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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-12
The Times
Honor Roll
Early Donors to CIothe-
A-ChiId Warm Hearts
in Little Bodies.

EARLY donors to The Indian
IL apolis Times campaign to
Clothe-A-Child are going into city
stores to shop for their boys and
girls.
You'll Sc them everywhere.
Call Riley 5551 if you, too, wish
to give a child warm clothing for
Christmas and the New Year.
Seventy-two children have been
clothed by the following:
Delta Theta Phi Sorority, girl.
Golden Link Sunday School class,
Capitol Avenue Methodist Church. three
children.
Indianapolis Naval Recruit Station,
Officers and Enlisted Men, girl.
In Memory of Father Gavisk, two
children
Indig napoIis Times carriers, sub-sta-
tion &c. boy.
Delta Phi Theta Fraternity, boy.
Pennhoff Grille, Patrons and Employees,
boy and girl.
Three Girls in State Gross Income
Tax Office, girl.
Credit office. n. P. WATSON g. Co..
girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orbray Jones. boy and
girl
League. Pritchett alleys, boy and girl.
Flo Mary and Julia Ann Foreman.
Nj. and Mrs. North DeIaware-st,
girl.
Friends, boy.
The Miracle Man, girl.
Cast of Sahara Grotto and Ladies.
In Memory of Mother. from NJ. p.
a girl.
Alias Santa Claus. a boy.
In Memory of Lefty Lee, boy.
Illinois Building GOodfellow. boy and
Omega Phi Tau Sorority. Alpha Chap
ter. boy and girl.
G.. T. Club. boy.
Anonymous boy.
L: S. Ayres g. Co.. Downstairs Store
Relief Club. 10 children.
Employees of Fuller's Friendly Barber
Shops, Inc, boy and girl.
Delta Sigma Sorority. Beta Chapter.
George J.. Egenor Machine Company.
irons a Red-Headed Santa. boy and
The Friendly Club on the South Side.
Two Misses Who'll Start Girl in
School. girl.
In Memory Of Mama. boy and girl.
Ladies' Auxiliary to the Indianapolis
Caledonian Club. girl.
Indianapolis Bowling League. Pritchett
American legion Auxiliary. Indian
apolis Post No. 4. boy.
In memory of Miss Dorothy Helen
Farber. girl.
Employees. Public Service Company of
Indiana. seventh floor. Traction Ter
minal Building. five children.
Employees. Indiana National Bank. Sec
Ond floor. three children.
Fish and Game Division employees,
State Conservation Department, girl.
Man Who Wants Betty Again. girl
Artist and Wife. boy.
City Official. boy and girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. III. B. girl,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-12
SCHOOL HEADS
DISCUSSED BY
TRUSTEE GROUP
Positions of Democratic
Superintendent Endan-
gered by G. O. P. Margin.

Legislation affecting the selection
of county school superintendent to-
day was the chief topic OF discus
sion at the 44th annual meeting
here of the Indiana Trustees AS
ISOLATION.
Most county superintendent now
are Democrats. Republican trustees
outnumber the Democrats for the
first time in many years. The po-
litical complexion of the superin-
tendencies is expected to undergo
a change unless protective legisla-
ton is adopted
Thomas Mcconnell, Fowler, as
siStant state director of the Fed
eral Housing Administration, was to
be the principal speaker at todays
session. U. S. Abbott, state presi-
dent of the County Superintendents'
Association. also will speak.
Election of officers will take place
tomorrow, when Charles James,
Scott County, is expected to be
chosen as president Other officials
slated for election are Thomas Tif-
fee. Brazil. vice-president for the
southern district; Mrs. Mary Grace
Wells, Gary, vice-president for the
northern district, and Charles Daw-
son, Washington Township Trustee.
secretary.
At the opening session yesterday
Albert Free. Indiana Teachers Asso-
citation president; Grover Van Duyn,
Assistant State Superintendent of
Public Instruction, and Anderson
Ketchum, State Tax Commission
secretary, we're speakers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-12

1884. There are 55,364 persons re-
ceiving aid out of San Diego Coun-
tvs populaSion of 100000. The
load rises daily. about 300 new cases
applying each week against an aver
age of 100 removed.
In Vanderburg County, Indiana
10000 persons are on relief-nearly
one-third of the population. In
Evansville, particularly. the load is
showing some signs of lessening due
to local industrial improvement.
November totals were slightly under
OctOber's.
No records of relief were kept in
Oklahoma until FERA took over
control last April. From April to
October the relief load increased
from 556,l96 individuals to 1856.
From September to October the in
crease amounted to 1000 persons.
NeXt-The cost of relief.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-12
PERMANENT COMMISSION
URGED BY AERO CLUBS
Seven indianapolis Organizations
Wire Recommended ons to Capital.

Seven local aeronauticaI organ
izations urged the ablishment of
permanent Federal commission TO
supervise civil aviation in a tele-
gram sent to Washington yesterday.
The recommendation followed an
nouncement that the temporary
commission would meet this week to
determine the advisability of seek
ing congressional approval of per-
manent authority. The Indianapolis
commitment was directed to Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Clark Howell,
chairman of the present commission.
The groups petitioning for per-
manent commission are the Indiana
Aircraft Trades Associa ton, Indiana
Joint Aviation Co-ordinating Com
mittee, Indiana Chapter of the Ma
tional Aeronautics Association, In
dianapolis Aero Club, Aircraft Own
ers' Association, Hoosier Airport, and
the aviation committee of the In
dianapolis Chamber of Commerce.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-12

much fire. In fact, a series Of books
was printed to disparage it.
''The accuracy and fairness of
each publication was challenged by
the Ontario Hydro authorities, but,
regardless Of that fact, each sue
ceeding book quoted the prior chal-
lenged works as though they were
accepted authorities.
Much and varied propaganda
was also directed against the pro-
posed Muscle Shoals and Boulder
Dam Government projects.
During the period of these &C
Invites, it is common knowledge
that in only few instances was
there any approach to effective state
regulation. Yet the utilities pro-
claimed the sufficiency and COM
plete effectiveness of such regula-
ton as foil to any further Federal
or local regulation or to any form of
public ownership and operation.
I'm many states the utilities en-
gagged in direct political activities
against any project of public ma
ture and in favor of men and meas
ures agreeable to the privately
owned utility program"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-12

Forward Planning" will be the
subject of Miss Mary Sue Wigley,
New York City. at a special In
dianapoliS Association of Life I'm
derwriters Ladies Day" meeting
OF s tomorrow evening in the
American Central Life Building
auditorium.
Miss Wigley is American Home
department director of the Ma
tional Association of Life Under
writer's and for 10 years was in
the Extension Division service of
the United States Department of
Agriculture and Home Economics.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-12
Lansing Fire Tragedy
Recalls Past Disasters

heavy fatality Lansing Mich
recalled caastrophes
They include:
1892-Ioe Royal. New York City, Feb 6-28
St Johns. N. July dead
1699-TfOe Windsor, New IA
1900-Hoboke1, N J., docks ships fre-145 dead
1902-Paterson. j., buildings,
Birmingham. Ala, church fire Sept. Polls lost
1904-Baltimore, Md, Feb $500 buildings destroyed
l906-San Francisco earthquake and
l908-Boyertovn, Pa, theater. Jan. 13-169
Collinwood o. school-175 killed.
19ll-New York Triangle Waist Factory-148 dead.
l96Black Tom dock explosion Jersey City-Two
killed s22O00OO0 loss
l9l7-Halfax disaSer-1226 killed. 400 missing
1929-Cleveland Clinic Hospital-124
l930-Columbus 90 peniteniary-320 killed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-12
THREE CITY STUDENTS
H0N0RED AT PURDUE
Trio Is Among Those Pledged to
Honorary ORGANIZATIONS.

=
Three Indianapolis students are
among Purdue undergraduates re-
Gently pledged to honorary organi-
cations, it was announced today.
A. L. Hughes, 1923 N. Oakland av,
is a sophomore pledge to the Zou-
ayes, military society. R. F. Cissell,
R. R. Is, and w. j. Burich. BIAS N.
Ilinois-st, juniors in the schools of
electrical and chemical engineering,
are pledged to Kappa Phi Sigma,
honorary literary fraternity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-12
WOOD DRYING METHODS
DESCRIBED FOR ROTARY
Kiln Company Executive Speaks at
Club Luncheon.

Arthur E. Krick, vice president of
the National Dry Kiln Co., yester-
day described for the Rotary Club
modern processes of wood drying to
keep pace with production and in
crease the quality of wood products.
Kiln-dried wood, he said, is more
effective than air-dried wood. Air
seasoning, he said reduces the
moisture to only about u per cent,
whereas wood for furniture should
be reduced to 5 per cent. Kiln dry
ing requires from three days to
three months, oak being the most
difficult and pine the easiest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-12
ALUMNI GROUP ELECTS
Harrell Will Head Pennsylvania
Graduate Club.

The University OF Pennsylvania
Alumni Club of indianapolis has
elected Maurice T. Harren as presi-
dent. Other officials are Norman
Metzger, vice-preSident; Neil c.
EStabrook, secretary, and Bowman
Elder. Joseph White. Samuel R.
Harrell. Willis Adams and Perry
Meek, executive committee members.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-12
HIGH PRESSURE
UTILITY SALES
COST BILLIONS
Investors Took Huge Loss
in Securities Sold With
Propaganda Methods.

By Scripps-Hocard Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-BiIions
of dollars were lost by American in
vestors because of public utilities
high pressure selling of securities,
the Federal Trade Commission
charged today. The Commission
filed with Congress the conclusions
and summary of its Subsection re-
port on utility propaganda activi-
ties
While disparaging public owner
ship, the utilities pursued their I'LL
innate objective of creating a halo
around all their practices, including
financing" the Commission said.
Thus, it said, was fostered belief
by the general public in the sound
ness and value of all security issues
of privately owned utilities"
How fully this was attained ap-
pears from the harvest that came
from sales of their security issues in
1923 and 1929 Relatively speak
ing, no other industry put out such
a quantity and variety of issues :"
Holding Companies Scored
Super holding companies were
found to have issued securities al
most without limit, often with little
or no regard for the underlying
SoundneSS of, or necessity for, these
issues"
I'm all this" said the report, "the
years of propaganda activity I'M
doubtedly proved a powerful aid in
having made the general public
utility conscious.
1T would probably not be over
stating to say that losses to in
vestors in utilities securities attrib-
utable to utilities campaigns for
selling, and the increase in price
effected thereby, we're in the bill
lions" For, said the report, "the
activities of the utilities in these
campaigns must have had a pow
erful effect on the entire upward
price trend"
Peak of Propaganda
The ETC described the utilities
educational work" as probably the
greatest peace-time propaganda
campaign ever conducted by private
interests in this country.
THE record" it said, establishes
that the activities were carefully
t11opooI kI, rocyN0,,c;L@Io hood of H.
industries.
Whether or not Samuel and
Martin J. insult were, in 1919, the
originators of the utilities public re-
lation and propaganda plan, they
were at all events among its earliest
and most active promoters.
However, regardless of who con-
ceived or first promoted, the record
is clear that influential men gen.
orally in the industry readily adopt
ed the so-called Illinois PLAN spon-
sored by the insults, as the model
for their association activities
Acting upon the theory that the
two greatest public opinion forming
agencies of the present and future
generations are the press and
schools, the utilities, in planning
their publicity and propaganda
activities, gave most consideration
to contracting and exploiting these
two agencies. Officials and state di-
rectors were selected for their ex-
perience, acquaintance and ability
to make contact with newspaper
men and schoolmen =.
State Regulation Ineffective
Repeated attacks were made
upon every outstanding public prof.
ect, whether in existence or con-
templated. The Ontario hydro
electric system, which was the larg-
est and most outstanding, drew
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-12
STATE BREWER GROUP
REFLECTS PRESIDENT
Assembly Asked to Enact Sensible
Liquor Laws.

Liquor Laws.
Enactment of sensible regulatory
liquor laws by the 1885 General AS
Sembly was asked by Henry j..
Bowerfind, Fl. Wayne brewery Off
cial, who yesterday was reelected
president of the Indiana Brewers
Assn.
Other officials named are Robert
P. Kiley, Marion, president; R.
T. Riney, Evansville. secretary;
George H. Voedisch, South Bend,
treasurer, and NJ. c. Norton, Ander-
son, director.
Members of The Ninth District
Regional Code Board were re-
elected.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-12
HAUPTMANN LAWYERS
SEEK FAWCETT DATA
Court Order Asked Against Former
Defense Attorney.
By United Press

By JHtted Press
PENNINGTON, N. j., Dec. r.
Bruno Hauptmann's three lawyers
planned to seek a court order today,
to force the Bronx carpenters for
mer lawyer to turn over any infor-
nation which might aid the defense
in the Lindbergh baby murder case.
James M. Fawcett has refused to
give any data to the attorneys who
succeeded him after he had directed
a vigorous defense investigation for
several weeks and eXuded optimism
over prospects for acquittal.
Meanwhile the prosecution pre-
pared to fortify its case in probably
the most carefully planned trial in
the states history, to begin Jan. 2,
when Hauptmann fights for his life
before II of the $50 jury talesmen
who viewed him yesterday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-12
Self Defense to Be Defense
College Choir to Sing

The Indiana Central College choir
will sing Handels Messiah" ! in
Kephart Memorial Auditorium Fri
day at 7:30 p. m. Mrs. Ethel Gill
lat, music instructor at the college,
will direct the choir.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-12
KNIFE VICTIMS
DAUGHTER WILL
HELP HUSBAND
Young Wife to Aid Mate
Charged With Staying
Father in-LaW.

Witnesses for the defense were to
testify in Criminal Court this aft
ernoon that Norman K. Short killed
his father-n-law, Adolph SqWres,
in self-defense.
Among the witnesses was to be
Mrs. Ruth Short. attractive young
wife of the youth who is on trial
on second-degree murder charges.
The young wife sits beside her
husband in the courtroom. Her
mother sits beside Deputy Prosecu-
tor Gerrett Bates.
Today's witnesses described the
knife wounds which caused Mr..
Squires' death in City Hospital Aug.
20. Dr. William H Norman. resi-
dent physician, said Mr.. Squires had
died from a knife wound and peri
tonitis.
Frank L. Squires, Washington.
Ind, told the jury his dying brother
told him young Short had made
good his threats"
Dandling on Shorts knee was his
small child on whose account Short
had served a Jail term on child
neglect charge.
Widow First Witness
The first states witness yesterday
was Mrs. Alice Squires, dignified,
modishly- dressed wife of the slain
man. She testified that Short
stabbed her husband in the abdo-
men following charges by Mr.
Squires that Short was keeping
company with woman other than
his wife.
Wearing a somber black dress and
a pearl necklace, Mrs. Squires pre-
scented a sharp contrast with the
most of the audience which had
crowded into the courtroom to hear
the murder trial.
Mrs. zolla K. Small, 232 S. Ar
lington-av, a sister of Mrs. Squires,
told of a death-bed conversation
with Mr.. Squires shortly before he
dieo from the knife wounds Aug. 25.
Detective Jack Small testified that
he and another detective had OBJ
tanned from Short a confession of
the crime, which Short had signed
with his initials.
Self Defense to Be Defense
Short is alleged to nave said to
Detective Small that the crime
won't be on my conscience"
A small, pocket knife, which is
alleged to have been the weapon
used, was presented as evidence
The jurors inspected it gingerly.
Ira M. Holmes, veteran criminal
lawyer, in his opening statements to
the jury yesterday, declared that his
evidence would prove that Short
committed the crime in self defense
and was not aware at the time that
he had a knife in his hand.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-12

THE RICH-CLOTHE-A-CHILD
DONORS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-12
Rail Executive Dead

BIZ Jnited Press
MINNEAPOLIS, MINI. Dec. 12--
w. H. Brenlner, for 16 years presi-
dent of the Minneapolis g. st.
Louis Railway and recently receiver
for the road, died at his home to-
day of heart disease.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-12

GENTLEMEN PREFER CURLY
HEADS -CLOTHE-A-CHLD.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-12
100000 ARE
DEPENDENT ON
RELIEF IN U. S.
Numbers Helped Increase
Despite Improvement in
Employment.

Continued From Page One
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-11-24
Legitimate Royalty Dealers
Hope Securities Act VIII Win

OH royalties provide an almost
perfect hedge against initiation. They
Represent and interest In a commos1i-
~ that may be held In its natural
location without storage charges,
one for which there is q steady de-
maRd and which is subject to price
changes In Line with general COM
modify movements. The usual pRac-
tice Is for an OH company TO lease
the mineral rights Of a piece OF
property al TO give the owner, I'm
addition 90 any cash payment, q
royalty emitting him 20 one-eighth
Of the value of all the OIL that may be
recovered from the property. When
the field is developed and the OH Is
flowing from the wei TO the pipe
line, the pipeline company sends q
monthly check to the holder OF the
royalty covering his interest in the OH
delivered during the month preced-
ing. The size Of the payment varies
with the number OF barrels rum into
the pipeline and with the changes
I'm posted prices.
The original holder of this con.
tract, usually q farmer, often desires
70 sell #, 20 obtain the present value
of an extended series of payments Of
tndeterminate amount. The pur-
chase OF such a contract involves a
speculation I'm the volume of oil
that may be removed from the pro-
perry, the time required to remove
tt--particularAy important because
Of prorati0n--and the prices that win
be obtained for the oil when it is re-
moved. Since the OH companies
themselves are closest to these prob
lems they frequently acquire
royalties for the investment Of their
surplus funds. Estimates by those
In the business indicate that the oil
companies taken together hold
some 60% Of ali royalties. Another
&0b Is retained by the original
owners, by large local investors, by
trust funds and by local banks that
had made loans upon the royalties.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-11-24
ROADS TO MINES
lay BE- BUILT I'M
FEDERAL PROGRAM

A form Of application to be used
nv mining communities which desire
roads to be built with the aid OF
federal agencies has been prepared
nv the Montana Mineral Resources
committee of which President
Thomson Of the School OF Mines 10
chairman. The planning committee
chairman OF each county has been
asked to supply the following In
formation:
/. Mining properties where new
developments have already started.
2. Mining property where some
development may start within the
next two or three years.
The report for each class of
development should cover:
1. Length of road to be i'm
proved.
2. Kind of work that should be
done.
8. Kind Of mining property to be
benefited.
4. Amount Of tonnage that
would be hauled.
s. Permanency Of use OF the
8. work being done or proposed
by the county.
4. Work being done or pro-
posed by the Forest Service.
s. Indirect benefits that might
result.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-11-24
FUL Ton PREPARES
TO love TO SHELBY

W. M. Fulton was a visitor in
Great Falls this week from his
home in Conrad. He is preparing
TO move his office and home to
Shelby to be closer to his winter
operations in Cut Bank. Mr.. Full
ton has received notice that the
supreme court has upheld his judg-
ment in to full sum Of $76,112 for
injuries sustained in an automobile
accident which nearly cost the
veteran oil operator his life. The
supreme court upheld a verdict OF
distcrict court on Cascade county
given on May 10, 1888. The IN
surance companies have strenuously
fought the verdict, claiming ex-
cessive damages allowed by the jury.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1934-11-24

Lady Ito tramp; did You notice
tat pile of woodG'
Tramp: "Yes'm, I seen it.
Lady: "You should mind your
grammer. You mean you saw t."
TRAMP: Nom. You saw me
see It. but you hsvn't seen me saw
It,"
q q q q
While Cohen was in Scotland he
went out for a game OF golf. A
club member came out, and as both
were lone starters, q match was
suggested.
my names McGregor," said the
Scot.
what do you go around in.
McGregor Cohen asked.
"oh, around 112 or 114." the
Scot answered. whats your
game.7"
"Just about the same" Cohen
replied. How about 81 a hole7"
"And do you know" said Cohen,
''that dirty cook went around In
rs and nosed me out by one hole !"
q q o o
How did you get sleeping sick
ness-ever been in the tropics7"
mo, but in the civil service"
o o o o
Old man Nibbs has had lot of
trouble with his wooden leg. The
sap froze up In is leg last winter
and split It right in two. Then the
next leg got was warped and would
not walk straight. Every time he
started Cor to store he wound up
at the movies. He bought a solid
mahogany leg after that, but his
wife made him throw 1t away be-
caues It didn't match the rest Of the
furniture. At last he made a leg out
a peachtree limb, but had to junk
1t tbs spring when It began to
blossom. His present leg isn't so
bad If the COMPOUNDED woodpeckers
would let him alone. His wife says
his main trouble Is laziness. She
says it's hard for him TO get s
wooden leg that isn't geared faster
than his good one.
o o q o
SUCCESS STORY
The undertaker's very smart;
He'll never need the dole,
For he gets rich when other folks |
Are going IN the hole.