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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06

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ELOUTING of the excise de-
Il partment's regulations for
bidding the sale of hard liquor by
the drink was becoming more prev
alent today in Indianapolis and
the extreme northern portions of
the state
Dozens of downtown resorts
were selling highballs, priced
variously at 20 and IS cents each,
All were of the whisky and ginger
ale type. Some we're composed of
a base of bonded whisky, but
were much smaller than those
made of gingerale and very
medium grade of corn" whisky.
Several downtown restaurants
we're staying within the law by
serving apertifs constructed of
blended wines. These were retail
ing at 25 cents apiece and two for
IS cents.
The Indiana regulations provide
that wine may be served by the
drink and in any quantity as long
as it is not fortified by the admix-
ture of spirituous liquors.
Defiance of the regulations laid
down by Governor Paul v. McNutt
and the excise department under
Paul Fry was open in the Calumet
area, where liquor dispensers are
forced to contend with Illinois
competition.
Informed of fragrant violation,
Governor McNutt said:
The action speaks for itself"
He explained that no enforce
ment by the state is possible, ex-
cept that of using the threat of
license revocation.
Wine stocks in Indianapolis
generally were low, dispensaries
blaming this on the delay in the
issuance of the Indiana regula-
tionS.
Whisky wholesalers said they
had placed no orders for whisky
in half-pint quantities, which had
been suggested as an answer to
the poor mans problem"
First rumblings of legal assaults
on the Indiana regulations echoed
today in Indianapolis and Muncie
Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker
intimated there is a possibility the
law may be unconstitutional be-
cause of discriminatory powers
vested in the excise director.
AT Muncie, City Judge j. Frank
Mann served notice he does not
intend to be guided by the opinion
of Acknowledgement Philip Lutz
which holds that prescriptions are
not necessary to purchase whisky
now that repeal is a reality.
Judge Mann asserted there is
nothing in the law allowing pur-
chasers to dispense with prescrip-
lions. However, Muncie police
officials announced they would
make no arrests for selling whisky
without prescriptions.
Judge Baker said he was study
ing the law closely and announced
that many able lawyers have
voiced the prediction the law will
be found unconstitutional.
The ease with which whisky
now may be obtained legally at
drug stores leads me to anticipate
that the bootleg establishments
and law violators soon will be
selling whisky by the drink, if
they have not already begun to
do So" said Judge Baker.
Only seven persons were ar
rested for drunkenness yesterday
in indianapolis, police records re-
veal.
On Monday, the last full day in
which prohibition reigned in
theory, there were nine arrests for
drunkenness.
Police officials and other OBJ
servers united in the opinion that
repeal was ushered into Indiana,
officially at 4:3112 p. m. yesterday,
with the utmost of decorum.
Il
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06
Final Pleas Heard
BY JAMES A. CARVIN
Times staff Writer

NOBLESVILLE, Dec. 6.-Follow-
ing completion of the defense ar
gument and final statement by the
state today, the case of William H.
Mason, charged with murder of In
dianapolis Police Sergeant Lester
Jones, was to be given to the ujry
this afternoon.
In event Of a finding of guilty,
the verdict will be equivalent to
ordering death of Mason in the
electric chair, since conviction on a
charge of murder in commission of
a robbery carries a mandatory death
penalty.
In his closing argument to the
jury today Floyd Christian, defense
attorney, made long Speech in
which he stressed "the indednitive-
ness of the alleged Identification of
Mason made by patrolman Michael
McAllen, the policeman who de-
clared during the trial that Mason
shot at me and I at him"
The final argument of the state
will be presented by Floyd Mattice,
Marion county chief deputy prose-
cutor.
Floyd Beelar Hamilton county
prosecutor, who has aided Marion
county officials during the trial,
made the first of the state argu-
ments to the jury yesterday, and
branded Mason as "a 1888 model
criminal, who kills any one in his
way"
Defense Uses Fireworks
In contrast to the deadly quiet
summary of evidence employed by
Mr.. Beelar, Mr.. Christian resorted
to forensic fireworks in his plea for
Mason's acquittal.
Throughout his address ran ref
erences to Miss Betty Clark, Mason's
common law wife, as little wom-
an" and "a brave little girl" Ma
sons sister Mrs. Marie Wolff, who
also aided the defense in preparing
an alibi for Mason, was referred to
frequently.
Mr. Christian charged Mason is
a victim of mistaken identity and
/ OCO1dl Gu G0W dIO N11l1C1s Nl4OSC III
dictment for the murder has been
nolle pressed by the state, was the
/ fifth man at the attempted holdup
of the Peoples Motor Coach Com
pany garage in Indianapolis, Feb. 7.
Stabbed Times Reporter
"a don't want you to disregard
the fact that this little woman was
living with Mason outside the bonds
of matrionmy, but I want you to
remember she rather would have
wedding ring than anything else in
the world, because she loves this
man"
Frequent reference was made to
Miss Clark'S arrest and conviction
in Marion county criminal court in
1925 for assault and battery with
intent to kill
She declared from the witness
stand she had stabbed with a pen
knife a man named Miller when she
was arrested by indianapolis police
after she escaped from Clermont
girls school.
From the files Of The Times and
the memory of Dick Miller, veteran
Times police reporter, the stabbing
was recalled today. Reading of the
testimony, Mr. Miller recalled the
incident, which he verified from The
Times files.
Mr.. Miller had accompanied a po-
lice emergency squad to a house on
Hovey street in search of two girls
escaped from the school, one of
whom was Miss Clark, then known
as Mabel Clark. AS the girls were
being taken to police headquarters,
with Miller seated in front of them,
Miss Clark suddenly whipped d small
knife from the bosom of her dress
and stabbed the reporter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06
nitcd Press

CT. LOUIS, Dec. 6.-Tribute to
- Franklin D. Roosevelt as the
most honest guy and the squarest
shooter we've ever had in the
White House" was paid here last
night by Captain Irving O'Hay.
United States Army (retired), in
ternationally-kn soldier of
fortune, in an address to the twen-
ty-seventh annual banquet of the
: Traffic Club of st. Louis.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06

Depression?" he asked. Not
caused by the World war, but by
your own selishness. I ask you
in the name of God how any of
those eggs can be worth $3.50.
900 year. How can any one spend
$500 in a day?"
Stop worrying"
Captain OHay, upon whom
Richard Harding Davis based his
composite character, in Soldiers
Of Fortune" and characterized by
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06
STATE DISTILLERY SOLD
TO CANADIAN COMPANY
Price for Lawrenceburg Plant is
S2,4OO,OOO and Stock.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
MONTREAL, Dec. 6.-The Dis
tillers Corporation Seagrams, Ltd,
has announced purchase of a dis
tillery at Lawrenceburg, Ind, for ST.
100000 and 1883 shares of the
Canadian company's stock.
The distillery, one of the largest
in North America. was purchased
from the RosSville Union Distilleries,
Inc, and the transaction marks the
entrance of the Canadian company
into the American field.
The purchasers will be able to
use their stocks of American type
ry and Bourbon WHISTLES to blend
with the product of the Indiana
plant, it was explained.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06
SOLDIER ADMITS
NUMBERING WIFE.
POLICE ANNOUNCE
Conscience-Stricken Sergeant Returns to
Scene, Calls Cops; Woman's Death
First Believed Suicide
OLD CLIPPING TELLS OF TRAGEDY
Army Man Shot Mate to Death for Using
Dope, Alleged Confession Says; Planned
to Kill Self at Home

Returning consciencetricken to the house where he is
said have admitted numbering his wife nearly year ago.
Sergeant Otis H. Edge Company f, Eleventh Infantry,
with grief stopped at filling station at Sherman
drive and Massachusetts early today and called
lice to and get him.
Il want the police to and arrest me- Edge told
Capain John Mullins night duty at police Headquarters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06

The LindberghS had ira
versed the South Atlantic
ocean, in a straight airline,
landing at l p. M, sixteen
hours out of Bathurst.
The flight completed 10000 miles
of aerial touring since their de-
parture from New York on July 9,
The Lindberghs came down to a
city that had declared an unofficial
holiday in their honor They we're
greeted by cheering thousands
swarming on every vantage point
along the rocky shores.
Rowboats. motorboats and launches
jammed the river Potency where it
sweeps into the ocean near the
splendid new Pan-American naval
airport
All business had been suspended
since noon, and the entire popula-
ton joined to make the reception
the most notable ever given a visit
ing celebrity.
The successful, long flight, at a
steady. average speed of a little
more than 100 miles an hour, was
marked by Colonel Lindbergh's rigid
following of his true course, and by
the excellent workmanship of Mrs.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh who
handled the radio controls in mas
terly fashion.
Throughout the long flight the
plane was in constant communica-
ton with shore. At times, Colonel
Lindhergh surrendered the sea-
plane control to his wife, and hin~
self assumed the radio operators
post.
"True Course" Held
The flight for any other aviators
would be the thrill of lifetime. 1t
took the Lindberghs across a stretch
of sea broken, from coast to coast,
only by the rocky little Fernando
Da Noronha group of islands off the
Brazilian coast.
In length, 1870 miles, the fight
over water was only eighty miles
less than the distance Lindbergh
covered on his New York-Paris
flight between the Newfoundland
coast and Valentia, Ireland
Passing over Fernando, Colonel
Lindbergh had held true course"
from Bathurst-so true that a
straight line, ruled on the map,
would mark his continuous direc-
ton for the 1,750 miles he had COW
cred to this point.
Mrs. Lindbergh impressed wire
less operators on the American side
with her skill as a radio operator.
Her messages buzzed across in per-
feet code.
Five Months Tour
In their fight today the Lind
berghs were returning to the. west
ern hemisphere from a five months
air tour perhaps never approached
in its Importance to the future of
aviation.
1t was a trip to obtain for the
Pan-American Always Company
specific data on flying conditions
I over selected sections of the Atlant-
ic. When they left Bathurst they
had covered $1,000 miles.
They left New York July g They
hoped off at North Haven, Me. to
see their son Jon at the Morrow
summer home there.
They went on to Nova Scotia,
Newfoundland, bleak Labrador and
frozen Greenland. It was thought
they might stop there, for even in
late July and early August it was
late in the flying season.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06
Flouting of No-By-Drink
Rule and Fewer 'DrunkS'
States Repeal Greeting
Here's the repeal morning after" for Indiana:
O,nr, disrena India the rnnrthern

Here's the repeal morning after for Indiana
Indianapolis northern the
OF he regulation
Indianapolis cities of higher
beer.
Indianapolis for drunkenness than the
ceding day when whisky illegal.
establishments
OF
Beginning legal the constuonaly Indiana
n
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06
LINDBERGHS SAFE
IN BRAZIL AFTER
SPANNING ATLANTIC
Cheering Thousands Greet Filler and Wife
as They End 1,87O-Mie Flight
From West Africa
NJ BUSINESS IS SUSPENDED
NATAL
Seaplane Covers Distance From Bathurst
in 16 Hours as Anne Handles
Radio Like an Expert
By United Press


NATAL Brazil Dec 6.-Colonel and Mrs. Charles A.
Lindbergh flying true for 1870 miles, arrived in
their seapane in Natal harbor at II :55 indianapolis
tme today after spectacular fight from Bathurst British
West Africa
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06
U. S. TO GET 100000
Italy Will Pay Token on Dec. Is
InStallment.
BIZ I Hitcd Press

bN Hiffd PrCSS
ROME. Dec. 6.-Italy will make
a token payment of 100000 on
its war debt installment due the
United States December IS, it was
announced today. The payment was
decided on at a meeting of the Fas-
cist grand council.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06
Prohibition Still Rules
FOrd's Industrial Empire
Motor MagnateS Threat to Quit Manufacturing Is Mo-
Mentioned; Employees Given Warming
BIZ Tnited Press

DETROIT 6Prohbion prevails throughout Henry
industrial
United
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06
Hourly Temperatures
TtUO Policemen Quizzed
in City Girls Suicide
Their Story Doesn't Ring True Says Chief MorrisSey in
SuSpending Officers: Probe Ordered

Chief Mike Moey announced today that patrol
John Davidson
death by poisoning Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06
Bread Wagon Driver Robbed

Carl Kaugher, "a, of 623 Orange
street. bread wagon driver, reported
to police early today that he was
held up and robbed of about $40 by
two Negroes in the 1000 block Maple
street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06
SECURITIES ACT STAYS
Roosevelt Does Not Plan to Weaken
Law in Any Way.

BV LnffG PTf89
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt has no intention Of
weakening the 1888 securities act in
any way, it was stated today at the
White House.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06

DOYS with freckles &.
II bow-legs some with hair
like straw-stacks imps that
can't keep their scuffed toes from
dancing ones with squeaky
voices boys that still look up
and wonder when they'll ever be
as old as a man fatherless,
motherless, boys all nations
T.. all creeds.
But all are boys in the Clothe-
a-Child campaign OF The Indian
apolis Times, waiting for some
one to clothe them for Christmas
time.
Ooooh! there's coolies Of girls,
too, but it looks like early donors
just can't balance the scales.
They, or at least lots of them,
want girls to doll up in fancy
dresses, trim ribbons to tie.
And one boy in a letter puts the
idea over when he writes to The
Times with:
Gosh! I can't get nothing in my
family My older sisters get it al,
If they's clothes they gets them.
And me, got shoes without no
soles much" he writes.
ATOW this masculine protest
IN undoubtedly is just knee
L1r00oLoe o,o1yiO11e o~J co0,Y,f,,I IF
anything feminine, but it does
seem true to date in the Clothe-a-
Child drive that the girls are get
ting an edge on the boys.
And 'LuciaS" e.. why, if the
drive had a bushel of LUCAS"
it seems they'd be cared for and
all because one girl asked for aid
who had the name of Lucia"
Mary and Anna" and "Doro-
thy are abundant.
Call Riley 5551-and ask for
ClOthe-a- Child editor of Times.
You will receive name of needy
school child, S to IL years of age.
Each child has been checked for
need by social service division of
public schools. Community Fund
relief agencies provide the names
of worthy children to be clothed.
You clOthe the youngster, or
we'll do it for you. That's your
Christmas, the child's, and that's
our Christmas.
One donor suggests that if all
the Aunt Marys" of the city each
took their namesake, that the
boys of the campaign would be
compelled to find pseudo Uncle
Johns" to keep up with the deluge
of "Aunts."
One firm has novel manner
collecting funds for the boys and
girls they take to clothe. A pledge
por6 ic no Good orOI1t15 RI ar1,y01Ovoc
The Washington times., 1933-09-22
Back From Newport

Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene B.
Roberts have returned from
Newport, R. l., where they spent
several weeks with the latter's
mother, Countess Szechenyi,
after their return from their
wedding trip in Europe.
Before her marriage, which
took place in London in the
early summer, Mrs. Roberts was
Countess Cornelia Szechenyi,
daughter of the Hungarian
Minister to London, and Coun-
tess Szechenyi. Mr.. and Mrs.
Roberts are now making their
home at the Anchorage.
Countess Szechenyi and her
two younger daughters, Nandine
and Sylvia, have been in New
port for several months with
the dowager, Mrs. Vanderbilt,
mother of Countess Szechenyi.
Yesterday they won the girls
double tennis tourney at the
Newport Casino, defeating the
Misses Mary Lee and Frederick
Ripley.
X X
The Dean of the Diplomatic
Corps, the Turkish Ambassador,
Mr.. Ahmet Muhtar, was host at
an informal luncheon today at
the Embassy, when his guests
numbered six,
The Washington times., 1933-09-22
Married Today

The marriage of Miss Helen
c., HUM and Mr.. Hugh F. Riv-
ers, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
Rivers. took place this morning
at the home of the brides
mother, Mrs. Catherine E. HUM,
at 81 T Street.
The ceremony was performed
at II o'clock by the Rev. S. w.
McCabe, of st. Martins Church,
and it was followed by buffet
luncheon.
The bride wore an effective
gown of white crepe with a
toque to match, and a corSage
bouquet of gardenias and lilies
of the valley. The matron of
honor, Mrs. Alvin c. Hutton,
wore pale yellow crepe with a
matching toque, and a corsage
bouquet of gardeniaS. Mr.. Jerry
A. Collins acted as best man.
Following the luncheon, the
couple left for a wedding trip to
Bermuda, the bride travelling In
a blue ensemble with accessories
to match. They will be at home
at 27 T Street after October Is.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Rivers are
graduates of Columbus Univer-
Sity and members of the local
bar.
The Washington times., 1933-09-22
Noted Egyptian
Honor Guest

The Undersecretary Of State
Of the Egyptian Ministry Of
Finance, Ahmed Abdel Wahab
Pasha, was the guest of honor
at an interesting dinner party
given last evening by Brig.
Gen. William E. Horton, U. S.
A. retired, at the Chevy Chase
Club.
The guests included, the
Charge d'Affaires of Egypt,
Nicolas Khalil Bey; the Chief
of the Division of Far Eastern
Affairs of the Department Of
State, Mr.. Stanley K. Horn
beck; Baron and Baroness Maxi
milan Won Pagenhardt, Baron
and Baroness Marcellus D. A.
R. Won Redlick, Mrs. Edward E.
Robbins, Mrs. John A llan
Dougherty, Mrs. Ralph Worth
ington, Mrs. Robert Mackenzie.
Mrs. Alice Nibley Smoot, and
former Representative S. Wal
lace Dempsey.
Miss Mabel Boardman, who
has been at her summer nome
at Murray Bay, P. O., Canada,
will return to Washington with
in a few days.
The Washington times., 1933-09-22
Envoy Returns

The Minister of Albania, Mr..
Faik Konitza, has returned to
his apartment at the May
flower after spending six weeks
on the North Shore of Massa-
ChuSetts.
The Postmaster General, Mr..
James A. Farley, has returned
to Washington after spending
a few days at the Century of
Progress Exposition. Mrs. Far
ley and their children, who
accompanied the Postmaster
General to the fair, are at their
home in New York.
4 X
The Assistant Military At
tache of the French Embassy,
Lieut.. Col. Emmanuel Lombard,
left last evening for Wichita,
KanS., to attend the conven-
ton of the Association of the
Thirty-fifth Division. He will
return to Washington Wednes-
day.
The Charge d'Affaires of
Nicaragua, Senor DR.. Don Henri
De Bayle, has returned to the
Capital from a brief visit. in
New York.
The Washington times., 1933-09-22
Presidents Plans

If the President is sufficiently
recovered from the cold that
has interfered with some of
his engagements this week, he
will leave this evening with a
small party of guests for a
weekend cruise aboard the
Sequoia.
The Ambassador of Spain,
Senor Don Juan Francisco de
Cardenas, has returned to the
Capital from the Century of
Progress Exposition in Chicago,
where he went following his
visit to the University of Mis-
souri,, where he received the
honorary degree of Doctor of
Laws.
The Ambassador will remain
in the Capital until the end
of next week, when he will go
to New York and sail, Wednes-
day, October 4, to join Sonora
de Cardenas, at her home in
Rllmania.
The Washington times., 1933-09-22
Minister Is
Coming Back

The Minister of Czechoslovakia
and Nine. Veverka, with their
daughter, Miss Nella Veverka,
and their son, Mr.. Ferdinand
Veverka, will arrive in this coun-
try the first part of October
coming from their home in
Prague, where they have spent
the past six weeks. They will
be accompanied by the First Sec
retary of the Legation, Mr.. Ota-
kar Kabelac. During the Min
ister's absence, DR.. Josef Meme
eek has acted as Charge DAT
faireS.
The Minister and Nine. We
verka will probably carry out
their custom of giving recep-
ton at the Legation on Satur-
day October %, in celebration
of their National Independence
Day.
Dinner Last Evening
Mr.. Robert w. johnson of
New Brunswick, N. j. gave a
small dinner last evening at
the Carlton, where he is stop
ping while in Washington.
The Washington times., 1933-09-22
Farewell Dinner

Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll B.
Merriam will entertain at a
small dinner at the Shoreham
this evening, in honor of Judge
and Mrs. Wilson Mccarthy.
Judge and Mrs. Mccarthy will
leave shortly for Oakland,
California, where they will make
their future home. They for
merly lived in Salt Lake City,
Utah. Judge Mccarthy re-
Gently resigned from the Recon
Struction Finance Corporation,
of which he was a director.
The other guests included,
the Charge d'Affaires of Chile,
Senor Don Benjamin Cohen;
the First Secretary of the
Argentine Embassy and Sonora
de Urquiza, the Second Secre-
tary of the Argentine Embassy,
Senor Don Eduardo L. Vivot;
the First Secretary of the Boli-
Wan Legation, Senor Don En-
rique S. de Lozada; Mr.. and
Mrs. George de Ia Barra, and
Mrs. Sidney Gest.
4 X *s
The former United States Am
bassador to Poland, Mr.. F. La
mont Belin, and Mrs. Belin, who
have been abroad through the
summer, arrived in New York
yesterday on the liner Wash
ington and they will come to
their home, Evermay, in Wash
ington, shortly.
Mr.. John Dynely Prince,
former United States minister
to Yugoslavia, was also a pas
Senger on the Washington, as
were Representative and Mrs.
Frederick R. Lehlbach, of New
Jersey, and Col. and Mrs. Spen-
Ger Cosby, who spent the sum-
mer abroad.
The Washington times., 1933-09-22
Farewell Dinner
Given Envov

The Minister of Bolivia and
Sonora de Finot entertained a
brilliant company at dinner last
evening in their apartment at
the Mayflower, in honor of the
retiring Minister of Ecuador and
Sonora de zaldumbide, who are
being feted at round of lunch
cons and dinners prior to their
departure for Senor Zaldum-
bide's new posts as Minister to
Italy and Switzerland.
The Washington times., 1933-09-22

ment in the Mayflower from
the Black Hills, where they
spent several weeks. Mr.. HoWeS
went to Kansas City to attend
the convention of the Young
Democratic Clubs and joined
Mrs. Howes and their daughter
in North Dakota.
X X X
The commissioner General of
immigration and Mrs. Daniel w.
MacCormick were hosts at q
small informal dinner last eve
ming at the Carlton.
The Washington times., 1933-09-22

chiffon modelled on princess lines, very
decollete at the back, with a scarf of
chiffon bordered with bright red cog
feathers in boa effect.
The skirt flared from the knees, and
the trailing hem was edged with a wide
band of the bright red feathers. Slip
pers of a scarlet hue and a fan Of the
feathers completed what l thought was
the last word in smartness.
Vivid reds and yellows are always
popular in the Autumn and as winter
comes on wine and other warmer col
ors take their place. Shepherds plaids
are preverbaly smart for street wear
and three-piece suits will never go out.
As recently as four or five years ago
women golfers bought their sweaters
at mems stores. Women's sweaters
The Washington times., 1933-09-22
With Mr.. Baruch

Mr.. and Mrs. w. Forbes Nor
gan entertained at a small
luncheon yesterday prior to
their departure for New
York, where they will spend the
weekend with Mr.. Bernard M.
Baruch, who has just returned
from lengthy sojourn abroad.
They will return to their apart
ment at the Carlton on Monday.