Indianapolis Times, Volume 48, Number 16, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 March 1936 — Page 3

MARCH 30, 1936

BRUNO'S APPEAL BEFORE JERSEY PAROONS COURT Two ‘Confessions’ Add New Mystery as Board Begins Study. (Continued From Page One! Lp Gay. Hoffman's secretary, talked for half an hour with Hicks. Isidor Fisch, two other men, and a woman visited Cuba in the fall of 1932—six months after the kidnaping—and tried to buy a farm, Hicks said today before the hearing opened. Exhibits Cuban Documents He revealed details of his recent visit tj Cuba. He said evidence collected on that trip would play an important part in the Pardons Court hearing. Fisch and his associates, Hicks said, were unable to find a iarm that suited them, although they considered buying one near Artemisa, Cuba. Asked what proof he had of this, Hicks exhibited documents from the office of the Cuban Secret Police describing ihe visit. "I think it is an interesting and important development,” Hicks said. ‘ I am going back to Cuba to investigate it further no matter what the Pardons Court decides today.” Defense Studies Moves Today was the first time Hicks produced anything purporting to show that Fisch—from whom Hauptmann says he received the Lindbergh ransom—actually visited Cuba. Heretofore, the contention has been that Fisch merely wrote a letter to Havana, inquiring about distribution of “hot” money in Cuba. Fisch died in Germany, in poverty. If the court rejects Hauptmann's application, defense counsel might attempt several desperate, lastminute moves to delay the execution. An appeal could be made to Jus- ♦ ice Thomas W. Trenchard, the original trial judge, to grant a judicial stay. This probably would fail as Justice Trenchard already has said he considered such a stay illegal due to lapse of time since the trial. An appeal might be made to Trenchard for anew trial. This also was doubtful because Trenchard said he considered it illegal for the same reason. Hoffman May Act Hoffman might toss all other considerations overboard and grant another reprieve because he believes it would be. a miscarriage of justice to permit Hauptmann to die now. In the possession of Gov. Harold G. Hoffman was a signed statement by Gaston B. Means, notorious swindler and all-round criminal, likewise “confessing” the baby Lindbergh kidnaping and murder. Gov. Hoffman chose the eve of the court’s meeting to issue another statement questioning the justice of Hauptmann’s conviction. It was in reply, indirectly, to the statement issued Saturday by Atty. Gen. Wilentz stacking Hoffman's intervention in behalf of the convicted man. Hoffman left no doubt but that Hauptmann's fate was up to the court—that he would not issue anew reprieve. But he insisted that only one court—the trial court—had ruled upon his guilt—and that that court had not given him a fair trial. Legislature May Act Hoffman's new statement only added new 7 cause for bitterness to the gathering battle in the. arena of politics over Hauptmann’s conviction and his execution—if and when it takes place. Hoffman had questioned the validity of the state’s witnesses, accused the state of framing its evidence. Prosecutor Anthony Hauck ofe Hunterdon County, who assisted Wilentz in the prosecution, had attacked Hoffman in strong language. Hoffman had attacked Hauck, then Wilentz attacked Hoffman. And tonight w’hen the Legislature meets the political war was expected to be advanced to anew stage. It was understood that a resolution demanding Hoffman’s impeachment had been drawn up and might be presented. Some of the Legislature were known to favor a legislative investigation of Hoffman’s part in the case. TVA ADVISES THREE MORE DAMS IN SOUTH Recommends That Congress Approve $111,000,000 Expenditure. By T nited Press WASHINGTON. March 30.—The Tennessee Valley Authority recommended to Congress today expenditure of $111,000,000 for three additional dams on the Tennessee River, in addition to $185,188,525 of construction already under way. in order to unify the navigation and flood control program for the watershed. Projects which TVA recommended be constructed by 1944 would provide a nine-foot channel in the river form the mouth to Knoxville, Tenn. The recommended dams ' would be at Gilbertsville, Ky.. Watts Bar. Tenn., and Coulter Shoals, Tenn. O’FERRALL TO CONDUCT NOON LENTEN SERVICES Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral in Detroit Comes Here. The Very Rev. Kirk B. O'Ferrall, dear of St. Pauls Cathedral, Detroit, Mich., is to give the noonday Lenten services this week at Christ Church, starting tomorrow. During his stay in the city. Dean O'Ferrall. who has just concluded a series of Lenten addresses in Cin- j cinnati, is to speak before other groups including the Men's Club at All-Saints’ Cathedral. Dean O'Ferrall is a graduate of Kenyon College from which he received his Ph. D. degree. He has written a book on English Cathedrals.

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FLUGGING TRIAL PROGRESS SLOW Defense May Press for Venue Change; Jury Is Not Selected Yet. By United Press TAMPA. Fla., March 30.—}Vith the first venire nearly exhausted without a jury having been selected, defense attorneys today may press their demand for a change of venue for three former policemen charged in the hogging of three labor organizers. Judge Robert T. Dewell was to ask the few remaining veniremen whether they had “fixed opinions” in the case. Five jurors were tentatively selected w 7 hen court recessed for the week-end and only four other veniremen remained to be questioned. Defense Attorney Pat Whitaker said he would renew his motion for a change of venue if the venire is exhausted today without a jury having been named. Judge Dewell had held in abeyance a ruling on a previous venue plea until it could be determined whether a jury could be selected. GEBHART’S ILLNESS DESCRIBED AT TRIAL Vera Treated Him for Abdominal Pains, She Tells Jury. By United Press NEW YORK, March 30. —Dr. Fritz Gebhardt, prosperous German importer, suffered abdominal pains which she treated frequently, Vera Stret.z testified at her murder trial today. Her testimony seemed designed to form the background for the plea on which she will attempt to escape the electric chair. It was believed that Samuel Leibowitz, her attorney, was attempting to show that Miss Stretz went to Gebhardt’s apartment on a mercy mission and once there was forced to kill to defend herself. Discipline Japanese Officers. TOKYO, March 30.—A1l army officers of the rank of captain and below who were involved in the army “revolt” of Feb. 26 were placed on the waiting list today.

Welfare Board Angered by ‘Nepotism’ Charge One Member Threatens to Resign; Says Others May Follow After Judge’s Son Resigns. Times Special COLUMBUS. Ind., March 30.—A member of the Bartholomew County Welfare Board, which has been criticized for alleged violation of the anti-nepotism provision of the state welfare act, today threatened to resign. The member, who asked that his name not be made public, said. “If

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Not Enough By United Print WASHINGTON, March 30 - Internal Revenue Commissioner Guy T. Helvering told the House Ways and Means Committee bluntly today that subcommittee revision of the new tax bill left the measure inadequate to meet the Treasury’s needs. The program as recommended by the subcommittee falls $345,000,000 short of the President’s estimate of new revenue needs over a three-year period. Helvering, first witness before the committee, did not discuss directly the fact that the subcommittee had thrown out of consideration proposed new 7 processing taxes to raise $221.000,000 a year. If included in the bill, the President's requirements would be carried out. He said emphatically that the subcommittee “has not made complete provision for the additional temporary revenues that will be required.”

CHOOSE MEMBERS OF WELFARE BOARDS Former Trustee to Be Director in Madison County. Times Special ANDERSON, March 30.—J. Wesley Stewart, former Anderson township trustee, is to serve as Madison County Welfare Director, according to an announcement made by Circuit Judge Charles Smith.. The new county board is composed of Mrs. Miriam Anson, Pendleton; George E. Stahlhuth, Alexandria; Mrs. Adah Cullipher, Elwood; H. Wayne Thornburg and Thomas McCullough, Anderson. Times Special PLYMOUTH, Ind., March 30. Circuit Judge Albert B. Chipman today had appointed a Welfare Board for Marshall County. Members of the new group are Mrs. Minnie L. Osborn, Culver; Samuel E. Boys, Justin E. Myers, K. Clyde Bennett and Mrs. Celia Griffin. all of Plymouth. Kill Kokomo Bride By United Press RICHMOND. Ind.. March 30 Esther Stow, bride of 17 days, was asphyxiated by fumes from a gas stove in the bathr<x>m of her home last night. She was 39.

Party are said to be seeking control of the department in the naming of a successor to Mr. Long. Commenting on the number of, applications for the job, D. M. Bottorff, board vice president, said: I “Numerous applicants have called | on me. but all that I do to change their minds is to read them the i duties of tiif director.” The appointment is to be postponed until Donald DuShane, board ! president, returns to the city. The five members of the new welfare board were formerly members i of the county board of children's guardians, which was abolished un- | der the welfare act.

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HOCKING'SHOWS 1 FLAW IN POLICY OF liberalism! Visiting Professor Says Honor System in Business Begins to Fail. Time Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 30. —Liberalism has been working badly , in many quarters and Western society has had to reef its sails of liberalism to save itself from ship- j wreck, declared Prof. William E. Hocking, Harvard University phil- i osopher, in his opening address here this afternoon as the first visiting professor to fill the Mahlon Powell chair of philosophy, established under the will of the late Mahlon Powell of Wabash, Ind. Prof. Hocking spoke on the sub- 1 ject. “The Individual as the Unit of Social Order.” He characterized individualism as a “sort of honor system which has worked with remarkable success, the chief, ingredient of a political phase commonly called liberalism.” He insisted, however, that in the Western world there “begin to be doubts” and that Western society is “reconsidering its individualism.” “We have brought together a set of limbs thinking they will compose a body politic,” he continued, “but they disclaim one another. Political unity has to be born from unity. Business Represents Itself • “In the economic realm is the same situation. Washington foolishly professing not to represent Business, Business fa collective noun) represents itself at Washington. And what or who is ‘Business’? "A lot of Able Heads, each representing millions of individual transactions in going concerns, each individual transaction entered into willingly, and therefore presumably benefiting both buyer and seller; ergo, in sum total a happy country! Not at all. Each individual transaction ably manipulated so as to leave the largest Net in the hand belonging to the Able Head; each Able Head then calling on Washington for a further individual blessing, to improve not the product, not the lot of the buyer, not the Greatest Happiness, but the Net. “And will not a collection of handsome Nets constitute a prosperous land? That seems to be the fallacy. Where Liberalism Fails . “It is quite true that a land, none of whose citizens have any margin, is necessarily a poor land; it is also true that a land some of whose citizens have large margins has potential public resources, for private wealth can always be tapped by taxation. But the question is whether these private reservoirs have any regular working relations to the public concerns. The answer is that under liberalism they are not so much as invited to do so. WORLEY MAY BE FREED FROM PRISON APRIL 28 Former ?alice Chief Scheduled to Serve 30 Days for Fine. Federal authorities said today that Claude M. Worley, former Indianapolis police chief who is serving a five-year Federal sentence for income tax evasion, probably would be released from Leavenworth Prison April 28. Worley became eligible for parole yesterday, but must remain in prison 30 days long to satisfy a SIO,OOO fine which has not been paid, it was said. The sentence imposed by Federal Judge Robert Baltzell provides for imprisonment of Worley in the Mar- j ion County jail for an additional year. STATE TO LIQUIDATE BANK AT EARL PARK Depositors to Be Paid In 10 Days, McKinley Says. The state financial institutions department today announced it had taken over for liquidation the Earl Park (Ind.) State Bank. Depositors will be given $127,000, insured under the Federal Deposit insurance Corp., within the next 10 days, Richard A. McKinley, department director, said. The Earl Park institution is the third Federal insured bank to be closed since July 1, 1933, he said. A. H. Humphrey, Indianapolis, was named special representative in charge of liquidation proceedings. Confer On Street Plans A delegation of taxpayers today conferred with the Works Board on 1 the widening plans for Keystoneav. from 30th to 38th-sts.

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Vayne M. (Army* Armstrong (above), local attorney and former American Legion state commander, today had announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for state Senator from Marion County. Never a public official or candidate for office before, Mr. Armstrong is 42, married and lives at 6002 Broadway in the Twentyfirst Ward, Fifth Precinct. He has’ lived here since 1912. He is a member of the law firm of McMaster & Armstrong, 130 East Washington Street Building, and has been associated with the auto industry as attorney for the Indianapolis Automotive Maintenance Association. Mr. Armstrong i£ a member of the Legion, Sigma Delta Kappa law fraternity, Indianapolis; Indiana and American Bar Associations, Lawyers’ Association of Indianapolis, Columbia Club, Service Club, Citizens’ Historical Association and the Indianapolis Community Fund speakers’ bureau. In addition, he is past ruler of Indianapolis Elks’ Lodge No. 13, former post, district and state commander of the Legion and former grand chef de gare of La Societe des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux.

HEMMER SELECTED COMMISSION HEAD Security Tax Group Begins Work Today. The State Tax Commission, created by the special session of the General Assembly, held its first meeting today and talked with department heads on possible means to raise funds to support the recently enacted social securtity legislation. The commission, composed of six Senators and six Representatives, elected Senator Floyd Hemmer <D„ Huntingburg), chairman, and Rep. Clyde Jordan (R., South Bend), secretary. Following a conference with Gov. McNutt, Seffator Hemmer vaid the group hopes to find another tax base, besides property, upon which to place the new levies. ASK CHANGE OF VENUE Miller’s Counsel Allege Fair Trial Is Impossible Here. Attorneys for Dick Miller, former president of the defunct City Trust Cos., and indicted by the Marion County Grand Jury on charges of bankers’ embezzlement, today asked Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker for a change of venue. The motion has not been ruled upon. The petition charges that it would be impossible to obtain a fair and impartial trial in Marion County.

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CITY IS GIVEN BAD RATING IN AUTODEATHS William R. Wiedenhorn, 78, Injured March 8, Dies at Home Here. (Conti ’ied From Page One) riding with him were injured and sent to City Hospital. They are Bernard Moore, 32, of 2831 Boule-vard-pl; Luke Patton. 26. of 323 W. 28th-st. and Sam Rollins. 21, of 328 W. 28th-st. All were reported improving today. Payne Held by Police Mr. Payne, who als' lives at 323 W. 28th-st, was arrested on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor. Mr. Van Leer, who died yesterday in City Hospital, was struck by an automobile at West and 16th-sts Friday night. The car was driven by Mrs. Dorothy Fry, 30. of 208 W. 33d-st. She was not held. A petition asking for installation of a traffic light at Beville-av and E. New York-st, scene of a recent fatal accident, is to be presented to the Safety Board tomorrow by John J. Ray, 235 N. Beville-av. It has been signed by 400 people. Holds Intersection Dangerous “In our opinion, this is one of the most dangerous intersections in the city,” Mr. Ray said. “Many children attending School 15 have to cross here.” Eighty-year-old Mrs. Eva McGill, 231 N. Beville-av, was fatally injured here last Tuesday night, when struck by a hit-and-run driver. Donald Carter, who suffered head and face injuries when thrown from his motorcycle at 28th-st and Car-rollton-av yesterday afternoon, was reported in a serious condition at Methodist Hospital today. Mr. Carter, who was 27, lives at 2818 Car-rollton-av. Truck, Car Collide Ansel Phillips, 32, of 1228 Batesst, today faced charges of drunkeness and operating a motor vehicle

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YOUNG G. 0. P. ASKS SUPPORT OF DEMOCRATS State Group Urges Backing by Opposition in Economy Move. (Continued From Page One) attended Saturday's rally to hear J. Kenneth Bradley, national chairman, and Mrs. Robert L. Hoyal, national director of women's activities, attack the New Deal. The move for uninstructed delegations to state and national conventions began at a meeting of Republican leaders in the Columbia Club. The resolution was signed by George w. Henley. Bloomington; Wilbur Sutton, Muncie; Hurd Hurst, Peru; Mark Nebeker. Clinton; Julian Shrapnack. Columbus; Henry w. Marshall, Lafayette; Earl Rowley, La Porte, and Charles W. Jewett, Indianapolis. Victory League Makes Appeal The statement, after criticising the present Democratic Administration, urged the selection of strong representative citizens as delegates to the convention. Freedom of delegates to the national G. O. P. convention was urged in a statement broadcast today bv William Swain, executive secretary of the Republican Victory League. He said his league is not interested in the nomination of any particular group of candidates. WOMAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING CHILD, 8 Attempted to End Own Life. Too. St. Louis Police Say, By United Press ST. LOUIS, Mo., March 30.—Myrtle Wilkinson, 48, kidnaped 8-year-old Marline Davis and drowned her in the bathtub of a South Side apartment, then attempted to end her own life with gas, police announced today.

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