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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-30
Hemorrhage Fatal

By Times Special
NOBLESVILLE, Ind, May 3d.
Marshall Wiseman, IS, is dead at his
home of cerebra hemorrhage. He
caves his widow and two sons,
Caude, Anderson and Frank, Mobiles
vile.
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Woman Filler Hops

~ OUttCu Press
MARSEILLES, France. May 3d.
Mile. Lena Bernstein, Russian born
French tlier, left at 4:50 a. m. today
in the direction of Egypt in an at
tempt to establish a distance re-
cord for light airplanes.
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Bg Times Special
NORTH MANCHESTER. Ind,
May 30.-A two-day reunion of the
500 members of the One hundred
fifty-seventh Indiana regiment,
Spanish-American war outfit, opened
here today.
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Girl Kills Self

BIZ Times Special
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. May 3d.
Miss Purcella Peacock, 20, drank
half pint of poison in committing
suicide. Relatives indicated that
disappointment over a love affair
may have caused the act.
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In the Air

Weather conditions in the air at
8 a. M:
Southwest wind, 4 miles an hour;
barometric pressure, 1902 at sea
level; temperature 81; ceiling 1,5O0
feet; visibility 3 miles; field good.
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NEGRO LEADER is DEAD
Former Woman Deputy County
Clerk Succumbs at Home.

Funeral services for Mrs. Lila
Bailey, 80, Negro deputy county
clerk in the HutSell administration
and vice president of the Colored
Women's Republican Club, who died
at her home, 2409 Indianapolis ave-
nue., Thursday, will be held at the
Patten undertaking establishment
at l p. m. Monday, with burial in
Grown Hill cemetery.
Survivors are her husband, Solo,
mon Bailey, and her mother, Mrs.
Mary Glover.
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TRAFFIC TAKES
ONE LIFE;FOUR
BADLY INJURED
Lafayette Youth Fatally
Hurt in Auto Truck
Crash Near FIackviIIe.

Traffic congested by thousands Of
visitors automobiles Friday night
took one life, and left four parsons
near death in hospitals in the city.
joseph Reifenreath, 10, Of La
fayette, was injured fatally and
three companions were hurt so
badly physicians fear they will die,
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CROWLEY TO Die
IN CHAIR; FIGHTS
IN COURTROOM
two Gun HoodIum Found
Guilty Of Murder; Jury
Out AZ Minutes.

BIZ United Pfess
MINEOLA, N. Y, May 3D.
Guarded by two husky policemen,
Francis Crowley, 19-year-old l03-
pound bandit. who likes to be called
"Two-Gun." sat in the detection
room of the county jail today,
awaiting the formality of being
sentenced to death in the electric
chair at Sing Sing prison.
Judge Lewis j. Smith will pro-
nounce sentence Monday, although
Crowley's attorneys have indicated
they will file an appeal.
The diminutiye, egotistical hood
lun was convicted Friday on a
charge of numbering Patrolman
Frederick Hirsch father of four
children, who was shot to death in
Black Shirt lane, North Merrick, l..
l.. on the night Of May 5, when he
approached Crowley, who was sitting
In a parked automobile.
Lunges at Inspector
The courtroom was thrown into
an uproar just after the verdict of
guilty" was pronounced, when
Crowley made a move which at
tendants interpreted as a break for
liberty, but which Crowley's foster
mother said was an effort to kiss
her farewell.
Deputy Sheriff Frank Davis had
snapped handouts on the bandits
wrist and started to lead him from
the room. Mrs. Crowley, from the
first row of spectators, seats, took
step toward them, and Crowley
responded by moving toward her.
Inspector Harold r. King placed
himself between them.
Angered by this interference,
Crowley lunged at the inspector,
although one hand still was hand
cuffed to Deputy Davis. Police
rushed at him, and in an instant
the room was in an uproar. When
order was restored, Crowley was
taken to the county jail and placed
in a solitary cell to await sentence.
Trial Is Speedy
The trial was one of the speed
lest in local annals. The jury was
impaneled on Monday and Tuesday,
testimony was completed Friday
morning and the jury took only
forty-two minutes to find the pris-
oner guilty. Two ballots were cast,
the first standing IL to l for convic-
ton. On the second the twelfth
juror said
IF you feel that way about 1t,
let's make it unanimous" and he
changed his vote to make it so.
Crowley, slumped in his chair,
chewing gum, and with his thumbs
in his trousers pockets, heard the
verdict without making a sound,
but he lost his childish half-Smile
and appeared frightened.
Sweetheart Not in Court
He had said previously that he
''knew he didn't have a chance to
escape the chair" and wanted to get
It over with as soon as possible.
Helen Walsh. the bandits ex-
sweetheart. captured with him in
the siege of the apartment at West
End avenue and Ninetieth street by
100 policemen, was not in the court
room.
She was the states chief witness
in the trial and had been promised
freedom in return for her testi-
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The City
in Brief
Three hundred office employees of

Three hundred office employees of
the Ind lapolis Power and Light
Company have been instructed in
f1rst-aid treatments recently so that
they will be able to cope with emer-
gencies. All company trucks are
equipped with first-aid materials.
ID. p. Beach, who has been en-
gineer, maintenance of way, for
the central division of the Penn
sylvania railroad, has been promoted
to assistant chief engineer of the
eastern region. it was announced
Friday by officials.
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HOLD DEATH MESSAGE

St Joseph (Mich) Woman Sought
Due to Death of Mother.
Mrs. Elsie Peterson of st. Joseph,
Mich, today was sought in Indi-
annapolis by police to inform her of
the death of her mother in the
Michigan city Friday night. Mrs.
Peterson is attending the race and
police are seeking her in hotels.
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~77 I

Mcconnell, Wilmer Miller ard
Leonard Smith, all of Lafayette.
Also hurt in the crash were: Al
bert Krabbe Jr.; Ernest Rees. Les
ter Gould and Gaylon Grippe, al OF
Lafayette, and Alonzo Lawrence Of
5225 Brookville read.
Drivers Are Injured
Miller and Rees were drivers of
the automobiles and Lawrence was
driving the truck.
Earl Huff, $40 West Morris street.
was injured critically early today
when his automobile, with three
friends in it, collided with a car
driven by j. T. Dialliatt, Allendale.
Pa, on Southport road and State
road 81. His skull was fractured
and his chest crushed.
Francis Bechart, 1141 South Sen
ate avenue; Gordon Hartley, 1918
South Senate avenue, and William
Power, $50 Vinton avenue, were in
jured. Dilliatt escaped with minor
injuries.
Train DemolisheS Auto
Four persons escaped death when
their car was demolished by a Big
Four train two miles west of IN
dianapolis Motor speedway on Six
tenth street today.
ODDS. Golf, Williamsburg, KY,
driver, was hurt seriously, and Miss
Nora Lewis, 81, Dekalb, I'LL, was
slightly injured. Golden Chaser,
80, and Asia Chaser, IL, both of De-
kalb, escaped injury.
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in an automobile and
truck collision on
State Road 50, three
miles north of Flack-
vile. His was the
seventy = first traffic
death in the county
injured are: Donald
Wilmer NFs1Tar o~rI
Milford chronicle., 1931-04-03
THE BIRDS FLY NORTH

Again that annual marvel of ma,
ture. the migration of the birds, is
witnessed by our people. What pow.
er is it that gives these tiny crea.
lures this keen instinct? How can
they find their way over thousands
of miles of land and water, to re-
turn often to precisely the same
spot? Often they build their nests
in the same tree or bush, or in the
shelter of the same building.
The many birds that winter in
South and Central America, per-
form most strange and incompre-
hensible feat, when they wing their
way across the intervening spaces,
and turn up in the same old neigh
borhood, and perhaps use last years
nest. That perky little head, with
its bright and beady eyes, includes
some powers of intelligence denied
to the proud human race.
However the birds accomplish this
amazing triumph of instinct, they
are welcome friends. No sound in
all nature equals the warbling beau
ty Of the bird note. There are a few
birds that have harsh voices, but for
the most part, their vocal organs are
musical instruments of greater love-
liness than the hand of man could
ever fashion. .....
The cheeriness of their piping
songs has taken the gloom out of
many sorrowfu1 hearts. One should
not believe the world is all wrong,
when this evidence of beauty and
happiness is spread before us each
springtime. We can we'll emulate
these happy songsters, and trust the
world around us as they do, and not
worry about the ills of tomorrow
that may never come.
The birds perform an economic
service of the highest value, by de-
stroying harmful pests. Any state
that fails to protect its own birds,
Or birds on the way to other states
where their work is needed, is hit
ing the agriculture of the country,
and increasing the cost of living for
Ill of us. Let us do our full share
If bird protection work here in Del
ware.
Milford chronicle., 1931-04-03
IMPROVING BUSINESS

So many reports of improving
business are coming in, that il
would seem as if the pessimists and
dOubters must at last be convinced
Steel production has long been con-
sidered one of the best measure
ments of the rise and fall of trade,
and steel production has now in
creased for II consecutive weeks,
and the mills at this writing are op-
Grating at 81 per cent of capacity.
AS there is tendency for such
plants to keep increasing their ca
pacity, this probably means con-
siderably larger volume than 81 per
cent production would have meant a
few years ago. ....
The plant capacity of most of our
industries is much in excess of the
demand for. the product. A rs per
cent production in any industry us
ually indicates a large degree of
activity, and it would seem as if
steel production would get up to
that point before long. 49,
A slow but steady recovery indi-
Gates healthy. rise from depression,
which is not built merely on specu-
lative hopes. The country showed in
the spring of 1880, quite active re-
covery from the speculative smash
Of 1929, but it was too abrupt to
last. -...
Now it is evident that :. whatever
recovery develops is not created be-
cause spectators are bidding up
stocks, or producers are banking ON
guesses. The spectators have been
much discouraged for some time,
and for the most part are waiting
for business to show prosperity be-
fore they risk any more money.
When an industry expands now.
after the prolonged period of slow
business, it is almost invariably be-
cause dealers are finding themselves
short of the things the people want
to buy, so that they are sending in
actual orders for new goods. That
kind of gain is something substan-
Lial on which people can bank. We
can expect to see much more of it
here in Delaware before midsum-
ner.
Milford chronicle., 1931-04-03
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THEY LIKE UNCLE SAM

Members of the Presidents party
which visited at Porto Rico few
days ago, came away with the i'm
preston that the Porto Ricans are
glad to be under American rule.
Rumors of disaffection come thence
occasionally, but the enthusiasm
manifested on this occasion indi-
Gates that those islanders know ON
which side their bread is buttered.
Our government of politicians,
run in political way, does not
handle the business of colonial de-
tendencies very efficiency. But the
Porto Ricans will not soon forget
that when their island was laid low
by terrific hurricane in 1928, Am
erican relief agencies and our gov
ernment poured out millions of dol
lars for their relief. Uncle Sam is
not too business-like, but he still
has heart.
Milford chronicle., 1931-04-03
NINE KILLINGS in ae HOURS

There were nine killings in New
York City in 36 hours a few days
ago, one of them being a suicide.
The way human life is taken under
the conditions of gang activity in
some of our cities is appalling. A
lot of people think no more of
shooting anyone through the heart
than ordinary folks do of swatting
a fly.
How comes it that we are breed
ing these dark and brutal charac-
ters, with hearts as cold and re-
as the stones of the des-
eTt? Something is wrong with our
civilization, when we turn. out so
many desperate characters. In our
life, we think too much
of money, and too little of creating
helpful influences in our cities and
towns.
Milford chronicle., 1931-04-03

certain methods of fertilization are
better than others in the production
of greater yields of grapes, but
these demonstrations did show that
additional quantities of potash are
effective in increasing the yield and
in producing more compact clusters
with well formed berries, with the
result that many growers are now
following the practice of using
higher percentage of potash in their
commercial fertilizer mixtures each
spring in their vineyards.
AS this is the season of the year
when grape growers are planning
their vineyard fertilization program.
a complete account of these fertili-
zation demonstrations and the re-
suits which have been obtained arc
being mailed from the office of
count yagent Russell f. Wilson, and
any grower who fails to receive this
information is requested to get in
touch with the county extension Of
flee in Dover.
Milford chronicle., 1931-04-03
MARBLE PLAYING BOYS

There is an old saying that the
sight of boys playing marbles on the
sidewalks is one sure sign of spring.
We can not be sure that baseball,
lawn tennis, and golf will be as pop
ular 100 years from today as they
are now, but it is certain that the
boys of 20S1 will play marbles just
as they do now.
Some anxious parents are con-
cerned because their youngsters
play marbles 'for keeps" They
think that it plants the gambling in
stinct in their minds. Perhaps so,
but it is not much use making rules
that can't be enforced. The best
time to point out the dangers of
gambling will come when they be-
gin to play games for real money.
The rules of marble games have
been codified by some boy leaders,
and marble championship contests
established. The marble champions
are boys who are worth watching.
They have a physical deftness that
will make them skilful with their
hands, and habit of persistence
that will make them formidable op-
ponents in any kind of competition.
Milford chronicle., 1931-04-03
THE COMlLUNITY,S LEADERS

The development of a city or town
depends very much on the kind of
leadership it has. If it has active
men and women who are not afraid
to take the lead in public affairs, it
will go ahead. In the main a COM
munity looks to it's business people
to exercise this leadership. They are
the ones who in the main raise the
money, do the work, and create the
driving force that makes for pro-
gress.
When we spend our money in our
home stores, we encourage the bus
mess people to do things for their
home town. AS they become more
prosperous, they gain more enthus-
iasm for their home city, and they
can better afford to give money and
effort to local causes. Supporting
home business provides leadership
for all our desired detectives.
Milford chronicle., 1931-04-03
A Thought for Easter

This wonderful world has way of utilizing all its
ducts. Nothing is wasted You burn fuel
fire, but the wood is not destroyed It is simply turned
something else Part of into ashes with which
tize lawn. Some of into smoke and which
capable of being utilized. Nothing is lost.
The valuable product that the universe far
created far science research discover
man spirit The intelligence and of is nobe than
any nanmate object 1t is greater sublime than the
supendou heavenly body created out of dead matter The
star is dead thing incapable action
human being however, has within ITSELF can
think and and form purposes carry out
1t reaches out through billions miles of
wonders of its chemical analysis it judgment
dead STAR determines its composition and locates place
vast spaces of ether.
is inconceivable that the universe going
aside this finest and most glorious product into the
as it bit of worthless After of years
the universe has brought glorious result of h
man life 1t is not going be open to
it which not yet
AS the preacher faces his congregation Sunday
as ne gazes into that have had
OF life and the pangs of separation from loved might
suggest some thought like the above Perhaps bring
comfort to lonely heart 1t
which Jesus Christ brought to earth 1900 years ago.
Milford chronicle., 1931-04-03
TOWN SPIRIT

School authorities and the athletic
arrangements in schools, speak
much about what they call school
spirit" The point out that if there
is a warm enthusiasm in a school
for its athletic teams and various
student activities, these activities
are more prosperous. If everyone is
interested in the success of a school
team or school society, that team
or society is going to accomplish
things and be a leader in its line.
In a community also we need the
same sentiment. If we have warm
enthusiasm for a town and its ac-
tivities, its business will prosper, its
will be we'll employed,
it's organizations will be active, and
the community will acquire repu-
tation as a live place.
Milford chronicle., 1931-04-03
Milford, Friday, April 8, 1881
EASTER

Once again the Christian world
approaches the climax of its church
year, in the festival that celebrates
the Bible story of the resurrection
of Jesus. The day stands for diff
ferent ideas in different lands. With
some it is the occasion simply for
an annual visit to church. The sane
tuaries are thronged with an influx
of people, many of whom have not
darkened a church door since Eas-
ter, 1880.
Such ones have come out as they
go to any place to which the crowd
is drifting. They are attracted by
thrilling music, the charming green
cry and bloom of the decorations.
The spectacle of a crowd of we'll
dressed people, many of them wear
ing new finery, draws many of these
folks. They are pleased by the col
orful pageant, but the inspiring
thought that the day brings finds lit
tie entrance to their materialistic
minds. t...
William Shakespeare made one of
his characters says, that there are
more things in heaven and earth
than are dreampt of in the philoso-
ply on which he was commenting.
It is the same today.
If we look only for the surface as
poets of life, for the froth and gilt !
ter only, that is all we shall find. We /
shall not perceive life's deeper |
meanings. We shall never feel those /
great spiritual truths that have Civ
en- men and women comfort in dark
moments through all history.
The amazing events that followed |
the crucifxion of Jesus have never
been fully explained to many inquir-
ing minds. They can not account
for them. Still, this we know, that
following that tragic event some
thing happened that turned a little
timid band of fearful and frightened
disciples, into a world conquering
force, that overturned all existing
civilizations and created the greatest
movement for human progress that
the world has ever seen. Some pow
er hidden from our human senses
has worked through that movement.
1t is capable of helping and
strengthening us all if we will put
our trust in it.
Milford chronicle., 1931-04-03
STUDENT SOLICITORS

Many young men are trying to OBJ
tain money for an education, by sell
ling things from door to door. One
naturally feels sympathy with any
young man who is ambitious enough
to earn money for an education. II
is out of that spirit that men have
gone on to success and achieve
ment t..
Such young fellows however, Of
ten need advice. Sometimes the kind
of education they seek is not the
kind best suited to their needs. They
conceive the idea that if they can
only graduate from some college,
their path to success is easy. But
that is not the case. The college
diploma is no meal ticket.
Boys who try to earn money in
this way should not make an appeal
that is practically a request for
charity. If they try to persuade
people to buy something they do not
want to help them through college,
they might just as well ask for
direct gift of money.
Some of these boys approach peO-
pie with long prepared rigmarole
of speech, prepared by the sales
managers of some agency, which is
supposed to handle a possible buyer
very tactfully, and gradually break
down his sales resistance" More
frequently however, this approach
has so much tedious circumlocution,
and it takes so much time to listen
to it, that the possible buyer is irri-
tated and prejudiced.
Such canvassers do the best when
they offer some useful thing to peo-
pie and do it in few words. Such
SOLICITING is often overdone. If it
reaches the point where it COM
petes to any extent with local bust
ness concerns, they have some right
to complain. So many people are
trying to sell things from door to
door, that relatively few of them
can accomplish much. The majority
Of them would do better to go to
work with their hands=on any use
iul job that can be found.
Milford chronicle., 1931-04-03
EFFORTS OF THE WOMEN

Mrs. Herbert Hoover in a radio
address a few nights ago, thanked
the Girl Scouts for the work they
had done toward the relief of unem-
ployment, and she also thanked all
the women who had worked ON such
relief.
Our philanthropic causes would
not get far without the work of the
women. They do the bulk of the Or
ganization work necessary to keep
welfare agencies going. The plight
of the family suffering from unem-
ployment and other troubles goes to
the heart of every true woman. The
men may regret such situations the
Oretically, but are apt to forget
about the necessity of doing some
thing about it. The women start ac-
tivities in motion, and keep at it un-
til suffering is relieved.
Milford chronicle., 1931-04-03
DAMN HOOVER!"
H. L. Wheaton in the Hokah Mimi
Chief

| H. Il. wheaton Ill the HOkah (Alinn
Chief
When wheat productions 'Over-done
And farms go bankrupt one by one
Then curses ring from sun to sun,
Damn Hoovernre
When hunger comes because o.
drouth,
And famine stalks throughout the
south, -:...
Then rise these words from every
mouth, q.t.
Damn Hoover!"
When someone makes a new ma
chine, :a.i...
That takes the place of seventeen,
Then people rave till they are green,
Damn HOoverp
When buffers cheap or buffers high.
For those who sell or those who
buy, ..@
You then can hear the well known
cry,
damn Hoover!"H ..r
When chinchbugs eat up all the
grain,
And crops are poor for lack of rain,
Then farmers yell this sad refrain,
Damn Hoover!"
When world depression comes our
way, r,ts,.
And bread lines form day after day,
The jobless men all rise and say,
Damn HOover!"
When little Johnnie cries with fright
Because Of nightmare in the night,
Then we should cuss with all our
might, sf.
Damn Hoover"
When tom-cats yowl ON backyard
fence, r..I
Instead of hurling bootjacks thence,
These words should come to our de-
fense, .tas.
Damn Hoover!"i--s
When we are caught while making
moon, % o..t
And Feds" swoop down7on us too
soon,
Then we should sing this same old
tune, .a.H
Damn Hoover!" !"so..
sS.l..
When this Or that seems going
wrong, .:i--'
When long is short or short is long,
Then we should sing this same old
song, ~ p:
Damn HOoVer!"Haju
When there is no one else to blame,
md we can find no other name
FOR all our woes, let us exclaim,
Damn Hoover!" i.
When everybody starts to tell
hat this old world has gone to hell,
hen let us all begin to yell,
Damn Hooveri"