Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 November 1939 — Page 6
‘STATE SUPREME |S COURT UPHOLDS PAWN SHOP LAW
| Medias Loses Case Against Rule That Requires Fingerprints.
The Indiana Supreme Court yesterday upheld the Indianapolis City ordinance requiring pawn shops to obtain fingerprints and signatures of persons pawning merchandise.
The decision was handed down in|
the case of Theodore S. Medias, local pawn broker, who attacked the validity of the ordinance in a suit against the City, which was tried in Hanco:kK Circuit Court several months ago. Attacked by Pawn Brokers . Pawn brokers have attacked * nearly every provision of the ordi‘nance, including the $100 annual “license fee and the requirement that pawned goods must be held at least 96 hours and that lists of such = articles must be furnished to police. The Supreme Court held that the ordinance was not invalidated by “the 1935 law which placed pawn « brokers under jurisdiction of the Indiana Department of Financial “Institutions. * “We are of the opinion,” the Supreme Court decision stated, “that the primary purpose of the act was to bring into the control of the
State Beekeepers Association meeting yesterday at the State House.
A new bill regulating the Hoosier bee and honey industry will be brought before the next
annual convention in the State House, attendec by about 150 per--
Mrs. J. Lake Macdonald (left), Marion, tells housewives of the various uses of honey at the Indiana
was appointed at the one-day
State the affairs of the pawnbroking business and that it was not the ‘intention of the Legislature to deprive the municipalities of the police power granted in previous State
Legislature by the State Beekeepers’ Association, the membership decided here yesterday. A committee to draft the bill
sons. T. C. Johnson, Logansport, was elected president; Howard R. Matthews; Indianapolis, first vice president; Ross B. Scott, La-
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grange, second vice president; Ora Smith, Terre Haute, third vice president. Herman Sample, Jamestown, was re-elected treasurer, and James E. Starkey, Indianapolis, re-elect-ed secretary. - The. keepers also : discussed marketing problems.
laws.” § Charge Rights Violated The pawnbrokers had .charged that fingerprint requirements was ‘a violation of personal rights under
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the Constitution. ; The Supreme Court said: “Almost from time immemorial men have identified themselves by means of handwriting. More recently fingerprinting has come to. be recognized as an- almost infallible means of human identification. Experience had demonstrated that handwriting may be subject to’ forgery, but fingerprints cannot. « This circumstance is most persuasive of the reasonableness of the ordinance.” The Hancock Circuit Court had refused- to grant judgment to the pawnbroker and the Supreme Court upheld the lower court’s decision.
War Hero, 78, May See Again
Times Special HAMMOND, Ind, Nov. 29.— Allan Barnett, 78-year-old hero of the Spanish-American War, is recovering the sight of one eye following an operation in the Hines Memorial Hospital. The veteran had been almost totally blind ‘before the operation, friends said. He had lost nearly all vision in the eye operated upon and had only ‘about half-vision in the other eye. A Congressional Medal of Honor was voted him for attacking a squad of Filipinos single-handed, killing several of them and rescuing his commanding colonel who ‘had been taken prisoner. He also is one of the few surviving Indian fighters. *
FREED IN FATAL CRASH VINCENNES, Ind, Nov. 29 (U. P.)—Robert Conreux, 26, of St. Louis, Mo.. had been released by Sheriff Oscar Westfall, who held him since Nov. 21 in connection with a truck crash in which Gilbert Aldridge and Frank Groves of Washington, Ind., were killed. Conreux
Most Voters Think Soviet
Rules Communist Party
By DR. GEORGE GALLUP Director. American Institute of Public Opinion PRINCETON, N. J, Ncv. 29.— Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt's charge that Earl Browder, American Communist leader, “seems to feel - that his first allegiance is to another country,” is in line with the attitude toward Communists held by many American voters. A majority of those polled in a recent survey expressed the belief that the Communist Party in this country is merely an arm of the Soviet Union. These views, of course, represent opinions only. The actual facts regarding Russia’s relation to the party have not been established in detail. The institute put to voters a question containing four statements. The voters were asked: “Which of these statements best describes your opinion about the Communist Party in the United States?” The four statements, ‘with the percentage vote on each, follow:
The Communist Party in this country takes orders directly 25% The policies of the Communist Party in the United States are decided on by Communists in this country in consultation with Russia 37 The policies of the American Communist Party are decided entirely by Communists in the U. S Know nothing about the Communist Party 39 The study also found a sharp difference in the no opinion vote between farmers ang urban voters.
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Whereas only about one-third (35 per cent) of city dwellers in the sur-
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In all of these groups—rich and poor, urban and farm—only small minorities, less than 10 per cent, felt that the Communist Party was a purely American party, independent of Russian control And, as previous Institute surveys have shown, Russia is one of the least liked foreign countries in the United States, polling only 1 per cent in a recent survey on favorite foreign nations. Some anti-Communist forces in the United States have painted dramatic pictures of a so-called “red menace,” professing Yo find a vast network of Communist Party workers throughout the country. So the institute also asked:
“About how many members do. you think there are in the Communist Party in the United ‘States?” Sixty ‘per cent said they did not know. Among the remainder willing to hazard a guess, the median average of all’ estimates was approximately 300,000. In 1932 the Communist Presidential candidates polled approximately 100,000 votes, and the Communist Party vote in*1936 was approximately 80,000.
$60,000 BEQUEATHED
BY BOHANNON WILL
1'imes Special f LEBANON, Ind, Nov. 29.—Harry Bohannon, {traveling representative of the Indianapolis Stove Co. who died Nov. 17, left cash bequests totaling more than $60,000 to relatives, friends and in: Situ‘ions, according to his will probated in Boone County Circuit Court. He left cash bequests of $2000 apiece to three brothers, George Bohannon, Indianapolis, and John R. and Edward Bohannon, Lebanon, and a lifetime interest in the remainder of “ie estate to his wife,
Mrs. Mazephia Bohannon, After her death he directed that all the property be sold and the following cash bequests made: $5000
|to the Oak Hill Cemetery Associa-
tion of Lebanon; $1000 to be held in trust to maintain the Bohannon and John W. Abbitt family lots in the cemetery; $2000 to the Crawford Industrial Home in Eagle; $500 apiece to Mary F. Huff, Ruth Cowley and Katherine Metz, daughters of past and present pastors of the Lebanon ®irst Baptist Church; $12,000 to John R. Bohannon, brother;
ward J3ohannon, brothers; $5000 apiece to nephews Jacob R. Bohannon and James R. Bghannon, and several smaller bequests to other
relatives.
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‘Mr. | an in Mexico, which ne has bueniszam- : cause of the speed with which he pedaled his high-wheel bicycle over the country in the Hterests of prohibition.-
: “They can’t keep us out. Mexico's ‘total production is but a trickle
' The decision here to take more active steps in search of outlets
Will Be Useless, Says Finarice Minister.
| Mesiows 2 of a series of dispatches by Stone about the oil-seizure situs<
ining at first hand.
By WALKEP. STONE Times Special Writer MEXICO CITY, Nov. 29.—Mex-
|ico’s oil will soon. begin entering When repeal came, he announced:
according to Finance Minister Eduardo Suarez. . That will happen, he said, re-
companies dominating the U. S. market continue their aggressive boycott of th: Mexican product.
compared to the oil produced and consumed in the United States.”
for Megican oil in the United States coincides. with the conclusion of the
of Cause 50 Years Ago; Boycott by Big Companies|
| Henry S. Bonsib, ‘the Prohibition . |Party’s ' “Flying Dutchman,” died g last night at his home, 642 N. Dearhkl St. ‘He was 82.
| Prohibition Party for more than 50 §
the United States market in larger bition is coming back.”
tion papers and magazines and Would spesk for the cause Whenever
gardless of whether the big oil possible
Mr. Bonsib. was a member of the Second Presbyterian Church, but attended many other churches. With“The market is too large,” he said.|in the last two weeks he had attended meetings at seven Indianapolis churches.
when death came. " Mr. Bonsib was born in St. Louis, of German immigrant parents. His father died when he was a youth, and as the eldest of the family of {pital seven the burden of providing food,
: WEDNESDAY, Nov 2, 1 |RUSSIAVILLE MAN IS KILLED IN we
KOKOMO, Ind., Nov. 29 (U. P) Earl Morrison, 50, of near Russia ville, was killed yesterday when his car crashed into a machine driven by Robert Chambers, 21, of Russiae ‘[ville, at an intersection here. Police * said the windows of both cars were | |heavily frosted, tmpelring visibility,
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Mr. Bonsib, an organizer for the
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He never lost faith in the cause. “We will carry on because.Prohi-| He continued writing for prohibi-
Henry S. Bonsib . . . Never lost Attended Many Churches ; faith, |
SANTA’S DAUGHTER LOSES. HER APPENDIX
EVANSVILLE, Ind, | Ind., Nov. 20 (U. P.).—Odessa’ Phillips; daughter of Oscar L. Phillips, the famed post‘master of Santa Claus, Ind. is recovering from an operation for appendicitis at the Deaconess Hos-
He had been ill only a few days |p
U. S.-Mexican trade agreement, reducing the U. S. oil import tax from 21 to 10% cents a barrel. the most-favored-nation category, Mexico is entitled to the same concession. Hopes for Settlement
Senor Suarez asserted, however,
clothes and shelter fell on him. He made the living by sawing wood.
Gave Away Bibles
He was confirmed in the German Evangelical Church and at 18 years of age he became a colporteur for the American Bible Society. Often, when his financial circumstances
Claus in time to help with the de‘notéd yuletide village.
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chairman for Christmas seal committee for the Marion County Tuberculosis Association, today named 19 prominent Indianapolis persons to aid him in the annual drive for funds. Those - named included Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan, Frederic M. Ayres, the Most Reverend Joseph E. Ritter, bishop of the Catholic diocese of Indianapolis, DeWitt S. Schools Superintendent, | Edgar A. Perkins Sr., Rabbi Morris M. Feuerlicht and the Rev. Jean S.
19 NAMED AS SEAL SALE AIDS
Campaign to Raise $40,000 In' T. B. Fight: Will Open Friday.
Others’ are: Edward W. Harris, Corwin D. Alexander, Louis J. Bor~ instein, J. Malcolm Dunn, Gridder, Mrs. Henry H. Hornbrook, Frank L. Jennings, Langsenkamp Jr., Maxwell, Dr. Herman G. Morgan, Adolph Seidensticker and Jack Drive Opens Friday ¥ The campaign to raise $40,000 to combat tuberculosis will get underway here Friday. Marion County will receive seals Friday or Saturday. The goal for the 92 county organizations which make up the Indiana Tuberculosis Association has been set at $225,000.
Good Results Shown
Citing the need for funds in a message to county organizations, Dr. Stanley Coulter, dean emeritus of Purdue University and director of the state drive, sald: is still the greatest destroyer of life during the most productive age
Residents of
“Tuberculosis
The death rate from tuberculosis in ‘Marion County since 1914, when the county organization was formed, has declined from 224.7 per 190,000 to 629 per 100,000. Funds raised by sale of Christmas seals have contributed to a large extent in the decline in the death rate.
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CITY ADVISED TO DO ITS SHOPPING EARLY
City department heads were advised today to do their December purchasing early. In a letter to officials, Albert H. Losche, purchasing agent, said that the Purchasing | Department will not accept any requisitions for purchases after Saturday, Oec._9. “This must be done to conserve our unexpended balances, and, furthermore, the law requires that all obligations mage during December must be paid’ before midnight, Dec. 31,” He said,
DISTRICT WORKERS LARRABEE GUESTS
precinct committemen of the 1lith|District were guests of Congressman
Anderson and Greenfield. He ex-
William H. Larrabee and Mrs. Lar; rabee of New Palestine at a reception at the Starlite Ball Room in E. Washington St. last night. The Congressman said receptions will be given for party workers at
plained ‘that the special session of
A bandit who forced his victim to
3 wrap ‘the loot in a towel took $70 last night from Paul
ager of South St. Two bandits took an undetermined
“Demotratic ward -ck ward chairmen and|’
Congress and ‘other Washington | ; duties would prevent him from| making personal contacts this year.} $
{VICTIM IS FORCED |. | To WRAP uP LOOT,
Ferree, man-| ads ia a filling station at 130 E. oe
that Mexico would continus efforts to react a satisfactory set-|
whose properties the Government expropriated 20 months ago.
in the proceedings. The valuation should not require much time, Senor Suarez said. Government experts already have made exhaustive studies. The court is expected to rule that the oil underground at the time of the expropriation belongs to the nation and that the companies are entitled to compensation only for their actual investments, This, he estimates, at from $10,000,000 to $20,000,000. Assuming that Mexico will have a fair chance to develop its oil industry and market its product, Senor Suarez said, the American companies ‘could be paid off in full “in five or six years.”
Companies May Balk
" But it is not likely that the companies will ‘accept any such terms. Instead they probably will throw the case into the lap of the State ‘| Department at Washington, - and claim “denial of justices.” The Finance Minister, however, is still hopeful of a satisfactory settle-
to join in valuation proceedings, he
its| permitted, he would give Bibles to ‘the perscns who refused to buy tlement with the oil companies|them.
terested him and he joined its As soon as ihe companies’ case|forces. The party purchased him now before the Mexican Supreme|a bicycle and he covered the terriCourt is concluded, he said,” the|tory from New York to Western Attorney General of Mexico will ap-|Colorado and from Minnesota to pear before the Court and move for|Georgia, as an organizer. He served appointment of experts to determine |as an agent for the Patriot Phalanx, the valuation of the properties, The|former Prohibition paper publisher oii companies will be invited to join|in Indianapolis.
from Vincennes in 1902.
phine; a son, Roy S. Bonsib, Scarsdale, N. Y., chief safety inspector for the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey; Lorine Blackburn, Indianapolis; a brother, John F. Bonsib, St. Louis, and three grandchildren, Delmar Blackburn, Indianapolis; DeeAnne Bonsib, Scarsdale, N. Y., and Myron Bonsib, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. : Myron is the son of the late Ray Bonsib, former famous Indiana and Columbia University athlete.
9 a. m. Saturday at the Gadd Mortuary. Burial will be at" Vincennes.
P.).—Police today investigated the: disappearance of Paul Gusg, 23, a factory employe: who has ‘been missing since Sa‘urday. Mrs. Guss fold police she feared he had been attacked. He was Satying $80 when he left home.
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pointed out, another avenue is cpen
to them—direct negotiations with
the Government. 3. He wants the boycott lifted be-
cause it would make possible a more orderly marketing of Mexican oil Regardless of the attitude of the oil companies, Senor Suarez said, Mexico go ahead with plans to expand. its oil industry. The Government, he said, recently purchased | $600,000 worth of drilling equipment from a U. 8. firm, and hopes to have 20 new wells in production by the end of next year. It also has signed a $3,000,000 contract with an -engineering firm in Wichita, Kas., for modernization of Mexican refineries. Pending acquisition of more tank-|. ers, it is indicated that the Government will concentrate on deliveries from Tampico to U. S. gulf ports. It already has an estimated 1,500,000 barrels of gasoline in stor-
age at the Port of Houston.
Mexico's ver version of the ex-| | propriation. :
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Who's Sonic? 4 Children Ask
CINCINNATI, O., Nov. 29 (U.. P.).—Four: children’ at the GenJ eral ‘Protestant Orphans’ Home’ here never received Christmas gifts and never even heard of Santa Claus before, according to ‘Superintendent Louis W. Tenner. Mr. Tenner said these children, from the same family, saw their
| first movie recently at the or-
phanage. When a Christmas tree was shown on the screen, they. asked: “What's that?” The four children, ranging from .3 to 10 years, did not comprehend when Santa Claus’ name was mentioned. But this year "they will enjoy the usual Christmas celebration at the home. -
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