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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
PLAN TO BUY PLAZA
CHURCHES DELAYED
Husky Girl
By United Press

By United Press
CHICAGO, Jan. 14.-Charles
ProchasI1a, who didn't trust
banks, built a "bank" of his
own so strong no one could
open it and SO heavy no one
could carry it away.
Years ago, Prochaska built
his strong box of oak, lined it
with lead to make it heavy and
clamped strong iron bands
about it.
Last week, ProchaSka hired a
cook. Her name was Anna
Match.
He liked her cooking much
better than that of his
daughter, Mary, who is 10.
Tuesday. he showed his
"bank" to Anna and boosted
of it's strength and weight.
Tuesday night, Anna dis
appeared.
So did the bank" that
couldn't be opened or lifted. 1t
contained Prochaska's life
savings, about 5000 in small
change.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
TERMS NOT SUSPENDED
Youths Charged With Burglary
Must Serve Sentences.

Three youths charged with the
burglary of a drug store at 1902
South Belmont avenue were sem
fenced to serve one year farm sem
fences when found guilty Monday
by Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker.
The sentences were not suspended
as was incorrectly stated Tuesday in
The Times.
The youths were Roy Smith, Is;
Raymond McKiSSick, II, and Arthur
Collins, II, all Of Muncie.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
MERCURY WILL FALL
10 Above Zero IS Forecast
by Weather Man.

Dropping to IA at 4:3O a. m. today,
the mercury was scheduled to rise
today to the high twenties and then
fall to 10 degrees tonight.
J. II. Arlington Of the weather
bureau, said a gradual increase in
temperature Thursday will follow
the drop tonight. The cold snap
is general throughout the state.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
Aids stOrk 5000 Times
By United Press

SHELBYvILLE, Ind, Jan. A.
Dr. Charles A. Tindall claims a rec
ord more praiseworthy than that of
producing the millionth automobile
of 4nI make. He attended his
S,000th birth Monday, at the con-
clusion Of forty-three years medical
practice il Shelby county
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
REALTORS FAVOR LAW
TO LICENSE BROKERS
Revision of City Planning Act Also
to Be Given Support.

W IL NAhOAA OoPROAbs
Proposed legislation to regulate
and license real estate brokers and
statesmen has been Endorsed unan-
imously by the board of governors
Of the Indiana Real Estate Asso-
citation.
The board also has decided, on
recommendation of the associations
legislative committee, to give its full
support to proposed changes in the
Barrett law, to bill creating new
mortgage foreclosure law, revision
Of the city planning law and any
new statutes equalizing taxes to re-
lieve the burden on property
owners.
The proposed licensing law, how
ever, is criticised bitterly by B. M.
RalSton, Indianapolis realtor, who
asserts it will drive the little fell
low out Of busiiesS" and that its
bonding provision will be prohib-
tory.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14

man would feel grieved at being
called bootlegger"
In a resolution adopted Tuesday
night, physicians declared the Miles
statement "gratuitous and un-
called for insult to the medical pro-
fesSion" and asked that neither
honest convictions nor fanaticism
be permitted to restrict scientific
judgment as to what physicians
should prescribe for their patients. !"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
DENY SHERIFF PLEA
Prosecutor Asks Trial Date
Be Set in Lynching Case.

By United Press
MARION, Ind, Jan. 14.-Judge o.
D. Clawson, in Grant circuit court
here, today oveTuled a motion to
quash the affidavit charging Sheriff
Jacob G. Campbell with neglect of
duty in connection with lynching of
two Negroes here last August.
John R. Browne, prosecutor, asked
that trial date be set for the next
term of court which opens Feb. 2.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
Farmers Support Legge

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-The
controversy between Chairman
Legge of the federal farm board
and John Simpson, president OF
the National Farmers union, had
resulted today in pledges of support
for Legge from a special committee
of the farmers union, which in
vestigated the dispute.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
Woman Hurt in Auto Crash

Mrs. Theodosia Henry, As, of 1929
Guilford avenue, was reported not
injured seriously today in Methodist
hospital, where she was taken fol-
lowing an automobile crash at
Forty-second street and Graceland
avenue Tuesday night. She was
bruised and lacerated on the face
and head.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
SUE GRAVEL COMPANIES

Works Board Charges Firms Permit
Sand Seepage in White River.
Legal action against two COM
panieS alleged to be permitting
seepage of sand into White river,
south of Washington street, was re-
Quested today of James E. Deery,
city attorney by the works board.
The board cited the Brown Huff
stetter Sand Company and the In
dianapolis Sand and Gravel Com
pany as alleged offenders. The
seepage, the board declares, causes
formation of sandbars and hinders
flood prevention,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
JUDGES WIFE ON TRIAL
Denies Ex-Magistrate Bought Post

Denies Ex-Magistrate Bought Post
$4,000 Mere Loan, She Says.
By United Press
NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-Chargea
that former Magistrate George F
Ewald purchased his appointment
we're denied in supreme court to-
day by his wife, Mrs. Bertha EwaId.
who reiterated that $4,000 given
Martin j. Healy, Tammany district
leader, through political aid, mere
ly was loan, Is on trial in con-
nection with the transaction.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
FIRE LOSS OVER $1,000
Roof Blaze Damages House, Furni-
ture, Spreads Next Door.

Sparks on the roof today caused
a fire that damaged the home of
v. Smith, 1856 Station street, $1,000,
destroyed furniture valued at $500,
and spread next door with $25 dam
age before it was extinguished. The
second house, occupied by William
Urlaub. is at 1858 Station street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
1860 STYLES ARE BACK,
SPRING SHOW REVEALS
FIounces, Ruffles and Street Sweep
ing Dresses Mode for 1881.

NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-Return to
the styles of 1860, with f1ounces,
ruffles and street-sweeping dresses
is in line for 1881, Garment Retail
ers of America dictated at their
spring fashion promenade at the
Hotel Aston Tuesday night.
Most of the gowns for afternoon
and evening wear were several
inches longer. Dinner dresses
touched the floor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14

cidar.
Jason and l were sitting in
his '1ab" one evening, dis
cussing, as we often did, in
Vulnerable subjects, and COM
ing back, as Jason usually
did, to the Gridley wave,
which is what we have named
it. Much Of the time Jason
kept on his earphones, than
which there is no greater dis
courager of conversation. But
this does not irk me.
Presently, Jason removed
the headpiece. at is enough
to drive a fellow to drink" he
exclaimed.
"What?" 1 asked.
ST am getting that same stuff
again." he said. 81 can hear voices,
very family, but Enthusiastically, hui
man voices. They are speaking a
language unknown to man. Tt is
maddening."
MARS. perhaps, I suggested, cor
Venus"
He knitted his brows and sud-
denly smiled one of his quick smiles.
"Or Pellucidar."
I shrugged.
'Do you know" he said, "that
when I was a kid used to believe
every word of those crazy stories Of
yours about Mars and Pellucidar.
The inner world at the earth's core
was as real to me as the high ST.
erras, the San Joaquin valley, or
the Golden Gate. saw nothing
improbable at all in the trip of
David InneS and old man Perry
through the earth's crust to PeIu-
cidar. Yes, sir, that was all gospel
to me when was kid"
"And now you are % and know
that it can't be true" L said with
q smile.
'You are not trying to tell me it
is true, are your" he demanded,
laughing.
1T never have told any one that
it is true" I replied. II let people
think what they think, but I re-
serve the right to do likewise"
WITTY, you know perfectly well
w that it would be impossible
for that iron mole of Perry's to have
penetrated 500 miles of the earth's
crust, you know there is no inner
world peopled by strange reptiles
and men of the stone age, you know
there is no emperor of Pellucidar."
81 like to believe that there is a
Dian the Beautiful" I said.
Eyes," he agreed.
Jason replaced his headpiece and
I returned to the perusal of book.
Thus we sat for some time.
Presently Jason removed his ear
phones and turned toward me. Il
was getting music" he said;
strange, wierd music, and then
suddenly there came loud shouts
and it seemed that I could hear
blows struck and there were
screams and the sound of shots.
Perry, you know, was expert
menting with gunpowder down
there in Pellucidar," rem ''1ded ia
son, with a grin; but + was in
clined to be serious and did not
respond in kind.
You know, of course he said,
that there really has been a theory
of an inner world for many years.
1t supposes polar openings leading
into the interior of the earth. I'd
like to make try for one of these
polar openings, he unused, he re-
placed the ear phones.
Again there was long silence,
broken at last by a sharp exclama-
ton from Jason. He pushed an
extra headpiece toward me.
''Listenl' he exclaimed.
AS I adjusted the ear phones I
heard that which we never had be-
fore received on the Gridley wave
codel No wonder that Jason was
excited, since there was no station
on earth, other than his own, at
tuned to the Gridley wave.
Code! What could it mean? I
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
REDUCED TAX PROGRAM
FAVORED BY SENATORS
Republican, Democratic Leaders
Pledge Cooperation.

Fledge CO-OperaCl0n.
Republican and Democratic senate
leaders joined in an informal con-
ference after the senate adjourned
today and pledged themselves to a
program of tax reduction to be
worked out on nonpartisan basis.
Announcement of the cooperation
pledge was made by Senator Lee j.
HartzeIl (Rep., Allen and Noble), and
Walter S. Chambers Dem., Han
cock, Henry and Madison), floor
leaders of their parties.
This meeting will result in reliev-
ing the burden of the taxpayers of
the state and we expect to have a
definite plan ready within few
days, which will receive support from
senators on both sides of the house."
Hartzell declared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
springtime in NTassachusetts

By United Press
NANTUCKET. Mass, Jan. IA
Josiah F. Murphy, 8S, reports signs
Of spring. On the lawn of his home
here yesterday he picked dandelions,
while In a nearby tree a robin
chirpsd.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
UNEMPLOYED Parade Denied

By United Press
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 14.-Several
hundred police have been assigned
to prevent a proposed march today
of 5000 unemployed. sponsored by
the Trade Unity Leag6ss
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
Wine, Women and Song
Lobby Hit by Governor


OKLAHOMA CITY, 14-Governor William H. alfalfa BID
~ legislators
living quarters them from the vicious lobby wine
and song"
recommendation for establishment Of dormitory the
capitol grounds
slature by Murray.
capitol member long distances
roomng hotels filed lobbyists
games liquor and for bribery
through legislation against the public good Murray said
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
PROFITS NEAR RECORD
By United Pr

A. T. & T. Earnings for 1880 70 BE
Close to 1929 High Figure.
By United Press
NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-Indications
that 1890 earnings of the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company
will be close to the record profits of
1929, we're indicated in a letter to
stockholders of the company today
by Walter s. Clifford, president.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
MOVIES TO MAKE JOBS

Paramount to Spend Millions and
Employ Several Hundred.
By United Press
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. IA. Work
for several hundred actors and
studio workers was in prospect to-
day with the announcement that
Paramount pictures would spend
several million dollars within the
next four months on twenty-e eight
feature talking pictures.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-14
Radio Bridge

PLAY by play" report of the
bridge game broadcast over
WFBM viii appear in The
Times Thursday, instead of
today, as scheduled. How
every play was made and the
analysis by Milton c. Work,
with questions for bridge play
crs, viii be included.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-11
Warns Dry Agents Not To Use Brute Force

a b~ystander joined him in an attack
on Dierks. The proprietor of the place
was about to do the same, when the
agent struck both Smith and his help
er twice with a pistol.
Smith, the proprietor, and the BY
stander then were taken to a police
station and locked up. The next morn
ing the youth was moved to a hos
pital. He died the same day.
Woodcock asked a "just and fair
trial" for Dierks, who has been charg-
ed with murder, and remarked that
local authorities "are not without
blame" in having left Smith without
medical attention.
But it was Dierks' availability as
an agent that concerned Woodcock
chiefly. From this standpoint, he found
Dierks' action "just brute force and
no brains" He added: 1--WE are pay
ing him (Dierks) and have been train
ing him to be a skillful investigator.
II will not have the energies of the
bureau dissipated in this way"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-11
POISONED FOOD
KILLS CHILDREN

Pageland, S. C.-Two children arc
dead and five other members of their
family are seriously i'll as the result
of eating poisoned food here.
The dead children are Alice Jor-
dan, IA, and her two-year-old brother,
Joe.
Their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Jordan and three other children are
said by attending physicians to be at
the point of death"
Members of the family said they
had been using a large calcium tin,
which formerly had contained poison,
as a flour bin.
They said the tin had been
thoroughly cleaned, however, and
several times had been used for carry
ing water since the poison was remov-
ed. =
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-11
DRY CHIEFTAlN
GUSTS MAN Who
BEAT PRISONER
Director Calls Colorado
Case Example Of ''Brute
Force And No Brains."

Observation-Disclosures Director
Woodcock gave all his men Solemn
warning" that he will mo- tolerate
brutality as a substitute for BRAIN
work in law enforcement.
The chief of federal prohibition sus-
pended Henry Dierks, dry agent at
Englewood, Colorado, for his part in
a scuffle that resulted in the death of
Milford G. Smith, 2o-year-old truck
man. Expulsion from the force will
follow.
Announcing his action, Woodcock
remarked that Dierks acted "ike a
stupid and brutal peace officer" and
failed t o get the information he was
after-while Smiths offense was "a
pitiful, non-commercial one"
II hope every agent who reads this
will take solemn warming" he added,
that we will no tolerate this type
of activity"
Later Woodcock welcomed the oc-
casion to reassert his administrative
policy verbally.
"We're going to enforce this law
along the lines I've laid down." he ex-
claimed.
"We're going to have intelligent,
honest, earnest enforcement. We're
going to get the larger commercial vi
olators."
What moved the director most in
the Dierks case was the officers own
story of the affair.
The agent explained that he went
to a restaurant to investigate a COM
plant, found Smith with a bottle of
wine, and attempted to seize it.
Smith resisted, Woodcock said, and
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-11
4 BUILDINGS BURN

Kenly-Fire of an undetermined
origin destroyed four buildings here.
One was a warehouse, another a
market and a third the meeting hall
Of a woman's organization. The fourth
was a vacant storehousc. The blaze
burned a span Of power line and the
town was without. electricity from 2
until II o'clock.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-11
FARMER KILLS SELF

Kinston-Ben Davis, middle-aged
white tenant farmer, committed
suicide at his home in Greene county
north of Lenoir line by shooting him
self under the heart with a shotgun.
Death was instantaneous. Davis was
reported respondent over a chronic
disease that afflicted him. He is sur
vived by a family.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1931-12-11

1taly's net increase in population is
some 100000 a year.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-07-24
HIGHWAY DEPART
MENT GRADING
MAIN STREET

Tht County Engineer
came up with a crew from
Florence Tuesday and es-
tablished a grade for our
streets. Wednesday a crew
was put on Main street tear
ing the same up and re-
packing the loose dirt. A
large sprinkling tank was
used to help pack it. The
water being furnished free
by the Arizona Edison Co.
The street now is in fine
shape but unless the same
is not gravelled soon it will
not be long until it is back
in the same washboard con-
dition.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-07-24
SLOT MACHINE MEN
FACE new OBSTACLES

Invasion of a new scheme
of crookedness, intended to
defraud operators of slot
machines, was uncovered by
Coconino county officers
Sunday.
Unstamped lead slugs,
designed for play in five
and 25 cent machines, were
found in large quantities in
possession of three men
near Mormon Lake, but no
charges could be filed, coun
ty officers said.
The three men readily ad-
mitted purchase of lead
slugs equal to $40, if count
ed as currency. The slugs
had been purchased from a
Kansas City, Mo-, novelty
house, the men said, for SIG.
Since the tokens were
not stamped and were not
being passed as currency, no
charges could be filed.
Sheriff Vandevier estimated
that $1,000 in these worth
less lugs are in circulation
in this county. The men ar
rested said a gang in Gila
county had been active and
had CLEANED rich profits
from playing money-making
machines.
Officers released the men
after questioning.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-07-24
AUTOC|ROS LEAD IN
AIR SAFETY CLAIM

Autogiros are much safer
than ordinary flying ma
chimes, says their inventor
Juan de la Clerya, a Spani-
ard, in his new book "Wings
of Tomorrow" published by
Breuer, Warren and Put
man.
The autogiro is not an air
plane. he says although it
performs the functions eX-
pected of one: it is the fly
ing machine that answers
the needs of the average air
minded man of today.
Whereas an airplane re-
quires an average speed of
40 miles an hour to land, the
autogiro has the obvious ad-
vantage of being able to
rise or descend almost verti-
cally. and to hover under
control in mid-air; and at
the same time it is capable
of forward flight.-EX.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-07-24
AGAIN TO NAME
MISS ARIzO n A

Members of the Phoenix
Junior Chamber of CONNER
ce Labor Day again will Sc
lect Miss Arizona" in a
bathing beauty pageant to
be held at Joyland park.
The event is an annual
affair with the local organi-
zation and attracts entrants
from widely scattered state
points. Winners of previous
beauty contests in Northern
and Southern Arizona will
be asked to participate in
the judging here First prize
will carry with it the Ari-
zona title.
The committee in charge
is Vern Foster, chairman,
Harry Huntsman, Jack Kro-
loft, Wallace KOlberg and
Dick Rice. Kenneth w.
Hultz will have charge Of
the traffic patrol.
Further arrangements
will be announced later,
Chairman Foster said yes
terday - Arizona Republic
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-07-24
ALFALFA SEED CROP
HARVEST STARTED

The weather man permit
ting, alfalfa seed growers in
this district are promised a
fair return for the first cut
ting, harvest of which is
now in full sway.
With practically 1000
acres in the first cutting,
seed growers adjacent to
Chandler have cultivated a
greater acreage this season
than usual. Generally, the
alfalfa seed crop does not
exceed $500 or 5000 acres.
John Andersen, pioneer
in alfalfa seed growing, is
harvesting 1000 acre S,
which looks good. Ander-
sen has harvested some
bumper crops of seed durinr
his farming experience in
Chandler.
A. E. Price is threshing
some 400 acres, while Good
year tract has about the
same acreage. all of which
has a fair outlook for good
returns.
Tom Andersen, with 100
acres of seed, is hopeful
to good returns but states
that an infestation of small
grasshoppers made it's ap-
pearance and if they con-
tinue to increase it may
mean a serious loss of seed
in his fields.
Roy Dobson, who is a con-
sistant seed grower, ,repors
that his crop of less than
100 acres looks good and
with favorable weather he
expects to receive a profit
for his crop.
Openshaw, Lloyd Muir
phree, Mrs. T. A. Knox and
sons and the Chandler i'm
provement company will al
SO harvest seed crops.
Seed in the Yuma and
Buckeye districts is being
harvested with bright pros
poets in Yuma, where the
market opened at IA cents
perpOund.
Local growers hope to re-
ceived II cents in the dirt
or around 13 or IA cents for
recleaned seed.-Chandler
Arizonan.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-07-24
MARRIED

Mr.. J. P. Stephenson of
Che Idler and Miss Nina
Talley of Superior were un-
nited in marriage at Flor
ence July 18th.
After a shot visit with
friends and relatives in Cool
idge they drove to Superior
where they will make their
future home. Mr.. Stephen
son is working with the
highway department at that
place.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-07-24
SIGN TO BE PLACED
ON JUNCTION ROAD

t. E. Markham proprietor
OF San Carlos Hotel has in
terested Coolidge business
men in the advisability of
sponsoring the placing of
a large road sign marker at
the Picacho Junction on the
Phoenix-Tucson highway
leading through Coolidge
via Casa Grande Ruins and
outlining other interesting
attractions along the high
way.
A meeting was held in
Coolidge Tuesday afternoon
by business men of the town
w t h representatives of
other towns as follows:
Charles A. Mitten of Chand-
Ter; Geo. Semple, of Foster;
Frank jefferson, secretary
of ProeniX Arizona Club and
others who are sponsoring
the placing of the sign for
the benefit of towns along
the highway.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-07-24
SHOOTING ACCIDENT
IN NORTH COOLIDGE

P. C. Bass, a colored man
of North Coolidge was shot
Monday morning at his
home here. The shot enter
ed his left side and pene-
trated the lung lodging in
the shoulder. He was TAX
en- to the Florence hospital
he is recovering from the
injury.
The shot was fired by
Minnie Avery housekeeper
for Bass, who claims the
shot was fired accidently.
She was arrested by Deputy
Sheriff Asa Gardner of
Coolidge and taken to Flor
ence.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-07-24
TEMPE BRIDGE OPENED
TO TRAFFIC JULY e

The largest bridge in the
state over the Salt river at
Tempe, opened to traffic
Thursday of this week. The
bridge is 1,577 feet long
and is built of concrete at a
cost of $500,000. All ira
ffic on the road was routed
over the new bridge yester-
day morning. 1t had been
planned that Gov. George
w. P. Hunt would be the
first to cross the new bridge
but as he was in the north
ern part of the state this
plan was abandoned.
The bridge is SO feet
wide, with a pedestrian
walk on each side guarded
with a concrete rail with
benches at intervals on
eight division stations.
The bridge is lighted with
81 towers of tightening
brackets placed on the
guard rails.
The traffic of four main
highways will pass over this
bridge. The U. S. highway
No. 80; U. S. highway No.
60; the Central Arizona
coast to coast road No. 18O
an dthe North and South
highway from Nogales to
Utah state line.
The old bridge has been
condemned over six years
ago and was not designed
for heavy traffic, it was only
18 feet wide.
The magnificen new bridge
represents another success
full piece of highway con-
full piece df highway con-
struction in the state