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‘INCOMPETENT’ CHARGE FLUNG AT AL FEENEY State Safety Driector Is Not an Able Executive, Charges Greenlee. MAKES BITTER RETORT Appointment Made as Favor to Van Nuys, Claims McNutt Aid. Charge cf ‘personal incompetrnry" was hurled at A1 Feeney, chief of the state safety department, this afternoon by Pleas Greenlee, McNutt patronage secretary. Bitter criticism of Commissioner Feeney came from Mr. Greenlee in the wake of an interview in The Times yesterday in which Mr. Feeney charged that partisan polities is preventing him from perfecting the state police force. Although he exonerated Governor Paul*V. McNutt and did not name Mr. Greenlee as the one to be blamed, the patronage secretary felt it, was he at whom the statement was directed, and today accepted the challenge. A1 Feeney has caused more trouble and embarrassment for this administration than all other appointees combined," Mr. Greenlee declared. No Executive. Says Pleas He is constantly wrangling with the chiefs of his various departments, and certainly that isn't the way to build up a competent force. Appointed head of the police department and state fire marshal, he had no experience either as a policeman or fireman. Now I feel that he is no executive. He has broken all the administration rules regarding purchase of supplies and the like, and usually sides against us in any controversy. Only recently he wrote to Robert Estill, Lake county prosecutor, and apologized for Estill getting into a fight with Captain Matt Leach. "He has fought with Leach, Clem Smitii, head of the fire marshal's office, and Karl Burkan of the identification bureau. “Appointment Was Favor” I do not know what the Governor has in mind for Mr. Feeney in •he future, but I do know that my rc's have been with executive approval "I am a Democrat and intend to remain loyal to my party. Mr. Feeney says he is a Democrat, and that was one of the qualifications necessary for him to get his present appointment. • In fact, the Governor put him in as a personal and political favor to Senator Frederick Van Nuys.” The Greenlee-Feeney fight merely went into another round with the latest outbreak, the feud between the two being of months standing. Republican* Issue Statement Republicans were quick to capitalize on the situation and this aitternoon Don B. Irwin, state chairman, issued a statement on the controversy from G. O. P. headquarters at the Clavpool. Citing Commissioner Feeney's contention that there was nothing but politics in the police force when he took it over, Mr. Irwin pointed out that'it was then under Secretary of State Frank A. Mayr Jr., a Democrat. Referring to the Governor's saying that the Feeney interview was “unw-arranted and inopportune a* this time.” Mr. Irwin said: If any one is permitted to differ with our Governor, may I disagree with Mr. McNutt's statement that the commissioners protest against political interference is 'unwarranted and inopportune at this time.’ Believes It “Timely” “To the contrary, in "view of the Dillinger disgrace, I believe it most timely, and if political conditions within the state police force are anything like they have been in state departments and state institutions. particularly our penal institutions. then the commissioner's protest was certainly warranted. “The commissioner's drive for a state police force free from political activity is commendable and I am amazed that Governor McNutt should have the audacity to turn him down. The state may rest assured that the Republican party stands ready to aid any plans to give Indiana the kind of police force the state needs.” Governor McNutt, who left yesterday for a speaking engagement in South Carolina and business in Washington, was very irate when the Feeney interview was called to his attention. Governor Is Irate “Words will not permit me to express how I feel about that sort of thing.” he said. “A1 Feeney has had a free hand and there is not a word of truth in the contention that he has been interfered with.” Mr. Greenlee admitted that he ordered two state policemen to lake part in a faction fight in Sullivan county, but said one was on each side and Mr. Feeney refused 10 fire the man against the McNutt forces. "When a Democrat policeman is off duty and not in uniform, I expect him to try and help us win,” he concluded. Auditor Sued for $75 Salary William Flannery yesterday filed *uit in circuit court against Charles Grossart. Marion county auditor, and William E. Clauer. county treasurer. The suit asks *75 as salary for services as a clerk while employed on voters' registration.

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Harry Pierpont, Branded as Killer of Sheriff Sarber, Reddens as His Eyes Meet Those of Accusing Deputy

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Grimly determined that his father's alleged slayer shall be brought, to justice. Sheriff Donald Sarber sits iright! in the Lima (O.) courtroom, with his submachine gun trained on Harry Pierpont (left) on trial on a charge of slaying Sheriff Jess Sarber in

FIRST LADY ON ISLAND TOUR Mrs. Roosevelt Takes to Air Again; Faces Busy Day. By / nitrd Prnm ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands, March B.—Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt continued today a triumphant flying tour of the American West Indies. She prepared this morning to fly to the neighboring Virgin Island of St. Croix, forty-five miles away, and then fly 100 miles to San Juan, Puerto Rico, starting at 3 p. m., for a stay of nearly a week, during which she will study social and economic conditions. Before entering her plane. Mrs. Roosevelt consented to deliver a brief speech to a gathering of women. This afternoon. San Juan prepared for her an official reception, surpassing the enthusiastic informal one she received during a brief halt there yesterday on her way to St. Thomas from Port, Au Prince Haiti. Governor Paul M. Pierson was Mrs. Roosevelt's official host in the Virgin Islands. The President's wife set herself an ambitious program for her twenty-four hours visit to the Virgin Islands —to inquire into island development, education, attention to homeless youths, illiteracy, economic plans, the bay rum industry and homesteading. She has shown, however, unusual knowledge of these questions in advance. From the time she left Port Au Prince at 6:30 a. m. yesterday, Mrs. Roosevelt spent a crowded day. She knitted, wrote and read in the air. From Port Au Prince she went to San Pedro. Pan-American Airways port in the Dominican Republic, to be received by President Rafael Trujillo. She went then to San Juan, and after an hour flew on to St. Thomas. ORGANIZE INDEPENDENT POLITICAL PARTY HERE New Groups Advocates Municipal Ownership of Utilities. An independent political party advocating municipal ownership of public utilities and equalization of wealth was organized Tuesday night by a group of Republicans and Democrats, dissatisfied with present political conditions. The party will indorse an independent ticket with a full slate to be submitted to the voters of Marion county in the coming campaign. A complete platform will be submitted at an early date or as soon as the organization is completed, it was announced. CAPTAIN FRANK EVANS SUCCUMBS IN N. Y. Son of Faous U. S. Admiral Also Served in U. S. Navy. By (mi ted Prt* NEW YORK. March B.—Captain Frank Taylor Evans. 58. U. S. N., retred. son of the late Adiral Robley (Fighting Bob) Evans, died at Brooklyn naval hospital today after a long illness. Captain Evans, known as a “chip off the old block." had a career that ranged fro citations for bravery to a court-martial for intoxication. He served with hs father during the Spanish-American war and commanded a navy base in France during the World war. He also commanded the Lakehurst naval air station, the Newport training school and the Brooklyn navy yard.

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•There He Is,’ Points Ohio Officer, Asked to Single Out Murderer. By I >ll ted Press LIMA, 0.. March B.—The first official identification of Harry Pierpont as the slayer of Sheriff Jesse L. Sarber w r as made at the Dillinger ! gangster's trial here today as the i state began presentation of evidence | it hopes will send Pierpont to death ' in the electric chair. Deputy Sheriff William Sharp, I who witnessed the raid on the jail | here last Oct. 12. in w'hich Sarber was killed, was one of the first wit- ! nesses called by Prosecutor Ernest i Botkin. Sharp described in detail the murderous assault to free John Dillinger, then being held on a bank robbery charge. He testified that Sheriff Sarber was shot dow r n without warning by one of the several men who entered the jail house. “Do you know' who shot the sheriff?” Botkin asked. Brands Pierpont Killer “I do now,” Sharp replied. “Who was it?” “Harry Pierpont.” Is he here now?” “There he is,” Sharp answered, turning toward the defense table. Pierpont’s face reddened as their eyes met. "Who clubbed the shreiff?” Botkin asked. “MakFey,” Sharp replied, referring I to Charles Makley. who, with PierI pont and Russell Clark, also is accused of the murder. “Who clubbed the sheriff a second time?” “Pierpont.” Sharp then related how' he and Mrs. Lucy Sarber, the slain man's I widow, w'ere locked in a cell after Dillinger was released. Motion Is Overruled • Today's session w r as preceded with a motion by Miss Jessie Levy, Inj dianapolis. counsel for Pierpont, protesting against the gangster being forced to appear in court manacled hand and foot. Judge Emmitt E. Everett overruled the motion to release him. In his preliminatry statement, Mr. Botkin declared: “The state will show that John Dillinger and Harry Pierpont were fellow prisoners in the Indiana state prison for several years. We will show that Dillinger planned the release of Pierpont and nine other prisoners after he had been paroled in 1933. “The evidence will show that, in I return for that favor, the freed i prisoners delivered Dillinger from the Allen county jail here and killed Sheriff Sarber.” STATE FARMERS BACK CORN-HOG REDUCTION 75 Per Cent of Indiana Farms to Join. Officials Claim. i By United Press LAFAYETTE. Ind.. March B. The corn-hog reduction program, instituted by the government in an | effort to revive agriculture, is expected to cover 75 per cent of Indiana farms, Purdue agricultural dei partment officials said today. Figures received here show that 64.908 contracts, providing for at least a 20 per cent corn acreage reduction and a 25 per cent cut in hog production, have been obtained from Hoosier farmers. L. E. Hoffman, in charge of the Indiana reduction program, said ! that he expected the figure to reach 70.000 within the next few' weeks. CONGRESS TO END IN MAY. ROBINSON SAYS President Informed of Date by Majority Leader. By United Pi ess WASHINGTON. March B—Senator Joseph T. Robinson. Democratic majority leader, informed President Roosevelt today that he , wax confident congress would adjourn between May 1 and May 1.

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| the Dillinger jail delivery last October. At the sheriff's right is Presiding Judge Emmitt E. Everett. The prisoner, heavily manacled, is a picture of dejection, despite his boasts that he soon would be free.

Loaned U. S. Postal Aid SIO,OOO , Air Official Says United Aircraft Vice-President Bares Deal for Friend, Chief Assistant to Irving Glover. By United Press WASHINGTON. March B.—Paul H. Henderson, vice-president of the United Aircraft and Transport Company, told senate investigators this afternoon that he lent SIO,OOO to a postoffice department official in the fall of 1930. several months after his company obtained a transcontinental mail contract.

Mr. HendersonJ,estified before the I air mail committee that the money went to Chace Gove, chief assistant to W. Irving Glover, former assistant postmaster-general to protect Mr. Gove's losses in stock market transactions. The airplane line official said he indorsed three notes for SI,OOO each for Mr. Gove's account on Oct. 10, 1930, two more for $1 000 each on Nov. 10, and paid all of them himself on Nov. 24. On Dec. 23, he lent Mr. Gove $5,000 and took Mr. Gove's notes for SIO,OOO. “Have those notes been paid?” Senator Hugo Black asked. “They have not,” Mr. Henderson replied. “I destroyed them within the last year or two in Gove's pres- ! ence at the Willard hotel here.” Earlier Mr. Henderson attacked President Roosevelt's proposals for returning air mail contracts to private operators. Exnlains Gove Transaction He opposed the three-year limitaj tion the President proposed and the I plan to give bidders six months to j qualify for contracts.” Questioned by Senator Black, Mr. ! Henderson agreed w'ith the President's suggestion that operating : companies should be divorced from aircraft manufacturing concerns. Mr. Henderson obtained permis- | sion to explain the Gove transaction in detail and said: “I have knowm Mr. Gove since 1921. When I was in the postoffice department i Henderson was onetime assistant postmaster-general), I made him my chief clerk, i "An unusual friendship existed between us. Some time in 1930 he | told me he had been gambling in the ! stock market, and that he had | bought shares of American Can and Sears Roebuck v v ith all the money | lie had in the world. Market Was Falling “The market at that time was falling and his brokers were threatening to close him out. I don't know whether he asked me for the loan or w'hether I offered jto Piake it. I paid all of his notes on Nov. 24. 1930. and after I had I loaned him $5,000 and accepted his ...es for SIO,OOO. he came to me and ■ told me he was worried about his failure to pay them. "Almost with tears in his eyes, he wanted to execute a second mortgage on his house. “I said. 'Chace, I know that if you ever get SIO,OOO you'll pay me. I'm not going to be put in a position of being able to take away your home from your wife and children. We'll just figure we made a bad gamble. Now forget about it'.”

‘l’m Diamond Lil to You if I Ever Get My Jewelry From Tucson,’ Flips Mary Kinder, ‘Terror Mob Moll’

“A \ THEN I get my jewelry from ’’ Tucson—if I ever get it—you can call me "Diamond Lil.” Tossing off this flippant remark. Mary Kinder, so called "gun moll" captured with the "terror mob” at Tucson, abruptly ended an interview with a Times reporter today. Dressed in green, with a black hat to which was appended a "peek-a-boo” veil. Mary today called on A1 Farb. local bondsman, of 185 South Alabama street, who received a letter today purported to be from Dillinger.

DILLINGER IN CITY, POLICE HEAR; INTENSIVE SEARCH UNDER WAY FOR MOB CHIEF AND HAMILTON

Jail Picture ‘Disgrace’‘Friendly’ Photo of Dillinger and Estill Is Assailed by Cummings.

By United Press WASHINGTON, March B.—Attorney-General Homer S. Cummings this afternoon sharply criticised recent newspaper photographs of John Dillinger with Sheriff Lillian Holley and Prosecutor Robert C. Estill, taken prior to Dillingers escape from the Crown Point <lnd.) prison last week.

“This picture,” the attorney general said, “show's a complete lack of respect, propriety and common sense. "It is one of the most disgraceful things I know about. The negligence of these people may result in the death of some honest person.” The attorney-general said if Prosecutor Estill had been a federal attorney at the time of the picture “he would not be now', and the same applies to the sheriff." BANK MESSENGER IS ROBBED OF $50,000 Two Bandits Nab Mail Pouch in South Carolina. By United Press GREENVILLE. S. C.. March 3. A South Carolina National bank messenger was held up by two bandits today and robbed of a mail sack containing $50,000.

MOVERS THWARTED BY N. Y. ZOO ELEPHANT Truck Proves Too Small to Transfer Mammoth Beast. By l nited Press NEW YORK, March B.—Officials of the Central park zoo were perplexed today over the problem of where to park Chang, two and a half ton Indiana elephant, while a new elephant house is under construction. An attempt to move Chang to the Prospect park zoo in Brooklyn failed when the application of simple geometry revealed that the elephant didn’t fit the biggest moving van available. The truck, which could accommodate dozens of pianos, was backed into position. The driver looked at the elephant, then at the truck and called into conference Captain Roland C. Stout, consultant engineer. Stout measured Chang. Height 10 feet; girth—so much, it didn't matter. “Not in this buggy, he don't,” grunted the truck driver and Chang trumpeted derisively as the van roared away, empty. 8-MONTHS-OLD BABY PERISHES IN BLAZE Two Small Brothers Rescued as Fire Destroys Home. By United Press SOUTH WHITLEY. Tnd.. March B.—An Bvnonths-old baby perished today and two small brothers were rescued when fire destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt Cordill here. The three children, Elmer Leroy, 8 months; William. 4, a cripple, and Donald, 2, had been left alone in the home while the mother went on a short errand. DEMOCRATS TO HEAR KERN AND M’KINNEY Candidates for Mayor and County Treasurer to Address Rally. Judge John W. Kern, candidate for the Democratic mayoralty nomination, and Frank McKinney, Democratic candidate for county treasurer, will be principal speakers at the Democratic rally March 20. at the Olympic Club, West Riverside drive and Pruitt street. The Riverside Democratic Club executive committee met last night at the home of George McCutcheon, 2038 Mansfield avenue, to make arrangements for the rally.

I Mary explained that her visit to Farb was "purely personal.” She was angry because she had j been brought to police headquarters last night to be quizzed by police following reports that Dillinger had come to Indianapolis on a visit. “It's getting so a girl can't be let alone, at all,” Mary complained. “When the detectives picked us up last night there was a guy with me I've known all my life. He asked the detectives what was the matter. Then they

STATE TOWN BOOMS AGAIN I Repeal Brirfgs Prosperity to Lawrenceburg; Only Two Unemployed. Bn Times Special LAWRENCEBURG, Ind., March : B.—The snarling, lean-ribbed wolf of depression has turned regretfully i away fropr this Indiana tow'n of 4,000 inhabitants on the Ohio river. “Just two fellow’s on relief now',” j exultantly exclaims William F. Ritzmann, city auditor. “And both of them are too ill to w'ork. I haven’t j written a check for city relief all winter.” Merely a ghost less than a year ago, struggling vainly to live, her industries' deserted plants throw'ing additional unemployment and their families upon a meager relief fund, now there is not an ablebodied man in town, willing to work, w'ho hasn't a, job. As state after state thundered out “ayes” for repeal of the eighteenth amendment, the lifeblood began to | flow back into anemic LawrenceI burg. Promise of a. greater prosperity i than the town ever has known was ! forecast in the shadow' of repeal. The prodigal son, w'hisky, has rej turned and with it halcyon days. Joseph Seagram & Sons, Inc., an | affiliate of the Seagram Distillery j of Canada, and the Old Quaker Dis- | tillery, a division of the Schenley Corporation, are working full time I in Greendale, next door to Law 7 - I renceburg. Another distilling plant is planned. The Lawrenceburg Roller Mills, largest in southeastern Indiana, the saw works, the veneer plant and local merchants have become infected with the enthusiasm of prosperity and have added employes. Construction has boomed and ! capital running into seven figures! will be spent building warehouses, rectifying and bottling plants and (Turn to Page Twenty-Two) WEST NEWTON STORE ROBBED BY 3 BANDITS Grocery Loses SBS to 15 Gallons of Gas to Trio. The three W'ell-dressed young j bandits held up Armstrong's grocery j store, West Newton, today, stealing SBS and 15 gallons of gasoline. All | three men were armed. They escaped riding toward Mooresville. In the store at the time of the | robbery were Harold Armstrong. I proprietor, and his mother, Mrs. Walter Armstrong. The bandits menaced Mrs. Armstrong with their | pistols while Armstrong was forced 1 to hand over the money from the i till. REPORT MASSING OF TROOPS IN AUSTRIA Ileiniwehr and Artillery Near Border, Say Germans. By United Press MUNICH, Germany. March 8. — The newspaper Neueste Nachrichten ! reported today the concentration of Heimw'ehr troops, including artillery, in the Austrian district around Kufstein. It also reported that military observation posts and machine gun emplacements w'ere being established along the border. Hartman to Address G. O. P. Club Joseph E. Hartman, county chairman of the Young Republican , League, will be principal speaker j at a meeting of the Seventh Ward ! Republican Club, a Negro organization, tonight at 1631 Northwestern avenue. Mike Vaughn, league ward chairman, will preside.

ran him in just because he knew me.” n n a revealed that her stay -*-*-*- in the Marion county jail had inspired an unknown local man to w'rite her a letter in which he declared, "I am madly in love with you." “And I don't even know who he is.” Mary giggled, with obvious pleasure. Detectives searched her handbag last night, Mary revealed, and were surprised when they

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Escaped Desperado’s Threat To Get’ Local Man Recalled as Cops Check Addresses of Gangster’s Friends. PAIR IDENTIFIED BY CAFE OWNER Gangster, Wearing Derby and Sporting Small Mustache, Visited Kennard, Ind., Is * Report; Mary Kinder Questioned. Reports that John Dillinger, titular leader of the Indiana “terror mob” and America’s No, 1 public enemy/visited Indianapolis last night and still may be here this afternoon caused widespread police activity throughout the city. While reports that the desperado had been seen in Florida and Missouri were received by state and city police, rumors persisted today that he had been seen in and near

DICKENS’ SERIES In order to give Indianapolis persons an opportunity to read the first five chapters of Charles Dickens’ “Life of Our Lord.” The Indianapolis Times has these installments complete in full-page form. The chapters can be obtained free by calling at the circulation department of The Times or mailing 3 cents to cover postage. After you get the first five chapters be sure to read The. Times daily for the remainder of this amazing series. The series is being presented daily on the feature page of The Times.

NEW AIR MAIL POLICY READY ‘Honest Payment for Honest Service’ Is Urged by . Roosevelt. By f nitr/i Prrxx WASHINGTON, March B.—The draft of anew administration air mail policy based on “honest payment for honest service” was before congress today as senate investigators hinted further evidence of abuses growing ( out of contract awards. The policy, outlined by President Roosevelt in terse sentences, called for new mail contracts with commercial companies as soon as possible but only after sweeping legislative reforms. Mr. Roosevelt's views,' addressed to the chairman of the senate and house postoffice committees and Senator Hugo Black, head of the special air mail investigating group, were being studied along with testimony of Colonel Paul H. Henderson, vice-president of the United Aircraft and Transport company, anew witness in the inquiry. Colonel Henderson revealed he paid young Lehr Fess, son of Senator Simeon D. Fess, (Rep., O.), several thousand dollars to “expedite” passage of the McNary-Watres air mail bill in the senate. In presenting his suggestions after a conference with Postmaster-Gen-eral James A. Farley, Commerce Secretary Daniel C. Roper and others, Mr. Roosevelt observed: “We must avoid the evils of the past, and at the same time encourage the sound development of the aviation industry.” He proposed: Contracts for not more than three years, with fair and open bidding. Six months period grace to allow successful bidder to qualify. Supervision by interstate commerce commission. No award of contracts to companies with affiliates connected with competitive routes or in airplane manufacturing industry. No contracts with companies, old or new, whose officers were party to obtaining contracts now canceled. The chief executive submitted recommendations to safeguard free competitive bidding against combinations, agreements or under--1 standings, adding that “such action | should be the basis for cancellation . of contracts.” Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 25 10 a. m 28 7a. m 26 11 a. m. ... 29 8 a. m 25 12 (noon).. 28 9 a. m. ... 27 1 p. m 29

found some money—“just a little money.” Mary explained. “If I even have a cent they think it came from Dillinger,” she complained. ‘•Times are tough,” sighed Mr. Farb. "I wish I had my jew-elry,” sighed Marx’. “What would you do. ‘hock it’,’’ asked a reporter. “ ‘Hock’ it nothing.” Mary retorted, “I'd wear it, all of it. It's all good. too. Then maybe you guys will call me ‘Diamond Lil’ instead of ‘gun moll'.”

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Indianapolis. This afternoon men under Captain Herman Rademacher still were investigating reports that Dillinger and John Hamilton had been seen near Newcastle. The proprietor of a restaurant at Kennard, eight miles west of Newcastle, told police that, he had recognized two men from pictures of Dillinger and Hamilton. The man he thought was Dillinger w'ore a black derby, blue overcoat and sport-d a small mustache. The other suspicious looking man wore a blue overcoat and a. dark brown felt hat, according to the information given police. An hour after police received this information they received another tip that Dillinger in Indianapolis. The source of their information was guarded carefully, but detectives admitted that the information had been received. Mary Kinder Questioned Mary Kinder, 930 Daley street, socalled "gun moll,” her sister, Mrs. Margaret Behrens and a young man who w y as riding in an mobile w r ith them, were taken to police headquarters and later released after being questioned at length by detectives. No charges were lodged against them. As police checked a number of city addresses, it was recalled that undercover stories had been heard by police that Dillinger had sworn “to get’’ a local man alleged to have withheld $15,000 of the desperado money after Dillinger had been jailed at Crown Point. Police advanced the theory that Dillinge*- may have been in Indianapolis to make inquiry concerning how long the trial of Harry Pierpont for the murder of Sheriff Jess Barber might last in Lima, 0., where authorities are seeking to get a jury to try the Indiana “terror mobster.” Letter Called Forgery A strange rode letter purportedly sent by Dillinger to A1 Farb, Indianapolis professional bondsman, today was revealed to be a forgery. The forgery was discovered by Captain Matt Leach of the Indiana, state police, after a. comparison of the handwriting with that of the desperado. Captain Leach used several letters written by Dillinger and confiscated in a state police raid on a Dayton •O.) rooming house last fall to check the authenticity of the letter turned over to him by Farb. The letter received today by Mr. Farb was mailed from Indianapolis at 4:30 p. m. yesterday. The letter read: “A1 Farb— Tried to get in touch with vou by phone, not in. Al, see and < two Indianapolis attorneys) and tell them to go to Chi., night clerk, hotel. Van Buren and State. He wil] contact them with me. Tell him 11-18-28. That will be enuff. 1 grand planted. Need go-between. • Signed) John D.” Mr. Farb said he would turn the letter over to police. Numerals Are Used Numerals used in the criptic message were similar to numerals used by Dillingers mysterious woman visitor at the Crown Point jail. The attractive brunet variously identified as Ann Martin and Elaine De.K. D. Burton, was said to have used the "football signal” language in her conversation in the jail with the desperado. “I love you John, 7-28-19.” she was quoted as saying, by guards who recalled the conversations after Dillinger’s escape from the prison. No trace has been found of the (Turn to Page Twenty-Two) Times Index Page America Must Choose 4 Auto News 18 Berg Cartoon 16 Bridge 2.1 Broun 15 Classified 22-23 Comics 25 Crossword Puzzle 25 Curious World 25 Editorial 16 Financial 24 Hiekman-Theaters 15 Life of Our Lord 15 Pegler 15 Radio 19 School News 12 Sports 20-21 State News 17 Woman's Pages 0-9