Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 July 1939 — Page 8

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[Refuses to Enter Plea When Arraigned in Slaying

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: : NEW POOL SATURD AY Legion and service clubs in HamEVANSVILLE, Ind, July 26 (U.|"

mond, hland, Whiting, Munster P.) —Approximately 1400 Vander-| : and East Chicago, and to Congressburgh County WPA workers have | Times Special So jman W iam a Setuite and Frank been sent 30-day layoff notices,| HAMMOND, July 26.—The new| .,, ora PHAR Frank Heinzman, district WPA di-|$150,000 Wicker ~ Park - Memorial more than 1000 bathers, will be rector, announced today. swimming pool, which will be the|thrown open to the public SaturMr. Heinzmann said that if the|l8rgest public pool in the State, is|day afternoon. workers do not obtain employment|to be dedicated Saturday with the : : during the month-layoff they will|mayors and officials of three cities Try M urphy’ 8 be eligible for WPA employment but [Scheduled to take part in the cere- ;

FEDERAL JURY {TOINVESTIGATE HACKER'S CASE

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'} A Federal Grand Jury will be

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Saute the case of Herbert Hacker, -year-old bank teller who surrendered yesterday efter disappearing March 29 with $8705 from the Farmas’ Trust Co. at Franklin, Ind. © 1 Hacker surrendered to Sheriff N.

Ww. Pangborn in Franklin early yes-|: terday morning and was brought|}

Deputy | § arshal Edgar Collins on a com-|:

Indianapolis by U. S.

thissioner’s warrant charging embezzZlement. of $5600 from a bank ined by the Federal Deposit Insurce Corp. He waived hearing before U. S. Commissioner Fae Patck and was taken to Marion County Jail in lieu of $5000 bond.

5 Faces Prison if Convicted '\ If indicted by the Federal Grand

ment charge, he will face a maxihum penalty of five years. in prison dnd $5000 fine. | ! Tanned during his absehce of early four months, Hacker knocked n the jail door at 2:30 a. m. yesrday with $39 in his pockets. He told Sheriff Pangborn he had been the San Francisco Exposition 4nd has been in Indiana several es. He said: “I've been two weeks aking up my mind to surrender.” During: his hearing in the Feddral Building, Hacker refused to discuss his experience. Earlier in the for he had conferred with FBI gents and members of his family.

Exchanged Currency

{ An employee of the bank almost three years, Hacker allegedly came to Indianapolis the day he disappeared and exchanged $5500 of mutilated currency for newer money. When he did not return home, an investigation was begun and it was alleged that $4205 was missing from his accounts. : Sheriff Pangborn said Hacker left $1000 ‘and a note to Mrs. Hacker to forget him and love their 20-months-old baby, Beverly. Mrs. Hacker turned the $1000 over to bank officials.

ASKS NO CHANGE IN U. S. NEUTRALITY LAW

CONNERSVILLE, Ind., July 26 (U. P.).—A change in the present U. S. Neutrality Law would result in the sale of arms and munitions to certain foreign nations and probably would involve this nation in a war within a year, Robert Temple, member of the Foreign Press Association in Washington, told a club meeting

+ here last night.

He said there is little probability of war in Europe at present and that most of the war scare “is bombastic talk with little serious threat.”

KILLED IN CYCLE CRASH

LA PORTE, Ind, July 26 (U. P.). —Harold Zarr, 23, was killed and Darby Downey, 21, injured seriously last night when Zarr’s motorcycle

- collided with a car at a La Porte

street intersection. Both were from

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Herbert Hacker as he awaited a U. S. Commissioner’s hearing yesterday.

Elwood in Gay Attire for Annual Tomato Festival sm rua = 2m

ELWOOD, Ind. July 26 (U. P.).—Elwood was in festive garb today

OFFICERS ELECTED ‘BY PHI DELTA KAPPA

PT. WAYNE, Ind, July 26 @. P.).—Milton H. Mathews of Atlanta, Ga., was elected president of the Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity at its annual convention which closed here yesterday. Other officers

named were: G. Doster Stewart, Abilene, Kas., first vice president; Harold Grable, Lafayette, Ind., second vice president; Randall Suder, Marietta, O., third vice president; Fred Ellis, Muncie, Ind., master of ceremonies; Gaylord B. Ritterskamp, Vincennes, Ind. sergeant at arms; Howard A. Davis, Muskegon, Mich, inner guard; Herbert C. Clapper, Marion, Ind., outer guard, and Victor Townsend, Ft. Wayne, auditor. President Mathews reappointed Paul F. Deaton of Connersville, Ind., as secretary-treasurer, a post he has held for the past 16 years.

CHARRED - BODY FOUND

MARION, Ind. July 26 (U. P.).— The body of Wiliam Wirsing, 53, of Marion, was found at the edge of the Mississinewa River late yesterday, burned almost beyond recognition. Police believe that sparks from his pipe ignited dry wood and brush

and trapped him in a fire.

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for the opening of its third annual tomato festival at noon. One of the features of the show, which is to continu Saturday, is to be an address tomorrow night by Secretary of Agricul-

through

ture Henry A. Wallace, Miss Judith Wright, festival queen, will be presented vn the some program. She will not be crowned, however, until: Saturday night. .Dr. E. C. Elliott, Purdue University president, will nreside at the corcnation. Miss "Wright was selected two weeks ago in the finals of a statewide: contest to pick the queen. Zola Mae Cook, 1937 queen, also of Elwood, will rule until the coronation exercise. Virtually all streets were bedecked today with banners bearing the slogan, “Indiana Tomatoes Excel,” flags and posters. A carnival will start tonight and continue through Saturday. The opening ceremony will be conducted when Paul Fettig of Elwood and Miss Cook welcome visitors and proclaim the festival opened. Tomorrow the Elwood. plant of the Continental Can Co. will be open for inspection. Friday a parade of floats and bands will be held with Lieut. Gov. Henry F. Schricker, John Frederick, president of the Continental Steel Co. of Kokomo, and Hassil Schenck, president of the Indiana Farm Bureau, acting as judges. Prizes will be awarded for best floats. f Following the parade a bathing beauty and water carnival contest will take place at the municipal swimming pool. a A pageant depicting the growth of the Indiana tomato industry will be

cast of 400 Elwood citizens.

DOCTOR FINDS NEW CAUSE OF BACKACHE

By Science Service ROCHESTER, Minn, July 26—A new cause of backache has been dis-

covered by-Dr. H. B. Macey of the Mayo Clinic here.’ Changes in certain ligaments of the spine, Dr. Macey believes, cause the localized, persistant pain which does not get better with usual methods of treatment. Operation at which the affected ligaments are removed relieves the pain immediately, Dr. Macey reports.

had backache for five years following the birth of a child was leading a normal active life without any return of the pain three months after the operations, he, said. Dr. Macey says he expects to report further on this apparently new cause of backache and its relief after further observation of patients who have had the operation.

PLAYS CHOSEN FOR ANDERSON~ AWARDS

- PALO ALTO, Cal, July 26 (U.P.). —Two modern verse plays were selected today as cowinners of the National Maxwell Anderson Award for verse drama. : They were “Distant Harvest” by Arthur McCullough Sampley of

Border” by Jean Clark of Eugene, Ore. Each playwright will receive half of the $200 award given arnnually. Both plays concern contemporary Jewish problems.

POLICE GUARD TIPPLE

P.).—A police ‘guard ‘today was placed at the idle Robinson coal mine after the tipple and other equipment slipped into: the mine

started in the shaft and underfined the heavy equipment. Fears that the cave-in would extend far enough to undermine U. 8S. Highway 40 nearby were expressed.

presented for three nights. It has a

One 29-year-old woman who had ||

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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. July 26 (U.|

shaft. It was believed that a cave-in|"

Of Attica Girl.

COVINGTON, Ind. July 26 (UP).

| —Armed guards kept vigil at the

Fountain County Jail today to prevent possible violence to‘ Thomas

spelled “Boyce.”) Boys was brought here yesterday

‘| from the Marion County Jail at In‘ldianapolis to face a manslaughter He was arraigned before) | Justice of the Peace James A. Neal.

charge.

" He refused to enter a plea until an attorney was procured for him

‘land he was remanded to jail pend-

ing rearraignment later today. Calm on Arrival A crowd of more than 200 had gath-

ered at the Court House when Boys arrived from Indianapolis. Out-

through their ranks into the Court House. Approximately 20 men, all officers or newspapermen, were per-,

‘| mitted in- the ‘courtroom when he

appeared. : Boys was charged with the killing of Miss DeBruicker at the edge of the Harrison Hills Country Club at Attica, where he was employed.

the edge of the course, and Boys was arrested a few hours later. He was hastily taken from Attica when a crowd gathered and allegedly confessed to the slaying before two State policemen and two county officers after nearly 36 hours of questioning. The manslaughter charge was placed against him, Walter Eckert, captain of State police, said, to prevent his obtaining a release on bond.

charge he could be held without

bond. _ Stay May Be Brief

It was understood that a petition asking that he be committed to the state reformatory for safekeeping until his trial will be presented to Justice Neal after Boys has pleaded on the manslaughter charge. Mr. Eckert said that he didn’t know where Boys would be kept

after he had entered his plea, but

said definitely that he would not be confined in the Fountain County jail here any longer than necessary. Boys repudiated his confession to state police only a few hours after they said he had admitted the crime. He refused to sign a written confession, police said.

SEVEN THREATENED, DRUGSTORE ROBBED

A gunman who threatened seven persons last night as he robbed the Haag Drug Store, 1102 College Ave., was sought by police today. Carter T. Lewallen, 41, assistant manager in charge, said the man entered and announced a “stickup.” He ordered three clerks and two women customers to sit around one of the service tables, and then demanded that Mr. Lewallen e the cash from two registers. Another woman customer came in during the holdup and he ordered .her to sit with the others while Mr. Lewallen opened the safe and showed him there was no money in it. He left after warning them not to tell police. Harold Riffey, 60 N. Irvington Ave., reported someone entered his home and took a $200 diamond ring from a buffet drawer. :

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Boys, 27-year-old Attica father,| chaiged with the attack-slaying of] | |Elizabeth DeBruicker, 11. a - (Police mistakingly believed, un- % {til they consulted the family Bible}. ‘lof the suspect, that his name was

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