Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 33, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 June 1932 — Page 1
STRADDLE BAN DEMANDED BY DEMOCRATS State Convention Tuesday Urged to Adopt Definite Repeal Plank. 3 IN GOVERNOR RACE Like Number Up for Senate; Mayr Will Face Fight for Nomination. BY BEN STERN It, now is the turn of Indiana Democrats to see what they can produce in the form of political entertainment, both light and heavy. The time is Tuesday and the arena is Cadle tabernacle, with R. Earl Peters, state chairman, acting the role of the ringmaster. Clarence E. Manion, law professor at Notre Dame university, will start the ceremonies for the 1,559 delegates with a keynote which, it confidently is asserted, will have no little to say regarding Republican shortcomings. Then John S. McFaddin of Rockville, who some assert was a veteran Democrat when Thomas Jefferson was in his prime, will be presented With a gavel as permanent chairman. After that will come election of thirty delegates to the national convention, the reading of the platform. and the nominations. It is with the last two that- the delegates and leaders arriving in the city today are concerned particularly. Prohibition to Fore Determination has been manifest to go the Republicans one better in the matter of the prohibition hurdle which they set up two weeks ago in the auditorium. At that time the G. O. P. adopted a generally innocuous platform, with a saving plank in the form of a declaration "for submission of the eighteenth amendment for repeal,” leaving it up to the voters. Democratic leaders are insisting that their pronouncement state that the amendment “should be repealed.” Social legislation also is asked. The platform is expected to declare again for old age pensions, legislation doing away with the "yellow dog” contract, and the use of court injunctions In labor disputes. all of which were neglected by the opposition after representations had been made by labor. Have Tax Program A constructive program for tax equalization also is demanded by Democratic managers and leaders, who say that merely to declare in lavor of this and reduction of governmental expenidturcs is not sufficient. Preliminary platform draft, will be made at the meeting of the advisory committee Sunday morning, and submitted to the state committee that afternoon, it has been announced. If the plan of procedure in nominations adopted at the French Lick meeting is adhered to. nominations for Governor will come first. Three have announced for that honor. They are Paul V. McNutt, former state and national commander of the American Legion and dean of the Indiana university law school; Mayor Wood Posey of Terre Haute, who has urged repeal of the Wright bone dry law, and John Fredrick, Kokomo manufacturer, who sought the senatorial nomination in 1926 and the Governor nomination in 1928. Three for Senator A like number have announced for the senatorial nomination, which is of major importance this year, as the wily campaigner. Senator James E. Watson, again is the Republican choice. The candidates are Frederick Van Nuys of Indianapolis, former state chairman, former district attorney and an outstanding party leader; Walter Myers, Speaker of the house of representatives, J 925 nominee for mayor of Indianapolis, and unsuccessful contender for the senatorial nomination in 1928. and Bernard Bobbs Shively of Marion, who, while a member of the legislature, was coauthor of the Spencer-Shively act bringing into existence the public service commission. Because of the fight made by Frank Mayr Jr., secretary of state, and his department heads on reelect ion of Peters as state chairman, and the opposition to McNutt ui that camp, there is manifested a disposition to defeat the secretary for renomination. Several Are Mentioned Those receiving mention as opponents of the secretary are: Thomas McConnell of Fowler, Second district chairman and head of the state township trustees' association; Virgil Simmons of Bluffton, Fourth district chairman and state representative. who sought the nomination two years ago; William P. Krau, mayor ot Elkhart, and Lawrence Handley of Richmond. Three officials seeking renomination. unopposed are William Storen, Elate treasurer; Floyd Williamson, auditor, and George C. Cole, superintendent of public instruction. Six are reported to be seeking the nomination for attorney-general. They are Philip Lutz Jr., of Boonville, old First district chairman; Val Nolan. Evansville city attorney; John Riddle of Terre Haute, labor attorney; James J. Moran of Portland; B. C, Jenkins of Gary, and Samuel D. Jackson, former Allen county prosecutor. Because of shifts that are due before Tuesday in the candidacies for the appellate and supreme court judge nominations, the picture still is clouded.
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VOLUME 44—NUMBER 33
BILL KILLED, BUT BONUS ARMY HOLDS TIGHT TO TRENCHES
‘We’ll Stay Here Until We Change Their Minds,’ Says Commander. BY WALKER STONE Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, June 18.—Tense ■ uncertainty hovered over the nai tional capital today as congress waited to see whether the overwhelming and double defeat of the soldiers’ bonus bill in the senate last night would turn the tide of the veterans’ ‘nvasion of Washington. Leaders of the bonus “army of occupation” strove to hold in line the 20,000-odd men encamped about Washington, while city authorities renewed their efforts to bring about evacuation and start the disappointed veterans homeward. Meanwhile, from all sections of the country, came reports of thousands of other veterans doggedly moving onward to the capital. While congress turned its attention from the defeated bonus bill to unemployment relief legislation, veteran leaders announced their intention of remaining here, and adding to their numbers until their men are given either jobs or bonus, which they refer to as “back pay.” Disorders Are Prevented The dramatic events of Friday and Friday night have had no parellel in American history since a century and a half ago, when the veterans of revolution marched on the Continental congress at Phiadelphia, forcing that body to move across the Delaware river to Trenton. When the senate opened debate on the Patman bonus bill at 11 a. m., 2,000 veterans were congregated in the Capitol plaza. All day long their numbers mounted, and when the vote was finally taken Friday night approximately 10,000 had gathered. Self-imposed discipline prevented any disorder. All day long the men listened to harangues from their own spokesmen, and from friendly members of congress. They had been prepared for news of the defeat, but they hardly expected the vote would go so strongly against their bill. Vote Big Disappointment When Commander W. W. Waters of the veterans announced the 62 to 18 vote, a threatening silence fell over the crowd. “This is only a temporary setback,” shouted Waters. “We are going to get more and more men, and we are going to stay here until we change the mind of those guys.” At this point the perfect control over the demonstration manifested itself. Someone started off on the song, “America,” and the multitude joined in the strain—“My Country, ’Tis of Thee . . The crowd slowly dispersed, and started on the mile-and-one-half walk back to the bonus camp across Anacosta river. Meanwhile, in the senate chambers, foes of the bonus, in a parliamentary coup, definitely shelved the bonus for the remainder of the seventy-second congress. Shelved. 44 to 26 By a vote of 44 to 26, the senate upheld a motion by Senator George A. Moses (Rep., N. H.), to table a motion by Senator David A. Reed ißep., Pa.), to reconsider the bill. In this parliarmentary maneuver, Senator Elmer Thomas (Dem., Okla.), sponsor of the bill, was swept off his feet. “The fight has just begun,” said Thomas as the debate neared the end. “These veterans will not leave Washington, and I predict that 50.000 more soon will be here.” j The veterans were stunned by the vote line-up. In addition to the ! regulars of the two parties, whase oppasition they had anticipated, the measure was opposed by such liberals as Senator George Norris (Rep., Neb.), Robert La Follette (Rep., Wis.), and Edward P. Costigan (Rep., Colo,), who voted against the bill because they felt that if it did pass unemployment relief legislation would be impossible this session. Debate Called Pantomine Except for the dispassionate pleas of the few liberals for relief for ‘all who are unemployed and in distress, the debate in the senate was marked by its bitterness. Friends of the bill played upon the bravery and patriotism “of the ; boys who bared their breasts to the bullets of the enemy,” and argued the need of inflating the currency. "Everybody knows and has known that this bill can not become a law,” said blind Senator Thomas P. Gore (Dem., Okla.L “This scene we are enacting in this chamber is a mere pantomine. “If any soldier boy has been led to believe that this bill misfit pass, he has been misled. He has been delusioned into following a rainbow, which has at its end neither a real nor a fancied pot of gold. “The only phrase I can think of to fit the occasion is “what a pity!” GIRL, 12, TO LIVE OUT LIFE, BULLET IN HEAD Doctors Fear Operation Would Be Fatal; Slight Scar Left. By United Press BUFFALO, N. Y., June 18 —Ruth Schultz, 12, probably will live the rest of her life—and doctors say it will be a normal one—with a bullet lodged in her head. The girl was wounded accidentally in the cheek. The bullet lodged at the base of the brain, near the eye. The wound left only a little scar. An operation to remove the bullet would be dangerous, and might prove fatal, doctors said. They have decided to leave well enougt^lone.
Partly cloudy with probable thundershowers this afternoon or tonight, followed by generally fair and somewhat cooler Sunday.
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By United Press PARIS, June 18. —French actors and actresses wept today as Mile. Yvonne Hautin, 22, formerly a star of the Comedie Francaise, took the veil of a nun and her beautiful hair was clipped by ceremonial shears. A score of Mile. Hautin’s theatrical friends witnessed the ceremony at which Cardinal Verdier, archbishop of Paris, officiated. The ceremony was at the Benedictine convent where the former actress will pass the rest of her life. She has already served two years as a noviate.
OLD HAUNT OF CAPONERAIDED 10 Agents .Close Colosimo’s Chicago Bright Spot. By United Press CHICAGO, June 18. —Ten federal prohibition agents early today raided Colosimo’s restaurant, one of the city’s best known night life centers. More than sixty persons, most of them in evening dress, were ordered to leave by agents who searched the premises for liquor. The restaurant, which for twenty years has been one of the south side’s brightest “spots” was closed by the agents. Deputy Prohibition Administrator A. E. Aman said his men confiscated several thousand dollars worth of alleged liquors. Agents immediately backed up large vans and started stripping the place of its rich furnishings. They arrested six employes. It was at this case that A1 Capone got his start in the Chicago underworld when he was hired as a “bouncer” by “Big Jim” Colosimo, the owner. And it was Colosimo’s slaying in the same case that started Capone on the rise to gang power. While agents were busy at Colosimo's, another squad of ten dry officers invaded the Hollywood Club, a north side night club. Three men were arrested and a quantity of alleged liquor seized. ACQUIT STATE COP Carl Springmire Goes Free in Fairground Killing. By T nited Press NEWCASTLE. Ind., June 18.— A jury in Henry circuit court. Friday freed Carl H. Springmire. state policeman of Greensburg, on all charges, including first degree murder. in connection with the slaying of Staley Y. Coones at the Fayette county fairground in Connersville last summer. Springmire's defense was built upon the contention that he was performing his duty as a state policeman when he shot at Coomes, whom he charged had attempted to rob a woman of her purse, and refused to obey commands to £alt. Springmire was suspended from the state force pending outcome of his trial . REPORT MAN SAFE IN SUICIDE FALLS LEAP Police Told He Was Seen Swimming After Niagara River Plunge. By United Press NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., June 18. —Reports said today a man plunged over the suicidal bridal veil falls of the upper Niagara river—and lived. The man, the reports said, was seen as he swept over the falls and several minutes later was swimming around in the lower Niagara. Police discredited the story, and planned today a'March for the bod} .
INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1932
Mile. Yvonne Hautin
CONVICTED OF MURDER; FIND BOY INNOCENT Youth Free After Serving Since October, 1931, on Life Sentence. OTHERS ADMIT CRIME 9 ‘Always Knew You Didn’t Do It,’ Mother Tells 20-Year-old Son. BY LESLIE D. HARROP United Press Staff Correspondent DETROIT, June 18.—A pale youth sleepily stumbled from his bed in a modest home here today and hurried downstairs to breakfast with his father and mother—finally freed f -om a life sentence in prison, for a murder he did not commit. Gerald Growden, 20, was not always pale, nor did he possess that hunted, fearing look in his eye when on Oct. 21, 1931, he heard Judge Guy A. Miller pronounce the sentence of the court that he be confined to Jackson state prison for the remainder of his natural life. Late Friday he stood before that same judge. An ill-fitting cheap brown suit, given him at the prison, hung loosely on his body. He twisted a cap nervously in his hands.. Then the same voice sounded through the courtroom. „ Promises to “Be Good” Fortunately you now are free,” said Judge Miller. “The sentence will follow you, so be a good boy. I am speaking as one free man to another.” Four boys, arrested in a police roundup recently, suddenly changed their pleas to guilty for the killing of James B. Smith, Romulus, Mich., and admitted they did not even know Growden. The prosecutor’s office acted swiftly, and Growden—who had been returned from prison to testify in the trial—was brought into the courtroom where he had been convicted. This time, anew murder warrant against him was quashed. He was fred. “I ll keep out of trouble, judge,” Growden blurted, “I’m going home right now.” Father and Mother Waiting Out in the neighborhood where he was raised, Gerald found his mother and father waiting for him. “We always knew you were innocent,” his mother assured him as she led him upstairs to his room—a room daily kept ready for his return since the dark day when the law took him away. " “It all began a little more than a year ago.” Gerald said. “When I went down to report at the probation office. I was working in a garage then, and had to report frequently to the probation officer for a term I did at lonia reformatory. “ ‘Where were you on the night of Nov. 12, 1929!’ the probation officer asked me. I thought, but I couldn’t remember back that far. Couldn’t Remember Date “I tried'to recall. Time and time I thought over that question—where had I been on that night. I couldn’t say surely. “Then it seemed the next moment I heard the jury finding me guilty. “I wasn’t guilty. I knew I wasn’t, but where had a I been on that night when the man wah killed. I thing I was working at the garage, but I couldn’t prove it. “They took me to Jackscn prison. Da yafter day and night after night I tried to relive those days in November of 1929—t0 remember where I was that night so I could prove my innocence, but I couldn't. “I lost hope. Always it seemed I would wake up to hear clanging cell gates, and march into mess halls and hear orders from guards. * “Boy! to Be Free Again!” “Then two weeks ago they told me that these other fellows had adhitted they did the job. I began to hope anew, but was disheartened when they changed their pleas to not wguilty and went on trial. “I dreaded the trial. I knew what it would be. ‘Where were you on the night of Nov. 12, 1929?’ and I still couldn’t say positively. “I only knew one thing—l wasn’t in on that murder.” Gerald stretched and relaxed in a big overstuffed chair. “Boy!” it is good to be free again!”
wmwttcm F'< s f J '928 /932 How has he met the problems of the depression, what has he done and what has he tried to do for business and for the unemployed ? What has been his attitude relative to the tariff, prohibition, the bonus, war debts and other problems ? Read RODNEY DUTCHER’S three revealing stories on Hoover's three years as president, BEGINNING MONDAY IN THE TIMES
HOOVER BE MOST RECENT ‘Safe and Sane’ Standard to Be Raised in Effort to Pull Ballots. BY RAY TUCKER Times Staff Writer CHICAGO, June decisions of political strategy, agreed upon here by administration leaders before quitting the convention city, indicate that President Hoover will seek re-election with the most conservative appeal in recent political history. The selection of ex-Representative Everett Sanders of Indiana as national chairman, the platform and the men running the President’s campaign show that the G. O. P. will try to reset the 1924 and 1896 stage. In those years the slogan was that only the Republicans could be entrusted with the responsibility of government because the Democrats were irresponsible. Whether this tag will stick depends, It is conceded, on what the Democrats will do with respect to economic issues, prohibition and their candidate. Want Roosevelt as Foe The Republicans are hoping the Democrats will adopt a platform vague and weak on prohibition and economic questions, and nominate a man who will not appeal as a bold, honest and adventurous figure. Privately, many of them are praying that Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York will emerge as the victor from next week’s Democratic powwow. Though there were few political philosophers at the convention, the thought is that political history in Great Britain and Germany can be made to repeat itself here. G. O. P. strategists believe, as did McKinley, Mark Hanna and Coolidge, that in time of economic stress the voters will flock to the “safe and sane” standard. Even Coxey Is “Milder” As indicative of this sentiment, two men who played a prominent part in the convention were Governor James Rolph of Hoover’s home state, who declined to free Tom Mooney, and ex-Governor Alvan T. Fuller of Massachusetts, who was chief executive there when Sacco and Vanzetti were electrocuted. Even “General” Jacob S. Coxey, who headed “Coxey’s army,” a delegate, seemed milder than usual. The choice of Sanders in place of Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio has little political signifiance except as a possible bid for Coolidge's campaign support. Sanders was Coolidge's White House secretary, and the two are still on close terms. It means that Hoover, PostmasterGeneral Walter F. Brown and Ogden L. Mills of New York, secretary of the treasury, will run the campaign. Sanders will, it is expected, be only a figurehead. He was named because old guardsmen on the national committee opposed the selection of James R. Garfield of Ohio, chairman of the resolutions committee. He’s IdeAl Figurehead Resenting Brown’s domination of the the practical politicians insisted on a different personality, especially as Garfield made enemies in the prohibition fight. But Sanders will, it is known, be no more *than Brown's assistant. At the capital and in Indiana.! Sanders i s regarded as a nice fel- 1 low, but not at a forceful or independent figure. He has been assailed by some senators as a lobbyist since he quit the White House. He is ultra-conservative and unemotional, and he was chosen because he is the ideal figurehead for the sort of fight the G. O. P. intends to make. SENTENCE KREUGER AID Associate of Late Match King Gets Nine-Month Term. By United Press STOCKHOLM, June 18.—Bror Bregberg, an associate of the lateIvar Kreuger, was under sentence of nine months hard labor today, the first sentence in connection with the collapse of the Kreuger interests. Bregberg also was fined $162,000.
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Now we have the “chisel bob,” designed for a carpenter—that is to say, Charlotte Carpenter of Los Angeles. It’s the latest in coiffures, created by Dqrmott of London. They call it the Olympic Chisel Bob in honor of the Olympic games at Los Angeles. Quite an event, eh?
WOMAN IS HELD IN ‘COCKTAIL MURDER’
Who’s a Lady? Couldn’t Be Lightly Clad Girl in Apartment of Man, Says Judge.
By United Press NEW YORK, June 18.—A witness, describing a visit to the apartment of Horace Liveright, publisher, said he found “a lady,” clad only in undergarments, in one room. At that point in the undefended divorce suit brought by Elsie Bartlett Liveright, actress, Judge John M. Tierney, referee, rupted:“This is not an admonition, but a suggestion. A woman is the proper name of the female of the species, and is so described in the Bible. Such persons as Henry VIII and Louis XIV had mistresses called ‘ladies,’ but this is not the custom in America. “In America, a lady is a person who has performed some distinguished public service. I object to the use here of the word ‘lady’.” So the story of the “woman" in ” the undergarments was continued.
How the Market Opened '■
BY ELMER C. WALZER United Press Financial Editor NEW YORK, June 18. —Decisive defeat of the bonus bil in the senate brought a steadier tone into the stock market eoday. Volume continued small. Leading issues were unchanged or slightly higher. Steel common opened unchanged at 25% and then advanced fractionally. Auburn Auto, which lost nearly 10 points Friday, rose a point to 63 at the outset. Fractional advances were noted in American Can, International Telephone, Consolidated Gas, International Nickel, National Biscuit, Standard brands and Woolworth. Railroad shares were almost unchanged; utilities held firm; oils lost slightly; automobile shares were mixed. Leaders moved narrowly around the opening levels. American Telephone opened at 84, off %, and fell back fractionally. Steel slipped back to its opening after a small rise. Cotton futures eased off. Bonds opened irregular with changes small and continued mixed in light turnover in the early dealings. The American dollar experienced a technical reaction in terms of all gold country currencies. The opening on Sears-Roebuck was delayed for a time as a result of influx of selling orders and difficulty of finding buyers. The company, after the close Friday, voted to omit the dividend due at this time. The first sale of the stock was a block of 3,000 shares at 11%, off 1%, and anew low for the present shares. It declined further in the early trading. Chicago Stocks Opening ißv James T. Hamill & Cos.) —June 18— Bendix Avia 5‘ 2 Middle West % Bore Warner... 4 Swift * Cos ... 9 J Cities Serv... Swift Tntl 17’ Cont Chi com.. 3 < U SRa * Tei. . S'-i Comm Edison... 55 Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 66 8 a. m 67 7a. m 67 9jl. 71
British Knight’s Daughter to Be Arraigned in Death of Society Man. By United Press LONDON, June 18—British society’s “cocktail murder” advanced another step in the record today when Mrs. Elvira Dolores Barney was ordered committed for trial on two charges, involving homicide and attempt to kill. The beautiful auburn-haired society girl, daughter of a British knight and estranged wife of John S. Barney, American radio singer, is accused of shooting Michael Scott Stephen, a London society man, after a cocktail party in her apartment on May 31. She was given a hearing in the Westminster police court today, pleaded not guilty to the rtlurder charge, and to an additional charge of having attempted to shoot Stephen two weeks before the actual murder. Mrs. Barney was stunningly dressed. She was in mourning, wearing a smartl cut black frock, black shoes, fawn stockings and a closefitting, small black hat, trimmed wtih artificial flowers. She denied everything half hysterically, and could not recall the details of a quarrel she is alleged to have had with Stephens in her apartment betwen 4 and 5 a. m. on the morning of the murder over another woman. The date for her trial has not been announced. Mrs. Barney sobbed when Stephen’s love letters to her were read in court. She broke down completely at the sight of his blood-stained clothes. Mrs. Barney struck a Scotland Yard detective, inspector in the face and called him “a vile swine,” Inspector William Witner testified. He said he and another officer asked Mrs. Barney to dress and go with them to the police station soon after Stephen had been found shot to death in her home. She rushed across the room, struck him in the face, and said, “I’ll teach you to tell me you will put me in a cell, you vile swine,” he said. Indians Face Starvation. ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, June 18.—A colony of 300 Montagnais Indians was reported facing starvation today in the territory northwest of Hamilton inlet, where a poor trapping season left them without supplies. The government will send supplies.
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OPEN SENATE BATTLE OVER JOBLESS AID Seventeen Organizations to Ask Session Continue Until Bills Pass. LONG DEBATE EXPECTED At Least 25 Amendments Waiting on 2-Billion-Dollar Program. BY RUTH FINNEY Time* Staff Writer WASHINGTON, June 18.—As the senate turned to consideration of unemployment relief today, after weeks of delay, seventeen prominent organizations prepared a demand that congress remain in session until President Herbert Hoover signs the two major relief bills now pending. Among the groups were the American Farm Bureau Federation, the National Grange, the American Federation of Labor, the Federal Council of Churches in Christ, the National Catholic Welfare Conference, the Mayors’ Unemployment Committee of Detroit, and the Veterans of World Wars. They will voice their demands at a hearing here : Monday. i ° ut of the parliamentary chaos ! which followed defeat of the bonus ! bill Friday night, senators who op- | posed it on the ground that it would J imperil general unemployment relief - made good their promise to turn at | once to consideration of general j relief. Expect Prolonged Debate The senate begins consideration of the $2,000,000,000 construction loan and public works measures, with the memory fresh in its mind of hungry, ragged men posted at its doors asking for help. Debate on relief may last several days. At least twenty-five amendments will be offered, all extending the provisions of the bill. An attempt will be made to authorize loans for payment of teachers’ salaries, to care for Chicago and other cities where teachers have not received salary for months. Other amendments will propose increasing the bond issue for public works. Senator Robert La Follette (Rep., Wis.) will propose creation of a department of public works. Senator Wesley L. Jones (Rep., Wash.) will ask that Reconstruction Finance Corporation be allowed to make loans “wherever any group of 5,000 or more unemployed heads of families in the same community shall form an industrial co-opera-tive corporation.” This is designed to care for the organized body of unemployed in Seattle. Emergency Bill Is Stalled Meanwhile, the $300,000,000 emergency relief bill which the senate tried to hurry to enactment to relieve distress still is stalled in the house. Democratic leaders have refused to hold hearings on the bill until Speaker John N. Garner is able to return after a slight illness. That more federal farm board wheat will be made available to the Red Cross for feeding hungry humans and livestock appears assured as the result of the house passing a bill allotting 40,000,000 bushels of grain for this purpose. A similar bill pends before the senate, and since that body was first to pass the original bill giving the first 40,000,000 bushels of farm board wheat to the Red Cross, it is expected to act again. The new bill also makes farm board cotton available for free use by the Red Cross lo clothe the jobless. Five hundred thousand bales ! of cotton are allotted for this purpose, the staple to be traded for clothing or cloth. May Ask More Bonds The senate $2,000,000,000 relief program is in harmony with administration views, except for the half billion dollar bond issue it provides. When passed, it will have to go to the house to be reconciled with the Garner bill. The house measure carries a billion dollar public works bond issue which the administration labelled “pork barrel.” Several western progressive senators intended to fight for a still larger construction program ranging up to $5,000,000,000. Senator George Norris (Rep., Neb.), argued for such a program in opposing the veterans’ bonua bill Friday. In an eloquent address, he voiced the deepest sympathy for the veterans, but held that a program should be adopted which would create jobs not only for the destitute ex-soldiers, but for the other millions of unemployed. “Much as I dislike to see my country issue bonds in time of peace,” Norris declared, “I think we will have to come to this conclusion. Our country's life is more in danger today than it was either before or during the great World war.” PLEA OF BOY, 11, WINS CLEMENCY FOR NEGRO Prisoner Had Been Sentenced to Life Term for Murder. By United Press AUSTIN, Tex., June 18.—The plea of an 11-year-oid boy, the son of a Huntsville prison official, to Governor Ross Sterlin for clemency for a Nero serving a life for murder, was granted here today. “Hon. Governor,” read the little boy’s letter. “I beg that this Negro prisoner, Jaohn Bell, Record No. 48426. has been taking care of me two years. I take great pleasure in recommending him automatic clemency.” Bell, sentenced to life imprisonment in Colorado county, for murder. has served thirteen and anehall j'ears.