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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12
BY NORMAN E. ISAACS
Times News Editor

of adheres the
~ All city pictured ferocious busng
shouting telephones
tell he can't me-
Exhibit "a James DoSs city editor OF
Indianapolis Times Mr. Doss hammered soft
take
having raised his voice
abe
full of the wordhe reads constantly
individual himself his
Quick the trigger with qup he is alleged never
caught exchange OF verbal blows
decided opinions he will debate issue for hours
words of the best
Slim and under height
well written and his coffee black
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q
IT'S full name is Saurie James
H Doss Jr., but he prefers the
James because he charges that
people maliciously mangle the
first name-a family one. Born
in Bartholomew county, near Co
lumbus. on Feb. %, 1903, James
spent practically all of his child
hood days in the south.
Back in Columbus, he was edu-
Gated in the high school there and
admits he went away to school,
but doesn't elaborate. He was
given his first newspaper job by
the late Don Mellett, militant
crusader, whose death at Canton,
O., at racketeers' hands was a ma
tional sensation several years ago.
Mr.. Mellett then was managing
editor of the nov defunct Colum-
bus Ledger, and our James started
his newspaper career in making
the railroad stations for personals
and covering the morgue.
His progress was rapid and soon
he was allowed to cover circuit
court. And Jim'S biggest news
paper thrill dates back to those
days.
He rode to the scene of muir
der in a taxicab with the sheriff,
the prosecuting attorney and the
city editor of the opposition paper.
Jim had a high opinion of the
city editors in those days and it
tickled his vanity to be on an
assignment with the opposition
city editor.
Jim confeSSes it was only
"mine-run' murder, in which
tenant farmer had slain his en-
ployer with two blasts from a
shotgun. Vaguely, James recalls
that the affair had some aspects
of a triangle, but nevertheless it
was a real-for-sure murder, and
somehow the murders Jim has
covered since have seemed pretty
tame incidents to him.
IRON Columbus Jim went to
Il Fl. Wayne, where he worked
on the Journal-Gazette and
served four years as the sports
editor of the Fl. Wayne News
Sentinel. He had a short SEN
tence" on the Chicago Herald
Examiner and has been with The
Times Tor the last five years.
While in Fl. Wayne, Mr.. Doss
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: BY DAVID DTFTZ -

AF1O Strldes have been made in the field of
engineering and particularly that of electrical
engineering during the last twelve months Some NJ
theSe accomplishments are summarized in ren,rt
prepared by engineers Of the westinghouse Electric
ana Manufacturing Company one of the largest
concerns of its kind in the world
one OF the largest, as well as one of the most
important engineering jobs now under wav is The
fabricating and welding of the eight huge water
gates to regulate the intake towers at Boulder Dam
Four million pounds Of steel and other metals will
go INTO these gates and it will take eight and half
mics OF Ilnear welding TO put them together
Two OF the largest Waterwheel generators in the
United States are also under construction for this
project. Each is rated at 81 500 klowatts
sui larger generator, but of ifferent sort
is the new turbine generator being built for the
Philadelphia Electric Company. 1t is rated at
Io5555 KlIoWatts. The rotor, or rotating unit Of
this generator is thrtytwo feet long Although the
etnclency OF this machine will be remarkably high
It's losses at full load mainly in the form of heat
VIII amount to 1000 kilowatts, enough to light a
fair-sized town.
A TUNNEL, $500 feet long, leading from Boston,
n under the harbor to East Boston, will be COM
pleted during the year. One of the problems con-
nected with the tunnel is that of ventilation and
lighting. Both, naturally must be unfailing.
Fourteen motor-driven blowers and fourteen
exhausters will take of the ventilation problem.
The tunnel is being equipped with four separate
electric feeder lines, arranged that even If three
went out of commission, electrical service and light
ing will still be maintained. u
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12
Keeping Up With the DeniGIs

IF Elmer Davis only kept up with the denlals as
i we'll as the news he would have learned that
both Alexander Woollcott and Dorothy Parker have
disclaimed the bon mots at which he cavils. saw
a wire from Robert Benchley, and although it was
trife cryptic I gathered that he was mad. My
vague impression was that he was chiefly mad at
me with the New York Times and the capitalist
system running neck and neck for second place in
the Lack Lustre Stakes.
I thought that in swearing of sense of humor
I might win a few friends. 1t hasn't worked that
wav Particularly I can't understand why a man
who can be funny on regular schedule three days
every week should have it in for me. When cast
off my sense of humor did not precisely toss away
pearls of great price. merely deteclarized myself
Copyright 1884 by Times
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12

liner on the Lyric stage this
week is the dialect comedian,
Senator" Murphy, W h o S e
senatorial quips concerning the
condition of the country and
other momentous questions are,
at times, most fitting, if not so
proper. He presents his address"
with the house lights on, and the
effect is that OF a real political
speech.
Variety is added to the bill with
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12
Life Study of Esi0s Portrayed Screen at the Palace
Acting of Sylvia Sdey Fredric March Rescues Dab Movie
by WALTER d. HICKMAN

VIII d 11IO1A1EIzA1N
whatever his method is, he deliv-
ers the goods.
Beautifully, Sylvia Sidney por-
trays the part of the poor, dis
illusioned girl, who thought that
there still was some good left in
the world, and proved it. Miss
Sidney also proves that she is
the ideal teammate for March.
If you care for Fredric March
or Sylvia Sidney, or even if you
get a thrill out of just plain
good acting" you may like the
picture, Good Dame"
Now at the Circle.-(By the OBJ
Servpr)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12

adaptation of Zane Grey's story.
1t is rip-roaring melodrama done
in the typical western mode, STAR
ring Randolph Scott, Barbara
Fritchie, and Monte Blue.
Now at the Lyric. (By the OBJ
corUpY-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12

:. Inc present heavyweight champion of the world
Is Uankrupt and the proprietors of the baseball firms
SaIo that no other ball player ever will make as
only $4,000 year -'-0 'Af'Aiiiuil was
oo,,1 oIe writing business, however, the Young man
i ToGn al least aspire to 100000 year some wears
would be encouraged to know that even ~; ,'u lie
LINES as these there many writer's in practice
WHO oQtScore the Babes maximum salary bv a MAJ
the ball club " GIL Uile resi- OF
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12

THOSE who are interested in
Il the morals of the Eskimo will
be interested in the w. S. VAN
Dyke directed movie, Eskimo"
If wanted to be f1ippant and
remembering the funny escapades
of travelling statesmen in "Conven-
ton City," I would say that all
Eskimo men have the alleged
travelling salesman instinct.
Eskimo is not a Hollywood
made production, but actually
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12
Travel Films to Be Shown

First of series of travel pictures
will be shown at tonight in the
Indiana university extension di-
vision by Ford L. Lemler, I. U.
visual instruction department di-
rector. The pictures will cover
Alaska, Hawaiian and Philippine
islands, the Bahamas and Jamaica.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12

story the betCer.
1t concerns a
certain young
and attractive
C oruS girl,
played by Miss
Sidney, and a
young and at
tractive ard
sharp, played by
March. T h e y
meet on the
grounds Of the
carnival show for
which the card
expert is working.
His nal lifts the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12

filmed IN the lar
north in the home
of the Eskimo.
The EskimoS are
not actors, but
types chosen by
Director V a n
Dyke. The only
professional act
ors in the cast
are Mr.. VanDyke,
who p a y S a
northern p Ollie e
role, and Peter
Freuchen, an au-
thority upon Es-
kin0 life and a
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12

blues" singer.
S h e depends
upon the love-
illness of her nat
uraI voice and the
charm of her
pers on atty to
put her song over.
None of the hi
delhi stuff for
Miss Pursell. AT
the performance
I attended, she
was called back
for S e V e r a l
encoreS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12

run I'D to the hospital and get
a funny story from him If he's
still conscious.
And when Mr.. Doe marIles'
elopes. dies or gets the Nobel
nrize he still will find his favor
tie sayings a little mangled IN
the rush to make the first eol-
ton. He is a noted wit, and ne
must stand and deliver. To be
sure. anything he says Will be
gratefully received. But unfor-
tunately for him anything ne
didn't say will be met with pre-
ciselv the same hospitality.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12
Fair Enough.
BY
Westbrook PeqIer

DO not know whether little boys still practice left
Il hooks and that fierce glover known the fight
ing face before their mirrors preparing to follow in
the steps of Jack Dempsey but if they do it only
right to intimate to them that times have changed.
Little boys who wish to become major league base
ball players might do well to consider the change,
too, now that Babe Ruth, who still receives the
highest salary in the baseball industry, has been
rod To nnn
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12
The Line of Pure Ethics

WE need not argue that this IS your etn Iai
w course But consider the temptation You
have come back from Newcastle with hands not only
clean but empty What will your city editor THINK OF
YOU? Now and again the temptation Is 100 much
for lis newspaper men. We simply write, MIS-
Parker said. Or vice versa" And we trust that IN
some mysterious and magical way it will turn into
epgram. e. -,
Naturally it is not my intention to malgn the
craft which Elmer Davis once adorned. Ihere are
raconteurs who attempt to play the role OF nre
horse and answer every alarm Not every failure OF
every noted wit can be blamed upon the reporters
imagination. For instance, the greatest wit OF our
age invariably tries to get off good one When ne
meets the press at dock or dinner. George Bernard
Shaw throws pearls where angels fear to tread
And I will admit that even in such Graeco-
F2oman encounters the old gentleman certainly can
catch-as-catch-can. But sometimes he fails, and
when a Shaw gag falls fiat it is ike the collapse
of a giant oak in the heart of a primitive forest
You see it sag and Shudder and then tumble relent
lessly Eardrums being lacking, there is no sound
As least think giant oak might fall like that IN
the heart of a trackless forest, although I never
saw one. have seen Mr.. Shaw ovipost and that is
agony enow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12
In City TheaterS

The Indiana is showing two
features, six of a Kind" and
Miss Fayne's Baby Is Stolen"
The Apollo continues with Caro-
lima" These pictures have been
reviewed in this department.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12
PurSeII Is a Treat

TUNE PURSELL, platinum blond
u singer of the radio, stage and
screen world, returns to her
home town this week to give the
Lyric patrons a treat. Her sing
ing style is not that of the usual
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12
II Seems TO Ne
By
Haywood Broun

ONE of the nastest accidents which can happen ~
" any one is to have his name ens t,So heading
.o5 VI, He would do better if milestone ~eie
bnng about his neck or if he bore the brand Oh OA'-
upon his forehead - t,+ MANY times
The noted wit does not ole once pu1 Ia him in
II, the funny stories written WIN al" dN
the columns Of the daily press. .v, +o,,
FRANK Doe has Just been mt oy a ad,tor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12
RED CROSS TO START
CLASS IN FIRST AID
Persons Over II Eligible for Ten
Lesson Course.

A course of ten lessons in first aid
instruction, sponsored by the In
dianapolis chapter of the American
Red Gross, will be conducted in the
American Legion building, TIT
North Meridian street.
Glasses, membership in which is
limited to persons over II, will be-
gin tomorrow night and will meet
every Tuesday thereafter. The
senior standard certificate will be
awarded those completing the
course.
DR.. Herbert T. Wagner, director
of first aid at the local Red Cross
chapter, will supervise the instruc-
ton.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12


If 1 were counsellor to a
young man of that age I would
advise him to trade in his box
ing gloves and his baseball
equipment toward a second
hand typewriter and a pound of
copy paper and to start putting
down words and phrases. True.
he might never get past the
greeting-cards and the pulps,
and always find himself outside
the money. but, as a fighter, he
never might go beyond the semi
finals and, in baseball, he might
fail against curve-ball pitching
and always find himself a minor
Lacquer.
And even if he should become
the heavyweight champion of
the world or the new Babe Ruth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12
Good Acting in This

CPLENDID acting in a rather
~ drab and colorless vehicle is
the answer to Good Dame" the
picture starring Fredric March
and Sylvia Sidney at the Circle
this week.
The less said about the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12
WE MAKE YOUR NEWSPAPER
m Dos-Nezer at Loss When 1t Comes to Handling Wo

article indianapolis series about the
OF its ii J. editor
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12
The Fate of a Noted Wit

noted wit watches for
i papers the day after the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-02-12

Next-The author.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-05
APPRAISER CLARIFIES
TAX ON INTANGIBLES
Broden Issues Statement Hoping to
End Confusion.

In order to clear. if possible con-
fusion said to be existing among
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-05
RIPPLE
WILL DEMAND
SCHOOL FUNDS
Business Men viii Appear
Before Board to Ask
New Unit.

Undaunted by their failure to bor-
row federal public works funds for
erection Of a new building unit at
Broad Ripple high school, a group
of Broad Ripple business men will
appear before the school board
Tuesday night and demand action.
Supported by the Broad Ripple
Parent Teacher Association and
other interested citizens, they will
claim that an emergency exists
whereby the school city can go be-
yond the limit of its bonded debt
and borrow PWA funds.
The school has waited for many
years to have a new structure. The
classroons are too small, the lab
oratories are inadequate, the bal
cony has been condemned and there
are no fire escapes for four rooms,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-05

Many are the latest styles. Some are ARCH
SUPPORTS. Many sold for as high as $3.50
NOW ......................... ...............
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to the importance Of the immuniza-
ton, and members will be urged to
take children to doctors.
The American Legion has adopted
diphtheria immunization as one Of
its national projects. and has car
RED on an extensive work Of its
own in the state, previous to the
present campaign. Under the SUI
pervision Of DR.. c. R. Bird, state
rehabilitation chairman. 1850
children in the state have received
immuniZation. The work has been
done through the efforts of the
Forty and Eight. an organization
within the American Legion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-05

including a study hall, the group
will point.
In addition, the high school has
been refused admittance to the
North Central Association because
of an inadequate laboratory and Ii
brary. Broad Ripple is one Of three
high schools in all state county
seats which is classed with a con-
ditional commission.
G.. V. Carrier, Arthur Jordan
Foundation auditor, a representa-
tive of the business men, said to-
day that Tuesday night the group
will make definite recommendations
toward raising money for the
project.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-05

Later it was expanded to include
the state, she explained.
Undercurrent Of the prediction
drive at the statehouse is said to be
the slogan:
Stop Peters"
R. Earl Peters, who now is in
Washington comforting with Post
master General James A. Farley,
and who is former Democratic state
chairman and now a candidate for
the nomination for United States
senator, is referred to in the slogan.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-05
IMMUNIzATION-
WINS STAUNCH
LEGION BACKING
Necessity of NEGOTIATIONS to
Be Stressed at Each
Meeting.

Continued aid in the work of i'm
munization Of children in Marion
county against diphtheria will be
given by the American Legion posts,
and their auXiliaries, according to
an announcement made today.
Stress will be given in meetings
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-05
POLICE CAPTAIN is
SLAIN; KILLER HELD
Murdered When He Moves
to Halt Gunman.

By United Press
AMARILLO, Tex, Jan. 5.-Night
Police Captain Preston Burnam, SIS,
was shot and killed here today when
he sought to halt activities of a
gunman. A man identified by police
as Burnam's slayer was arrested.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-05

erty which they held prior to March
/, 1888, are notified that such tax
is good for a twelve-month period.
All taxpayers who own taxable
intangibles must pay 1888 tax not
later than Jan. 10.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-05
WOMEN IN JOBS
AT STATEHOUSE
SIGN UP At 81
Stenographers Drafted for
Club Said to Be
MCNutt Group.
BY DANIEL VI. KIDNEY
Times star Writer

Sign here. pay 81 for the mem
bership and We will send you let
ter telling you for whom to vote for
president. The election is next Mon
day night at the Claypool.7
This summarizes the invitation to
statehouse stenographers this week
wnen they were signed as members
o. the Young Womens Democratic
Club.
Plans, said to have been in
augurated by Pleas Greenlee. Nc
Mutt patronage secretary through
whom most Of the new club women
got their jobs are afoOt for the
statehouse to take charge Of the
CLUB and make it another cog in the
McNutt machine. it was learned.
Denies Seeking Office
Reports were abroad that Mrs.
Charles Ray, cashier in the auto
mobile license bureau. was to be the
statehouse presidential candidate
for the club.
But Mrs. Ray denied this and
SAID the stenographers viii support
Mrs. Marie Hadley, court reporter
in Room 2 at the courthouse. Mrs.
Hadley was the candidate men
toned to the solicitors when they
were sent to sign the girl. but they
also were told they would get a
Iast-minute letter on the matter.
Retiring president is Miss Estella
Creigh of city hall. There also is
candidate there. She is Mrs.
Louise Rich. Miss Creigh said she
knew that an intensive membership
drive had been under way at the
statehouse. but was unfamiliar with
the politics behind it, and did not
know who would be slated for presi-
dent.
stop Peters" Reported Slogan
The two States represent the
city hall and courthouse, she said.
The club was started during the
first year Mayor Reginald H. Sulli-
van was in Office and membership
was confined to Marion county.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-05

taxpayers with regard to stamps on
intangibles, John J. Broden. county
intangible tax appraiser issued the
following statement today:
Any taxpayer having affixed and
Cancelled stamps or intangible prop
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-28
De Paw to Defend
Record Tomorrow
Tigers, UnSCored On in '33,
Meet Oakland City.
By Tim es Special

By Times Special
GREENCASTLE, Ind, Sept. 3D.
De Paw university will open its
1884 football season here tomorrow
afternoon against Oakland City col
lege. This is one week earlier than
the season started last fall. Coach
Gaumy Meals Tigers will be the
object of every opponent on his
schedule this year as the Tigers
were the only indicated team in
the country last year that went
through the season without having
its goal line crossed.
With only three regulars left from
his starting lineup of 1888, Coach
Neal has had a problem in getting
ready for tomorrow's game in only
three weeks. Fifteen varsity letter
men we're on the squad for replace
ments. The De Paw line will lack
experience, so that De PauwS rec
ord may go glimmering in the first
game. Heavy and experienced
back field men will probably give
the Tigers the best of it on offense
At present Coach Meals starting
lineup seems to be Kay and Spicer
or Bale at ends; Noel and Miller at
tackle; Schroeder and Horst at
guards; Kopta at center; Bishop at
quarter back; Bollinger and Fribley
at half back, and Pierce at full back
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-28
Kizer Posts Grads
on Purdue Hazards
Grid Squad Handicapped by
Inexperience, He Says.

Optimism didn't have much part
in coach Noble Kizer's address to
Purdue followers at the Indianap-
oils Alumni Association meeting in
the SEVERN hotel last night. But
the old grads present weren't con-
WINGED. They adjourned predicting
another successful campaign for the
Boilermaker warriors.
Kizer said his main difficulty with
his proteges was their Big Ten mex
perience. However, he hopes tc
round them into shape for western
conference wars in the first two
skirmishes against Rice institute OF
Texas and Notre Dame.
Other Purdue directors present
were William Outch Fehring
freshman mentor, who assured the
members that he had strong group
coming up who already were caus-
ing the varsity no little trouble;
Jim Purvis, back field coach; How
ard Koegan, freshman coach; Guy
Mackey, line coach; Ed fingers, as
sistant freshman coach; George
Steers, assistant varsity coach;
Fritz Febel, assistant freshman
coach, and c. S. Doan, manager OF
ticket sales. President L. G.. Gord1
ner of the alumni presided.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-09-28
May Split Purse
in Miami Tourney
Lesser Pros May Get Share
of $4,000 Plum.

By United Press
MIAMI, Fla, Sept. 28.-The fifth
annual Miami-Biltmore $4,000 open
tournament, the worlds richest golf
event, will be played here the week
beginning December 8, it was an
nounced today by Henry L. Doherty,
president Of the Florida year round
clubs and sponsor of the tourneye.
This purse may be split into two
equal parts this time, with the ma
tons outstanding professionals bat
Ting for one $4,000 slice, while the
lesser known pros compete for the
other $1,000.
Doherty suggested this pan to
George Jacobus, president of the
Professional Golfers Association,
and Jacobs sent out a question
naire recently to the 1900 members
of the association.
Heretofore the purse has been d.
vided into $500 first prize, a
$3.50 second prize and forty-two
other prizes. Willie MacFarlane won
the tourney last December with a
seventy two-hole aggregate of 288.