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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
BY BEN STERN

IF the two Republican county
Il commissioners are doing any
fowl eating in the period between
now and Jan. l, when the term of
John Shearer, one of the G. o. p.
place holders expires, the wishbones
certainly are getting a great play.
OF course it nullifies a wish TO
tell it, according to the best in
formed, so, to spare Shearer and
George Snider any doubts, We'll do
it for them.
The wish is, if the Marion county
grand jury determines to indict or
impeach Coroner Fred Vehling that
it return the true bills before
Jan. l.
AS the situation is at present, and
will continue until the first of the
year, there are two Republican
county commissioners and one
Democratic. On Jan. l Shearer will
be succeeded by Tom Ellis. which
will make the standing two Demo-
CrdCS ana one tC6pupllCdH.
4 II
Quite naturally, if Vehling were
to resign before the first of the
year, the two Republicans would fill
the vacancy with one from their
own party, so they cherish hopes,
although very faint, that the grand
jury action come before the exit
of Shearer.
Whether he and Snider could
agree on a choice is still another
question, but that can wait upon
the eventuality OF resignation.
Democratic leaders, of course, do
not particularly care to have the
grand jury make a return in the
Vehling matter until after Ellis has
assumed Office, and that appears to
be the situation at present.
The incumbent grand jury's six
month term expires Jan. 4, and it
is believed that if any findings are
made they will be either upon that
Ody VI lew UdyS UCAOIC'
Il
Indications are that if Vehlings
post is to be filled, it will be with
a physician.
All party leaders join in agreeing
that there will be no more coronerS
selected from the ranks of under
takers.
Focal point of recognized Demo-
cratic opposition to Vehling's con-
duct of the Office Of coroner was
reached when Henry o. Goett, city
clerk, whose popularity with all
factions is an established fact, vol
UNFAIRLY appeared before the grand
jury to testify against the coroner.
If but one more straw were need
ed to indicate party disapproval of
the man, it was this.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
DIESEL STILL GOING
Passes 46th Hour of Its
Endurance Run at Noon.

At noon today, the Cummins
Diesel motor truck passed the forty
sixth hour of its nonstop endur-
ance run at the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway and which may continue
for two weeks, should all go well
with the giant automobile.
The test was started at 2 Satur-
day with c. L. Cummins of Co.
lumbus, Ind, the builder, at the
wheel of the oil burner, and ac-
companied by Dave Evans, the vet
eran speed star, and Ford Meyer,
relief driver.
Lieutenant Lawrence Genaro
boarded the truck both Saturday
night and Sunday night, from ali
auto which pulled alongside, to aid
in plotting the truck. Genaro
hoped off at dawn.
The truck started with 900 gal
Ions of oil in sealed tanks and
Cummins said the truck possibly
may cover $1,000 miles before it
runs dry.
The test is being conducted under
the supervision of A. A. A. officials.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
AIRMAN'S LEAP
SAVES PLANE
Craft Lightened and Pilot
Lands 1t Safely.

By United Press
GREENCASTLE, Ind, Dec. a.
An aviator's daring leap from a
plunging plane permitted the pilot
to right the ship and bring it safely
to earth near Danville.
The aviator, Richard Scanlon, 30,
came down in Greencastle. He suf-
fered leg fracture and bruises,
falling to street after crashing
through high tension wires. 1t was
his first parachute leap.
Frank Spring, as, pilot, returned
to Greencastle after landing the
ship.
Scanlon and Spring left st. Louis
Sunday morning en- route to De-
troit. Striking heavy fog, they be-
came lost and wandered for several
hours. At TOO feet, the ship, light
monocoupe, went into nose dive.
Scanlon leaped so that Spring, with
the plane lightened, would have
less difficulty in righting it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
200 GALLONS OF RUM
SEIZED BY DRY AGENTS
Whisky and Champagne, Intended
for indianapolis, Strikes Detour.

Two hundred gallons of whisky
and champagne struck a detour en-
route to Indianapolis over the week
end and, consequently. will not
arrive here to quench the holiday
thirst of dry law snubbers.
Prohibition agents at Lafayette
blocked the trip of the booze from
Boston, to indianapolis. According
to northern Indiana dry agents, the
liquor was in barrels marked oil"
and consigned to a fictitious oil
company at Lafayette.
The contact" man for the con-
signment had placed the liquor in
a Lafayette warehouse and said he
would return for it later. 1t was
supposed to be removed to Indian
apolis by truck, agents said.
The hquor, contained in quart,
pint and half pint bottles, was
valued at $1,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
BOY SCOUT HANGED
Lad Apparently Victim of
Knot lying Test.
BIZ Tniteh Press

BIZ United Press
NORTHEAST HARBOR, Me, Dec.
14.-Everett Allan, 14-year-old Boy
Scout, was dead today, apparently
a victim of his own modifying
proves.
A few hours after he had attended
Sunday school Sunday his body was
found hanging from a tree limb on
the summer estate of Mrs. Harriet
Eltinge of Philadelphia.
After investigating, authorities de-
cided the scout, who spent much
time experimenting with the rope,
climbed the tree, placed a moose
around his neck, then fell to his
death.
Allan's hands were tied behind his
back, but investigators said the boy
undoubtedly bound them himself.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14

mOQeleQ 10 permit FulCIlOt
entrance on account of the
handel bar" mustache he
affects.
Pinchot, whose given nam
is Clifford, although Cantc
called him Amos" remindo
the comedian that there ar
two ways Of going through
door,"
The Governor sent Cantc
a letter suggesting return Q
the mustache cup" defendin
the political significance O.
his own facial adornment,
and intimating that a fellow
on bicycle" has the best
chance of reaching the White
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
ASK GAS RATE CUT
Firms Appeal Contingent
on City Acquisition.

Petition of nine indianapolis
firms for reduction in gas rates, if
the city acquires the Citizens Gas
Company, was filed today before
the public service commission by
Louis K. Harms, accountant.
The petition contends that nearly
one-half million dollars will be
taken from the utility's tax struc-
ture under the acquisition, and that
city industrial users therefore are
entitled to rate reduction.
Several of the petitioning COM
panies were among industries seek
ing introduction of natural gas into
the city for manufacturers
Petitioners are Virginia Sweet
Foods, Inc; Hotel Lincoln, Hotel
Harrison, Fishback Virginia Sweet
Grill, Sans Subway, Circle Motor
Inn, Earring theater, Wheeler Cater
ing Company and United Cafes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
IS FOUGHT"
BY DEAD PERSONS

ten authority of his appearance as
counsel for the dead persons.
The remonstrance petition was
filed before Pickens after the works
board overruled objection of the
demonstrators and ordered the paw
ing laid.
According to information filed by
Deery. Mrs. Margaret Kammerling,
George w. Spencer and Frank
Blackwell, three of the remon-
strators, died several years ago. and
Mrs. Mayme Blackwell and Mary
M. Norris, two other directors, are
nonreSidentS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
Girl, 7, Is Jailed for
Rifzing Postal Boxes

NJ W
MERGED CAL i4-The of the government OF
the United States pted today against Amaa Vlaboo
Z, and the frail little girl in Jail, weeping.
formal charge her but federal officers
who Jail her of the theft of
mail. a felony
Amala frightened when officers took her from
her father mother sister that she
unable talk
Amala of going through poofce lock boxes and
removing contents.
Frequently she found oored slips in envelopes Amaa
said she cut paper dolls them
PoSofhce investigators many of the
checks
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
HUNTERS, IN WATER
ALL NIGHT, SAVED

headed toward a road, where they
had left their automobile.
SO suddenly did the river rise
that the two men stepped off into
deep water before realizing the
danger, and were unable to get out
due to the swift current. They were
washed against barbed wire fence
to which they chung. Meanwhile,
Voelz was stricken with chills and
cramps and Perkins was forced to
hold him above the water. Their
cries for help finally attracted at
tention OF Sweeney, who hurried to
the aid with a horse and rope.
Sweeney succeeded in getting the
men out of the water.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
WOMAN HURT IN FALL
Topples Down Stairs, Breaking Arm
and Suffering Cuts.

Falling downstairs at the resi-
dence of a friend early Sunday,
Mrs. Stella Koehler, AZ, of 1925 Cot
tage avenue, Apartment 3, sustained
broken arm, face cuts and in
ternal injuries.
Mrs. Koehler and her husband
we're spending the night with Mrs.
Eldon Rogers, 1857 Barth avenue.
Mrs. Koehler was taken to city hos
pital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
COLUMBUS, Ind, Dec. AR. L.
Perkins and George Voelz of this
city, after remaining in water up to
their armpits most of Sunday night,
we're rescued early today by Al
Sweeney, farmer in the Ogilvilie
neighborhood, seven miles southwest
of here. The men accidentally
stepped into the swollen waters Of
a creek while hunting. Both are
suffering from exposure.
The men, with their dogs, we're
making their way through dense
woods and we're caught in down.
pour of rain. They were unable to
see their way and believed they were
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14

Disclosure that three persons
whose names were included in a
remonstrance against paving Of
Villa avenue have been dead for a
number of years, and that two
others are nonresidentS of the city,
were made today in Superior court
three.
This was learned when Judge
William A. Pickens, on motion Of
James E. Deery, city attorney,
ordered David F. Smith, attorney
for the demonstrators, to file writ
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
Etfete Eastern Hunters
Just a Laugh to Garner


WASHINGTON Dec 14-speaker of the today
delivered himself of causc about the
hunters behave when they take to the out-of-
with another hunt
days camping and cooking meals" said
up they ike lords big and pre-
not much sport They their
cook, too.
like to hunt that
to during
Christmas holidays but that his duties would him here
Congressional leaders, said upon Christ
from Dec % to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
GAS ATTENDANT NABS
BOYS FOR AUTO THEFT
Recognizes License Tag as That Of
Car Reported Stolen.

Two youths face trial on vehicle
taking charges today as result of
the alertness of filling station at
tendant.
The boys, Frank Quattrocchi, "A.
Of S22 South Gray street, and Rich
ard Franklin, Is, of 739 South East
street, we're arrested after they
drove the car into a filling station
at Kentucky avenue and South
street for an oil change.
The attendant, Maurice Horton.
81, of 1882 Russell avenue, was in
the station short time before
when John Rodenbarger, 524 West
Forty-f1rst street, phoned police to
report his car as stolen. Horton re-
membered the license number, and
when the youths drove into the sta
ton, he called headquarters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
NEGRO REDS INCREASING
Communist Gains Among Race Is
Laid to Jobs Prejudice.
By United Press

y
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-Negroes
are being Disseminated against in
apportionment of work to unem-
ployed, and thus are made easy con-
vertS to Communism, T. Arnold Hill,
director of the industrial relations
department Of the National Urban
League, charged today.
The result has been that SYM
pathy with the Communist cause
has grown among Negroes, Hill con-
cluded. He said Communists had
gained followers in Atlanta, Birm-
ingham, Washington, New York,
Detroit, Oklahoma City, South
Bend. Ind, Chicago and Indian
apOliS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
PASTORS TO CONVENE
Lutheran Conference to Be Held at
First English Church.

Lutheran pastors of the Indian
apolis conference we're to meet to-
day for a pre- Christmas meeting
IN First English Lutheran church.
Outside the Church No Salvation, +"
the principal address, was to be
given by the Rev. H. E. Turney of
Columbus, Ind.
The Rev. H. c. Hadley. Elwood,
also is scheduled to speak. Follow
ing the luncheon, to be served by
the Y. M c A, a business meeting
will be held with the Rev Allen K.
Trout presiding.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
Bomb ExpIodeS in Theater

By United Press
GARY, Ind, Dec. 14.-An audi
ence composed largely of children
was terrorized here when bomb
exploded in the rear of the theater
No one was injured in rush for
exits, and in a few minutes the
film, western thriller" was re-
sumed. Labor trouble is blamed
for the blast.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
Booze Seized, Police Report

Raiding a residence at sol North
East street, Apartment II, Sergeant
John Eisenhut and squad Sunday
night arrested Mrs. Leila Carter on
charge of operating blind tiger.
Thirty-four quarts of beer and two
quarts of whisky were seized, police
said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
LAD ATTACKED BY DOG
Owner of Animal Is Arrested After
Newsboy Is Taken to Hospital.

While delivering a newspaper in
the rear of 1101 North Delaware
street, Saturday, Lawrence Wood
ward. u, of 1901 Broadway, was at
tackled and bitten by dog. He is
recovering from right arm lacera-
tons at city hospital.
Police arrested Miss Elizabeth
Burford, 3025 North Meridian street,
on a charge of harboring a vicious
dog.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
Tries to Sen Ring; Jailed

Charged with attempting to sell
a paste" diamond ring to the at
tendant Of a filling station at 600
West Washington street, Sunday
night, Sam Kindle, 80, Negro. of
BIT Blake street, was arrested on
a charge Of vagrancy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
Drops Fee for Marriages


FRANKLIN, Pa, Dec. 14.-Young
couples with the courage to marry
these days" should not be charged
fee, Mayor Harry Ferringer told
city council. Council showed it's
approval by providing the mayor
with new seal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14

that think impossible to get into the
bicycle With the government still dong noun
depression the short end OF wish
bone still bicycle left has the jump on the
country that's junking its automobiles and walking
Pinchot wrote.
the close shave theory of
politics. lot against the grain You aren't
complmenting a when you call him smooth-taced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-14
PinchOt Hopes to Pedal
WAY Into White House
BIZ United Press

HARRISBURG, Pa, Dec. 4Governor Clifford Pinchot has
return of the musache and the
oldashioned clip" discussing the 1882 presidential
campaign with Eddie Cantor, the comedian
discussing presidential possibilities Can
White House would have to be
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-05

applauded as the flames leaped high
against the black sky. No one was
seen to leave until the fire had
died out.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-05
MARYLAND MOB
LYNCHES NEGRO
Hangs Wounded Slayer,
Then Burns His Body.

BIZ United Press
SALISBURY, Md. Dec. 5.-A mob
late Friday night invaded a local
hospital, abducted wounded Negro,
and hanged him in the public
square. Then they soaked his body
with gasoline and burned it.
The Negro, Mac Williams, earlier
in the day shot and killed his en-
ployer, Daniel j. Elliott, 81, then
shot himself. He was taken to the
hospital in a serious condition.
Late Friday night mob of 1000
farmers stormed the Peninsula Cen
eral hospital guarded by deputies
and lynched the Negro.
While the main body of the mob
menaced the sheriff and his dep
uties in front of the hospital, six
leaders slipped i'll a side door, took
Williams, heavily bandaged, from
his bed, and hustled him to the
street.
Here he was placed in the center
of the crowd and hurried to the
courthouse plaza. One of the mob
tossed the end of rope over a tree
limb in the yard and the other end
was fastened around the Negroes
neck. Eager volunteers hauled him
off the ground, where he hung for
about twenty minutes.
Then he was cut down and the
body carried to the edge of the
Negro district. Gasoline was poured
over it, and the crowd shouted and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-05
y STRIPED CHURCH
W AermonnstAdt. RourtANlA.

county election of Hamilton coun-
ty in August, 1880, and then
learned there was no court for
him. The juvenile court was Gre
ated by the legislature at Nash
vile, but the county never ap-
propriated any funds for it.
Judge Newton is known by his
townSfolk as "the judge with a
heart and no court"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-05

n Email ELIZA ROGERS, Repub-
" lican state chairman, evidently
feeling that he is being neglected,
has bowed himself into the lime
light again.
This time he appears in the role
of a man looking for trouble and if
that is all he wants he can get an
armload from r. Earl Peters, Demo-
cratic state chairman, merely for
the asking.
Anyhow, Eliza has decided that it
is his duty to sound out the senti-
ment of the Republican state SEN
atorS and representatives toward a
special session Of the legislature.
So out was mailed a QUESTIONABLE
to that effect, and, not to be out
done, Peters has sent a similar
"sounder" to Democratic district
leaders.
Rogers was inspired (if such it
could be called into taking this
step through the many letters he
has received from Republican
statesmen" discussing the move
ment for a special session.
To escape any blame, Eliza sent
copies of his QUESTIONABLE to mem
berS of the G. o. P. state commit
tee, hoping that if any decision is
made their attitude, expressed in
writing, can be referred to.
r
Opposed to a special session, him.
self, Rogers marshals his argument
as follows:
With each party controlling a
house of the general assembly, the
Republicans in the senate and the
Democrats in the house little can
be accomplished. Each party will
attempt to obtain credit for itself
and friction is sure to ensue.
Logically enough, if one party had
control of both houses, a program
could be agreed upon by leaders
and followed through, but under the
present setup only disorganization
and a waste of the taxpayers
money can result from special
session, he says.
The record of the last session of
the general assembly shows the
utter futility of attempting to OBJ
tain passage of conservative legisla-
ton when the leaders in each house
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-05
THEY TELL NE

are seeking only to build themselves
politically and pay little heed to the
public welfare.
There can be no doubt that
special session of the general as
sembly is urgently needed at this
time to discuss and arrange meth
DDS of changing the tax system
through income and other levies. to
lift the burden from real property.
Public attention and probably
that of Rogers, was focused on the
situation when members of the In
diana Farm Bureau marched upon
the Statehouse to present to Gov
ernor Harry G. Leslie petitions for
a special session, signed by $4,000
citizens.
AS usual, Leslie was out of his
office-this time in Boston, where,
ironically enough, he was explaining
the wonders of the Indiana tax sys-
tenn.
What a taught
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-05
CONE INVENTOR is DEAD

Circus Man Passes at Age of ";
Ice Cream Girls Gave Him Idea.
BIZ United Press
AKRON, O., Dec. 5.-The in
ventor of the ice cream cone is
dead. He was Charles E. Menchez,
70, circus trapeze performer, con-
cessionaire, theater operator and
creator of novelties. Menchez suf-
fered a heart attack at his home
here.
Menchez had lolled in his con-
cesSion at the st. Louis worlds fair,
glancing about idly. Two girls in
a nearby ice cream stand wrapped
waffies around ice cream and were
eating with gusto.
Menchez sprang from his chair
with shout. The ice cream cone
virtually was created. He founded
the first cone compiny in 1905.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-05
GRAVE ROBBERS FOILED
Cemetery Guarded After GhoulS
Break Vault in Decatur.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
DECATUR, Ind. Dec. Special
guards are patrolling the Decatur
cemetery today following an unsuc-
cessful attempt of grave robbers to
modest the body of Milo Black,
Evansville, who was buried last
March. The vault was broken open,
but the robbers apparently were
frightened away before they
reached the casket.
1t was recalled that when Blacks
body was brought here from Evans
vile, several diamonds and a gold
watch were in his wearing apparel.
The jewels were removed before the
burial.
The grave robbery attempt was
the first here in more than fifty
years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-05

scales at 1872 pounds, although she
is only 20 years old.
The most remarkable thing
about Alpine is that she has no
double chin, despite her weight.
The Judge Without Court
Judge Harry F. Newton of Ten
nessee was elected judge of the
juvenile court in the general
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-05
HIPPO'S SEX is MYSTERY

Mother Guards Zoo Baby Too
Closely to Find Value.
By United Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. Sex of
a baby hippopotamuS, the eighth
youngster born in the Memphis ZOO,
is perplexing N. j. Melroy, ZOO SUI
perintendent.
The newcomer, estimated to
weight rs pounds, is being so care
fully guarded by its ponderous
mother than none can inspect it.
If the baby is a girl, the sale price
is $500 and if it is a boy, the price
is $500 less.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-05

Following is the explanation of
Ripley's Believe It or Not" which
appeared in Fridays Times:
AIpine-Miss Alpine Bitch of
Miami, the Florida fat girl, is
known as the worlds Fattest
Lady Alpine weighed 200 pounds
at the age of 3 years, 400 at the
age of IL, and even gained three
pounds while i'll with whooping
cough. at present she tips the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-05

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