Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 200, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 December 1934 — Page 3

DEC. 31, 1934

SHORTER WORK HOURS GOAL OF LABORLEWERS Friendly Congress, Business Upswing Expected to Aid Drive. By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—Leaders of organized labor count on a friendly Congress, an upswing of industrial production, and their new policy of industry-wide union organization to propel the movement forward in 1935. President William Green of the American Federation of Labor and John L. Lewis of United Mine Workers, the strongest single union unit, voice the general belief that unemployment still is labor's most urgent problem.

They feel that the only specific method to create more employment is to shorten work hours further. Success is cited in early stages of NRA when bringing down the average to 40 hours a week give jobs to more than three million workers. This creation of jobs was accompanied by rapid growth of labor unions. Nearly 500.000 members were add§d among automobile, rubber, aluminum, lumber, cement, and cleaning and dyeing workers. Labor claims failure of NRA last spring to put over the President’s “10 and 10” program, which would have reduced the work week average to 36 hours, marked the turning point of labor's gains under the Blue Eagle. Labor holds that prior to then industrial leaders had no plan to combat the labor unions’ drive to capture the benefits in the Recovery Act guarantee of freedom to workers in bargaining with employer*. “Since March, the year has witnessed the action of industrial forces combined to drive the A. F of L. out of industry,” Mr. Lewis said. “There has been a concerted move to amalgamate all interests opposed to organized labor. We have seen the parades of industrialists to the White House and to White Sulphur Springs, for conferences on recovery. Labor forces were ignored, although they have a real contribution to make.” The drive in several major industries to organize company unions of so-called “loyal” employes, the Federation claims, has been aided by low production volume and labor’s lack of preparedness to cope with the move. The Fededation charges, also, that company union growth has been fostered by Government labor boards. They claim the Wolman automobile board, in administering the President’s agreement for proportional representation, has “sold out” to the industry and failed to reach a single decision favorable to organized labor. Steel and textile boards,-more recently established, have not yet secured for workers the desired freedom in- bargaining, it is claimed. The Federation considers “epochal” the change in policy agreed upon in its annual convention. It provides for organization of workers iri mass production industries into great industrial unions, instead by crafts. Labor forces, in the immediate future, will concentrate on legislative activities, including sponsorship of the 30-hour week; finding out how far they can go with freedom of collective bargaining; securing code compliance and enforcement of labor sections; unemployment and health insurance, and old age pensions.

CITY CHURCH TO HOLD NEW YEAR’S SERVICE Central Christian Group to Enjoy Dinner Before Ceremony. The Central Christian Church, Delaware and Walnut-sts, will observe its annual New Ye&r’s service Thursday evening. An informal reception in charge of Harry Yockey in the chapel at 5:30 will begin the ceremonies. A turkey dinner will be served in the dining room at 6:15 with P. A. Wood presiding. A quartet consisting of Mrs. James Lowry, Mrs. Gladys Blake, Ferrell Scott and Virgil Phemister, w r ill sing “The Persian Garden.” Following the dinner hour, a service will be held based on the theme, “The Quest for God Through a New Vision.” ERROR IS CORRECTED ON CHRISTMAS PARTY * I Children Were Guests of Employes at Highland Barns. Roy Engle, 1204 Carrollton-av, today asked The Times to correct a statement w r hich appeared in the Christmas Day issue regarding the entertainment of SWT children at the Highland barns of the Indianapolis Street Railway Cos. The children were entertained by the employes of the street railway company bams and not by the St. Vincent’s Hospital Guild, Mr. Engle said. Mai! Chute Inventor Passes By United Press ROCHESTER. N. Y., Dec. 31.—Joseph Warren Cutler, 77, inventor and manufacturer of the Cutler mail chute which is in general use throughout the world, died yesterday after a prolonged illness.

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Announcement by state officials that the automobile license plate deadline at midnight tonight would not be extended, resulted

PROSECUTORS TO MAP ASSEMBLY PROGRAM State Association Committee to Confer in City. Legislative committee of the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys of Indiana will meet here Friday to consider bills to be submitted to the General Assembly next month affecting procedure in criminal matters and remedial crime legislation. Members of the committee, appointed by Cecil F. Whitehead, Anderson, president, are: Floyd Mattice, Indianapolis; Richard W. Sharpless, Auburn; George L. Rulison. South Bend; James H. Mycr, Evansville, and John R. Britton, Richmond. Mr. Sharpless is chairman. Gov. Paul V. McNutt has been invited to confer with the committee. PUBLIC WORKS FUNDS GAVE 2,000,000 JOBS 3,000,000.000 Hours of Employment Created by Program. By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. —More than 2.000.000 persons were given employment this year through public works expenditures, a report to Administrator Harold L. Ickes on PWA activities revealed today. The 1934 public works program cost more than $2,000,000,000, or sls for each person in the United States, the report said. A total of 3,000.000,000 hours of employment was provided on 9000 projects completed and 7600 started.

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DEATH CLAIMS SAMUEL LESH Deputy Excise Director Is Heart Disease Victim at 52. Samuel Lesh, Deputy State Excise Director, died in his home, 3931 N. Delaware-st, early today, from a sudden attack of heart disease. Mr. Lesh was appointed to serve as deputy under Paul P. Fry, State Excise Director, in April, 1933. He became ill suddenly and his wife summoned Dr. Judson E. Moschell, 3233 N. Pennsyivania-st. Mr. Lesh had died before the physician could arrive. Mr. Lesh was born in Bluffton, Ind., 52 years ago. In his young manhood he moved to Ft. Wayne, where he engaged in business. There he married Miss Lydia Windell, who survives. Other survivors are two aunts, Mrs. George Stitzer and Mrs. J. T. Cook, both of West Lafayette. Mr. Lesh was a member of Mizpah Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He also was a member of the Azure Department of the Knights Templar, New York. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

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SEARCH LAKE MICHIGAN FOR MURDERER’S BODY Former Steamship Pilot Kills Wife, Then Disappears. By United Press CHICAGO, Dec. 31. Coast guardsmen and pjlice searched the jagged shore ice of Lake Michigan today for a that would wind up the tragedy of a depressionstricken family. The man they sought was Walter J. Hartz, former lake steamship pilot, whose invalid wife was found dead in their apartment last night, her skull crushed by a flatiron. Beside the body was a note signed by Hartz. “I did this to put her out of her misery.” it said. “I am walking east until the ice breaks. May God forgive me.” REVOLT IN ALBANIA IS REPORTED BY ATHENS f King Zog’s Aid Leads Attack of 3000 Rebels, Is Rumor. By United Press ATHENS, Dec. 31.—Newspapers persisted today in reporting that there was a revolt in Albania, led by an aid of King Zog. The reports have been denied repeatedly from Tirana and were believed to be exaggerated even If any basis existed for them. One report was that there were 3000 rebels in the Divri district; another that the rebels had been dispersed and their leader arrested.

YOUTH ACCUSED OF BURGLARY IN FATHER’S CAFE Suspect, 18, Is Arrested Hiding in Washroom, Police Say. An 18-year-old youth is held by police today on a charge of robbing his father's restaurant. James Asimakis Jr. was arrested when police found him hiding in the washroom of the J. & C. Restaurant, 1606 N. Illinois-st, early this morning. Police were called by Arthur Kennedy, watchman for A Weigand's Sons Cos., florists, 1610 N. Illinois-st, who said he had seen a burglar in the restaurant next door. They investigated and found the glass of the rear door broken, the door unlocked and the kitchen light burning. The police were attracted to the washroom by a noise and they saw the young man there. When ordered to come out, he dropped his hand to his overcoat in a suspicious manner and the officers seized him. A search of his person revealed $35. The boy said he had been sent for the money by his father, James G. Asimakis, 1710 N. Talbot-st, proprietor of the restaurant. Mr. Asimakis was called and said he thought his son was in bed at home and he denied that he had sent him to the restaurant. The boy then admitted, the police said, that he had jimmied the back door and taken the money from its hiding place behind the counter. He also had tried to open a cigaret vending machine, they said. Young Asimakis was taken to City Hospital for treatment for injuries received in his brief struggle with the police, and was then taken to police headquarters and booked on charges of burglary and grand larceny. It was reported by police that the boy is on probation for vehicle taking.

THREE KILLED IN BLAST City-County Building Destroyed by Explosion. By United Press SEMINOLE, Okla., Dec. 31.—Authorities today sought the cause of an explosion which destroyed the Seminole City-County building last night, killing three persons and injuring two others so seriously they were not expected to live. Leaking gas was advanced as the most likely cause of the explosion.

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Mayor-elect John W. Kern today announced appointment of Claude E. Shover, 2002 Prospect-st, Big Four Railroad yardmaster, as the new city street commissioner. The retiring street commissioner, Wilbur H. Winship, wall become Mr. Shover’s assistant.

YORK AT LAFAYETTE RAPS LIQUOR SALES Demands Assembly Take Remedial Action. Unless the coming session of the General Assembly acts to abate the evils of the “criminal liquor traffic,” the Anti-Saloon League will carry the matter to the polls at the next election, L. E. York, Indiana League Superintendent, declared in an address at the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, Lafayette, yesterday. Mr. York said the announcement that more than three billion dollars had been spent for v intoxicants in the United States since repeal could mean only that this money had been diverted from regular business channels into the pockets of the nation’s saloonkeepers. “A large portion of this excessive amount has been taken from already embarrassed family budgets and left many \of these people to be added to existing relief rolls,” Mr. York declared. The sale of liquor has caused more accidents involving di unken drivers than ever before in the history of the country, he charged. Violet Ray Meter Stolen An electric meter used in testing ultra violet rays was stolen last night from an automobile belonging to R. B. Laycock, 2962 Wash-ington-blvd, police were told today. The loss was estimated at $175.

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BUTLER FOUNDERS TO BE HONORED FEB. 7 Alumni to Meet in Ciaypool for Annual Observance. Plans for the annual memorial services for the 43 original incorporators of Butler University today were nearing completion. Dean James W. Putnam, acting president, announced the program will be held Feb. 7 in the Riley Room of the Ciaypool. Originally established 53 years ago as a memorial to Ovid Butler, the Founders’ Day celebration is attended by all alumni living in and near Indianapolis. Invitations have been sent out by Miss Sarah Sisson, alumni secretary. The committee for the occasion includes Professor Bruce L. Kershner, Clyde Aldrich, Dr. S. E. Elliott, Dr. H. M. Gelston, Evan Walker, Professor Donald S. Gilley and Miss Sisson. GASOLINE PRICES UP Two High Grades Lifted 214 Cents a Gallon Here. Gasoline prices in the Indianapolis area were increased today. Announcement by E. P. Galbreath, manager of the Standard Oil Cos. of Indiana, that new prices would be 21" cents higher on two high grades and 11a cents a gallon on low-test gasoline, brought similar action by other major distributors. Lower prices had come from a price war among some companies several months ago. Mr. Galbreath termed the price increase as “a return to normal figures.”

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FEDERAL MEN KEEP SILENCE ON STOLL, CASE Justice Department Operatives Here in Robinson Search. The traditional silence of the Department of Justice today cloaked developments in the intensive search in Indianapolis for Thomas H. Robinson Jr., kidnaper of Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll, Louisville society matron. Crack operatives among the Federal man hunters w r ere known to be in the city. Saturday The Indianapolis Times established that tne Department of Justice believes the eccentric Nashville (Tenn.) former law student, who turned kidnaper, is in the city, where he held Mrs. Stoll captive for a week. Disclosure that the hunt for young

Robinson again centers here came when it w r as learned Department of Justice agents were running down a rumor that the abductor had been seen in a downtown tap room. This rumor was known by The Times *to be false. It came facetiously from a Ft. Wayne traveling man. Disguised as Woman Search for the one-time asylum inmate who schemed to kidnap Mrs. Stoll's wealthy father-in-law and at the last minute altered his plans by selecting Mrs. Stoll as his victim, is handicaped because the fugitive disguises himself in woman’s clothes when he appears out-of-doors. Once Nashville (Tenn.) police picked him up as a female impersonator. Meanwhile Department of Justice agents were reported to be checking apartments and the haunts of effeminate men, suspecting young Robinson may be found there. If a trail of ransom money has been found here the fact is closely guarded by the Federal investigators. Scores Interviewed Scores of persons have been secretly interviewed. The unrelenting search goes on day and night. When Robinson released Mrs. Stoll to his wife, who led her to the home of the Rev. E. Arnold Clegg, pastor of the Capitol Avenue M. E. Church, t*he kidnaper had $49,500 of the ransom money in his pocket. He had given his wife SSOO after she tossed the package containing the money on a bed in the apartment where Mrs. Stoll was held captive.