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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18

Cal Riley 5551-or 1Orte-and ask for the CIothe-
A-Chd editor of The Indianapolis Times.
He aOiU give yom the name of a needy school child
between the ages of and 12 gears.
Each child has been checked for need By the Christ
mas Clearing House and the social service department
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
SCHOOL VACATION HERE
$1,000 indianapolis Pupils to Leave
Glasses for Sixteen DAYS.

Happy days are here again for
$4,000 indianapolis school children.
When they are dismissed this
afternoon, they need not return to
their lessons for sixteen days.
Big things will happen during the
two-week holiday. Dec. 25 will bring
Christmas, with Santa Claus to
many and good cheer to all.
The schools today wind up their
programs of Christmas observance.
Practically all schools which have
not already had Yule plays or pag-
eants will stage entertainments to-
day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
GOES TO DEATH CO0LLY
Murderer Wishes Everybody Merr,

Murderer Wishes Everybody Merry
Christmas" as He Sits In Chair.
By United Press
HUNTSVILLE, Tex, Dec. 49,
Will Fritts, Al, farmer, convicted of
the murder of neighbor and his
son, wished everybody Merry
Christmas" just before he died in
the electric chair, one of two pris-
oners electrocuted here today.
Barney Lee Ross, %, Negro, the
other man to die, was convicted of
criminal attack on a white woman.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18

of the Indianapolis public schools. Community Fond
relief agencies are providing the of p0orthy chill
dren to be clothed
The Times gtves you the name of child You
clothe the goungster-thats gour Christmas, that's the
chld's Christmas and that's our Christmas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
KING ALEXANDER is 43

YugO- SIavian Ruler Celebrates
Birthday at Luncheon in Paris.
By United Press
PARIS, Dec. liking Alexander
of ugo-Slavia, visiting Paris incog-
nito with Queen Marie, celebrated
his forty-third birthday Thursday
at an intimate luncheon with a
small group of friends here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
COUNTY BOSSES
Formal Notice Is Sent Department
Heads About Budgets.

Formal notice was sent to county
officials today to guard against
overstepping their budget allow
ances in 1882. County councilmen
recently, in setting the pace for the
new year economy program, warned
department heads to remain within
their appropriations the next twelve
months.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-18
ENDORSES ROOSEVELT
Alabama Paper Calls for New York
Governors Nomination.
By United Press

By United Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. 49,
The Montgomery Advertiser,
Democratic newspaper, today in
dorsed Franklin D. Roosevelt, Gov
ernor of New York, for the Demo-
cratic nomination for President.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-21
Cousin Lives Here

I'm anxious to get home, so /
can go horseback riding with dad"
was the main topic Of the last let
ter of Virginia Penf1eld to her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs, Clare j. Pen
field of Columbus, O., before she
disappeared, in Philadelphia Thurs
day.
Miss Penfeld is a lover of all
animals, and is director of the CO.
lumbus Humane Society, according
to Mrs. Robert Denham, of 1895
North Pennsylvania, a cousin of the
missing school girl.
She was going to take her horse
with her this fall to Swarthmore,
when she went to school, Mrs.
Denham said this morning, but the
animal developed foot disease and
she thought it better to leave 1T in
Columbus for treatment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Denham were at
the Penfeld home in Columbus al
day Thursday before returning home.
1--WE thought some of remaining
until Friday morning, when Virginia
was to arrive, but Mr.. Denham had
to come to indianapolis for business
reasons. News was received of her
disappearance shortly after we left, !"
Mrs. Denham said.
Miss Penfield had her debut party
a year ago last November, shortly
after her 18th birthday, according
to Mrs. Denham.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-21
OIL FIRM WILL
OPERATE HERE
Phillips Company to Open
Filling Stations.

A chain of gasoline filling stations
covering Indianapolis and the state
will be established early next year
by the Phillips Petroleum Company,
Bartlesville, Okla, $300,000,00Q
company, it was announced here to-
day.
Indianapolis has been made elev-
enth division headquarters, with r.
D. Collins, formerly of Mime
apolis, as division manager. A
headquarters staff of approximately
thirty-hve persons will be employed.
Collins today announced the COM
pany has purchased twenty lone
gasoline storage plants in Indiana,
including one 100,o00-gallon plant
here, from the Shell Petroleum
Company. The plants purchased
were in cities where Shell had du-
plicate plants as result of its acqui-
sition of the Western Oil Refining
Company.
The Phillips company now oper-
ates in fifteen states.
Gasoline will be piped from the
refinery at Berger, Tex, to East
st. Louis, Ill, and there transferred
to tank cars for Indianapolis.
J. A. Fortner, formerly at Bartles-
vile, and G. S. Huey, formerly di-
vision manager at Chicago, have
been assigned as assistants to Col
Inns. Temporary headquarters of
the company at located at the
SEVERN.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-21
HOOVERS READY
FOR CHRISTMAS
Two Trees Are Installed at
White House.
By Unjfcd Press

By Jnltcd Press
WASHIN TON, Dec. 21.--
Workmen were busy today installing
Christmas trees and decorating the
White House in traditional yuletide
dress for the holidays.
Two Christmas trees of medium
height were put up outside the
broad portico of the White House,
their green-pointed branches con-
trasting with the white columns of
the presidential mansion. Wreatha
were ordered for the windows.
A gay round of Christmas parties
has been arranged by the President
and Mrs. Hoover for their sons and
grandchildren. Allan Hoover, also,
is coming from the coast for the re-
union, and is due late Friday. He
flew part of the way.
Herbert Hoover Jr., with his fam
lily, is due from California Tuesday.
Mrs. Hoover plans to meet them at
the station. She is taking charge of
the weeks festivities, personally su-
pervising the arrangements. A
children'S party on Wednesday is the
first big entertainment at the White
House. A dance will be given for
Allen Hoover next Monday night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-21
TRAPS TAX DODGERS
Assessor to Get Complete
Check on Autos.

Nearly two millions dollars will be
placed on tax duplicates of Center
township by ferreting out of auto
tax dodgers under a new system
started today by John c. McCloskey,
assessor.
McCloskey estimated that more
than IS per cent of the automobiles
in the township are escaping taxa
ton.
Under a new filing system, assess
ment blanks will be chacked with
statehouse records. to disclose names
of owners failing to list automobiles.
McCloskey said that added assess
ments will place more than $4,000
in the county Golfers. Money col
lected the remainder of the year will
be held in special fund, but next
year the fund will be placed in
charge of the county auditor for
distribution to taxing units.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-21
UNION BANK CLOSES
Rail BrotherhoodS' Firm in
Cleveland Shuts Doors.

BIZ United Press
CLEVELAND, Dec. 81. - The
Standard Trust bank, the railroad
brotherhood's first venture into
finance and credited with assets
exceeding $22,OOO,OOO in 1880, was
in the hands of the state banking
department today.
c. Sterling Smith, president of
the bank, announced that the board
of directors believed depositors
would be protected best by letting
the state liquidate the banks assets.
The Standard Trusts last finan-
cial statement showed capitaliza-
ton of 100000, deposits of $18.-
633,99S, and assets of $22,047 ,026,
with surplus of $1,155,510. The
engineers brotherhood was said to
have its war chest" Of $2,000000
on deposit
The bank was organized in 1920
as the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers Cooperative National
bark by Warren S. Stone, then head
of the union.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-21
CZOthe a
Child for
Christmas
lust four to go"

"TUST four to go"
y In golf that expression teens
with the tension enbodying that
last four holes of an eighteen
hole match; in basketball it can
mean four minutes of play left;
in baseball it could be the ninth
inning rally. when the home club
is four runs behind. But in this
case it means there are just four
days of shopping left for you and
your Clothe- Child for Christ
mas.
Just four days left to make
1915 needy school child warm
and comfortable for 1925 school
days.
With 25S donors to the Clothe-
a-Child movement of The Times,
it is the hope that the closing time
of the drive p. m. Thursday
will see more than $50 children
provided with warm wearing APP
parel,
For INDECENT school children of
the city have -four to CO." too
four months of wintry school
weather-before spring gives them
surcease from chill winds, rain,
sleet, and snow.
livery donor to the Cloth a.
II Child plan makes it possible
for relief agencies of the Com
munity Fund to level their budget
of aid over a wider territory during
the ensuing year.
And now let's halt long enough
to doff our 'kellyS" to a few of the
big contributors to Cloth-a- Child
plan.
There's the Universal Club, with
twelve children being made warm
because of the clubs generosity.
But new group edges near. the
club for top honors today, with
the Lincoln Office of the Indiana
Bell Telephone Company seeking
two more children to make their
score seven boys and girls
clothed.
The hello" girls admit tele-
phoned kick" out of the campaign
that rivals their first day at
switchboard.
n
WTE'RE having the time of
w our lives dressing our
youngsters. That's why We want
two more" leader of the tele-
phone operators declares.
And as for another bunch of
real sports of the city, mention
must be made of the ten-pin
artists and their twenty-five
youngsters adopted for the Yule-
tide. The twenty-five children
score was run up by bowling
leagues, individual bowlers, and
owners of alleys.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-21
War Debts Issue Can Not Be
EUaded, Kahn Tells P1OberS;:
Senate Debates Moratorium
Leaders Determined to Push
Measure Across Before
Holiday Recess.
BY LYLE c. WILSON
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-The
senate met today under the threat
of night sessions to get the $252,-
100000 Hoover debt moratorium in
Europe's stocking before Christmas.
But the gift may be qualified
sharply by an expression of con-
gressional policy in opposition to
any further cancellation or reduc-
ton of war debts.
White House pressure for imme-
date enactment of the Presidents
domestic credit relief program has
failed. Congressman are determined
to have their Christmas holiday be-
gil after Tuesday.
President Hoover carried his bat
tie for immediate action on his
economic program to the senate at
another breakfast conference today,
with leaders of both parties, but
Walker Newton, his secretary, said
there was slim possibility that con-
gress would alter it's plan and not
take the long recess.
In their own defense, many of
them assert that Mr.. Hoover could
have obtained action on all his
emergency bills long before now if
he had been willing to summon con-
gress in extra session last summer
or early in the autumn.
May Cut Vacation
There still are rumbles from back
senate benches against the project
ed fortnight Christmas vacation and
the time might yet be reduced to
one week. Senate and house lead
ers have agreed it will be impos-
ssible to create before the holiday
the $500,000,000 reconstruction
finance corporation or to make adj
ditional treasury funds available to
federal land banks and joint-stock
land banE1.
The house Saturday passed the
land bank bill, making an addi-
tional $1O0,00O,00O of government
funds available to bolster the de-
pleted capital of the agricultural
credit system.
The bill also extended a. quasi
moratorium to farm debtors by per-
hitting them to extend lapsed
mortgage payments over a five-year
period The bill now goes to the
senate.
Night Sessions Promised
Senate Majority Leader Watson
said he would keep the senate in
session tonight and Tuesday night
to ratify the war debt moratorium,
Senator Johnson ,(Rep., Cali, who
leads the senate fight. against rati-
flcation, comedies that the morator-
ium resolution will win. The house
ratified it in a night session last
Friday and attacked a reservation
against cancellation or further re-
duction.
Chairman Collier of the house
ways and means committee an
nounced today that his committee
would set to work on tax increase
measure Immediately after the holi-
day recess, with the aim of passing
a bill in the house by February.
Secretary Of Treasury Mellon adj
yocateS g retroactive measure. with
the new rates going into effect on
taxes paid next year on income of
the present year. To achieve this,
the bill would have to be signed be-
fore March Is.
Chairman Collier is opposed to
the retroactive feature, and many
Democrats agree with him. This
promises to be quite an issue in
the tax battle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-21
MILD YULE? MAYBE
Anything May Happen Is
Weather Warning.

Don't be too sure Christmas
weather will be quiet and mild.
At this time, with temperatures
above normal throughout the mid
west. J. H. Arlington, weather
bureau chief, describes the situa-
ton as scrambled.
Conditions are unsettled, and it
is tossup whether mild weather
viii continue or a sudden change
will bring snow and cold.
There is no noted inclination
either way, according to Arming-
ton, and anything might happen.
The only spot of zero weather is
in midwestern Canada, where
mercury readings are at zero. This
is 5 degrees above normal for the
area.
Rain and cloudy weather with
light rains are on the city's menu
for the next twenty-four hours.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-21
HEIRESS FOUND
IN EAST, WITH
MEMORY GONE
Columbus Girl, Relative of
indianapolis Couple, Is
Ill in Hotel.
By United Press

By DnlteG Press
COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 21.-A tele-
phone call from the Narragansett
hotel, at Providence. r. L, was re-
ceived by relatives of Miss Virginia
Penfield here today, stated that the
heiress, missing for several days,
was a. patient there,
DR.. Brown, house physician at
the hotel, placed the call. He said
Miss Penf1eld was suffering from
loss of memory and was under his
care.
She disappeared last Thursday
after leaving the Mary Lyons school.
Swarthmore, Pa, to return to her
home here for the holidays. Miss
Penfield, daughter of Glare j. Pen
field, wealthy Columbus merchant,
last was reported seen in a Phila-
delphia railway station.
The relatives here were given no
details of how she reached the
Providence hotel. They had be-
lieved she suffered a nervous break
down. however, and had instigated
a search throughout the entire mid
die west.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-21
BIZ United Press

By United Press
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. I'll
Christmas radio programs spon-
sored by advertisers are turn
ing Christmas carols into hair
restorer ballyhoo. in the opin-
ion of DR.. David M. Steele,
rector of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church of st. Luke and
the Epiphany.
Last night, while I listened
for five minutes, I heard Holy
Night, Silent Night used to in
troduce a hair restorer. Come,
All Ye Faithful" was sung on
behalf of a beauty 'shoppe.'
Millions Hymn to Nativity
was sung to promote the sale
of a new model automobile,
and 'Hark, the Herald Angels
Sing was the prelude to the
announcement of an under
takers parlor.
Il ask you: We have seen
His star, but where is he?"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-21
Investors, Not Banks, Have
Foreign Bonds, Finance
Group Is Told.
BY PAUL r. MELLON
United Press STAFF Correspondent

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-Otto
Kahn Of Kahn. Loeb & Co., Wall
Street bankers, told the senate
finance committee today that if war
debts and reparations could be
taken out in the middle of the
ocean and dropped in" he would
favor it highly.
But, he added, there is no way
to do it."
The billions in bonds which
American bankers have floated for
foreign borrowers in this country
since the war now are in the pos
session of investors, not banks,
Kahn told the committee.
Kahn expressed the opinion that
Germany would pay her private
debts, but emphasized that he was
not talking about reparations.
Opposes Debt Reduction
Asked if he believed "a temporary
emergency justifies the permanent
scaling down of Europe's debts, he
replied with emphasis: Il do not. "
France, he said, is capable of pay
ing her obligations. But when asked
whether France should be made TO
pay he answered:
we should do what is expedient.
If it were possible to find a way by
which all these war debts and repa-
rations which hang around the
necks of nations like mill stones,
could be taken out in the middle
of the ocean and dropped in, I
would be in favor of it.
But there is no way. How it
can be done is a problem of states
manship."
Tells Of Financing
Kahn. discussing his own firms
postwar financing, said it totaled
S577, $780, 900 in loans floated by his
firm and $559,00O,000 in loans in
which his firm participated with !.
P Morgan 81 Co.
Kahn's figures brought the total
of American loans to foreign bor-
rowers described before the finance
committee investigation of foreign
loans to 1885, 100000.
The hearing closed soon after
noon, to resume with Kahn con-
tinuing his testimony Jan. 4.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-21
IFAMOJJS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FEJD AT LAST IS ENDED new


MRS. LONGWORTH deprived of position
1Vl spring the death of her husband The
the mods and cold
the socially ambitious women met at state affairs
reconciliation given
Evayn Mclean climax
wrapped
Christmas parcel
beside him Opposite Mclean, the
Robbins White
Gam a
Longworh smiled table
friendly fashion And with this Washington society,"
Of the capitals most famous conreemps end
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-21


WASHINGTON between
w Longworth
brought happy ending.
The of
years replaced friendly
Ratchet Washington society
cialy"
The war for social precedence started when both declined attend
Mrs.
then discreety dis
buted led
of the
of clash Many teacp poised the sudden
hint Of q social entanglement
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-21
LESLIE SOUNDS PLEA
Give Temporary Jobs, Asks
State Executive.

Pleading with the fortunate to
aid the needy, Governor Harry G.
Leslie today urged state residents
and firms to donate temporary jobs
to the poor.
Leslie's request was made in his
proclamation of Christmas Cheer
week, being observed throughout
Indiana, starting today.
There are odd jobs around every
home and business that we'll could
be given to those who need work,
so they may have a Christmas of
their own earning" he declared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-21
MURRAY NOT TO QUIT
Aid Says Radio Reports of
Resignation Are Lies.
By United Press

By JHtttN FffSS
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. al
Claude Weaver, secretary to Gov
errfoc William r. Murray. today
branded s5 lies radio reports that
the colorful Oklahoma Governor
mad resigned.
InquirieS were received at the
Governors Office from several points
in the state, where it was said re-
ports Of Murrays resignation were
picked Up from a radio broadcast.
Weaver said such reports were
entirely without foundation
Murray'S program OF initiated
measures suffered g severe defeat
at last Fridays special election.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-21
Wrecked, Kills
By United Press

bU DptteG Press
STANFORD, Conn, Dec. d.
"A passenger injured when
an automobile struck a pole.
shot and killed the driver
Sunday night, according to
police today.
Climbing out of the wrecked
car, Giuseppe De Andrea, 50.
drew a revolver and without
a word shot Anthony De Fran
cisco, IS, according to the
story police said Ralph Costello
another passenger. told them.
De Andrea then calmly
called a taxicab and rode to
a doctors office. The doctor
ordered him to hospital.
Police overlook him there.
In the meantime, De Fran
cisco died.
Police arrested De Andrea.
who was 70 be operated upon
today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-21
CITY FAV0RS WIDENING
Works Board Sanctions Two Street
Improvements. Refuses One.

Two major Street Improvement
projects were approved today by the
city works board, and a third was
postponed indefinitely.
Widening and resurfacing of
Michigan street, from Randolph
street to Tacoma avenue, at a cost
of S19,594, and resurfacing Of
Speedway avenue, from Indiana
avenue to Sixteenth street, $10877,
were approved.
Project delayed by the board was
improvement of Walnut street from
Holmes avenue to Concord street.
Estimated cost of this project is
S12,85S.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-21
BLOW AT THERM IS DUE
Ellis to Seek Dismissal of insult
Interests Petition.

Motion to dismissa plea of In
sull interests to retain the therm
system Of gas measurement in
northern Indiana cities will be in
troduced by Commissioner Howell
Ellis at a hearing this afternoon be-
fore the public service commission.
The commission recently ordered re-
tention of the cubic foot measuring
system.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-21
Three Battles Expected
Stims0n Is Silent


- y LNtttU ifcpS
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21.-Secre-
tary of State Stimson maintained
silence today in the face of all
questions about the Japanese adj
yances from Mukden. He explained
he had no official information about
the military movement and would
not indulge in what he called adj
vance speculation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-21
PoLA NEGRI IMPROVES
Temperature Normal, Film Star Is
Resting Well.

SANTA MONICA, Cal, Dec. Ill
Pola Negri, motion picture star who
underwent an operation for removal
of an intestinal obstruction last
Wednesday. appeared to be recov-
ering today.
THE patient has rested we'll to-
day and her temperature is normal"
her physician, DR.. Leo j. Madsen,
announced. Unoficially he said,
everything looks rosy from now
on"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-21
Two Hurt in Plane Crass

By United Press
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 21.-L.
w. Price, Tulsa and N. c.. Morse,
Columbus. o., are recovering from
injuries received when their Trans
continental Western air transport
tri-motor developed motor trouble
and crashed Saturday at Municipal
airport.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-21
MURDER DEFENDANT
TO EXPOSE GAY RENO
Handsome West Virginia Dentist
Held in Divorces Death.
By United Press

By United Press
RENO, Ney., Dec. 21.-New revela-
tons of night life in the Reno di-
vorce colony were promised today
as DR.. Carl Pierre Andre. hand
some young Paramount CIV. Va
dentist. resumed his court fight
against a charge of Staying young
Martha Hutchinson.
Accused of hurting the girl from
his speeding car as the aftermath
of quarrel, DR.. Andre has sum-
moned more than a score of wit
nesseS TO describe events preceding
the fatal accident.
The dapper defendant who
claimed Mrs. Hutchinson either
Jumped or fell to her death, also
will take the stand himself.
Defense counsel indicated today
that several witnesses would be
called for testimony regarding Mrs.
Hutch.nson's asserted intoxication.