Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 January 1938 — Page 1

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LINKING OF GUN TO MRS. JONES 1S STATE'S AM

Rae, Ballistics Expert, Due To Take Stand Today In Slaying Trial.

PLANS TEST OF STAINS

End of State Case Against Rooming House Keeper Likely Today.

By SAM TYNDALL

Times Staff Writer DANVILLE, Jan. 19. — Roderick Rae, Indianapolis Police Department ballistics | expert, was to testify this afternoon in the trial of Mrs. Etta Jones, charged with the murder of 13-year-old Helen Schuler in her Beech Grove home last July.

Herbert WM. Spencer, Marion County Prosecutor, said Mr. Rae would identify the gun the State

claims Mrs. Jones called her own as the gun which killed the girl. He also will perform chemical tests in an attempt to show that | stains on the girl's clothing taken from her body are blood, Prosecutor Spenced said. ) Mrs. Clara Schuler of Tell City, the girl's mother, was to take the stand later this afternoon as the State planned to close its case today. Miss Ruth Talley, Marion County reputy sheriff, today told the jury | that Mrs. Jones made improper advances to her when they were in | the rear seat of Sheriff Ray's car after the murder. When Mrs. Schuler takes the | stand, it will be the second time she has faced Mrs, Jones. Shortly after the killing, Mrs. Schuler met Mrs, Jones in the Marion County Jail and pleaded with her to “tell me why you have done this to my daughter,” according to testimony. “Speak to My Lawyer” At that time Mrs. Jones, according to deputy sheriffs, moodily replied: “Speak to my lawyer.” A total of 24 witnesses have testi-

“fied for the State, including Mrs.

Lottie Schuler, mother. Yesterday's session closed with festimony by Sheriff Ray concerning the alleged incident between Mrs. Jones and Miss Talley. The introduction of this alleged conversation was made over the objection of Miss Robbins. The jury was withdrawn from the courtroom for the arguments. Miss Robbins told Judge Rice the State sought to bring out the conversation merely “to prejudice the jury and that it had no bearing on the crime.” Sh2 said it was merely an attempt by the State to infer but not declare a motive for the slaying. | Judge Rice, however, overruled the objection. “The incident occurred shortly after the crime and the jury is entitled to hear it and weigh it,” he said.

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SUN OBSCURED BY SMOKE AND CLOUDS

TEMPERATURES 6 a. m.. ” am... N ¥ a. mh. 3 Mam... 38 8 a. m.. 24 12 (Noon). 30 9a m 26 1pm... 33 A haze of smoke, which reduced

visibility to half a mile in the downtown area, and increasing cloudiness obscured the sun today. Cloudiness is to increase as the temperature rises slightly tonight and tomorrow, the Weather Bureau predicted. Light snow possibly will fall tonight, with lowest temperature about 30 degrees, the Weather Bureau said.

BUILDING PERMITS UP

The value of building permits for the week ending Jan. 15, 1938, increased $374,309 over the same week last year, according to a report by George Popp Jr, City Building Commissioner, issued today. The City building department re-

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VOLUME 49—NUMBER 269

Warning Likely

Prince Fumimaro Konoye

KONOYE TO SAY U.S. IS FACTOR

‘Roosevelt Praises Peaceful

Army; Spain Suffers Wide Air Raids.

TOKYO—Premier to warn Japan of delicate era, in relations with U.S.

WASHINGTON — Roosevelt Army guaranty of peace.

’ MOSCOW-—Communist Party orders drastic letdown in “purge.”

PARIS — Chautemps forms allRadical Cabinet with Socialist support,

LONDON—Hundreds killed by widespread Rebel bombardments in Spain.

HONGKONG — British merchantmen invited to take defense course as Japanese prepare for drive on Canton. SHANGHAI-Japanese consider formation of new Chinese Govern

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ment at Nanking.

TOKYO, Jan. 19 (U. P).—Prince Fumimaro XKonoye, Japanese premier, is expected to tell the Diet Saturday or Sunday that Japan must realizz that its relations with the United States and other powers will become “more delicate” as the result of a new historic stage of development in the Far East. The Premier today completed the draft of his speech in which it is understood he will stress that Japan, while having a sincere desire to improve relations with Western powers, will continue with determination to stabilize the Qrient. It is understood that the address will include a statement on the China situation providing for: . 1. Cessation of dealings with the faction of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek at Hankow. 2. The hope of forming new (Turn to Page Three) >

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$20,000 FIRE RAZES STORE AT FRANKLIN

Two Rescued After Being Trapped in Building.

FRANKLIN, Jan. 19 (U. P). -— Firemen battled flames for hours today before bringing under control a fire of undetermined origin which destroyed one downtown business building and damaged two others with an estimated loss of $20,000. The blaze was discovered shortly after midnight in the Famous Store, the stock of which was ruined and the building burned to the ground. The flames spread to the Trask Jewelry Store and Lanam's Shoe Store and the Fire Department conducted an all-night fight against the blaze, Fire Chief Borgstead and Volunteer Fireman Ralph Caplinger were rescued after they were trapped on the second floor of the Famous

Store when the roof of the building

was due to the construction of =a | Collapsed.

you can’t fool me tivicet, that bar is faik, brown county yarb digger sez

new men's dormitory at the Central State Hospital on W. Washington St., valued at $309,000. The total value of permits during the 1938 period was $438,979, as compared to a total of $64,670 for 1937. The report showed that valuations since Jah. 1 had increased $267,727 over the same 1937 period.

TO KILL DOLHOVER

Governor Townsend said he would allow the Federal Government to use the electric chair at Michigan City to execute James Dolhover, last of the Brady gang, condemned to death April 8. Dolhover was found guilty of murder in Federal Court and sentenced to die. The Government requested use of the chair for the execution, 1

HOOSIER IS SENTENCED TOLEDO, O, Jan. 19 (U. P).— Raymond Severns, Bourbon, Ind., railway mail clerk, pleaded guilty to robbing the mails today and was sentenced fo two years in Federal

prison by Federal Judge Frank L. Kloeb.

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GARNER CURBS ANTILYNCHING BILL WRANGLE

Minton to Defend TVA in Senate After Attack By Bridges.

HOOSIERS ASK HARBOR

Pittman Charges Laxity in U. S. Park Service Funds.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (U, P) .— Vice President John N. Garner cracked down at the end of two weeks of unhampered filibustering against the Wagner-VanNuys Antilynching Bill today and told the Senate that the rules henceforth would be enforced “in a technical manner.” Vice President Garner made plain to the Senate for the first time since Jan. 6, when debate opened on the controversial bill, that it was in a filibuster and that the rules provided obstacles to unrestricted speech, The Vice President's action cleared the way for supporters of the bill to enforce restrictions on debate by strictly limiting each foe of the bill to two speeches on each question before the Senate and to prevent quorum calls which cause delay and give the speaker a rest. Minority Leader Charles L. Mcnary (R. Ore.) sai¢ Vice President Garner's statement had his “hearty support.” Senator VanNuys (D. Ind), coauthor with Senator Wagner N. Y.) of the bill, said he believed that “a strict application of the rules and night sessions will stop some of this talking.” Senator VanNuys wants to start night sessions this week, but Majority Floor Leader Barkley (D. Ky.) has not yet agreed to such procedure. It was considered likely that the enforcement of the rules by the sponsors of the bill, if carried out with determination, would compel night sessions.

Power Policy Backers Answer Bridges’ TVA Charge

WASHINGTON, Jan, 19 (U. P). —Supporters of the Administration's power program defended the Tennessee Valley Authority today against charges by Senator Bridges (R. N. H) that it had “betrayed its trust” to the nation. Senators McKellar (D. Tenn. Minton (D. Ind.) and Bone (D. Wash.) prepared to lead an attack on the Senate floor against Senator Bridges’ criticism. Senator Nor(Turn to Page Three)

CROMWELL OPPOSES TAYES ON ESTATES

Hits U. S. System, Asks Manufacturers’ Levy.

WASHINGTON, Jan, 19 (U. P). —James H. R. Cromwell, husband of Doris Duke, the “world’s richest girl,” today proposed ultimate repeal of estate and income taxes and their replacement by a manufacturers’ sales tax. His proposal struck at a touchy subject with Chairman Robert L. Doughton (D. N. C.) of the House Ways and Means Committee before which he appeared in connection with the new business tax revision program. The 74-year-old committee chairman peppered the young New Yorker with questions. “Would you tax bread and wheat the same as whisky and cigarets?” Mr. Doughton asked. “Yes, sir,” said Mr. Cromwell, Rep. Doughton flushed. Mr. Cromwell told the Committee he made his tax proposal “unselfishly.” “As far as I am concerned and my family and my wife, they are very wealthy people,” Mr. Cromwell said. “There has been provided some $50,000,000,000 of tax-exempt securities in which we can invest our money and pay no part towards the support of Government. I think that is a very pernicious system.”

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1938

Crisis Nears

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Dean Noe

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DEANISIN 19TH DAY OF IS FAST

Ashen-Faced Ecclesiast Delays Trip After Wife Becomes Ill.

By HARRY FERGUSON United Press Staff Correspondent

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Jan. 19.—Science looked today at the case of Dean Israel H. Noe, who entered his 19th day without food or water this morning, and said it might be a fortnight before the crisis that will decide whether he lives or dies, g Dean Noe, seeking to condition himself to the point where he will be nourished by “spiritual sustenance” alone, worried today about an illness in his family. Mrs, Noe fainted last night, 15 minutes before the Dean was to take a train for Knoxville where the Episcopal Diocese of Tennessee is holding its convention. Although church law requires his attendance at the convention, the Dean cancelled his departure, explaining he would go to Knoxville tonight if Mrs. Noe's health permitted. A physician called on Mrs. Noe. Shortly after he left, the Dean, weak and white, came to the door of the

deanery. “Mrs. Noe suddenly became ill,” he said. “She has high blood pressure.”

Seeks Higher Plane

The dean was firm in his belief that his fast was bringing him closer to the state of a “balanced body— a body sensitive enough to function on the highest plane of life and real enough to carry on in the daily plane.” Science, seeking no controversy with the dean and respecting his religious beliefs, doubts that, of course. The Dean frankly admits he puts ice cubes in his mouth to relieve the burning sensation caused by dehydration. He allows the ice cube to melt in his mouth and then ejects the water, and resents any suggestion that he swallows it.

Cork Mayor’s Fast

Longest on Record WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.—The chances are not very good that the Very Rev. Israel Harding Noe, dean of St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral at Memphis, will be able to continue his fast much longer, Medical opinion gives nine or 10 weeks as the longest a man probably can go without food and water, The fatal hunger strike of Terence Mac Sweeney, Mayor of Cork, Ireland, lasted 74 days and is considered the longest on record. Other fasts of 40 and 50 days have been reported. Dean Noe, however, has been on semistarvation fare for more than a year. This gives him a handicap.

By JOE COLLIER An unsigned letter arrived today

at The Times office from Brown County taking issue with an unsigned post card containing a picture

of a bear which was received last week and printed. This letter is nearly self-explana-tory but perhaps the phonetic spelling of some names should be cleared up and the cast of characters identified. Benjamin Douglass is a Brown County gentleman farmer; Frank Wallace is State entomologist, and that “Greeno feller” probably is Walter Greenough, vice president of the Fletcher Trust Co. The letter: “Editur indinoplus times 9 they is somekapitul letterson this machine but the kids done busted it so they don’t work 0 you printed a pitcher of a brown county bar in yore paper an i want to say its a faik.

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in these here hills man an boy nigh on to seventy year an i aint seen no bars. when that feller douglass an frank walis gits together

there aint no tellin what will happin. “one time they com down here an brot a couple of city slickers with em and got me and my dog to take em possom huntin. one of the felfels was named greeno. “we aint been out but jest a little piece when my dog gets him a nice possom an walis puts him in a sack and makes this feller greeno carry him. well in a minit greeno throws down the sack and hollers 2im bit, im bit2. he says the possom bit him in the back so after that walis carries the sack an we aint gone but a little piece more when my dog trees another possom an we gits him an puts him in with the other possom. “well thats the way it went. we put seven possoms in that sack be-

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fore nine oclock an i was feelin purty good ahout it because i was to get all the possoms. the fellers was just goin along for the fun. “so long about nine this feller greeno got to hankerin to play some poker an we had all the possoms we needed anyhow so we quit huntin. i took the sack and walked home six mile across the hills an went out to the woodshed an dumped my sack. they was one possom in it an six hunks of rotten wood >

“so when | seen that bar pitcher in the paper an seen that walis an douglas had somethin to do with it i says right then its a faik. they aint goin to fool me twicet. yours truly,

“yaller-root sam,«the yarb digger.” Mr, Wallace and Mr. Greenough both branded the story as preposterous and refused to give further statements. Mr. Douglass was playing possum and would not wake up for an interview,

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SET RECORD 2570-MLE HOP

Bombers Fly From San Diego to Pearl Harbor in 20 Hours, 12 Minutes.

BOLSTER PACIFIC FLEET

‘Flying Battleships’ Carry Crew of Seven, 10,000 Pounds of Fuel.

PEARL HARBOR, Honolulu, Jan. 19 (U. P.).—The Navy completed its greatest mass flight in history today when 18 of its huge bombors settled here after a 2570-mile trip from San Diego. The official elapsed time of 20 hours and 30 minutes established a new Navy air record between <California and Hawaii. The first of the 14-ton, two mo“flying battleships” landed at 3:48 a. m. (Indianapolis time). Thereafter the ships, carrying a total complement of 127 officers

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Fate Debated

Mrs. Florence Simmons Davis

BOY FATHER, 14,

PRICE THREE CENTS

Deliberated by Jurors.

DENIES DRINKING

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Served Her Beer

MUST PAY $500

$50 Yearly Ordered Against Tommy Chapman for Child’s Support.

By LEO DAUGHERTY

and men, landed at regular intervals at the mid-Pacific air base at which they will headquarter. | The first craft to complete the journey touched here just 20 hours and 12 minutes after the takeoff from San Diego at 7:36 a. m, (Indianapolis time yesterday).

Encounter Headwinds

The time was the fastest ever recorded by the Navy in a long mass flight although it was approximatelv two hours slower than the Navy had hoped. Strong headwinds slowed the bombers on the first half of the trip. The first ship to land carried Lieut. Comm. S. H. Warner, in charge of the flight. Comm. Warner said the trip | was uneventful and that, while | the first half was uphill (against the wind), the last half was downhill (with the wind at the tail), A large crowd, composed mostly of Navy officers, their wives, chil- | dren and friends, greeted the hombers. Officials estimated that the bombers averaged between 125 and 130 miles an hour on the all-water hop. After leaving San Diego, the planes encountered head winds that slowed them to 112 miles an hdur, and later 105 M. P. H.

One Ship Disabled

Planes in the flight were of the VP-10 and VP-9 squadrons of the Pacific Air Fleet. Before the takeoff, a plane piloted by Lieut. Thomas J. Hamilton, former football coach at Annapolis, developed engine trouble and Lieut. Hamilton and his crew were shifted to a plane from VP-12 squadron, which replaced the disabled ship. Each of the planes is a 1l4-ton craft that carried seven or eight men and 10,000 pounds of gasoline. The men and planes of VP-10 Squadron will be stationed permanently at the base here. The planes! of VP-9 will augment those of VP-6 and VP-8, now stationed here, but the men will return to the mainland by ship.

19 KNOWN DEAD IN QUEBEC SCHOOL FIRE

Twenty-Six Others Missing; Two Bodies Identified.

ST. HYACINTHE, Quebec, Jan. 19 (U. P..—Firemen recovered two more charred bodies from the ruins of Sacred Heart College today, bringing the number of known dead to 19. Twenty-six others still were missing. As the search continued authorities sought to discover the origin of the fire which yesterday trapped children and brothers of the Sa- | cred Heart Order in a school dor-

mitory. Icy winds and weather 10 de- | grees below zero hindered police, |

firemen and volunteer workers, who | poked in the ruins for more bodies. | Of the bodies recovered, only two | had been ‘identified—those of the | Rev. Brother Jean Baptiste, 64, and Joseph Vincent, 15. Dozens of mothers and fathers walked through the snow past the jce-covered ruins to the little morgue to search for the bodies of their children. Most of the bodies had been horribly seared. Two victims died in the hospital. Several others were expected to die. Tragedy piled on tragedy last night as frantic parents sought to determine the fate of their children. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Gendron, hurrying here from Richmond, Quebec, to search for their son, Emile, 12, were killed when their automobile was struck by a Montreal-bound express train.

TIMES FEATURES

ON INSIDE PAGES Books ........ 9 | Mrs. Ferguson 9 Broun ....... 10. "Music ........ 17 Clapper ...... 2 | Obituaries ,..12 Comics 16, 17 Pegler '....... 10 Crossword ...15 | Pyle ....... “3 Editorials ....10 | Questions ....16 Fashions ‘..... 5 "Radio ........ 17 Financial 12 | Mrs. Roosevelt 9 Fiynn .. ees 10 | Scherrer ..... 9 FOrum ....... 10 | Serial Story. .16 Grin, Bear It 16 | Short Story ..16 In Indpls .... 3 | Society .... 4, 5 Jane Jordan., 9 (Sports ... 13, 14 Johnson .....10 | State Deaths..12 Movies ....... 6 Wiggam ,,...17

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BLOOMFIELD, Jan. i9.— Four-teen-year-old Tommy Chapman, Linton, today was ordered to pay $500 in installments of $50 yearly for the support of the 3-weeks-old son of his 13-year-old sweetheart, Betty June Lacer, also of Linton. The young father was brought before Circuit Judge J. Raymond Powell here by his father, Ben Chapman, who now lives in Detroit. Judge Powell, after explaining he could not legally grant Tommy's request to marry Betty June, ordered the lad to pay $25 to the young mother this week and $25 before next Dec. 1. “After that,” Judge Powell said, “you must pay Betty June $50 a year for nine years.” Tommy was ordered placed under a $500 bond to insure payment of the judgment “Although the court could make | a judgment of as much as $1000, | I will follow the custom in such cases here and fix it at $500,” Judge Powell said. “It is not in my power to give consent to the marriage of these children under the law and that matter will have to be worked out later.” Betty June was not in court,

TOWNSEND DENIES JAGKSON ‘INDORSED

‘Never Know About Future,’ He Adds.

And Wine.

[ate of Mrs. Florence Simmons Davis, 38, charged with the hit-and-run auto death of 14-months-old Barbara Condit, rested this afternoon with a Criminal Court jury of seven women and five men, The jury began its deliberations at 11:45 a. m. after Judge James A, Emmert, Shelbyville, special judge, instructed jurors that they must return a guilty or not guilty verdict on charges of involuntary manslaughter and failure to stop after an accident. The State concluded its rebuttal by calling as a surprise witness a tavern waitress who said she served liquor to Mrs. Davis shortly before an automobile plunged into a group of persons standing in a safety zone at Noble St, and Virginia Ave, knocking the child from the arms of her father and killing her,

Testifies

Conviction of the involuntary manslaughter charge carries sentence of one to 10 years in prison

Waitress

after an accident. The surprise witness was Mrs, Dorothy Smith, 2227 E. Washington St., tavern waitress. She said she had remained silent until located by the prosecution last night She testified that Mrs. Davis and her mother, Mrs. Margaret Bewley, came into the tavern the night of June 3, when the accident occurred

when she read a newspaper account of the accident the following day. She knew Mrs. Davis and her

cause she had served them previously. She said that on the night of June 3 she served Mrs. Davis two beers, one glass of wine and brandy and whisky. Mrs. Davis and

7 p. m, and left about 8:30 p. m shortly before the accident occurred, according to Mrs, Smith.

Governor Townsend today denied reports that Samuel Jackson, Ft. Wayne attorney, had been selected as the “State Administration's can- | didate” to succeed U. S. Senator VanNuys The Governor said: “The State Administration has | not indorsed Mr. Jackson's candidacy—not to my knowledge, anyway.” When asked if his office intends to indorse him in the future, the Governor, who returned today from a two-weeks’ vacation in Florida, replied: “A fellow never knows what he is going to do in the future.” Some Democrats said Mr, Jackson probably would be indorsed later by State House politicians since a delegation headed by Dick Heller, Governor Townsend's executive secretary, attended meetings ati Hammond and Vincennes, where Mr. Jackson made his opening campaign speeches. A‘ that time, Mr. Heller made no official comment as to the Administration’s attitude toward Mr. Jackson's candidacy. The Governor also announced he will go to French Lick Friday for the “perfect harmony meeting” which he said would be “devoted entirely to the resignation of Thomas Taggart as Democratic National

lection of his successor.” When asked if Frank McHale, party leader and adviser to former Governor McNutt, had been agreed upon as Mr. Taggart’'s successor, the Governor replied: “I have nothing to say about that.”

Oscar Hagemier drunkenness, even without the testimony of Dr. R. N. Harger, Indiana University toxicologist, who described results of the drunkometer used on the defendant, and which

and two years for failing to stop,

her mother entered the tavern at | ‘| cate of title

In the State's rebuttal, Depuly | | Prosecutor | there was no question of Mrs. Davis’

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MAYOR T0 MAP TRAFFIC SAFETY 30 YEARS AHEAD

Mrs. Davis’ Case Is [Calls on Plan and

Works Boards for Street Study.

SPEEDERS FINED a — -

Waitress Testifies She System to Protect

| Pedestrians Is Praised.

Mayor Boetcher today (ordered the Works Board and the City Plan Commission to outline city thoroughfare changes for 30 vears in the future with a view to reliev-

ing traffic congestion safely. He said the two boards and he would meet when he returns from Florida in about three weeks and make an inspection trip about the city. From that and other tours like it, he said, detailed plans will be drawn “and future generations can tollow it if they like.” Particular attention will be paid, he said, to truck routes,

Eight Drivers Fined

Meanwhile Judge Pro Tem. Silas Lipman today fined eight motorists, convicted in Municipal Court of traffic law violations, a total of $10, the lowest daily average since early last summer. More than $120 in fines and costs { were suspended. Two of three speed | ers were assessed $5 each. The other was given a suspended fine. Judgment was suspended for two preferential street violators and two motorists arrested for failure to give a hand signal. Lieut. Lawrence MeCarty, Aceident Prevention Bureau head, testi fied against Charles R. Spaulding, 507 N. West St, arrested on féur charges Lieut, McCarty told Judge Lipman

| West Sts. yesterday when he saw Spaulding driving a truck loaded

with serap-iron. He said the truck

mother, Mrs. Smith testified, be- hag jmproper license plates.

When he ordered Spaulding to | stop, both the foot and emergency | brakes on the truck failed, Lieut. | McCarty said. He charged Spauld- | ing with having inadequate brakes, improper license plates, no certifiand no chauffer’s | license, Judge Lipman found Spaulding guilty, fined him $1 and costs on | each of the charges and then | suspended the entire judgment.

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he said was upheld by the testi- | Court today against drivers of three

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[ears involved in four accidents re.

He cited “positive identification” | ported overnight,

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BUILDINGS SERVICE STRIKE DEADLOCKED

Union Predicts Spread as Managers Deny Stoppage.

A strike of Building Services Employees Union, Local 47, in downtown office buildings continued today. Union officials predicted that it would spread and managers of struck buildings said employees

could return to work without preju- |

dice if they did so immediately.

James T. McClamorock, 36, Rav. | enswood, was arrested last night | on drunken driving charges and his car impounded after he allegedly collided with an auto driven by Jean Stephens, 22, Carmel, at 63d St. and Haverford Ave. J. Richard Ward, 37, of R. R. 1, Bridgeport, and Paul Ayres, 52, of 923 N. Keystone Ave, were arrested on drunken driving charges,

Lauds New Traffic Plan

Meanwhile Capt. Lewis Johnson of the Police Traffic Department hailed as successful the new pedestrian system of traffic handling at downtown intersections, inaugurated yesterday. “I made personal inspections of the corners where the system was operating yesterday and heard fave orable comments,” he said. “I noticed that although it might slow down the first ear in the waite | ing line, it really speeds traffic hecause when the drivers start, they

The union claimed five buildings | have a clear run and can go with

were struck—the Big Four, chants Bank, Underwriters, Architects and Builders and Peoples State Bank. Joseph Daniels, attorney for managers, said the strike was in only four buildings, and that union em(Turn to Page Three)

G-Men Reported Seeking

Body of Kidnap Victim

ST. PAUL, Minn, Jan. 19 (U, P). —G-Men resumed their mysterious activities in the Charles S. Ross kidnap-murder case today when they slipped out of their headquarters here carrying large boxes. It was believed they were starting a search for the body of Mr. Ross, who was kidnaped and slain by Peter Anders. Anders has confessed to J. Edgar Hoover, Federal Bureau of Investigation chief, that he killed Ross and his kidnap accomplice, Atwood Gray, after collecting $50,000 ransom from Mr. Ross’ family near Rockford, Ill. Anders apparenly remained in county jail, where he spent the night after arriving by chartered airliner with Mr. Hoover last night. The melodramatic secrecy with which the G-Men surrounded their actions gave rise to belief that they were checking other crimes against Anders in addition to the Ross slaying. It was evident that their immedi-

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ate task was to find the bodies of Mr. Ross and Gray. Otherwise, legal authorities said, the kidnaper could not be convicted despite his confession, The long “disappearance” of Mr. Hoover and Anders yesterday might have given the FBI Chief an opportunity to fly to Tacoma, Wash, to have Anders viewed by witnesses in the kidnap-killing of 10-year-old Charles #/fattson, St. Paul is on the direct airline between Tacoma and Chicago, scene of the Ross crime,

In Tacoma, investigators and all concerned with the investigation of the Mattson kidnaping were amazed by the resemblance of pictures of Anders and an artist's drawing of the Mattson ‘“kidnapers” from the description of the only person who saw him-—the three children who were with Charles when he was abducted, Dr. William W. Mattson denied that either Hoover or his prisoner had been in Tacoma,

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Capt. Johnson said he was holding school for 14 more officers and that other corners would be put on the same basis today. Under the new system, police work at curbs, not at the center of intersections, and hold vehicular traffic after the go signal until pedestrians have gained the curb, and hold pedestrian traffic at the curb for the go sign, Lieut. McCarty contended today that three of the seven persons killed in traffic accidents so far this vear were ‘jay-walkers.” He said that while there were two more fatalities at this time than for the same period last vear, there were 23 fewer accidents and 24 fewer injuries,

Safety Work to Begin on

Anderson Death Corner

ANDERSON, Jan. 19 (U. P.).— Work was expected to start soon on the automatic flasher signals to be installed at the Jackson St. crossing of Road 67 here where five per= sons lost their lives in a bus-train wreck Jan. 9. The Pennsylvania Railroad has received the first shipment of materials for the signals which will be rushed into operation.

BANK BANDITS ESCAPE

CHARLESTON, W. Va, Jan. 18 (U. P.).—Three bandits today held up the First National Bank at nearby South Charleston ahd

escaped with between $20,000 and $25,000, i

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