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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26

green stores Of the city. when not
being shod for races. Krueger's
supporters claim for him stamina.
liking for soda minis and sassa-
fras bark
He trotted ahead Of Riverside"
MushruSh Ike a Twentieth Gen.
fury Limited takes an Arkansas
tractor out Of gas.
Trailing Mush" like a taillight
is Courthouse Joe McLafferty in
the race 70 be speaker az the
Indiana state fair on Sept. I, 70
receive a silver plaque from The
Times. and 10 be crowned With the
Brown Derby.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26

in the fifth This surely is one fast
boy and Will be mighty hard to
catch
Dade Park comes up with a nice
handicap this afternoon. in which
Leros from the Ellis Stables and
Jack Howard Miss Tulsa will lock
horns. Leros gets my vote. although
7 am not overlooking the speed OF
the Howard miss.
Today's Selections
At Coney Island
/ Monkey Shine Banset. Justice
Boy
2 Crude ROYAL Majesty Noreda.
NJ Blaze. Lanier Patsyette
I Madelon, Lady Jay. Belen
5 Silver Sun Dusty Dawn Brown
Toney
6 Anne Adelia Judge Judy Agon
court ar
7 Click Magnihco, Sweep Rus.
3 Field Goal Easy Prestige.
Best-My Blaze.
Track-Fast.
At HdWthOrne-
Liberty Oak. Gene .. Bicol9r.
? Grand Prince, Back Log. Stroll
Along
3 Burning Up. Volta Maid. Trim
chera.
Band Wagon, Knights Gal.
One Chance.
5 GAY World At Top. Essef
s Indiana Runner No More Pill
ate
7. Cold Check. Chocoloskee. Prince
Toflalon
g. Adsum. Morpheus. Pete.
g. Celtic Prince. Red Casino. Upon.
Best-Band Wagon.
Track-Fast.
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GROCER IS SURE LOSER
Robbed by Negro Despite All His
Precautions.

No matter how Jack Rocan. q.
operator OF a grocery at $50 South
Meridian street. had figured early
today, ne would have lost
He told police he was standing in
front Of the store when a Negro
demanded that he open il. In the
first place Rogan was going to mar
ket and IN the second place he Sus-
pected the Negro might rob him IN
side the building.
But the Negro moved faster He
pulled a revolver and took SIS from
Rogan. anyway
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
DRIVER SAUNDERS AND
AUTOMOBILE WRECKS
One Man Is Injured Seriously; An
other MOtOrist Hurt.

When the car in which he was
riding crashed into utility pole
Henry Overard, %. Anderson. in
Cured serious injuries early todav.
Deputy sherifts learned that Paul
Baker. 20. Anderson. driver Of the
car, went TO sleep and lost control
OF the auto. 1t crashed into a pole
in the $500 block, Massachusetts
avenue.
Clarence Kidwell. 43. of 1912 Daw-
son street incurred a fracture Of
one arm Friday night when his car
was in collision with another at
Prospect and East streets. He was
given first aid and taken to the
Methodist hospital.
William S. Carnahan. So. of 100
East Minnesota street. driver of the
other car. was charged with failure
TO stop at a preferential street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
MERCURY EXPECTED
TO RISE ABOVE 90
Relief From New Heat Wave
Forecast for Saturday.

With the mercury rising fourteen
degrees to "a this morning, tempera-
lures above the 90 mark reach Fri
day. are expected today
Unsettled weather predicted for
Friday night failed TO materialize.
but the weather bureau predicts
cooler temperatures Sunday.
The temperature Of 30 Friday was
the warmest recorded in some time,
several recent days having shown
below normal readings
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attempting 20 use the brewers big
horses TO pull him into the stand
ings
Jo-Jo. the dog-faced Judge Of
the derby. has not been seen in
his kennel since Toms prefer Of
froth and frankfurters TO put him
over.
TODAY'S last undated ballot in
IL the derby is printed on
Page Two.
All skull savants must have all
undated ballots in the office Of
The Times by 4 o'clock Monday
afternoon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
BATTLE ALONG BORDER
Fierce Fighting Breaks Out in Grs n
Chaco Area Near Bolivia.

ASUNCION. Paraguay. Aug. 20
Fierce fighting in The Gran Chaco
area or the Bolivian border has
broken out along the entire front
from Gondra TO Herrera. an official
communique said today The docu-
ment added that the Bohvians we're
conducting mass attack on all
sectors.
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In his maniaclcal battle. Meek
fatally wounded patrolman Michael
Mcdonald, 40. and shot Mrs Ella
Bowers. a bystander. IN the arm.
Mcdonald died late Friday night.
Fails to Get Money
Four days ago, Wood related.
Meek forced his way into the Wood
residence at Sausalito inundated
him with gun. and bound his
hands with wire Later the mad
man walked behind Wood with a
gun IN his pocket as they moved
from hotel 10 hotel in San Fran
cisco.
During he four days Meek made
repeated attempts TO obtain with
draWal of savings from Woods bank
accounts. He forced Wood to sign
letters to the banks asking that
funds be mailed The banks did not
comply
Wood who said he had known
Meeks for years. waited his time to
escape Il came as the maniac
marched his prisoner through the
Crystal Palace market, thronged
with purchasers.
Policeman Shot Down
Grab this man. he has a gun. .
Wood yelled suddenly at Patrolman
Mcdonald AS Wood fled, Meek
shot Mcdonald IN the chest and
stomach four times.
Wood hid in a grocery store.
Meek ran down crowded Mission
street, pursued by butchers with
knives and cleavers, and hundreds
Of pedestrians
AS PlainclotheSman Edward Bor-
beck arrived Meek made a stand
He shot wildly into the crowd.
wounding Mrs Bowers. Borbeck adj
vanced to within a few yards and
fired three bullets, which killed
Meek.
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Friends in Annual Convention.

y 2 7 WTTFW MIL
PLAINFIELD, Ind. Aug. 26.-
Statistical and business reports on
Earlham college we're before the
western yearly meeting Of Friends
annual convention here today The
annual Earlham banquet will be
held tonight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
PR0WLER IS SHOTGUN
TARGET: FLEES UNHURT
Burglars Get $500 in Loot From City
Homes.

A prowler was fired on early to-
day on the east side while other
burglars made successful forays,
gathering more than $500 in loot,
police were informed
When he saw a prowler in the
rear yard at 260l North Olney street,
Omer Bear. 2605 North Olney street.
opened fire with a shotgun and the
man fled Bear told police he did
not believe he hit the proWler
Theft Of $50 in cash and Jew
elry and checks valued at $40 was
reported 10 police by Samuel d.
Curl 2l2 Blake street The thief
had entered the house by a rear
door which had heen left unlocked.
Clothing and valuablos worth 500
we're stolen from the residence Of
Virgil Benabel. 2525 South Harlan
street he reported
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In the Air

Weather conditions at Q a m.
West wind. 5 mileSe an hour
temperature. so. barometric pres
sure % % al sea level. ceiling. scat
tered clouds. unlimited. visibility.
smoky 3 miles. field. good
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MIRA Would Arbitrate

But. they added IF there is any
dispute I'm a particular case over
who are the representatives Of the
employees of their own choosing the
NRA Will offer its services TO con-
duct mn impartial Investigation and.
II necessary. a secret ballot to settle
the question
A quick tes, probably would be 10
the advantage Of employers. since
"a secret ballo' after the A r of l..
has had more time 10 perfect its
organization would reflect greater
strength for election Of a union
representative 10 bargain. Organ
izauon Of unions in this industry
has begun only since passage Of the
recovery act
Meanwhile. the labor advisory
board Is meeting today to consider
wording proposed by automobile
men. who still are trying 20 retain
language IN the CODE which VIII
express to their satisfaction their
adherence TO the open shop prin-
Cip.e
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lIN0BERGHS TAKE OFF
Colonel and Wife Leave shetland
Islands for Copenhagen.

LERWICK. Shetland Islands.
Aug. 25.-Colonel and Mrs. Charles
a. Lindbergh left in their seaplane
for Copenhagen at 1920 p. m. to-
day $50 a m. indianapolis time
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
45-P0UND FISH CAUGHT
Six Men Take Buffalo From Tippe
canoe River.

ROCHESTER, Ind. Aug. 26.-A
forty-fve-pound buffalo fish was
landed from Tippecanoe river near
by six local anglers Friday Captors
OF the fish. which measured four
feet in length. were Jesse and Ray
Warren. Charles and William
Kreighbaum and Harry and Don
McInfvre
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
Planes Drop Food to so,
Storm CdptiUes on Isle
Big Rush ON

Every year about this date
hundreds Of Indianapolis
residents are faced with the
same old problem-selectios
of a new place in which to
live.
And this year. more than
ever before, these people will
avail themselves Of an OPP
portunity of making their
problem easier by using The
Times Rental Columns as a
guide to representative vacan-
cies in all parts Of the city.
List Your Vacancies NOW!
Call RI-5551
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
Maniac Kidndper Killed
After Staying Policeman;
Victim Escapes in Fight
Capitalist. Held for Four Days by Mailman Shouts Alarm
in Crowded San Francisco Market: Bullet
Battle Follows

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. ga kidnaper who held
William Forsta Wood, 10, retired Sausato capitalist and
cousin Of the late President William Howard Taft for four
DAYS and policeman who answered Woods call help were
dead today after the amuck in crowded public
market.
The hdnaper Howard Jennings former
ticket aker Sausalito He killed BY officer
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-08-26
UNIONS FACE
FIRST BATTLE
ON AUTO CODE
Motor Manufacturers Firm
in Their Stand for
open Shop.
ORGANIZING IS RUSHED
NRA May Be Called On to
Settle Differences Over
Labor Clause.
BY RUTH FINNEY
Times -nerfal Writer

WASHINGTON. Aug &c The au-
tomobue code. when finally ap-
proved probably viii precipitate the
frst major test Of labor provisions
Of The recovery act no matter what
IT'S wording.
So far no attempt on tine part Of
labor 70 organize In an industry OPP
Grating under al NRA code has been
rcpulsed b. an employer and been
brought n MIRA for settlement. The
automobile men. however. are def
ntcly on record against unioniza-
tion and for maintenance at all
costs Of their so-called open shop
policy
Az the same time the American
Federation Of Labor has SET itself
the task Of organizing the automo-
bile industry and already mas issued
"A number Of charters for industrial
unions
Until a code has been approved
by the President and has become
effective the federal government has
no actual jurisdiction over this
question Every code. however.
must. under the recovery act, con-
tain promise on the part Of en-
ployCrs that workers nay bargain
collectively n they see Fl
Moment0us Question Faced
once the code has been approved,
it IS the duty Of the recovery adj
mimstration to enforce it, If the
A. F Of l. pushes its fight for or
ganizauon and If any automobile
plant objects to It, the recovery adj
ministration Will be called on 10
arbltrate the most fundamental
question yet 10 come before It,
Members Of the national labor
board look for such test soon after
Labor dav Labor day this year is
10 be celebrated as a sort of revival
meeting for organized labor. and
probably Will inaugWate an in
tense drive for worker member
ship
Many observers here believe au-
tomobiles have been chosen by the
biz financial Interests TO make a
fight against unionization under the
recovery act and test the issue i'm
mediately.
Administrator Hugh s. Johnson
and General Counsel Donald r.
Rlchberg Just have made clear the
course to be followed by MIRA in
case such question arises In a
Joint statement this week they de-
Clared that the NRA VIII not UNI
dertake in any instance 70 decide
that a particular contract should be
made or should not be made be-
tween lawful representatives Of en-
ployes and employers. or to de-
eide tina q contract which has been
made lawfully should not be en-
forced
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NRA BOARD TO
START SMASH
AT v|0LAT0RS
Seven Men Will Be Chosen
to Act on Punishment
OF Offenders.
PAY ROLLS ARE BOOSTED
Employment Gains Shown
in City Survey: Strike
Talk Discounted.

Battle lines of the NRA army be-
gan to tighten today to repulse the
enemy horde Of "slackers and
chiselerS," in President Roosevelt s
war against depression.
Seven persons will be appointed
either today or early next week 10
consider action upon 500 affidavits
and other documentary evidence of
code violations turned in at NRA
headquarters. Francis Wells. Indi-
ana recovery director, announced.
1T is apparent that something
must be done Immediately to check
violations. Wells said
Additional help was placed on
duty by Wells TO file the complaints
for examination by the board.
Employees Are Added
Reports Of NRA survey workers
showed that 2.292 employees have
been added to pay rolls of the city
and that general increase of
ISL, 725.5l week has been made on
the pay rolls of 1876 Indianapolis
businesses and industries as direct
result of the NRA re-employment
agreements tabulated at the Indi-
annapolis Chamber of Commerce.
The larger part OF these increases
came from the central section Of the
city, of which Arthur F. Rose is
campaign leader, 2lOO employees and
S48,46l28 being added to the pay
rolls of 1888 firms in the district.
Adolph J. Fritz, secretary Of the
Indiana State Federation of Labor
denied reports Of impending strikes
sponsored by the federation against
firms not adhering to recovery
codes.
No Strikes Considered
No strikes are considered bv the
federation Fritz said Our plan
Is to go along with the Presidents
program We must see that our
rights are not infringed upon. how
ever, and that signers comply with
their codes"
AS advisor to the industrial code
committee, Charles w. Chase. pres
ldent of the indianapolis Railways.
and general in the NRA drive here
today was to go to Washington to
attend discussions Of a code for
street car railways and city bus
lines.
Approval of the newspaper code
by members of the Indiana Weekly
Press Association, who met at the
Claypool Friday was expected to be
received formally by recovery Of
ficials.
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HOURLY TEMPERATURES

CyONEY TRACK. CINCINNATI 26-My Blaze.
third certainly field
thing all
week the although
2
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SKILL STANnINGs

Also running with ballots ~ hftv or
more NJ 10 itS-Timothv sexton. G.. Z.
cunningham Jadge James 4 Collins
nr. William " smith Jr Manila Bar"
Tom Walsh. George Res Ernest Marker,
Aike O Brian. and Paul Rockford.
NOV YOU see him Now you
~ don't
dust Ike the little pea under
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-07-24
$4,000 DISAPPOINTED
FANS SYMPATHETIC

NEW YORK, July 24.-(UP);;
thousand disappointed
but sympathetic persons left the
Floyd Bennett airport for their
homes late last night after WORD
that jim and Amy Mollison had
crashed in Bridgeport, Conn.,, end
ing the long vigil of spectators
who had hoped to give the British
fiers an enthusiastic reception
when they ended their trans-At-
lantic flight here.
After the accidental ending OF
the flight had been confirmed, r.
A. Lodor of the De Haviland Air
craft Corporation and crew OF
mechanics left the field by plane
at II o'clock for Bridgeport. They
took with them parts a nd other
equipment to repair the damaged
Mollison plane.
A definite announcement of the
crash, following previous rumors,
was made at the field at 10:45 p.
m. A murmur of sympathy came
from the crowd, and a short time
later the field was virtually de-
serted.
f. II. Gerald Shepherd, British
consul general in New York, did
not leave the field until it was re-
ported that the fliers were not Sc
riously injured.
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cordinp to Davenport, that the
,,Tano was in trouble and had to
Innd The airport lights were
turned on and a plane was sent
IN in an attempt to guide the Mol
Iisons to a safe landing.
The Seafarer landed, according
TO Davenport, in an unfavoraDle
wind causing it to overshoot the
runway and fall into the marsh,
which is criss-crossed by irrlga-
ton bitches. ., -
"The plane came down with a
tbud," Davenport said. with sew
eral others l hurried to the spot;
I saw the plane was smashed ana
that both Mr.. and Mrs. Molllson
had been thrown out of 1t:
"Mrs. Mollison was able to
stand up and was holding Jlms
head. She kept shouting "Hello'
therew as we ran towards her'
linn was unconscious, down in an
irrigation ditch. .,o,
1--WE improvised a stretcher'
using part of the wrecked plant'
and carried Jim to the airport
He regained consciousness as we
We're lifting him onto the stretch.
or He complained that both hlS
ankles were hurting. BY the time
we pot over to the airport an AM
bulance was waiting. Amy seem
cd to be Ok. She was nervous
She wasn't hurt and Jim aiuh
seem to be seriously injured"
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PINK PRUETT
LAID TO REST

Pink Pruett. age 65, died at
his home Saturday evening at
8 80 o'clock, after an illness OF
two months. The funeal service
was held from the residence Sun
day afternoon at 3 o'clock. The
Rev. Walter Holtzclaw official
ing. =
Mr.. Pruett was a native OF
Burke county, and a member of
Valley Hill Baptist church.
He is survived by his widow
and two children Gordon Pruett,
of Framlin, S. c., and Dora Hea-
ton, of Hendersonville, and six
grandchildren.
Pallbearers were: w. B. Pres
ley, J. A. Charles, A. S Sunny,
w. F. Thomas, H. d. Drake, Frank
Edney. Misses Eula Pruitt,
Edith Pruitt, Essie Garren, Will
ma Garren, Emojene keathley,
Alta Keathley, Eva Thomas and
Ruth Sentell served as flower
girls.
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ROOSEVELT TO CARRY
APPEAL TO THE NATION
Continued from page one)

Continued from page one)
Immediately as the navy depart
ment is opening bids Wednesday
for construction of II new war
ships for which 100000 has
been alloCated. The industry must
know it's labor costs to prepare it's
bids. 1t is claiming that the 80
hour week would greatly increase
the cost to the government. 1t
may be necessary to postpone
opening of bids.
Today hearings will begin in
one of the key industries which
will furnish a real test-oil. Rep
resentatives of the industry, who
have been here for several days,
have been unable to agree on nu-
merous points in the code which
they submitted. These differences
will be carried into the open TO-
rum for discussion.
There is not only a major dis
pute involved between the big
companies and the Independents,
who have submitted a separate
code with higher wages and short
er hours, but there are controver-
sizes among the major producing
companies.
Motor transportation agencies
were seeking Sunday to formulate
bases for codes with representa-
tlveS of the recovery administers
ton. Deputy Administrator Nal
colin Muir was busy with both the
bus and trucking companies and
with taxicab owners and opera
tors. He told each group that q
truly representative organization
must submit the codes.
The taxicab owners and opera,
tors decided to select a represen,
tative committee of members anC
non-members of the National AS,
Sociation of Taxicab Owners un,
der the auspices of this nationa
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Highway Body
Holding Public
Hearings Today
Til. Times-News Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel

pA1E1GH. July pa public.
meeting of the new state nlEn,
wav and public works commlss 40 n
iS being held here today IN tne
holl Of the house of Representa-
nan r. hear a number of dele
I'VE otions with regard to requests
for roads. The meeting staTteu a.
~ ~ o'clock this morning and from
- nrn,her of delegations that
LIT To be heard, indications are
that it will last all day. .;o.
VIC onlv delegations from counties
ORC being heard today and Chalr-
are 1effress asked them to con-
t Gna their requests only to the
mos essential road work needed
IN these counties. He pointed out
that while the $1O,500,000 allot,
tnJ To the state by the federal
aovernment for new road con-
etruction and improvements, mag
look like a lot of money to some
neople, that with construction
prices advancing daily it will not
20 so very far.
at is going to be impossible tc
do anything like the amount OF
new work that is being requested
and then only the most necessary
work" Chairman Jeffress said
"The people of the state must re-
member that of this $10,5OO,OOO
25 per cent must be spent on I'M
proving or rebuilding streets ir
cities and approaches to these
streets traversed by federal high
ways, and that rs per cent IS al
that NAV be spent on secondary
roads outside the regular fedora
aid roads. This leaves only so pei
! cent of the total available for re
building or improving the primary
federal aid roads. All Of the prof
ects of course, must be approved
bv the U. S. Bureau of Public
Roads in Washington, so we car
only work those roads which tht
government says we can. But We
are going to try to do as much al
we can with the money available
The commission held an un
scheduled meeting last Friday il
order to continue it's study of the
new plan of organization being
worked out by it's subcommittee
A long conference was held Sat
urday between Chairman Jeffress
Executive Director George Ross
Pou and officials of the former
highway prison department in ar
effort to work out new plans.
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JUNIOR ORDER WILL
MEET TUESDAY EVE

The regular meeting of the
Junior Order, United American
Mechanics. will be held Tuesday
night at Woodman hall on Main
street at s o'clock. There are a
number of candidates to be taken
into the council. 1t is urged by
officers that all members be pres
ent to take part in the initiation.
The council is meeting every
week and it was reported by j. G..
Coston, recording secretary Of the
council this morning, that it is
working at this time to make a
good showing at the state meeting
to be held at Hickory. August %.
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RECOVER FROM
CRACK-UP AT
BRIDGEPORT
iContinued from page one)

Continued from page one)
he heard Amy calling; "Hello,
there! Hello, there"
She was on her feet when he
got to the plane but Mollison was
complaining that his leg panied
him. :, ,
Mrs. MollisOn walked unaided
into the police ambulance when it
arrived, but her husband had to
be assisted. They were both tacl-
turn, obviously irritated that they
had come so close to their goal
and then met with an accident.
w. Davenport, an employe OF
the General Electric company at
Bridgeport, witnessed the crash
and told the United Press about 1t
last night.
About 100 persons were ct the
field, he said, when the black
plane came into sight. The Molli-
sons circled the airport about sew
en- times. There were no ground
lights and it was apparent that
they were fearful of landing.
1t quickly became apparent, &C