Slight, Is Claim. | By United Preen VIENNA, Oct. 3.—Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss was slightly wounded today by a would-be- assassin. Reports of the attempt against the diminutive but powerful leader who has held his government together against bitter Nazi and Socialist factions, were confirmed by his secretary, who said Dollfuss was not seriously injured. Police arrested his assailant. The chancellor was wounded in the chest r* and one arm. The would-be assassin was a youth in his early twenties. Police reported he was a Nazi. PAYS WAY OVER U. S. BY TELLING OF QUAKE Student Finances Trip hv Relating Details of Disaster. By I nited Preen COMPTON, Cal., Oct. 3 Gail Curran, college student, has returned from a transcontinental trip financed by the recent earthquake. Wearing a varsitly letter and other insignia identifying him as a Californian, Curran hopped rides and exchanged firsthand tales of the earthquake for meals. He visited A Century of Progress exposition. New York and other cities, at a total cost of $9. GOVERNORRATES HIGH Proves Big Drawing Card at State Fair in Oregon. By United Prem SALEM, Ore., Oct. 3.—“ Governor's Day’’ at the Oregon state fair this year was such a success that Governor Julius L. Meier had to be drafted in to sell tickets, so great was the crowd. He presided at one of the gates near the grand stand, where the afternoon's race meeting was to be held. FISHERMAN IS ‘ROBBED’ Sea Otter Steals Catch Before It Can Be Landed From River. By 1 nited Prem GOLD BEACH. Ore.. Oct. 3.- Phil Adams caught a small trout in Pistol river, let it swim in the water a moment before landing it. Came a tremendous jerk and Adams saw his fish and leader disappear on the bank a moment later in the mouth of a big sea otter.
HOME EDITION PRICE TWO CENTS Outside Marion County, 3 Cents
Hubbell, were favorites to capture the opening game. But they were underdogs in the betting on the series. Brilliant sunshine sparkled on the greensward in the lee of Coogan's Bluff. There was a moderate northwesterly breeze. Walter Stewart, left hander, was the Washington pitcher. The Giants’ pitcher, Carl Hubbell, named soma days ago by Manager Bill Terry. Stewart and Hubbell warmed up in front of their dugouts while the groundkeepers made the field ready for play. The four umpires gathered between home plate and first base for a final consultation and the managers. Terry and Joe Cronin, along with Travis Jackson, captain of the Giants, joined in the discussion. The band played the Star Spangled Banner and the crowd let out a tremendous cheer as the last note was struck. Moran was um-pire-in-chief with Moriarity at first. Pfirman at second and Ormby at third. The Giants trotted to their positions on the field and Dennis McMahon. president of the Board of Aldermen, threw out the first ball. The umpires took their positions, Moriarity chasing an overflow of spectators back into the stands. The lineups: GIANTS WASHINGTON Moore. If Mver. 3b Critr, 2b Goslin. rs Terry. 1b Manush. If Ott. rs Cronin, as Davis. rs Schulte, es Jackson, 3b Kuhel. lb Mancuso. c Bluer*. 3b *™. ss Sewell, c Hubbell. Stewart, p Umpires—American Leaeue Charles B Moran. Charles Pfirman National Learue: George Moriarity. Emmett T. Ormsby. First Inning SENATORS—After working the count to two and two, Buddy Myer, first up, struck out. Goslin also went down swinging, and the crowd gave Hubbell a mighty ovation. Manush also fanned, and the crowd virtually went wild. NO RUNS. NO HITS. NO ERRORS. GIANTS—Joe Moore hit the first ball pitched to Myer, who juggled and Moore was safe at first. It was an error for Myer. Critz filed to Goslin, Moore holding first. Bill Terry, Giants’ manager, was applauded when he came to bat. He fouled to Sewell. After passing up the first pitch. Mel Ott lined a home run into the right field stands, scoring Moore ahead of him. Davis singled to center. Jackson flied to Schulte in center. TWO RUNS. TWO HITS. TWO ERRORS.
RATTLESNAKE DIETS: SCORNS TEMPTING MEAL Spurns Garter Snake as Food; Fasts for One Year. Hy J niter] Pretm SHARON, Pa., Oct. 3.—Although a tempting meal awans him whenever his appetite returns, "Oscar.” unusual pet of Professor W. B. Irvine, assistant principal of Sharon high school, has fasted for a year. “Oscar.” a three-foot rattlesnake, is confined to a glass cage. The “meal” he has scorned for so long is a twelve-inch garter snake. PARROT GIVES WARNING Bird's Cries Cause Owner to Discover Flames in Shed. By United Preen BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Oct. 3. When a rubbish fire spread to a shed, a parrot, owned by Frank Leone, spread the alarm. Polly, hung out in its cage for'an airing, set up such a commotion when the fire spread that Leone rushed out to see what was wrong. He reported the fire and moved Polly to a safer place. CHILD GULPS METAL Swallows Small Piece; Condition I* Not Serious. Edith Camden. 4, of 1448 Gimber street, is at city hospital as a result of swallowing a small piece of sheet metal at her home Monday. Her condition is reported not serious. The child picked up the metal which was being cut by her father, Alvin Camden, in repairing a stove.