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Evening star., 1932-01-24
WOMAN CASHIER
IS ROBBED OF S2D1
a.7dit FIees Alter Looti!-.,
Laundry Branch Office
of Days Receipts.

Quietly pointing a pistol at Miss
Pauline Compton, cashier of the Palace
Laundry Office at 1925 Mount Pleasant
street, at o'clock last night, a colored
bandit seized the days cash receipts,
estimated at nearly 5000, and escaped
from sight almost before she could give
an alarm.
The hold-up, evidently carefully
planned, occurred during a moment
when usually crowded sidewalk was
comparatively free of Saturday night
shoppers and Miss Compton was alone
in the laundry Office. When she ran
into the next door, Great Atlantic and
Pacific Tea Co. store, blurting out that
she had been robbed, S Manchester
gave chase. Nearly block away, at
Park road, he saw man running and
disappear around the corner.
Bandit Demands Cash Envelope.
Miss Compton had just taken the
days receipts of bills from the register
and placed them in an envelope when a
colored man, wearing dark clothes and
a light felt hat, approached the counter.
Taking him for a customer she ap-
preached the counter and was met with
a polite good evening"
Then she saw q gun pointed at her
How about that envelope?" the man
said.
The young woman hesitated second,
and the bandit repeated in different
tone, You know what I mean"
Too Frightened to Scream.
Without another hesitation she
handed him the envelope and he dashed
out of the door. No one else was
within immediate call at the time.
Miss Compton said she was too
frightened to scream. Several other
men secuted around the block when
she finally did give the alarm, but saw
no one who seemed to answer the
bandits description. The man was
about Is years old and of medium
height.
Report Other Holdups.
Other hold-ups, which netted ban
dts small amounts, were reported by
three taxi drivers and a store pro-
prietor. Police also Investigated an at
tempted hold-up at 1910 B street north
east.
Edward L. Cook, 30, of 3o35 Vista
street northeast, and Arthur T. Brice,
colored, 27l2 c street, were robbed OF
small amounts by fares" A similar
theft was reported by Melville Child,
1870 c street southeast.
Cook said he handed over So to a
white man and woman who drew guns
when he deposited them at Eastern
avenue and Elm street northeast, after
picking them up in his cab at Eleventh
street and Massachusetts, avenue. The
pair, Cook said, threw his ignition key
away and drove off in another automo-
bile in which an accomplice had fol-
lowed his cab.
Brice reported he was threatened
with a butcher knife and robbed Of
dollar by two men whom he drove to
Forty ninth and Lee streets northeast,
from First and L streets. The men,
Brice said, drove of In his cab.
Two armed robbers robber Childs OF
So on Shepherd road near New Hamp-
shire avenue. ..,. -.
Accosted bv two white men, who
hourished guns. Lcui- G"rbc.,'.
q
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register. The intruders forced him into
a rear room and escaped.

register The intruders forced him into
a rear room and escaped.
Screams Rout Trio.
Three would-be bandits, all young
colored men, fed when the screams of
their intended victim, Mrs. Sarah Rub
in, routed them from a delicatessen at
1910 B street northeast.
An intruder, who identified himself
as Ernest Brown, 81. colored, of $500
block of Bell place northeast, was cap
tured last night in Slater School, on
P street near North Capitol street, by
Policeman H. H. Hodge. The officer
was sent to the building when resi-
dent Of the neighborhood reported that
man had broken in. Brown was held
for Investigation.
Thieves made off with two typewriters
valued at $3.50 by forcing the rear
door of Mount Carmel Baptist Church,
Third and I streets. according to
"-.s ''y the pastor. Rev. William n.
Evening star., 1932-01-24
KANSANS TO OBSERVE
ADMISSION TO UNION

A banquet celebrating the list an
niversary of the admission of kansas
to the Union will be given by the
Kansas State Society Friday evening
at the Raleigh Hotel. Representative
Guyer win speak and the program win
be followed by dancing.
Among the guests, it is expected will
be Vice President Curtis, Senators
Capper and McGin, Commissioner
Herbert Crosby, w. o. Woods TInitad
States treasurer; Edward c FTnnev
solicitor general of the Department of
Interior, and others.
Representative Hope Is president of
the society Arrangements for attend
ance may b. r2ode through r. W
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WILL BEGIN REHEARSALS
Minstrel operetta Cast to Start
Preparations Thursday.

Rehearsals for "Songlands Romance"
minstrel musical operetta produced here
last season, will begin Thursday night
at the Cairo Hotel. Aspirants for roles
are invited to attend the first rehearsal
at 8 O'Clock. Besides being presented at
p local theater, the operetta will be
played at the various Government hos
pitals for the benefit of confined vet
Grams.
Among the members of the cast
selected are Edwin Steffe, Romero
Guaraldi. Joseph King, Seba Christie,
Alfred Oddone, S. w. Swygart, Joseph
Beerne, Henry Nestor, Aaron Kaplan,
Emerson WeStervelt and Earl HeatWole.
Evening star., 1932-01-24
DIES OF STAB WOUND

Joy French Jones, rs, colored, an
employe of the Wise Dairy, 5000 block
njtal last night from stab wound In
The heart, said to have been inflicted
be a. fellow employe during fight in
the dairy locker room.
Jones, whose home is at sl3 Twenty
sixth street was found unconscious on
the sidewalk several blocks from the
dairy shortly after the stabbing. Head
Quarters detectives said number Of
colored men took part in the fight.
The Investigators added that they
had obtained the name Of Jones as
sailant.
Evening star., 1932-01-24

r TITLE ALICE HAWKINS house,
like prosperity, was Just around
the corner"
L. But which corner? Alice, only
3, and lost herself, couldn't be
expected to find lost corner, and about
ali officers at the Woman's Bureau
could do was admit there were at least
four corners at every street intersection
in Washington
Alice. however, who earnestly sought
to help after Policeman A. D. Clark OF
the Traffic Bureau found her at Fifth
street and Massachusetts, avenue yes
terday noon, had some more informa-
tion:
My Daddy" she said, not without c
certain pride, drives a red automo-
bile-a big red automobile!"
Evening star., 1932-01-24
GIRL REPORTED TAKING
POISON CRITICALLY ILL
Notice of Her Failure to Pass as
Probationary Nurse Had
Been Given.

An l8-year-old girl, reported to have
taken poison Tuesday because she failed
10 pass as probationary nurse at
Emergency Hospital, was in critical
condition at that hospital last night, &C
cording to attending physicians.
The girl, Miss Helen Black of the
$500 block of Eighth street, is being
treated by DR.. Harry M. kaufman, chief
of the medical staff at the hospital,
and DR.. John P. Ernest.
DR.. Kaufman said last night that
the girl was receiving the best of care
and was under the expert treatment
of two graduate nurses"
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ACCIDENT HURTS WOMAN

Mrs. Virginia Martin, rs, of 2122 Cal
;forr,ia street, was in Emergency Hos
nitaI W last night suffering from an In
W i,,rv to her back received In an auto
n,,oi,,,e , accident near Gaithersburg,
Nd" late yesterday.
W She was taken to the hospital by
--rin Rafter, 2017 Wyoming avanu".
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Benefit Dinner Planned.

The annual dinner for the benefit CT
the Home for the Aged Is TO be held on
the evening OF February at the Co
lunlbia Heights Christian Church. Prep
sratiops for the dinner are being made
by t. tomc Boerd o. Lazy
Manages.
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Ruth Pratt's Home Looted.

of New York, at 1925 r street, yester-
cav. The theft was reported by James
A-rlz, butler at the residence.
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And Alice, although she couldn't 20
member the street or number of her
home, recalled other things;
I'm twin" she announced. "I've a
twin brother; he knows where I live
Just ask him
Six hours after she was taken to the
bureau, however, this seemed rather
n1eager, and officers were beginning to
wonder if a description of Alice broad
cast to the precincts was going to bring
results.
Al $50 o'clock last night it did
n the person of Alice'3 mother, Mrs
Alice Hawkins, and father, Lnwood
hawkins, of 315 G street.
II told you 1t was just around the
corner!" Alice called to the officers on
her way home.
Evening star., 1932-01-24
WOMAN HURT IN FALL
Treated at Casualty Hospital for
Broken Collarbone.

Mrs. Elizabeth Dowle, "a, of the TOO
block of n street southwest, suffered a
broken collarbone and lacerations yes
terday when she fell on the street car
tracks in the TOO block Of Seventh
street southwest.
She was treated at Casualty Hos
pital.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-06-21
RULE OF c.. O. P. is
LASHED BY MANION

Manion said, Eve were given a
demonstration of the Republican
policy of burning the candle at both
ends. 1t took election of a Demo-
cratic house in 1890 to shock the
President into realization that the
hypnotic spell of 1923 was broken" ;"
DR.. Manion fitted the Indiana
picture into the national frame. He
blamed the G. o. P. administration
for an Indiana tax rate increase of
more than so per cent.
The Republican policy" he said,
"as applied in Indiana and Wash
ington," apparently is based upon
the principle that when the tax
payer is worth less he shall Spay
more. This is a Hoover-LeSlie for
mula known as the inverse ratio of
Republican rule"
Enlarging on his charges of gov
ernmental extravaganza, DR.. Man
ion declared that former secretary
of the Treasury Andrew Mellon ''lit-
orally gave away the billions of dol
lars that now should be in the re-
serve fund of the government"
He accused the administration of
returning millions Of dollars to per-
sons who aided the party's cam
paign. He attacked the Snoot-
Hawley tariff as "a bill of iniqui-
ties"
He charged that it drove numer-
Gus factories from the country and
hastened the depression.
Upon our victory" he said, "de-
pends the fate Of American civiliza-
tion. The storms of anarchy will
break on anything short of our
victory"
The Indianapolis times., 1932-06-21
T Taxation

The paramount issue in this cam
paign is the lowering Of taxes and
economy in government. The Dem
ocratic party pledges itself to elimi-
nation of services that can be dis
penSed with: to the reduction of the
cost of government to the lowest
level consistent with proper trans
action of public business, and to an
equitable distribution of the tax
burden. To that end we favor:
Repeal of mandatory laws COM
pelhng local officials to levy taxes
or to appropriate money.
Making the county council con-
sist of six members. not more than
three of whom shall be representa-
tives from any one political party,
and all appropriations shall be ap-
proved by the vote of at least four
members
The county council shall have
authority to fix compensation Of all
county officers and the number and
compensation of al. assistants and
employees
The repeal of the three-mile
gravel r6ad law.
The repeal of Section 10 of the
drainage act
The immediate transfe- OF all
The Indianapolis times., 1932-06-21

FOLLOWING is the platform
draft presented today to the
Indiana Democratic cOnUen-
tiOn::
The committee on resolutions begs
leave to submit the following re-
port:
The Democrats of Indiana, in con-
vention assembled, adopt the fol-
lowing platform:
The Democratic party pledges its
officials:
To an honest, economical, and
efficient administration of all Off
cial duties.
We favor such legislation as may
be necessary and beneficial to the
proper protection of our former SOL
diers, sailors, marines, nurses and
their dependents.
We favor legislation providing for
the personal registration of voters,
to the end that the sanctity of the
ballot may be preserved.
We pledge ourselves to readjust-
ment Of the compensation of all
offices in the state by placing them
on a straight salary basis, and pro-
vide that all general and special
fees collected by the various county
officers shall be paid into the coun-
ty treasury.
We reaff1rm our faith in the prin-
ciples of constitutional liberty and
the bill of rights pronounced by
Thomas jefferson and practiced by
Woodrow Wilson.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-06-21
Agriculture

We recognize that the restoration
of American agriculture to a firm
basis Of prosperity is first essential
to general welfare of our nation.
To this end, We pledge to the
American farmers effective protec-
ton of the American market for
that portion Of his production con-
Sumed in America.
To accomplish this, We pledge,
first, immediate enactment of meas
ures necessary for disposal of ac-
cumulated agricultural surpluses. so
as to remove their depressing effect
on American price levels for such
commodities.
Second, such emergency measures
must be enacted as are necessary
for immediate improvement of the
price levels of basic agricultural
commodities.
Third, we further pledge the
party so to amend "the agricultural
marketing act' as to provide oppor-
tunity for the commodity to bear
the costs of proper and effective
control of that part of its produc-
ton" which is above domestic re-
ouirements.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-06-21

social hazard as is unguarded ma
chinery.
Experience has proved the social
value of the workmen's compensa-
ton law. This law should be lib
eralized to the point that it COM
pares favorably with similar stat
utes in our border states.
From time immemorial, the DEM
ocratic party has been the consist
ent friend and earnest champion
Of the cause of the laboring man.
Prison labor has encroached and
laid heavy hand on the employ
ment of the honest toiler, and
threatens his opportunity for a
livelihood and his right to employ
ment.
We recognize the necessity of
keeping the prisoner occupied, but
that the products of such labor be
not placed in competition, on the
open market, with the products of
honest, free labor.
We pledge ourselves to the pol
icy of the states use" plan in the
broadest acceptance Of that term.
There should be no weakening of
the child labor laws. The Demo-
cratic party pledges adherence to
these expressions Of social import
and adheres thereto, whether it be
through the legislative, the admin
istrative or the judicial branches of
the government.
We pledge the Democratic party
to support the stabilization of en-
ployment bill that now is before
congress.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-06-21
ASKS WATER PROBE
Woman Says Bill Boosted,
Request Ignored.

The Indianapolis Water Com
pany not only has boosted her bill
in the last month, but officials re-
fuse to check the meter in her home,
Mrs. Estella M. Reno, 5l1 North
Gladstone avenue, complained to-
day.
She appealed to Harry K. Cuth-
bertson, public service commission
er, in an attempt to learn some
manner in which she might be given
a hearing by company officials.
Mrs. Reno's bill was $1.72 for the
last month, although the compro-
mise $108 rate was in effect, she
said Mrs. Reno said that she, her
husband and daughter we're the
only persons in the residence, and
that they were gone one week of the
month.
"I tried to hold down my bill by
not washing my porch so often and
depending on rain for my garden
and grass" Mrs. Reno said. MY
bill never was that high under the
old rate when I kept boarders at
my home
I've called the water company
and asked that the meter reading
be checked. was told that the
bill showed what the meter read 4"
The Indianapolis times., 1932-06-21

I township roads to the county high
way system. The entire cost of
maintenance of all county highways
to be paid from funds derived from
gasoline tax and automobile license
fees. No property tax shall be levied
for maintenance of any county
highway.
That no county unit road bonds
shall be issued for a period of three
! years; no other bonds excepting in
case of extreme emergency,
A law authorizing the assessment
of intangible property at its fair
cash value, granting an exemption
of rs per cent of the assessed valua-
ton thereof and taxing the remain
ing 25 per cent at the current rate
in the unit where the owner of such
securities resides.
We reaff1rm our position as TO the
Eenactment of laws providing for a
personal income tax, with proper
exemptions.
The Democratic party pledges
itself to the elimination of all un-
necessary commissions, bureaus, or
other functions Of government that
have added to our public expendi-
lures.
We recommend that the legis-
lature make an effort to devise laws
as soon as practicable to limit the
tax rate to $3.50 on each 500 worth
of property.
We recommend to the legislature
the consideration of a moratorium
on taxes now delinquent
We recommend that special tax
levies be suspended for the next
two years.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-06-21

Dispensing with the custom of i'm
porting a Governor, a senator, OF
another dignitary from another
state to deliver the keynote address
the Democratic state convention to-
day heard a native son, Clarence E.
Manion, professor of law at Notre
Dame university, deliver the prin-
principal grafton.
know that our campaign is not
mere political prize f1ght-it is a
war;" DR.. Manion declared. ut is
war against Capitalization of wealth
and power, monopoly and material
ism and spineless straddlerS.
The issue is not the victory of
our party. but the resurrection and
re- establishment of our civilization
the call is for democracy or de-
moralization"
DR.. Manion, temporary chairman,
delivered his keynote address imme-
diately after the convention was
called to order and r. Earl Peters,
state chairman, had urged the party
to accept its responsibility and lead
the country to relief from the in
tolerable conditions brought on un-
der Herbert Hoover"
DR.. Manions address was STIR
ring denunciation of Republicanism.
He attacked President Hoover as
the director Of the deficit" and
Senator James E. Watson as the
ubiquitous, fair-haired son of the
sordid Republican system"
He laid entire blame for the eco
nomic depression on the admins
tration.
when the depression began" DR..
The Indianapolis times., 1932-06-21
Temperance

To the end that the Illicit, law
less, and unregulated traffic In in
toxicants may be supplanted by
public supervision and control; to
the end that. instead of the ex-
penditure of enormous sums of the
public funds in fruitless effort to
abolish the liquor traffic, a legitimate
public revenue should be derived
therefrom for the relief Of the over
burdened taxpayer, and to the end
that the traffic may be controlled
legally and regulated wholescmely
in the interest of temperance.
We recommend that the congress
of the United States Immediately
propose the necessary amendment
to the federal constitution repeating
the eighteenth amendment.
We further recommend that the
congress. in such repeal amendment,
The Indianapolis times., 1932-06-21
DELEGATES CHOSEN
Democrats Name Group to
National Convention.

Delegates and alternates to the
Democratic national convention al
Chicago, slated for election today
at the state session are:
Delegates-at-L -Large-William Gro
min, Terre Haute; Judge Clarence
McNabb, Ft. Wayne; Perry McCart
Paoli; Mayor George Wagner, JAS
per; Evan B. Stotsenburg, New AL
bany; Frank McHale, Logansport;
Bowman Elder, Indianapolis; Mrs.
A. P. Flynn, Logansport; Miss Ger
trude Tanning McHugh, Indian
apoliS; Mrs. Glenn Clifford, Upton;
Mrs. Lillian Douglas, Greenfield; !;
Clell Firestone, Goshen.
Alternate Delegates t-Large -
Mrs. Ernest M. Scholl, Connersville !;
Mrs. Pearl Lee Vernon, Martins
vile; Mrs. Margaret Aff1is, Delphi;
Clara Newman, Evansville; Mrs.
Nora y. Short, Salem; Mrs. Clay
Franklin, Shoals; Walter Jones, An
derson; Charles Robards, Hendricks
county; Mrs. Mary Arnold, Peru;
Lawrence Handley, Richmond;
Hugh Barnhart, Rochester: Mrs. r.
Earl Peters, Ft. Wayne.
Presidential Electors -at-Large-
John Spencer, Evansville; LIE Roy
j. Keach, indianapolis.
Contingent Electors -at-Large -
Mrs. Nellie Catlin, Rockville; Will
liam j. Hosey, FIT. Wayne.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-06-21

for each man to say what he wants
beforehand, and try to draft his
own platform.
Robert b. Murchie, New Hamp-
shire-I favor repeal Of the eight
eenth amendment. The gold stand
ard should be maintained. Taxation
should balance the budget.
Herbert E. Holmes, Maine-I stand
for repeal of the eighteenth amend
ment and unconditional return of
power over the liquor traffic to
the states. Pending repeal, congress
should fix the permitted alcoholic
content at a sensible percentage.
favor direct unemployment relief by
loans to states and I'm against debt
cancellation. The gold basis is too
narrow to support the modern, top
heavy credit structure. Tariffs
should be linked with trade treaties.
favor drastic reductions of gov
ernmental expenditures.
Peter G. Gerry, Rhode IsIand-In
his absence his secretary cited the
plank adopted by the Rhode Island
state Democratic convention favor
ing repeal of the eighteenth amend
ment.
James P. Leamy, Vermont fa-
vor resubmission for the purpose of
repeating the eighteenth amend
ment, and also modification of the
XJOIcteod oct IN YOo,,,oif tho colo If
beer and wine, pending repeal.
William E. Thoms, Waterbury,
COnn.-National prohibition is a
moral and economic failure. I favor
its entire repeal. The regulation of
the sale of liquor is a matter for
each state. The Volstead act should
be modified by congress to permit
the sale Of beer and light wines.
Governmental expenses and taxation
must be reduced. The currency
should not be inflated, nor should
the debts be cancelled. Some pro
gram of public works should be
adopted to help remedy the depres-
sion, but it should be of such public
constructions as will yield returns.
Joseph C. O'MahOney of Wyom-
ing-I favor a pledge for immediate
submission of alternate amend
ments-one providing for outright
repeal and one authorizing the
several states to establish state
monopolieS for handling liquor.
Modification of the Volstead act. to
permit beer, without changing the
Constitution. would be both dishon-
est and ineffective. In an eco
nomic crisis the first concern of
government should be to take care
of the small fellows.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-06-21
Labor

We reaffirm adherence to the
Democratic fundamental that all
men are, and of right ought to be,
equal before the law. Labor is not
a commodity. Contracts of employ
ment that infringe on the employe' S
civil rights violate the workmen's S
constitutional guarantees. Such con-
tracts, known as yellow dog con-
tracts" are condemned. The right
OF men to organize is fundamental.
Use Of the injunction in labor
disputes should be defined by stat
ute and the rights of trial by jury
OF those charged with indirect con-
tempt should be safeguarded by law.
The state should point the way
to safeguarding the working places
OF those employed in mines, shops,
factories, mills. and transportation.
msanitary workshops are as much !
The Indianapolis times., 1932-06-21
Care of the Aged

The present method of caring for
the aged poor in asylums violates
the humane and generous senti-
ments which would preserve for the
poor the freedom to choose their
own environment and the oppor-
tunity of untrammeled social COM
munications with relatives and
friends and agreeable companions
A careful study of the available
facts indicates that the present
method likewise is extravagant and
uneconomical.
There should be a just and equi-
table old age pension system worked
out, with the purpose both Of safe
guarding the best interests of the
aged poor and at the same time of
reducing the burden which the
present extravagant and inhuman
methods of caring for them casts
upon the public.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-06-21
Text of Platform Presented to Democratic State COnzeut0n

owned utilities, or construction of
new plants; to bring all utility hold
ing companies under complete su-
pervision of the public service COM
mission; and finally, the public
service commission itself, in its
composition and policy, must be of
a character and required to fol-
low a procedure fully in keeping
with its original purpose to be a
public agency to whom the COM
mon welfare of the people is the
chief purpose, rather than seeking
merely judicial balance in utility
decision.