Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 217, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 January 1935 — Page 3

JAN. 19, 1935

STATE PAROLE REFORM NEED STRESSED IN CASE OF NEGRO ACCUSED OF DOUBLE MURDER Giant Ghoul, Held for Unnatural Crime and Free Only Six Months, Now Stands Charged With Fiendish Slaying. The crying need for a general overhauling o': Indiana’s parole and pardon system has been demonstrated conclusively, social welfare students agreed today, by the case of James 11. Coyner, giant Negro ghoul, who was released only a little more than six months ago from the Indiana State Prison. Such an overhauling is scheduled and will be the subject of considerable attention in the recommendations of the governmental economy commission, soon to be announced by Gov. Paul V. McNutt. Administration legislation to be in-

troduced in the present session of the Indiana General Assembly will be based on many of the commission suggestions. Most social welfare students agree that- the contemplated legislation should deal in part with one neglected phase of parole and pardon policy—the treatment of persons convicted of unnatural crimes. Such a person is Coyner and it is argued by those who have devoted study to the case histories of persons of his type that had a policy of no '•lrmency for unnatural criminals been in effect, the ghastly crime to which he ha confessed would have been averted. Coyner nas admitted the murder and mutilation of a Mississippi man and his wife, as related, only six months after his release from the Indiana State Prison. True, he was loosed upon society after serving almost eight years of a three-to-ten-year sentence. Linked to Other Crimes But. his sentence was for robbing a grave of the body of a young woman and in addition, using it for degenerate purposes—one of the few oflenses which social welfare experts declare can be classified without argument as an unnatural crime. There was evidence, while Coyner still was in prison, it is pointed out. that he was implicated in the finding of four women's heads in a trunk in Michigan more than eight years ago. Such a case history, these social welfare students argue, is a convincing demonstration of the need for removal from prison trustees of the right of pardon after expiration of minimum sentence. Psychiatrist on Board Accepted policy approves release after serving of the minimum sentence where the prisoner’s record as an inmate Is good. Such a policy, social welfare students agree, is desirable. but not practical when the inmate’s history is prima facie evidence that his reclamation obviously is impossible. The remedy generally advanced by some social experts is a nonpolitical central parole beard which must include in its membership at least one competent psychiatrist and at least one experienced social worker. Such a board, it is argued, would I be likely to prevent a repetition of the ghastly Coyner ease and might be empowered to order sanity investigations for prisoners of the Coyner type, even after serving of full sentence. Case of Original Error There is yet another school of thought in ihe Coyner case. Its adherents. while admitting the need for a revision of the parole system, insist that the Coyner case is one of original error and that he should have been confined and treated as a mental case, rather than have been confined in a penal institution. Gov. McNutt, with the need of penal reform glaringly revealed by the Dillinger case, has correlated I his beliefs in a summary which pre- j sumably is an indication of the j form of forthcoming legislation. The keynote of his ideas is the 1 junking of the traditional methods of fitting punishment to the crime and substituting the theory of fitting punishment to the criminal. Theory Is Held rractical Such a theory, admittedly practical in the light of modern penal experience, might serve in itself a , an obstacle to further Coyner cases. Its application could be broad enough, of course, but cases of the Coyner type at least are exceptions! where the crime istelf could be the! sole determining factor. * Consideration of parole, of course, | must embrace the factor of the in- j mate's personal rights and the possibility of his reclamation as a member of society. But in the Coyner eases, only the j inmate's menace to society need be at issue. SCHOOL BOARD NAMES 20 NEW TEACHERS Four High School Instructors Are Selected. Four high school and 16 elementary teachers were appointed by the School Board yesterday. High school appointees are Iva I Mae Williams. English, Technical; Ferdinand Brumbly. art, Washington; Helen Caffyn. physical education, Technical, and John Avery, art assistant, Shortridge. Elementary instructors appointed are William J. Treichler. Amelia M. Warner. Jane I. Jenner. Elizabeth J. Kaylor. George P. Farkas. Helen E. Berkowitz, Constance Apostol, Elizabeth Kech. Margaret Schofield. May E Hart. Gertrude L. Kemp. Virginia Boyd. Cleota Tapp. LaVeme Wagoner. Flossie S. Minor and June Kempf. Resignations were accepted from 1 Gertrude Mitchell and Arthur Hutt. THIEVES RAZE HOUSE Only Basement Remains After Negroes Fay Visit. The house that R. L. Bailey built at 951 Edgemont-st was summarily destroyed yesterday, a board at a time, bv at least seven Negroes, he told police today. Perfectly good, though untenant- j ed. the house yesterday morning could have been occupied satisfac- ; torilf. Today there is nothing but i the basement, which was a hole and couldn't be carried away.

PREDICTS END OFJtAZI RULE British Army Officer Gives View in Town Hall Lecture at Club. The policy of dictatorship can not exist long in Germany, Col. Stewart Roddie, lecturer and author of • Peace Patrol,” a book dealing with j the post war history of Germany, ' declared here today. Col. Roddie | was in Indianapolis to talk on the ’ Town Hall lectures series at the Columbia Club. His lecture entitled “Germany, Revolution, Disarmament and Hitler.” dealth with the life he lived while in Germany following the war and during which period “the German people received blow after blow from Allied Powers.” “In the first place the Germans lost the war, then they passed through the terrific revolution which caused the transition to the republic,’ Col. Roddie explained. “Then came the impossible Armistice and*fc>eace terms, together with repeated internal strife. Finally, the inflation reduced the country to such a state of hopelessness that they would accept anything that offered a semblance of hope. And so, Hitler came into power.” The British army officer said that the constant military activities of dictators on the continent are not for the purpose of preparing for war, but are designed, rather, to keep the people of the dictators’ countries in such a state of "personal glorification which only military drill, costu. •* and action can instill” as to keej .e dictator form of government po; r. Col. Roddie is king an extended tour of the lited States, speaking every day t ‘he next six months. He joined th British Intelligence Service follov j the war and made the first rep' to the British government on post war conditions in Germany. He also served on the Inter-Allied Commission of Control for Disarmament from 1919 until 1927. He was in Germany less than four months ago. ANCIENT TOMB FOUND IN SOVIET REPUBLIC Monument Believe to Have Been Built in First Century. /* i/ United Press MOSCOW, Jan. 19,—An elaborate tomb, apparently belonging to an ancient chieftain, recently has been found at Mtzchet, ancient capital of the Georgian republic. Fashioned from heavy stone, the tomb was beautifully carved with an image of a dancing fawn with a bunch of grapes held high in its hand—the symbol of Bacchus, the god of wine. A silver coin bearing the image of the Parthian king, Gorgarzes, was also found in the tomb, which was probably erected in the first century, A. D. SNAKE PERILS GUEST, HOSTESS IMPALES IT Garden Rake Used to Slay Rattler, Fcur Feet Long. By United Press KERNVILLE. Cal., Jan. 19.—Ordering her guest not to move when imperiled by a huge rattlesnake a few inches from her feet, Mrs. Dave Yarbrough snatched a garden rake and sank the teeth into the reptile. “A gopher snake, isn't it?” asked Helen Beatty, guest from a nearby city in Mrs. Yarbrough’s mountain cabin, as she almost stepped on the rattler tumbling out of bed. As a memento of the incident, the visitor stripped the snake of its hide for curing. The four-foot snake had 10 rattles. REFUSES TO SALUTE FLAG AND LOSES JOB Shoe Worker Has Union Card Removed After Action. By United Press LYNN. Mass., Jan. 19.—Vera Nabeshka is out of a job because she refused to salute the American flag. Miss Nabeshka, a Lynn shoeworker, refused to salute the flag until the Government fed her, at the meeting of the Shoe Stitchers Union No. 257 whose custom it was to open their meeting in this manner. To discipline the girl the union took away her card and she will be unable to work in Lynn shoe factories for a year. DIVORCES BLAMED ON GREED. SELFISHNESS Solution of Marriage Problem lies With Better Laws, Says Judge. By L nited Press AKRON, 0.. Jan. 19 —Greed and selfishness cause most divorces, believes Domestic Relations Judge Oscar A. Hunsicker. "People on the verge of divorce might as well admit they have made a mess of their own lives, and look to the welfare of their children," he said. “The solution of the divorce evil does not lie in stricter marriage laws but in better divorce laws. Something should be done to prevent the throwing of children upon society."

TWO WOMEN KILLED IN AUTO, TRAIN CRASH

This was all that was left of a sedan after it was struck yesterday by a crack Pennsylvania passenger train at the Audubon-rd crossing and carried nearly six blocks on the pilot before the train could be stopped. Mrs. Margaret Ehlers and Mrs. Minnie Grace Webster, who were in the car, were killed.

State Police Expansion Funds Given Approval

Budget Committee to Bar' Feeney’s Program for Model Force* (Continued From Page One) while telling me that enactment of such a law would mean that he would be without a job,” said Rep. Coers. Scheduled for favorable House committee reports Monday are; The bill bv Rep. Fred E. Barrett <D., Indianapolis), removing the SIO,OOO limit on damages recoverable for wrongful death. House Judiciary A Committee, however, will recommend an amendment exempting estates up to SIOOO from such judgments. The bill of Rep. Martin J. Downey (D., Hammond), regulating the possession and sale of pistols and revolvers, and declaring possession of such a weapon during the commission of a crime as prima facie evidence of intent to use it. The bill will receive an amendment authorizing issuance of licenses by Circuit, Superior or Criminal Court judges. Labor Changes Proposed The bill of Rep. Henry J. Richardson Jr. (D., Indianapolis) adding to the 1933 Labor Discrimination Act, a provision that prior application for work shall determine the rotation in which laborers to be engaged. The bill is designed to prevent evasions of the present law prohibiting discrimination in employment on public contracts because of race or creed. The bill of Rep. Bert B. Mayhill (R., Delphi) providing free tuition for pupils of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Children’s Home in stateowned colleges and teachers’ training schools. Adjournment of the House is expected at noon Monday. The afternoon and evening is to be devoted to committee hearings. The principal hearing will be before Judiciary A committee in the House chamber Monday night, when the bill repealing the Indiana garnishee law will be presented for debate. CONGRESSMAN WILL SEEK CENTRAL BANK Arkansan Charges Present System Shows Favoritism to Chosen Few, By United Press MALVERN, Ark., Jan. 19.—Arkansas’ new Congressman, John L. McClellan of Malvern, will seek a Government-controlled central bank as the principal point in a proposed reformation of the present monetary system, he says. Mr. McClellan charges the present system shows favoritism to a comparatively few large bankers and financiers. He would stop issuance of tax-exempt Government securities now used as collateral for currency even after the securities are returned to the Government. ANTIQUE EXHIBITS TAKE PLACE OF CHURCH FAIR Boston Church Holds Display of Ancient Treasures. By United Press BOSTON, Jan. 19.—The conventional church fair is being displaced here by the antique exhibit. The Second Church of Boston, one of the city’s oldest congregations, recently held an antique exhibition in which ancient treasures tracing the church’s long history were shown. It was the second Boston church to hold such an exhibit in recent months. GROCERS MEET MONDAY Retail Association's New- Head Will Preside. Indianapolis Retail Meat and Grocers Association will meef Monday night ai the Hoosier Athletic Club. The newly-elected president, Edgar Rugenstein, will preside.

The Security Program

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19—Major features of President Roosevelt’s economic and social security program now before Congress: OLD AGE PENSIONS 1. Federal contributions to the states to enable them to pay up to S3O a month to persons now 65 or who soon will be and are in want. To be put in effect in a year if possible. Government to contribute $50,000 next fiscal year and $125,000,000 annually thereafter. 2. A Federal compulsory pension system. First pensibns under this system would be paid to persons who become 65 in about 1947. First pensioners would receive maximum of S3O a month. Workers now young could expect up to *iGO a month at 65 as system develops. Funds to be raised by tax on pay rolls starting with 1 per cent Jan. 1, 1937, and reaching 5 per cent uan. 1, 1957. Tax to be shared equally by employes and employers’. Persons making more than $250 a month barred from this plan. 3. For all who desire, a system of Government annuity policies, similar to those sold by insurance companies. A maximum, S9OOO. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE 1. States to administer the insurance and determine amount of payments to jobless. Up to sls a week suggested by Government experts. 2. Federal Government to aid states with grant of $5,000,900 for next fiscal year and 550.000.000 annually thereafter. 3. Federal funtfs to be raised by pay roll tax of 3 per cent on all employers of four or more persons. Tax starts Jan. 1, 1936. Will be reduced to 1 per cent at first unless business improves. Employers’ contribution to state unemployment insurance fund will be credited against this tax up to 90 per cent. AID TO CHILDREN, MOTHERS Government to allot $43 500.000 annually for maternal and child health, aid to dependent children, care of crippled children, and public health work. States must contribute.

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ACCOMMODATING AUTO THIEF RETURNS CAR WHERE HE STOLE IT

A considerate thief yesterday took an automobile owned by Claude Williams, 5048 W. Wash-ington-st, from its parking place at 11th and Illinois-sts, and after 4 a several hours’ ride returned the car to the exact spot on which he found it. While ponce searched in vain, the missing auto reappeared as if by magic, unharmed except for fuel used, and void of any clew to the identity of its accommodating borrower. RELIEF TEACHERS TO HOLD COUNTY SESSIONS State Supervisor to Direct 12 District Meetings. Teachers and supervisors of the Emergency Education Division of the Governor’s Commission on Unemployment Relief will meet in a series of 12 county meetings at focal points in the state beginning Monday at Lafayette. Winston Riley Jr., state supervisor of Emergency Education, will direct the meetings. The counties of Marion, Boone, Hendricks, Hancock, Morgan, Johnson and Shelby will met in Indianapolis on Jan, 28. BOY SCOUTS PREPARE FOR CITY-WIDE RALLY Three Winners of North Side Event to Compete in February Affair. Three Boy Scout troops which won in a rally competition last night of six north side troops in the gymnasium of the Indiana State School for the Deaf will compete in a citywide rally early in February. Engraved metal bands for the troop flagstaffs will be awarded these winning troops. They are Troop 72, Tabernacle Presbyterian Church, which won first place, and Troop 21, Broadway Methodist Episcopal Church, second. Troop 80, Episcopal Church of the Advent, was third. HEAR COLLEGE PREXY Shortridge Students Addressed by Eastern Educator. The necessity of preparing for the turns of an uncertain future was emphasized by Dr. J. Edgar Park : president of Wheaton College, Norton, Mass., in an address at Shortridge High School yesterday. “Education enables one to meet the unexpected and the unforseen and to adjust one’s self to new circumstances,” he said. CITY MAN IS ELECTED State Lumbermen Choose Officers at Annual Meeting. Robert E. Hollowell, Indianapolis, was elected president of the Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen’s Association, at the annual meeting in the Severin yesterday. He succeeds Daniel H. Sanders, South Bend. Other new officers are Fred Morsches, Columbia City; Leroy Cooke, Franklin, and C. Fred Klee, Indianapolis, secre-tary-treasurer. FOUR CLAIM SAME DEER Quartet Ff-.es Together and Dandy Argument Is Started. By United Press SUNBURY, Pa., Jan. 19.—Four hunters shot simultanoeusly at one door. The animal dropped to the earth. The hunters each claimed his shot had killed it. Lester Ryder of Catawissa won the debate—and the deer. His companions were H. D. Engle, Alvin Engle and Charles Young.

TUGWELL'S PET FARM PROJECT IS UNDER PROBE $2,300,000 Appropriation for Experimental Town Is Insufficient. By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. —An agricultural department investigation is under way to discover why Chief Brain Truster Rexford Guy Tugwell’s pet experimental farm project, within sight of the Capitol, is going to cost $500,000 or so more than had been expected. The superintendent of the 4400acre farm has resigned. Several other veteran employes responsible for administering the project have been suspended or demoted. Approximately $2,300,000 was allocated to the experimental farm at Beltsville, Md. The money came from PWA and was deemed sufficient to provide the Agriculture Department with an adequate research center. Another $400,000 has been obtained to finish the job. Scientific and experimental projects of many types are to be centralized on the Maryland property. Prof. Tugwell pushed the plan. As roads, model buildings and experimental fields appeared at Beltsville, the farm became a New Deal show place. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt motored through the lanes which connect various experimental areas and pronounced the project excellent. Mr. Tugwell has led a pilgrimage or two to Beltsville. Other Experiments Tried There are 150 or more employes on the place and an effort was made to combine the experimental farm with an experiment in subsistence homesteads. These are homes financed by the Government at low cost for persons who must augment their vocational income by other means, such as raising garden truck for their own consumption. Public Works funds were sought for that purpose but were refused. PWA ruled that subsistence homestead allocations were limited to aid for industrial workers or persons disemployed by depression who were compelled to leave cities. Beltsville employes are farm workers and therefore not entitled to subsistence homestead aid. Failing to obtain a subsistence homestead for the experimental farm, its sponsors turned to another New Deal device—the “rural rehabilitation community.” Rural rehabilitation communities also are for persons who must augment their vocational income by other means—the same means, in fact, that are employed by subsistence homesteaders. The principal difference between rural rehabilitation and subsistence homesteads in this case is that FERA allots money for the former and PWA for the latter. It appears likely FERA will advance the funds which PWA withheld. No Dishonesty Found The investigation has not yet determined precisely why the original $2,300,000 PWA allotment failed to produce a complete research farm. Preliminary examination indicates there was no dishonesty but merely an enthusiasm for the Tugwell project which led to “hurry-up” irregularities in expenditures. Funds allocated for one purpose were spent for another. Workmen classified as laborers were assigned to work as clerks, or the other way around.- Authorities confess they are not at all certain these irregularities actually increased cost of construction by a single penny. But with the farm almost within walking distance of Congress, it evidently was determined that the safest course was to discharge, suspend or demote officials who failed to get a farm going with an expenditure of $2,300,000. TATTOOING BETRAYS . ESCAPED PRISONER Convict Returned to Atlanta Penitentiary to Finish Sentence. By United Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 19.—A woman’s face and a name, “Betty,” tattooed across his shoulders, sent J. C. Davis, alis Tom Gilgore, back to the Atlanta penitentiary to finish a 10-year sentence. In a raid on Desoto Hotel here, officers noted how quickly Davis, alias Gilgore, tried to get his shirt on. An examination revealed the face and “Betty.” Referring to their records, the tattooing was pointed out as a means of identifying Davis in an Atlanta “wanted” notice. GIRL SCOUT SPONSORS TO HOLD CARD PARTY Mothers’ Committee to Raise Funds for Troop 9. The Mothers’ Committee of Girl Scout Troop 9 will hold a benefit card party at 2 Monday in the Ban-ner-Whitehill auditorium, proceeds from which will be used to purchase troop equipment, books for the Girl Scout Little House, and the campership fund. Mrs. C. E. Wilson, in charge of arrangements, will be assisted by Mrs. Henry Courtot, Mrs. Floyd Ferguson, Mrs. Everet Van Camp and Mrs. Karl K. Thoms.

NAZI TERRORISM SWEEPING SAAR. LEAGUEIS TOLD Anti-Hitler Voters Await Fate: Police Lax, Is Charge. By United Press SAARBRUCKEN. Jan. 19.—Terror spread through the Saar today. Anti-Navis charged League of Nations governing officials had completely lost control of the situation. Saar police were said to be taking orders direct from Berlin. Soldiers of the International Army, brought here only for use in event of •'serious” trouble, were idle in barracks. Those who voted against reunion of the Saar with Germany in Sunday's plebiscite had no where to turn for aid. Thousands of anti-Nazis—many afraid to try the journey to the French frontier —awaited their fate with resignation. Though there has been no recognition in Geneva of many stories of persecution, Saarlanders who oppose Nazism heard With some comfort last night a wireless speech made from Geneva by Capt. Anthony Eden, chief British delegate to the council.meeting. Capt. Eden appealed to Germany to keep its promises to protect those who voted for the Saar to remain under League rule, and expressed concern at reports of terrorism. A French policeman in the French-operated mines at Sulzbach said that so inadequate were accommodations available for those seeking safety that he turned over his own home to non-Nazis and that he knew others were sleeping in the snow in woods. SECOND MASON TRIAL SET FOR FEBRUARY Suspect Branded as Slayer * of Sergt. Lester Jones. Second trial of Willie Mason, charged with complicity in the murder of Police Sergt. Lester Jones in the Peoples Motor Coach Cos. holdup will take place in Criminal Court some time next month, Prosecutor Herbert M. Spencer announced today. First trial of Mason at Noblesville resulted in a "hung” jury. The state charged he was the man who wielded the machine gun that mowed down the sergeant as he entered the garage to investigate a rq* ported fight at the place. Following the mistrial. Mason escaped from the Hamilton County jail but was recaptured in Kentucky and returned here. Edward (Foggy) Dean, another gang member, was tried here and the jury disagreed and he later failed in an attempted jailbreak. Three other members of the gang pleaded guilty and are serving life sentences. WAREHOUSEMEN MEET IN ANNUAL CONVENTION Members and Wives to Convene in Three-Day Session. More than 150 members of the Mayflower Warehousemen’s Association and their wives will attend the annual convention to be held in the Columbia Club from Thursday to Monday of next week. The convention will be the third to be held in Indianapolis by the association, which is composed of 300 furniture warehousemen throughout the United States. All members are associated with the Aero, Mayflower Transit Company local offices of which are at 915 Daly-st, which does long distance household moving throughout the United States. E. S. Wheaton of the local company is national secretary-treasurer. Gov. Paul V. McNutt will be the guest speaker Thursday at the opening convention session. PARKED CAR LOOTED OF OPTICAL SUPPLIES Two Other Autos Riflled as Thieves Spend Busy Evening. Parked auto looters were busy last night, according to police, who today reported that loot exceeding S3OO had been obtained. Chief among victims were James V. Foxx, 635 N. DeQuincey-st, optical supplies, $103; Louis Rosenthal, Kahn Tailoring Cos., clothing, SIOO, and Dr. H. N. Nagle, 4117 E. Washington-st, saxophone, SIOO. Police arrested a man giving the name of Van Carter, 26, of 1725 S. Keystone-av, for drunkenness following an alleged altercation and chase. Walter Jarvis, 124 N. Eastst, identified Carter as the man who had attacked him while he sat in an auto parked near his residence. LITERARY MAGAZINE PUBLISHED AT TECH January Booklet to Be Distributed at School Monday. The January Magazine of the Arsenal Cannon, student publication of Technical High School, will be ready for distribution Monday, it was announced today tap the editors. Alice Heine and Norval Jasper. The theme of the book is progress as shown in the school activities and the co-operation of the departments. The idea of progress is emphasized throughout the 40 pages in the literary contents, layout and art work. POET TO APPEAR HERE New Yorker to Talk on Ouf Present Industrial Civilization. “Poetry and Partisanship” will be discussed by Alfred Hayes, New York poet, at an open forum meeting of the John Reed Clib tomorrow night at 320 Columbia Securities Bldg., 143 E. Ohio-st. His talk will deal with our present indusdustrial civilization. Eastern Stars to Initiate Initiation will be held by Irvington Chapter 364. Order of Eastern Star, at the Irvington Masonic Temple at 8 Monday night.

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Tomorrow night at the Playhouse of the Civic Theater Marie Dawson Morrell, violinist, will appear in recital.

HUNT 'MYSTERY TIP' IS PROVEN BASELESS Probe Clears Man Named by Woman. A tip in the murder Tuesday of James Hunt, phoned to the sheriff's office by a woman who would not give her name, was found today by The Indianapolis Times to be utterly baseless. , The Times found that the man mentioned by the woman was at his regular place of employment at the time of the shooting, and that the green sedan she mentioned as having been at the scene of the crime and as having been used by the murderer was parked in a barn at Unionville, Ind., when the shooting occurred. With this revelation, the case again centered about the search for the missing Richard Liese, son of Patrolman Liese, who was known to have been with Mr. Hunt shortly before the crime was committed. Patrolman Liese, detached by Chief Mike Morrissey from regular duty to find his son, neared the deadline set by Chief Morrissey. Monday he must return to regular radio patrolman’s duty. He continued his search for clews and his son today. 75,933 PERSONS VISIT BRANCH Y. W. C. A. 1934 Figures Announced at Annual Election of Officers. The Phyllis Wheatley branch of the Young Women's Christian Association was visited by 75,933 persons during 1934. The Sunday afternoon quiet hour services were attended by 8838 persons. Mrs. Robert L. Brokenburr, Mrs. Mary D. Batties, Mrs. J. Wesley Hall, Mrs. E. D. Moten, and Mrs. Geneva Towns were elected to the management committee at the annual meeting last night. Mrs. Murray Adkins, management committee chairman, presided and Mrs. Charlotte Crogman Wright, wife of the president of Wilberforce University, was the principal speaker. Enrolls in Bible School Miss Louise Adelaide Crooks, 405 N. State-st, has enrolled as a student in the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago.

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NEW OEAL MAY TAKE INSURANCE BUSINESS OVER Social Security Bill Seen as Opening Wedge for Move. By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 19—Plans to use the social security program as an opening wedge for putting the Government into the insurance business were revealed today. The intention of some Congressmen to make this attempt become known at the same time insurance companies revealed they would oppose any move which they might consider an encroachment upon their business. In connection with this situation it was learned an active campaign to institute a congressional investigation of insurance companies has been quietly under way. President Roosevelt is known to oppose such an inquiry at this time. It has found little support at th© Capitol. But any flareup on insurance during consideration of the social security program might bring the whole subject into the open. Rep. David J. Lewis <.D., Md.) is particularly interested in the insurance features of the old-age pension, unemployment insurance and child health program. Opposes Private Companies He said he believed the bills which he and Sen. Robert F. WagI ner (D„ N. Y.), introduced Thursday should be strengthened in their references to the annuities made available for public purchase. v Rep. Lewis, a member of th© House Ways and Means Committee which begins hearings on his bill next Monday, said he would attempt to strengthen the insurance provisions. He believes, he said, th* Government should gradually take over functions of the insurance companies and that life insurance should be removed from private enterprise with its profit motive. The general plan now is for annuities which would return SIOO a month after the policy holder reached the age of 65. How much they would cost or the terms on which they could be purchased have not been determined. It was understood, however, that new data on the normal expectancy of life would be used in fixing the rates. These annuities, according to the present program, would be sold to persons who would not be eligible for the old-age insurance to be worked out by states under Federal supervision. Higher Benefits Urged For that reason great interest has developed concerning salaried and professional classes who have not been able'to work out a satisfactory system of saving for old age. The Administration’s social security program continued a subject of intense interest among Congressmen and Senators during their weekend recess. The agitation for higher benefits than the President proposed reached such an intensity yesterday that Edward F. McGrady, assistant Secretary of Labor, conferred with Chairman Pat Harrison of the Senate Finance Committee. Mr. McOFrady formerly was legislative representative for the American Federation of Laoor. During congressional debates over the security program, advocates of the Townsend S2OO-per-month plan and the Huey Long “share-our-wealth” program will attempt to substitute their proposals through amendments to be offered from the floor.