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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25

Ten parachute jumpers will give
spectators at the indianapolis
municipal airport dedication a
thrill late today and Sunday aft
ernoon by leaping almost stimuli
taneously from this huge tri-
motored Ford monoplane, shown
in the top picture. The plane,
owned by the Negosa- Edwards
Paper Company, Port Edwards,
Wis, will be piloted by Mel Swan
son, inset, who also will partici-
pate in the dedication races with
speedy Waco biplane.
Lower neutrality-suspicious. at
dedication will not have to guess
at what event is coming next or
what is happening at the time.
For Skyball Brinkley, master of
ceremonies dover photo), nation
ally known as an aviation an
nouncer and expert on things
aeronautical, will describe in de-
tail events as they occur.
In addition, Brinkley, over the
public address system, with loud
speaker batteries scattered at
strategic points over the port, will
answer questions relating to avia-
ton.
In the center photo is seen a
workman placing the finishing
touches to one of the loud speaker
batteries located in front of the
grandstand, while at the left,
Brinkley is trying out one of the
mikes"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25
HOGSTON CUTS PAY
OF HIS FIRE STAFF

First statehouse salary slashes
were made today by Alfred Hogs
ton, state fire marshal, and ap-
proved by the state budget COM
mittee.
HoSton submitted a list of sal
aries, revised downward, to the
budget committee, and it met with
immediate approval. 1t means a
reduction for every present mem
Der of the fire marshals staff, ex-
cept himself. He gets $4,000 a year
the salary being fixed by statute
But budget committee members in
Dictated that if any statutory officer
wanted to volunteer to cut his own
pay they would approve.
HogSton said the cut will mean
about $1,000 to $4,000 saving on the
year, but that he intended to use
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25
FINES LOTTERY
OPERATOR $500
Suit Club Alleged Blind for
Pool Racket.

Convicted of maintaining head
quarters for lottery under the
blind" of a suit club, Guy Demat-
toe, Wesley hotel, today was fined
$500 and costs by Municipal Judge
William H. Sheaffer for keeping a
room for pool selling.
Demattoe is alleged to have OPP
Grated a club in which customer
paid 81 weekly for lottery tickets
and at the end of forty weeks mem
bership, received not only lottery
winnings, if any, but suit of
clothes.
The complaint on which Kruse
raided the headquarters at 700-02
Lemcke building Tuesday, was filed
by G.. E. Foltz, customer" who was
not given his suit, he charged.
The suit club is the successor of
another similar alleged racket that
was the target for police when it
was operated by the L. ]. Reynolds
Company a few months ago.
Count of operating a lottery
against Demattoe was dismissed by
the court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25

this for additional arson investiga-
tors.
I'VE are twenty-five fires behind, .
he asserted.
A raise was Incorporated in the
new Hogston schedule for a pub
licity man he expects to hire soon.
Reductions were as follows:
Chief investigator, $3.50 to
$4,000; chief inspector, same; arson
squad chief, $3.50 to $2,100; educa-
tional chief, $2,16O to 81 ,920; R. E.
inspector. $3.50 to 1880; field di-
rector, same; inspectors, 81, $50 to
$1,62O; secretary, s1,62O to $500,
and statistical clerk, $500 to
$1,560. The publicity man will get
$1,20o, while the former holder of
that position got $1,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25
SIGN THRONE TRUCE
Alfonso and Prince Jaime
Pledge Mutual Aid.

By United Press
PARIS, Sept.a REORGANIZATION
between Alfonso XIII, exiled king
of Spain, and Prince Don Jaime of
Bourbon, long his rival as pretender
to the throne, was completed today.
Don Jaime, returning AlfonSo's
visit of earlier in the week, had
luncheon with the royal family at
Fontainbleau, after which they held
a three-hour discussion of Spanish
events, particularly the possible in
tervention of the united monarchist
parties in future elections.
At the end of their talk, Alfonso
and Jaime signed a document which
did not express the right of either
to the Spanish throne but embodies
an agreement to unite their forces,
each engaging to help \the other
when the time arrives"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25
FROST ONLY HOPE OF
TOWN BESET BY BUGS
Check of Plague Depending Now on
Cold Weather.
~ United Press

BU CHtted Press
UTICA, N. Y, Sept. 25.-West
Utica residents today hoped for
early frosts to end almost three
weeks of suffering from an insect
plague-identified by state entomol-
ogistS as hordes of English or Euro
pean crickets.
Cold weather, advices from Albany
said, would kill millions of young
crickets. breeding in the West Utica
dumping grounds and nearby hay
fields, and check the plague, which
has caused several families to desert
their homes.
The insects, cross between a
grasshopper and a cricket, have
descended upon homes here in
thousands. destroying rugs, clothes,
home furnishings and food. Resi-
dents have been attacked. Many re-
ported they could not sleep at night
because the cricketS bit them after
they crawled beneath sheets.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25
four HIGHWAYS
ARE COMPLETED
Seventy Miles of Detours
Eliminated in Week.

Forty-five miles of pavement on
four projects were opened to traf-
f1c this week and approximately 20
miles of detour roads abandoned,
John Z. Brown, director of the state
highway commission announced in
the commissions traffic bulletin
today.
Brown cited opening of IS miles
of cement concrete pavement on the
old Michigan Road-State Road %
from the Marion county line to
Boyleston; Is miles on Road 7 be-
tween Columbus and North Vernon;
about miles on Road 38 near
HagerStown and Greenfork, and 2.5
miles on Road Is between Marion
and LaFontaine as construction
work completed in the past week.
He announced that Road % pro-
vides new paved route between
indianapolis and South Bend via
Logansport and Rochester; that
new pavement on Road completed
paving the short route between In
dianapoliS and Madison, and that
IN a lew weeks when pavement is
opened between the Cass county
line and Winamac, Road 90 will be
paved entirely across Indiana in a
diagonal north and south direction
from Madison and Michigan City,
excepting between Versailles and
Madison.
Roads oiled recently and now in
fine traffic condition are listed in
the bulletin as Road 81 at miles
north of Portland; Road 46 be-
tween Columbus and Nashville, and
Road Il from 3 miles south of Vim
cenneS to the White River bridge.
Roads in process of oiling and
over which slow driving is advised,
are as follows:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25
SLAYER ELECTR0CUTED
% Year Old Farmer Pays With Life
in Oklahoma Chair

MALESTER, Okla, Sept. Is
Henry Lovett, 29-year-old Chick
asha farmer. was electrocuted today
at the Oklahoma prison for killing
Dee Foliart, Ell Reno high school
coach, in a robbery last Nov. g.
Lovett appeared in a daze when
taken to the death chamber and
guards carried him to the chair.
The current was turned on at 1906
a. m. and Lovett was pronounced
dead at 1903.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25

/ n S t r u C t or in
welding at the
Y. M. G. A. night
classes.
Recently Pursel
spent consider
able time at
Chanute field,
Rantoul, Ill. He
also has done
much research
work in the field
of metallurgy as
applied to weld
ing.
His fife e n
years of practical
experience is
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25
URGE STEPS TO CURB
INTERSECTION WRECKS
Citizens Safety Board Asks Shrub
berry on Corners Be Trimmed.

A request is made by the Citizens
Safety committee that property
owners trim shrubbery near street
intersections to such height as not
to obstruct the outlook on the cross
street.
The recommendation was passed
at. a meeting of the committee at
the Maennerchor, Thursday night.
Fifty-Seven patrolmen have been
detailed by the police department
to protect school children at the
most dangerous crossings, Lieuten-
ant Owen reported. The total num-
Der Of traffic accidents has de-
creased by 231 as compared to the
same period last year.
Recommendation by Judge Cam
eron that the city be asked to issue
$4,000 in bonds to purchase police
equipment is to be considered at the
October meeting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25
DRAFT PHILIPPINE PLEA

Resolution Asking independence
Will Be Carried to Hoover.
By United Press
MANILA, P. l., Sept. 25.-Philip-
pine independence leaders were
armed today with a legislative reso-
luton requesting independence. tt
was adopted by a joint session of
the insular legislature, and viii be
presented to Secretary of War Pat
rick j. Hurley for transmission to
President Hoover.
1t was intended that the resolu-
ton be presented to congress after
it had been read by tTe President.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25

line American Always this week
placed in service new Pilgrim 100-A
planes, a single-motored ship pow
cred with 575-horse power Pratt &
Whitney Hornet motors, and capable
of carrying nine passengers, 300
pounds of baggage and ATS pounds
of mail.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25

traffic here, with
offices in the Ad-
ministration build
ing at the munich
pal airport. Rog-
ers formerly was
an instructor in
the University of
Notre Dakota, and
a graduate student
at Ohio State uni
versity.
On its Cincin-
natl = to - Chicago
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25
u. S. INDICTS
/. five IN ALKY
RING IN CITY
Alleged Society 'Leggers
Among 207 Named in
Federal Court.
BIG SHOT IS ACCUSED
II Others Face Charges in
Mile Square Booze
DiStiIIing Case.

Society's alleged bootleggers
coupled with an alleged mile
square" distillery ring formed the
highlights of BOT indictments re-
turned today by the federal grand
jury.
Five men were indicted on liquor
counts in connection with the sale
of booze to the citys 400"
They we're: Irwin N. Goldman
and J. Lew Goldman, SCI Sanders
street, brothers; Hyman Hollowitz,
2811 Ruckle street; Sam Hollowitz,,
1909 North Pennsylvania street, ana
Clifford Drummond.
The alleged mile square" ring in
dictments we're headed by the al
legged big shot," Giovanni Modal
fari.
Besides the charge of liquor con-
spiracy Modaffari awaits grand jury
action on a charge of intimidating
a government witness.
Threatens Freedom Suit
He is held in Jail in default of a
$4,000 bond, but today his attor-
ney, T. c. Whallon, planned to re-
quest a reduction of the bond.
Whallon threatened to file habeaS
corpus proceedings in the intimi-
dalton case if the bond was not re-
duced, he said.
He termed the $4,000 bond as
equal to some of the high bonds
placed on large liquor racketeers IN
Chicago and denied that his client
was a big shot"
Modaffari is alleged to have
threatened to bump off, Mrs. Ber-
tina Anderson, 800 DAILY street, if
she gave testimony against him be-
fore the grand jury in the liquor
conspiracy.
Alky Diverting Charged
Eleven others have been indicted
with Modeffari in the alleged mile
square" liquor ring. Stills ranging
from fifty to $50 gallons daily ca
pacity are alleged to have been
operated by the ring.
The Goldmans, alleged society
liquor purveyors, we're said by pro-
hibition agents to have been oper-
ating in hotels and several north
side apartments.
Wholesale indictments were also
returned against six men for divert
ing alcohol from Lawrenceburg
companys still plant. Government
operatives allege that between 10000
and $4,000 gallons of "alky" was
taken from commercial use and di-
verified into the liquor racket.
The alleged alcohol conspirators
are: Jesse Baker, James Harrell,
Raymond Gray, Harlow Sturgeon,
Herbert Atkins and Kenneth Whit
ney.
Indicted in Narcotic Ring
Among the list of indicted persons
was Don Carson, of the Hotel Ed
wards. Carson is charged with IL
quor conspiracy. He was arrested by
government agents in a narcotic
raid OH room in the hotel.
Frank B. Kuszynski, 1929 West
Vermont street, and Joseph E.
Oliver, Negro, charged with counter
feiting, we're among those whom
the jury found true bills.
Those indicted today and under
arrest will be arraigned next Fri
day by Federal Judge Robert c.
Baltzell.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25
PAY HOMAGE TO MOON
All Japan to Take Part in Pictur-
eSque Fall Fete.


esque Fall Fete.
By United Press
TOXIC, Sept. 25.-One Of the
most picturesque of Japan's many
fetes will occur Saturday night
when moon viewing" parties will
be held by poetic Nipponese
throughout the empire to offer
homage to the deity who created
the beauty of moonlight.
Just before twilight, thousands Of
housewives will prepare tables Of
their offerings to the moon. The
tables usually are set on yerandas
where the moons rays will fall upon
them and spread with a feast for
the spirit, including white rice
dumplings. which are a favorite des-
sert of all Shinto gods.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25
THEATER is BOMBED
Chicago Outrage Is Eighth Since
Union Operator Lockout.

BIZ JHttfn PFc88
CHICAGO. Sept. 25.-Tne Com
modore theater, one of i04 moving
picture houses involved in the re-
cent controversy between owners
and moving picture machine op-
orators. was bombed today. About
$1,000 damage was done.
1t was the eighth bombing out
rage against the involved theaters
since the owners recently locked
out local union operators and inn
ported men from New York.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25
Indicted in Narcotic Ring
ROAD is UNDER REPAIR
Detour South of City to Affect Sat-
urday Grid Fans.

urday GRID Fans.
Motorists travelling south from
indianapolis, including football fans
who plan to watch the Indiana
Ohio university game at Blooming
ton Saturday, will find a Six-mile
detour on State Road 81, south of
the city.
1t begins at Troy avenue and ends
one mile north of Glens Valley,
but is all pavement. Repair work
on the highway at the illinois Cen
trail elevation south of the city ne
cessitated the detour, according to
the highway department.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25

If you want to laugh, then get
hold of copy of Thorne Smiths
"Turnabout," just published by
Doubleday, Doran 81 Co. 1t con-
Germs an ordinary married couple
who are fed up with marriage. BY
the aid of black magic, they swap
bodies. Then the fun starts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25
CHILD CHOIR WILL SING
Chorus of so Voices to Be Heard
at Gospel Tabernacle.

Singing by a children's Sun
shine" choir of fifty voices will be
featured tonight at the Indianapolis
Gospel tabernacle, Alabama and
North streets. The choir has been
trained by Mrs. Watson Argue, wife
of Evangelist Argue, who is con-
Quoting a campaign at the taber-
nacle Mrs. Argue also will deliver
a sermon on Peace; Be Still"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25
Auto Injuries Fatal

By United Press
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Sept. 25.-
William Jarrett, SO. Sanford, died
here of injuries suffered in an auto
mobile accident Tuesday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25

brought into his instructions in
both acetylene and electric Welding.
Within the last few weeks, new
electric welding equipment has
been added to the welding schools
shop.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25
Dry Quake

By Times Special
RICHMOND, Ind, Sept. 25.
A number of farmers we're
forced to re-drill wells or seek
other sources of water supply
as a result of the slight earth
shock which was felt here
Sunday. The shock failed,
however, to affect the city
water works and no effect was
noted in any Of its wells or
equipment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25
AUTO FACTORY
At NEWCASTLE
ADDS WORKERS
ChrysIer Night Shift Larger
Due to Unexpected
Business.
1000 BUSY AT MARION
Radio Plant Force Increased
200 With Operations on
Overtime Basis.
BY CHARLES C. STONE
State Editor. The Times


Some improvement in employment
was noted in a business and indus
trial survey of Indiana for the
week ended today.
Workers have been added to the
night force of the Chrysler auto
mobile plant at Newcastle, due to ar
unexpected order.
The United States Radio ano
Television Corporation at Marion
added about 200 persons to its force
during the week, making total o.
1000 on the pay roll, with operations
on an overtime schedule.
BY the end of the year, officials Of
the Associated Apparels plant al
Gary expect 1000 persons to-be en-
ployed. A force of TOO is now work
ing, with a weekly pay roll Oh
$4,000.
975 Work at Wabash
Wabash industries have 975 per-
sons on their pay rolls. Plants par
ticularly active are those OF the
Spencer-Cardinal Cabinet Company
and Wetzel Display Case Company
At South Bend the demand fol
mechanical craftsmen and tool de-
signers became so great that it wa;
necessary to employ men living II
other cities. Employers of these
workmen include the South Benz
Tool and Die Company, which !;
working on day and night Sched-
ule. and the Studebaker and Ben
dix Corporations.
A cheese making department viii
be added to the Armour & co. plant
at Rochester in November, with 6
daily capacity of $4,000 gallons Of
milk.
1t is expected that Portland'S new
industry, the Aircraft Corporation
of America, will turn out it's first
plane by Oct. 1.
Steel Order Booked
The American Bridge Company Of
Gary has obtained an order fol
10000 tons of steel to be used ir
construction of a bridge across the
Mississippi river at New Orleans.
Orders aggregating $50 tons were
received in one day by the Mt
Vernon Strawboard Company, whose
plant has been operating at so pei
cent of capacity with 100 persons
employed.
A display of products of the Con-
tinental Car Var Corporation Of
Brazil has been placed at Toronto
Canada, in connection with the
convention of the American Hos
pital Association.
During the week a report of
building operations in Indiana dur
ing August was released. During
the month four of nineteen cities
showed gains in building over
August, 1890, these being Indian
apolis, Evansville, Logansport and
Muncie. In a list of twenty-five
cities of the country showing gains
indianapolis was fourteenth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25
Make Jobs!

Emergency Work
Committee, Inc,
$40 North Meridian Street,
indianapolis, Ind:
I enclose
................. dollars
for which please send me
-..''..s.''. .....-....... tlckeIS
for the benefit baseball game
between the Indians and the
I. P. and L. Co. amateur city
champions, Monday, Sept. 26,
at Perry stadium.
Name ................
Address. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Make checks payable to the Emergency
Work Committee. Inc.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25
POWER FIRMS WELDER
INSTRUCTOR AT Y
Russell Pursel ReappOinted to
Direct Night Glasses.

Russell Pursel, chief welder of
the Indianapolis Power and Light
Company, has been reappointed as
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25

Miss Bessie Osgood, Milford, Ill,
and Paul Sheriff. of Central, Ind,
have been chosen to presidency of
the Y. w. G.. A. and Y. M. c. A.
cabinets at Indiana Central COL
lege this year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25

the editor: from the yacht, with a
rifle, or closeup, with revolver;
Also, there was a Frenchman who
got done in, and there was very
phony lady detective. Good read
ing, if a trifle complicated.
Dancing Death" by Christopher
Bush (Crime Club, so. Another of
those fatal house parties; casualties,
beautiful dancer, a young novelist
and very snooty maid. Good,
straightforward mystery, with the
imported clues given in advance
just to make things more interest
ing. 1 think you'll like it.
Suspicious Characters" by Doro-
thy l.. Savers (Brewer, Warren and
Putnam, so. Lord Peter Whimsey
finds out who Dashed the artist on
the head and dumped him into the
Scotch burrrrn. If you think you'd
like a detective named Lord Peter
Whimsey, hop to it, because it's a
right good yarn otherwise.
THE Sound of Footsteps" by Les
lie Ford Crime Club, so. Some
body shoots an eminent jurist-with
Washington bootlegging intrigue as
a background. This is a completely
done puzzler. with a pleasing little
surprise on the final page.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25
AIRWAY CHIEF NAMED
Cincinnati Man to Be Local Traffic
Director for Embry- Riddle.

Embry- Riddle division of Amer
lean Always today placed Earl K.
Rogers of Cincinnati in charge of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25

Knute Rockne's family tree, re-
produced in facsimile just as it was
turned over to him by the genealo-
giSt, will be a special feature of the
Notre Dame edition of THE Auto
biography of Knute Rockne." to be
published in October. The entire
edition of 2.400 copies has been pur-
chased and will be exclusively dis
tributed by The Book Shop of South
Bend. Ind. Mr.. Weidman. owner of
the book shop. was an intimate
friepS Of Rockne. Bobbs- Merrill is
the publisher.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25

DRUcE CATION, NEA Service
ID writer on books, lists the fol-
lowing murder mysteries as good
reading:
Death of an Editor" by Vernon
Loder Morrow, so. Somebody shot
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25

In spite of the public demand
that Ogden Nash call his next book
of mangled meter. THE Golden
Trashery of Ogden Nashery." it has
been announced that the title will
be. for not good reason, Free
Wheeling" 1t will be in the library
next month.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-25

The Washington Merry-Go-
Round" recently published anony-
mously, has raised hullaballoo
among the political dignitaries Of
our nation. 1t is merciless, but most
amusing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-14
Rush Nears at
 Post Office
Colgrove Again Urges Public to Mail Early

Only 10 shopping days remain before Christmas, fact which Postmaster A. N. Colgrove pointed to this morning in urging Christ mas mailers to get into thee post office at once and stock up with Christmas stamps before the post office at Brook and Scovill streets is besieged with the abnormal sea- sonal crowds.
 Appealing to the mailing public to take personal convenience into consideration, the postmaster to- day declared that this week will without a doubt see the end of normal conditions in the post of- flee. Sunday will be the Sunday be- fore Christmas, he explained, and a majority of the population will spend the greater pat of the day preparing packages for Christmas mailing and addressing Christmas cards. s.r
 "The Monday before Christmas every year brings the post office something very much like a mob scene as result of this situation" !" said MT. Colgrove. Nobody enjoys being caught in this slow-moving crowd of Christmas mailers, and there is just one way that the pub- lie can escape 1t. That is to get into the post office at once and buy all the Christmas stamps needed for all holiday purposes. Quick service is on tap at the post office now, and the. wise mailers will take ad- vantage of it."
 The postmaster also again urged that mailers patronize the "neigh-' borhood post offices" maintained in 21 sub stations situated throughGt,t the city, a list of which was pulp lished in the newspapers of Satur- day afternoon.
 .'Do your business with the post office to-day and your troubles are .oyer," he said in a parting word.,