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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-24
WOMAN PAINTS
FLACPOLES TO
SUPPORT SELF
It's Harder to Apply Rouge,
Mrs. Ethel Hawkins,
81, Believes.

Flagpole painting can be learned
at your boudoir mirror, but it's a
lot harder to get the right shade
on a cheeks dimple than on 60
foot staff atop tall building.
This is the belief of Mrs. Ethel
Hawkins, 81, Of 32lz N. Senate-av,
steeplejack and flagpole tinter, ex-
pressed as she contemplated her last
weeks work on pole on the Board
of Trade Building and the Old
Glory stanchion in Christ Church
yard on the Circle.
Asked II she sang at her work.
she said, What do you think I
am, a canary?"
Mrs. Hawkins mixes flagpole
painting with crocheting and adj
mits she is as expert with needle
as she Is "shinnying up" fiagpoIes
When tossing paint around, she
has no more nerves than soda
tive tablet.
What's there to be nervous
about? Sure, I look down and
watch the people looking up at
me-" she says. why not?"
Her highest climb was up the
l25-foot f1agpole on top the South
Eestern Bell Telephone Building
at st. Louis.
Once she goes up to paint, she
does not come down until the job
is finished.
1T takes about an hour to paint
one good fiagpole," she said as she
explained the use of leather belts
and stirrups which enable her to
hang to the flagpole in midair.
David Davis, IS, who claims to be
the fastest f1agpole decorator in the
nation. says she is as fast, if not
faster. than the average male
steeplejack.
Death of her husband, who
worked for Mr.. Davis, sent Mrs.
Hawkins aloft for her livelihood.
Red-haired, quick tongued, she
SCOTS at the 'puny" flagpoles in In
dianapolis as she mentions the
numerous New York "jobs" she has
done.
She dotes on smokestacks. Two or
three before dinner are just about
as hard for her to put away as a.
stack of wheat cakes"
And when nightfall comes, after
day of muscular strain, swinging
high in the air, she can, she admits,
still out-da9ce any gigolo or .debu-
tante.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-24
MEDICAL men
TO HONOR TWO
CITY DOCTORS
Oldest Fraternity Chapter
Alumni to Be Guests
at BANQUET.

Pi Chapter, Phi Rho Sigma Fra
ternity of Indiana University school
of medicine, is to honor Drs. Will
liam Niles Wishard and Charles E.
Ferguson, oldest chapter alumni and
professors emeritus, Wednesday
night at banquet at indianapolis
Athletic Club.
DR.. Wishard, who is 85, in
1920 as professor emeritus of OBJ
stetrics. He was graduated from
the American College of Physicians
and Surgeons.
DR.. Ferguson is 80, and still is in
practice. Credited with being the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-24
HOPE DIM FOR EARLY
CLOSE OF CONGRESS
Senate Leaders See Session Lasting
Through G. O. p. Convention

Senate Leaders See Session Lasting
Through G.. o. p. Convention.
BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, April 24.-Senate
leaders expressed doubt today that
Congress could adjourn before the
Republican national convention at
Cleveland, June 9. Hopes faded
with prediction that the contro-
versial tax and relief programs
would require many weeks for COM
pletion.
Democratic chieftains said the
81 100000 relief measure might be
considered by the Senate before the
tax bill. The latter program, they
said, is so perplexing that it will be
some time before it can be whipped
into shape.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-24

been trying to locate the owner all
that time, but were confused be-
cause the car had Ohio license
plates.
Police in this town sure are par
ticular," Mr.. Morton said. Il parked
my car for month in Chicago and
nobody said anything"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-24
ROB PROSECUTORS AID
$3.50 Television Radio. Suit and
Lamn are Stolen

Lamp are Stolen.
A television radio valued at $3.50,
a radio lamp and a s28 suit were
stolen early today from the home
OF Vernon Anderson, Negro attache
of the prosecutors office. he re-
ported. The thlef entered the base
nent window.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-24
APRIL "a. 1886
Car Reported Looted

When John Turner returned
home. 1905 Pleasant-st. early today,
he found a thief had broken the,
door locks on his automobile and
stolen $3.50 worth of cigars, cigarets
and chewing gum.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-24
CHOICE PARKING SITE
COST 81 FOR 8 WEEKS

Comedian Says He Parked Month
Free in Chicago Street.
Bert Morton, So, stage comedian,
was fined 50 by Municipal Judge
Pro Tenn. Silas Lippman today after
police said he had left his automo-
bile parked at 23O N. nlinois-st for
three weeks.
Arresting officers said they had
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-24
SCHOOL BANDS COMPETE
1000 High School Musicians Enter
Elkhart Contest.

ELKHART,s Ind, April 24.-Ho-
bart and Hammond. perennial lead
ers in Indiana High School music
activities, scored best today in the
first judging of the Northern In
diana High School Band and Or
chestra Associations contest.
More than 1000 high school mu-
Sicians we're on hand when the
competition began in solo and en-
Semble divisions.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-24
ASH CAN DROP KICKER
IS THROWN FOR LOSS
Eleven Goals S11, Is Verdict of
Court Referee

George Wertz's ideas of fun cost
him S11 today.
With an unnamed companion DO
lice found him playing football early
today with the ash cans on New
York-st between Capitol and SEN
ate-avs.
Although his friend shouted a
warning, it was too late. Police al
ready had collared Mr.. Wertz. In
Municipal Court he was fined $11
for kicking over the II cans.
Mr.. Wertz is 20, and lives at $40
w. New York-st. His fleet footed
friend was last seen heading north
probably to join an antelope herd.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-24
TEACHER ILL, SCHOOLS
AT SCOTTSBURG CLOSE
Several Students Also Said to Have
Scarlet Fever.

By United Press
SCOTTSBURG, Ind, April a.
Schools were closed here today be-
cause of the illness of Ivan Rogers,
a teacher, with scarlet fever. Sew
eral students also were i'll from the
disease, It was said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-24
UNEMPLOYED FATHER
OF 8 SENT TO PRISON
N0blesville Man Pleads Guilty to
Stealing Hogs.
BIZ United Press

81 tNUcd PfcSS
NOBLESVILLE, Ind, April "a
Ray Millakan, 38, unemployed
father of eight children, was under
sentence to one to five years at In
diana State Prison today after
pleading guilty to theft of four
hogs.
Glenn Hutchens pleaded guilty to
charges of aiding Millakan and re-
ceived a similar sentence. Sam
Harrison, who allegedly bought the
stolen hogs, pleaded not guilty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-24
Earring HEARING OPENS
Plea for Reorganization Held Before
Judge BaltzeII.

First hearing on petition for re-
organization of the Earring Realty
Go. and the Earring Egyptian The
alter Corp. under the Federal bank
ruptcy act was held today before
Federal Judge Robert c. Baltzell.
A. G. Earring is president of both
firms.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-24
HUGHES TO QUIT PLANE
RECORD TRIPS, HE SAYS
Wealthy Sportsman to Spend Time
on Business.

Howard Hughes, wealthy Holly
wood sportsman-pilot, today an
nounced temporary suspension of
his record-breaking plane flights in
favor of business interests.
The youthful movie magnate, who
holds the national speed record for
land planes (352.46 miles an hour
the West-East transcontinental air
mark % hours, q minutes and 10
seconds, and the Miami to New
York record a hours. II minutes and
81 seconds, flew here from New
York.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-24

A Marion County gardener and
his helper are shown here planting
lettuce. Warmer weather in the
last week has aided farmers in
preparing ground for planting.
Some lettuce is up. Tomatoes soon
will be planted.
Evening star., 1936-11-11
Plane Speeds Special Serum
To Girl With Heart Infection

Decision to try the serum came
when she failed to rally after num-
Der of blood transfusions, three of
which were from donors who had re-
covered from other forms Of strepto-
coccic infections.
A physician recalled having read
Of the French serum in foreign scien-
tific journals, which reported it had
been tested with favorable results by
English and continental physicians.
He cabled the Paris firm and was
advised that q supply was available
at Montreal.
The passenger plane brought 200
cubic centimeters Of the serum here.
Physicians operated upon Miss
Easley Saturday. draining pocket
OF pus from the paracardial sac Of the
heart.
She became iii last May /, COM
planning that she suffered from sinus
trouble. Nature of the malady was
discovered when she was removed to
the hospital.
'.It Is . dangerous infection and b
fatal In 90 per cent Of the cases." .
member Of the hospital star said.
Evening star., 1936-11-11
RATE CUT
|NPR0SPECT HERE
Reduction in January Held
Likely as Profits Are
Studied.

Prospects for a considerable reduc-
tion in electric power rates in Janu-
airy, which may be larger than the
$4,000 cut ordered early this year,
arose today when the Public Utilities
Commission began studies of books
of the Potomac Electric Power Co.
The rates are adjusted annually un-
der a sliding scale plan. under which
an amount equal to a certain per-
centage of the excess profits of the
company are held available for re-
duction of consumer rates.
The plan formerly allowed the COM
pany basic return of per cent on
its valuation for rate purposes, but this
was reduced by commission. order at
the opening of this year to 6.5 per
cent.
Further Cut Indicated.
At that time some observers voiced
the belief the rates likely had been
brought nearly to rock bottom" but
reports Of operations of the company
during the first nine months Of this
year, now before the commission. gave
indications of a considerable further
cut
Final figures are not yet available,
and the commission staff will make
no calculations of possible reductions
until all pertinent data are available
for the experiences of the entire year
Reports covering the month
period. ended September 80. however,
(See RATES, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1936-11-11

NATIONAL.
United Mine Workers order Green to
answer charges. Page Al
President foresees need for additional
relief funds. Page Al
Secretary Hull on way to Buenos Aires,
starts deck-chair talks. Page Al
Two killed. 10 hurt in train crash
in Indiana. Page Al
Chief Justice Hughes denies time ex-
tension to Hoeppels. Page AZ
c. I. o. accused of opening way for
reds, in Freys report. Page A-3
Church influence blamed for failure OF
child labor amendment. Page A-3
State police asked to seek historic
signpost thieves. Page AS
Steel workers to lose increases unless
they sign agreement. Page AS
Kentucky town excited over shooting
Of Denhardt's flancee. Page A.4
Farmers plan to campaign for produc-
tion control law. Page AS
fOkElCNs
Thousands Of Catalan recruits to aid
Madrid defense. Page Al
Return of land to Hungary held aim
at tri-power parley. Page Az
WASHINGTON AND VICINITY.
Possibility Of cut In electric rates in
January seen. Page AL
President leads Nation in Observance
Of Armistice day. Page Al
Commissioners plan meeting to hear
abattoir opposition. Page Al
State increases Montgomery County
road upkeep funds. Page AZ
Twn invalid women removed from
burning Maryland home. Page A-2
What have District veterans done with
their bonus money! Page A.4
Ickes awards contract for Langston
terrace construction. Page A-4
Evening star., 1936-11-11
ROOSEVELT SEES
MORE RELIEF NEED
SLABS, 100000 Appropria-
ton Not to Be Adequate,
President Says.
BY the Associated Press.

Pursuing its study of financial prob
lens, the Roosevelt administration
believed today it may have to ask
Congress for more money to exc out
relief funds during the present fiscal
year ending next June 30.
How much money will be requested
has not yet been decided, but Presi-
dent Roosevelt indicated that. be-
cause of drought relief. the current
appropriation of s1,425, 600. 900 for
work relief will not prove adequate.
This was only one of score OF sub
jects Mr.. Roosevelt touched upon in
press conference late yesterday as re-
porters asked him many questions.
No Thought of Amendment.
Among his responses to queries were
these:
That he has given no thought to the
question of seeking constitutional
amendment to give Congress power to
legislate certain social reforms.
That the new sliding scale OF wages
announced in the steel industry Is a
move toward a more stable economy
and away from the fluctuations OF the
past.
That he foresees no necessity for
additional taxes to operate the Gov
ernment next fiscal year.
That the question of changing the
new taxes on undistributed earnings
of corporations will be for the appro-
pirate congressional committees to
ponder.
That no shifts In the diplomatic
corps are expected at present.
That the question of reorganizing
the governmental set-up Is now In
the hands of congressional and presi-
Dental committees and that any ac-
ton will await the report of these
committees.
That he will indicate in his mes
sage to Congress January whether
or not he expects q balanced budget
at the end of the next fiscal year.
The President also disclosed that
he had been conferring with Rexford
G. Tugwell, head Of the Resettlement
Administration, on the question OF
shifting this agency to some existing
or new Government department and
thus giving it permanent status.
Other agencies, such as the Civilian
Conservation Corps and the National
Youth Administration. probably will
be brought into the permanent gov
ernmental set-up eventually and grad
ually, he indicated. But he empha-
sized that the whole question OF gov
ernmental reorganization still Is IN
the study stage.
Evening star., 1936-11-11
TWO DIE, 20 HURT
IN TRAIN CRASH
Ten Cars of Big Four Jump
Track at Bridge Near
Indianapolis.
By the Associated Press.

INDIANAPOLIS, November H.
Ten cars of southbound Big Four
passenger train plunged down 40
foot embankment near here early this
morning. causing the death of two
men and injuries to a score of other
persons.
The dead were Robert True of
Lawrenceburg. Ind, baggageman on
the train, and Edwin Veail, 66, of
Cincinnati, Ohio, expressman. veail
had been an employe of the Ameri-
can Railway Express Agency for 40
years.
The wreck occurred as the train
was climbing grade to a bridge over
Big Sugar Greek. near Fairland, in
Shelby County. The engine and two
cars crossed the bridge but the other
10 cars left the rails suddenly and
plunged down the embankment.
Two of the mail and express cars
fell in the creek. one landing upside
down and the other falling on its
side. Other cars crashed into a field.
All of the injured were brought to
Indianapolis for treatment. They
were cut and bruised, but physicians
did not believe any were hurt seri-
ously.
Railroad officials Immediately began
an investigation to determine the
cause of the wreck.
o. E. Kennedy, the conductor, said
the train was travelling between SO
Evening star., 1936-11-11
BY the Associated Press.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, November
11.-Physicians administered a spe-
cial French serum today in an effort
to save the life of Miss Jaypee Easley.
26, stricken six months ago with
streptococcus viridans.
An airliner brought the serum to
Little Rock yesterday from Montreal
after an exchange Of cables between
q hospital here and the manufactur.
ing firm in Paris.
A physician at the hospital said
that as far as he knew it was the
first time the serum had been used
in the United States.
Miss Easley viii be given daily In
travenous injections, as well as direct
injections into the heart muscle. The
purpose, doctors announced, Is to
clear the blood infection from the
circulatory system In an attempt to
combat more effectively a local heart
infection.
Her parents, DR.. and Mrs. ]. p.
Easley, sought and received the aid
Of Senator Joe T. Robinson In OBJ
tanning . permit from the United
States Board Of Health to import the
medicine.
Evening star., 1936-11-11
ROOSEVELT LEADS
NATION HON0R|NG
WORLD WAR DEAD
President Visits Tomb of
Unknown Soldier in
Arlington.
GEN. PERSHING PRESENT
AT RITES IN CEMETERY
A. E. F. Chief Places Wreath on
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Led
by American Legion.

President Roosevelt today led the
Capital and the Nation in observance
of the eighteenth anniversary Of the
end of the World War.
The President and other notables
visited the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier in Arlington National Gene
terry, where principal exercises were
held.
As the Presidents car went through
the winding drive Of Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery a few minutes before
IL. the 21-gun presidential salute
doomed out from nearby Fort Myer.
The Chief Executives party drove
near the tomb. In the back seat of
the White House limousine with Mr.
Roosevelt were Gen. John J. Pershing,
wartime commander Of the American
Expeditionary Forces, and Secretary
of Navy Swanson.
Pershing Places Wreath.
With his military aide, the Presi-
dent advanced toward the tomb and
stood a few feet from it. his head half
bowed. Gen. Pershing took the presi-
dental wreath, a 3-foot affair of huge,
white chrysanthemums, and placed it
at the base of the monument.
A detachment Of Infantry and an
other of white -legginged sailors stood
at stiff attention while the presiden-
tial party paid homage to the Un-
known Soldier. A bugler stepped for
ward and sent the notes of Taps"
echoing across the valley toward
Washington. The President removed
his hat and remained bareheaded for
a few minutes until the last note
drifted away.
After the presidential motorcade
had driven off the American Legion
took over the ceremonies. Two Legion
color bearers marched down through
the throngs terraced on the last steps
of the amphitheater and stood before
the tomb, holding gigantic American
and American Legion flags. These
color-bearers were joined by more than
a dozen others and the vicinity of the
Tomb was a veritable garden of silk
flags.
Legion Posts Place Wreaths.
Harry w. Colmery, national COM
mander of the American Legion, and
Mrs. o. w. Hahn, national president
of the Legion Auxiliary. placed
wreaths on the Tomb as representa-
tives Of numerous Legion posts in the
District. Maryland and Virginia ar
ranged themselves In parallel forma-
ton and saluted.
Secretary of War Woodring, max
ing the principal address at Arling-
ton, said:
THE Unknown Soldier and his
World War comrades fought for peace
and the Nations debt to them is to
establish a united 'front.' for con-
tinued peace.
In the past few years." Wood
ring declared. under the brilliant
leadership Of our Commander in
Chief, we steadily have advanced on
the road toward lasting peace.
In doing SO we carefully have
avoided entangling political commit
ments with foreign countries. We
have made no arrangements that
could possibly involve us in war.
Peace is a blessing too precious and
too sacred to be hazarded on a spin
ming wheel of old-fashioned democ-
racy."
Woodring said 1t was his duty. as
1Sao APN6TCTICE pooe A9N
Evening star., 1936-11-11
DECK-CHA|R TALKS
STARTED BY HULL
Pan American Diplomats
Respond Eagerly to
InformaIities.
BY the Associated Press

ABOARD THE STEAMSHIP
AMERICAN LEGION, AT SEA, Mo-
vember 11.-Secretary of State Cor
dell Hull, already welcome conferee
to Latin-American diplomats because
of his informality, invited them to-
day to join him in unceremonious
"deck-chair diplomacy" q.
Hull, as head of the United States
delegation to the inter-American con-
ference, which begins December
at Buenos Aires, asked other delega-
tions aboard ship to meet him for
frank chats on mutual problems.
The entire Haitian group responded
Immediately and spent several hours
with him in discussions of pan-Ameri-
can problems, particularly pro-
posed agreement to enforce neutral
ity in the Western world.
Five Other Delegations.
Other delegations aboard the Amer
ican Legion represent Salvador, ven-
ezuela, Mexico, Nicaragua and Guate-
mala.
After long deliberation with other
members of the United States dele
cation, Hull named Charles G. Fem
wick, professor of political science at
Bryn Mawr College, chairman of the
Neutrality Subcommittee. He desig-
mated as other members Adolf A.
Berle, jr., chamberlain of New York
City, and Michael F. Doyle, Philadel-
phia lawyer.
Mrs. Elsie F. Musser Of Salt Lake
City, member of the Utah State
Senate, was appointed chairman of
Evening star., 1936-11-11
B. the Associated Press.

PEARL RIVER, La, November IL.
Mrs. Louis E. Crawford. "a, wife OF
w. P. A. worker and the mother
of two young boys. assumed care
today Of a rosy-cheeked 5-pound baby
boy brought to her doorstep by dog.
The circumstances were as strange
as Bible account-the finding
of the infant Moses in the bullrushes
1T was just about the fall of the
night" she said This big. black dog
came trotting through the brush with
something white in his mouth. When
he saw me, he stopped, and I was so
scared all I could do was stand there.
"Pd never seen the dog before. Most
of the dogs around here are hounds,
and this one looked like brindle bull.
Then while I was looking the white
thing moved and I heard q baby's
cry. When realized it was baby !
got cold chill.
st ran of the porch" she continued,
"and shouted, Put that down, you!
Put it down. I clapped my hands
and made like was going to hit him
and that scared him of. He put the
baby down and ran into the woods"
Evening star., 1936-11-11

A SMALL and slightly wilted
~ bunch of red and white roses,
~ almost lost from view amid
4 a the other magnificent floral
tributes, reposed today on the Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier.
Many of the massed spectators
stared with puzzled eyes as Edward F.
Younger, escorted by a delegation
from the Veterans of Foreign Wars
and group of Gold Star Mothers, re-
splendent in their uniforms, walked
up to the tomb and placed the in
significant appearing tribute at its
base
Few, if any. of the onlookers knew
that it was Younger, then a sergeant
in the A. E. F., who walked into a
little French chapel at Chalons Is
years ago and placed another bunch
of red and white roses on one of four
flag-draped caskets-thereby selecting
the unknown soldier who was later to
be enshrined on the slopes of Arling-
ton.
Somehow" Younger explained, at
seemed to me that it would be fitting
today If I chose the same kind of
flowers I used when I selected the Un-
known Soldier. Those roses may seem
plain beside the other flowers, but we
Evening star., 1936-11-11
Baby, 2 Days Old, Rescued
From Dog Rouing in Woods
Wife of ". p. A. Worker Scares Off
animal Carrying Child in Dirty Cot
ton CIOth-Nan1e to Be Moses.

The whimpering child was lying
face downward, wrapped in a dirty
square of cotton cloth, Mrs. Crawford
said. The covering was punched at
the back. moist from the mouth of
the dog.
The woman took the infant to her
cabin and, wrapping him in clean
towel. placed him between the COW
ers of her bed. Then she lit a fire in
the makeshift stove. constructed from
an oil drum. and prepared bottle
of condensed milk.
She and her husband decided they
wanted to keep the child" Crawford
summoned a relative, Mrs. Lizzie
Crawford, who is a trained nurse.
The nurse pronounced the baby in
perfect health" except for the fact
his ears were red from exposure.
Hundreds of friends of the Craw-
fords crowded in their crudely built
cabin today eager for sight Of the
babe. No one knew where the infant
came from and few cared. Least Of
all the Crawfords, who seemed as
proud of the child as though it were
their first born.
We're going to call him Moses"
Mrs. Crawford said.
Evening star., 1936-11-11
ARREST DETAILS ASKED
German Embassy Makes Request
to Soviet Foreign Office.

MOSCOW, November II R).-The
German Embassy today asked the
Soviet foreign Office for details of the
arrests of approximately six Germans.
reported involved with three Austri-
ans, one Swede and other persons in
an anti-governmental plot.
The prisoners, it was said, were
taken into custody because Of their
alleged connection with Fascist prop
aganda organizations.