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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-27
BABYS LIFE IS
SAVED BY Filler
Baltimore Doctors Hopeful
After WedeII'S Night
Trip From Texas.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
BALTIMORE, Md, Dec. 27-Sur-
geons Of Johns Hopkins hospital
held high hopes today of saving the
life of 5-months-old Sue Trammell
who was flown here on a perilous
night trip through storms and snow
for a delicate brain operation.
James r. WedeN, famous racing
pilot, cut short a holiday hunting
trip in Texas, to speed the infant
here. Roaring out of the winters
worst storm, which had grounded
all other traffic in this section, he
completed the 1,400-mile flight at
1:57 a. m.
DR.. Paul Kunkel, Johns Hopkins
associate of DR.. Walter E. Dandy,
eminent brain surgeon, said his pre-
liminary examination of the baby
confirmed the diagnosis of Houston
doctors that Sue was suffering from
hydrocephaluS or water on the brain.
DR.. Dandy expected to examine her
later in the day
DR.. Kunkel said Sues condition
was not Immediately dangerous.
Barring a turn for the worse, he
expected the operation to be de-
layed until tomorrow.
She stood the trip well and is
looking pretty good Dr. Kunkel
said, adding that he believed the
child could we'll have been brought
here by train.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-27

zero weather since Feb. 9,
1888, when the thermometer
dropped to 10 below zero, said
Mr.. Arlington.
This was the coolest Dec. 81 since
1925, when 7 below was recorded On
Dec. 27, 1923, the mercury touched
60.
Temperatures over the state
ranged from below at FIT Wayne
to 2 above at Evansville, Mr.. Arm
ington said.
A drop of 81 degrees was recorded
between 7 a. m. yesterday and 7
a. m. today in Indianapolis, a drop
Of from 20 to % degrees being re-
ported generally throughout the
state.
A total of IA inches of snow as
reported by the weather bureau.
The city street department today
continued its work of spreading salt
and sand at street intersections and
under elevations and in other
dangerous places.
Outside of discomfort. frozen au-
tomObile radiators and household
plumbing. little serious damage
from the subzero temperatures was
reported.
The indianapolis Water Company
officials said the company expert
enced no difficulty other than the
usual number of frozen meters and
water pipes in exposed places.
Officials of the Indiana Bell Tele-
phone Company said there was
practically no trouble with local
circuits and only a few long dis
lance circuits were snapped by the
cold, with adequate unchanged lines
in reserve.
Railroad trains from the east were
reported from an hour to an hour
and a half late in arrival. Bus COM
panles also reported some busses be-
ing late in arrival, particularly those
from the east.
Transport airplanes were report
ed flying on schedule between In
dianapolis and Cincinnati on the
American Always line. Transcon-
tlnental- Western Air officials said
weather conditions between Kansas
City and Pittsburgh were excellent
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-27

and make it more responsive to the
administration
The senator complained that the
RIGS attempt to make indirect
loans to private industry through
newly organized community mort
gage and loan companies has failed
to produce results"
At the RFC. it was said that since
October a dozen community mort
gage and loan companies have been
formed, but that actual industrial
loans approved to date have been
inconsequential-totaling around a
million dollars"
Administration leaders are con-
sidering a plan by which the RFC
could share with banks in industrial
loans. The theory is that banks will
participate in such loans and protect
both their own and the governments
interests by keeping close watch over
the use Of the combined loan.
A similar plan for participation
with banks in refnancing railroad
securities maturing next year was
indicated yesterday by Jesse Jones,
chairman of the RFC.
Senator Van Nuys said that one
Indiana corporation unable to get
working capital has on its books a
large order from a responsible radio
distributing concern. that another
has a substantial tentative order
from the government of Russia, and
another an order from the govern
ment of Persia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-27
FRY PROCLAIM
NEW WINE LAW
Retail Sale Purchases Must
Come From County
Wholesalers.

Paul Fry state excise director, to-
day proclaimed this as the latest
liquor law:
Purchases of wine must be made
from wholesalers within the county
where the wine is to be sold at re-
tail. In counties where no wine
wholesaler is available it must be
bought within the importing district
which includes that county
Mr.. Fry explained this ruling on
the ground that it will make more
certain the collection of the so cents
a gallon wine tax. He contents that
no effort is being made to route the
business through the beer importers,
although some importers have
wholesale wine licenses.
Under the law, the excise director
can issue as many wholesale wine
permits as he sees fit. They may be
granted to wholesale drug firms,
wholesale beer dealers or importers.
Bond must be posted to insure tax
collections.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-27

He charged that the federal re-
serve system is following a policy
of "nonco-operation with the adj
ministration" and is imposing upon
the member banks such restrictions
that they can not finance industry
Il know a large number of small
Indiana factories that have large
orders but can't get the money to
turn their wheels" said Senator Van
Mugs The industrial heads tell
me the banks will not lend, even on
such good short time paper. The
bankers tell me they can not lend,
because they must maintain high
liquidity, and because the reserve
banks will not discount the paper.
i think we ought to find out why
the reserve banks are not perform
ing the function for which they
were created.
Meanwhile, private industry must
be provided the working capital it
needs to keep the wheels turning,
fill orders and give steady employ
ment to industrial workers. The
quickest way to- accomplish this is
to empower the RFC to make direct
loarSS to industries, just as it is now
lending money to banks and rail-
road and insurance companies.
After We have investigated the
reserve system and found out why
it fails to tick, We may decide it is
advisable to take the system out Of
the control of the private bankers
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-27

two children, a boy in Peru high
school and girl, 6.
Oratory was another qualification
mentioned in the so-called "McNutt
specifications Mr. Cole is a pol
ished speaker and would make a
great campaign. it was said. He is
lifelong Democrat who never has
held public office.
He also is a graduate of McNutt' s
alma mater-Indiara university.
Meanwhile, the McNutt group
who feel that it would be best to
reaign forces with R. Earl Peters,
Fit Wayne, former Democratic state
chairman, have taken a new tack.
The suggest that they go along
with Mr.. Peters in his senatorial
ambitions with the understanding
that they will be permitted to name
all statehouse officials.
OFF Year Election Looms
The of year election will bring
new officers in the positions of
auditor, treasurer and secretary of
state. 1t is pointed out that an
dAAIA-AS4NuOO dttOAlO4 NSAtA4cI OSpuO-
lican or DemocraD might cause the
present state administration con-
siderable embarrassment
Governor McNutt is driving to
Florida with Mrs. McNutt, where he
will address the Florida Teachers
Association and spend a winter va
cation of several days at Miami.
Wayne Coy, secretary to the Gov
ernor, and Mrs. Coy also have gone
TO Florida
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-27

Severest cold of the year brought
suffering and death from exposure
to many. In the midwest tempera-
lures were as low as 20 to 30 de-
grees below zero. Lake Edward
Quebec, reported AZ degrees below
zero and claimed the honor of be-
ing North Americas coolest spot.
1t was 9 below in Chicago and 3
below at indianapolis.
Among the score or more of
deaths caused by cold in the mid
west, two in Chicago were most
tragic. Blanche and Barbara Mar
shall, 15-months-old twins, were
smothered to death when their
mother Marie put them in her own
bed, fearing they would freee if left
in their crib.
Trading on the Chicago fruits
and vegetable, onion and potato
markets was suspended because
traders feared the vegetables wou'1
freeze if unloaded from freight cars.
The death toll of the floods and
storms Of the Pacific northwest to-
day was set at twenty-four and
damage at $4,000, 900. Authorities
we're fearful of additional deaths
due to continued heavy landslides
and snowslides which have taken
eight lives since Sunday.
Weather forecasters predicted a
slight letup in the cold today and
tonight, but said the higher tenn
peratures probably would bring re-
newed snowfall.
Communications services were
close to normal today. Air trans
port companies reported all planes
departing and arriving as usual in
most districts. Trains were deplayed
somewhat by the cold and removal
Of snow from tracks.
In the Pacific northwest where
transcontinental service has been
badly disrupted by the floods and
landslides, trunk lines reporting
conditions greatly improved.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-27
FATE OF POLICEMEN
RESTS WITH BOARD
Ruling in Girl Suicide Case
May Come Tomorrow.

Decision in the case of patrolmen
John (Red) Davidson and Ermal
Hamilton, suspended in connection
with the poison suicide of Miss
Leona Norkus, today was postponed
by safety board members pending
submission of another report by
Chief Mike Morrissey.
Chief MOrrissey refused to divulge
the additional evidence to be shown
by the report
Charles R Myers, board president,
said it was probable the decision
would be announced tomorrow
The officers are charged with con-
duct unbecoming officers, and ne
elect of duty 1t is charged Miss
NorkuS took poison in DavidSon'S
car, and that Davidson and Hamil-
ton took her to a drug store to OBJ
tain an antidote before sending her
to city hospital
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-27
Hourly Temperatures

for flying, but that snowstOrms east
of Pittsburgh resulted in the early
morning westbound plane being
forty-five minutes late.
No damage was reported by the
Indianapolis Power and Light Com
pany.
Street railway officials reported
heavy passenger travel taxing
capacity of the company's reserve
equipment this morning. Many per-
sons who ordinarily drive automo-
biles to work left their cars in
garages and rode street cars, buses
or trackless trolleys.
Buses and tracklesS trolleys we're
running behind schedule because of
slippery streets. but the company
placed in service this morning all
reserve equipment available.
The plunging mercury resulted in
TWO trolley wire breaks on the North
Illinois street line during the rush
hour last night, tying up traffic for
an hour, or longer. Another break
occurred at 8 D. m. on the Washing
ton street line.
Garages reported a land office
business thawing out and repairing
frozen automobile radiators, while
filling stations were kept busy plac-
ing alcohol in car radiators.
Coal dealers were sWamped with
orders, and reported delay in max
ing many deliveries because MANY
trucks formerly available now are
being used on CWA projects. and
delivery workers are limited to an
eight-hour day under MIRA rules.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-27

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United States senate.
The blue print" was made avail
able through a McNutt aide, thus
leaving the way open for the Cover
nor to withdraw Endorsement, if he
sees fit.
Here is the description:
He will be a prominent attorney
from northern Indiana, slightly old
er than the Governor, has a good
record in the World war. but is not
prominent in the American Legion,
married and has family"
With these details dangling in the
air. the McNutt spokesman refused
to take the next step and name the
man.
Neither description fits Sherman
Minton nor Clarence R. Jackson.
who previously have been tabulated
as being possible McNutt candidates.
1t does fit another man being
mentioned today. That is Harvey
Cole. Peru.
Mr.. Cole is an outstanding mem
Der of the Miami county bar, his
father having been circuit judge
there and his grandfather a pioneer
settler in 1884 He is counsel for
the Chesapeake g. Ohio railroad and
trustee of the j. o. Cole estates,
consisting of large holdings in the
West Virginia coal fields.
During the war, he was a petty
officer at the Great Lakes naval
training station. He is AZ (the
Governor is 40, married and has
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-27
PAY OF $4,000 SET
FOR NEW CWA JOBS
Approval Given Eighteen
Projects in Indiana.

Eighteen new Indiana projects in
connection with the CWA program
were announced today by William
H. Book, state director of unem-
ployment. The civil works admins
tration contemplates spending of
$33,037 for wages and $14,668 for
materials in the eighteen projects.
Totals to date for the Indiana
CWA program, according to Mr..
Book, are 1893 projects approved in
which $23, 1905 99 will be expended
for wages and $4,013,711 for ma
terials.
A Marion county project approved
will require the appointments of
three supervisory assistants at sal
aries totaling $544 and the expendi-
ture of $3.50 for materials.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-27
STATE INCOME TAX
DEADLINE JAN. so
Penalties Will Be Levied
After That Date.

Every one who made in excess of
S666.67 from May l, until Dec. 81,
must pay the state income tax dur
ing the month of January.
Deadline for such payments was
set today by Clarence R. Jackson,
head of the gross income tax di-
vision. for Jan. 80. After that date,
penalties will be levied and collec-
tons forced. he said. The first day
OF delinquency is Jan. 81, the state
allowing the first thirty days of the
new year. for collections.
Rate of payment on gross income
and sales at retail is l per cent,
payment to be made on all income
above the S66667 exemption.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-27
CATTLE WRECK
TRAIN; 5 DIE
Engineer, Fireman, Brake
man and Two TranSientS
Are Killed.
BIZ Unitcd Press

By Unitcd Press
HOUSTON, Tex. Dec. 27-Cattle
standing on the MiSsouri-Pacific rail-
road track near Calvert Junction
southwest of here derailed a fast
freight train today and brought
death to five men.
The dead were engineer r. j.
Delhomme, 40; fireman F. w. Wal
lace, As, and brakeman o. w.
Greene, all of Mart, and two I'M
identified transients
Conductor H. Ferguson, riding in
a rear car, escaped uninjured.
The engine and eight cars left the
track two and a half miles north of
Calvert Junction. About forty cars
comprised the train.
All the transients were in a re-
trigerator car, one of the eight
which toppled from the track.
Officials believed the trainmer
died instantly.
The divisional railway superin-
tendent at Palestine was at the
scene supervising removal of wreck
age.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-27
TOUCHES
3 BELOW; LITTLE
RELIEF IN SIGHT
Temperatures Rise Slowly During Forenoon,
Reach 9 Above at Noon; Damage
Caused by Cold Reported Slight
WHOLE NATION IN WINTERS GRIP
115 Are Dead as Result of Freezing
Blasts; Two Boats Go Down in
Lake Michigan

Indianapolis today shivered the mercury slowly
above the below mark it touched early today and
faced the prospect of little relief within the
hours.
j. H. Arlington, local meteOroogist forecast partly
cloudy and not cold weather tonight and tomorrow, with
the lowest temperature tonight about above zero.
The mercury reached its lowest point at 430 this
ing when it slumped to 28 below
The thermometer had climbed to 1 above by 8 a. M,
rising slowly during the morning to above at
This is the coolest weather of the winter and the first
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-27
Frozen Out
Coolest Spot in Ohio
Fails in Crisis.

~ q fttfh 7 ff"N
II ACEYVILLE, O., Dec. 81
IL With the bases loaded and the
stands yelling for a home run,
Laceyville today STRUCK out"
For thirty years this village has
been known far and wide as the
coolest spot in Ohio"
Weather officials in Columbus
were dubious. They installed
shiny new official thermometer
here.
Laceyville residents waited for
a cold snap. They got it today.
Here was the big test
And Laceyville failed. 1t was
only five below here, and other
Ohio towns registered lower than
that.
BY golly, we'll move the
thermometer" declared Homer
Meyer, official custodian of the
instrument. You can't fool us
by any new tangled contraption
from Columbus"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-27
CITY HOUSING
PROPOSAL IS
TURNED DOWN
u. S. Refuses Plan; Local
Committee RuSheS to
Washington.
REJECTION Is SURPRISE
Lack of Cooperation De-
MED by Officials Here;
Hope Renewed.
REJECTION is SURPRISE

Refusing to admit defeat in the
rejection of the $4,460,000 housing
project by the federal works admin
istration, a group of indianapolis
business men is in Washington to-
day for further conference with
government officials.
The rejection Of the project was
announced late yesterday in move
which caused considerable surprise
from local interests which had be-
lieved success of the plan was
assured.
A committee of four local citizens,
said to have been summoned to
Washington by special invitation,
was making plans to leave here
when word of the rejection was re-
ceived.
Dismissed Without Prejudice
William H. Trimble, president OF
the Community Housing Corpora
ton; Henry E. Ostrom, president of
the Ostrom Realty and Construction
Company, representing Indianapolis
builders; Joe Rand Beckett, attOr-
ney and secretary of the housing
corporation, and Merritt Harrison,
architect, decided to make the trip.
Report on the rejection made it
clear that the petition had been
dismissed without prejudice, which
was regarded locally as an indica-
ton that the unfavorable decision
could not be considered final.
Detained in the city and unable
to make the trip, Mayor Reginald
H. Sullivan said today he was sur
prised" at the action, view which
also was expressed by Louis j.
Borinstein, president of the Cham
Der of Commerce.
L hardly can believe that the
government officials would invite a
delegation of Indianapolis business
men to go to Washington to confer
with them concerning the project
and then reject the plan before they
arrived" Mr.. Borinstein said.
Say Requirements Not Met
The rejection declared that gov
ernmental requirements for the loan
had not been met. 1t was declared
here, however, that the 100000 in
local capital already had been sub
scribed.
The plan, which calls for two low
cost housing projects, would have
brought approximately $5,000000
into the city and afforded employ
ment for about 1000 persons, it is
claimed
One site had been selected near
the city hospital and the other in
the southern section of the city for
the new homes, which are intended
to eliminate SUM conditions and
improve housing conditions at low
cost to tenants.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-27
Stork Drama
Doctor Rides Tractor to
Deliver Baby.

By Lnited Press
T INCOLN, Mont, Dec. 27.-A
II nine pound daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Pete Clausen was in
gurgling happiness here today, I'M
aware of the drama which marked
her birth in this snowbound vii
lage.
DR.. David T. Berg, Helena ply
sician, dashed f1fty-f1ve miles
through snow drifts to bring the
baby into the world.
The doctor abandoned his car
at Wilborn when further travel in
it became impossible, boarded a
tractor piloted by Mr.. Clausen and
pushed through to the snow-bound
bedside just in time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-27
Former College Head Dead

BIZ United Press
HOBOKEN, N. j., Dec. 27-The
Rev. DR.. Fred A. Sumner, SO, presi-
dent emeritus of Talladega college,
Talladega, Ala, died of cerebral
hemorrhage last night. He was
spending the holidays with his sis
ter, Mrs. Oren Relyea, of Hoboken.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-27
FEDERAL DEFICIT HITS
$1,024,121,667 MARK
u. s. Shortage Since July Far
Under Figures of Last Year.

L. s. Shortage Since July l Far
Under Figures of Last Year.
BIZ JRited Press
WASHINGTON. Dec 81. - The
federal deficit passed the billion
dollar mark today for the fiscal year
which began July l last.
The deficit stood at $1,024,121 ,667
as against 1888, 694,753 on the cor
responding date of last year.
Total federal expenditures for all
purposes in the period from July
to Dec. % were $2,464,31 ,131,
against 593,9O4056 in the COR
responding period of last year. Total
income. boosted by new and special
taxes rose to 81 .44O, 1913 464 in the
period from July l to Dec. %,
against only S1,O0O.209. 3O2 in the
corresponding period last year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-27
FIVE HELD AS
LOVERS LANE
HOLDUP GANG
Pretty 25-Year-0Id Girl Is
Quizzed on Alleged
M0b'S Activities.
FIND GEMS AT HOME
Three Men, Another Woman
Caught in Raids Here and
at Lafayette.

Roundup of a gang of alleged
"petting party bandits, one Of then
a pretty, 25-year-old girl, was re-
vealed today by the state police.
The raid, which occurred last
Friday on a house at 211 South
Summit avenue. resulted in the ar
rest of the girl and two men in In
dianapolis and another 24-year-Old
girl and a man in Lafayette.
State police reported that they re-
covered several thousand dollars
worth of alleged loot mostly jewelry
and two pistols in the raid on the
South Summit avenue house.
Margaret Smith, Is; Gene Will
liams. %. and Bart Matterley, 20,
all giving the South Summit adj
dress as their residence were held
at the Marion county Jail following
the raid here.
Part of Loot Identified
Joan Becker. "a, Walcott, and
Charles Chick Meyers. SO, Frank
fort, we're arrested in Lafayette
several days ago as alleged members
of the "petting party" gang, at the
request of Captain Matt Leach of
the state police.
News of the raid was kept secret
in order to give the state police a
chance to check on the evidence
whicl was seized in the raid Cap
tain Leach said today that he in
tended to prefer charges Of auto
banditry against all apprehended in
connection with the alleged rob-
berries.
This petting party mob has been
active in nine counties of the state
for more than four months" said
Captain Leach today. Not only dc
they constitute a distinct menace to
romance, but they also have stolen
several thousand dollars worth OF
miscellaneous jewelry, part of which
already has been identified.
My men now are working on the
evidence and I will not be able to
say for a few days exactly how many
jobs they actually perpetrated.
Worked in Many Countries
According to Captain Leach, the
technique of the gang consisted of
patrolling roads and highways on
the lookout for romantic SWANS who
parked in obscure parts of the road.
The men in the gang did the actual
holding-up while the women acted
as lookouts or helped dispose of the
jewelry according to Leach
Counties in which the gang
operated, according to the state
police, included Marion, Tippecanoe,
Newton, Clinton, Montgomery, Boone
and Madison.
Williams and the Smith girl are
charged with vagrancy and held in
high bond at the Marion county Jail
and Matterley is being held for
questioning. Matterley is said to be
an eX-sOldier from FIT. Harrison.