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$500 to $1OOO-2O Years!

each. That is more than any other
grateful government of the allies
has given her veterans"
When we found that we had to
wait until 1945 to collect, most of
us could not understand the rea-
son. But here it is To pay the
veterans in 1945, only $500 had to
be set aside at compound interest
for each $1,000
President Roosevelt was refer
ring to this fact when he said
that our $1,000 was only worth
$3.50 at the present time. In 1925
it was only $500.
That explains the frantic eff
forts to veto any plan for pay
ment before that time. For, in
that case, the actual cash would
have to be produced, instead Of
the dream money used in the orig
inal plan. Instead of blowing up
$500 to $1,000 with 20 years for the
process, the actual amount of the
debt would have to be paid.
Paying half the money in 1881
was not much of a blow. The
money to make up the balance
lacking in the accumulated fund
was borrowed at IA per cent in
terest, and the veterans were
charged Az per cent so that in
1945 the "doughboy" who had need
ed to take what he could get, would
find the other half of his adjust
ed compensation" eaten up by
interest. In this way it would
cost about $500 for each $1,000
given"
Maybe this will explain some
thing to you ex-soldiers. Try that
one on your grocer to settle your
debts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-06
LEGION RANK AND FILE
STILL LIKE SOLDIERS
BY Herman Hagemiel

BY Herman Hagemier.
The American Legion failed to get
the bonus for one major reason.
Conservative big business men are
using the Legion to pull chestnuts
out of the fire. The bonus is sup
posed to be their payment. When
they back an ultra conservative, re-
dictionary. anti-New Deal group and
accept such as their leaders, they
shouldn't expect liberal minded
Senators as Wagner and Norris TO
vote for them.
The main thing wrong with the
American Legion as political ma
chine is that the average member
joins to have a social good time
and to get MS bonus At conven-
tons they have good time while
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their leaders shape policies and
make political threats.
Most liberals think this reaction
airy group has the Legion by the
nose, using it to protect their
vested interests by promising
the bonus and other similar pay
ments. Many lovers of free gov
eminent are deathly afraid of the
American Legion. There is too much
of the soldier in the Legionnaire;
too much unquestioning obedience.
If their leaders took over the gov
eminent, somewhat as Hitler did in
Germany, would the Legion take
their orders and help enforce a
dictatorship?
In the East, on May Day. a group
of students were marching for the
cause of peace. A group of men
who boosted Of belonging to the
American Legion started riot and
broke up the parade. I gravely ask
you, does the American Legion want
war? I don't believe the rank and
file of Legion members want war,
and especially not those who fought
in that holocaust in France. War
is desired only by some big business
men, whose only hope of saving
their fortunes is by war. bringing
another short period of mis-called
prosperity.
If the American Legion will elect
leaders who have the best interests
of the country's whole population at
heart, they can do an unreasonable
service to their country
And also, they would find then
that the ones to begrudge them the
bonus the most -ill be the self
same reactionary Business element
now telling them what nice deserV-
ing boys they are.
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So They Say

Our legislators forgot that one
can not compel devotion to the in
situations of ones country by act
of law.-President Stanley of Am
herst, referring to teachers oath of
allegiance.
We are living in an age of
change. Yet some things hold fast.
Planes go $50 miles an hour. but
the old Constitution still holds
Mayor La Guardia.
The SoYiets are now one Of the
strongest powers in the world, eco
nomically, politically and militarily.
ID. V. Bogomolov, Soviet official.
Military history is a graveyard
of causes lost because Of empty
stomachs or fear of them.-Maj. Gen.
G. E. Leach, Illinois National Guard.
In the days of ticker prosperity
we in Congress tried to call atten-
ton to the inevitable crash.-Mayor
La Guardia.
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meet their tax bills during the depression.
That is merely unfortunate. but when the pub
lie official charged with the duty of collection
fails TO pay his taxes that is quite another
matter If he could not meet his tax bills he
should not have taken the Office of County
Auditor.
Or If he found himself seriously embar-
raised financially after he had assumed the
office he should have decently resigned. His
position became anomalous as soon as he
could not meet his own tax bill and was Off
cially active in pressing others to pay theirs.
Then there was the Mark Gray affair. Mr..
Gray operates the indianapolis Commercial.
He was paid s4261 for advertising the proposed
1885 delinquent tax sale on Jan. Is. the day
before the Assembly had completed its action
which made the 1885 tax sale unlawful.
We also discovered that Mr. Gray once
made an error in counting the number of
items in his tax sale advertising and had over
charged the county by more than $1,000. He
admitted it and returned the money
Mr. Gray and Auditor Grossart are friends.
When Mr.. Grossart decided to take trip to
Florida last winter Mr.. Gray purchased his
railroad ticket.
He gave me the money to buy it," says Mr..
Gray
Il repaid him after he had bought it," says
Mr.. GrosSart.
This whole transaction is one which should
properly go before the Marion County grand
jury. Prosecutor Spencer should move at once
to put that Mark Gray matter where it be-
longs
A UDITOR GROSSART is angry with us.
n The thing that irritated him seemed to
be our publication of the fact that he. Judge
Baker, Joel A. Baker and Fabian Biemer,
deputy auditor, together with their assorted
relatives, are drawing about $4,000 year from
the taxpayers in salaries.
Mr. Grossart described this as ''petty lar
ceny" stuff. We think that $4,000 Of the tax
payers money is far from petty" AS for the
larceny angle we have no reason whatever to
believe that the relatives of the auditor or any,
body else is involved in larceny.
So far as we know the members of the two
Baker families, the Grossart kith and the
Bemer kin are acquitting themselves excel
lently in the public service. We merely thought
that it was an interesting news item that
members of these families were drawing $4,000
annually.
What was Auditor GrosSart'S response? To
tell The Times that we could not longer look
at the records of his office unless we served
court order forcing him to open his books.
Why?
We can not help recalling that famous
song, 81 Am the Monarch of the Sea-" from
"Pinafore," in which the Lord High Admiral
remarks:
And when the breezes blow, generally GO
below,
And seek the secluson that a cabin grants,
And so do his sisters and his cousins and
his auntS
His sisters and his cousins,
Whom he reckons up by DOZENS and his
auntS" W
There really is more than hatful of breeze
blowing about Judge Baker and Auditor Gros-
sart. An explanation is due of their official
conduct.
Let us have it.
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The Message Center

Times readers are united to cypress
their Uiet0s in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can have chance.
Limit them to ESQ t0ords or less. Your
letter must be signed. but MGmes totH
be toithheld at request of the letter
tDrifeT
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rumors about the police department.
The whole liquor traffic is
monopoly from top to bottom.
I think The Times should not at
tempt to haraSs few when there
are other offices in our government
that could stand correction as well.
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| qvhoHy disapprove of achot you sag and will
defend to the death your right to say it.Voaire

I desperately fought off these three
blind men.
Now isn't it a pity that these
blind men scratched up our police
force to the extent that they had to
go to the hospital for treatment?
Stay with The indianapolis Times.
We're all for you and your paper is
growing fast.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-06
SPEEDWAY ATTACK BRINGS
ANOTHER PROTEST.

BY Times Reader.
For the last two years have been
seated at vantage point near the
north bridge at the Speedway. What
gets my dander up is the way the
police, under Chief Mike Morrissey's
supervision, and the National
Guardsmen club youths for trying TO
slip in. If these parties mentioned
were gentlemen and the Speedway
officials were not SO greedy, why
don't they throw open the gates at
about 300 miles and let the people
outside see the finish of the race.
BY that time they would have al
ready taken in all at the gates that
they will. In another 10 years or so
these kids who were dubbed away
will be the ones who will be coming
to the race with friends via the cash
route. This would be a good job
for the Humane Society.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-06
SUGGESTS TIMES PROBE
BE EXTENDED

By a Reader.
While not in sympathy with some
of Mr.. Grossart's actions, l do feel
much as he does in regard To The
Times policy in riding" his and
Judge Bakers offices. He is right
when he says that the city and state
government are as vulnerable as
some of the Offices in the county
government
The local liQucz setup brings many
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-06
Daily Thought

Wherefore I say unto thee. her
sins. which are many. are forgiven;
for she loved much; but TO Who so
little is forgiven. the same loveth
little.-St. Luke 4:47.
r Owe is the hardest lesson in
- Christianity: but, for that rea-
son, it should be most our care 20
learn it.-Penn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-06

An almost nude actress, riding white
horse. attracted a lot Of attention in New York
City. Nowadays any horse. let alone white
one. is a novelty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-06

Under new law, Wisconsin diners-out will
be served cheese at restaurants whether they
want it or not. The slogan Of defiant citizens
might be "hre we men or are we mice?"
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The papers say Mrs Roosevelt is going
abroad shortly. When did she get backa
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-04-24
ENGLAND CA.L.LS|N
!. DOMlN|ONRUL|.ERS
Prime Ministers To Have
Conference Toward Tight
ening Empires Defenses

Copyrighted by Associated Press)
London, April 24.-(AP)-A high
overseas official disclosed today that
the Prime Minister of Great Britain's
Dominion will meet with cabinet
members in the next few weeks to
discuss tightening the empires de-
fense in all quarters of the globe.
The discussion will embrace the pol
icy of Great Britain Will adopt in
European affairs, the attitude to be
taken toward Germanys demand for
colonies and the problem of appor-
tioning costs for armament among
sections of the empire.
The basis of the negotiations af-
fecting empire defense measures will
be the findings Of Sir Maurice Has
key secretary of the committee on
Imperial defense since 1912, who made
a tour of Great Britain's' far flung
possessions late in 1884
The last opportunity the heads of
the government of the empire had to
confer with the heads of the mother
country was at the Empire conference
at Ottowa in 1892. Trade, however
was the primary subject of those dis
cusSions.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-04-24
AS Revenue Bill Stands Its
Short $1,435,249 of
Balancing Ap-
preparations
COMMITTEES SENT
FROM EACH BRANCH
They Will Confer and Iron
Out Differences Between
House and Senate and Re-
turn Report Which May Be
Approved By Both Without
Further Debate
Daily Dispatch bureau.
J In the Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh, April 24-The legislature
today turned the task of writing rev
enue bill that would balance the bud
get and meet appropriations over to
conference committee, after spending
1O5 days in a fruitless effort to write
a bill that would be acceptable to
both houses. The Senate passed the
revenue bill Tuesday afternoon on
third reading after removing $1,O5O-
100 of the additional revenue it hda
written into the bill last week and
further widening the difference be-
tween it and the appropriations bill
AS the revenue bill now stands, it
lacks $1,433,249 of balancing with the
appropriations bill the first year and
$3,176,2 ,245 of balancing with it the Sec
ond year or a total of $4,613,494 out
of balance for the tyo years of the
next biennium, based on the liberal
estimates made by Senator Harriss
Newman, chairman of the Senate fl
nance committee. Before passing the
bill on third reading after it had
adopted amendments putting all of
the original nine food exemptions
tCOntinnad On Page FOuF)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-04-24
Lash And
"Dark Cell''
TO Remain
Will If Legislature
Adopts r com :
mendations of Penal
Committee
Continued on Page Six)

hslelgh April 24-(AP)-The lash
a"Q the dark cell" will remain as
means means of forcing discipline in
SIN sto,n Carolina prison camps If the
m" r'a'e legislature adopts the recon-
non"in ,',Iatlon of its joint committee on
penal institutions.
en-, me committee recently made a
Guy Stuuy OF prison conditions in the
ot U'e as the aftermath of the case
a,, ,wo negroes whose feet had to be
Ina nputated as the alleged result of
Ts Ts5 confinement in dark celr'.
tsa ne Jolnt penal institutions commit
sn, TI laSt night adopted report of a
toa'D.-cIommittee, which called for re-
TTngoh TTnI'oh Of the lash and dark CELL"
wa,-pI its report, the two Negroes
arI a0I'u De provided with artificial feet
tho would be put to work in either
"'ehway or prison department.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-04-24
WAGED ON
PROCESSING TAX
Clifford, Rep. Massachusetts,,
Attacks Warren's Speech
In House

Washington. April "a (AP>-Strik-
ing back at Representative Warren,
Democrat North Carolina, who de
nounced New England's war on the
Cotton processing tax on the House
floor yesterday. Representative Gift
ford Republican, Massachusetts today
told the house that Warren's address
was an administration speech"
Denying New England textile in
dustries sought to shut uot benefits
to cotton farmers Clifford declared
"That it be fully understood that at
no time that representative from
New England has fought against the
processing tax with the purpose of TAX
ing away any of the advantages that
might accrue to the farmer therefrom.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-04-24
Grain Mart
In Chicago
Is Closed
Awaits Clarification
of Rose m b aum
Bankruptcy; Others
Don't Ope n

Chicago April 24.-(AP)-Opening
of the Board of Trade was postponed
today pending Qualifications OF cer-
tain legal problems arising from ac-
tion of the Rosenbaum Grain Cor
poration in seeking reorganization
under the amended Federal Bank
ruptcy Act.
Announcement Of the postponement
was made as traders gathered about
the pit for the opening gong.
Other principal grain exchanges
were notified of this action.
Directors of the St. Louis Merchants
Exchange voted to suspend ali tral-
ing until the opening of the Chicago
Board of Trade. The K-7&-sas G,sy
Grain Exchange followed IKE acton
of the Chicago Board OF F-rld 3ut
the Minneapolis and I-.- exc
changes opened as rls1 14-.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-04-24
FRENCH, GERMAN
VETS SEEK PEACE
Faced Each Other In World
War, Now Trying to Re-
Iieve Tension
MEET IN PARIS MAY S
National Union of Combatants Vote
To Enter Into Discussions With
Veterans of Other
Countries

Paris, April 24.-(AP)-French and
German veterans who confronted each
other in the trenches in the last war
will hold private conversations in
Paris May 5, in continuation of their
efforts to relieve tension between
their countries.
The National Union of Combatants
voted at it's annual convention at
Touquet today to enter into discus
sions with veterans of other countries
in the cause Of peace. It warned, how
ever, that these efforts would be
wrecked if Germany continued a pol
icy of Prestige beyond reason"
Henri Pichot, president of the or
ganization, told the 1,5U0 delegates
that talks such as those contemplat-
ed were helpful but must be carried
out with call frankness and prudence
necessary"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-04-24
Sixty Three Agencies viii
Handle Work-ReHef Fund

Washington April 24.-(AP)-Sixty
existing government agencies and
three newly created units today were
given the task by President Roose-
welt of finding jobs for 3,500O00 un-
employed. .-..',
Putting in operation the Admins
tration's four billion dollar work pro-
gram the President divided the work
making projects into eight classes,
which included highway construction.
rural identification, housing. farm re-
Mobilization, soil erosion. and clerical
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-04-24
Reliably Reported That Sc
House Members Have
Agreed To Support
The Measure
COUNTIES WOULD GET
25 PER CENT OF PROFITS
Five Per Cent for Enforce
menl and 20 Per Cent To
State for Support Schools
and Other Activities; Bill
Would Not Permit Drink
ing in State Stores
In the Sir Wnltef Hotel.
Daily Dispatch Bureaa,
RX @. A. PAIL.

Raleigh. April 24.-Observers here
today are predicting that the redraft-
I'd Day liquor control bill will pass
the lower house, where it appears on
the calendar for action today after
being reported favorably by the House
Finance Committee by vote of 80.
Passage by the Senate is extremely
doubtful,
II is reliably reported that So House
members have agreed to support the
reysmped Day bill, There are 12O re-
prescntatives, but due to the fact that
The full membership is not in town
it is not thought that a full majority
81 will be required to pass the meas
are
The bill calls for a special election
to be held next June S. While the
election would be Statewide, only the
votes in individual counties would be
tabulatcd for the purpose OF deciding
whether or not State system of Ii
quor stores would be established
Stores would be established in all
Continued on Page Ski
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-04-24

Raleigh April 24-(AP)-!The House
this afternoon started consideration
OF bill to establish State system
of liquor stores if IL counties vote
wet in proposed referendum on
June 8.
The House twice refused to post
pone consideration of the measure.
Prior to taking up the liquor bin,
the House heard the report of its
penal institutions committee on
probes conducted into allegations Of
mistreatment of prisoners in convict
camps in recent months, but took St1t,
action on the recommendations.
The Senate passed a measuret eAL
ready approved by the House, to, make
the retirement age of judges ofI.s,l-
perior court at 65 instead of 10 yeap1Ss
and the Blount-Johnson tHplse biiL
requires that independent cafididaDesG
for public offices secure, sign naturgs
Of 25 per cent of the votefs at ,SAJee
preceding general election ins0rder III
get on the ballot. AT present tslO, pm
cent Of the voters must approve ttis
petition. Second reading SAhaAe aH
CONTINUED ON Page Sixi!I Id.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-04-24
GOVERNOR SEEKING
LOW FREIGHT RATES
Ehringhaus Is Working With
Winborne in Drafting
Commerce Brief
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In tine Sir Walter Hotel

Raleigh, April 24.-Convinced that
North Carolina is still suffering from
excessive freight rates, as it has been
for years and that something must
be done to get lower freight rates,
Governor J. c. B. Ehringhaus is now
working with State Utilities Commits
sioner Stanley Winborne in the pre-
paration of a brief to he presented by
Commissioner Winborne to the Inter-
state Commerce Commission in Wash
ington, it was learned here today.
Not only is Governor Ehringhaus
studying this brief carefully and thor
oughlys but he. is assisting in the writ
ing of some sections of the brief, 1t
was learned. While none of the con-
tents of the brief has been revealed,
it is understood that it presents some
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-04-24
ReUenue Bill
C0nferees Are,
Progressing

Raleigh, April 24-(AP)-Conferees
on the biennial revenue bill today
appeared to be making good progress
toward getting the House and Senate
tax raising measures together, and
members Of the committee expressed
hope that they could make a report
tomorrow.
It was learned that some contro-
versial sections had been comprom-
ised, but others waited later consider.
ations. The conferees. five from the
House and three from the Senate,
worked in secret.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-04-24
AN EARLY
END OF CONGESTION
Chairman Harrison Fore
casts Senate Committee
Will Get BY Bonus Bill

Washington, April "a (AP)-Chair-
man Harrison predicted today an ear
ly breaking up of the jam in his Sen
ate Finance Committee congestion
which had been holding up two of the
administrations measures, the social
security legislation and the bill to
extend the life of MIRA.
The leader from Mississippi fore
casted that the committee would get
the bonus bill out of the way tomor-
row, and began work Immediately on
the MIRA extension. He said he hop
ed to get that measure through the
committee also by early next week
and start consideration of the social
security program.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-04-24

and professional employment.
Mr.. Roosevelts outlined of this vast
program far OVershadows develop
ments on Capitol Hill, where the Sen
ate drove toward passage of the
Bankhead billion dollar farm tenant
aid bill and the House went deeper
into debate of the $46O,OOO,OOO navy
bill. The Senate rejected an effort to
reduce the bond issue limit of the bill
from one billion. dollars 10 one hun
dred million dollars. ~ y = !"4.f
Talking to reporters at his press
conference, the chief executive. said
he had named Rexford G. iTugwell,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-04-24

under Secretary of Agriculture, as
head of one of the three new units
rural re-settlemente
The revenue agencies will handle
grade crossing elimination and rural
electrification
The President. in discussing the
start of the huge program, made it
clear that all applications for projects
would clear through Frank c. Walker,
on Montana and New York.
The allotment board, which will
pass on the distribution of the four
billion dollar fund will probably ,be
named tomorrow.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-04-24
Hearings On
Bonus Bill
Concluded
Committee Will Meet
Tomorrow E X e.
cutively, Hopes To
Report Bill Out

Washington. April 24.-(AP)- The
Senate Finance Committee concluded
it's bonus hearing today with testi-
mony by Frank G. Hines, administra.
tor of veterans affairs, that the Pat
man and Vinson cash payment plan
would cost one billion, roughly, more
than the Harrison compromise.
Chairman Harrison, author of the
compromise. announced in conclusion
of Hines's testimony that the commit
tee will meet tomorrow in executive
session in an effort to report out a
bill to the Senate.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-04-24
STATE LIABLE IN
.SCOOOL BUS WRECKS
Will Pay Hospital, Funeral
Bills for Pupils Hurt in
School Buses
Daily Dispatch Bureaa.
In the SIR Waiter Hotel

Raleigh, April 24.-North Carolina
children who are injured or killed
while being transported to and from
school in buses will have their hos
pital and funeral bills paid by the
State through the State school COM
mission. The bill, offered by Senators
Dunn and Horton, which had pre-
viously passed the Senate has now
passed the House and will become law
Strenuously fighting the bill was
Representative Sentelle, Brunswick
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