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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-02
ELLIOTT ENTERS
CONGRESS RACE
Former U. S. Attorney
Plans Regular Repub-
IiCan Campaign.

Homer Elliott, Abb Carrollton-av
former United states attorney, to-
day announced he would seek the
Republican nomination to Congress
from the Twelfth District.
Declaring he would run as reg
ular" Republican, Mr. Elliott said
Il shall advance no personal plat
form of my own; I shall make no
promises that can not perform, and
I shall make no appeal to class
prejudice. On the contrary, shall
stand for those fundamental prin-
ciples of government upon which
both Democrats and Republicans
were agreed before the advent of
the New Deal"
Mr.. Elliott spent his boyhood on
a farm in Morgan County. He at
tended the Morgan County schools
and Indiana University e.
Formerly Taught School
For four years he taught school
in Morgan County, and then began
to practice law at Spencer. Later
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-02
PUBLIC HEALTH
STAFF TO HAVE
new MEMBERS
Security Funds to Provide
IL More Employees,
Club Told.

Twelve professional and technical
employees are to be added to the
central administration OF public
health in Indiana through funds
provided by the new social security
laws, DR.. Verne <. Harvey, State
Health Board secretary, told the
Caravan Club at luncheon today in
the Scottish Rite Cathedral.
The entire personnel, he said, will
emphasize public health instruction,
and will pay special attention with
in the meaning and intent of the
new laws" to rural districts.
More attention can be paid to the
milk situation and to child and ma
ternal hygiene when the staff is
brought to full strength, he said.
DR.. Harvey pointed out it could
not be estimated now as to how well
local units would cooperate, or what
increases they would make to their
stats under the new law. He said,
however, it appeared probable that
the local expansion would be great.
He expects the new setup in the
central division to be fully operative
by the beginning of the next fiscal
year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-02

Mr.. Elliott moved to Martinsville
and continued there until 1922,
when he was appointed United
States attorney. Resigning at the
end of three years, he was named
special assistant to the United
States Attorney General, a position
he held for one year. He was a
presidential elector in 1920.
Mr.. Elliott, who is a senior men,
Der of the law firm of Elliott, Weyl
& Jewett, is affiliated with the
Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge,
Columbia Club and the Indianap-
oils, Indiana State and American
Bar Associations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-02
STEVE BEGINS
NEW FIGHT TO
CAIN FREEDOM
Writ of Coram Nobis to Be
Sought by Attor-
i1ey.
Times Special

Itntes Special
LA PORTE, Ind, April "A new
drive to free D. c. Stephenson from
the Indiana State Prison is under
way, it was announced by Alban M.
Smith, chief counsel for the former
khan dragon, who is serving a life
sentence for murder.
Mr.. Smith said he will file a petit
ton for writ of coram nobis. writ
of error, in Hamilton Circuit Court
where Stephenson was convicted in
1925.
Recently baked in an Indiana Su-
preme Court test, in which La Porte
Circuit Court was restrained from
hearing a habeas corpus petition.
Stephenson's counsel said he intends
to exhaust all legal remedies in the
state courts.
II he loses the Hamilton court &C.
ton. Mr.. Smith said, he will go into
Federal court with habeas corpus
writ petition. The coram nobis petit
ton, to be filed in the next two or
three weeks, will set out that addi-
tional evidence has been discovered.
Mr.. Smith said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-02

Tiny, but comfortable, quarters
are provided in the passenger
cabins of the giant Zeppelin Hin
denburg, now winging over the
Atlantic. After using the built-in
writing table to dash off a note
to the folks at home, this pas
senger may wash in basin
supplied with hot and cold water,
undress, and either tumble into
the lower berth. or mount that
light ladder to the upper one. No
unnecessary space is wasted, or
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-02
JOINS SUNNYSIDE STAFF
DIR. M. C. Thomas, Flora, Ind. Gets
Appointment.

Dr. M. c. Thomas, Flora, Ind. to-
Gay is a member of the Sunnyside
Sanatorium medical staff, DR.. Will
liam Mcqueen, superintendent, an
nounced.
A graduate of Indiana University
DR.. Thomas is a former Methodist
Hospital inferno and senior resident
physician at the Essex Mountain
Sanatorium in New jersey.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-02
CORNER STONE
To Be LAID BY
SCHOOL BOARD
Ceremony at Building for
Crippled Children Set
for Tomorrow.

The corner stone of the new
Games z. Roberts School for Grip
1led Children, 10th ard Oriental
SITS, Is TO be laid tomorrow at 230.
The Indianapolis School Board has
arranged an appropriate ceremony.
The new building, which will re-
place the present one at 612 w.
Westinghouse, is to cost about
$4,000. 1t is being financed by
$4,000 bequest left by the late
Mrs. Henrietta West Roberts, a
$4,000 bond issue and a Federal
grant of $4,000.
Children from the present school
are TO attend. Mrs. j. Don Miller,
Russell Wilson and Julian Wetzel,
former school board members, also
are expected.
Modernistic in Design
Modernistic in design, the school
will include special features for the
education of about 200 physically
handicapped children.
Representatives of the Indian
apolis Foundation, civic and service
clubs and of other interested or
CARNATIONS are to be invited Alan
w. Boyd, school board member and
chairman of the committee on
school buildings, will be assisted
by two children from the present
school in placing copper box con-
tanning pertinent documents in the
corner stone.
Rapid work on the construction of
the building has made it necessary
to lay the stone now, according to
A. B. Good, business director. The
concrete of the first floor has been
laid, he said.
Other Schools Visited
Plans were drawn after visits by
w. A. Hacker, assistant superin-
tendent in charge of special educa-
ton, Mr. Good and the architects
Co other modern schools for the
crippled in September.
1t will be 224 feet long and "a
feet wide, built in an L-shape so
that additional units may be added
The construction will utilize large
areas of glass with steel sashes so
that the maximum of sunlight may
be admitted.
1t will be two stores high and
will have large playroom in the
basement. Stairways are to be sup
plemented by ramps and an eleva-
tor. The first floor is to contain
six classrooms, the administration
unit, visitors room, lunchroom
and kitchen.
Auditorium Contemplated
A special feature will be large
auditorium equipped with cots to be
used during rest periods.
The second floor is to include
rhythm room, three classrooms and
rooms for occupational therapy,
hydrotherapy, physiotherapy, home
economics, industrial arts, visiting
doctors and teachers and nurses
rest rooms. Corridors and class
rooms are to be equipped with hand
rails. A sun deck, Is by 40 feet, is
planned for the roof.
The building faces E. 10th-st with
the main entrance under a porte
cochere at the west end of the
building. A driveway entering from
E. 10th-st and opening on Oriental
will give easy access to cabs and
buses.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-02
II OFFICES OPEN WHERE
VOTERS MAY REGISTER
Locations of Branches Available
Tomorrow Are Listed.

Tomorrow Are Listed.
Branch Offices open from 10 a. m.
to 10 p. m. for voters registration
tomorrow are as follows:
Crsven's Service Station, seth-st and
Spring Mill-rd
Wagle Bros store. New Augusta
Decatur Central School near Valley
Mills.
Rudy's Drug Service, s5o1 Madison-av,
Edgewood.
Gibsons Restaurant. Lawrence, Ind
VIM. F.. Rosner Pharmacy. 18th and
Main-sts, Speedway.
Merz Quality Pharmacy, $3.50 w. Wash
ington-st.
Walters Pharmacy. Holt-rd and Lafay-
ette-blvd
Koester's Drug Goods Co., Cumberland,
Ind.
Huffman Drug Store Acton. Ind.
Wanamaker State Bank, Wanamaker
Ind
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-02
FAITH HAS NO MIDDLE
GROUND, POWELL SAYS
1t Can Not Be Diluted, Episcopal
Clergyman Asserts.

The Christian faith can not be
diluted for this age or any other
age to make it palatable for the
masses" the Rev. E. Anger Powell,
Christ Church pastor, said this noon
IN Lenten sermon at the church.
we are faced with the alteraa-
tive of accepting Or rejecting Jesus
Christ as the very God of very God.
There is no middle ground. We
must accept Him as God, the same
as the people of His time sensed."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-02

Many Americans soon will view
this sight - the new German
queen of the sky sailing ma
jestically through the heavens.
Largest airship in the world, the
Lz-12s is pictured above soaring
over Friedrichshafen. Germany,
during recent trial flight. With
a gas capacity of 100000 cubic
feet, the new air giant is 972 feet
long by 162 feet in diameter, and
its dead weight is approximately
ITO tons.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-02

You can change to an Elec-
trio range right now at sur
prisingly low cost, because of
our
Trsde-in Allowance
for your old eocksseys
Easy Monthly Terms
Low Electric Rate
for Cooking
IRE Installation in homes
meeting our installation re-
quirements.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-02

COME IN AND SEE THE BEAUTIFUL
NEW ELECTRIC RANGES BOTH
WESTINGHOUSE AND HOTPOINT
MODELS FOR YOUR SELECTION
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-02
Seeger to Speak Tuesday

H. L. Seeger is to speak on "The
economical Foundation for World
Peace" at the American League
Against War and Fascism meeting
at BIS Tuesday night at Kirshbaum
Center.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-02
Hotel Guest dies

A man, believed to be George w
Brown OF Ogden, Utah, died sud.
denly at the Washington early to-
day. The body was removed to the
city morgue, and an autopsy was
ordered performed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-29

made campaign merchandise are enlisted Poit-
clans receiving illustrated circulars now
Geraghty offers for sale to candidates, not pre-
pared speeches any subject with well chosen
literary illusions and no long or unusual words,
not ghost-written interviews with the press about
how candidate (inSert nance saved his first nickel
not platforms that will break down if you put
your full weight on them. No. Geraghty will sell
you something tangible which you can pass on to
the voters
Lapel Clps-"For the organization that needs
powerful publicity at low COST" lapel star-"Kely
for Sheriff." little tin ak to hang in your but
tonhole-"Cut Taxes With Nolan" They'll put in
any name for the price
metal bangle elephant shaped. "This is a
heavy metal bangle for the c. o. P. attractivey
finished"
For your automobile dashboard a choke type oil
reminder. Put your candidates name on. When
you choke think of (name canoidate).
Spinning Top-"Excelent for any candidate"
4 Run down with (name opposition candidate).
\ Favorite Item-The little metal chirper. when
AcompreSsed it produces the cheerful 'chirp sound
which initiates a frog, cricket, beetle, etc. just
the thing to get publicity into voters homes. They
Mont say what kind of publicity. Profane most
|aikely.
lkTHE reason for this blurb is the hope that it
l. will encourage candidates to invest heavily in
sehis merchandise. The taxpayer can't do anything
sbout broken promise but complain. But with
ia handful of these little chrpers Or tin economy
axes for the lapel, he can go home and give them
- his kids and be hero. 1t is the taxpayers only
wi P. S-Geraghty also carries flags for all pur-
{bbses" There extra large Sizes for scoundrels
"A wrap themselves in.
IVA President Roosevelt is asking Congress to vote
Na "windfa tax" 1t is intended to recoup the pro-
leeds Of what Secretary Of Agriculture Wallace called
We greatest legalized steal in history-when the
1upreme Court in the AAA decision gave back proc
Hsing taxes to those millers, packers and other
ms which had gone into court and refused to
exlrn the tax over to the government.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-29

taxes. Nor do public officials en-
joy asking people to do so.
The property tax burden falls
upon every citizen in the COM
munity."
But on the other hand" con-
tinued Mr.. Wilde, "the benefits of
our school system are likewise to
the benefit of all our citizens, re-
CARELESS of whether they have
children in the public schools or
not. No citizen will begrudge the
expenditure of money necessary
to overcome the listing shortage
in school facilities if due care
and economy are exercised in the
process"
a Lam BOYD, attorney and
"A school commissioner, said:
THAT taxes are burdensome, is
undeniable. The question of what
the taxpayers is buying for his
money is a major consideration.
He can make no better invest
ment than to insure sanitary,
comfortable and efficient condi-
lions for the children of Indian
apolis, under which they may
obtain the best education and
training we can provide"
The Indiana Taxpayers Associ-
alton predicted at the lowest
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-29
A Test of Character

This means that he may be tried before court
of neighborhood neer-do-wells on a charge Of
treason and shot locked up for the rest of his life
without chance to clear his name. If he keeps
his liberty his fight is lonely one, because if he
tries to enjoy the companionship of other game
diSSenters some spy will report that they are plot
ting treason, and the gang will come and get him
in the night.
All this is bad enough, but the test of character
wife and children naturally will be made to suffer,
too. His wife is doomed to spend the rest of her
life cut off from the normal friendships and social
relations of her station and the children find them
selves excluded from the Fairgrounds of the Nad
kids whose pleasures entirely warlike.
Thus in organizing the Germany, Hitler
has drawn heavily on the ranks of the mediocrties
and towards who fight only in packs. 1t would be
foolish to suggest that all Nazis yellow although
they include all the front-runners in the country.
but the highest courage they will be called upon
to display can not compare to that of the true
German who deliberately chose to defy them, know
ing what lonely miserable future he in for.
There are more upstream fish in Germany than
you would be likely to suspect, but individuals among
their number disappear quietly into their graves or
concentration camps and the rebels themselves have
although Hitler probably knows.
Sometimes their courage fails and they surrender,
and when that happens the Nazis gloat over the
vanqushment of brave Germans who reached the
end of their endurance.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-29
Art in indianapolis
by ANTON SCHERRER

lust about this time year ago, Grant Wood
y and Henry Keller came to Indianapolis to select
the pictures for the twenty annual exhibition
of work by Indiana artists.
They went to work at in the morning finished
their job around noon of the same day. In the
course of three hours they examined close to TOO
entries, picked 208 1t works out around 18 seconds
to picture This is less time than it takes to make
a decent telephone connection; less time, indeed,
than it takes to open cellophane- wrapped pack
age of cigarets
At that, last years show was good one-the best,
perhaps of any held during the Peat pontifcate.
So what?
We bring up the subject today because some time
this week Clifford Beal and Nicolai Cikovsky (who
know their business) came to town to pick the pic
lures for the Twenty-Ninth Annual Indiana Artists
Show, which opens tomorrow to begin months
run at the John Heron Art Institute.
We can hardly wait to learn whether this years
judges were fast enough to lick last years show.
QEGINNING next Monday the H Lieber Gallery
- will show group of colored reproductions Of
Vincent Goghs work.
On July a. 1890, Vincent Gogh picked up re-
volver, threatened his doctor, then shot himself in
the stomach Some say he chose his chest 1t
doesn't matter much. His last words were: Did
you know such clumsy and helpless fellow
me?"
Some time before that he cut off his right ear.
gave it to girl in payment of tip. He had
no money at the time.
What happened before that is the story of
bruised and battered life
Son of Dutch parson, Vincent van Gogh wanted
to follow his fathers calling. Unsuccessful as a
poStulant, he became church lay reader instead
then missionary, until his passion for giving away
everything he owned, including his bed, led to ex-
pulsion.
He turned to painting, painfully picking his way
as he went. Except for help from his family and a
little advice from Paul Gaughin, who was yet to
make his reputation in the South Seas, Van Gogh
received no encouragement whatever. Quite the con-
trary Crusty Cezanne, fearful for the future Of
French art, impored him to stop.
Van Gogh sent everything he painted to his only
friend, younger brother, Theo, who was a fairly
successful dealer in Paris. Brother Theo tried his
best sold two paintings sent Vincent 81 for the FIRST
$50 for the second. The represents the gross
receipts of Vincent Goghs entire career.
Today, Is years after his death, you have to cod
die dealer to let you have Van Gogh landscape
for So His portraits are left for 5-and-l0-cent
tore ates to fight for.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-29

point of the depression, 1882, the
need for the Indianapolis School
City, as we'll as other govern
mental units, for a "pay-as-you-
go" plan with a refunding of the
bonded Indebtedness to spread it
out over a period of years extend
ing through 1876, instead of pres
ent bond maturities ending in
1868.
The bonded Indebtedness at the
time of the report was 100000
higher than the $1O,02O,OOO in
debtedness of today.
CRITICISM of former financ-
~ ing was given as follows:
In the fever of postwar &C
t1vlty the school city, civil city
and the county anticipated that
such conditions would continue
and the units of government failed
to schedule bond retirements in
a manner whereby an equable dis
trlbution of the debt load could
be made for the future.
I'VE urged to escape the con-
quences of the past, that a uni
form amount of bonds be retired
yearly. AS this would be less than
the average scheduled for the
whole period we recommend that
the difference created be reflected
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-29
Washington Merry-Go-Round


N7ASHINGTON, Feb. 90
W More than $50 suits seek
ing to snare part of the one bill
lion dollars of processing taxes
have been filed in Federal courts
throughout the country. Inter-
nal Revenue Commissioner Guy T.
Helvering estimates that 100000
suits would be required to cover
the disputed billion. The
most musical sounding name on
the government roster is that of
Golden w. Bell, an assistant So
hcltor in the Justice Department.
Donald R. Richberg, one-time
Assistant President" has re-
sumed the practice of rail labor
law. He has been employed by
the railroad brotherhoods, whom
he represented before becoming a
government official, to formulate
legislation to protect rail workers
from loss Of jobs through carrier
conservation. . A reminder
OF the "horse-and-buggy" era that
stood few rods from the Recon-
struction Finance Corp. Office has
succumbed to the machine age.
An adjacent livery stable has been
replaced by a garage.
Friends of Mrs. Huey Long, are
advising her to keep her 18-year-
Old daughter Rose from talking
too much,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-29

1--WE shouldn't incur any more
debts until we get out of this de-
preston Two or three years from
now we may be able to carry the
load, but noW-I can't see it."
II
MRS. JAMES L. MURRAY of
AVA indianapolis, legislative chair
man of the Indiana Congress of
Parent Teachers Association,
said:
Personally I think the Indian
apolis School Board is taking the
only way possible to get new
buildings. There has been
great increase in high school en-
rollments, we know. The ability
to sell bonds is at too low an ebo
to help build schools. Direct
taxation is the only thing to do
if we want schools to care for the
increased enrolment. No one
likes increased taxes, but I don't
see how we can solve the situation
in any other way"
John G. Kirch, president of the
South Side Civic Club, said: st
think if we keep on fooling
around our schools are going to
bankrupt our country. It seems
the more we educate, the more
crooked they seem to get. If it
wasn't for few of us older ones
who got our education in a little
red Schoolhouse instead of a COL
lege education, God knows what
would become OF us. I don't
think our club will be in favor of
a $2,0O0,000 expenditure for city
schools"
Mrs. George Shepherd, presi-
dent of the Brookside Civic
League, said:
Our league has not taken ac-
ton on the plans of the school
board. I am personally familiar
with the need for more schools
and the crowded condition of
Technical High School and feel
Chat more and better buildings
are a necessity"
A LBERT NEUERBERG presi-
L n dent of Sherman Emerson
Civic League, said:
II don't like to say anything
TO hurt the construction of need
ed buildings, but I believe we
should get more value than we
receive from our money. We
should have better financing of
schools than we have had in the
past. All branches of govern
ment should be operated more
economically and that applies to
the school system, too"
Defending the use of direct
taxation to build structures and
end overcrowding and health
hazards, Carl Wilde, Indianapolis
School Board president, said:
Provision must be made dur
ing the next several years for
funds 20 meet the most acute sit
uatlonS. This would mean
that some money must be raised
by property tax levy. Naturally
the public does not relish paying
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-02-29

ris, TWAS model town, is propos-
ing to hire community dentist,
on salary, to take care of IVA
teeth. Senator Pittman
thought he had lost a silver plaque
valued at $780, 1t is an orna-
mented silver disk, replica of the
Aztec calendar, given to the silver
Senator by E. Plutarco Gales of
Mexico. 1t disappeared when
Senator Pittman asked to have it
polished by his messenger. Senator
Pittman led a frantic search,
found it in drawer of his For
eign Relations Committee table.
Running Mate
TT seems that almost half the
= Republican presidential aspir-
ants would like to have Jimmy
Wadsworth of New York as vice
presidential running mate. Close
friends of Wadsworth say he has
received overtures from the camps
Of Gov. Landon, Col. Frank Knox
and Senator Arthur Vandenberg.
Atty. Gen. Cummings has
the most lavish and ornate Office
in Washington, but does no work
in it. He uses a small study just
behind it. Trying to work in that
big ROOM" says Mr.. Cummings,
sis like having a desk in Union
Station" One of the proud
est claims of Wyoming's Demo-
cratic Senator Joseph G. O'Ma-
honey is that he studied history
and law under Professor Charles
A. Beard, world-famous historian
and scholar. Treasury rec
ords show lat some $3C0,00O,0OO
in gold coins are still unreturned.
Much of it is believed to be
abroad and much has been irrev-
ocably lost. Commenting on
the claim by a big utility execu-
tive belittling the Importance of