Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 303, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 February 1936 — Page 9

FEB. 27, 1936.

P.ENTZ MAKES FIGHT AGAINST NEWREPRIEVE 1896 Ruling May Bo Legal Weapon to Thwart Hoffman’s Work. fCepvriKht. 1936. bv United Press) TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 27.—Attorney General David T. Wilentz opened a conference in his Perth Amboy home today to lay strategy for the fight to send Bruno Richard Hauptmann to the electric chair in the week of March 30. Prosecution officials are reported to have a legal weapon with which to combat any further reprieves that may be granted by Gov. Harold G. Hoffman. Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, state police superintendent, and Prosecutor Anthony M. Hauck of Hunterdon Ccunty, conferred with Wilentz to determine how to protect the structure of guilt they have built around the convicted murderer of the Lindbergh baby. Old Court Ruling Found Prosecution officials have discovered that an 1896 court decision strictly limits the Governor's power of reprieve. Mr. Wilentz is prepared to act under that ruling, ii necessary, to block further postponement of Hauptmann's execution. An eminent constitutional authority said there was no way in which Mr. Wilentz could restrain Gov. Hoffman from granting another reprieve. However, if another reprieve is granted, the Attorney General can appear before any judge of the State Supreme Court and ask for a review of the reprieve. Gov. Hoffman continued his attack on the state’s case against Hauptmann today, releasing part of the secret interview he held with Millard Whited, prosecution witness, Saturday. Says Ladder Was ‘Framed’ It also was learned the Governor would attempt to prove that the ladder found outside the Lindbergh nursery was a “frame-up” against Hauptmann. It was reported in New York that a violet-ray process tended to bear out Gov. Hoffman’s contention about the ladder. This process, it was said, proves that nail holes in “rail 16” of the ladder—the board that allegedly came from Hauptmann's attic—were driven long after Hauptmann’s arrest. Gov. Hoffman also attacked the credibility of Joseph Perrone, taxi driver, who swore that Hauptmann .gave him a note to deliver to Dr. John F. Condon during negotiations for payment of the ransom. LIVERMORE IS BETTER Young Shooting Victim Leave Hospital, Goes to Mother's Home. By United Press SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Feb. 27. —Jesse Livermore Jr., today was out of a hospital for the first time since he was shot last Thanksgiving. The youth was removed to the Montecito home of his mother, Mrs. Dorothea Wendt Livermore, who faces charges of assaulting him with intent to kill following a drinking party.

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100-Acre Farm in County Provides Most Necessaries for Family of 10

Self-Sufficiency Marks Life at Mithaefer Homestead. Even if disasters should flatten Indianapolis and other Midwestern metropolitan trading centers, life for the Mithaefer family would be little changed. Self-sufficient and frugal, Alfred Mithaefer and his family till the soil and provide materials for their own livelihood. “We haven’t bought 5 cents’ worth of laundry soap in 19 years—and very little else that we can produce here at home,” explained Mr. Mithaefer, selected as a representative Marion County farmer by Horace E. Abbott, county agent. That is the clew to Mr. Mithaefer’s life—economy and practice of scientific farming principles. He has made them pay dividends on the 100-acre tract on E.. 38th-st near Franklin-rd. Modernism Lacking There are no modern conveniences for the Mithaefer family. Mrs. Mithaefer does all her cooking on a wood range and there are neither electric lights nor telephone. Mr. Mithaefer introduced his wife, who told of the vegetables and meat she cans each year—enough to last through the hardest winter—tomatoes, beef, strawberries for jam, corn, and sauerkraut. In the spring the fresh vegetables take care of their table needs and leave a little for the retail market. The Mithaefers butcher three times a year, can some of the meat and smoke the rest. Their eight children have done their part, the parents say, the older ones learning their work through 4-H clubs. Even the youngest helps by wearing clothing which Mrs. Mithaefer is skillful enough to make over. Stock Gets Good Care Out in the barn lot are fattening Hereford cattle. Poland China hogs, and 170 White Rock chickens, which show the effect of good care which is given all the Mithaefer stock. Mr. Mithaefer is a modest man, contending there are many farmers in his neighborhood who can show the same results, but he has a proper pride in his stock and his farm. He signed the wheat control contracts, but not the corn-hog agreements, for he raises few hogs and has to feed all his corn. Sometimes he feeds as many as 70 head of cattle (there are 24 head of heavy Herefords on the place now), and they take all the feed the place will produce. Alfred Mithaefer, a son, has his share of fame. He won the state hog judging contest last year at Purdue. He has two medals for excellence in 4-H Club work. The other children are: Roberta, 16; Carl, 15; Eleanor, 13; Lorrain, 11; Julius, 8; Vernon, 6, and Joan, 3. THE ITCH Prevalent in Indianapolis Go to Hook’s or ITaag’s or any good drug store and geo a bottle of Gates Sanative Lotion. Guaranteed to stop the embarrassment and discomfort of itch. 60c large bottle.—Adv.

Alfred Mithaefer and his 6>Ap@||Ljgte. year-old son, Vernon (left), are in the bam lot of the 100-acrc Mithaefer farm, east of IndianW? “tBBEr apolis. which supplies all t.ie needs iHI °f their family of 10. >' . ' ■ . ;.

FARM SALE ARRANGED Community Association to Hold Auction at Boonville Next Week. Times Special BOONVILLE, Ind., Feb. 27. Livestock, implements, seed, produce and sundry farm commodities are to go under the auctioneer’s hammer next Thursday when rural residents of southern Indiana gather at the annual Stevens Community Association public sale. The sale is designed to stimulate trading among farm neighbors. r MJC&jE In Lovely That Includes / ★Haircut ★gham- Cn3ESBS poo ★Finger Wave ★N eck Trim I \ mSSmkSO ★Rinse. Now Only I V wfiaUllJt 85c E LLW Haircut, Sha m- Mae Murray or Poo. Finger Wave. Shirley Temple A “ 3 2F>r Per m anent for SI.OO Complete. Marcels, 20c Genuine Oil PerHennas, Bleach. 50c manents, $1.50, Facials. 25c $2. $3 and $5. No Appointment Needed

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Alfred Mithaefer and his 6-year-old son, Vernon (left), are in the bam lot of the 100-acre Mithaefer farm, east of Indianapolis, which supplies all the needs of their family of 10.

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BETTER GRIME PROTECTION ON FARMSSJUDIED Threshermen Hear Plans to Connect Rural Phones With State Police. Plans for direct rural phone connections to State Police barracks to provide farm communities with improved crime protection, were outlined today by Don F. Stiver, State Police superintendent, at the twen-ty-seventh annual meeting of the Indiana Brotherhood of Threshermen and Farm Power Users in the Severin. The proposed direct hookup is to be presented to' telephone officials when they meet here in April, Mr. Stiver said. Preliminary plans are being made. “It will be possible for a farmer to call his operator and be connected with the State Police barracks. Barracks officers will relay the message through their radio to local officials,” he said. “The radio setup in Indiana is now second to none and, with our co-operation with county law enforcement agencies, it gives rural homes adequate protection for the first time.” The second day of the three-day meeting of Threshermen opened today with introduction of branch house managers. President Oliver Buller, Fail-mount, introduced W. S. Arnold, secretary, who called on Oscar F. Smith, Indianapolis attorney. Mr. Smith told the members of new developments in compensation insurance and of the organization of the rate bureau under acts of the 1935 Legislature. Threshing outfits, he said, were “factories on wheels” and not exempt, like farm labor, from compensation laws. After luncheon today, former Senator Arthur R. Robinson was to speak on his experiences in Russia.

HUNT CLUB PRESIDENT, HIS SUCCESSOR SHOWN

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Organization of the Indianapolis Hunting and Fishing Club, Inc., was announced today by Dr. B. F. Neiman (above left), president. Ollie Baus, right, has been elected to succeed Dr. Neuman next year. Both men have been active in Indiana conservation and outdoor sport activities.

OHIO DESPERADO SETS CELL MATTRESS AFIRE Jail in Uproar as Prisoner Fights Efforts to Take Him to Court. By United Press CLEVELAND, Feb. 27.—Clayton J. Clawson, Toledo desperado, who last week terrified an entire courtroom by threatening to blow it to “kingdom come” with “nitro-glycerin” threw the Cuyahoga County Jail into an uproar today by setting fire to his mattress. Clawson, reputedly the most dangerous prisoner ever held in the building, defied efforts to take him into court for a retrial. He waved his right arm, in a cast since he was shot in court, menacingly as turnkeys tossed water through his cell bars.

Sheriff Gets Trench Helmet lONIA, Mich., Feb. 27.—Sheriff Herbert Ross, slugged recently when three convicts escaped, received an anonymous birthday present today. It was a steel trench helmet.

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WPA TO START NEW PROJECTS FOR RECREATION Activity Is Scheduled in 8 Indiana Cities: Jobs to Open. Eight new recreational projects are to be put Into operation this week by the Works Progress Administration emergency recreation division, it was announced today. Projects are to be in Huntington, Princeton, Linton, Bloomfield, Lebanon. Plymouth, Valparaiso and Rochester. Each project is to employ a supervisor, approximately 10 WPA workers and between 10 and 20 persons from National Youth Administration rolls. Tennis courts, playgrounds and baseball diamonds are to be put in condition, and tournaments and athletic leagues organized. Os the 3279 persons employed in Indiana on recreational projects, 1793 are NYA workers and 1486 WPA workers. During January 1,018,410 persons participated in emergency recreational activities.

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