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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
HOLD kREUGER AIDS
Accuse Three of Helping
Match King FaIsify Books.

By United Press
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April Is.
Three directors of the Kreuger &
Toll Company, with worldwide in
terests, we're under arrest today
charged with helping the late Ivar
Kreuger, Swedish match king, to
falsify books of the company, there
by fraudulently misleading stock
holders.
Acting on Kreuger 81 Toll
Company report and also on the
resport of special auditors, police
arrested Carl Lange, Sven Holdt
and Victor Holm, to climax develop
ments which have followed the sui
eide of Kreuger.
LANCE is understood to be a pri-
vate inspector for Kreuger's con-
Germs. including banking interests
at Paris and Amsterdam; Holdt is
a director of Kreuger bank, and
Holm represents Kreuger sub
salaries.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
CALL HALT TO
LOAN SCHEME
Police Charge SWindIe to
Peru insurance AGENT

Suspected of perpetrating a fake
insurance proposition in which he
promised large amounts of money
on policies held by victims, Robert
F. Erwin, 46, of Peru, today faces a
charge of obtaining money under
false pretense.
Detectives arrested Erwin late
Friday, claiming they seized a large
amount of printed matter, receipt
books, membership acknowledge
ments" and brochures, which Err
win admitted having printed in Gin
cinnati, they said.
Erwin admitted, detectives claimed,
that he is an agent for the POLICY
Loan Association of New York City,
Inc, fictitious organization.
Erwin'S alleged victims, including
nearly 100 railroad workers here and
in Peru, most of them unemployed,
were told that they could obtain
loans equal the total amount of the
policy.
The arrest was made after q
prospect" became suspicious and
reported to police. Posing as O.
railroad man in need of funds, two
detectives called on Erwin and lis
tened to his proposition"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
DRY CONVENTION
OPENS MONDAY
AT M. E. CHURCH
Sergeant Alvin York of
World War Fame to
Be Speaker.

Statewide temperance conven-
ton under auspices of the Indiana
Anti-Saloon League will be held
Monday and Tuesday at the Rob-
erts Park NJ. E. church.
Representatives of the league Will
speak at forty-fve Indianapolis
churches Sunday preceding the
convention.
Sessions will open at II Monday
with invocation by DR.. A. H. Kenna,
pastor of the church. A noon lunch
con will be served with Mrs. Brandt
G. Downey presiding.
L. E. York, superintendent of the
league, will preside and DR.. F.
Scott Mcbride, head of the national
anti-saloon league, will be the
speaker, at a session Monday night.
A drama will be presented by S.
P. Mcknight and Will j. Foster.
Mrs. Elizabeth T. Stanley, state
president of the Indiana w. c. T.
u, will speak Tuesday morning at a
session at which DR.. B. D. Beck,
pastor of the Temple M. E. church,
will preside.
DR.. j. M. Doran, United States
commissioner of industrial alcohol,
will be the principal speaker Tues
day afternoon at 2.
Sergeant Alvin c. York, World
war hero, will speak at 7:45 Tuesday
night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
SOVIET PAPER
SAYS JAPAN is
INCITING WAR
Charges Nippon MiIitariStS
Plan to Push Activity
Beyond Manchuria.

By United Press
MOSCOW, April is. - Soviet
Russia's alarm over the possibility
of serious disturbances in Man
churia was reflected today in news
paper headlines while editorial COM
ment accused Japanese militarists
of seeking a pretext for war with
the SovietS.
An editorial in Pravda said Jap
anese imperialists are preparing for
further war activity outside Man
churia. If they need pretext, it
will not be difficult to create prov
ocations. The imperialists' policy
follows definite purpose-to trans
form occupied territory into hot
bed Of further adventures.
Pravda concluded that if "the
peaceful spirit of the Soviet Union
is interpreted by Japanese i'm
perialistS as proof of our weakness
and our inability to defend the
frontier, it is so much the worse
for them
Headlines on Manchurian news
throughout the nation denounced
alleged anti-Soviet plots at Hardin
in which White Russians were &C.
cused as serving as the tool of Jap
anese war makers. The report that
the American Atlantic fleet might
remain in the Pacific was regarded
as an indication of conflict between
the United States and Japan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
TENEMENT FIRE
COSTS 6 LIVES
Arrest Painter Who Stored
Supplies Under Stair.

By United Press
NEW YORK, April 16.-Six per-
sons were killed in a mysterious fire
in Bronx tenement today and
after preliminary investigation
police ordered painter held on a
technical charge of homicide.
The dead included four members
of one family. Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Dobromil and their twin sons, ia
cob and Joseph The other two to
succumb we're Edith Weinstein, Z,
and Philip Weinstein, 1O-year-old
son of former boxer, Benjamin
Weinstein.
Police discovered a large amount
of paints, benzine and other inf7am-
mable materials in a locker under
the stairway and arrested Benjamin
Siegel, who admitted to ownership.
The case will be presented to a
grand Jury.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
Bury Six Blaze Victims
By United Press

~ CYtbbU ETeSS
NEW YORK, April 16.-A mother
and her five children, burned to
death in a tenement blaze, were
buried Friday while Socialist speak
erS called their death, murder, y
and the victims unknown soldiers
Of an economic warfare"
There was mo religion, no rabbi"
at the funeral for Mrs. Sarah San
ders and her brood, exactly as re-
quested by the bookbinder father,
sixteen years employed by the same
firm, and then let go for no rea-
SON."
Five thousand Socialists attended
the public funeral on the crowded
east side. They heard the fathers
bitter comments.
only children of the poor can
meet such a death. They are the
unknown soldiers of economic war
fare" a speaker said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
An Old Meany!
BIZ United Press

By DHltCd Press
SAN FRANCISCO, April Is.
"A hotel patronized by sensi-
tive folk is no place for a
mimicking fiend like a minah,
James McCabe, hotel man con-
fessed today.
Some we'll meaning friend
gave him a minah bird-a sort
of sport model blackbird-that
promptly got McCabe into deep
water at the costly caravan
sary he manages. He named it
Amos.
Amos copied my voice ex-
actly," said McCabe. Every
thing I said he would repeat.
and then add a sound slightly
suggestive of a horse laugh"
Then others took to tutoring
Amos. He got into the habit
of greeting wealthy guests who
entered the managers office,
what are you doing here, you
BUMP"
And one day, in McCabe's
voice, he shouted at a passing
dowager:
Hey. there! Have you paid
your bill, you mug?"
So Amos has gone away from
there.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
REFERENDUM ON
DRY LAW URGED
Van NuyS Says People Are
Entitled to Be Heard.
By Times Special

By Times Special
FRANKFORT, Ind, April 49,
Referendum on prohibition and
abolition Of unnecessary federal
boards were advocated by Frederick
Van Mugs, candidate for the DEM
ocratic nomination for senator at a
rally here Friday night.
Pointing out there has been wide
spread criticism of enforcement of
the Volstead law, Van Mugs said:
In keeping with the principles
OF the Democratic party, in nv
opinion, the subject has reached
that stage where the people are en-
titled to express themselves directly
at the polls.
Therefore, I can see no reason
Why congress should not make pro-
vision for ascertaining, by referen-
dunn or otherwise, the will of the
people upon this subject"
Van Mugs asserted departure
from the theory that the American
people have the right and the abil-
lty to govern themselves has been
responsible for the ills from which
the country is suffering.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
ECONOMY SEEN ONLY
TAX REDUCTION HOPE
State Survey Committee Calls for
PAIRING of Local Budgets.

Immediate, drastic reduction of
public expenditures is the only ma
jor method by which the tax bur-
den in Indiana can be lightened,
according to a statement issued
Friday by the Indiana tax confer
ence survey committee preliminary
to final report.
The committee, created by an act
of the 1929 legislature, points out
that an economic depression existed
during the three years in which it
made its study of conditions in the
state. Opinion is expressed that
public expenditures in Indiana can
be reduced materially"
1t is recommended in the state
ment that "public-spirited citizens
organize in each and every commu-
nifty to study spending by their To-
cal governments, to devise ways and
means of eliminating a portion of
their present expenditures"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
Like Your Giblets? They Are
Great, Prepared With Noodles
BY ARCH STEINEL

"Whatcha got for supper? Glib
lets and gravy! Um-um-ummm-
umph, well, if those lips Of mine
don't smack"
And those of the city who'll
agree that giblets, just fixed any
way, are the feast for a King
George may read on to hear
about the lady who sells the city
its chicken giblets.
Limousines of the north side
and juggle- buggies beat path to
her sales table and cars each
Monday and sometimes on
Wednesday of each week, too, to
get the delicacy of epicureans.
For ten years. Mrs. Ella Car
Isle. 1917 Sharon avenue, has
presided over the giblet sales days
at the Columbia Conserve Com
pany, 1735 Churchman avenue.
She has umpired the division OF
the hearts, gizzards and livers of
chickens on their way to be cans
of soup with the impartiality of
a world series arbiter, and she's
still an admitted fancier of the
DISH" giblets and noodles" when
the days work is done.
VIVID like to have more giz-
w yards than livers," is the
plant of one be-diamonded ma
iron with lap-dog under an
arm.
Sorry, Missus, but giblets is
giblets. But I'll do my best for
you. They're 10 cents pound as
is-yes, as it," Mrs. Carlisle may
retort kindly.
Three hundred pounds Of the
savory meat go before one could
say Arthur Robinson or even Jim
Watson.
In fact, there are Mondays when
the giblets of live chickens are
mortgaged or have a heavy lien on
them before they've been killed for
the soup kettle by the canning
company.
VOU see, giblets are not used
l. in making soup and that's
the reason they're for SALE" Mrs.
Carlisle explains.
IF sales are heavy, it's neces-
sary for customers to wait until
the chickens are killed. Some
times I've got line waiting and
fretting for their orders to be
filled"
Between sales days, Mrs. Car
Isle acts as matron of the cam
ming company and sells groceries
to employees.
And when she goes home at
night, it's an even bet that she'll
be carrying three or four pounds
of the goods she sells to make her
dish of dishes, "giblets and
noodles"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
TROOPS At MINES
Tense Calm Settles Over
Ohio Coal Fields.
By United Press

-
CADIz, o., April 16.-A tense
calm settled over the Harrison coun-
ty coal fields today as 300 national
guardsmen grimly set about enforc-
ing a county proclamation, pro-
hibiting strikes from congregating
within a mile of the county's six
mines.
More troops were expected to be
modified to enforce the order
which was issued by Sheriff Maur-
ice wooster after two men had died
and more than a score injured in a
series of clashes between strikers
and workers.
Observers feared more violence
if the Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Company mine at Adena, center of
the disorders, reopens next week.
The mine was closed after one
striker had been killed and more
than a score injured in pitched
battle of hundreds of men two days
ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
T. W. PURSEL, 86, DIES
Fractured Hip Brings Death ia
Altenheim Home Inmate.

Theodore w. Pursel, Sc, retired
dry goods firm employee, died Fri
day in the Altenheim home, 2O07
North Capitol avenue. A fractured
hip, suffered when he fell several
weeks ago, caused death.
Born in Pennsylvania, Mr.. Pursel
lived most of his life in Indian
apolis. He was connected with the
HaYens & Geddes Company, whole
sale dry goods firm.
Funeral services will be held at
2:30 Tuesday in the William E.
Krieger funeral home, 1902 North
Illinois street. Burial will be in
Crown Hill cemetery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16

chemist. The holder of such a posi-
ton is a guardian Of the public
health. A disabled veteran got
mark of 69.04 If he had had no
service record he would have failed.
Under the present ruling he went
to the top of the list. His applica-
ton was preferred above that of
man who made 97.5 in the competi-
tive examination.
Showed Ahead to Appointments
Here are some typical examples
of the workings of the civil service
preferment theory. They are culled
from the records of the Civil Serv-
ice Reform Association and names
of the individuals involved are used
only because they already have be-
come matters of public record.
Benjamin Metzger, who said he
had received a fracture of the Jaw
in the service, passed the rigid test
for firemen in New York City. In
1923 he passed another physical ex-
animation for promotion to lieu
tenant
In June, 1890, following enact
ment of state preference law SINH
lar to the federal one, he applied
for promotion to lieutenant. AS a
disabled veteran, he was promoted
to the job over $50 ahead of him.
Despite his disability, he is still an
active officer of the fire department.
Daniel j. Prendergast fell off
truck while doing military police
duty in the army. In 1920 he passed
the New York City physical ex-
animation for police sergeant. In
1928 he passed another examination
for police captain.
Unfit, Yet Fit
The city of New York found him
physically fit for his duties. In
April, 1880, he got disability rat
ing from the veterans administra-
ton granting him $25 a month. He
then was promoted to police cap
tain, although he was 144th on the
eligible list.
These two cases are cited not be-
cause the men did anything unusual
or Illegal, but because they are typ
lcal. Under the present law and
administrative rulings they were
entirely within their rights.
Nine states, including New York.
Colorado, New Jersey, Ohio and
Michigan, have followed the exam
pie of the national government and
granted civil service preference to
disabled veterans. In addition, 400
cities give such preference.
ITO Be Continued
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
U.S.. CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM
DEALT DAMAGING BLOW BY
PREFERENCE FOR VETERANS
EX-Service Men With Low Grades in Tests
Given Jobs Requiring Expert
Technical knowledge
EFFICIENCY LOWERED BY RULING
Applicants With High Marks in Examina-
tons Often Showed Down List
for Appointments.
,or Appointments.
BY TALCOTT POWELL

Preference for veterans has been sappng at the civil
service system since the World until the merit system
of appointment has been riddled.
In cases. veterans who fail in competitive exami-
nations placed in jobs vital to public health above tech
nicians who turn in nearly perfect test papers.
Policemen and iremen able to get promotions over
better candidates with higher grades because the
Classics them disabled veterans This despite the fact
that the municipality for which they work find them in sound
physical condition.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
C0UZENS' TAX PLAN
BANS EXCISE LEVIES
New Program Will Be Presented to
Congress Soon.

Congress Soon.
BIZ Scripps- Ho1cdrd Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, April 16.-A pro-
gressive tax program, to balance
the budget by high income and in
heritance taxes without use of Spe-
cial excise taxes, will be offered soon
by Senator James Couzens (Rep.,
Mich), millionaire and f1scale ex-
pert, he said today.
A hint of Couzens' plan was given
to the senate finance committee by
Treasury Secretary Ogden Mills
during his testimony advocating
either the general sales tax or the
treaSurys original program as a
substitute for the house bill.
Couzens said his plan, to be out
lined to the senate in few days,
probably would raise enough money
to do away with most of the house
excuses, which range from imports
on candy to jewelry to levies on
autos and yachts.
His plan would balance the budget
a year later than contemplated by
the house bill. He declined to esti-
mate the total yield.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
II LAWMAKERS FAVOR
CAUCUS ON TAX RELIEF

Only Two Oppose Suggestion of
Newcastle Representative.
Seventy-seven answers received
by Representative H. H. Evans of
Newcastle to the question of hold
ing a rump session or join caucus
of the general assembly to discuss
tax program favored the proposal,
he said today. Two legislators OBJ
iected.
Those opposed to such confer
enee are Senator John L. Niblack,
Republican, of indianapolis. and
Representative Frank Finney of
MartinSVille.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
T00LMAKER SUCCUMBS
William Gaines, So, Dies After
Years Illness; Rites Monday.

William Gaines, So, a toolmaker,
died Friday in his home, 1888 Wash
ington boulevard. He had been i'll
about a year.
Born in New York City, Mr.,
Gaines came to Indianapolis twen-
ty-two years ago. He was a menu
Der of Fountain Street M. E. church
and Ancient Landmarks lodge No.
319, F. & A. M.
Funeral services will be held 81
2 Monday In Fountain street church.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
BAN ON LOAN COMPANY
Permanent Injunction Placed on
Capitol Trading Firm.

Permanent injunction against an
alleged loan shark concern was is
sued Friday by Judge Edgar A. Rice
of Charlottesville, sitting as a spe-
cial judge in Hendricks circuit
court.
The Injunction was handed down
against the Capitol Trading Com
pany of Indianapolis, operated by
Amos G. Haines and j. F. Hansen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
URGES CONN UNITIES
TO FIGHT DEPRESSION
c. of c. Head Tells Civic Clubs U. S.
Relief Measures Work Slowly.

- OIL - mead Tells CIVIC Clubs u, S.
Relief Measures Work Slowly.
Every community must shift for
itself to improve business condi-
tons, Louis j. BorinStein, president
of the Chamber of Commerce, de-
clared Friday, ADDRESSING representa-
tives Of fourteen luncheon and civic
clubs meeting at the Columbia Club.
BorinStein pointed out that fed
eral relief measures are slow in hav-
ing effect. The state program, he
stated is such that individual cities
will have to adopt their own plans
for better business.
Borinstein outlined plans of the
chambers business building pro-
gram. The program, which will
open Tuesday, is supported by the
clubs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
Soldiers Heart on Right Side

d CHbtCU PFeSS
MEXICO CITY, April 16.-Physi-
clans at the military hospital here
who examined private Pedro Ger
vantes Malagon, who died from
pneumonia, found that his heart
was on the right side of his body
and his liver on the extreme left.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
Japanese May Withdraw

By UHlteG Press
TOXIC, April 16.-The Japanese
army is ready to abandon operations
near the Manchurian-S Siberian bor-
der to relieve tension between Japan
and Soviet Russia, a government
spokesman said today.
The spokesman said no military
significance should be attached to
the fact that Japanese warships
escort fishing vessels to leased fish
ing grounds off Kamchatka. The
naval escort is provided annually,
the spokesman said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
RETURN CRASH SUSPECT
Autoist Accused in Collision Which
Caused Four Deaths.
BIZ United Press

bN JNltcd Press
ANDERSON, Ind, April Is. -
Guyon Hartzell, 33, was back in
Anderson today TO answer to a
charge of manslaughter, as the re-
suit of an auto accident last August
in which four persons were killed.
Hartzell waived extradition and
was brought from Des Moines. He
is charged with having driven a
machine which struck the one
driven by Noble Johnson, and drove
it into the path of railroad train.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
MADE-W0RK INCREASES
Home Improvement Campaigns
Under Way in 80 Cities,

By United Press
WASHINGTON, April 16.-Home
improvement and undermining cam
paigns are in progress in ninety-two
cities and contemplated in 142
others.
The commerce department eSti-
mates that by the end of June the
total expenditures for labor and ma
terials resulting from these cam
paigns will be about SIS, 1000 900.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
CITY BUILDING GAINS
Ranks 18th Among 25 Reporting
Largest Permit Volume.

Indianapolis ranks eighteenth
among twenty-five cities reporting
largest volume of building permits
during March, according to the ma
tional building survey.
Permits in the city for the month
totaled $376.513, as compared to
$806,5o3 for the same month in 1881.
In February this year, $l06, 495 were
issued.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
COPS PROBE $500 FIRE
Firemen Blame Incendiary for
Walnut Street Blaze.

Following statements by firemen
that fire in two double houses in
the 400 block West Walnut street
Friday night was of incendiary
origin, police are making an in
vestigation today. All the houses
are vacant. Damage is estimated
at 5000. The houses are at 40l -403
and 405-407 West Walnut street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
Naturalist Is Dead

3D. tHFcd Pfess
PASADENA, Cal, April 16.-Dr.
Donald r. Dickey. As, naturalist Of
the California Institute of Tech
nology, died Friday. He owned the
largest collection Of mammals and
higds in the world.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
JEWISH PASSOVER NEAR
Observance Will Open in Syna-
Kogues of City Wednesday.

Observance Of Passover, celebrate
ing the deliverance of Jews from
bondage in Egypt, will be held by
Indianapolis Jews starting with
services in the Synagogues WedneS-
day afternoon. The celebration will
continue a week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
G. E. SELECTS BLOCKS
Department Store Chosen Agents
for New FrigidaireS.

William H. Block Company has
been selected by General Motors as
exclusive department store agent
for the new Frigidaire, it was an
nounced today.
A large section Of the nth floor
will be devoted to display of new
models, with staff of twenty-five
statesmen in charge.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
DRAFT PARADE PLANS
Veterans to Mark Revolutionary
Battles Next Tuesday.

Final arrangements were being
made today for the Patriots parade
to be held Tuesday in commemora-
ton of the anniversary of the
battles of Lexington and Concord.
The celebration is under auspices
of Veterans of Foreign Wars, Dis
abled World War Veterans, Span
iSh-American War Veterans and
several posts of the American
Legion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
SHOWERS PREDICTED
Cloudy Skies TO Prevail Over Week.
End, Is Forecast.

Showers and cloudy skies will
prevail here and in the state for the
weekend, j. H. Arlington, weather
man, forecast today.
Temperatures will be normal, with
mercury lowering around so, IL de-
greeS above readings Friday, Ar
mington predicted.
No heavy rains are expected Ar
mington said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
Patrolman kills ser

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, April 16.-
William E. Huffman, 81, police pa
trolman, committed suicide at his
home today by shooting. Illness
was blamed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-16
King CAROLS Castle Burns
By United Pres,

BUCHAREST. April 16.-Univer-
sails Sinaia correspondent today said
that King Carols favorite summer
castle at Pelischor had burned to
the ground. due to short circuit.