Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 138, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 October 1934 — Page 3

OCT. 19, 1934

SPENCER MAN NAMED STATE TEACHER HEAD M'Nutt School Policies Are Praised in Convention Resolution. (Continued From Page One) was to discus •‘Education in the New Era.” Final meeting of the convention will be held at 8 tonight in Cadle tabernacle and will be open to the public. Feature of the evening will be a talk by Stephen T. Leacock, McGill university, Toronto, Canada, professor, novelist, scholar, humorist and literary commentator. His subject will be ‘Education by the Yard.” Other speakers of the evening will be Dr. Henry H. Crane, Scranton, Pa., who will talk on "The Xeacher.” Chief address of last night's meeting was delivered by L. V. Phillips, Vincennes high school teacher, incoming association president, who was making his inaugural address. Mr. Phillips warned the teachers that they must be prepared for a bitter fight in defense of the state tax system. While he did not call it by name. It was obvious that he was referring to the grass income tax law from which comes much of the revenue with which teachers are paid. Avoid Financial Chaos Mr. Phillips warned that ‘‘if present tax laws work a grave injustice on any class of citizens, then the teachers should be the first to ask that the wrong be corrected.” ‘‘On the other hand,” he pointed out, "the teachers should not stand idly by and see our schools thrown back into the financial chaos in which they found themselves in 1932.” Governor McNutt received commendation for his school policies in a resolution presented this morning to the members of the association in Cadle tabernacle. The resolution commending the Governor, said, in part: We commend the Governor and the legislature for the passage of this legislation. < Gross income and sales tax.) We believe it our duty in the future to exerrise careful vigilance so that no substitute tax measures will deprive the public schools of the support they now receive.” Further approval of the Governor continued with, “We commend the Governor for the progressive study which he is having made of taxation in Indiana.” Republican party members of the state teachers objected even to mentioning the Governor's office in the resolution but, it is said, were won over when neglect of the use of his full name appeased them. Lowering Standards Opposed “We are opposed to any lowering of present school standards either by local or state school authorities or by legislation,” the resolution declares. With the state assuming S6OO of each teaching unit through funds collected by the gross income and sales taxes, the resolution further declared that the full amount should be paid as soon as collections permit and that this amount be made a prior claim. The resolution also urged the consolidation of smaller school units Into larger units "for the purpose of economy and efficiency.” D. W. Horton, Muncie, is chairman of the resolutions committee. Other members are Reed Groninger, Logansport; Z. M. Smith, Greenfield; Martha Dorsey. Indianapolis; Edna Koehne, Versailles; John W. Ward, Crawfordsville, and Ralph N. Tirey, Terre Haute. Section Officers Named Officers of thirty-seven sections of the Indiana State Teachers' Association were installed today for the year 1934-1935. Elections were held yesterday at meetings in hotel parlors, school auditoriums, and church rooms. The new officers in each division follow; Supervisors and Teachers of Home Economics Jesse Lowe, Ball State Teachers college, vice-presi-dent; Miss Mary Cammack, Washington high school, treasurer; Lillian Redford. Laporte. counselor. Business Education George Joyce, Anderson, president; Miss Edith Wilson, Jeffersonville, vicepresident; Miss Winifred West, Tndianapolis, secretary. Mathematics—Harry N. Wittern, Muncie. president; A. B. Lane, vicepresident, and C. H. Rase secretary. Junior Red Cross—Harold E. Moore. Terre Haute, president; C. R. Shultz. Richmond, vice-president; Mrs. Wayne Reid, Wayne county, secretary-treasurer. Vocational Training Leaders Vocational Training—J. R. Reese. Columbus. president; Edward Greene. Indianapolis,vice-president; J. W. Stradling. Bloomington, secretary; L. L. Stewart. Laura Densmore. Myra Hutstetter. Virgil Fleener. Ray Treasure, directors. Junior Hifh School—P. D. Pointer. South Bend, president; L. T. Stafford, Indianapolis, vice-president; Miss Bertha Anderson. Marion, sec-retary-treasurer. Nature Study—J. R. Craw. Hagerstown. president; Miss Adelphia Myers. Muncie. vice-president; Miss Cora Hill. Muncie. secretary. Bible Study—W. F. Loper. Shelby - ville. re-elected president; John W. Kendall, treasurer. English—Muss Margaret Southwick. Gary, president: Bjorn Winger. Indianapolis. vice-president; Miss Brown, Sullivan, secretarytreasurer. Physics and Chemistry Will Hiatt, Tipton, president; James B. Rose, Indianapolis, vice-president; Muss June Oisenberg, Martinsville, secretary. Dr Pauw Man Elected Psychology and Education—Louis H. Dirks. De Pauw university, president. and Anna Brockhausen. Indianapolis, secretary, were elected for another term. Second art - School Principals—E. H. K. McComb. Indianapolis, president; B Stemen. Tipton, vice-presi-dent; S. R. Rinkard, Edinburg, secretary. Industrial Arts—John Ludington. Muncie. vioe-president ; W. A. Crandell. Bedford, vice-president; Charles Hyde, Indianapolis, secretary. Grammar Grades—Arthur Bramlet, Lebanon, president; Effie Henschen. Indianapolis, secretary. Student Club—Margaret Stradling. Purdue, chairman; Hazel Miller, Laporte, vice-chairman, Marian Ah-

Here’s the Letter Left by Kidnaper of Mrs. Stoll

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Do this sooner, If possible, as the sooner Stoll an offense to kill or kidnap for ransom a capitalist. 18 returned, the easier it will be on him. , . >, • ©annot 1 ' THEN, JD3T AS SOON A3 G£T TRT * MONEY IffTo OIJR HANDS, STOLL wr LL BE If we have to. He main witness against us, and his body eould RELEASED UNHARMED. To this we glwe you our word, not be produced, so/the Law could not prove wo killed him. ° J we are taklhg Stoll to our farm.\W have already been told that , will call Express Agency In Nashville and see when your package err. w§ would be dispossessed within 10 days for not paying rent. Our money Ives. ( we will call- from a pay station far from where e hold Stoll ). Is low. we are not able to feed ourselvea for long, much less Stoll. We are Just about as desperate as once-respe'o-ted working-men can get, bar- Do not take the serial numbers of the money.lF YOU MAKE ANY PUBLICITY aseed as *e are by capitalists such as Stoll, Mellon, Morgan, insull, etc, CF THIS CASE AFT® StfDLL IS RETURNED, OR TRY TO CATCH US IN ANT wav FROM THESE CONDITIONS, THERE IS NO TIME FOR A BUNCH OP NE GOT I AT- AFTERWARDS, WE WILL SHOOT DOWN YOUR FAMILY FROM OUR CAR WITH A 30-30 IONS BETWEEN US, OTHER THAN THOSE IN THIS’ LETT®. NO BARGAINING. RIFLE. In the kldnaplngs of Baby Lindbergh, william Hama, Jr., Jake Factor, Charles P. Urchel, Nell Donnelly,’Charles Boetcher 11, etc., the not waste our time or yours trying to reduce the ransom. You, can police were called in and the Federal men too, YET THE FAMILIES WERE .get #30,000 or else FORCED TO PAY THE RANSOM MONEY, because the police were unable to solve „ . < the casos in time to prevent payment. Tb® police only delayed the return THERE C/VN BE NO OTHER NEGOTIATIONS. WE DO NOT HAVE TIME TO BARGAIN. IF „ of the victim, and caused more suffering all around. ONCE YOU CALL IN* F0R n . TI If E HAV ? TOL ? YOtJ OUR POSITION, ANT) WHAT POLICE, YOU CANNOT GET RID OF THEM WHEN YOU DISCOV® THAT THEY CANNOT Vh iw'r* *q!aSSrS t s”fv a ii e nw t irT?< ! }Jp ,r ?t,S 0 fl ?AT t T recelY ® BRING YOUR FATHER BACK, AMD YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND PAY THE RAN- FAMILY WILL KNOW WHAT I HAS°haPPENED^aT H I E BTOL^ SOM AS DIRECTED, BUT THEY WONT LET YOU CONTACT THE KIDNAPERS. ffit tSt wj. HAPPENED ALJn.E 51 ART. It 1. for you to You cannot deal SECRETLY with the police, either. There Is J * • always some crooked cop who will tip off a newspaper reporter for a sum Exulaln Stoll's absence as illness or say be Is out of town, of money. YOU WOULD BE UNABLE TO CATCH US IN'TIME TO SAVE THE LIFE OF IF THIS IS GIVEN TO POLICE OR PRESS. NOTHING CAN SAVE STOLL. • STOLL. We are not the average run of criminal, as you have found out. 1 ' The police can not go out to some pool hall\ and round up our gang. We /* _ NAME OF INTERMEDIARY i }■- ) have no record. It is useless to look In the conventional Rogues ‘ Gal- ( 'p— / / <2 o Cv. . lery for our pictures, uur Job la too carefully planned and executed. I *1 T}O<fOJJV. oCJ J Police will waste your time having you run down to the station to look J / >/// J\ c 1/ r\ / over suspicious or known criminals. THEN IT WILL BE TOO LATE FOR YOU \ -Street SlvJ W—rs — iLJLJIJ- ? TO SAVS 3TOLL'S LIFE. • cannot .alt over a ..alt for our non.j. ro.n NASHVILLS. TENKE33H RESULTS 0? HAVING TO KILJ-. STOLL: Besides sentimental reasons, ( J the family WiTl" not be able "to colloct hlo life Insurance, because you CANNOT FURNISH PROOFS OF DEATH, as there is no CORPUS DELICTI; His bus- % WE ASSURE YOU THAT PACKAGE OF MONEY WILL NOT GET INTO WRONG RANDS, lness will suffer from lack of his leadership and prestige; ’ihe bank 50 DO NOT TRY TO CONTACT THIS MAN, AS IT MAI UPSET PLAN OF PAY-OFF. loans are based on the strength of his life insurance, and when they find out how he was done away with, and that his Insurance cannot be collected, they will press the Company for more collateral on their loans. COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAYMENT ARE (ML NEXT PAGE: TURN -OVER

brough, De Pauw university, secretary; Marjoria Ann Piersal, Indiana university, college reporter; Marsha Parkinson, Rensselaer, and Leah Richardson. Pendleton, high school reporters; Miss Lois Coy, Noblesville, adviser, and Miss Lorene Hix, assistant adviser. Music—Ralph Wright, Indianapolis. president; Miss Inez Nixon, Frankfort, vice-president; Miss May Dorsey, Newcastle, secretary. Platoon or Work-Study Play—R. F. Robinson, East Chicago, president: Miss Alice Kepner, Indianapolis, secretary. Biology—Dr. C. F. Cox. Indianapolis, president; Clarence Oury, Peru, vice president; Miss Blanche Penrod. Southport, secretary. General Shop—John Davis, Salem, chairman. School Librarians —Miss Catharine Galloway, president; Mrs. Eva

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Schockley, Richmond, vice-presi-dent; Mrs. Nclle Sharp, Indianapolis, secretary; Miss Kate Dinsmore and Miss Edith Hopkins. Connersville, executive committee members. Elementary Principals—D. F. Carden, Crooked Creek, president; Mrs. Marguerite Smith, Cates, vicepresident; Charles Sutherin, Indianapolis, secretary. Handwriting—Roy Williams, Rosedale, president; Mrs. Emma Grace Reed, Indianapolis, secretary. Deans of Women —Miss Wahnita De Lory, Evansville college, president; Agnes E. Wells, Indiana university, vice-president; Miss Ellen J. Teare, Bedford, secretary; Miss Victoria Grass, Ft. Wayne, treasurer. Visual Instruction —Ford Lemler, Indiana university, president; Carrie B. Francis, Indianapolis, secretary.

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FUEL INDUSTRY MAY NAME NEW CODE AUTHORITY Elective Board Suggested by Administration; Parley Set. Proposal to return the administration of the retail solid fuel industry code to the industry will be discussed at a public hearing in the Commerce auditorium, Washington, Monday. Oct. 29, it was announced here today. Since the resignation of the industry's code authority several weeks ago. terms of the retail solid fuel industry code have been administered by the NRA general code authority. Dexter A. Tutein was appointed a member of the general code authority to act in problems specificially touching the industry. Under the proposed amendment, which was drafted by the administration after consideraiton of suggestions from industry members, each of the seven districts specified in the code would elect one voting member of the new code authority. The national industrial recovery board would be empowered to appoint three voting members in additon to administration members without vote. After approval of their election by the board, the members selected by the industry would serye for terms up to one year. The hearing will be conducted by Frank A. Hecht, deputy administrator.

CITY WOMAN WOUNDED BY DRUNKEN MANIAC Miss Hazel Thompson Shot, Critically Injured at New Orleans. Miss Hazel Thompson. 40. of 2501 East Tenth street, is in a New Orleans (La.) hospital w'ounded critically after having been shot by a drunken man who ran amuck in the hotel in which Miss Thompson was staying, according to word received here today by James W. Noel, with whom she was employed as a secretary. Mr. Noel, a local attorney, said that Miss Thompson was attending a convention in New Orleans in company with Iwo women with whom she lived. William F. Crawford. 35, Gulfport, Miss., is alleged to have run, halfdressed, up and down the hotel corridor firing shots with a revolver. A bullet from the man's gun peaetrated Miss Thompson’s door and struck her in the chest. Crawford is alleged to have attempted to shoot the arresting policeman. Metal Inventor Dies B\j United rrc*x WATERBURY, Conn., Oct. 19. i Charles B. Jacobs. 64, metallurgis'/ who invented “evadura” and “alir<? dun” metal, for which he received the John Scott medal in 1914, died here last night of pneumonia.