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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
THEATER IS ROBBED
Thieves Get $500 at Ear
ina, but Miss $500.

Safe crackers early today looted
a safe in the Earring theater, steal
ing approximately 5000. They bat
tered off the combination OF another
that contained $500, but failed to
reach the strongbox.
A. G. Earring, owner Of the theater
at Twenty eighth street and Cen
trail avenue, said the stolen money
was general funds of the tneater,
while the other safe contained Mon
days receipts of the theater and the
Earring Sweet Shop in the same
building.
Burglars gained entrance by pry-
ing open window and fed through
a rear door.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23

has, since these wrigglings are
being displayed in theaters, night
clubs and even in bathrooms, I
have decided to give you Ameri-
can citizens an opportunity to
witness the dance which is express
sive Of the Spirit Of the Republic
Of Cuba"
So Consul Fernandez has in
vited 15e society people, he said,
to assemble On June 80 for a peek
at the DAMON, Cuban dance,
which doesn't insult any one"
And If the rurnba is danced at
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
Chief OF POOR
FARM CHARGED
WITH CRUELTY
Inmate Declares He Was
CIubbed and Driven
Out by Carter.
PR0BED BY GRAND JURY
DepIorable Conditions Are
Alleged in Statements
of Witnesses.
BY SHELDON KEY


Mistreatment of inmates and
winking at lamentable conditions at
the Marion county poor farm were
among charges hurled at John Car
ter, farm superintendent, today by
witnesses before the county grand
jury.
The grand jury started an investi-
cation Of poor farm conditions to-
day, on receipt of a charge that
Carter had struck and discharged
George c. Handlon, so, an inmate
suffering from severe case of tu-
berculosis, last Friday.
Handlon, a witness before the
grand jury, told The Times today
that he had been turned into the
street penniless after Carter had
hit him in the back with a hoe.
Beating Is Charged
81 had picked and eaten three
or four cherries when Carter
caught me and hit me with a hoe,
declaring he would beat my brains
out" Handlon declared.
Other inmates, J. A. Este and
Dan Wilcurt, witnesses to the as
sault on Handlon, confirmed this
story to The Times. They also went
before the grand jury.
Carter admitted that che had
told Handlon to leave, because the
inmate was dangerous and had at
tackled the superintendent and night
Waterman with a knife"
Wandering through the streets
Friday night in search of lodging
Handlon said he found the Wheeler
Rescue Mission. A friend afterward
sent him to the Palace hotel, New
Jersey and Washington streets,
where he remained today.
Bad Conditions Charged
Handlon's story was broken fire.
quently by a cough from which he
stated he had been suffering for
seven years. Four doctors certif1-
Gates. .Xouched that Handlon's state
ment regarding his physical. condi-
ton is correct.
Este said he saw Carter approach
with a hoe and single-tree, de-
handing that several other inmates
scatter and keep cut Of the way.
Evidence OF crowded and unsat.s-
factory living conditions at the
farm, exposed by The Times sew
eral months ago, was in hands of
the witnesses.
Inmates charged that several of
their number had died during the
winter months Tor lack Of nourish-
ment"
Expose Is Ignored
Appeals by The Times for vaca-
ton of crowded mems quarters at
the farm, branded a fire trap" by
the state fire marshal, were ignored
by county commissioners and coun-
ty councilmen. The investigation
last summer revealed 370 aged in
mates were confined there, many of
them sleeping in Railways on straw
beds.
Charges that plenty Of food sup
plies were sent to the farm. but
never reach us" were made by
several inmates.
One witness who hobbled his way
into the jury room on crutches told
a reporter 81 have been at the farm
only short time, but the food is
cooked in such careless manner that
we hardly can eat it"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23

Sun Shines Once Again
for JobIeSS Father, Who
Couldn't Rob.
BIZ Times Special

BIZ Times Special
CLEVELAND, June %. - Cleve-
~ lands force of hard-boiled cop
pers stalked out on their beats today
job hunting. There was the law
to uphold, but, too, there was a boy
sitting on a cot at police head
quarters, his head buried in his
arms.
Some of those hard-boiled cops
have sons almost as old as the boy
they are trying to help-some of
them have daughters almost as old
as the girl-wife of the boy-and
still others have baby daughters no
larger than the little 2-year- old
daughter Of the boy and the girl.
sometimes they tell you it's
hard-hearted world. But there's
little glow in the eyes Of each of
those cops. It's really a swell world.
NTuBUR CYCLE is just 81.
w He, his girl wife and their D
year-old baby girl live at Chagrin
Falls, near Cleveland.
Each morning Wilbur would kiss
bis wife and baby good-by and,
gritting his teeth, would start his
march to Cleveland on sore, bis
tered, aching feet-always in search
Of a job
Jobs aren't plentiful these days,
but Wilbur kept on trying. Brave
~, he clenched his teeth a bit
tighter when his blistered feet
panied more and more. What's
little pain when there's a wife and
baby at home?
EOOD became scarcer. Wilbur
Il was going hungry, sacrificing all
he could Of the little they had to
his wife and baby. Hope was wan
ing.
Monday night he walked into a
shoe store. He pushed his hand
into his coat pocket, grasped a pen
Gil in it and pointed it at the clerk,
Sam Burnan. Pale and desperate,
Wilbur ordered Burnan into a back
room.
Wilbur followed him.
Then he sat down and started
sobbing
Burnan stood stunned and
amazed.
wait minute, mister" said Will
bur, II can't go through with this"
Burman came over and put his
arm around Wilbur Together they
sat and Wilbur sobbed his tale of
pain, of hunger, of his wife, and Of
his baby.
DURMAN patted the youth on the
ID back.
Go on home" he said. Forget
you've ever been in here"
Burman told passing police
man the story.
They found Wilbur sitting on the
curb, his head in his hands. He was
taken to police headquarters, where
Cleveland's hard-boiled bluecoats
tried to make him forget his trout
bles. He had two pennies on him,
bunch of keys and three cigarets.
II can't go home" he said bro
kenly. Give disgraced my wife and
my baby. Do what you want with
me-"
So Cieveland's hard boiled cop
perS are job hunting today-for a
boy like some Of them have at home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
BY FREDERICK c. OTHNIAN
United Press STAFF CorreSDondeut

CHICAGO, June 23.-The
~ rumba as. alb, danced in
America is such an insult to Cuba
that Senior CASTOR Fernandez,
Cuban consul, is thinking seri-
ously about taking steps. And
Consul Fernandez doesn't mean
rumba steps, either.
If American dancers want to
90 this disgraceful wriggling,"
said the consul tonight, far be
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
KILLER TO DIE IN CHAIR
Mexican to Be Executed at Michigan
City at Midnight.

By United Press
MICHIGAN CITY. June %. -
deterioration OF Ignacio Sarragoza,
26. has been set for 1901 a. m.
Wednesday in the Indiana state
prison here. 1t was announced today
by Warden DAILY. Sarragoza, a
Mexican, was convicted on a charge
Of Staying Charles Glafcke, a Mich
igan City policeman.
Several pleas for clemency for the
man, filed by the Mexican govern
ment, were denied by Governor
Harry @. Leslie, 4
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
II ARE KILLED IN BLAST
Royal Naval COrdite Factory Is
Shattered by Terrific Explosion.

BIZ United Press
POOLE, England, June 23-The
Royal Naval Cordite factory at
Holton Heath, six miles from Poole,
was shattered by terrific explo-
sion today Eleven men were killed
and nineteen injured.
The explosion, which occurred in
the nitroglycerin department, was
heard for twenty miles. It's force
knocked a man from a chair two
miles from the factory.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
BROKER ADRIFT 3 DAYS
Baltimore Man Rescued From Mo-
tor Boat in Chesapeake Bay.


tor Boat in Chesapeake Bay.
By United Press
BALTIMORE, June %. - Weak
ened by privations during the three
days he was lost" on Chesapeake
bay, Henry Carroll, Baltimore brok-
er who disappeared Friday, was re-
covering at his home here today.
Carroll was found yesterday in
the motor boat in which he left
Baltimore Friday. The boat was
sighted in the mouth of the Ches-
ter river. near Queenstown, Nd.
by s. Charles Walls, a police mag
iStrate.
Carroll was taken ashore, first to
Pioneer Point Farms, the John j.
Raskob estate, and then to the
Walls home at Centerville.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23
FRENCH APPROVAL
DEEMED SURE FOR
HOOVER PROPOSAL
BY RALPH HEINZEN

PARIS, June 23.-Acceptance by
France of President Hoover's war
debts proposals, with reservations,
was considered assured today.
The cabinet met to frame the gov
ernments' reply to the Hoover plan
possibly submitting a counterpart
posal, while accepting, in the main,
the American scheme to effect a
years moratorium. A reply by Fri
day was expected.
The major rese alton which the
French can be expected to insist
upon may be a demand that Ger
many continue to pay at least a
portion of the unconditional repair
atoms payments" under the Young
plan.
The payments could be made to
the Bank of International Settle
ments at Basic, where they would
be held as an intangible asset, con-
shutting a guarantee fund.
Premier Pierre Laval was both
cred particularly by parliament's
open hostility and the threat to
overthrow the cabinet if it seeks to
reply to the Hoover project without
consulting parliament.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-23

Terre Haute Boy browns
By Times Special
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, June %
Raymond Bingham, II, is the
second drowning victim of the sum-
mer here.
La gaceta., 1931-01-03
la UzCETA

la retlrada milit4r y 9olitica, de-
jando a Nicaragua que arregle
sus problemas.
Mr.. Borah, presidente del CO.
mitS de relaciones exteriorcs del
senado, ha dicho que apoyara la
actitud anunciada por King.
La gaceta., 1931-01-03
ALFARQ SERA Ell PRESI
DENTE DE PANAMA

Ciudad de Panama, Enero 8
Panama, derribado su gobie /.
no por una revolution que eau
sara la muerte de 10 personals
espera hoy ell regreso de su nue.
vo presidente, Or. Ricardo j. A
fare, ministrp en- Washington.
Ell Ar. Alfaro cablegrafi6 la a.
cepH zion del puesto, por haber
sid& lombrado por ell tribunal
sup$po.
MfFtras llega Alfaro I'm 60
biernd provisional, con ell DR..
Harmodio Arias de jefe, esta
La gaceta., 1931-01-03
SALIO HOY UN AERoPLA-
NO EN- DIRECTION DE PA
RIS

New York, Enero s. Una
viuda de pelo rojo y ell hombre
que la ensen6 a volar Sc eleva-
ron en- la madrugada de hoy
en- direction de Paris, via Ber-
muda Y las Azores. Son estas
personals la Sra. Beryl Hrat,
una de las pocas mujeres que
tienen licencia como photo de
transporte, y ell teniente Will
liam S. MacLaren, retirado de
la marina. A las $50 hicieron
ell despegue del puerto e hi
dros de la Curtis, dieron algu-
mas vueltas Y despues tomaron
Ia direction de Lond Island. !
Pocos minutes despues seq
lev6 un aparato con amiggt
3e la pareja, que piensan
companarlos por varios GEN.
mares de millas.
La primeraI etapa ser4
$50 millas.
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su hermano Fernando, Ell Oral

su hermano Fernando, ell Oral
lssaly, 81 jefe de estado mayor,
eel coronel Desmazes, sus medi-
COS y otras personas Sc hallaban
presentes.
Muri6 sin salir del coma en-
que cayera al mediodia del jue-
yes.
A las go de la manana Sc hi
20 81 anuncio Official de SUI muer-
tie por Ell captain Saint Cernin,
miembro de su casa militar,
lquien dijo a los periodistas: Ca
balleros, ell mariscal ha muerto.
La gaceta., 1931-01-03
MUNRO Ell MARfSCAG JOF-
FIRE

Paris, Enero, 3.-La muerte
lego hoy al Oral. Joffre, dltimo
de los jefes militares de la gran
guerra, despues de una enfer-
medal de Is dias por virtud de
la cual Sc lie hubo de amputar la
pierna izquierda. Ell mariscal
iba a cumplir 10 amos en- ell dia
de manana.
Tranquilo fueron sus ultimos
momentos. Tres miembros de su
familia, su esposa, su yerno, y
La gaceta., 1931-01-03
JURAIDA A~CUSACION DE
ASESINATO CONTRA LA
SRA. STEWARD

80 y juez de paz Agustin L6-
del distrito de West Tam
ncedi6 hoy una orden de
pedida por la oficina
contra la Sra. Hat
a quien Sc acusa
ado muerte al de-
81. ss ZONES, sl jus.
solitarif Yes Tampa.
En- ell sepk sal del
condaNo az ML6-
pez./ t'Ciclon" Smitf
"Aunque ut Rnfl sAso mis-
teriosas circu stancNs, he d.
che Mr.. Parklill Ian pr3ebas
que tenemos a leritan NUE. con-
ira ella Sc hagk esa acusdci6n.
Ella no I'D dich0 TODD 10
Que sabe."
Tan pronto la Sra. Steward,
que Sc halla en- la enfermerfa
de la carcel del condado, este
EN- disposition de salir la ca
lie, Sc la concedera un juicio
preliminar por ell juez Lopez.
La gaceta., 1931-01-03

Wash, Enero Bel senador
democratic King, de Utah, mani
festo aquf hoy que pedira al Sc
nsdo Sc muestre en- contra de
que los marines americanos
continuen en- Nicaragua.
Conmovido por la muerte de
ocho marines en- combate con
los rebeldes, ell senador pedira
La gaceta., 1931-01-03

PIDE Ell SENADOR KING
QUE LOS MARINOS SEAN
RETIRADOS DE NICARA-
qua
La gaceta., 1931-01-03

mas QOcLOfdl u0 las CAieO@SAO-
Aes, de la penetrac.6n yaRki en-
Hisrpoamerica, tenemos
dos ndos de Eos discu.
til
- D que ha tornado
lae fensaA e la penetration,
jan ueAAOyor b~eneficio no
an aspirar Auestros pue-
e2F, y los del band opuesto, CO.
a = es natural, opihan exacta-
nu6nte 10 contrario.
q de parte y parte sc aducen
Aiuebas, Sc presentan argumen-
JOS y Sc llega a conclusiones de-
finitivas. La America Latina
Sc saliva !"-gritan los unos.
u Hispanoam6rica perece!"-
bufan dos otros. Pero en- resumi-
das cuentas, y por desgracia, no
suede ninguna de las dos cosas.
Sin embargo, ell proceso de Pc
netTacion existe, y esta en- desa-
rrollo constante. Solo que no es
de Saxoamerica a Hispanoame-
RIGA, unicamente, sino mutuo.
Las dos Americas Sc interpene-
tran minute a minute, y bora a
bora. Con ell dicho popular, Ia
una civilization podrfa decirle a
la otra: "iQue no traeras que no
lleves!"....
E~fectivamente. Mientras los
Unidos nos envian to-
dos los productos de la civfliza-
ci6n practica, desde los tracto-
res para la agricultural hasta las
peliculas para los teatros, nues-
tros pueblos mandan a Nortea-
merica bananas y cafe, papaga-
yos Y canciones. Cada uno da de
10 que tiene.
La gaceta., 1931-01-03

preston, que en- ell famoso
curse de Lincolr-repetido
cuanto polftico mediocre hayf
el m~undo-resulta hueca, pNB
sonora.)
Pas6 Ell tempo, y en- Nueva
York, la ciudad donde per capita
y por minute suena mas m1sica
que en- cualquier otra parte del
mundoS Napoles inclusive, la
Icancion mexicana eS parte i'm
pTescindible de todos los progra-
mas musicales.
Como era natral, la pleyade
troyera de la rep1blica vecina
movilizo sus huestes a Nortea-
merica. Entire estas Sc ha des-
facade un joven compositor que.
apenas salido de la pubeg &c
presentS en- Nueva York con
mucha fe en- ST Eno, w.. con
noventa produH hes originates
en- su equiv Guty" Carde-
mas.
- (C0atS8@ard)
La gaceta., 1931-01-03

Y a este punto era a donde
guerra llegaR
La cancion mexicana es hoy
I'm articulo de primera necesi-
dadsen la vida de N orteamerica.
lAas estaciones de radio, las ban
das, las orquestas y los concert
halls, a todas horas preSentan el
tentO mGestosO de las canciones
de Mexico. 4
No hace muchos amos Ae la
canci6n mexicana lego a Nor
teamerica. Fue en- 1917. La trN
jo en- espiritu y en- .verdad ia di-
va Carmen Garcia Cofneio,
quien despuesSde sembrar la Sc
milla y yer frucHicar la cose-
cha, Sc march6 Gtalia, en- Guy Y
teatros interpreta hoy las obras
de los maestros clasicos.
En- arquel entonoI "a empresa
de traer la m1sica mexicana a
los Estados Unidos, la cancion
vernacula en- su idioma original,
era algo temerario, no por la
lmpermeabilidad que Sc lie supo-
MIA a este ambiente, sino por te-
ner que afrontar la BETA de los
propios mexicanos. Tanto los
"maestros" como los "cantan-
ties" de Mexico Sc asombraban
de que una artista con prestigiN
alcanzado en- la escena operati-
ca, Sc lanzara a los Estsdos Uni
dos a cantar las canciones del
pueblo. Pero 10 que aquellos no
veian, Carmen Garcia Cornejo
10 VIC. Por clio la diva mexicana
consigui6 para las canciones de
su patria, ell mismo exito que
La gaceta., 1931-01-03

Sc habla a todas horas, con la
mas doctoral de las entonaclS-
Aes. de la penetrac.on yank en-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-28
CITY YIELDS TO
PAVING PROTEST
viii Bear Bigger Share of
New York Street Costs.

Property owners won lower assess
ments today by demonstrating to
the board of works regarding charges
levied for improvements of East
New York street, from State to
Randolph streets.
The board decided the city would
assume tWo-thirds of the cost of
the new street, after several prop
erty owners charged assessments
were excessive.
Board members retraced from
their original proposal to pay only
one-half the assessment.
They compromised with property
owners by agreeing that the city
shall assume two-thirds of the cost
on front footage, but not on inter
section charges.
Removal of several houses was
necessary to construct the street,
which cost $11, 72239.
The board postponed until
Wednesday final action of the as
sessment roll for sidewalk on the
north side of Sixteenth street from
Delaware to Illinois streets.
Approval of the final assessment
roll for permanent improvement of
Walnut street from Holmes avenue
to Concord street, was given by the
board. Cost of the improvement to-
tailed $12,858.36.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-28
LINE SCRAPPINC
BAN DEMANDED
Utility Body Defendant in
Traction Junking Case.
By Times Special

By Times Special
GREENFIELD, Ind, Dec. %. -
Through its attorney, Robert F.
Reeves, the city of Greenfield will
make application Jan. 2 in Han
cock circuit court here for an order
restraining abandonment of electric
interurban service between Indian
apolis and Dunreith, set to end two
days later. The Indiana public
service commission is defendant.
Track on which it is sought to
abandon service is the eastern di-
vision of the old Terre Haute, In
dianapolis & Eastern Traction
Company.
After reviewing proceedings in
the traction case since Feb. %, the
application for restraining order
asserts the order of the public
service commission for abandon
ment is illegal and unfair.
Authority of the commission to
authorize entire abandonment Of
service is attacked in the suit, as
is the authority of a receiver for
a utility to petition for such action.
If abandonment is permitted, the
complaint continues, the city of
Greenfield will be left burdened
with dangerous tracks, poles and
wires in streets and alleys and with
out any service whatever from the
utility, which, relieved of all of its
duties and obligations tc the pub
lie, continues to hold and control
all of its franchise rights and privi-
legeS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-28
Street PAVING
power SHIFTED
Authority Placed in Hands
of City Commissioner.

Forces in the street commissioners
department were being rearranged
today SO the department may take
over the paved street maintenance
and repair division of public works,
formerly under direct supervision
of the engineering department.
Following an order of the works
board, Street Commissioner w. H.
Winship will have charge of main
tanning the city's 500 miles of sur
faced streets after Jan. l.
Personnel in the repair division
will remain practically the same,
according to A. C. Moore, city en-
gineer. John Berry will continue
his position as superintendent of
paved street repairs,
The 1882 budget of the street
commissioners department pro-
vided for transfer, which puts all
street repairs under one head.
Funds received from gasoline
taxes practically pay the upkeep on
improved streets, according to
Moore, who reported these funds
amounted to approximately 100000
in 1881.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-28
EXPERTS Offer
JODLESS CURES
Plans Discussed at Joint
Session of Economists.
By United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28-Scores
of specialists went into consultation
today over the nations economic
ills. The doctors were members of
the American Economic Association,
the American Statistical Associa-
ton and the American Association
for Labor Legislation, meeting in
joint session.
Unemployment, as the most acute
ailment, claimed first attention.
Professor Sumner H. Slichter of
Harvard asserted that labor must
be helped to adjust itself to new
mechanical processes or I'VE are
bound to have an enormous human
industrial scrap heap representing
many thousands of ruined lives"
To give employers an incentive
to avoid displacing workers, Pro-
feSsor Slitchter advocated a COM
pulsory dismissal wage. He said the
federal government should encour-
age the state to require a dismissal
Wage-that is a definite sum to be
paid an employe on dismissal-by
permitting corporations to deduct
such payments from their income
taxes.
He also urged establishment of
federal labor board to provide lead
erShip in meeting problems created
by rapid chronological changes. The
board would devise plans for absorb
ing or transferring the men dis
placed by industrial changes.
Shortening of working hours is
ineffective as a remedy for unem-
ployment, Professor T. N. Carver of
Harvard, asserted.
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add to the safety Of high speed
traffic and congested roadways.
Of the 1,006 accidents reported,
483, or 48 per cent, involved motor
vehicles alone; rs, or rs per cent,
involved pedestrians; 81, or 3.3 per
cent, involved railroad trains; IL,
or IL per cent, involved interurban
cars; Is, or 2.5 per cent, involved
horse-drawn vehicles; 207, or 20.5
per cent, fixed objects such as
bridges, culvert headwalls, deep
bitches and poles; ITO, or 18 per
cent, involved collisions of other
kinds.
1t is observed that the number
of accidents involving pedestrians
increased 20 and 25 per cent each
of the last three years. In thirty
one accidents involving pedestrians
IL per cent were walking on the
right side of the highway, with
traffic, making it possible for We
hicle to approach unobserved. It
is generally recognized by all traf-
f1c authorities that a pedestrian is
far safer walking against traffic
Twenty accidents showed pedestri-
ans were crossing the highway, and
in ten accidents persons were get
ting in or out Of cars on highways.
In four accidents involving pedes-
TRANS the victims were intoxicated;
in seven accidents, victims had
physical defects; in twelve accidents
they were confused by traffic and
in three accidents their view was
DISTRACTED.
Regarding the condition of driv-
ers, the report shows that sixty
were intoxicated, f1fty-three asleep
at the wheel and thirty extremely
fatigued.
A study of what each driver was
doing when the accident occurred,
reveals a great variety of con-
tributing causes of accidents. For
instance, LIZ or. about 10 per cent
admitted they did not have the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-28
Shirt-TaL
By United Press

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, Dec. 2S.-Joseph
Boron would have it known
that he is. not an Indian giver,
but even hospitality has its
limits.
Boron and his wife invited
their old friend Edward Thomp-
son to Christmas dinner. Be-
cause ThompSon's beard was
long, Boron lent him a razor
and shaving materials. Because
the guests shirt was old and
soiled, Mrs. Boron gave Thomp-
son faded but clean one of
her husbands.
1t was a joyful celebration.
When the guest had gone,
Boron had an idea.
"Of course" he told his
wife, you took that $155 we
saved this year out of the
pocket of that old shirt you
gave to Ed"
But Mrs. Boron had not.
Today Thompson, Respondent
in new shirt, new hat, new suit
and new shoes was in Jail on
larceny charges placed by his
Christmas hosts.