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VOLUME 57—NUMBER 40

FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 306 LL

Remy Asks" ABC HOLD ENGINEER

To Set Up Ban on Tavern Gambling

Yarmoiy Session Called by Smith at Columbia Club Turns Into Verbal Duel by City, State Officials.

While Robert S. Smith demanded “co-operation,” | and state officials today duelled. verbally over gambling in| day against the 63-year-old engitaverns and other aspects of the “liquor-politics”

At what was billed as a lumbia club, Safety Board Pr

the state alcoholic beverage commission to promulgate a

rule banning tavern gambling.

When A. B. C. Prosecutor Glenn Markland doubted " whether such a ban would be

within the commission's jurisdiction, Mr. Remy expostulated :

“Well, I certainly know what the liquor law is and it's entirely within your power.” Mr. Smith, new president of the Marion county liquor board and sponsor of the conference, emphasized the importance of law enforcement co-ordination in remarks at the beginning and end of the discussion. ‘Brush Aside Appeal’ But his peace appeal -was more] or less brushed aside when Glenn Punk, attorney for Sheriff Otto Petit, sald liquor law enforcement in the state and county is “steeped! in politics.” Referring to Republican County Chairman Henry’ E. Ostrom, Mr.| Punk said, “We know there is no provision in the liquor laws giving county chairmen the right to control the issuance of tavern permits.” He quoted Mr. Ostrom’s recent reference to “tavern shakedowns” as substantiating his claim. Chief Ernest Minniear of the A:B.C. excise department then declared: “I defy anyone to prove politics has ever entered into op-| eration of the alcoholic beverage! commission.” Then Robert Allison arose to observe that “very little pressure” has been applied to the county liquor board.

Assails Troublesome Taverns Police. Chief Jesse McMurtry complained that taverns harboring gaming concessions were especially troublesome to his men. Mr. Remy said he had “definite proof” that many drinking spots have recently been opened as “fronts” for gambling establishments. The safety board chief said the! city police would try to arrest the] gamblers, but were helpless to close the trouble taverns. He said that was the responsibility of the alco-

“harmony session” at the Co-

AFTER 44 DIE IN RAIL WRECK

1100 Injured as Burlington Flyers Crash at | Naperville, Ill, By ROBERT T. LOUGHRAN United Press Staff Correspondent

NAPERVILLE, Ill, April 26.—A city | manslaughter charge was made to-

| neer of the Burlington railroad sil-

| ver streamliner which shot through | two warning signals and ripped into dared | [the rear of another crack passenger train, killing 44 persons and injurling 100 others. | The manslaughter warrant issued against Engineer W. G. Blaine of the glistening Exposition Flyer | charged him with carelessness and | negligence. Mr. Blaine, who was found today to be suffering from skull fracture, told authorities from his hospital bed that. he was going too fast to stop the train in time to avoid the crash.

issue.

esident William Remy

UNITE TO SAVE LIVES OF DOGS

$1,500,000 Is Offer For English Hote Blodl

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Mr, Blaine said he was going 85 miles an hour when he saw the first |

Trucker Convicted Here of warning light a mile and a quarter] Cruelty Charge from the point where the other|

train, the _Advance Flyer, had | Q d. | As a truck driver charged with | SOPPe cruelty to dogs he was hauling to a |

Within Speed Limit i a Edw Flynn, vice president of laboratory was sentenced to jail to- ward Fly P day,

the Burlington lines, confirmed that | indignant animal lovers from npr Blaine was traveling within the parts of Indiana united in an effort rgijroad's speed limit for that secto save the dogs’ lives. tion of track. The driver, Ross Cromer, Han-| The speed limit is 85 miles an {over, Pa., was fined $50 and costs| hour, Mr. Flynn said, but the trains land sentenced to seven days in jail | usually travel about 80 miles an {by Judge John L. Niblack thisihour at Naperville, which is 28 | morning. {miles southwest of Chicago. He was arrested yesterday when! Mr. Flynn said, however, that a he was found with 49 hungry and train going 85 miles an hour could thirsty dogs, cramméd into a truck|stop in less than a mile and a with less than 64 square feet of | quarter. floor space. Some of the dogs were |thorities that when he saw the yeldead and others were near death |low warning signal he put on the today. brakes but couldn't stop his train, Present at the tria] were Mrs. Had Good Record Leona Frankfort, head of the Mu-| «we cant understand nicipal dog pound where the dogs Flynn admitted today. are held, and three representatives| ,..r was an old timer with the of the Muncie Dog Protective asso- road and had a good record. We

ciatioh. Ihave given him signal tests before, !

it,” Mr.

Mrs. Frankfort requested custody | and they always worked out per-|today, and the most notable ab- gr it will stay with Beverly Cort

of the dogs and was given custody | feetly ” of the animals for a seven-day period, She also was given per- | mission to “put to sleep” animals! which are near death as the result of mistreatment. Opposes Return te Owner The Muncie association requested that the dogs be kept in the pound rather than being returned to Stewart Mehring, Hanover animal procurer who employs the driver and {who was shipping the animals to | Pitman-Moore Drug Co. in Zionsville. Three spokesmen for the Muncie group, Miss Velma Tammie, Mrs. C.|

of the injured were hurt seriously.

the scene for shock, bruises and] minor lacerations and then released.

fied themselves early today that there were no more bodies in the wreckage, four separate investigations into the cause of the crash were under way. State's Attorney Lee Daniels of | Du Page county placed the man-| slaughter charge against the engineer. Other inquiries were bein

Toting a voluminous black book] eontaining records of whisky-in-| gpired crimes, Mr. Remy charged | many taverns are “roosting places| for hoodlums.” Thumbing through the book, the

crimes he said were plotted within the “shady confines of taverns.” “Busy Breaking Up Brawls” He further complained that city police were kept so busy breaking up tavern brawls and arresting drunks .that they have little time for anything else. He urged more vigorous prosecution of tavern pugilists. The cru- | sading safety commissioner said | more alcoholic brawlers should be charged with assault and battery with intent to kill, instead of drunkenness or simple assault. Others present at-the huddle were

Dr. Burrell Diefendorf, A. B. C. chairman; William E. (Bud) Bosson, county commissioner; William

Donner, deputy attorney general assigned to the A. B. C. and Criminal Court Judge William D. Bain. They emphasized that the liquor law enforcement issue should be a matter of mutual co-operation among all agencies involved. Mr. Smith ended the session with a recommendation for “more harmony.” >

BAER FIELD SOLDIER HELD FOR ASSAULT

FT. WAYNE, Ind, April 26 (U, P.) —Pfc. James Smith, 22-year-old soldier stationed at nearby Baer field, was .held on charges of assault and battery today afier a knife attack on his bride of two months last night, Police said .that the wife, Gertrude, 16, was not seriously injured. ghe suffered stab wounds in the pack, arms and chest. Witnesses said Smith attacked his wife on a house porch, police said.

TIMES INDEX

26-27 | Inside Indpls.. 19 19 [Jane Jordan... 35 31 | Ruth Millett.. 1

Amuse Aviation Eddie Ash....

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Ask Me....... 19 | Movies .. 26-217 Frank Aston.. 8|David Nichol . 19 Business ..... _16| Obituaries ... 6

.32-34|Dr, O'Brien... 19 i 35|J. E. O'Brierr. 30

Classified . Comics

Crossword ... 31 |Radio idan 35 Editorials .... 20 Reflections .. 20 Europe Today. 20 Mrs. Roosevelt 19 Fashions . 25|8ide Glances . 20 Forum ..... he 30) Scherrer 4 ‘ee G1 Rights .. 14 | Serial , 20 Meta, Given . 24 Sports .. "'30- 31 Hargrove ... -3 Troap Arrivals 36

Homemaking . 25 Women's 22-24-25

conducted by Coroner Paul Isherwood, by the railroad, and by the federal bureau of investigation. Will ‘Interview Crews pa Mr. Daniels announced that he would call survivors of the crews id

'COAL STRIKE TALKS | both trains to his office at Wheato BEING SCHEDULED fc* conference at 9 a. m. fs

row, WASHINGTON, April 26 (U. P.). —Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach said today that he

0. Grafton and Mrs. H. D, Singer, | {said the association will provide money for attorneys to fight any

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crash. Although Mr. Blaine was able to

Mr, Blaine had told au-|

“The engi- |

The other injured were treated at

By the time rescue workers satis- |

At that time, he hopes to be] able to fix responsibility for the]

would call disputants in the coal strike into new joint conferences next Monday or Tuesday in an effort to get negotiations going again. | The strike has been in progress 26 days. There have been no negotia-|

walk away from the crash and first was believed to have suffered only a minor head injury, Dr. J. L. Murphy disclosed today that a more complete examination showed his]

English hotel block on northwest curve of Monument Circle .

The Indianapolis

FORECAST: Fair and cool tonight with light frost.

Fair and continued cool tomorrow.

tered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice

Indusnapelis 9 9, Ind. Issued daily except Sunday

62 CITIES WILL N.Y. Refuses

Evansville Cond Rejects Daylight Saving.

or 'Salome'

By JACK GAVER

United Press Staff Cervespondent

NEW YORK, April 26 —There is

There were 62 Indiana cities on a broken heart on Broadway today, |

{the daylight saving time roster |

sentee was Evansville.

Burlington officials said that 36¢ Only a handful of cities above

10,000 population stuck to the “slow

ime,” and a sizable group of |smaller towns joined their bigger

| neighbors who adopted the summer | | time schedule. The results of separate surveys by the United Press and the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce. showed that 62 of 102 cities with mayors would be on the new time by May 5. Logansport and Bates- | ville have been on “fast time” {since the first week in April, and

| which will be filed away with count- | ess others.

[it a while.

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PREDICT LIGHT FROST = ~ OVER WEEK-END

Clear, Cool, Dry Dry Weather to Stay Through Tuesday.

FEAR U. $, FOOD Doubts G. 1's USE NEW TIME Dance Permit p|EDGE FAILURE As Husbands,

Anderson Warns me AMerioans Must Tighten Belts.

By GRANT DILLMAN United Press Staff pu a WASHINGTON, April 26.—The government told Americans flatly

For Beverly has to today that it is up to them whether | husbands, ex-G. I. Harold W. Wynreturn to Detroit and try to ex- the United States meets its obliga- | koop sald today.

| tion to the world's hungry millions. | oi acute possibility that the 11 not meet its relief pledges | arose wth reports that domestic wheat stocks are at a near-record | low and that America is steadily’ falling behind its export goals. Total domestic wheat stocks on {April 1 amounted to only 339,000,000 bushels as compared with un-| official estimated needs of approximately 361,000,000 bushels through | {June 30. The April reserve was only 60 per cent of the amount on |

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+ trustees 3 are considering a purchase offer of $1, 0008.

PROPOSED CIRCLE STOR

Until. May 8 to Accept Deal.

The Prudential Life Insurs ance Co. of America has offered $1,500,000 for the purchase of the English hotel block in Monument Circle.

The insurance firm proposes to raze the 66-year-old, gray stone, structure and spend another $2,500,000 in constructing a modern business block to house stores, busf« ness offices and other mercantile establishments. ‘Trustees of the English estate have until May 8 to accept the offer, According prominent real estate broker of Cincinnati, who is handling the transaction, the prospective buyers Lare willing to ®omplete the transaction in cash or in any other form the trustees require,

One Time Showplace Once a showplace of the city, the present, building which curves onequarter of the way around Monument Circle from Meridian st. to

Coed 'InBad'

By CLAIRE COX

United Press Staff Correspondent

for a modern Indianapolis. Still a busy business corner, its carved cornices and corner spires have become favorite CHICAGO, April 26.—A shapely siaces for pigeons in recent years. | Iowa co-ed doomed herself to spin-| The structure houses a hotel,

| sverhood when she gave a speech legitimate theater and a number. of

| declaring G. 1's would make poor SHOPS. ig : Poor Mr, Weiss said’ that the proposed

‘new building on the site would pre |vide for more estab “and

| Mr, Wynkoop is president of the in kéeping with construction regu-

{United Veterans of World War IL lations in Indianapolis would be a

{He said he would defend every man COmPpletely modern structure, prob-

in the service against the co-eds 2DIY Of Indiana limestone.

lcharges. They were made in an Erected in 1880 oratorical - contest yesterday by The major portion of the old Helen Braden, 20-year-old blond structure was ‘built in 1880 by the Iowa Wesleyan college senior. {late Williapi H. English and the a. 8 8 | southern section was added in 1897 MISS BRADEN won her way! {1897 by his son, Capt. Willi 5 into the final round of the inter-| | English. state oratorical contest at North-| Capt. English’s will left the propwestern university. yerty and the family homestead,

the use of the Indianapolis charity organization. The will specified that the hotel

Lawrenceburg has been on an LOCAL TEMPERATURES In her speech she said no G. X En : the same time last year. glishtown Park, in Scott coun equivalent time schedule, eastern{ 6a. m. ... 43 10a. m. ... 51 hang ak he y | aver could darken her doorway be- tq », aunty, At the same time, the government | standard® for several months. am... 48 Ham ,.. 3 lcause he would be “crude and /tuth-| foundation, a said only 468,000 tons of wheat and Most of the time-changing towns| 8 a. m. ... 47 12 (noon) .. 51 | our equivalent were exported dur-| {less” and waiting for the, govern-| will shift over this week-end and| 9a. m. ... 49 1p. m. ... 51 | sq : ment to offer “a bonus op’a dole.’

stay on DST until late September. | (Continued on on Page 1—Coln 7—Column §)

PRODUCER PREDICTS BRANDY SHORTAGE

WASHINGTON, April 26 (U. P.). Imported brandy will be scarce for a while, according to M. F. Martell of the French firm of Cognac producers. He explained that with markets reopening all over the world, pro- | duction can’t begin to meet demand

Clear, cool, dry weather with frequent light frosts tonight through | next Tuesday will keep farmers and |

ing jhe first 20 days of April against | {a goal of 666,000 tons. This deficit | {of 198,000 tons brought the total {U. 8B. deficit to date this year to!

gardeners on_the outlook for vege~| 512, 000 tons.

table destruction -in northern and central sections of Indiana. The U. 8S. weather bureau has forecast a light frost for Indianapolis tonight.

Feels No Optimism Secretary of Agriculture isto P. Anderson sounded the opinion of| most officials when he said there] was “no cause at all for optimism.”

{site be used to build a “William E. She said veterans couldn't be do-| | English Charitable Home" to house

| mesticated because: /(1) They were| offices of local charitab withou unwilling to work, AD boastful tae. eg, 3

| (Coutiuned wn; on, Page 3— 3—Column 3 Also, the Scolt county farm was

MANY NOMINATED

from Marion and Scott counties and be named the “Rosalind English Home” in mémory of his daughter. Neither provision has been carried

Prudential Gives Trustees

to Herman Weiss, *

Market st. now contrasts with plans

He said Americans must make up the deficit by eating less wheat and, feeding less grain to livestock. 7 “We cannot afford to be {mayed,” he said. “We must tighten

Warmer weather with possible light showers is expected next Tuesday or Wednesday. The current cool spell is due to a fleld of high pressure air bearing

Difficult Task | Faced

AS 60OD JD NEIGHBORS

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Victims Removed From Wreckage of Crack Burlington Trains

fore in remove vietime trom the y antled wreckage of tws of Burlington's track trains at. Naperville, TIL. AA by he Ecpuuiton Biron ling +2 sud. tapering 100.

our belts and fight all the harder! idi to reach our export goals.” Deciding on Honor.

: py: Anderson’s statenfent was ‘The Times Good Neighbor ComRiegraphee » Ye Serieulvre ou mittee faced a difficult task today went there to -make a dramatic | 4% each mail continued to bring| face-to-face plea with farmers in| many nominations for honor guests the rich wheat producing belt to|of the Edgewood Parent-Teachers give up their grain to the govern-| association's breakfast May 25. ment for a 30-cent-a-bushel bonus.| The letters name “good neighThe bonus program was the nub bors from many parts of the city of the entire American food situa-|and county . . . persons whose deeds | stamp them as the best “good! | neighbors” of their locality. Persons nominated in letters postmarked by midnight tomorrow will be judged in the first week's selection. That pérson will be an honor guest at the local “Breakfast in Hollywood” which the Edgewood P.-T. A. will stage in the Edgewood grade school, 1406 E. Epler st. A The bomb. located at the foot of| second “good neighbor” will be a 30-foot shaft under St, James’ | selected from letters postmafked Park lake, was touched off by royal petween tomorrow and midnight engineer bomb disposal squads who had uncovered it. The 1000-pound missile had been ,idropped on London during the blitz. No windows were broken in Mar]-| {borough house, home of Dowager P.) Charles H. Buesching, presiQueen Mary less than 200 yards dent of the Indiana Bankers assofrom the bomb. None appeared to'ciation, said today May 7 would be have been shattered in Buckingham a legal holiday for Hoosier banks, palace where the Princess Eliza-| They will close during the primary beth was in residence. | election, Buesching said.

everywhere. down on the state from the west,

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BOMB IS EXPLODED; PALACE UNDAMAGED

LONDON, April 26 (U, P.).—The St, James’ Park bomb was detonated tonight with a roar that shook windows of Buckingham palace.

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BANK HOLIDAY SET FT. WAYNE, Ind, April 26 (U.

Scare Story Stirs Franklin Action to 'Keep Atterbury’

Times Special states to Atterbury for training, in FRANKLIN, Ind, April -26—Aladdition to 16,000 Indiana guard scare story that Camp Atterbury troops. might fold its tents and steal away| Civic and Chamber of Commerce from Franklin in the night precipi-| representatives from Indianapolis tated a civie “action” meeting here and five Southern Indiana cities yesterday. {who cflled the meeting, also Adjutant General Ben Watt, sum- | touched off a campaign to make moned to.the meeting to confirm or| sire Afterbury is maintained on deny the rumors, revealed that the a full-scale permanent basis. war department plans are not to! Meeting at the Hillview Country

for National guard training. ‘Chamber of Commerce, they passed There ia a possibility that the war a resolution urging that if national department may even bring na- |

The Advance Flyer

abandon the camp but to utilize it club as guests of the Franklin

out, yet, foundation officials explain, | because there was | money left after debts and taxes {on Capt. English’s estate had been

in paid.

Offer Made March 13

Offers to purchase the property have been made several times in recent years but the war years halt- | ed negotiations. One proposal had been for construction of a modern hotel. Trustees have had the present offer since March 12, The insurance firm, in making its offer, has indicated willingness to help the trustees meet the require ments of the will by paying for the purchase in cash, in part cash or by establishment of a fund to support the proposed Scott county project. It was believed the provision in the will that thé site now under negotiation be reserved for a charitable center could be set aside and the proposed cepter erected in a less valuable site.

10 MORE NATIONS ADD

NEW YORK, April 26 (U. P.).—

nounced yesterday 10 more nations have made payments to the U. N. $25,000,000 working capital fund with which the organization will finance its first year's expenses. The Soviet Union still is the only major power which has paid its full assessment—=$1,728,000." The United States has paid only $500,000 of its more than $6,000,000 assessment.

81 HOMES FOR SALE

In Today's Times Real Estate Classified

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