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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-03

Q-Why do wheels of vehicles sometimes appear
to turn backward in motion pictures?
A-Because the movement of the spokes is too
slow to be synchronized with the rapid separate
posures of the film.
Q-What was the male and female Negro popula-
ton of the United States in the last CENSUS?
A-There were 5S55.66s males and 6yOS5.474 fs-
males.
Q-Name the President Of France.
A-A.bert Francois Lebrun.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-03
Today S Science
BY DAVID DIETZ-

IMPORTANT advances in the fields of televison
l. mining, power plant equipment aviation and au-
tomobiles, predicted by the Engineering Index
National Committee
fifteenth annual volume of the Engineering Index
published this month
The index is a record of engineering research and
publication Its 1920 pages describe 10000 items
culled from 1000 different engineering publications
from all parts of the world The material is CLASH
fed under 5000 subject headings.
The items listed represent the work of $4,000
authors who wrote in 20 different countries and en-
ployed 20 different languages.
Z ENGINEERING activity precedes industrial and
IL business activity" Dean Collins P Bliss of the
College of Engineering of New York University ex-
plains. Dean Bliss is president of the Engineering
Index.
Every depression, no matter how long or how
deep, follows the same general course In the be-
ginning there naturally is falling off in activity
in all lines. In the midst of it there is a drifting
period Then, as business recovery is about to set
n there is keen activity especially in those lines
in which there will be the greatest Development"
D ECORDS of Engineering Index show that there
IN has been greater technical interest and activity
in television than in almost any other department
Of industry, Dean Bliss says
In the last year there were exactly 81 per cent
more reports and other writings the subject than
there were IN the year preceding he says.
Naturally, there has been greater activity in gold
mining development, the increase over the year
preceding being IS per cent. This is result not
entirely due to the depression but indicates also
general industrial reawakening. Our records show
an increase of 20 per cent for all mining
"A still better indicator of reviving industry how
ever, is the increase in reported development in
power plant equpment-22 per cent over the pre-
cedng year. This strongly indicates a recovery Of
confidence the part of manufacturers and an
anticipation Of demands for capital goods.
The Washington times., 1935-01-16
TAX UNIT SUIT
DISMISSED

Attempt by the group Of persons
who successfully passed the exam
ination for positions in the alcohol
tax unit of the Bureau of Internal
Revenue to GUST approximately
1000 payless employees proved fu-
tile yesterday in District Supreme
Court when Justice Jesse c. Ad-
kins dismissed suit instituted by
Samuel w. Cohen, of New York.
The suit pointed out that the
present employees had been dis
missed, and were not being paid.
Mr.. Cohen contended, since he
and others had passed the exami-
nation ordered in a Congressional
bill fostered by Senator McKellar,
and since they had passed the ex-
animation, they should be given
positions in the bureau.
Siding with the arguments of
Assistant District Attorney Henry
Schweinhaut. the court held that
Mr.. Cohen did not have sufficient
interest to maintain the suit.
- -
The Washington times., 1935-01-16
BROWN WANTS
RIGID TACTICS

Failure of his educational pro-
gram to cut down the number
Of traffic accidents in the Dis
trict was admitted by Police
Superintendent Ernest w. Brown
during hearings on the District
budget, it was learned today.
Major Brown told members Of
the House Appropriations sub
committee that "hard.boiled tac-
tics" are now the best thing to
lessen the number Of traffic
fatalities in Washington. He
said:
1--WE have tried everything.
We tried educational programs,
but after the novelty wore off
the accidents started increaS-
ing again.
81 have about decided now
that the hard-bOiIed tactics of
strict and rigid enforcement
are the best thing; that the
man who speeds shall pay the
penalty, whether he causes an
accident or not. The reckless
operator, the man who is
drunk, should be punished"
The Washington times., 1935-01-16
WOMEN'S CLUBS
PLAN HONOR
FOR LEADER
BY MARY PADGETT


The Department of Education
OF the District Of Columbia
Federation Of Women's Clubs
will give a luncheon in honor Of
Mrs. Fred L. Pigeon, chairman
Of the Department of Education
Of the General Federation Of
Women's Clubs, Friday, at
p. m. at the DenniSon Vocational
School for Girls.
Mrs. Pigeon is attending the
mid-winter board meeting of the
General Federation, now being
held at the General Federation
headquarters, 1884 N st. N. w.
At the luncheon steps will be
taken to establish in Washing.
ton a branch of the National
Vocational Education AsSocia.
ton. Men and women promi-
nent in the educational field
have been invited to attend, in
cluding H. A. Dennis, secretary
Of the National Vocational Edu.
cation Association; DR.. ]. C.
Wright, assistant director, Office
Of Education, in charge Of voca-
tional education; DR.. E. C. Hig-
bee, president of the District Of
Columbia Education Association;
DR.. Stephen Elliot Kramer, as
SiStant superintendent of educa-
ton in charge of vocational edu.
cation in the District public
schools; John Frey, vice presi-
dent Of the American Fedora
tion of Labor.
Among others who will attend
are Mrs. Louis B. Castell, presi-
dent of the District of Columbia
Parent Teacher AS Ssoci alton;
James G. Yaden, president of
the D. c. Federation of Citizens
Association; Miss Mary Lackey,
principal of the Dennison Voca-
tional School for Girls; Mrs.
Harvey w. Wiley, president Of
the District Federation of
Women's Clubs; Mrs. Otto L.
Veerhoff, chairman of the de-
partment of education of the
local Federation of Women's
Clubs; Miss Sibyl Baker, direc-
tor OF. public Fairgrounds in the
District.
Mrs. C. H. Lane, chairman of
vocational education of the D.
G. Federation, is in charge Of
reservations for the luncheon.
At the January meeting of the
District Federation, the program
will be in charge of the Depart
Inent Of Education. The meeting
will be held in Barker Hall, Mon
ay, January %, at 10:30 a. m.
Mrs. Veerhoff will present Mrs.
Charles D. Walcott, widow of
the former secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution, who
will give a lecture on wild
Flowers" with colored slides.
The Washington times., 1935-01-16
BALLOU FAVORS
. EXPERIMENT

The character education pro-
gram introduced in Washington
schools in September of last year
was strongly defended by DR..
Frank w. Ballou, superintendent
Of schools, when he appeared be-
fore q subcommittee of the House
holding hearings on the District
budget for 1885.
1t was disclosed today, however,
with the report Of the committee
going to the House, that members
OF the House appropriations sub
committee were not in sympathy
with the new system Of character
development as proposed to them
by DR.. Ballou and the item was
stricken from the Districts ap.
preparation for 1895.
In explaining why he wanted
an appropriation to continue the
experiment in schools here, DR..
Ballou told the committee he
thought his idea should have at
least two more years of trial be-
fore 1t could be called q failure.
An eight-page record of an ad.
dress DR.. Ballou had made in
New York city on the subject
OF character education was in.
corporated in the record of the
subcommttee's hearings.
Representative Clarence Can.
non. Cd, Of Missouri, chairman
OF the subcommittee told DR.. Bal.
lou the subcommittee had re.
ceived an unfavorable reaction
concerning the character pro.
gram from the District Parent
Teacher Association and from
teachers in the public schools
here.
The Washington times., 1935-01-16
PIT. A. Head on Air

Mrs. B. F. Langworthy, Of
Winnetka, ILL.,, president of the
National Congress of Parents
and Teachers, will speak Friday
on the Among Women" pro-
gram, sponsored weekly by the
District of Columbia Federation
Of Women's Clubs. The pro-
gram will be broadcast at lis
p. m, over radio station WRC.
Mrs. Langworthy has been ac.
lively engaged in parent-teacher
work for 20 years, and is well
known to the women Of the
District.
The Washington times., 1935-01-16
Firemen Honor
Norman Roberts

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Jan. 16.
Norman Roberts. for % years
member of the Columbia Fire De-
partment, Alexandria, and for Is
years its president, was given a
dinner last night by the COM
pany in recognition of his loyal
service. A gold fire department
badge was presented to him en-
graved with his name.
The Washington times., 1935-01-16
HAVE TURKEY SUPPER

The annual turkey supper
sponsored by st. Aloysius Church
will be held today and tomorrow,
beginning at 5 p. M, in the
cafeteria of Gonzaga High School.
Mrs. Jenne Flynn and Miss
Catherine wning head the
committee.
The Washington times., 1935-01-16
g and 40 to Meet

Salon No. "A, Eight and Forty,
will meet tonight at 7::30 o'clock
ct the Washington Hotel.
Before the meeting, at $50
p. M, a Dutch dinner" will be
given at the hotel in honor of
the national chapeeu, Mrs.
Mary L. McClung,
The Washington times., 1935-01-16
SCHOLARSHIP

For the purpose Of creating
more interest in business admin
istration the North Carolina
Mutual Insurance Company, of
Durham, has given a $100 scholar
ship to Howard University to be
awarded annually to a student
in the business department.
The Washington times., 1935-01-16
FLETCHER TO SPEAK

The newly organized Junior
Republican Women of the District
will be addressed by Henry P.
Fletcher, chairman of the Republi-
can national committee, at 2:3O
p. M. tomorrow at the Republican
Club headquarters at Scott Circle.
The Washington times., 1935-01-16
SUNDAY MOVIE BILL

WILMINGTON, Del, Jan. 16
UN.S0.-Sunday movies will be
permitted throughout the State
should a bill introduced today in
the State legislature be enacted.
The Washington times., 1935-01-04

sounds outside the house? A-No.
Only the bowling of the wind.
Q.-Do you know whether Betty
Cow was cutting out masquerade
costumes in the kitchen that
night. A.-No. She might have
been. but I don't know.
Mr.. Reilly handed Lindbergh a
picture of a window and asked if
it was the one through which the
baby was taken. Colonel Lind
bergh replied it was.
Off the shutters were closed
and ladder were used in an
attempt to get in, it would be
pretty difficult, wouldn't it. At
could be done, I think.
Q.-Were there any other serv-
ants outside your household who
came to your estate? Al be-
lieve a chauffeur from the Nor
row estate had come there.
Q.-This was man named FL
liSon? Ayes.
Gle is Dane, wasn't he
a Scandinavian? Al don't
know, but he may well be.
The name of Violet Sharpe,
Morrow home employe who COM
mitted suicide some time after
she had been questioned by the
authorities, was brought into the
testimony by Mr.. Reilly.
Q.-What did Violet Sharpe do
at the Morrow home? A.-She
was a maid.
Q.-Do you know whether she
went out with Ollie Whately in
her off moments? A.-No. I
don't know.
Colonel Lindbergh said he did
not remember questioning the
Morrow chauffeur as to where he
was for several hours the night
of the kidnapping.
Q.-Do you know whether he
was seen that day near your es-
tate with a strange man in the
car? A.-No.
Q.-That man is no longer
chauffeur at the Morrow home,
is he? A.-No, he is q gateman.
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
Identifies Note

Mr.. Wilentz then held up a vel.
lowed letter. He asked:
"Can you identity this?"
Colonel Lindbergh studied it. He
replied:
"It Is the third ransom note.
which was mailed to Colonel
Breckenridge in New York"
The note was marked for identi-
fication.
Mr.. Wilentz then asked Colonel
Lindbergh if he had received a call
from DR.. John F. "Jafsie" Condor,
the elderly New York city educa.
tor.
eyes. 1t was on March 8, I
believe"
"And after that, did YOU re.
ceive these notes from DR.. Con-
DOM"
Mr.. Wilentz handed the Colonel
four or five of the ransom notes
DR.. Condor had received from the
kidnaper and which DR.. Condor
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
GR|LL|NC
Up To REILLY
BY LEIGH MATTEsON

PENNINGTON, N. j., Jan. 4
Q,N,S0 The test of the counsel
for the defense in the Haupt-
mann trial will come today.
Smart or faulty as the defense
tactics may be, they will be re-
vealed when Attorney General
Wilentz finishes questioning
Colonel Lindbergh and turns the
Lone Eagle over to the defense
for cross-examination.
Chief Counsel Edward j. Reilly
then will have to make the most
momentous decision of his long
career as a defender of accused
characters.
Lindy Faces "GriIIing"
Mr.. Reilly has told dozens Of
reporters that he will smear"
the regulations of members Of
the Lindbergh "household." He
has indicated in no uncertain
terms that he might subject
Colonel Lindbergh to a hot
grilTing.
In the proceedings yesterday
Mr.. Reilly demonstrated good
judgment in refusing to cross
examine Mrs. Ann Morrow Lind
bergh, although her testimony
and her magnificent behavior on
the witness stand promised to be-
come one of the major decisive
factors in the case.
The question today is: Will Mr..
Reilly start keeping some of his
formal promises to the press and
to Mr.. and Mrs. Hauptmann?
The noted Brooklyn criminal
lawyer was hired to replace Law
yer James Fawcett solely on the
basis of his reputation to make
and keep promises to dig up and
present defense evidence Of a
sensational sort.
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
TRIAL PROVES
|. N. s. SCOOP

FLEMINGTON, N. j., Jan. 4
1NSD.-Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh's witness-stand declaration
that he identified Bruno Richard
Hauptmann by his voice as re-
cipient of the $5O,0OO kidnapping
ransom today gave official con-
firmation to a fact first revealed
by International News Service
Shortly after Hauptmann'S ar
rest, International News Service
revealed, Colonel Lindbergh con-
fronted him in the Bronx sheriff's
office and listened for 20 minutes
while the prisoner was made to
say over and over:
"Hey, doctor, this way, doc
tor"
These were the words used by
the ransom recipient to DR.. John
F. Condor. kidnap Intermediary,
near a Bronx cemetery while
Colonel Lindbergh was within
earshot. Colonel Lindbergh i'm
mediately identified Hauptmann's
voice as that of the shadowy
cemetery figure, known to DR..
Condor only as John"
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
Hint "InSide Job"

Courtroom observers believe,
judging by the defense lawyers
tactics, that the Hauptmann de-
fense will be that the crime was
an inside job. They saw the
first indication of this in two
casual questions asked Engineer
Walter E. Roberts under cross
examination.
Engineer Roberts, explaining
his maps Of the Lindbergh home,
was asked the distance between
the stairway leading to the
ground floor and the nursery
whence the child was stolen. He
gave his measurement as 81
feet, 8 inches. Later he was
asked by Defense Attorney Fred
erick A. Pope the distance from
the window sill of the library
and the sill of the nursery win
dow through which the child was
carried. The witness gave the
distance as 9 feet, 10 inches.
Chief Counsel Reilly for the de-
fense is prepared to carry this
phase further on crosS-examina.
ton Of State witnesses.
The defense is expected to at
tempt to show through cross-ex-
animation of Betty Cow, Elsie
Whateley. houSekeeper, and others
that the kidnapers must have had
information from occupants of
the house or their friends to have
accomplished the crime.
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
Police COOperGted

Q.-Isn't it true Colonel
SchwarZkOpf OF the State
Police of New Jersey has been
in complete charge at all times?
Ayes, but others have worked
with him.
Mr.. Reilly asked If Colonel
Lindbergh could give him the
name of any Federal agent who
arrived after the kidnapping. Col
onel Lindbergh said:
"Chief of Internal Revenue
Bureau Trey, a Mr.. Madden Of
Chicago, and a Mr.. Wilson"
Handing Colonel Lindbergh a
pointer, Mr.. Reilly asked him to
trace on the maps Of the wall
the route one would take from
the kitchen of the Lndbergh
home to the nursery without
going up the front stairs.
Q.-Was there door leading
from the kitchen out into the
back yard? Although a door
and through the garage door.
Odd you examine the ground
outside the garage for footprints?
A.-No. It was gravel. I saw no
reason to look there.
Q.-The question Is, did you
look, Colonel. Al did not.
The Colonel also traced the route
up the front stairs to the nursery.
Under cross-examination, Colo
mel Lindbergh insisted it was not
true Department of Justice
agents had not been allowed to
see the ransom notes.
Q.-On this particular week
end (of the kidnaping) you de-
cided to stay on in Hopewell
over the weekend? Ayes. The
baby had cold and we didn't
want to move him Tuesday (the
day of the kidnaping)
Q.-This was unusual. You
usually came back to Englewood,
didn't you? Ayes.
Dwell, the outside world
did not know Of your movements,
did they? A.-No.
Mr.. Reilly asked Colonel Lind
bergh if the butler answered the
telephone when he told his wife
from New York he was going to
be back the night Of the kid
naping. Colonel Lindbergh didn't
remember who answered the
phone.
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
Heard Sound

Q.-Now, when you were sitting
in the sitting room that night
you say you heard sound. What
was it like-a book dropping on
the floor? A.-No, it was stronger
than that. It was like wood on
wood. Like the Stats of a box
dropping.
Q.-Was there wood around the
house, left over from the build
ing? Ayes.
Odd you investigate this
sound? A.-No.
Colonel Lindbergh said the first
indication he had that his son was
missing came from Betty Cow, the
nurse, when she rushed toward
him greatly excited, and asked
him if he had the child.
Q.-You went upstairs, to the
crib. And there was a contour in
the covers of the crib where the
baby had lain? A.-Yes.
Q.-Now, was it your habit to
exhibit the child and let others
handle it? A.-No.
Mr.. Reilly said he assumed
Colonel Lindbergh did not let
trades-people fondle the baby nor
let the milk man handle him in
the morning.
His face serious, Colonel Lind
bergh replied:
"NO."
Q.-All right. Now, Colonel is
it possible that the baby got too
warm that night and tossed about
on it's face somehow so that it
could have been smothered? A.
No, I do not think So
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
LITA CHAPLIN

they were laid underground A
Yes.
Q.-Do you know whether these
wires ever were tapped? A.-No.
Q.-You say they we're working
all right the night of the kidnap-
ing? A.-YeS, they were. I called
the police and they were working
all right.
Colonel Lindbergh again was
asked to take up the pointer and
indicate the window he believes
the kidnaper used.
Q.-Were any fingerprints found
on that window? Al was told
there were no fingerprints found
only smudges.
Q.-Was the window locked?
A.-No.
Q.-Was 1t known to Betty Cow
that the window was not locked?
Al suppose so.
Q.-And the Whatleys? Al
suppose so.
Mr.. Reilly asked Colonel Lind
bergh if any strangers we're at his
house the week preceding the kid
naping.
"No. I think there were some
R~SA~Le
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
Offered
If Hauptmann
Bares Aids

FLEMINGTON, N. j., Jan. 4.
An offer to intervene with Presi-
dent Roosevelt for clemency for
Bruno Richard Hauptmann.
Lindbergh kidnap suspect, if he
could give information implicat-
ing others in the crime, was
made by DR.. John F. "Jafsie"
Condor, ransom intermediary
in the Lindbergh case, on the
day of the Germans arraign-
ment in the Hunterdon county
Jail, it was revealed today.
DR.. Condor, according to the
account, reenacted in the Jail
the scene which occurred on the
night when he interviewed
John" in Woodlawn Cemetery,
New York. "Jafsie" at that time
related the story of the payment
of the ransom and discussion of
the prospect of return OF the
baby,
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
BABY'S FINDER
DISAPPEARS

FLEMINGTON. N. j., Jan. 4.
The State Of New Jersey can't
find the man who found the
Lindbergh baby.
William Allen, Negro, discov.
cred the boy about As feet off the
main highway between Hopewell
and Princeton, on the afternoon
Of May IL, 1892.
He was a truck driver then,
living at Trenton with a family
Of three. In the months that
have elapsed since his momentary
flight into the headlines, Allen
has disappeared and Sheriff John
H. Curtiss' deputies have been un.
able to serve a subpoena on him.
The Washington times., 1935-01-04

had brought to Colonel Lind
bergh's Hopewell home.
Colonel Lindbergh identified
these notes and they also were &C
cepted as exhibits.
Mr.. Wilentz continued:
"And did you then authorize
DR.. Condor to carry on the ne
gOtiations for yOu?"
Eyes, 1 did"
Colonel Lindbergh was a trifle
nervous this morning. His hand
shook a bit as he fingered the
ransom notes.
He wore dark gray suit, blue
tie and white shirt.
Colonel Lindbergh was handed
another letter which he identified,
Mr.. Wilentz then handed Colonel
Lindbergh a piece of torn and
crumpled newspaper, and asked If
he recognized it.
Colonel Lindbergh replied 4
"It is part Of the wrapping in
which the baby's sleeping gar
ment was mailed to u.s."
Colonel Lindbergh paled as he
identified the sleeping suit.
Hauptmann, whose small, beady
blue-gray eyes had been turned
upon Colonel Lindbergh, allowed
his eyes to drop to the floor.
Colonel Lindbergh had told how
Betty Cow, greatly excited, called
to him about 10 p. M, and asked
if he had the baby. He imme-
diately went upstairs into the
nursery and from the appearance
of the crib he realized something
was wrong.
He told of finding the ransom
note on the window sill. The win
dow was closed. The note was in
an envelope.
Colonel Lindbergh related how
he got a rifle and searched the
premises but found no one. He
called to the butler to notify the
police at Hopewell. He said he
left instructions, after finding the
ransom note, that no one was to
touch it and the note was not
touched until Trooper Wolfe of
the New Jersey State police ar
rived.
Colonel Lindbergh said Trooper
Wolfe moved the note from the
window sill to the mantel over the
fireplace with pen knife. The
note itself was not opened until
Trooper Kelly arrived with suit
able equipment for examining it
for fingerprintS. The note de-
manded $4,000 ransom.
The Washington times., 1935-01-04
MOTHER TALE
TEARS HEART
Of CROWD
BY MARGARET GARRAHAN
International News Service
IN EAGIAIGTOM N Ian


FLEMINGTON, N. j., Jan. 4.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh today
has the world at her feet.
Slim, straight, fighting tears
and clinging to poise
mother touching little baby gar
ments with a lightnesS almost a
caress barring her soul to
the world at the command of the
State-Anne yesterday placed a
dainty finger on a hard worlds
heart and won.
"She'S a thoroughbred"
Throughout this little town,
packed with hardened newspaper
men accustomed to every conceiv-
able scene, that thought is ring
ing.
did you ever see anything
like it?"
That is what they are asking,
still gaSping at the most heart
clutching drama ever enacted be-
fore their eyes. UnbluShingly,
they admit to tears as they lis
tened to her on the witness stand.
In single stroke, metropolitan
veneer has been wiped from the
Pennington picture and curiosity
has lost to shame.
Calmly she chose her words,
testifying in a clear, low voice,
tears frequently welled to her
eyes, but she always managed to
fight them back.
Once her voice broke. Her
hands - graceful hands - moved
continuously. gently tugging at
the trimming of her blouse.