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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-12
ACCOUNTANT IS ADDED
TO BUTLER FACULTY
John s. Lloyd Joins University's
Night School staff.

John S. Lloyd, certified public &C
countant and a member of the
Lloyd & Stevens accounting firm,
has been added to the staff of the
Butler University evening division TO
offer several courses in auditing and
accounting during the fall semester.
The courses viii meet each Mon
day, Tuesday. Wednesday and Fri
day evenings at 7:3O in Jordan hall.
Evening courses registration has
been set for Tuesday, Sept. II, from
1 until 9 D. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-12

NEXT-Ginger Rogers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-12
CRYING BABIES BLAMED
FOR SHORTENING LIFE
Squealing Infants Put in Glass With
Auto Horns by Doctors.

BY OnltCU PfeSS
CHICAGO, Sept. 12.-Ef orts of
scientists to make man live longer
are being thwarted by crying babies,
shrieking brakes and screech.ng au-
tomobile horns, the American Medi-
cal Association complained today.
The American scene has become
so noisy, the associations journal
said editorially, that it is cutting
years off peoples lives.
Continued gains in the normal
span Of life can be made only by
protecting the brains and senses of
man against such hazards as are
easily preventable and Of little sig
nif1cance for human advancement"
the editorial stated.
"Of these hazards noise certainly
is the one with which we may most
easily dispense"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-12
COUNTIES FACE
TAX INCREASE
Property Assessment Boost
in % Units Revealed
by Harry MieSSe.

Increased property tax rates are
faced by residents of SIS Indiana
counties for the year 1886, Harry
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-12
BY

"NNCE upon a time" as the
~ story books say. a son was
born to a charming young couple
The son was I. The charming
young couple were my father, H.
w. Powell, and my mother. Net
tie.
AS to the mOmentous occasion, l
am decidedly hay. My mother
told me that she had plucked me
from a cabbage-a likely enough
story that I had no reason to
question until some years later,
when I discovered that Pittsburgh,
where I was born on a nottlsh
July %. is cabbageless.
The legal bacillus was injected
into my life at the age OF IL
when I stood up in my highchair
and delivered a scathing denun-
citation Of my nurse, With my
beaming and applauding parents
as fudge and jury.
It was cute at the time. Later
I have reason to believe that I
was something of a trial TO them,
myself
II SHALL never forget my first
i love affair. She sat in front of
me in the Sixth Ward grade
school-a divine blond. Somehow.
I seem 70 forget her name, which
was elaborated by a stunning
brunei with blue eyes, who in turn
fades before the haunting men,
DRY of a certain redhead.
Also, I have a dim recollection
of a leading lady in a musical
comedy at the Bijou in Pittsburgh.
I was still young. and a smart
boy, at the time. I was, you see,
burning with the ambition to be a
lawyer. That was before our fam
lily, because of fathers business.
moved to Kansas City in 1907.
1 started high school there, con-
sidered the world my oyster, and
was too naive to realize the danger
of becoming the heart interest in
the schools Christmas play.
had fallen in love with my
leading lady during rehearsals,
junked my law career with the
first burst Of applause, and start
ed to rewrite Shakespeare the
next day.
1T seemed that 1 had found my
i self-not SO my parents. My
high school years consisted of
delving further into dramaticS to
the detriment of my mathematics
and chemistry-and less into law
-intermingled with repeated ver-
bal skirmisheS in which my ia
Their insisted on the bar-and I
on the stage.
I was destined for Kansas Uni
versity, after graduation from
high school, in due course of time,
with a courtesy" diploma. 1t
didn't jell.
AS a matter of plain truth, I
didn't quit school for the stage
it was a girl. We had been in
love since my junior year. Law
meant four years of college and
three years of law-seven in all.
1t hardly seemed a lucky number.
I was still a brilliant lad, so the
problem was easily solved. Its
simplicity amazes me to this day
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-12

There's fascination in the life stories
Of movie stars. especially when written
in their own words. Twelve Of the 4
greatest ceIiuloid actors and actresses
have written the stories Of their careers
for MA Service the following being the
fourth Of the series:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-12

mobile crash Aug. 30, left most Of
ner $4,000 estate to her husband.
Secretary of the Interior Harold L.
Ickes, her will revealed today.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-18
,Townsendite-GOP
Candidate Wins
Carries Michigan Congress
sionaI District Election

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Dec.
Is. (UP)-The Townsend old age
pension plan, receiving its first
baptism of fire at the polls, emery
ed victorious in the special con-
gressional election in the third
Michigan district.
Complete returns from the five
counties embracing the district
gave Werner w. Main, Townsend
tie Republican, a better than two
to one victory over his Democrat
opponent, Howard w, Cavanagh.
The final vote was Main, % 1897
and Cavanagh, 1,631.
The issue was clear cut, with
Main, who had won the Republi-
can nomination as a Townsend ad-
vocate, receiving the personal ap-
proval of DR.. F. E. Townsend, IA
Their of the plan which would give
all persons over' 60, monthly pen
sions of 5000. He is the first man
to 90 to congress on an out-and-
out platform of Townsendism.
Cavanagh had campaigned IN
strong Republican territory with
the plea that "Townsendism is un-
workable"
Both parties and the nation at
large had looked to the election to
name a successor to the late Repre-
sentative Henry Kimball as an in.
dex to the strength or decline OF
the Townsend plan.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-18
ROTARYPLANS
YULE BASKETS
Non-Member Citizens Are
Invited to Contribute
to Cheer Fund

At the weekly meeting of the
Rotary club today each member
contributed 81 toward providing
Good Fellow baskets of food, toys
and candy to unfortunate homes
in the county.
Realizing that this amount is
not adequate, the club is calling
upon other citizens desiring to
help give Christmas cheer to JON
in this undertaking.
Assisting the club in this work
are: Mrs. Fred Justus and Mrs.
w. R. Kirk, and the club commit
tee in charge of this work would
like for any person desiring to
help with this work to call either
of these ladies or any member of
the committee, which is composed
of Harold Flanagan, j. c. Morrow
and A. V. Edwards. =,
All families receiving this aid
will be investigated and Will be
entirely worthy of aid.
The club today heard Rev. Z. X
McLarty, pastor of the First Meth
odist church, who delivered a talk
appropriate to the Christmas sea-
son.
Miss Eckert and Miss Keisel, OF
Continued on page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-18
HOARE KEEPS POST
AS FOREIGN SECRETARY
Copyright, 1885, United Press)

Copyright, 1885, United Press)
The Hoare-Laval plan to pacify
Italy with half of Ethiopia is dead.
The coroner's report should
read: "Died of exposure-to world
opinion"
If Britain and France had been
willing or able to railroad the
scheme through the league coun-
Gil the proposals probably would
have been accepted by Italy as a
basis for negotiation. Ethiopia
then would have been compelled
to acquiesce or fight Italy alone
Sanctions probably would have
been stopped. go
But events in Paris and London
Tuesday made it clear that neither
France nor Britain would attempt
to jam the proposals through the
council against the clamor of the
small countries, who fear peace is
being bought at the price of kill
ing collective security.
French Premier Pierre Laval,
co-author of the scheme, fought
off a bitter assault upon his BRAIN
child from the ieftists in the cham
Der of deputies to win vote of
confidence. But he had to pledge
that he would make ma attempt to
impose the plan up the league
council, which meets at Geneva
today.
Premier Stanley Baldwin healed
a breach in the British cabinet
which threatened to precipitate a
crisis in the government-an al
most unheard of event in modern
England. Sir Samuel Hoare will
not be thrown to the wolves. He
will retain his post as foreign Sec
rotary. But Britain's stand on the
peace plan at Geneva will be an
nounced by Anthony Eden, who
opposes the scheme as betrayal
of the leagues guarantee to pro-
tect it's members from aggression.
Had Laval and Eden gone to
Geneva to fight for acceptance,
the small powers might have been
overruled. With the French and
British passive, the council is be-
lieved sure to reject the proposals.
Rejection by Ethiopia already
is assured and Mussolini, even if
he accepts, will raise reservations
against every vital feature of the
plan.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-18

WASHINGTON, Dec. IS. CUP)
The fate of the entire New Deal
farm program, vitality affecting
the economic life of 10000, 900
persons living off the soil from
coast to coast, last night lay IN
the hands of the U. S. supreme
court.
The verdict may come on JAM
6, 1885.
Two distinct challenges of the
AAA were raised in the age-olui
struggle between agriculture ana
industry. Last week the court
took under advisement SUIT by
receivers of the Hoosac Mills III
Massachusetts, contesting validity
of the entire act.
Yesterday argument ended IN
suits brought by Louisiana mlllers
challenging rice processing taxes
after the government pleaded. tnaV
enactment of the AAA was !9stl-
fled as a step toward proVluins
"the greatest good for the great
est number" :,
Next month the highest trl0unai
in the land will say whether fresl1
dent Roosevelt and congress hau
the legal right to ask farmers "
curtail production and pay tnein
for so doing out of processing
taxes in a desperate attempt 10
increase agricultural income
If the court says no anu
scraps processing taxes, fresia LEN
Roosevelt already has warned Ina" ~
new levies would be lmposeu' "s
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-18
Fate OF New Deals Entire Farm
Program Now With Supreme Court
Verdict on Processing Tax May Be Handed Down Jan.
6; Legality Of IVA Next Court Issue

he intends to carry on a program
that will bring stability to agricul-
ture. Nearly a billion dollars in
processing taxes already have
been tied up in 1900 suits attack
ing the levies. e..
With the farm program under
advisement, the court turns in AZ
hours to arguments over legality
of IVA. The city of Florence,
Ala, a defendant in the pending
case contesting constitutionality
of the act, yesterday challenged
the courts right to pass on the
right of city to operate a NUM-
cipal power plant or to borrow
money from the government for
that purpose.
A brief by the city accused
George Ashwander and other
stockholders of the Alabama Pow
er Co., who brought the test, of
adopting a "dog-in-the-manger'
attitude toward the project. An,
other brief filed by the Alabama
Power Co., late yesterday asked
the act be invalidated and said It
had been forced into compliance
with the government plans for the
power project.
Meantime, validity of the 1888
securities act which brought fed
eral regulation to stock exchanges
for the first time in history, was
contested in a brief filed by James
M. Beck, Liberty League lawyer,
IN behalf of j. Edward Jones, OF
New York City. t.l.4 s
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-18
], B. GARLAND
FUNERAL Held
Mills River Native Buried
There Following Death
at Spartanburg

Funeral services for James
Blair Garland, so, of Campobello,
S.. c., who died at the Spartan
burg General hospital on Sunday
with pneumonia, were held Mon
day afternoon from Mt. Gilead
Baptist church, Mills River, and
burial followed in a nearby ceme-
terry. =.
Mr.. Garland was a former resi-
dent of Mills River. The remains
were brought to the home of his
brother, T. V. Garland, prior to
the funeral.
Pallbearers were nephews, as
follows: E. P, Forest B., and H.
B. Garland, Jr., Hubbart Moore,
Gus Lance, and elsie Sitton.
Flower girls were Ruby and
Continued on page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-18
new CORN TO
BLOCK BORER
Strain of Golden Bantam
so Distasteful Pest Will
Not Eat 1t

EAST LANSING. Mich, Dec.
10 UJPJ.-A new variety of Col
don Bantam corn, so distasteful to
the destructive European corn
borer that it would rather starVe
tban eat it, has been developed At
MICHIGAN State Colleges expert
mental station here. e..
It's development, and the fact
that the borer's distaste does nos
extend to human palates, were
disclosed at the recent convention
Of the Michigan Vegetable Grow
ers' Association at Grand kapldS
bv Prof. c. H. Mahoney.
"We have been working on TINS
,ew corn for six years." Mahoney,
college vegetable specialist, said,
awe have placed as high as W
borer eggs on each plant. AS the
epgs hatch the larvae crawl OF the
leaves and starve to death search
ing for edible corn.
DISTASTEFUL ELEMENT
MYSTERY
eve don't know exactly why the
borers won't eat this corn, but we
do know there is something dis
tasteful about it."
The new corn is cross between
the well-known American Golden
Bantam, favorite of corn eaters
and a South American field corn
Known as the Maize Amargo.
Grasshoppers will not eat Maze
Amargo, Mahoney said, ADDING
that it is believed the South
American variety has provided the
nnality in the blend which the
borer finds unpalatable.
The new variety, however, is as
sweet if not sweeter than Golden
Bantam" Mahoney added: ihe
aors are somewhat larger than the
Golden Bantam. We have pro,
dnced the new corn in 8, 10 ana
12 row strains. ,,+
Two more years of development
will be required before the corn
can be released for commerclal
production. The new variety prom
;ses TO save the industry in Amerl-
can states where the European
borer has caused untold crop de-
Co;ncident with the disclosure
Of the new corn, Mahoney reveal,
ed that the college experiments
station is developing a new va
riety of honeydew melon that may
make Michigan Independent OF ini-
ports from other melon-producing
states
sour tests" he added, SHOW
the new melons will keep perfect
ly for longer periods of time than
usual varieties. But like the corn
it will require two more years TO
perfect.
One of the other experiments
now being conducted by the col
Iere is that of creating an I'M
proved strain of brussels sprouts
adapted to Michigan sou. $50. Z
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-18
Presbyterian Men
Hear Travel Talk
Film Lecture Features De-
cember Session

A large gathering of men OF the
Presbyterian church and number
of visitors assembled at the church
house on Seventh avenue east,
tuesday evening and enjoyed q
turkey dinner, served by ladies of
the congregation. Later, the men
and a much larger number OF
members and friends of the con-
gregation gathered in the Sunday
School auditorium, where DR.. Ber-
nard Smith of Asheville spoke
briefly of his travels in foreign
countries and showed motion pic
lures.
DR.. Smith exhibited pictures OF
scenes in the Bahamas and the
Canal Zone, in the Canadian
Rocky Mountain country, and in
Egypt, Palestine and other coun-
tries in that quarter of the world.
DR.. Smith spoke in an interest
ing way of his travels, especially
of trip through Palestine made
the past summer. DR.. Smith SAID
he spent a week travelling through
Palestine in an American-made
automobile, 1885 model, driven by
an Arab. He was impressed with
the present day development OF
that country through the efforts
Of several hundred thousand Jews
who have gone there from every
quarter of the world.
The old city of Jerusalem, in
side the area of the ancient walls,
IS much as it was in the time OF
Christ, DR.. Smith said, but the
arge sections which have been de-
yeloped as suburban areas, lying
outside the old walls, are as mod
arn as are to be found. in any
cities in the United States. There
s a hotel in Jerusalem which will
compare favorably with any SINH
Continued on page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-18
EASCISTS Are
DRIVEN BACK
over Z MILES
Italians Fix Own Dead at
272 Following Three
Day Battle
FRANCE PLEDGES SEA
HELP TO BRITAIN

LONDON, Dec. 18.-(UP).-
Great Britain has been assured by
France that it will come to Bri-
tain's support in the event Italy
attacks the British fleet in the
Mediterranean. Prime Minister
Stanley Baldwin so informed the
house of commons, indicating the
gravity of the situation. Baldwin
announced that parliament will
take a recess but with provisions
for recalling members early if
necessary"
ROME, Dec. 10. (UP).-It Yves
officially announced today tina.
272 Italians, native Askari troops
and more than 500 Philippians
were killed on the Takkaze river
front, in northern Ethiopia, which
revealed that the first really big
engagement of the war had oc-
Cured. Today's communique said
the battle lasted through Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday.
ROME, Dec. 10. (UP)-Italians
rushed tanks and airplanes to the
northern front yesterday in des-
-perate counter-attack on Eth
opian troops who, in a surprise
attack Monday, routed Fascist
forces near the Takkaze river, an
official communique announced.
A fierce battle was raging last
night. 1t may be the start of the
long-delayed Ethiopian mass Of
fensive.
Striking just before dawn, a
strong force of Philippians be-
lieved to be commanded by Ras
Siyoum swept down on Italian
outposts. The first fusillade killed
four Italian officers, nine white
Italian soldiers and killed or
wounded scores of Italian AskariF.
The Italians poured whitening
machine gun fire on the charginr
black warriors. Ethiopian losses
were not known, but was said to
have been heavy.
The initial engagement lasted
but few minutes when the Ital-
ians were forced to retreat. They
withdrew in disorder to Demba-
guina Pass, IL IL miles back, and
reformed their lines while await
ing reinforcements.
An Exchange Telegraph Agency
dispatch from the northern front
said the Philippians started ford
ing the Takkaze at 2 a. m. Mon
day under cover of darkness as
the moon was obscured by clouds.
Italian machine gun fire tenn
porarily checked the Ethiopian ad-
vance, the dispatch said, but the
main body of the Philippians then
crossed the river, diverting the
Italians attention from other
Ethiopian movements in the Schire
zone.
The Italians, fighting desperate
ly, organized in several strategi-
cally located blockhouses, aban-
doning those which were in most
danger and attempted to strength
en- others by bringing up troops
from the rear, the Exchange Tele-
graph correspondent reported.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-18
SET INQUIRY
IN DEATH OF
THELMA TODD
Autopsy Incomplete; Evil
dence Is Startling and
Conflicting
By THEON WRIGHT
United Press Staff CORRESPONDENT

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. Is. (UP).
The body of -glamorous' Thel
ma Todd last night disclosed I'M
der the probing scalpel of an au-
topsy surgeon evidence SO con-
ficting and startling that police
promptly scrapped all previous
theories on her death and am
nounced the investigation was
wide OPEN" d
While detectives checked film
colony lists to settle an amazing.
report that Miss Todd's voice had
been heard over a telephone ~
hours after the beautiful film
comedienne supposedly died in the
garage of Roland West, DR.. A. F.
Wagner announced results of an
as yet incomplete autopsy. &
Miss Todd's body was saturated
with deadly carbon monoxide.
Her brain, heart and liver re-
vealed almost no traces of alcohol
ism, indicating she was not intoxi-
Gated when she died.
Examination of the heart indi-
Gated she did not die of heart dis
ease.
Police were unable to reconcile
DR.. Wagner's belief that the
blonde actress died of asphyxia-
ton from carbon monoxide gas,
inhaled from the exhaust pipes of
the automobile in which the body
was found, with the fact she APP
parently was in full control of
her faculties when she died, and
had no known motive for suicide.
Immediately after DR.. Wagner's
partial report, Coroner Frank
Nance announced an inquest will
be held today.
Nance said the autopsy report
revealed circumstances so UNI
usual" that full inquiry was
needed.
Meanwhile, Captain Bert Wallis
of police homicide squad. prepar-
ed to question members of a group
of All guests who attended a
cocktail party given by Mrs. Wal
lace Ford, wife of the actor, Sun
day afternoon.
1t was this party, to which Miss
Todd was invited, that developed
the most bewildering contraction
in the theory that Miss Todd died
accidentally after attending Sat
urday midnight supper at a fash
ionable film colony cabaret.
Mrs. Ford told police she was
certain Miss Todd's voice was
heard by her over the telephone
at 4 10 p. m. Sunday. Miss Todd,
according to the earlier theory,
died about a. m. Sunday, when
she crept into the garage after
supposedly mislaying the key to
her apartment, closed the doors
partly, started the motor OF her
car to keep warm, and choked TO
death in the deadly monoxlde
fumes.
A preliminary check of the rec
Continued on page three)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-18
Two Province Autonomy Set Up In China
LEAGUE COUNCIL MAYDRAFT
OWN PEACE PROGRAM TO END
CONFLICT in EASTERN AFRICA
Laval and Hoare Survive
Domestic Crisis Their
Plan Created

GENEVA, Dec. IS (UP).-The
Franco-British proposals for set
thing the Italo-Ethiopian crisis
seemed definitely dead today as a
result of the combined opposition
of Emperor Selassie, Premier Mus
solini, the small League of Nations
members, and the league council,
which met here to consider them.
The council, it appeared, may
draft new peace proposals of it's
own to replace the Franco-British
program for settlement.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-18
Lf HEARING FOR
u Is ORDERED

PONSOCKET, R. l., Dec. Is.
IA sanity hearing was or
Yesterday for Marie Simone
LA 20, unregistered nurse
Eed to narcotics, at her ar
tHent on murder charges in
mercy" poison death of Mrs.
Fimore Normandin, her pa
sim, brunette nurse, whose
Sters were insane, pleaded
most inaudible mot guilty"
zen swooned.
1 was held without bail for a
y; December II by agree
0i counsel, she will be taken
state hospital for the in
10f a mental examination.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-18
Proof Nurse
Rsponsible For
further Deaths
fitted mercy Killer"
dads Not Guilty;
EwoOns at Hearing

OSSOCKET, r. l., Dec. Is.
Present evidence indicates
other deaths can be charg-
Marie Simone Sevigny. prac-
purse held on murder charges
+ mercy" poison death of
patent, Attorney General j.
Iagan said last night.
E1orltIes said the nurse APP
(uy had no connection with
eath Of several other of her
PTS and no further exhuma-
would be ordered unless fur
evidence justified such a
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-18
President Gomez
OF Venezuela Is
Taken By Death

MARACAY, Venezuela, Dec. 49,.
CUP).-President Juan Vincente
Gomez, since 1908 the controlling
force in the Venezuelan govern
ment, died just before midnight,
It was announced. He was 70
wears old and had been long i'll.
Gomez was five times president
and when not in office remained
the real power. Private advices
indicated that Gen. Gomez death
might be followed by a chaotic
situation in the country.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-18
ToCaI Morganln
Munitions Probe

WASHINGTON, Dec. Is. CUP
7 p. Morgan and other New York
bankers will be called before the
senate munitions committee at a
hearing on World war financing
beoinning January z, it was an
nonnced by Stephen Raushenbush,
chief committee investigator.
It was the first definite revela-
tion of plans for continuing the
senate's inquiry into the American
munitions industry. --c.s- 4.