Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 July 1939 — Page 9

SATURDAY, JULY 15, 1939

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Our Town

Herewith another disorganized list of items each Item 2: Joe, Jr, another son of the great Jetter- |

recording a treasure which may turn out to be exactly what you have been looking for all your life. Item 1: In telling about Palmer Cox's “The Brownies in Fairyland” the other day, I forgot to say that Charles, the son of the great Joe Jefferson, was the stage manager of that show. Charles Jefferson said he al-

ways liked to come to Indian.’

apolis because it was here that one of the funniest things happened to his father. Back in the early days of “Rip Van Winkle,” said Charles, his father stopped at the Bates House. That was before Louis Reibold ran it, which is to say that it was back in the days when the Bates House had a recently landed Irishman who acted as porter. At about 6 o'clock one morning, Mr. Jefferson was startled by a violent knocking on his door. He was pretty sore because he had left no call to be awakened. Try as he would, however, he couldn't go back to sleep and so he got up, and soon after appeared at the clerk's desk. 2

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Reason for His Alarm

“See here,” he demanded, “why was I called at this unearthly hour?” “I don't know, Sir,” answered the clerk. Mike.” The Irishman was summoned. “Mike, there was no call for Mr. Jefferson. did you disturb him?" Taking the clerk by the lapel of his coat, the Irishman led him to one side and in a mysterious whisper said: “He were shnoring like a horse, sor; and oid heerd the b'vs sayin’ something about he were once afther shlaping for twinty vears, so oi says to meself, ‘Moike, it's a-cooming on ‘im agin and it's ver juty to git the crayther out of yer house instantly'.”

(Ernie Pyle Is

It Seems to Me

NEW YORK, July 15.—There is consistency in the Ham who talks like a Fish. A gentleman from Dutchess County, New York, takes his dictators straight and manifests the same enthusiasm for the

home-grown kind as he has for those tn foreign lands. When Hitler made his reply to the peace proposals of President Roosevelt who was first and foremost in this country to praise the Fuehrer on the air? Who but Ham? And the policy of Mr. Fish, as he functions in the House—has it not been to oppose all measures which would in any way discourage the ambitions of the Axis powers? Ham Fish has repeatedly declared himself a true neutral and has argued that his votes have been motivated by his abhorrence of bloodshed. How, then, does he explain the fact that he has just taken occasion to shake the hand of General Rafael Leonidas Trujillo vy Molina, the dictator from the Dominican Republic? Mr. Fish is quoted as having said at a dinner to Trujillo in New York on Wednesday, “You have created a golden age for your country.” But if Trujillo has brought any treasure to his country it certainly was compounded out of the blood of many thousands. Quentin Reynolds was sent by Collier's several months ago to make a first-hand examination of the Trujillo massacres along the border.

“I'll ask

Why

Total Dead Unknown

I know Reynolds well, and he is a reliable reporter of high competence. He came back from the Do-

minican Republic having actually seen many of those who were mutilated by Trujillo's ruffians. Nobody

Washington

WASHINGTON, July 15.—Probably not in the entire history of this Administration have the New Dealers received such a jolt as ‘they have from the surprise appointment of Paul V. McNutt as head of the new Federal Security Agency. The extent and intensity of this feeling can only be suggested because nobody wants to talk for publication. With a few exceptions, the reaction among New Dealers might be described as a mixture of astonishment, bewilderment and dismay if not despair. Some feel betrayed. Others hope that in time some explanation or subsequent development may make the affair seem less foreboding. These feelings are found among some in the Cabinet, and among a number of subordinate officials who comprise the group which has been most aggressive in supporting Mr. Roosevelt and the New Deal measures. One major official described the appointment as a blow on the chin for the New Deal group.

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Regarded as Anti-Labor

Most of the group have regarded Governor MeNutt as anti-labor and in their terminology they describe him as a “Fascist”—although that, of course, does not mean Hitlerite. Tt is used in the New Deal as an epithet for a hard-boiled, aggressive conservative. Had Mr. Roosevelt made Governor McNutt Secretary of the Navy, there would have been less compiaint, Certainly there would not have been the feeiing that thev had been sold out which exists among some of them I am writing vaguely because I cannot be more direct without violating confidences. Thus far no resignations are in sight

My Day

HYDE PARK, Friday. —Someone has sent me a page from a letter contest carried on by a Chicago newspaper. The winning letter in answer to the question: “Who is it in this world you would like to

know?” is a letter which sets forth the reasons why Gandhi is the person, above all others, the writer would like to become acquainted with. Gandhi has been given by his followers the name “Mahatma,” which means ‘‘great soul.” I think that it is rather fine that, in our materialistic country, someone should be moved to recognize in him a perscnality, they would like to know above all others. May G. Schaefer, president of the Soroptimist Club of Alhambra, Cal, writes me that they have become very much interested in the California Institution for Women at Tehachapi. Two years ago they set aside a small sum ot money to be disbursed for the discharged women prisoners under the personal direction of the State parole officer. She tells me that thi fund was not expected to be a revolving fund, but hat it is working out that way. The sums given are usually very small, to meet such small needs as a new hat, a night's lodging, or a dress to be cleaned, and so far the women

New Deal-

By Anton Scherrer

son, used to come to Indianapolis pretty regularly,’ too. At least, onte a year. He traveled with his’ father’s show. Joe Jr. said that, once upon a time in the late Bighties, he went into an Indianapolis hotel and asked for a Martini. The bartender looked: at him kind of bewildered and said: “Sorry, Sir,! we're plum out of that today.” And from that mo-| ment on, Joe said he had a soft spot in his heart! for Indianapolis.

Item 3 is about early bartenders, too. As a mat-|.

ter of fact, it's about Jacob Schaefer, one of the! most famous bar clerks Indianapolis ever had. In 1874, Jake tended bar at a saloun® located near the corner of Bast and Market Sts. He came here from Leavenworth, Kas, having run away from home.

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It Runs in the Family

While here he picked up the game of billiards. His first match was with Parker Beyers, a famous billiard player at the time, and he also defeated Jack Garrett, his old employer. After that, Jacob Schaefer went right te the top. From 1886 to 1890 he held the record for 14-inch balkline; in 1898, for 18.1 balkline, and from 1901 to 1905, for 18.2 balkline. Two years ago, Jake's son licked Willie Hoppe at 28.2 balkline, the first game to be played under the new system. Looks like it runs in the family, but 7 still maintain that, except for Indianapolis, Jacob Schaefer wouldn't have landed anywhere. . Item 4 takes me back to Palmer Cox's Brownies again. Just about the time that show was playing, in Indianapolis, the preachers around here started an argument whether it was proper for Christians to attend the theater. With the exception of the Rev. J. A. Milburn of the Second Presbyterian Church most of them were against it. Dr. Milburn | said it was all right to go, but it was pretty well known around here that he, himself, never went to see a show. One Sunday. the Rev. G. A. Carstensen of St. Paul's unraveled the mystery. He said that Dr. Milburn's congregation wouldn't let him.

On Vacation)

By Heywood Broun

knows the full toll of the dead. There were obscure Haitian peasants who were murdered under the fury of the Dominican dictator. Reynolds thought that 20,000 was about the closest estimate which anybody could make concerning the dead. There might be more, and right down to this day I have seen no denial of the mass murders which occurred in the land of Trujillo. And this is the man and the hand which Ham Fish delights to honor. This is no dictator across the water. These are not outrages concerning which there is any fundamental dispute in testimony. Here upon our own doorsteps lies the land of Trujillo and the earth stained by the blood of simple people. “You have created a golden age for your people,” said Ham Fish. And two strong men reach across a dark pudtile to shake hands. ”

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Some Things Are Overlooked

Hitler, like Trujillo, has been cruel and brutal in his treatment of those in Germany who oppose him. And some he has allowed to live under the forced labor of concentration camps. But if he can create treasure it may be that Mr. Fish will overlook many things and once again hail the creation of another gelden age. Raise up the goblet! Drink deep, oh Ham and Hitler and Trujillo! Here's a cup to the next man who dies. The murdered men and women at our doorsteps were Negroes of Haiti. The persecuted folk of Germany are Jewish. And it seems that such things can be overlooked by certain statesmen. Perhaps it is Just an optical illusion if one sees a shade more somber than that of yellow metal upon the surface of the golden age. Soap may remove it, and those Yup are content to close their eyes will see no ugly stains. There is treasure. What matter the price paid by the poor and humble to the fury of dictators? There is gold in thosz same hells.

By Raymond Clapper

ers, 100, must eat. But the trouble is, one of them said. that Governor McNutt is a very able man. They would feel better if he were a fumbler who might be counted upon to hang himself. They view him as a determined and highly competent man, but one whom they distrust, ’ Senator Vandenberg, the Republican, would be preferable to at least one high New Dealer, : a thought which is echoed further down the line. While I have heard no specific statement, the tenor of some conversations suggests that a number of the New Dealers might not go along with Governor McNutt if he were nominated for President. He probably wouldn't care, if their estimate of his attitude is correct.

They May Recover

They nay come out of it hut just now. in the depths of their discouragement, the New Dealers

think the New Deal is finished. It probably isn’t as bad as that. Two of the three “anonymous assistants” named by Mr. Roosevelt this week—eventually there will be six in all—are hot New Dealers. One has been Tommy Corcoran’s leg man. IT Mr. Roosevelt should come through in the near future with a fighting New Deal speech, their morale might come ack. From all of this there is one notable exception— Secretary Harry Hopkins, who is much taken with Governor McNutt and apparently is in his corner. I suspect Secretary Ickes is the most critical. He probably feels it more because he has led the crusade for a third term. The case of Postmaster General Farley comes in another category. His feud with McNutt arose out of the 1932 convention because a solid Roosevelt delegation was not forthcoming from Indiana. He, as did the outright New Dealers, learned of the appointment after it was made and he was very low, too. but for different reasons. There never has been a situation like this in the present Administration.

By Eleanor Roosevelt

have almost always looked upon the sums given them as loans and returned them as soon as possible. This is interesting, for it shows a feeling of responsibility on their part for other women in similar circumstances and a desire to give thosé women the same chance which they, themselves, have had. In addition, the club feels that “much of crime 1s due to economic maladjustment. We felt that developing of new fields of work, new interests behind prison walls, would make these women fit members of society upon their return to the werld which we all know.” To help in this readjustment, the club has subscribed to a garden magazine, a magazine tecaching knitting and other handwork, and one teaching the dressmaking crafts, and made them available to the inmates. They are now starting to collect books which will form the nucleus of a circulating library within the prison and contain not only fiction, but an English dictionary and books teaching shorthand. Undoubtedly this club is doing a great deal for the women inmates of the prison, but I am inclined to think the members of the club are deriving just as much good from what they are doing as are the women they are helping. These personal contacts and observations which will give them an insight into human nature, an understanding of the difficuities and problems met by all types of human beings, cannot help hut be educational for the women who are makjng this opportunity for themselves,

International Brewery, Drink Workers of America. injunction was asked against Local 135, International Brotherhood of Teamsters. and Helpers of America.

OHIO-INDIANA TRUCK

STREAMLINED FARMING

By Roger Budrow MAGINE sitting in the shade of a tree while an electrically-powered tractor plows your farm. Think of going to a com-munity-owned refrigerator at Christmas time to get strawberries you picked from your own patch the summer before. Or consider heating the soil with cables carrying electricity enabling you to plant crops weeks ahead of

the present season. Such “streamlined farming” is not just an inventor's imagination turned loose on a farm but is a group of experiments now being tried by Inidana's farmers, Officials of the organization sponsoring such revolutionary ideas as the Rural Electrification Administration, admit that they

sound almost fantastic. Perhaps it will even turn out to be a pipe dream—this idea of making electricity do the heavy share of farm work. But 50,000 Indiana farmers don’t think so. These are the people who have signed as members of the 42 Indiana State-wide Rural Electric Membership Corporations. These corporations are nonpgofit co-operatives banded together for the purpose of borrowing Federal money to erect mies of power lines and thousands of poles. The money they borrow—and $14,000,000 have been invested in Indiana to date—is to be repaid in 20 years. Right now the REA is concerned more with extending the present power lines over greater farm areas and increasing the consumption of electricity by demonstrating its varied uses. They send traveling shows to towns throughout the state displaying the advantages of electric refrigerators stoves, radios, irons. washers, lights and other home appliances.

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UT this is just the beginning, REA men say. They are just trying to help farmers catch up with city dwellers in the use of electricity. After these preliminaries are disposed of they expect the farmers to forge ahead and show what poor imaginations their city cousins have. In the southern part of Indiana they already are experimenting with electrically driven tractors that are guided and powered by overhead cables. Others are trying to grow tomatoes earlier by heating the soil with underground, resistant cables. In northern Indiana there are community-owned

A. F. OF L. DISPUTE

IS TAKEN TO COURT

A dispute between locals of two

A. F. of L. affiliates reached Superior Court today when one sought an injunction against the other to stop alleged intimidation of members.

its The plaintiff group was Local 150, Union of United

Flour, Cereal and Soft The

Chauffeurs, Stablemen

GONTROVERSY ENDS

The Indiana Commission on In-

terstate Co-operation today reported that an agreement had been reached with Ohio officials in the recent controversy over taxation against Indiana trucks hauling Ohio alcoholic beverages.

Frank Finney, Indiana Commis-

sion chairman, said the Ohio commission had notified local officials that the $100 fee imposed against out-of-state truckers hauling Ohio liquor had been reduced to $5.

The reduction was effected

through a bill passed by the Ohio Legislature and recently made effective, Mr. Finney said.

“Although the $100 fee was im-

posed with good intentions to prevent operating in the liquor traffic, it was discriminatory against Indiana | firms doing contract work in Ohio,” he said.

irresponsible truckers from

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1. Down side roads and across fields the nower lines spread bringing electricity to farms in Beone County, Indiana, the first county to organize its farmers into a Rural Electric Membership Corporation in order to borrow Federal money for the project. 2. REA men predict that fields such as this will be plowed and crops harvested with electrically-power machines in the future, tapping these

main lines for their power.

3. In strong contrast with the home built many years ago, this electrified farm boasts so many modern improvements that it is used

as a “show case.”

4. Electricity has many uses on Indiana's farms. Here it furnishes the power for grinding. grain.

ice-boxes with ‘stalls” rented by individual farmers. Thomas Meehan, chief engineer of the Rural Electric Membership Corp., predicts many other uses of electricity on Indiana's farms. There is no good reason why farmers can’t have gates opened and closed automatically with the increasingly popular photoelectric cell, he says. It would prevent cattle from strolling through gates left open by mistake. Instead of ‘salting down” the fall's butchering, farmers could preserve a whole beef in a refrigerator, Mr. Meehan believes. Dairies are rapidly employing electricity to do the milking and cooling of milk and REA enthusiasts think this will spread to a majority of farms. With scientific lighting the production of eggs has been speeded.

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LREADY in Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon and the Panhandle of Texas, farmers are using electricity to help irrigate their crops and prevent losses in dry season. This might be employed in Indiana during exceptional droughts and might aid in the introduction of crops needing plenty of moisture frequently and ones which are adaptable to our soil. On the fruit ranches of the South and West oranges, lemons and grapefruit are X-rayed as

STATE BEGINS PRISON SENTENCE REVISION

The State Clemency Commission today started the machinery to correct the prison sentences of an unknown number of inmates in State institutions. The commission willl ask the heads of all institutions to submit lists of prisoners whose sentences are believed to be erroneous. Governor Townsend yesterday asked that steps be made to correct the sentences of a number of inmates “because judges who sentenced them were not aware of changes in the criminal laws.” A 1935 law specifies that prisoners sentenced for second degree burglary. assault and battery or auto banditry must be sentenced to a determinate number of years instead of an indeterminate term as older criminal laws provided.

THROOP, DENTIST AT MUNCIE, DIES AT 74

Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., July 15.—Dr. Clayton W. Throop, a practicing dentist here for 42 years, died yesterday following an illness of eight months. He was 74. Dr. Throop was a graduate of the Indiana University Dental School

and studied at Northwestern University. He was a life member of

{the Indiana State Dental Associa-

tion and was a former trustee. He also was a member of the American Dental Association, Masonic Lodge, Exchange Club and the Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon. Burial-will be at Beech Grove.

they pass on a conveying belt. By this means immature or frozen fruit with low sugar content is detected. Turkey raisers in the San Joaquin Valley heat the sand floors in brooder houses electrically. Artichoke growers at Half Moon Bay, Cal, use ‘‘electrocuting traps” to combat a small moth that damages the crop. Purdue is experimenting with similar electric “flytraps.” Honey producers

move their hives into mountains in certain seasons of the year in California and are now experimenting with electric fences to protect the beehives from ravages of ever-hungry bears. Large electric fans are used by orchardists as protection against frost and could be used in southern Indiana orchards. Electric fences are becoming more popular each season. A single, easily erected barbed wire supported on a flimsy post will keep the most ferocious bull within bounds and stray sheep-worry-ing dogs away, REA men declare. The wire is made live at: intervals, usually by means of a flasher. Should the flasher fail, a red lamp lights. Maryland tobacco growers are experimenting with fans to speed drying and curing of their crop while Nevada and Oregon sheep raisers are using electric shearers.

ENDS STUDY OF LIBRARY

Dr. Rubens municipal library director of Sao Paulo, Brazil, today left the city after studying the Indianapolis

library system. He spent two weeks here studying the administration and organization of the library.

Borba de Moraes,

. F. HAUSER, assistant manager of the Indiana state-wide Rural Electric Membership Corporation here, says the $14,000,000 invested by the Federal Government is quickly matched by an equal amount in sales by private appliances stores of radios, stoves, refrigerators and other home articles. = The average Hoosier farmer now pays a monthly bill of $3, he reports. Among new devices being installed are motors for windmills and water systems, and feed grinders powered by electricity and electrically heated brooder houses. Consumption of electricity on Indiana farms has grown by leaps and bounds since the first rural electrification was begun in

CUT ON HEAD—PRANK Frank Veal, 42, a grocer of 3631 | W. 10th St., was cut on the head today as a result of a prank. When

he opened the rear door of his home a bucket, which had been filled with empty bottles and placed on top of the nartly opened door, fell on him,

incident to police.

Boone County three years ago under Indiana State Farm Bureau sponsorship, through the REMC. Indiana was the first state to be entirely organized, Mr. Hauser says, and is still pioneering in “streamlined farming.” The future is a bright one, he declares, There is no shortage imminent in the supply of power, private com= panies who served farmers before the advent of the REA are even expanding their services and almost every week new loans are being granted electrification projects by the Government. With such “pull the switch” farming revolutionizing agricul= ture methods, Mr. Hauser believes that it may reverse the farm-to-city movement and “keep the boy down on the farm.”

‘LOCHINVAR’ IN JAIL

FRANKFORT, Ind. July 15 (U, P.).—Ernest Pletch, the “Flying Lochinvar,” who allegedly stole an airplane here and conducted a romance over Illinois and Missouri, was held in the Clinton County Jail

inflicting a gash. He reported the| today after his return from Yazoo

City, Miss.

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1—In the foothills of what mountains is the city of Pasadena, Cal.? 2—Which is heavier, platinum or lead? - 3—Name the Foreign Minister of Hungary.

4— Are bats classed as birds?

5—Is there such a word as “irregardless”?

6—From whom did James J. Braddock win the world’s heavyweight boxing championship?

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Answers

1—Sierra Madre. 2—Platinum.

3—Radu Irimescu. 4—No; zoologists class them as flying mammals. 5—It is an erroneous and humorous form of “regardless.” 6—Max Baer.

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