Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 289, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 February 1936 — Page 3

FEB. 11, 1936

NEW DEAL COST IRKS NEBRASKA. STOKES LEARNS But Norris Is Tower of Strength for Mr. Roosevelt. BY THOMAS L. STOKES Tim** Special Writer OMAHA. Feb. 11.—A streak of frugality runs through the Nebraska nature, Just as in neighboring Kansas. Accordingly, scepticism is increasing here over New Deal expenditures, particularly since the toll of unemployment remains about the same. A1 Smith, though he failed to carry Nebraska in 1928, struck a responsive chord with his Liberty League speech emphasizing the cost of New Deal ventures. Mr. Smith has many friends in Omaha, where he opened his 1928 campaign with his farm speech. In President Roosevelt’s favor here is the general improvement in conditions. Nebraska farmers are in good shape, disapponited at the death of AAA but confidently awaiting a substitute Business has picked up generally, though lagging in a few lines. Many Loans Reporled One big banker reported as many loans to industry for equipment and expansion in the last four months as in the previous four years. Manufacturers of farm machinery and Implements have done well. Consequently, despite dissatisfaction with this and that phase of the New Deal, the state of William Jennings Bryan and Senator George W. Norris is marked safe for Mr. Roosevelt by local analysts—as of today. The President, however, has lost ground here recently, they tell you, | due to numerous causes which, cumulatively, might make the state doubtful as Nov. 3 approaches. Beyond the anxiety over increasing expenditures, the visitor finds a feeling that administration of New Deal agencies has not been all it might be—and this is possibly because of some unfortunate examples in this neighborhood. One Reason for Feeling One is the Ak-Sar-Ben rural rehabilitation project, recently taken over bv Dr. Rexford Tugwell's Resettlement Administration. Ak-Sar-Ben today is a deserted village of 38 houses 20 miles from here on which $225,000 to $300.000 —according to whether you count in relief labor and overhead—has been spent and not a soul has been moved in yet. While there was once talk of abandoning the project, which ultimately envisages 94 homesteads of 7'4 acres each. Resettlement officials now say they will go ahead. They promise to have families moved in this spring. Critics say the project is not economically feasible. Herbert Hoover, when here recently, asked lots of questions about it and jotted down some data. A low-cost housing project in this city also has aroused criticism on the ground that rents will be too high for the people who formerly lived in the now eliminated slums, while the neighborhood is such that it may be hard to attract people able to pay. These are small matters when considered in a national plan of recovery, but they encourage caustic comment about “impractical brain trusters.” Norris’ Influence Strong The President has one tower of strength in Nebraska in the person of Senator Norris, an institution beloved by the rank and file. Everybody assumes that the 74-year-old Senator will run for re-election in November as an independent, though he has not announced. If he does, it is said, he is almost sure to be re-elected and his influence will offset minor dissatisfactions with the New Deal in the minds of many voters. A factor which might affect the President’s chances in November would be the nomination by the Republicans of Gov. Landon of Kansas, whose budget-balancing and economy ideas appeal to many Nebraskans. An active organization’is at work here lor the Kansan under direction of Clinton Brome, a local lawyer, who said he expects that the delegate slate to be picked at the April primary will be virtually unanimous for Mr. Landon. Senator Borah of Idaho remains the unknown quantity here. He has not indicated whether he will file for the primary. Landon Aided by Old Guard Sam McKclvie, former Governor, member of the old Federal Farm Board and one-time Hoover leader in this state, also is out for Gov. Landon. whose fortunes are in the hands of the Old Guard Republican crew’ here. One of Senator Norris's opponents —if he runs again for the Senate—is expected to be former Congressman Robert G. Simmons, who is a candidate for the Republican nomination and as yet unopposed. He is a vigorous campaigner and skilful enough to retain Use friendship of both Mr. Hoover and Senator Borah. The only Democrat who has announced is young Terry McGovern Carpenter, one-time filling-station operator who went to Congress in the 1932 Roosevelt landslide, raised a lot of commotion there, and was sw’ept out when he tried to go to the Senate two years ago. He has hopped onto the Townsend Plan bandwagon and is seeking to capitalize that movement, which Is strong here. He is regarded here as of the Huey Long school of political dramatics. There may be another candidate for the Democratic nomination in J. J. Thomas, who is retiring as a member of the Federal Reserve Board. He Is a former Democratic State chairman, and was trimmed once before by Senator Norris. State PWA Chief Return* Forrest M. Logan, state PWA director, has returned from Washington, where he conferred with Washington officials over the week-end.

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Lest —Modeled in glass wore than two inches thick, is this Spanish galleon on display at Charles Mayer & Cos., in the Rene Lalique exhibit. It is one of the examples of modern art in glass included in the display. Right — Centered in pearls and an-orchid of ivory is the tear bottle that resulted from Lalique's first experiment. He molded it in a simple cooking stove over a fire in his own stove. At the left is the tiara of pearls and diamonds modeled for the Czarina of Russia. The orchid and gold leaves set with diamonds at the right were designed for Sarah Bernhardt.

URGES BAKERS STUDY MARKET State President Roused by Stagnant Profits With Increased Sales. Because bakery profiits are at a standstill with business nationally 67 per cent higher in 1935 than in 1934, Jake Hoerhammer of Terre Haute, president of the Indiana Bakers’ Association, suggested that Indiana bakers survey their markets to seek a remedy. He said improper operation and failure to realize the possibilities of the marketing field caused the discrepancy. Mr. Hoerhammer said that prospects for 1936 are bright. The sessions and trade exhibits are to continue through tomorrow at the Claypool. Efficiency in government as well as in business is being demanded, John M. Hartley, Chicago, Associated Bakers of America secretary, declared at the convention. Touches on Tax Problem Denying that it is a question of which political party is in power. Mr. Hartley insisted that “while we are still in a peculiar period of transition, one thing is certain we shall have to pay and the big problem is to see that taxes are justly apportioned.” He predicted, therefore, that “business men of all types will take a greater interest in what heretofore has been known as ‘politics,’ seeking efficiency in government. “Bakers, the producers of bread, are extraordinarily close to the people, necessarily being strongly affected by the state of general welfare,” he pointed out. Other morning speakers were Miss Stena Marie Holhdahl of Kingan & Cos., and Donald F. Stiver, state public safety director. Afternoon speakers were to be

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BY ANTON SCHERRER PERSONS fearful for the future of craftsmanship in the Machine Age can take heart from the collection of Lalique glass on exhibition at Charles Mayer & Cos. this week. Even Benvenuto Cellini would have rubbed his eyes. As an artist, he would have recognized a kindred spirit. Asa craftsman, he would have relished Lalique’s way of making unruly materials behave. Cellini, to be sure, stopped short of casting liquid glass. He stayed with the problem of casting “Perseus" in bronze. At that, it was trouble enough. Rene Lalique, too. has his troubles. To achieve “The Crucifixion,” an amazing performance around which the crowd at Mayer’s lingers longest, he had to make no less than 28 molds without the least assurance that any of them would yield their objects intact and unbroken. a it n Lalique begins with a. drawing of his design, projects it into a three-dimensioned plaster Henry Stude, Chicago, American Bakers’ Association president; Joseph Noonan of the Omar Baking Cos.; C. E. Riley, Milwaukee; Mort A. Unger, Cleveland, and Professor Arthur Holmes of Butler. A banquet, floor show and dance is to be held tonight. Recovery of processing taxes by bakers is to be the chief topic tomorrow morning with Albert Stump, Indianapolis attorney, as speaker. Mothers’ Club to Meet The Brightwood Mothers' Club of the Indianapolis Free Kindergarten is to meet at 2 Thursday in the kindergarten room. Topic of the discussion is to be “The Family and Leisure.” Attorney Shaw Moves Offices Lawrence A. Sh .w, attorney, has moved his offices from the Inland Building to Rooms 715-17, 130 E. Washington-st.

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form. Next, it is turned over to the foundry where moulds are made from especially tempered steel, hand-chased to an exact reproduction of the plaster model—a delicate operation made more difficult, in this case, because of Lalique’s fondness for undercutting. The pouring of the glass follows. In the meantime, everybody holds his breath wondering whether the mould will release its object. If by any chance it does, it is so rough and uncouth that nobody but Lalique knows what to do with it. A series of 16 different operations by a? many artists brings it to a state of perfection. Glass considered as crystal—its art-form—is, of course, the product of sand, lead, potash and chemicals. In unskilled hands, it can reveal its earthly origin. In the hands of the skilled it can achieve a pureness and transparency such as no other material can rival. In the hands of Lalique it can capture and imprison light. To prove it, hold a piece of Lalique glass up to the light when you go to Mayer's this week.

6 MORE ARE STRICKEN BY SEEPAGE OF GAS Score Made 111, Two Dead Is Toll in Illinois City. By United Press BELLEVILLE, 111., Feb. 11.—Six persons were stricken today in another of a series of “gas cases” which have taken the lives of two persons and made more than a score ill during the last fortnight’s cold wave. Police rushed to the west side after receiving reports that the six persons were overcome in their homes from gas which seeped into half a dozen residences. The latest outbreak came as police and health officials were investigating another case in the same district which yesterday made five women ill.

TEACHER NAMED ON DEATH JURY Woman Principal Picked Tentatively at Pierce Murder Trial. (Continued From Page One) passed twice on a prospective juror he is seated. . The defendants, again neatly dressed, sat handcuffed together within 15 feet of Mrs. Quinnette, the \vidow. Joseph was chewing gum. Owens and Whetsell, lawyers for the defense, represented by Arthur Whetsell, was augmented by local counsel when the court allowed the petition for a pauper attorney early in yesterday’s Session. William C. Ewing was named by the court to assist Whetsell. Prosecutor Is Veteran Examination of the jury for the state was made by John E. Wiggin, prosecutor of Hancock County. Mr! Wiggin has held this office several times, having delivered the first address before the Hancock Circuit Court in the present building years ago. Pierce and Joseph, both escaped convicts from the Indiana State Prison, made no comment as they sat in court accused of first-de-gree murder. Pierce, who is said to have signed a confession of the shooting, came into the courtroom with a sardonic smile and occasionally appeared jovial. Judge Van Duyn seemed anxious for the trial to get under way. The first indication of a probable defense was shown when Mr. Whetsell mentioned the confession Pierce is said to have signed shortly after being captured by State Police near Milford. Pierce was caught at the home of Silverton Headlee, 47, another escaped convict.

CRAWLS EIGHT MILES ON ICE TOSAVE LIFE Youth, Stranded 40 Hours on Lake, Reaches Snore; Two Pals Die. (Continued From Page One) ice water, Brown recounted in halting phrases his story of the drifting skiff, the seemingly endless wind, snow and cold and the despair that followed the death of Cunningham. “We kidded ourselves that help would come. . . . Cunningham said nothing before he died . . . Claude was worried then. ... He talked about his family—his wife, the daughter who married me . . and his other son and daughter. . . . Then he died and I was ail alone on the ice.’’ Amputation Is Likely As physicians ministered to Brown :in Charlevoix Hospital, six Coast Guardsmen inched cautiously out on the ice. They stepped from the shore near Goodhart almost at the point where Brown had stumbled in. Through a blinding snow storm, they made their way due west. Eight miles out—unless the ice had carried them away—they expected to find the tarpaulin-covered body of Beardsley on the ice and that of their fellow guardsman in the boat. Dr. R. B. Armstrong, Charlevoix physician, said he believed that the will to live that had carried Brown to safety would save his life. He saw no chance of saving his blackened legs, and indicated they would have to be amputated in several days. Brawn's wife and 2-year-old daughter, Patricia Ann. visited him for a few moments in the hospital. His other daughter Shirley, 4 months old, was at home. “I thought about my wife and kids,” Brown said fitfully before he fell asleep. “That was all that kept me going.” Suffering Is Described (Copyright, 1.936. bv United Press) FROVINCETOV/N, Mass., Feb. 11. —Agonies of cold, hunger and fear experienced by seven CCC youths who drifted 22 hours on ice floes in Cape Cod drove one boy to contemplate suicide and his companions to believe death was imminent, tney revealed today. One lad suffered severely frozen feet in the ordeal, two were so frost-bitten they were taken to a hospital, and the others, brought ashore at 3 a. m. today by the Coast Guard patrol boat Harriett Lane, were stupefied by exhaustion and cold. The four youths saved last wers .Manuel Bottello, 19, West Warwick, R. I.; Tony Ray, 19, West Warwick; Thomas Malone, 18, Portsmouth, R. 1., and Nicholas Scunzio, 19, Thornton, R. I. “I thought we’d never get here,” Malone said. Others quoted him as saying, while on the ice, “ ‘lf they don’t get us out of here by 12 o'clock (Sunday night), I’m going to jump in the water and end it.’ ” In a hospital at Hyannis, where the three boys first rescued were taken, John Fitzsimmons, 19, Portsmouth; Albert Papa, 18, West Warwick, and Norman Beaulieu, 19, Pawtucket, told a story as harrowing.

OFFICIAL WEATHER fnitfd State* Weather Bureau Sunrise 6:43 Sunset 5:16 TEMPERATURE —Feb. 11, 1935 7 a. m 31 1 p. m 83 BAROMETER 1 a. m 30.14 1 p. m .... 30.16 Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a m... .00 Total precipitation since Jan. 1 186 Deficiency since Jan. 1 2 10 OTHER CITIES AT * A. M. Station. Weather. Bar. Temp. Amarillo. Tex PtCldv 29,88 22 Bismarck, N. D Cloudy 30.38 —24 Boston Clear 29 64 10 Chicago Clear 30 10 —6 Cincinnati PtCldv 30.12 8 Denver PtCldv 29 88 18 Dodge City. Kas Clear 30.04 16 Helena. Mont Snow 30.16 —l4 Jacksonville. Fla Clear 30.14 30 Kansas City, Mo. ... Cloudy 30.24 6 Little Rock, Ark Clear 30 24 22 Los Angeles Rain 29 98 52 Miami. Fla Clear 30.06 46 Minneapolis Clear 30 20 —8 Mobile. Ala Clear 30.24 28 New Orleans Clear 30 24 32 New York Clear 29.82 8 Okla. City, Okla Clear 30.04 22 Omaha, Neb PtCldv 30.32 —lO Pittsburgh Snow 29.94 6 Portland. Ore Cloudv 29.76 26 San -Antonio. Tex. ...PtCldy 30.08 38 San Francisco Rain 29 72 50 st. Louis Snow 30.24 4 Tampa. Fla Clear 30 14 38 Washington, D. C. .. Clear 29.99 10 2 HURT IN FIRE” ON NORTH SIDE Firemen Injured Saving 11 Persons From Blaze in Apartment. (Continued From Page One) their second-floor apartment until they had to be taken down a ladder by Umbersaw and Harsin. Insists Canary Be Rescued Mr. and Mrs. Troemel insisted that their canary be rescued first. Mrs. W. F. Clarke, 80, was overcome by smoke and was carried down the stairs by her daughter, Mrs. Ralph E. Terry, and Mrs. Florence Courteny. Others overcome by smoke and rescued by firemen were Mrs. Carolyn Smith, Mrs. Edith Harrington. Mrs. Jane Springer, Mrs. W. H. Booth, Mrs. Louise Beilstein and her son, Walter E. Beilstein. They were aided from the building by Battalion Chief Ernest Henchman and Chauffeur Hallie Shearer. Loss Estimated at S3OOO Furniture and clothing stored in the basement room were destroyed, and firemen estimated the loss at S3OOO. The apartment is a two-story brick structure. Another North Side fire destroyed the kitchen and rear porch of "the Cross Grocery, 2002 Bellefontainest. The fire apparently began from newspapers Frank Cross, 47, 'of 847 Wright-st, proprietor, set on fire on the back porch to thaw out a frozen water hydrant. Damage was estimated at S6OO by Fire Captain Leroy Minnick. I. U. TO RECEIVE BIDS Offers on Excavation Work for New Building Awaited. Bids on excavation work for the new $472,000 medical building on the Indiana University campus were to be received at the Claypool this afternoon for consideration by the board of trustees. The board also will consider revised plans for the structure submitted by A. M. Strauss, Fort Wayne architect.

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WPA WORKERS AID COURTS IN DIVORCE CASES Women Check Welfare of Children Involved for Four Judges. Welfare of Marion County children whose parents are divorced and who have become wards of the courts is being investigated by eight women employed on a WPA project and working under the supervision of four judges. The women now are working in three ol the Superior courts and Circuit Cour. In most of the courts they check :nto the children's conditions after a divorce has been granted, but in Superior Judge William A. Pickens’ court they investigate before separation hearings. All four judges praise the work of the investigators. “These women have accomplished remarkable results," Superior Judge Joseph T. Markev said. "In one instance they brought in a man who w r as failing to provide for his two children, and I sent him to jail over night. Since then he has mended his ways and sends them money each week.” Information Aids Judges “Another case they investigated was of a man with 11 children who was attempting to obtain a divorce. Asa result we found that the divorce should be granted his wife.” Armed with information from the court, the women determine which parent should have custody of the children, what the moral character of that parent is, and the home surroundings. They also check availability of public schools and the finances of the parent requesting custody. According to Judge Pickens, this information assists in handing down the proper decision. Two women on the same project are compiling statistics in Criminal Court from all disposed-of cases. STRIKER ASKS SSOOO IN SLANDER ACTION Claims Builder Furnished Negro Woman as “Just Married" Escort. By United Press EVANSVILLE. Ind., Feb. 11— When George Duncan picketed a local building company several weeks ago he was joined by a Negro woman carrying a sign saying, “We have just been married.” Today Mr. Duncan filed a SSOOO slander suit against William Johann, whom he accuses of hiring the woman to parade on the picket line with him. NAMED BY REPUBLICANS Rae W. Powell to Serve as County Election Commissioner. Rae W. Powell, local attorney, was certified today as Republican county election commissioner by Glenn H. Ralston, county clerk, following his appointment yesterday by Wayne G. Emmelman, county chairman. David M. Lewis is the Democratic commissioner. Sheehan Trial Date Set Arraignment and trial of George A. Sheehan, attorney, who is charged with operating a gaming device, is to open Thursday in Criminal Court.