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AGICIAN DIES FTER ACCIDENT NEAR COVINGTON

c A. Kolkloesch Believed Victim ‘of -Hit-and-Run Driver. CLYDE A. KOLKLOESCH, 45

magician of Indianapolis died vesterday in City Hos-

struck near

he ,was smotorist

1¢n ‘By ma hit-and-run

= Covington Monday night

who was Clvde Duane, after

Mr. Knl kloes ch ~ professionally as did he ing by the to the hospital here. Mr. Kolkloesch years ago, and

was found ly

ght game here about 10 ‘resided here during periods when he was not touring the country. ‘He was a World War veteran Funeral services were to be held under auspices of Veterans df Jorelen Wars at 3 p. m. today in oral Park Cemetery. Burial was

_ to be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

sisters Mes.

Mrs

Survivors are three Ida Wilbank, Inidanapolis;

M. Bowen, Toledo, and Mrs. il 5

Willn yw of Detroit. Lo HS G. C. MAYER, resic at of Indianapolis, day night in San Francisco, following an illness of several years. He was 57. Funeral and burial is to be in San Francisco Mr. Maver was born olis. the son of Corn helmina. Mayer. He was graduated

in Indianap-

from Manual Training High School | graduated from |

“and Pur’ Foi. ‘wing

in 1901 was te University with high honors his . graduation, Mr. employed in the engineering department of the Indian“apolis Water Co He later was astociated with Yhe of the Department of Interior in Washington and Was construction engineer on Several grigation projects in the west. AS in officer of the Twenty-Sec-oid New York Engineers he was stationed at the Bethlehem Steel Works, Bethlehem, Pa. during the World War. He was a life member of the Purdue Alumni Association and a member of the Veterans. of

Foreign Wars

Survivors are two sisters, G. Keyler and Mrs. John S. Mec- : Cullough : ‘of Indianapolis, and a i Brother, Robert I. Mayer of Edmon-

Mrs. E.

- : .ton, Alberta, Can.

MISS ANNA E. TURRELL, many years librarian at the John Herron Art Institute, died: Wednesday in Washington, D. C., it was learned here today. Miss Turrell; hgd gone tn Washseveral weeks ago to visit her sister, Miss Ruby Turrell. died Wednesday held yesterday followed by

"family lot at Medora

Miss Turrell served as librarian

. and in other capacities at the art institute from the time of its open-'!

Ing until her retirement a few years

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BROWN, "15107 Park-av,

Sa E.

~ for 65 years.

after services at

| until last

anapolis, and Mrs

PERD died vesterday . of her daughter, Mrs.

“been ill but “born in Greensburg and was

“280. She was a niece of Survivors, besides the sister Washington, are two other sisters, “Miss Ruth Turrell of Honolulu; Blanche Turrell of New York ,and rothers, John M. Turrell and Willd S. Turrell, both of Vincennes. . MRS. OREGON COOPER who died yesterday at the home of her son, the Stilesville ‘Cemetery, : 10 a. m, Clayton (Ind) Baptist Church.

‘day in

Mrs. Brown's death was partially cat | She was born in Hen-| She |

attributed to'a bite by last week. dricks. County and was 73. had lived on a farm near Clayton week. Survivors are

a pet

her son. who

‘Indianapolis’ ° and Indianapolis Home Show president: ters, Mrs. Willard E. Worrell,

Chicago. ~ MRS. V. SHEPat the home Clara BrownServices are to be

MARGARET

5501 E. 25th-st.

“at 2 p. m. Monday at the home of |

her Mrs. C. FP

Worthington,

granddaughter,

Mrs. and. had

She was

was 87 week.

Shepperd one

widow of John Shepperd, a Civil War veteran. She ‘was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church Survivors besides her daughter are a son, John F. ShepeS Indianapolis, and a brother, =F. O. Bemusdasser, Houston. Tex.

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* men wearing gas masks.

I of Mr. and Mrs.

" glerk and his wife, recovered

_ of sulphuric acid _ the couple had dumped postassium

_ HusBaND, WIFE DIE IN SUICIDE CHAMBER

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LOS ANGELES. Aug

Durand V.

who executed - them-

Clevenger,

: selves jn a hgme-made lethal cham- , were closed today as suicides by | rides, the thumb has enabled man until the child is nearly a year old |

pororier's office. No inquest will held. 5 . The bodies the 28-year-old Grace, 24, were yesterday from

home in. Huntington Park by

fire-

A few feet from the bodies was a into which

cyanide pellets. Deadly cyanide | fumes killed them. Several western states use the method in executing | death Penalties

"40 ET 8 INSTALLS

CHIEFS AT CHATEAU

Elmer L. Goldsmith - .was installed chef de gare of the Indianapolis jure of the Forty et Eight, AmerLegion, at the organization’s pau last night. - officers

Robinette: and James M.|

on, chef de train: Roy Moore, lissionaire intendant; John De, correspondant; Glenn conducteur; Lloyd Fagg, sous- : Emmett Hale, garde-de le: Edward Guth. lampiste.

GROUP TO MEET

Indianapolis Bar Association hold its regular monthly meetColumbia Club Wednes-~ m. Val Nope, Uni

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1936

VAPOLIS

R. C. A. to Keep WPA Playground Near Its Factory Open

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When R. C. A. moves back into its factory building | at 501 N. LaSalle-st, it will not attempt to reoccupy the 12 acres ar so of playground built there by the Works Progress | | Admiinstration while it leased the building. The R. C. A.| “will leave it as a playground for children, who flock to it | | bv #lay, and for adults, who pack it for after-work games. |

FATAL SONG

BY JEAN PARMELEE ~~. Daily Short Story: |

married the leading merchant’s son, | she would talk him out of it.

4 ” ® ELEN penciled the last note, | folded up her paper, and! rose. “Don’t go yet,” the young a]

MODEL PLANES SET FOR FLIGHT

for

She | and services were | erema- | £ tion and burial of the ashes in the!

John | {in |

Miss |

Ted C. Brown, | is to be buried Mon- |

in the |

is | secretary of the Electric.lLeague of | two daugh-! Indi- | J. Chance Son, |

5134 E. Washington- | st. “Burial is to be in Crown Hill.

the |

installed were |

The nearest -other playground WPA officials say that

children in the

tree; No. 3 the slide: and No. 4, the Swings.

R. them they will aliow the tennis courts, the ball diamond, the | swings, slides and sandpile, to remain. No. 1 of’the bietures above shows adults at play; N

is 10 blocks or more away.

C. A. officials have assured | ELEN bent over the frayed

sheet of music. The light was dim in the little basement music | shop. She copied the notes of the song on her own clean sheet of paper. It gave her the shivers as she | named it over—the song that | made » people : commit suicide.

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85 CITY POLICEMEN 10 WORK AT FAIR

Capt. Petit Is State Exhibit Detail.

Approximatels 85 members of the Indianapolis Police Department are to be assigned to the Indiana State Fair, which is to open Sept. 5, ac- | cording to Albert Schlensker, secre-

tarv to Chief Morrissey. The men. 2 men. are to work in eight-

to Direct.

Haunted words of tortured love and loneliness—you could stand the words alone but, with the music, they got you. A potent song that

{ | | hour shifts, Mr. Schlensker said] { Capt. Otto Petit is to have charge

{of the Fairground detail, which is had been dropped from circulation to consist of 79 patrolmen, two lieu- in consequence. It had taken pernants and three sergeants. One| sistence to ferret if out in this little shop. DE and two patrolmen in a| Helen's pencil flew along as she radio car are to be on duty after | hummed. One note died in a little + midnight. sob. ~ Helen stopped humming. - It J. L. Beattey, fair manager, said | made her feel sentimental sbolit excessive expense prohibited the | Oy Er a 124 use of deputy sheriffs whe policed | tiny apartment for dinner So many | the ground last year. He said that | evenings. Then he had eased out the State Board of Agriculture was| and married a girl with money. | requifed to pay the salaries of dep- | Her pencil jabbed down on a uty sheriffs, whereas the only ex-| quarter note. The point broke. She pense involved in using the city po-| reached into her purse for another lice is provision of meals to men one. The old shopkeeper looked at assigned to the ground. ‘her speculatively, She was too

young and pretty to be copying the | said quickly. “Wait for me. And—| suicide song . |er—my name's Phil. Just call me a 3 > = . “Mine’s Helen,” she said. “I—I 1: bell on the door tinkled, and | want that song for future reference a shadow fell across Helen's | —gives one the shivers, doesn’t it?” paper. She smiled. She must act as if

Ty usual, “Queer how that tune gets you,” en ns a, very said a voice behind her. | Phil gave her a quick. nervous Helen looked up. He was a slim | g1ance, then returned to his copyyoung man with a reckless swing ing. to his shoulders, but his blue eyes “Pinished.” he said at last, and were terribly serious as he locked | gid the frayed sheet of music down at her. across the counter, together with a “You know about this song?” said | crumpled bill. Helen. The old shopkeeper figured the

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“Yes. Mind if I copy it over pj] and Helen's money thoughtyour shoulder?” | fully, as though it were blood | He put his foot on the rung of money, as the man and girl went | her chair and propped a notebook out into ‘the sunshine. | on his knee. He whistled the first: . bar of music softly. Helen's maternal instinct began surging up—Tommy hadn’t cured it. | This nice young man mustn't hum {that song and then go and blow his brains out, or jump off a bridge. Even if he had been double-crossed by a blond, or had just received ga | letter that his girl back home had

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CRAZY song,” said Phil} “Keeps going through your | head.” 5 | “Awfully depressing,” replied | Helen, “but it shouldn't make you | feel low.” “Why not?’* he retorted. “Any girl who would let you down wouldn't be worth thinking about

Baby’s Progress in Use of | Hands Is Shown in Pictures.

BY MARJORIE ‘VAN DE WATER (Copyright, 1936, by Science Servi NEW HAVEN, Aug. 29. —The thumb has become subject of study at the Yale Clinic of Child Development here. _ 3 Motion pictures of babies taken under the direction of Dr. Arnold | Gesell have made possible the tracling of development from the time the infant's hand is curled up into a tiny, comparatively useless fist until his thumb is so developed that he can pick up an object, cer fashion, between - the and forefinger. The results madé public in the current issue of the Journal of Genetic Psychology. iin & report by Dr. Gesell and Dr. Henry M. Halverson. ~ “Even though ‘all

cel

thumbs’

proverbially synonymous with awk- |

wardness, the human: thumb is the

most prized member of the. entire |

{ hand,” Legally,

these scientists point out.

the fingers. The U. | Compensation Commission compensation of 51 weeks’ pay for

loss of the thumb as compared to |

28 weeks for the forefinger.

‘Scientists have pointed to the use |

of the thumb opposed to the forefinger as the one characteristic dis-

Thumb’s Use Developed Useful not only for securing free

to hold fine tools such as the pen, {and has contributed mightily to the advance of civilization. At birth, man does not have this

their use of the thumb. The fingers and

thumb of the newborn are characteristically bundled into-a tight | little closed fist. First to come out

of the bundle and work independ- |

ently is the forefinger, which begins a separate existence at about four weeks. The thumb starts in- | dividual . action at about eight | weeks, but it follows a slow road iio complete independence of the rest of the hand.

i Here are the steps as outlined by |

Dr. Gesell and Dr. Halverson: 1. Birth to 16 weeks. During this

| time the baby develops a slight abil- |

lity to draw out the thumb, but it 1s | generally held close to the fingers. 2. From 16 to 28 weeks. Now the | space between thumb and forefinger | | widens and: 3: From: 16 Wo 28 weeks. The | { thumb is brought against the fingers | with its inside edge toward them.

pin- | thumb | now |

is |

the thumb is assigned a | higher compensation than any of | S. Employes | allows |

Man's se of Thumb, Developed During First Year of Life, Studied by Yale University Scientists

twice,” said Helen flushing. He smiled wryly. “Is that so!” They, his face grew serious again, “Look—Ilet’s go sit in that little park a while—and talk. They sat in the little park, fresh and green.

“You can forget that song here,”

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io mused Helen. “I can’t. You and that song are mixed up in my mind—now.” He moved closer to her. “Don’t get sentimental.” Her voice was. sharp,

» = ” ES, sentiment is disastrous. No use letting yourself in for a lot of hurt.” His arm against hers was making her tremble. “I'm not | sentimental, but I think. you're a! | swell girl—you'd stick to a fellow | {and not let him down. And—and/

&r Motion pictures taken in the Yale Clinic of Child Development show how the baby's thumb develops man's almost unique ability to use thumb and finger | pincer fashion to pick up and hold objects. These | pokes it. pictures show typical grasps of babies under 6 months | of age contrasted with the more advanced hold of | babies in the second half year of life, At left above, | the baby holds .a ball with his hand like a scoop, below, the older |

thumb and fingers side by side; good advantage.

baby can hold the ball with thumb and. forefinger while the exploring Center, above, the young infant grasps a rod or crayon mostly with the little fingers; below, the older baby has it almost in a writing position. Right above, the block is held without any aid from the thumb; below, the older child uses thumb, to

any guy that would hurt you is— is a cad. Just remember that.” He looked at her earnestly, then | slowly rose. “Well—I've got to go.” | Helen jumped up. “T'll go with | you!” Then she flushed painfully, ! He looked surprised but, without | comment, hailed a taxi. Helen sat | close to him. The taxi careened | around a corner. Unexpectedly, he squeezed her hand. They pulled up before a building. “Don’t move from this taxi till I get back!” snapped Phil, “Youre awfully commanding — who are you, anyway?” flared Helen. “Just a reporter,” said Phil, taking the suicide song from - his pocket. “I have to gét this in before the deadline.”

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ELEN hurtled out of the taxi

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—Science Service Photos,

forefinger of his other hand

4. From '24 to 36 weeks. Now the | ability, Just band an ordinary penthumb i go Blound farther. It i cil to your thumb so.that the pencil { partly the inside edge and partly | the flat side of the thumb that op- point sticks out about two inches poses the fingers. | beyond the end of the thumb. : Then lay your hand flat on the edge of a

5. From 32 to 52 weeks. It is not table so your thumb can move freely

after him, i |

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experiment in a similar way for each finger. You will find that the | thumb circle is much bigger than |

that drawn by any of your Zngers. | The one drawn by the little finger ‘will be smallest.

4th Annual Legion Contest for Boys to Be Held Here ;Tomorrow.

The fourth annual national model airplane contest for boys, conducted by the American Legion, is to be] held tomorrow at Municipal Airport, | Winners will be qualified to Eompete ! | for national honors. Tiny planes powered with midget |

motors will begin soaring into the air at 10 a. m. and are to continue most of the day. . H. Weir Cook. American Legion {national aeronautics director in charge of the contest, ay announced the list of officials and ad- | visory committee members for the | contest. The officials are Nish Dienhart, field marshal; Herbert O. Fisher, liason officer; Herschel Knight, chief score keeper, and Arthur W. Boehle, chief timer. The advisory committee is composed of Maj. Oliver H. Stout, commanding officer of the 113th Observation Squadron, Indiana National Guard; Maj. Guy H. Gale, Maj. Charles E. Cox, WPA airport director; Capt. M. L. Smith, commanding officer, Schoen Field, and L. M. Jones, commander, Richard FP. Taylor Aviation Post No. 171, American Legion,

- “And I thought you were thinking of jumping into the river!” Phil halted abruptly, and burst into a loud laugh. “Me! I thought if was you who was thinking of doing the!” “I'm doing a magazine article,” » giggled Helen, hysterically.

PAGES PETITION ASKS “NEW GAS RATE IN NEWCASTLE

$30,000 Annual Saving for Users Is Claimed : by Utility:

The Public Service Co. of Ine

-| diana today had on file with the .| Public Service | rate schedule for natural gas sup- | plied- to Newcastle which, the com-

Commission a new

pany claimed, will save gas users there $30,000 a year. The new rate schedule, the petition said, is asked because the com= pany is now ready to supply New=castle customers with gas contain= ing 1000 British Thermal units a cubic foot, whereas the gas formerly furnished was rated at only 570 B.T.U The new rate, which has been approved by the ¢ity of Newcastle and needs only the the commis~ sion’s approval to become effective, calls for 23 cents a 100 for the first 800 cubic feet; 10 cents a 100 for the next 1200 cubic feet; 7 cents a 100 for the next 3000 cubic feet; 6 cents a 100 for the next 195,000 cubic feet, and 5.5 cents a 100 for all over 200,000 cubic feet. Rates for large industrial users will remain uncharged, the petition stated. The schedule set a minie mum rate of $1 a month.

|KROGER FILES REPLY

IN PRICE-FIXING CASE

By United Press

FORT WAYNE, Ind, Aug. 20 — In a 26-page answer to an injunce tion suit filed by the State Milk Control Board, the Kroger Grocery and Baking Co. charged today that the board’s order fixing minimum prices was unconstitutional. The answer, filed in Allen Superior Court, protested a recent temporary restraining order prevénting Kroger from selling milk at less than the price fixed by the milk board, Decision on the board's request for a permanent injunction ° still is pending. . Minimum price orders of the board were attacked as an attempt to harass Kroger and to promote a monopoly among wagon dise tributors in the Fort Wayne area.

"HONORS HUEY LONG

By U nited Press : BATON ROUGE, “La. Aug. 29.— Louisiana will have a legal holiday Monday in honor of the late Senator Huey P. Long. Gov. Richard W. Leche yesterday proclaimed Long's birthday, Aug. 30, a holiday, but since it falls on Sunday it will

be celebrated Monday.

—. MRR FALL TERM OPENING

August 31 to Sept. 8 J

entered this school 2 ye : ide more age are olding pleasant, promising - sitions now. Specialized rs training is direct, positive, »ffective. It is making a _trong appeal to ambitious young men 204 women tdday. “Central” is .

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Phil's arm encircled her joyously |=

as they both squeezed into the same | section of the revolving door. The End

1936. by United Svndicate. Inc.)

(Copyright. Feature

(The characters in this story are fictitious)

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that the flat pad of the thumb is brought directly against or against.an opposing finger. Scientists point out, however, that these age ranges afe only approxiimate and are likely to overlap to | some extent.

Own Test Suggested

each other in the pincer handling

| of objects depends upon the ability | {of the thumb to move freely in.a | You can test yourself on this |

| circle.

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an object !

§ i Use of thumh and finger against

| beyond the edge. Have some one hold a scratch tablet against the | pencil point and draw a circle without lifting your hand. Repeat this

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Fall Semester Begins Sept. 14, 1936

Day and Evening Classes

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