Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 November 1938 — Page 3
ew Evidence Found
On WPA
Activity
In Kentucky Primary
Sheppard Committee Hears of Solicitation for $20, 000 Fund on Behalf of Senator Barkley In Fight With Chandler,
By THOMAS L. STOKES
Times Special Writer
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—New
evidence disclosing substantial con-
tributions solicited from WPA workers and employees of other Federal agencies in Kentucky on behalf of the primary campaign of Senator
Barkley, Democratic floor leader, Fund Investigating Committee.
is in possession of the Senate Campaign
‘ The total is reported to be upward of $20,000.
This new evidence, laid before the committee at its current session, is . in addition to previous evidence presented to the committee from time to time. This previous evidence, Senator Sheppard (D. Tex.), Committee chairman, said in a letter to WPA Administrator Harry L. Hopkins on Sept. 8, tended to indicate “that in certain parts of Kentucky, if not in fact in the whole State, officials and agents of the WPA have flagrantly violated the regulations that you have promulgated from time to time with respect to political activity of WPA officials and employees.” The Texas Senator added that “some of this evidence supported by affidavits indicates violations of criminal statutes.” The new evidence is said to involve a check of substantial amount which the Committee now holds and which seems to be surrounded by some mystifying circumstances. It has become part of the story of - WPA activity in Kentucky, which now ‘is being gathered together by the Committee in preparing its report to the Senate. The report also will cover WPA activity in ‘other states, notably Tennessee, Pennsylvania and: New Jersey.
Vote to Keep Silent
Committee members refused to discuss the additional evidence. They voted yesterday not to issue any releases to the press at the present session, which they expect to conclude today, and probably will
not make public anything further until they submit their report to Congress in January. Previously, the Sheppard Committee has charged wholesale intimidation of WPA workers in Kentucky to vote ror Senator Barkley, citing. numerous specific instances. One concerned a canvass of 18,000 WPA workers in 31 counties in the western part of the state, conducted by the director of WPA District 1. Mr, Hopkins, though denying earlier - charges, admitted this last was true after a WPA investigation, and said that the director, J. B. Boddie at nville, would be discharged if he did it again. The Sheppard committee still has adidtional unpublished evidence, beyond that touching solicitation of WPA workers and employees of o‘ther Federal agencies, which will be included in its report later.
“=" Chandler's Fund Disclosed
Tn one of its previous reports it disclosed that a total of $71,543 had been collected from" employees of various state agencies, some of them supported partially by Federal funds, for the campaign of Governor Chandler, Senator Barkley’s unsuccessful rival for the Democratic nomination in the August primary. At its current meeting the Committee is considering how much of the evidence gathered by its investigators, who have been working in- Kentucky, off and on, since beJoe 2 primary, shall be pub-
el ue of the voluminous nature of the evidence in Kentucky and other states, some members are advocating its publication in a separate document simultaneously with the report to the Senate. Senator Sheppard said today that, whether this is done or not, al the evidence will be available for the Senate or any of its committees which may be authorized to investi-
gate WPA. The Committee also is deliberating the ndture of its report, particularly as to how far it should go in commenting upon the disclosures. Four of the five members are Democrats—Senators Sheppard, ‘O’Mahoney (Wyo.), Harrison (Miss.) and Walsh (Mass). The Republican member is Senator White (Me.).
TOBACCO SALE SEASON OPEN
OWENSBORO, Ky., Nov. 29 (U. P.)—The Owensboro Pryor tobacco sales season opened today with auctioneers and buyers starting down the first row of dark leaf at the Birk House here. Approximately 500,000 pounds of tobacco were expected to be sold during the day.
PARENTS, CHILD FLEE NIGHT FIRE
Nightclothes; Pupils Battle Blaze.
At 3 a. m. today Edwin Ward awakened in his home at 1450 Gladstone Ave. and smelled wood smoke. Then he heard crackling flames. He rushed to the basement door, opened it, and was enveloped in smoke. He ran back to the bedroom awakened his wife, Mrs. Mary Ward, who picked up Jackie, 4, asleep, and they all ran out into the snow barefoot and clad only in nightclothes. Mrs. Ward hurried into the home of her sister, Mrs. George Madden, next door, and Mr. Ward ran across
the street to phone the fire department,
Clothing Destroyed
Before firemen could extinguish the blaze, which is believed to have started from an overheated furnace,
estimated $500. The family washing, which Mrs. Ward had done yesterday and hung in the basement, was destroyed. Mr. and Mrs. Cletus Stenger, who live in the other half of the double, were forced into the cold by smoke, but there was no property damage on their side. Mrs. Ward said they had insurance on their personal property and did not own the house. Mr. Ward works at the Real Silk Hosiery Co., but today was adjusting the insurance. Jackie, who suffered no ill effects from his momentary exposure, said it was “@ big fire” and seemed a little put out that he had Sispi feign even a part of it.
Bucket Brigade’ Helps
Until Firemen Arrive
KOKOMO, Nov. 29 (U. P.)— When fire broke out in the Darraugh chapel consolidated school,
four miles east of here yesterday,|| pupils, jumped up, grabbed buckets |*
and fought the fire until Kokomo firemen arrived. Apparently originating in a short-
circuited electric wire, the fire did
damage estimated at $3000, most of which was confined to interior walls.
RANSOM DEMAND IS BELIEVED HOAX
Father of Boy Gone Since July Demands Proof.
DENVER, Colo.,, Nov. 29 (U. P.).
1|—Harvey Beilhartz said today he
would mortgage his home if necessary to raise $500 ransom demanded for return of his 4-year-old son, Alfred, if he could only be sure that the persons who wrote the ransom note really were holding the hoy The child has been missing since July 3. Mr. Beilhartz left a note replying to the ransom demand in a can about a block from his home early today, after he had notified police. In his answer to the ransom note, Mr.- Beilhartz said that he would
Forced Into Snow Clad in|.
it had damaged the basement an
‘| Bismarck, N. D,
| REVEALS WIDE PROGRAMS FOR MENTAL GASES)
Dr. Stevens of State’s Welfare Division Announces Clinic Plans.
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covering and curing first symptoms, particularly among the maladjusted or problem children who get into
ageable in school.
“We believe, also, that an im- _ | portant by-product of these clinics will be important statistical data.
Expects Cost Reduction
“The relationships between persons diagnosed or treated by the units will be strictly confidential and we hope in this way to avoid the stigma, strong in the Middle West, attached to mental maladjustments. “The second part of the program will require the services of more and better paid psychiatrists and will involve a stimulation of specific treatment for those already adjudged insane and committed to institutions. “Specific treatments, such as the shock treatment and others, being developed rapidly, would enable more patients to leave the institution which, after a long period, producesan inertia and tends to make patients chronic. “The third part of the program
’| picks up there. We hope to be able
to board convalescing patients outside institutions, continue the treatment with field workers and eventually put the patient back into productive society.” Dr. Stevens said that over a period of years the program will reduce the states Spending for the mentally ill.
Former Attendants At Hospital on Trial
Two former Madison County hospital attendants went on trial today on charges they beat a patient to death May 6 when he became unruly. The former attendants, Byron Craig, 29, of near Madison and| Everett Zehr, 31, of Marengo, were indicted on involuntary manslaughter dharges by a Jefferson Circuit Court grand jury. The jury charged the pair beat and kicked to death Everett Devault, 47, of Loogootee, a patient.
AUTOGYRO MAIL TO BEGIN WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (U. P). —The Postoffice Department announced today arrangements for the world’s first autogyro airmail service, between Camden, N. J., airport and the Philadelphia Postoffice. :
OFFICIAL WEATHER
By U. S. Weather Bureatl ep!
INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST: night with lowest temperature about 34; tomorrow fair and somewhat colder.
Sunrise 6:46 | Sunset
TEMPERATURE =Nov. 29, 1937— “eee 28 1p. Me cece 81
BAROMETER 7 a. me. ...30.21
Precipitation 24 hrs. endin Total : precipitation since Excess since Jan. 1
MIDWEST WEATHER
Indiana—Fair south, probably fair north tonight and tomorrow; not quite so cold tonight extreme south; somewhat colder tomorrow central and north. IYinois—Fair tonight woh tomorrow; not quite so _cool tonight extreme south; somewhat colder tomorrow, central and north. Kentucky Rair tonight and tomorrow; warmer tonight and in southeast portion fonmorrow; colder in north portion tomor-
7 a m,
7 a. m, an, 1 .... 5.05
Ohio—Generally fair tonight and tomorrow, warmer in south and colder in extreme north portion tonight; «older tomorrow. Lower Michigan—Considérable cloudiness tonight and tomorrow; Somewhat colder tomorrow and in north tonight
WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES AT 7A M. Weather Bar. Temp. Clear 30.20 26 Clear Cloudy .Clear .Clear Cleveland ceeccssssess.Clear Denver eos.Clear Dodge. City, Ras. esss.Clear Helena, Mont. ...ssc..Cloudy 3 Jacksonville, Fla. .....Clear Kansas City, MO: «ces. Little Rock, Ark
Amarillo, Tex.
coesesas se esses Boston ....... esesssssss
Chicago cessessses Cincinnati .....
Seccose
raise the money “within 24 hours if Miam
you can show me any proof that you| Mobile, Ala.
have my son.” Officers feared that he was the victim of a “cruel hoax.” The boy disapepared while family was on a vacation in Rocky Mountain National Park. An extensive hunt failed to uncover any
trace of him.
the |S;
IN INDIANAPOLIS
Here Is the Traffic Record County Deaths |Speeding .... 7
1988 rere 106] Reckless Driving ecco’ 1
19317 ees eco 137 ; City v Deaths Running Preferential Street. 4
ok Date) i 9 e008 000 0 1 Running Red Light ...
143 ......... 91 Drunken
Nov. 28 Accidents .... ' Driving ..... 1 Others ....... 23
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Injured seep Dead sseecoce Arrests ...... 42
MEETINGS TODAY otary Club. luncheon, Claypool Hotel,
Indian is Athletic Club,
Alpha xau Omega, luncheon, Rod of
4 0 0
, noon “arm Club, luncheon, Spink-Arms Hotel,
ator Club, luncheon, Columbia Club,
noon. Universal Club, luncheon, Columbia Club,
noon Universit of Michizan Club, luncheon, Board of Trade, noon x Kaigh hts a’ Columbus, luncheon, Hotel
Was on, n Fatheran 5 a Club, luncheon, Canary
Cen A iation of Health, Sat Sate Feed. Officials, meeting, Claypool Hotel all day.
MEETINGS TOMORROW Kiwanis Club, luncheon, Columbia is ns Ciub, luncheon, Hotel WashingBeverage Credit Group, luncheon, Hotel WS Tien’ Discussion Club, dinner, Purdue “Aiumnt “Association, luncheon, Bh 1 Eetetet American Legion, luncheo8is Board, wha Epsiion: luncheon, Board
of, oa anarelis,
GER Tou, luncheon. Seville Ta-|
lis Medical Social!’ o’ meeting, )
SAFETY SONNETS
CATCHERS GIVE SIGNALS, ITKEEPS THE HITS FEW! \
ORIVERS WHO SIGNAL GET FEWER HITS, Yoo!
National Safety Connell
MARRIAGE LICENSES
(These lists are from official records in the County Court House. The Times, therefore, is not responsible for errors in names or addresses.)
Wilso! 21, Brownsburg:
Hazel Be Davis, 23, of "2025 "Olive St.
William A. Neville, 30, of 2416 Ray St.;
! Margares D. Neville, 27, of 24068 W. Wil-
Charles F. Smith, 28, R. R. 1 Ca Margaret M. Wilch, 83, of 2516 Coney
Elzie Kyle, 24, of 1511%, E Martie Isaac, 3 of nd E23 5 25 Se! ese, 0 1 ste lice Stuart, 20, qo 1615 641° Brospec 13° orge E. Gray, of 810 S. Pershing i Margaret C. PRAY 20, of 1442 Ken-
J. Hampton Smith, 21, 6 - tral Ave. : ry J. Pope, 23, £ ots ns, Jewel Bennett, 27, of 1014 N. Tilinois St.; Evelyn Ppe, 19, of 739 N. California
in H. Powell, 27, Wi : 5 Terwilleg Bis aT 2], Soaiaciapotte, © Nila »
Charles W. England, 32, of 507 Holmes Ave. .; Esther K. Fitch, 31, of 1619 Alton
ave e Copeland, 31, of 735 Hadley St.: Ethel O oRBaonr. 32, of 35 Hadle y St a
Clar G. War of 3614 N. Tilinois Sh Beatrice 34 "Beatty, 32, of 3522 Ex 9th St. nest C. son, 22, of 1466 W. MarKet st: : Mirtle oir 19, of 1328 W. ar Elbert R. Gillion, 35 of 3850 N. Delaware St.; Marjorie L. Carr, 26, of Indianapolis.
BIRTHS Boys at
at
at at Girls Paul, Helen Weilhamer, at St. Vincents. J. W., Estelle Baughan, at St. Vincents. Charies, Bessie Myers, at Coleman. Homer arie Hopwood, at Fis gman, Ivan, Joe Ulmer, at 429 S. James, Clara Cantwell, at AY Ste "Paul.
DEATHS yer, 63, at 1867 Singleton, trans-
Mary Vela eis Sotten 29, at City, pulmonary
tuberculosis Kem at Central Indiana Hospital, a’ hemorrhage. a 1 Flanagan, 39, at City, ‘lobar pneu-
Li “Eyivia. Pean Smith, 8, at 838 River, lobar eumon P Anthony Caruso, 75, at 520 EB. Vermont,
.cardio vascular renal Cora Lo
seas: ra veless, 44, > 1821 Martindale, bronchopneumonia. George Snyder, 73, at City, - cerebral Teor age. Ferguson, 38, at St. Vincent's, endoca Fditis. nnie Musser, 93," at 633 N. Linwood, ace ¢ cardiac dilatat tal tion a A. Eller, 75, x 6130 Bellfontaine, PR hemorrhage. Susan Jose ephine "Baker, 63, at 321 N. Eider, Seen hemorrhag Ingels, 59, at Jane Hospital, car-
ome. 1. Riser, 76, at 2208 N. Park, coronary thrombosis. arles 3. Chalfant, 62, at 136 N. Ala-
Clara ra. Drake Br Sinith. 89, at 2301 N. Delaare, 2 37, at Central - Indiana
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Juvenile Court or who are unman-
SCOTTSBURG, Nov. 29 (U. P.).—| .
Romancing
Annabella
again. Power stayed in his rooms,
baggage.
Tyrone and An in Brazil — Or Maybe We’ re ‘Wrong
hotel management declined to say whether Annabella had checked ‘out, or whether it was true that she had taken away part of her
Power was a semi-invalid, anyhow. an enthusiastic crowd mobbed him during a 20-minute stopover at Porto Alegre, en route to Buenos Aires.
nnabella
IO DE JANEIRO, Brazl, Nov. 29 (U. P.). — Motion picture : fans waited ‘around the Co- - . © pacabana Beach Hotel today hop- ©, ing for a glimpse of a romantic interlude of Tyrone Power and the French star, Annabella, in this tropical setting. It was reported that Annabella left the hotel: : carrying two bags, : about the same : moment Power i entered, and that they might not even have met here, but the fans would not be dissuaded. It was too apparent that the two stars’ arrival had not been coincidental. ‘ Power arrived by airplane yesterday evening after a 5000-mile tour that started in Miami. AnnaE bella had arrived . by steamer from
short time before he arrived. She left when the crowd began surging on to the field, and returned to the hotel. Power disap- : pointed the crowd by boarding a launch in the
, hoping to be on time for. their screen idols’ first meeting, but was disappointed two floors below Annabella’s. The
His arm was injured when
He Won’t Resign
lat the Capehart farms. No doubt
FIVE MISSING AS PLANE CRASHES
Air Liner Wrecked in Sea Plunge; Passenger and | Pilot Saved. | |
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| x » knock her off. She jumped from the rock and started swimming. “One of the fellows was with her. They were both doing all right when I last saw them. “Mr. Edelstein and I stayéd on top of the ship as far in as we could— until it broke up under us. _Then
Owe swa
I drank enough salt ‘water to float - a {battleship. »
Served in World War *
Capt. Stead, a World War veteran, served with the Army Infantry and Signal Corps. He was a member of the Reserve Air Corps, a former flying instructor and barnstormer. He entered the airmail service in 1931 ner the Pacific Air Transport, a predecessor of United Airlines. Edelstein had been paroled from the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla, Wash., by Governor Martin on condition that he leave the United States. That was last Wednesday. He boarded the plane last night at Portland for the trip to South America. The parole was the second he had. received from life sentences on habitual criminal charges.
The accident occurred in one of
the most isolated spots along the California coast.
Francisco and San Rafael. J. Ray Keaton, Marin County Coroner, said that the Coast Guard had summoned him to the scene from San Rafael. A Coast Guard boat crew braved raging surf to fight their way to the scene in a small boat. The surf beat them back. That was the only avenue of approach except over the 500-foot cliff. H. J. Pfleghaar, in charge of the Point Reyes Lighthouse, saw the plane hit the ocean.
Lights Vanish For eight minutes, according to the lighthouse keeper, the lights of the mainliner shone out over the bay. Then they disappeared. At dawn the rocky base of the cliff was strewn with wreckage. The plane hit the full fury of the storm as it crossed from Oregon into California and apparently got off its radio beam course when Pilot Stead sought to fly around the disturbance. Mr. Pfleghaar saw the Plane make
10S ANGELES, Nov. 29 (U. P.) — A mother who withheld medical care for her dying child was convicted today of manslaughter. She faces a sentence of 1-to-10 years. A debonair young minister who
advised her to rely upon a “divine cure” while he serenaded the child with guitar accompaniment was acquitted. Superior Judge A. A. Scott called him a “religious racketeer.” Judge Scott freed Mrs, Lillian Volstad without bond and set her probation hearing for Dec. 20. He found her guilty, without a jury, of refusing to let doctors treat. her son Francis, him of a ruptured appendix. The boy died Aug. 8 after a court order forced his transfer to a hospital. Mrs. Volstad wept at home. ‘Her minister, the Rev. Wilbur
Ambulances were sent from San bed
Papa Says No, Quins Won't Go to Fair
TORONTO, Nov. 29 (U. P.). —The New York World's Fair will have to do without the Dionne quintuplets, Premier Mitchell Hepburn said today. He announced that Oliva (Papa) Dionne, and Dr. Alan Roy Dafoe, the babies’ doctor, both objected to -having the babies exhibited at the fair, that he concurred, and “as far as the government of Ontario is concerned, that settles the subject.” Mr. Hepburn had tentatively agreed last week to permit the babies to go to New York, provided Mr. Dionne and Dr. Dafoe had no objections.
C. 6. MCALLISTER HAS HEART ATTACK
County Jailer Stricken at “Evansville Convention.
mnt
Charles G. McCallister, 935 N. East St., chief jailer at the Marion County. jail, today remained in a critical condition as a result of a heart attack he suffered yesterday in Evansville, John Dora, deputy sheriff, said today. Mr. Dora visited Mr. McCallister last night at the Vendome Hotel in Evansville where he is confined to
Mr. McCallister was stricken while attending sessions of the Indiana Sheriffs’ Association with Henry Mueller, 'chref deputy sheriff, as representatives of Sheriff Otto Ray.
‘BIGGEST SHERIFF’ SHOOTS SELF IN JAIL
BIG RAPIDS, Mich., Nov. 29 (U. P.) —Sheriff Caesar J. Hampel, the “biggest sheriff in Michigan,” shot and killed himself in the Mecosta County Jail here today. Mr. Hampel, who was 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighed 300 pounds, was known in sheriffs’ organizations throughout - the nation.
a crash landing on the ocean about 1% miles south of his lighthouse. Coast guardsmen ' reported the plane drifted in toward shore under impetus of a 25-mile southwest wind and was thrown by heavy surf against the rocky base of an almost
-| Marion Counties. This will be laid
p 0 p AARMONY IN LEGISLATURE
Representatives Hold Caucus; Irwin Says Hell Keep National Post.
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50-50 between the parties, with James M. Tucker, newly elected Republican Secretary of state, presiding.
Irwin Declares
By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—Will G. Irwin, Columbus, Ind. capitalist, who is attending the G. O. P. National Committee meeting here as national committeeman from Indiana, has no intention of resigning his post, he declared today. Reports have been current that Mr. Irwin would step aside so that the position might be given to Homer E. Capehart, Wurlitzer vice president, who became exceedingly active in the recent campaign after his $34,000 farm fiesta near Washington, Ind., in August. “I had not heard that Mr. Capehart wanted to be the national committeeman from Indiana,” Mr. Irwin declared. : Called a Man of Ability
“He was very active in the campaign, of course, and his organization efforts were highly successful as evidenced by that huge outing
he is a man of ability, but I understood he wasn’t interested in any political Job. hah This view regarding Mr. Capehart also was voiced by Mrs. Grace Banta Reynolds, national committeewoman from Indiana, who likewise is attending the meeting: “Of course there has been talk of Mr. Capehart for everything,” Mrs. Reynolds said, “including the national chairmanship, national committeeman, Senator and Governor, but I am convinced that his activities were without personal political ambition.” \ Both Mr. Irwin and Mrs. Reynolds were greatly pleased at the election results and the latter predicted that Senator VanNuys will yet be replaced by his Republican opponent, Raymond Willis. “We intend to bring this matter to the United States Senate even if a recount in the industrial cities is denied by the Indiana courts. There is ample evidence of ballot tampering in Vigo, Lake, Vanderburgh and
before Federal grand juries and there may be very serious results for those who are guilty.” Mrs. Reynolds declared that she. is opposed to restoration of the direet primary for the Senatorship in Indiana. Senators VanNuys and Minton conferred here yesterday regarding the handling of postmasters and other Federal patronage in the Congressional districts lost to the Democrats, but no final plan was decided upon, Senator Minton said. He left for New York today to sail for Panama, accompanied by his secretary, James Penman,
Hastings and Jewett 3 Chosen by G. 0. P.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (U. P.) — Former Senator Daniel O. Hastings of Delaware and Harvey Jewett Jr. of South Dakota today were elected to fill two vacancies on the executive committee of the Republican National Committee. Mr. Hastings and Mr. Jewett were elected after national committee members rejected a proposal by Chairman John D.M. Hamilton that one executive committee vacancy be filled immediately and the other at the next committee meeting. A widely discussed liberal movement to name Kenneth F. Simpson of New York to the executive committee failed to develop. It had
would oppose Mr. Hastings for a single position to be filled today, but when nominations were opened Mr. Simpson’s name was not offered.
Party Remains in Red
National Committee Treasurer C. B. Goodspeed reported: that the party came through- the 1938 campaign without a deficit, but: remained in the red from the 1936 presidential campaign to the extent of $724,910.76 on Nov. 26 compared with $774,748.47 on Jan. 1, 1938. An atmosphere of optimism pervaded the G. O. P. ranks. . Committee = Member Harrison Spangler of Iowa said re-election of Democratic senators in both Iowa and Indiana should be attributed to President Roosevelt’s effort to “purge” them. Senator Gillette (D. Iowa) and Senator VanNuys (D. Ind.) were re-elected by small majorities. Mr. Spangler listed “fear of centralization, fear of dictatorship, and fear of taxes and spending,” as the prime issues which turned farm belt voters against the Administration. Dr. Glenn Frank, chairman of the party policy committee, was here to address the committee on the progress of his policy making program. Dr. Frank thought Republican gains on election day should be attributed to “a combination of local issues and a general trend against the New
9, until too late to save}
perpendicular cliff.
Mother Convicted for Refusing Dying Child Medical Care as Pastor Is Freed
ligious prejudice was behind: this whole thing, no doubt about it.” “The judge simply gave his own opinions instead of answering our defense arguments,” he said. “Our prayers were curing Sonny, there was no - question about it. The boy didn’t have any pains after he was prayed over. “The fact is, he died in the doctor’s hands. They finally took him ‘to a hospital and had him there for 56 hours. I have no doubt that the boy would have been alive today if they had kept their hands off. If anyone should have been indicted, it should have been the doctors and the hospi Judge Scott in his verdict emphasized that: “There can be no question as to
Deal.”
He traced the evidence that while the boy lay screaming in pain, the mother ignored the pleadings of physicians and friends to, remove him to a hospital. ; “This: court is satisfied,” he said, “that had this boy been removed to the hospital in the first Instance, he would be alive today.” " Referring to an occasion when Mrs. Volstad’s sister sought her at the Rev. Mr. Alvis’ mission, the judge said: “She advised the mother that her son was crying for her: but did she go home then? No. She waited two hours or more before returning to the bedside of that sick child.” After Francis finally was removed to a hospital under court order, the mother was invited to ride along in
been expected that Mr. Simpson|
Opinion. Whether the Americans who lost money in various games will foreswear these kinds of betting and gaming in New Years resolutions for 1939 was not indicated in the survey, but the comment of one Georgia farmer is revealing: “1 didn’t come out ahead, and I don’t suppose I ever will. But it just wouldn’t be natural not to put a bet on the election.” The Institute’s survey covered a cross section of the adult population in all parts of the United States, and interesting differences were revealed as to the gaming habits of different sections. Men and women in the East, for instance, are the most consist=ent chance-tak-ers in the country. They do more betting on horse races and elections and buy more sweepstakes tickets than the people of any other section. Almost two persons in every three in this area have done some wagering or gaming in 1938. The South an.’ the Middle West, on the other hand, ere the sections which abstained most. One reason for this is the fact that farmers in general are the least addicted to the various forms of chance taking. They bet or gamble seldom, and— when. they do indulge—they choose slot machines or punch boards oftenest. The bulk of the nation’s farmers, of course, live in these two sections. Not Considered “Gambling” The most common form of gaming, the survey shows, is not betting on the horses, or buying a sweepstake ticket, or putting a quarter in a slot machine, but buying tickets in church-conducted lotteries and raffles. Some persons comment that they
BIGGEST SILVER MINE STRUCK MEXICO CITY, Nov. 29 (U. P.). —The Miners Union called a strike of 5000 workers at the Americanowned Real del Monte mine in Hidalgo state, the world’s largest silver mine, today. The workers demanded an nual wage increase
ericans
Gambled This Year, ~ Gallup Poll Shows Nearly All Chance-Takers Admit They Came Out
Losers; Church Lotteries Lead Gaming List; Easterners Play Most Heavily.
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By DR. GEORGE GALLUP Director, American Institute of Public Opinion.
NEW YORK, Nov. 29.—More than five Americans in every 10 spent. money in at least one game of chance this year, and most .of them | ‘ freely admit they have come out on the losing end. Those facts are indicated today in a study of American ga habits which has been conducted by the American Institute of Pub
do not consider such purchases - : “gambling,” or gaming, since the, 5 proceeds usually are intended for | : charitable purposes. But games of | this type do constitute the most. common form of playing for stakes, : The following table shows the" percentage of Americans who say they have indulged in each type of play: a 1—Church lotteries ...cccc0.. 299% AX 2—Punch boards ......ce....26% 3—Slot machines ........--. 230% &
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-6—Sweepstakes tickets 7—Betting on horse races....10% = 8—Numbers games .......... 9% *
Forty-seven per cent of those ine terviewed said they had tried none of these things in the past year. =
Men Outgamble Women it Men do ‘more betting and gam-. ing than women, especially on horss racing, election betting and playing. slot machines and number ned Women, however, are just as lik : to buy a church lottery ticket u men, the survey shows. The survey also shows that the habit of betting and playing games for chance is more common persons with a higher income n with persons at the bottom of the. income scale. Co Upper income group people list i their favorite games of chance as © church lotteries, playing cards for | Honey Ena being on elections. = | eople in the lower income group = do less betting in general and their § | common diversions ol : punch boards, buying. go x tery tickets and putting money in slot’ machines. ‘It is interesting to note that a larger percentage of persons in this group believe ft have “come out on the losing for the year than in any other group. Least inclined to bet money or dribble it away in uncertain are persons on relief, the survey. shows. The percentage of persons playing
ing the year, according to income groups, are: Upper Income Group....... 63%: Middle Income Group Lower Income Group (includ- : ing Reliefers)
of about $1,600,000.
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the winter (and save
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‘43.75 —or a SUIT, that
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‘15.75
—or a One or Two-Trouser SUIT (really fine) out of
our $35 and $40 ranges at
129.95 —or a Pedigreed OVERCOAT that will see you through
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wonder perhaps if Ripley knows_about it! |
It's a CLEARANCE, that's why!
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4—Playing cards for money 21%:3 | 5—Betting on elections ......19% °° &
some game of chance or other dur- §