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The Indianapolis times., 1930-12-26

showing the improvements, and
how that order was carried out l
never have known to this day,
for I gathered up my scenery and
departed for Bellefontaine.'
A MOTHER minstrel perform
L n ance in Bellefontaine gave
way to transforming trip
through the south in search of
newspaper in the market for his
art work. Finally he worked for
the Cincinnati Tribune, but when
that paper consolidated with an
other he was turned adrift.
A summer was spent as gate
keeper of an amusement park in
Cincinnati before the minstrel
stage called him back to Belle
fontaine. Kin could not resist
the theater and the call Of the
stage. Then came servitude on
Tic N1dllS41SlQ W. 4%CDO5 oA40 a
return to Bellefontaine for an
other appearance before the home
town footlights.
"One day while I was prepar-
ing a list of papers to write to,
I received letter from the editor
of the indianapolis Sun, asking
me to take a position on that
paper as a cartoonist," said Kin.
Il accepted by wire. The sal
ary was small, but the theater
passes were frequent and I really
made more progress as an artist
during my two years on the Sun
than had in all the years before.
In the fall of 1901 1 returned
to the Indianapolis News, where
have remained. My pictorial
The Indianapolis times., 1930-12-26

ABE MARTIN!-dad-bur his old picture!
P'tends he's a Brown county fixture
A kind Of comical mixture
Of hoss-SenSe and no sense at all!
His mouth, like his pipe, S allus goin',
And his thoughts like his whiskers, is fiowin;
And what he don't know amt worth KNOWN
From Genesis clean to baseballl
The author, Kin Hubbard. S SO keerless
He draws Abe most eyeless and earless;
But he's never yit pictured him cherries
Er with fun at he tries to conceal
The Indianapolis times., 1930-12-26

so far as ability was concerned.
But I was taken on the paper at
q salary of S12 week, the editor
and owner remarking as we closed
the deal, I reckon you've got to
live
HNE fine morning, when the
~ unmistakable evidence of
spring were everywhere appar-
ent, was sitting in my Office
dreaming Of the opening of the
circus season, when the managing
editor entered and placed an Or
der for an Easter angel.
TT was the first picture of an
allegorical character that I had
been asked to draw. 1t was to be
a long, pretty angel, gracefully
floating lengthwise across the fifth
page.
Leaves for Bellefontaine
AL right I said carelessly,
sitting up in my chair. After he
left my Office I rushed to the
city editor, who liked me, and
hurried consultation followed.
The angel was to appear the
coming Saturday and no time was
to be lost. He decided to call in
some local art student, many of
whom infested the city even in
that carly day.
1T got across and had just
about regained my old confident
air when the local banking COM
pany suddenly decided to re-
model their interiors and install
the latest things in brass and
marble fixtures.
Then came an order for In
terror pictures of al the banks
The Indianapolis times., 1930-12-26

Whuther onto the fence er clean over
A-rootin' up ragweed or clover,
Skeert stiff at some Rambler" er Rover
Er new-fangled automobeel
It's purity steep climate old Browns in;
And the rains there his ducks nearly browns in
The old man hisself wades his rounds in
AS cam and serene, mighty nigh,
AS the old handsaw-hawg, the mottled
Mich COW, er the old rooster wattled
Like the mumps had him most so well throttled
That it wuz pleasure to die
The Indianapolis times., 1930-12-26

HHILE Kin Hubbard, famous
w Indiana humorist, who
died today, never sought personal
publicity, stunning opportunities
to make large fortunes by radio
and vaudeville contracts, he was
prevailed upon a few years ago
to write a brief autobiography.
The high-lights of that self
history, which covered only few
of the many interesting events
of Kin's busy life, are presented
here in the great humorist's own
words:
when I left Bellefontaine, o.,
for indianapolis to become a great
newspaper artist, it was with no
little regret I had become an
established favorite as an anna
teur black face comedian and I
felt that I was taking a long
chance in leaving the scene of
my triumphs and taking up
strange profession in a strange
city
Il had spent the greater part
of the previous five years as a
clerk in the postoffice, and before
that I had been apprenticed to a
local photographer, and I had
also worked in sign painting
establishment. was a fair
printer. too, having picked the
trade up at odd times in my
fathers newspaper Office. From
the time was old enough to
manipulate a pair of scissors.
could cut from blank paper any
kind of an animal with correct
ness and deftness that was almost
creepy"
"I was 10 or u years old be-
fore I tried to draw with pen or
pencil. When Blaine and Logan
we're nominated by the Repub-
lican national convention of 1884.
my father bought me a set of
wood sengraver's tools and my
first published pictures were wood
cuts of the Republican standard
bearers.
But my father was not a Re-
publican and the caption which
was printed over those portraits
read. Distinguished Brace OF
Dead Cocks in the Pit"
=
u ms employment in the
N Bellefontaine poStofficc gave
wayto three days study at De-
The Indianapolis times., 1930-12-26
422 CHILDREN
Get CLOTHING
IN YULE DRIVE
Many Are Made Happy by
Kind Hearted Donors in
Times Campaign.

Spirit of The Times Clothe 6
Child for Christmas campaign,
which eliminated Wednesday with
the outftting of 422 children, con-
tinued after the Yuletide with sew
eral firms and individuals request
ings the names of children to be
aided
The requests were turned over to
charitable agencies of the city for
handling.
A complete check was being made
today of the list of donors and
children clothed.
The names of all persons and or
ganizations participating will be re-
printed in Saturdays edition of The
Times.
Many Others Helped
In many instances the number
of children clothed by the donors
does not tell the true story Of their
efforts in behalf of needy boys and
girls of the city.
For the "Clothe- Child cam
paign was primarily conducted for
children of school age. But many
of the pledges in the campaign
dipped into babyhood and high
school and even aided parents with
clothing and dismissed their addi-
tional efforts with, That's just eX-
ira. We wanted to do it, even
though it does not count"
In other cases, the donors couldn't
resist giving toys, food, coal, and
other necessities in the families OF
the children they helped.
Donors Are Thanked
eve may duplicate" one man
said when he was warned that
other charitable organizations would
furnish the remainder of the
Christmas, but we believe this
family so worthy that they will do
we'll with whatever we give them"
The Times wishes to thank the
donors to the fund for their efforts
in the campaign, the parents OF the
needy children for their co-opera-
ton, and the Investigations and aid
given the campaign by the Christ
mas Clearing House and all Com
munity Fund relief agencies in fur
nisning the names and addresses of
worthy families to be cared for.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-12-26
NAME HEARST MANAGER
r. E. Berlin to Supervise Magazine
Publication Concern.

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-The ap-
pointment of r. E. Berlin as general
manager of the International
Magazine Company, publishers of
Cosmopolitan and other Hearst
magazines, was announced today by
Ray Long, president of the COM
pany.
Berlin succeeds T. ]. White, who
recently was made general-manager
Of all Hearst newspapers.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-12-26

Ballistic experts here today were
examining shotguns and shells in
an effort to determine whether
Jason Swihart, aged recluse, COM
mitted suicide or was murdered in
his farm home in Lagrange county,
Dec. 6.
The guns and ammunition were
brought to the statehouse by For
rest Huntington, who was sent to
investigate the case by Chief E. l..
Osborne of the criminal bureau.
Arch Ball of the Indianapolis
police department was called in as
an authority on ballistics.
One of the guns, which belonged
The Indianapolis times., 1930-12-26
RUN OVER TWICE; KILLED
Hit-Run Driver Halts, Turns and
Crushes Victim Again.
By United Press

By UHIIGU PFtSS
CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-Otto Tobey.
35, was run over twice by the same
hit-and-run driver Thursday night
and killed.
Witnesses said the driver halted
after his automobile passed over
Tobey's body, attempted to turn and
flee in the opposite direction and
ran over his victim again. He was
not apprehended.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-12-26
TAKES POISON OVER GIFT
Man Gives Own Mother Fur Coat
That Wife Wanted.

LANCASTER, Pa, Dec. 2.-Mrs.
Aline Hall, %, swallowed poison
and is i'll dangerously because she
thought her husband would give her
a fur coat, instead of canary bird,
for Christmas. Her mother-in-law
got the fur coat.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-12-26
Motorist Killed

y y LNiITU 7 IIUo
KEWANNA. I'D, Dec. 26.-Lee
Bennett, so. farmer. was killed in
stantly when his automobile struck
a telephone pole north Of here. Five
other persons in the machine
escaped with minor injuries. They
are Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Baldwin,
who suffered fractured collar bones,
and their three children. The Bald
wins were being returned to their
farm home by Bennett, after having
spent Christmas day at his home.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-12-26
TOOL SHED IS BURNED
Water Company Building Destroyed
by Fire With Loss of S4OO.

Fire early today destroyed COM
pletely the tool shed of the Indian
apolis Water Company located at
Fall Creek and the canal. Com
pany officials said they did not
know the origin of the blaze. The
structure was valued at S4OO.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-12-26
2 STORE SAFES LOOTED
Yeggmen Get $500 for Efforts at
Sears Roebuck Branch.

Two safes were looted over the
holiday.
At the Sears-Roebuck branch
store at 648-50 East Maple Road
boulevard, $500 was taken after the
safe door had been battered open.
Similar action accounted for funds
contained in the strong box of the
Kenwood Tire Company, CAT North
Delaware street.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-12-26
veteran Teacher Dies

By Times Special
EVANSVILLE, Ind. Dec. 20
Miss Millicent Atkins, 72, an Evans
vile school teacher for fifty-two
years. is dead of pneumonia which
developed after she suffered a hip
fracture in a fall.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-12-26
ARTIST ENDS HIS LIFE

Wallace Leroy DeWOlf, Despondent,
Is Suicide on Christmas.
By United Press
PASADENA, Cal, Dec. 26.-Con-
tinued i'll health and dependence
because he was confined to his bed
on Christmas day, caused Wallace
Leroy DeWolf, =, we'll known art
ist, to kill himself here Thursday
Left alone i'll his bedroom for
few minutes when his nurse went
to get his breakfast, DeWolf arose,
obtained a pistol from a closet and
fired a bullet into his head.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-12-26

A S a setting for Abe Mar
L a tin 1 selected Brown county,
a rugged, almost mountainous,
wooded section of Indiana without
telegraphic or railroad connections
- county whose natives for the
most part subsist by blackberry
ing, sassafras mining and bas-
ket making. On some OF the
more fertile slopes the Kiefer pear
thrives.
In the fall of 1905 it was sug-
gested. that I publish Abe Martins
sayings in book form. so the ma
terial was gathered together and
made ready for the printer. I in
Guided in the copy an appreciation
in verse by James Whitcomb
Riley and a humorous introduc-
ton by Meredith Nicholson.
"One thousand copies to be bound
in gingham were ordered and
they lasted about three days.
More were ordered and then still
more. In fact, the presses ground
them out until within a day or
two of Christmas.
After Christmas. still another
large edition was published. Every
year since 1905 Abe Martin has
appeared in book form under va
rious titles for the Christmas
holidays. Many thouands Of
them have been gathered all over
the world.
WE had a list of hundreds Of
w people in various parts of
this country and Canada who
never missed an Abe Martin book.
They buy them in lois of two up
to twenty. They are not dealers
but individuals who give them
away at Christmas time
IN 1918 an admirer in Pitts
burgh bought 500 autographed
copies.
"One day shortly after the ap-
pearance of my first book I met
James Whitcomb Riley on the
street and he said. Kin your book
is bully. You've found yourself.
You've got great character in
Abe and there is no end to his
possibilities. want you to stick
right with him, and some day
taking pencil from his pocket
and holding it up) you'll be re-
ceiving checks = money and
you'll be amazed at what lead
pencil and little thinking will
do" q
The Indianapolis times., 1930-12-26
BY DAN THOMAS
NEA Service Writer

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 26.-There
Il Il is one actress in Hollywood
who has been in pictures slightly
more than two years, yet she
never has been seen on the
screen.
And the reason is that two
years ago she was signed as lead
ing lady for filmdom'S biggest star
Charlie Chaplin.
Virginia Cherrill, beautiful
blonde actress, came out here
from Chicago to visit Sue Carol,
a schoolgirl chum. Chaplin saw
the young Chicagoan at party
one night and was so struck with
her beauty that he asked her to
visit his studio to have a screen
test made.
The test resulted in Miss Cher
rill being signed for the feminine
lead in City Lights" Chaplin's
latest picture, not yet released.
NIRGINIA attracted consid-
Y cradle attention, as have all
of Chaplin's leading ladies. That
all happened two years ago, but
the public still is waiting to see
the new discovery it heard so
much about.
And the reason is that Chaplin
followed his usual custom in
taking two years to complete his
film, which is scheduled for its
first showing next month.
Now that she is off the Chap
lin pay roll, however, the young
actress really is getting busy. She
was signed to a long-term con-
tract by the Fox studio few
weeks ago and already has COM
pleted her first picture.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-12-26
YELLED BY CHAPLIN


Here you
see
charming
Virginia
CherriH,
QOhO has been
Chaplin's
leading lady
for
tWO gears,
but 21hO has
7leUeT
been seen
on the
screen.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-16
CLUB ADOPTS
CIVIC GOAL
Robin Pate Wins Contest
Sponsored by Kiwanis
President

A civic program for Brownsville
to be promoted by the Kiwanis club,
was adopted at Thursdays lunch
con from the suggestion outlined
by Robin Pate in the contest con-
Quoted among members for the best
group Of detectives for civic acivi-
ties.
city Identification" was the gen.
eral theme OF Mr.. Pate's suggeS-
tons, with the following divisions:
PermanenS improvement proper;
employment Of a city landscape eX-
pert; widening OF streets; sidewalk
building: lighting streets; naming
streets and numbering houses; pur-
chasing more park sites; proper
care OF vacant lots.
He will receive the SO prize Of
fered by Sam Perl, Kiwanis presi-
dent, for the outstanding objective
program offered in the contest.
John r. Harris was a speaker on
the program. discussing If / Were
President Of KiWanis. What Would
I Do2" The points which he stress
ed were interest III nomination OF
officers for the club; analyzing
membership for committees; OBJ
tanning workers for committees:
care in selection OF members: and a
school OF instruction for new XII
wants members.
W. A. Rasco gave a report on the
annual trustee meeting held at
Dallas. including representatives OF
the Texas and Oklahoma district.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-16
MISSISSIPPI
FREEZE

CHICAGO. Jan. l6-tP- The
Mississippi valley wa the land OF
freezing waters today.
Near-zero temperatures choked
rivers while snow and slush made
misery more -ampant among those
driven from their homes in flood
ed regions.
Along the Wabash in Indiana
conditions e. allied those OF 1918.
In Vincennes, the aters encircled
sections OF the city. More than 500
families we're driven from their
homes when waters Tapped the
boulevard named for George Rogers
Clark.
To tie north, at Terre Haute and
Clinton, damage we similar. II
the former city. the Wax was
seven .eet above III stage, at
Clinton, high water closed coal
mines and cut Off hundreds Ky
families.
At Decker, ten miles from Vim
cennes, the Wabash burrowed It
self through the L . and flooded
thousands OF acres.
Along the White River III In
Continued ON page 12.J
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-16
FROST
HOVERS over
ALL GROWERS
Warning Is Sounded
That Pipes May
Freeze

The second frost OF the season
Is predicted for the Valley Thurs
day night, with the temperature
going down Thursday. and clearing
weather reported from all Valley
points. Indications were during the
morning that Brownsville and the
tip-end OF the Val " would be
clear by nightfall. Temperatures OF
20 to 30 degrees are predicted.
Tomatoes, beans and other early
truck crops arr threatened by the
freeze. Produce dealers say that
the greater part OF the spring
tomato crop Is alrea plan-1d, but
that the tiny plants are in less
danger than the larger ones. Only
small paintings Of be rs and other
tender crops are now on the field.
Damage TO citrus, rs with truck,
will depend rgely on whether or
not the skies clear. IL cloudy, lit
tie damage IS expected.
Warnings to drain automobile
radiators. and take precautions
against the freezing OF exposed wa
ter pipes are given by w. j. Schnur-
busch. chief OF the W.T. -ther bureau.
Clear or partly clear weather
with slowly rising temperatures Is
predicted for Friday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-16
EARTHQUAKE
Shocks Sway Buildings In
Los Angeles

Los ANGELES, Jan. Ie-tF-
The earthquake which shook .
large section Of Southern Califor-
MIA late yesterday was found to-
day to have registered more sharp
ly in the inland mountain areas,
although nc ~appreciable damage was
reported.
Two distinct quakes. at AIS and
ABS .. m. were -elt eastward to
the Coachellu valley and from San
Diego to the Mojave desert.
DR.. Harry p. Wood, seismologist
at Pasadena, said his instruments
indicated there were three tremors,
the first, very faint. at 4:25 p. m.
In Los Angeles the shocks sway
ed flagpoles in the business district
and rocked buildings with q roll
ing movement
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-16
TEXAN Halls
HIS DRY LAW
Prohibitions IT mphant
Tread Pleases
Sheppard

WASHINGTON. Jan. 16.-tP-
The triumph tread" OF prohibition
was hailed in the senate today on
its tenth anniversary in a birthday
speech by Senator Sheppard, demo-
crat, Texas, co-author Of the eight
zenith amendment.
Prohibition III the United States
continues its triumphant tread"
was the opening line Of the Texans
prepared speech which marked the
first dry discussion IL the senate
since President Hoover's program
for prohibition enforcement reor-
g~anization went TO congress.
Permanent
1T is in the federal constitution,
and 1t is there to remain" Shep-
pard asserted. 1T is in the enforce
ment statutes Of the nation, and
IL II there TO stay. III Is IN the
hearts and consciences and bank
balances. the home comforts, the
living facilities, the moral. educa-
tional and economic advantages OF
Continued on page 12)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-16
BUILDING
PERMITS GIVEN
Three New Residences Are
Now Under Way In
Brownsville

Building business picked up this
week. with three permits for res
idences already granted. Jesse Den
nett took out a permit for the con-
struction Of a $1,000 residence IN
Victoria Heights, on ! ! street. The
structure is 10 be a five-room, frame
dwelling. with garage and sheet
rock interior finish.
Dr.. w. e. Spivey has another
five-room, { me residence under
way at the corner Of St. Francis
and Sixth. The building is to have
sheet-rock interior finish and COM
position roof, also garage. to be
erected at a cost Of approximately
sl750.
Another -csidence is TO be built
in Riverside addition by w. NJ.
Egan. This also is a five-room
structure. -etrock interior, with
garage, to cost about $3.50.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-16

in order that the matter could be
brought before other state officials
lin a very fOrCible way and get
them 10 sec the importance Of it.'
The letter to Judge Dancy follows:
You have probably seen through
the papers that the Glen Saint
Mary's Nursery Company OF Florida
has brought suit To break our
quarantine and permit them 10 ship
their nursery stock into Texas. This
case IS set down for hearing on
January 9th at Austin, Texas.
If they succeed in breaking the
quarantine 10 will ~jeoparoize not
only the citrus industry In the VAL
lev, but the peach and vegetable
industry OF the entire state, ana
We need such help in defending this
case as will secure our protection
against infestation from the diff
ferent pets known 70 exist IN Flor
ida.
THE Attorney general, Of course.
will have TO defend the state In
this suit as We have no funds and
ITO attorney for that purpose. and
4 DtllINt bl4dk sOA a. S|AAN - N
growers interested in the Valley
should see the governor and attor-
ney general Immediately and i'm
press on them the great impor-
lance or defending his quarantine
and trying to uphold 1t.
Both Of these man are very busy
ana they may not give the time to
this matter thai it's Importance
justifies without they are urged 10
do so. by men in whom they have
confidence, and / believe that you
and other persons interested in the
Valley should bring the matter be-
fore the governor and the attorney
general in a very forcible way and
get them to see the great impor-
tance OF ID.
Il am writing Honorable W. r.
MONTGOMERY and z. p. Hornaday.
representative from Hidalgo and
Cameron Counties, requesting their
assistance in this matter. and
feel sure that they Will help TO the
extent Of their ability"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-16
TEXAS sun
MAY DEFEAT
COLD FRIDAY
Mercury Skids to New
Low Marks All
Over State
CRy The Associated Press.l

M@N AA@G &A@9gAAIA|4 GAG1@g
Biting cold and a brilliant sun
fought for supremacy In Texas to-
day. with the prospect that the sun
would win out by Friday.
Reports from as far south as Port
Arthur and as far northwest w
Sweetwater were uniform-unusual
cold, clear skies, and a brightly
shining sun.
The mercury skidded to new low
marks for the winter season I'm near
ly all Texas cities, and III many cit
les the minimum around 8 o'clock
this morning was the lowest in years.
The mercury rose slowly later in the
day as the suns rays dissipated SUBJ
freezing cold.
Cities reporting new low marks
for the winter included Dallas.
SweetWater, and Gainesville. r. was
the third coolest winter morning in
the history OF the Wichita Falls
weather bureau and the fifth cold
est IN Dallas weather annals.
In San Antonio, the minimum cf
% was within 2 degrees OF the sea-
sons lowest, but the mercury rose
10 % during the morning. The
minimum reported In Texas today
was zero at Amarillo, while it was
3 above zero az Sweetwater. Reports
from other cities included:
Corsicana, is; Wichita Falls, u:
Sherman, 8; Dallas III; Fort Worth.
IL; Gainesville. g.; Big Spring II:
Mexia, IA; Waco. IS; Abilene, 8:
Houston, "a; Port Arthur, 30, Aus
tin. ID.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-16
LINED UP
Trio Quizzed About Grimes
In Many States

PHOENIX, Arlz., Jan. l6-tPl-
Suspected Of crimes in New Hamp-
shire. Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas
and Arizo-l. G won y ard two
men captured here Tuesday
after gun battles with police or
two counties were lined up for
further questioning.
Sheriff c. II. Wright announced
he was convinced that the prison.
ers we're Mrs. Irene Schroeder, Ben
wood, w. Va, Nv. Glenn Dague and
Vernon Alderman, eX-convlct OF
Oklahoma.
Mrs. Schroeder and Dague arc
wanted by Pennsylvania authorities
in connection with the Staying OF
state policeman Brady Paul at New
castle and In Toledo, Ohio, where
they are charged With stealing an
automobile. In addition, Sheriff
Wright said. the trio iI susr cted
OF robbing a bank and Staying n
patrolman at Coleman, Texas.