Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 February 1940 — Page 11

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| THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1940

Hoosier Vagabond ~~ By Erie Pyle

try to tell you how an earth-

quake feels, _ :

_ This is earthquake country, and a little shake now

impress the locals very much, but last night’s was severe enough to get into the newspapers today. - I was sound asleep, as usual. But - That Girl, accustomed to wakefulness at odd hours, was wide awake in*an adjoining bed. In fact, she said later that she knew we were going to have an earthquake, because everything was so deathly still and vacuumlike just before it happened.: Well anyway, the first thing I sensed through my semi-con-

and then-doesn’t.

sciousness was the bed squeaking.

: I think that’s what woke me up. And then I realized the whole bed was swinging back and forth, from side to side. Fast foo, about two round trips a second, it seemed. I heard a voice in the dark room

: say, “Wake up, we're having an earthquake!” :

Well, I already knew we were having an earth-

quake, and I was so sleepy I wasn’t frightened. But when ‘she said that out loud, it scared the daylights out of me and T got weak all over.. ; We think it lasted six or eight secopds. It seemed like a very long time. The bed felt as though you were in a hammock and someone was swinging it back and forth, just a couple of inches or so; and fast. And the springs were squeaking a tune.

: ~ 2 8 2 A Blood-Curdling Scream Nothing else in the room made any noise. It was over before we got the light turned on, but somehow we seemed to sense that the walls were swaying and the’ floor was rolling. In just a few seconds lights began to go on in other rooms (we could see; for there is just a screen above the hall door) ar.d we could hear people talking. And then, about a half-minute after the tremors—the most .blood-curdling female scream you ever heard. Then silence.

Our Town

DOSS SHAFFER, sometimes also called “The Widow,” was the policeman in charge of the Illinois He was generally

credited, too, with having the fastest bicycle in Indi-. anapolis. In support of which he used to tell a story Hie which as near as I recall went something like this: \ In his younger days, Mr. Shaffer was seized with a case of the

wanderlust and got as far as

Kansas where he accepted a posi- _ tion as clerk in an office. Among ." his possessions at the time was “an old-style bicycle, one he had . brought with him from Indianapolis. He was getting: along fine, making friends right and ; left, when one day a colleague of his came rushing into the office, “Doss,” he yelled, - “for heaven’s sake make your escape while the going "is good.” fir | ; When Doss asked what all the excitement was , about, he was told that Sam Hinkley, tiie blacksmith, had been murdered the night before and that a mob . was organizing to get the guilty man. Almost immediately, Doss heard sounds resembling the mutterings of a vast number of men. The sounds kept coming closer and closer until finally he heard the unmistakable cry of “Lynch the Hoosier.” : 2 a 8 ? ‘A Trying Moment Doss was taken to a big tree from which he could sec a rope dangling when “Hen” Allen, one of the toughest customers in Kansas, stepped forward and said: “Doss, I guess you know what this means. Sam Hinkley was murdered last night and you were the last one seen with him. Not only that, but you had an argument with him.” ; ; You bet, Doss was scared. He admitted having had a quarrel with Sam the night before, but it wasn’t anything serious, he said. The trouble was over the repairing of that Indianapolis bicycle of his. The blacksmith charged him $25, he said, and wouldn’t take a cent less, Doss admitted that the bicycle ran

Washington

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—Dr. Glenn Frank’s program report undertakes to show the Republicans the way back to power for themselves and to prosperity for the country. As supplementary reading, I-recom-mend a new hook by my colleague, Thomas L. Stokes. " The: title is “Chip Off My Shoulder.” It is the honest and mellow and always absorbing story of a young Georgia newspaper reporter who came to Washington 20 yeais ago with the inherited chip of Southern complacency on his shoulder, and had it knocked off by what he learned) while observing four Presidents in action. : This is the story, not only of the education of Tom Stokes, but _ of how Harding, Coolidge, Hooi : ver and Roosevelt used, and were used by, the great political power of the Presidency, and of the results, often unfortunate, therefrom. He arrives in Washington just about the time the Republicans put Warren G. Harding in the White House. ‘Before relating some of the things that befell the unfortunate Harding, Mr. Stokes pauses to note that “the desire to do justly, to have mercy, to be humble are not armor enough against the frickery of design- . ing friends, of crafty economic interests , . . one pities the man; one almost weeps for him.”

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: Mellon and Hoover

Barely noticed at the moment was the banker who had been named Secretary of the Treasury. Andrew W. Mellon. He was: “The wisp of a man who dominated the delirious decade, who was, for a time, mightier than Presidents. Mr. Mellon had a faith. It was that “the richer the upper crust of the

GOLDEN BEACH, FLORIDA, Wednesday—Two

very interesting things have come my way lately,

both of which seem worth studying. Perhaps, various communities may find them adaptable to their own ~ particular needs. The first plan is one tried out a _ in Williamsport, Pa. and is called: “A Plan of Jobs for Relief Clients.” The cardinal principle laid down is that it is the obligation of every community to reduce its relief load. It must seek to do this by methods which will improve the condition of those in need of assistagce, for the only way arrive at a permanent solution of the relief load is to procure every employable client a job on a private Ra payroll. ap : Ti In Williamsport, they claim to have found that 70 per

~ possess obsolefie skills.. About 85 per cent of the ~. unskilled clients possess sufficient background, edu-

cation and ability to do skilled or semi-skilled work,

- so Willlamsport established a re-training school. A visitor goes to each family on relief, and the member of that family who seems .most likely to

We tried to figure what it was. We finally came to the conclusion that some woman 'who had gone

through the horrors of the 1931 earthquake had| .

awakened belatedly ard, realizing she was in another quake, had let out this frantic war whoop. . ' We found out the facts this morning. She was an American traveler, spending her first night in Nicaragua.’ The quake awakened, her, but didn’t frighten her. She went te the bathroom, and when she took - hold of the light chain she got a terrific electric shock from it. And she screamed! ; I hardly remember the terrible earthquake here in 1931, but we've had it all recalled to us now. We

have many friends here who went through it; many |

of whom were hurt, and all of whom lost everything “they had. : ; Managua was completely destroyed by the quake and the two-day fire that followed it. Almost 2000 people were killed. The loss was 30 million dollars. And the quake lasted only six seconds! - .

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Getting to Be a Habit

It was over so quickly that few people have any

vivid sensations of what it was like while it was happening. Everyone’s outstanding memory seems to be of the vast, dense, choking world of dust that rose in/stantly from the crumbled adobe walls. Dust so thick you could not see two feet; dust that made a

chaos and stayed in the air for days and eventually |-

killed many people who had breathed too deeply of it. . Friends tell us of many people who went insane

after the quake. The U.S, Marines, here at the time, |.

saved thousands of lives. You would think that nobody could bear to rebuild

and live in the spot where everything in his world was silently shaken to destruction in six seconds. Yet

Managua was rebuilt—in better fashion--right where ;

it had stood before,

It was 4:30 when we had our quake last night. I

was back asleep within two minutes. And then about

six there was another one. It was milder than the first, but strong enough to awaken me again,

A sign on our wall says this hotel is “seismic”

proof. Maybe so, but I think tonight I'll just kind of sit up all night with a stick and keep.an eye on nature. A fellow might as well see what hits him,

By Anton Scherrer

like greased lightning when Sam got done with it, but even so he didn’t think it was worth anything like $25. That was all there was to the quarrel, said Doss, look"ing helplessly at the mob. Ing heim Ha! Ha!” laughed the mob and forthwith escorted Doss to a place right under the dangling rope when once more “Hen” Allen intervened. ; “No you don’t,” he said, “give the man a chance.’ “Well, what chance would ycu give him,” asked the mob. : Allen studied a moment and then turned to the suspected man and said: “Doss, you say that repaired bicycle of yours can run like greased lightning. Prove it. The plain to the west is as smooth as glass. At the end of the. 10-mile limit there is an abrupt precipice of several hundred feet. We will give you a start of a hundred yards ahead of the sheriff’s blood hounds. If the dogs catch up with you, it will be your finish, and if they don’t the precipice will do its work. And may Heaven have mercy on your soul.” 2 8. o

There Were Some to Doubt

The suggestion was received with shouts of approval. The hounds were brought to the scene and the bicycle oiled. At the word go, Doss set himself against the wind with lightning speed. He rode for all he was worth, he said. At the half-way mark, Doss was running away with himself. At the end, he was at least eight miles ahead of the dogs. Finally came the precipice. Doss said he left everything to his bicycle and his pedaling. The lightninglike ‘revolutions of the pedals, said Doss, acted the part of wings and ne gradually descended to the bottom of the plain with the ease of a bird alighting on a fence. When he got to the bottom of the chasm, Doss said he collected himself and rode to the riearest goodsized town about 10 miles away. Arriving there he took the next train to Indianapolis bringirig his bicycle with him. . A lot of people around here didn’t believe Mr. Shaffer’s story—not even when they saw the evidence of his bicycle. But you bet I did. I figured thaf if you couldn’t believe a policeman there wasn’t anything left to believe, :

By Raymond Clapper

economic pie, the better the crumbs that fell to those below.” : ° But Mr. Stokes also saw Secretary Mellon in those declining days after he had overstayed his time. “When the depression enveloped Washington like a clammy fog that would not lift but only got heavier. He again became the uncertain little man,” says Mr. Stokes. Mr. Hoover stood in many ways high above Harding and Coolidge: “He seemed to have & breadth of understanding. terms. His intelligence was of a high order and he appeared to be motivated by generous impulses.” His tragedy was that the times charged him with a superhuman task: “He made what was probably the last stand for a type of society and Government that is gone, the sort I had known as a child, the sort, he had pointed out, that had given him the opportunity to battle his way to the top.”

And

en Rodsevelt In 1933, Roosevelt: “We were infected with a gay spirit of adventure, for something concrete and constructive finally was being done about the chaos which ‘confronted the nation. We achieved a national unity that was glorious to see. A litile sadly I look back upon it.” By 1938 we had Senatorial purges and Roosevelt vindictiveness. All the while President Roosevelt was trying to improve the lot of the common man, to give him hope and courage and bread and clothing and shelter. But in himself arbitrary power fixing its clutch. : He allowed his administration to condone use of

who exposed it, as happened to reporter Stokes himself when his Pulitzer-prize winning expose was branded as false hy WPA officials but confirmed .by the Senate Campaign Investigating Comniittee. Nobody will like this story except Americans who value their country above parties and politicians,

By Eleanor Roosevelt

profit by training is‘ picked out, even though it might be a younger member of the family instead of the head. They try to do a good job of studying individual capacities before anyone is assigned to training in-the school. The school trains for a score! or more occupations, so there is leeway for change. If the first occupation is not suitable, the school permits a change. Once a person is trained, it does its best to find a job for him and then follows up his work on that job. This plan has been undertaken by the various community and welflire agencies, who co-operate in it with the public schools in their adult education program. The training works out at a cost of about $100 a client. . The second thing of interest ‘is my recent discovery of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. This organization has just cele brated its annual week with a program carried out in its schools, churches, organizations and institutions of all kinds interested in a knowledge of the Negro

:. . race. i r cent of those classifi able and willing to work, are actually unskill

There is nothing which gives one so much pride as to be familiar with the achievements of one’s own race. There is so much teday in literature and art which can give the Negro people a sense of the genius and achievement of their race, biit too often their history is forgotten. I think this association will promote good-will and respect between neighbors of different races in our own country, Siig

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PLAN COURSES FOR CITY POLICE

FBI. and ‘Morrissey Map School to Open Monday, Run 10 Days.

Indianapolis policemen are going to school next week. Chief Michael F. Morrissey and B. (Edwin Sackett, FBI agent-in-charge, reported today that .arrangements have been completed for a short training course on general subjects important to police officers. They said every member of the department would attend. The school will begin Monday and will continue for 10 nights from 7:15 to 10 p. m. Each officer will attend for two nights getting a total x five and a half hours instrucon. :

Sackett, Ashley Teachers

Each of the five groups of approximately 100 men will attend on consecutive nights. 3 Instructors will be Mr. Sackett and Sergt. Carl Ashley who is in charge of police: department training and is a graduate of the National Police Academy conducted by the FBI. The topics to be studied are general police training subjects including law enforcement as a profession, loyalty, courtesy, keeping public good will, co-operation with other law enforcement agencies, and special reports.

Sound Film to Be Shown

The FBI sound film “Technique and Mechanics of Arrest,” showing how best to seize and detain prisoners without injury to the arresting officers will be shown. Twelve similar but longer courses have been given by Mr. Sackett and his agents in various sections of Indiana. ‘These schools have had a total average daily attendance of 600 and have rur. for 10 days.

IN CIRCUS BLAZE

ROCHESTER, Ind. Feb. 22 (U. P.).—A short circuit today was believed responsible for the blaze in the winter quarters of the Cole Brothers and Robbins Circus here Tuesday night in which nearly 140 caged wild beasts were roasted alive in their cages. Rochester citizens were terrorized temporarily when 350 horses, elephatits Ri Sahel: were turned oose upon the city as employees fought the fire. : Ployees Deputy, State Fire Marshal William Hindle said that an electrician had installed a new switch in the paint shop, where the fire was believed to have started, at about 5 p. m., less than an hour before the blaze was discovered. He said it appeared there was some fault in the "Nes eanwhile, Zack rrell and Jesse Adkins, co-owners of the Hoosier Circus Corp., proprietors of the show, were indefinite on plans to rebuild andgwere considering moving tempo: * to Peru where they have been offered the use of buildings owned by the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus. Eelephants rescued from the blaze were taken to Peru yesterday.

ee ima Lose emi FIRE DESTROYS HOME A fire destroyed the 4-room home of ‘William Dildwell ‘at 1955 Alvord St. early today. The loss was estimated at $1000. Cause was |

ERE’'S an idea of how Tomlinson Hall will look the night of May 7 and for several nights thereafter when the new Central Ballot Counting Law gets its first workout. Under the new law, the counting of votes in

placed, instead, in the hands of a group of fresh tabulators in a central location. When the polls close at 6 p. m., ballot boxes will be sealed and delivered by the 341 precinct

The 54 small squares shown in the above drawing represent roped-off inclosures, or

WIRING IS BLAMED |

the relief vote in the campaign and to denounce. those|

is abolished and:

Auto Sounds ~~ Its Own Alarm

Times Special : VINCENNES, Ind., Feb. 22.—: George Glover heard a familiar “honk” come from a garage nears his home where he keeps his automobile. : “Somebody is stealing my car,” ¢ he thought, dashing to the telephone and calling police. A few minutes later the car was back in the garage without a scratch. Police whe answered his call found the car abandoned a few blocks away. TE It is believed that the thief accidentally pushed the horn button, sending out the shrill warning ‘which Mr. Glover recognized.

OFFERS NEW CHILD LABOR AMENDMENT

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (U. P).|’

—Rep. Dudley A. White (R. O.), today introduced a proposed child labor amendment to the Constitution which would give Congress

power to regulate employment of children under 16 in mines, quarries, mills, workshops and factories. Rep. White said his measure would lapse unless ratified by 36

states within five years, “in contrast

to the pending amendment which has been floating around for 15 years because of objectionable features and no time limit.” “This amendment,” he said, “would deal only with labor for hire in bona fide industrial plants. ‘This new form does not presume to inter-

fere with any phase of a child’s life

except protection against labor exploitation. “The boy who has enough industry to mow the neighbor's lawn

should not be and is not penalized

by this plan.”

RACKET VS. POLICE; PUBLIC ‘IN MIDDLE’

ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 22 (U. P.).— ‘The good citizens of Atlanta were on the spot today. Police, in the midst of a drive against the “bug” racket, offered cash rewards ranging up to $50 for information leading « to conviction of players or writers or to the seizure of a lottery headquarters. Lottery operators, not to be. outdone, retaliated by offering a reward of $250 for the names of citizens furnishing police with in-

booths, 10 by 10 feet each. Three men, one Democrat and two Republicans in one inclosure and two Democrats and one Republican in the next, will man each booth. | _ Each crew will take the ballots from one precinct and tabulate them, then start on the

ballots from another precinct. The crews will make duplicate tabulation sheets. The original will go to the official canvassing board, located on the stage (left). The other copy will be taken to the office (extreme right, top), where it will be read to newspaper-

STATE TRAFFIC TOLL DOWN 70

Indiana Ranks Third-in Number of Lives Saved During 1939.

~ Indiana ranked third among all states in the number of lives saved in- traffic during 1939, the Governor’s Co-ordinating Safety Committee announced today. Indiana reduced its traffic death toll by 70 last year as compared to 1938, the report showed. Only New York and Georgia produced better records, according to statistics furnished by the National Safety Council. Traffic deaths in Indiana last year totaled 1029, in 1938 they totaled 1099 and the year before 1367 were killed. On the basis of miles traveled, Indiana showed a 12 per cent reduction last year with a death rate of 13.2 persons per hundred million miles traveled. 2 The Governor's Committee also reported that the Motor License Bureau suspended or revoked 16,316 driving licenses during 1939 as the result of repeated traffic arrests or accidents. ane : “All highways carrying more than 750 cars a day now have ‘no passing’ zones at hills, curves and other obstructed parts,” the report stated. “The protected zones total 600 miles and 180 regulated speed zones were established on the highway system during 1939.”

THETA CHI POW-WOW SET FOR SATURDAY

counselor, will direct the annual

Pow-wow of Theta Chi Fraternity Saturday after- . noon at the pes Marott Hotel. 7 Active and § alumni members from ‘the Pur- § due, Illinois and Indiana chap - ters will attend. L. L. Garrigus is in charge of the formal din-ner-dance to follow the Joust. ness meeting. He will be as- Mr. Bell sisted by John Davis, Raymond

formation about them or their operations. Sin

! Schwartz's orchestra will play.

Stuart. and Robert Lawrence. Bill

Music Campaign's Value as Educational Factor Is Cited

‘An important phase of the music appreciation movement in Indiana is its educational contribution among public and parochial sch campaign leaders pointed out today. e program which enables count1 oosier ‘families to obtain re“versions of 10 symphonic masterpieces at an’ incredibly low figure through their distribution from 245 N. Pennsylvania St. has the indorsement of Ralph Wright, director of music in the Inalanepolis public schools and of hundreds of music supervisors and

ools;| working in co-operation with Mrs.

lords, the campaign

Catholic schools of the city fs headed by Mrs. George A. Smith, 3632 N. Pennsylvania St., who is

H. H. Arnholter, state organizer for Scores of persons daily are acquiring Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, the second release of the series of 10, officials said. This composition comes in four’ doubleface 12-inch records for $1.59. For the convenience of persons who have no means of playing the.rec-

_ James C. Bell, Joliet Ill, regional,

will be permitted

men and representatives of the party headquarters for unofficial tabulation. ~~ Newspapermen and other official watchers

in the aisles between the

booths. Election judges also will be stationed

occupy the space - (right).

Tells of Building First Closed Car

Times Special : COLUMBIA CITY, Ind, Feb. 22—The first Ford closed car was improvised, not in Detroit as one would expect, but in g little wagon shop here, according to Dr. Ben P. Linvill, veteran local physician. And the reason was neuritis in Dr. Linvill’s arm. . Dr. Linvill purchased one of the first Fords delivered to Columbia City about 1912. In that early age of automobiles there were no closed cars and, being a doctor, calls had to be made in all types of weather. And Dr. Linvill always suffered from neuritis caused by the cold wind which avhipped in through the isinglass. " Pr. Linvill took the car to a local blacksmith and wagon maker, who built a cab to replace the roadster body on the car. .

15 T0 BE APPOINTED |

The U. S. Army recruiting office

| here will send out letters this week

notifying men on its waiting list of 15 vacancies for replacements in Panama and Hawaii. The 15 who are chosen will be examined Tuesday and will start active service March 1, according to Col. Enrique Urrutia Jr., commanding officer of the recruiting station. At the same time Col. Urrutia announced 28 recent enlistments of Indianapolis young men. Norman N. Naue, Charles D. Smith, Donald M. Hipsher, Harry D. Rose, Robert J. Lingenfelter, James Ward, Edwin Cline, Ralph E. Carson, William L. Putterbaugh, Edward Edwards, LeRoy E. Hampton, Sterling B. Vaughan and Harry A. Durflinger have enlis for air/ corps service. : Others included Russell I. Hopwood, Harry F. Mikshowsky, Meredith E. Osborne Jr. and William R. James, signal corps; James D. Hall, Robert O. Quackenbush, Irvin L. Fields and Robert E. Singleton, medical service; Eugene W. Smith,

{ William White, Warren H. Weichel,

quarter master corps;: Chester Burch, engineering corps; Robert G. Carson, chemical warfare service; Carl M. Hughes, artillery, and Francis R. Anderson, infantry.

E. CHICAGO STUDIES STOP LIGHT SYSTEM

Times Special EAST CHICAGO, Ind. Feb. 22.— Installation of synchronized traffic signals in heavily traveled streets of this city is being contemplated by city officials here after the success of ‘such a venture on Indianapolis

| Blvd, formerly the “safety problem”

street of the municipality. Since the lights were set up in 1938, only one person has been killed on the thoroughfare, and that fatal-

clouded the windshield of a motorist. “If other streets gave me as little trouble as Indianapolis Blvd., East Chicago's safety record would be the best in the nation,” Chief of Police Walter D. Conroy said in indorsing synchronized traffic light systems. The system was installed at a cost of $23,000: RUG Ibe

, Feb. 22 The Work Projects Adm

the close of the week ending Feb. 14,

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ity was caused when heavy mist

vB] tion] Washington had 2,305,893 people on its rolls at

in the aisles. County Clerk Charles R. Ettinger and the other two election commissioners will

at the rear of the room

Mr. Ettinger said originally it was estimated that seven days would be required to complete the official tabulation of the ballots but - this estimate now has been cut to five days.

SEEK TO SOLVE ‘MILK: PROBLEMS

Board, County Aids Study Market Question Not Solved by Law.

Solution to several Indiana milk marketing problems . that are not covered by the State Milk Control law. is being attempted in a ‘series of State House conferences. Marketing administrators from several counties conferred with State Milk Board members yestere day and today, presenting new problems arising in the complicated price structures. C. Wright Humrickhouse, Board secretary, said a new policy of administering price readjustments will be formulated as a result of the conferences, especially regarding sliding scale prices.’ ; : “It has been discovered that in many counties new. problems not now covered by regulations need attention and we are trying to correct them,” he said. Mr. Humrickhouse went to Wash= ington today to attend a hearing on a petition for price readjustments in Lake County before U. S. Secretary of Agriculture.

8 AUTOS PARKED AT SCHOOL RANSACKED

Thieves broke into eight automobiles last night while the owners were attending a party at Warren Central High School, Post Road and 10th St. and stole registration cards, flashlights and other small articles. The thieves removed the license plates from a car owned by D..E, Overmeier, 8305 E. Washington St. and left plates stolen from a car here last week.

TEST YOUR "KNOWLEDGE

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2—What is a semester?

3—Name the Minister for Defense in Belgium. 4—Polygons have many wheels, syls lables or angles? : 5—What is the correct pronuncias tion of the word idealist? 6—Does the United States own the Panama Canal Zone? 7—In which sea is the Isle of Man? . 8—Name the Australian Minister to the United States. . 2 = =» Answers 1—Straight flush.

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