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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-09
TEXAS BEGINS CUTTING
RECORD WHEAT CROP
Lone Star State Yield Heaviest in
History; Home Labor Adequate.

Lone Star State Yield Heaviest in
History; Home Labor Adequate.
By United Press
DALLAS, Tex, June 9.-Central
Texas farmers began this week to
harvest what government and
private authorities agree is the
largest wheat crop in the history
Of the United States.
Next week harvesting will begin
in North Texas. Around June 20
it will be under way in the Texas
panhandle, Oklahoma and Southern
Kansas.
The Texas crop will be around
100000 bushels, with from So
100000 to 100000 bushels from
the plains of the panhandle. The
yield per acre this year is the
greatest in twenty years.
Adequate labor already is avail
able and authorities are discourage
ing any invasion of hands from
other sections.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-09
50 HURT IN CRASH
Gary Grand Stand Falls and
Hundreds Are PeriIed.
By United Press

By United Press
GARY, Ind, June 9.-Collapse Of
a grand stand which plunged 500
persons into a tangled. screaming
mass brought to tragic climax the
historical pageant marking the close
of Gary's jubilee celebration Of
twenty-five years of rapid growth.
Fourteen persons were injured Sc
riously, many Of them suffering
broken legs, when the temporary
stand collapsed Monday night at
the height of the outdoor show
which $4,000 persons had gathered
to see. At least thirty-fiv others
suffered cuts and bruises.
The great throng was gathered
in Marquette park on the lake front
when the temporary supports under
the grand stand suddenly collapsed
with a crash ard precfpitated the
holders of choice seats to the
ground.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-09
VATICAN AND
FASC|STS ARE
NEAR ACCORD
Diplomatic Relations Are
Resumed; Reply Given
Pope'S Note.
WORK ON PACT DETAILS
Government Is Asked to
DepIore Recent Events,
Make Reparation.
BY STEWART BROWN
United Press staff Correspondent

ROME, June 9.-The conflict be-
tween the Vatican and the Italian
government, which for a. time
threatened to disrupt peace recently
reached after a breach Of sixty
years, was on the road to settle
ment today.
Diplomatic relations were re-
sumed, when Count Cesare De
Vecchi, Italian ambassador to the
Holy See, called at the Vatican and
presented the governments reply
to the pope's third note of protest.
Both the Vatican and the govern
ment showed undisguised optimism,
although the contents of the note
were not revealed. 1t was under
stood the pope had asked that the
recent events be deplored and re-
Quested property damages.
Reach Agreement in Principle"
An agreement in principle has
been reached, it was disclosed, but
it was understood several details
remained to be worked out. Both
the Vatican and Italy were showing
a conciliatory attitude to clear the
entire situation before June 81, so
the pope may send a papal legate
to the septicentennial anniversary
of the death Of ST. Anthony.
The celebration is intended to be
an. occasion Of great rejoicing over
the conclusion Of the Italian-Vati-
can accord.
The Holy See was understood to
have asked, in addition to moral
reparations in the form of a deplo-
ration, slight material reparations
for damage to several Catholic clubs
and associations during anti-papal
demonstrations at Parma, Venice,
Rome and Milan, aggregating less
than 100000 lire ($26,l50), which
Italy readily will agree to settle.
Pope Urges Prayers
It was not divulged as to what
form Italy's reply to the pope's de-
mand for a deportation would take,
but it was understood that the
pope's insistence that regret be ex-
pressed formally and the Italian
determination to insist that all
police measures had been taken as
soon as the manifestations started,
now seemed smoother by each
admitting extenuating circun1-
stances.
Addressing a pilgrimage Of the
Daughters of Mary today, the pope
urged the girls to pray for both the
pope and the nation.
Pray particularly for the nation,
he said, because occurrences are
not such as to draw Gods bene-
diction upon the nation"
Previously, in addressing students
from the seminary of Agnani, near
Rome, the pope expressed hope that
the greatest good may be derived
from the present great evil.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-09
TRIBUTE PAID KINNEY
Safety Board Lauds Chief
for Sterling Honesty.

In memory Of Jerry Kinney, In
dianapolis police chief, who died
today at st. Francis hospital, the
flag at city hall was lowered to
faalf-staff and the building viii be
closed Friday morning during Kin
ney's funeral.
Tribute was paid Kinney in a
resolution adopted today by the
safety board.
"He possessed all the requirements
Of policeman-energy, courage,
and diligence in the performance Of
his duty, but his best-known trait
was his sterling honesty" the reso-
luton stated.
Although his position as a city
official constantly subjected him to
public contact, no person ever ques-
toned his integrity. His position as
police chief will be difficult to FILL
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-09

Chief Succumbs After Long Battle Against
Stomach Malady and Heart ALL
ment; Funeral Friday
JOINED DEPARTMENT HERE IN 1887
Famed Over Nation as Efficient and Brave
Officer; Refused to Quit When
Health Broke.

Jerry Kinney, indianapolis police chief and of the
most outstanding police officers of the nation died early to-
day at st. Francis hospital
Death the leader of the ctys police department
at 3:45
He passed he lived fighting enaciously to the last
in his effort to conquer stomach and heart illness that had
the shadow of death him for several months.
Kinney's passing thirty days after he had left
his post at police headquarters and to the hospital for
treatment
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-09

Py United Press
VALPARAISO, Ind, June g.
Judge Grant Crumpacker refused
today to increase the ore-to-ten-
year sentence imposed when Virgil
Kirkland was convicted on crimi-
nal attack charge growing out Of
the death of his sweetheart, Arlene
braves, at a Gary drinking party.
The courts decision, which ter
minated a hearing at which the
prosecution sought to have Kirkland
resentenced to q term of five to
twenty one years, was based on the
judges conclusion that he had given
kirkland the maximum penalty per-
n1itted by the law.
Kirkland, who was indicted on
murder charges, was brought before
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-09
GET 'PINKY's' JURY
Legislators Son Is Facing
Trial for Murder.

BIZ United Press
NEWPORT. R. L, June 9. A
jury was completed today to decide
the guilt or innocence of Elliot r.
(Pinky) Hathaway, Massachusetts,
legislators son charged, with the
first degree murder OF verna z.
Russell, pretty student nurse.
The jury. selected after only
tWenty-six Of the panel of 40
ventiremen had been examined, is
composed of twelve men, including
one Negro. A woman, tentatively
selected, was challenged by the gov
eminent and excused.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-09

Thousands Of votes have
been received in The Times
Lyric contest to send the most
popular high school boy, girl
and teacher on a free trip to
Washington.
There1l be thousands more
today and tomorrow, for the
deadline is Wednesday at mid
night, so rush yours in now,
and help your favorite. You
can. get your coupons, worth
100 votes each, at the Lyric.
Don't waste any time. or
your choice may lose.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-09
SUBMARINE IS
SUNK; z DEAD
Eighteen Men Missing in
British Disaster.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
LONDON, June 9.-The admiralty
announced today that the subma-
rine PoSeidon had sunk after COLI
sion with a merchant ship of Wei
haiwei, China. Two were known
dead and eighteen were missing, ac-
ccrding to the announcement.
The collision occurred twenty -one
miles north of Weihaiwei, until re-
Gently under lease to Great Britain
for naval purposes and still used
as a scene for maneuvers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-09

This figure does not include
the hundreds and hundreds of
dollars-in nickels, dimes and
quarters-that literally pour
in the money cavities of slot
machines that are distributed
throughout indianapolis and
Marion county.
Operators of the pools, including
those on sporting events, ranging
from English derbies to the state
high school basketball meet. shrug
their shoulders and smile when ac-
cused Of racketeering. .--,..
Their answer is: "The people want
them. We don't take their money,
they hand it to us"
Winning Chances Remote
Prizes in the working mems pools
run from 50 to $500 for weekly prizes
with grand monthly prizes as high
as $1,000.
The pools are paid off by winning
combinations Of numbers and let
tiers and thousands of combinations
supposedly are in the drawing box
when the selection of winners takes
place.
Chances for winning are remote
at best and, although majority of
the operators claim their pools are
on the up and up" many nibblers
in Indianapolis have had the dire
experience of buying in fake pools
or bona fide propositions where the
agents, following the detour of
human nature, have collected few
thousands and skipped.
He Takes the Gravy"
On foreign derbies it often is the
quaint custom of local agent to sell,
for instance, fifty books and slip
the returns of ten or so in his pocket
without turning them in. This is
gravy" in addition to the COM
mission he gets for selling the ones
turned in to the promoters.
When depression hit the country,
It is shown that many persons, &C
quainted with pool operations, took
jobs as agents, making their weekly
collections regularly. If, in addi-
ton to the minimum number on
which they receive commissions,
the dealer should pick up few ex-
ira customers, the operator often
donates his agent ticket or so.
Often small player wonders why
the agent gets the prize he needs
so badly. Any one in possession of
dozen tickets naturally stands a
better chance of cleaning up than
the poor man with one.
Baseball pools are sold in barber
shops, drug stores, groceries, pool
rooms and even on streets through
out the city.
Children Are Affected
Several attempts have been made
TO halt the slot machine racket in
indianapolis, but they generally
have met with failure. The rack
eteers' abb is that the customer
gets the fun of seeing the wheels
turn and the gum or minis drop
out Of the machine.
Community leaders have released
their ire time and time again on
slot machines in drug stores, where
they are accessible to boys and girls
in grade and high schools.
In one north side store recently a
boy. not over 5, was crying. He
begged his companions to give me
a nickel so I can put it in here. -
His conpanionS might have been 8
years old.
Reports have reached authorities
that the slot machine racket has
gained such a foothold that one man
who attempted to install some
throughout the county received the
following message:
Don't try it. Guys get bumped
on for that"
He did not install his machines.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-09
Name Him
Jerry Kinney

There's a three-ton baby in
town that's pining for a name.
He's weary to death of being
called ct"
"It's" the baby whale now
being shown in his specially
constructed railroad car, with
his sixty-eight-ton mother, on
Virginia avenue, near South
street. Every child who sends
in a name and fifty words tell
ing reasons for the choice will
get free ticket, just by writ
ing the Whale Editor OF The
Times. Get busy now, for the
whale viii be here only a few
days.
And when you go to see the
baby and his mother, Captain
Jonathan Prince. veteran Of
scores Of whaling trips, will be
there to tell you all about him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-09
BAPTISTS LAUD HOOVER

Commend Presidents Dry Stand;
Oppose Compulsory Training.
BIZ United Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June g.
After adopting resolutions COM
mending President Hoover for his
stand on prohibition and opposing
compulsory military training in
school, 4,000 delegates to the North
ern Baptist convention were scatter
ing today to their respective homes.
The convention set as national
goals for which all lovers Of peace
should work" the abolition Of COM
pulsory school military training. and
adherence Of the United States to
the world court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-09
IMPEACHMENT LOSES

Tennessee House Votes to Quash
Charges Against Governor.
By United Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn, June 9.-The
Tennessee house of representatives
voted today to quash the remaining
seven articles Of impeachment
against Governor Henry H. Horton,
clearing him of all such charges.
The first article charging he con-
spired with Colonel Luke Lea, news
paper publisher, and Rogers Cald-
we'll, flnancier. to defraud the state
and to perpetuate himself in Office,
was defeated by the house last week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-09

Dismissal of Bert Shering, Re-
publican. sanitary board collection
department inspector for ten years,
and appointment of Robert z. Riley,
Democrat, to replace him, was an
nounced following the boards meet
ing today. No reason was given for
the change.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-09
Dry Law Called Economic Asset
By United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, June e.-Prohi-
bition was praised as a national
economic asset today by the Amer
ical Business Mems Prohibition
Fc .tion in a statement issued
through the Women's Christian
Temperance Union. The statement
said one-tenth of the national in
come from salaries and wages was
spent for liquor in 1916.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-09
GETS DEGREE BY RADIO
Bucknell Graduate, Ill in Camp,
Tunes In on Commencement.

By UnttCd Press
LEWISBURG, Pa, June g.
John T. Anderson, member of the
graduating class of Bucknell univer-
sity, received his degree by radio
today, when a class of 254 was grad
uated at the institution.
Anderson was stricken i'll prior
to the commencement exercises and
was removed to Devitt's Camp at
Allepwood, twenty miles from the
school. His hospital cot was con-
nected by radio with the scene of
the graduation at the Bucknell
quadrangle for the ceremonies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-09

Every member or the de-
partment, some of whom had
known Kinney since he Joined
the force forty-four years
ago, and residents of Indian
apolis, the state, and nation
were grief-stricken with the
word of Kinney's death.
Funeral on Friday
Kinney's body will be taken from
the j. j. Blackwell & Son under
taking establishment "Wednesday
afternoon to the residence OF a
brother. James L. Kinney, 1864
Kenwood avenue, where it will lie
in state until Friday morning.
Funeral services will be held at
$3.50 Friday at st. Bridget's Cath
olic church, of which Kinney was a
lifelong member. Burial will be IN
Holy Cross cemetery.
In addition to James Kinney,
another brother, William j. Kinney,
who lived with Jerry Kinney in the
family home, 523 West st. Clair
street, survives him. A niece, Eliz-
abeth kinney, and a nephew, Frank
kinney. also survive him.
Ill Several Years
Kinney's battle against his illness
started several years ago and al
though he was fighting a losing
battle. he persisted in working and
would not, under any circumstances,
withdraw even temporarily, from the
police department to recover his
health.
His condition gradually became so
bad that he realized medical aid
was necessary and friends prevailed
on him to go to the hospital.
He showed signs Of improvement
until the last ten days, when re-
lapse set in and he became weaker
gradually.
For the last week friends and Of
flcers of the department had been
refused admission to his room at
the hospital.
kinney was 66 at the time Of his
death.
He became q member Of the old
Metropolitan police force when he
was % and wore his first badge June
1. 1887, after he had resigned his
Job as canal inspector for the Ind1-
annapolis Water Company.
Held Every Post
kinney, throughout his career as
a police officer, held every post in
the police and detective depart
ments and was police chief in 1919.
Nationally known as a detective and
police officer, Kinney was regarded
by many as the nations best police
officer Of the last three decades.
Calls, wires and letters we're being
received at headquarters today and
at Kinney's family home on st.
Clair street, as thousands OF Kin
ney's friends mourned.
His first assignment, that Of
patrolman on the metropolitan
force. Kinney was the recipient Of
the title "Camera-Eye." This was
bestowed on him by fellow members
of the department.
The first reason for the title was
his ability. for which he became so
Famous as years went by, never to
forget a face.
The other was that shortly after
his appointment to the department,
Kinney acquired a small, cd
fashioned camera with which he
took many of the pictures Of GRIM
inals that still are in the head
quarters files.
Heads of police departments
throughout the nation often have
Landed city officials in the last
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-09

First Of q series Of stories on
the life and police career OF
Jerry Kinney, Indianapolis po-
Ice chief, who died this morn
Ing. will appear in The Times
Wednesday.
Kinney was recognized as
one Of the nations outstand-
ing peace officers, and his
career was one of the most
colorful in Americas police an
mails.
1t will be written by men
who had long association with
sir. Kinney in his work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-09
UNKNOWN HIKER DIES
Man, IS, Dies in EIkhart Hospital OF
Injuries Suffered Under Auto.

~ N AOsPISdI O
Injuries Suffered Under Auto.
By United Press
ELKHART, Ind, June e.-An I'M
Identified hitch hiker, struck by an
auto here Sunday night, died today
in the Elkhart hospital without re-
gaining consciousness.
Police are searching for his
mother, writer Of two letters found
on the body, but bearing no name
or address. The victim was about
50. He was described as five feet
ter inches tall and weighing 100
pounds. He had gray eyes and
brown hair.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-09
This Little Pig Didn't
Want to See StOckyurd

DERHAPS little pig maybe went to
town. but where Ray Habieges little pig went another
story and matter Of almost vital concern to him today
Hambridges brought the pig Indianapolis their
Lafayette. certain profit mind but
traed with the sights the city the little pig changed his mind
about slaughter pens and such
Thus attention diverted
pig gned his Habridges greener
pastures This morning Habdg phoned police distance and
asked their aid in search for the animal worth about So he said
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-09
TORRENT RAKES VALLEY

CloudburSt Uproots Ranch Houses
in San Joaquin (CaL) Area
By United Press
FRESNO, Cal, June "a cloud
burst, breaking without warning,
left a trail of damage and destr &c
ton through the San Joaquin valley
agricultural section today.
Records for June rainfall were
broken when the torrential storm
swept through the district, washing
ranch houses from foundations,
sweeping automobiles of roads,
flooding streets. damaging early
fruit crops and breaking gas lines.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-09
HONOR EX-AMBASSADOR

AAS@~AbSA6 0@0ANASCS 4NCn
to Jacob Gould Schurman.
BIZ United Press
HEIDELBERG, Germany, June 8.
This venerable university town
opened its arms to America today
and expressed its friendship and
that OF German learning by dedi-
eating its newest building to the
commemoration Of Jacob Gould
Schurman, former United States
ambassador to Germany.
The Schurman building, as it will
be known, was erected at a cost of
100000 marks ($404,9 on the site
OF the old "Kollegienhaus."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-09
Road 90 PAVING CONTRACT Let

Contract for paving rs miles OF
q. S. Road 40 from near Richmond
TO the Ohio state line today was
awarded Hinton s. Small Co.. Ce-
lima, co. firm, by the state highway
commission on bid of S40,790.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-06-09

By Times Special
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Ind, June
"a Montgomery county free fair
viii be held here the week Of Aug. 8.
The Washington times., 1931-09-17
WILKINS A 8 K 8
ADOPTION

The marital rift between John
Howard wilkins, jr., son of the
coffee magnate. and his wife,
Mrs. Carolyn McInerny wilkins,
which ended in a divorce in
Arlington county, Va, on Sep
tember 20. 1925, was recalled in
District Supreme Court today,
when the senior wilkins and
his wife. Mrs. Aida Seal Will
kins, asked permission to legally
adopted the seven-year-old child
of the marriage. Carolyn Aida
wilkins.
Attorneys Walter B. Guy and
Frederic B. Warder appear for
the grandparents. The court is
informed of the marriage and di-
vorce of the parents and that un-
der the terms of the divorce the
younger wilkins was awarded Gus
tody of the child and the mother
permitted to visit her at stated
intervals.
The grandparents have kept
the child since the divorce, the
court is told, and now wish to
confer upon her the status of a
legal heir. The petitioners reside
at Bali Woodley Rd. N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-09-17
$4,000 Reward Offer
Bv N. Y. American
In Ceilings Case

NEW YORK, Sept. II G.N.SO.
The New York American today
posted a reward of $4,000 for
exclusive information leading to
the arrest and conviction of the
slayer of Benjamin P. Ceilings,
whcsH body was washed up on
Long Island yesterday.
The American calls attention
to these two slender clues:
A blanket bearing the printed
name, "HOteI Charles" found
wrapped about Mrs. Lillian Col
lingS when she was rescued by
the cruiser BO Peep.
The signature, "F. E. COlIing-
bourne and wife, Stamford,
Conn.," found on the register of
thc Hotel Charles in Spring
field, Mass.
The Washington times., 1931-09-17
K. Of {. To AID
B|CENTENN|AL

Appointment of committees to
cooperate in plans for the George
Washington bicentennial celebra-
tion next year, the coming sesqui-
centennial at Yorktown and the
celebration in 1884 of the landing
of the Catholics featured the first
fall meeting of the Washington
general assembly of the fourth
degre, Knights of Columbus last
night at the Mayflower Hotel.
It was announced the organiza-
ton would act as guard of honor
at the annual vesper service Oc-
tober IL at st. Dominic's Church.
Columbus Day will be celebrated
with dance october IL at the
Mayflower Hotel, while the an
nual party for the Little Sisters
of the Poor will be r Id during
November. The next initiation of
the order will be held on George
Washington's birthday, next Feb
ruary 20.