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FLOYD ELUDES POLICE NET IN HILLS OF OHIO U. S. Agents, Posses Quit Search of Woods for Wounded Killer. NAB ‘PRETTY BOY'S’ PAL Notorious Outlaw Believed Shot in Gun Battle With Officers. By United Press WASHINGTON. Oft. 22.—Director -I. Edgar Hoover of the justice department's division of investigation, charged this afternoon that Wellsville (O.) authorities appeared to he “deliberately thwarting prosecution of the Kansas City massacre case” by refusing to surrender Adam Richetti to federal agents. By L nitrd Pn • WELLSVILLE, 0.. Oct. 22— Hunt for Charles < Pretty Boy> Floyd, notorious gunman and killer, spread out this afternoon intensive search of wooded districts in the region of Wellsville and Lisbon failed to flush the elusive bandit. General belief was that Floyd, who shot his way out of a police trap here Saturday, had managed to worm out of the cordon of officers which had searched the district for almost forty-eight hours. There remained the possibility that the bandit, believed to have been wounded, might be dead or in- j jured so seriously that he could only hide out in some remote spot in the rugged hill district. Federal agents meanwhile made preparations to remove to Kansas City Adam Richetti, 26. known confederate of Floyd, who was captured in the gun battle with Wellsville po- ! lice Saturday A plane bearing warrants charging Richetti with participation in the union station massacre in Kansas City—a crime for which Floyd also is sought—arrived at the East Liverpool airport three miles J away and the warrants were rushed here by federal agents. Federal agents and local police apparently were convinced that the man they seek is Floyd, despite the fact that Richetti steadfastly contended that Pretty Boy was not the companion with whom he was traveling at the time they were sur- j prised by Wellsville police Saturday. Richetti said his companion was one James Warren, Toledo gambler. He admitted having been a confederate of Floyd in several midwestern robberies, 6ut said he had not seen the much-sought bandit for more than a year. After long and painstaking search, posses of deputy sheriffs, police and citizens were withdrawn from the wooded areas into which Floyd escaped after commandeering two automobiles Saturday. Authorities were not convinced that Floyd had fled from the woods, but it was pointed out that the terrain is so covered with trees, brush, high grass, overhanging rocks and thickets that the fugitive might find a hiding place which would elude searchers indefinitely. CRACK FLYER LEAVES RAILS: TWO INJURED Spikes Pulled on Tracks, Police Hint After Probe. By I nitrd Pres s M DONALD. Pa.. Oct. 22.—Railroad and local police officials this afternoon investigated the wreck of the American, crack St. Louis to New York flyer of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which left the rails here injuring the engineer and fireman. Railroad officials believe spikes had been pulled on the eastbound tracks, sixteen miles west of Pittsburgh. causing the rails to spread when the train passed over. The speeding locomotive left the rails, plowed along the cinder road bed and smashed into a string of freight cars before overturning. 2.300.000 BALLOTS ON WAY TO STATE CLERKS Lists Do Not Bear Name of Kyle. G. O. P. Candidate. Shipment of 2.300.000 state ballots for use in the Nov. 6 election are on their way to county clerks in ninety-two counties, the state election commissioners announced to- I day. The ballots do not bear the name of Joseph B Kyle. Gary, nominated by the Republican state convention for Lieutenant-Governor. A suit now is pending in Marion county circuit court seeking to force the election board to place Mr. Kyle’s name on the ballot on the ground that M Clifford Townsend has vacated the office of Lieutenant-Gov-ernor through other official activities. S4O TAKEN IN HOLDUP Two Negro Bandits Rob Filling Station Attendant. Police today are searching for two Negroes who stole S4O and several gasoline coupon books from William Ribble, 31, operator of a gasoline station at 804 East Michigan street, during a holdup at the station last night. The bandits, one of them armed, entered the station as Mr. Ribble was working on his records. They ordered him into the lavatory after robbing him of sls and forcing him to open the safe from which they took the remainder of the loot.

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Ernest J. Stevens STEVENS WINS COURT APPEAL Chicago Hotel Man’s Prison Sentence Reversed by Decision. ft if f n it rtf Pres * SPRINGFIELD. 111.. Oct. 22.—A one-to-ten-year prison sentence for Ernest J. Stevens, former head of the Stevens hotel in Chicago, on charges of embezzlement was reversed by the state supreme court today* Stevens was sentenced in the Cook county criminal court. Stevens was convicted on charges of embezzling funds of the Illinois Life Insurance Company, of which he was an officer, and that he had loaned the money to the Stevens Hotel Company which built the hotel at a cost of $29,000,000 in 1927. Stevens was indicted with his father, James W.. and his brother Raymond, who killed himself shortly after being indicted. The father was given a separate trial because of illness. “In the case, the transactions, so far as shown by the records, were done in the regular course of business of the insurance company and approved by its board of directors,” the court said. “The officers of the company had a right to loan money to the hotel companies. In this whole record there is not a scintilla of evidence of any concealment or fraud attempted.” DUAL JOB LAW IS LESH Ex-Attorney-General Flays McNutt. Charges that the general administrative law passed by the last legislature attempts to give Governor Paul V. McNutt power to reassign duties of state departments already set up by the state Constitution, were by U. S. Lesh, former Republican state attorney-general, in federal court today. The legislation authorizes a brand of “now you see it and now you don't" duties, Mr. Lesh said. The charges were made in a hearing on the suit of George C. Armstrong. Lawrenceville, 111., alleging that Lieutenant-Governor M. Clifford Townsend is ineligible to hold his executive office, as result of his appointment by Governor McNutt as commissioner of agriculture.

TODAY’S WEATHER

Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 53 10 a. m 62 7a. m. ... 53 11a. m 66 Ba. m. ... 55 12 (noon).. 68 9 a. m 58 1 p. m 69 Tomorrow's sunrise. 6:04 a. m.; sunset. 4:55 p. m. In the Air Weather conditions at 9 a. m.: Northwest wind, eight miles an hour; barometric pressure. 30.04 at sea level; temperature. 60; general conditions, clear; ceiling, unlimited; visibility, twelve miles. FALL INJURIES FATAL Mars Hill Man. 80. Tumbles From Pear Tree. Injuries received twelve days ago by Daniel Johnson. 80. R. R. 3. Box 519. Mars Hill, when he fell from a pear tree, proved fatal yesterday, the coroner's office was informed today. Mr. Johnson was picking pears Oct. 10 when he fell from the tree to the ground.

Indiana Offers Fine Field for Authors, Says Writer

Indiana, its idom and its traditions, should be a wonderful field for a writer. This was the statement today of Carl Lamson Carmer. author of Stars Fell Over Alabama." a highly praised best seller. Mr. Carmer is visiting Indianapolis on a tour of the country. “Every state is in itself an individuality and a separate country.” Mr. Carmer explained. "If a young writer living in this state came to me and asked. Os what shall I write?’ I should tell him to look around

him.” A former associate editor of Vanity Fair and Theater Arts. Mr. Carmer now is writing a book with New York state as its background. He discussed his books and those of others, a good sprinkling of dry humor mixed with his observations. • There is more social consciousness in the AmericMi literature today than at any ot^ - period,” Mr. Carmer declared. He said that, when the history of American literature had been writ-

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HAUPTMANN TO FACE TRIAL IN THREE WEEKS Officials Confer on Date for Arraignment of Lindbergh Suspect. CASE NEAR COMPLETION Deny Alleged Baby Slayer Will Seek Change of Venue. By l nited Press TRENTON, N. J., Oct. 22.—New Jersey’s case against Bruno Hauptmann virtually is completed, Ati torney-General David Wilentz announced today when he implied the trial would begin in about three i weeks time. He said that he would confer today on the arraignment date. Mr. Wilentz said that he had no intention of requestioning Paul Thornberg and his wile. The Thornbergs were questioned by the police in 1932 when they moved from the neighborhood of Hopewell. Asked if he planned to take Hauptmann over the scene of the crime, Mr. Wilentz replied that he did not, but added the jury could be shown the scene if the presiding justice gave his consent. Mr. Wilentz said that so far as he knew, James M. Fawcett, Hauptmanns attorney, had made no motion toward a change of venue, or any requests for anything other than the regular jury panel of local j citizens. Hauptmann had his usual breakfast, cup of black coffee, and then submitted to the daily physical examination made by two local physicians. Mrs. Hauptmann, now living with friends in the Bronx, was expected to visit/him today, accompanied by Mr. Fawcett. LEGION IS URGED TO SOFT-PEDAL BONUS Senator Steiwer Asks Parley to Consider Action. By United Press MIAMI, Fla., Oct. 22.—United States Senator Frederick W. Steiwer tßep., Ore.) urger the American’Legion national convention today to i consider advisability of voting for “early” instead of “immediate” payment of the soldiers’ bonus Senator Steiwer, a veteral who voted for immediate payment of the bonus in 1932, addressed the assemblage in Bayfront park. “I am doubtful,” he said, “of the ethics of able-bodied men making a demand for immediate cash payment of claims not yet due w’hen many of the mean well afford to wait for payment until the payments mature. At the risk of being presumptuous, I would suggest that this convention consider advisability of standing for early payment and asking only that our government meet this obligation when it will result in the minimu mburden to the people of the country.”

LUTHERANS APPEAL FOR MOVIE CRUSADE “Shun Immoral Pictures,” Church Committee Urges. i By United Press SAVANNAH. Ga„ Oct. 22. The committee on social and moral welfare of the United Lutheran Church of America reported to the ninth biennial convention today that the | hour for a crusade (against movie 1 morals) is here. "Let a million, two million—yes, fifty million—American Christians shun all indecent pictures and attend only those that bear the marks of moral excellence, and soon anew spirit will be discernible here, the report said. “We believe our people will measure up to this challenge.” PUPILS FLEE SCHOOL Negro Children Stampede After Reports of Blast. By United Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Oct. 22. Pupils of a Negro school stampeded ’ and fled from their desks here today in fright at reports the building was about to be blown up. The building shook as fully 1.700 pupils scram- ! bled from the structure.

ten. Sherwood Anderson would be ranked as the most powerful influence on contemporary literature. The trend in writing has broken away from the style set up by Ernest Hemingway and has become more decorative, he asserted. ” Stars Fell Over Alabama’ is an honest attempt to translate a state and already has caused a bitter feud between its defenders and critics in Alabama.” Mr. Carmer said, of his widely read book.

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1934

Australian Airmen in Fiji Islands Fly 1,700 Miles Across Pacific Naviyating by ‘Guess and God.’ By United Press SUVA, Fiji Islands (Tuesday), Oct. 23.—While Fuzzy-haired Fiji island policemen guarded their plane, The Lady Southern Cross, Sir Charles Kingsford-Smlth and Captain P. G. Taylor waited today for a change in weather conditions to permit their taking off on the second leg of an Australia-to-Cali-fornia flight. Neither appeared anxious to repeat the “by guess and by God” navigating which brought them here through storm and darkness from Brisbane, Australia, on Sunday (Saturday, Pacific coast time). They may be delayed for several days, Kingsford-Smith indicated. Ahead of them lay the hardest and most dangerous part of their flight, a 2.736-mile hop over the ocean, marked by only a few small islands and none of them offering a landing place or aid in case they break down It is a flight which will take twenty-one hours and the intrepid fliers want to be certain that weather conditions are favorable, at least at the takeoff. Once in Honolulu, they expect comparatively easy sailing for the third and final lap, the 2,080 miles from the Hawaiian islands to the California mainland. While they rested, mechanics re - paired the damage to the plane caused by the winds and rain on the twelve-hour 1,700-mile flight from Australia. Edges of the wing and of the propellor were chipped and scarred,, evidences of a battle with the elements which left both men shaken and tired. Only once on that journey did they have a glimpse of the sun to afford an idea of their position. Yet so skillful was “The Lady Southern Cross” navigated that they hit within ten miles of their destination, the landing field cleared in Albert Park here. “I wouldn’t be here if it wasn't for Smith,” said Taylor as he climbed out of the plane. “We couldn’t have made it except for Bill Taylor’s navigating,” Kings-ford-Smith said. Askedrwhat navigation methods he had used to steer the plane, Taylor replied solemnly, “I did it by guess and by God.” IT SOUNDS FISHY, BUT MINNOWSj;IN HIGHBALL IS A FACT IN BRONX By United Prt&s NEW YORK, Oct. 22.—The water department called upon all resources today to discover why fish come from the faucets of several Bronx apartment houses. Tenants thought it most amusing for awhile, but finally got tired of finding fish in their highballs and complained. The fish are not more tnan an inch or an inch and a hall long, and come from the faucets dead The apartment houses are in a section known as Reservoir Oval and get their water from Kensico reservoir, where, water department experts said, they must be getting their fish, too. FRIGHTENED BABY BOY TOPPLES FROM ROOF Twelve-Foot Tumble Results in In- • juries to 2-Year-Old Lad. Frightened by a switch which his mother is said to have been carrying. Donald Milenbaugh, 2. of 232 Cleveland street, fell twelve feet from the roof of his home and suffered head injuries today. Donald had climbed on the roof and his mother was remonstrating with him, when, at sight of the switch, he tumbled and fell, according to police. The child was sent to city hospital. YOUTHFUL FATHER IS INDICTED FOR MURDER Fatal Beer Tavern Shooting Is to City Man. Cyril M. Elwood, youthful father, was indicted by Marion county grand jury on charges of first and second-degree murder as a result of the fatal shooting Sept. 21 of Joseph Calvert. 32, of 1256 Oliver avenue. Elwood is accused of firing a rifle through the screen door of Silver Moon case, 1228 Oliver avenue, following a quarrel with one of the proprietors. JOINS 40-YEAR ~GROUP Water Company Employe Honored for Long Service. Melvin Johnson, 2043 East Riverside drive, has been admitted to the Forty-Year Club of the Indianapolis Water Company, bringing the club’s membership to nine. Mr. Johnson, who is superintendent in the distribution department, entered the company's service in 1894. Times Index Bridge 6 , Broun 11 I Comics 17 | Crossword Puzzle 7 | Editorial 12 Financial 13 Hickman—Theaters 10 1 Pegler 11 i Radio * 15 i Sports 14, 15 Your motor checked. Carburetor adjusted. See Carburetor Sales. 214 . East Ohio Adv.

ROOSEVELT IS CRITICISED AT BANKPARLEY Praise of British Financiers ‘Unfair, Uncalled For,’ Speaker Says. 4,000 ATTEND SESSION Delegates Hear Attack on Government’s Economic Methods. By United Press WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—Criticism of President Roosevelt for praising British bankers and an attack on government economic methods brought the first rumblings of controversy at the start of the American Bankers’ Association convention today. The critical appraisal by Robert M. Hanes, a North Carolina banker, came at the opening session of the important convention, which met in a surface atmosphere, at least, of co-operation with the administration for business recovery. Mr. Hanes, president of the Wachobia Bank and Trust Company, Winston-Salem, N. C., one of the first speakers, said that the implied criticism of American bankers by President Roosevelt in his last “fireside” talk was “totally uncalled for and unfair.” The President in his speech had praised British bankers for co-operating with their government for recovery. Most of the nation’s leading bankers were present to hear Mr. Hanes and other speakers at the meeting of the state banking division of the association. More than 4,000 had registered as the first divisional session opened. MRS. ROBINSON TO FACE COURT HEARING Stoll Kidnap Suspect Is Granted Delay. By United Press LOUISVILLE. Ky.. Oct, 22.—Arraignment of Mrs. Frances Robinson on charges of kidnaping Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll was postponed in federal court today until 10 a. m. tomorrow. At the same time it was announced by Mrs. Robinson’s attorney, Clem W. Huggins, that the defendant will appear in court in person to enter a plea of not guilty to charges of aiding and abetting her husband, Thomas H. Robinson Jr., in the $50,000 abduction. Robinson still was the object this afternoon of a search that extended from coast to coast. SPENCER AND GAUSE KEEP ELECTION POSTS Reappointed State Commissioners by Governor McNutt. William W. Spencer, Democrat, and Fred C. Gause, Republican, both of Indianapolis, have been reappointed state election commissioners by Governor Paul V. McNutt, who serves as the third and ex-officio member of the board. Mr. Spencer has been a state election commissioner thirty years and attorney for the Democratic state committee twenty-five years. Mr. Gause has served several terms as the Republican member of the election board. WASHINGTON COURT UPHOLDS SUGAR ACT Jones-Costigan Law Constitutional, Wallace Power Approved. By United Press WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—Constitutionality of the Jones-Costigan sugar act was upheld today by the District of Columbia supreme court. Associate Justice Jennings Bailey, after a trial which began on Oct. 2, refused to grant an injunction restraining Secretary Henry A. Wallace from enforcing the act in Hawaii, sought by thirty-seven plantations in the territory. 900 CHILDREN PERILED BY FIRE AT SCHOOL Milwaukee Pupils March Calmly Safety From Institution. By United Press MILWAUKEE, Oct. 22.—The Victor L. Berger school here caught fire at noon today while approximately 900 pupils were working in its classrooms. A general fire alarm was sounded and the students marched in orderly fashion through srr Tcefilled halls to safety. SOUTHERN PACIFIC WINS COURT RULING Supreme Tribunal Allows Purchase of Smaller Line. St. Louis Entrance. By United Press ST LOUIS. Oct. 22—A longcherished ambition of the Southern Pacific railroad to get into St. Louis was realized today when the United States supreme court gave final approval to its acquisition of control of the Cotton Belt, as the St. Louis Southwestern line popularly is called.

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Tom Mooney MOONEY FILES APPEAL PLEA Carries Fight for Release From Prison to U. S. Supreme Court. By United Press WASHINGTON. Oct. 22.—Thomas J. Mooney today carried his fight for release from San Quentin penitentiary to the supreme court. Mooney, through his attorneys, filed with the clerk of tne court a motion to be allowed to file a petition for an original writ of habeas corpus raising grounds corresponding roughly to those submitted to the federal district court in Californit recently. The lower court refused the writ which raised the longstanding question of the use of perjured testimony at his trial on charges of instigating the Preparedness day parade bombing in 1916. Mooney’s motion formally was presented to the court by John F. Finerty of his counsel. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes gave immediate permission to file papers in the motion. This did not mean, however, that the court had taken jurisdiction on the writ application. It merely authorized the attorney to file the necessary legal papers. A decision on whether permission is granted to start habeas proceedings was expected Nov. 5. ROOSEVELT TO SPEAK FOR CHESTS TONIGHT President Will Appeal for Support of Community Needs Drives. By L nited Press WASHINGTON. Oct. 22.—A na-tion-wide address opening up the Community Chest campaign in connection with the Mobilization of Human Needs will be delivered at 10:30 tonight by President Roosevelt. The President will be introduced by Newton D. Baker, former secretary of war, and head of Mobilization for Human Needs. INDIANA PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION TO MEET Two-Day Convention Will Open Here Wednesday. First convention ol the Indiana independent Petroleum Association will open with a meeting of the Indianapolis Oil Club at 9:30 Wednesday in the Severin. The convention will close Thursday night. Speakers during the sessions will include L. J. Scheidt, Columbus, president; O. J. McClure, business councilor and author; Dr. E. M. Skinner, refinery engineer, and R. S. Solinsky. AUTO HITS POLICE CAR Driver Held for Operating Under Influence of Liquor. An automobile, driven without lights and at a high rate of speed, crashed into a police radio car at Kessler boulevard and Sixteenth street yesterday, breaking a wheel on the police car. Ernest L. Dinwiddle, 30, of 3313 East Tenth street, was arrested on charges of operating under the influence of liquor, speeding, reckless driving and driving without lights. The patrolmen in the police car were John Roman and Patrick White. LAW CHANGES STUDIED State Conservation Committee to Meet Tomorrow. By United Press NASHVILLE, Ind., Oct. 22. Changes in the conservation laws to be recommended at the next session of the state legislature will be discussed at the quarterly meeting of the state conservation committee at Brown county state park tomorrow.

( Scram, ’ Says Guard to McNu tt —Is His Face Red?

Governor Paul V McNutt today nearly was thrown out of the statehouse. The Governor’s predicament; which came close to qualifying him for all-time honors as Most Embarrassed American, arose when he attempted

to enter a roped-off space in the center of the capitol lobby where sixty election board workers were counting out, packaging, sealing and certifying to county clerks ballots for the Nov. 6 election. Special guards were on duty to see that no ballots disappeared. The Governor, curious at to how the work was coming on. strolled from his office to the roped-off counting house. As he started to enter it. a guard grabbed him and demanded to see a badge which had been given to all election board

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2 BRITONS KILLED AS END NEARS IN FLYING MARATHON Scott and Black, Englishmen, Far Out in Front and Nearing Melbourne as Countrymen Die in Italy. DUTCH AIRMEN IN SECOND PLACE Roscoe Turner and Clyde Pangborn in Third Position, More Than 2,000 Miles Behind Leading Team. By United Press DARWIN, Australia, Oct. 22.—Tragedy marred the England-Australia air race this afternoon as three speedy planes roared toward the finish line in the greatest aviation contest in history. In Italy, more than 10,000 miles behind the leaders, one of the laggard planes, carrying Flying Officer Harold D. Gilman and James Baines of Great Britain, crashed near Foggia after leaving Rome and the fliers were burned to death. Os those still in the race, C. W. A. Scott and T. Campbell Black of Great Britain were dashing along the last stages of

ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE CHIEF ATTACKS CITY BEER. LIQUOR JOINTS

By Times Special MUNCIE. Ind., Oct. 22.—Efforts of liquor resorts in Indianapolis to attract the trade of teachers attending the Indiana State Teachers Association convention last week were assailed here last night by L. E. York, Indiana AntiSaloon League superintendent, Speaking at the Normal City Methodist Episcopal church, Mr. York attacked what he termed the effrontery of night clubs and tavern in posting signs reading “Cocktail Hour” and “Welcome Teachers.’’ “Such Impudence should arouse in every teacher the determination to see that every pupil in her care knows the truth about alco? holic beverages,” Mr. York said. SEVENTEEN DEAD IN PACIFIC COAST GALE Ships, Buildings Wrecked by Terrific Wind. By United Press SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 22.—One of the worst storms ever to strike the north Pacific coast today spread death and wreckage over western Washington and Oregon. Subsiding winds which blew with hurricane force for many hours left at least seventeen persons dead or missing. Wrecked and damaged ships, collapsed buildings, uprooted trees and telephone poles, shattered windows and toppled chimneys told of the violence of the storm. The gale sweeping out of the southwest from a center 200 miles off the Washington coast, struck here with a velocity of seventy miles an hour. At Tacoma the velocity reached eighty-three miles an hour. MILL STRIKE MAY BE RENEWED IN SOUTH Employers Refuse to Keep Promises, Gorman Charges. By Scripps-Howard Seeespaper Alliance. WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. Although pleased with the administration’s efforts to carry out the Winant board report, Francis J. Gorman, textile strike chairman, warned today that the walkout may soon be revived in the south. “I have just received five wires informing me that certain employers are not only refusing to take back strikers, but are preparing to evict them from company houses,” Gorman said. “The strike may be revived in the south.’’ Supreme Court Recesses By United Press WASHINGTON. Oct. 22. The supreme court recessed for two weeks after a brief noon day session today. It is expected to hand opinions in several important cases on its return Nov. 5.

workers entitled to enter the ropedoff section. The Governor confessed he had none. The guard stared angrily at him, ordered him to “get out.” Horrified spectators informed the guard that the by now speechless intruder was Governor McNutt, who, by virtue of his office, is a member of the elections board. The guard retired in confusion, which was scracely less than that in which the Governor finally entered the roped-off area.

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the race, flying over Australia and well in front. They had smashed the record from England to Australia by more than 100 hours. Their new mark is 52 hours, 33 minutes and 15 seconds. They left Darwin, on the northern coast of Austrlia, at 7:34 a. m, (Indianapolis time) for Charleville, Australia, 1,389 miles away and 787 miles from Melbourne, the final goal. Closest behind them was the American Douglas air liner flown by the Dutch crew of K. D. Parmentier, J. J. Moss and C. Van Brugge, which left Batavia, Java, for Darwin at 5 a. m. (Indianapolis time), a distance of 1,688 miles. Next came the American team, Colonel Roscoe Turner and Clyde Pangborn, who left Singapore at about 10 a. m., with the possibility of flying nonstop to Darwin, a distance of 2,084 miles. All three planes were in the speed section of the race, for a prize of approximately $40,000 and a gold cup valued at not less than $2,000. Apparently only mishap to all three would enable any competitor to catch them. The closest other competitors were Lieutenant Cathcart Jones and Ken Waller of Great Britain, who left Allahabad at 8:38 (Indianapolis time) after a long delay caused by motor trouble. The team of James and Amy Mollison lagged due to mechanical troubles after leading at one time. The other prizes to be won are second in the speed section, $6,000; third in the speed section, $2,000; first in the handicap section, $8,000; and second in the handicap section, $4,000. RICH CHICAGO BAKER FACES MURDER CHARGE Indictment Asked in Slaying of Advertising Man. By United Pre.it CHICAGO, Oct. 22—State’s attorneys planned today to ask a grand jury to indict Irving Weitzman, wealthy baker, for the murder last March of Eli Daiches, once owner of the Thomas J. Bowen Advertising Agency. Prosecutors also sought indictments for James Murphy, gunman, now in jail, and Jack London, a fugitive. Police say Weitzman hired the two gangsters to kill Daiches. A 300,000 insurance policy payable to the Bowers agency, of which Louis Weitzman, brother of Irving, is chairman and principal stockholder, was the motive, investigators said. ROBINSON REPORTED SEEN IN NEW YORK Headed for Litchfield, Conn., Filling Station Man Says. By Prett PATTERSON. N. Y., Oct. 22. John Trodsoe, gasoline station attendant, told police a man he believed to resemble Thomas H. Robinson Jr., indicted kidnaper of Mrs. Alice Stoll, stopped at his station at 1 a. m. today and inquired the road to Litchfield. Conn State police of Brewster (N Y.) and Ridgefield (Conn.) barracks were called out to patrol the highways. $5,821 PAY RESTORED BY STATE NRA CHIEF Wage Complaints Adjusted* 477 Cases Pending. Wages totaling $5,821 24 were restored to employes in Indiana between Oct. 1 and 20, Francis Wells, executive assistant compliance officer of Indiana, said today. The adjustment was made by the state NRA office, Mr. Wells said. The state office has made adjustment of 277 cases, restoring wages totaling $24,637.23. Adjustment* have been made of 3.342 complaints, leaving a total of 477 still to be cared for. ‘