Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 May 1939 — Page 1

BOOST IN APRIL | Healthiest in County 4-H Club Contest

JOBS REPORTED IN'STATE CHECK

Weekly Factory Payrolls $1,344,000 Higher Than A Year Ago.

Wage earners in Indiana factories in April totaled 26.500 more than were employed the same month in 1938 and weekly factory payrolls were $1.344000 more than a vear| earlier, according to the monthly survey conducted by the State Employment Service which was issued today Employment the state rose 116 per cent in Indianapolis 23.7 per cent while state payrolls increased 262 per cent against a 296 per cent rise locally Factory employees throughout the state received an average of $22.50 in weekly pay in April, 1938 against month of $25.11. The in wages was due largely > longer hours, the survey shows, mployees working an average of 361 hours last month and 32.9 hours a year ago

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TRAFFIC VICTIM DIES; POLICE ARREST 66

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GREENCASTLE it DePauw Unive lications has pointments to two staffs R N City Boulder, McNeill of manager Richard Yocum of Springfield, Ni, has been appointed business manager, and Eleanor Clay of Indianapolis, assistant business manager of the Mirage, ¢ ampus an nual John Bar of Bicknell has been named advertising manager

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TICAN CITY, May —The Vatican Jail's only prisoner Mario Politi, was free today with a full pardon from His Holiness Pope Pius XII. Politi, who had been employed in the Holy See's administration department, was Sentenced by | the Vatican Court to serve a threeyear term for misappropriation of funds.

GUILD SPONSORS CARD PARTY, STYLE SHOW

The 8t Rita Guild was to sponsor a card party and style show at 2 p. m. today at the L. S. Ayres & Co auditorium Miss Elsie Carter is general chairman, assisted by Mrs. Harold] Prather and Mrs. Suzanne Shewman, cochairmen,

These three girls are the winners tn the annual county-wide 4-H Club health contest. Virginia Armstrong of Shortridge (center) won a trip to the State contest at Purdue for placing first. Edith Robert, Castleton (right), was second and Mary Mowry of Warren Central, third.

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FEAR TOO MANY Quins Get Ankle-Length BEER LICENSES ~ Dresses for Royal Visit

Over-Competition May Lead To Bootlegging, Says Excise Director.

A warning that over-competition | in the beer wholesale business in| Indiana will tend to increase bootlegging. was voiced today by Hugh Barnhart, State Excise Administrator Declaring that partisan lines have been dropped in the State's beer administration, Mr. Barnhart said the Alcoholic Beverage Commission's interest now is to prevent law violations Under the State's revamped liquor laws, the limit on the number of wholesalers in each county is removed. Administration foes charged that under the old law, the limited wholesalers’ permits were issued only to deserving Democrats The Commission warned appliants that if all who qualify are granted permits, some dealers eventualy will be forced out of business due to crowded conditions in some sections All the applicants said they were willing to take their chances on bankruptcy” and that they would “not blame the Commission for losses” if granted permits If the Commission grants permits to all who qualify I'm afraid the enforcement problems will fall back in our laps because some dealers may attempt to sell beer to bootleggers in order to operate at a profit.” Mr. Barnhart said The Commission definite policy week

only

promised a on permits next

CALLANDER, Ontario,

May 20 Dionne will wear white organdy dresses reaching to their ankles, the,

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

SEWER MEETING s

Misses |

SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1939

IS ARRANGED BY WORKS DIVISION

Study of Warfleigh Project Data.

Public to Be “Be Heard "i

The Works Board today prepared

to hold public hearings on the | §

| proposed $105,000 Warfleigh sani- |

| | | |

(tary sewer which it approved yes- | terday. | No date will | hearings on the project

until the

be set for public

{legal department reviews engineer's |

| specifications, board members said. | The sewer was made possible when | | Council Monday night decided to)

annex to the City 57 acres of Jand |

through which the sewer will pass | etme Warfleigh and the Oy |

| proper | Meanwhile, City Engineer M. G. {Johnson announced that (lege Ave. sewer program, includes the new 38th St. sewer, will be completed July 1

which ym 5.

Repairs Are Included

This program, financed by $225,000 bond issue, also includes repairs to the College Ave. storm and sanitary sewers: construction of an overflow outlet in 34th St. from College to Fall Creek, and pipe replacements in the Butler University | section, The College project the North Side area roughly by 56th St. on the north,

will serve

etery on the west, Fall Creek on

| regulation court dress, when they are presented Monday to King George the south and Keystone Ave. on the

and Queen Elizabeth in Toronto.

{east to cover any emergency, Mr.

“They haven't seen the dresses vet and neither have 1,” Dr. Allan|Johnson said.

| Roy Dafoe said today. | Toronto.” Somewhat in the manner of the | |King and Queen, the quintuplets are going to Toronto on a LH train at the Government's exp land will have a guard fre ‘the | railway station to the Parliament Building. But unlike the royal train, the quintuplets special will have a minimum of luxuries. The children will keep the same schedule, sleep between the same sheets, follow the same diet and

drink the same water that they do

in their nursery. For several days the girls, will be 5 years old a week from tomorrow, curtsevs for the King and Queen, but matters still stand at the point where Emilie tries to do a headstand and Marie a kind of salaam

The train leaves here about 8 o'clock Sunday night. go to bed as soon as they reach the train, on cots arranged side by side in one car The children’s diet, followed during the trip, sists of: Breakfast—orange juice, soft-boiled egg, bacon, brown bread toasted and milk; at 10 a. m.—milk; noon—broiled steak, peas, carrots, baked potato, orange cream, hard biscuits and milk; 3:30 p. m—milk. Supper—cereal, brown bread buttered, apple sauce, lettuce and tomato salad, cottage cheese land milk

which will be

who |

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meringue, |

“They are not to be unpacked until we reach

OUTLINE DRIVE AGAINST FIRES

Campaign Is 1siegin to Build More State Interest in Prevention Week.

A campaign to induce more Indiana communities to join National Fire Prevention Week activities was started today by the Indiana Fire Prevention Association. The 1939 program was outlined by the association at a meeting with State Fire Marshal Clem Smith vesterday, The association representatives of firemen’s groups, the Chamber of Commerce, insurance companies and the oil industry. Indiana moved into first place in national last year 1937 vear will be Oct. 8 to 14.

is composed of

The State was second in

ww HOOSIERS IN WASHINGTON-By Daniel Kidney

fire prevention activities]

Fire Prevention Week this

\ FASHINGTON, May 20— The national Townsend Plan convention in Indianapolis, June 21-24, is causing some of the Hoosier Congressmen squirm The fact that their home state has been selected for this event indicates to them that the movement is very much alive there and assembling 15.000 delegates will make it even more so Only Rep. Gerald W. Landis (R. Ind), who is scheduled to speak on the convention program, is taking delight in the situation He was elected in the Seventh District as a Townsend Plan backer, without any equivocation, and is on the House board of management to develop such tactics as will bring the issue to a vote “I fully expect the Ways and Means Committee to vote the new, rewritten Townsend Bill cut on the floor of the House for debate and a vote within a week,” Rep. Landis declared ‘If this is not done by Tuesday, there will be a petition in the well of the House for members to sien. The Townsend Plan steering committee met with Dr. Francis Townsend this week to outline the strategy of getting support from House members.” All seven of the Republican Congressmen from Indiana had the Townsend indorsement in the last campaign. Next to Rep Landis, Rep. Noble J. Johnson (R. Ind.) was most outspoken in its favor. This was conceded to be a major factor in his victory over Mrs. Virginia E. Jenckes, Sixth District Democrat. But since he came to Washington, Rep. Johnson has quieted down about the Townsend Plan It is reported that he was called to account by the Townsend Plan leaders in his district when he eturned to Terré Haute for a visit recently So Rep. Landis is counting his Sixth District colleague as a sure vote for the measure, should it finally reach the floor. He believes several othérs will follow suit, but the doubtiul class includes Reps. Grant, Gillie, Harness and Springer on the Republican side.

Rep. Charles A. Halleck, dean |

of the Hoosier the House, to oppose it Some of the Democrats will sign the discharge petition, but all are noncoinmittal as to how they might vote if the measure actually comes up for passage. Rep. Louis Ludlow (D. Ind) says he will sign the discharge petition, pointing out that this is the method he is again using in trying to bring his war referendum proposal to a vote “I think that any measure in which there is a major amount of interest should not be stifled in committee, but be brought out on the House floor for debate,” Rep. Ludlow said. Rep. William H. Larrabee (D. Ind.) also declared that he wanted to see a vote taken on the Townsend Plan. Having signed but two dischargé petitions in hiscfour terms hers, Bugene {

Republicans in is considered certain

to |

Rep. Gerald W. Landis

B. Crowe (D. Ind.) asserted that he doesn't generally approve of that method of legislating, so doesn't know whether he would sich another for the Townsend Plan ”

Huston Thompson, a Democratic lawyer here since the days of President Wilson, presided at the Democratic Council luncheon

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where Senator Minton spoke this |

week.

In presenting the junior Senator from Indiana, he said: “Indiana always is a doubtful state, so it may be well to consider nominating a Hoosier next time. I think we have a good

candidate for the highest office |

right here, Senator Minton, who in his first term has risen to the position of party whip.” Senator Minton didn’t pause to transfer the nomination fo Indiana’s favorite son, Paul V. MeNutt, a pro-Rocsevelt and New Deal | speech which brought rounds of | applause from the club members, Most of them are holders of high administrative positions here.

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T the close of the address, several congratulated | Senator and said that at least he should be chosen t6 sound the keynote at the Democratic con- { vention in 1940. | Tomorrow night, Senator Minton will defend New Deal spending in a radio debate with Senator Vandenberg (R. Mich). | These National Forum of the | Air programs are broadcast from the Interior Department and | several weeks ago the Hoosier defended the National Labor Re- | lations Act and Board in a similar debate with Senator (D. Neb), arch-foe of both. The crowd at the broadcast was pro-NLRB and is likely to be New Dealish tomorrow night also.

GEO. J. EGENOLF

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Listeners can practically count on Senator Minton winning the applause, On Tuesday he will participate in a discussion of WPA at the Cosmos Club here. Franchot Tone and Heywood Broun are scheduled to take part and defend the arts projects. But while Senator Minton remains a 100 per cent New Dealer, Senator VanNuys, his senior colleague, is continuing to establish an almost 100 per cent antiRoosevelt record this session For the {first time since his recent illness, he came to the Senate Chamber this week to vote against the Florida ship cana. Aithough Senator Minton voted for it, he was not sorry about its defeat he said His vote was largely based on personal friendship for another 100 per cent New Dealer, Senator Pepper (D. Fla), author of the latest measure ‘o carry on with the canai's conastruction. 8 ”

Rep. Gerald W. Landis (R. Ind.) is sticking red, white and blue seals on all his stationery bearing the legend: “Made in America Club--Buy American Made Goods.” Asked what it means, plied: “It means I'm for a high tariff.” ” os

OTH Indiana Senators have received the socially prized invitations to the British Embassy's garden party for the King and Queen. The ohily Hoosier Congressman to be included in the invitation list was Rep. William H. Larrabee (D. Ind). These invitations include the wives. Since a very limited number from Capitol Hill have been asked, the invitations are greatly

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Senator VanNuyvs was included as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and | both Senator Minton and Rep. Larrabee as committee chairmen. The former is chairman of the Senate Pensions Committee and the latter Committee,

the House Education

Largest single part of the project. | the 38th St. duct, is more than]

three-quarters completed, engineers

extending from Creek, was the City the 38th St

The tunnel, Central Ave to Fall {mined which saved expense of cutting open Concrete has been poured the invert, or hottom, of the tunnel. Workmen now are concreting ithe crown, or upper half of the tunnel. All work is being done 12 feet bene |of cars pass over the project daily.

Labor Will Be WPA

said.

the Col-| |

bounded |

the university and Crown Hill Cem- |

into |

Col. Roscoe Turner (in uniform) only pilot to win the Thompson

trophy twice, discusses plans for

| Municipal Airport next Saturday and Sunday. With him (left to right) J. Dienhart, Airport manager; Lawrence Jones, commander of the Legion aviation post; and H. Weir Cook, chairman of the show.

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TURNER 0 fLY | IN LEGION SHOW

Colonel Here re With $100, 000 Plane for Exhibition May 27 and 28.

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Col. Roscoe Turner, {world’s airplane speed records, will appear at the Municipal during the American Lexion

lchairman, announced today.

Col. Turner's plane, a Laird racer | more than $100,000, has |

{valued at | arrived at the Airport for tuning up | Other

Walters of Columbus, Johnson, who stunts a transport plane, and Mike Murphy's Flying Aces from Kokomo. Walters, whose Gee-Bee also has arrived at the Airport, puis

his plane into a 250-mile an hour

[power dive and a short distance from the ground pulls up for a loop

ath 38th St. while hundreds | qamonstrate the life of a test

[pat

The Warfieigh sewer will be 7000 Purdue Airport

feet of 24-inch pipe and 2500 feet {of 18-inch pipe. All work will be| done by WPA labor, a factor reduc- | ing the total cost of the project by | per cent The #105000 cost |of construction will be borne by property owners | The sewer line will follow Laverock Rd. northeast to Delaware

t.. to the first allev north of Lave- |

to Washington Blvd. in northeasterly direction, !

St.

rock Rd. a general then east on 62d alley east of the boulevard, north to 66th St. where it wil connect with the Arden addition! sewer. A small branch will also be | built from the 66th St. terminus east on 66th St. to Cornell St.

The southern end of the proj-

¢ at Memphis. lo the frst phy Flying Aces through a series

| of

Show Tomorrow

| Times Special WEST LAFAYETTE, May 20— Mike Murphy of Kokomo will headline the cast of fliers appearing in the

sity field tomorrow. The flier will appear here afte: being decorated as “the knight of ‘the show” at the Cotton Carnival He will lead the Mur-

stunts.

113th Observation Squadron at Stout Field, Indianapolis, is to appear. Maj. Oliver M. Stout, commandant, will lead the foima-| tion. Lieut. Wiley Ellis of the Ken-

ect will be at the pump station at tucky Reserve Corps, and two othe:

and the Canal. cut method will be {used in the sewer’'s construction. | When completed, it will be the first duet serving Warfleigh built. Residents of the community | have sought to have the sewer built for years.

Meridian St. The open

12 MAY SAY ‘GUILTY’ IN MASS MURDERING

P.) by

PHILADELPHIA, May 20 (U —Mass guilty pleas followed

indicted manslaughter the

men and four women on | charges of murder,

land conspiracy in

{ruthless murder-for-insurance syn- her

dicate was anticipated by the Dis= trict Attorney's office today. Those named by the Grand Jury will be arraigned Tuesday in connection with the death by poison or

100 victims Killed ring

Attorney Charles F. Kelley said they expected most of the defendants to enter guilty pleas. Those that plead not guilty will be given speedy trials, according to Assistant District [Attorney Vincent P. McDevitt, | The 28 bills, in which | fendants all were charged | murder, manslaughter and con{spiracy, left 14 more men and women awaiting formal arraignment.

‘DOGS BITE 2 BOYS:

Two bovs were under treatment {today for dogbites while the reputed | owners of the dogs faced charges of harboring vicious dogs. James Maloney, 4, | lawn Ave. was treated at City Hos- | pital after he was bitten on the face | Wilbur Lind, Jr, 13, of 1802 | Broadway, was bitten on the right | hand.

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FORMER SHOW GIRL BARES LOVE NOTES

NEW YORK, May (U, P)— | Marguerite Bernice Spelman, former Earl Carroll show girl, admitted | in court that though nearried to |

Vincent Joseph Spelman she had | two European |

corresponded with counts, offering her hand to one

and receiving impassioned love let- |

‘ters from the other.

Mrs. Spelman seeks a legal sepa- |

from Mr. Spelman, execua sail-making firm, on of cruelty and abandonMr. Spelman brought a counter suit with the same allegations. One of the noblemen was Count

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Crack Pilots Try Wings Here

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Airport | Air | Show May 27 and 28, H. Wir Cook, |

fliers who will ofier thrills | during the two-day event are Don] O.; Harold | & six-ton §

racer |

11th annual American LegionPurdue Airport show at the Univer-|

A five-ship formation from the |

field |

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STATE GETS SE T0 COLLECT TAX FROM TRUCKERS

‘Branch Office Agents to Meet Monday for Instruction From Finney.

Machinery to collect more than one million dollars in truck tire fees will be started Monday by the State Motor Vehicle License Division.

More than 150 branch auto license agents will convene at the | State House where instructions will (be given by Frank Finney, license division director. Fees ranging from $2 to $75 will Ibe collected from the owners of [about 130,000 trucks now operating {in Indiana.

the American Legion airshow at

Enforcement Held Up

Enforcement of the truck tax law, passed in 1937, was interrupted last | year by a series of lawsuits, attacking the constitutionality of the highly controversial statute. | The Supreme Court, early this | year, declared the law constitutional and an unsuccessful effort was {made to repeal it during the real ge 4 cent Legislature. The repealer was |. \ Foe Ll left stranded in conference comwy | mittee. | As the result of {owners of more than | escaped payment of | year. . | Mr. Finney said efforts to collect {the back fees from those who refused to pay last year would be futile. Collections from owners of 78,000 trucks totaled about $600,000,

Tires Are Classified | The fees will be collected on a | 3 % | classified rate schedule based upon the size and type of tires on the trucks. The law has

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litigation, 000 trucks fees last

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| popularly as the “truck weight tax,” “This is not correct because the (rates to be collected have nothing to do with the weight of trucks,” | Mr, Finney explained.

11 KILLED IN LANDSL IDE ROME, May 20 (U. P. .—Eleven workmen were killed and five injured today when an avalanche of rock, earth and snow, crashed on a hut where 20 workmen were eating.

Don Walters, Columbus, O., test pilot, arrives at Municipal Airport to tune his plane for the _coming Legion Show,

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Police cut "telephones and con- | fiscated six marked horse racing | forms when they visited an estab- | lishment on W. Market St. 100} block, late yesterday, but made no arrests. Officers sald that when they en- | tered a man was talking over the] telephone and marking the forms. |

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