Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 34, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 April 1935 — Page 3

APRIL 19, 1935

LIQUOR STOLEN, CITY DRIVER IS STILLMISSING Gone 50 Hours, Police Fear Chauffeur Victim of Hijackers. Fear Increased today that Claude C. Robbins. 1314 Nordyke-av, missing more than 50 hours, had become another victim of northern Indiana or Chicago hijackers while defending his truck loaded with 325 cases of whisky valued at SIO,OOO. Midwest police, meanwhile. Intensified their search for the driver and his truck, last seen Tuesday near Cook, while en route from Lawrenceburg to Chicago. Indiana state police headquarters early today had turned up no clews and their information was limited to the brief report received late yesterday that Mr. Robbins and the truck he was driving had disappeared. Vo Word Received Mrs. N. B. Peckover, in whose residence Mr. and Mrs. Robbins made their home, said she and Mrs. Robbins feared for Mr. Robbins’ safety as "he is a man who would fight bitterly” to protect the Valuable cargo entrusted to him. At the offices of ZifTrin Truck Lines, Inc., 1231 W. Morris-st, owners of the missing truck, it was said no word had been received from Mr. Robbins and that no clew to his whereabouts had been found. Mr. Robbins was following another truck loaded with whisky. The other driver did not discover that the second truck was missing until he arrived in Chicago. The fact that the supposed hijacking occurred in broad daylight made it impossible for the other truck driver to know what had occurred. Have Signal System Night truck drivers have devised a code signal of communication between trucks by which flashing headlights of trucks in the rear of a convoy indicate that all is well. Mr. and Mrs. Robbins came to Indianapolis in January from Kansas City. Since their arrival here they have occupied a part of Mrs. Peckover's home. Mr. Robbins had been •employed on the Boulder Dam construction in Colorado. Mrs. Robbins, who is employed in the cafeteria of an Indianapolis concern, was told late yesterday that her husband had been missing lor 36 hours. Chicago Help Asked Mrs. Robbins had worried about her husband's failure to communicate with her. H. L. Johnson, connected with the trucking firm, went to her home at 4 yesterday. At that hour. Mr. Robbins had been missing 36 hours. Police authorities said there have been numerous cases of liquor and cigaret hijacking on upstate Indiana highways leading to Chicago. In some instances violence has been reported. Late last night the Indianapolis police radio broadcast a request to Midwestern police departments to join in the search for Mr. Robbins and the missing truck. Chicago police also were asked to conduct a Search. Mr. and Mrs. Robbins each have hdult sons and daughters by former marriages. They reside in Kansas City, where Mr. Robbins’ mother also lives.

DINNER ARRANGED FOR Y. M. C. A. LEADERS Former Workers in Orient to Be Honored Here Wednesday. Charles J. Lynn, world service committee chairman of the Indianapolis Y. M. C. A., will be host to J. M. Clinton and Harry C. Herman, leaders in the international Y. M. C. field, at a dinner in the Indianapolis Athletic Club Wednesday. Mr. Clinton served 25 years in the Orient before being transferred to New York. Mr. Herman now is stationed in Chicago after 20 years service in India. MAY~ROBSON 70 TODAY Beloved Screen Star Is Showered With Pile of Gifts. By I'nitc* rrrKtt HOLLYWOOD. April 19—May Robson, grand old lady of the screen, sat in her film colony home today, snowed under a pule of telegrams, letters, flowers and a host of other gifts. "It's my birthday,” she explained as tears welled into her sparkling eyes. “And these are from my friends. I'm 70 years old, but I -feel as if i were only 20.” Highway Engineer to Speak W. C. Smith. State Highway Department testing engineer, will discuss "Testing Problems* in an illustrated lecture before the Club luncheon Monday in the Board of Trade Bldg.

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"I don’t know. Judy,” said 3-year-old Christopher Denny as he and his also-3-year-old playmate, Titianhaired Judith Meek, cornered the "Easter Rabbit” in the Charles Mayer Co.'s flower shop yesterday afternoon. “It feels like a rabbit. It looks like a rabbit, but I’m not sure,” said the chubby youngster. “All I’ve got to say,” sighed Miss Judith con-

Darrow, at 78, Now Is Certain Death Ends All Famed Lawyer Says He’s ‘Materialist,’ Not Agnostic; Awaits Passing Without Fear or Joy. BY EVERETT FOLLES United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, April 19.—Clarence Darrow, 78 years old yesterday and waiting to die “without fear or enthusiasm,” settled himself in an aged rocking chair and talked of life and death. no longer doubt,” he said. "I know now that there is nothing after death—nothing to look forward to in joy or in fear. "I am not the agnostic any more; I am a materialist. It took me

more than 50 years to find it out.” His gray head rested against a quilted cushion of the high-back rocker and his eyes were half-closed. The voice that charmed juries and awed spectators in the Loeb-Leo-pold and Scopes evolution trial had lost its rich timbre. "All my life I have been seeking some definite proof of God—something I could put my fingers on and say, ‘This is fact.’ But my doubts are at rest now. I know that such fact does not exist. “When I die —as I shall soon—my body will decay. My will decay and my intellect will be gone. My soul? There is no such thing.” He scowled when it was suggested that perhaps he had stepped from agnosticism to atheism. "I don't like that word. It has been so badly twisted. I’d rather say I am a materialist.” Mr. Darrow rarely ventures from his book-crammed apartment on the sixth floor of a building overlooking the green midway of the University of Chicago. Once in a while he lectures or takes part in a debate on religion. Often he has to sit in a chair while lecturing and his voice, faltering at times, carries to only a few of his listeners. His new doctrine of materialism is a denial that there is more to man than matter. "If you're honest you can’t believe there is more than that,” he said. "There is no evidence under the sun of a supernatural power, the universe simply is a product oi evolution, just as man is, and we can't think about what is beyond that or we’ll get dizzy. "If you don't believe me sit down and try to figure out where the end of the sky is. Fix some arbitrary limit. Keep extending it. And after you're all through you’ll still have the question, ‘then what’s beyond that.’” Mr. Darrow thinks people are concerned less about God and the

tentedly, “is that he certainly brings awfully nice baskets of eggs and chickens and candy. That’s’ all I’ve got to say.” Miss Meek is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Perry Meek, College-av and Mattsville-r and, and Master Christopher is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Denny, 714 Berkley-rd. Mrs. Yott (the rabbit) lives at 1107 Newman-st.

hereafter than they were a generation ago. “Maybe,” he suggested, ‘‘they’re getting more intelligent.” Os all the congratulatory messages that came to him today he was fondest of one written by a life-term convict in Joliet penitentiary. "I haven’t heard from you in a long time, Mr. Darrow, but I remembered that Thursday is your birthday. . . . Whatever you may be doing I know you are thinking of unfortunate people and sympathizing with them, and helping .them.” It was signed by Russell McWilliams. who killed a man in Rockford. when he was 15. Twice he was sentenced to death, but Mr. Darro\v saved him from the electric chair. “You know,” Mr. Darrow said, his lean fingers fondling the letter, “No man ever killed any one without a real or fancied reason. But capital punishmeit is deliberate and cruel. “Why can’t we have more tolerance in the world.?” > Hoosier Sheriff Raids Stills By United Press RICHMOND, Ind., April 19. Thi;ee stills, 40 gallons of liquor and 2400 gallons of mash were seized by Sheriff Harry Thombaugn in a series of Wayne County raids last night. Ellis Fields, 32, and Everett Hapner, 29. were arrested.

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Indiana Schoolgirl Loses Life By United Press MT. VERNON, Ind., April 19. Rita Marie Goebel, 6-year-old daughter of Ben Goebel, a farmer, was killed instantly late yesterday when she was struck by an automobile after alighting from a school bus.

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HITLER REPLY TO REBUKE BY LEAGUEREADY Nazi Chief to Answer Allies’ Condemnation on His 46th Birthday. By Unit'll Press BERLIN, April 19.—Adolf Hitler prepared today to give his birthday present to the world—a declaration of his views on the,Stresa conference and the League Council's condemnation of his treaty violation. Following up a verbal protest to Great Britain and Italy against the Leagilte Council vote, Hitler intends tomorrow, on the occasion of his 46th birthday, to declare his views. It was indicated unofficially today that regardless of the strength of his protest against the course which the allied nations of Great Britain, France and Italy are taking over German Rearmament, Hitler would not bar the way to further negotiation. But it was learned that during the council meeting, when its vote might have been foreseen, the government informally submitted to the French and Italian governments a series of questions concerning the proposed Danubian conference at Rome. Hitler continued to prepare for his conscript army. First details of the new defense law outlined the sort of men who will be sought. Sturdily built, well developed men of physical and mental agility and firmness of character alone will be selec>..cl v the army in the first instat e. The minimum height for recruits was fixed at 5 feet % inch, but an average height of 5 feet 2 inches was recommended.

CITY CHURCH OBSERVES SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY Troub Memorial History Recalled By Pastor at Service. The sixtieth anniversary of the Troub Memorial Fresbyterian Church was observed last night at the church with the Rev. Lenn L. Latham, pastor, reviewing the history of the church. It was named for the Rev. George B. Troub, who was pastor at the time of the construction of the present building and who was injured fatally in 1907 when struck by a street car.

City Bows Its Head in Reverence to Savior

Thousands at Good Friday Services in Churches, Theaters. (Continued From Page One) and City Hall closed doors during the hours to give employes an opportunity to revere the Savior. Statehouse employes were allowed to attend religious services while the Merchants Association permitted employes of member stores to attend Easter rites. Protestants and Catholic clergymen and those of other denominations discussed the crucifixion of Christ, Church choirs and soloists sang sacred songs. Downtown Services Held Downtown services were held in B. F. Keith’s and English's theaters, St. John's Catholic Church, Christ Episcopal Church, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, First United Brethren Church, Trinity Lutheran Church, Wheeler City Rescue Mission, and the , Phyllis Wheatley branch of the Y. W C. A. Residential sections of the city held union services. On the North Side a group of Methodist, Presbyterian and Christian churches held Good Friday rites at the North Methodist Episcopal Church, 38th and Meridian-sts. Church of the Advent held a three-hour prayer and meditation at 33rd and Meridian-sts. Annual Service at 2 The Tabernacle Presbyterian Church held its annual crucifixion service between 2 and 3 p. m. The main Roman Catholic services were at St. Joan of Arc Church, 42nd-st and Central-av. The Rev. Frank H. Lorenz, a Redemptorist missionary, was to preach on the last seven words of Christ. Musical numbers, prayers, and the ritual, the Way of the Cross, will feature the services. The Brookside United Brethren Church, 11th and Olney-sts, held union services with other churches on the East Side. Other group services were scheduled on the East Side at the Grace Methodist Church, New York-st and Grant-av, and Irvington Presbyterian Church. Tonight the Irvington church will give an oratorio, "The Seven Last Words,” under direction of Franklin Taylor. Union Service to Be Held On the South Side a union service was held at University Heights United Brethren Church with services also arranged at the Edwin Ray Methodist Episcopal Church, Laurel-st and Woodlawnav, and St. John's Evangelical

Church. Leonard and Sanders-sts: Garfield Park Baptist Church, Friedens Evangelical Church, Ala-bama-st and Parkway-av, and Calvary United Brethren Church, Hoyt and State-avs. West Side services were featured at the West Michigan Street Methodist Episcopal Church and in the southwest section of the city at the West Morris Street Christian Church. Catholics in all sections of the city heard sermons on Christ's passion and sacred music. Services were held at Sacred Heart Church, 1530 Union St; St. Patrick's Church. Woodlawn-av and Hunter-st; St. Catherine's Church, Shelby and Ta-bor-sts; St. Philip Neri. Rural and North-sts; Church of the Little Flower. E. 14th and Bosart-sts, and SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral, 1339 N. Meridian-st. Recitation of the Way of the Cross was held in SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral from 2:30 until 3 and will be repeated at 6 with veneration of the cross.

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BOWMAN ELDER BUYSJENTINEL Democratic Club Treasurer Purchases Weekly Party Newspaper. Bowman Elder has purchased the interest of Keith L. Johns. Democratic State Committee secretary, in the Hoosier Sentinel, weekly paper published as the state organ of the Democratic party. Mr. Elder is treasurer of the Hoosier Democratic Club, better known as the "2 Per Cent Club.” which is the fund-raising organization of the party among state employes. Simultaneously. Mr. Johns purchased from Rheno M Isherwood, Lafayette postmaster, the Democratic Leader of Lafayette, a weekly newspaper. Ray E. Smith will continue as editor of the Hoosier Sentinel, it was announced, and Eldon O. Johns, who has been the Sentinel business manager, will take over the management of his brother's new paper at Lafayette.