Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 272, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 March 1934 — Page 1

AUTO LABOR FOES ‘HALF-INCH’ APART, CONFIDES JOHNSON Recovery Administrator’s Optimism Brings Reassurance That Progress Is Made in Crucial Discussions. ‘WE’RE PRETTY CLOSE,’ HE SAYS Compromise Is Believed to Be Near in Sessions; ‘No Strike as Long as President Runs Things,’ Is Word. fly L nited Press WASHINGTON, March 24.—General Hugh S. Johnson today believed capital and labor to be just a “half inch” away from solution of the crucial automobile crisis and expected them to negotiate that distance today. The recovery administrator’s optimism brought reassurance that progress had been made during the many hours that automobile manufacturers and American Federation of Labor representatives had been closeted with President Roosevelt. “We’re about so close to an greement,” General Johnson explained, illustrating by extending his thumb and forefinger just a half inch apart. “I think that it means an agreement. We’re pretty close to it.”

There was no official intimation as yet as to the nature of the compromise being worked out in the conflict between the A. F. of L. and the industry regarding representation of employed in collective bargaining. Indications were, however, that the chance of averting a walkout of 100,000 automotive workers and a general crisis in the President’s recovery program hinged upon an impartial government-super vised poll of employes sentiment. The stumbling block in this suggested compromise was believed to be determination on a procedure of making effective the sentiment disclosed bv such a poll. Manufacturers are believed unwilling to recognize the American Federation of Labor “such,” although they might agree, as in the case of the steel industry in the captive mines case, to allow A. F. of L. men to represent specific groups ot workers who expressed a clear desire for such representation. Weighing against the chance of a compromise was the strong sentiment of both capital and labor that no half-way measure will be effective and that the time is favorable in many respects for a clear-cut. show of strength on the union issue. Favor Fight Now Some manufacturers are known to favor such a fight now, serious though the disturbance to business might be. in the belief that union infiltration in the industry is growing rapidly. A show of strength now. these men believe, might dispose of the conflict in capital’s favor, whereas a compromise might mean an eventual victory for labor by enabling the unions to continue their membership gains. An indication of this sentiment was seen in reports from Detroit that manufacturers were making a strong bid for the favor of workers by instituting wage increases and hourly reductions. General Motors. Chrysler and other large plants were offering their men a thirty-six-hour week in the place of a forty-hour week, with no decrease in pay. This was interpreted as a move for support of men without union affiliations in case the Washington negotiations break down and the A. F. of L. goes ahead with its strike. The pay increase also would tend to make the men look more favorably upon the management in any poll of sentiment concerning company and A. F. of L. unions. President Is Heartened The balance of opinion today, however, seemed to indicate success for the President in his strenuous efforts to avert a strike. In addition to General ohnson’s optimism there was a statement by William Collins. A. F. of L. organizer. that "we are making progress.’’ Collins said that he believed there would be no strike “as long as the President is handling the situation. “I am very hopefull of a settlement.” Collins said, “but the stream has not yet been fully navigated.” Another union representative, Joe Bailey, said: “The whole thing is up to the President. It is possible to settle this whole thing in twenty minutes.” Manufacturers Silent Manufacturers were silent. The President was heartened in his automotive negotiations by news from New York that his representatives had succeeded in averting a strike which threatened on the Delaware and Hudson Railroad. The word was brought to him at the height* of his discussions and he immediately telegraphed congratulations to Chairman W. F. Stacy of an emergency board which inter-j vened in the dispute. Aid for the President in the gen- ! eral labor situation was developing I in rongre&s where the Wagner bill outlawing company unions which' are the basis of most of tne present trouble is moving slowly through the i legislative mill. A second weapon, j the President's power to license in- ' dustry under the NR A. Expires in June, but congress, it was indicated, likely will extend the time limit as ; an aid to the chief executive.

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NEW AIR MAIL BILL PRESENTED Administration Men Muster Support for Measure; Yield to Foes. lin United Pnss WASHINGTON, March 24.—Administration leaders mustered support today for their revised aid mail bill, designed to return mail contracts to commercial operators on a basis of strict competitive bidding. The new bill, drafted after an original measure was criticised sharply by the nation's leading air pilots, was introduced by Senators Kennth D. McKellar <Dem., Tenn.) and Hugo L. Black (Dem., Ala.). It authorizes the postmaster-gen-eral to award contracts for a fouryear period, after which the interstateh commerce commission would be empowered to grant three-year extensions. Yielding to bitter opposition, the administration struck from its original bill a clause that would deny new contracts to operators who aserted any claim against the government because of prior annulments. Anew provision makes ineligible any operator who had a representative at the alleged "spoils conferences” with former Postmas-ter-General Walter F. Brown in May and June. 1930. McKellar, chairman of the senate postoffice committee, indicated the bill would be reported to the seante by next Wednesday. New provisions of the revised measure: 1. When the postmaster general declares a low bidder not responsible to hold a contract, the bidder may appeal to the interstate commerce commission. 2. Four transcontinental air routes routes shall be established. (Three existed before recent cancellation of domestic contracts. 3. Contracts shall run for four years. 4. Airmail postage rates shall be 6 cents. The bill bill made no change in the proision requiring commercial airlines to carry army, navy and marine corps fliers as co-pilots. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and other famous aviators attacked that provision.

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Kingsbury, Boss of Standard of California, Indicted by Government. fly United Press LOS ANGELES. March 24.—The government delivered a sweeping blow at accused petroleum code “chiselers” today by indicting two major oil companies, three independents and forty-one officials on charges of violating the code of fair competition and infraction of interstate commerce regulations. K. R. Kingsbury, president of the Standard Oil Company of California and himself a member of the code authority, and Paul Sboup, president of the Southern Pacific Railroad and a director of the Assorted Oil Company, were among the business leaders indicted. The action was characterized here as the mast drastic the government yet has taken to enforce provisions of the NIRA. The Standard Oil Company of California was charged with 149 specific instances of violating the code while the Associated Oil concern was accused of 185 specific violations. The independent operators named were the Seaside Oil Company, the Signal Oil and Gas Company and the Signal Oil and Gas Company of California. The grand jury charged the three concerns were dominated by Standard and the Associated, and in effect were affiliates. Through this system of “control” the independents sold petroleum products at prices lower than those posted in the major stations, it was alleged.

ROOSEVELT FAVORS WORKERS INSURANCE Unemployment Bill Given Presidential Support. By United Press WASHINGTON, March 24.—Federal unemployment insurance advocates were cheered today in their fight for passage of the $1,000,000,000 Wagner-Lewis bill by ‘ the surprise support of President Roosevelt. “The general principles of the bill seem to me to be sound," said the President in an unexpected letter to Chairman Robert L. Doughton (Dem., N. C.), chairman of the house ways and means committee. Mr. Roosevelt urged passage of the bill this session. “For a long time I have advocated unemployment insurance as an essential part of our program to build a more ample and secure life,” the President said. “The loss of a job brings discouragement and privation to the individual worker and his family. If an insurance or reserve fund has been accumulated, even a small payment from it at such a critical time will tide over the worker and keep up his morale and purchasing power.”

Charles J. Karabell today announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for judge of Marion superior court five. Mr. Karabell, a member of theh law firm of Karabell & Lipman,

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BULLETIN fly l nit'il /’nut LYNCHBURG, Va., March 24.—At least sixteen persons were burned to death and approximately eighty-five were injured when fire swept through the transient bureau home here today. Bodies of the sixteen were recovered. It was feared the ruins might contain others. Some of those injured were burned so severely that they were not expected to live.

Oil Firm Head, Himself Code Authority Member, Faces ‘Chiseling’ Count

Karabell Enters Race for Judge Nomination

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MURDER SUSPECTS WIN VENUE CHANGE Mrs. Saunders, Mathers Get Trial in Boone County. The cases of Theodore Mathers and Mrs. Norma Saunders, two "of the three principals in the “$lO murder” of the Rev. Gaylord V. Saunders, former Wabash Methodist minister, were sent to the Boone county circuit court at Lebanon yesterday by Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker on a change of venue. The change of venue petitions of both Mathers and the slain minister’s widow charged that the defendants would not receive a fair and impartial trial in Marion county. Both petitions w r ere filed earlier this week by Judson L. Stark, Mathers’ attorney, and Merle N. Walker and Victor R. Jose, attorneys for Mrs. Saunders. Mathers had been scheduled to face trial before Judge Baker Tuesday. ACTRESS SUES RADIO PROGRAM FOR SIOO,OOO Interview Faked, Is Charge of Pretty Ginger Rogers. By United Press HOLLYWOOD, Cal. March 24. An alleged faked radio interview was the basis of a SIOO,OOO slander suit, on file today by Ginger Rogers, red-headed film actress, against Sylvia Ulbeck, local masseuse, a radia station, and the National Broadcasting Company.

with offices at 401 Guaranty building, has been engaged in the general practice of law for more than ten years. He was appointed deputy prosecuting attorney by William H. Remy and reappointed by Judson L. Stark and has served as special judge and judge pro tern, in both civil and criminal courts in the county. Mr. Karabell has been active in party and civic affairs. He attended the Indianapolis public schools and was granduated from Manual Training high school. He was graduated from Butler university in 1917 with the degree of bachelor of arts.' He later attended the University of Pennsylvania and graduated from Benjamin Harrison Law school. While at Butler. Mr. Karabell was prominent in athletics, winning varsity letters in basketball and baseball, and has since been active in the affairs of Butler university. He is past president of the Butler Men's Club and is a member of the Butler Alumni Association and the Butler Monogram Club. He is a member of Kappa Delta Rho fraternity. and Monument lodge 657, F. <fc A. M.. Lawyers’ Association of Indianapolis, the Indiana State Bar Association, and is a member of the auditing committee of the Indianapolis Bar Association. He is a member of the Columbia Club. Mr. Karabell is married and lives at 3024 North Meridian street. In the Air Weather conditions at 9 a. m.: North northwest wind, 15 miles an hour, gusty; temperature, 30; barometric pressure, 30.30 at sea level; general conditions, overcast, hazy; ceiling, estimated 9,000 feet; visibility, six miles.

PICKED POLICE SQUAD IS HOT ON JOHN DELLINGER’S TRAIL; HIDEOUT FOUND

Dim ‘SET FRET BY PBUHMS 'TO HEP ID FROM TAIKMG.’ MY PALS ‘Released’ From Crown Point to Protect High Indiana Politicians, Lutz Told by Pierpont and Makley. BY BASIL GALLAGHER # Times Staff Writer LIMA, 0., March 24.—Revision of the entire Indiana criminal- code will be recommended by Philip Lutz Jr., attor-ney-general, he said today, as a result of hints by two terror mobsters that John Dillinger was “freed” at Crown Point to

keep him from “talking” on the Michigan City prison break. In a lengthy conference with Harry Pierpont and Charles Makley late last night, Mr. Lutz said he was informed that “Dillinger was aided in his break March 3 by persons high in Indiana politics to shield officials who had guilty knowledge of the jail break from Michigan City last September.” Mr. Lutz said the gangster hinted “certain persons” feared Dillinger might tell what he knew about how the ten convicts were enabled to escape from the Indiana state prison. Dillinger is reputed to have engineered the break, smuggling guns into the prison. Studying Ohio’s Code His Crown Point escape investigation and conference with the two mobsters. Mr. Lutz said, has determined him to seek revision of the Indiana criminal code to remove technicalities which make it easy for criminals to “beat the rap.” He said he is studying the Ohio criminal code, which makes changes of venue, trial delays and other evasions difficult. Mr. Lutz participated in conclusion of the trial late yesterday of Russell Clark for the murder of Sheriff Jess Sarber when the terror mob freed Dillinger from the Allen county jail here. Summation of evidence was under way this morning in the trial, and the case was expected to be in the jury’s hands this afternoon. Gangsters Talk Readily Mr. Lutz refused to say if the convicted gangsters had named specifically any officials who might have aided in Dillinger’s escape, but admitted they had given him much valuable information in investigation of the Crown Point case. The gangsters admitted, he said, that they knew no money had changed hands in the intrigue which permitted Dillinger’s “walkout,” but that reputations of “higher-ups” which might come to light in trial of the gang leader for the slaying of Detective Pat O’Malley of East Chicago, were at stake. Facing Mr. Lutz in the same room in which Sheriff Sarber was killed, the gangsters talked readiiy. Pierpont sat on the edge of the desk which still bears the mark of one of the bullets fired at the sheriff in the desperate fight. Pierpont Speaks Bitterly Don Sarber the sheriff's son stood in a corner of the room with a machine gun levelled at the gangsters during the interview. Makley and Clark lounged on chairs, blinking in the bright light after hours of confinement in unlighted cells. Pierpont and Makley spoke bitterly of the testimony of Edward Shouse, former member of the gang now serving a life sentence in Michigan City. Shouse testified that Pierpont fired the shot which killed the sheriff and that Makley clubbed the dying man with the but of his gun. “I wouldn’t squeal on the worst rat in the world,” said Pierpont, his

*Brain Trusters* Admit They Seek to Overthrow Government, Charges Wirt

By United Press GARY, Ind., March 24.—Dr. William A. Wirt, nationally known educator, said here today he may refuse to tell the house interstate commerce committee the identities of administration “brain trust” members quoted by him as admitting they sought to overthrow the American governmental system. “I don’t know yet whether I will be called to explain my statements but I am eager to appear before any committee of congress and give my views,” he said, adding: “But as to revealing the names of the members of the so-called brain trust with whom I talked I'm not sure that I want to do that, either now or before the committee.” He said “subsequent developments would determine he will openly name the President s advis-

lips curling in scorn. “Not even if I was going- out, and I'm sure I'm going.” Makley nodded assent, “I guess I'm going too.” Clark preesrved his customary silence, but listened intently to the conversation. “We All Knew Layout” “We knew all about the layout atthe Crown Point jail,” Pierpont said, “and about the layouts of lots of other Ohio and Indiana jails. We made it our business in the Michigan City prison to find out about the jail layouts from prisoners sent from the county jails to the state prison.” “Johnny Dillinger knew all about the Crown Point jail, too,” the “trigger man” added. “We interviewed fiften prisoners in the state prison who had done time in the Lake county jail, and it was a tough one to get* out of.” Pierpont said that nobody could have escaped from the Crown Point jail without assistance. The attorney-general said Judge Emmit E. Everett told him he' would sentence the gangsters at different times so they would not be in the courtroo mat the same time in event of a gang effort to free them. Hamilton Alive, Says Pierpont It was learned several department of justice men are in Lima today, investigating two angles of the gang. One is the rumor that some of the securities stolen by the mob have been sold recently in Wisconsin, presumably to finance Dillinger’s flight and also trials of Pierpont, Makley and Clark. The other angle is that the car being driven by Andrew Strachan, Detroit. Clark’s brother-in-law, undoubtedly is one of the cars used by Dillinger in his flight from Crown Point, and that it was left in Detroit to be available in event it should be needed quickly, Mr. Lutz said. At one point in the interview with Mr. Lutz, Pierpont said that he did not believe that John Hamilton, former Dillinger gangster, was dead. “We put that out on the train coming back from Tucson,” he said. “There was some basis for it then, I thought, but I’ve changed my mind since.” In Tucson 15 Hours “Would you stake your life on a bet that Hamilton is alive?” asked Herbert J. Patrick, first deputy assistant attorney-general. “No,” said Pierpont smiling. Pierpont told the Indiana investigators that he and Mry Kinder arrived in Tucson, Ariz., only j fifteen hours before their arrest. | Other members of the gang had come to the southwestern city by ! different routes and at different times, he declared. “Those two salesmen out there j who squealed to the police about our being in Tucson were responsible for our arrests,” Pierpont added. HOURLY TEMPERATURES 6 a. m 28 8 a. m 23 7 a. m 28 9 a. m 29

ors, fro mwho he claimed to have obtai|ed the admissions. Wirt, superintendent of Gary schools for twenty-five years, originated the “work-study-play” system copied in half the schools of the United States and Canada in cities of more than 100,000 population. On several occasions experts of the Rockefeller Foundation have come here to observe his educational methods in operation. He boasted, during a breakfast hour interview with the United Press today, that politics never have entered his administration of the schools here. Wirt refused to tell what “brain trust” membars he talked with in Washington or how many. He said he “had conversations with several.” “It is amazing to me and certainly should be to every American w f ho is trying to understand the fact that

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Terror Mob Leader Identified as Occupant of Chicago Apartment Rented on Day Desperado Broke Crown Point Jail. LEFT ROOMS LAST WEDNESDAY Number of Telegrams Found, but Police Refuse to Reveal Contents; Airplane Believed to Have Done Signaling. fly United Press CHICAGO, March 24.—A special squad of heavily armed police Kvas believed today to have picked up the trail of John Dillinger, notorious gunman, following the discovery of a hideaway in which the outlaw remained for several weeks. Clews found in a top floor apartment on the south side of the city led to a renewed search for the desperado. Dillinger, a woman companion, and one of Dillinger’s followers, Joseph Burns, were identified as the persons who occupied the apartment from the time of Dillinger’s break from the Crown Point (Ind.) jail until last W ednesday.

THREE BEATEN, TRUCK DAMAGED Renewal of Strike Fight Occurs at East Side Grocery. Swooping down on another W. D. Kibler Trucking Company van, a sedan with five men in it, alleged striking truckers, put the motor out ; of commission, beat the driver and ! two companions, and hurled bricks into the Atlantic and Pacific Tea j Company’s store at 5646 East Wash- | ington street, this morning. Renewal of the truck strike war ioccurred at 8:10 a. m. as Leonard | Hostetler, 815 East Twentieth street, I driver for the Kibler company, and ! his helpers, Leonard Shoemaker, 4907 East New York street, and Harry Martin, 2226 North Dearborn street, were unloading groceries and merchandise in the rear of the A. & P. store on East Washington street. The men in the sedan tore wiring from the motor, putting it out of commission. They beat the three men, it was reported to police, and then hurled bricks into the grocery store. They escaped. Hostetler and his companions gave police the license number of the car. They declared they recognized their assailants. Hostetler's truck was halted Thursday and one of his helpers beaten while making a delivery at Eleventh street and College avenue. Police were searching for the sedan with the five men in it. No effort has been made to reach a settlement in the truck strike. Both officials of the Kibler company and the strikers have not attempted to mediate their present differences or sue for peace. Yesterday Merle Furr, driver for the company, reported vandals broke windows of his truck by using slingshots, while he drove at Lewis street and Roosevelt avenue. Times Index Page. Bridge 15 Broun 9 Business News 16 Church Services 3 j Classified 13-14 ; Comics 15 i Conservation 3 Crossword Puzzle 15 Curious World 15 Editorial 10 Financial 11 Hickman —Theaters 9 Monuments of Literature 9 Pegler 9 Radio 5 j Sports 12-13 State News 5 Woman’s Pages 6-7

the people of this country have not sensed their danger before this,” he declared. “All along administration spokesmen and members of the brain trust have ben admitting that their object is a revolution in government, business and private affairs.” “President Roosevelt's real friends have failed him. Americans must awaken and decide whether democracy is to be killed and whether a government by propaganda shall rise in its place.” Dr. Wirt repeated that “every single assertion made in my letter to the committee of the nation is true.” The Gary educator accepted the nation-wide reaction to the reading of his charges before the house committee in a calm, smiling manner. “I knew it would come,” he said. “It had to come sooner or later."

Capital EDITION PRICE TWO CENTS Outside Marion County, 3 Cents

Two other men, identified from pictures as John Hamilton and Joseph Fox, Dillinger gangsters, visited the apart- ! ment several times, a care- | taker of the apartment buildj ing revealed. Sergeant Harry Bingham was placed in charge of the new hunt for the outlaw. The apartment was rented on the Saturday that Dillinger walked out of the Indiana jail with the aid of a wooden gun. A woman identified from police pictures as Pearl Elliott, known companion of members of Dillinger’s gang, rented the apartment. Two Weeks Rent Paid It was occupied on the following day and the woman paid two weeks rent in advance after conferring with a man who remained in an automobile. The apartment is located on the top floor of the building. Three | exits are afforded, as well as* a trap door exit leading to the roof. During the time the outlaw stayed in the apartment he was seen leaving ! it only two or three times, and then always by a dark, rear stairway. The caretaker said that when Dillinger and the woman took possession of the apartment they carried two suitcases and .a paper wrapped package which might have been one of the two machine guns which Dillinger picked up at the Crown Point jail. • One striking development of which police learned led to considerable conjecture. Neighbors in the vicinity of the apartment house reported that during the time when. Dillinger was believed to be in hiding, an airplane circled low over the apartment house on several occasions. Police believed that a plane might have been used by Dillinger associates for signaling. It was recalled that an airplane circled low over the Crown Point jail on the night preceding Dillinger’s successful break. Communications could have been established with an airplane by someone on the roof of the apartment house, which was accessible by trap door from Dillinger’s apartment. Police found a number of telegrams addressed to J. Schultz, the name under which the apartment had been rented. The apartment had been left hurriedly, they said. Police did not reveal the contents of the telegrams. FAST TRAIN DERAILED, TWO RECEIVE INJURIES Union Pacific Crack Express Jumps Rails at Dana, Wyo. By United Press HANNA, Wvo., March 24.—Two persons were injured when a Union Pacific passenger train jumped the rails at Dana station) ten miles west of here last night. William Richmond, engineer, was seiriously hurt. He received several broken ribs and internal injuries. Fireman J. A. White received cuts and bruises. Many passengers were severely jarred. The train, the Portland Rose, was traveling at high speed when the engine, two baggage cars and two sleepers left the rails. INSULL MAY LAND AT ISLAND OFF TURKEY Fugitive Magnate Cruising in Mediterranean, Is Report. By United Press ATHENS, March 24.—The newspaper Ethnos reported today that the chartered freight steamship Maiotis, on which Samuel Insull is seeking a refuge from American extradition proceedings, was near the island of Rhodes, near the Turkish coast.