Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 196, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 December 1933 — Page 9

DEC. 2, 1933

REVEAL STORY OF LINDBERGHS' MUSEUM GIFT ‘lnside’ of How Colonel Gave Away Plane Is Bared. By United Pr> ss NEW YORK. I>c. 26.—'The story of how the American museum of natural history came into possession of one of the most celebrated of existing airplanes—the machine in which Colonel and Mrs. Charles A Lindbergh recently completed a 30,000-mile tour of four continents —was revealed today. F. Trubee Davison, president of the Museum, was informed by a breathless assistant Thursday that Colonel Lindbergh wished to speak to him on the telephone. Colonel Lindbergh had spoken but a moment when Mr. Davison too was breathless. The Colonel had asked permission to donate the plane and all of its equipment. Mr. Davison lost no time in accepting. Offer a Surprise The offer was a complete surprise. There had been no intimation that he contemplated giving up the machine which, in addition to its recent exploit, carried him and Mrs. Lindbergh to China and enabled them to establish anew transcontinental record in 1930. Mr. Davidson immediately arranged for a conference with Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh, and they agreed to deliver the plane some time between Christmas and New Year. Colonel Lindbergh at first seemeed reluctant to give up the motor which has flown 250 hours of a normal life of 4,000, but when Mr. Davison reminded him in jest that he had promised all equipment on the telephone, he threw in the motor. All Equipment Included The plane will be suspended from the ceiling in the museum’s hall of ocean life, safely away from the damaging hands of the curious, but in such a position that it can be clearly viewed from all angles from a nearby balcony. The equipment included many items such as sextant, chronometers, maps, charts, parachutes, sea anchors, landing flares, goggles, pumps, mosquito netting, a tent, stove, cooking utensils, electrically heated flying clothes, fur flying boots, sun helmets for the tropics, two radio sets, rifles and pistols, an eleven-foot sledge and an eight-foot rubber boat. Mr. Davison was jubilant over the museum's unexpected acquisition. ARTHUR RENICK NAMED G. 0. P. CLUB LEADER New Officers of Irvington Group Plan Inauguration. Courting Santa Claus in the hopes of an off-season gift in the form of an election majority, members of the Irvington Republican Club did not miss their usual Monday night meeting merely because yesterday was Christmas. Arrangements were made at the meeting for inauguration next Monday at the clubrooms, 5448V 2 East Washington street, of new officers elected recently. New officers are Arthur C. Renick, president; Pliny H. Wolfard. first vice-president; Harvey B. Hartsock. second vice-president; John Schick, secretary, and Thomas H. Kaylor, treasurer. TEN LOSE LIVES IN PHILIPPINE DELUGE Eleven Others Missing; 60 Families Flee, Reports Say. By United Press MANILA. Dec. 26.—Sulphurous water and mud poured in a devastating deluge from a mountainside in Sorgoson, spreading death and destruction in the town of Irosin, the Philippine constabulary was informed in fragmentary reports today. Ten bodies were recovered from the torrent, eleven other persons were missing, and sixty families were driven from their homes, the reports said. Exact nature of Jhe disaster remained indefinite. * INDIANA FAIR GROUP WILL MEET IN CITY Business Sessions to Be Followed by Banquet Tuesday. The annual meeting of the Indiana Association of County and District Fairs will be held next Tuesday at the Claypoool. Business sessions will ebt held at 10 a. m. and at 1:30 p. m. in the palmroom. Lieutenant-Governor Clifford Townsend will be the principal speaker at the banquet Tuesday night in the Riley room. C. A. Halleck will act as toatsmaster. CATALONIA PRESIDENT IS TAKEN BY DEATH Appendicitis Operation Fatal to General Francisco Maria. By United Press BARCELONA. Spain. Dec. 26 Mourning throughout Catalonia was general today for General Francisco Macia Y Llussa, president of Catalonia. who died yesterday at 74. The body of the revered Catalonian leader, who died after an appendicitis operation, will lie in state in the government palace until funeral services tomorrow. HUNTED MAN IS SLAIN Bandit and Kidnaping Suspect Killed in Holdup Attempt. By United Press DETROIT. Dec. 26—Ted Patterson. alias Ted Pollock, wanted in Illinois and lowa on bank robbery and kidnaping charges, died here yesterday from a bullet wound received trying to holdup a filling station. Floyd Smith, the station attendant, grappled with Patterson. In the scuffle the gun was fired and a bullet punctured Patterson’s diaphragm and spleen Fifteen C. W. A. Workers Hurt By U**te4 Press KANSAS CITY, Kan., Dec. 26. Fifteen men were injured, two seriously. whn a truck carrying twentytwo civil works laborers overturned nine miles west of here today.

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BY WILLIS THORNTON Times Special Writer. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. Taxpayers who vision the government as wading into a hopeless swamp of debt needn’t be alarmed unduly. Taxpayers who see the future as an endless parade of higher and higher federal taxes may take hope. The debt being piled up in fighting for recovery is not yet hopeless. The trade upturn which has been a ray of daylight to many a business man also has begun to put a little lining in your Uncle Sam’s flat pocket'oook. His income is increasing, and increasing so healthily that the state of his pocketbook is “rather favorable than not.” You may take the word of L. H. Parker for that. He’s chief of staff of the joint committee on internal revenue taxation, and it’s he who supervises the gathering of information on which congressmen later base tax policies. And Mr. Parker feels that, so far as incoming revenue is concerned, the government’s situation is "distinctly hopeful.” Today’s deficits have two causes. It’s not only that Uncle Sam is spending money like water in fighting the depression. That’s but one side of it. The other side is that, as business stagnated, his income fell off sickeningly. That’s the side that’s picking up as business picks up. Here’s how it works; Miscellaneous internal revenue taxes (not including the income tax) put $169,776,114 into the federal purse in October. In August they produced $135,000,000. Compare that with August, 1932, when they produced $64,000,000. a a a TAKE a. typical case of such a tax. the tobacco tax. The rate hasn't been changed for years.l Therefore, the proceeds from it make a pretty good index of business. In August, 1933, it netted Uncle Sam $40,700,000, compared to $35,500,000 in August, 1932. That’s a better than $5,000,000 dividend to Uncle Sam through business recovery in a single month, and it’s been increasing steadily ever since April. The playing card tax (10 cents a pack) netted $501,000 in August, 1933, compared to $264,000 in August, 1932, nearly double. That gives you a picture of how Uncle Sam stands to gain from every increase in business that he can foster. Very son now, further income should begin to pour in from liquor. Estimates vary. Mr. Parker believes it should bring not less than $500,000,000 every year, and some optimistic estimates have gone as high as a billion. It all depends on how much liquor is used, and on how high the tax can be set without starting excessive bootlegging. Four taxes now on the books—the federal additional half-cent tax on gasoline, and the dividends, capital stock, and excess profits taxes of the NlßA—are automatically repealed as soon as prohibition is dead. But, despite this, the net tax gain to the government every year should be at least $280,000,000 through liquor taxes. Further, it seems likely that the income tax reached an all-time low in receipts for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1933—5620.000,000 —Under the highest peace-time rates ever set. Compare that with income tax receipts of $3,957,000,000 in fiscal year 1920 and $3,228,000,000 in fiscal 1921, when only slightly higher rates prevailed. Either of these tremendous collections would have paid in cash for the $3,300,000,000 public works program which is causing concern as a high public expenditure. a a a BUT the income tax sagged especially since 1929. It was a little more than two billions in 1929 with low rates, while the

Contract Bridge

Today’s Contract Problem What is the correct bidding on this hand? If North and South have the contract in hearts, how’ should the hand be played with a club opening to produce the greatest number of tricks? ♦ 9 V A 10 9 ♦AK Q 7 2 + AK 6 3 A AK 10 7 * Q 6 5A v j - 4 VK 5 " E ♦J 10 5 3 ♦9 8 4 s *Q S 7 5 *JIO9 4JB 4 3 2 VQB 6 3 2 ♦ 6 A 4 2 Solution in next issue. 18

Solution to Previous Contract Problem BY W. E. M'KEN’XEY Secretary American Bridge League IS the fourth best of your longest and strongest suit the correct attack against a no trump at contract? Os course, most bridge books tell you to lead your fourth best, but contract is a different game from auction. You can learn a lot about the hand from the bidding. Generally you should attack a no trump contract with your long suit, if you have re-entries in your hand, but w’hen the bidding clearly has indicated to you that it is useless

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z \ A Taxation, tells how increased busijkM \ Mb** ■ ~ nes s has brought encouraging increases in Uncle Sam's income. . . . *; W The graph shows rise in Uncle | IHl f- ;> " Sam's debt from the happy preA lEIf m/ / JBgr war days when there practically • j jr" ♦ wasn’t any, through the war-time tUj. V i * prospect for an all-time debt high X®/ .. within the next two years.

high rates of the current law produce for the fiscal year 1933 that mere trickle of $620,000,000 —less than tobacco and beer taxes alone probably will bring. It is very unlikely that revenue from income taxes ever will fall so low again, now that there are more incomes to tax, and plugs are about to be inserted in some of the more gaping leaks. The deficit on regular operating expenses of the government is being cut down. It was $2,880,000,000 in the fiscal year 1932, and $1,786,000,000 in 1933. For the fiscal year 1934 it now seems possible that there will be no deficit on regular operating expenses—that the government will take in enough money to pay its running expenses and all its interest and sinking fund charges. And they are some charges! During the next fiscal year the government must dig up some $800,000,000 just to pay the interest on what it owes, and another $500,000,000 for sinking fund, or savings piled up to meet debts as they come due. These charges mount, of course, as the public debt mounts. This had reached $23,050,256,717 at the end of October. Some authorities estimate that if none of the new deal expenses (loans and “selfliquidating project”) ever come back to the treasury, we already are obligated for a possible debt of thirty-five billions. Much of it, of course, will come back. The R. F. C. actually was paid back more money last month than it loaned. But they agree that even if such an unheard-of peak were reached, the resources of the government would carry it. But up to now, the debt of twenty-three billions is nearly three billions short of the debt we piled up fighting in the World war. And that was well under control within six years, cut down to sixteen billions. It was the four-billion-dollar income tax years that did it. aaa SO, the tremendous debt being piled up by the new deal isn’t an impossible thing to contend with if business—and revenue —come bacw to anything like normal. But until and unless it does there is no escape from more and bigger taxes. The joint committee is working continually on new plans for taxation, many of which will be presented at the next congress. Elaborate studies are being made to prevent overlapping of federal, state and local taxes. Senator Bennett Clark (Dem., Mo.), leader in the effort to get rid of tax-exempt securities, may make another effort to tax the $40,000,000,000 in securities, mostly

| to attempt to establish your suit, | it might be advisable for you to | consider opening a short suit, hoping that may be your partner's suit and that, in this manner, you may ! break down the defense of the opponents. Some players, however, like to open short suits against a no trump. This is not advisable, since it will work only in rare cases, and the following hand is one of those. When East arrived at a three no trump contract, South had every | right to believe, due to the fact 1 that East and West were vulnerable. that East held at least four hearts to the king-ten and possibly I five hearts. He reasoned it would be useless to open his heart suit, as the opponents probably held diamonds and j clubs, and perhaps a heart lead ! would be just the thing that would give them the extra trick needed I for game. u u tt THEREFORE, when this hand was played. Souih opened his singleton ten of diamonds* which East won with the jack. A diamond immediately was returned. South discarding the seven of hearts. The ten of clubs was played from dummy. North covered with the jack, East played the queen and South won the trick with the king. He immediately cashed his three diamonds in dummy. On tne first diamond South discarded the seven of spades. On the second diamond he realized that if he discarded the deuce of spades the declarer would be able to throw him in and force him to lead a heart—and, as East had not i played spades, he reasoned that his ! partner. North, must hold the jack of spades. South, therefore, let go his queen of spades. On the seven of diamonds East discarded the three of hearts. The three of club next was played. East won with the ace and South completed his neat unblocking play by dropping the king ol spades. Now there was no play that East could make which would allow him to make his contract, as North was bound to get in with the jack of spades. Thus, North and South cashed three hearts and a spade, together with the king of clubs—enough to defeat the contract. r*>vri*ht. 1933. bv NBA Service. Inc.)

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state and local, which now are exempt. Legal precedents and plans are being marshaled to get around the constitutional and moral aspects of this change. a a a SENATOR KING (Utah) thinks congress must raise $5,000,000,000 this session by taxation, and he is studying new plans to get it. The sales tax undoubtedly will be given another whirl this winter. A desperate effort to plug gaping holes revealed in the income tax

ASKS $5,000 DAMAGES FOR TARANTULA BITE Woman Alleges Poisonous Insect Leaped From Bananas. Damages of $5,000 for an alleged bite by a tarantula were sight today in a suit filed in superior court five by Marie Trieb, 1514 Shelby street, against the Standard Grocery Company. The plaintiff was standing near a bunch of bananas in the Stanrard store at 1405 Shelby street, Aug. 5, according to the complaint, when a tarantula leaped from among the fruit and bit her on the arm. The company is charged with negligence “in not inspecting the bananas becapuse it is known tarantulas conceal themselves among such fruit. Nervous shock was suffered from the bits and “the toxic effect of the poisoning will cause permanent impairment of the plaintiff’s nervous system,” it is charged in the complaint. NEGRO HUNTED IN AX SLAYING OF RECLUSE Texas Farmer Beaten to Death for SlO, Sheriff Says. By United Press ALVIN, Tex., Dec. 26.—A Houston Negro was hunted today in connection with the ax-slaying of Roy S. Lapham, 50-year-old recluse truck farmer here, in the dingy, earthenfloored hovel where he lived. The Negro, Sheriff Jimmy Martin of Angleton said, had been dealing with Lapham in an attempt to sell him a mule. The $lO which Lapham received as a Christmas present from his sister, Mrs. Ben C. Kennerly of Braden Castle, Manatee, Fla., was all ihe recluse had to offer for the mule, neighbors said. Officers worked on the theory that the Negro, failing to sell his mule, returned, beat Lapham’s head with the butt of an ax, took his $lO and fled. BONUS SPONSOR WILL NOT PUSH PROPOSAL Texas Representative Anxious to Aid Roosevelt Policy. By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.—Representative Wright Pattman (Dem., Tex.), house sponsor of the soldiers’ bonus for several years, said today he would not push the proposal this session “if it means throwing a monkey wrench into the recovery machinery.” “I am not going to disrupt the Roosevelt program,” Pattman said. $225 BANJO IS STOLEN Music Costing S3O Also Is Taken From Parked Car. Theft of a banjo valued at $225 and music costing S3O from the automobile of Virgil Anderson, 320 Kenmore road, was reported to police yesterday. The car was parked in the 1200 block Shelby street. •

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Hopeful of the state of government revenue, L. H. Parker, left, chief of staff of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation, tells how increased business has brought encouraging increases in Uncle Sam’s income. . . . The graph shows rise in Uncle Sam's debt from the happy prewar days when there practically wasn’t any, through the war-time peak in 1919, and back almost to that level today . . . note also the prospect for an all-time debt high within the next two years.

by the senate stock market investigation will be made, but of course such changes can have no effect on this year’s revenue. Most of all, anew phase of taxation is getting attention for really the first time. “It used to. be,” says Parker, “that taxation was just ‘the art of plucking the most feathers from the goose with the least squawking.’ “Now we have to go much farther than that, and consider the social effects of various forms of proposed taxes. “Sometimes that aspect is just as important as the revenue-rais-ing side, and it’s becoming more important all the lime.”

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COPS BAFFLED BY SLAYING OF TWOJFFICERS Murder-Suicide Theory Is Scorned; Search for Killer Starts. By United Press PROVIDENCE, R. 1., Dec. 26.Two policemen, struck down by bul- J lets as they stood at a signal box | here Christmas eve. were slain while ! they were about to make an arrest, j their superiors theorized today. Not long before they met death, | patrolmen Patrick J. Murray, 43. and Edward H. Kelly, 41, had at- ! tended mass together. Police Su- J perintendent Edward J. Kelly said ; that a theory that these two good j friends were victims of murder and j suicide was “too remote for consid-1 eration.” The superintendent's theory that I the officers were killed by someone they were about to arrest was based on the testimony of eight witnesses, none of whom actually saw the shooting. To Superintendent Kelly it appeared reasonable that the men were slain in this fashion: Kelly and Murray went to the signal box together, their beats merging at that point. A moment before they reached it, they returned the Christmas greetings of a friend, who described them as engaged in pleasant conversation. Murray opened the box with his back to Kelly, whose attention was drawn by a noise in the receding doorway of 195 Union street. He turned and saw a man there. The man seized Kelly’s gun with a downward motion, placed it against Kelly's head and fired. A moment later he shot and killed Murray, who had turned but was unable to reach his own revolver. Then the man dropped the gun by Kelly’s side and ran. The favorite hobby of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy is coin collecting; he has one of the finest collections in the world.

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When a Cuban delegate attacked the intervention policy of the United States at the PanAmerican conference, it was Dr. Carlos Saavedra Lamas. Argentine foreign minister, who took up the cudgels in our defense. He is here shown rebuking the Cuban at the meeting of the committee on new economic matters, of which he is chairman.

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TRAIN HITS CAB; FOUR ARE HURT Parents, Infant and Driver Sent to Hospital After Crash. An infant and three other person* 1 riding in a taxicab were sent to city hospital today suffering from lacerations and bruises sustained when the cab in which they were riding was struck by a freight train at Washington street and the Belt railway. The injured were William Guynn, 27, of Patricksburg, his wife Thelma and their May, 2 | years old. I of 331 of the taxicab— rffso was cut\on the face on fceir way to a imM)acL*<®tion following a Christfbu wh(\ the ac- , cident pilchard, tmin apVlied in tLne i The taxicaV wfis bafji^mamaged. Toil to Refloat Liner | By United Press | LOS ANGELES. Dec. 26 The Quaker liner Peter Kerr was be- | lieved to be still helpless today after | lying in a mud bank off Asuncion | bay for twenty-four hours. Latest j advices reported the captain eonfi- ' dent of refloating without help.