Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 July 1939 — Page 6

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TRAILER CAMPS

City Council Places Them In Jurisdiction of Board; 3 Proposals Delayed.

Plans to control the

| The Gallup Poll UNDER SCRUTINY 4 R'E IW OF ZONING BODY

increasing

number of trailer camps and their migratory occupants in the City wills

be considered next week by

the |

Zoning Board. City Council last!

night apprcved a measure which places trailer camps under Board’s control. Police chief Morrissey estimated

that the transient population of the

City’s trailer camps already has] reached an all-time high this sum- | mer.

Numerous complaints against

the

campers and campsites near resi-|

dential districts have been received by the Board. George Rooker, sec-retary-engineer, said.

He indicated that the Board at its] next meeting Monday may draft] another ordinance to restrict the use : of any existing camps which do not | provide proper sanitation facilities.

Action Delayed on Three Changes

The measure passed last night merely designates the camp sites as one of seven uses to which pri-! vate property may be put.

It does! i

not empower the Board to restrict °

existing camp sites, Mr. Rooker said. Council held up action on three!

zoning changes recommended by, -

the Zoning Board for further consideration after hearing arguments from representatives of 25 property owners and businessmen. | About 15 residents in the vicinity of 34th St. and Forest Manor Ave. protested by standing vote a proposed change in the southeast corner from residential to business use.

Pastor Among Spokesmen

Spokesmen for the group included | Charles E. Linder, 3601 Forest Manor Ave, secretary of E. 38th St. Civic League; the Rev. Clyde Bed-| well, pastor of the Forest Manor Methodist Church, and Virgil Shep- | pard, 3247 Forest Manor Ave, as-| sistant State Public Welfare Dusit ment Administrator. They asserted there was no need | of a business section in the area, that the development of one might bring in taverns and that many resi-| dents had bought property in the] adjacent area on the assumption that it would remain residential. F. C. Tucker of Tucker & Co. ! who said he planned to develop the corner as a modern business district, | asked Council to follow the Zoning Board's recommendation that the area be rezoned for business. Held in Committee Residents near 38th and Station Sts. asked Council to approve the rezoning of the southeast corner from business to residential. Another section of the ordinance re-| stricting business use at the south- |

west corner of 34th St. and Key- |.

stone Ave. was not discussed. The entire ordinance was held | in the Public Works Committee on! a split vote. Harmon A. Campbell | and Dr. Walter Hemphill, Republican Committee members, insisted on | immediate action. Democrats F. B.| Ransom, Ernest Ropkey and Al-| bert Deluse voted to defer action

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for further study. { Council also deferred action on] the Zoning Board's recommenda- | tion to name eight new streets and! rename 10. An ordinance seeking to discour- | age “endurance contests” by levying a $500 license fee on each daily performance was introduced by Mr. Campbell. The measure exempts | boxing, wrestling, baseball, football, basketball and other contests which run a week or less.

BURGLARS SLUG, ROB

10-YEAR-OLD MAN Widow, 72, Is Questioned As Sixth Spouse Dies

A $50 robbery and three burglarjes comprised the list of crimes reported. to police overnight. James Helms, 70, of 2739 Manlove Ave, told officers four men entered his home, slugged him with a club and escaped with $50.

ridian St. were burglarized, accord- | ing to police. Glen Kline re-| ported a typewriter and a watch}

| ing suits?

John Public hands down some decisions teday in a national survey. Topless bathing suits are all right for men, he says, but not shorts for women when they're going about the streets.

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Public Thinks Topless Swim Suits O. K. for Men, But Vetoes Shorts for Women as Street Wear

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By DR. GEORGE H. GALLUP

Director, Institute

EW YORK, July 4—Now that

lions of Americans are flocking to beaches and lakes and playgrounds, many an American community is having a renewal of the great summer debate—Is it all right for women to wear shorts on the Should men be allowed to remove the tops of their bath-

sidewalks?

From Yonkers to the Pacific the question will be raised and settled according to the dictates of local taste, but today a national survey shows that there is really considerable uniforms ity on the two subjects throughout the country.

Most Americans think it’s all right for men to take off the tops of their bathing suits. But most of them think it’s not all right for women to parade the streets in shorts, Their verdict is just about as simple as that. Women are much more conservative than men on the subject of shorts for women,

AMERICAN INSTITUTE

PUBLIC’OPINION

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

SMITHS BACK IN U. S., HEAD FOR SOUTH IN PLANE

Examined Two Hours at Island Customs Office on Trip From Canada.

SYRACUSE, N. Y,, July 4 (U. P). —Dr. James Monroe Smith, former president of Louisiana State University, was en route home to Baton Rouge, La. under heavy guard today to face charges that he had em-

bezzled several hundred thousand dollars in university funds to cover market losses. The party left at 5 a. m. (Indianapolis Time) by airplane. Smith and his wile were brought

‘here last night from Brockville,

Ontario, where they ended an in‘ternational search for them by sur-

rendering Saturday night.

for embezzlement of $100,000 in

Both are under indictment, Smith

‘L. S. U. funds and his wife for aid-

ling him to escape.

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Investigation of his affairs resulted in other charges

# that the alleged peculations ran © linto more than $500,000.

The couple made the trip here from Brockville by automobile, the same one that Smith bought in De-

|troit last week while American and

| lice,

|Canadian police were searching for ‘him. They were in custody of Maj. Murphy Roden, Assistant Su|perintendent of Louisiana State PoSpecial Investigator Bryan

{Clemmons and New York officers.

The party came to the United

States over the thousand Islands | Bridge at Wells Island, N. Y., where the Smiths underwent a two-hour customs examination.

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of Public Opinion summer is officially here and mil-

women to wear shorts for street wear?” The answers were:

| Here and there some one added that he didn’t think shorts were actually indecent but that “a lot depends on how the woman | looks.” Others said they would | give their approval “as long as | they're still young.” The difference in outlook between men and weinen is shown in the following figures: Shorts Indecent? Yes No 57% 43% 30

Most conservative were Southerners, who proved 7S per cent against women wearing shorts for street wear, while western voters

Men Voters Women Voters

| and a great many Southerners

object to topless bathing suits for men.

But the country over the folk- |

ways for 1939 sesm to be nearly the same. such sociological matters, the InSite asked a cross-section of n and women in every state:

ot you think it is indecent for

In its excursion into |

! were 58 per cent against it. On the question of topless | swimming suits for men the vote divided two to one in favor of i masculine comfort: “Do you think it is indecent for | men to wear topless bathing suits for swimming?”

LONDON, July 4 (U. P).—Ma bespectacled Mrs. Alice Amelia M

Medhurst, three months after his

Sir Bernard Spilsbury, pathologist,

and the Home Office analyst, Dr.

rried at 17, plump, double-chinned, edhurst, aged 72, buried six hus- |

| bands, but an anonymous letter to Scotland Yard has led to the! Two apartments at 520 N. Me- exhumation of the sixth, a 76-year-old retired builder, John Henry

death. .

“Next rent day there was a knock

were stolen. Miss Vera Douglas said | Roche Lynch, attended the exhuma- at the door and my mother was as-

the burglars in her apartment escaped with $50 in jewelry. Yeggs entered the Consumers) Gas Co. office at 601 Kentucky Ave.

and hauled away a safe containing her first marriage, told newspaper- James Barwick, told newspapermen:

$100 in cash and a quantity of cigarets.

FOUNDRY LOOTED; CHILDREN ROUTED

SAN FRANCISCO, July 4 (U. P)—When W. A. Schommelpfen-: ning telephoned police that children | were carrying away his foundry |P piecemeal, they thought he was jok- | ing. But they investigated and found |

one 98-year-old girl in pigtails car-/that I am an adventuress? I have | when rying off 200 pounds of pig iron; been unlucky insofar as I have had| daughter of a master tailor named | Men of science believe the mum'so many husbands who have died. Brown. Poxon died from pneumonia | my to be the best preserved of any

another girl, 9, staggering away with a large casting; two boys with a coaster, who admitted they had carried off two carloads of fishplates, and several other boys, who shamefacedly admitted that they had only succeeded in getting away with a ton of iron. The loot was being sold to junk dealers.

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tion, during which vital organs

were removed for analysis. Mr. Medhurst was Amelia's “great-|

lest love,” William Poxon, a son by |

jmen. “Thay were like Darby and | Joan, » he added.

Hits ‘Scandalmongering’

Mrs. Medhurst told newspaper-| men: “I suppose I shall have to find lanother husband. My last husband | was a lovely old man. We were; very, very fond of each other. We never had a cross word. I would pay $500 to find out the source of the scandalmongering which has led | {to the exhumation of his body.

It is terrible that anyone should | suggest that he might have died from foul play. “Three doctors attended him in his last illness and my son Jim sat up with him for eight nights before he died. While he was ill he bought me a house as a Christmas present and he left me consider able property in his will. I welcome any inquiries to remove this sinister gossip.” Scotland Yard Busy

Scotland Yard detectives have questioned Mrs. Medhurst for four at Cardington, Bedfordshire.

tonished to find the caller was her (husband. ‘I'm your landlord,’ he said.” A son by her second marriage, | | “Mr. Medhurst left mother five | | houses from which the total rents) | would be about $35 a week. He also! [left a sum of money under $500. He| {had Bright's disease for three ‘months, and three days before his death had a stroke.” | According to the death certificate, death was due to cerebral hemorrhage and asthma.

First Married in 1884 Mrs. Medhurst’s hubands were:

Thomas Poxon, a Derbyshire lace-| “Do the scandalmongers think maker whom she married in 1884 old maiden lived during the lifetime

she was the 17-year-old]

on March 25, 1893.

| William Richard Barwick, insur- ern scientists, attracted by the rare

ance agent, of Gorleston, Great

| Yarmouth, who died about 34 years |

ago from pneumonia. James Knights, carpenter and undertaker, 71, who died from kid(ney trouble in a Yarmouth hospital. _|Since Scotland Yard started ine |Quiries into the death of Medhurst, |detectives have inspected Knight's grave at Caister, three miles from Great Yarmouth. The grave has no name, number or stone. A man named Dear, who is buried

hours and two of her three sons | William Thain, 65-year-old retired ! {for a total of 50 hours since in- | railway clerk, who died seven years|

{quiries were started. Sightseers and ago in hospital after falling in the!

|gossip have driven Mrs. Medhurst street and breaking a hip.

to another part of London. | Mrs.

John Henry Medhurst, son of a

Medhurst became house- policeman, whom she married at

|kecper to her last husband two Lambeth Register Office in April, lyears ago in answer to an adver- 1937.

| tisement. la widower. were married.

After six months ed

William Poxon told —

men:

Her employer then was | .

|ations.

ESTHER, ‘PERFECT

Southern Investigators Prepare Quiz for Educator

BATON ROUGE, La, July ¢ (U. P).—Investigators examining the alleged defalcations of former President James Monroe Smith of Louisiana State University awaited the prisoner’s return today to question him about the increasingly complicated financial condition in which he left the university. During his three-year career as an unlucky market speculator, examiners have learned, Smith handled more than $2,000,000 in university bonds and cash. Two instances of illegal and unauthorized bond issues, totaling more than $1,000,000, have thrown a new light on the university scandal. Examiners claim to have found that Smith had ordered a reprint of a $475,000 issue of L. S. U. bonds

{but was never able to convert them

into equity for his market operThe second case involved an lalleged issue of $527,000 printed without approval of the State Bond

CIRCLING

Lions Plan Forum — A “Free Speech Forum” will be conducted at the Lions Club luncheon tomorrow noon at the Hotel Washington.

Second Camp Opens—The second Boy Scout camp period began yesterday at the Boy Scout reservation with an enrollment of 251. Allan Vestal will act as camp commandant during the 12-day period. Battalion leaders will be Nelson Burrin, Robert Smith, Martin Miller and Jack Day.

Luther L. Dickerson, City librarian, has every right to be proud today. From Sao Paulo, Brazil, has come Dr. Borba de Moraes to study what he has been told is “the best library system in the world.”

Dr. de Moraes, who attended the American Library Association parley in San Francisco last week, said that the Indianapolis library system was recommended highly to him by association members. “I plan to spend about two weeks here and a day or so in other cities studying library systems,” he said.

Masons Entertain—Members of Prospect Lodge 714, F. and A. M., entertained members of the Masonic Lodge of Bloomington, Ill, Chicago and cities in central Indiana with a sunrise. breakfast today. The occasion marked the initiation for the Illinois Grand Lodge.

CONSERVATIVE WING BOLTS YOUTH GROUP

NEW YORK, July 4 (U. P) —The American Youth Congress, its ranks

closed after a small group of right wing organizations bolted it after a controversy over communism, met today to debate a new creed which condemns all forms of dictatorships —“Communist, Fascist, Nazi or any other type.’ The creed, submitted as a substitute for a controversial motion defeated yesterday, was approved by Mrs. Franklin D Rocsevelt who addressed the Congress last night. The defeated motion, which would have placed the Congress in opposition to communism by name, was criticized by Congress leaders as an artificial issue, introduced by “Coughlinite and anti-Semitic” organizations of no standing to disrupt the Congress. When it was voted down at yesterday’s session, 14 of the 135 participating religious, political, social and educational organizations quit the Congress and held a protest meeting. Spokesmen for the dissident groups repeated charges that the Congress was “‘communist-inspired and commun-

and Tax Board.

ist-controlled.”

Goes West on Annual Trip

To Aid ‘Cheated’ Indians

PHILADELPHIA, July 4 (U. P.).—Henry B. Bartow, 27-year-old

member of a socially-prominent Ft. Montana to hel

Washington family, has returned to

the American Indians, whom he believes the Govern-

ment wronged and cheated, it was disclosed today. His mother, Mrs. Alice Bartow, a firm supporter of Bartow’s ideals, said her son usually lives on Indian reservations in Montana, Arizona

and South Dakota in the summer. | “My son wants to do all he A to help the Indians,” she said. “They have no one to protect them.” Mr. Bartow, or the “great white|

chief” as he is known among the |

Indians, has been interested for ‘many years in their welfare, and often has contributed money to their cause, although his mother! said it was only a “drop in the bucket.” One of Mr. Bartow’s best friends among the Indians is Chief Robert Yellowtail at the Montana Reservation, where Mr. Bartow spends most of his time each summer. Mrs. Bartow said her son, who is a salesman the rest of the year, sincerely believes the Indians are treated unfairly. “We speak about Germany and | the persecution there, but the way we treat our Indians is much worse,” she added.

LADY,’ DISCOVERED,

DURANGO, Colo., July 4 (U. P.). —"“Esther, the perfect lady,” who undoubtedly was enjoying wide popularity in Rio Perdidas de las Ars{mas near here during the lifetime of Christ, again has become a center {of attraction. In 2000 years, however, her admirers have changed from bronze swains to bespectacled scientists.

Esther's mummified form was unearthed from ancient ruins in the valley of the “River of Lost Souls.” Scientists reported that year-rings in numerous pieces of wood found near the site indicate the 20-year-

{of Christ.

| excavated in the Southwest. East|find, requested that shipped there for study. In a few months she will be returned to her native land—in a display case—to occupy a place among the antiques housed in the museum building at Mesa Verde National Park. Esther has a complete set of 32 teeth; a smooth leathery skin; nails on every finger and toe; and a remnant of a loin cloth around her slender hips.

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LUXURY YAGHT BUILT IN STYLE OF FRIGATE

VANCOUVER, B. C, July 4 (U. P). — 257-foot luxury yacht Fantome, owned by A. E. Guinness,

member of a prominent English family, is one of the most unusual vessels ever seen here. It is styled after an old-time frigate, with four masts that tower 128 feet above the deck. It resembles one of Britain's fighting ships of a bygone era because gun ports have been painted on the sides and

|a brass figurehead juts from the

bow. The interior of the 1223-ton Fantome is fashioned luxuriously for modern comfort, having nine suites decorated in pastel shades, each with a private bathroom. A central heating plant and air conditioning assure comfort in all weather. A crew of 34 operate the yacht, powered with Diesel engines. It also is equipped for sail. The Fantome was built in 1927 fo. the Duke of Westminster and originally was christened Flying Cloud. The yacht will cruise in British Columbia waters until after the visit of King George and Queen Elizabeth this summer.

THE CI TY |

Realtors Recess Until Fall—The regular weekly meetings of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board have been discontinued until September, Louis S. Hensley, vice president of the board announced today. Special meetings will be called through the summer months and members will be notified by mail, he said. The Realtors’ Golf Tourney is to be held tomorrow at the Hillcrest Club, Mr. Hensley said.

Legion Names Dittemore—G. W. Dittemore today was the new commander of the Bell Telephone Post | 134, American Legion. Mr. Dittemore, elected yesterday with other officers, is an assistant engineer in the telephone company plant department. Other officers elected are B. L. Combs, first vice-commander; L. A. Malott, second vice-commander; E. D. Finley, adjutant; H. P. Ball, finance officer; J. C. Meyers, chaplain; C. G. Shriver, sergeant-at-

arms, and Vedder Gard, re-elected

historian.

A “freak of nature” has been found in a woods north of Indianapolis by Dr. Verne K. Harvey, State health director. Dr. Harvey said he saw a patch of extra large toadstools that formed a complete circle about 30 feet in diameter and some of the plants were more than six inches across. “This unusual formation has been in ancient folklore and is known as the fairy | ring but it is the first time I ever actually saw one,” Dr. Harvey said.

Heads George E. Lommell,

Planning Board — Prof. Purdue Uni-

versity civil engineering instructor, has been named head of the State Planning Board by Governor Town- | send. Prof. Lommell will succeed Virgil M. Simmons, chief administrative officer of the State Department of Public Works. |

Urges Water Co. Purchase—Purchase of the Indianapolis Water Co. by the City was advocated by Frederick M. Dickerman, former State Senator, at a meeting of the Irvington Republican Club last night. | Commissioner McNutt’s home-com-ing reception also was discussed.

Kiwanis to Hear Stump—Albert Stump, Indiana State Medical Association attorney, is to lecture on| “Shall Your Precinct Committeeman Select Your Doctor?” tomorrow at the Indianapolis Kiwanis Club luncheon at the Columbia Club.

WIND TUNNEL AIDS | SCIENGE OF SAILING

CLEVELAND, O,, July 4 (U. P.).— —Sailor-scientist Dick Spence has| a new use for the wind-tunnel generally used in aeronautical experiments. He uses it to test sailboats —and has made some surprising discoveries. “Sailboats still are made much the same way they were hundreds

of years ago,” he said. “With knowledge gained from the construction of airplanes and the invention of the wind-tunnel, science should be able greatly to increase speed, safety and efficiency of sail- | ing craft.” Spence conducts his experiments

at the Case School of Applied Sci- |

ence here.

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