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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
SWIMMERS TO
VIE IN POOL AT
ELLENDERGER
First of Series of City
Meets Scheduled for Sum
day Afternoon,

Ellenberger park will be the
scene of a swimming meet for the
youngsters Of the city Sunday after
noon at 4. Francis T. Hodges, di-
rector of life saving for the local
chapter Of the Red Gross, and Ro-
bert Goodwin, director of swimming
in the city recreation department,
will be in charge Of the meet and
appoint officials.
Anyone in the city is eligible to
enter. Ribbons will be awarded to
the winners Of each event. Those
who intend to compete should re-
port to the clerk at the pool at 315
Sunday.
Events scheduled are: Boys under
-, 25-yard free style; girls under
II, 25-yard free style. Boys IL to II.
25-yard free style, 50-yard free
style, and 25-yard back stroke;
girls II to II, the same events. Boys
over II, 50-yard free style, 5O-yard
back stroke, and 50-yard breast
stroke. The same events will be
held for girls over II. There also
will be diving for all classes.
Exhibition dives from the high
board will be given by Major Willis,
local five year old diving wonder.
The meet will be the first of a
series to be held in each Of the five
city pools, which Will be climaxed
the latter part Of August by a city
wide championship meet at Garfield
park pool.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01

lagher and Shean when It'll visited
the Murat years ago.
"Then I resolved" she said, shat
when came back to Indianapolis
I would be a star. I thought I could
do it in three years, but it took
seven"
She has very decided views about
mothers trying to get their chill
dren into the movies.
Keep the children in their own
backyards," she said. "Send them
to school and let them be children.
My advice to girls who want to go
to Hollywood is to stay away. I
know many girls right now in Hol-
lywood with looks and talent who
are mattresses, trying to save
enough to get home"
Fiji crawled up in her seat, gave
her dark hair several hard shakes,
took a sandwich and said, "And do
I like Will Rogers? He is my best
press agent. I just finished a new
picture with him. It will be released
in September. Rogers is always the
center Of attraction anyplace he is.
just like he would be if he was in
the White House.
"And that man can dance. Just
like George M. Cohan. And Victor
McLaglen? He is just a great big
boy. In Hollywood away from the
studio, he is one of the best
dressers.
Fiji found time between con-
versation and sandwiches to take a
nap with her head on my shoulder.
So you see that having an air
picnic with Fiji is not so bad.
AS we sighted the Municipal air.
port here, Fiji grabbed her lip stick
and other makeup, pulled on her
white hat and was ready for her re-
ception.
On landing safely at the airport,
she planted kiss on the lips of the
pilot.
Fright on the lips" she said,
That's the way Fiji kisses"
indianapolis taeaters today offer:
George Gaul in "Arms and the
Man" at English's; 'Indiscreet" at
the Palace; Brooke Johns at the
Indiana; "The Lawyers Secret" at
the Ohio; forbidden Adventure" at
the Circle; "Annabelle's Affairs" 1T
the Apollo, and, burlesque at the
Mutual.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01

keeping us cool. But our bodies
also lose much salt with the per-
Spiration, and this is what causes
a large part of the physical exhaus-
ton felt when working in hot
weather.
When water evaporates, it absorbs
heat. This is why you are cooler
when you perspire. If you want to
augment this natural cooling pro-
cess, apply lukewarm water to your
skin and let it dry by evaporation.
An icy shower bath is refreshing,
out heats you up, because it stimu-
lateS the body to increased heat
production, just as heat production
is stimulated to meet the challenge
Of an icy winter wind. The sum-
mer bath should be lukewarm. This
will be more cooling and the effect
will last longer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
PAGEANT TO Be
HELD JULY 10
Children From II Sites to
Take Part.

Children from eleven city play
grounds are preparing for a safety
program and play1et to be staged
at Garfield park, July 10. Mrs.
Norma Roster, supervisor of pag-
ents in the recreation department,
is in charge. She has arranged, in
addition to the play, performances
from two Negro quartets and a
Negro dancing team, a turnbling
exhibition, and a group Of tap
dancers from various parts of the
city. Edward Mayheld, 14-year-old
banjo and harmonica musician,
also will entertain.
Lieutenant Frank r. Owen, di-
rector of safety and discipline, will
speak, and has promised to procure
another speaker for the occasion.
Forty children are practicing to
take parts in the play.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
JUNE WEDDINGS FEW;
DEPRESSION BLAMED
Survey Of Cities Shows Low Record
for Recent Years Is Set.

Survey Of Cities Shows Low Record
for Recent Years Is Set.
By United Press
CHICAGO, July 1.-Unemploy-
n1ent, the economic depression and
the heat wave caused manageable
Americans to go to the altar in
fewer numbers during the past
month than in any other recent
June on record, according to a ma
tion-wide survey completed today
by the United Press.
Cities throughout the nation re-
ported that marriage licenses is
sued during the June just ended
slumped from five to twenty-five
below 1880.
There were fewer June weddings
in large industrial centers, agricul-
turaI communities and mining
towns, the survey showed, indicat-
ing that romantic young couples in
all walks of life were affected
equally by the depression.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
FAvORITE MINES
ARELEADINC IN
PLAYLOT LOOPS
Kitten Ball Leagues of
City Are in Action
Once Again.

Boys city playground kitten ball
leagues have swung into action, and
in their first week of play favorite
teams have come to the fore.
Spades, last year winners, won
two games and lost none in East
side League, to tie with Brightwood
and Willard for first honors. The
three teams which were the vic
tins, losing two games each, are
Ellenberger, Brookside and Chris
tan. In the first game Spades de-
feated Brookside, 81 to 0.
American Settlement, Hawthorne
and Military top the West Side, with
one victory apiece. Settlement and
Rhodius went around in a nip-tuck
battle, Rhodius finally losing, II
to Is.
RAIDER stands indicated in the
North Side with two wins to its
credit. However, Fall Greek is a
threat, for in their one game they
walked over Spring by the largest
score in any league, 80 to 6. South
Side shows nothing outstanding yet.
Standings for the first week fol-
low:
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sion Of acknowledgements &C
tually administered the province
in his name, some of them, like
'Spottswood, Drysdale and Gooch,
becoming famous in the history Of
Virginia.
See Howison's History of Vir-
ginia," Vol. /, page Ali.
Fish Caught in Death Valley
Though Death Valley is known to
be the hottest and one of the most
lifeless places on the earth, John
Edwin Hogg of ALEXANDRIA, Cal,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01

Following is the explanation of
Ripley's Believe It or Not" which
appeared in Tuesdays Times:
George Hamilton, Governor of
Virginia-George Hamilton, earl
Of Orkney Q666-173O was IA
nous English general. He was ap-
pointed governor of Virginia by
Queen Anne of England in 100,
and although he held this position
until his death in 1877, he never
crossed the Atlantic to set foot on
the soil Of his colony. A success
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01

finds profitable commercial fish
ing at Saratoga Spring in the
southern end Of the valley.
Scientifically, the fish are
known as "Cyprinodon macular-
ius" and are in great demand
among fish fanciers and aqua
RUINS. Their colors range
from bright silver to an iridescent
electcic blue, with large bright
eyes that flash like electric sparks.
Thursday-"The state that has
had seven fas."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
OFFICER KILLS SELF

Reserve Soldiers Body Is Found
One Block from White House.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, July Elmer
gency hospital employees Tuesday
night ascribed a defamation to a
premature independence day fire.
cracker.
Dawn disclosed the body Of
Joachim Thode, 81. on the steps Of
the Corcoran art gallery nearby.
The gallery Is one block from the
White House. A .45-caliber army re-
volver lay beside him. Thode had
shot himself through the head. He
was a Northumberland in the
reserve corps and came to the
United States from SchlesWig-
Holstein in 1899.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
SIX MEN PINCHED IN
RAID ON GAMING JOINT
One Is Nabbed as He Attempts to
Lay Bet on Horse.

Raiding the Eagle Brokerage Com
pany, 500 Marion building, late
Tuesday, Sergeant Edwin Kruse,
nabbed six men on charges of
gaming, and visiting gaming
house.
Those arrested: Louis Hoffman,
1927 East Michigan street, keeping a
gaming house, and Joseph Hubinger
of Dallas, Tex; Charles Rabold,
1908 North Grant street; r. White,
1856 West Market street; Lee Darcy.
BIT East Twelfth street, and Robert
Wolf, 439 North Oxford street,
charged with gaming.
Rabold was placing a 50 bet on
Gettin' Even, running in the second
race at Latonia. The horse won, but
Rabold's bet never was ION the
line"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
IA PLAYLOTS OPEN
Children to Find Grounds
Operating July q.

Fourteen city Fairgrounds will
be open on July 4, it is was an
nounced today by H. w. Middles-
worth, director Of the city recrea-
ton department. Instructors and
matronS of twenty-eight Of the
forty-two city grounds will get a
day off, he said.
Parks which will operate on the
holiday are those most prominent
and which attract the most chill
dren. Fairgrounds selected are:
Brookside, Christian. Camp Sullivan
NEGRO and whitel Dearborn, Douglas,
Ellenherger. Fall Greek Negro and white).
Garfield, Highland. Rhodius. Riley. River
side and willard
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
USE OF POOLS GAINS
Hot Weather Sends 1889
to Beaches in Week.

Hot weather last week revealed
its effect on Indianapolis today in
an attendance report at municipal
swimming pools and two White
river beaches.
During the week ended Saturday,
1889 persons splashed their way to
GOODNESS and relief from the heat.
The previous week only 51,644 men,
women and children took advantage
of the. pools and beaches.
Largest one-day attendance was
reported at Mcclure beach, Twenty
sixth street and White river, with
2S,900 swimming Friday.
Reduction of swimming pool fees
also boosted the attendance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
Blim1b to Visit City

mental purposes. It's huge en-
velope, which is 140 feet in length
and 3S feet in diameter, has ca
pacity Of $4,000 cubic feet of
heliurn.
Powered by two Warner Scarab
110-horse power radial cooled
engines, the Mayflower develops a
speed Of sixty miles an hour, and
has a cruising range Of 625 miles
without refueling. The passenger
compartment provides accommo-
cations for five persons, In addi-
ton to the pilot.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
FairvieW Residents Suggest
I Boulevard Place Between
46th and 49th Streets.

Suggestion that proposed new
fire station in the Butler university
area be located west of Boulevard
place between Forty-sixth and
Forty-ninth streets will be made to
the safety board by the Butler
Fairview Civic Association.
The association Tuesday night
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01

Indianapolis will have oppor-
tunity to inspect a modern light
er-than-air ship at close range
this week when the airship May
flower of the Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Company fleet visits the
city.
Thursday has been set as the
time when the Mayflower will ar
rive, If weather permits.
The Aayflower is one of a fleet
Of six owned and operated by
Goodyear for training and expert
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles, reported to police as stolen
lelouR to:
James g. Wilson. 445 North DrexeI ave-
nue., Ford coupe. 747-322 from twenty
sixth street and White River
Z Mable Baker. 25l9 Bellefontaine street.
Oakland roadster. 75e-5so. from Georgia
and East streets
II. Fishman. 1888 Benefontaine street.
Oakland coach. from Noble and Washing
ton streets.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
CLASS TO PRESENT
PARLOR TO CHURCH
Willing Workers to Hold Event for
DowneY Christian Friday.

w 4AA1AAS NVOAACAS ~ AAO4O 11NCAAO AOA
Downey Christian Friday.
Officers of the disbanded Willing
Workers class of the Downey Avenue
Christian church will present a
fully-equipped church parlor to the
church at 8 Friday night as a me-
mortal to the class.
There also will be reception in
honor of the newly organized
Golden Rule class, which will be
welcomed by Walter Hoover, Sunday
school superintendent. Mrs. Walter
L. Carey is chairman for the
program.
Numbers on the program will in
clude: Misses Edith Garrison and
Mildred Allen, playing suite for
two pianos; Julius Metz, violinist,
and Curtis Plopper, vocalist.
Mrs. E. D. keenan, will present
the parlor to the church.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
BACK HOME AGAIN

stolen automobiles recovered by police
belong to:
RAYMOND M!samore. 1884 East Wash
ington street. Hudson coach. found at 1880
Manlove avenue.
Anton Christensen. 1897 East Thirtieth
.-treet. Ford roadster. found at keystone
avenue and Thirtieth street
Chrysler sedan. 57-3l6. found at rear Of
tjo5 Patterson street.
E Peerless sport coupe. no license. no certi-
Iicate OF TUE. found at ll05 Ruckle street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
AN AIR PICNIC WITH
Fiji is GREAT FUN
AirpIane Luncheon Is the Latest Fad of Noted Movie
Star Who Is Always Searching for Something New.
BY WALTER D. HICKMAN

WE didn't have to search large tree when
we mad our picnic with Fiji DOrSay top
IS JUST what wanted
thousand feet up in the air IN
lheSe air pcn quite thing even the pilot Of the big
the spread F- 'N - VI
We meaning A. Kabr Lyric and myself ioueyed by air
to LOUISVILLE to bring Fiji to indianapolis vaudey
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
BoRTz RITES THURSDAY
Funeral Services at Home for
World War Veteran.

Funeral services will be held at
. Thursday afternoon for Arthur H.
Bortz, IS, World war veteran and
musician, who died Tuesday at his
home, 5315 Guilford avenue, after
a short illness. Burial will be
in Crown Hill cemetery.
He had lived here five years,
coming to indianapolis from FIT.
Wayne. Survivors are the widow,
Mrs. Lola Bortz; a sister, Mrs. Will
liam Misner of Bremen, and a
brother, Walter Bortz, South Bend.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
Roomers Lose Clothing, JeweIry

Reporting theft of clothing and
jcWelry valued at $40 from room
ers in her house at Oil North Penn
sylvania street, Mrs. Ida Citizens
told police she suspected a man
who rented a room there Saturday
and disappeared Tuesday night,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
Auto Crash Fatal
BIZ United Press

% Q 7btIOU 7 Y o6
VINCENNES. Ind, July Auto
mobile crash injuries ended the life
Of Reuben Grove, SO, farmer near
here. The automobile he was driv-
ing collided with another on State
Road 81.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
Revere the Past

n rebuilding sections destroyed
he war the government is max
the new structures as nearly
fthe destroyed ones as possible,
g the same plans as were used
6he original. The French revere
past where Americans look to
future.
The public buildings Of even
il towns are lavish. The city
in Arras, a town almost COM
ely destroyed by the war, will
S1,20O,000, when completed, al
ugh the population is only 10000
IN our trips around Paris we saw
z two fire stations, and didn't
or hear any trucks making runs.
Jas told that when a fire alarm
founded; f1remen on bicycles go
I'D of the trucks to locate the
The fire departments services
not free, owners of buildings be-
charged for extinguishing fires.
france has few fires, I was told.
re are two reasons, one being
the houses never are heated
ugh. to catch on fire, being like
ms in winter, and the other is
t little wood is used, most build
S being of stone or brick.
UnderseIIing Is Banned
I'VE found chain stores In
ance, but the government does
t permit them to undersen pri-
te stores.
ON the tour we visited several
tile sites, including San Mihiel
d Vimy Ridge.
Cemeteries where American SOL
RS are buried are beautifully
by the American gov
'ment. Every tombstone is
.rked. although some of the SOL
/ dead are unidentified.
On many markers we found
.taphs such as: Here lies in hon
ID glory an honored soldier,
own only to God
We encountered splendid weather
the entire trip, including the two
lantic crossings
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01

friend took me up
in Hollywood for the
first time" When
we started to climb
for altitude, Fiji
asked, How many
feet are we up
stairs?" The pilot
pondered a second
and said, Guess
you mean how far
up? We are now
5000 feet" She told
me that she was a
chorus girl In
Greenwich Village
F0I1ies" with GaI-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
BOARDS POWERS SET

coming Group Takes Precedence
Over Park Chiefs, Court Rules.
When Jurisdiction of the board
Of coming appeals and the board OF
park commissioners conflict, the
power of the coming board takes
precedence, Judge Clarence E. Weir
decided Tuesday in superior court
four.
This ruling was made in the case
OF Mary Stanford against the city
Of Indianapolis and the two boards
Mrs. Stanford owns q lct-cn which
both boards claimed jurisdiction.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01

A spot within the Antarctic circle,
south Of Australia, is said to be the
worlds windiest location. The aver
age wind speed over a period of
twenty-five months was figured at
more than forty-four miles an hour.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
RADIO CONTROL UPHELD
Canadian Government Has Full
Rights, High Court Rules.
By United Press

bU . 1JtIEU FTBSS
OTTAWA, July IA majority
decision of the supreme court of
Canada Tuesday held that the fed
eral government has jurisdiction in
radio broadcasting.
The supreme court~was appealed
to when the province of Quebec dis
puted federal jurisdiction a couple
Of months ago. The Quebec gov
eminent may carry the case to the
privy council in London, the high
est tribunal in the British Empire.
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to Louisville

When she climbed into the plane
she said to Howard H. Maxwell, the
pilot, mo stunts. Fiji don't want
to be wrong side up" When we
took of, she giggled and said, This
my second time upstairs. My boy
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
HAND INFECTION FATAL
Municipal Court Deputy Succumbs
to Crash Injury.
By Times Special

municipal OOurC Oeputy SuCcumDS
to Crash Injury.
BIZ Times Special
LEBANON, Ind, July 1.-Infec-
ton in an injury suffered in an auto
accident near here June Is was
fatal to Horace Power, 81, Of 1856
West Ray street, Indianapolis, a
deputy clerk in a municipal court
Of that city.
Power was hurt when his car
crashed into an unfinished bridge
beyond a detour marker five miles
south of Lebanon. He was in Will
1iams hospital here with a mashed
hand, which had become infected
since the crash. The body is to be
taken to Indianapolis today for fu-
neral and burial.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
Have Little Equipment

'Tne parks have little playground
equipment, but children must pay
for using what they do have. The
parks are there for the public to
enjoy. but the public must pay to
enjoy them"
Americans making the trip as
guests of the French government
we're permitted to inspect the huge
Paris sewers, ranging from fifteen
20 twenty-four feet in diameter,
Mckinney said.
Streets of Paris are kept
scrupulously clean with fushers,
7wers being big enough to carry
7ay the dirt. Utility pipes and
les are placed in the sewers,
iding the necessity of tearing up
fts to get at them, Mckinney
ted out.
france apparently has little I'M
foyment," he said, "the govern
d keeping down Communistic
,encies with plenty of work re-
Tlng war-torn sections. I was
rned only about $4,000 men
Jobless, out Of a population
5000 600
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-01
WALKING ONLY
THING FREE IN
FRENCH PARKS
Public Pays for Everything,
Says Kirk Mckinney
After Tour.

This Is one Of series Of articles
about the experiences of Kirk Mckinney.
who toured France with = party OF
American mayors.
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BY LOWELL NUssBAUM

While Indianapolis residents pro-
test imposition of fees for use Of
swimming pools, citizens Of France
take such fees for granted, accord
ing to E. Kirk Mckinney. works
board president, who recently re-
turned from a six weeks tour of
France with a group of American
mayors.
About the only thing free about
parks in France" Mckinney said,
''is taking a walk.
Paris Is conceded to have the
best park system in the world.
When a person walks into a park
and sits on a bench, a polite Of
,flcial walks up and collects
small fee.
"a choice seat around fountain
or bandstard in some Of the parks
costs about l II cents. Farther back
the seats are cheaper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-01

Startling revolutions of activities of
Americas Black Chamber or Cipher
DECIDING Bureau, including the story
of an alleged plot to assassinate Presi-
dent Wilson in Paris, are contained
in book by Maj. Herbert o. Yardley,
wartime topographic chief, just pub
lished by Bobbs- Merrill Co.
Among other disclosures Of special
interest here was that Washington
society woman served as a secret agent
for the Government in securing code
information from foreign diplom2 tic
sources.
Message Received in Paris.
The apparent plans icr a pc, on the
Ike OF PIesiGcnU Wn5CI wcTc q ,cicccs.
i'll a message which 4G.dlcy d-ccdc:.
While serving with the Peace Commit :
sion at Paris.
The reader may we'll appreciate the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-01
ARGENTINE REVOLT
PLOT is UNCOVERED
Irigoyen Sympathzers Working
for Return Are Seized in
Police Raids.
BY Cable to The Star.

BY Cable to The Star.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, June l.
Another ounter-revolutionary plot
against Provisional President Jose
Francisco Uriburu by sympathizers OF
former President Hipolito Irigoyen has
been announced by the Argentine po-
lice. They also announced raids on a
sanatorium and several residences, and
the arrest of persons implicated in the
plot, including Jose Abalos. minister Of
public works in President Irigoyen's
cabinet, who is alleged to be the ring
leader.
The police communique indicates that
the plot is merely continuation OF
the counter-revolutionary project OF
Gen. Torrance which the police had I'M
covered several months ago. Senior
Abalos and his fellow plotters are al
legged to be working in conjunction with
former members of the 1rigoyen cabi-
net and other high officials of the de-
posed regime, who now are in Monte
video.
(Copyright, 1917