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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
CITY TWINS BORN
IN OLD, new YEAR
Three 1885 Babies Reported
Oy Hospitals.

The twin sons of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Boles, $50 E. Norwood-St, will
have some difficulty adjusting their
birthdays.
The first was born in City Hos
pital last night 10 minutes before
midnight and the second II minutes
after the New Year 1885 had made
it appearance.
The second baby of the New Year
was that of Mr.. and Mrs. Christie
pher Landgrigan, 623 w. 30th-st,
born at 1928 a. m. in st. Vincent's
Hospital. It was a boy weighing
eight pounds.
The third infant was a boy born
at 4:47 a. m. in st. Francis Hos
pital. The parents are MI. and
Mrs. Arthur Fitzwater, 1889 Carroll
ton-av.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
new YEAR Gets
LUSTY GREETING
City Clubs, Bars Thronged;
Churches Also Draw
Crowds.

With a carnival spirit unequaled
in a decade, Indianapolis last night
ushered in the new year and with
an old-time zip and playfulnesS
flung Old Man 1884 into oblivion.
With the lusty new year not more
than a half dozen hours old before
it buffeted the city with an icy
breath, the city today settled down
for a quiet observance which was to
Include the Inauguration of a new
Mayor and his staff.
AS the passing year made way for
the new, the streets were damned
with cheering crowds; hotels became
citadels of mirth and the city's
sWanky clubs held brilliant cele-
brating groups.
Paramount social events OF the
night were the programs at the In
dianapolis Athletic Club, Columbia
Club and at Murat Theater, where
the Princeton Triangle Club show
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01

trial than ever before in the 80
months Of investigation.
Francis Fay, head of the Depart
ment of Justices division Of in
vestigation in New York, sent
Thomas Sisk, his chief assistant, to
Pennington with instructions to be
available for the prosecution
throughout the trial.
MI. Sisk will be one Of the states
key witnesses.
Betty Cow, Scottish nurse of the
Lindbergh baby, will be n of the
first witnesses and n Of the most
important. She will identify the
sleeping-garment in which she
wrapped the baby on the afternoon
of March l, 1882, as the identical
garment that was returned to her
Is days later as a token from the
kidnapers. Her words will be used
by the prosecution to prove, first,
that a kidnapping took place and,
second, that the kidnaper was the
man that negotiated for the $4,000
ransom with DR.. John F. (JafSie)
Condor "a the Bronx.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
6 BEGIN TERMS
IN COUNTY JOBS
Spencer Is Sworn in as
Prosecutor Along With
26 Deputies.

Six important offices in the Mar
ion County Courthouse were
changed today as newly-elected Of
Gals took over their duties.
Herbert M. Spencer, former assist
ant attorney, was sworn in as prose-
cutting attorney by Criminal Judge
Frank P. Baker this morning, as
were his 20 deputies and clerks.
Herbert E. Wilson, former prose-
cutor, yesterday afternoon took the
oath of Office for Superior Court
judge in Room five from Russell j..
Ryan, whom Mr.. Wilson succeeds.
The other new Courthouse judge is
Superior Judge Joseph T. Markey,
who succeeds Mayor John w. Kern
in Room one.
Herbert Bloemker, formerly chief
deputy surveyor, became County Sur
veyor today. Sheriff Otto Ray and
his staff of Is deputies were to be
sworn in this afternoon at the coun-
ty Jail at ceremonies sponsored by
the Ray-For- Sheriff Club. The
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
TUMBLES;
WARM SPELL is DUE
Temperature Drops to 9
During Morning.

The clear, cold weather which
dawned upon Indianapolis New
Years Day will continue until to-
morrow, when the temperatures will
rise, according to the Weather Bu-
reau forecast today.
The mercury dropped sharply
during the night with a low mark
of 9 at 9 this morning. At s a. m.
the temperature was IA.
A brisk, cooling wind of 25-miles-
an-hour velocity blew from the
northwest late last night and this
morning, bringing the cold weather
with it.
Although the chilly temperatures
will have vanished by tomorrow the
fair weather will continue, the
Weather Bureau promised.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
WOMAN'S DEATH
BATTLES POLICE
Unidentified Metal Slug
PierCeS Lung of Noted
Social Leader.
United Press

By United Press
BALTIMORE, Jan. 1.-The strange
basement Staying of Miss Catherine
Briscoe, 81, socially prominent, haf-
fled criminal and medical investi-
gators today.
She died of a metal slug-the
size of a pea--imbedded deep in
her breast.
Miss Briscoe went to the base
ment of her home yesterday to
stoke the furnace. No else is
known to have been in the base
ment when she was mortally
wounded.
Her cutlery brought Rear Admiral
William S. Pye, her brother-in-laW,
and a maid. Something struck
me-" she gasped and then lapsed
into Inconsistencies.
She died before medical aid could
reach her.
X-Rays disclosed the piece of
metal, apparently brass. A physi-
clan said it apparent was not fired
from a gun.
There were no signs of struggle
in the basement, nor was there any
weapon. No member of the family
recalled hearing any report that
might have been a shot. Furnace
ashes were sifted, but revealed no
cartridge shell that might have x
ploded.
Police were inclined to believe an
accident responsible, but could find
no evidence of anything that could
have propelled the missile.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
By United Press

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PENNINGTON, N. j., Jan. l.
Forty witnesses will be called by the
state of New Jersey to prove that
Bruno Richard Hauptmann was in
or near Hopewell on the night the
infant son of Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh was kidnapped.
Most of these witnesses will be
drawn from the Hill folk in the
Sourland Mountains. Their testi-
mony will be vigorously disputed by
Hauptmann's alibi witnesses who
will try to place him in his Bronx
apartment at the moment OF the
KIDNAPPING.
Hauptmann will come into court
tomorrow, Shackled to q deputy
sheriff, and two state troopers VIII
guard him constantly until he is
convicted or acquitted Of a charge
of murder in connection with the
KIDNAPPING.
Defense and prosecution believe
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01


Detectives found witnesses who
said they saw a man wearing a
light gray coat hurry from the
store a few minutes before the
shooting was discovered. He hur-
ried across Alabama street and dis
appeared down Fl. Wayne-av.
The Staying occurred in the same
neighborhood where six years ago
a theater cashier was murdered by
thugs.
Mr.. Macbeth died in st. Vincent's
Hospital at 1890 last night, an hour
and a half after he was found shot
through the head.
Police believe he was wounded
MORALLY while resisting a holdup,
although the crime is cloake6 in
mystery because the money in the
cash register was not taken.
Meanwhile police searched for a
clerk who had worked in the store
earlier in the night, and for a sec
ond clerk who is said to have dis
appeared about two weeks ago, in
order to question them. James w.
Nugent. 1889 Park-av, said he saw
a Shabbily dressed man lettering
nea the Haag drug store at Fit.
Wayne-av and Alabama-st.
Detectives believe the tall. slen-
der man said to have left the store
a short time before the murder was
discovered, is the same man who
ordered q soft drink in Wimpy's
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
JOHN Under NAMED
COUNTY ATTORNEY
Other Posts Are Filled by
Commissioners.

joni F. Under today was ap-
pointed county attorney by the
County Commissioners to succeed
Charles Clarke.
MI. Under is judge advocate of
the Indiana American Legion. Other
appointments included:
Commissioners Bailiff, Verl Pier
son. reappointed; stenographer, Mrs.
Elizabeth Brewer.
DR.. Clarence Rees was appointed
physician at Julietta Hospital and
DR.. A. G. Schneider was named jail
physician. All other institution heads
were reappointed.
DR.. o. D. Ludwig was appointed
County Health Officer. Miss Mil
dred Reynolds received the appoint
ment as Health Board Clerk and
Mrs. Emily wager vas appointed
record clerk.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01

edge of a 1000-foot precipice.
well, the rabbit was going SO
fast it couldn't stop. So over he
went. The mule, being well
trained, followed the rabbit over
the cliff with me on its back.
THE situation had me up in the
, air for a minute.
Then I collected my wits and,
when 10 feet from the bottom of
the gorge, I hollered 'Whoa!'
Gentlemen, that saved my life.
The mule was so we'll trained he
stopped in his tracks"
TINE judges were hard put for
l. a time to decide between Os-
born and a Burt Blurt of Dropping
Daisy, Mich. The decision went
to Osborn when neither a Droop-
ing Daisy nor a Burt Burt could
be found.
Mr.. Blurt submitted a modest
little story of his grandfather.
whose whiskers were SO heavy he
had to get up in the middle of the
night and shave to keep from
ripping the pillow cases.
Third prize, if there had been
one, would have gone to Mrs. Beu-
lab Barnstopple of indianapolis,
who said she was so thin as a
child that her father fed her
grape-juice and used her for a
thermometer.
The list of good clean lies"
submitted this year far exceeded
those of any other year, according
to o. G. Hulett, president of the
Burlington Liars Club.
They came from every state,
Mexico, Canada, Alaska, Cuba,
England and Australia.
n
T OUIS ANNA of New Orleans
IL asked that the medal be
awarded to Huey Long without
considering the competition"
Gilbert Karcher, a Burlington
lawyer and the Judge Lands of
liardom, said an amendment to
the bylaws adopted last year
rated politicians, newspaper men,
and public speakers as profess
sional prevaricators.
We're going to keep this club
on an amateur basis" he said.
Philip McCarty of Denver, 1888
winner of the worlds champion
ship, sent word to the judges that
the diamond-studded medal is
"the biggest lie of all"
1T isn't gold; it's brass" he
complained. And it isn't a dia-
mond; it's a hunk of glass"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
So Help Me, It's the
Truth Wins Liar Title
Californian's Notation Takes international Medal
in Walk from 1854 Contestants.
By United Press

BIZ JNWtI FTSS
CHICAGO, Jan. 1-Vern I. Osborn of Centralia, Wash, whose stories
~ are taller than the giant redwoods of his native state, is the new
champion liar of the world.
With the title, which he won yesterday in a Walkaway from 1854
contestants in all parts of the world, went a diamond-studded medal
awarded by the Burlington Wis) Liars Club.
Osborn cinched the championship and a chorus of "pheWs" and
fphooies" from the judges with a scribpled notation at the end of
his entry:
"And, so help me Hannah, this is the truth"
The worlds best-or Worst-ie of the 1894 crop was:
81 had a wel-traned mule I used to ride when I went hunting
iackrabbits. One day we lit out after a rabbit and the chase led to the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
POLICE RELENT
IN CAR TAG CAMPAIGN
No Arrests for Driving With "a
Plates Reported.

Although a state police order that
all motorists whose automobiles
bore The now obsolete 1884 license
plates should be arrested went into
effect last midnight, state police and
local police reported this morning
that no one had been apprehended
on the improper license charge.
Capt. Jesse McMurtry of the
Indianapolis police said that no ar
rests would be ordered until noti-
hcation from Chief Mike MorriSsey.
Capt. McMurtry said that the
chief had received no Official re-
quest from state officials to enforce
the license law.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
HOosier Youth Found Guilty
BIZ United Press

BIZ UHtttu PT6SS
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Jan. l.
Sentence of 2-to-21 years imprison-
ment faced Lon fairfield Jr., 16-
year-old Bloomington Negro today,
after his conviction on a man
slaughter charge in connection
with the shooting of Charles Lam
guell, Gosport farmer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
FOUR RESCUED FROM
PLANE ARE RECOVERING
Pilots of Hl-Fated Plane Suffering
From Exposure.
BIZ United Press

From Exposure.
By United Press
UTICA, N. Y, Jan. Three sur
vivors Of a plane crash in the Adj
rondacks rested in a Utica hospital
today, recovering from their ex-
posture in a winter storm for more
than two days without food or
heavy clothing.
The fourth person aboard the
American Airlines Curtiss- Condor
plane that crashed Friday night en-
route from Albany to Syracuse,
R. w. Handbook, attache of the
Federal Office of Education at
Washington, returned to New York
by plane last night. Ernest and
Dale Dryer, pilot and co-pilot, re-
Spectively, of the Inflated ship, were
still weak from exposure. frost bite
and shock. Jack H. Brown, fourth
member of the party, will be re-
leased from the hospital today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
KERN ASSUMES
NEW DUTIES AS
CITY EXECUTIVE
Pledges Same High Type of Business-Like
Administration That Featured Regime
of Ex-Mayor Sullivan.

Voicing a solemn pledge for himself and his official cab
met to continue the municipal policies of honesty, economy
and efficiency established by Reginald H. Sullivan, his Dem
ocratic predecessor, John w. Kern today took charge of the
Indianapolis civil city government.
His voice trembling with emotion as he pledged his en-
ergies toward the continuance of a business-ike administra-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
FEENEY TO REMAIN ON
JOB, M'NUTT INSISTS
Governor Denies Story Printed in
South Bend Paper.

Reports emanating from South
Bend to the effect that Al G. Fee
ney, State Safety Director, is sched-
uled to be replaced by Donald Silver,
former Goshen city judge, were
branded by Gov. Paul v. McNltt
as being "characteristically mac
curate."
The Governor neither would deny
nor affirm that Mr.. Feeney's dis
placement is imminent. The re-
port was carried in the South Bend
Tribune and was said to have come
from sources close to the Governor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
Breaks Arm in Stairs Fall

Mrs. Amanda Fondren, 81, of 724
N. Alabama-st, was in City Hospital
today. her left arm broken between
the elbow and shoulder as a result
of a fall downstairs last night
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
City Engineers Office Looted

Police today were notified Of the
theft of two platinum crucibles and
one platinum dish from the offices
Of A. H. Moore, city engineer, yes
terday. The loot was valued at SOS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
Rescued From Fire, Dies

By United Press
HUNTINGTON, Ind, Jan. l.
Rescued from his burning home by
neighbors, George McGinnis, 80,
died in a hospital last night of
shock and exposure. He had been
i'll for some time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
ROOSEVELT TO
ASK 4 BILLIONS
FOR JOB RELIEF
RepOrt Comedies With Assurances President
VIII Take Strong Stand Against
Bonus Bill.
BIZ United Press

b Hre1P Press
Jan. 1.-Intimatons President Roose-
Welt will ask Congress for at least $4,000, 100000 for relief
and public works conceded today with assurance that the
New Deal will oppose immediate payment of war veterans
compensation certificates.
The bonus issue is scheduled for an early decisive vote
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
Store Gunner Is Killed;
Robbery Believed Motive
Variety Shop Operator Found Shot Beside Open Cash
Register; No Money Missing, Is Report.

A tall. slender man today was sought as the slayer of Reynolds E.
Macbeth, AZ, who was shot and wounded fatally last night as he checked
the days receipts in his variety store at 8221b N. Alabama-st.
The cash register stood open when Mrs. Claude Ford, 514 E. 10th-st,
ran into the store after hearing a shot. The money had not been dis
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01

In the Air
Weather conditions at 9 a. m:
Northwest wind, Is miles an hour;
barcmetric pressure, 1924 at sea
level; temperature, 9; general con-
ditions, clear; ceiling, unlimited;
visibility, u miles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
BOURNE DEAD

Long Illness Fatal to Archbishop of
Westminster.
By United Press
LONDON, Jan. 1.-Francis Car
dinal Bourne, 70, Archbishop of
Westminster since 1903, died early
today from the effects of a serious
illness suffered in Rome in 1882.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
SLAIN BY
THREE-GUN REVELLER

Slayer Is Killed in Turn by One of
Captors.
By United Press
HAMILTON, o., Jan. IA New
Years eve celebrant from whom
police took two revolvers, suddenly
drew a third from his pocket early
today, shot and killed one police
man, wounded another and was
himself slain in a patrol wagon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01
T0DAY'S WEATHER
In the Air

Tomorrow's sunrise. 7:07 a. NJ.
sunset, 4:31 p. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-01-01

Meanwhile. Judge Cox admins
tere the oath of Office to the new
City Council.
Among the members was Mrs.
Nannette Dowd, first Indianapolis
woman ever to occupy an elective
position in the city's legislative body.
Other members are Edward B. Raub,
DR.. Theodore Gable, Adolph Fritz,
Silas j. Carr, Ross H. Wallace, Ed
ward r. Healing, John A. Schu-
macher and william A. Oren.
Evening star., 1935-07-22
BY GEANE ALLEN.

me, waiting for you"
Myra looked at him with troubled
eyes. Il wonder if did make big
mistake" she whispered. "Oh, Tom,
why didn't you make me marry you
in the first place?'
We'll, it's not too late. even now,
he assured her. In few weeks you
can get divorce, and then"
1t was so comforting to lie back
against Toms big shoulder and listen
to his steady voice, explaining, plan
ming. 1t all seemed so easy as she
rested there. feeling so secure. AS
Toms wife there would be no more
cooking, no more waShing-and no
more shirts to iron on hot afternoons.
Instead there would be leisure, travel,
opportunity for the lovely things she
longed for. =.
so Just go back now" Tom was
saying and pack your grip, and to-
morrow you'll be on your way to
Reno and through with Martini"
Martin? What had become of him
when he slammed out of the house,
Myra found herself wondering. What
was he doing? What would he do?
Poor. helpless. Intellectual Martin!
We'll just drive over and get your
things now. before you change your
mind" Tom was saying. She felt
helpless before his insistence.
Myras heart was. beating fast as
she opened her apartment door. The
diSordered room had been set to
rights. and on the table stood huge
basket of roses-and beside the roses,
neatly folded. lay six shirts-the white
one on top. Myra gestured to Tom
with her finger on her lips as she
softly opened the bed room door There
sat Martin on the edge of the bed,
his head In his hands, and on the
floor lay two half-packed suit cases.
He rose as Myra came in and took her
hands
Well old dear" he said, I'm
just about ready to step out of your
way-and I'm going to take those
damned shirts to remind me what
a blind. self satisfied. selfish sap I've
been"
oh. Martini" exclaimed Myra. her
heart suddenly aching for him. And
Tom Thorne, standing in the adjoin-
ing room. coughed discreetly.
'Oh-it's Tom" Myra explained.
"He-he came over with me-"
Martin Strengthened UP and took
Myra in bis arms. Tom Thorne or
no Tom Thorne," he exclaimed, IF
you'll just give me another chance,
dear, you'll never have to wash or
iron shirts again. This afternoon !
took every cent I had and all I could
borrow and bought out the Light Work
Laundry Co."
"Oh, Martin! How wonderful Of
you!" Myra whispered, putting her
arms around him and holding him
close
And Tom Thorne, forgotten. puck
cred his lips in a soundless whistle
as he stepped out and very quietly
closed the door behind him.
copyright 1880
Evening star., 1935-07-22

Smart coats for Summer wear. Blue
and brown fannels and popular tweeds;
in sports back styles.
Evening star., 1935-07-22

aid Philips, wife of a radio manufac-
turer. who also was killed, and the
planes stewardeSs.
Two prominent Englishmen we're
among the nine passengers killed.
They we're Lewis Nesbitt, a writer on
Ethiopian questions, who was re-
turning from Africa, and Arthur
Watts, humorist. The others were
German and Dutch.
Although rain and fog appeared to
have caused the accident, officials are
investigating the possibility of motor
trouble and lightning.
Evening star., 1935-07-22
EDUCATION IN C. C. C.
WILL BE EXPANDED
sc, 1000, 900 Allotment to Permit
Facilities to Be Virtually
Doubled.

BY the Associated Press.
Robert Fechner, director, announced
yesterday that he will virtually double
c. c. G. educational facilities.
He said a new 100000 allotment
will provide necessary funds for in
structional programs In 2,9l6 C. C. C.
camps planned under the expansion
program.
The number of camp educational
advisers will be increased by the In
terror Departments Education once
to at least 1900. In addition to these,
rs district advisers will be appointed
to assist in co-ordinating instruction
programs.
Howard w. Oxley, G. C. c. educa-
tional director, estimated approxi-
mately 100000 men will participate in
the camp instruction programs this
Winter.
Nearly half Of the courses are to
be vocational. Some are on the ele-
mentary level. About 1000 illiterates
or near-illiterates are receiving in
struction in reading, writing and
arithmetic. Twenty-seven per cent of
the courses are on the high school
level and per cent are on college
level.