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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1938

DECATUR! GEM ROBBERY NETS {TS $5000

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Slug Yeweler and Flee With Loot.

HAD JST OPENED STORE

Green Automobile Bearing 4 California Plates.

1 4 Special Tin SECATUR, Ind. Oct. 23.—A man a gun-girl companion today Sng ged Jesse Sutton in his jewelry store’ here, knocking him uncon>YOt is for a half hour, and escaped wI% $5000, mostly in’ diamonds. Mr. Sutton said that he opened ie store at about 8 a. m. and imyn tediately after he had opened the lafe the man and woman entered +khe store while his back was turned ‘to the door. “Before I could turn around,” he said, “the man said:” “‘Stick ’em up and stay where you are.’ “I turned and got a glimpse of them, but he ordered me to keep turned around. They made me move over so the man could get dnto the safe and the woman held ;the gun in my back. “Before the safe was completely

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YEA ARION, Ind., Nov. 3.—Marion} . City police today stopped a greent: * ‘car with California licenses, similar}s to the one described as that used by! two who escaped with $5000 in}:

girl, struck me in the back of the head and I went unconscious. I awakened in half an hour and called police. I don’t know why I was struck because I had not disobeyed orders.” Mr. Sutton, who is 25, and who last November was abducted by bandits who escaped with inconsequential loot, said the man was about 34 and the girl between 20 and 24. Police said the man and woman were driving a new green car bear-

» ing a California license.

“Fimes Special

gems from a Decatur holdup, and ‘found that the occupants were not involved in the crime,

“NATIONAL DEBT UP

TO ALL-TIME HIGH

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (U. P.) — The public debt soared to an alltime peak of $38.462,377,297 on Nov. 1, the Treasury disclosed today. Primary reason for the boost to a new peak in the national debt was the transfer by the Treasury on Nov. 1 of $33,500,000 to the Old-Age reserve and railroad retirement accounts. These transfers are in the form of special obligations of the Treasury, and therefore are a debt of the Government to those accounts. The President's revised budget issued in July anticipated a public debt of $40,650,000,000 on June 30, 1939.

NAVY PLANES CRASH; ONE PILOT IS KILLED

PENSACOLA, Fla, Nov. 3 (U. P.). —Officials at the naval air station here today investigated a midair collision of two planes in which Machinist J. L. Lawrence ¢f Harrisburg, Pa., was killed. : It was reported his parachute failed to open when he jumped after the collision yesterday which occurred at 500 feet. Machinist R. F. Kinnon, pilot: of the other plane, parachuted to the ground without injury.

‘RIDE’ VICTIM DIES OF BULLET WOUNDS

(Earlier Story Page 14)

HAMMOND, Ind. Nov. 3 (U. P.). —Walter Leonard, 35, Chicago, onetime Capone gang lieutenant, died in St. Margaret's Hospital today from bullet wounds which police said apparently were inflicted on a gangland “ride.”

MAYOR IS IN HOSPITAL

Mayor Boetcher was at St. Vincent’s Hospital today, following a

physical examination. Dr. James O. Ritchey, the Mayor’s physician, said Mr. Boetcher’s condition is- good. For the past week, the Mayor has been confined to his home with a stomach ailment. 3

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NEW ERA HAILED IN CRIME FIGHT

Equipment Enables Officers To Talk to Headquarters From Cruisers.

By SAM TYNDALL The first of 23 police cars was equipped with two-way radio communication today, the latest modern step in crime prevention and detection in Indianapolis, Chief Morrissey announced. .

The two-day system, which enables police to talk from their cruisers with the radio dispatcher at police headquarters, “will mean that police efficiency in the pursuit of criminals and the rendering of service in disasters, will be increased nearly 50 per cent,” Chief Morrissey said. : “This ‘installation marks a new era in police radio and law enforcement in Indianapolis. Today Indianapolis’ police radio equipment and dispatching system is second to none in the country.” The Chief said installation in the 23 cars will be made this year. The State Tax Board must approve a $4000 budget request before the installation can be made .in the remainder of the cars. This request was denied by the County Tax Adjustment Board. The tiny transmitters being placed (Continued on Page Three)

TEMPERATURES 56 10 a. m.... 5 11am... 60 12 (Noon). 63 1p m....

68 73 4 5

(Photo, Page Three)

The temperature reached 75 at 12:30 p. m. today to break the alltime record for Nov. 3. The previous record, 74, was set Nov.'3, 1887. But that spring fever feeling is

9| just your imagination, according to

Dr. Herman G, Morgan, Health Board secretary. “So far as I know,” Dr. Morgan said, “there simply isn’t such a thing as spring fever in the fall, in spite

of the spring weather.”

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Patrolman T. O. Carter (above) speaks over the first two-way police radio set to be

is at the radio station. .

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installed in

Oliver Maxwell Morgan, 43, of 435 N. Jefferson Ave., was bound to the Marion County Grand Jury under $1500 bond by Judge Charles Karabell in Municipal Court 4 today on charges of drunken driving. He wat cne of eight motorists srrested on traffic charges overnight. Two persons suffered minor injuries. Judge Karabell also fined Morgan $25 and costs and sentenced him to 120 days on the Indiana State Farm on charges of being drunk, and fined him $25 and costs for failure to have a driver's license. Records showed Municipal Judge John McNelis had revoked his license March 4. At that time Morgan was fined $5 and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail, with the jail sentence suspended, on charges of being drunk; $25 and costs on charges of drunken driving, and judgment was withheld on charges of resisting an officer.

EX-EDITOR FALLS TO DEATH NEW YORK, Nov. 3 (U. P.).—Victor Watson, former editor of Hearst newspapers in New York and Chicago, jumped or fell to his death today from a window on the 11th floor of the Hotel Abbey in midtown.

Mercury Sets Record as Spring Fever’ Threatens

sunshine, he continued, has shown a tendency to improve the general health record of the City. Much cooler temperatures, perhaps below normal, are predicted for tomprrow night, however, and there may be a frost Saturday morning; J. H. Armington, Meteorologist said. He predicted rain toIMOrrow. . The lowest temperature last night was 56 -degrees, which was one degree higher than what would normally have been the highest temperature today. Meanwhile, vegetation was stag-

test, with many flowers still bloom and the hardier; t:

Two Hurt, 8

Motorist Held to Grand Jury on Charges of Drunken Driving.

ing somewhat of an endurance con- | py the State

Arrested

Police Begin Co-operative Campaign Asking for Obedience to Law.

Traffic police today launched a co-operative pledge campaign among civic, community, church, school and business organizations to reduce minor, unnoticed and unprosecuted traffic violations which they hold responsible for 90 ‘per cent of acci-

dents. : The campaign is to be carried into the organizations through talks by Accident Prevention Bureau officials, who will attempt to organize groups to pledge themselves to obey traffic laws and to initiate among themselves “decrease-the-accident - permile” contests. The campaign will be designed to cut down the number of intentional and unintentional minoor violations. “In the first place,” Lieut. Lawrence McCarty, Bureau head, said, “we want the public to begin to realize that traffic deaths and injuries do not necessarily have to continue. We could cut them 90 per cent beginning today if traffic violation ceased. . “In the second place we want the public to stop taking traffic injuries and deaths for granted. “Lastly, we want the public to stop believing that they are putting something over on the police when they violate the traffic law unnoticed. They are not fooling the police. They are only fooling .themselves into believing that they can beat the law of averages. This noion wi only land them in the hospital.”

WORK STARTS ON STATE ARMORIES

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Work on the National Guard armories at-Attica, Spencer and the Motor Armory in Indianapolis is to begin today and tomorrow, the adju-tant-general’s office announced after it received word from PWA of tentative -approval of the contract awards by the State. Armory Board. Adjutant-General Elmer F. Straub said work would begin in Attica today and that the other two projects would begin tomorrow. As awarded y the State Armory the con-

INTIMIDATED BY G. 0. P. CHARGE, 1VOTERS CLAIM

Bl (Tell Judge Baker They Were

Afraid of Arrest at Polls Tuesday.

CAMPAIGNS ARE PUSHED

Democrats Schedule Parade And Rally; Willis to Speak Twice.

(Other Stories on Pages Four, Five

and 12.)

Seven voters charged in Criminal Court today that they had been intimidated by Republican statements that registrations in their names were false.

The voters told Criminal Court Judge Frank P. Baker that they were afraid they would be arrested if they tried to vote Tuesday, because of charges by a newspaper

‘| that they were illegally registered.

Andrew Jacobs, attorney, representing the group of voters, said he had proof that the seven persons lived at the Indiana Ave. address referred to by Republican leaders as a place where registrations were padded. Judge Baker advised the .seven voters to appear before the County Grand Jury and also the Federal Grand Jury “if you feel you have been intimidated by these charges.”

Fifteen Errors Charged The charges of false registration, allegedly issued from Republican headquarters, stated that of 18 persons registered from the Indiana

| Ave. address, only three actually

lived there.

of the four-persons moved away ré-

cently, and two others died recently.

“When a party knows it is sunk,”

[Judge Baker said, “it always starts

crying ‘fraud.’ ” Alvah C. Waggoner, Republican candidate for State Senator, announced at Republican headquarters today that several registration discrepancies were found in Precinct 6, Ward 11. Addresses Listed

One person, Mr. Waggoner announced, “is registered from the address of 320 N. Senate Ave. This address is a plumbing shop.and no one lives there,” He said others were registered from the address 311 Indiana Ave. which is a pool room with no one residing on the premises; from 318 Indiana Ave. but this is the address of a business firm and no one resides there; from 320 Indiana Ave., this address being a ‘smoke house,’ and from 445 Indiana Ave. which is No. 1 Fire Station, Meanwhile, County Clerk Glenn B. Ralston said of 61 Republican voters who filed affidavits that their names had been omitted from registration lists, the names of 60. of them were found properly registered. Republican investigators who went through the registration files at the Court House with Mr. Ralston personally yesterday, said many of the names believed omitted were found under different addresses. “These appeared to be omitted because the voters had made mistakes in addresses and several women were found listed under their husbands’ first names instead of their own first names as they had supposed,” Mr. Ralston said.

More ‘Padding’ Reported

At the same time, Republican and Democratic leaders continued to report that registration lists have been “padded” in many of the rooming house districts. Democratic precinet workers reported earlier in the week that between 400 and 500 names on the Iopisiation lists apparently were false. Mr. Ralston said every effort will be made to see that every one entitled to vote Tuesday will get to do

SO. “The law provides that the clerk shall prepare registration lists for poll workers 10 days before the election and that has been done but I have kept on a staff of 20 clerks to look for errors in transcriptions and make every attempt to get every name on the poll lists by election day,” he said.

Democrats and G. 0. P. Push Campaigns Democrats and Republicans in Marion County and the State brought their campaigns to the “climax stage” today as they worked feverishly against the deadline ‘of next Tuesday's voting. "A rally at Cadle Tabernacle tonight is to feature the stretch drive of County Democrats. Before this meeting, leaders, said, 30,000 persons will parade through downtown streets. Reginald H. Sullivan, mayoralty nominee; Circuit Judge .Earl R. Cox, who is seeking re-election and State Labor Commissioner Thomas Hutson are to deliver the major addresses. As counter fire,

wills, Republionn

| Mr. Jacobs said that all but four | persons registered live there. He ‘Isaid investigation showed that two

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ain tomorrow ; continued mild tonight; much cooler by tomorrow night.

Entered as Second-Class

at Postoffice, Indianapolis Ind.

Joseph E. Hartman

LEHMAN, DEWEY NECK- AND-NECK

Governor Holding Edge in New York City While Foe Leads Upstate.

By DR. GEORGE GALLUP

American Institute of Public Opinion NEW YORK, Nov. 3.—After a little less than four weeks of spectacular campaigning, Thomas E. Dewey still is running neck-and-neck with Governor Lehman in the

contest for the New York governorship, according to the semifinal results of a statewide survey by the Institute. With Governor Lehman’s majority in New York City almost exactly counterbalanced by Mr. Dewey's huge lead upstate, the race is so close that the margin of victory likely *will be less than 3 per cent. Up to late yesterday, the survey results showed Governor Lehman ahead by a small lead—only onehalf of 1 per cent—which, if trans-

only. a few thousands. With the election’ five: days off and a final survey already under way, the twoparty results today are: “Lehman ......cccocne-00.. 50.5% DeWeY:: ov ivmuosesrossss eos 49.5% But any one of a half-dozen factors could tip the scales. Those factors are intangibles which no scientific survey can measure accurately. In a race as close as this, the relative efficiency of the political machines in getting out the vote may prove decisive. No survey can foretell precisely what proportion of registered Democrats or Republicans will vote and what proportion will stay at home. Nor can it attempt to measure the irregularities of the weather, the effectiveness of lastminute campaign appeals, or dishonesty in the counting of the vote. The normal, or expected, error in any scientific survey is 3 per cent— that is, the vote for each candidate might be 3 per cent too high, or 3 per cent tap low. This normal error (Continued on Page Three)

CORNHUSKERS BEGIN CONTEST IN DRIZZLE

21 From 11 States Seek National Title.

DELL RAPIDS, S. D, Nov. 3 (U. P.) —With 21 contestants representing 11 states entered, the 15th national cornhusking contest, banner sporting event of the corn belt, -hegan at 11:45 a. m. today (Indianapolis Time) in a 60-acre field of hybrid corn. | . More than 60,000 persons cheered as two bombs, spaced one minute apart, sent the 21 huskers, all state champions or runners-up, off on the gruelling 80-minute grind. A drizzling rain, with occasional light flurries of snow, was falling as the contest began. The weather, bad since yesterday, had cut the expected crowd almost in half. The entries lined up at intervals across the edge of the field. Beside each man was a wagon drawn by a tractor. As they moved down the rows, the ears of corn thudded with monotonous regularity against the bangboards

The final move to prevent technical collapse of the $1,000,000 South

Side track elevation project rested today with the Works Board. Scheduled to meet tomorrow, the Board .then must instruct the City Legal Department to prepare an ordinance providing for a bond issue to ‘pay the City’s share of the project. This will amount to about $187,000. . This ordinance must have its first reading at a City Council meeting Monday night, to provide for its eventual enactment in time to fulfill an agreement with PWA, which is to pay 45 per cent of the cost of elevation. According to ‘terms of the PWA offer, work must be started by Dec. 7. 3 Whether. or ok the Board also

lated into votes, would represent

Matter

President Stevenson

3, by Michael E. Abrams,

power” to prevent Mr.

whom Mr.

JAPAN DEMANDS POWER BALANCE

IN THE FAR EAST

TOKYO—Konoye urges world to give Japan new deal. WASHINGTON-—U. S. gives no official attention to demands.

IN EUROPE

LONDON—Halifax says Duce insists on Franco victory.

VIENNA—Hungary given 850,000 Czechoslovak nationals.

WARSAW—Restoration of Hungarian monarchy rumored. BUDAPEST—Horthy monarchy rumors called “nonsense.” HENDAYE — Spanish Rebels make smashing gains. MADRID—U. S. Embassy, Red Cross headquarters bombed.

IN THE AMERICAS

WASHINGTON — Foreign poljcy must change, Clapper says. (Editorial, Page 20.)

TOKYO, Nov. 3 (U. P.)—Prince Fumimaro Konoye, the Premier, i a speech broadcast to the nation today demanded a world new deal to establish peace on the principle of a fair balance of power. , Interpreting and amplifying a previous government statement of Chinese policy, Prince Konoye announced that if necessary Japan would extend its conquest to Southwestern and Northwestern China to crush resistance and prepare the way for Far Eastern stability. He reaffirmed the Government's intention to insist: on a - tripartite relationship of “mutual aid and co-ordination between Japan and Manchukuo and China in the political, economic, cultural and other fields,” as the Government statement had put it, and went on: “The world now needs establishment of peace on a fair balance of power.” Various principles in the past had forced maintenance of the status quo in an unbalanced state, he said. “Without' making international justice a written code, a new peace fabric must be formed which can keep pace with the progress of his-

(Continued on Page Three)

South Side Track Decision Rests With Works Board

of the cost, could not be learned today, due to the illness of Mayor Boetcher and Henry B. Steeg, city engineer. ) 1 . Acco g to one of two alternate methods ancing the railroad’s share of ‘the cost, submitted to the railroad several weeks ago by-the Board, the City would lean the railroad its share by a bond issue, to be repaid over a 10-year period. The other plan was for outright payment by the railroad of its share, a. plan previously turned down by the railroad. To date, the railroad has not indicated which plan it prefers or whether ‘it will proceed with the

‘Meanwhile, an additional possible snag in elevation plans loomed as a

Legal Department

group from Shelby St., which is not included in the project, prepared to]

Thomas D. Stevenson, Bar Association Abrams sent the charges yesterday, said he | turned them over to the Grievance Committee for prom

PERJURY DENIEI BY J.E. HARTMAN, G.0.P. NOMINEE

of Bar Associat

Moves for Prompt Investigation By Grievance Committee.

M. E. ABRAMS MAKES COMPLA

But Pledges Action If Charges True; Praises G. O. P. Candidates. -

Perjury and fraud charges brought against Joseph Hartman, Republican candidate for judge of Superior Co ‘were being investigated today by. the Indianapolis Bar Association and Republican leaders. = Mr. Hartman in a statement to : the charges to a “disgruntled partisan lawyer” and said ’ credence can be given to his complaint.” : Chairman Carl Vandivier of the Republican County. Committee suggested political inspiration of the charges, but said if proved true he would “do everything in mj Hartman serving as judge if elected He added that it would be “grossly unfair for the matter: reflect on the other Republican candidates.” La

The Times attributed

President, to.

investigation and report. co] The Abrams letter, with

supporting affidavits, stated

in part: © «1t appears that he has not onki practiced fraud and perjury upon. the Bar Association” of 2 ‘ County, but upon the Supreme of the State of Indiana, and the Marion County court.”

Unopposed in Primaries :

Mr. Hartman was the uno Republican candidate for 8 Court 3 in the May primari E18 Democratic opponent for the Off is former Judge Russell J. Ryan, A practicing "attorney here, Hartman was an unsuccessful” publican candidate for State tor in 1936. He was born in Indians: apolis in 1900 and resides at 6368 Washington Blvd. Re Mr. Hartman's statement follows

lawyer who is not.even a mempl of the Indianapolis Bar Associa has made a complaint to the’ ciation. . : “According to the telephone di= rectory he has no telephone in any office. I welcome an investiga and feel no credence can be givel to his complaint, especially as it does on the eve of the: el tion. My friends know I WwW hard for my legal degree and im standing among reputable lawyers excellent.” ~ aie

Chairman Vandivier’s Statement

Chairman Vandivier’s complete statement follows: : “The first I heard of the Bar Ase sociation investigation of Mr, Harts man was yesterday. And, sings” hearing of it, as Republican Co Chairman :I have felt it my: also to investigate the matter. “In the event the charges found to be true I would most tainly deem it to be my duty publican Chairman to do eve in my power to see that Mr. man does not serve in this office if he is elected Nov. 8. 1 confident that the Bar soci will handle the inves promptly and fairly. TGA “It is obvious to me that th ter arising at this time just the election is inspired by an ment of the Democratic Party Marion County that has alres pulled many tricks out of its in practical politics. Is this ane trick? & “It would be grossly unfair this matter to reflect on the Republican candidates. “And I feel certain that the will not be influenced by thi their support of Charles - Herman Wolff, William H. George Jeffrey, Frank Huse, 4 son Dowling, Maud Moudy & other splendid. Republican dates.”

SEEKS TO CLINCH _

ORDER ON HAGL

~ NEWARK, Nov. 8 (U, P.). William Clark of the U. 8. Court of Appeals today decree submitted by. the j Civil Liberties Union and mittee for Industrial Org by which. the two organis sought to ‘make effective Clark's decision restraining City officials from interfer the civil rights of the pla Judge Clark deferred signing # ecree. He gave Jersey City cout until tomorrow nigh 5