Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 50, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 July 1934 — Page 3

JULY 9, 1934

BARS KEEP BUSY DESPITE ORDER ON DRINK SALES Quality of Liquor Generally Poor Due to Lack of Standards. Having taken a ‘rough, academic r- irsc in di: pensing illegal liquor rl : :ng twelve years of national proi. city bartenders today meresmiied at the official ‘thumbs do ' n opinion on by the drink’ sales of hard liquor. T’ndaunted by the Governor's ultimatum to city and county oft< iais to uphold the opinion of the ;• ’tornev-general, that sale of hard liquor bv the drink is illegal under the s’ate liquor control act, bartenders went right ahead today dome business at the same old stand. The merry clink of ice against clav was undimmed in tap rooms nd other drink emporiums throughout the city. l iquor Quality Poor In clubs, rates, night clubs. hotels and rr -taurants hard liquor of almost every description was availa- > t prires ranging from 20 to 45 rrr.v for a straight drink of liquor and 25 to 50 cents for mixed drinks. The only flv in the ointment of fre<- - flowing liquor serried to be in the quality of the stuff set out for consumption. Patrons were forced to take what hey got because of the conditions under which the drinks are served With no state standardizations on q iality prevailing in bar rooms. e-finally the same conditions exist m taverns which caused so much disgust before repeal. ‘‘Hard Stuff’ on Order In scores of licensed beer places m the citv, patrons were served ’ hard stuff” on order. The method universally was the same. Little serr.-’cy was maintained by waiters in serving drinks. Some city b-'cr places maintain a ‘ blind pig." partitioned off from the rest of the bar room, where hard stuff is dispensed from bottles and pitchers. Others openly bring “jiggers" of whisky or gin mto the public room and serve it on tables. A young man walked into a popular tap room last night and ordered "foreign” brandy. The drink cost 50 cents, but when he sniffed the contents of his glass, he was convinced that he was being served a poor grade of domestic liquor, although both denied having ever tasted brandy themselves. When he protested, he was shown a bottle of genuine foreign brandy from which the bartender and the manager insisted the drink had been poured. •Just like prohibition.” commented the young man. “I don't see what good repeal is doing in Indiana when bootlegging still is prevalent and the ‘speakeasy’ tactics of bartenders are so obvious.” REORGANIZATION MADE IN PEARSON PIANO CO. ( ity Firm Changes Name. Elects New Officers and Board. New Officers, anew board of directors and anew name have come to the sixt.v-one-year-old Pearson Piano Company. 128 North Pennsylvana street, following reorganization of the firm. George C. Pearson, company founder, has retired and his son. John S. Pearson, succeeds him as president. Other new officers are Albert Pearson, vice-president; Edgar T. Daab. treasurer, and Robert N. Fulton, secretary. Directors include Obie J. Smith, in addition to the four officers. The company name has been changed to "Pearson Company Inc..” the president announced, because of acquisition of househc appliance merchandise. RAILWAY MEDIATION BOARD IS ANNOUNCED Croup Named to Adjust Pennsv Employes’ Differences. Formation of a board to adjust differences between engine and ii. service employes and management of the Pennsylvania railroad has been announced at system headquarters in Philadelphia. The board will be composed of eighteen members, nine to be selected by employes and nine by the management. A two-thirds vote will be necessary to reach a decision, md rulings of the ooard will be final. INQUEST ORDERED IN •HUMAN TORCH' CASE IVido Denies Police Version of Suicide in Fire. Inquest into the death of Edwin Morris. 70. of 1214 Holliday street, vho burned fatally when his clothing caught fire Saturday, will b gin tomorrow. Coroner William E Arbuckle. said today. Mrs Anna Morris, the widow, denied today, that site ever had told police that Mr. Morris had wrapped himself m a kerosene saturated b.anket and then set fire to it. Funeral services for Mr. Morris were held at 10 today, with burial at Crown Hill RETAIL FOOD PRICES SHOW DECLINE HERE Drop of .6 Per Cent in Last Two Weeks Is Reported. Retail food prices in Indianapolis showed an average decline in price of 4 per cent as agamst an increase of .6 per cent for the nation during ‘he last two weeks, according to '■ atistics issued today by the United States bureau of labor statistics. food prices were 8 7 per rent higher than on June 15. 1932. and 12 4 per cent higher than on a similar date in 1933.

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Quick, Watson, the Radio 1934 Model Sleuths, Young and Brave, Take Charge of U. S. Justice Office Here.

BY WILLIAM H. M’GAUGHEY TimM Staff Writer STYLES in detectives change from year to year as criminals devise new methods of combating the cunning of the sleuths. In Reed Vetterli and H. H. Reinecke, two crack department of justice agents stationed in Indainapolis, is shown the latest prototype of the modern detective. As Sherlock Holmes and Craig Kennedy represented another generation. in detectives Vetterli and Reinecke the latest era in criminality is portrayed—the gangster decade.

Far removed from the blustering. bullying detectives of yesterdays movie or yesteryear's fiction, are the two local agents. Instead they are young, alert and pleasant. Modishly attired in white linen suits with bright colorful ties, they resemble more the young professional man or the junior executive rather than fedeial detectives. Both, however, have shown steel grit when emergencies arose. They have faced the death-spitting bullets of John Dillinger and Verne Miller and have come through unscathed. nun MR VETTERLI'S specialty in the field of crime has been kidnaping cases. Until ordered to Indianapolis a few weeks ago, he conducted the investigation of a score of big kidnaping cases throughout the country. He came here after concluding his work on the Get tie case in Los Angeles. He barely escaped death during the Kansas City Union station massacre there last winter. Returning with onp of the members of the Verne Miller's gang, Mr. Vetterli faced a barrage of bullets from the southwestern desperado's gang when stepping from the train. His prisoner was killed. So was one of Mr. Vetterli's companions. For himself, the detective had a coat sleeve creased with hot lead. The bullet cut between his body and his arm.

Indiana in Brief

By Times Special NOBLES VILLE. July 9—For the third season. Miss Gladys Marshall, 26. is working as the engineer of a thrashing outfit operated by herself and brother. Clarence Marshall. On the job. Miss Marshall wears trousers, a work shirt and a broad brimmed hat. While the outfit is being moved, the brother drives a tractor which pulls the separator, and the sister drives an automobile. When thrashing is in progress she operates the tractor which powers the separator. Thrashing is now in full swing throughout Hamilton county. First wheat was marketed by Oliver Shoemaker, who sold a load to the Noblesville Milling Company at 76 cents a bushel.

Bank Deposits Rise B;t I iw'm S/n rial SHELBY VILLE. July 9. Two Shelbyville banks —the Shelbv National and the Farmers National—sained $491,000 in deposits during the period between March 5 and June 30. when published statements were made. Improved business conditions and the new federal bank depository guaranty law are credited with causing the increase. BBS Deaths Exceed Births B‘l I imi M S/,mnt LOGANSPORT. July 9.—The stork ran a losing race with death here during June. There were thir-ty-three births during the month and thirty-nine deaths. a a a Babies Exhibited /•/ 7 i m, * EDINBURG. July 9—Birth of quintuplet babies in Canada brought to Orville Jordan, Edinburg, memories of the time when the bodies of five babies were exhibited in the home of his parents for a 25-cent admission fee. The babies were born to Mrs. Oscar Lyon on a farm near Mayfield. Ky.. on April 25, 1895. They lived less than a week. $125 WHISKY IS LOOT Three Men Raid Drug Store; Woman Witnesses Robbery. Whisky valued at 5125 was stolen early today from the Charles E Binkley drug store. 5902 College avenue. The robbery was witnessed by Mrs. George Clark, 625 East Fifty-ninth street, who told police three men using anew. small sedan participated.

the park board failed to provide any playgrounds for the entire area north of Thirty-eighth street this summer, the children can't be blamed. The pool is on private property and was intended not for paddling, but for ornamental purposes by the billboard company which has it under lease.

THE trail of John Dillinger lured Mr. Reinecke on for many months before he came here. He was near by when Dillinger's Negro companion was killed in the Michigan peninsula. Again, his tips led him to Sault Ste. Marie and St. Paul, where the federal agents brushed the bandit's elusive path. One evening Mr. Reinecke and another department agent, W, Carter Baum, flew from Chicago to follow up another tip in Wisconsin. The detective's flying companion never returned. Memories of that night must bring tinges of regret to the detective. With a detail of other agents, he swooped down on an isolated Wisconsin inn at Little Bohemia. The fateful appearance of several CCC workers spoiled their well-laid plans and cost the life of Mr. Reinecke's companion. n n a THE two federal detectives will make Indianapolis a scene of operation for the newly established department of justice offices here About eight agents will operate in this territory on special cases. Even their comfortable offices in the Fletcher Trust building belie the fact that it is the headquarters for detectives. Investigation would fail to disclose a single magnifying glass or peaked cap in the place. Instead a small police radio sits in one corner of the room. That's the modern way.

BUTLER WILL EXPAND JOURNALISM COURSES Additional Equipment Also to Be Added to Department. Expansion of the journalism courses at Butler university to make them more practical to potential newspaper men and women was announced today by Professor J. Douglas Perry, journalism department head. Additional equipment will be bought during the summer to enlarge the Butler journalism laboratory. where students manage the Butler Collegian, student newspaper.

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FATHER COUGHLIN IS RAPPED BY HOLMES •Insufferable Arrogance’ Is Laid to Radio Priest. B;i United Press NEW YORK, July 9.—The ecclesiastical world waited today for the reply of the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin to charges by Dr. John Hayes Holmes that the acclaim had changed the priest from a forceful personality to one expressiing “insufferable ai‘rogance.” Few who knew the militant Detroit pastor believed he would remain silent. “In this amazing priest we see the immeasurable public perils, as well as the practical possibilities of the radio,” Dr. Holmes added. K. OF C. TO INSTALL OFFICIALS AT RITES John J. Minta to Serve Second Term as Grand Knight. Installation of new officers of the Knights of Columbus will take place ! tonight at the K. of C. auditorium, 1305 North Delaware street. John J. Minta will be installed as grand knight of Indianapolis council 437, beginning his second term. Others who will serve are John McCann, deputy grand knight; Raymond McManus, chancellor; Francis Konstanzer, treasurer; John T. Rocap. recording secretary; Frank •Noll Jr., advocate; Clarence BeidelI man, warden; George Putts, inside | guard; Ossie Litzelman and Louis Cochrane, outside guards, and Al|bert Lamb, trustee. LOCAL MILK GRADES STUDIED UNDER AAA Changes in Classification Are Considered by Officials. Two proposals for changes in milk classifications under the Indianapolis AAA marketing agreement now are under consideration by officials in Washington. Various producer organizations operating in the local area suggested the changes. They agree that the first two classifications, fluid milk and cream, should remain the same. Anew proposed Class 3 would include all milk used for cheese, condensed milk, powdered milk, and ice cream with Class 4 being all milk used for butter. FORMAL DRILL GETS UNDER WAY AT FORT Citizenship Instruction Starts for C. M. T. C. Trainers. Formal military drill and citizenI ship instruction began today for ! trainers at the Citizens Military ; Training Camp at Ft. Harrison. Infantry companies today re- | ceived instruction in close order j drill, first aid, military sanitation 1 and military courtesy. Advanced machine gunners en- ! gaged in map and aerial photograph ! reading, while band musicians as- ! sembled for their first rehearsal.

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WAR MOTHERS FOUNDER DIES; RITES ARE SET Mrs. Clara Joseph, Mother of President of Park Board. Mrs. Clara Joseph, 73, of 5435 Washington boulevard, died yesterday at her home, following a two years’ illness. Mrs. Joseph was the mother of | Jackiel W. Joseph, park board president. She had lived in Indianapolis i since 1906, and was a member of the group of women who established the American War Mothers here. Mrs. Joseph was a member of the j Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation. Funeral services will be held in : the home at 10 tomorrow morning,! with burial in the Indianapolis i Hebrew Congregation c-emetery. Surviving her are two daughters, Mrs. A. L. Borinstein and Mrs. Harriet Plaut, both of Indianapolis, and two sons, Henry Joseph, Shelbyville, and Jackiel Joseph. S ~ Dies After Long Illness Following a long illness, Mrs. Anna Jensen, 58, of 1216 East Fiftyninth street, died yesterday at her; home. Private funeral services will be held in the home at 2 tomorrow afternoon, with burial in Crown Hill. Mrs. Jensen is survived by the widower, Carl M. Jensen; a daughter, Mrs. A. H. Wurster, and a sister, Mrs. Otto Koeber, all of Indianapolis. Produce Man Is Dead Funeral services for William Gem-; mer, 68, of 807 Dawson street, who died Friday in his home, were to be held at 3:30 this afternoon in the J. C. Wilson funeral home. Burial was to be in Crown Hill. Mr. Gemmer retired five years ago from a produce business on the south side of Indianapolis, in which he had been engaged forty-five years. Surviving him are the widow, Mrs. Pauline Haspel Gemmer; two sons, Emil Gemmer and Leonard Gemmer; two sisters, Mrs. Thomas Bemis and Mrs. Leon Dugresne, and a brother. Gideon Gemmer, all of Indianapolis. Burial in Charleston, 111. The body of Mrs. Maude Cowan, 61, of 115 College avenue, who died Thursday in St. Vincent's hospital, was taken to Charleston, 111., yesterday for burial. Mrs. Cowan made her home with a daughter, Miss Maxine Harry, secretary to Paul C. Stetson, superintendent of schools. Surviving her are Miss Harry; a stepdaughter, Mrs. Herman McCray, Indianapolis, and two sisters, Mrs. Frank G. Richardson, Denver, and Mrs. Paul Henderson. Sterling. Colo. Rites at Cathedral Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine Mahern, 78, of 942 East Morris street, who died Saturday in St. Vincent’s hospital, will be held at 9 tomorrow in St. Patrick’s Catholic church. Burial will be in Holy Cross cemetery. Mrs. Mahern is survived by five daughters, Misses Anna and Louise Mahern and Mrs. Sylvester Smith, all of Indianapolis; Mrs. James Higgins, Ft. Wayne and Mrs. Robins Johantges, Tulsa, Okla., and two sons, Louis and Joseph Mahern. Dies After Operation Mrs. Margaret Runnels, 78. of 121 East Thirtieth street, died today at Methodist hospital after a three months’ illness. Mrs. Runnels had undergone an operation several months ago, from which she never recovered fully. She was born in Chatham, Canada. but had lived in the United States many years. Surviving her are the widower, Dr. Sollis Runnels, and a niece, Mrs. Marvin Rosenberry, Madison, Wis. CHURCH CLUB TO MEET Women's Missionary Society to Hold Session ftere Thursday. Auxiliary program building will be the object of an institute to be held Thursday in the Brookside park community house by the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church. The sessions will begin at 9:30 and continue throughout the day.

AN IMPORTANT LESSON IN LOVE

INSULLS ARE REUNITED IN CHICAGO

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Voicing full confidence that her husband will be vindicated. Mrs. Samuel Instill is shown here with her mate, fallen utilities czar, and their son, Samuel Insull Jr„ as the three were reunited in their Chicago apartment. Once a leader in Chicago society. Mrs. Insull crossed the ocean in a tourist class cabin to be with her husband and son during their trials.

Times to Sponsor Free Classes in Swimming at Broad Ripple July 16-22

Sixth annual free swimming classes sponsored by The Times and Broad Ripple pool will be held during the week of July 16-22. Readers of The Times may enroll for these lessons by presenting the coupon printed in The Times. The lessons will be in charge of Arno Wade, head life guard at the pool. Mr. Wade will be assisted by ten other instructors. Mr. Wade was in charge of diving instructions at the pool last year, and is well known

to pool visitors. The classes will be held in three groups, arranged for the convenience of the pupils. Children under 12 will enter in a morning class at 10, or an afternoon class at 2:30. Children from 12 to 18 will be given instruction at 10:30 and at 3. Those over 18 will receive instruction at 11 and 3:30. Special classes for adults who are unable to get away from business offices during the day will be held at 8:30 each night. At the close of the week's lessons, tests will be given the pupils, and those passing will be awarded certificates from the Red Cross life saving corps. The Broad Ripple pool is the largest artificial pool in the United States. Water comes from a driven well eighty feet deep, and really is drinking water. The filtering system completely filters the 4,300.000 gallons of water every eighteen hours. Dressing rooms have individual lockers for swimmers. Last year hundreds of children

LEKNERT SOCIALIST MAYOR CANDIDATE Nominee Plans to Appeal to All Classes. George J. Lehnert, nominated for mayor Saturday on the Socialist ticket, opened his campaign today with plans to appeal to all classes and all sections of the city. He declared that he views Socialism as a cause of progress and unanimity in government rather

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Learn to Swim This coupon entitles holder to a free swimming lesson in The Indianapolis Times-Broad Ripple Learn to Swim class. Learn to swim week is July 16 to 22. This does not include admission to the pool. The price will be 25 cents for adults and 10 cents to children.

! and adults learned to swim during The Times-Broad Ripple Learn to Swim week. This year, ■with many of the natural swimming pools near the city unsafe because of low water, the gallons of pure water ?t Broad Ripple pool gffer an added inducement. Swimming instruction made a bailable by The Times in this coutse of free lessons ordinarily would cost $5 a person. The only expense attached to the lessons is entrance fee t to the pool.

than a movement limited only to the working class. Mr. Lehnert has been a member of the Socialist party since 1902 and was its candidate for mayor in 1904 and 1912. Mr. Lehnert, 49, makes his home at 2528 Broadway. He is a wdiower and has two children. BORAH ‘DOOMS’ - HITLER Sentor Predicts Downfall of German Nazi Leader. By United Press BOISE, Idaho, July 9.—Senator William E. Borah predicted Adolf Hitler’s downfall here yesterday. “Tyranny always runs its course,” he remared concerning Hitler.

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PLANNED PUBLIC WORK ANSWERS NEED FOR JOBS Scheme Brings Efficiency and May Become National Policy. By Beripps-Hoirnrit Knespaper Allianrp WASHINGTON, July 9—Planned public works may become a permanent national policy as a result of the rapid manner in which job-making funds have been allotted during the first week of the fiscal year. The slowness of past spending for public construction has caused considerable skepticism as to its effectiveness in relieving unemployment. Under Herbert Hoover, funds appropriated for public works were spent only after montlis of preparation. Last year's $3,300,000,000 appropriation was doled out slowly, although quick spending was an integral part of the Roosevelt recovery program However, the Ickes public works administration demonstrated, this week, that where careful advance planning has taken place the situation is different. During the last year it has examined thousands of applications and listed them in the order of their desirability. Asa result it was able to hand out $200,000,000 in four days without fear of sacrificing efficiency for speed. The rest of the $500,000,000 appropriation made by the last congress probably will be allotted next week. Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York convinced congress, four years ago, that a program for public spending ought to be prepared far in advance of the need for it. Legislation to this end was adopted. This is the first time that it has been tried. May Extend PWA Life The performance of PWA with its latest appropriation increases the possibility that the next congress may extend its life beyond the twoyear emergency period and give it more funds. This is the status of public works spending today. In the last few days PWA has handed out funds for 1,241 separate, nonfederal projects, located in every state in the Union. Cost of these projects is $225,000,000, of which the federal government is putting up $189,761,254. Another $17,500,000 has been allotted for federal projects. Some of the $300,000,000 remaining will be used to carry on construction of such federal projects as Columbia river and Ft. Peck. Most of it will go to cities and states. More Applications Pending Applications calling for expenditure of another three million dollars are on file with PWA. If the administration decides to continue public spending at a fixed annual rate its program can be mapped out long in advance. Os the $3,300,000,000 appropriated last year for PWA, $505,000,000 has actually been spent, to date, for construction. This does not include a little more than a billion dollars allotted for TVA. CCC, CWA and other recovery agencies, most of which also has been spent. About half the big fund is still to be translated into pay rolls and orders for materials. One hundred and eighty-three projects have been awarded for 252 more and 330 are being advertised for bids.

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