davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1935-12-06
RAMOS ELIGIBLE TO SUE

RENO, New, December s (R.-Ar-
tslro Peralta Ramos, having completed
his six-week required residence in Ne
vads, was eligible today to sue Nil
licent Rogers Ramos, Standard OIL
fortune heiress, for divorce.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-30
M'NUTT, SECURITY
BOARD TO CONFER
Governor at Capital for
ParIey Monday.

"a local Social Security story on Page ~
Times Special
WASHINGTON, Nov. 80. = Da a
upon which to mold plans for a
special session of the Indiana Legis-
lature will be secured by Gov.
McNutt at a conference with the
Social Security Board members here
Monday.
The conference was arranged
today by Wayne Coy, McNutt aid
and state PWA director, while Gov.
and Mrs. McNutt went to Philadel-
phia for the Army Navy football
game
Arriving here last night to ad-
dress the National Woman's Demo-
cratic Club, Gov. McNutt was met
at the train by Acting Secretary of
War Henry Woodring. The McNutts
are guests of the Woodrings at the
game and over the weekend at
their Virginia home. A dinner party
has been planned for tonight.
The depression is licked in In
diana, the Governor told the club
women in his speech. He assailed
the Republican ''bogie-mongers'
and asserted that President Roose-
welt will be reelected for his pro-
gram of substituting humanity"
He predicted that the G. o. p.
candidate will be a conservative.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-30
PRACTICAL ENGLISH
TEACHING IS URGED
National Group Reports on
3-Year Study.

English teaching should be made
more practical and correlated with
everyday experiences, the National
Council of English Teachers was told
today in general session at the Clay
pool.
The recommendation came from
the 100-member curriculum commits
sion as the result of a three-year
study. The committee also urged
that unnecessary and tedious gram
NAUTICAL instruction be eliminated.
TOO much unnecessary grammar
is being taught and the English
curriculum should be revised to
meet the social situation" the COM
mission recommended through it's
chairman, w. Wilbur Hatfield, Chi
cago Normal, and council secretary.
Others reporting findings of the
commission were Miss Mary C..
Pavey, Ball State; Miss Ruth Mary
Weeks, Paseo High School, Kansas
City, and o. B. Sperlin, University
of Washington.
DR.. William Lowe Bryan, Indiana
University president, followed with a
plea for more artistry in scholarship.
Dean Henry W. Holmes, Harvard
University, urged English teachers to
encourage pupils to think deeply
about corruption in politics and to
feel strongly about it"
Carl Sandburg, famed Midwest
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-30
Stone Santa
By United Press

By United Press
SANTA CLAUS, Ind, Nov. 80.
This tiny hamlet which an
nally is flooded with letters
from youngsters listing their
Christmas demands and from
business firms seeking the Santa
Claus postmark, will unveil a
statue of it's namesake this
year.
The statue has been COM
pleted in Chicago. 1t is made of
cast stone, is IS feet high, and
pictures st. Nick with a huge
bagful of toys.
Santa will be the central fig
ure in Santa Claus Park and
will be unveiled Dec. %. Dedi-
cation ceremonies will be held
on Christmas Day, the eightieth
anniversary of the naming of
the village.
The park and the statue are
the gifts of Carl A. Barrett,
president of the Illinois Motor
Club, who was born near here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-30
GUN MOLL'SSTORY
FALSE, POLICE SAY
Former Hospital Inmate to
Be Freed TODAY.

Margaret Murphy, alias Janet
Henderson, who was thought to be
linked with the Staying of Patrol
man Frank M. Pete) Levy in An
derson last Monday, was to be re-
leased by authorities this afternoon
after three days of questioning.
The woman, who boasted of her
contact with a gun gang which state
police believed might include Willard
Carson, Indiana killer sought for
several murders, was in Anderson
today. Police there said they were
satisfied her story was false.
She is q former inmate of the
Central State Hospital and was de-
tanned after she had been shot and
thrown out of an automobile in
Vincennes Wednesday.
Despite the action, state police are
continuing their hunt for Carson.
He is believed the slayer of the An
derson police officer because the
brutal tactics are similar to- other
murders of which he is suspected.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-30
CLERGY PRAISES
P|CKF0RD STORY
why Not Try God Evokes
Church Comment and
Sermons Here.
The third Pickford article is on
Page Two

Many Indianapolis ministers
today joined in calling public atten-
ton to the series of religious articles
by Mary Pickford now running in
The Times.
Among the comments were the
following:
DR.. Abram S. Woodward, Meri-
dian Street Methodist Episcopal
Church: In day when there is
so much doubt, all Christian people
should welcome a personal state
ment by one of Americas outStand-
ing characters. Mary Pickfords
testimony justities every church in
the faith it persistently proclaims,
and it jusVifies it in the eyes of an
increasingly large class who have
lost respect for the church.
AS a minister 1 felt thrill in
my own heart as l read her simple
and beautiful confession.
Il want to commend The Times
in assisting the Christian people of
this great city, not only to get
flrmer grip upon their own belief,
but to bring solace and comfort to
those of every class who need to
know God more than they need
anything else"
The Rev. III. T. Graham, West
minister Presbyterian Church: Miss
Pickford gives evidence of having
entered upon the real adventure of
ner life. Sorrow and suffering evil
IDENTIFY hedged her in dark expert
ence, and she found the door
through which she has passed to
the wonders of a religious comfort
and joy. She will discover, like the
PsalmiSt of old, that goodness and
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-30

too much to say that 1t was Mr..
Roosevelt at his campaign best. Nor
do we see how the Presidents most
ardent opponents can begrudge him
this campaign effort. The attack
upon mis- Administration has in
Guided, along with much solid and
damaging ammunition, plenty of
plain hot-air politics. He obvious
ly had the right to reply in kind,
if he desired.
New York Times (Dem) He
spoke of no further experimental
legislation which he had in mind,
and strengthened the impression
which he had already given that he
is now looking to the natural recu-
perative forces of the country before
long to get us "out of the red" To
this attitude the people are sure cor
daily to respond His aim was less
certain. as it usually has been, when
he dealt with financial matters.
Some of his statements yesterday
are of a sort to make the reader
reach for pad and pencil
Cleveland Plain Dealer Gnd.-
Dem)-This is a fair answer to the
SNUG criticism that the government,
in the face of widespread suffering
and threat of starvation, ought to
refrain from using the Federal
credit and esteem a balanced budget
more important than human life
and comfort. Spending more than
one takes in is, of course, as I'M
sound for a government as for an
individual In this case, however,
Turn to Page Three)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-30

convicted of second-degree
burglary Tuesday for the rob-
berry of a West Side tavern.
Sheriff Ray summoned all his
deputies and named several special
officers to guard the men this morn
ing after he had received an under
world tip that they would attempt
freedom break in the courtroom
after they we're sentenced. They
were reported ready to dash for the
north windows of the courtroom.
Man Machine Guns
In addition to having the men
guarded closely, the sheriff had
other aids stationed near court
room exits and windows. Outside
the Courthouse, three deputies
manned machine guns to cover the
prisoners if they leaped from the
windows.
F'laherty was the only prisoner tc
raise his voice in defense before the
sentence was pronounced. He said
that he "only was guilty to GER
tain extent"
Attorneys for the trio made nc
effort to file motions for arrest OF
judgment or appeals to the Supreme
Court after sentence was pro-
nounced.
Admitting that he ''hated to dc
this Mr.. Ermston had difficulty
in learning the true age of Nye be-
fore sentencing him. His attorney
in compliance with the courts ques-
ton, asked Nye his age.
Ray Vouches for Age
Nye's reply was 30. The court
then would have had to sentence
him to the State Prison.
Mr.. Ermston admitted he was
skeptical about Nye's age.
When were you born?" he
asked the prisoner.
Nye shuff1ed on his feet and final.
ly answered: July 25, 1911"
Sheriff Ray told the court he
knew this was the youths correct
age. TAFT also is "a and Flaherty As
Because of former convictions
I will sentence TAFT and Nye to the
State Prison with Flaherty," Mr.
Ermston said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-30
BRITAIN SEEKS
PEACE FARLEY
Hope for Hoare-LaVa Ses.
sion; Halle on Way
to Front.
BY United Press

PARIS-Great Britain moves to
seek basis of negotiation with Italy
and avoid gravest potential crisis
since World War. Britain suggests
unofficially meeting between Sir
Samuel Hoare, foreign secretary,
and Premier Pierre Laval to dis
cuss peaceful settlement before
application of oil embargo.
ROME-Italian cabinet in i'm
portant meeting increases mill
tary training period, increases
membership Of supreme defense
council and otherwise pushes mill
tary preparations but moves soft
ly in regard to reprlsals for
threatened oil embargo.
LONDON - Sentiment spreads
for peaceful solution of Italo-
Ethiopian conflict although we'll
informed quarters predict actual
enforcement of oil embargo be-
fore Christmas unless Mussolini
recedes materially.
DEBRE-BIRHAN, ETHIOPIA
Emperor Halle Selassie of Ethiopia
starts long trip towards Dessye to
take personal command at grand
headquarters of the northern
Ethiopian army.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-30
RELIEF FUNDS CUT
OFF FOR 100000
'UnempIoyabIes' to Get
State Aid.
By United Press


WASHINGTON, Nov. 80. - The
government turned the care of
some 100000 needy back to local
communities today while Admins
traitor Harry l.. Hopkins worked on
the immediate liquidation of the
Federal Emergency Relief Admins
tration. All the nations 100000
able bodied unemployed will be at
work on government financed pro-
jects at the close of business today,
he announced.
Thus the New Deal curtailed the
millions that have gone into FEEDER
al doles and passed on to states,
counties and municipalities full re-
sponsibility for caring for the i'm
poveriShed unable to work.
Most of the 100000 thrust upon
local care were ''unemplUyables"-
persons permanently dependent
upon charity despite the depression
that sent national relief rolls as
high as &c, 10000 persons last win
ter. -
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-30
INSURANCE ADJUSTER
KILLS SELF IN HOTEL
Note to Police Says Unemployment
Is Cause.

Archer L. Miller, A. unemployed
insurance adjuster, took his life last
night and was found dead this
morning by employees at the Linden
Hotel. where he had made his home
for the last year.
Mr.. Miller left note addressed to
police telling them that the motive
was unemployment. He leaves
daughter, Virginia Miller, a student
at De Paw University.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-30
ARMY PILES UP
IMPOSING LEAD
First Quarter Ends With
Cadets Holding 21-0
Advantage.

By United Press
FRANKLIN FIELD, Philadelphia
Nov. 30.-Under clouds that matched
West Points cadet grey, football
varsities of Army and Navy played
their thirty-siXth contest today be-
fore gala crowd of 80,700
First Quarter
Schmidt of Navy returned the
kickoff twenty-five yards to Navys
27. Schmidt made one at center
King failed. Schmidt quick kicked
seventy-one yards over Armys goal
Army putting the ball in play on its
20. Grove slashed through right
tackle and ran eighty yards for a
touchdown. Grove converted from
placement. Score: Army, 7; Navy, 0
Fike kicked off over Armys goal
Army starting from its 20 Meyer
failed to gain and Army was penal
lied fifteen for illegal use of hands
Meyer punted to Schmidt who was
downed on Army's 49, Pratt failed
to gain Stromberg broke through
Navy's line to smear Pratt for loss
of eight yards as he was starting
to pass. Pratt made an incomplete
pass. Schmidt punted to Grohs, who
returned five to his 10.
Meyer punted to Schmidt, who re-
turned six to Army's 40. Schmidt
ran around left end for eleven yards
to Army's %. Smith and Shule.
threw Schmidt for two-yard loss
Pratt's pass who intercepted LJ
Necrason of Army, who was almost
clear for a touchdown, but was
downed on Army's 43. Grove swept
Navy's right end for first down or
Nays Al Meyer plunged for seven
Grohs failed Meyer passed to
Grove, who ran twelve yards to a
touchdown. Grove converted from
placement. Score: Army, IA
Navy, 0.
Schmidt returned Army's kickoff
twenty-five yards to Nays 35. Whsle
Navy SUBJ gained eight at center
Schmidt added one. Schmidt quick
kicked to Army's 20 but the play wa;
called back and Army was penalizec
five for offside. making it first dowr
for Navy on its 40. Pratt made three
at left tackle Pratt passed to Will
sic for first down on Army's 40
Schmidt failed on a long end run.
Wilsie's pass was incomplete. An
trim, Navy sub. punted over the
goal line. 1t was Army's ball on its
own 20. True plunged for five
Grove, on the old Statue of Liberty
play, gained twenty-four, reaching
Army's 40. Meyer made three. Mey-
er made an incomplete pass. Grove
lost three on an end run but Navy
was penalized for offside Meyer
passed to True, who ran thirty-hve
yards for a third Army touchdown
Grove again converted. Score
Army, 81; Navy, 0.
Clifford kicked off to Thomas of
Navy. who fumbled, but recovered
and returned seven to Nays 8
Schmidt punted from the goal line
to True, who fumbled and Grove
recovered on Nays "a as the first
period ended with Army leading
81 to 0.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-30
FINED, LOSES LICENSE
IN AMBULANCE CRASH
Patient Suffered Shock After Wom-
an Struck Vehicle.

Collision with an ambulance that
resulted in nervous shock to sick
woman in the vehicle cost Mrs
Irene Neukom, 26, of 1902 Carroll
ton-av, IS and costs and suspension
of her drivers license for 80 days
in Municipal Court Four today.
The accident occurred Nov. Is at
18th and Delaware-sts when the Sc
dan driven by Mrs. Neukom crashed
into a private ambulance driven by
Robert A. Cox, 81, of 2707 N. Del
aware-st.
Mrs. Bessie Dodrill, wife of the
Rev. r. M. Dodrill, Broadway Bap-
fist Church pastor, was in the am
oulance with a nurse.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-30

when he was just starting his career
as the boy plunger of Wall Street
He was reported to have pyramided
his market winnings into a $400,-
100000 fortune, but lost much of it
in the crash.
Longcope gained attention when
he raided Broadway night clubs of
Texas Guinan and Helen Morgan
after spending $1,000 of government
money as Broadway playboy" to
gain entry into the cabarets.
Since her divorce from Loncope,
Mrs. Livermore has lived here, her
two sons, Paul. IL, and Jesse Jr.,
attending an exclusive private school
on the outskirts of the city. The
older boy was a star soccer player
on the Laguna Baranca team.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-30
LAMB FEEDING PRIZE
WON BY INDIANA GIRL
Sharpsville Entrant Had Taken
State Fair Prize.

By United Press
CHICAGO. Nov 30.-Seventeen-
year-old Maxine Quakenbush of
Sharpsville, Ind. making her de-
but as Snowman at the Interna-
tlonal Livestock Exposition, won
the junior lamb feeding contest
award here today.
The pretty, blond, high school
student, exhibiting three Southdown
wethers, won first over all in her di-
vision. 1t was the first time she
had shown at the exposition, al
though she has been in Fourth Club
work for seven years.
Her entries had previously won
awards at the Indiana State Fair.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-30
BlUE-BLOOD DIVORCEE
DIES IN 3-STORY FALL
Mrs. Helen Moran Fahnestock. "a.
Had Been in Sanitarium.

By United Press
NEW YORK, Nov 30.-Mrs. Helen
Moran Fahnestock. "a, figure in a
recent sensation and blue-blood
socialite, died from injuries received
when she jumped or fell from a
third-foor window of the town man
sion of her uncle, Charles Spring
Knapp, it became known today.
Mrs. Fahnestock was divorced by
her husband, Col. Snowden Fahne-
stock, World War hero, who was sec
ond in command of the famous
lost battalion" less than two
months. She had been a patient in
Connecticut sanitarium for a ner-
vous ailment, but was permitted to
come to New York for THANKSGIVING
dinner with her family, police were
informed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-30
TWO INDIANA BANDITS
GET 15-YEAR TERMS
One Named in Tavern Raid Believed
Dillinger Aid.

GARY, Ind, Nov. 30-Two des-
peradoes today were under SEN
fences of IS years each in The In
diana state prison after their pleas
OF guilty. Sam Boldstein, A. be-
lieved former Dillinger gangster,
and Thomas Gathright. IS, were
sentenced by Judge William j.
Murray for the robbery of the
Golden Gate Tavern at Hammond
Sept. 5. ~
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-30
CLOUDY, UNSETTLED is
WEATHER PREDICTION
Rising Temperature to Bring Change
in Conditions.

rising temperatures will bring
cloudy and probably unsettled
weather to indianapolis tomorrow,
tf : Weather Bureau predicted today.
The lowest temperature tonight is
expected to be "a, whereas the low
est in the last IL hours was 1875 at
$40 this morning.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-30


SANTA BARBARA, Cal. Nov. 3O.-Physcians labored
today the buettOm body of Jesse Lvermore Jr 16
yearold Of the stock market punger while the pain
Wracked youth gasped Mother didn't mean shoot me-
The sX-foot prep school athlete bleeding internally from
bullet drilled into his liver by the twice divorced Dorothea
Wendt Lvermore Longcope, aftermath of midnight
drinking bout expected pass the critical stage with
in the next IL hours.
few doors away, in the hospital lay Mrs. Liver
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-30
PRICES FLUCTUATE AS
MARKET TAKES DROP
Hit Lowest Levels Since Oct. 9 in
Dull Trading.
By United Press

DY CNIItW TbSS
NEW YORK, Nov. 30.-Prices
fuctuated irregularly on the stock
market today as trading fell to the
lowest levels since Oct. 9. Dizziness
of the session was attributed to the
fact that many operators were out
of the street on vacations extended
from Thanksgiving Day.
The market opened in narrow
range, slipped back, and just before
the close recovered from The lows.
Railroad shares, although inactive,
made the best group showing. Bonds
were irregular and quiet. The dollar
was steady in foreign exchange.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-30
II Cars Destroyed in Fire
By United Press

BY JNtteG Press
CLEVELAND, Nov. 30.-A dozen
privately owned automobiles were
destroyed and more than 100 others
damaged in fire which caused
$4,000 damage to garage here to-
day. The fire followed an explosion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-30

TAFT Gnngsters GiUen
3-tO-1O Year Terms in
Indiana State Prison
Thugs Under Heavy Guard as Sentence Is Passed. Depu
ties Man Machine Guns to Prevent Possible
Break for Freedom

Although they were reported to be ready to make a
break for freedom members of the TAFT gang today SUBJ
med meey to 3to10year Indiana State Prison sentences
in Criminal Court
Surrounded by more than a of deputy sherfs
Ernest TAFT Donald Nye and James Flahery received their
sentences from Special Judge James D Emston They
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-30
Six Die in Soviet Air Crash
By United Press

By United Press
MOSCOW, Nov. 30.-Six persons
were killed when the experimental
plane ZIG-1 crashed today near the
outskirts of Moscow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-30
Press, Politicians Take
Issue With Roosevelt
Bankers Silent Following Presidents Assertion National
Debt Can Go to 70 Billions With Safety.
By United Press

Newspapers commented edtoray today
address in Atlanta yesterday follows
New Herald Rep0-The will
vain for anything either important But the
disappointing
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-11-30
LIVERM0RE JR. FEARED DYING:
MOTHER IS HELD FOR SHOOTING
Critical Stage to Come Within II Hours, Say
Worried Physicians; Wounded by Parent
After Drinking Bout.
BULLETIN

SANTA BARBARA, CAL, Nov 3O.-Jesse Lvermore
Jr seriously wounded by bullet fired by his mother dur
ing Thanksgiving evening drinking party, rallied today
after his father known the Boy Wonder of Wall
Street" begged him to fight for his life.
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Old SETTLERS
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lunch baskets as in the past.

lunch baskets as in the past.
At 1890, Chairman Strachan of the
committee and his assistants will serve
delicious "booyah." This tempting
dish along with coffee, cream and
sugar will be served by the association,
free. stand at the grounds will have
a supply of sandwiches and soft drinks
for those not supplied with baskets or
who fail to get next to the "booyah."
A program of sports is in prospect
following the noon dinner with Chief
of Police Douglas Nankervis in charge
assisted by others of his selection.
Visiting around with possibly short
talk by a prominent speaker, welcome
by Mayor Banovetz, music by the band
and dancing at the pavilion will occupy
the afternoon.
At $50 the annual banquet for men,
bers and families will take place at the
Forest hotel At this banquet few
minutes will be utilized between pro-
gram events to elect officers and tran
sact business.
The annual ball will be held at the
Washington auditorium after the ban
quet. The dance is in charge of a
committee of which I. c. Cox is chair
man. Mr.. Cox promises the best of
music and during the evening several
old time square dances will be called
especially for old settlers.
Secretary Toms is sending invita-
tons this week to members in which
will be enclosed cards for banquet
reservations and request for the an
nual dues for this year, the board OF
directors having decided to cancel all
past unpaid dues.
The annual meeting this year
promises to be one of the best ever
held here. In all probability, following
the usual custom, Mayor Banovetz will
declare holiday in order to give all
an opportunity to attend the festivities
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SSccu
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will be followed by luncheon and then
the delegates will be taken on an ex-
tended tour of Lake Vermilion and the
Indian reservation. The boat tour Of
Lake Vermilion will be one of the priI-
cipal entertainment features of the pro-
gram.
Returning to Ely from their tour, the
delegates will be guests of subordinate
Lodge No. 100, SSCU, at the main con-
vention banquet Saturday evening at
the Memorial school cafeteria. Com
plete details of the banquet program
and full list of speakers will be an
nounced soon
The convention will close Sunday
with a picnic and entertainment pro-
gram at Sandy Point. Ely's Municipal
Band, under the direction of Frank ".
DiNino, and the Legion Drum and
Bugle Corps, led by Drum Major
Harold Dillon, will both play prominent
parts in the picnic program.
In designing the program, SSCU
officers said that every effort has been
made to show the visiting delegates as
much of the Arrowhead Country as
possible in the time available and to
make the entertainment both interest
ing and instructive.