Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 305, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 May 1934 — Page 3

MAY 2, 1934.

G.O.P. PUT POLITICS BACK IN STATE INSTITUTIONS, SAYS M’NUTT AT CLAYPOOL RALLY ‘We Have Been Trying to Neutralize/ Governor Tells Democratic Candidates; Sullivan Cites Indiana's Good Credit. Democratic candidates borrowed a theory from the “brain trust” last night and conducted a school for politics in the Claypool. Clearing away political rumors centering around the Indiana state prison, Governor Paul V. McNutt, a former dean of the Indiana university law school, said, “We have been criticised for introducing politics into state institutions.

“Sam Ralston, (former Democratic Governor), took politics out of the institutions, the Republicans put politics back into the state institutions, and we have been trying to neutralize a little.'* Despite the fact that there are 2,000 bankrupt municipalities in the United States, Indiana. Marion county and Indianapolis have preserved their credit, Mayor Reginald L. Sullivan said. H. Nathan Swain, Democratic county chairman, acting in the capacity of dean, told the candidates that if they learned the facts brought out in the meeting, ‘you’ll get a grade of A." Dr. Carlton B. McCulloch, Democratic state chairman, admonished them to forget preprimary differences, once the vote is counted. Charging that unqualified candidates are ‘buying'’ their way into political slates, George L. Denny, candidate for the Republican mayoralty nomination, demanded that the Republican party be ‘cleaned up at a meeting at 927 East Thirtieth street last night. Mr. Denny asserted that the “Democrat-for-Pritchard Club’’ propaganda indicates “illegal practices.” ‘lt is up to the Republicans to clean up the Republican party,” he said. “We are not asking the Democrats to help us. The primary is a party primary and any othpr kind is illegal.” More than a score of candidates followed Mr. Denny with addresses. Albert J. Beveridge Jr., one of the “unified” eleven candidates for state representatives from Marion county, urged that voters concentrate on legislative candidates who have constrictive programs. Duane J. Bellinger. another member of the group, said the eleven candidates would endeavor to eliminate the spoils system from state institutions. Grade-crossing hazards in Indianapolis must be eliminated. Walter Pritchard, candidate for the Republican mayoralty nomination, said at meetings last night. Mr. Pritchard urged every Republican worker to aid in getting out the Republican vote in the primary next Tuesday, and then to join hands in assuring a Republican victory in November. Other speakers were E. Dean Miller for state senator, Cal E. House for Center township trustee, and Edgar Hart for county clerk. First and Second Ward Republican Club will hold a banquet at Veritas lodge. Roosevelt and Adams street, at 6:30 Saturday night. Mrs. Bertha Edmunds and Mrs. Myrtle Keough will have charge of the program which will include entertainment and dancing. The importance of the city council was stressed by Walter Dorsett, candidate for city councilman. Third district, last night at meetings at 114 Goode avenue and 1208 Windsor street. An old-fashioned campaign parade. with lots of red fire, through the downtown streets Thursday night, will mark the close of the primary campaign activities of the Old Hickory Democratic Club. The parade will form on Maryland street, west from Capitol avenue, and all Democratic candidates and jtheir friends are invited to join the pageant. Headed by the Old Hickory band of twenty-seven pieces, the parade will move east on Maryland street to Meridian street, north on Meridian street and around the east half of Monument circle to Vermont street, where it will disband at the Eagles clubhouse. There a meeting will be held that will be denominated the ‘‘Last Roundup” of the Old Hickorites for the primary campaign. All Democratic candidates will be given the opportunity of delivering brief addresses at the meeting. In order that all the candidates may have a chance to be heard. Andrew j. Bruce, chairman of the arrangements committee, will have an old-fashioned alarm clock on the speakers’ stand. It will be set for just two minutes as each speaker is introduced The ringing of the alarm will convey a gentle hint to the orator that it is time to pull that popular phrase. “Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you.”

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Albert E. Meedham, Delaware county prosecutor, will make several speeches here this week in support of the candidacy of James Delaney, seeking the Democratic nomination as sheriff. Mr. Delaney has been ill. Judge John W. Kern will be principal speaker at the Seventh Ward Democratic rally and barbecue at 7:30 tonight in the Antioch Baptist church, Thirteenth and Missouri streets. Other speakers will be Judge Smiley N. Chambers, candidate for probate court; Will T. Brown for sheriff; Frank McKinney for county treasurer, and Theodore Cable for councilman, Sixth district. Pledge that he will work for additional reduction of taxes in Marion county has been made in addresses by Frank Cones, seeking the Republican nomination as county treasurer. Mr. Cones was nominated to the post two years ago but was defeated in the November election. He also has asserted that he will conduct the office on an economical basks, if he is elected. Party and dance by “The Sixth Ward Gang” for Charles C. Morgan, city councilman and Democratic candidate for the city clerk nomination, will be held tonight in the Fall City Casino, 3547 East Washington street. During an intermission at 10:45. Mr. Morgan will introduce all Democratic candidates who are present. A box supper and dance will be held at. the West Side Young Republican Club, King avenue and West Tenth street, Saturday night for members and guests of the Young Republican organization, Golden Eagles, Republican Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Lincoln Club of Wayne township. Mature judgment and a personal experience in dealing with children's problems are necessary qualifications of a candidate for juvenile court. Mildred Dugan, candidate for the Democratic nomination for that office, said Monday night at a meeting of the Second Ward Democratic Club. Mrs. Dugan mentioned a number of cities where women serve on the juvenile bench. She said that it is the cne political office in which women are deeply concerned. Mrs. Dugan also spoke at meetings of the Marion County Democratic Women's Club and the Seventh Ward Democratic club. “To ask the people to go back to Republican rule is like asking the American nation to discard the automobile and the electric light and go back to the rubber-tired buggy and the kerosene lamp,” declared Thomas D. McGee, candidate for probate judge at the Democratic primaries, in adresses before a number of meetings last night. Herbert M. Spencer, candidate for the Democratic nomination for prosecutor, will speak at four Democratic meetings tonight. Among those he will address are the Washington Township Democratic Club, at the Riviera Club. Illinois street and the canal. 1417 East Ohio street and 2945 Martindale avenue. Members of the speakers’ bureau of the Spencer for Prosecutor Club will speak at other meetings. DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS HONORED AT INDIANA U. Doctor of Laws Degree Conferred on Dr. E. P. Cubberly. By C niled Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind., May 2. An honorary doctor of laws degree was conferred today on Dr. Ellwood Patterson Cubberly. retired educator, during Foundation day exercises commemorating the 114th anniversary of Indiana university. Dr. Cubberly graduated from Indiana university in 1891, served as president of Vincennes university from 1891 to 1896. and was dean of the school of education of Leland Stanford junior college from 1917 until his retirement last year. Parked Car Looted Steve Wilhelm. 1040 North Meridian street, radio announcer, reported to police last night that his parked automobile had been entered and articles valued at $55 taken.

ATTENDANTS AT MAY QUEEN FESTIVAL

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Attendants to Elizabeth Weiland, who will act as May Queen at the Manual high school May Day festival tomorrow at the school, will be Thelma Lavrenz, upper left; Florence Mills, upper right; Mary Aldea. lower left, and Gertrude Hartman, lower right. Mss Weiland won her honor in an all-school election with the other four as runriers-up.

Stork in Monkey House Jiggs Orang-Utang and His Wife Nancy Announce Arrival of a Girl.

By I nited Press CHICAGO. May 2.—Jiggs Orang-Utang and his wife, Nancy, received more attention today than even that popular young couple ever has enjoyed before.

JUDGE COX TO RULE ON TOWNSEND CASE Lieutenant-Governor’s Right . to Offices Questioned Circuit Judge Earl R. Cox will rule in the suit questioning the right of Lieutenant-Governor M. Clifford Townsend to hold more than one state office, after studying briefs. Judge Cox yesterday heard the suit, filed by Herman Seeger, attorney, attacking Townsend's dual capacity of Lieutenant-Governor and secretary of the state agriculture board. Seeger nas filed similar suits against other state officials who, he contends, are holding office illegally. The Seeger suit charges that the Lieutenant-Governor, who also is president of the senate, can not hold an administrative as well as a legislative post. Joseph W. Hutchinson, a deputy attorney-general, argued for the state that Townsend merely assumed additional duties under the act reorganizing the state government. SUSPECT GANGSTERS IN WARSAW ARMORY RAID Thirteen Army Pistols Stolen, Recalling Dillinger Episode. By 1 nited Press WARSAW, Ind., May 2.—Theft of thirteen army .45 automatic pistols from the national guard armory here last night was being investigated today on the theory that gangsters might have obtained the weapons. The theft recalled a raid on the Warsaw police arsenal recently by John Dillinger and a companion. Ed Selder, armory custodian, said the guns were stolen between 9 and 11 p. m. A door was broken open to gain entrance to the building.

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There was noticeable, perhaps, a touch of indifference in Jigg’s but-ton-nosed countenance to the fact that an event of importance had occurred. His spouse, however, was obviously as excited as attendants at. the Lincolrr Park zoo over the fact that she had given birth to the second known orangutang born in captivity. Concealed from prying eyes by heavy curtains around her cage, Nancy cuddled her twenty-four-ounce daughter and screamed angrily at every keeper who attempted to peek. Her prejudices against publicity were scrupulously respected, for the mother orang-utang’s formula for protecting her young from danger is not only effective, but. disastrous. In the native state, the mother promptly kills any baby threatened with danger. Zoo director Floyd Young is afraid to test the reaction in confinement. The baby orang, covered with red hair like that of her parents, was born yesterday. Ten minutes after her unassisted arrival she was loping around the cage, hanging to the leg fur of her 100pound parent. Mr. Young said the possibility of the baby’s survival rested in Nancy's ability to feed her. Artificial feeding, so long as the moiher retains her prejudice against, intruders, is impossible. NEVADA SENATOR TO TALK IN TERRE HAUTE Pat McCarran to Visit Here In Plane Friday. Senator Pat McCarran, Nevada, will arrive in Indianapolis by plane Friday en route to Terre Haute where he will fill a speaking engagement at the Hippodrome Saturday night. He will be accompanied by Mrs. McCarran. This announcement was made today by Mrs. Virginia E. Jenckes. Democratic member of congress from the Sixth Indiana district.

MIDWEST CROPS THREATENED DY SPRING DROUGHT Water Shortages, Crickets; Cause Heavy Damage to Farmers. By United Press CHICAGO, May 2.—Drought, water shortage and an early siege of j the dreaded “Mormon crickets" to- j day carried threats of crop damage j across the farmlands of the upper Mississippi valley and intermountain west. The spring drought, extending into the heart of the nation's | "bread basket,” evaporated the ! precious water in creeks and rivers j and the fertile topsoil was carried j away like powder by the parched j winds. The water shortage extended from j Illinois and lowa across the western | wheat and grazing lands to Utah, ' where Governor Henry H. Blood! called the situation “serious if not j terrifying” and ordered emergency : measures taken. Warm weather during the winter 1 months prevented the normal “packing” of snow in the higher mountain regions, the principal source of water in the west, and millions of cricket eggs have been hatched. The eggs, ordinarily killed by frost, created a major menace. The shortage of water struck a half dozen states. In several lowa communities, where the United States weather bureau reported the driest April on record, trainloads of the precious fluid were shipped in and distributed on a ration basis. Dust storms were reported to have caused tremendous crop losses in Nebraska, lowa, the Dakotas, Minnesota and Illinois. In Minnesota and Wisconsin forest fires burned, drying the winds. The war against “mormon crickets” in the intermountain region has been started two months earlier than usual. Farmers armed with shovels, sacks, hoes and other blunt instruments worked in large crews killing off the pests which already have ruined many acres of wheat. SCHOOLS CELEBRATE CHILD HEALTH WEEK Welfare Committee of Medical Society Sponsors Observance. Schools throughout the city and state today were celebrating Child Health week, under the direction of the child welfare committee of the Marion County Medical Society. The Indiana division of public health yesterday issued a message to children and mothers and teachers. The message advocated ten hours of sleep, with open windows, for children; plenty of water between meals, three meals a day, including milk, vegetables and fruit; walk and play in the sunshine and open air, protection against diphtheria and smallpox, a yearly visit to a physician, and two visits a year to the dentist. PLEDGESHIP LESSENED BY BUTLER SORORITIES Requirement Change Announced by Women’s Council Head. A thirty-year-old requirement of the Panheilenic Council of Butler university, governing body of all Greek letter sororities, that all prospective members serve a year of pledgeship was discontinued yesterday. Announcement was made by Mrs. Alice Bidwell Wesenberg, chairman of the Women’s Council. The new ruling permits pledging at the opening of school and initiation before the close of the second semester. 'The action was opposed by only two sororities. ward'hacklemaFwill OFFERED FOR PROBATE Widow Is Beneficiary; Martindale Testament Also Considered. Wills of the late Ward H. Hackleman, prominent insurance man, and Martha L. Martindale, were filed in probate court today. Mrs. Martindale willed all her property to her widower, Charles Martindale, and named him executor. He posted a $35,000 bond. Mr. Hackleman willed all his property to his widow, Catherine Hibben Hackleman. and named her executrix. She posted a bond.

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Robert Alvin White High honors went to Robert Alvin White, a senior at Technical high school, in the Tenth Annual Scholarship Awards contest. Nine of his paintings and one of his prizes were displayed as a one-man exhibit at Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, in the contest, sponsored to further creative work in literature and art. by Scholastic, national high school weekly. Young White was awarded a one year scholarship to the Chicago Art Institute and also sls as third prize in the prints contest. Miss Sara Bard is his teacher.

MISSING YOUTH FEARED SUICIDE Clothing of Young Man Is Found Near Creek: Identified by His Mother. A white shirt, a faded pair of blue trousers and a card bearing the words, “Well, this is the end. I thought it best to save the family reputation,” are the only clews to the whereabouts of Charles Earl, 20, of 3016 McPherson street, missing since yesterday morning. These clews were found on the bank of Fall creek near the Monon railroad yesterday afternoon by two fishermen, William Murray, 3330 North Arsenal avenue, and Dennis Jacobs, 2815 Ralston avenue. Fear that her son had committed

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suicide was expressed today by the youth's mother, Mrs. Charles Earl. She identified the clothing as that of her son. The reverse side of the card upon which the message was scrawled bore the name, “Flying Aces Club,” and the name, “Charles (Buddy) Earl DXI3.” DIVORCE GRANTED WIFE OF STEVE HANNAGAN Ruth Ellery Wins Decree from Noted Sports Figure. By United Press WEST PALM BEACH. Fla.. May 2.—Ruth Ellery Hannagan was divorced yesterday from Steve Hannagan, prominent, sports figure. They were married in October, 1931. Steve Hannagan, a native of Lafayette, formerly was publicity director for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and is widely known here. He now is connected with Lord and Thomas.

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DONN ROBERTS IS INDICTED ON NRA ACCUSATION Former Terre Haute Mayor Charged With Violating Petroleum Code. The claws of the NRA blue eagle were felt yesterday when the federal government preferred charges of alleged violation of the petroleum code against Donn N. Roberts, former mayor of Terre Haute and now operator or a cnaln of filling stations in that city. Charged with failure to pay $4,000 in state gasoline taxes, which the petroleum code terms an act of unfair competition, Mr. Roberts was arrer-ted in Terre Haute by Frank A. Holmes, deputy United States marshal, after the federal grand jury had returned an indictment here against the former mayor yesterday. Mr. Roberts was released on Sl.000 bond by Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell and ordered to appear tomorrow for arraignment on the government charges. Conviction on the charges carries a fine of SSOO for each offense, according to Val Nolan. United States district attorney. and each day can be counted a separate offense. Roberts' case is one of the first criminal prosecutions inaugurated by the federal government, since the recovery act went into effect last June. It is the first alleged NRA | violation case ever brought before the federal court in Indiana. Active in Democratic politics in Terre Haute many years. Roberts was indicted shortly after being elected mayor of Terre Haute in November. 1914. for alleged violation i of the election fraud laws in connection with the general election. Roberts was convicted in federal court here and sentenced to serve six years in federal prison and ori dered to pay a fine of $2,000 by ! Judge Albert E. Anderson. RYAN HEIR’S MARRIAGE OF TWO MONTHS ENDS i Former Austrian Countess Seeks Divorce From New Yorker. By 1 niled Press NEW YORK. May 2.—The separation of Glendenin Ryan Jr., grandson of the late multi-millionaire Thomas Fortune Ryan and his bride ;of two months. Countess Marie- ; Anne Von Wurmbrand-Stuppach of | Austria, was confirmed today. George Whiteside, counsel for Ryan, said legal action would soon I be started. “The details will come out in the j due course of events,” he said. The countess blamed “gossips alS ways carrying tales.” THIEVES STEAL PURSES | Robbers Invade Lodge Meeting, Secure $54 Haul. Thieves entered the home of August Frauer last night while a Pocohontas lodge meeting was in progress and stole purses containing cash articles valued at $54.