Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 185, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 December 1934 — Page 4

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FATHER-IN-LAW SLAYER PLEADS SELF-DEFENSE Struck Back When Older Man Hit Him, Young Husband Testifies. The fate o f Norman K. Short. 21-year-old father and admitted slayer of his father-in-law, Adolph Squires, was to be placed in the hands of a Superior Court Jury this afternoon. Today Mrs. Alice Squires, dignified. mcdishlv-dressed widow of the man whom young Short says he Mlled in self-defense, was recalled to the stand to rebut testimony given late yesterday by her conventbred daughter. Mrs. Ruth Squires Short said she heard her father threaten her young husband before the quarrel during which Mr. Squires was stabbed in the abdomen with a pen knife t ith which Short claimed he ha! 1-een whittling a boat for his 2’i-y,*ar-old son. Short, testify ng in his own behalf. underwent a gruelling crossexaminat on at the hands of Deputy Prosecutor Gerritt M Bates. He adhered to his story that he did not realize his right hand grasped the Itnife when he struck his father-in-law in the but the prosecution skillfully attempted to throwdoubt on the details of his explanation of his flight after the fatal quarrel. Young Short could not explain why he had failed to get ir. touch with his pretty wife and his two taby sons, although he claimed not to know bis father-in-law was dying. Admit* Trouble With Wife Short, testifying in a low. nervous voice, told how he had married Ruth Squires after a three weeks courtship. The match was not objectionable to nis father-in-law-, at the beginning. Short told the jury. The young husband admitted his wife had left him on several occasions to return to the home of her parents, but these separations, he asked the Jury to believe, were inspired by his father-in-law. When Mr. Squires arrived at 827 Olive-st, w-here the fatal argument occurred, Short said he went to the rear yard there to whittle a wooden boat for his son. When he heard a car start he assumed, according to his testimony, his father-in-law-had departed for his own home. Gives His Version Walking toward the front of the house, Short testified, he encountered Mr. Squires. His father-in-law struck him. Short testified. Still grasping the pen knife in his right hand. Short said, he struck his father-in-law in the stomach, intending to run away. He claimed he did not know until later that Mr. Squires had died in City Hospital. As Mr. and Mrs. Short related ineir stories their two sons, Norman Jr., aged 2’- and Ralph Eugene, aged 13 months sat with Short’s parents at the defense table. Mail Volume Rises By Time* Syirial KOKOMO. Dec. 13.—Stating that early Christinas mailing is heavier than usual. Earnest M. Hunt, Kokomo postmaster, announces he has arranged to employ 23 etxra men beginning Dec. 20. He expects the last week before Christmas w-ill bring the neaviest volume of mail since the same period in 1929. PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS—-CLOTHE-A-CHILD.

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It Takes the Kids to Appreciate Escalation Ayres Gives Indianapolis a Taste of What Riding on the Magic Carpet Feels Like.

THE mills of the Gods grind slowly ..." So, too. do the new silver-cased escalators at the L. S. Ayres Ac Cos. store, and while what they grind may be exceedingly fine, it also, at times, is exceedingly funny. The escalators man’s scientific conversion of the fantastic Magic Carpet into sterner stuff—are making a pre-holiday debut In Indianapolis and most of the thousands who mount the floating stairs are debating and “debuting. ’ too. For simple and safe as the con-

traption is, many “go aboard’’ with noticeable misgiving, assume an air of complacency as they involuntarily progress, and become slightly perturbed as they weigh the chances of a happy landing. Escalating, to be sure, is not an involved technique, yet occasional symptoms of escalitis are seen. To move upward or downward, whichever the case may be, one needs but to put the best foot forward, lightly clasp or lean against the rubber rail, and leave the rest to Otis and Ayres, designer and provider. respectively. OSO AND to doubly insure the safety of those who challenge the untried, attendants keep watch at each of the four floors served, politely instructing the uninitiated to “step to the middle, please, and just put your hand on the rail.” This much being so, no casualties have occurred, and none is expected. But the comic element will creep in, for now and then someone appears with too many preconceived ideas of what the well-groomed escalatee should do. A few- persons have been seen to fold in mid-section, others with steel-stiff spines weave momentarily before taking cue. and one at least gave way to an eight-foot

WHY’N’CHA COME UP AND TAKE A BATH? NEW DIVORCE CAUSE

By L tilled Brtss MILWAUKEE. Wis., Dec. 13. Charity should begin at home—but not in the bathtub. Such is the claim of Clarence Shermeister. Clarence brought to light this philosophy in defense of a divorce suit by his wife, Rose. A man, both strange and nude, had greeted Clarence from the bathtub when he returned from work one day. Clarence considered this indecent, he said in court. Mrs. Shermeister said: "The man asked me if he could come over some time and take a bath. "I made him take a bath on Friday so that Clarence would have plenty of hot water on Saturday.” WELFARE CENTER NEED DISCUSSED AT SESSION Additional Facilities Wanted for Planner House. The necessity for additional facilities at Flanner House, 802 to 814 N. West-st. social welfare center for Negroes, was discus/.ed before more than 100 persons last night at a Founders’ Day meeting in the Phyllis Wheatley Branch, YoungWomen’s Christian Association, 653 N. West-st. The Rev. C. H. Winders, Flanner House board president, presided. Speakers included F. B. Ransom. Negro business man, and the Rev. Linn A. Tripp. Indianapolis Church Federation social service director.

broad jump as he reached floor level. The popularity of the modern devices is tersely told in Saturday’s figures. That was the first day all six escalators were opera*ing, and a combined total of 15(1,000 heads were counted by attendants. 000 BUT the children are the ones who take this escalating business as part of a natural day. They seldom hesitate in approaching the creation, ride the thing as if they had spent a lifetime at nothing else, and grin in happy pleasure as they gaze upon sights along the way. Mothers and dads, too, may show some degree of wonderment, but to stubby Jim and bright-eyed Kate the sensation is small potatoes when compared to a sliding board. And the escalator, to those who make a study of such, is a big improvement over the elevator. It affords a safe, well-timed journey without stuffiness or the necessity of vocal instruction. You ride in a perfectly natural standing position, may hurry on up the moving steps if you desire, and arrive at your destination without smashed packages or a rib in which an elbow has been firmly imbedded.

V 3 REDUCTION (Good in Coaches or Pullmans) To practically all points on New York Central Lines and to many other destinations. Round Trip Pullman Sleeping Car Fares Reduced 25% Goinsr on any train after 3:00 a. m., Dec. 20, until 12 o’clock noon Dec. 25. and from 3:00 a. m. Dec. 28 until 12 o'clock noon Jan. Ist. Returning leave destination not later than January 10th, 1935. For information consult ticket agent. Telephone Riley 2442 BIG FOUR ROUTE

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MEDICAL GROUP WILL CONVENE Local Physicians Will Talk at Seventh District Society Session. Indianapolis physicians were to lead discussions to be held at the annual meeeting of the Seventh Ois-

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Dr. Walter L. Leach. New Al- • bany. president-elect, and Dr. R. L. Sensenich, South Bend, presi-dent-elect for i936 of the Indiana State Medical Society. Officers of the Seventh District Society are Dr. Walter L. Portteus, Franklin, president: Dr. T. H. Barker. Danville, vice-president: Dr. George W. Batman. Indianapolis, secretary-treasurer, and Dr. L. A. ; Ensminger, Indianapolis, district ! counsellor. Counties comprising the i district are Marion. Hendricks, Morgan and Johnson. CHARITY—CHRISTMAS IN CLOTHE-A-CHILD.

Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported to police as stolen belone to: Cevel Hamble, 457 N. L*B*:>-st. Buie* roadster. 38-357. from Mavachusetts-av and Bellefontaine-st The House of Crane. 12* S Chevrolet half-ton truck. T-8180. from in front of 1502 Shelby-st.

BACK HOME AGAIN

Stolen automobiles recovered bv police belons to: L. Leventhal. 3015 N. Meridian-st. Apt 210. Packard sedan, found in the rear of 3540 N Pennsylvania-st Ford V-8 coach. 25-534. found at 30th and LaSalle-sts.

JDEC. 13, 1934

FLOOR FALLS 40 FEET: 200 CHILDREN HURT Collapse Occur* at British School Christmas Party. By United Vrr* LIVERPOOL. England. Dec 13 Two hundred persons, most of them children, of 400 who escaped death in a 40-foot fall when the floor of a school assembly hall collapsed during a Christmas party, were recovering today from injuries. It was announced officially that no one was killed. Thirty-three remained in haspital—l6 children. 13 women and four men.