Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 66, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 July 1930 — Page 1

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Historic City Is Half Destroyed by Quake

HORROR MARKS RESCUE WORK IN QUAKE ZONE BY THOMAS B. MORGAN L'nltrd Press SUfT Correspondent AQUILONIA, AVELUNO PROVINCE, Italy, July 26. The horror of the Italian earthquake has been shown best in Aquilonia, town of 3,000 inhabitants, which virtually was levelled beneath the earth’s rise and fall in the early hours of Wednesday. Indescribably revolting scenes were witnessed here when the United Press correspondents arrived from Benevento, nearby, Friday to learn the story of the few survivors who aided hundreds of soldiers groping among the ruins for the bodies of loved ones. One-third of the total population was believed dead, and one great hole dug in a lot near the city contained 130 mangled bodies, buried there as hastily as possible to avoid the danger of disease.

The odor about the city scarcely was endurable, and the cries of donkeys, cats and dogs trapped beneath the debris aroused a useless pity, for none could pause to free the animals when undoubtedly hundreds of bodies of humans, and possibly some still alive, lay beneath the fallen masonry. While companies of soldiers and other rescuers, who had been wring steadUy for seventy-two hours. continued to search am °"S ruins. Father Francesco Giurazza, archpriest of the main Catholic church here and the only priest in the parish, devoted his attention to caring for the suffering and beGiurazza told how he himself had escaped death only by a miracle. was awakened by the first tremor he said, and hearing the screams of victims, ran out of doors to help them. Meads Stick Out of Dirt A few survivors gathered around him. and together they succeeded in saving several men and women who, with their heads protruding from the debris, were crying with pain and with the fear that other tremors would bury them completely. or that they would be abandoned to die. . , . Thp quake left no telegraph or tele - lone wires standing, and the worn of the town’s plight could be sent to the outside world only by a messenger. The lone sur\ i\ ing carabineer volunteered to go. and he took a motor lorry down the mountain to the valley, where he found seven soldiers at a little military station who returned with him. Giurazza said those seven soldiers had done more work in the last three days than 200 men could have d °Many of the trapped inhabitants who were rescued alive, were injured so seriously that they died within a few hours. Fight Off Rats In some places, the soldiers were forced to fight off rats and pigs before they could reach the mangled bodies of the dead and remove them. Aquilonla’s grief was heightened by the number of families which were broken up completely. A number of children were left orphans without a single living relative. One of them, an 18-year-old girl who had belonged to a family of seven, came up to Father Giurazza and asked him to find her a place to go. “I have 3lready found you a place," the priest replied. King Victor Emanuel and his cousin-in-law. tire duchess of Aosta, visited Aquilonia for twenty minutes Friday during their tour of the affected territoi it s, and the king praised the priest warmly for the part he had played in the rescue and relief work. The king also pneouraged the survivors. and visited the field hospital, where two surgeons were preparing the Injured for transportation down the mountain to Sant's Angelo, twenty-five miles away, where they could have die conveniences of an established hospital. Work by Torches Twilight, lights of torches sprang up among the ruins and enabled members of the Italian engineering corps to continue their rescue work throughout the night. It will take

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several days more to complete the tabulation of the dead in this town alone. Franklin P. Gowan, United States consul at Naples, came here to ascertain whether any Americans were among the dead. He said the only American so far located in this district was Guido Vito of Brooklyn, N. Y. The exact number of dead here can not now be determined, Father Giurazza said. Many survivors left Aquilonia immediately after the disaster to seek relatives in other places, and there was no record of how many had departed. Likewise, the lists of citizens were not available, since all public buildings where they were kept were demolished.

FORD IS CHARGED ‘TOOL OF SOVIETS’

Aiding Reds in Ignorance, Catholic Priest Tells Congress Group.

Bu United Press DETROIT, July 26.—A priest’s declaration that Henry Ford, through ignorance, unwittingly is aiding communism, is on record today before the congressional committee investigating communistic activities here. The Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, pastor of the Shrine of the Little Flower and prominent as a radio lecturer on sovietism, appeared Friday at the initial session of the committee’s hearing and explained why he thought Ford is helping communism. “He is the greatest force in the movement to internationalize labor," the priest testified. Father Coughlin toid of a statement issued by the automobile manufacturer a year ago in New York to the effect 30.000 additional workers were needed at the Ford plant in Detroit. The statement was published in newspapers throughout the land, the witness? said, and the result was that “30,000 men. who were out of work, flocked to Detroit from southern states, and while the weather was at zero, tsood in front of the Ford plant trying to get those jobs.” “There were no jobs for them,” Father Coughlin continued, “and the only redress they had was to have the fire hose turned oq them to drive them away.

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Above—The historic city of Montecalvo, pictured here, its buildings set like Jewels in a hillside, was reported to be half destroyed in the earthquake which claimed more than 3,700 lives In south-central Italy. Below—The wide area in south-central Italy which was devastated by earthquake is indicated by dash lines on this map.

GRAND JURY ACTION IN GAS SCANDAL AWAITED

When or before what grand jury the bootleg gasoline evidence, alleged to involve Bruce E. Cooper, resigned gasoline tax auditor; Clarence P. Fate, securities commission examiner, and Louis H. Joers, Michi-

“The men weren’t purposely induted to come to Detroit, were they?” Hamilton Fish, New York, chairman of the committee, asked the priest. “It was done through ignorance,” replied Father Coughlin, “just as the peace ship was sent to Europe through ignorance by the same man, who didn’t know when the war of independence was fougt.” Ford is helping the Soviet government financially, said the witness, referring to contract involving $13,000,000 between. Ford and Soviet officials. Labor trouble which recently occurred at the Fisher body plant at Flint, Mich., were described to the committee by two other witnesses, M. F. Daugherty, director of personnel of the General Motors Company, and Caesar J. Scavarda, chief of police at Flint. CONCERT TO BE GIVEN Band Will Play Sunday Afternoon a t Brookside Park. Brooksid* park will be the scene of a concert by the Arndt Concert band Sunday at 3 p. m. Patriotic classical and popular numbers will be presentee under park board auspices. Seeks Funds for Hop Bv Vnitrd Pres* _ . MURPHYSBORO, 111., July 26. Paul Montgomery, Murphysboro aviator, is $14,000 nearer his proposed airplane flight from Dallas, Tex., to Rome, Italy. He still needs $6,000, and if he raises it, will hop off in the fall.

TO Hollywood they come from all over the nation, all over the world, answering the siren call of the movies, the beckoning finger of fame and fortune. From Tulsa came Anne Winter of the luring voice and luring lips, willing to start up the long hard road as an extra. From New York came Dan Rorimer, newspaper man and author, with a contract to write scenarios. From Chicago came Mona Morrison, another extra, and New Orleans contributed one of her fair daughters, Eva Harley. ... They and thousands of others,

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, JULY 26,1930

gan City oil dealer and alleged “payoff” man, will be brought, remained a mystery at the statehouse today. Cooper, who came to the Columbia Club from his home in Stewartsville early in the week, announced he was going to remain there “until this thing is settled.” Today the club reported he has checked out. Joers left town several days ago, without telling Attorney-General James M. Ogden anything regarding his alleged activities. Ogden and State Auditor Archie Bobbitt settled the SIOO,OOO receivership case against the Knickerbocker Refinery Company of Hammond, alleged source of millions of gallons of bootleg gasoline, for $25,000, Friday. It was said that Poole Harrison and J. T. Conner, both of Chicago, will aid the attorney-general in presenting evidence to a J rand jury which may result in “indictment of certain state employes.” But when the attorneys for the Chicago men arrived here last Tuesday they frankly admitted they only were interested in securing the settlement and not in any criminal action.

SULLIVAN TO SPEAK Civic League Mardi Gras Features Arranged. Tonight will be “Indianapolis night” at the fourth annual mardi gras of the Sherman-Emerson Civic League on East Tenth street. Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan, Chief of Police Jerry E. Kinney and Ernest C. Ropkey, city counsel president, will speak. Prize contests for children were scheduled for late today. Dancing, a balloon ascension and band concerts formed the carnival features Friday.

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BILLINGS AND MOONEY MAY ATTENDTRIAL Appearance at Hearing on Bomb Pardon Would Complete Cast. CRANKS SEND LETTERS Statehouse to Be Guarded Tuesday as High Court Hears Key Witness. BY GEORGE D. CRISSEY United Press Staff Correspondent SAN FRANCISCO, July 26.—The possibility that Thomas J. Mooney and Warren K. Billings may be released temporarily from their respective cells at San Quentin prison and Folsom penitentiary to appear at the supreme court’s rehearing on Billings' new pardon application, was being widely discussed today. Edwin V. McKenzie, Billings’ attorney, Friday petitioned the supreme court to allow the appearance of the famous convicts at the hearing in order to refute adverse testimony. Chief Justice Waste, although understood to have denied the request on the grounds that only Billings, and not Mconey was to be the subject of next Tuesday’s meeting, did so with the proviso that McKenzie would be allowed to repeat the request if he deemed it advisable. Complete Resemblance Appearance of the two convicts, under sentence of life imprisonment since their convictions in 1916 and 1917 for perpetration of the San Francisco preparedness day bombing outrage of July 2, 1916, would complete the resemblance of the scheduled rehearing to the original trials. Next Tuesday at the state building, the curtain will rise on California’s greatest tragic drama, reenacted with the majority of the principal cast present. Not only will John MacDonald, witness located in Baltimore, and now in seclusion in southern California, be at the hearing, but many other prominent figures of the original trials will be present. Former District Attorney Charles M. Fickert, Captain Charles Goff of the traffic squad, and City Treasurer Duncan Matheson, former captain of detectives, all will play a part in the proceedings. Berry to Examine Fred Berry, former assistant district attorney, was selected to carry the burder of examination of MacDonald, after'Attorney-General U. S. Webb, generally conceded to be the mah who should logically conduct the quiz, declined on the grounds that he was disqualified because of his membership on the advisory pardon board. Contrary to expectations, McKenzie, Billings’ counsel, did not seem disappointed when told of Berry’s selection. It was supposed that Berry’s examination conceivably could hamper MacDonald’s chances of convincing the court, as all crossexamination must be relevant to what has gone before on direct examination. If McKenzie felt that the chances would have been better had he been allowed to examine, he failed to show it, and pronounced himself satisfied with the ruling. Cranks Send Notes Meanwhile, extraordinary precautions were planned by Engene Biscailluz, head of the state traffic squad, to protect the state building on the day of the hearing. Many threatening letters have been received, presumably from cranks. Special police will patrol the building and its corridors. Members of the Mooney Defense League stated Friday that the story advanced by Adam Krumesc in Cleveland—that he saw three foreigners plant the Preparedness day bomb—was of no interest to them, being too difficult to prove and that they thought their case stronger without his testimony. APARTMENT IS ROBBED Thieves Steal Furnishings Valued at $325 From Lobby. From the lobby of the Admiral apartments, 3025 North Meridian street, Friday night thieves stole furnishings valued at $325, Frank Monahan, manager, told police today. Ellett Reunion Sunday Bjj Times Special SPENCER, Ind., July 26—The reunion of the Ellett family will be held in the city park here Sunday.

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Slain Radio Man Buried; Poor Mourn Bu United Press DETROIT, July 26.—Under a leaden sky which threatened rain at any moment, Gerald E. Buckley, murdered radio announcer and friend of the poor, today was buried. Thousands looked on as Buckley’s coffin moved from his home, where 190,000 people had viewed the body since Thursday afternoon, to St. Gregory’s church, where the funeral mass was chanted. The church was packed, and great throngs stood outside. It was estimated the crowd numbered between 20,000 and 30,000. It was Detroit’s tribute to the memory of a voice; the poor man’s payment of the debt he felt he owed Jerry Buckley, who was slain shortly after the election of Mayor Charles Bowles. Police officers moved through the crowd outside the church. It was said they thought they might pick the killers who shot Buckley out of the throng. Other squads of detectives continued their rounds to speakeasies and gambling places, arresting hoodlums and frequenters. Friday night and early today they arrested 211 men and 26 women in various resorts. Nearly 100 places were visited. Hemorrhage Causes Death Bu Times Special WALDRON, Ind., July 26. Funeral services were held today for William A. Rudicel, 69, who died of cerebral hemorrhage following extraction of a tooth.

STATE SAFETY BOARD URGED BY CRIME GROUP Creation of a state board of public safety, licensing of all police officers in the state of Indiana, and training for police officers and probation officers are outstanding recom* mendations of the executive committee of the state crime commission made to the commission at the statehouse today. Under the new state department of public safety the following departments would be administered, according to the recommendations: 1. Bureau of criminal identification and state motor police, vnow administered by the secretary of state. 2. Oil inspection department, now administered by the state board of health. 3. Fish and game wardens and arson division of the state fire marshal’s office.

The board would nave power to create divisions, bureaus and departments as work may demand. Appointive by Governor The board of four members, appointed by the Governor, would be divided between the political parties, appointments being: One for one year, one lor two years, one for three and one for four years and thereafter for terms of four years. Salaries are limited to S3OO yearly with expenses incurred in board duties. Monthly meetings are provided. Employment of a director of safety to have charge of the work of the department, with his salary fixed by the board is provided, his position being unassailable except on cause after public hearing on written charges. The recommendations provide for repeal of the present law which makes trustees of penal institutions serve as boards of pardons for the state prison, state reformatory, state farm and woman’s prison and provides that the new state department of public safety act ex-officA as a board of pardons. Require Examinations The board, under the recommendations, is given authority to prescribe regulations to govern administration of all police work in Indiana. The board would be required to conduct examinations, training schools and issue licenses to police officers and the recommendations provide that no person can be appointed a policeman or to the office of deputy sheriff, deputy marshal, deputy constable, or any office which calls for discharge of police duties unless he holds a license signed by the state board of safety. The board would have authority to prescribe methods and regulations for co-ordinating police work for sheriffs, chiefs of police, metropolitan police departments, town marshals, constables and other peace officers of the state. Salaries for Prosecutors It also would be given authority to make inspections of fire and police departments and to create for

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NEW CITY HEAT RECORD FOR YEAR IN SIGHT AS MERCURY ROCKETS; HUMIDITY HIGH Temperature Zooms From 76' Degrees at 6 A. M. to 91 at 10, Mounting Faster Than on Previous High Day. NO RELIEF BEFORE SUNDAY NIGHT Thundershowers Are Due to Arrive Tonight; Growing Crops Parched, Most Beyond Hope of Recovery. Possibility of anew 1930 heat record was admitted by J. H. Armington, senior meteorologist at the United States weather bureau here, as the mercury rocketed this morning from 76 degrees at 6 a. m. to 87 degree at 9. The morning of July 12, when the present high mark of 100 degrees was set, temperatures zoomed from 75 degrees at 6 a. m. to 86 degrees at 9. Humidity this morning was excessive, adding to discomforts of high temperatures. Normal humidity should have been about 55 or 60, Armington said, while 76 was registered at the weather bureau. Relief from the heat wave was not looked for here before Sunday night, following thundershowers expected to arrive in the Indianapolis region tonight and Sunday morning.

cities, which make requests, pension divisions to administer police and firemen’s pension funds. The executive committee is comprised of James A. Van Osdol, Donald Du Shane, Amos W. Butler, Mrs. Hamet D. Hinkle and M. F. Foley. The recommendations urge election of all supreme, appellate, circuit, superior, criminal, probate, juvenile and city judges on a separate nonpartisan ballot, called a “judicial ballot” with names of candidates appearing without designation of any party name, party emblem or partisan designation. Recommendations are made that all prosecuting attorneys be placed on a salary basis, all fees to be paid into the state treasury, with salaries, not below SI,OOO, to be based on population. Urge Judicial Council The supreme court would be given authority to prescribe qualifications for admission to the bar. An act is urged requiring all judges of the state courts be formed into a state judicial council under direction of members of the supreme and appellate courts to plan rules of court procedure and plans for assignment of judges to the more congested courts of Indiana. Establishment of special classes in schools for retarded children is urged and a state training course for probation workers, probably at Indiana university, is suggested. Services of psychiatrists on call of judges of the several courts having criminal jurisdiction is recommended. The experts would make necessary examinations of accused persons.

In the Air Weather conditions in the air at 9 a. m.: West wind, 10 miles an hour; barometric pressure, 30.03 at sea level; temperature, 87; ceiling unlimited; visibility, 12 miles; field good. Aged Man Dies Bji Times Special BAINBRIDGE, Ind., July 26.—Funeral services were held here for James Cunningham, aged citizen.

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Electrical storms will be general throughout the state, and while they will relieve suffering from oppressive heat and humidity, they will not greatly benefit crops, suffering from the worst drought in a quarter century. Throughout the state growing field crops have been parched, most of them beyond hope of recovery. Steady downpour of from twentyfour to thirty-six hours would be necessary to restore the balance of moisture in the soil, and such a deluge would be almost a weather miracle, according to Armington. With heavy rains most of the corn crops may be restored, farm federation officials believe. Pastures, however, are beyond relief. Despite the heat and humidity, no prostrations have been reported in the city the last two days. City parks and bathing pools, nearby resorts, and northern Indiana’s lakes regions have been attacked by thousands seeking relief from the heat. Week-end traffic out of the city was beginning heavily this morning, and was expected to increase to almost record proportions this afternoon and tonight. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 76 8 a. m 84 7 a- m 78 9 a. m 87 10 a. m 91

FILM DIRECTOR HURTJSHING Suffers Deep Scalp Wound From Hook. Bn United Press HOLLYWOOD, Cal., July 26. Ralph Ince, noted screen director, was recovering in a hospital here today from a deep scalp wound incurred when a fish-hook impaled him while he was fishing in the Pacific ocean. Surgeons performed a delicate operation to remove the hook and stated the only danger was from possible infection, as the hook had not penetrated the skull. Ince was fishing from a yacht with Buster Collier, Leila Hyams, Kathryn Crawford and others of the film colony. As he drew in a large fish the hook suddenly lost its grip and snapped backward, catching Ince at the back of the head. A1 Jolson, fishing in a speedboat near by, rushed Ince to a hospital here. WEAKER TREND FORCES PORKERS OFF 40 CENTS Cattle Largely Nominal; Sheep Hold Unchanged. Further decline were evidenced by hogs at the Union Stockyards today, most classes selling off 20 to 30 cents. The bulk. 160 to 250 pounds, sold, for $9 to $9.50. Top price paid was $9.50. Receipts were estimated at 2,500; holdovers were 460. Slaughter classes were nominal in the cattle market. Vealers were $1 lower, selling at $9 down. Calf receipts were 100. Sheep receipts were 100, prices quotably steady. Lambs sold generally at $9 down. Chicago hog receipts were 4,500, including 3,000 direct. Holdovers were 4,000. Practically no choice hogs were offered. Steadiness prevailed in the asking. Packers were talkiny unevenly 10 to 25 cents lower. Cattle receipts were 200, sheep 4,000.

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