Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 38, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 June 1934 — Page 3

JUNE 25, 1934.

POLICE MASSED TO HALT RIOTS IN DOCK STRIKE 10,000 Plan Waterfront Rally as Conciliator Strives for Adjustment. If United Pres* FAN FRANCISCO. June 25 Violence threatened on two fronts tooay aji Edvard F. McGrady, assistant secretary of labor, sought to effect settlement of the Pacific coast maritime workers’ strike which has pa raized sea-going commerce since May 9. Threatened disorders centered at Kan Francisco and Portland. Ten thousand strikers and sympathizers planned to mass on the Frisco waterfront to prevent any attempts by shipping lines to work ships with strikebrekaers. Blue-coated police, mounted and on foot, were massed to prevent disorders. They were armed with guns, clubs and tear gas. At Portland, police tightened their defenses by stationing 100 officers at municipal terminals. Mr. McGrady hoped to effect a compromise plan acceptable both to shipping lines and the 22,000 maritime workers. Violence flared yesterday at Oakland and San Francisco waterfronts. More than 100 alleged sinkers raided the steamship William McKinley, docked at Oakland, beat a watchman and pillaged the j vessel. Mill Faces Crisis By I ntt-d Pres, WASHINGTON, June 25.—1 t was up to the NRA today to decide whether the technicalities of the I blue eagle or the jobs of 653 work- ! ers of the hosiery mill at Harriman, I Tenn., were mast important. The NRA promised a decision in the case today after J. Asbury j Wright Jr., vice-president of the Harriman mills, said business had : been so restricted by withdrawal of j his blue eagle that the mill would j have to close down tomorrow. The mill lost its blue eagle upon j the recommendation of the na- j tionai labor board, after it refused j to re-employ all of 350 workers who were said to have been dismissed I ior union activity. Mr. Wright said ! that since that time business had j shrunk to the vanishing point due j to inability to sell to jobbers and j retailers operating under codes. Company Unions Win By I nitrd Prot NEW YORK. June 25.—More than 90 per cent of steel and iron mills workers prefer company unions over outside unions, their employers said today in announcing results of a poll conducted throughout the industry. Out of a total of 214 561 workers eligible to vote on the question of continuing the company-sponsored employe representation plan, 193.362 cast ballots and 90.12 per cent favored the employe plan, the American Iron and Steel Institute announced. Recovery Gain Proved By r h H’ and Pratt WASHINGTON, June 25—A new peak in the American recovery program since the speculative boom last August was reported today by the federal reserve board in its monthly survey. Figures compiled by the board showed today tnat industrial activity in May reached 87 per cent of the 1923-25 average, compared with 86 per cent in April and 72 per cent m November. Auto Prices Probed United Prat * WASHINGTON. June 25—The house war department investigation turned today to increased equipment, costs due to the NRA. Members said they had received reports that automobile manufacturers raised their bids as much as; SSO a car when the Ford company was barred from bidding because it did not fly the Blue Eagle. The house military affairs subcommittee which has investigated various phases of army activity has | been checking records of govern-j ment purchases. Representative Paul Kvale said that he would call Major-General L. H. Bash, army j quartermaster general. NRA officials. and possibly representatives of motor firms to testify. Cleaners Respect Code NRA regulations, prohibiting child labor with shortened hours and in- , creased wages, will be observed by! cleaners and dyers in central In-i riiana, it was declared today by J. j F. Hufman. secretary of the indus- j try's code body in this area. Action to this effect was taken at | a meeting of the board of directors last week. The national code authority of the * cleaning and dyeing trade announced Wednesday it had scrapped its code and charged that Hugh S. Johnson. NRA administrator, had broken faith in the elimination ofl price control regulations. It is the thought of local code; members that conditions in this 1 area warrant continuing under the I code, not as opposition to the national code body, but to make conditions favorable for employes. Mr. Hufman said. APPROVES ASSETS SALE Continental Building to Go Under Hammer Friday. Public auction Friday of the; property of the Continental Build- j mg Company, including the Conti- ( neutal building. Monument Circle, was authorized Saturday by Circuit j Judge Earl R. Cox. Instructions to sell were given to George A. Kuhn, receiver for the ! company, after he had testified that ■ it was losing $1,250 monthly. Judge! Cox said that, with such a loss, he > could not authorize reorganization ' but only could order a sale.

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CONFIDENCE VOTED IN PERU POLICEMEN Action Follows Hearing on Laxity Charges. By United Pratt PERU. Ind., June 25. —Confidence in the Peru police department was voted by the board of police commissioners yesterday, ending reports of an intended shakeup. The hearing followed charges that police had patronized beer establishments, that slot machines are being operated v and that three policemen. including Chief Everett Van Gilden. attended a party where a fight occurred between two women. “The board hereby finds that the facts published in a newspaper concerning the officers’ conduct are untrue,” a resolution passed at yesterday's meetirng said. SWANKY CLUB FLAYED BY DANIEL FROHMAN Drink Refused Him Because He Is Jewish, Producer Says. Bn t nited Prat NEW YORK. June 25. The swank Lido Country Club, favorite gathering place of the Long island polo-playing leisure class, did not want Daniel Frohman, celebrated theatrical producer, to drink a rocl - tail on its premises because he is Jewish. Mr. Frohman charged today in an indignant letter to the club management. Mr. Frohman, dean of American producers, went to the club with Mrs. Revnier Prall. They were waiting for cocktails when an official called her aside and told her not to bring Mr. Frohman with her again. The party left abruptly and Mrs. Prall resigned at once. NOTED HOOSIER IS DEAD Archy Campbell, Former Highway Board Member, Passes. By U nited Prrss KENDALL VILLE. Ind., June 25. Archy Campbell, 75. former member of the Indiana state highway commission, died from heart disease yesterday. He was president of the Campbell and Fetter bank, and senior member of Campbell & Cos., a mercantile firm. WORRY CAUSES SUICIDE New Winchester Man Dies of Foison Here. Clay Wilson. 46. New Winchester, Ind.. died en route to city hospital early today from the effects of poison which he had taken. He had been visiting at the home of Louise Anderson. 464 Doerr street. Friends attributed the suicide to financial worries. HOWARD MARMON HURT Suffers Hurts to Head as Auto Rams Curb. Howard C. Marmon, Columbia Club, was injured on the head yesterday. when the car in which he was riding ran into the curb at Twelfth street and College avenue. He was sent to Methodist hospital for treatment.

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By Times £ pedal SHELBYVILLE, June 25.—Representatives of four Shelbyville furniture manufacturers are in Chicago today for the opening of the summer show of furniture. Three of the companies have exhibits at the American Furniture Mart show, and the fourth is displaying its products at the Merchandise Mart. Lower prices will be the keynote of the show, according to the manufacturers. Some items will have prices 10 per cent under those posted at the winter show held in January, and other furniture will be available at about the same prices. The Shelbyville exhibitors are the Albert Furniture Company, Spiegel Furniture Companv and Meloy Manufacturing Company, exhibiting at the mart show, and Shelby Shops, Inc., at the Merchandise Mart.

a tt u if Second Suit Filed By Timet Special SHELBYVILLE, June 25.—Mrs. Martha Crisp, whose husband is plaintiff in a suit alleging alienation of her affections, has filed suit in Shelby circuit court for a divorce, her allegations including one that he has dealt illegally in liquor for two years. The husband, Robert Crisp, recently filed suit asking SIO,OOO damages from Edgar Hoop, accusing the defendant of alienating the affections of Mrs. Crisp, the mother of five children. The couple was married forty-six years ago. According to the divorce complaint the husband, armed with a shotgun, threatened the life of Mrs. Crisp when she protested against his alleged traffic in liquor. # # Wheat Harvest Begun By Timet Special MARTINSVILLE, June 25. Average yield of eighteen bushels to the acre is forecast as harvesting of wheat proceeds in Morgan county. This yield is better than the average for the past few years, according to farmers. Acreage this year is larger than last. Rather than risk damage from rain, some farmers are reported to be cutting wheat which still is siightly green. u a a Push-Power Trip By 'Timet Special MITCHELL, June 25.—Nelson P. Collier, who lost both legs as the result of an automobile accident, plans to attend a Century of Progress fair in Chicago, making the trip from his home here in a wheel chair. Lowell Miller, Mitchell, is being considered to provide the motive power for the chair. Mr. Collier estimates the distance of 300 miles can be covered in twen-ty-five to thirty days. a tt tt Stolen Hogs Butchered By Times Sprritil LAFAYETTE. June 25.—Arrest of Lloyd Shoaf is expected to clear up a long series of thefts from farms involving property worth several hundreds of dollars, according to Lafayette police. Officers state loot included twen-ty-seven hogs, eighteen of which were slaughtered on the farms where they were stolen. The other nine hogs were sold here. Other loot, according to police, was comprised of sheep, chickens, corn and wheat.

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JUNE NOBLES KIDNAP SUSPECT IS QUIZZED Arizona Officers Will Put Man Under Grilling. By United Press LA JUNTA, Colo., June 25. Arizona authorities were expected to arrive here today to question Don Rodriguez, 23, held as a suspect in the abduction of 6-year-old June Robles, Tucson cattle heiress. Otero county officers refused to disclose information obtained from Rodriguez, who was arrested June 10 at Rockyford after atempting to rob or kidnap a banker. The banker, Harry Mendahl, attacked Rodriguez with his fists and captured him. His accomplice escaped. MEXICO ELECTION NEAR Candidates Promise Best Features of New Deal and Soviet Plan. By United Press MEXICO CITY, June 25.—A combination of the Rooseveltian New Deal and the Russian planning system, with the possibility of a prohibition experiment being added was promised Mexicans today as the long presidential campaign entered its final week. Speeches and minor riots marked the drive of candidates to attract voters to the polls next Sunday. Every one concedes that General Lazaro Cardenas, 39, candidate of the governmental national revolutionary party, will be elected. STARS FEAR EPIDEMIC Film Elite Stop Swimming in Paralysis Scare. By United Press HOLLYWOOD, June 25.—Infantile paralysis, invading Hollywood in its current epidemic in the vicinity of Los Angeles, has eliminated swimming among the film elite. Meantime, fildom’s two victims— Hal Rosson and Ida Lupino—both were reported gaining from what physicians diagnosed as mild attacks of the disease which has afflicted some 900 persons in the last two months.

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DOGS BITE 6; TWO KILLED BY POLICE Children Treated for Rabies After Attack. Six persons were bitten by dogs during the week-end. Two dogs were killed by police. A dog reported afflicted with rabies bit George, 8, and John Payne, 11, of 503 Virginia avenue. Two ether children who had played with the dog, the property of the Payne family, were given the Pasteur treatment, as well as the boys. Police killed a dog belonging to Ernest Bates, 2106 East Thirtieth street, after the dog had bitten several other dogs. Other dog-bite victims are Kenneth Loftus, 3, of 1310 Pruett street; Diane Woodridge, 4, of 431 Harvard place; Edgar Aikman, 14, of 229 Christian street, and Barbara Hazel, 2, of 4538 Manlove avenue. MRS. DUESENBERG SUES TO COLLECT ON POLICY 55,000 Asked by Widow of Deceased Automotive Engineer. Mrs. Isle Duesenberg, 3290 Fall Creek boulevard, widow of Fred S. Duesenberg, vice-president in charge of engineering for Duesenberg, Inc., auto manufacturers, today filed suit in superior court to enforce payment of a $5,000 insurance policy on her husband’s life. Mrs. Duesenberg named the American Mutual Life Insurance Com. pany, Boston, as defendant and alleged the $5,000 was due under a group insurance system of Duesenberg, Inc. Mr. Duesenberg died July 26, 1930, of auto injuries received July 2, 1930. PRINCIPAL WILL SPEAK Karll Ammerman to Address Alumni of Broad Ripple. Karll V. Ammerman, Broad Ripple high school principal, will be principal speaker at the annual June banquet of the Associated Roines Alumni at the University Club Wednesday. A special program of music and other entertainment has been arranged to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the founding of Roines. Marion F. Clark is general chairman. 300 ATTEND REUNION Park County Residents Gather in Garfield Park. More than 300 persons attended the thirteenth annual Parke county reunion in Garfield park yesterday. Franke E. Strouse, Chicago, former resident of Parke county, related its history to the assmbly. T. H. Nelson was re-elected president of the society. Other officers re-elected were George W. Rohm, vice-president; Mrs. Martha Jones, treasurer, and Miss Mayme Jacobs, secretary.

U. S. ASKS DATA ON INCREASE IN BRITAIN'S NAVY _______ American Delegates Said to Be Surprised at Scope • of Plans. B<r United Pratt LONDON. June 25.—The United Sta;es government has presented an oral intimation to Great Britain that a clarification of the proposed huge increases in the British navy, along more moderate lines, would be welcome, it was understood today. The request for further information, it was said, resulted from last week's disclosures that the British may embark on a tremendous building prograb involving all categories of warships. These revelations were made at last Thursday's secret conference of the technical experts, and were said to have surprised and “shocked” the American delegates, who had no previous intimation of the program. Nazis Reserve Criticism Bit United Press ESSEN. Germany, June 25.—Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels, propaganda minister, continued on the offensive today in his campaign against conservatives whose spokesman is Baron Franz von Papon, vice-chan-cellor. In a speech last night at a party convention at Essen, Goebbels asserted that only Nazis had the right to criticise the government. "I deny it to all others,” he said. Bullitt in Plane Crash By United Press LENINGRAD. June 25.—Ambassador William C. Bullitt and Lieutenant Thomas D. White, assistant naval attache, were fully recovered today from a shaking-up when Mr. Bullitt’s airplane crashed in landing here yesterday. Mr. Bullitt came from Moscow, with White as his pilot in his new Douglas biplane, to meet his daughter, arriving from the United States. Honor President's Mother Ji'J United Press LONDON. June 25—Mrs. James Roosevelt, mother of President Roosevelt, was a guest of honor today at a luncheon given by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Miss Ishbel MacDonald, at No. 10 Downing street. German Credit Shaken By United Press LONDON, June 25. Neville Chamberlain, chancellor of the exchequer, told the house of commons today that the creditors of all nations “no longer feel the confidence they had in the good faith of Germany.” INDIANA VOLUNTEERS BALLOT AT REUNION Election of Officers Is Held at Company B Rally. Company B, One hundred fiftyeighth Indiana Volunteers, held a reunion and election of officers yesterday at the home of Fred Rubin. 5825 Oak avenue. Officers are William J. Hines, president; Jewett Minnick, vicepresident, and John E. Merritt, secretary. The charter members of the Indianapolis Light infantry, from which Company B was formed, were present. They are Major Samuel Shearer and Charles Howland. NINE DIE IN LOVE PACT Chinese Girls Plunge to Death in j Suicide Plot. By United Press SHANGHAI, June 25. Nine Chinese girls between the ages of 13 and 19 tied themselves together in a strange suicide pact today and leaped into the river outside Hewian, Fukien province. All were drowned. The vernacular press blamed unrequited love. In the Air Weather conditions at 9 a. m.: South southwest wind, 9 miles an hour; barometric pressure, 30.06 at sea level; temperature, 79; general conditions, high, thin broken clouds; ceiling, unlimited; visibility, 15 miles.

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George Wright Stricken while he was driving his automobile. George Wright, 63, of 327 West Thirty-first street, a retired policeman, died of heart disease yesterday. Mr. Wright lost control of the car, which leaped the curb and struck the porch at the home of Harry Wolfrey, 415 Butler avenue. Mr. Wright was retired from the department eight years ago. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

JUBILEE OBSERVED AT SLPHILIP NERI Rite Also Marks Farewell to Monsignor Noll. Silver jubilee anniversary of the founding of St. Philip Neri church was observed yesterday in a celebration culminating in regretful farewell to the pastor, the Rt. Rev. Raymond Noll, D. D. Monsignor Noil will be installed as rector of SS. Peter and Paul cathedral at 9 a. m. Friday. Solemn high mass in the morning was the principal ceremony at the jubilee. At the solemn high mass, several charter members of the parish occupied reserved seats and heard the Most Rev. Joseph Elmer Ritter, bishop of the Indianapolis diocese, pay tribute to the parish founder, the Rev. George Smith, and to Monsignor Noll. LEHMAN IS sIIenToN DOOMED WOMAN'S FATE Mother of 3 to Die Unless Governor Intervenes. By United Press ALBANY, N. Y., June 25—Governor Herbert H. Lehman maintained silence today on his attitude toward the clemency appeal of Mrs. Anna Antonio, 28-year-old convicted husband slayer, as the time neared for her electrocution. Mrs. Antonio, Albany mother of three children, will be put to death in Sing Sing prison Thursday night unless the Governor commutes her sentence. Veteran Wagon Man Is Dead By United Press LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 25. Richard Carpenter, 75, president of the old Indiana Wagon Company, died yesterday after a brief illness. The company was discontinued eleven years ago.

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FARLEY TALKS I WITH CHIEF ON JOB VACANCIES Stock Market Commission Makeup Among Topics, ; Is Belief. By United Press * HYDE PARK, N. Y., June 25. President Roosevelt met Postmas-ter-General James A. Farley today at the summer White House to discuss important appointments to various commissions and to review. it was believed, the general political situation. Mr. Farley arrived at Hyde Park from New York, where he spent the week-end with his family. It was assumed that the chief executive and Mr. Farley would go over the list of names that will make up the personnel of the stock market control and communications commission. In addition there also were names for vacancies within the regular administration setup. Friends here felt that the President was anxious to dispose of these matters before embarking Saturday on his five weeks’ cruise to the West Indies and Hawaii. Deplores Highway Toll By l nitrtl Press WASHINGTON. June 25.—President Roosevelt, in a letter read at the opening of the American Automobile Association's annual convention today, said he was "deeply concerned” over the life and property toll of highway accidents. "Those who use the highways must realize the responsibility they assume when they take the wheel,” the President wrote to Thomas P. Henry, Detroit, association president. “I am deeply concerned over the staggering toll of deaths, injuries and heavy property damage caused by highway accidents,” the letter read. "We can not longer afford to temporize with this problem. Those who use the highways must realize the responsibility they assume when they take the wheel.” SLEEP THROUGH THEFT Burglar Gets 511 and Pistol at Bedside. While Mrs. Louise Gardner, 39, of 2341 South Pennsylvania street, and her daughter Dorothy, 16, slept a deep and untroubled sleep early today a thief sneaked into the room, reached under the mattress upon which the women were sleeping and stole a purse. The thief also took a rusty revolver lying by the bedside. The purse contained s4l. CORONER PROBES DEATH Finds City Man, Found by Son, Victim of Heart Disease. Heart disease caused the doath of Henry Birt, 67, of 424 Wett New York street, yesterday, according to Deputy Coroner John Wyttfnbach. Mr. Birt was found dead in bed by his son, Walter, 827 South West street, who told police his father had been suffering from the heat. The body was sent to the city morgue.