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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-20
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

voted with Moore and Dorsett The
measure was lost.
City Clerk William A. Boyce, Jr..
reminded council the State tax
board sliced the appropriation fig
ure for publication-of minutes from
$2,400 to $1,000.
An ordinance requiring the Penn
sylvania Railroad to install electric
flash signals at all city crossings
was introduced. Capt. E. B. Reed
of the Pennsylvania police said the
present ordinance was designed for
the horse days"
The ordinance was referred TO the
legal department for amendment to
make the system mandatory
twenty-four hours a day, on sug-
gestion of Robert E. Springsteen,
Democratic councilman.
The plan commission sponsored an
ordinance making Fifty-Second st.
from the west city limits to Meri-
dian st. a part of the city thor
oughfare plan and creating an
eighty-foot street with sixty-foot
roadway.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-20
Police AUCTION Is Held;
Money to Pension Fund

bottles confiscated during the last
six months cannot be sold. They
must be destroyed. The theory is
that some one in indianapolis might
be mean enough to make home brew
and pour it into bottles.
Police refuse to disclose on what
information they base this con-
clusion.
Bibles and religious books are
plentiful at today's sale. Antiquarians
might be interested in one of the
holy books that bears the date 1873.
There is also pewter dishes. relics of
the pre-prohibition Puritan era;
pictures, executed with varying de-
greeS of skill; glassware, clothes Of
assorted condition and sizes, shoes,
Indian blankets and two roulette
wheels.
Persons buying the later are adj
vised not to give their right name
and address. The police might
want them back.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-20
BLOCK COUNCIL
PUBLICITY BUY
Measure for Publishing Of
Minutes Lost.
NO. 8 Head-see Puzzle

Plans of three majority faction
councilmen to buy publicity" were
thwarted Monday night by vote of
council
Councilman Walter Dorsett, IA
Their of the measure, called for COM
mittee report on an ordinance pro-
viding foy publication of council
proceedings in the indianapolis
Commercial.
Boynton Moore seconded motion
for passage Otis Bartholomew,
cautious south side representative,
expressed doubt as to whether the
ordinance should show preference"
for the Commercial, but finally
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-20
EXPERTS MEET
IN RADIO BRIDGE
Canadian Players Against
Work and Whitehead.
3 Head-see Puzzle

Eighth of series of twenty radio
auction bridge games will be broad
cast from WFBM Tuesday night at
$3.50 under the uspices of The
Times.
Each game if the series features
Milton G. Work and Wilbur G.
Whitehead, New York experts, in
association with players from other
cities in America and Canada. The
listeners-in are urged to have four
players ready with cards and to fol-
the game, bid by bid and play by
play, with the experts.
Contestants in the eighth game
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-20
PAGE 5

are G. H. Levy of Hamilton, Ont.
one of the keenest students and
foremost players of eastern Canada,
who also is recognized throughout
the auction bridge world; Mrs. Ella
G. Pima Of Montreal, noted as a
player, teacher and writer; and
Work a al Whitehead
Following are the advance hands
for Game 8:
Levy, South" dealer, holds:
Spades, @; Hearts, X, 10, 2; Dia-
mOndS, X, Z, 4; Clubs, X, @, J, 10,
4, 5.
Mrs. Pimm, "West," holds: Spades,
X, j, 10, 8, 6, s; Hearts, A, j; Dia-
monds, J, 8 spot, s; Clubs, 8, 2.
Whitehead, North" hold s.:
Spades, spot, 4, 8; Hearts, 8, 7, 6.
8; Diamonds, A, @, 10; Clubs, 8
spot, 4, 5.
Work, EAST" holds: Spades, A,
Z, 2; Hearts, @, 8 spot, 5, 4; Dia-
mOnds, 8, 6, 5, 2; Clubs, A, 6.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-20

tions. A clever little black-faced
Topsy, with tightly braided pigtails
tied with red, Sibbon, is dressed III
a red and white gingham apron.
Another figure of this sort is jolly
black nanny doll" with large
white apron and a brightly-colored
turban.
Doll carriages this year may be
had in the smart English "pran'''
style. These roomy carriages viii
be delight to the little girl who
must" take all her dollies riding at
one time. Another unusually realis-
tic carriage is a doll go-cart, painted
a pretty golden brown.
Small toy furniture in all styles
can be purchased to completely OUT
fit dollhouses. Other furniture in
children size for painted in shades
of green, gray and ivory and gar
landed with dainty pastel flowers,
can be actually used in the nursery.
Games always are amusing to
children. In one shop saw COM
bination game, which consisted OF
one board on which fifty games may
be played. Surely that ought to be
pastime enough for any long, rainy
afternoon.
Many Gift Suggestions
A parcheesi set, a fovorite of chill
dren for years, still never fails to
charm the little boy or girl. Puzzle
sets of maps of the United States.
the world and our own Indiana seem
also to be perennially popular
For the older child, the world of
Scooters, coasters, tricycles, and
bicycles offers many welcome gift
suggestions. Toy automobiles, COM
pletely equipped with all kinds of
accessories, are shown in different
models.
Paint sets, gaily illustrated
nursery rhymes books, pretty wooden
sweater sets, and bright colored
raincoats in very small sizes are
some other hints I discovered on
my shopping tour for children's
gifts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-20


Children enjoy the Christmas
season so thoroughly that the
shopper finds it a pleasure to select
gifts for these appreciative wee folk
Since toys are always the most
popular gifts children receive, every
year the stores show larger displays
Of fascinating playthings. The ten
dency in toys is noticeably to make
them more realistic and also more
elaborate.
The most unusual mechanical
knick-knack I saw is a nearly life
size cat that walks, meows and wags
its tail. This cat will do it's life
like tricks for it's young owner after
several twists to a simple key, care
fully concealed in the animals soft,
gray fur.
Judging by the large crowds gath
cred around clever electric train
display, many fortunate children will
find that Santa Claus has answered
their letters pertaining to these in
>tricate toys. This train set contains
a powerful little locomotive, mail
cars, PullmanS, track with many
interesting curves and tiny little sta
tons, tunnels and switching towers.
Motors Propel Planes
An electric airplane, of course
named for the famed Spirit of st.
Louis, will thrill the heart of some
ardent young Lindbergh admirer.
This miniature Spirit of st. Louis
is propelled by fan-type motor.
Even though more interest is be-
ing shown in submarine and air
plane building than in snipbuiId-
ing at the present time, there is
many a youngster who has le-
manned true to his first love, the
steamboat. A mechanical boat.
painted in dark battleship gray, is
a careful reproduction on small
scale Of the modern ocean liner.
Many parents prefer to buy Eric
ton" toys because there are no
springs to be broken by eager little
owners. These friction toys come
in auto, bus, fire engine and truck
models, and are gaily finished in
red, green, blue and yellow.
For the little girl, doll is gen.
orally the gift that really is dearest
TO her. Baby dolls, with large blue
eyed bisque faces, are dressed in
true baby fashion, from a tiny
wooden shirt to long white dress
Of fine batiste.
Character Dolls Prominent
Character dolls are yearly becom-
ing more prominent in doll collec-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-20
Character Dolls Prominent

Character dolls are yearly becom-
ing more prominent in doll collec-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-20
1.-THE time has come, the Walrus said
To speak of many things
OF shoes and ships aid sealing wax,
Lewis Carroll

Some such conglomerate assort-
nent will be talked about" late
today in the small court yard in the
rear of city prison. For today the
biennial auction of the 1901 things
accumulated by the police is being
held. Receipts from sales go to the
police pension fund.
The small space is stacked high
with materials brought forth from
the basement. Some were taken from
culprits, others turned over to the
officers, after being abandoned, an6
many found here and there.
There is everything from Bibles
to bowie knives, hose to horse shoes
bottles to blankets. No! Hold! That
was an error. The thousands Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-20
Ouija Is Fatal
R,U United Press

RN United Press
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Dec. 20
Brooding over manipulation of
a ouija board was assigned as
the reason for the suicide of
Mrs. Mary Weber, S5.
Letters left by my wife in
dictate the ouija board drove
her insane" her husband told
authorities.
Mrs. Weber shot herself
with her husbands army pis-
toll early this morning. She
was the mother of two small
children.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-20
Musician without a Lesson

BH I1We8 SDeCIUI
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Dec. TO-
Fred K. Monroe, whose family lives
here, plays saxophone in the ia
nous Sousa Band, but has never
taken a music lesson in his life.
Monroe has returned to his home
here after a tour with the band
which took him to the Atlantic
coast, through the Middle West. into
Canada and then down the Pacific
coast.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-20

With a weight lifting capacity Of
thirty passengers, probably the most
powerful air liner in the world is
being built in Scotland. 1t is an
all-metal monoplane with a wing
span Of 40 feet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-20
TOYS BEST BET
AS YULE GIFTS
FOR CHILDREN
Greatest Joys of Christmas
Shopping Lies in Buying
for Wee Folk.
BY BETTY HEFFERNAN

This is the lasv o. - series of hints
for Christmas shoppers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-09
Get Reserve Commissions.

Hobart Ia Walker, 116 Fifteenth
street northeast, has been commits
stoned a second lieutenant of Infan
try, and Thomas F. Collins, 324 II
street northeast, a second lieutenant
of Field Artillery, both in the Reserve
Corps of the Army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-09
A. AND P. GYPSIES BACK.
Reconsider Decision to Retire
Temporarily From Radio.

The popular A. & P. Gypsies. who
had announced Monday that their in
struments would be carefully sur
rounded by moth balls and laid away
for their Summer estivation, have de.
cided to postpone their contemplated
temporary absence from the listeners
of the National Broadcasting Coz red
network for one week, and will, there
fore. be heard in a gala closing pro
gram June 10.
Because of this change in plans or
the part of the Gypsies, the concert
of the Goldman Band, announced to
be broadcast through some of the as.
ISOLATED stations of the National
Broadcasting Co.'S red network, will
not go on the air this evening.
The first Goldman program will be
heard Saturday, June IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-09
RADIO LICENSE GRANTED.
Boston WINES First to Be Listed
by Federal Commission.

By the Associated Press.
A new radio broadcasting station,
the only one to be established since
the creation last March of the Federal
Radio Commission, was granted a
license yesterday. 1t is located at Bos
ton, was assigned the call letters
VINES and placed on the 1920 kilo
cycle frequency with a power rating
Of 100 watts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-09
FUNERAL FOR MARINE.
Man Who Died in China Buried in
Arlington,

Funeral services for Pvt. Nathan
Friedlander of the United States Ma
rine Corps, who died in China. April
8, were conducted in Arlington Gene.
terry yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Rabbi J. T. Loeb officiated.
Interment was in Arlington with
military rites at the grave. Marines
acted as pallbearers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-09
Local Radio Entertainment
Thursday, June 9, 1927

NAA-Washington Navy Yard (434.5
Meters).
1915 a.m.-Weather Bureau reports.
3:45 p.n1.-Weather Bureau reports
9:55 p.m.-Arlington time signals.
1905 p.m.-Weather Bureau reports.
WRHF-Washingt Radio Hospital
Fund (256.3 Meters).
IL to IL noon-Current events and
police reports; music.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-09
WRC.-Radio Corporation Of America
(468.S Meters).

WRC.-Radio Corporation of America
(468.5 Meters).
p.m.-Elaine Horton. contralto,
from WEAF.
Ais p.m.-Gertrude Gerber, violin.
list, from WEAF.
4:25 p.m.-Nicholas Saslavsky, bari
tone, from WEAF.
4:40 p.m.-Joel Coffey, pianist, from
WEAF.
5 pm-Waldorf.A Orchestra,
from WEAF.
5:55 p.m.-Base ball scores, from
WEAF. ....
s p.m.-Kitt hour of music, with
Thelma S. Klein, soprano, and Helen
McGraw, pianist.
$50 p.m.-City Male Quartet, from
WEAF.
Z T.m.-Raleigh Orchestra.
1870 p.m.-Ealf hour with great
composers, from WEAF.
p.m.-Correct time from WEAF.
pm.-Clicquot Club Eskimos, from
WEAF.
9pm.-w. B. & A. Quartet.
$50 p.m.-"Old Time Fiddlers' Con-
cert"
10 to II pm.-Le Paradis Band.
Early Program Tomorrow.
GAS a.m.-Tower Health Exercises,
from WEAF.
7:15 a.m.-"The Roaring Lyons"
from WEAF.
7:30 to 7:45 a.m.-"Cheerio," from
WEAF.
1855 a.m.-Arlington time signals.
~ noon-Madison Orchestra, from
WIZ.
to 2 pm.-Organ fecital..
$3.50 p.m.-Georgette Nyrielle, So
prano, from WEAF.
3:45 p.m.-Review and comment on
stage and screen, by Frank Armer,
from WEAF.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-09
WMAL-Washington Radio Forum
1888 MeterS).

1888 Meters).
$50 to 7 pm.-News Flashes.
Z to 1880 p.m.-Dorsch's Dough
Boys.
7:30 to 9 p.m.-Concert at the east
front of the Capitol, by the United
States Army Band.
8 to 900 p.m.-Caleb O'Connor, in
selected readings.
900 to $40 p.m.-Thelma Beckert,
soprano, and James Beckert, jr.
9:4O to 10 p.m.-EliZabeth Jordan,
soprano; Carl S. Willard, accompanied.
10 p.m.-Latest News Flashes.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-25
Inferior Conditions
Of Workers DWELLING
Places Are Exposed
(By Worker Correspondentl


In Brooklyn, a Getty within a city"
of enormously concentrated industry,
housing conditions are characterized
by apartment buildings, in which the
only water supply is in the public hall
and apartments that were condemned
as unfit for habitation in 1885.
Thousands Of houses built so years
ago are without direct light or ven
tilation for the two inner rooms Of
Broom. apartment.
For Wealthy Only.
Enormous quantities of new apart
ments have been built. They have,
however, relieved the pressure on the
well-to-do only 1t has left those with
incomes less than $4,000 a year land
this class constitutes about 3D. Of
Brooklyn's population practically I'M
provided for About IS per cent Of
the new apartments rent at SIC 2
room. 1t has been estimated by the
New York State Commission Of Hous-
ing and Regional Planning that,
private commercial enterprise cam
not build adequate apartments today
to rent for less than $3.50 per room
month. The average family cannot
afford more than ST."
This proves the inability of capital
ism to build houses at a rate able to
satisfy the needs of workers, who,
because Of exploitation and low wages,
find it impossible to live in better
apartments.
The housing problem can only be
solved in the following way:
Construction of dwellings by the
municipalities for the workers 20 be
rented to them without profit. AIDE
quate representation shall be given to
workers in management Of such
houses.
State credits to municipalities for
above purposes.
Encouragement of non-profit maxi
ing cooperatives for building constrCc-
ton by exemption from taxes ard
other fees and by loans at low rate
Of interest.
Enforcement and extension OF ron
eviction, compulsory repairs, rent
laws, and other measures tending to
curb landlord profit greed.
To this program the Workers Party
is committed.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-25
Brooklyn Toilers Urged
to Show Power at Polls
lContinned from Poqe Onel

Continued from, Page 0ne)
stroying the present espionage sys-
tenn on the street cars and in the
barns. Wages can be raised and
working conditions generally in
proved without an increased fare, the
candidates say.
Concentration of heavy industry in
Brooklyn makes the Party campaign
especially important to the working
class men and women in that borough,
according TO Wagenlnecht.
Wagenknecht is now directing re-
liei work among the striking bitumin-
Gus coal miners in the Pittsburgh dis
trict. Bixby was formerly active in
organization and relief work among
the Haverhill, Mass, shoe workers.
Housing Conditions Unhealthy.
! The dilapidation of the houses and
flats in the workers neighborhoods
and generally dreary surroundings in
which the children of the working
class grow is described by Miss Rago-
Yin.
'In many of the older houses the
only toilets are in the yard or a pub
lie hail." she said. High rents in new
dwellings are prohibitive for the
workers. This problem like the prob
lem of wages and conditions in the
factories must and will be solved by
the workers themselves through or
ganization and action in the economic
and political fields"
Bimba has been pointing out in cam
paign talks that the Workers Party
candidates have broken sharply and
completely from the traditions of po-
litical campaigning in this country,
as represented by the republican,
democratic and socialist parties.
"The other parties send out then
candidates and speakers to deliver
catch phrases and vague promises o.
reform to be arrived at through
some magic supposedly inherent il
! democracy" Bimba said.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-25
Elias Marks Released
on $4,000 Bail; Case Is
Based on Old Charge

Elias Marks of the Cloak and
Dressmakers' Joint Board, arrested
last Tuesday afternoon by members
of the Industrial Squad was released
on $4,000 bail yesterday
Marks is charged with felonious
assault lodged against him by Hyman
Goldman, strikebreaker, during the
cloakmakers' strike 10 months ago.
Marks was taken into custody while
he was leaving the Tombs Court, Cen
ter and Franklin ST., where he at
tended hearing on a criminal libel
suit brot by Morris Sigman, president
of the International Ladies' Garment
Workers Union, against the Fret
heit, Jewish Communist daily, and
Unity, organ Of the unity committee
of the needle trades.
GET A NEW READER
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-25

nave no union. 1HdC eAplallio SlS
existence of intolerable job condl-
tions.
Pay SIG for Uniform.
If after all this red tape the APP
plicant is so fortunate as to be EN-
ployed he next pays SIG for a uni
form.
Fourteen days are required to
train motorman. Six days are re-
CURED for conductor. During this
training period the magnificent sum
of twenty cents an hour is paid to
the men. After training, wages for
both motormen and conductors are
81 cents an hour, to start. After the
first year the wages are raised to "a
cents an hour; after the second year
to 81 cents; after the third-to SO
cents. After the fifth year the wages
are raised to 65 cents an hour. This
is the maximum, irrespective of
length of service, with the exception
that motormen operating a one-man
safety car get 70 cents an hour.
Men Lose Seniority.
If a man is late five times in a
year, though the lateness be only a
half minute, he loses certain seniority
rights. He is reduced to the status
Of a new employee. He gets the same
wage as before but cannot get day
runs. Other rights also are lost.
Street car workers work 10 hours
a day. After 10 hours they are paid
time and a half. Very often their
working day, very long as it is, is
further heightened by the fact that
they have to wait as much as two
and a half hours sometimes between
runs. That means really working
day of from II to Is hours. For this
extra time they are not paid
Company Hires Spies.
One of the worst things they have
to contend with is an extensive spy
system in addition to the inspectors.
The spies do not wear uniforms. They
are dressed as civilians and cannot
be distinguished from any ordinary
passenger. There is an extensive sys-
tenn of dement's for various petty
violations. The motorman or conduc-
tor who gets dement's is called be-
fore the depot master for an explana-
ton
As long as the street car workers
remain unorganized, such conditions
will prevail
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-25
Night Workers Class.

A class in the fundamentals of
Communism for night workers is be-
ing arranged by the Workers School.
Those working between p. m. and
2 a. m. will have an opportunity to
study as the class will meet in the
morning at an hour convenient to all.
For information apply to the Work
ers School, 108 East 14th st.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-25
Workers Party Activities
NEW YORK-NEw JERSEY
Open Air Meetings Tonight.

OPtH MT WVetIHgs IUIEIgHI.
Second Ave. and 10th St., Scion de
Leon, Charles Mitchell, Joseph Magli-
acano and M. Salla, speakers.
st. AIMS Ave. and 13Sth St., Pat
Devine, Louis A. Baum and T. Buck
enberger.
Open Air Meetings Tomorrow.
Fifth Ave. and 10th St., Chester
w. Bixby, Verne Smith and Nat Kap-
Ian, speakers.
Prospect Ave. and l63d St., C. K.
Miller, M. Milton, Belle Robbins and
A. Gussakoff.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-25
Business of Working.

Earl Carroll, of Broadway bathtub
fame, yesterday reported at his
theatrical office ready for business.
He announced that he would plunge
Immediately into his producing BUSH
ness" and visit his two road shows
at Allentown. Pa, and Boston.