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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-11
First Ladies Night of Year
Expected to Attract ThrOng
at Indian Park This Evening
Brewers and KieferteS Set for Rubber Battle Under
Lights: Stewart BoIen Holds Cream City FASTENERS
to Five Hits; Ernie Wingard Fans Twice.
BY EDDIE ASH
Times Sports Editor

pitching the
Red Keer bounced back into the win column by chakng Atop
lifted the Tribe the division
with the champion Columbus Red third The stall
Indian Wednesday
night handed the poison BALI by the of the
the anky Alabama bounced
Lnr lcn Intn
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-11
TRIBE BATTING FIGURES
FRANCE TO ENTER OLYMPICS
T-n;Fcd


PARIS, May 11.-Premier CASTOR
Doumergue today decided definitely
that France would participate in the
Berlin Olympic games in 1886 and
promised that the government
would provide 100000 francs zap
proximately $264,7Oo) for prepara-
ton of French athletes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-11

franchise to st. Louis are among
the principal matters likely to tram
spire at the meeting of the Ma
tional Hockey League club owners
here tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1934-03-23
MOTHER
SEEKS DIVORCE

HOLLYWOOD, March % GIN.
SJ.-Mrs. Gladys Belzer, mother
of LoSetta Young, Sally Blame, and
Polly Ann Young, film actresses,
disclosed today that she had sep
arated formally from their STEP
father, George o. Belzer. She
said:
"FOr two years we have lived
together under the same roof as
brother and sister instead of
as man and wife. Now, my hus-
band is taking separate quarters.
A divorce, apparently, is even
tual. It will be as amicable as
we can make it"
Mr.. Belzer completed arrange
ments to move from the home
where Mrs. Belzer and her young
est daughter, Georgianna Belzer,
reside with Miss Young, who is a
full fledged movie star.
The Washington times., 1934-03-23

POTTSVILLE, Pa, March %
QN.S0. Freely admitting the
Staying Of Mrs. Susan Mummey,
63-year-old widow, of Ferndale,
Albert Shinsky, "a, Of Shenan-
doah, today found peace in the
confines of the Schuylkill County
Prison because, he explained, he
had finally broken the woman's
spell" over him.
Shinsky has reenacted for po'
lice the Staying which, he de-
clared, was the only course LETT
open to free himself Of the in.
fluence Of the woman's "evil eye"
that bewitched him seven years
ago.
For seven years, Shinsky as
serted, he suffered indescribable
tortures while Mrs. Mummey had
him "hexed." He told police weird
stories of how the woman sent a
black cat down from the skies to
The Washington times., 1934-03-23
MRS. H. WILSON
DEAD At 81

Stricken Sunday with an attack
Of pneumonia. Mrs. Caroline
Augusta Wilson, socially promi-
nent civic worker and wife Of Har-
ley P. Wilson, traction magnate,
died at her home near Alexandria
early today. She was 81.
Born in Portland, Ore, Mrs.
Wilson lived in Virginia for the
past 20 years. She was well known
Tor her civic and charity work,
having been q member of the
boards Of George Washington
University Hospital and Emer-
gency Hospital.
Funeral services will be held
Monday morning at II o'clock in
the Grace Episcopal Church in
Alexandria. Interment will be
made in the Presbyterian Gene
terry in Alexandria.
She is survived by her husband
ana two sisters, Mrs. H. W.
Hughes and Miss Margaret Deike.
The Washington times., 1934-03-23
Slayer Says Widow Sent
Giant Cat to Hex Him

tear and claw at his sides as he
slept. He added:
"Often, the cat grew so large
that / was almost Sm0thered in
its fur"
Shinsky declared that the
woman'S spell robbed him of his
strength. He told of attempts to
find comfort through the aid of
priests and how he finally turned
to "hex" doctors.
Saturday night he went to the
Mummey home on the mountain
side, where the woman and q
niece were attending an injured
boarder. Shinsky rested his gun
on a window sill on the front
porch. Then, he told police:
81 raised the gun and fired.
I saw her tumble over on her
side. And, when turned away,
I felt something soothing pass
over me. The spell was broken"
The Washington times., 1934-03-23

Worry! Worry! Worry! The solution
to many of your varied problems can
be found in the WANT AID SECTION
Of this newspaper.
Evening star., 1934-05-06
NAVY CREWS ORDERED
KEPT INTACT FOR YEAR
Department Also DEGREES That
Transfers Should Be Kept to
Absolute Minimum.

Henceforth, the Navy Department
has decreed. crews of new vessels
and those recommissioned. including
those modernized will be kept intact
as unit for at least a year.
With this announcement came the
order that men will not be consid-
cred as eligible for shore duty, re-
cruiting duty, or transfers in ex-
change, until the above condition has
been met"
The Bureau of Navigation asserted
that transfers of any nature whatso-
ever should be kept to an absolute
minimum, and requests from men who
are not eligible as stated above should
not be forwarded to the bureau except
in urgent cases."
The department desires that this
be done, so that the crews will work
like Smooth-running machine, with
each man at his appointed post. thor
oughly familiar with his duties aboard
the new craft.
Evening star., 1934-05-06
PRIEST TO BE BISHOP
Rev. Paul Meouchi to Have Near
East Post.

LOS ANGELES, May P.-Rev.
Paul Meouchi. a Roman Catholic
priest of the Maronite rite, soon will
become Archbishop of Tyre.
He will report for his conservation
to his heatitude. Patriarch Anto Peter
Arida, at the seat of the patriarchate
at Bokorky, Syria. His jurisdiction
will include parts of Syria, Palestine
and Mount Lebanon
Rev. Mr.. Meouchi formerly was
secretary of the late Archbishop
Khouri of Tyre and was born at Gez-
zine. Mount Lebanon, but went to
Rome at an early age From 1928 to
1925 he was pastor of a church in
New Bedford, Mass. He came here in
1926.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-08-29
TELEPHONE PROBE
FOUND HARD TASK
Communications B o ar d
Never Dreamed of So
Many Intricacies
BY CHARLES r. STEWART
Central Press Staff Writer)


Washington, Aug. 28.-The new
Federal Communications Commission
is not finding it's investigation of the
telephone industry as simple a prop
osition as it looked at first glance.
The commissioners initial impress
preston was that the vast wire net
work usually regarded as altogether
included in the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company's system
would be comparatively easy to put
under their inquisitorial magnifying
glass, since A. T. and It's officials
must understapd its workings to the
very last detail Thus the commits
sion naively assumed that A. T. and
It's officialdom would be the only Of
on for information; they woold know
the whole story, and white it was rec
ognized that they might be extremely
unwilling to tell it, the investigators
felt confident of their ability to wiring
it from them.
That is to say, it was their notion
that here was a spider which has
nevertheless they took him to be a
clearly discernible, readily identifiable
spider and by catching him and max
ing him explain himself in full it
was their belief that they could learn
everything of consequence concerning
his entire wbe. They did not see how
he could pass the buck to multiple
itv of subsidiary spiders, making the
lob of investigating the complete web
practically interminable.
The main spider proves to be a
craftier arachnid than the rommuni-
cations folk gave him credit for being
No sooner had the commission he
g1In to probe than 1t found itself caH-
ed on to probe into the affairs not
merely of one bic companv, with a
few hie subsidiaries, but of approx
matelI $500 at least nnminal'v inde-
nenden+ cornorations, most of them
protesting to he engaeed solely in
intra-state business, and. if sa moi !
subject to the federal commissions
Interstate allthorifv.
The communications commissioners
may have heen naive At tI7c o,,fsnt
(thev are less so nou,l hut thew
never were naive enough not to sI1S-
nect nrettv general svstef of 11nnI<-
uns ONE with another, among these
ostensiFIe indenendents.
The problem is to establish 1t
LEGALLY.
ManifestIv, with 5n0 coronanior ~
reckon with (conononioo +oo '7't,ich
unnnestionahlv havn had ovcnllnr1+
lawverlv advcie), this is a consider
able chore.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-08-29
NOTABLE NATIVITIES

John Locke, b. 1882, English philos-
opher. He had an argument with
friends concerning social and theolo-
gical problems, decided that they
should first settle what questions the
human understanding was or was not
fitted to deal with. So he spent the
next II years evolving his classic
Essay on Human Understanding 49,.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, b. 1909, Bos-
ton physician who was made famous
at 48 by his The AutOcrat at the
Breakfast Table, volume of witty
essays. AS a practitioner he was not
successful, for people were doubtful
about the flippant youth who posted
the following sign above his office
door: Small fevers gratefully receiv-
ed" -. Edmund Hoyle, b. 1859, gam
to Hoyle"
Maurice Maeterlinck. b. 1862, Bel
gian poet, dramatist and mystic-The
Bluebird, Monna Wanna. Life of the
Bee, etc -. Albert c.. Ritchie, b. 1875,
governor of Maryland -. Charles F.
Kettering b. 1875, inventor of the au-
tomobile self-starter and many anoth-
er device -. Albert Lebrun, b. 1871,
President of France.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-08-29
TODAY
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES

1632-John Locke, famed English
philosopher, horn. Died Oct ~, 17O4
1863 Rose Philippine Duchesne'
Middle West pioneer, religious teach
er, known to the Indians by the name,
"The woman who always prays," born
in France. Died at st. Charles, Mo-,
Nov 18, 1852.
1SO5-William G.. Brownlow "Parson
Brownlow) itinerant preacher, Ten
nessee editor, governor and U. S. Sen
ator, born in Wythe Co., Va. Died at
Knoxville, Tenn April 20, 1877.
1a0e-Oliver Wendell Holmes, FAM
ed Boston physician, poet, essaylst
and humorist, father of the retired Su-
preme Court Justice. born at Cam
bridge, Mass. Died there, Oct. Z, 1894
1811-Henry Bergh, known as the
outstanding American of his genera
tion in the teaching of humane treat
ment for animals, born in New York
Died March 12 1888.
1857-Charles J. Glidden, pioneer
in the fields Of the telephone, the au-
tomobile, and aviation, born at Low
ell. Mass. Died in Boston, Sept. IL
1927.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-08-29
TEN FOREST FIRE
TOWERS ARRANGED

Raleigh, August 29-Ten new forest
fire lookout towers will be erected in
North Carolina shortly as a part of
the federal emergency conservation
work program, F. H. Claridge, techni-
clan in charge of State-directed Civil
lian Conservation Corps camps, an
nounced today.
Orders have already been placed
for the new structures and erection
will be started Immediately after
their arrival, Mr.. Claridge stated. This
order brings the total number of tow
ers for the State under the ECW pro-
gram to 23 in addition to two pur-
been erected by the CCC.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-08-29

gets the credit for the drilling, but
BILLY" Smith did the work. At SO 1-2
feet the dark pool was struck. The
first commercial oil well in the Unit
ed States was "in". 1t didn't cause
much excitement that day in Titus
vile, Pa, for not even Edwin L.
Drake realized that this was the be-
ginning of an era.
Of course, this was not the first
discovery Of oil. 1t was not even the
first well. A Franciscan missionary,
Father Joseph de la Roche D'Allion
in 1907 was shown an oil well near
Cuba, N. Y. The Amerindians used
petroleum long before Columbus time
for medicinal purposes.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-08-29
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

James c. Briggs, Solicitor General
to the Department of Justice, born at
Oxford, N c., SO years ago.
Governor Albert c. Ritchie of Mary
land, Dor nat Richmond, Va, 5S years
ago. '~@T
DR.. William F. C. Swami, director
of the Bartol Research Foundation,
Pennsylvania, noted physicist, born
in England, so years ago.
Alexander II. Rice of Rhode Island
and New York City, famed geogra-
pher and explorer, born in Boston SO
years ago.
President Albert Lebrun of France
born SO years ago.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-08-29
AsTRo-PRoGNOsTICATIoN

Zodiac sign: Virgo, Persons whose
birthdate it is are found by astrolog-
ers to be versatile quick-witted and
personable. They are disposed to
make many errors because of hasty-
judgment. They are best fitted to the
role of employe rather than to execu-
tive responsibility They have apti-
tude for design.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-08-29
FIRST OF OF ALL

The first Amerindian reservation
was established on this date in 1853 in
Burlington county, New Jersey. In
return the governor obtained from
the chief of the united nations of the
Minisinks, Wapings and other tribes,
for 1000, release of the Amerindian
claims to every portion of New Jersey
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-08-29
TODAY's HOROSCOPE

The native of today will be acute,
practical and with commercial trend
Of mind; quick to respond to the de-
mands of the moment. and a ready,
willing friend and business associate.
Success will surely be attained unless
theer be exceedingly bad aspects.
Association with others will probably
lead to greater success than individ-
ual effort.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-08-29
ANSWERS TO
TEN QUESTIONS
See Back Page

/. India.
2. The Mezozic age.
3. Abu.
4. An oriental water smoking pipe
5. Emperor of Rome.
6. Yes.
Z. Goat Island
8. Oliver Goldsmith.
9. Acclimatization.
10. Chalet.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-08-29
TODAY IN HISTORY

l664-British fleet appeared off
New York City Chen New Amster-
day. to take city away from Dutch.
1S42-Treaty of peace ending Brit
ish-Chinese War.
1925-First water-wheel placed in
operation at Muscle Shoals.
1888 Presidents modified embargo
on gold. ,d ~
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-08-29

GIVE GOD THE BEST: Honour the
Lord with thy substance, and with
the first fruits of all thine increase.
Proverbs 8: 9,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-08-29
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS

Look 3. tie printed label OH your
paper. The date thereon shows when
the subscription expires. Forward
your money in ample time for re-
newal. Notice date on label carefully
and if not correct, please notify us at
once. Subscribers desiring the address
on their paper changed, please state in
their communication both the OLD
and NEW address.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-08-29

FOR CONTRASTS in activity.
the life Of John Pierpont Morgan
has h@A few equals. Morgan, VINO
was born In 1897 and died in 1918.
is best known In history as finan-
cier. but many other pursuits at
Cracted his interest. Even in his
financial dealings he brooked con-
trasts in reputation from the pub
lie. Although Imbued at times with
Q nne public spirit. aiding " re-.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-08-29

The airplane was beginning to play
an important part in war for the
first time, 20 years ago today. Avi-
ators demonstrated their usefulness
first in '1nsting balloons" They
quickly reduced to a minimum the
usefulness of observation blimps
which had been the "eyes" of armies
since the American Civil War.
See To-day Is the Day"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-08-29

August 29th 40 b. C.-She had
horne son by Julius Caesar. with
whom she was living when he was
assassinate in Rome. She had ho~ne
three children bv Mark ANTHONY. Now
40 the rnd-headed woman honed -
imnrove he" fortune nv rnion with
Octavius. To nleasn him. she prOmis-
e6 TO assassin ITO ANTHONY.
She enticed her lover mot agreeing
TO die with her in the mausolenr1 @re
Nd hnilt for tho~1 rear Alexandria.
Anthony committed ruicide IN he
roistc''en belief sho had already done
SO Then. WHOM she won't 10 Octa-
Wins (who soon would he Frn"e"o"
kvo,,e+usl fO~ her rnwo~d her impe-
vii will. masculine hoIdncss ard "e-
lentless arohition were at end. For
ho 'auphed at her.
Her promise tn An+honv was ="
that was left to slar after that. She
kept II and committed Suicide. Rllt
no twith an ASH. IS the often inaccu-
~oto Chake~npare saws.
So assed Cleonatro ptoIenny. last
/ O' TeT lHIIl'EN w tuts>. VIZ y 'N'''
natra was the title and name of all
tho o1'nnns of Tho P+oleTV @Vn astv.
IF Cleonatra's death had hoen cars
ed nv .anv snrrenf it ie lilIel" the
small viner would have hpan chosen
rather than the laroe asn' hut tho
etorv is disproved nv hor helm" found
without anv mark Of susnicion of
| poison m her hodv" Death from q
sernent's hite could not have heen
mistaken. and her vanity (and 7"on-
| ans natural loathine Of snakesl
would not have allowed her to choose
one which would have disfi~ured her
in so friehtful a manner. So she did
| take poison.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-08-29

August 29th % A. D.-The tradi-
tiona ldate unon which Princess Sa-
lone caused John the Pantist to he
beheaded because he would not re-
turn her love.
John, kinsman and forerunner ~
Jesus whom he baptised. had de-
rounced tho incestuons marriapn Of
King Herod to his sister, HerOdias.
the mother of Salonae. The princess,
though married to Philip, sought +n
win the Young and handsome preach
er's affection. When he ignored her.
she danced 50 passionately for =
king that she won the right to have
any wish granted, chose to order
Johns execution.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-08-29

August 29th 1533-Largest ransom
in history did not save a king from
being killed by kidnapers. Atahaulipa.
Inca Of Peru, was put to death by
his Spanish abductors who broke
their pledge after he had paid the
equivalent of $15,50O0oO in gold for
his freedom.
The mighties monarch In the west
ern world before the invasion of the
Spanish, he ruled country with a
high state of civilization. AS he was
being strangled, the Spanish gather
ed around, rnuFrnured devout prayers
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-08-29

for the salvation of his soul, return
ed quickly to their pillage.
August 29th 1859-Edwin L. Drake
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-08-29
drs. Satterlee.

storing financial stability after the
panic OF 1893, and helping TO avert
widespread disaster in 1907. Nor
gan often is said to have subordi-
mated other interests unouiy 70 ms
financial interests. Besioes ms
financial dealings. he deiVeo in
philanthrophy, giving hneraily to
various institutions; won q name
for himself as commodore and
become famous as an art collector.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-08-29

Wednesday, Aug. 28th; 241st day of
the year. rs days till Autumn. Morn
ing stars: Venus, Mars. Evening
stars: Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn.
Full moon Qast quarter: friday.
The Alexandrnie New Year. Barrios
Day in Salvador.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-08-29
THE WoRLp WAR DAY-BY-pAY


August 20th, 1914-The House of
Representatives passed bill proVid-
ing for creation of a federal bureau
of war risk marine insurance. u. S.
shipping, like that of all neutral ma
tions. was suffering from creeping
paralysis.
In London a hitherto inconspicu-
Gus mining engineer named H. c.
Hoover was busy as head of the Anne
rican relief committee succoring fel-
low citizens caught in the war zone.
Soon he will be feeding stricken Bel
eium. and later he will be good sa
maritan to half of Europe. For the
u. S. will paw before getting into the
war durire the war and after it-and
continue to pay.
The New York Stock Exchange was
closed. A "outter" market was Ope-
~"+'r" for nhsolutely necess"rv lioui-
dationS Momhers Of the F|~chan"o
were allowed to send a list of securi-
t'os 10 +hc committee on clearing
house giving the amounts for sale at
cloeino prices on july 30 or hetter
T',i- hrsincGs was attaining consider
able proportions. AS everv other
stock market in the world had s''
sncnSed. somn bankers wern of tho
oninion that in closing. tho EXCHANGE
t,,nitv to cntrnnch New York as the
financial capit alof the world,
Mars was playing no favorites. In
the west the Germans were the raw
ayers, in the east the Germans were
the ravaged. Russians retreating
from East Prussia left behind them
such scenes as Germans were Great
ing in Belgium. On both fronts there
were thousands of cases such as this:
"a little way out of the village of
Somzee was a small farm inhabited
by a young household, including three
small children. Honest, courageous,
and economical folk, they had toiled
season after season to pay by annual
installments for their property, which
they had agreed to purchase some
eight years ago The last payment
had just been madeA the children
were growing up; the little family
was happy But the Germans came.
In a few minutes this hard-earned
happiness was shattered. They seiz-
ed everything-the few cows, the
dearly beloved horse. They set fire
to the farm, shot the farmer, and
drove before the nthe poor widow
with her four weeping and terrified
children"
Germany, made innocuous on the
sea by the defensive inactivity of her
fleet, was being stripped of her over
seas possessions one nv one. On this
date a New Zealand expeditionary
force seized German Samoa. where
once the Kaiser's navv almost started
a war with the United States.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-08-29
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1934-08-29

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Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-27
DOCTOR GETS
HERO MEDAL.

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 81. U.P) =
The Carnegie hero fund commits
sion today announced the award
of a silver medal to DR.. Miley- B.
Wesson of San Francisco for re-
markable heroism in hospital
operating room and awards of
bronze medals to four other Cali
fornianS.
Those receiving bronze medals
included Stanley Mayer, rs King
street, Redwood City; Henry J.
Childs, 2O62 Marengo avenue, South
Pasadena; Roy Shipley, East Ninth
street. Delano, and Victor Bennett,
1908 East China avenue, Ontario,
father of Matilda Bennett, Is.
The silver medal-second highest
award bestowed by the commission
was awarded the 50-year-old ply
sician for his quick action in avert
ing the probable deaths of one or
more persons in the San Francisco
hospital. A child patient lay on
the operating table when Gertrude
Quinn, X-ray technician, seized an
electric wire to attach it to X-ray
tubes and was shocked. DR.. Wesson
grabbed the wire to pull it out of
the way. He too was knocked un-
conscious and was thrown against
an instrument table. He managed
however to break the circuit.
When he recovered consciousness,
he completed the operation despite
fractures of a vertebra and the
right clavicle. He was incapaci-
tated for two months.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-27
CIRCUS DAY INFORMATION

special the Southern Pacific rail-
Monday morning from Yuma, Arz.
l p. Big show starts at
SHOW GROUNDS-Od fair grounds.
Carkonan, aerias who
midar Mabel Stark of tiger trainers Poodes" Han
riding spectacle the
and worlds largest
SIDE SHOWS-Open at 10 a. IN continuously
sale beginning Monday at Clements drug
Man White ticket continuously
ticket simultaneously with the
DEPARTURE Southern Pacific railway
Calf
will
1928
Imperial Valley press., 1934-10-27
Deny Daughter OF
Senator Missing

WASHINGTON, Oct. 81. U.P)-
Reports Of the disappearance of
young Patricia McCarran, daughter
of Sen. Patrick McCarran (Dem)
Nevada. were described as "ficti-
ticus" at the office of the senator
today. The office said she is at
tending immaculate seminary here.
Senator McCarran is on his way
to Reno. his home. bv airplane.
This, it was explained was to close
the congressional campaign in Wy
cming, Utah and Nevada. McCar-
ran is to speak once in each OF the
first two states and then tour New
ada in the closing days of the cam
paign.
His office said that Patricia had
studied at the seminary last year
and had returned here in the ordi-
nary course Of events to resume her
studies. She saw her father before
he left, it was said.
At the seminary it was said she
had been there "several days. y