Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 284, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 February 1936 — Page 2

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ARBITRATION IN STRIKES URGED RY CHURCHMEN Pastors’ Report Condemns Recent Application of Martial Law. Refusal of employers to arbitrate differences with workers and application of martial law during industrial strikes were condemned as contrary to national ideals in a report made to the annual convention of the Indiana Pastors' Association in First Baptist Church today. The report, made by the Industrial commission and delivered by the Rev. T. J. Simpson. Washington Street Presbyterian Church pastor, reterrod specifically to the recent shirt factory strike at Jeffersont ille. Increase in child labor, reduction in wages and longer hours since ending of NRA also were deplored. Church Mergers Recommended Mergers of congregations to relieve “overchurched" conditions in rural communities was recommended in the rural commission's report. Riven by E. C. Cameron of Butler University. The industrial-agrarian conflict was described as forcing farmers into “a system of tenantry pronounced worse” that the peasantry of Europe. Reconstruction of Sunday church programs to meet changing requirements and to compete with outside attractions was urged in the report of the commission on Sunday problems, presented by the Rev. A. E. Cowley, pastor of the First Baptist Church. Shelbyvillc. The three-day meeting is to close with a fellowship supper at 5:30 and an address on "The Lost Radiance Recovered” by Dr. Rufus M. Jones, Haverford College, at 6:15. STUDENT LIBRARY AIDS AT MANUAL ANNOUNCED Eleven Assistants Are Picked for Current Semester. Announcement of Manual Training High School student library assistants for the current semester was made today by Mrs. Florence Schad, head librarian. The 11 new aids are: Mildred Wall, Hollis Browning. Lena Waiss, Mildred Briggs, Ethel Hcrbip. Olive Hoyt, Jeanne Johnson, Marie Moates, Clarice Reimer, Genneil O’Brien and Hazel Hendrickson. With the exception of the latter, all the girls are members of the Masoma Club, girls’ honorary organization. WPA ADULT TEACHERS MEETING HERE TODAY Conference With Supervisors Held at I. U. Extension Center, More than 75 teachers of adult education classes conducted by Works Progress Administration in Marion County are to meet, today with state., supervisors at the Indiana UniveTOiyVtncfce'nMbn division. Floyd I. McMursay, state Superintendent of Public Instruction, is to speak on “There's Nothing New Under the Sun.” Other speakers are to be Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch. WPA district director, and William F. Vogel, state supervisor of WPA emergency education. There are 175 WPA adult education classes conducted in Marion County with attendance of 3000. UNWED MOTHER LOSES BATTLE FOR HER CHILD Claim She was Drugged at Baby's Adoption Held False. Time* Special SOUTH BEND. Ind., Feb. s.—Lena Gusa, Mishawaka, an unwed mother, lost custody of her 3-year-old child because she wrote her name too clearly on the Baby’s adoption papers. She claimed she was drugged when the papers were signed three "ears ago. but Judge DanTyle ruled the woman’s signature proved her contention false. PIT GAME HENS STOLEN Fowl Valued at $35 Taken From City Man's Poultry House. Seven White Pit Game hens valued at $35 were stolen from the poultry house of Clifford Grover, 966 N. Tibbs-av, he reported to police today. The fowl formerly were owned by the late Sergt. William Purcell of the police department and are believed to be the only ones of this breed in this part of the country.

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M4RKI.EVII.LE Amos H William*, *9. Survivor* Sons. Arthur and Court; brother, Marion Williams. ALEXANDRIA —Mr*. Mary Ann Stive?, 67 Survivors Son. William; daughter. Mr*. Rosa Perry; brothers. James. Charles and Elmer Ferguson, sisters. Mr*. Rebecca Taylor. Mr* Sarah Wood Mrs Margaret Brown, Mrs. Marian Silvjy and Mrs, Carrie Brown. f BANKTO*.— Jacob A Webb. 83. farmer Survivor*: Sons. Dora. Noah and Frank Webb. LAPEL—Mis* Mary Jane Busby. 83, Survivors; Sister Mrs. Missouri woodward, brother*. John and T. M Busby. RUSHVILLE—Mr* Maude Newhouse, 60. Survivors. Widower. Alva: sons. Byron and Paul daughter. Miss Ruth Newhouse. slater, Mrs. Ida Ward, brother. Jehu Smith. NORMAN Mr* Edith Callahan. 75. Survivors Daughter. Mr* Oussie Fountain and Mrs. Maggie Bell; brother, George Mitchner; sisters Mrs. Mary Lawson and Mr*. Ada Bower. SCOTTSBt RG Bona •’‘ephen East 6* Survivors. Son*. Howar I, Ralph. William and Dorance daughte".. Mrs. Catherine Carter and Mr*. Do.-- .nv Coy; brother*. John. Charles and FreG East; sister, Mr*. Henry Browning. LADOGA—Mr*. Hubert DrifTle. Survivors: Widower; lather. Lon Ellis; brother Charles; sister, Mrs. Jack Rawlings; Infant son and daughter. COVINGTON—VirgiI R Royse. 24 Survivors: Widow, Juanita; daughter, Eleanor June; mother Mrs. Mary E. Royse: brother, Vernon; half-sister, Lucille Emmons. CRAWFORDS VII.LE Mrs Kizzie Warren, 65. Survivors: Widower, 8. G. Warren; son. Otis; brother. Fred McMurry. MONTICELLO—Mrs. Matilda E Smith, 68 Survivor; Brother. Andrew Rinker. Mrs. Edward McCartney, 53. Survivors: Widower; son, Aubrey McCartney. MENTONE—AIIen Edward Eberly. 62. Survivors; Widow Ora; sister, Mrs. Cora Welch; brothers, Brice, Harry and Ernest Eberly. FOWLER—Vincent Lee Harkrider. 81. Survivors: Daughter. Mrs. Nora Lague; sister, Mrs. Nannie Broshear. George Rlngle, 65, farmer. Survivor*: Widow; sons, Glendon and Herbert; daughters, Mrs. Henry Garing, Mrs. Roy Windier, Mrs. Leonard Jashaway. Mrs. Joseph Balenseifer, Mrs. Bernard Freeland and Mrs. Phillip Deno. BUJFFTON—Ned Boxell. 7. Survivors: Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Boxell; brother, Charles; sisters. Misses Martha, Beatrice and Joar. Boxelt FRANKLIN—F* ancis N. Whitesides. 83. Survivors: Widow; son. Virgil F Whitesides; daughter, Mrs. Fred Newell. EI.WOOO—Mrs. Nancy Jane Headley, 78. Survivors: Sons. Oscar, Amos, Joseph and Grover Headley; daughters. Mrs. Mollis Courtney. Mrs. Thomas Brown and M-s. George Thornberry: sisters, Mrs. Hattie Snelson, Mrs. Flo Cloud and Mrs. Gussie Collins; half-brothers, Robert and Charles Little. GOl.liMßllS—Cornelius Shadrick. Survivor: Widow. LAFAYETTE Joseph M. Harshman, 38. Survivors; Widow. Margaret; daughter, Mrs. Gordon Myvrs; brother. George A. Harshman. sister, Mrs Florence Phebus. Henry Olinger. 75. Survivors: Sisters, Miss Sarah Olinger. Mrs. Dora Marcus and Mrs. Mollie Phebus; sister-in-law, Mrs. Laura Olinger. Mrs. Carrie Edith McCormick. 53. Survivors: Widower, Delbert; sons. Herbert, Ralph, Ora. Keith and Harold; sister, Mrs. A. B. Martin: brothers. Lawrence, Otto, Arthur, Bernard and Dr. O. L, McCay. OTTERBEIN —Mrs. Minnie Rihodenberg--80. Survivors: Son. Charles; brothers, Henry, Herman and Harry Smith; sisters. Mrs. Ollie Timmons, Mrs. Ernest Mennen. Misses Katherine and Anna Smith. MUNCIE Patrick J. Ronan, 66. Survivors: Widow, Nora; brother. Michael Ronan. Dennis O'Meara, 70. Survivors: Sisters, Mrs. M. F. Landers, Mrs. Thomas Hogan and Miss Vena O'Meara. BURLINGTON—Mrs. Mable Patty, 29. Survivors: Widower. Carl; daughters. Misses Marilyn and Marv Lee Patty; son, Joe Patty; father, James Tavlor; sisters, Miss Mary Taylor, Mrs. Julia Lull and Mrs. Lottie Smith; brothers, Claude, Harold and Wilfred Taylor. LOGANSPORT—Mrs. Laura B. Blouser, 71. Survivors: Widower, Edwin; nieces and nephews. CORY—Arthur S. Gummerc, 70. Survivors: Sons. Herman, HerschvH and Edsel Gummere; daughters, Mrs. Elsie Royer, Mrs, Edna Lincoln and Mrs. Ernestine McClain: sister, Mrs. Minnie Tucker. CLAY CITY—Mrs. Hester H. Staley. Survivors: Widower, Charles; sons, Marvin, Chester, and the Rev. Manford Staley; daughter. Miss Marceline Staley; sisters, Mrs. Orville Kitch. Mrs. E. E. Fulk and Mrs. Grace Kendall. RICHMOND—EIIis L. Porter. 23. Survivors: Widow; daughters, Misses Mary Alice and Jane Porter- b others. Verne and Dudley Porter; sisier, Mrs. Alta Wright. LlNTON—Edward Harper. 64. Survivors: Brothers, Dadie, Alvadore and Noah Harper. LYONS—Matthew Basch. 77. Survivors: Brother. Andrew Basch; sister, Mrs. Mike Johnson, RK - R r^t A - fougiiL. Sunyors: Widow. Lela; brother, ..Charles. EVANSVILLE—Miss Emma White, 86. Mrs. Lillian Hudzietz, 37. Survivors: Widower, George; daughters, Helen Louise and Anna tee; son. Billy; mother, Mrs. Martha Heffington; sisters. Mrs. Bernard Kirsch and Miss Willa Heffington; Brother, Carl Heffington. Mrs. Laura V. Oslage. 44. Survivors: Widower. Rufus: sons. Ervin, Aaron and Rufus Jr.; daughters, Misses Ruth, Charlotte. Bernice and Betty Lou Osiage; brother. Henry. Fred and Ed Rader. Mrs. Mamie Hedderich Lyon. 80. Survivors: Daughters. Mrs. Amy Kinderman and Miss Vera Lyon; sons, Arthur and J. Byron. FORT WAYNE—Mrs. Ida Wright Shafer, 79 Survivors: Son. Fred Wright; daughters, Mrs. C. E. Emrich and Mrs. Louis

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Marquardt: sisters. Mrs. Eva McDaniel and Mis* Emma DrWert: stepsons. John. William and Cha A Shafer, stepdaughter. Mrs. Eila Gr .W th. F S Theodore Dimer. 71. Survivors: Widow. Louise; sons. Kar!. Erwin and Theodore daughter. Miss Edna Dimer: sisters. Mrs. Emma Russell and Miss Rosin*. Dimer. Mrs Minnie Jautz. 64 Survivors: Son, Fred; daughter, Mrs Gladys Smith; broth-G-MEN STUDY NOTES IN WEILS MYSTERY Clews Sought in Letters of Missing Man. By United Press CHICAGO, Feb. s.—Puzzled by letters written by Harry H. Wells, Monroe tWis.) contractor, just before he disappeared last week, authorities today sent them to Dept rtment of Justice headquarters in Washington for examination. In thr letters Wells told his brother-in-law, Harry Burgy of Monroe, that he had reached “the end of my rope” as the result of extortion threats. “Please be careful when you tell Sarah and the children,” Wells wrote. “It breaks my heart that I will never see them again.” Police and Federal men here are working on the theory that Wells was kidnaped and either slain or held for ransom. His warnings to his family, however, led them to be-r lieve that he might have disappeared voluntarily and left kidnap clews to confuse investigators. Wells’ blood-stained car was found in a Chicago street last Wednesday. HOOSIER CADET WINS HONORS AT CINCINNATI High R. O. T. C. Award Is Given to John F. Finney, Rushville. Times Special CINCINNATI, Feb. s.—One of the highest honors given undergraduate cadets In the University of Cincinnati unit of the R. O. T. C. today was awarded John F. Finntj Ru?h\ille, Ind., at a military on on the campus. For outstanding military scholar - ship, Mr. Finney received the pre.iunior ordnance blue star. The award was made by Maj. Lawrence C. Mitchell, commandant of the unit. Mr. Finney is a cadet in the ordnance branch and a pre-junior or third-year co-operative studem in the College of Engineering .nd Commerce. He is a graduate of Rushville High School, class of 1932. and the son of Sam Finney, Rushville. WPA Official to Speak Ralph Werner, camp management director of the Works Progress Administration, is to address Federal agency directors this noon In the Washington.

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ers, Henry, Frank, Joseph and John Sfrasser. John Weller, 68. Survivors: Widow. Carrie: sister. Miss Elizabeth Weller: brothers. Christ and Richard Weller. Mrs. Joseph Riley. 56. Survivors: Widower. Joseph; sons. John and Frank Spiedell; daughter. Mrs. Samuel Hess; sisters. Mr*. Samuel Stevens. Mr*. William Garner and Mrs. Charles Whiteshield. Edmund Schroeder. 85. Survivors: Daughter, -Miss Clara Schroeder; sons. Christian. EGward, Adolph, Julius and Theodore Schroeder. halt-brother. Henry Schaper; half-sister, Mrs. Anna Hartman. BOONVILLE —Warren Taylor, 67. Survivors: Didow. Ella; sons Culmer. Joe and Charles; daughters. Mrs. Helen Leingang. Mrs. Goldie Hall and Miss Kathryn Taylor; brothers, John. Frank and Thaddeus; sister, Mrs. Helen Broshears. HATFIELD —Mrs. Mae Herrell. Survivors: Widower, James; sons. Maurice and the Rev. Myron Herrell: daughter. Miss Jewell Herrell; brothers. Albert. Robert, Ora and John Horrum; sister, Mrs. Herschtil Barnett. HAZLETON —Mrs. Mollie Westfall, 84. Survivors: Daughters, Mrs. Annie Call and Mrs. Ada Bell, two sons and sister, Mrs. Margaret Brice. BLUFTTON —Mrs. Lizzie Neilson, 69. Survivors: Brothers, Charles. Frank. Dallas, Fred. John and Forest Kreigh; sister Mrs. Bessie Curry. GREENSBL'RG —Mrs. Lydia Brooks, 70 Survivors: Son. William; daughters Mrs Mae Rogers. Mrs. Zeta Riggs. Mrs Naomi Moorman and Mrs. Jennie Pierce. WESTPHALIA —Charles E. Hughes, 53. Survivors: Widow, Myrtle: mother Mrs Emma Hughes; sons. Leo, Ralph, Charles and Earl; daughters, Mrs. Roy Sponnemore and Mrs. Virchow Pameier; brothers James. Walter, Everett and Fred; sisters! Mrs. Mason Moran. Mrs. Frank Britz, Mrs Jesse Ross and Mrs. Hany Lacy. PREBLE—Mrs. Rosina Smith, 60. Survivors: Sons, Carl, Walter, Lawrence and Oscar; daughters, losses Lucille and Marie Smith. ALEXANDRIA—Edward D. Meyers 75 Survivors: Sons. O. D.. Jesse and Petitsister. Mrs. Mary Jordan; brothers, Monroe, John and Manassa. CITY CHIROPODISTS TO FORM RESEARCH GROUP Podiatry Society Meeting Is Called by Dr. R. E. Tanner. Indianapolis chiropodists are to meet at 6:30 tomorrow in the Severin to organize an invitational research study group to be known as the Indianapolis Podiatry Society! The meeting has been called by Dr. R. E. Tanner. Plans call for two dinner meetings each month at which society members are to read papers on topics to be selected by the general membership. Developments inpedic research and treatment of seasonal foot disorders are to be among subjects for discussion.

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DEATH RATE lit CITY INCREASED, REPORT SHOWS Figures Reveal 14.6 Persons out of Every Thousand Died in 1935. High speed living, unusual climatic conditions and hard luck, combined to . give Indianapolis a higher death rate in 1935 than it has had in recent years. Dr. Herman G. Morgan, health board secretary, said today. Department statistics show that 5439 persons died here last year, for an average of 14.6 deaths a thousand for the city's population. In 1934 the rate was 13.9, and in 1933 it was 12.9. This was balanced some by a slight rise in the birth rate. He pointed out that 5875 babies were born last year at a rate of 15.8 a thousand for the population. This was an increase of .7 over the previous year, and a gain of 1.2 over 1933. "There is a tendency for both rates to level off toward a common figure,” Dr. Morgan said. “The trend also shows that the birth rate has declined from 1921 to 1933.” The darkest part of the city’s health picture was in the infant mortality rate, he asserted. It was from 10 to 15 per cent higher than in previous years. Heat and Depression Blamed Humid weather of last summer, and effects of the depression may have contributed to this increase. “When you couple the heat of last summer with the fact that some families had difficulty providing a proper sustenance level, you may have an explanation,” he said. “It is difficult to determine scientifically which cause was the more important.” Pneumonia, which caused 643

deaths, showed a higher rate than at any time since 1918. This particularly was true during the months of January and December. Diphtheria likewise was unusually prevelent during the fall and winter months, and was responsible for 25 deaths. This, Dr. Morgan said, was a 75 per cent increase over 1932 and a 50 per cent increase over 1933. “Apparently this was caused by failure of the public to take advantage cf immunization treatments, and also by the appearance here of an unusually virulent organism,” Dr. Morgan declared. “Climatic conditions undoubtedly influenced the high rate of respira-

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tory diseases, which were common here during the cold weather. Dark dreary days and absence of sunshine favored development of this type of germs,” he said. Only One Smallpox Case On the other side of the ledger, only one smallpox case was reported to city health officers during 1935. Dr. Morgan explained this by the fact that so many people have been vaccinated for this malady. Cancer was responsible for 472 deaths, diabetes for 60 and influenza for 43. There were 32 homicides, and 69 suicides. “Heart disease took the biggest toll,” he said. "During the last 15 years, this type of ailment has sup-

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i planted tuberculosis as the principal | cause of death here. “There are many ways to explain j this. First, there has been advances 1 made in diagnosis, care and treatment of tuberculosis. It still re- ! mains, however, the chief cause of | *eath in the 15 to 25 age group,” Dr. | Morgan added. Because we have conserved life among youths and children, more ; people live to the heart disease age of 40 an dover. Worn’, dissipation, i speedy living and fatigue, which we all experience in this day and age, i undoubtedly have caused more heart j cases. “Indianapolis has had many better health years," he said.