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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-27
INDIANA CITIES
ORGANIZE FOR
UTILITY FIGHT
Whole State Represented
in Group Battling for
Rate Reductions.

Organization of Indiana munich
palities for a war on high utility
rates proceeded today following a
meeting in Martinsville Friday al
which about 100 cities and towns
we're represented by $50 mayors and
other officials. All parts of the
state we're represented.
The Municipal Rights League OF
Indiana was organized. It's officers
are: Mayor George F. Schmidt,
Martinsville, president; Mayor H.
Karl Vollnnd, Columbus, vice
president; Mayor Thomas l.. Cook
sey of Charlottesville, treasurer, and
Ralph Louden, Martinsville city
treasurer, secretary.
District Chairmen Named
Chairmen for each congressional
district we're chosen as follows:
First Mayor w. Vincent Youkey Crown
Point; Second. II. E. Orr. city attorney of
Plymouth: Third Neville williams. city
attorney of Michigan City: Fourth Mayor
William T. Hosey. TT. Wayne; Fifth, A. r.
Eikenberry. president of the North Man
chester town board; Sixth, Mayor Thomas
J.. Cooksey. Charlottesville; Seventh, Mayor
John Mccarty. Washington; Eighth, Mayor
G. b. McLinn. New Albany; Ninth, Mayor
Henry Murray. Bedford: Tenth, Mayor Sid
ney Baker. Newcastle: Eleventh. Mayor A.
c. Downing. Greenfield. and Twelfth,
James E. Deery. city attorney of Indian
spolis.
With the officers, the chairmen
constitute an executive committee
which will direct the league. 1t is
proposed to extend the organiza-
ton into cities and towns through
out the state, regardless of their
size.
Organization NOnpartisan-
Emphasis was placed on the non
partisan aims of the organization
at the meeting Friday.
A declaration of its principles as
stated by Mayor Joseph w. Kim
NELL of Vincennes charged that
certain utilities had invaded party
councils; challenged the power of
the state, dictated the appointment
Of public officials and corrupted the
state legislature.
He declared the league has no
quarrel with those utilities which
charge fair rates.
Volland, who perfected organiza-
ton details, stressed necessity for
legislation to permit condemnation
and purchase of utilities by munich
palities and contended valuations
for taxation also be the basis for
rate making. He urged support of
the league by all cities and towns.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-27
A GOOD BUSINESS SCHOOL

Strong business, stenographic. secre-
tarial and accounting courses; individ-
nal instruction in major subjects. large
faculty of specialists in their respective
lines. Free Employment Service Fred
w. Case. Principal
CENTRAL BUSINESS COLLEGE
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-27
$4,000 RABBITS
TURNED LOOSE
Pennsylvania Stocks Lands
for Hunters.
By United Press

By United Press
HARRISBURG, Pa, Feb. 81
After a limbering-up period in big
Enclosures so as to strengthen their
muscles, about $4,000 rabbits have
been released in rural sections of
Pennsylvania to take their chances
against hunters guns next season,
automobiles, housecats, and winged
and four-footed natural enemies.
They constitute the major portion
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-27

Pennsylvania and Vermont. First Door
North Y. w. G. A.. indianapolis. Ind.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-27
Police Dig Beer From Garage

Isaac Butts, 203O North Pennsyl-
vania street, today faced a blind
tiger charge after police claimed
they dug thirty-three quarts of
home brew from the floor of his
garage in raid Friday night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-27

Toss Tear Bomb at College Polls
CHAMPAIGN, Ill, Feb. 81
Glass elections at the University of
Illinois took on an appearance not
unlike that of some municipalities
when a prankster tossed tear gas
bomb in the polling room, throwing
student voters into confusion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-27
A Rock of Safety in a Weary
Land That Is Won Hindenbu7-g

This Is the last of six exclusive sto-
ries on President Paul Won Hindenburg,
Germany's greatest modern figure, who
now Is candidate for a second term in
the national election to be held in Ger
many on Sunday. March ID.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-27
Written for Smokers sv71o ,vant Hard-pan Facts

YOU'VE seen it in Movies . on biIl-boards in
L newspapers and you've heard it over the radio.
The famous slogan, They Satisfy"
1t means Chesterfelds click. give smokers what
they want. Now let tell you the treason why!
Smoke-satisfaction in Chesterfield comes from Just
thing. rigid rule of making every Chester
field cigarette the Uey best that money and science
produce.
That's why Chesterfield tobaccos are the mildest
that grow That's why the paper that's wrapped
around Chesterfield is the whitest and purest ciga-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-27
INFLUENZA is ON EBB
Fewer Cases Are Reported in Coun-
try in Last Week.
By Science Service

By Science SerUice
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-A slight
decrease in the number of influenza
cases reported to the United States
public health service here this week
indicates that the outbreak may
have been a seasonal flareup, near
ing its end.
Total number of cases for the
week ended Feb. 20 was 6,395, while
for the previous week the total was
1864 The highest figure this week
was reported from Montana, 1,708.
South Dakota reported only 228
cases this week, although last week
the state health officer estimated
that there were 1900 cases in the
state.
This freak reporting" makes it
difficult for health officials to de-
termine the true extent of the out
break, and they will not be sure for
another week or two whether end of
the flareup is in sight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-27

rette paper made. That's why we not only blend
tobaccos. but croSs-blend them To bring out
the fine flavor that is so definitely Chesterfield
Everything the best. that's the whole Chester.
field story. Milder. taste better. pure Good.
they've got to be- because they're made that way.
That's the reason why Chesterfelds satisfy
Music that Satisfies Hear Nat Shkre 3pece orchestra and
Alex Cray solos night except Sunday-enre Columbia
Network 1870 Eastern Standard Time
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-29
BRONCS HAVE
 STAR TOSSER

SANTA CLARA, Cal, Feb. 29.- Every time a left-handed collegi- an gets fancy around first base old timers vision him another Hal Chase. Chase who left the Santa Clara campus to startle the base ball world with his skill around first base, still stands as the great est of all time.
 And this year at Santa Clara, Walter Mails, Bronco Coach, of fered Lefty" Powers, football star and first baseman. as the lad who will emulate the great Chase.
 Powers has amazing skill in han ding ground balls; he shifts his feet with the deftness of a ballet dancer, and he makes the quick throws to second or third with the same strong underhand sweep that made Chase the scourge of base runners.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-29
Log Angeles May Escape

Knowing all this in advance and with the record well spread out for examination, Bill Henry tells me that the gentlemen who have or ganized the 1892 games at Los Angeles believe that the chance or any misunderstanding on the ath- letic fields has been reduced to the absolute minimum.
 One of Bills big jobs was to have everything printed in enough languages, including the Scandi- nayian, to leave none of the details to the foreign imagination. An other was to have all plans. speci- fications and programs given the royal 70. K.' by the heads of in- ternational federations before blue printing them.
 For one thing, the visiting dele gations will be so pop-eyed when they see how one of Americas s greatest sports centers has pre- pared for the Tenth Olympiad that they will be discouraged from or ganizing the quadrennial squawk
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-29
Athlctes Usually Quiet

Raroly do the athletes themselves become involved in disagreements such as at Paris in 1924 when the British team threatened to go home abruptly because one of their box CTS was bitten on the chest by I hungry French rival.
 Nor is it my idea to contend that the official parties go to the games intent upon making it an open fight. Most of them are quite peaceful, pleasure loving.
 Nevertheless, in so widely repre- sentative 8 gathering as troops ir for the Clyrnpics there will be found quite few looking for chips to put on somebody's shoulder and then knock of.
 There was, for example, Brig Gen. Kentish of the British forces in 1928 who conceived an intense
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-29
WASHINGTON U NOW CHAMPION
 N. W. DIVISION
Wins Basketball Title-to Meet University of
 California

SEATTLE, Feb. 29.-The fast breaking and skillful basket shoot ing University of Washington team won the basketball champion ship of the Northern Division of the Coast Conference here Satur- day night when the Huskies down. ed the Washington State Cougars oy A to 33.
 By the victory, the Huskies won the right to battle the University of California which won the South ern Division championship Satur- day night by defeating Southern California 26 to 9.
 The same teams were finalists last year with the University of Washington winning the Coast Con- ference title for the first time.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-29
 |ISIzA,NTS,
By ALAN GOULD

Why, the folks are asking, can't we have an international sports meet like the Olympic Games with out at some stage of the proceed ings developing a first rate orawl oyer methods or ethics or tactics?
 Why do the pompous, solemn gentlemen who wear the big badges sound off about international good will and unrestanding' in advance and then, as soon as they have marched into action, belaibor one another with invective, sarcasm, loud abuse?
 Because, folks, it's human nature to wrangle over details. espe- cially where man-to-man action is involved, with widely, divergent yews and a half dozen different languages tossed into the situation at the same time. It's a natural" "
 The idea back of the Olympics is grand, glorious, sublime. Pierre de Coubertin, that grand old French man who revived the games, vis- toned the gallantry, the glamour of cid Athens returned. Whereupon modern Greece told him, in effect, to go jump into the Mediterranean. The Olympic games, winter and summer, by and large, have been a merry little party ever since. where the late unpleasantness O. Lake Placid was just another by product.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-29
C0HOES BEAT SHRIMPS FOR
 PIN \ DONORS

In the p.ayoff for the title hon ors in the Elks bowling tourna- ment yesterday afternoon, the Co., hoes vanquished the Shrimps two games out of three, but they had narrow squeak.
 Running up the fine total of 955 in the first game, which meant an average of POS for the four players who were on deck, the Cohoes started out to make short work of the job. The Shrimps were handicapped by the absence of Robertson and Stevens and roll- ed only TIT in this game.
 In the next game the Cohoes slipped considerably and were able to beat their rivals by only seven pins, the score being 795 to 788. The Shrimps took the final con- test, 846 to BOA.
 Blomgren rolled the best game 232. Barragar had high average, 1q8
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-29
THIRTY NATIONS
 IN CUP CONTESTS

PARIS, Feb. 29.-Thirty nations the same number as last year, have challenged for the Davic Cup, in- ternational tennis trophy, now held by France.
 Twenty-tw of the nations will compste in the European zone, five in the North American zone and three in the South American.
 The United States, Canada, Mex : ico. Australia and Cuba have chal- lenged for the cup in the North American division.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-29
JACOBS SIGNS
 WITH BEAVERS

PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. 29.-Ray Jacobs, released internationally 8 few weeks ago by the Los Angeles Baseball Club, will play first base for the Beaver-Ducks, Thomas Tur- ner, Portland Club president, an- neunced here. Arrival of signed contract from Bobby Reeves, new short-stop, was also announced.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-29
SHOT IN LEG, LOSES CHANCE
 ID PLAY GOLF
Tommy Goodwin Is Anna teur Golf Champion Vice
 TIP. Perkins, Wounded

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 29.-When T. Phillip Perkins, former British amateur champion was unable to play the finals in the Dixie Anna teur golf tournament because of la wound in one of his legs, re- .ceiyed when he was forced to act as a shield to a robber in an at- tempted holdup of gambling club early Saturday morning. Tommy Goodwin of Monroe, New York State, was crowned champion.
 Physicians said Perkins would be unable to play for at least month so Goodwin was given the title by forfeit.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-29
JACK DELANEY, BEN LEO WARD
 ARE TO FIGHT
Both Men Are to Stage Attempted Comebacks
 During This Week

NEW YORK, Feb. 29.-Jack De- fancy and Benny Leonard are to take the come back trail.
 Leonard retired as undefeated lightweight champion He meets Billy NfcNahon, New York weltcr- weight, in a ten rounder here to- night.
 Delany. once the light heavy weight champion, fights Phil John son, Jersey City heavyweight, next Thursday night at Bridgeport, Con- necticut.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-29
dislike for Charley Paddock, the

dislike for Charley Paddock, the fading American sprint star.
 The general collected some sec- ond-hand information about Pad . dock and raised a rumpus. He stalked around looking for argu- mants and found plenty of them.
 Cur American officials are very accommodating that way. They had been battling among them selves over Paddock but when a British general attempted to "chi- sel in" the American front united against him.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-29
SPORT BRIEFS

Shirts of broad black and white stripes are the new official garb of basketball officials in central Ohio
 Indiana race horse owners num- bering around 1000 are planning on organization to operate their own tracks.
 Wilbur Shaw and Wild Bill Cunl- mings, both of Indianapolis, have been winning many races on the west coast in preparation for the annual 500 mile automobile event. Tex Carleton, Texas league hurl- CT slated to join the St. Louis Car dinals this spring, once was bat boy for Fort Worth.
 Monterey, Mexico, is attempting to persuade baseball clubs from the United States to train there Because of lack of interest plans for the 1882 Missouri College Ath- letic union basketball tournament were abandoned.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-29
M'CRAW SIGNS
 AD0L.FE LUQUE

HAVANA, Feb. 29-Adolfo Luque veteran Cuban pitcher, who re- gently received his unconditional release from the Brooklyn Dodgers. will pitch for the New York Giant. next season.
 Luque came to terms with John J. McGraw, manager of the Giants, who has been wintering here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-29
BURKE
 WINS FLORIDA
 GOLF FEATURE

BELLEAIR, Florida, Feb. 29.- Billy Burke, National Open Golf champion, won the Florida West Coast Golf championship on Sun day and collected the first prize Of S750.
 Johnny Farrell, of St. Augustine, was second, his prize money being $500. Gene Sarazen, of Great Neck. Long Island, was third.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-29
BANDIT IDENTIFIED

MIAMI, Feb. 29.-The bandit killed in the attempted hold-up of a gambling club here last Satur- day morning has been identified as A. P. Yarbough, former grocer of Lakeland, Florida. Being one armed he had strapped a home made wooden forearm to his maim- ed elbow as a disguise.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-29
HOUSING OF GAMES
 ATHLETES IS COSTLY

NE WYORK, Feb. 29.-Daniel J. Ferris, secretary of the Amateur Athletic Union, says the cost of feeding, housing and transporting about 500 American athletes for the various sports which form a part of the Olympic Games will amount to approximately s36O,0Oo, or an average of $600 an athlete.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-29
OREGON STATE WINS

CORVALLIS, Ore, Feb. 29 = Oregon State won third place in the Northern Division of the Coast conference Saturday night by de- feating the University of Oregon basketball team 26 to 20.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-29
RUTH APPEARS
 IN B. B. TOCS,
 YANKEE CAMP
Willing g to Take Cut ol $l0,000 but Wants
 2-Year Contract

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, Feb. 29-Babe Ruth put on his baseball uniform today for the first time this season in the Yankee camp. He said he was agreeable to the $10000 cut in his salary to $70,0O0 but he is holding out for two year contract instead of one year.
 Pepper" Martin also joined the baseball colony today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-29
GOMEZ PLANS TO
 WED NEXT FALL

NEW YORK, Feb 29.-vernor csLefty'9 Gomez, star pitcher o. the New York Yankees and fiance of June O'Day, musical comedy actress, revealed he did not plan to wed until after the 1882 base ball season.
 { And my wedding presents will include a world series check" pre- dicted Lefty.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-29
GLENDON STROKE
 TO BE MODIFIED

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 29.-charles Buck" Walsh, who replaces Dick Glendon as coach of Annapolis crews. will select his squad from 150 aspirants. He has two veterans from last years champions.
 Walsh says the 1892 crew will row a modification of the Glendon stroke. The chief difference in the stroke is the abolishment of the long layback
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-29
TIT 788 846 2411 Average: Did not bowl. Next Tournament

The bowling committee announced today that the personnel of the teams that will take part in the mixed tournament has not been completed but that all the players would probably be signed up by Tuesday night, when the first matches are scheduled to start.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-29

Old papers TOT sale at The Empire
The Kusko times., 1932-06-18
McGRATH NEWS ,NuTHs.

McGRATH, June N.-Mrs. Oliver. Anderson gave dinner. party ; last evening in honor of. Mrs. R. A. Mes-T pelt-s who had been visiting in Nc Grath for a few days. The guests, were Mrs. Winnifred White and Miss Margaret White, John Sinclair and, Stanley L Nichols.
 Recent arrivals in McGrath include. Bob Stone, Victor Nystrom and Fred King, who brought in. their winter winter catch of fur and returned to their various headquarters with nee. essary supplies.
 Lee Page came to McGrath and spent day or so, returning to his. camp on the. Nixons.
 Mrs. Joe Condry, Elsie and Joseph inc, are scheduled to return here from Fairbanks almost, immediately. They return. much improved in health.
 Mrs. Dan McRea, of Seattle, com- ing by s. s. Tupper to Bethel, was an arrival here on the, Tana.
The Kusko times., 1932-06-18
EEAP YEAR :"

The reason for, leap year is appar- entity a puzzle to manys persons and is explained as follows.
 The fact shat the earth does not make a revolution around the sun in an even number of,sdays has caused much difficulty in making a calendar that would hold good 'dver any consid- erable length eof-,time. In fact, such calendar has never been devised, but the one in present use is accurate enough for practical purposes.
 In reforming the calendar in 47 B. C., Julius Caesar ;considered a year to be 365 IA days, so het added a day every four years to take. up the frac- ,tional excess. But the true year; is only 365 days 5 hours AS minutes and 45.51 seconds, so in theacourse of time the Julian calendar, based on a. year some Il minutes too long, became more and more inaccurate. To cor rect this, Pope Gregory in 1582 caused, 10 aHys to be.dropped, from the call. endar, and also, modified the rule for leap years by emitting the extra day from the ending year of each century except those divisible.e by 400. Thus the year 1900 was a leap year, while the years 700, 1900 and 1900 were not; 2,000 will be a leap year, and so on.
 Even with this correction there will be an error of one day in 3323 years, discrepancy hardly great enough to worry aboat.
 One disadvantage of leap year is that person born on February 291 has real birthday anniversary only once, in four years-if that is disad- vantage. Based, on the law of. av- craze, only one person in about l, ,461 would be thus handicapped.-Ex.
The Kusko times., 1932-06-18

Alaska spirit so much in evidence there, and he has the distinction of being one of the very few school superintendents to get through a term with such general satisfaction that he has been requested to remain on the job another year. He has found the work there verv pleasant and is rather proud of the showing made by the school unGer his dircc- tion.
 The winter was q, particularly act i've one at Nome in a social way, with so much going. on that it was difficult for the school to find dates for it's various entertainments. There seem- ed to be something doing. every night, and there is the promise of additional entertainment during the coming win ter as the result of plans now under way to introduce the talkies, the. en- terprising manager of Nome's only theater having decided to install the necessary equipment this summer to provide his patrons with the best in the way of motion picture entertaine ment.- This involves heavyg invest ment in equipment and considerable of problem in the matter of trans portation, with steamers operating only during the summer months. But with, airplanes operating regularly between Nome and the Alaska Rail- road belt 1t will be possible to make. shipment of films at regular intervals in the event that it is not possible to obtain winters supply eof pictures on the last boat m the fall.
The Kusko times., 1932-06-18
Takotna, Alaska, June IS, 1892.
BEACH LURING GOLD
 SEEKERS, NOME REGION.
Anchorage Times. )

There is more than the usual amount of mining activity in the Sew ard Peninsula country this summer, according to E. L. Beck, superintend- ent of the Nome schools and former resident of Anchorage, who passed through this city last week on his way to the States to tend the annual convention of the National Educa- tional Association as one of Alaska S delegates. In addition to the dredg- ing operations of the Hammon com pany, near Nome, there are many smaller outfits at work throughout the district, and at the time Mir. Beck left Nome there. were quite number of men at work along the beach, with rockers and Long Toms, working over the sands from which millions were extracted during the gold rush days. The cleanups from the beach diggings are not what they used to be, but numerous of the workers are taking out $4 and $5 day and some of the cleanups weigh as much as a nounce. The arger cleanups are not common, however.
 It is the belief of Mr. Beck. that the placers of the Seward Peninsula district are very far from being worked out, notwithstanding the large scale operations which, have been carried on by many big enter prises in years gone by, and the pres ent extensive operations, of the Ham, mon company and others engaged in dredging in various parts of the camp. There appears to be steady increasing number of small operators, and prospecting is being carried on ml many localities, with very encour- aging results.
 There was not any unemployment prpblem confronting Nome at the time MT. Beck left there, but it was expected that the first boats from the States would bring. in a lot. of job seekers, probably more than will bel able to find employment. Plants were able to get under way with full crews at the very outset of the sea- son because more than the usual num- bef of oldtimers in the district, through the winter, kept at home. by
 c l. the States. They were on the ground, ready for work at the first sign of spring.
 MT. Beck ikes Nome and the real
The Kusko times., 1932-06-18

LAKEHURST, N.. 1.-The naval dirigible.Akron was back in it's home hangar today, after a )1-day trans continental round trip. When the big air cruiser,. settled down. to,the moor ing mast here its skipper, Lieutenant Commander E.. Rosendahl, relinquish. ed command.
The Kusko times., 1932-06-18

A man in a hospital for mental cases sat fishing in a flower bed. A visitor approached and wishing to be affahle, remarkedi
 "How many have you caught?
 You're the ninth," was the reply..