Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 247, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 December 1935 — Page 8

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2 BANDITS RAID GROCERY, GRAB 5623 IN GASH Money Had Been Kept by Store to Cash Checks of WPA Men. Police today sought two Negro bandits whose pre-Christmas raid in a grocery last night netted them $623 that had been placed in the safe for cashing Works Progress Administration checks. They entered the Kroger Grocery and Baking Cos. store at 778 Indi-ana-av and forced Harold Graver, 23, of 932 E. llth-st, manager to open the safe. They also took sls from the cash register, and a watch from George Smith. 2727 Stewartst, butcher. Mr. Graver, Mr. Smith and Sam Bible, 713 Indiana-av, a customer, were forced to sit on the floor back of a counter while the bandits made their getaway. Three bandits, armed heavily, raided the Washington Hardware store, 4410 W. Washington-st, operated by W. H. Stokes, 34 N. Persh-ing-av. They took S6O from the cash drawer. A moment later the same trio entered the Kroger store at 5742 W. Washington-st and took $65 after forcing a butcher and a clerk into a back room. A nine-pound trukey, three chickens, two hams, two cases of eggs, 40 pounds of cheese and 20 pounds of butter were included in the loot taken last night from a grocery at 815 E. 15th-st, Walter Ingall, owner, reported to police today. LEAGUE IS OPPOSING POLITICS IN SCHOOLS Hammond Citizens Enlist 600 After Two Are Dismissed. By United Press HAMMOND, Ind„ Dec. 24.—The Citizens’ Civic League, organized in Hammond more than a week ago “to keep our schools free from politics and to promote their general welfare,” now has a membership of more than 600, it was announced today. The movement was prompted by the dismissal of John Soderburg as purchasing agent and Mrs. Florence Whitaker as financial clerk of the Hammond public school system, according to Guy W. Slaughter, the league’s counsel. A general shakeup in the maintenance department of the public school system also precipitated civic action, according to Mr. Slaughter. HOOSIER GIRL CHOSEN AS CHAMPION CANNER Martha White of Henry County Wins 4-H Club Title. Times Special NEWCASTLE. Ind., Dec. 24. Martha E. White, 15, today is champion girl canner of the United States. She was notified yesterday she had won the grand championship sweepstakes award in the 4-H Club competition held at the International Live Stock Show in Chicago. Miss White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy White, and sophomore in Newcastle High School, never had entered canning competition until this year, although she had been engaged in 4-H Club work five years. Two other Henry County girls, Bond Bell, 17, of Harrison Township, and Kathryn Showalter, 17, also won awards. CITY ASKS DEBTORS TO SUBMIT INVOICES Unless Received Before Dec. 31, Payment May Be Delayed. Payment by the city of approximately $50,000 in bills may be postponed several months into the new year unless debtor firms submit invoices before Dec. 31, it was announced today by Albert C. Losche, city purchasing agent. “Although it is customary to submit bills the month following purchase,” said Mr. Losche, “to do so after Dec. 31 would make it necessary for the debt balance to be reappropriated by the City Council some time in January, and in turn approved bv the State Tax Board. The procedure might require several months." “The city wishes to facilitate matters, and is desirous of settling accounts now," he added. CITY AGENCY IS LEADER Ohio State Life Insurance Branch Ranks High in Contest. The Indianapolis branch of the Ohio State Life Insurance Cos. has been named one of the leading agencies in a two-month campaign for new business. Lawrence H. Shafer, general agent, with offices at 155 E. Market-st, and C. J. Purcell, agency member, were among leading personal producers.

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Wrj We Slake &LOANS ANYTHING OF VALUE! Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Fur Coats. Men’s and Women’s Clothing. Musical Instmmenu. Radios and Auto’ Loans. Chicago Jewelry Cos. 144 E. Washington SI. Fortner Goldstein Dept. Store Bldg.

ST. JOHN’S ACADEMY GIRLS CARRY ON OLD CUSTOM OF CAROL SINGING

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CITIZEN SEEKS JOB WITH SUIT Man Charges Conspiracy to Keep Him Out of Employment. A suit to obtain a writ of mandate that the plaintiff be given SIOOO and , work is on file today in Superior : Court having been brought by the State of Indiana on relation of William Bembry, 340 Agnes-st. Hanna Noone, Center Township trustee; J. P. Lydon, insurance consultant, and Wayne Coy, regional WPA administrator, are defendants. The complaint sets out that Mr. Bembry was given WPA work by Miss Noone on June 8, 1935, but that he was laid off at the end of two weeks because it was discovered that he held an insurance policy. It is alleged that the defendants conspired to keep Mr. Bembry out of work in violation of his constitutional rights as he has applied for employment numerous times since with no satisfaction. MINERS, OPERATORS IN WAGE DEADLOCK Convention Delegates Refuse Pact for Second Time. By United Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 24. Union officials today considered possibilities of breaking a stalemate in wage scale negotiations between District 11, United Mine Workers of America, and Indiana operators and producers. Delegates to the scale convention of miners yesterday refused a second time to accept proposals offered by the scale committee. Wage increases totaling $1,300,000 annually for Indiana miners /were believed included in the tentative agreement, but the convention was said to object to working conditions outlined in the pact. Bandits Get 512.500 Gift Cash By l nited Press NORRISTOWN. Pa., Dec. 24. Two young bandits held up the pay master of the Continental-Diamond Fibre Cos. today and escaped vith 250 pay envelopes, including $12,500 ! in Christmas cash gifts.

SEASON'S GREETINGS the thousands of discriminating families in Indiana who patronize the Better Independent Grocers, and who always buy KO-WE-BA, CUB and LILY brand Coffees, Canned Fruits and Vegetables, and Food Specialties, we extend best wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year. KOTHE, WELLS & BAUER CO. Indianapolis-Owned and Operated For U 7 Years i&mm B\ .Mcsiu The BesT^dyaa.

The old custom of singing carols was renewed yesterday by a score of girls from St. John's Academy. They visited the Veterans Hospital and St. Francis Hospital in Beech Grove, The singers, shown above, are: Alice Murphy, Christine King, Margaret Burkhard, Margaret O'Neil, Betty Sullivan, Mary Jane Hewes, Frances Brennan, Mildred Kasper, Mary Collins, Ruth Blomeyer, Catherine Dwyer, Frances Wade, Dorothy Mattingly, Clara Henry, Goldie Risk, Marcella Mock, Theresa Koerner, Mary C. Werner, Virginia Feist, Jeanne Monaghan, Madonna Feld, Evelyn Devers, Gertrude Heiob, Mary Putt, Dorothy Feld, Dorothy Ward, Clara Burkhard, Margaret McCarthy, Thelma English, Helen Finnegan, Mary King, Lucille Prieshoff, Rita Lehr, Vera Freije, Dorothy Steiner, Mildred Hensley, Mary Roth, Anna Patterson, Elaine Ritter. Mary Madden, Mary Brookhammer, Mary McCormick and Helen Teipen.

FARM YOUTH CHARGED WITH FATHER'S DEATH Lie Detector Shows Discrepancies in Hoosier’s Story. By United Press AUBURN, Ind., Dec. 24.—Lyston Webb, 18, today was held for the murder of his father, Earl Webb, 43, after a lie detector indicated the youth, at several points in his story, was not telling the truth. Webb was found shot to death in bed Dec. 11 and shortly thereafter the coroner returned a verdict of suicide. However, hired hands at his farm were questioned, as was young Lyston. When discrepancies were noted, a lie detector was brought here from Chicago and the youth submitted to another examination.

Old Vintage A Federal law enacted in 1869 is used now as the basis of determining wholesale and retail liquor dealers, District Attorney Val Nolan sai dtoday. The law states that whoever offers for sale more than five wine gallons of malt beverage, wine or hard liquor is to be classed as a wholesaler. While prohibition laws were on the statute books, the 1869 law was ineffective, but was resurrected when the Eighteenth amendment was repealed.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

WINTER SPORTS POPIILARAGAIN Skiing, Tobogganing Attract Thousands to Parks and Lakes. Winter sports have come into their own again after a lapse of several years because of insufficient snowfall. Skiing and tobogganing are attracting thousands of persons in city parks, according to Walden Middlesworth, recreation department director. Skating on Lake Sullivan at the city-owned Riverside Nursery was opened yesterday and the 14-acre lake was covered with enthusiasts. The log-cabin shelter house was jammed with skaters who warmed cold hands and feet before the roaring fireplace, he said. The toboggan slide at Coffin Golf Course has been put in condition for that sport and coasting slides on the hills at Riverside and other parks are being used by children as never before. Streets also have been blocked off by the Works Board to provide additional sport. Held in Slugging, Robbery By United Press LO GRANGE, Ind., Dec. 24.—Roy Courtier, 41, was held in jail here today charged with slugging and robbing Miles Bennett, Shipshewanna fur dealer, Dec. 19. Bennett claimed he was robbed of approximately SSOO.

iISF Leader’s Wishes All Indianapolis A Merry Christmas THERE is no time more fitting than the present to acknowledge our debt of gratitude to the community we aim to serve—and wish each and every one of you a very Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year. To our friends and patrons, we wish to proclaim our special appreciation, for you have shopped so generously that we will have a Merry Christmas ourselves. And to our own organization, we want to extend our heartiest thanks, for yours is a job well done. The LEADER Store Remember! Store Open Tonite Till For Your Last Minute Gift Shopping

PRECEDENT SET BY JUDGE WEIR IN DAMAGE SUIT Rules Railway Liable for Damage of All Trains Using Its Tracks. Ruling is on record today upon a point of law said never to have been previously passed upon by Indiana court. A railroad, according to the ruling which was made yesterday by Superior Judge Clarence E. Weir, is liable for damage caused by trains operated on its tracks regardless of ownership of the trains. The question arose in a damage suit for SIO,OOO damages brought by George H. Beldon against the Big Four railroad in which Mr. Beldon claims that a New’ York Central train operated over the Big Four tracks struck the automobile he was driving at Massachusetts-av and New’man-st on Nov. 14, 1932. Mr. Beldon alleges that the crossing bells and lights wefe not working at the time. He was driving an automobile owned by the Polk Sanitary Milk Cos. Attorneys for the railroad moved that the case be dismissed on the ground that evidence did not show that the Big Four was responsible. Judge Weir in ruling for Mr. Beldon held that" when a railroad receives a charter to operate tracks in a state, it assumes liability for any damage resulting from such operation whether caused by its own trains or those of other lines which lease its right of w r ay. Further evidence in the case is to be presented to a jury Dec. 26. 4 SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN SERIES OF HOLDUPS Quartet Trapped After Getting Lift in State Police Car. By United Press ROCHESTER, Ind., Dec. 24. Several northern Indiana robberies were believed solved today with arrest of four youths, who police claimed were members of a bandit gang active in this section for months. James Roberts, 26. and Clarence Land, 29, both of Peoria, 111., and Lewis Rhineliart, 21, and Mike Benson, 26, Doth of East Ghicago, are held. They were arrested after their car was wrecked near here soon after a grocery at Akron was robbed of $75. They had been given a lift in a state police car and were arrested on information given Sheriff Boyd Peterson by the grocer. PARK BOARD LAYS OFF MOST OF STAFF TODAY Only Special Employes to Be Kept for Rest of Year. All Park Board employes except those on special duty will be taken off the pay roll tonight because of a year-end shortage in department funds, A. C. Sallee, superintendent, said today. “It is the first time in my six years’ connection with the department that this has been necessary,” Mr. Sallee said. “After Jan. 1 most of the men will be re-employed. The salary item on our budget was trimmed SII,OOO last fall.” FREE CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC IS TO OPEN Service For Indigent Children Is to Be Given by Dr. H. K. Mcllroy. Indiana’s first privately-owned free chiropractic clinic for indigent children is to be opened Jan. 6, Dr. Harry K. Mcllroy announced today. The clinic is to be conducted in Dr. Mcllroy’s offices, 504 State Life Building. Dr. Mcllroy, chairman of the bureau on public information for the National Chiropractic Association, said 500 clinics would be established in the nation. The local clinic is to be open from 6:30 to 8 p, m. each Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

THESE SHOULD WHET JADED APPETITES

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Luscious hothouse grapes from Belgium to whet the jaded appetites of holiday diners are shown above. Miss Mary Burroughs, manager of the wine shop at the Indianapolis Athletic Club, is shown holding a bunch which retails at $2.50.

FEW OFFICERS TO QUITMSTS Most Appointees in Shelby County Expected to Be Renamed. Times Special SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Dec. 24. changes are to occur among Shelby County's officials with the start of 1936. The County Commissioners Board is scheduled to meet for re-elec-tion lan. 2, but appointees now employed are expected, for the most part, to be renamed. Among appointments scheduled are a highway supervisor and 14 assistants. In addition a county attorney and a custodian for the Courthouse and jail are to be selected. The present board is composed of two Democrats and a Republican. Henry McCarty, chairman, is to start anew three-year term at the next meeting. The other Democratic member is George F. Gray, and the Republican, Charles F. Young. Only two changes are to be effective Jan. 1 among elective officials. John Eck is to succeed County Treasurer Edgar Hack, and Clarence Wasson will replace Mrs. Julia Pherigo as recorder. Mr. Eck is to retain Miss Virginia Bass and Miss Ruby Skillman as deputies, and Mrs. Eva Mcßride, Waldron, is to be Mr. Wasson’s deputy. Claude X. Mohr, re-elected auditor, is to begin his second term, retaining Mrs. Gertrude Fraker and Miss Rosamond Griffith as deputies. Winter begins in the northern hemisphere at the time the sun reaches its greatest distarce south of the equator.

11f .BF *,3 mpr a wraHr Mtl 1 m 31 TN extending to you this wish for a joyous holiX dajf season and a happy new year, we want to express our thanks for the friendship and m business accorded us in the year just ending. jSssjl fc* We hope you will take full advantage of the modern electric facilities now at your command jgj| —including the new headquarters which was provided for your light and power service as jg| an important step in our 1935 progress. £9 Si INDIANAPOLIS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY |££f| Electric Building, 17 N. Meridian

Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported to police as stolen belong to: Harry Schiech. 1219 N. Oxford-st, Ford coach, 107-479. from 10th and Denny-sts. Sam Weinstein. 2932 Ruckle-st. Chevrolet truck, from garage in rear of his home. E. M. Kelly. 2542 N. Captiol-av, Chrysler sedan. 90-193. from rear of his home. H. F. Klipinger. 3231 Washington-blvd, Oldsmobile sedan. 3-231, from 1400 N. Dela-ware-st.

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Stolen automobiles recovered by police belong to: Kastans Bakery, 818 S. Meridian-st, Chevrolet truck, found in rear of 1219 N. Meridian-st. Edward Schneider, 3462 N. Illinois-st Ford coach, found in fro.it of 1551 Car-rollton-av. Arthur Wabnitz, 5221 Pleasant-st, Ford sedan, found on State Road 40, west of city limits, stripped. 3000 TAVERN OWNERS TO ATTEND MEETING State Group to Discuss Educational, Legislative Problems. Educational and legislative problems are scheduled for consideration at the first annual Indiana Tavern Owners’ Association Feb 18-20 at the Claypool. More than 3000 tavern owners are expected to attend. A trade show with exhibits on the mezzanine floor will be sponsored by the Beer Retailers of Indiana, Inc.

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'GLASS THROAT' BOY RETURNING HOME FOR YULE Hoosier Youngster. 2, Wins Long Battle Against Odd Affliction. Times Special MISHAWAKA. Ind., Dec. 24 Jackie, a 2-year-old boy, is coming home today. That means Christmas, with capital letters, for Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Hanson. Jackie is blond, blue-eyed and far more boy than baby. He’s been away a year and a half, a patient at Jackson Bronchoscopic Clinic. Philadelphia. There, thanks to his spunk and the worlds best throat surgery, a battle has been won over an unusual throat affliction. Jackie, who otherwise is a normal, healthy youngster, has a throat.” At least that is whap medical men would term it. A small tube connects his larynx and windpipe. Without it he could neither breathe nor swallow. Trouble Traced to Throat Jackie, when six months old, became extremely ill. Physicians traced the trouble to his throat, which was contracting. They couldn't, however, do anything to relieve him. Next came surgeons who devised a tube throat that for several months worked satisfactorily. But the throat didn't last long. The skilled men who had created it admitted defeat. They told anxious parents thht only the most talented of surgeons could cope with ; the problem. Jackie's parents are not well-to-do but they consider their son a pretty important person. So he was sent east and they trimmed their budget to keep him there. Today, on a train speeding west, Jackie and his mother are together, th first time in more than a year. Once home Jackie is to stay. That's the asurance of specialists | who say he is almost fully recov--1 ered. Meanwhile that Philadelphia ; train is awaited by a Committee of i One with a thumping heart.

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