Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 251, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 December 1935 — Page 3

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KIDNAP ‘HOAX,’ . ACTOR-AUTHOR TELLS G-MEN Milne Breaks After Long Grilling: Denies He Had Aids. (Continued From Pape One) he said, and to leave a trail supporting his story, inquired at several houses in the neighborhood for the square’s location. Then he rode to Grand Central Terminal on a subway and put a letter addressed to Frederic, in New York, aboard a train just pulling out for northern New York. The trick worked just as he had planned—the letter came to Frederic early Sunday morning postmarked at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.. where railway postoffice clerks had put it off for re- > routing. Spirit Time Reading The package he mailed in the termir,xl. Traveling in the parcel post classification, it arrived at the palatial home of his grandfather in Germantown two days later. Milne said he went to Trenton, N. J., by bus and stayed there until the following Wednesday, spending his time reading books in a public library. There he mailed a note demanding ransom to his grandfather Wednesday he went to Lambertville, N. J., by bus ; That night he set out on foot toward Doylestown and when about five miles from his starting point, threw away his hal and overcoat. He walked a few miles farther, choosing a likely place where he could be found. There he taped his lips and eyes with adhesive tape and tied himself with rope he had brought along. Then he threw himself into a ditch, where he was found later by four youths. Convinced Hospital Doctors They took him first to a nearby doctor's home, then to the Doylestown hospital where his realistic performance of a man suffering from hunger, exposure and the after effects of narcotics was, Federal Agents admitted, first class art. The hospital doctors apparently took his symptoms seriously and told Harold Nathan, Hoover's assistant, that they would not be responsible if they questioned him too severely. Milne was kept tinder guard at the hospital several days, then taken to his mother’s home in Woodstock. Federal agents, checking his story, became more and more convinced that it was a hoax. Yesterday aftf ernoon they brought Milne here and confronted him with their evidence. After hours of questioning, he broke down. The questioning was conducted by Mr. Nathan, Rhea Whitley, chief Department of Justice agent, for New York area, and Inspector Michael F. McDermott, New York police department. Grandfather ‘Shocked’ By t nilrd I'n xx PHILADELPHIA. Dec 28,-Calcb J. Milne Jr., wealthy grandfather of Caleb J. Milne IV, w'as “shocked" today when informed that his grandson confessed his kidnaping was a hoax. “It’s inconceivable, Mr. Milne said. “I can’t believe such a story.” He told the United Press he had talked with J. Edgar Hoover, chief justice agent, yesterday afternoon regarding Caleb’s departure from his mother's home at Woodstock, N. Y„ but was given no information as to the belief of Federal agents at that time. Mr. Milne said he had visited the y youth for about only two minutes " while he was recuperating in a Doylestown hospital. “Caleb appeared very weak and was unable to talk, so I did not stay long,” he assertqd As to the alleged hypodermic needle marks in his one arm. Mr. Milne said he did not know definitely, “but his one arm was very sore.” The youth's grandfather added that he would not, go to New York, and he would “stay in the background," as he had done all along. Doctor Refuses Comment By United Prrxx DOYLESTOWN. Pa., Dec. 28—Dr Bradford Greene, who attended Caleb J. Milne IV in the Doylestown Hospital, refused to comment today when informed that the youth has confessed his kidnaping w r as a hoax. “I have nothing to say,” Dr. Greene asserted, “and furthermore, there is no one at the hospital who will say anything.” POST EXISTS 54 YEARS G. A. R. I'nit Disbands On Date It Was Organized. By United Pn xx ST. JOSEPH, Mo.. Dec. 28 —Fiftyfour years from the day Custer Post No. 7. Grand Army of the Republic was organized here, it was disbanded. During all its history', the past never missed a meeting date. At one time membership was 1300. When it was disbanded there were four living members. 1 DIPHTHERIA RATE DROPS Physician Says Decli;.- Is Due (o Toxoiding Children. By Unitr<i Pro* RICHMOND HILL. Ont.. Dec. 28. —Within five years diptheria cases In Toronto have dropped from 2200 to 22, according to Dr. Gordon Jackson. Toronto medical officer. He said the decrease resulted from toxoiduig of children.

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Automobiles reported to police as stolen belong to: Indian* State Highwav Commission. 510 W Market-st, Ford truck. T-10-681 from Weat and Market-sts.

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Stolen automobiles recovered by police belong to: McGuire Sales Cos . Greenfield. Ind Chevrolet sedan, found at Court and Penn-•ylvania-ats. George Barrett. 156 1 ? N Illmois-st. Ford coupe, found in fron; of 603 N West-st Ralph Duncan. 520 N Sherman-dr Oldsmobile coach, found in rear of 22 W 9th•t. Floyd Cor 932 N Aiabama-st. Hupmoblle coupe, found at 2670 Northwest-exn-av.

DICTATING A DRAFT OF ‘MY DAY’

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Under the title of “My Day,” Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the President. writes a daily column relating the most interesting events and experiences of her every day. Mrs. Roosevelt here is seen dictating to her secretary, Mrs. Malvina Thompson Scheider. “My Day” will appear daily in The Times beginning next Monday.

First Lady Earns Nearly as Much as President Mrs. Roosevelt’s $72,000 a Year All Goes to Charity —and She Pays Income Tax! Eleanor Roosevelt earns nearly as much a year as her husband, the President—and it costs her money. The salary of the chief executive of the nation is $75,000 a year. Mrs. Roosevelt's earnings, from radio addresses, magazine and newspaper articles, mount as high as $72,000 for a 12 months’ period.

All of these earnings she turns over entirely to charity, without even deductions from the total for the expenses she incurs in the course of amassing them. But still further than that, she pays from her own personal funds the income tax upon them. In the case of the First Lady, the more she makes, the more she loses. Despite this, Mrs. Roosevelt is ever seeking new means of accumulating funds for the causes of social betterment, education and welfare work in which she is eagerly interested. Newest among her undertakings is a daily column reporting the most interesting events and experiences of her every day life. This brief article, “My Day,” is to be published every day beginning next Monday in The Times and simultaneously in other leading newspapers throughout the country. Considerations of income, however, are but one factor which prompted Mrs. Roosevelt to enter the ranks of the daily columnists of the nation. She is not only intensely interested in doing a multitude of things but also in writing o r them, so that others may share her interests and the benefits of her findings. The result is “My Day.” a brief column setting forth the high lights of every day in the life of the First Lady. The Times believes that it will prove a popular daily feature. BACTERIOLOGISTS TO MEET HERE IN 1936 Word Received of Intention to Accept Invitation. American Bacteriologist Society is to accept the invitation extended by Indianapolis to hold the annual national convention here next year, according to word sent here yesterday by Dr. Earl Meyer of the University of California, president of the society, to Cecil K. Calvert, president of the Indiana branch. The convention now is being held in New York. It is expected to bring about 450 delegates for the session, here during 1936 holidays. The invitation was extended on behalf of Indianapolis by public officials, local officials of the Indiana branch of the society and officers of drug firms. OFFICERS TAKE REINS New Elwood Kiwanis Leaders to Preside at Meeting. Timex Special ELWOOD. Ind., Dec. 28.—Newly installed Kiwanis officers will be in charge of the club's meeting Wednesday. Presiding will be Glenn Auxter. president; Ben Baker, vice president, and Paul Summers, treasurer. Directors for 1936 are Graydon Hubbard, Palmer J. Davis, Roscoe Hurd. J. L. Anderson. Roscoe Stevens, M. M. York and John Crombie.

STATE DEATHS

BENNINGTON— John Becker. 69. farmer. Survivors Widow. Elizabeth: Mrs. Anna Scherer and Miss Mary Becker; son. John Becker. RENNSELAER —Georse B. Parkinson, farmer. Survivors: Sons, Clifford and Allen: daughter. Mrs. Roe Yeoman. LAFAYETTE—John E Roberts. 83. Survivors: Son, Ray; daughter, Mrs. Floyd Johnson. FOWLER—Lewis Harkrider. 75 Survivors: Widow. Ida: brother. Le Harkricirr sister. Mrs. Nannie Broshears. MONON —Samuel Kelly Booher, 69 Survivors: Widow: son. Wilfred Booher; daughter. Mrs. Rose Hoover. SCiriO—Mrs Rose Bell Amick. 72. Survivors: Sons. Chester and Robert: daughter, Mrs Mary Childs: brothers. Bert. Elmer, Charles. C T. and J. P Amick. KOKOMO —Austin Frey. 50. farmer Survivors: Widow. Ethel: daughters. Mrs. Lucile Regan. Mrs. Viola Satkelbeck and Miss Bannabelle Fry: sons Gilbert and Austin Jr,: parents. Mr. and Mrs. William Fry; brothers. Elmer and Floyd Fry; sisters, Mrs. Geraldine Powell. Sherpian C Garritson. 66 Survivors: Brotheis. U. G. Garritson; sister, Mrs. F. M Shields. BEARD —Mrs. Mary Short. 74. Survivors; Son. John: brothers. James and Lewis Beard: sisters. Mrs. Ed Gray and Mrs. Maggie Rice. MATTHEWS—Francis M. Shoemaker. Survivors: Sons. Waldo and Arthur; daughters. Mrs Merle Hodges. Mrs Joseph Barton and Miss Hazel Shoemaker; brotheis, John and Charles Shoemaker. GREENFIELD—WiIIiam W Piles. 87. farmer. Survivors: Son. James: daughter. Mrs. Samuel Cory. Rl'SHVlLLE—Charles Perkins. 57, Survivors: Brother. Jake Perkins; sister. Mrs Francis Fore. SHELBYVILLE—Louis Robert Atkins. 68 Survivors: Widow. Mary Elizabeth, sons, Charles and Frank Atkins. JEFFERSONVILLE Richard Charles Simpson. 27. Survivors: Mother. Mrs. Mollie Denslord; sisters, Mrs Mollie Truesdale and Miss Lena May Simpson: brothers. Clarence and Chester Sin.pson; half-brother. Franklin Densford. John W Mullen. 75 Survivors: Son. Edward: daughter. Miss Catherine Mullen: brothers. James and Thomas Mullen; sisters. Misses Marv and Julia Mullen. Edward C Schowe. 88. Survivors: Widow Stella: daughter. Miss Lelah Schowe; son. Ernest Schowe. MICHIGAN ClTY—Merritt F Stephenson 76 Survivors: Widow, Lena: sons. H. R. and M. E, Stephenson. Bartholomew Wozmak. 48. farmer Survivors Brothers. Frank. Andrew. Michael and Thomas Wozniak. MI'NCIE —Robert Olin Grow. 26 Survivors Parents. Mr and Mrs Rolla J Grow; brothers. Ivan. Ronald. Hubert and James Grow, sisters. Miss Dorothy and Mrs. Letha Keener stepsister. P.osanna Swindler. William Pearl Crist. 66 Survivors Marv: daughtr, Mr*. Albert Miller; son, W. Earl

PRIVATE RITES ARRANGED FOR MRS. J, ADAM Rev. Wicks and Rev. Daries to Lead Services in Home. Private funeral services for Mrs. Josephine B. Adam, 3058 Fall Creek-.jlvd, who died yesterday in Robert W. Long Hospital, are to be held in the home Monday at 10. The Rev. Frank S. C. Wicks, pastor of All Souls Unitarian Church, is to conduct services, assisted by the Rev. Frederick R. Daries, pastor of Zion Evangelical Church. Burial is to be in Crown Hill. Mrs. Adam, who was 74, was a life-long resident of Indianapolis, was active in the Ladies' Society of the Indianapolis Maennerchor and theh Ladies Aid Society of the Unitarian Church. She was the widow of Charles H. Adam, former secretary of the Indiana Trust Cos. Survivors are three sisters, Mrs. Julia Frick. Mrs. P. F. Balz and Mrs. John B. Stokesberry, and two brothers. Gustave A. Jose and Oscar A. Jose. Mock Rites Monday Services for Mrs. Ray R. Mock, former Indianapolis school teacher, are to be held Monday at 10:30 in Flanner & Buchanan Mortuary. Mrs. Mock died Thursday night in her home, 4104 N. Capitolav. She was 45. A native of Delphi, Mrs. Mock also had lived in Lafayette before coming to Indianapolis. She was a member of North M. E. Church and the Order of Eastern Star and was active in Parent-Teacher Association work. Survivors are the widower and two daughters. Betty Jane and Wilma Jean Mock. John Cooper Dies Funeral arrangements are being made for John Cooper, 955 W. 30thst, who died last night of heart disease at his home. He was 51. Mr. Cooper was an employe of the Indiana Dairymen's Association. He was a member of Masonic Lodge and Odd Fellows at New Augusta. Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Pansy Cooper; his mother, Mrs. Anna Cooper of New Augusta; two brothers, George of Los Angeles, and Frank Cooper of New Augusta, and a sister, Mrs. Nell McGonagle of Indianapolis.

Crist: brothers. Ed. Winfield and James Crist; sisters, Mrs. Peter Eckerle and Mrs. Cleo Clriger. Albert Chambers. 59. Survivors: Widow Sarah; stepdaughters, Misses Catherine and Rosalene Smith and Evelvn Kehlenback; stepson. Stephen Smith; sisters. Mrs. Wm. Gillespie. Mrs. Charles Havlor and Mrs. Grover Fritz: brothers. John Alonzo and Fred Chambers. RICHMOND—Mrs. Mary Twehus, 61. Survivo’s: Widower. Herman: sisters. Mrs. Clara Beckshult. Mrs. Elizabeth Twecke Mrs. Anna Miller and Mrs. Fi\>d Scharff' brothers. Henry and John Beckshult. CENTER VHXE~Mrs Lutheria A. Gaubv, 81. Survivors: Daughters. Mrs. F E Benz Mrs. Helen Cox. Mrs. John Seema and Mrs. G. T. Boyer. n?a Teele. 74. Survivors: Widower. William: son. Charles: ters. Mrs. Clara Daniels and Mrs. Lottie Oltrander, sister. Miss Marv Windisch; brothers. Frank and Charles Windisch. BLOOMINGTON-Mrs. Dena R Milier w Survivors: Sisters. Mrs. J. S Levi and oT,a G r Kar |J ll: brothers. Morton. Albert and Louis Haas. SHERIDAN—Robert C. Kercheval, 42 Survivors: Two brothers and sister. DANVILLE—John L. Winter. 67. Survivors: W'idow; son Herman, foster son Fred A. Thomas: sister. Mrs. Minnie Courtnew SPENCER—Mrs Burah B Cooper. 61 Survivors: Daughters, Mrs C. P. Greene Mrs. Mark Johnson and Mrs T f;!de Hettiger. sisters, Mrs. Albert Mathews and Mrs. Gail Spangler. ALEXANDER —William Hicks. 84. Survivors: Sister. Mrs. Ada Null. DECATUR—Miss Emma Nussbaum. 35 Survivors: Sisters. Mrs. Noah D Schwartz' Mrs. Joel M. Schwartz. Lvdia and Rosina Nussbaum. BEDFORD—Jesse Burl Hill. 65. Survivors. Widow. Clara; sons. Arthur and Luther: daughters. Miss Dorothv Hill and Mrs. Lena Bartlett: sisters. Mrs Elizabeth Henderson and Mrs. Arminia ' Plummer; brothers. Styles and Laurel Hill. HUNTINGTON—John W. Zook. 82. Survivors W'idow, three sons, daughter, stepi son and two step-daughters. BCTLER—Ed May, 58. Survivors: W’fdow and son. ANGOLA—Mrs. Dora Parsell, 75. Sur- ; vivors: Son. daughter, twin sister and brother WABASH—Mrs. Edith Love, 64. Mrs. Matilda Levesay. 84. ALBURN--George Recktenwald. 64 Survivors: Widow, two brothers and sister. Mrs. Nora Thompson, FORT WAYNE—AIva Ray Shockley. 47. Survivors: Widow. Estella; daughter Miss Hope Shockley: sister Mrs. Lulu Burns. Harley E. Harshman. 57. Survivors: Widow. Bessie; parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Harshman: brother. Charles: sisters. Mrs. Doris Inmann. Mrs Nellie Pratt and Mrs Bertha Miller i MONROEVILLE—Mrs Luvina Salwav, 83 Survivors: Sons. Frank. Waiter and ■ George Saiway.

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CHURCH LEADER URGES UNITY IN TALK AT BUTLER Termed Best Chance for Christianity to Fight Modern Trends. (Continued From Page One) party in England w r as more than a political movement—it was a movement for the betterment of "nankind. “Surely the church can create widespread public opinion in social matters that is far in advance of political conflicts.” he said. In an interview. Archbishop Temple told of the British admiration for President Roosevelt and his social experimentation. A united church militantly active in promoting social and political reconstruction is necessary before the church can become a world community, Dr. T. Z. Koo, Chinese Christian leader, said. Main obstacles to the realization of the church as a world community are differences among churches, racial differences and economic exploitation, he stated. Theological differences drive Christians into isolated sects, racial differences raise a barrier to unity and economic exploitation divides the world into two classes, the exploited and the exploiters, Dr. Koo declared. “Leave Dirty Work to Others” “Christians have been taught to long for and dream of a more social work, out they leave the dirty work to others,” Dr. Koo said. “Although we have been told that Communists are atheists and brutal, it was the Communists and not the Christians who reconstructed Russia.” "Economic exploitation is driving the world into war in the eastern and western hemispheres, and, although all Christians desire peace, how ineffective we are.” Dr. Koo accused the church of meeting the inroads of secularism by making the church more secular to appeal to more persons. Should Nurture Spiritual Life “In these days of tensions, the church should nurture the spiritual life and teach contemplation and repose. If we can not help men to know God, there is little else we can give them they could not get elsewhere,” Dr. Koo said. The speaker described the three current attitudes toward God as: there is no God. God is only a convenient projection of the human mind, and God is an objective reality. A unity of purpose and a return to personal worship are necessary to the Christian church today, the Rev. Robert E. Speer, Presbyterian Church foreign missions secretary, said. FARM BUREAU OFFICER TO SPEAK AT BANQUET Hassell Schenck. Lebanon, Is to Appear at Crawfordsville. Timex Special CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind„ Dec. 28.—Hassell Schenck, Lebanon, Indiana Farm Bureau vice president, is to speak before 200 members of the Montgomery County Bureau and their families at a banquet preceding the bureau’s annual business meeting at the First United Brethern Church here Tuesday night. The business meeting is to be given over to annual townships reports and election of officers and directors for the new year. Present bureau officers are Walter Thompson, president; Ollie Schenck, vice president, and Clifford Quigg, secretary. SUES FOR BACK PAY Former Probation Officer Charges Salary Was Cut in 1932-33. Alleged back salary amounting to $590 is demanded in a suit on file today in Circuit Court against j Marion County. The action was j brought yesterday by Estel Marie Welty, former probation officer, and charges the money is due for the years 1932 and 1933. The complaint says that members of the County Council reduced pay of the plaintiff below that fixed by four Municipal Court judges. FIREMEN PICK LEADERS Officers of Association to Take Over Duties Jan. 1, New officers of Local 416, International Firefighters Association, to assume their duties Jan. 1, are: William Griffis, president; William O'Neil, vice president; George Ream, recording secretary; Fred Freis, secretary-treasurer, and trustees. Michael Qualters, Elwood Johnson, Calvin Martin, R. O. Phillips and George James. Follows Husband In Job Timex Special JEFFERSONVILLE. Ind., Dec. 28. —Mrs. Monte Bush, widow of Norman L. Bush, county treasurer, has I been elected by Washington County Commissioners to fill the vacancy left by his death. Dry Leader to Speak Speaker for a meeting of the Men's Brotherhood of the Lyndhurst Baptist Church Tuesday night is to be E. A. Miles, Indiana AntiSaloon League counsel. His topic is ! to be “Imperfect Laws.” ' ‘ Killer Suspect Slain | By United Prcxx BUTTE. Mont.. Dec. 28.—A policeman last night shot and killed William Henry Knight. 40. ex-convict and suspected slayer of four persons. at the window of a Butte residence. Heart Attack Fatal to Clerk. John Cooper. 50. a clerk, died i last night at his home. 955 W. 30thst. His body was found by his wife. Mrs. Pansy Cooper, when she returned from a show. The death was due to heart disease. Two Rings Reported Stolen Miss Marie Sargent, 27 W. St. Clair-st. reported to police today j that a burglar stole two rings vali ued at S9O from her honae.

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Appointed to a four-year term on the Park Board, Mrs. Louis R. Markun, Jan. 1 will take the Republican chair occupied for six years by Logan C. Scholl. HALLEGK REPEATS SLUSH FUND CHARGE PWA Workers Assessed by Farley, G. 0. P. Told. Charges that Democratic national leaders are raising a huge slush fund by assessment of "alphabetical agency” workers was being pondered today by members of the Hoosier Republicans, Inc. Rep. Charles A. Halleck. Rensselaer. speaking yesterday in the Columbia Club, declared Democratic National Chairman James A. Farley and other leaders have taken a leaf from Indiana’s famous “2 Per Cent Club.” “I am informed,” Rep. Halleck said, “that the Democratic workers of a PWA division started the slush fund in the Willard Hotel, Washington, D. C., last w r eek. The employes are given the opportunity to pledge a percentage of their salaries to the Farley hope chest, it is said. However, word has been passed around the division, according to my information, that if any worker wants to keep his job, he had better contribute.” Such an assessment of Federal workers should “provide a lot of grease for the Democratic band wagon,” Rep. Halleck said. FEATHER GIVES AWAY TWO QUAIL HUNTERS Alert Warden Supported by Judge, Assessing Fines of 520.05 Each. Timex Special HAMMOND. Ind., Dec. 28.—When Leland Tuttleton and Raymond Williams were stopped by Michael Obermeyer and Peter Bartock. game wardens. Bartock saw a tiny feather fall from the coat of Tuttleton. He decided to look for contrabrand despite assertions of innocence. Only after an intensive search did the warden confirm his suspicions. Concealed beneath a thermos bottle in a lunch kit were four quail. Peace Justice J. K. Wolfe, addressing the hunters, said, “You each owe $20.05.”

Citizens Are Blamed for Minnesota Gang Invasion Problem of Ending Alliance Between Politics and Crime Purely Local, Says Law and Order League Head. BY FORREST DAVIS Times Special Writer ST. TAUL Minn., Dec. 28.—“ The job of cleaning up Minnesota's gangland end ending the vicious alliance between politics and crime belongs to the people,” Merill Hutchinson, president of the Law and Order League and the most courageous fighter for upright government in Min-

neapolis said today. “It doesn’t belong to the Federal government or to any one outside the state.” Mr. Hutchinson, head of a large advertising agency, understands the intricate relationship between officialdom and crimedom as well as any one outside the infected groups. He organized the Grand Jury Foremen’s Association, w'hich is beginning to function as a continued check upon the county attorney's office; he condemns the city's unique lawlessness incessantly over a radio station. He has received numerous threats. Although fearless, he moves about the city prudently, taking care never to be alone in out-of-the-w'ay corners. Blames Citizens Mr. Hutchinson blames the situation on the political apathy of the citizens. “We are governed by minorities,” he soid. “Olson is a minority Governor; the Mayor of Minneapolis was elected by only 39 per cent of those registered to vote. The stay-at-home vote tells the story. “I am reluctant to reflect on Minneapolis’ good name outside the city, but I feel that only publicity, only a shedding of light, will bring us relief.” The Law and Order League knows the whole tawdry story, book, chapter and verse. Its investigators constantly sift the underw'orld gossip for the truth. Steadily the League seeks to bring offenders to book only to be met with a stone wall of opposition in official circles. They tell of all but incredible incidents were indictments have rested in desk drawers for months in cases which at the outset aroused the whole city. “It is the underworld's arrogance

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WESTTUCLOSE j PROBE OF TODO DEATH MYSTERY ‘Unsolved’ to Be Decision Unless New Evidence Is Produced. By United Prcxx LOS ANGELES. Dec. 28—Unless Roland West can give some evidence that would warrant further inquiry into the death of Thelma Todd, the investigation probably will end with his testimony Monday, county grand jurors declared today. Investigators were ready to file the death of the blond actress among “unsolv , ed mysteries” after witnesses w'ho had been expected | to give important testimony failed to add materially to known facts. West, business partner of the actress, declared he knew the man Miss Todd intended taking to the I Wallace Fords’ cocktail party Sunday, Dec. 15, hours after the time fixed by police that she died in a ! carbon monoxide-filled garage. Doubts Wrestler’s Story “I know who was to be her guest at the cocktail party on the day she j was supposed to have died,” West : declared. West made his statement after : the admission of Duke York Jr., ! actor and author, that he and Lord Lansdowne. monacled wrestler, were the mysterious guests mentioned by Miss Todd in a telephone call to Mrs. Ford Sunday afternoon. “I don’t believe a word of York's story. I’m going to tell the grand ! jury who she planned to take lo i the party as soon as the jury asks | me, not before.” West declared. Pasquelle De Cicco, Miss Todd's divorced husband so-called “key witness” in the investigation, appeared before grand jury foreman George Rochester after a transcontinental air dash. ; The handsome actor's agent said he saw Miss Todd “only five times since we were divorced.” De Cicco said he had never met West and that he didn't know anything about her death other than what he had read in newspapers. New Witness Called De Cicco denied he was the “dark handsome” foreigner Jewel Carmen, West’s estranged wife, said she saw j with Miss Todd at 11 p. m. Sunday. De Cicco had been quoted in the East as saying he believed the entire investigation was an attempt of politicians to “get their names in the papers.” Discord was reported within the closed grand jury session with several jurors charging the investigation was “a waste of taxpayer’s j money.” Unless ‘tangible evidence” is proj duced Monday, the case will be | closed. Deputy District Attorney George Johnson said. i Another witness to appear before the jury's session next week is Carl H. Carter, night watchman, who claimed he saw “strange activity” around the garage at approximately the time fixed by police for Miss Todd's death. Quins’ Incubator Here i The incubator in which the Di- ! onne quintuplets spent their first : days of life is on display today in Ia window of the L. S. Ayres & Cos. store.

I which tells the tale,” said Mr. 1 Hutchinson. “They don’t even bother to move for the cops. A figure in the Walter W. Liggett case shot and crippled a policeman for life. The criminals there present made up a purse for the cripple and no indictments were returned—no arrests made. In other cities, the shooting of a policeman is serious business. Not so in Minneapolis.” The murderers es Mr. Liggett, editor of the Mid-West American, may be convicted. No one may be sure of that. But the sac that suspects are to be prosecuted is an advance on the Howard Guilford case. No one was prosecuted when ! Mr. Guilford, another weekly editor, was assassasinated 15 months ago. Minneapolis Wide Open So, the Minneapolis houses of illfame advertise their presence with i blazing Neo lights; the whir of the dime and quarter slot machines is a familiar sound; gambling houses operate luxuriously; liquor is bootlegged. cut and forced on neighborhood retailers by violence. Mini neapolis is wide open. The facts of the political-criminal alliance are open to any inquirer.. In my two-weeks stay I could have filled two volumes with credible reports, records and figures—naming names and places. Only the will to | correct it is lacking. My investigation has reached as far. perhaps, as is possible without offficial collaboration. It is diffi- ; cult to verify many moral certaini tic 7 without the pressure of law’ en- ! forcement agencies on witnesses. The problem is, as Mr. Hutchinson ob- : serves, one for the people of Minne--1 sota.

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Sunrise 7:87 Sunwt {27 TEMPERATURE —Off. 28. 19S1— 7 a. m lpm {.*> —Todar—- * a- m 1" 8 a. m J 1 7 a. m II 9 a m. 13 BAROMETER 7 a. m. 30.32 Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m .01 Totai precipitation since Jan 1 37 r? Deficiency since Jan 1 1 .91 OTHER CITIES AT 7 A. M. Station. Weather. Bar Temp. Amarillo. Tex . Cioudv 29 62 34 Bismarck. N. D Cloudy 30 06 10 Boston Clear 29.96 14 Chicago Clear 30 32 12 Cincinnati Snow 30 32 12 Denver snow 29.80 30 Dodge Citv. Kas Cioudv 29.94 26 Helena. Mont PtC’ldv 29 94 38 Jacksonville. Fla ... PtCldv 30 26 32 Kansas City. Mo Cloudy 30 10 20 Little Rock. Ark. ... Rain 30 06 28 Los Angeles PtCldy 30.06 52 Miami. Fla Cloudy 30 14 50 Minneapolis .Snow 30 26 8 Mobile. Ala Rain 30 12 38 New Orleans Rain 30 00 46 New York Cloudy 30 14 20 Okla City. Okla. ... Rain 29 92 28 Omaha. Neb. ....Snow 30 14 16 Pittsburgh Snow 30 30 10 Portland. Ore Cloudy 30.02 40 San Antonio. Tex. .. Rain 29 86 38 San Francisco Cloudy 30 06 48 St. Louis Snow 30 20 16 Tampa. Fla. Cioudv 30.20 36 Washington, D. C Cloudy 30.28 20 STATECAUTIONS DRIVERS DUE TO SLICK HIGHWAYS Three Detours on Indiana Routes Are Lifted During Week. Sections of 23 highways in central Indiana, impassable Wednesday and Thursday, now are open through the use of special equipment provided by the State Highway Commission. Snow and ice-coveved highways have been opened by a day and night force. James D. Adams, commission chairman, said, but motorists are urged to drive carefully over icy sections. Three detours due to construction were removed this week, he said. Detours in effect include: Road I—Detour over city streets in Hagerstown. Road s—Detour over city streets in Huntington. Road 9—Drive carefully from junction Road 67 south of Pendleton to about three miles south of Junction Road 236 account shoulder and bridge construction. Road 15—Closed between Wabash and Road 114. detour marked over Roads 13. 213 and 114. Closed to Pendleton U. S. 36—Closed between Indianapolis and Pendteton: detour over U S. 40 to Greenfield and Roads 9 and 67; drive carefully from junction Roads 9 and 67 north to where 36 turns east, account, shoulder construction. Road 37—Detour in Paoli over city streets. Road 39—Detour In Delphi and south is two miles over city streets and narrow gravel road. U. S. 40—Traffic drive carefully past construction forces between Cambridge City and East Germantown: two lane"*traffic through bridge east of Cambridge City. U. S. 41—Drive slowly account men j working one mile north of White River | north of Hazelton; closed from Cook north to U. S. 30: car detour 19 miles starting at, Cook over county concrete road to Crown Point, then over Road 55 and U. S 30; ♦ ruck detour 22 miles from junction Road 2 to Lowell and north over countv concrete road to Crown Point, then Road 53 and U. S. 30. Road 43—Detour from a point Just south of West'ille to Michigan City is 14 miles over U. S. 6. county concrete and bituminous county road. U. S. 50—Drive carefully west of Shoals Caution On U. S.-50 due to settlement of road; bridge runaround north of Aurora. U. S. 52—Closed between Indianapolis and 71st-st north of Indianapolis; detour marked over Road 29 and county concrete road through New Augusta. Road 61 —Bridge out six miles southeast of Vincennes, detour marked from near Monroe City west and north six and onehalf miles over countv gravel road. Road 62—Detour about one mile from New Albany west over city streets and Road 133. Road (57—Detour over city streets in In. | dianapolis; closed between Indianapolis I and Anderson: detour marked over Road t 13 to Noblesville and Road 32 to Anderson Road 115—Closed between U. S. 24 and Road 15; detour marked over U S 24 | Roads 13. 213 and 114. Road 234—Detour five miles from junction U. S 41 north and east over U S 41 and county gravel road. Road 236—Detour 2.9 miles just east of Junction of Roads 67 and 236 is over county paved road and Road 67. CLUBS OF BEN-HUR TO GIVE YULE PARTY Entertainment to Be Tomorrow Night at Old Homestead. Arrius Social Club and Tirzah Club at the Ben-Hur Life Association are to give a Christmas party tomorrow night at the Old HomeI stead. 5694 N. Meridian-st. Dinner Us to be served at 6:30. Election of officers is to be held by the Social Club. New Years eve dance of Arrius Court of the Ben-Hur Association is to be held Tuesday night in Castle Hall, 230 E. Ohio-st, open to members and their friends. CLUB TO HEAR CHINESE Rotary Group to Be Addressed by Dr. T. Z. Koo Tuesday. Speaker for the Rotary Club luncheon Tuesday in the Claypool is j to be Dr. T. Z. Koo, associate general secretary of the Y. M. C. A. in China, who is in the city to address the quadrennial convention of the Student Volunteer Movement. Townsend Club to Meet Townsend Club No. 2 is to meet lat 7 :30 Monday in the First United Presbyterian Church. 22nd-st and Park-av. C. A. Saunders is to speak.

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CASH ASSURED BUILDING. LUAN SHAREHOLDERS State Promises Dividend on Liquidated Assets in Six Months. (Continued From Page One) case of some e/ the smaller trusts, the portion of funds now on hand would not be large enough to make a distribution worthwhile at this time, it was explained. Failure to press collections on mortgage loans during the gooa years when money was easy has left many of the liquidating building and loan assets in a frozen condition. The properties on which the longterm loans were made depreciated sharply in value and tightening of the real estate market failed to move them. Mortgage Loans in Denftnd Mr. Ploch has noted, however, an increasing demand for mortgage loans from lending agencies such as insurance companies. Their investing departments, he says, are interested in any good risk. The Home Owners Loan Corp. and the Federal Housing Administration both have been of aid in liquidating the associations' assets. Mr. Ploch has sold some real estate and has prospects of selling more. There now are 39 Marion County associations operating under an A or B classification. It is through means of this A and B classification for associations not yet insolvent that the state banking department's building and loan division under E. C. Bucher, supervisor. and William R. Dexheimer, liquidating examiner, is guarding against a recurrence of the chaotic financial condition in which many associations found themselves when the pinch of the depression came. There were 377 building and loan associations in Indiana as of Dec. 31, 1934. Os these, 140 have been placed under Class A. Twenty-one in the state have been placed in ini voluntary liquidation. 18 in volunj tary liquidation, five have been con- | verted into Federal savings and loan j associations, and 16 associations I have already been insured by the | Federal Savings and Loan Insurance I Corp. Want All Class A The objective of the banking de- | partment is, of course, the bringing |of all Indiana associations under Class A. It insists that such asso- | ciations meet the following requirements: 1. Unimpaired capital. which 1 means that the total liabilities of | the association to its shareholders I and creditors shall not exceed value of total assets as determined by the department. 2. Contingent fund or reserve adequate to provide for any actual or probable losses, sufficiency of the fund to be determined by the department from a fair valuation of assets. 3. Sufficient liquidity to meet reasonable withdrawal demands of shareholders and reasonable borrowing needs of the community. 4. Sufficient earning ability to pay reasonable dividends on outstanding shares. Unable to Meet Demands Class B associations are those unable to meet one or more of the Class A requirements. The banking department takes the sane and reasonable view that sn association unable to enjoy the position to which such requirements are conducive, has failed to justify its existence. However, the department does more than play policeman; it submits suggestions through which Class B associations may rehabilitate themselves and insure themselves a lease on life. These suggestions include competent appraisal, by persons disinterested in the associations, of real estate owned, appraisal of properties with mortgage loans badly in default; readjustment of offie.a building and furniture and fixtures account, and write-down or chargeoff. with department approval, of worthless and questionable assets. Insist on Insurance In addition, the department Insists in many cases, as a step to restore public confidence, the insurance of shares through the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp. This is a safeguard similar to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. which insures bank deposits. Still another suggested device to insure further liquidity, either as to payment or withdrawals or lending of money, is membership in the Federal Home Land Bank. The Department of Financial Institutions is determined, according to Richard A. McKinley, director, that liquidation must be undertaken where an association no longer can serve a need in its community, if its assets are so impaired as to make reorganization impossible or inadvisable, or where directors and officers persistently disregard the law and department regulations. It is fully empowered by the Indiana Financial Institutions Act to step in and force building and loan associations either to place themselves on a sound basis or give up the ghost.