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JULY 29, 1922
‘WHITE COLLAR'
AIDS OMITTED
IN SHIP CODE
Planned Revision to Cut
Hours. Raise Pay of
Office Workers.
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WASHINGTON. July 29 —The
shipbuilding rtx Ip signed this week
bv President Roowvdt may be
modified shortly to shorten work
hours and raise wages of white-col
lar workers.
Officials of the recovery adminis
tration expressed surprise today
when omission of these workers
from the final code was called to
their attention
The first code submitted by the
shipbuilders provided a reduced
work week and minimum pay rates
for all employes. The day before
hearing on this code anew one was
substituted which covered only em
ployes on an hour rate Final action
on the code was hurried through
because bids were to be opened for
construction of naval vessels, and
apparently, in the hurry, the
chan tree wording was overlooked.
Office Workers Included
The President attached a pro
vision to the cotton textile,code, the
first signed, declaring that white
collar workers should come under
its term l - General Hugh S John
son repeatedly has declared that
such workers must be included in
all attempts to increase purchasing
power, and the President's emer
gency re-employment plan spe
cifically provides for them.
Members of the labor advisory
board were as surprised as other
recovery administration officials
when the omission in the ship
builders’ code was called to their
attention. They have not yet made
public their report on this code to
Johnson
The shipbuilders’ code was more
lenient than that for the cotton
textile industry in several respects
in spite of the shorter work week
and higher minimum wages for
which it provides.
Six-Month Basis
Yards building vessels for the
merchant marine are permitted to
calculate their 36-hour work week
on a six-month basis. Employes
engaged in designing, engineering
and in mold loft and order depart
ments and other employes necessary
for preparation of plans the only
ones to whom immediate employ
ment will be given under the new
ship contracts are permitted to
work forty-right hours a week for
the next six months. Apprentices
may be paid less than the minimum
wage for a two-year period—the life
of the recovery art. (
In addition strong representations
will be made to Johnson today by
his labor advisers as to th° need of
setting up immediate machinery to
investigate alleged code violations.
Meanwhile officials of the re
coverv adminstration are exhibiting
keen interest in progress being
made bv the American Federation
of labor in organizing industrial
unions in mass production in
dustries.
Want Industrial Unions
They nave found a number of
prominent industrialists who have
maintained open shops and opposed
rraft unionism receptive to the idea
of industrial unons that would
make it passible for them to nego
tiate with one set of labor officials
instead of half a dozen.
In a few Industries only the op
position of existing craft unions is
preventing such action at the pres
ent time. In others the American
Federation of Labor is making a
beginning by chartering lederal
plant unions.
William Green, president of the
federation, after first saying that
such unions would be united only
by '‘councils" and that they would
receive advice only from Headquar
ters, admitted that he was planning
organizations ot federal unions into
industrial unions at some future
time, and that federation officials
would retain the right to bargain
for tli - if asked to do so. .
CONTINUE WATER CASE
Rate Hearing In IT. S. Court to Be
Resumed Monday.
The rate ease of the Indianapolis
Water Company being heard by
Albert Ward, special master of
chancery, was continued in federal
court Friday until Monday morning
at 9:30.
Paul R Hansen. Chicago consult
ing engineer, will continue on the
stand with exhibits and testimony
to attempt to show that the last
rate order of the Indiana public
service commission was not con
fiscatory. as alleged by the water
company.
The water company attacked
Hansen’s testimony on the grounds
that he prred in his appraisals of
the utility company's properties.
Hansen said he would r°ctify the
errors, but did not know whether
he had erred in favor of the state
or the water company.
The lengthy hearing is expect°d
to continue throughout August and
a part of September.
DR. HERTHER POST HEAD
Officers Fleeted hv Hilton I*. Brown
American Legion Unit.
Dr. Carl Herther will be installed
as commander of Hilton U. Brown
Jr. Post No. 85, American Legion.
Aug. 11.
Other officers are: E K Parish.
Ray E. Harris. Clair Keller and Roy
W Pitcher, vice-commanders: E j.
Holmes, adjutant: Joseph Stocker,
finance officer: A M Dmsmore.
chaplain: Robert Shelhorn. Omer
Patton. Herman Bobbe and Roy L.
VoLstad. members of the executive
committee
RAIL VETERAN RETIRED
John Hunter Honored b> Fellows
at 38-Year Service.
After thirty-eight years service
with the Big Four Railroad. John
Hunter. 70. of 4526 East Washington
street, was retired on a pension
Friday. To honor his record feilow
workers gave a party for Hunter
at Beech Grove Friday night.
Hunter served as macninist at
the Beech Grove shops. He was
lauded bv workmen for possessing
, unusual physical strength lor a man
ol his age. I
THE NE DEAL IN PICTURES—NO. 3
Text by John M. Gleissner—Sketches by Don Lavin
The act provided tor federal permit fees of *SO for whole- Regulation of beer was left to the individual states with Congress also voted at the request of the presioem , 0 sub-
At the request of President Roosevelt, Congress passed a salers and *2O for retailers, and imposed a tax of 55 a safeguards tor those which remained dry. States, counties m 't < h question of repealing the prohibition amendment
law permitting the manufacture and sale ot beer of not barrel to provide the federal treasury with revenue esti- and Clties ab i e to impose additional taxes. 1o sh sta,es - * NEXT- Heiomo Out the Farmwi_
more than 3.2 per cent alcohol by weight. mated at 5125.000,000 yearly. negwng uui me earmers.
PLANS FINISHING
WAR MEMORIAL
175 Would Be Given Jobs
Under Proposal of
Contractor.
Plan to hire 175 men immediately
to complete interior work of the
World War memorial building with
$850,000 in federal funds was ad
vanced today by Thomas A. Moyna
han. contractor.
Moynahan, whose firm has the
contract for completing the interior
of the structure, said that within
five days after the loan was granted
he would be able to put his staff of
skilled workmen on the job. The
work then would be completed
within a year, rather than Sept. 15.
1936. as specified in the original
contract.
Supporting the proposal, which
will be forwarded to officials at
Washington, are letters from Gov
ernor, Paul V. McNutt, Mayor
Reginald H. Sullivan, and business
agents of every trade that would
be aided by the plan.
Under the proposed arrangement,
with the state contracted to spend
the funds in three years, arrange
ments would be made to carry the
loan by paying from state funds
annually through a local banking
organization.
Supporters of the plan claim it
would be one of the quickest meth
ods of putting skilled workmen on
jobs.
According to Moynahan, the time
of men on the job here, and in
plants assembling and making the
materials for the work, would total
483.470 man hours.
Original contract for work on the
building was let to Moynahan on a
bid of $1,100,000
?TSGPK
A LW
•Y BRUCE CATION
THE MARRIAGE RACKET." by
Vina Delmar. is a little bundle
of this and that about a gal who
was a vaudeville dancer and who
got so tired of the two-a-day rou
tine that she up and married a tired
business man whom she let while
playing in a small city in upstate
New York.
The new husband turned out to
In’ a rather unimaginative and stolid
sort of chip, but he wasn’t really
so bad. aid the marriage might
have been ft success if the girl
hadn't had a baby and devcl >ped %•
sudden, overwhelming and quite un
reasonable case of exaggerated
mother love.
Because she did—she was the Kind
who breaks up the party and makes
all the guests go home if the baby
so much as sneezes she ceased to
be either a good w ife or a goo I
sport, and the husband must have
been considerably relieved when she
finally left him and took her oaby
to New York. where she supported
herself by dancing in a night, club.
Failing as a wife, she succeeded
a little better as a rich mans mis
tress—though the author makes
her out to be such a complete and
cantankerous idiot that it is haid
to see how she kept the job ten
minutes.
Anyhow, she lived in the lap of
luxury for quite a while, and did
her best, to transform her child in
to the most odious kind of a
mother's darling
I am sure you'll be glad to know
that it all turned out well in the
end. Somebody finally made her
see what a wart she had turned in
to. and the end of the book finds
her ready to reform and give the
ktd. and everybody else a break.
. . . And that, oh gentle and fear
less reader, is that.
Published by Harcourt. Brace &
Cos., the book sells for $2
TWO BITTEN BY DOGS
< liild, Youth Hurt. p en Animals For
Rabies Observation.
A 4-vear-old child and a vouth
were bitten by dogs Friday night
and both were placed under treat
ment at city hospital.
Dale Kurtz. 4. son of Mrs. Nellie
Kurtz. 738 North King avenue, was
bitten on the right arm by a dog
ow ned by John Broderick. 565 Belle
vieu place.
Bob Mannix. 18. of 2444 North
Meridian street, was btten on the
right hand by a dog owned by
Katherine Davidson. 2457 North
Pennsylvania street. Both dogs were
ordered penned up for ten days.
Progress
the Soft Water Laundry
The Strong Old
Bank of Indiana
The
Indiana National Bank
of Indianapolis
DOG GOES EXPLORING AND FINDS SEVERED HAND
. .■ J*. .Iran
Mickey Fox and Patsy, the exploring bulldog.
Patsy, three months old, and
proud of himself, went exploring
Friday.
Somewhere, somehow, he found
the severed hand of a man. cut
off at the wrist. Proudly, he
tugged his prize home and de
posited it on the porch of his
mistress' home. 2304 Pierson street.
A few minutes later out walked
Frederick Landis to Edit .
New Magazine in State
Pocket Size Publication to
Contain News of
Corn Belt.
Anew monthly magazine, of un
usual interest to the people of In- j
diana, will make its appearance on
the first of October.
Its name will be The Hoosier
Editor and its editor and publisher
will be Frederick Landis of Logans
port.
It will be of pocket size and will
contain pictures and Landis' com
ments on things of public interest,
along the line‘of the newspaper
column which he has written for
years.
Landis wrote ‘The Glory of His
Country,” published by Scribners,
which'was dramatized as "The Cop
perhead,' a stage and screen success
in which Lionel Barrymore played
the lead.
He also wrote "The Angel of
Lonesome Hill," a story of Theodore
Roosevelt in the White House,
which Mr. Roosevelt said was the
picture of himself as President by
which he wished his family to re
member him.
In addition to his writings. Lan
dis has addressed audiences all over
the country, and he served in con
gress from the old Eleventh Indiana
district.
He has a wide radio following,
having spoken over nation-wide
net-works as "The Hoosier Editor."
a title which he now passes on to
his new literary off-spring.
His latest venture will be non
partisan and an effort to present
the attitude of the corn belt on
things in general.
The public will await with interest
the appearance of The Hoosier
Editor.
CEREMONY AT MARKER
Veteran Auxiliary to Hold Dedica
tion at Harrison Home.
National historical committee of
the auxiliary ot the Sons of Union
Veterans will dedicate a marker at ;
the late President Benjamin Har
rison's home. 1230 North Delaware
street. Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Bessie D. Bowser, chairman
of the committee, stresse 1 the point
that President Harrison headed the
Seventieth Indiana regiment in the
Civil war. Mrs. Bowsers father
was with Company A of the Seven
tieth regiment.
BACKACHE?
Diurex will help you if
it comes from kidneys.
Mr. Samuel H. Bass,
Rochester. Indiana. R. F.
D, No. 3. says: "Diurex
Pills are a real help when
one has a bad backache
from kidney trouble, and
I recommend them ”
A continuous backache ac
companied by irregular urina
tion and a tired, nervous feeling
may point to kidney or bladder
trouble. Diurex Pills act while
you sleep, and stimulate your
kidnevs. and are sold under a
guarantee.
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
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Mrs. Robert Buell, a pretty bride,
with others who reside in the
house. A piercing scream broke
from her throat. Police came, and
removed the hand. Patsy, how
ever. thought it simply was swell
and consented graciously to pose
with Miss Mickey Fox. 18. of Co
lumbus. sister of Mrs. Buell, who
is visiting her.
ROTARIAN WILL SPEAK
City Club to Hear Address on Work
of Organization Abroad.
James H. Roth. Rotary interna
tional commissioner for South
America, will address the Indian
apolis Rotary Club at a noon lunch
eon Tuesday in the Rilev room of
the Claypool. His subject will be
"Conspectus of Rotary in Action
Abroad."
A former member of the United
States consular service, Roth is a
native of Ventura. Cal. The pro
gram Tuesday is in charge of the
clubs international service commit
tee. of which Jesse A. Shearer is
president.
SAVINGS ' GENERAL BANKING ' TRUSTS
E'ans Woollen , President Hugh McK. London, Vice-President
Aiiof/ipr Sitjn
of General Improvement
*4492 now accounts
have been opened with this hank
since the national hanking holiday.
You will find one of these Fletcher
Trust banks located conveniently
close to where you live or work.
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CAPITAL AND St RP LI'S *3.000.000.00
SUSPECT PLOT
TO KILL BANKER
State Financier ‘Spotted’
by Kidnap Gang. Police
Believe.
By ruffe <f Prrn
CULVER. Ind., July 29.—Belief
that a "spot" killing here had been
thwarted with the arrest in Wis
consin a few days ago of Peter
Stevens and Roger Touhy, in con
nection with the William Hamm Jr.
kidnaping in Minneapolis, was en
tertained by local authorities today.
That was the only solution that
could be given as to why the name
of William Osborn, cashier of the
State Exchange bank here, had been
entered in a notebook carried by
Stevens.
Possibility that Osborn had been
"put on the spot" because of fail
ure of two attempts to rob the bank
was the only explanation author
ities could offer.
The latest attempt to rob the in
stitution resulted in the capture
and conviction of Daniel McGeog
hegan. Chicago, and three com
panions. They now are serving long
prison sentences. The other mem
ber of the gang was killed during
the holdup.
F A CTO R Y~ m±~REO PE N
Fall Creek Firm at Mooresville to
Rehire Ex-Emplovrs.
Reopening of the Fall Creek
Manufacturing Company at Moores
ville, with “eventual re-employment
of all former workmen, will take
place soon, it has been announced
by W. O. McDaniel, manager.
The business has been j urchased
by the International Furniture
Company of Chicago and McDaniel.
The Mooresville plant will continue
the manufacture of overstuffed fur
niture after a shut down of a year
and a half.
McDaniel resigns from the Sales
Promotion Corporation cf Indian
apolis to assume his nev duties.
The local company, engaged in
manufacture of an auxiliary bed
for use with standard davenports,
will be in charge of H. C. Black of
Bloomington, it is announced.
NAB SUSPECT ON ROOF
Youth in City Only 27 Hours Is
Held on Theft Counts.
Nabbed on the roof of a hotel
at 506 East Washington st r eet,
Claude O Pherna, 21, of New York,
who said he only had "been in the
city twenty-seven hours." is held
today on charges of burglary and
petit larceny.
Police said they found him, minus
his white shirt and shoes and wear
ing a yair of gloves, after he Is al-
I ieged to have entered a room in the
I hotel and stole clothing.
In addition, police said they
: found money, a watch and miscel
laneous articles in his possession.
ELECTRIC RATES PARED
12.2 Per Cent Cut for Carthage
Given Commission Approval.
Agreed rates for Carthage, repre
senting a 12.2 per cent reduction by
the Northern Indiana Power Com
pany, have been approved by the
public service commission.
Commissioners. at their FYiday
conference, authorized the Southern
Gas and Electric Company of Ev
ansville to discontinue an interur
ban line from Evansville to Patoka,
Aug. 15.
YOUTH GUT AS ROCK
PIERCES WINDSHIELD
Hoodlum Is Sought After
Melee at Pool.
William Lynch. 18. of 224 Hen
dricks place, a member of the
Willard park water polo team, is in
city hospital today, suffering severe
eye cuts, the result of a rock thrown
through the windshield of a car in
which he was riding.
The rock was hurled Friday night
by a hoodlum during a melee at the
Longacre pool, on Madison avenue,
following a water polo match in
which Willard defeated the Long
acre B team. 3 to 2.
•Joe Swallow, Willard lifeguard,
had left with one party of Willard
players a few moments before, and
James Clark. Red Cross life-saving
chief, and Bob Goodman of the city
recreation department, also had left.
A mob of young men surrounded
the automobile in which the re
maining players were leaving. The
car started and had moved only
sixty fpet when a rock shattered the
windshield.
Lynch was rushed to pity hospital,
where glass splinters were removed
from his eye Sheriff's deputies were
sent to the scene.
Sues In Dog Attack
Suit for $15,000 for injuries he
charges he received when attacked
by two police dogs, is on file today
by Marion Marshall against Damon
Smith, living in a downtown hotel.
Marshall alleges the dogs attacked
him in the 4200 block, Sunset ave
nue. July 3.
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TRIPP KIDNAPING
Accuse Foster-Father of
Perjury in Abduction of
Girl Last Year.
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CROWN POINT. Ind , July 29
Perjury charges were on file in
criminai court here today against
Hamlin H Smith, foster father of
Patricia Pearl Tripp. 4. who was
kidnaped Nov. 28, 1932. and kept
prisoner for more than three
months.
The charges were filed by Miss
Gladys Perkins, Rensselaer, one of
ten persons against whom charges
of kidnaping were dismissed after
Patricia was returned to her foster
father.
Miss Perkins alleged in her af
fidavit that Smith was guiltv of
perjury when he implicated her in
the kidnaping, and said she can
produce witnesses who will prove
her innocence. .
Others dismissed on the kidnap
ing charges were August Johnson,
grand uncle of Patricia, his wife,
Gladys; Mrs. Bessie Tripp. Gary,
paternal grandmother; Mr. and Mr*.
Roy Smith. Gary; Mrs Mayme Ar
nold, East Gary; Mr and Mrs Al
fred Dodd. Hebron, great-grand
parents. and Harry Rouse, Rensse
laer.
Patricia was taken from the
Hamlin Smith home near Rensse
laer by a swarthy gunman Her
release was obtained by Johnson
after officials had freed him under
SSO 000 bond to recover the child.
The kidnaping climaxed a long
fight over custody of Patricia whose
parents are dead. A court awarded
her to the Smiths.
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CITY POOR AID
EXPENSES PASS
MILLION MARK
Third of Relief Allotment
Given 10 Per Cent of
Population.
Clothes could be provided for each
boy and girl in the grade schools
of Indianapolis next winter if the
amount spent for public poor relief
in the areas of greatest economic
drain of Indianapolis during 1932
were divided equally among them,
it was revealed today by the In
dianapolis community plan commit
tee of the Indianapolis Chamber
of Commerce.
More than 33 per rent of the ex
penditures for poor relief in Center
township last year was distributed
among the 10 per cent of the pop
ulation which live in these areas of
greatest economic dram
The $431,000 that was spent for
poor relief among this 10 per cent
of the population is the equivalent
to a tax levy of nearly R cents a
SIOO on all real and personal prop
erty in Indianapolis. Total cost of
public poor relief in Center town
ship in the year 1932 was $1,281,000.
Average per capita cast for Cen
ter township relief in the areas of
greatest economic drain is sll 10,
which is a part of the total per cap
ita cost each year of $27 29 for nine
public services included in this
study.
Some areas received more than
sls per capita from the Center
township trustee, while others re
ceived from $lO to sls per capita
This relief situation reflects con
ditions of unemployment in the city.
The plan rommlttee, in deter
mining the areas of greatest eco
nomic drain, calculated by census
tracts the cost for nine public serv
ices include felonies, misdemeanors,
juvenile delinquency, insanity, pub
lic poor relief, family welfare so
ciety. city hospital, venereal disease
and extinguishing fires.
MACEDONIANS PICNIC
Event Today Marks Anniversary of
Insurrection in 1903.
Local members of the Mace
donian political organization ht Id
a picnic today at the Macedonian
picnic grounds. Forty-ninth strict
and Kessler boulevard, to rel brate
St. Ilias day. the anniversary of
ihe Macedonian insurrection of
. 1903.
Included on the program is a re
i ligious ceremony, music and native
dances. Addresses will lie made by
i Travan Nirholoff. president of the
local branch of th n organization,
and Luben Ditroff, member of tht
central committee.
Macedonians throughout the na
tion will observe St Ilias day. Two
; Indianapolis men. Christo NizamofT
and Pctpr Atzeff, will be speakers
at one of the celebrations in Can
ton. O. where 3.000 are expected
1 to attend