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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-28
Baby Myth RiddIed

Science mas disproved the popular
idea that child will be influenced
by what the mother sees or touches
before the child is born. But a
great many people go right along
believing that mother who feasts
her eyes on fine paintings will have
child of artistic genius; and that
the mother who touches strawber-
ries will risk marking her child with
red and ugly birthmark.
What success high school teach
erS can nave in Graduating false
ideas of this sort about heredity has
been put 20 the test by DR.. Otis w.
Caldwell and Gerhard E. Lundeen
OF Teachers college. Encouraging
results were reported before a meet
ing of the association.
There are no nerve connections
between mother and child" the re-
port stated; hence there could be
no possibility for mother to mark
the child by thoughts that passed
through ner mind except as they
may change the composition of the
blood"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-28
TWO ARE HELD IN
HIGHWAY TRAGEDY
City Men Reported Quizzed
for Auto Death.

Accused of responsibility in the
death of road worker who was
struck by an automobile said to
have contained 155 gallons of alco-
hol, Russell Wilkins, 81, and Joe
Sbalchiero, 80, reported to be Indi-
annapolis residents, are held today
at Lafayette.
The dead man is John S. Will
liams, employe of the state highway
department. The accident occurred
Tuesday afternoon.
Addresses given by wilkins and
Sbalchiero are not their homes here.
it was learned today, and neither
has a record in the Indianapolis po-
lice department.
wilkins, who said he was hitch
hiking from Chicago to Indianapo-
lis, told Lafayette authorities that
he was picked up by SbalchieBo,
driver of the death car, at Schnei-
der, Ind.
wilkins asserts the car was being
driven at speed of about sixty
miles an hour when it struck Will
liamS. The driver asserted the speed
was thrity-eight miles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-28
GRILL Girl IN
LOVERS DEATH
Suicide Note Says Pretty
Brunette Helped Kill
Mans Wife.
BIZ United Press

BU CHlted Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. 2S.-An
attractive 27-year-old girl Helen
Kesler, today denied the written &C
cusation of her lover, a suicide, that
she had been implicated in the
death Of his wife.
Before Sidney J. Hawks, former
meat salesman, took the poison that
ended his life, he penned sordid
fifteen-page account of killing his
wife for love of Miss Kesler.
well, we planned to do away with
my wife" the note read. Il bought
poison which we put in capsules,
and put in the bottle where my wife
kept her medicine and we took the
other out so she would be sure to
get it. H wanted to shoot her,
but 1 told her it was better some
other way ="
Hawks wife, records showed, died
July &c, 1881, after long illness.
There was no autopsy.
Hawks was crazy" said Miss
Kesler, black-eyed brunette.
Hawks note told of an illicit love
affair with the girl.
Il stuck to you and let my own
children go till I have turned every
one against me" it read. Even my
own folks. Now am alone, no one
to go to, not even you You ask
me to be a good fellow and step
out =.
Il believe he wrote what he did
about me for revenge when I
wouldn't live with him any longer, y
Miss Kesler said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-28
Light Affects Reader

Poor illumination not only slows
the rate of reading, but it increases
the nervous muscular tension of the
reader, as indicated by unconscious
pressure with the finger DR.. M.
Luckiesh and Frank K. Moss, of the
lighting research laboratory of the
General Electric Company, declared.
The scientists had asked their
subjects to read at a natural rate,
sitting in a comfortable position,
with two fingers resting on the
knob of hidden electric pressure
recording apparatus. The intensity
of illumination then was varied and
the amount of glare changed.
When the glare became excessive,
or the illumination too faint, the
nervous strain of the reader caused
him to exert unconscious pressure
on the key and also slowed the rate
of his reading.
This pressure indicates a waste OF
the energy of the reader under poor
lighting conditions, the scientists
said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-28
CITY LOSES SUIT TO
TAX CHAIN STORES
Kroger Co. Victor in Fight
at Hamtramck, Mich.
BIZ Times SDccial

BIZ Times Special
DETROIT Dec. 28.-In the first
case brought to test validity of
law whereby a municipality is en-
powered to levy special taxes against
chain stores, the circuit court of
Wayne county, Michigan, held
against the municipality.
Hamtramck, Mich, part of Great
er Detroit, attempted to impose a
graduated FAX on chain stores, be-
ginning with $25 for the first store.
$50 for the second, S75 for the third
and $1,000 Tor each of four or more
stores.
In the suit brought by the Kroger
Grocery and Baking Company the
court ruled that the tax was uncon-
Stitutional and beyond the power of
a city or village.
The case, the first brought to test
right of a municipality to levy a
chain store tax or to increase the
amount above the $25 limit imposed
by the Indiana law, is considered an
important victory for the chains in
their battle against unfair taxation.
The court ordered a permanent
injunction against the city of Ham
tramck from enforcing the ordi-
nance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-28
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported to police as stolen
belong to:
Cecil H. Stone. 1906 North Pennsylvania
street, Essex coupe, from in front OF 1906
North Pennsylvania street.
Eddie Thomas. 2504 Boulevard place,
Hudson sedan, 15-065, from 1900 Indian
apolis avenue.
Fred NJ Stuck. 3i9 South Grace street.
Ford coach. 53-S27, from in front Of 3l9
South Grace street
BACK HOME AGAIN
Stolen automobiles recovered by police
belong to:
H NJ. Leonard. R. R. l. Chrysler coach.
found at Bluff road and Southern avenue.
Jordan sedan. found at s0s Fletcher ave
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-28
Thunder Effect Varies

ThunderstormS are commonly &C
companied by changes in atmos-
pheric humidity, but the changes do
not always occur in the same direc-
ton. Sometimes the air becomes
moistcr, sometimes less moist.
To find an explanation for this
apparent anomaly, Professor w. j..
Humphreys of the United States
weather bureau examined records of
large number of thunderstormS
At the convention today, he reported
his results.
ThunderStorms are of two general
types, heat thunderstorms" and
cold front" storms. The first type
arises from the overturn of large
masses of heated air, the second
from the impact of an oncoming
mass of migrating colder air against
a body of warmer air.
Feat thunderstorms, Professor
Humphreys found, are accompanied
by an increase in atmospheric
humidity. while the humidity falls
~nen the cold-front storm comes
on
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-28
THUMBS 5000 MILES
TO FINISH JAIL TERM

Girl Promises to Wait So Escaped
Man Comes Back to Prison.
By United Press
WALNUT. Ill, Dec. 2S.-Howard
Middleton, %, completed 5000 miles
of hitch hiking Tuesday to Surren-
der to authorities because. he said.
he was in love with a Rochester
CWash) girl who promised to wait
for him until he serves a prison
sentence.
Middleton was sentenced on May
2, 1881, to serve a year at the state
prison farm at Vandalia. He escaped.
went 70 Los Angeles, Seattle, and
finally to Rochester, Wash. There
he was befriended by couple whose
daughter he fell in love with.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-28

State Teachers college, Mt. Pleas
ant, Mich, told the psychology sec
ton today.
DR.. Pratt reported tests he had
made on twenty-eight babies from
two to eleven days old. The infants
were placed in a special cradle, to
which electric recording devices were
attached for the purpose of making
a record of every kick and squirm.
High pitched, intense noises pro-
duced the greatest activity, but
musical tones had a quoting effect.
Even such young infants are able
to adjust themselves to noisy sur
roundings, however, for, after the
noise was continued for a time, it
produces less effect
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-28
Greed Injuries Land

Erosion of hillside fields can be
kept within bounds by refrainlng
from over-greedy use of the land.
But continuous annual cropping, or
over grazing of rough pasture, will
send the best soil into the creek.
This constitutes the gist of re-
port on erosion in Iowa, presented
by Albert F.. Dodge of Iowa State
college at the meeting of the Eco
logical Society of America.
The farmer can make reasonable
use of his woodlot, even if it is
located on sloping ground, Dodge
study revealed. Removal OF mer-
charitable timber from oak-hickory
woods on slopes up to II Per cent
grade was not followed by harmful
soil erosion.
But erosion was noticeable and in
some instances excessive following
close cutting of timber.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-28
Killers of Girl Branded
as Religious RacketeerS
'HeaIerS' Are Charged With
Murder of Child; Father
Also Held.

BIZ Hifed Press
LINDEN, Tex, Dec. 28.-Two self
styled ministers, charged with
choking to death crippled child in
an effort to heal her. were charac-
terized today as religious rack
eteers."
Long-haired Paul Oakley and his
brother Coy were held for the
grand jury in connection with the
death Of 5-year-old Bernice Clayton,
a paralytic mute. Her tenant farmer
father, Sherman Clayton, also was
charged with the crime.
The childs death was blamed on
the devil by Paul, who refused
to testify formally at his examining
trial. Instead, he sat in the small
courtroom and shouted out when
other witnesses were placed on the
stand
Il saved her soul" he screamed.
THE devil killed her body"
Neighbor Tells Story
The killing, the state charged.
took place in the Clayton farm
home, located in the river bottoms
near here.
The healing" with the Oakley
brothers and the girls father al
legged to have taken part, was de-
scribed by neighbor, George Will
son.
Il heard screaming in the Clay
ton home and went to see what the
trouble was" he said. Coy Oakley
forced the door shut against me,
saying we don't want any devils
in here
Il could hear the men praying
and chanting inside.
Paul had the child on the floor
and was choking her." he said.
God told me to squeeze the girls
throat the preacher shouted, as
court attaches sought to quiet him.
Coy Oakley testified in his own
defense.
Denies He's Guilty
81 didn't have any part in the
killing" he said. "All the time Paul
and Clayton were trying to heal the
girl was lying on the floor.
Il saw Clayton holding Bernice
fiat on her back. He had hold OF
her legs. Paul choked her for four
or five minutes-I don't know how
long"
God and the devil got their wires
crossed" Paul shouted. That's how
the girl came to die Deputies shut
off his SCREENINGS.
Two ministers, the Rev. L. ].
Mosche Of Atlanta, Tex, and the
Rev. o. S. Owen of Kilgore, Tex,
said Paul was a "fakir."
Il WASN'T born" he screamed at
them. Il was conceived by God.
That's that"
Denounced by Pastors
The preacher of the Pentecostal
Assemblies of Jesus Christ said Paul
never had been ordained to preach
in their denomination.
Their sect believes, they said, in
the power Of God to heal.
County Attorney B. F. Whitworth,
who indicated he will seek the
death penalty for Clayton and the
Oakley brothers, said the two min
listers" were religious racketeers."
L believe they are crude religious
racketeers, preying on the emotions
and sympathies Of rural folk, -
Whitworth said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-28
BATTLE
FLARES ANEW
RetaIiatory Measures Taken
by Indiana Against
Kentucky Moves.

Retaiatory measures against
Kentucky truckmen have been
taken by chief Grover Carrot of
the state police because Indiana
truckers are being made to observe
the Kentucky law requiring govern
orS on trucks driven in that state.
State police have been stationed
along the Kentucky-Ind border
to check all Kentucky trucks and
punish attractions of Indiana reg
ulations. Details of officers have
been assigned to the Ohio river
bridges at Evansville, New Albany,
Jacksonville and Madison.
CARROTS ire was aroused when
it was reported to him that Hoosier
farmers who had paid 81 for a per-
NIT to operate in Kentucky, TAX
ing their produce to Louisville, have
been halted under the governor
law.
This border warfare has broken
out every few months for years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-28

Tuesday.
The causes Of cyclic unemploy-
ment such as that of today can not
be ascribed truthfully to invention
and machinery, DR.. Dugald c. jack
son, head Of the department Of
Electrical engineering at Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology
told the assemblage.
Calling the machine age"
shibboleth in the same class with
the doctrine of "laissez faire" Of re-
cent advocacy, DR. Jackson held that
invention and machinery have added
UNNECESSARILY to human comfort
and happiness. The machine age
has bettered the general character
and stability of employment,
although some Of its hardships and
abuses need remedy, he said.
In support of his contention, DR..
jackson cited the fact that in the
highly mechanical United States
the proportion of the population ten
years or older in gainful occupa-
tons has varied in the census years
only 6 to 7 per cent from its aver
age figure for the fifty years from
1880 to 1890.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-28
DefIation Reduces Jobs

Deflation of currency and credit,
such as has occurred in the present
depression, results in unemployment
such as now is prevalent, Professor
Irving Fisher, Yale economist, told
the association.
Theoretically Professor Fisher
said, contraction in the currency
and credit causes fall of prices,
which in turn reduces production.
which in turn reduces employment.
Practically, the facts assembled by
Professor Fisher fit this theory
fairly we'll"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-28
M. C. ALTE NAMED
BY cox AS BAILIFF
Former Manual High School Ath-
lete Is Given Post.

Earl R. Cox, circuit judge-eIect.
today announced appointment of
Merle G. Ate, lit King avenue. as
circuit court bailiff. He will assume
his duties Jan. l.
Alte, probably the youngest bail
if appointed in Marion county in
recent years, was a Manual high
school athlete and has been a pro-
feSsional boxer.
simultaneously with Cox's an
County Clerk Glenn
R. RalSton promoted James j. Pot
ter, file clerk. to succeed Wilfred
Seyfried as clerk of municipal
court one. Seyfried has been named
circuit court clerk.
Charles Herman, execution clerk.
will succeed Potter, and John E.
Millikan, deputy clerk, will become
execution clerk.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-28
WARD TO RECEIVE BIDS
Indiana Limestone Co. Property on
Sale by Federal Court.

Albert Ward, indianapolis, special
mastery of chancery. today was in
Bedford to receive bids for sale of
property owned by the Indiana
Limestone Company.
Ward Gently recommended
plans, approved by bondholders to
reorganize the company, reducing
its fixed charges from 100000 to
$4,000.
He will submit the bids to Fed
eral Judge Robert C. Baltzeu Thurs
day. Baltzell then is expected to
approve formally the reorganization.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-28
BODY OF CHILD FOUND
IN CELLAR OF HOME
Girl Missing Since Christmas Day
Apparently Was Slain.
In Tnfted Press

D Y { WIitU TItSS
NORWOOD, Mass, Dec. 28.-The
body of 9-year-old Helen Keras, who
disappeared Christmas day, was
found in the cellar of her home on
Tuesday by police sergeant William
Barrett. She apparently had been
slain.
Parents said the last time they
had seen her was at noon, Sunday,
when she was playing in front of
the house.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-28
AMAZING PROGRESS MADE
BY SCIENCE DESCRIBED At
ATLANTIC CITY CONVENTION
Invention and Machinery Are Defended
Against Blame for Unemployment; Va
riety of Subjects on Days Program
Ry Science Scrrioc

ATLANTIC CITY N. j. storms,
from the machine through the currency
credit today with tuberculosis germs
comets history before
also getting their share of attention
branch the
opened
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-28
Noise Spur to Infants

Newborn infants respond to Use
in their surroundings by leased
activity, Dr.. Karl c. Central
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-28

Pies for workmens lunches are
being sold by vending machines
placed in or near manufacturing
plants.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-28
HOW TO AVOID FLU

State Health Director Issues Advice
to Celebrators.
New Years eve celebrators will
not catch the flu if preventive
measures advocated by DR.. William
=. King, state health director, are
observed. These are the rules:
Don't over-indulge; don't over
eat, and avoid crowds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-12-28

Professor Boas, head of the de-
partment Of anthropology at Co.
lumbia university, who delivered
the address as retiring president
of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science at
Atlantic City Tuesday night. Pro-
fessor Boas has made a lifetime
study of the anthropology of
American Indians, and has a
worldwide reputation as an au-
thOrity.
Evening star., 1932-01-10
.UTER|TZ PROMOTED
OVER OWN TUTORS
ThistIethWaite and Little Bow
to Former Pupil in Big
Saddle at 81.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
NJ ADISON, Wis, January 9.-The
M pupil-teacher angle, constantly
corpping up in sports tales,
seldom has been more acute
than in the elevation of Irwin Uteritz
to the post of athletic director Of the
University Of Wisconsin.
"Utz," who at 80 is the youngest man
In his job at any Big Ten school and
perhaps in any major university. super
seded two men who had been his tutors
in athletics-both competitive and ad-
ministrative.
George Little, who resigned the post
Uteritz now occupies, was the new di-
rector's foot ball coach in his college
days at the University of Michigan, and
was his boss in athletic administration
here.
Glenn Thistlethwaite, who resigned as
foot ball coach here along with Little,
was grid mentor at Oak Park, Ill, High
School when Uteritz first won his spurs
as a prepster, and Utz coached under
Thisty at Northwestern as well as on
the Badger campus.
Now the young man whom Fielding
Yost characterized as 'one of the few
really great quarterbacks and the most
certain tackler for a backfield man I
have ever seen," is in, and Little and
Thistlethwaite are out, so far as Wis
consin Is concerned.
His record of 49, victories against only
two defeats in four seasons as coach of
the Wisconsin "B" foot ball team may
have had something to do with getting
Utz his big promotion. His Bees we're
undefeated the last two seasons and
won the conference second team" title
each year.
Evening star., 1932-01-10
Y. P.I. is OPTIMISTIC
OVER WINTER SPORTS
Expects 10 Turn Out Formidable
Teams in Wrestling, Boxing
and Basket Ball.

BLACKSBURG. Va, January g.
The largest squads in the history Of
Winter athletics at Virginia Polytech-
mic Institute are ready to fire the open
ing broadside of v. P. rs twenty nth
indoor sports season.
The season will open here Tuesday,
when Coach Proctor's varsity basket
ball team plays Wake Forest here.
Three additional tests the first week in
clude court battles with North Carolina
at Chapel Hill Friday, and Carolina
State at Raleigh Saturday, and var
sity boxing meet with Carolina state
at Raleigh Friday. The varsity wres-
tiers and freshman teams in three
sports are booked to get under way the
following week.
A total of $50 men are In daily
training in basket ball. boxing and
wrestling Coach Proctor, new court
teams won 81 straight games, has seven
veterans, including letter man for
every position.
Henry Redd Is training q promising
squad of so In freshman basket ball.
George Herring, with four veterans
back and strong contestants In the
lighter and heavier weights, Is coaching
a squad of 35 wrestling candidates.
The happiest Of all coaches Of In
door sports at v. p. I. this Winter Is
Dick Esleeck, veteran boxing tutor.
Eslesck Is riding the crest of the wave
with. hard-hitting squad of so fight
ers under his wing. He has veteran
boxer for every position, but new men
may cop several berths.
Recent indoor sports campaigns at
v. P. /. have detraeted rather than
added to glories, but a new spirit Is
abroad. Enthusiasm and optimism pee-
vsde the Atnlestc premtsess
Evening star., 1932-01-10
Vic FIVE TACKLES
FLASHy QUAkERS
Broadway TheatricaIs Show
at Silver Spring-Grubb
Stages Triple Bill.

M semi-pro teams, Vic Sport
v Y Shop, listed for action, bas-
ket ball will not enjoy such
a large day hereabout this Sabbath,
though several games are carded for
courts in the city and environs that
promise to produce interesting COM
petition.
Skinker Eagles, Washingtons other
semi-pro quint will idle because of in
ability to secure a court, following the
loss of the Boys Club facilities.
Broadway Theatricals of Philadel-
pl1ia, who are listed to face Vic Sport
Shop tossers at the Silver Spring Ar
mory at 8 O'Clock, have won 13 games
and lost only l this season, according
to advance reports. The Quaker City
HaWaiians, before whom the Vic team
bowed last Sunday. This was the Dis
trict outfits first loss in three starts.
Artie Boyd, Tech High court coach,
will make his debut as an official h1
the game.
Bureau of Investigation and Patent
Office will mix in the preliminary,
slated for 2 O'Clock, for the right to lead
the Government League, along with
Census Enumerators.
DROOKE GRUBB, Silver Spring
- sports impresario, Is at it again.
Brooke has arranged a triple
header for the Kensington National
Guard Armory court this afternoon. In
the main game Howitzer Giants will
N0a IC@1A A
$50 O'Clock, following contests sched-
uled between Swann's Service and
FairlawnS at 130 o'clock and Eagles
and United Typewriter Girls at 2:30
O'Clock.
Bethesda Firemen are scheduled for
four games this week Their first and
second teams are down for action this
afternoon at the Laurel, Md, National
Guard Armory, the former against the
Laurel Guards at $3.50 O'Clock and the
latter against Middletown's Lumber
Jacks of Brentwood, Md, an hour
earlier.
The Smoke-eaters will meet Rockville
A., A. Tuesday night on the Rockville
High School court and Washington
Boys Club Celtics at the Boys Club
Thursday night.
Manager SchafTert wants to book
game for the Firemen for Saturday
night with a strong unlimited quint
having court. He can be reached
at Columbia 1898.
Potomac Boat Clubs ambitious ouint
races f1ve hard games this week, start
ing this afternoon, when it meets the
formidable SakS Co. team In BOYS
Club League game at o'clock on the
club court.
The Boatmen will play the Amer
lean Legion team tomorrow night at
Charles Town, w. Va; Quantico Ma
rlnes Wednesday night at Quantico, a
Community Center League contest at
Central High Thursday night and Penn
Athletic Club Saturday night at Phi!a-
delphia. 1t is the toughest string of
contests Potomacs have undertaken in
a number of years
In Penn A. G. the Boatmen will be
meeting team representing one of the
country's leading athletic clubs.
Games with l45-pound and unlimit
ed basket ball teams are sought nv
Western A. G. tossers Manager Jones
Is booking at Lincoln 1895 between 7
and 7:30 pm.