Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 July 1936 — Page 1
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MURPHY TO BE CANDIDATE FOR MICHIGAN POST
U.S. High Commissioner to Philippines to Seek Governorship.
QUITS HIS INSULAR JOB
Resignation Given at Parley With Roosevelt in White House.
By United Press WASHINGTON, July 9.—Frank Murphy, United States high commissioner to the Philippine Commonwealth, announced today he has resigned his jnsular post to enter the Michigan gubernatorial race. He turned. in his resignation at a White House conference with President Roosevelt to be ef- § fective at the i pleasure of the 3 chief executive. [£4 “Does this i mean you will run for the Gover n orship Michigan?” was asked. i “I probabily § will be available for that.tomorrow,”- he ‘said. 5 Formal announcement as Mf. Murphy to his Michigan political plans will be made tomorrow when he reaches Detroit. Murphy was the first American representative to the island government which was inuaugurated last November. Prior to establishment of the commonwealth, he served as governor general. His decision came after considerable pressure had been exerted on him both to resign the commissionership and to retain it. Virtually all Filipino leaders, including Commonwealth President Manuel L. Quezon and John W. Haussermann, Philippine mul(3millionaire mining magnate, begged Murhy to retain his present post. Murphy is popular in the Philippines because of his sympathetic attitude and understanding of Filipino problems. Democratic leaders in: Michigan, * on the other hand, urged him to enter the gubernatorial race because they believed his tremendous personal popularity there would carry the party to victory in the November elections. Murphy formerly was Mayor of Detroit.
MONUMENT CLOSED FOR REPAIR WORK
Shaft to Be Reopened in About Two Months, Straub Says.
The Indiana soldiers and Sailors Monument, in the Circle, is undergoing extensive repairs and will be closed for at least two months, Adjt. Gen. Elmer F. Straub said today. Workmen have begun to replace the steel work from the top platform to the base of Miss Indiana. The present steel work has corroded and must be replaced. Tentative plans call for inclosing the. balcony in glass in order to keep the weather out of the inside of the monument and protect the new steel work from corroding processes. Workmen are to begin Monday to replace the present elevator with a new and modern unit that will have an inclosed cab and be speedier. The cost of the elevator is to be $13,000 and cost of the other work is to be $6000.
SUMMER STORE HOURS TO START SATURDAY
Downtown Establishments to Maintain New Schedule.
The summer schedule for downtown stores is to start Saturday when a number of merchants close at 1, it was announced by M. H. Morris, manager of the Merchants Association of Indianapolis. Among the stores to maintain the schedule are the William H. Block Co., L. S. Ayres & Co., H. P. Wasson & Co., the H. Lieber Co., Charles Mayer & Co, Rink's, Inc., Stewarts,
open at 9 and close each day xcept Saturday at 5.
TAX ATTORNEY DIES FOLLOWING ILLNESS
Wedding Bell
Indianapolis Girl Becomes Bride in LongDistance Marriage.
INE HUNDRED miles from the minister who was performing the ceremony, John J. Heimburger, formerly of Zionsville, and Miss Lurline Hurst, Indianapolis, exchanged wedding vows in New York last night. Standing in the room of his Zionsville home, the Rev. Earl Heimburger, pastor of the Zionsville Methodist Episcopal Church and father of the bridegroom, read the service over a long-distance telephone connection. " The “I do’s” of the young couple were carried to a small’ group of friends in the Zionsville home through’ a loud speaker attached to the telephone receiver.
2 ou n° SIDE from the usual nervousness of bridal couples, the unique ceremony was accomplished without trouble. Friends who witnessed the Zionsville end of the services said they were impressive. The bridegroom is a graduate of Georgetown Law School. He previously: attended De Pauw University for two years, George Washington University and Indiana Law School. -He now is connected with the Federal Park
couple is to reside. The bride, foster daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry N. Styner, 2180 N. Talbot-st, has been a student at Benjamin Harrison Law School. She motored to New’ York last Friday.
WOMAN TAKES STAND AT TRIAL
Mrs. Mary Freels Testifies for State in Penny Death Case.
- Mrs. Mary Freels, 27, a slender brunet, testified in Criminal Court today that she was in a car with three other persons when they allegedly stoned the truck driven by John Penny, who was injured fatally. = She named Victor Crickmore and George Haygood, indicted fér murder in the case, and Ruth Miller as her companions. Mrs, Freels was a state witness in the trial of Harry F. Peats and Emmett Joseph Williams, union officials, charged with the murder of Penny. She was questioned briefly by the prosecution, after ‘which the defense began cross-examination. “On: March 7, 1935,” Mrs. Freéls
for me at my home. George Haygood was driving and Ruth Miller was with him in the front seat. I sat on the right and Crickmore on the left. JI saw some bricks on the floor of the car. * We went out W. Wash-ington-st and passed a Kroger truck going east the other side of Belleville. “Vic got over on the right side of the car and I dropped to the bottom. .I noticed the speedometer registered 80 miles an hour. “Vie, Ruth and Haygood threw. rocks. I heard one rock: hit the pavement, another hit glass and another the middle of the truck. We (Turn to Page Three)
TWO PERSONS DEAD
Traffic Victims.
stood at 87 today with the deaths of Albert Deel, 64, and Fred C. Hartman, 53. Mr. Deel, a former constable living at 322 N. Webster-av, and Mr. Hartman, an attorney, 1330 Olive-st, died yesterday afternoon at City Hospital. Head injuries were suffered by Mr. Deel Monday night when the auto in which he was riding collided with one driven by Mrs. Alma Jones, 32, Negro, 2116 Highland-pl, at Ninth and California-sts. While crossing Virginia-av at East-st, Mr. Hartman was struck by a trackless trolley operated by Oscar Peeler, 30, of 2048 N. New Jersey-st, Tuesday night. He is to be buried in Crown Hill after services at 3 p. m, tomorrow in the J. C. Wilson Funeral Home. Surviving Mr. Hartman are the widow, Mrs. Ada Hartman: two sons, . Fred Hartman Jr, Los Angeles, and Lawrence Hartman, St. Louis; his mother, Mrs. Catherine
Indianapolis. — Funeral services for Mr. Deel are in Brothers Central Chapel,
with burial in Crown Hill. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Joseph C. Indianapolis. A
TERRE HAUTE STORE
races housing the dragon throne of
Service in New York, where the }
Nearly $100,000,000 Appropriation
‘testified, “Victor Crickmore ‘called.
OF CRASH INJURIES -
Fred Hartman, Albert Deel|”
Marion County's 1936 traffic toll |
Hartman, and a brother, Herbert|
to be held at 10:30 a. m. tomorrow
JAPAN'S ARMY |
CAMPS BEFORE ‘SACRED CITY
Chinese in Peiping _Fear Nippon Contemplates Coup There. ACTION SPREADS PANIC
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Populace Believes Nippon
‘May Place Manchukuoan Ruler . on Throne.
By United Press PEJPING, China, July 9.—Japanese troops camped today at the main entrance to Peiping’s forbidden city, the former imperial pal-
the Manchu dynasty. The action spread panic amcng
the populace and revived Chinese
fears that the Japanese are com-|
templating a coupe de force: under
which Emperor Kang Teh of Man- |
chukuo. would be returned to the throne of his fathers. The Japanese moved to the Forbidden City gates without warning. One hundred brown-clad soldiers, in full war. kit, left their barracks at Fengtai, important railway junction between Peiping and Tient-. sin. : Rumble Through Streets
In seven tanks and 10 trucks and 1
with full campaign equipment they
rumbled through the streets of |
Peiping and halted at the Forbidden City’s gates. A heavy guard was posted at the entrance. i There was no offficial explanaon. ; ; The Forbidden City is located in Chineses territory near the quarter in which foreign embassies are situated. Troops at the Japanese embassy were heavily reinforced yesterday by detachments which staged an impressive military demonstration in the legation quarters. :
BRITISH ACCELERATE ARMAMENT PROGRAM
for National Defense. By United Press
LONDON, July 9. — Accelerating | 8 its armaments program, the British | -
today ap) ated national defense this year. = The total national defense budge
for the yéar was brought to $041]
018,500, with newly announced: supplementary estimates for the three fighting services totaling $98,283,500. More than half of the, supplementary appropriation was required for the air force. Provision was made also for ordnance factories.
Edward to Continue Parleys By United Press " Ta ' LONDON, July 9.—King Edward VIII gave his personal attention to European problems today when he arranged to continue Bucki Palace conversations with Sir Eric Phipps, British ambassador to Germany. :
CARBON MONOXIDE— THE KILLER
ACH year carbon monoxide takes an increasing number of lives. The deadly gas pours in volumes from every motor car exhaust. It is colorless, tasteless, without
consciousness, followed by death. : ! Most com -
the thoughtless driver who _
spent on |
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| broadcast that
in"the middle of the street, grinning.
| I feel beter now.”
THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1936
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1 } Trees Topple as Storm Hits North Side
§ | City. Frank Stead, 48, Kendallville,
ji | Joseph River at: Elkhart where they 8 | drowned while wading for clams.’
* City street department workers had to saw their way through huge ‘tree trunks sprawled across:the street (top) in front of the residence of Barnett Jacobson, 4603 Park-av, following yesterday’s storm. Below is pictured a tree uprooted by high winds ‘and. tossed on to the roof of the residence of John. Turnbull, 5110 Capitol-av. :
Burglars
Storm—Wet Wash .
Intruders Absolutely No Help to Laundry; Police AregSorry, Too. SH
HE Lux Laundry Co., 5307 Winthrop-av, reportéd to police that - some one left the windows open last night at storm time and that
it rained in on 700 shirts that were
they will have to be done over. ! 3 : Co» » ”
INNEAPOLIS — Police sirens * screeched when the alarm was 8° ‘woman was sereaming on 16th-av. ‘Hurry... It sounds like murder,” droned the announcer. Officers found the screamer
“It was horribly hot,” she said. “I thought a good scream might help.
The officers said they knéw where there is a good “cooler.” ea : Nish Dienhart. Municipal Airport manager, estimated today that 3000 cars were parked at the
By United Press MADISON, Wis—Undersheri{f Joseph Shaughnessy explained the heat didnt bother many of his prisoners,-even with the temperature ‘mounting to 95 i
all done up. The laundry reported Police thought this was too bad.
measuring equipment only a few drops officially. ‘And this morning, Howard Mills,
* a farmer near Valley Mills, sur-
prised the weather man again with the report that abovi an inch of rain fell out there at 7 a. m. = 2
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ABERDEEN, S. D.—Doctors wiped |
their perspiring brows, decided Barbara Frances Beaver, who weighs .a little over four pounds, didn’t need an incubator any longer. They sent her home, where the temperature
| was around 100 degrees.
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By United Press > Lis DULUTH, Minn~—~Duluth residents pointed with pride again to their “natural air conditioner” as they fled from Lake Superior, from which a 15- : ” »_ 8. By United Press
Times Index = veeeers 38
‘| Raymond Stauffer, 22, Fort Wayne,
‘| by Miss Dorothy Miller and Mrs. -| Jessie Kollars, both of South Bend,
recorded J
77 ments irregularly lower.
Crop Condition Desperates
Property Damage in Eleven States Is Estimated - at $200,000,000.
TOLL IN LIVES AT 235
as Searing Heat Wave Retains Grip.
By United Press CHICAGO, July 9.—The great Mid-American drought basin baked again today under a blazing sun, relieved
HEAT WAVEIN STATE KILLS 12
Drownings Chief Cause of Deaths; Connersville
Short of . Water.
Twelve persons were dead today in. Indiana outside Marion County as a result of .the intense heat wave gripping the state. In Noble County, where the temperature went to 107, three were dead. The United Press reported
drowned in Sylvan Lake near Rome
died of heart disease during a convention at Lake Wawasee. John Dull, 53, dropped dead of heart disease in Kendallville. .. The bodies of Fred B. Klooz, 38, and Jack Baer, 13, bath of South ‘Bend, were recovered today from St.
Disappear While Fishing The man and boy disappeared last night and authorities were notified
who had been fishing with them. Nearly 20 persons searched the river all night. The bodies were found by other clam diggers. ~ At Oswego, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Young Dorsey, 88, collapsed at her daughter's home here this morning. and died within a few mirfites. Death was attributed to the heat. George Brown, 10, and Charles Salyer, 12, Mishawaka, drowned in St. Joseph River while wading. Neither could swim. Ira Wilt, 48, New Albany, apparently weakened by a recent surgical operation, drowned while swimming in. the Ohio. River. Harold Barnes, 21, South Bend, drowned in Pieasant Lake near Edwardsburg, Mich., while teaching his wife to swim. George E. Bishop, 36, Terre Haute, was injured fatally when he dived into the Wabash River. The drought has reduced the water resources of Connersville to half the usual supply and city officials issued a strict order against sprinkling. / "Four cows were killed by a boit of lightning as they huddled under a tree on the farm of E. E. Speers near Bloomington.’ ; A dust and wind storm struck Bedford, -. while wind whipped thmugh Richmond and Vincennss.
WHEAT IS ERRATIC IN MIXED TRADING
Nervousness Has an Effect; - Rains Discounted.
By United Press CHICAGO, July 9—Trading was mixed in the wheat pit today on the ‘Chicago Board of Trade, and prices fluctuated erratically in a nervous market. At the end wheat was up % to % cent, corn was off 3 to up 's cent, and oats were unchanged to up % cent. : of rain resulted in a moderate selling movement at the opening, but wheat prices quickly recovered the early losses as most traders turned to the buying side in response te dispatches from the ‘Northwest which stated that rain fell in sections where the crops were a total failure.
MARKETS AT A GLANCE
By United Press : Stocks fractions fo more than 2
and utilities; United States govern-
.which cooled the city temporarily,
Dakota sent wheat prices down
died two hours later. Last rites of
| Meighan, and Mrs. Leon Errol, wife
_|reéclaim his former place
only by tantalizing showers and sultry clouds in scattered
sections. “There is no material change today in the entire Central States district,” Forecaster J. R. Lloyd of the Chicago Weather Bureau reported. “It’s another sizzler.” Hot winds wilted already withered crops in South Dakota, Montana, most of Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois and Indiana. Deaths attributable to the weather mounted to at least 235 as the heat wave moved across the prairie states to the East. Conservative estimates placed the property damage at more than $200,000,000. “The clouds over northern Indiana and Illinois are moving forth and will be dissipated before going very far,” Lloyd said. Rain which promised to be heavy in the Chicago district at 7 a. m. turned out to be a brief shower
but brought no appreciable relief. Park officials estimated that 500,-. 000 persons spent the night on beaches and in forest preserves.
Forest Fires Reported
Heavy rains in portions of the drought-stricken Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta and - scattered showers in North
htly on the Chicago Board of : “at the opening. - Later wheat moved up again, = Numerous forest and brush fires raged in northérn Ontario while volunteers weré called out to fight fires in the South Dakota-Wyoming district of the Black Hills forests. Iowa's great corn crop advanced closer to destruction with tempera(Turn fo Page Three)
MEIGHAN, STAR OF SILENT FILMS, DIES
Actor Had Been Ill for Last Three Weeks.
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By United Press : GREAT NECK, N. Y.,, July 9. — Thomas Meighan, 57, star of the silent films who was fighting for a comeback in the talkies, died at his home here last night. He had been in critical condition for three weeks from an illness which he had suffered for two years) He lapsed into unconsciousness shortly after 7 o'clock last night and
the church were given a week ago. At his side were his wife, Mrs. Frances Ring Meighan; his brother, James; his sister, Miss May
of the actor. / His illness interrupted a fight to in ‘the theater. He retired from pictures in 1927, after 11 years as a star, to enter business in the Florida real estate boom. He returned to make a few more pictures between 1927 and 1929, then retired again. He made more pictures in 1931, and last year produced his last one, “Peck’s Bad Boy,” which re-established him as a box office attraction. Critics heralded the film as a big step on the comeback trail. His illness stopped him. Surviving, besides his wife and the brother and sister at his bedside when he died, are two other brothers and another sister; John Meighan of Pittsburgh and William J. Meighan of wn, Md. and
ALL AGAIN IS WELL ON LIVESTOCK FRONT
5 KILLED HERE; DROUGHT AREA EXTENDS EAST
Three Are Victims of Heat, Two Struck by Bolt in Freak Storm.
TRY FARM EXPERIMENT,
Irrigation Project May Help Save Parched Crops in Marion County. HOURLY TEMPERATURES ‘
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. Steamy heat that yesters day caused three prostration deaths in Indianapolis and created a freak local North Jide thunderstorm that took two more lives, continued toe day, and there was no official promise for relief. Three persons were overcome by heat this afternoon and taken to hospitals. Physicians said none was in serious candition. They were Mrs, Maude Raymond, 53, of 1526 Wade= st; William V. Allen, 59, of Clay: City, Ind.,, and Clyde Berry, 49, of 227 W. Maryland-st. ; The drought remained unbroken in the farm areas where it matters most, and Horace Abbott, County Agricultural agent, began today an irrigation experiment on a farm south of the city as a last resort ta Stave off complete loss of an early seed corn crop. SE If the experiment works, it will be copied by all farmers who care to and who have streams available for ny. ray Mr. Abbott undertook the experi= ment when a sirvey yesterds showed that corn is beginning fs tassel. Unless it gets water, it wi produce only “nubbin” ears, to the serious menace of the farmer's in come. : : Pollution Problem Arises
The drought also has increased immensely the problem of stream pollution. ‘Scores of calls have come to the State Health Board come plaining of polluted conditions in streams that ordinarily are pure. - W. H. Prazier, executive secretary of the State Municipal Sewage and Industrial Board, said that ‘the drought naturally reduces the streams and as a result, water fo keep the creek beds free is lacking. Moreover, receding streams expose vegetation to the sun which leads to decomposition. i Storm Breaks at 5:45
The storm, which generated squall
| winds of near tornado in
and leveled scores of trees, 15 utile ity poles, and numerous signs, re sulted, the Weather Bureau said, from yesterday's excessive heat, It broke at about 5:45 pP. m. over an area approximately a mile square in the northeast section of the city, Downtown there were but a few drops of rain. In‘Irvington thers was a spanking shower. In the south there was nothing but the rumble of distant thunder. 5 Street cars in the storm area w stalled, and auto drivers, unable to see even over-the radi
their cars and waited. High Temperatures Again
Storms of this type, the Weather Bureau - said,
of cold above, and being drained. “ Today, in spite of clouds over the skies, the temperature bid fair to equal, if not surpass, yes when the maximum was 104.2. The dead in In is are: OLIVER F. (MAX) SCHULZ, of 223 E. 10th-st, a profess golfer, struck by lightning. CHESTER BURNS, 16, of 214 Olney-st, caddy, also lightning
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