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Evening star., 1934-05-22
BONUS LOBBYING
ATTEMPTS FAIL
Veterans, Invading Capitol
Hill, Meet With Indiffer-
ent Success.

First attempts of the bonus army
to carry on any direct lobbying on
Capitol Hill resulted In Indifferent
success today as many of the small
committees designated to interview
members of the Senate succeeded only
In seeing the Senators secretaries. and
were refused second opportunities to
present their demands directly.
Several bus loads of members of
the National Veterans Rank and File
we're taken directly to the Senate
Office Building from Fort Hunt, Va,
where they are encamped.
Accompanied by Policemen.
On the Hill, they were divided into
groups of three, and under the super
vision of Chesley w. Jurney, sergeant
alarms of the Senate. each group
was accompanied by Capitol police
man to the office of the Senator they
had been designated to see. At the
end of the call. they were escorted
out of the building.
As soon as the interviews ended, the
men were sent down Constitution
avenue to the veterans registration
headquarters. Just east of John Mar
shall place. where they boarded busses
and were returned to camp.
For the first time since the arrival
of the bonus marchers in Washing
ton. Communist propaganda and lit
erature made its appearance in the
open with the arrival of the men at
the Senate Office Building. Several
1F ,,sIa ind hnU
connected with the bonus demonstra-
tion, we're elected from the Capitol
Grounds for distributing mimeo-
graphed circulars.
Capitol and Metropolitan Police
warned the men to stay away from
the Hill. No arrests were made. al
though threats of force had to be used
10 drive some OF the men away.
The drive on Senate members was
decided upon yesterday at the first
convention session of the bonus march,
ers, neld at the Washington Audi
torium. The decision came after con-
siderable debate whether the three
point program should be presented or
whether the lobbying should be con-
fined to demands for cash payment of
the bonus. The rank and file. how
ever finally decided to include un-
employment insurance and repeal of
the national economy act in their de-
mands, but little enthusiasm was
shown for anything beyond the bonus
payment.
Capitol police hoped to have the vet
Grams away from the Senate Office
Building in time for all OF them TO
have lunch at Fort Hunt.
Program Mapped.
Meanwhile. at Fort Hunt. commit
tees met today to plan the remainder
OF the program of activities while
here. Tomorrow another session is
being considered at the auditorium.
There was some discussion of attempt
ing another march down Pennsylvania
avenue.
The men have been notified to
large number OF the ex-Service men
have openly discussed a plan TO re-
main in OF near the Capital III an
effort to continue pressure on Congress
for action. Leaders Of the marchers,
however. disclaim any such plan.
Several members of Congress have
been invited to appear at the fort to-
morrow night at O'Clock to give their
views on the bonus and unemploy-
ment insurance. Included are Senator
Wagner Of New York and Representa-
tive Mundeen OF Wisconsin. authors OF
unemployment insurance bills.
Evening star., 1934-05-22
MRS. MARGARET ALCORN
TO QUIT HOSPITAL SOON

Mrs. Margaret Alcorn, "a, who was
seriously injured when shot in the
abdomen by her husband, Jack, 43,
who also attempted to kill himself,
will be released from Casualty Hospi-
tai Thursday, it was said yesterday.
Alcorn, a World War veteran. shot
his wife, police said, because she re-
fused to live with him.
The shooting occurred in a lodging
house in the 600 block of North Caro-
lima avenue southeast. After shooting
himself. Alcorn turned his 32-caliber
revolver upon himself. but the bullet
glanced off a button and inflicted only
slight wound on his wrist. After
surrendering to police, he was turned
over to Gallinger Hospital Prior to
the shooting it was said. he was con-
fined to a tuberculosis sanatorium.
Evening star., 1934-05-22
Fight Wounds Fatal.

James H. Taylor. 50. colored 423
Twenty third street. died yesterday as
a result of being hit on tie head with
brick and stabbed in the back in a
fight in the $500 block of E street.
Police are seeking u colored man in
connection with Taylors death.
Evening star., 1934-05-22
SHED FALL FATAL

Frederick Shaffer, IS. carpenter,
was fatally injured yesterday when he
fell l8 feet firm a shed in Kelly's
Lumber Yard, 2121 Georgia avenue.
Although there were no witnesses,
Shaffer, who lived at 926 K street. is
believed to have fallen while working
on the root of the shed. He died q
short while after the accident in
Freedmen's Hospital
The coroner's Office is investigating
the case.
Evening star., 1934-05-22
Crude Oil Figure Set.

Allowable crude oil production for
June was set yesterday by Secretary
Ickes at 2,549, 400 barrels daily. l83,-
200 barrels more than the April and
May figure. Ickes said the increase
was permitted to meet larger sea-
sonal demand and that the new al
lowable would be effective June / at
am.
Evening star., 1934-05-22
GENERALS NOMINATED
Roosevelt Sends National Guard
List to the Senate,

List to the Senate.
In a long list of nominations of
ma jor generals and brigadier generals
of the National Guard of the United
States. sent to the Senate today by
President Roosevelt. there were those
of Milton A. Reckord. to be major
general, and James c. McLanahan. to
be brigadier general of the Maryland
National Guard, and Samuel G
Waller. to be brigadier general of the
Virginia National Guard
Evening star., 1934-05-22
PLANS ADDRESS
Miss Mamie H. Burroughs to
Speak at Tuskegee Exercises.

Speak at Tuskegee Exercises.
Miss Mamie H. Burroughs of this
city will deliver the commencement
address Thursday at the graduation
exercises of the Tuskegee Normal and
Industrial Institute. it was announced
today.
She is president of the National
Training School for Women and
Girls, Inc, located in Lincoln Heights
here
Evening star., 1934-05-22
Belgian Jobless Reduced.

Unemployment in Belgium is de-
creasing from the peak figures in
January.
Evening star., 1934-05-22

Charles
ron a.
aWa
Pearl Cunningham the Carlton display with armful
President
OF WIet, Falls Church.
SanPh
Evening star., 1934-05-22
Reich Mills Busy.

Large orders for the new dress
uniform" of the Labor Front are
keeping German textile mills busy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21
-FOUR DILLINCER AIDS
GIVEN PRISON TERMS
Heavy Fines Also Imposed
for Harboring.

BIZ United Press
DULUTH, Mimi, Dec. 21.-Four
minor figures of the broken John
Dillinger gang, convicted of harbor-
ing fugitive outlaws, awaited trans
fer to Federal prisons today.
A Federal jury convicted Thomas
Krwin, William Gray and Mrs. Ma
RE Mccarthy last night shielding
Homer Van Meter. slain gunman,
for almost a year before his death.
Marie Conforti, once known as Dill
fingers sweetheart, pleaded guilty to
similar charges and gave states evil
dence against the other three.
Judge Robert G. Bell sentenced
Kirwin to two years in LeavenwOrth
Penitentiary and $4,000 fine;
Gray to Is months and a $4,000 fine,
and Mrs. Mccarthy to Is months in
the reformatory at Anderson, w. Va.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21
NRA POWERS WILL
Be DECENTRAL!zED
Branch Offices to Be Set Up
in Six Cities.
BIZ Unitcd Press

81 NlfCd Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. Ala far
reaching plan for decentralization
OF NRA control was disclosed TODAY
by the National Industrial Recovery
Board.
The board will setsup Immediately
subordinate regional offices at New
York and Chicago to handle NRA
matters in those regions. Within
a short time additional headquar-
ters will be established in Boston.
Cleveland, Philadelphia and San
Francisco. The plan is in line with
the decentralization of NRA COM
pliance announced yesterday by
Compliance Officer Sol RoSenblatt.
The NRA board announced that
the new regional headquarters
would be manned by trained full
time personnel selected from code
administration members.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21
WINTER DUE IN
CITY TOMORROW
AT $50 A. NJ,
Old Gentleman Is Later This
Year But There Is a
Reason.

Because there are more than 365
days in most years, winter will ar
rive in Indianapolis. among other
places. at exactly $50 a. m. tomor-
row.
Last year winter arrived at II SO.
almost a quarter of a day earlier
and a quarter of a day is how much
longer this year will be than S65
days.
Every four years leap-year comes
along and sets things right again.
It's all man-made error. because
the sun, stern about his habits, will
rise this year on the first morning
of winter at 7:O4. He rose last year
on Dec. % at 7:O4 and the year
before at 7:O4. The time does vary
a few seconds, but for three years
these seconds have not added up TO
a minute.
Winter is the exact moment the
sun enters JIle ITOplC OF capricorn.
and thus it's the shortest dav Of
the year in the northern hemi-
sphere. The sun will knock off work
at 4:23 tomorrow. after having rid
den the heavens only 9 hours and
10 minutes. Last year it did the
same.
The exact moment the sun reach
es its fartheSt point in its Wintry
southern journey-and thus the
moment it becomes Winter-is cal
culated by the Naval Observatory
in Washington
Winter will end March 81, at the
BEGINNING of the vernal equinox,
and the Weather Bureau could give
you the exact moment when that
will happen too. but you probably
would forget.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21
Airport to Be Lighted

BIZ JnNCd Press
RICHMOND, Dec. 21-In an ef-
fort to prevent a recurrence OF the
tragedy which took three lives re-
Gently, officials of the Richmond
airport announce the field will be
lighted from night landings.
Absence of lights caused a plane
crash last month in which two In
dianapolis physicians and local
newspaper woman were killed.
Night lighting of the field has
been approved by the Department
of Commerce and equipment will be
installed when landing lanes, run
ways. and other improvements are
completed next spring.
approximately $4,000 is expected
to be spent under a Federal En-
Urgency Relief Administration pro-
iect. John Nixon, Centerville, and
Wilfred Jessup, Richmond, owners
of the field, said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21
Try Boy for Murder

By Times Special
BLOOMINGTON, Dec. 21.-The
trial of a 15-year- boy on muir
der charge is in progress here today.
The boy, Lon fairfield Jr., Is,
Negro, is charged with having shot
and killed Charles Languell, Cos
port farmer, when the latter caught
him in melon patch last summer.
The prosecution claims that with
the boy at the time of the crime
were his father, Lon fairfield Sr.
and Frank Deming, white man.
Charges also have been preferred
against the elder fairfield The
two cases we're brought to Monroe
Circuit Court on a change of venue
from Owen County.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21
FREE YULETIDE BEER
Is BANNED FOR HOBOES
British Officials Take Step to Cut
Down on Guests

Id lllSn OnlCldlS LIANT Cbtp W Oub
Down on Guests
By United Press
WORCESTER, England, Dec. 81.
Christmas day in the workhouse
won't be the hoboes' delight it used
to be here this year. It's going to
be a bone-dry, soft drinks occasion
as a result of the workhouse au-
thorities' decision to put a ban on
free beer DIS an aid to the Yuletide
festivities.
Time was when the "aristocracy
of the road" who put in at the
WorkhCuse here on Christmas day.
could count on a tankard of beer
with their dinner. The inducement
became so strong that Uramps from
Lands End to John O. Greats made
a Decline for Worcester on Christ
mas week.
This year the authorities decided
that if they continued to offer free
beer the number of guests" might
be more than they could cope with.
So all the hoboes are going to
get with their Christmas dinner
this year is soft drinks, tea, coffee
and tobacco,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21
MUCK GROWERS GROUP
TO HOLD CROP SHOW
Event is Scheduled for North JudsOn
Next Autumn.

ROCHESTER. Ind, Dec 21-The
sixth annual northern Indiana muck
crops show Will be held at North
JudSon next fall. either late in Oc-
tober or early in November. it vas
decided at a meeting of officers of
the Northern Indiana Muck Grow
erS' Association, held yesterday.
Announcement of the decision was
made today by E. l.. Mitchell of this
city, president OF the organization.
The show was held this year at
Churubusco. and invitations for the
1886 show were extended by both
Akron and Columbia City. George
Keller. of Hamlet. was named su-
perintendent of the 1885 show.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21
More Taxes Paid

COLUMBUS, Dec. 21.-A sharp
drop in tax dehnquencies in Bar
tholomew County for the past six
months compared to the same per-
iod last year was revealed today by
tax return figures released from the
county auditors Office. These sta
tistics show that only 578 per cent
or approximately $4,000 of the cur
rent taxes are listed as delinquent.
In 1888 at this time, 10 per cent was
in arrears.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21
NINE DETOURS
REPORTED ON
STATE ROADS
Only Four Are Serious, Is
Claim; Highways in
Good Condition.

Good news for holiday tourists
was contained today in the last
1884 issue of the State Highway
Commissions Detour Bulletin,
which showed only nine detours in
effect throughout the state system.
-Four of the nine detours are over
city streets, while two of the re-
manning five are merely cautions,
one to motorists to drive slowly
over new pavement; the second, a
weight limit for trucks and buses
on a bridge. The only major de-
tour is on Road 18, east of Fowler,
and is seven miles long.
The Highway Commission, which
will issue its next regular detour
Bulletin Jan. II, has given road
maintenance employees orders to
keep the highways open and in good
shape throughout the holidays when
this is at all possible.
Detours due to construction are as
follows:
Road 13-Detour over city streets In
Wabash.
Road 18-Detour six miles east of Fow-
Ter is seven miles over gravel.
U. s. Road 20-Detour Just west of
Chesterton because of the New York Cen
trial Railroad crossing is IA miles for
westbound traffic; % miles for eastbound
traffic.
U. S Road 41-Detour in Hammond
over city streets.
Road 44-Bridge construction in Con-
nersyille, detour one-fourth mile.
Road 56-Drive slow from Paoli to eight
miles east. unfinished shoulders.
Road 59-Four ton load limit on bridge
two and one-half miles west of Helton-
vile.
Road 62-Short detour in Jeffersonville
over city streets.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21
Fight for Office
BIZ Times Special

HW 7 tWttN . VtCTWI
MARION, Dec. 21.-A bitterly con-
tested battle for the office of sheriff
of Grant County, which began at
the polls in November, was no near
er settlement today as with only two
precincts remaining to be recounted.
Orville Wells, Republican candidate
held a lead of % votes over Bert
Renbarger, Democrat.
The election board will file its re-
port with the Circuit Court this
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21

THE United States of America
u said it was ramshackle, so it
must have been.
1t was implanted, and some Of
the boards we're decayed. The
roof leaked. A window or two
was cracked. 1t was surrounded
by other structures just as de-
crepit
So today it was torn down to
make way for the Federal Govern
ment's 100000 housing program.
Three million dollars is a lot of
money and not to be questioned.
But Mrs. Katie Handlon today
did question both the three mil
lion and the Federal Government.
Why, she asked relatives with
whom she is staying, should she
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21
DOCTORS NAMED TO
HOSPITAL VACANCIES
DrS. MoSer and Foreman Succeed
Plane Mishap Victims.

DR.. Rollin H. Moser. 4129 Park-av,
and DR.. Harry L. Foreman, 1886
Westinghouse, we're named to the
Methodist Hospitals medical ad-
visory board yesterday by the nos
pitfalls executive committee to fill
the places of Or. Arthur NJ. Men
denhall and DR.. John w. Carmack,
distinguished dialapolis physi-
clans killed two weeks ago in an air
crash at Richmond, Ind. in which
Miss Evelyn Mendenhan. 24-ycar-
old newspaper woman and daughter
of DR.. Mendenhall, also was killed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21
CIVIL SERVICE
is URGED FOR
POSTMASTERS
Tests for All Permanent
New Deal Agencies
Also Asked.
BIZ Scvipp'-Ho'oard Neespapsr AHiqnce

BIZ SCripps-Hotrard Ncirspapsr AHianc,
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21.-Post-
masterships for qualified civil serv-
ice employees in Eli cities. instead Of
political henChmcn, we're advocated
by the United States Civil Service
Commission today in its annual re-
port.
Extension Of civil service regu-
latiOns to cover all the emergency
New Deal agencies which the next
Congress decides 70 make perma-
nent also was advocated.
New Deal jobs have more than
doubled the 'spoilsmen's hunting
ground IN the last two years. There
are 2l4000 United States workers
outside Of civil service compared with
100000 before March. 1888, Sen
atOr George w. Norris. Nebraska
progressive. is planning a campaign
70 extend the civil service merit
system 10 these employees.
Extension Of merit system in the
present permanent federal service, as
recommended by the report, in
cludes first. second and third class
pOstmasters and other non policy
determining Offices specifically col
lectorS Of customs, collectors of in
ternal revenue and most positions
Of attorney Deputy collectors of
internal revenue and deputy mar
shals also should be restored to the
competitive service, the report said.
other Changes Suggested
An executive order by the Presi-
dent TO enforce the Civil Service
Commissions orders against pOlit-
ical activities also was proposed
This amendment of present regula-
tiOns would require heads Of eXecu-
tive departments or commissions to
carry out action recommended by
the commission against violatOrs of
this rule.
Other recommendations for legis-
lation:
/. To limit veteran preference to
those honorably discharged after
war service or injured in line of
duty at any other time, to their
widows, and to their wives as de-
fined in the law.
2. To authorize the commission to
investigate and cOnciliate differences
arising out of removals, reduc-
tiOns or suspensions between en-
plOyes and their superiOrs.
3. To establish a uniform optional
retirement age of so years after 80
years service.
a. To provide annuities for en-
plOyes retired because of physical
disability who recover before reach
ing the automatic retirement age
and who fail of reinstatement
through no fault of their own with
in the 9O-day limit provided by law
Promotions Are Urged
s. To establish an adequate sta
tistiCal unit in the Office of the COM
mission.
'Postmasterships," said the report,
are purely business Offices. They
have no relation to politics.
The commission is strongly in
favor of filling postmasterships
through the promotion of worthy
subordinates wherever possible. 1t
is convinced that such a practice
would benefit the service, both by
insuring the appointment as post
masters of persons experienced in
postal business and By providing
a further interest and incentive to
subOrdinates."
The commission argued that ex-
tending civil service TO the New
Deal would add to efficiency and to
economy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21
YULE PARTY SCHEDULED
AT COMMUNITY CENTER
Churches, School Pupils and Scouts
to Give Entertainment.

TO Give Entertainment.
Churches, school and Boy Scout
units will present program of vocal
and instrumental entertainment
featuring a Christmas party at the
Hawthorne Community Center, 244O
w. Ohio-st, at tomorrow night.
A capacity crowd is expected, G. G..
Baker, center superintendent, an
nourced today. Numbers comprising
the program and those in charge
are: Kindergarten singing, Mrs.
Helen Massey; musical. School so,
Mrs. Marx Coffin; playlets, Boy
Scouts, Robert Groth, and West
Park Little Theater. Kenneth Lem
ons: special music, Washington M.
E. choir and Boy Scouts Brass Choir,
F. o. Belzer, and community singing
and special quartets, c. E. Hogue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21
3 KILLED IN BLAST
AT DU POINT PLANT
Explosion. Heard Five Miles Away,
Destroys PresSrOom.
ByJnitcd Press

81 NTTfH fIFNN
SCRANTON. Pa. Dec. 21.-An
explosion at the E. I. du Pont de
Nemours Co. works at JeSSup last
night killed three men and de-
strOyed a preSSrOOm.
The blast. accompanied by fire.
was heard nearly five miles away.
1T wrecked the preSSrOom where the
victim were employed. and broke
windows in several buildings.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21
SIayers Denied New Trial
By Unffcd Press

BIZ JnfF0 FfCSS
BOSTON, Dec. 21.-Murton and
Irving NIillen, young Boston brothers
facing the electric chair for a dOu-
Ole murder in the Needham Trust
Co holdup, today we're denied a
new trial by the United States Cir
cult Court of Appeals.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21
Campaign Succeeds
By Times Special

CHARLOTTESVILLE. Dec. 21.-
Evidence of returning prosperity in
Montgomery County was afforded
by the success of the recent Red
Cross membership drive in which
$500 was collected, as against APP
proximately $1,000 collected in a
similar effort last year.
Besides better times the unusual
success of the campaign was attrib-
uted to public appreciation of the
relief service given by the Red Coss
last winter to citizens of the county.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21
Indiana News in Brief

week, but regardless of who is de-
clared winner. the fight will go on
peal to the. Indiana Supreme Court.
Mr.. Renbarger is acting as incum-
bent as a result of the first returns
1t appears certain. however, that
Wells will be judged victor in the
recount.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21
It's an Eleven Baby

By ines SDCCidi
NOBLESVILLE, Dec. 21.-Toney
King of this city claims an unus-
ual record in parenthood and is
willing to share some of the glory
with his wife.
The eleventh child child in the
King family was born recently
The child was born on the II min
ute of the IL hour of the II day
of the II month and weighed II
pounds The baby boy has II letters
in his name, Toney King Jr.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21
Bandit Gets SI50O Pay Roll

Do z NIttu 7 FtAN
WOBURN, Mass, Dec. 21.-A lone
bandit held up President Elihu r.
Lyman of the Massachusetts, Gear
and Tool Co, forced him to drive to
nearby Burlington, robbed him Of a
$500 pay roll, and escaped.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21

I
greeted
L with far more than the expected the board
hasma a
the Indiana liquor gasoline share Enthusiastic
ppeds have earned
optimistic expected while tax returns on gasoline
have amounted only o S5,38867
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21
G. O. p. MAY LOSE
POSITIONS IN HOUSE
Democrats Consider Taking Com
mittee Posts From Minority.
By [ Rited Press


By United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-lIouse
Democratic leaders plan to crack
down" on the Republican minority
in the next Congress, depriving them
of strength on important commit
tees.
House Majority Leader Joseph w.
Byrns ID, TENN, virtually Speak
er designate" of the next Congress,
said today he favored such a move
in the interest of the preponderant
Democratic majority.
Under the plan. Republican repre-
sentation on House committees
would be reduced to give important
committee assignments to Democrats.