Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 82, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 August 1934 — Page 3

AUG. 15, 1934

STUDENT HURT 8 YEARS AGO IS DEAD HERE

Ex*Purdue Man Succumbs to Injuries Received in Scuffle. Robert Edward Burt. 29. of 1220 North State street, died today, after an film sos almost eight years. He was injured while wrestling in a study room at Purdue university, where he was a student. Funeral services will be held at 1 Friday in Centenary Christian church, where he was a member, j with the Rev. Charles M. Fillmore | officiating. Burial will be in Lafay- ' ette. Mr. Burt was active in Purdue. I where he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, the Harlequin Club the glee club and the track team. He was a track man at Tech- ' meal high school. Surviving him are his parents, Mr and Mrs. John W. Burt; a brother. Ralph Burt, and three sisters, Mrs. Kennard L Faucett and Mrs Ruth Bools Indianapolis, and Mr-. Stanley Dej*m. Tampa. Fla Dr. Thompson Rites Held Funeral services for Dr. Harry John Thompson. 670 West drive. Woodruff Place, who died Sunday j night in his summer home at Cul- • ver of injuries sustained in an auto- i mobile arcirient, were to be held at ; 2 30 today in the home. Burial was to be in Crown Hill. Dr. Thompson had been affiliated with the United States veterans' bureau hospital He was a graduate of the Harvard university school of medicine, and had been a member of a number of sanitarium staffs. Dr Thompson was a member of the Paul Coble past of the American Legion, the Military Order of the World War. Indianapolis chapter 66. National Sojourners; the Masonic order and the Dr. Worthington chapter of the Disabled Veterans of the World War. Surviving him are the widow, Mrs. Mary H. Thompson, and a son. Theodore H. Thompson, Indianapolis. Traub Ri*es Tomorrow Final services for Leonard E. Traub. 53, of 215 Parkview avenue, who died yesterday in St. Vincent's hospital after a ten days' illness, will be held in the Flanner and Buchanan funeral home at 2 tomorrow. Burial will be in Crown Hill Surviving Mr. Traub are the widow, Mrs. Paula Harrmann Traub: three sisters, Mrs. Mary Traub Busch. Mrs. Daisy Cox and Mrs. Bertha Quinn, and a brother, Benjamin F. Traub. Urban Funeral Held Funeral services for Charles C. Urban. 62. of 5244 Carrollton avenue. who died Sunday in the Methodist hospital, were to be held at 2 this afternoon in the Fairfa\ Christian church. Burial was to be in Floral Park cemetery. Mrs. Long Is Buried Funeral services for Mrs. Eda Steeg Long. 47. who died Monday in her home. 62 South Downey avenue, were to be held at 3 this afternoon in the Central Christian church. Burial was to be in Crown Hill with services at the grave, conducted by members of the auxiliary of Bruce P. Robison post American Legion. Mrs. Mabelle Seaton Dies Mrs. Mabelle Carter Seaton. 3015 North Capitol avenue, died yesterday m her home after an illness of several weeks. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 tomorrow in the Central Christian church, of which she was a member. Mrs. Seaton formerly was corresponding secretary of the Woman's Department Club, secretary of the Indianapolis Medical Society auxiliary. a member of the board of the Council of Women, past chairman of the Seventh district adult education of the Indiana Federation of Clubs, and was active in organization of chapters of the national literary sorority. Epsilon Sigma Omicron. of which she was a state director. She also had been city and state president of Lambda Delta Thi. Surviving her is the widower. Dr. G. W. Seaton.

HAYMAKERS' CHIEF TO VISIT STATE MEMBERS National Head of Organization to Attend Session Here. Indiana members of the Haymakers' Association, fun and fellowship branch of the Improved Order of Red Men. will greet their national chief. Charles Stroh. Harrisburg. Pa., at the South Side Turners hall. 306 Prospect street, at 7:30 tonight. Spanish Church Is Bombed B'J l nitt and Prtst MADRID. Aug. 15—Two bombs exploded at the Pilar church in the suburbs today, doing extensive damage. They were set off five minutes apart. To Relieve C^rm ym A jjgjßl

YES. WE HAVE BANANAS—RIGHT HERE IN CITY

Near tropical weather caused by the blistering heat and scarcity in rain has resulted in the blooming of thirty-one bananas on a 6-year-old banana tree raised by Leonard Vogt, 1818 South East street. Mr. Vogt is shown here in his hardy banana grove with the bloom still on the trees. Each winter Mr. Vogt carefully puts the trees in his basement. The only other blooming banana trees in the city, it is reported, are in the Garfield park greenhouse. Those bloom in February.

SIX INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENTS 3 Hurt When Cars Collide: Victims Taken to Hospital. Six persons were suffering today from injuries sustained yesterday in motor car accidents. Three persons were injured when two autos collided at Thirty-eighth street and Capitol avenue, last night. The injured are Jesse Rittenhouse. 47. of 1246 Thompson road. Archie Petty, Negro, 7, and Mrs. William Petty, the mother. They were taken to city hospital. Paul Smith, 13. of 1214 Beecher strete, suffered cuts and bruises when he lost his balance and fell from a truck. Carl Wade, 30. of 1218 Beecher street, was arrested for failure to have a driver's license. Young Smith was taken to city hospital. Others injured yesterday were Richard Lewis, 38, of R. R. 15, Box 677. and Abe Becker, 29, of 830 Maple street. RAIL ELEVATION ASKED BY SOUTH SIDE CLUB Civic Group Makes Appearance Before Works Board. A demand that the civil city tax levy include 4 or 5 cents for the Beit railroad elevation in the south side was made today by representatives of the South Side Civic Club and Beech Grove residents before the works board. Spokesmen were the Rev. Peter Xillian, pastor of the Holy Name church. Beech Grove, and Edw’ard H. Wischmeyer of the civic club. Walter Boettcher, works board president-, said that the board was m sympathy with the petitioners, but that the board doubted whether the taxpayers could stand the extra levy. CITY CHURCH TO GIVE PAGEANT TOMORROW Central Avenue M. E. to Observe Sesquicentenial. The Central Avenue Methodist Episcopal church will observe the sesquicentenial of Methodism with a pageant at 7:45 tomorrow night at the church. The pageant. “A Daughter of the Dawn." is divided into six scenes depicting various stages of growth. It will be presented by the Central Players. Special music will be furnished bv the church quartet with John M. White as director and the church i school orchestra directed by Kenneth Alyea. Mrs. John Davy is directing the pageant. CATHOLICS OF CITY OBSERVE HOLY DAY Thousands Attend Mass in Honor of the Blessed Virgin. Indianapolis Catholics flocked to churches in all parts of the city today attending mass in honor of the Blessed Virgin. Roman Catholic churches throughout the world observed the "Feast of the Assumption." commemorating the entrance of the Blessed Virgin into Heaven. CITY FIREMAN IS INJURED Captain Burned by Tar in Blaze at Kingan & Cos. Captain Harvey Keppel, Engine House 13. was injured while fighting a fire at Kingan St Cos. last night when burning tar splashed on his arms, feet and back. The fire, caused by an overheated kettle, resulted in S2OO damage. Smoke belched from the burning room, attracting huge crowds to the scene.

$66,000 Bond Issue Is Sold by School City

HOUSING SUCCESS IS PUT UP TO ARCHITECTS Fred Hoke Tells Professional Group of Duty. ‘‘Success of the home modernization and repair program sponsored by the national housing act will depend largely on your leadership,” asserted Fred Hoke, state director of the national emergency council, in a meeting of state and city architects yesterday in the statehouse. It is the patriotic duty of professional groups in the construction industries to take advantage of opportunities offered by the act, said Mr. Hoke. HINDENBURG ‘WILLS’ GERMANY TO HITLER Last Political Testament of President Made Public. Bn United Press BERLIN, Aug. 15.—A last political testament of the late President Paul Von Hindeburg. entrusting Germany to Adolpf Hitler, was made public tonight. The aged president addressed his document to "The German Nation and My Chancellor.” He praised the reichwehr (regular army), which in the post-war chaos "nurtured the high tradition of the oid army model and fashion.” Hindenburg predicted that “Kaiserism” would emerge as an “eternal rock” in German government. STANDARD OIL URGES JAPAN GUARD PLANT U. S. Firm Asks Aid After Raid by Bandits. Bit United Press NEWCHANG. Manchukuo, Aug. 15.—The Standard Oil Company of New York today appealed to Japanese police at Mukden for protection of its Newchang plant from bandits. It was understood the Japanese sent an inspector from Mukden to investigate the matter and determine how large a guard is needed. Twenty men attempted to enter the warehouse last Wednesday night. A single guard drove them off, although he was wounded. BLOOMINGTON PRIEST IS K. OF C. CHAPLAIN Former City Man Appointed to State Position. The Rev. Paul A. Deery, pastor of St. Charles Catholic church, Bloomington, has been appointed state chaplain of the Indiana Knights of Columbus. Father Deery, formerly of Indianapolis, will succeed the Reverend Edward J. Mungovan. pastor of All Saints’ church. Hammond. The appointment of Father Deery as state chaplain was made by O. D. Dorsey, Laporte, who has succeeded John P. O'Donnell, Bloomington, as state deputy of Knights of Columbus.

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INDIANA'S CORN CROP SUFFERS FROMDROUGHT Excessive Heat Causes Drop of 28 Points in Condition. J?;/ United Prr ss LAFAYETTE. Ind., Aug. 15.—Excessive heat and long drought caused a drop of 28 points in the condition of Indiana’s corn crop during July, the Purdue university agricultural extension reported today in its monthly bulletin as of Aug. 1. Production of 111.300.000 bushels for the state was indicated on Aug. 1, as compared to 127.263,000 last year and five-year average of 146,379.000 bushels, the report said. The decrease in corn prospects was general except in the southwestern part of the state, where conditions were reported better than average. In addition to the drought, the corn crop was further damaged by excessive heat which fired leaves and blasted tassels. In contrast to poorer corn conditions, wheat threshed out better than expected a month ago and an average yield of 17 8 bushels an acre was reported. This ranged from 11.5 bushels an acre in the northwest to 19.9 bushels an acre in the east central section. Oats yielded a shorter crop, with an estimated production of 15.5 bushels an acre compared with the ten-year average of 29.3 bushels. Chinch bugs and drought hurt the barley crop, resulted in an indicated yield of ten bushels an acre, the poorest on record, the report showed. The rye yield was 11.5 bushels an acre, a bushel greater than expected. Potato condition at Aug. 1 had declined to an indicated yield of sixty bushels an acre, compared with the ten-year average of eighty-six bushels. Total production of tame hay this year was estimated at 1,533,000 tons, compared with 1.795.000 tons last year and a five-year average of 2 053,000 tons.

Bid for Constructing Broad Ripple Building Is Below Par. Bond issue totaling $66,000 for the construction .of an addition to the Broad Ripple high school building was sold by the school board last night at four points below par and at a 3 '■> per cent interest. Marcus Warrender and Oscar F. Frenzel Jr., joint purchasers of the bonds and the only bidders, explained that the trend of government bonds in the last two days made it inadvisable to submit bids for municipal bonds at par. Board members at first were reluctant to accept the bid. Rather than break their precedent of not selling bond issues at less than par, they considered rejecting the bid and readvertising. Tabulations revealed, however, that the low interest rate offered by the purchasers would make the cost of the issue lower to the school city than an issue sold at par and at a higher rate. The board was informed by Mr. Warrender and Mr. Frenzel that recent indications of governmental inflation had created a flurry in the bond market, driving government bonds off from 1 to I’ 2 per cent and driving the municipal bond market to below par. The board formally accepted the $58,068 bequest of Mrs. James E. Roberts and approved a recommendation of A. B. Good, business director. that it be used for the erection and equipment of anew school for crippled children. SILVER CERTIFICATES ARE RECEIVED HERE New Bills Are Reworded, First Shipment Reveals. The new silver certificates ordered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt are available now in Indianapolis. Instead of stating that there has been deposited one silver dollar, the new .bill reads that “there is on deposit one dollar in silver.” TERRIER CLUB TO MEET Session Scheduled for Friday Is Delayed One Week. Gordon Engler, secretary of the Fox Terrier Club of Indiana, announced today that the meeting originally scheduled for Friday at the Anclers has been postponed until Friday next week. Lao Brosmer, director of the Chappel Kennel Foundation, w T il lspeak at that time.

Jn Itiemoriam Due to the Death of HENRY KAHN President and Founder of the Kahn Tailoring Cos., our retail store and shops will be closed Thursday.

COLORFUL COSTUME BAZAR TO FEATURE HOLY ROSARY EVENT

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Holy Rosary church will observe today and tomorrow the Feast of the Assumption with a full program. Monsignor Noll, vicar-general, will preach in English and Italian; an Italian supper will be ser\ed at 5 tonight and an organ recital bv Miss Helen Connor will be held at 7. with solemn benediction at < ■ 30. Asa gala feature, a street bazar will be held later tonight with prizes given for the best costumes. Above are some entrants. Front Row (left to right)—Ruth Whitaker. Mary Sansone. Mary Caldarone, Ida Mae Caito, Providence Miceli and Mrs. Anna Neese. Back Row—Mrs. Lenora Quattrocehi, Mrs. Frances O'Connell, Mrs. Frances Cresi, Miss Magdalene Cait o and Miss Margaret Mascari.

COUNTY CDNVICT GIVEN FREEDOM Five Clemency Pleas Are Denied, One Case Continued. Seven cases of Marion county men incarcerated in the Indiana state reformatory and the state prison were reviewed today by the state clemency commission. Five men were denied clemency, one was granted a parole, and one case was continued. Approval of the parole awaits the! signature of Governor Paul V. McNutt. Edward Saylor, serving ten years for assault and battery with intent to rob, was paroled from the reformatory. Request of Richard Parker, serving a life sentence for criminal attack, was continued to permit a thorough review of the transcript of the case. Clemency petitions were denied to Jean Price, 10 to 21 years, robbery, state prison; George Jones, 10 years, robbery, state prison; Kenneth Hunt, 10 years, auto banditry and robbery, state prison; Everett Boyer, 10 years, robbery, state reformatory, and Darrell Jones, 10 years, assault and battery with intent to rob, reformatory. Since beginning sessions on Aug. 7 the clemency commission has denied thirty-eight pleas for freedom, granted eleven paroles, commuted two sentences and continued two cases. SCHOOL TEXT FIRMS MUST PAY STATE TAX Publishers Must Not Pass Gross Income Levy to Buyers. School texts publishers may not paass along to parents the gross income tax on the purchase, according to an opinion from Philip Lutz Jr., attorney-general, to Clarence Jackson, gros sincome tax division head. The texts must be sold without addition of the 1 per cent tax, the opinion held. Dealers in other merchandise may pass along the tax to the consumer, provided the latter knoivs he is paying it. NONUNION LABOR IN BREWERIES ATTACKED Unorganized Men Used in Building, Sign Work, Is Charge. Use of nonunion labor in construction work at breweries and in making of brewery signs will be protested by the Central Labor Union, it was announced yesterday. A resolution adopted by the Central union on Monday provides that if the differences can not be adjusted by a meeting of labor leaders and "brewers, the organization wall seek co-operation of the Indiana State Federation of Labor and churches in a campaign to “make Indiana a dry state.” PRIEST~TO BE HONORED Stag Party to Be Held Tonight in St. Regis Hall. A stag party in honor of the Rev. Joseph Bryan will be held in St. Regis hall, Nineteenth street and Arsenal avenue, from 8 to midnight tonight. H. W. Middlesworth, who is aiding in the arrangements, has asked that all friends of Father Bryan attend.

Model Plane Builders Ready for Two Events

City Youths to Compete in Legion, Scripps-Howard National Meets. Indianapolis model plane builders today are grooming their models in preparation for two national model airplane contests in which a number of handsome awards have been prepared for the winners. The first is the 'second annual American Legion show, to be held Aug. 25 and 26 at Butler fieldhouse and at municipal airport here. A week later, Aug. 31, the ScrippsHoward national air races flying model contest will be held at Cleveland. in connection with the national air races. The Indianapolis Times will send to the Cleveland contest, with expenses paid, three Indianapolis model plane builders. Two Entries Named Two of thase making the trip to Cleveland will be Vernon Boehle. 19, and James Cahill, 16, winners of the 1934 national championship model airplane meet at Akron, O. In addition, the Indianapolis youth, other than Boehle and Cahill. who makes the best showing in the Legion national contest, will accompany the Akron champions to Cleveland. Winners of the five events in the Scripps-Howard contest at Cleveland. Aug. 31, will be awarded handsome trophies and gold season passes to the national air races. Judges in the Scripps-Howard contest will include such celebrities as Milo Burcham, famous upsidedown fllier; Flight LieutenantCommander R. L. R. Atcherly, famous British acrobatic flier; Col. Roscoe Turner, crass-country record holder, and Ben O. Howard, designer of racing planes. Two Clases Are Open The legion national contest will be in two classes, one for boys 10 to 15, and the other for boys 16 to 20. inclusive. There will be three indoor and three outdoor events. The indoor event will be held Aug. 25 in Butler fieldhouse. The outdoor contest will be held at municipal airport the following day. In the indoor contest, events will be duration type, hand launched; fuselage type, to rise off the ground, and the experimental type, also to rise off the ground. The first two events also will be held in the outdoor contest, but instead of the experimental type, there will be a speed type, to rise off the ground. Boehle Shatters Record Contestants from various sections of the country will take part in both the legion and the ScrippsHoward contests. In the recent Akron contest, young Boehle, flying a twin tractor or pusher, succeeded in keeping his

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model aloft 15 minutes 45 seconds for anew world record Young Cahill, flying an outdoor fuselage model, rise off ground, added more than a minute to the old record for the event by keeping his model in the air 4 minutes 28.2 seconds.

TIN PAN ALLEY HAS SONG ‘CHAMP' AS CENSORSHIP STARTS

By United Press NEW YORK. Aug. 15.—Tin-Pan Alley operated under censorship today. Henceforth, all tune mill productions will come under the scrutiny of the “committee of five for the betterment of radio,” composed of five well-known radio bandmastdhs. If the committee finds anything objectionable in either title or lyric, the publishers will be asked to make revisions. Should the publishers refuse, the songs wall be "banned” from the air. The censors are Richard Himber, Rudy Vallf'c, Paul Whiteman, Guy Lombardo and Abe Lyman. The committee is to meet each Friday and pass judgment on songs published during the week. ALL TVA POWER IS SOLD, DIRECTOR SAYS Existing Current Under Contract, Chief Reveals. By United Press NEW YORK, Aug. 15.—The entire existing electric output of the Tennessee Valley Authority has been sold, David E. Lillienthal, TVA director said today prior to sailing on the liner Manhattan for England and Ireland to study government power projects there. Mr. Lillianthal pointed out that while not all the existing current is being used, the entire capacity of Wilson dam, the only present source of supply, either is sold or allocated under contracts. $250,000 DAMAGE SUIT FILED AGAINST ICKES Chicago Attorney Claims Defamation of Character. By United Press CHICAGO, Aug. 15.—Suit charging Interior Secretary Harold L. Ickes with defamation of character and asking $250,000 damages was on file in superior court today. The suit, filed by Attorney C. W. Larsen, was the outgrowth of a hearing three months ago in which Mr. Ickes sought to have Larsen and J. M. Malmin disbarred. He accused them of attempting to blackmail him in an effort to obtain federal appointments.

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U. S. HDUSING DRIVE IN CITY STARTS TDDAY

Program to Release Idle Capital for Buildings Is Begun. Start of a program to release several hundred thousand dollars of | idle capital to individuals to pro- ! mote the building and remodeling of j homes was made today. Organization of the state for the | campaign will be under the federal j housing administration, which ' opened its offices on the seventh . floor of the Majestic building today. Fred Hoke, director of the national emergency council for Indiana. will remove his offices from the NR A headquarters in the State Life building to supervise the housing program. The appointment of Donald B. | Smith of Mishawaka as Indiana | liaison officer between the bankers I and the housing administration was ; announced by Mr. Hoke. Character la>ans Made All money loaned as a result of the establishment of the housing ■ administration will pass through J banks, trust companies and building | and loan associations. "The loans will bp character i loans.” Mr. Smith said. "They will be | based on careful investigation and j an adequate collection system. "The American public is educated on a small payment plan, and with the safeguard of government insurance against loss, I do not see how it can fail to release money that now is idle.” Modernization Stressed Mr. Hoke said that his office 1 would concentrate its efforts at first on the modernization section ' of the housing law. ; The other sections, dealing with mutual mortgage insurance, the formation of national mortgage associations and insurance of savings and loan accounts will be taken up later, he said. "As soon as this new program ! gets going in Indiana, we expect to j see building open up, thousands of people now idle in the building | trades to find employment and purj chasing power to be increased,” Mr. ; Hoke declared. Banks to Make Loans He explained that the housing administration would not actually make loans. "Loans will be made by the banks, trust companies, building and loan associations and other private institutions which are approved by the government, to property owners who can satisfy the lender as to their ability to repay. "The housing administration’s part of the program is confined to promotion of the plan and to insurance of the lenders, up to 20 per cent of the total amount of their loans against loss." NEWSPAPER CHIEFS ARE OFF ON EPIC FLIGHT Executives to Leave Miami in Amphibian Plane. By United Press NEWARK, N. j., Aug. 15—Seven newspaper executives left by plane today for Miami, Fla., on the first stage of a South American air voyage aboard the S-42 of the Pan American Airways, largest amphibian plane ever constructed. They will board the S-42 at Miami. The party included John Cowles, publisher of the Des Moines Ga.) Register-Tribune; Roy W. Howard, chairman of the board, ScrippsHoward Newspapers; Frank E Gannett, publisher of the Gannett newspapers; Jerome D. Barnum, Syracuse publisher; James H. Furay, vice-president of the United Press; J. W. Wheeler. North American Newspaper Alliance, and William F. Brooks, of the Associated Press. NEW PEACE PROPOSAL NEAR IN TRUCK STRIKE Federal Mediators to Present Plan to Rivals. By United Prims MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 15.—Federal mediators in the Minneapolis truck strike announced today that they will submit anew peace plan immediately to strikers and employers. They did not reveal its contents but apparently it was designed to overcome objections made by employers to one former proposal and by strikers to a second.