Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 298, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 February 1936 — Page 1

YOUTH KILLED, ALLEGED GANG IS BROKEN UP Negro, 18. Dies of Gun Wounds After Chase on North Side. STOLEN CAR CRACKS UP f — -15 Robberies Admitted by Pair Caught Wednesday, Officers Claim. Another alleged bandit gang was shattered today, one of its youthful members slain by police bullets and three in jail. The dead youth is Ben Portei*. 18, Negro, shot last night when he failed to heed a police command to halt. At City Hospital, before he died, Porter is said to have confessed a purse snatching a few minutes before police bullets brought him down. Meanwhile, police and the sheriff's office continued questioning of John Faulk and Wade Stiles, who already have been identified in 15 holdups in and near the city. They were captured in a dramatic East Side gun battle with police Wednesday night, in which their pal, Howard Lipscomb, 4626 Hovey-st, was shot through his heart. The pair, according to officials, have admitted the crimes. Crack Up in Stolen Car The three Negro youths nabbed last r.ight are George Thomas, 16, of 2535 Indianapolis-av; Sam Richards, 19. of 1017 Roach-st, and James Conner, 19, of 2102 Alfrey-st, who face charges of automobile banditry, robbery and vehicle taking. Porter’s address was 2151 North-western-av. They were trapped when the stolen car they were driving crashed into the home of Harry Markey, 420 E. 33d-st, after a wild chase. The police car skidded and crashed against a street sign. Four Negroes leaped from the wrecked auto, two running north and the others south. Sergt. Charles Burkett and Patrolman Gebhart chased the pair running north. When they ignored a command to halt, Sergt. Burkett fired one shot from a sawed-off shotgun, the charge penetrating Porter's body in five places. Involves Alleged Pals Thomas halted and raised his hands. Porter is said to have named the other two, and Richards and Conner were arrested early this morning. The chase started 10 minutes after the youths are alleged to have grabbed the purse of Mrs. Jean McEllwaine, 2153 N. Alabama-st, as (Turn to Page Tljree)

PENSION PAYMENTS TO LAWYER ARE FORBIDDEN Injunction to Stop Practice Granted by Judge Pickens. A permanent injunction, forbidding payment of old-age pension checks to Louis Rosenberg, attorney. by Charles A. Grossart, County Auditor, was issued today by Superior Judge William A. Pickens. Mr. Rosenberg recently served in Circuit Court as attorney for Several hundred petitioners in Circuit Court seeking back payments. It was charged that the petitioners agreed to allow Mr. Rosenberg to receive the checks and deduct his commission. Joseph K. Brown, Negro attorney, brought suit to prevent the payments. Auditor Grossart said today he hadn’t intended to send the checks to Rosenberg. MEAT MARKET BLAZE CAUSES SSOO DAMAGE Origin of Fire at Greenwald’s Store Undetermined by Firemen. Store officials today estimated damages caused by a fire last night at Gre?nwald’s Meat Market, 26 N. Delaware-st, at SSOO. The blaze also damaged three law offices on the second floor. Cause of the fire is unknown. It started in the rear of the store, damaging meat and groceries. The alarm was turned in by John F. Manning. 2974 Paris-av, a justice of the peace whose office was one of those damaged, is located above the store. vote'wonby"SAßßAUT Chamber of Deputies Voice Confidence by 380-151 Margin. By United Press PARIS. Feb. 21.—Premier Albert Sarraut demanded and received a vote of confidence in the Chamber of Deputies today when Royalists sought to debate a left-front attack on a Royalist headquarters. The vote was 380 to 151. ' TIMES INDEX Page Amusements . / 14 Births, Deaths 11 Books 19 Bridge 16 Broun 19 Comics 29 Editorial 20 Financial 28 Food Pages 22-23 Merry-Go-Round 19 Pegler 19 Radio 9 Serial Story 17 Sport* 24-25-26 Want Ads 26-27 Woman’s Pages 16-17

TWO FEATURES START MONDAY—DIONNE MOVIE SERIAL—AND 'WHAT'S WRONG WITH INDIANAPOLIS SCHOOLS?'

The Indianapolis Times FORECAST: Unsettled tonight and tomorrow; somewhat colder tonight with lowest temperature about 10 above zero.

VOLUME 47—NUMBER 298

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A heavily loaded truck and a filling station met by accident today at 3540 W. Washington-st, and the filling station came out a battered second, as shown here. I After the truck had finished its wild dash, Robert D. Gibson, station owner, estimated his loss at S7OOO. In fact, he said that the station, which he bought just five months ago, would have to be rebuilt. The truck raised the roof, knocked down the brick supports and pushed over gasoline pumps. Omar Smith, *O, of 2303 W. Jackson-st, who was sleeping in the building at the time, suffered scalp injuries when a concrete block grazed his head. The driver, John Schatz, 24, Stubbins Hotel, said he lost control when the front left tire blew out. The truck, carrying seven tons of oil, was pretty well battered, too.

QUIZ YOUTH IN ARSON DEATHS Screams of Dying Parrot Lead Neighbors to Charred Bodies. By United Press LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21.—A 25-year-old chauffeur whose living quarters assertedly disclosed his interest and experimentation in electrical devices was held by police today as a suspect in the arson slaying of an elderly Los Angeles couple. Their charred bodies were discovered by neighbors responding to screams of their dying parrot. The youth, Fred Setter, who formerly roomed at she home of the victims, Carl S. Barbour, 66, and h-s wife, Dorothea, 61, was arrested at his apartment by officers who had “spotted” the place for 12 hours. Mr. and Mrs. Barbour were found dead yesterday. Beneath their bed, firemen found what police said was an “infernal machine.” First believed to have died by murder and suicide, police said the Barbours had been murdered when an autopsy revealed their sffulls had been crushed. Because he formerly lived W'ith the couple. Setter was sought for questioning by officers. PRESIDENT TO VISIT 4 EASTERN CITIES Roosevelt to Begin Trip From Capital Tomorrow. By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—President Roosevelt is to set out tomorrow' on his first extended trip of 1936, visiting Philadelphia, Cambridge, Mass., and Hyde Park. N. Y., before returning to the capital some time next w'eek. Two addresses, the first at Temple University and the second at his home in Hyde Park, are to mark his initial departure from Administration grind except for the brief run to New' York City recently when he took part in the dedication of the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial. At Temple, in Philadelphia, the President is to receive an honorary degree of doctor of laws after which he is to deliver a 15-minute speech. The subject has not yet been disclosed At the conclusion of the exercises he is to board his train and head for Cambridge where tomorrow' night he is to be the guest of honor at the Fly Club, of which he was a member when at Harvard. The club, it was understood, is to initiate John Roosevelt, youngest son of the President and a Harvard sophomore. Plans call for him to reach Hyde Park early Sunday. He is to remain until Tuesday or Wednesday night when he is to return to Washington. He is to deliver a five-minute radio address Sunday night as a part of the program of the National Conference of Jews and Christians. WATER CO. WORKER IS BURNEDJN BLAZE HERE Emre Kovacs Battles Way Through Flames at Plant. Trapped between icy water and burning carbon. Emre Kovacs fought his way out of a screen house of the Indianapolis Water Cos., and today is in Methodist Hospital in serious condition with burns from head to foot. Early last night Kovacs, 59. of 515 W. Court-st, entered the screen house at the company's filter plant, 951 W. 20th-st, to tend a fire in the stove. The floor, burned by the carbon, fell through and he pitched into 13 feet of water in the filter basin below. His only path of escape was through the burning carbon above and he was burned critically'.

Siki Sunk Siki Williams, Negro, had a little trouble finding the title to a truck parked in front of his home, 1854 Peck-st, last night and he invited the police in while he was rummaging around. Police found a half-gallon of whisky, a whisky punch board and 15 books of lottery tickets —all of which they viewed with the utmost suspicion. He found the title, but it was made out to Jesse Williams. He said he had done that because he had not paid his poll tax. He’s in jail today.

STERN DEFENDANTS SEEK NEW TRIALS Verdicts Unsupported by Evidence, Is Charge. New trial motions for Louis Stern, Sam Schweitzer and H. N. Collins, convicted of mail fraud by a Federal jury, were filed with Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell this afternoon. The motions contend that the verdicts were not supported by the evidence. The three were officers of the former Louis Stern & Cos., Indianapolis investment firm. A suit was on file today in Superior Court demanding $4500 judgment against Schweitzer. The action was brought by Miss Emma B. Henry, 2805 N. Illinoisst, who was one of the principal government witnesses against Schweitzer and officers and employes of the company. The complaint alleges that Schweitzer signed a promissory note agreeing to pay Miss Henry S4OOO, Aug. 9, 1934, and the money has not been paid. According to testimony introduced in the Stern mail fraud case, Schweitzer signed the note after Miss Henry had given him the S4OOO to invest.

STATE SUPERVISION OF SECURITY DRSED Federal Official Confers on Indiana Program. The executive secretary of the Federal Social Security Board this afternoon told an Indiana legislative committee that state administration or strict supervision of social security laws was necessary. The secretary, Frank Bane, Washington, said that the state should have the authority to audit the books of local security boards and specify qualifications of administrative workers. The committee preparing legislation for the coming special session (Turn to Page Three) ARTHUR HOLMES DIES Noted Detroit Doctor, 73. Had Been 111 Since December. By United Press DETROIT, Feb. 21.—Dr. Arthur Holmes, nationally known for his activities with various medical associations in the United States, died at his home yesterday. Dr. Holmes was 73. He had been ill since December. Funeral services were tentatively set for Monday. 200 REPORTED SLAIN Correspondent Says Ethiopians Fall Under Italian Attack. By United Press LONDON. Feb. 21.—Two hundred Ethiopians were killed •in a surprise attack by Italian tanks and armored cars on a column of 800 warriors near Mulata. in the Geledi area of the southern front, the Daily Mail Addis Ababa correspondent said today.

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ROOSEVELT FOR CIVILSERVICE Pending Bill Would Place Postmasters Under Merit System. By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—President Roosevelt disclosed today his hope for legislation this session putting first, second and third-class postmasters under civil service. Legislation embodying his suggestion already was pending on the House calendar feut its future was considered unceitain. At present, fourth-class pos ' ’.asters are under civil service whik others are political appointees for a four-year term. Two measures to put postmasters under civil service have been drafted, but Mr. Roosevelt did not indicate which method he favored. One is that of Chairman Robert Ramspeck (D., Ga.) of the House Civil Service Commission which would effect the change immediately. The other, sponsored by Senator Joseph C. O’Mahoney (D., Wyo.) and said to have the support of Postmaster General James A. Farley, would become effective Jan. 1, 1938.

650,000 LAID OFF IN SEASONAL DROP Decline Not Serious, Says Miss Perkins. By United Pres* WASHINGTON. Feb. 21.—Approximately 650,000 Americans lost their jobs last month in a seasonal industrial decline, Secretary Frances Perkins announced today. “The picture, of course, is jiot at all serious,” Miss Perkins added. “It was to be expected. January nearly always shows such a decline, and this year’s production fell off more than employment.” She said that industrial pay rolls in January were $17,900,000 less than in the preceding month, but were $24,500,000 higher than January, 1935. CITY IS TO REOPEN W, 10TH-ST BRIDGE Repairs on River Crossing to Start in March. Closed for six years, the W. 10thst bridge over White River is to be reopened soon. The Works Board today ordered the legal department to draft a proposed ordinance to purchase 5000 square feet of sheet steel piling, to cost approximately S3OOO, for use in the repair work. WPA labor is to be used. H. B. Steeg, City Engineer, said work would be started early in March. The city is to rent approximately $75,000 worth of construction equipment for the project. STATE C. OF C. HEAD IS IN MIAMI HOSPITAL John E. Fredrick Expected to Be Operated on for Gall Stones. By United Press KOKOMO. Ind., Feb. 21.—John E. Fredrick, Kokomo, president of the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce, is confined in a Miami 'Fla.) hospital after being taken ill suddenly aboard a ship en route to South America, friends were advised here today. He was removed from the ship at Havana and taken to Miami by airplane. He is expected to undergo an operation for gall stones.

Charge It! “Charge it to the Department of Justice!” That’s what Ziegler Dietz, Lafayette, Ind., told James Gibson, cab driver, when Gibson sought to collect $7 from him for a trip to Southport. Dietz said he was a Federal man. He’s going to have a chance to Drove it before he leave*; jail.

FOX MOVIE BATTLE RENEWEDINMURTS Order Nullifies Penalty of $235,082 or Jail. By United Press ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Feb. 21. —William Fox, former motion picture magnate, was “resting” In seclusion guaranteed by a resort hotel staff and a militant secretary today, little perturbed by having been fined $235,082 and SIO,OOO court costs yesterday and ordered to jail until he pays. His lawyers obtained a nullifying order from the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals before the Federal marshal could clap him in jail on ora?.r of the lower district court, and a court fight that has lasted many moons began all over again. Judge William Bondy in New York assessed the $235,082 fine and ordered his arrest yesterday for contempt of court in refusing to submit to examination in proceedings brought by the Capital Cos., a California concern. The Capital Cos. contends Fox owes it the amount Judge Bondy set as a fine.

HOUSE SPEEDS UP FARM BILL ACTION Amendment to Protect the Consumer Is Added. By United Press WASHINGTON. Feb. 21.—The House today rapidly neared passage of the new Administration farm bill, devised to replace the outlawed AAA. An amendment intended to protect consumers against high prices resulting from the new program was accepted. The amendment includes a policy statement to work toward re-estab-lishment of the raito of farm to national income which prevailed during the 1909-14 period. It was thought this would keep prices of farm products in line with the consumer’s purchasing power. CHRYSLER STOCK IS HIGHEST SINCE 1929 Shares Reach 99 y 2 , Then ‘ Fall Away From Top. By United Press NEW YORK. Feb. 21.—Chrysler Cyp. came within touching distance of 100 to feature an irregular stock exchange list today. Chrysler touched 99!t>, up 1!4, the best price since 1929. Then it encountered considerable profit-taking and backed away from the top. ' Other motor shares were firm and active. Farm equipment issues made the best gains, with Case at 118%, up | 4 points, and International Harvester 69%, up l T i, both new highs. Utilities finned and rails steadied after early declines. Silvers were weak with U. S. Smelting off 2 points at 87. Du Pont lost a point in its section.

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PASTOR BEGS LUTHERAN CLERGY’S AID FOR BRUNO; CONDON’S RETURN ASKED

Paul Redfern Revered by South American Indians as 'God/ Writer Asserts Expedition Member Claims Plane Is Regarded as Shrine: Says That Natives Refuse to Let Flier Leave; Art Williams, U. S. Aviator, Disputes Story. Times Special PANAMA, Feb. 21.—A new, circumstantial story that Paul Redfern. American aviator, is alive in the South American jungle, crippled from a crash, living as a native, revered as a god by Indians, was added to a score of similar tales today. It added to rather than aided in clearing a mystery revived persistently, month after month, year after year, for eight and a half years. This time the story is from Alfred Harred. leader of a boundary expedition, who in a newspaper article published at Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana, asserts that he saw Redfern. A chief point of his story is that the motor of the airplane in which Redfern crashed was marked “Fokker.”

Redfern started Aug. 25, 1927, from Glynn Isle, Brunswick, Ga., in a Stinson monoplane, with a 200-horse power Wright whirlwind motor on a 4600-mile flight to Rio de Janeiro. The number NX-773 was painted on top of the wings and on the rudder. Painted along the fuselage on each side was “Brunswick to Brazil,” and under that the letters, *‘U. S. A.” Op each side of the cockpit was painted “Port of Brunswick,” the plane’s name. The plane’s body was olive green, the wings yellow. ' . Redfern was sighted 165 miles off the Venezuelan coast by a Norwegian steamship. He intended to hit the coast off the Gulanas and continue southward over the jungle. Many stories that Redfern is alive have contained fragments of descriptions which match that of his plane. Harred announced at Paramaribo yesterday that he flew with Art Williams, American aviator who sought Redfern recently. Williams taught Redi*rn to fly. Harred’s story was that after (Turn to Page Three) Assembly ho for HOSPITAL STUDIED N SIOO,OOO Is Needed to Run Mission Unit. The city may ask the Legislature to aid in raising approximately SIOO,OOO for the new Flower Mission Memorial Building at City Hospital, Earl C. Wolf, business manager, said today. Construction work has been completed, and the building may be approved by the Health Board tonight. Authorization of an increase in the board’s levy or a separate levy of approximately 2 cents to collect the estimated $73,000 for a year’s maintenance and $25,000 for equipment may be asked, it was said. The $170,000 structure, with 100 beds for advanced tuberculosis cases was financed with $75,000 from the Indianapolis Flower Mission; $49,000 from the Snow-Butler Foundation, and the remainder from PWA. ARMY COURT FINDS M'MULLEH GUILTY Legal Aid Is Convicted of ‘Dishonorable Conduct.’ By United Press WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—A military court-martial found Col. Joseph I. McMullen, Army legal aid, guilty of “dishonorable conduct” last night in. accepting a gift of two railroad tickets. Col. McMullen was acquitted on two other charges involving alleged bribery. He was sentenced to a reduction in rank, reprimand and fined $3600. The court found the officer guilty of accepting two railroad tickets as gratuities from Joseph Silverman Jr., dealer in surplus Army goods, while Silverman was negotiating contracts with the Army. FATHER OF 7 IS KILLED Sullivan Miner Dies When Car Plunges Into Locomotive. By United Press SULLIVAN, Ind., Feb. 21.—Clyde Alloway, 50, father of seven children, was killed instantly today when his automobile skidded into a C. <fe E. I. passenger engine. He was en route from his home at Pimento to the Peerless mine, where he was employed. 5 Die in Japanese Quake By United Press OSAKA, Japan, Feb. 21.—Five persons were killed today, and some property damage was done, by an earthquake shock which apparently affected only a small area about Osaka. Two of those killed died in a landslide.

INDIANA FACES FLOODTHREAT Menace Reported Greatest at Evansville; Mercury Rise Bfings Thaw. Ice gorges and thawing temperatures this afternoon threatened Indiana with flood dangers from swollen streams and rivers. The temperature was 27 in Indianapolis at noon. Danger of a flood is greatest at Evansville, where a 91-mile ice jam already has forced the Ohio River above flood stage. Heavy rains would greatly increase the danger, the Weather Bureau said. Streets and sidewalks in Indianapolis were sloppy this afternoon with melting ice and snow. The Weather Bureau predicts lower temperatures tonight and tomorrow. The National fted Cross has sent Charles W. Carr, a disaster official, from Washington to Evansi ille to prepare for a flood. It is pointed out that, although many of the lowland farmers and towns are prepared for high waters that come up nearly every spring, this year the waters will carry unusually thick ice blocks with them. It is considered probable That the ice will destroy barns, kill live stock and endanger lives. At Madison the river is at a 30foot stage and not considered to be threatening, but at Wabash, with 25 inches of ice on the Wabash River, Mayor James Smallwood already has warned persons in the lowlands to be ready to move at a moment’s notice. At Clinton, with two feet of ice on the Wabash, officials are planning to dynamite the jam, and the C. & E. I. Railroad has standing by a crane which it will use to clear ice from the abuttments of bridges across the stream. Officials at Princeton are watching ice on the Wabash, Patoka and White Rivers, but there is little cause for alarm there, they say. They have, nevertheless, taken precautions and are ready to dynamite, if necessary. A small dam at Huntington is expected to be washed away when the gorge in the Wabash breaks, destroying a pool the dam created from which city turbines draw water. The west, fork of White River at Linton, which went to 16 feet Monday, now stands static at 11 feet and is covered with ice 12 to 24 inches thick.

BOVS SENTENCED TO PLAINFIELD SCHOOL Seem Bored as Cop Tells of Theater Hideout. Two boys, members of the gang that built a hideout in the loft of a downtown theater, were sentenced to the Indiana Boys’ School at Plainfield today by Judge John F. Gecleler. Two others were put on probation for one year. The alleged ringleader previously was sent to the Gibault Home for Boys at Terre Haute after it was found he was under a suspended sentence. The boys, 14 to 16, appear red bored while a city detective described the shack they built 75 feet above the stage, and testified they broke a bakery window to steal cakes. One of the boys admitted, during the hearing, that he stole $lO from the purse of a downtown stove clerk. EXPORTS HIKED 13 Per Cent Gain Shown for January Over Last Year. By United I‘rrss WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. The nation’s exports rose 13 per cent last month over January. 1935, the Commerce Department reported today in a seven month’s summary bf foreign trade.

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Hauptmann's Adviser Urges Ministers Try to Avert Slayer’s Death. FORM LETTER IS SENT Hoffman Believed Unable to Act Unless ‘Jafsie’ Comes Back. By T'nited Press TRENTON. N. J.. Feb. 21.—New Jersey state police drew up a report to Gov. Harold G. Hoffman today, saying no new evidence had been developed as the result of their investigation of the Lindbergh kidnaping. By l ulled Press TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 21. Bruno Richard Hauptmann’s spiritual adviser today appealed to Lutheran clergymen throughout the country to intercede in an effort to | save the Lindbergh baby i slayer from the electric chair. A form letter to a “considerable number of ministers in the United ! States" was sent out by the Rev. John Matthieson begging their aid. Mr. Matthieson, who has talked to Hauptmann frequently in the death cell, consistently has contended Hauptmann is innocent of the crime. Although Mr. Matthieson was away today, it was said at his home that the clergy were requested to give their ‘‘support as Christians’* to the fight Hauptmann is making against execution. Bruno Writes to Condon Meanwhile, sources close to Gov. Harold G. Hoffman admitted that unless Dr. John E. (Jafsie) Condon, one of the state’s main witnesses against the German carpen* ter, returns voluntarily to this country little can be done to clarify “apparent discrepancies’’ in his story of the Lindbergh baby kidnaping. Hauptmann has written begging Condon to return. Dr. Condon, elderly Bronx school teacher, is vacationing in Panama, and apparently is one of the few hopes left for the defense to save Hauptmann from the chair on March 31. Gov. Hoffman, who used a reprieve to preserve Hauptmann's life until now', has claimed that Dr. Condon told different stories before, during and after the Flemington trial in ! w'hich Hauptmann was found guilty. Not Considered Feasible Defense principals believe Dr. I Condon intends to remain in Panama until after Hauptmann’s execu- ; tion. Members of Gov. Hoffman’s staff said the only w'ay to force the return of Dr. Condon would be by attempting to get a perjury indictment against him and using it is a springboard for extradition proceedings. (Turn to Page Three) ‘KIDDING’ COSTS MAN $5 COURT FINE HERE Judge Learns Defendant Pointed Gun at His Tormenters. Lee Dean, 108 W. Walnut-st, paid $5 today for his revenge on the pool-room boys at 808 N. Illinois-st, who gibed him w’ith the annoying term, “hot shot.” Witnesses testified that on Feb. 11 Dean stalked out of the poolroom and returned with a loaded shotgun, which he waved in the general direction of his tormentors. “Aw. I was just kidding,” Dean told Municipal Judge Charles J. Karabell. The judge believed the joke worth at least $5. city detectivesFrobe KERN RESIDENCE FIRE New Home Destroyed as Mayor’* Brother Prepared to Occupy It. City and state fire prevention authorities this afternoon enlisted aid of the detective department in investigating the fire that last w'eelc destroyed the suburban home of William C. Kern, brother of the Mayor. The residence, located on W. 59thst, outside the city limits, burned a day before the Kerns were to move into it. The loss was estimated at more than SIO,OOO. Insurance carried totaled S6OOO. Detectives assigned to the case are J. G. Moriarity and Charles Downey, BANDITS FREE CAPTIVE California Engineer Ransomed from Mexican Outlaws. j By United Press GUADALAJARA. Mexico. Feb. 21. —Samuel C. Faneuf, California mining engineer, who was kidnapped by bandits, has been released on payment of ramson and was safe at Etzatlan today. He was expected to come to Guadalajara later. The amount of ransom paid w f as kept secret, but it" was believed to be between S3OOO I and SSOOO.