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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-18
Love by Code
initiated EndearmentS
Are Mystery in $50, 900
Heart Balm Suit.
ByUnited Pres

By United Press
CHICAGO, March 1s-The ed
ucation of a judge and jury in
such mystifying terms as B.
c." "B. G. W." and ID. D." was
expected to proceed today in the
$50, 900 alienation of affections suit
of Robert Steven against Warren
r. Davies.
The enigmatic characters APP
peared in letters which Steven
charged Davies wrote the then
Mrs. Steven. Amusement, bushes
and filters came from the court
room on the reading of such
phrases as:
MY Darling, My Sweet B. c."
Il can hardly wait until the day
when you can be my own B. G. w.
'I'll never forget the wonder
full feeling of my B. G.'s arms
around her D. DIS neck"
Another complication of the
case was the fact Mrs. Steven,
about whom the suit revolves, now
is married to neither of the men.
She divorced her husband, mar
ried Davies and then divorced him
in turn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-18
Write Smart DiaIog, Cash In
on TimeS-PaIace Movie
Contest.

What are these three famous
funsters saying to one another?
Indianapolis humorists have the
opportunity of a lifetime to try their
hand at writing witty, clever dialog.
This is the second of a series of six
pictures to appear in The Indian
apolis Times loves Palace theater
dialog contest, conducted in con-
nection with the showing of THE
Passionate Plumber" with Buster
Keaton, Jimmy (Schnozzle) Durante
and Polly Moran, which starts at
Loew's today.
Funny, wise cracking Jimmy
Durante is famous for his quick
on-the- trigger" remarks. Do you
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think you can write gag" or joke
good enough to be included in some
.orthcoming Metro Goldwyn- Mayer
picture? If so, join the fun! You
may win one of the cash awards
awaiting the funniest contributions
submitted
Cash awards totaling $25 will be
divided among the winners, as fol-
lows: First, $40; second, S.; third,
SO, fourth, 50, and 81 each to the
next five selected by the judges.
The dialog contest is open to
every one in Indianapolis, except
ing employees of The Times, Metro
Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Cor
poration and Loew's Palace theater.
DIALOG MUST BE ORIGINAL
AND NOT TAKEN FROM THE
ACTUAL DIALOG OF THE PIC
TURE.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-18

Kerwin of the University of Chi
cago, nationally known political
scientist.
The men gave their names as
Edward Belson, 80. Chicago; John
J.. Murphy. 80. Detroit, and Jack
Grablick. IS, Detroit.
The arrests came after. Professor
Kerwin charged, new attempt to
extort an additional $4,000 had been
made
The original extortion occurred
last fall, Kerwin said, when one
man proffered serious charges
against him, another posed as an
assistant states attorney and a
third as a witness.
The professor said he paid $500
at the time and $1,000 later. He
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-18
CONGRESS WILL
STUDY RAILWAY
PENSION BILL
Hearings to Start in April on
Measure to Provide An
nuitieS to Workers.

By scripps-HoicGrd Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, March 1S.-Hear-
ings win be held early in April on
Senator Robert F. Wagner's bill
providing for the payment of re-
tirement insurance and disability
benefits to railway employees, affect
ing 100000 workers.
Wagner is chairman of the Spe-
cial subcommittee of the senate in
terstate commerce committee to
conduct the hearings. Other men,
bers are Brookhart (Rep., la
Glenn rep, ND. Hastings, CRep.
Dell and Wheeler Dem, Mont.)
The bill provides for creation o.
retirement and disability insur.
ance fund out of equal contribution;
by the carriers and their employees
The government would not share ir
the cost.
Out of this fund built up by con-
tributions of the railways and en-
ployes a retired railway worker
would be given an annuity equal IL
2 per cent of his average annua.
compensation multiplied by the
years of his contributory service
Thus a worker who over twenty
years earned an average of $3.50
year and contributed his 2 pei
cent would be entitled to $1,000 an
nually.
For the older railway employees
now in service the bill provides the
establishment of a prior service
pension fund.-" out of which an ad-
ditional pension can be paid in case
his years of "contributory service
prove insufficient to provide liv-
ing income.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-18

You are always sure of
Kellogg's Corn Flakes. For
rs years Kellogg's have been
the standard of quality.
Kellogg's Corn Flakes are
made in modern, sanitary plants
=. always open to inspection
by visitors. Kellogg's have the
finest materials, expert work
ers; and wonderful machinery
it has taken years to perfect.
Plus a patented sealed WAX
TITE bag that brings the fakes
oven-fresh to your tablet
Guaranteed by w. K. KEEL
logg: eff you do not consider
them the finest and freshest
corn fakes you ever ate, re-
turn the red-and-green pack
age and we will refund your
money" Made by Kellogg in
Battle Greek.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-18
imp AID CHICAGO
TEACHERS TELL
TRAGIC STORIES
Prlyation, Despair Disclosed
by Thousands, Without
Money for Year.

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO. March ia dark
story Of privation, despair and trag-
edy was told today-the story OF
how Chicago's $4,000 teachers have
lived for nearly year on two and
a half months pay.
From missionaries returned
thus far, by 5000 teachers, was
cleaned the picture OF men and
women carrying on TO the breaking
point under a burden of distress.
The replies revealed a drop In
the standard Of living to the point
where teachers no longer can buy
good food, and arc forced to 60
without medical or dental atten-
ton, despite serious need.
AmusementS, new clothes. books
and periodicals Of their profession
have been forgotten in the struggle
for mere existence.
Loan Sharks Gather Harvest
The figure of the loan shark
stalks through the questionnaires as
teachers reveal they have been
forced to borrow at usury to buy
every day necessities.
Bank failures have heightened
suffering Report after report men
tions lapsed insurance because there
was no money for premiums.
Eviction and foreclosure faces
many. One instructor told how her
daughter mad died due to lack of
a doctor
I had nothing TO pay him." the
woman wrote. When the physician
came, it was too late. He could do
nothing"
A second teacher gave indication
Of the desperate remedies to which
the instructors have been forced.
Predict Closing of Schools
when my classes are over at 4
o'clock" she wrote, Il go to res
taurant where I have job as
cook until 2 a. m. I have to do
this, as am the only support Of my
blind mother"
Irwin A. Wilson, president of the
Principals Club conducting the
survey, predicted the schools would
be forced to close within a month.
AS the report was made, one more
group of suburban schools was
ordered closed for the duration of
the year. The schools we're those
of Rosedale, an industrial suburb,
where teachers have been unDaiG
since last November.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-18
KIWANIS-LIONS CAGE
TOURNEY NETS 500
Proceeds of Civic Clubs Meet
to Be Used for Boys,

Proceeds of Civic Clubs Meet
to Be Used for Boys.
Nearly $500 was raised by the
final basketball game in the Lions
Kivanis clubs tourney in which the
Kiwanians defeated the Lions, n
to IA, to win two out of three
games.
The proceeds from the tourney
will be used to finance a physical
examination clinic supported by
Kiwanians at the English Avenue
Boys Club, where the games were
played, and a dental clinic main
tanned by Lions.
Kiwanis players included w.
Myron Yorger, Walter Campbell,
Edward M. Tomlinson, James W.
IngleS and Harry Daniels. On the
Lions squad we're DR.. Kyle B. May
han Dr. Paul B. Blakeslee, DR..
George F.. Goldman, c. w. Pen
singer, Albert o. Evans, Carl E,
Wood and Ralph E. Jones. Everett
G. KELLEY was referee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-18
BEAR KILLED BY COP

'Tunney,' the Victim, Wasn't Very
Friendly, So Stroll Ends in Disaster.
By United Press
LINDENHURST, Long Island,
N. Y, March 18.-Patrolman Otto
Goercken killed a brown bear just
outside this village.
The bear was one of two which
escaped from Edward Sieber, who
kept them as pets.
"Tunney," the bear killed, wasn't
very friendly, which was more than
Goercken could bear.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-18
PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
FOR SUNRISE SERVICE
Trumpet Will Sound Prelude Ia
Ceremony on Monument Steps.

Ceremony on Monument Steps.
Program for the tenth annual
sunrise Easter service of the Junior
Ogden Chorale, to be given on the
steps of the monument, Sunday,
March q, has been announced by
the director, Mrs James M. Ogden,
as follows:
Sunrise trumpet call, Robert
Schultz; When I Survey the Won
drous Cross" and "Hallelujah Choir
u.s." Irvington Community Choir;
Jour numbers by Sam Sims, "Alle-
lula" Jesus Christ Is Risen To-
day." THE Lord Is Risen," and 20
Sons and Daughters"
Songs by the chorale will include
''The Old Rugged Cross" THE
Palms." Near the Cross" Anthem
Benediction," and Grown Ye the
King"
Billy Shirley will sing That Sweet
Story of Old" Flowers will be placed
on the cross by Charlene Buchanan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-18
WOMEN DENIED BALLOT


PARIS, March 1S.-French suf-
fragets. who shouted women pay
taxes and should be allowed to
vote" lost their fight today.
The chamber Of deputies, after an
all-night session, approved the cleo
toral reform law as returned by the
senate. without extending women
the franchise.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-18
JEWRY TO OBSERVE
FESTIVAL OF PURIM
Feast of Lots viii Commemorate
Thwarting Of Humans Plot.

One-day festival of Purim, the
Jewish feast Of Lots, will be OBJ
served Monday by Jewry of the
state and nation.
Masquerade balls and other fes-
tivities mark it as day of rejoic-
ing, while in synagogues the book
of Esther from the Bible is read.
Gifts are exchanged among friends,
the needy are given aid, and the
delicacy called Hamantaschen, a
cookie, shaped like a triangle and
filled with poppy seed, is one of the
traditions of the observance.
The festival cele brates the
thwarting of a plot by an ancient
Persian prime minister, Haman, for
the destruction of all Jews in the
empire.
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! MARCH Is. 1892

then consulted with. The states at
torpey's Office, and trap was laid
when new demand for $4,000 was
made.
When the three men appeared
police hidden in Kerwin's apart
ment arrested them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-18
THREE HELD IN
ExTORTION CASE
Chicago Professor Charges
BIackmaiIinq Plot.

By United Press
CHICAGO, March iS.-Three
men were held today for arraign-
ment after charges that they had
extorted $4,000 from him had been
preferred by Professor Jerome c.
Evening star., 1932-03-06

Eventually picture post cards were
printed In immense volume. Hundreds
OF millions Of them have been sent
throughout the world. As travel became
easier and cheaper and more and more
people went visiting into strange lands
the volume of cards swelled, until dur
ing the tourist season" the mail
pouches bear more cards than letters.
For the picture card is convenient
form Of maintaining communication. A
traveller can please o dozen friends with
cards 10 one who is sent letter. Sta
tistics of the post card industry would
mount into veritably astronomical fg-
ures. Great sums have been made In
profits from this industry. And count
less multitudes of people have become
acquainted with the exterior appearance
of places far beyond the range OF their
own travels. In all this remarkable de-
velopment Of his simple enterprise the
name Of Heinrich Lange has not gone
far beyond Gottingen. Now that he is
dead it behooves the post card buyers
of all nationalities to pay him tribute
of gratitude for his contribution to their
pleasure and that Of their friends back
home.
Evening star., 1932-03-06

driven for the Archives Building, while
the Internal Revenue and Commerce
Buildings rest upon some 10000 Of
these concrete legs" reaching down to
the hard pan. The concrete mixers add
minor note to the cadence Of con-
struction harmony.
After the piling Is driven and the
coughing Of the drivers has been stilled
will come q period Of comparative
silence. Then the steel win be erected,
and with steel comes a furious clatter
Of the riveters. That is the most trying
Of all the sounds incidental to con-
struction. Accompanying the rata
tat-tat Of the riveters will be the throb-
bing Of cranes, lifting the steel into
place and later hoisting the stones for
the outer surfacing of the buildings and
other material for the interior finish.
Now that the Internal Revenue and
Commerce Buildings are finished and
occupied they are themselves scenes of
peace. But the din continues close to
them. In a few weeks the entire area
from Seventh to Fourteenth streets will
be the scene Of a busting, clamorous
activity. Perhaps some Of the city's
guests viii be annoyed by these mani
festations. But they should be COM
forted by the reflection that every
harsh note that enters their ears will
signify the fact that hundreds Of men
are being kept in employment In this
great enterprise. Eight hundred alone
will be working on the four-structure
site east Of the Commerce Building
when the night shift is added. That
fact should moderate the annoyance
caused by the clatter.
The pushing Of this work Is In the
interest Of Government economy. Every
week that is gained in construction
means the closer APPROACH of the time
when the Federal Service will be housed
in its own buildings and rents will
cease to be paid for inadequate quarters.
1t Is wise dispensation thus to press
the construction program as speedily as
the requirements Of sound building
permit.
Evening star., 1932-03-06
THE BEAUTIFUL GATE
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. d, IL. D.
Bishop of Washington

truer ideals of life; If it be the portal
to the sanctuary
Where spirits blend .~
And friend holds fellowship with
friend;
II It means the clarifying Of our vision,
making us to see more clearly and per-
fectly the vision of life as revealed IN
the teachings of the great Master, then
1t Is indeed the gate beauti1W. Tne
presence Of the less fortunate, even OF
some lame beggar, but serves 70 en-
hance its significance and give 1resn
Interpretation to its beauty:
We come up to our worship and to
the gate Of our hoase Of praise with
sense of our own unfitness. We come
to 1t conscious not alone OF our own
needs, but of what our life may through
its generous action contribute to the
needs of others. This is in consonance
with that word spoken Of old, Pure re-
ligion and undefled before God Is this,
to visit the fatherlesS and widows IN
their affliction and to keep ones sell
unspotted before the world" II the
practice Of our religious faith means
this to Us, then to assume It's obligations
Is q joyous privilege rather than SELF
imposed discipline. That Jesus sought
to make the gateway OF the temple
beautiful, the avenue OF approach 70
hfe's highest and noblest experiences, Is
clearly evident In His teaching. he
would have Us approach 1t always with
hope and expectation. He would make
it the central portal through which we
should enter into hfe's richest and most
refreshing occupations.
With our limited and restricted vision
we all too frequently make the gateway
to worship unattractive and unappeal-
ing. To the young in particular 1t
seems forbidding and suggestive OF q
somber and shadowy outlook upon LIE. 1t
speaks of a religious faith and practice
quite out of consonance with the buoy
ant action and bright expectations Of
glowing youth. Surely this Is without
warrant In the light Of Christs teach
ings. He sought to make the gateway
Of approach to His house so broad and
generous in its amplitude that It might
be to men the most welcome portal on
LIES highway. HIS was to be the house
Of prayer for all people. We shall make
His Temple what He designed 1t TO be
when we 80 increase its appeal that
men everywhere will come to regard 1t
as the way Of approach to hfe's larger,
fuller, richer meaning.
Evening star., 1932-03-06
A Benefactor of Humanity.

A man died the other day at Got
tingen, Germany, who was utterly un-
known to millions Of people who have
benefited greatly from an invention
with which he was credited. This was
Heinrich Lange, a stationer In modest
way Of business m that city. Gottingen
Is one Of the most picturesque of the
old German cities, containing numerous
relics Of the medieval times. 1t has
enjoyed a great tide Of visitation from
tourists Of all nstionalities. Herr Lange,
dealer In writing materials, one day
long ago conceived the idea of having
pictures Of some Of Gottingen's quaint
architectural features printed on post
cards for convenient use by these visi-
tors. They found a ready sale. This
led to an expansion Of the scope Of the
enterprise, and soon the Lange cards
were In demand IN various parts Of
Germany. Others caught the idea and
developed 1t. A London firm Of print
ers went in for colors. These more
q brilliant cards found even reader sale.
Evening star., 1932-03-06
Roosevelt.Smith Clash May Cause
DissensiOn i'm Ranks of Democrats

know once that idea had spread It
would be doubly difficult for Roosevelt
to win back the support Of Smiths
shock troops. They know, too, that
once that qestion threatens to disrupt
the national convention and perhaps
serve as the real weapon in bringing
about deadlock, the need for a COM
promise on O candidate not touched by
the deadly issue will be almost In
escapable.
Similarly, the situation exists in
Massachusetts, where Smith now has
entered formally as an avowed candidate
instead Of an inactive" candidate,
thereby changing his status nationally.
Indeed, it Is 80 complex that the Roose-
welt managers are considering not press
ing the Governors candidacy in that
States primary, evidently on guard
against stirring the Smith elements in
the Northeast to unnecessary antagon-
ism. Naturally, the chief concern Is
how far beyond those local contests the
issues now shaping In New England
may 60.
Tammany's attitude in relation to
Gov. Roosevelt and Al Smith Is q
political anomaly. For 20 years Mr..
Smith was straight organization man.
Tammany nominated him for Governor
five times and elected him four; worked
for him twice for the presidency.
Roosevelt never has been straight or
ganisation, In the degree Smith was.
AS State Senator 20 years ago, Roosevelt
began fighting Tammany. His relations
with the organization as Governor have
been strained and uncertain. Yet the
Tammany issue never particularly both
cred Smith 1t was taken for granted.
1t constitutes a major problem for Gov.
Roosevelt. Tammany Is just at present
on friendlier terms with Roosevelt than
with Smith, and that friendship, hard
to establish and difficult to maintain. is
most displeasing to Democrats in the
West and South, where lies the Cover
nor's main support.
Copyright. 1897
Evening star., 1932-03-06
Merchandising i'm the Country
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

An indication that the rural and small
town sections Of the United States have
an extraordinary economic tenacity and
are far from being destitute Is provided
In new Government figures showing
that nearly one-third Of the Nations
retail buying stfll is carried on over the
counter outside of the great cities. 1t u
shown that this rural buying at retail
amounts to SIS 1918, las, 900 annually, and
this Is 80 per cent OF the grand total OF
American retail trade.
For more than decade the tale OF
the farmers hardship has recurred like
a Greek chorus, the halls of Congress,
the political hustings and the columns
of newspapers repeating the complaint
over and over again. Yet these rural
dwellers find money enough to carry on
this large volume Of retail trading.
More than half Of the American
population-56.2 per cent to be exact
Is found in the cities. This population
does little over two-thirds Of the retail
buying, but this preponderance must be
read weighted with modifying factors.
The figures which show that the rural
and village dwellers buy 30 per cent Of
the goods sold at retail do not include
two huge classes of goods consumed by
these people. They are the mail order
goods and the goods, chiefly food
products, which are consumed by the
neighbors. This large volume Of con-
sumable goods does not change hands
for cash IN the usual retail way.
Mall Order Regions.
One may travel In sections far dis
tant from even O small town, In hill
country, by lonely shores where a scat
tering Of fishermen dwell and find in
half the houses library consisting Of
the Bible and huge mail-order cata-
logue. In some places the Bible is miss
ing. In households where no one can
read, the mail-order catalog Is con-
suited Just the same. Its profuse IL
lustrations serve to indicate what Is
offered and many people who cannot
read letters can read figures. II not,
such persons select the picture Of what
they desire and get the postmaster or
some more hterste individual to do the
interpreting. Obviously, then, there Is
large volume Of retail buying being
done by the rural and srnall-town pop
ulation not reflected IN the figures Just
reported.
For purposes of this new compilation,
the population IN towns Of less than
10000 inhabitants Is included. There
are $500, ,223 in this classification, ac-
cording to the 1880 census. Those ac-
tually living on farms number s0,157,-
513. Among these are to be found the
most representative customers Of the
mail-order houses.
A separate classification is described
by the Bureau Of the Census as the
rural non-farm population. These
number 23,662,710. They live In towns
ranging in size from 10000 population
down. These are the communities from
which spring so many individuals who
work their way up in the scale Of ma
Evening star., 1932-03-06

frequent cause Of failure. This Is
shown by large losses on bad debts, the
trouble experienced in collecting ac-
counts and the large proportion of
credit extended without thorough inves-
tigation Of the debtors.
The present general economic situa-
ton is, Of course, q large factor In
business failures and an auxiliary effect
has been the decline In real estate
values. On the other hand, q very con-
siderable number Of failures could be
shown to be due to speculate outside
of business, a certain number to gam
bling, in q personal way, and still 9TH
ers to dishonesty or fraud. In some
cases, the department points out, In its
study Of bankruptcies In New Jersey
"the responsibility should be placed in
a large part upon the creditors them
selves who failed to investigate before
extending credit" Personal reasons,
such as illness and cost of medical carr,
extravagant living and unfair comneti-
ton are also given as causes. It ia in
teresting to note that, with regard TO
lack Of capital, "in most Of these cases
something else was really the cause"
(Copyright, ls32.)