Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 207, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 January 1934 — Page 3

JAN. 8. 1934.

POSTAL DEFICIT SLASHED, 1933 REPORT SHOWS Annual Summary Announces 600 Per Cent Gain In Robberies. By Unit'd Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—A twothirds decrease under the postal net deficit of 1932 and estimates looking to an approximately balanced budget for 1934. were reported today in the annual report of the year 1933. Equally outstanding was reported a large increase in robberis on units of the postal service, together with recommendations for corrective legislation. The postmaster-general reported a decrease of $97,419,097 under the gross expenditures of $75,057,754 for 1932. This reduction came largely through a $30,611,749 slash in salaries and wages. Slight Revenue Decrease A $3562,360 increase in exenditures for ocean and air mail subsidies. over the $42,252,210 total for 1932, was the only increase shown for 1933. Total expenditures for the year were $700,006,256.53. Total revenues aggregated $587,631 364.43, a slight decrease under the 1932 revenues. Cost of mail subsidies and the postage value of mail service performed free for congress, the courts and the executive departments were $61,691,286.59. This had the effect of reducing the gross deficiency of $112,374,892, to a true deficit, embracing postal transactions only of $50,683,605.05, as compared with a net deficit of $152,246,188 for the j previous fiscal year. Further Economies Expected From the revenue returns of the first months of this year, the department estimates that its income for the fiscal year 1934 will be in the neighborhood of $587,600,000. This decline from 1933 is due to the j r< duction on local first-class mail from 3 to 2 cents which became effective July 1, 1933. However, further economies are expected to reduce 1934 expenditures to $630,000,000. Making allowance for approximately S6O 000.000 for nonpostal items, the 1934 budget will be approximately balanced. Although attacks on the mails have remained fairly constant over a long period of years, robberies on units of the postal service handling j government moneys, have increased j COO per cent, it was reported. Under existing law, when a financial unit of the service is robbed with or without the use of firearms, the maximum punishment is ten years imprisonment and $5,030 1 fine. No penalty is provided for ■ attempts to commit such robberies, j Attacks on mail units however, carry a mandatory penalty of twenty-five years imprisonment, whether successful or unsuccessful. Thus the department recommended legislation to provide the same penalty for assaults upon govern- j ment money and property as are now provided for assaults on mail j matter. Robberies during 1933 totaled $815,192.18 as compared with $189,848.74. Further Legislation Recommended During 1933 fiscal year there were j eight fatalities to pilots carryingj air mail over 35,909,811 miles. Out ! of 6,741,788 pounds of mail carried the percentage of loss only reached the fraction 0.000306. Further legislation recommended was: To authorize payment of annuities withheld from employes retired from active service during July, 1932, under the economy act. To authorize the postmaster general to contract for air mail service in Alaska. To reduce the fee to accompany \ applications for entry as second class matter of publications of limited circulation. BANDIT FACING LONG PRISON TERM IS WED Bedford Girl Is Bride of Man Under Twenty-Five-Year Sentence. By TANARUS, m i v Special NOBLESVILLE Jan. B.—Lester Gilbert. Mitchell, today awaited authorities to take him to the Indiana state prison, after being sentenced Saturday to serve a term of twenty- i five years on a robbery charge by : Judge Fred E. Hines of Hamilton circuit court. Immediately after sentence was pronounced. Gilbert was married in the county jail to Miss Geneva Byers, Bedford. Miss Byers said that they were to have been marlied Saturday at her father's home, but “since Lester got into this trouble and couldn't come to me, I thought I would come to Noblesville and carry out our nuptial contract.'’ Gilbert attempted a holdup Tuesday night in the drug store of Mayor W. E. Gifford, and. following a fight, captured by the mayor and his son. William Gifford Jr. GEN. LINDSEY TO RUN FIFTH CORPS AFFAIRS Naming of Successor to Moseley Awaited Here. Affairs of the Fifth corps area will be directed temporarily by Bri-gadier-General Julian R Lindsey, Ft. Knox commander, pending appointment of a successor to MajorGeneral George Van Horn Moseley, according to Washington dispatches. General Lindsey will continue to reside at the fort General Mosely was transferred last week to command the Fourth corps area with headquarters in Atlanta. Ga. The Indiana military area is included in the Fifth corps area. QUIZ SLAYING SUSPECT West Side Man Rearrested for Further Questioning. Rearrested for further questioning in connection with the murder of Raymond Walsh, reputed former hijacker, Daniel Douthitt, 30. of 1107 North Mount street, today was held by police under heavy bond. Douthitt, one of six arrested Dec. 28, the day after the murder, had been released under bond on vagrancy charges. Walsh was slain at a rooming house at 628 Ft. Wayne avenue, where he had gone on a drinking party.

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By Timrs Special KOKOMO, Jan. B.—Howard county organization of the League of Women Voters has put politicians “on the spot" in connection with registration of voters with a demand that only unemployed persons serve in listing voters. In a statement, the league offered services of its members in case there are not enough jobless persons to do the work.. Members would refund their pay to the county. This offer checkmated reports that political leaders had intimated sufficient number of unemployed persons competent for registration work, could not be obtained, and brought statements from both Republican and Democratic leaders of faith in ability of league members. The league has declared it intends to see that no “political hangers on" are given registration jobs.

a a a Veterans to Meet By 7 imen Special BEDFORD. Jan. B.—Meeting for the purpose of forming a Veterans’ Voters’ League in the Ninth congressional district will be held in the Lawrence county courthouse here Thursday night, it is announced by Thomas H. Shrout, Bedford attorney, and temporary chairman. The league would be a unit of the national organization of the same name, which has headquarters in New York. Russell B. Harrison, Indianapolis attorney, is a national trustee. a a a Children Aid Asked. By T men Special BLOOMINGTON, Jan. 8. A campaign to raise $4,500 for the purpose of buying food for needy school children and those of preschool age was opened here today under auspices of the Parent-Teach-er Association and Central Relief committee. a a a Call Pension Session By Times Special KOKOMO, Jan. 8 —Howard county commissioners have invited officials from six other counties to meet here Saturday for the purpose of agreeing upon uniform application of certain provisions of the old age pension law. Invitations have been sent to Cass, Clinton, Miami, Grant, Carroll and Tipton counties. Howard co-nty officials are disposed to enforce a provision which authorizes them to obtain a deed for any property a pension recipient may own. They also are considering compelling children of pension applicants to make affidavits regarding their ability to care for parents. a a a ‘Lifer’ Seeks Release By Times Special NEWCASTLE, Jan. 8. Petition asking release of Charles Wolfe from the Indiana state prison, where he is serving a life term for the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hance, near Muncie, is being circulated by his brother, the Rev. Perry Wolfe, Newcastle. Wolfe was sentenced in 1925. His minister brother asserts evidence can be presented that Charles Wolfe had nothing to do with the dual killing. nan One Too Many By Times Special COLUMBUS, Jan. B.—Mrs. Ollie Frederick, 30, who has been the wife of five men, is under sentence of six months in the Indiana woman's prison as a result of conviction on a bigamy charge in Bartholomew circuit court here. She was found guilty by a jury following a trial during which the prosecuting witness, Charles Mains, was not on the stand. Mains, the fifth husband, caused her arrest on a charge that at the time of their marriage she had not obtained a divorce from her fourth husband, Charles Frederick. When Mains failed to appear, the state attempted to introduce the testimony he gave at the first trial of the case a few weeks ago, which resulted in a jury disagreement, but was overruled. A few years ago Mrs. Frederick was tried on a charge of slaying her third husband, but was acquitted on a plea of self-defense. a a a Kokomo Seeks Factory By Times Special KOKOMO, Jan. 8. —Public meeting to stimulate a campaign to ob-

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tain a beet sugar refinery for Kokomo will be held Wednesday night under auspices of the Howard County Farm Bureau and the Kokomo Industrial Association. Speaker will be Dr. J. O. Brock, representative of the Beet Sugar Manufacturers’ Association with headquarters in Toledo, O. There is only one beet sugar factory in Indiana, the plant being at Decatur. It has been in operation about eight years. a a a Postmasters Chosen By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. Post-master-General James A. Farley has named the following acting postmasters: Edward Storer, St. Joe, Ind., and Frank Wetzel, Spencer, Ind. a a a Fired; Hired By United Press KENDALLVILLE, Jan. 8. Charles A. Davis, who recently resigned as head of the city electric and water plant here because of a feud with Mayor William Aumen, has been appointed consultant engineer for civil works projects in

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Kosciucko, Fulton and Marshall counties. He was appointed by William H. Book, state unemployment relief administrator. a a a Thirteen Spades Held By United Press MARION, Jan. 8. Thirteen spades in a single hand—the “hole-ir.-one” of bridge—were held by Mrs. S. E. Johnston. Her husband was the dealer. Mrs. Johnston scored 2.490 points on her bid of seven spades, which her opponents doubled and Mrs. Johnson redoubled. The other players were J. W. Mossman and R. S. Talbott. EINSTEIN TO PLAY VIOLIN FOR CHARITY Scientist to Headline Concert in New York Jan. 17. By United Press NEW YORK. Jan. 9.—Professor Albert Einstein, temporarily deserting his Princeton university lecture platform, will play his violin in a concert Jan. 17 for the benefit of Berlin contemporaries, it was announced today. Before 300 person at the home of Adolph Lewishohn, the eminent German scienst, will appear in recital with others prominent in the world of music, including Toscha Seidel, violinist; Ossip Gisken, violincellist; Harriet Cohen, pianist, and Leon Barzie, viola player. Tickets for the concert, more than half of which have been sold, are $25. Sponsors of the even include Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Henry Morgenthau, Governor Herbert H. Lehman, Mrs. Henry Morgenthau Jr., David Stern and Mrs. Felix M. Warburg.

54 IN COUNTY BEGIN TASK DF TAKING CENSUS Business Conditions and Real Prosperity Inventory to Be Covered. Fifty-four enumerators begin toi day the census of business condij tions and the real property inventory in Marion county as part of Presidet Roosevelt’s re-employment plan recently set up in the civil works administration. Twenty-eight thousand “white | collar” workers throughout the county will be given employment i through this survey program. Data obtained in the business 1 census is expected to show the ex- ; tent of the NRA program, month by month, as it affects the return of employment- Facts obtained in the real property inventory will be used in such projects as slum clearance and real estate developments, it was stated. Business men the urged to co-op-erate with the census enumerators when they call Albert Schmollinger, I in charge of the business census here, said that individual business returns will be held strictly confidential. They will serve, however, to allow government officials to arrive at comprehensive figures concerning each line of business, he ! pointed out. These government statistics will be compiled and released to the public as soon as possible. It will be possible for business men in every section of the country to make comparisons between their individual businesses and the median figure for that particular line. Government officials state that

Huey in Oil Painting Near Napoleon's Shocks Professor. By United Press ORLEANS. La.. Jan. 8 “I was shocked.” remarked Dr. Broadus Mitchell, of Johns Hopkins university, in describing his feelings on seeing a tinted portrait of United States Senator Huey Long hanging in the Cabildo museum here alongside portraits of Napoleon and Andrew Jackson. Dr. Mitchell, assistant professor of economics, was here to address a citizens’ forum on “the new deal.” this data will provide background in the preparation of economic planning in the future. The business census calls for a description of the business establishment, the kind of merchandise handled, the employment given, the salaries paid and the expenses incurred. An indication of the number of vacant houses and apartments in Indianapolis will be obtained through the real property inventory. Other data collected will show the number of families “doubling up” in one residence because of the depression, the amount of money spent in repairs and improvements, and will provide a description of the physical character of the structures investigated. , Through this census it will be possible to compare the average current rentals in Indianapolis with thg data collected in 1929, P. H. Easton, in charge of the real property census, said. Between 175 to 200 persons will be employed in the district office in Room 416, Federal building, to conduct the survey for surrounding counties and to handle the clerical work. All have been taken from the CWA lists.

STATE KIWANIS WILL INSTALL 1934 OFFICERS Annual Conference Will Open Tuesday; City Club to Be Host. Annual midwinter conference of the Indiana District, Kiwanis International, will open In the Columbia Club Tuesday night and continue all day Wednesday. District officers, lieutenant governors and district committee chairmen will hold an organization meeting following a dinner at 6:30 Tuesday night. Walter I. Fegan, South Bend, newly elected district governor, will assume his duties, succeeding Paul W. McKee, Hartford City. Other officers to be installed are Linfield Myers, Anderson, district treasurer; Dr. J. H. Naus, South Bend, district secretary, and Roy W. Fiek, East. Chicago; E. C. Gorrell, Winamac; ’jesse Addleman, Tipton; A. J. Reifel, Gas City; W. Luther Snodgrass, Indianapolis; v. L. ONE CENT A DAY PAYS UP TO SIOO A MONTH The Postal Life & Casualty Insurance Cos., 5050 Postal Life Bldg., Kansas City, Mo., is offering anew accident policy that pays up to SIOO a month for 24 months for disability and $1,000.00 for deaths —costs less than lc a day—s3.so a year. More than 150.000 have already bought this policy. Men, women and children eligible. Send no money. Simply send name, address, age, beneficiary’s name and relationship and they will send this policy on 10 days’ FREE inspection. No examination is required. This offer is limited, so write the company today.—Advertisement.

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Eikenberry, Vincennes; H. F. Patton. Lawrenceburg, • and Otto G. Fver-bach. New Albany, districtlieutenant governors Members of the Indianapolis club will have charge of the opening session Wednesday morning at 9 with Ralph Mcßeynolds, Evansville assisting. Greetings will be extended by Ira A. Minnick. Indianapolis club president, with response by Robert W. Chambers. Evansville, past governor. Youth Flees With Purse A purse containing SI and a string of pearls was snatched from Mrs. Grace Watkins. 43. of 1252 Brookside avenue Saturday night by a youth at Massachusetts avenue and j Noble street. Baby's Sjm /