Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 193, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 October 1935 — Page 3

OCT. 22,1035

M'NUTT, BOARD DISCUSS STATE PENSION LAW Indiana's Law Not Among Those ‘Acceptable,’ Governor Says. Gov. McNutt revealed today that he discussed acceptability of Indiana's old-age pension law with members of the Federal Social Security Board yesterday in Washington. but would not disclose their attitude. However, the Governor said that only about 17 states now have laws apparently acceptable " to the board on residence requirements and right, of appeal, and that Indiana is not among the 17. Board Handicapped He said the Social Security Board now is operating under the handicap of having no funds. There is every reason to believe, he \said, that the social security funds will be the first made available in a deficiency appropriation when Congress convenes in January. Aproximately $5,000,000 will be required of the state in the social program, he estimated. The Governor said he was averse, in the event a special session is called, to relieving the counties of the onefourth of each pension they would pay under the present law. ARMISTICE DAY TO BE OBSERVED AT MUNCIE Program Will Include Parade, Ball and Speech by Army Officer. J{ v 7 i tn r v ,S 'fieri at MUNCIE, Ind., Oct. 22.—A parade, military ball and an address by Brig. Gen. William K. Naylor, Ft. Benjamin Harrison. Indianapolis, are to be highlights of an Armistice Day program here Nov. 11. Prizes amounting to SSOO arc to be awarded winning bands and drum corps in an afternoon contest at, McCulloch Park, and at the ball at night in the Muncie Field House. AUTO ACCIDENTS CLAIM 3 EVANSVILLE LIVES Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bunge Killed as Car Overturns in Ditch. Times Special EVANSVILLE, Ind.. Oct. 22. Three lives were claimed here in automobile accidents late yesterday. Henry Bunge, 57, and his wife, 53. were killed when their car overturned in a ditch on the River-rd near Dade Park. Charles Elfrich, 70, was killed when struck by a truck driven by Earl Wall, Beech Grove. Ky. TAIT GANG WILL FACE TRIAL FOR BURGLARIES Three Suspects Charged With Tavern Robbery Attempt. Ernest. Tait, James Flaherty and Donald Nyc. charged with automobile banditry and burglary, are lo face trial tomorrow in the Marion Criminal Court in connection with an alleged attempt to break into a safe of Murphy's Tavern on the West Side. Tait also is under indictment in connection with the Evans Milling Cos. holdup and an attempt to rob the Speedway State Bank. TERMS DEATH ACCIDENT Monroe County Coroner. However, Asks Grand Jury Probe By Vnil< il I'ri vs BLOOMINGTON, Ind.. Oct 22.—A verdict of accidental death was returned today by Coroner Ben Ross in the death of Edward F. Gartin. 55. who fell from the second story of a building here Saturday. Dr. Ross, however, asked (hat the Monroe County grand jury make further investigations. Court Considers AAA Case Hy I nih il I'n an MINNEAPOLIS. Oct. 22.—The Fedeial District Court today denied a government petition to dismiss processing tax suits against the AAA involving almost $10,000,000.

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Willie Saunders, Star Jockey, Is Hunted in Louisville Murder Quiz

Youth Accused in Death of Woman: Reported on Way to Probe. /?.’/ I nih and Press LOUISVILLE. Ky., Oct. 22. Willie 'Smokyi Saunders, 20-year-old jockey, who rode Omaha to victory in the last Kentucky Derby, today was reported returning to Louisville for questioning in connection with the brutal slaying of pretty Mrs. Evelyn Slivinski, 24-year-old wife of a Louisville tailor. Police were not informed definitely of Saunders’ whereabouts but said they had learned from his employer, Hal Price Headley, Lexington, that he would report in Louisville tomorrow. Saunders checked out of a Baltimore hotel last night without announcing his destination. Mrs. Agatha Machison. 26, supplied the information that led to the search for Saunders. She identified a photograph of him as one of "two jockeys” wivo took her and Mrs. Slivinski to a roadhouse Saturday night. Mrs. Slivinski's body, badly beaten and run over by an automobile, was found on a road near here early Sunday. Mrs. Machison said she introduced Mrs. Slivinski to the two men. known only as "Paul and Jimmy,” after having “several drinks” with them in a case. "When wc drove away from a roadhouse.” she told detectives, "Evelyn got sick and the man in the back seat with her started beating her. The man in front with me stopped the. car and Mrs. Slivinski got out and staggered in front of the car. Just as Evelyn walked in front of the automobile the man deliberately ran over her." After driving away, the driver turned back toward town and ran over Mrs. Slivinski again, Mrs. Machison related. Saunders, who rode at Churchill Downs Saturday, left Louisville with his agent and another jockey, police learned. He was reported to be going to the track at Laurel, Md„ but he did not ride there yesterday. Mrs. Machison was unable to identify the driver of the death car from photographs shown her by police. She said he was very small, well dressed and displayed large sums of money. Police here at first believed Saunders had been apprehended in Baltimore, but later received the report he had checked out of a hotel before police there could question him.

AGED MAN SUCCUMBS TO ACCIDENT INJURIES Fatality Brings County Automobile Toll to 118. Marion County's automobile fatality toll since Jan. 1 had grown to 118 today with the death last night in City Hospital of David O.

Yassenoff, 70, of 1926 S. New Jerseyst. Mr. Y arsenofl died of injuries recei v e and Saturday when he was struck by an automobile on Market-st near

TRAFFIC DEATHS 1931 . l;?8 1935 to Oct. 22 .. 118 1931 to Oct. 22 101

Alabama-st. Tony Fosso, 17. of 1223 E. Market-st, driver of the car, was arrested for failure to have a driver’s license. Mr. YassenofT is survived by the widow, Mrs. Clara YassenofT, and a daughter, Miss Edith YassenofT. START HOUSING PROJECT Evansville’s 51.000,000 Program Second in State. Work on the second low-cost housing project in Indiana is to start immediately in Evansville, where 5i.000.000 is to be spent, according to Carl Ferguson, supervisory project manager for the PWA housing division. Demolition bids will be received this week in the local office of the housing division, 1101 Knights of Pythias Building.

KIWANIS FAVORS CITY NEXT YEAR Indianapolis in Lead for District Convention as Session Closes. Hi Timm Special BLOOMINGTON Ind., Oct. 22 Indianapolis appeared certain of being host to the 1936 Indiana district convention of Kiwanis International as the annual meeting drew to a close here today. Committee reports and election of officers were the only items remaining on the business program. A tour of Brown County for the 150 wemen attending, a golf tourney at the local country club and a reception at the home of President and Mrs. William Lowe Bryan of Indiana University were other concluding features. Speakers yesterday included A. Copeland Callen, University of Illinois instructor and international trustee, and Dr. Earl E. Harper, Evansville College president. Kiwanis leadership in civic undertakings was the theme of Prof. Callen’s remarks, while Dr. Harper discussed European dictatorships and predicted their eventual disappearance. George Byers. Lafayette, was favored to succeed Myron McCurry, Franklin, When the 300 delegates ballot for anew district governor.

FARM BUREAU FORMS “MINUTE MEN’ UNIT 6500 Members Will Conduct* Campaign of Education. The Minute Men, subsidiary of the Indiana Farm Bureau, was formed yesterday at a meeting of the bureau in the Washington. There are 6500 members. Purposes of the organization will be to conduct a state-wide educational campaign on agricultural and business questions. Speakers yesterday included Lewis Taylor, president of the Indiana Farm Bureau, and V. Vaniman, Chicago, organization director of the American Farm Bureau. FOOTBALL TO BENEFIT CITY'S SOUP KITCHEN Officials Named to Committee to Arrange Match. Mayor Kern yesterday appointed Joseph B. Tynan, his secretary; Albert H. Losche, city purchasing agent, and H. M. Tebay, deputy controller, as members of a committee to plan a benefit football game to aid the city soup kitchen. It is expected that Cathedral High School’s grid team will be selected to play a strong rival here on Thanksgiving. FRIENDS OF AMERICA OPEN 5-YEAP SESSION World Conference Discussion Holds Attention of Delegates. By United I’rcss RICHMOND, Ind., Oct. 22.—The five-year meeting of Friends of America opened here today with several hundred delegates in attendance. Preliminary sessions of the executive committee were held yesterday. Among those attending the meeting were Emma Clarke, Baltimore; Frank Dell, San Francisco; W. O. Mendenhall, president Whittier College; William E. Berry. lowa City; Richard L. Hollowell, Nathan B. Andrews and Raymond Binford, North Carolina, and Lindley M. Binford, Maine. Discussions today centered about a proposed world conference to be held in 1937.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

INSPECTION OF AUTOS BEATEN BYCOUNCILMEN Take Stand That Drivers Are Mostly to Blame for Accidents. Convinced that most accidents are caused by liquor and speed and not by defective automobiles, the City Council last night killed a measure that sought to provide compulsory semi-annual inspection of motor vehicles. “Our problem is careless and drunken drivers and not imperfect machines.” William A. Oren said. “If we want a safety measure pass one that calls for a check on car operators.” This measure, sponsored by the Citizen's Safety Committee, would have provided that the inspection be made under police supervision at an annual cost of $1 to automobile owners. Questions Validity In a lengthy memorandum. Virgil Sheppard, Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce director, declared that a state enabling act would have to be passed before a measure of this kind would be constitutional. Under a suspension of the rules, council passed an ordinance giving the State Highway Commission the right to improve Southeastern-av from English-av to the city limits with Federal funds. This project will be part of one of the first Federal "farm to market” highways constructed in Indiana. The city will maintain the section of the road w’ithin the corporate limits. Unanimous approval of the Utility District directors’ action in acquiring the Citizens Gas Cos. was given. Although two ordinances providing for fund transfers from various accounting items in the fire department and City Hospital budgets were passed, the Council declared in the future it would seek to head off as much of this "fund juggling” as possible. “If we force departments to follow their budgets we will save taxpayers’ money,” Mr. Oren declared. "City officials see that they have requested too much money for some items and they get the surplus transferred to places where they easily can spend it. If we refused transfers department heads would economize.” Barber Measure Waits Councilmen limited parking on W. Michigan-st from Tremont-st to the Belt Railroad to one hour and a half. Opponents of a pending measure which calls for sanitary inspection of barber shops fillled the council chamber. Their leader, Michael Roach, said the ordinance would be used to force independent barbers into the union. “This ordinance is just the same as the state act, and under that law union leaders have harassed us,” he asserted. “Some union men have attempted to destroy our shops and have endangered our lives.” The Council took no action. Other measures delayed would provide $40,000 for a swimming pool in Brookside Park, relocation of the dog pound, regulation of gasoline storage and repeal of an anti-pick-eting ordinance. Three small fund transfer measures and a bill allocating $91,758 gasoline tax revenue were introduced. An amendment to the zoning ordinance seeking to make the territory bounded by Massa-chusetts-av, E. lOth-st and New-man-st an industrial district, and a bill to provide loading zones at 1321 N. Meridian-st and 30 Monument Circle, were given first reading.

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FACES LIFE TERM

Thomas Welshans

JAMES MANNIX WINS CONTEST ‘Wallie’s Wings’ Adjudged Best Name Entered in Times Event. James Mannix, 922 Rilev-av, won the $5 cash prize offered by Jackie Cooper, juvenile movie star, to the The Times Junior Aviator suggesting the most appropriate name for Wallace Beery’s new airplane. “Wallie's Wings” was judged the best of the many names received by The Times Junior Aviator Editor. Jackie and Beery are appearing at Loew’s Theater in their latest picture “OShaughnessy’s Boy." Ten other members of The Times Squadron will be awarded two tickets each for “O'Shaughnessy's Boy,” the picture in which Jackie and Beery are appearing at Loew's Theater. The ten successful contestants are Elmyra Townsley. 2308 E. Wash-mgton-st; Harry Mitchell. 1035 Al-bany-st; George Jones, 1005 Mar-ion-av; Elmer Counts, 2841 N. Ches-ter-st; James Vize, 1523 S. Capitolav; Walter Howser Jr., 652 N. Jef-ferson-av; Lloyd Jones, 1005 Mar-ion-av; Wallace Miner. 25 Johnsonav; John Foster, 105 N. Gale-st, and Edward Harness, 324 E. 12th-st. Winners should call at The Times office for their prizes, presenting their Junior Aviation membership cards as identification. HORTICULTURAL SHOW SCHEDULED AT PURDUE Fifteenth Annual Three-Day Event to Open Nov. 8. By Times Special LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct, 22.—Preliminary plans for the fifteenth annual horticultural show at Purdue University were under way today as officials announced student managers for the three-day exhibit opening Nov. 8. The staff in charge includes J. F. Schmidt, Ft. Wayne, manager; H. H. Emme, Butler, premium manager; L. L. Morris, Terre Haute, and C. D. Koch, Indianapolis, assistant managers. MISSISSIPPI SUSPECT NOT HUNTED KIDNAPER Department of Justice Reveals Man Not Robinson. By United Press WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.—The Department of Justice announced today that the suspect held at Belzoni, Miss., is not- Thomas H. Robinson Jr., long hunted kidnaper. The department said that ag/nts investigated the man arrested by local authorities at the Mississippi town and found he was not Robinson,

WELSHANS WILL HEAR SENTENCE PASSED FRIDAY Murderer of Sweetheart May File Appeal From Verdict. (Continued From Page One) Bess.'' was said to have caused the slaying. His defense was that he shot her, accidentally, in an attempt to frighten her. The jury took six ballots before arriving at a verdict. He was found guilty of murder on .the first ballot. The other votes were taken to determine whether it was first or second degree. A first degree murder verdict carries the death sentence, while second degree, imposes life imprisonment. Five of thp eight women jurors held out for the lesser punishment. Mrs. Welshans Faints “He should have been given the electric chair,” shouted Mr. Ferguson, the girl's father, after the verdict was returned. Mrs. Mildred June Brockman, the girl's mother, agreed. Mrs. Lillian Welshans, his mother arrived at the Courthouse too late to hear the verdict read and fainted when told of the finding. Welshans, without show of emotion. heard the verdict, then asked how long he must serve before being eligible for parole. Persons convicted of seco.id-degree murder must serve 20 years before applying for a parole. Girl’s Father Would Fight Pardon “I’ll start a trust fund to prevent any one from attempting to obtain a pardon for him,” declared the girl’s father. In the closing arguments Henry O. Goett, deputy prosecutor, made his first jury talk in a murder case. He charged the defense testimony "is perjury and conceived by Welshans and his co-conspirators.” He declared the insanity defense a “sham of inferences” and asserted that Welshans had malice in his heart when he shot and killed his sweetheart. Her death was not accidental or the rage of a disappointed lover, he said. Earlier in the day James A. Watson, deputy prosecutor, termed Welshans a “fiend” and a "modern Don Juan.” Roy L. Volstad. defense attorney, argued that Welshans did not intend to kill the girl. BOARD APPROVES PLANS Bids to Be Accepted for Crippled Children's School. Formal approval of plans for the James E. Roberts School for Crippled Children was voted at a special meeting of the School Board yesterday. Advertisements for bids are to be made immediately. Wilbur Shook, of the firm of McGuire & Shook, architects, presented the drawings.

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SPINE AILMENTS BELIEVED CAUSE OF MELANCHOLIA Chiropractors Hear Head of College Explain Curvature. If a child bites his fingernails or is stubborn—if a young woman is melancholy, or if a young man is deeply in love—it's all due to curvature of the spine. Dr. James R. Drain, Texas Chiropractic College president, told delegates to the Indiana Chiropractic Association convention at the Lincoln today. "Yesterday a jury refused to take the life of a young man convicted in your courts on a murder charge.” Dr. Drain said. They're getting human in Indiana, in nty state they burn 'em, I'm ashamed to say. What they should do. now that they have taken away Thomas Wclshan s liberty, is to give him the benefit of science." Election of officers nominated at yesterday's session was to be held before adjournment today. Nominees for president are: Dr. C. R. Davidson, Portland: Dr. F H Maisrl. Gary, and Dr W. R Gwynn. Indianapolis. The vice president nominees a v e Dr. J. A. Harcourt, Hagi erst own, and Dr. Gwynn. Dr. C. E. Sowers. Bluffton. is unopposed for I secretary-treasurer. Auxiliary nominees are: President. Mrs. W. F. Warrington. Wabash; vice president, Mrs. J. N. Firth, Indianapolis, and Mrs. C. F. Kaiser. Connersville; secretai"' Mrs. Paul Watson, Ft. Wavne and treasurer. Mrs. W. H. Gwynn, Ini dianapolis. Delegates to the national association are Dr. Maisel, Dr. H. K. McIlrop. Indianapolis; Dr. Paul J. Goebel. Ft. Wayne, and the new ! president. CITY MINISTERS ADOPT •GO TO CHURCH' PLAN Rev. E. J. I nruh Guest Speaker at First Baptist Church. A resolution favoring the adoption of the laymen’s "go to church" pro- ! gram for November was voted by Indianapolis Ministers Association members in the First Baptist Church yesterday. The ministers were guests at the regular meeting of the Baptist Min- : isters’ Association. The Rev. E. J. j Unruh, Central Universalist Church ' pastor, spoke on "The Threat of War.” Mr. Unruh is executive secrei tarv of the Indiana Council of International Relations. Civil War Veteran Dies at 90 By United Press HUNTINGTON, Ind., Oct. 22. Alexander Hamilton Fisher. 90. Civil War veteran, died at his home here today. He served with Gen. U. S. Grant's army at Vicksburg and in other notable battles of the war.