Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 101, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 September 1933 — Page 1

SCORES KILLED IN TEXAS HURRICANE; MILLIONS DAMAGE Flood Follows Terrific Wind Through Rio Grande Valley; Hundreds Injured by Falling Buildings. .TOWNS UNDER FEDERAL GUARD Highways, Railroads and Airports Are Under Water; .Relief Is Rushed to Stricken Communities. By United Press EDINBURG, Tex., Sept. 6.—Troops were rushed into the devastated lower Rio Grande valley today, flooded in the wake of a hurricane which killed 100 persons and caused damage of more than $10,000,000 in Texas and Mexico. The towns of Brownsville, San Benito and Harlingen were patrolled by federal troops. With communication still impaired to many points, re-! ports of death and destruction came here from scores of ! towns in the path of the hurricane, which had disappeared j inland today.

Thirty persons were reported dead in Matamoros, Mexico, across the Rio Grande from Brownsville. A Matamoros cathedral collapsed. Twenty others were reported dead in other sections of the Mexican border city, where many adobe houses were melted by the rain and rising water. Ten were reported dead, without confirmation, on the Brownsville side of the river. Hundreds Are Injured Three were reported dead at San Benito, famous as a citrus shipping center. Two hundred were reported injured at Mercedes. Forty were hurt at Weslaco and twenty at San Juan. Many of the injured were hurt so seriously by collapsing houses that they were expected to die. In Harlingen, two were killed and fifty-three injured. The causeway connecting Corpus Christi with lowlands across the bay was washed out. McAllen was without water or lights Tuesday night. Water also was cut off in Harlingen, San Benito. and Brownsville. Highways, railroads, and airports were flooded in a wide area. Airport Under Water Pat Nolan, Pan-America,n Airways flier, flew on to San Antonio when he arrived over the flooded area from Mexico City and found the Brownsville airport under water Nolan estimated that 5 per cent of the buildings in Brownsville had v een destroyed, but said the deduction appeared much greater in looded Harlingen. High waters isolated several trains. The Southern Pacific Hous-ton-Brownsville passenger train was stopped here. Another train was marooned near Corpus Christi. Two special trains rushed southward from San Antonio. One bore Ft. Sam Houston troops under command of eight officers to join the soldiers already on duty from Ft. Brown at Brownsville. It carried Pullmans for transportation of injured back to San Antonio. Heavy Death Toll Forecast Representative Richard Kleberg, at Corpus Christi, predicted a death toll greater than 100. upon the basis of reports of army aviators who flew over parts of the district. Major General Edwin B. Winans 'of Fort Sam Houston ordered 150 soldiers into the flood area at the request of Governor Miriam Ferguson. They penetrated the region on a special train accompanied by doctors and nurses to set up an emergency hospital and relief station at Harlingen. The storm was the most destructive of the year. Some houses at Harlingen were tossed a quarter mile, according to Deputy Sheriff J. D. Boren, who made his way here. Houses Carried Far “I saw houses explode as the wind struck them.” Boren said. “In a few cases the wind whipped up the four walls, leaving the furniture and floor intact. Many roofs were blown off with the four walls collapsing and pinning occupants. “In Weslaco, houses were pitched like cards. One was lifted from its foundations and pitched end over end for a quarter mile. It fell in a tourist camp, crushing several small cottages.” Times Index Page Book a Day 7 Bridge 7 Broun Column 4 Classified 12 Comics 13 Crossword Puzzle 11 Curious World 13 Dietz on Science 7 Editorial 4 Financial 11 Pishing 7 Hickman Theater Reviews 7 Kirby Cartoon 4 Motor News 9 Radio 11 Serial Story 13 Sports 10 State Fair News 8 Successful City Women—Series.. 6 Vital Statistic* 11 Woman's ?ag 6

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FARMERS HAVE DAY AT FAIR Attendance Continues to Show Increase Over Last Year. Farm chores were given a “lick and a promise" before the sun had a chance to peep over the horizon today, and shortly afterward an army of the men who make the Indiana state fair possible began pouring through the fair gates. Today was designated as Farmers’ day, and Indiana’s tillers of the soil took advantage of the opportunity for a day of recreation. Former fair board members also were honored. Officials, judging from the horde of early arrivals, estimated that attendance figure today would continue to surpass the mark set last year. Thus far, every day of the fair has shown an increase in attendance over the same day last year, the total increase over 1932 being 24.000. Attendance Tuesday was 19,209, an increase of 4,576 over Tuesday 1932. Judging of horses, sheep, cattle, (Turn to Page Fourteen)

At the Fair THURSDAY Governors and Legislators' Day. Belgian horses and Hereford and Jersey cattle judging, poliseum. Shropshire. Southdown, Tunis, Cheviot sheep judged, sheep arena. Agricultural products judging. agricultural building. Spotted Poland China and Hampshire hogs judged, hog arena. Handle baskets of carnations and floral arrangements judging. agricultural and horticultural building, noon. Grand circuit races, vaudeville. band concert, grandstand. afternoon. Vaudeville, fireworks.. band concert, grandstand, night. Indiana uhiversity stage show. I. U. building, all day. Horse show, pony polo, vaudeville, band concert, coliseum, 7 p. m. Brown Derby contest winner coronation, grand stand, 7:30 p m. Cat show, dog and cat show building. Broadcasting by WLS. WKBF. WOWO. WFBM. Weather Forecast—Fair and warm. '

14 Killed, 25 Injured in Collision of Erie Trains

BY LEO H. PETERSON l nited Press Staff Correspondent BINGHAMTON. N. Y.. Sept. 6. Failure of an engineer to see danger signals was blamed by railroad officials today for the wreck of the crack Atlantic Express, the Erie railroad's fast Chicago-New York train, which killed fourteen passengers and injured twenty-five. An eight-car milk train plowed into the rear end of the passenger train, which had stopped on the main Erie track within the Binghamton city limits at 8:30 Tuesday night in response to an automatic block signal. The heavy locomotive plunged eight feet into the steel observation coach. The next coach, a steel Pullman, was telescoped into a wooden day coach directly ahead of it. Almost all the dead and the injured were in the wooden coach. The signal that stopped the passenger tram automatically set a caution signal at the block behind where the passenger train had stopped, and this should have halted the oncoming milk train. Flagman ¥

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ONE HUNDRED feet in the air, William Hoyt, 44-year-old steeplejack of 1524 Pleasant street, examined the repairs he was making on a brick smokestack at the Union Stockyards Tuesday. His stack swing swayed weirdly. ; He looked up, startled to see the | last strands parting on one of the ropes. Down hurtled Hoyt. Siren screaming, a police firstaid car speeded from headquarters. A few minutes later patrolman Cy Macy, driver of the police car, stepped out. He approached Hoyt, who was lying on back, his 24-year-old son Leo, also a steeple-jack, kneeling beside his father. “Why, hello, Bill,” said Macy. “Hello, Cy,” smiled Hoyt wanly. “Are you hurt badly?” inquired the policeman as he knelt by the steeplejack. “I cant tell,” said Hoyt. “All I know, Cy, is that I came near ruining myself. I know this ground is damned hard, too. Give me a cigaret like a good fellow, Cy.” a a a MACY “bummed" a fag from a Stockyards worker. Hoyt took it gratefully and puffed unconcernedly as Macy attempted to make him comfortable and ascertain what he could do to relieve Hoyt’s injuries. A moment later, an ambulance arrived. Off to the hospital went Hoyt. Hoyt joked with doctors as they examined and treated him. He suffered a broken back, a broken right foot, injured left foot and and hips, and body bruises. His condition today was reported as “fair.” Reporters, after looking over the accident scene, talked to Hoyt. "How close did you come to those tension wires?” he was asked. “I missed ’em well,” said Hoyt. “I fell straight down. I hit first on that widened part near the base of that stack. I landed on my back and bounced down. “You know, it’s all in the game.” BANKERS WARN OF PERIL IN NEW LAW Declare Guaranty Provision Will Close Institutions. By United Press CHICAGO. Sept. 6.—Thousands of American banks must close their doors next January, if the banking act of 1933 is placed in effect, the American Bankers’ Association contended in a resolution adopted today. The resolution pleaded for postponement of the guaranty deposits provisions of the Glass-Steagall law. The resolution pointed out that more than 2,700 banks now are operating on a restricted basis and that practically all would be forced to suspend because of their inability to qualify under the rigorous terms required for deposit insurance. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 72 10 a. m 85 7a. m 72 11 a. m 87 Ba. m 77 12 (noon).. 88 9a. m 81 Ip. m 90

I A. C. Morris of the passenger train | set dynamite caps on the rails after | his train halted and tried to signal i with a lantern. Before all the bodies could be removed from the crumpled day coach a crane had to be brought up to lift the heavy Pullman, which had plowed through two-thirds of its I length. Rescuers found scenes of indescribable horror. One of the last bodies removed w f as that of a ; 1-year-old baby. The wooden coach was added to the crack train at Binghamton and carried passengers bound for Susquehanna and other way stops between here and Jersey City. All other coaches of the express were i steel Pulmans. Almost all the dead were residents of Susquehanna, re- : turning to their homes. The wreckage was replete with scenes of horror. A 3-year-old | child, not badly hurt, was found wedged in the wreckage between the bodies of two of the dead. One victim hung from a window of the telescoped car. The top of 1 his head had been sheared off ' against the window-casing, v

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INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1933

ARREST REVIVES MURDERINQUIRY Postal Worker, Cleared in Death of First Wife, Slugs Second. Held on $5,000 bond in municipal court on charges of beating his bride of two months, Hugh Earll, postoffice clerk, today faced quizzing by detectives, after Dr. William E. Arbuckle, county coroner, announced that he was opening an immediate probe into the unsolved murder two years ago of Mrs. Mollie Earll, the first wife. Earll was denounced in bitter terms by Charles J. Karabell, judge pro tern., who also recalled the unsolved murder. Earll, 31, living at 631 North Gladstone avenue, was arrested Monday on complaint of the bride, Mrs. Maxine Earll, 32. Karabell declared that Mrs. Earll’s face was “the most horribly battered face I ever have seen on a woman still able to walk.” When arrested, Earll was charged with drunkenness and assault and (Turn to Page Twelve) LATE SUMMER HEAT WAVE IS STUBBORN City Again Is Held in Grip of Rising Mercury. Another afternoon in the grip of the late-summer heat wave faced Indianapolis today as the United States weather bureau again forecast little change in temperature for the next twenty-four hours. The mercury mounted to 88 at 3 Tuesday afternoon and the climbing thermometer this morning indicated temperatures near that for this afternoon. At 6 today, the reading was 72 and at 9, it was 81. BA N PITS’ LOOT $6,000 Ice Company Cashier Is Robbed in Auto by Five Gunmen. By United Press KANSAS CITY. Mo., Sept. 6. Five bandits armed with revolvers and a machine gun held up an ice company cashier here Tuesday and escaped with between $5,009 and $6,000. Theodore Schultz, the cashier, told police the bandits drove alongside his machine, forced it to the curb, and threatened him and a Negro chauffeur with death unless they gave them the money.

Roosevelt and Johnson to Confer on Ford Case

By United Press WASHINGTON. Sept. 6.—President Roosevelt will take up Henry Ford’s failure to come in under the NRA at a conference tonight at tho White House with General Hugh S. Johnson, recovery administratof, it was learned today. What steps, if any, the administration w-as contemplating, the White House would not say. In his first meeting with Johnson in several weeks, the President was scheduled to have placed before him complete details of the situation which has developed by failure of the automobile manufacturer to accept the code for the automotive industry. Some have urged General Johnson to make an example of Ford and snap NRA’s teeth on this prominent industrial figure who has chosen to go it alone. The automobile code is in effect and Ford has not signed; therefore, under the law, the President could draw up a code and impose it on Ford. But sensing the danger of stirring up sympathy for a manufacturer whose high wages and short hours have been a trade-mark in industry for twenty years, administration opinion here appears set against any strong-arm action which might be construed as persecution in behalf of a technicality. As the situation stood today, Johnson was resting on his statement that the next move was up to Ford and that the government would do nothing unless Ford violated provisions of the code.

MARINES AND SHIPS ORDERED TOWARD CUBA Concentration of U. S. Forces Begun; Armed Landing May Follow. INTERVENTION IS DENIED Last Thing in His Mind, Is Word of Roosevelt to Questioners. By United Press WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.—President Roosevelt today ordered marine concentrations and warship movements looking toward possible armed landing in Cuba, but simultaneously revealed to questioners at the White House that intervention was the last thing in his mind. Mr. Roosevelt announced that four more destroyers had been ordered to proceed within steaming distance of Cuba, to augment the light cruiser and three destroyers ordered there Tuesday. Navy department officials revealed that the battleship Mississippi at sea had been diverted toward Havana. They said the 10,000-ton cruiser Indianapolis was expected to be ordered toward Cuba today or tonight. Secretary Swanson announced that he would sail at 4 p. m. today for Havana aboard the cruiser Indianapolis. Marines Are Mobilized The Seventh regiment of marines was being mobilized at Quantico (Va.) marine base. Latin-American diplomats simultaneously were invited to the state department individually to be informed of Cuban events and American steps to meet any situation which may develop. Mr. Roosevelt received the press at 10:30 a. m., just befcre conferring with Secretary of Navy Swanson and Admiral William H. Standley, chief of naval operations. The President told questioners that no intervention was contemplated—that it was the last thing in his mind. Objects to Interpretation There was no interruption, however, in preparation to meet such situations as may develop. Mr. Roosevelt’s words were not interpreted as meaning that intervention would be beyond the scope of American policy, under certain circumstances. The President objected to dispatches indicating that his policy in Cuba would be considered the keynote of America’s entire LatinAmerican policy. He pointed out that the United States had treaty obligations in the island which did not apply to other parts of Latin-America. New Government Shaky BY LAWRENCE S. HAAS United Press Staff Corresnondent HAVANA, Sept. 6.—Cuba’s new revolutionary government sat unsteadily in the seat of power today, its fate still to be determined. A United States destroyer rode at anchor in the harbor and two more warships steamed swiftly to join it. The destroyer in the harbor was the McFarland. At Santiago was the destroyer Sturtevant. En route were the cruiser Richmond, from the Panama canal, and the destroyer Bainbridge. That four warships were ordered to Cuba was an indication of the gravity with which the United States government viewed the new turn in Cuba's turbulent political situation. American Ambassador Sumner Welles, plainly anxious, declined to commit himself regarding the executive committee of five men who, with the support of army and navy enlisted men and the police and rural guards, overthrew the provisional government of Carlos Manuel De Cespedes.

Johnson said the only penalty was that Ford would not get the the eagle, and that he believed the concern which did not come under Blue Eagle, that the government would buy no equipment from a concern which did not come under the eagle, and that he believed the public would feel the same way. Now the case is before the court of public opinion. If Ford can go on selling his cars, the public pressure upon which the government is relying will have failed in a crucial test.

Billows Back! Buxom Blond Brooklyn Beauty Brings Back Billowy Bosom! The hour glass figure again is in fashion. And it’s all due to Mae West. Mae has become the most important ‘'figure" in the public eye today. She has doomed the era of flat-chested styles. And she tells all about it in a series of rollicking stories starting Thursday in The Times. Read them! Find out how Mae West fought her way up from an obscure trouper, in jail and out of jail, to fame and fortune. The first story appears in Thursday's Times. Get set for it now.

$20,000 LOOT TAKEN IN CITY BANK HOLDUP; EIGHT IN GANG

HAIL KING JOE I! McLafferty Wins Brown Derby

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VERMONT GOES WET. 2 TO I State Long Rated as Dry Votes by Large Majority for Repeal. By United Press MONTPELIER, Vt., Sept. 6.—Wets carried this traditionally dry state by a majority greater than 2 to 1, complete returns from Tuesday's election, which made Vermont the twenty-fifth successive state to approve ratification of the twenty-first (repeal) amendment, showed today. Complete returns from Vermont’s eight cities and 240 towns showed; For Repeal—4l,o26. Against Repeal—2o,633.

Snappy Stunt Snap Goes Strap! But Show Goes On, After Repairs.

THE old tradition of the stage that “the show must go on,” nearly was broken Tuesday afternoon during the daily vaudeville performance opposite the Indiana state fair grandstand. Between races, the fancy skating team of Swinger and Swinger appeared, the feminine half of the team attractively, but sparingly, garbed. In the midst of the act, while the male half of the team was swinging his sun-tanned partner in a tight circle, holding both her hands, a tiny strap, holding a small, but important part of the upper half of her garment, inopportunely snapped. The gyration was stopped as rapidly as possible and repairs made, while the audience, after one embarrassed look, glanced at the their feet or at their- programs. Then, following tradition, the show went on. TAXI DRIVER ROBBED Cab and Money Are Taken by Negro Passenger. A taxicab, $5.30 and a street car token were stolen from the driver, Paul Luthmers, 24, of 1704 Carrollton avenue, by a Negro passenger, he reported to police early today. The Negro, who was armed with a club, entered the cab at city hospital and the robbery was committed on Tenth street, near White River boulevard, Luthmers said.

Wiley Post, Globe Flier, Will Be Guest of City

Wiley Post, globe-girdling aviator, will land his blue and white monoplane, the Winnie Mae of Oklahoma, at municipal airport at 4 p. m. next Tuesday to become the guest of Indianapolis for two days. Fresh from his record-shattering solo flight around the world, Post will fly here from Dayton on his tour of the country. The Oklahoman will be met at the airport by a reception committee and escorted through the downtown streets to his headquarters at the Severin. A committee appointed by Louis J. Borinstein, president of the Chamber of Commerce, and led by H. H. Johnson, president of the Lubrite Oil Corporation, will meet the flier at the airport. Serving with Johnson on the receptor committee will be; t

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FINAL STANDING Joe McLafferty 14,52(1 T. B. Rogers 4,581 Fred W. Krueger 3.638 E. W. Mushrush 3,194 Bob Shank 2,443 Ellas W. Dulberger 2,427 Dr. William Smith Jr 1,154 Louis J. Carvin 1.127 A1 Feeney 911 Clarence I. Baker 396 Long live the king! Hail! King Joe I of the Brown Derby. He has it! He has everything that goes with it —the proper head bumps, and wears a 7(4 hat, which means that for the year 1933-1934 his dome can amply swell. Now another hail and a secondhand “huzza” for Joe McLafferty of the Marion county courthouse, who today became the fourth highness of the Brown Derby. Joe won by an easy 10,000 votes. He walked away with the crown without an effort. And Thursday night at 7:30, in front of the racetrack grandstand at the Indiana state fair, King Joe will be crowned with the regal headgear. Supplants King Tom * He'll be given the silver plaque—providing it arrives in time by balloon. King Joe supplants King Tom Quinn as the derby ruler. Other illustrious citizens who have won the crown that rivals the cap on your favorite 3.2 brew are X-King George Winkler and X-King Charles Sumner. (The X marks the spot to w’hich they bow their heads to His Highness Joe I.) What looks to be a New Deal in the Brow’n Derby under King Joe may turn out to be just a Mis-Deal, but Joe’s supporters say he won by fairer means than it was foul to do so. His ballots came from the clan of old Erin, and, some whisper, from the city dump. “Motor Inn” Rogers, his closest opponent, has been accused by some other candidates with quitting the race in favor of King Joe. They Salute Monarch They say “Motor Inn” will be the real “Kingy” under Joe’s bedstead when the real ruler rests his lordly cranium in sleep. “Bygones are bygones,” chortles “Walgreen” Krueger, "Riverside” j Mushrush, “Hoosier Airport” Bob j Shank, Lawyer Dulberger, “Dentist” Smith, “Western Union” Carvin, A1 Feeney and “Furniture Man” Baker. “Off with the straw lids, on with the derbies. Salute! the king,” they quack. And if you love a parade better, watch for King Joe’s real procession to the fairground Thursday night! The crowning begins promptly at 7:30 p. m. Celebrities of the city will stand on the platform to see King Joe crowned. Bands will play. Be there! See why ballots rained like dandruff on Joe’s head. Long live King Joe I!

Joe Rand Beckett, N. H. Gilman, Richard A. Arnett, Charles A. Breece, Leslie D. Clancy, H. Weir Cook, Charles E. Cox Jr., Ted Griffin, J. H. McDuffee, Louis Schwitzer, Robert F. Shank, Lieutenant Stanton T. Smith, Sidney A. Stout, Dr. R. E. Whitehead. Walker M. Winslow', Paul A. Zartman, G. E. Baker, J. L. McNemy, H. E. Strickler, Herber O. Fisher and L. L. Taylor. The famous flier will be the guest of honor at a dinner sponsored by the aviation committee of the Chamber of Commerce, to be held at the Severin Tuesday night. Post is accompanied on his tour by Colonel Harley Lake, head of the aviation division of the Socony Vacuum Corporation, sponsors of the nation-wide tour. >

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Two Men Train Guns on Employes, Scoop Up Money, Escape. POLICE EARLY ON TRAIL’ Robbers Flee North in Two Cars; Machine Gun in One Auto. A bandit gang, acting speedily and without a hitch, obtained loot estimated at $20,000 shortly before noon s today in a holdup of the State Bank of Massachusetts Avenue, 815 Massachusetts avenue. Eight men were reported in the gang. Only two entered the bank. They came from an automobile in which they left a companion. Parked behind this car was one in which five men, with guns in their laps, sat while the robbery was in progress. Four persons were in the bank when the bandits came in--the cashier, A. J. Kreuger, 1126 North Deqincy street; the teller, L. W. Reinhart, Ninety-ninth street and Westfield road, and two patrons, Francis C. Anderson. 2358 Central avenue, and George Alexander, 1520 Spann avenue. One of the robbers, who was masked with a handkerchief, remained near the door. The other leaped into the cashier’s cage, shouting: “This is a stickup.” Drop to Floor Kreuger and Reinhart flattened themselves on the floor. Anderson and Alexander, who had their hands in the air, received this command from the second robber: “Put your hands down. Move over there in the corner." The unmasked man used a piece of white cloth as a sack in which he placed the money, which included SSOO in half dollars. “Come on! Come on! Hurry up! Let’s get out of here,” the masked man shouted several times to his companion. The two men fled out the front door, and joined the one man waiting in the car. This automobile Is said to have been driven on Massachusetts to Carrollton avenues, on which it continued to Sixteenth sreet, turning to Bellefontaine street and going north. Heads Out Avenue The second car is said to have headed out Massachusetts avenue. The first car is believed to have been a DeSoto sedan, painted dark blue, with a silver stripe. It bore Ohio license 172-862. The second car was a Ford two-door sedan, painted gray. Persons who saw the robbery said the five men in the Ford had .45 caliber revolvers in their laps, and in addition the car contained sawedoff shotguns and what is believed to have been a machine gun. Police Captain Herbert Fletcher and Detective Captain Fred Simon are in direef charge of a search for the bandits and many long distance telephone calls regarding the robbery were placed within a few minutes. FIEND SILENCES VICTIM Killer Mutilates Man to Prevent Cops Getting Description. By United Press WEST BEND. WIS., Sept. 6.—A slayer who severed his victim’s vocal cords so that he could not give police a description of the attack, was hunted today after the death of Orville Kivisto, 25, Eagle River, Wis. Kivisto was found fatally wounded lying beside a northwestern railroad right-of-way near here. Police attempting to learn who had atacked him found Kivisto’s vocal cords had been slashed. The victim attempted to write out details of the affair before he died, but the writing was undecipherable. Police believed a transient attacked Kivisto and robbed him. SLEEP VICTIM BETTER State Sufferer From Dread Disease Expected to Recover. By United Press WARSAW, Ind., Sept. 6.—The condition of Frederick Snyder, Madison. Ind., ill with sleeping sickness near here, has taken a decided turn for the better, Dr. J. R. Baum, Warsaw, attending physician, announced today. “The patient now is conscious much of the time and his ultimate recovery is expected,” Dr. Baum said.

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