Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 December 1938 — Page 3
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Appeal Contest of Senator|
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| | ¥ The pinion State Committee today sought further evidence of
alleged fraud
in the Nov. 8 election before deciding whether to contest
the re-election of U. S. Senator VanNuys.
| The contest action would have to be filed in the U. y- judge of its membership.
Decision on the proposed appeal, -X gt Raymond E. Willis, ded G. O. P. candidate for Senator, will be made at a meeting to be called by Arch N. Bobbitt, State chairmapn, after additional investigation, he announced. | The evidence gathered thus far by Republican investigators was reviewed yesterday at a meeting of State ‘Committee executives, members: Of She policy committee and
. Willis, ! oe “We have examined the evidence |
and we. feel it is sufficient to show fraud,” Mr. Bobbitt said
‘Available for Juries’
“But before taking definite action to file a complaint with the Senate, her evidered at a ed by me. by us will or Federal
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dence which will be co! future meeting, to be ca “All evidence collected be available for county grand juries.” The Committee said it would hire additional investigators| from the East “who are better than private
. detectives,” as one policy committee
member put it. Meanwhile, the fate| of contest action by defeated Republican candidates for State offices remained undecided, pending a meeting of the candidates to det ine their course of action, according to Mr. Bobbitt. Although blocked their attempts to gain evidence of alleged fraud through recounts by the State Supreme Court, the defeated candidates still have recourse to proceedings which contest the victors’ rights to hold office, it was said.
Renews Appeal for Money
" Possibility of such action being taken, however, appeared slight as the means of obtaining definite evidence though recounts have been nullified by Supreme Court action. The G. O. P. will renew its appeal to the public to subscribe to finance further investigations, Mr. Bobbitt said. . “This will be a popular subscripand we are soliciting Republicans throughout the [State to support the investigation.” The recount investigations were to have been financed by money derived by subseriptions, but the money has gone to support the special investigators, Mr. Bobbitt said. Col. E. P. Thayer of Greenfield, former secretary of the U. S. Senate, conferred with G. O. P. leaders.
‘Irregular Procedures’
Col. Thayer, who is an expert on these matters, has indicated to us ‘that he feels the evidence we have collected so far shows fraud in the election and warrants further investigation,” Mr. Bobbitt said.
Counties where the bulk of the evidence was colleced, he said, were Lake, Vigo, Vermillion and Vanderburgh. | He also indicated that “ir“regular procedures” were uncovered in several other counties. , How much evidence has been gathered and the nature of it still remained undisclosed, however, as
Pp officials retained their silence on this point. :
hey also refused to disclose how investigators were proceeding and would not comment on how long the entire investigation would take.
50 CENTS AN HOUR PRESCRIBED WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (U. P.).— Labor Secretary Perkins today fixed a minimum wage of 50 cents an hour or $20 per week of 40 hours for approximately 31,500 employes of Government suppliers of . military
"and large ‘transport aeroplanes, air-
craft engines, and aircraft propellers. {
S. Senate, which
$622 PAID OUT FOR RECOUNTS
12 G. 0. P. Candidates Settle And Two Still Owe Bills.
Twelve Republican County candidates who filed election recount suits last month, today paid $622.03 court costs on the order of Paul G. Davis, special judge in Circuit Court. The sum included payment to
machines before the recount petitions were dismissed, according to Charles R. Ettinger, chief deputy county clerk. The money was paid by the Seaboard Surety Co., which had bonded the candidates. Two candidates contesting election of their Democratic opponents thus far have not paid the court costs. They are George R. Jeffrey, candidate for Superior Court 2, and Addison M. Dowling, for Superior Court 5. The 12 candidates who paid today previously had paid $275.30 as fees to recount commissioners.
SNYDER IS FRETFUL
OVER TRIAL REGESS
Ruth Etting Denies Alderman Carried Gun.
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 17 (U. P.)— Moe Snyder fretted today at a trial recess after his defense attacked one of six charges in the shooting of young Myrl Alderman. It was for the eradication of serial numbers from a revolver—a California violation carrying a one to five-year penalty. A ballistics expert, Spencer B. Moxley, picked up the revolver with which Snyder allegedly threatened the lives-of Alderman, Ruth Etting and Edith Snyder, and showed a hidden serial number. It was stamped under a plate from the handle, which he unscrewed. Then he took the revolver which Prosecutor U. U. Blalock wears in court and showed a similar serial number, which duplicated one on the gun barrel. The latter number had been obliterated from Snyder’s revolver.
Prepare Final Arguments
Blalock, obvicusly startled, dropped the subject with no explanation to the jury of his investigators’ apparent oversight. In brief rebuttal testimony, Miss Etting denied that Alderman was armed when Snyder began firing Oct. 15, or that Alderman cursed Snyder. Alderman substantiated her testimony and hotly denied he had ever acted as a ‘“procurer” as Snyder related. Snyder's daughter, Edith, also denied Snyder’s story that he had never abused Miss Etting, while her husband of 17 years. She said he once hit her with an umbrella and also slapped her. Attorneys cut the session short to prepare final arguments, which will be made hefore the jury Monday.
IN INDIANAPOLIS
. Here Is the Traffic Record
County Deaths (To \ Date)
1938 ~t......114
60 7
Arrests ...... Speeding .....
Reckless
City Deaths Driving .....
{To Date) 1938 . Pedestrians .. 1937
Running Preferential Street. 4
Running Red
: Drunk Accidents .... JT Sen)
Driving Injured ...... Dead esssssee Others “se
MEETINGS TODAY
"Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, concert. Murat Theater, 8:30 bp. m. 8 : Account-
ty W Hotel Washington, 6:30 Bi m, Francaise, luncheon, otel noon.
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Washington, 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.)
‘Frederick Ferguson, 18, of 609 N. Oakland St.: Beuy Louise Haagland, 18, of 2101 Ringgold ve. “Robert W. Stout. 25. of Davenport, Iowa; College Ave. , 2%, 0 3 la [M. Robins, 23. of 2418 Prospect St. George L. Bright, Greenfield; Pauline E. Leeper, 23, of 833 S. Holt Road. : ‘Kermit W. Sipple. 32, of Clay City: Marjorie McQueen, 19, of 453 N. LaSalle
‘Marcel Close, 25. of 3045 S. Harlem St.; Lucille May Humbles, 18, of 2130 N. Wheeler St. ] ! Archie R. Boges, 22, of 2828 N. Delaware + Huldah M. Mullikan, 24, of 402 N ridian St.
arold D. Prunty. 32. of 151 W. 16th st.: Henrietta D. Orr, 31, pf 3645 N. Illi-
Alfred Dale Nester. 22, of 303 Auburn St.: Mary E. Weakley, 19, of 839 S. Den-
D. Weathers, 18, of 1504 BE, + Naomi Roberta Griffen, 16,
t. Paul E. Corder,- 23, Ft. Harrison: Mary M. Golovitch, 20, of 917 N. Tibbs Ave.
BIRTHS
i a oys Claude, Ruth Fly, at St. Francis. Theodore, Beatrice Esare James, Sarah Jane Tankersley., at Coleman | rles, Beth Bauer, at Coleman. a . Dora Linder, at City.
ul, Stella Mc arles, Marian mes. Mary Lin rold, Katherine Robert. Margaret Mary Ga
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Robert Dossey, 1, at Riley, endoca e James M. Manker, 72, at 811 N. carditis. cerebral hemorrhage. Mary Jane Crane, 83, at 1730 Ingram, cardio vascular renal disease. James A. Bartlett, 80, at 1659 Roose-
Nancy Zachery, 58, at City, arteriosclero-
| velt, arteriosclerosis.
S. Anna Forrest, 54, at L - aluns { Long, coronary oc Mary Schmitt, 69. at 520 E, Vermont, cardio vascular renal disease. Caroline Johns, 46, at Central Tnd., dementia prae
land, pulmonary tuberculosis. \ Joseph McDermott. 55, at 520 BE. Vermont. chronic myocarditis. Leora B. Doyal, 67, at 2039 Central, cardiac decompensation.
OFFICIAL WEATHER
By U. S. Weather Bureatlem__
INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST — Fair tonight and tomorrow; colder tonight with lowest. temperature about 20; rising temperature tomorrow.
7:02 | Sunset
TEMPERATURE . December 17, 1937—=
Sunrise
Precipitation 24 hours ending 7 p. m... 11 Total precipitation since Jan. 1 Excess since Jan. 1
MIDWEST WEATHER
. Indiana-—Fair tonight and tomor » colder in east and south portions Tonight. rising temperature tomorrow, Illinois—-Fair tonight and tomorrow; colder in extreme south not so_cold in northwest and west-central portfpns late tonight; warmer omorrow. Lower Michigan—Partly cloudy to fair, colder tonight; tomorrow in south aly tion, becoming unsettled in north portion, rising temperature. Ohio—Generally fair night; tomorrow extreme east por
and colder toParily cloudy, colder in tion.
Kentucky—Partly cloudy and colder tonight; tomorrow generally fair and rising temperature in extreme west portion. WE Ar 7 a M. Amarillo, Tex is 28 Bismarck, N. D Boston
Chic . at St. Francis.
Denver . Dodge City, Kas.... Heléna, Mont... Jacksonville, Fla. . Kansas City, Mo
; rans C of Little Rock, Ak. ....
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COX. Mildred S. Splady, 68, at 2024 E. Mary-
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The first of many oaths of office to be administered before Jan. 1 took place on the bench in Probate Court yesterday. Judge Michael Fansler of the Indiana Supreme Court (left) swore in Judge Smiley N. Chambers for another four-year term as
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sizes than a small crowd. : It’s apt, too, to contain more men who don’t know what size house coat their wives weal’ but will buy them one anyway. Women who don’t know men’s shirt sizes, store men say, are Very likely to argue that they wear a 17 or a 24 and then have fo bring them back. ; For instance, one lady today marched up to a shirt counter in downtown department storz and started looking at the loudest numbers on display. ¢ «I want to buy,” she suid as she gave her undivided attention to a lavender arrangamenf with a large pattern,” a plain. blue shirt and a colid blue tie to go with it. You see, he has a blue suit and blue hat.” ’ “But madam,” said the clerk, “don’t you think a contrast—say a white shirt—would be better?” “No,” she said, still looking at the lavender shirt as though it was curtain material, “I want a plain blue shirt and a solid blue tie to go with it.” «What size does he wear?” the clerks asked, with some justification. But the women seemed to regard ‘the quetsion as an intrusion and raised her eyebrows, tor the first time taking her eyes off the lavender shirt. “Why, I don’t know. He’s got black hair and he’s about six feet tall,” she said. “Well, madam, that’s a little indefinite. Can you give me some other clue.” The woman thought for a while and then her face brightened. «He wears a size 12. I know he does because he wears & size 12
sock.” A PUZZLED youth showed up at the shopping counter at another department store and, looking a good deal like a walking love-lorn problem, posed his question. ; “What,” he asked, “could I get for a girl who has everything. I want to get something that will take up almost no space, something that she will use up quickly, and something from ‘which no memory of me will linger.” “Cigarets?” ’ “No, she doesn’t smokes.” “Perfume?” “No, it smells.” “A book?” “No.” “The youth explainec. he had been hunting for the right thing for two weeks and se:med only mildly cheered that he still had one more week before Christmas. But the payoff was a woman who walked briskly up to the hat counter and said with much virtuosity: «I want to buy a hat for my nephew who goes to Harvard.” What made it tough for the clerk was that she didn’t know what course he was taking.
ROOSEVELT ADVISERS DIVIDED ON CABINET
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (U. P.) — Administration speculation centered today on the problem of filling two vacancies in the Cabinet with indications tHat President Roosevelt is receiving conflicting advice from two New Deal camps. The vacancies are those created by retirement of Attorney General Cummings and Secretary of Commerce Roper. One group of Administration. supporters was understood to favor appointment of Governor Murphy of Michigan to the Attorney-Generalship and WPA Administrator Hopkins to the Commerce vacancy. Other advisers were said to have proposed that Joseph Kennedy, Ambassador to Great Britain, succeed Mr. Roper. This group was also believed opposed to a Murphy nomination.
FLYNN IS NAMED TO RAILWAY BOARD
William P. Flynn, vice president of the Indiana Natiorial Bank, is a newly elected member to, the directorate of the Indianapolis Railwavs, it was announced today. Mr. Flynn is to take the place of R. Malott Fletche’, former vice president and cashier of the Indiana National Bank, who served on the
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‘He's Six F eet, Has Black Hair!’—and So It Gaily Goes
‘What Difference What Size? He's My Husband! Pity the Poor, Poor Store Clerks.
crowd of shoppers is that it contains more women
By JOE COLLIER
D% to circumstances over which they have no control, women never know what size shirt to buy a man. This was particularly pronounced today, when a crowd of shoppers, believed to be the largest in two years, ranged downtown streets. Ac-
distinguishing thing about a large who don’t know shirt
GIRL 1S BADLY ~ HURT BY AUTO
Driver Faces Two Charges; ~ City Goes 9 Days With No Traffic Fatalities.
"A T-year-old girl was in serious conditioilt City Hospital today as Indianapolis began its ninth consecutive day without a traffic fatality,
The child, Betty Jean Langdon, was one of eight persons injured in 14 accidents overnight. Sixty motorists were arrested on traffic charges as police continued their holiday traffic safety campaign. : Meanwhile, © Indianapolis police were informed that a man killed in a traffic accident at Mt. Carmel, I1l., was believed to have been a local resident. A voter registration card on the victim's body bore the name of Ed Nixon, and was for Precinct 1, Ward 19. The name of Edward Mahoney, 554 Wilkins St.,
| was found on a slip of paper in the
man’s pocket. The dead man was described as about 65. 3 Pointing out that Indianapolis has not had a traffic fatality since Dec. 9, Lieut. Lawrence McCarty, accident prevention bureau head, urged motorists to “keep up the good work.” “December ordinarily is the worst traffic month of the year,” he said, “but caution on the part of motorists can make it the best. -
Under a Year Ago
“Thus far this year there have been 71 traffic deaths, 29 less than the toll a year ago at this time. There have been four traffic deaths in the city in the first half of December, compared with 13 for the entire month of December, 1937.” Betty Jean, the daughter of Mrs. Bertha Langdon, 1051 River- Ave. was struck by a car as she crossed River Ave. at Standard St. on her way to the River Ave. Baptist Ohh to practice for a Christmas play. Police said the driver of the car was Fletcher Perkinson, 28, of 1244 Kappes St., who was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and failing to possess a ‘driving license. A 16-year-old girl was remanded to the Crime Prevention Bureau for failure to have a driver's license last night after the car she was driving struck Margaret Smith, 2356 Cornell St., Police said.
One Killed, Three Hurt in Auto-Truck Crash
GARY, Dec. 17 (U., P.).—Mel Gilliand, 34, Grand Rapids, Mich., insurance dealer, was killed and three other persons were injured last night when the automobile in which they were en route to Michigan for
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MOORE DENIES
| KNOWLEDGE OF | BOGUS PAPERS
Continental Vice President - Claims Some Witnesses _ Cheated Continental.
Testimony of defense witnesses in the alleged million dollar fraud case being tried here in Federal Court will continue at least until next Friday, defense attorneys indicated today. i First defense testimony was heard yesterday as John W. Moore Jr., one
of five defendants, testified in his own behalf. Mr. Moore is vice presi-
dent and secretary-treasurer of the
Indiana Warehouse Corp. Officials of the Continental Credit Corp. or of its alleged subsidiaries are defendants in the case. Mr. Moore denied the charges against him and alleged that some
‘| of the witnesses who have testified
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Probate Court judge. Redppointment of four members of his staff was announced today by Judge Chambers. They were Horace A. Morgan, chief clerk; Harry E. Toner, Bailiff; Miss Flora Paetz, official re- | porter, and Miss Dolly Flanders, clerk.
BOY'S LAWSUIT WORRIES U. S.
Labor Department Refuses To Intervene in Test Of Wage Law.
By LEE G. MILLER Times Special Writer
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—A 13-year-old boy in a little Michigan town hopes to become the pivotal figure in a test of the constitutionality of the Wage-Hour Act.
The Labor Department and its wage hour division are determined that he shall not. ~ Gerard ‘Reilly, Labor Department solicitor, today ruled that the youngster's lawsuit, first and only piece of litigation brought under the Wage-Hour Act to date so far as is known here, is not properly included under the child labor provisions of the act. On the basis of his ruling, Katherine F. Lenroot, Children’s Bureau chief, announced that the Department would not intervene in the case. * The suit was filed a week ago by —or rather in behalf of—Mac Myers, schoolboy son of a lawyer in Ithaca, Mich. Senior Attorney Sent
It alleged that the Lansing (Mich.) state Journal had terminated a contract with him for the distribution of newspapers in Ithaca. The Journal ostensibly took this step in order to comply with the child-labor provisions of the Wage-Hour Act. Solicitor Reilly sent his . senior attorney, Nicholas E. Allen, to Michigan to look into the case and to report. The Labor Department is anxious to avoid any premature test of the Wage-Hour Act, based on a borderline case. It is currently combing scores of reported violations of the act in search of cases which would present the major constitutional is-
derstood to prefer that the first test be fought on the child-labor provisions of the act, but it believes that the Michigan case is not an appropriate one for the test.
Interstate Commerce Issue
For one thing, the Lansing State Journal is said to send a very minute percentage of its product into interstate commerce. : For another, Ithaca, where newsboy Mac Myers distributed the newspaper to some 65 customers, is /42 miles from Lansing. Both th facts are important in view of the phraseology of the act’s child-labor section, which says that “no producer, manufacturer or dealer shall ship . . . in commerce any goods produced in an establishment . . . in or about which . . . any oppressive child labor has been. employed.” Mr. Reilly pointed out “that the facts of this case indicate quite clearly that the plaintiff’s, duties were not performed in or about the defendant’s establishment. His route was entirely outside the contiguous metropolitan area of the newspaper.”
the Christmas holidays was struck by a truck. The injured are Mr. Gilliand’s wife, Jeannette, 34; their son,-Paul, 12; and John Johnson, 10, Detroit, a schoolmate of young Gilliand at a Missouri Military Academy. Mr. and Mrs: Gilliand were- taking the boys home for their Christmas vacation when the accident occurred. . _ The driver of -the truck, Tom
Bramlett, Gary, was bruised. |. |
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 17 (U. P.).— William S. Hart demanded back today the trust fund he set up 20 years ago for a woman who claimed she bore him a son. The beneficiary was Miss Elizabeth MacCaulley, a Boston schoolteacher, who fell in love with Hart when he was the hard-riding, twogun hero of silent pictures. Hart, now 68 and retired, filed suit in Supérior Court, charging that her story proved false, that the “son” never existed, and asking for the money which now amounts to $12,000. The scandal caused by Miss MacCaulley’s charges was blamed in part for the decline of Hart's film career. She fell in love with him because of his pictures, and came to Hollywood in an effort to see him. Later she produced a child
of whom she claimed the actor was
‘Bill’ Hart Seeks Trust Fund Set Up for Bogus Son
$6918 for the benefit of a child represented io him .as “Rupert Leigh,” reportedly born to Miss MacCaulley on Sept. 13, 1917. The money, in sums ranging from $150 to $750 yearly, was to have been paid to her for the child. Hart said that on June 15, 1923, he discovered that he had been defrauded. He immediately ordered the bank to stop payments from the trust to Miss MacCaulley, and for the past 15 years the fund has collected interest. . As grounds for his suit Hart cited a clause of the trust contract providing that if “Rupert Leigh” died the fund was to revert to him. Hart, still lean, tough and gimleteyed, is enjoying the life he loves on a big ranch in north of ‘Hollywood. : © Attorneys for Hart said they did
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against him had “defrauded the Continental Credit Corp.” Shortly before noon, United States Attorney Val Nolan presented’ his final witness and rested the Government’s case. After the Government rested, defense motions seeking dismissal of charges against Ralph S. Phillips, treasurer of the Mineral Felt Co. and one of the defendants, were overruled by Judge Robert C. Balt-
Zell. ’S Denies Allegations
Earlier Mr. Nolan had dropped’ four charges that Mr. Phillips had used the mails to defraud after testimony showed that Mr. Phillips
had resigned from the firm prior to the mailing of the letters involved. : The indictment returned by the Federal Grand Jury placed more than 30 charges against each defendant. og ] Mr. Moore Jr. further denied that he had told any of the Government’s witnesses, as the indictment charges, “that 400 banks were anxious to buy commercial paper from Continental.” Po He also stated’ that he had “no connection whatsoever at any time with the Mineral Felt Co., the Ehrhart Leaf Tobacco Co., or the KimMurphy Co.” Claims Regular Audits
The Continental Corp. at all times required collateral on warehouse receipts to be appraised, he said, and the warehouse accounts were audited every 30 days. In almost every case, he explained, collateral worth at least 115 per cent was behind each warehouse receipt. : To his knowledge and belief, he told the jury, all firms to whom they loaned money were sound in every respect. He explained that before signing a contract with firms to whom they loaned money, an
s| gudit was made of those firms’ books
and also he relied on Dun & Bradstreet reports. More than eight out of 10 of the firms whom they investigated, he added, were turned down as potential firms from whom they would buy notes. ;
Says He Was Uninformed
Until June 10, 1937, the day Continental failed, he had no knowledge that alleged ‘duplicate receipts were issued agdinst their warehouse collateral. He also said that he never knew until that date that such a thing existed. All salesmen and employees of Continental also were thoroughly investigated before they were employed,” he said. Only persons of the highest qualifications were employed by him, he added. Luther Symons; Continental salesman, was recommended to him by James P. Goodrich, former Indiana Governor, Mr. Moore Jr: testified. The Allen Dairy Co. of Ft. Wayne, through whom they lost almost $9000, was recommended by Mr.
Symons, Mr. Moore Jr. told the jury.
Tells Corporation History
He also outlined the rise of the Continental Corp. from its inception in 1933. It was originated, he said, to make short-term loans on commercial paper to various manufacturing concerns. Former stenographers of the Continental Corp. testified, before Mr. Moore Jr. took the stand, that no duplicate warehouse receipts were ever typed in their office, Mrs. Lorene Snyder of Union City, who supervised the stenographic force of the Continental’s Winchester office, stated that occasionally they had made copies of mutilated warehouse receipts. No duplicates were ever made, she added, without the word “canceled” having been stamped across the original. Government witnesses have .contended that duplicate warehouse receipts were issued against the same collateral. The trial is to resume at 9:30 a. m. Monday.
SHRINERS SET TWO HOLIDAY PARTIES
The Shriners of Murat Temple will hold two parties during the holiday season, the first of which will follow the regular meeting Monday night at the Shrine Mosdque. There will be a dance, a floor show and a buffet supper. Arrangements for the event have been completed by Paul P. Middleton, chairman of the Murat entertainment committee. A year-end dinner-dance will be held at the mosque Saturday night, Dec. 31. Shriners, their families, and their guests are invited. ———————————————
17-YEAR-OLD YOUTH BEGINS PRISON, TERM
COLUMBUS, Ind., Dec. 17 (U. P.). —Walter Dimmett, Evansville youth who observed his 17th birthday in jail here Thursday, today started a one-to-10-year sentence in the State Reformatory for armed robbery. He was convicted of participating in two holdups with Alva Leo Shepherd, 18, and Earl Rutledge, 20, both of ‘Evansville, who have been sentenced to 10-to-25-year terms in the Reformatory.
WESTOVER IN PLAY James Westover, son of Mr. and
Mrs. ‘Westover, 55 S. Auduhe y n x the Ke
children that otherwise
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Diamond Chain Co. Group Clothes 25; Total Now 606.
| hasty ES of the Diamond Chain Co. in Department 85 ‘were singing at their work today, and for good reason. Yesterday they clothed 25 children, school would have been unprepared for winter weather that is bound to come. Altogether there were 61 children clothed yesterday, which brings the total for the year so far to 606. ; : The box score: Clothed directly by donors..342 Children Clothed by donors’ cash (§2584.52) Cssakanenvere en: 304 Children
ROtal: sus iis heaves vuivar Mile-Of-Dimes (estimate)
Diamond Chain, Dept. No. +85, Machine Shop ..... «ee. 25 Children National and Fulton Hosiery g Employees «..eveosccoasess Link Belt Dodge, Casing Dept. Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Fritz.. Mr. and Mrs. V. Bamber... Powell Commission Co....... Prest-O-Lite Storage Battery Corp Bowling League (clothed 1 previously)..... Mrs. Alma Etter Building Maintenance Employees, Indiana Bell Telephone . Building National Federation Post ; Office Clerks . 2 Children A Friend ... 1 Child | Mrs. E. H. Bradle "1 Child Indianapolis Dental Society. 1 Child Junior Sportsmen 1 Child Right Way Club of Starlight Ballroom - (clothed 1 previously) Foremen’s Club, Climax Machinery Co. . Anonymous In Memory of R. R. R..cooee Wasco Pep Club No. 2 Citizens Safety Committee (clothed 1 previously) .... North M. E. Church Tower Club Bowes Seal Fast Co., Spark Plug Dept. «.oce.e crave 1 Child Clothed £0day ....cecesssss. 61 Children Previously clothed ...ces...-545 Children
Total clothed ........ csesne: 606 Children ——————————————————
CITY-MANAGER - PLAN FAVORED
Engineers Urge Legislation To Give Local Option On Government.
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The Indiana Society of Professional Engineers was on record today as being “in complete accord” with City Manager proposals made by the Indianapolis Junior Chamber of Commerce. The Junior Chamber of Commerce recently announced that it was preparing legislation to be presented to the Indiana State Legislature which would give Indiana cities the right to choose between the City Manager and other forms of government. Meeting at the Hotel Lincoln yesterday, the society passed a resolution “favoring such legislation or constitutional activity as will provide an opportunity for municipalities in Indiana to avail themselves of the City Manager form of government.”
To Draft Merit Bill
The legislative committee of the society was instrueted to draft a bill for presentation at the Indiana Assembly when it convenes in January to place the positions of city and county engineers urder a merit system so that “men qualified for the jobs will be selected and not politicians.” John W. Wheeler, assistant chief engineer of the Burlington Railroad, who made the principal address at the banquet last night, said in a pre-banquet statement: “We engineers are interested in any form of city government which will help to bring about the use of a merit system embracing all branches of the engineering profession. : More Liberal Training
“It is imperative that city. .employees not be protected by the hard and fast rules which govern the ordinary civil service regulations. The ability to do a job should be the criterion by which a man holds his position.” Mr. Wheeler added that the spoils system and the enervating influence of civil service were comparably bad. In his address later in the evening Mr. Wheeler expressed the opinion that engineers had need of more than the four years of university training they are now given and that he would suggest more emphasis on arts and letters. DeWitt S. Morgan, superintendent of the Indianapolis Public Schools, addressed the afternoon session on “The Economy of Human Resources.” : .
HOOSIER CANNERS ACT TO MOVE SURPLUSES
FRANKLIN, Dec. 17 U. P)— Indiana conners -foday planned a series of meetings to map a campaign they hope will dispose of more than 150,000,000 cans of surplus tomatoes, which if not sold, will force curtailed production -next year. eo : The meetings for Indiana's 275 canners will be held in Muncie, Monday; Marion and Elwood, Tuesday, and in Jasper and Seymour on Wednesday. Kenneth R. Rider, Franklin, chairman of the stabilization committee of the Indiana Canners’ Association, will outline plans. Indiana farmers received more than $4,000,000 as their share of this year's tomato crop. :
NEBRASKA GOVERNOR ASKS SPENDING CUT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (U. P.) — Governor Cochran of debtless Nebraska, one of two Nortehrn state Democratic Governors, re-elected in November, said today that four years as a state executive has convinced him that an economical, pay-as-you-go policy was the best for Govern ment, Eo “There is solution to the taxing problem except one, and that is spending less,” he said in an interview.
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SCHOOL TEXTS
70 COST MORE
Elementary Arithmetic. Reading Books Adopted For Five Years.
Indiana’s 500,000 elementary school pupils will have to buy new read and arithmetic books next year prices ranging from 4 to 28 cen more than present charges for CoP responding texts, it was reported today. Ll SA The State Board of Text B Comnfissioners adopted texts in. To subjects ‘yesterday. The books . to be used for a five-year period.: Readopted were the writing boo! for all grades published by the. lumbia Press, Bloomington, a firm headed by Paul Feltus, an associate of former Governor McNutt, and § safety text for the eighth grade pub= lished by the Macmillan Co., Chie cago. Retail prices on these books are 11 and 47 cents, respectively. Among the new adoptions was th third and fourth grade arithmetic text published by the Lyons '& Carnaham Co. John Metzger, soni= in-law of Alex Pursley, an adviser of Governor Townsend, is this coms pany’s Indiana representative. Prese ent cost; for arithmetic texts in these grades is 51 cents, and the new price is 79 cents. Ta Other arithmetic book prices also increased, the book for the fifth and sixth grades costing 65 cents as com= pared to the present price of 51 cents, and the seventh and eighth grade book 77 cents as compared with 57 cents. . § Only the eighth grade reading book remained at the same price, 86 cents. Price of first readers rose from 38 to 58 cents; second read= ers, 46 to 65 cents; third readers, 57 to 65 cents; fourth, 67 to 80; fifth, 67 to 79; sixth, 67 to 83, and seventh, 82 to 86.
CULT LEADER GETS LIFE DETROIT, Dec. 17 (U.P.).—Earl arris, who was known as “John the Conqueror” to his fellow wor= shipers in a Negro voodoo cult,-faced a life prison term today for the | slaying of his sweetheart last.Oct. 17. Christiana Eastmond, Negro.po= litical worker, was Harris’ sixth murder victim according to his owh admission. He told police he had killed five other Negro women in Missouri within the last 10 years.
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LEWIS DECLARES AGAINST 30 PARTY
Nonpartisan League to Work With Democrats.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (U. PJ). —John L. Lewis announced today that Labor’s Non-Partisan League wil lboycott third party movements and work within the framework of - the Democratic Paryt at least until the Democratic National Convene tion of 1940. He is chairman of the League and president of the Cons gress of Industrial Organizations. Mr. Lewis said the League would hold a national convention next summer at which it would consider the question of a third term for President Roosevelt and “authorize League delegates to the Democratic National Convention to work for the nomination of progressive candle dates for the office of President and Vice President.” : be He declined to answer questions concerning the League’s possible. .ac= tion if the Democrats nominate & candidate whom the league does net consider “progressive.” 2 Urges United Front = “I cannot forecast the action of'a convention two years hence,” MF. Lewis declared. hm He outlined an eight-point “n:
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said the League's executive officers owuld recommend to the 1939 cons vention. 45 Mr. Lewis was flanked by officers of the League and the C. I. O. in= cluding Vice President Sidney Hills man of New York, as he made his announcement at a press confers ence. He declared that “it is ese sential that all the liberal and p gressive forces of the country uni to maintain and extend the eco nomic and political gains of recent years for the preservation of demogs | racy.” ; 2 Sa Broader Membership 2 He announced simultaneously that effective Jan. 1 the membership of include “any American approving its tenets.” Previously, the organiw zation, formed in 1936 to help ree elect President Roosevelt had beer: confined to members of organized labor. ; as The American Federation of Labor has denounced the League as 4. “mouthpiece” for Lewis and thé AFT, Executive Council ordered Fed: eration members to withdraw from the organization. . a Lewis said the League immediates ly will launch an intensive cams paign to increase its membership.
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