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VOLUME 49—NUMBER 123

MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 1937

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91 DISMISSED

FROM SERVING

ON BAKER JURY

Defense as Selection of Pane! Starts.

ADMIT OPINIONS FORMED

88 Others Released by Judge ‘for Business Reasons or lliness.

Three of the original 12 special veniremen called for the trial of Joel A. Baker were excused by Special Judge James A. Emmert on defense challenges for cause as the

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case opened today in Criminal | Court.

Each said he or she had formed a definite opinion in the case. | They were Mrs. Thelma W. Beal, | 3356 Washington Blvd.; Mrs. Blanche Bear, 842 N. Bancroft St, and John | C. Kepple, 4221 Cornelius Ave. |

Earlier, 88 members of the spe- | cial venire called last week to hear Baker's trial on charges of assault and battery with intent to kill Wayne Coy, had been dismissed by Judge Emmert “for business reasons and illness.” Only 147 of the 200 drawn reported, leaving 59 prospective jurors | as the task of filling the box started. | Completing the jury is expected to require two or three days. Defense Attorney Clyde Karrer asked each of the seven veniremen he questioned before the noon recess “whether evidence showing this case to be’a political fight would infiuence your decision.” Bach an-| swered “No.” Deny Being Influenced He also asked “if the fact that Prosecutor Herbert M. Spencer put

out $1917 for Mr. Coy's return from the Philippines or the fact that Mr.

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Coy traveled 8000 miles to testify | II. owned by T. O. M. Sopwith.

would influence your decision, “and each answered “no.” The seven prospective jurors quizzed also said that pictures and stories read in the newspapers would not influence their decision. Prosecutor Spencer, who first questioned the original 12, heard five of them say they had formed opinions in the case. He asked routine questions and questioned each on whether “you know anybody connected with the case.”

Nine in Box at Noon

The nine persons still in the jury box at the noon recess were: Carolyn N. Kepner, 108 S. Belmont Ave.; Edward V. Abel, 1321 Oliver Ave.; Walter H. Beard, 2321 Broadway, Carroll Sipe, R. R. 17; William Abbett, 1421 N. Hamilton Ave.; P. L. Kersey, 5522 Guilford Ave.; Robert D. Robinson, 87 Spring Mill Road; Elizabeth Kirby, 6021

Emmert this morning.

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Times Photo. “Excuse me, Judge,” was the plea of those in this line of special veniremen, drawn as prospective jurors for the trial of Joel Baker, when they filed past Special Judge James

SOPWITH FAILS T0 HOLD LEAD

Ranger Forges Ahead After Endeavour || Had Made Impressive Start.

By United Press ABOARD C. G. C. CHELAN, Off Newport, Aug. 2.—Reaching into a seven-mile south by west wind, Ranger and Endeavour II started the second race for the America's Cup over a triangular course today. Ranger, the United States entry, owned by Harold S. Vanderbilt, was favored over the British Endeavour

Endeavour crossed the starting line first, slightly ahead of the Ranger. Sopwith clearly won the start. Endeavour was nearly maneuvered into the weather berth and Vander-

Endeavour started on a starboard tack, that is, with the wind blowing onto the starboard (right) side. Ranger was on a port (left) tack. Soon after the start was made, Endeavour, sailing beautifully, was approximately 50 yards ahead. Endeavor, sailing swifty, gradually increased her lead. Ranger was pointing slightly higher into the wind, that is, was sailing more nearly into the breeze. Both boats were nearly obscured by fog.

Endeavor Opens Gap

Twenty minutes after the start

Endeavor had opened a gap estiAt 1:10 (11:10

bilk enged off when he realized this.

Traffic Deaths Halved; Fines Reach Peak Here

July Court Assessments Average $4 Higher * Than in June.

With Municipal Courts cracking down on traffic law violators, erring Indianapolis motorists paid fines averaging $7.61 each during July, an increase of $4.89 over June's figures, and $3.50 above May. At the same time the death toll in Indianapolis was cut in half, from 12 to six. Figures for were: MAY-—-743 convictions: $3055 paid in fines, average of $4.11; costs suspended in 382 cases, or approximately 52 per cent; judgment withheld or suspended in 246 ‘cases, or 33 per cent; all but 58 of the cases heard in Municipal Court 4, presided over by Judge Charles Karabell; the others in Judge Dewey Myers’ Court 3.

JUNE—889 convictions; $2417 paid in fines, average of $2.42; costs suspended in all but 51 cases, or 943 per cent; judgment withheld or suspended in more than 350 cases; 534 cases heard by Judge Myers, 56 by Judge Karabell and 299 by judges pro tem. JULY—1381 convictions; $10,511 paid in fines, average of $7.61; costs suspended in 501 cases, or 36 per cent; judgment withheld or suspended in 237 cases; 1336

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Four Motorists Killed on Indiana Highways Over Week-End.

(Editorial, Page 12)

Seventy-three errant paid a total of $615 in fines and costs in Municipal Court today for traffic violations. Four died over the state in week-end auto aceidents. Municipal Court Judges Dewey Myers and Charles J. Karabell suspended $334 in costs and fines. Assessments were: Failing to stop for a preferential street, $212; speeding, $108; disobeying automatic traffic signal, $140; driving in safety zone, $11; illegal parking, $31; | reckless driving, $44; improper | lights, $22: improper left {urn, $27, | and drunken ariving, $20! | One of the heaviest sentences was | received by Ray Sims, Pittsfield, Ill. Judge Karabell fined him $1 and {costs for drunkenness and $10 and | costs and sentenced him to 30 days [on the State Farm for drunken driv- | ing. | Rides Patrol Wagon Bill Grosse, Cincinnati, hauled to

[the station in the patrol wagon, was | (Turn to Page Three)

STATE AUTO DEATHS

motorists |

Prospective Jurors Present Excuses HOUSE HEADS

“ACT TO SPEED UST" BILLS

Democratic Bloc Agrees to Push F. D. R.-Sponsored Legislative Measures.

WAGE BILL MEETS SNAG

Adjournment Predicted in Three Weeks; Tax Leak Action Expected.

By United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-—House Democratic leaders agreed today to | put pressure behind presidentially

; | favored legislation to expedite ad-

| journment of Congress. The House pressure is designed to enable the lower chamber to catch up with its program which has fallen behind that of the Senate. House Majority Leader Sam Rayburn forecast Congress would be able to quit in three weeks and “probably before that.” Speaker Bankhead (D. Ala.) declared Congress was “on the home stretch.” First move in breaking the House jam was a decision by the House Agriculture Committee to support the pending Jones Sugar Quota Bill despite Administration objections.

Pension Bill Pends

House leaders outlined the legislative program as follows: This week: Action on the sugar

| bill and on the Rankin Pension Bill to provide $45-a-month pensions to Gold Star mothers and fathers and other pension adjustments, increas=ing pension benefits $8,952,000 annually. Next week: Action on wages and | hours (passed by the Senate Saturday) and a bill to close tax loopholes, The Senate today undertook consideration of the 700 million dollar Wagner Housing Bill. This measure is expected to be fitted into the House calendar within two days, The measure would establish a Housing Authority to aid local communities to clear slums and erect | low-cost housing projects through | & loan-subsidy plan or through a program of Federal grants,

Wage Bill Tied Up

A Howse wages-hours bill has not vet been reported by the House Labor Committee. Chairman John J. O'Connor of the Rules Committee said unless the bill is brought out of the Labor Committee by tomorrow his Committee would be un(Turn to Page Three)

SOVIET BISHOP HELD FOR TREASON PLOT

By United Press MOSCOW, Aug. 2.—An alleged

[ast of ‘Last Man’s Club’ Dies in East

By Uniled Press MERCHANTVILLE, N. J, Aug. 2 —The “Last Man's Club” was adjourned permanently today with the death of Thomas W. Thornley, 90, the “last man.” Mr. Thornley, Civil War veteran and member of the William B. Hatch Post No. 37, Grand Army of the Republbic, died at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Ralph J. Whitney. He was the last surviving member of the post, which was called the Last Man's Club. On Feb. 4, 1936, he stood alone before a table and drank the final toast to his former comrades. He struck a table once with a gavel, called the roll and then lowered the flag, ending the activities of the unique organization.

DIVES TO DEATH FROM AIRPLANE

CCC Worker's Suicide Is Probe by U. S. Official And Deputy Coroner.

Federal and local authorities today investigated a 22-year-old CCC worker’s 1000-foot suicide leap from an airplane, ’ Regis L. Schwer, Muncie, who reportedly borrowed 14 cents from a Municipal Airport porter to finance the ride yesterday was the victim. A previous attempt to leap from a

plane in 1934 was thwarted, investigators said. Frank S. Estill, Bureau of Air Commerce local inspector, Nish

Dienhart, Muncipal Airport super=intendent, and Dr. Hugh K. Thatcher, deputy coroner, were completing their inquiries. The young man hurtled to his death after clambering over the side of a sight seeing plane southwest of the city, according to pilot Ledger Reed, 37, of 7377 Edgewater Drive, Pilot Describes Fall He leaped head first over the right side of the open cockpit, Mr. Reed said, landed on the wing, climbed through the strut, fell to the landing gear and then plunged to the ground. The pilot attempted to hold the man on the wing by maneuvering the ship, he said. The body landed face downward in a pasture in the 4400 block W, Morris St. Mr. Schwer's previous suicide attempt was thwarted by Raymond Williams, pilot, when he struck the young man with a fire extinguisher, knocking him unconscious. This occurred in Muncie May 15, 1934. A suicide note addressed to his father and to Capt. L. E. Kruger of the Salem CCC camp, to which Mr. Schwer had been assigned, was found on his body, authorities said. Survivors are the father, Frank Schwer Sr.; three brothers, Ollie, Lima, O.; Edward, Oakland, Cal,

mated at 700 yards. "| Indianapolis Time) Endeavour was When court opened at 9:30 a. m, | Stiling nicely, eased off the wind today, a long line of veniremen filed | More than Ranger, and gong past the bench, asking Judge Em- | faster. mert to disqualify them. He said | It was pointed out that the difhe did not grant any dismissals to | ference between the boats failed to persons who said they were “starting | represent the actual amount of lead their vacations.” | 8s reckoned on a true course, as This was the second venire drawn | Endeavour was so much farther to for the case. A previous one of 100 | . (Turn to Page Eight) was invalidated by Judge Emmert | ———

Bellefontaine St.; Mrs, Bertha M Baer, 2605 N. Olney St.

on a defense plea that names for | the jury box were selected illegally from assessor's books instead of from tax duplicates. Invalidation of the jury names caused postponement of the trial for one week. Tt originally was scheduled to open last Monday.

Coy in Washington Mr. Coy, who landed in Indianapolis Wednesday after an 8000-mile | plane trip from Manila, P. I, was in Washington today. Mr. Coy is administrative assistant to Paul V.

MeNutt, High Commissioner to the Philippines, Peter A. Cancilla, associate of Joel Baker, also under indictment

for assault and battery with intent he entertained hopes of becoming a

to murder Mr. Coy, is scheduled to | candidate for Vice President in 1940,

go on trial as soon as Baker's trial is | finished. Mr. Coy, then State Welfare Director, was slugged allegedly hy Cancilla in the State House March (Turn to Page Three)

BOB BURNS

ays. S Sy Aug. 2-—-There

ain't nobody in the world I feel sorrier for than a revengeful person. They spend so much of their time figgerin’ out, ways and means of gettin” back at somebody and nine times out of ten, these things they do kick back on them. It’s like the time the president of the Ladies’ Sewing Circle gave a picnic and Aunt Zeetie didn't get an invitation. As the day approached for the picnic, Aunt Zeetie kept gettin’ madder and madder and would sit for hours, tryin’ to think of a way to get even. Finally on the morning of the picnic, the president called Aunt Zeetie up and told her how sorry she was that she hadn't called her before and invited her to come on and go to the picnic. Aunt Zeetie said, “It’s too late now, I've already

prayed for rain!” (Copyright, 198%)

TOWNSEND TELLS OF M'NUTT BOOM

By United Press MADISON, Wis, Aug. 2.~Governor Townsend of Indiana predicted. here during the week-end that Indiana would support Paul V. MeNutt, Commissioner of the Philippines and former Indiana Governor, as a candidate for President in 1940. The Governor, a guest at the home of his brother-in-law, said he thought Mr. McNutt's friends were making arrangements “to push his candidacy in 1940.” Governor Townsend denied that

and said: “We have a candidate for President in our state—MecNutt. In-

diana will be for him.”

The largest earth-filled dam in

building. In length, the crest would

cases heard by Judge Karabell, 45 by Judge Myers.

In explaining the courts’ increas- |

ingly stern attitude, Judge Karabell | Marion County Toll Leads In Increase.

68 OVER 35 MARK

| said today:

“We found out that the motoring | public was not co-operating and we | Jeidev A Hike » So Some | The state traffic death toll jumped rastic. affic law enforcement is| > state tr ; to continue, with the hope of mak- | 115 per cent when 500 persons were ing Indianapolis the safest city in| reported killed during the first six the country. The court will continue | months of this year compared with to assess heavy fines until motorists | 522 during the same period in 1935. Jia, owners ite ia cutting down vy LE Ineresie vas oparied Swisy the deplorable death toll.” y n F. Stiver, ate Safety DiJudge y F Tn { rector. It came as Mr. Stiver prePug A > lelitialed 2 pared to double his State Police are adequate and it is up to the | highway patrol as the State Police courts to enforce them.” | concluded final sessions in Bloom-

TR Six persons were killed in 437 ae- ington. ' cidents here during July, and 994 | Thirteen counties were marked

were injured. During June, 12 per-! [OF the traffic honor roll with Rn

sons were killed and 217 hurt in 432 | clean record of no traffic deaths |

accidents. | during the half-year, Mr. Stiver Sixty-nine reckless drivers paid reported. $369 during July, an average of $5.35 Magion County ted the fatal reeach. A total of $2312 was paid by | Port list with 78 deaths during the 269 speeders, chief targets of the | six months. intensive drive, or an average of | ty reported 72 fatal traffic accidents $8.59 each. during the same period. Only major traffic offenses such | The 13 “safe” counties reporting as drunken driving, reckless driving, |no accidents included Jefferson, speeding, running preferential | Warrick, Fountain, Harrison, Spenstreets or stop lights and driving | cer, Franklin, Blackford, Steuben, with improper lights were included Benton, Jennings, Switzerland, in the survey.

Union and Brown Counties.

LARGEST EARTH-FILLED DAM COMPLETED . . . . . . ..

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the world, the structure shown above, to regulate flood control

in the San Gabriel Valley, California, was complete d al a cost of 816,860,000. It is as high as a 27-story a roadway.

extend over four city blocks, and it is wide enough for a 40-

counter-revolutionary plot among |and Frank Jr, Muncie, and five Soviet churchmen was exposed to- | sisters, Mrs. Mildred Tuttle and day by announcement that 30 per- | Mrs. Gertrude Cramer, both of

Muncie; Mrs. Mary Brown, Chicago; Mrs. Minnie Ulmer, Chesterfield, and Mrs. Francis Freel, Flint, Mich.

| sons, including Bishop Innokentyi | Nikiforov, had been tried in the city { of Orel, about 200 miles south of here,

SEC Expels ‘Boy Wizard’

In 1935 Marion Coun=- :

| By United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—The Securities and Exchange Commission | today expelled Michael J. Meehan, | once known as the Wall Street “boy wizard.” from membership on three national exchanges on charges of stock manipulation. It was the first explusion order is(sued by the commission since its creation in 1934. In finding Meehan guilty of manipulating Bellanca Aircraft on the New York Curb Exchange in the summer and fall of 1935, the commission said: “The gravity of his conduct leads us to conclude that the penalty should be expulsion from all the na-

From Stock Exchanges

tional securities exchanges of which he is a member.” The commission had. the alternative of suspending Meehan for 12 months, but chose the more severe penalty. Meehan was a member of the New York Stock Exchange, the New York Curb Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade. The commission found that Meehan, who rose from a virtually unknown ticket broker to one of Wall Street’s most spectacular operators, violated the Securities Exchange Act, first, by entering simultaneous buy and sell orders to create an appearance of activity in the stock, and second, by inducing public participation.

Looking mighty chesty, with a puffed out spinnak er sail drawing her along at a smart clip, Harold S.

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resistance in the Tientsin area.

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more than 20,000,000. The Japanese were in a They theratened to bombard

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RECESS COURT ACTION RAPPED

‘Vandenberg Acts to Warn Roosevelt on New High Court Selection.

By Tinited Presa WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.—Senator Vandenberg (R. Mich.) today introduced a resolution which would place the Senate on record against a recess appointment to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by retirement of Associate Justice Willis Van Devanter. The resolution was introduced shortly after the White House announced receipt of an opinion by Attorney General Cummings holding that the President could make the appointment at any time, whether the Senate was in session, recess or adjournment.

DRIVE TO CUT OFF MADRID IS BEGUN

Rebels Seek to Split Lines Leading to Valencia.

By United Press WITH THE NATIONALISTS IN THE TERUEL SECTOR EAST OF MADPID, Aug. 2.—Gen. Francisco France's Eastern Army sought today to consolidate important gains in this mountainous sector in a series of “nutcracker” operations designed eventually to drive a wedge between Madrid and Valencia, temporary seat of the Loyalist Government. Rebels claimed to have broken completely the Loyalist attack on Teruel, after furious hand-to-hand fighting, without the aid of airplanes, artillery or tanks. Between 4000 and 5000 Loyalist troops were said to be fleeing into the mountains, with Rebel cavalrymen and a “flying column” of infantrymen in full pursuit. Much of the success in this sector was attributed to the fact that Franco's troops had moved quietly and struck in surprise attacks while the Loyalists were concentrating their artillery and aviations units in the Brunette sector.

« « VANDERBILT YACHT ‘THROWS OUT ITSCHEST . . . . . . . .

Vanderbilt's Ranger won the first in a series of races with T. 0. M. Sopwith’s Endeavour II Saturday, The American yacht crossed the line more than 17 minutes ahead of its English rival

in Tientsin, where hundreds o: refuge, guarded by the 15th United States Infantry.

GENERAL WAR THREAT GROWS

IN CHINA

Belligerent Japanese Warn They May Bomb U. S. Area in Tientsin; Claim Chinese Troops Are Hiding There.

DRIVE SOUTH BELIEVED TO BE NEAR

Tokyo Thrust Expected as More Troops Mass; Nanking Prepares Against Aerial Attack; Forces

Proceed North.

TIENTSIN, Aug. 2.—Japanese army authorities announced tonight that they had wiped out the last vestige of organized Chinese

ed Press

The threat of general warfare in China grew acute yar spirit was strong in Tokyo, and the Jape anese Army gathered in North China was expected moe

ng other provinces to the new-

| ly-dominated Hopei-Chahar area which has a population of

n extremely belligerent mood, the former German concession f American civilians are taking

so were in the quarter, but the *Japanese bombardment threat #was based on the charge that Chinese troops and snipers were hiding there,

Apologize {0 French

The Japanese were close io a clash with the French in Tientsin when they closed their end of the international bridge and barred the French from crossing to the bare racks, Eventually, the French exe acted an apology and the incident passed over. Another foreign nation to become involved in an incident was Soviet; Russia, whose consulate-general in Tientsin was raided and wrecked by “white” Russians. The Soviets charged angrily that the raid was tolerated, if not inspired by the Japanese. Lt. Gen. Kiyoshi Katsuki, Japanese commander, issued a warning that the war may be extended to the entire country, Nanking, the capital, made preparations to defend itself against an expected aerial attack.

Anxious to Avoid War

The Nanking authorities were obviously anxious to avoid war, realizing that the superior Japanese war machine could crush them, but Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, it was believed, might be forced by national pride to accept a general war of defense if the Japanese invade Central China. He was determined, however, not to take the offensive. Chinese patriotic fervor was mounting. Mme, Chiang Kai-shek, American-educated wife of the Generalissimo, began organizing the women for war service. A heavy concentration of Chinese Central troops was at Faotingfu. 80 miles south of Peiping, and in that region the war is likely to start. Japanese Army authorities noe tified foreign consuls that they intended to occupy the south end of the former German concession in Tientsin, on the ground that they “believed” remnants of the Chinese militaried police were hiding there, They threatened to bomb the whole area.

Hour's Notice Promised

They said they would give ons hour's notice of any bombardment. In this former concession area ars the barracks of the 15th Infantry. Many Americans reside there. In addition there were the hungry, hopeless Chinese whose homes the Japanese had brought down in flaming ruins. American infantrymen aided American and other missionaries in finding shelter for these--shelters which at any hour now may (Turn to Page Three)

SHOWERS FORECAST BY BUREAU HERE

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6am... 66 10 a. m... 81 Ta.m... 69 11 a. m.. 81 8am... 9 12 (Noon) 82 Sam... 1pm. 85 The Weather Bureau forecast

probable thundershowers and slight ly warmer weather for tonight and tomorrow.

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Books ....... 11 | Merry-Go-R'd 12

Bridge ...... 8 Movies ...... 4 Broun ...... . 12 { Mrs. Ferguson 11 Comics ...... 168 | Mrs. Roosevelt 11 Crossword ... 16 | Music wei IV Curious World 17 | Obituaries ... 18 Editorials ... 12 | Pegler ....... 13 Fashions .... 8 Pyle ........ 11 Financial ... 13 | Questions ... 17 Fishbein .... 8| Radio ....... 17 Aynn ....... 13 | Scherrer .... 11 Forum ...... 12 | Serial Story.. 16 Grin, Bear It 16 | Short Story.. 18 In Ind’pl's .. 11 | Society ..... 6 Jane Jordan.. 8 | Sports ...... 8 Johnson ,.... 12 | State Deaths. 18