Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 133, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 October 1932 — Page 9

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TALE OF TAMMANY

Tiger’s Roar Heard Across U. S.

v Th ' Tammanr Ti*ar rowl . . . and his ero*l 1* hsard not onlv in N>w *.' ,r ** 'v' populous horongh*, but in volinr booths on far-distant Main strrotr _ • •* e land 1 What makes the vheel* go round in the unparalleled political jnarhtne that Is Tammanr Hall? How has it sustained itself and grown in power through sears of pnliitiral turmoil? Who are its leaders, past and present' These questions are answered in a series of three articles, of which this is the first, written for The Times and NF.A Service. , BY GENE COHN SKA Service Writer YORK, Oct. 13.—1 tis not by accident that The Sidewalks of New York" happens to be a tune recognized and cheered by the throngs at a Democratic convention. Nor is it by accident that a great party figure turns out to be an A1 Smith, with a picturesquely slanted cigar in one corner of the mouth and a brown derby tilted in the opposite direction. For A1 is from the sidewalks of New York, and his entrance usually is accompanied by the "East Side, West Side" refrain. And there

was Jimmy Walker's climb from an obscure figure in Greenwich village. There are dozens of others. For years this has been part and parrel of the Tammany legend; tha* chieftains rise from lowly backgrounds' a an \ LL of which is part of a tale which began way back when old New York was young. It came to pass that there were horn some shrewd politicians who awakened to the fact that the vote of an oppressed, ignorant, and exploited immigrant from Europe was quite as good as that of an aristocratic and bewigged fellow who happened to be two leaps removed from the American Revolution. Massed downtown in that section of New York, know r n as the

Five Corners, the immigrant vote grew so strong that sometimes there appe ired to be two votes instead of one per voter. What is this powerful political unit which brings wrinkles to the brow of a presidential candidate and has the power to change many lesser political destinies? How does it function and how do the cogs fit to-

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John Curry, grand sachem of Tammany Hall

interested in getting one of the 195 lirenses that, the City of New York issues to various trades and businesses. A sick fireman wants to be transferred, and a street cleaner can't stand the winter breezes. The district leader hears every one on every subject. He is patient, a gcod adviser, and he makes copious notes. Thus does he make friends

Beyond that, he becomes a bountiful host. In warm weather he takes crowds of children for boat rides. He stages excursions and picnics and clam bakes. Food is distributed to many of the needy. Children are given Christmas parties and presents are distributed. Thus they become the inend of Tammany almost from the cradle. n it tt DISTRICT leaders are named according to assembly districts. There are thirty-five such leaders. Since -women have had the vote, there are thirty-five feminine coworkers. The women are given, much responsibility, but not a great deal of prominence. They are used chiefly at election time. New York does not have thirtylive assembly districts, but many districts have two leaders when the population is particularly great or if districts have been merged. Each district leader has a captain. Each captain has a staff of lieutenants. Most of them are locally prominent in public life. Most Tammany Club members hold city jobs. At election time it's up to the captain and his staff to get out the votes. Rewards and punishments await the varied results. A captain who can get big results will go far. One who doesn’t will come to a hasty finish. These votes, of course, are Democratic votes, since Tammany is nothing more nor less than the Democratic county organization. This organization, however, has been gradually changing and its strength has been shifting. If the Tiger’s skin shows alterations, it’s because the face of the city has been lifted and altered. The old East Side is not what it used to be. Vast millions have moved, with Brooklyn as the favorite changing point. The Bronx, too, has taken tens of thousands from the old tenements. The power which once rested in the East Side has shifted largely to Brooklyn.

TIME was when the Tammany was limited to the area between the Harlem river and the Battery. This has stretched. And John McCooey. Brooklyn chief, is now a mighty figure. But it's another John—Curry—who reigns in Tammany Hall. One day a week is ‘ open day’* for Curry. He was Mayor Walker's choice. And the two threatened to go down together when Walker was removed from office. The more recent nomination ot Surrogate Judge O'Brien for the mayorship revives Curry's hopes of remaining “in the saddle,'’ however. For O’Brien was Curry's choice. Tammany Hall, having been born in the ghetto zone, looks out on Union Square, where the underdog squats on benches or, grown radical, fights with the cops. In keeping with its traditions, the Hall is of colonial design. There is a touch of the stage set about it. Curry’s office in “the Hall” re- ; sembles the directors' room of a big corporation. He is shielded from the outside by a thick and long glass partition. The only political sign is provided by a decorative porcelain tiger, the gift of a loyal henchman. ; The "chief” is, per se. a district leader, but dominates the others. mum THE Tammany Society, a distinct and separate group, with members who are not of “the Hall,” carries on the ideas and functions of

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The Tammany Tiger as portrayed years ago by Thomas Nast. famed cartoonist, in Harper's Weekly.

gether? First you’ll have to consider the under-dog. Tammany always has centered its strength on those masspopulated areas where the poor and the middle class dwell in tenements and cheap apartments. The oast and west fringes of Manhattan are the Tiger’s strongholds. Scattered everywhere in such areas are Tammany clubs. These are located in residential buildings and halls. The basement usually is a combined pool and card room. There are offices and dance halls and meeting rooms on the other floors. a tt a THE Tammany club is the headquarters of the district leader. The district leader is everything from Santa Claus to an adviser of the lovelorn. He’s a fixer and a provider. To him come men out of work. They get a card, or a note. It hasn’t been so simple this year. The widow whose husband was killed in an accident comes to ask help in arranging a funeral—or.she seeks information on compensation insurance. Someone else waits outside to get aid in filling out an income tax report. Others ask ‘‘what can be done” about some traffic charge. Others are

the original Tammany organization, which can date back to George Washington's time. This is a 100 per cent patriotic society,' given to Fourth of July parades, to oratorical outbursts and similar functionings. Its sachems wear tricky, gay ribbons on their straw hats on festival occasions and affect paradt dress. It has branches which engage in public charity and worthy causes. It denies affiliation with "the Hall.’.’ Once the two were banded, but "Honest John" Kelly, one-time boss, demanded a separation. When all the district leaders get together they make up the county executive committee. The leader of Tammany Hall is chosen from this committee and holds the title of chairman of the committee. And, when all is said and done, much of their power lies in the fact that they work the year round. They do not get together merely at election time; they are active in their district from one season to another. s. Thus it functions —a giant machine which overlooks few bets—and knows every doorbell by heart. Which, whatever else may be said of Tammany, is the basic secret of its power and strength. Next—The Tammany Tiger on parade.. .through stirring pages in New York’s history. ENVOY TAKES VACATION Minister to Netherlands Has Served in Four Countries.

Hu SKA Herr ire NEW YORK, Oct. 13. The United States’ minister to the N e t h e r 1 ands, Laurits S. Swenson of Minneapolis has arrived in New York on a vacation. Swenson has served in 3 w i t z e r 1 and; Denmark. Norway and Holland during his diplomatic career.

In the Air Weather conditions at 9 a. m.: West wind, 17 miles an hour; temperature, 59; barometric pressure. 29.98 at sea level; ceiling, clear, unlimited; visibility, 12 miles; field, good.

ACADEMY CHOOSES NOMINEES FOR SCREEN’S LEGION OF HONOR AWARDS

Bj/ f hi fed Press T TOLLYWOOD. Oct. 13.—Nominations of players, directors and producers for the screen's Legion of Honor—awards of merit by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences—were revealed today in anticipation of the final election Nov. 1. One candidate from each of nine classifications will be selected by secret balloting of the academy mbership, which itself is com-

—The Day in Politics — TERROR REIGN TO WIN VOTES LAID TO G. 0. P. I Republicans Start ‘Brass Knuckle’ Tactics, Charge of Socialists. ■BACK HOOVER OR ELSE’ Bank Employes Threatened in New York, Assert Thomas’ Aids. By T’nited Prr ** NEW YORK. Oct. 13.—The ‘‘brass knuckles" of economic coercion already are being applied to influence the voters, the committee supporting Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate for President, charged Wednesday. "The fact that the threat is being used earlier this year obviously means that the purpose is to stimulate employes to campaign after working hours; this speeding up indicates reckless desperation in Republican ranks,” the committee charged. "It is reported that a large New York bank has told employes to vote for Hoover—or else!” The committee statement said: "The kid gloves are coming off and the brass knuckles are coming into play.” The committee warned workers and farmers they might expect "coercion and downright terrorism” before the election. It pointed out that the voting booth still is legally private, and urged all to register and vote. Mills Warns of Fear Hu l nitrd Prcsn MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 13.—The "great fear that overhangs the business horizon” is election of a Democratic President next month, Ogden L. Mills, secretary of the treasury, charged Wednesday night. In a Republican campaign speech at the Minneapolis auditorium, the secretary cited a long list of "straws which tend to show the wind is veering and the storm abating” in the depression. A change of administration on March 4 and the uncertainty it would bring is holding back business recovery, Mills said. "The issue is a simple one. On the one hand, you have the vague and conflicting promises of the Democratic candidate on scattered issues. On the other hand, you have a vigorous and constructive program already in operation and already resulting in business improvement.” Gary Favors Roosevelt By i nited Press NEW YORK, Oct. 13.—Literary Digest presidential strew balloting announced today; Roose- , Hoover, velt. I M 6 6 387 I ifan 8,614 5,998 I®?. s**B? 1.786 3.334 •PhUadel p hi a 20.447 24,195 Somerville, Mass ggo '471 Atlanta "i”; $2? 4 til Hamilton. O '’ ' 455 So 745 tDenotes second report. ♦Denotes third report. Capitalism Held Failure By f nitrd Press CHEYENNE, Wyo., Oct. 13.—Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate for the presidency of the United States, attacked the capitalistic system as a failure in a speech before 1,000 persons here Wednesday night, and declared that Socialism is the only hope of the country to prevent a dark age such as “followed the downfall of imperial Rome.” "Capitalism has proved that it will not work,” Thomas said. "Internal contradictions are causing the death of capitalism and the country is drifting toward anew war—a war of capitalistic socialism. "The country wants a war—but it must be a war against poverty.” Spencer Raps Nepotism Gloomy prospects face relatives of Dale B. Spencer, Greensfield' editor and Republican nominee for congress from the Eleventh district, if he is elected. For Spencer, in addressing a meeting Wednesday night at 1331 Brookside avenue, promised the voters he would not pad the public pay roll with relatives. He bitterly condemned legislators who practice nepotism. Spencer pledged himself to a program of economy and to do everything in his power to bring about a return of prosperity. McNutt Busy Today Today is McNutt for Governor day for Marion county democracy, as the Governor nominee, Paul V. McNutt, is scheduled to address five meetings here. He was to address the Indianapolis Real Estate Board on a nonpolitical subject at luncheon at the Washington. The night schedule provides he will speak at 8 at a Third ward meeting. Boulevard place and Twen-ty-first street. From there he will j go to Twenty-ninth and Clifton ! streets to speak at 8:30. He will! speak at 9 at King avenue and Wal- j nut street; 9:30 at the Arcade'

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posed of representatives from all branches of the film industry. For these fifty annual awards, the winners will receive traditional gold statuettes for outstanding work in the year ended July 31. Best performance by an actress: Marie Dressier in “Emma: - ’ Lynn Fontaine in “The Guardsman;’’ Helen Hayes in “The Sin of Madelon Claudet.” Best performance by an actor: Wallace Beery in “The Champ;” Alfred Lunt in "The Guardsman;”

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, OCT. 13, 1932

32 STATES UNDER INSULL SWAY

Power Czar Extended Ride Over Far-Flung, Empire

Continuing the amazing storv of the House of Insull. Forrest Davis todav traces the development of the Middle West Utilities Co.—a corporation that affected communities in thirtv-two States, sections of Canada and Mexico. BY FORREST DAVIS Times Staff Writer fCopyright. 1932. by the New York WorldTelegram Corporation! THE electric light plant in Alexis. 111., housed on Main street in a squat brick shed wdth a tall smokestack, noisily puffed out current from nightfall until 10:30 p. m.—ll on Saturday nights. Storms put out the lights. The service was costly, inconvenient, unreliable. It typified thousands of power plants in villages, small towns and, for that matter, cities in the midlands as of the year 1912. Such inadequate use of electricity’s blessings offended the orderly, energetic imagination of Sam Insull. “It is_not necessary, it is an economic blunder.” he said, “to have a generating station in every small community.” Hence the Middle West Utilities Company, which, taking legal form in May, 1912, reached out as a

Continmne the amazing storv of the *" ' __, lous<> of Insull. Forrest Davis todav * races the development of the Middle __ Vent Utilities Co—a corporation that / -'/A "v j iw"* “ fferted rommuniti-s in thirtv-two * r States, sections of Canada and Mexico. jrj " 1 . y? ■' V . BY FORREST DAVIS V- ‘ A £3^’ Times Staff Writer •' ■ £ * PSy' 5? lopvrijfht. 1932. by the New York World- % Jj -ta A A * Telegram Corporation! T ' v ( f * y V THE electric light plant in ' dp-i- rtpSj jg £3 \ Alexis. 111., housed on Main * f M treet in a squat brick shed with a- .J f all smokestack, noisily puffed out - r l" l T [ urrent from nightfall until 10 30 iifAM inii A >. m—ll on Saturday nights. M B -. Storm* pur our the light* Thp ill T* ~ erviee was costly, inconvenient, v inreliable. It typified thousands '~ v -V " ' jBLoy , . 'f power plant* in villages, small AJ>offl ' \ owns and. for that matter, cities BF 'hflS . \ n the midland* as of the year W | \ Such inadequate use of electric- |I . . ___ < fF/M k —-pH ty’s blessings offended the or- HpllhSi lipP' lUk\ \/ 4y ’ \ energetic imagination of ft' ‘ f- wA-'fln ;' • J \ \ “It isjiot necessary, it is an eco- X r \ x Ml IS — ■ * — ~ iomic blunder.” he said, “to have *:,J U u \ t generating station in every small f/lt / \| \ ommunity.” U f t 'I \ Hence the Middle West Utilities . ■ f ■ ’"miwnv ' taking logai form MHL-: [HF ¥ i ■ mSlxkmr MxbL, r jptzz \ —ij,— yY Martin I ln*till. creator wit s><nl * nv,l!l ° f ,tir power knuiim photographed ia*t week in U J * { ronto. where lie learned that- th< A ! u, ’ r ” indicted on cinhe/zlcmci y Chicago attending ’le- coi v " - ■ ■■■■■■ 1 I stantlv exDanding need for nf

Samuel Insull, photographed at the height of his power, shown before a background of high tension lines, tentacles of the gigantic Middle West Utilities Company.

spraddling, stilted octopus along high-tension power lines throughout Illinois, Indiana. Kentucky, Ohio, lowa, and even farther. Finally, in 1931, it lighted homes, offices and streets, rap factories, supplied gas, ice and central steam heat, operated trolleys and electric interurbans in 5.0C0 communities scattered in thirty-two states, in sections of Canada and in Mexico. Here was the power colossus. If a social historian wished to epitomize the drama of super power, the headlong concentration of control over a great new resource, he would study the course of Middle West Utilities. Other great holding corporations bit off regions; Middle West appropriated for itself the whole continent. In the end, Middle West supplied 1,718,000,000 customers—a population of at least 10.000.000 employed 32,000 workers, had nearly 600.00 C security holders. It operated 324 steam, 196 hy-dro-electric generating stations, 89 gas plants and 328 ice plants. tt O St POWER flowed along 44.500 miles of transmission lines. Gas to cook millions of meals fed out of 10,600 miles of mains. At one time the value of Middle West securities fluctuated on the volatile Chicago Stock Exchange at btween $2,500,000 and $3,000,000. Not since Rockefeller battered, negotiated, and contrived his way into oil ascendancy had the Middle West seen so determined a rise to industrial power. All this, in Middle West, the Instills—Sam and his younger brother, Martin—controlled. And that ramified empire stood apart from Sam's local kingdom in Chicago. By 1920 Samuel Insull, absolute monarch of the electric and gas purveyors of Chicago, ruled also the elevated lines which encircle the Loop and stretch far out on the populous prairie; he directed surface lines, busses, central heating. His interests touched the daily lives of 6.003,000 souls in Chicago

theater, 1909 West Morris street, and at 10 at the Hoosier Athletic Club, Ninth and Meridian streets. Walter Myers, speaker of the house of representatives, also will speak at the latter meeting. Van Nuys Urges Relief By Times special HUNTINGTON. Ind.. Oct. 13. “Need for relief in the United States is acute and the public has a right to demand of its government and of all political parties and nominees, courageous and constructive measures and suggestions, not only for alleviation of prevailing conditions. but for future prevention of like conditions. While a crowded house listened, Frederick Van Nuys, Democratic nominee for United States Senator, gave his view’s at a rally here Wednesday night. “It has been predicted by the American Federation of Labor that

Fredric March in “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” nun BEST direction: Frank Borzage, “Bad Girl;’’ King Vidor, “The Champ:” Josef von Sternberg. "Shanghai Express.” Best photography (cinematographers’ award): Ray Jumz. “Arowsmith;” Karl Struss, “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde;”LeGarmes, “Shanghai Express.” Best art direction: Richard Dgy, “Arrowsmith;” Lazare Meer-

and northern Illinois at a dozen points. To get an approximation of his position in Chicago, imagine one man controlling the subways, the L’s, the trolley lines, the electric and gas companies not only in Y’ork City but in New Jersey, adjacent New York state and Connecticut. Moreover, the electric lines to Milwaukee, south in Indiana along the lake shore and crisscrossing northern Illinois were "Insullized.” tt B tt THAT was the Insull power empire before the crash which swept the brothers into stubborn exile and ruined thousands of “little people” who trusted too sincerely in the magic of modern Aladdins. But in 1912, when Insull set out to rectify "economic blunders,” do away with the Alexis-type light plants and transmit Michigan avenue's night time splendors to Main street, he nowhere was regarded as a “vague influence.” He merely was an energetic utilities administrator, one of the first to see the range of centralized power possibilities, and his brother Martin, a hypnotic, handsome super-salesman. They did the job hand in hand, Sam and Martin. Sam furnished some of what passes for vision among industrial promoters. It was vision of a practical sort, not dreamy, easily reducible to cent per cent, kilowatts and regulatory commission rate fights. Insull has been credited with a vast Utopian scheme for changing the face of nature, binding mankind together, freeing villager and farmer of drudgery. If that is so, it does not appear in any of his public addresses or the recollections of close friends. His dreams were imperial, right enough, but they were concerned with business, technology and personal or family prestige. In no utterance available to me did the major Insull ever appear to sense the social implications or responsibilities of his projects.

unless some immediate relief be extended 13,000,000 will be jobless this winter,” Van Nuys said. “The Republican party is responsible for the present unfo~tunate dilemma.” Club Names Leaders Members of the executive committee of the Hoover-Curtis Marion County Club, a unit of the statewide organization headed by Will Irwin, of Columbus, has been announced by Claude H. Anderson, chairman. Robert Finfrock has been appointed secretary 'of the Marion county club. Anderson announced. Mrs. E. C. Rumpler is vice-chair-man. Daniels Jeers G. 0. P. By Tim- s Special FRANKLIN. Ind.. Oct. 13.—The Republican high command industriously is trying to build up an alibi

son. “A Nous La Liberte*’’ Gordon Wiles, “Atransatlantic.” Best original motion picture story: "The Champ,” by Frances Marion; “Lady and Gent,” by Grover Jones and William Slavens McNutt; "Star Witness,” by Lucien Hubbard; “What Price Hollywood,” by Gene Fowler. Rowland Brown and Adela Rogers St. John. Best motion picture adaptation: “Arrowsmith,” by Sidney Howard; “Bad Girl,” by Edwin Burke; ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr,

WE know less about Martin’s way of looking at things. Men in Chicago who knew them both intimately speak of Martin's social graces. Sam was arbitrary, easily offended. even in after-dinner talk. On one occasion he informed a friend, talking casually, that he believed himself to be worth SBS- - This was in 1929, when the Insull securities were selling at their peak. “Aren't you figuring in some paper profits there, Sam?’ replied the friend. Insull, according to report, stiffened and turned away without response. The legend is that he never was more than civil to this friend afterward. Martin was different; not stiffnecked. A clubman, he liked to ride horses, to play golf. He enjoyed a good story, a convivial go with the bottle. In short, he was a companionable man—just the sort to travel up and down the country, persuading bankers and small town public utility magnates to turn over their holdings to the new giant holding company. Middle West; and to jolly them afterward in the hotel bar or at the Elks Club. In any event, Martin, by 1912 a considerable public utility operator in his own right down around Louisville and the Indiana river counties, came up to Chicago with his properties and tossed them into the hopper to form Middle West. a a a THESE made up the nucleus: The United Gas and Electric Company of New Albany, Ind.; the New Albany Waterworks, the Louisville & Northwestern Railway and Light Company and the Louisville & Southern Indiana Traction Company substantial interests in lighting, gas. water and interurban service in the Louisville metropolitan section. Samuel, who was to remain in

for the depression under the Hoover administration. Josephus Daniels, war-time secretary of the navy, told an overflow crowd here Wednesday night. ' The Republicans have gone back to Charles Dickens’ 'Pickwick Papers’ for their idea.” said Daniels. “Their campaign plan is based on Samuel Weller’s famous advice of ‘Never mind the character—stick to an alleybi.’ ” FEAR FOR LEGION CHIEF sOhio Commander Has Only Slight Chance to Live, Doctors Say. By T lifted Press WARREN, 0.. Oct. 13.—Ralph D. Cole. Findlay. 0., commander of the Ohio American Legion, has only a slight chance of recovery, doctors said today. Cole is partly paralyzed as a result of an automobile accident in which he received a broken neck.

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Martin J. Insull, creator with Sam Insull of the power kingdom, photographed last week in Toronto, where he learned that/ they were indicted on embezzlement and larceny charges. Chicago attending to the constantly expanding need for new capital, became president of Midr die West. Martin, who was to go on the road, operating, conciliating the public, common councils and state utilities boards, was the senior vice-president. Martin had. gone into the Louisville territory, under his brother's patronage, in the year 1906. Prior to that time, Martin, a graduate of Cornell, mechanical engineering, in 1893—the year Sam entered Chicago—had been engaged in another end of the electrical business, the equipment. He had done well. He resigned as vice-president of the Stanley General Incandescent Electric Company, bulb makers, to go to Louisville. In 1894 Martin married Miss Virginia Van Vliet of East Orange. They have one daughter. Miss Virginia Cornwell. Martin, a university man. member of smart and gay Chicago clubs, rooted deeper in American life than his brother. tt tt tt ■yrrlTH Sams utilities pres- ’ tige and Martin's personal charm, the Middle West forged ahead without setback until the end. It acquired more properties in southern and central Indiana, erected transmission lines, formed the Central Indiana Power Company, a subsidiary holding corporation. They reached into northern Indiana and formed the Midland Indiana. Into Michigan and organized the Great Lakes Power Company. These properties, usually fortified with monopolistic privileges guaranteed by state laws and with rates set on the basis of “fair values," needed only to be economically managed to show profits and entice fresh capital. They were well managed, in the interest of the Insulls, the shareholders and. incidentally, in the interest as well of the consumers. Insull always believed in passing around a share, however small, of the savings that concentration and advanced technology brought.

Jack Jarred By I nitrd f’rrxn NEW YORK. Oct. 13.—John Nance Garner, Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee, was mistaken Wednesday for an elevator starter. While standing in the lobby of a Madison avenue building, waiting for an elevator to take him to the office of Charles Michelson. Democratic publicity director, he was approached by a little old man. “Say, boss," the man asked, “What floor's Cholly Mtchelson's office on?” Gamer smiled, pushed his gray felt hat back on his forehead, and drawled: "Sorry I can't help you. I’m a stranger here myself.”

Hyde,” by Percy Heath and Samuel HofTerstein. a a a BEST produced picture • best production): “Arrowsmith." Samuel Goldwyn. Inc.; "Bad Girl,” Fox; ' The Champ.” Metro-Goidwyn-Mayer; "Five Star Final,” F'rst National; "Grand Hotel,” G-G-M; "One Hour With You." Paramount; “Smiling Lieutenant.” Paramount; "Shanghai Express." Paramount. Best work in sound reproduction: four studios nominated, M-G-M, Paramount, RKO. Warner Brothers-First Natural.

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CONVICT SLEW SELF, PRISON GUARDS CLAIM Defense in Torture Case Bases Hope on Story of Suicide. CALL PASTOR TO STAND Asked to Implore Victim ‘to Lead Christian Life' in Sweatbox. Hu I nitrd Pr< * JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. Oct. 13. The defense paraded convicts, doctors and a preacher-missionary to the stand Wednesday to tell of alleged suicide threats made bv young Arthur Maillefert, a convict, whom thp state charges was tortured to death by two guards. C. W. Courson and Solomon Higginbotham. “I've got nine years to spend here and I'd rather spend it in hell." the Rev. Isaac Moore. Baptist preachermissionary, said Maillefert told him in April. He said Courson, captain of the guards, had asked him to talk to Maillefert (called Jersey at the camp) and attempt to get him to lead a Christian life. On cross-examination. Moore could not remember what Maillefert looked like, what his sermon topic had been at the camp, where he preached to the convicts or what the other prisoners said to him. Try to Probe Suicide tt3 he de ,{ e " se has tried t( > show that maillefert tried several times to take his life and that he killed himself when he was placed in a sweat box" after an unsuccessful attempt to flee the camp. He was put in the box’ his feet in stocks that held him upright and made it impossible to shift his position. state investigation of hts death showed he fainted and was strangled by a chain fastened about his neck. Thp defense has produced convict witnesses to show that Maillefert caused himself to be choked b.v the chain and most of today's witnesses were produced to follow up that theory. Maillefert was given four ounces of cornbred on Thursday and Friday before his death in the sweat box, Lonnie Foster, a convict, testified Under questioning of the court, he admitted a walking boss, named Denmark, beat “Jersey” for three minutes with a stick, because he failed to take any more castor oil after drinking almost a pint. Testimony Is Refuted Two employes of the state road department said the sweat box had not been moved since Maillefert's death. This drew comment from Charles M. Durrance, state’s attorney, that the removal of the sweat bo;?* and its renovation was common knowledge and official court record. Other convicts testified Maillefest had told Courson: “If you don't kill me. I’ll kill myself; that he had been seen smiling while in the sweatbox and that Courson had pleaded with the youth to behave himself.

SCHWITZER ELECTED AERONAUTIC LEADER Paul A. Zartman Named Vice-Presi-dent of Indianapolis Chapter. Louis Schwitzer, president of Schwitzer-Cummins Company, today succeeded Dr. Roy E. Whitehead as president of the Indianapolis chapter National Aeronautic Association, following election at a dinner in the Antlers Wednesday night. Paul A. Zartman was named vicepresident; Herbert O. Fisher, secretary, and Cecil F. Reynolds, treasurer. Principal speaker was Representative Louis Ludlow, who pointed to a bright future for Indianapolis in the air development of America. He predicted great benefits from the proposed Indianapcfis-Detroit air-mail service, and denied reports Schoen field will be moved from Fort Benjamin Harrison to Chicago. The chapter held a memorial service in honor of Major Richard F. Taylor, national guard air squadron commander, injured fatally several weks ago in an airplane accident near Clinton.

RELIEF DEMANDS SOAR: MISSION FACES DEFICIT 50 Per Cent Increase Results in City Aid Groifp Going “in Red” 51,700. Increase of more than 50 per cent in relief demands on the Wheeler City Rescue Mission, coupled with a decrease in contributions, will result in a deficit in the mission's funds of approximately $1,700 at the end of the fiscal year this month, it was reported Wednesday night. Monthly meeting of the board of directors received the report of the Rev. E. H. Eberhardt that 17,824 received lodging this year in comparison with 11,545 in 1931. Meals and other relief work increased in proportion. Several plans for relieving the deficit were discussed. Suggestion was made that contributions of clothing and other donations be brought to the mission by the donors to eliminate the expense of operating a truck to collect offerings.

ROBBED AT CONVENTION 51,409 Loot Obtained at Tabernacle by Pickpocket. Martin Grisso, 2644 Ashland avenue, made a large involuntary "contribution” Wednesday night at the Disciples of Christ church convention at Cadle tabernacle. Grisso said two men crowded against him in the crowd leaving the tabernacle, but he thought nothing of it. He remembered the incident later, however, when he found his pocket had been picked of a billfold containing $32 in cash and seven notes aggregating $1,400.