Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 277, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 March 1934 — Page 1

CITY TEACHERS SEE ‘LOST PAY’ | HOPES FADING Move to Obtain Part of $320,000 Is Started by Group. POINT OUT ‘PROMISE’ Tax Delinquency Is Defense Raised in School Board Statement. Indianapolis .school teachers hopes nf ever recovering any portion of the pay for the last, sixteen dais of the last, school year today appeared slim. Movement to obtain at lpast a part of the $320,000 owed the teachers on their last year's contracts has been started by a group of teachers, who point, to what they term a tentative promise made by the board lau, Junp. When it, appeared last year that the school year would have, to be shortened, the executive committee of the Federation of Indianap''| Public School Teachers informed j the school board that rather than have the schools closed, the teach-j ers would deserve without recom-j pense, if necessary. < The school board. .June 30. 1033. issued a statement to principals and teachers expressing disappointment that, funds permitted them to pay teachers for only three days out of the last nineteen. Point to Tax Delinquency ‘The present financial shortage; with which the board is con-, fronted.” the statement pointed out. j “is caused in part by the tax delinquency and in part by the fact that $106,000 in school taxes was paid by checks on banks still operating on a restricted basis, and by the further fact that, in Marion rounty $141,475 in school taxes was | removed from the tax duplicate by i taxing officials. t •Thus, therp is a shortage from these last two sources alone of <247.475 in the amount of taxes the j commissioners expected to receive. It is not now known when money will be available from the checks held by the county treasurer and not, cashed because they are drawn on restricted banks. If and when such money is received, we hope it will prove feasible to distribute it to the teachers.”

Total Is Estimated Fay Wright, chief deputy county treasurer, estimates the total of checks on restricted banks paid in the treasurer's offices for taxes roughly totaled ,$350,000 and that check*' still held total only about SIOO,OOO. This would indicate about $250.000. or possibly less, has been liquidated from the restricted bank checks. Inasmuch as the school city receives nearly one-third of the taxes paid, this also would indicate that the school city's share would be at least $70,000. which would permit a payment of about 22 per cent on the back salaries of the teachers. School officials pointed out they had no way of ascertaining definitely how much of their receipts from the treasurer's office were from the checks on closed banks, as the treasurer's office kept no record of this. “Need Every Cent.” Says Good ‘ Besides, we need every cent we ran get." said A. R. Good, schools business director, "as we will run very close this year and we face the possibility of not being able to stretrh what money we have to cover expenses for this year. We were forced to borrow S4OO - 000 through a temporary loan this week in order to be able to meet today s pay roll.” Mr. Good and Julian Wetzel, board president, pointed out that the schools not only have no legal obligation <althousrh admitting a moral obligation! to pay the remainder of last year's salaries, but there is doubt if they could do so legally. There is no provision for the payment in this year's budget, and to pay the sum, the board would have to make a special appropriation, which would be subject to appeal to the state fax board. "We would like to pay the teachers what was due them, but we just don't see how it, can be done,” said Mr. Good. UNION CALLS MEETING Gas Station Employes to Meet on Monday Night. The filling station employes local union will meet on Monday night at Bat 210 East Ohio street. Adolph Fritz will preside. All filling station operators are urged to attend as matters of importance will be discussed. Times Index Page Bridge 37 Broun 23 Classified 34. 35 Comics . .. 37 Crossword Puzzle 37 Curious World 37 Editorial 24 Financial 34 Food Semen 27. 28. 29 Good Old Days . 3 Hickman—Theaters ... 23 Let's Go Fishing . 17 Monuments of Literature 23 Peeler „ 23 Radio 26 sport* 32. 33 State News 14 Wallace Series 15 Woman's Pages 18, 19, 20, 21

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VOLUME 45—NUMBER 277

Japanese Empire's Ultimate Fate Will Be Decided in 1935 and 1936, Tokio Military Faction Believes

ROOSEVELT SALUTED BY BRITISH WARSHIP ON REACHING NASSAU

R 7 I nil ft/ Prr NASSAU, Bahamas. March 30. President Roosevelt, on his seagoing vacation cruise, arrived at Nassau today aboard Vincent Astors yacht Nourmahal, and was given a twenty-one-gun salute by the Br’tish cruiser Danae. Governor Sir Bede Clifford and Lady Clifford called on the President and paid their respects. The Nourmahal will proceed next to the sponge fishing grounds off lonely Andros island, made famous in 1030 when Mrs. J. M. KeithMiller. Australian flier, was marooned there in a tempest while on a Caribbean flight. TWO KILLED IN $300,000 FIRE 19 Iniured. 5 Critically, in Hotel Blaze at Longview, Tex. ft’/ ! nilrif Prrss LONGVIEW. Tpx.. March 30. A supectacular blaze that swept the Longview hotel here today brought death to tw r o guests, injured nineteen others and caused property damage estimated at $300,000. D. F. Safford. 45. Dallas salesman, was killed when he leaped from a third-story window of a room in which he was trapped. An unidentified body, so badly seared by flames that, physicians were unable to determine whether the victim was a man or a woman, was in a morgue. Five of the twenty injured were in such critical condition it was believed they wmuld not live. U. S. STEEL HIKES WAGES 10 PER CENT 350,000 Employes Affected by Increases. Ry T niter/ Prexr NEW YORK. March 30. The United States Steel Corporation today announced an approximate 10 per rent wage increase, spreading the raise to virtually the entire industry. About 350.000 employes in the industry are affected by rises so far. The announcement, climaxing a chain of steel pay increases this week, is expected to bring millions of dollars in extra purchasing power to steel workers and to lead to a higher steel price level.

FRENCH REVOLT NEAR. OIL EXECUTIVE SAYS Returning Visitor Claims Armed Outbreak Is Due April 7. By Z niter/ Press NEW YORK, March 30.—Fiance may face an armed outbreak w : ithin (wo weeks. James. A. Moffett, vicepresident of the Standard Oil Company of California. £aid today on return aboard the S. S. Bremen. "On all sides before I left.” Mr. Moffett said. "I heard stories indicating a probable armed outbreak about. April 7or 8. Paris is full of flaming posters. Americans arp sending their children away until after the expected Easter disorders. "Three separate elements of thp population are disaffected. All they need is one man to rally around io set the spark of revolt into flame. The French government realizes that these elements constitute a force to be reckoned with. Many of them are armed. The feeling in Paris, especially, is very tense and this dissatisfaction has spread to the province and among the peasant population. tji p mainstay of France.”

New Cop 'Gets Drop' on Theft Suspect, Nabs Him

Patrolman of Three Months, Off Duty. Arrests Alleged Robber Armed With Revolver: Three Escape. A policeman for only three months, patrolman Srhorling Nickel today captured an alleged robber armed with a loaded pistol in an alley near Vermont and Noble streets. The prisoner, said by police to be wanted in Ft. Wayne for robbery with a woman companion, gave his name as Joseph Newton. 31. of 233 North Davidson street. Two men and two women companions escaped from Newton's car before officer Nickel could capture them, according to the police. Riding along Vermont street shortly before noon today, patrolman

Nickel spotted the car driven by Newton He read the license plate i and recalled the numbers as having been broadcast from Ft. Wayne for a stolen car. He followed the car for a short distance. The alleged criminals apparently were not suspicious, as Nickel was off duty, in plain clothes and driving his own car. Suddenly, however. Newton became suspicious and swerved the car into an alley. Nickel followed it. The women and the other men leaped from the car at the entrance to the alley, but Newton kept going, apparently looking for an exit. Running his car alongside Newton's car the young policeman drew liis revolver and got 'the drop'' on Newton before the other man could pull his weapon Nickel arrested Newton and took him to head- < quarters.

Cloudy and colder tonisrht and tomorrow, probably rain changing to snow; temperature near freezing tomorrow morning.

Nation Urged to Join Army and Navy in Meeting ‘Grave Crisis.’ SOVIET SHOWDOWN DUE Nippon May Face Conflict With New and Strong Russian Force. William Philip Simma. famed a a war correspondent and rxpert nn affair*. ha* Martrd on a four nf (hr world for Thp Indianapoli* Time*. Hr will visit thr principal ritir* nf fnrriffn rountri**. Interview leading *tatrmrn. and wrltr nn the world situation as hr see* it. Thi* i* the *erond of hi* five articles on Japan, the first of several series he will write while on hi* Journey. BV WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Srripps-Hnward foreign Editor (Copyright,. 1934. bv NEA Service. Inr.i i TOKIG, March 30.—Arms and munition factories arc running full blast in Japan in preparation for what, everybody refers to as the coming "grave crisis.” In 1935 and 1936, the war party claims, and the public believes, things will happen which will make . or break the Japanese empire. So. by 1935, the army must be at I its peak. The navy must be at its] peak. The rank and file of the country must be prepared for any emergency and ready to back the government to the limit. In 1935 Japan's withdrawal from the League of Nations will become effective. She fears she will be more than ever isolated, with the world against her. In 1935 will be raised the question of ownership of the South Sea Islands, scattered over the Pacific from Hawaii to the Philippines the Marshalls. Marianas, Carolines, Yap, and Pelew. Naval Crisis Faced Held under League of Nations mandate. Japan has not the slightest intention ot giving them up. She regards them as of the greatst strategic value. In 1935 wdll be held the crucial naval conference—unless it is called off. as many believe it will be because it has no chance to succeed. Finally, in 1935, if "the crisis” has 1 not been precipitated before. Japan may face a showdown with Soviet! Russia—a new Russia, whose armament is increasing daily and which views with mounting alarm the menace of being cut off from the ! Pacific by Nippon. At the naval conference. Japan ] will demand parity with the United j States and Great Britain. This, she . will claim, is her right as a great,! powder and because upon her shoul- j ders rests the burden of peace in | the Orient. Unless she wins her point, it is indicated, she will withdraw from the Washington and London naval limitation treaties as she did from the League of Nations, and claim a : free hand to build any kind of navy : she pleases. Must Save Fare But—and this is important—while she plans to press her right, to par- j itv. she apparently does not insist j upon actually building a parity navy.! This sounds paradoxical and is.! But to the oriental mind nothing j could be simpler. The problem is one of national pride and honor. Nippon does not wish it to continue a matter of rec- ! ord that. she. a major world power, j possesses rights in any way inferior i (Turn to Page Twelve) QUEER QUIRK BARED IN STATE ELECTION LAW Vote Commission Reveals Inconsistency in Measure. A queer quirk in the state election law' was revealed today, by the! state election commmission. The commission pointed out that although delegates to the state convention may file with county clerks up to twenty days before the pri- j mary. May 8. that no delegate may ! withdraw after thirty days before the primary.

When questioned by the police, Newton readily admitted that the ear was stolen from Ft. Wayne, according to the detectives, but denied oeing implicated in any robberies.

Mother Fights for Baby, Menaced by Disease

While the Marion county juvenile court ponders over the case of a three-weeks-old "abandoned'' baby left in the home of a friend of the mother, the danger of disease and death draws closer. The baby was left at the home of Mrs. Nannie Carver. 228 Spring street. Monday, bv the mother. Mrs. Ruth Stewart, who requested the child be cared for while she made a brief trip to Cincinnati.

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1934

BOY, 7, FACES DEATH WITH SMILE AS BODY BECOMES PETRIFIED

Ry I niter/ Pitt* WILKES-BARRE. Pa.. March 30. Little Benny Hendrick, whose frail body gradually is becoming petrified, faced the future with a cheery smile today. A victim of one of the rarest diseases known to medical science, the muscles in the youngster's body are slowly turning to a rockl'ke substance. Physicians say he has only a slight chance to recover. Benny's ailment is a progressive ossification of the tissues of the body. The disease causes deposits of calcium to form in the tissues, which rapidly harden them. W T hen a vital organ is reached, death results.

SCHOOL GIRL IS FOUND SLAIN Escort in Washington (Ind.) Jail; Held on Murder Charge. Ry Z Hit erf Pretia WASHINGTON. Ind.. March 30. Rushed here secretly a few- hours after his 16-year-old sweetheart was found slain in an automobile, Ward Davis, 20. Petersburg, former high school and college athlete. w'as held in the Daviess county jail today on a murder charge. The body of the girl, Annave France, Petersburg high school junior, w-as found in an automobile Davis had borrowed to escort her to her high school class party last night. She had been shot through the heart. Davis surrendered a. short time later, but made no statement regarding the slaying. He was brought here by Sheriff William Weathers of Pike county to escape possible mob violence after a crowd had gathered at the Pike county jail. The sheriff said today he did not r::peet trouble, but had made the transfer to avert any possibility. He said he believed the killing resulted lrom a lovers’ quarrel. The slaying w'as discovered by Lucien Davis, father of the youth, after Ward had sent a friend to advise hi s parent the borrowed car would be found in front of the Davis home. The body was in the car. Young Davis had met, the girl at her home two miles east of Petersburg a, short, time earlier. M:ss France w'as the daughter of Mrs. Cleo France, a widow. The father was killed in a coal mine accident several years ago. CITY 80NDS TAKEN AT LOW INTEREST RATES Sanitary Issue Sold at 3 % Per Cent; Health Securities at 4. For the second consecutive day. the city controller’s office awarded a. record low' bid for city bonds yesterday w'hen the Union Trust company offered 3 ! 2 per cent plus as2 premium for $40,000 worth of temporary loan bonds for the sanitary district.

Strike Renewal Threat Hurled by Truck Drivers

Forty Employes Charge Kibler Firm Failed to Meet Terms of Agreement at Hearing. Renewal of the truck drivers’ strike at the Kibler Trucking Company w'as threatened today after alleged refusal of the company to comply w'ith terms of an agreement effected by the regional labor board.

Approximately forty striking truck drivers, members of the local chapter of the Teamsters’ and Chauffeurs’ Union, headed by Harry Peats, business agent, protested to the board in the federal building. Under terms of an agreement announced by G. H. Watson, executive secretary of the labor board, striking drivers w'ere to be return to work Thursday with a pay increase by the Kibler company and no discriminations w'ere to be made against strikers. Peats told Watson that of the ninety-three striking drivers, only thirty-two had been put back to work by the Kibler company. According to the signed agreement an* nounced bv Watson, all drivers w'ere to be returned to their jobs. Another section of the agreement, w'hich Peats charges has been violated, is the provision that no union w'orker would be forced to work with a nonunion employe. Union men were ordered out today on trucks with nonunion workers. Peats declared. The truck drivers’ strike, prior to the purported settlement late Wednesday, had been marked by dozens of sluggings and sabotaging of Kibler trucks. As an aftermath of the truck

Not until yesterday did Mrs. Stewart return to the Carver household, there to find Mrs. Carver's two children. Mary. 5. and Billy, 4. apparently ill with measles. Mrs. Stewart desires her baby, Ann. back again, she told the Carver family, the police and attaches of juvenile court. It is expected the court will decide the case today or tomorrow. The case began three weeks ago

GOOD FRIDAY SERVICES ARE HELD IN CITY Downtown and Residential Sections Are Marking Religious Day. THEATERS STAGE RITES English's and B. F. Keith's Scenes of Holy Week Commemoration. Downtown services, in observance of Good Friday, were held in nine locations today, between 12 and 3. In addition to services at English's theater, services w'ere held in B. F. Keith's theater this year. Services were held at Christ Episcopal church. Monument Circle; English's theater. Monument Circle; First United Lutheran church. Walnut, and Pennsylvania streets; Roberts Park church. Delaware and Vermont streets; B. F. Keith's theater. 129 North Pennsylvania street; St. John's Catholic church. Capitol avenue and Georgia street ; St. I Paul's Episcopal church, Illinois and New' York streets; Wheeler City j Rescue Mission. 245 North Delaware streets, and the Phyllis Wheatley \ branch of the Y. W. C. A., 653 North West street. Services also were held in all resi- j dence sections of the city. Many I churches co-operated in com- ] munity services, in accordance with ! the custom of previous years. The Good Friday observance concludes a series of Holy w'eek church services held throughout the city, in preparation for the Easter services. They commemorate the three-hour period when Christ hung on the cross. Catholic churches throughout the city will hold “Tre Ore” services during the three-hour period.

TURKEY TO HOLD INSULL FOR U. S. Chicago Fugitive Will Be Held for Extradition. ft if I nitril Prr as WASHINGTON. Marrh 30.—The Turkish government definitely has assured the United States that it w'ill arrrest and detain Samuel Instill for extradition proceedings, the state departmen announced today. Action w'as taken following a formal request through the American ambassador to Turkey, Robert P. Skinner, for the arrest of thp former Chicago utilities magnate. Mr. Skinner cabled the state department that the Turkish government. had consented definitely to detain Insull immediately upon receipt of a certified copy of the complete text of the warrant for his arrest and the “judicial record" of the case. Committee Approves Sugar Bill ft If I nitril Press WASHINGTON. March 30.—The house agriculture committee today voted 13 to 6 to report favorably the Jones sugar bill making the product a basic commodity and restricting productions and importations.

violence, two men were bound to the grand jury' today on charges of interfering with dairy products in transit. They were Everett Anderson and Frank Plew. for w'hom Judge William H. SheafTer set bonds of S2OO each in municipal court four. Twelve other men. charged with assault and battery, are scheduled for trial in court four on April 24. BEER SLACKS THIRST AS PAL LIFTS PURSE: NOW HEAR HIM CURSE A sip nf bfpr with * stranger nice— S-pt Forest Swank for police advice. When beer was drained—gone was his purse And nothing left hut to rave and curse. a a u The official police report says the incident occurred in the 2200 block on East Washington street and adds as an afterthought that Forest Swank. Chicago business man. lost $l,lOO because he lingered over the lager with an unknown man.

when both Mrs. Carver and Mrs. Stewart were in the maternity ward of the city' hospital. Mrs. Carver's baby died, and she often told the other young mother that she wished she could have her ba by. When Mrs. Stewart appeared Monday and asked Mrs. Carver to keep little Ann for a day. Mrs. Carver complied. She called police when the baby's mother did not appear Tuesday.

MOTHER ISSUES PLEA

Eunice Pollock ft ;f I nil rtf Prrs MANITOWOC. Wis.. March 30. —The mother of missing Eunice Pollock. 20-vear-old University of Wisconsin co-ed who fled from a campus ostracism, appealed to her daughter through newspapers today to return home. Mrs. Pollock, seriously ill from the shock of her daughter's disappearance two weeks ago. said in an open message to the girl that, “your father and I have been praying day and night for your return. We will be willing to do anything if you will only come home.” The attractive co-ed disappeared from the university after being expelled from her sorority.

STATE PRISON BOARD CHAIRMAN RESIGNS A. L. Deniston Appointed to NewlyCreated Post. Resignation of A. L. Deniston, Rochester, from the Indiana state prison board of trustees, of which he is chairman, and his appointment to the newly-created position of prison industries mAiager, was announced today by Pleas Greenlee, patronage secretary to the Governor. Mr. Deniston’s new job is one of four newly-created, announced today by Greenlee, w'ith total annual salaries of $7,800. It was announced that Mr. Deniston's place on the prison board, salary of which is only S3OO a. year, will be taken by Leo T. Mulva, Whiting, an executive of the Standard Oil Company at Whiting. Mr. Deniston's new' position will be as an adviser in matters of prison-made goods, lending his advice not only to the state prison, but to other state penal institutions. MORE DIAMONDS ADDED TO LEACH COLLECTION Suspect Named by Nelson Surrenders 25 Rings, Police Say. Captain Matt Leach of the Indiana state police today had another handful of diamond rings, as result of the arrest of John A. Hill, Bloomfield, last night. The arrest came as result of affidavit allegedly implicating Hill, signed by William (Jack) Nelson, charged w'tih theft of more than 200 diamond rings from a salesman at New Albany last November. Police said Nelson told them he gave sixty-nine rings to Hill. The latter, when arrested, gave police twenty-five of the rings, denying he had received snv more. Indiana Stamp Club to Meet Glenn M. Pagett will be the principal speaker at the Indiana Stamp Club meeting April 6 at the Lockerbie. His subject will be ‘‘Shifts. Double Transfers and Plate Breaks on United States Stamps.”

Outlaw Airlines Roused by Cord's Key Position Possibility Transportation Head May Gain Control of U. S. Commercial Aviation Draws Fire. />!/ Stripps-Hoirnrd ynrstpnprr AHiinc* WASHINGTON. March 30.—The possibility that Postmaster-General James A. Farley's plan lor reorganizing the air mail may result in giving control of American commercial aviation to E. L. Cord, has aroused the now ‘'outlawed” companies to anew pitch of anger. Their representa;ives today declared the government, through Mr. Farley, will be inviting endless litigation if Mr. Cord is put in a different status from other operators. There may be such litigation, in any case, they indicated, if the purpose to prevent their bidding is carried out.

For the postoffice department. Solicitor Karl A. Crowley would not discuss the eligibility of Mr. Cord to bid. under the ruling of I)St-master-General Farley that none

Just another abandoned child, police thought as they sought in vain for Mrs. Stewart. Yesterday she appeared. So did police and juvenile court investigators. Still the baby was not moved. While juvenile court thinks over the case, little Ann lies in a temporary* crib next to two other children sick with what may be a contagious disease.

Euf*rc<l *s Second-Cla** Matter at Postoffice. Indianapolis. Ind.

POLITICIANS LINKED TO JOHN DILLINGER BREAK, SAYS LUTZ New Offensive Against Desperado Is Announced by Attorney-General; Hamilton Alive, He Says. STORY OF DEATH BRANDED MYTH ‘Chicago Police Staging Most Highly Developed Manhunt I Have Ever Seen,’ State Official Asserts. Fhilip Lutz Jr., attorney-general, today announced anew offensive against persons suspected of aiding John Dillinger, Indiana desperado and America’s public enemy No. 1, in the sensational Crown Point .jail break. Investigators of the attorney-general's office have turned ! evidence over to Mr. Lutz which will involve other “higheri ups” in Laxe county politics, it was announced. Action on the ! new revelations was promised for next week hv the attorney- ! general. “I have just made a tour of Chicago with detectives especially assigned to find Pillinger, said Mr. Lutz, “and I can say without reservation that the Chicago police are stag- ! ing the most highly developed manhunt 1 have ever seen.

WALLACE RED. DR. WIRI HINTS Farm Chief Quoted by Gary Educator in Wire to Congressmen. Rp 1 nilrrl Press WASHINGTON. March 30.—Agriculture Secretary Henry A. Wallace was drawn indirectly into the "red plot” imbroglio today through a telegram to Representative George Foulkes (Dem.. Mich.), from Dr. William A. Wirt, who has charged some of the "brain trust” with plotting anew form of government. The telegram made public by Mr. Foulkes quoted Mr. Wallace as having said in a published statement: "There can hardly be even a satisfactory tentative answer until we decide w'hich w'ay we want to go.” Dr. Wirt denied in his telegram that he sought to inspire "a manhunt for a Communist.” The telegram was disclosed as plans were being completed for the authorized house investigation of the Wirt charges at a cost of SSOO. A special committee is expected to be named Monday. The Michigan representative asserted that "Wirt rame in like a lion and is going out like a lamb.” Rf/ T nitril Prrss GARY, ind., March 30.—Dr. William A. Wirt said today he was "not attempting to embroil the secretary in any controversy” when he quoted Agriculture Secretary’ Wallace in a telegram to Representative George Foulkes. "I quoted Secretary Wallace in my telegram to Representative Foulkes because he is an outstanding cabinet member and his attitude appears to be clear cut on the matter of trends in American government,” Dr. Wirt said. "I had no conversation with Mr. Wallace.” he said. G. E. RAISES SALARIES Electric Company Announces 10 Per Cent Increase for Employes. Ru Lnitrrl Prrss NEW YORK. March 30. The General Electric Company announced today a 10 per cent wage increase for its employes. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 4 7 10 a. m 59 7a. m 47 11 a. m 63 Ba. m 53 12 <noon).. 65 9 a. m 57 1 p. m 68

whose contracts were canceled could do so. That Is a matter to consider when and if it comes up. he said The possibility of Mr. Cord being able to bid, notwithstanding the fact that his American Airways, which had 28 per cent of the air mail business, was among those whose contracts were canceled, grows out of an interesting chain of circumstances. Reorganization, as required by Mr. Farley, might be comparatively easy for American Airways. It is said to have no executives who were occupying responsible positions at the time of Postmaster-General Walter Brown's alleged "spoils conference" of 1980. Furthermore. Mr. Cord is said to have maintained the corporate identity of Century Airlines. although discontinuing operation of its ships, when he took over American Airways two years ago,

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“A secret headquarters has been established in the city from which scores of operatives assigned to the Dillinjjer case work on clews. The police setup to catch the desperado would indicate that it is seemingly impossible for Pillingrr to enter or leave the city without being: detected.” Mr. Lutz was accompanied in his tour of inspection by Edward Barca, deputy attorney-general, and Harvey Hire, state policeman. During his investigation in Lima, Chicago and Crown Point. Mr. Luta stated that, the myth advanced by gangster pals of Dillincer that John Hamilton, a member of the gang, was dead and his body thrown into the Calumet river, had been definitely pxploded. "The evidence show’s that Hamilton is very murh alive,” said Mr. Lutz. ‘Harry Pierpont. who originally told the story of HaraiitJLi*!' death to throw' police off his trail, practically admitted to me in ths Lima jail that the gangster still is alive.” Jury to Stay, lE’ Asserts Mr. Lutz admitted that he had heard rumors that, it was planned to disband the special jury investigating the escape of Dillinger from the Crown Point prison. "That, jury will not disband until every possible angle of the Dillinger escape has been exhausted.” said Mr. Lutz. ‘‘lf necessary we W'ill adopt some new tactics whirh will keep the taking of evidence alive.” Mr. Lutz refused to go into details regarding the "new tactics.” While law enforcement officers throughout the middle west and pciiticians in Indiana were chagrined because of the continued futile efforts to trap Dillinger, an optimistic note was sounded by A1 Feeney, state safety director. Feeney Bares Statistics Today. Mr. Feeney displayed statistics which he said he received from J. Edgar Hoover, rhief r>[ the United States department of justice which, in spite of the notoriety gi\cn the Hoosier state by Dillinger, lethal that Indiana had less crime in 1933 than twenty-six other states in the nation. Indiana, according to the statistics cited by Mr. Fepney. had 40 per cent less murders than the average. In other crimes the Hoosier state was about average. “Are wp ahead in jail breaks? 11 askpd a rrepressible reporter. Mr. Feeney apparently did not, hear the question.

FAIR PASS ABOLISHING STIRS BOARD BATTLE TnwnscnH Resolution Bitterly Opposed by Agriculture Group, Members of the state agriculture board, a large part, of whose pay romps in the form of the privilege to dispense passes to the state fair, this afternoon were to take part in a battle to retain the privilege. Lieutenant-Governor M. Clifford Townsend today introduced a resolution abolishing all passes, except those to newspapers, as a means of increasing the fair's revenue. The board members, who annually dispense 6.000 or 7.000 passes to their friends, were reported bitterly opposed to the move. DEMOCRATS ARRANGE CONVENTION PROGRAM Members of Committee for State Gathering Announced. Members of the committet on arrangements for the Democratic state convention. June 12. at Cadla Tabernacle were chosen today. They will select a kevnoter and permanent chairman for the convention, in addition to making other arrangements. Named wre Omer S. Jackson, Greenfield. Eleventh district chairman: Virigil Simmons. Bluff tcr% Fourth district chairman; Mrs. A. P. Flynn. Logansport. state chairman, and Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch, state chairman. Keynoter and chairman of the convention probably will be Governor Paul V. McNutt and Senator Frederick Van Nuys, it is reported.