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VOLUME 48—-NUMBER 241

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1936

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AERIAL SEARCH Battle to Curtail State

Power in Counties Urged At Local Officials’ Parley

Centralization Attacked by James A. Slane, Execu-| GETS 20 YEARS

tive Secretary of Association; Favors Legislative Action to Restore Authority.

RESUMED FOR MISSING PLANE

Ships Take Off to Soar Over Rugged Peaks of Utah Range.

OVERDUE 52 HOURS

Parties Also Start Overland; Little Hope Held frr Occupants.

B Fy qd Prrcan SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 17.—An Aerial sear party that has been grounded two davs by a snow storm that raged among the peaks of the Wasatch Mountains took off today in an attempt to locate the Western Air Express transport that disappeared 52 hours ago | None of the veteran pilots or airexecutives who acted as ob-| servers from the six planes that left | the airport here shortly after 10] a. m (Indianapolis Time) held much hope for finding the four passengers and three members of the alive. Even if they had surrived a crash the snow storm and h.tter cold would have made life in|

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the desolate Alpine region most dif- |

ficult The only clue to the possible location of the plane indicated that none could have survived a crash. Superintendent John I. Hess of the Civil Conservation Corps reported | late yesterday that his searching | party had sighted a path through | the scrub tress 11,000 feet up on Lone Peak near Pleasant Grove | that apparently had been made by | a plane speeding into the mounfainside Trees Were Splintered

In addition to the swath through he trees Hess said he saw a scarred | ock ledge that might have been | struck full force by the 10-passen- | ger Boeing transport, He believed | that the big air liner struck this| then bounced over into al deep gorge. Hess said the trees had | heen splintered from trunk to the top branches an dthe shale ledge was shattered | South winds today swept away | the fog that shrouded the peaks in | this vicinity, 33 miles south of | here, for the past two days, making | search futile. Although the sky was overcast the ceiling rose and flying conditions at midmorning were good. Meanwhile more including farmers, and CCC crews converged from three points on Lone Peak. The vescue parties carried first aid equipment and food. After an hour's search, Frank G.

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transport, reported by visibility was improving,

his observers had sighted nothing of |

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one reason why vou should sorta walk in a straight line, You may git discouraged at times and think mavbe vou're not getting rewarded for it, but vou must always remember that vou're buildin’ up the old family record that might help somebody out in future generations. Maybe your reward lies in the fact that in later years when they look up your family tree, they won't find that vou was a rotten limb I had a cousin down home, one time, who was arrested on e¢ireumstantial evidence fer stealin’ a He would've been sentenced sure if the judge hadn't looked up my cousin's family record. The judge found that there was no case on record where any of our family had ever stolen anything to work with.

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An organized fight against “government control of counties from |

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Indianapolis” was urged today by James A. Slane, Lafayette, Indiana Couniv and Township Officials’ Association executive secretary. The

association is meeting in the Claypoo

“I propose that this organization sponsor some bills in the General |

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Assembly next month to get back for county governments some of the

DEMOCRATS OF STATE TO MEET

Legislation to Be Topic at Parley Tomorrow in French Lick.

BY TRISTRAM COFFIN

| Democratic campaign promises in- | | corporated in the state platform are

to be a main issue as party leaders legislators study

it was reported today. In addition, they are to discuss

|candidates for legislative posts and state committee chairman and sec-

retary, to replace Omer Stokes Jack-

son and Dick Heller. |

Gov.-elect Townsend, in his post-

| election statement, specifically men-

tioned only two points covered in |

| the state platferm: Safety and gross | Marion.

income tax revision. | First Step Taken First step toward eliminating any inequalities in the gross income tax was taken at Mr. Townsend's public

{conference on revision Dec. 10 and |

11. However, few changes are an-! ticipated by party leaders. A safety committee, headed by State Safety Director Don F. Stiver, is preparing recommendations which may include a request for 100 additional state policemen and physical examinations for new driver's license applicants. The state platform, in discussing highways and safety, recommended extension of the moratorium on ali local tax levies and bonds for road building, maintenance and repairs. (Turn to Page Three)

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If the temperature goes down to freezing, the city may expect snow tonight or tomorrow, the Weather | Bureau said today. Otherwise, rain | is expected. | Normal temperature for today is | 32, three degrees below the temperature at 9 a. m.

| sented | warned. “If you don’t, some minor-

a legislative | | program in. French Lick tomorrow,

————&powers that have been taken away | ; | from them,” he said in an address | Verdict

before the County Commissioners division of the association. “Watch for jokers in bills prein the Legislature,” he

roup will take away more powrom county governments.” He urged county officials to guard against legislative moves to abolish township units. | The second day's program opened this morning with a joint session of all county and township officials in the Riley Room. Each of the 11 divisions held separate meetings | yesterday, outlining legislative poli- | cies, electing officers and discussing mutual problems.

Principal Speaker Principal speaker on this afternoon's program was to be Joseph Torrence Miller, Wilkinsburg, Pa.

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ment to the constitution of Penn- | gylvania. | New officers of the association were installed this morning. They are: James Propst, Terre Haute, president; Everett E. MecVicker, north vice president; Charles Knowles, Mount south vice president; Charles M. Dawson, Indianapolis, treasurer, and James Slane, Lafayette, executive segretary. Sheriff Ray, Indianapots, is the retiring president. ' Mayor Kern, in his address of welcome to the association, expressed hope that “county and township officials would find co-op-eration for their problems in the General Assembly next month.” “I believe this group, after tasting the fruits of new legislation, will have a much larger and happier convention next year,” he said. In a meeting of the trustees division Wayne Coy, state welfare direc tor, urged trustees to co-operate with their county welfare boards in determining relief standards for their communities. He also asked trustees not to deny relief to needy persons who can not get on Federal relief - payrolls.

Suggests Elimination

He suggested trustees eliminate from their rolls, persons who have become eligible for any one of the social security benefits. Otto Jensen, State Accounts Board chief deputy, addressed trustees on accounting systems to be used by township units next year. Isaac Kane Parks, state inheritance tax director, recommended to the Indiana Association of County Assessors meeting yesterday after-

| noon in the House of Representa-

tives, a state gift tax levy. | He also proposed that inheritance tax exemptions be increased as follows: Widows. from $15,000 to $25.000: children and widowers, from $2000 to $5000, and stepchildren, from $100 and a 7 per cent levy to $2000 and a 1 per cent rate.

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Five hundred and eleven needy | school children were assured warm | clothing today by The Indianapelis | Times’ Clothe-A-Child campaign as | generous donors either dressed the children themselves or contributed | the necessary money. As quickly as money poured into | The Times’ office and with each | clink of a dime on the silver shrine | at Mile-of-Dimes, Clothe-A-Child's shoppers went into action, dressing needv bovs and girls. A call to RIlev 5551 will give you

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Donors to Clothe-A-Child

(Donors' List Page 3)

the name of a boy or girl whom you can call for. You can see the child in his own home and then shop for | him. But if youre too busy to shop | yourself, Clothe-A-Child will do the | job for you and send you the name | and address of the child. | Bach youngster has been checked | for need by Community Fund relief agencies and the social service | department of the public schools. | Ages of chiidren range from 5 to 12. A Clothe-A-Child outfit costs between $7 and $10.

sponsor of the home rule amend-

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‘CURFEW GIRL IS CONVICTED;

| i 'Edith Maxwell Sobs When Jury Finds Her Guilty | Of Second Degree.

‘FREE ON $15.000 BOND

Counsel Acts to Set Aside

| and Obtain | Third Trial.

| | By United Press WISE, Va,, Dec. 17.—Edith Maxwell was convicted for a second time today of killing her father, Trigg Maxwell, in a family quarrel that started when he scolded her for staying out with boy friends! after the 9 p. m. mountain curfew. | A jury of 12 men deliberated ohe | hour and a half and brought in a verdict of guilty of second degree murder: They fixed her sen- ' tence at 20 years : in prison. Edith sobbed when the jury's announcement was made. “Them jurors know I'm not ¥ guilty,’’ she § cried. Her first trial and conviction with a 25-year SENLENCE Was Set Miss Maxwell aside by Virginia's Supreme Court of Appeals.

Verdict Unanimous

Defense attorneys moved to set aside the verdict, argument on the motion being postponed until March 1, at which time a motion for new trial also will be considered. Bdith was released on bond of $15.000. She was greatly relieved when bond was accepted and fixed. Almost immediately afterward she said she “must get out of here” as soon as she could get her suitcase so Cousin Thurman could get back | to work. She referred to A. T. Dotson of defense counsel. A poll of jurors revealed that the verdict was unanimops from the start of deliberations. Miss Maxwell's two trials disrupted the quiet life of this mountain community and aroused bitter emmities, { oy

. Claimed Self-Defense

Seldom had the strict moral code of the Blue’ Ridge community been questioned so sensationally. Edith claimed her father was intoxicated, that she hit him only in self-defense when he threatened wo kill her. Women's clubs in Knoxville, Tenn. and elsewhere raised funds for her defense at the first trial, but later withdrew their support of Edith and returned money they had collected. The National Women's Party became interested and held mass meetings in New York City and elsewhere.

GET 2-WEEK VACATION

More than 63.000 Indianapolis school children are to be dismissed tomorrow, a full week before Christmas. Usually there are only two or three days vacation before Christmas. Schools are to be closed another week after the holiday.

TIMES FEATURES ON INSIDE PAGES

Blast Breaks Windows of Cleaning Plant

An explosion early today shattered windows of a cleaning plant at 2025 E. 10th-st and three -eighboring houses, Marion Pierson, proprietor, attributed the blast to an attempt to force him to join a “cleaners association. Mr. Pierson told police that this was the third time his place had been bombed in 18 months. He also said that on several other occasions, bricks have been thrown through the windows. Today's blast evidently was intended to ignite cleaning fluid stored in the rear of the establishment, police said. They reported that two sticks of dynamite had been placed next to the inlet pipe of a 50gallon tank. Three windows were broken in the cleaning establishment. Others were shattered in the homes of Walter Lemon, 945 Tecumseh-st, Karl Seybold, 940 Hamilton-av and Eugene Sullivan, 951 Tecumseh-st. Mr. Pierson described the purported association as a group of 11 men, with headquarters in a downtown hotel. He said they demanded “dues” of $15 monthly. He said that he holds membership in a cleaners’ union affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. A possibility that extortion attempts were being made by persons fraudulently representing themselves as representatives of the Indianapolis Dyers and Cleaners Association was suggested by J. PF. Huffman, managing director. He said, however, that his organization had received no complaints of this nature.

DRAFT EDWARD TOPLAY SANTA

Former King to Distribute

Gifts to Children of Mountain Villages.

(Another Story, Page 3)

{ lit, “1936, by United Press) ENZESFELD, Austria, Dee. 17 Edward, Duke of Windsor, is going to play Santa Claus for the children of Enzesfeld, it was understood today, in the traditional red suit and white beard of the patron of the Christmas feast. Baroness Bugene Rothschild, hostess of the recent King-Emperor, has drafted him, because of his popularity with children, to assist as Santa Claus in the distribution of presents at the Christmas party she will give for all the children of the village. . The party is an annual one and the Duke is assured of a full attendance. But the first formal engagements of Edward VIII as he seeks seclusion here is expected to be as guest of honor at the ninetv-sixth birthday party of Mrs. Jane Kent Saturday. Mrs. Kent is one of a circle of British horse trainers and gardeners whom the Rothschild family brought to Austria many years ago to take charge of their racing stables and introduce a new form of landscape gardening to their estate. Edward still has many Christmas presents to buy, including those for the little Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose, daughters of his brother, King George. MARKETS AT A GLANCE By United Press Stocks irregularly higher; steels strong. Bonds irregular; ment issues weak. Curb stocks irregularly higher. Chicago stocks higher, Foreign exchange steady; Holland guilder strong. Cotton 7 to 19 points lower, Grains: Chicago wheat irregularly higher; Winnipeg May rye up the limit, Rubber at new highs since 1029.

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“AVOID FORCE TO FREE ME, ~ CHIANG RULES

Chinese Nationals’ Leader Forbids Any Fighting Despite Peril.

‘RELEASE NEAR, REPORT

| Negotiator Tells Nanking | Captor Agrees to Ease Demands.

(The Story of Mme. Chiang Kaishek, Page 25.) By United Press | SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 17.— | Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, ad{hering despite personal danger to |his ideal of a united China, has {ordered the government not to use | force to release him from captivity |by “Young Marshal” Chang Hseuh|liang, it was said authoritatively to- | day. | Gen, Chiang Ting-wen, one of the | group seized by the young marshal ‘at Sian-Fu, arrived late today at | Loyang, east of Sian-Fu, and tele- | graphed at once to government au= | thorities at Nanking that the gen- | eralissimo forbade hostilities. Despite Chiang's plea, Dr. H. H. | Kung, acting executive head, de|clared in a statement broadcast to | the United States government from | Nanking that a punitive expedition | was ordered to crush Young Mar- | shal Chang's uprising. Reports Demands Eased | Gen. Chiang Ting-wen later In- | formed the government that Marshal Chang is ready to release Generalissimo Chiang if some of his demands are met. He is due in Nanking tomorrow afternoon from Sian-Fu, where he was released by Marshal Chang to return to the national capital and enter the negotiations for release of his superior. As the result of his telegram, government authorities were expected to call a halt in their offensive against the young marshal’s forces. Chang was reported still insistent on his demand for war against Japan and redrganization of the national government, with Communist elements represented, as the price of his release of the generalissimo.

HOLC RIGHT TO SUE IN STATE ATTACKED

'Termed Outside Corporation in Foreclosure Suit.

A claim that the Home Owners Loan Corp. can not bring foreclosure action in Indiana courts was made in Superior Court 4 here today. The claim was contained in a plea abatement in the foreclosure suit of Home Owners Loan Corp. vs. W. A. Royse and others. The defendants charged that the HOLC was organized by Congress as a “corporation.” Indiana laws, it was asserted, require that outside corporations file papers with the Secretary of State before being permitted to take part in litigation. It was charged the HOLC had not complied with this requirement. The plaintiffs said HOLC was a “Federal agency” and as such can carry on any kind of litigation. Superior Judge Clarence E. Weir said similar suits had been filed in other Indiana counties and that a higher court probably would rule on the case.

CABINET CHANGES SEEN AS UNLIKELY

By United Press WASHINGTON, Dec. 17.—White House sources today said it was highly improbable that there would be any major shake-up in the Cabinet or other government agencies when the new Administration form-

Ducks—Oop!

Birds Get All Mixed Up Trying to Land on Lake Sullivan.

BY JOE COLLIER

UCKS get all mixed up when they land on the ice at Lake Sullivan, They apparently think they are going to cushion into the

hit something hard and slippery. One of the ' State Conservation men said they even have surprised looks on their faces. Andy Miller, who takes special care of them, says they put their webbed feet up to stop themselves and go scooting over the ice on their tail feathers like a shuffleboard paddle about to hit a puck. Most of the ducks are in winter quarters now. That is a yard and some shelter whege they get and eat their corn when it is too cold for them to get about. ” ” ”

OME Atlantic Coast ducks landed in Lake Sullivan this fall, liked the place, and now are in winter quarters. “They stay around,” one Park Board employe said, “and eat quite a bit of our corn. A duck will stay about as long as there is food. Geese are different. “When the geese were going south this fall, they almost always circled the lake, honked speculatively, and played around before leaving. None landed, or watered, or whatever you'd call it, but they seemed tempted. The ducks, on those occasions, quacked a little but didn't give a very hearty welcome.” Later on this winter, after the ducks have been penned up for days on end; they will be freed on some unseasonably warm day during a

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py HEN that happens,” one of thé men said, “they seem to lose any kind of sense a duck would have. They march out of the nen, eight abreast, and maintain a line of march until] the last one is out. Then they break ranks for the lagoon as if some one had said, ‘last one in the water is a chicken.’ “They swim about, fly out, dip and preen, all at one end of the lake. Then one of them gets the notion to go to the other end and all of them go. It's a great sight.” Although a professor at Chicago University has discovered there are leaders in flocks of domesticated birds, no one at Lake Sullivan has ever been able to identify the leaders, except, possibly, that they are always in front. It appears to close watchers that the one who happens to get the idea is the leader. This, Andy says, is just as well because there are only a certain number of places for them to go and they've all been to all of them before, anyway.

LA FOLLETTE AND DR. FRANK CONFER

(Another Story, Page 335)

By United Press MADISON. Wis, Dec. 17 —Gov. Philip F. La Follette and Dr. Glenn Frank, principals in the fight over the latter's continuing as president of the University of Wisconsin,

ence over the university needs today.

walnut table in the most ornate

ally is begun.

Board of University Regents.

ANS OF SPANISH WAR .

AS DEATH RAINED FROM SKY

SPECIAL TARGET FOR AIR RAIDERS

FEARFUL MADRID RESIDENTS FLEE

water and cruise about, but they

| forced to lie on the floor.

BANK ROBBED OF $1250 BY GANG; IDENTIFY BRADY

Local Killer Suspect Reported Leader in Carthage Stickup.

CAR FIRED UPON

Bandits Foree Six to Lie Down as They Seize Money.

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BULLETIN State police this afters noon reported that a car believed to contain three bandits who held up the Carthage bank had been trapped on a county road 10 miles south of Newcastle,

Three men held up the Care thage (Ind.) State Bank tos day and escaped under gune fire with an estimated $1250,

including $150 in pennies, State police here announced at 1 o'clock this afternoon that the leader of the trio had been identi fied positively by Howard E. Henley, Carthage cashier, as Al Brady, fugitive suspect in the slaying of Sergt. Richard Rivers, Indianapolis policeman. Mr, Henley described the leader as between 26 and 28. He said. the man was well-dressed, wearing =a dark overcoat and hat. When shown a picture of Brady, he said: “That's the man. I didn't get a good look at the other two, but this man was the leader.” Opens Fire With Shotgun

As the three bandits drove away, a filling station attendant across the | street opened fire with a shotgun. | The charge struck the side of the |car, he told State Police. He did | not know whether any of the outlaws were struck Three persons in the bank at the ! time and three customers who came lin during the holdup were forced to lie on the floor until the bandits left. Mr. Henley said he believed the bandits drove eastward in a Buick sedan bearing 1936 Indiana license plates 51-239. These plates, State Police said, were the same used by three men who held up the North Madison bank recently, North Madison hank failed to identify pictures | Brady gang. Brady and two companions, James Dolhover and Clarence Lee Schaffer Jr. escaped several weeks ago from the Greenfield jail, where they were awaiting trial on murder charges. First Definite Information Today's outbreak was the first in which any of the outlaws had been identified definitely since the Greenfield break. Brady and his cofhpanions are alleged to have killed Sergt. Rivers in escaping a trap at the home of a South Side physician. They had taken a companion, believed to have been wounded in a Lima (0. jewelry store holdup, to the doctor for treatment. Mr. Henley said the three men entered the bank about 11:30 a. m,, | drew pistols and announced: “This is a stickup.” Mr. Henley, Miss Mable Hitchcock, and Noble Bide

officials of the

| the cages and lie face down on the lobby floor. * Two of the men went behind the cages to scoop up the money while the third stationed himself at the door and accosted three customers as they came in. They also wers

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