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500 CITIZENS VOLUNTEER TO WAR ON HUEY Irate New Orleans Men to Take Up Arms. Aid Mayor's Police. MACHINE GUNS READY Long’s Troops Hold Building: 24.500 Voters Lose Franchise. Bn I mt.d rt. •• NEW ORLEANS La.. Aug. I.— Mayor T S. Walmsley began recruiting an army today to oppo.se Senator Huey P. Long's national guardsmen who are beleaguring city hall. The police force was increased MO men as son citizens were worn in for "emergency duty." The mobilization began at police headquarters at 9 30 a. m All recruits were issued shotguns and pistols. The police force was reorganized. The three-platoon system of 280 men on duty at any one time was discontinued. A two-platoon system was substituted with 670 men to a shift. Meantime, every national guardsman in the city was mobilized under arms at Jackson barracks, subject to the call of Huey Long's state political forces, who are at war with the city. The troops numbered some 6on infantrymen, cavalrymen and artillerymen. Mayor Walmsley ordered machine gun taken out of tluvpolice arsenal and issued to his peace officers. New Coup Rumored "I hear Huey Long is planning some new kind of coup detat with his troops today. If he tries it, there's going to be plenty of trouble." the mayor said. Hand grenades and tear gas bombs were issued to the forty troops holding siege on the Soule building, across the street from city hall. Senator Long’: announcement in a radio speech last night that 24.a00 names had been scratched of! the city's registration rolls aroused the city to a frenzy. The registration roils are in the office of the registrar of voters in the Soule building. Troops occupied the office Monday night and arc defending it with machine guns, three of which arp trained on the ntv hall and another on St. Charles st reet. The registrar and his staff are state employes. It had been feared that the rolls were being tampered with, under troop protection. Long boastfullv confirmed the rumor in peectl H. -aid ’ho 24 -.00 persons were found to have been illecal'v registered It means that 24.500 New Orleans voter- have been disfranchi-ed. 1.000 Offer to Serve Excitement spread as a throng gathered at police headquarters in the criminal courts building to volunteer for battle against the troops. There were more than 1.000 volunteer- but Police Superintendent George Reyer said he would accept only 500 for the present. City nfficials were clo.-eted in conference. Huey Long remained in the background, barricaded behind a strong personal bodyguard in his hotel room headquarters. City officials leased a hotel suite for the councils. A legal committee was studying the situation for the city. Police Control Threatened Long threatened to wrest control of the police from city officials. Mayor Walmsley commanded the police onlv by virtue of a temporary injunction, obtained yesterday m civil district court. It was obvious that the city would not surrender its police without a battle. The police themselves are whole-heartedlv m sympathy with the city administration and bitter against long Mr Walmsley issued frequent statements to the press, warning that the city was dealing with a •“crazy mad-man." Four national guardsmen armed with a submachine gun moved out of the Soule building at noon and took a position in the Lafayette hotel, across the street. The position gave them command of the entrance to city hall. U. S. Unable to Help H i t mite* Pr. * W ASH INGTON. Aug. 1. The war department has informed Mayor T Semmes Walmsley of New Orlian- that it can take no hand in the u.-e of >tate troops by the Louisiana Governor.

•KIDNAP NOTE’ SUSPECT ARRESTED BY POLICE \ eteran 1 harmed With Lindbergh Thivat Sfiifd Again. A'y t mif> *1 Pr< • NEW YORK Aug. I.—A former war vetpran who police say was sentenced to the Atlanta federal penitentiary for sending a letter in the Lindbergh kidnaping case, was arrested today charged with sending two letters to a Staten Island woman demanding SIO,OOO under threat of kidnaping her 23-year-old daughter. The suspect, who gave his name as Gilford Clobridge. 34. Staten Island, was arrested by police and federal agents at the St George ferry house, and booked on an attempted extortion charge. Police alleged that he mailed the letters to Mrs. Francis Dana, 45, a widow.

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John Dillinger Paid Guard to Engineer State Prison Break

Todav The Times presents the second of a series of articles on the •in-ide story" of John Dillinger, the Hoosier farmbny, whose career of rnme cost the United States government $500,000 and cities and states sexeral million more. BV BASIL GALLAGHER Times Staff Writer. John Diilinger and his ganjf of hoodlums swept across the middle west like dervishes of destruction following the sensational jail break of ten convicts from Michigan City prison. In their fierce onslaught on organized society they used plans cares ully worked out during long, hard years in prison. Today The Times will show that more than an inkling of these fantastic and malicious schemes were known to authorities in Michigan City prison before the jail break of Harry Pierpont, Charles Makley and other Dillinger lieuten1 ants.

DENIES POLITICS ENTERS EXAMS Probation Jobs Not Given on Favoritism, Says Francis McCabe. Charges that politics and favoritism dominate examinations condoled by the state probation commission were denied today by Francis McCabe, director, who said that all disgruntled applicants would be given a hearing before the commission Aug. 7. Mr. McCabe .-aid strenuous efforts had been made by the bipartisan commission to keep politics strictly out of the department and that complaints against fairness of the examinations have come from probation officers unableu to pass the oral examinations, which largely are based on personality Forty per cent of the grade is computed on the written examinations and 60 per cent on the oral, he explained. Ninety-nine applicants out of 155 were successful in passing the first examination conducted by the commissoin, he pointed out. Under the 1933 act creating the probatm commission, probation officers must pass examinations called from time to time by the commission. Since the law’ is not retroactive probation officers now holding positions retain them until their appointment runs out. but new appointments must be made from an approved list. Probation officers are mandatory in counties of more than 75.000 population and optional in smaller I counties. Candidates dissatisfied with rejsuit of the first examinations held in June have been notified verbally they may present their cases to the full commission Aug. 7, Mr. McCabe l said. Commission members are Donald F. Stiver. Democrat. Gosnen. chairman; Solon c. Vial. Republican. Indianapolis; Miss Emma C. Puschner. Republican. Indianapolis, and Mrs. Nora D Short. Democrat. Salem. FARMER'S WIDOW IS INDICTED RT JURY Accessory Charge Returned in Slaying. Mrs Ethel M Pearson, widow of Alfred C. (Dam pearson, slain Beech Grove farmer, today was indicted by the grand jury on charges l of accessory after the fact. A previous indictment of first and second degree murder had been re- ! turned against William Williams, iugitive farm hand and alleged lover |of Mrs. Pearson. Elmer Hcuser. Garfield park policeman. accused of killing Miss ! Garnet Bradley, beautiful Richmond j and > stenographer. July 24. was indicted on involuntary manslaughter charges. He is alleged to have shot her accidentally in the park in an effort to frighten her escort. John Bush. Houser's companion at the death scene, was discharged by the grand jury. FAMED DIVER KILLED BY TANGLED AIRLINE Hero of Submarine Tragedy Suffocated While Working. ; Ky l m itt tl Brffs BOURNE. Mass. Aug. I.—Arthur H Davis. 29. of Reading, diver hero of the salvaging of the submarine S-51 eight years ago. was suffocated today w hen his airline tangled sixty feet below the surface in Cape Cod canal. Davis, whose wife is in a Boston hospital following the birth of a daughter, was working on the new . canal bridge here. Firemen, police and volunteers worked ever the diver for more than five hours before hope was abandoned

GOVERNOR ASKS BIDS ON DROUGHT CATTLE Slate Packers to Bargain for Thousands of Head. Indiana packers and canners will be asked to bid on the processing of several thousand head of drought relief cattle within the next few weeks, the Governor’s commission on unemployment relief announced to lay. The number of cattle to be processed will depend largely on the facilities of state canners. Earl ( C. Wayland. state commission director, pointed out.

A convict who is alleged to have made maps of territory in which stickups by Dillinger mobsters were contemplated and a reputedly “crooked” guard are the newest figures in the case. Captain Matt Leach of the state police today recalled Dillingers first entrance on the stage of a dubious notoriety. The Indiana farm boy had been paroled at the behest of relatives and friends and given the chance to "go straight.” But instead of looking for a job or trying to help his aged father, who bemoans the heavy task of gleaning a living from his scrubby acreage, Dillinger, cold-bloodedly and deliberately, embarked on a career of crime. He Wouldn’t Go Straight "Why waste sympathy on a man like Dillinger?” asks Captain Leach. 'He got his chance to go straight and he didn't want it. He was bad, that's all. Why he wouldn’t have gone straight had he been given a hundred paroles. He'd rather rob a bank than eat a meal. "If the public has any sympathy to throw around, let them teach the boys of today that a life like Dillmger's leads to nothing but stark, bitter tragedy.” It was this same Captain Leach who first picked Dillinger out as a potential "bad man.” That was last August and Dillinger, paroled less than a month, already was planning a dozen bank holdups, according to the records of state police. Leach Bares Story Captain Leach tells the story. "We learned that Dillinger was one of three men who attempted to hold up a $1,500 pay roll in Monticello, Ind., June 24, 1933,” said Leach. "The gang missed the pay roll but wounded TANARUS, R. Fisher, manager of the small factory. “At that time Dillinger w r as unknown even to the state police. But his picture was identified as one of the bandits. I made some inquiries. Then I called my men into mv office at the state house and pointed to Dillinger's picture. Do any of you know him.’ I asked? None of the detectives did. “ All right,’ I said, ‘watch him. He’s going to grow. He's bad and he plans a number of stickups.’ ” Captain Leach sent his men out on the case. While they were working. Leach's prophecy came true with a vengeance. In rapid succession, banks at Daleville, Montpelier and Indianapolis were robbed by the bandit and two aids, one of whom was Hilton Crouch, former race driver. The loot was $33,000. Switched Over to Ohio Dillinger switched over to Ohio and robbed banks at Bluffton and New Carlisle. The loot was $14,000. Then it was that Lea°h realized for the first time the enormity of his task in coping with Dillinger. Bit by bit, he pieced together the fantastic picture of a group of criminals. confined in the reputedly impregnable state prison at Michigan City, plotting a super-crime wave unrivalled even in the most unbelievable fiction. Bit by bit, the nolice learned of deep criminal plans participated in by guards; of "contacts” on the outside; of women who were willing to risk their lives with desperadoes for the thrill and a share in the loot. Later following the dismissal of (Turn to Page Three) Army Studies Proposed Airport Hu I in ted rrra * ; WASHINGTON, Aug. I.—The war department today announced appointment of a board of four army officers to make a study of the adaptability of Governors Island in New York harbor, for use as an airport.

Death of Wise and Beloved Hindenburg Will Drive Another Nail in Coffin of Adolf Hitler, Deepen Chaos in Germany

BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Scripps-Howard Forrirn Editor WASHINGTON, Aug. I.—The death of Field Marshal Von Hindenburg, president of Germany, would drive another nail in the coffin of Adolf Hitler and his third reich. Hindenburg never has really taken an active part in what is known as running the government. But he is a symbol and a sort of god, exercising practically the only restraining influence left in the country. Germany never faced graver perils than now. She stands isolated politically, economically, financially and morally. Hitlerism has brought her to the brink. Should Hindenburg join the ghostly company in Vajpaila, her unrestrained

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CAPTURE OF 2 BALKS TERROR GANG’S PLANS Indiana Fugitives Plotted to Loot Arsenal, Raid Banks. REMAINING TRIO HUNTED Pair Caught in Missouri Bares Aims; State Officers Arrive. Hi/ T n i tut Hr i an MEXICO. Mo., Aug. I.—Capture of two fugitive Indiana convicts here halted a plan of four desperate criminals to steal guns from a local military school, then launch a foray of bank robberies throughout the west, officers revealed today. Details of how John Burnett, 25, and William C. Jay, 43, planned to join two of the three other desperadoes who fled fro mthe state penitentiary at Michigan City, Ind., last w’eek, were told by the convicts. Their statement led authorities to search Audrain county for the two fugitives believed hiding there, possibly unaware that Burnett had been shot by Mayor W. A. Debo, also a deputy sheriff, and Jay captured by Robert W. Baker, police chief. Officers, fearing that the tw’O fugitives still at large, might attempt to storm the hospital and free Burnett, posted a guard about his room. Planned to Raid School Authorities quoted Burnett as saying that, upon meeting two accomplices here, they planned to raid the Missouri Military Academy for guns, go to Leavenworth, Kan., where he had friends who would supply them with civilian clothing, then start a bank-robbing tour of the south and midwest. The banditry was cut short when Mr. Debo and Chief Baker discovered Burnett and Jay sitting in an automobile parked on the local high school campus. As Chief Baker sought to question the two men, Burnett drew a shotgun from off the car floor, and pointed it at the officer. Mayor Debo shot him through the chest. Jay surrendered. Indiana officers, deputy wardens August Funk* and A. Miller, arrived here by train to return (.he convicts to the penitentiary. They were to leave at 11:24 a. m. Robbed Store in Paris Burnett, Jay, Kenneth Rogers, Maurice O'Flaherty and Louis Crail escaped from the Indiana orison the night of July 28, scaling the wall in mass formation. Two guards were dismissed in Warden L. E. Kunkel’s investigation of their flight. The convicts made their way to Paris. 111., robbed a store there Monday night and stole an automobile. Then they split, with four of the | fugitives planning to meet here, j Burnett and Jay went first to St. j Chrales, Mo., then to Columbia ■ where they stole a set of Missouri | license plates, and drove here.

NEW HEAT WAVE TO ARRIVE TOMORROW Temperature to Pass 90, Armington Says. Anew heat wave will invade Indianapolis tomorrow and raise the temperatures into the nineties, J. H. Armington, local meteorologist, said today. The high pressure field which brought the city such welcome coolness after the last record-breaking heat wave is moving eastward and will tie replaced with a low pressure field sweeping in from the parched plains, Mr. Armington said. Showers and warmer temperatures are predicted for tonight by the official weather bureau forecast. SENATOR'S SON KILLED Robert Caraway, 18, Loses Life in Fall From Horse. Hy i nited Press DYERSBURG, Tenn.. Aug. I. Robert Caraway, 18, son of United States Senator Hattie W. Caraway, of Arkansas, will be buried today beside his father at Jonesboro. Ark. He died last night, twenty-four hours after his skull was fractured in a fall from a horse.

rulers may conduct her to her doom. Monarchist to the marrow, in his writings Hindenburg referred to the German emperor as “my kaiser, king and master, William II.’” and as "my present all-highest war lord.” Still there was nothing incongruous about his becoming president of the German republic. On the contrary, it was a singularly honorable thing. He had been drafted and. old soldier that he was, he looked upon it as a command. Besides, he said, it is not the name of a regime that counts, but its substance. Hitler, he has always detested. But there again he bowed to the will of the people. If they wanted him. he would accept him. Then. too. Hitler and his followers were preaching anew day for Germany, and there

‘Quiz’ by Morrissey Was Business Offer, Says Mary Kinder

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Mary Kinder, former associate oi the Dillinger gang, and sweetheart of Harry Pierpont, awaiting electrocution in Ohio state penitentiary, today was taken to police headquarters and questioned bv Chief Mike Morrissey. The chief refused to divulge his reason for having talked to her. but it was reported he wished to ask her about a series of Stories she is writing on the Dillinger mob for a newspaper in another city. —The Indianapolis Times, July 31, 1934. BY HELEN LINDSAY Times Staff Writer. Mary Kinder, former Dillinger gang associate, who yesterday was ordered into the office of Chief Mike Morrissey, today said she was •presented with an offer” by t> o chief to sponsor products handled by a local firm. , Summons to the chief’s office came to Mary through radio policemen, who advised her yesterday that she was wanted in Chief Morrissey’s office. While delivering the message to Mary Kinder, the police radio on the car called the officers to another address. In a second interview this morning in the chief's* office, she said she was advised that the agent whom the chief represented knew two others, who. would like to make similar offers for other products.

REVOLT BLAMED ONJERMANY Nazis Are Charged With Direct Complicity for Vienna Uprising. Bn United Press VIENNA, Aug. I— Austria will agree to the appointment of Baron Franz Von Papen as special minister to Austria, reliable diplomatic quarters said today, but action will not be taken for several days. The big powers, meanwhile, are expected to seek guarantees from Germany that there will be no interference in Austrian affairs. A foreign office spokesman said the government had made no decision on Von Papen yet. Meanwhile, Austria bluntly charged Nazi Germany with direct complicity in the bloody revolt that took the life of Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss. The charge was made on the basis of coded documents found in the shirt and shoes of Franz Heel, a secret courier, arrested at Kollerschlag on his way from Munich, headquarters o f the German Nazi party and Atistrian Nazis refuged in Germany. Colonel Walter Adams, minister of propaganda, in a radio speech, said the documents showed the German government was connected with the revolt. The instructions listed nine points in all, the last of which said that if any Nazis were sentenced to death all Nazis were instructed to make a quick rescue. The government took it that when no rescue attempt was made yesterday in the three-hour interval between the sentencing and hanging of Otto Pianette and Franz Holzweber, the revolt was proved to have been crushed. U. S. HOPES TO SETTLE STOCKYARDS STRIKE Chicago Representatives Report “Some Concessions.” By United Press ~ WASHINGTON. Aug. I—The conciliation division of the department of labor reported today that its representatives in Chicago had “secured some concessions from both sides” which may speed a setftement of the Chicago stockyards strike.

can be no doubt that way down deep in his disappointed soul he has never ceased to long for a restoration of something approximating the old order. In fact, there is reason to believe he has never quite reconciled himself to what happened after the armistice of 1918. Years afterward he wrote in his memoirs: “There are those among us who have represented the continuation of the French resistence after the battle of Sedan • Franco-Prussian war, 1870) as merely a piece of useless French self-mutilation. “I can not but approve the far reaching views which animated the dictators of France at that time. "In my opinion* the fact that the French republic took up arms at the point where the empire had been compelled to lay them down,

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Mary already is writing a series of articles for a newspaper in another city and has made several radio talks. A “Personal Conference” “I called her in here for a personal conference, and have no public statement to make,” Chief Morrissey said today, when questioned concerning the summons. An official of a local wholesale drug firm denied that his firm had asked the chief to get in touch with Mary, and said they had made no overtures to her to sponsor products promoted by them. A relative of Mary had named the firm. The business offer which Mary said was presented through the police chief is one of many which have been made Mary since her return from Tucson. One was an offer to accompany a local orchestra in night clubs. Quizzed by Federal Men Another, received last week while making radio speeches in Chicago, came from the proprietor of a Chicago night club, who advised her he would have a job for her “if you ever need it.” One of the chief's questions to Mary during the interview concerned a report that she was a part owner of the Green Lantern, local night club, she asserted today. Shortly after returning from Chief Morrissey's office, Mary and her sister, Margaret Behrens, were summoned to the office of federal agents here, Mary said, where they were questioned almost two hours. Questions were asked Mary about her last talk with John Dillinger, slain gangster, which occurred the day he visited his father on the farm near Mooresville and was served a chicken dinner, she said. “Knew All About It” "They knew all about it, even where I met him, and who was there,” Mary said. “They knew other things, too. which made me realize that they had read all letters and telegrams which I had written or received during their hunt for Johnnie.” Mary's visit with Dillinger preceded just a few minutes a raid by federal officers on her home at 516 Luett street, she said. In connection with this, it was ; pointed out today that Mary is the ! only one of the women associated | with the Dillinger mob during its ' heyday who is not now in prison. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 69 10 a. m 76 7a. m 71 11 a. m. ... 76 Ba. m 75 12 (noon).. 76 9 a. m 76 1 p. m 80

■ was not only a proof of ideal pa- | triotic spirit, but of far-reaching | statesmanship as well. I “I firmly believe, even today, that if France had abandoned her resistance at that moment, she would have surrendered the greatest part of her national prestige and with it her prospects of a brighter future.” It is significant that this pointed praise of France came after his own ! country had failed to emulate ner. The German republic did not “take up arms at the point where the empire had been compelled to lay them down.” Hindenburg can not but feel, therefore, that by this failure j she “surrendered the greatest part j of her national prestige and with it | her prospects of a brighter future.” i Unquestionably one of the reasons behind Hindenburg s acceptance of j Hitler was the strongly nationalistic

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HINDENBURG DEATH MATTER OF HOURS, DOCTORSjINNOUNCE Numbness Beginning to Set in as German President’s Weakness Increases, Physicians Report. HITLER TO TAKE OVER DUTIES Nazi Chief Planning to Hold Both Jobs; Flies Back to Berlin After Paying His Respects. (Copyright 1934. bv United Press! NEUDECK, EAST PRUSSIA, Aug. I.—President Paul von Hindenburg was entering the shadows of death tonight, an official bulletin issued by his doctois indicated.

WAR FEARS GRIP EUROPE Death of Hindenburg May Bring Conflict to Nations Again. (Copyright 1934. bv United Press) PARIS, Aug. I.— General staffs of half a dozen countries pored anew over war plans today because Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg—a few years ago the personification of German militarism —was dying. Fears of an impending crisis in German affairs, belief that Austria s troubles were just beginning, talk of a Hohenzollern restoration in Germany and a Hapsburg restoration in Austria excited continental capitals. There was talk here of a French march into the Rhineland as a precautionary measure in the event a Hohenzollern was called to lead Germany either as king or president. Little entente nations —Czechoslovakia. Rumania and Yugo-Slavia —have threatened to march into Austria if a Hapsburg was put back on the throne or named regent. Illness Is Main Factor Hindcnburg's desperate illness was the main factor in arousing a Europe always prone to anticipate war. Reports that seemed unquestionably true said there was no chance of a call for a Hohenzollern to replace the aged president. Well-informed officials said that they had information Hapsburg agents were too cognizant of the present delicate European situation to hope that young Archduke Otto might be put on the throne of his Hapsburg ancestors. The new factor, w’hich brought fears in European chancelleries back to where they were in the early days of the Nazi revolt in Austria, was Hindenburg's illness. Hindenburg has come to be regarded as the strong influence for stability and peace in Europe, a counter balance to Nazi ambitions. Invasion Is Considered The possibility if not probability of anew political crisis in Germany w’as considered, but the thing that worried the government was the possibility that one of former Kaiser Wilhelm's family would be put into a position of power—however figurative. French government chiefs refused to say what action they would take if the Hohenzollern problem rose. FIRST ARREST MADE IN BEER 'CURFEW 1 City Police Clamp Lid on Brew Taverns. The lid of police enforcement closed down upon beer taverns operating after 1 a. m. today and one tavern proprietor who is alleged to have violated the new law was arrested. He is A. George Corey, 35, of 2258 Columbia avenue, arrested by Sergeant Orville Hudson and patrolmen Forrest Eller and George Beeson. The officers asserted that the tavern was going full blast at 1:20 a. m. It was the first arrest under the ordinance. Corey was charged with violation of the beer ordinance and with holding a dance without a permit.

program of the Nazis. He evidenced displeasure at many of its manifestations but in so far as it promised anew deal and a place in the sun for the fatherland, he was for it. Since his election in 1925, Hindenburg constantly has counseled caution. He has frowned on the hotheads. Germany's chance to do as the French did in 1870, if it ever existed, came in 1918. After she was disarmed it was too late. She would have to await another day. After losing the first battle of the Marne. Germany dug in, along the Hindenburg line. That is what she would have to do now. until a more propitious time. Unfortunately, today, Hindenburg’s hand is slipping. If he passes, German chaos likely will deepen. Tho other w ise counselors are either in exile or have been silenced.

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Chancellor Adolf Hitler, who paid his respects to the aged hero of Tannenberg, started back by airplane for | Berlin, where the cabinet is [ ready to meet and make the | Nazi leader provisional president, if Hindenburg dies. All indications were that it was only a matter of hours before Hindenburg would lapse into final coma, unless there was an unexpected rally. The bulletin issued by the doctors at 6:20 p. m., said: "The president’s weakness has increased further. Numbness is beginning to set in. The strength of the heart is decreasing.” Hitler was summoned hurriedly by Dr. Ferdinand Sauerbruch, chief of the four physicians in attendance, who was understood to have told him to come at once, as he could not promise the president would live longer than twenty-four hours. It was learned on unofficial but reliable authority that Hitler himself would assume the presidency—at first unofficially, then at an election in which he would be the sole candidate. Newspapers in towns all over Germany were restricted to publishing only official statements of Hindenburg’s condition. Despair of Hindenburg’s recovery came when the four physicians attending him announced in a bullet;-. “The president had a quiet night, but his weakness is increasing. He is fully conscious and free from fever. The pulse is weaker. iSigned) “Sauerbruch, for the attending physicians.” STRATOSPHERE BALLOON REACHED 60,613 FEET Official Figures Show Higher Flight Than Estimate. H’j United Press I WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. —The stratosphere balloon "Explorer” soared to an altitude of 60,613 feetSaturday, the National Geographic Society, sponsor of the flight, announced today. The official figure was more than six hundred feet higher than was estimated by the three army balloonists before their perilous descent in the crippled bag near Holdredge, Neb. The barographs, enclosed in a wood box and insulated with sponge rubber, escaped serious injury when the gondola crashed. 21 DETROIT BANKERS ARE INDICTED BY U. S. True Bills Charge Penal Offenses! Total Now 34. H'j United Press DETROIT, Aug. I.—Twenty-one more were indicted today in true bills returned by the federal grand jury. Seven bank officials and directors among the thirteen indicted on June 29 by the same jury were named again today on additional counts. A total of thirty-four banker* have been named in true bills charging them with penal offenses. HOOSIER BANK FEELS BENEFIT OF U. S. ACT Deposit Insurance Law Give Funds to Patrons. tty United Press FLORENCE, Ind., Aug. 1. Benefits of the new federal bank deposit insurance law were felt in Indiana for the first time today when more i than SBO,OOO was distributed among 400 depositors in the defunct Florence Deposit bank. The bank closed ten days ago as the result of defalcations by Percy Dugan, cashier. He was sentenced to the state prison on charges of , embezzlement. Every depositor in the bank was paid in full sihee none of the accounts exceeded $5,000. Times Index Page. Auto News 4 Bridge 6 Broun 11 Classified 16 Comics 17 . Crossword Puzzle 6 i Curious World 17 ! Editorial 12 Financial .. 13 Hickman—Theaters 7 Let’s Go Fishing 15 Pegler U Radio 10 , Serial Story 17 j Sports 14, 15 ! State News 18 Vital Statistics 13 1 Woman's Pages 6. 7