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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-12

me. Give me the money, now.
T need it."
His tone had become so manda-
tory that the business man hest
tated.
He excused himself and called
the welfare agency.
Don't give that man money"
was the advice. There's no one
at his home, much less a sick
wife. Send him back"
The following morning a well
fare worker returned to the
stemmer's house on the north
side.
The worker was told the stemmel
and his sick" wife had started
to Florida that morning in their
car.
They'll try the same trick in
every town they visit!
ITO defeat the racketeers, but
l. still give proper service to the
worthy needy, the welfare organi-
cation has set up a social service
exchange.
The first name was listed on
the exchange in 1880. Today
there are names of $4,000 indi-
viduals and families, who, at one
time or another, have appealed
and received aid.
Here's an example of what the
exchange defeats:
A woman stemmer told a relief
agency she wanted coal and
groceries for a neighbor man.
She gave his address. but hers,
taken for reference purposes, was
false.
The exchange learned the man
roomed at the woman stemmer'S
residence. He did not need help.
The coal and groceries would have
gone to the humanitarian" stem
mer.
DOSING as husband and wife,
Il stemmers daily plead for
money from business men. When
a family team" wanted $40 from
local manufacturer recently, he
called the exchange. The address
was false-in fact, there wasn't
even a house at the location.
They did not return.
When the victim stalls off the
stemmer, the latter never re-
turns.
He realizes that, in these days
of depression, organized relief
groups are blocking the profess
sional racketeers. If he doesn't
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HOSTESSES FIND
WAR FRONT BAD
FOR HOSTESSING
Meat, Vegetables and Ice
Are at a Premium in
EmbattIed Shanghai.
BY ALMA EKINS
United Press stan Correspondent

Downright. 1892. BY United Press
SHANGHAI, Feb. IA battle
'front.' is no place for a dinner party,
and discounted Shanghai hostesses
are beginning to find it out.
Accustomed to a continuous
round of social events in shang-
hats famous internationl settle
ment, hostesses had a hard time
realizing what the Sino-Japanese
conflict really means. Now they
rapidly are giving up entertaining
as a bad job.
If it just were the war time prices
and a general lack of food, host
esses might surmount the obstacles.
But one difficulty has followed an
other in such quick succession that
social circles are bewildered.
Sets Dinner Hour Ahead
First, there was the early curfew.
Dinner hosteSses compromised bv
setting ahead the meal time from
p m. to the outlandish hour of
seven. This necessitated drinking
cocktails while it still was twilight
The latest tragedy was when they
discovered a growing scarcity Of
food. Meat is of the poorest quail
lty and ever so hard to obtain.
VEGETABLES likewise are at a premi-
I'm. Only carrots are available, and
Is one hostess said, who wants
arrots?"
Housewives who have invited
company for dinner dash madly
about the French concession, the
only section where shops have re-
NAMED open during the fighting
They must do the shopping them
selves, for native servants who
usually, perform the task, are terri
fed by fears that they will meet
japanese soldiers or marines.
HOarding Is Evil
Food boarding is another evil of
the buyers panic. Fearing supplies
soon will run out entirely, women
are buying in quantities. Prices,
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BRIGHT COLORS
/. TO MARK MEMS
EASTER STYLES
New Styles, With Lower
Prices, Ready for Gala
Occasion.
BY ARCH sTEINEL

It takes a Chinese war, royalty
and a few pastels from an art in
stitute to dress Monsieur Easter of
Indianapolis when he struts upon
the boulevards this spring.
Clothing for men are going arty
with tinge of war to help things
along.
One may like his pastels on can
vas, but if city tailors are to be
believed the males will be galli-
wanting in the soft tones of the
Mood of Aphrodite when walking
in the business district.
Suitings will blend with after
noon bridge decks Bohemian per-
fumes or lavender shroudS.
New China Weave Shown
Royal blues, browns and more
plebeian colors will feature sport
sack-coats.
The one button sack will be the
common denomination in spring
styles, with yoke and pleated backs
showing in sport coats after years
of burial.
The Chinese may quit fighting
by summer, but it'll take that long
for the war to show in male garb
with the new Hopsack weave. The
Hopsack is white linen with a
China-silk CLEAN. 1t is said to be
light and durable.
Palm Beaches Out
"But try as we might we can't
keep Old Man Seersucker from
butting his way into the summer
styles for men. The Seersucker
in gray. brown and blue stripings
will still hold the stage" said
CORTLAND c. Cohee of Kahn Tailor
ing Company.
They're inexpensive and light in
weight and that's why they keep
favor with men. Palm beaches are
through for this year. A day of
them and they hang like rags and
SO men are leaving them out OF
their wardrobe"
A herringbone of green gaber-
dine, Hockanum flannelS matching
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STEAMERS Baked HERE
Social Agencies Th10art RacketeeYS

get you to contribute Immediately
after his story, he's looking for
another prospect.
There are hundreds of cases Of
professional stemmers, and their
sympathy pleas are listed in the ex-
change. Reporters are out Of luck
and every agency calls the ex-
change when plea is filed. There
is no chance for the stemmer to
double" on agencies.
r
INSTANCES in which stemmers
l. "juggle" names by using those
of relatives, former husbands and
wives and their children are in
Vulnerable.
Another popular stemming act
is for the stemmer to tell a pedes-
trian he has had neither food,
money nor sleep for days. He says
it is so late, the agencies are
closed.
That is not true. The Wheeler
City Rescue Mission is open until
10 and the Salvation Army all
night.
Reminded of this, the stemmer
will tell you the places are filed.
Then, he strikes. Couldn't you
give him 81 or IS. The chances
are you may do it, or you may
stop at 25 cents. But if you figure
the stemmer tries thirty to fifty
times each night and gets some
thing majority of the times
business is good.
a THOUGH all lodging places
N of the agencies never have
been oVerf1owing the same night,
if they should be the welfare
groups have arrangements with
hotels to put up the needy.
A comprehensive system has
been built up in the city to halt
stemmerS, moochers, sympathy
racketeers and big-time beggars.
That system will not protect you
against soft-heartedneSs.
But it will inform you whether
you are throwing your money into
the biggest of all depression
racketS or actually aiding some
man on whom adversely has
heaped its burden.
Indianapolis has been warned.
BEWARE THE STEMMER.
(The End.)
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ROAD WORKERS
SUE FOR WAGES
Court Is Asked to Mandate
County Commissioners.

Suit to mandate county commits
sioners to pay wages due county
highway workers for January and
December was on file in circuit
court today, as the latest step in
the prolonged fight between the
board and Charles w. Mann, coun-
ty highway superintendent.
Pay rolls have been held up by COM
misSioners because the highway
SUPPLEMENTARY question remains
upsettled. Mann was dismissed
after a trial before the board, but
refused to give up the post to John
Mann, Democrat.
An appeal from the commission
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-12
PAIR FLEE CAR WRECK
Men Abandon Auto After Crash at
Western City Limits.

Two men who fled from a small
coupe after it overturned and was
wrecked near Washington street
and the Rockville road, Thursday
night, were sought by police today.
The coupe skidded more than
100 feet and crashed into a tree
in front Of the home Of NJ. Lopez,
1910 Crescent drive.
The occupants crawled from the
Wreckage and ran, Lopez told
deputy Sheriffs. A brown hat, bear
ing the trade mark of a city store,
and a brief case containing four
license plates, were found in the
car. Deputies believed neither oc-
-cupant was injured.
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Death Threat Alleged

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, Feb. u.
Sylvester Jasicki bought a revol-
yer, and threatened to blow her
head of, Mrs. Frances Jasicki al
legeS in a divorce suit on file here.
She asks $4,000 alinony and Gus
tody of two children.
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FEB. Il. 1892

ers' decision now rests in the circuit
court.
The mandate action alleges that
salaries totaling S1,10475 are due
highway workers for January, and
that nineteen assistants have not
been paid S1,298.67, due for Deem
Der.
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(This Is the last Of the series about
steamers. In II are contained facts on
the system Of agencies in trying TO
smash the racketeers. These facts never
have been made public befOre)
TIVE got to have $40 right away
i for rent, and I can't wait for
any red tape. My wife is sick and
unless the money is paid, Wen be
forced out of our rooms"
Rapping on the counter, poor
ly dressed, middle-aged man made
that demand-not plea--at q re-
lief agency last week.
He was told thai if he would
wait half an hour, the matter
would be handled properly. He
would not get $40 in cash, but
the rent would be paid.
II want the money" he de-
manded.
The agency workers could get
no information from him other
than his address. The half. an
hour was to be consumed by a
welfare worker checking his story
as the first step in checking the
stemmer who preys on the relief
agency.
Instead of waiting, the man
"blew up" He cursed and stormed
through the Office, and out the
door. He was going to spread the
story that he could not obtain aid.
TIE did, too. He went to a re-
IL liable Indianapolis company
and explained his situation, pro-
testing violently because he was
refused cash and had a thirty
minute wait.
I'm desperate" he said. "And
that agency won't do a thing for
consequently, are soaring hourly
even carrots.
Ice is not to be had at any price
placing another burden on the mar
ried hostesses. The meat they
bought in advance soon spoils, and
they are reduced to pleading with
owners of electric ice boxes for
storage space. These owners are
deluged already, having been bonn
barded by neighbors' requests for
days.
The miniature race for survival
has put many feminine friendships
to the acid test. 1t is strain to
smile when your best friend buys
the last bit of good steak just be-
fore you arrive.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-02-01
DEMO COMMITTEES
 NAMED AT FAIRBANKS

Luther C. Hess of Fairbanks and Thomas J. DeVane of Ruby were temporary chairman and temper ary secretary of the recent Terri Itorial Democrat Convention at Fair banks.
 James OConnors of Juneau, the National Committeeman, Arthur W. Johnson and J. S. Holman of Seward were appointed to the committee on credentials. Their re- port was accepted.
 The platform resolutions com mittee comprised A. J. Dimond, Harry E. Pratt, A. A. Shonbeck, MT. Johnson, MT. OConnor, MT. Hess, James R. Campbell, Mir. Holman and MT. DeVane.
 The committee of five to fill places enumerated i'll the call by the Territorial chairman, were MT. Hess, chairman; Harry F. Nor ton, Mir. Shonbeck, c. J. Todd and Alton c. NordaIe
 MT. Hess, Joe Mcdonald, MT. Di- mond and Chester T. Spencer were named members of the committee on permanent party organization.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-02-01
THE TROUBLESOME END

Reports from up the railroad belt are to the effect the Seward division is the only one free of diff faculties this winter; that on the northern divisions snow conditions are exceptionally bad due to the dry snow atop of the frozen soil which, when winds blow, cause it to drift over the tracks. In places on the southern division snow banks in places are F feet high. When thawing begins trouble may follow but in the meantime, cheerio!
Seward daily gateway., 1932-02-01
BILL IS DRAFTED

WASHINGTON, D. O., Feb. l, - A redrafted bill to give money al- lowances to widows, the orphan children and aged parents c world war veterans, was introduc- ed by Chairman Rankin, of the House veterans committee. Tt was not exactly what we wanted" he said, but T fear it is the best we can do under the circumstances"
Seward daily gateway., 1932-02-01
CHURCH SERVICE

Church services will be held in Seward next Tuesday at p. m, February 2, by Rev R. Frieling of Anchorage, he announces in a let ter.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-02-01

Fresh Eggs at Brown & Hawkins; delivered twice a week from Seward Dairy.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-02-01

Sourdough Bill says if he wins the ice pool this sprng he proposes to go out with the ice.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-02-01
CREATING OUR OWN PROSPERITY

wspring the titanic volume of business nature the channels of trade such cities collecting
 
  stage of conception All departures With would become it's virtue creative force practically existing five billions represented conservative edged the operative capital is reflected in the depression affecting the States
 the month of October 1929 when of the largest in enterprises ruion $6498O0O liquid money represented This gigantic hkened table stakes pokeach million represented which passing carried purely speculative value The mercantile industrial other something tangible and behind outflow these industries stability
 little decade the economic employment of primary Alaskan industrial field Without this capital it muabe if the first s3000000 gold could have been extracted from the grave lodes Without this ulant neither the Fairbanks big dredging of estimated
  money operations tthe dsbursed in labor, back the outside world
 It the employment of banking capital the stimulating
 
 the observation of economists who have sought the to problems than other line of of the businesses to which loans
 One of the greatest muants to all lines of business cogntion of of it's development production poyment, business may
Seward daily gateway., 1932-02-01

peace League q Nations large slice Of anothers real estate
Seward daily gateway., 1932-02-01

Americans be thankful that this particular time like another oing, gently
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-22
GENERAL COXEY
PAUSES IN CITY
Farmer-L abor Chief Tells of
Milk Strike War.

A war-like touch was given the
speaking campaign of General
Jacob S. Coxey through the near
northwest, he reported today as he
stayed for few hours in Indianap-
oils on his return trip to his home
city of Massillon, o.
Coxey's campaign route led him
throug the Iowa-South Dakota farm
strike zone. Everywhere, he saw
lines of embattled farmers drawn up
to halt milk shipments. AS CoXey
entered Sioux City, Ia, his car was
halted and the general was forced
to descend while the farmer picketS
searched the auto for milk.
CoXey says the farmers of the
nation need not strike to obtain a
fair price for their products, if the
Farmer LaborS' platform of a six
hour day and a $1-an-hour wage
scale is put into effect.
He urges a five-year moratorium
on all debts.
1.-THE banks are declaring three
year moratoriumS on Withdrawals
in order to collect old debts, but our
party believes that a moratorium
should be declared on all debts OF
farmers, laborers and business
men," he said.
Coxey does not believe his party
can win, but says its activities are
confined to educating the voters.
We will get more votes than ever
before as a protest against the pres
ent regime of government" he said
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-22
JOBLESS MOB
SLUGS WOMAN
POOR OFFICIAL
0verSeer Is Kidnapped From
Office and Beaten
SenSeIeSS.
FAVORITISM IS CHARGE
CaptorS Aver She Showed
Partially in AIIotting
Work.
By United Press

By UHtted Press
CHARLES CITY, Ia, Aug. ga
mob of unemployed stormed the
Office of Miss Marion Stull, county
overseer of the poor, today, carried
her screaming downstairs to an
automobile, and fed eastward.
They beat her into unconscious
ness as they went, and finally le-
leased her thirty miles away.
Angered by what they believed
was partiality in allotment of coun-
ty work, about seventy-f1ve men
participated in the kidnapping.
Members of the band beat her on
the head and neck until she lost
consciousness as they raced away
from Charles City, Miss Stull said
when she arrived in Alta Vista after
being released and given her own
automobile.
Although officials said they were
on the trail of the unemployed who
stormed Miss Stulls Office in the
city hall because they believed par
TALLY had been shown in the allot-
ment of work, they made no ar
rests.
The angry crowd had followed
Miss Stull into her Office when she
unlocked the door to begin the days
work. With her was her assistant
Mrs. Lucille Topeser.
Miss Stull protested when the
leader of the mob ordered her to
come with them.
Don't argue" one of the men
shouted. Come alone! Get out of
here"
MSS Stull turned to the telephone
to call for aid. The crowd forced
her out of the building.
She broke away, but she soon was
recaptured.
Two police officers, who ordinarily
make their headquarters in the
building were away.
The dispute that was climaxed by
today's violence started because a
group of unemployed men who had
been given work by the county, be-
lieved discrimination had been
shown in the allotment of jobs.
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CITY PUBLISHER DIES
Robert M. Love SuCCumbS
to Pneumonia Attack.

Double pneumonia brought death
quickly to Robert M. Love, AZ, pub
Usher of the Irvington Sun, a week.
ly newspaper with Offices at 1888
East Washington street. Stricken
i'll Saturday, he was removed to the
Methodist hospital Sunday morning
and died a few hours later.
The body was sent to Worthing-
ton, Ind, his home town. Funeral
services will be held at 2 Tuesday
afternoon with burial in the Worth
ington cemetery.
Mr.. Love was graduated from
Worthington high school and at
tended Indiana university. He had
been employed in the advertising
departments of several newspapers,
including the News and Times of
this city, the Evansville Courier and
the Louisville Courier Journal.
He leaves his widow, Mrs. Tasa
Love, two daughters, Louise and
Barbara; his father, E. E. Love, and
two brothers, Dwight, Chicago, and
Garritt, Worthington.
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Retailers Rush Plans
to Replenish Shelves

l. Potential demand built up by
less than normal purchases of ne
ceSSitieS in recent months.
2. Increased purchasing power
through rise in security and COM
modify prices.
: 3. Less fear by workers over
further wage cuts and increased I'M
employment.
4. Prospects of higher retail prices
if present rise in raw materials is
sustained.
5. Purchases for actual needs for
the coming fall months.
Already prices at retail have stiff
ened. Fewer sales of distress" mer-
chandise are noted. The public is
less fearful of the future. 1t is be-
ginning to make needed purchases
Such industries as clothing, shoes
and furniture are beginning to feel
a Replacement" demand.
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AIR 'BOUDOIR' IN
9TH DAY ALOFT
Two Women Pilots Hope to
Set 'UnbreakabIe' Mark.
Rm Tnited Press

By United Press
VALLEY STREAM, L. L, Aug. %
Frances Harrell Marsalis ano
Louise McPhetridge Thaden circled
above Curtiss airport today in de-
termined effort to set an "unbreak-
able record" for women endurance
1iierS.
The two champion f1iers have
passed more than seven and one
half days in the air. Each succeed
ing hour increased their lead over
the old record of 1913 hours smashed
Friday.
Il won't say how long they will
stay up" c. S. Casey Jones, air
port manager, said.
Jones admitted that Mrs. Thaden
and Mrs. Marsalis might attempt tc
break the mems endurance flight
record. This record, twenty-seven
days in the air, was established by
Forrest O'Brien and the late Dale
Jackson, over st. Louis in 1890.
The two women participated
Sunday in the welcome to Captain
James A. MolliSon, British trans
Atlantic f1ier.
They flew their aerial boudoir" to
Roosevelt Field, L. l., dipped low
over the field to salute Mollison,
then returned.
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Many Dealers Caught
Short as Buying De-
mand Increases.
BY RICHARD L. GRIDLEY
United Press Financial Writer

tCopyright, 1882, by United Press
NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-Recent
commodity price increases caught
many retail merchants short" ano
sent them Scrambling to replenish
inventories that had been cut to
the limit, according to reports gath
cred by the United Press.
This immediate result of growing
confidence by the buying public
higher security and commodity
prices, and the seasonal late sum-
mer demand created by August
sales" probably will start the
wheels humming in many more
factories, idle for months.
The merchants had stopped buy
ing. They feared lower commodity
prices. They held off in the hope
of buying for less money. They
were in such a position that even
this small seasonal demand sent
them hustling into the wholesalers
and jobers' markets.
The first two weeks of August
witnessed rather sharp expansion
in retail business by many stores
An exceedingly dull July registered
sales that averaged from 20 to IS
per cent under the corresponding
month of last year August, how
ever, was a better business month
than July even though not as good
as August last year.
Among the factors listed by store
executives as promoting increased
retail activity at the present time
are:
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PICKET SLAIN
IN CLASH At
ILLINOIS MINE
Seven Other Persons Hurt
When Strikers Battle
Near ZeigIer.
SITUATION is TENSE
Sheriff Says All Is Quiet
Now at Scene, but
Admits Dangers.
SITUATION is TENSE
81 United Press

By Ontted Press
zEIGLER, Ill, Aug. 22.-One
picket was killed and seven
wounded in clash at Bell and
zoller mine No. !, nea~ here today,
Sheriff Browning Robinson re-
ported.
Dominic Lauranti, a miner, who
was a member of a group of about
seventy-f1ve picketing the mine, was
killed. Names of the wounded were
not learned.
Laurant1 was killed and his COM
radeS wounded when deputy sheriffs
fired into group of about 200
pickets, then rushed them with
clubs and pistols, it was determined.
The pickets retreated through the
streets.
Revolver Shot Pierces Back
The slain mans body was found
near the mine after the others had
fallen back. A revolver shot had
pierced his back.
Plans for an inquest were aban-
doned after a crowd of 500 persons
created a disturbance in front of
an undertaking parlor where the
body was taken.
Harry SukoWSki, a miner, who
was treated for a gunshot wound.
SAID stray bullet Strick him while
deputies were firing into the crowd
The fight was just a temporary
outburst, and everything has quoted
down now, though the situation still
is tense" the sheriff said.
Police Ordered to Scene
Several deputies were guarding
the mine at the time, he said, but
he had not learned who fired the
shots that killed Lauranti, and
wounded the other pickets.
All available police were ordered
from Zeigler to the scene of the
clash. They were accompanied by
about fifty deputies, sworn in Sun
day by Sheriff Robinson.
The sheriff said he would start
an investigation of the clash i'm
mediately.
DlggerS today had braved picket
lines to enter coal mines through
southern Illinois and worked under
guard of peace officers.
Pickets Dispersed
The mine whistles summoned the
workers to the shafts sounded after
a night of minor disturbances.
Sheriff Robinson and deputies
dispersed a few pickets at orient
mine No. 1 and seized the pickets'
banners.
The threatened invasion of Frank
lin county by union miners from
other counties, Striking" in protest
against the new SIS day war scale,
still was only a threat.
No workers appeared at mines,
which were to have been reopened
in the Taylorville area despite prom
ised protection by Sheriff Charles
Wienecke and a new force of dep
utiZed citizens