Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 November 1937 — Page 1
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21TH ANNUAL AUTO EXHIBIT OPENS TODAY
Display at Fair Grounds Is
Scheduled to Continue Through Friday.
MODELS ARE IMPROVED
Show Will Herald Banner |
Selling Year, Trade Records Indicate.
For additional news of the Auto Show see Section 2; Editorial, Page Eight.
The 27th annual Indianap-
olis Auto Show, heralded as the greatest of them all, opened at 1 p. m. today in the Fair Grounds Manufac-
turers’ Building. After today the show is to open daily at ncon and close at 10:30 p. m. through Nov. 19. The exhibit is to close an auto year which state records show was an improvement over last, and opens another which auto dealers say will be even better. For the first time in years a foreign-made car was on exhibition. Rubinoff will give violin recitals as the entertainment drawing card and show officials predicted that all attendance and sales records for the event will be broken. Gary Gordon's orchestra will play throughout the week. Licenses Increase The State Auto License Bureau reported today that 1,022,782 sets of auto license plates have been jssued this vear, as of Nov. 1, as against but 960,987 during the same period last year, an increase of 61,795 sets. It also reported that 163,156 titles for new cars had been issued for the same 1937 period, as against 147,757 for the corresponding 1936 period, an increase of 15399. Used car titles for the 1937 period totalled $27509 as against 309,796 for 1936, an increase of 17.713. © Auto men said that, during the
last 10. years, the per pound and |
the per horsepower costs of new cars have dropped considerably, and that the bargains were even greater this year than last. Most models, they said, feature mechanical refinements and all feature new safety devices, such as putting all handles and knobs, both inside and outside the cars, in wells where they cannot injure persons. Embody New Features Some models have headlights recessed into fenders, show officials said, and at least one has air-con-ditioning equipment. Show officials said there are many more automatic features on the new models than on the 1936 cars and that there are motor and moving-parts refinements that make for smoother and. more economical operation. Both passenger and truck models are shown by Dodge, Willys, Plymouth, Chevrolet and Ford. Passenger exhibits include Graham, Lincoln, Lincoln-Zephyr, Fiat, Nash, Nash-Lafayette, DeSoto, Studebaker, Hudson, Hudson-Terraplane, Oldsmobile, Chrysler, Packard, Buick, Cadillac, LaSalle and Pontiac. Stewart trucks are being shown. Among accessory exhibitors are Socony Vacuum Oil, the Troy Oil Co., Perine Oil, the Shell Petroleum Co.’s “City of Tomorrow,” E. L. Gray, the Waverly Co. the Guarantee Tire & Rubber Co, and the United Distributing Co.
DISMISSES SUIT ON CITY GAS CONTRACT
Suit of the Chase National Bank, trustee of the City's gas utility properties under former owners, the Indianapolis Gas Co. and Citizens Gas Co., today had been dismissed by Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell. The plaintiff, representing bondholders, asked judgment requiring the City to acknowledge validity of a contract by which it leased property of the old Indianapolis Gas Co. The City had contended the lease was invalid. Judge Baltzell ruled that the case was of intrastate jurisdiction, therefore not admissible to Federal Court decision.
CAROL ORDERS CABINET
BUCHAREST, Rumania, Nov. 13 (U. P).—King Carol commissioned Jon Mihalache, president of the national Peasant Party, to form a cabinet today. He succeeds Premier George Tatarescu, leader of the national Liberal Party, who resigned in favor of the opposition after four years of leadership.
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Make Peace or Face Stronger Action, Japan Warned by Big Powers at Brussels Parley
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CLUB PATRONS ARE SUMMONED
Greenfield Mayor Signs 21 Affidavits in Plantation Case.
Times Special GREENFIELD, Nov. 13. —Affidavits charging 21 patrons of The Plantation, supper club 15 miles northeast of Indianapolis raided Thursday midnight by state police, with visiting a gaming house, were signed today by Mayor James Allen in City Court. Mayor Allen said “a majority” of the affidavits named Indianapolis persons, and that summons had been issued. The affidavits were prepared by State Deputy Attorney General James K. Northam named special prosecutor for this case by Governor Townsend. Forty-five other names and addresses were obtained from patrons by the 32 State Police officers who raided the club. Mr. Northam said affidavits would not be filed against women patrons “because the statute is vague on that point.” Jacobson Freed on Bond
Meanwhile Joseph Jacobson, known to his intimates as Joey Jacobs, alleged proprietor of the Plantation, was free under $600 bond after a preliminary hearing in City Court at Greenfield yesterday. At the same time, six alleged employees of the club were released under $200 bonds. All are to be arraigned in Greenfield City Court before Mayor Allen at 1:30 p. m. Thursday. Jacobson had been indicted on 17 gambling counts by the Hancock County Grand Jury several weeks ago following an investigation of the Plantation Club. He was released under $3100 bond in Circuit Court more than two weeks ago and Qi taaghmen’ is scheduled for Monay. Prosecutor Objects Hancock County Prosecutor John F. Wiggins, during yesterday's hearing in Greenfield, protested to Mr. Northam that “I've been ignored in this whole thing. I'm the Prosecutor of this county and you have no right to come in here and act this way.” Mr. Northam made no comment, but Circuit Judge John B. Hinchman said he had asked Governor Townsend to assign the special prosecutor and that Mr. Northam was entirely within his rights.
I. C. BAUMAN NAMED HOME COMMANDANT
Irwin C. Bauman, former Michigan City Fire Chief and twice president of the Indiana Fire Chiefs’ Association, today was appointed commandant of the Indiana Soldiers’ Home in Lafayette by Thurman A. Gottscalk, State Welfare Director. He succeeds Col. Frank S. Clark, Indianapolis, who is retiring from the post because of ill health. Mr. Bauman, who is 55, is one of the youngest Spanish-American War veterans in Indiana. He joined the
IU. S. Is Leader in Move; Italy Flatly Opposes Condemnation.
BRUSSELS—United States, Britain, France and Belgium join in declaration charging Japan is out of step with world and propose stronger measures if Tokyo refuses to make peace with China.
SHANGHAI—Japanese troops report smashing through “Chiang Kai-shek” Jine, China’s strong defense Loe to west,
SAN FRANCISCO—Alaskan fishermen angered by Japan’s denial of invading Alaskan waters,
BERLIN—Germany intends to raise colony question when British Cabinet leader, Viscount Halifax, Somers with Hitler, high reports said.
LONDON—Authoritative reports say Viscount Halifax may alse go tv Rome after private conversations with German leaders.
WASHINGTON—State Department denies reopening of Bilbao consulate is in any way recognition of Franco regime.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 13 (U. P)— A draft declaration saying that Japan is out of step with the rest of the world and that the Far Eastern conference will envisage stronger measures if she refuses to make peace with China was submitted to the conference today on behalf of the United States, Britain and France. Count Luigi Aldrovandri-Mares-cotti, Italian delegate who has persistently defended Japan before the conference, flatly rejected the declaration of condemnation. The declaration was preceded by
warned Japan that it was to her own material interest to co-operate in ending the war with China. After expressing hope that Japan (Turn to Page Three)
GREEK SHIP SINKS IN ATLANTIC STORM
Are Reported Adrift.
NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (U. P).— A Greek freighter sank today in a storm that raged over the Atlantic
grounding air pianes. The Weather Bureau ordered storm warnings hoisted from Atlantic City to Sandy Hook in advance of a disturbance of “marked intensity.” The Greek ship Tzenny-Chandria of Chios began sending distress signals before dawn and a C. D. Mallory tanker, Swiftsure, raced to her aid 40 miles off Cape Hatteras, N. C., where a iifeboat bearing six men was picked up. The rescued sailors indicated that a second lifeboat carrying 14 men was adrift in the storm-swept seas and that eight other men had leaped into the ocean in lifebelts. The Swiftsure, joined by the Coast Guard Cutter Sebago, out of Norfolk, started a search for the other sailors.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (U. PJ). Senate Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley (D. Ky.) today said that “there may be a simplification” of the proposed regional planning legistation which would be intended to lessen controversy over establishing of seven additional TVA sysSs.
At the same time, Speaker William B. Bankhead said that under tentative plans the House will be< gin its legislative work Tuesday by farting consideration of the first of
Profits Tax Amendment Unlikely, Barkley Says
bills. Both houses are to hear President Roosevelt's special message Monday. Senator Barkley, following a conference with President Roosevelt, also said that “in my judgment, we cannot act this session” on proposals for amendment of the undistributed profits tax to relieve new and debt-burdened corporations. Senator Barkley’s remarks on the regional planning measure - ally fitted into the recent moves of the Administration believed to be to Page Three)
tralian delegate, Davis, the American delegate. on teacup, is Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet representative. ®
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speeches of delegates of the princi- | pal powers, including Norman H.| Davis of the United States, who
Six Sailors Rescued; Others | continued throughout the night and
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1937
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ARMY-N. D. TILT STARTS IN RAIN
‘Wabash-DePauw Game Is|
Tops in State; Indiana at | lowa; Purdue-Badgers.
Notre Dame. .
NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (U. P) == New York's greatest annual football extravaganza, Army vs. Notre Dame, began in the rain today. It was the worst weather for an Army-Notre Dame game since the 1030 meeting in Chicago when rain
froze as it fell. Not more than 15000 of the 80. 000 expected spectators were present when the entrance of the corps of cadets, usually one of the big features of the game, was made. Led by the military academy band playing the Notre Dame “Victory March,” the cadets entered the sta-
condition of the field they filed directly into their seats instead of parading. Secretary of War Woodring and Governor Lehman were among the notables present.
Indiana’s Big
Three Are on Road By TOM KENNEDY
Indiana's Big Three were on the road again today, leaving the clash between Butler and Western State
at Butler Bowl and the renewal of the rivalry between Wabash and DePauw at Crawfordsville as the state's big games. Notre Dame played West Point's sturdy Cadets before 80,000 at Yankee Stadium. Purdue clashed with Harry Stuhldreher’s Wisconsin Badgers and Bo McMillin’s Hoosiers were favored over Iowa at Iowa City. Rainy weather marred the program in the East. The Irish and Cadets met under the worst conditions of the year. A rainstorm which started at dusk yesterday
morning and it was still raining as the game began. Though the Irish-Army tilt was not expected to have much bearing on national ranking, the game overshadowed the Pittsburgh-Nebraska clash. Other Eastern games sent Yale against Princeton; Dartmouth against Cornell at Hanover; Michigan at Pennsylvania and Syracuse against Columbia. Minnesota and Northwestern clashed at Minneapolis with the result expected to have an important bearing on the Big Ten race. A Wildeat victory would put four teams, including Indiana, in the runing for the championship. llinois met Ohio State in another big Midwestern game. In the Southwest, Baylor met Southern Methodist, Texas battled Texas Christian and Rice clashed with Texas A. & M. In the far West the day’s big game matched California and Oregon. Stanford met Washington State. Santa Clara is to play St. Mary's tomorrow. Smaller Indiana colleges squared off as follows: Georgetown, Ky. at Hanover; Franklin at Ball State; Oakland City at Rose Poly; St. Joseph's at Elmhurst, Ill. Valparaiso lost to St. Viator Thursday and Evansville saw action yesterday. Other Hoosier geliduie closed their schedules last week,
DONALD 0. STEWART, AUTHOR, INJURED
HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 13 (U. PJ). —Donald Ogden Stewart, 50, famous author, was injured seriously today when he was knocked down, by an automobile driven by Martin Zukeman, 20, who was not held by police. said he was walking in the
ae Blvd. Hollywood when
43 MOTORISTS FINED $373 IN TRAFFIC COURT
$195 Suspended by Karabell; 16 Speeders Assessed $12 Each.
ONE SENT TO STATE FARM
Drunken Driver Loses His License for Next Six Months.
Speeding cost 16 motorists $12 each today when they were fined by Municipal Judge Charles do Karabell. Forty-three defendants paid $373. Included were eight preferen- | tial streets violators, fined $863. Judge Karabell continued 20 cases, | and suspended $195 in fines and | costs. The 21 motorists charged with speeding brought the total of drivers arrested on that charge since Monday to 81. Five of those arrested last night will be in court later. Drunken Driver Sentenced
John Ericson, 3352 N. New Jersey St., was fined $10 and costs and sentenced to 60 days on the State Farm for drunken driving as the result of an accident July 26 on Fall Creek Blvd. in which he and George Bainnaka, 1158 N. Holmes Ave, were injured. Judge Karabell also fined Ericson $5 and costs for drunkenness and suspended his driver's license for six months. Two women were recovering from injuries received in two auto accidents last night. Mrs. Marjorie Baldwin, 16, of Mooresville, was reported in serious condition in Methodist Hospital with brain concussion and face cuts received when her car crashed into a telephone pole near Southport.
Receives Leg Injuries
Knocked down by an auto while walking across College Ave. at 14th St, Mrs. Pearl Reeves, 59, of 1403 College Ave, was reported in fair condition in Methodist Hospital with leg injuries. Police said the car was driven by Jack Hendricks, 20, ‘of 2149 Broadway. Charged with drunken driving and failure to have an operator’s license, William Lambert, 67, of 2008 N. Talbott Ave., was to face Municipal Court today. He was arrested in the 100 block E. 16th St. last night after his truck allegedly struck an auto driven by William Tomlinson, 37, of 723 W. 32d St. Mr. Tomilson told officers Lambert was driving on the wrong side of the street when the accident occurred.
Indianapolis Man and Son Killed in Kentucky
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. Nov. 13 (U. P.).—William Payne, 42, and his son Ray, both of Indianapolis, were killed instantly near here today when struck by a hit-skip motorist, authorities reported. Officials said Mr. Payne and his son were killed by an automobile which swerved and struck them as they were attempting to make repairs on their disabled automobile on the roadside. Two women in the automobile, whom authorities here said were Mr. Payne's wife and daughter, were uninjured as the men were crushed against the side of the car. Authorities said they had no clues to the identity of the driver who struck them.
Harlan Payne, another son of William Payne, left here for Elizabethtown immediately after hearing of the accident. His mother and Miss Marjorie Hardesty were in the car but were not hurt, neighbors quoted Harlan as saying The Paynes live at 1554 Ringgold Ave.
Killed When He Steps
In Front of Truck
SOUTH BEND, Nov. 13 (U. P.). John Austin, 56, was killed instantly early today when he stepped in front of a truck.
AUTOIST FINDS GAS STATION OWNER DEAD
Authorities Probe Shooting Of Wilbur Gordon.
Wilbert R. Gordon, 114: S. Illinois St. Apt. 9, was found dead today, shot through the head, in a rear room of a filling station he operated at Harding and Raymond Sts. He was 53. Deputy Coroner Hugh Thatther and the police homicide squad were investigating. The body was found by motorists who stopped for gasoline. Police said they found a revolver in Mr, Gordon's hand. Two bullets had been fired, they said. A sister, Mrs. Herschel H. Peters, Rushville, survives, according to
police. Dr. Thatcher ordered the body taken to city morgue for an autopsy.
CRUISER TO RETURN BODY HAMILTON, Bermuda, Nov. 13 (U. P.) ~The body of James Ram-
will to the cruiser Apollo Monday on the arrival of the liner Reina Del Pacifico, it was announced
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At Usual Tasks
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (U.P). —Associate Justice Louis D. Brandeis celebrated his 8lst birthday by attending the usual Saturday conference of Supreme Court Justices. Hundreds of messages from his admirers were received at the modest apartment here where the Justice and his wife live.
3 FIRMS DENIED BEER PERMITS
Renewal Refused by A. B. C. As Director Strikes At Favoritism.
Three Indiana beer wholesale firms were denied renewal of their port of entry permits by the State Alcoholic Beverage Commission today as Hugh Barnhart, State Excise Director, declared “entry permits were given to friends of the administration.” Permits were issued to three new firms and those of nine others were renewed by the commission. One permit was taken under advisement. Mr. Barnhart said 13 ports of entry “are sufficient to handle the liquor business in Indiana” The permits allow the firms to import beverages from other states. Holders of entry permits dropped from the list were: Seidling Beverage Co. Brookville; Gary Beverage Co., Gary, and the Handy Beverage Co., Shelbyville.
New Permits Granted
Three new firms granted permits were: White Water Beverage Corp., Connersville; Hill Brothers Beverages, Edinburg, and Michiana Beverages, Inc, South Bend. Russell Handy, former State Senator and operator of the Shelbyville firm which lost its permit, reportedly has been a supporter of Pleas Greenlee, ousted patronage secretary for former Governor McNutt. Mr. Greenlee lost his post when he opposed the State Administration in seeking the gubernatorial nomination. Harry Hill, owner of Hill Brothers Beverages, is a State Representative. State Senator Alden Allison is president of White Water Beverage, which obtained the permit taken from the“ Seidling Beverage Co, headed by Al Brown.
Obtain Renewals
Port of entry permits were renewed for the following firms: Hoosier Wine and Beer Col, Inc. Indianapolis; Universal Beverage Co., Inc, Indianapolis; Standard National Importers, Inc, Ft. Wayne; Central Wine and Beverage Co., Marion; K. V. B. Corp, Terre Haute; Midwest Beverage Co., Inc, Lafayette; Anderson Beverage Corp., Anderson; Brumm Distributing Co., Inc, Hammond, and (Turn to Page Three)
CHILLY WEEK-END IS AHEAD FOR-CITY
TEMPERATURES
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A chilly week-end was promised today by the Weather Bureau. It will be fair and colder tonight and tomorrow, the Bureau said, with the lowest mark tonight being between
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2 DIE, 42
ESCAPE
IN EXPLOSION AT PRINCETON MINE
One Injured Seriously in Midnight Blast; Flames Roar Through Shafts but Fail To Ignite Coal and Timbers.
3 INQUIRIES OPENED INTO CAUSE
State, Federal and Company Officials on Scene; All Imprisoned Men at Surface Shortly After 3 A. M. Today.
Times Special
PRINCETON, Nov. 13.—Workers this afternoon cleared away wreckage caused by a gas explosion which ripped through a coal mine here last midnight, killing two miners, injuring another seriously and imprisoning 41 others for
three hours.
Only the fact that the blast’s flames failed to ignite the
Hike Estimate Of Year's Corn Yield in State
Times Special t LAFAYETTE, Nov. 13.—Estimates of the 1937 Hoosier corn crop rose to 209,790,000 bushels on Nov. 1, according to statistics announced today by M. M. Justin of the Purdue University Agricultural EXxperiment Station. Mr. Justin estimated this year’s bumper yield as 45 bushels an acre, largest per acre since Indiana records were started in 1866. Last year's drought corn crop Was 115,413,000 bushels, with an average acre yield of 25.5 bushels. Large size of ears was characterjstic of this year’s crop, Mr. Justin said, and resulted in higher November predictions. Above normal rainfall and low temperatures retarded drying of corn, he said.
W. S. MONTGOMERY, EDITOR, DEAD AT 73
New Albany Tribune Owner Was Active Republican.
NEW ALBANY, Nov. 13 (U, PJ). —Walter S. Montgomery, New Albany Tribune editor and former
indiana State Republican Editorial Association president, died in St. Edward's Hospital here last night following a week's illness. He was 79. Funeral services and burial probably will be held Monday in Green=field, where he was a former resident and owner of the Greenfield Republican, weekly newspaper. Mr. Montgomery was publisher of the Shelbyville Republican for four years prior to purchasing the Tribune in 1918. He also was part owner of the Noblesville Ledger at one time. Although an ardent Republican and active in State politics, Mr. Montgomery never sought public office. He held only one public position, that of pastmaster of Greenfield for one term under an appointment by President McKinley. Serving as an active member of the National Editorial Association, Mr. Montgomery became acquainted personally with former Presidents Herbert Hoover, Warren G. Harding and Benjamin Harrison. After graduating from Hanover College he became a high school teacher at Noblesville, where he met Mary Evans Clark, a pupil in school, whom he married in 1883. Mrs. Montgomery died in 1932. Surviving are a son, James, who was associated with his father in publishing the Tribune, three
30 and 35.
daughters and a brother.
Geckler Charges Critics Unfair, Asks inspection
In answer to what he termed “unfair criticism of the administration of justice in my court,” Juvenile Court Judge John F. Geckler today invited “public inspection of Juvenile Court.” “In newspapers and anonymous letters I have been charged with mistreatment of children,” Judge Geckler said. , “In the first place, my attackers probably never have set foot inside my court or they would realize such criticism is not warranted. “And in the second place, these persons, and I mean principally clubwomen, refuse to come out in the open in their opposition.”
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are of the opinion that I am unfair, to visit Juvenile Court and attempt to gain an understanding of the problems before criticizing. “It has been charged that I am harsh in my treatment of delinquent children and that because the delinquency is the fault of parents and environment, the wayward child should be cuddled. “I am more aware than most that poverty, unhealthy and bad social environment lead children into trouble. “I realize that in most cases their parents should be punished instead of the child, but the delinquent juvenile must be straightened out and in many cases it takes severity. “The attacks that have been made against me in the last two the direct result
coal and supporting timber averted a major disaster, sure vivors said. About 250 men were in the mine at the time,
The dead were: DeFount Thompson, 37, Princeton, Roger Williams, 35, Princeton. Seriously burned and suffering from inhalation of fumes, Doyle McCandless, 35, Francisco, fought for his life in Methodist Hospital here, As workmen removed the debris and forced deadly fumes from the shaft, a three-way inquiry was mine company officials. Inspectors at Scene
At the scene were all inspectors from the State Bureau of Mines and Mining; Thomas R. Hutson, State Labor Commissioner; Charles Herbert, U. S. Bureau of Mines engi neer, and officials of the King Station Co. Twenty-nine of those imprisoned watched their comrades die. Twelve others were trapped far back in the workings, beyond the explosion. Fifteen minutes before the end of the night trick at midnight there was a blinding flash, Searing . flames roared through the mine. More than 200 men near thé entrance hurried to safety. But the 41 were trapped by black damp and scattered debris Thirty-two were working in one room 400 feet below the surface Suddenly a wall of slate collapsed. Standing nearest, Mr Thompson and Mr Williams were crushed and burned to death. Mr. McCandless was injured. Other 29 Escaped The other 29 were standing far enough back in the underground room that they escaped. Far back, 2700 feet from the explosion, were 12 men, led by Virgil Miller, 42, of near Princeton. When they heard the blast and saw its force knock down one of them, Roy Risley, they knew their only exit was cut off. They went cautiously toward the shaft opening, were unable to pass the explosion scene with its fumes. Mr. Miller related, “We went as far as we could, then ran into black damp”—deadly gas which ace companies many explosions. They returned as far as possible and crouched to the floor, Mr, Miller said. They could only wait for the time when—and if—rescue workers were able to force fresh air into the shaft and disperse the damp. On the surface, a rescue squad fashioned burlap into a tunnel and forced air into the shaft. It was more than two hours after the explosion that the 12 crouching at the mine end felt the air, Mr. Miller said. They groped along the shaft walls until they met rescuers, he related, and were pulled through the burlap f{resh-air intake to safety. Meanwhile, the other 29, carrying Mr. McCandless, had reached the entrance. Chief Mine Inspector Fred Fergu« son said it was “almost incredible” that more of the miners were not killed or seriously injured. He praised the rescue workers and said it was one of the fastest pieces of work he ever had seen. All the men were at the top of the shaft by 4 a. m. Their families were waiting at the top for them. Cries of joy mingled with sobs as the survivors were brought up. Mr. Miller, at home today, said he didn’t know if this was his closest escape. “I've been in so many fires and explosions,” he said. “I've been a miner 27 years. It’s all in the day's work.” As soon as debris has been cleared away and the wreckage repaired, the men will go down again.
ALCATRAZ INMATE COMMITS SUICIDE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (U. P). —The Justice Department today announced that Edward Wutke, inmate of Alcatraz Prison, committed suicide early today. It was the first suicide at Alcatraz since the institution opened in 1934. The Department’s announcement said Wutke fashioned a weapon out of a pencil sharpener and cut his throat. Wutke was serving a sentence of 27 years for murder. He fatally stabbed a member of the
| crew of the steamship Yale Dec.
24, 1933, when the ship was en
route from Wilmington Harbor, Cal,