Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 193, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 December 1934 — Page 1

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RUSSIA FACING GRAVE REVOLT, LONDON HEARS Soviet Government Masses Troops After Finding Second Plot. FRONTIER IS GUARDED Trotski Blamed for Killing of Kirov; Stalin to Act as Judge. By t nil'll Press LONDON. Dec. 22.—London newspapers, in dispatches from Warsaw, continued today to report a grave plot against the Soviet government. The daily Telegraph, one of the more conservative papers, reported that a second plot. had been unearthed at Kharkov, in South Central Russia, and that there were extraordinary troop reinforcements and general precautions on the frontier. The Daily Express reported that Josef Stalin himself would be one of the judges of Gregory Zinoviev and Leo Kamenev, said to be under arrest, and that Stalin would ask France to expel Leon Trotski as the real motivator of the assassination of Sergei Kirov. High Official Arrested In its dispatch the Daily Telegraph reported from its Warsaw correspondent that 21 Communist leaders were arrested at Kharkov including the leader of the Ukranian Communist party and a high Soviet official. Passengers on the train between Warsaw and Moscow, the dispatch said, were subjected to rigorous search at the frontier. The Daily Express, as from its Warsaw correspondent, alleged that j Zinoviev and Kamenev would be tried promptly and would be shot if found guilty of charges of complicity in Kirov's assassination and in an uprising of police in Lenin- j grad at the time of his death. This ••uprising.” alleged to be of political police of Leningrad in protest against the arrest of some Soviet officials held to have been insuf- j f.ciently careful in guarding Kirov, has been denied from Moscow. Trotski Is Blamed In addition to Stalin, the Express asserted. Judges at the trial will be j Dmit r i Manuilsky of the Presidium 1 of the Communist International ! which Zinoviev once headed; Michael Kalinin, president of the Union Executive Committee, which corresponds to Parliament; Lazar Kaganovitch of the powerful Communist Political Bureau, and Gregory Ordzhonikidze, Commissar of Heavy Industry. It was alleged that the government would bring witnesses to say they saw Zinoviev and Micoliev, the assassin, walking together in Leningrad recently. It was assured also that the government charged that letters from Zinoviev were found in the pockets of the head of the Leningrad political police, indicating that Trotski engineered the “uprising through Zinoviev. 13 Terrorists Nabbed iCoDvrißlit. 13.14 bv United Press* MOSCOW, Dec. 22—A direct charge that the assassination of Sergei Kirov was ordered by the Zinoviev-Trotski opposition in the Communist movement today faced 13 men held for trial before the' dread military collegium of the supreme court. There was no mention of the fate of Gregory Zinoviev and Leo Kamenev. former leaders of world importance. whose arrest was reported ! abroad. The fact that the 13 men held faced trial before the military collegium was sufficient indication of the seriousness with which the government regarded their cases. This special court has power under thp emergency “dictatorship of rhe v proletariat” proclaimed after Kirov's dea*h to hold trials in secret without even the presence of prosecuting or defense attorneys, and to order executions to be carried out at once without the right of appeal. They were charged with trying to disorganize the leadership of the government through terroristic acts directed against the chief leaders of the regime, and thus effect a change in present policies to coincide with those of the Zinoviev-Trotsky opposition. The 13 were indicted jointly with the assassin Micoliev. There was no mention of a date or condition of trial. All 14. it was charged, were members of "an underground terrorist group” of the Leningrad center of opposition. All were men, who like Zinoviev and Kamenev, had been expelled from the Communist party. But. also like Zinoviev and Kamenev, some had been readmitted upon recantation of their views. DELAY ARRAIGNMENT OF MURDER SUSPECT Missing Witnesses Cause Postponement of Hyatt Hearing. Because certain witnesses could not be located. Deputy Sheriff Charles McCallister yesterday requested and received a continuance until Wednesday in the Municipal Court arraignment of Lawrence Hyatt, operator of the Boy Howdy tavern, Madison-av. south of the city, who la charged with having murdered Arthur Dampier in a brawl at tik tavem last Sunday.

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The Time Is Growing Short , Children Are Getting Cold — Clothe-A-Child Now Before It Becomes Too Late

REMEMBER jour gawky days? Remember the days when your voice got off-key or you stumbled awkwardly? There are boys and girls of that age in Clothe-A-Child. annual campaign of The Indianapolis Times for a city's needy children, who wait, for someone to smooth those adolescent days with warm garb. As C!othe-A-Child today reached 665 children dressed in warm garb, or approximately $6650 expended to clothe a city's unfortunates, the lists became long on the gawky ages'and girls.

Woman Dragged 50 Feet by Street Car, Badly Injured

Seriously injured when she was struck and dragged for 50 feet by a street car, Mrs. Alberta Callahan. I 59. of 29 Virginia-av, was in City; Hospital today. Mrs. Callahan was crossing Wash-ington-st near Pennsylvania-st last night and was struck by a west- I bound Central-av street car oper15 STATES JOIN IN WAR AGAINST GRIME Lutz Leads Parley: Treaties Are Formulated. Indiana today led 15 Midwestern I states in the formulation of treaties designed to expedite the apprehension and conviction of criminals. Meeting in Chicago yesterday, representatives of the participating j states, under the leadership of Indiana's Attorney General. Philip Lutz Jr., agreed tentatively to a treaty under which paroled and probationary convicts would be supervised throughout the area. Pointing out the handicaps of the ! law which now almost paralj'zes efforts of law enforcement agencies to extradite persons accused of crime, the Indiana Attorney Gen- j eral urged compacts to be signed by j the Governors, under which law enforcement would not be hampered. METROPOLITAN OPERA OPENS FIFTIETH YEAR Standing Room Only Available for Opening Night. By l nited Press NEW YORK. Dec. 22.—The fiftieth season of the Metropolitan Grand Opera opens tonight with the celebrated diamond horseshoe glittering with its pre-depression splendor. Every seat in the house has been sold and only standing room will be available. Advance ticket sales will make the Opera’s first week the best since 1928. • Aida" will be the opening opera, with Elizabeth Rethberg in the tvle role. Lawrenre Tibbett as Amonasro. Giovanni Martinelli as Radames. and Maria Olszewska as Amneris. Oldest Yale Graduate Dead By I tilled Press NORWALK. Conn.. Dec. 22.—The Rev. Augustus Field Bears. 101. oldest minister in the United States and the oldest Yale graduate, died today at his home. .

Boys were in demand. Girls were forced to step aside in some cases for their more stalwart brothers as donors to Clothe-A-Child left the scale of femininity unbalanced against that of the stern sex. SEVEN HUNDRED children assured warm clothing by Monday morning is Clothe-A-Child's goal. Nor will today be the last day tft shop for a boy or girl. Clothe-A-Child will be open as late Christmas Eve as donors can shop in city stores for their youngsters.

ated by Lester Williams, 30, of 2609 E. lOth-st. Christian Nieman, 74. of 5116 Col-lege-av, was injured last night when struck and knocked down by an auto at Noble-st and Massachusetts-av. The car was driven by Earl Adams, 20. of 1547 Shelby-st. Mr. Nieman was taken to City Hospital. Harry Edward, 21, of 1552 W. Ray-st. managed to hit cars parked on both sides near Sheffield-av and W. Washington-st before police arrested him on charges of drunkeness. driving while drunk, driving without proper license and of having no driver's license. Charles Smith. 56. of Lebanon, and his wife. Mrs. Mary Smith, 53. were seriously injured when their ear struck a trackless trolley at 12th-st and Senate-av. They were taken to City Hospital. The trolley was operated by Anthony Kieffer. 26. of 517 McClure-st. and was traveling south on Senate-av.

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Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 30 8 a. m 28 7 a. m 29 9 a. m 28 Sunrise tomorrow, 7:05 a. m.; sets, 4:42 p. m. Sunrise Monday. 7:05 am.; sets, 4:25 p. m. In the Air Weather conditions at 9 a. m.: Wind. west, seven miles an hour; temperature. 28: barometric pressure, 30.28 at sea level; overcast, ceiling estimated 2000 feet; visibility. two miles. PICKPOCKETS GET $219 Christmas Funds. Withdrawn From Bank. Are Stolen. J. H. Staley, 670 F. 24th-st. yesterday withdrew S2IS from the Fletcher Sa 'ings and Trust Cos. for Christmas present purposes. A moment later while he was standing in the lobby of the Indianapolis Power and Light Cos. a pickpocket withdrew it from his pocket and disappeared. He reported the theft to police. Times Index Bridge 8 Broun . . 7 Comics 13 Crossword Puzzle 13 Curious World . 13 Christmas in Churches 2. 3, 4 Editorial 6 Financial . 12 Pegler 7 Radio 5 Sports 10. 11 Roman's Pages

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1934

'T'HE bachelor who wants to give himself a Christmas thrill, the firm or club that wants to make a Christmas party anew surprise will have until laU Christmas Eve to go into the homes of a city’s children and place new garb where drab garments clung before. Whatever the age. size, or color of hair the campaign of Clothe-A-Child can provide you with a boy or girl if you call Riley 5551. If you're too busy to shop, The Times will do it for you and send you the name of your girl or boy. Each child has been checked for need by Community Fund relief agencies and the social service department, of the public schools. The agencies can not hope to make Christmas one grand spending spree but they do give you, through Clothe-A-Chill, an opportunity to make Christmas spell* the practicality of preventing illhealth and disease. v n tt I IST of donors to Clothe-A-Child. bringing the total up to 8 a. m. today to 665, follow: 2 and 1, Shinola-Bixb.v Cos., five children. C. C. C. & St. L. Railway, Stationery Dept. Employes, child. Inspectors’ and Finishers’ Dept., Eli Lilly * Cos., boy. No Name Except “Happy to Do It,” hoy and firl. O. E. K. and Cos., two children. Crown Paper Box Cos., cared for one bnv and took another. Enlisted Men of Mrdirat Detachment of Ft. Harrison, boy. P. M., boy. Employes of Capitol Paper Cos., girl. Alpha Gamma Sorority, Alpha chapter. girl. Chevrolet Commercial Truck Body Cos., Dept. 54. three children. H. E. TANARUS., hoy. Sales Dept., Public Service Cos. of Indiana, srirl. Seventh District Federation of Clubs, girl. Sigma Chi Delta Sorority, Alpha Chapter. girl. Sears-Roebuck Goodfellows. boy and girl. Warehouse Offices, Salesmen and Employes of Sinclair Refining Cos., boy. Real Silk Hosiery Mills, Third Floor. Day Shift. Bldg. No. 11, cared lor four children and took three more. Real Silk. Order Filling, boy. Lincoln Office. Operators. Indiana Bell Telephone Cos., cared for four boys and took a girl. R. M. B. Santa Claus, three children. Den Zare Club. boy. E. C. Atkins Cos., Factory Employes, boy. Omega Tau Delta Sorority, dressed one and took another girl. Medical Staff of the United States Veterans’ Hospital. Cold Spring-rd, boy. Chi Gamma Phi fraternity, boy. From An Admirer, three children. J. Y. Santa Helper, boy. D. M. S.. Santa Helper, girl. Employes of the General Motors Acceptance Corp. of Indiana, two boys and a girl. Universal Carloading and Distributing Cos. Employes, boy. Central Transfer and Storage Cos., boy. St. Philip N'eri Bowling League, two boys. Association of Western Union Employes. bov and girl. Parkwav Recreation Bowling League. Parkway Allcts. bov. Joseph J. Daniels, girl. In His N'ame. girl. Indianapolis post No. 1 of the American Legion, boy. Emplaces of the Hoosier Motor Club, girl. Emploves of Allison Engineering Cos., one boy and a girl. American Business Club. bov. Chevrolet Commercial Truck BodT Cos.. Dept. 58. two children. Rough Notes Bowling League, boy. C. P. Lesh Paper Cos., eared for one child and took another. Men from Building 25, Eli Lilly & Cos., hoy.

UNTRIED CASES SURE TO FAIL, INSULLSCLAIM Erstwhile Utility Barons Hazard Guess After New Victory. BOTH ARE OVERJOYED Martin Waltzes With Girl Reporter After Acquittal by Jury. 5;/ United Press CHICAGO, Dec. 22—Samuel and Martin Insull, brothers who built a $2,000,000,000 utilities empire from “junk piles,” joined today in jubilant celebration of their second jury vindication in two months of responsibility for the losses of thousands of investors in their business collapse. Both men predicted confidently after Martin's acquittal yesterday of embezzlement charges that neither would be brought to trial on remaining State and Federal indictments. A Criminal Court jury found Martin not guilty, reporting 14 hours after receiving the case at 1 a. m. The younger of the two brothers— Martin, is 70, Samuel 75—was accused of misusing $344,720 from the treasury of Middle West Utilities Company, of which he was president. The jury decided he was justified in contending that the corporation’s charter gave him authority to use its funds as he did. Both Act Like Boys Samuel, who faces a similar indictment as chairman of the company's board, was acquitted of mail fraud last month in Federal Court in connection with sale of stock in Corporation Securities Company, another of the Insull investment concerns. Both brothers beamed like small boys when the jury verdict was read late yesterday in the. court of Judge C. J. Harrington. "Boy, oh' boy! What a swell Christmas present this is,” exclaimed Martin. Waltzes With Reporter In his exuberance he grabbed a woman newspaper reporter, waltzed a few steps and gave her a resounding kiss. Deportation proceedings which would return him to Canada as an alien were deferred when Judge Harrington set his trial on a second indictment for Jan. 19. Samuel's trial on the same charge is scheduled for Jan. 9. State’s attorneys refused comment on the verdict on their program. FIRE RAZES HOTEL: THREE ARE INJURED Score Rescued as Flames Destroy Landmark. 111/ United Press TORRINGTON, Conn.. Dec. 22. Three persons were injured and a score rescued when fire destroyed the 100-year-old Allen House Hotel. a four-story frame building, early today. A passerby discovered the blaze and summoned the Fire Department and police. A general alarm was sounded and apparatus was called from Winsted when the fire got out of control. Police raced through the corridors awakening guests and leading them to safety. It was believed all the guests had been saved. The hotel was in the business center. Five stores and a restaurant on the ground floor were swept. HANDWRITING CONTEST WINNER CAPTURES JOB 200 Appliants Take Examination in Competition. By United Press GLOUCESTER. Mass.. Dec. 22. Miss Savilla Weber, 25. of Niagara Falls. N. Y., has a job—thanks to the way in which she crossed her t's and dotted her i's. D. Joseph Lyle. 34. candidate for alderman, is a handwriting expert. Wanting a secretary, he conducted a contest in which 200 applicants completed. He chose Miss Weber. Catholic Educator Dead 5;/ United Press LONDON. Dec. 222—Sir John Gilbert, eminent Catholic educator, died last night. He was 64 and had been ill for two weeks.

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Win Backing for Central Bank Setup Administration Seeks Goal by Reserve System Reform, Is Hint. By United Press WASHINGTON. Dec. 22.—Recovery legislation to convert the Federal Reserve system into a virtual “central bank” may be sought by the Administration in the next session of Congress, it was learned today. Measures that, would center bank:ng powers in the Federal Reserve Board and broaden available credit for business are being considered. This program would give the Federal Reserve Board powers to provide new credit to business through authority to establish discretionary rules to determine eligible paper offered for loans at the reserve banks. The Reserve Board also might assume increased power over the management of the 12 now de-central-ized Federal Reserve Banks through appointment of “aggressive” agents in the banks and appointment of governors, now selected by the banks themselves. The banking legislation program is to be formulated jointly by the Federal Reserve Board, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Reconstruction Finance Corp. and the Treasury. Government officials have been at variance as to the importance of new legislation to be sought, but it is indicated it may be “revolutionary.” Easing of eligibilty ruies on paper which member banks may rediscount at Federal Reserve banks may be used as a lever to pump more billions of credit to business. A high Administration official said many banks are reluctant to make loans when their short term assets are so limited that they might impair their liquidity. Under the new plan long term home or farm mortgages or long term industrial notes and municipal tax warrants would indirectly be made available for rediscount at the discretion of the Federal Reserve Board. STOCK MARKET OPENING QUIET Early Dealings Marked by Steady to Firming Tendencies. Bij United Press NEW YORK. Dec. 22.—The stock market opened steady to firm today in light trading. Bonds were dull and mixed, cotton futures gained 1 to 6 points, and the dollar was steady against gold currencies and slightly easier in sterling terms. ißy Thomson & McKinnon) Prev. Close, close. C & O 43% 43% N Y Cent 20 20 Pennsylvania 23% 23% Am Pacific 11% 11% Am Brake Shoe 25% 25% West Elec 34 33% Chrysler 38% 38% Gen Motors 31 31 Elec Auto Lite 26 26 Un Aircraft 13% 13% Anaconda 103/4 10% Int Nickel 22% 22% Kennecott 16 3 4 16% U S Smelt 12314 123 Du Pont 93% 93% Cons Oil 7% 7% S O of Ind 25 25 S O of N J 42 1 2 42% Beth Steel 29% 29% Rep Steel 13% 13-% U S Steel 37 37 Philliph Morria 4314 43% R J Reynolds 50% 49% AT&T . 102% 102% Cons Gas 20 20 Nor Am Cos . 12% 12% Armour 4% 4% Corn Products 621* 62 Gen Foods 33% 34% Natl Dairy 17% 17% St Brands 18% 18% Com Solvents 21% 21 % Natl Dist 2814 27% Celanese 32% 32% Am Radiator 14% 14% Mont Ward 28 28*4 Sears Roebuck 38% 38% Radio Corp 6 4% Radio B 38 41% Am Can 109 108% Caterpilar Tract 37V4 37 BANDIT GETS sl6 IN 2 DRUGSTORE RAIDS Rusty Revolver Is Used by Holdup Man. One or more rusty revolvers were sought today by police following two drug store hold-ups last night. Harry Zemer, clerk, was compelled to hand over $6 when a lone bandit entered the Warner R. Benson Store, 2042 N. Harding-st. Two hours later three men were held at bay while a young bandit helped himself to $lO from the cash drawer at Lineberry's Pharmacy, 2102 E. lOth-st. According to Eugene Wald and Grant Baker, employes, and George Sheidler, 2129 E. 12th-st, a customer, the bandit wore a handkerchief over his face, a gray hat and blue topcoat. In both instances the bandit brandished a rusty weapon and fled on foot, police reported. THINKS BONES MARK SITE_OF MASSACRE Wisconsin Fanner Finds Fifteen Skeletons in Single Grave. B’J United Press BIG BEND. Wis., Dec. 22.—Evidence of what may have been a massacre or battle at least 250 years ago was discovered when Henry J. Peterson. Waukesha county farmer, dug up fifteen Indian skeletons, all buried in a common grave. No Felony Cases Since 1929 FALLON, Nev„ Dec. 22.—There has been no jury summoned to hear felony cases in Churchill county since 1929. Sheriff James Smith reported. During this five-year period a total of thirty-four felony cases has been tried in local courts.

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WOMAN HURT, DRUNKEN AUTO DRIVER FLEES Intoxicated Hit-and-Run Motorist Hunted by Police Following- Mishap on Downtown Street. j INJURED VICTIM LEAPS FROM CAR I Jumps From Machine When She Finds Autoist Is So Drunk She Is In Danger of Her Life. Police today searched for this week's fourth hit-and-run driver who last night struck Mrs. Anna Al?ers, 49, of 311 Lyons-st and fled after Mrs. Akers leaped from the car in which the unidentified driver was taking her to a physician. The pursuit came on the heels of a demand of Chief Mike Morrissey that his entire force concentrate efforts on the apprehension of hit-and-run drivers and intoxicated automobile operators.

REVIVED PACT SEEN DESPITE WHEATFIASCO Delegate to Budapest Parley Points to Favorable Forces. BY DANIEL KIDNEY Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—Back from Budapest, where the world wheat agreement foundered, one of the two United States spokesmen at that fiasco predicted here today that the pact would be revived and strengthened. Lloyd V. Steere, who is American agricultural attache in Berlin, based his optimism on these factors affecting the two nations which have been .given principal blame for the breakup: 1. Passage in France of the Flandin Avheat act. 2. Expected pressure on Argentina from an eventual fall in worid wheat prices. Sees France Importing “Under the Flandin act,” Mr. Steere explained, “the French wheat subsidy is to be reduced after three months and removed in six. This will automatically reduce French acreage, and after disposing of its present surplus France should again import a noimal quota of wheat. “Argentina's interest in co-opera-tion to reduce exports was destroyed by a rising market and a bumper crop. But a fall in ivorld prices will in all likelihood cause her to reconsider. “Ambassador Bingham, at London. has been authorized to call for a resumption of the conference, and a tentative date has been set for March 5. The London conference should be more successful than the one: at Budapest. Blamed on Prices “Contrary to popular belief, it was not intense nationalism or fear of war that caused the increased wheat acreage in Europe, so much as the rise in world prices. “Crop failures in the United States and Canada contributed to the price rise. The result was the conversion of wheat-importing countries into exporting countries. This was particularly true of France.” Mr. Steere's colleague at Budapest was John V. A. Mac Murray, Minister to Latvia. YULE POSTAL RUSH HEAVIEST SINCE ’29 650 Extras Added, Mail Machinery Operates Perfectly. Christmas mail —tons heavier than at any time since boom days—continued to pour in and out of Indianapolis today. And while a vast distributing postal machine, strengthene dby the addition of 650 extra workers, functioned with almost perfect precision, postal officials reported their “home stretch” outlook as exceptionally bright. Completing a last-minute inspection tour yesterday, Superintendent John F. Rothert reported all stations in excellent condition. “Complete deliveries are eing made throughout the city,” he said, “and there has een neither delay nor confusion.” SORGHUM MARK IS SET Mill Produces Greatest Output in 30-Year HistoryBy United Press REESEVILLE. Wis., Dec. 22. Charles Sommercorn's sorghum mill has completed its 1934 production and the greatest output in its 30year history. The mill, one of the few of its kind in this part of the country, ran off 7000 gallons of cane syrup in the short season. Fire Destroys House of Refuge By United Press COBOURG. Ontario. Dec. 22Fire destroyed the House of Refuge here early today, forcing the 62 inmates to flee in night clothes. None was injured. Damage was placed at SIOO,OOO.

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According- to Mrs. Akers the man whose car struck her and who then tried to aid her was so intoxicated that she was forced to leap from his car in fear of her life. Mrs. Akers was walking across Washington-st between Senate-av | and Missouri-st, accompanied by Otis Falconberry, also of 311 Lyonsst, when the car struck her and threw her to the pavement. She received a fractured arm. After the accident, police report, the driver drove his car into an alley and stopped. He said he would take Mrs. Akers to a physician. Leaps Out of Car Placing the injured woman in the tonneau, the driver started to drive ! through the alley. Mrs. Akers told the authorities. As the car swayed from one side of the alley to the other, Mrs. Akers opened the door of the sedan and jumped. The driver did not stop. Mrs. Akers was picked up and taken to City Hospita' where in addition to the fracture of her right arm she was found to be suffering from shock and bruises. Because of her condition. Mrs. ! Akers was unable to supply the police with a description of the driver or the license number of the car. One Killed This Week One hit-and-run driver this week caused the death of Frederick Eugene (Futz) Lentz, widely known gardener. Mr. Lentz was struck and killed in .front of his home, l 3801 W. Morris-st. by a driver who ! a moment before had emerged from | a nearby tavern. Sheriff s deputies and police inI vestigated. The only clew to the | identity of the driver was a handful |of broken glass. Police had a witness to the accident, but in the confusion immediately after the accii dent permitted him to get away ; without obtaining his name. Yesterday police arrested Leroy Carr, 29, Negro, 2408 Northwestemav, in Chief Morrissey’s drive against drunken drivers. Carr’s automobile struck Leon McFall, 40, of 849 W. 28th-st, at the intersection of Delaware and Washington-sts. Mr. McFall was only slightly injured and refused medical attention. MYSTERIOUS FIGURE IN LINDBERGH CASE Unidentified Elderly Man Scans Hauptmann In Cell. By T iiitrrl I’rrx* FLEMINGTON. N. J.. Dec. 22.—A mysterious figure became an issue in the case of Bruno Hauptmann today. An unidentified elderly man visited the German carpenter accused of murdering Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., in the County Jail here yesterday and left after scanning the defendant 40 minutes. The defense was aroused by the occurrence and threatened to protest to the Attorney General. CLEVELAND TO HEAR SOVIET GRAND OPERA New York Engagement to Follow Debut in Ohio City. By Prrtt CLEVELAND, Dec. 22.—Followig the American premiere of the new Soviet grand opera, “Lady Macbeth of Mzensk,’’ here Feb. 1, Conductor Arthur Rodzinski and the Cleveland orchestra will present the offering in the Metropolitan Opera House, in New York. Arrangements for the New York showing four days after the Cleveland premiere have been completed by C. J. Vosburgh, the orchestra’s manager. This will be one of the times the Metropolitan will have permitted an outside organization to use its stage during the Metropolitan’s own season.

CHRISTMAS SERVICES The most complete presentation of special Christmas services in Inianapolis churches in the history of The Indianapolis Times appears on Pages 2,3 and 4 of today’s newspaper. This greatest presentation of special musical programs is presented by The Times as another of the services this newpaper renders its readers.