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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
Just Wisdom
That's What Ford Wants
in His Christmas
Stocking.

DETROIT, Dec. 24.-Henry
~ Ford broke his precedent of
many years today and consented
to tell reporters in half wistful
and entirely informal way what
a captain of industry wants for
Christmas.
The automobile magnate stepped
out of conference room and
found himself in a little group OF
newspaper men.
what do you want for Christ
mas, Mr.. Ford?"
what do I want? Well, for
myself, nothing-unless what Solo
mon asked for-wiSdom.
"But for America I would like
to see every man back on his job.
Increased wages would result. 1t
may seem better to hire 200 men
at So day than fifty men at So
a day, but I don't believe it works
out that way.
keep up wages and you set in
motion works that employ all. If
that fact we're understood better
it would be a real Christmas for
America"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK. Dec. 24-"so
4S you couldn't come up to the
tree?" doomed the jolly Santa
Claus. replete not in red and
whiskers, but in wing collar, dark
coat and gray trousers.
mo SIR" said 13-year-old Louis
Babakidis politely from the hos
pital bed in which his broken
bones have been mending for more
than six weeks.
"Well, I brought some Of it
down to you" Santa countered,
producing a big tin airplane.
"And do you know who this is?"
interjected a nurse.
Jaw" said Louis, ''it's Al Smith"
On another cot Santa found
bright-eyed, 7-year-old Gertrude
Acquina. The tag on her bed
showed that she lived on Oliver
street, where Al Smith was born
and lived in his boyhood. Santa
found good things for her.
Here is fine pair of roller
skates for you," Smith told a
little boy. These are the same
kind I used to skate around in
City Hall park. Be careful now,
because we co not want you back
in here as patient again"
A ND thus with its eyer-popular
IA former Governor leading the
way, New York forgot today about
the stock market and business
prospects and railroad consolida-
tons in the joyfulness of Christ
mas.
While great throngs of shoppers
jostled each other to make last
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
Smiles and Tears MingIe on
Zoe of Christmas in Indiana
Death a Welcome Gift

PU Times Special
Z EVANSVILLE, Ind, Dec. "a. -
~ Van Laycock, &c, wanderer,
had his last wish gratifed-to die
before Christmas. After wander
ing over the nation in futile
search for relief from tuberculosis,
Laycock was found near death
in a railroad station here twelve
days ago. He was removed to a
hospital and after bidding fare
well to his widowed sister and her
three little children, he lay in the
tubercular ward and met death
with smile.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
CAT DIES IN ATTEMPT
TO SAVE HER BROOD
Loses Life After Two Tries to Res
cue Kittens From Fire.

Loses Life After Two Tries to Res
cue Kittens From Fire.
BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.-Call
her crazy cat, if you like. She
didn't even have a name, this little
white, fuzzy mother, but she died q
heroine.
Men who growled as their scores
shot skyward on the Columbia Coun-
try Club golf course often saw her
as she padded about.
Some said she was bad luck. 9th
erS, ION their game" stopped to pet
her. Then she disappeared.
They told the story today, and it
explained all. A barn near the
course was ablaZe. Some watching
the fire saw the little cat come
streaking across the fairway and
rush into the flaming structure. Her
brood of kittens was there.
In a few moments she crawled
out, burned badly. But she rested
only a few second and then
whirled about and plunged again
into the barn. A gasoline drum ex-
ploded. She did not come out again.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
DOCTORS TO REPORT
ON PANTAGES' HEALTH
Theater NIagnate Wants to Go
Home Christmas.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec. A.
t9Ye physicians reported at the
county Jail today to examine Alex
ander Pantages, the millionaire
theatrical man, who has appealed
to a higher court from his convic-
ton on charges of assaulting IT.
year-old Eunice Pringle.
Pantages wants to go home for
Christmas. His attorneys say he is
suffering from acute heart attacks
and that unless he is released on
bond, he may die in Jail.
There is said to be little likelihood
OF PantageS getting home for
Christmas. It is more probable that
the report of the doctors will be
held over until Thursday, when the
theatrical executives appeal is to
be heard.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
FLIERS LEAP SAFELY

PARIS, Dec. 24.-Joseph Lebrix,
famous French ocean f1ier, and his
companion on a flight to Indo China
escaped death by parachute leaps,
when their plane crashed in India,
messages received Monday, said.
Lebrix was not hurt, but his COM
panion, Rossi, was slightly injured.
The two f1iers abandoned the craft
in mid-air, taking to their para
chute. The plane was torn to pieces
in the fall and the mail was be-
lieved to have been destroyed. Lebrix
notified officials by wireless.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
Wife MURDER
CASE DROPPED
FROM DOCKET
Court Action at Valparaiso
Recalls GreWSone Stay
ing in 1925.
P.p Times Special

RI I tmfS cDSCtut
VALPARAISO, Ind, Dec. "a
Judge Grant Crumpacker has dis
missed among ninety-five other
criminal cases on the Porter cir
cult court docket one entitled the
State of Indiana against Luis De-
siderio, recalling one of the most
grewsome murders in the history of
this section of Indiana.
Desiderio, believed to have fed to
Italy after Staying his young wife,
Josephine, mother Of three children,
was known as a gangster operating
in Gary and Chicago. Jealousy of
the husband and alleged unfaith-
fitness of the wife are believed to
have been motives for the murder.
The body of the woman was found
April &c, 1925. She had been shot
three times and an effort made to
destroy the body with fire. In ad-
dition, the body was badly mutt
lated. A string of cheap, gray glass
beads were still around the neck.
Nearby was vanity case from
which a shiny little powder box
had rolled. Nothing but a scrap of
lining from a coat sleeve remained
Of the clothing. The body was
found at the side of the Mosqui-
town road, between Chesterton and
FurnesSville.
1t was only after an extended in
vestigation by Sheriff w. B. Forney
and Coroner A. o. DobbinS that the
body was identified. Porter county
grand jury returned a murder in
dictment against Desiderio, but he
was never found. This case and
the others dismissed had been on
the docket four years or more with
out any arrests being made.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
Shivery Christmas
RI Times SDeciaI

7
~ REENSBURG, Ind, Dec. "a.
" Charles Smith, IA, living
near here, is in a Frustrated con-
dition as result of being robbed
of most of his clothing while
hunting for Christmas tree near
his home. The boy said man
showed gun against him and
compelled him to remove all his
outer clothing, then ordered him
to hurry home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
Just Another Day
Pr Times SDectdL

RI Times SDecidl
ID OCKVILLE, Ind, Dec. "a. -
IN Merry Christmas" means
nothing in the home of Roscoe
Anterior, farmer. Despite his
plea that his wife and children
were starving, Anterior was given
a one to ten-year prison term in
Parke circuit court by Judge
Howard Maxwell. The farmer
stole and slaughtered a heifer
belonging to Dan and Bert Cot
trell, his neighbors. The carcass
was found in the attic of his
home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
Everybody'S Party
RI Times Special

DOONVILLE, Ind, Dec. "a. -
I'D Grownups and children of
Boonville and vicinity will at
tend a community Christmas
program in the courthouse square
here Wednesday afternoon. Gifts
will be distributed to children. A
program of carols will be pre-
sented by a chorus Of more than
300 voices.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
Gifts for 1000

RI lWfS NDfCtuJ
ENGLISH, Ind, Dec. "a. - A
H community Christmas party
at which 1000 children were
guests, was given here today,
sponsored by the Lions Club and
other organizations. Five hun
dred pounds of candy, in addi-
ton to nuts and fruit, were dis
tributed by Santa Claus.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
Knife Defends Santa

BIZ FHitcd Press
EAST CHICAGO, Ind, Dec. "a.
bursting the Santa Claus bub-
bic is dangerous pastine around
9-year-Old Leroy Johnson. Joe
Ba.els, IL, started to tel Leroy all
about the hoax to which he had
been a victim these many years.
Leroy. however. was staunch de-
fender of Santa. He pulled a
knife and started TO white the
truth into JOe's hands. Joe was
badly cut.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24

minute purchases, thousands of
packages of food and clothing were
distributed by willing hands in
metropolitan relief centers and
chimes and carols spread their
music of good cheer. Railroad
terminals were damned with holi-
day travellers and hotel Hobbies
resounded with laughter of thou
sands of visitors.
There were even prospects that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
U. S. BANK TAKEN OVER
Special Deputy Placed in Charge
to Assist Liquidation.

BIZ JHtte1 Press
HARRISBURG, Pa, Dec. 24.-The
state banking department an
nounced today that it had taken
over the United States Bank and
Trust Company of Philadelphia with
deposits of 100000.
William H. Smith, a special dep
uty of the department, has been
placed in charge as agent to assist
in hcuidations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
Canned Christmas

BIZ 1iMeS NDeCtUT
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Dec. "a.
ID A can of food was the price
of admission to three theaters
here as a means of filling larderS
in homes of needy families at
Christmas time. Nearly all the
food was brought by children. The
Family Welfare Society sponsored
the program with the slogan,
Bread may be the staff of life,
but canned goods are the pork
and beans" Those attending
brought 1900 cans of food.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
Poor Need More Aid

PH Times Special
UT. WAYNE. Ind, Dec. "a. 49,
II Because calls for aid are
more numerous this year than
ever before and the public re-
spouse less, the Salvation Army
has made a special appeal for
larger contributions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
Red Suit Wears Well
RU Times Special

HU Times NDecidJ
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Dec. "a. -
II o. c. Carr, Evansville bank
er, is playing Santa Claus for
the twenty-seventh consecutive
time this year. He is wearing a
costume that has served for the
last twenty-five years. Carr start
ed his Santa Claus career when
II in Mt. Vernon, his home town.
Among his stops are the Chill
dren's Guardian Home and the
Protestant Home for the Aged.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
A La Carte
l.We alsn serve Rahhit !

eve also serve Rabbit Hash"
This sentence is not taken
from a menu but from a petit
ton filed with the public serv-
ice commission by the Vevay-
Cincinnati Bus Company, Inc,
Rising Sun, Ind.
The petition asks for per-
mission to operate line from
Vevay to the Indiana-Ohio
state Line. 1t sets out in the
language quoted above, that
the town of Rabbit Hash, KY,
is now served by the company.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
THEY ALWAYS KNOW HIM
Al Plays SANTA But Cant Fool Kids

Christmas day itself would be
"white" here. A storm of almost
blizzard intensity brought two
inches of snow to the city Mon
day. Later, however, a good bit of
it turned to slush and the weather
bureau could not promise that the
whiteness would last.
But regardless of weather, New
York made the day before Christ
mas a iOllV one.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
Employer Shoots Woman Clerk

Blu United Press
STEUBENvILLE, O., Dec. PA
charge of murder in the first degree
today faces Ray M. Galbraith, Al, Of
Smithfield, O., who shot Mrs. Edith
Morocco, %, a clerk in his store in
a dispute over wages. Smith then
turned the gun on himself, infiicting
a slight wound.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
YULE SPIRIT IN COURT
With Out Home; Gets Freedom
Gift, From Country Prosecutor.

Thomas Loughery, Philadelphia,
stepped into the Christmas spirit,
and good luck, in Judge Wether'S
court Monday.
Charged with vagrancy, he told
the court he had no home.
When Charles Karabell, pros
ecutor, found Loughery was from
Philadelphia, Pa, KarabelPs home
city, the prosecutor reached into his
pocket and Liughery, discharged,
walked out of court 81 richer than
when he entered.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
Tree Lights Stolen
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times SDectH
A LEXANDRIA, Ind, Dec. "a.
IA "A guard has been placed
over the community Christmas
tree here because three colored
electric light bulbs we're stolen
from it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
AIRPORT CONTRACTS LET
Low Bid of $4,000 Is Awarded
General Construction Work.

C. T. Caldwell, low bidder on the
municipal airport general contract,
today was awarded the contract to
build the administration-hangar
building by the board of works. The
bid was $4,000.
c. NJ. Cotton received the plumb
ing contract and G. L. Smith the
electrical contract.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
HOLD CITY HALL PARTY
Employees Exchange Gifts; Slack
Receives Set of Books.

City employees held a Christmas
party about tree at city hall to-
day, and Mayor L. Ert Slack was
presented with complete Burns
Revised Statutes, with 1929 supple
ment, bearing his name. He will
re-enter practice of law in January,
upon retirement from the mayors
Office.
Krause's Cardinals furnished mu-
sic at the party and dancing was
held from II to 3 o'clock.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24

Scout car nine to 900 Blank
street, a murderw The apparatus
pictured In the top photograph
will relay the message to Indian
apolis police automobiles patrol
ling the city.
The picture shows the broad
casting set Of WMDz, new police
radio, in the K. of P. building, to
begin operation Thursday.
In the center photo, Sergeant
John Sheehan and Tom Aulls,
driver, on the alert for the voice
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
DIES DEFENDING RING
Widower Shot by Bandits Pleading
to Retain Keepsake.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-Pleading
to be allowed to keep an inexpensive
gold ring his wife gave him before
she died several years ago, Elias ELL
mond, 60, was slain Monday night
by two young bandits, who held up
the Paris avenue shoe store, in
which he clerked.
The bandits had taken SIS from
the cash register, but they de-
manded the ring, too. Edmond tried
to explain, but they would not take
no for answer. They tried to pull
it from his finger. The widower
resisted and then two shots rang
out. The bandits fed. Edmond
kept his ring.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
Saying 1t With Coin
RI Times Special

RI tNtb8 NDbCtuI
WABASH, Ind, Dec. "a. -
w Employees of the G. M. Dierl
Machine Works will draw an
average of $3.50 each as Christ
mas bonus, their share Of profits
in the last year. Bonuses are paid
with reference to good workman
ship, suggestions and punctuality.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
He's In Again
M Ttlnrs SpccinI

VW TIWF2 NDCciUf
TTEIRRE HAUTE. Ind, Dec. "a.
4 Lewis DeVallen, who says
he has spent seventeen of his
twenty EIGHT years serving SEN
fences, will be a prisoner on
Christmas day. He was SEN
fenced to one year at the state
penal farm by Circuit Judge John
Jeffries for stealing chickens. A
companion, Jesse Underwood, II,
received the same sentence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
STEALS P00R'S CANDY
Burglar Gets Away With so Boxes,
Intended Christmas Gifts.
Bp United Press

Br United Press
ELIZABETH, N. j., Dec. PA
burglary by a man who apparently
preferred to gorge himself on fifty
boxes of candy rather than have
them distributed among poor fam
lilies was discovered Monday.
Sunday night, fifty boxes Of
Christmas candy were stolen from
the Bayway community house of the
Standard Oil Company of New Jer-
sey at 500 Bayway. The candy was
to be included in baskets for the
poor. Nothing else in the house
had been touched.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
MERCATOR PARTY HELD
Exchange Gifts and Give Program
at Annual Club Luncheon.

indianapolis Mercator Club held
its annual Christmas party at the
Columbia Club at noon today for
members and their families. Gifts
were exchanged. Miss Betty Lou
Knowles, daughter of Paul Knowles,
ce-preSident of the club, gave a
Christmas dance number.
Harold Hampton, Fred Denny, DR..
George King, Elmer Wiebke, George
Wiegand and Oscar Schnabel COM
prised the committee in charge. A
purse was made up to care for a
needy family Christmas day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
High School Girl Missing

MONTPELIER, Ind, Dec. 24.-No
trace has been found Of Eloise
Foyer, 16-year-old high school girl
missing since Friday. 1t is believed
she has gone to Kentucky to be
married, by her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. e. A. Foyer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
Safety First

HAMMOND, Ind, Dec. "a
L 4 Herman Anderson isn't a
trusting soul. In a letter to
Hammond paper, he suggests that
persons who give Christmas pres
ents be compelled to enclose a
sales slip with each gift, showing
where it was purchased and the
person selling it, as protection
against receiving stolen property.
Anderson announces that any
gifts he receives without slips will
be returned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
Giving Without Consent

Bu Tunes SDect1l
ANDERSON, Ind, Dec. a. -
Somebody at Christmas Mother
headquarters gave away the
Christmas Mothers own galoshes
during a rush to supply clothes
for needy persons.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
GET CHRISTMAS OFF
No Garbage to Be Collected; Extra
Men on Thursday.

Change in the annual schedule of
garbage and ashes collection at
Christmas time was made known
today by Truly Nolan, Superinten-
dent of city garbage collection.
Heretofore garbage has been COL
lected Christmas day and the ashes
left for a week. This year, however,
all employees will be given a holiday
Wednesday. while extra men win be
employed Thursday to collect both
ashes and garbage. Speedier re-
movaI will result, Nolan said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
Snow Conquered
I lines SDecta.

IN I ime8 SDectdl
DLUFFTON, Ind, Dec. "a. 49,
ID After a motor trip through
snow blocked roads between here
and Berne, $50 cook books to be
distributed by Psi Iota Xxi sorority
as Christmas gifts are ready. The
books were printed here and the
trip to Berne was necessary to
get them bound. Four hours Of
shovel work was required to clear
the way for the automobile.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
Cheer Behind Bars

NFFENDERS against society.
" prisoners in Indiana penal
institutions, will share in Christ
mas cheer. A special dinner,
program and distribution Of
magazines is planned at the state
prison. The privilege Of writing
letters to mothers has been grant,
ed inmates of the reformatory. A
Christmas program will be given
in the chapel and a special din
ner served.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24

emanating from their receiving
set, to send the big emergency car
screaming through city streets to
the scene of crime or accident.
In the lower picture, Police
Chief Claude M. Worley is shown
speaking into the nicrophone on
his desk, one of three in police
headquarters, during tests of the
equipment.
Tests have proved the sets to
be satisfactory, except for few
minor adjustments on receiving
apparatus in some of the autos,
the chief said today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-24
Pirnples
Cleared Away

Muncie, Ind.-"Resinol Soap has
worked wonders for me. I had
been bothered for a few years
with pimples on my face and had
tried various soaps and lotions in
an effort to overcome this condi-
ton, but without success. Resinol
Soap was recommended to me, so
l tried it and have used it ever
since. 1t not only restored my
skin to a healthy, normal condi-
ton, but it has kept it so."-
(Signed) Mrs. J. o. Daley.
Resinolis recommended by doc
tors everywhere for almost all
types of skin disorders-eczema,
rashes, pimples, cloudy complex
ion. Spread on q little Resinol
Ointment at night; then wash OF
with Resinol Soap and hot water
in the morning. Do this once aday.
Try it yourself. 1T all druggists.
Fer free sample Of each. write
Rssinol, Dept. 50, Baltimore, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12

Church school buildings costing So
100000 will be erected in Montreal
Canada.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12

morning and afternoon under the
leadership of Albert r. Klemer, national
boys work secretary of the Young Mems
Christian Association. william Knowles
Cooper, general secretary of the local
Y. NJ. C. A, discussed number of as
ISOLATION problems. A business session
was held in the morning, with J. Milton
Patterson, vice chairman of the inter
state committee, presiding.
Most of the delegates returned to their
homes last night.
Many Problems Discussed.
A variety of problems affecting the
"Y" we're discussed at departmental
meetings during the convention. The
membership group recommended that
officials exercise greater care in inter-
viewing young men seeking help from
the association. The group also an
nounced that the Y. M C. A. must ad-
Just itself to meet outside agencies such
as public swimming pools, golf clubs,
dance halls, etc. ?. F. Palmer of Will
mington reported for the group, which
included Charles e. Lenderking and
Norman Lufburrow of Baltimore and
George w. Quick, G. e. Fleming, E. A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12

archdiocesan director Of the Propaga-
ton of the Faith and director of the
conference, committees have been
formed.
Miss Mary Louise Colliiower. presi-
dent of the local conference. will act
as student hostess and executive chair
man. Other committee chairmen are
James B. Horigan of GonZaga College,
chairman of the spiritual demonstration
committee; Miss Mary Smith. st.
Cecilia's Academy, chairman of the
social activity committee: Miss Patrice
Rice. Sacred Heart Academy. chairman
of the registration committee: Lee v.
Dante, chairman of the accommodations
committee, and Aeneas Collins, st.
Johns College, chairman of the COM
mittee on arrangements.