Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 August 1939 — Page 6

"LAUNCH SURVEY OF ‘INCORRECT’ PRISON TERMS

Clemency Board Will Scan _ Protests Charging lllegality Of Sentences.

The State Clemency Commission today began the first of a series of conferences on the release of scores of State’s prisoners whose sentences have been declared incorrect. - More than 60 petitions have been filed by prisoners seeking release under an order issued recently by x Townsend who said many ju in the State imposed incorrect sentences.

Under a 1935 law, defendants |

- found guilty of burglary or robbery must be given determinate sentences. Judges Followed Old Law

Governor Townsend several weeks|

ago said that records: show that * judges have been following an older law which provides for indeterminate sentences of two to five years or two to 14 years. The new law specifies convictions in these cases carry a'determinate number of years. John Klinger, head of the State correctional institutions division, conferred with the clemency commission several hours today but declined to comment on the procedure, Many Seek Liberty It was reported that several prisoners up for release are parole violators and that freedom after serving a determinate sentence would remove them from parole jurisdic-

swimming.

Mike Bisesi (left) and Harry Davis .. . almost total blindness doesn’t stop their fun or spoil their

Swimming Serious Business for Blind

School Pair But. They're Determined

WIMMING to Mike Bisesi and Harry Davis is mainly wetness and exercise, There aré no aquatic ‘ball games for them, and they don’t know anything about the sparkle of sunlight on water. But this doesn’t keep them from being the most regular and enthusiastic patrons of Ellenberger

Park pool.

Both boys go to the Indiana School for the Blind. Harry, who is 13 and lives at 2615 E. St. Clair St., is almost totally blind. APE Mike, 14, is barely able to distinguish objects. He has been receiving treatment at City Hospital

which he hopes

may eventually remedy an optic

nerve condition and give him more vision. His home is ‘at 905 N. Keystone Ave. The boys asked no help from anyone on their first visit to the East Side pool. But life guards saw that they needed help, took an interest in them and have been giving them swimming instructions. Today Mike is a swimmer and diver. He has learned it all this year, too. Ein ! Harry: is a little younger, a little smaller and

somewhat less confident.

dive yet, and he

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“I'm going to

At least he doesn’t is having trouble with his swim-

ming—says he has broubie staying on his stomach. There's a pretty grim Harry’s attitude:

etermination, however, in toward the whole business. try, and keep on trying if it kills

me,” Harry confides.

BUTLER EVENING STAFF GROWING

Appointment of 69 Members Announced; Registration

Anecdotes of Kin Hubbard Arise From Abe Martin Lore

Two Local Writers Compile Facts of Humorist’s Life—Except Date of Brown County Visit.

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Registration for the evening term will be held from Sept. 11 to Sept. 16. Classes will be offered in the colleges of liberal arts and sciences, education and business administration. X Faculty appointments include:

J. Howard Alltop, K. V. Ammerman, O. J. Breidenbaugh, Wilbur S. Barnhart, Prof. Milton D. Baumgartner, Prof. A. D. Beeler, Elson G. Bowyer, Prof. Mi Bridenstine, Gray Burdin, P B. Camp, Prof. Amos B

. . en, 0 Grant, Prof. John 8. Harrison, Ruth K. Heavenridge, Hervey A. Henderson and Faye Henley. ugusta M. Hild, H: A. Hollopeter, Prof. Maria W. Hyde, M , Prof. ren R. Isom, Prof. Elijah Jordan, Prof. Kettler, Mrs. Renne

, ight 8. M. Robbins, Florence B. e A. Schumacher, Leith, Prof. Charles E. Stevens, R. Todd,

M. Wisler, Frances and Prof. Russell

Wedded Bliss Proves Amiss

Times Special IPTON, Ind., Aug. 15.—A deep blush spread over certain’ portions of Tipton County today in the wake of official demands that court costs be paid up. The Circuit Court clerk disrupted domestic tranquillity in some homes by announcing that, because of unpaid costs in divorce actions, some supposedly married couples are not legally wed. In some cases divorces are granted on - conditions, one of which is that costs of the proceedings must be paid. Until this is done, the divorce is not valid. The ¢lerk is expecting several checks in the next mail.

FT. WAYNE MARKET MAY BE RELOCATED

Times Special FT. WAYNE, Ind, Aug. 15—A completely modern combination auditorium and market place to replace the open city market now in operation on Barr St. is in prospect for Ft. Wayne. Agitation for the removal of the Barr ‘St. market has been going on for some time, and at least two of the three members of the Safety

Board, which controls the City Market, have indicated their approval of moving the market to a more convenient site.

said ‘that while no official request for a change has been given the Board, it had considered the relocation for four or five years. “The Board likely will act on the matter soon, particularly if public opinion seems to be in favor of a new and bigger market,” Mr. Bowen said. : os

MARIJUANA ON U. S. ISLAND EL PASO, Tex., Aug. 15 (U. P.).— Somebody, Deputy Sheriff Joe Neely believes, had a lot of nerve. . Neely destroyed 50 marijuana plants he found growing on U. S. Government property near Anthony, N. M., just north of here. The mystery of who planted the drug is unsolved.

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the Abe Martin books, was published today, and is limited to 350 copies, of which 250 are for sale. The authors were extremely careful to check out all the information contained in their book. And in the course of interviewing numerous of his acquaintances and friends in an effort to d just when, for instance, Kin Hubbard went to Brown County first, found out much about him.

They never did pin down when he first went to Brown County, because too many people believed it was too many different times. No two seemed to agree.

UT they discovered that the primary reason Kin. Hubbard never accepted offers to go to eastern papers was: because, in his own words, The Indiagapolis News, where he worked, “was nice and let me have all the paper and string I needed to mail out my books.” - They discovered, too, that he would swear each year after the holiday chore of getting off the books was done, he never would do

would be planning the next year’s edition.

John Calvin -Mellett wrote an appreciation of Kin Hubbard for

the book and recalls Lake Bud's

a suit club because of a blackball. :

He also recalls that Will Rogers said “If I was as humorous as Kin, I would be one of the two funniest men in America.” This, he said, embarrassed Kin a great deal. The authors of the book won't’ say “yes” and won't say “no,” when someone suggests a biography. But there’s no dust cover on the typewriter in their study.

JUDY ‘OUT TOO LATE, THEATER TO ANSWER

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (UP.)— Because Judy Garland, 16-year-old movie singer, appeared on a local stage last Wednesday, the manager of the theater must make an appear-

ance tomarrow—in Juvenile Court.|

Judy and Mickey Rooney, youthful screen star, appeared at four performances, the last of which went on at 9:25 p. m. The juvenile performers attracted 15,000 persons. An information charging the theater with violating a' Congressional ban on work by juveniles after 7 p. m. was filed by a child labor inspector for District of Columbia schools. :

C. B. Bowen, Board chairman, |

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