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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
OFFICERS
ARE SUICIDE VICTIMS
Woman Takes Poison Man
Dies of Gas.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
LOGANSPORT, Ind, Sept. g.
Two former Cass county officials
were victims of suicide today,
Mrs. Lulu Byers, So, county clerk
for eight years until Jan. 1, 1888,
died at hospital this morning, an
hour after she had taken poison at
the home of friend here.
George w. Cam, "a, county audi
tor from 1906 to 1910, was found
dead in the gas-fllled kitchen of
his home.
Financial difficulties were blamed
for both suicides.
Mrs. Byers had been operating a
millinery shop at Monticello since
April /. Friday night, however, she
came here to visit a friend. She is
survived by four sons and one
daughter.
Cam is survived by the widow
and three daughters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
PARK CHIEFS TO
HOLD CONCLAvE
Lieber Will Be Guest of
Banquet; Convention
in Fl. Wayne.
By United Press

By United Press
FIT. WAYNE, Ind, Sept. g.
The eighteenth annual convention
of the Indiana Association of Park
Departments will be held here Mon
day and Tuesday.
Colonel David Foster, president of
the city board of park commits
sioners and president of the state
organization, stated today that
Colonel Richard Lieber, former head
of the Indiana park department,
would be a guest at the closing ban
quet.
Officers will be elected Tuesday
night
Present officers are w. j. Ross
man, East Chicago, first vice-presi-
dent; L. r. McCool, Evansville, sec
ond vice-president; Mrs. Lillian j.
White, Terre Haute, third vice.
president; and Miss Cecilia NJ
WEIGH, Ft. Wayne, secretary treas
urer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
UTILITY RATES CUT
FOR INDIANA CITIES
Four Will Benefit by Reductions
Ordered by Commission.

Reductions in electric rates for
the towns of Sullivan, Chile, Amboy,
and GIenwood, has been ordered by
the Indiana Public Service Commits
sion.
Patrons of the Public Service
company of Sullivan will benefit by
$8,187 year as result of reductions
Chill was given a 14.5 per cent re-
duction; Amboy, 1877 per cent; and
Glenwood rates were reduced 1C
per cent.
On an annual basis, the re-
auctions amount to $4,000 and, in
each case, they had been agreed
upon in conference between town
officials and representatives of the
utilities.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
HIGH MOTOR TAX HIT
Autoists Pay Excessive Levies.
Declares Stops.

Declaring that excessive taxes
discourage motor car ownership,
Todd Stops, secretary-manager Of
the HooSier Motor Club. today said
that the nations motorists pay
special taxes to federal. state. and
local governments at the rate OF
S2041 a minute.
THE tax bill amounts to s122, 1888
an hour, or $2,947, 992 day. Motor
lists pay 1917 per cent Of all taxes
froEk all sources" he said
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
DEATH FEARED
FOR THREE IN
MISSING PLANE
AutogirO Wrecked in Lake,
Belief of SearCherS;
Faint Hope Held.
By United Press

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO Sept. Slope for the
safety of two pilots and a woman
companion, missing on a flight to
Chicago from South Bend. Ind,
dwindled rapidly today as efforts to
find them were redoubled.
Sea craft and a dozen planes
patrolled Lake Michigan along the
Indiana shoreline. Two blimps were
ready to join planes today in flights
over the Indiana Michigan border.
The flierS, missing since they were
sighted near Michigan City, about
Wednesday noon, were H. w. (Spud)
Manning, champion parachute
jumper; Carl Otto, pilot Of the au-
togiro plane in which they were fly
ing, and Miss Majenta Gerard, Chi
cage, who accompanied Manning to
South Bend for an aviators' ban
quet given by Vincent BendiX.
One Hope Held
One new thread of hope was re-
vealed today. Two persons at
Michigan City reported they saw an
autogiro plane returning from over
the lake at noon Wednesday. If this
was the plane of the missing per-
sons, other aviators said it was pos
sible that they landed in a Sparsely
settled section along the state line
border.
The greatest concern for the trio
rose from a statement by the skip
per of lake steamer who reported
that he had sighted a large piece
of fabric about six miles off shore
between here and Michigan City. 1t
was feared that the fabric was
from the autogiro, which, pilots
pointed out, would sink Immediately
if brought down on water.
If the plane came down on the
lake, the only hope that the trio
still was alive rested on the posi-
bility that they might have ripped
off the gasoline tank and used it as
a float.
Faced Strong Winds
Manning and the two others
started for Chicago shortly after 20
o'clock Wednesday, fighting strong
headWinds. He said he would take
a short cut across the lake, instead
of following the customary Shoreline
route.
1t was possible that, once out over
the lake, he found his fuel supply
rapidly diminishing and turned
back, then cracked up the ship as
he brought it down on land. In this
event the trio still might be alive,
but unable to get to the nearest
town.
Manning, who performed in the
international air races here last
weekend, claimed the worlds
record for delayed parachute jumps.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
BULLET WOUND SERIOUS
Bridgeport Girl, ], Shot Playing
HoIdup, in Hospital.

Vivian Poland, 7. of Bridgeport
accidentally shot Friday by her
brother, John Thomas, Il. still is
in serious condition today at
Methodist hospital.
The bullet, fired from a revolver
during a game of "holdup," struck
the girl in the abdomen. She spent
restful night. hospital attendants
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
HELD ON FIVE CHARGES
Burnside (Ky) Youth Suspect in
Robbery Here Year Ago.

Suspect in a robbery about a year
ago, Cecil Stafford, 10, Burnside,
KY, was arrested Friday night on
charges of improper automobile Ii
cense plates, no drivers license, no
certificate of title, assault and bat
terry and vagrancy.
Earl Surber, 20, Burnside, KY,
who was with Stafford in an auto
mobile, faces a vagrancy charge.
Officers said Stafford was driving
a car which he did not own and
which bore license plates issued for
a car Of another type of body.
The robbery was that of a lunch
car near Tenth and Dearborn
streets.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
SAVINGS AND LOAN
MEETING Is CALLED
Field Service Director to Speak at
Session Here.

Work Of organizing savings and
loan associations under the Home
Owners Act Of 1888 will be climaxed
Sept. IS at a meeting TO be held in
this city, with Frank a Chase
director Of field service Of the fed
eral home loan bank board, as the
main speaker.
The meeting. 10 be held in the
federal home loan bank. 129 East
Market street, will ally the aSSocia-
tions into a permanent credit re-
serve system.
Under the law, it can be arranged
to have the government subscribe
for stock in sums equal 70 payments
by local shareholders up to 100000
in order TO aid the associations to
get started.
It is said that. in addition to for
nation Of new savings and loan
agencies. established associations
also are expected 10 turn federal"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
STYLE WORLD BOWS TO NAE WEST
Cm1es Stage Triumphant Return at Her Dictun1

and added magnetism, and
enhance their natural charm"
AS she dropped these philoso-
plies, Mae was in Los Angeles, all
agog over Labor day trip to the
mountains. For the bad girl of
the screen and stage is not nearly
as black as she is painted.
Those cigarets she smokes with
such an air in She Done Him
Wrong" are lit for her by her
maid just before the scene is shot.
Mae herself doesn't smoke. Il
smoke EN- on the stage just be-
cause it makes me look hard" she
confides.
Further, in her off-stage mo-
ments, Mae doesn't drink or go
for night life"
IT'S not that she's narrow
l. minded about such things. She
hasn't time. She dictates plays to
a debating machine. Many a
rehearsal in the afternoon has
worked out lines Mae wrote in the
morning, and then incorporated
lines she -hbbed" on the re-
hearsal stage herself.
Many an old friend Of trouping
DAYS has known the helping hand
of Mae West.
Mae West has a shrewd money
sense-ask the movie managers,
who brought her to Hollywood,
and who were tickled at getting a
great Broadway star at what
seemed a low contract figure.
Then they found that the con-
tracts provided that Mae need not
act in any plays unless she herself
had approved them. And she re-
fused to approve any except her
own, for which she charged the
studio a nifty price.
Macs never had time even to
marry. If she ever does, it'll be
no handsome sheik, she insists.
"The homely ones have more sex
appeal" she says bluntly.
Then she goes on 10 eApld4n'
sex appeal is the radiation of an
attractive personality" It's not
necessarily beauty of face or figure.
q =
NEAE's slant on clothes was vel
lV1 shown by her comment Wher
Marlene Dietrich tried to start a
trousers vogue.
what burns me up" said Mae
'is them dumb danes on the ives
coast wearin' pants. They don
have any shame. You'll never catcf
me in pants! I take that fashion a
a personal INSULT"
But by the same token, the com
ing fashions are a personal tribute
to Mae West, the little Brooklyn
girl who vowed by Venus that
world should come to her own gen
erous ideas of the feminine figure.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
TAXI DRIVER HELD UP
Negroes Take Ride, So and Cab and
Then Abandon 1t.

Two Negroes boarded a taxi Fri
day night at Capitol avenue and
Sixteenth street and ordered the
driver to take them to Hadley and
Patterson streets, where they held
up the driver, James Farrell, Is, of
the Dakota hotel.
They took 50 and his cab from
him. The car later was found
abandoned in the 600 block Worth
street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
WRECK KILLS ENGINEER
Trains Crash When Meet Order Is
Overlooked.
By United Press

AMIGO, w. Va, Sept. e.-James
w Crotty, locomotive engineer, was
killed here Friday and six other
trainmen were injured when a
freight and passenger train crashed
head-on on the Virginia railroad.
Crotty was believed to have over
looked orders TO meet" the freight
train here. He was driving the pas
senger locomotive. None of the pas
SengerS was hurt.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
Auto Injuries Fatal

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Ind, Sept. g.
Mrs. Alice Blair rs, Washington,
died late Friday in DavieSs county
hospital from injuries received in an
automobile accident at Shoals few
hours earlier. Mrs. Carrie Flagg,
driver of the car, was hurt seriously.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
Funeral Services Set

Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie
Firestone, 43, will be held at 10
Monday in the Moore & Kirk
funeral home, 1880 Station street.
Burial will be in Anderson cemetery.
Mrs. FireStone died Friday at her
home, 1920 Wood street, after a
long illness.
Survivors, are the husband, Charles
Firestone, and seven children, Cliff
ford, Harry, Billie, Cora, Robert,
Maude and Leroy Firestone.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
QUIZ SLUGGER SUSPECT
Detectives Await Recovery of
Woman to View Negro.

Held as a suspect n the smuggling
of Miss Steena Harding, 61-year- old
housekeeper at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Saul Munter, 1915 North Della
ware street, Thursday night, Will
liam Jones, 80, Negro, 1106 East Sew
enteenth street, is being quizzed by
detectives.
Jones' case Friday was continued
to Wednesday, pending Miss Hard
ing's recovery. AS soon as her con-
dition permits. she will view Jones
in an effort to identify him as the
slugger.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
CRAVING FOR MELON
LEADS TO JAIL CELL
Vague Answers Of Negro Result in
Five-Day Sentence.

Ernest Tisdale, Negro. is in Jail
today bemoaning his bad luck in
being a resident Of Indianapolis.
He and six other Negroes appeared
Friday before Municipal Judge VIII
liam H. Shaeffer, following theft OF
1900 cucumberS and eight water
melons from a truck.
The SIX gave various addresses,
all outside OF Indianapolis. They
we're given two hours 10 get out Of
The city. But TiSdale. who was
vague about where he lived on East
street, was sent 10 jail for five days
Tor larceny.
The cucumberS and melons were
stolen Thursday from a truck driven
by Harry Newsom, 1886 Fletcher ave-
nue.. after the Negroes were granted
a request for a ride.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
Actress Will Wed

By United Press
NEW YORK, Sept. edith
Evans, IS, Des Moines, actress who
appeared in the cast of "Evensong''
in New York and London, and Ray
mond Maher, 80, Friday obtained a
license to marry. 1t will be Miss
Evans second marriage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
City Industrial ShOW TO
Be Held at HeLdhOuse
FIND CLEW TO BANDITS
Partial Identification Reported in
City Bank HOldup.

Tentative identification has been
made of five of eight men in a
bandit gang which obtained $4,000
Wednesday in a holdup of the State
Bank of Massachusetts, Avenue.
Detectives refuse to reveal the
names of the five men, pointing out
that the partial Identification was
based on Bertillon photographs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09

4 ND is Mae pleased? Say!
IA Listen: "I always knew that
men, and women, too, preferred to
see us with the natural curves
that God gave us. 1t was all a
mistake-a great, fatal mistake,
this giving womens clothes a
straight line.
81 think this return to the
graceful, comfortable curves of
yesteryear will be a wonderful
thing for the women Of America"
continues Mae. "It will improve
their health, give them vitality
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09

will see modern version of the
woman of twenty-five years ago.
The curves and swerveS of the
Naughty Nineties are back. Long,
tight skirts, trailing the ground.
Tight, short jackets with puff
sleeves. Big hats, with feathers
again in evidence. Flowers, and
fashy diamond accessories. Skirts
that narrow below the knee, and
then are out again into a modi-
fled train. A revival of the days
when women were women, and
men were glad of it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
POISON SUSPECT PLANS
HIS FIGHT FOR LIFE
Lawyers Are Appointed for Akron
Attorney in Death Case.
By United Press

Attorney in Death Case.
By United Press
BENTON, Ark, Sept. 9.-TWo at
torneys named by the court today
began planning the defense of Mark
H. Shank, Akron. o., attorney
charged with fatally poisoning four
members of the Alvin Colley family
Of Akron.
Shank took a pauper's oath when
arraigned in court Friday and Judge
Thomas E. FOLEY appointed N. A.
Mcdaniel and Kenneth Coffelt, both
Of Benton, to conduct his defense.
Judge E. H. Boylan, Akron, who
came here with Mrs. Shank, acted
as legal adviser to the accused STAY
er. Shank did not enter a plea to
the charges, although the indict-
mentS were read to him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
Former Resident Is Dead

An illness of six months caused
the death Thursday of Mrs. Flora
Doerr Ellis, 81, at her home in
Richmond, according to word re-
ceived here by her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs: ]. H. Doerr.
Mrs. Ellis was born in Indian
apolis and went to Richmond thirty
years ago. Survivors are the par
ents and sister, Mrs. Ralph Little,
Richmond.
Funeral services will be held at 4
Sunday at her home. Burial will be
in Earlham cemetery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
Dies After short Illness

Following a short illness, Miss
Catherine Kortepeter, II, lifelong
resident of Marion county, died
Thursday at her home on state
Road %.
Funeral service will be held at 2
Sunday in the j. c. Wilson funeral
home, 1890 Prospect street. Burial
will be in Greenwood cemetery.
Mrs. Kortepeter was member of
Emmanuel Reformed church. Sur
vivorS are a brother, F. W. Kortepe-
ter, and sister, Mrs. F. w. Huck-
riede, Poland.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09
BY WILLIS THORNTON,
MA Service Writer

NEW YORK, Sept. 9. - When
~ Mae West emerged from her
ten days as a guest Of New York
City at its Welfare Island resort,
she came forth as a conquering
heroine.
That the city had sent her there
because twelve good men and true
decided her play, Sex" was in
decent, made no difference. Wom-
ems clubs hailed her as a social
force, and Broadway at last adj
mitted that she was big shot.
The dozen plays" which her
stay at Welfare had inspired her
TO write did not mateifalize i'm
mediately. She fooled around with
The Drag" which was too
strong" 70 bring even to Broad
way, and This Wicked Age"
Neither came to anything.
Then suddenly Diamond Lii"
exploded on Broadway like
Payne's fireworks. Mae Vests
flippant pen, her feline wriggle,
and her husky, croony voice
made Diamond Liz into some
thing everybody just had to see.
The story Of the lady who took
her funds where she found them
was not distinguished, but the
costumes of the Lillian Russell
era, the purring lines like Il amt
icel" and "Cmon up and see me
some time-any time!" set up a
new character in theater lore to
stand beside the Sadie Thompson
of Rain"
DIAMOND LII" ran on and
- on, and finally came the
clarion call of Hollywood which
comes to all good little actresses
sooner or later. Diamond Lii"
became "She Done Him Wrong"
in the movies, and millions in
stead of thousands were able to
hear She's Only a Bird in a
GiIded Cage" and the films
thoroughly disinfected version Of
Frankie and Johnnie"
But, more important, millions
of women saw the glamorous
gowns of Diamond Lii, with their
generous revelations of these and
those, this and that. And what's
more, the French dreSsmakers
saw them, too.
Fashion reporters saw several Of
the more distinguished couturiers
popping with great regularity in
and out Of cinemaS showing She
Done Him Wrong"
The result was that fashionists
agree that this coming season
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-09

This Is the final story in a series Of
three on Mae West the buxom actress,
who - restoring curves 70 feminine
favor.
Evening star., 1933-10-05

at the shoulder. The whole effect is
one of smartnesS and elegance.
Now for one more dress which can
change its mood like tightening. 1t is
a dinner gown Of black rough crepe,
with flowing, elbow-length sleeves. Like
SO many Of the dreSsier frocks, there is
an added fullness from the knees to the
hem. The only touches to relieve the
severity Of the gown are two large, gilt
tering buttons on the narrow black belt
and q button of similar design on each
shoulder. If the wearer wishes to create
q sudden and startling effect she but
tons back the bottoms of her elbow
length sleeves with the button that Is
on the shoulder and reveals that her
simple little frock has its sleeves lined
with glitering silver metallic cloth,
which stands out wide around the arms,
giving an extremely unusual and chic
effect. With the first glimpse of the
silver cloth the dress takes on charac-
ter and charm, it becomes a success and
the evening becomes one with it.
And lastly, for the most carefree,
gayest mood Of all-the evening mood,
which comes over milady somehow when
she is dressing and suddenly makes her
feel that her new makeup, her wave
and, most important of all, her new
dress, are going to make the evening
'one of those evenings" A new f1ow-
cred taffeta, such as we saw, is the sort
of thing that gives that glorious feeling
Its coloring is an unusually lovely COM
bination of red, green, black and pur-
pie, in soft tones which somehow give
an effect of rather misty outline and
skillful blending which is little un-
usual in howered taffeta. The whole
idea, by the way, of color combinations,
rather than a solid color for evening, is
very new. The front Of this gown has
moderately high neck and narrow
shoulder straps. From the neck to the
knees it hangs perfectly straight and
from there on the interest centers, for
a wide-flaring ruffle, added to the gown
by a small ruffle, reaches to the floor,
giving that delightful swishing sound
when you walk that no woman can re-
sist. The ruffle reaches to the floor and
widens toward the back until in the
middle Of the back it reaches its widest
point. At the bottom of the neck's
waist-deep v is large piece of the taf-
feta adroitly twisted and punched to
give the effect of huge bowlike hustle
The whole frock is little reminiscent
Of the nineties, but with the added
smartness and vivacity of 1888.
Evening star., 1933-10-05
College Hu1nor
BY JOS. J. FRISCH

what happened when the police
searched your houSe?"
1T was fine! We're thinking Of hav-
ing them do it again. They found the
front door key where my wife had hid
den it, penny stamp lost weeks ago
and four collar buttons. The Log.
A holdup man thinks the world owes
him a living, so he's always sticking up
for his observation-disclosures.
Putty good crop yer got there, Jeb
What'll it bring?"
"Weel, either SIS an acre by ths
bushel, or $500 by the gallon"
Rastus-Boy, when All kisses ma wife
she jes closes her eyes SO tight.
Sambo-Ill say she does.
Rastus-What??.'.
Sambo-Ah mean does she?-Red
Cat.
At 6 o'clock she laid out his dress
suit, shirt and studs. He did not appear
At IL o'clock she laid out his pajamas
He didn't turn up. At o'clock he came
in. And then she laid him out.-Owl
Heave a sigh for Tommy Trent,
Although We know which way he
went
We can't decide
Just how he died
From drinking three point two per
cent.-Punch Bowl
A pinch Of salt is greatly improved
by dropping It into a stein of beer
Rammer- -Jammer.
(Copyright. 1889
Evening star., 1933-10-05

~ URLED up, only partly hidden,
in some brush on top Of great
fiat rock in the middle of the
~ Laughing Brook lay Reddy Fox.
Across from him on the edge OF
the water stood black-and-whiteF Fox
Hound looking uncertainty up and down
and across the Laughing Brook. So far
had he followed Reddy's trail despite
all that Reddy had done to fool him
and break that trail. What would he
do now? Would he give up? Reddy
hoped he would. Or would he continue
to hunt for that lost trail?
That trail led out along a fallen tree
to the edge Of the water and there
ended. The Dog knew that once more
Reddy had taken to the water. He
had no doubt of 1t. The question was
which way had he gone-up, down or
across the Laughing Brook? The water
was very shallow and there were some
big stones scattered about in it, their
tops above water and dry. The Dog
waded out to one after another, sniff
ing at the dry top Of each. There was
no scent of Fox on any of them.
He returned to the shore and began
to work down this, making little short
circles back from the shore. shifting
along every old log and at the top Of
every old stump. Presently he disap-
peared around turn in the Laughing
Brook. Reddy grinned.
"I've fooled him." thought he He'll
give up before long"
But that dog wasn't the giving up