Indianapolis Times, Volume 48, Number 14, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 March 1936 — Page 3

MARCH 27, 1936.

NEW REPRIEVE IS HINTED DY GOV. HOFFMAN Willing to Grant Bruno Stay If Legal, Says Executive. (( nntinued From Page One) Hunterdon County and any representatives of their departments who may have participated in any way in the Lindbergh case. “The investigation should also include an examination of the casts of this case from the date of the commission of the crime down to the present moment. I am sure that if the Attorney General and prosecutor joined me in a request for this investigation, there would be no difficulty in having a resolution adopted by the Legislature and in having this investigation started immediately." The remainder of the Governor’s statement follows: “I am somewhat amazed and amused at the statements attributed to Prosecutor Hauck, particularly his expression that I am trying to make a ‘laughing stock’ of the courts. Labels Hauck “Incompetent” “Mr. Hauck is the young man who iold the Hunterdon County jury that, he was going to prove that John Hughes Curtis actually had contact with the gang that kidnaped the Lindbergh baby. He proved it, and then he later participated in the trial which ‘proved’ that Bruno Richard Hauptmann committed this crime single-handed. "Mr, Hauck was so confused and so incompetent that the latter trial, although conducted in Hunterdon County, was taken out of his hands and conducted by the Attorney General, for whom he was permitted to act only as an errand boy. “With preference to the Hauptmann home, may I say that I do not consider that it was at all outrageous for a Governor, who is concerned in seeing that the full measure of justice is done in this case, to simply ask that the ladder rail and the boards supposed to have been taken from the Hauptmann home, should be examined upon the premises. Scores Wilentz, Hauck “I would say that the action of the Attorney General and the prasccutor, in acting as a personal attorney to a member of the State Police and other witnesses from whom it is desired to secure honest information, is far more reprehensible. “I wonder w-hat prompts the sudden and jealous protection of the famous ladder and floor boards. Every one knows that this ladder has been pulled apart a dozen or more times; that certain sections of it have been replaced; that it was sent, to Washington for examination and that it was mauled around by every police officer and reporter who visited Hopewell: that hundreds of fingerprints were found upon it—the fingerprints of nearly every one but Hauptmann. “It is too bad that Prosecutor Hauck did not have sense enough to see that what might have been important evidence was protected at, a time when his protection was necessary. Earlier today, a Federal government employe, Archibald Loney, engaged by Gov. Harold G. Hoffman as a wood expert, told Atty. Gen. Wilentz today that he could prove that Hauptmann was “framed." He asked-Mr. Wilentz to prevent Hauptmann’s execution Tuesday, to permit development of his evidence. Mr. Wilentz refused. He told Loney he had had more than a year to study the wood. He and Prosecutor Hauck declared open war with Gov. Hoffman. who acompanied Loney, a Department of the Intetrior employe, in an examination of Hauptmann's old home in New York yesterday. Mr. Hauck indirectiy accused Gov. Hoffman's own investigators of faking the evidence upon which Mr. Loney based his claim. “I’m sick of the Governor’s actions,” he said. “If he tries to Peprieve Hauptmann. I'll fight him in court. I think the Legislature should investigate.” Hoffman’s Position Unenviable A feeling grew in Trenton that Gov. Hoffman might nevertheless attempt to stay the execution. He is in so unenviable a political position as a result of Hauptmann's cause that he might well take a gambler's last-straw chance to pull the fat out of the fire.

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PLANE TRAGEDY BAFFLES PROBE Investigators Are Unable to Explain Crash Claiming Lives of H. By United Press MEXICO CITY. March 27.—The crushed, burned bodies of 14 victims of a mysterious mountain airplane crash were brought to the capital today to be cremated. Eight Germans, two of them of royal blood and a third a nobleman; an Austrian and a Hungarian, the plane's passengers, and an American, two Mexicans and a Costa Rican, the crew, perished. The American was co-pilot Adrian Borchers, 31, of Philadelphia. He came to Mexico last May. The German victims included Prince Adolf of Schaumberg-Lippe, last of the German ruling princes to abdicate after the World War; his wife, Princess Elisabeth, whom he married in 1920 in defiance of royal marriage laws, and Baron Sigismund von Stieber. Government and private investigators sought vainly to find the reason for the crash. Officials believed that the pilot had gone off his course at the request of the tourists, who wanted to see the Popocatepetl and Ixtaccihuatl volcanoes, but what caused the crash, sudden because there was no SOS call, no one ventured to guess. By United Press DOUGLAS, Ariz., March 27. United States and Mexican army units searched the wild country between here and Tucsftn today for an air liner missing more than 30 hours with its pilot and three passengers. Among the passengers was Harold A. Marks, prominent Phoenix attorney and executive of the National Junior Chamber of Commerce. By United Psrss MOSCOW. March 27.—Lyuba Berlin and Tamara Ivanovna were killed yesterday in making a delayed parachute jump. Both girls were members of the Young Communist League. By United Press LONDON, March 27.—Five persons were killed early today in an airplane crash at Lyndhurst, Hampshire. One of the victims, wireless operator Burgess, had survived two crashes into the English Channel. CHICAGO WINDOWS ARE BROKEN BY HIGH WIND 60 Burglar Alarms Set Off as 60Mile Gale Hits City. By United Press CHICAGO, March 27.—Galelike winds shattered windows and set off 60 burglar alarms in Chicago today. Awnings were ripped from dozens of buildings. Pushed by 40-mile-an-hour tail winds, airplanes arrived from the West far ahead of schedules w’hile planes from the East were delayed. Frequent gusts sent the wind velocity to 60 miles an hour.

Strong winds early today “huffed and puffed” at a frame house (above) at 824 W. llth-st and blew it against the house next door. No one was injured.

OFFICIAL WEATHER

__United Statu Weather Bureau Sunrise 5:37 I Sunset 6:04 TEMPERATURE —March I*. 1935 7 a. m 48 1 p. m 70 —Today—--8 a. m 39 10 a. m 42 7 a. m 39 11 a. m 43 Ba. m 44 12 (Noon) 46 9 a. m 43 1 p. m 48 Precipitation tor 24 hrs. ending 7a. m. 54 Total precipitation since Jan. 1 6.06 Deficiency since Jan. 1 • 2.47 OTHER CITIES AT 7 A. M. Station. Weather. Bar. Temp. Amarillo. Tex Clear 29.92 34 Bismarck. N. D Snow 29.58 24 Boston Cloudy 30.08 40 Chicago ..Cloudy 29.48 38 Cincinnati PtCldy 29.64 56 Denver Cloudy 29.78 36 Dodge City. Kas Clear 29.92 30 Helena. Mont Cloudy 29.58 34 Jacksonville. Fla Cloudy 29.36 68 Kansas City. Mo Clear 29.90 28 Little Rock. Ark Cloudy 29.82 52 Los Angeles Clear .30.22 si Miami. Fla Clear 30.02 72 Minneapolis Clear 29.60 20 Mobile, Ala Rain 29.82 70 New, Orleans . ....Cloudy 29.78 70 New York Rain 29.96 46 Dkla. City, Okla PtCldy 29.96 34 Omaha. Neb Clear 29.76 24 Pittsburgh Cloudy 29.60 58 Portland. Ore. Rain 29.82 46 San Antonio. Tex PtCldy 29.80 64 San Francisco Clear 30.22 48 St. Louis Cloudy 29.86 36 Tampa. Fla. Cloudy 29.96 68 Washington, D. C Rain 29.88 48 Von Ribbontrop Visits Eden By United Press LONDON, March 27. Joachim von Ribbentrop, Germany’s chief negotiator in the Rhineland crisis, visited Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden today, preparatory to his return to Berlin by airplane to consult Fuehrer Adolf Hitler.

Sad Awakening Fred Lallier, 52, of 1343 N. Pennsylvania-st, told police today that two jab drivers, who had squired him around last night to places he could not remember, robbed him of $172 and then abandoned him “in a narrow street w'here there are tall buildings.” A milk wagon came along, Mr. Lallier said, and the driver got him another cab which took him to the home of a friend. From there he called police. In a downtown hotel, he sai’d, he was flirted with by a girl he did not know, and maintained a well-bred aloofness, he said. Later, however, he met the girl again and this time spoke to her. They took a cab to an apartment, had some drinks and then called another cab. He told police he remembered telling the driver, “Let's go places,” and they went to another apartment. After that, he said, he remembered nothing until he awoke and found two cab drivers going through his pockets. He said they took his billfold but not his watch.

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OARP RECEIPTS TOP $2,000,000 Clements Analyzes Dime and Nickel Donations at House Quiz. (Continued From Page One) he based his Federal income tax return on it, he said. The Townsend Weekly is privately owned and its receipts were not included in Clements estimates of organization income. Committee Counsel James R. Sullivan read into the record copies of quarterly reports of the Townsend movement published in the Townsend Weekly. “I guess that estimate covers the bank deposits of the organization, not taking into account a few hundred in bad checks which have been deposited and redeposited,” Mr. Clements said. Mr. Sullivan questioned Mr. Clements about sale of automobile stickers, book sales, leaflets, petitions, lapel buttons and other items appearing in the statements. Mr. Sullivan agreed about sales of a booklet called “The Townsend Plan,” which showed in the statement. “That. I take it, is the movements cathechism,” Mr. Sullivan said. “Absolutely,” Mr. Clements retorted. “Did you receive any other monies from any other sources than you reported?” Mr. Sullivan asked. “No.” Mr. Clements denied he had any money in safe deposit boxes in Mexico. Canada or the United States. “How much did you receive in expenses?” “That is being compiled.” Apartment Expenses Paid He said that an apartment at $l3O a month in Washington for himself and Dr. F. E. Townsend is paid for by OARP. He said that maid service, groceries, traveling and incidental expenses are also paid. “How much did your wife. Mrs. Thelma Clements, draw as your secretary?” “She drew $1475 from OARP in 1935 and it was included in my joint tax return.” He denied that he and Dr. Townsend ever shared an apartment on “Columbia Road” costing $350 monthly, but said they once occupied an apartment here that cost $215 monthly. ELECTRIC HEARINGS SET Public Service Commission to Review Six County Applications. The Public Service Commission today set hearings for applications of six county rural electrification bodies. Petitions of Wabash and Huntington counties are to be heard April 6, and those of Shelby, Whitley, Rush and Boone counties. April 9.

INDIANA FARM LEADERS MAP CROP PROGRAM Five Counties Represented at First District Meeting at Rushville. (Continued From One) as alfalfa—instead of soil-depleting crops—such as corn—a series of meetings was planned for next w r eek in Marion County by Mr. Abbott. Mr. Abbott said the meetings would be caned to inform farmers of the crops to be listed as soildepleting and the manner in which they could fill out “work sheets” for conserving acreage and thereby share in Federal assistance. Mr. Abbott estimated that 90 per cent of the county's tillable soil. 112.044 acres, will be represented under the state program of soil conservation. Corn Acreage to Drop Corn acreage in the county will be below last year's 38,840 acres if land now under erosion is taken out of production, he predicted. He estimates that only 33,400 acres will be planted in corn where early estimates of intentions to plant reached 41,403 acres. The county’s corn yield in 1935 was valued at $560,000 and Mr. Abbott doubts that the yield this year will approach $500,000. Under the new AAA no contracts are signed. The farmer plans his farm on a “work sheet” showing the acreage in soil-conserving and soil-building crops which he intends to plant and the number of acres in soil-depleting crops. He is paid benefits on his balancing of soil-conserving crops against soildepleting crops, Mr. Abbott explained. Mr. Abbott said township organizations will be formed as soon as the need can be determined by the number of farmers signing up “work sheets.” The county agent was accompanied to Rushville by Albert Steinmeier, president of the county ! planning committee; Herman Snyder, and Willianr Schilling. Plan Committee Listed Counties participating in today's meeting were: Marion, Shelby, Johnson, Hancock. Rush, and Bartholomew. Marion County's planning committee, in charge of soil conservation, includes: Walter Barbour, Oscar Blank, Walter Dickerson, Russell Hutchinson, Howard Johnson, Roy Mendenhall, Howard Mills, Carl Moller, Clyde Myers, George Prange, Anton Ploenges, Russell Roberts, William Schilling, Arthur Scudder, Fred Watson, A1 Dittrich. Mrs. Walter Shearer, Walter L. Mowrey, William Adamson, A. C. Hoffman, Charles Smart, and Mr. Steinmeier. Shelby Corn Tested Times Special SHELBYVILLE. Ind., March 27. Shelby County farmers are much concerned over the condition of seed corn that is being tested for spring planting. Tests of 23,136 cars showed but 66.3 per cent of the seed fit for planting. GERMANS ARE UNITED, ADOLF HITLER CLAIMS Speaks at Meeting at Krupp Engine Works in Essen. Bf United Press ESSEN. Germany, March 27. Fuehrer Adolf Hitler today emphasized the unity of Gerfnan support for the Nazi regime in a speech at The Hague plants of the Krupp Locomotive Works, Speaking at this factory, one sees that it is not only a plant for manufacturing armaments, but also a. plant for producing the instruments of peace,” Hitler said. “There could be no more symbolical platform for speaking to German workers than this,” Hitler added. “I chose it in order to dissipate the wrong opinions current abroad that one class of Germany— namely, the workers, has more sympathy with views of foreigners than with those of the man now responsible for Germany's fate.”

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Angry and threatening, two opposing bodies of women faced each other across the picket line drawn around the Indianapolis Glove Cos. at Cdshocton, 0., home of William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor. At top are shown members of the International Glove Workers' Union. A. F. of L„ barring from the plant non-striking workers, whose equally uncompromising line is shown below. Nons;.riking women have threatened to break their way through the picket lines to their jobs.

KLIZE ASKS KIDNAP CHARGE BE QUASHED Motion of Alleged Gunman Argued Today. A motion to quash an indictment charging Frank Klize, alleged Indianapolis gunman, with kidnaping was argued before Criminal Judge Fran P. Baker today. Following an accident at Glenns Valley in which Klize, Gilbert Potts and two' chorus girls were involved last fall, Klize is alleged to have shot Potts in the arm and escaped from authorities by kidnaping Leroy Murphy and his small daughter. He later was captured at a New Jersey-st address. Attorney Ira M. Holmes argued that in amending the kidnaping act. the 1935 General Assembly failed to make provision for kidnaping without ransom. Judge Baker took the motion under advisement. At Mr. Holmes’ request Judge Baker ordered Sheriff Ray to make an investigation of Klize's charges that arresting officers took SBOO he had hidden in his home. PITTSBURGH IS BUSY AS DEBRIS IS CLEARED Many Mills in Area Report Normal Operations Again. By United Press PITTSBURGH, March 27.—Pittsburgh's industries hummed with activity today after flood debris was cleared away. Many mills reported normal operations. Some awaited onlj the resumption of full power. Others still were removing residue left by the water last week. Jury Gets Murder Case By United Press ATLANTA. Ga., March 27.—The case of Homer Flanagan, 20-year-old Houston (Tex.) youth on trial for the stab murder of Russell Smith, a fellow-prisoner in the Atlanta Federal penitentiary, went to the jury shortly after noon today.

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HO TERM GIVE* i VAN DEAMAN ONI PLEA OF GUILTY 1 New Augusta Man Admits Manslaughter Charge in Second Trial. BY ELIZABETH CARR * Times Staff Writer SHELBYVILLE. Ind.. March 27. Alonzo Van Deaman. 62-year-old tomato contract buyer of New Augusta. today pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the shotgun killing of Thomas Coffey, Mar- ; ion County farmer, in 1934. Circuit Judge James A. Emmert sentenced Van Deaman to one-to--10 years in the Indiana State Prison at Michigan City, and he was told to surrender April 13 to jbegin serving the sentence. A Shelby County jury last October could not reach a verdict when Van Deaman was tried for murder< I Prosecution and defense agreed today to allow him to plead to the, lesser charge. Mr. Coffey was killed by a shot- 1 gun blast and at first there ap- I peared to be no motive for the kill- j ing. Later it developed that there j had been an argument over con- ' tracts for tomatoes. Defense attorneys were Frank Ross, Sidney Stein, and Erqsley W, Johnson. Indianapolis, and HerbeH Johnson. Shelbvville. Harold G. Barger, Shelby County prosecutor, and Frederick W. Steiger. Marion County deputy prosecutor, represented the state. Van Deaman has for years been active in New Augusta politics. Ha was a produce contract buyer for a large canning company. MOVIE PARTY TRAPPED BY BLIZZARD; 2 LOST Snow Storm Imperils 35 Motion Picture Actors, Workers. | By United Press j LEWISTON, Ida.. March 27. Snow today trapped a motion pic- \ ture party of 35 on location in the Clearwater National Forest, 105 miles northeast of here. A searching party left the movie camp again today to look for two truck drivers who went out to open up roads. They were many hours overdue. A three-day blizzard piled up 14 feet of snow at the camp, closed roads leading into it and broke down telephone lines. Convict Dies of Injuries By United Press MICHIGAN CITY. Ind., March 27. —John Pickenpack. Indianapolis Negro convict, died today from injuries suffered last Tuesday in an automobile accident.