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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-21
NAME SURETY HEADS
Indiana Insurance Groups
Elect New Officers.

New officers of the Indiana in
surance groups took Office today fol-
lowing the annual Indiana Insur-
ance day Tuesday at the Lincoln.
Five hundred managers and guests
attended.
L. G. Kigin, Terre Haute, became
head of the Life Underwriters AS
ISOLATION of Indiana. Other officers
are: Arthur j. Saun, Evansville;
Lowell T. Boyd, Kokomo, and L. D.
Fowler, Fl. Wayne, vice presidents,
and Robert E. Beisel, Lafayette, sec
rotary.
The indianapolis Insurance Fed
Grafton is headed by Ross E. Coffin.
Six vice presidents Of the organiza-
tions follow:
Ralph L. Colby. general agent OF the
Franklin Life Insurance Company: J. j.
Fitzgerald. secretary Of the Grain Deal
ers National Mutual Fire Insurance Com
psny. all OF Indianapolis: F. a. Tedford.
Lafayette. president OF the Mitchell
Agency: Herbert A. Luckey. Indianapolis.
special agent Of the New England Mutual
Insurance Company; r C. Griswold. IN
dianapolis. manager OF the Aetna Casualty
and Surety Company. and Van Y. Duncan.
Indianapolis. special agent Of the Indemnity
Insurance Company Of North America.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-21
OF
80 YEARS ENDS
City Man Finds Long-LoSt
Mother Living Here.

William G. Wysong and Robert
william Conn, both of whom are
one person living at 5719 Rawls
avenue, has met his mother after
a separation of more than thirty
years, during which time they both
have lived in Indianapolis.
A chance remark by foster
relative appraised Wysong, or
Conn, he was adopted and reared
by Mr.. and Mrs. Perry B. Wysong.
Investigating with the aid of
friends and Mrs. Leoti T. Trook Of
the executive board Of the children'S
guardians home, Wysong found he
had been placed in the home by his
father year after his father and
mother obtained a divorce. Wy
songs sister was reared by the
mother after the separation and
the father died shortly afterward.
Obtaining the names and adj
dresses of his family, Wysong has
been reunited with his mother, now
Mrs. James F. Buoy, 2720 Harding
street, and his sister, Mrs. Harry
Wainscott, SIT South Tibbs avenue.
Wysong, married and the father
of three children, is salesman. He
discovered, after finding his mother,
that he has been celebrating his
birthday fifteen days too early each
wear.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-21
SENATE CALENDAR
Senate Bins Introduced Jan. Fl

S. 3. So (Brewster) -Amending cemetery
malntence tund law to provide that
money donated for use on a particular lot
Judiciary c. ''AS :
s. B. SO elements and wade)-Reducine
SEEMING costs to fishermen on the Wabas "a
Tiver between Indiana and Illinois from
"a, rne present zee OF SIS per net to 81 per
net Natural resources.l
3. 81 (Doogs)-Repealing 1927 act
putung county. surveyors on salary and
restores them to former fee basis COUNTY
ana township Business.)
$: B. IS (DoogSl --Abollshing state and
county school attendance officers and nut
appointment of attendance officer in hands
OF scnool trustees County and Town
ship BuSiness)
S; B. Sc Drake and .Rowley) - ooyiding
that property tax shall not ed Ell ~
on each 500 worth of taxables. Gfnance'
S. B. ST Eolmesl-PermittinV banks 70
invest funds, not exceeding per cent Of
capital stock. in shares of incorpora ted
companies Tor purpose Of guaranteeing
trust. (Banks.) F0--0
S. B.. So (Martin)-Permitting direc-
tors, and officers of insurance Companies
TO borrow on their policies held with
company GnSurance.l
s. B. SO perkins Creating commission
q nine. appointed by Governor. to codify
Barrett and public improvement laws
ICities and towns)
s. B, so (Simsl-Cutting legal rste Of
loans under $500 from 2ia to / per cent
per month. Fees and salaries)
s. B. 81 (williamsl-Giving TT. Wavne
twenty-five mile radius jurisdiction in
seeking water supply. (Cities and towns
5, 3. lWilliamsl -Providing state insure
negotiaoles fled by insurance companies
Win insurance commissioner. (Insurance.)
s. B. 6S Hartzelil-Increasing discre-
ssq9aaIy powers OF state insurance COM
missioner over licensing and cancelline
license or insurance agents and companies
IN case OF INTERPRETATION. iInsuranceI
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-21
BURIED
IN RAVENSWOOD
Citizens Announce Peace
Pact; Storm Center
Out of Community.

Ravenswood's tenacious political
hoodoo has been scared away at
last.
From Tuesday nights town board
meeting come reports that all will
be peaceful hereafter in the little
community which has been trouble
bound for months.
eve hope to have everything run
ming smoothly by next week." is the
promise of Charles Ford, unofficial
mayor, with the announcement that
G. R. Newkirk was chosen a member
of the town board, succeeding Rob-
ert Stamm, storm center, who has
gone to California.
Vote to Pay Bills
A motion was carried to pay all
the towns bills and to settle all at
fairs with Mayor Ford at the helm.
The peace pact, verbally agreed
upon by more than fifteen residents
attending the meeting, means that
the town now can spend the money
which for months has been tied up
in banks because of political dis
agreement.
What with injunction suits, re-
straining orders and mandate suits,
Ravenswood has had no little trou-
bic in the last year.
More than once Indianapolis au-
thorities have been called upon to
settle the villages political differ
enceS.
Ends Fight in Courts
Deputy sheriffs have interviewed in
attempts Of one faction to i'm
peach" Ford on charge of neglect
OF duty.
City courts have been called upon
to decide who was who as Ravens
wood marshal when a charge of i'm
personating an officer was changed
to dual claimants to the post.
Ravenswood residents went with
out street lights for weeks because
the town couldn't pay its light bills.
Roads were impossible. The boards
hands we're tied.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-21
THIEVES ARE ROUTED
Foundry Night Waterman
Prevents Robbery.

Ora Crow, 621 East McCarty
street, night Waterman, early today
found that thieves had jimmied a
window at the c. & G. Foundry,
1926 Kentucky avenue, and pitched
500 pounds of brass through the
window before he arrived.
Thugs battered the combination
off safe in the John Ct. Keller Coal
Company, 3719 East Twenty-first
street, Tuesday night, but failed to
open the door and abandoned the
attempt after stealing a box Of
cigars.
Boring a hole through a wall be-
tween a restaurant at HOG North
Illinois street and a grocery at 1104
North Illinois street, thieves stole 81
and merchandise valued at $40.
They entered the restaurant op-
Grated by Lydia Cravens by smash
ing a rear window. The grocery is
operated by Claude Williams.
Clothing valued at 500 was taken
from his apartment Tuesday night,
Victor Barnett, 20 North Oriental
street, Apartment 7, told police
TODAY.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-21
RADIO TO CARRY
RED CROSS PLEA

posed of Mrs. James Lowry, Mrs.
Glenn Friermood, Stephen Badger
and Fred jeffrey; Mrs. Arnold Spen-
Ger, soprano soloist, and Mrs. Doro-
thy Knight Green, pianist; Raymond
Oster and Ensley Johnson Jr., cor
netists; Anita Wandell, pianist;
Bomar Cramer and Hugh McGib-
ney.
Mrs. Wilbur Johnson is chairman
Of the committee in charge. Other
members are:
Mrs. Harry G. Leslie. Mrs. Arthur v.
Brown. Mrs. William H. Coleman, Mrs.
Ralph A. Lemcke. Mrs. Paul Fisher, Mrs
Nathan Graham. Miss Frances Kackley.
Mrs. Walter Myers. Mrs. Alfred Conklin,
Miss Minerva Thurston. Mrs Felix T. Nc
Whirter, Mrs. Ada o. Frost, Miss Mamie
Larsh. Mrs. Frederic M. Ayres. Mrs. G..
Barrett Moxley. Mrs. Larz A. Whitcomb,
Mrs. Robert Adams, Mrs. Katherine
Hallinan. Miss A. Grace Hawk Mrs. Rus
sell Fortune. Mrs. Everett Schofeld. Mrs.
Brandt G. Downey. Miss Florence Martin,
Mrs. D. Melville Cohn, Mrs. Wolf Suss-
man. Mrs. Benjamin Hitz Mrs. Willard s..
Boyle, Mrs. Elias c. Atkins and Mrs Mark
RhOadS
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Meredith Nicholson, author, will
announce the program, acting as
master of cerenlnoies. Monsignor
Francis H. Gavisk, vice chairman of
the local chapter, will open the
broadcast with a plea for aid.
Aid Given Already
The program will continue indef1-
nitely 'as long as the money is COM
ing in," members Of the committee
in charge announced.
Arrangements are being made by
Myron Green and Mrs. Hugh Nc
Gibney, directors of the Indianapolis
chapter of the Red Cross.
Contributions to the Red Cross
aggregated $4,309.35 today with adj
ditional donations of $72850 having
been received.
The local organization announced
aid given to 2,100 families in In
diana, majority of them living in
counties in the Ohio river district.
Listeners will be invited to make
theis contribution pledges to the
station as the program continues.
Program Is Varied
Use of the station was volun-
teered by w. g. Bussing, manager,
and the program is sponsored by
The Times, News and Star. Repre-
sentatives of the newspapers also
will take part in the program.
Included among the participants
are: Harp trio, Mrs. Louise Koehne,
Mrs. Ruth Nessler, Mrs. Albert
Gaunt; the Shubert quartet, COM
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-21
DEMAND USE OF
CITY LABOR FOR
HOSPITAL HERE
Veterans Bureau to War on
Importing of Workers
by Contractor.

By Times Special
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.-FIght
to prevent importation of cheap
labor into Indianapolis for con-
struction of the new 100000
United States veteran hospital, at
a time when thousands of local
workers are walking the streets, be-
gan today in the United States
Veterans bureau.
Algernon Blair Construction Com
pany of Montgomery, Ala, which
was the low bidder on the project.
was described by veterans bureau
officers as a firm which frequently
entered low bids on government
work by basing plans on importa-
ton OF cheap labor from the south.
Several recent contracts through
out the country were found to have
been executed on this basis, and in
each case violent protest arose in
the community involved.
In their determination to prevent
importation of labor for the Indian
apolis job, veterans bureau officials
today had the backing of the Presi-
dents emergency committee on em-
ployment. which has taken vigor-
Gus stand against the wholesale
movement of workers into zones al
ready sustaining thousands of UNI
employed.
The Blair bid was about $4,000
below that of S. Moore & Sons of
Kokomo, Ind, which is favored by
officials of the construction divi-
sion because of the prospect thus
offered for the employment Of Indi-
annapolis workers.
Half a dozen Indianapolis bid
derS also still are in the running.
for some Of their bids are within
$25, 900 Of the Blair offer.
Half a dozen protesting kilograms
from Indianapolis reached the vet
Grams bureau today. Additional
protests were sent Representative
Louis Ludlow, who immediately
made an appointment for con-
ference with Brigadier- General
Frank T. Hines, administrator Of
veterans affairs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-21
advertisement
ALEC FRANCIS ENDS COUGH
QUICK, PLEASANT WAY
Doctors Now Show Talkie Stars
How to Relieve Colds Instantly
to Avoid Running Sound Film

In making talking pictures, Alec
B. Francis no longer breads to face
the sensitive microphone. Like
scores of other Hollywood stars and
hundreds of Indianapolis people, he
has found how easily one can get
rid of a cold or cough through quick
use Of Ayers Cherry Pectoral.
Mr.. Francis has played leading
character roles in many of the
greatest sound productions. Recent
ly he contracted a severe chest cold
which worried him considerably.
His voice was hoarse and there was
always the danger of coughing or
sneezing while the sound aim was
being recorded.
"a pleasant spoonful Of Ayers
Cherry Pectoral," he says, brought
almost immediate relief. Cough
ing and sneezing stopped and my
hoarseness cleared UP. That night
sleeep comfortably without cough
ing, and in just a day or so, the
cold was completely. gone"
In Indianapolis hon s. as in Holly
wood, ayers Cherry N1ectoral Is the
first thought for colds. Cough syrups
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-21
HOUSE ACTS To
PAY EXPENSES
OF COMMISSIONS
Resolution Passed, Gives
Travelling Money to
Two Groups.

Travelling expenses of the mem
bers Of the state commissions on
taxation and school aid will be paid
If house concurrent resolution in
troduced today by Representative
DELPHI L. McKesson (MarshalD 4,
Democratic floor leader, is passed
by the senate.
The resolution received the ap-
proval Of the house with but one
dissenting vote, cast by Representa-
tive Fred s. Galloway (Dem., Mar
ion) who had asked it be postponed
until the members Of the commits
sion had filed their verified and
itemized expense account.
State to Pay Expenses
McKesson explained that although
the 1929 session of the general as
sembly had created four commits
Sions, two of them, one investigating
crime prevention and control and
the other to study railroad prob
lens in the state, were composed of
men directly concerned with the
topics Of discussion; while the re-
naming two commissions, tax and
state aid, and as their members men
whose everyday pursuits were in no
manner connected with the prob
lens.
Therefore deem 1t but just that
their expenses in performing this
valuable work be borne by the
state" McKeSson declared.
He was joined in soliciting sup
port for the resolution by Repre-
sentatives James M. Knapp (Rep.,
Wayne), Republican floor leader.
McKesson declared expenses Of
the members of the state aid COM
mission were reported to be Slight.
by more than 5000 and that for the
tax conference would be little larger.
Report Bills Favorable
The house passed to engrossment
the bill which would amend the le-
gal holiday law to protect the va
lidity Of payments and acceptances
of checks and other instruments or
transactions on holidays or Satur-
day afternoons when institutions
elect to remain open.
Although Representative Jacob
Weiss Denn., Marion) attempted to
obtain the indefinite postoponement
of the bill which would repeal the
1927 act defining cognovit notes. it
was passed on to engrossment after
a voice vote.
Among the seven house bills
which we're reported favorably by
committees were two measures
sponsored by the Indiana State
Federation of Labor, specifying that
all prison-made products must bear
a label showing they were made in
such institutions and another limit
ing the use of prison made articles
to state institutions and political
sub divisions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-21
ROAD WORK TO
help JOBLESS
IN ARKANSAS
Fifteen-MiIe Paving Stretch
in Poverty Stricken Area
to Be Laid at Once.
BY MERRILL E. COMPTON
United Press STAFF Correspondent

BRINKLEY, Ark, Jan. 21.-The
city street gang-a rake and broom
crew that was put to work several
weeks ago as an aid to unemploy-
ment-probably vii become an army
OF workers within a few weeks.
Steam shovels, dump trucks, ce-
ment mixers and other machinery
will be brought here for the con-
Struction of a fifteen-mile stretch
Of paving that will go through this
town. The project is expected to
provide work for many destitute
farmers and unemployed laborers.
Let Contract Today
The contract for the road work,
to be let in Little Rock today, spe-
cities that Arkansas workers be used
on the job.
The construction is being rushed
to alleviate unemployment and is
part of the state and federal govern
ment's road building campaign.
Brinkley, the halfway point be-
tween Memphis and Little Rock, is
surrounded by cotton plantations
and rice farms.
Unemployment because of the
closing of railroad shops, lumber
mills and a few local industries has
added to the want which has be-
come acute during the past ninety
days.
1000 Families in Need
Red Cross officials estimate 1000
families in the county are in need
of help.
Most fortunate of the residents
is the rice farmer, who, despite the
drought, had good crop during the
past year and received a fair price
for his produce.
Many of the cotton planters and
their tenants or Share-croppers,
however, are appealing to the Red
Cross for help.
At Clarendon, county seat and
one Of the towns worst hit by the
flood in 1927, cotton is the principal
crop and many hundred farmers,
their families and tenants receive
daily ratiOnS from the Red Cross.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-21

Appointment Of P. H. holland as
general manager of the Marmon
Motor Car Company was an
nounced today by G. M. Williams,
president. He also has been
elected a director.
Noland has been assistant gen.
eral manager of the company
since last June and succeeds H.
L. Purdy, who resigned several
months ago.
After graduation from the Vir-
ginia Polytechnic institute as
civil engineer he became asso-
ciated with the Kansas City
branch of the John Deere Plow
Company in 1911.
Later he became European man
ager for the company, with head
quarters in Paris. Following Serv-
ice in the war, holland was vice
president and director Of the Vul-
can company, and later general
sales manager of the Moline Plow
Company
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-21
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Herbert Batesman. 5115 East Michigan
street; Chevrolet coupe. 732-204 1880,
oriental and Washington streets
Richard T. Hickey. 1880 Hoefgen street,
Essex coach. 73o-256 1880. from Capitol
avenue and Market street
Lincoln Cab Company. 1922 North I'LL
no1S street, Ford sedan taxi from Twenty
second and Illinois street
Frank Harker. 81 South Tuxedo. Ford
street.
Sherman Faulkner. 1880 North Illinois
street. Chevrolet coach 81-340 1880. from
in front of 201o North Meridian street
49, Russell Fender. 203 South Audubon road
Cheyrolet coach. 773-l02 1880. from rear
Of 205 South Audubon road.
Hattie. M Reynolds. Candy. Ind, Ford
coupe. from Market street and Capitol
avenue.
Beulah Stevens. 112 st. Clair street, Au-
burn; 766-9e5 1880. from rear OF 1910
North Meridian street
Earl B. Amburn. 1846 East Tenth street,
57-136 1880. Massachusetts avenue and
Noble street
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-21
VETERINARIANS CONVENE
indianapolis Man Named President
at Opening Session.

DR.. A. F. Schalt, Ohio university,
will be the principal speaker tonight
at the annual dinner of the Indi-
ana Veterinary Medical Association
which opened a three-day conven-
ton at the SEVERN Tuesday.
DIR. R. G. Apologize, Indiana polls.
was elected president; DR.. j. H.
Mills of Rushville, Ind, vice-presi-
dent, and DR.. r. H. Boyd, Indian
apolis, secretary, at the annual cleo
ton Tuesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-21
In Legislature
so Years Ago
BY United Press

BY United Press
a S long ago as 1881, people
IN were concerned over the
problem of capital punishment,
and the question still remains I'M
settled. The legislature of that
year received a petition from the
Friends Yearly Meeting asking re-
peal of the law providing for
capital punishment.
Grazing, fifty years ago, was an
important industry in the state,
and was threatened in many
localities by predatory dogs. AS q
means of curbing the danger, a
bill was introduced in the house Of
representatives providing penalties
for persons keeping worthless
and sheep killing dogs"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-21
FIRETRAP LABEL
IS STAMPED ON
OLD BUILDINGS
Institution Held Hazard to
Life, 0vercroWded, in
Resolution.
BILL IN LEGISLATURE
Rural Site Is Favored and
Appropriation Of $780,
600 Asked.
BILL IN LEGISLATURE

With removal Of the Indiana
woman's prison provided in a bill
introduced today in the general as
sembly, east side civic leagues an
nounced adoption of resolution
condemning the institution as an
overcrowded and dangerous f1retrap.
Removal Of the prison from
Randolph and New York streets
to rural site, and appropriation
of $4,000 for new buildings and
land are provided in a measure
submitted to the legislature by
Representative Russell Dean Dem.,
Marion).
The bill would provide for ap-
pointment OF four citizens by the
Governor, one Of whom would be a
trustee Of the prison, to select q new
site.
No Pay for Commission
Members of the commission
would serve without pay, with no
more than two members Of the same
political faith. Prisoners of the state
farm, state prison and the reforma-
tory would be employed in the con-
struction.
The bill further stipulates that
$4,000 shall be available by April /,
1881, for taking an option on a new
site. and authorizing sale Of the
present site.
Legislation broadening the gen.
eral condemnation act was en-
braced in a bill introduced by Rep
resentative John Bright Webb
(Dem., johnson and Marion) for
the benefit of the city OF Indian
apolis.
Under the terms Of Webb's meas
tIre, the board of works is given in
creased power, because of the me
cessity of so much condemnation Of
property In connection with street
openings and street widenings."
Track Elevation Restricted
Boards would have the right to
hear and determine the question
of damages before preparing the
assessment list of benefits, thus
avoiding unnecessary appeals.
Other legislation included bills re-
stricting the track elevation act OF
1927 to Indianapolis; allowing hui
name societies in first and second
class cities to receive revenue from
dog tax funds; giving the state tax
board right to make horizontal de-
creases and increase in units smaller
than counties, and repeating the
three-mile limit gravel road law.
The house voted to postpone in
definitely action on two pending
measures, one restricting rights of
banks in trusteeShips and the other
placing Morris Plan banks under
jurisdiction of the state banking
department. Two pending bills
we're withdrawn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-21
BANDITS STAY BUTCHER

Cincinnati Man Shot to Death
When He Resists Negro Gunman.
By United Press
CINCINNATI, Jan. 2l.-Sylvester
Geiger, %, butcher in a store here,
was shot to death today when he
resisted two Negro bandits in an at
tempted holdup. The Negroes es-
cfsped-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-21
Alma RubenS Is i'm Coma
for 80 Hours in Illness
Ex-Actress Stricken Two
Days Ago With
Pneumonia.
By United Press

By United Press
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. al
II Alma Rubens, the actress,
Is critically i'll Of pneumonia
and has been unconscious for
thirty-six hours, 1t was learned
today.
Miss Rubens was stricken two
days ago at the home Of a
friend here. Her condition be-
came so serious that 1t was de-
cided unwise to remove her to
a hospital, it was learned. She
was expected to reach the crisis
today.
"Alma's condition is ex-
tremely critical" Mrs. Theresa
Rubens, the actress mother,
said.
"She is receiving the best of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-21
FIRE CHIEF ACCUSED

Bootlegging Operations Laid to
Members of Department.
~ United Press
AUBURN, N. Y, Jan. 2l.-City
Manager John F. Donovan, in ask
ing for the resignation Of Fire Chief
Fred j. Washburn on the grounds
that the fire departments morale
had collapsed" charged that fire.
men were often drunk. did boot
Logging on the side. and that one
Tpused al the members" OF fire
cation while under the influence of
EQuor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-21
AGE IN DOUBT, YOUTH
SAVED FROM GALLONS
Former Student Accused of HOldup
Murder Gets Life Term.


Murder Gets Life Term.
By United Press
DENVER, Jan. 21.-The fact that
a dispute over his age had helped
save him from the gallows was con-
ISOLATION today for Carl Thomas, for
mer Middletown (O) high school
student, who was under sentence to
spend the remainder of his life in
prison.
The youth was found guilty OF
numbering j. c.. Armstrong, Denver
grocer, during holdup last Oct. 8.
He testified he was born in April,
1913, and was supported in this by
his father, John, the only other de-
tense witness.
The state. however, introduced
evidence he was born in April, 1911.
Colorado law prohibits the death
penalty for any one under 10.