Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 236, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 February 1934 — Page 3

FEB. 10, 1934

WAGE SCALE OF NRA HAT CODE IS GRADUATED Newly Approved Plan Is Stayed Pending Additional Research. By Srrippt-Hotrnrd Xetcspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.— NRA has embarked on anew experiment in the hat code, specifying in addition to a minimum wage of 35 cents an hour tnat certain percentages of workers in each plant must receive high, minimum wages, graduated upward. This unique plan in the code just approved toy Administrator Hugh Johnson has been stayed for thirtyfive days pending further study, particularly of complaints from western factories which claim they are unable to meet this "average” for the industry. The graduated scale is not effective as to occupational groups or crafts of workers. For example, the fur-felt hat branch of the industry would pay 80 cents an hour or more to at least 15 per cent of the employes in each plant; at least an additional 20 per cent would get 70 cents or more; and at least an additional 25 per cent would get not less than 50 cents. This rode was one of the toughest of NRA's jobs. Hearings on it were j held last August; the time since has been taken up in efforts to reach an agreement. General Johnson in a letter to President Roosevelt noted also that after the new scheme has been tried for ninety days a further report will be made by. the code authority as to whether the adjustment of wages is equitable and whether the rates tend to become maximum as w’ell as minimum. He also commented that the administrator is given power to cancel or modify this provision.

OKLAHOMAN QUIZZED IN DEATH OF WIFE Mate's Trampled Body Found Near Home, Police Say. By United Pri s* DUNCAN. Okla., Feb. 10—Police yesterday held Dick Woody, 30, for questioning in connection with the death of his 35-year-old wife. It was alleged that Woody, who had been away from home three days, returned and ejected two girls and a man from his home. Mrs. Woody’s body, apparently beaten and trampled upon, was found later, police said. 20,000 PENNSYLVANIA MINERS END STRIKE Union Men to Resume Work on Monday, After Long Dispute. By Init ret /’rr WILKESBARRE. Pa.. Feb. 10 —The strike of 20.000 anthracite miners in north-central Pennsylvania ended yesterday. Delegates attending the special convention of the United Anthracite Miners of Pennsylvania voted unanimously to terminate the strike, which began Jan. 13. Miners were instructed to return to work Monday. SENATE PASSES BILL AGAINST RATE DELAYS Utility Appeals to Federal Court Hit in Proposed Act. By I'nitcri Press WASHINGTON. Feb. 10.—The senate yesterday passed the Johnson bill, designed to prevent public utility companies from delaying rate Qecisions through the federal courts. The senate's action on the Johnson bill, which has been in congress for two years without previously reaching the senate floor, was taken without a record vote. Janet Vacations in East Janet Gaynor's next Fox production. ''Carolina." has been completed and the star now is in New York after a stop-over in Chicago. She will see the shows in Manhattan and do some shopping while in town returning later to make "The Sun Shines Bright," with Charles Farrell.

BANK DEPOSITS NOW TAX'PAID 4- 4- Depositors of Indianapolis I ban\s are not required to pay taxes on their deposits. This is so because the ban\s are paying the taxes. 4- M oney not on deposit is subject to taxation at the general personal property rates . m THE BANKS OF INDIANAPOLIS

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Dr. Frank Bohn Breakdown of the eighteenth century government and the rule of the underworld will be discussed by Dr. Frank Bohn, New York, noted author, lecturer and student of international affairs, at the Indianapolis Open Forum Sunday night at the Center. His topic will be “Our Democracy Run Riot."

FLOWER GROUP MEETING ENDS American Carnation Society Elects Officers at Final Session. A dinner and dance in the Lincoln and style show and exhibit in the Indiana ballroom last night closed the annual convention of the American Carnation Society. The fashion revue was presented by Rink’s. Principal speaker at the dinner was John E. Fredrick, Kokomo, Indiana state Chamber of Commerce president. The Dornier Memorial medal was awarded to the R. Witterstatter Carnation Company, Cincinnati, for a light pink carnation named "Uncle Dick,” in memory of Richard Witterstatter. Carl Brandlein. Indianapolis. received a silver medal foi "Senior,” anew undisseminated white flower. Officers named yesterday were L. A. Knitzele, Denver, President; Thomas Jay, Nashville, Ter.n., vicepresident; O. E. Steinkamp, Indianapolis, secretary, and S. J. Goddard, Framingham. Mass., treasurer. The next convention will be in Nashville.

6 MORE SEEK POSTS AS I. A. C/DIRECTORS Three Retiring Officers Are Also Candidates. Six new' candidates have been selected to run with three retiring directors at the election of directors to be held at the Indianapolis Athletic Club Feb. 19. New candidates are L. B. Andrus. Charles Brossman, Robbins C. Grisw'old, Clarence F. Merrell, Ralph M. Reahard and Lawrence J. Welch. Appearing on the ticket wnh them will be Joseph W. Stickney, p'esident and retiring director, and Robert Frost Daggett and Frank F. Woolling, retiring directors. All resident members of the club will be privileged to vote in this election, according to an amendment to the club by-laws. Previously. only stockholding members were eligible. SPONSOR REGULATION OF COMMUNICATIONS Action on Bill Decided at White House Conference By l nited Pri ss WASHINGTON. Feb. P.—A bill providing regulation by a special commission over radio, telephone, telegraph and cable communications will be pressed at this session of congress, it was decided upon today at a White House conference.

ANGRY BIDDERS RESENT PLANE, CCC PURCHASES Congress May Act Unless Grand Jury Sifts All Charges. By Bcripps-Hotcard Xrtcspaper Alliance WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. Why changes were made in specifications for army supplies and whether the changes gave an advantage to certain bidders for contracts are questions that are being pondered here in the district grand jury room and in the committees of congress that have jurisdiction over war department matters. The grand jury inquiry, which may result in the indictment of four or more persons on charges of attempted conspiracy to defiaud the gove; nment, has been confined thus far to events surrounding the advertising for bids on army trucks. But bidders who thought theye were not getting a fair deal have also carried to members of congress stories of unorthodox handling of purchases of civilian conservation corps equipment and details in ccnnecton with contemplated purchase of army airplanes. Unless the whole affair is threshed out satisfactorily by the grand jury there probably will be an exhaustive congressional investigation into what promises to become the first major scandal of the Roosevelt administration. Discord in War Department There is serious discord in the war department. It is indicated Assistant Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring, who supervises procurement activities in the department, has not always agreed with various army bureau chiefs in the letting of contracts. Other army officers who have had a hand in purchases of war department supplies have told their stories to the grand jury, as has Mr. Woodring. All witnesses appearing before the grand jury were required to waive immunity. The other officers include Lieutenant Colonel B. F. Miller, chief of motor transportation of the the quartermaster general's office, and Colonel A. O. Seaman, supply chief of the national guard bureau. The controversy has not yet been publicly developed to the point where it is possible to report whether the differences over specifications are mere differences in opinion backed up by engineering arguments or something more than that. What has been going on outside of the war deartment has occupied the attention of the grand jury for most of the four days that it has been questioning witnesses. The jurors have heard the testimony of officials of the General Motors Company, the Marmon-llerrington Company of Indianapolis and other auto manufacturing concerns, who told how certain lobbyists approached them and offered to see that the companies shared in the award of $10,000,000 worth of contracts for army motoriation equipment. The lobbyists are reported to have represented that they had enough influence to see that the specifications were satisfactory. Lobbyists “Influence” Unknown Whether the lobbyists had an “inside track” and actually w : ere in a position to make goed on their piomises is something that is said to be still puzzling the grand jurors and is a matter of keen interest to members of congress who had a hand in starting the investigation. The interested members of congress are inclined to keep hands off until the grand jury inquiry has run its course. United States Attorney Leslie C. Garnett recently telephoned Representative Ross Collins (Dem., Miss.), chairman of the house subcommittee that handles war department appropriations, and suggested that Mr. Collins appear before the grand jury. Collins declined. “If I decide to take part in an investigation it will be an investigation before my committee,” the congressman said. The Smithsonian Institution has added to its exhibits the first practical electric refrigerator.

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

By United Press PERU. Feb. 10.—The right of Amish residents to keep their children out of public high schools may be tested by the supreme court of Indiana, it is indicated here. A charge filed against Adam Miller, an Amish resident living in the religious sector in southern Miami county, accused him of failing to send his son, Ervin, to school. j . . .. Miller will be tried in Miami circuit court during the present term, it was indicated. Other members of ihe colony, aroused over the charge, asked for a jury trial and said that if Miller is convicted they will carry the fight to the state supreme court. Amish families said they were willing to send their children to the grade schools to get elementary education, but protested against the “frills” of high schools. They particularly object to the subjects of physiology, biology, geography and athletics, J. O. Jenkins, superintendent of schools, said. Simplicitv in dress marks the Amish followers. Women garb themselves in black, ankle-length dresses and bonnets. Men wear long beards and dark clothing.

Stone Order Booked By Timm Special BLOOMINGTON, Feb. 10.—Work of preparing and shipping 260 carloads of stone for use in construction of the Culvert street bridge in Washington, D. C., is to be started immediately by the Indiana Limestone Company, which was awarded a contract this week. Cost of the stone wll be $200,000. Freight for shipment to Washington will total $71,000. 0 8 0 Beer to Be Made By Times Special ANDERSON, Feb. 10.—Production of beer is expected to start Thursday in the remodeled plant of the Norton Brewing Company. The product is expected to appear on the market April 15. Only keg beer will be made for the time being. 0 8 0 Can’t Use ’Em By Times Special GREENFIELp, Feb. 10.—Feb. 10. —Arza Mitchell, who doesn’t smoke, found 10,000 cigarets along the highway near his home three miles east of here. He turned over the cigarets to Sheriff Frank Stottlemyer. The cigarets are believed to have been lost or stolen from a truck. 0 8 8 Free Turnips By Times Special • FRANKLIN, Feb. 10. Charles Mathena, Franklin township trustee, is offering to give away 300 bushels of turnips. The vegetables were raised in a community garden and buried for winter use. However, few have been taken, and the trustee believes that removal of many families from poor relief lists because of re-employ-ment, stopped the demand.

Death Trial Set By Times Special DANVILLE, Feb. 10.—James Shelton will go on trial Monday in Hendricks circuit court on a charge of manslaughter resulting from the death of Mrs. Ada Barker in an automobile accident which occurred east of here in November. 1933. 8 0 8 ‘Cut Rate’ Alimony By Times Special FRANKLIN, Feb. 10.—Mrs. Marie Breeding, Edinburg, who asked $5,000 alimony in a divorce suit against Bern Breeding, was awarded only S6OO when a decree w r as granted in Johnson circuit court here. Mrs. Breeding alleged cruelty, which also was the basis of a cross complaint filed by her husband. 0 0 8 Seeks Judgeship By Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Feb. 10.—Cassius M. Gentry, Noblesville attorney, is a candidate for the Republican nomination for judge of Hamilton circuit court. Before taking up the practice of law here about thirty years ago, he was a Kokomo school teacher. He W'as graduated from Wabash college and Yale university law school. 8 0 0 Former Official Dies By Times Special SHELBYVILLE, Feb. 10.—Funeral services were held today for Michael Yarling, 88, who served nine years as a Shelby county commissioner. He had spent his entire life in the county and for the last thirty-eight years had lived :n the house w'here he died.

Old Business Fails By Times Special KOKOMO, Feb. 10— Filing of a petition in bankruptcy this week in federal court at Indianapolis by T. O. Bryant, marked the decline of a business which has been carried on here for nearly forty years in the same location and with the same ownership. Mr. Bryant, operating a paint and wall paper store, said the depression had created conditions in his business with which he was no longer able to cope. He listed liabilities at SB,IOO and assets at $4,200. 8 8 8 Blast Kills Man By Times Special ELKHART, Feb. 10. Joseph Porter, 41, Des Moines, la., is in a critical condition here today with burns received in a filling station explosion which killed his companion, C. W. West, 21, Des Moines. The two men, driving a truck loaded with automobiles, stopped in the filling station to take a nap. Porter crawled through a trap door when the explosion rocked the building and informed firemen that West was in the debris. Clarence Willard, Elkhart fireman, was burned while removing West.

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STRONGER LAW ON PERJURY IS RECOMMENDED Help in Prosecution of Grafter Sought by Louis Glavis. By Scripps-Hoicard Xeuspaper Alliance WASHlNGTON,Feb.lo.—Strengthening of perjury laws to help him prosecute grafters discovered in public works and in administration of the oil code, has been recommended by Louis Glavis. chief of the interior department’s bureau of investigations. In a conference with Chairman Hatton Sumners (Dem., Tex.) of the house judiciary committee, Mr. Glavis explained need for such additional legislation at this time. Mr/ Sumners promised to introduce the suggested bill, which is supported by Harold L. Ickes. secretary of the interior, and to endeavor to draft supplemental legislation that will apply the new' rule to all departments of the government. It was explained that where a man now' is not required by law to make a statement on oath, the making of a false statement can not be prosecuted except under the conspiracy statutes. Lawyers say it is difficult to win conspiracy convictions. Under the proposed Glavis bill Mr. Ickes could issue regulations requiring statements under oath to accompany contracts to the effect that they w'ere made without collusion, etc. If these statements were found false their makers could be prosecuted. Mr. Glavis patterned his bill after certain provisions in the pension laws which prohibit such perjury as he is endeavoring to stop. If widened as congressman Sumners hopes, the bill could also be used as a big stick in beating graft out of the civil w'orks administration or any other government agency.

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Albert E. Schumacker (above) today announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for mayor of Columbus. Mr. Schumaker is former president of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce and former president of the Columbus Kiwanis Club. He also has been active in the Columbus Asssociated Charities and the Columbus made-work program.

DELTA UPSILON ALUMNI WILL ELECT OFFICERS Set Feb. 17 as Date for Meeting; Dr. Little to Speak. Election of officers by Delta Upsilon Alumni Association for the year will be held Saturday night. Feb. 17. at the state banquet at the Athenaeum. David M. Lewis, De Pauw 1930, is general chairman. E. Carl Watson, De Pauw r , 1906, toastmaster, and Ed R. Grisell, Indiana university, 1910, president of the Indianapolis Alumni Association. The speaker will be Dr. Edw'ard O. Little, connected w'ith the veterans’ hospital for many years.

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RUCKELSHAUSIS RE-ELECTED BY COLUMBIA CLUB President Named for Third Term: Other Officers Also Chosen. John C. Ruckelshaus was reelected president of the Columbia Club for a third time at the annual meeting of directors yesterday. Other officers re-elected were Fred C. Gardner, vice-president; Frank A. Butler, treasurer, and E. P. Akin, secretary. The board approved a program for increased social and business activities, to be submitted to the membership soon. Also named w’ere officers of the Columbia Club Realty Company, all re-elected. They are Mr. Gardner, president; Mr. Ruckelshaus. vicepresident; Mr. Butler, treasurer, and Mr. Akin, secretaryFIVE NEGROES DIE IN ALABAMA DEATH CHAIR All Go Bravely After Hymn Singing and Chicken Dinner. By United Press KILBY PRISON, MONTGOMERY, Ala., Feb. A. —Fortified by twelve hours of continuous hymn singing, broken only once for a fried chicken dinner, five Negroes, convicted murderers, walked calmly to their deaths early today—so calmly, they might have been going to a picnic. Their approach to death was in sharp contrast with the demeanor of official witnesses who crowded into the tiny execution chamber of the state penitentiary here. The witnesses were pale and trembling. The procession of death began at 12:13 a. m.