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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-19
SLUG SCHOOL OFFICER
Plainfield Inmates Flee After Attack
in Carpentry Class.

PLAINFiELD. Ind, Aug 10
Two escaped inmates Of the Indiana
boys school here were being sought
today in connection with an attack
Friday in which Carl Kersey. schooI
officer, was injured seriously.
The boys. Leroy Bice, Vincennes,
and William Seibert. Tell City. fled
after the attack, which occurred
while Kersey was directing work of
class in carpentry. School au-
thorities said they had not learned
which one struck Kersey with a
heavy piece of wood.
Kersey was rushed to an Indian
apolis hospital. where his condition
was reported fair
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-19
DRIVERS TRIAL SET
Faces $500 Fine, Jail Term for Lack
of Permit.

John Troy. 534 West Abbott
street. who faces a possible fine of
$500 and a possible jail sentence of
six months for driving an automo-
bile after his drivers license had
been suspended. will appear in court
next Friday, Judge Dewey Myers
ruled today.
First ordered to appear today,
Troy was ganted a continuance by
Myers. on the request of his attor-
ney. Arrested for running through
a stop signal. Troy was discovered
to be the man placed on probation
early in the year by Judge Clifton
R. Cameron. after a heavy fine had
been levied, and his license sus-
pended.
Irate. Myers ordered proper
charges filed against Troy They
bear a mandatory Jail sentence and
mandatory fine. ranging from two
days TO six months and $40 TO $500
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-19
Reporter HAS
TO BEAR DEATH
TALE To WIDOW
It's Hard to Tell Wife Her
Mate Is Hit-Run
Driver Victim.
Continued From Page Onel

His feet, strangely. felt like lead.
At the door he stopped.
rs Mrs. Kaufman here?" he
asked.
Mrs. Kaufman came to the
door of her neighbors house. She
was laughing at something. Some
thing frightened in the reporters
throat. He struggled TO get out the
words.
I'm from The Times" he said.
I'D like to get picture Of Mr..
Kaufman"
Mr.. Kaufman hasn't come home
yet" she smiled. He usually comes
home for lunch before this. He's
just a little bit late I've got dinner
ready and he'll be here any minute"
Thanks" murmured the. reporter
He backed off the steps to the street.
He walked around his car and sat
down on the running board. He
pushed his cap back on his head.
Neighbors came and sat down be-
side him.
IL Had to BE Done
In whispers, they talked The
neighborhood knew. Edward Kauff-
mans aged father knew. In the
house at 1416 South Harding, the
house that Edward Kaufman was
buying, the 91-year-old man sat,
sobbing silently.
But next door, Mrs. Kaufman
didn't know. She had been i'll. They
hadn't dare tell her.
Somebody's got to tell her"
urged neighbor. You might as
well go ahead"
The reporter drew a deep breath.
He adjusted his cap, his tie, his belt
Back up the steps he went. Mrs.
Kaufman came to the door again.
He Isn't Coming Home
The reporter nervously rubbed the
back of his neck. His hand came
of, cold and wet. He wiped his
hand unconsciously on his trousers.
Mrs. Kaufman he began, Mr..
Northumberland coming home.
He-he waS-he was hurt in an &C
cident. He-he-"
Mrs. Kaufman stared wildly. She
saw the faces of neighbors outside.
She ran on to the porch. She heard
her aged father-in-law moaning.
She realized suddenly. Tears welled
in her eyes. She collapsed in a
storm of weeping
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-19
SERVICE BOARD RULE
DEPENDENT ON NRA
Rail Agencies Can BE Abandoned If
L. $. Doesn't Disapprove.

Official recognition of the Ma
tional Recovery Act by state board
was given when the public service
commission authorized two interur-
ban companies TO change stations
from agency 10 non-agency stops,
if not prohibited by the NRA code.
The Indiana Service Corporation
was authorized 10 dispense with
agents at OSsian and Andrews. and
the Indiana railroad to take similar
action at Dublin. Wilkinson. Atlanta.
Kennard. Cartersburg. Harmony and
Chesterfield. Requests for SharpS-
VILE and Azalia we're denied
The board authorized rate reduc-
tons of IS per cent for Somerset.
Wabash county. served by the
Northern Indiana Power Company.
and cut of Q per cent for domestic
current users at Coalmont, served
by the same utility.
Authority also was given for the
Great Eastern Stages TO operate in
terState lines through indianapolis,
with Louisville. Cincinnati and Chi
cago as terminals.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-19

Just eighteen years ago Barney
Oldfield last thrilled the crowds at
the state fair in a match race with
Ralph De Palma. At the annual
Indianapolis speedway race he was
always a colorful figure. cigar tilted
at the old Oldfield angle.
The Iron Horse" which he will
drive is bringing in a new era in
farm machinery. say agricultural
experts. New low pressure tractor
tires enable it to pull three l4-inch
bottom plows at the speed of five
miles an hour.
Two other tractors piloted by To-
eel drivers Will compete against Old
field.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-19
HONOR VETERANS CHIEF
National Commander to BE Guest
at Meeting Sunday.

National Commander Joe w. Nc
Queen. Kansas City. Mo. will be a
guest of DR. w C Worthington
chapter and the state department
OF Indiana Disabled American Vet
Grams of the World War at an open
meeting in the Antlers hotel ball
room at ? o'clock Sunday after
noon. State Commander Clarence
j. Ruggles will preside.
Mcqueen also saw action in the
Mexican border troubles in 1916 and
was a captain in the World war
Wounded in action. he was awarded
the Purple Heart and the Order of
the Silver Star
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-19
PASTORS HURT IN CRASH
MooresvilIe Ministers Injured in Car
Mishap Near City.

The Rev. Frank Nathan, SO. and
the Rev. J. E. Collins. A. both of
Mooresville. we're injured Friday
when the automobile in which they
were riding collided with car
driven by Mrs. Irene Allison. %, Of
Greenfield. at High School road and
West Washington street.
Mr.. Nathan and Mr.. Collins suf-
fered bruises. and Mr.. Nathan also
incurred a fracture of one collar
bone. Mrs. Allison was not in
jured. but her three children. Rus
sell. /; Richard. 3. and Lorraine.
5, were Jared and bruised. Her
sister-in-law. Mabel Allison. Is. and
her mother-in-law. Mrs. Sara ALI
son, g., were uninjured,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-19
LOSES SIG: 0UTRUN
Penal Farm Friendship Costly TO
indianapolis Man.

Penal farm friendship today had
cost Jerry Blake, 2511 North Hard
ing street. SIC and a futile pursuit
Of two men who robbed him.
Blake told police the men. whom
he had met at the penal farm,
robbed him in an alley between
Eleventh and Twelfth streets, west
Of Senate avenue.
Later. Blake reported. he went to
a restaurant in the 800 block. North
Illinois street. and saw the men
there. Then followed a long pursuit,
which ended when the bandits out
ran him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-19
SULPHUR CANDLES R0UT
FIREMEN FROM HOUSE
Left Burning When Family leaves,
Hamper Fighting of Flames.

Five firemen who dashed into a
burning house at 1922 Saulcy street
Friday night came out far swifter
than they went in.
Two squads from engine house
No. 10 arrived at the scene, home of
Lester Browning. to find smoke
pouring from the attic window and
from the basement.
They broke a window and five
men dashed in. One minute later,
all five scrambled out, coughing and
choking.
Sulphur candles had been lighted
in the house when the family had
left. The fire was quelled with
chemicals. the firemen, wary, NOV
ing in cautiously.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-19
FAIR TRIP IS AWARD
Popularity Contest Also to Be
Decided at Festival.

Three-day trip to the worlds fair
will be awarded and winners of
popularity contest and pushmobile
race will be selected tonight at the
festival of the Olympic Club and
Lavelle-Gossett post, No. 908. V. F.
w, at 2245 East Riverside drive.
Leaders in the popularity contest
are Misses Mary Cramer. Audrey
Heightchew, and Lena Coco.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-19
SHOOTS AT PROVIDERS,
FLY OVER BACK FENCE

Thieves Leave Two New Stolen
Tires in Yard.
Prowlers have gone in for flying
as far as Shelton O'Neal. custodian
of an apartment at 1909 North Ilh-
nois street. is concerned.
ONeal told police that he was
awakened by providers about mid
night Friday. He spotted them out
side the apartment and fired once.
His report to police read:
Those two providers just few
over the back fence"
He told officers the men left two
new tires in the yard.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-19
STREET CAR
CO. WILL ADD
100 EMPLOYEES
Indianapolis Railways Signs
Code and Will Back
NRA Program.
Continued From Page one)

will begin operating under
temporary code for the baking in
dustry early next week.
Ehlers announced that fi6 In
dianapolis bakeries which ne per-
sonally checked were observing the
code and had taken on 10 extra
employees Wages. he stated. had
been increased IS TO 25 per cent.
More Help Added
A 28-year-old economist with
reputation of being the ace
speaker of the NRA forces will
touch off the fuse OF the big re-
covery gun at Butler bowl Monday.
A. L. Rata of Washington. chief
co-ordinator Of the field forces Of
the NRA. has been ordered to In
dianapolis Monday by General
Hugh s. Johnson. national recovery
administrator. to fire the opening
SHOT in the local campaign against
the depression.
A former member of the faculty
of Georgetown university. Rata was
graduated from Harvard and took
course in economics at the Amer
lean university at Washington He
is noted principally as a forceful
speaker of the new school, who gets
his points across without resorting
to ballyhoo or high flown oratory.
He is versed thoroughly in every
phase of the NRA program.
Believes i'm Cause
Il am an NRA champion" saws
Rata. because | believe sincerely
that economic planning, supported
by public sentiment. is certain to
carry the country to state of gen.
eral employment and prosperity"
General Johnson, forced to decline
the invitation of the Indianapolis
recovery army to make a personal
appearance here on Indiana Recov-
cry day, is expected to make brief
address by long distance telephone
TO the crowd at Butler bowl.
The parade and celebration of In
diana Recovery day will mark the
start Of an intensive drive for re-
employment in the state and inves-
tigation of non complying employ
ers in the city by an army of more
than 5000 indianapolis workers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-19
SO Get Degrees at Purdue

bV Z NfTFW fFtff
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Aug. 10
Thirty-three bachelor degrees and
twenty-six master degrees were
conferred on students who COM
pleted their work during the annual
summer session at Purdue which
closed last week, President E. c.
Elliott announced today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-19
Most Beautiful Ship Afloat' Is
Sent to Doom in Cuban Gale
Famous Barque, Last of
Her Type, Sinks With
IL on Board.
Bv Times speeial

BIZ Ttwes Special
NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-In Sailors
Snug Harbor. or along the water
front where salts still gather TO
sheer at dirty tramps" and the
machine made gyroscopic apart
ment-hotel liners, today is only a
memory Of the good ship Guadal-
norce.
Lost with all hands read an
Admiralty message to the Tldewater
OIL Company, which chartered her
for the West Indian trade. She
foundered in a Caribbean gale of
Cuba with a crew Of twelve-Cap-
tain Cipriano Garraton, master
and a chapter of the sea was closed.
For the Guadalhorce was the last
of her type; a trim ll5-foot Nal
lorca built barque. hand-hewn and
hand pinned. that for flfty-seven
years had wind damned the seven
seas in voyages to the ports of the
world and logged more than $780,
900 miles.
Beautiful. Say Seamen
She was. seamen swear. the most
beautiful thing afioat. Every line
OF her" said John Noble, a sea-mad
youth, whose photos as she rounded
Sandy Hook on her last voyage are
the only available pictures of her,
matched the rhythm of the sea.
Your marine architects draw prac-
teal plans of a ship that will feat
and sail Only a seaman can Laid
a craft like the Guadalhorce.
She was pretty went on Noble,
whose father is the noted marine
artist of London, "as a naive, unso-
phisticated girl is pretty. The huge
liners have a certain majesty of
bulk.
Had Charm and Grandeur
But the Guadalhorce had charm
as we'll as grandeur, an indefinable
something that just happens in
vessel and that can't be built into
her. any more than you can make
a beautiful character of man by
putting him on proper diet and
rearing him correctly"
Romancin' tars called her the
blonde o the sea-" White. she was.
and immaculate. No auxiliary cursed
her hold. She relied as Captain
Garraton used TO say, Ion the Cod
given wind
Her anchors hung from catheads
upon which cat images were carved.
Her tranSom border at her stern
as also carved to resemble twined
rope
A beam across her galley was
niched with the figure of a dragons
head. a curious pagan rite of the
sea stemming from the Golden
Fleece galleonS of Jason. and
starting juXtaposition to the Virgin
Mary that dangled from the cuddy
in the companion way.
Masts Enhanced Grace
Part of her grace as she rolled
against the horizon was due to her
maSts: the mainmast ran some fif-
teen feet above her foremost and
mizzen.
Usually. three-masted barques, as
Noble points out. have each mast
set the same length. which makes
the lines of a vessel squat against
the sky
Moreover added Noble, "she
had a iib-boom which enhanced the
beauty of her lines, brought them
out in attenuation like the lines
of an artist"
Burly Cadiz seamen manned her,
briny descendants of Balearic cor
sairs who shipped with Morgan and
Kidd. who took gales in tn teeth
with the same equanimity they
handled dirkS.
She was bound from Las Palmas
to Jacksonville when she foundered.
A proper graveyard for the old YES
sci.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-19
GRATEFUL ROBIN NOW
HOMES STAR BOARDER
Bird Never Leaves Yard Where 1t
Was Befriended by Woman.

Mrs. Pauline Rubottom, 156 South
Elder street, has a star boarder
today.
Three weeks ago a small robin
fell from a tree in the yard She
found the bird and fed it.
In three weeks its growth has
been remarkable and now the bird
never leaves the yarf. Mrs. Rubot-
tom says that when dinner is served,
the bird comes to the door. is adj
mitted. and then dimes at the table
with the family.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-19
QUEEN TO BE ELECTED
Meridian Street Merchants, Patrons
10 Pick South Side Girl.

Patrons of Meridian street mer-
chants will elect a south side girl
to be queen of the South Meridian
Civic Club. according to announce
ment made following an organiza-
ton meeting Friday. The girl
selected will ride in float in the
parade, which will be part of the
festival planned by the organiza-
ton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-19
Gone, but Not Forgotten

Automobiles reported 10 police as stolen
belong to.
Iathron-M Mover Company. ais North
Capitoi avenue OicSmohile sedan M-s30
from. IN front OF - South Illinois street
Lillian Burke 1903 North PennsvIvania
street Plymouth couoe si-ssS from garage
In rear Of 1919 North Pennsylvania street
n J Lux 1901 North Cauitol avenue
Graham-Paige coupe. io2-7S6 from %
south Cruise street
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-19
SCHOOL BOARD
AT ODDS WITH
TRADES CRAFTS
Unions Call Lockout Over
Controversy on Two
Wage Demands.

- - 1Nfta~t'a0Os
Friction between union labor
crafts and the Indianapolis school
city, which flared several months
ago, when craftsmen employed by
The board staged two-week walk
out, has been revived. with a new
"walkout" of union plumbers and
steamfitters.
The trouble has resulted in an AL
most open break with the unions
oy the board, which adopted the pol
ICY OF hiring men, and not unions. D."
The dissension has brought re-
ports that union organizations may
unite next year in putting out a
slate of candidates for school board
membership.
This is the first time in many
years in which the school board has
failed to recognize the unions, &C
cording TO labor leaders.
Refuse Wage Raise
The plumbers and steamfitters'
business agent. Charles Kern, him.
self former school commissioner,
declared a lockout" for the two
crafts Wednesday when school Of
ficials refused to raise wages Of
plumbers and steamftters from 30
cents an hour, which the board has
been paying them for many months.
TO the union scale of Sll2i2.
The 30-cent figure formerly was
the union scale for repair work, but
since has been abandoned, leaving
$l12iz the only recognized scale.
When the board refused to pay the
higher scale. the walkout took
place
At the same time. it was learned
that members Of several of the
crafts employed by the board, who
participated in the walkout three
months ago. have forfeited their
union standing by returning to work
at the school boards scale.
Prefer Steady Work"
They rather would have steady
work with the school board at rs
cents or 80 cents an hour than oc-
casional work at higher rates. ex-
planned A. B. Good. school business
director.
The aChool board stand is die
tated by economy" he added With
our budget seriously curtailed, we
can't afford to pay union scales,
which are fixed on a seasonal en-
wouldn't have enough money To do
all necessary work.
The board feels that it must
economic and represent all the
taxpayers, not Just the small per
cent represented by the unions
Painters and carpenters employed
by the board are paid rs cents an
hour. the union scale being 81.
Two weeks ago. according TO A. H.
Sielken, school buildings and
grounds superintendent. the car
penters we're notified by union Off
Gals that they must demand the
scale or walk out. but they decided
to remain on the job.
All But Two Continue
After the walkout three months
ago. all but two painters returned
at the old school board scale and
have continued working since.
Electricians and brick masons are
working for rs cents and 81 an hour,
respectively. a price below the reg
ular union scale. but authorized by
these crafts for certain types OF
work
Sheet metal workers did not re-
turn to work after the former walk
out and ali work formerly per-
formed by this craft now is let to
contractors.
The whole situation in a nut
shell, Good said. is that board re-
fuses to recognize the unions, hiring
men instead of unions. but that 1t
is glad to use union men. If they
g. 10, -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-19
Wife Slayer Refused
Falls from Tree: Breaks Wrist

Fall from an apple tree in the
$500 block. Madison avenue. James
Many, s, of TAT Sparrow avenue.
broke both wrists Friday. He was
treated at Riley hospital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-19
MAKES FACES AT DOG:
BOYS TONGUE BITTEN
Painful Experience May Teach
Lesson to Button Youth.

By United Press
BLUFFTON, Ind, Aug. ia dog
bit Raymond Mossburgs tongue
when he made faces at the canine
here. The youth. after feeding the
terrier, teased it by making faces.
When he stuck out his tongue,
the dog jumped at his face. piercing
the speech organ with two teeth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-19
BACK HOME AGAIN

stolen automobiles recovered bv police
A 1gng 10.
N3relia Ccnaway. "a North State ave-
Ford truck found at Lansing avenue
Warrington street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-19
40 Years Behind Bars,
CObbler Denied Parole
Hamilton County Man Must
Do Life for Habitual
Criminality.

Lon Henderson. 67-vear old shoe
maker. who has spent more than
half his life. nearly forty years. be-
hind prison bars, must remain in
the Indiana state prison, as result of
denial of a parole by the state
clemency commission.
The aged cobbler received life
sentence in Hamilton county in 1918
on burglary and habitual criminal
charges. He was accused of having
set fire to a business house during
the robbery, with having seized an
officers gun, and with shooting at
officers while in Jail.
Five paroles were granted by the
board, twenty-five clemency petit
tons were denied. and one case con-
tinued.
Hindman Is Paroled
Among those paroled was Thomas
Hindman, former Waterman for the
old Pettis Dry Goods Company, con-
victed in 1929 of conspiracy in con-
nection with robbery of the store
He was serving 5-to- 21-year term.
Others paroled included Albert
Hines. Monroe county. sentenced
last year to three to ten years for
burglary; Robert Larue. Marion
criminal court, sentenced in 1924
to ten to twenty years for robbery,
and Paul Herring. Randolph coun-
ty. sentenced in 1925 to ten TO
twenty-one years for robbery.
Wife Slayer Refused
Another aged life termer denied
clemency was Eugene Holly, SO,
sentenced in Vigo county in 1911
for Staying his wife, so he could
marry another woman, it was
charged.
Among others denied clemenCy
were Kenneth Hunt. Marion coun-
ty. sentenced in 1896 to ten years
for automobile banditry; William
Hughes. Marion county. April. 1888,
fraudulent checks. one TO five years;
Robert Helm, Marion county, 1882,
burglary. three to ten years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-19

Luther c. Steward
Testimonial dinner in honor of
Luther C. Steward, president, and
Miss Gertrude M. McNally, sec
retary-treasurer of the National
Federation of Federal Employees.
will be given by local No. rs at
the indianapolis Athletic Club
Wednesday night at 7.
Steward and Miss McNally will
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-19

NlSS OeTtruue NCNdtiN.
be en- route from Washington TO
Kansas City. where The fedora
ton will open its twelfth biennial
convention Labor day.
Other speakers at the dinner
will be Senator Arthur R. Robin
son. Congressman William II. Lar
rabee. James 1. Farley. Eugene B.
Grove and Virginia Jenckes. and
Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-12-18
I. KOPR0VICH
 SHOT, KILLED
 AT FAIRBANKS
Another Oldtimer, Larence H. Ferrais, Un der
 Arrest for Crime

FAIRBANKS, Alaska. Dec. 18.- Thomas Koprovich, a farmer, aged 55 was shot and killed, officials said, by Larence Ferrais, a pros psctor aged AS years. both old timers of the interior, as the re- suit of ill-feeling of long stand ing.
 Koprovich was employed on a farm here.
 Ferrais recently came here from the Kantishna district
 Michael Agbaba and his wife and Koprovich were in the Agbaba home talking, when Ferrais enter ed, spoke few words and began shooting, hitting Koprovich and killing him instantly.
 Mrs. Agbaba ran to neighbor' $ house and teiephoned the United States Marshal's office. Patrick O. Connor, responded and found Fer rais in the room with the body of Koprovich. Ferrais surrendered saying: "He was going to beat me up. He too big for me"
 Ferrais was jailed and will be charged with murder, the officials said