Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 79, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 August 1934 Edition 02 — Page 3

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GUN-TOTING GAL FROM INDIANA IS ARRESTED AGAIN Publicity Seeking Elwood Miss Is Retained in Washington. B'l 7 imr * Special WASHINGTON. Aug. 11—Indiana, bur, bad stamping ground of men who toy-gun their way out of prison, battled against the District of Columbia police today in the person of Isabel Messmer, 19-ycar-old alleged “gun moll” and male impersonator, who sought to retain possession of the weapon that has gotten her into more jails than she can name. Isabel, whose home iA in Elwood. Ind., also is embroiled with federal authorities for her attempt to send a toy gun to Harry Pierpont, in his Ohio death cell. Babbling under the limelight of photographer's flashes and the questioning of reporters, she boasted of her bold sallies into the deep, dark underworld. But she broke off her accounts of what she might have done, had she been John Dillinger's girl, by referring police to the attorney she has hired to oppose her extradition from the district and to obtain the gun that caused her arrest in a Washington hotel lobby. What's a poor girl going to do roaming around the country without a "roscoe.’ to get her into and out of trouble, is Isabel's view, and so she wants that .25-caliber automatic pistol back. “You see Isabel likes Washington and wants to stay here a while,” said her attorney. Sent Gun to Pierpont Meanwhile, Isabel continued to recount new features of her career in roaming the country in boy’s clothing. She said she was held by the department of justice in Jacksonville. Fla . after she insured a toy gun for $.7,000 and sent it to the death house ia the Ohio slate penitentiary, addressed to Harry Pierpont. “I thought it would cheer the boys up a bit getting a toy gun,” wisecracked Isabel. “You know they get kinda lonesome. No. I didn't know Pierpont. I just thought it would be cute to send him a gun,” she added. She shows clippings from Miami, Fla., Pittsburgh, Jacksonville, Chicago and Indianapolis of the days she spent in the “hoosegow" becaa<=e her gun was a more prominent accoutrement than her powder-puff. Has Own Philosophy In Miami she merely gave the eye to a married man and the nasty, so nasty coppers, accused her of taking S9OO after locking him in a hotel room. “A married man who picks up a girl doesn't prosecute,” is her philosophy. Wearing wigs, carrying guns and tramping about the country is Isabella life. It's one of her own choosing. Some girls like to stay home, wash dishes, mind babies, and have dates with the home town boys. But not Isabel. She likes getting out in a big city. With a gun under her belt. “John Dillinger?” She wrinkles her nose. “He was a swell guy. It was a lousy way they got him.” Admirer of Dillinger Talking to Isabel about the Indiana bad man is like talking to a girl back home about Clark Gable. “If Id been with him.” she said with a frown, “they'd never got him.” She left home the first time when she was 15. going to California. She stayed away two months and when she returned her mother didn't spank her. She said: “I guess you can take care of yourself.” Since then Isabel has. On her trips through the country, she always writes home w hen she runs out of money. Her mother sends it to her. Placed in Stock She once joined a stock company playing small Indiana towns. She played the part of a small boy. she liked it and kept it up. She carries a gun for her protection. but never has shot at any one, she says. However, she thinks she could hit any sort of object is she wanted to. Isabel wants that gun. Without that gun Isabel wouldn't be Isabel. Anyway that's the way she puts it. Furthermore. Isabel wants to stay in Washington. She has met so many interesting men. that it would spoil the whole show to return to Elwood ar.d the home town Romeos. She hopes to obtain employment in a show here as an actress. Elwood Unconcerned By Times Special ELWOOD. Aug. 11—“ Do tell!” You can hear this on street corners of the town today as neighbors and police discuss the latest frontpage rampage of Isabel Messmer. daughter of Mrs. Frank Decker. Isabel is just a pam in the neck and a lot of explaining on a hot day to Elwood police. They are so used to getting telegrams from police of other cities inquiring about her that the messenger boys are on their way there before the telegram's last line is sent. She has been a “phony” tipster on crimes to police here, they said. MODERN ‘ARSENE LUPIN' GETS 5300.000 IN GEMS French Social Leadnrs Scurry to Save Valuables. By r mitr4 Press CANNES. France Aug. 11. A series of robberies by a modern Arsene Lupin sent social leaders and divorcees scurrying to safe deposit vaults today to cache their jewels. In three robberies within a week, the thief has escaped with more than 5 000 000 francs ($300,000) worth of gems. In the Air Weather conditions at 9 a. m.: North wind. 15 miles an hour; temperature, 72; barometric pressure. 30 05 at sea level: general conditions, overcast: ceiling, estimated 800 feet; visibility, twelve miles.

RINGNECK PHEASANTS FIND FREEDOM IN HOOSIER MEADOWS

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Seventy-five young ringncck pheasants, carefully reared in the Jasper-Pulaski game preserve of the state conservation department, were liberated‘Thursday on the grounds of the Capital City Gun Club at Raymond street and Belmont avenue. Merrill G. Christie, club treasurer, is shown pulling back the board that means freedom for the

HOUSING ACTION IS UNCERTAIN Hoke Awaits Orders From U. S. on Project; Act in Effect. Local action on the national i housing act, which went into effect ! yesterday, is uncertain, Fred Hoke, national emergency council director ' for Indiana, said today. Mr. Hoke said that he had received no information or instructions from Washington regarding establishment of offices here to carry out the purposes of the act. “We hope to get under way here by Aug. 15. but I have yet to hear from Washington for specific instructions,” Mr. Hoke said. Mr. Hoke indicated he would be in charge of the national housing act only temporarily. He did not know who would take over the state directorship of the national emergency council when his resignation goes into effect Sept. 1. 33 BUTLER SUMMER STUDENTS GET DEGREES Presentation Made at Ceremony on Fairview Campus. Thirty-three candidates, members of the 1934 Butler university summer session, were awarded degrees yesterday at commencement ceremonies in Arthur Jordan Memorir.l Jiall on the Fairview campus. Degrees were presented by Dean James W. Putnam, acting president. Professor George F. Leonard, summer school director, presided at the ceremonies which officially ended the 1934 summer term. Dr. Paul L. Haworth of the university made the commencement address, speaking on “Our Defective Education.” TWO DRIVERS NABBED AFTER AUTO COLLISION Wife of One Prisoner Suffers Head Injuries. An auto wreck at Tenth street and North Capitol avenue last night resulted in the arrest of both drivers. Arthur Rogers. 44. of 1129 Olive street, was detained for failure to have a driver's license and Rufus Coapstick. 62. 3638 Birchwood avenue. was charged with failure to obey a traffic signal. Mrs. Rogers suffered head injuries. She was taken homo. TETER'S REPEAT SHOW HERE IS POSTPONED State Fairground Event Set for Tomorrow Is Cancelled. Plans for a repeat performance of E M. (Lucky) Teter's Hell Drivers at the state fairground have been cancelled, due to the preparations for the state fair, it was announced today. Officials in charge of the Hell Drivers said that a repeat performance would be given in Indianapolis as soon as arrangements can be completed. FATHER PLEADS MERCY FOR WINNIE RUTH JUDD Outright Pardon Is Sought for "Tigress Murderer” By United Press PHOENIX. Ariz.. Aug. 11—Seeking an outright pardon for his daughter, Wmnie Ruth Judd, “tigress murderer,’’ the Rev. H. J. McKinnell filed an appeal with the state board of pardons and paroles today. The plea was accompanied by a petition sent to the board more than a year ago by thirty members of the eleventh legislature, asking that clemency be granted the condemned woman. A short time later a jury saved her from the gallows and found her insane. Mrs. Judd was convicted of the double trunk murder of two women friends. MAN DIES OF WOUNDS Negro Succumbs in Hospital After Shooting Scrap?. Andrew Gattv. 25. Negro. 933 North Traub avenue, died today in city hospital of wounds received Juiy 30 in a shooting scrape at the Pmes, a dance hall near the Speedway. Police are holding Ed and Hersehel Rutland. Negroes, known as "Old and Young Kentuk,” under high bond on vagrancy charges in connection with the shooting. The trouble is said to have started over Gatty's attention to a girl in whom Herschel Rutland was interested.

birds, while Edgar Krapf (left), secretary, and Norman Palmer look on. The pheasants, first of a series of shipments which will be released on the 6.000-acre preserve surrounding the club grounds, were bewildered at first by their new-found liberty, but soon drifted off into the oat stubble and in five minutes all had disappeared.

ADD SOCIETY NOTES; FIRE LADDIES PAY A CALL ON YE EDITOR

by United Press NEW LONDON, Wis., Aug. 11. —Betty Garot, society editor of the Press-Republican, called the fire station. Captain Matt Nesbit, answered “This is the Press-Republican,” Miss Garot said, “we want you—” Captain Nesbit hung up—shouted an order. A few' seconds later a fire engine roared up to the newspaper office. A fireman rushed into the building, shouting “where's the fire?”' Betty looked up and said: “There's no fire. I wanted you to give me some fire department new's.” JAPAN IMPREGNABLE, IS EXPERTS’ CLAIM Nippon Fighting Forces Held Strongest in World. By United Pres* WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. By land or sea, Japan already is virtually impregnable against the strongest attacker—that was the conclusion reported today by American experts studying Japan’s demands for naval equality. Actually, they said, Japan's present army and navy now constitute the strongest fighting force of any power on earth. These conclusions were reported by experts who have studied problems raised by Japan's prospective demands for equality with Great Britain and the United States at the 1935 naval conference. The studies were undertaken as a result of the preliminary naval conversations at London and in view of further discussions with British and Japanese representatives in October. The present ratio of naval strength on paper is five for Great Britain, five for America and three for Japan. •RASPUTIN’ LIBEL CASE SETTLED. IS REPORT Newspaper Asserts Princess Collected 5*62,000. By United Press LONDON, Aug. 11.—'The Daily Herald said today that the Princess Youssoupoff had received 150.000 pounds sterling ($762,000) from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, in payment of all claims for libel. The princess, who claimed her reputation was damaged by the picturization of the character "Natasha” in the film “Rasputin and the Empress,” won her damage suit in the British courts. CHICAGOAN LOSES LEG IN AUTO ACCIDENT Motorcycle Sideswipes Car Near Flackville. Ernest Tastier, 26, Chicago, was in critical condition in city hospital after amputation of his left leg last night following an accident two miles north of Flackville on U. S. Road 52 when his motorcycle sideswiped an automobile. Harry Dubin, 23. also of Chicago, who was riding with Tastier, received minor injuries to the left leg. None in the car was hurt. CIVIL WAR VETERAN SWIMS LAKE AT 88 Later Adds to Laurels With Record Catch of Fish. By United Press MT. VERNON. 0., Aug. 1 J.—T. S. Pitkin, spry at 88. can do almost anything around the water. On his birthday, this July, he swam across a pool at a local lake. Now comes word from Cedar Lake, Ind., where he has been visiting, that in an hour and a half of angling he landed thirty-two fish, all more than 14 inches long. Which is one every three minutes. Mr. Pitkin is a Civil war veteran. CAMPAIGNS IN BUGGY Ohio Democrat After Old-Fashioned Vote in Big Way. By United Press EAST PALESTINE. O. Aug. 11. Harry Gosney, Democratic candidate for nomination as sheriff, is campaigning Columbiana county in an old buggy, painted in varied colors, mule-drawn, smothered in , Gotney banners.

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U.S., SOVIET IN DEBT DEADLOCK Hope of Agreement Dimmed After Conference in Washington. By United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—Hope for successful negotiation of a So-viet-American debt settlement lessened today after a gloomy conference between Soviet Ambassador Alexander Troyanovsky and Secretary of State Cordell Hull. It was believed the conferees had reached a stumbling block. R. Walton Moore, assistant secretary of state, made the only official comment. “We shall know within a few days whether there is any prospect of an agreement.” It was thought possible that a stiff American attitude against suggested concessions on the debt, which amounts to about $500,000,000, may have run up against equal stubbornness on the part of Russia. If no agreement results, substantial expansion of Soviet-American trade is imperiled due to the operation of the Johnson act, which prohibits credit to any nation considered in default on her debts. BOH COACH MODEL WINS RECOGNITION Youth Has Chance for Scholarship Honor. Robert H. Heilman, 15, of 1549 Leonard street, today is the proud recipient of a telegram from W. A. Fisher, president of the educational foundation of Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild. The telegram informed him that his miniature Napoleonic coach had passed preliminary tests and was adjudged eligible for final consideration for one of the twenty-four university scholarships offered as awards in the 1934 guild competition. The message congratulated Robert on the showing made thus far by his model and invited him to attend the fourth annual convention of the organization in Chicago. Aug. 22-25. Robert Strauss, 19, Warsaw, Ind., received a similar telegram of congratulation. AUTO THEFT GANG IS BROKEN, POLICE CLAIM Mob Stripped Nine Cars on West Side, Is Report. With the arrest of Arthur Middle - ton, 30, of 507 South West street, today, police believe they may have broken up a gang of automobile accessory thieves who have stripped nine cars in the far west side during the last few weeks. Police said Middleton's car undoubtedly established a record for the number and variety of accessories it boasted. M'NUTT TO INSPECT 6 GUARD REGIMENTS Governor to Spend Two Days at Ft. Knox, Ky. By Times Special FT. KNOX. Kv., Aug. 11.—Governor Paul V. McNutt is expected to arrive here by plane tomorrow to observe the routine training activities of the Indiana National Guard tomorrow and Monday, AdjutantGeneral Elmer F. Straub has announced. Six complete regiments of the Indiana guard, including infantry, artillery, medical troops and engineers, also aviation and special troops will stand inspection this week-end, General Straub said. ARAB-JEWISH RIOTS QUELLED IN ALGERIA Troops and Police Restore Peace at Constantine. By United Press CONSTANTINE, Algeria, Aug. 11. —Troops and police combined today to restore peace throughout Constantine. and the immediate danger of continued race rioting between Arabs and Jews was believed ended. A majority of the Jewish population remained indoors, however, fearing their appearance on the streets might provoke a resumption of the pogrom. Nova Scotia Archbishop Dead By l nited Press HALIFAX. Aug. 11. The Most Rev. Clarendon Lamb Worrell, 81, archbishop of Nova Scotia and pnmate of the Church of England of Canada, died her last night.

INFLATION TINT SHADES SILVER MOVE BY U. S. Currency Will Be Issued Against Free Bullion to Full Value. By United Press WASHINGTON. Aug. 11. A slightly more inflationary cast was placed on the treasury's new silver plans by a clarification of what currency is to be issued against the metal. Currency will be issued against free silver bullion now held in the treasury up to the full legal value of $1.29 an ounce. Against silver stocks acquired by nationalization currency equal to the purchase price of 50.01 cents will be issued, for the present. Since the treasury now holds, it was revealed, 62,000.000 ounces of silver unpledged as the backing of any bills, this means that $80,000,000 in silver certificates are being printed and will be put into circulation immediately. Cost Only 846,900.000 However, these 62,000,000 ounces, the treasury reported, cost only $46.900,000 to acquire. The difference between the face value of the certificates and the cost of the silver is to be reported daily in the treasury statement as “seigniorage.’' It has previously been supposed that the treasury would print certificates against this silver only to the amount of its cost. The present plan doubles the amount of the bills being printed. As regards the newly nationalized silver the new treasury statement did not reveal anything further. The plan to issue currency against it at the rate of 50.01 cents was what had been expected. For the approximately 200.000,000 ounces expected to be turned in to the treasury this would amount to an expansion of currency of only about $100,000,000, which like the $80,000,000 in bills now being printed, is but a trival fraction of the total amount of money in circulation. Later Expansion Possible The possibility of further currency expansion lies in the prospect that the treasury may at a later date expand its silver certificate issue to the full limit of $1.29 per ounce required by law. Even this would not bulk very large so far as the nationalize 1 stocks are concerned. However, should the treasury set about an aggressive policy of acquiring on the world markets enough silver to bring its stocks up to the 3-1 ratio with gold which has been set as the legal goal, the expansion would be considerable. It was emphasized, in this connection, that no hint has been given by the treasury that it was planning a wholesale program of silver purchases in order to build its silver stocks to the legal ratio overnight. The difference between the cost of nationalized silver and its monetary value of $1.29 will also be reported by the treasury under the “seigniorage” item. The treasury declared in its announcement that while “seignoirage” was now appearing in its statement for the first time as a separate item, it had always been shown in the treasury receipt account. “Since the beginning of the govment,” said the statement, “the treasury has received a total of $387,000,000 in seignoirage, which hitherto had been included in the daily statement under the item ’other miscellaneous.’ ”

ASTRONOMERS VIEW HEAVENLY 'SPARKS’ OF ANCIENT MARTYR

by United Press HARVARD, Mass., Aug. 10.— The sparks from St. Lawrence’s gridiron flared across the heavens during the night in increasing showers, to the delight of astronomers. The brilliant pin-points of light, counted carefully by astronomers the world over, were the Perseids, annually recurring swarm of meteors, which reach their maximum intensity ordinarily on the night of Aug. 10. That is the anniversary of St. Lawrence’s death. He was burned on a gridiron in 258 A. D. The Persieds, which derive their name from the fact that they come from a radiant in the constellation Perseus, are to continue their shower intermittently for about three weeks WHISKY STOLEN FROM DRUGSTORE IN NIGHT Proprietor Reports Theft of Quantity to Police. Theft of a large quantity of whisky from a drugstore at 1227 North Illinois street was reported to police today by Robert Rea, 302 North Illinois street, manager. Mr. Rea said the thieves gained entrance during the night by breaking through a wall from an empty store next door. They apparently entered the empty store by knocking boards from a basement window, WELL GAS IS FATAL TO HAZELTON WORKER Son Overcome by “Black Damp” in Rescue Attempt. By United Press VINCENNES, Ind., Aug 11.— Overcome by “black damp” while cleaning out a well, Barney Degehart, 48. Hazleton, died here today. Dallas Degehart, lowered into the well to rescue his father, suffered from the damp, but will recover,! hospital attaches said. Dies From Fall In Brewery By United Press EVANSVILLE, ind.. Aug. 11.—Injuries suffered by Albert J Lindschmidt, 33, when he fell from a platform while working in the F. W. Cook brewery here caused his death in a hospital. Commission Aproves Rate Slash Electric rate reductions expected to save $12,500 annually for patrons of the Auburn Water and Electric Light Company were approved today by the public service commission.

ACTON GIRL TO SHOW HER SEWING ABILITY

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Miss Lucille Morris Adjudged grand champion at the Marion County 4-H Club dress revue yesterday at the Indiana state fairground. Miss Lucille Morris, Acton, will represent the county in the state 4-H Club dress revue at the Indiana state fair. 1 The revue yesterday was participated in by 187 girls, who displayed garments they made themselves as part of the club work.

Duelling Legal, Yes, but Smoking, Oh My, No! Statehouse Reporter Finds Hoosiers Suffer From Many Sabbath ‘Don’ts’ on Statutes.

BY JAMES DOSS Times Staff Writer. DON'T be surprised if you stroll into your favorite hotel lobby some Sunday and. see a squad of Police Chief Mike Morrissey's merry men haling the manager off to the local hoosegow. It may be due to the fact that the unlucky Boniface has been detected in the heinous crime of selling a guest, or “boarder,” some tobacco.

5 KILLED IN CRASH OF AUTO AND TRAIN Locomotive Derailed; Dead Were Motorists. By United Press VERMONTVILLE, Mich., Aug. 11. —Five persons were killed, one an unidentified man riding the blind baggage, when an automobile was pushed into the path of a Michigan Central passenger tram last night. The locomotive and coaches were derailed and the engine rolled into a ditch. The dead are: Mr. and Mrs. Dale McClintock. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Cook. The unidentified man. None of the train passengers were injured, but the engineer and fireman of the train suffered cuts and bruises. The automobile had stopped for the railroad crossing when another car struck it from behind, forcing it across the track in front of the oncoming train. RUSSIA CHARGES ‘REIGN OF TERROR’ TO JAPAN Murder and Sabotage Rampant on Railway, Is Claim. By United Press MOSCOW, Aug. 11.—Wholesale murder and sabotage along the right-of-way of the Chinese eastern railway—subject of a long-standing quarrel between Soviet Russia and Japan—was charged today in the report of the Russian director of the line. He declared that a reign of terror centering in the region divided by the railroad had resulted so far this year in the death of forty-six persons, including nine officials of the road, and the wounding of 102. Simultaneously, the official newspaper Pravda pointedly warned Japan that the Soviet government could not be bullied into sacrificing the railway by the terrorism of “bandits.” CUBA DEPORTS 2 U. S. MEN FOR ACTIVITIES, Americans Are Charged With * “Revoluntionary” Interests. By United Press HAVANA, Aug. 11.—Frederick H. Willcox and Basil A. Needham, Americans charged with “revolutionary activities against the Cuban government” were deported today. They were placed aboard the S. S. Cuba, en route to Key West, Fla. von stahremberg"to CONFER WITH IL DUCE Austrian Leader Arrives in Rome for Parley. By United Press ROME, Aug. 11.—Vice-Chancellor Prince Von Stahremberg arrived by airplane today, and will be received by Premier Benito Mussolini in audience, either today or Monday. PLANE RATES REDUCED Mail and Express Costs Cut in Florida Flights. Reduction in air express rates of Eastern Air Transport, which operates a Chicago-Jacksonville <Fla.) air mail and express run through Indianapolis, has been announced, effective Wednesday. Present minimum rate is $1.25 for one pound or less. Under the new rate, minimum will be 85 cents for shipments of three-quarters of a pound or less, and $1 on shipments up to one 1 pound.

It’s tough, but it’s the law and this probably i s the tyluest and screwiest legislation that encumbers the Indiana statute books, although some of the others have far more than a faint indigo tinge. Legislature “Too Busy” Such depredations against the peace and dignity of the state of Indiana were outlawed about thirty years ago and subsequent assemblies have been too occupied to do anything about it. The penalty for selling “tobacco or cigars to resident customers or boarders’’ is one to ten. (Dollars, not years—it’s not that tough.) Talk to Pat Smith, assistant state law librarian, about these laws and Mr. Smith, an omnivorous fact-finder, will surprise you exceedingly. “What can't you do on Sunday?’’ he was asked. “Don’ts” for Sabbath Mr. Smith said there are a great many things which are unlawful on Sunday, such as work by township assessors for which they can not receive any pay. That didn't seem to matter much, since most people aren't township assessors and don't have friends who are. “What else can't you do on any day, then?” Mr. Smith was asked. “Well,” said Mr. Smith, “there was a law that said you couldn’t fight a duel in Indiana or it would cost you SIOO and a year in jail and you’d be ineligible forever to hold any office of public trust.” ‘How about cream puffs at twenty paces?” it was suggested facetiously—but Mr. Smith didn't think that was funny. "However,” he continued, “the 1931 legislature wanted to repeal the law against prize fighting and through some error, it repealed the anti-dueling law.” That seemed typical of the 1931 legislature. “C'mon You Seven” Further questioning of Mr. Smith brought out an interesting fact about gambling. “Gambling is not an act of common labor, according to statute,” said Mr. Smith. “Is that so?” asked the writer, bewildered but argumentive. “Say, did you ever spend two hours on your hands shooting craps in a stuffy hotel room? When you get through, you feel like you’ve spent a day pitching hay.” “What I’ve done or haven’t done has nothing to do with it,” said Mr. Smith severely. The reporter subsided meekly and. mindful of the fact that Mr. Smith is a working librarian, left to ponder the mental vagaries of lawmakers who could believe that shooting craps isn’t labor.

Real Estate Mortgages WE SOLICIT APPLICATIONS FOR PREFERRED MORTGAGE LOANS ON CITY PROPERTY. INTEREST RATE 6%—NO COMMISSION. THE INDIANA TRUST JSSS SSKi $2^000,000.00 THE OLDEST TRUST COMPANY IN INDIANA

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C. OF C. ISSUES i PLEA IN PUBLIC WORKS ORIVE Members Asked to Support Move to Relieve Large Unemployment. An appeal for support in the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce drive to push appropriations for ■ contemplated public improvements i and thus relieve unemployment this | winter was made today in a bulletin ! issued to Chamber members. The report praised the allocation of public funds and stated that “there are tremendous possibilities for thousands of work hours and the sale of large quantities of materials by the people of Indiana, enough greatly to relieve unemployment rolls and do so in strict keeping with good business practice and the government plan for unemployment relief.” "We need the interested help and support of every citizen and public official if we are to get the contemplated projects under way in time to be sufficiently helpful this winter,” the bulletin stated. The bulletin asserted that the projects will cost $3,000,000 and employ several hundred men steadily, in addition to off-the-job labor, for one year. The projects approved by the | Chamber for pushing are the rehab- ; ilitation of the sewage disposal plant j with an estimated cost of $420,000; | rehabilitation of the garbage disposal plant, $62,000; slum clearance project, proposed addition to the federal building. Flower Mission project for a tuberculosis pavilion, Riley hospital therapeutic pool, and state highway projects on highways leading into the city.

2 CITY ICEMEN HURT IN STREET ACCIDENTS Tongs Pierce Neck of Man Making Delivery. Yesterday was a bad day for Indianapolis ice men. Frank Williams, 36, of 5033 East New York street, slipped and fell on the running board of his truck, parked at Thirty-fourth street and Capitol avenue. The ice tongs carried around his shoulders pierced his neck. He was taken to St. Vincent’s hospital. C’arence Weber, 27. of 1220 North Grant avenue, started across Twen-ty-ninth street, 900 block, with a large piece of ice. He was struck by a truck driven by Louis Schultz, 24, 1515 North New Jersey street. Weber was taken to city hospital. NAZI LEADERS ACT TO HALT FOREIGN PRESS "Treasures of German Thought” Must Be Foremost. By United Press BERLIN, Aug. 11.—On the ground that it is the first duty of newsdealers to distribute “the treasures of German thought,” the government warned hawkers today against displaying foreign papers more prominently than German, or "using any other sales methods calculated to further the distribution of foreign newspapers and periodicals.” Foreign newspapers recently have had a tremendous sale in Germany, the native press being restricted severely in what it may print. NEW CHIEF ASSIGNED NAVY STATION HERE Commander Hoover to Direct Recruiting in City. Lieutenant-Commander Guy B. Hoover, United States Navy, has been ordered to duty in charge of the Indianapolis Navy recruiting station, 730 East Washington street. He will arrive Tuesday to assume his new duties. During the last two years, Commander Hoover has been executive officer aboard the U. S. S. Salinas. Lieutenant Harry D. Templeton, United States Navy, has been in charge of the local station the last three months. NEW CENTRAL AVENUE STREET CARS ARRIVE Six of Fifteen Trollies to Go Into Service Monday. Six of the fifteen new street cars ordered for use on Central avenue have arrived in Indianapolis and will be placed in service Monday, James P. Tretton, Indianapolis Railways general manager, announced today. Remainder of the order is expected to arrive before Sept. 1. Mr. Tretton said, and will be placed in service as quickly as they arrive. GOOD WILL IS THEME Physical Director to Address Rotary Club. Fred W. Dickens, Y. M. C. A. physical education director and former resident of Santiago, Chile, will speak on “Athletics and International Good Will” before the Rotary Club Tuesday noon in the Claypool. Aviatrix Breaks Own Record By United Press ISTRES AIRPORT, France, Aug. 11.—Helene Boucher, France's foremost woman aviator, today cracked her own speed record setting anew mark of 438.8 kilometers <272.49 miles) an hour for one kilometer '.621 of a mile).