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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-04

ThlS was revealed today when the
Safety Board considered purchasing
panel truck for the department
and Chief Morrissey explained that
he was ready to establish this mod
ern crime combatant.
On the truck, he said. will be
f1ngerprinting machines and cam
eraS, all measuring devices, and a
supply of mulage. Mulage is used
by police to make death masks of
persons who have come to violent
or mysterious ends.
The chief said that there now are
seven men in the department cap
able of taking fingerprints and of
making the scientific measurements
and computing ballistics data, and
that a crew always will be in readi-
ness to make emergency trips on
the travelling laboratory.
Step Toward Modernization
He said he believed it will aid
greatly in speeding crime solutions,
and that it IS definite step toward
modernization of the department.
The board rejected bids on Is
motorcycles on the grounds they
were excessive, and said it would
study prices paid by police depart
ments in other cities before de-
Gliding what to do.
Chief Morrissey recommended in
Stallation of traffic lights on Mich
igan-st at the following crossings:
Delaware, Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Capitol, Senate and Indiana. The
board accepted the recommendation
and indicated they would be in
stalled when there was money avail
able.
Detective is Denoted
Detective Sergeant Emmett j. Nc
Cormick was denoted to first class
patrolman for attempting to conceal
an accident in which his police car
figured when he was on duty.
The board retired Chauffeur
Charles mccarthy of the Fire De-
partment because of illness and
raised Charles F. Graul, first class
private, to the rank of chauffeur
effective Feb. II.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-04
5 STATE OFFICIALS
TOSS HATS IN RING
Joint Statement Announces
Their Candidates..

Five. elective state officials. of The
McNutt administration today issued
a joint statement announcing their
candidates. for reelection in 1886
All seek nominations subject to the
Democratic state convention in June
They are August A. Mueller, In
dianapolis, Secretary of State; Peter
Helm, Gary, State Treasurer; Lau-
renee Sullivan, Princeton, State
Auditor; Floyd I. McMurray, Leb-
anon, State Superintendent OF
Public Instruction, and Mrs. Emma
May, Terre Haute, Supreme and
Appellate Court reporter.
Their joint declarations to retain
five of the nine offices over which
the convention has control supple
mented a lengthy statement praising
both the Roosevelt and McNutt pol
icies and urging a continuance of
the New Deal.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-04
FEAR WISCONSIN
MAN KIDNAPPED
Wealthy Truck Contractor
Missing on Trip
to Chicago.
By United Press

BY DHttcG Press
CHICAGO, Feb. A. Federal
agents today joined in the scare h
for Harry H. Wells, 38, wealthy
Monroe, Wis. trucking contractor,
whose blood-stained automobile
was found in Chicago street last
Wednesday.
Department of Justice operatives
joined in the investigation when
Wells family revealed he had re-
ceived extortion letters and had
been in fear of his life for months.
He was last seen when he came to
Chicago last Tuesday. supposedly
with $500 to be paid to extortion-
lists.
The kidnap theory was strength
ened by the statement of Mrs.
James Woods, manager of =. an
apartment hotel in Sheridan Road,
which leads into Chicago from
Wisconsin. She said she saw a
small green car, similar to Wells,
curbed by larger car near the
hotel last Tuesday night.
"One man jumped from the large
car and ran over TO the smaller
automobile, Mrs. Woods related.
He climbed in and both cars then
drove away"
Blackmailed. Is Report
A key case bearing the name
Harry H. Wells" was found in
front of the hotel the next day, but
was not turned over to police until
yesterday. Police believe Wells
dropped the keys to leave clew
to his disappearance
AT Monroe, Miss Mary Wells, an
aunt of the missing man, said that
Wells recently borrowed $1,000 from
her to pay "blackmail men,"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-04
Some Feet

Shed tear for Hoosier
crows! About one tear will be
enough the way things are 60
ing. because when the Depart
ment of Conservation balanced
its crow books today it found
there are 8015 fewer than there
were Jan. l.
Nobody knows why the Con-
servation Department is mad
at crows, but it is, and it has
II of its clubs out cunning for
them. When a man kills
crow. he cuts off the feet.
These he takes to a game
warden, by whom they are
certified and counted. After
that they can have the feet
back, if they want them for a
special reason.
This is going to go on until
May. with the high clubs
awarded prizes every month. if
the crows hold out. There is
no accurate information avail
able about how many live crows
there are in the state, except
that there aren't so many as
there were.
This month the Pstoka VAL
ley Fish and Game Association,
Winslow, Ind. won first prize
of SIS with 1924 feet. CYou
divide by two this time, we're
tired) The Bargersville Gun
Club won $40 with 1882 feet;
the Digger Fish and Game
Club. SIS with 1890; the Ran
dolph County Fish and Game
Association, $40 with 184S feet,
and Fountaine City Fish and
Game Club, IS with 1898 feet.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-04
SENATE VOTES TO
REPEAL FARM ACTS
Bankhead Cotton, Tobacco,
Potato Laws Affected.

bU CHlte0 Press
WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.-The
Senate, acting on a recommended
ton by President Roosevelt, today
voted to repeal the, Bankhead cot
ton control act, the Kerr Smith
tobacco act and the potato act, all
of which had been rendered virtual
ly impotent by the Supreme Court
AAA decision.
The action came when Chairman
Ellison D. Smith of the Senate
Agriculture Committee asked an
immediate vote on a resolution re-
pealing the laws. There was no
record vote.
The new farm bill will be taken
up later this week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-04
new SUBzERO
WAVE SWEEPS
DOWN ON CITY
Mercury May Hit 5 Below
Here Tonight, Weather
Bureau Warns.
SIX DEAD IN STATE
Ice Covered Streets and
Highways Handicap
Motorists.

diminishing gale from the
Northwest today carried tempera-
lures in Indianapolis to near zero
during the day, and was expected
to take them to zero or S below
during the night.
Two persons died here as result
OF the cold wave.
At 6 this morning it was %, but
at noon it had fallen to II.
There is to be a steady descent of
the thermometer during the day,
and although it will be generally
fair there probably will be sudden
and frequent snow fiurries.
Tomorrow it will remain fair and
cold, again bringing the city to a
threat of coal shortage and again
taxing relief agencies in their min
istrations to the INDECENT
Ice Goats Streets, Highways
Meanwhile, ice from last nights
rain coats the side streets and makes
driving extremely hazardous. Roads
north are coated with thin ice, state
police report. and some are prac-
tically impossible. The road to Ko-
kon1o Is also ice coated and blocked
In one or more places.
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Deaths of six Indiana persons
was attributed to the cold and ice.
Several in Indianapolis have been
injured and utilities were experience
ing difficulties. The indianapolis
Railways had frequent tieups today
as it battled thin ice.
Mrs. Mae Miller, 1879 English-av,
died today at City Hospital and
Coroner William Arbucklea was
called. It is believed she died of
the effects of frozen feet with which
she was brought to the hospital
Jan. "a.
William Manual, Sd, of 427 S. Ala
bama-st. died today in City Hospital
of injuries received when he fell
Dec 30 on ice.
Fred Hagerman, 50, of 1853 Broad
way, slipped on ice in front of $40
E. Maple Road-blvd. and fell, break
ing his left arm today.
Conductor Loses Arm
Freeman Davis, AZ, of $50 E.
Ninth-st, yard conductor for the
Pennsylvania Railroad, slipped last
night on ice in the Union Station
train shed, and fell on the tracks
as a passenger train was pulling out
A wheel of the train so severely
mangled his arm that it had to be
amputated at st. VincentS hospital.
where his condition today is de-
Scribed as satisfactory.
Eighty eight year-old Henry Mem
nenbroker, 1929 Broadway, who is
night Waterman at factory in
Speedway City, fell on his way to
work at Delaware and 17th-sts when
he slipped on ice.
Wires Break, Homes Darkened
He proceeded downtown felt ill.
called police. They took him to
City Hospital, where a cut was
treated.
Two indianapolis Power and Light
Co wires snapped last night, one
at Ills White-st and one at 18th
and Meridian-Sts, plunging many
homes in darkness.
For two hours and a half fire.
men fougnt blaze in an Oil house
at the Republic Creosoting Co.,
TibbSav and Minnesota st, early
today, eventually bringing it under
control with loss of about $1,000.
Tar was ignited within the brick
and concrete structure and the COM
pany fire department was handi-
capped because of broken water
main in the factory, No one was
injured.
Miss Irene Roby and Miss. Mary
Griner. Clermont. were injured yes
terday when their auto skidded into
a truck two miles west of Speedway
City on Road "a. Both are in seri-
Gus condition at City Hospital.
William Schmidt, 70, of 108 E.
l3th-St, remained in a serious con-
dition today in st. Vincent's Hos
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-04
NIGHTS WORK BRINGS
BANDIT LITTLE LOOT
Five Filling Stations Entered by One
Man, Police Believe.

Five Filling Stations Entered by One
Man, Police Believe.
One of the more industrious menu
bers of the underworld spent the
entire night breaking into i've filling
stations.
For his trouble he collected one
disconnected telephone. a peanut
machine, marble game, IS in cash
and some cigarets and chewing gum.
He also may have picked up few
shotgun slugs, since Joe Wilson,
manager of a station at 5420 Key
stole-av, fired four times In his
direction.
Stations entered were at 1901 w.
16th-st, 3747 English-ay, $40 Key
stone-av, ass s. Emerson-av and 3si
S. Emerson-av Police said all this
work probably was done by the same
man. since the method Of entrance
was identical In each case.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-04
FIXING WAR SCARES
DRIVERS, POLICE SAY
Only Seven Stickers Handed Out
Yesterday After Drive.

City police distributed only seven
traffic stickers yesterday. This COM
pares with 81 distributed Jan. 1S,
before the anti-fixing war was de-
clared; Sc Jan. 10; SO. Jan. 20, and
similar numbers for the remainder
of the month.
Police say people are scared of
the sticker war and are behaving,
and that's why they could only find
cars for seven yesterday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-04

~AoAiA 1ocoi DOL
Reports to the Federal Labor De-
partment show a huge increase in
the United States and have brought
on an added demand for adoption
of the constitutional amendment to
permit Congress to regulate the
employment of persons under 18.
No Chance This Year
There is, however, no chance for
adoption of the child labor amend
ment this year. because not enough
state Legislatures are meeting.
Twenty-four states, including Indi-
ana, have approved the amendment.
Twelve more are necessary for rati-
fication.
Latest reports to the Labor De-
partment, covering six states and
102 cities in other states, show that
only 1000 regular employment GER
tificates were issued through the
whole of 1894.
In the same places, IL 900 certifi-
Gates were issued in the seven
months following Supreme Court
outlawry of NRA. Cne per cent of
the 1000 in NRA days went to work
in factories and per cent in stores.
However, II per cent of the IL 900
who took jobs after abolition of
codes went to work in factories and
IL per cent in stores.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-04
ITALIANS HINT BREAK
WITH LEAGUE ON OIL
Say Embargo Likely Would
Cause Split.

81 United Press
q EVA. Feb. 4.-Italian circles
indicated today that Italy would be
likely to leave the League of Ma
tons if it imposed an Oil embargo
in penalty for her war on Ethiopia
Italians watched closely the work
of experts Of League Oil producing
nations studying the technical
problems connected with an en-
barge.
The Italians argue that an oil
embargo would prove useless be-
cause Italy has sufficient supplies
70 continue its war, but they say
its application would be a gesture
of hostility which probably would
cause a break.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-04
HEAVY BUYING MARKS
TRADE IN RAIL ISSUES
Many Reach New High Levels of
Year; List Is Active.

By United Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-Heavy buy
ing developed in railroad shares on
the stock market this afternoon
sending many into new high ground
for the year.
The railroad buying came after
the entire list had been working ir-
regularly higher. Trading turned
active and tickers were behind the
market.
Industrial shares continued to
work irregularly higher despite a
loss in General Motors. Utilities
turned more active and higher, fea-
tured by General Gas issues.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-04
ROOSEVELT VETOES
DUTY REFUND BILL
Holds Measure Is Unfair to
Consumer.
BV United press

By United Press
WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt today vetoed Sem
ate measure providing for the re-
funding of certain countervailing
customs duties collected upon logs
imported from British Columbia.
ut is reasonable to assume that
in most, if not all, cases." the Pres
ident wrote, 1.-The duty was passed
on by the importer to the ultimate
consumer.
There appears to be no reason
for making a refund to the i'm
porter without requiring. him to
show that he himself absorbed the
duty"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-04
SYNTHETIC RADIUM is
DEVELOPED BY SCIENCE
Amount Obtained Is Small, Report
Reveals; Identity Certain.


Reveals; Identity Certain.
Copyright. 1885, by Science Servicel
BERKELEY, Cal, Feb. 4.-Man
at last has been able to make
radioactive substance that occurs
in nature.
By powerful bombardments of
common substance there has been
created synthetically in the radia-
ton laboratory of the University of
California here form of radium
This first synthetic production of
any naturally occurring radio-ac-
tive substance is the accomplish
ment of DR.. j. j. Livingood, re-
search associate.
The substance which he has
created for the first time by arti-
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-04
POPE RESUMES DUTIES

Preiste Receivers From Cold. An
nounces He Feels. Splendid"
BIZ United Press
VATICAN CITY, Feb. Pope
Plus, recovered from a cold, re-
sumed public audiences today and
told members of his household he
felt splendid
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-04

The week ending Feb. /, was
hot time in the old town TN
dianapolis) so Thomas Haef-
ling, Gamewell superintendent,
told the Safety Board today.
There were. during that period.
he said, $50 fire alarms of
which only two were false. II
sets a record for the city.
Most fires were of cold -wea Their
origin and not disastrous.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-04
U. S. POPULATION GAINS
q PER CENT SINCE 1890
Nation Ranks Fourth In Size Of
Countries of World.

Countries of World.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. The
population of the United States. in
creasing less than a million year,
touched the 27.521 900 mark in
1885. which continued this nation
fourth among the countries Of the
world.
The United States gain since the
last census in 1880 was estimated
by the Bureau of Census at 4.746. 900
persons, or an increase of almost 4
per cent, as OF july |. 1885.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-04
ARGUMENTS IN STEVE
CASE ARE POSTPONED
Supreme Court Grants Delay ON
Petition La Potre Judge.

Oral arguments before the Indi-
ana Supreme Court in the habeas
corpus case of D. C. Stephenson.
imprisoned khan leader. were post
poned today on petition of Circuit
Judge Writ, C. worden. La Porte
They were to have been held tomor-
row. No date was set.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-04
10 Drown as Shin Sinks

CORRIENTES, Argentine. Feb 4.
Nineteen persons drowned when
the passenger ship Vargas Gomez
sank today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-04

By United Press
PEKIN, H., Feb. 4.-Union labor
called general strike in this indus
trial town of $4,000 today and the
sheriff hastily called for troops.
Il fear violence" Sheriff Ralph
Goar told the United Press. There
are 600 men outside the American
Distilling Co. and 80 strikers inside.
I'm keeping the 80 inside and
have wired Gov. Horner to send
troops at once. 1 have only IS depu-
ties, including guards at the plant"
The distillery strike, in progress
two weeks, precipitated the general
strike called today by the trades
assembly. -
Troops were held in readiness in
nearby towns but state officials
awaited word from the National
Guard observer at Pekin before
sending troops.
Mayor Fears Tie Up
Union leaders asserted 5000 to
1000 workers would refuse to work
until distillery workers obtained
seniority rights and a closed shop.
They claimed the town would be
closed tighter than drum"
This opinion was shared by
Mayor w. E. Shurman, who said
this is going to tie up the whole
town."
BARRIERS, bakers, movie operators.
farmers and factory laborers were
reported on strike. First reports in
dicated the union estimate of men
on strike was over-optimistic. Most
of the big factories reported men at
work as usual
The Pekin Leather Works re-
ported passive resistance" strike
OF $50 men, who reported for work
but stood idle at their benches.
Many Report for Work
Workers at the Quaker Oats, Corn
Products and Standard Brands
plants have a 24-hour notice clause
in their contracts and reported for
work as usual. The management
expected no trouble but other
sources said the men would not work
tomorrow.
Mayor Shurman called a meeting
of city councillors and union of
ficials in hope of settling the dis
tillery strikes-key to the general
walkout.
Police arrested seven men and
one woman, including man claim
ing to be deputy sheriff who was
found in a car with paroled con-
vict and a small arsenal of assorted
weapons. The others arrested we're
pickets
Taverns Are Closed
Taverns and liquor stores were
closed at the request of city author
tiles. Streets we're filled with lott
erers, despite bitter cold and snow.
The blizzard compelled unionists
to give up planned protest parade.
Masses of strikers, stamping their
feet and thrashing their arms to
keep from freezing. pressed against
the gates of the distillery
During the night the front porch
OF George Jibben, a special deputy.
was dynamited to bits. Jibben and
has family were uninjured.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-04
Building Strike Near

By United Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 4.-Twenty
thousand millinery workers walked
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Laboratory Crime Truck
Is Sought by Morrissey
Chief Makes Appeal for Necessary Funds to Safety
Board; Motorcycle Bids Are Rejected.

The police department soon to have crime
that
charge will take MEASUREMENTS nngerpns hastcs
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-04
STATE FIGURES
REVEAL UPTURN
AT TER NRA BAN
industrial Board Claims
Increase Since Court
0utIaWed Act.
BY JAMES DOSS

Child labor is on the increase in
Indiana since the United States Su-
preme Court tossed NRA into the
legislative scrap heap.
Figures obtained from the wom-
ems and children's division of the
State Industrial Board show that
vacation and holiday employment
of minors Ia to Is took an upturn
coincident with NRA collapse, all
though the Indiana increase is not
as marked as it has been elsewhere
in the United States.
Figures from June l to Dec. 81,
1885, showed total of 881 children
employed in various types of labor,
as against a SIS total in the same
period of 1884 when MIRA codes were
in full effect.
The increase was most marked in
the industrial cities of Indianapolis
South Bend, East Chicago, Ham,
mond, Fort Wayne, Terre Haute and
Evansville.
Fort Wayne Leads
indianapolis gained only nine dur
ing the last seven months of 1885
from it's 100 total in the same period
of 1884. The largest increase was at
Fort Wayne, where the jump was
from SO to 1O7.
There were 1916 children IA to 16
employed in June of 1898, when
MIRA was enacted. indianapolis led
with total of 1862, in sharp contrast
to only two for Terre Haute in the
range through the seven industrial
cities named above.
This 1916 decreased throughout
the life. of MIRA, figures reveal, al
though the total prevailed for the
remainder of 1888, presumably be-
cause of the delay in making the
codes effective.
The classification by cities for the
comparable seven month periods
when MIRA was in full effect and
after it was held unconstitutional is
as follows
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-04
STRIKE CRIPPLES PEKIN::
AZ. OF |. SPLIT WIDENS::
CLAIM CHILD LABOR GAIN
General WaIkout of 1900
ParaIyzes Illinois
Industrial Town.
NEW YORK FACES CRISIS
10000 Building Service
Workers Ready to Quit
SkyScraper Jobs.

ny NEcSs
Strikes and other labor troubles
impeded business in many parts
of the world today.
The more important develop
ments included:
PEkIN, IlI.-GeneraI strike In
sympathy with distillery workers,
hampers industrial city.
NEW YORKSHIRE call await
ed by 10000 elevator operators and
other service employees in 1900
skyscrapers and factories; TO- zoe
millinery workers called out.
LONDON-Strike Of 5000 market
employees leaves London and sur
rounding territory without meat.
SANTIAGO, Chile - Troops
eaiied out to stop sabotage by
striking railroad workers.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
BRIDGE CLAIMS
10TH [. A. VICTIM

PASADENA, July II. UP) - The
10th suicide leap was made from
Colorado street bridge today.
The shattered body Of Albert Raj
ferty, 38, Los Angeles, was found in
the rocky arroyo beneath the curry
ing, 90-foot high span Identifica-
ton was made through a motto.
Death before dishonor," tattooed
on one arm.
He left a note saying, I'm tired
of working for $40 to $25 a week
with no future
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
THIRD RATHER
COURT EXHIBIT
IN DEATH CASE

LOS ANGELES. July II. WP)-
The third living rattlesnake. coiling
and striking viciouSly the glass
panels of its box. was brought to-
day into the courtroom at the trial
of Robert S. James, where a snake
escaped and threw a crowd of spec
tators into panic two days ago.
The newcomer. called Jimmy"
by the owner, took its place before
the jury beside two other western
damond-backS, "Lethal" a II d
Lightning" with which James is
alleged to have tortured his comely
young wife before drowning her
Carl H Scobie. snake expert,
pointed to the whirring, kissing
snakes as he testified in rebuttal
against defense contentious that
rattlesnakes will starye to death if
in captivity more than six months,
as "Lethal' and Lightning have
been.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-07-17
Aliens on Relief Must
Prove Right in Country

The files at the SRA office are
being checked once again to deter
mine if any alien has slipped into
the relief picture in some manner,
according to Filter.
In cooperation with Herbert Ger
rish of the immigration service.
special form was prepared for the
alien relief applicant to fill out
One copy of the blank is sent to the
port of entry named by the alien
and the other retained in the SRA
office.
Full information relative to the
birthplace of the applicant and de
tails of his entry into the United
States are contained on the forms
the applicant is required to fill out,
Fitzer said, and in this manner the
SRA and the immigration service
cooperate to keep aliens off the re-
lief rolls.