Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 8, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 May 1931 — Page 9

MAY 20, 1931

RENO ’LEGGERS UNEASY;WATCH ALL CUSTOMERS Carry Full-Page Ads, but Refuse to Admit Any ‘Unknown.’ / United Press RENO, Nev., May 20.—Recent raids on Las Vegas liquor establishments by federal prohibition, agents caused apprephension today among Reno bootleggers, night club owners and speakeasy operators, and resulted in adoption of stringent regulations. Wide open conditions that have prevailed since adoption of new gambling a'tid divorce laws gave way to elaborate rules regarding visitors to Reno's parlors of revelry. An odd circumstance arose as retorts and night clubs continued to carry full-page advertisements in local newspaper, but refused admittance to any one unknown to doorkeepers. Scan All Customers Many of the places, including the famous Willows club, would serve only soft drinks, their proprietors uneasy over the possibility that the dry agents might move from Las Vegas to Reno. Even the best customers were compelled to stand in line t and submit to scrutiny through peepholes before allowed to enter. Lookouts and spies have been stationed to watch every incoming train and airplane. They have been stationed in Truckee, Cal., to watch all automobiles passing through there and report on those bearing groups of men. These spies know the faces of dry officers. Have Warning System Ts all these precautions fail and a raid is conducted, the word will b e flashed to all other resorts in the city and they will be closed within a few minutes. There is no state liquor law and local police have no authority to arrest bootleggers. A month ago several of the speakeasies were raided by a California “flying squadron." Police Chief Jack Kirkley explained why the warning system failed to function. “They got the high sign all right, but were too greedy to sit tight for a night,” he said. “They got just what they deserved.” ST. JOHN PUPILS TO GRADUATE JUNE 10 Joseph P. McNamara, City Attorney, to Deliver Address. St. John academy graduating exercises will be held in Knights of Columbus auditorium, 1305 North Delaware street, June 10. Joseph P. McNamara, graduate of Notre Dame and an Indianapolis lawyer, will deliver the address. Following are pupils who will receive diplomas: Virginia Arvin, Margaret Barton, Mary Coughlin, Rosemary Dugan, Mary Faker, Catherine Fendel, Drothea Greenen. Helen Haehl, Julia Jones, Martha Kelly. Anne Lawhorn, Suzanne McCallum, Elnora McGinnis, Mary Mooreman, Mary O’Brien, Alice Prenatt, Rosalie Quinn, Dorothy J. Rice. Margaretha Schoettle, Ellen Walsh, Mary Weintraut, Lucille Winfrey, Bernadette Welsh, class president; Edna Hickey, vice-presi-dent; Mary Louise Walpole, secretary, and Alice M. Lippa, treasurer.

COURT WILL ORDER T. H., I. & E. SALE Judge Ryan Expected to Give Ruling to Stout This Afternoon. Judge Russell J. Ryan is expected to order the sale of the Terre Haute. Indianapolis & Eastern Traction Company*by Elmer W. Stout, receiver, this afternoon in superior court five. A printed decree ordering the sale was submitted to the court a week ago and later given attorneys for examination. A hearing of evidence on why the sale should be made was completed Tuesday. Claims totaling $140,000, filed against the company, are under consideration to see whether they should be listed with preferred claims already passed upon by Judge Ryan. No opposition to the sale is expected from towns and cities along the routes of approximately 173 miles of the company's lines ordered closed since the company went into receivership.

LEGION MEMBERSHIP RECORD IS BROKEN Nation, State Quota Is Sorpassed; Indiana Roll 35,926. With the national and state quotas surpassed, all membership records in the Indiana department of the American Legion have been broken, according to Floyd L. Young of Vincennes, state commander. Membership tabulation by Ollie A. Davis of Tipton, state adjutant, showed membership of 35,926. Indiana’s quota set at the beginning of the year was 29,162, and the state quota was 35.000. The legion’s 275 posts in the state are engaged in member competition for parade positions at the state convention in Anderson. Aug. 22 to 25, and the national convention in Detroit in September. All legion districts but one have gone over their state quota. CHARGES BRIDE FALSE - • _______ Cleveland Man Asks Divorce From Mate Who Fled to Another. By United Press CLEVELAND, May 20. — A divorce suit on file here charges Mrs. Anna Bogdan married Jacob Bogdan to obtain passage money to Paris, France, where she joined “Pascal," her sweetheart, starting for Paris twenty-four hours after the wedding. State Banking Examiner Named Ozro J, Butler, Greensburg, has been appointed a state banking examiner to succeeed J. E. Grabill, Churubusco, resigned. The appointment was announced by Luther F. Bymons, state banking commissioner. Butler formerly was cashier in a Greensburg bank.

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W'HEN Representative William B. Conner fDem., Marion) was called before the Marion county grand jury to testify as to his knowledge concerning any peculiarities in the passage of House Bill 6, of which he was the sponsor, legislative correspondents wondered whether he would be questioned regarding a dinner for which he was host a week or so before the close of the general assembly. Motive of this dinner, given in a downtown hotel, with approximately twenty-five legislators present, the majority Republicans, has been shrouded in secrecy. When Conner extended the invitations he refused to divulge Its purpose and has been strangely reticent regarding the affair ever since. nun Nominated and supported by labor, Conner voted consistently with this group and was dominated by it during the session. It is no secret that the three legislative lobbies were for House Bill 6, which removed the city’s jurisdiction over bus operators and gave control to the public service commission. The railroads were for the bill because it would result In stringent regulations and control of independent contract truck carriers. Organized labor worked for it because employes of the railroads are unionized, whereas the bus and truck drivers are not, and by aiding the railroads to drive the contract carriers out of business, vacancies would be created for employment of union railroad employes. The utilities favored the measure because the big bus companies are owned by the various interurban traction companies and public service commission control would hamper the independent bus operators. Besides, the Insull interests didn't want the city authorities dictating the bus routes in various towns. tt a It is no secret that Conner did not know the context of the bill when he introduced it. Attending this mysterious dinner were the men who could get legislation through the house. These were the Democratic floor leader, Delph L. McKesson, Plymouth; Representative Fabius Gwin, Shoalo; Herbert P. Kenney, New Albany, all Democrats, and Miles Furnas of Winchester, Republican whip; James M. Knapp of Hagerstown, Republican floor leader, and others influential in the legislature. Conner’s continued reticence concerning this dinner has been a source of wonder to those members not invited.

DEMOCRATIC CLUB TO SEEK NEW MEMBERS Herbert >l. Spencer Elected Head for New Program. Membership increase from 200 to 2,500 is the ambitious program inaugurated today by Herbert Spencer, assistant city attorney, and new president of the Young Men’s Democratic Club. Spencer was elected at the Lincoln Tuesday night, succeeding Walter W. Houppert, who is the new treasurer. Other officers: Lowe McPherson, vice-president, and Thomas P. O’Connor, secretary: Charles Cain. Russell Dean. Gerrltt M. Bates, Edward Gallagher, Edward Boren, Joseph P. McNamara and Harry Perkins, directors: Judge John W. Kern, chairman of the nominating committee. POUNCES ON CAR THIEF City Man Thinks and Acts Quickly as He Spots His Auto. Because F. A. Wilhelm, 909 Audubon road, thought and acted quickly Tuesday night he has his automobile back and Charles Reed, 20, of 2501 North Talbot street, Is in city prison, where he is charged with carrying concealed weapons and vehicle taking. Wilhelm spied Reed in his stolen car, jerked Idm from it and turned him over to police. If Wilhelm hadn’t surprised him, Reed said he would have used a gun police found in the car.

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COUNTRY-WIDE COINERS' RINC THOUGHT BARED Arrest Seven and Seize $35,000 in Bogus Money in New York Raid. By United Press NEW YORK, May 20.—Arrest of four men and three women and seizure of more than $35,000 in counterfeit notes in an uptown apartment here, was believed today to have broken up a nation-wide ring of “wholesale" bogus money dealers. A wide search was under way today for what is believed to be a “gigantic” printing plant “somewhere in New Jersey.” Agents first learned the country was being flooded with bogus bills when the counterfeit money appeared in Wheeling, W. Va., five months ago. Women “Passers” Hired Next it appeared in Ohio and then throughout the middle west. It was noticed here about six weeks ago. The ring, according to investigators, was engaged in both wholesaling at a fraction of the face value and passing the bogus money on small retailers. In the latter phase of the fraud, women “passers” were hired to make purchases, tender the bills and receive the chang^. The raid here came after detectives had purchased SSOO worth of the fake money in $lO and S2O denominations for $175. Seize Bills “Worth” $33,000 The men arrested are Lucieno Barbaro, 36; Giovanni Bertini, 36; Anthony Cardose, 24, of New York, and Manuel Perieri, alias Perry of Yonkers. Information obtained from the men led to a raid on the uptown apartment, where police seized Rose Grosso, 24, and Marie Bruno, 27. A third woman was taken into custody. Police said they found bills of $lO, S2O and SIOO denominations amounting to $35,000 wadded in the mattress of a bed.

DENY PLEA TO MAKE CHURCH STOREROOM Zoning Board Rules in Favor of Forty Property Owners. Petition to convert the old University Place Christian church building at 3955 North Capitol avenue into storerooms was denied by the zoning appeals board Tuesday afternoon when approximately forty property owners protested the move. The church last year was merged with the North Park Christian church to form the University Park church. Church officials explained they sought to retire a $22,000 mortgage on the building by leasing it for storerooms and lodge rooms. The board continued hearing on petition of the Gulf Refining Company to install anew 15,000-gallon gasoline storage tank at 1910 South State avenue, when adjacent property owners protested. SHOTS FATAL TO NEGRO Second Man Dies of Wounds in Attack by Frenzied Man. A secondxnotch was carved today in the gun used by a Negro in a baseball crowd at Washington park Sunday, with the death of Edgar Harris, 35, Negro, whom the gunman shot three times in a jealous frenzy. Frank Coe, 26, Negro, the gunman, shot and killed William Woods, Negro, a bystander, and wounded Harris fatally. He had been a former sweetheart of Mrs. Harris. Coe is held In city prison awaiting grand jury indictment on murder charges.

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