Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 March 1937 — Page 31

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FATHER OF 38 EXPECTS MORE IN RIS FAMILY

‘They Just Keen Coming,’ Says Champion Papa as Latest Arrives.

By United Press BROOKSVILLE, Fla.,

To

March 12.— the three-room shack of the Nation's champion papa went tribute rs todav Tall, black Douglas mah old tooth lips,

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Ambrose (Dat's de on-common name marse gab me, suh), his gleaming between his

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received them modestly. |

Storage Building for Small Arms

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1937

FEDERAL AID TO STUDENTS HELD AS PERMANENT

‘State Director Believes U. S. Will Continue NYA Policy.

| Times Special BLOOMINGTON. March Some form of permanent governmental assistance, whether it be {the National Youth Administration {or similar organization, will be provided needy college and high school students in the future, in 'the opinion of Robert Ritchie,

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| | medical | March 20 in Indianapolis.

fraternity, at services The In- | dianapolis chapter will be in charge.

Those to be initiated include

| Mitchell Taylor, Jack Schrader, |

{ James Pierce, David Hadley, Leo | Connoy and Walter Twineham, of | Indianapolis; Charles McVaugh, | Pendleton; Carl Kuehn, Muncie, and Clarence Ball, Waynetown. ' A formal dinner-dance is to be |

| held in connection with the services |at the Spink-Arms Hotel.

‘CONDEMNS ARMS RACE

By United Press | LONDON, March 12.—The world rearmament race is “utter madness”

{and the British Government is do- | ing its utmost to effect an interna- |

tional understanding to end it, Neville Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, told the House of Commons today,

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TN [NYA State Director. | Mr. Ritchie conducted an open | forum following a debate between | | Indiana and Purdue coeds, on the | advisibility of making NYA permanent. He stated the monthly | | expenditure for NYA salaries in| | Indiana totaled $70,000 for the | | youth emergency program, $42,000 ~ i for colleges, and $28,000 for high Mistah Buchanan done decide’ | Schools. waa ten wks ate ‘team. ‘tak ain't gettin’ widout his. . The Indiana debate team, fa g the affirmative, won a judge's deAmbrose, so he done bought be back | .icion from Mistah Douglas fo' one thou-| a Six Indianapolis students are

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ain't knowin' how ah's hap- | hab 38 chillums.,” he said. ! lums, they just keep comin’ Ah's had heaps ob And ah's 91 years old, suh, an’ meer ah libs de moah chillums gwinin’ hab.” Two scrawny goats, a few two razor-back hogs, and 11 children were in t tiny, bare vard | - of Ambrose’'s cabin in Brooksville's shanty town. Inside, In an iron was 32-year-old Minnie who once was Ambrose's foster daughter, but now is his wife. Beside her was a daughter borm Sunday, her 12th, Ambrose's 38th. Minnie Feels Okay feelin’ okay,” said Minnie, up the squint-eyed infant 1 two strong hands. “Ah’s up and about t'morrah. Look dis heah chile Ah sweah dis » am the spittin’ image of Mister nbrose.”

structure, are features of the work. The project, which has been under way for some time also includes draining and grading of the field and laying 3000 feet of reinforced 48-inch concrete pipe. Approximately 75 per has been completed. finished.

A foree of 138 WPA employees is carrying out an extensive program of improvements at Stout Field, the National Guard airport southwest of Indianapolis. Construction of a small arms storage building (above), reconstruction and remodeling of the caretaker 's residence, and the erection of brick veneer | walls around the : No. 3 hangar, a corrugated iron

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thinks ah's fed dem all, says, mammy, you done missed Still a Young Man “An’ dat ain't all.’ said Ambrose, stroking his ragely white beard “Ah’s still a young man. I never been sick in mah life. Course, ah has some trouble eatin’ ‘cause ah has jest one tooth. But I serves de Lawd and ah doan do nobody | no hahm. Ah’'s a young man, and | dere’ll be a lot moah.” Ambrose said he was born on the plantation of Noah Buchanan In North Carolina His mother was

and sho muf, dere’s a lot of states what we ain't used. Ah picked Jawjuh for dis new baby ‘cause hit's | a pretty name ana ah use to work in Jawjuh.” “You must children and Ambrose?” ‘Lows as how ah has, suh, but ah jest cain't keep track ob 'em all Mah oldest child is 66 and de last ah head, he had 13 chillums. Ah's forgot what ah named ‘em all. Some of dem, dey got married; some of them, dey didn't. Some of dem, I ain't heerd of in yeahs and

ah reckons day forgot der old pappy. 2 “Buchanan niggah,” his father a : “ “Douglas niggah.” His master named

him Ambrose Hilliard Douglas “Ah was a valble niggah, suh,’ Ambrose said. “Mistah Buchanan he done went an’ sold me to Mistah Douglas fo’ a thousand dollahs. Den

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Git ‘long deah, Minnie,” said

Ambrose was some side-meat on the oe and Ambrose shied a few chi away from it, and In a paroar directed his gangling Louisiana, to pay more ke sizzling on the ‘vou mammy gits and gibs you all a

LLICIX Some Joined the Army “Some ob mah boys, dey went off to France to de wah and dey still libin’ ovah dere, I hear. But ah still got 12 libin heah at home.” Ambrose leaned out the door and with a long, honey finger began pointing out children. “Dat skinny boy am how-do to de gen'l'mun, Ruffin, Dat ks NE one wid his mouf open in Wyatt, iple parenthood. Den dere's Lulu, Illinoy, James, Ran Out of Names Morris, Martha. an’ dere's Ambrose Ah’s had s0 many chillums ah's | —he's de third or fou'th nam ‘for ne run out ob names. Ah thought me, suh—den dere’s Flora and Dan 1'd start numberin’ wid dis one. | O'Dell—dis gal mindin’ de hoecake Minnie, she says. ‘We's named | am Louisiana, and deah's liddle nin ov, anodder, Louisi- | Jawjah in bed wid her mammy.” ain't run out of states yit, “Hit's hard keepin’ up wid all our chillums,” said Minnie from the bed She giggled. “Why, ah puts on a big pot ob beans and Jest when ah

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