Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 96, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 August 1934 — Page 20

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KILLER DIES IN GAS CHAMBER, DENYING GUILT Former Taxi Driver Pays Penalty for Slaying of Prospector. B y f'mtrft /v.. FLORENCE. Ar;z. Aug 31.—Arizona s lethal gas chamber claimed Its fourth victim when Louis S Douglass, former Nf w York taxi driver, was executed for the desert murri-'r of Ralph Hart, aged prospector. While thunderclaps and lightning warned of a brewing rainstorm outside the gray walls of state's prison. Douglas' walked stoically up thr* twelve steps to the * gas chamber. In nine minute*, he was unconscious and eight minu'es later, at 1 47 .-. he was pronounced dead Tlie chamber, pumped almost void of air. was filled quickly with gas fumes as the cyanide “eggs” were j dropped into a bucket of sulphuric j acid b* ide the chair in which Douglass was strapped. The first I breach of gas brought the slayer quirk oblivion. Douglass maintained his nerve to the last although he always has in- 1 Fisted he was innocent of Hart's . Flavine

NEW DEAL PROBE IS APPROVED BY LAWYERS t\ S f.rnup to Study Alleged Encroachments in Courts. }ly Id Prt MILWAUKEE Aug. 31. The American Bar Association was committed today > an investigation of alleged encroachment by New Deal bureaus on the functions of courts. Overriding opposition by delegates to the annual convention who resented “attempt to place the American Bar Association in politics,” the organization adopted a resolution calling for apopintment of a committee to investigate and report at the next annual meeting. DERN BACKS FOULOIS War Secretary Refuses to Oust Accused .Air Chief. i?V CHI fed Pr> •** WASHINGTON. Aug. 31.—War Secretary George H. Dern today sided with Major-General Benjamin H. Foulois, chief of the army air corps, whose removal was asked by the house military affairs investigating committee. Mr Dern said he would no nothing for the present regarding the house committee demand. He made his views known in a letter to Chairman William N. Rogers tDcm., N'. H.i of the committee.

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9 30—Ftnish of All-Star football game. ■ NBCi. 9 45—To be announced 10 on—Eddie Dochtr. orcbevra iNBC'. 10 30—Paul penrfar-.:' orchestra (NBCi. n 00— The Meiodv Ma’es. 1! 30 Tom Coaklev orchestra iNBC). 12 00— M:dn;ehl— Sign off. WLW (700) Cincinnati J RID AY P M 4 00—A1 Pearce and his gang <NBC). 4 30—Jack Armstrong 4 45 —Lowell Thomas NBC' 5 00—V.rg:i;;o Marucci and his orchestra. 3 30-Bob New hail. 3 45—Sohio Melody Masters r, oo—Gme Burch/fl dance orchestra. 6 15—Prairie symphony. a 6 30—Unbroken melodies. 6 45—Monkey Hollow. 7 00— WV :•/ Tim". Frank Munr.. tenor: Abe Lyrr.an s orchestra 'NBCi. 7 30—To be announced 8 00—Ca"> Farm orchestra 8 15 —Henry Thies and his orchestra: Mary Alcott. blues singer; trio; quartet _. 8 30—Jack Bennv and Marv Livingstone: Don Bestor's orchestra 'NBCi. 9 oo —Unsolved Mysteries. 9 30—crosley Roamios' Dreary Blues orchestra. 10 00—News flashes. 10 03—Fhdie Duchin's orche'tra 'NBC'. 10.30—Enric Madriguera and his orchestra , 1 11 oo —Ca tie Farm orchestra U 30—I.arrv Lee s dance orchestra. 12 00—Moon river, organ and poems. A M. 12 30—Sign off.

Fishing the Air

Freddie Rich, conducting the Columbian-. will feature FYrde Grofes modern tone-poem. "Free Air. as thp hiKhiiEnt oi the urogram over WFBM and the Columbia network Friday from 6.15 to 6.30. General Baird 11. Markham, director of the Ameriran Petroleum Industries committee, will take as his subject "Gasoline Taxes’* when he speaks over WKBF and an NBC network Friday at 6:30 o. m. in the series of programs presented under the auspices of the Public Affairs Council. Walt/ Time, with Abe Lvman and his famous orchestra. Frank Munn and Vivienne Segal, will be heard from the Canadian National Exposition at Toronto Frida v when the program is broadcast over WLW and an NBC network at 7 p. m.

HIGH SPOTS OF FRIDAY NIGHT’S PROGRAMS 6.OO—NBC (WEAFi—Concert. COLUMBIA—Kate Smith. 6:3O—COLUMBIA—True Story Court. 7 ; 00—COLUMBIA California Melodies. 7.30—N8C (WJZ)— Armour orchestra: Flovd Gibbons. B:OO—COLUMBIA—The Spotlight revue. NBC (WHAFi—First Nighter Drama. NBC (WJZ)—AII-Star Football Game from Chicago. B:3O—NBC (WEAFI—Jack Benny. NBC (WJZ)—Chicago Symphony.

A program of mirth and meiodv will be offered bv the "Spotlight Revue” over WFBM and the Columbia network from 8 to 8 45 p. m.Fridav. United States Representative Ernest Eundeen, Democrat of Minnesota, will talk on the question. "America, What of the Future?” in a broadcast over WFBM and Columbia network Friday from 8:43 to 9 p. m. Edith Murray, radio's "dramatist of the blues ' will offer a program of modern melodies during her broadcast over WFBM and the Columbia chain Friday from 9 to 9:15 p. m. Handkerchiefs thrown into one vent of Old Handkerchief Geyser in Yellowstone national park are returned by eruption through a different vent.

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STEP-DAUGHTER HELD IN KILLING OF MARION MAN Justifiable Homicide Verdict Expected: Girl Blames Beating. /,’*/ r „it, ,1 Prist* MARION, Ind., Aug. 31.—A verdict of justifiable homicide in the death of Curtis Preston, 34, shot yesterday by his 21-year-old stepdaughter during a family quarrel, was anticipated today. The girl, Mildred Woods, an attractive blond, was held in Grant county jail pending the report of Coroner Neal M. Loomis. The shooting occurred at the family home late yesterday when Preston struck his wife and hit Miss Woods on the head with a milk bottle, the girl told police. • Preston entered the house swearing at his wife, her daughter and a niece, Mrs. Mildred Decker, police were told. He threatened to kill Miss Woods. “I don't know how it did hap-

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