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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15
BY VINCENT LYONS
Times Financial Editor

During the World War the Cltl-
Zens Gas Co. prospered as a result
of the substantial profits realized
from the sale Of coke and its other
by-products. But when the post
war depression set in and carried
the price of coke sharply lower,
profits nose-dived. AS conse-
quence the company for a few years
was unable to maintain the 10 per
cent on the common shares.
Confronted with this situation Of
fcials of the company in December,
1920. asked the Public Service Com
mission for temporary relief by sus-
pending A law on the books which
made it illegal for any company to
charge and collect more than so
cents each 1000 cubic feet for gas in
the City of Indianapolis. A rate of
90 cents was sought
Citizen committees moved from
Turn To Page Three
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15


work We have talked about the
number being 10000 O00. There isn't
aub0dv IN the United States who
knows TO-DAY whether that figure Is
within -unShof n The facts
which moves me ~ say that an
outstanding feature of this depres-
sion IS orr almost complete ig-
n0ranCe NJ a.
We are disbursine millions Of
dollars 10 take care of the unem-
pioved and their families and vet
nc have NOT the simplest fact about
o. How would YOU feel II YOU
walked up tomorrow m find that
% IL not 100000 out Of work.
huf 0nlv-let's Sav-5. 900 600. We
have had 10 spill the works IN our
expenditures because D. was more
important that nobody should starve
than that TOO much money should
b. spent
Taxing merely as a guess. that
ton millions Is the ficura-that
means that 100000 people are
dependent. not counting the many
more millions who are nearly deSti-
tutF because Of the difference IN
what they earn and what il costs N
feed them actually In fact. the
statSticians could plausiblv calcu-
late that not more than one per-
son m three IN tho United States is
earning his living We know bet
Ter than that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15
BACK HOME AGAIN,
WITH HER 81 DOGS
Canine HoWIs Bring RoarS
From NeiqhborS.

Society note: Miss Wilhelmlna
Adam returned to her home, 1924
Churchman-av. at 1:3O this morn
ing, accompanied by 81 dogs.
State note: She mad been invited
to do so by the city of Terre Haute,
where she had had the dogs for sew
eral days.
Neighborhood note: All persons
within a mile of the Churchman-av
address we're awakened at 100 this
morning by the dogs barking.
Court note: Miss Adam, by taking
the dogs out of the jurisdiction of
Circuit Court, which had ordered
her to get rid of all but two, closed
the case and is not in contempt of
court by bringing them back.
Foot note: Miss Adam says the
dogs are hungry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15

an hour. or better, Post was depend
ing chiefly on the thin air of 5000
feet where he expected TO ride, a
tail wind of so miles an hour and
reduced air resistance through the
elimination of his landing gear
To enable him to stand the sub
zero temperatures of the altitude
and provide oxygen enough to keep
him alive. Post wore a curious rub
Der suit. topped by an aluminium
helmet into which an oxygen jet
flowed.
II was his second attempt 70 so
span the continent. Several weeks
ago he was forced 70 land IN Muroc
Dry Lake. near Mojave, Cal, when
an oil line broke.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15

RuShville needed all the
power it could muster to de-
feat Princeton, 81 to 80, IN
a nip-and-tuck battle, but
Richmond coasted to victory
over Frankfort, "a to II, and Mich
igan City had just as easy a time
with little Mentone, winning 35 to
"a.
The touted JeffersonviIe team,
undefeated this season, was to go
into action at o'clock against
Montgomery. At 3, Berne and
Roachdale we're to tangle, and at 4,
Logansport was to be seen in &C
ton against Shelbyville.
First-round battles will be con-
Guided tonight with games between
Brazil and Anderson and Nappanee
and Upton. Tomorrow morning
will see four quarter final games.
and tomorrow afternoon two semi
final tits.
lDe Two NlCbOlS JOlllOll OW cAOOI
noon then will move into the final
game that will decide Indianas
1885 scholastic basketball champion.
Action of the ding dong variety
which has made Indiana basketball
mad sent the tourney away to fly
ing start, with Rushville's roaring
Lions staging a terrific comeback to
nose out Princeton, 81 to 80, in the
first game this morning
Trailing 26 to 10 late in the third
quarter, the Lions broke loose with
a dazzling attack that pulled the
count up to &c to % as the final
period started Led by Sharpe,
speedy guard who connected three
times on two-pointers in the final
minutes, RuShville tied the count at
27-27 with five minutes to play.
Rushville then took a 1928 edge,
but Princeton fought back. to gain
a one-point advantage. With less
than two minutes to play Rushville
forged ahead "a to 30. Then Abel
of the Tigers snagged a long heave.
but before Princeton had another
chance the gun sounded.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15
BY JOE COLLIER
Times STAFF Writer

All the out -of-tOwn people who
milled about the streets last night
and filled the hotels. along with a
good many residents of Indianapolis,
gathered today by pre-arrangement,
at the Butler Fieldhouse and told
the sparrows on the rafters to move
over.
The Sparrows. who all winter had
the fleldhouse as their
personal hangar. naturally resented
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15
Doubts 10 Million JobIcss

PERSONALLY. 7 very much
- doubt II there are ten million
people Out n work. II does not
square with the fact that business
everywhere is showing a great I'M
pr0vement. In the early stages Of
The depression. I could not walk
= block in any large CITY without
being panhandled for a dime or A
quarter by some unfortunate who
asked some trifie TO buy his food
To-day the panhandler has all
but disappeared from the streets.
That Is not a scientific ANALYSIS.
bur b. NAV be 2 straw that shows
how The wind Is blowing But We
d0 not know. and II ought 10 he
our business n find out lust tx
actlv how many OF our people are
our ~ Jobs
This. OF course. raises in the
mind 81 most people an idea Of
months n preparation and the ex-
peuditure Of more millions to count
r'e l0hIeSS. That Is another piece
Of nonsense. During the war when
We we're putting over the draft We
needed 2 census OF msn-power.
I'm fact. We took two CenSuSeS
ana We registered 100000 men
~ bearing ace. and each Of
these two cenSuSeS took lust -
hours 70 accomplish and the cost
m each case except for printed
natter was about $4,000. The
Ssn1e process would give us 2 real
chart Of the unemployment situs-
ton
You NAV recall that during the
war We all had 70 have regiStra-
ton cards. as a measure TO prevent
draft lodging We ought 10 have
registration cards today for every
person who Is accepting or asking
for government relief. In this way
We could have a check against any
ChiSelerS VINO ind II less painful
~ car the bread Of charity than
~ Go an honest GAYS work. More
over. the index Of these cards
would be 4 moving picture Of the
progress Of the depression. We
then would know definitely from
dav - dav Whe her Ne were NOV
ing I'D o. dow
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15
STATE LIQUOR
BOARD NAMED
BY GOVERNOR
Russell Ryan, Paul Fry Are
Selected as Democrat
Members.
SALARY $4,000 YEARLY
David Myers, Howard Quig-
ley Get 6. 0. P. Berths
From MCNUtt.

Gov Paul V. McNutt today named
the four members of the bipartisan
Alcoholic Beverage Commission that
will administer the liquor law
passed after bitter debates in the
last General Assembly.
Members arc:
Paul p. Fry, Democrat present
excise director. chairman.
Russell J RYAN. Democrat. former
nudge Of the Marion County SUI
perior Court.
David A. Myers. Republican.
Greensburg. for 20 years a member
OF the Indiana Supreme Court.
Henry A. Quigley, Republican.
KOkomo former mayor Of Kokomo
and Howard County clerk
The board. each member Of which
will be paid $4,000 a year. has broad
powers and responsibilities under
the law. II probably will convene
for organization at the earliest pos
Sible moment.
AS the appointments we're an
nounced. Chairman Fry issued a
formal statement Of the intentions
and intended method of procedure.
He said.
We expect 70 enforce the new
liquor control law 10 the letter.
realize this is a great opportunity
for enforcement and general
cleanup as soon as We get the ma
chinery Of the department in
operation
We are going 10 select men Of
character and experience in the DO
lice work of the department. Since
these men have police powers. they
must be men of good moral char
scter and We do not expect to make
shoppers out Of our police force. We
expect all our Investigations and
prosecutions to be open and above
board. Our men will be in plain
but will carry their creden-
tisls from this department which
will be shown before making an in
vestigation on any premises.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15


The one-eyed Oklahoman. dressed
ike man from Mars" and plotting
the craft IN which he twice circled
the globe took of Unexpectedly
from Union air terminal in Bur-
bank AT sis a. m. indianapolis
timci.
The destination 10 which he hoped
r. rocket at from $50 10 400 miles
AZ hour was Floyd Bennett Field in
NeR York
The Winnie Mae which Post
gunned down the long runway al
sunrise and headed toward the At
lantic seabosrd was substantially the
same old ship in which he rode TO
fame
To get her 10 a speed of $50 miles
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15
FEENEY NO 'FIXER,
HE'S GIVEN STICKER,
PAYS UP PROMPTLY

AL G. Feeney. State Safety
director. believes that stickers for
traffic violations should not be
fixed"
When Patrolman John r.
Norman saw Mr.. Feeney's low
number auto parked in restricted
zone in front of the Indiana
Theater he promptly put sticker
on it.
Much to the surprise of the
police traffic Office clerk, Mr..
Feeney came in and laid down
the 81 charged a first offender.
He explained that he had rushed
in the theater building to get a
package and that the alert officer
had spotted his car.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15

tension on other levees, but it was
feared when the waters receded
other sections would go out by re-
versal of the strain.
Boatmen arrived every hour from
the st. Francis bottom lands with
new loads of shivering and weeping
men, women and children taken
from roof tops Of their homes.
Conditions improved slightly in
Kentucky, Southern Illinois, MisSiss-
ippi and the upper reaches of the
Ohio River. Highways near many
tributary streams we're impossible
and railroads reported frequent
washouts from Cincinnati to Cairo
but the danger of a major flood of
the main stream was believed past
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15

Three men. Negroes, were known
to have drowned in the muddy sea
centering around the boundary
functions of Illinois, Missouri. Ar
kansas and Kentucky. Several other
persons we're missing.
Danger of a flood comparable. TO
that of 1927. when the Mississippi
routed 100000 persons from their
homes. was minimized by predic-
tons of fair weather. In many To-
calitieS. however the flood crest will
not arrive until tomorrow
Flood waters of the st. Francis
River broke through the levees in
three places at Kennett. Mo, today,
inundating additional thousands of
acres of evacuated farm lands. Eff
feet of the break was to lessen the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15
KIDNAPPED SELF TO
WIN GIRLS FAVOR,
YOUTH C0NFESSES

By Juitcd Press
WILMINGTON, Del, Mar. Is
Police Chief Howard L. Boyd
said this afternoon that Chester
Hyde. had confessed that he had
staged his own purported abduc-
ton in an effort to regain the
favor of an 18-year old Wood
ridge girl with whom he had
quarrelled Monday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15
SUNDAY SEES START OF
FASTEST AIR SERVICE
City to Be Flag Stop on Chicago to
Cincinnati Run.

The fastest air transport run in
the world will be inaugurated Sun
day by American Airlines on its
Chicago Cincinnati night schedule.
on which Indianapolis will be flag
stop, it was announced today by
William H. Roose, local traffic rep
resentative.
The 272 miles will be made in 36
minutes Planes stop at Indianap-
oils only if there are passengers to
land or pick up.
Other inovations in trips of the
American Airlines will include cut
ting transport time from mdianap-
oils to Washington to three hours
and 48 minutes. The present time
is four and one-half hours. Planes
will leave the Municipal airport at
1888 in the afternoon on the new
schedule, and will arrive in Wash
ington at Sill, Eastern Standard
time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15

the intrusion and set up a squawk
that was drowned out only by the
organized shrieks of distinctly par
tisan spectators.
Only a small portion of the al
most $4,000 persons in the house
ever actually had matriculated in
the schools whose teams were scram-
bling about on the floor. but the
rooters wore their hearts on their
sleeves. and picked up Justify when
q team appeared to be unlUcky.
Scratch q rooter at the Indiana
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15
CRIME ROUNDUP BEGUN
IN u. S. BY AGENTS
10000 Go Into Action; 1000 Arrests
During Day Expected.
BY United Press

Federal agents renewed a gigantic
drive on smugglers, counterfeiters
and narcotic dealers throughout the
United States today, Selling many
men and women and thousands of
dollars worth of equipment. Some
1900 agents participated More
than 1000 arrests we're expected.
Arrests included: New York
area, %; Washington, II; Kansas
City 81, and Troy, N. Y, 4.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15
Favorites to Be Seen This Afternoon; Rush
vile, Richmond and Michigan City
Sweep Into Second Round.
PRINCETON FALLS IN CLOSE FRAY
Frankfort Crushed in Morning Play of High
School Tourney; Mentone Is Eliminated
in Easy Fashion.
IAN detail play accounts on Page 26)
BY DICK MILLER
Times STAFF Writer

Fifteen thousand basketball fans streamed out to Butler
tnversitv giant edhOuse this afternoon where two OF
the most popular favortes were scheduled to play hS
round Games in the Indiana high school finals tournament
Inst as noanv fans this morning watched Rushvlle,
Richmond and Michigan City sweep into the second round
of plav two of them in easy fashion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15
THEFT SUSPECT CAUGHT
Alleged Young Purse Snatcher
Nabbed in Downtown Chase.

Herbert Foster. 81, of 607 w. 25th-
st, was captured today after a down.
town chase by police during which
several futile shots were fired. He
was sighted at Illinois and Wash
ington-sts and caught half block
away. He was held for purse
snatching.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15
Spring, Sunshine and BasketbGLLs Fill the Air;
EUerybody's Historically Happy-Ercept Spurious

High School Athletic Association
tournament and find person who
will pat a stray underdog
Most of the cheer LEADERS we're
girls. and they did all right They
jumped and flexed their biceps and
pulled yells out of their folloWings
like dentist pulls molar, with
approximately the same vocal re-
action.
Spring was with the crowd th9t
banked itself about the partly glass
enclosed house like var1-Colored
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15

AIRY first
n do something
about the yei-
low fever mos
quifOes before
NE could even
begin digging
~ here the
French n 2 q
failed Maybe
that is part If
our problem to-
cav Our Job IS
10 Get our cOun
frw back 70
where it be-
longs. We have
some millions
NJ men oflt of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15
H0OSIER FATALLY HURT
Greenfield Man Dies Here After
Truck Crash.

Harry Wilfong, Greenfield was
fatally injured today when his car
was forced off the road by a truck
near there, narrowly missing a
school bus.
He was brought to Methodist Hos
pital, where he died. He was so.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15
10, 900 Homeless in Flood;
100, 900 Acres Inundated
Widening Waters Menace Thousands More in Mississippi
Valley: Three Drowned, Many Missing
By United Press

tapping 100000 the lower
menaed the homes of thousands of others
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15
LcF'S BE Hard Boiled

our present figures. no matter
" how carefully compiled. come
from sources that must be lacking
IN accuracy. 4 man loses his lob
TODAY and Is reported by his union
or by some government agency as
out az work. He gets a Job outside
~ his craft and the government
can not know anything about II
and our figures 90 not reflect II.
II We are going 70 spend billions
let us know what We are spending
them for. We have had TO 60 ahead
IN a SlipShod fashion and co Moth
Ing III a large way that would cor
rect the possible Incompetence Of
our distributing agency. Let's know
what We are doing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15
Post Speeding East in
Quest of Plane Record
Famed Filler Pilots Winnie May Through Sub StratoS-
phere. Striving for Seven-HOur Mark
ByUsitcdPrn

LOS ANGELES March 5wey Post sped eastward today his
the
the commercial flights through the subrao
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15
SLUMP IN PROFITS
BOOSTED GAS RATES
Cost Mounts From so Cents
to S1.20.

This - the third NJ series nj articles
m the ramificstions If the nation wide
gas situation with emphasis on the many
developments As they apply to Indian
spolis
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15
Rebels Lynch Mexican Teacher

81 JHited Press
MEXICO CITY. March Is -
Rebels hanged Prof Silvestre Con
zalez and left his body dangling
from z tree with 2 placard on 1t
reading: For teaching socialistic
education, a dispatch from Jojutla.
in Morelos state, said today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15
March 15.-t

-"|-T" y ~" --I7- NJ "7-'-'
rv 1v This time knows All that %
wants ~ know about ny opinion
~ Father Coughln and Senator
Ions. and perhaps IL may feel the
same wav about what these Two
people think NJ mo.
When this country started m ~
--- he nararla canal u Tas
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15
WARM SPELL GREETS
OPENING OF TOURNEY
Mercury May Reach so During Day,
Expert Says.

An unusual warm spell today
brought ideal conditions for the
state basketball tournament.
J. H. Arlington, Federal meteor
ologist, predicted that the temper
allure probably would rise to rs or
80 degrees today followed by show
ers and colder tomorrow. The nor
nal temperature for today is 80.
The mercury stood at II at noon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15
Gen. Hugh S.
JOHNSON
Says:

rsf,rs- Nots- Csn. Johnson. - rsn-
fst- M ths iudrs advocate department.
u-~fs ths first sections ~ the rrm"-
-s-@ur that h-rams ths DAFT lsu- md
-.i-ss -r-rufr b. Hs annliss MS Var-
lire -1u.risnc, 20 nre-snt unsmnioTrnsnt-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15

tCopvriSht. 1885 ~ United Feature
Svrctcare Inc AL rights -r~erFec Re
nrocrrfion IN uhois or IN par forbidden
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15
T0OAY'S WEATHER

Tomorrows sunrise. SIS; sunset.
S.55 p. II.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15

Fire Destroys $4,000 Grocery.
81 United Press
WARSAW. Ind. March Is
The CARRIER and Phelps grocery at
North Webster was destroyed by
fire today at q loss Of s1A.0OA
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-15

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, MARCH Is, 1885
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1935-05-29

codes are the newspaper publishers
of the nation. First the dailies, OPP
Grating under their own code. then
the country papers and printing
shops, under another code, declared
in their annual conventions that
they could not go along unless dras-
tic changes were made, changes
which, in effect, would nullify the
codes.
One federal court after another
has declared one code after another
unconstitutional. The supreme
court has decided in the "hot OIL
case that congress has no power tx
delegate legislative authority, an6
that decision knocked one of the
main props out from under the
whole code system. Enough intima-
lions have been given from the
supreme bench to lead to the belief
that when it's decision comes down.
in two or three weeks, in the
Schechter chicken-bu case, 1t
will be to deny the right of con-
gress to exercise any control what
ever over any business conducted
entirely within a state.
The Clark Resolution
The senate had taken notice OF
all such things, and it's leaders had
twice served notice on the presi-
dent that they would not go along
with him on the two-year Extension
of MIRA, which he had asked for
They helped him "save face" by
adopting the Clark resolution. ex-
tending the MIRA for nine months
after its expires by law on June 16
with all price-fixing provisions and
control of intra-state commerce
eliminated.
Senator Bennett Clark of Mis-
souri,, son of the late Speaker
Champ Clark, is as s1lrewd a poll
tician as was his distinguish
father. He told the president OF
public sentiment in regard to MIRA
The adoption will amount to the
disintegration Of NRA, for there
will not be time, in the ten months
allowed under the Clark resolution
to revise any material number Of
codes, and therefore most of then
will just "peter out
The house probably will pass the
bill for revision of the Agriculture.
Adjustment Administration in much
the form in which 1t is handed te
them, but it is likely to strike some
pretty difficult snags in the senate
That is the case, also, with the
administrations banking bill, which
the house has passed about as II
was drafted by Mr. Ecc]es, Cover.
nor Of the Federal Reserve Board
! In the senate, however, 1t is facing
the powerful opposition of Senator
The Nespelem tribune. [volume] (Nespelem, Wash.) 1934-1936, 1935-05-29
DECLARES HONEY FLAvORS
SHOW GREAT VARIATIONS

WASHINGTON STATE COLI
LEGE, Pullman-Differences in the
flavor Of honey are just as distinct
as the oaers of the flowers from
which it is produced, according to
DR.. r. l.. Webster, er1tomologist at
the State College of Washington.
The kind Of flower from which the
nectar is extracted determines the
flavor of the honey made from It by
the bees.
Alfalfa and clover honeys are mild
in flavor and white or light amber
in color; while buckwheat honey Is
dark and has more pungent or
tart flavor. Honey produced In the
Pacific Northwest comes mainly
from alfalfa, fireweed, sweet and
white clover. Southern California
honey Is obtained from the sage,
orange and bean while honey from
the state Of Texas comes from the
mesquite, gaujilla and horse mint.