Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 181, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 December 1933 — Page 8

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GIRL WHO SAW VISION SAINTED BY CATHOLICS Pageantry at Vatican City Honors Miracle at Lourdes. By T'nltfd Press , VATICAN CITY, Dec. 8. A French girl who saw a vision of the Virgin Mary in a cave at Lourdes seventy-five years ago was proclaimed a saint today and henceforth will be revered among the immortals of the Roman Catholic church. Beside the hordes of Italians who watched Pope Pius and his colorful escort go to St. Peter's for the canonization ceremony. 6.000 French pilgrims under twenty bishops were here to pay honor to the girl— Bernadette Soubirous, who died a nun in 1879. There was a moving contrast between the pageantry of today’s ceremony and the picture of little Bernadette as she sat, her rough woolen stockings in her hand as she prepared to wade an icy stream—and saw the Virgin in a grotto. It is the grotto in whose entrance Bernadette saw the vision that has become world famous as the Lourdes shrine, to which millions of Catholics have gone to seek intercession for their ailments, and have returned proclaiming cures. Bernadette herself died in a convent after twenty years of pain, saying that perhaps it was intended she was to suffer that others might be saved from suffering. Virgin Mary Appears Bernadette was a peasant girl. Her father was ill. There was no food in the house. On Feb. 1, 1858, Bernadette, her younger sister Toinette and a neighbor child, Jeanne Abadie, went to gather fire wood They came to an icy stream. Bernadette had asthma and asked Jeanne to carry her across. Jeanne refused. Bernadette sat down and took off her stockings. She heard a thunderous noise. The others were oblivious. She heard it again and turning her head toward the grotto saw the Virgir at its entrance in a golden cloud—young, beautiful, wth golden hair and blue eyes, a veil about her head, her feet bare, save for a gold rose on each, a belt of blue around her robe, a chaplet with a chain and cross of gold over her right arm. Frightened and awed, Bernadette scrambled to her knees. The other girls also were frightened, because they saw nothing and feared for Bernadette's sanity. But eighteen times up to Oct. 1 the girl saw the vision in the grotto. "Come here for fifteen days.'' the vision said on its third appearance. "I promise then to make you happy, not in this world but in the next." Sees Vision Often Frequently the vision spoke, often to order prayer, and on the seventeenth visit to say : "I am the immaculate conception.” The story of the visions got about the town, to Bernadette's family, to friends and neighbors and to the parish priest. They were soon convinced that Bernadette had seen the vision and the Lourdes tradition began to grow. Bernadette went into a convent to become Sister Marie-Bernard. She died in 1879, at 35. Today the pageantry of the Roman church, preserved and augmented through the centuries, was brought to its most colorful to do her honor. Pope Pius was borne high above the crowd in his chair at the head of the procession to St. Peter's. In his entourage were cardinals, bishops. priests and humbler servants of the church; the surpliced choir of the cathedral, the Swiss and Noble guards and the Papal gendarmes in their gorgeous uniforms. Smallest Incorporated City By United Pres* VERC.ENNES, Vt.. Dec. B.— With a population of only 1,705. Vergennes is the smallest incorporated city in New England.

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Indiana in Brief

Lively Spots in the State’s Happenings Put Together ‘Short and Sweet.’

By Times Special COLUMBUS. Dec. B. —lncensed because of failure of his efforts to get his salary increased from $1,500 to $2,100 a year. Mayor H. Karl Volland is reported contemplating a thorough "house cleaning" effective Jan. 1, in which all appointive city officials and employes will lose their jobs. Only one member of the city council supported the mayor in his effort to add S6OO a year to his salary. Pleading his own cause at a "star chamber" session of the council preceding the regular meeting. Mayor Volland is said to have directed a share of his persuasive speech towards the city attorney and city clerk after they had shown signs of intending to refuse proposed raises of S6OO each for themselves.

a a a Oppose Road Work By Time* Special BLOOMINGTON. Dec. B—Delegation of Bean Blosson township farmers, headed by L. K. Townsend, charge that work on two roads in the townships, part of the Monroe county civil works program, is being done improperly, and make county commissioners and Fred Huntington, county surveyor, their principal targets. According to the farmers, a thin coating of crushed rock is being spread on the roads, and they assert this method will be of little benefit. a a a Pension Aids Chosen By Time* Special MARTINSVILLE. Dec. B.—Preparing to comply with Indiana’s old age pension law which will become effective Jan. 1, Morgan county commissioners, with the aid of a citizens committee of twenty-eight, will pass on pension applications at hearings Dec. 27 and 28. The committee is composed of two persons, of opposite political parties, from each of the county’s fourteen townships. More than two hundred applications have been filed with Lewis Sartor, county auditor.

Contract Bridge

Today’s Contract Problem East has doubled South’s bid of four sgades. Can you find the play which will permit declarer to make five-odd? A 7 V K 5.7 5 3 2 ♦ K 7 + AK92 A 2 Z lAQIO 8 VJIO 9 4 ‘ F 53 ♦IOB 5 4 W „ VAQ * 10 7 5 3 AAKJ 9 6 4 ¥ 6 ♦A9 3 2 *B6 Solution in next issue. *0

Solution to Previous Contract Problem BY W. E. M’KENNEY Secretary American Bridee League ■ATTHAT to open against a slam ’ * contract always is a problem. Generally, the leading of an ace is just the play that will make it easy for the declarer. I believe, however, that the poorest lead against such a contract is the opening of trump. By doing so, you practically let the declarer call for his lead.

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a a a Faces Bigamy Charge By Time* Special COLUMBUS. Dec. B.— Arrested in Jeffersonville. Ind., Mrs. Ollie Fred--1 erick, 35, has been returned here for trial on a bigamy charge. George Main, Columbus, caused i Mrs. Frederick's arrest, alleging that ' she became his bride here on Nov. 20, while still the wife of a Bedford man. In all, she is said to have had four husbands. Three years ago Mrs. Frederick was exonerated following the fatal stabbing of James Mathena, one of her husbands. She was released after showing that she slashed him with a butcher knife in self-defense. ana Fund Inquiry Opens | By Times Special ANDERSON, Dec. B.—lnvestiga- . tion of certain expenditures from ! Madison county funds are the subject of a grand jury investigation in progress here. Although officials refuse to give details, the - inquiry is said to concern expenditures for some county institutions. Many volumes of county record books were taken into the grand jury room. The inquiry, it is said, will cover the last three years.

In other words, you surrender any advantage you might have of developing a trick for your side because it i£ certain that, against a trump lead, the declarer can win the first trick and then can start establishing his own suit. A singleton usually is a poor iead, and leading away from a king is poor. Therefore, in today’s hand we find there is no lead left other than the ace of hearts, and even this play will not defeat the small slam contract. However, if you do not open the ace of hearts, the declarer can put" it to sleep with the following play. Naturally, when your partner makes a first hand spade bid, and you hold the North hand, you expect to play the hand for a slam. The bid of three clubs over two hearts is highly constructive. The bid of four diamonds over three spades is another constructive bid. n a n YOU even have some hopes of trying for a grand slam w r ith this holding, but when South simply re-bids spades, then North should bid five spades. This practically asks South if he holds a doubleton heart. Without the doubleton heart, South can go to six spades. If West opens the ace of hearts, that is the only trick the opponents can win. But if he opens a diamond, the declarer will let it ride to the queen, and then make a grand slam. With a club opening, the declarer wins with the ace, takes two rounds of trumps, leads another club, wins with the king, and on the queen of clubs discards a diamond. A small club is trumped and the declarer now runs off five rounds of spades, retaining in his own hand the king of hearts and the queen of diamonds. In the dummy he retains the ace and eight of diamonds. On the fifth spade West is squeezed, with only the ace of hearts and the king and jack of diamonds left. Discarding the ace of hearts will make declarer’s king good, while dropping the jack of diamonds will permit declarer to lead the queen, overtake in dummy With the ace, and win the last trick with the eight of diamonds. (Copyright. 1933. by NEA Service. Inc.>

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

CLOSER PUBLIC CONTACT HELD ROOSEVELT AIM Observers Point to New Emergency Council as Part of Program. BY RAYMOND CLAPPER Vnlted Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Dec. B.—President Roosevelt is expanding his direct contacts with the country. This is regarded here as one of the most significant phases of the technique of this unprecedented administration. Some in Washington believe that Mr. Roosevelt is taking pains now to make himself independent of any one agency in getting his story to the public. The latest move which has been given this interpretation is his creation of the national emergency council. Composed of administration officials directly connected with the recovery program, the council will set up a central information bureau in Washington to convey to the general public all factual information regarding governmental activities. System to Be Nation Wide Similar bureaus will be set up in most of the 3,000 counties in the country. In addition to supplying information to the public the new organization NEC will adjust controversies arising between NRA and AAA and will consolidate and co-ordinate field activities of the numerous recovery agencies. Both the White House and Frank Walker, executive director of NEC deny the agency will engage in government propaganda. Instead, they say it will answer questions from the public and given information as to how relief agencies may be utilized. When necessary, it was indicated press statements explanatory in nature may be issued. Some Papers Displease The tendency to regard this new agency as a potential channel cf communication direct to the public is the result of earlier developments. One is the unprecedented use of radio by President Roosevelt. Os late Mr. Roosevelt has been annoyed at some dispatches concerning his monetary policy appearing in certain newspapers. While speaking at Warm Springs recently, Mr. Roosevelt publicly jibed at some of his press critics. He is fully aware that a number of influential newspapers are opposed to his recovery methods in some respects. His advisers feel that this criticism is likely to increase rather than diminish as the next congressional campaign approaches. Recently Acting Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau clamped a censorship on treasury news because it was suspected that some officials

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unsympathetic to the administration gold policy were feeding their ideas to the press. An attempt was made to centralize all news through a press agent. All other departments and recovery agencies previously had installed press bureaus and the treasury was the last stand of the old wide-open system where officials and reporters were placed on their own responsibility in keeping the public informed. The situation this week caused the Republican national committee to charge the administration with seeking to impose a press and radio censorship and to stifle all hostile criticism. England pays $2,500 annually for the training of each cadet at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich and $1,900 a year for each cadet at the Royal Naval college, Dartmouth.

STATE AUDITOR IS SCORED FOR TAX NEGLIGENCE Sam Trotcky $11,561 Behind in Gas Payments, Petition Claims. During a hearing involving the bankruptcy proceedings of Sam Trotckv, proprietor of the Peoples Auto Maintenance Company, 1121 North Meridian street, yesterday, practice of Floyd E. Williamson, state auditor, in permitting gasoline

dealers to become thousands of dollars in arrears, was revealed. In the bankruptcy proceeding, on file with Carl Wilde, referee in bankruptcy. it was shown that Mr. Trotcky had been permitted to pile up a tax bill of $11,561.82. Mr. Williamson declared that the indebtedness had piled up over a period of years and that when he became state auditor. Mr. Trotcky was in debt, for gasoline tkx. The tax debt, testimony revealed, had been permitted to grow despite that fact that Mr. Trotcky. like all gasoline dealers, was required to submit a bond covering a liability to the state for gasoline tax. All gasoline dealers are required to post a SIO,OOO bond guaranteeing payment of gasoline tax to the state before they are granted a license, it was pointed out. Mr. Williamson said that he would order a recheck and expressed confidence that when it is made, the

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gasoline debt would not prove as large as recorded on the bankruptcy schedule. The auditor declared that the state would not lose money because the iebt will be paid by the bonding company. Persons familiar with the gasoline tax law asserted that the auditor could have collected the debt before it grew to such large proportions and pointed out that the state has lost the use of the money over a long period. MARRIAGES ON INCREASE 220 Couples Apply for Licenses in Twin Falls. By United press TWIN FALLS. Idaho, Dec. 8. Cupid worked overtime in this section this year. To date over 220 couples have applied for license to marry, compared, to ninety-eight for a like period in 1932.