Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 196, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 December 1933 — Page 7

DEC. 26, 1933.

—Let's Go Hunting— FARMERS LOSE LANDS DUE TO DRAINAGE ERROR Crops Spoiled by Failure of Attempt to Run Irriga- , toin Lines. BY LEFTY LEE Time* Hunting Editor About nine or ten years ago, the writer and a party of friends went on a fishing trip to one of our favorite spots, south of Monrovia. On our arrival, we found that a dredging gang had been busy and the spots where we had been taking some fine strings of bass, crappie and catfish from, were mere puddles, drying up fast. At that time the farmers of this section wanted more land to cultivate and when the dredging salesman came along with his glib story, they decided that this would be a wonderful way to increase their crops. Last season while traveling through this same section, the writer found that a dense willow growth had filled the area dreged and there was just a mere trickle of water running in the dredge ditch. The sad part of the mistake made by the people in this section was clear, when one passed mile after mile of stunted corn that was being seared rapidly because of the lack of rain and of course, the loss of moisture, because of the drainage system. This error has been made in many parts of the state and now with the depression curtailing the need of farm products, it course means far less revenue for the farmer. He is being driven to the wall by drainage assessments. Now that the mistake is realized, th" farmer is bitter and hundreds of farms are idle because they can not produce, the farmer vacating because he could not pay the taxes, assessments and interest on mortgages. The entire state now can see the error and the one ray of sunshine, peering through, is the made work movement, that is using thousands of men to put the low lands and marshes back into their natural state. This means the expenditure of millions of dollars by the federal and state governments, but that is the price we are called upon to pay for the grave mistakes made and it will prove cheap, if the results obtained, bring the natural resourses back to normal. Detective Chief Fred Simon will be well up in the running when it comes to looking for the person who has had the happiest Christmas. The chief is an ardent fisherman and members of his department and the Em-Roo Sporting Goods store presented him with a complete fishing kit. from rods to hooks. Not to be outdone, the manufacturers of a certain boat, presented the chief with one of their latest models, which means that joy reigns supreme at the Simon home. Congratulations chief, and. may you bring in the champion bass next season. Wardens Pritchett and White, assisted by Dan Wilson, Luther Stone. Jesse Mclntire and Floyd White, are credited with saving 3.000 game fish, consisting of bass, crappie and blue gills, when they seined the Applegath pond, that was drying, up and placed the fish in Long pond. Seven hundred pound of carp and buffalo were removed from the pond at the same time and turned over to needy persons. Plans are being drawn for a state wide crow-killing contest, by the fish and game division of the state conservation department. The contest will be staged on a county basis and substantial prizes awarded the winners. There is also a possibility that a second and third prize will be awarded in each county. The department suggests that, while arrangements are being completed, that the conservation clubs start to organize for crow hunts this winter. During this time of the year the birds are congregated in roasts and offer the best chance for night hunting. Save your crow feet or beaks, because they will be valuable later. The conservation department also announces that it is building several lakes in southern Indiana. These artificial lakes are made in strip coal mine land and when they are stocked, will furnish some fine fishing for the residents in this part of the, state. The lakes now under way are in Warrick. Dubois and Vanderburg counties. Don’t forget to secure your membership in the Marion County Fish and Game Association. The annual dues have been reduced to sl, which means that every ohe now can enroll and help an organization that deserves the support of all sportsmen. KIDNAPERS PARTAKE OF PRISON HOLIDAY MEALS Harvey Bailey and Machine Gun Kelly Have Chicken and Ham. By United Print) LEAVENWORTH. Kan.. Dec. 26. —Chicken, turkey and ham Christmas dinners were served the 6.200 inmates of the federal and state prisons near here yesterday. George < Machine Gun) Kelly, Urschel kidnaper who boasted he would escape before Christmas, ate a holiday dinner of ham and cranberry sauce alone in his solitary cell in the main federal prison. Harvey Bailey and Albert Bates, convicted m the same crime, had the baked chicken served 1,600 inmates of the federal prison annex. Inmates of the nearby state prison at Lansing whero. Bailey led a desperate escape last Decoration day ate roast turkey and oyster dressing.

Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported to police as stolen belong to: , Francis H Jov. 536 Belie avenue. Ford coup-. 71-9999 Irom Kentucky avenue and Washington street.

BACK HOME AGAIN

Stolen automobiles recovered bv police belong to Helen Graves. 2154 North Pennsylvania street Oakland found in allev near Talbot avenue and Twentv-second street F Stahlhut. 953 North Kevstone avenue Buick coupe, found at Tvcentv-flrst and Kevstone avenue Harvav J Elam. 3252 North Pennsylvania street. Msrmon .ecie.n. found on vacant lot at Columbia avenue and Nineerth * John Williams, 1725 Alford street. Ford coupe, found at Fourteenth street and Senate avenue.

It Seems to Me

By Heywood Broun NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—1 t has been my custom to print a Christmas story during the holidays. Once upon a time I was ambitious enough to plan to do a nefc' one each year. I wrote six or seven, but in the course of time two stoed out a little above the rest. Accordingly, I began to reprint them. The one I am using today may be familiar to you. It has been printed several times. But still I like it. Can't we consider this leave to reprint a sort of Christmas gift from me to you? Without furter apologies I offer my story, which is called “Frankincense and Myrrh.” Once there were three kings in the East and they were wise men. They read the heavens, and they saw a certain strange star by which they knew that in a distant land the King of the world was to be born. The star beckoned to them, and they made preparations for a long journey. From their palaces they gathered rich gifts—gold and frankincense and myrrh. Great sacks of precious stuffs were loaded upon the backs of the camels which were to bear them upon their journey. Everything was in readiness, but one of the wise men seemed perplexed and would not come at once to join his two companions, who were eager and impatient to be on their way in the direction indicated by the star. a a a THEY were old—these two kings—and the other wise man was young. When they asked him he could not tell why be waited He knew that his treasuries had been ransacked for rich gifts for the King of kings. It seemed that there was nothing more which he could give," and yet he was not content. He made no answer to the old men, who shouted to him that the time had come. The camels were impatient and swayed and snarled. The shadows across the desert grew longer. And still the young king sat and thought deeply. At length he smiled, and he ordered his servants to open the great treasure sack upon the back of the first of his camels. Then he went into a high chamber to which he had not been since he was a child. He rummaged about and presently came out and approached the caravan. In his hand he carried something which glinted in the sun. The kings thought that he bore some new gift more rare and precious than any which they had ben able to find in all their treasure rooms. They bsnt down to see, an c ] even the camel drivers peered from the backs of the great beasts to find out what it was gleamed in the sun. They were curious about this last gift for which all the caravan had waited. a a a AND the young king took a toy from his hand and placed it unon the sand. It was a dog of tin. painted white and speckled with black spots. Great patches of paint had worn away and left the metal clear, and that was why the toy shone in the sun, as if it had been silver. The youngest of the wise men turned a key in the side of the little black and white dog, and then he stepped aside so that' the kings and the camel drivers could see. Tire dog leaped high in the air and turned a somersault. He turned another and another and then fell over upon his side and lay there with a set and painted grin upon his face. A child the son of a camel driver—laughed and clapped his hands, but the kings were stern. They rebuked the youngest of the wise men. and he paid no attention but called to his chief servant to make the first of all the camels kneel. Then he picked up the toy of tin and. opening the treasure sack, placed his last gift with his own hands in the mouth of the sack so that it rested safely upon the soft bags of incense. “What folly has seized you?” cried the eldest of the wise men. “Is this a gift to bear to th" King of kings in the far country?” And the young man answered and said. “For the King of kings there are gifts of great richness—gold and frankincense and myrrh. "But this,” he said, "is for the child in Bethlehem!” (Copyright. 1933. by The Times) GOLD PRICE UNCHANGED No London Figure Quoted: Dollar Remains at 60.69 Cents. Hu United Press WASHINGTON. Dec. 26—The government held its domestic gold buying price unchanged at $34.06 an ounce today with a resumption of business after the Christmas holiday. There was no price established in London for gold today, because of the holiday. The dollar remained at 60.69 cents.

Florida Travel via the Scenie Mloute Lew late round-trip all-winter tickets now on sa’r. also 18-day Sm and 30-day return limit tickets at specially low taros. ROYAL PALM Lv. Indianapolis 4:35 A. M. PONCE DE LEON-.Lv. Indianapolis 5:40 P. M. Ticket Your Automobile Costs less new to take your car w.th you. ’ tailed inform:!.ion i: anv ticket agent -r as’ : * m our Route Tirkp; OTice, 112 Monument Circle ® Thone Riley 2412. Irfi P. R THOMPSON, j. N. LEMON. ifcli&a Pist. Pass. Agent. piv. Pass. Agent. Hgfl s.in hern Railway System. Big F.xir Route IaS.M t-ti Merchants Bank Bldg. 112 Monument Circle. Qg Indianapolis. Ind. Indianapolis. Ind BIG FOUR ROUTE SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM

‘BRAIN TRUST’ i RULE PRAISED BY EDUCATOR Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler Calls It Hope of Democracy. Hu United Press NEW YORK, Dec. 26.—Steady disintegration leading to “eventual destruction” faces the world unless it learns to subordinate the profit motive to service, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia university, warned in his annual report to the university’s trustees. The educator, condemning the exploitation of natural resources in the past generation, pointed, by implication, to the “brain trust” rule as the hope of democracy, and praised the administration for turning “to those who know” for guidance. “The people everywhere* are preferring the man who will get something done to him who sits mournfully and helplessly by saying that things will be much better shortly,” Dr. Butler said. "... Several national units have been willing to overturn the foundations of their existing forms of government in order to achieve the efficiency of which they are in search. Service Has Five Needs “The American people have not done that nor are they likely to do it; but they have by action of their national legislature greatly increased for the time being the power and authority of the executive, in the belief that only by so doing can the colossal problems, national and international, ... be met with any possible degree of success.” American public service has but five simple needs—honesty, courage, conynon sense, knowledge and vision, the Columbia president said. Nature alone can provide common sense, while the character-building forces will provide the other essentials. Lawlessness in the United States, Dr. Butler added, is due to the fact that “our legislatures, state and federal, are overcrowded with members of the bar, and our statute books are filled with all sorts and kinds of prescriptions and prohibitions to which few, if any, of the people pay the slightest attention.” Press Has Responsibility Newspapers, the report continued, have played “a part in the making of public opinion which is quite unequaled by any other agency or instrumentality. “What every conductor of a newspaper has to bear in mind,” the report said, “is that the repeated daily blows of his influence may easily prove stronger and more determining in the building of mind and character than those of home or school or church, or all of them combined. He has a heavy educational responsibility to bear.” Stressing the fact that “true education” has declined during the last generation, the report added that “the lecture system shou’d have been discarded when the art of printing was invented.” SHOOTS AT PARENTS OF WIFE: ARRESTED Young Noblesville Man Also Planned Suicide, Note Indicates. Hu United Press NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Dec. 26- — Charged with shooting at his wife’s parents with intent to kill, Ernest Cropper, 23, was held in jail here today for arraignment Jan. 9. Police said he fired two shots at Mr. and Mrs. John Ogle. The officers raid they found a letter at the Cropper home in which the yeung man gave instructions for disposition of his own body and property, indicating he intended to commit suicide. HEART ATTACK FATAL TO BLANCHE FRIEDERICI Veteran Character Actress Dies at Walside Lodge. By United Press HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 26.—Funeral services were to be held here today for Blanche Friedrichi, 55, veteran stage and screen character actress, who died following a heart attack at a wayside lodge. The actress and her husband, Donald Campbell, were en route to General Grant National park when she was stricken. Miss Friedrici was in motion pictures since 1927. One of her outstanding roles was as the tight-lipped reformer in “Sadie Thompson.” on? of Gloria Swanson’s starring vehicles. J. C. A. M'CAUGHAN. EDUCATOR, IS DEAD Illness of Several Weeks Fatal to Bloomington Teacher. By Times Special BLOOMINGTON. Dec. 26.—An illness of several weeks proved fatal here yesterday to J. C. A. McCaughan. 69. Bloomington high school mathematics instructor for twentyfour years. Mr. McCaughan had been critic teacher at Indiana university several years, and had been principal of Kckomo high school fifteen years and Amboy principal seven years before coming here. Funeral services will be h"ld at 10:30 tomorrow.

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C. Antenrieb C. Antenrieb (above) has been appointed manager of the local office of the Personal Finance Company. 34 South Pennsylvania street. Mr. Antenrieb was formerly connected with the Cincinnati office of the above company.

SOUTHPORT LODGES TO INSTALL HEADS F. & A. M., Eastern Star Session Tomorrow. Otto O. Gustin will succeed Elmer E. Houze as worshipful master of Southport lodge. No. 270, F. & A. M„ at a public installation of officers for 1934, in the Southport Masonic temple tomorrow night. The meeting will open at 7 with the installation scheduled for 7:30. Mr. Houze will act as chief installing officer with Past Master Basil L. Poe as marshal. Beside Mr. Gustin, those to be installed are William G. Hartman, senior warden; John A. Whalen, junior warden; Otis O. Burnett, secretary, and Leonard O. McAlpin, treasurer. Southport chapter, Order of Eastern Star, to be installed at the same time with Mrs. Harry Bernloehr, outgoing worthy matron presiding, include Miss Velma Snider, worthy matron; Terrell Stevens, worthy patron; Mrs. Ruth Harrell, associate matron; Charles Askin, associate patron; Mrs. Vivian Schmaltz, conductress; Miss Pearl Snider, associate conductress; Miss India Stubbs, secretary, and Miss Marion Lockwood, secretary.

Airy Santas Aviators Help Widow and Nine Children. By United Press LOS ANGELES. Dec. 26.—Santa Claus rode the wings of modern transportation yesterday to gladden the hearts of a widow and nine children, secluded in the desert fastness of southern Utah. It was the third Christmas that Mrs. Alta Bonner and her large brood welcomed Santa Claus from the skies. Toys, food and clothing, valued at SIOO, were bundled aboard a Western Air Express plane as the mother’s reward for attending a small emergency landing field five miles from her home in the bleak, wind-swept Escalante desert. Pilots George Sherwood and Clarence Robey dropped the gifts in tiny parachutes as they soared over the landing field on their regular Los Angeles-Salt Lake City run. Mrs. Boner’s only income is the S2O monthly she receives from the government for tending the field. Her husband died there three years ago. Only a dozen other persons live within a 500-mile radius of her desert home. FIRE TOLL~ IS SBO,OOO St. Charles (III.) Department Store Swept by Flames. By United Press ST. CHARLES. 111., Dec. 26.—Fire fighters from three communities continued to pour streams of water into the smoldering ruins of the J. F. Colson & Cos. department store today where a stubborn fire caused an estimated SBO,OOO damage.

Sensational Sale! Men's Storm Rubbers, SI.OO Serviceable .. . “Goodyear” Storm Rubbers. I pair heavy edges, heavy soles, all sizes. Star, Ist Floor.

—Your Health — EYE CONDITION NOTED TO FIND STATE OF BODY Various Maladies Place Telltale Signs in Sight Organs. BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia, the Health Magazine. Not only is your eye the window of your soul, but it is a barometer for measuring the health of your body. By looking into your eyes, visualizing their interior through the use of the opthalmoscope, and by measuring certain of their reactions, the physician can tell a great deal about your body generally. Not only does the body reflect to some extent bad conditions of the eye, but the eye can reflect troubles elsewhere in the human body. Many Ills Indicated When the doctor notes that your eyes are clear and bright, he indicates at once a fairly good state of health. A condition like jaundice shows itself in yellowness of the eyeball. Frequently, trouble in the brain or in the nervous system may be found "by looking into the back of the eye with the opthalmoscope. Certain conditions, such as alcoholism, rheumatism, gout, diabetes, and poisoning of the body by various metallic substances, reveal themselves in changes back of the eye. Eyestrain, due to overuse of the eye, particularly in bad light, may reveal itself in dizziness, nausea, cr disturbances of the nervous system. If you are near-sighted, you will tend to be stoop shouldered, because of bending over to see your work. Life Span May Be Shown A person with astigmatism, not properly corrected by eye glasses, may twist his whole body to see properly. One authority insists that many cases of wryneck are due to errors of the eye not properly corrected. Recently, a German investigator insisted that the rapidity of the onset of cataracts of the eyes in older people might be taken as an indication that the rest of the body also is aging rapidly. To that extent the condition of the eye may be taken as a measure of life expectancy. Thus the eye, in more senses than one, is a barometer for measuring the health of the whole body.

30 ARE KNOWN DEAD IN FOOCHOW BOMBING Nanking Government Ends Attack on Rebel City. By United Press SHANGHAI, Dec. 26.—The Nanking central government staged a terrific three-day aerial bombardment of the rebel city of Foochow, causing considerable loss of life and much property damage, delayed official reports revealed today. The bombardment started on Saturday and reached its climax Christmas day, the Japanese legation was informed. Reports indicated that part of the populace of Foochow fled in terror to the hills amid a heavy rain of bombs. Casualty reports to the Japanase legation said that ten persons were killed the first day and twenty the second day. CHILD DIES, RESULT OF CHRISTMAS EXCITEMENT Swelling of Gland in Neck Fatal to Girl 8. By United Press SCARSDALE. N. Y.. Dec. 26.—A child's excitement over the expected arrival of Santa Claus was the indirect cause of her death, a coroner’s report said today. The victim was Dorothy Long, 8. The girl was found dead in bed by her parents after she had spent restless night. Dr. Amos O. Squire, Westchester county medical examiner, said the excitement caused the swelling of a gland in the girl’s neck and led to l strangulation.

Safety Pledge I. as a motorist, pledge to operate my automobile carefully with due regard to safety of pedestrians and other drivers and to obey all traffic signs, signals and laws. Asa pedestrian I will observe traffic carefully and cross streets only at intersections. NAME ADDRESS Signed pledges should be given to policemen.

HOLDUP MAN GETS sls AT DOWNTOWN BAR Bartender Is Threatened by Bandit; Also Takes Cigarets. The Lobby bar. Capitol avenue and Washington street, was robbed of sls early today by a bandit who threatened W. J. Harrington. 65, bartender. Mr. Harrington said the bandit stood in the place as though he was waiting for a bus. while the proprietor, John Partlow, checked the cash register, and waited until Mr. Part-

/Store Hours Daily 9 A. M. to 5:30 P. M. n Lincoln 1301 x Clearance Prices coatsH| from to $6 the JH MB Jf noon and Sunday night styles. Buy tomorrow and sxe: J 'Were $35 to $39 (GOLDSTEIN’S Second Floor) SMART FIREPLACE FURNISHINGS tlggjgfff 20% OFF FIRE SCREENS 1 ti Were $2.75 to $35 OA to <£OQ IjJE J J Sale Prices — ANDIRONS U.JS] ljTm ft wj Were $1.95 to $35 tf| CC to Sale Prices— 1 *OO vfaO J ' i £ j FIRE SETS * Were $2 to $9.75 CA to QA Sale Prices— 4>1.0U #I.QU ( \ LOG BASKETS Were $1.49 to $3 iA Sale Prices— uPlelfc/ COAL BUCKETS Were $1.95 4*l OO (GOLDSTEIN’S Fourth Floor) Sale Price 4)1 *£o : —'TIi'BIT- rr~TT TIII Hit ■ MIIIIHIIi—HI II 11 1 III! !■!—l $2.95 Comforts I BLOUSES .27 OF SILK, SATIN M OR LACE! jjjjjjj Weight reduced sateen border. $3.95 Wool-Filled JgL Comforts $3.47 yJBp o . nrr?l’ \ ■ /'/iTTDrn Fashion-right blouses at an unprece- ‘ NAI LL.\ l U ) LULU mSAgHA dented low price! Some are tailored A fluffy warm comfortable, covered some frilly but a „ very wearable> with | with printed sateen and finished their chic necklines and short sleeves. with a plain color border and back. Whites, pastels and dark shades. (GOLDSTEIN S Street Floor) (GOLDSTEIN’S Street Floor) ,

low left before demanding the money. The bandit also stole a carton of cigarets. DIES IN AUTO CRASH Indiana Woman Is Pinned Under Overturned Auto. By Times Special EVANSVILLE. Dec. 26.—Pinned beneath an automobile which i skidded on gravel and overturned near Ft. Branch. Miss Viola Stitt. 30. Haubstadt stenographer, died yesterday while her mother, Mrs. Mary Stitt, also injured, was seeking aid at a nearby farmhouse.

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COUNTY WARDS ARE WELL FED Infirmary. Sunnyside and Jail Inmates Get Fine Dinners. Pleasant memories remained today for persons in Marion county institutions of the Christmas day dinners they had yesterday, when special menus were provided for the holiday. At the county infirmary, thera was chicken, gravy, cranberries, slaw, apricot cobbler, candy and apples, while roast beef, oyster dressing, cranberry sauce, plum pudding, fruit and milk were prepared for patients at Sunnyside. At the jail, the menu consisted of baked chicken, giblet dressing, cranberries. celery, bread, coffee and apples. At the juvenile detention home, a special dinner and Christmas program was provided.