Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 August 1938 — Page 3

Racket Paid Hines

$30, 000 as

Campaign

~ Fund, Witness Says

Helped Elect District rot Atioriiey in ) 1933, Welibers Declares, Describing Series of

Payments Over $2000.

NEW YORK, Aug. 24 (U. P.).—George Weinberg, racketeer turned state's witness, testified today that $30,000 in Dutch Schultz policy funds passed througir the hands of James J. Hines in 1933 to the campaign

fund of William C. Dodge who was Weinberg was the star witness in ¢ the trial of Hines, Tammany district leader, on. charges of furnishing political protection for the racket. Mr. Dodge was one of three public officials named by Mr. Dewey in a bill of particulars prior to the trial as having been “influeenced, bribed or coerced” by Hines. Weinberg said that in September, 1933, two months before Mr. Dodge won the election, orders came from. Schultz to “use all the money we could” to help Hines elect Mr.

ge. He quoted Schultz: “The District Attérney’s office is more important than the Mayor's. It looks like the Democrats nfight Jose the City Hall. We've got to elect Dodge.” - The Democrats did lose ‘the mayoralty. Fiorello H. La Guardia was elected Mayor on a Fusion ticket. But they salvaged the District Attorneyship, with Mr. Dodge winning over Justice Ferdinand Pecora, who is presiding over Hines’ ~ trial, and Magistrate Jacob Schurman, a Republican. .

Recalls Conversation

‘Under questioning by Mr. Dewey, Weinberg testifiea that he gave several sums of “never below $2000 and never above $3000 to Hines for the campaign. One payment was made in the prefence of Mr. Dodge, he said.

“This,” Hines was quoted as remarking to Mr. Dodge, “is where the money for your campaign is coming from.” Recounting a conversation with Schultz in September, 1933, Weinberg said: *He eold me about the campaign and said to give Jimmy Hines all the money he needed. “Did he mention Dodge?” *Not at that time.” - “Did he later?” "Well, I talked to Davis (J. Richard “Dixie” Davis, attorney. for Schultz) and he said Schultz had said to use all the money ‘we could _ to help Hines elect Dodge.” Weinberg said that Hines himself was a victim of an economy drive by Schultz, who figured that expenses of operating the combine were running too high.

Cut Hines, Too

In 1935, he said, Schultz decided ®#that he’d have to cut Hines, too. He told Hines that “things are getting pretty tough and I'll have to gut down your money.” “Well, if things are tough I guess 1 have to take it,” Hines was quoted.

So Hines’ salary was cut to $250 a |.

week. Previous testimony had set his regular pay at $500 a week, with bonuses which lifted it at times to $1000. ; Weinberg said at least one of the tampaign fund payments was made to Joseph Shalleck, Hines’ attorney. Subsequently, he said, he gave Pavis a similar sum to be delivered to Hines for the same purpose. Describes Payments Under direct examination. yesterfay Weinberg charged: 1. That he, personally, had delivered Hines’ share in the lottery Joot to him each week. 2. That in his presence Hines had stopped a judge on a street corner and commanded him to dismiss a patrol wagon load of gangsters caught red-handed in a lottery bank; that the judge—Magistrate Hulon Capshaw—replied: “I haven't failed you yet; I'll take care of it;” that the judge kept his promise, the gangsters, Weinberg among them, were acquitted and returned to business at the same stand the next day. ~ 3. That after Weinberg had complained to Hines that policemen were raiding’'too many lottery banks, & whole section-of the Police Department was shaken up and five of the “worst offending” officers demoted and transferred.

elected District Attorney.

FATHER FINED ON

Five Injured in 10 Accidents; Woman Receives Possible Fracture of Jaw.

~ A father of three children was fined $35 upon .conviction in Municipal Court today of driving while drunk. Five persons were injured in 10 accidents reported to police overnight. : Thomas Woods, 28, of 21372 N. Illinois St., the defendant, also was fined $1 ‘and costs on a drunk charge and his driver's license was suspended for 90 days after officers testified that the car he was driving, carrying his wife and three children, “collided with another at Fall Creek Blvd. and Illinois St. Mrs. Woods was injured in the crash. Only one other motorist was

Municipal Court today. He was fined $2 on parking violation charge. Another driver was given a suspended fine on failure to stop after an accident. However, Judge Charles Karabell suspended his driver’s license for one year. A total of $44 in fines and costs were suspended against the two defend

ants. Two Hurt in Crash

Two persons were injured in an accident at 38th and Pennsylvania Sts,, in which a car driven by Gilbert, Smith, 40, of 4029 W. Washington Bt. collided with a car driven by Ward S. Montford, 29, of 3215 Guilford Ave. . Mr. Montford was unhugt, but his wife, Mrs. Angeline Mentford, received injuries to her right leg and a possible fracture of the right jaw.

and arms. Carol Engs, 9, of 422 Roanoke St., was struck by an auto yesterday as he was crossing Michigan St. near his home. He was sent to City Hospital with chest and head injuries. The driver, Albert Greenen, 230 N. State St., was not held. .

Pedestrian Dies After Hit by Car

ELLWOOD; Aug. 24 (U. P).— Funeral arrangements were made today for Frank Hughes, who was injured fatally ‘when struck seven miles east of here by an automobile driven by Paul D. Smith of Richmond. Hughes died of a fractured skull. He was 71.

Two Injured When

Bus Overturns

LOGANSPORT, Aug. 24 (U.P.).— Mrs. Mayme Evans, 52, of Ft. Wayne, and H. M. Manchester, 40, of Pelaware, O., were injured today when a westbound bus overturned on State Road 24 six miles west of here. Mrs. Evans is in St. Joseph’s Hospital with chest injuries. Mr, Manchester received an injured leg and the bus driver, E. A. Carter, escaped with minor injuries. The bus was demolished.

——————————————————— NO SHOVEL-LEANING HERE CLEVELAND, Aug. 24 (U. P.).— Frank Wisniewski, 56-year-old WPA worker, was in the Marine Hospital today suffering a brain concussion after being struckon the head by a shovel wielded by another WPA worker. Police said the two had orgued over which had done the more wor!

DRIVING CHARGE

fined on traffic violation charges ini

Municipal.

Mr. Smith was cut on the head

acute anxiety over the disclosure made yesterday that Italy had sent |, drafts of regular Army officers and men to replace “volunteers” Killed or wounded in recent fighting. Sir John Simon, Chancellor of the Exchequer, arrived: in London today from Scotland, where he was on vacation, and went at once into conference with Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Viscount Halifax, Foreign Secretary. Not .only was the new situation a menace to the British- Italian friendship treaty, but it seemed to be regarded as a danger to peace:

"New Rebel Approach Favored

For the' moment, the British Government seemed to favor a new approach ot the Spanish Rebels, in hope that they could be persuaded

to agree to evacuation of foreign troops fighting in the civil war.

This was at best a temporizing measure designed to gain time, presumably jn hope that something would turn up. The feeling seemed to be that Prime Minister Chamberlain’s “realistic” foreign policy had suffered a setback at the hands of Europe’s No. 1 realist, Premier Mussolini. For some days it had been evident that the British Government was much more worried over the Spanish situation. Thé situation was puzzling until yesterday’s disclosure that Italian “replacements” had been sent to Spain.

Treaty Void of Troop Ban

Italian friendship treaty to prevent their dispatch. But realization of this seemed to come as a surprise to many people. The treaty was based on solution of the Spanish problem. As part of it, Italy prom=-

‘| ised to co-operate in the interna-

tional plan for withdrawing volunteers. It seemed to have been the assumption here that this meant that Italy would send no more men to Spain. Sir Noel Charles, British Charge .d’Affairs at Rome, saw Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italian Foreign Minis+ ter, last Friday and received the first reply to the British representations. According to information

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Here Is the Traffic Record

County Deaths | Speeding .... 6 oa? Date) Reckless

eecneene “1

In essavases)O} City Deaths Running Prefer--(To Date) 3938 Mess sssen 43 2937 ..c.ccees 66 Aug. 23 Accidents ... 10 Injured ..... 5 Dead 0

Arrests ..... 29

Running Red

Drunken Driving .... 3 11

Others ......

MEETINGS TODAY Kiwamis Club. luncheon, Columbia Club, BO ions Club, luncheon, Hotel Washington, Credit Group, luncheon, Hotel CSO Clb of oor iguapots, Young ‘Men s Discussion Club, dinner, Y. Purdas Sami , Association, - luncheon,

Ewa D District American Legion, lunchBoard of Tra

eos oth MEETINGS TOMORROW

Indiana olis Rea) Estats Board, lunch-

noo Auvestising Club: of indianapolis, Junchson, e, noon Bo onary Business Club, luncheon, CoSuinbia Guy, noon

Credit Grou junchean, paen's ® aritle Ere Group Block Co., ~ sigma Ohi, luncheon, Board of Trade, luncheon, Board of Taade, noon, Seis du luncheon, Hotel Washington,

Indians Motor _ Traffic Association, Niieheon, H iteets Antlers, noon.

Guild, meeting, Hotel waters @ juncheon. Hotel Severin. noon. nn Geant tects snd ules Eula:

i FL lis Camera Club, meeting, 110 E. Ninth B.. 8p. m. pie ————— ‘MARRIAGE LICENSES : (These lists are from official records. fn the Oeunty Court House. The Times, therefore, is not responsible for errors in names op addresses.) p -

ith, 21, of 146 N. Pennhe tchen Ellison, 21, of TH

teside. oR of Jot Olive St.: nder Eaasiso : th hi

Driving .... 1}§

ential Street 3 | Gove

noon Alpha *Epsiton, luncheon, Board | 13th

Edward Irwin, 45, of 947 Bwing Stu: Pago Roper, 41. of 1433 N. Grant old ‘Somers, 21. of 2 Newman St.: Biiz abeth May Weich, 20, 405 N. Jefterson Ave Jes. hatley, 55} of 1219 gid Ave.: Nellie “Taylo 3318, iiss Ave. Wegolt 30, 761 N. M eridan oe Westertield. 217, . Merid Harold F. Knarzer, 24. 3 N. Warman Ave.: Marie G. er i) of Beech

Sydney D. Jay. 20. of R. R. 15. Indianapolis; Ruth Esther Stroud, 18. of 3024 Graceland Ave William Siephen O'Donnell. 45, of 550% E. Washington St.; Ethel Creary. 42, of 550% E. Washington st.

BIRTHS

Girls Oval, Bertha Warthen, at 2615 N.

Capitol wn, urley, Mattie Brinkley, at 1617 ColumIrving. Margaret Tharpe, at St. Vine cen

Herry, Hettie Hanstad, at St. Y ncanv's, Clarence, Sally Newsome, at City.

e, at Coleman. Phillip. Aloe Sneridaf at Coleman, Boys

n Rice, at 862 Roache. illa Pepper. at 2432 Sheldon. roScorEe. Doris Procter, at 1818 Belle-

Ray. Gladys Esarey, at 1537 Shelby. Raymond. Grace Hignite at - 2230 Sher-

man at 741 W.

Carl, Evel Elmore,

Lrive gayDers, " Juanita Johnson, Zeus. Lola Mcibben, at 3843 BE. 11th. Ralph Catherine Spears, at 131 Herman. en Lyons, at St.. Vincent's. Chats, Thelma Hamm, at St. Vin-

cen Otis, Frederika Dierson, at St. Vincent's. Kenneth, Francis Poise, at St. Vincent's. Howard, Ruth Bryant, at St. Vincent's. Carmen, Ruth Burtzo, at St. Vincents. Twins 2

Arvin, Mary Ringham, at City, male.

DEATHS

aan nD. D. Cronan, 84, at 520 E, Vermont, Ernest Yauter, 74, at 118 W. 13th, car-

sinom a Mary. Lannert, 5. at 172¢ B. 12th, coronaty heart diseas May Foster, 74, y Long, arteriosclerosis. Donald McDonald, 3 months, at Riley, congenital delibility Harlan ‘Smith, 12. at_Riley, se ieaemia.

George T. Stron ng, Southeastern, cardio vascular renal A

Johns, 67, at 1210 S. Harlan, coronary occlusion Mary Margaret P lambien, 42, .at 2010 E. 17th, cardio yascalal renal dis Bertha M. Little, 3 cerebral apoplexy. Charles Irving Yates 59, at Methodist, coronary heart disease. ess Cle, 42, at 18 N, Greely, coronary Ss Ruth Louise Luke, 50, at 4602 =. 18th, toxic thyroid. James Gleason, 62, at City, dia

elphia; \ =

mn Heitz, 9, \at Methodist, acute myo- 1

ease. , at 369 S. Arlington, |

bete, Luzetta R. Armstrong, 18, at City, ‘ure- 8

Fannie Selig, 53, at 841 8. Capitol, carcinoma

Willie Belle Payne, 39, at City, nephritis. William H. Stines, 68, at City, mia, Clarence Florence Croucher, 5. Te 1719 N. Tibbs, chronic myocarditis. Nannie B. Spencer, 48. at City, carcinoma.

Flora Estelle Ellis, 82, at 63 Whittier Place, myocarditis.

OFFICIAL WEATHER

United States Weather Bureau... INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST—Showers to-

fair and cooler by tomorrow afternoon. oo nties 5:05 | Sunset ......6:29

TEMPERATURE Aug. 24, 1937—

Sunrise

Rrecipiiation 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m.. tal precipitation fice Jan. 1 Excess since Jan

MIDWEST WEATHER Indiana—Local showers tonight and in south portion tomorrow, becoming fair fomorraw; cooler; in south portion tomor-

Illinois—Local showers in central north porfions, fair in extreme south tion, Role, in’ Dorthwast and weot-censral portions rrow generally fair est sad i portions, showers southeas E iEoruien; “e cooler. in central *and south per

Reatokr aril cloudy with possibly local showers 'ton ght and tomorrow; not much change in rat

ONio—Cloudy. followed by showers in extreme west portion toni i aj an west portion tomorrow, sligh armer pauwest portion toa:

and

Lower Michigan—Fair in north siderable cloudiness in south portion tonight and tomorrow; not Piich thange in temperature.

WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES AT 7 A. M. 3 Weather, Bar. Temp.

. a - . a od =e3322ER820500S

232228228

" = BRL

mia. t Lucy E. 8 ., 81, t 1 8, 1, hy- Y : rs teph a 008 Pear ye :

La Porte, instituted by Mayor Alban Smith, to which boy and girl bicyclists who violate traffic and safety rules are brought to be Judged and fined by young-

British Alarmed by New Italian Aid for Rebels

IN EUROPE— | LONDON—Fresh shipment of Italian troops to Spain stirs fears. ROME—Italy says troops are replacements, not treaty violation. HENDAYE—Rebels claim major successes fiear Madrid. HAMBURG—Admiral Horthy escorted through city by Hitler himself.

IN THE FAR EAST— ) SHANGHAI—Chinese charge poison gas eliminated two regiments. LONDON, Aug.24 (U. P.).—The he British Government fears that there

will be a new wave of foréign intervention in the Spanish civil war, intended to smash the Loyalists by sheer might, it was indicated today.

Shown here is the opening of the bicycle court at |

Fred Dunham.

British leaders showed signs. of &

‘| mitt There is no word in the British< |

night and probably tomorrow, followed by.

Macao in | injured. He brought

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Two 58

from Rome, Count Ciano merely ‘said that there was no proof of Italian intervention. But yesterday it was disclosed that Count Ciano finally had said candidly that Italy had “replaced” its casualties, and its used war materials. There was something approaching

consternation in official quarters

when this news was circulated. It was said that in all probability the entire nonintervention plan would lapse in the end.

Italy Claims Troops

Are Merely Replacements

ROME, Aug. 24 (U. P. .—Italy’s new shipment of troops to Spain was defended today on the ground that they were to replace casualties and were not reinforcements. For this reason, it was argued, the action was not in violation of the spirit of the British-Italian friendship treaty under which Italy undertook to co-operate with other nations in the Yingrawa) of foreign ‘volunteers. x 5 :

rms sd,

Rebels Threaten

Madrid Communications

HENDAYE, French - Spanish Frontier, Aug. 24 (U. P..—The Government rushed airplanes to the central front today to halt a new Rebel threat to vital communications. southwest of Madrid.

A Government communique adreverses on the northern Estrémadura front 90 miles southwest of Madrid and the insurgents claimed major successes. The Rebels pierced new Loyalist territory where the Government had weakened its lines ¢o meet the insurgent threat against the Almaden mercury mines ; Aerial battles were reported in progress on all fronts, chiefly over the hotly-contested’ area along the Ebro River where the Loyalists have held out for nearly a month against violent insurgent attacks.

Hitler Escorts Horthy

On Harbor Tour HAMBURG, Germany, Aug. 24 (U.

P.).—Adolf Hitler and a group of

aides escorted Admiral Nicholas de Horthy, Regent of Hungary, on a sightseeing tour of Hamburg harbor today. Mme. Horthy toured the city, meanwhile. As Admiral Horthy. was received at the City Hall at noon a special train was waiting to take him to Berlin, where he was to arrive tonight to be received by Field Marshal Hermann Goering, Herr Hitler’s right hand man. Tomorrow Admiral Horthy is to review a two-hour military parade in his honor,

Japanese Down Plane

Piloted by American

HONGKONG, Aug. 24 (U. P)—A Chinese passenger plane piloted by

an American was shot down near |

Canton today. Chinese announced officially that the attacking planes

09 | were Japanese and of the plane’s 14 5 | passengers and crew of three, 13

were dead or missing. The official statement said five Japanese planes converged on the passenger plane, firing machine guns. It was forced out of control and plunged into the river, where it - was machine-gunned again’ The Chinese said the plane was riddled and was partly Submerged, ‘The American pilot, H. L. Wood | of ‘Winfield, Kas., made his way to by motor car. He was unth him an injured Chinese passenger. He said his Chinese radio operator accompanied him as far as Shekki, where two dangerously wounded passengers were in thé hospital. “These presumably would be among the “missing” officially Yeporten by

J the Chinese, +

Poison Gas Wipes out

18 12 2 Regiments, Chinese Sa

SHANGHAI Aug. 2¢ (U. P).— Chinese

regiments were hilatea In The Yengise River veley

chang. al . An official Chinese communique

ihe Japanese were win

sters of their own age. on the bench, the violaior is on the chair at the right, -and facing them; center, is 14-year-old “Prosecutor”

ME ARIES TH

Two Accused of Homicide After Coroner Says Convicts ‘Roasted Alive.

HIA, Aug. 24 (U. P). —Two Philadelphia County prison guards were arrested today on charges of homicide in connection with’ the “roasting alive” of four convicts who led a hunger strike. The guards, Alfred Brough and Francis Smith, were taken to City Hall, where they were ordered by Mayor 8. Davis Wilson arraigned before Magistrate Nathan A. Beifel

‘i | later in the day.

mes-Acme Photo. “Judge” Jom Daley, 17, is

Egiorial, Page 12)

[QUESTION § IN TORSO DEATHS

Police Seek Purchaser of Quit Found With Body of Victim.

BULLETIN CLEVELAND, Aug. 24 (U. P.).—Police closed in today on the last known handlers of a ragged quilt in ‘which had, been wrapped Cleveland's 13th torso-murder victinf, in the hope that they were nearing the grisley lair of “the mad butcher of Kingsbury Run.”

CLEVELAND, Aug. 2¢ (U. P).— Police today held eight men and a' woman at a rag and paper company where a 56-year-old junk. aealer believes he left a quilt in which was wrapped the 13th-torso murder vietim of “The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run.” The junk man, Elmer Cummings, picked up a tattered quilt from an alley five weeks ago, and a month later the quilt was found wrapped around one of two mutilated bodies lying in a waterfront dump—the filend’s 12th and - 13th victims in four years. Cummings said he had sold the quilt. He described the purchaser and police sought him today. Meanwhile, Cummings was held for further questioning. Quilt Identified The quilt, one of several clues that the two bodies supplied, had

Damyn, who saw a picture of it in a newspaper. He said it was a quilt | 5

| he had ‘discarded last month. He

saw a junk man rummaging in the alley back of his apartment, and told the man he could have the quilt. From his description, Cummings was located by police and identified by Mr. Damyn.! : Cummings, terrified by his arrest in connection with the long series of atrocious murders, first denied that he could remember anything about the ‘quilt. - He said he “might have bought it somewhere,” and “might have sold it to somebody,” but he wasn’t sure. : After he had been identified by Mr. Damyn, and questioned again, he said he recalled picking up the, quilt and remembered to whom he had sold it. For the second time in a week then, police squads went into action. at last directly on the trail of the phantom-like murderer who has been beheading and butchering obscure persons since 1935, and discarding parts of bodies along the waterfront, mostly in the vicinity of Kingsbury Run, near the Lake Erie shore.

fenses of Hankow, and that .severe fighting was in progress in the hignlands northeast of the city. According to the Nanchang reports, only two soldiers survived the gas attack. The Chinese admitted that Juichang:iwas in imminent_danger. Chinese reports said the Japanese were sending heavy reinforcements

offensive. In Hankow the National Reijef Commission hastened plans, for the evacuation . of the civil population from the Wu-han district, comprising Hankow, Wuchang and Hanyang.

been identified first by. Charles |

into the Yangtze valley for a major |

Coroner Charles M. Hersch charged today that the .convicts Thad been “roasted alive” in the “Klondike cells” as a disciplinary measure.

‘were turned over to relatives so disfigured that the relatives said they scarcely r them. Coroner Hersch, after inspecting the prison for four hours, described it as “worse than the Black Hole of Calcutta.” More than 600 of the prison’s 1400 inmates began a hunger strike last wednesday. The strike ended Sunday night with six men alleged to be ringleaders placed in two disciplinary cells. These cells, so small that they were not large enough fot ole man, Coroner Hersch said, were equipped with a water tap, a bowl and a toilet. He said that after three men had been locked into each cell, the keys to the water taps were removed and someone turned

| steam into the radiators’ ‘full force. ing.

Says Fittest Man Survives The convicts withstood the increasing heat for a while, Coroner Hersch said, by stuffing their shirts into the, toilets which, equipped with automatic flushing devices, poured water on the floors. But this was not enough, he said, and soon it was a question of only one man in each. surviving—the man. strong hs to fight off the others and keep his face near the tiny slot in each cell door. . The doors themselves, Coroner Hersch said, and other metal work in the cells became so hot. that they burned at touch. Hours later one live and two dead convicts wete taken from each cell. “The deaths of the prisoners was due to suffocation ‘applied by an outside agency,” the Coroner said. “We have ascertained that one of the guards said: ‘Let's give ‘ein the heat.’ Later orders were given to turn on the heat. What we want to know ‘is who gave the order, did it come from a higherup, or was it motivated by a personal grudge? x Police Uphold Prison Head “1 propose to remain in charge. Before I am finished everyone responsible for this revolting situation will be punished. After I have es‘tablished responsibility for the deaths, the investigation will be held in the open.” Besides Coroner Hersch’s, three other investigations—two by State ncies dnd: one by Philadelphia polipe—were under way. Coroner Hersch will receive today the results of a microscopic examination of the vital organs: of the dead men.

BIG GAIN SHOWN IN

$1,478,839 Increasé Reported by Marshal Smith.

Total Indiana fire losses from June 1, 1937, to May 31, 1938, were $6,583,686, ar increase of $1,478,839 over the josses for the previous 12 months, State Fire Marshal Clem ‘Sgnith reported today. There were 4779 fires compared

year before, he said. Deaths during the 1937-38 period totaled 43 with 169 persons being injured. There were 33 deaths and 141 injuries the previous year. While rural fires only about one quarter of the total, losses reached $3,040,435 or almost half the total state loss.

the value of fire protection and prevention carried out by city fire departments. ;

——————————————————— EKELD FOR MAIL FEATD NEW. YORI, Aug. 24 (U, P)— A couple described as William A. Hopkins and Harriet J. Grant were errested today by postal inspectors and charged with mail frauds in onmouth, Ill, amounting to $20,- . They were traced through an

| automobile license.

Customers Haye Been Telling Us: =

Hay Fever Avoyive:

Disappears in Our

Conditioned Air

among

Of course, we're not running a hag~ fever clinic! Just trying to make you * comfortable while you enjoy good: . food, yet many hay-fever sufferersour patrons are “stretching out” the lunch hour—<and arranging to have a leisurely evening dinner in “our delightfully. cool dining room during the hay fevel season!

. Regulated Temperature ~ @ Con Controlled Humidity ~@ Purified Atmosphere

IN CELL DEAT HS

The bodies of the four convicts

STATE FIRE LOSSES

with 4714 for the same period the

accounted for |

Mr. Smith said this demonstrated -

(FIGURES IN WLUONS)

= Quits New Deal; Served as Fiscal Expert

HYDE PARK, N. Y. Aug. 24 (U. P.).—President Roosevelt accepted today the resignation of Undersecretary of the Treasury Roswell Magill,'the man credited with shaping many New Deal fiscal and tax policies. Mr. Magill’s vesigriation becomes

effective Sept. 15. In his letter to the President, he pointed out that heshad agreed to leave his teaching affiliation at Columbia University, New York City, only until September this year, but would remain “on call” to serve the Administration further if the President wished. Mr. Roosevelt. in reply thanked Mr. Magill for his services and for his willingness to serve again and expressed regret that he was leav-

“Thoroughly Enjoyed Service” Mr. Magill obtained leave from Columbia, where he is professor of law, in January, 19317. The correspondence between him and the President, made public by Mr. Roosevelt, follows: 2 “My dear Mr. President: “You will recall that when I ac-

cepted appointment as Undersecre1 tary of the Treasury in January,

1937, I arranged tor a leave of absence from Columbia University Law School to permit me to serve until September, 1938. I, there-

fore, desire to submit my resigna-

tion as Undersecretary, to be effective as of Sept. 15, next. “I have thoroughly enjoyed my service in the Treasury, and in particular the privilege of association with you, and with Secretary Morgenthau. The attainment of the ideals of a fair and adequate Federal tax system, co-ordinated with the revenue system of the States; and of a tax administration organized to determine the citizen's liability promptly and economically, is a complex task, requiring planning on a broad front, and cooperation among many governmental . agencies and officials. Problems of this sort cannot be quickly solved, or indeed solved once and for all, but they must be constantly attacked. I am glad to: have had an "opportunity to participate in the Treasury's work upon them. “If occasion arise when I may serve you again, I hope you will call upon me.” “Faithfully Yours, : “Roswell Magill.” - The President replied: “My Dear Ross “It is with very genuine regret

that I accept your tendered resige |

nation, effective as of Sept. 15, 1938, “I want you to know how much

I appreciate your ‘giving the time = you have, and your generous offer -

to serve again ‘on call.’ It has been grand having you work with us ren-

dering such splendid service to the

Government. “With warmest personal regards, “Very sincerely. yours, “Franklin D. Roosevelt.” -

Mr. Magill was the Treasury Dee partment’s tax expert. One of his last -major assignments was the

presentation to Congress of the Ade

ministration’s recommendations for the 1938 tax bill. He was appointed Undersecretary in 1937, but had served the Treasury twice before for extended periods as special consultant on tax legislation, In 1923 and 1924, he was special ate torney and chief attorney in cone nection with consideration of the Revenue Act of 1924. In 1933 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.

TENTH STREET

COST APPROVED

Board‘Confirms $2700 Extra Expense Over Protest of ~- Propery Owners.

Assessment roll for improvement of E. 10th St. from Keystone Ave. to Olney St. today was confirmed by the Works Board over protest of 30 property owners. The property owners protested an extra cost of $2700 which was ine

cluded in their assessment of $1.17

per lineal foot of property frontage. Of that total amount the city must pay 75 per cent. The extra cost, City Engineer Henry B. Steeg explained, was for repair of a section of the asphalt paving on the street. The project included removal of street car tracks and repaving the center section. The Works Board

pointed out that property owners

had been assured their assessments would not exceed $1.20 per lineal foot. The work cost $34,228. Property owners now have 30 days to pay or sign under Barrett Law provisions.

What Money Cannot Buy—

Pictured above, as proudly displayed upon the coat sleeve of a veteran passenger conductor, are the symbols* of a full half-century of Illinois Central service. These symbols stand for experienced dependability—a characteristic which money cannot buy and one for which both the railroads and their employes are distinguished. A railroad is dependable because it comines sound track, strong trains, known rates, financial responsibility and experienced em‘ployes who thoroughly know their jobs. Notably fortunate in the latter respect, the Illinois Central has 8,000 employes who have worked for the road a quarter-century or more, and its total personnel Tepresents an aggregate service record approaching a million years. "The Illinois Central is now in its eighty- * eighth year. A great deal has been learned throughout these years that insures dependable ‘sevice for Sigyens and tavelers,

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