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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16
ARCTIC MAIL SERVICE
IN WILKINS POLE TRY

Graf Zeppelin to Deliver Cargo to
Submarine for Return Trip.
By United Press
NEW YORK, May 16.-For $l.10
t. is possible to have a letter de-
livered over the Arctic wastes to
the polar regions, and for an ad-
nitional Sl.l0 it is possible to have
the letter brought back under them.
The Graf Zeppelin has arranged
70 deliver mail to an ice breaker
which will post them in Franz Josef
Land, and Sir Hubert wilkins has
arranged to bring them back in his
submarine on his Arctic expedi-
ton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16
WANTS TO REMARRY;
DIVORCED, BUT CAN'T

Woman Says Her '"Ex" Refuses to
Get Jewish Church Edict
By United Press
CHICAGO, May 16.-Judge Ru-
dolph Desert puzzled today over
what. if anything, he could do to
assist Mrs. Goldie Press, 81, who
complained that her former hus-
band Larry, had refused to obtain
a Jewish divorce after she got one
in the courts.
She explained that unless Press
obtained a church divorce. it would
be a violation Of her religion for
her to marry again. She wants to
remarry, she said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16
ARMY CHIEF TO SPEAK
Major General Everson to Address
Baptist Brotherhood.

Brotherhood Of the First Baptist
church Monday night will hear
Major General w. G. Everson, chief
of the militia bureau at Washing
ton, on Estimating the Situation. y
Major-General Everson will fly
here from Washington Monday,
and probably viii leave after the
meeting, by plane, for Dayton, o.,
to attend meeting Of staff off,
GERS and view the concentration of
army aerial strength there,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16
CABLES u. S. TO
SAFE HIS APPETITE

French Ambassador Edge 'Hungered'
for Asparagus; He'll Get 1t.
By United Press
NEW YORK, May 16.-Walter
Evans Edge, American ambassador
in France, felt a desire for some
asparagus from his home state, New
Jersey. Immediately he cabled his
friend, Edward L. Sturgis, collector
of internal revenue at Camden.
The ambassador will be able to
satisfy that asparagus urge next
Tuesday when the lie De France
docks. Two cases were rushed here
by automobile from Camden and
put aboard the vessel just before it
sailed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16
SWINE PRICES DIP is
CENTS AT WEEKS END
Cattle, Calves Hold Steady at Re
cent Decline.

NNSSAN3 OS~AfSS AAOA0 OsC%Ay az
cent Decline.
Swine lost the advance of Fri
day in trade today at the city stock
yards, prices declining IS cents on
all classes. The bulk, 100 to 300
pounds, sold for $685. to s7.15; early
top represented by the later figure,
Receipts were estimated at 5000;
holdoverS were 236.
Cattle receipts were $50. The
market for the week showed steers
and heifers 25 to so cents lower,
cows steady to Is cents off. vealers
were steady, selling at $3.50 down.
Calf receipts were 200.
Sheep held steady, receipts num-
bering 100.
Chicago hog receipts were 5000
including $500 directs. Holdovers
were 1000. A few odd loads of
good to choice $50 to 280-pound
averages held steady with Fridays
close; no early sales on better
grades. Cattle receipts, 300; calves,
200; market, steady. Sheep, 1000,
steady.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16

Four of the injured were
taken to st. Mary's, where
their condition was reported
to be critical. Earhart was in
general hospital.
The Injured Are;
Frank Earhart, fractured leg and
severe decorations and bruises.
Leon Leonard, 81, Of Newport,
KY, news agent on the train.
Clarence Lee, 81, Of Columbus, O.,
engineer.
Fred Heard, s6, Cincinnati, fire.
man.
James Salrey, 80, baggage master.
The Big Four was travelling from
Cincinnati to Cleveland at a speed
of about sixty miles an hour, they
said, when the engine struck large
spike placed on one of the rails.
Lee jammed on the brakes and
attempted to reduce the high speed
and prevent the engine from leay-
ing the tracks. The massive engine
skidded along for about 100 feet
before it was thrown from the rails.
The engine and coal tender then
broke the couplings which connect
them to the baggage car, plunged
down the roadbed and across the
soft earth for about twenty feet,
topping over on the side of the
Earhart home. The house was bad
" damaged, according to witnesses.
Officials started an immediate
investigation. They said that they
believed boy pranksters were re-
sponsible for placing the spike,
which derailed the train. on the
tracks, and discounted early reports
of a sabotage plot. b..
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16
lightning FAST TRACK may
help SET new RECORD IN
HISTORIC KENTUCKY DERBY
Perfect Weather Draws Throngs to Course
Many Hours Before Post Time for
First Race at the Downs
WENTY GRAND, MATE FAVORITES
Celebrities From All Parts of the Nation
Meet at Louisville for Americas
Premier Event on Turf.

with positions jockeys and probable
odds follow
Charles T. F. to
c.. ". r.
3 Stable E. stefen
c. McIuEh
r. W. Collins H. Fisher 100 to
Sc HamburE Place d to
J.. L. Schaeer
g. (a)T
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p Shady Brook G Corbet 2oto1
A.. Boswc G
14-Pn DAmour JOsphLe E.
Gross value IL
winner
Probable D. m Standard Tme)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16
KAYE DON SETS MARK
Briton Believed to Have Broken
Worlds Speedboat Record.
By United Press

By United Press
GARDONE, Italy, May 16.-A
new unofficial speedboat record
was believed made today by Kaye
Don. British racing driver, in the
Miss England II.
In trial run he made ITO kilo-
meters an hour d05.57 niles, bet
tering his record made in Argentina
recently.
Gabriel D'Annunzio, eccentric
poet-warrior, previously had in
spected the speedboat and told Don
he had given its wheel his mystic
touch"
If you do not break a record"
D'AnnunZio said solemnly, Il shall
die"
The poet hurled brick at q
group Of caner&snsr.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16
In the Air

Weather conditions at 9 a. M:
Southwest wind, twenty miles an
hour; temperature, Y: barometric
pressure, 2e.S7 at sea level; ceiling,
scattered cloudineSs, unlimited; visi-
bility, ten miles; field. good.N
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16
LEVIATHAN WINS RACE

Beats Majestic Across Atlantic by
Almost Four hours.
By United Press
NEW York, May 16.-The United
States liner Leviathan held today
a record of 80 hours over the White
Star liner Majestic by defeating
it in an unofficial transatlantic race
Of the two largest liners afloat.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16
CUSTOMS UNIONS IDEA
GETS GERMAN SUPPORT
DR.. julius Curtius Announces Ma.
ton Ready to Begin Anytime.

1HVAI Hs~t@N1J 70 lA1Nb III TIT SAA1AO'
By United Press
GENEVA, May 16.-A stout de-
Tense of the idea of regional Gus
toms unions as an important meth
cd of alternating Europe's economic
dilemma was made by DR.. Julius
Curtius, German foreign minister,
in opening the debate at today's
session of the European federation
commission.
DR.. Curtius announced Germany's
readiness to begin either bilateral
or multilateral negotiations with all
countries, in an effort to conclude
customs unions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16
PORTUGUESE ISLAND
IN HANDS OF REBELS
Native Police Take Over Govern
ment and Deport Governor.

By United Press
LISBON, Portugal, May l6.-Out-
break OF a new rebellion placed the
Portuguese island Of San Thome
5 of Guinea, West Africa, in the
hands of insurgents today.
Native police were said to have
rebelled and deported the governor,
Led by Captain Moreira Campos,
the insurgents forced the governor
aboard ship bound for Lisbon.
The outbreak followed a recent
rebellion in the Portuguese island
~ Madeira.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16
BUTLER'S DAMN INTO
MIKE PROVES FUTILE
Marine General Disappointed That
Address Wasn't on Air.


By United Press
CHICAGO, May 16.-Major Gen
sral Smedley d. Butler stood in
front of a microphone Friday night
said damn" in his most forcible
manner, then waited for somebody
to take him off the air" as hap
pened not long ago in the east
when he swore during a radio
broadcast.
But he was not shut off the
air" this time because he wasn't
on ii.
The nicrophone. he learned, just
was to amplify his remarks to a
large meeting of Chicago legion
naireS.
He admitted he was disappointed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16
PEGASUS TAKES TO AIR

Vaudeville Shetland Flies From
Philadelphia to Washington.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, May 16.-A lat
ter-day Pegasus flew from Phila-
delphia to Washington Friday,
stepped nonchalantly froh sis-no,
her-plane and whinnied POLITICALLY
to four other Pegasi who awaited
her at Hoover field.
It was Peaches, in person, who
eschewed wings and calmly accept
ed the machine age for what it was
worth to her.
Peaches is vaudeville performer.
as are the other four Shetland
ponies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16
AWAIT FRAUD VERDICT

Jury Still Celebrating Case of
Bloomington Stove Contractor.
By Times Special
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, May 16.-
Jury considering the case of Ralph
Rogers, stone contractor charged
with shortweighing shipments Of
stone to the state highway depart
ment, was still out this morning
without a verdict. 1t received the
case at $50 Thursday afternoon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16
BREAKS LEG IN SLEEP
Young West Coast Wife Walks Out
Door. Falls Five Stories.
BY United Press

By United Press
LOS ANGELES. May ls.-Mrs.
Elsie Leavy. 20. dreamed she vas
being pursued by a crowd, walked
in her sleep. opened a French door
and stepped away from her pursu-
ers.
She fsll five floors into a flower
bed and suffered only . broken Les.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16
$4,000 NECKLACE LOST
Gem Thief Robs Wealthy California
Woman at New York.
By United Press

Woman at New York.
By United Press
NEW YORK, May 16.-A gem
thief is believed to have snatched
$4,000 pearl necklace from the
neck of Mrs. Converse Strong,
wealthy California society matron,
today while she was seeing a friend
off on the liner Roma. Search of
her automobile and the route over
which she travelled failed to reveal
any trace of the missing pearls.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-16

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-09

accomplish its objective OF relieving dis
treSS by cooperation with the public
authorities and national, State and local
public and private agencies of every
kind which have charge Of these &C
tivities.
THE State representative, Clifford
said, should confer at an early date
with his Governor and such others as
may be necessary and ascertain what
the general conditions are with refer
ence to probable relief needs and the
steps, II any are necessary, which are
being taken to meet the situation by
the various communities and by the
State. The formation Of a State COM
m1ttee by the Governor Is usually very
desirable, If such committee Is not
already in existence.
THE State Representative Is asked,
in such ways as seem to him most eff
fective, to aid in promoting practicable
efforts to provide employment and to
encourage the continuance of helpful
emergency policies. such as the spread
Ing of work which has been developed
by industrial management and labor in
meeting the present situation"
Clifford said the functions of State
committees were to secure organization
OF local resources, public and private,
and to encourage the most careful ad-
ministration of relief funds by estab-
lished agencies and by emergency or
CARNATIONS lin order that aid NAV be
extended to all in need and also in
order that the self-reliance of those aid
ed may be preserved"
He said the national committees he
Is organizing would cooperate directly
with the State committees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-09
PORTABLE TELEVISION
CAMERA DEMONSTRATED
Picks Up Radio Pictures From

Picks Up Radio Pictures From
Stage or Sun-Lighted Arena Out
doors With Photo-Electric Cell.
BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September "a port
able television camera, designed to pick
up radio pictures from f1ood-lighted
stage indoors or from a sun-lighted
arena outdoors, was given public DEM
onstration here yesterday afternoon.
Built to duplicate to certain extent
the accomplishments of the movie
camera, the outfit uses a photo-electric
cell in place of film and turns its
pictures into electrical energy rather
than storing it up on celluloid.
The camera is moved about under its
own power supplied by a motor, there is
provision for quick focusing to follow an
object about, and the whole camera
head can be swung up and down and
lack and forth. A viewing window per-
mitS the operator to see what he is get
ting.
The camera, the development of the
Jenkins Laboratories of Passaic, N. j.,
was demonstrated by D. E. Replogle,
chief engineer, and Donald Short, re-
search engineer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-09

the merit badge.
Our Bill Muir
ray m a d e a
good spe e C h,
and when ev-
e cry b ody has
had their say
on a subject
S e n a tor Bill
B or a h S a y S
something. Its
all right to say
the Government
don't, S1ODOrt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-09
TEXAS GETS COTTON CUT BILLS.

AUSTIN, Tex, September 9 P0.-
Texas cotton curtailment program took
definite shape today as the State Leg1s-
lature, assembled for farmers ses-
sion," began consideration of measures
to limit the crop.
Almost Immediately after Gov. Ross
S. Sterling urged legislators Ito light
the way for the Southland out OF the
darkness that now engulfs it," the first
bill went into the hopper yesterday.
It embodied the plan Of Gov Huey
P. Long of Louisiana for the produc-
ton of no cotton in 1882.
A second bill, calling for a so per
cent reduction in cotton acreage in
1882, followed shortly. Both proposals
originated in the House of Representa-
tives, in which j. E. Mcdonald, Texas
commissioner of agriculture, said ITO
of the $50 members had pledged them
serves to support a program for acreage
reduction.
Gov. Sterling believed the session
might be concluded by the close of the
week. Legislators said committees prob
ably would begin functioning today.
Cotton farmers were invited to Austin
to mingle with their legislators and to
participate tonight in mammoth mass
meeting.
Gov. Long, listed as the meetings
principal speaker, said he would be I'M
able to leave Louisiana to attend the
meeting because Lieut.. Gov. Paul Cyr
had refused to sign an agreement that
he would not attempt to act Is Gov
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Several leading owners in the coal
industry are clamoring at the Governors
of producing States to give them
the same treatment that Gov Murray
has given to oil. The heads of the lum-
Der industry operating in Wisconsin
have asked Gov. La Toilette of that
State to impose upon them limitation
restricting their output to. roughly, %
per cent of normal and Gov. La Toilette
has approved the idea.
Between industries such as EheSe and
farming there is an obvious difference
of conditions. Nevertheless there IS
much analogy between what Cows.
Murray of Oklahoma and Sterling Of
Texas have done about OIL and what
several States are just attempting about
cotton.
Year Will Show Result.
The Texas Legislature, meeting In
special session on Wednesday, will con-
slider a law requiring all farmers to re-
duce their cotton acreage. Well-in-
formed persons in Washington think II
likely Texas will adopt limitation Of
third or a half the normal acreage
The action would be made dependent
on other cotton-producing States taking
similar step. Louisiana already has
enacted a provision that no cotton
whatever be grown next year. 1t is
presumed Louisiana will change its
limitation to conform TO the Texas one.
The proposal will then become, as a
matter of course, an issue in the other
cotton producing States, including
Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, the two
Carolinas and Tennessee.
There is plainly widespread impulse
toward this kind of State action as a
means of remedying depression. Gov.
Murray may not have invented the de-
vice Indeed. the fact is he did not.
He has become. however, spectacularly
identified with it, largely because of his
energy and forthrightness in using State
troops to enforce it. AS respects presi-
dental politics next year, much will
depend, OBVIOUSLY. on how this novel
experiment in economics and State gov
eminent looks after year Of operation.
Copyright, 1917
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the people, but who got the people
In the shape they are if it wasn't
the mismanagement of the Govern
ment?" Them's true words, Willie.
No wonder they won't run you for
President.