Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 December 1940 — Page 22

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Machinists Named as President.

The election of Louis C. Schwartz as president of the Central Labor Union was announced today. Mr. Schwartz, a member of Lotal 161, International Association of Ma‘chists, was named last night in Plumbers’ Hall. : Also elected were John Clancy, Local 995, Bus Drivers, vice president; D. R. Barneclo, Local 30, Stage Employees, re-elected recording secretary; George R. Smith, Local 247, Journeyman Barbers, re-elected finéncial secretary-treasurer; Emmet J. Williams of the Teamsters; Bert Persell, Postoffice Clerks, and Arthur Huhn, Moulders, trustees; Mabel L Lowe, Local 127, United Garment Worke®s, statistician; Bruce Travis, ‘Teamsters, organizer; Joseph Johnson, Local 27, Painters, sergeant-at-arms. ‘Charles Lutz, Clyde McCormack, Carl Vestal and Courtney Hammond were named delegates to the State Federation of Labor convention. -It was announced that Sir Walter Citrine, spokesman for the British working classes and president of the International Federation of Trade Unions, will speak at Keith's Theater at 7:30 p. m. Saturday under the auspices of the State Federation and the Indianapolis C. |L. U. The meeting will be open to the public. Mr. Barneclo was named chairman of a committee to sponsor the Central Labor Union’s birthday ball for President Roosevelt Jan. 30. The next meeting of the C. L. U. will be Jan. 2.

ASKS LOAN DEDUCTION “WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.—(U. P.). ~The Freyn Construction Co., Chicago, has asked the government to allow a deduction from its 1937 inoome tax for a $28,319 loss fuffered

He'll Dine on Yorkshire Pudding at Quiet Party Tonight.

, *.. By RICHARD LEWIS On the eve of his 82d birthday, George J. Marott, dean of Indian-

apolis b essmen and civic leaders, looked out over Washington St. and spoke of time. Today, he is 82. Last night, as he stood by the window of his fifth floor office in the early dusk of December, the tide of 65 years rolled back from him. For an instant, he was 16 and it was 1875. He was a young man

like a boundless sea. Small Party Tonight

Today, at 82, the future for him is still limitless and the past is as only yesterday. That is the conviction .linking man and hoy.

morning as usual and came early to ork as usual. On his 82d birthay. There will be a small family party tonight. Mr. Marott will eat Yorkshire pudding, his birthday special. Christmas shopping crowds flowed on the sidewalk below and the glow of street lights and store windows illuminated his reflection in the dark window glass. “I have seen Indianapolis grow from a population of 42,000,” he said slowly. “I am proud of this city. It is a remarkable and a conservative city. I have been proud to be a part of it.”

Ancestor Was Town Crier

As traffic streamed on the street below, he recalled Washington St. of 1875—paved with rocks from the State House to the Court House. . . “and Pennsylvania St. was a woods. They had to.clear it.” . Perhaps, he said, his interest in

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ther Joseph Marott, who was town crier of Daventry, a small English village on the London ‘Road. “Grandfather was a representative of Queen’ Victoria,”' said Mr. Marott. “He announced any news of general importance and we were all impressed by his uniform.” Active in the establishment of the Citizens Gas & Coke Utility as a municipal enterprise, Mr. Marott was one of the founders of the civic group that brought natural gas to

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oping Indianapolis commercially. In this effort, he has had one major disappointment. He professes his alarm at the depreciation of “capital investment in real estate” not only here but throughout the country. Measured by income, he ‘said, taxes are too high. One Treason the tax burden is heavier than it should be, he thinks, is’ “politics.” Government, he said, should be put on as sound a basis as commerce with-the efficiency of commerce. Because taxes aré , he does not favor expensive public improvements for the City and he is behind any effort to “ease these tax burdens.” Wants White Christmas

“Some of these views,” he added, “may not be popular.” Mr. Marott turned away from the window. It had grown dark outside and ‘the roar of traffic was abating. From a public address system inside his store came the music of Christmas carols. “I hope,” said he wistfully, “we have a white Christmas as we used to have”. “oc »

STIVER T0 AD TROOP ROUTING

One of Six Civilians Named To Advise Army on Traffic Problem.

Don FP. Stiver, superintendent of State Police, today was named a member of a committee of six civilian experts to advise the U. S. War Department on military trafic movements. The committee is to direct the working out of programs in the various states for the speedy movements of troops through civilian traffic.

Committees to Be Named

Mr. Stiver said that the first step in the program would be to ask the Governor in each state to name a co-ordinating committee composed of a member of the Highway Department, Auto License Department and State Police to make plans for troop movements, Qne person would be named chairman. Then, when Army officials want to move troops through the state they would contact the committee head who would immediately inform them of the best routes and camping places and would provide them with State Police escorgs.

Others Aid Plans

Other committee members are Thomas H, MacDonald, head of the Public Roads Administration, chairman; L. S. Harris, executive director of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, secretary; Maj. Ernest W. Brown, Washington, D. C., Metropolitan Police Superintendent; A. W. Bohlen, president of the American Association of Motor Vehicles Administrators, and J. S. Williamson, president of the American Associa tion of State Highway Officials. Mr. Stiver is chairman of the State Police section of the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

Sings Way From WPA to Career

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (U. P.). —Virginia Lewis, 26-year-old Negrq WPA worker, was well on her ay toward a successful musig¢ 1 career today. ss Lewis, a soprano, who has been compared with the famous Negro contralto Marian Anderson, sang for Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and guests at a White House tea yesterday. She appeared at the musicale with Mieckyslav Munz, Polish pianist. Miss Lewis is a protege of Samuel Rosenbaum, president of the Philadelphia Robin Hood Dell ,summer concerts. It was through him that Mrs. Roosevelt learned of her. ; Until last February Miss Lewis did domestic work. Since then she has been teaching music for tae WPA at $45 a month.

BANS FORECLOSURES AGAINST GUARDSMEN

Creditors cannot = foreclose on homes, automobiles, Iurniture, or other articles bought by National Guardsmen on the jnstallment plan while they are on active service, Attorney General Samuel Jackson advised Adjt. Gen. Elmer F. Straub in a formal opinion today. Mr. Straub said he had many requests for information on the matter from guardsmen who will begin service in the regular army next month. Mr. Jackson pointed out that the 76th Congress had extended the benefits of the 1918 Soldiers and Sailors’ Relief Act to all persons inducted into the land or naval forces.

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te ‘Supreme. Court Upholds Assault Conviction Of E. J. McCormick.

In an opinion which criticized the appeal of the case, the Indiana Supreme Court today upheld the conviction of Emmett J. McCormick, former Indianapolis patrolman, charges. of assault and batte McCormick was found guilty by Special Judge Clarence Merrell in Criminal Court and was sentenced to 90 days on the State Farm and fined $100 for assaulting a drugstore waitress on the night of May 21, 1939. “We can perceive of no reasonable justification for this appeal, unless it was taken to obtain a respite of a few months from serving the sentence imposed, at the price of having the appellant’s official misconduct and moral depravity made a matter of record in the .pyblished

reports of this court,” the opinion

read, Ordered Into Car

The opinion narrated that from the State's evidence the young lady was accosted by McCormick shortly after midnight while on her way home. McCormick, who was in an auto, was wearing a uniform and badge and he ordered the waitress to get into the car, according to the State’s testimony. He then drove to a railroad yard, stopped his car, got out, and made improper advances toward the girl. ‘| The attention of a watchman in the yard was attracted, but when he approached McCormick got into his car and drove away with the girl. He then parked at a point along ‘| White River and repeated his advances, keeping the girl there until approaching daylight. . Shake Writes Opinion Justice Curtis Shake, in writing the opinion, declared that McCormick had “the temerity to contend that there is no evidence before us of assault and battery. He asserts that the prosecuting witness entered the auto of a strange man of her own accord and that he ‘offered manifestations of affection toward her.” The opinion declared that the conduct of the girl in getting into the car under the circumstance shown is to be commended rather than condemned. From the situation as it was made to appear to her, she would have heen guilty of resisting arrest had she attempted to escape or refused to accompany McCormick, the opinion said. “Law abiding citizens have a right to expect that they will be protected and not assaulted by police officers,” the opinion added. “The contention that there is no evidence of an unlawful touching of the person of the girl is equally untenable, and we will not dignify it with a discussion of the well-known elements of the offense of assault and battery, It is enough to say that had the appellant been found guilty of assault and battery with intent to rape, or had he been charged with and convicted of kidnaping, we would have held the evidence sufficient.”

ARGUE APPEAL N HUTCHESON'S CASE

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (U. P). —The Supreme Court hears will arguments today in a case that will test whether Federal anti-trust laws may be -invoked against unions in

‘certain types of intra-labor juris-

dictional disputes. The case is an appeal from a lower court decision quashing an indictment against William L. Hutcheson, Indianapolis American Federeation of Labor vice president and president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. The indictment charged that Mr. Hutcheson and other union officials interfered with the Interstate Commerce of Anheuser-Busch, Inc., St. Louis, during an alleged controversy with the A. P. of L. International Association of Machinists. As charged by the Government, the carpenters’ union sought to bring pressure on firms doing business with the brewery to force that company to have carpenters install machinery in the plant. The company had a contract with the machinists for that work, it was ‘alleged. Such ‘methods, the Government charged, are restraints of interstate trade violating the Sherman Act. U. S. District Judge Charles B. Davis, who dismissed the indictments, said that the carpenters’ purpose “was not to restrain commerce but to prevail in a local labor controversy. He also said that the purported activities did not restrain commerce directly. Mr. Hutcheson argued that the Government had no right to appeal that decision.

‘RECREATION AND DEFENSE’ IS TOPIC

G. Ott Romney, national head of the WPA recreation program, will speak on “Recreation and National Defense” at a state-wide conference of WPA leaders and sponsors in

The adaption of WPA recreation (* to accomplish the most good under the national defense program will be discussed. The dinner meeting will start at 6:30 p. m. Allan Bloom, executive secretary of the Jewish Welfare Agency, will preside at the a ihe Meeting and act as master of ceremoni

FT. WAYNE SINGER KILLED IN MICHIGAN

EAST LANSING, Mich. Dec. 10 (U. P.).~-Miss Ardean Good, 19, a singer with an orchestra appearing _| here, was killed instantly last night| ‘|and Francis Manley, 20, a member ' jof the orchestra, was injured seriGURY. Ne ey WE eK ‘State Police said Miss Good | from Ft. Ww nd. and Mr, Manley from plang, ‘Miss Good "Mr. Manley ed: across the I dance hall and walked into the of a car.

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Rebekahs Meet Tonight— The Temple Rebekah Lodge, ‘691, will]. n [hold a meeting tonight at 8 o'clock at Castle Hall.

Lodge to Install Worshipful ‘Master—Ernest Boswell, 1326 S. Harding St, will be

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day. William Collins and Tyra Collins, ‘past masters, will conduct the installation at the Masonic Temple, 1522 W. Morris St.

O.E.S. Stated Meeting Tomorrow —Nettie Ransford Chapter 464, O.E.S., will hold a stated meeting at 8 p. m. tomorrow in the Masonic Temple, 42d St. and College Ave. Degrees will be conferred by the Marthada Girls. Mrs. Esther Ferree is worthy matron. and D. Ray Higgins, worthy patron.

The Daylight Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, will present a playlet, “Christmas in Many Lands,” at 1:30 p. m. Friday at the Masonic Temple, North and Illinois Sts. Mrs. Nellie M. Young is chair‘man of arrangements. The cast will include the Mesdames Mary E. Betz, Ruth R. Denison, Magdalena E. Boyce, Lily Gauker, Oceola Williams, Lena Thompson, Mabel McHaffey, Clara Dorrah, Leslie, Frieda Chrisman and Clydis Brown. Carols will be sung by the Grand Chapter Chorus under the direction of Mrs. Agnes E. Singer, _ Mrs. Mamie Passmore is the organist. Mrs. Betz is the chapter worthy matron and James 'F. Stout, the worthy patron.

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P.-T. A. Party at Beech Grove— The Beech Grove P.-T. A. will hold a Christmas party in the school auditorium tomorrow at 7:30 p. m. A special program, in which the high school dramatic club will take part, has been arranged.

“400 Club” Election Friday—The annual election of officers of the Men’s “400 Club” of the Thomas Carr Howe High School will be ‘held Friday in the school’s recently completed gymnasium.

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ie Women's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church will hold a Christmas meeting at 2

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Lawrence O.E. 8. to Honor Friends

—The Lawrence Chapter 384, 0. E. 8, will observe a friends’ night at 8 o'clock. this evening at the Lawrence Masonic Hall, Guest officers will ‘exemplify the degrees of the order. ey Golden Yule O. E. 8. to Meet Friday—The Golden Yule Chapter 413, O.E. 8. will meet Friday at 6:30. m.

ar. C. of C. Leaders to Confer— The execitive committee of dianapolis Junior Chamber of Commerce will meet Friday noon at the Canary Cottage. :

The Indiana Social Hygiene Association will meet for luncheon tomorrow in the Lincoln Hotel.

Stated O. E. S. Meeting Tonight— Beech Grove Chapter, 465, O. E. S.,

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