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The Indianapolis times., 1933-11-17
No Slur1s
Realtors Are Trked by
Housing Plan.

CEVERAL Indianapolis realtors
~ have been irked because the
federal government has selected
this city as one of those to receive
"Slum." they say, has no
dianapolis,' they say, has no
Slums to eliminate" it was brought
out in discussion at the weekly
luncheon of the Indianapolis
Real Estate Board yesterday at
the Washington.
Directors last week adopted a
resolution opposing the project as
an unsound, uneconomicaI venture
which would be harmful to those
engaged in the real estate busi-
ness.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-11-17
ALLEGED WAREHOUSE
BANDITS SENTENCED
Two Get Long Prison Terms
in Columbus, 0.

Indianapolis police were notified
today that Frank Hawk Chew and
Earl Norman Holder, alleged to have
been two of the gang which held
up the Hamilton Harris Company
tobacco firm, 302 West South street,
several weeks ago, we're sentenced
to serve ten to twenty-five years
each in prison by a Columbus (OJ
Judge Yesterday.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-11-17
U. S. LOAN FOR
GAS PURCHASE
CALLED INVALID
Unconstitutional Attorney
Says in Letter to
Washington.

Protest against the S10,500, ,00C
federal loan to the city of Indian
apolis for the purchase of the Citi-
zens Gas Company. on the grounds
that the loan would be a contraven-
ton of the Constitution of the state
of Indiana, was registered today by
William v. Rocker, attorney, in a
letter to the federal public works
board.
"If you loan this money, you
never will get it back, because the
loan clearly is in contravention OF
Article 13 of the Constitution OF
Indiana" Mr.. Rockers letter says.
He cites the constitutional pro-
vision which says, mo political Oh
municipal corporation in this state
ever shall become indebted in any
manner or for any purpose, to ar
amount in the aggregate exceeding
2 per cent on the value of taxable
property within such corporation tc
be ascertained by the last assess
ment for state and county taxes
previous to the mourning of such
indebtedness; all bonds or obliga-
tions in excess of such amount
given by such a corporation shall
be void"
Bonded Debt S17,294,1 ,152
"The present bonded debt of the
city of indianapolis" Mr.. Rocker
points out, 'is $17,294, ,152.4O. The
total valuation for purposes OF
taxation in Indianapolis for 1893 is
$571 ,236, ,430 and for the year 1884
$511, 1927
"The valuation of 1885," he con-
tinues, will permit bond issues in
the aggregate sum of $11, ,424, ,728 and
the valuation for 1884 will permit
bond issues in the sum of SIC, ,223 ,254.
THE excess of invalid debt in
1888 is $5,869, ,42380 and the situa-
ton will be worse in 1884, because
there is a depreciation in property
values of more than $60,000,0O0, y
Mr.. Rockers letter declares.
There is no doubt that our legis-
lature has power to create a public
utility municipality, but it has not
done So" says Mr.. Rocker.
Case in Supreme Court
He asserts that the state supreme
court has held that a utility district
can not function separately and part
from the city, central, of Indian
apolis.
Mr.. Rocker also lodges his protest
as attorney for Allen G. Williams,
resident and taxpayer, who has
an action pending in the supreme
court of Indiana seeking to recap
ture the property of the Citizens
Gas Company and also an alleged
diverted fund of approximately
500, 900.
Mr.. Rocker charges, "the real
parties in interest behind the Indi-
annapolis Gas Company are those
who are seeking to put over this
$1O,0OO,OO0 loan"
"The proposal to pledge a nau-
nicipal property to pay a specific
debt was held to be unlawful by our
supreme court in 1885," says Mr.
Rocker in conclusion, as he cites the
case in which the decision was given
The Indianapolis times., 1933-11-17
EXPLAINS BARBER LAW
County Inspector Talks at Party
eId by Chapter.

Provisions of the new barber IL
censing law were explained by A. J.
Blake, inspector for Marion coun-
ty, at the party held last night at
Barthels cafe by Chaper 122, AS
sociated Master BARRIERS of Amer
ica.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-11-17
Steals Car. FIees Jail

When his parents came to visit
Fred Bailey, II, Marion, at the
Plainf1eld boys school yesterday in
borrowed car, the boy stole the car
and escaped. according to the police.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-11-17
OFFICIAL OF N. Y. C.
TALKS TO CITY CLUB
Railroad Mems Group Gather at
Washington Hotel.

G. A, Radford, publicity director of
the New York Central Lines, and
Donald E. Chagnon, president of the
Indianapolis Traffic Club, were the
principal speakers at dinner
meeting of the Indianapolis Passen-
ger Traffic Club, yesterday at the
Washington. The club is composed
of railroad representatives stationed
in Indianapolis. j. G. Van Norsdall
is president and Michael Moran,
secretary.
The New Jersey state police de-
partment has established a bureau
of identification of fowls to curb
chicken thieves.
The Indianapolis times., 1933-11-17
THIEVES GET CLOTHING
Apartment Is Looted While Family
Entertains Guests.

Fred Blye, 1925 Prospect street, re-
ported to police last night that
thieves who broke into his apart
ment while the family was enter
tanning guests, stole clothing valued
at $129.
The Washington times., 1933-11-04
COUNTESS TRIAL
FACES DELAY

Illness of Assistant uni e d
States Attorney John R. Fitz-
patrick may cause a postponement
of the trial of Countess Grace de
Benque and George A. Gormley
on charges of grand larceny OF
$4,000 from Miss Louise Maret
when proceedings are resumed
Monday before Justice Joseph w.
Cox in District Supreme Court.
When the trial is resumed,
Charles A. May, the prosecutions
surprise witness, will be recalled
to the witness stand for cross
examination. May testified he
was paid $3.50 to approach an au-
tomobile parked on a lonely road
near Brookville, Md, in october,
1881. and ask if the car was
broken down." May was CARRIED
in clothes resembling the uniform
of a policeman. he said.
The prosecution contends this
was the main cog in plot
Matched by the countess and
Gormley to obtain the SIS, 1000 from
Miss Maret, Cougar -old operator
of the exclusive Maret School for
Girls.
The Washington times., 1933-11-04
A. J. s. Weaver Made
Head of SuQdr Unit

A. j. S. Weaver, now chief OF the
rice section of the Agricultural Ad-
justment Administration, has been
appointed to be head Of the new
sugar section, it was announced
The Washington times., 1933-11-04
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
III, Father Speeds
To His Bedside
Child, 8, Saved From
KidnaPers in 1927
By Brave Nurse

George P CBobby") Kimmel,
jr., 8, the wonder baby" of 1927,
whom a man and woman at.
tempted to kidnap from his home
in that year, underwent an emer.
gency mastoid operation today at
the Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat
Hospital.
BY the lads side when the an
esthetic was administered was his
father, wealthy Washington pat
ent attorney, who had left the S.
S, Manhattan at Quarantine, New
York harbor, early today and
rushed here by airplane from New
ark Airport in 80 minutes.
Turn for Worse
Bobby is a student at the Fork
Union, Va, Military Academy
and was rushed to the hospital
several days ago. Mr.. Kimmel
and his wife, Mrs. Colder Kim
mel, were in Paris when they re,
cerved CabiegraTn telling Of
their sons illness.
They took the Manhattan, first
American-bound ship, and last
midnight received a radiogram
telling them their sons condition
had turned for the worse. Ar"
rangements for Mr.. Kimmel tc
leave the ship at Quarantine
take a tug to the Battery and a
taxi from there to the airport
were made through officials in
Washington. Mrs. Kimmel is en-
route to Washington by train.
Washington police were thrown
into a frenzy of effort shortly
before 10 o'clock the night Of
November 3, 1927, when they re-
ceived frantic telephone calls
from the Kimmel home, in the
300 block Of Sixteenth Street
N. w., that a man and a woman
had attempted to kidnap the 20
months-old wonder Baby" so
called because he could chin him
self, turn somersaults and hand
springs.
Pair Took Flight
The kidnapers struck at time
when Mr.. and rms Kimmel were
visiting friends and the baby was
being cared for by Miss Elizabeth
Atowes, a nurse. She fought off
the pair. but lost a $500 ring
in the fight.
No trace of the kidnapers was
found after following their foot
prints in the lawn to the side
walk. A silver mask was found
on the lawn. Mr.. Kimmel offered
$1,000 reward for the arrest and
conviction of the pair.
! It then developed the child had
The Washington times., 1933-11-04

An interview, via his own style
with Walter Winchell, noted col
umnist, revealed the following
facts today:
That Winchell doesn't get UP
until late afternoon.
That he eats mellon for break
fast.
That he likes hotel suites with
three doors (the better to evade
his fellow Journalists.
That he Cor someone else)
sends Mrs. Winchell a morning
corSage.
That keyholes at the Mayflower
Hotel (where the WinchellS are
stopping en- route to Florida)
can't be seen through.
And that his wife, Mrs. Win
chell, is one of the prettieSt wo-
men to have passed through
Washington in many a day.
Although Winchell himself
didn't get up In time for his in
terview his six-year-old daughter,
The Washington times., 1933-11-04
'.SEABOARD
SHORTAGE
Of COAL
NEAR
Priest Still Labors to Bring
About Peace, But Fears
Heavy Violence

WILES-BARRE, Pa, Nov. 4
IN.S.) Threatening mid
winter coal shortage for the
Eastern seaboard, disgruntled
anthracite miners today voted
a general strike for District
mo. l, comprising the northern
anthracite region of Pennsyl-
vania.
The district produces one-third
of the nations anthracite sup
ply.
The strike call is effective Mon
day morning.
Wait D. C. Call
A. unanimous vote in favor of
tine strike call followed repeated
and futile attempts to obtain Fed
eral intervention.
The strike call was issued to
force recognition of the newly
created United Anthracite Min
ers of Pennsylvania, a union or
ganized in defiance of the United
Mine Workers of America.
Shortly after the strike vote,
the insurgent convention ad-
journed on motion of Thomas
Maloney. district president Of the
left-wing union.
Maloney said that. despite the
strike sail, insurgent leaders
would entertain" any proposals
from Washington.
"NOw Up To You"
But Maloney made no effort
today to block the strike vote as
he did yesterday. He tola the
delegates:
washington does not care
whether there is peace or war
here.
1--WE done my part. Now it's
up to YOU"
Several meetings will be held
over the weekend to formulate
plans.
In addition to recognition of
the insurgent union, the strikers
ucIldIlU duJ uSU1IlCAlG VI d 1OAlS 4AoV
of grievances.
These feature the charge that
the coal companies have cut
rates unjustly.
The strike call marked a per-
sonal defeat for a gray-headed
little Irish ecclesiast, Monsignor
j. j. Curran, who had fought
single handed to obtain Federal
intervention and to avert the
walkout.
Asks for Peace
Defeated by both the miners
and National Labor Board au-
thorities, the priest threw UP his
hands and left the hall.
His parting words we're:
Remembers, boys, if you
must strike, make it a peaceful
walkOut. No violence"
The miners cheered their cham.
pion and then voted the strike
call.
Spectators in the crowded as
sembly hall roared a lusty APP
proval.
The Washington times., 1933-11-04
I'LL Health Blamed
In WOn1an'S Suicide

Certificate of suicide has been
issued in the death of Mrs. Bessie
P. Doyle, 38, who was found in
the gas-filled kitchen of her
home last night by her husband,
Burton w. Doyle, proprietor Of a
downtown printing establishment.
Dependency over i'll health was
given as the motive. The DoyleS
live in the $500 block Garrison
St. N. w.
The Washington times., 1933-11-04
HI. Gessford, Former Head
Of D. C.. Police, Dies
Veteran of Service Was Ma.
tive of Southwest
Washington

Harry L. Gessford, former ma
jor and superintendent of the
Metropolitan Police Department,
died today after a short illness at
his home in the 400 block Piney
Branch Rd. N. w. MI. GeSSford
was 70 years old.
He had been ill only three days.
Members of his family said heart
disease was believed to have
caused his death.
Major Gessford rose through
the ranks from patrolman to ma
jor and superintendent, succeed
ing the late Raymond Pullman.
At the time of his promotion to
the SUPPLEMENTARY he was an
assistant superintendent.
Born in Capital
He was born in southwest
Washington - then called "The
Island'-February /, 1861. He
was the son of John w. GesSford,
a police lieutenant.
Mr.. GesSford joined the police
force January S, 1881. He stepped
through the patrolmen's grades
to a sergeantcy, becoming later
lieutenant, captain and inspector
He was appointed superintendent
April 10, 1920, and retired No
vember 20, 1921.
Wife Fatally Burned
The quiet and happiness Of his
retirement was ruined December
26, 1924, when his wife, Mrs.
Kate M. Gessford, suffered fatal
burns in the kitchen of their
home. Mr.. GeSSford sought to
beat out the flames and was so
severely burned that skin had to
be grated on his hands.
Funeral services for Mr.. Cess
ford will be held at the home
Monday. It Is expected he will
be buried with Mrs. Gessford In
their plot in Congressional Gene
terry. He Is survived by three
sons and five daughters.
The Washington times., 1933-11-04
Winchell in Wrong Hotel;
Kevholes Are Peep-Proof

Waldo, did. It was her first in
terview and she loved it.
Asked about her plans for a
career Waldo announced:
II am going to be a dancer
and a mother"
There will be, she said, two
children in her family, a boy and
a girl. She hasn't decided upon
the husband, but Richard Golden,
of New York "a friend of her
daddy'S), has a chance if he
only has sense enough (Walda is
the image of her mother) to grab
it. Waldo admitted she hadn't
consulted him as yet. That, she
said, was the hitch so far in her
plans.
Reluctant to let her first inter-
viewer go, she said:
"COme back. I really have
lots more to say If 1 can only
think of it,"
AS a final item, still according
to Mr.. Winchell's style, Waldo
last night lost q tooth. And right
in front.
The Washington times., 1933-11-04
NRA MAY TRY
TON|PFORD
LAY:OFFS
Johnson Says He Is Ready to
Make Reception" to Keep
Workers on the Job

Recovery Administrator Hugh
S. johnson today announced
that if Henry Ford felt the
automobile code was forcing
the layoff of his entire staff of
employees for a seven-day pc
riod the NRA would be glad to
"consider an exception permit
ting him to continue them all
in employment. "
The Ford Motor Company yes
terday announced plans to lay of
five groups of 5000 employees each
for seven working days in order
to bring the workers work week
down to the 35-hour maximum
fixed in the automobile code.
-; Sees Seasonal Slump
N~~4 OF ~t1 SactiGE4, Johnson said:
"Mr. FOrd's probable reason
for laying off these 5000 men
is that his production has
fallen off SeasOnalIy. I do not
know how fairly he has dealt
with his average IS hours, and
1 will not know until 1 have
seen the figures 10 be submitted
on November a.
"But if Mr.. Ford wants to
give work to any of these g.
600 he says he is laying off on
a mandate, we will be glad to
consider an exception permit
ting him to continue them all
in employment"
While NRA officials were not
prepared to say Ford's action vic
lated the letter of the law, some
said they considered it a viola
ton of the spirit of the law.
"Spread" Intended
They pointed out that Ford's
competitors in the low-priced au
tomobile field "have not found il
necessary to take such action"
With Ford's contention that the
MIRA is attempting to prohibit
work" in the industry they point
ed out that the 35-hour week set
up in the automobile industry
was intended to spread employ.
ment while maintaining the
weekly earnings of the workers at
present, or increased, scales.
Working hour provisions of the
automobile code are the most
deliberately phrased clauses yet
written into any code of fair
competition. Under the terms of
these, the Ford Company appar'
emily is within it's rights in stag
gering seven-day vacations" to
keep within the maximum work
ing hour rates.
The Washington times., 1933-11-04
Chamber of Culture
Planned for GERMANY

BERLIN, Nov. 4 GN.S0-The
methods by which the United
States built up it's "big business"
structure were borrowed by Chan
cellor Hitler today to expand and
exploit culture in Nazi Germany.
Through the medium of the press,
the Nazi government made known
that on November Is German cul-
ture will be organized under the
aegis Of an official "kulturkam-
mer" or chamber of culture, mod.
eled after the Chamber Of Com
merce system in America.
The Washington times., 1933-11-04
Mother Heard From Girl
Two Months AGO

NEW YORK, Nov. 4 G.N.s0.
Convinced that an American girl,
mysteriously shot to death in
Jerusalem near the Garden of
Gethsemane, is her daughter,
Carol, IS, Mrs. Albert Godfrey,
wife of a prominent Brooklyn
manufacturer, today sought
frantically to obtain details of the
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1933-11-04
POEM IS CLUE.
IN HOLYLAND
Staying
81 Stood in Shadow of DEATH"
Dancer Wrote in Verse ).
Sent to Mother

JER y S AL E M, Nov. 4
G.N.S.). - The biblically-fa-
nous Garden of Gethsemane
and the Mount Of Olives were
the scene of a thorough inves-
tigation today into the mys-
ferrous Staying Of an American
dancer and an Indian Moslem,
apparently her guide.
The victims bodies were found
in an olive grove near the gar
den, historically famous as the
scene Of Christ's betrayal by Ju,
das and lying at the foot of the
Mount of Olives.
The girl was Carol NiedergeSS-
wass, Is, known on the stage as
Carol Winter and as Joan Winter.
She was .bq3n in Seattle, WASH,
and her parents now are believed
to be living in New York.
The man, Muhamned Kirmani,
was believed to be from Madras,
a member of the Indian Civil Ser
vice.
No Motive Discovered
Police were completely bafflied
as to motive for the crime. Miss
Niedergesswass had been shot in
the head and her companion in
the back. Doctors said each had
been dead about 48 hours when
their bodies were found.
1t was possible the pair were
victims of Sniping by Arabs in
one of the frequent outbreaks OF
shooting which have occurred in
the vicinity during the past 10
days, but discovery of but one
fatal wound on each body tended
to indicate outright murder,
The Washington times., 1933-11-04
Nays Goat ROuged
For Bio Grid Clash

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Nov. a
With his horns painted blue and
gold, and accompanied for the
first time by his two sons, Navy
Bill, the Midshipmen's mascot
goat, left by truck today for Bal
timore, where the middieS will
meet the Notre Dame eleven. The
two Navy juniors were born last
spring and this will be their first
time under fire as mascotS.
The Washington times., 1933-11-04
Forestry Corps Seen
As Curb on Crime

BY International News Service
President Roosevelt'S Civilian
Conservation Corps was pictured
as an effective weapon against
crime in letter from L. F.. Chap
man, superintendent of Florida's
penal farm, received today by
Robert Fechner, director of the
corps. Chapman declared that
since establishment of a C. c. c.
camp in Florida, receipt Of new
convictS at the penal farm had
dropped to an almost negligible
figure"
The Washington times., 1933-11-04
How Teams Line Up For
G. W. u. Football Battle
RESERVES

REPRESENTATIVE 1857, Austele (54), Bayless (15)
Bibee 13) Bounds 1 Bourkard 9) Claxton (2o Dorsey
S2a Frank So eiddsns 2 Goodrich o. HALEY 2
Mark S1) Moses (44 Palmer s7) Patty (47), Rose $780,
Stewart l64), vaugn (18), Warmth (26), Wynn co.
GEORGE WASHINGTON (46) Bomba 1857, Daven-
port (29) Ferebauer (52), Harrison S), Hickman (49
Hoyle S3) Griffin (19) Kline 5) Laas (24), Leemans
(56) McCarver (57 Morrison $685. Pearce 49, Stewart
(4O, volkmann (17), Wonder Bruegge CO.. Walsh (4S)
Wray (34) Wright (31).
Referee Paul P. Magoffin (NGchigan) Umpire-c R.
williams (virgnia). Field judge-Jack GasS (Lehgh).
Head linesman-Bryan Morse (Clarkson Tsch). ~~~
The Washington times., 1933-11-04
BAkER,P|ERCE
NJ CARVER
BANNED
Colonial Aces Not Eligible for
Further Competition This
Year, Belief :.

Three Of George Washington
University's brightest grid lights
have been declared ineligible
for the blue ribbon classic this
afternoon with TennesSee-and
also from further varsity COM
petition with the COIOniaIS. They
are Johnny Baker, brilliant
quarterback; Clarence ''Nig" Nc
Carver, sensational halfback;
and Hardy Pierce, sturdy tackle.
Protest Of the three is under
stood to have been lodged by
Tennessee Athletic authorities.
1t is believed the three had
taken part in varsity athletics
at a Texas school of accredited
standing, and are ineligible for
further intercollegiate cOmpeti-
ton.
Greatest football attfaetion
ever presented in Washington
That's what everyone says
Everyone can't be wrong.
George Washington Universe
tvs powerful Colonials today
meet University of TENNESSEE
great Volunteer eleven. Hostili-
ties will break out in Griffith
Stadium as the clock reads 2::3C
p. m.
AS far as Washington is con
cerned, other games on today's
national list are-well, just othel
games. Local interest in the
ial-VoIunteer battle is at 6
fever pitrh. Indeed. interest
south Of Inc Potomac seems cen
tered in the days Griffith sta
dunn classic.
More than 1000 people arr
making the long trek from Knox
vile, Tenn, home bailiwick Of
the mighty Volunteers. to see thi!
contest, billed even in Knoxville
as the game of games thi!
season.
Game plans Of the opposing
eoaches-Major Robert Reece Ney
land, jr., of the Vols. and "Pos
sum Jim" Pixlee, of the ColonialI
CONTINUED on Page IS, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1933-11-04
Woman Found Dead
In Her Apartment

Miss Alice Hogue, 10, was
found dead today in her apart.
ment in the 900 block K St. N.
w. She was discovered by Miss
Frances B. Thompson. with whom
she made her home. DR.. N
Sharove, of the Emergency Hos,
pital staff, said she died Of nat
ural causes.
The Washington times., 1933-11-04
Girl, rs, RecOUers
From Poison Potion

Eloise Bayne, Is. of the 100
block Lincoln Rd. N. E., last night
took several poison tablets fol-
lowing an argument with her
mother. police said. The girl was
treated at the Sibley Hospital and
returned to her home.
The Washington times., 1933-10-27
GROUP
SEEKS j. 5, AID |

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 27.-Fed-
eral support of Americas next
Olympic games team was sought
in campaign launched today by
a group TO former Olympic stars
who organized a committee to be
known as the American Olympic
Democratic group.
Lawson Robertson, veteran Of
seven Olympic games, will head
the committee, which will seek
abolition of ''hat passing" in
raising funds for the athletes.
The first appeal will be made to
Postmaster General James A.
Farley.
At an organization meeting Of
the athletes last night Ted Mere
dith, noted runner, was elected
treasurer, and Jack Kelly, retired
undefeated worlds sculling cham
pion, was named vice president.
The Washington times., 1933-10-27

the sidelines with a badly broken
nose, G.. w. will send a strong
team on the field with Tuffy Lee
mans, sophomore back from Su-
perior, Wis, starting in the i'm
portant left halfback position. It
was in this position that McCar-
yer performed so well against
Auburn.
The Colonials have been In
structed to keep their eyes closely
on Joe Hall, a Washington native
who stars in Wesleyan's backfield.
Hall is y capable triple-threat man
who exhibited his wares here last
year when Wesleyan doWned
Geogetown, 40. Len Barnum,
the husky freshman who kicked
the field goal that enabled Wes-
leyan to beat N. Y. U. earlier in
the season, will not play, owing to
a clause in the game contract
signed last winter that precludeS
the use Of freshmen by either
team.