Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 June 1936 — Page 1

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VOLUME 48 NUMBER 92

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~ BEFORE JURY

Spencer Wil A Work on Underwood Charges if

Facts Are Given. $60,000 LOSS ALLEGED

Morrissey Ready to Atl if ‘Invited’ by Sheriff, He Says. (Editorial on Page 22)

- Sheriff Ray today said he would

. submit to the Marion County Grand

Jury a statement credited to Harry V. Underwood, realty operator, charging he had lost $60,000 through gambling in Indianapolis resorts. Prosecutor Herbert Spencer said

» 8 new grand jury, to be named July

- 8, would investigate alleged local

gambling rackets if the facts are presented. With Underwood held in the Marion County jail on vagrancy charges, in default of $25,000 bond,

~~ statements were made today by the

following: Police Chief Morrissey, Sheriff Ray; Howard Caughran, assistant United States district attorney; Louis C. Brandt, Board of Works member; Will H. Smith, United States internal revenue collector; Theodore H. Dammeyer, Board of Safety president; Louis W. Brandt, ‘nephew of the works board member; H. Nathan Swaim, former Democratic county chair-

“< man, and Albert Cottery, attorney

for the Underwood Realty Corporation. Prosecutor Spencer criticised the announcement of the alleged gambling rackets, saying: “I do not believe in warning criminals in advance that they are going to be arrested or prosecuted.” Sheriff Ray said Underwood’s statement was withheld for 10 days in an effort to recover the gambling losses for “innocent victims.”

’ Hits at Property Owners

‘The way to get gamblers,” added the prosecutor, “is to go after the owners of property. We'll do that one of these days.” Chief Morrissey said he would investigate the charges of gambling rackets if “invited” td do so by Sheriff Ray.

Interviewed in the hospital of the Marion County Jail, Underwood confirmed the statement to Sherift Ray. He said he would make another statement at 4 this afternoon. He said that 10 years ago he was

"the complaining witness in gaming charges. .

Underwood was divorced yesterday in the court of Superior Judge Joseph R. Williams. Mrs. Hazel Underwood charged cruel and inhuman treatment and said he had gambled. Wants to Help Losers

Underwood said today: “I gave myself up to'Sherifl Ray so as to help smail investors, who

"will he the losers, get back their ‘ money. ‘I came to the sheriff be-

cause I knew that there would be a cleanup of gambling rackets in this town.” Sheriff Ray said Underwood had

told him he would be “willing to do

anything” to restore money, said to have been entrusted to him. .Ray

- said the charges of losing. money

in gambling places would be given to the grand jury. : Assistant District Attorney Caughran said facts presented to him to date did not reveal any Federal law violation. Federal . income tax records of alleged gambling ‘house proprietors, who might be in-

. volved, are to be investigated, Will H. Smith, United States ‘internal

revenue collector, said. Sheriff ‘Ray

“had requested a Federal investiga-

tion Chief Morrissey said: “It's a sheriff's case unless Sheri Ray wants me to help him, then I will be glad to do so.” The chief said he believed he knew Underwood.

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FATIGUE AT THE WHEEL

ID your friend boast about how many hundred miles he drove éach day during his vacation? He was at the wheel not only all day long, but sometimes well into the night? : He was lucky to get home alive. Long hours at the wheel are one of ‘the common causes of automobile accidents. You might tell him that drowsiness — actually falling asleep while driving—accounts for some 20,000 serious accidents every year, Managers of large motor vehicle fleets, whose trucks make regular long - hauls across country, are careful to'limit the hours their drivers may work. Ratigue ard the monotony of driving often make sleep almost irresistible. If you feel the slightest drowsiness while driving, do not ignore "the warning. Either let some one else drive, or take steps to rouse yourself to alertness again. Get out and run ‘up and down the road. Stop for a cup of hot coffee. . Even pull ta the roadside and take a little nap. And on that vacation, or any long trip with. continuous driving, plan to drive moderate distances only; and get your regular sieep— plenty of it—every night.

SEVEN HURT IN LOCAL CRASHES

Elgin (ll.) Woman Injured Sefiousiy When She Runs “in Front of Auto.

Marion County Traffic Deaths Year to— June 26, 1936..75 June 26, 1935..69

One person is in a serious condi-

+ | tion and seven others are recovering

today from: injuries suffered in tratfic accidents last night. © Mrs. Allula Long; 51, of Elgin; 1m,

Juries at. ‘City Hospital, was- struck by an auto as she ran across U. 8. Road 52 near Flackville, The car was driven by John P, Thoms," of Chicago. One youth and two young women were injured when the car in which they were riding went out of control on Illinois-st near Kess-ler-blvd. They are Audwin Burris Jr. 20, R.-R. 17, Box 418-A; Miss Clara Mae Herkless, 22, of 515 E. 3ist-st, and, Miss Olava Feist, 18, of 3034 N. Pennsylvania-st. Miss Herkless is being treated at St. Vincent's Hospital for head injuries. Jay Crackel, 21, of 3141 Boulevard-pl, who was riding in the. car, escaped unhurt. When he -lost control of his motorcycle on Main-st in Speedway City, William Bilbee, 25, Speédway City, received’ a’ fractured ° arm and head injuries. Ward Montford, 3275 Guilford-av,-and his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Montford, 1604 Rembrandt-st, were injured when Montford’s motorcycle collided with ‘an: auto driven by Floyd Campbell, 40, of 2129 Whiteav, at Harding-st and Herschell-av.

STATE INCOME GAIN TOPS 400 MILLIONS

Gross Income. Collections for 1935 Show ‘Big Increase. Indiana citizens’ « gross income showed .a gain in 1935 of nearly half a billion dollars over 1934,

by Clarence A. Jackson, director of

| the state gross come tax division.

Income in 1934 reported by 295,011 Saxpayess fotaleg 31.958.019,600 while or -1935; 346,676 taxpayers reported | 340 increased ‘17.5 per cent and moss vase 347 Dep SEL 4 Gross income tax collections in‘creased from $13,158924 in 1934 to $16,006,246 in 1935.

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RAIN EXPEC T0 BREAK DRY SPELL IN CITY

Thundershowers Are Due Tonight or Tomorrow, Bureau Says. ed

GRASS FIRES REPORTED

Blazes Breaking Out Many Parts of State; Caution Urged.

(Another Drought Story on Page 30)

Thundershowers tonight or to morrow may break Indianapolis’ 23« day June drought, J. H. Armington, Federal meterologist, said today. A trace of rain, less than .01 of an inch, fell here early this morning. The sun broke through the dark skies about 7 a. m. A broad cloudy area spotty with showers and thunder storms 1s moving from the West and may bring rain tonight or tomorrow, Mr. Armington said. ‘

More Heat Due Today

Meantime, the low pressure area ;

which slipped in yesterday was ex-

soaring again today. Grass fires wiping ‘out acres of grass are breaking out in many parts of the state because of the dry ‘condition, Frank Wallace, state entomologist, . said. ' He cautioned Hoosiers against throwing cigarets seared fields or roadside plots. The drought has one good point, Frank 'N. Wallace, state entomoldgist, said. The hot, dry weather is responsible for a scarcity of mosquitos this year, he revealed. “Mosquitos laid their eggs in pools early in the summer,” Mr. Wallace said, “and since the pools dried up the eggs died. I have not seen so few mosquitos in Indiana for many years.” Other insects have not been affected seriously bythe dry spell, Mr, Wallace sald.

GRASSHOPPERS HELD

LEMKE AND AIDS

OUTLINE POLICY

Candidates, Fathe Father Coughlin Confer on Platform at Royal Oak.

By United Press.

ROYAL OAK, Mich. June 26.—| > wy

Rep. William" Lemke pledged him-

self today, if elected President, to] enthusiasm.

Major . Hazard Becalish o Drought, Slaim.

hazard to Marion County crops due to the drought conditions now prevailing, Horace E. Abbott, county agricultural agent, said today “They are at present ‘abundant in. grassy and weedy areas,” Mr. Abbott said. “As these places burn up from lack of rainfall the grasshoppers ‘will move into the cultivated crops, particularly young corn, soybeans and all kinds of garden vegetables.” Being only about half-grown, the grasshoppers escape notice at this time of the year and farmers are not aware of them until a field isi: examined for their presence, the agent stated.

Not a major problem in normal]

years, the pest can cause havoe if they get out of hand during drought years, Mr. Abbott said, because they move into fields of young crops and eat all the tender young leaves. The agent does not: believe that the grasshopers will be as’ serious as in some of the Western states, but he urged that farmers examine fields and report if they are found in large numbers.

TINY GRASSHOPPERS PLAGUE NORTHWEST Yellow Insects Strip Parched Farmlands of Vegetation.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Juze 26.1 to a tabulation completed yesterday | pers

oe on oJowa; She rat saniimved sota and southeastern South Dakota.

MORGAN URGES CARE IN MILK SELECTION

+ Grasthopgers: constitute. a sialon :

It: ow poses? 1. To To: protect, mivate a trom “enormously high taxes.” 2. An embargo on imports of all farm ‘goods and _industrial products of which the United States,

produces enough for domestic con-|™ sumption; ‘adoption of ‘major part 4

of Prazier-Lemke: farm plan. 3. An old-age pension providing a- “comfortable living” for alll above 60. 4. State-controlled relief on - 8 basis planned to make all indigent persons self-supporting. 5. A, “thorough” water conservation program to replace the present “halfway” plan. .

tanglements. : . 7. To callin all present currency | and create.a new: issue to be used to retire ' all Susianang government | bonds.

RAILROAD PENSION ACT HELD INVALID!

Opinion Returned by D. of.C. High Court Jurist.

By United Press’ Ww.

STEEL IS NERVOUS,

CHRYSLER ‘STRONG r

- | vanced thinkers of the inner circle

6. Avoidance: of all” foreign en- ;

+ ho . removed ; pockee ike Growth bot The size of | aes fhioat, dessrilied {he paush as “as 1.esophagus hernia

‘Mark Sullivan Says—

HILAD ELPHIA, June 26—On the opening. .of this week, the shrewd Frank | formation that: Adoubtedly came from. inside the New Deal inner |

e, outlined in advance. the frit | re ase. with which, ‘4 oe Ey

Tat with seme or Tae aire a | who. have great weight as advisers |

‘and who are responsible for some ‘of ‘the more oaring of the New | Deal. Experimen

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4 N.correctly about. what is: going: on in America until he first. under‘stands that the New Deal is not the Democratic party. Nor is it a mere successor to the Democratic Party. It is not: merely a .political party at all. It ‘is something America . has never seen before.” It.is a new order of society ‘and government. It is only our unfamiliarity. that prei (Turn. to Page 21)

HOOSIER IS SAVED: FROM SLOW-DEATH

Threat Stricture Is Removed in Pittsburgh’ Hoopial By: United. Press | URGH, June 26 — Prosper] 1 Bomim, 63, Evansville, Ind., was re-. covering today fn’ Mercy Hospital ‘from an operation for removal of ‘a ‘throat stricture which . would ‘have starved him to death: in a ' short time. it 1t “had Bo been removed.

“one. will. Te Loe. to to nin” ‘Gov. McNutt said: he had confi |

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Governor Is“ Back in Good « Kent, with in- |

Graces of Farley, Observers Say.

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; BY ‘DANIEL M. KIDNEY “Times Staff Writer . PHILADELPHIA, ‘June . 26.—De-

ily. pie his, rules committeeman voting

ih v Gov. Paul Vv. to be back onthe

ing | 3 * Upoh ‘arrival ‘here’ “the. Hoosier | Governor indicated that: his -delegate tion. ‘would support all: Administra-

sals, bod a}

“But, despite . this; Yesterday

Judge Frank P. Baker, of the Mar-

ion. Criminal * Court sided with

‘the Southern States, Massachusetts:

New York, in opposing repeal “ithe ‘two-thirds rule,

dence in Judge ‘Baker and thought | “probably he didn’t want to offend ‘some of those Southern states where

I have many friends.” The Governor is couhiting on considerable: Southern support when he Ad to be a presidential candidate’

“McNutt, Mr. Farley and Marvin |. v2 McIntyre, ‘Roosevelt politieal secre- * of, had ‘a’ long conference .yester-

“Mr. Parley. and the Indiana chief. executive are to decide on the veterans: set-up for. the campaign, the Governor having been: selected ‘at 'a meeting here to chairman :the

-| strategy committee .and select its

‘| personriel: ‘ - He may be made a sort of Western campaign: » manager, but if ‘such

a set-up is decided upon, there will be no headquarters. . be, in Indianapalt, iw was said. . The party factions in Tlinois make

the this his aqvisable.t w it was stated, and be-

‘an orange in the muscles of Bomm’s

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IN NOMI NATION;

LABOR

Green and Lewis. Hasten to * Give Indorsements to Platform.

HOLD PARTY KEPT FAITH

‘| Clothing Workers’ Leader

Praises Stand and Will Aid Campaign.

BY HERBERT LITTLE Times Special Writer

PHILADELPHIA, June 26. —Organized labor, both factions of ‘it, took ‘the Democratic platform to its bosom

today.

So did Gov. Herbert H. Lehman of New York, whose interest is in

“| humanitarian legislation and in his

New York social security program, and who has been refusing to run again unless the party took a progressive stand. Said William Green, president of the A. F. of L.: “The' constitutional proposal will add to the strength of the movement to amend the Constitution. The declaration . is unparalleled. Speaking personally, I think it will be a vote-winner for Roosevelt. “We regard the party as having taken a most advanced position on secial security. Its declaration will meet the most nearty response from working people.”

Hillman Indorses Stand

Said John: L. Lewis, chief of the United Mine Workers and of the Committee for Industrial Organization, hated rival of Mr. Green in the labor movement: : “The President and the Denmiocratic Party have kept ‘the faith, and American labor will kéep' faith’ with the President. ' The platform is | completely - satisfactory to the aims and aspirations of labor. This tells Congress it has to go ahead. Sidney Hillman, chief of

PRESIDENT LISTENS 10 HS NOMI NOMINATION

Congratulates. A : Mack Philadelphia Speech:

By United Press WASHINGTON, June .26.—President Roosevelt, without leaving his desk in the White House executive offices, toddy ‘heard himself nominated as the Democrat candidate for a Second tern as chief executive of the United States. A portable radio brought him the nominating ‘speech and the tumultuous demonstration that followed. When it was over; Mr. Roosevelt picked up the telephone and called John E. Mack, the man who placed him in nomination. . He said: “Congratulations. hope they find for your client.” . The President just had completed, except for last-minute changes, the draft of his “short and: snappy” speech of acceptance that he will deliver - tomorrow night at Philadelphia.

- Slugged, Robbed of $100 Slugged and robbed of $100, William Rogers, 50, of 556 Keystoneav, was treated at City Hospital last Bigh:for's deep oui aves ihe sight eye.

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demons tration Lasts

AIDS Hit

Boyhood Chin) Nulge Mack, Again Submits His: Name to Convention.

SPEECH STIRS OVATION

Terms Roosevelt Defender of the People’s Faith, Foe of Privilege.

Other Convention News:

Stories, P. 3. Platform Text, P. 6. Mack Text, P. 7. Johtt T. Flynn, P. 30. Pegler, Broun, P. 21. Merry-Go-Round P. 21 Editorial, P. 22.

BY LYLE C. WILSON : (Copyright, 1936, by United Press) 5

CONVENTION HALL, PHILADELPHIA, June 26.— A boyhood friend placed Franklin Delano Roosevelt in renomination for President of the United States today. He cast his candidate in the role of defender of the faith

of the people. Judge John E. Mack of Poughse keepsi¢, N. Y., delivered the nomie nating speech = to, delegates whe. came here last Tuesday for the sine gle purpose of sending to the 1036 presidential wars the victorious Roosevelt-Garner ticket of 1982. Mr® Mack said the New Deal had stripped the “clisses of privilege” of their power over government. : he issue

- ‘Mr, Mack concluded his speech W 11.27 a. m, Jndiatiagolls time, ‘and the storm loose. “We are for the issue. have ended starvation, bread ne : soup kitchens, and have brought this country through the Freptest Sepression ‘ever known,” Mr.

had = Ready for Battle “With our docks cleared for bats tle, with. justice and right and. prog= ress with us, we are neady: for mors action under the inspired of that great American whose name I give you. as your candidate for President, no longer a citizen mere= ly of one state, but a son of all 48 states, Franklin Delano Roosévelt.”” Delegates had been waiting for that name. Three days of talk and parading were a buildup toward Mr. Mack’s three last words. In 48 state delegations and . among the representatives of territories and

possessi ons, men and women were

convention was approaching, wh the man who led the i Party back into Washington in 1933 is voted the marshal’s