Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 208, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 January 1935 — Page 2

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19 FARM UNITS WILL CONVENE AT PURDUE U. Annual Agrarian Conference to Draw Thousands to Lafayette By Ttm> fipeciml LAFAYETTE, Ind Jan. 9 —Nineteen different state agricultural and home economics a->sociations will hold their annual meetings at | Purdue University from Jan. 14 to 18 in connection with the annual agricultural conference, which will hold j the Hoosier farm spotlight during the five-day program that is ex- i peoted to attract an attendance of , between 6.000 and 7,000. A compilation made today re- j vealed the following Indiana state j associations scheduled for their an- j nual meetings during the week: Indiana Corn Growers’ Associa- I tion. Indiana Association of Future Farmers of America. Indiana Angus Breeders’ Associafion, Indiana Here- | ford Breeders’ Association, Indiana j Polled Shorthorn Breeders’ Associa- j tion. Purdue “Ag” Alumni Association, Indiana State Dairy Association, Indiana Guernsey Association, Indiana | Holstein Association, Indiana Jersey Association. Indiana Ayrshire Association. In- j diana Home Economics Association. Indiana Farm Management Associa- ' tion, Indiana Draft Horse Breeders' j Association. Indiana Horticultural! Society, Indiana Livestock Breeders’ j Association, Indiana Potato Grow- j ers’ Association, Indiana Sheep j Breeders’ Association, Indiana State Vegetable Growers’ Association. NRA CRITICS WILL GET HEARING BEFORE BOARD First Session Concerned With Price , Fixing and Control. By I nit> 4 Preaa WASHINGTON. Jan. 9.—The Recovery Board opened its doors to- i day to critics of the NRA at the j first of a series of open hearings on i all phases of price fixing and price control. Indicative that the board is svm- ! pathetic to abandonment of price fixing provisions. Chairman S. Clay ; Williams announced such usually j “is inconsistent with the most es- j fective functions of our industrial | system.” Williams announced to the 250 witnesses expected to appear that all major controversial questions before the recovery unit would be discussed. Employment provisions dealing with hours and wages of labor are listed for the second hearing Jan. 30. METALS SOCIETY WILL HEAR EASTERN EXPERT Indianapolis Chapter Schedules Monthly Dinner Meeting. C. F. Goldcamp, Pittsburgh <Pa.l metallurgist, will deliver an illustrated lecture on the properties of Besserp'N screw steel at the monthly dinner meeting of the Indianapolis Chapter, American Society for Metals, at the Antlers at 6:30 Monday. The history of hunting arms and ammunition will be the subject of a talk to be made by Howard M. Myers, attorney. S. A. Silberman is committee chairman in charge of the program. BOEHNE WRITES SHORT DIRECTORY BIOGRAPHY | Evansville Congressman Enters Briefest Record of state Group. By Time* Special WASHINGTON. Jan. 9—Next to the blank line caused by the Second District vacancy. Rep. J. W. Boehne Jr. has the shortest biography in thp directory of the Indiana delegation and one of the most brief m the entire House. It reads: “John William Boehne Jr.. Democrat. of Evansville ind . elected to the Seventy-second, Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congress.” TOWNSEND MOVEMENT ADDS NEW UNIT HERE 1 Pension Club Formed at Meeting in V, of F.‘ W. Hall. Another Townsend Old-Age Pension Club was formed in Indianapolis last night at a meeting in the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall. King-av and Walnut-st. Eldon Tilson was named club president: E. L. Jordan, vice president: James Ballard, secretary, and Albert Jones, treasurer. It was reported at the meeting that more than 10.000 West Side residents have signed a petition to Congress asking adoption of the Townsend plan. SUMNER’S SECRETARY NAMED BY KARABELL Ex-Sheriff’s Aid to Join New Municipal Judge's Staff. Mrs. Juanita M. Wickliff. secretary to former Sheriff Charles L. Sumner, has been named secretary to Municipal Judge Charles j. Karabcll. it was announced today. Mrs. Wickliff. a widow, lives at 2447 Pearson-av. Before joining the staff at the sheriff's office she served several years as a clerk in the city detective bureau. Bargain Week-End Trips Next Sunday St. L0ui5........ 54.50 Leave 12:35 a. m . 2:45 a. m. or 8:05 a. m. Return on any tram same day. Coach service. Cincinnati ...... $2.50 Greensburg. 51.25; Shelbyville. 50.75 Leave 7:45 a. m. Return on any tram same day. Coach service. January 10, 11, 12 and 13 Detroit....... $12.80 Return limit January 21. Good in Pullman cars and coaches; Pullman fares extra. .BIG FOUR ROUTE

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These military-looking young men greeted Lita Grey Chaplin when she stepped off a plane in Los Angeles, after a speedy trip from New' York, where she is appearing in a night club. They’re her sons, Charles. 9, and Sidney, 8, husky youngsters w’ho now spend a great deal of time with their famous father, Charlie Chaplin. They’ve inherited his musical talent and both play in their military school band.

State Political Chiefs Confer WASHINGTON. Jan. 9.—Here on Home Owners Loan Corp. business E. Kirk McKinney called on Sen-

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a tors Sherman D. Minton and Frederick VanNuys and held a conference on politics in the latter’s office.

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DR. MARTIN TO APPEAR BEFORE FORUMSUNDAY Cooper Union Official Is to Speak at Kirshbaum Center Session. Dr. Everett Dean Martin, for many years director of the Peoples’ Institute of Cooper Union, New' York, will lecture before the Indianapolis Open Forum at 8 15 Sunday night on 'What Has Happened to Liberalism?” The lecture will be given at Kirshbaum Center, 23rd and Me-ridian-sts. It will be a return engagement for Dr. Martin. Last winter, Dr. Martin addressed the Forum on “The Barbarian in Our Midst.” Dr. Martin has gained fame as author of some of the most widely read books of recent years. Included in his works are “The Meaning of a Liberal Education,” “Liberty,” and “Civilizing Ourselves.” Kis book “Psychology” was recommended by the American Library Association as one of the 10 best books for a reading course. The Peoples’ Institute at Cooper Union of which he is the head is regarded one of the most important centers for free di fusion of politcal and educational questions in the United States, Dr. Martin has led the famous experiment in adult education at Cooper Union since 1916. At the conclusion of his lecture here, Dr. Martin will answer questions put to him by members of the audience. Other speakers in the series this winter will include Harry A. Overstreet, head of the department of philosophy of the College of the City of New' York; Margaret Sanger, famed birth control exponent; and Rabbi Stephen S. Wise. W. W. Hawkins’ Mother Dead By United Preen SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Jan. 9. Mrs. Xenophen Haw'kins, 87, mother of W. W. Hawkins, former president of the United Press Associations died at her home here yesterday after an illness of six months.

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Charles Mather

Nine-year-old Charles Mather, not worried about the perfidy of his canine pal, Toots, who, with rabies, bit him on New Year's Day, is at home, 3022 Ralston-av, being given anti-rabies serum as a precaution. What he is worried about is Lhat Toots died of his affliction only after he bit Charles’ other dog, Snowball who subsequently had to be shot by police on the theory that he, too, would bocome rabid. Having lost both of his playmates, Charles spends his time alternately grieving for his pals and planning the acquisition of new' ones. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Rodman Mather. CHILDREN BARRED FROM JUDGE BAKER'S COURT Fears Sympathetic Influence on Jury, Is Explanation. Hitting at a favorite practice of criminal lawyers, Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker yesterday ruled that children under 15 will be barred from the court unless subpenaed as witnesses. The order whs made to prevent defendants from surrounding themselves with their children and thus obtaining the sympathy of judge and jury, Judge Baker explained.

IMPROVING OF STREETS URGED BY Cim CLUBS South Side Group to Seek County, City Aid for Program. Approval of County Commissioners and the city administration for a program of street improvements will be sought tonight at a meeting of the Central Committee of Jouth Side Civic Clubs at 1214 Prospe^t-st. Recommended projects include: 1. Widening and extension of ProsDect-st from Keystonc-av to Brookville-rd, using the old interurban right of way starting at Southeastern-av and Prospect-st. 2. Widening and extension of S. State -st from Washington -st through to Southport, at a point j intersecting with U. S. Highway No.; 31. 3. Remodeling and modernization of Fire Station No. 3 at 1136 Prospect-st. 4. Opening of Shelby-st to Wash-ington-st. 5. Abatement of “the nuisance i caused by excessive smoke from the railroad roundhouse.” Walter C. Rothermel, Central Committee president, said the program of seeking grade separations, as applied to Belt Railroad crossings, will be continued. Under present plans, the projects would be submitted to the Federal Emergency Relief Administration for approval.

1% IF YOU HAD A NECK AS LONG AS THIS FELLOW AND HAD HF/T? JiSHOULD QUICKLY RELIEVE IT.

MRS. KATE BAUER TO BE BURIED TOMORROW City Woman Is Stricken While Walking on Shelby-st. Funeral services will be held at 2 tomorrow for Mrs. Kate Bauer, who was fatally stricken Sunday night while walking in the 2100 block Shelby-st.

The services will ■be held at her home. 1556 Shelbyst, and burial will be in Washington Cemetery. ■ Mrs. Bauer, who I was 75, is survived Ibv two sons, Wini[fred Bauer, with I whom she made [her home, and Les|ter Baur. an em- ! ploye of The Indianapolis Times, and three daugh-

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ters, Mrs. L. H. Dietz. Mrs. Flossie Hinnger, both of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Helen Eve, Louisville. Five grandchildren also survive.

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JAN. 9, 1935

FLU SHUTS SCHOOLS IH MORGAN COUNTY Mooresville and Morgan- • town Hit by Epidemic. />/ Vnitfd MARTINSVILLE. Ind., Jan. Schools in two Morgan County towns were closed today because of severe influenza epidemics. Mooresville schools were ordered closed and a basketball game between the high school and Cloverdale. scheduled to Friday night, was postponed w hen the epidemic broke out yesterday. More than 120 pupils and several teachers registered high fever and were unable to attend school yesterday. Public meetings are prohibited. Schools at Morgantown were ordered closed for a week. P. E. Blunk, high school principal, dismissed students when approximately half the enrollment was reported absent due to illness. Many adults also are ill in the Morgantown community.