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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-27

The newspaper quoted Ford as
follows:
Certain of my competitors are
operating against me, supported by
these bankers, with the object of
preventing another Ford car from
leaving the factory.
They have succeeded for a few
hours, but 1 will fight them and
prove that production can not be
stopped. I am going straight out
to clean up the whole affair"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-27
LOAD OF MEAT STOLEN
60 Pounds of Ham and Bacon Taken
From Armour Truck.

The meat diet of some one in In
dianapolis was enriched in calories
: and pounds today when sixty
pounds of ham and bacon was stolen
from a truck of Armour & Co.,
packers. driven by Joseph Riley, at
the Riley hospital for children. The
theft was committed while Riley
was delivering an order at the hos
pital. The meat was valued at $3.50
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-27
DR.. w. N. KELLOGG
TO TEACH CLASS HERE
Psychology of Children and Animals
Course to Be Conducted.

DR.. w N. Kellogg of the In
diana university psychology faculty
will teach class in psychology OF
schildren and animals in the I. U
extension division during the second
semester, which begins Feb. 6, it was
announced today.
DR.. Kellogg attracted nation wide
attention last year With his expert
ment in bringing up a monkey with
his own baby for several months
while working in the Yale expert
mental laboratory In Florida.
-Four other courses in psychology
and sociology also weer announced
today.
DR.. Chauncey NJ. Loutitt viii teach
clinical psychology Saturday morn
lngs at Riley hospital. DR.. J. R.
Kantor will teach social psychology
and the psychology of personality
development Thursday nights.
Frank H. Streightoff will held
classes in the sociology of the city
Monday nights, and Professor w. S.
Bittner will teach principles of So
GEOLOGY Wednesday nights.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-27
PUPILS GO EXPLORING:
SENATORS STRANDED
Weiss Makes Graceful Introduction
Finds Audience" Gone.

School trouble has been en-
countered by two Indiana senators
When Senator Jacob Weiss Dem.
Indianapolis Thursday introduced
pupils from two Marion county
schools he was flabbergasted to find
that his graceful introduction had
been in vain. The pupils and their
teachers had left the gallery for
parts unknown.
Senator Walter S. Chambers
Dem. NewcaStle) had the same dis
concerning experience when he
called the senators attention 20 pu-
pills from school in Henry county
A new rule requiring excuses for
absentee school pupils may be in
voked to protect senatorial dignity
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-27
CITY SEES FIRST SNOW
OF 80; MERCURY DROPS
Melts Rapidly And No Trace Is Left
on Downtown Streets.

Indianapolis today had its first
snowfall of 1898.
AS the temperature dropped ten
degrees during the forenoon. the
rain which had continued since
early today, changed to wet snow.
The snow melted as rapidly as it
fell, leaving no trace on downtown
streets.
The weather bureau predicted
temperature near 80 tonight, with
colder by fair weather Saturday.
The last snow was Dec. 81.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-27
RICH MUNCIE DOCTOR
DIES BY OWN HAND
Body Found in Office by Son; my
Work Is Done" Says Note.


BIZ nited Press
MUNCIE. Ind. Jan. 27-Dr Alva
c. Surber, 81, wealthy Muncie physi-
clan. was found dead on a couch
in his Office today by his. son, Fred
erick.
On a table beside the bed was a
bottle of lethal liquid and a note,
which said:
Il am unbearably worried. My
work is done. have made a good
fight. May God guide and direct
my loved ones"
In addition to Frederick, a senior
at the Indiana university law school,
survivors include two other sons,
DR.. A. c. Surber Jr., Washington,
and John, Indiana university med
ical student.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-27

for Opportunity Day. And when
stores open Saturday morning,
shoppers will be greeted by dis
plays that will delight them.
Z VERY Times reader will find
Il some needed article listed in
today's edition-at a. price sub
stantially reduced below what you
planned to pay.
Get out your pencil and paper
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-27
81, 002, 890,779 BILL UP

Appropriation Measure Reported to
House; Hike Veteran Expenses.
BIZ Hited Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. PA ST.
COZ. 890,779 appropriation bill for in
dependent Offices providing S966,
838.634 for veterans, but effecting
drastic cuts in other activities, was
reported today to the house.
The appropriations committee
submitted the bill to meet the needs
Of a dozen bureaus and commits
sions for the fiscal year 1884. Il
includes an s13,039, 634 increase for
veterans bureau expenditures as
recommended in the budget.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-27
Opportunity Batters at Your Door

offers made for months in Indian
apois.
The opportunity is presented
Saturday for you to buy the
things you want and need at
special prices. arranged through
cooperation of the merchants
whose messages apper in the pages
of this paper.
For weeks preparations have
been going forward to get ready
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-27
MOTHER, HURRYING
TO WORK, IS KILLED
Three Orphaned as Woman
Dies Under Train.

By United Press
GARY, Ind, Jan. 27-Mrs. Rose
Michalski, 43, mother of three chill
dren, was hurrying to her work as a
house maid today where she was
killed by train in Hammond.
She stepped from the path of one
train into that of another on the
B. & o. tracks.
She had been supporting the fam
lily since her husband lost his job.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-27
HEAR that noise?
IL rbat,e n1oor.,,,,,
at your door.

= That's Opportunity knocking
at your door.
Today's Times is packed with
thirty-six pages of information on
Opportunity Day. which will be
Saturday. when leading merchants
will offer merchandise at unpre-
cedented prices.
On page after page in todsy's
Times appear the most attractive
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-27

Legislators opposing pas
sage pointed out that they
are under no obligation to fol
low the Governor, as no sales
tax pledge was written into
the Democratic platforms,
state or national.
They cite the fact that President
Elect Roosevelt has declared against
it as a matter of public policy and
McNutt has condemned it in prin-
ciple.
Objections Are Raised
Chief proponent of such measures
OF taxation has been President Hoo
YER who was thwarted with the
charge that sales tax means soak
the poor they asserted.
They also declare that a sales tax
such as the one proposed by the
administration. raises the same con-
stitutional questions as an income
tax would, and will be subject to the
same delay by litigation.
McNutt admits possibility of the
sales tax being challenged on con-
stitutional grounds, but still de-
mands its passage as the only way
to balance the budget.
That McNutt may be able to
"crack the whip TO put the sales
tax over is an admitted possibility.
His hand has been strengthened by
the proposal that the state take
over all minimum teacher costs 81
the public schools.
Jobs Have Big Influence
But more than this is the strength
derived from several thousand jobs
that will become his patronage, if
plans to increase his powers meet
with legislative approval.
A job for a henchman often counts
more with a legislator than the
question of whether bills like the
sales tax are wrong in principle, ii
was pointed out.
AS introduced. the sales tax bill
is modelled after the Mississippi law
Opponents point out that Mississippi
never has been noted as a leader
among states in progressive legis-
lation, but a case might be made fol
the contention that it has been what
might be termed reactionary.
The conference with McNutt fol-
lowed protest meeting at the Lin
coin. attended by more than 300 re-
tail merchants.
Ruin Is Visioned
Speakers at the meeting charged
the sales tax would result in in
creased unemployment, reducing
purchasing power of the public. fail
to reduce governmental expenses
paralyze business in cities near the
state border, take business from To-
cal merchants and give it to mail
order houses, whose interstate bust
ness in untaXable, and otherwise re-
act unfavorably
They pointed out that retail
stores employ more persons than any
other single class, merchants already
pay their proportionate share Of
taxes, and are spending heavily t.
maintain business, in an effort tC
keep their employees from becoming
jobleSs.
The sales tax, they said, woulc
have to be borne by the stores. il
could not be added to moderate
priced articles, and the. additiona
burden would force even more mer-
chants into bankruptcy.
steps were taken at the meeting tC
form a state wide retail merchants
organization.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-27
ABOLITION OF OFFICES
URGED BY TAXPAYERS
Changes in Teacher Legislation Also
Urged by Association.

CIScu ny ASSOCidtlOHs
Abolition of a number of offices,
changes in teacher legislation, sup
port of the $3.50 tax levy limitation
law and combining of counties in
circuit court districts, are points
covered in a resolution sent to the
legislature today by the Putnam
County Tax payers association.
County and townshihp assessors,
state police and state and county
probation officers are included in
the list of offices termed "unneces-
sary in the resolution.
Matter of teacher retirement
would be handled by the educators
rather than the state, the resolu-
ton suggests, and the teacher
minimum wage Law should be re-
pealed or the minimum wage
should be reduced lin keeping with
the times and the ability Of the peo-
pie to pay"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-27
TWO BURGLARS KIDNAP
PAIR, THEN ESCAPE
Make Getaway Amid Hail of Bullets
from State Warehouse.

from StaCe warehouse.
By LHjted Press
WASHINGTON, Ind, Jan. 81
Two burglars who entered the Voll-
mer wholesale house Thursday night
apparently to steal cigarets, escaped
in a volley of shots after kidnapping
Carl Vollmer and a policeman.
Vollmer suffered a wound in his
right arm in the exchange of shots.
Vollmer and his brother, Henry
owners of the building, accompanied
policemen Henry Burkhardt and
Damon Jones to investigate lights
in the warehouse.
Carl Vollmer and Burkhardt were
captured as they entered the build
ing and forced to accompany the
intruders out a rear door.
After escorting them several yards
away the bandits ran to safety while
the policeman and Vollmer fired at
them. Vollmer was wounded 1hen
one, of the men returned the fire.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-27
GREAT POWER is VESTED
In M'NUTT UNDER PLAN
DISCUSSED BY ASSEMBLY
House and Senate Democrats Called Into
Caucus, Given Program Calling for
Revolutionary Shakeup.
Authority Conferred in Governor, With
Officials Tenure of Office Subject to
His Judgment

After two and half hour caucus, thirty In
diana senators had approved the state department
ripper sponsored by the administration.
Announcement made by Senator Anderson Ket-
chum Dem, Greensburg), after the senate caucus
Sixty-fOur members Of the house had signed the
early this afternoon Only ffty-one votes
necessary for passage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-27
BY JAMES DOSS

Democratic members of the Indiana house and senate
today embated in secret provisions of
the administrations ripper bill which places unusually
great power in the hands of Governor Paul v McNutt.
Indication that legislators who not strictly admins
traon finding the proposed measure ndigest
bie morse was seen in the length of the caucuses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-27
Ford Confirms CHARGE

bV TNTfN TFfSS
DEARBORN, Mich, Jan. 81
Henry Ford's transatlantic tele-
phone interview with the London
evening standard was confirmed by
his Offices here today.
Ford refused to amplify his
statements.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-27
Ford BLdmes Banker Plot
to Gain Control of Firm
for Strike Closing Plants
Shutdown Order Affects Branches All Over Nation When
Employees of Briggs Company, Furnishing
Auto Bodies Walk OFF Jobs
BIZ United Press

LONDON, Jan. 27.-The Evening Standard in a pur-
ported transatlantic telephone interview with Henry Ford
quoted the manufacturer today saying the soppage in his
Detroit plant due to the efforts bankers gain
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-27
REVOLT FLAMES
IN LEGISLATURE
ON SALES TAX
Assemblymen Declare They Are Not Bound
by Any Platform Plank to Follow
McNutt'S Lead.
Executive Unmoved by Retail Merchants
Onslaught on Measure; Constitutional
Issue Is Raised.
Issue Is Raised.

Spirit OF revolt spread among legislators today, they
deluged with protests against passage of the admins
tration sales tax measure.
Impetus added by Governor Paul V. McNutt's
adamant stand for the bill when caedon Thursday after
noon by a committee Of Indiana retail merchants.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-27
I'm NO GANG
HOODLUM,' SAS
ENEMY NO. |
lust a Good Business Man,
Declares Successor to
Capone'S Throne.
JEALOUSY TO BLAME
I'm Victim of Persecution
by Business Rivals
Claims HUMPHREYS.

The Times presents herewith the first
and only interview to date with Murray
HUMPHREYS, Chicago's new Public Enemy
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03

NELSON, New, Nov. 3 I.N.S0.
From the theatrical spotlight to
the dull glow Of miners carbide
lamp may be long call, but not
for the red-haired Dot Gale, for.
mer trouper and now a miner.
Six years ago Miss Gale, with
her Hollywood Redheads," an
all-girl band, toured the vaude-
vile circuits and played good
spots on the programs.
Bitten By Gold Bug
Three years ago this slender,
brick-topped young woman or.
ganized an all-girl orchestra and
invaded southern Nevada on the
crest of the Boulder Dam boom
wave. Things went smoothly, the
future looked bright, and then
the desert bug bit the leader,
Dorothy Gale, who originally came
from Georgia.
She got the gold fever, not in
the manner usually associated
with a girl in the theatrical pro-
fession. but the actual digging
disease which also attacks be-
whiSkered desert rats. sleek gam
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
BAN ON FISHING
STARTS ROW

Charges by DR.. Paul Bartsch,
curator of mollusks at the Ma
tional Museum, that fishermen
along the Mount Vernon Me
moral Highway are soaring away
water birds, have drawn fiery
denials from the United States
Bureau of Fisheries.
Talbot Dinmead, of the black
bass propagation section Of the
fisheries body, characterizes as
utterly ridiculous" the assertions
of DR.. Bartsch that, while parked
automobiles 90 not bother the
herons, ducks and agrets roaming
around the game preserve. men
who angle around the premises
brighten the feathers right of
the birds.
A third governmental unit has
been drawn into the battle in the
presence of Arno B. Cammerer,
director of national parks, who
already has placed ban on fish
ing at Reaches Run. This &C
ton, and further bans proposed
by Dr. Bartsch at Four Mile Run
and Little Hunting Creek have
been protested by Dinmead and
]. T. Bell, commissioner OF the
Bureau of Fisheries.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
Nevada Makes Gold-Digger
Of Girl Band Leader

blers, and thousands of others.
So Miss Gale found some good
claims near this ghost camp,
proved up on them, and started
to work.
She has a partner, Cecil MEL
lis, an electrician, who aban-
doned his pliers for a shovel,
and together they have a So
foot shaft down on their prop
erty and have encountered real
values in gold.
When it is said that Dot Gale
is working. that's what is meant.
While Nellis goes into the mine
and digs out the ore, Dot hoiSts
the bucket up on the windlass,
dumps it in a wheelbarrow and
trundles it to a small truck.
After they get out a truck
load of ore, they take it across
the desert to Searchlight for
milling. Their first clean up"
occurred just as the gold price
reached the $31.54 mark, and
they realized from five tons of
ore seven ounces of gold. or
about $500.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
AIR BLAST LAID
To CANISTER

CHICAGO, Nov. 3. U.N.s).
Federal operatives today were re-
ported searching for an uniden-
titled gangster believed respon-
sible for the mid-air explosion Of
a United Air Lines tranScon-
tinental plane which crashed
near Chesterton, Ind, killing
seven persons.
Four passengers, the steward
ess, and two pilots died in the
spectacular crash October 10,
which has definitely been traced
to packet of high explosives
placed aboard the ship.
Commenting on the report,
Melvin H. Purvis, chief of the
Chicago unit of the Department
of Justice Bureau of Investiga-
ton, said no one person was
under suspicion.
According to reports, an under
world character had secreted the
explosive in the planes blanket
chamber near the lavatory when
he was fearful of being searched
and the package found. This
occurred on a flight previous to
October 10, it was reported.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
UTAH ABANDONS
DRY POSITION .

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov.
3 1NSD Sentiment in Utah,
heralded a month ago as proba-
bly, the only State in the nation
that might remain a dry citadel,
had veered to the wet side today
as political observers predicted
repeal of the Eighteenth Amend
ment in the election next Tues
day.
It was also believed the States
bone dry constitutional clause
would be abolished.
Estimates were that the vote
would be wet by more than U.s.
900. Prediction polls indicate
that Salt Lake City. where 40
per cent of the States ballots are
cast, is expected to return a
$4,000 wet majority.
This advantage and the COM
bined vote from mining camps
and other urban centers will be
sufficient to carry repeal in tne
State, it is claimed.
Dry leaders, however, continue
an active campaign.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
j. 8. MAY FORCE!
GREECE To GIVE
Up INSULT
Diplomatic Angle Looms as
Voided Passport Points to
Taking Up His Papers

ATHENS, Nov. 3 U.N.S0-
American circles still seeking ex'
tradition of Samuel insult, In"
dicted Chicago utilities magnates
today snatched at one last hope
of bringing him face to face with
his accusers.
Despite the legal maze surround
ing the verdict of the Greek court
of appeals, refusing to permit his
extradition on charges of fraudu.
lent bankruptcy, possibility was
seen that the United States
through diplomatic channels may
demand the Greek government
cancel insults sojourn papers.
Since insults American passport
has been cancelled, and he Is still
a fugitive from prosecution by the
United States Government despite
the court of appeals verdict, can
collation. of his special Greek
papers would automatically neceS"
state his expulsion from Greece.
He could then either be deport.
ed directly back to the United
States or placed across the Greek
border, where the American Gov"
eminent could seek his rearrest
and extradition in some country
other than Greece, which would
not place protective barriers
around the eX-milliOnaire.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
Lowering ofU.S.Age
Limit Proposed
First by Yaden
OF 393 Jobs Filled 8
Persons Were Past
Present Line, 40

President Harry B. Mitchell, of
the Civil Service Commission, has
informed The Washington Times
that the original suggestion for
lowering the age limits for Ste
nograpner-UyplSC examinations in
the Federal service Was nlAue ".
the former Commission, and that
records showed only eight of 1893
placements in stenographic Serv-
ice to have been made of persons
past the age of 40. He said:
$50 far as 1 know definitely
the suggestion regarding ste
nOgrapher-typist examinations
came from ]. G. Yaden, head Of
the examining division, who
made the suggestion because of
his practical experience in
handling such cases.
Final decision in this matter
was reached at a meeting at.
which both the Commissioners,
Chief Examiner Meyer and MIR.
Yaden, chief of the examining
division, were present.
NO ACTION TAKEN
"The original suggestion was
made under the old commits
sion, but apparently no action
was taken at that time-at
least we have no record of any
action. / have a letter writ
ton by Governor Campbell, for
mer head of the commission,
which is indicative rather than
definite. He apparently takes
the ground that age limits Of
entrance to positions under the
United States Government are
too high. Writing to a men,
Der of Congress he says:
Entrance age limits in the
United States are considerably
higher than those of other gov
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03

ernments with which we are
familiar
"The letter went on to dis
cuSS age limits in Canada,
Great Britain and other coun-
tries"
Mitchell also quoted from a
letter written by E. C. Babcock,
former secretary of the commits
sion, on April 4, when the
former commission was in Of
flee. This read, in part:
Generally speaking, posi-
tiOns demanding special train
ing and experience have high
age limits. The clerical group
is relatively lower because
active clerical habits are not
readily acquired by persons
over IS years of age"
This letter went on, Mitchell
said to point out that some older
applicants might have failed at
other jobs and might be seeking
Government positions as a last
resort.
Mitchell said that of 1913 steno-
graphic positions recently filled
only eight were of persons past
90 years of age, exclusive Of those
entitled to veterans preference.
This is only about per cent of
the total jobs. he pointed out.
About is per cent of applicants
for jobs were past IS, he esti-
mated.
Personnel officers were prac-
tically uniform about maintain
ing low age limits for stenogra-
pher-typist examinations, though
one had suggested a limit Of IS
years.
The rest wanted age limits of
40 years or less.
J. G. Yaden, head of the ex-
aiming division of the Civil
Service Commission, said:
81 made the suggestion of the
4O-year limit on stenOgrapher.
typiSt examinations on the
basis of what the departments
have been doing with regard
to age limits. Announcements
for the examinations are pre-
pared in my division, and /
made recommendation based
on the wishes Of the personnel
officers Of the Federal depart
mentS.
'As a matter of fact, I had
this report gathered from the
personnel officers"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-03
WGGN FAMILY SPLIT S18O00000 INCOME DURING 28 AND 20
General Johnson's Wife Denies
She Will Leave MIRA Board
Likes Work, She Says ;
Not Seen As Much
at Headquarters

Mrs. Hugh S. Johnson, wife Of
the Recovery Administrator, today
emphatically denied rumorS that
she would resign her position on
the Consumers Advisory Board Of
the MIRA.
It has been whispered about
that Mrs. johnson was contem-
plating leaving the board, on
which she serves as a volunteer.
Stunned Office
The rumors were based on the
fact that Mrs. johnson has been
seen around the boards headquar-
tiers in the Commerce Building on
very few occasions during the
past two months, ever since Gen
eral johnson was i'll.
Mrs. johnson said today, how
ever, that the rumors are un-
founded and stated that she
would attend the next meeting
of the board.
Prior to the generals illness,
she worked at the board head.
quarters almost continuously.
Interested in Job
Mrs. johnson, although shy
about newspaper publicity, has
said on numerous occasions that
she is vitality interested in the
work of the advisory boa:d and
believes that it can accomplish a
great deal in aiding the recovery
program.