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The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30
WAR ON FREE LOTS
Real Estate Racket Hit in
Boards Drive.

Because of the alleged activity of
free" lot real estate promotion
schemes at the Indiana state fair
the Indianapolis Real Estate Board
and the Indiana Real Estate Asso-
citation have again launched a war
for the fall and winter against the
promoters of such rackets.
Aid of the postoffice authorities
will be sought in investigating the
schemes, Lawrence G.. Holmes, ex-
ecutive secretary of the board, de-
clared.
The "free lot'' scheme is operated
as follows: The promoter notifies
the selected prospect that he or she
has won lot. The only require
ment is to pay a small sum for
making the abstract and other legal
services. Then when the sucker
is shown the lot, various disadvan-
tages are pointed out. The prospect
is told that the lot has a certain
value which will be deducted from
any of the other lots, he or she
cares to buy. The difference is
usually approximately $70O, and so
a new customer is hooked" Holmes
pointed out.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30
MUSEUM TO START
CLASS TALK SERIES

At 10:30 nature films will be shown
at the regular Saturday story hour,
the subject being "The Raccoon"
and 1.-THE Beaver" This is open to
all children of school age.
School No. now has the Sousa
cup for its part in registering chill
dren visitors during the last school
year. The cup is awarded the dis
trict having the highest registra-
ton of visitors in proportion to its
enrolment. The city is divided into
six general districts.
The museum loan collection of
prints and booklets is proving popu-
lar with teachers. This collection
consists of hundreds of mounted
prints and of bound leaflets and ar
ticles on nature study, geographical
and historical data, fled in port
folio packages and loaned for two
weeks to teachers. The service is
new, yet there are about one hun
dred subjects from which to select
material.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30
READING SPREE
INNOVATION AT
SCHOOL NO. so
Weekly Recess Permits
Pupils to Browse in Near
by Library.

Exciting adventure for school chill
dren to be turned looSe-during
school time-to browse as they
please among library books.
That's what children do in de-
partmental grades at school No. so.
Belle Vieu place and Ohio street.
where Z. reading experiment is being
carried out by Miss Mary MacArdle,
principal of the school, and Mrs.
Helen Miller, librarian at Hawthorne
branch library.
Each week. groups of grade chill
dren Scamper across the school lawn
and swarm into the nearby library.
There they go on reading spree"
with any of the book or magazines
that catch their fancy.
AT first, some are bored with the
idea and only look at the pictures.
Gradually they become interested
and soon are lost to the world in
Storybook.
When the experiment first was
tried last year, results showed re-
markable improvement in vocabu-
larry content and general informa-
ton. With few exceptions, the 1913
pupils doing the library reading had
advanced mentally from one to two
years above their actual age.
Miss Caroline Eberhardt, teach
er, is cooperating with Miss Mac
Ardle and Mrs. Miller in the reading
experiment.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30
CHURCH DUCKS
LIQUOR ISSUE
EpiScopaIianS SidetraCk
Two of Three Problems.
BIZ United Press

BY United Press
DENVER, Sept. S0.-The fiftieth
triennial convention of the Episco-
pal church neared a close today
with two of its major national prob
lens, prohibition and unemploy-
men, apparently sidetracked.
Prohibition and unemployment
were recognized as two of the three
outstanding issues which faced the
church when the convention started.
A new canon on divorce was the
third.
The divorce canon question was
settled Tuesday when the house of
deputies and the house of bishops
agreed on a liberalized revision of
the old marriage code.
Concerning prohibition or unem-
ployment the church was unable to
take any stand or evolve any plan.
In its study of prohibition, the
church leaders found there was a
widespread difference in opinion re-
garding the value and desirability
in retention of the prohibition laws.
The convention, however, regard
ed the question as "highly contro-
versial and closely related to par
tisan politics"
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30
First, for Departmental Age
Pupils, 10 Be Held on
Saturday.

Saturday will mark the opening of
the fourth season of class talks for
pupils of departmental age at the
Children's museum.
At $3.50 a. M Arthur B. Carr,
curator, will speak on Ancient and
Modern Mexico" This will be fol-
lowed by i've other weekly class
talks on subjects of geography or
history, correlating the public school
work with these extra museum pro-
grams.
Two pupils are selected from each
school, preferably from the sixth.
seventh, or eighth grades, to attend
the course of six weeks. Four six
week terms will be given during the
school year.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30
Pipe ORGAN is
DEDICATED BY
STUDENT BODY
Shortridge Pupils Witness
Presentation at Rites
in Auditorium.

Shortridge high schools new pipe
organ, a prize for which the facul-
ty and student body have been
working for more than three years,
was dedicated this morning before
a meeting of the entire school in
the auditorium.
Joel Hadley of the biology depart
ment, chairman of the Shortridge
organ committee, made the presen-
tation. George Buck, principal, ac-
cepted the instrument for the
school.
Leo M. Rappaport and Frank
Muckenstrum, who held important
roles in obtaining the organ for the
school, were introduced to the
student body.
Miss Christine Houseman, Short
ridge faculty member, was the first
to play the new instrument. She
played all the organ numbers on
the musical part of the program.
Vocal numbers were sung by the
Shortridge choir, the boys glee club,
and the male chorus from the
schools music classes.
Dedication of the organ culmi-
mates three years of effort on the
part of the Shortridge students, fac
ulty and Parent-Teacher Associ-
alton. A picture show and an all
school review raised part Of the
money which the students gave to
the organ committee.
According to Mr.. Hadley, the
committee will continue to raise
money, as approximately $4,000 are
still owed On the organ. Tuesdays
issue of the Shortridge Daily Echo
urged freshmen to "join the ranks
of loyal Shortridgers and help fin
ish paying for the organ"
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30
cWN0
Strange Land, Language
Puzzle Him, But He's
Learning Fast.

He's just a little tinnid, is Efraim
Castillo, but he's getting along fine.
No wonder he's tinid. You would
be, too, if you were just a few
months past your sixth birthday, a
native of Porto Rican, and not only
just starting into school for the
first time, but beginning in a coun-
try which speaks a strange language.
Efraim was born in Adjuntas,
which is in the west central part
of Porto Rico. Now he's in the first
grade at Benjamin Harrison School
No. 2.
When he first came to America
that was July She could not un-
derstand word of English. Now
he can read a number of the sent
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30
CHANEL DESIGNS
GOWNS FOR GLORIA
Girls in Eddie Cantors Latest Movie, 'Pamy Days. y
Have Famous French DreSSmaker for Their DESIGNER.

ME first of the designed the
Gabrielle Chanel Goldwyns
seen in Pay Days Eddie Cantors comedy extravaganza which
comes to Loew's Palace Saturday.
These creations
who the leading opposite sports
the first Chanel model
her in Nine Channels Paris workshops.
Under the worked Codwyn Nine Chanel has
agreed interpret styles for Goldwyn
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30
PUPILS FLOOD
SCHOOL WITH
CHARITY GIFTS
Classes at No. 27 Answer
Plea by Bringing In
Many Bundles.
BY FINLEY MGREW
Times School Editor

II everybody in the country knew
how 70 give as do the children at
Charity Dye school, No. q, Sew
enteenth street and Park avenue,
the success of Community funds
would never be in doubt, and Pres
ident Hoover would have lot more
time to fish at his camp in Virginia.
Monday afternoon, Miss Laura E.
Hanna, principal of the school,
spoke in each of the rooms, ask
ing the pupils to bring their old
clothing and shoes to the school
Tuesday, in order that they might
be given to children in another
school who were inadequately
clothed.
Tuesday morning, the fireworks
began. Boys and girls, first grade
pupils and eighth graders alike, all
came 20 school with bundles.
Dresses that were outgrown,
shirts that we're a trifle frayed,
shoes that had seen better days but
still were useful, trousers that
had seen their initiation to service
long SgO, all CnlS ana more came 10
the desk which Miss Hanna had
placed IN the hall Of the building.
Approximately seventy-five pack
ages, many containing more then
one article Of clothing, were there
when school began.
Many pupils had come to the
principal saying, Il have some things
that IN going to bring, but mother
wants TO mend them first" So there
is more yet to come.
Il think it's wonderful" said Miss
Hanna. "All this happened without
there being any advertising or any
high pressure. We simply asked
that the children bring anything
they might be able to spare. They
don't even know the boys and girls
to whom it will go. But this is what
happened"
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30
CORD WOOD ON SALE
Entire Proceeds Used for Wages on
Emergency Work Project.

Cord wood suitable for use in fire.
places again has been placed on sale
by the Emergency Work Commit
tee, Inc.
The wood is cut from city parks
and sanitation property by made
work" labor and the entire proceeds
are used as wages for the men who
did the work.
1t is available in sixteen and
twenty-four-inch lengths. Orders
may be telephoned the Chamber of
Commerce.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30

Audrey Marsh. stage star, will be fea-
Eured ured in the, Personalities program over
WFBM and the Columbia network Wednes-
day from 9 to 9:15 p. m.
Irwin S. Cobb, noted humorist, will
touch on the world series in his char
acteristic style during the program over
WHAS, WTAM and an NBC network
Wednesday at $3.50 p. m.
Emphasizing the pictorial qualities sof
such composers as Berlioz. Grinelle, Verdi
and himself. Domenico Savino has ar
ranged program of striking color for his
Tone Pictures recital to be Broadcast over
WFBM and the Columbia chain Wednes-
day, from $3.50 to 10 p. nj.
College memories will be revived by
male quartet in the first of a new series
of programs to be broadcast over WIZ
and an NBC network Wednesday at 7 p. m.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30
ASK S5OO,OOO
GAS, OIL BIDS
State Road Chiefs to Re-
Ceive Offers on Oct. Ia.

Bids for the 100000 state high
way department gasoline and oil
contract will be received by the
state highway commissioners Oct. IA,
1T was announced today.
Director John j. Brown of the
department was quoted in the an
nouncement to the press as saying:
Many companies engaged in
marketing these products compete
for this business"
The contract almost always has
gone to the Standard Oil Company.
The commission advertisement.
sent out today, calls for the fol-
lowing:
Gasoline, apaproximately. 1900 600 GAL
IONS: kerosene, approximately 10000 GAL
IONS motor oils and transmission oils an
proximately 10000 gallons: other lubricai-
ing OILS. including compressor oil, cylinder
oil parafin oil. machine oil approxim9 tely
1.UOO gallons: summer transmission grease
pressure gun grease. cup grease approXi-
mately 10000 pounds. and other greases
lncIudlng nber grease and axle grease an
pro%lnatelv 900 pounds.
$4,000 bond must be posted by
bidders.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30
ORGANIZE SKETCH CLUB
New ShOrtridge Art Group TO Be
Formed; Miss Todd Is Sponsor.

Anew club of the Shortridge art
department will be organized
Thursday afternoon, under the
sponsorship of Miss Marie Todd, a
teacher in the department. The club
will be named the Sketch Club.
Preliminary plans call for meet
ings at John Heron Art Institute
every other Thursday. Study of
drawing and fine art exhibits will
be the purpose.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30
BUILDING LOTS SOLD
Fourteen New Residences Started in
ButIer-Fairview Addition.

Sale of twenty-nine lots and
start of construction on fourteen
residences, all of most modern type.
in the Butler-F -Fairview addition, has
been announced by William Low
Rice, Indianapolis realtor and build
err.
Because of the rapid development,
Rice moved his Office from down.
town to the addition two weeks ago.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30
PICKS HOMES TRUSTEES
Governor Names Four to Govern
KnightstOwn Institution.

Governor Harry G. Leslie today
announced reorganization of the
board of the Indiana Soldiers and
Sailors Childrens home, Knights
town, as provided by statute passed
by the 1881 legislature. Membership
is reduced from five to four and the
trustees qualifications under the
former law are eliminated.
Membership of the new board
consists of Elmer w. Sherwood
(Rep) Bloomfield, one year term;
Mrs. Edith Jackson (Dem.) New
castle, two years; Arthur Wolf
(Dem) indianapolis, three years,
and Joseph Minturn (Rep) Indian
apolis, four years.
The latter two were old board
members.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30
NEWS SERVICE ENGAGED
ShOrtridge Daily Echo Subscribes
to american Boy" Program.

The Shortridge Daily Echo has
subscribed to new high school
news service conducted by the
American Boy magazine, it was an
nounced Tuesday. The Echo will be
sent each day to the offices of the
news service. and in return, will re-
ceive two monthly clip sheets.
Head of the new service is Will
liam L. Mapel, director of the Lee
school of journalism at Washington
and Lee university, Lexington, Va.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30
Two Injured in Collision

ID JNtttu FFtNS
WARSAW, Ind. Sept. S0.-Two
men were. injured seriously when
their automobile crashed into a
moving traction car on the Winona
interurban railway at Mentone.
The men were Jack Fites, Etna
Green, and Clyde Fisher, Tippe-
canoe, the driver. They are in a
hospital here.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30
IA TAKE ART COURSES
John Heron Scholarships Accepted
by Washington Pupils.

Fourteen pupils from George
Washington high school have ac-
cepted scholarships for work at
John Heron Art institute. They
are:
Helen Wilson. Janet Ernst. Margaret
ward Findlay, Edith Hooser. Dolores Dor
say, say, Marguerite Halbing, Norman Curtis
george Bange. Dorothea Burkholder
Georgia Boone and Helen Danforth.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30
BARES BRIBE ATTEMPT
Ex-Police Captain Tells of Incident
at Gotham Gaming Quiz.

By United Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 30.-An at
tempt by Arnold Rothstein, mur-
dered Broadway gambler, to bribe
him to allow gambling in social and
political clubs, was described to-
day before the city-wide legislative
investigating committee by Ezekiel
Keller, former police captain.
Keller, who conducted a number
of raids on Tammany clubs where
gambling was permitted, said he
met Rothstein in front of the Kit
Kat Club. The gambler. whose un-
solved murder disclosed an alliance
between politics and underworld, Of
fered to pay Keller protection" for
a game.
II don't fix things" Keller said he
replied. "The only way I fix them
is to put them in a patrol wagon"
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30
AirpIane Inquest Set

30 UnitCd Press
LOGANSPORT, Ind, Sept. 3d.
Twenty persons were summoned to-
day to testify at the inquest which
will be held Thursday in the deaths
of William Lowden. Andrew Michael
and Walter King, killed when an
airplane in which they were said to
have been riding without the
owners consent crashed.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30

From a little spark may burst
mighty fame" is the quotation
from Dante which is carved on
the fireplace in the first grade
room at Christian Park school No.
81.
The school is new, and these
pupils are mighty proud of it.
They are determined to become
the mighty flames.
Top photo-Three young Ameri-
cans who are starting on the path
OF long, hard study They are,
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30
HIGH SPOTS OF WEDNESDAY
NIGHTS PROGRAM

6:15-NBC (WEAF) Moments with
MINNIE. Aida.
6;3o-Columbia-Miller and Lyles.
-Columbia-Pryor's band.
7:3o-NBC (wEAF) Percy Granger.
8:oo-NBC (WJz) Sherlock Holmes
drama.
s:so-NBC (WEAF) F)-Concert.
9:00-Rich's orchestra.
NBC (WJZ) Rochester Civic
orchestra.
9:30-NBC (WEAF) )-Haenschen's or
chestra; Grantland Rice.
10:15-NBC (WEAF)-Jesse Craw-
ford.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30
Cooperate With Peace Institute

indianapolis school officials plan
to cooperate with the Indiana
Council en- Public Relations, which
will hold an institute for disarma-
ment at the Y. w. c. A., Friday and
Saturday.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30

of the season, so as to make them
slightly in advance of the vogue
when they are released in Goldwyn
pictures. Consequently Unite d
Artists Pictures will become a style
barometer, according to advice from
Nine. Chanel.
"Palmy Days" is the most laugh
able of all of Eddie Cantors pro-
ductions, exceeding all his efforts
for the ziegfeld ''Follies," as well as
his first talker, "Whoopee." "Palmy
Days" was written expressly for the
screen, and besides having an un-
usually spectacular scenic embel-
liShment at the hands of Willy
Pogany,a is likewise replete with
scores of Hollywood's most decora-
tive young ladies, song-hits and the
nonsensical style of hunor always
associated with Eddie Cantor.
Charlotte Greenwood, Walter
Catlett and many other famous
mirth- makers are in the cast.
Among the outstanding musical
selections of this picture are eyes,
Yes Sister, Bend Down." Dunk,
Dunk, Dunk" and Goose Pimples.' >
In addition to the features, the
program will include the usual sup
Elementary shorter attractions to-
gether with the latest issue of the
Hearst Metrotone news.
Indianapolis theaters today offer:
Rebound at the Circle, 'Side
Show" at the Apollo, "Squaw Man
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30

Lyric, Bought" at the Ohio. "The
Last Flight at the Indiana, and
burlesque at the Mutual.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30
Day Programs

WFBM (123O) indianapolis
Indianapolis Power and Light COMPANY
A. NJ 3a
7:30-RecoAds.
e:o0-Wol<&n's. hour.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30
GAS CONSUMPTION RISES
445,O16,OOO Gallons Used in State in
1880, Report Shows.

During 1880, Hoosier filling sta
ton attendants pumped 445,016,00O
gallons Of gasoline for Indiana and
visiting motorists.
This overshadowed the 1929 con-
sumption when 432 ,O95, 900 gallons Of
auto fuel were sold in the state.
Todd StoopS,s secretary manager
OF the Hoosier Motor Club, who
made public the figures. said the in
creased gasoline purchases resulted
from additional good roads that
have widened travel horizons.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30
Fishing the
Air

Carrying a widely assorted cargo
melodies Of long ago. and dance hits Of
today-the Fast Freifat will pull out of
WcCo Wednesday for another run over
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30
PORTO RICAN LAD
IS. DILIGENT PUPIL
ONO
4

This is EfrGina
Castillo,
taking O
vacGtion from
( puzzling OUer
aOhy 1t is that a
bunch of
people are
foolish enough
to speak
English aOhen
there's q
perfectly good
Spanish
language to
use. He is
looking
fOraOdrd to
neat summer
1Uhen he aOilL be
able to read
through his
book, "Jacb
and NeU,"
qOithout
stumbling
over a single
aUOrd.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30
Times Radio Dial Twisters

WFBM and the Columbia network, to
$3.50 p. m.
Successes of young American song
Wednesday at $3.50 D. M, over WGN.
WTAM. WHAS and an NBC network
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30

-10:45 P. M
CBS-Pettis' orchestra
WMAQ (67O-via Lago or
/ chestra t3A hoursl.
Ill P. M
KYW (1020l-Don Pedro's
orchestra.
lCBS-Duchin's orchestra.
WGN (72ol-Ted weem's or
chestra.
NBC (WENR)-Jane Froman
and orchestra.
-11:15 P. M
KYW (1020) Whiteman's
| orchestra.
WBBM (77ol-Around the
town.
NBC (WJzl-Huntley's or
cheStra.
--11:30 P. M
lWGN (720l-Hogan's and
Burntett'S orchestra.
NBC (WENR)-Pollack's or
chestra.
-11:45 p. M
KYW (1020l Don Pedro S
orchestra.
WDAF (6l0) - Nighthawk
frolic.
--12 P. M
KYW tlo20-Russo's or
chestra.
1880 A. M
KYW t1020-Sherman's or
chestra.
'WENR fS70l-Don Pedro's
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30
POverty-stricken; Can't Vote

IHAOFACAA3 NdN FUIE
By United Press
CINCINNATI, Sept. 3O.-Charles
Martin, who said he had been a res
ident Of Cincinnati eighteen years,
was denied right to register for No
vember elections when he gave his
address at Garfield City park. He
said poverty forced him to live
there.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30
THE NATIONAL BROADCAsTlNG COMPANY
STATIONS OF THE COLUNIBIA BRO lDCASTING SYSTEM

WEDNESDAY
-9:15 P. M
CBS-Cafe Budapesth.
WBB M(77O Studio feat
ure.
$3.50 p. M
CBS-Savino tone pictures.
WBBM (770)-Od and Ol.
NBC (WEAF) -sGrantland
NBC CWJz)-Clara. Lu and
EN-.
WMAQ (670)-Auto Assn.
10 p. M
KDKA (980l-Sports: JOYS
orchestra.
KYW (1020)-Sports:
CBS-Street singer.
NBC (WEAFl-Nellie Revell.
WGN (720l - Tomorrow's S
Tribune.
NBC-Amos n ANDY to
WMAO. WENR. KTHS.
-1O:15 P. M
CBS-Prvor's band.
NBC (WEAFl Fl-Jesse Craw-
ford. organist.
mcdowell Thomas.
lNBC lWGNl-StebbinS bows.
WMAQ (670l-Musical pro-
gram.
--10:30 P. M
IKYW (1020l-Russo's or
cheStra.
lCBS-Downev and Wons.
NBC (WEAFl Lopez or
chestra.
WGN t720l-wayne King S
orchestra.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30

lo:00-Radio homemakers (CBs).
1915 to 12-Silent.
1900 Noon-Farm network (CBS).
l:oo-Rhythm Kings (cBSl.
l:15-Artist recital (CBSl.
l5S-Salon orchestra (CBSl.
230-Two Thirty tunes.
500 to 5:30-Silent.
The Indianapolis times., 1931-09-30

Indianapolis theaters today offer:
Rebound at the Circle, "Side
Show" at the Apollo, "Squaw Man
at the Palace, Eddie Nelson at the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-06-23
FARMER PROFITS WHEN
 LEGUMES FED TO COWS

LA GRANGE, Texas, June 23.- Paul Hensels pasture, near here, wasn't worth much to him until he began using oats, hairy vetch and Austrian peas on the six acres to feed his cows.
 Results: Milk production iflcreas- ed one-third; soil enriched by the legumes; Hensel's income increas- ed about $45 month.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-06-23

of fish for her approval.
 The girls voice thrilled with ad- miration. "Oh, did you catch all those? How do you ever do it?"
 A warm glow spread all through the boy; inside and out he tingled with rapture.
 Late that night when his parents were sound asleep, the boy stole out of his bedroom window and fol- lowed the path to the house where the girl lived. For an hour he stood under the stars, watching the square of light which was the win- dow of her room. Old Tony laughs now when he says. T did not know until long afterward that 1t was the window of the old housekeep- CTS room, and that Harriet's room was on the other side of the house.
 The paths which led from the two homes on the brow of the hill to their secluded nook were deeply worn during the years which fol- lowed.
 All the life of their native village the boy and girl lived with their village mates. And always their young hearts were warmed by the enduring glow of that first awaken ing. They did not speak of it-boys and girls do not usually-but they knew.
 During their last year in public school they were chosen for the leading parts in an amateur play and made their first appearance to- gether on the stage. They met of ten in that little retreat between their homes to rehearse, and named the place their theater. No other member of the company was ever invited to meet them there.
 Harriet's acting in the play was the talk of the village But many of the villagers shook their heads in grave concern. To their sim pie country minds it might be all right for boy or girl to appear in
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-06-23
Chapter 2 LOVE IN THE BUD

The Lotour house is on the brow of Orchard Hill, where the higher land upon which the village stands drops steeply down to the valley and the river. A half mile or so away also overlooking the valley pastures and meadows, stands the old house where Harriet Noel lived.
 About midway between the two homes there is one of those pretty half hidden retreats often seen in a country where hills and valleys meet. In Tony's boyhood this val ley land was a pasture-as it is to- day.' : Always there is the pleasant smell of grass and flowers and trees and cattle and warm moist earth.
 The boy was fishing that Satur- day afternoon in Cherry Creek. It