davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Imperial Valley press., 1927-03-30

No Less, No Better but pure and
cold rs ever. Paul Oran2 3ade and
Lemonade, at P,ckwick Stage De
pct. ady
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
DIVIDE BARRETT FUND
Eight Banks Named Deposi-
tories for $1,925, 900.

Eight local banks we're made de-
positories for the $1,925, 900 Barrett
law funds by the Marion County
board of finance Monday afternoon.
The awards and interest rates fol-
low:
Dormant fund, Peoples Bank,
100000, at Ais per cent; Citizens
Bank and Trust Company, 100000,
at 3.75 per cent; Farmers Trust
Company, 100000, at 3.5 per cent;
Union Trust Company, 100000, at
4 per cent, and the Inland Bank
and Trust Company $4,000, at 4
per cent.
Active fund, Union Trust Com
pany, 100000, at per cent; Sc
curity Trust Company, 100000, at
8 per cent; Meyer-Kiser Bank, $780,
600, at "a per cent, and Merchants
National Bank, 100000, at 2 per
cent.
The funds cannot be placed with
banks until litigation in the Hen
bricks County Circuit Court is COM
pleted. In this, former Corporation
Counsel Alvah j. Rucker seeks re-
fund of 100000 from several county
treasurers for interest alleged to
have been held by them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
DEMAND TEXAS
DESTROY CROP
Rio Grande Pest PeriIs Its
Fruit, Says California.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON, June 21.--With
California clamoring for a quaran-
tine Of Texas citrus fruits, and
Texas fighting to prevent the de
stroyins of this years crop from its
fertile Rio Grande valley, the Fed
eral Horticultural Board today
found itself between two fires.
A hearing was held before the
boardd yesterday to determine
whether the presence Of the Morelas
orange worm, Mexican fruit pest,
in Texas, is sufficiently dangerous
to cause a quarantine. -t.e
Texans, headed by r. B. Creager
of Brownsville, Republican national
committeeman contended that the
fruit pest had appeared in only
three or four isolated instances. and
that only. partial crop regulation
will be necessary.
California demanded that the en-
tire citrus crop of Texas this year
be destroyed, to protect the Florida
and California crops from the pest.
After hearing arguments from
both delegations and reports from
entomologists, the board took its
decision under advisement for ten
days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21

making doll clothes. She didn't
realize how close she had come to
death, nor how she had been held
on this side Of the border by the
valiant fight and vigil of her mother
and father, her aunt, Mrs. K. B.
Whitworth of Cleveland; DR..
Sheppler Of Brooklyn, Mich, and
Miss Gibbs, a trained nurse.
Betty Ann is the 4-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Wright of Toledo. She and her par
ents were spending the weekend
with her aunt, Mrs. Whitworth of
Cleveland, at her cottage at Wolf
Lake, Mich, six miles from Brook
Ign, near jackson.
Leg Turned Black
There was only a little red mark
on Betty AIMS leg to show where
the snakes fangs had struck, but
in a few moments the chubby leg
began to turn black, and Betty
AIMS father called Or. Sheppler
of Brooklyn
He immediately diagnosed the
case as snakebite. He said that in
his many years of practice he had
had only eight cases of this sort,
and he prescribed whisky at once.
Then he made an inch-deep cut
where the reptile had struck, to
bring blood.
Snake bites of the type she re-
ceived paralyze the nerve centers
and brings death in comparatively
short time, the doctor told Mrs.
Wright.
Writes Whisky Prescription
They also CONCEAL the blood, he
said, which was the reason the ar
teries in the child's leg became hard
their entire length.
DR.. Sheppler hastily wrote out a
prescription for whisky; it was
filled, and Betty Ann was given a
half teaspoonful every half hour
from the time she was bitten, 4
o'clock Saturday afternoon, until 8
the following Monday morning.
DIR. Sheppler explained that the
whisky saved the baby's life. Some
thing, in the case of snakebite, al
ways is necessary to keep up the
heart action because of the para
lying of the nerve centers, he ex-
planned.
Recalls Indiana Case
The statement recalled the case
of the child Of the attorney general
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
PLAN POWELL RITES
War Veteran and Journalist
Knew Many Celebrities.

Funeral services for William A.
Powell. 81-year-old Civil war veteran
who died Sunday night, will be held
from the family home, 1921 E. Iowa
s., at 2 p. m. Wednesday. Burial
win be in Crown Hill cemetery.
Powell was widely known in news
paper circles, having started in the
business when he was IA years old.
He worked both as a printer and
as an editorial man.
During the course of his news
paper wanderings, Mr.. Powell be-
came acquainted with Mark Twain,
Buffalo Bill, Bob Burdette, and other
celebrities. Once he employed
James NJ. Cox, who later became
a Democratic nominee for president.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Harriet
Bond Powell; two sons, Roland M.
Powell, Chicago, and George L. Po-
well. indianapolis, eight grandchil-
dren and nine great grandchildren.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
new AIR LINE PAYS
Mail Contract on Pittsburgh
Route Profitable.

BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON, June 21.-An air
mail contract route which expert
enced air mail contractors refused
to bid for is proving one of the most
profitable routes in the country.
1t is the Pittsburgh Youngstown
Cleveland route awarded to Clifford
Ball, Pittsburgh aviation enthusiast.
Ball was the only bidder and he
asked So pound for carrying mail
the short route, one of the highest
prices paid by the Government. But
because he had no opposition and
his bid was regular, he got the con-
tract.
With small amount of equip
ment he launched his service and
to the surprise of postal officials. it
Is proving a real money maker.
Pittsburgh business men are proving
their desire to back an airport,
through large patronage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
Gone, but Not Forgotten


Automobiles reported stolen to
police belong to:
H. D. Buchanan. 408 N. New Jer-
sey ST., Ford; 507-647; from in front
of that address.
Lutte Collins, 1898 S. Belmont
Ave; Ford; 573-478; from Capitol
Ave. and Market st.
Maurice Shields, Danville, Ind;
Ford; from Capitol Ave. and Mar
ket SITS.
john Sugrue, 422 N. State Ave.
Buick? 563-238; from Meridian St
and Monument Pl.
Mrs. Martha Jane Snyder, 1924
Cottage Ave; Chevrolet; 545-377:
from Virginia Ave. and Washington
st.
DR.. T. r. Rubbish, London, Ind;
Hupmobile; 1921; from Meridian
and st. Clair SITS.
Automobiles reported found by
police belong to:
Lutte Collins, 1888 S. Belmont
Ave; Ford; found at 324 w. Geor-
gia st.
Thomas Sparks, 12131a E. Twenty
Third ST.; WHY'S knight; found at
Sixteenth and Pennsylvania SITS.
Fred Virtue, Sphinx Hotel; Ford;
found at Troy Ave. and Bluff Rd
Harvey Handy. Logansport. Ind,
Ford; found at Warman and Wash
ington SITS.
William Tooney, 344 w. Thirtieth
ST.: Oakland, found at Tibbs Ave.
and Washington st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
GREETINGS SENT
ENGLISH EDITOR
Ocean Phone Used on Blum
enfield Anniversary.

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, June 81. - Two
famous newspaper streets joined to-
day in honoring Ralph D. Blumen-
field, chairman and editor Of The
Daily Express, London, England.
While Blumenfeld's colleagues
were assembled at the Savoy Hotel,
London, at luncheon rendered the
editor on the completion Of forty
years in Fleet Street." Roy w.
Howard, chairman of the board Of
Scripps-H Howard newspapers, tele-
phoned Park Rows congratulations
across the Atlantic.
Blumenfeld was born in Water
town, Wis, in 1864, and gained
some of his newspaper knowledge
on the Milwaukee Journal.
In 1887 Blumenfeld was a cor
respondent of the old United Press
in Europe and returning from that
assignment he became editor of The
Evening Telegram. Later he was
with The New York Herald before
going to the London paper.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
ILLINOIS u. PROFESSOR
HEADS TESTING SOCIETY
Engineering Research Body Begins
French Lick Sessions.

BIZ Times Special
FRENCH LICK SPRINGS, Ind,
June 21-Praised as one who re-
placed guessing about steels endur-
ance with accurate measurement,
DR.. Herbert Fisher Moore, Urbana,
Ill, twenty years professor of en-
gineering materials at the University
of Illinois, today was unanimously
elected president of the American
Society of Testing Materials at the
opening session of its silver anniver-
sary convention here.
DR.. Moore announced, immediate
ly after his election, that encourag-
ing progress has been made during
the past year in the society's efforts
to eliminate rust, chief destroyer Of
metals, and to discover which met
ais can best endure terrific factory
heat which is becoming increasingly
essential to maintain Americas Su-
premacy among manufacturing ma
tons.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
DENIES COURT EXISTS
Attorney Argues Appellate Bench
Was Abolished in 1901.

Argument that the Appellate
Court does not exist was used in an
effort to convince the Supreme
Court to oyerrule an appellate
opinion by Attorney John w. Beck
er Monday.
The case was that of Mrs. Carolins
O'Connor against her husband,
Joseph S., now of Los Angeles. Judg-
ment for support had been obtained
in Marion County Superior Court
and sustained by the Appellate
Court
Baker appeared on behalf of M.
O'Connoc g. Co., indianapolis,
against whom an attempt was made
to collect. He declared that the law
creating the appellate Court was
repealed in 1907 80.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
ARREST OWNER OF CAFE

Harry Casio Sold Near Beer as
real Stuff" Say Sleuths.
Harry Casio, proprietor of the De
Luxe Cafe, 3116 w. Sixteenth ST.,
today faced trial on charges of
violating the prohibition law. fol-
lowing a raid on his cafe last night,
by Federal officers.
Casio was arrested on a warrant
sworn out by officers who allege they
purchased white mule" in the cafe.
A quantity OF what was believed to
be beer" was confscated, but in
vestigation revealed that it was
'near-beer." Officers said Casio
had been selling it as real stuff"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
Ohio ChildS Life Sa1ed By Whisky
Prescribed for Bite of RattleSnake

Betty Ann Wright, a To-
ledo (Ohio) child, qOas bitten
By "a rattlesnake at Wolf
Lake, Michigan, more than q
1Oeek ago. NoaO she's sitting
up in bed, 1Oitk her Teddy
Bear, seaOing ON her doll
clothes and refusing to a0orry.
The doctor has told her that
she will be as good as neD IN
ta0o weeks. The physician
declares that aOhisky, prompt
~ administered, sdued her
life, stirring mem interest in
Ohio over Indiana'S medicinal
liquor Wdr.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
RattIc Warehouse Blaze

Three companies battlcd a Stub
born blaze in the warehouse of the
Commercial Box Co, 1410 S. CAPITOL
Ave, for three hours late last night.
The fire started in excelsior and
piles of inflammable material. It
was thought that tramps who sleep
in the vicinity might have started
the blaze. Damage was estimated
at $3.50.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
Veteran Educator Is Buried

BIZ Times Special
VALPARAISO, Ind, June 90
Funeral rites we're held here for
William F. Ellis. 60. instructor of
education at Valparaiso University
for eighteen years. He died Satur-
day of paralysis. He had been
teaching 'forty-three years and was
superintendent of schools at Knox
and Bremen before joining the
Valparaiso faculty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
FEDERAL RELIEF FUND
FAVORED BY SENATOR
Congress Will Consider Special
Disaster Provision.

Congress Will Consider = Special
Disaster Provision.
BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON, June 21.-A Fed
eral emergency relief fund to be
used in case of national disaster
is to be proposed to Congress this
fall by Senator Elmer Thomas
DEM, Oklahoma.
A special treasury fund would be
created from which the President
would make appropriations to fur
nish relief to sufferes from floods,
fires. earthquakes, storms, drouths,
famines, plaques, pestilences and
other disasters in any part of the
United States. In addition pro-
vision would be made for defraying
Administration expenses as we'll as
the settling up of relief work ma
chinery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
SELECT PIONEER MODEL
City Casts Most Votes for Bryant
Baker Statue.

Indianapolis has followed six
other large cities in choosing the
Bryant Baker model for the
Pioneer Woman" to be placed in
the Cherokee strip in Oklahoma.
The twelve models submitted for
reproduction in Oklahoma had been
on exhibit here for a month and
the Baker model received almost
twice the number of first place votes
accorded any other. The exhibit
was held at the John Heron Art
Institute.
Cities which previously had voted
for the Baker model are New York,
Boston, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Buffalo
and Cincinnati.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
Fathcr-In-Law Held in stabbing

IN TWCs NDecidI
EVANSVILLE, Ind, June 2l.-
Charged with assault and battery
with intent to kill his law,
Fred Hoover, Charles Wright, "a. is
in Jail here. Hoover is in a critical
condition, the result of knife wounds
received in fight with his wife's
father.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
FOUR GET COMMISSIONS

Indianapolis Men on U. S. Army
Reserve Corps List.
-Four Indianapolis men are among
number of Indianans to receive
United States Army reserve corps
commissions, according to a War
Department announcement today.
The four are Donald A. Campbell.
1923 Hamilton Ave; William P.
Holtzna an. 2515 N New Jersey St:
DR.. Homer L. Wales, l847 Highland
Pl.; Theodore j. Van Gestel SOL
E. Washington st.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
EX-MAY0R RETURNED
TO FACE INDICTMENT
Princeton, Man Lays Charges to His
Political Foes.

BIZ Timcs Special
PRINCETON, Ind, June 21.-For :
mer Mayor Charles Niemier was to
be returned here today to face in
dictment on a charge of embezzllng
city funds, during his term as
mayor from 1922 to 1926.
Niemier left Princeton soon after
the State board of accounts began
a check of his record. He was ar
rested in Detroit. The Gibson
County grand jury indicted him on
twenty-one counts. Clarence Runner,
city clerk under Niemier, also is
sought.
Niemier charged that his indict-
ment was the work of political enc
mics. who Framed" him, using testi-
mony Of bootleggers to whom he
had given stiff fines.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
JURY NEARLY READY
FOR MURDER TRIAL
Rigsby Case Testimony Likely to
Begin Wednesday.

BIZ Times Special
NEWCASTLE, Ind, June 21.-State
and defense attorneys expect to
complete selection of a jury by eve
ming to hear the case Of Melvin S.
Rigsby, "a, former Shirley town
marshal, charged with the murder
of Herman Riggs, farmer, in a pool
room fight April /.
First evidence will be heard
Wednesday morning, it is expected.
Rigsby sits between his wife and
his mother as attorneys question
prospective teslesmen about their at
titude on the death penalty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
PENALTY FITS HIS ALIBI
Judge Skeptical of picture Story"
Told by Defendant.

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, June 21.-Harvey
johnson of Chicago cried to make
the court believe he got that way
when he fell to the floor while
hanging picture.
Judge Joseph Burke knew better
and sentenced johnson to have his
picture taken while his head was
shaved and to hang it on a wall
at home. The judge further or
dered johnson to look at the pic
ture whenever he wanted to take
a drink.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
BeIva Gaertner Gets AIimonr

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, June 21.-MrS. Belva
Gaertner, one of the inspirations of
the play, Chicago" who was &C
quilted several years ago of the
murder of an admirer. has been
granted $225 a month temporary
alimony. -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
STATE C0NCLAVE OF
De M0LAY is OPENED
Scores of Boys in Terre Haute for
Convention.

Scores OF Boys in Terre Haute for
Convention.
BIZ United Press
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, June 21.-
The first State conclave of De
Molay got under way here Tuesday
when incoming trains, buses, trac-
ton cars and automobiles brought
scores of members to the city.
Senator Arthur r. Robinson will
speak, and Louis G.. Lower, of
Kansas City, who is known as the
first De Molay, will trace the growth
of the organization. Ed j. Schoon-
over, member emeritus, grand council
for Indiana, is also on the program.
A tour of the Wabash Valley. a
huge street parade and dance will
be entertainment features.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
PLANE FORCED DOWN
Oil Trouble Stops Blacks Air Yacht
Near Bagdad.

BIZ United Press
BAGDAD, June 21.-Van Lear
Blacks F'okker air yacht in which he
is en- route from Amsterdam to
Batavia, Dutch East Indies, was
forced down today at Hinaidi short
ly after the craft left here at a. m
Black. publisher of the Baltimore
Sun, left Amsterdam last week ac-
companied by pilots, a mechanic and
a valet. and reached here by way
Of Budapest, Constantinople, and
Aleppo
Oil feed trouble compelled the
plane TO descend.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
NEPHEW OF DAWES i
WILL SEEK DIVORCE

William NJ. Alleges WIFE Dee
serted Him.
BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, June 21.-'%iiiiiam M.
Dawes. nephew of Vice President
Charles G.. Dawes, will seek di-
vorce from the former Miss Nancy
Keenan, of Parksburg, N. Y it was
learned today.
The petition will be on grolGsS,
of desertion and probably willv<s
filed today, 1t was learned the
couple had not lived together for
two years.
7 Dawes and his wife, one Of the
most attractive women in the
younger married set. we're married
seven years ago last Sunday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
Mrs. Rozelle Visits Coolidge.

BIZ Times Special
y RAPID CITY, S. D., June I'll
Mrs. Frank Rozelle of Lagrange,
Ind, visited President Coolidge for
a few minutes here. Mrs. Rozelle's
husband was chief of the Indiana
Republican speakers bureau in
1924-26.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
Lutherans Elect Officers

M Times Special
s FIT WAYNE, Ind, June 21.-Cen-
trail istrict of the Missouri Luth-
era, mod. in conventioA at Con-
COZ College here, elected the Rev.
w LiSchtsinn of Hammond
p mt and the Rev. Paul Klein
J of Cleveland vice president.
4.4ofe than 600 delegates from Ohio,
Kentucky and Indiana are attend
ing the session.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
JUDGE SEVERE WITH
\ DRUNKEN MOTORISTS
Two Get Heavy Sentences for Driv-
ing When Intoxicated.

ing When Intoxicated.
Severe sentences were given to
two alleged drunken drivers who
figured in automobile accidents
Saturday by Judge Paul Wetter in
municipal court Monday afternoon.
Clarence Roller of 702 E. Georgia
St, was fined $72 and given thirty
days in Jail.
Bernard Haugher of 500 Abbott
ST., was fined $l85 and given a Jail
sentence of thirty days. Haugher
was alleged to have hit two different
cars at different street intersections.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
CITY SEEKS CONVENTION
National Sanitary Engineering May
Meet Here In 1925.

Meet Here In 1928.
indianapolis is making strong
bid for the 1928 convention of the
National Society of Sanitary En-
sineers, drawi:,g about 3,0CS dele
gates. The 1927 meeting opened in
Minneapolis yesterday.
Frank Irish, president of the local
and state sanitary engineers and
James A. Diggle, local treasurer,
urged Indianapolis as a convention
city at. Minneapolis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
H0OSIER EDUCATOR DIES
Pneumonia Causes Death of Hamlet
Allen, 10.

BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON. Ind, June 21.-
Hamlet Allen, rs, for thirty-five
years prominent Indiana educator
and local high school principal, died
here last night of pneumonia at
the home of his son-in-law, DR.. G.
j. Burris, secretary to the State
board of dental examiners.
MIR. Allen had been secretary OF
the Baptist Association, an organiza-
ton of fourteen counties, for al
most half a century.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-06-21
NaUal Curb Comparison

comparison the American naval limitation
posal present strength follows:
figures latest estimates Of the United
Institute Annapolis include ships author
building The cruiser figures for
modern" shps-namey those less than twenty old:
CRUISERS
Tonnage Tonnage
authorized
Britain. $50 100000 100000
Japan ......... 10000 10000 $4,000
DEsTRoYERs
United States. .2OOOoO-25oOOO 334,684
Great Britain. 200O00-250O00 211,965
Japan .......... 000O-1 10000 10588o
o. SUBMARINES
United States 6oOOo-9OOoo 5937s of Cmssn, 4445O
Great Britain y -. 1920
Japan >.........., .3s,000-54O0O 65,5H
Unofa figures tonnage including ships
part present effective strengths approximately
United States 334325; Britain 3S7O Japan 247665
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-01
Now Possible to Obtain
Private Profit from Air
Mail Nation Developed

WASHINGTON, June 80. - The
western leg of the rans-continental
air mail service between Chicago and
San Francisco will be turned over to
the Boeing Airplane Company at mid
night tonight, Postmaster General
New announced today, and converted
also into a passenger service.
The postoffice department will con-
tinue to operate the eastern division,
Chicago to New York, until August
1, when it will be given to the Ma
tional- Air Transport Company.
The Boeing Company will inaugu-
rate air passenger service to the Pa
cific coast with its fleet of 81 planes,
all of sufficient size to carry two pas
sengers and the mail cargo, officials
said.
Virtually the entire air mail per-
sonnet of the western division, in
Guiding pilots and mechanics, will be
taken over by the new contractor.
The governments planes were sold
at prices SO low as to arouse talk of
an investigation for graft.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-01

industry, and a regular member of
the organization.
Walker Responsible.
| am moved to make this appeal on
account of your immediate response
bility as Chief Magistrate, for the
correction of such intolerable condi-
tions. therefore respectfully ask the
opportunity of formally presenting
the matter to you in a specific and
detailed manner, with confidence that
you will promptly exercise your Off
cial power to check the abuses, there
by vindicating the constitutional
rights of our citizens and reestablish-
ing the orderly processes of Govern
ment in the community.
The gravity of the situation, in
volving daily peril to life and limb
inevitably follow such a gross per-
version of law urge me most respect
fully to ask for reply to this COM
munication at the earliest possible
moment.
With assurances of my continued
high respect and esteem, am
Sincerely,
(signed) FRANK P. WALSH.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-01
Bureau Of Labor Admits
Its Figures on Favorable
Labor Conditions False

WASHINGTON, June 80 (FPl.
Cost of living figures compiled
monthly by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics and widely used in non
union industries to determine wage
rates, are obsolete and unreliable,
the bureau admits. The system
used to obtain the figures was es-
tablished 10 years ago when stan
dards were much below the 1927
level.
The figures are obviously bal
anced against the worker and in
favor of the employer, the bureau
intimates, but nevertheless have
been used steadily to depress, in
effect, wages in many industries
where unions have not been able
to kick the cost Of living theory
into the wastebasket.