Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 287, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 April 1932 Edition 02 — Page 1

VETERAN RELIEF THREATENS TO BANKRUPT U. S. Whole Treasury Will Be Swallowed in Twenty-One Years if Present Trend of Aid Is Continued. BILLIONS GIVEN TO EX-SERVICE MEN History Shows Enormous Tribute Has Been Paid by Nation to Soldiers of Former Wars. BY TALCOTT POWELL Time* Staff Writer If the trend of government income and of war veteran expense continues at the present rate, veterans’ relief will swallow the United States treasury in twenty-one years. That is shown by a careful statistical charting of the trends of treasury revenues and expenditures for veterans. Veterans’ relief will absorb the income tax, and more, this fiscal year. Last year’s bill was a billion dollars. To visualize that more clearly—it was more than the total estimated expense of the Japanese government for 1932, more than twice the total assets of the Canadian government in 1931, about 75 per cent of the assessed valuation of all land in Colorado, one of the richest mining states in the world.

One of every six men who served with the army in the World war now is receiving benefits. The demobilized service men in all the country’s wars have received almost fifteen billion dollars to date. Under legislation already existing, World war veterans will get one hundred billion dollars by the time the last benefit is paid. Despite this situation, congress, Under pressure of a powerful veterans’ lobby, is planning additional enormous grants. And, speaking broadly, the mounting expense is due, not to the money going to the dependents of those killed in the ■war, or to those wounded in the war, but to those who have been ndded outside of the zone which encompasses such cases. Seven Cycles in U. S. History There have been seven distinct cycles of rise in peace-time payments to ex-soldiers during the history of the United States. Each has been attended by about the same set of circumstances. A composite picture of all seven strikes a fair average of each movement. The typical veteran drive on the treasury runs like this: Agitation starts a little less than ten years after the finish of a war, and the cost to the taxpayers begins to rise. Business conditions in general are poor, but the treasury is fortunate in having a surplus of 20 cent over its total revenues. The President is a Republican and there is a four-to-one chance that he is himself a veteran. The peak in veterans’ relief cost arrives about three years later. The trend of business is downward. Former soldiers then are getting 20 per cent of the national revenue, and 21 per cent of the country’s federal expenses are devoted to them. If there is any treasury surplus at all it has been cut to an extremely small amount. Relief Costs Then Cut There are three chances out of four that there will be a deficit. The administration still is Republican. A little more than a year later, the cycle ends, with a cut in relief costs. General economic conditions then are in fair shape. Once more there is a substantial treasury surplus of 13 per cent. Jhe administration still Republican. The seven cycles which make up the mosaic reached their peaks in 1820, 1833, 1880, 1893, 1909, 1926 and 1931. present indications are that the 1931 movement is far from spent and that it will reach new heights, but for the purposes of striking an (Turn to Page Three) DUNES GET NEW GIFT Chicagoans Contribute $27,000 for Improvement at State Park. Contribution of $27,000 from several Chicagoans for further development of Dunes state park was received today by Richard Lieber, director of the state department of conservation. The donation is only part of the cum which Chicago residents, interested in the northern park, have pledged the department, Lieber said. The latest contribution will be used to pay for additional concrete paving to park an additional 650 automobiles on the lake shore, and to erect two gatehouses and entrance.

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Dealing for Lindy’s Baby Is Failure (CoDvricht. 1932. by United Press) HOPEWELL, N. J., April 9.—Negotiations for return of the kidnaped Lindbergh baby have failed for the time being. Clews which caused hope to bum high at the Lindbergh home this week, have led to naught, and now Colonel Lindbergh and his associates are seeking new trails that might lead to the child’s return. The Lindbergh family and their associates definitely were working on what was considered a hot trail earlier in the week. In connection with this investigation, Colonel Lindbergh flew to New England coast; and Norfolk men, who believed they had a genuine contact, operated actively to achieve return of the child. From John H. Curtis of Norfolk came word that a contact had been established which gave assurance the child still lived. It was not said that this contact was a contact with the kidnapers themselves. These maneuvers failed, at least for the time being. Asa result there prevailed today two theories on cause of failure: 1. That the kidnapers had determined to hold out for a ransom higher than the $50,000 originally demanded. 2. That the kidnapers, getting close to the culmination of their plans, had been frightened off by some untoward incident. Fleischer in Montreal By United Press TORONTO, Ontario, April 9. The Toronto Star said today it definitely had learned that Harry Fleischer, who has been sought for questioning in connection with the Lindbergh kidnaping case, was in Torortto last week-end. Fleischer, the newspaper said it had learned, left early this week for Montreal, where he now is in hiding. ASK MAYOR OUSTER Impeachment Charges May Hit Jesse Mellett. By United Press ANDERSON, Ind., April 9.—The Anderson Herald said this morning that a group of Anderson citizens planned to file ouster proceedings today against Mayor Jesse H. Mellett on grounds of “habitual drunkenness.” Mayor Mellett, ill at his home, was indicted on liquor charges by the federal grand jury, which also indicted Mayor George R. Dale of Muncie and several other officials of both cities. Mellett, because of his illness, has not been informed of his indictment. The committee that will file the impeachment proceedings consists of three Democrats and three Republicans, according to the Herald. Mellett is a Democrat. FEAR DOCTOR KIDNAPED Chicago Physician Fails to Return After Accident Call. By United Press CHICAGO, April 9.—Disappearance of Dr. Alfred A. Budde, physician, was reported to police by his wife today after she had waited several hour* for his return from a summons to “an automobile accident.” She saitf she feared he had been kidnaped.

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INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1932

No, No Navy! By United Pres ST. PAUL, Minn., April 9. —The state of Minnesota had a fine chance to acquire a navy, but Governor Floyd B. Olson has turned down the offer. The United States navy department offered to give,Minnesota the U. S. S. Paducah as a Lake Superior training vessel for the state naval reserve corps. Because of the need of economy, Olson said: “I*o thanks, we’ve got an army now and that’s too expensive.”

BABY DIES, 9 HURT IN CRASH Girl, 2, Injured Fatally in South Side Smashup. A child was killed and nine persons injured when two automobiles collided today at Troy avenue and Meridian street. Louise Deckard, 2, R. R. 5, Box 538-B, daughter of Jessie Deckard, is dead. The others suffered cuts and bruises. She was riding with her grandmother, Mrs. Hattie Deckard, 54, in a car driven by Curtis Hovey, 37, Bedford, who was accompanied also by his wife Elizabeth, 32, and theii* daughters Pauline, 13, and Gladys, 11. The other car was driven by Kenneth McAninich, 28, R. R. 4, Box 691, who was accompanied by his wife Margaret, 29. and their nephews, Albert Carson, 20, and Harold Carson, 14, R. R. 11, Box 29-R.

Resolution Admitting Dry Law Is Not Perfect Up for Vote. BY BEN STERN Prohibition, the skeleton in the closet of Indianapolis Republicanism, was dragged out today as a result of demands from three directions that the party become “moist.” For the first time in a score of years, the .Republican Editorial Association faced a vote on a resolution that the prohibition law was not perfect and, although deploring the saloon, asked for a return to “sanity and intelligence.” Ivan C. Morgan, chairman of the Republican state committee, before its meeting early this afternoon, indicated he believed some stand on the referendum should be taken by the party, but thought the word “prohibition” should not be used and the platform plank declare for a popular vote on “any and all perplexing problems.” Plans Wet Demand At the same time Ernest W. Force, Lake county chairman announced he was going to demand the state organization go “wet.” “If we don’t take a stand against the present conditions, Lake county again will go Democratic” will be his warning to the state committee, he said. The resolution presented to the Republican editors meeting at the Columbia Club was like a bolt out of the blue, for it referred to present conditions as “intolerable.” It generally had been believed this organization which represents rock-ribbed, conservative Republicanism would stay off the subject, but the resolutions committee included a paragraph, which although innocuous in appearance and wording, is a radical departure for tha£ organization. “Conditions Intolerable” The resolution read: “In the present turmoil and fury over prohibition there is a growing demand on both sides of the controversy for an appeal from confusion back to the homes of the country for a stock taking and for remedial measures to relieve intolerable conditions. We have faith that the homes of America, finding proper expression through delegated spokesmen, will apply sanity and intelligence to the alleviation of existing evils while effectually preventing the return of the evils connected with the saloon.” It was intimated the resolution was framed in accordance with wishes of Senator James E. Watson, who more than a year ago announced for a referendum. The resolution committee report was signed bv George Stout of Lafayette, A1 H. Smith of Crawfordsville and Arthur K. Remmel of Ft Wayne. Secretary of War Patrick Hurley, who arrived at noon to deliver the principal address at the love feast tonight, is asked by the committee to carry back to President Herbert Hoover pledges and assurances of continued Hoosier loyalty. This feeling is based upon “respect, warm admiration and undying gratitude of the entire country.” BURNED IN GAS BLAST Explosion May Be Fatal to Owner of Hatchery. By United Press NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind., April 9. —D. A. Baumgartner, 55, owner of a hatchery near here, was burned, probably fatally, today, when gasoline with which he- was attempting to start a fire exploded. A son, living across the road, saw the flames and rescued his father, who was taken to the Wabash hospital.

(BEARS’ GIANT RAID PROJECT QUIZ Billion-Dollar Assault Is Planned on Market, I Senator Told. INQUIRY IS ' ORDERED I Scheme Would Have Made j Today ‘Blackest in Trading History.’ BY LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent (Copyright. 1932. by United Press) WASHINGTON, April 9.—Reports that Stock Exchange shorts were organized for a $1,000,000,000 market raid which would have made today the “Black Saturday of all Trading History” partly were responsible for senate banking and currency committee decision to begin the Stock Exchange investigation Monday, it was learned today. Senators with banking connections laid reports of the contemplated bear raid before the committee in an emergency meeting in the Republican cloak room just off the senate floor Friday, There were several telephone calls to Richard Whitney, president of the New York Stock Exchange, culminating in the committee’s decision to subpena him as the first witness. Wall Street was accused in the house today of manipulating prices to influence pending legislation in congress. Flays France in Speech The accusation was made by Representative La Guardia (Rep., N. Y.) in a brief speech inferring the recent decline in prices was designed to influence the senate against the stock transfer tax. French raids on the American dollar were denounced from the floor by Representative Dyer (Rep., Mo.), who said that France “no longer was tfye friend of America,” although we entered the World war “to save the people of Europe, particularly France.” Senator Glass (Dem., Va.) today challenged legality of the banking and currency committee to begin the stock market investigation. He said, however, he would not press the issue, provided the investigation did not concur in his bank regulations bill. The senate committee intends to expose foreign interests which it suspects may be hammering the stock market in a plot to drive this country off the gold standard. Flagrant foreign propaganda against the dollar, coupled with continued decline of securities prices, helped lead the committee to order an immediate investigation of the stock market. Ridicule French Attack The committee wants to know how much of the present liquidation in securities markets is being done by foreign interests. Senators promised that the hearings would be full and facts made public. Government officials, meantime, had but one word for French press attacks on America’s financial stability—“ridiculous.” They held the reports were too absurd to warrant official notice. In response to inquiries, however, they made public data showing the vast extent of this country’s gold holdings. On April 7 the United States had $4,396,000,000 of gold. This was 41 per cent, nearly half, 'of all the gold in the world. The federal reserve system alone had gold reserves of $3,238,000,000, and this did not include $246,000,000 of gold held for foreign account. Banks and individuals held more than $1,000,000,000 more. It was also pointed out that one of the chief purposes cf the recently enacted Glass-Steagall bill was to fortify this country against any possible foreign raids on the gold standard. Gold Backs Currency The nation's currency now is backed by about 70 per cent gold, although only 40 per cent is required. The new law provides that government securities may be substituted for the gold over the 40 per cent requirement. Hundreds of millions of this excess gold in case of emergency could be used to meet foreign demands—without touching a penny of the gold legally required to support the currency on the gold standard. ' No data was available here on the extent of foreign holdings in this country which might be liquidated and withdrawn. Acting Chairman Smith W. Brookheart said he had laid before the senate banking committee a confidential report which showed that foreign interests could drive this country off the gold standard in sixty days if they liquidated all their holdings, converted the balances into gold, and withdrew their metal.

TRIGO WINNER AT END OF ‘EASY MONEY TRAIL’

TT is a spring day in 1929. The news wires click this story: “Arthur Court, Indianapolis engineer, won $84,000 on the horse, Trigo, in the Epsom Downs Derby, England.” It is a spring day of 1932 in the auctioneer’s building of C. A. Mills, 446 East Tenth Street. A crowd listers to the bargains offered. “Now this nice overstuffed suite, ladies and gentlemen. It's goinggoing—at $42.50. Sold to the man over there it $42.50,” calls the auctioneer. No mention was made of the former owner of the suite. The scratches, the condition cf the piush count more in an auctioneer's room than the fame of the owner of a suite. And the suite that was knocked down for $42.50 was bought by Court, winner of $84,000 on a horse named Trigo. Court’s household goods, purchased when he was affluent with his lottery stake, must be Mid. Court needs the cash.

After Death Ride *• —"—— - —————— - 4 The bullet-punctured windshield of the car in which George Gardner, 25, of 225 South Holmes avenue, dirt track race driver, was shot to death in a hijackers’ gun battle early today, west of Indianapolis, is shown in the upper photo. In the lower photo, the cross shows the spot where Gardner's ear, a small roadster, and its lifeless cargo, was parked near the home after the shooting.

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HAWKS’ FACE TO BE MADE OVER Plastic Surgery Necessary to Restore Features. By United Press • WORCESTER, Mass., April 9. Plastic surgery will be necessary to restore Captain Frank M. Hawks’ face, deeply lacerated and battered when the famed speed flier cracked up in an attempted takeoff at North Grafton Thursday, according to an attending physician. Dr. V. H. Kazanpian, clinical professor of oral surgery at Harvard dental school and one of the nation’s foremost plastic surgeons, probably will perform the operation within a few days. Hawks had a fairly comfortable night, his sleep being interrupted only at intervals for medical treatment. Chatting with visitors today as best he could with a broken jaw, Hawks chided himself for cracking up the plane. “I knew the field was soft and I didn’t take a long enough run,” he said. Hawks’ wife was due to arrive here by train today from her Ft. Worth (Tex.) home. One message, from Will Rogers, read: “Sure glad nothing broke but your jaw. That will keep you still for a while. If I broke my jaw I could still wire gags. What’s the matter with you anyhow; are you getting old and brittle? I have turned over a couple of times and nothing hurt but the iron work of the plane . . ROYALTY IS PERILED Fever Breaks Out Among Windsor Castle Troops. By United Press LONDON, April 9.—A new outbreak of spotted fever among troops at the Windsor garrison has alarmed the household at Windsor castle, where the king and queen are in residence, the Daily Express said today. Six members of the guards stationed at Windsor have died recently from the fever.

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FEARS—NOW TEARS

Shots Climax Mothers Worry

"pVEATH early today of George Holland Gardner, 225 South Holmes avenue, when bullets whizzed f n a liquor gangsters’ war, shattered plans for a family dinner Sunday at the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. John Gardner in Pittsboro. His mother, who said she voted for prohibition, todav expressed doubt as to it being a benefit. “Maybe the old way was better,” she said. T ? mes , repcrter brought the first news of the tragedy to the family. As he identified himself to Mrs. Gardner at the home this morning, and began asking questions about her son, she said: • ™ at s happened to him? I haven’t been able to sleep for three nights. I have dreamed of muddy water and snakes, and that always means, bad luck is coming.”

MELLON VISITS KING • Presents Credentials at Windsor Castle. By United Press WINDSOR, England, April 9. Andrew W. Mellon presented his credentials to King George V today as United States ambassador to the court of St. James’. The ceremony took place at historic Windsor castle. Mellon arrived by motor from London with Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon. He was met by Major Harding, the king’s private secretary, and conducted into the king’s presence immediately. WHEAT CLOSES HIGHER BECAUSE OF SHORTAGE Two and Three-Quarter Cent Gains at Opening Are Retained. By United Press CHICAGO, April 9.—Wheat closed 2% to 2% cents higher on the Chicago Board of Trade today, retaining practically all of its opening adavnee. The government report of a winter wheat shortage of 319,000,000 bushels was the principal factor. Profit-taking held the market in check after the opening gain. At the close May wheat was 56%, up 2% cents; July old was 59, up 2% cents, and September old was 61%, up 2% cents. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 42 10 a. m 46 7a. m 42 11 p. m 48 Ba. m 43 12 (noon).. 49 9a. m 44 Ip. m 51

An electric washer, a dining room suite and a Cogswell chair are some of the pieces that will go under the hammer at 10 Monday in Mills’ auction room. * * * * * * THE ups and downs of the Epsom Downs derby lottery winner reads like a Horatio Alger novel backward. Court’s winnings bought a farm, barbecue stand, dancehall, on the Noblesville road. A brush with federal and state dry enforcement officers coupled with poor business ended his aspirations as a dancehall owner and seller of barbecue. He sold the farm —at a loss. Stocks and bonds bought during the boom days of 1929 sapped more of his winnings. A spar mine in Illinois ate up its profits in litigation. The Court family moved to a second farm they owned near Bedford. It is said that Court tola attaches of the auction rooms that he was heeding the advice of Horace Greeley to youths of another century to “go west” to get anew start.

HIJACKER SLAIN IN BATTLE WITH BOOZE RUNNERS

The question answered, Mrs. Gardner was told her son had been slain. “I would rather he had died driving an automobile in a race,” she cried as tears coursed down her cheeks. nun SHE said George had been “in trouble” about liquor seven years ago, when ne and another youth were arrested after an escapade involving two girls. “I have worried about him always. I felt differently toward him than I did the other children.” Then she recalled her son's achievements as a auto race driver on dirt tracks, saying he won prizes at Walnut Gardens, in Indianapolis, and Jungle Park, near Rockville, and had driven cars on Illinois tracks. “He was a born mechanic,” she said. “He could do anything with an automobile. Last year he believed he would get an opportunity to drive on the Indianapolis Speedway, but failed. This year he felt sure he would get to drive in the big race.” MMM MRS. GARDNER and her daughter, Mrs. Lucille Cox, were brought to Indianapolis and taken to the home of a friend, Orrie T. Tatum, 1514 West Twen-ty-second street. The father and another son, Louis, were in the city selling farm produce. They were found three blocks from the Tatum home and advised of the slaying. The father shortly afterward was in conference with Dr. W. E. Arbuckle, coroner. Tatum, after being informed of the manner of Gardner’s death, asked: “Did some of the gang kill him?”

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Pal, Shot in Head, Flees After Taking Riddled Body Back Home. FOUR HELD UNDER BOND George (Hots) Gardner Race Track Driver, Is Gangster Victim. One man was slain and another was wounded as gangsters’ guns roared in a hijackers’ battle in West Indianapolis early today. The slain man is George (Hots) Gardner, 25, of 225 South Holmes avenue, dirt track race driver and known hijacker. His bullet-riddlea body was found in an automobile at 2 this morning near his home. Police believe Gardner is the victim of the same liquor runners who shot and killed Lige Carpenter, Negro, in a west side hijacking battle less than a month ago. All Under High Bond Four persons, none of whom was believed by police to have participated in the hijaking, were arrested. They are Gardner’s wife. Ruby, 23; Richard Rogers, 26, a roomer at the Gardner residence; Mrs. Effie Wright, 36, another roomer, and Harry McQuinn, 26, of 2724 Shelby street. All are held on vagrancy counts under high bond. Municipal Judge William H. Sheaffer continued cases of the four until April 15. A second man, known only as “Mickey,” a Calumet City (111.) gangster, was wounded, perhaps seriously, but escaped. He is being sought by police in two states. Detective Chief Fred Simon said this afternoon that detectives obtained a statement from Mrs. Gardner, contents of which was “too incriminating to make public.” hr said. Simon said, however, that arrest c - two more persons “will complete the investigation.” Police believe the hijacking attempt occurred on a lonely road near the outskirts of the city, al- ; though Gardner’s bullet-drilled body and car were found In front of his home. Runs Into Home Shouting Under grilling this morning by I detectives, Gardner’s wife and the I three other persons said they first learned of the murder when | “Mickey” ran into Gardner’s home I shouting, "Ruby, Ruby, Hots has j been shot.” “Mickey” was bleeding profusely from bullet wounds in the head at the time, Mrs. Gardner said. Running to Gardner’s parked auto, they found Gardner slumped across the blooa-covered seat of the roadster. Blood stains, bits of clothing and three bullet holes in the windshield were mute evidence of the manner in which Gardner met his death. Detectives were told that “Mickey" fled in his own automobile after carrying the alarm. Police said they believed Gardner and his companion had waited a liquor-laden car, scheduled to enter Indianapolis from Terre Haute. It was thought Gardner’s automobile attempted to force the rum-runners’ car to the side of the road, only to be sprayed with slugs when they drew even with the liquor car. They believed Gardner was standing on the running board at the time. Known as Hijacker Only meager clews as to identity of the slayers were in hands of police and detectives. According to description given Mrs. Gardner by “Mickey,” the car was a large black sedan. A car of the same description carried gangsters who shot Carpenter to death on the Rockville road in a frustrated hijack attempt by Carpenter and a companion, who was wounded seriously. Police say Gardner was known to them as a hijacker and rumrunner. Repeated unsuccessful efforts have been made, they say, to obtain search warrants for the Gardner home. Search of the home following discovery of the murder revealed no liquor, police said. Mrs. Gardner said her husband left home at 9 Friday night with "Mickey.” Although she said she and Mrs. Wright retired shortly afterward, neighbors told police that “wild party” had been in progress until after midnight. While squads of police were investigating, an auto passed the Gardner residence, with two occupants peering from the windows. Admit They Were There Captain Otto Petit leaped into an auto and gave chase a* the car sped away. After pursuit of almost a mile, Petit crowded the car to the curb. The occupants were Mrs. Wright and McQuinn. Both denied knowledge of the affair until questioned by detectives. Rogers and Mrs. Wright then admitted they were at the Gardner home when “Mickey” came into the house. Police found a .32-caliber revolver shell in McQuinn’s car. Bullets of the same caliber were believed to have killed Gardner. Neighbors | said McQuinn’s auto had been parked in front of the Gardner 1 home for three days. Another auto, a small coupe, ; parked nearby, was seized by police. ! It bore license number 101-492. Coroner William Arbuckle ordered Gardner’s body sent to city morgue, : where an autopsy was to be per- [ formed today. n