Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 November 1936 — Page 34

POULTRY SHOW 70 DRAW PRIZE

HOOSIER FOWL

Common Barnyard Hen and

Rooster to Have Place ‘in Exhibits, Too.

BY TRISTRAM COFFIN

N [windy days “ghosts” howl boom through Statehouse, startling busy phers with their eerie shrieks. Some think the sounds are caused by the unseen presence of indignant Republican Governors and their followers: W. D. Gill, building superintendent, has a more prosaic

n | answer.

~-aléng with prouder breeds worth as much as $250, from Dec. 9 to 13 inclusive. | The event will be the fourth annual Indians National Poultry Exposition sand the place the Manu--facturers’ Building at the State d,

_” During the five days the exposition building will resound with a

garbled chorus of crows and cackles

.and quacks and gobbles. Every type of poultry and fowl that walks, flies or swims is to be exhibited. And

' - exposition officials expect something

_ phony orchestra.

‘like 5000 entries. Pigeons Are Banned

"Even game cocks are to be exhibited—but are not to take to the ‘¥ing against each other. | The only poultry barred is the pigecn. Even banties will stick out their

_.bills in’ quest of ribbpns and trc-

phies, for the Hoosier and American ‘Bantam Clubs-are to hold meetings ‘in. connection with the exposition. «Other “sideshows” are tp be sessigns of the National Water Fowl Association and International ‘Cochin Club. « ‘The lot of the prize poultry to be ‘exhibited here is to be a far cry from that of the less fortunate of ‘the. flock which fent to their festive board graves yesterday. Handsome,“ comfy” coops are to be their homes and “some exhibitors even are planning a bit of [fall landscaping around their exhibits to niake the atmosphere more real.

Open Until 10 P. M. |

The exhibit is to be open daily from 8 a. m. to 10 p. m. and a state medical department veterinarian will be on duty to care for the health of poultrydom’s finest, Areal nest egg of prizes is to be offered and exhibitors expect to gather tidy sums from sales. | A woman is one of the t: active persons in arranging the show. She Mrs, John B. Collins, exposition treasurer. Her father, C. W. \Reynolds, is secretary. Other officérs are W. L. Stahl, Spencer, president; Frank Churchman, Beech Grove, vice president; L. J. Demberger, Stewartsville, superintendent;: Theo Voelz, Indianapolis, and Dale Atkins, Martinsville, Ill, |assistant superintendents, H. V. Tormohlen, Portland, Amerfcan Poultry Association president, is to be honorary Tee oH judges are to bé Cleve “Stout, Taylorsville, Ill; C. J. | Tanner, Greenfield; W. W. Zike, Morristown; A. O. Shilling, Rochester, N. Y.; Frank Conway, Indianapolis; Glen Rownsley, Bedford, and J. Hunter Matthews, Louisville, Ky. | Mr. Reynolds is to judge rare specimens and Mr. Demberger the water fowls.

‘MESSIAH’ DATE SET FOR DEC. 5

Handel’s Oratario to Be Sung by Bloomington Group on That Date.

Times Special | - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Nov. 27.— “The Messiah,” Handel's religious oratorio, is to be given by 175 Indiana University and Bl musicians on Dec. 5 in the Union Building. : The university's chorus| of 150 “ vdices is to sing. Prof. E. B. Burge, 1. U. music schoes, is director. Guest soloists include Jane Johnson Burroughs, soprano;-Indianap-olis; Edna Bowles, contralto, Greencastle; James Gilbreath; tenor, Indianapolis; Douglas D. Nye, baritone, Bloo! n. Dean B. Winfred Merrill, of the: university's music school, will direct the sym-

U/ S.-PRINTED BOOK MAY VIOLATE LAW

Times Special WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.—Unless

Mr, Gill is a technically-minded

Up in the Statehouse attic, th copper roof thunders and rumbles like old Rip Van Winkle rolling his

ninepins. ghostly sok re-enacting the Siates. : Few people bother the “ghosts” in the attic. Once in a while Mr. Gill, who doesn’t believe in haunts

anyway, dons a pair of overalls and climbs up a steep stairway through

man. He says the wind whistles |the

through the windows, and makes the copper roof rumble. The office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, for some reason, particularly is bothered with curious noises. From the radiators comes a queer knocking and hissing. The wind hoofs and whistles through the windows. A The State Industries Board and Statehouse Press Bureau have temporary quarters in the Speaker's office, and often reporters wonder who among the dead has reason to haunt the living, , Some days the room is alive with sounds. . Shrieks slip under a window which can not be shut tightly. Miss Bess Caseley and Miss Mary Emily Wheat, stenographers, are almost, but not entirely, used to sudden “whees” ‘sneaking up behind them. ” = #

8 if in answer to the wind, the radiator replies ‘with a chugging rattle. It isn’t exactly the place for a person with jumpy nerves.

HOODLUMS QUIT TOUGH’ TOWN

St. Paul, Aroused, Registers and Fingerprints Former Convicts.

By United Press . ST. PAUL, Nov. 27.—St. Paul, weary

and disgruntled by charges that

gangsters have been given a warm hand and a police-proof hideout, has started a cleanup. The city’s present mood is a consequence of the Bremer and Hamm kidnapings, which gave St, Paul a biack eye the nation over. The 1esultant allegations of police alliance with big-time gangsters intensified civic displeasure. St. Paul has become keenly aware that it has been a hideout for outlaws. This has resulted in an ordinance requiring registration, finger-

er | printing and photographing of every

ex-felon who is seen here. Attor-

neys say it sounds “unconstity-|

tional.” Z Civic aofficials have put their foot down. The city is “closed,” they say, firmly This, likewise, indicates the extraordinary nature of the resolution.

Slot Machines Ousted

Authorities have gone to great lengths in the cleanup. Not a slot machine or punch board is . permitted. The city has tightened enforcement of the liquor laws. In fact, Police Chief C. A. Hackert.

has his orders straight from Safety Commissioner G. H. Barfuss. The latter banged a fist on the top of his desk and shouted “politics must go.

: | They have no place in @ police de-

partment.” Chief eclares the new drive has a results, because, he adds, “the cheater gets it hard and square between the eyes in the way of revocation of licenses—right down the line, no holds barred and no favors given.” i Trapped by Dictographs First indication of the cleanup came when, through an intricate and elaborate stage-managing with

The rivets holding the roof to its wood beam anchorage have a mysterious way of working loose. Mr. Gill says it is caused by electrolysis, but others, more superstitious, have another theory. : :

“The Statehouse was built a long’

time ago without much regard for the wind, and it sweeps through cracks, making the very devil of a noise,” Mr. Gill says. :

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T the end of every month workers return at night to a few Statehouse offices to complete re-

dictographs the reform element |

blasted into the very front office of the police de ent. They had records ¢f cryptic, cor-ner-of-the-mouth versations between gangland and the high-ups of the police department. The actual results, in the manner of discharges and convictions were . not especially astounding, but the effect was there. It impressed the public mind immeasurably. But the ordinance really has the “teeth.” It requires that any one convict- | ed of a felony within the last decade must report, be fingerprinted, photo-

. an old law is amended, the govern-|

ment soon will be in the position of violating one of its own laws.

its| MAJ. NORMAN IMRIE

WILL ADDRESS CLUB

Maj. Norman Allen Imrie, Columbus, O., is to be the principal speak-

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community, non-believers who will have no truck with this ghost talk. But they haven’t heard the groans and grumbles in the Speaker’s office.

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Jean and Alberta Wells (above) are two of the pupils in the “Musical Masked Ball,” to be given as a feature of the annual Shortridge High School Round-Up Friday evening, Dec. 4. Mrs, Jessamine Fitch is in charge of the program, and Miss Geraldine

Trotter is arranging the musical score.

for * Christmas!

Choose from one of the largest as-

sortment of chairs -

in the state!

Enactment of Inspection Law to Be Asked of Legislature.

Enactment of a law making it

i | illegal to operate a car in unsafe

mechanical condition will be pushed by the Hoosier Motor Club at the 1937 General Assembly session, Todd

. | Stoops, club secretary-manager, an-

“Meager reports are available on the number of cars involved in accidents which were in an unsafe mechanical condition, partly on account of lack of records and partly because, after the accident, it was sible to determine the condition of the car before the accidents, Mr. Stoops said. “However, incomplete reports for

in 3180 fatal accidents, in 58 non-fatal accidents and in 61 minor accidents. Other States Show Results “The ‘condition of automob traveling our streets and high may be shown best by official in spections required in a number states and cities. Reports from th testing stations are astounding. “In 1935, only 28 per cent of cars examined were found to be good condition. Of the total whic failed to pass, 26 per cent were

state, 55 per cent of the tires on cars inspected were in either poor or only fair condition. “When official inspection reports show so many cars defective, seems safe to presume that this i8 the cause of many accidents. ; “If a law is passed making it un« lawful to operate a car in an un« safe mechanical condition, the Hoosier Motor Club feels that the accident and death rate will be res duced.” ;