Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 19, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 June 1931 — Page 14

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ANTI-AIRCRAFT CUN PLANS ARE PUZZLE CENTER Inventor’s Safe Is Rifled, International Tangle Is Hinted. By United Press WASHINGTON, June 2.—A mystery tale with possible international ramifications and the usual absence of clews has popped up to baffle capital police and two or three government departments. Edgar Wallace might have written it, and it may take a Sherlock Holmes to solve it. Some seven months ago Robert P. Hudson, 71, an Inventor living in peaceful Lyon Village, Va., announced the sale of a powerful and unusual anti-aircraft gun to the navy. This gun, he intimated, would make unhappy any hostile aircraft coming within range, and the range was described as nine miles. The gun is said to be a 1.1 automatic, without recoil, with deadly accuracy, and capable of firing 800 50 caliber bullets a minute. Disappeared From Safe Monday, Hudson, who is president of Automatic Guns, Inc., with headquarters here, called police and said tracings for the weapon had disappeared from his safe. Detectives found no fingerprints, and said the vault evidently had been opened by an expert. Shortly afterward, police became strangely silent about the whole affair. The said it involved the government, and they had nothing more to say. Government officials were even more reticent. Army and navy denied knowledge of the gun or of its manufacture by the government. Hudson likewise grew silent. He refused to state to what extent the government is interested, but did say the department of justice is investigating. The department of justice denied it is investigating. Model Is Patented Hudson, at first, said the tracings could be duplicated only at great cost and difficulty. Later he said it was a small matter, that the tracings were not for the original model, which is protected by patents, and that the thief would get small comfort from his theft. Some were inclined to attribute the sudden and extraordinary silence of all concerned to possible international complications. It was brought out that it virtually would be impossible for any one to make use of the plans in this country, since Hudson holds proprietary rights in them. Yet, they would constitute a prize for any one able to use them. CASE FORGOTTEN, HE IS JAILED AT LAST Five Years’ Freedom Ends as Court Records Give Up “Clew.” JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., June 2. James L. Dye sits in a cell at the Missouri penitentiary and wonders just why official red tape had to be broken when it looked sufficiently tangled up. Dye was sentenced in St. Louis for robbery on Dec. 10, 1925. He was let out on bond while the supreme court studied his appeal. The sentence das affirmed, but court attaches forgot to notify St. Louis officials. But after more than five years, when Dye decided that he had been forgotten, and was not a bit worried about the fact, a curious St. Louis official noticed the unfinished record, made an investigation, and caused Dye’s arrest. Now t the St. Louis authorities are checking old records to see how many more of the town’s ctiizens should be with Dye, but have been kept out of prison by similar cases of official forgetfulness. PARIS TAXI DRIVER FORMER NOTED ACTOR War Training ‘Fitted Him” for Calling, and Ended Stage Career. By United rress PARIS, June 2.—Before the Var j Stritt was a well-known actor on j the Paris stage as a comedian and | a singer. He joined up in 1914 thinking the war would be over in a few weeks. He was wounded several times and now wears a number of decorations, Including the Croix de Guerre and Medalle Militaire. He is now a taxi driver with his ! stand in the Avenue Wagram. He says he was not able to go back to the stage but his training driving motors during the war fitted him, like many of his comrades, to become an expert taxi-cab conductor.

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FIND DOCTOR SLAIN Room Indicates Struggle Had Taken Place. By United Press NEW YORK, June 2.—Dr. George E. Deely, 45, an eye, ear, nose and throat specialist, was found murdered in his bedroom in Brooklyn, today. His skull had been fractured by blows and he had been staboed in the abdomen. There also were marks on his throat. The body was discovered by Mrs. Norma Lindars, wife of the caretaker, when she knocked on Dr. Deely's door to arouse him. There were evidences of a struggle. Chairs had been overturned and curtains pulled down. The physician was in his pajamas.

CANADA’S NEW TARIFF RATES BLOW AT U. S. Schedule Hits Directly at Pocketbook of American Farmer. By United Press OTTAWA, June 2.—Approximately 200 products in wide general use and manufactured in the United States and other countries for exportation into Canada were subject today to the new, higher tariff rates —some as high as 40 per cent—announced by Premier R. B. Bennett. Many of the rates strike directly at the pocketbooks of the United States farmer, as well as the manufacturer, and are intended to aid industry and employment in this country. Rates Radical in Nature The increases, which went into effect immediately upon being read in the house of commons by the premier Monday, except in stipulated instances, are radical in nature, and affect nearly every product for export from the United States. Although many see the new tariff as a retaliatory measure against the tariff wall placed around this country with passage of the United States’ Smoot-Hawley measure, Premier Bennett in his budget speech indicated the increases were a result of the success of new rates put into effect last September. Since the September increases, which also were seen as a barrier to American products because of the increased United States tariffs, the nremier said eighty-seven new branch factories had been established here.* Autos Also Taxed Automobiles, coal coke, corn and corn products, food, hogs, fresh meats, hams, bacon, shoulders, canned goods, oranges and many other foods and food products are affected by the increases and are among those on which high rates have been fixed. Automobiles are taxed under three groups, the highest rate being 40 per cent. Automobile parts, certain steel forms and products, leather goods, furniture and other wood products, come under the higher classification, thus affecting products manufactured in nearly every section of the United States.

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