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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-28
DRYS PREPARE
TO COUNTERFEIT
Wet SMASHES
Ford, Rockefeller Jr. May
Be Asked to Testify
Before Hearing.
BY PAUL r. MALLON
United Press staff CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.-Al-
though unwilling to admit that
anti-prohibitionists have strength
ened their case materially during
the house judiciary committees pro-
hibition hearings, dry leaders are
leaving no stones unturned in their
efforts to offset the vigorous at
tack on the dry law made by some
of the nations biggest business men.
With this end in view, Henry
Ford, John D. Rockefeller Jr. and
other prominent industrial and bust
ness leaders favorable to prohibit
ton are expected to be invited to
testify when the drys start present.
ing their side of the case next
Wednesday,
The drys' plans have not yet been
revealed by E. G. Dinwiddie Of the
National Conference of Organiza-
tons Supporting the Prohibition
Amendment, who is in charge of
presenting their side in the hear
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-28

dogs feet and head and abandon
ing it in a field in Warfieigh, where
it was found a day later by G. E.
Maxwell, 3025 Broadway, who re-
leased it. The dogs feet were swol-
len badly when it was found, Max
we'll told police.
Cloat declares he believed the dog
would be found and bound it be-
cause it was a nuisance about his
home, police say. The animal be-
longed to Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Dodd,
residing in the same neighborhood.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-28
ASKS $4,000 DAMAGES
Restaurant Owner Charges Breach
of Contract in Suit.

Damages of 100000 against Mrs.
Nellie Sourbier, 1904 Washington
boulevard, guardian Of Edward G.
Sourbier, and the Fletcher National
bank as trustee, are asked in suit
on file today in Probate court by
William r. Claman, restaurant
operator.
Alleging breach of contract, the
suit contends Claman leased rooms
at 305 North Illinois street for use
as a restaurant five years ago, with
a provision that no other restaurant
was to be allowed to operate in the
building. Sourbier leased the build
ing two years later, in violation of
this agreement, the suit alleges.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-28
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

of policy that would lead to re-
bellion and once resulted in the
American colonies revolving against
Great Britain.
Johnston appealed to the congress
to stop prohibition before it is too
late"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-28

Candidacy Of George G. Schmidt
for the Republican nomination
for county surveyor was an
nounced today.
Schmidt, former Marion county
surveyor and city engineer, was
born and reared in Indianapolis.
He is head of the George @.
Schmidt 81 Co, civil engineers and
surveyors. Many Of the first hard
surfaced roads in the county
we're designed by him.
He is a member of the F. &
A. M, Scottish Rite, Shrine, Elks
Club and Knights Of Pythias and
lives at 1909 Winthrop avenue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-28
ings ON proposals to repeal OF
modify the dry law.


modify the dry law.
Have No Hopes
However, it is known that despite
the drys' certainty of victory insofar
as the present. bills are concerned,
they are anxious to counteract the
charges of leading vets with state
ments by equally prominent friends
of prohibition.
The vets, who still have several
more witnesses to be heard next
Tuesday, believe they have amassed
sufficient evidence on which to take
their case to the people in the COM
ing congressional elections, but they
are willing to admit privately they
have no hopes of getting any of
their proposals reported out by the
overwhelming dry judiciary commit
tee.
When the hearing began the vets
had no hope for the seven pending
repeal or modification bills, and they
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Change Claimed
The hearings were held ostensibly
for propaganda purposes, or in the
words Of Chairman Graham, to de-
velop whether there has been any
change in prohibition sentiment.
The vets claim they have shown e.
change, but the drys are preparing
to refute this.
President Hoover's enforcement
attitude was drawn into question
late Thursday by wet witnesses.
Henry Alan Johnston, representing
the voluntary committee of lawyers,
New York, declared President Hoo
ver's doctrine that IF a law is wrong
its rigid enforcement is the sureSt
guaranty of its repeal" was the kind
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-28
Woman Dies First

BIZ United Press
BLACKBURN, England, Feb. %
Mrs. william Rushton died
thirty-six hours before the death of
her husband, who left her approx
mately $4,000 in his will.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-28
FILLING STATION
H0LDUPS YIELD
$40 TO BANDITS
Two Robbed in Succession
by Same Pair; Driver
Relieved of Cab.

Two bandits in a Undiscovered car
obtained $40 in two holdups staged
in quick succession Thursday night.
From Joseph Sullivan, 10. of 705
West Hampton drive, Standard fill
ing station attendant at Oliver
avenue and White River boulevard,
the two got SIS, compelling him to
open the safe, he told police.
Twenty minutes later they took
. SOS from Alonzo Wright, 63, of 1920
Brookside avenue. attendant at q
filing station at Shelby street and
Fletcher avenue. Wright reported
LELAND Monchein, "a, Of 346 Ro-
Wena street, Red Cab driver, re-
ported he was robbed Of So and his
cab by a lone bandit, who engaged
the cab 10 drive to Sixteenth and
Talbot streets, and who bound
Monchein's hands and feet with
strips torn from waste rags in the
caR.
Believed Hiiackers
Raw Hall 1903 South Belmont
avenue: George Evans, $50 North
Delaware street, and Lawrence
Hiatt, 1862 South Belmont avenue,
held on vagrancy charges, are be-
lieved by police to be members Of a
rum running and hiiacSing gang.
A revolver was found in the car
in which the three we're riding, po-
lice say. Evans is alleged TO have
had a pocket filled with revolver
cartridges.
Nine holdups are declared by po
ice to be solved with arrests of two
Negroes, Tom Morris, alias Tom
Rhodes, %, Of 1864 Cornell avenue,
and Willie Miles. 81, of 1447 Mas
sachusetts avenue, both of whom are
charged with robbery. Both are
alleged to have confessed.
In the raid in which Morris was
arrested at the Cornell avenue ad-
dress Thursday afternoon Captain
Edward Helm and Patrolman Roscoe
wilkinson also arrested Cecil
Rhodes, 25, his wife Leona, "a; Marie
Morris, 10, wife of Tom Morris, Miss
Lucinda Burbridge, 20; Sam Fetch
er, 30, and his wife, Anna, %, all
Negroes, who are charged with
vagrancy.
Staged Alone
Morris admitting taking part in
nine holdupS, some of which he
Stageda lone, police said. He de-
clared he always placed a bit of
white paper on his cheek to cover
a mole and, after the holdupS re-
moved the patch, police said. The
bandit had become known to police
as the bandit with the white patch
on his face"
Robberies Morris is alleged to
have confessed are: Feb. 6, garage,
HOS Massachusetts, avenue, $35;
Feb. 8, candy store, Forty-sixth and
Keystone avenue, $40; Feb. II,
Haag drug store, College avenue
and Twenty-Second street, SLIGO;
FEB. IL, BrightWood street car con-
ductor, SIT; Feb. 20, Columbia av-
enue street car conductor, no loot;
Feb. 81. Jet drug store, Bellefon-
tame and Seventeenth streets, SIT;
Feb. 25, Brookside street car con-
ductor, SIS; Feb. %, Sweeneys
grocery, Columbia avenue and Fiji
tenth street, S92; Feb. 81, Haag
drug store. College avenue and
Twenty-second street, S35.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-28
HELD FOR CRUELTY
Man Charged With Torture
of Collie Dog.

Roy Cloat, 80, residing on Fifty
sixth street near Keystone avenue,
will face trial in municipal court
four today.
He is charged with tying a collie
Seward daily gateway., 1930-06-21
.PLA|NUM MINERS GET
 UNDER FAY F0R THIS
 SUMMERS ACTIVITIES
Special to the Gateway


 With the help of dog and rein deer teams, the GoodneWs Bay platinum miners have their equip ment and supplies on the ground. After the summers fuel has been collected for the various camps, then all will be ready for the first opportunity to turn the precious metal into the Sluice boxes.
 This platinum camp, the only one in Alaska, draws an increasing number of miners each year. Be- ginning with only four men in the summer of 1928 the camp has now grown to 25 men and promises to continue it's increase.
 Along with the mining operations considerable prospecting continues in an effort to discover additional pay ground Altho the camp IS a good one, it can not be said to have stampede importance, yet 1t IS more than grub stake proposition.
 The coming summer promises to be the biggest for the GoodnewS Bay platinum miners. And, snoulo these men succeed in adding more valuable ground to that which has already been discovered and is now being worked, the camp will indeed assume considerable proportions
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FREIGHT SCHEDULE
 ALASKA 5. ]. CO.

The Alaska Steamship Co. has arranged a regular freight schedule during the southbound salmon sea son. and effective June IA, will en- deavor to operate the steamships Aleutian, Yukon, Alaska, North western and Alameda as passenger vessels to the extent that all of the really freight cargo, such as lum- Der, automobiles, trucks, tractors and heavy bulky pieces of machin- ery. which were formerly carried on the deck on passenger vessels, will be carried on freighters. and the
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MILLS DESTROYED

WALLA WALI.A, Wash, June 20, (P)-A fire destroyed the mill ele- vator and warehouse of the North ern Flouring Mills here with an es- timated loss of between $150,0O0 and $2OO,0O0.
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Deputy U. S Marshal H. I. Sta ser of Anchorage has purchased a home on Fifth Avenue, at An chorage, has had it remodeled and has moved from above the bastile where he and his family formerly resided.
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passenger vessels will have nothing on deck except perishables
 The sailings of the freighters from Seattle will be as follows: Panama, July l; Oduna, July 8; De- pere, July IS; Denali, July p; Tan ana, July 29; Depere, August 12.
Seward daily gateway., 1930-06-21

Professor Robert McKinnon of Harvard University has been stu dying upper river Indians of Alas ka during the past winter and is aobut due to come out of there.
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Salmon and copper, between them. account for more than one half of Alaska's merchandise ex- ports.
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The value of fu1s produced in the Territory Cf Alaska from 1919 to 1928 amounted to SPA, ,995, ,979 ST.

Some beds of lignitic coal have been found on the Nuniyak and Nelson Islands.
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PAGE THREE

Try a Fresh Raspberry Sum dae'- ALASKA GROWN -- Schal- lerer's Alaska Shop.
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CLEANLINESS ano the best Of meats our motto. Fry -Bruhn's.
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Seattle lce Cream and Fresh Candies at Sylvia's.
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HAVE YOU HEARD THE NEW "OKEH" RECORDS at SYLVTA'S? THEY ARE WONDERFUL.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-19
Cal Coolidge We'll Up With High Salaried ColumniSts

Former President Coolidge. who
 made a name for himself by his economy Of words written or spoken. is now getting S2400 a week for less than 200 words daily. Al though that trihing sum is more than is received by o. o. Mcintyre
 or E. P. A. stil it is less than the
 sums Arthur Brisbane and Will Rogers pocket weekly.
 The Sage of Northampton has a guarantee of g a word on a mini l mum of l50 and a maximum of 200
 words daily and since he has become
 a syndicated columnist he has never gone below 1S0 words.
 Brisbane, pioneer columnist, is now realizing about s25o,0O0 yearly
 on his feature, Today" Will Ro- gers. who aims at and hits the humorous vein, gets about s3,000 weekly for his daily stunt.
 The popularity of Coolidge as a
 writer is indicated by the circulation 1 figures of a New York newspaper
 which has the New York rights to
 his column. After the daily article
 by the former president made it's ap- pearance. the circulation jumped | 1000 daily. This is probably suffi- cient to make the s150 daily that 1 the paper pays the syndicate for the
 Coolidge feature a profitable ar l rangement.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-19
PSYCHOLOGY AND THE TREATY

Psychology is against the oppo- nonts Of the naval treaty in the Sen ate. Every skilled Washington cor respondent-assuming all Of then. are skilled-says the treaty will be passed with possibly the inconse- quential Norris reservations
 4 good many senators who are not experts in naval matters are likely to take due note of the pre- vailing impression regarding what is going to happen. And being human they will want to be on the winning side.
 Another safe indication that the treaty will win is also found in the fact that Senator Bingham is oppos- cd to it. Mir. Bingham almost al ways IS on the losing side of every question
 If the hot weather doesn't do it, realization that the treaty will be ratified is likely to take consider able pep out of the opposition. Even Senator Hale, who displayed models Of mounted six and eight inch guns and ships the other day, is merely being asked by the newspaper sophisticates as to who paid for the exhibition.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-19
The Naming of the Parks
Editor, Herald:

Editor, Herald:
 Once again the City Fathers have another serious problem on their hand. It seems that the City Plan Commission have just discovered that there are twenty-four parcels of land, which they term as parks, within the confines of the city lim- its. and now the selection of appro- priate names for these tWenty-four park lands so called, is causing them no little anonyance. In the opinion of the writer some of these parcels of land are barely deserving of the appellation of park, let alone, hon. bring some national or international figure by naming a particular plot in their recognition.
 Granted however that these vari- ous parcels are entitled to be called parks. and that there should be a name selected for them, it is. the writer's humble opinion, that the names chosen, should be those of local celebrities in preference 10 others. After all, New Britain has it's quota of distinguished citizens. both past and existent and if any honors should be conferred, why not apply that ancient and time worn. but nevertheless still effective saying of Charity should begin at home"
 HARRY ZEVIN1
New Britain herald., 1930-07-19
ITS 4 HARD WORLD

One minor league baseball team after another hits the rocks. Except in the large cities having teams that are making a showing in their leagues. professional baseball IS slipping.
 It Is difficult to believe that such cities as Hartford, New Haven and Providence cannot support baseball teams. Yet. unless the homogeneous of the New Haven and Providence teams in the Eastern League recon sider their sudden determination to play quits instead of ball, the lea gue will be minus the representation O these important New England cities.
 No use blaming il all on hard times" The Eastern league and many another minor league has been financially shaky for years. IL just happens now that the philan- thropists are weakening.
 Professional baseball nowadays suffers from much competition ill sports. Even the increasing interest shown in amateur teams competes with the professionals.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-19
AN AMAZING TURK

Faro Agha, 156 years Of age, born in 1774-according to the Turkish records-may be a trifle younger than that His ripe old age cannot be proved or disproved. But there is no doubt about it that he is very old man.
 He does well to come to the Unit ed States, a land younger than he is. He will like our dentists, who can fix him up with much better set of false teeth than can be pro- cured in Constantinople. He already says he likes our blondes, brunettes and browns. But he has already had 12 wives and that ought to be enough for any reasonable man, his 12th spouse being yet alive. Lucky man. He says his youth lasted untI he was 105.
 Like all other Turks, Faro Agha has never touched intoxicating li- quor; that is against the Moslem religion. (The Turks have been the
New Britain herald., 1930-07-19

only people who knew how to make prohibition work by making it a mortal sin to drink distilled spirits.) He also never smokes. He also eats nothing but vegetables. Considering what's advertised about the fine qualities of Turkish cigarettes it is difficult to comprehend why Faro Agha has not smoked them. AS for meat-well the climate in Turkey may be 100 hot for it.
 Perhaps Faro Agha wishes to ac- cumulate an estate. What he gets hold Of i'll America will look very big when translated into Turkish marks. or whatever they call what passes for money along the Bosporus,
New Britain herald., 1930-07-19
Observations On The Weather

Washington, July 19.-Forecast for Southern New England: Partly cloudy and continued warm Satur- day and Sunday, probably scattered thunder showers Sunday afternoon.
 Forecast for Eastern New York: Partly cloudy and continued warm except probably scattered thunder showers in north portion Saturday; Sunday partly cloudy with scattered thunder showers in afternoon, not so warm in north portion Sunday.
 Conditions: The northern dis turbance remains central over the Hudson Strait region and pressure remains relatively low over the re- mainder of eastern and central Canada and over the greater part of the United States.
 The weather will continue warm and generally fair Saturday and Sunday except in the Washington forecast district except for scat tered thunder showers along the lower lakes Saturday and in the lower lake region, the extreme upper Ohio valley and the North Atlantic states Sunday afternoon, :.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-19
GLORIFYING THE DOLLAR SIGN

Some people cannot see further than the dollar mark. Variety, the theatrical weekly, for instance.
 Lead story in the current issue has it that Calvin Coolidge is third on the list Of soft jobs Meaning that Calvin receives less for his brain babies than Arthur Brisbane and Will Rogers.
 No time is wasted in Variety in comparing the merits of the respect i've outputs. Variety is only inter ested in the box office receipts"
 Fact is. however, that Mir. Cool idge probably is ahead of Arthur Brisbane if payment for what he writes IS considered Brisbane's fabulous income is largely because he happens to be one of the execs of the Hearst sheets. He gets mos; Of his money for bossing the or as he glorifies Henry Ford. Rockefeller and the American Navy.
 On a. basis of value we should say that most column conductors are vastly ov4rrated, seeing that thou sands of the public send them al! the bright ideas that accumulate. merely to see them utilized if pos slble.
 Editorial writers, naturally, are ill q different class. They receive no public assistance and modestly re- frain from signing their output,
 That's 10 fool Variety,
New Britain herald., 1930-07-19
Wider Roads in Parks
 Needed to End Menace

With the Improvements he has in augurated in the city's parks. Su- perintendent Clyde Ellingwood of the park department has brought upon himself another problem which threatens to assume serious propor- tions within the near future.
 The old question of safety on the highways" has come home to New Britain. answering to the cognomen of Safety in the Parkways"
 Park drives. hitherto wide enough for traffic, now that the parks have blossomed out into myriads of flow CT gardens gold fish and wading pools. rock gardens and playgrounds, are now entirely too narrow to take care of the traffic. Walnut Hill drives have been the subject of discussion at park board meetings, and an at tempt has been made to minimize the danger by drawing white lines in the center of the roads in some places. It still remains a fact. how ever. that every drive in that park is too narrow, parking of cars along the drives increases hazards. and wherever turn occurs the danger is increased
 The turn from the main park drive to the driveway going up to the monument is exceptionally dan gerous, the changing the shape of the flower bed at the intersection helping but little, and many serious 4 this point.
 There is too little room at the top of the hill near the wading pool, the drive around the flag pole is too narrow and parking places are too near the driveway.
 At Stanley Quarter park the same situation prevails, all the drives be- ing too narrow and the curves being dangerous. At Willow Brook park this condition is not so serious near the wading pool and near the play grounds. there being parking places at both locations.
 ! But in all three of the larger to park their cars along narrow highways If they want to watch a baseball game, and thus make dan- gerous condition for themselves and others.
 The remedy is one the department will have to face in a short time. Roads must be made wider. Curves must be made twice as wide as they are, and more parking places must be provided off the highways. In Stanley Quarter park there Is an ideal place to park off the high way near the tool house. In Walnut Hill park a site near Hart street will accommodate approximately 100 cars In Willow Brook park there is plenty of room near the Berlin town 1 line that could be used for parking ! purposes.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-19
HUMOR IN POLITICS

Humor in politics. Sam Sablotzky in this case is the Will Rogers. Sam says that so long as the wicked Democrats advocated a fire station in the West End 1t was turned down with regularity and dispatch.
 There was always a good reason: A good Republican reason.
 This year the fire station problem IS received with less serious opposi- ton, and an stigation" is being made. The reason seems to be that the Republicans in the Common Council have stolen the Democratic thunder and will try to do something for the third ward in this fire station matter.
 Democratic votes will be welcome so long as the Republicans get the credit If and when the fire station finally IS built,
 Chuckle. It's worth II
 While on the subject: The sugges- ton has been made that the corner of West Main street and Black Rock avenue would be q good site for the Republlcan fire station. Here is a vacant lot-vacant from prehistoric times and site of the big black rock which once saev the name to Black Rock Road,
 That IS a bad spot for fire sta ton. The danger would be tco great. Automobiles racing over the bridge and down the hill could scarcely stop in time 10 prevent colliding with any Of the big red fire trucks try ing to get out Of the building on the grade, or turning into the grade from Black Rock avenue if the front Of the building happens to be constructed or that street.
 The boys ID the buzz carts-when the bridge is finished-slip down that grade with an amazing aban- don. They cannot see far ahead from across the bridge, but that makes no difference They should not be invited to have an argument with the fire trucks every time the fire bell rings.
New Britain herald., 1930-07-19
OUT IN THE OPEN

Among those who have emerged from the dark recesses of their hid ing places is Representative A. Piatt Andrew Of Gloucester, Mass. Mir Andrew, who is going to run for re- election, and noting that MassaChu- sets contains much wet sentiment. has at last told his public about his personal convictions, He says he favors the repeal of the 18th Amendment.
 The canny representative likewise remembers what happened in the second Massachusetts district some time ago.
 There are citizens who would appreciate Candor and frankness by other representatives. For instance MT. Fenn should find time 10 make an unequivocal statement on the prohibition question, either for or against.