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MINTON WINS FULL SUPPORT OF DEMOCRATS McNutt Choice Swept to Senate Nomination on Fourth Ballot. R. EARL PETERS BOWS Administration Shows Its Control; National Help Is Promised. (An editorial is on Page 14) BY JAMES DOSS Times Staff Writer A landslide of votes on the fourth ballot yesterday afternoon elected Sherman Minton, public service commission counselor, the Democratic nominee for United States senator and demonstrated the state administration's control of the party. It virtually was no-contest after the first ballot for the senate nomination when R. Earl Peters, former state chairman and administration foe, made the only bid for the honor. Mr. Peters and his supporters jubilantly had proclaimed well in advance of the convention that more than 1,200 votes were pledged to the former state chairman and that his nomination on the first ballot was a certainty. But when the first ballot was counted, Mr. Peters had only 620 1 2 to 598 for Mr. Minton, and Mr. Peters lost strength steadily on both the second and third ballots, while Mr. Minton gained. The fourth ballot j turned into a landslide for Mr. Minton and became a rout for Mr. Pet- ; ers when St. Joseph county deserted i its favorite son, Clarence Manion, and cast its entire ninety-six votes, which it had been casting as a unit for Mr. Manion, for Mr. Minton. The other big county delegations, with the exception of Marion, hastened to get on the bandwagon. Marion steadfastly had held out for Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan, Indianapolis, the choice of Senator Frederick Van Nuys. Stump Defeats Picket However, &{r. Minton was the I choice of Governor Paul V. McNutt and his lieutenants and Mr. Minton was nominated. An outstanding example of the Governor's strength was shown in the nomination for clerk of .the supreme court. Fred Pickett, the incumbent, had maintained loyalty to Mr. Peters ever since the latter's break with Governor McNutt. Twenty-four hours before the convention. Pleas Greenlee entered Paul Stump, Crawfordsville, against Mr. Pickett. Mr. Stump was nominated on the first ballot, receiving l^S votes as compared to for Mr. Pickett. Eight candidates for the senate nomination were in the field when the balloting started. With Mr. Peters and Mr. Minton leading, the remainder of the field of Mr. Manion, Mayor Sullivan. Harvey Cole, George Rauch, D. Frank Culbertson and Louis Ludlow strung out behind with none a threat to the two leaders. When St. Joseph county made its play, Mr. Peters cooly recognized defeat and came forward to the platform to move the nomination be made unanimous. Other candidates seconded the proposal and no totals were tabulated. Unofficial tabulations showed Mr. Minton to have slightly more than 1.200 votes when the roll call was completed and then numerous counties changed their ballot to push the total higher. In a speech of acceptance, Mr. Minton denounced the “odious record of Senator Arthur R. Robinson” and promised “with your aid to retire the Republican incumbent m November.” Minton Denounces Robinson Mr. Peters’ crushing defeat was believed to have eliminated him from further consideration in Democratic circles in the state, at least during the present administration. It was the second time McNutt forces had conquered him in important tests of power. His choices for membership on the Democratic state central committee were defeated by McNutt candidates in the recent reorganization of the group. Many had thought that if Senator Van Nuys could have won with Mayor Sullivan, the senator would emerge from the convention as head of the party. He had insisted upon Mr. Sullivan’s nomination on ground that the Indianapolis mayor was not involved with any particular faction of the party. Senator Van Nuys was unable to attend the convention because of illness. He had been slated for permanent chairman. He thanked the convention for his nomination while the packed Cadle tabernacle stood and cheered wildly for the senate choice. There was little contest among the state ticket candidates except in the court clerk race. Peter Hein. Turn to Page Four) Times Index Page Auto News 15 Bridge 10 Broun 13 Classified 19-20 Comics 21 Crossword Puzzle 19 Curious World 21 Editorial 14 Financial 16 Hickman—Theaters 15 Lippmann 13 Pegler 13 i Radio 8 Serial Story 21 j Sports 18-19 j State News 5 1 Vital Statistics 16 j Woman’s Pages 10-11 j

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VOLUME 46—NUMBER 28

RESCUERS VIEW TWISTED SKELETON OF PLANE WRECKED IN WILDS

This twisted and charred wreckage was all that remained of the Curtiss Condor airlintr which crashed near Livingston Manor, N. Y„ in the Catskills, carrying two pilots, a stewardess, and four passengers to death. Members of the searching party are shown holding part of the propeller, with the skeleton of the tail framework reared at the left. Theory that explosion of chemicals caused the fatal plunge was probed after picric acid was found in luggage of a passenger.

Coroner Probes Mystery in Crackup of Plane That Cost Lives of Seven

THINGS SELDOM WHAT THEY SEEM, RAIDERS OF FAN DANCE FIND

By l niled Press PHILADELPHIA. June 13. Music blared, a fan dancer swished her fans. Two hundred patrons of a night club were watching the show. Suddenly a score of policemen rushed into the club and arrested the dancer and the proprietor. The officers found the fan dancer was a female impersonator. 17 RESCUED FROM SINKING STEAMER 17 Still Missing, Radio Report Says. By United Press NEW YORK. June 3.—Sinking of sun in the Caribbean was reported sun in the Carribbean was reported today in a radio message from the S. S. Zacapa of the United Fruit Line, which rescued the captain and sixteen men. The chief officer and sixteen other members of the Hamsun's crew still are missing, the message said. TRANSFER IS SOUGHT IN BANK BOND SUIT Remand Litigation to County Court, Receiver Asks. A motion to remand the litigation between the receiver of the Meyer - Kiser bank and the Fidelity and Casualty Company, New York, from the federal courts to Marion county circuit court was filled today in federal court. The action was taken by Walter Myers, attorney for the bank’s receiver, Thomas E. Garvin. In his brief, the attorney charges that the Fideltiy company is attempting to evade the jurisdiction of state courts. The company recently transferred the litigation to federal courts. The suit involves the payment of liability bonds taken out by the defunct bank with the company. Chrysler on Rail Board By Times Special NEW YORK, June 13.—Walter P. Chrysler, chairman and president of Chrysler Corporation, has been elected a director of New York Central Railroad Company, it was announced today. Ordination Service Set Ordination services for the Rev. Alfred G. Belles will be held at 7:45 Sunday night in St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran church. Mr. Belles will be installed as pastor of St. Mark’s church in Louisville, July 8.

Acquitted Killer of Mate Dies by Her Own Hand

By United Prcst KANSAS CITY, June 13.—Mrs. Dorothy Elwell of Chicago, a .victim of remorse, died early today in General hospital of a self-inflicted pistol wound. Mrs. Elwell was exonerated by a coroner’s jury recently of charges of murdering her husband, James Elwell, on a plea of self-defense. She brooded over the slaying, police were told by relatives, and in March attempted to commit suicide in Indianapolis by inhaling gas. Police, called when employes of a small hotel here heard a shot in her room last night, found her lying on her bed with a bullet wound in her head. At her side was a pistol. On a desk lay this note: “Notify my sister, Mrs. F. Vogel-

Discovery of Chemicals Hints Explosion May Have Occurred. By United Press LIBERTY, N. Y.. June 13.—A coroner's inquest sought today to establish cause of the mysterious crash of a giant American Airlines plane on the wooded fastness of Mongaup mountain Saturday in which seven persons were killed. With officials of the department of commerce, American Airlines, and representatives of a chemical company in attendance, interest in the investigation was heightened by the belief of Dr. Victor G. Bourke, Sullivan county coroner, that an explosion occurred aboard the twinmotored Condor plane, either before or after the fatal crash. Discovery that one of the victims, E. W. B. Bader, an employe of the Semet-Solvay Company, had carried a quantity of chemicals on the flight as well as documents explaining the “navy’s specifications for explosive D,” heightened the mystery of the impending investigation. “I have several questions I want to ask Semet-Solvay officials,” Dr. Bourke said. “I shall ask just what Mr. Bader was carrying in his bag, if it was an explosive, and if so, why was it carried on a passenger plane?” Naval authorities at Washington denied reports that Mr. Bader was carrying any high explosive secret formula in which they were interested. Navy Denies Secret By Times Special WASHINGTON, June 13.—NavySecretary Claude A. Swanson said today that William Bader, representative of Semtt-Solvay Company, killed in an airp.ane crash in New York state, was carrying a formula for ammonia picrate used by the navy in gunpowder manufacture. “There was no secrecy about the formula, however,” the secretary said. “Bader’s firm was one of numerous bidders on a navy contract. The formula was developed jointly by the navy and outside interests.” $9,555 PAY ROLL TAKEN Brewery Employes Cowed by Trio in Daring Daylight Holdup. By United Press STAPLETON, Staten Island. N. Y., June 13.—Four employes of the Rubsam and Horrmann Brewing Company, were forced to lie on the floor while three bandits escaped with a pay roll of $9,555.99 in a daylight holdup today. ACCUSED IN STRANGLING Alabama Farmer Charged With Murder of Daughter. By United Press DOTHAN. Ala., June 13.—Eunice Hughes, 20, farmer, was held without bpnd here today on a warrant charging he murdered his 2-year-old daughter Caroline, by choking her to death in a blanket on a wagon ride.

tamy, Chicago. Try to understand and forgive me. Once I had everything. A home, babies—but for one insane moment they would still be mine. Now there is nothing for me—nothing—as I haven't even the right.” Tried to End Life Here Police reports reveal that Mrs. Dolly Elwell attempted to commit suicide by gas March 13 in an apartment at 412 North Illinois street. She was found unconscious in the apartment, which she had rented under the name of Elsie Blake, and her identity was not determined until several days later. After leaving ctiy hospital, she was taken to Chicago by relatives.

INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13,1934

ANGERED JUDGE SETS HIGH BAIL FOR TRIO; DELAYS TRIAL YEAR

Angered by the vacillation of three youths who switched their pleas from guilty to not guilty in criminal court today, Judge Frank P. Baker said curtly, “Very well. I’ll put you under SIO,OOO bond and your cases won’t be tried until next year.” The youths, who have a long wait in jail before answering grand larceny charges, are George Bauman, Herbert Aiken and Joseph Miller. Three other men who pleaded not guilty stood waiting for sentence, but Judge Baker said, “I'm too provoked now. I’ll sentence you later.”

NRA TREND TOWARD FASCISM, IS CHARGE Darrow Board Aid Quits, Files Protest. By United Press WASHINGTON, June 13.—W. O. Thompson, vigorous dissenting member of the Darrow review board, resigned today and charged that NRA daily reveals more clearly a Marked trend toward Fascism in America. In a long letter to President Roosevelt, Mr. Thompson set forth anew his opposition to the NRA. He assumed full responsibility for writing the supplementary report filed with the first board study which held there was no hope for the small business man under present code setups. 86 FACE PRISON IN NAZI TREASON TRIALS Silesian Communists Protest at Verdict of Court. By United Press BRESI.AU. Germany, June 13. The trial of 110 Silesian Communists, accused of high treason, ended today with prison terms for most of the defendants. ✓ Cries of indignation and protest, such as “down with class justice” were raised by the defendants when the court read the verdicts. Eighteen were acquitted and six granted suspended sentences. The others were sentenced to terms ranging from one to fifteen years in prison. QUINTUPLETS’ MOTHER HINTED SERIOUSLY ILL “Not So Well,” Doctor Says; Babies Continue to Thrive. By United Press NORTH BAY, Ont., June 13. Mrs. Oliva Dionne, young mother who gave birth to quintuplets seventeen days ago was reported in a serious condition today. Mrs. Dionne, it was said, was “not so well. She had a very bad night.” The quintuplets, however , still thrived despite the pessimistic predictions of scientists at their birth that all of them could not live. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 62 10 a. m 68 7a. m 63 11 a. m 71 Ba. m 66 12 (noon).. 72 9 a. m 67 1 p. m 74

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PAY PART OF DEBT IN GOODS, BALANCE IN CASH, U. S. TELLS GREAT BRITAIN, OTHER NATIONS

New Strategy Is Mapped by Wearied Police Squads to Ensnare John Dillinger Indiana Outlaw Is Secreted in Secluded Hideaway Nursing Injuries, Authorities Believe After Running Down Futile ‘Tips.’ By United Peru * CHICAGO, June 13.—The John Dillinger manhunters. turning wearily from a series of “hot,” but fruitless clews, today mapped anew plan of strategy in their efforts to ensnare the “man against a nation.” Dillinger, they were convinced, must be hunted out in some secluded hideaway where he is nursing wounds received in one of his daring

escapades. The new theory came after authorities had gathered their heavily armed forces at Baraboo, Wis., and later at Northfield, Minn., in response to frantic reports that the outlaw had been seen. At Baraboo it was discovered that federal agents were pursuing a Chicago traveling salesman who was safely home in bed. The salesman, Hal H. Norland said he told a friend in the presence of a stranger that he was Dillinger, “just as a joke.” At Northfield a freight train transient, Donald Murray, said he encountered the outlaw near the railroad yards and that Dillinger gave him a cigaret. Federal agents were skeptical of his story. Authorities federal, state and local—agreed that Dillinger probably would not reappear to stage another bloody foray until he has completely recovered from his wounds. T. P. Sullivan, Illinois bureau of criminal identification and investigation chief, said that if Dillinger were dead members of his gang would have no reason to keep it secret. By letting authorities know of their leader’s death other members of the gang would remove some of the heat of the chase from themselves, he said. BANKERS SEEKTO- - GERMAN MARK Montague Norman Meets Financiers to Avert Money Crisis. By United Press LONDON, June 13.—International co-operation to stave off a collapse of the German mark and prevent a new financial crisis in Europe was regarded as possible today after conferences between Montague Norman, head of the Bank of England, and leading British bankers. Consensus of London financial opinion was that both German debt default and devaluation of the mark were inevitable. The summoning of Dr. Jonathan Long, London manager of the Bank of Italy, to Rome was pointed to as an indication that Premier Mussolini is preparing a staunch defense of the lira in such an eventuality. 'BACK GOVERNMENT’ IS PLEA OF TIRE HEAD William O’Neil Urges Convention Delegates Uphold Code. By United Press CHICAGO, June 13.—“ The government is not going to put any one out of business,” William O’Neil, president of the General Tire and Rubber Company, told delegates to the convention of the National Tire Dealers’ Association today. “It has demonstrated that,” said Mr. O’Neil, “by establishing a floor price level. Let’s not try to spoil the code by to much bickering or by bothering the code authority with minor violations.”

New Bethel Aroused by Typhoid Wave After Victim’s Death; Meeting Called

BY FREDERICK MATSON Times Stall Writer NEW BETHEL, June 13.—This little community, where typhoid fever has claimed one life and made a dozen persons seriously ill in the last two weeks, feels that it is facing an acute crisis. Such was the expression today of George Bowden, Wanamaker State bank president, and one of New Bethel’s leading citizens, as he discussed the death yesterday from typhoid of Ralph Leonard, 22. Services for Mr. Leonard will be held at 2 tomorrow in the New Bethel Baptist church. He is survied by his mother, Mrs. Alice Leonard, and a brother, Donald Leonard. Citizens have called a mass meeting for next Wednesday night to take measures to combat spread of the disease. “Something must be done at once.” Mr! Bowen declared. “We are faced with a very dangerous and acute situation.” “Unquestionably, one of the major factors contributing to the epidemic is the insanitary condition of the drainage ditch running through the town,” Mr. Bowen asserted. “There are probably other factors to be considered,” he continued, “but this is the most tangible, and can and should be corrected. A petition requesting Bruce Short county surveyor, to estimate the

LABOR BILL IS GIVENMESS Roosevelt’s Proposals to Settle Disputes Due for Quick Action. By United Press WASHINGTON. June 13.—President Roosevelt’s proposals for conciliation machinery to cope with wide-spread industrial disputes were sent to congressional leaders today for quick legislative enactment. The proposals are intended to clarify collective bargaining features of the industria recovery act and to give manager tent and employes equal representation on conciliation boards for_ industries threatened with industrial strife. The proposals were subject to further changes as different viewpoints were sought. One copy was submitted to Republican leaders. They discussed it at a secret conference. It was indicated they would offer less opposition than would have been forthcoming against the scrapped Wagner labor disputes bill. One feature of the new legislation would be to clarify the right of recognition to workers’ organizations representing a majority of their industry. Elections to determine the majority representatives would be supervised by the conciliation boards. In an industry where a company union embraced the majority of workers, that union would be authorized to bargain collectively for the employes. Similarly, if a trade union held the majority, that organization would be designated as the bargaining agency. Strike Decision Due By United Press PITTSBURGH. June 13.—Final decision on whether a steel strike will be called this week-end will be made here at a recalled convention of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers, which opens here tomorrow. The decision rests with the 200odd men representing the union’s lodges throughout the country, but what it will be depends largely on what transpires in Washington today and tomorrow, and what action the American Iron and Steel Institute, also meeting tomorrow, takes in New York. Gary Set for Siege By United Press GARY, Ind„ June 13.—Gary was digging in for a long siege today and smoldering discontent in the steel mills apparently needed only a spark to touch it off. Gary’s Broadway buzzed with conflicting rumors. Mill operators were reported to have imported strike breakers by the hundreds and to be stocking up on arms and tear gas. Union men, according to some local merchants, were storing away foodstuffs against a prolonged strike.

cost of cleaning the ditch and turning it into a “storm ditch” to be used solely for rain drainage, with an accompanying ditch for sewage disposal purposes, has been drawn up and is being signed by the townfolk, Mr. Bowen said. He explained that previous efforts to have the town incorporated, so that a modern sewage disposal system might be installed, had been unsuccessful. Every possible effort to relieve the conditions responsible for the epidemic will be made at once, said Dr. Oscar D. Ludwig, county health commissioner. Dr. Ludwig added that no new cases have been reported in the last twenty-four hours. The health officer said he recommended last fall that health conditions in the community be cleaned up, but nothing had been done. Recommendations included inoculation for all residents, with the county furnishing necessary serum free for those unable to pay. Dr. G. L. Jones. New Bethel physician and a leader in the movement to have residents here inoculated against the dread disease, confessed ignorance as to the exact causes of the epidemic. “There are centain definite elements, however, all of which may be contributory,” he said. “First, there is the menace of the

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America Ready to Listen to Any Proposals for Making Partial Payments, Note Reveals to Debtors. BARS FULL RESTITUTION IN SERVICES Administration Refuses to Open Markets Without Discrimination in Order to Help Borrowers. By United Press WASHINGTON, June 13.—A warning that the way has not been opened to debtor countries to pay the total of their war debts to the United States in goods and services was sounded by the White House this afternoon. Apparently fearing that the note dispatched earlier today to Great Britain by Secretary of State Cordell Hull suggesting that Britain make some proposal for at least partial payment of her debt in goods or services, might be misinterpreted. The White House said this country was in no position nor did it propose to accept full payment of the debts in goods or services.

Such procedure, it was stated, would be economically impossible, just as it was felt it was impossible to transfer in cash the total sums owed on the debts. There is no inclination, it was stated here, to open the American markets without discrimination to foreign products as a means of assisting the debtor governments to make payment. What was intended, it was stated, was to suggest to Great Britain that administration officials here would listen to any proposals Britain might

CHILE SWEPT BY HURRICANE Several Hurt, 50 Buildjngs Damaged in Largest Southern City. By Anitcd Press SANTIAGO, Chile, June 13—A hurricane of fierce intensity did great damage in southern Chile today and moved up the coast toward Santiago. Striking Conception, largest city in the south, the storm caused injuries to several persons and damaged fifty or more buildings. Only one telegraph line between Santiago and Conception remained in working order. ARMS EMBARGO BY U, S. TO CONTINUE Sale to Gran Chaco Rivals Is Prohibited. By United Press WASHINGTON, June 13.—The United States will stand firmly upon its policy of prohibiting the sale in the United States of arms and ammunition to Bolivia and Paraguay, the Bolivian government was formally notified today in a note from Secretary of State Cordell Hull. University Chancellor Named By United Press NEW YORK. June 13.—Dr. Harry Woodburn Chase was installed today as the eighth chancellor of New Yoork university at the 102d commencement exercises.

open ditch running through the town. It serves both as a water drainage ditch and for sewage disposal.” Warning Is Sounded Grossly insanitary and unhealthy conditions exist in Keystone addition, six miles west of the city on Rockville road, because of the closing by a supreme court order of a sewer outlet near the C. C. C. & St. L. railroad. This warning was given county commissioners today by Chief Engineer L. A. Geupel of the state health board’s sanitary engineering bureau, along with recommendations for remedying the situation. The opening was closed because the railroad protested its flow was weakening railroad viaducts. Water now is up two feet in the manholes, according to Mr. Geupel, and there is danger that a heavy rain would cause the sewage to back up into cellars. The engineer recommended that a closed drainage system be provided by Marion county under a legal emergency proceeding, that the commissioners adopt measures to prohibit discharge of raw sewage into ditches and natural streams of Marion county, and that a request be made to all property owners to sever drainage from sewer systems to protect cellars from pollution.

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have for making part of her payment in goods or services. The intimation was left that similar consideration would be given to like proposals by other governments. This was interpreted as leaving the door wide open to the debtor governments to come forward with definite proposals for making partial payments in goods and services, with the intimation that the balance of the debts must be paid in cash. Congressional opinion was divided on the payment in kind suggestion. The two actions—dispatch of the note to Great Britain opening th 6 way to payment in kind of the $11,000,000,000 war debts, and the grant of wide tariff making powers to President Roosevelt—were interpreted as startmg an entirely new phase of the long-standing war debt controversy. Argument Is Answered Observers believed the President and Secretary Hull had met the chief arguments used by European nations in their clamor against payment of the debts. Debtor nations have, been asserting they could not pay unless they sold more goods and services in the United States. This argument has now been answered. Mr. Hull reminded Great Britain she never had made a firm offer to make payment in kind. He said the United States would be glad to consider any such proposal. At the same time, President Roosevelt, by placing his signature on the “Yankee trading" tariff bill, made it posible to facilitate importation of foreign goods which do not seriously compete with American products. First tariff negotiations probably will concern liquor. Token Payments Approved Debtor countries are principal sources of supply tor many articles which the United States must import. The British malay states, for instance, supply the bulk of tin and rubber imported by the United States. Tin imports have been estimated at $87,000,000 annually, and those of rubber at about $80,000,000, The United States imports British manganese from India and chrome from Rhodesia. Belgium has large radium deposits in her African colonies. France supplies chrome. Mr. Hull s note also eased the way for Great Britain and other nations which have made “token” payments. He informed Britain that the attor-ney-general had ruled token paying nations not in default on previous installments. For Great Britain this would mean a payment of $85,670,765.05, instead of - the $262,000,000 which British officials had professed to believe they must pay to escape the default stigma. U. S. Is the Loser By United Press WASHINGTON, June 13.—American foreign trade has been conducted since 1896 without cash profit to this nation, George N. Peek, foreign trade adviser, reported today to President Roosevelt. Mr. Peek said that although the United States’ foreign trade during that period showed an apparent favorable trade balance totalling $36,646,000,000, the net result of the thirty-eight years trading was a paper profit of $22,645,000,000, which has not been paid in cash. That staggering figure, almost as large as the national debt, is the total of the world’s debt to the ’ United States, which is represented by notes, securities and other promises to pay which have not been fulfilled. This total includes the | $10,304,000,000 of war debts still owed the United States. Explains Reluctance By United Press PLYMOUTH, England, June 13. Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, former conservative minister of labor, said on his return from a month’s visit to the United States today that de-. spite the Hull war debt note he believed the American viewpoint against substantial reduction was unchanged. American reluctance to reduce the debt was understandable, he commented, when it was recalled that farm mortgage debts in the United States totalled around $10,000,000,000.