Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 August 1937 — Page 1

The Indianapolis Times

VOLUME 49—NUMBER 142

WON'T RUN AS INDEPENDENT, VANNUYS SAYS

Hoosier Senator to Seek Democratic Convention 0. K. in 1938.

PLANS VIGOROUS FIGHT

Townsend Denies Plans to Announce Administration Candidate.

By JERRY SHERIDAN Senator Frederick VanNuys intends to run for reelection in 1938, but not as an independent candidate, he

said here today. “I will place my name before the 1938 Democratic State convention for renomination,” the senior Senator said following his arrival yesterday with Mrs. VanNuys after a twoday auto trip from Washington. State Administration leaders have indicated that the Townsend group will oppose his renomination. Governor Townsend has been quoted as saying “VanNuys cannot be renominated.” It has been reported that Admin- | istration opposition is based partly |

Senator Frederick VanNuys , , .

FORECAST: Fair tonight and tomorrow; slightly warmer tomorrow,

Plans His ‘Most Vigorous’ Fight

not an independent candidate.

on Senator VanNuys’ successful | leadership in the fight against Pres- | ident Roosevelt's court reform pro- | posal and on his long-time fight | with the McNutt-Townsend machine. The breach between the Senator and the McNutt-Townsend group never has been healed. It, has been reported that the Administration may “give the nod” to its proposed candidate to oppose Mr. | VanNuys at the Indiana Democratic |

Chinese Bom

Editorial Association rally at French | Lick this week-end. Several names | have been mentioned. If" he should be turned down at | the French Lick outing, Senator | VanNuys said he intends to “con-| duct one of the most vigorous campaigns of my political career.” “I have no thought of any conciliation with the State Administration, since I have done nothing to | offend them,” Senator VanNuys said.

held by the Chinese. TIENTSIN—Chinese report troops

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| perate night air raid on Shanghai

Defends Record and Japanese antiaircraft fire.

anything harsh about either former | Governor McNutt or Governor Town-

SHANGHAI, Aug. 24-—Chinese airplanes, | pedoes four feet long and ‘weighing nearly 1000 pounds, staged a des-

meen iOS, $

send. “I'll continue to do this regardless of any political situation which may develop,” he said.

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IN SEAPLANE CRASH

b Shanghai

With Aerial Torpedoes

By United Press

Today's developments in the Chinese-Japanese War: | SHANGHAI—Chinese bombers stage night air raid over Shanghai. American Emergency Committee arranges to evacuate Americans from International Settlement if necessary. TOKYO—Japanese claim troops have broken through the Nankow Pass |

advancing within sight of Tientsin,

northern Japanese army headquarters.

By H. R. EKINS

by United Press)

armed with aerial tor-

tonight.

At 10:30 p. m. there was a tremendous roar of exploding aerial bombs

Japanese warships turned off their spotlights, which had been used in earlier attacks, to prevent | the deadly Nanking bombers from | finding their marks. Le. .

waite ve,

Shells Hit Near Augusta Reports were circulated that at

‘Five Bodies of Navy Men | least one American was flying with

“I'm for anyone from Indiana for | anything at any time,” the Senator | said when questioned concerning the |

Believed in Craft.

possibility of Paul V. McNutt's ean- | p 17.100 press

didacy for President in 1940. That he considered the French Lick meeting a crucial point was in-

dicated when the Senator said he |

would not amplify his original announcement of candidacy until after that gathering.

Expects Special Session Senator VanNuys said a special session of Congress appears “fairly certain.” He expressed hopes that the antilynching bill which he has sponsored might receive action during the extra session. Farm legislation and the antilynching measure would be numbers one and two on the “must” list if the session is called, according to Senator VanNuys. The Senatér plans to leave Friday for French Lick to bring the Senate fight to the Administration's door step. He will return here Monday. (Turn to Page Three)

"TWILL BE FAIR AND WARMER TONIGHT

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The Weather Bureau today nredicted fair weather for tonight and tomorrow, and slightly warmer temperatures tomorrow. The maximum temperature today was to be

around 82, the Bureau said.

BOB BURNS

Says: Aug. 24.--

1 think the surest way to get in a fight down home is to call another man a liar. They don't seem to think anything of it out here in Hollywood but down home when you call a man a liar, he seems to get the idea you're questioning his honor. 1 remember one time, when a man called my Uncle Slug a liar, Uncle Slug not only had a fight with him, but he had the man arrested and brought up in court. The man got vp on the witness stand and said, “Yes, I called him a liar and I can prove it!” And he did. When the case was over, the judge turned to Uncle Slug and says, “Why in the world did you go to all this trouble to bring this man to court when you knew very well that he could prove that you had told a lie?” Uncle Slug says, “Well, even if I am a liar, I've got a right to be sensitive about it.”

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| SAN DIEGO. Cal, Aug. 24.—A | two-motored flying boat of the | Navy lay wrecked and submerged 100 yards off shore in San Diego bay early today with six of its crew dead and two serioulsy injured. Five bodies were believed to be still in the wreckage. Three of the crew were removed during the night, One was dead and two were taken to the Navy Hospital.

By United Press

Officials searched the wreckage of a Pan American-Grace Airliner today in an effort to determine the cause of a crash that killed three persons 18 miles from here late yesteraay:

‘WOMAN IN BLACK’ ‘FORGETS’ VALENTINO

By United Press HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 24. — The 11th anniversary of Rudolph Valentino’s death yesterday failed to produce a mysterious veiled “woman in black” kneeling at his tomb. But a crowd was there, including a Yogi brother, Valentino's real brother, a host of women and a squad of photographers. The silent blond beauty who kept a

was not seen in the steady stream | of women, mostly elderly, who filed {into the mausoleum with flowers.

'HOLY LAND DIVISION FAVORED IN REPORT

By United Press GENEVA, Aug. 24—The League of Nations Mandates Commission today suggested possibility of partitioning Palestine into Arab and Jewish States which would be kept under mandatory supervision until each had shown an ability for selfgovernment. In a formal bulletin, the commission outlined a preliminary report on the basis of its recent hearings.

SAN LUIS, Argentina, Aug. 24.— |

tryst each year at Valentino's tomb |

the Chinese. Another Chinese plane joined ithe fray at midnight, dropping more bombs on the Japanese positions in Hongkew. Japanese warships off the Anglo-American area of the International Settlement increased their antiaircraft bombardment. Shells fell around the U. S. S. Augusta, flagship of the American Asiatic Fleet, The Chinese Central News Agency asserted that in an earlier attack | their bombers had disabled warships of the Imperial Third Battle Fleet off Woosung and had downed 30 Japanese planes which took off from Isungming Island at the mouth of the Yangtse River. Meantime the Japanese admitted they had suffered considerable losses in landing Army regiments (Turn to Page Three)

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STATE MAY EXPAND ITS OWN COLISEUM

‘Might Remodel Fair Ground Building With WPA Aid.

The State is “seriously consider- | ing” a proposal to enlarge and re- | model the State Fair Grounds Coli-

seum, to be used as a convention site and for amusements, Lieut. Gov. Henry F. Schricker said today. The proposal, however, “may be discouraged” if the City builds a municipal auditorium, he added after a public meeting yesterday of the City-County Auditorium Board, with Mayor Kern presiding. Seventeen persons spoke for and against the municipal auditorium proposal at the hearing. Tentative plans for expansion of the Coliseum seating capacity from 5000 to 10,000 persons rests upon the financial success of this year's State Fair, Mr. Schricker said. The project could employ WPA labor in the remodeling to make the large building suitable for musical programs, ice hockey and skating, (Turn to Page Three)

TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1937

FEED IT RIGHT, STOLEN BABY'S

Issues Plea to Abductors Prescribing Codliver Oil And Juices.

NO RANSOM DEMANDED.

Child of Hoosier Woman Is Taken From Carriage As She Shops.

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By United Press CHICAGO, Aug. 24.—The mother of 3-months-old Diane Carol Lucas, snatched from her carriage while

day to the abductor to follow a | prescribed diet. Addressing herself to the unknown kidnaper, Mrs. Dorothy Lucas, 22, formerly of Montmorencie, Ind., announced that Diane must be given mother’s milk. She should have orange or tomato juice each morn-

oil. “Please feed her at 6 o'clock in the morning and at 2, 6 and 10 in the afternoon and evening,” she urged. Police Capt. John Prendergast, chief of the uniformed forces, ordered a description of the baby given to all 6000 Chicago police. Detectives held various theories as | to the motive for the abduction.

Theories Vary |

Ransom was out of the question, because the father, Herman, is a carpet repairman of no means. Chief importance was given to these alternatives: 1. That Diane was taken by a de[ranged woman with an exaggerated mother complex — perhaps some woman who had lost her own baby. 2. That the baby was seized by a | jealous former sweetheart of Mr. Lucas in revenge. Whatever the motive, Capt. Patrick O’Connell believed the baby would be returned as soon as the kidnaper learned of the search. Authorities hoped for a prompt solution such as occurred in the kidnaping of Donald Horst, 2, from his foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Horst, Aug. 3. Donnie was snatched by his real mother, Lydia Lavin Regan, and her husband. He was turned over to the State's Attorney the next day. Police said there appeared to be no paraliel in the two kidnapings. Mrs. Lucas left Diane in her carriage yesterday while she went info a grocery store. Five or 10 minutes later she found the carriage empry. She stood beside it for an hour with mounting anxiety. At first she believed her husband had {taken Diane home “to teach me a lesson” not to leave her unattended, she said. Calls Police.

She learned that this was not the case when she telephoned her home. Then she called police. Police sought a young woman whom Mrs. Lucas described as a former waitress here now reportedly living in New York. Mrs. Lucas said the woman had been jealous when Mr. Lucas did not marry her. Preliminary investigation indicated, that the woman was “happily married” in New York.

FAROUK WILL MARRY MODERN CLEOPATRA

| By United Press CAIRO, Egypt, Aug. 24—Egypt's boy King, 17-year-old Farouk I, | pledged his love today to a 16-year-old commoner, Sasi Naz, whose beauty has inspired thousands to look up on her as a “modern Cleopatra.” The charming girl, daughter of Judge Youssef Zulfikar Bey, will become the bride of the handsome monarch next year, when she becomes of age and succeed to Cleopatra’s throne. They have been sweethearts since childhood.

MOTHER URGES

her mother shopped, appealed to- |

MONTAGUE WISHED | GOOD LUCK BY BING

By United Press ELIZABETHTOWN, N. Y. Aug. 24. —In the custody of three New York officials, John Montague, stocky Hollywood mystery golfer, was returned to this Adirondack mountain village of 600 persons today to face a seven-year-old robbery charge. En route here, Montague was greeted at Saratoga Springs by Bing Crosby, one of motion picture stars with whom he became warm friends in Hollywood. “Best of luck,” Mr. Crosby called as the train took him on toward the jail here.

Kenneth Fletcher, 18, R. R. 2, Box 565, Indianapolis, died today in City Hospital as tHe result of a fractured skull received last night when a hit-and-run driver struck him near Danville, Ind. Meanwhile, Chief Morrissey said traffic fatalities in Indianapolis dropped 46 per cent during the first month of the police campaign to reduce the auto toll. The number of accidents dropped

from 453 during the period from {June 17 to July 16, which preceded | the drive, to 390 from July 17 to

Aug. 16, a decrease of 14 per cent,

These: figures were compiled by the

Hit-Run Victim Dies as 46 Per Cent Decline in Auto Deaths Is Reported

Eleven persons lost their lives in traffic from June 17 to July 16, and six were killed from July 17 to Aug. 16. The number of persons injured fell 20 per cent during the first month of the drive. There were 317 traffic vcasualties from June 17 to July 16 and 252 from July 17 te Aug. 16. Thirty-two drivers were convicted in Municipal Court today of traffic violations and paid $217 in fines and costs, while Judge Dewey Myers suspended $176.

Eighteen were convicted of run‘ning traffic signals and paid $121 in fines andj costs, with $81 sus-

pended. The other 14 were convicted of violating preferential streets and paid $96, with suspended.

Six persons were injured in the five accidents reported overnight in Marion County. Darwin B. Hiatt, 55, R. R. 4, Box 699, was reported in fair condition today in St. Francis Hospital. He received head injuries in an acciSon yesterday at Bixler and S. East S.

Mr. Hiatt was a passenger in the truck driven by Willard Hiatt, 38, collided

3009 E. Michigan St., which (Turn to Page

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BOY CRITICALLY HURT IN SPILL

Doctors Believe He Rup-

Robert found another skate and | repaired the scooter. Then he took | the scooter out on the sidewalk in | front of the home, 1277 W. New | York St. Never having operated a | scooter before. he was awkward with it. He fell flat on the pavement, his mother, Mrs. Mary Jaynes said. When he complained of pains in his abdomen, she took him to City Hospital and physicians there said

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1 Killed, 6 Hurt In Train Wreck AtCannelburg

Bu United Press WASHINGTON, Ind. Aug. 24.-— One man was killed and six others injured today when a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad freight train was wrecked 10 miles east of here near Cannelburg, Ind.

Harvey Burton, 50, Loogootee, a |

member of a section crew working along the track, was killed when the engine overturned and crushed him. The injured were: J. H. Seymour, engineer, severly Fred Gerrad, Milan, Ind. burned on the face; J. W. Seymour, brakeman, back Kenneth Hotz, 35. Loogootee,

Darling. scalded; fireman, Kirbert, injuries; a

| member of the section crew, cuts

and chest injuries; Will Myers, 33, Loogootee, a member of the section crew, head injuries; Garfield Leach, 51, Mitchell, Ind.,, a tramp riding in one of the cars. | The engine, tender and nine cars | were overturned. Officials believed | the section crew had removed a rail | and neglected to flag the approach- | ing train.

$25-CAB-RIDE SPREE

they believe the boy had ruptured | OF TRIO ENDS IN JAIL

a kidney. Mrs. Jaynes sat by his bed all night and when physicians said he was slightly better, she went home. Mrs. Jaynes said she did not know where Robert found the roller skate he used to repair the scooter and did not know the name of the boy who had given him the vehicle.

COUNCIL CONTINUES BUDGET HEARINGS

Police and Fire Department Pleas Up for Debate.

The City Council, which vyesterday made no large reductions in 10 departmental financial requests for 1938, was to continue its budget reviewing job this afternoon, Heads of 13 other departments, including Police and Fire, were scheduled to appear. The Police and Fire budgets were the largest requests submitted, accounting for 11 cents of the 23-cent proposed increase in the 1938 tax levy. The former Department has (Turn to Page Three)

BOY WITH ‘MYSTERY’ MALADY IMPROVING

By United Press EVANSVILLE, Ind, Aug. 24— Clarence Alton Ambrose, 8, only survivor of four children stricken with malignant malaria about two weeks ago, today was reported improving at St. Mary's Hospital.

Two sisters and a brother died |

from the disease which at first puzzled physicians throughout the state and was believed to be some mysterious malady.

WILLIAMS CRASHES ON PULLMAN FLOOR

By United Press NEW YORK, Aug. 24.—Maj. Al Williams, speed and test pilot who invented (and survived repeated performance of) the outside loop and the falling leaf, was recovering today from injuries suffered when he crashed to the floor of a Pullman car from a lower berth. Early Sunday Williams sideslipped out of his berth and fell two feet, making a two-point landing— on his knees. The fall cracked one kneecap.

SIGNS FIRE CONTRACT

The Safety Board today signed a two-year contract with the town of Rocky Ripple to furnish fire protection for $75 per year. The retirement of Pireman William E. Karrer on Sept. 1 on pen-

By United Press | CHICAGO, Aug. 24. — Two boys [and a girl who took a $25 taxicab ride from Lafayette, Ind. to Chicago last night were en route home | today, in custody of police. | The trio, Kenneth Southard, 21, a | taxi driver; Kenneth Murphy, 17, and Alice Mae Leaman, 16, were traced to a South Side rooming house by Lafayette police. Police said the girl paid the $25 fare from $200 taken from her parents’ home. They recovered $150.

LEGLESS SWIMMER LIKES HIS SMOKES

By United Press COEYMANS, N. Y., Aug. 24— Charles Zimmy, 43, legless since he was nine years old, had completed 12 miles of his 150-mile swim down | the Hudson River from Albany to |New York City by 7 a. m. (Indian- | apolis Time) today. | A yacht carrying supplies and a [small rowboat accompanied the | swimmer. Two hundred cigars were in the cargo. Zimmy said, “I am {Seldom without a cigar in my mouth | When I'm in the water.”

JOBLESS MARCHERS PETITION ROOSEVELT

{ By United Press | WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.—Job- | less marchers of the Workers Alliance today appealed to President Roosevelt to reinstate discharged | relief workers who have been unable | to find private employment. | The contingent of 2500, encamped in a raih-drenched park which has become a mud flat, dispatched a delegation to the White | House to await a reply to a letter which they drafted last night at a spirited mass meeting.

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By SAM TYNDALL The Juvenile Detention Home Auxiliary today reopened a threevear fight to secure a new juvenile home when Mrs. William H. Hodgson, president, termed the present structure a “firetrap.” She also charged that County officials have failed to carry out a promise to provide a new home for delinquent and dependent children. The Juvenile Detention Home Auxiliary is affiliated with 7th District Federation of Women's Clubs and claims a membership of more than 300. Commissioner John Newhouse, in answering the charges , said the County has tried for some time to alleviate the housing condi-

TERRE HAUTE, Ind

RHODES NAMED COMMANDER OF INDIANA LEGION

Peru Lawyer Elected Unanimously After He

ssible 680 Votes at Terre Haute.

BEATS JUDGE WILFRED BRADSHAW,

Michigan City Gets 1938 Parley; Use of Regalia by Pickets or Strikebreakers Banned By Resolution of Department.

Aug. 24.—Russell (Rockey)

' Rhodes, Peru attorney, today was elected unanimously as

| commander of the Indiana Department of

| Legion at closing sessions of state convention. Michigan City was chosen

BREMER KIDNAP SUSPECT HEL

Alleged Karpis Gang Member Seized by G-Men in Tavern Here.

Anthony Joseph Amersbach, described by G-Men as one of the i last members of the notorious | Karpis-Barker gang, was to be ar- ! raigned here today following his { capture by Federal agents, The 40-year-old Cleveland man was charged with being an acces-

of Edward Bremer, wealthy St. Paul, Minn,, banker, in 1934, and with conspiracy to harbor members of the Karpis-Barker gang which kidnaped Mr. Bremer. fugitive from the Federal indictments in Telodo. Amersbach was arrested last night in a N. Meridian St. tavern by special agents of the Bureau of Investigation. Harold Reinecke, agent in charge of the local bureau, said he was one of the few remaining suspects in the gang. Amersbach was described by Mr. Reinecke as a gambling house emplovee and had become associated with the gang when he was employed at the Harvard Club in Cleveland, which the gang frequented. The Barker-Karpis gang went to Toledo in the early spring of 1934

som for the release of Mr. Bremer, Arraignment here was to be before a U. 8. Commissioner in the | U. 8S. Marshal's office in the Fed- | eral Building.

FOREST FIRE TAKES LIFE OF SCIENTIST

By Science Service WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. — Two new forest fires have broken out in the Northwest, and one of them has claimed the life of one of the most valued scientists in the U. 8. Forest Service, Lloyd G. Hornby. Mr. Hornby, recuperating from an

{ ington office of the Forest Service i to recuperate at the higher altitude lon the Clearwater in northern Idaho, and at the same time to make a study of fire-prevention possibilities. When the fire broke out in the adjacent forest area, he followed it, over-exerting himself, and after he had returned to headquarters he collapsed and died.

CONVICTED FOR BURGLARY

Donald White, 21, of 1031 S. Meridian St., was convicted in Criminal Court today of burglary and was sentenced to serve from two to five vears in the Indiana Reformatory by Judge Pro Tem. Clyde Karrer.

Juvenile Home Firetrap, Auxiliary Head Charges

stacles have prevented action on |

the matter.” Mrs. Hodgson further charged that “in the present building there is no means whereby the inmates may be segregated.” Mr. Newhouse said WPA funds for 45 per cent of the proposed cost had been granted, but a bill to authorize a County bond issue was defeated by the Legislature.

He said County officials estimated the cost of a new home at between $60,000 and $65,000. Anna E. Pickard, Juvenile Detention Home Superintendent, said that approximately 15 per cent of the 1100 children who each year pass through the home are dependent chi housed

sory after the fact in the kidnaping |

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operation, had gone from the Wash- |

the American the Department's 19th annual

as the 1938 convention site.

Judge Wilfred Bradshaw, Indianapolis, was the only other, candidate for commander. ‘cago publisher, previously withdrew, After calling the vote from 10 of the 12 districts in the the 680 votes possible, ——————%call was halted and a motion

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‘made and carried to make the ‘election unanimous. Mr, ' Rhodes succeeded Charles Maston, Indianapolis. | Resolutions adopted yesterday ine [ eluded one prohibiting the use of Legion uniforms and regalia in strikes, applying the regulation to strikebreakers as well as pickets. Enters Disease Fight { Full support was pledged to a | program of the United States Public | Health Service for stamping out | venereal diseases. The group also | adopted a resolution empowering | state legionnaires to sponsor legise ‘lation for enactment of a law prose | viding for compulsory medical exe

amination before a marriage license | can be issued. A resolution ealling for a pro. | gram for the enactment of Federal | legislation at the next session of | Congress, providing immediate pen=- | sions for orphans and widows of war veterans, and elimination of the | time limit in filing for benefits, to be | presented at the national conven- | tion in September, was adopted at yesterday's session. Charles H. Matson, Indianapolis, retiring state commander, and | Lieut.-Col. William E. Wimmer, | Terre Haute, parade marshal, headed the annual street parade yesterday which represented every | district and virtually every one of | the 300 Legion posts in Indiana. Traffic in the downtown sector was brought to a standstill as the | brightly-dressed bands and drum [and bugle corps, the “40 and 8" en- | gines and their box cars, floats and | other units passed in review before | approximately 25,000 spectators.

| Parade Winners Listed

| The Glenn Hillis color guard trophy was won by the Kokomo with a score of 99.9. Other parade winners included: Best drum major, Norman Sale | wasser, Hammon Gray Post 83, La Porte. | Best woman drum major, Miss | Weaver, Alexander Bright Post 87, | Alexandria. | Most unique costume, | Varner, Valparaiso. | Best floats, Vincennes Post 107, | first; Bonnie Sloan Post, New Al« | bany, second, and Frank Courtney | Post 22 of Linton, third. At business sessions yesterday, | delegates considered a proposal to | enlarge the child welfare program of the Indiana department during | the coming year. Resolutions aske« { ing this scope of activity be broads« ened was to be presented to the | meeting at the final session today. Election of district commanders was completed last night by dise tricts which did not caucus Sune (day, Commanders elected were | Mack Harp, New Albany, eighth; Alton C. Reeves, Hope, Ninth, and William Shannon, New Palestine, 11th,

DIES IN HOTEL PLUNGE By United Press NEW YORK, Aug. 24 —Mrs. Florence G. Temple, 40, former wife of Walter 8. Gifford, president of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co., jumped or fell to her death to-

day from her room on the 11th floor of the Hotel Buckingham.

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