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HARRY COPELAND, DILLINGER MOBMAN, IS GIVEN 25 YEARS Talks Freely, but Refuses to Name Accomplices in Greencastle Raid; Sentence Equivalent to Life. $4,600 CASH WAS ‘CUT’ OF LOOT Realized Only $2,000 on Bonds Worth $14,000, He Says in Court Room; Taken Back to Prison. Bf United Prtat GREENCASTLE, Ind., June 29.—Harry Copeland, 38, Muncie, a member of the Dillinger terror prang, was sentenced to twenty-five years in the state prison today on charges of robbing the Central National bank of Greencastle. Copeland pleaded guilty and readily admitted participating in the holdup. He was taken back to the state piison immediately, commitment papers having been made out in

advance of his plea. Five state policemen escorted the prisoner. In pronouncing sentence, Judge Wilbur S. Donner of Putnam circuit court said that because of Copeland’s age the penalty would be equivalent of a life term. In handcuffs and leg chains. Copeland chattpd free'y tic waited for his attorney. Miss Bess Robbins. Indianapolis, to arrive. “I was the first to enter the bank, he said. • Mv share was $4,600 in cash and $14,000 in bonds. But I only got about $2,000 out ol the bonds. Dillin;er t'nder Indictment ‘‘We came down here from Chicago and I had been driving for about forty hours steadily before the holdup.” Copeland refused to name his accomplices. John Dillinger. leader of the convict gang, is under indictment in connection with the Greencastle robbery. Four men participated, the total loot being $74,000 in cash and bonds. Copeland's sentence today relieves him from the necessity of facing trial in Ohio on a murder charge, where he would be liable to death in the electric chair. He is suspected of assisting Charles Makley. Harry Pierpont and Russell Clark in liberating Dillinger from the Lima <O.l jail last October. Sheriff Jess Sarber of Lima was murdered during the raid. Two Awaiting Death Clark. Pierpont and Makley all are under sentence in Ohio, two of them to death and the other to life imprisonment. Copeland was arrested in Chicago several months ago in an expensive automobile he had purchased with loot from the Grencastle bank robbery He was sent back to the prison as a parole violator, having originally sentenced on a burglary charge. ROOSEVELT WILL SAIL FOR HAWAII ON SUNDAY Change in Schedule Is Forced by Press of Business. R I nite4 F’rr** WASHINGTON. June 29—President Roosevelt will sail from Annapolis. Md.. at 7. Sunday night on his cruise to the West Indies and Hawaii, the White House announced today. The President originally had fixed tomorrow morning as the sailing date, but it was explained the pressure of last minute government business was too heavy to permit him to adhere to that schedule. NEW ENGLAND MAN IS VICTIM OF LYNCHERS Alleged to Have “Accosted Woman," Beaten to Death. By United Press SPRINGFIELD Mass.. June 29 John Baldrim. 28. victim of the first lynching in modern New England history, died today at Wesson Memorial hospital. He had been attacked Sunday and beaten into unconsciousness by a mob of seven men and seven women, after he was alleged to have accosted one of the women.

IN THIS CORNER — Swinging back to the parlance of the sports world. Westbrook Pegler will hand you some real laughs tomorrow when he describes round-by-round details of the preparations for the John Jacob Astor-Ellen Tuck French wedding. Young and old have followed the romances of the great Astor these several weeks. Now apparently he actually is headed toward the altar. Pegler believes the •‘management'’ has underestimated the capacity crowd and says the church only has a limited seating capacity “compared with aome of the wedding arenas in New York.” You7l find Pegler s quips at the great event worth reading in The Tunes tomorrow.

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POLICE STUDY DILLINGER NOTE Stranger Delivered Letter From Chicago, Says Outlaw’s Father. State and fpderal authorities today were preparing to investigate the authenticity of letters alleged to have been received by John Dillini ger Sr. at Mooresville, in which the nation’s Public Enemy No. 1 asserts he is alive and well. In the letters, purporting to have : been written in Chicago, the young John Dillinger refers to the visit he made to the Mooresville home in April for a family reunion and asserts he still has some friends who won t sell him out. The most recent letter, according to the elder Dillinger, was delivered about three weeks ago by a messenger, a stranger to the Mooresville farmer. An earlier letter was written last September from Lima, 0., from whence the desperado fled when he was liberated by three henchmen who killed Sheriff Jess Sarber. Admitting that he may have been a. disappointment to his father, Dillinger is purported to have said he guessed he did too much time and thereby had become embittered. Captain Matt Leach of the state police said today he would have to see the purported letters before he would hazard an opinion whether thv are genuine. Captain Leach admitted he belives the desperado still is alive and not dead of wounds, as he has been reported. Richard Dix Weds Secretary JERSEY CITY, June 29.—Richard Dix. motion picture star, and his secretary. Miss Virginia Webster. were married today by Justice of the Peace Edward Markley.

Meyer-Kiser Depositors May Not Receive Cent

Only Small Percentage at Most Will Be Available for Disbursement, Receiver Reveals. Depositors in the defunct Meyer-Kiser bank may receive not one cent and. at the most, only a very small percentage of their deposits, it was revealed today in a statement prepared by Thomas E. Garvin, receiver.

The statement was compiled under instruction of Circuit Judge Earl R. Cox and copies are to be mailed to each depositor tonight. It was revealed that the receiver holds assets appraised at $531,211.67. of which $221,994.87 represents assets held as pledges by certain creditors. leaving only $309,216.80 free assets. Liabilities, including $1,196,106.45 in deposits, total $1,635,570.95. Expenses of the receivership, under Mr. Garvin, have totaled $89.311.10. The larger items of disbursement include: Allowance to receiver for services. $8,166.66: salaries of clerks and stenographers. $7,504.27; attorneys' fees. $8,250; auditing fees. $8,614. and investigating fees to determine criminal liability. $3,850. Describing the appointment of auditors and their reports. Mr. Garvin said in letters to depositors: “It developed that prior to the closing of the bank that the officers of the Meyer-Kiser bank had

Nudist-Minded City Laughs Defiance at Heat Wave

BY TRISTRAM COFFIN Timti Staff Writer LAUGHING and semi-nude. Indianapolis threw off her inhibitions last night and defied the heat. Up and down the city the citizenry shed clothes with a hysterical cheerfulness. The crowds shuffled by the thousands into parks, air-con-ditioned theaters, into pools, to the baseball game. They sat at hpme under whirring fans or. in the poorer parts of town, looked wistfully at cars passing by. Old men and women sat placidly on their door steps, fanning themselves with palm fans. As night{ell, men took off their shirts.

Partly cloudy tonipht followed by somewhat cooler with occasional showers tomorrow.

POOLS ATTRACT CITIZENS IN EFFORTS TO ESCAPE STIFLING HEAT

POOLS ATTRACT CITIZENS IN EFFORTS TO ESCAPE STIFLING HEAT Laughing at the heat while engaged in a cool water battle. George Weber. 915 Southern avenue. . and Robert Pitts. 955 Albany street (upper, left to , - .• < - '.a •• Garf:<-’.-i §lllllll' ’ pool of v AdH r’.a.m- *he man >o ’he risriK ;n ’he lower pir'nre A Th> tr:o i-nored modesrv :n ar. attempt ’o cet rnr>; in Garfield park last night. ~.. _ I , j w ■Br \ 1 [{ m mi nWt aw xms\ q&f * fw \ k ™ v -l&£ Mr ”>sp' sr* (Other Night Photos on Page 3)

Laughing at the heat while engaged in a cool water battle. George Weber. 913 Southern avenue, and Robert Pitts. 955 Albany street (upper, left to right), refreshed themselves last night in Garfield park swimming pool. ' Whew!—lt's hot even with my shirt off! - ’ exclaims the man to the right in the lower picture. This trio ignored modesty in an attempt to get cool in Garfield park last night.

AMAZING RALLY MADE BY MARIE DRESSLER IN FIGHT FOR LIFE

by United Brest SANTA BARBARA, Cal., June 29—The dawn which physicians predicted Marie Dressier would never see found the veteran trouper’s amazing courage carrying her to temporary triumph over death today. “Her condition is the best in three days,” said Dr. Franklin R. Nuzum, who feared last night that the noted stage and screen actress’ heart would fail her before morning. “There is no immediate danger,” he told newspaper men. “I do not expect another crisis before noon.” Hf was astounded by the vitality of the woman whose deeply-lined face turned pale blue—a foreboding of death —at midnight. “Her rally w r as most remarkable,” he asserted. He was convinced there was no immediate danger. BROOKLYN BROTHERS START OCEAN HOP Fliers Over Atlantic on Trip to Poland. by United Pres• HARBOR GRACE. N. F.. June 29. —Benjamin and Joe Adamow’icz, soda pop manufacturing brothers of Brooklyn. N. Y.. took off at 2:5T a. m. (Indianapolis time), in a single motored plane for Warsaw, Poland.

put up as collateral on loans with banks and individuals most of the assets of the bank and used the money to pay withdrawals of depositors. This apparently was done as long as they had assets upon which other banks would lend. “Therefore, what unpledged assets remained in the bank are, for the most part, worth but a fraction of their face value and are usually minority interests in real estate companies located in Florida. Gary. Hammond. East Chicago, South Bend. Ft. Wayne. Terre Haute and Evansville. “Only a small amount of the assets were invested in Indianapolis, and not much, comparatively, in Indiana.” The statement asserts that the receiver met with much opposition from some of the former officers of the bank, four of whom are under indictment in criminal court, in his efforts to obtain control of the bank's interests.

A woman lolled in a rocking chair humming blissfully to herself, her bare feet resting on her woolly dog's back. Women had the best of it as far as semi-nudity was concerned. In low-backed dresses and sandals they patrolled the parks. It was even too hot for romance and the conventional entwined couples on park benches were scarce in the city summer scene. a a a Adolescents shrieked and shouted in swimming pools, while their elders calmly paddled in the water. Girls in daring bathing suits swam under the aloof eyes of bronzed life guards. %

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PICKET KILLED IN STRIKE RIOT Violence Flares Again in Milwaukee; Tower Is Dynamited. By L nited Press MILWAUKEE. June 29.—Violence in Milwaukee’s electric strike, which resulted in one death and a dozen persons injured last night, broke out anew today when a high tension tower alongside an interurban line was dynamited The high tension tower, located near Muk won ago ,-feH across a trolley wire. Authorities were unable to find any one who saw the blast. The new outbreak found street cars and buses in Wisconsin’s two largest cities —Milwaukee and Racine—locked in barricaded barns as the strike entered its fifth day. Exhausted federal mediators, having wrangled over peace proposals until daybreak, were asleep in their hotels when the new violence flared. The mediators, claiming to see “bright prospects” of an early truce, were to resume negotiations with electric company officials, union leaders and representatives of the company union later in the day. More than 20,000 persons mobbed car barns ana the lakeside po\#r plant of the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company last night. The man killed was Eugene Domagalski, 24-year-old picket, who was electrocuted when he thrust a steel fence post through a power plant window and struck an open switch. STAY DELAYS DEATH OF DOOMED MOTHER Woman Sleeps for First Time in Forty-Eight Hours. By I nited Press OSSINING. N. Y.. June 29. Granted a last-minute stay, Mrs. Anna Antonio, mother of three, who was to have been executed last night, slep early today for the first time in forty-eight hours. It was understood sleep was induced by a sleeping potion. Her execution was stayed by Governor Hrebert H. Lehman after Vincent Saetta, convicted with Sam Feraci of killing Mrs. Antonio’s husband. made a statement reportedly aboslving her in the slaying. STATE CONTINUES”WAR ON CHINCH BUG PEST McNutt Is Authorized to Buy More Creosote. Governor Paul V. McNutt yesterday received permission from Harry L. Hopkins, federal emergency relief administrator, to purchase 200.000 gallons more of creosote for use in the state's war on chinch bugs. Already. 500.000 gallons have been purchased. The fluid will be purchased through the Governor's commission on unemployment relief, an FERA agency.

A few resigned souls lost themselves altogether in the heat, stripped to the waist and lay under trees in the parks. A glowing. cheese-colored moon, streaked with bars of fleeting clouds, rode in.the skies. Foaming, yellow beer was gulped in taverns by both sexes eager for a slight moment of coolness. A bored crowd listened halfheartedly to the shouting exhortations of a roving revivalist in University park. The usual heckler was too hot to argue. People of all shapes, sizes and classes sat languidly on benches or on the grass. , f

WASHES DISHES, EATS FOOD, STEALS WATCH Vagrant Plays Mean Trick on Kindly Restaurant Man. Jack Harris, 336 East Vermont street, wii] be decidedly cool to vagrants who enter his coffee shop at, 319 North Illinois street after this. Mr. Harris, with charity in his heart and dirty dishes in his sink, told a man w r ho asked for food this morning that, if the man would wash the dishes, the food would be forthcoming. The man washed the dishes, ate the food and departed—taking Mr. Harris’ watch with him.

MYSTERY MAIL THEFTPROBED Ten Postal Sacks on CityBound Train Rifled: Loot Is S3OO. Postal inspectors here and in Chicago today weer seeking a solution to the mysterious rifling last night on an Indianapolis-bound train of ten mail sacks carrying parcel post tentatively valued at only S3OO. In Chicago, several men were under arrest. They were described as minor gangsters. The robbers forced their way into a storage car by breaking a sealed door while the train was speeding from Chicago to Kankakee. 111. Five of th'- ten bags they slit open were addressed to Indianapolis. The remainder were addressed to Seymour, Sunman, Muncie and Otterbein. A. C. Garrigus. postal inspector in charge of the investigation here, took the bags from the train. No. 34 on the Big Four railroad, to the federal building. He said the car carried no guard. The loot was said to have been largely mail order shipments. SLAYER OF SON IS GIVENJ2-21 YEARS City Man Pleads Guilty to Mansluaghter Charge. Everett Arbuckle, 43, of 734 Elm street, confessed slayer of his 19-year-old son in a beer brawl at a downtown dance hall, today pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 2 to 21 years at the state prison by Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker. Arbuckle originally was indicted on first and second-degree murder charges and had entered a not guilty plea. Penitent and in tears. Arbuckle today told Judge Baker, "I am sorry for the trouble I have caused you and my family.” Arbuckle stabbed his son, Noah Arbuckle, 19, because the son rushed in to prevent an argument between Arbuckle and his wife, Mrs. Vera Arbuckle, 42. Mrs. Arbuckle was wounded in th melee.

Shrill cries of delight floated from the chute-the-ehute cars at the amusement parks as the cars zoomed down tne slide and whisked up the other side. man T TNDER cover of darkness, a few scattered industrious men mowed lawns and sprinkled while their wives looked on approvingly. Small boys pressed curious noses against the windows where gaudy fireworks were shown. In Garfield park the cool swish of the fountain sounded like gentle rainfall. Children played happily near the fountains. A

BIITLER STUDENT KILLED BY STIFLING HEAT; SLIGHT RELIEF IS PROMISED CITY

MLWCML Mims ill puny Hitler Fights for Political Life, Menaced by Factional Dispute. (Copyright. 1934. by United Press) BERLIN, June 29.—Chancellor Adolf Hitler fought for nis political life today amid rumors of an impending reactionary coup and a general strike. Though the situation was serious, competent, unprejudiced German opinion saw evidence that he -could win. There were half a dozen circumstances that might lead to the overthrow of Hitler and National Socialism, but Hitler seemed unhurried, and determined to find a solution for what promised to be a finish fig i between radicals and conservatives. To a dangerous political fight there was added an economic crisis. Two significant developments seemed to indicate the reluctance of either of the elements openly at war in the political field to risk the fall of Hitler’s “Third Reich.” The country today was teeming with rumors of a putsch by the conservative or reactionary element —the industrialists, the Junker landowner class, perhaps the state police and the army. The scattered but serious incidents which led the Steel Helmet organization of World war veterans to defy the Nazi storm troop leaders to absorb or disband them, were a complication. It was all up to Hitler. He has proceeded carefully and with deliberation. During the last few weeks he has been offered the resignations of Von Papan, of Franz Seldte, minister of labor and lear>r of the Steel Helmet or Stahlhelm organization, of Kurt Schmitt, his minister of economics, and of Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, head of the Reichsbank. He declined them all and managed to retain their loyalty. The movement was against the arrogant, violent Nazi underlings and the radical Socialism to which conservatives charge they are heading. There seemed a w’ide realization that not only revolution but civil war might follow Hitler’s fall. However great the radicals’ numbers, there were other elements as strong or stronger—the conservatives, including the Stahlhelm, the Jews, the Monarchists, the former members of the Nationalist party, (Turn to Page Three) ‘RACKETEERING’ LAID TO CITY CONSTABLE Resignation of Officer Is Ordered by County. The resignation of N. A. Howard, Franklin township constable, was demanded by county commissioners today on the recommendation of the county grand jury. Howard, according to Oscar Hagemier, grand jury prosecutor, had been making a “racket” of arresting case owners for selling beer to minors. He would instruct girls under 21 to go into bars and order beer, according to the allegations. When the girls had bought the beer, Howard would make the arrest, it is said.

Roosevelt Smashes at ‘Prophets of Calamity’ President Makes Comprehensive, Studied Reply to Critics of New Deal, Denies Trend Toward Communism. By United Press WASHINGTON. June 29.—T0 each person in the country, President Roosevelt today put the question: Are you better off under the New Deal than the old?

Leaving his fellow-citizens to ponder the answer to the question —an answer to be recorded at the fall election polls—he prepared to

fretful baby squalled and was hushed patiently by its mother. In Ellenberger park, McClure beach and Rhodius park every square foot of water was filled with shouting bathers. There w r as an air of cheerfulness and democracy caused by the heat. Rich and poor pespired and suffered alike. The country clubs looked no different from the municipal parks. There was the same high-pitched laughter and heat. A tramp, dreaming lost visions of gold and lovely women and limousines, was the happiest one of the lot as in a secluded spot in Taggart park he slept contentedly under a tree. V

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Glenn R. Johnson, 25, Collapses, Dies, After Running Across University Campus to Catch Street Car. TWO OTHERS ARE PROSTRATED Occasional Showers Tomorrow Will Break Scorching Heat Wave, Weather Bureau Officials Declare. Terrific heat of the last few days today resulted in the first heat fatality of the season when Glenn R. Johnson, 25, of 3151 North Delaware street, died after running across the Butler university campus to catch a street car. He was a Butler summer school student. Dr. O. S. Jaquith, 261 Blue Ridge road, private physician, attributed the death to a complication of heart disease and overexertion brought on by the strenuous heat.

nun Hourly Temperatures 12 (midnight) 84 1 a. 88 2 a. 82 3 a. 88 4 a. 79 5.a. m 78 5:10 a. 77 6 a. m. 78 7 a. 81 8 a. 88 9 a. 91 10 a. 92 11 a. 96 12 (noon) - 92 1 p. 98

164-YEAR-OUI TUANS DEAD Zaro Agha Fought in War Against Napoleon; Was in U. S. in 1930. By United. Brest ISTANBUL, Turkey, June 23. Zaro Agha, the ancient Turk whose life bridged two epochs in history, died today in the Eftal hospital, painlessly and looking forward to an eternity in paradise, attended by the entrancing hour’s (nymphs of Mohammedan paradise) of Islam. For several days he had been sinking, suffering from a hopeless combination of uremia and arteriosclerosis. Between periods of coma, sometimes delirious, he reviewed the little events and triumphs of his life, and occasionally mumbled: “I am 164 years old.” Zaro Agha probably was between 140 and 150, his doctor, Bedjet Sabit, said today in reporting on an X-ray -examination of his bones. The withered Turk visited New York in 1930, attending night clubs, riding in arplanes and bouncing up resiliently after being hit by a Broadway taxicab. Zaro, who claims to have fought against Napoleon at Acre, was married thirteen times. His last wife left him recently because he flirted with girls. COMPENSATION BILL IS SIGNED BY ROOSEVELT Measure Appropriates 54,000,000 for Widows, Children. By L nited Brest WASHINGTON, June 29.—President Roosevelt today signed the bill appropriating $4,000,000 to compensate widows and children of persons who' died while receiving monetary benefits for disabilities directly incurred in or aggravated by-active military or naval service in the World war.

depart American shores tomorrow confident the nation wag moving firmly on the recovery road and defying “prophets of calamity” to speak their worst. Delivering a “fireside” talk to the nation, the President in familiar, homely language put his question and suggested that citizens turn to their bank book, their pay envelopes, and their faith in the future for the answer. He urged, too. that each mas read once again the Constitution’s bill of rights to see whether, as critics claimed, American freedom was being trampled upon. The chief executive spoke in justification of reform, praised congressional efforts for recovery, pointed to unsolved problems and explained that “our new structure is a part of a fulfillment of the old.” The President was busy today cleaning up final details preparatory to his departure for Hawaii tomorrow. Chief items of business left (Tarn to Page Three)

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A cool breeze brought slight relief to the city today and pushed the temperature from 96 degrees at 11 to 92 degrees at 12. Occasional showers tomorrow will break the scorching heat wave, tile weather bureau predicted. Although the temperatures dropped, two heat prostrations were reported today. The victims are Mrs. Minnie Bray, 55, of 1629 East Market street, who collapsed in the Center township trustee's office, 124 North Senate avenue, and John Hayden Jr.. 33, Negro, 940 Edgemont street, who collapsed while driving a truck at Thirtieth. Humidity Rate Abnormal Although the temperature at 9 today was 2 degrees lower than yesterday’s mark, an abnormal humidity rate of 72 per cent prevailed today. The humidity yesterday was 52 per cent. The highest temperature yesterday in the state was 106 at Vincennes. A scorching heat wave yesterday broke all existing records of heat in June for Indianapolis by soaring up to 100.9 degrees at 1:15 p. m. The mark smashed Wednesday’s alltime record of 100 degrees. Three Are Prostrated The Indianapolis Water Company reported that 42,280,000 gallons of water were used yesterday. The average daily consumption is 31.000.000. Three heat prostrations occured yesterday afternoon. The victims were Charles Tucker, 64, of 1309 Reach street; Byrl Hamilton, 19, of 3448 North Denny street, and Miss Dorothy Wyatt, 32, of 517 North Elder avenue. The mean temperature yesterday was 90 degrees, sixteen above normal. SUSPECT SLAYER OF POLICEMAN ARRESTED Ft. Wayne Man One of Four Held in Ligonier Murder. By United Press FT. Wayne, Ind., June 29.—Virgil Huffman, 24, Ft. Wayne, alleged man” in the slaying early today of a Ligonier policeman, and Walter Elliott, alleged driver of the bandit escape-car, were arrested here today. Walter Valobetzney, Ft. Wayne, alleged fourth member of the outlaw gang, is held for questioning. Police said Elliott is a nephew of Howard Canfield, 32, Ft. Wayne, who was with Huffman when merchant policeman Ed Keasey, 52, was shot. 13 ARE INDICTED IN DETROIT BANK CRASH True Bills Found Against Officers of Two Institutions, By United Press . DETROIT, June 29.—Collapse of Detroit’s two national banks and their holding companies—which in February. 1933, precipitated the closing of all the nation’s banks—brought the indictment of thirteen former bankers by a federal grand jury today. True bills were found against the former officers of the First National Bank-Detroit and the Guardian National Bank of Commerce, both in federal receivership. Carloadings Show Increase By United Press WASHINGTON, June 29—The American Railway Association today announced carloadings of revenue freight for the week ended June 23, totalled 621.872 cars, an increase of 4,223 cars over the preceding week. Times Index Page Bridge 25 Broun 21 Classified 23, 23 Comics 31 Crossword Puzzle 7 Curious World 31 Editorial 22 Financial 30 Hickman—Theaters 28 Let s Go Fishing 28 Lippmann 21 Pegler 21 Playground News 10 Radio 32 Serial Story 31 Sports .. 26, 27 State News 18 Vital Statistics 28 Woman's Pages 24. 25