Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 279, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 April 1934 — Page 3

APRIL 2, 1934_

DEMOCRATS TO DEPART FROM PRE-PRIMARY INDORSEMENTS EXCEPT IN FEW INSTANCES New Party Policy Will Be Announced on Return of City and County - Leaders, Is Report. BY DICK MILLER, Time* Staff Writer Democratic city and county organization leaders are reported ready to depart from an ancient primary custom, that of slating favorite candidates for the respective offices, and make favored lists in only the state representative, county commissioner and city council races.

Such an announcement is expected to come soon, with return to the city of William E. Clauer, city chairman, from Florida, and 11. Nathan Swaim, county chairman, reported away on business. So numerous are the candidates for most of the offices and so friendly are many of them to the various leaders in both city and county organizations, that efforts of the chairmen to name a preferred list would likely cause undue embarrassment. it is said. Kem Will Head Slate Since the ward chairman met some time ago and voted to support the candidacy of Judge John W. Kern for mayor, any slate the organizations would make undoubtedly would have his name at the heaa Perry Easton, former state senator, who recently announced for mayor, undoubtedly will receive some insurgent support. There also is much talk that Otto Deluse, high officer in the Eagles lodge and recently named to a post in the national governmental recovery program, will be urged to make the race by those oppose dto party “gag” rule. But Mr. Kern is the choice of the leaders and Judge Kern will be slated. That is almost assured. Possibility of no organization slate makes the prosecutor and sheriff race loom unusually interesting to those interest^ 1 in political fights. Dailey Complicates Matters With only Russell J. Dean and Herbert Spencer in the race for prosecutor, the organization was expected to slate Mr. Spencer, but when George Daily, son of Frank Daily, one-time party nominee for Governor and until recently a member of the city safety board, entering the race it changed the picture and it is plain to see how the leaders could find themselves on a spot in choosing between Mr. Daily and Mr. Spencer, the latter assistant city attorney. Likewise, in the sheriff race, where Gar Davis, city building department inspector; William Brown, state excise department inspector, and Claude Shover. ex-policeman, are already in the race and police j captain Otto Ray, city license inspector and twice party nominee)for sheriff, is reported rehdy to announce. Mr. Brown is a personal friend of City Chairman Clauer while Ray has a host of city hall and courthouse friends and a strong following in the American Legion. Political workers have been eyeing this race with interest, wondering who would be the "favorite son,” and there are not a few who still expect some last-minute maneuvering to give an advantage to one or the other. Baker Fought Organization Os course the announcement, “no organization slates,” will dispel rumors, since the withdrawal of Charles (Buck) Sumner from the mayor race, that the removal of this expensive inner party fight would allow the organization to come out with some opposition to Frank Baker, criminal court judge. Charles Grossart, county auditor. Ira Haymaker, county recorder, and Glenn Ralston, county clerk. In the various inner courthouse and courthouse-city hall factional battles, Mr. Haymaker and Mr. Ralston are reported to have played their cards wisely and were reported almost out of danger of opposition. Baker repeatedly has fought the organization. One of his early official acts after being elected being to embarrass and ridicule county Chairman Swaim puplicly in criminal court when Mr. Swaim was reported to have attempted to gain leniency for a precinct committeeman facing a liquor charge. Baker Sees McKinney Mr. Grossart has been charged j repeatedly with crossing up the or- i ganization in important matters. It; is known, however, that Mr. Baker made a recent pilgrimage to see E. Kirk McKinney, former city chairman and now head of the Indiana Home Owners Loan Corporation, a federal appointment, but one that does not remove his interest or control in city and county politics. In fact, Mr. McKinney has been unusually active in working out recent campaign plans for the party while Mr. Clauer has been in Florida. The race between Prosecutor Herbert E. Wilson and Chalmers Schlosser. attorney, for judgeship in room five has taken an interesting aspect since Schlosser withdrew his candidacy from room one. where he originally filed and refilled for room five, where Wilson was expected to have the organization “go” sign, unopposed. Statehouse Slate a Problem The party leaders are reported , ready to let “the boys” fight it out for most of the offices. However, : there are a couple of angles that have them bothered. There is the importance of sending eleven representatives to the statehouse favor-i able to city and county legislation. ! Added to this is the importance of a city council that wall work in co-operation with the mayor and the county commissioner group, functioning without the alleged blunders that have marked recent activities of the group. With these thoughts in mind, party leaders agree that a slate of those known to “be right” is necessary. RFC Authorizes Bank Stocks WASHINGTON, April 2. Purchase of $8,000,000 in preferred stock and capital notes in four large St. Louis downtown banks to increase their capital has been authorized by the reconstruction finance corporation, it was announced today.

HINT TONG CLEW IN CITTMURDER Detectives in Muncie to Quiz Chinese Held in That City. While Fred Simon, chief of detectives was inclined to disparage rumors that a tong war was responsible for the murder of Gong Dun Jung, Chinese laundryman, other detectives laid the mysterious death of the Chinese to hatchetmen. Lieutenant Donald Tooley and several detectives were ordered to go to Muncie today to follow a clew which police were informed might lead to a solution of the crime. Harry Ping, alias Pink, member of a powerful Chicago tong was arrested last night in Muncie by Captain Hairy Nelson of the Muncie police on information furnished by Albert Moy, head of a tong in Chiegao, according to information received by police here. Local police will compare Ping’s fingerprints with those found on a hammer with which Gong Dun Jung was slain in the Willie Sing laundry, 417 North Illinois street, on the night of March 12. Police here will await identification of the fingerprints before attempting to bring Ping here for questioning. Ping, according to information to the police here, admitted that he had been in Indianapolis the weekend before the murder, but w’ent to Muncie the day before Jung was found murdered. Albert Moy, who is alleged to have involved Ping in the murder investigation, is said to be a cousin of the slain laundryman. Detectives assigned to the murder of Jung had advanced the theory that the Indianapolis laundryman was killed during an attempt to rob his store. The entire place was ransacked. The body of the Chinese was found in a large rotary clothes washer. t •MOONSTRUCK’ MUSICIAN FOUND AT CANAL BANK •Too Much Liquor’ Diagnosed as Aged Negro’s Ailment. Holding a guitar in the light of the moon. “John Doe, No. 1,” an elderly Negro, was found late Saturday night seated in a wheelchair orl the banks of the canal near Indiana avenue. When police arrived, the old man was unconscious with the guitar beside him. Fearing that the elderly bard was dead, police rushed him to city hospital. “Nothing wrong but a little too much liquor,” diagnosed an interne. TAX TO BE DISCUSSED Associated Retailers Group Head to Talk at Meeting. Effects of the gross income sales tax on the retailer will be discussed by L. F. dhuttleworth, president of the Associated Retailers of Indiana, at the meeting in the Hoosier Athletic Club tonight. The meeting will be sponsored by the Indianapolis Retail Meat and Grocers’ Association, WINS UNIVERSITY JOB City Woman Will Be Registrar at New School. Miss Florence Newlin, 3466 Carrollton avenue, has received word of her appointment as district registrar for the Rose-Croix university, now under construction in San Jose, Cal. The university will provide post graduate courses for members of the Rosicrucian order living in various parts of North America. Business Men to Visit Marion Twenty business men from Sheboygan, Mich., will make a “good will flight to Marion” on April 7, to inspect the new Kiley Brewing Company of Marion and visit William E. Jung, general rr nager and master brewer. War Ceremony Will Be Held Seventeenth anniversary of the entry of the United States into the World war will be commemorated by a formal guard mounting by Eleventh infantry troops at Ft. Benjamin Harrison at 11:30 Friday morning.

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Colombia-Peru War Feared By United Press GENEVA. April 2.—League of nations officials expressed alarm today at reports that Colombia and

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Child Investigating Japanese Trade By United Press LONDON, April 2. Richard Washburn Child, special representative of President Roosevelt in a

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Upper Left—One of the oldest Catholic schools in Indianapolis is St. John's. The photo shows a class of boys at the school. The picture was taken in 1901. Upper Right—lndianapolis residents often spent their summers at resorts in the northern part of the state. Here are Mr. and Mrs. Charles Laymon. standing, with their daughter Dorothy and Mrs. Frank Horton (formerly Miss Gertrude Butler), seated, prepared to take a swim in one of the northern Indiana lakes. Lower Left—Mrs. Thomas Canup, Summitville, Ind., taking a batch of home-made soap from the kettle. Many years ago practically every farm woman made her own soap. Lower Right—Here are a group of picnickers, taken more than thirty years ago.

tour of European capitals, said today that investigation of Japanese trade competition was one of the important objectives of his mission.

Alliance Francaise Will Meet Feature of the meeting of the Alliance Francaise at 8 Thursday night in the Washington will be a mock trial in the manner of a French tribunal.

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SIX COTTAGERS BRUTALLY SLAIN IN WASHINGTON Four Men and Two Women Tied. Gagged: Beaten to Death. By Unitf4 Press BREMERTON. Wash., April 2 Luke S. May, star Pacific coast criminologist, found his abilities taxed today by the brutal slayings of four men and two women in an isolated cottage at Erland's Point, near here. May found little to point to the killer or killers in the “most ghastly crime.” Robbers may* have beaten the six occupants of the cottage to death. Several persons were taken into custody but none was charged with any crime. Victims of the slayings were identified as Frank Flieder. 45. owner of the cottage: Mrs. Anna Taylor Flieder. 50. his wife; Magnus Jordan. 32. former sailor; Fred Balsom, Bremerton bartender: Eugene Chenevert. 38. and his wife Peggy, 30. The Cheneverts were known in vaudeville as Bert and Peggy Vincent. All the victims had been tied and gagged with adhesive tape. Each had been blindfolded and it was apparent that knives and a heavy hammer had been ’used. Drawers were pulled out and upset. Closets were ransacked. Investigators learned that the Flieder cottage was the center of heavy drinking and of “wild parties.” Authorities claimed, too, that one of the victims was known as a drug user and had been seen conversing with a suspected dope peddler earlier in the week. FIX. UTILITY VALUATIONS Millions to Be Added to Worth of Properties by Tax Board. Annual valuations of utility properties was begun today by the state tax board. Previously it was announced by Albert Walsman, commissioner, that millions of dollars will be added to old valuations this year, making them more like the values used for rate making purposes by the companies. CHOIRS ACCEPT OFTER Jordan and Whiting, Ind., Groups Will Sing in Chicago. Choirs from the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music and junior high school pupils of Whiting, Ind., will take part in the National Music Conference and Festival to be held at the Stevens hotel in Chicago April 8 to 13. Three Killed in Havana Fire By United Press HAVANA, April 2.—Three men were killed today when a fire believed to have been of incendiary origin destroyed a garage of the Havana Bus Company.