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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02
AGED War Veterans

Daniel c. Dakeman was the last
pensioner of the Revolutionary war.
He died Sc years after the close of
the war at the age Of one hundred
and nine years, eight months and
eight days on April 5, 1869. Hiram
Cronk was the last surviving PEN
sioner of the War of 1872. He
died on May 10, 1905, at the age Of
one hundred and five years and six
teen DAYS. Owen Thomas Edgar,
last surviving pensioner Of the Mex
lean war, died in Washington, Sep
TENDER 3, 1929.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02
Hero's Resting Place

George Rogers Clark is buried in
Cave Hill cemetery in Louisville,
Ky. General Clark founded the city
of Louisville in 1879 after return
ing from his military expedition to
the Northwest. He spent most Of
his declining year in Louisville,
KY, and Clarksville, Ind, across
the Ohio RIVER from Louisville. This
town was also founded by General
Clark.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02
Had Enough of the Sea

On account of a shipwreck in
his teens when he was "emigrating
from England to South Africa, Mr..
Clark Of Boshof, Orange Free
State, made his way inland, and
vowed that he would never cast
eyes on the sea again. He settled
at Boshof, where he built up an ex-
tensive general dealers business,
and left a large fortune at his
death.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02
Setting It Straight

For the purpose Of setting the rec
ord straight, we hereby set down what
was one of Kin Hubbard's best, best
known, and much misquoted much
stolen paragraph: "Tell Binkley ar
rived at the poorhouse in his $4,000
limousine too late to see his mother
die. p. A. in New York World.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02

herself and kept herself looking fine
and clean.
Now one morning Mrs. Coal was
missing. Poor Joan did not know
what to do.
She looked in the coal box and
there was no Mrs. Coal. She called
through the house
Mrs. Coal, Mrs. Coal" and then
she burst out crying.
Never before had she called for
Mrs. Coal that from somewhere or
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02
Narrow Thoroughfare

The narrowest street in the
United States is said to be Treas
ury street in st. Augustine, Fla. 1t
is feet 1 inch wide. This street
was shown as street on the map
Of st. Augustine in 1877. and
called Treasury street because the
old treasury was on the corner OF
this cross street and st. George
street. Carriages used to drive
through it, and a stone was placed
at the entrance on Bay street to
prevent this. The old treasury
building is still standing.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02

prepared by the United States Department
of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Service.
mother, can't you cut the sleeves
off this old dress? It's so hot today,
and all the girls are wearing short
sleeves"
Even a five-year-old may be stimu-
lated to make protest like this about
her clothes when the first warm break
comes after the bleak windiness Of
March. You may try to point out that
all the cool days are by no means over,
but more likely you give thoughtful
consideration to the long-sleeved win
ter dress your child is wearing. To
begin with, some kinds Of sleeves
might possibly be cut off halfway be-
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02

other the sound had not come Of:
Meow, meow, meow"
But this time not q sound came.
"Where has Mrs. Coal gone. Where
could she have gone" asked Joan Of
everyone.
But no one had seen Mrs. Coal all
day.
Joan spent wretched time. What
could have happened? She knew Mrs.
Coal would not want to worry her,
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02

The king Of England receives the
nominal stipend of one guinea year
in virtue of the fact that he is minor
canon of the cathedral of st. David's.
He has the right to preach once year
from the cathedral pulpit.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02

VdSSSI VIC vi NOV-
d | e 8 a n d T u n a
F 8 h.-Take two
c u p fuls of I'M
cooked noodles, one
pound can of tuna
fish, one-fourth Of
cupful Of chopped
nirniantn two c11n.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02
Famous Americans Nickname

"Old Man Eloquent" was one of
the nicknames of John Quincy
Adams during the latter years Of
his life while he was a member of
the house Of representatives Milton
applied the phrase to Isocrates, the
famous Greek orator, who is said
to have died of mental shock. and
grief when he learned that Philip
of Macedon had defeated the Greek
allies at Chaeronea. Pathfinder
Magazine.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02

tween the elbow and the shoulder and
finished with an invisible hand-sewn
hem. That would give the child more
freedom for climbing and playing ball
and other games in which she uses
her arms.
Then you observe that your little
girls dress Is several inches too short
"A condition which Is bound to grow
worse as time goes on. The hem must
come down, perhaps to its very edge.
obviously a few new and larger
dresses will be needed very shortly,
for this and other let-down dresses
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02
Loving Wife

Scene in millinery shop. Wife ad-
dresses husband: "You see, my
dear, this is the hat I adore most
passionately. but since you prefer
that other one, shall take them
both, just to please you'll"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02
"Oberammergau"

"Ammer" is the name Of a river;
sober" means upper" "gau" means
district" upper district Of the Am
mer river" is a translation Of the
name Oberammergau.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02

The woman coveting lines
which are youthful yet not
too youthful, will find in the
bolero suits, which are so up
in vogue this season, just
what she is looking fora
young-fgure silhouette.
1t is indeed a far cry from
the severely tailored man.
nish suit to types such as
the little cloth costume in
the picture the soft feminine
styling Of which is its charm.
The tendency for the silhou-
cite to trend away from
stereotyped form to lines OF
gentle grace is notable this
season, especially in the suit
realm where the jaun.y bo-
lero in all it's versatile moods
is injecting a refreshing note
of youth.
The promotion of the cape t
also exercising a marked Il
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02

One Point of View
He is happiest, be he king or
peasant, who finds peace in his
home.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02

First Used by Holmes?
The expression mutual admira-
ton society" was probably coined
by Oliver Wendell Holmes. The
phrase appears in "The Autocrat of
the Breakfast Table"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02
Slang Financial Term

A monkey" is used to mean 500
pounds sterling, or, sometimes, $500.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-04-02

He who would do some great
thing in this short life must apply
himself to work with such con-
centration of his forces as, to idle
spectators, who live only to amuse
themselves, looks like insanity
Parkman.
For a most tasty luncheon dish, try
the following when it is convenient:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-10

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Her father abandoned his show
boat" for q wagon show"-a dra-
matte company that toured overland
by wagon visiting towns of the rail-
road.
Competition on the Mississippi
had become keen and Bennett saw
greater profit playing in the middle
west where 'troupes' were scarce.
Miss Bennett was then 3ls years
old and she was cast for boy and girl
parts alike.
One night she was little Eva in
Uncle Toms Cabin" and the next
night Mary Morgan in Ten Nights
in Bar Room"
The wagon show prospered and
soon grew into tent show" and
finally became the largest organiza-
ton of its kind on the road, ten rail-
road cars being required to transfer
the tents, scenery and company
from town to town.
BY this time Miss Bennett was II
years old and had developed into a
full-fledged leading woman. in
trusted with such difficult roles as
the girl, in THE Girl of the Golden
West"
The company was playing Walla
Walla, Wash; a motion picture di-
rector was in the audience. He pre-
dicted a brilliant future in the films
for Miss, Bennett and she went to
Californfs on his advice.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-10
NAME BABY WHALE
AND SEE 1T FREE
Mail Your Suggestion to
The Times and Ticket
Will Be Reward.

Folks who did not have the
opportunity to see Big Bertha. the
monster whale brought here last
year, now have another chance this
week OF seeing one of these sea
beasts. On this return engage
ment," sister whale brought along
her ''nan1el-ss 'oaby chaperoned by
Captain Jonathan Prince, veteran
seaman, who relates his thrilling
adventures along the Pacific coast,
where such creatures are captured.
The Times is making every effort
to enable all boys and girls to see
this interesting and educational
exhibit free. The last time the
whale was here, thousands of school
children saw it, and narYelcd. This
time, for the first time, a mother
and baby whale may be seen. All
you have to do to get free ticket
is to suggest name for the baby:
send it to the Whale Editor, care of
The Times, along with a few words
why you think the name suitable,
and stamped and f-addressed
envelope. You will receive free
ticket.
Sunday is the last day, and Cap
tain Prince and his assistants are
on deck day and night to answer
questions and describe in detail the
thrills which play a part in out
fitting an expedition for these sea
monsters. Captain Princes favorite
adventure, which he likes to re-
count to the anazement of wide
eyed youths, is about the time a
captive whale towed large boat
at rapid speed for seventy miles
before it was killed, and the labor
ious trip back to the mother ship
could be undertaken.
The whales now on exhibition are
at Virginia avenue near the ele-
walton, where they will remain until
late Sunday night Hurry children
and get your suggested name to the
Whale Editor and see the whales
free.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-10
SANE BUSINESS
ERA DAWNINC,
BANKERS TOLD
Financiers, Public Must Get
Lesson From Slump,
I.B. A. Head Asserts.

Predicting the "sanest program Of
business operation in our history"
during the next twenty-five years.
Frank b Bernard, president of the
indianapolis Bankers Association,
addressed Indiana financial leaders
today at the Claypool.
Approximately 500 bankers were
expected to attend the sessions Of
the tairty-fifth annual convention
today and Thursday.
81 suspect that history will record
that one Of the major factors con-
tributing to the present depression
has been the maladministration of
our credit structure" said Bernard,
who is head of the Merchants Ma
tional bank at Muncie.
Bankers Must Share Blame
"We must admit that, measured
by our record, we are not far re-
moved from the class Of economic
illiterates. The banking profess
sion carrying, not all, but a major
portion of our credit structure, must
accept full share of the respon-
sibility for 1naladministration.
Ability of the American people
to meet their problems in a high
minded way will result in gradual
emergence from the business leth-
argy, Bernard believes.
mo type of banking organiza-
ton is free from failure" Bernard
said. But banks don't fail; bank
ers fail The determining factor is
the type of management"
Bernard asserted that financial
leaders did "a miserably poor job in
appraising the foreseeable factors
leading to the depression.
InstalIment Buying Hit
1nstallment buying contributed to
the country's present plight because
we can not ignore the fact, in the
last analysis, installment merchan-
dising means that we are mortgag-
ing future earning capacity to buy
immediate consumption goods" the
speaker said.
Bernard urged the cooperation of
all Indiana bankers in the work of
the new bank law study commission.
recently appointed by Governor
Harry G. Leslie, to simplify Indiana
statutes relating to banking insti-
tur1ons.
Felix NJ McWhirter, president of
the Peoples State bank, welcomed
the bankers when the convention
convened today. C. F. Swenker,
Wisconsin banking commissioner.
spoke on ''The Banker - 1882
Model" and reports were submit
ted.
Edward ]. Reilly, New York, and
Justin H. Moore, New York. we're to
speak this afternoon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-10
GRADUATES TO
HEAR LECTURER
Dayton Educator to Speak
at FieIdhouSe,

DR.. Frank D. Slutz of Dayton, O..
will address members of George
Washington high school Thursday
night at commencement services in
Butler university heldhouse.
DR.. Slutz, widely known teacher
and educational lecturer, will speak
on every Mans University"
Washington Alumni Association
will hold its annual dinner dance
Friday night in the school gynlna-
SUM. Robert Spangler, '28, of
Ensley, Ala, viii be POSTMASTER
Responses will be given by Robert
Lones, 20; Victor Thomas, 80;
Homer Conner, 80, and Harry
Sanders, 81. Music will be by
Howard Reading Night Owls.
Senior class day was celebrated
Tuesday afternoon in the school
auditorium. Typical class day pro-
grams for 1881, 1881 and 1881 were
presented. The last one was by
television.
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Her first mother role was in
Stella Dallas" and She has never
been able to play any other kind Of
a part since then.
In Lady Taylor-Waitress the
one-act playlet which Miss Bennett
will present as the headlined act on
the Lyric six-act vaudeville bill,
starting next Saturday, she will
again play a mother.
She is said to be under contract
to return to California to play
Martha Washington in the Aim
story of the life of George Wash
ington.
A company of four Hollywood
players support the star in her per-
sonal appearance sketch at the
Lyric.
stepping Out, an M-G-M COM
edy romance, with Charlotte Green
wood, Reginald Denny. Leila Hyams
and Cliff Edwards, in the leading
roles, viii be shown on the screen.
n -
indianapolis theaters today offer
Strictly DiShonorable" at English's,
The Maltese Falcon" at the Lyric,
Laughing Sinners at the Palace,
Young Donavan's Kid" at the Cir
Gle, Born to Love" at the Ohio,
Brooke Johns at the Indiana,
Daddy Long Legs" at the Apollo,
and hurlesque at the Mutual.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-10
REDS NOT TO
ANNOY HOOVER,
POLICE DECREE
Safety Board Bans Pro-
gram During Visit; Wei
come Party Named.

Communists who intend TO stage
a demonstration when President and
Mrs. Herbert Hoover come here
Monday for the Indiana Republican
Editorial Association dinner viii not
be permitted to put on any pro-
gram near the President, but will
be told to go to Camp Sullivan and
talk their heads OF" members of
the board Of safety declared today.
Police viii be put on twelve-hour
shifts Monday. Major Herbert
Fletcher, acting chief Of police, an
nounced.
Several weeks ago, the Communist
leaders announced they would stage
a demonstration upon Hoover's ar
rival. They would attempt TO ask
the President to take steps TO relieve
unemployment, their statement said.
Seven on Committee
A special committee of seven
persons to greet the President and
Mrs. Hoover has been named by
Paul r. Bausman, president of the
editorial association.
The committee is to include four
Republican publishers and three
public officials.
Members are: Oscar G. Froel-
linger, publisher of the TT. Wayne
News Sentinel and Hoover primary
manager in Indiana in 1928; Mr..
Bausman, Mrs. Samuel E. Boys OF
Plymouth, wife of the president
of the editorial association; Mrs.
Harriet Toner, publisher of the
Anderson Herald; Senator James E.
Watson, Governor Harry G. Leslie,
and Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan.
Others to Look On
On the lawn and in the mansion
of Governor Harry G. Leslie will
be fifty-eight other Republicans,
"ousted" from the reception COM
mittee, awaiting the arrival of the
nations chief executive, while he is
cheered the route along Meridian
street by school boys and girls.
Those fifty-eight staunch sup
porters of the Republican adrninis-
tration today are beginning to re-
cover from the shock that they win
not be permitted to throng the pass
ageways of the station to greet the
President and Mrs. Hoover.
Secret service operatives ordered
the size of the reception committee
reduced from more than sixty, as
originally planned, to six or seven,
because it was felt that large
crowd milling about the President
would lead to confusion, Bausman
explained.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-10
SEEK PROBE OF
TRUCKING LINES
Petition involves Carriers in
Pike County.

Investigation by the public service
commission of alleged illegal oper-
alton of truck lines in Pike county
was asked today in petitions filed
by Harvey Harmon, former COM
missioner, representing Aurora Fer
guson Of Oakland City, truck line
operator.
Filing of the petitions with the
commission was considered an I'M
usual procedure. Generally such
actions are filed as injunction suits
with courts.
Ferguson charged he Is an oper-
ator, authorized by certificate, while
Levi H. IShum, operating the Ishum
Truck Lines, and Vernon and James
Willis, operating the Willis Truck
Lines, maintain a line through
Windslow and Arthur without GER
tificate.
Rehearing on granting of q Ger
tif1cate to the Evansville, Suburban
& Newburg Railroad Company to
operate a bus line along United
States road 81 also was asked by
Ferguson. He alleged that he was
not present at the hearing on the
railroads certificate and that he
is competitor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-10
SUCCESS STORY:
OSLER ACTING
TITLE DROPPED
Made School Grounds Chief
and Given Secretary;
No Salary Hike.
BY BEN STERN
This is a success story.

InlS IS success story.
It is the tale of how H. F. Osler
today grasses the word acting from
in front Of the title and now stands
forth as full-hedged superin-
tendent Of buildings and grounds
for the Indianapolis board Of school
commissioners.
The school board evidently recoc-
nizes merit when it meets it.
The promotion all happened at the
board meeting Tuesday night, when
Osler came to the meeting an "act-
ing and walked out a "superin-
tendent."
No Salary Increase
The reward a change in title.
carries with it no salary increase
That remains at $4,000 a year
II the board issued citations. if
would read that because Osler
figured out a manner OF moving
eleven portable schools from one
site to another and connecting nine
OF them to steam plants at the vari-
GUS schools for $35,45O; ana because
ne figured out way to effect a
yearly saving Of $9,527 without dis
charging any one or cutting the
wages in his department, he shall
no longer be known as Acting but
as Superintendent,
The board approved both plans at
the Tuesday night meeting and the
change in the title. Osler saw to it
himself that he has a secretary.
Title Is Changed
That was comparatively simple.
His report to the board recommend
ed that "the title of stenographer
M. H. Marley be changed to that
OF secretary to the superintendent
Of buildings and grounds, at the
same salary"
The business Of saving $9,527 a
year is worthy Of the attention of
the nationally renowned efficiency
engineers.
According to the explanation of
A. B. Good, school business man
ager, made after the meeting (noth-
ing ever is explained at the meet
ing) the nine foremen in the vari-
GUS subdivisions of the buildings
and grounds department will be
forelnen no longer. They will draw
the same salaries, computed on an
hourly scale as before, but will work.
That, according to Good will obvi-
ate the employment Of additional
help.
No DismissaIs
But, added Good, no one will be
dismissed. He could not explain
how, if no one was going to be dis
missed and no salaries we're going
to be cut, a savings Of $9,527 year
would be effected.
However, this is a success" story,
so why bother about figures?
The portables to be moved for
S35, 450 included two from School
20 to Broad Ripple high school; two
from No. SO to Washington high
school; three from No. 50 to Ar
senal Technical high school; two
from No. n to Crispus Attacks
high school, one from No. 40 to No.
SO, and one from NO. 10 to No. 80.
Today is the high spot of Osler's
career. A year ago when Carl
Eurton, then superintendent of
buildings and grounds, resigned,
Osler was his assistant
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-10
SUES FOR $4,000 IN
MATES 'ALKY DEATH
City Paint Company Defendant in
Suit by Woman.

City Paint Company Defendant in
Suit by Woman.
Death which she charges Iurked
in a pint of denatured alcohol has
caused Mrs. Sadie Hampsher to file
suit for $4,000.
She asks damages because, she
says, the alleged liquor" killed her
husband, and robbed her Of her sole
means Of support.
The suit. in superior court three,
charges the Perfection Paint and
Color Company. It's East Maryland
street, on Dec. 9, 1880, sold her hus-
band, Bruce HampSher, the alco-
hol.
Damages are demanded from the
company for funera! expenses and
to replace the 81 a day support
which the husband, IAN able bodied
man before he drank the liquor, !"
was earning.
The husband became intoxicated
and died within few hours, the
suit charges.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-10
DEADLINE HERE IN
FREE TRIP CONTEST
They OM0ked

By Times Special
NOBLESVILLE, Ind, June
10. tits an earthquake"
shouted some one.
And courthouse attaches and
county officials dashed from
their offices Monday and
headed for the great outdoors
as a great crashing and bang
ing disturbed the austere
serenity of the courthouse.
It wasn't a quake. It was a
400-pound weight, attached to
the clock, which had fallen
from its mooring in the tower
and crashed through two floors
of the building. It's descent
was halted when it struck a
pile of lumber on the third
floor. No one was injured.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-10
PERU GREETS
STATE EAGLES
Many Prominent Men on
Convention Program.
By United Press

By United Press
PERU, Ind, June 10.-Delegates
representing the $1,000 members of
the Fraternal Order of Eagles in
Indiana met here today in the an
nual state convention. Many Of the
orders outstanding leaders are on
the program, which continues
through Thursday.
Scheduled for addresses are Rob-
ert E. Proctor, Elkhart. national
president, and two others who have
held that Office, Frank E. Herring,
South Bend, and Otto P. Deluse,
Indianapolis.
Other speakers include Louis Lud-
low, Indiana representative in con-
gress; Adolph Fritz, secretary of the
Indiana Federation of Labor; Boyd
Gurley, editor of The indianapolis
Times; James j. Nejdl, state sem
ator; Lowell Neff, Logansport, and
Wallace J. Dillingham;, deputy ma
tional auditor.
Following a reception by the Peru
aerie, the convention was scheduled
to begin at p. m. with John B.
Hudson, mayor of Lafayette, presi-
dent of the state order, presiding.
Addresses of welcome were to be
made by Mayor John j. Yarling,
Peru, and William Welsh, president
of the Chamber of Commerce. o. L.
Grimes, Terre Haute, was to re-
spond. Appointment of committees
and reports of officers made up the
remainder of the first sessions pro-
gram.
Election of state officers and a
delegate to the national convention
in Toledo the week of Aug. 10 and
selection of 1882 convention city
will bring the convention to a close.