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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-13
MILK MAN IS
$4,000 ESSAY
PRIZE WINNER
Vile of Marine Captain
Awarded $4,000 by
Camel CigaretS.

BIZ United Press
WINSTON SALEM, N. c., May
13.-James 7. Sharkey, a milk route
foreman, of Dorchester, Mass, to-
day was announced as the winner
of the first prize of $4,000 in the
essay contest on advantages Of
new wrapper for Camel cigaret
packages.
Mrs. Walter Sweet, wife of a
marine corps captain stationed at
Brooklyn navy yard, won second
prize of $4,000.
Third prize of $1,000 was awarded
Julius NJ. Nolte of Duluth, MINI.
Awards Of $1,000 each were given
to:
Albert B. Franklin III, Cambridge,
Mass; John R. Mccarthy, Will
mantle, Conn; Frederick E. Robin
son, Coronado Beach, Cal; william
A. Schrader, New Albany, Ind, and
DR.. D. H. Soper, Iowa City, Ia.
952, 228 Answers Received
A total of 952, 228 answers were
received in the contest.
Sharkey is married. He wears
overalls at his work and is slender
of medium height and has deep-set
blue eyes. Born in County Tip
perary, Ireland, he came to the
United States alone at the age of 16.
He went at once to Boston, where
he did odd jobs.
Eight years ago he got a job de-
livering milk and rose to the rank
of foreman.
Mother of Boys
Mrs. Sweet is the mother Of three
boys, the Oldest of whom is 10. A
graduate of Radcliffe college in
1920, she has travelled with her
husband to marine posts in many
out Of the way places. She expert
enced the hurricane in Porto Rico,
and was in Dover, N. J., at the time
OF the big explosion there.
Nolte is a real estate dealer. and
Instructor in the English extension
division Of the University of Min
nesota. He is married. He is a
Yale graduate and a member of
Phi Beta Kappa, honorary scho-
lastic fraternity. During the war he
was an American aviator. He has
four children,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-13
TRACTION lines
PROPERTIES TO
co ON BLOCK
Receivers Sale viii Be Held
in Court Here on
Thursday.

Valuable properties Of the Terre
Haute Traction and Light Com
pany. operating under a 999-year
lease, will be the prize plum" in
the receivers sale Of Terre Haute,
indianapolis & Eastern Traction
Company holdings at 10 Thursday
morning in superior court five.
Petition for the sale, filed re-
Gently with Judge Russell J. Ryan.
states the sale is necessary to sat
isfy $6842.0 20 Of general creditors
claims and $6.50O,000 Of first mort
gage Obligations.
Upon request Of Elmer w. Stout,
Fletcher American bank president.
and receiver for the traction lines.
several lines operated by the com
pany are about to be closed.
Orders for abandoning lines from
Terre Haute to Sullivan and Gin
ton will become effective at mid
night May "a.
A petition for closing the Rich
mond division is pending with the
Indiana public service commission.
"A total Of l73 miles Of lines have
been abandoned upon authority Of
the public service commission. It
vas shown at the receivers hearing
that net revenues Of the company
had S140,739 deficit for 1890.
Greater portion of the traction
company's mortgage bonds have
been secured by insult holding com
panies, already financially interest
ed in the properties, and expected
to be a high bidder at the forced
sale.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-13

about in the garage of one of his
Negro parishioners, Briant Smart,
at 513 Indiana avenue.
After two years of patient eff
fort, he has evolved system of
fabrication to be used on both
trains and automobiles which me-
chanics Of the city believe will
save many a bearing and rod
from being scorched.
There just won't be any more
hot boxes to endanger lives of
passengers on the trains" the jo-
vial father declared when ques-
toned on the use to which his
invention, pictured above, is to be
put.
my pump, that is, mine and
Briant'S, throws two streams of
oil directly on the part to be kept
cool. Trainmen won't have to
worry about waste catching fire
if the railroads use the pump in
the journals. 1t can be used in
automobiles just as we'll"
ut has taken long time to
finish" unused the priest.
His face lit with a happy smile.
Sure, but it's been a lot of fun"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-13
ODDS 20 TO |
FOR FREEING OF
BEAUTY QUEEN
Mrs. Nixon-N irdIinger to Go
on Trial Next Week
for Murder.
By United Press

by CnlEeU FfeSS
NICE, France, May 13.-The odds
were 20 to l for acquittal when it
was announced today that Mrs.
Charlotte Nixon Nirdlinger, st. Louis
beauty queen, probably would face
a jury next Wednesday on charges
Of Staying her husband.
Mrs. on-Nirdlinger shot and
killed Fred Nixon Nirdlinger, wealthy
Philadelphia theater owner, in their
fashionable Riviera home two
months ago.
She said her husband, elderly and
jealous, had threatened her life and
that she shot him in self defense
during quarrel.
Nice buzzed with excitement in
certain quarters after the an
nouncement.
The odds on her acquittal were
freely quoted at 20 to l, much in
the manner in which the Riviera
playboys and girls place bets on the
horses or roulette.
1t generally was contended that
there was only one chance for con-
viction, and that admittedly was
weak.
1t lay in the possibility that the
jury would disregard the testimony
of experts, which the defense in
tends to introduce in an effort to
show that the fatal shots were fired
u,loi1a RFrc Miuo,, NTirJI;Yooo,- ~v,or
struggling with her Infatuated huS-
band.
Public sympathy appeared def
nitely in favor of the young and
comely widow. The fact that she
has remained in Jail for more thai
two months instead of seeking bail
has made her a martyr.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-13
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported to police as stolen
NJ. F, Klotz, % west Nineteenth street
Chevrolet coach. 1862, from TT. WAYNE
avenue and Delaware street.
l. Wolf Auto Company, 722 North
Capitol avenue Ford coupe, from rear of
722 North Capitol avenue
Patrick Breslin. 2O56 North Alabama
Albin Schreiber. 246 North oxford street
Chevrolet sedan, SO os8. from Meridian
and Twentieth streets
Thomas Morgan. 919 orange street
New Jersey street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-13
High Filler

By Uaifed Press
NEW YORK, May l3.-When
Ldna Lesher. "a, physical in
structor at Tyrone, Pa, went
in for flying three years ago,
SIZE did it in a big way.
She will be married to her
flying instructor, William c.
Patterson, chief pilot of the
yYextbrook Aeronautical Cor
poration, on June /, and the
couple will then leave on an
aerial honeymoon of the United
States.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-13
NATURAL GAS BID TO
BE GIVEN TO MAYOR

Formal Proposal Is Prepared by
Marion County Corporation.
A formal bid for supplying natural
gas to the city or to the Citizens
Gas Company will be submitted to
Mayor Reginal dH. Sullivan's spe-
cial committee May % by the Mar
ion County Gas Corporation, the
committee has been notified.
The company first proposed to
lease the Citizens company, in
event the citys right to acquire the
company should be sustained by the
United States supreme court, but
this proposition was declined by the
mayors committee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-13
FUND TEAMS TO MEET
Progress of Jewish Campaign VIII
Be Reported BY Cautains.

Reports Of progress in the Jewish
Welfare fund campaign will be
made by twenty-one team captains
this afternoon at campaign head
quarters in the Occidental building.
Workers reported a total of $50
1880 contributed at a luncheon
Tuesday. Joseph NJ. Bloch is cam
paign chairman and J. A. Goodman
is Jewish Welfare Fund president.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-13
BACK HOME AGAIN

Stolen automobiles recovered by police
John Moore. 8so1s North California
street. Buick touring, found at West
and Eleventh streets.
Roy Herd, 1901 Albany street. Chevrolet
streets.
jackson Brown, 1908 State street, Chew
relet coupe, found at Randolph and
Prospect streets.
James Carter, 11S5 Bates street. Nash
touring, found at Delaware and Maryland
streets.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-13
Aged Man Dies

~ 4 iM6S special
NOBLESVILLE, Ind, May 10. -
Samuel H. McVey, 80, is dead of
an injury which he sustained by a
fall He was a resident of this
locality sixty years. He leaves his
widow and three children: Mrs.
Laura Dawson, Springfield, ILL.,;
Joseph McVey, this city, and Roy
NcVey, Sparta, Mich,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-13
Held After Crash
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, May 10. - L.
Powell, 943 Bell street, Indianapo-
lis, and Clyde Harmon, Zionsville,
were arrested by state police after
an automobile in which they were
riding crashed into one driven by
Cyrus Walker, Marion. The pris-
oners are charged with intoxication
and drunken driving.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-13
MAYR MOVES TO END
STATES TRUCKS WAR
Interstate Conference Called tC
Settle License Middle.

Secretary Of State Frank Mayr
Jr- has taken the initiative in a
new reciprocity program in the
truck license war which still wages
despite the recent conference at
Lansing, Mich.
Mayr sent messages Offering COM
plete reciprocity to license officials
in Illinois, Ohio and Michigan. He
also sent a similar message to Geor-
gia, where an Indiana truck has
been impounded for license, accord
ing to Thomas Snyder, secretary of
the National Truck Operators AS
ISOLATION.
A conference is to be arranged
by Mayr for West Baden.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-13
Plant Manager Killed

By United Press
MARION, Ind, May 13-H. A.
Chaplain, 70, manager of the Kraft
Cheese Company at Summittville,
was killed instantly here when the
automobile in which he was riding
crashed head-on with one driven
by j. Cummins, FIT. Wayne, Allen
county deputy sheriff. Cummins
was hurt slightly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-13

drive out the Panchen Lama, WHO
was friendly to China.
The Living Budha is always GER
tain of a welcome somewhere, even
though an exile from his own coun-
try.
He is divine figure to millions
and his public pronouncements are
accepted with respect.
He has lived a quiet life since his
exile and is an unassuming little
man. with thoughtful kindly face
which attests to the life of spirit
ual meditation which he has led.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-13
Bank Receiver Sues

81 Times Special
NOBLESVILLE, Ind, May 13.-
A petition has been filed in Hamil-
ton circuit court here by Harry Tai
bert, receiver of the State Bank of
Westfield, closed in January, for an
order to assess stockholders 100 per
cent. Talbert sets out that losses.
due to bad notes and mortgages,
will total $4,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-13
STREAM SURVEY ASKED
Indiana Waters to Be Examined for
Trout Stocking.

DR.. viii Scott of Indiana uni
versity and two students will survey
Indiana streams to determine to
what extent they may be stocked
with trout, it was announced today
by Walter Shirts, chief of the fish
and game division of the state con-
servation department, under whose
auspices the survey is to be made.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-13
RAILROADS VALUE CUT
g. & o. Tax Assets Are Lowered nv
State Tax Board.

Valuation Of Baltimore e. Ohio
railroad properties in Indiana have
been cut by the state tax board
from the 1880 valuation of $45.121.-
i13 to $44,693,838 for 1881. South
ern Railway Company was cut from
s6827,890 to $685. 400.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-13
SAGE S0ulS-and LiUeS,
Aim of PYieSt-InUentOr

Father Bryan and his invention
the nemesis Of hot-boxes-
which he has patented after two
years experimentation.
Smyrna times., 1931-05-27
Linen Textbooks" Used
in Early Schcolrooms

"Your lesson for tomorrow will
be on the blue handkerchief"
Children in the primary schools
of Wisconsin, during the days of
a century ago, fully realized the
significance of the school marm's
words.
In the absence of textbooks,
linen handkerchiefs, full of prints
depicting the great moments and
the great men of history, were used
to instruct the youngsters. This
method was used to teach children
how to read and to spell. Different
lessons required different handker-
chiefs.
Fortunately. little Mary and lit
tie Johnny did not have to tote
pocketful references. A handker-
chief a day made a schooling pay.
In a shaded corridor of the His
torical museum, on the University
of Wisconsin campus, one may see
the faded linen, once the pride of a
studiOus child. George Washing
ton is the lesson text. a full
length print of George in character
istic NapOleOnic pose fills the cen
ter of the fOot-square goods. To
the right, in large type, still legible,
are the birth, death and other vital
facts.
Smyrna times., 1931-05-27
Sympathy of Golfers
VIII Be With Dreamer

One morning more or less
methodical individual was awak-
ened as usual by the alarm clock.
He scrambled out of bed, but in
stead of shutting off the alarm and
proceeding about the leisurely proc
ess of dressing, he merely reset the
clock and climbed back into bed.
His wife noted his unusual be-
haviOr with some surprise.
whats the matter?" she asked.
Don't you feel well?"
Keep quiet!" he grumbled, and
went about the intensive business
of going back to sleep.
He explained everything later,
and in spite of her huff the mis-
tress of the household got laugh
out of it. 1t seemed that the alarm
clock summons interrupted a dream
in which the husband was engaged
in an exciting game of golf with
Bobby Jones.
"Well," his wife observed, "how
does that explain your hopping
back into bed again?"
81 wanted to finish that match, T"
her husband replied, "and I want
ed to give one particularly offensive
pest a good punch in the nose. And
the sad part of it is 1 can't for the
life of me remember whether l did
or not"
Smyrna times., 1931-05-27
Developing Powers of
Observation in Child

Teach child to be observant of
everything around him. and you
give him one of the sOundest starts
in life, for observations are very
rarely wasted.
The Japanese are a race who ap-
preciate to the full the value of OBJ
servation, and their babies are
taught it unconsciously almost from
their cradles. They learn it as a
game. The Japanese mother will
give her child a tray of objects to
look at for few minutes. then the
tray is taken away and the child
tells her all about it's contents. 1t
is quite a thrilling game when there
are lots of things to remember, and
children take to it very quickly.
To be able to observe swiftly and
accurately will often help one very
substantially in life. To take in
ones surroundings quickly, and to
be able TO sum up characters fairly
accurately, are two very useful as
sets and each derived to a certain
extent from observation.
When there are decisions to be
made, it is possibly the man or wo-
man who has been taught to OBJ
serve from childhood who stands
the best chance of making happy
ones
Smyrna times., 1931-05-27
Byron's Pet Goose

Byron, though he sneered at
many other British institutions,
seems to have retained a truly
John-BUllish hankering after roast
goose at Michaelmas, a Manchester
Guardian writer observes, Coun-
tess Guiccioli records how one year,
In Venice, the poet bought a goose
early in August with the idea of
hand-feeding it in readiness for
September 20. Sentiment, however,
interfered with the plan, for he and
the bird became so attached that
when Michaelmas arrived he could
not bear the thought of killing it.
He bought another bird for his
table; and had cage made for the
pet goose, which he suspended un-
der his carriage when he Travelled.
Smyrna times., 1931-05-27
DRINKING SCENES OPPOSED
Kent County Council Protests Of
fensive Titles, Display Posters

Motion Picture Producers are
called upon to discontinue drink
ing in films when such drinking is
used as basis for humor or when
ridiculing our national laws, in a
resolution adopted last night at the
monthly meeting of the Kent
County Better Films Council. The
Council also protested against
misleading and offensive titles and
display posters. The name of the
organization was changed from
Kent County Better Films Com
mittee to Kent County Better Films
Council in order to avoid confusion
with the committees of the organ
ization. Miss Emily Spruance was
elected Chairman of the Commit
tee on Publicity. A new commit
tee will be inaugurated in the i'm
mediate future-a committee on
Reviewing. This Committee will
review each picture shown and re-
ports will be given out locally re-
garding the merits of the pictures,
and regular reports will be made
direct to the producers. The
Council will urge people to patron
ize the better class of pictures, in
order that there may be a demand
for them The members of the re-
viewing group will make a study
of reviewing and fill cut a printed
form on each picture reviewed. The
Council will endeavor to tie-up
with the public schools in promot-
ing pictures which have a distinct
ly educational value. The Council
announces the following new mem
bers: DR.. r. c. Helfenstein, Mrs
Frank Hall Davis, Mrs. James
Hughes, Mrs. Jonathan Willis, to
the Committee on Young Peoples
Activities; Mrs. r. c. Beckett to
the Committee on matinee pro-
grams.
Smyrna times., 1931-05-27
Early English Classmaking

In old England the glass making
industry was concentrated In the
county of Sussex, where an ancient
glass works was dug up recently.
James / issued a proclamation for
bidding the melting of glass with
timber or wood or fuel made of the
same," fearing, no doubt. that the
forests were being depleted too rap
idly. But, in spite of this order,
glass works increased. Later on. in
1888, the import of foreign glass
was prohibited by government or
der, although an exception was
made in favor of Venetian ware.
The most important glass factory
was at Chiddingfold, which dates
back to 1910. 1t provided Henry III
with white and colored glass for his
abbey at Westminster.
Smyrna times., 1931-05-27
COMMENCEMENT OF w. C. 1.
Rev. Frank Herson to Deliver Bac-
calaureate Sermon to Graduates

calaureate Sermon to Graduates
The commencement program of
Wesley Collegiate Institute for this
year has been completed, the exer-
cises beginning June 6, with the
junior recital at $50 P. M. and at
8 P. M. in The gymnasium-auditor-
ium, the oratorical and declama-
nation contest will be held. Sun
day, June Z, in Wesley M. E.
Church, at IL A. M. the baccalaur-
cate sermon will be preached by
the Rev. Frank Herson, D. D., of
Milford and the sermon to the
school will be preached at 7.30
PM. in Wesley church by the Rev.
Melvin E. Wheatley, of Middle
town. Monday, June s, in the gym
nasium- auditorium at 2.30 P. M.
the class day exercises will be held
and at 8 P. M, the senior recital.
Tuesday, June 9, at 1870 A. M,
meeting of board of trustees; 1870
A. M, varisty-alumni baseball
game; 1 PM, luncheon; 2.30 PM,
business meeting of alumni at
school assembly hall; 5 P. NJ,
alumni reunion and banquet at
Wesley M. E. Church; s PM, COM
mencement exercises in gymnas-
ium, the address to the graduates
to be delivered by the Rev. Virgil
E. Rorer, d. D., pastor of st. Paups
NJ. E. Church, Wilmington.
Smyrna times., 1931-05-27
Telephone "Cities"

Telephone companies divide cities
into sections. each with several
thousand telephone subscribers.
Each section is . telephone city,
has its own central office and a
name. such as columbia" or 'Po-
tomac," to designate it. When a
number is called that is within the
same telephone city. the connec-
tion is made in the local central.
When a number is called outside
the telephone city, the local CEN
trail connects with a trunk line
which leads to a central office In
the proper telephone city. There
connection is made with the sub
scriber wanted.
Smyrna times., 1931-05-27
Back to Nature

Many persons have seen the
chimpanzees' tea party where they
all sit round a table and behave
like ladies and gentlemen with
their tea cups, saucers and plates.
Sometimes nature gets the upper
hand of this artificial civilization.
A coconut was once thrown to
them, and within a minute the
cage was in a terrific uproar as
the monkeys fought for the treas
ure. Cups and saucers were used
as missiles, and everybody fought
indiscriminately. The keepers had
TO intervene. and the tea party
came to q sudden end.
Smyrna times., 1931-05-27
Efficiency

"The modern criminal is much
more efficient than the DID,"
81 suppose so."
"Yes; the old-timer used to say
your money or your life and
the present-day kind kills you first
and then takes your money
Portland Express.
Smyrna times., 1931-05-27
The Pingos of Canada

Pingos, frequently found in north
western Canada, are conicAl
shaped sand or gravel hills rising
sometimes as high as 100 feet
the shore of the Arctic ocean-
Their SUBMITS are followed out
like a crater and always contain
a small lake of fresh water.
Smyrna times., 1931-05-27
STATE AND PENINSULA NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF SPICY ITEMS
NEWS ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES
Brief News Items of People We
Know In and Around the Larg-
er Peninsula Towns

Mrs. Sallie S. Powell, SO, of Wy
oming, died suddenly at her home
in Wyoming last Wednesday as
the result of an attack of heart
failure. She is survived by her
son, A. B. Powell, a prominent
merchant.
Smyrna times., 1931-05-27

A total of 2239 patients in the
clinical department, and daily
average of 1877 patients in the
hospital wards and private rooms,
were cared for during April at the
Delaware Hospital, the monthly
report for April, announced last
week by DR.. Samuel Earhart, re-
Veals.
Smyrna times., 1931-05-27

The baccalaureate sermon to the
graduating class of Dover High
School will be preached this year
by the Rev. r. C. Helfenstein, ID,
pastor of the Dover Peoples Con-
gregational Christian Church in
the Peoples church on Sunday
morning, May 81, at IL. Last
years sermon was to have been
preached in the Peoples church,
but owing to the absence of DR..
Helfenstein because of illness, the
class attended the Dover Baptist
Church where the sermon was
preached.
Smyrna times., 1931-05-27
Briefly Told

The ripest peach is highest on
the tree.
Smyrna times., 1931-05-27

Bernhardt Levy, owner of the
Levy Department store, Havre de
Grace, Md, has been elected presi-
dent of the Havre de Grace Rotary
Club for the next fiscal year which
begins July 1, with William A.
Leffler, vice-president; A. H. Wood
secretary; Charles B. Silver, treas
urer, and Arthur Asher and Fred
L. Cobourn, members of the board
of directors.
Smyrna times., 1931-05-27

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Smyrna times., 1931-05-27

with the logic Of the business who makes his ad-
versing budget bear the brunt Of what he thinks IS
necessary reduction in overhead 1t is psychology
to reason that reduce the thing that produces
sales and not suffer proportonate reduction III sales
IF advertising is good in normal times IS wise to try
more advertising as first aid to volume when the sales
fall below the average
American business men have always professed
their faith in advertising Indeed, anybody who has
ever experimental with advertising plans knows that
advertising pays in sales return
If we wait to 90 ahead with advertising plans until
we can make our advertisements reflect better times
we'll never reach the goal We've got to advertise rst
and have confidence that the general business picture
will soon take on the hue of our advertisements.
Advertising paves the way for actual sales effort
Nothing takes the place of elbow grease. But it is
fact that when spending some money for adver
tising we just naturally work harder to make sales
Our solution for 1878 troubles is little more adver-
tising and a lot effort.
Nobody can foretell what this combination will do
for any of u.s. But doesn't take prophet to predict
what will happen without the expenditure OF money for
advertising and the increasing of sales effort