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DEC. 17, 1932.
INTERVENTION BY ROOSEVELT !
MAY BE NEEDED TO PUT
THROUGH REPEAL MEASURE
Personal Plea by President-Elect to Smooth
Out Differences Between House and
t
Senate May Be Made.
BV LEO R. SACK
United Fre Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—President-Elect Franklin D.
Roosevelt’s direct personal intervention may be required to
harmonize differences between the house and the senate, if
a prohibition repeal amendment is to be enacted at this ses
sion of congress.
Mr. Roosevelt has been represented as anxious to have
repeal legislation approved, as well as a beer bill, in order to
avoid, if possible, an extra session of congress.
The prospect of Roose
velt’s intervention became ap
parent today when the repeal
subcommittee of the senate
judiciary committee agreed
to include in the measure it
will report to the senate a
provision protecting dry
states.
This is in accordance wth the so
called Hoover resubmission plan and
in contradiction of th'e Democratic
pledge for straight repeal.
Blaine Sponsors Plan
The Garner resolution which
failed to obtain the required two
thirds majority in the house merely
stated "the eighteenth article of
amendment hereby is repealed."
But the senate subcommittee,
headed by Senator John J. Blaine
ißep., Wis.), a wet, agreed on the
following as the "best language" for
inclusion in the bill it will report:
“The transportation or importa
tion into any state, territory or pos
session of the United States for de
livery or use therein, of intoxicating
liquors, in violation of the laws
thereof, hereby is prohibited.”
The language used is taken from
the proposed amendment sponsored
by Blaine and was perfected by
Senator William Borah, who is a
dry. Senators Thomas Walsh
(Mont.), and C. C. Dill (Wash.),
Democrats, agreed to the text.
Meet Again Next Week
The committee will meet again
next week if Walsh and Borah can
excuse themselves from other com
mittee hearings, to perfect the com
plete amendment.
Senators have yet to decide the
method of ratification and whether
# an attempt will be made to include
in the amendment a prohibition of
saloons.
Senators are inclined to refer the
amendment to state conventions, as
recommended in both party plat
forms, but senate sentiment is in
clined to have the legislatures, not
congress, call these conventions.
A prolonged debate will ensue if
drys, like Borah, attempt to prohibit
"saloons” in the amendment, as this
would be writing a police regulation
into the Constitution.
HOOVER APPOINTEE TO
POWER BOARD BLOCKED
Democrats Force Wait to March 4
Before Approval.
Bp Scripps-Hotcnrtl Xnrspaprr Alliance
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17.—Presi
dent Hoover's selection of a Demo
crat to serve on the federal power
commission has not altered refusal
of senate Democrats to confi m his
nominees oetwecn now and March 4.
Though only three members re
main on the board, which originally
contained five. Democratic leaders
prefer to let this condition continue
rather than to confirm Frank Clark,
former representative from Florida,
whose nomination was sent to the
senate Tuesday. The board now is
composed of two Republicans and
* one Democrat. If Clark were to
serve, it would be divided evenly.
The commission, as it stands to
day, however, is in closer sympa
thy with power policies of Presi
dent-Elect Roosevelt than at any
time in the past. Commissioners
McNinch, a Democrat, and Dra
per. a Republican, have maintained
a liberal position during their terms
of office, and probably will be re
tained by Roosevelt, unless complete
reorganization of the board is made.
FACE ON MAGAZINES,
WINS FILM SUCCESS
Young Artist's Model Unnoticed on
First Hollywood Visit.
Bp United Press
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 17.—A Holly
wood-Cirtcerella story:
Three years ago a young artist’s
model was brought to Hollywood
under a contract to a major studio.
For six months she awaited the stu
dio call that never came and upon
the expiration of her contract, she
returned to Denmark, her native
country.
Today, this former model, Gwili
Andre, is well on her way to pic
ture fame, under contract to RKO-
Radio and has had the lead in three
important pictures.
Gwili's first adventure here bewil
dered her. She knew not nor cared
how to get Into pictures.
of seeking out the casting office, she
awaited the call that never came.
Apparently, the §tudio was too busy,
or perhaps it forgot the blonde Miss
who spoke better Danish than Eng
lish.
She was re-discovered by talent
scouts who saw her face on many
magazine covers.
TURKEY RAISING BOOMED
Colorado Farm District Starts New
Profitable Industry.
Bp-United Pres*
PUEBLO, Colo., Dec. 17.—A few
years ago an occasional farmer's
wife in the Arkansas valley raised
a small flock of turkeys for pin
money.
This year the turkey crop of the
valley ia estimated to be worth
$130,000 on the holiday market.
Co-operative marketing pools have
loaded thirty-four cars for ship
ment. * '
Discovery that the big birds
could be raised cheaply, and under
good c~ndit;pns in this district has
started anew ir ustry in the
agricultural line in the valley.
POSTAL ‘PLUM'
ONE JOB THAT
REQUIRES WORK
Assistant Department Chief
Must Know His Task,
Do It Skillfully.
The 70,000 “political plums,” which
may be passed around by the Demo
crats after they come into office in a
few months include many jobs that re
auire the highest type of ability and
executive skill, as well as one full day’s
work after another. One of them is
the office of first assistant postmaster
general, whose duties are described in
tr.e following article of the current
United Press series on thd’’ subject.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—What
ever Democrat gets the position of
first assistant postmaster-general
may prepare to roll up his sleeves
and go to work.
He is going to have the task of
firing postmasters and mail carriers
who don’t come up to scratch. He
is going to have to listen to com
plaints from innumerable congress
men, senators and politicians.
Persons are going to tell him their
morning mail was late, and demand
better service.
Others are going to pester him
with constant requests for extension
of rural mail routes. And he is
going to have to manage the “dead
letter” office.
.He Has Drab Office
"The most irritating and dis
agreable part of his work," said
Arch Coleman, the incumbent, "is
the disciplinary side of it.
About 270,000 persons are attached
to my bureau and I have to pass
on all cases of dismissal and so
forth. On one side, I am torn by
sympathy and mercy, and the other
by departmental requirements.”
The first assistant’s office is on
the fifth floor of the old postoffice
building. Its woodwork is dark
arid its walls painted a drab brown,
oil paintings of former first as
sistants and postmasters-general
adorn the walls. Most of the light
is shut out by an adjoining build
ing.
Requires Postal Experience
Coleman's successor will go into
more elegant quarters in another
year when the new postoffice build
ing is completed.
In Coleman's opinion, the job re
quires previous postal experience.
For many years he was postmaster
at Minneapolis.
"A man could work here twenty
four hours a day and still not be
through," Coleman said.
The salary is $9,000 normally; un
der the economy it is $8,250.
Next: Sergeant-at-Arms in the
Senate.
A light forever burning...
a voice that is never stilled
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Night comes on and spreads a blanket of
darkness upon sleeping cities and towns.
Here and there a lone policeman. In the
distance a clock tolling the hour.
In the dark silence of the night, there is
one light forever burning . . . one voice
that is never stilled. That light is the light
in the telephone exchange. That voice is
the voice of your telephone.
A city without telephones would be a
city afraid—a city of dread.
Far the telephone brings security. Its
very presence gives a feeling of safety and
nearness to everything. In time of stress
and sudden need it has a value beyond
price. In the business and social activities
INDIANA BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY
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Left to right—Betty Temperley, Frances Moody and Betty Halleen.
Spirit of good will and charity
toward the destitute pervades
Butler university campus as stacks
of clothing are donated in a
charity drive . sponsored by the
Collegian, campus publication.
Clothe a Child Donors
The first 167 donors of complete
outfits to the city’s needy children
in The Times’ drive to Clothe a
Child include approximately 3,000
persons. City bowlers, telephone
operators, stenographers, profes
sional men, clerks, aided to boost
The Times’ early list.
Today’s donors are on Page One.
The 167 early donors follow:
Cliff Coleman (two bovs).
Frank T. Strayer auxiliary of Veterans of
Foreien Wars (two eirlsVl
Mr. and Mrs. Kenwood Avenue (two
children).
Mrs. Bountiful Out North.
Speedway branch of thf Socialist Party.
Looping department of Real Silk Hosiery
Mills.
City Hall Employes fund (two boys).
Credit office of H. P. Wasson & Cos.
(three children).
Mclntlre Adjustment Company arid
employes (four children).
County surveyor’s offee. Room 2, court
house.
Hoosier Athletic Club Bowling League,
Pritchett alleys.
Mrs. West Maple Road,
North Illinois Santa.
Mr. and Mrs. Ward Hale.
Alpha Beta Chi sorority.
Amicitla Club.
Pritchett Recreation Bowling League.
Riverside Democratic Club.
Universal Club (two boys and two gris).
Statehouse Lady (boy and girl).
Alice.
Mrs. G. V. A. (two children).
Mr. G. S. Santa (four children).
A Doctor and His Wife (two children).
Mrs. North Meridian (three children).
A Goodfellow.
Two brothers (four children).
Sigma Rho Chi sorority.
Miss East Sixteenth.
Y. M. C. A of Indiana Ccntral^College
(two boys).
Indiana National bank, lower floor
(six c’-ildren).
A Railroad Engineer (two girls).
Mrs. J, P. Michael.
A City Official (boy and girl).
Young Women’s Democratic Club (boy
and girl).
Mastny A Cos., wholesale fruit and pro
duce (eight children).
Rho Delta sorority. Alpha chapter.
One Friend of School 7.
Indianapolis Bowling League, Pritchett
alleys (two boys).
Girls ot the Bertha Ballard home.
Mrs. D. G. B.
Sigma Tau Phi fraternity (two boys).
Optimist Club Member (Friend of the
Boy).
A West Georgia Group.
Knight Klub.
Operators of Linroln office, Indiana Bell
Telephone Company (seven children).
of a busy day it is almost indispensable.
The wonder arf the telephone is not the
instrument itself but the system of which
it is the symbol... the system which links
your own telephone with any one of eigh
teen million others in the United States and
thirteen millions in other countries.
Every time you use your telephone you
have at your command some part of a
country-wide network of wires and equip
ment, and as many as you need of a great
army of specialists in communication.
® There areffer,w r , if any, aids to
modem living that yield scmnuch
in safety, convenience and
achievement as your telephone.
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
Co-eds in the above photo arer
holding several garments to be
donated to needy fanjilies through
the Red Cross.
* The drive is being participated
in by eighteen fraternities and
'■ororities. To date, Alpha Chi
Mrs- Alfred Eddingfield and Mrs. Bruce
Strickland, office employes of Lincoln ex
change.
Toll maintenance department of Indiana
Bell Telephone company.
The Lady from the Marott (three
children).
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Merrill.
Eddie Meyer (ace bowler of Bowes
Seal Fast Team (two girls).
Continental Bank Man.
Transit Denartment. Indiana National
bank (boy and a girl).
North Illinois Cigar Man.
Medical Attendants, U. S. Veterans’ hos
pital.
Mrs. Out East.
Roy E. Steele Ladies ’Bowling League
(Pritchett alleys).
Mr. and Mrs. North Chester.
Don’t Use My Name.
Mrs. Charter Member.
Mrs. F. 8.. Out North.
Mrs. North Delaware.
In Memory of Dorothy Helen Farber.
Mrs. North Pennsylvania street.
Employes of Indianapolis Times (ten
children).
Indianapolis Star Bowling League
(Pritchett alleys).
W. W. Club.
E. V. P. Club.
L. G„ on Central avenue. ./
From Holloway Street.
In Memory of a Son.
Just a Sorority (four children),
W. L. N. W. (two boys).
A. M. F.
Mrs. East Tljirty-slxth.
Freshman class of Butler college of
education (girl and boy).
College Avenue Man.
The Lady from North Audubon (two chil
dren ).
C. W. B. class of the Fountain Square
Christian church.
Avalon Country Club Bowling League
(four children).
Delta Gamma sorority, Butler university
(two children).
Mrs. East Thirty-second street.
Block AJptical Ladies’ Bowling League.
Dzan sorority.
Beech Grove Man.
Employes of Rough Notes Company (boy
and girl).
A Good Fellow (three children). .
Reformed Church Bowling league,
Pritchett alleys. .
Washington Boulevard Family.
Mister Anonymous, on Park.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Newhouse, Cumber
land, Ind.
Third floor switch room, Lincoln office,
of Indiana Bell Telephone Company.
Employes of Indianapolis Life Insurance
Company (boy and girl).
Tuberculosis in cattle practically
was eliminated this last year in four
states —Idaho, North DaHota, Ohio,
and Wisconsin.
Omega sorority, is in the lead.
Members of a campus commit
tee directing the drive are: Doro
thy Wright, Evelyn McDermit,
Myron Hadley. Jean Underwood,
Herbert K. Lewis, and Norman
1 Hanna, chairman.
GRANT STATE
‘HOMEM.OANS
Total of $540,000 Is
Approved for Indiana
Associations.
Loans of a total of $540,000 have
been approved for four Indiana
building and loan associations, it
was announced today by directors
of the federal home loan bank of
Indianapolis following their Decem
ber meeting. Names of the bor
rowers were not disclosed •
Purposes of the loans included re
pair and remodeling, payment of
taxes, refinancing and rehabilita
tion of finances of associations.
Arthur F. Hall, chairman of the
directors, expressed gratification at
utilization, of the loan bank’s ser
vices on such a large scale within
sixty days after its establishment.
He expressed belief that other ap
plications will be made shortly, with
associations using their annual
statements as basis for borrowing.
HANDICAP CONQUERED
Crippled Girl, 18, Gets Education
Without Attending School.
By United Press
HOLYOKE, Mass., Dec. 17.—Mary
Petell. 13, a cripple, never has been
able to attend formal schools, but
with only two hours of instruction
a week she is doing junior high
school work
In addition, she is studying piano
and German, and writes creditable
poetry.
“My friends, Let’s Explore Your Mind —
you’ll find it a great indoor game.”
■
Albert Edward Wiggam, D. Sc.
Noted Lecturer and Author of These Fascinating
Books About lou
The Fruit of the Family Tree
Sorry, But You’re Wrong About It
The New Decalogue of Science
The MarW an Educated Man, etc., etc.
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Let’s Explore Your Mind
Exclusively in
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
DILL PRESSES
FOR PASSAGE
OF RADIO BILL
Important Amendments to
Present Laws Are Made
by Measure.
BY RAY TUCKER
Time* Staff Writer
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—A plan
to obtain immediate action on his
bill, containing important amend
ments to the federal radio law was
framed today by Senator Clarence
C. Dill (Dem„ Wash.) after the
conference with senate leaders.
The pleasure already has passed
the house, and been reported fa
vorably *by the senate commerce
committee. /
If it becomes law soon, it will
mean there can be more extensive
public discussion of such questions
as ratification of the ‘‘lame duck"
amendment, and a possible repeal
proposal, during the period when
most legislatures will be in session.
The bill provides that equal time
must be given by radio stations to
opponents and proponents of ref
erenda, as must now be given to
rival candidates for office.
Bar Foreign Ownership
An amendment which will have
opposition from navy spokesmen
permits .20 per cent of the directors
of a radio corporation to be aliens,
whereas the present law bars such
representation. Foreign ownership
of the International Telephone and
Telegraph Company and other
concerns necessitated this change,
in the committee’s opinion.
In answering the navy’s objec
tions, Dill points out the President
has authority to seize all radio sta
tions in time of war. But naval of
ficers claim foreign representation
on directorates in peace time may
place secret codes in jeopardy.
Bar Lottery Advertising
The advertising of lotteries or
gifts over the radio is barred under
the new provisions. This may close
the air to certain individuals and
concerns, including some politicians
and political organizations.
Under another section, J. 'H.
Brinkley, Kansas “goat gland” spe
cialist, would be prohibited from
sending his programs to his power
ful Mexico station, and then trans
mitting them back to this country.
Barred from use of his former
station in Kansas by the radio com
mission, Brinkley erected a 50,000-
watt station across the border. The
proposed amendment, however,
gives control over all programs orig
inating in a studio in this country.
License Charge on Stations
A companion measure, introduced
by Dill, imposes a license charge on
all radio stations. It is expected
to raise about $400,000, or half the
commission’s operating costs.
Still another section requires com
mission members to sit in on all
hearings instead of turning them
over to examiners. Many impor
tant cases involving freedom of
speech, Dill points-out, have been
disposed of by subordinates with
out the interested parties getting a
chance to present their side to the
commission.
Miles of Tulips
By United Press *
HOLLAND, Mich.v Dec. 17.
Placed in a single row,\all the tulips
which will bloom here next May
would form a line 26 miles long.
The tulip lane here will include 67
blocks in various sections of the
city.
RETURNS TO MOVIES
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Marjorie Rambeau
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 17.—Mar
jorie Rambeau is coming back to
films, according to an official an
nouncement. She has signed a
contract to appear in a picture for
Charles R. Rogers, produces for
Paramount.
At present Miss Rambeau is in
Sebring, Fla., with her husband,
Francis Gudger. She is scheduled
to arrive here Dec. 23.
More than a year ago Miss
Rambeau retired from the stage
and screen when she wed Mr.
Gudger. Her decision to return
came as a surprise to her friends.
She is scheduled for a role in
“Strictly Personal.”
Faces Charge
Mary Nolan Is Accused
of Larceny by Officials
at Minneapolis.
By United Press
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.. Dec. 17.
—Mary Nolan, motion picture and
stage star, was charged with sec
ond degree grand larceny in a
complaint sworn out Friday by
the county attorney’s office.
The complaint alleged she issued
a draft for $304 on a nonexistent
bank.
New York City authorities were
asked to arrest Miss Nolan and
hold her for Minneapolis author
ities.
Miss Nolan appeared with a
Minneapolis stock company Dec.
5 as a guest star. The complaint
charged that she paid a bill at the
Radisson hotel with a draft off
“the Citizens Trust and Savings
bank, Seventy-third street branch,
New York City.”
It was alleged the hotel owners
were unable to collect on the
draft* and were told no such bank
existed.
First Sub Used in U. S.
By United “■ i ss
CHARLESTON, S. C„ Dec. 17.
“Hunley’s Boat," the first subma
rine ever used in warfare, was em
ployed by the Confederate forces
here in the last two years of the
War Between the States.
Anew method of clearing land of
stumps by using electricity is prov
ing satisfactory in British Columbia.
This is an invitation to you
from a Great Scientist
And he stages his game like this:
Have you a right to your own opinion?
Should girls smoke?
Where does a Mother-in-law fit in?
How is love horn?
Should a wife ever deceive her husband?
When should a son strike his father?
What about a woman's honor?
Are women more law-abiding than men?
Well, now, what are your answers? These
are just questions that you meet every day.
But in answering watch out for they are
full of dynamite. Interesting, aren’t they?
Science Answers Through
Albert Edward Wiggam
Noted Author, Lecturer and
Scientist in a Great New
Type Feature Entitled —
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GARNER HANDS
OFF SPEAKER
POSTJIATTLE
No Intention to Influence
Selection of His
Successor.
By S.-rip/it.f/nienrd \rtrspnprr Allionre
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—Speak
er ‘John N. Gamer was reported
today to have given pledges to all
candidates for his post in the next
session that he did not intend to
try to influence or interfere in the
selection of his successor.
Previous reports were that he was
working openly for Representative
John McDuffie t Ala.) against the
two other leading aspirants. Repre
sentative .Joseph T. Byrns <Tenn.)
and Majority Leader Henry T.
Rainey (111.).
Garner’s statement followed
closely on receipt of word that
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's
advisers felt some embarrassment
at the Speaker’s reported activity in
the campaign. Roosevelt’s attitude
is that he wants to s( iy out of the
scrap for fear of antagonizing some
faction.
The Speaker’s reported interest in
McDuffie, a close personal friend,
has led to the suggestion that the
latter was the President-elect's own
choice.
‘HOLES IN ONE’ TWICE
Oklahoma Golfer Performs Feat on
Consecutive Days.
By 1 nited Press
OKLAHOMA CITY. Dec. 17.—Ce
cil Proctor. Twin Hills Club golfer,
made a hole-in-one on Saturday.
Just to prove that the feat was no
accident, he made another one
on Sunday.
And the same trio of golfing
companions who saw Saturday’s ace
stood spellbound at Sunday’s per
formance.
Proctor is a class B golfer, his
scores usually ranging from 85 to
95. So far as is known, he is the
first golfer in Oklahoma City to
make holes-ia-one on successive
days.
Salmon Jump Into Boat
By United Press
EVERETT. Wis., Dec. 17.—Gill
netter A. V. Zuanich fished all
night, caught nothing. His only fish,
a ten-pound salmon, jumped into
his boat.
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