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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-21

Wide interest in the trial in
Army and other service cir
cles indicated the unusual
importance Of the hearings.
Speculation included several off,
GERS OF high rank. Public interest
was aroused to the highest pitch
In recent years.
Ordinarily but little public inter
cst attaches 70 a court martial trial
o. an Army officer. IN the pres
ent trial. however, such secrecy has
been thrown about the whole pro-
ceediugs that the officer on trial
has become in popular fancy veri-
table Tower Of London prisoner"
Given Silence Orders
The parallel has been drawn be
tween the present cOurt-martisl and
the secret military trial in London
a few months ago Of a socially
prominent young officer Of a IA
nous British guards regiment VINO
was convicted on charges Of giving
away important British military Sc
CretS 10 an international spy ring.
The Young guards officer was a soil
tary prisoner in the Tower of Lon
don for weeks before his Identity
was established or the charges
against him became known
War Department officials and high
Army officers were understood to
be under direct instructions from
George II. Dern. Secretary Of War.
10 maintain the strictest secrecy. II
was admitted however. that the Of
fCer involved was OF high rank, but
is not a general
The charges are believed to be the
Cutgrowth of the House Military Al
fairs Committees investigation Of
the activities of lobbyists practicing
IT, the War Department on behalf
of firms selling equipment to the
Army. and the acceptance Of loans
or other favOrS from these lobbyists
by one or two Army officers who
handled purchase contracts for the
War Department.
One officer was said to have &C
Cepted a $1,000 loan from the sales
man Of a concern furnishing ma
terialS 10 the Army.
Court Has Wide Powers
At the time that investigation of
lobbyists activities were launched
last December, Secretary Dern
issued a formal statement in which
he said the War Department well
coined such investigation. and that
If any Army officers were found
guilty Of WrongdOing they would be
disciplined without fear or favor.
A court martial has the power to
pass sentences ranging from mere
reprimand for minor infractionS Of
the law or military code, TO dis
honorable discharge and impriSOn-
ment for more grave OffenSeS, and
even death in cases involving capital
punishment
The findings of the court-martial
must be reviewed by the Judge Ad-
vccate General of the Army and be
approved by both the Secretary of
War and the President before the
s ntenCe can be executed.
The times-news., 1935-12-17
BAPTIST SUPPLY
GROUP IS CHOSEN;
SET PRAYER NIGHT

Wednesday night has been set
aside by the First Baptist church
here as a special night of prayer
that the church may be guided by
The times-news., 1935-12-17
Superior Court
Capiases Out For
Drunk Drivers
Judge Warlick Calls lO9
in to Face Tribunal
at Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, Dec. 17.--Alieg-
ed drunken drivers fed Judge Will
son Warlick's superior court here
Yesterday as the plague, and as
they fed were pursued by sheriff s
officers with capiases to bring
them to Jail and hold them with
out bond until the judge, himself,
should fix the amount of bail.
The bombshell in. the midst of
the alleged inebriated drivers was
anticipated from what happened
last week. Three of them were
convicted and sentenced to terms
on the roads-and the rest of
them disappeared overnight.
As a parting shot at the close
of court last week Judge Warlick
issued instructions that all 1O9 or
the drivers docketed to face him
in court yesterday morning and
have the time of their trials set.
A number Of them did appear and
Solicitor John G. Carpenter set
the trials for Wednesday and
Thursday of this week. About 65
failed to appear and capiases were
ordered for them and the papers
placed with the sheriff for imme-
diate execution.
The times-news., 1935-12-17
Kidnapped Cuban
Found Unharmed
3 Alleged Abductors Held;
Ransom Demand Not Met

HAVANA, Dec. 17.-(UP).-
Three men. charged with com.
plicity in the kidnapping of Nicolas
Castano, multi-millionaire sugar.
man, were shot to death near Ha-
vana on the way from San An
tonia, it was announced today.
According to police, the kidnapers
were shot by occupants of an au-
tomobile who opened fire as they
sped past the car bringing the sus-
poets to Havana. Strangely, three
corporals guarding the suspects in
the car were unwounded.
HAVANA, Dec. II. (UP).-
Nicolas Castano, millionaire sugar
mill owner kidnapped a week ago
yesterday and held for 100000
ransom, was found unharmed yes
terday hidden in a cave. He sad
the ransom was not paid.
Three of his alleged abductors
were captured without resistance
by an army sergeant and a pri-
vate, who discovered Castano on
a farm near San Antonia de Las
Vegas. A fourth, armed with a
machine gun, escaped.
Castano had not been harmed.
While held he was fed bread, Wa
ter and sugar, he said. He slept
on a pile of cornhusks.
The victim said his captors told
The times-news., 1935-12-17
Orphans Here 10
Be Remembered
Christmas Eve
Program Under Auspices
Of Grove St. Church;
Gifts Asked

Announcement was made To-Day
that a Christmas program Will De
Given for the county orphans
home inmates and for the people
Of the county home at the county
home on Christmas eve night, at
r 40 o'clock. Mrs. w. M. Hill IS
sponsoring the event as a Christ
mas activity of the Grove Street
Gospel church.
Carols and recitations will be on
the program, and gifts will be
nrovided for the children.
Anyone wishing to contribute
apples, candy, clothing or other
@ifts for this purpose, Mrs. Hill
said. may leave these at Shipman's
garage, Main street at Seventh
avenue, in care of NJ. A. Garren
on week days, or they may be left
at the Grove Street church at the
service hours on Sunday.
The old county home building
is being used as a county orphan
age and about IL children are IN
the home at this time.
The general public, Mrs. Hiil
stated, will be welcomed to this
event.
The times-news., 1935-12-17

a ,grief-stricken little girl of 10,
Marda Liggett, above, may aid in
bringing to justice the slayers of
Her father, Walter W.. Liggett,
crusading Minneapolis editor. The
child sat with her mother in the
auto from which Liggett had just
alighted when he was shot down
and she saw the gunmen as they
fled.
The times-news., 1935-12-17
Vote TO GUST
) GOVERNORS
Mexican Senate Also Moves
to Degrade and Prose-
cute Gales

MEXICO CITY, Dec. II. (UPj.
The national senate last night, by
unanimous vote, ousted from Of
flee governors and members of the
legislatures of the states of Son
ora, Sinaloa, Durango and Guiana
iuato on charges of seditiouS ac-
activities against President Laza-
TO Cardenas.
A specially appointed senate
committee also approved unani-
mously a request of the president
through the war department to
degrade publicly General Plutarco
Elias Gales, former president and
erstwhile "strong man" of Mexi-
can politics, and Gen. Jose Maria
Tapia, ex-governor of the north
ern district of lower California, on
the same charges.
A request to turn Gales over
to judicial authorities on various
charges also was voted.
The senate's action was the
most drastic yet taken to block
any move by the former presi-
dent, who returned only last Fri
dav from Los Angeles after five
months self imposed exile. His
voluntary absence from the coun-
try was result of his break last
June with Cardenas over the lat
ter's economic policies.
Gales explained his return and
his decision to reconsider his plans
to withdraw from politics on the
grounds of his desire to answer
"calumnies and abuse" against
him while out of the country.
The times-news., 1935-12-17
MERCY KILLER HELD
AS DEATHS PROBED
CONTINUED from page onel


J. Valmore Normandin, sc, wife
of a former city auditor here.
The nurse, Marie Simone Sevig-
nv, 26, who had been attending
the victim from Dec. 2 until her
death, was arrested and will be
arraigned in district court on a
murder charge, authorities said.
Miss Sevigny, according to po-
lice, confessed she gave Mrs. Nor
mandin an ammonia solution be-
cause she allegedly wanted to put
the patient out of her suffering
and because she considered it a
merciful thing to do"
Authorities said alienists would
examine the nurse to establish the
question of her sanity.
The nurse was held for ques-
tioning while authorities perform
ed an autopsy on the exhumed
body of Mrs. Normandin.
The body was eXhumed late yes
terday and the autopsy performed
after Normandin became suspi-
cious of circumstances surround
ing his wife's death. An investiga-
ton was begun Immediately after
Mrs. Normandin was buried last
Saturday. ...>
Police said that shortly before
her death, the victim was found
moaning and in semi-conscious
condition by a son who had re-
turned from school. They revealed
that a partly filled bottle of am
monia was found behind radia-
tor in an adjoining room.
Authorities said death had re-
suited from effects of an ammonia
solution consumed by the victim
shortly before she died.
The times-news., 1935-12-17

brandy and two small glasses of
champagne-a natural amount for
dinner" he said.
Mrs. Lupino had asked Arthur
Prince, a dance director, to ac-
company the actress to her car. A
chauffeur, Ernest 0. Porter, usual
" hired by Miss Todd when she
attended parties unescorted, drove
her home.
Porter told police Miss Todd
wore nearly $4,000 worth of
iewelry to the party, including
valuable brooch and bracelet. She
still was clad in the mauve and
silver evening dress which she
wore to the party, when her maid,
May Whitehead, burst into the
garage yesterday morning and
found her.
Police said nothing had been
disturbed. Her jewelry was un-
touched, and even her tightly
curled blond coiffure was not rum
pied.
Murder or suicide were limited
in first reports to the coroner's
office. Then police, after an in
vestigation, said heart failure
seemed responsible.
Miss Todd, divorced from Pas
quale J. de Cicco, broker, in
1884, recently received a series of
threatening letters. Two men
were arrested in New York after
they threatened her with violence
unless she paid them money. The
was dismissed against
Edward Schieffert after a hearing
and he was committed to an in
sane ward. Harry Schimanski, the
other, still is in Jail in default q
heavy bond, charged with attempt
ed eXtortion.
The times-news., 1935-12-17

him the ransom was to be used to
buy tanks for Cuban revolution
lists, who, he was told already have
six airplanes.
Castano said that ten or twelve
men took him from the two men
who kidnapped him last Monday
and drove him in his own car to
the junction of the Managua and
Bababano roads. From there, he
did not know where they carried
him until after he was released.
The department of interior said
the three kidnapers arrested were
Rafael Ponce, Elio Estevez and
Aurelio Martinez.
The times-news., 1935-12-17

the Divine Spirit in IL
of their new pastor. n,.1
day morning the pgl,tn,j
was elected by The s,I1
consists of the !sga, /
Bennett, sr., Nod I'll
B. Hughes, Judgs TIL
and Charlie Monrin1
tire church is asa;r,x;I
special service l,.s.S
On Sunday nials
were elected to sgs
ent supply commltat
man, W. B. Sinca,. n
Osborne and J. H. LA
men will have chsrgc ;
the man or men VIE =
the pulpit on SUNDAY u
meeting services,
Many organizst0s
church have already pA3
leaders that they will ID
ward step while the d
without a pastor and :;
this handicap to in any VI
them to take a backva'! I
The times-news., 1935-12-17

When the school house is complet-
ed, Mr.. Warren stated, the people
expect to organize a Baptist
church, as the curious fact exists
that all of the families of the Lost
Colony are of the Baptist faith.
The Rev. j. r. Owen, with a
party of three cars from his
church in Asheville, recently made
the trip to Chimney Rock, climbed
the 7S3-step stairway and trail TO
the school house, and after a song
service preached to the AZ persons
present. A standing invitation
was given Mr.. Owen to "come
back again" and as often as he
could do so.
The times-news., 1935-12-17
TRAGIC DEATH OF
MISS TODD UNSOLVED

CONTINUED from page one)
Captain Bert Willis said. "If al
cohol is found on the brain, It
will intensity our belief"
DR.. Wagner said he would COM
plete "alcohol tests" on the brain
to determine whether acute alco-
holism was indicated.
"This action is being taken as a
result of police information re-
garding the background of the
case" DR.. Wagner said.
Miss Todd Saturday night was
guest of honor at party given
by Stanley Lupino, film director,
Mrs. Lupino and their daughter,
Ida 'Lupino, actress.
"She had only one cocktail, a
The Washington times., 1935-06-10

know how to get on with peO-
pie in my own generation.
when 1 talk my voice sounds
strange to me, and while have
been decently educated and am
well-read, I never know any
thing to talk about.
SILENT SAM"
The greatest thing to give a
bashful young man self-con.
fidence is to join some dramatic
guild or association. Studying
parliamentary law and elocution
has also been great help.
Make all the social contacts
possible. Young people who
have grown up with those Of the
past generation often have diff.
Guilty in getting in touch with
those of their own age.
Shyness is overcome by per-
sistently living it down.
The Washington times., 1935-06-10
Care of Food

AS these articles have empha-
sized from the beginning-that,
indeed, has been their main pur-
poSe-We can save our babies,
we can make them well and
strong, if we make up our minds
to work at the job intelligently,
comprehensively, unflaggingly.
That the Dionne quintuplets are
alive and flourishing today is,
above everything else, a victory
for the known principles and
practices of child hygiene.
Here, at the beginning of hot
weather, is what every mother
of a baby should say to herself:
"NOw is the time for me to do
for my child the very best that
/ knOw-the things which, ever
since he was born and even be-
fore it, my doctor and my nurse
have been telling me.
''Now is the time for me to be
exceptionally careful about his
food supply. When a baby be-
comes sick in hot weather, nine
times out of ten it means that
something has gone wrong with
his food. That is my response
bility. / must not let anything
60 wrong.
I'm summer, especially, 1
must make sure that the baby
and everything surrounding him
are exquisitely clean.
The Washington times., 1935-06-10
Beauty
Conquer Skin
BIen1iSheS
By JULIET SHELBY

With the advent of colored
moving pictures, things are
changing in Hollywood. '7e, the
audience, are warned that in a
very short time a black and
white moving picture will be as
obsolete as a silent movie is
today. So the stars of Holly
wood are taking color tests and
anxiously hoping they will
screen we'll.
A color process picture is more
candid than the black and white
flicker, and that, of course,
means that skin and hair must
be in perfect health and groom
ing.
Up until now the dark screen
makeup covered certain skin
blemishes and irregularities, but
now the stars must have clear,
youthful compilations and hair
that has rich luster and coloring.
It was as much for her deli.
cate blonde loneliness and beau
tiful smooth skin as it was for
her splendid acting ability that
bewitching Miriam Hopkins
was chosen for the leading role
in Becky Sharpe" And a wise
choice is was, too, for she has
filmed exquisitely. I defy any
The Washington times., 1935-06-10
Sensible Program

"Dirt may mean disease. A
fly with dirty feet crawling
across my child'S face, a diaper
imperfectly sterilized-theSe are
worse dangers, in June, July
and August, than a climbing
thermometer. Preventing these
perils is my job must never
fall down on it.
''NOt only my baby's life and
health but his comfort depend
largely on me, during hot
weather. Plenty of water to
drink, extra baths, good sense
in dresSing-Or undreSsing-my
little one are going to help him
through the heat waves. In
stead of dreading them bIindly,
the thing for me to do is plan a
sensible hOt-weather program
and stick to it,
Because such a program is so
important for mothers and
babies, shall discuss it's i'm
portant points in forthcoming
articles.
copyright. 1888, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
DR.. Allan Roy Dafoe's own
column on Babies" will be con-
tinued tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1935-06-10


"ShOul there be at least two
bridesmaids? Does a formal
church wedding always call for
bridesmaids?
when should the wedding an
nOuncementS be mailed?
"Is it proper to wear SemispOrt
clothes to a wedding Of this
type, or must you wear long
dresses and large hats?
ruth"
Usually the bride-to-be invites
her bridal attendants, and the
groom-to-be invites his best man
and ushers, about two months
before the date of the wedding,
if the wedding is to be a large,
formal wedding. There is no
reason why they shouldn't be
invited earlier if the couple
wishes, or later, if the wedding
is to be informal.
It isn't at all necessary to
have bridesmaids, even at a
formal. church wedding, This
choice Of attendants is entirely
a matter of the brides prefer
ence. A maid of honor is
enough, even if there are to be
six usherS.
Since the ushers walk to-
gether, two by two, in both the
professional and the occasional,
The Washington times., 1935-06-10

it doesn't make any difference
whether there are any brides
maids, or whether there are the
same number of bridesmaids as
there are usherS.
The wedding announcements
should be all ready to mail
directly after the ceremony has
been performed.
Semisports clothes would not
be appropriate for women guests
to wear at a formal wedding.
Nor would long dresses be worn.
Dry dresses or ensembles, of
street length, are the appro-
pirate attire. Large or small
hats are worn, according to the
type of dress worn.
The Washington times., 1935-06-10
Reinsurance

She has been told that this is
q most critical period in his life.
She perhaps has been frightened
by statistics of infant mortality
during this first summer-or
> for that matter. by the large
number of deaths that occur
among older babies during the
hottest months of the year.
She may have known women
who have lost their children at
this time.
Reinsurance is what this
mother needs first of all. 1t is
always unwise for her to agitate
herself by fear or worry which
can be avoided or controlled.
Such emotions affect the milk,
If she is nursing her little one,
and the baby suffers. Even if he
is not at the breast he is I'M
pleasantly disturbed by his
mothers loss of poiSe and cheer
fitness.
It is perfectly true that there
are special dangers threatening
the life and health of infancy
during summer, but it also is
true that these dangers nearly
always can be met and overcome
by proper care and precautions.
Instead of a merely negative
worry over what may happen to
her baby during the next two or
three months, the wise mother
will adopt the positive course of
seeing to it that nothing tragic
does happen!
The Washington times., 1935-06-10

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The Washington times., 1935-06-10

ing steamer chair, most un-
usual, and extremely comfort
able. With dark wood frame,
it is 1898. The other chair
with plaid canvas and cushion
for your head is 1895. An
orange and green metal center
table finishes the picture and
completes the color scheme.
Now for further good news
for all householders a new
electric fan on the market with
such a multitude of good
features that you'll want one,
even if you have various fans
ready for summer. It's a dark
mahogany colored metal and
composition affair, and instead
of blades it has heavy processed
grosgrain ribbon loops, which,
when revolving, spread and give
you necessary air circulation.
The Washington times., 1935-06-10

woman to see her in this picture
and not begin at once to put
more thought into the care OF
her skin and hair!
When a blemished skin is
compared with one that is with
out a single sign of negligence
or illness, a woman realizes
how much more beautiful she
actually can be if she would
but guard her health and give
her skin intelligent daily care.
First of all, distressing rashes
or any slight blemish should
be conquered. Once your skin
is clear, you can refine it's tex
ture and encourage the return
of it's natural coloring. But no
amount of pampering will make
your skin lovely to touch I'M
less the blemishes are banished
and your physical health is re-
stored.
A very prominent Fifth Ave
nue. salon has had on the
market for some time salve
that is especially prepared to
relieve "patchy" skin, open
eruptions, bad cases of sun.
burn and all the other annoy.
ing external skin conditions.
It is to be applied before you
retire, and if you wish to rush
the healing, wear a cheese
cloth mask to bed, to keep the
cream on your skin. You can
make one yourself by cutting
eye, nose and mouth holes in
the cloth.
Many women have found this
salve a decided help, and I'M
less your skin problem is a par
ticularly stubborn one, you
will, too.
If you want to know where
you can procure any article
mentioned in this column,
phone The Washington Times,
District 1000, Extension 2SS, be-
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daily and up to 1 p. m. on
Saturdays. Please do not write
unless You live outside of the
city, in which case enclose a
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The Washington times., 1935-06-10
Many Features

Naturally there's no danger
in ribbon loops, as there is in
blades. The children can't get
their finger cut off, and yet the
fan is most efficient. It doesn't
direct a breeze in one spot, but
circulates the air generally
through the room, which means
that it will neither give you
cold nor blow your papers If
you use it in your office. It is
absolutely silent, is priced 1895,
and, best news of all, runs on
20 per cent less current than
another fan of similar size. 1t
is for A. c., and is pictured here.
The Washington times., 1935-06-10
PATTERN 1902
CROcHETED ACCESSORIES

what makes for cool comfort
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You can make the set in either
string or yarn-either is ef-
fective.
Pattern 1902 comes to you
with detailed directions for
making the set shown; illustra-
lions Of it and Of all stitches
used; material requirements.
Send 10 cents in stamps or
coin (coin preferred) for this
pattern to The Washington
Times, Needlecraft Dept, 81
Eighth Ave-, New York, N. Y.
The Washington times., 1935-06-10
Black and White

A wished-for fashion is here
in the form of a coat that is
good-looking enough to go over
evening or dinner clothes yet
warm and snug enough for a
long motor ride to and from
the party. Such a coat is in a
rough tweed-like fabric in black
and white stripe pattern, with
lining, TERED cape collar and
TERED cuffs all of white pique.
The Washington times., 1935-06-10
Shirtmaker Lines

See how nice you look in a
black chiffon dress done on
shirtmaker lines. A new model
has pleated ruching down the
front on either side of the jon
quill yellow studs. There are
ruchings at the hem, forming a
double cuff and a double stand
up collar with a jonquil net tie.