Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 August 1938 — Page 2

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- ble maker all the time,

IN SHOOTING OF ~ MRS. KR KRUEGER

Be Savant Says Says Orchestra :

Leader's Wife Helped to” Break Up His Home.

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 20 (U.P.).— _ Mrs. Karl Krueger, wife of the con-

: ductor of the Kansas City Phil-|

harmonic Orchestra and a member

of the McCormick Harvester fam- | EE bj

ily, ‘was shot and critically wounded

by one of her former servants, police established today.

Charles E. McDonald sat blubbering in a police station, admitting that he shot Mrs. Krueger down on Hollywood Boulevard yesterday afternoon. “Mrs. Krueger broke up my home,” he said. Mr. Krueger kept an all night vigil at the Good Samaritan Hos- _ pital where Mrs. Krueger, after two ‘ blood transfusions, had rallied somewhat, but still was in a dangerous condition. Three bullets struck her, one in the chest. . Mr. Krueger for a time had been - almost beside himself with grief. : Recovering soméwhat, he telephoned * police to tell them that McDonald had followed his. daughter home several weeks ago and threatened to kill her.

Calls Him “Trouble Maker’

Mrs. Krueger revived enough after the transfusions to tell police: “Chuck (McDonald) ‘was an in_sanely jealous man. He was a trouI was kind to his wife despite this and let her live with us gs a maid and a companion to me, over the objections of Mr. Krueger.” _ Mrs, Krueger, who is 38, is wealthy. She is a second cousin of Harold F. McCormick, chairman of the board of the International Harvester Co. Her father was Samuel R. Jewett, prominent Chicago lawyer, member of the board of governors of the Chicago Stock Exchange. Mr. Krueger, educated musically in Vienna, is former conductor of the Seattle Symphony, director of the New York Musie Guild, and has acted as guest conductor of various orchestras, . McDonald told police: “Things all began about three years ago when she (Mrs. Krueger) began frying to take my. wife zway from me. Apparently Mrs. Krueger had great influence over her and told her she wanted her to amount to something.

McDonald Makes Complaint

“They began to go out together, and Mrs. Krueger took her to shows, and, according to my wife's testimony, Mrs. Krueger opened a bank account for her. I objected to her working for Mrs. Krueger and she

quit in March of this year. I told my wife Mrs. Krueger was stealing her away from me.

“My wife was wrapped around Mrs. Krueger's finger. Things reached such a state my wife threatened suicide. I had to shoot this woman, I had to. “Everything in our life was Mrs. Krueger. We even had to use the same tooth powder she did. I went to Mrs. Krueger and told her my wife was contemplating suicide. I begged: her not to interfere with us.”

Mrs. McDonald recently sued for divorce and McDonald filed a cross complaint accusing her of undue friendliness with another woman.

Witnesses to Shooting

Hollywood Blvd. was crowded with its usually late afternoon throngs yesterday. Witnesses saw a woman rapidly walk across. the street, then stop and turn to face the man with whom she had been talking. He snatched a pistol from his pocket and fired. One bullet struck her in the chest; another in the arm, another in the leg. She collapsed and he jumped into a car waiting at the curb and sped away. Witnesses wrote down the license number. Police went to McDonald's home to arrest him. He wasn’t there, but ‘an hour later Attorney William Bronsten, who had acted for McDonald in his divorce suit, telephoned that his client wished to surrender.

Miss Jerry Raney pins a courtesy badge on Legiommaire Harry Smith, one of the vanguard of 25,000 expected here today to open the Legion's 20th annual state .conyention,

Corrigan Takes Off For Chicago Reception

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reau a serious one? A— (With a siclelong glance at Oswald Ryan, member of newly created Civil Aeronautics Authority)—Oh, yes. Very.

‘A Painstaking Pilot’

Before the intrepid little aviator left, Mr. Ryan said he wished to correct any notion that Mr. Corrigan Was a “reckless flier.” Mr. Ryan, a member of the body which has power to cancel flying licenses, described Mr. Corrigan as a “careful, painstaking pilot with considerable experience.” He said for the first time that it was true Mr. Corrigan had made extensive investigation into weather conditions from New York to Los Angeles before his ocean-spanning hop but had made no investigation of weather conditions over the Atlantic. : He added that the miraculous flight by Mr. Corrigan was “made after careful and long planning.” However, he said Mr. Corrigan, whom he met at the British Embassy after the flying feat, never had admitted that he intended to fly to Ireland. Other questions and answers fol-

low: Q—How ‘do you like Indianapolis? A—It looks ahout as big as New York. Q—What are you going to do

¥ | when you get to San Francisco? A—

Stand around and wait for someone to give me a job. Q—What are you going to do with your plane? A—Put it in a museum. I've had two or three offers. Q—What do you do with the gifts you get? A—Ship them to Roosevelt Field. Yesterday I got two bgxes at Toledo that weighed 50 pounds apiece, I couldn't pus them in the plane, 50 I shipped them back. I guess I'll have to get a boxcar or truck to get them home. Q—-How did you make straight for Dublin? - A—I didn't. I saw the coast and then I had to go looking around for a big city. The airport there has the biggest concrete name of any airport I ever saw. Q—What do you call your plane? A—I used to call it sunshine, but it kept running into so many rains I gave that up.

Blarney Defined

Q—How do you like the life of a celebrity? A—I wouldn't know. Q—What do you call this? A--I'm just on a vacation tour. Q—What is your definition of blarney? A—That’s what most people think I've been giving about ny trip. Q—Do you think youll ever amount to anything? A—I never have so far, so I don’t know. Q—How did you feel when you saw the Irish coast? A—It felt

sort of good to have an island in the way.

Q—When did you make up your mind to fly to Ireland? A—I made

it up last year but I didn’t have

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Here Is the Traffic Record

County Deaths (To Date)

Running Prefer- | ential Streets 2 Running Red Light ......

OFFICIAL WEATHER

—United States Weather Bureau coed

INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST -- Thundershowers tonight and probably tomorrow morning; cooler tomorrow.

5:01 | Sunset

TEMPERATURE =—Aug. 20, 1937— 1pm

Sunrise ad

Accidents ... 4) Drunken Injured ..... 2 Xn Dead ........ 0|Others ....

MEETINGS TODAY Americ t ti - ood EHP BeEiiatiatp convention. Cla

Marion County Democrats, ral icnic, state = Fairgrounds, aftern oon ay.» Hotel

Alliance Francaise. ofa Washington, noon. *

BIRTHS

. Boys Thurman, Alma Teets, at 8t. Vincent's. Pau], Janet Smock, at St. Vincent's. Arthur, Betty Schulse, at St. Vincent's. . Edward, Laura Barnaby, at St. Francis.

Foounard, Elizabeth Lindblom, at St.

cp eoree. Thelma Buchanan, at St. Fran-

hdodors. Ruth Oechfle, at St, Francis. Earl, Ruth Reed, at Coleman. Willard, Margaret Helms, at Methodist, William, Ruth Black, at Methodist. Irvin, Elizabeth Sudbrack, at M Cecil, Wanda Huber, Tat ‘Metho foth ORish: Girls Ameil, Mary Ch t 1 Paul, Vera Ycampi at No man

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an, mover, Virginia Southworth, at Cole- | Bos

rt, Helen Sianion, at St. Franc "Bopert, Ruth Sullivan, at St. Francis, Charles, Therota Pittman, at 2 y. Sento i ena 3 at sir Nincent's. . Joseph, Mildred Hanley, at st. “Robert, ‘Mildred Paterson, at St. VinLouis, Catherine Schutte. at St. Vin-

Kenneth, Florence Noble; at Methodist. DEATHS Frances Molland, 3.. at Riley, intracrahia} pressure. pile coor § rave. 69,.at 363 WestOeld Ruth 8; Sropiey: ‘Methodist, coron-

er or fig 69, at Methodist, cons

tussion of bro

Driving .... 0)

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Precipitation 24 hrs, end. at 7 a. m, Total precipitation since Jan. 1 Excess since Jan.

MIDWEST WEATHER Indiana—Local thundershowers tonight and plomably in south portion tomorrow morning, .becoming. fair tomorrow; cooler in northwest, warmer in extreme southeast tonight; cooler tomorrow.

Illinois—Local thundershowers probable extreme squth portion tonight and’ tomorrow and in central and north portions this afternoon or tonight, becoming fair tomorrow; cooler tomorrow and in north and west-central portions tonight.

Ohio—Fair, warmer in south portion tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy followed hy showers in wes an north portibnsg; slightly cooler in northwest portion tomorrow afternoon. Jentacky Partly cloudy, warmer in central and east portions tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy followed by local "showers in est and north portions, hi is Michigan Generally fair northwest, local thundershowers.in east an south portions this afternoon or ‘tonight; cooler tonight; tomorrow Spniers erally aig, cooler except in extreme .no

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES AT 7 A. M;: Stati Weather Bar, BT Amarillo, Tex ve ove Ll€ > 6 Bismarck, N Di sens hear

Kansas City, Mo.... pithle Rock,” Ark; ...Clear Angele Cl

Mule gt. Flew ees Mobile, Ala. ..esss,.Clear New Orlean ........ Clea.

and, Ore. ....,..Clear Antonio, Tex..;.Clear S80 Francisco p2:ee-Sloudy i Vianna Clea: vai "Ears ear

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the right type of plane so I had to give up the idea. ; Q—Are you going to obey the air laws now? A—Yes. Even though it may take a lawyer to figure them out, I'm going to try to obey them, 'Q—-What time are you taking off tomorrow for Chicago? A-—I-don't know. You see, they have different time up there and 1 haven't: figured that out. Q—What does your. middle initial stand for? A—Well, I guess the newspapers gave me that middle initial and I I don't know what it stands for, Visits Hospital Children

Mr. Corrigan started waving when he first got to the Airport and he waved almost constantly from then until he at long last got an hour's sleep before the banquet. He looked tired. But he was gracious to all and allowed himself to be hauled around, If he liked sirens, he must have been happy because State and City police kept them screaming whenever they were driving.

He said he judged the Indian- |

apolis crowd v be even greater than that in New York “because we went more miles here. It was a short parade in New York.” Mr. Corrigan went through Riley Hospital and if there was any doubt that he is a 100 per cent celebrity that doubt was dispelled by the sheer delight on the faces of the children there. They-called to him and those who didn’t geta pat on the head seemed consoled only by the fact that some of their playmates did. The Irishman went from ward to ward, and stopped at one ‘desk to

sign. 24. Autographs on. papers the nurses, h

rangedises: Misguie d Pilots Chided He left the hospital and was taken immediately to the I. A. C. for his rest, before the banquet. He appeared at the banquet in a coat, having left his leather jacket in his room. As ‘the meal progressed, he beamed at the crowd, just as he had smiled all afternoon. When the Indianapolis Pilots’ Association gave him a trophy with a miniature plane on it, he spun the propeller and said: “It looks like a better plane than I have.” He chided the pilats who had flown out to meet him when he arrived at the Airport, He said they had failed to find him and that he had slipped in, in broad daylight, practically unobserved. When Mayor Boetcher gave him a watch he looked at it coyly and said that he couldn't figure whether mayors gave him watches to aid him in getting into or out of cities. J. J. Liddy, state president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, presented him with a gold medallion. Mr. Corrigan looked at it and, measuring its three-inch diameter with a critical eye, said: “It’s almost as hig as a gold dollar.” Guest of Governor

He said he had been trying'to explain his trip ever since he got back, “but 1 can’t seem to get it over.” He was never at a loss for an answer to any question and the banquet crowd seemed unable to hear enough from him. Mayor Boetcher, Governor Townsend and Junior Chamber of Commerce officials rode with him through the parade. Governor Townsend and Mayor Boetcher welcomed him to the State and City at the banquet, and Joseph McNamara, of the Attorney General’s office, was toastmaster. He was the guest of Governor Townsend last night and stayed at

"| the Governor's mansion.

Several Injured At Chicago Welcome

CHICAGO, Aug, 20 (U, P.)~— Douglas Corrigan landed his $600 trans-Atlantic airplane at Municipal Airport today to receive the greet ings of Mayor Kelly, 50 speciallychosen Irish Policemen and 100,000 music lovers. After a series of parades and re-

ceptions, Corrigan will be taken be- |.

fore a capacity throng gathered in

C. OF C. URGES REDUCTION IN

Vital Government ‘Services | cen May Be Curtailed, Says Statement.

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strictions will have to be placed on the other services of Governmenteducation, protection to persons and property, p Duplic health services, recreation, “These facts ought to make it perfectly clear why our organization must concentrate every effort to prevent the proposed increase in the property tax levy for our community next year; why we must, in fact strive ‘for actyal reductions below this year’s record-breaking rate. Halt Called Only Alternative “There is, of course, merit in many of the proposals for increase Were it not for this unprecedented and as yet quite unappreciated mushroom growth in relief and welfare expenditures, «doubtless some of the ,increases would be acceptable -generally. “But unless we are willing to face the complete collapse of our economic system due to exacting

is no alternative but to call a very definite and permanent halt to this runaway trend.” In 1937, the Bureau reported, the total outlay for relief and welfare ‘from the Federal, State and local treasuries was $9,689,510, while -all other Civil City, School City and County ; expenditures, exclusive of relief’ Junctions, were . $15,502,000,

$1,000,000 Jump Cited

This year, according to the Bureau, relief and welfare expenditures will exceed $14,100,000, while other local costs, exclusive of welfare, will be approximately $16,500,000. The 1938 increase was attributed largely io expansion of WPA and a heavier relief load. Declaring that the 1039 County Welfare Budget proposals are one million dollars higher than the 1938 budget, the Bureau asserted that it is possible relief and welfare costs combined may exceed all other local governmental costs next year. In 1037, according to the statement, relief and welfare expenditures in the County were divided as follows:

Township relief .....$2,180,083 WPA 5,430,060

2,079,376

Total , ..$9,689,519

Pointigg out ‘that the township relief costs were borne entirely, or wil be, by local property owners, WPA expenditures were entirely Federal and welfare expenditures were provided by all three treasuries, the Bureau explained that the sums charged against the three main treasuries were as follows:

$6,055,373 468,041 eessvssees 3,166,105

..$9,689,519 “Of the amount chargeable to the local taxpayer,” the Bureau reported, taxes actually levied! last year amounted to $3,155,054. The balance was financed by bonds—bonds representing long-time indebtedness for the food, clothing and other forms of relief which were con. sumed in, that year, ; Bonds Total $6,975,000 . “Since the beginning of the depression, when the practice of issuing bonds first was resorted to on the theory that they were to provide finances for an emergency service which soon would be ended, the total amount of relief bonds issued in Marion County amount to $6,975,000. Of this, rapidly growing poor relief taxes so far have paid off ‘only $1,650,000, and our bonded debt today is $5,335

acs sccvsse

the County ‘amount to $1,517,000. ' Of this, however, $635,000 must be set aside to pay interest and principal on the poor relief bonded debt. “Already this year we have issued ,000 in new poor "relief bonds. t total will go beyond one million dollars before the end of the

Soldier Field for the Chicagoland | Year.

na | Music Festival, the largest single

crowd to greet him since his “wrong way” flight across the Atlantic. The Chicago New Century Committee will present him with a gold medal. Corrigan’s procession passed at high spee d_p Michigan Ave. to City Hall” Several persons were reported to have received minor injuries when three cars well back

in the procession piled up at a

sudden stop. The machine carry-

ing Corrigan and. the Mayor was to

not involved. Approximately 5000 waved and cheered as the smiling passed up Michigan Ave,

throng was massed around City

Hall where Mayor Kelly

presented | the flier-with a certificate eelenats

ing him as a flying re native a ne Cricago Now Geahey Cum .

Another |

“This is required because our total levy of S151; 000, with $635,000 for relief bonds deducted leaves only $882,000 for the actual relief requirements this year which ... : -be - somewhere ‘near two million dollars. “It would seem to be fhe part of wisdom to put an end now to dependence on sd much borrowing for unemployment relief needs, Dare we continue any longer, ostrich-like,

Mrs. Dollie Hughey, American Legion Converition secretary, registers Mrs, George O. Swaim, 12th District Auxiliary president, and James C. Ahern,

RELIEF COSTS].

Proved in B

greater toll than it will stand, there

325,000. “For 1938, poor relief levies within:

ignore the Fealities of this, gity= a

Thousan

ds jammed the lobby of the Claypool Hotel ~ greet oid to * Re for the four-day convention and

Indiana Business Gains Shown by I U. Survey

alitioss. the sams. aib 88. 10 June, walls payrolls were down 2 per

oS enral business conditions imlooming ers- , Elkhart, Lafayette,

as and Tell City.

The business survey by cities fol lows: ANDERSON—Upturn noted in industrial operations in June, but they receded to the May level in July; employment off 7 per cent and payrolls 16 per cent. compared to June; department store and retail clothing sales were down 12 to 14 per cent from June; hardware sales up 20 per cent; newspaper advertising lineage down 7 per cent from June, and 27 per cent under a year ago; ‘building permits for the first seven months of 1938 35 per cent under the 1937 level for the same period. BLOOMING T ON—July retail trade equal to year ago; advertising lineage off 18 per cent; industrial employment down 27 per cent and payrolls 22 per cent. ALUMET DISTRICT—Employ- — and payrolls off 3 per cent; retail trade up 18 per cent; newspaper advertising lineage down 12 per cent in Gary, 20 per cent in Hammond; bank debits up 3. per cent; building permits higher than for any month since August, 1937. CONNERSVILLE — Employment and payrolls down 11 per cent and 6 per cent, respectively; building permits for the first seven months averaged 16 -per cent above the same period, 1937; industrial proSueded down 40 ‘per cent under y,

operations expanded as plants continued to operate full time.

Tot: | Saployment, —p R yet xs

a = year ago. . ELKHART — Employment shows little change from June to July; payrolls of 50 firms down 9 per cent from June; bank debits down 7 per ‘cent in July; newspaper advertising down 13 per cent. EVANSVILLE—Bank debits up 13 per cent from June to July, employment off 10 per cent and payrolls 8 per cent; newspaper adver= tising lineage down less in July than in June, as were building permits; residences accommodating 78 fam» ilies built since Jan. 1, compared to 117 new homes built. during first

seven months of 1937; livestock re-

ceipts 3. per cent higher than June and 24 per cent over a year ago, FT. WAYNE—Employment up 1 per cent; payrolls down slightly;

"| bank debits up 3 per cent; advertis-

ing lineage down 3 per cent. KOKOMO—Employment and payrolls rose 2 per cent; building permits higher than any month since April; but 72 per cent less than for July last year. LAFAYETTE—Department store sales same as year ago; furniture sales up 25 per cent; employment down 13 per cent; payrolls down 14 per cent; advertising lineage off 22 per cent; livestock receipts up 36 per cent and 27 per cent greater than July a year ago; building permits in July less than June or July a year ago. | MARION—~Employment off 1 per

ACTION BY PWA ON ELEVATION STALLED

Officials Say City, Railroads Must Agree First.

" By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—Rep. Louis Ludlow said foday that PWA officials had told him they would take no immediate action on the 45 per cent Federal grant to help finance ' the $3,085,000 Indianapolis South Side track elevation project until . “a definite financial agreement between the railroads and the city is reached” Under the law, the 'City and the railroads must put up the remaining 55 per cent of the total cost. Mr. Ludlow, who left on a oneweek vacation trip, declared: “They (PWA officials) do not care whether Indianapolis and Marion County, the i vim or all three put up the money.”

Application in Washington.

Application for “funds for the project has been sent to headquarters here from the Chicago regional

fofupiéid Susurarice of the In Testausibiity of She sulicads.

up the ) EE Ar

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1637. CRAWFORDSVILLE—Industria i |

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cent; payrolls up 18 per cent; retail trade and REWenaDer advertising lineage up; building permits for first seven months 34 per cent under same period year ago. MICHIGAN CITY — Retail sales up 10 per cent from last year; employment and payrolls down slight4 building permits and bank debits own, MUNCIE—Payrolls dropped 2 per cent; employment gained slightly; retail sales down 7 per cent; newspaper advertising lineage Sropped 11 per cent; July increase in bank debits largest for any month since’ March, , PRINCETON—No change in retail trade and employment; mines and railroad shops operating on reduced schedules, but better outlook noted.

RICHMOND-—Employment off 18 |

per cent from June and payrolls down 23 per cent; railway shop emment down 7 per cent from June but up 4 per cent above a year ago, furniture sales up 3 per cent; drug, hardware and department store sales down; newspaper advertising lineage 10 ber cent less than June; bank debits increased for the first time since March, rising 6 per cent over June; huilding permits expanded.

SOUTH BEND—MISHAWAKA— |

Department store and : furniture store sales drop; other retail outlets

report gains; employment down 8

per cent, payrolls 6 per cent; South but corroborated so far only by one

Bend bank debits increase for first time since March, rising 3 per cent above June; building permits decline, TELL CITY—Employment and payrolls rise; retail sales off 10 to 15 per cent from June totals. TERRE HAUTE—Employment: up cent; newspaper advertising lineage town 16 per cent." WASHINGTON — Practically all retail stores report business slower; value of building permits declines but payrolls;and employment show jiidle change.

POLICE RAID FILM TALENT COMPANY

Hold 3, Question Parents of 200 Children.

HOLLYWOQOD, Aug. 80 (U. P.).— Police today questioned the parents of nearly 200 children in gathering evidence against a film talent corporation wihch brought the youngsters to Hollywood to prepare them for movie careers. Raiding a dance studio, police bunco squad members took into custody Ira C. Overdoff, 55, National Talent Pictures Corp. president; Mrs. Myrtle Overdoff, 55, his wife, and Edward Rose, corporation vice president, They were booked on charges of false advertising, a misdemeanor, until police gathered additional evidence from the parents. Officers reported the children had come from virtually every state on assurance they would be assisted in obtaining film acting jobs. Detective Lieutenant M. B. Swan reported the corporation had been operating for the last nine months, selling $126 “franchises” to 500 dancing schools throughout the country. ’ .

Schools Run Contests : Lieut. Swan said the schools were

1 éncouraged to run contests from

which the winners came to Holly-

wood at their own expense in the belief that they were on the way to screen fame. Upon their arrival

here, he said, the youngsters were

asked to pay for screen and dancing tests on the representation of Overdoff that he was planning to produce a picture. The American Dance Masters Association asked. police to investigate

| the Talent Corp. Police found the

school housed in a stately colonialstyle building,

The officers found 25 little girls,|

dressed in grass skirts, performing

a hula dance on a stage while at|' small

another end of the room, 186

Buy Your Winter Coat Now! Pay All Summer

Times Photos.

So theyll know where to go and when, Jerry J. Speaks, housing and registration chairman, posts a sign announcing the finals in the dum corps contest at Perry Stadium tomorrow night.

MOB BONDSMAN FOUND IN PRISON MAY AID DEWEY

Convict Will Be Asked to . Testify on Schultz Protection Payments.

(‘The People vs. James J. Hines, 4 Page Nine)

NEW YORK, Aug. 20 (U, P)— District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey today located in San Quentin prison a bondsman tor the late Dutch Schultz who may be returned from California as a star witness against James J. Hines, Tammany/ Hall

leader being tried on charges of selling political protection to the

Schultz lottery mob. The bondsman, Max Silverman,

‘located through fingerprint records,

is serving a term of one to 14 years on a bad check charge, His possible

entry into the Hines case became

a sensation when it was reported that he had conferred with Schultz three hours before that mob leader

was slain in Newark, N, J, in|

October, 1935, and that he was going over the records of Schultz's payments for political protection at the time of the slaying.

Mr. Dewey hoped that Silverman |

might have seen these records dur-

‘ing his conference with Schultz.

It has been charged by Mr. Dewey,

witness, that Schultz's protection money was paid to Hines, a power ful district leader of Tammany. That witness was George Weinberg, Schultz's lieutenant, indicted with Hines. Fe pleaded guilty and testified th down and $500 weekly after they had conspired to monopolize all lot~ teries in the city. Other witnesses included policy bankers who said that, after Schultz had organized them, he compelled them to contribute to Tammany Hall polifical campaigns and to the “Jimmy Hines Club,” That was as far as Mr. Dewey had progressed toward incriminating Hines in the racket after presenting 12 witnesses. The trial was in recess over the week-end and Mr, Dewey was preparing the second phase of his case. An attempt to draw Hines’ name directly into the established background of outlawry and legal immunity for racketeers.

TWO ARE INJURED IN TRAFFIG AGGIDENTS

Two persons were injured, one critically, in four overnight auto accidents while police arrested 12

motorists on traffic violation charges.

At the same time, police were concentrated in downtown Indianapolis as a precaution against accidents during the three-day American Legion state convention. Roy O'Neal, 25, of 1115 W. 15th St, was reported in critical condition at City Hospital with a skull |an fracture received when the automo-

bile he was driving struck an abut-

fle at Washington and Harding

Marie Jackson, 32, of 457 W. 16th S8t., suffered .a fractured right leg when she was struck by an auto driven by Robert F. Irby, 53, 1437 E. Ohio 8t., Apt. 5, at 16th and Mill Sts., police said. She was taken to City Hospital. ‘ :

PORTLAND, Aug. 20 w. Py— Harl Inskeep, 69, Portland, was killed instantly last night when the car he was driving was struck by a truck

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Hungry Youth

Steals Purse

So He Can Eat

A 16-year-old Kentucky youth who said he stole a purse “so I could go to jail and have a place to eat and sleep,” was held at the Detention Home today while police puzzled over what to do with him. Yesterday, as the Corrigan parade passed Washington and Meridian Sts., the boy allegedly grabbed the purse of Mrs. Thomas Maguire, 820 E. 27th St., and ran. He was caught by Patrolman Charles O'Donnell, who was in plain clothes. At Police Headquarters, the youth, undersized and hungry, explained he had left his home at Carrollton, Ky., Thursday morning, hitchhiking here That night, he said, he asked liceman for a place to sleep, > was given a ticket to the Salvation Army Hotel. 2 The next day, hungry again and needing another place to sleep, he decided on the purse-snatching, “knowing I would be caught and sent to jail.” The youth said his parents are separated and his father ekes out a living as an Ohio River fisher= man.

VANDIVIER RAPS SPENCER PROBE

Claims Attempt May Be

Made to Smear G. 0. P. In Primary Report.

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are only two issues in the campaign —economic distress and bureaucracy. Mr. Vandivier said he has heard that the Grand Jury report may

attempt to “make the Republice

ans appear as guilty as the Democrats in the perpetration of such

frauds.” “It is rumored,” the chairman added, “that the report will ime pliedly, if not expressly, state that some of the nominees on the Republican ticket were counted-in contrary to the will of the voters as expressed in heir ballots in the recent primary. Mr. Vandivier renewed his critisicism of Mr. Spencer for not step= ping aside and permitting an “impartial investigator” to inquire into allegations of primary irregu- ; larities. He said he still favored Criminal Court Judge Frank P. Baker's plan of a probe of the primary charges by two disinterested lawyers—one Republican and one Democrat. Commenting that Mr. Spencer and his Grand Jury deputy are Democratic nominees for county judgeships and that one of his deputies served on an election board in a precinct where “wide discrepancies were disclosed by the recount board in the Sheriff's race,” the chairman added: “Most public officials, under such circumstances, would have welcomed an investigation by disinterested and impartial men, The investigation ‘by Mr. Spencer and his staff also is under suspicion on account of the fact that ever since the primary, some members of the Democratic machine, of which he and his staff are a part, have had a complete custody and control of the ballots.”

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