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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-14
BATTERED BODY
OF SCHOOLGIRL
FOUND IN GRAVE
Nude Remains Positively Identified by
Dentist as 6-Year-Old Nashville Girl,
First Believed Kidnapped.
VICTIM OF FIEND, OFFICIALS ASSERT
Childs Head Smashed by Blow, Rag Stuffed
in Mouth; Father Hurries Back From
New York Ransom Trip.


NASHVILLE Tenn, Nov. a. - The body of child
found shallow grave here identified positively
this afternoon that of Dorothy Ann Distehurst who
disappeared from a Nashville street Sept. 10.
j. Carlton Loser, Davidson county attorney general
nounced the definite Identification following Dr. Leonard
Pogues check of his records and examination of the bodys
dental work.
DR.. Pogue Nashville dentist who had worked on
Dorothys teeth vouched for the Identification He found
that single filling in of the bOdys teeth checked entcay
with his record of Dorothy.
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LA CUARD|A IN
PLEAFOR IDLE
New York Mayor Slams at
Relief Experts in Capt.
tai Farley.

By tHttcd Press
WASHINGTON, Nov. IA ring
ing appeal for immediate action to
combine relief proposals and unem-
ployment insurance into an ade-
quate program of security for Amer.
ica's workers was made here this
afternoon by Mayor Fforello La
Guardia of New York.
Mayor La Guardia, plunging his
fiery personality into a staid and
dignif1ed gathering of experts at the
national security conference, plead
ed for direct action rather than the
temperate deliberations of experts
and economists.
You can not separate relief from
unemployment insurance" he in
formed the somewhat startled con-
ferees. ANY legislation that we get
will not be written by experts. If
we wait for the economists to do it
We will never get anywhere.
I'VE must have immediate action
bv congress"
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to find that she is blind. They
were waiting until she had I'm
ished breathing out her loneliness
for Lawrence Willett, her sight
less eyes glistening with unshed
tears.
Mrs. Willett is rs. Twenty-four
wears ago, romance lowered for
her in a home for the blind when
she met Lawrence, who then was
40. He. too. was blind, Of course,
but she knew the Braille system
and he did not.
That brought them together.
They'd sit together in the eve
nings at the blind home, he lis
tening while her tiny fingers sped
over the raised letters and opened
to him the world of books.
THUS romance came to them.
Il A little late in life, perhaps,
but just as precious to them as the
tempestuous love Of youth.
They had little. but each other,
but in so having. had all the more.
1t wasn't strange that they'd want
a little place of their own and
when falling health forced him TO
quit work in the broom factory at
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lands LOSING
HIS FIGHT FOR
LIFE, IS FEAR
ConqreSSman-E Elect Suffers
Relapse; Relatives Are
Called to Side.
BROTHER is SUM M0NED
Only Republican to Win in
Election Sinking at
Hospital.
By United Press

BY tHitGH FffSS
LOGANSPORT, Ind, Nov. IA
The condition of Frederick Lands,
Logansport, Second district con-
gresham ELECT who is seriously i'll
with pneumonia, took sudden turn
for the worse today.
Mr.. Lands wife and children
and his brother, Kenesaw Noun
tain Lands, high commissioner OF
baseball, were called to his bedside
in Cass county hospital, indicating
that grave fear for his lie was felt.
Mr.. Lands was the only Repub-
lican to be elected to congress from
Indiana Nov. 6. He has been i'll for
several weeks and was unable to
participate in the last part Of his
campaign.
Mr.. Lands, graduate of the
Michigan law school, 1895, first en-
tered politics in 1902 when he was
elected to congress as Republican.
He served in the fifty eighth and
fifty-ninth congresses until he was
defeated for reelection in the fall
of 1906. He then returned to Lo-
gansport to begin his writing career.
He returned to public life in 1912
when he was one of the organizers
of the Progressive party. He was
temporary chairman of the partys
first state convention and the same
year was defeated as the Progressive
candidate for Lieutenant Governor
of Indiana He also was a delegate
to the party's 1912 national conven-
ton.
Mr.. Lands is the author of The
Glory of His County" THE Angel of
Lonesome Hill" and Days Gone
Dry" His plays include THE Peo-
pie Are Coming" THE Copperhead, ;"
co-author; THE Water Wagon" and
Montana"
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Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells Here Comes
Santa One and Only St. Nicholas

Santa Claus by the committee in
charge in this city.
All local clubs, churches, schools,
women's organizations, bands,
musical units, and individuals will
be asked to cooperate in making
the affair a success and citizens
are urged to do their part, how
ever small or large. when called
upon by the committee.
Let's all work together to make
Friday. Nov. 30 day long to be
remembered.
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soring the appearance of Santa
Claus here, the jovial old st. Mich
olas will bring the reindeer that
have been whisking him to all
points Of the globe each Christmas
eve for so many hundred years.
And with them will appear
natives of other lands. beautiful
features of every description. girls
and boys in beautiful, colorful
costumes and uniforms.
A mammoth reception is being
arranged in honor Of the visit of
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SHARP UPTURN
DISCLOSED IN
BUSINESS HERE
Conditions Are Generally
Better. City Leaders
Say in Survey.
BANK CLEARINGS liked
Minority Feels Situation Is
Worse; Election Effect
ProbIematical.

A decided upward trend IN in
dustriaI. commercial and financial
activity here was found today by
The Indianapolis Times in an in
dependent survey Of some Of the
citv's leading concerns.
These facts stood out:
I. Monthly bank clearings are up
sharply for the year, indianapolis
clearing house figures show, with
marked increase in the last three
months as compared with those OF
last year.
2. Many indianapolis firms report
business increases over the period Of
the year and express optimism for
the future. one reporting an increase
of as much as % per cent in its bust
ness.
3. There is. at the same time. a
decided minority which reports bust
ness no better. or in some cases,
even worse than it was at this time
p wear ago. Some OF this group
have nothing but pessimiSm as they
view the future.
Lesser factors bore out the story
Of advance from depression told by
many OF the business leaders.
Savings Accounts Increase
Banks reported greater numbers
Of savings accounts-one had dou-
bIed its savings department patrons
and Christmas savings account.
to be distributed around Dec. l, were
up as much as IS per cent in some.
These annually provide a stimulus
to holiday trade.
Efforts to determine what effect
the recent election results might
have had on business were met, for
the most part. with statements that
not enough time had elapsed to es-
tablish that effect, If any. Many,
however, expressed pleasure that the
election was past. Some of those
with bad reports and pesSimistic
views were inclined to lay the blame
for the condition OF their industries
on administration policies.
The table Of bank clearingS. show
ing a rise in every month this year,
except February. over the corre-
spending month last year, follows:
~
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4 Dog s Life
BY Leon F. Whitney

Why has no one ever devised
certain mental tests for dogs and
then gone about it to select indi-
viduals which are superior to the
general run of dogs. so that they
can thus originate a breed, simply
and solely on the basis of great
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more costly than breeding one of
the established breeds and it ought
to be the simplest thing on earth
to sell such puppies, because there
are millions of people who don't
care much about the appearance of
their dogs as long as they have a
high order of intelligence.
Probably if some one did under
take such thing, they would find
their best choosing for the original
stock among the old fashioned
shepherd dogs which one still finds
among the farms of the country.
I have known of many great dogs
which have seemed mentally de-
veloped to an unusual degree and
by far the greater number of them
have been these old dogs that most
people have forgotten all about.
Personally I doubt very much if
there ever has been a breed of dog
developed for general, rather than
specific mental aptitudes, which
measure up to these old dogs.
They are not registered, and are
only pets, but what wonderful pets
they makel You find them herding
cattle, taking the children to school,
and being generally useful. They
are among the most intelligent if
not the most intelligent dogs in the
world.
If you follow these articles on
color inheritance you will soon be
able to tell what color puppies your
bitch will whelp.
Tomorrow there will be something
more about this phase Of breeding.
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mental aDlllCy! IL
would be a great
accomplishment.
Every now and
then we hear of
dogs that possess
unusual m e n t a |
ability. There are
those which learn
commands W i t h
the greatest ease,
and these dogs
frequently do this
so much easier
than other dogs
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-14

DOWN from the North Pole.
IL the land OF eternal snow and
ice. comes an announcement
through The Indianapolis Times
that will electrify the citizens of
indianapolis. On Friday. Nov. 30,
the one and only Santa Claus will
appear in this city for gigantic
and spectacular parade that will
eclipse anything this community
has ever seen.
Through special arrangements
with The Times. which Is spon-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-14

"The nude body of the girl
found late yesterday in a shall
low grave on the grounds of
the Davidson county tuber-
culOsis sanitarium is that of
Dorothy Ann Distelhurst,"
Mr.. Loser said.
The child was murdered. The
left side of her head crushed by
blow from a hammer. There was
a rag stuffed in her mouth. De-
partment of justice agents, state and
county officers are working together
to learn the motives behind the
crime and and ascertain who per-.
petrated it,"
Temporarily abandoning the the
Dry that the child was kidnapped,
officers began thorough investiga-
ton of the murder theory and the
possibility that a hit-and-run driver
might have injured her fatally and
buried the body.
Fiend Slayer Hunted
The father, A. E. Distelhurst, was
en- route to Nashville by airplane
from New York where he had been
attempting a contact with senders
of notes demanding $4,000 ransom.
In shelving the kidnap angle,
with the conclusions that Dorothy's
fate was similar to that of the Lind
bergh baby, officers leaned TO the
theory that fiend murdered the
girl and hastily buried the body in
the isolated spot on the state insti-
tuition grounds where two Negro en-
ployes found it yesterday.
The ransom notes, officers
thought, were sent either by an &C.
centric or some one who believed
they could capitalize on the childs
disappearance.
Ransom Notes Received
The family had received num-
Der of ransom demands since the
child's disappearance. Many of them
Immediately were proved bogus.
The mother, Mrs. Distelhurst.
broke under the two-months' strain
when she received the news OF the
definite Identification from her
brother, Ionic Hamilton, at The
family cottage in East Nashville.
Dorothy, shortly after noon Sept.
10, started alone from kindergarten
for the eight block walk to her
home. When she did not appear at
home for the evening meal, the par
ents reported her missing.
Officers and volunteers combed
the area several times without find
ing any trace of the child or any
definite clews with the exception OF
several blood stains on the pave
ment and in a brush spot.
Federal Agents Busy
Investigators were convinced that
the murderer uSesd an automobile,
as the makeshift grave where the
child's body was found is nearly six
miles from the vicinity of her home.
Department of justice agents
withdrew at the time when the IA
ther was attempting to meet de-
mands Of ransom notes, but actively
renewed investigation today with
Of the body.
None Of the officials indicated that
an early arrest was expected.
Mr. Distelhurst is moderate sal
aried employe of the Methodist Pub
fishing Company. a local concern.
He went TO New York City last
after receiving several
notes demanding ransom. The father
and friend. who preceded him to
the city, both carried out instruc-
tons of the messages, but made TO
contact even after printing ads III
ew York papers. Mr., Distelhurst
said no was Willing m nau The * non
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-14
TWO KILLED IN BLAST
AT CHEMICAL PLANT
Third Man Seriously Injured in
Valley Forge Explosion.
By United Press

By United Press
NORRISTOWN, Pa, Nov. IA
Two men were killed and a third
was injured seriously this afternoon
when an explosion followed by fire
wrecked the Valley Forge Chemical
Company plant at King-of Prussia.
The dead: Gilmour Kirschner, %,
and Heinrich, 26.
John B. Cleveland, 26. was blown
partly through wall of the two
story concrete block building. The
explosion occurred during the lunch
hour.
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STRANGER KILLED HERE
IN AUTOMOBILE MISHAP
Unidentified Man, About so. IL
Struck While Crossing Street.

An unidentified man, apparently
about so, died this morning after
being struck by an automobile
driven by Clarence C. Bray. Bridge
port, Ind. at Madison and Park
way avenues.
witnesses said that the victim.
who was shabbily dressed and who
hand a three or four-day growth of
beard. had stepped in front of the
on-coming car. He died in an am
bulance while being taken to city
hospital.
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that there is no comparison.
Why hasn't some one mated such
dogs and tried in every way to breed
a strain which would be superior to
anything ever before known in dog
dom? Surely it would not be any
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-14
Fire Levels COLLEGE BuiIding

HIRAM. o., Nov. 1.-THE main
administration building Of Hiram
college was in ruins today following
a fire which caused sl25.000 dam
age. Records Of the college were
saved.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-14
FACULTY SQUABBLE is
FATAL TO PROFESSOR
Former New York Dean Dies Sud
denly After Stormy Meeting

UVUTV NTTCT NTOTTIN NIttTIng
81 THifcd Press
NEW YORK. Nov. 14-Dr. Daniel
W. Redmond. So. former dean Of the
College Of the City Of New York.
dice Of heart disease aboard a street
car late yesterday after a stormy
faculty meeting that resulted IN OK
pulSion OF twenty-one students for
anti-FaSciSt rioting.
DR.. Redmond's associates said eX-
element OF the long and heated
faculty discussion aggravated a
chronic cardiac condition. The fac
ulty disciplined thirty-seven stu
dents charged with melting anti
Fascist riots in the great hall four
weeks ago.
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Till Death DO Us Part
Romance Born in School for Blind Is Ended "a
Years Later by Death
a. TimeR Snccinl


1.-two bury policemen avoided eacn others eyes
u abashedy while he lavender
the return OF her husband
1926 South Albany
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RILEY PARROT DEAD;
BURIED NEAR HOME
76-Year-OId Pet of HOOsier Poet
Favored Ice Cream.

Favored ice OTtdH.
Polly. last surviving pet of James
Whitcomb Riley, Hoosier poet, is
dead. She lies buried today beneath
the bedroom window Of the poet S
old home on Lockerbie street.
Polly, who stuffed herself on ice
cream and meats, and who dunked
her bread. but ignored regulation
parrot food, was rs years old when
she died Monday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore M. Weiss,
1864 North Delaware street, took
care of the bird from the time Mr..
Riley died until its death. Mr.. Weiss
was a close friend of the poet.
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Cooling of 15-Year-Old
Girls Love for Mate, p,
Brings Murder, Suicide
.yTimesSDeciai

NHEDORA 1.-THE body Dorothy Hunsucker,
wi school
ended
suicide today this still
village quiet hills of and
Buffalo ~ Y whence three
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NRA INEFFICIENCY LAID
TO GREED OF FACTIONS
Recovery Act Author Raps Selfish
bOr-InduStriaI Groups.

Labor industrial Groups.
By United Press
SAGINAW, Mich, Nov 14.-Labor
and industry factions destroyed eff
fectiveness of the NRA, Henry H.
Hermann, executive manager of the
National Association of Credit Men
and an assistant in drafting the re-
covery act, said in an address here
last night.
Labor injured effectiveness of the
act by seeking to unionize the coun-
try, and industry by seeking price
fixing agreements to insure re-
Enumeration for depression losses,
Mr.. Hermann declared.
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MASON MURDER TRIAL
TO BE STARTED SOON

Jones Staying Suspect to Face
Court Second Time.
Retrial of William H. (Willie)
Mason, one of the alleged slayerS of
Police Sergeant Lester Jones in the
Peoples Motor Coach Company ga
rage holdup two years ago, on a
murder charge, will begin soon,
Prosecutor Herbert E. Wilson an
nounced today.
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Famous Author Is Dead

Famous Author Is Dead
By Hited Press
ABERDEEN, Scotland, Nov. IA
John Joy Bell, famous author,
playwright and humorist, died today
at So after a brief illness.
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Mac Arthur Temporarily Retained
81 nifeS Press
WASHINGTON. Nov. 14.-General
Douglass Mac Arthur. whose term
Or once as chief Of staff OF the army
expires Nov. 20. will be held on tenn
porsrily. At least until Dec. 5. PreSi-
dent Roosevelt indicated today.
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In the Air

In the Air
Weather conditions at 9 a. M:
Northeast wind, fifteen miles an
hour; barometric pressure, 30.45 at
sea level; temperature, 80; general
conditions. clear: ceiling. unlimited;
visibility, two miles, south. smoky.
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Bank CIearings

concerns and business men follow:
Ford Motor Comparative are 90
per cent over last year in number OF
units sold. Our plans are for 40
per cent further increase over this
year in keeping with the national
increase set as the goal by Henry
Ford. Naturally. We are optimistic.
but We must let Mr.. Foyd's nation
allv read statement of last week
snaak for us.
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AGAIN HEADS w. C. T. u.
Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith Is Re
Elected at Cleveland.
By United Press

By IHITfG I'TfSs
CLEVELAND, Nov. 14.-Mrs. Ida
B. Wise Smith, Evanston, H., today
was reelected national president OF
the Women's Christian Temperance
Union. in convention here.
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T0DAY'S WEATHER

Tomorrows sunrise, $50 a. M;
sunset, 4:29 p. m
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Employment Gains Noted

Chevrolet Motor Corporation Il.
". Berger. Zone Msnager)-Sslss
have Jumped by leaps and bounds
over last year. particularly in the
last week or TWO. In the first ten
DAYS 81 November our sales showed
a 66 % per cent increase over those
Of the first ten DAYS OF October. We
did more business in the first ten
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Do you have a dog problem Address
communica tions 20 Leon 2 Whitney care
The Indianapolis Times incloslng three
cent stamped addressed envelope for reply.
Milford chronicle., 1934-10-05
BISHOPVILLE

The Ladies Aid Society will meet
at the home of Mrs. James Loughrey
on Friday evening. A special request
is made that all members be pres
ent.
Mrs. Esman Hudson and family
and Mrs. Virginia Richards are
spending this week with Mrs. Sailie
Workman and family at Chester,
Pa.
Bob Smith of Baltimore spent a
few days of last week with his fam
lily here.
Miss Nell Ringler of Georgetown
was the weekend guest of her mo-
ther, Mrs. LYDIA Ringler.
. The Misses Irma Birmingham and
Josephine Warren of the State Nor
NAL School at Salisbury were home
with their parents over the week.
end.
Mrs. Ida Hudson of Georgetown
was a recent guest of her daughter.
Mrs. Alfred Nelson and family.
MIR. and Mrs. Edward Savage and
son of Chincoteague Island. Va.
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Hudson and family last week.
Mrs. Harry Ringler and Herman
Cropper accompanied Miss Mar
guerite Ringler to Westminster,
Md. where she will enter her jun
ior year at Western Maryland Col
lege.
Milford chronicle., 1934-10-05

day at their cottage at Fenwick
Island and entertained to dinner,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Donoway, of Pitts
vile, Mr., and Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Smith and two children of Salisbury,
Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank w. Holloway,
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer M. Holloway and
son Frank Marshall, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Cecil Powell in Cape Charles,
Va, on Sunday.
Mrs. Horace Pepper and son
Sherman Monroe. Mrs. Norman Jar
Wis and. son, Norman, Jr., attended
a birthday party on Saturday given
by Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Adkins, Jr.,
at their home near Fenwick Island,
in honor of their little. daughter
Patsy's 3rd birthday anniversary.
Bridge Luncheon
The Misses Grace Long and Kath-
ryn Quillen entertained at a five
table bridge luncheon at the home
of the formers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. A. Long near Roxana, on
Saturday, with the following guests
present: Miss Natalie Hamilton Of
HarbeSon, Mrs. Harry 0Conoway,
Georgetown, Miss Kitty Gray and
Miss Marie Baker, DagsbOro, Miss
Betty Phillips and Miss Ann Upsher,
Berlin, Md. Mrs. J. Conn Scott. Mrs.
Milo Clark, Mrs. Emory Stevens.
Mrs. J. Covington Townsend. Mrs.
Vaughn Murray, Miss Christie Bak-
er. Miss Rebecca Hobson, Miss Mil
dred Wentz. Mrs. Clifton Hastings,
Mrs. Peter Whaley, Mrs. Harold
Timmons and Mrs. Wilfred Adkins
Of this town. Mrs. Conn Scott won
first prize; Miss Marie Baker second
prize; Miss Mildred Wentz low, and
Miss Natalie Hamilton floating
prize.
On Oct. 11th. Thursday evening.
an old-fashioned chicken supper at
he club room, benefit of the Home
Society; price 35 cents |
per plate.