Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 March 1937 — Page 4

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1937

Explosion in Rural School at New London Kills 425 and Injures 125

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FOUR TO BE QUIZZED IN HOLDUP OF DRIVER

A daylight holdup in which a department store truck driver was robbed of $60 was being investigated by police today. Detectives said they were to question four youths being held by Columbus authorities. Russell Wilker, 42, of 810 N. Bevjlle Ave., told officers he stopped his truck in front of 1218 Wade St. yesterday afternoon when an armed man forced his way into the truck. Mr. Wilker said the bandit took

$60 from him and forced him to drive to Rural St. and Hanna Ave.,!

where he got out and hoarded an utomobile containing two men. RQ

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A view of the wreckage.

—Acme Telephoto

NEA Photo

ROOSEVELT MAY ASK FOR PERMANENT CCC

Presidential Message Being Prepared, Citron Told.

By United Press WASHINGTON, March 20. — Civilian Conservation Corps Director

—Acme Telephoto I.. V. Barber, the only member of the New London football team to escape.

Site of tragedy.

STATE RECREATION OFFICERS TO MEET

Plans for Activities to Be Mapped at Shelbyville.

limes Speciat SHELBYVILLE. Ind., March 20.— Indiana Recreation Associagion officials are to meet here tomorrow to make preliminary plans for spring and summer activities.

submitted to the association's Board

| majorities. Outline of the program will be | ) | 35 to 1 in favor of the of Control which will meet in the

Hotel Antlers in Indianapolis on March 28.

The Board of Control is to form aii advisory council of citizens of various cities in the state which plan to have softball, baseball and horseshoe pitching activities this summer, Robert Griffel, Shelbyville, is association president. INDORSES COURT PLAN

By United Press

DONALDSONVILLE, Ga.. March 20.—Three Georgia counties today had indorsed President Roosevelt's

‘SEEK SERUM TO HALT MENINGITIS EPIDEMIC

Bn nited

| CUSTER, S. D., March 20—

| needed for emergency treatments, |

judicial reform program by wide | Dr. F, E. Manning of the Custer

Seminole County be- | Health Department said.

Officials

came the third by voting more than | said they must have enough serum

terday.

proposal yes- | within two weeks to treat 1000

persons.

Robert Fechner has informed Rep. William N. Citron (D. Conn.) that President Roosevelt is planning to send a message to Congress requesting legislation to make the Civilian Conservation Corps a permanent agency. Mr, Fechner informed Rep. Citron that he would appear at any time requested before the House Labor Committee in behalf of legislation already drafted by Rep. Citron to make CCC permanent. “I understand the

President is

preparing his message to Congress | the | message with an outline of the legis- | lation which he feels should receive |

and will probably accompany

Congressional consideration,” Mr. Fechner wrote. It was believed possible the President would embody the CCC program in the message requesting re-

lief funds for next year.

Rescue workers carry out one small victim.

—Acme Telephoto

Vehling to Have Court Hearing | Monday on Coram Nobis Writ| SE |

Fred W. Vehling, former Marion County Coroner who has been ordered to begin serving a 2-to-l4-year term in State Prison for so- | liciting a bribe, is to appear in Criminal Court Monday when a hearing | is held on his plea for a writ of coram nobis, | Special Judge H. B. Pike sustained a motion filed in Criminal Court today by Vehling's attorney, Fred Barrett. In the coram nobis petition, | Vehling contended that a member<® Sms of the jury which convicted him [ing he could do but order commit- | was insane. | ment. Vehling has been in City Hospital | Vehling is in the detention ward |

since Thursday afternoon when he |at the hospital. |

amen h en | ASK AGE BENEFITS

was remanded to the custody of |

Sheriff Ray. ly : mr : A compilation of the number Vehling, physicians said, suffered |; hicants for. Federal Cid Ave a heart attack as Special Judge | Benefits, made by the Social SePike refused to set aside the sen- | curity Board at Washington, shows tence, imposed six years ago and | 684,747 applications from Indiana. : : | The Board's announcement said affirmed by the Supreme Court a that the names of 25 million salyear ago. 3 'aried and wage-earning persons Since. no commitment papers have heen entered in the files. were issued, Attorney Barrett filed mr ————— a motion to set aside sentence. Pros- | SPANISH VETERANS TO MEET ecutor Herbert M. Spencer and| Maj. Harold C. Megrew Auxiliary James K. Northam, Deputy At- | 3, United Spanish War Veterans, is | torney General, asked that Vehling | to be held at 8 p. m. Monday at Ft. be ordered to start his term. Friendly, 512 N. Illinois St. Mrs.

of |

| Judge Pike said there was noth- | Pearl Mangus is president.

UNDERWOOD NAMED

IN'3 DAMAGE SUITS

Brandt Brothers Seek to Col-

Three suits seeking to collect $770 from Harry V. Underwood, held in jail in default of $25,000 on em-

bezzlement charges, were on file in

| county courts today

The suits were brought by Louis W. Brandt, Carl F. Brandt and Louis C. Brandt, members of the firm of Brandt Brothers, for whom Underwood was employed as a rental agent. The complaints charged that Underwood failed to turn in $770 in rents he collected on properties owned by Brandt Brothers.

Underwood was placed under bond last June when he allegedly stated that he lost about $60,000 to Indianapolis gamblers, and that the losses included money he collected for Brandt Brothers.

Betty Haynes yearned for love and excitement.

And then,

with Martha Brittain, she found herself stranded in San Dieg~. Together, they answered an ad of the Airspeed Trailer Come pany, and were assigned to start a trailer demonstration trip

up the west coast. stored up thrills to last a lifetime. startling experiences in

Before that trip was ended, Betty had

You'll want to follow her

A New Smash Serial Beginning---

Wednesday, March 24, in THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

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