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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08
SEIZE BEER IN
GAMBLING RAID
Elaborate Resort Reported
Hit by Officers.

-Four men we're arrested and
tWenty-three other persons, said to
be patrons, were permitted to leave
shortly after midnight when four
deputy sheriffs raided what they
described as an elaborate gambling
and drinking resort at 640O North
Harding street.
The officers, whose report states
they had no search warrant, say
they seized sixty-five gallons of
draft beer, twenty gallons of liquid
said to be wine in the making, two
gallons Of fruit juice, alleged gam
bling equipment and $81 in change.
Those held are John Earls, "a,
of 121 East Twenty-third street,
said to be the proprietor, who faces
blind tiger CHARGE Henry Lewis,
SO, Edwards hotel; Henry Walters,
So, of 1851 Southeastern avenue, and
Charles Burke, 38, RichelieU apart
ments, all charged with operating
gambling .huose.
According to the officers, ten gal
Ions of the beer was in a we'll
equipped cooling device with coils,
around which cracked ice was
placed.
Cover for a craps table, highly
polished device for playing chuck
a-luck dice and seventy-one poker
chips we're found
The $81 seized was i'll a change
rack, and included half dollars,
quarters, dimes and nickels.
No gambling was in progress
when they entered, the officers re-
ported, but Walters was engaged in
picking up money from a table.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08

and from grief, the younger Bern
announced his intention ito see that
PaulS name remains untarnished.
Buffers Testimony Valuable
M. E. Greenwood, tall. grav-
haired studio manager at M-G-M
was another witness. GreenWood's
lace is heavily lined and he seldom
smiles. He pufs constantly on a
clgaret. With Thalberg, Greenwood
was summoned to the Bern home
When the body was found.
John Carmichael, the butler who
found the body, and his rotund wife.
who took care of the Bern home.
are expected to give valuable testi-
mony. Carmichael is a husky.
heavy-handed man, not at all the
sleep type of butler usually found
IN movie homes.
Carmichael has been silent since
ms early and conflicting stories on
Bern'S last hours at home.
Stars Parents Called
H. A. Garrison, Negro chauffeur
and bootblack on the Metro lot. is
to tell of Bern's last automobile ride
on the Saturday preceding his
death-when he asked the startled
Negro how he Garrison would kill
himself if he felt in a mood to die"
Another on the list is Clifton
Davis, Bern's Negro gardener, who
Wept bitterly when he learned his
employer was dead.
Marine Bello, dapper mining man
and stepfather of the platinum
bland star, was called, as was Mrs.
Bello.
Detective Lieutenant Joseph
Whitehead of the Los Angeles police
department, is typically the detec-
tive at all times. He was the first
officer to reach the Bern home. It
was he who found the death note
in which Bern spoke of his "abiect
humiliation" and the comedy of
the night before.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08
1,129 Delegates Pledged to
Ask for Money at
Convention.
BIZ NEA Serrice

By NEA Service
Delegates pledged to vote for
resolution favoring immediate
cash payment of the soldier bonus
will be greatly in the majority
when the American Legion holds
its national convention at Port
land, Ore, Sept. II to Is.
Most of the various state de-
partments have acted upon the
matter at their own conventions
this summer, and a recapitulation
by national headquarters of the
American Legion shows:
For Payment-Thirty seven de-
partments, total votes, 1929.
Against representatives. de-
partments, total votes, 81.
No Action-Seven departments,
total votes, SO.
No Conventions or Action Re-
ported-Nine departments, total
votes, 127.
Three Qualify Vote
While listed among those ia
voring cash payment, Iowa Mis-
souri, and Virginia qualified their
Endorsement by adding when the
government is able to do So"
These three states have a total
of so votes. South Dakota, with
eighteen delegates, is conducting
referendum of it's posts.
The only three states voting
against the proposal were Florida,
Nebraska and South Carolina.
The accompanying map COM
bines the departments that did
not take action at their conven-
tions, those that held no con-
ventions and those from which
action is unreported.
Several Take No Action
Divided, this general classical
ton shows: No action at state
convention: Alabama, Delaware,
Georgia, Maine, Vermont, Pan
ANA, Wyoming. No conventions
held: Arkansas, Kansas, Oregon.
Departments that have not re-
ported: Alaska, France, Hawaii,
Italy, Mexico, Philippine Islands.
At the national convention in
Detroit last year, the legion went
on record as opposed to cash pay
ment after President Hoover had
delivered an address before the
delegates in which he urged that
this action be taken. 1t is eX-
pected to reverse that action this
year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08
SUE OVER BITE BY DOG
$1,000 Asked by Parents of Victim,
3-Year-Old Child.

Parents of Paul Morris, 3, of 2109
South State avenue, sued for $1,000
damages in superior court five today
for injuries their child incurred
when bitten by bulldog.
The suit alleged that a dog be-
longing to James and Tressie Malin
attacked the boy, Aug. II, when the
child was walking on Illinois street,
near Vermont street.
Davis Morris, the father, filed the
complaint against the Mains.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08
Cop Quarters

Attention, Chief Mike Nor
risseyl
On Thirty-eighth street, near
the Monon railroad, and on
Coliseum avenue south of the
state Playground main gate
stand uniformed patrolmen
with canes waving motorists
TO park here"
Officer 942, at least that's
the badge number, on Coliseum
avenue was having a degree of
success today with enticing
autoists into his private park
ing zone.
But the rub is that by the
time the driver follows the
officers cane wayings he's
charged Is cents by the park
ing place operator for being
induced by the law-and-order
badge.
Large signs tell the price
charge but the badge Of the
law looks bigger as it waves to
motorists-and they fall like
the fly did to the spider.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08
BABE RUTH IS
ILL; RUSHED
TO NEW YORK
King of Baseball SIuggerS
Is on His Way Home
for Examination.
APPENDICITIS is FEARED
Mates View New AiIment
With Alarm as World
Series Approaches.
By United Press

By United Press
DETROIT, Sept. Babe Ruth
baseball's heroic slugger, returned
to New York today for examination
and treatment of abdominal pains
which he feared might result in
appendicitis.
The New York Yankees famous
home run hitter was seized with the
ailment Wednesday afternoon
When the pains grew worse. he
telephoned to Manager Joe Nc
earthly at Buffalo, N. Y, for per-
mission to go home.
Ruth and his wife left Detroit
aboard a Michigan Central train
at $50 p. m. The seriousness of
his ailment will not be known until
he is examined by his personal
physician in New York. He de-
clined an examination in Detroit
Recall 1925 Collapse
In view of the approaching world
series, in which the Yankees are al
most certain to participate, many
OF Babes teammates viewed his ILL
ness with alarm. They recalled his
collapse at Asheville, N. c., in 1925
after somewhat similar attack
He was in the hospital for more
than q month then.
Ruth's absence from the world
series would be a severe blow to
the Yanks because he is their lead
ing hitter. He has averaged .348
this season, despite his SO years.
He ranks fifth among the major
leagues leading hitters. He is Sec
ond in home run honors, with 40.
while Jimmy Fox of the PhiladeI-
phia Athletics has 81.
Injured on July Is
Because of his careful diet and
systematic exercising, Ruth has
managed to slug away in recent
years despite several injuries and
illnesses.
Babes most recent injury was on
July 1S when he pulled Charley
horse in his right leg at Yankee
Stadium while Sprinting after a fly
to short right field. This kept him
out of the game more than a week.
The Yankees arrived here Wednes-
day to open f1ve-game series today
with Detroit's Tigers. Manager
Mccarthy is expected today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08

led the way to several quarts of
liquor hidden in the walls.
=
CUDDENLY, coils on the inside
- of the box grew hot and
Kruse involuntarily jerked his
arms upward.
Yeah, yeah, I got it, Felix
gabbled excitedly and led the Of
ficers upstairs to another cache.
Five and a half quarts of alco-
hol were seized in various hiding
places.
Today in court, it developed the
value of the black box is purely
psychological and only serves to
break down the resistance of
alleged leggers. It is the "inven-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08

with search warrant for liquor.
No, Felix had no liquor.
Come on, now, Felix, we know
you've got it." cajoled Kruse. No,
the officers were mistaken.
We'll, bring in the black box"
Kruse ordered Marks. Felix
looked, wall-eyed, at it. He had
heard of the famous black box
and had a permonition he wasn't
going to like what was to come.
Kruse did mysterious things
with the box. He fiddled with
this and fiddled with that. Lights
began to glow and an arrow on
top started Guivering, pointing
this way and that. This black
magic was too much for Felix. He
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08
MINER WAGE SLASHING
TEST IS DUE FRIDAY
Convention Will Be Reconvened to
Consider Operators Proposals.

Convention Will Be Reconvened to
Consider Operators Proposals.
By United Press
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Sept. g.
Indiana's mine wage negotiations
face the most crucial test since
1881 contracts expired March 81,
when miners themselves meet here
Friday to consider operators ulti-
matum proposals.
The convention of district No. II.
United Mine Workers of America,
must decide whether it will accept
operators wage slicing proposals,
and return to work, or whether the
strike in Indianas union coal
shafts will continue.
One of the proposals provides that
Indiana sign SIS a day scale sim
liar to the agreement reached
recently in Illinois. The other pro-
vides for a general Is per cent re-
duction in wages.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08
DON'T WASTE FOOD!
Farmers Urged to Give Sur.
plus Truck to Needy.

DR.. John H. Hewitt, state unem-
ployment relief director, today
urged all farmers having surplus
garden truck, going to waste in the
fields, to notify the county or state
poor relief organizations.
Workers will be sent to CLEAN the
produce, and it will be canned for
use of the needy this winter, Hewitt
said.
He also again is inaugurating the
plan of sending needy families to
farms for the winter, where food
and shelter will be provided in re-
turn for work
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08
LIFE TERMS FOR TWO
SIayerS of MunCie Copper
Are Sentenced.
By'Times Special

BU 1 tmCS Sp6ctut
MUNCIE, Ind, Sept. S.-Life
terms in prison we're imposed on
two indianapolis men here Wednes-
day for the murder of James Ovi6
McCracken, Muncie policeman and
former professional baseball pitcher
Edgar Allen Luker and Donald
Rohr we're found guilty of the
crime, committed last April while
McCracken was escorting Two the
alter messengers to a bank here.
Chief Frank Massey is en- route
today from New Orleans with a
man who gives his name as William
P. Gray, Chattanooga, Tenn, an
other suspect in the Staying. Rus
sell James, also accused, now is
under arrest at Springfield, o.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08
Plea of Platinum Star Accepted After
Powerful Movie Interests Fail in Last
Minute Effort to Block Probe.
HOLLYWOOD STAR IN SECRET FARLEY
Silvery- Haired Actress Confers With Brother
of Mate to Discuss Intimate Details
of Two Months of Married Life
BY RONALD WAGNER
United Press Stan Correspondent

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8.-Jean Harlow, platinum
blond screen STAR pleaded physical unness today and was
excused from giving testimony at coroners inquest called
to seek motive for the suicide of her husband Paul Bern
The star made her plea through her attorney Mendel
Silverberg, who informed Coroner Frank Nance she still
ncapacitated from shock suffered when Berns body
bullet wound in the head, found Monday
She is too weak to testify" the lawyer told Nance
when he appeared at the Price Daniels funeral home
where Bern's body was held.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08
POLICE AUTO HIT
BY STREET CAR
Rear of Cruiser Crushed;
Motorman Arrested.

Rear of a police cruising car was
crushed early today at Tenth and
Alabama streets by a street car
when the cruiser with Sergeant Noel
Jones and squad stopped to ques-
ton a suspect in the holdup of a
Standard grocery at Eighteenth and
Alabama streets.
The police arrested Leslie Rivers
SO, of 1916 Thompson street, oper-
ator of the street car, on reckless
driving charges.
Rivers said he was making change
for passenger and saw the cruiser
too late to apply his brakes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08
FAVOR $3.50 TAX LAW
County Commissioners Approve
Measure at State Meeting.

Adherence to the $3.50 tax limit
law, as far as possible, was favored
by county commissioners here today
at a meeting of their state associa-
ton.
I'VE favor the law and pledge our
selves to use our influence to cut
governmental expenditures to the
limit" Charles j. Roy, South Bend,
Indiana County Commissioner As
ISOLATION president, said.
New laws passed by the special
session of the legislature were dis
cuSsed at the meeting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08
GRANDI TO HEAD GROUP
Ex-Foreign Minister Is Delegated
to Geneva Post.

ROME, Sept. 8-Dina Grand,
former ambassador to London and
also Mussolini's foreign minister
until recently, will head the Italian
delegation to Geneva when the
League of Nations council meets
later this month.
He has held two long confer
ences with Mussolini this week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08
THE black box" made its ap

TINE black box made its ap-
Il pearance today in the NUM-
cipal court of Judge William H.
Sheaffer.
Not the famous black box" of
the D. c. Stephenson case. but a
black box which strikes terror in
bootleggers' hearts by locating
hidden booze like a bird dog
points a sitting quail, or the pro-
verbal peach tree rod divineS
the presence of hidden water.
Sergeant Edwin Kruse and pa
trolmen William Marks and Ken
meth Downs Wednesday night
went to the home Of Felix Crow,
Negro, 1925 Cornell avenue, armed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08
SENTENCE FAIR 'LEGGER
walking Saloon" Is Given 80 Days
on State Penal Farm.

Harry Carter, Negro, walking sa-
loon at the state Playground, was
sentenced to the penal farm for
thirty days by Municipal Judge Will
liam H. Sheaffer today following
conviction on a blind tiger charge.
Fine of 500 and costs was sus-
pended.
Carrying a bottle of liquor and a
small glass, Carter is said to have
dispensed several drinks at the fair
horse barns. He was arrested by a
constable, James j. Camerod.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08

ton of Captain Robert Bats,
head of the police radio depart
ment, and has been used for sew
eral weeks for liquor raids.
1.-The officers played a joke on
my client, your honor" Ralph
Spann, attorney, told Sheaffer.
Now Felix is a pretty good boy.
He works for Bell Howard Negro
politician and custodian of Tom
linson halD and is pretty good
worker out in Towards precinct.
"One hundred dollars and costs
and thirty days at the state farm,
fine only suspended" Sheaffer
ruled.
The famous black box had
chalked up another victim.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08
CREDIT is IMPROVED
R. F. C. Funds May Not Be
Needed, Says Director.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.-Im-
provement in local credit conditions
throughout the nation may result in
utilization of only about two-thirds
of the $1,500,000,OOO provided for
self-liquidating projects in the Re
construction Finance Corporation
act, Gardner Cowles, director of the
corporation, said today.
Conditions have improved in
numerous communities, Cowles
said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08
H0oSIER LOSES LIFE
Aged Valparaiso Man Killed in Au-
tOmObile Accident.
By United Press

KENYON, o., Sept. 8.-Fred
Raasoh, 30, Valparaiso, Ind, was
dead and three other Valparaiso
residents were in a hospital here
today, suffering from injuries SUI
stained when the automobile in
which they were riding overturned
on the Lincoln highway near here.
The injured are: G. j. Gruenert,
driver, his wife and daughter,
Augusta. Gruenert lost control of
the machine on a railroad crossing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08
VALLEYS WIFE DENIES
RENO PUBLICITY STUNT

Just Changed My Mind About
Divorce Says Fay Webb.
By United Press
RENO, New, Sept. 8.-Not pub
licity, but "woman's age-old pre-
rogative of changing her mind" ex-
plains Mrs. Rudy Vallee's decision
not to divorce her grooming hus-
band, she said here.
Asked by a suspecting reporter
II there was perhaps a publicity
stunt involved, she replied, ABB
surd," adding it was case merely
of changing the mind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08
ATLANTIC COAST
FACING GALES
Entire Shore Is PeriIed by
Hurricane at Sea.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.-Gale
and storm warnings were displayed
today along the entire Atlantic sea-
board from Cape Hatteras to East
port, Me, as the United States
weather bureau reported hurri-
cane moving rapidly northward
about five hundred miles off shore.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08
CHARITY WILL RESCUE
CAPITALISM, SAYS POPE
New Methods of Dealing With Poor
Pointed Out by POntiff.

By United Press
VATICAN CITY, Sept. 8. -
Capitalism will be saved by the
practice of Christian charity, Pope
Plus today told Bishop j. M. Cannon
Of Erie, Pa, during private
audience.
THE rich" the pope said, realizing
their responsibilities toward the
poor, help in relieving great dis
treSs.
This has a tranquil effect on the
old, more harsh methods of deal
ing with the poor. Those methods
are Of the past.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08
At the Fair
TODAY

1OlA
Governors and legislators Day.
Horse and cattle judging, Coliseum.
Sheep judging, sheep arena.
Swine judging. swine arena.
Races, vaudeville. band concerts,
afternoon, grand stand.
Races, browning of Brown Derby
winner, vaudeville. band concerts,
fireworks, grand stand. night.
Horse show. vaudeville. band con-
certs, coliseum, night.
Cat show, Dog and Cat Show build
ing.
Indiana University stage show, l.
L. building.
FRIDAY
Indianapolis day.
Mule and cattle judging. Coliseum.
Swine judging. swine arena.
Sale Of beef calves, afternoon,
Coliseum.
Harness races, vaudeville, band con-
certs, grand stand, afternoon and
night.
Society night. horse show. band
concerts. vaudeville, Coliseum, night.
Horse pulling contest, grand stand,
morning.
ing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08
SUSPEND THEFT TERM
Woman Convicted of Theft of Dress
in Downtown Store.

Thirty day Jail term and fine
of 81 imposed today by Municipal
Judge william H. Sheaffer upon
Mrs. Aileen Bradley, SO. of 1928
West Morris street. for theft of a
dress from a downtown store was
suspended during good behavior.
Store detectives testified that
after selecting two dresses. Mrs.
Bradley tried them on, but only one
was returned. The other was found
in her shopping bag.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08
Culver Student Dies in Accident


NORWICH, N. Y, Sept. 8-Rob-
ert Jewell Eaton, 16-year- old Cul-
yer student and son of William j.
Donovan'S gubernatorial campaign
manager, accidentally shot and
killed himself Wednesday night
with a revolver.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08
ADJOURN AID SESSION

Illinois Legislators Call Halt in Spe-
cial Relief Deliberations.
BIZ United Press
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Sept. s.-The
special session of the Illinois legis-
lature which convened Wednesday
to consider enacting relief legisla-
ton for 100000 unemployed ad-
journed today until next Tuesday.
The legislature will attempt to
raise relief funds aggregating $780,
$4,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08
HANGS SELF IN JAIL CELL
6O-Year-Old Man, Arrested as
Drunk, Ends Own Life.
By United Press

By United Press
FIT. WAYNE, Ind, Sept. 8.-The
body of Matthias Christman, so, who
was arrested Wednesday night on a
charge of drunkenness, was found
today hanging from the bars of a
cell in the county jail
His leather belt had been fash
Toned into a moose.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08
CUBS DEFEAT BRAVES
National League Leaders Rally in
Eighth to Win.
IN TinleS Npecinl

D y fHttN NptCtut
BOSTON, Sept. 8.-The Chicago
Cubs, National League leaders, rail-
lied for four runs in the eighth in
ming and defeated the Boston
Braves. to l. in the first game of
today's double header. Score:
Chicago .......... 600 600 o40-4 l
Boston ............ 100 600 600 s l
Root and Hartnett Hemsley; Brandt and
Spohrer. ~{@S
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08

GREW UP WITH SHIP
A great ship was the skip
per's playlOt. Read the fourth
of The Times skipper" series
on Page IL.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-09-08
Harlow Heads List

The witnesses called by Nance are
as colorful group as any movie
cast ever selected on the M-G-M
lot.
Miss Harlow, i'll and distraught,
headed the list. Another was Thai
berg, called Hollywood's boy Won
der" when he was appointed Mayors
assistant before he was 80.
Henry Bern was called. Near
exhaustion from his long plane ride
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-07
MEXICAN HELD
AS SUSPECT in
BURGLARY CASE

Mike Martinez, Is, is held at the
county jail today under $1,000 bond,
slated for a preliminary hearing
before Judge I. Mayfield October
l3 on a charge of burglary, because
two young girls identified him as
the Mexican who entered a ranch
house while they were watching
from hiding place in nearby I'M
dergrowth.
Two Mexicans entered the resi-
dence of j. Ruby five miles south
east of FL Centre October 2, car
rying away household furnishings
and other goods. It was as one
of these Mexicans that the girls
identified Martinez following his
arrest last night by Harold Gillett
and Tom Sharp, investigators for
the sheriff and district attorney
respectively.
Although other members of the
family were away, the two girls,
who were playing nearby, saw the
MeXicans go into the house. They
hid in the bushes and waited until
the Mexicans came out, one carry
ing a sack full of stolen articles.
The girls said Martinez was the
one who carried the sack.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-10-07
THREE PLEAS OF
NOT GUILTY In
SUPERIOR COURT

Criminal law and motion calen-
dar brought four defendants before
Judge A. c. Finncy this morning
and resulted in three pleas of not
guilty and one application for
probation.
Leonard Hicks, Negro, appeared
for sentence for second degree bur-
glary of the Firestone service store
here, but applied for probation and
heard the case continued until Oc-
tober IA for hearing on the pro-
baton application. He was found
guilty by jury early this week.
Fred Watson pleaded not guilty
to charge of assault with dam
gerous weapon. He will be tried
November IA.
T. C. Maley pleaded not guilty
to non-support of his family and
waived a jury trial. December S
was the date set for his trial.
Jose Rodriguez pleaded not gull
ty to burglary. Trial was set for
November IA.