Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 306, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 May 1934 — Page 3

MAY 3, 1934

M'NUTT HOLDS PARLEY SERIES IN WASHINGTON • Governor Makes Ready for Conference in Office of Cummings. BY HAMEL M. KIDNEY Tim staff Writer WASHINGTON. May 3 Governor Paul V McNutt. here today for *peech-making and political conferences, also plans on seeing AttorneyGeneral Homer S. Cummings regarding Indiana's most highly publicized problem—John Dilhnger. Following his address before the United States Chamber of Commerce today. Governor McNutt and Virgil M Simmons, state conservation commissioner, held conferences with various federal officials dealing with conservation affairs. At noon he went to the capital for a political conference with Senator Frederick Van Nuys and later planned on seeking out General Cummings, he said. I do not want to go into details regarding what I intend to tell Gen - eral Cummings about the Dilhnger case," Governor McNutt said. But I will say that I want to assure him of complete and continued cooperation of the Indiana state police with department of justice agents." Stresses Parole System In his Chamber of Commerce speech, the Hoosier Governor stressed the need of a better system of granting paroles and necessity of a technical and clinical staff for the clemency board to have sufficient information to chose intelligently in regard to who should be released from prison. Dillinger was paroled by the new clemency board, created by Governor McNutt., at its first session a year ago this month. The Governor, in commenting on "prophets of despair." mentioned the name of Dr William I. Wirt, of Gaiy, which brought laughter from the large gathering. Van Nuys Blocking l.tidlnw After his address he confirmed the report that he and Senator Van ; Nuys will likely settle on Omer | Jackson. Greenfield, for the next \ Democratic state chairman. With the cryptic declaration, j "there are new faces in the field.” j Governor McNutt admitted that his | talk with Senator Van Nuys will in- j elude the hotly contested Democratic senatorial race. He indicated that the senator and not himself is halting the progress i of Representative Louis Ludlow. Consehationists, called upon by the Governor and Mr. Simmons, included Robert Fechner. head of the CCC. and Jay N. Darling, who is considering the $2,500,000 Kankakee j marsh restoration project as a fed- j eral sanctuary for wild life preserva- j tion.

PURDUE 4-H ROUNDUP DRAWS 1.500 MEMBERS Trized Farm Products and School Handiwork Are Exhibited. By United Prrss LAFAYETTE. Ind.. May 3. Prized farm products, high school work and sewing exhibits were the center of attraction today as the annual Purdue 4-H Club and industrial art roundup entered its second day. Approximately 1.300 4-H club boys and girls representing practically every county in the state are attending the roundup. The annual exhibit ends Saturday. EX-SENATOR TO TALK Rice \V. Means to Speak Before Spanish War Veterans. Rice W. Means, former United States senator from Colorado, will address an open meeting of Span-ish-American war veterans in the Masonic temple tonight. Mr. Means is past commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the United States War Veterans and the Army of the Philippines. Democrat Committeewoman Quits By I iiited Press WASHINGTON. May 3. Post-master-General James A. Farley today announced the formal resignation of Mrs. Nellie Donohue. Portland. Me., as democratic national committeewoman from that state.

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Bill Boehne —Foe of the Minorities

BY WALKER STONE Time* Staff Writer WASHINGTON. May 3—This article might well be entitled John William Boehne Jr. vs. Organized Minorities. The Evansville congressman, who represents the Eighth Indiana district, makes it his own particular business to kick on the shins every organized minority that harasses him. There comes a time in the life of every congressman when it seems that he must decide whether to continue as a congressman or declare himself to be a man in his own right. That time came for Congressman Bill Boehne early in his first term, in 1931. The issue was whether federal prohibition agents should be allowed to pour poison into alcohol that was being manufactured for commercial purposes, a large part of which was being mysteriously diverted into illegal beverage channels. The Anti-Saloon League was on Mr. Boehne's neck. It was the vote that would label him either wet or dry. Mr. Boehne voted against the poison, and the Anti-Saloon League promptly marked him for slaughter But before the next election, the Anti-Saloon League's political power had vanished, and Mr. Boehne was re-elected trumphantly, a wet riding upon the crest of repeal sentiment.

Upon every subsequent vote, up to and including the prohibition repeal resolution and the legalization of beer. Representative Boehne voted against the drvs. He was pleased and a little surprised at the overwhelming indorsement that his constituents gave to his stand. Another test came in the summer of 1932, on the Patman-Thomas veterans bonus bill. The threatening "bonus army” was in Washington. The Republicans were in power. The bonus was something for them to worry about. Representative Boehne and the other Democrats had a good chance to play politics. Most of the Hoosier Democratic congressmen took advantage of it. But Bill Boehne voted against the bonus. Thus he w : as able to be consistent when he voted against the bonus again, a few weeks ago, backing up a Democratic President. 808 Representative boehne voted for the economy law that marked the beginning of the Roosevelt administration, and he is the only Indiana congressman who has not since voted for any of the dozens of measures proposed to emasculate that. law. 'Hie veterans’ lobby here gives Mr. Boehne a “zero” rating. But he doesn't seem to care. He is a veteran, himself, having served two years in the army in the World war as a. private and a sergeant.. He thinks that other veterans, like himself, are citizens first and veterans second. Representative Boehne was not in Washington when the vote was taken to override President Roosevelt's veto of the independent offices appropriation bill. He was in Evansville, where he had taken his youngest son to be confirmed in his own Lutheran church. Had he been in Washington. Mr. Boehne would have voted to sustain the President, and would have been the only Hoosier in the house to do so. At present. Representative Boehne is withstanding pressure from a different kind of an organized minority, the lobby inspired by the Wall Street brokers, who are trying to sabotage the Fletcher-Rayburn stock market bill. Capitol Hill never has witnessed a lobby as persistent and vicious as this one. Every congressman receives daily dozens of

CCC GROUPS LEAVE FOR INDIANA CAMPS Contingents Quit Ft. Knox in Charge of Reserve Officers. Bn T nil rd Pit ss FT. KNOX. Ky.. May 3.—The first groups of civilian conservation corps workers to enter summer camps in Indiana left here late yesterday. They included 243 assigned to Martinsville. 99 to Henryville: 88 to Winslow, 125 to Spencer, 123 to Boonville. 121 to Tell City and 113 to Jasper. A reserve officer of the United States army accompanied each group. VALPARAISO U. ELECTS Five New Members Are Added to Board of Trustees. By United rrest VALPARAISO. Ind.. May 3.—Five new members were named to the Valparaiso university board of trustees in annual reorganization meeting here late yesterday. They are Dr. A. Maier, St. Louis: Fred Wlvienberg, Ft. Wayne; the Rev. O. D. Geiseman, Oak Park. 111.; Henry A. Dahlen, New York, and the Rev. L. Muechterlein, St. Joseph, Mich.

letters and petitions signed by constituents who could not possibly know what the stock market legislation provides. When the vote is taken. Representative Boehne also will administer a swift kick to this organized minority. He believes, as does President Roosevelt, that the federal government must regulate the stock market. BBS MORE than any other Hoosier congressman, Representative Boehne enjoys the personal friendship of President Roosevelt. This is as it should be. for Mr. Boehne never has deserted his chief. Only on one vote did he go against the administration. That was his vote against abandoning the gold standard. Mr. Boehne and eight other Democrats voted ‘‘no.’’ Their votes were mere gestures of protest. The bill carried by a vote of about 6 to 1. Representative Boehne is a frequent visitor at the White House. Last winter his aged mother was in Washington, and Representative Boehne ushered her into the President's office. "Your son is doing a fine job here. Mrs. Boehne," smiled Mr. Roosevelt. After the last bonus vote, Mr. Boehne was sick at heart because of what he considered the political cowardice of a majority of his colleagues, “who seem to think that their own re-election is more important than the nation’s welfare.” He wrote a letter to the President, assuring the President he could count on at least one congressman’s continued support. Back came a reply from Mr. Roosevelt. “Come down to see me, Bill, and bring along some of your colleagues who don’t agree with us.” wTote the President. “Maybe we can convert them.” ✓ B tt B BILL BOEHNE sits in the same congressional seat that was occupied twenty-two years ago by his father, John William Boehne Sr., patriarch of Evansville. “For your first two terms, son,” admonished his father, “keep your your eyes and ears open and your mouth shut.” The same advice was repeated

DILLINGER ‘ESCAPES’ AGAIN—FROM PHOTO SOLD BY HUMORIST

By United Press DULUTH. Minn., May 3.—A street vendor stood on a corner here waving a pack of envelopes and shouting: "Here you are folks. A picture of the. notorious John Dillinger. Only 10 cents.” Purchasers found only a blank piece of paper inside. One angry victim returned to protest but was met with the laconic reply: ‘ By gum, he got away from you, too." VETERAN, 85, IS BURIED Indiana Soldier Who Heard Lincoln at Gettysburg Dead. By United Prr MOORESVILLE, Ind.. May 3. Funeral services were held here today for Jerry Thackerv, 85, Civil war veteran, who heard Abraham Lincoln deliver the Gettysburg address. Thackery enlisted in the First Kentucky cavalry at the age of 15 and was a war prisoner at Andersonville prison for three months.

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later to Bill Boehne by Harry Canfield, then the senior Hoosier Democratic congressman. It is advice that Bill Boehne has heeded. He has yet to make his first speech from the house floor. j Thirty-nine years old and now serving his second term, Representative Boehne is in point of years and in point of service the youngest member of the ways and means committee, the most powerful committee in the house, the committee which originates all tax and tariff legislation. In the handling of this year's revenue bill. Representative Boehne crossed with another organized minority—the farm lobby which succeeded in placing in the bill an excise tax on cocoanut oil. Mr. Boehne voting against it. “It’s a tariff against the Philippines, and has no place in a revenue bill,” said Representative Boehne. That same position was taken later by President Roosevelt. v b a CHORT. chubby, with a boyish face and square horn-rimmed spectacles. Bill Boehne spends his mornings at his office dictating answers to letters from his constituents. In the afternoons, if there is legislation to be attended to and particularly if a party measure is before the house, Representative Boehne can be found in the house chamber. But if the day is given over to mere speechmaking, he finds other things to do. Mr. Boehne is inherently a conservative. But he can get just as indignant at the gxeed of special interests as he can at the terrorism of mass pressure. Devotedly regular, he is slated for rapid promotion in the house party organization. Two opponents contest his renomination. He is not worried. He plans only two primary speeches. The voters can take him or leave him.

RULES TRANSIENTS MAY RECEIVE MEDICAL AID Lutz Gives Opinion Authorizing Trustees to Give Relief. Transients may obtain hospitalization and medical treatment from township trustees, according to a ruling of transient activities for the state unemployment relief commission. Trustees may give whatever relief is necessary, in their opinion, the ruling held.

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FACTS ON PWA ARE DISTORTED. CHARGES ICKES Indiana Will Benefit More Than Figures Reveal, Says Director. Distortion of the real picture of PWA activity in Indiana has been presented to the public, Harold L. Ickes, public works administrator, declared today in a letter to Albert H. Hmkle, state engineer. Indiana will benefit from the PWA program far more than previous figures reveal, Mr. Ickes said. Although details of the non-fed-era 1 allotments have been presented to the public, a great deal more of the $3,300,000,000 PWA fund has been allotted to this state than indicated by the local PWA office, the administrator asserted. Through total federal and nonfederal allotments, the state directly will benefit to the extent of $20,430.000. In addition. Indiana will share in the fund of $1,125,000,000 established for special projects, he said. Among the non-federal allotments awarded the state. Mr. Ickes cited a $13,125,000 fund, part of which went for highway construction. Loans to railroad companies benefit Indiana directly to the extent of $11,518,000, he said. Other governmental agencies have poured money into the state indirectly, he declared. This money has aided in putting people back to work and in increasing purchasing power, he said.

INCOMPLETE RETURNS SHOW HEFLIN DEFEAT Fx-Senator From Alabama Fails in Congressional Election. By United Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 3. Almost complete returns from Alabama's Fifth congressional district race showed today that former United States Senator J. Thomas Heflin had been defeated in his effort to return to the halls of congress. Returns from 240 of the district’s 253 ballot boxes gave the incumbent. Representative Miles Allgood, 13,238; Joe Stearnes, 11.320, and Heflin, i0.408. The remaining boxes were not expected to alter the lineup. IRWIN NOMINATED TO HIGH C. OF C. POST Columbus (Ind.) Manufacturer Is Slated as Director of Body. William G. Irwin, Columbus (Ind.) manufacturer, has been nominated to fill a vacancy on the board of directors of the United States Chamber of Commerce, it was learned here today. The Chamber is meeting in Washington. Balloting on candidates will be tomorrow. Mr. Irwin is a candidate for finance department member. Corrine Griffith Divorced By United Press EL PASO, Tex., May 3.—Corrine Griffith, motion picture actress, and Walter Mitchell Morosco, film producer, held a Mexican divorce decree today. The screen couple were divorced by mutual consent at Juarez. Mexico, yesterday. Oil Workers Go on Strike By United Press SEMINOLE. 0k1a.., May 3.—Approximately 750 machinists, boilermakers and oil field workers employed by the Sinclair-Prairie Oil Company in the Greater Seminole field went on strike today for union recognition.

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NURSING SCHOOL WILL HONOR 29 Bishop Ritter to Present Diplomas Tonight at St. Vincent’s. Commencement exercises for twenty-nine nurses who have completed three years of training will be held at 7:30 tonight at the St. Vincent’s Hospital School of Nursing. Diplomas will be presented by Bishop Joseph E. Ritter, who will give a sermon and benediction. Graduates included Misses Roberta Ann Zinkna, class president; Nora. F. Barton, Helen Augusta Leich, Dorothy I. Fenstermacher. j Elnora Catherine McGinnis. Catherine Louise Noonan, Mary F. Faker, 1 Mary Elizabeth Davis, and Bernadette Welsh, all of 'lndianapolis; Corinne Koenig, Milan; Anna Mary Magers and Magdalene Keyser, Elwood; Grace Evalyn Ruddick, Seymour; Mary Agnes Enneking, Tipton; Mary Helen Kennerk. Ft. Wayne; Bertha Hardebeck, Greensburg; Keitha Westlake, New Palestine; Ellen Clark, Westport; Ruth May Weast, Hoopeston, 111.; Edith Mary Lengerich, Decatur; Lucille Josephine LaVelle, Washington; Alice J. Swain, Greenfield; Virginia Lee Small, Linton; Marjorie Mauzy, Atchison, Kan.; Anna Catherine Smith, Tipton; Lillian E. Sablon, Hartford City; Ann Lucille Kilfoil, Vincennes; Clarissa Ready, Connersville, and Ruth Duane, Greenville, O. Sugar Expert to Speak Dr. J. Arthur Brock, Saginaw. Mich., secretary of the Farmers and Manufacturers Beet Sugar Association, will speak on “Sugar” at the luncheon of the Exchange Club tomorrow in the Washington.

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NRA IS ILLEGAL, WEIRTON STEEL CLAIMS IN SUIT Recovery Act, Labor Board Unconstitutional, Is Defense. B’l l in ted Prrss WILMINGTON. May 3 —Constitutionality of the national recovery act was challenged by the Weirton Steel Company today in the government’s test suit to enforce collective bargaining provisions alleged to have been violated by the company. Caleb S. Layton, steel company counsel appearing before U. S. District Judge John P. Nields, also attacked the constitutionality of the national labor board. He contended that the NRA is unconstitutional because the delegation of authority was not defined in the act. Regarding the national labor board, he argued the act did not delegate to the President the right to create a body with such powers.

LEGION OFFICIAL WILL SPEAK AT IRVINGTON John Thomas Taylor’s Address to Be Opened to Public. John Thomas Taylor, chairman of the American Legion national legislative committee, will address Irvington post at 8:15 tomorrow in the auditorium of School 57. East Washington and Ritter streets. Osric Mills Watkins and Bell Telephone posts will meet with Irvington for the event. Because of the unusual interest which has been j evinced, the meeting has been thrown i open to the public, as well as to all I veterans. Mr. Taylor’s subject will be "Legisj lation for the Veteran and his De- | pendents.” Other speakers will be ! Merrill Woods. Chef de Gare, Voiture No. 147; Fred Hileman, Eleventh district comander; Joe j Lutes. Twelfth district commander, j and William Sayer, Indiana depart- ; ment adjutant. SPY CONFESSES, SAYS FRENCH MAGISTRATE German Agent Reported to Have Admitted Espionage. By United Press PARIS, May 3.—A complete confession of espionage activities directed against France's war-time border defenses has been obtained : from George Sybert, arrested as a German agent, examining Magis- | trate Andre Benon announced today. Captain Albert Froge of the j French army, who was arrested at ! Belfort on suspicion of selling de- ; sense plans to German agents, has | been implicated by Sybert, Benon said. Both will be tried at Belfort. Bryan Memorial Unveiled By United Priss WASHINGTON. May 3.—Notables assembled here today to unveil a memorial to the late William Jennings Bryan. Josephus Daniels, ambassador to Mexico, was scheduled to make the chief address. A short speech by President Roosevelt was on the program. David Hargreave, grandson of the commoner, will unveil the statue.