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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-14
SPECIAL TRAINS
BRING GROCERS
National Association viii
Open Farley Here
Sunday.

Special trains will bring grocers
of the nation to Indianapolis sun
day for the opening of the annual
convention of the National Associa-
ton Of Retail Grocers at the Murat
Temple
D. A. Afieck. Salt Lake City,
Utah, head Of the association. was
here today with his wife and
daughter to aid in arrangements
for the meeting.
Manufacturers began to set up
food exhibits in preparation for
regular sessions of the convention
which will open Monday at $50
a. m. and continue through
Thursday.
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, former
NRA administrator, will be the
principal speaker at the opening day
sessions of the convention.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-14

Macs men that got 1t the worst
and they we're eating food from
the shelter on S. West-st,7 Clark
said.
A T the Hargis home, the shell
L n ter-house sandwiches are
definitely pasSe, for the family's
head had carried his lunches ex-
cept for yesterday and on another
occasion and had not been Ill.
Working on the gravel-pit prof.
ect near the indianapolis Speed
way, Gethro Hargis became i'll
after eating his entire lunch.
1T made me deathly sick.
cramped in my arms and legs and
it seemed like I was just drawing
up inside. 1t hit me about an hour
after my meal as 1 was loading
a truck. About a dozen other men
became sick about the same time.
Il called cab and came home,
but got Sicker at home and the
people we stay with volunteered
to cake me to the hospital. They
treated me and then I came
home" Mr.. Hargis related.
You won't get me to eat any
more of those sandwiches. I'm
letting my wife TX them from now
on" he said.
Mrs. Hargis nodded quick APP
proval.
The Hargises have no children.
They came to indianapolis in
January from Bowling Green, KY.
II EARNED down there and
l. hoped by coming up mere
that there'd be more work. Well,
got some work, and got sick,
too" he explained.
He receives a $210 grocery or
der, so cents cash for the Two days
he works weekly, and his room
rent of $3.50 is paid by the relief
authorities.
zeno Weber, "a, of 1929 Eugene
st, married and father of four
children, lay on a cot in one of
the rooms in City Hospital filled
with stricken FERA workers and
described his part in the whole
sale poisoning case.
Mr.. Weber had been a sick man
an hour or two before but quick
action by hospital attaches had
restored him to the point where
he could take a feeble interest in
his surroundings.
Il guess I was lucky" he said.
1T didn't hit me until about 3
o'clock, couple of hours after it
got the Others I thought it had
missed me and I was on my way
home.
when I felt the pains I was
just able to get here under my
own power. 1 guess most of the
others are a lot worse off than I
am.
- WAS driving a truck from one
Il project to another. Several of
the men was with said they we're
feeling a little sick about l. We
joked about it and nobody really
thought anything was wrong until
about 100. Then two or three of
the men doubled up on the ground.
I loaded a bunch in my truck and
brought them in to the shelter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-14
PROBE into POISONING OF
ESQ MEN OPENED HERE BY
STATE, FEDERAL OFFICIALS
Cause of Near-Tragedy Is Sought; Three
Men Still Are in Critical Condition at
City Hospital, Another Is Serious.
Continued From Page One

a wayside altar and added a raucous
hysteria to the scene. They prayed
on their knees, exhorted all to listen,
and then. in a sing-song. recited
words that we're unintelligible to
most hearers.
They gathered a large crowd about
them, that was depleted only when
some sl-a-weeker had an attack
and Was led in agony to the shelter
hospital.
Trucks from the projects arrived
every moment with new patients,
and one patrolman stayed at the
entrance of the hospital doing Moth
ing but getting names Of those who
entSed for treatment.
Nj. QIire Becomes Irked
Workers who were well, were di-
rected by the doctors tC clean up
the large. seething rooms as best
they could. They got mops from
some place and brought some sort
Of order and cleanliness with their
work.
At about this time. Mr.. Quire, an
nOyed at the presence in his office
Of news men and others seeking
some statement from him. some
move to bring order out of the now
nearly hysterical mass of 300 or
more men, announced that his
Office was closed for the day.
Get out" he said.
The official explanation for the
wholesale illnesses was that the food
had deteriorated in the sun of the
hot day. Nevertheless. one man who
dipped into the lunches in the morn
ing. it was report cd. had been taken
to City Hospital with poisoning, and
one who worked in the kitchen and
ate there at 10 a. m. was just as
sick as those who had been out in
the sun.
The sandwiches we're made
Wednesday night. and some say
there was no refrigeration after
that. There is a large old-fashioned
ice box in the kitchen, that holds
several hundred pounds of ice when
it is full.
Mr.. Gov says the food is kept in
large ice C0xes such as are used in
butcher shops and that they have
been inspected and passed upon by
DR.. Harger.
Radicals Go to Work
Radical OppOrtunists circulated
about the crowd inside the build
ing. trying to inflame the men, but
they got no response. The men all
were sick. or had just partially re-
covered. and they looked for The most
part with blank eyes at these men
who were feeling sorry for them.
New men. carried by those who
had escaped the illness or had re-
covered. arrived in steady process
sion, and we're taken to the dormi-
tories and put to bed.
An unsteady assistant cook stag
gered up. asking loudly for news
paper men.
I'm working in the kitchen" he
said unsteadily, land know what's
wrong with these men. It's dysen-
terry, that's what it is. That food
was all right"
City health officials arrived and
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tons were left unanswered early
this morning.
By Times Special
WASHINGTON, June 14-FERA
officials denied today any knowledge
of the source of the food that pois-
oned more than 200 FERA workers
in Indianapolis.
1t was said at FERA headquarters
here that the system of supplying
food for the relief workers varies
in the several states.
Officials here doubted that the
poisoned food could have been from
government supplies of surplus.
They pointed out that all of this
food was carefully inspected before
packing and was packed in approved
commercial plants according to
modern methods.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-14

continued. Men who had been
sitting in the park became vioizrtiy
IN. and limped to the shelter hos
pital for aid.
Seven CITY Hospital internes
arrived. with a large supply Of NOR
phine to deadcn the excruciatIng
pain Of the men and emetics TO help
rid them OF the cause OF IL. But
they we're wholly inadequate, and as
they attended first this man and
then his bed neighbor. they heard
cries for help from far ends Of the
large oblonz dOrmitory where the
men Topped on any unoccupied cot
they found
The Men Can't Take Il"
Sergt. I'd Kruse and his capable
squad of two patrolmen circulated
about the hysterical mass. bring
ing 10 il the only element Of calm
ncSs
Inside his Office at a far corner OF
the building. where he could bear
none Of the cries. see none Of the
confusion. red-headed J. H Quire,
superintendent. was talking on a tel
ephOne to come one.
ITS the first hot day" he said
smiling. and the men can't take
it."
Outside a Ford passenger car. cut
in truck shape. isrked up 10 the do
Of the Shelter hospital and wheezed
10 a stop
on the truck part were five men.
stacked head 10 the front. feet out
the end. like limp. extraordinarily
long gunny sacks. and looking Just
as dead.
People carried them of. into the
hospital. through into a dormitOry
and Topped them on beds. Some
one came around and lOOsened their
shoes and shirts. and some one
brought them an empty COntainer.
They were clients who mad not been
III. those who helped the suffering.
They are paid 81 a week. room and
board. and they work four days Of
each week for that.
The officials. who earn from s.
a week to SO a week. and room and
board. spent their time. after they
had decided it was a serious affair.
guarding the doors TO the kitchen
from which emanated the food that
poisoned the Sl-a-weckerS.
City hospital ambulances shuttled
back and forth taking those most
seriously i'll from the Shelter to the
hospital. returning those who had
recovered. At $50. men appeared
in the grOaning dOrmitOries with
bottles Of paragOric. which they gave
in varying doses TO the ailing men,
They called for water. and il was
discovered there were only a few
pitchers. Some ordered some more.
and at 3.45. a messenger arrived
piled high with wrapped aluminium
pitchers.
Sect Sets Up Altar
Unstricken workers carried water
TO the grOaning men, poured it into
small paper cups that the men in
their agony frequently crushed be-
fore they could drink.
Over in the park a religious sect.
noted for its eXhibitiOniSm. set up
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tons were left unanswered early
this morning.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1935-08-23

in the 1st Elec. Dist, on the West
side of the County Road leading from
Pocomoke City to Snow Hill. Con-
sideration $40 &c.
The First National Bank of Snow
Hill from John S. Whaley, Trustee,
real estate on the Southeast side of
Fourth Street, in Pocomoke City. Con-
sideration $2,11O
Ernest J. Dennis from Edward Lee
Hamblin and wife, real estate in the
5th Elec. Dist. Consideration $40 &c.
Thomas E. Ayres and Margaret l..
Ayres, his wife, from VIM. w. Wor-
nell, property on the Northwest side
of Market Street, in Snow Hill. Con-
sideration $40 &c.
Lorah H. Hickman from Edmond H.
johnson, Trustee, tracts of land con-
tanning 1898 acres and 11.25 acres,
more or less, in the 9th Elec. Dist.
Consideration $1175.
Earle Shockley and Ethel Louise
Shockley, his wife, from Harold Nc
Grath and wife, the "Sidney T. Nor
ris Farm" containing 20 acres, more
or less, on the Northerly side of but
not binding upon, the County Road
leading from Flat Top Pine to Browns
Schoolhouse, in Atkinson Elec. Dist.
Consideration $40 &c.
J. Brice Long and Conrad o. Long
from Burlington County Trust Co.,
and Ex'cr and another, real estate on
the Westerly side of Baltimore Ave-,
in Ocean City. Consideration $1,000.
Roy L. Taylor and Marcie Taylor,
his wife, from Arthur H. Northam,
real estate containing 1-2 acre, more
or less, in the 1st Elec. Dist. on the
Southwest side of the State Stone
Road leading from Pocomoke City to
Virginia. Consideration $40 &c.
Chas. C. Pilchard from Mack T..
Ward and wife and another, an un-
divided 1-2 interest in real estate in
the 9Th Elec. Dist, on the County
Road leading from Stockton to Horn
town, Va. Consideration $40 &c.
E. Grice Payne from Edmond H.
johnson, Assignee, property at the
corner of Federal and Hill Sts., in
Snow Hill. Consideration $3.50.
VIM. T. Mason and Chas. L. Mason,
co-partners trading as Mason Brothers
from Irving H. Ward and Vesta NJ,
his wife, tract of land containing 80
acres, more or less, in the 9Th Elec.
Dist, on the Northwest side of the
State Stone Road leading from POGO
moke City to Snow Hill. Considera-
tion $40 &c.
Emily Truitt Hankshaw, J. VIM.
Hankshaw and Barbara Hankshaw
from Matte Dukes Truitt, real estate
in the rear of the present Presbyter-
ian Parsonage Lot, in Snow Hill.
Consideration $40 &c.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1935-08-23
BLOOD PRESSURE
WAS MEASURED
80 YEARS AGO

Only about 80 years have passed
since accurate and convenient methods
were developed for measuring blood
pressure. Actually it was British
preacher intereated in experiments
who first measured blood pressure by
hitching long glass tube to blood
vessel in the neck of horse.
Most people with high blood pres
sure do not realize it for long time,
because the condition comes on so
gradually and there are no serious
symptoms to call it to their attention.
Sometimes, indeed, the. extra blood
pressure actually seems to be associa-
ted with lot more drive and spirit
than most people have. This is par
ticularly the case when the pressure
is associated with extra activity of
the thyroid gland. For this reason
most cases of "H. A. D." or hyperion
sive arterial disease, are discovered
when the person concerned happens
to be applying for more life insurance
or for his first life insurance policy.
Just because people are likely to
neglect measurement of the blood
pressure until some occasion demands
it, the medical profession has been
trying for long time to get them to
go to their doctors at least once each
year for a complete physical exam
ination, which should always include
this measurement.
Because people incline to be senti-
mental in association with birthdays
it has been suggested that the exam
ination take place each year on the
birthday. Of course a complete ply
sical examination will include listen
ing to the heart and the chest, look
ing into the throat, nose, and ears,
looking at the retina in back of the
eye, and complete examination of the
patient with all clothing removed.
Moreover, the tissues should be
examined. If there is any sign of
the necessity for it, X-ray studies
should be made. The blood should
be studied and the cells counted with
a microscope.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1935-08-23
MIND" SUBJECT OF
CHRIST CHURCHES, sun.

"Mind" will be the subject of the
Lesson-Sermon in all Churches of
Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, August
25th.
The Golden Text will be from. Cor.
2:16-"Who hath known the mind of
the Lord, that he may instruct him ?
But we have the mind of Christ"
Among the citations comprising the
Lesson-Sermon will be the following
from the Bible-James 1:5-"If any of
you lack wisdom, let him ask for God,
that giveth to all men literally, and
upbraideth not; and it shall be given
him."
The Lesson-Sermon also will in
clude the following passage from the
Christian Science textbook, Science
and Health with Key to the Script
ures," by Mary Baker Eddy, page 513--
Esprit diversifies, classifies, and in
dividualizes all thoughts, which are
as eternal as the mind conceiving them
but the intelligence, existence, and
continuity of all individuality remain
in God, who is the divinely creative
principle thereof"
Services: Sunday, II a. M, Odd Eel
lows Hall, Peninsula Bldg, Pocomoke
City, Md.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1935-08-23

was driven by Frank J. Moran. Ari-
zona distributor for Columbia Two
Speed Axles. Driving time for the
$50 miles was five and half hours or
an average of As miles per hour.
The run was checked by Walter
Richetti, representative of the Ameri-
can Automobile Association. Richetti
sealed the gas tank and the hood at
Phoenix so that no gasoline, oil or
water could be added on the trip and
upon the return of the car broke the
seals and measured the gasoline. In
his check-up he found that no oil or
water had been consumed. The water
was only luke warm at the end of the
$50 miles, despite the intense heat of
the Arizona highways.
One of the important features of
the Columbia Two-Speed Axle for
Ford V-8's is that owners can drive
their Ford just as it comes from the
factory. Then if they desire the ad-
ditional phase Of performance all that
is necessary for them to do is to turn
a small lever on the dash and the
motor revolutions are reduced by ap-
proximately one third although the
car speed remains the same. 1t is this
reduction of engine speed that results
in even greater gasoline mileage per
gallon, reduced oil consumption and
increased life to all moving parts OF
the car from the fan to the rear axle,
AS an example, what the Columbia
Two-Speed Axle actually does is to
give Ford's 43-mile-an-hour economy;
Ford's 43-mile-an-hour smoothness
and Ford's 43-mile-an-hour quietness
with 0-mile-an-hour car speed.
The Ford is the only low priced au-
tomobile in which this unit is avail
able and it is sold through Ford deal
ers exclusively.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1935-08-23
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
in CITY AND COUNTY

Willie E. Watson from Mary M.
Watson and husband, real estate on
the south side of the Public Road lead
ing from Girdletree to Taylor's Land
ing, in the 9th Elec. Dist. Considera-
tion 81 &c.
VIM. K. Watson and Mary M. Wat
son, his wife, from Willie e. Watson,
real estate on the South side of the
Public Road leading from Girdletree
to Taylors Landing in the 9Th Elec.
Dist. Consideration 81 &c.
Emerson C.. Williams from Jas. B.
Collick and wife and others, real es-
tate containing 2 acres, more or less
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1935-08-23

came a full colonel when assigned to
the State staff.
With regard to Mr.. Woodcock, it
seems that he will likely receive the
next promotion among the officers of
the National Guard He is slated
to become a brigadier general in place
of Brig.-Gen. Washington Bowie, Jr.,
commander of the Fifty-eighth Infan-
try Brigade, who is scheduled to re-
tire in a little more than a year.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1935-08-23
COL. MARKEY MENTION
Ed FOR POLICE HEAD
CONTINUED from Page j.

Continued from Page -
tions elsewhere.
Mr.. Woodocck has also an enviable
record, and no doubt would be good
man as the following will reveal:
He is an officer of the Maryland Ma
tional Guard staff. He served as cap
tain Of Company I, First Infantry,
Maryland National Guard, in service
on the Mexican border in 1916. He
served successfully as captain, major
and lieutenant-colonel Of the One Hun
dred and Fifteenth Infantry in France
in the World War. He participated
in the Alsac-Lorraine and .Meuse-Ar-
gonne engagements and was cited for
gallantry in action. He recently be-
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1935-08-23
ECONOMICAL
GAS USAGE in
FORD WEIGHT
Two Hundred And Fifty Miles
Covered On Eleven Gal
Ions Gas

A Ford V-8 two-door sedan, equip
ped with a Columbia Two-Speed Axle,
recently completed a run between
Phoenix and Tucson and return at an
average of 228 miles per gallon for
the $50 miles.
The car, a regular stock mode, with
the exception of the Twe-Speed Axle,
, 1935-03-29
Chairmen Of
Red Cross In
Hidalgo Named
Special to The Herald)

McALLEN, March 29--Four chair
men Of committees 10 serve during
the ensuing year in the Hidalgo
county chapter Of the American Red
Gross were appointed at the chap
ter's first meeting here by Lee d.
Rowe Of McAllen. chapter president.
j. A. Slaughter Of Pharr was re-
appointed to the Craftsmanship OF
the permanent committee on dis
aster relief. Slaughter recently at
tended the Valley-wide disaster
school conducted by Red Cross Of
fi-ials in planning co-ordinated eff
forts Of all units in event of a
~7ster.
Leo M. Baumfelder Of Mission
vas re-appointed chairman of the
committee on first aid and life
saving. He was presented with a
Red Cross service medal at the
meeting In recognition of his work
in having voluntarily spent over 500
hours during the past year at his
chosen task. The medal for Baum
fielder was one of six awarded in
Texas this year.
Luther Hughes Of Weslaco was
appointed home service chairman
and Miss Sonora c. Ponder OF Ed
iEburg was made chairman of the
chapters work in home hygiene
and care OF the sick.
Tbs chapter :ided to continue
the services OF Miss Gayle IsenSee,
Hidalgo County public health nurse,
in cooperation with the Council Of
Women for Home Missions.
, 1935-03-29
Bills Intended To
Keep u.s.. from War
Will Be Introduced

WASHINGTON. March 29.-tR-
Demands that America make its
plans now to keep out Of any flu
ture war among other powers re-
ceived new emphasis Friday with a
disclosure that Chairman Nye Or
NDlof the senate munitions COM
mittee Is ready TO offer tentative
bills to that end.
Although Nye did not disclose the
details. the bills we're reported to
deal with foreign travel by Amer
leans in wartime. trade with belli-
gerents and foreign loans. The aim
Is to prevent the United States
being drawn into war through such
activities.
Already Bernard Baruch. New
York financier who headed the
World War Industries board, has
told the Nye committee that mo
national has the right 20 60 into
the trouble zone and expect this
nation to back him If he gets into
difficulties"
Baruch. who was called back be-
fore the senate committee for the
third day Friday to elaborate on
his ideas. has said 1T Is most i'm
portant that this nation establish
neutrality laws"
Meanwhile the drive to take pro-
fits out Of war was carried to q
new front with an announcement
by Rep. Maverick D-Tex) that he
would introduce in the house anti
war-profits legislation along lines
favored by Nye.
1t Is understood that the Nye
which Maverick said he
, 1935-03-29

zatiDn is more nearly complete
than the one In Texas.
The Texas-O Oklahoma line splitx
In half the present tentative shell
terbelt zone for thos- states. The
belt includes only the eastern part
Of the Panhandle, embracing Lips-
comb. Hemphill. Wheeler. C0IlInRs-
worth and Childress counties and
the eastern sections OF OchIltree.
Roberts, Gray, Donley and Hall.
The final designated area Is To be
determined by soil and moisture.
As now planned shelterbelts
eventually will dot an area GOO
miles wide extending from Texas
TO the Canadian border.
Initial paintings will be In the
most favorable locations and the
trees will be those common to the
localities. The government viii
obtain "a seven-year lease on each
strip with an option OF buying at
the end Of that period. Accurate
surveys and correct titles will be
required
Strips will be planted at right
angles TO prevailing winds when
ever possible. No trees will be
planted on grass DR. break lands,
only IN cultivated areas where wind
erosion, augmented by years OF
one-way blowing. takes its heaviest
toll.
After nurseries are obtained the
next step will be to acquire strips
and prepare them for planting
next December, January and Feb
ruary. Next years program will
NOT be announced definitely until
the 1886 appropriation Is made
known
, 1935-03-29
TREE PLANTING
to- BEGIN SOON

AMARILLO. March 70. R-The
first Of miniature man-made for
ests which the United States Forest
Service hopes will check eroding
winds which for an estimated 50.-
100000 years have swept the mid
west viii be planted In the Texas
Panhandle this month.
Two strips. each half a mile long
win be planted before April /. John
ID. Jones. Of Wichita Falls. state d.
rector Of the plains shelterbelt
project, announces. One will be
six miles west OF ChildreSs and the
other In Wheeler county between
Shamrock and wellington.
Each strip will be los feet from
fence to fence with trees planted
IL feet apart over about 100 feet.
Tallest-growing trees viii be placed
In the middle. flanked by smaller
ones and at the extreme edges by
shrubby growth, creating a roof
like formation.
The tree bert program is getting
away to a slow start in Texas be-
cause OF a lack OF seedlings and
the lateness In ~perfecting a state
organization. The next immediate
problem of ~shelterbelt officials will
be to make arrangements for seed
lings to be planted next year.
Seed has been obtained and II
we can lease nurseries we will use
relief labor TO raise trees" Jones
said.
Planting has started In Oklahoma
under the direction Of George r.
Phillips. state director. He and his
crew will be In charge or the Texas
planting this spring as his organi-