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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-01

was Woodworking. All these
years he vas building quietly and
effectively a political machine
that was destined to give him the
reinS of government.
When the revolution broke, he
was among the leaders, although
his position in the government
was not important.
Yet he had been called for
service by no less persons than
Nicolai Lenin and Trotski.
THEN Lenin died. Stain was
Il elevated to be general secre-
tary of the party. After his cleo
ton, Stain began to increase his
power.
His influence was Sp re a d
through his carefully organized
machine. He demonstrated that
he knew as much about ward
politics as any Tammany leader.
And he placed his men in key
positions while such men as Trot-
ski, Kamenef and Rykof SEEM
ingly held the authority.
Soon Trotski and his friends
found out that Stain could out
vote them every time and his &C
cession as ruler of the Soviet was
only a matter of time.
At first, Stain silenced his foes.
Then he exiled TrotSki. His posi-
ton now was secure. Today he
has no opposition and through a
strictly disciplined organization,
hs Yields more power than the
car Of Russia did in his paln1iest
days.
Perhaps the most valuable asset
Stain has is his personality. He
lives quiet Spartan life, en-
riched by his MISUNDERSTANDING
wife, and surrounded by his
sturdy 11-year-old son and his
small daughter who likes to hear
her father tell stories.
LIE can be ruthless and is. But
A. l. to close friends, he talks
easily, smiles almost to the point
of a grin and works hard.
He likes to read the works OF
Lenin and does his rough best
with native shrewdness to guide
the party, which he uses as his
mouthpiece in carrying out orders
and wishes.
AS the anniversary approaches,
Stain is being extolled. In fact,
he is being worShiped as hero,
with elaborate eulogies being
heaped upon him.
So great has been this admi-
ration that the word ''vozhd" is
being coupled with his name.
That was the word reserved for
Lenin.
1t means leader if an English
equivalent can be found. 1t Sug-
gests the Italian word "duce" as
applied to Mussolini.
But Stain is more than 'n
Duce." He's Stain, the biggest
boss on earth
Next: The Five Year Plan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-01
POLOISTS TO BATTLE
Indoor Title at Stake in
Playground Tourney.

Indiana indoor polo champion
ship will be decided in the tourna-
ment to be held tonight and Satur-
day night at the state Playground
coliseum.
Proceeds from the tournament will
be devoted to the unemployment re-
lief program of the Emergency
Work Committee, Inc.
The program tonight starting at
8, will include music by the Butler
university band, games between the
Franklin Saddle and Polo Club and
the Eleventh infantry team, FIT.
Benjamin Harrison, and between
Culver Military Academy and the
Rolling Ridge Freebooters.
The first game Saturday night
will be between tonight'S losers, for
the consolation cup, followed by to-
nights winners in the champion
ship match. The Newsboy band will
Dlav.
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+ ONDON, March 81. - The
u whereabouts Of the most i'm
pudent prisoner Of the World war
Is being sought by Orts-Kom-
mandur Rudolf Stampf in his
newly published war reminiS-
cences.
The former prisoner, a British
Tommy" apparently walked right
out of Jail under the very nose
Of his guard, and Stanpf, in his
admiration, is anxious to trace
him.
There were 400 prisoners in
the BelgiaRzcamp," writes Stampf.
One morning Tommy stole .
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1utionary leaders were pleased, so
Stain moved up. He soon popped
up as editor of a labor paper in
the oil town of Baku on the
Caspian sea.
r.
THE town was filled with
4 laborerS, who became the
center of the Communist prop
uganda. Repeatedly the paper
was seized, but Stain was accom-
plishing no end of work.
He knew all the languages and
dialects of the workers. He
mingled among them. He studied
them. He made them his friends.
Stains paper became the most
powerful of the Communist organs
in Russia.
Stain also was learning poll
tics. He was as practical as he
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-01

He walked right out Of a camp
with twelve-foot wall around it
and more than twenty armed
sentries guarding 1t. Magnificent!
His number was Kreigsgefan-
ger 1921. and at the time of his
escape there was small amount
of about 80 pfennigs owing to him
from the 8 pfennigs day pay
which We paid to prisoners who
worked.
He may claim that 80 pfennigs
and 3 good interest from me II
ever this boolEshould coma TO his
notice
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-01
MINES CLOSED
WITH DYNAMITE
Lighting Equipment Is
Wrecked in Kentucky Strife.

By United Press
PROVIDENCE, KY, April l.
The Diamond and Letter mines,
near here, scenes of numerous labor
outbreaks, lay idle today as the re-
suit of a dynamite attack Thurs
day night that destroyed all light
ing equipment.
Nine light poles, property of the
Kentucky Utilities, were blasted,
cutting all power to the mines.
Providence, a town of about 1000
population, was without electric
current most of the night as result
of the bombing.
Mine officials laid the attack to
warning labor factions. Workers in
the mines of members of an I'M
recognized union and are paid on
SO a day scale. With closing of
bituminouS mines over the midwest
today, a mining boom was antici-
pated here. The attack, officials
believed, was to forestall operations.
The Diamond mine broke into
prominence in 1880, when it was
bombed in an airplane attack. Six
months ago, the mines were bombed
and machinery destroyed, forcing a
temporary shutdown No arrests
have been made as results of the
attacks.
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RAGING SEAS HALT
RACE WITH STORK

A dory was carried for possible use
IN landing on the island.
Bucking e. 75-mile gale from the
south, the boat reached the light
only after a hard battle. It ap-
preached to within 100 feet, but
could go no farther.
For two hours the men battled
the boiling sea and crashing surf,
trying vainly to get close enough to
make possible a desperate dash for
shore.
Unable to land, they reluctantly
turned back to Hull to await calmer
seas.
Mrs. Norwood, though only 81, has
six children.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-01
CARRIERS LINDY JR.
S0x-AbbeuZ Admiral Hunts Kid11aberS
By United Press

By United Press
TXTASHINGTON. April IA
w little group of naval officers
was gathered just outside the Of
flee of Secretary Charles Francis
Adams, glancing at a newspaper
whic htold in large headlines of
a new clew in the search for kid
naped baby Charles A. Lindbergh.
"Burrage wouldn't have dashed
into this thing without first in
vestigating every little detail
thoroughly" said one. Hes from
Missouri"
The subject of their conversa-
ton was Rear Admiral Guy Ham
ilton Burrage. retired, and the
part he was taking in negotiations
at Norfolk, Va, for the return of
the baby.
THE man speaking had shipped
l. under Burrage on the west
coast. The others had served
with him at one time or another.
All we're of the opinion the adj
niral would not have entered the
kidnapping case unless che was
pretty sure of his ground"
A man who carefully Scruti-
nized every detail, Burrage was
nicknamed Ma" by his shiprnates
because he used extreme care to
see that every man aboard ship
wore carriers, and had his Jump
ers"-trousers to the civilian
laced properly.
At one inspection on board his
ship, the admiral ordered every
sailor to lift his Jumpers leg
so that he might survey the socks.
Outrage was retired at Nor
I'D folk on June IA, 1881. AL
though he was born and made
his home at Lowell, Mass, he de-
cided to remain near the Norfolk
base-perhaps because the thought
of leaving the navy was bitter.
While in command at Norfolk,
the admiral often would stand
upon a street corner and enforce
the navy yard speed limit.
With his "seaman's eye" he
would estimate the speed at which
a younger officer was travelling in
his car, and then send that Off
Ger a letter informing him that
he had broken the limit"
=
Outrage married young-al-
ID most as soon as navy law
would permit after graduation
from Annapolis. Navy pay then
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Self-sacrifice on the part Of his
parents. But Stain wasn't des-
tined to be a priest.
In short time, the student was
expelled for being i1subordinate
and for showing too much interest
in radical movements.
Among these movements was the
collection-often by force-of
money for carrying on revolution
airy activities. Stain was. one of
the collectors.
In this movement, the future
ruler of Russia learned his first
lessons in Communism. He re-
peatedIy ran afoul of the law.
Several times he was arrested and
sent to Siberia, only to escape and
resume his revolutionary activities.
Presently, Stain organized
staff. Collections increased. Revo-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-01
LINKE HAS OPPONENT IN
BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY
DR.. E. A. Tucker, wet, is rival Of
Ways-M Means Committee Head.

A dry and wet fight for state rep
resentative looms in Bartholomew
county with announcement by Dr..
E. A. Tucker Of Columbus that he
will oppose Hardin S. Linke, the In
cumbent, in the Democratic pri-
mary.
Linke goes into the primary Wits
the prestige of having served az
chairman Of the house ways and
means committee in 1881. He is a
dry.
DR.. Tucker served in the 1917 and
1913 sessions and was mayor Of
Columbus from 1920 to 1924.
He declares for repeal of the
Wright bone dry law, municipal
ownership Of utilities, reduction Of
taxes through abolition of unneces-
sary departments and officers and
spreading the tax burden by COR
porate and personal income levies.
He is also supporter Of the old
age pension movement.
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to be made over and the tailor, it
Is said, had to be very careful or
he would have punched holes in
the admiral's uniform.
Outrage disliked athletics.
- He was of frail physique. He
spent his leisure reading and pac-
ing the deck.
Often he called younger officers
and asked them to walk with him.
He enjoyed telling them of his
wartime experiences as a con-
officer.
The admiral is a noted author
ity on seamanShip and has writ
ten several books about it.
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By United Press

By United Press
PICHER, Okla, April Twelve
perilous hours spent wedged be-
tween the jagged rocks Of lead
mine test hole left 2-year-old Ger
aid Collins unframed today.
The child was rescued from his
dangerous plight seventeen feet be-
low the ground in the narrow shaft
after a. days work by frantic crew
of miners working in shifts.
AS they bored a parallel hole in
order to reach the child without dis
lodging the shale in which he was
trapped they could hear the boy
calling, Mama, come and get me.
I fell in" in a piping voice.
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st heard later on that he had
gone to the house Of a Belgian
coal factor in Brugelette and had
hidden there until in November
when the British troops occupied
the village.
"T learned afterward that every
evening he used to go out for a
walk as bold as brass, flirting
with the girls and talking to the
men as if he owned the place.
= =
~TF I could meet that Tommy
II would welcome him to hoii.
day at my home and eorgratu-
late him on his superb insolence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-01
OSCAR H. SMITH FILES
IN RACE FOR SENATOR
Attorney Advocates Rigorous Regu-
latiOn of Public Utilities,

Regulation Of public utilities to
protect the consuming public, is ad-
vocated by Oscar H. Smith, indiana
apolis attorney, who filed today for
the Republican nomination for State
senator.
Smith was one Of the directors
In 1928 to the insult $4,000, 900
merger proposal which resulted in
denial Of the utility company's
petition.
He favors consolidation of the
county governmental units and
placing the county government on
a more efhcient basis. Equitable
distribution of the tax burden is
urged in his platform
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-01

suit Of engineers overalls and a
cap.
Downing them and picking up
a pair of pliers and an electric
bulb, he walked calmly to the
main gate over which hung a
huge arc lamp. For a moment
he stood under the great light,
examining the bulb.
=
THE sentries took him for q
n civilian electrician-as he
had foreseen. Then he calmly
walked down the bad-and that
was the last We saw Of him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-01
WIDOW WINS ESTATE
15-Year Court Fight Ends
for Soldiers Insurance,

Fifteen-year court battle over the
estate of an Indianapolis man
killed in the World war ended to-
Cay when Probate Judge Smiley N.
Chambers adjudged Mrs. TresSie
Barr, 81, of Franklin, Ill, as his
widow, and awarded her $4,000 re-
manning in the estate.
Four relatives of the man, Del
mar Davis, contested distribution of
the estate to Mrs. Barr, alleging she
lived with Davis only five days be-
fore being separated when Davis
enlisted in the United States army
in 1916. Mrs. Barr married a Sec
ond time.
At the hearing. Chambers held
Mrs. Barr to be legal recipient of
the estate over claims of the rela-
tiveS, two brothers and two sisters
of Davis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-01
New York CentraFS Chief
Says Waste Elimination
Being Effected.

Increased efficiency will bring
railroad operation to new peak
this summer, according to L. F.
Williamson, president of the New
York Central lines, who is in Indi-
annapolis today for an inspection of
local properties.
LESS waste is the answer of the
New York Central to depression, p
he declared.
Il don't know when the railroad
men will get back the 10 per cent
of their wages which they voluntar-
lily gave up Feb. /. There is no i'm
mediate prospect of a return to a
higher wage. Of course, we can
hope"
Admits They Have Place
Effects of competition of buses
and trucks still is to be determined,
Williamson believes.
Undoubtedly buses and trucks
have place in the transportation
SYSTEM" he admitted, "but I do not
believe they can compete with the
railroads in long distance carrying"
Any change in the Volstead law
would have no effect on the railroad
business, in Williamson'S opinion.
1--WE noticed no change in en-
ployeS when the eighteenth amend
ment was passed, and We would
have no fear of drunken trainmen
if the law were to be modified or
repealed" he said.
Williamson arrived in Indianapo-
lis, accompanied by group of other
railroad officials, Thursday.
The party was entertained Thurs
day night at a dinner at the In
dianapolis Athletic club.
Other Officials Here
The other officials in the party
are Charles S. Willard, -presi-
dent of the Big Four; H. A. Wor-
ceSter, resident vice president; r. z.
Dougherty, president in charge
of Improvements and developments;
Philip T. White, assistant general
manager; j. E. Anderson, traffic
manager, and j. w. WildS, William
sons secretary.
indianapolis men who were pres
ent at the dinner given by Kinghan
were G. L. Kirk, Edgar Evans, Frank
D. Stalnaker. P. c. Reilly, j. P.
Frenzel Jr., Boyd Gurley, G. M.
Williams, r. S. Sinclair, H. c. At
kinS, Arthur v. Brown, Warren c.
Fairbanks, William G. Irwin, James
F. Carroll, Samuel B. Sutphin and
Elmer Stout.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-01
THREE ARE INJURED IN
TWO TRAFFIC MISHAPS

Lad Runs Into Side OF Auto; Two
Others Are Hurt in Crash.
A boy was injured seriously and
girl and a woman were injured
in two accidents Thursday night,
according to police.
James Pullian, IL, of 2509 Turner
street, suffered loss of his nose
when he ran into the side of an
automobile driven by John Cash,
So, of 1868 Crescent street, near his
home. The youth is in city hos
pital.
When two cars collided at
Thirteenth and Bellefontaine streets.
Beatrice Jones, %, and Dorothea
Jones, 5, both of $40 College ave-
nue., incurred cuts and bruises.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-01
No WHY'S Overland Cut
By United Press

Do UUtDtu FT6s8
TOLEDO, April IL. A. Miller.
president of the WHY'S Overland
Company, announced today that his
company would not enter the low
price field price war started by De-
troit manufacturers.
Rock bottom in the price scale of
WHY'S Overland was struck last
January, when reductions were an
nounced, Miller said. The company's
budget for the year calls for total
expenditures of S4OOOO,OOO.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-01
Stolen Car Wrecked BY Thieves

Thieves who escaped after wreck
ing stolen automobile as IL
crashed against a concrete retain
ing wall in an alley near S22 East
Morris street, are sought by police
today. The car was reported stolen
from Carl Nicely. 62l East McCayty
street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-01
BY MILTON BRONNER
NEA Euronean MANAGER


T ONDON, April April Is
IL a red letter day in the Red
history" of Russia. 1t is the tenth
anniversary of the election Of
Joseph Stain as general secre
tary of the Communist party.
The celebration is Of interna-
tional significance for three rea-
sons.
First, Stain is by all odds the
most powerful dictator in the
world today-in fact the most
powerful the world has seen in
recent times.
The anniversary also finds him
deeply intrenched and more pow
erful than ever.
Second, the man Stain himself,
who is one Of the most fascinating
and interesting figures in history.
Third-and perhaps the most
important one-it marks the near
completion of the so-called five
year plan. The anniversary also
creates speculation as to the sue
cess of this plan.
AS to Stain, he still rules Rus
STA with an iron clasp, despite the
claim Of his former colleague and
present bitter foe, Leon TrotSki,
that Stains rule at Moscow is
crumbling. The exiled Trotski
from his island retreat at Prin-
kipo, Turkey, in a recent state
ment said Stains action in max
ing his exile perpetual was con-
fession that his power was wan
ing.
TROTSKI believes his ideas,
l. which are barred, but man
age to be smuggled into Russia,
are gaining and are doing much
to weaken the personal position
Of the party secretary.
Neither Stains name nor his
position is quite what it seems to
be.
When he was chosen secretary
of the party in 1922, he was a
long way from being ruler of Rus
STA. He was one of the influen-
tial members of the Communist
party, but there were others who
ranked far above him. Secretary
general as name doesn't signify
any particular influence.
The name, also, isn't exactly
genuine.
Stalin-he's 53-was born Josef
WiSsarionowitSch Dschugaschwili.
He adopted the name Stain after
he had grown to manhood and
was rising to power. His BIRTH
place was Tif1is in Caucasus,
Georgia.
LIS father was a cobbIer and
IL his mother had ambitions
that he should become a priest.
So he was sent to seminary
doubtless by the dint of much
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-01
GETS INSURANCE POST

Walter B, Williams Is Appointed
to State ClerkShip.
Appointment of Walter B. Will
liams to the position of chief Sc
curities clerk in the insurance de-
partment was announced today by
John G. Kidd, state insurance COM
missioner. Williams has been a
field examiner.
He is a son-in-law of M. E. Foley,
Democratic member of the Indiana
state prison board of trustees.
Williams succeeds Herman B.
Gray, who retired from the posi-
ton due to Ill health, Kidd an
nounced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-01
BIGGEST BOSS
Russias Dictator Rode to Po7cey in Ruthless WAYS

This is the first Of a series Of tive
articles about the tenth anniversary Of
Joseph Stalin's election a. general secre-
tary Of the Communist party. resulting in
his accession to the control Of the So
Wet Union.
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the councils Of the party came word
today showing that they regard balanc-
ing as imperative to the national well
fare and as a foundation for subsequent
prosperity. The United Press presents
herewith an article containing the re-
plies TO the QUESTIONABLE.
Copyright. 1892 by United Pressl
NEW YORK, April Demo
Gratis, prominent in the party's life,
some of them present or past po-
tential contenderS for the presi-
dency, went on record today sturd-
lily for balancing of the national
budget. Some emphasized, too, a
need for government economy,
paralleling higher taxes.
Answering a QUESTIONABLE of the.
United Press as to their views on
necessity for such balancing, the
group, including former Governor
James M. Cox of Ohio, Governor
William H. Murray of Oklahoma,
Governor Albert c. Ritchie of
Maryland, former Secretary of
Treasury William G. McAdoO,
agreed on the fundamental need
for balancing. Governor Franklin
d. Roosevelt of New York did not
reply.
Some contended this must be the
forerunner of any return to pros
perity; others included sharp warn
ing of consequences if this balanc-
ing were not achieved quickly.
Sober Thought Urged
Cox declared, "a nation with
drunken sailors idea of finances
does not promote confidence" and
suggested that the tax bill now
nearing finality in congress repre-
Sents laying of a specific sales tax
instead of a general sales tax, beat
en- last week in the house.
The specific method, he said, will
prove more unpopular than the
general. He counSeled his party
colleagues that "if the sober second
thought is not found by Democrats,
both in and out of congress- pretty
soon, they will become historic as
Mr.. Hoover's Santa Claus"
Baker commended that the United
States has no higher duty at this
moment than to balance the bud
get" adding that this means not
merely providing additional reve-
nues from new sources, but reduc-
ing expenditures"
Ranked of First Importance
Murray, while holding balancing
the budget will not restore prosper
ity, regarded this method as better
for the future veal than to increase
the bonded debt"
Ritchie said he regarded balanc-
ing as "of first Importance in and
essential to any sound program for
economic recovery"
McAdoo argued that it is high
ly desirable to balance the budget"
but he believed farmers should have
proper tariff protection as a basis
for recovery, adding:
"All the remedies emanating thus
far from Washington create no new
wealth and therefore are superficial
and unavailing. Prosperity will not
triclkle down from the top; it must
begin with the grass roots"
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GAS TAX REVENUE LESS
March Figures Show $4,000 Drop
Over Last Year.

Over Last Year.
First drop in gasoline tax revenues
since Floyd e. Williamson took
ONCE as state auditor was recorded
today with the announcement of
March totals made by joseph NJ
Treacy, state gas collector in Will
liamsons Office.
March total was given as sl1se-
s60.22, a decrease of 35,s6S.7s from
the total for March, 1881. Consumu-
ton dropped 578,5s6 gallons.
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CALL FARLEY SESSION
Nationalist Council to Discuss Planks
for Platform.

NATIONALIST council to Discuss Planks
for Platform.
Pianks in a platform proposed
Tor the National party, including
abolition of all taxes and of the
township as a governmental unit.
VIII be discussed at a state advisory
council meeting to be held Tuesday
night at 1915 West Troy avenue
on call OF John Zahnd. national
chairman, and Mabel LaRue, secre-
tary.
Inc party, according to zahnd,
plans to place a ticket of state Of
nee candidates and an aspirant for
the United States senate in the
f1eld, and will choose a permanent
state chairman at the meeting.