Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 300, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 April 1934 — Page 5

APRIL 26,1934

STEW DONNELLY QUESTIONED ON LINDBERGH CASE City Man May Reveal New Information, Federal Agents Hint. /-•'/ Lnited Prmn HAVRE, Franc f ', April 26. —Information of importance regarding the Lindbergh kidnaping ransom may be obtained from Stewart Donnelly of Indianapolis, international confidence man. it was intimated todaj as he sailed under arrest in the liner Washington for New York. Donnelly was handed over by French police aboard the Washington just as it was ready to leave. Detectives Martin Hayes and Frank Railh took custody of him in behalf of the New York police department and at once placed him in the ships brig, where he will remain until he reaches port. It was learned that Herman LefTert of the American secret service, talked with Detectives Hayes and Raihl before he sailed on the lie De France yesterday, for New York, and said afterward: "We believe Donnelly can enlighten us on the Lindbergh ransom.” Reports have been published from time to time recently that police were near solution of the case called the greatest in American crimnal record. The.-e did not concern Donnelly, however. It was reported last summer that Donnelly had some of the Lindbergh bills in his possession when he was arrested here. The French surete generale denied it. Donnelly faces not only questioning in the Lindbergh case but prosecution at New York on charges of swindling James R. Kennedy, shippig man. of $16,000 in October. 1031. The New York detectives came here to get him as he finished a term lor swindling a Dutchman of S4O 000 in a fake stock market deal. POSTAL NOMINEES UP FOR SENATE APPROVAL Former State Senator on List of Fourteen Appointments. />•'< Timt * •'•in rial WASHINGTON, April 26—Ira Clou.scr, Crawfordsville. former state senator, was on the list of fourteen Indiana postmaster appointments sent to the senate for approval today. Rheno M. Isherwood was named for Lafayette. Others arc: Karl B. Gast, Akron: John W. Markle, Andrews; Neil D. Thompson, Argos; Edward M. Cripe, Camdan: Fred M. Briggs. Churubusco; Lowell B. Pontius, Claypool; Neola S. True, Demotte, Ellis D. Malone. Elnora; Ada R. Wilson. Galveston; Walter J. Smith, Loogootce; Joshua J. Hostetler, Shipshewana, and Marion H. Rice, Wlocottville. CRIMINAL COURT JURY ACQUITS WALTERMIRE Second Indictment I’ends Against Indianapolis Doctor. A verdict of acquittal was brought in last night by a criminal court jury in the trial of Dr Tell C. Waltermire. Indianapolis physician, charged with performing a criminal operation. Dr. Waltermire did not take the stand in his own behalf. The defense presented the testimony of but one witness. A second indictment, in another case, is pending against Dr. Waltermire. Negro Hurt in Fall Cleden Wharton. 20. Negro. 64 South Summit street, was injured seriously early today when he leaned over a banister in the Walker theater building, where he had played for a dance, and fell to the floor. He was sent to city hospital in an unconscious condition.

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NEW LINK OPENED IN GREAT COASTAL WATERWAY

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First craft to go through the $1,700,000 lock from the Mississippi river to the Harvey canal at New Orleans, the steamer Capitol is shown here with 1.500 celebrants aboard. The map shows the stretch of the intracoastal waterway now finished from New Orleans to the Sabine river in Texas, the final link between Chicago and Texas by inland waterway, and the part under construction to Corpus Christi, Tex.

INDIANA HOME LOAN DIRECTOR IS PRAISED E. Kirk McKinney’s Work Lauded by Congresman Crow-;*. By Timm Special WASHINGTON. April 26.—High praise for the administration of fedoral home loans in Indiana by E. Kirk McKinney, Indianapolis, v/as voiced from the floor of the house recently by Congressman Eugene B. Crowe, Bedford. Ind. Many complaints were being registered from other states, when Mr. Crowe said: “I can report for the state of Indiana that Mr. E. Kirk McKinney is doing a good job. The local boards in my district are excellent men and rendering the best service possible. They are saving hundreds of homes for distressed home owners in the Ninth Indiana district.” CITY MAN RECEIVES THREATENING LETTER Boys Sent Note to CWA Worker, Police Believe. Police today were probing a ! threatening note received Tuesday night by Addison Ratcliff, 27, of 1125 McCord street. The note, believed to have been ; written by a band of boys, read, The Black Hawk will get you when I they see you out. We see you at 9:20. The SPIDER, leader of the : gang.’ The note was found by Ratcliff on his front porch. He is a CWA worker and has three children. Police were given a tip by a neighbor of Ratcliff's to the effect that ! he heard a group of young men | hail one fellow by the name of ! ‘ Spider’’ in an alley near his home. CIRCULATION WORKER SLAIN: S2OO STOLEN Bandits Murder Binghampton N. Y. Newspaper Employe. By United Perm BINGHAMTON. N. Y., April 26. —A search of New York and Pennsylvania early today failed to yield any clews as to the identity of the bandits who shot and killed Clifford H. Clark. 42. last night when he tried to prevent them from taking S2OO of Binghamton Press circulation collections from his office in Endicott. Authorities of the two states were asked to search for the bandits whose description tally with those of the men who several weeks ago robbed an Endicott laundry. Largest Tree Felled According to British Columbia lumbermen, the record for the larg- | est tree ever cut down rests with the Lynn Valley Douglas fir, which was 417 feet high, twenty-five feet in diam 'ter. and seventy-seven feet in circumference.

LITERARY PRIZES ARE AWARDED AT PURDUE | Shelbvville Student Wins Double Honors at Annual Event. By United Pro* LAFAYETTE. Ind., April 26. James N. Davis, Shelbyville, was awarded the George Ade cup for the best short play and the Dr. R. B. Wethcrill prize of $25 for the best story pertaining to Indiana, in the annual Purdue university literary contest last night. R. S. Blocker, Huntington, won the David E. Ross cup for the best poem, and A. R. Finley. Cleveland, 0., won the $25 Wetherill prize for the best historical essay on an Indiana subject. REDUCE STOCK ISSUES Cancellation of 1.3,333 Shares Voted by Stockholders. By Timm Special CHICAGO. April 25.—Stockholders of American Woolen Company, Inc., at their annual meeting held here recently approved the cancellation of 13.333 shares of 7 per cent cumulative preferred stock, previously purchased in the open market for retirement at an average cost of $23.54 a share. This action completes the retirement of approximately 100,000 shares of preferred stock and reduces the amount of preferred stock authorized and outstanding to 399,815 shares. QUIZ ~ 3 IN ROBBERIES Two Men. Woman Held Here on Vagrancy Charge. Two men and a woman are being questioned today by police in connection with several filling staI tion robberies in Indiana cities. Those held are Clay Scott and Mrs. Inez Scott and Lee Volt. They were arrested in a rooming house at 1126 North Illinois street on information supplied by Evansville police. They are held on vagrancy charges under high bond.

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G. 0. P. HEAD NAMED SILVER STOCK HOLDER Sanders, Former Senator and Tunney on Morgenthau List. By United Prc* WASHINGTON, April 26.—Everett Sanders, chairman of the Republican national committee and former Senator Joseph I. France <Rep., Md.) were named today as holders of silver contracts in a letter from Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr. to the senate banking committee. Gene Tunney. former heavyweight boxing champion, and Frank A. Vanderlip Jr., son of the promient New York financial expert, also were on the list. COLLEGE GETS GIFT OF OLD COLONIAL MONEY Paper Shilling Issued in 1776 Among Relics. PLATTEVILLE, Wis., April 26. Early colonial documents and a collection of coins and paper money have been turned over to Plattcville State Teachers college by County Judge Walter J. Brennan. The oldest paper money is a bill of one shilling inscribed: ‘‘Proc -.nation, a Law r of the Colony of New Jersey, passed in the Fourteenth year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, March 25, 1776,” On the other side is the warning, "Tis Death to Counterfeit.”

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CHICAGO INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT GAINS Seventh District Figures Are Highest Since May, 1931. By Timet Special CHICAGO. April 26.—The Federal Reserve bank of Chicago reports industrial employment in the Seventh federal reserve district during March was the highest since May, 1931, and pay rolls the largest since June. 1931. In a monthly report of the bank just released, it is showm that employment during March increased 6 ! 2 per cent over February, and pay rolls were up 9’ 2 per cent. A continuous growth in the last, four months has brought the employment percentage up twenty-one points and pay rolls 38 per cent higher. The employment figure during March was only 21 per cent below May of 1929. when a period of maximum production existed. Pay rolls in the last month are 40 per cent below the March, 1929. figures. Metal and vehicle groups were the leaders in the rise last month.

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BENEFITS DISTRIBUTED Tobacco Growers Get $2,626,522; Acreage to Be Cut. B>/ United Pri • WASHINGTON. April 26.—Benefit payments totaling $2,626,522 have been distributed to 46.379 fiue-cured tobacco growers, the AAA announced. Recipients have contract-

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