Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 November 1939 — Page 2
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INDLING CASE XPECTED T0 60 ). JURY TODAY
e Baltzell Overrules ar enfeld and Knapp Acquittal Plea.
e cases of two persons charged using the mails to defraud ly 200 Indiana investors of more $640,000 was to go to the jury| in Federal Court. . = both defendants had rested cases, Judge Robert C. Baltzell the, second time overruled mofor directed verdicts of ac-
of the defendants, Edward J, enfeld. of Henderson, Ky., and tago, made no defense and his said he would make no ments before the jury. U. S. District Attorney Val n and Harold Woodard, attorfor John K. Knapp, 3603 Washfon Bivd., "the second defendant, given one hour each to present 3 arguments.
wo Others Await Seutoine
other defendants, Mrs. Ethel Donnell, 3707 N. Meridian St., "Robert ‘D. Beckett, 5520 ColBge" Ave, havo pleaded guilty to “charge of using the mails to aud and are awaiting sentence. ¥In Knapp's defense, Mr. Woodard d' that Knapp had never solicit-} any investor in the four comts involved and was never: confd by any o. the officers on any ils policy. Knapp testified that. everything Jd was: ac the direction of Mr. enfeld and he was made 3 sec- * and .director of the comnies so that he could go to WashBgton with an application for a pnstruction Finance Corp. loan. Ipp stated that while he never ended a director's meeting he Ed the minutes at the direction } company officers. said also he had signed minutes which wer- back-dated at the stance of an auditor and did not at the. time they were: back-
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STATE APPEALS PAROLE RULING
Dowd Confers With Jackson On Policy Pending High : Court Decision.
State officials were to confer today on a policy to be followed in handling about 300 prison cases pending a decision by the Indiana Supreme Court on the procedure in sentencing parole violators. If a ruling by the La Porte Counfty Superior Court last week is upCR . Signed Without Question held, Warden Alfred F. Dowd of prisoners would have to be released. Mr. Dowd was to confer with Attorney General Omer S. Jackson on: what action to take. Judge T. C. Mullen, in La Porte Superior Court, ruled that patole violators returning to prison with new commitments should serve penalties for violations and the new sentences concurrently - and - not consecutively.- The state appealed the decision. His ruling resulted in the release of John N. Sullivan, 45, of Indianapolis;, who was serving 10 years for robbery in addition to a threeyear penalty for parole violation.
Record Set ‘Week Early
INDEANAPOLIS HAD a new record today and because President Rposeyelt advanced Thanksgiving "Day: the record was ectablithed a week ahead of time. Last year County Clerk Charles Ettinger issued .63 marriage licenses . the Saturday before Thénksgiving. There were 70 licenses issued last Saturday, he reported, establishing an all-time record. Mr. Ettinger would risk na prediction about what might * ‘happen this Saturday.
} .to sign, which he did without jon, he said, “because I had ence in the auditor and my
syperiors. » Books which government "wit-
- were destroyed after. the auditors lained about the lack of room or which to work, Knapp. testified. In overruling Mr. Knapp’s motion : for ‘acquittal, Judge Baltzell saidy _ “Although ine defendant Knapp rad. a minor part, a conspiracy.alyays' needs someone like him tq 7 it out. I can see that he was because he was ‘the type We Had potficence in ‘Ris’ supe-
lors” Government concluded its case Friday after five days of testimony. Three. Companies Listed : ~All of the defendants are charged | with using the mails to defraud investors by ‘trading “worthless ~ promissory notes for good building 3 and loan stock and in many cases exchanging the notes fopsgicged worthless bonds. AER The defendants were: officers’ ‘of, ‘ the American Terminals. & Transit}. Co., of Henderson, Ry. a holding} company for three qthér firms: The Green River Valley :Coal Co, -Indianapolis; the Green River Valley . Terminal Co. of “Indianapolis and] Evansville; andthe ‘Chicago, Ohio} & Mississippt A Seat Cu: of Hender-
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. National Commander Raymond J. Kelly (seated) met a number of well-remembered colleagues and companions at the conference of American Legion adjutants and commanders that - opened today at Légion headquarters. The others are (‘eft to right) Carl H. Goetz of Detroit, Michigan Adjutant; Ev-erett.-De Ryke of Milan, Mich, Michigan Commander and national vice president, and James B. Fitz-
New High Speed X-Ray Machine Takes Four Pictures in Minute.
WASHINGTON, Nov.20 (U.P.).— A high-speed X-Ray machine, capable of taking four or five photographs a minute; was demonstrated to officials of the Army, Navy and Veterans Administration here to prove its value in guarding against fraudulent claims by veterans. The machine, developed by Frank T. Powers, New York, uses paper film in rolls 100 feet long and 14 inches wide. A device for recording fingerprinis is attached to obviate possibility of ' fraud in the identification of photographs. More common types of X-Ray employ celluloid film in plate holders, necessitating a Gelay in changing film, Within 23 minufes 71 men were X-Rayed for possible chest and lung ailments today. . Rep. William 1. Sirovich (D. N. Y.) said the machine would be “of extraordinary value” in Government litigation over veterans compensation. Use of the machine, Mr. Siro-
WOMAN STRICKEN AT
REUNION DEAD HERE
. Mrs. Minta Arkens, proprietor of a rooming house at 1420 N. Alabama. St. the last three years, died yesterday at City Hospital. She was 53. : She had attended a Ripley County reunion Saturday and was stricken. there. Born at . Osgood, Ind, she came to Indianapolis three years ago. She was a member of’ the Christian Church bd Osgood and the Eastern’ Star there. Services will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow at Osgood and burial will be at Holton, Ind. Survivors are four sons, Delbert and Robert Arkens of Osgood and Marshal and Thomas of Indianapolis; a sister, Mrs. Jennie Donavan of Tallassee, Ala., and a broth-
er, Clarence Downey of Troy, Ala.
HUNT MAN, 50, FOR ATTACKING GIRL, 14
: A man, about 50, was sought by
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‘police today for the criminal assault
on a 14-year-old South Side girl
‘Saturday night.
The girl told police that while on the way to a drugstore, the man stopped his car beside her and politely asked the address of a man living in the neighborhood. The girl did not know the address but told him to ask at the drugstore. As the girl reached the store, the man was leaving. after having obtained the address. He asked her to get in his car and help him find the address. Then, she told police, he drove her into the country and attacked her. She was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital by her father after being released from the car.
HOUSE GROUP TO GET WPA INQUIRY REPORT
Times Special WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Testimony of investigators regarding alleged irregularities in the conduct of WPA in Indiana will not be heard by the House WPA Investigating before Congress convenes in January, Rep. Clifton A. Woodrum (D. Va,), committee chairman, announced today. ’ “I understand that there have been some startling disclosures out there,” he commented. Findings of George J. Shillito and Matthew J. Connelly, the committee investigators who have spent weeks in the state, are to be presented to the committee at a public hearing here, Mr. Fr voodum said.
vich asserted, would determine the true status of service connected tis. abilities. ©
Hopes for Leukemia Curb
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 20 (U. P.).—An unusual treatment for lymphatic leukemia, usually fatal blood disease, was cautiously described today by a recognized pediatrician here who said injections of bone marrow extract had so far ‘added five
months to the life of a 71-year-old :
victim, The physician said he had treated Richard Bails‘ of Harvel, Ill, last June with daily injections for about a month and that’ he has since shown ho recurrence of the malady. He said he had been experiment-| = ing with the. treatment for six years, during which “remissions”
have occurred from time to time.}
The Bails child has had the longest remission, a condition in which the disease has ‘disappeared possibly temporarily” but may recur.
Crime’s Wages $100 a Month
VIRGIL . JOSEPF. ROSS, 25, parolee from the Ohia State Reformatory, Mansfield, O., averaged a little more than $100 a month in holdups here during the last’ four months, detectives today. He signed statements admitting
15 _holdups here from May 30. to. .
Oct. 26 in which he obtained an
approximate total of $430, police | He was charged with fob- |
said,” -bery and held ‘under $10,000 bond. Ross was arrested at Shelbyville, Ky., Saturday on a warrant . charging him with the robbery of the Wolf Dry Goods Store, 1214 N. Senate Ave., Oct. 15, in which. $41 ‘was taken. He waived extradition. Detectives George Sneed and Clarence Jones said Ross was on parole from a burglary and grand larceny sentence in Ohio.
SECOND ILLINOIS QUADRUPLET DIES
KANKAKEE, Ill, Nov. 19 (U. P.). Monica Deschand, one of quadruplets born here Aug. 15; died in an incubator at a hospital today. Her death left only two of the quads—Marla and Marylin. other, a boy, lived only a few hours. Monica's death was attributed to enemia. She weighed two and a halt pounds at birth and five pounds and 15-ounces when she’died.
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.| sponsorship national organization. is the first city in which the Plan :
said. .
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Drivers have. ‘been ‘organized into]
_|the: Automobile and Truck: Opera-| |tors’ Safety Association. They have|
sigried pledges to, drive safely and |
{will display shi ers on their wind- - |shields. ok
. ‘The oresiization wars suggested by
| John McGee, who is working under
of the American Legion Indianapolis
has been tried. Hope for Comes’ Spirit “Former attempts to form volun-
| tary safety organizations have not . | been. completely successful because
of lack of’ concerted effort,” Mr. MecGee said. “=
through’ the personnel offices of Indianapolis business concerns and we hope to set up a spirit of belonging to an organization. “Our members will feel not that they have made an indjvidual pledge ‘but that their pledges for safe driving have been made personally to each other member of the organization,” he explained,
No Records Kept
No safety records will be kept. The only indication of the success of the association will come from the number of members ob‘tained and the possible decrease in Indianapolis traffic accidents. The drive has been indorsed by Governor M. Clifford Townsend Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan, the Indianapolis Lions Club ‘and the Junior Chamber ° of Commerce Safety Committee, - :
— ‘SAILORS, BE CAREFUL’ MONTREAL, Quebec, Nov. 20 -(U. P.).—A warning to crews and officers to avoid “ iscreet. conversation ashore” is’ posted prominently on all vessels arriving here.
| American Legion; today announced: more than 11,000" members in its | voluntary safe-driving campaign in| (Indianapolis...
the Canary Cottage.
“We are obtaining: memberships berger,
ZEUMOUTE, the. 1nd, Nev. 20 (U. ~P.) 0. E. Richardson, 55, a mortician, was called yesterday to take . Alfred Hand, 65, Plymouth, to a hospital in his. ambiilance. Mr.
| Hand had suffered a’heart attack.
When the ambulance arrived at - the hospital and Mr. Hand was moved inside, Mr. Richardson col-
: doped and died of a heart aftack,
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‘The’ SRF Chamber. of Cotn-
at a dinner at 8 o'clock “tonight at J. Russell Townsend, president, will preside. Members who have joined the
. |chamber since May 1 include Tur-
pin Davis, George W! Young, D. E. Shafer, J. C. Appel, V. C. Martin, E. W. Hartis Jr., J. E, Scher, S. G. Ricketts, J. M. Miller, T. F. Graham, W. F. Lueas, R. E. O'Shea, Lowell Blunk, G. M. Davidson, F. 'L. Hewlett, Dr. Wendell ShullenSidney ‘Sanner, John D. Jones,” F. L. Barlet, Dorsey ‘King, J. R. -Herdrich, E. L.: Anderson, John R. Miller, C. Edward’ Hixon, David R. Smith, John Spahr,
‘Charles S. Boehm, H. F. Kelley, C.
J. Merrill, Wiliam’ M. Ransdell, John D. Scott, John _H. Smith, Hamlin W. Welling, H. A. Alpert,
Albert Mendenhall and Richard Fogarty.
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Kenneth Hart of 3810 Central Ave. told friends today how he had frustrated a holdup by grappling with the gun-bearing member of a quartet which accosted him. Mr. Hart and his wife were walking at the time of the attempted holdup. They said only one of the men had a gun and. that: one .remained in a car. Mrs. Hart screamed. and Mr: Hart sought to fight off the men. :He said all three
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PERU; Ind, ‘Nov. 20—A skeleton staff has started operations here at. the Hausske-Harlen Co., furniture factory formerly of Chicago. Employment will be increased as soon - as equipment .can be moved here from the: company’s former office, ‘Harry BE Williams, president
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