Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 June 1937 — Page 1

The Indianapolis Times

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VOLUME 49—NUMBER - 86

SOVIET-FLIERS NEAR CANADA RADIO ALL LL ON FLIGHT

Over Prince Patrick |

Island at Last Report.

DUE TOMORROW |

Celebration Planned

At San Francisco, Their Goal.

By United Press SAN FRANCISCO, June 19.—Battling stormy weather, three Soviet fliers in a single-motored monoplane roared down the Western Hemisphere toward Canada and San Francisco today.

The latest report came from the Royal Canadian Signal Corps at Edmonton, Alberta, which said that at 6 a. m. (Indianapolis Time) the trio had radioed: “Everything O. K. Traveling 200 kilometers.” They reported they were over Prince Patrick Henry Island in the Artic Ocean.

Prince Patrick Island is about 800 miles south of the North Pole and lies directly on the 123d Meridian, which indicates the fliers are exactly on their course. They set out on the 123d Meridian and proposed to follow it most of the 6250-mile trip. The island is due north of Banks Land, about midway between Alaska and Hudson Bay. They were trying to complete the longest nonstop flight in history, and extremely difficult flying weather prevailed along the route they were believed to be following. Gregory Gokhman, Soviet consul general, said he was certain the fliers. would arrive at Oakland Airport some time tomorrow, The Soviet consulate here announced that they crossed| the Pole at 11:10 p. m. (Indianapolis Time) yesterday. It was the greatest aerial adventure since Charles A. Lindbergh set out alone across the Atlantic 10 years ago. The flight_began in ‘official Soviet secrecy and progressed in the isolated silence of the Arctic wastes. Radio messages from the plane indicated that it was making less than its regular 100 miles an hour speed because of the wind. These messages were directed to Moscow and relayed in the United ~ States through the Russian embassy. The War Department picked up infrequent signals at its Anchorage, Alaska, station and relayed them to Washington. The flight had been 18 hours un(Turn to Page Three)

BOB BURNS

Says: J June 19.—This

would be a terrible world if we knew just what was goin’ to happen to us and when. If it was bad, we’d be worryin’ about it, and if it was good, we'd be impatient for it to

punishmental

murderer goes through is countin’ the days till he's goin’ to be hung. A man came through home one time lecturin’ on astronomy and he said he had positive proof the world would come to an end in 70 billion years. Aunt Boo couldn't sleep after that. She wasted away to skin and bone. Next year when the lecturer come back, Aunt Boo rushed down to see him, and she said “How long did you say it would be before the world come to an end?” And the man said “Seventy billion years.” Aunt Boo gave a sigh of relief and said “Thank heavens! 1 thought you said “Seventy million!” : (Copyright, 1937)

FATHER GETS A TIE ON HIS DAY ,

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Francisco

Polsr ADiators Unknown Here, FF amed at Home

| By United Press | SAN FRANCISCO, June 19.—The | three Soviet fliers atempting a nonstop flight from Moscow to San are strangers in the United States, Soviet consular offi-

cials said today. Valeri Povlovitch Chkalov, the pilot, is 33. He has been a member of the Red Army since he was 15. He became a pilot after the revolution, was decorated with the Order of Lenin in 1935 for heroism as a test pilot. For a long-distance flight last year he was awarded the title “Hero of the Soviet Union.” Georgi Phillipovitch Baidukov, copilot, 30, left his home in Siberia when he was 18 and became an expert flier in Leningrad. He is a close friend of M. Chkalov. He also was decorated with the Order of Lenin and the title of “Hero of the Soviet Union.” Alexander Vassilievitch Beliakov, navigator, 40, attended military school and served in the World War. He is professor of air navigation in the Soviet Military Air Academy and a “Hero of the Soviet Union.” None of them had ever visited the United States.

5 FACE QUIZ IN BANK HOLDUP

Seizure Here Follows Tip From Kentucky on Bandit Car.

Four men and a woman, suspected members of a bank holdup gang operating in four states during the last year, were arrested by police and Prosecutor’s office investigators in a raid on a N. East St. rooming house early today. Each is charged with vagrancy and held under $10,000 bond. The raid was led by Lieut. Leo Troutman. Prosecutor Herbert Spencer also participated. One of the men has been identified as participating in the $3000 holdup of a Dunnville, Ky., bank this week, it was reported. Earl Wines of Indianapolis was arrested by Kentucky authorities following the robbery. Report Others at Large

Officers sdid they have been hunting the four men for two months for investigation in connection with bank robberies in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Kentucky. Wines was alleged to have been the sixth member of the gang. Two and possibly three more men still are at large, it was reported. The raid followed a raidiogram from Kentucky authorities giving the license number of the car used by the holdup men in the Dunnville robbery. The car was found to be the property of the woman held in custody. She had reported the car stolen on June 15, police said.

Sends - Four Squads

Capt. Otto Petit sent four police squads to the N. East St. address. Officers said they found the suspects in the: third floor and attic of the rooming house. = None was armed and only one made any attempt to resist arrest, it was reported. Sergts. Charles Burkett, John Sheehan, Cecil Gray and James Senteny assisted in the arrests. Kentucky authorities were requested to send officers to Indianapolis to assist in questioning the men in connection with the Dunnville holdup, it was said.

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STATE WAGES MAKE FOURTH

STRAIGHT GAIN

Factory Employment and Payrolls Reach High For Seven Years.

DURABLE GOODS LEAD

Strike Influence Less Than Expected, State Service Reports.

For the fourth consecutive month, Indiana employment and payrolls showed substantial gains in May, according to a report today by Martin. F. Carpenter, Indiana State Employment Service director. ‘Increases of 2.2 per cent in employment, 2.1 per cent in. payrolls and 0.6 per cent in man hours worked - were recorded in May compared to April. In 22 cities studied, Indianapolis ranked 12th in. employment gain, with an’ increase of 2 per cent, and 14th in payroll gain, with a .6 per cent upturn.

New Records Sef

Manufacturing employmeht and payrolls advaneed to new highs for the recovery period. Reports from 889 manufacturing plants employing 239,106 workers in May showed increases of 2.1 per cent in employment and 1.6 per cent in payrolls. The upturn was considered contraseasonal, Mr. Carpenter said. Indiana factory employment was

'| 16.9 per cent and payrolls 36.8 per-

cent above their May, 1936, levels, despite labor disturbances. Mr. Carpenter declared, “Strikes which are continuing to influence employment and payrolls, did not affect the current survey to the extent that might be expected.” He said, however, that the May record did not ‘show the effects of the most serious strikes occurring during the month.”

Wage Raises Fewer

But the smallest number of employees receiving wage rate increases during the last seven months was reported. Wage rate increases were shown only by 53 firms affecting 7928 employees. Mr. Carpenter attributed the low figure t6 “the downward trend in the average hours worked per week.” Durable goods led in the manufate turing expansion with gains of 2.4 per cent in employment and 1.7 per cent in payrolls from April to May. These increases pushed the indices ‘cf durable goods employment and payrolls up to new levels for the last seven years, Mr. Carpenter said. The nondurable goods industries also made notable strides with upturns of 1.2 per cent in employment and 1.1 per cent in payrolls.

Hceurly wages Advance

Average hourly earnings of Indiana workmen was set at 70.9 cents an hour, an increase of 18.7 per cent during the last year. The figure rose 1.1 per cent from April to May this vear. .It represented an average week of 40.5 working hours—1.8 per cent under the May, 1936, average. Meanwhile, nonmanufacturing employment more than regained the set-back suffered in April, Mr. Carpenter reported. Gains of 2.8 per (Turn to Page Three)

BUDDY, MARY GET MARRIAGE PERMIT

Pair Forced to Elbow Way Through Crowd.

By United Press LOS ANGELES, June 19.—The word was out andthe crowd was waiting with cameras, bouquets and autograph books when Mary Pickford and Charles (Buddy) Rogers arrived at the. marriage license bureau to make application for their wedding June 26. The couple arrived at the bureau eight minutes before closing time but by the time they had elbowed through the waiting crowd of fans and posed 15 minutes for pictures, Ye office force ‘had to work overime.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1937

Dies at 77

SIR J. M, BARRE. AUTHOR, IS DEAD

Creator of Peter Pan Victim Of Pneumonia in London Hospital.

By United Press LONDON, June 19 —Sir James Matthew Barrie, creator of Peter Pan and other characters who won the hearts of the world, died of bronchial pneumonia in a nursing home today at the age of 77. The famous author and dramatist, who “saw life through the eyes of

a child,” lived almost as a recluse |

in his declining years. Although he retired from the public gaze, his memory was still green in the minds of the generation which laughed and cried over Peter Pan, “The Little Minister,” “What Every Woman Knows,” “Dear Brutus,” and other tender, understanding portrayals. Besides members of the family, those at the bedside in Mr. Barrie's dying moments were Peter and Nicholas Davies, brothers whom Mr. Barrie adopted after Peter Davies as a child inspirea him to write Peter Pan. Peter Grows Up

Unlike the character he inspired, Peter “grew up” and now is in middle age. ’ ‘Announcement - of Mr. Barrie's death was made at 1:57 p. m., but the time of death was not specified. It was announced that he had been unconscious since before 8 a. m. Dr. Mackay Huey, who was associated with Lord Horder, physi-cian-in-ordinary to the King, in attending Mr. Barrie, announced as he emerged from the nursing home: “Sir James Barrie has passed away. He passed away quietly and peacefully. There was no pain, He go been unconscious since before o'clock.” He was born in Scotland, in a four-room cottage among the weavers ‘and elders of Kirriemuir, a (Turn to Page Three)

YOUTH HELD AS CHIEF OF FLACKVILLE GANG

19-Year-0ld Alleged Leader Gave Self Up, Officers Say.

A 19-year-old youth was held incommunicado at the Marion County Jail today for questioning as the alleged leader of a gang of youthful Flackville bandits who preyed on Marion County residents during the last year and a half. Five other members of the pettytheft ring were recently placed on probation. Two were dismissed. The alleged leader, who previously had threatened to .“shoot .it out” with officers if apprehended, gave himself up two days ago, deputies said. They declared, “It got too hot for him” and he surrendered. He had been sought in Tennessee and elsewhere.

EARHART REACHES ‘RANGOON ON FLIGHT

By United Press RANGOON, Burma, June 19.— Amelia Earhart, flying around the world, reached Ré&ngoon at 11:40 a. m. (Indianapolis Time) today ({rom Akyab, up the Burmese coast.

THE FAMILY .

BILBAO FALLS T0 REBELS AS BASQUES FLEE

Government 1s "Moved to Nearby Village Hideout, Madrid Declares.

POPULACE = UNHARMED

Women Are Taken to Rear; Hitler Reports Ship Attacked Twice.

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By United Press BIARRITZ, France, June 19.— The Spanish Rebels, after months of ferocious siege in one of history’s most cruel civil wars, finally entered the Basque capital of Bilbao today. The troops invaded the city from two directions: The first columns descended the mountains from Begona, northeast of Bilbao, and the second along the Mervion River from Galdacano, to the southeast. Two Columns Converge Both columns converged on the old quarter of the city along the right bank of the Nervion. Loyalist authorities at Madrid officially declared that the Basque government had retired from Bilbao and set up headquarters at a village to the west whose name was kept secret to avoid airplane bombard-

. ment.

The eniry of the Rebels into Bilbao was proclaimed throughout the land by Rebel radio stations. The first troops entering Bilbao were Spaniards and Italians who joined forces after descending the Asua Valley. Entering the old quarter from suburban Deusto, they found detachments of civil guards protecting the town hall, especially its records, from destruction by extremists among the Basque allies. The civil guards were barricaded in the town hall with machine guns at the windows, but surrendered without a fight. A mixed Rebel column then occupied the entire old city. The troops found 3000 women and children taking refuge in the 14th century Gothic cathedral. They were given protection and taken to the rear. Other civilians who took refuge

in the covered markets between the |

cathedral and the river escaped without injury. No humans were visible in the Calle de Coreo, bordering the larger hotels, but patrols were placed with machine guns at street intersections as a precaution. Report Barracks Aflame The southern Rebel column, arriving at the Durango Road, crossed the San Anton Bridge and made the first approach into the new quarter below the Miravilla Heights. They occupied the North Station and started across town, encountering resistance. The civil guard barracks were reported to be in flames. Most of the resistance centered in the populous quarter near Portugalete and Barracaldo.

Parley Called to Calm Hitler Wrath Adjourns

By United Press LONDON, June 19.—The ,{ourpower conference which met hastily this afternoon to appease German anger over an alleged Spanish Loyalist attempt to torpedo the German cruiser Leipzig, adjourned late today without a decision on common action. British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, and the Ambassadors of Germany, Italy and France were to reassemble Monday. The fact that they recessed over the week-end was taken to mean that Joachim von Ribbentrop, on behalf of Chancellor Hitler, had given assurance that the ' Reich would not attempt any independent action, as it did when its Mediterranean squadron bombed Almeria to

‘ “avenge” the bombing of the pocket

battleship Deutschland.

STATISTICS BUREAU " TO LOCATE IN CITY

Times Special WASHINGTON, June -19.—Indianapolis was selected today for the statistical bureau setup for Dis-

trict 11 of the Bituminous Coal

Commission, instead of Terre Haute, the site previously announced. Ollie Davis is expected to be placed in charge,

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind.

He Did It!

Father’s Tenacity Enables Son to Become U. S. Citizen.

N this, his 21st birthday, William: Prasuhn, with his Americanized name, became a proud citizen of the United States. He thanks his 49-year-old German-born father, with his German name Wilhelm, who became a hitchhiker and made a determined 110-mile trip so his son wouldn't have to wait two years before he became a citizen. Wilhelm knows how it feels to be an alien in a strange land, Since last November Wilhelm has been attending a WPA citizenship class. He wanted to finish and get his papers before today so

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his son" could become a citizen automatically on his 21st birthday. ‘Otherwise, William would have to wait two years before he could even file application papers. ' Wilhelm was to take his final hearing before Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell yesterday. Then came word the hearing must be advanced to June 25. It meant William would have to wait two years to file his papers. Wilhelm discovered that a special hearing was to be held in Cincinnati. So he put his two small children, his wife and a WPA teacher in his old automobile. They left his home at 24 Eastern Ave, and started for| Cincinnati. s ” ” 2 HE old car gave up south of Rushville. | He left his wife and his children in the car, and, with the teacher, hitchhiked on to Cincinnati. He passed his examination there. Alone, he Ai hitchhiking back. A motorist offered to take him to his broken-down car=Wilhelm got in. Then the ‘motorist said, “I'll take your money.” Wilhelm hit the motorist in the face, and leaped from the car. He trudged on. He got another lift to his stalled auto, repaired it, and came home. Thus today (William, with his Americanized name and his two years ‘of college at Butler, automatically became a citizen.

MAYOR TO PROPOSE AUTO SAFETY LANE

Permanent Inspection Plan To Be Recommended.

Mayor Kern said today he would place before the Safety Board at its Tuesday meeting a detailed plan for permanent auto inspection here. Following a conference with Francis J. Powers, Albany, N. Y., safaty lane expert, in Chicago yesterday, the Mayor disclosed the proposed plan’s details. Mr. Powers, estimating there are 104,000 trucks and autos in Indianapolis, said the annual cost would be $89,000. He recommended a charge of $1 per car for the inspection service. The fee would cover cost of equipment and pay the salaries of about 30 employees, Mr. Powers said. He recommended a $3000-a-year salary for the superintendent. Five safety lanes would be used— three downtown and two in outlying | districts. The plan calls for operation on about 200 days of the year. Walter Roettcher, City Controller, said he believed the accident problem is one of “traffic diversion.” He suggested diverting traffic from 16th St. and Washington St., where much out-of-town travel prevails.

20 Arrested as Speeders By New Safety Bureau

(Editorial, rial, Page 10)

Motorcycles policemen, operating under jurisdiction of the newly created Accident Prevention Bureau, ordered 20 alleged speeders into Municipal Court today. Twentyseven other motorists were charged with miscellaneous offenses. Six persons were injured slightly in a series of traffic accidents overnight. All were treated at City Hospital.

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PRICE THREE CENTS

OHNSTOWN PUT NDER MARTIAL RULE BY EARLE.

Same Action Feared in Ohio as Canton and ‘Youngstown Back-to-Work Marches Are Set; New Gun Battle Charged.

MEDIATORS

BEGIN PEACE PARLEY,

Pennsylvania Governor Takes Drastic Step as ‘Grace Denies Pleas That He Close Bethlehem Plant.

By United Press

HARRISBURG, June 19..—Advised Mayor Daniel H. Shields of Johnstown would resist Governor George H. Earle’s efforts to maintain order with state officers in the steel strike city, the chief executive today threatened to put Shields “back in jail where he

came from.”

“If that former convict resists my efforts to maintain peace

at Johnstown,” Earle declared, jail where he came from.”

iLL have him slapped back in

The Governor said the Mayor of the steel strike city once served a jail term for Nquop conspiracy and attempt to bribe a

law officer.

(Editorial, Page 10; Photo, Page Three) By United Press Governor Earle of Pennsylvania today declared martial law in strike-torn Johnstown over the protests of a fighting Mayor that the action would ‘‘paralyze the business life of

our city.”

As more than 500 State Troopers and highway patrolmen moved towards the city under orders to close the struck

Cambria plant of Bethlehem

Steel Corp., Mayor Daniel J.

Shields indignantly told Governor Earle that “martial law is highly unwarranted” and pleaded with Bethlehem Presi. dent Eugene G. Grace to “continue to operate your plant.” Governor Earle declared martial law in the industrial “flood city” of 70,000 after his request that the Cambria

INSURANCE TAX DEVICE PROBED

Experts Charge Purchase of Foreign Policies Acts As Loophole.

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(Editorial, Page 10; Photo, Page 3)

By United Press WASHINGTON, June 19.—Treasury experts today compiled data on organization of foreign insurance companies by American citizens— termed by Undersecretary of the Treasury Roswell Magill as the second of eight “devices” used to avoid taxes. Names of at least five American taxpayers probably will be submitted to the special congressional tax investigating committee when it reconvenes Tuesday in support of the Treasury's request for legislation to close loopholes in the present tax laws. ; The names of seven persons were drawn into that angle of the investigation yesterday by Treasury officials. They were Charles Laughton, movie star; Philip De Ronde, Paraguayan consul in New York City; Jules S. Bache, Nev York banker; Wallace Groves, New York chain store operator and financier; Percy K. Hudson, a former member of the New York Stock Exchange; Jacob Schick, retired U. S. Army- officer and inventor of the “dry shaver” razor, and George Westinghouse, millionaire of New Brunswick and the Bahama Islands.

LONDON, June, 19.—Charles Laughton, asked by the Daily Express about his inclusion in a list of alleged tax avoiders at Washington, said today: “My dear follow, I. don’t know anything about the thing. It's been dithering over. my head for two vears now and I'm so tired of hearing about it!” (Dither: To tremble, quake, quiver, shake; also bother, trouble. —Ed.)

é plant be closed was refused by Grace. He told the State Troopers and highway patrolmen to shut down the plant, where present | operations were estimated by newspapermen at 70 per cent despite the week-old strike called by the Steel Workers Organizing Committee to force: Bethle-

hem to sign a union contract. Mayor Shields “earnestly” suge gestpd to Grace that “you continue

| to operate your plant in our city,” but

attaches in his office explained that the Mayor apparently meant no defiance of martial law, but rather was fearful that Bethlehem might move its steel industry out of Johnstown to another locality.

The declaration of martial law at Johnstown came almost simultaneously with the start of preliminary conferences in Cleveland among members of the Federal Steel Mediation Board, headed ‘by Charles P. Taft, seeking to settle the conflict over whether four big independent companies shall sign union contracts. At the same time, Ohio National Guard headquarters observers close ly watched developments in Youngse town and Canton, where back-toe work marches against picket lines (Turn to Page Three)

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