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The Indianapolis times., 1932-08-23
BY RUTH FINNEY
Times staff Writer

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-The
cost of living definitely has started
upward, although the earnings of
workers are continuing their down
ward course, the bureau of labor
statistics reported today.
The average wholesale cost of all
commodities increased 6-10 of l per
cent in the week ended Aug. 13.
In July wholesale prices advanced
] per cent over those for June.
Foods increased 81 per cent in
July as compared with June, and
continued to climb in August.
Retail prices had increased l per
cent up to July Is, the last date for
which figures are available at the
bureau.
GrocerS said here today that they
plan to put increases into effect on
goods for which they have had to
pay greater wholesale prices.
Meanwhile, the bureau of labor
statistics reports that employment
decreased 3 per cent and pay rolls
decreased 6.l per cent in July in
sixteen major industrial groups with
63,4l7 establishments reporting.
In July, 1881. the index number
of pay rolls in these establishments
was 60.3 as compared with the 1926
average of 100, and in July of this
year, the index number of pay rolls
had dropped to 362.
Employment was recorded at $50
this July and 71.7 year ago.
The labor departments most re-
cent figures on retail food prices
show increases in forty-three out of
flfty-one cities up to last July Is.
Pork chops went up an average of
% per cent; strictly fresh eggs, 10
per cent; round steak and lard. 8
per cent; sirloin steak, s per cent !:
chuck roast, per cent; rib roast, 6
per cent; plate beef, per cent:
sliced ham, per cent; sliced ba-
con, leg of lamb and sugar, per
cent.
Flour, rolled oats, rice navy
Deans, canned tomatoes, coffe and
prunes showed no change in price
during the month. and the follow
ing foods decreased in cost; Cab
bage, onions. canned salmon, pota-
toes evaporated milk, oleomargarine.
cornmeal, pork and beans, hens,
oranges, tea, macaroni and various
canned products.
The greatest increases in retail
food prices were reported in July
from Detroit, Indianapolis, and
Little Rock, where prices increased
per cent.
In Baltimore and Boston the in
crease was 4 per cent; Bridgeport,
Cleveland, Manchester and Roches-
ter, 8 per cent; Buffalo, Chicago,
The Indianapolis times., 1932-08-23

Roosevelt forces acquired "An-
chors Aweigh." They were per-
fectly satisfied with Happy Days"
until they got to the Chicago con-
vention.
There, according to Norman
Baxter of the Democratic pub
hcity department, Governor Al
bert C. Ritchie of Maryland had
Anchors Aweigh" for his song.
But the organist made a mis-
take and played Anchors
Aweigh" during a Roosevelt dem
onstration.
Everybody liked it, so the
Roosevelt forces adopted it. They
figured Ritchie wouldn't be using
The Indianapolis times., 1932-08-23
COP PLACED ON TRIAL

Testimony OF brother officers and
neighbors of traffic policeman
Omar j. Lee, 2S0 North Pershing
avenue, was heard today by the
safety board in Lees trial for
drunkenness and conduct unbe-
coming an officer.
No verdict was given by the board.
although it was said by Charles R.
Myers, president, that a decision
might be given Wednesday at the
boards special meeting.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-08-23

has a song called Row With
Roosevelt" That will make three
songs 70 rthe Democrats. They
already have Anchors Aweigh"
and Happy Days Are Here
Again"
A NCHORS AWEIGH' will be
"A rendered wherever a band
is involved, because. according to
the Democratic national commit
tee, it is a good march time.
Happy Days" will be held In
reserve until somebody mentions
the depression, and then the
Democrats will let EN- have it.
It was by accident that the
The Indianapolis times., 1932-08-23
WOMAN AIR SUICIDE
Plane Passenger Leaps to
Death, 1000 Feet Up.

By United Press
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Aug. 23.-A
young, attractively-d dressed woman
leaped to death from an airplane
three miles west of here today. The
plane was flying at an altitude of
1900 feet when she jumped.
In her pockebook, found in the
frfnt seat of the open cockpit plane
iii which she rode as a passenger,
was a sheet of stationery engraved
H. c. McConaughy."
The Indianapolis times., 1932-08-23

A

WTASHINGTON, Aug. 2S.-
w The Democratic party has
stepped out ahead of the Repub-
licans in the presidential cam
paign by mastering 1000 slogans,
two songs and Eddie Dowling.
They could have had a human
fly, too, but the national COM
mittee decided against it at the
last moment.
They also had to ten the balloon
man-apparently a fellow who can
swell up to twice his normal size
that they didn't have any opening
at the moment, but that they
would take his name and address
and let him know If anything
turned up.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-08-23

Closest TO the soil was the revolt
of the farmers.
Tired of theories and projects
that failed to make their oats and
cream and hogs sell for more in
the markets, they massed along
countryside highways, stopping CITY,
bound trucks and trains, dumping
mil';, berating those who tried to
run he blockade, engaging in fist
figh g.
4 Omaha and Council Bluffs, 200
ia picketed highways against
in I'd produce.
lg them was white haired
Ja lawn of Woodbine, Ia, who
sa would willingly go to the
p larry for five years if it
VIC -esult in bettering conditions
on lie farms. The 60-year- old
To- I, a farmer all his life, braved
the sheriff's threat that the picket
leader was risking prison.
Sioux City, Ia, faced a milk
shortage because producers failed to
agree to a distributors contract pro-
posal and because pickets lined the
roads, turning back milk trucks.
Only six head of livestock reached
the stockyards.
Elsewhere in Iowa, North and
South Dakota, Minnesota and Illi-
nois the farm strike" slowly gained
momentum and held the threat of
bloodShed.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-08-23

D e G I a Z 10 n OF d
crash, as the au-
dacious arm a n,
who h olds the
trans = continental
speed r e C o r d,
fought with levers
which control the
landing gear in an
effort to pry it
loose.
Minimum speed
of the fast Laird
pin n e is ninety
The Indianapolis times., 1932-08-23
FARM STRIKERS STOP TRAIN
AND FREE LOAD Of CATTLE:
U.S.. Intervention LOOMS
Federal District Attorney in Iowa May Act
to Prosecute Leaders; Stock Left
on Rail Right-of-Way.
ECONOMIC STRIFE OVER NATION
Age-Old Human Wants Prompt Outbursts in
Half Dozen Focal Points; Street Car
Riders Riot Over Fare Demand


OMAHA, Neb, Aug 23.-Federa intervention in the
farmers strike appeared possibility today after 800
stopped freight train at Emerson, Neb.
Of cattle consigned to the Sioux City livestock
market unoaded and turned loose along the rghof
way before the train permitted to proceed.
Porterfed secretary Bryan
of the Attorney Sandal
Immediately his deputy Ambrose
violated I begin prose-
cution Sandal
The Indianapolis times., 1932-08-23
ARGUE PATERNITY TEST
Court to Decide Wednesday on Use
of Blood Analysis.

Whether a man denying the pa
ternity of 6-year-old girl shall sub
nit to a blood test in an effort to
settle the issue will be determined
Wednesday afternoon at a hearing
in juvenile court before Russell
Newgent, referee.
Howard Griffin, 81, of 319 Cleve-
land avenue, resisting efforts to
compel him to pay for support of
the child, has Signified his willing
ness to submit to the test.
Divorced wife of Griffin, now Mrs.
Margaret Horn, "a, of 3525 Roose-
velt avenue, contends he is the ia
ther. She asserts the child was
born four months before she and
Griffin were deviorced in October,
1925.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-08-23
SEPARATE IN LOVE TEST
Couple Takes Three-Day Honey
moon, Part for Months.

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 2S.-Just
before their marriage, Marianne
Elizabeth Carter and her f1ance,
Jack Moffett, decided that theirs
would be a three-day honeymoon,
after which they would part for
several months before deciding
whether they would join each other
again.
If, after this remarkable exhibi-
ton of will power. the two decide to
reunite, they will go to Hong Kong
to complete their honeymoon.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-08-23
Amelia to Take Off

BIZ Unlted Press
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23.-Amelia
Earhart Putnam plans to take of
wednesday on her delayed trans
continental nonstop flight, she said
today.
1 dislike delaying my flight" Mrs
Putnam said, but there are unfa-
vorable winds today"
The Indianapolis times., 1932-08-23
Strife Over Depression's Grip
Is Rising in Many Localities
By United Press

a
half centers strife the nation today
wans-hunger the shelter
exist-promped oubrsts
They a by passengers
pay a rebellion against
prices produce
subscribers telephone
The Indianapolis times., 1932-08-23

By United Press
WICHITA, Kan, Aug. 23.-James
H. Doolittle, famous speed f1ier,
faced death above the Wichita air
port today.
Trapped in the air when the re-
tractible landing gear of his fast
plane, stuck in the fuselage making
a landing impossible. Doolittle
in monotonous circle above the
field.
Beneath, mechanics and excited
spectators looked on in constant ex-
The Indianapolis times., 1932-08-23
Tries Suicide by Poisoning

Following an attempt at suicide by
poisoning at her home, Mrs. Leona
Botto, 33, of 846 Broadway was sent
to city hospital Monday night by
police, who said she refused to make
any statement as to the cause Of
the act or the kind Of poison taken.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-08-23
DOOittR Is
Air Prisoner;
Can Not Land

WICHITA, Kan, Aug. 23.-
Major James H. DoOlittIe, famous
air ace, landed his plane safely at
the airport here at 1855 p. m. tc-
day after a thrilling hour trapped
in the air in which he faced pos
sible death or injury.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-08-23
HAY FEVER HEREDITARY
Doctors Find Tendency Goes on to
Children.

NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-Hay fever,
sick headache or migraine, and
other forms of the group of illnesses
classified under the head of allergy,
or senSitiveneSs to foreign proteins,
are transmitted as distinct heredi-
tary tendencies. So declared Drs.
NJ. E. Richards and R. M. Balyeat
of Oklahoma City, in a paper pre-
sented here today before the third
International Congress of Eugenics
The two investigators arrived at
their conclusion through a study of
family histories of patients coming
under their care at a hay fever and
asthma clinic.
Full pedigrees of both maternal
and paternal sides of f1fty-three
families thus were obtained.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-08-23
Dives on Another; Gashes Head

Four stitches were required to
close wound in the head of Har-
old Corbett, IL, of 939 Prospect
street, when he struck another boy
Monday night as he dived in the
Garfield park swimming pool.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-08-23
DENIES SUSPECTS PLEA
Prisoner Must Face Bank Charge in
Indiana, Judge Rules.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
CHICAGO, Aug. %. - Justice
Frederic De Young of the Illinois
supreme court refused writ of
Supuersedeas today to Reinhold
Fleuker and he will be turned over
within twenty-four hours to Indiana
authorities to face bank robbery
charges at Hartford City
The writ had been sought in a
petition by Attorney William Jaffe
in which it was declared that
Fleuker never had been in Indiana
and that he was in Burlington,
Wis, at the time the Hartford City
bank was robbed.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-08-23
THREE DIE IN PLANE DIVE

Pilot, Two Passengers Victims as
Ship Bursts in Flames, Crashes.
By United Press
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Aug, 23.-A
pilot and two passengers were killed
at the Alexandria airport Monday
night when a plane burst into
flames and fell to the ground from
a height of 500 feet. The dead were:
James Howell, pilot, of Washington;
Miss Ann White, Bealton, Va;
Frederick Ehrenfeld of Washington,
d. c.
The Indianapolis times., 1932-08-23
CITY ON CURTIUS TOUR

Former German Foreign Minister Is
Expected After Oct. 3.
By United Press
BERLIN, Aug. 23.-Dr. julius
Curtius, foreign minister in the
Bruening cabinet, will leave for
New York Sept. 4 to spend three
months on a lecture tour beginning
in San Francisco Oct. 3. Los An
geles, Kansas City, Chicago, Indian
apolis, Cincinnati and Washington
are on his itinerary.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-18
Forms of Government
In European Countries

The following European nations
are republics: Austria, Czechoslo-
vakia, Esthonia, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania,
Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Spain,
Switzerland and Turkey. Russia is
federation of republics, but of re-
publics of sort quite different from
the older kind.
The kingdoms are those of Bel
gium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Great
Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Nor
way, Rumania, the Serb, Croat and
Slovens (Jugoslavia), and Sweden.
The government of Hungary is also,
In form, that of kingdom, but the
throne is vacant at present. Lux
emburg Is a grand duchy, Monaco is
a principality.
Ireland and Danzig are called free
states. In Danzig there is a legisla-
tive assembly, elected by the peo-
pie, and a high commissioner, ap-
pointed by the League of Nations.
In Ireland there is the sort of quasi
independent government that Can
ada has, with a very slight formal
acknowledgment of the sovereignty
of the British king.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-18

&c, 1889. AS far as the people
were concerned, they could join in
with any and all services, for they
felt the nation was saved again now
that the great Washington was at
the helm. AS for Father George
himself, he was entirely too busy to
write much in that diary of his,
that is such a precious legacy to his
people. Here is all he says: NO
vember 26. Being the day appoint
ed for Thanksgiving, went to St.
Pauls chapel, though it was most
inclement and stormy-but few peo-
pie at church." The signing of the
confederation articles was the es-
pecial occasion.
Quelling the insurrection in Penn
sylvania vas again deliverance
from danger, and cause for great
rejoicing on the part of all the peo-
pie, and a proclamation was made,
appointing a day Of thanksgiving,
for the general welfare and stable
condition of the Union. This was is
sued from Independence hall, and
February 10. 1895, was thus set
apart, on which day the nation was
with devout reverence and affec-
tionate gratitude. to return thanks
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-18
SHY EIFIfSJI llEIQ|N
NOVEMBER 26, 1889

for it's national blessings and i'm
plore their continuance" AS with
all of George Washington's papers,
this proclamation abounds in patri-
otism and counsel of the highest or
der, both as worthy of emulation
today as yesterday.
Much Reason for Thanks.
In looking back to these special
Thanksgiving days of early Ameri-
can history, no patriotic heart can
help feeling the beauty and apprO-
priateness of these gatherings. Also,
the part they played in keeping the
little nation as one ideal family, un-
til it could walk alone, the Amer
ican fathers holding before it the
truths on which the foundation
rests, liberty, equality, integrity.
For whatever else has or has not
happened, the foundation of this ma
tion still rests securely and there is
much to be thankful for on Thanks
giving day. The stars have not fal-
tered in their course and freedom
still reigns. The good earth has
blossomed and fruited for her over
lord, man, as in 1907 and 1776, and
now that autumn has marked the
finish of her harvest for this year,
old earth is drawing back her sap,
her chlorophyl and her chemicals
into her stOreroom, to be covered
with snowy blankets instead Of
green grass-conserving and renew
ing all her power, making ready for
next summers spread of glory.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-18

hostilities was announced can
scarcely be imagined. Immediately,
the commander in chief issued his
proclamation and directed that a
public religious service and thanks
giving should take place on the
same evening, April 49, This was
probably the happiest Thanksgiv-
ing America has ever experienced,
writes Estelle Harris in the Bicen-
tennial News, published by the Alex.
andria (Va.) Gazette In cooperation
with the United States commission
for the celebration of the two-hun-
dredth anniversary Of Washington's
birth. A country gained glory and
honor and home around the bend of
the road. December II, 1888, the
gloriously solemn day appointed by
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-18

ton. Ultimate peace had been as
sured ever since the surrender Of
CORVALLIS. but the question had be-
come alarmingly acute ever since:
How was it possible to keep even a
remnant of the army alive to re-
ceive the treaty of peace? Six
months more of this starvation, this
utter discouragement as to the use
of 1t all-the harassed general
dared not think of what his poor
boys might be driven to do to end
it all.
The joy with which the informa-
ton was at last received from Sir
Guy Carleton that a cessation of
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-18
Settles Federal Claims

The United States Court Of Claims
was established in 1855 to adjudi-
cate claims against the United
States. 1t consists of five judges, a
chief justice and four associates,
and sits in Washington. The court
considers matters placed before it
and upon the first day of each reg
ular session of congress presents the
findings of the court for the year,
and upon recommendation of the
court congress appropriates money
for the payment of the awards. 1t
is not necessary for more than a
majority Of the judges to approve.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-18

most special acknowledgment of the
divine goodness" We of today,
looking back with full knowledge
of the great trials and sufferings
placed upon the Continental army
in that winter of misery at Valley
Forge, may perhaps wonder at the
faith thus unfolded. There is, how
ever, one fact which we, accus-
toned to observe the last Thursday
Of November as Thanksgiving day,
should not overlook. 1t is Thanks
giving day as we know it, with a
definite place upon our calendar,
did not come into existence until
1863.
Thanksgiving day originated with
the Pilgrims. who set aside a day
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-18
UI7WW11.
Echo of Pilgrim Romance

IGAIU OA TIT
The kettle which John Alden
might have given his beloved Pris-
ella to start housekeeping is be-
lieved by antique authorities to have
been found at Waterloo, n. Y.
Brought to America on the May
flower and believed to have been
used in preparing the first Thanks
giving feast, the blackened recep-
tacle now is known as the "Conant
kettle" named after the family
which acquired it from Alden,
thought to have been the original
owner,
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-18
o DE JANEIRO, which re

prepared by the National Geographic
Society. Washington. d. c.
(WNU Service.)
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-18
GIVING THANKS
IN DARK DAYS
OF REVOLUTION

GEORGE WASH
ington's Thanksgiv-
ing day proclama-
tion at Valley Forge
took great pains to
put before the sol
dlers "the tremen-
dOus reason for this
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-18
Celebrations of Peace.

Another special Thanksgiving day
was ordered by General Washing
ton at Newburgh on the Hudson,
April 10, 1888, eight years to the
day from the shot fired at Lexing-
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-18
DECEMBER 13, 1921

for thanksgiving at Plymouth imme-
diately after their first harvest, in
1921. The Massachusetts Bay col
ony first observed such a day In
1880 and frequently thereafter until
1850, when it became an annual fes-
tival in that colony. Connecticut
also had a similar festival annually
from 1647 onward. Usually, these
days for thanksgiving followed the
harvest, and were set aside pri-
marily to give thanks to the Lord
for the blessings he had bestowed
upon the Colonists. During the Rev.
olution, the Continental congress ap-
pointed one or more days for
thanksgiving each year. except in
1777. when not even congressman
could find any blessings to point
out to his constituents as reason
for rejoicing. These Revolutionary
Thanksgiving days usually were
founded upon some military success
and fortune smiled wanly, indeed,
upon the Continental army in 1777
the winter of despair at Valley
Forge.
Valley Forge Observation.
Washington's Thanksgiving day
proclamation at Valley Forge came
after the SHOWS and the hunger and
the sufferings of that terrible win
ter Of 1777-7S had departed and
spring smiled again upon the fer
tile valleys of Pennsylvania. The
occasion was the entrance of France
into the war as an ally of the Colo
MES. The Valley Forge Thanksgiv-
ing May, 177S, was a military cele-
bratiOn, with the chaplain of brig
ade directed Ito offer up thanks
and deliver a discourse suitable to
the occasion" Then there was
cannon fire and huzzas, and cries of
Long Live the King of France!"
Long Live the Friendly European
Powers !" and finally a general rum
ming fire and huzza, The American
States ~
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-11-18
APRIL 1o, 1888

congress, DR.. John Rogers preached
his famous sermon, announcing
1--WE have taken our place among
the nations and empires Of the
earth"
Presidential Proclamation.
The first Presidential Thanksgiv-
ing proclamation named November
The Washington times., 1932-05-17

(COntinued from, Magazine Page
A graceleSs and rather pitiful
little figure, she strobe quickly
to the closed door and seized
the knob. But the door did not
yield. It was locked. With a
glare in her eyes, Mrs. Baldwin
turned toward the secretary.
"IS there a patient in there?"
mol"
"Open this door," the wife
commanded furiouSly.
st have no key" replied Miss
Simon, "I didn't know it was
locked"
In a frenzy of anger, Mrs.
Baldwin seized the knob of the
door with both hands as if only
more of her strength we're need
ed to pull it free. She ratified it
in a violent ecstasy O. energy.
Hugh" she screamed. open
this door and let me in!"
There was no answer.
"Hugh!" she cried again. Still
no answer. With a bev'ildered
air, Mrs. Baldwin looked around
ct us for the first time.
"He doesn't answer" she said
as If stating a miracle.
Colts face was Somber and
grave. His eyes cleaned with a
newly awakened suspicion.
''MiSS Simon" he asked quiet
Iy. sis ther any way for Doctor
Baldwin to have left his private
Officer"
The Washington times., 1932-05-17
"THE MURDER OF THE NIGHT CLUB LADY"

"No-only through this en-
trance"
This answer decided Thatcher
Colt.
st believe it would be better
if you would permit me to open
this door," he proposed, his
glance wavering between Mrs.
Baldwin and the secretary.
Neither replied. =,
Colt produced a skeleton key,
one of several always in his
pocket. For a few seconds,
he ratified the key uncertainty
in the lock, then he gave a
violent push and we heard the
swapping of the winch.
Thatcher Colt opened the
door. On the floor lay Doctor
Hugh Baldwin. He was dead
shockingly so!
One long searching glance
Mrs. Baldwin cast upon the
dead body of her husband.
Then she collapsed. She drop.
ped to the floor in a dumping
heap, and lay very still, as if
she herself were dead.
Excited as we were at our
tragic discovery, Colt and I had
to turn our backs lnomentarily
upon the corpse of the phySi-
clan while we struggled with
the limp and heavy body Of his
widow.
We carried her to a couch in
The Washington times., 1932-05-17
By Rube Goldberg
Fright away, chief"

Five minutes later, I was
back in the apartment with a
dark, boyish-faced Jewish ply
sician, Doctor Tannenbaum.
He Immediately pronounced his
colleague dead, and expressed
himself as amazed at the symp"
toms. At this, Colt glanced to-
ward me. Here was Doctor Tan
nenbaum confronted with the
same symptoms which Doctor
Baldwin had seen the night be-
fore in Lola Carewe and Chris
tine Quires. I remembered that
Baldwin had promptly stated
that Lola was a victim Of heart
trouble. But this Doctor Tan.
nenbaum was instantly SuSpi-
cious. In fact, he insisted that
the police be notified and he
flushed with astoniShment upon
learning that the tall dark.
haired man before him, tanned
and grave, was the Chief Of
Police.
"If I can help, Commissioner
IT shall be glad to call on
you," Colt assured him, taking
his hand and while shaking It,
leading him suavely to the
door.
Ito Be Continued Tomorrow
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