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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-20
HEART DISEASE TAKES .
BIG FOUR .WATCHMAN
Patrick Reedy, Ga, Found Dead
Along Right-Of- Way.

Heart disease was blamed for the
death of Patrick Reedy, "a, of SIG
West Norwood street, Big Four rail-
road crossing Waterman, whose
body was found early today along
the Big Four right-of-way near
Neal street.
Mr.. Reedy's body was found
seated, with the back against an
abutment. He is believed to have
been stricken on his. way home from
work. DR.. John Wyttenback, dep
uty coroner, ordered the body to
city morgue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-20
BACK HOME AGAIN

Stolen automobiles recovered by police
belong to:
Allen A. wilkinson Lumber Company.
Pine and Michigan streets. Ford coupe.
found at Terre Haute.
Bennett Wyon. 5212 Riverview avenue.
Oidsmobile coach. found in the rear Of
500 Indiana avenue.
Hcosier Cab Company. 500 West
Thirtieth street, taxicab No. 81, recovered
by company, stripped of heater. four
wheels and four tires
z Kuerst. 81 North Audubon road
Chevrolet sedan. found in vacant lot
across from 934 East Ninth street. auto
mobile had been used BY bandit IN filing
station holdup~ nj
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-20

Sugar beets are great crop
yield stimulator; after ground has
been used for them, other crops are
found to increase so to 80 per cent
in tonnage.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-20
BUSINESS NEWS FOR THE WEEK
TICKET SELLING
OPENS FOR 1894
SPEEDWAY RACE.
Optimism Is Evident as
Officials Prepare for
Auto Classic.

Following close behind the whirl-
ing wheels of the 1884 pace car of
better business, the race to get front
seats for the twenty-seconG annual
50o-mile automobile classic at the
Indianapolis Speedway on May 80
started last Monday.
The advance mail order ticket
sale opened. as usual. four and one
half months ahead of Americas
great single day sports show.
Advance ticket sales over the
counter started Monday at the
Speedway Office, 444 North Capitol
avenue.
Former Patrons Buy
The names of many old time
racing enthusiasts, absent for sew
eral years, were back again on the
roll call, requesting choice locations
close to the traditional bricks of the
two-and-a-half mile oval.
Optimism, based on the continued
improvement in general business
conditions, prevailed in the Speed
way Office as clerks racked the
newly printed pasteboards and pre-
pared to take care of an unusual
early sale.
1--WE are looking forward to the
heaviest early sale of tickets in the
past two or three years." said T. E.
Pop" Myers, general manager of
the Speedway. 1--WE base our OPP
timism on not only the increasing
signs of the return to better times,
but upon the growing interest in
the 1884 race.
Sees Upturn
"The automotive industry is again
on the upturn after some lean years
and is coming back with many
radical changes in both bodies and
motors. Many of the new features
have been put to the extreme test
in past races here. The public will
be more interested in automobiles
this year than for some time and
will look to the Speedway late in.
May for even newer innovations in
racing automobiles"
1t is expected that new regula-
tons limiting the total gasoline
consumption to forty-five gallons
this year will not only bring many
motor changes, but may lead race.
car builders to new forms of stream
lining with an eye to cutting down
fuel consumption.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-20
CITY WOMAN LOSES
RINGS WORTH ST, $50

Diamonds Stolen From Store
Mushroom, Police Are Told.
Two diamond rings valued at
$50 were stolen from the wash
room of a downtown department
store where they had been left by
Mrs. Davis Harrison, 1902 North
Delaware street, she reported to po-
lice. Mrs. Harrison said she re-
membered.. removing the rings and
returned thirty minutes later, but
they were. gone.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-20
7 NEARLY BLINDED
BY EXPLODING TIRE
Truckmen Treated at City
Hospital.

Two employees of the Denny
Transfer Company narrowly es-
capped being blinded in an unusual
accident early today when tire on
a truck on which they were working
exploded, blowing dirt in their eyes.
They were replacing one tire on a
dual wheel when the other blew out.
The men injured were Vernon
Owens, SO, of 1876 Whitaker place,
and Richard Hayes, "a, of 1135 Lex
ington avenue. Both were taken to
city hospital for treatment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-20

Unusual quantities of amber have
been washed up on the Prussian
coast by the Baltic sea; one beach
yielded 700 pounds of the German
gold"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-20
1900 IN COUNTY GET
$233,269 CWA PAY

utuIc I dy ItUIIS 70 Dc SIndIIeT, Due
to Slash in Hours.
Checks totaling 1898 1863 were
distributed today to 1900 Marion
county civil works administration
employees.
Future pay rolls will be smaller
because of the federal order reduc-
ing working hours from thirty to
twenty-four a week, in order to
keep within the CWA budget, but
congressional action may result in
an increase in hours later.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-20


accident early today when tire on
a truck on which they were working
exploded, blowing dirt in their eyes.
They we're replacing one tire on a
dual wheel when the other blew out.
The men injured were Vernon
Owens, SO, of 1886 Whitaker place,
and Richard Hayes, "a, of 1l35 Lex
ington avenue. Both were taken to
city hospital for treatment.
EAST SIDE
2442 E. wash. st.
Al 1MA Double Feature
INSOINNN Maurice ChevaIier
WAY TO LOVE"
LAST TRAIL"
sun. Double Feature-James Cagney
MAYOR OF HE'LL"
Kay Francis-LyIe Talbot
"MARY STEVENS NJ. D."
New Jer. at Il. Wash.
Paramount Double Feature
Lee Tracy
TURN BACK THE CLOCK
BOILING POINT"
sun. Double Feature-Jack Oakde
TOO MUCH HARMONY"
Janet GaynOr- Warner Baxter
Paddy the Next Best Thing"
1880 f. 10th st.
II Aux ~ Double Feature
I TNiNiNGN CIaudette Colbert
TORCH SINGER"
oTHE DEIUGE"
Sun. Double Feature-KayFraneis
81 LOVED A WOMAN"
Francis Dee
HEADLINE SHOOTER"
"S LITTLE PIGS"
SOUTH SIDE
GRANADA r SarsiG,s St 6.
Double Feature Max Baer
''Prizefighter and the Lady"
Zane Grey's
LAUNDERING Herd"
sun. Marie DressIer-LioneI Barrymore
HER SWEETHEART"
From story
CHRISTOPHER BEAN"
eAA,Hr1r Prospect Shelby
OERA Double Feature
OTN NGLNO Bill Boyd
FLAMING GOLD"
DIAMOND TRAIL"
DIR. BULL"
VIM. Boyd
MIDNIGHT WARNING"
Fountain Square
Double Feature Richard Dix
lace OF ACES"
Buck Jones
FIGHTING CODE"
sun. Double Feature-VictOr McLaglen
LAUGHING AT LIFE"
Gloria Stuart-H. 6. Wells
INVISIBLE MAN"
I1O5 $. Meridian
hPIAntS al Double Feature
~ iOtii0 81 Mary Brian
SHADOWS AT SING SING"
Joan Marsh
LOVE BOUND"
sun. Double Feature-Wm. Powell
KENNEL MURDER CASE"
Jean HarIOw-Lee Tracy
"BOMBSHELL"
Roosevelt , S%sSi; s5 T;s's::
LOOKING FORWARD
Bob Steele
RANGERS CODE"
sun. Double Feature-CIaudette Colbert
TORCH SINGER"
Lionel AtwilI
SECRETS OF THE BLUE ROOM
2119 Prospect st.
AVALON Double n Sr Fs%tTr'
"OLSENS BIG MOMENT"
Tim Mccoy
POLICE CAR NO. IL"
sun. Double Feature-Constance Bennett
"AFTER TONIGHT"
Ken Maynard
KING OF THE ARENA"
5. East at Lincoln
N( NJ Double Feature
' Jack Holt
WOMAN STOLE"
UNKNOWN VALLEY"
sun. Double Feature-Zasu Pitts
LOVE, HONOR AND OH, BABY"
Ben Lyon
GIRL MISSING"
WEST SIDE
BELMONT at Belmont %ao
SATURDAYS MILLIONS"
Joel McCrea
"CHANCE AT HEAVEN"
Sun. Marie Dressler-IioneI Barrymore
HER SWEETHEART
From story
CHRISTOPHER BEAN"
D AISY D CUB T E:staf.
"SKYWAY"
SOMEWHERE IN SONORA"
sun. Double Feature-Narie Dressler
HER SWEETHEART"
Bruce Cabot
"MIDSHIPAIAN JACK"
PRINCESS a. W E.r not.
Double Feature Ricardo Corte1
BIG EXECUTIVE"
~SAMARANG"
sun. Double Feature-Fay Wray
"ONE SUNDAY AFTERNOON"
Leslie Howard
BERKELEY SQUARE"
1911 W. Morris sc. |
Myrna 10y
'sPrizefighter and the Lady"
TORCH SINGER
Ginger RoEers-Lew Ayres
DON'T BET on LOVE"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-30

often the numerals are placed in such q
position as to be almost invisible, espe-
cially after dark.
The plan being used in Hartford Is to
paint numerals three inches high on the
curbing. The background is first painted
black and then the figures painted white.
Only the residential districts are included
in this work which is under private SUPER
vision and not being done under city
auspices. However, the street superin.
tendent retains the right to reject or APP
prove any such work done and to set up
definite specifications to be followed.
Some property owners might object to
having their property labeled in this fash
ion. They prefer the modest figures that
they have placed on their front doors or
porch steps. But in the majority of cases
there will be little or no objection to any
such plan. 1t is all for the best and is
intended moro as help to the numerous
free services to which we have fallen heir
in making modern business more efficient
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-30
. History Made Real

One of the things that makes ordinary
history seem unreal is it's habit of trying
to put its characters into full dress. The
school books are full of stately utterances
and lofty poses; and while they sound and
look very fine, most of us have trouble be-
lieving that they ever actually were said
or done.
Now MacKinlay Kantor, who recently
wrote 'Long Remember" fine novel
about the battle of Gettysburg, rises to
show that our suspicious can be pretty
accurate. In studying the battle OF Get
tysburg, Mr. Kantor devoted especial at
tention to the first days fight, when an
advance guard of Union cavalry under
General Buford tangled with the Con-
federates and got showed under.
Most histories, he remarks, represent
Buford's superior, General Reynolds, as
galloping forward and saying something
like this: General, the fate of the Union
is at stake At all costs, you must main
tain your present lines until reinforce
ments are brought forward"
But at last, in an old book of records,
he found out what they really said. Said
Reynolds, arriving amid the confused
clamor, whats the matter, John?, SAID
Budford, There's hell to pay" Said Rey-
nolds, "Think you can hold out until the
First Corps comes up?" And Buford re-
piled, "Reckon I can"
And all of this, somehow, is rather COM
forting ''There's hell to pay -. reckon
can"-that's the way men really talk,
in moments of stress. 1t sounds human,
realistic; we suddenly see Gettysburg,
not as historic pageant, but as it really
was, enacted by men who weren't worried
about striking attitudes for the history
books, but who were trying to get on with
the job at hand.
Probably we'd find the same thing true
Of many other historic and picturesque
occasions. Did John Paul Jones coolly
say, 81 haven't begun to fight" - or did
he damn the Britisher's eyes and invite
him to climb a tree?
Did Ethan Allan say, "Open, in the
name of the Great Jehovah and the Con-
tinental Congress or did he, as Yale
professor once suggested, say something
like "Open up there, you blankety-blank
blank!'
Scrape away the historic trappings and
you'd probably find something very like
this underneath many of those great mo-
ments. The fine phrases are made later,
by men who weren't there.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-30
Footpaths At Last

All roads being built in Connecticut
under PWA auspices are being delayed
right now because government regula-
lions stipulate the construction of foot
paths along them. This has been over
looked by the majority of citizens of Con-
necticut The history of the move for
footpaths or sidewalks along our more
important roadways dates back only about
ten years. We are happy to say that the
Democrat early joined the fight to secure
some protection for the pedestrian on our
roads.
At several legislative sessions there
were bills presented to have the highway
footpaths made mandatory whenever new
roads were built. And if possible they
were to be constructed along existing
roads that were extensively used by peo-
pie going to and from their homes and
places of employment. 1t was impossible,
however, to find the necessary funds for
such work as this in view of the fact that
highway department funds right now are
exhausted down to the last cent without
adding to the outlay.
But with the federal government sup
plying part of the money for PWA pro-
iects nothing can be done about it, but
live up to the demands laid down at Wash
ington. And when they call for footpaths
alongside of roads we are only hopeful
that the experiment, so far as this state is
concerned, will result in the ultimate
adoption of the same for all our main
roads particularly in the neighborhood OF
our cities and towns where pedestrians
along the routes are in danger and where
accidents usually occur.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-30
! (Hartford Times)

October is golden; November,
brown. December is gray and dark.
The SHOWS of midwinter are blue.
They may seem white and glitter
ing, but relieved OF the direct touch
of the sun the blue tint Is unmis-
taxable. March is a champion ar
tist in black and white. May de-
lights in pink and lavenders. The
color of April is red. Anyone with
doubts as to that may have them
removed by a glimpse at tomor-
rows dawn, or he may gain an
utter conviction by going out into
the open and watching the con-
tinual reddening of the hillsides
and the swamps and the hedge
hows as ''showeryn weeks prog
ress.
In the swamps, Of course. it Is
the soft maple which brings the
crimson hue. Upon the hillsides
and the woods Of drier ground.
it is the birches which do the
trick" Even the white birches con-
tribute. Seen "close to-" they still
appear, dingy, as far as the twigs
are concerned. But from dis
lance the swelling of their buds
reddens them more and more and
| 1t will not be long before around
the borders or the northern lakes
Is drawn the silver and coral
necklace" which Is dear to the
observer In the early spring sea-
son.
Nature lovers have q fondncss
for noticing the changing tints
which come with the advent OF the
different months. somehow the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-30
House Numbers

Hartford is following the example of
several other Connecticut cities by allow
ing house numbers to be painted on the
street curbs in front of the residences.
Bridgeport has already started this work
with unemployed men being given the
task of painting. This isn't bad idea
for all our Connecticut towns and cities.
Wherever there are sidewalks upon which
legible numbers can be placed, the scheme
should work perfectly.
There are always complaints being
brought forward about lack of street
names and house numbers. Strictly
speaking, this last matter is solely up to
the discretion of the property owner. But
postal regulations demand numbers on all
houses, not to mention sidewalks if deliy-
cry is to be made. Hence, for the most
part our houses are numbered But too
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-30
A Book a Day
by BRUCE CATION
Revolution? Well,
Maybe, Says F. D. r.

In his new book, ION Our Way"
President Roosevelt reviews the
events Of his first year in office
and refuses to get frightened at
the charge that his policy Is rev
dictionary.
Revolutionary? Perhaps it is"
he says in for foreword to the
book. ut is revolutionary, how
ever, only in the sense that the
measures adopted and the pur-
poses that they seek differ from
those used before.
"If it is revolution, 1t is a
peaceful one, achieved without vio-
lence, without the overthrow OF
the purposes Of established law
and without the denial of just
treatment to any individual or
Glass;
Our economic system, says the
president, had almost completely
collapsed in March 1898, and the
| new administration had to do
three things: Eliminate special
privilege in the economic structure,
war on crime and graft and re-
build moral values, and seek a
return of the swing of the pendu-
lum a swing back in the di-
rection of wider distribution OF
the wealth and property of the
nation"
| National planning, continues
the president, is vital need. Some
of the plans now being followed
may need revision, even abandon
ment. but planning there must be.
''In any event, we as a people
are determined, after going for
ward for one year, to keep on go
| ing forward some more"
Yet the government, he warns,
cannot do it all. There must he
new conception of individual re-
sponsibility. Private Office, as well
as public, must be looked on as a
| public trust.
we need vision--"some quality
of the mind which Is never salts
| fed with things as they are"
The bulk Of this book is a
| straight-out review of the last
years actions. But 1t constitutes
in the main, restatement Of the
Rooseveltian philosophy. AS such
| 1 hardly need say that 1t is a docu-
ment Of the highest importance.
| Published by the John Day Co..
1t is priced at $3.50.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-30

washington, April 30-Signs
of continued business upturn
are everywhere. Department
store sales are up. Employment
has increased. Factory produce
ton keeps upgrade.
But underneath these figures
are facts which give the brain
trust food for thought. They
have brought them to the atten.
ton of the president.
One Is that the relief rolls
for April reached 4,700,00O
families or the support Of
some 100000 people. This
is an all-time high-higher
even that last March when the
depression was at its peak.
Second Is that grocery store
sales, while greater Ii dollar
value are less in unit totals. In
other words, the deprecated
dollar makes purchases seem
larger, though real sales have
dropped. The same is true of
department store sales, though
the grocery index is more sig
nificant. People eat before they
buy clothes. - s
Third is that while produc-
ton is $500 of normal, sales
are only back to ITO of nor
NAL. In other words, factories
are producing more than peo-
pie are buying.
LOP.SIDED BLUE EAGLE
This is what the New Deal
sought to avoid. A spread be-
tween production and consump-
ton power, If continued long,
can be disastrous. To avoid this
was one of the great detectives
of the MIRA.
Today, however, this prob
ably Is the NRA's greatest fall
ure. Income taxes and corpora
ton reports all show some people
making more. Grocery sales show
other people are eating less.
gap between the rich and the
poor apparently increases.
The Detroit auto manufac-
turers, the Wierton company, the
iron and steel moguls exact more
or less their own terms from the
MIRA.
Jacob Mayed, an immigrant
tailor in Jersey City who press
ed suits for 35c instead of the
40c code price, gets thirty days
in Jail and 500 fine-later re-
mitted by a friendly Judge.
All of which leads TO this:
When the history of NRA finally
is told, the "crack down" bonn
bast of General Hugh "Jugger-
naut" Johnson will make pitiful
reading.
TACITCRN DERN
Probably the most uncommun-
icative member of the New Deal
cabinet, SO far as the press Is
concerned, is Secretary of War
Dern. His press conferences
during the past or 10 months
could be conducted on the fin
gers of one hand.
1t isn't because there isn't
plenty of news-on the contrary.
The silence is due to the recon-
mendations of towering Mrs
Dern, who didn't care much for
the way the secretary was pub
licized during the early days.
She advises:
"The less you talk to news
paper men the better. Then you
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-30
HISTORY

In selecting names for the
streets in Waterbury during the
early days the residents were
more or less consulted, and many
of them were responsible for the
names some of which are still in
use. In some instances the street
bore the name of the one who
named it and in other instances
streets were named because of
certain natural distinguishing
qualities. At a meeting held in
1851 the naming of the streets
was brought up and decided on.
Some of the descriptive names
were no doubt in use before there
was any legal adoption of names.
At different intervals the naming
Of streets came up for decision.
Center Square and Exchange Place
had already been designated with
their bounds, and by 1857 over
thirty streets were named in adj
dition to those previously named
by DIR Amos Blake.
DIR Anderson has described a
fair sized list of streets and the
sources Of the names. Some of
those are still in use and others
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-30
. Know Your Waterbury
It's History, Facts and General Information

are not familiar names. DR. An
derson comments on the absence of
names of first settlers in the street
names, such as Southmayd for Mr.
Southmayd, who made early his
tory here. In some cases where
streets were named for trees the
evidence of such trees in the To-
cality seemed to have DISAPPEARED,
such as Alder, Willow, Cherry and
others. Historical street names
included Lexington, Washington,
Lincoln, Putnam, Sarsfield, VOL
colt and others, and of course
our more current history has
brought other names of historical
import. Likewise from time to
time streets have been constant
ly added that have been named
for residents who have had
prominence in the city's history
and progress. OF. those streets
named for typographical qualities
were Brook, Cliff, Hillside avenue,
Long Hill, Spring, Water, Wood,
Woodlawn, Fairview, Niagara,
Prospect and many others. Wa
terbury is singularly minus numer-
ical and alphabetical names, First
and Second avenues, Third. Fourth,
Fifth, Sixth and Seventh streets.
few included among these.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-30
So They Say

1 want companionship and at
tentions from men-but the mo-
ment they begin to get serious.
I'm through.
Judith Allen, former wifeof Gus
Sonnenberg, the wrestler.
once the only way a woman
could command attention at all In
washington was as wife.
Emily Newell Blair.
When am convinced that a
certain course is the only one and
the right one for my nation. In
tend to pursue it. come what may.
Adolf Hitler.
I'm sure sorry for the women
and children OF Germany. They
won't get q chance to see the
worlds greatest lover in action.
Max Baer, when his film was
barred from Germany.
ia rather die on cherry pie than
live on floating island.
DIR Dudley Heed. Chicago uni
versity director Of physical edu.
cation.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-30

The first step in the movement to
secure special stamp to commemorate
Connecticut's tercentenary started last
week with the passage of the Senate bill
introduced by Senator Augustine Loner-
gan. A similar bill is said to be in prep
aration in the House with Representative
Maloney the sponsor. 1t was Representa-.
tive Maloney who proposed the issuance
of special so cent pieces to commemorate
the event. The date set for the observ-
ance is 1885, but it would be necessary to
secure congressional approval of any Of
these plans this year so that an early date
of issuance in 1885 could be obtained. 1t
is not likely that any serious objection
will be raised against either the stamp or
the coin. Other states have had them,
notably Massachusetts, which observed its
tercentenary few years back and Mary
land, which is doing the same thing right
now.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-30

birds fall harmoniously into the
picture. The rudy fox sparrows
brighten the bushy pastures In
April. The red-winged blackbird
arrives now from the south,
Very shortly the first cardinals
will appear. When they do, their
brilliance, while minute in Inagni-
ton points" as II were, upon the
the most cordial admiration.
Red n the color OF warmth. Its
welcme 10 all the more genial when
we see II spreading over the land
scape which such q short time ago
was barren and cold, with little
promise .of life in It, from outward
appearance. N a. Y