Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 71, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 August 1934 — Page 1
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Dil linger Master of Raid Plots
B$ BASIL GALLAGHER limn SUIT Writer. Hitter against society, no criminal gang in history laid plans more carefully than John Dillinger and his hoodlums. And by the same token, none ended more ignominiously. Hank robberies and killings literally were plotted out to the tenth of a second. Getaways were mapjied to the tenth of a mile. Conversing with each other Dillinger and his pals used a number code which the police never have been able to decipher. A code of nicknames used by the gang finally was solved by Captain Matt Leach ot the Indiana state police after three months of lalwrious effort. In photographs, published in toria\ % Times - , a chart, in Dillinger s own handwriting is .shown to re\al the pajrjs which the mob took
in planning bank robberies. The chart was seized by Captain Lrach nn a raid on a flat occupied by Dillinger in Dayton. O, last August. It never has been published beiore. For nine years Dillmger, Charles Malt ley, Harry Picrpont, Russell Clark and other convicts had planned their
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desperate forays which were executed * with such disastrous effects. Behind the walls of the Indiana state prison at Michigan City, the details of the proposed robberies were planned in moments snatched from making task" in the prison shops. All Details Arranged The alert Dtllinger and the rrueleved Pterponf collaborated in plotting the forays' which w ere to result in seventeen deaths and a score of bank robberies in which was taken more than S3OO 000. The plot cost taxpayers millions in the long hunts that followed Following the Michigan City prison break. Sept. 26. 1933. Pierpont. Makley, Clark, and five obscure convicts assembled in Indianapolis. They were met by Mary Kinder, Pierpont s sweetheart, who. according to state police, bought them clothes and hid them in the city. Dillmger. out on parole before the prison break, had arranged all details for the convicts he succeeded in freeing from the prison. Tipped by Stool Pigron Pearl Elliott, plump underworld denizen from Kokomo, is alleged bv the state police to have brought the gang money given her by Dillinger. Homer Van Mpter. the gang s dark, sleek "finger man,” had completed his work of ■'.spotting" likely banks in Ohio and Indiana. All was in readiness for the desperate raids planned so long. In addition, the gang had other women trained to act in buying cars, renting apartments, obtaining license plates and in other essential details impossible for ‘hot” gentrv to perform for themselves. A flaw developed m the gangs Turn to Page Sixl
TRIAL IS CONTINUED IN BY-DRINK CASE Court Grants Delay Until Oct. 15. Even a preliminary court interpretation of the by-the-dnnk pro-ri.--ion of Indiana.'' liquor control law today was postponed until Oct. 15 The postponement came when Municipal Juder William H Shoafler sranted a continuance until the October date m the case of Michael Mike* Hanrahan proprietor of the Pennhoff Grille. 23 North Pennsylvania street Mr Hanrahan was arrested July 13 in a "test ” rase, carefully planned b\ the Indianapolis police department No arrests have been made since that time. SILVER ISSUE PROMISED 55e.00.m0 in New Furrencv Announced by Morce.ithau. Rt ( mrrd r.* WASHINGTON. Aug 2 Immediate issuance of $50.000 000 m new siver certificates agains* free solver in the treasury was promised today by Treasury Secretary Henry - Morgenthau Jr. Times Index Bridge 8 Broun 13 Classified 17,18 C sm:e 19 Crossword Puzzle 9 Editorial 14 Financial 15 Hickman. Theaters 6 Let * Go Fishing 17 Radio 5 Sports 18.17 State News 10 Vital Statistics is Womans Pages ...8,9
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VOLUME 46—NUMBER 71
U. S. GRANTS $126,000 FOR SEWAGE PLANT Sanitary Officials Ready to Sell $310,400 Bonds for Work. FEDERAL GIFT OUTRIGHT Present Market Favorable to Floating Disposal Issue, Is Report. Indianapolis was given its chance today by the United States government to end for all time its pollution of White river, when an outright grant of $126,000 was made by the public works administraiton at Washington, D. C.. for the construction of a sewage disposal plant addition. Word of the grant was received by The Indianapolis Times through the United Press. When told of the outright grant Maurice Tennant, sanitary board president, said that plans for selling $310,400 in bonds for the construction of the plant would be begun at Tuesday's meeting of the sanitary board. The city can not have the federal money, it is understood, until it matches the grant with the remainder of the construction cost of the disposal plant addition or $3lO 400. $.395,000 Allotment Refused Last winter, the public works administration alloted the city almost the entire cost of the project. $395,000. with 30 per cent to be an outright grant and the remainder to be a loan to be repaid over a possible period of twenty-five years. Attorneys for the sanitary board, as well as federal lawyers, said the $1.50 tax limit act of the state forbade the issuance of bonds by rhe city, and the goverment on May 9 rescinded the loan and grant. Today's action was taken by Mr. Tennant to mean that the government would make the $126,000 outright grant, providing the city was able to sell bonds on the plant addition in the private bond market. It has been pointed out that the city ran. by declaring an emergency, levy taxes to pay for the bonds. Gas Funding Watched The near success of the funding of the Citizens Gas Company purchase is believed to he linked ndirectlv v.ith the disposal plant's construction. Hope that revenues from the gas company in time might aid the retirement of the disposal plant bonds' as well as the gas company's purchase price is expressed in some circles. Mr. Tennant said the sanitary board believed that the present bond market was favorable to the floating of the disposal plant bonds. "We have every assurance from bond houses that there is a demand for bonds. We will call in investment bankers to discuss the bonds in an effort to assure sale before placing them on the market." Mr. Tennant said. The project will mean that all sewage of the city will receive 100 per cent full-time treatment instead of the present inadequate treatment of just 60 per cent of the necessary time for purifying the water. Work for 465 Men The project, if thp bonds are sold, will provide work for 465 men for a period of six months. It will mean an addition to the activated sludge plant at the disposal works near South Harding street. One questionable point discussed by city officials in the matter of financing is whether the city will profit or lose by financing 70 per cent of the plant in the open bond market instead of through a government loan for the entire project. The government's rate of interest, it is assumed, would have been 4 tier cent, with a period of twentyfive years for retirement. In 1933. as well as this year. The Indianapolis Times in series of articles on sfream pollution has pointed out the extreme need for Indianapolis cleaning up. its backdoor of wastes that kill fish, ruin aquatic sports and endanger health.
Guerilla Warfare Flares Anew in Drivers’ Strike Trucks Overturned. Many Beaten as Strikers Resume Terrorism at Minneapolis: Peace Hopes Fade. fi* l H ’ted /Vs MINNEAPOLIS. Aug 2--A report from military headquarters today said that strikers had attacked sixty-nine trucks between 6am and 9am and that violence was increasing steadily, General Ellard A. Walsh said that seventy-one strike leaders and pickets had been arrested in the last twenty-four hours. -
The widespread nature of the guerilla warfare was indicated by radio reports sent out to patrol cars from military headquarters. The teports came from widely scattered sections of the city, with hardly a pause in the broadcasts. Military patrols were dispatched as fast as they could be brought up from base headquarters at St. Paul With, few exceptions they returned empty-handed. They found damaged trucks and bruised and beaten drivers, but no pickets. General Walsh sought desperately to stem the riotous tide of lawlessness He was equipped to cop* with any mass violence, but the kind of warfare being waged by pickets left his men empty-handed and running in circles.
5 Named on School List by Citizens Woman Among Candidates Chosen for Board Positions. Four men and one woman were announced today as the citizens' school committee s candidates for school commissioners at the fail election. They are Carl Wilde, attorney and federal referee in bankruptcy; Alan W. Boyd, attorney, of the firm of Noel, Hickam. Boyd & Armstrong; Earl Buchanan, personnel manager of the National Malleable Company. Mrs. Clayton H. Ridge. 27 South Denny street, and John F. White. 1546 Lexington avenue, civic leader. Mr. Wilde, Mr. Buchanan and Mrs. Ridge are Republicans. Mr. Boyd and Mr. White are Democrats. All sections of the city are represented by the candidates and the members of the ticket all have children who are attending or have attended, the public schools. Mr. Wilde and Mr. Boyd, who live at 3864 Guilford avenue and 522 East Fifty-eighth street, respectively. represent the north side. Mr. Buchanan, 1215 North King avenue, represents the west side: Mrs. Ridge, the east section; Mr. White, the south side. Capability and interest in the welfare of school children, and not political belief in position, were said by the committee to have been the deciding factors in the selections.
‘BIG TRAIN’ IS SERIOUSLY ILL Walter Johnson Is Rushed to Cleveland Hospital; Kamm Made Pilot. Uii I nih il Pres* CLEVELAND. Aug. 2—Walter Johnson, manager of the Cleveland Indians, is seriously ill in Lakeside hospital. General Manager Billy Evans of the Cleveland baseball club, revealed today. At Johnson's request, Willie Kamm. third baseman, was designated to take charge of the team. Johnson was stricken during the night with an acute attack of pleurisy. it was said by Dr. M. H. Castle, club physician, who ordered the “Big Train” taken to the hospital. Physicians said he would be out of action for several days, but were confident he would recover within a short time. Two physicians were in attendance on Johnson, once the greatest right-handed pitcher in the game, and Cleveland manager since the middle of the 1933 season. DILLINGERS ASSIGN PROBLEM TO PASTOR Minister's Word Awaited on Exhumation. Body of John Dillinger will not be exhumed, as had been planned by John Dillinger Sr., the dead gangster’s father, it was announced by Samuel J. Mantel, attorney for the father. The statement added that no damage suit would he instituted against Cook county tIII.t officials, as had been considered following reports that the brain and other parts of Dillinger’s body had been removed in the autopsy. The family of John Dillinger, slain gangster, today was awaiting word from the Rev. Charles Fillmore. retired minister, as to the propriety of removing the outlaw from his grave in Crown Hill cemetery for an autopsy. John Dillinger Sr., a pious farmer, has been undecided since obtaining a disinterment permit yesterday as to whether he should disturb his son's last rest, and the Rev. Fillmore was called as a religious adviser.
“I have reached a limit of my endurance.” he said. "This sort of thing can not. and must not, continue.” The guardsmen so far have received orders only to shoot in case of resistance. There has been no open and mass resistance. Pickets disappeared before guardsmen arrived. Approximately 6000 union men were in open, but elusive, insurrection. A renewal of violence In the seventeen-day strike, which has resulted in the death of three men and the wounding of more than forty-eight others, came at a time when prospects for a peace settlement were beginning to brighten.
INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1934
UNION LEADER SUES KINGAN’S FOR $25,000 Capital-Labor ‘Showdown’ Is Due in Superior Court Case. STATE LAW IS TESTED Organizer Charges Packing Firm Fired Him for Activities. iEditorial comment is on Page 14) The stage was set here today for a “showdown” court battle between labor and capital over the former’s right to organize as it pleased, especially under the far-reaching labor policy chapter enacted by the 1933 state legislature. The scene of the action will be superior court one, where, yesterday afternoon, Tom Smith, union organizer, filed suit for $25,000 damages against Kingan <fo Cos., meat packers, and its officers. Mr. Smith charges that he was dismissed Saturday from employment at Kingan’s because of his union activities there and adds the charge that Kingan officials and “persons unknown” thereafter placed his name on a ‘blacklist” which will prevent him from obtaining other employment here and elsewhere in the United States. The suit, filed under the prec-edent-smashing Chapter 12 of the Acts of 1933, is the first of its kind. Union labor repeatedly has been asked to test out its rights under this policy-declaring legislation which, some believe, is so far-reach-ing as to obviate the necessity for strikes. Law Is Far Reaching The law is described by observers of the capital-labor problem as going far beyond Section 7-A of the National industrial Recovery Act. Named as defendants with the company are Robert S. Sinclair, president; W. Richardson Sinclair, vice-president; A. Ewing Sinclair, superintendent, and J. R. Kinghan, directors’ board chairman, along with other board members. They, and the “persons unknowm,” are accused in the complaint of depriving Mr. Smith of his employment and. hence, causing him great financial harm. Mr. Smith alleges that he was employed by Kingan's„ A*lg. .23, 1933, and that he worked continuously until last Saturday. Active in Union Work His petition states that early this year Kingan employes banded themselves into Local No. 156, Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, American Federation of Labor affiliate. The suit alleges further that Mr. Smith joined the union in March, 1934, and became active in promoting its growth, exercising “or seeking to exercise full freedom of association with his fellow-work-ers; that he was active in seif-or-ganization of his fellow-workers and sought to designate representatives of his own choos’ng to designate the terms and conditions of his own employemne.t” . The complaint denies that Mr. Smith neglected his duties as a Kingan employe in the course of such organization work or caused others to neglect theirs. The portion of the Indiana state law r on which Mr. Smith's suit is based is found in Section 2 of Chapter 12. Acts of 1933. and reads, in part, as follow's: New State Law Cited “Whereas, under prevailing economic conditions, developed w'ith the aid of governmental authority for owners of property to organize in the corporate and other forms of ownership association, the individual. unorganized worker is commonly helpless to exercise actual liberty of contract and to protect his freedom of labor, and thereby to obtain acceptable terms and conditions of employment, wherefore, though he should be free to decline to associate with his fellows, it is necessary that he have full freedom of association, self-organization, and designation of representatives of his own choosing, to negotiate the terms ani conditions of his employment and that he shall be free from interference, restraint or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents, in the designation of such representatives or in self-organiza-tion ®r in other concerted activity for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection ” At Kingan’s today it was said that Robert Sinclair, Richard Sinclair and Mr Kinghan were absent from 'he plant. Ewing Sinclair, reached on the phone, said any comment would have to come from Mr. Kinghan. Elsewhere, both union leaders and representatives of capital were reluctant to discuss the case until they had had time to study it. though all admitted interest in the outcome. The Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce refused comment.
MERCURY RISES AGAIN. SHOWERS ANTICIPATED Heat Wave to Be of 3horL Duration, Is Promise. A wave of increased heat today drove the temperature up to 88 degrees at noon today in contrast to 76 degrees at the same tome yesterday. The heat-wave will be short-lived, however, the weather bureau promises. The forecast for tomorrow is for fair and cooler. Showers were expected today. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 73 10 a. m 86 7a. m 75 11 a. m 87 Ba. m 80 12 inoon).. 88 9 a. m 82 lii. m 89
VON HINDENBURG IS DEAD; HITLER BECOMES ‘CZAR’
Offices of President and Chancellor Are Merged by Nazi Party. ARMY PLEDGES LOYALTY Former House Painter Now Rules as ‘Kaiser’ of Nation. BY FREDERICK OECHSNER United Press Staff Correspondent (Copyright 1934. bv United Press* BERLIN, Aug-. 2. Adolf Hitler, former Austrian house painter, became f*)le dictator of the German people today on the death of President Paul Von Hindenburg. Hitler’s cabinet made him president-chancellor, absorbing all the powers of both offices. He has control of the powerful reichswehr (army), whose members are to take an oath of unswerving loyalty to him. Hitler thus has greater sway than any dictator on earth. Even Mussolini has a king who outranks him, albeit with little authority. Hitler is expected to seek office for life as “reich leader for the German nation and people.” A referendum will be held between Aug, 19 and 26 for the people to ratify his ascendancy. The exact date has not been set, although it will be not later than the 26th and possibly as early as the 19th. The president-chancellor’s bold assumption of power was considered a decisive blow at potential opposition, whether of “reactionary” or Nazi extremist character. The conviction was general that only a revolution could upset him, but there is no organization in Germany at present inclined to start one, or strong enough to do so. Extremists Still Weak The Nazi extremists are not strong enough to do harm. The June 30 “purging” demonstrated their weakness. The army was expected to use its influence with Hitler to obtain new measures against the extremists if they should start trouble. Hitler will speak to the nation on Monday at services for Von Hindenburg at the Kroll opera house here. Then he will fly to Neudeck and may speak there. Von Hindenburg will be buried Tuesday in the Tannenberg battle monument at Tannenberg, not far from Neudeck. When the announcement came that Hitler was leader at last, without the stubborn hand of Hindenburg to oppose him when old and new clashed, householders and porters were just bringing out their black flags or Nazi flags draped in crepe. The flags on public buildings were half-staffed. The huge swatikas and the black, white and red flag, on the Reichstag building drooped on their poles in the quiet air. Reichswehr Swears Loyalty An oath binding the reichswehr to absolute loyalty to Hitler as com-mander-in-chief was promulgated at once. It will be taken by every German soldier. General Werner von Blomberg, minister of defense, proclaimed the order that each soldier must pledge absolute loyalty to the death, to Hitler. The text of the oath is: ‘I swear by God this holy oath: “That I will give unqualified obedience to the leader of the German government and the German people, Adolf Hitler, as com-mander-in-chief of the army, and that as a courageous soldier I am ready at any time to place my life at stake for this oath.” It had been admited that the reichswehr, which was under Hindenburg as comander-in-chief and to a man was for him, could have crushed Naziism. It w'as significant therefore that Blomberg in the post-mortem proclamation to the reichswehr said: “Our grief is mingled with pride that he was one of ours. His example will forever admonish us to. devote our lives to tb-' fatherland. "Remembering this heroic figure we march into the future full of confidence in the fuehrer. Adolf Hitler.” It was Hindenburgs epitaph and Hitler s commission as commander-in-chief. It was, no less than in monarchy where sorrow for a dead king must be tempered with anticipation of the new, a case of “The king is dead. Long live the king!” Not a Thought for Ka'ser There was apparent confirmation of the belief that Hitler would reign supreme and that there could be little open opposition to his assumption of a post which kaisers alone have held in the past. There seemed not a thought for old Wilhelm II at Doom, the former emperor, who ordered out the German army while Hitler was hanging wall paper twenty years ago. Undoubtedly Hindenburg has many followers who will support Hitler with less enthusiasm—the Junkers or great landowners, the industrialists and the high reichswehr officers. These are all expert intriguers, but it seemed not a moment for intrigue. It was impossible to tell, toward .(Turn to Page Three j
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* Whither Germany?’ Asks Europe , Ready for War
Fear of Events to Come Envelops Continent on Death of Hindenburg: Hitler Course Grave Concern. BY WILLIAM PHILLIP SIMMS, Scripps-Howard Foreign Editor WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. With death’s black wings softly folded about the withered form of Germany’s “sturdy oak” at Neudeck, fear of events to come raced through world capitals today like a phantom horseman.
All Europe is in a state of flux, madly whirly toward? a denouement as yet obscure, but which inspires the gravest concern. The course of Adolf Hitler, who, like Louis XIV, boasted that "I am the state” after sending seventyseven of his countrymen to their death last June, can not even be guessed. For the influence of President Hindenburg no longer will stay his hand. Question marks, therefore, are flying over Europe thick as sparks above a burning bar. What will happen in Germany? What will happen to Austria? Will Mussolini intervene? If so, what will Yugoslavia do? And Czechoslovakia? And France? Will Hitler give way to a military dictatorship? Will the Hohenzollerns soon come back? Will France reoccupy the Rhineland to force Germany to honor her signature to the treaty of Versailles? New Entente Possible What will be the role of Great Britain? And Poland and the Soviet Union? All Europe once formed a coalition to “get” Napoleon; is another entente in the making to “get” Hitler, before he has time to set the world on fire? Slowly emerging from the fog of uncertainty, British policy is now becoming discernible. It likely will prove one of the major turning points in the history of the British Empire. Acting Premier Stanley Baldwin’s pronouncement that Britain’s frontier is no longer the English channel but the Rhine, changes the strategic map of Europe as drastically as if it had been physically redrawn. From London, I recently cabled this newspaper that the British government was in possession of information so startling regarding the situation across the channel that it dared not make it public then. New Defense Mapped Three high-placed personages, each enjoying exceptional facilities for knowing, told me the same thing. "If that is true,” I asked, “what will the government do about it? Obviously in a democracy such as Britain the public eventually will have to be told.” “A way will be found to let the public in on it gradually,” was the reply. That is what is happening now. Little by little, by guarded statements in the House of Commons and to the press, the British public is being informed that the plight of Europe is dangerous to Britain and that anew scheme of national defense is imperative. With the Rhine as Britain's frontier as well as France's, their general staffs must, of necessity, work together for its defense. That defense, in the light of developments, admittedly lies in the air, rather than on the ground or at sea. Britain is believed, even now. to be negotiating with Holland for use of that country's airdromes
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in the event of trouble on the continent. Holland's quid pro quo not only would be a guarantee of her neutrality at home, but protection for the Dutch East Indies, where Holland fears Nippon. Wheels within wheels are whirring in Europe. Germany can not fail to be a determining factor in this outcome. Such is the moment that death chose to come for Hindenburg, leaving Germany completely in the hands of the world’s greatest human enigma if not its most dangerous man.
POPE VOICES FEARS OVER GERMAN CRISIS Believes Hindenburg’s Death Augurs Difficulties. By United Pres* CASTELGANDOLFO, Italy, Aug. 2.—" The death of President Von Hindenburg will create grave difficulties,” the Pope said today in receiving Bishop Bernard Mahoney of Sioux Falls, S. D. Later, in receiving Bishop Joseph F. Rummel of Omaha, the Pope referred to Hindenburg again, saying: “The situation means there will be grave concern. Things will be difficult and strained. “We have just had the sadness of the death of Chancellor Dollfuss, who was our beloved servant of God. That was particularly painful to us, but Hmdenburg's death makes the horizon cloudy and the future is filled with misgivings.”
20-GALLON STILL IS FOUND AT PRISON •Raisin Jack’ Confiscated at Michigan City. By Cniti.d Pre'm MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Aug. 2 Investigation of the escape Saturday of five convicts from the state penitentiary here was interrupted today by discovery of a twenty-gal-lon still in a dormitory elevator shaft. Zig-zag perambulatory habits ot several prisoners led to an investigation which disclosed the still last night. Fifteen gallons of “rasin jack,” a beverage made of raisins and sugar purloined from the prison table or commissary, was confiscated. Seven convicts were reported placed in solitary confinement. Injured by Own Car Mrs. Violet Price, 26, of 2141 North Temple avenue, was run over by her own car today and suffered leg and chest injuries. She was cranking the car in front of 3147 Phipps avenue when her son, at the wheel, released the emergency brake. w
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86-Year-Old Idol of Nation Succumbs After Brave Fight for Life. FLAG AT HALF-STAFF Bells Toll Slowly at Neudeck Where Old Warrior Sleeps. BY WALTER K. WILKE Inited Press Staff Correspondent NEUDECK, East Prussia, Aug. 2.—Hindenburg is dead. Soldier, statesman and the one solid rock to which Germany clung in the swirling seas of post-war change, he passed into eternity today at 9 a. m. (2 a. m. Indianapolis time) leaving his people a legacy of courage and hope which exemplified his 86 years of life. The president died with his family at his bedside and Germany waiting mournfully for the inevitable. The world awaited the news with apprehension, speculating on th® effect of Adolf Hitler, Nazi dictator, becoming president, chancellor, and supreme ruler of the German people and German army. Paul von Hindenburg had been * dying for months, uremia sapping his massive frame. To the end, how’ever, the hero of Tannenberg fought as he had fought all his life, pitting his old age against encroaching death. Flag at Half Mast At last he gave way, and faded into a coma. Among his last acts of consciousness, he summoned his beloved grandchildren to his bedside and stroked their heads with a ialtering hand. Shortly afterwards he lapsed into his last sleep. The flag over the Neudeck chateau, gift of the nation to its president, fluttered to half-staff. The bell in the nearby village church at Freystadt began to toll; and the tolling soon was echoed all over Germany. The nation will be in deep mourning until the funeral on Tuesday, and afterwards. Hindenburg will be given a burial befitting a great soldier, under the Tannenberg memorial near Neudeck, which marks the spot where in August of lg l * he rolled back the Russians and saved Prussia. Nation Wills Otherwise Hindenburg often expressed a wish to be buried in the small Neudeck cemetery beside his parents, but the nation willed otherwise. It 1 was decided that one of the last of j the really great figures of the World war, w-ho died on the twentieth anniversary of its start, should be buried at the scene of one of his greatest miliary triumphs. The president’s fatal illness was due to a combination of bladder and prostrate disease whi*ii over the course of his declining years broke down his rugged constitution. Seven months ago physicians pleaded with him to give in and go to bed for proper treatment. He would not yield. The news was flashed to the expectant chancellories of Europe, which awaited with concern the passing of the former warrior who had come to symbolize a restraining hand in Germany on Nazi excesses and a force for peace in Europe. It is to be questioned, however, whether history will accord him a brighter place as a field marshal or as a peacetime president, emerging from the retirement of old age to lead his people in their time of postwar chaos. Hindenburg began to sink into stupor late yesterday. In the early hours of this morning the stupor became deep. The nation learned of his death first when forty-five minutes after his heart ceased beating Paul Joseph Goebbels, Nazi minister of propaganda, announced over the wireless: Mist Shrouds Castle “German people! Reich President Hindenburg at 9 a. m. passed into eternity.” The great Neudeck estate was a scene of peace this morning. There was little to show that an event of world importance had occurred there. Cattle and sheep grazed in thp pastures. The weather was warm and at first sunny. After Hindenburg had died, however, a mist arose as symbolic of the passing of a hero and wrapped itself around the castle. From a distance the half-mast-ed flag was barely perceptible.
BALLOON RACE ENDS: NAVY BELIEVED VIC M All Five Entries in National C ... -.it Land Safely. by United Preta BIRMINGHAM Ala., Aug. 2.—A1l i five of the huge gas bags which l,ft I here Tuesday night in the national ; balloon race, had landed today, and j the navy's entry apparently was the : victor. The navy craft, piloted by Lieut. Charles Kendall, landed six miles east of Commerce, Ga.. last night. His airline distance from Birmingham was approximately 195 miles. The Army No. 1 entry, which landed near Monticello, Ga., appeared to have won second place, with an airiline distance of 130 miles.