Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 223, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 November 1935 — Page 3

NOV. 26, 1035

CHURCHES PLAN THANKSGIVING SPECIAL RITES Many Types of Services Arranged in Various Sections of City. (Continued From Page One) interparochial services in Christ Episcopal Chur-h. All Saints' Cathedral. Advent Church, St, George's. St Paul’s and St. Phillip's are to .join in the program. Sermon by Pastor Union services are to be held at a in the morning in the North M. F Church. The Rev. George S. Lozier will deliver the sermon. The four Irvington churches, Downey Avenue Christian, Irvington Presbyterian, St. Matthew’s Episcopal and Trvington M. E.. are to ,ioin in services at 3 Thursday morning. Other Services Other services tomorrow night by districts are: North District—Bellaire M. E. Church, sermon by the Rev. .James Miller. Churches co-operating: North Baptist, Forty-ninth Street Christian and Rellaire M. E. Bright wood District- Brightwood M. E. Church, sermon by the Rev. F T. Taylor, pastor of the Brightwood M. E. Church. Churches cooperating: Calvary Baptist and Brightwood Methodist. Hillside Christian Church, sermon by the Rev. L. C. Murr, pastor of the Roosevelt-Temple M. E. Church. Churches co-operating: RooseveltTemple and Hillside Christian. Spade Park District Heath M. E. Church, sermon by the Rev. Leroy McDowell, pastor of the First Free Methodist Church. Churches cooperating: First Free Methodist, Woodruff United Presbyterian and Heath Memorial Methodist. Gaj’fleld Park District —Garfield Park Baptist Church, sermon by the Rev. C. B. Atkinson. Churches cooperating: Bethany Lutheran, Garfield Park Christian, Madison Avenue Methodist, Shelby Street Methodist, Bethany Christian, Barth Place Methodist and Garfield Park Baptist. University Heights District —University Heights Christian Church, sermon by the Rev. Charles A. McCullough, pastor of the Madison Avenue M. E. Church. Churches cooperating: Madison Avenue Methodist, University Heights U. B. and University Heights Christian. Riverside Park District —Riverside M. E. Church, sermon by the Rev. Clarence W. Baldwin, pastor of the Union Congregational Church; churches co-operating: Unity Methodist Protestant, Union Congregational and Riverside Park Methodist. Immani ■ 1 Reformed Church, 7:45 o’clock, toermon by Dr. Dobbs F. Ehlman, pastor of the Second Reformed Church; churches co-oper-ating: Second Reformed and Immanuel Reformed. Individual services will be held at 7:45 tomorrow night in the Gethsemane Lutheran Church, where the Rev. John S. Albert, pastor, will preach; St. John’s Evangelical Church, sermon by the Rev. Ernst A. Piepenbrok, pastor, and Friedens Evangelical Church, sermon by the Rev. Robert C. Kuebler, pastor. Union services will be held in the following churches Thursday morning: Central District—Central Christian Church, 9 a. m.; sermon by Dr. Jean S. Milner, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church; churches cooperating: First Baptist, First Evangelical, Meridian Street Methodist, Merritt Place Methodist, New Jersey Street Methodist, Roberts Park Methodist, Second Presbyterian and Central Christian. First U. B. Church, sermon by the Rev. Donald W. Conrad, pastor of the First Moravian Episcopal Church, 9:30 a. m.; churches co-operating!" First Congregational, Third Christian, St. Paul’s Evangelical, Memorial Presbyterian, First Friends and First United Brethren. Sutherland Presbyterian Church, sermon by the Rev. O. B. Sarber, pastor of the Central Baptist Church, 9 a. m.; churches co-operating: First Moravian. Broadway Baptist, First United Presbyterian. Central Baptist. Second Moravian and Sutherland Presbyterian. North District—North M. E. Church, sermon by the Rev. George S. Lozier, pastor of Broadway Evangelical Church, 8 a. m.; churches cooperating: Fairview Presbyterian Capitol Avenue Methodist, Grace Church of the Brethren, UniversityPark Christian, Northwood Christian. Fifty-First Street Methodist, Meridian Heights Presbyterian, Broadway Evangelical, Carrollton Avenue Reformed, Bethlphem Lutheran, Broad Ripple Christian. Broad Ripple Methodist and North Methodist. Brookside District—East Tenth Street M. E. Church, sermon by the Rev. Harry T. Bridwell, pastor of the Centenary Christian, 9 a. m.; churches co-operating: Centenary Christian. First Reformed. Brookside U. B. and East Tenth Street Methodist. Tuxedo Distriet—Emerson Avenue

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$2.50 Donation Given to Joseph McNorton, 60, During Illness. On a sheet of tablet paper Joseph McNorton wrote the following: "I want, to take this opportunity to thank all the men working on the project at the Pennsylvania Railroad crossing on Franklin Road for their kindness and their donation during my recent illness.” Joseph McNorton is more than 60. He moved to Indianapolis 35 years ago from Greencastle, Ind., w'here he had been reared as an orphan by a farmer. Depression Stopped Job For a long time he was a night watchman in a coal yard, but the depression cut him out of that. Last winter he had a FERA job and worked for a month or so when the foreman told him the project was ended. He went back to his home, 833 Bradshaw’-st, and waited for the call he had been promised within a day or tw'o. On Oct. 27 of this year he got the call. He went to wmrk on the PWA project he described in his note, and swung a pick and shovel. It rained nearly every day and eventually he caught a cold. He had to leave the job, and went

Baptist, sermon by the Rev. W. C. Calvert, pastor of Grace Methodist Church, 6 a. m.; churches co-operat-ing: Tuxedo Park Baptist, Wallace ; Street Presbyterian. Linwood Chrisi tian, Grace Methodist and Emerson Avenue Baptist. West Indianapolis District—Blaine Avenue M. E. Church, sermon by j the Rev. J. W. Turnbull, pastor of Belmont Avenue U. B. Church. 7 ■ a. m.; churches co-operating: Blaine Avenue Methodist, West Morris ( Street Christian, Second Friends, I Second Free Methodist, River Avenue Baptist, Westview Baptist and I Belmont U. B. West Michigan District—Memorial Baptist Church, sermon by the Rev. Glenn Mell, pastor of Eighth Christian Church, 7 a. m.; churches cooperating: Speedway Methodist, West Michigan Methodist, Eighth ; Christian and Memorial Baptist. Northwest District—St. Paul’s M. E. Church, sermon by the Rev. P. B. Turner, pastor of North Side Church of God, 9 a. m.; churches co-oper-ating: Seventh Christian, Thirtyfirst Street Baptist, Home Presbyterian, North Side Church of God, North Side Nazarene and St. Paul Methodist. Irvington District—lrvington M. E. Church, sermon by the Rev. Harold O. Boone, vicar of St. Matthews Episcopal Church, 10 a. m.; churches co-operating: St. Matthew's Episcopal, Dowmey Avenue Christian, Irvington Presbyterian and Irvington Methodist. Central District—All Souls Unitarian Church, address by Alden G. Alley, 11 a. m.; churches co-operat-ing: Central Universalist, Hebrew Temple and All Saints Unitarian, Christ Episcopal, interparochial service, 10:30 a. m.; sermon by Bishop Joseph M. Francis; Episcopal churches participating: All Saints Cathedral. Church of the Advent, Christ Church, St. George's, St. Paul's and St. Phillip’s. South Side District—Edwin Ray M. E. Church, sermon by the Rev. R. O. Mcßea, 10 a. m.; churches cooperating : Seventh Presbyterian, Immanuel Baptist and Edwin Ray. Ben Davis District—Garden City Christian Church, sermon by Prof. Griffey, Warren township schools, 7:30 a. m.; churches co-operating, Lyndhurst Baptist, Ben Davis Meth- , odist, Ben Davis Christian, Fleming I Garden Christian, West Park Methodist, Westbrook Nazarene and Garden City Christian. Individual services will be held j Thursday morning in the following churches: Central Avenue Methodist, 10 a. m., sermon by Dr. Charles D. j Skinner; First United Lutheran. 7 a. m„ sermon by the Rev. Clarence E. Gardner, pastor; Zion EvangelI ical, 8 a. m., sermon by the Rev. F. R. Daries, pastor; First Presbyterian, 10:30 a. m., sermon by Dr. George Arthur Frantz, pastor; Broadway : Methodist. 10 a. m., sermon by Dr. Richard M. Millard, pastor; TaberI nacle Presbyterian, 10:30 a. m., sermon by Dr. J. Ambrose Dunkel, pasI tor; Advent Episcopal. 9 a. m.. Holy Communion service, the Rev. George S. Southworth, rector; Westminster Presbyterian, 7 a. m., service sponsored by young people's group, Ron-

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aid Kinmick, president; Woodruff Place Baptist, 6:30 a. m., service conducted by the Rev. L. C. Trent, pastor: St. Mark's Lutheran, 8 a. m., sermon by the Rev. R H. Benting, pastor; Fletcher Place Methodist, 7:30 a. m„ service conducted by the Rev. Howard G. Lytle, pastor; Victory Memorial Methodist Protestant, 6:30 a. m., sermon by the Rev. William H. Lee Spratt, pastor; Troub Memorial Presbyterian, 7 a. m., service in charge of the Tri-C class; Sunshine Mission, 7:30 a. m., service by the Rev. Louis Crafton; Calvary Baotits, 6:30 a. m„ sunrise prayer service; River Avenue Baptist, 7:30 am., sermon by the Rev. G. D Billeisen, pastor, and Ebenezer Lutheran, 10 a. m., address by Paul McCormick. NEW PURDUE BUILDING CONTRACTSAWARDED Total Cost of 5345,000 Announced for Project. Bu I nitcd Press LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 26.—Contracts to build a new r student service and administration building, with a total cost of $345,000, on the Purdue University campus, have been awarded tentatively, school officials announced today. A. E. Kcmmer. Lafayette builder, was the winning bidder, R. B. Stewart, university controller, announced. Plans for the building have been submitted to Forrest M. Logan, director of state Public Works Administration, w'hich will furnish $151,875 in Federal funds. Under PWA rules work must be started by Dec. 15. 250.000 RE-EMPLOYED DURING LAST MONTH Labor Department Figures Report 600.000 Placed in Two Months. By United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—Labor Department figures on private employment today provided good news for Thanksgiving week. They showed another quarter of a million persons returning to private employment in October. Added to September figures, that makes 600,000 persons re-employed in two months. As there has been no indication of a recession in November, the next report may raise the number of reemployed close to the million mark. Christmas trade in December and inventories in January usually keep the employment picture bright in at least part of the business world. Window Smashers Rob Shop Window smashing thieves last night did about S4O damage and stole shoes, hosiery and spats valued at S2O in robbery of the Hyde Foot Comfort Shop, 16th and Ulinois-sts. Overheated Stove Causes Fire A fire caused by an overheated coal stove damaged a rooming house operated by Mrs, Walter Riley at 628 Lexington-av, today. Loss was estimated at S3OO.

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PLAN MERGER OF RAIL FIRM DEPARTMENTS Changes Are Announced and Are to Become Effective Dec. 1. Merger of several departments of the Indianapolis Union Railway Cos., Belt Railroad operators, with the Pennsylvania and Big Four Railroads is to be effected Dec. 1, it was reported today. The motive power department and auditor’s office is to be taken over by the Big Four, while the maintenance of way, the purchasing departments and treasurer’s office are to come under control of the Pennsylvania Railroad, it is said. Operating Set-Lp Stands Operating department of the Union Railway will not be changed. The auditor's office will be in New York ard the purchasing department in Chicago, it is reported. Fred W. Reynolds, Big Four general superintendent, said the Big Four's master mechanic will have charge of the similar duties for the Union railway. Bert C. Byers, terminal manager, will remain in that position and be in charge of the master mechanic and maintenance of way and structure department. The merger is to be effected, it is said, to bring a,bout better supervision. No reduction in the personnel of the Union Railway is planned.

FOLLOW ONE CLEW IN POLICE MURDER Anderson Detectives Hunt Slayer of Patrolman. Times 8/iccinl ANDERSON. Ind., Nov. 26.—Detectives today admitted that only one clew is known to exist to the mystery of the brutal murder early yesterday of Patrolman Frank (Pete) Levy, 58-year-old patrolman and father of 10 children. Patrolman Levy was shot four times, once through the heart, by a man who, with a woman companion, had been in a car parked in the residential section for more than two hours. Investigating police admit that the motive for the parking in the residential section is the only clew to the identity of the slayer who opened fire as Patrolman Levy walked toward his car to make an investigation. Because of the peculiar circumstances of the apparently pointless parking in a residential section, police are inclined to think that the gunman was a native of this city and not a wandering thug. GLEE CLUB ANNOUNCES PAIR OF ENGAGEMENTS Aggregation to Be Heard Tonight and Also Next Sunday. Two engagements are announced for the Glee Club of the Christian Men Builders Class of the Third Christian Church. The club, composed of 25 voices, under the direction of Russell W. Wilson, wdll be heard tonight at the West Washington Street M. E. Church. Assisting are to be Mary Ann McCreary and Harold Traylor, vocalists; Miss Imogene Pierson, saxophone, and John Nelson, accordion player. Wallace S. Sims is to be program announcer. Piano accompanist is to be Mrs. Grace Parris. A program is to be given by the club Sunday morning at the meeting of the Girls Federation Class of the Third Christian Church. COLLEGES’ HEAD DIES Ex-President of Massachusetts anil Michigan Was 67. By United Press AMHERST, Mass., Nov. 26. —Dr. Kenyon Leech Butterfield. 67, presi-dent-emeritus of both Massachusetts State College and Michigan State College and for 44 years an educator, died of heart disease at his home here last midnight.

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‘De Lawd’ Harrison Might Not Have Screened Well, Says* Roark Bradford.

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BY M’CREADY HUSTON Roark Bradford popped into town and out again today, in fine fettle as the result of a Warner Brothers’ check for his share of “The Green Pastures,” which is about to go into production with Rex Ingram in the role of De Lawd. With Mr. Bradford was his Indianapolis wife, the former Mary Rose Himler, who speaks enthusiastically of their 3-year-old son Richard, who has been going to school since the age of 17 months. The Bradfords now make their home in New Orleans. “Marc Connelly himself is going to direct ’The Green Pastures.’ ” said Mr. Bradford. ‘‘All this talk about Max Reinhardt is the bunk. Marc will be the big white-man on the job and the entire cast will be Negroes. There have been reports that some white actors in black-face will be cast on account of their big names, but ‘Pastures’ does not make its appeal on big names and never did.” I remarked that it was a pity Richard Harrison could not have lived to make the picture. ‘‘lt is a pity he could not live, of course,” said Mr. Bradford, with his Southern drawl. ‘‘But he probably would not have screened well. The shade of his skin was not rignt for the camera.” tt a a THE author of the stories on which Connelly based "Pastures” was emphatic in exploding a rumor that he had not been well-treated in the original financial arrangements for the famous play. "The agreement was made by lawyers for my publishers, Harper Brothers, and was more generous to l ie than the standard basic conduct. Mr. Connelly and the producers have given me more than a square deal, even to a share in the Pulitzer Prize.” I asked him what he was doing now. "I’ve completed the libretto for an opera and Jacques Wolfe, the composer, who writes those charming songs for Lawrence Tibbett, has the score about half done. The Theatre Guild is interested in producing it.” "Funny thing.” Mary Rose chimed in, "they said Brad couldn’t do a libretto. Well, he just took his book. 'John Henry,’ and wrote one of the best librettos the operatic experts ever clapped an eye on.” "I suppose he studied some opera librettos in advance,” I suggested. "Nary a one. He never saw a libretto in his life.” MR. CONNELLY now is casting ’ “Pastures” in New York. He is trying to use as many of the original cast as possible, but some will have to be rejected on account of pigmentation. A certain kind of mulatto comes out of screening looking like an Indian. The two authors, in finally letting the play go into films, made

FEAR OF COURT DECISIONS STIR NEW DEAL TALK Constitutional Amendment Plans Advocated to Save AAA. BY HERBERT LITTLE Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 —Fear of Supreme Court decisions against ! several major parts of the New Deal, accentuated by the court's temporary order impounding rice processing taxes, led today to renewed consideration of possible legislation to restrict the Federal Court's present veto power. Most of the open talk since the Schechter decision has involved a constitutional amendment, but some New Deal lawyers are privately advancing proposals for action by Congress. Congress could by law take away from Federal District judges the power to rule on constitutionality of an act of Congress, it is suggested. under the power granted by the Constitution to determine the jurisdiction of subordinate Federal courts. Retirement for Judges Further. Congress by a retirement law for Supreme Court justices could bring about the retirement of some of the oldt-timers on the court who make up the dominant conservative bloc. The present retirement law is optional with the justices, and none of the. four or five eligible justices has retired. A third possibility is a law to require a vote of seven of the nine justices to hold an act of Congress invalid. This has been widely discussed, because the Constitution also gives Congress power to specify the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. But many fear that this might some day enable a small minority—three justices—to thwart a court veto of a tyrannical act of Congress. A constitutional amendment authorizing social and economic legislation, such as is advocated by the American Federation of Labor, would face a difficult fight for ratification by the necessary 36 states, these lawyers believe. They point to the stalemate of the pending child labor amendment, w’hich covers only one small feature of the national regulation which a real New’ Deal amendment might involve. Dissenters Arouse Comment The unusual action of Justices Brandeis, Stone and Cardoza in dissenting yesterday from the temporary order of the court stopping the government's revenues from rice processing taxes aroused comment. Announced dissents are unusual except in formal, permanent decisions of the court. Some believed today that this may indicate a court schism has developed on AAA even before the arguments of the case. The Hoosac textile processing-tax case, w’hich wdth the Bankhead tax case is to be argued the week of Dec. 9, involves only the legality of taxes imposed before Aug. 24, when Congress amended the AAA law’. The rice case, to be heard Dec. 16, involves the amended law. AAA lawyers say the Supreme Court has before it only the propriety of lower court injunctive action, but the rice millers’ brief directly attacks the new law’’s constitutionality. This brief directly challenges the validity of legislation designed to redistribute national income as beyond the power of Congress. an advance ana royalty contract. They are receiving a rousing lump sum and a share of the gross. Mary Rose has become her husband's secretary. She carries the money, pays the bills, copies his stories, sends them off, carries on his correspondence and advises him in his business matters. "All Brad has to do is to retire to the slave quarters every now and then and write a story,” she explained. The author of "How Come Christmas” and those other Negro tales which have delighted the nation reached for his ninth cup of breakfast coffee. “Yes, that’s all; but try to do it.” The Bradfords left for Nashville, Tenn., this afternoon.

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RABBIT ON BILL FOR PRISONERS Sheriff Announces Menu for Thanksgiving: Deputies Go Hunting. Indications were today that the chief item on the Thanksgiving Day menu for county jail prisoners would be rabbit. This was promised today by Sheriff Ray, who released one-half his deputies for a day’s hunting on neighboring farms. Remaining deputies are to undertake a similar venture tomorrow. The deputies are doubling up in order to bring this item of food to the county jail Thanksgiving board. Reserve deputies also are joining in the hunt and the sheriff has invited friends of the deputies 10 go along for the same purpose. Sheriff Ray has cautioned the deputies to gain permission of farmers before entering their land. Suggestion that the prisoners go along to help forage for the big meal was overruled by the sheriff. JOH N LEWIS TO GO 0N AIR THURSDAY NIGHT ‘lndustrial Unionism’ Is to Be Topic of Ex-Leader. "Industrial Unionism,” the battle over which led to resignation of John L. Lewis from the American Federation of Labor, will be discussed by Mr. Lewis in a radio address over the Columbia network Thursday night. The United Brotherhod of Mine Workers president will speak at 9:45 p. m., Indianapolis time. Announcement of Mr. Lewis’ address was received todav in a tele- j gram by Charles P. Howard, Typographical Union president. OVERRULE CUTTEN BAN U. S. Court of Appeals Reverses Case of Grain Trader. By United Press CHICAGO, Nov. 26.—An order issued by the Grain Futures Administration suspending Arthur W Cutten from grain trading for two years has been overruled by the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. The court, in a decision handed down late yesterday, reversed the: order issued by the Administration last February.

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DEFENSE RESTS IN TAIT TRIAL; GOES TO JURY State’s Closing Argument Made by Deputy Prosecutor. The cases of James Flaherty, Donald Nye and Ernest Tait went to thp jury at 11:35 this morning and the jurors immediately began deliberations. The men are charged with burglary. and the .state’s case consisted almost entirely of signed confessions obtained by police from two of them, and admitted to evidence only after strenuous legal controversy. Deputy Prosecutor Edward Brennan made the closing argument for the state followed by Special Judge James D. Ermston’s instructions. The defense rested unexpectedly yesterday afternoon after presenting the testimony of Tait. his foster mother. Mrs. Anna Tait and a character witness. Ben Richardson, grocer of 1301 High-st. No testimony was offered in behalf of Nye and Flaherty. A sti l- was caused when Tait charged from the witness stand that Kenneth Fowler, fugitive and alleged gangster, was a spectator at the trial Friday. Tait repudiated his alleged confession which named Nye and Flaherty as accomplices in various alleged crimes. He explained gun shot wounds which he had received sometime before his arrest as the result of a hi-jacking brawl near East St. Louis. He admitted having been in the liquor business in Florida and ihe slot-machine business in and around Marion County. ROOSEVELT AND G. 0. P. ALMOST EVEN IN POLL Test Among Country Newspaper Editors Shows Tie. By United Press NEW YORK, Nov. 26.—A poll of rural and small-town sentiment throughout the country todav indicated an almost even division of support between President Roosevelt and the Republican fieid. The test was made by the American Press and Publishers’ Autocastcr Service of New York, which polled country newspaper editors. Figured on the basis of electoral college votes, Mr. Roosevelt and the Republicans w’ere tied with 261 each, with Arizona, Delaware and Nevada not counted. Popular votes in the straw ballot favored Mr. Roosevelt against the field by 119,387 to 104,851. WHEELER MISSION TO OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY Services Today Mark Erection of Present Building. With services this* afternoon and tonight, the Wheeler City Rescue Mission is to celebrate revival of home-coming anniversaries in its home, built in 1929, at 245 N. Dela-ware-st. The mission was established in 1893. The building was open all day for informal visits of persons interested in the work and identified wdth it. The Rev. Herbert Eberhardt, superintendent, is to have charge of the formal services w'hich will include the showing of a specially made motion picture depicting ths functioning of all departments.