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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-11
MANY PIT. A.
EVENTS SLATED
Meetings of County Groups
Are Scheduled.

Educational programs, muSicaleS
and addresses by prominent club
members will feature meetings next
week of Marion County Parent
Teacher Association groups. Meet
ingS to be held:
Washington Township
March meeting of the John Strange As
at the School. The meeting viii be opened
with a short business session. E. o.
Snethen will be the guest speaker and
will give impersonations of famous char
acters in history. Refreshments and a
social hour will follow the program.
Crooked Greek meeting will be held at
the school at Wednesday night. A phySi-
cal education program will be given BY the
Warren Township
Warren Central will meet at the high
school at 7:45 Wednesday night at 4.
After the business meeting. at which cleo
ton of a nominating committee will be
held. Mrs. D. Canary and Miss Myrtle
sent a musical program. Mrs. Bruce Max
well will talk on leisure and recreation.
Perry Township
Meeting at University Heights will be
held at 7:45 Wednesday night. Following
vice-president will preside. The school
band will give a thirty minute program
Songs and Rotations will be given by
Alice Birney Study Club will meet at
avenue at 7:30 Tuesday night. Topic will
be Parents Who Haye No Imagination"
Center Township
card party for William H. Evans
night at the home of Mrs. o. T. Hutton.
201 Bakemever st.
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cause the wild geese are fiocking
northward.
And to prove their contention
they point to the estate of r. r.
M. Carpenter. vice-preSident of
the (. I. DUPONT de Nemours Com
pany, where daily several thousand
wild geese assemble for the grain
provided by the owner.
An ancient gander, Togo, said to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-11

Der of the Caroline Scott Harrison
chapter, d. A. r., from 1899 to 1921
Surviving are the husband, a
daughter, Miss Helen E. Jacoby,
and a sister, Mrs. Alice E. Cunning
ham Of Los Angeles.
Funeral services will be held at 2
Saturday at the Hisey & Titus fu-
neral home, 951 North Delaware
street. DR.. Jean S. Minor, pastor
Of Second Presbyterian church, will
officiate. Burial will be in Crown
Hill cemetery.
Came Here Three Years Ago
Seven months illness Thursday
resulted in the death of Mrs. Lo-
retta Mountain, n, in st. Francis
hospital.
Mrs. Mountain, formerly resi-
dent Of Terre Haute, came to IN
dianapolis three years ago.
Funeral services will be held at 9
Saturday morning in the hospital
chapel. Burial will be in st. Fran
els cemetery, a part of Holy Cross
cemetery. There are no survivors.
Funeral services for George Wal
ker, 80, who died Thursday at his
home, $50 Broadway, will be held at
9 Saturday in the home, and at IL
in the Nameless Greek Christian
church.
I'll Several Weeks
Mr.. Walker had been i'll several
weeks. He was born in Hancock
county. He lived majority of his
life in indianapolis.
Burial will be in Simmons Gene
terry, Hancock county.
Richard H. Pitcher, So, for twen-
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MARCH II. 1892

be at least 66 years of age. is the
master of the decoy flock which
Carpenter has placed on the estate.
And it is because of this decoy
flock, old timers declare, that so
many of the wild fowl have come
to the eastern shore.
But despite that, they said, it
assures an early spring when so
many geese congregate to prepare
for their northern flight.
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DESTROYING OF
EACH OTHER is
FLEETS COAL
Two u. S. Forces Conduct
Major War Game; Pacific
Is Battle Ground.
BY LELAND P. LOVETTE
Lieutenant Commander. U. S. Navy)

Written for the United Press
ABOARD U. S. S. CALIFORNIA
cat Sea-, March 11.-Somewhere in
the vast stretches Of the Pacific. two
fleets of the United States navy
were conducting a major war game
today with the destruction of each
other their goal.
The tremendous area involved in
the battle maneuvers extended from
Puget Sound to Hawaii and from
Hawaii to San Diego.
Within this range the scouting
fleet under Vice-Admiral Arthur L..
Willard is hunting the major por-
ton of the battle fleet, coming from
Hawaii, under Admiral Richard H.
Lehigh.
When they meet, terrific bat
tie" will take place as the final
dramatic episode in the 1882 fleet
exercises.
Strict radio silence is maintained
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MODEL HOME is PRAISED
Mayor Sullivan COmmends High
Standard of Construction.

Praise for the high standard dis
played in the 1882 model home, 524O
Cornelius avenue, was expressed by
Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan, who
inspected the house Thursday.
The mayor was accompanied by
E. Kirk Mckinney, works board
president; Louis c. Brandt, board
member, and William F. Hurd, city
building commissioner.
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ty-five years resident of Indian
apolis, died Thursday at his home
ll07 Hoyt avenue. Mr.. Pitcher was
an electrical engineer for the Fur
mas Ice Cream Company.
Mr.. Pitcher was born in Nichols
N. Y. He was a member of st.
Marks Evangelical Lutheran church
and the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows.
Funeral services will be held at
2 Monday in st. Marks church.
Burial will be in Memorial Park
cemetery.
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that he has at
tended un d ay
school at t h e
Speedway Metho-
dist church for
l04 consecutive
Sun d avs, and
never was late.
Uncle John" is
known to every
man, woman and
child W h o at
tends the Sunday
school, and never
is lacking in in
tereSt a { tn e
weekly sessions.
He has started
-, lie LID -rnnr.
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most OF her early
life in Delaware,
o., where she at
tended Ohio Wes-
leyan university.
She came to In
dianapolis in 1884,
shortly after her
marriage.
R e c e n t ill
health forced Mrs.
Jacoby to give up
ma iority Of her
club work. She
had been a mem
Der OF the Fort
nightly Literary
Club since 1885.
She WA q nam.
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MRS. JACOBY is
DEAD; ACTIVE IN.
CLUB PROJECTS.
Funeral Services Slated
Saturday for Former
Ohio Woman.

Mrs. Elias J. Jacoby, 70, promi-
nent indianapolis clubwoman, died
Thursday at her home, $50 East
Fifty-ninth street. She had been
i'll several months.
Born in GAINESVILLE, o., she lived
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Need 1OOLiOnS?

BIZ United Press
NAPLES, Italy, March IL
The Schneider circus, famous
in Europe. filed a bankruptcy
petition here today.
The entire circus, including
100 lions, will be offered at
autcion. 1t generally was
doubted buyer would appear.
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GEESE FLOCK NORTH
AS HERALD OF SPRING

Thousands Dine on Grain Tossed
to Them on Delaware Estate.
By United Press
WILMINGTON, Del, March IL
Spring is on the way, old timers
of the eastern shore declared, be-
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and the great armadas are COM
pletely darked at night.
Seaplanes are dispatched to cover
all possible areas, while submarines,
destroyers and scout cruisers are
deployed in search of the fictitious
enemy.
Taking part on both sides are
practically all the navy's fighting
ships, except those now in Asiatic
waters.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-10
MEMBER OF THE
STATE OLICEM
DARING CAPTURE
Entered MOonshine Camp
Near DanicIson, While
Concealed in Truck, and
Arrested Z Men

panlelson, Conn, March 10 III.
P.)--The daring OF state Police
man Lionel Poirier, who rode into
a moonshiners' camp In n truck
loaded with iiquor-making supplies
and arrested seven men at gunpoint
was commended to-day by state
Police Commissioner Anthony Sum
derland.
State Police stopped a truck driv-
en- by Salvatore Turrisi OF 10i Hav-
erhiii street, Lawrence. Mass. Tues.
day and discovered II was overload
ed. The truck, registered as owned
by Mary (Malandrino Of 81 Crosby
street, Lawrence. contained $500
pounds Of brown sugar and 500
gallon cans. Turrisi was held
overnight and fined $3.50 and costs
In town court here yesterday. When
he drove away he was unaware
that Trooper Poirier was conceal
ed among the sugar sacks.
After traversing q circuitous
route, Turrisi arrived at the moon
sinners hangout on the outskirts
of Danielson. When men began un-
loading the truck. Poirier jumped
out with q revolver In each hand
and ordered the men to surrender.
Turrisi fed and was believed to
have made a getaway In a coupe.
Six men. attending new 100000
liquor plant. surrendered and later
Alto Turrisi of Lawrence who said
he was a nephew Of Salvatore. was
dragged out of a hay loft.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-10
BAKER PLEADED
FOR EDUCATION
OF ALL ADULTS
Former Secretary of War
Made His Plea Before
Conference OF CathO-
lies, Jews and Protest
ants

Washington, March 10-(C. P)
Newton ID. Baker closed the ma
tional Conference of Catholics. Jews
and Professionals here with a plea
for adult education" that VIII re-
move not only religious prejudices
but also those that lead to wars.
Baker, n Wilsonian democrat. pa
cifist SECRETARY of war. said last
night in emphasizing the need for
removal Of prejudices through adult
education:
There is also the problem OF
removing economic conflicts. more
and more the population OF the
world IL congested. Access 10 raw
materials Is the occasion for inter-
national conflict and disagreement
There IL the problem OF preserving:
peace. After a World War We nnd
the nations more heavily armed
than ever In history. Budgets Of all
countries including our own are
burdende with preparations for new
wars and payments for cid ones.
"The world realizes deeply that
agencies are needed 10 preserve IN
ternati0nni peace. Remember, oui
share IN the solution OF these prob
ems can not be determined By 4
single head. Sixty or seventy mil
lions 81 people must agree on the
answer II n II TO he more than ths
Judgment OF transient emotion
Continuous adult education " ~
only answer that affords even IN
prospect Of safety"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-10
CASE LONG
DRAWN OUT
IS ENDED
Romeo Minicucci Of North
Main Street Convicted
of Operating a Motor
Vehicle While Intoxi-
cated-Given 6 Months

Convicted on the charge of OPP
Grating q motor vehicle while un-
der the influence OF liquor. Romeo
Minicucci, Al. Of 2140 North Main
street, was sentenced to Jail for SIX
months as q second offender by
Judge Miles r. McNiff In police
court this morning. The conviction
was scored after three hearings,
Ave combinations and incidentally
after one of the most holly con-
tested battles witnessed In city
court In months. Expert testimony
on street gradings and conditions
"shimmylng" automobiles and the
effects OF two glasses Of wine was
heard. Following the imposition OF
tho sentence Attorney Edward Mas
colo filed notice of appeal to the
court Of common pleas and Mini
cucci was released under bonds Of
$500.
A sergeant and four patrolmen
were summoned as state witnesses.
The state called the four police.
men and the defense subjected Ser
geant George Cooling to an exam.
lnation as n defense witness. Judge
McNiff took up the cross examine
ton personally TO determine whe.
Their or not Minicucci was under
the influence of liquor when
brought into police headquarters.
ION the statements of three Of
flcers, the fact that detected q
(Continued on Page 81
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-10
HATLESS MAN in
RED COUPE DID
TWO MURDERS
Killed Unidentified White
Man and Hid Body in
Woods - Killed Negro
Who Was Near Scene

Salem, N. j., March 10.-(UP)--
A statewide search has opened
for a hatless man In red sweat
err, driving a red coupe, wanted for
the murder OF Irving Hite. So
year old negro. and an unidentified
white man. Hite and his wife
were entering a wood near here TO
cut some wood yesterday. A red
coupe approached. The motorist
asked Hite where he was going.
When the woodchopepr said he was
going into the woods to cut fire.
wood. the motorist shot him. Mrs
Hite ran screaming toward the
state road and hailed passing
automobile. The killer meanwhile
had driven away.
State troopers followed tho
tracks OF the automobile and
found the body of q murdered
man about a hundred feet beyond
the point where Hite was killed.
Police declared the man apparent.
~ had been killed elsewhere and
his body placed In the woods Just
before HIfe appeared. Tho muir.
tered killed fiite and esea ped. fear.
ng Hite would discover the first
sillins. police said. Al Identified.
don marks with the exception OF
~ letter "Fs' on u belt buckle had
zen renewed from the murderee
shite pfan. We was nearly eix feet
tall. Of medium build ana had
black hair.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-10
Salvatore Spitale Says
Professionals Had Done
That kidnapping Trick
If Amateurs Did It, 1t Is Fifty to One Shot They Would
Have Been Captured Long Before This

"If real business men have the
kid they know they can get tn
touch with me and say, 'salvy. you
can find him at such and such a
spot. Go get him and turn the
ransom money over 20 as next
Christmas spitaie said. I'D set
Lindberah his baby and collect
the money and when I'd close the
deal with the kidnapers would b.
unknown TO anybody but myself
and them. But n some mug hnh
him, he IL apt TO bungle the works
and land me In the middle.
spitaie today sent his represen-
taiives 20 Philadelphia on what he
described as purely personal bus
inean." lie himself has not beer
present In his regular haunts sine,
Tuesday night. His associates
however. said he was not forget
ting his regular business He,
been IN tight spots BEFORE" thel
declared. land has always been
able 70 set AROUND 70 say heiic.'
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New York. March 10 - tUPl
professionals did the job. :
Salvatore c"salvy") Spitale. under.
world go-between for Colonel
Charles A. Lindbergh. said today In
commenting on the Lindbergii
baby kidnapping. spiiale based
his opinion on the view that "if
amateurs did the Job. It IL fifty TO
one they would have caught them
by now" "ff fiend was re.
sponsibie. u Is hard to say what
has happened to the baby"
spitaie depiored the continued
publicity given 20 the case. This
noise IN the papers has got the
professionals buffaioed." he eon'
iinued. and until II quieis down,
they win continue to keep quiet,
when they feel they can make 4
deal without landing In Jail. they
will open up." spitaIs explained
how no believed the return Of the
baby would be consumated. lie re-
called his own reputation for be-
ing a fright guy.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-10
JEFFERSON DAY
RALLY PLANNED
' FOR CAPITAL
Will Take Place April Is
All the Leading Can.
didates for President
Will Be Speakers

Washington. March 10-(CP)--
A great Jefferson day rally II 70
be held April 10 by the democrat
ic party 10 demonstrate Its unity
OF purpose"
This announcement was made
by the national committee lart
night. with the further information
that eight presidential possibilities
Will be present and speak. These
are Governor Roosevelt Of New
York; Governor Richie of Mary
land: former Senator james A.
Reed Of Missouri. Senator James
Hamilton Lewis Of Illinois; New
ton -. Baker Of Ohio. former
Governor Byrd OF Virginia. and
Speaker John n. Garner. Govern
or Murray OF oklahoma and Mel
vim d. Taylor Of Chicago were In
vited but had previous engage
ments. ....
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-10
De Valera Summoned His
Cabinet To-day For Its
First Historic Session
They Propose to Act as Quickly as Possible to Break
the Oath Of Allegiance to the British Government

NJ statement pending his declara-
ton of policy In the Dali next
week, The Dali adjourned until
Tuesday soon after DE Valera was
elected president OF the executive
council and the members OF his
party moved into the government
benches.
The position OF the new repubii.
can government was none too
strong. for the labor party. which
holds the balance OF power IN the
BGil. said In q statement that II
did not agree with more than 30
pei cent OF DE yalera's program
hut intended 10 support him.
but II he leads our people Into
war, either economic or actual,
with friendly nations or amonH
ourselves. wo win oppose him with
~ the power We enn command.
the statement said.
Some OF the deputies who re-.
Rarded the Fianna Fall majority
cf 10 hs an III omen got a silver
fcentinued on Page 80
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FOUR MET DEATH
IN PISTOL DUEL
WITH PRISONER
Two Were Policemen, One
Prison Guard and Negro
Convict, Who Started
the Battle

New Orleans. March 10.-0UP)
-Patrolman Albert Oestriecher.
SO. died early to-day. the fourt ia
tally in yesterdays gun battle be-
tween local police and Percy
Thompson, negro prisoner. PATROL
man Cornelius Ford. Corporal
George Weidert and Thompson died
yesterday during the outbreak.
William King. negro trusty, was
wounded.
Thompson was being held on a
petty larceny charge. AS Pa
trolman Ford passed his cell. the
negro seized the officers gun and
ammunition belt and shot Ford.
The other officers were slain in the
fight which followed. The negro
himself was wounded and sub
dued after two-hour battle. with
police riot squads. Enroute to the
hospital in a police ambulance. he
again tried to escape and was shot
to death.
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Dashed Away Three
Times And Escaped
The Watching Guards
He Stole the Uniform OF
Trooper and Thus Com
cealed He Made Three
Mystery Trips-Two OF
Them Were at Night
Drove His Own Car
ONE GUARD WAS
ALMOST RUN DOWN
BY DELOS SMITH
- anlla lAnA ~ ls..AA.l

NSops tkHt, lUOSp ~ NHtNt FrcASt
Hopewell, N. j., March 10
(UP) From seven sources. all OF
them connected with the Lind
bergh kidnapping case. came TO me
to-day the story that Colonel
Charles A, Llndbcrgh himself has
made three mysterious auto trips
since Monday In AN endeavor to
contribute to release of his baby.
AS reported by these sources in
dependently Of each other, Lind
bergh's journeys included two
night trips, and he protected him.
self against recognition by wearing
u New Jersey state troopers leath-
CIR jacket, trooper uniform eau
and glasses. There Is a remote
chance OF mistaken identity, but
my informants said they were pos
tive that the party In question
was Lindbergh himself
Every effort to confuse follow
ers and to conceal even the fact
that he was away, we're taken by
Colonel Lindbergh, his Immediate
families. and one member Of the
police now making headquarters
In Lindbergh's house, according to
Continued On Page 81
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-10
Local Residents Who Have
Been Contributing From
Their Wages to Assist
the Jobless Can Deduct
Full Amount of Contrib.
utions From Their In
come Taxes
INFORMATION COMES \
FROM WASHINGTON

wateburians who have been
contributing to the Mutual AID
Unemployment fund will be en-
titled to deduct the amounts do
mated from their years earnings
when fling their Income taxes
under the heading charitable ex-
penses', Lewis s. Reed Of the Cit.
izcns and Manufacturers National
bank, treasurer of the relief com
mittee, announced to-day upon
reccipt of advices from Washing
ton, y. c. This means that money
given to the relief fund can be
clsssed ny charitable donations
juht tho same AN contributions to
other relief or church work. The
ruling OF the treasury department.
which was sought by Mr. Reed, VIII
be far reaching here as II Will at.
feet many hundreds of local
donors.
OF course this exemption would
not have been possible had not the
committee In charge of the relief
(Continued on Page "
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CONTRACTOR OF r
new HAVEN HAS
BEEN RELEASED
Tony Meslo Walked Out of
Jail To-day a Free Man
Story OF Woman
About Baby Held Him
in Custody

New Haven. Conn, March 10
(uP)-Tony Meslo, 45.year-old
contractor arrested In connection
with investigation Of the Lindbergh
kidnapping. was released to-day,
He walked out Of city court q free
man after City Attorney Daniel f.
Pouzzner. had told Judge Stanley
Dunn neither the city, the state
police nor the states attorney
wanted Meslo.
Meslo spent two nights In coun.
ty Jail while authorities checked
the story of Mrs Victoria Burba
OF Colchester that she overheard
Meslo offer 10 months ago to
finance kidnapping Of the Lindbergh
baby. information gained by in
vestigators regarding financial
trhnsa ctions between Meslo and
the woman were understood TO
have shed some light on her story
and resulted In release of the Rus.
sian.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-10
GROCERY CLERK
IS PLEASED TO
END HIS TRIP

San Francisco. March 10-(UPl
-Patrolmen In radio-equipped
automobiles found Alfred Manino.
Trenton. n. j., grocery clerk. in a
state bordering nervous exhaustion
to-day while they were checking
reports that a machine with New
Jersey license plates had been seen
here.
Manino said he had been
stopped, questioned and searched
more than 100 times on his trip
across the continent by officers
seeking the Lindbergh baby. Po-
lice here gave him a clearance to
show he was not connected with
the case.
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Dublin, March l0-(uP)-Ea-
mon De Valera summoned his cab
met for the first time to-day and
presided over the meeting OF. the
republican ministers pledged 10
break the oath OF allegiance to
The British crown and TO win COM
plete independence for ireland,
DE Valera and the members OF
his Fianna Fail party formally
subscribed 10 the oath when they
took their seats In the new Dali.
Tney maintained they would act AZ
quickly ~ possible 10 remove the
cath from the Free State eonstitu-
tion.
One OF the first acts OF the new
government was expected 10 be-
abolition OF the pubic safety act.
passed by the coasrave govern
lnsnt. which established military
tribunals for the trial ~ terrorlsts.
The tribunal was given the power
Of death sentence for some offend
efs,
De Valera said he would make
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-10
AIR SERVICE
TO CANADA

Montreal, March 10 (UP) A
daily air service between montreal
and New York was inaugurated
yesterday when an eight-passenger
Pilgrim plane landed at st Hubert
Airdrome. The schedule calls for
a plane to leave Montreal daily
except Sunday at 1915 p m. ar
irving at New York at AIS p. m.
The New York plane will leave at
Z a. M, arriving here at IL a. m.
Albany will be used as the port
of entry into the United States.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-03-10
'RUMORS GALORE !
BUT NO TIDINCS
OF LOST CHILD
To All Questions and
Queries Made to On.
Gals Comes the One
Answer, Baby Is Not
Found"
By HATES RANEY

Omitted Press star Corrcspondcnt)
Hopewell, March 10-fUP).--
Baby Charles A. Lindbergr, Jr, Is
still missing.
That fact. announced officially
to-day. stood out still as the domi-
nant news fact In 4 welter Of ru-
NOR, fantasy and transformation
circulated on the status Of the kid
mapping of Colonel and Mrs Eind-
berGh's 20 months old son.
Has the baby been returncdy"
the press liason officer at the Lind.
bergh's Hopewell estate was asked
through the Trenton state police
press conference this forenoon.
And. his laconic reply. tragic IN
Its import. was
mo"
In the same press conference It
was denied Colonel Lindbergh
is on the verge of n nervous coll
lapse. His wife. Anne Morrow
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