Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 September 1936 — Page 2

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BEISKING TELLS PART IN CRIME, ~ POLICE REPORT

| Alleged Brady Henchman

Returned From Kentucky on Murder Count. ~

Charles Geisking, West lice character indicted for murder in connection with the slaying last April of Police Sergeant Richard Rivers, today gave police, they claimed. a detailed statement of his gonnection with the so-called Brady gang and crimes attributed to it. = Detectives claimed a siatement

‘from Geisking, who was arrested at

Saturday, outlining since the alleged shooting of Sergt. Rivers and also participation in a jewel and three reInd. April

Henderson, KV, his activities

in Lima, O., in Richmond,

was

robbery

Sergt. Rivers shot in

. during a gun battle with the Brady

gang at the home of Dr. E. E. Rose, 2153 Barth- Geisking was not present at the office of Dr. Rose when the policeman was shot. officers . sa but nevertheless is charged with murder » The had gene to obtain medical Geisking, who was wounded in the leg during a gun battle following a $65,000 jewelry stores robbery in local officials claimed. Dr. Rose administered treatment and them notified police, who waited at the physician's office for the gunmen to return they said. Brady,

said

Rose for

to Dr. treatment

gang

James Dolhover and ClarShaffer Jr. other. alleg—e members of the gang, returned later in the evening, poliee charged, in an effort to persuade Dr. Rose to accompany them to Geisking's hideout to administer further treatment. The gun battle followed and gunmen escaped. Brady and Dolhover in Chicago and arrested at his home west anapolis. Geisking is said to have told police that he hid in Indianapolis, in vacant. houses and barns for three weeks after the Rivers shooting. Detectives said Geisking described the removal of the bullet which had pierced his leg during the Lima robbery and for treatment of which he had gone to Dr. Rose. Using a quart of whisky as an anesthetic, the crude operation was performed with a razor blade and a pair of pliers,

the

were capShaffer was of Indi-

*_Geisking is said to have told police.

In the event he is ngt convicted in Marion County, Geisking probably will be turned over to Ohio police for trial in connection with the Lima robbery and possibly the murder of a grocery clerk in Greenville, ©O., whom Brady admitted shooting during a holdup, Buthorities here said.

ANNOUNCE TESTS FOR

CIVIL SERVICE POSTS’

Open competitive examinations for government positions have been announced ‘by the United States Civil

~ Service Commission.

. lows:

~ ney, 33, of Bowling Green, Ky., Max Gent, ‘charges of assault and battery with

as folHealth geolo-

Positions and salaries are Economist, Public Service, $3800 a year: junior gist. Geological Survey and Soil Conservation Service; $2000: chemists and biochemists, "various grades, $2600 to $4600; scientific aid. horticulture, $1800; junior scientific aids. Bureau of Plant Industry. $1440. Application for examinations must ‘be on file by Sept. 29 at Room 42 i Federal Building. Frank J. Boatman. Civil Service Board of Examiners secretary, said.

GREENBACK PARTY

AUTHORIZES TICKET

A resolution empowering a nominating committee to state ticket for the National Greenback Party was adopted at a state convention of the party in Hotel English yesterday. ‘John Zahnd, presidential nominee, conceded the re-election of President Roosevelt, saying, “The . Roosevelt _ Administration has created such a

national debt that the people are in|

a strangle hold and can do nothing but re- elect the President.

SCHOOLS HELD REAL NEED IN DEMOCRACY

Schools are the fundamental character builders in a democracy, Virgil P. Stinebaugh, lic schools superintendent in charge of junior high schools. said yesterday in an address at Fletcher Place M. E, Church. He spoke before patrons. pals and 25 and 28

princiteachers of Schools 7. 8.

HOLD2 Ns STABBING

AT BIRTHDAY PARTY

Police today held Everett Mahanand

36, of 529 Birch-st. on

intent to kill in connection with the

, alleged stabbing of Raymond John-

son-19, of 907 S. Missouri-st during 8 birthday party at the latters home Saturday night.

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'3-STATE PARLEY

Miss Paula Meinzen (above) is program chairman of the Indiana southern zone rally of the Walther league to be held here Sunday, Sept. 20. The rally to open with a morning sermon in Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church by the Rev. L. C. Wunderlich, Edgzewood. A banquet to be held in the Lincoln ‘Hotel at 6:30 p. m Dr. W. E. Bauer, Valparaiso University history department head. is to be toastmaster. The southern zone of the league includes 26 societies with more than 1000 members.

VOTE REGISTRATION BRANCHES OPENED

sta-

Branch voters’ tions open today Grandview Pharmacy, Schacher & Cole, Sherman-dr:; Fisher's 54th-st and College-av; Karl's Pharmacy, 2950 Carson-st; Penn-Art Drugs, 16th and Pennsylvania-sts; School 39, 801 S. State-av; School 85. 338 S. Arlington-av, Station 27, 2918 ’'E. 10th-st. Thos to be open tomorrow are: Chaplin Pharmacy, Loudermilk Pharmacy, av . and Michigan-st; Hamaker Pharmacy, 30th and Talbot-sts; School 22, Meridian School 13, 714 Buchanan-st; School 82. 4700 English-av; School 46. 1701 Miller-st, and Fire alien 7, 301 E. New York-st. Branch registration stations are open from ‘10 a. m. until 10 p. m,, and the central registration office at Room 34 in the Courthouse is open daily from 8 a. m. until

registration are: 901 E. 30th-30th-st and Pharmacy,

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‘10 p. m.

So far registration in the branch stations has been light. Chief Deputy Clerk Charles Ettinger said.

50,000 PARTICIPATE IN NATURE STUDY

More than 50,000 visitors at Indiana state parks during the summer months participated in bird and nature study hikes at The Dunes, Turkey Run, McCormick's Creek, Brown County and Clifty Falls state parks, Virgil M. Simmons, state conservation commissioner, announced today. ; This represents a gain of more than 100 per cent in the number of park visitors served by-the nature study guides and indicates the growing attraction of the parks for persons interested in bird and plant life: Mr. Simmons said.

DROUGHT CONDITION

CONFERENCE CALLED

A conference of Federal officials | to discuss |

stationed in Indiana, drought conditions. by Clarence E. Manion® Emergency Council state director, io meet at the Resettlement Administration office here Friday afternoon. Ways and means of aiding persons in the state's drought-stricken areas are to be discussed, Mr. Manion said, as an aftermath of President Roosevelt Ss recent visit here.

GRANDSON OF QUAY

has been. called

NAMED FHA COUNSEL

By Scripps-Howard Ne WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.—Richard R. Quay, grandson of the tamous Repujlican Senator trom Pennsylvania, Matthew Stanley

Quay,

wspaper Alliance

Housing Administration. Mr. has been on FHA's legal stat® since Its creation. Officials said the promotion was Based on his record.

CIVIC LEAGU E TO ENTERTAIN The Tibbs-av and Eagle Creek Civic’ League is to give a free entertainment at the Eagle Creek park Wednesday night. Walter King and H. G. Shank are in charge of the program to be given by the Federal Plavers.

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Part at Meeting in Toledo, Oct. 15-17.

Plans are being completed for the Tri-State conference of librarians of Indiana, Michigan and Ohio, at Toledo, Oct. 15, 16 and 17. The Library (Associations of the three states will meet for the first time since 1925, the conference to take

CLUB ‘SPEAKER

the place of the usual annual meet- _

ing of each state association. Miss, Cerene. Ohr, Indianapolis branch supervisor is president of the Indiana Library Association and has co-operated in arranging the conference with George J. Blazier, librarian at Marietta College. president of the Ohio Library tion, and Samuel W. McAllister. sociate librarian at the University of Michigan, president of the Michigan Library Association. Miss Carrie E. Scott, children’s supervisor, Indianapolis. is to 'be chairman of a round table on Children’s Libraries. Miss Marian McFadden, Brightwood branch librarian, Indianapolis, will discuss “New Story Books for Younger Readers.” New publications for children will be a general topic, with special attention beihg given the subject, “The 10c Book and Picture Script.” The use of mystery stories, publicity for children’s rooms, and problems of administration will be considered. Also on the ‘children’s libraries’

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Associaas-

| of | whose subject will be {| Children,”

“Present Day Trends mn Advertising” is to be the subject of a speech by E. H. McReynolds, | president. of the Advertising Federation of America, at the opening of the fall season of the Indian-: apolis Advertising Club Thursday noon at the Columbia Club.:

program are Miss May Massee. edi- | tor of junior books for Viking Press, | who will give an illustrated, lecture | on “Three Decades of Book Illustration for Children”;” and Mrs. Rowena B. Bennett, poetry editor, | “Children’s Activities,” “Around a Toadstool

vision chief, Indiana State Library, is to preside at a Clinic.’

NDIANAPOLIS T

589,774 PAID - TEACHERS WHO

| mortgage revenue. These proper- | ties have been improved by a WPA | project and are all occupied, Mr. | said.

and author | lable,” | "Poetry for | interspersed with read- | | Ings from her own verse. {

Miss Hazel Warren, Extension Di- |

“Small Libraries !

~ HAVE RETIRED

Disability Benefits Total $72,461 for Last Year, Board Reports.

A total of $589,774.54 was paid In-

| diana teachers in retirement an- ' nuities and $72,461.74 in disability |

benefits for the year ending June | 30, the State Teachers’ Retirement |

| Fund announced today. 0. w. Nicely, president of the fund | teachers were receiving retirement |

| board, reported cash in securities

| and real estate amounted to $17,- | 099,928.50 and an active member- | ship of 20,387 teachers. The pension list was increased 250 over last year, and 1263 teachers withdrew from the fund due to | leaving the profession. Eighty-fiva! | members died. | The annual report, which is to be | | sent to the printer soon, shows that | $3,395,791.82 tied up in the defaulted | bond issues on April 26, 1934. was reduced to $401,976.22 by June 30. When the presefit administrators | of the fund came into office in 1934 | the fund had $120, 000 tied up in |

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mortgages on delinquent Indianaspells property. Mr win said.

The administrators now have acquired by foreclosure and deed all | the property not currently paying

vie ely | Indiana, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Ohio are regarded | | as the states with the most efficient | teachers’ retirement fund set-ups,

Mr. Nicely said. These state oper- |

ate on an actuarial basis.

After 10 years’ service a teacher | be necessary for the November |

is entitled to apply for a $500 yearly | | disability benefit. Retirement an-

| nuities range from an average min- |

' annuities at the end of the fiscal | year, according to the report.

DIES AT CAR WHEEL

By United Press DELPHI, Ind. Sept. 14. — David | | Mussellman, 75, of Delphi, died of |

| an attack of heart disease late yes- |

terday while driving his car. The | automobile careened off a fire plug | and lamp post and narrowly missed | two children. Mr. Mussellman'’ | was unhurt.

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| a” Space for’ seven state and seven

| national party tickets will be pro- |

| vided on the Indiana ballots for the | | November elections, Parke Beadle, | | clerk of the Stafe Board of Election Commissioners, said; today.

Three sets of 2,250,000 ballots will |

| voting, Mr. Beadle estimated. One | { set is for the presidential; ballot, | another for the state tickets and the

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third Lp the constitutional amend: | ment. * | The amendment provides thas | dny “able bodied male person” over | a specified age is eligible for en-. { listment in the state militia. The | present law provides that only white males may be guardsmen. The number of absentee voter

ballots needed must be certified to the Election Commission not less | than 20 days before Nov. 3.

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