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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-30
AUTOPSY CASES
ARE UNDER FIRE
New Evidence Presented in
vehling Inquiry.
BY DICK MILLER

Grand jury spotlight today again
was focused on alleged curiosity au-
topsies performed by Coroner Fred
w. Vehling and his aids, as the in
vestigation into Vehling's admins
tration neared an end.
Witnesses, 1t was said, were called
in the case of Andrew Higdon, Sis
North Noble street, who died at
city hospital, Sept. 6, of liver all
raent and complications.
Hlgdon was in the hospital tWen-
ty-four days prior to his death and
underwent an operation. Records
show he died as result of his ill
ness, but the death was character
lied as "coroner's case"
Records show the autopsy was
made by Drs. Bennett Kraft and
Harry Rabb, hospital internes. and
deputy coroners apparently took no
part
DR.. Rabb signed the death GER
tificate filed at the city health
board and diagnosed causes of death
as the same for which Higdon was
treated.
An order has been issued at city
hospital by DR.. Charles Myers, SUI
perintendent, prohibiting internes
from working with the coroner on
autopsies. If autopsies are refused
by relatives, internes are ordered
to refrain from performing them
under guise of coroner's cases.
The grand jury's report of the
probe will be made to Criminal
Judge Frank P. Baker not later than
Monday. The jury can RI surn bills
of indictment and impeachment, OF
both, or decide evidence does not
warrant filing of charges.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-30
THEY HAD TO HAVE CAR
ON Sic A WEEK; MAN Is
HELD AS LAZY HUSBAND

Your honor, she wanted the car
just as bad did" he said. she
always waits to go some place. The
reason 1T home was because she
fuses vita me until about every
morning"
Patten said he was a packing
house laborer, making $14 to SIG
weekly.
His ninety-day sentence and $50
fine were suspended, provided he
pays $40 weekly from his pay check
for the upkeep Of his wife and
children.
Keep up the upkeep. too" Royse
warned. IF you don't. there are
ninety days waiting for y0u.s
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-30
PENNY Is KING! 1T BUYS
ANY Dish IN CAFETERIA
OPERATED BY PUBLISHER

dispensed. including two bowls of
soup apiece to Count and Countess
Ilya Tolstoy. Facilities for more
than 5000 meals were installed dur
ing the night.
Food is dispensed in regular cafe
terra fashion. Diners buy tickets at
the cashiers desk. under a framed
pen and ink sketch of MacFadden,
and proceed in single file along the
wall to the steam tables. The Gus
toner names his dish and passes
from the steam table to the bever-
age-bread and butter department
and finally the dessert stand.
This morning about 100, mostly
shabby. chilled men, formed little
knots inside the newly whitewashed
store awaiting the 9 o'clock open
ing. A sign in the window read:
Ladies invited" but none was ap-
parent, thought Countess Tolstoy has
inspected the place.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-30

The Pattens had to have an au-
tomobile, and now Hanely Patten,
528 North Elder avenue, is under
suspended sentence for being a
lazy husband.
His wife Lena and their three
children were the compliments be-
fore Wilbur Royse, special munich
pal Judge.
He always was harping about
getting an auto" she told the court.
He got it, all right. by using SIS
Of my insurance money. Then he
left home Christmas eve and hasn't
done anything for us at all"
But Patten had something to say
about the car ana his reputed lazi-
ness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-30

"CEE! You get a break here.
~ No kissing! No hugging!
They handle you like you're a
real herman.
Sure, it's tough on nom and
pop when they come to see me,
but they'll learn. They'll learn
their babes are really grownups
and don't ike to always be
nugged and petted."
And it's in this manner that
Jackie Lee Paff, 9 months old,
would talk if his COOS over the
bottle of milk handed him by
Miss Gladys Kerby, city hospital
nurse, were translated.
The hospital prohibits nurses
in wards for babes resorting to
the politicians salaam.
And what's sauce for goose lie
sauce for gander, for mothers
and fathers, too, are barred love
smacks.
In fact" explains Miss Kerby,
parents are not permitted to
pick up children in cribs when
they come on visiting day."
LIVERY precaution is taken by
IL the hospital to prevent trans
mission of contagious diseases.
An ailing nurse means nom
working nurse as far as children
in the nursery are concerned.
Rubber gloves, sterilized gowns,
are other attributes to the bodily
welfare of the city hospital babes.
Its tough sometimes when a
cute youngster is placed in the
ward. You should have seen the
little girl we had last week-but
rules are rules" Miss Kerby
adds.
The ban on kissing cramps the
style of the nurses as much as
the parents.
"You see, after you've mothered
one through a long siege Of ILL
ness, by instinct it's pretty hard
not to express yourself outward
ly," another nurse says.
And If grandma and grandpa
don't like this embargo on kissing
they can't do much about it-un-
til-Jackie and Susie get back in
their own bailiwick.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-30

By United Press
NEW YORK, Dec. S0-The penny
took its place with coins of more
imposing mintage today at the one
cent restaurant. the first charitable
enterprise sponsored by the Bernar
MacFadden Foundation.
In this cafeteria. the penny is
king. One cent, converted into a
food ticket. can be exchanged for
any one Of thirteen items. A re-
porter found that cents produced
an adequate breakfast of cracked
wheat. with milk and brown sugar;
whole wheat bread and butter,
soaked pruneS and raisin coffee.
The menu embodies some Of the
health food principles of Bernarr
MacFadden, publisher and physical
culture advocate, who established
the Foundation. On the opening
day isore than 400 meals" were
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-30
u. S. AID URGED TO HALT
FAMINE MARCH; INDIANA
DRIVE ON DOLE is Barred
America Is Facing Specter
of Starvation, A. F. of L.
Witness Declares.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-Ed-
ward F. McGrady of the American
Federation of Labor, today told the
senate relief committee that Amer
lean wage and salary earners had
lost $1S,OOO,OOO,O to $4,000, OOO, 900
in 1881.
THE specter of starvation is
drawing nearer all the time," he
said.
McGrady said that if states and
committees are unable to provide
unemployment relief, the A. F. of
L. wants liberal federal appropria-
ton, 80 human lives may be saved
and hunger, misery and want
alleviated.'
He estimated the totally unem-
ployed numbered 100000, and
that 100000 men are working one
to three days week.
He urged upon the committee re-
lief for miners in Indiana, Illinois,
Tennessee, Ohio, Kentucky and
Pennsylvania, asserting that min
ing sections of Pennsylvania alone
will require Sic, ZOO, 900 this winter.
The estimate of wage and salary
losses in 1881 was reached on a
basis of comparison with 1929 levels.
McGrady said that bank deposits
of all institutions which closed in
the year ended Sept. 80, 1881, ag-
gregated only 0o,O0O,OOo Bust
ness failures reported for that per-
iod amounted to $750,OO0,OOO, less
than one-twentieth of the combined
wage and salary loss Of American
workers.
The entire American foreign trade
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-30
MURRAY IS IN RACE
Alfalfa Bill Will Have Sup
port of Home Democrats.

By United Press
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 30.-Gov-
ernor William H. Murray was def
nitely before the country today as
candidate for President, with an
indirect pledge Of support from the
state executive committee of the
Democratic party.
Whether you like him or not, he
is your Governor and deserves your
support" National Committeeman
Scott Ferris said. The sentiment
was unanimous. And as a result of
the commit res voting, it is conSid-
cred certain by most party leaders
that Alfalfa Bill" will go to the
Democratic national convention
with the Oklahoma delegations
pledged support.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-30
Woman Forgets Fear" of Gun;
Shots R0ut 8 Negro Robbers
Wife of Coal Company Gunner Takes RevolUeT
Instead of Money From Cash Drawer and
BIazes Away at Holdup Men, Who Flee.

But I wasn't afraid, I was
mad" was Mrs. Blickenstaff's re-
joinder.
Near closing time Tuesday
night, two bandits entered the
office, while four others re-
NAMED on the. outside. Mrs.
Blickenstaf was commanded to
get that money"
"I remembered the gun in the
cash drawer, SO I decided I'd
show 'em. I got the key to the
cash drawer, opened it, and took
out the gun. Then I fired" she
recounted.
The two bandits in the office
fled pell-mell, and were joined in
their flight by four waiting COM
panions.
II was so excited I don't know
whether I hit one of them or not.
He was only ten feet away when
shot" she said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-30
U. S. Opposes Course

BY CnFeu i'TeoS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-United
States opposition to Japan's course
in Manchuria will continue. despite
the withdrawal of Chinese troops
from Chinchow, last Chinese
stronghold.
What course the Unitei States
may take beyond passive oisappro-
val is conjectural, now that Ja-
pan has extended It's sway through
out southern Manchuria, and Sec
rotary of State Stimson refuses to
answer questions.
Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang's
evacuation order is viewed here as
completing the japanese occupation.
Thus the state department and the
League Of Nations are confronted
with accomplishment of what they
stroye for three months to prevent.
One official, however, pointed with
pride to the fact that there had
been no formal warfare.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-30
SAFE AND SANE EVE
That's Chiefs Order to 40
New Years Cops.

Forty indianapolis police will be
assigned to make New Years eve
celebration safe and sane, Chief
Mike Morrissey announced today.
He said officers viii be directed to
prevent traffic mishaps and ordered
to arrest all drunken drivers. Police
also will keep watchful eye on
downtown celebrations.
Federal authorities have not an
nounced their plans to curb the flow
of the New Years liquor. Sheriff
Charles (Buck) Sumner will be help
less to aid outside the city limits
during early hours Friday. when he
loses seventeen deputies through q
county council economy order.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-30
GARNER FLAYS
AIDS, ORDERS
TAX silence
Rainey and Collier Told to
Quit Making Statements
on Party Program.
MILLS ALSO TARGET
Treasury Assistant Is Only
Talking Through Hat,
Says Speaker.
MILLS ALSO TARGET
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30-John
Nance Garner, Speaker of the
House, today sharply rebuked two
of his leaders concerned with tax
legislation for issuing statements
interpreted in some quarters as out
lining a Democratic tax program.
He advised the Democratic
Floor Leader Henry T. Rainey, ILL
nois, and Chairman James w. Col
lier of the ways and means COM
nittee-to remain silent until a tax
program is formulated.
He then turned upon Undersec-
retary of Treasury Ogden L. Mills
with sharp criticism for taking their
statements as the occasion for an
attack on Democratic tax policy.
Mr.. Mills set up straw man, as
he does frequently, and then
knocked 1t down." the Speaker said,
referring to the understandings
statement.
Turns Fire on Mills
ogden Mills is talking through
his hat. If he knows what the
Democratic tax program is, then ]
wish he'd tell me- If anybody
knows what the Democratic tax
program is, I'd like to have him
tell me about it.
Mr.. Mills fixed up his own case,
then fixed one up for the other side,
and then attacked the Democrats. "
Mills attacked particularly the
Democratic proposal to levy high
taxes upon the wealthy, describing
it as soaking the rich" Rainey's
expression of his own views were
enormously interpreted by some
newspapers as the outline of a
Democratic tax program
Garner lectured Rainey and Col
lier at a tWo-hour- and-a-half SeS-
sion in the Speakers Office today,
He did most of the talking. When
the two leaders came out, Collier
remarked, with a smile, that he
would not have another tax pro-
gram in the next twenty-four
hours"
Program Not Ready
Garner said afterward that when
the Democratic tax program was
ready it would be announced pub
licly. That will not be right away,
he indicated.
The joint policy committee of
senate and house leaders, he ex-
planned, would formulate the gen..
eral outlines to be worked out by
Democrats on the ways and means
committee.
ANY Democrat can speak out
about what he thinks, but what I
object to is this expression of
opinion being labeled party pro-
gram" Garner said.
He said he had determined upon
a policy of silence upon the Demo-
cratic legislative program until it
had been formulated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-30
LAST CHINESE
ARMY IS OUT
OF MANCHUR|A
Occupation of Country Is
Complete, With invaders
Near ChinChoW.
CHANGES RULE AT END
War Lord Leads His Troops
Back of Great Wall to
Avoid Conflict.
BIZ United Press

OB CnttCU fTeSS
TOXIC, Dec. 30.-Japanese troops
and airplanes engaged in heavy
fighting and captured two cities to-
day as they advanced across a des-
olated country toward Chinchow,
deserted by the Chinese as their
last stronghold in Manchuria.
Hundreds Of Chinese casualties,
most of them In the ranks of ir-
regulars, were reported to have oc-
CURED in hand-to-hand engage
ment which preceded the japanese
capture of Jaoyingho.
The Nippon forces, accompanied
by armored trains, automobiles and
motorcycles. as well as bombing
planes, continued toward Chinchow
and at 3 p. M, captured the town
of Tahushan.
Chinese soldiers burned railway
bridges as they crossed in retreat,
impeding the progress of japanese
purSuerS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-30

"DY jimmy, that's a woman
- for you"
And thus, Mrs. Myrtle Blick-
enstaf was compliraented by her
husband today for throwing a
chill" into six Negro bandits.
And at least two of the BAN
dts can be grateful that Mrs.
Blickenstaff's aim is not as
steady as her temper.
For Tuesday night, when she
was alone in the Offices of her
husbands coal company at
Twenty-f1fth street and the ca
nal, she forgot all about her fear
of guns and took several shots at
her would-be robbers.
Why, it was only Tuesday
morning when she told me to
take that gun out Of the Office.
She said she was afraid of it."
her husband said today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-30
GAMBLER, EX-SCHOOL
SLEUTH PUT ON SPOT
Found Dead in Chicago Park With
Unlighted Cigar in Hand.

BIZ United Press
& CHICAGO, Dec. 30-Abe Cooper,
a, gambler and former school board
investigator, was slain today in a
typical gangster ride" in Franklin
park, In the western limits of the
city.
Just a few minutes before the
body was found. state highway pa
trolmen observed the sedan in
which Cooper was believed slain
pass them on the road.
Three men were in the machine
and the officers. Edward Krotz and
George Edgren, believed they OBJ
served blood stains on the running
board.
Apparently Cooper had been slain
as he was about to light a cigar.
In one hand he held an unlighted
cigar and In the other a box Of
matches.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-30
DELAY o. K. ON STREET
Works Board to Inspect Alleged East
Michigan Defect.

Final approval OF assessments on
widening and resurfacing Of East
Michigan street, from Highland
avenue to State street, was post
poned today by the works board.
The board will act on the matter
Monday, after inspecting q retain
ing wall on the route, which prop
erty owners complain is cracking.
Confirmation of assessments for
construction Of a sidewalk on the
north side of Sixteenth street, from
Delaware to Illinois streets, was
given by the board. Cost Of the
walk was $1.06792.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-30
SEEK AIRMAN IN VAIN
Search for Army Filler viii Be
Abandoned After "a Hours.

Search for Army Filler viii Be
Abandoned After "a Hours.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-Unfa-
vorable flying conditions have hin
dered the search for Lieutenant E.
H. Bobbitt Jr-, missing army fiier.
and officials here, Departing OF find
ing the aviator alive. said today the
rescue effort would be abandoned
in another twenty-four hours, 4 not
successful BY then.
-Four army planes left Boiling
field today TO cooperate with eleven
planes from Hot Springs, Va, in
searching over the mountainous ter
ritory of West Virginia. where Bob
bitt Is believed TO have crashed
Christmas eve on q flight from Sell
fridge field, Michigan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-30
TYRONE POWER DIES
Famed English Actor Is
Stricken Suddenly.
By United Press

By United Press
HOLLYWOOD, Cal, Dec. 30
Tyrone Power, member of famous
English stage family and for more
than forty-fve years prominent as
a dramatic actor, died suddenly at
the Hollywood Athletic Club today.
Power retired early Tuesday
night apparently in excellent health.
Early today. he arose and COM
planned to his son, Tyrone Jr., that
he was suffering intense pain.
It was believed heart disease was
the cause of death.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-30
1882 Model

By United Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 3O.-Flo
ziegfeld, who "glorifies" the
American girl for his Follies
at about this time every year,
has issued specifications for
the 1882 model, thus:
Blonde.
Weight, 118 pounds.
Heights, 5 feet. 6 inches.
Fuller curves than last year.
Less streamlined.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-30
RAISE QUOTA OF DEBT
Local Democrats Contribute $4,000
to National Committee.

Indications that success has
crowned efforts of the Marion
county Democratic organization to
raise its quota of $4,000 of the ma
tional committee debt incurred in
1928, were received today at a
luncheon III the Washington hotel.
Thomas D. Taggart, national
committeeman from Indiana, and
county and city executives were
present to turn in their reports
on the Victory Fund drive.
Quota for Indiana was fixed at
$4,000 by the national committee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-30
CURTIS is OPTIMISTIC
Vice President Sees Prosperity by
Middle cf 1892.

V1ce-PreSldent Sees Prosperity Dy
Middle of 1882.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 80. - Vice
President Curtis hopes the coming
year will be known as 1882 A. D.
after depression"
Discussing the business situation,
Curtis said industrial activity has
been picking up slowly. He pre-
dicted that the country would be
on the way to prosperity by the
middle of 1882.
My New Years wish is that we
will look back upon 1882 as the
period after the depression" he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-30
HOOVER RECEIVES GIFT

Premier Laval SENDS 1uIe farcei,
Contents Remain Secret.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.--Presi-
dent Hoover has Christmas gift
from his recent visitor, Premier
Laval of France, but what it is re-
mains a mystery.
The gift was brought to the state
department Tuesday by secretary of
the French embassy. Both French
and American officials professed not
to know what the gift package con-
tanned, although one hazarded the
guess:
1T might be a clock"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-30
STUDENTS TO GET AID
Illinois University Plans Loans to
Prevent Withdrawals.

Prevent Withdrawals.
By United Press
URBANA, ILL.,, Dec. 30.-UniverS-
ity of Illinois officials set in motion
today plans to provide financial re-
lief to keep needy students in
school. A permanent organization
for recommending loans was formed
by three relief committees of the
university senate.
The committees studied replies by
$500 students to missionaries. 1t
was reported that most of them are
in need.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-30
'MUSCLEING IN CHARGED
Merchant Cops Face Trial in Fight
Over East Side Territory.

Over East Side Territory.
Charges by each of two merchant
policemen that the other was trying
to muscle in" on his east side ter
ritory, are to be aired in municipal
court, Jan. S.
Edward Pruitt, 35o5 East North
street., and Alonzo Gates, 4407 East
Michigan street, merchant officers,
viii be tried before Judge Clifton
R. Comeron on assault and battery
charges.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-30
VETERAN REPORTER DIES
Richard OuIahan Dean of Capital
News Correspondents.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3o.-Rich-
ard v. Oulahan, chief of the New
York Times Washington bureau for
many years and dean of the Wash
ington correspondents corps, died
here today of pneumonia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-30
DAWES SAILS FOR u. S.

Disarmament Chief to Confer with
His Delegation.
By United Press
SOUTHAMPTON, England, Dec.
0.--Ambassador Charles G.. Dawes
sailed for the United States today
aboard the liner Europa for con-
ferences with members of the
American delegation, which he will
head at the Geneva disarmament
conference.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-30
Optimistic Letters Being
Solicited to Stave Off
Federal Relief.

Governor Harry G. Leslie's unem-
ployment relief commission took on
a pro- Hoover political tinge today,
when it was revealed that optimistic
letters are being solicited to COM
bat any effort at national relief.
A circular letter was sent out to
county relief chairmen by DIR. John
H. Hewitt, Leslie relief director,
saying that reports are sought from
them for the New Year.
Last line of the letter of solicita-
ton reads:
"Confidentially, we want this in
formation to combat the dole"
County relief chairmen are largely
well-to-do persons who have not
been dispossessed, and are not
feeling the depression around the
waist1ine.
Write Sunshine Answers
Their response was immediate.
To them the so-called "dole"
means what the national admins
tration has sought to make it mean
any federal aid. Proponents of
federal aid in local relief have
pointed out that to extend it to the
unemployed is not establishing a
precedent, as federal money long
has been drawn on to aid local
schools, roads and the like.
Early replies to the Hewitt can
vass set out that local relief is
ample, conditions as at least 80 per
cent improved over last year" I'VE
always have poor people who won't
help themselves" and such phrases.
Scarcely any of the letters failed
to carry the requested mo dole" re-
ply.
One ASsails ProgreSSives
One chairman used capital let
tiers to emphasize his point as fol-
lows:
wv can get along without the
dole and also without these Sons
of Wild Jackasses."
Senators La Toilette and CoSti-
gan of that group have been hear
ing testimony from expert, nonpolit-
ical relief workers, showing how
badly national work is needed in
the preSnt catastrophe.