Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 240, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 February 1934 — Page 3

FEB. 15, 1934

EWING SHIELDS, RETIRED CITY BUILDER. DIES Final Rites for Prominent Contractor Set for Tomorrow. Ewing Shields, 71, of 2535 Park av*>nue. died yesterday in his home following a brief heart illness. He was president of Ewing Shields & Cos., and later of Ewing Shields & Son, both contracting firms. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 tomorrow in the home, conducted by the Rev. Richard M. Millard, Broadway M E. church pastor, and the Rev. H. H. Allen, Sullivan. Burial will be in Seymour. Mr. Shields was born in Seymour, the son of Lycurgus Shields He was married to Miss Hattie White, Seymour, in 1895. Both Mr. and Mrs. Shields have been prominent in Methodist church work. He is survived by the widow; a daughter. Mrs. Kenneth C. Hogate, Scarsdale, N. Y.; a son, Ewing Shields Jr., Greenfield; a sister, Mrs. W. R. Barnes. Terre Haute, and six grandchildren. Former College Head Dead Dr. Frank M. Wright, 75, former president of the old Indianapolis Eclectic Medical college, died yesterday in the Hotel Linden following a long illness. Dr. Wright had practiced medicine in Indianapolis forty-five years. He was born near Salem and attended the college of which he later became president. Final rites will be held at 1 Sunday afternoon in the Harry W. Moore funeral home. Burial will be in Shelbyville. Dr. Wright was a member of the First Baptist, church. He is survived by his widow r , Mrs. Adeline C Wright; a daughter, Mrs. Frances Benjamin: a son, Roy Wright, both of Indianapolis; three brothers. William Wright, Indianapolis; Dr. Fred Wright. Stileyville. and Edward Wright, Kokomo, ani four grandchildren. Retired Railroad Man Passes Following an illness of several weeks, Samuel A Byers, 57. of 1429 North New Jersey street, a retired railroad man. died last night in St. Vincent's hospital. Funeral services will bo held at 2 tomorrow in the Flanner & Buchanan mortuary. Burial will be in Crown Hill. Mr. Byers was born in Nashville. Tenn.. and was a graduate of Vanderbilt university. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. South, and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. He is survived by his widow. Mrs. Lena K Byers; a sister, Mrs G. N. Wickmire. and a half-brother, Edward Rutledge, all of Indianapolis. Native of Germany Dies Franz W. H. Schaefer, 61. of 1316 North Tacoma avenue, a native of Germany, died in his home yesterday. He came to this country' in 1883, settling in Indianapolis. He was a member of the chorus of the Academy of Music, the Liederkranz Singing Society and the All Souls Unitarian church. Private services will be held at 2 tomorrow in the home. Burial will be in Crown Hill. Surviving him are his widow. Mrs. Laura Bauer Schaefer; a sister. Miss Anna J. Schaefer, and a brother. Dr. C. R. Schaefer, all of Indianapolis. Edgar Carvin Succumbs Edgar E. Carvin. 77, died yesterday at the home of his son. Louis G. Carvin, 3215 East New' York street. Mr. Carvin was born in Edinburg and had lived in Indianapolis thirtyfour years. He is survived by four sons, Louis 0.. Harry M. and Herman R. Carvin. Indianapolis, and Lawrence M. Carvin. Providence, R. 1., and two daughters. Mrs. L. B. Jay. Columbus. 0.. and Mrs. D. M. Powell, Portland, Ore. Funeral rites will be held at 1:30 tomorrow' in the Shirley Brothers central chapel. Burial will be in Edinburg. Dr. Alev’s Wife Dead Mrs. Mary Archer Aley, wife of Robert J. Aley, Butler university president emeritus and former president of the University of Maine, died in her New York home last night, it was learned here today. Mrs. Aley was the daughter of Captain James Williamson Archer and Elizabeth Chambers Archer and was born in Spencer. She is survived by her husband, a son. Maxwell Aley and two grandsons. Services will be private. Mohawk Cashier Passes Cecil B. Brooks. 51. Mohawk, for twenty years cashier of the Mohawk State bank, died early today in the Methodist hospital. He was a member of the United Brethren church and Masonic order in Mohawk. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Elsie Brooks; a daughter, Amelia Brooks; two brothers. Byron and Roy Brooks of Indianapolis, and a sister living in Kansas.

DRAMA LEAGUE PICKS OFFICERS Shortridge Group Headed Again by Eleanor Firth: Chairmen Chosen. Eleanor Firth. Shortndge senior, was unanimously re-elected president of the Shortridge Drama League, sponsored by Miss Eleanor Dee Theek of the English faculty. Ralph Bryant was elected vicepresident; Judith Jones, secretary: Virginia Davis, assistant secretary, and Jack Messick, treasurer. They were nominated by a committee composed of Jane Shideler, chairman; Virginia House and Paul Farrington. Thirty-four members renewed thir memberships and twenty-six joined the league for the first time. The following pupils are to be program chairmen for the coming meetings: February 15. Judith Jones: March 1. Marjorie Newman: March 15. Carl Scheidker; March 29. Stuart Williams; April 12. Jack Messick; April 26. Dorothy Martenet. and May 10. Jane Shideler. Fall election will be held May 24. Honolulu's coldest day in 1933 was April 4. when the mercury registered 59 degrees Fahrnheit. and the warmest dy was 85 degrees, Nov. 15.

CLARK RUSHED INTO LIMA JAIL'.

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Rushed into countv jail at Lima. 0., to await a trial, within the next three weeks, that may send him to the electric chair, Russell Clark, alleged Dillinger outlaw aid, is shown here, at right, wearing light hat. under guard of deputies. With him in jail, charged with the murder of Sheriff Jess Sarber, are Charles Makley and Harry Pierpont.

Baptismal Bouquet Religious Ardor Cooled by Odor; City Negro Protests Sewage in Creek.

NEITHER the baptiser nor the baptised can be expected to be filled with religious ardor when unpleasant odors are filling the air, the board of works is convinced.

And it is hardly fair to expect the intended convert to consent to having his head submerged in river water when that water is composed chiefly of sewage disposal. the members further agreed. So with the board agreeing upon these points, baptisms once more may take place in the placid waters of Fall creek below the city hospital and just off Indiana avenue. Curtfs Terry, 1101 Indiana avenue, declared that members of his Negro church had to forego the baptismal ceremony in Fall creek because an open sewer ran into the stream. He brought John Niblack, his legal aid, with him before the works board to ask that the condition be eliminated. The board promised Mr Terry and Mr. Niblack that they would do all that is possible to remedy the situation.

DEPOSED TRADE OFFICIAL DEAD William E. Humphrey, Indiana Native, Succumbs in Seattle. By I nited Prexx WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—William E. Humprey, 71, of Seattle, deposed as federal trade commissioner late last year, died suddenly last night. Although he had been in poor health all winter, Mr. Humphrey’s condition had not been considered alarming. He was stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage. Born in Indiana, Humphrey was educated at Wabash college and practiced law at Crawfordsvillle before moving to Seattle, where later he became corporate counsel. Twenty years ago he was elected to congress and served two terms as representative at large from Washington. In 1925 he was appointed to the federa' trade commission by President Coolidge. After a six-year term he was reappointed by President Hoover. He was removed by an executive order of President Roosevelt, issued after protracted correspondence in which Mr. Humphrey questioned the executives power. His widow and a daughter, Edna Humphrey of Crawfordsville, survive him. FOUR DOGS EXECUTED FOR ATTACKING GIRL Drugs I'sed in Slaying: Child Marked for Life by Animals. By I nited Pri xx PORTLAND. N. Y.. Feb. 15 —Four dogs paid with their lives today for attacking a 6-year-old school girl, who will bear thP marks of their fangs for the rest of her life. The executioner used morphine and rhloroform. The child is Leta Joyce Hammond of McGraw.

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BANKING LAWS CHANGESURGEO Removal of Cumbersome Features Asked by Comptroller. By United Prrxx WA SHINGTON, Feb. 15. Changes in the banking laws were recommended to congress today by J. F. T- O’Connor, controller of currency, in his annual report. Among the changes, which were mast technical, Mr. O'Connor sought discretionary power to waive bank affiliate reports in some cases, clarification of laws concerning holding companies and affiliates, authorization of interlocking bank and industiial directorates in some cases and reduction of the amount of stock a bank director is required to hold. Mr. O’Connor said the banking act of 1933 as a whole is sound, but that its application has revealed cumbersome features. Mr. O'Connor gave much credit for the reopening of banks after the March holiday to large sums of cash used by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in strengthening banks, and reviewed the operation of the bank deposit insurance plan which went into effect at the start of the current year.

MODERN ART VIEWED IN DOWNTOWN GALLERIES Prize Winning W’ater Colors of Carolyn Bradley Displayed. Two exhibits of paintings, composed of recent work, are being shown this week in downtown art galleries. One includes twenty-one water colors by Carolyn Bradley, in the front gallery at H. Lieber & Cos., and the other is a showing of twen-ty-nine oils and three water colors, by Ruthven Byrum, at Lyman Brothers. Miss Bradley was awarded the Mar jorie R. Leidy memorial prize for flower painting in water color at the forty-third annual exhibition of the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, held in New York in January. In the local exhibit. she is showing “Gladiolus,” an example of this work. ASSAULT CASE DROPPED Received Cut on Arm in “Friendly Scuffle,” Wife Says. * Charges of assault and battery against Elmer Houston, 914 Highland avenue, alleged to have knocked his wife through the glass of a kitchen door, have been dismissed in municipal court. Mrs. Houston told the court the severed artery she suffered resulted in a fall through the door after a “friendly scuffle” with her husband.

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DR. WICKS SEES EARLY END OF AUSTRIAJEVOLT France Financing Dollfus to Curb Nazis, Minister Tells Lions. Although Europe is a tinder box of conflicting nationalism which may flame into open warfare at any time, the current Austrian uprisings will not prove to be immediate cause for war, Dr. Frank S. C. Wicks, pastor of All Souls Unitarian church, told the Lions Club Wednesday noon at a meeting in the Washington. Dr. Wicks, who recently returned from a visit to Europe, asserted that “'if Austria were to vote tomorrow, Nazi supporters would be in the majority.” Although Austria is the poorest nation in the world today, it is entirely credible that France is furnishing the DoHfuss regime financial support in staving off influences qf Nazi propaganda,” he declared. Dr. Wicks predicted that Austrian internal fighting will be quelled within a few days. ‘‘Hitler is the strong man who appeared at the right moment to fill Germany’s need for a single leader,” he continued. “Germany faced the alternative of choosing between Hitler or chaos, or Hitler or Communism.” Labeling Hitler’s anti-Jewish campaign as an obsession, Dr. Wicks pointed out its stifling effect on German literary and art production. ‘Economic bycott would be the only effective means of American protest against this campaign,” he said. “Other forms of protestation defeat their purpose and result only in intensifying racial antipathies within Germany.” President Walter L. Shirley presided.

Spare a Dime? La Follette Shows How Money Is Divided.

By Scripps-Haward Xewspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Senator Robert M. La Follette has anew and more graphic illustration of the situation which he and his father battled for years the concentration of wealth. This is what he recently told the senate: If all the wealth in the country were just SIOO, and if only 100 men represented the whole country, here is how it would be distributed on the present basis: One man would have $59. One man would have $9. Twenty-two men would have $1.22 each. Seventy-six, all the rest, would have less than 7 cents each. At this point, Senator Huey Long interrupted to assert that the debts of the seventy-six would reduce their wealth to zero. Senator George W. Norris followed this up to assert that the debts would not only reduce the seventy-six to zero w'ealth, but to less than zero. Senator La Follette’s speech, on the general subject of increasing the civil works fund, was far above the usual senate level in sprightliness and drew a good audience from the senators themselves—a rare thing. He coined anew phrase for the senators who used to kid themselves that the end of the depression was just about reached—the “round the corner boys.” Then he compared congress—and the Hoover administration—to people riding on a toboggan. “Whoops,” La Follette shouted. “Down would go the toboggan until it reached a level space. Then we would be told the slide was over—and then we would go down again.” Bomber Crashes; Five Die By United Prc*x HAMAMATSU. Japan. Feb. 15. A Japanese bombing plane crashed here today, killing five of the occupants and injuring the sixth critically. There ase 225 languages spoken in India.

At Sander & Recker's February Lay-Away SALE A SALE of HOOSIER KITCHEN FURNITURE CKESjA M Sander & Recker Furniture Cos. Meridian at Maryland.

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In charge of concessions for the Meridian Heights Christian church senior fellowship community carnival is Miss Doris Slavens. The carnival will open tomorrow night at the church community hall.

LEGION POST TO HOLD BANQUET Heyward-Barcus Group Will Stage Annual Dinner • Tonight. The annual banquet of the Hey-ward-Barcus post No. 55, American Legion, will be held tonight in the Hoosier Athletic Club. Ralph E. Klare, commander of the post, will be in charge. The post’s German band will provide music and entertainment during the banquet. Other features will be Paul Jones, banjo player; dance numbers by Junior Greenburg and accordion solas by James Westover. Mrs. Edna M. Barcus, mother of Earl Barcus, for whom the post is named, will be an honor guest. Frank E. Samuel, national Legion adjutant, will be principal speaker. Other guests will include Mrs. Ruth E. Ennis, state auxiliary secretary; William E. Sayre, state department adjutant; Mrs. Harry Green, Twelfth district auxiliary president; Captain Otto Ray, Twelfth district Legion commander, and Frank H. Henley, secretary of the Indiana World war memorial commission. Delbert O. Wilmeth will be toastmaster.

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BENSON LISTS HOSPITAL AIMS TO METHODISTS Would Extend Privileges to All, Gathering at Chicago Told. By Ti net Special CHICAGO, Feb. 15.—Placing hospital privileges within the reach of all without pauperizing any one is the prime object of the Methodist Hospital Association of Indiana. Dr. John G, Benson, Indianapolis, association general superintendent, told the National Association of Hospitals, Homes and Deaconess Work yesterday in the Congress hotel. “Other objects include hospitalization of the mentally sick and incurables, and removal of all indebtedness from our properties.” said Dr. Benson. “To realize the last we are seeking a fund of $3,000,000. not by putting on a high pressure campaign but by gradually familiarizing the public with the work of our institutions of healing.”

Open House to Be Held by American Legion Post

Madden-Nottingham Group to Entertain in Newly Decorated Club. Open house will be held tomorrow night by Madden-Nottingham post No. 348, American Legion, in its newly decorated club house at Twenty-eighth and Rader streets. Following a penny supper given by the auxiliary at 6:30, a free vaudeville show will be presented by post members. Among thase taking part are Chaplain Glenn Robinette, Harry Lorber, William Arthur and Ruth Bernauer. Norman Quinn will speak on his experiences with the bonus expeditionary forces in Washington in the summer of 1932. Also on the program will be numbers by the American Legion junior band, Mrs. Ben Mac Mullen in character readings and the auxiliary glee club. A dance will follow the regular program. Veterans of all wars and their families are invited to attend.

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George Potts, tenor, a student at the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music, will be heard in several solos tomorrow afternoon at 3 p. m. when the conservatory presents a program of choral, vocal and instrumental numbers for the Indianapolis Matinee Musicale in the sculpture epurt of the John Herron Art Institute. Mr. Potts is a voice pupil of Miss Elma Ingleman.

MURREL ACQUITTED ON ATTACK CHARGE Former Army Athlete Freed in 45 Minutes. By United Prrxx SAN ANTONIO. Tex., Feb. 15. Life resumed its normal pace at Ft. Sam Houston today after a federal court jury acquitted Lieutenant John N. Murrel, former West Point football star, of a charge that he criminally attacked Miss Blanche Ralls, Birmingham, Ala., divorcee. The jury deliberated only fortyfive minutes. The verdict was applauded by the crowd. Miss Ralls secluded herself at her home today. Two Bandits Loot Grocery Store Two bandits, one of them armed, early last, night looted a cash register in the A. & P. grocery at 1127 East Tenth street of S3O after they had forced two employes and a woman customer into a rear room.

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TWO SUITS ARE STOLEN Thieves Twist Handle From Door of Tanked Auto. Thieves last night twisted the handle from the door of an automobile belonging to Robert Lenta, 3719 East Walnut street, and stole two suits of clothing. The car was parked in front of 608 Madison avenue. Gaining access by throwing a brick through a window, thieves last night stole a leather suitcase containing wearing apparel valued at $35 from the parked car of Doras Coates, 2060 Caroline street.

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