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NOV. 1, 1032_ G. 0. P. HEARTS BEING BROKEN BY JIM FARLEY He Is Most Devastating Source of Destroying Foes’ Morale. BY RAY TUCKER Tims Staff Writer NEW YORK, Nov. I.—This man •Jim Farley is breaking the Repub -1 cans’ hearts. He is the terrible child of the presidential campaign, rs it nears its close. Next to the Maine election and ihe Literary Digest poll, he is the most devastating source of destruc tion of Republican morale. His predictions of the number of states Roosevelt and Garner will carry read like an old-time football r core—-48 to 0 when he is in the cheeriest mood, and 43 to 5 when he feels a little low. But he rarely leels low. A non drinker and non mokcr, the only dissipations o f ih is bouncing lioy from the country are eat ing a quart of chocolate ice cream, at one sitting, an and driving fast motor cars. Other leaders at Ro osev ell headquarters in ii the Biltmore may grow faint hearted at President Hoover's last minute, frontal attack. Some shud dpr at the thought that September’s bright dreams may not come true. But not Jim. A smiling, rosy-faced dynamo sitting in his shirtsleeves— usually tan or green—he laughs at all fears. “It’s frozen,” he replies. “It’s all over. Nothing can change it now. All we’ve got to do is coast in. I’m serious when I say we may win all forty-eight states, and all but five or six is a fine bet.” Optimism Is Infectious Even veteran correspondents are affected by this infectious, irresistible optimism. His daily conferences are trans formed into Democratic rallies, with “Jim” dispensing political cherrios. He has the la est information on each state at his fingertips, long distance telephoning, rushing tel egrams to far places, and writing letters, signed in green ink, are his hobbies. “California?” he echoes a query, i “I just talked with Hiram Johnson, and he says there’s nothing to fear. It’s Roosevelt by at least 100,000.” “Jim” also maintains that Roose velt will carry such states as lowa and Kansas. Others think that Hoover's fight ing speeches may have swept away the lead given to the Democrats in earlier polls in the corn belt. Claims Win in State But, fresh from the phone booth, he presents confidential data to refute, at least in his opinion, ad verse reports. He treats pro-Hoo ver information from New England in the same way. “Nothing to it,” he continues. “The people in New England are no different from those in New York, and this is a sweep, I tell you. “As for New York, do you realize we have a Democratic organization in each precinct and 600 Demo cratic clubs up-state!” Jim doesn't add that it was his energy and enthusiasm which built up a machine in territory hitherto untouched by party ploughs. But, in his opinion, it justifies his latest prediction that Roosevelt will carry New York City by at least 600,000, the rural districts above the Bronx by 200.000 and the Empire state by 800,000. Rocsevcft Smart Politician In past presidential years the Democrats’ only hope was to over come an upstate, Republican plu rality of 400.QC0 by a larger margin in the metropolis. And they couldn’t do that even for such a popular figure as A1 Smith. Roosevelt in his own adviser, and belatedly, even professionals are calling him one of the cleverest politicians in many years. Roosevelt insisted on a nation wide speaking tour in the face of numerous protests, including Far ley's, and decided the approach he would make to national problems. Roosevelt set out deliberately to capture progressives like Norris, Johnson, Cutting and the La Follettes. He defied traditions time and again, but there have been few mistakes. THREE HELD BY U. S. Counterfeiting Charges Flaced Against Youths Who Handled Bills. Flood of counterfeit $lO bills is believed to have been stopped in part, at least, with arrest of three youths who Monday were held to federal grand jury under SIO,OOO bond each on counterfeiting charges. T The three youths, William Mere dith. Indianapolis taxi driver; Wil liam Odum, 19. Shreveport, La., and Elmer Miller. West Orange. N. J„ are said to have admitted ‘‘shoving*’ 165 bogus bills in several states. TUPEE GUESSES "ip C 0 IS THIS? fIA v "• >_iTu c- • . , X£Sa WASHINGTON /o TVts s A f'**" -IN— —■ ■ —- lAiuwers on Comic Page) Wife Runs Business on Advice Given in Husband’s Suicide Note Mrs. Helen Styles, in a plain black drws set off with a white collar, slipped into her desk chair, took up a pile of letters and turned to Anna, her assistant, “Did Mr. Eustice call about that order?” she asked. “Was the in stantaneous heater installed over on Nostrand avenue, and do you think that customer understood what I told her about water pressure yester day?” Mrs. Styles smoothed back her short, dark hair. Her brown eyes were flashing. Seated in her office, a small room to the right of the showroom displaying water pipes, copper coils, stoves and numerous gadgets pertaining to heaters, the young widow appeared somewhat be wildered in her businesslike surroundings. “It was just six months ago,” she observed, “that my husband, Rus sell, in his last request, handed this heater business over to me. “I’m not quite sure whether I’m sinking or swimming. But lam try ing to tarry out his instructions to the letter.” Those instructions, methodically written last April on a piece of note paper just before Russell Styles, in ventor and president of the Styles Heater Company, 484 Tompkins ave nue, Brooklyn, turned on the gas which ended his life, were as fol lows: Left Suicide Note Don’t get hysterical. Do not listen to get-rich-quick schemes. Put your excess capital in vari ous savings banks and be satisfied with per cent and the busi ness. Explain to the boys (Russell, 5, and John, 18 months) that their dad was industrious and make them believe he will come back in the form of Youth. Those at the shop, Anna, Lester and Bob, can run things. Pay all notes when they mature. I will watch over you. That dying request plunged Mrs. Styles, she said today, into the “strangest six months of her life.” Farley Didn't Know Business “For ten years I had done noth- I ing but keep house and care for my two sons, Russell and John. I didn’t know the first thing about business. Os course, I had heard Russell talk about the shop and office, but it was more in a detached way that I had listened. “Then, when the blow fell—well— I began with his first admonition, ‘don’t get hysterical.’ "The desire to give away to my grief was, of course, strong within me, but I hung on to my nerves. It was not easy. The first few weeks I wished many times I had gone with Russell. Mastered Car First “I took hold of the business, you might say, by first learning to drive my husband’s car. I mastered that business in a week. Then I turned to the office. “This is a strange business for a woman, especially one with a do mestically trained mind. It deals with such mysterious things as water pressure, non-cor rosive burners, eighteen gauge seam less coils, etc. But I am finally get ting it all through my head. “My friends here I don’t call them employes—made me familiar with the state of the business. “I soon saw my overhead was too high. So I cut my own salary. After I had led the way, my assistants were willing to take a reduction, too. “As to listening to the get-rich HUNT MAN, 2 BOYS Three Are Reported Missing by Relatives. Persons reported to police as miss ing are: William Davis, 57, R. R. 2, Nobles ville, employed at offices of the In ternational Typographical Union, Twenty-eighth and Meridian streets. Leonard Ash, 17, of 1005 West Washington street, said by friends to have been seen in the company of another boy and stated he was go ing to Bloomington, 111. Chester Nine, 15, of 1413 St. Paul street, missing since Monday when he failed to reach school after leav ing his home. WABASH GETS $400,000 Gifts to College Are Announced at Centennial Program. lip Vnited I’rcs • CRAWFORDS\JILLE, Ind., Nov. I.—Gifts aggregating $400,000 for Wabash college were announced at the centennial program which end ed here Monday. Dr. Louis B, Hopkins, president, announced $300,000 will be turned over to endowment funds. The re mainder will be used for scholar ships, equipment and professors' salaries. 'k Safety for Saving; 'LETCHER AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK Southeast Corner of Market and r enns' -lvanio dustless more heat St COAL From Reliable Coal Dealers Reliable dealers use The Times Want Ads columns to obtain new customers. From long experience they know that a customer must be sat isfied. That is why reading the Want Ads of reliable coal dealers under Classification 39 is always profitable . . . saves money and results in a coal bin full of Ciihhl clean coal. If you haven't ordered win ter eo,ii jet. <lo it now af:er reading these money saving ads of reliable coal dealers. Order Your COAL TODAY! RISHER. k dr<ws set off with a white collar. ffjHßflSppfi'.v' pile of letters and turned to Anna. V order?” she asked. Was the in- IP***"** iv" N’ostrand avenue, and do you think jßp \ #6feftr 1 her about water pressure yester- 9 ■hort, dark hair. Her brown eyes a small room to the right of the opper coils, stoves and numerous ting widow appeared somewhat be- Vjpp* luick schemes—none have been pre ■ented. Neither have I been greatly // lonccrned about putting my excess lapital in the banks, because there s no excess capital in anybody's 4,-# business just now, I find. When I to get a surplus, I shall do as in itructed. / iffir "I have explained to my little boy, ML *——■—— —i isiijv ' j&sisi WSSnSKSSWKBSSHI BP A B Jg|| ; '...gjgßQ — BY DONNA RISHER, World-Teleirmm Staff Writer. quick schemes—none have been pre sented. Neither have I been greatly concerned about putting my capital in the banks, because there is no excess capital in anybody’s business just now, I find. When I do get a surplus, I shall do as in structed. “I have explained to my little boy, Russell, as best I can, his father’s idea of life after death. The little fellow, John, is too young to know. “My husband believed that al though he were removed from this material world he would in reality be always present with us. Til# Aciartran '.J-Jz******* T baoco Cos. \ 1 Mrs. Styles at Her Typewriter 0 0 - BB trayed by the famous animal * M u w P a * nt€r > Bransom... inspired m M t t by the savage charge of the African f m r^nOCer ° S cras^*n £ through the THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES “Sometimes I have felt his pres ence in the house so keenly that it was hard for me to realize he had departed. And his promise to ‘watch over us’ was one of the sus taining things he left me in my new, confused world.” No raw tobaccos in Luckies -that’s why they’re so mild BORROWS GUN, ENDS LIFE IN SPORT STORE • Son of Noted Trainer of Derby Winners Is N. Y. Suicide. By t'nilrd Prrn* NEW YORK, Nov. I—Joseph E. Madden, son f the late John E. Madden, trainer of many derby win ners, walked into a sporting goods store, borrowed a revolver, asked for a demonstration, then calmly shot himself to death. The tragedy occurred in the Aber crombie & Fitch store at Madison avenue and Forty-fifth street. There the 40-year-old Lexington (Ky.) man told the clerk he wanted to see some revolvers. The clerk placed several before him. He selected one. a .38-caliber. “Just like one I used to have,” Madden commented. “Show me some bullets.” The clerk obeyed, slipping two into the gun chamber. Madden reached for the gun. “I’d like to see how it balances.” He placed the muzzle at his own head—quickly —and pulled the trigger. In his pocket was one note which read: “My wife is Mrs. Joseph E. Mad den, Room 770, Hotel Plaza.” She was notified, and went at once to his bedside in the hospital where he died within a few hours. The two children, John Edwara Madden, 2% years old, and Joseph McKee Madden, 3 months old, re mained at the hotel. Another letter found was ad dressed to an attorney. Its con tents were not revealed. The Madders had been in the city a week on one of their frequent trips between here and Lexington. ' The late John E. Madden was known as the “wizard of the turf.” TV/E buy the finest, the very finest tobaccos in all the world—but that does not explain why folks everywhere regard Lucky Strike as the mildest ciga rette. The fact is, we never over look the truth that "Nature in the Raw is Seldom Mild”—so these fine tobaccos, after proper What Street Is This? PICTURE THIS BLANK MAY BE USED FOR ANSWERS Name the Street Contest Editor. N!o. 4 The Indianapolis Times, 214-220 W. Maryland St. Indianapolis, Indiana. I consider the best name is : My name is Address / Town State Hold all answers until close of series. He trained such horses as Plaudit, Old Rosebud, Sir Barton, Paul Jones, Zev and Flying Ebony, all Derby winners. aging and mellowing, are then given the benefit of that Lucky Strike purifying process, described by the words—"lt’s toasted”. That’s why folks in every city, town and hamlet say that Luckies are such mild cigarettes. “It's toasted” That package of mild Luckies MARION COUNTY FEDERAL RELIEF LOAN IS SOUGHT No. 4 State Asked to Underwrite $500,000 Issue for Poor Aid. Efforts to have the state of Indi ana underwrite a $500,000 federal loan for Marion county poor relief is underway today. Dr. John H. Hewitt, state unem ployment relief director, and Wil liam H. Book if the Chamber of Commerce left for Washington to confer with federal Reconstruction Finance Corporation officials re garding the plan. If granted it will be the first loan under the section whereby the state repays out of federal highway aid, beginning in 1935. First federal poor relief granted in Indiana was Monday, when the St. Joseph county request for $247,200 was appropriated. It is expected that the state plan will be approved, since the issuance of county poor relief bends for a ten-year period is now in litigation here, it was pointed out. If the money is obtained, it will not increase poor funds, it was pointed out. The money would re place bonds to be issued this year. Book. Leo M. Rappaport and A. Kiefer Mayer conferred with Gover nor Harry G. Leslie regarding the loan Monday. Mayer and Rappaport represent the mayor's committee. The third member is Elmer Stout, banker. Rob Hospital Doctors’ Quarters Thieves working in physicians’ quarters at the Methodist hospital have stolen eleven fountain pens, two watches and a fraternity pin in the last four weeks, according to a report to police Monday night, Eleven doctors have been losers. PAGE 7