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DR. WYNEKOOP, CONVICTED, TO GET 25 YEARS 63 - Year - Old Matriarch Takes Verdict Calmly, New Trial Asked. RULING STUNS DEFENSE Less Than 2 Hours Needed by Jury to Reach Guilty Decision. I „n,d Press CHICAGO. March 7—Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop. 63-year-old matriarch f>l a prominent medical family, today faced spending the rest of her life in prison for the murder by chloroform and revolver shot of her daughter-in-law Rheta. \ criminal courts jury of younger nwn. selected under the woman physician's own direction, brought in a guilty terdict last night, after Je-s than two hours' deliberation. Its recommendation of a twentyfh e-year sentence was the same as life imprisonment for the aged and ailing woman, whose repeated collapses from heart disease have interrupted her trial. There was yet the usual motions for anew trial to be disposed of before „.idge Harry B. Miller could pronounce sentence. A hearing on these motions was placed on tne court calendar for March 24. The jury's quick verdict came as a shock to the defense forces after m. dav of closing arguments which verged on religious fervor. Defense attornevs, W. W. and Milton Smith, were partaking of a late supper when the jury's report of an agreement came. They were summoned to the court room. Fearing that the shock of the guilty verdict might be too much for the frail defendant. Judge Miller ordered a physician to remain at her side with a heart stimulant during the reading of the verdict. Catherine Close at Hand Dr. Wynekoop's daughter. Dj. Catherine, also was close at hand. Walter Wynekoop. a son. was in the rourtroom. but Earle, the younger son, for whom the state contended the murder was committed, was not present. Dr. Wynekoop received the verdict yuh the same calm that charactermrd her conduct throughout 'V atiange case from the time that police were called into the family man? pn last Nov. 21. to view the dead girl's body, through her appeataiice on the witness stand to deny that she had killed her daugh-ter-in-law on an operating table to collect $12,000 insurance and free her son of an estranged wife. Walker, however, was indignant. He labeled the verdict a miscarriage of justice. Catherine, too. was indignant. They wheeled their mother into an anteroom and sought to console her. Needs Little Consoling Dr. Wynekoop needed little consoling. however. i m innocent,” she said. “Don t worry, children. It's all right.” Charles Dougherty. assistant state's attorney, who prosecuted the rase, was jubilant over the verdict which observers saw as largely due to his masterful summation of a circumstantial case. “They were a hard boiled, sensible jury and we ought to have more of that kind.” Mr. Dougherty said. The quick verdict was foreseen in the courtroom. Rumors spread early in the evening that a guilty verdict was forthcoming. The jurymen revealed that an agreement on the •tefendant's guilt was reched within the first ten minutes. The first ballot found the jurors split eleven to one for conviction. The second ballot brought agreement. The next, hour was spent in debating a verdict, Two jurors held out for a death penalty until the last. In a •‘confession” to Captain John Stege. Dr. Wynekoop had admitted giving the srtrl chloroform and then after finding the patient dead, shooting her to mask thp accident. This statement was later repudiated. The stale piled up medtcal testimony to show that Rheta died of the gunshot wound, rather than chloroform. Earle was shown to have been more than 100 miles away on the day his wife died.

FRANK POPE SLAIN BY CHICAGO DESPERADOES Six Ballets Fired Into Head of West Side Gangster. By United Press CHICAGO, March 7.—Daring, deliberate gangland reprisals broke out again in Chicago today when two calm killers invaded the hotel room of Frank <West Side) Pope and fired six bullets into his head. Tobacco Wares S.olen From Store Cigarets and cigars with a value of $43 were stolen from the drug store at 6128 East Washington street operated by James L. Wilson, 55 Kidgeview drive, last night. Times Index America Must Choose 6 Bridge 17 Broun 11 Classified 15. 16 Comics 17 Crossword Puzzie 17 Curious World 17 Dickens 11 Editorial 12 Financial 13 Hickman—Thpaters 11 Pegler 11 Radio 15 8 port* 14. 15 State News 3 Womans Pages 4, i

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VOLUME 15—NUMBER 257

CHAPTER THE THIRD "THE LIFE OF OUR LORD" Written by CHARLES DICKENS For His Children in 18J+9 and Kept as a Precious Family Secret for Eighty-Five Years

THAT there might be some good men to go about with him. teaching the people, Jesus Christ chose Twelve poor men to be his companions. These Twelve are called The Apostles or Disciples, and ho chose them from among Poor Men in order that the Poor might know always after that; in all years to come—that Heaven was made made for them as well as for the rich, and that God makes no difference between those who wear good clothes and those who go barefoot and in rags. The mast, miserable, the most

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Jesus Raising the Daughter of Jairus—by (iustave Dore.

Note in Renders: The reason why Charles Dickens refused to permit publication of “The Life of Our lord” in hi' lifetime was that he did not tare to throw’ open to the public this intimate personal opening of his hearfto his children, with the possibility of attack and defense of his religious convictions. In a letter to a clergyman, he said: “There can not be many men, I believe, who have a more humble veneration for the New Testament, or a more profound conviction of its all-sufficiency than I have . . . My observation of life induces me to hold ;n unspeakable dread and horror these unseemly squabbles about the ‘letters’ which drive the Spirit out of hundreds of thousands.” In view’ nf Dickens’ expressed desire, w’e urge readers of The Times to respect his wishes and to read this beautiful and touching story, not with an attitude of criticism for omissions of interpretations, but with an understanding that here is a Victorian father telling the eternal story out of love for his children w’hen they were very young.

U. S. May Withdraw Milk Guidance, Townsend Says

Dairy Producers Hampered by Lack of Organization, Official States. That federal governmental guidance may be withdrawn from organized milk producers "in the course of a few r months” was predicted today by Lieutenant-Gover-nor M. Clifford Townsend, state commissioner of agriculture. Mr. Townsend addressed the Indianapolis area milk producers meeting at the Indiana Farm Bureau headquarters. “While we have bpen impatient with the progress that the AAA has made in furthering the interest of the dairy producers, we also realize the great problem that the administration has confronted in dealing with an industry that in most cases is shamefully unorganized," the liputenant-governor declared. "I believp wp should bp grateful to thp administration for offering thpir sprvieps at thp present time in helping us stabilize the Indianapolis market, but let me warn you that wp should not depend on the government alone. It is just as important now as it ever was for the producers to build and maintain one strong producers organization for this morket. “First, it is necessary-to co-oper-

CWA Employe, Not Needy, Is Ousted by CWA Head

Orders for the dismissal of a civil works project truck driver who is unmarried and lives with his father who has an income of about $3,000 a year, today was ordered by Delmar Ditzenberger, Marion county CWA director. The action was announced by Mr. Ditzenberger following receipt of a complaint, setting out the circumstances. made to The Times and forwarded to Mr. Ditzenberger. The complaint asked: “Why is it that James Bern.- was taken off a city job and given work by CWA at a fat salary when he lives at. home, is single and his father. John Berry, is superintendent of the city asphalt plant and is drawing a pension from the fire department?" Investigation revealed that the father. John R. Berry, 1126 North Arsenal avenue, receives a salary of slightly more than $2,100 as city asphalt plant superintendent, ac- ■%

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ugly, deformed, w'retched creatures that live, will be bright Angels in Heaven if they are good here on earth. Never forget this, when you are grown up. Never be proud or unkind, my dears, to any poor man. woman or child. If they are bad, think, that they would have been better, if they had had kind friends, and good homes, and had been better taught. So. always try, to make them better by kind persuading words; and always try to teach them and relieve them if you can. And whpn people speak ill of the

ate with the government and, second, the preesnt adjustment legislation is only temporary and in the course of a few months, you may be fighting your battles alone.” Although not yet in a favorable economic position .agriculture as an industry has recovered considerably during the last twelve months, Mr. Townsend asserted.

•THE LAST ROUNDUP’ DILLINGER CROONS AS HE FLEES FROM JAIL

Among his other accomplishments. according to Captair Matt Leach of the state police, w’ho knows him well, John Dillinger is quite a singer. When he returned from Lake count. Captain Leach reported that the favorite song of the escaped bad man w’hen he was “on tour” w’itn the deputy sheriffs and a garage mechanic was “The Last Roundup.” ‘He sat in the rear seat of the car with a gun on the two men in the front seat and over and over he repeated the refrain, Get along, little dogie, get along,' and then he w’ould laugh and shout that he did it w’ith his wooden pistol, Captain Leach declared.

cording to records of the city street department, and $75 a month pension from the fire department pension fund. The father served about thirty years on the fire department, being retired on pension following an injury that incapacitated him for active duty as a fireman. James Berry, formerly employed at the asphalt plant, was employed as a truck owner and operator by CWA when there was heavy demand for trucks and small supply, according to Mr. Ditzenberger. However, there no longer is a shortage of trucks, and services of Mr. Berry will not be required after the end of the present week, he added. A brother of James Berry, formerly foreman at the asphalt plant, now has a position with the Indiana state highway department as superintendent of the Indianapolis subdistnet.

INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1984

Poor and Miserable, think how Jesus Christ went among them and taught them, and thought them worthy of His care. And always pity them yourselves, and think as well of them as you can. The names of the Twelve apostles were, Simon Peter, Andrew', James (the son of Zebedee*, John, Philip, Bartholomew', Thomas, Mathew’, James the son of Alphaeus. Labbaeus Simon, and Judas Iscariot. This man afterwards betrayed Jesus Christ, as you will hear bye and bye. The first four of these, were poor fishermen, who w'ere sitting in their boats by the seaside, mending their nets, when Christ passed by. He stopped, and went into Simon Peter's boat, and asked him if he had caught many fish. Peter said No; though they had worked all night with their nets, they had caught nothing. Christ said, “Let down the net again.” They did so; and it w'as immediately so full of fish, that it required the strength of many men iw'ho came and helped them) to lift it out of the w'ater, and even then it w’as very hard to do. This was another of the miracles of Jesus Christ. Jesus then said “Come w'ith me.” And they followed him directly. And from that time the disciples or apostles w'ere always with him. n tt m. A S great crowds of people followed him, and wished to be taught, he w'ent up into a Mountain and there preached to them, and gave them, from his ow'n lips, the W'ords of that Prayer, beginning “Our Father which art in Heaven,” that you say every night. It is called The Lord's Prayer, because it w r as first said by Jesus Christ, and because he commanded his disciples to pray in those words. When he w'as come down from the Mountain, there came to him a man w'ith a dreadful disease called leprosy. It was common in these times, and those w’ho were ill with it w'ere called lepers. This Leper fell at the feet of Jesus Christ, and said, “Lord! If thou wilt, thou cans’t make me well!” Jesus, always full of compassion, stretched out his hand, and said “l will; Be thou well!” And his disease went aw'ay, immediately, and he was cured. Being followed. wherever he w’ent, bv great crowds of people, Jesus w'ent with his disciples, into a house to rest. While he w'as sitting inside, some men brought upon a. bed, a man w'ho w'as very ill of w'hat is called the Palsy, so that he trembled all over from head to foot, and could neither stand nor move. But the crow'd being all about the door and window's. and they not being able to get near Jesus Christ, these men climbed up to the roof of the house, which was a low one; and through the tiling at the top, let down the bed, with the sick man upon it, into the room where Jesus sat. When he saw him, Jesus, full of pity, said “arise; Take up thy bed, and go to thine ow'n home!” And the man rose up and w'ent away quite well; blessing him, and thanking God. a * 'T'HERE w’as a Centurion too, or officer over the soldiers, who came to him, and said, “Lord! My servant lies at home in my house, very ill.” Jesus Christ made answer, “I will come and cure him.” But the Centurion said! “Lord! I am not worthy that Thou should’st come to my house. Say the word only, and I know he will be cured.” Then Jesus Christ, glad that the Centurion believed in him so truly, said, “Be it so.” And the servant became well, from that moment. But of all the people w’ho came to him. none w-ere so full of grief and distress, as one man w'ho w'as a Ruler or Magistrate over many people, and he w'rung his hands and cried, and said “Oh Lord, my daughter—my beautiful, good, innocent little girl, is dead. Oh come to her. come to her. and lay thy blessed hand upon her. and I know she will revive and come to life again, and make me and her Mother happy. Oh Lord W'e ldve her so, we love her so! af!d she is dead!” Jesus Christ went out with him, and so did his disciples and went to his house, where the friends and neighbors W'ere crying in the room where the poor little girl lay, and w'here there w'as soft music playing: as there used to be. in those days, when people died. Jesus Christ, looking on her sorrowfully, said—to comfort her poor parents—“ She is not dead. She is asleep.” Then he commanded the room to be cleared of people that were in it, and going to the dead child, took her by the hand, and she rase up quite well, as if she had only been asleep. Oh what a sight it must have been to see her parents clasp her in their arms, and kiss her, and thank God, and Jesuj Christ, his son. for such great Mercy! But he was always merciful and tender. And because he did such good, and taught people how to love God and how to hope to go to Heaven after death, he was called Our Saviour. (Continued Tomorrow) (Coptrijht for North and South America. 1934, hr United Feature Syndicate, Inc.; all rijhu reserved.) Hourly Teirqjeratures 6a. m 28 10 a. m 30 7a. m 29 11 a. m 31 Ba. m 30 12 moon).. 31 9a. m 30 lp. m..... 32

POLITICS BLOCKING EFFORTS TO BUILD EFFICIENT STATE POLICE FORCE IS CHARGE OF AL FEENEY

Senator Fess’ Son Paid $3,000 for Lobbying, Air Line Official Testifies Given ‘Several Thousand’ by Plane Company for Work in ‘Expediting’ Passage of Air Mail Bill by Senate. Colonel Henderson States. By l n.itr.d Pm* WASHINGTON. March 7.—Colonel Paul H. Henderson, vice-president of the United Aircraft and Transport Company, told the senate air mail committee today that he paid a fee of several thousand dollars to Lehr Fess, .son of Senator Simon D. Fess <Rep., D.>, for two days’ w'ork in 1930 in “expediting” passage of the MrNary-Watres air mail act by the senate. i

Mr. Henderson said passage of the act in the senate “before a certain day in April, 1930,” w’as necessary for National Air a United subsidiary, to obtain a route certificate on its mail contract. “Mr. Fess w r as here in Washington tw'o days on the Watres bill,” he said. “It passed either while he. w'as here or on the day after he left. Anyway, it passed in time for N. A. T. to get its route certificate. “I paid Mr. Fess a fee of either $3,000 or $5,000, but I've forgotten w'hich. “I knew that Mr. Fess was onetime parliamentarian of the house of representatives,” Colonel Henderson testified, “and probably was more familiar with the methods of doing business. “I asked him, as a lawyer, to expedite passage of the bill. He did, - and I paid him a fee for it.” The United Aircraft official said that at that, time Mr. Fess’ Ohio law firm was not on a regular retainer, but that. Jthe firm later was engaged for “a year or two” to handle damage cases in Cleveland and Toledo and tax problems in Ohio. Colonel Henderson was the chief witness of the session which reconvened after several days of idleness. Before revealing the connection of young Fess with his company. Colonel Henderson testified that he believed the “spoils conference” of 1930 of air mail operators and former Postmaster-General Walter F. Brown was “improper.” He testified also that he and another air mail operator had met w’ith President Hoover to object to the passage of the McNary-Watres air mail bill in a form that would eliminate competitive bidding for air mail contracts. THREE SHOT DOWN IN PRISON OUTBREAK Convicts, Trying to Scale Walls, Fired Upon. By United Press HUNTSVILLE, Tex., March 7. Three prisoners were shot down here today when five state penitentiary convicts attempted to scale stone walls in a desperate break for freedom.

PIERPONT DEPRIVED OF CLOTHING TO BALK POSSIBLE DELIVERY

By United Press LIMA, 0.. March 7.—Officials guarding three Dillinger gangsters here have decided that one effective w’av of preventing their escape is to force them to remain “au natural.” The gangsters, Harry Pierpont, Russell Clark and Charles Makley. lolled about their cells in pajamas most of the time until last Saturday, when their leader, John Dillinger, escaped in Indiana. Since then, apparently expecting a raid by Dillinger to free them, they have remained fully dressed night and day. Officers, as a result, removed all their clothing except their under garments. Pierpont is given his clothing only long enough to appear in court for his murder trial.

U. S. Pay to Air Firms Investment in Future, Not Gift, ’ Says Rickenbacker

This is the first of three interviews with Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, in whirh America's foremost war ace presents the air mail contractors’ side of the present controversy' with the overnmnt after the private contracts were cancelled and the army ordered to carry the mail. The Scripps-Howard newspaper invited Captain Rickenbacker to present the arguments for the operators. BY GEORGE DAWS Times Special Writer. A general denial that air mail contracts w’ere awarded in 1930 as a result of collusion, that the operators have been overpaid for their services and that they have conducted their business in ar unethical manner was made today by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and aviation figure. The famous war ace is vice-presi-

FOUR PERISH IN PLANE CRASH Aviation Editor of Tribune Among Victims: Storm Is Blamed. By Time* Special PETERSBURG. 111.. March 7.—A sudden snowstorm w'as blamed today for the crash of an American Airways plane which claimed the lives of four men, one of them aviation editor of the Chicago Tribune and friend of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh. The dead were: Hugh Sexton,.Tribune writer and assigned to report the preparations of the Lindbergh Atlantic flight as a reporter of the St. Louis GlobeDemocrat. Walter Hallgren, Chicago, pilot. G. H. Waetjen, New York City. W. H. Bell, Columbus, O The plane crashed on a farm five miles from here, apparently while trying to dodge heavy mists and cold. Ice was believed to have formed on the ship's wings. CHANGING OF PLANE CONTRACTS DENIED Army Air Chief Misquoted, He Testifies. By T niter! Pres* WASHINGTON. March 7.—Brig-adier-General Benjamin D. Foulois, 'chief of the army air corps, was subjected to sharp questioning at the house W’ar department investigation today and denied he had testified that Harry Woodring, assistant secretary of war, had changed airplane specifications under a $7,500,000 public works allotment. Questioning of Brigadier-General Foulois and the assistant secretary at the opening session of the military affairs committee, brought out: 1. A statement by Mr. Woodring that Brigadier-General Foulois’ printed testimony before a house appropriations committee that he had changed specifications lowering the efficiency of the one hundred planes to be bought was “not correct in any detail.” 2. A reply by Brigadier-General Foulois that his testimony had been distorted and that what he meant i that Mr. Woodring had “only changed the contracts from negotiated to competitive.”

FIRST LADY’S PLANE REACHES SAN JUAN Natives Roar Welcome to Mrs. Roosevelt on Tour of West Indies. By United Press ABOARD MRS. ROOSEVELTS PLANE, March 7.—Mrs, Eleanor Roosevelt, touring the West Indies, arrived in San Juan, P. R., today amid the cheers of a large crowd and departed half an hour later to spend the night on the Virgin Islands. The governor gretted her at San Juan. Mrs. Roosevelt will return tomorrow to Puerto Rico, for a longer visit. She scrutinized the city carefully as her airplane circled over and, by her questions, disclosed a knowledge of the slums as well as the historic points.

dent of North American Aviation Corporation, a General Motors subsidiary which controls three great air lines—Transcontinental & Western Air. Eastern Air Transport and Western Air Express. Captain Rickenbacker is 43. tall, broad - shouldered and ruddycheeked. He speaks in a slow, deliberate manner, carefuly choosing each word. “The President, burdened with a multitude of major problems, has of necessity depended upon advisers,” he said, in offering his explanation of the sudden cancellation of the air mail contracts. “I believe the President has been w’ronglv advised and that he was not in possession of all the facts when he signed that cancellation order.” The word “subsidy” is not in Cap-

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Indiana’s Safety Director Flatly Asserts He Is Being* Hindered in Attempts to Give Public Proper Protection. DILLINGER REPORTED ON WAY HERE City Officials Mass at Highway Points; State Senator Weiss Bares Plan to Clean Up Law-Enforcement Body. A1 Feeney, state safety director, today charged that unauthorized political interference was hindering his efforts to build up an efficient state police force. John Dillinger, notorious desperado, was reported speeding here as city police received authenticated reports that two suspicious looking cars crossed the Illinois border headed tovyard Indianapolis last night. Harry Pierpont, “terror mobster” on trial for the murder of Sheriff Jess Sarber, watches unemotionally as a jury is selected at Lima, O. Senator Jacob Weiss (Pern., Indianapolis) announced that he will introduce a bill at the next session of the legislature demanding use of the merit system in the selection of the state police force. Two Dillinger guards at Crown Point prison are under arrest for alleged failure to resist in the escape of America's No. 1 public enemy. BV BASIL GALLAGHER Times Staff Writer Unauthorized interference and politics must be divorced from the state police, if that department is to become as effective as the people of the state of Indiana have a right to expect. That was thp essence of an interview today with A1

Feeney, state safety director, when asked by The Times to comment on the crime situation in Indiana. The square-jawed state police head, once the nemesis of opponents when he played center on a crack Notre Dame football team, did not “pull his punches” today as he flatly asserted that he was being hindered in his efforts to build up the state police force. “While outrages like the escape of Dillinger from Crow’n Point jail are disgusting.” said Mr. Finney, “they are not more obnoxious than any political setup which w’ould tend to undermine my efforts to make the state police force an organization capable of dealing w’ith gangsters efficiently. “I have been told that unless lam careful, I may lose my job in my efforts to accomplish my objective in establishing the sort of state police force Indiana must have,” Mr. Feeney continued. “I doubt that, but even if I did, I'd have the satisfaction of knowing that m.y motives are sincere and above political expediency.” Assails Selfish Politicians Mr. Feeney declared that much of the personnel of the state police force, previous to his assuming charge, March 15, 1933, was used for political purposes, w’henever deemed necessary, by those in charge. He stated, that since assuming office, he has been forced to discipline some men for their violation of the “no politics” rule. “It is hard to blame individuals on the force,” said Mr. Feeney. “When I have charged them with disobeying the rules of the force, they stated that they had received orders to disregard our rules, other orders having come from men of political influence w'hose motives are activated more by selfishness than efficiency. “The state police force has always been more or less of a political football,’’ said Mr. Feeney. “But. on taking office the Governor promised me and the members of the force that politics would be taken out of the department and I took the job solely on the understanding; that, orders were t.n come only from the Governor or myself. Backed Up bv McNutt “The Governor always has backed me up in this program and I am at a loss to understand why meddlers will try to overrule the Governor’s ow'n orders, thereby putting my men ‘on the spot’ and lowering the efficiency of the department. “Older members of the force have told me that under the old system,

tain Rickenbacker’s vocabulary. Rather he prefers “investment in the future” as the description of the payments the government has made to the air mail operators and w’hich he believes the government should continue to make. “Let us look at the facts,” he said. “No one wants or expects war, but it may come. The commercial air lines, maily developed with the help of air mail appropriations, have led in aeronautical development. They have given us swift, efficient airplanes, well trained pilots, expert technicians, sturdy engines. Commercial aviation is the backbone of our war defenses. “We lead the world in commercial aviation. Permanently cancel these (Turn to Pare Three)

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the men were not, only requested, hut ordered, to engage in political campaigns attired in full uniform and, if I remember correctly, the department, or at least most of it, was used in an effort to defeat the Governor in the last campaign. •'I am also told that men were ordered to distribute campaign literature and tack up posters nt' candidates, the taxpayers, of course, footing the bill.” Mr. Feerthy paused and took from his desk a sheaf of papers bearing statistical figures on state police work. • Figures Speak for Themselves “Naturally I have tried to change all this,” he said. “I thinj it no less than criminal for any one to use my men for any duties other than those of a policeman. Now is not the time to extol the accomplishments of the state police,” he said, tapping the sheaf of papers, “but figures speak for themselves. With all modesty I can say we have made a good record in arrests this year. Stating that he has not only changed the whole setup of the state police, but also has tried to instill his men with a proper morale, Mr. Feeney asserted that before his regime the state police force was composed “mostly of generals with very few privates.” At that time Mr. Feeney said the force consisted of forty-eight men and fourteen officrs, an officer for about every three men. “We now have fifty-eight men and four officers,” said Mr. Feeney. “The men have all been properi.y armed. In addition to the uniformed group I have established a homicide bureau, a detective bureau, a bank group and an auto-theft squad. Two Barracks Set I’p “Two barracks have been set up, one at Tremont on the Dunes highway and the other at Pendleton, near the state reformatory. We should have eight more. Barracks should interest she public for they cost the state nothing, being paid for by the counties, and make state policemen available twenty-four hours a day. “What is needed most at this time,” Mr. Feeney concluded, “to enable the state, police to combat crime successfully, is first to take politics out of the state police force entirely. Second, a radio system for which $25,000 already has been raised by popular subscription. Third, civil service examinations for all candidates and fourth, a strict understanding that no state policeman is to take orders from any one other than his commanding officers. “If we had radio equipment the day of the Dillinger escape from Crown Point, it would have been possible to have flashed the news to every policeman and sheriff in Indiana and surrounding states and to have surrounded the Indiana gangster with a police network from which he would have had difficulty escaping.” Dillinger Feared Coming Recalling thirty unmolested visits of the “terror mob" to Indianapolis in the fall, police today concentrated heavily on highways at the edge of the city following authenticated reports that armed men in suspicious looking cars crossed the state line from Illinois last night and headed toward Indianapolis. Early today. Sergeant Kent Yoh and Sergeant Charles Hodges, each with a squsd of men. were concentrated on the National and Rockville nads. while state police, led by Detective Gene Ryan, patrolled the county line west of the city. Threats, said to have been made by Dillinger against the life of a iTurn to Pa*e Three).