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Evening star., 1931-12-22
Marketing barley
TO Be HELD HERE |
Utilization of Commerce De-
partment Data Will Be Dis
cussed December 20.

The American Marketing Society and
others interested In the problems Of
more efficient and profitable market
ing will meet in national conference
In the new Commerce Department
Building here December % for the in
terchange of views as to the fuller
utilization of data developed by the
Commerce Department in the distri-
button field.
The morning and afternoon meet
ngs will be addressed by representa-
tives of the Bureau Of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce and the Census
Bureau. who will discuss the general
marketing research program being car
ried out by the department in the in
terests of distribution, waste elimina-
ton and long-term planning for stabil-
cation Of the Nations industry and
trade
Methods to Be Outlined.
Following the addresses business
men and marketing executives will out
line the methods they employ in max
ing successful application of the re-
search results to their concrete prob
lens of distribution and sales.
Convening at $50 O'Clock the Men
day after Chr stmas. the subject of
the morning conference will be "Utili-
zation Of Census Data" with Dr. Rob-
erat J. McFall, chief statistician for
distribution in the Census Bureau,
speaking briefly on the application of
distribution data gathered in the CEN
sus Representative manufacturers,
wholesalers and retailers then will ex
plain how they are using facts obtained
IN the census in improving their own
businesses.
H. c. Dunn to Speak.
The afternoon session. opening at
230, will be devoted to The Current
Marketing Projects of the Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce" H.
C. Dunn, chief of the merchandising
research division, will explain the op-
erations of the national drug store sur
vey now being conducted in ST. Louis.
Wroe Anderson, chief business special
ist Of the same division. will discuss
"Allocating Distribution Costs to Com
modities and Customers"
New Aspects of Regional CONNER
cial Surveys will be dealt with by E.
F. Gerish, chief Of the domestic region
ell division. Details of the new Market
Data Handbook supplement are to be
explained by c. B. Eliot, in charge of
its preparation.
DR.. Frank M Surface assistant di-
fector of the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce. will close THIS
phase of the session with a review of
"Other Current Marketing Projects of
the Department of Commerce"
Following these statements and OPEN
forum discussion will be held to permit
those present opportunity to discuss
ways in which this new material can
be effectively utilized in improving
marketing operations.
Evening star., 1931-12-22
VIRGIL MORES HILLYER
EXPIRES IN BALTIMORE
internationally Known Authority
en- Child Education Dies Fob
lowing Operation:
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, December 22-Virgil
Mores Hillyer, an educator of inter-
national reputation, died Sunday at
Union Men orial Hospital, where he
underwent an operation for appendicitis
Mr.. Hillyer. born at Weymouth,
Mass, Sc years ago, was a leading au-
thority on child instruction and the
author of a number OF text books. His
"Child's History Of the World" was
banned from the schools of Perth
Amboy, N. j., last February on the
ground that 1t taught evolution.
He was headmaster of Calvert School,
boys school here at which he de-
veloped system of primary instruction
and through correspondence courses
spread his method to distant lands
largely through the children of Amerl-
can naval officers missionaries and
Government employees.
His widow. who was Miss Virginia
Ann White Of Niles, Mich, survives him
Evening star., 1931-12-22
GLASVA PARENT-TEACHER
GROUP TO PROVIDE SOUP
Committee Is Named to Make Ar
rangements for Service to
Students
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LA PLATA, Md, December 22.-The
December meeting of the Glasva Par
ent-Teacher Association was held dur
ing the week in the school. A special
committee was selected to arrange to
serve soup to the pupils at noon dur
ing January. Those on the committee
are: Miss Adelaide Gray. Mrs. Louise
Jameson, Mrs. Arthur Middleton, Mrs.
Minnie Farr Miss Helena Middleton
A combination garage and work shop
Is being planned to be established on
the school grounds. The following had
parts In the literary program: Routh
Hickey, Marie Hardesty, Frank Keech
Turner, Louise Hardestv. Robert Lee
Martin, Robert Lee Ching. Ray St..
Clair, Herbert Garner, Francis Murphy.
Virginia Bowling. Turner Bailey.
Evening star., 1931-12-22
OHl0ANS CALL ON HOOVER

House Member Introduces Father,
Formerly in Congress, to President.
A father and son. one a member of
the House from Ohio and the other a
past member from that State, called
1T the White House yesterday to chat for
moment with President Hoover.
They were Representative 'Mouser
Republican, and his father, Grant E.
Mouser, sr., of Marion Ohio
1T was the first time dad has been
down here since I came to Congress-"
the younger Mouser said. "and I wanted
him to meet the President"
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could not remember how many
shots I fired.
1--WE left the store together. en-
tered the car first and Witt fol-
lowed. 1 drove the car away from
the store. After driving a few
squares Witt took the wheel as my
head was bleeding freely.
II got in the back seat Of the car
I do not remember where we left
the car, as I was still in a dazed
condition. I did not come to myself
until I was riding in a Chrysler car
toward Wits fathers home. Witt,
Naomi and myself left Wits faith
er'S house on the 9th of May, 1881,
about p. m. and drove to my
mothers home at lola, Kan, arriv-
ing there on May %, 1881, about
p. m.
1.-The gun I used in the jackson
stickup I threw in the river while
driving to my home in lola, Kan.
There was no one in the Jackson
stickup except Charles Vernon Witt
and myself.
IT make this statement Of my
own free will and accord"
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Gunman Forces MotoriSt to
Drive to Village Near
Speedway.

A gunman who forced Wilbur
Tomlinson to drive him from Tom
linson's filling station between In
dianapolis Motor Speedway and
Clermont into the latter village
early today, robbed Tomlinson
Of $39.
Emmett Harris, Standard grocery
manager, thought too fast for rob-
berS who accosted him Saturday
night. He had put the store re-
ceipts in his pockets when the men
appeared and demanded an "en-
velope" containing the money.
Harris professed ignorance of the
envelope, and the gunner decided
they had picked the wrong man.
While shopping at city market
Saturday Mrs. o. M. Strahl R. r. g.,
missed Sis in money and jewelry
Police today held Mrs. Mary N.
Temple, 90, of 1445 West Ohio street,
mother of two children and a widow,
and Mrs. Lorraine Gable, %, of 628
East Michigan street, mother of a
2-year-old son, as accompliceS Of
two men charged with auto banditry
in the holdup of chicken dinner
restaurant at 1906 North Emerson
avenue, June IT.
Both women, police say, have con-
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PERMANENT BAN
ON PICKETINC IS
MINERS PLEA.
Injunction Against Union
Men Asked in Federal
Court Here.

Permanent injunction against
union miners picketing and hating
operations in two southern Indiana
mines was asked today in federal
court in a hearing before Judge
Thomas Slick of South Bend. judge
Of the northern federal district. A
temporary restraining order had
been issued three weeks ago by
Judge Slick.
District No. IL of the United Mine
Workers Of America, the two locals
and the heads of the organization
were named in the petition for the
injunctionS.
j. Payton Clark of New York
asked that miners be enjoined from
bothering those working in his
SomerYilIe mine, sixteen miles south
of Princeton in Gibson county; and
the same was asked by Wilbur My
erS OF Chicago, operator of a mine
at Digger.
Two motions were filed by Mil
Ter and Causey; and Stanley Stohr
OF Terre Haute, attorneys for the
miners, in asking that specific in
formation be furnished as to the
tonnage Of coal mined and shipped
each day from the mine in order
to set up that the picketing had
no bearing upon the amount of
coal in interstate shipment and had
no appreciable effect on the price.
Trade restraint was charged by
the operators, who were represented
by Baltzell & Embry.
Because of the presence of his
brother as counsel in the case
Judge Robert Baltzel disqualified
himself
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Police Claim Confession
in jackson Murder Case

Claiming he was dazed by bull
let fired by Lafayette A. Jackson,
Louis E. Hamilton, Is, suspect in
the jackson murder, in purported
confession, told detectives he did
not recall how many shots he fired.
Statement police say they OBJ
tanned from him follows:
my name is Louis Hamilton. I
am Is years of age and live with
my wife, lone Hamilton, at SIG Lin
coin street, lola, Kan.
about the middle of the month
Of April, 1881, Charles Vernon Witt
drove to my home town, lola, Kan,
stayed about a week, and 1 came
back to indianapolis in his automo-
bile, which was Chrysler.
"He took me to a rooming house
at 10281z Ashland avenue, where I
stayed about ten days. In this
time Charles Vernon Witt married
a girl that stayed at the above
rooming house by the name Of
Naomi.
After left the above rooming
house I went to another rooming
house and stayed, but I did not
know the street number of the
house.
"On May %, 1881, Charles Vernon
Witt and myself drove to Shelby
vile, Ind, in Wits Chrysler car,
where we stole an OldSmobile coach
and drove it back to Indianapolis.
"I do not remember who drove
it back. We then drove it around
the streets of indianapolis. We
parked it in a shed, but I do not
know the street or address, but it
was near where I was rooming.
Fired Clip and Reloaded
about May Is, 1881, Charles YER
non Witt and myself talked about
sticking up the main store of the
Standard grocery, as we were in
formed that an armored truck came
to the Standard grocery about 10
o'clock in the mornings for money.
On May 81, 1881, Charles Vernon
Witt and myself went to the shed
where We had the Oldsmobile coach,
got the car and I drove to the main
store Of the Standard grocery on
East Washington street.
IT entered the store first and Witt
followed me. I had a As automatic
pistol and Witt a sawed-off shotgun.
I went to the Office, where there
were about four or five men sitting
behind a cage.
Il pointed my gun at these men,
none in particular, and at the same
time remarked, Stick 'em up and
give me the money At this time
was struck with a bullet in the
forehead, but I do not know who
fired the shot. I did see a man
standing behind the cage with a
gun in his hand.
Il heard number of shots fired,
but I do not remember how many
I fired. I do remember I had a
clip containing eight bullets in the
gun and reloaded the gun with a
clip containing eight bullets before I
left the store.
DaZed by Wound
After I was struck in the fore
head with a bullet I was dazed and
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CITY ADVANCES
EAST new YORK
WIDENING PLAN
Works Board Orders Eight
House Sold; Airport
Bids Received.

Bids were received by the works
board today for improvement OF
municipal airport and for widening
East New York street, and the
board took steps toward further i'm
provement of the latter street.
1t ordered advertisement for bids
for sale of eight houses acquired in
order to straighten the thoroughfare
eastward from Randolph street to
State avenue Property owners may
remain in possession Of the prop
erty until July Is.
Four bids were opened for Wild
ening of the street from Gale street
to Emerson avenue.
Only one bid was received for the
airport improvement, which is to in
clude a concrete grandstand, taxi
way, two roads, concession stands
and other small fixtures. The bid
was from the Mead Construction
Company for $10,852.
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Of big political graft cases in Chi
cago and scored convictions.
In directing an Office that handles
1000 prosecutions a year, he wound
up 1929 with only six verdicts of
mot guilty" and 1880 with only five
verdicts Of mot guilty"
johnson is smiling and affable,
but he prefers not to talk about
himself or his record as a prosecu-
tor.
"I would rather fight gangsters
with indictments and convictions
than with interviews" he says. IF
words could drive the gangsters out
of Chicago, they would have been
gone long ago."
But he lets you know he views
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BY ROBERT TALLEY
NEA Service Writer

copyright. 1891. by NEA Service. Inc.)
CHICAGO, June 29.-"You can't
get Al Capone! You can't get
AL Capone!"
For years that challenge rang in
the ears of federal officials at Chi
cago as the nations super gangSter,
arrogant with the power that money
brings, calmly multiplied his profits
from liquor, gambling and vice
without even bothering to file an
income tax return, much less pay on
one. At the same time he was o.
Grating all his huge enterprises in
brazen defiance of the law.
Well, they've got him now. And
the federal prosecutor who has
emerged from the situation as the
nemesis of Chicago's desperate
gangs and become a national figure
thereby is probably just the opposite
of what you would expect
No Fire-Eater
Instead of being a ire-eating,
hammer and tongS prosecuting at
torney of the movie type he is a
mild, middle-aged man of both min
isterial mien and appearance, who
likes amateur theatricalS, lends his
the middle.
own garden and parts his hair In
He is George E. G. johnson,
United States district attorney. BY
starting Capone on the road to
road to Leavenworth penitentiary
to join his chief lietenants who al
ready are there or due to go soon,
he has destroyed the boast of I'M
munity that gangdom so long
Haunted at law and order.
In so doing he has practically
bankrupted Capone's outfit that
dealt in millions and reduced the
big Fellow" himself to the point
where he is pawning his wife's lew
elry to raise money and As heavily
in debt to friends.
HdS a KGIIGCk nCCOAU
The facts about Johnson are
simple:
In his five years as federal dis
trict attorney at Chicago, he never
has lost a big case.
In addition to forcing plea Of
guilty from Capone on income
tax fraud and 5000 separate pro-
hibition law violations. for which
Capone now faces sentence on June
80, he recently convicted Capone of
contempt of federal court and got
him a sentence of six months in
Jail which still ponds on appeal.
He smashed CaponeS business or
ganization by going after its chief
lieutenantS for income tax frauds.
This record shows:
CONVICTED - Ralph Capone,
brother of Al, and head of the
gangs beer ring; sentenced to three
years in penitentiary, now at liberty
on appeal.
CONVICTED-Jack Guzik, head
of the gangs gambling joints and
vice resorts; sentenced to five
years, now appealed.
PLEADED GUnTY-Frank Nitti,
gangs treasurer and head of the
alcohol racket; new serving eighteen
months in Leavenworth.
PLEADED GULTY-Sam Cuzik
gangs slot machine car, now serv-
ing year and a day in Leaven-
worth.
Smiling and Affable
In addition to the gangster cases,
Johnson has prosecuted a number
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TWO HELD FOR BOYS
BRUTAL PUNISHMENT
New Workers Alleged to Have Bound
Lad for IL Hours In Sun.

New Workers Alleged to Have Bound
Lad for IL Hours In Sun.
By United Press
NEW YORK, June 29-Jomeph
Cannella and his brother Salvatore
faced charges today of felonious
assault for allegedly binding the
hands and feet of the formers IA
year old son, tying a rope around
his neck so that he could not sit
down and leaving him exposed to
the blistering rays of the sun for
eleven hours.
Mrs. Kate Cannella said that her
son, Joseph, had become I'M
manageable and would not attend
school. In desperation, she said,
she appealed to his father to cor
rect the. youth.
Cannella and his brother, police
said, then bound the boy, placed
him In hole in the rear of their
tenement home, placed a rope
around his neck and fastened 1t to
a grating so that he would choke If
he attempted to sit down. They
left him for eleven hours without
food or water, according to the
police
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PAGEANT DELEGATES
PARK DONATED CITY

Cast of 300 POrtrays Events of 100
Years Ago at Site.
Events Of 100 years ago were por-
trayed Sunday by cast of 300 par
ticipating in a pageant reviewing
history of a tract of land now
Christian park.
History Of the section was recited
by park trees, through means of
concealed amplif1ers and loud
speakers in the leaves. Children in
the cast, dressed in costume of by
gone days, were directed by Mrs.
Norma Roster, city recreation de-
partment dramatic director.
The pageant was written by Mrs.
Edna M. Christian, who with her
husband, DR.. Wilmer Christian, do
mated the ground to the city.
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his problem from a philosophical
angle.
The great menace he sees in Len
like Al Capone is not the crimes
they commit themselves, but the
sinister influence they exert on the
nations boys. There is a charm
and an allure, he says, about a
gangland "big shot" that makes
many boys want to initiate them.
This, he says, is breeding dis
respect and contempt for the law
ard making bad citizens out of boys
who might otherwise become good
ones. It is for the nations youth,
he tells you, that he is really fight
ing.
ITO Be ContiEued)
Next: What keeps the gang of
killers going-money, money, money.
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WHITEHEAD is DEAD
Bridge Authority SuccumbS
on Board Liner.

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, June 29-The death
of Wilbur C. Whitehead, noted
bridge authority, aboard the liner
lie De France while bound for
Europe, was mourned today by
bridge players throughout the
world.
Whitehead, who gave up a posi-
ton as president of an automobile
company, to write on bridge, his
lifelong hobby, was bound for
Paris with his granddaughter to
visit with his wife and daughter,
when he died. Friends said he had
been i'll for some time.
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Brigham YOung:S Kin Is
Covered Wagon Queen

Hands of time
turned back near
ly a century at
Salt Lake City's
covered W a 6 o n
days" celebration
at which Mar
G aret Young G,
right, great-great-
granddaughter Of
brigham I Dung,
the great Nor
mon ! e a d e r,
reigned as Miss
Pioneer" Mis- S
Young Is shown
holding a bulletin
of the plain S
written on an ox'S
skull by Brigham
Young on his
trek to Utah In
1s47.
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BACK HOME AGAIN

Stolen automobiles recovered by police
belong to:
DR.. Henry luminous. 2242 North Capitol
avenue, Buck coach. found at Tenth and
Lafayette streets.
Ernest Bodensick. Cumberland, Ind.
Pord sedan. found at 5000 North Emer-
son avenue.
Maurice Davis. ESQ Campbell street. Ford
coupe found at Church and wilkins
street.
Whippet coach. 1886. no certificate Of
title. found at Troy avenue and Shelby
street
Robert r. Dorsey. 1855 Guilford avenue
Windsor sedan. found near 1856 Guilford
avenue.
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DISCUSS SHORT HOURS
Practical Legislation to Be Talked
at Capitol Conference.

By Scripps-Hoiodrd Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, June 20. - The
question of drafting practical legis-
lation to place industry on a shorter
hour basis will be considered here at
important conferences commenc-
ing July IA.
Representative Robert Crosser of
Ohio who was appointed chairman
Of a special subcommittee follow
ing the progressive conference here
last March, today requested the nine
members of the committee to meet
at his Office on that date. Crosser
Is hopeful that legislation can be
drafted for presentation in congress
next December.
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Man With Perfect Record
Engineered War on
SCarface AL.

This is the third Of a series Of ex-
elusive and copyrighted stories by Robert
Talley. staff writer for NEA Service and
The Times on how government officials
at Chicago finally nailed AL Capone who,
on q plea Of guilty. faces sentence to
federal penltentiary on June 80 for a
$500. 900 income tax fraud and 5000 viO-
lations of the prohibition law.
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PLUNGES OVER NIAGARA
Man Dies in Dive Over Canadian
Falls In RowbOat.

By United Press
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, June %.
Canadian and American authori-
ties were searching the Niagara
river today for the body Of an I'M
identified man who plunged to
death over the brink of the Cana
dian falls in rowboat.
Finding of broken oar, which
had been sawed in half, led police
to believe the man may have been
a victim of foul play. The man
was seen approaching the brink of
the falls in the rowboat by a resi-
dent, who called police. Attempts
by f1remen and police to pass him
rope as he whirled downstream
past Goat island failed because Of
the distance.
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Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported to police as stolen
belong to:
Joseph G. Keller. 1855 Hoyt avenue.
Ford Tudor. from 100 West Maryland
street.
Frank Giher. e22 Lexington avenue. Es-
sex coach. Ss-So5. from Senate avenue and
Court street.
James r. Carter Connersville Ind
Buick sedan. 2s3S6e. from Connersville.
Ind.
Winnled wampler. Connersville, Ind.
HUDSON coach. 2s7-23i. from Connersville.
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GILDA GRAY STRICKEN

Shrimp Queen Has Heart Attack:
Condition Is Improved
By United Press
NEW Work, June 2e.-Gilda
Gray, dancer, has been confined to
her hotel since Friday as a result
Of a heart attack so serious that she
could not be moved to hospital
The attack, attributed to overwork.
occurred in her room at midnight
Friday.
1t was said here today that her
condition is much improved,
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Small Boy Is Cut

Edward Coberly, s, of 831 Lexing-
ton avenue. was cut in the face
when an ice-water pitcher slipped
from his brothers hand and hit
him Sunday at their home.
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Seven Horses Die

WINAMAC, Ind, June 29.-Dr. E.
j. Mocum, local veterinarian, re-
ported that he had treated eleven
horses overcome by heat Saturday,
seven of which died.
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kidnapping Tale Checked

81 Iinifs Special
RICHMOND, Ind, June %
Charles r. Payne, A, Setanta, Kan,
who told police he had been kid
mapped, is being held while his story
undergoes Investigation.
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Z ARE KILLED,
MANY HURT IN
AUTO CRASHES
Aged Man and Young Bow
Lose Lives; Traffic Toll
Now 81,

An old man and young boy were
dead and more than half a score of
persons were injured in accidents
reported to police and deputy
sherif1s in Marion county over the
weekend.
The deaths brought the years
trafdc toll in the county to eighty