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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23
OMAHA REFORM
LEADER KILLED
Wealthy Foe of Vice Slain
in His Automobile.

BY UHI6U IfeSS
OMAHA, Dec. 23.-Harry Lapidus,
Jewish manufacturer, prominent in
the reform element of the Nebraska
Republican party, was slain by
enemies who resented his constant
war against crime and vice, Omaha
police believed today.
Lapidus died at the wheel Of his
automobile shortly before mid
night, when an unidentified aSsail-
ant fired three times with a shot
gun, the slugs penetrating his
brain.
The 49-year-old Russian immi-
grant, who had risen by his own
efforts to become head of the Oma-
ha Fixture and Supply Company,
one of the largest of its kind in
the west, and power in Jewish
circles throughout the nation, had
spent the evening at the Jewish
community club.
Police believed his assassin waited
outside the club while Lapidus
talked and laughed with friends
within, then followed his car to the
lonely spot beneath viaduct
where it was found.
j. E. Fitzgerald, who lived near
by, heard the three shots, then
heard a, motor roar as a machine
was driven away. Rushing from
his home, he found Lapidus slumped
over the wheel of his car-one foot
on the running board and a half
smoked cigar still burning between
his clenched teeth. The motor was
running.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23
Hourly Temperatures
Hoover Shops for Peggy
and Pete in Dime Store

BIZ United Press
XXTAsHNGToN. Dec 2sPeggy Ann and Peter Herbert lid
w spirited took the White
the capitals socially elite
the who arrived from California
Tuesday parents Mrs Hoover Jr for the
old friends at the which
becoming annual affair.
everybody said Peggy "caue
they're bringing presents instead of getting them
anything from secondhand jumper
be out needy little boys and
otherwise Christmas.
Doggy Peter looked forward
party gee They hardly could
Washington when they greeted
grandmother station Hoover at the
White
the President down
special dishes for little folk prepared
service and other White
help the house
and make them happy
had luncheon with his reunited
family shopping himself toys for
Peggy including and 10
everything sight from marbles to dolls
kitchen Peggy Ann.
shopping the President
Allan, and his daughter
Christmas that packed the
stores.
President bought rubber animals musical
make and Peter happy
when Santa Claus arrives at the White House Christmas morning
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23
HOUSE BILL 6
PROBE ENDED,
NONE INDICTED
Grand Jury Charges Gross
Neglect of Duty to
Legislators.
EVIDENCE INSUFFICIENT
Inquiry Group Recommends
New Laws to Prevent
Recurrence.

Assertion that legislators and leg
islative employees were guilty of
gross neglect of duty in passage of
House Bill s, depriving municipali-
ties of control of motor bus traffic,
was made by the Marion county
grand jury, in report today to
Frank P. Baker, criminal court
judge.
No indictments were returned.
The jury recommended that the
next legislature enact laws making
legislators and employees criminally
responsible for neglect of sworn
duty"
The report stated that evidence
presented in the probe of alleged
illegal passage of the bill was not
sufficient to warrant indictment of
any persons connected with its pass
age"
Probe Opened Last Spring
The jury's probe was launched
last spring, after Circuit Judge
Harry o. Chamberlin issued a per-
manent injunction prohibiting Frank
Mayr Jr., secretary of state, from
publishing the act. Chamberlin
branded the bill as fictitious legis-
lation."
Governor Harry G. Leslie and
numerous state officials were among
witnesses to appear before the
probe body to tell of the bills pas
sage.
Charges were made that sigma
lures of the Speaker of the house
and the president of the senate on
the measure were obtained by
fraud, and that the measure never
received the constitutional approval
of the legislature.
Chamberlin held that the bill
never was passed by the Indiana
senate and had been rejected by
that body by decisive vote.
Judge Hits Action
The bill would have invested the
public service commission with pow
ers to regulate bus and truck traffic.
1t was passed during the last hours
of the legislature.
Chamberlin, in his ruling, said
that evidence shows that presiding
officers of both houses authenticated
or signed the bill through fare rev.
reservations and mistaken belief in
the facts.
"The evidence also shows that the
Governor declined to return the bill,
giving as his reason the fact that
the bill already was signed" Cham
berlin said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23
ST. NICK MAY
USE RAINCOAT
Little Prospect for Cold;
H00Sier Bees Swarm.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. %. - The
weather bureaus forecast for
Christmas eve indicates that Santa
Claus will need a raincoat and
boots rather than furs and sled
for his annual roof-top pilgrimage.
Today's forecast said the outlook
was for considerable cloudiness in
the eastern part of the country,
with occasional rains, but with no
important temperature changes.
BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, Dec. 23.-The mildest
Christmas weather in more
than fifty years continued today
over a large area of the midwest.
December heat records were
broken by the freak weather that
set bees to Swarming and Strawber-
ries growing just two days before
Christmas.
The temperature rose to SIS degrees
in Chicago, mark higher than any
record since 1875. Similar high
marks were reported by score of
midwestern cities.
AT Canton, Ill, Lon Henderson
picked Strawberries from his garden
while Dan Bidwell, Rome City, Ind,
said his bees swarmed under influ-
ence of the heat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23

New pledges, bringing the total
to 313 children clothed, follow:
Automotive bowling league of 1880 sea
son two bows
Indiana Wheel and Rim Company
employees feared for two children and
took another one).
Charles Scheert.
Columbia Club Good Scout.
Want Twins 1.-TWO zirIsl.
Ladies' Thirteen Club Of TT. BENJAMIN
Harrison.
Horuff Shoe Corporation.
Tokalon Club.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23
TXTHEN he takes off his glasses,
wv he is nearly blind.

XXTHEN he takes off his glasses,
w he is nearly blind.
Yet, without his glasses on, he
has played in the line on two high
school football teams during thir-
ty-Six games.
He has a scholastic record of
81 for more than three and one
half years of high school study.
He is Lloyd Armstrong, Is, now
a senior at Charlottesville high
school, who gained his first ex-
perience as a football player while
a freshman at Washington high
school.
It was then a coach told Lloyd's
parents it would be impossible for
the youth to play football.
And it was then Lloyd admitted
he was nearly blind without his
glasses.
But since he has learned some
thing. 1t is that perseverance
spells success.
n
IT DON'T know how 1 play foot
Il ball." Lloyd says. Il can't
tell you and no one can tell me.
But I do it. 1 go through prac-
tice sessions with the rest OF them,
and I've been in thirty-siX games.
1T seems I just feel where the
ball is. Now and then / see the
ball, when it's real close. But
they say I play all right and never
make any mistakes"
Lloyd, who weighs 210, plays left
guard.
His next goal in life is to attend
Purdue and play football for the
BoilerrnakerS.
LITE has been living in Craw-
l. Il louisville for the last three
years. Following his graduation
in June, he will return here for
the summer.
Doctors have pronounced his
eye ailinent, which he has had
since childhood, incurable. They
say his eyes neither will improve
nor get worse.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23

Manchuria is not a new
homeland for the Japanese,
and high hopes that room
could be found there for the
thousands damned into the
tight little isles in the Pacific
are not being realized.
The Japanese has eaten rice
all his life. But rice can not
be raised in the northern
country.
The climate is unfavorable
to the japanese pioneer. The
Japanese is more tropical than
northern in heredity, and does
not thrive in the bitter cold
which sweeps across the Man
churian wastes.
So, for the Japanese, the
dream has not come true.
Read the first of five in
formative, interesting articles
about Manchuria, China and
Japan, by Science Service, on
Page ? of this edition today.
Another will follow Thurs
day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23
AR; HURRY AND CLOTHE A NEEDY CHILD FOR CHRISTMAS

Child pledges who could not shop
for themselves. -
But keeping stride with cash
donations to the campaign were
the donors who wanted to clothe
their own children.
Three hundred thirteen boys
and girls, between and u years
old, have been pledged warm
clothing for the ensuing school
months. =
The Clothe-a-Child movement
closes at 4 p. N. Thursday. Then
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23
Dozen Opposed
BIZ United Press

Dy CWttbU 1ftcc
WASHINGTON, Dec. o.
Seven Republicans and five
Democrats, including Mrs. Hat
tie Caraway (Ark) voted in
the senate against ratification
of the Hoover war debt and
reparations moratorium, which
extends from July l, 1881, to
July 1, 1882.
The sum temporarily given
up by the United States is
$252, 100000. Half of this sum
fell due Dec. IS and the re-
mainder would be due June Is,
j 1882.
Senators who voted against
ratification were:
Republicans: Bulow, Frazier,
johnson, Norbeck, Norris, Nye,
Schall.
Democrats: Carsway, Con-
nally, Dill. Mcclellan, Thomas
(Okla0.
Senator'S shipstead I'll,
(Minn), Howell Rep., Neb. !,
and Gore Dem.. Okla.) were
paired against ratification.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23
OIL COMPANY FIGHTS
STORE TAX RULING
Exemption of Filling Stations
Sought in Circuit Court Suit.

Exemption of Filling Stations
Sought in Circuit Court Suit.
Suit challenging the ruling of
Attorney-General James E. Ogden
that gasoline filling stations come
within the purview of the chain
store tax act has been filed in cir
cult court by the Midwestern Petro-
leum Company.
An injunction restraining collec-
ton of the tax by the state tax
board is sought. Judge Harry O..
Chamberlin set Dec. 80 for the hear
ing on temporary injunction.
Although the United States SUI
preme court held the store tax law
constitutional it did not define
"store" and the petroleum COM
panys complaint contends the high
courts decision does not imply
necessarily that the act applies to
filling stations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23

WarShips Join in Smash at
Beaten Foe.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
TOXIC, Dec. 23.-Advancing
across Manchuria in a drive against
bandits" Japanese troops and
bombing planes captured two
Chinese citadels today and ordered
warships into action to head OFF the
beaten defenders.
Advices received here from Yin
kow said that Japanese had occu-
pied the citadel at Tlenchuangtai in
South Panshan, disarming Chinese
soldiery.
From Haicheng it was reported
that another wing of the Japanese
advance had taken the Niuchuang
citadel, while airplaneS continued
bombing foray westward along the
Lao river.
A cruiser, two f1otillas of destroy
ers, and aircraft carrier and Spe-
cial service ship based at Jure and
Sasebo, within cruising distance of
ports near the Manchurian front,
were ordered to prepare to sail for
Chinwangtao. The order was be-
lieved intended to cut off a retreat
by the Chinese.
Earlier in the advance, japanese
troops captured Faukumen, one of
the largest cities north of Mukden,
the center of japanese activities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23
Father to Fly Home

By united Press
PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 23.-Joseph
Mclean will board an American
Airlines plane today to fly to Gin
cinnati, o., where his 6-year-old
daughter, Marian, was murdered.
Mclean said he hadn't heard
from his wife or authorities in the
Ohio city since Marian was kid
naped.
Mclean hitch-hiked into Arizona
fifteen months ago, but has been
unable to obtain regular job. He
has worked for months for board
and room. Being penniless. he
planned at first to ride the blinds
home, but friends" arranged the
airplane transportation.
Today it was disclosed the
friends" were officials of the air.
line company.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23
Just AiriaS'
By United Press

By Cntted Press
BUFFALO, N. Y, Dec. 23.-
Forty pupils of the Olympic
avenue grade school will sing
Christmas carols into a yenti-
lator Thursday.
After the singers had been
training for several weeks, it
was discovered that the stage
wouldn't hold forty persons.
But Miss Florence Pritchard,
principal, knew her air cur
rents. So Thursday, while the
rest of the pupils remain in
their classrooms. the forty IA
vored singers will troop to the
basement and sing into the
ventilatoT.
The air currents, Miss
Pritchchard is convinced, will
carry the music to all the
rooms in the school.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23
GETS s35 IN HoLDUP
Bandit Escapes After Robbery al
Freight Claim Department.

Staging daylight holdup at the
freight claim department of the Big
Four railroad, Capitol avenue and
South street, a bandit today OBJ
tanned $35 from j. H. Simmer of
Wanamaker, an employee.
The bandit asked to look at doll.
and as he said III take this one, =
drew his revolver and leveled it at
Sinner.
Scooping up thu money, the ban
dit fed to the street, escaping in an
automobile manned by confed-
crate.
Ethan letters Of Beech Grove. en-
ploye, pursued the bandit to the car
and obtained the license number.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23

the last children viii be assigned
to donors.
TUE to the last minute rush,
- The Times requests donors
not to be too particular as to ages
of their boys or girls. There are
families in which some are left to
clothe and those families will be
cared for before a new family Is
chosen for relief.
Children are on the list of the
gawky ages of 10 to u yGars. They
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23

Sigma Alpha Iotz sorority ave
ehildren).
Lions Club Bowling league.
Another santa Claus three children.
Auxiliary of Enxlewood Eastern Star.
Citv Official.
Evangelical Bowling league. Pritchett
alleys.
Girls of yard-xoods and drzperies de-
partments Of L. s. Ayres downstairs
store.
NeiKhborhood group.
Claim department Of Travellers Insur-
anee Company feared for three children
and teek n feurtkl.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23
BUSINESS MAN INJURED
AlmuS RuddIe, Rubber Firm Head,
Hurt in Auto Crash.

Almus Ruddle, SIS, president of
the Central Rubber and Supply
Company, was injured seriously to-
day in an accident at Thirty
fourth street and College avenue.
He suffered head and body injur-
les.
His car collided with another
driven by George Vandenbosch, 81,
Y. M c. A. Ruddle was taken to
his home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23
Staying Denied

BOONVILLE, Ind, Dec. 2S.-
James Bolin, 81, entered a plea of
not guilty in Warrick circuit court
here on charge of second degree
murder resulting from the Staying
of Harrison Maddox, IS, Dec. II.
Judge U. w. Youngblood set Bolin's
trial for Feb. Is. Bolin and Mad
dox are said to have fought after
Bolin accused Maddox of stealing
two and one-half gallons of whisky.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23
Kissless Christmas for Texas


AUSTIN. Tex, Dec. ga kiss
less Christmas is in prospect for
many parts of Texas. Unusual de-
lay in the arrival of frost has left
mistletoe still green in many parts
of the state. 1t is only when the
berries have taken on their Christ
mas white that they are potent
over doorways and on chandeliers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23

need warm clothing. They are
children just like the younger
tads and they get cold, too.
All children are checked for
need and worthiness by relief
agencies of the Community Fund
and social service department of
the Indianapolis public schools.
TUST call Riley 5551, or write.
y and a child will be assigned to
you.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23
rush is onl

THE rush is on!
u The rush of dollars and
donors to Clothe-a-Child opened
today, as minutes we're obliterated
before Christmas eve.
Good hearts in a hurry and I'M
able to Clothe-a-Child accepted
The indianapolis Times offer to
do their shopping for them.
A relief crew was sent into
homes of the unemployed to dress
ill-clad children for Clothe-a-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23
DEADLOCK ON RAIL PAY
Canadian Roads, Employees Are I'm
able to Agree.
BIZ United Press

d DWILtU TItSS
MONTREAL, Dec. 23.-The Ca
madam National and Canadian Pa
cif1c railways were deadlocked with
their employees today over the 10
per cent wage cut, proposal made
retroactive to Nov. Is.
Railway executives offered to re-
fund the reductions made on pay
checks for the Nov, 1880 period, if
the employees would agree to the cut
dating from Dec. l. The union
chairman refused, contending that
no cut at all was warranted. Sew
eral chairmen favored a strike bal
lot being taken, but no definite de-
ciSion was reached.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23
POLICE SEE GANGLAND
VENGEANCE IN MURDER
Marvin Hart, Who Turned in Lin
gle Suspect, Slain in West.


gle Suspect, Slain in West.
BIZ United Press
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 23.-Gang-
land vegeance and the killing of
Alfred j. jake Lingle. Chicago
Tribune reporter, were aScribed by
police today as probable reason for
the Staying last night of Marvin
Hart, big shot coast racketeer.
Hart came to Los Angeles in 1926
from Chicago, where he had been a
George (BCgs) Moran gangSter. I'm
derworld gossip credited Hart with
having turned frankie Foster, an
other Chicago gangster, over to Chi
cago police, who questioned Foster
in the Lingle Staying
Hart also was reported in the I'M
derworld here as having put the
finger" on the kidnapers of Zeke
CaresS at Long Beach when the
police quizzed him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23
8-H0UR FARM LABOR
BILL PASSES HOUSE
Production Costs Guaranty Also
in Wisconsin Measure.
BV United Press

in Wisconsin Measure.
BV United Press
MADISON, Wis, Dec. 23.-Wis-
consin farmers will have an eight
hour day and be guaranteed pro-
duction costs in depression periods,
if a bill passed by the house be-
comes law.
The measure which provides an
eight-hour day for all industries II
addition to agriculture, was sent 70
the senate today after passage by
the house Tuesday night.
1t provides that the state agri-
culture department estimate pro-
duction costs, including farm labor
at 80 cents an hour with time and
half for overtime.
The state would pay the farmers
the difference between the price re-
ceived for their products and the
production cost, if the latter is
higher.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23
COP BITTEN ON HAND
PatroIman Otis Baker Gets Tooth
Sears in Fight With Negro.

One policeman bitten On the hand
was the casualty list of what off,
GERS described as a terrific attic
today in capturing Negro gun
man.
Albert White, 42-year-old Negro.
refused to let officers into the house
at 426 Douglas street, where they
were called by neighbors.
The policemen broke in a VIM
dow and vanquished White after a
wild struggle. Patrolman Otil Baker
was bitten by White several times
on the hand.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23
Injuries Cause Death

BIZ United Press
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Dec. 3D.
Wesley Kuykendall, SO, who was in
jured in an automobile accident
here Sunday, died Tuesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23
Award SuppIY contracts

Contracts for $4,000 in supplies
for county institutions in 1882 were
awarded today to forty bidders Jy
county commissioners.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-23
JAIL CHILD ToRTURERS

Father, StepmOther of Closet
Prisoner Get Two Years.
BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. %. The
father and stepmother of Edith
Riley, the 13-year-old girl who lived
for four years virtual prisoner in
small closet, each was sentenced
today to serve two years in Jail.
Harry N. Riley and his wife, Elsie,
also were fined $3.50 each by Justice
Let's in the District of Columbia
supreme court.
The Washington times., 1931-06-22
TENNIS
PA|R|NGS
TODAY

Major Robert C. Van Vliet, sew
eral times champion, will not take
part in this year Army tennis
tournament, which opens tomor'
row at the Columbia Country
Club courts. He was unable to
get away from mis- post.
Thirty-five are entered, and
pairings will be made today.
Lieut.. John w. Strahan, defend
ing champion, has been seeded
No. /.
Lieut.. Dave Hedekin. Western
High School graduate, and the
sensation of last years tourna-
ment, is seeded No. 2, while Lieut..
Stanley K. Robinson and Major
j. Huntington Hill, are seeded No.
2 and 3, respectively.
The tournament is under the di-
rection of Capt. E. J. House and
Major L. S. Hobbs. Doubles play
begins next Monday.
Lieut.. Herbert C. Gibner, jr,
newly crowned Third Corps Area
tennis champion, will be making
his first appearance in this event
and will be watched with interest
by hi3 fellow-officerS.
Considerable attention will also
be paid to Lieut.. E. E. Powell, who
was giving Lieutenant Gibner a
neat trimming in the Third Corps
finals until he hurt his leg.
Other youthful Army performers
will be under close watch, for the
members of the Army Leech Cup
team selection committee are
anxious to pick up new and ex-
pert talent to face the Navys
racquet wielders on July 18.
Last year the Army team was
routed by the Sea Dogs by an
8.tO-1 count.
Dolf MuhIeisen, California Army
player, not eligible for the Army
tournament, will be eligible for
the Leech Cup matches. He will
, greatly enhance the Army's
chances.
Major ]. Huntington Hill, a
ooving spirit in local tennis for
several years. and up to this year
the chief promoter of the Army
tournament. is acting in an ad-
visory capacity. He is to be trans
ferred to Honolulu shortly.
The Washington times., 1931-06-22
World Series Gold

When you see a ball player
make a spectacular play afield,
when you see a home run rat
tie off the lumber, when you
see a daring base steal, the
perpetrators have not only
visions of a pennant flying from
their favorite flag pole, but also
they have visions of a better
contract next season or perhaps
a slice of world series gold.
Of course there are eXcep-
tions to that rule, just as there
are exceptions to any rule. We
recall riding the train from
Pittsburgh to Washington in
1925 after the Griffmen had
dropped the series to the Pr
ateS. Bucky Harris was de-
jected and sat throughout the
trip with his head buried in his
hands.
We do not believe he was
thinking of the winners share,
nor yet the losers share. We
believe he wanted to win that
series just for the sheer joy
Of winning it. Possibly, if
given his choice of winning
and getting no money for it
and losing and getting the
losers share, he would nave
chosen the former. He GER
tainly looked detected enough.