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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-04
SETTLE AT HELM

CHICAGO, Aug. 4. lUPJ.-
Americas stratosphere balloon,
with Lieut.-Commdr. I. W. u:
Settle at the helm will take of
tonight at II o'clock in an ef-
fort to break all previous alti-
tude records.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-04
POLA NEGRI DENIES
MARRIAGE RUMOR

PARIS. Aug. 4.-CUP).-Pola
Negri last night emphatically de,
MED reports that she had married
Harold F. Mccormick. wealthy
Chicago manufacturer.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-04
BALBO TO FLY
AZORES ROUTE
Americas Stratosp h e re
Flight Will Start at ii
O'clock Tonight

NEW YORK, Aug. 4.-(UP(
General Italo Balbo has decided
to take his seaplane fleet home
by way of the Azores Island be-
cause of persistent bad weather
over the northern route, ne sald
today in a message issued
through Mackay Radio.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-04
CLARENFIELD. Md, Aug.

CLARENFIELD. NIu,, mug
d (UP).-General ltalo Balbo
announced last night that
weather conditions would not
permit departure of his "a
italian seaplanes for Valencia;
Ireland, today. He had hoped
TO start at dawn.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-04
GOOD AFTERNOON

Isn't il stranse-just about the
time a husband gets comfortable
his wife starts house-cleaning
again.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-08-04
WEATHER

,Iv cloudy tonight and Sat-
urday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30
Russians Soar II Miles
High; Skater Records
Scientists Break Mark Set
by Picard by More
Than Mile.

By United Press
MOSCOW, Sept. 30.-Three Rus
sian scientists, exploring the stra-
tosphere eleven miles above the
earth in the giant government
balloon USSR today shattered all
existing altitude records.
Studying their instruments at
the comfortable temperature of
71.6 degrees maintained in their
gondola, the scientists cruised
through space where the tempera-
ture was 88 below zero.
Starting at 8:43 a. m. from the
local airport, they reached at 9:58
a. m. an altitude of 17.9 kilometers
eleven miles, 204 YARDS.
Soaring rapidly, they surpassed
all previous records within forty
minutes after their start.
After cruising about and study
ing their instruments, the ballon-
lists assembled finally to 1874 kilo-
meters I'll miles, $50 yards at
1890 p. m.
we are feeling fine and send
best wishes" they radioed to earth.
Twenty minutes later they began
to descend. They reported their
supply of oxygen vas holding out
well.
officials expected them to land
about 4 Q m. and sent several air.
planes to Serpukhov, ffty-six miles
from Moscow, where it was calcu-
lated the balloon would touch earth.
UnSatisfied with the achievement
today, officials planned to send the
even larger balloon Osoaviakuin-
the official term for the society for
aviation and defense-into the up
per air Sunday to excel the USSR's
feat.
The USSR. in a cloudless sky, re-
manned visible from Moscow, a tiny
Speck in the sky, during its ascent
and descent.
The previous altitude record for
balloons, set by Professor Auguste
Picard and Max Coyns of Belgium,
was ten miles, III yards. The air.
plane record. as yet unofficial, is
eight miles, 1908 yards. It was set
Thursday by the French civilian
pilot, GustaVe Lemoine.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30
FOR BOSSES
IS ASKED OF NRA
Employers Seek Approval of
Codes Quickly.

A telegram urging General Hugh
S. Johnson, NRA administration, to
give employers a break" as we'll as
employees by quick adoption of codes
Of industries now operating under
the blanket code, was sent by In
diana NRA officials today.
The message signed by William
j. Mooney of the district recovery
board, and M. NJ. Dunbar of the
state board, urged immediate adop-
ton of industry codes, particularly
in the restaurant business.
The trouble with the present
situation" said Francis Wells, In
diana commerce department rep
r~esentative, rs that while wages
and hours may have been adjusted
satisfactorily rules of fair practice
are not being observed particularly
in price fixing or cutting. The pres
ent system is unfair to The en-
ployer."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30
AdOlph Seidensticker Is
Named City Postmaster
Former Member of State
PardonS Board Succeeds
Leslie Clancy.

Adolph Seidensticker, 1920 North
Pennsylvania street, former attor-
ney for the Home Owners Loan
Corporation in Marion county and
ex-member and secretary of the
state pardons board, today will take
over the indianapolis postmaster
ship.
News of Mr.. Seidensticker's ap-
pointment to succeed Leslie D.
Clancy was received Friday night
from United States Senator Fred
erick Van Mugs in Washington.
Mr.. Clancy received his appoint
ment to the postmastership Jan.
27, 1882, from former president
Herbert Hoover.
The new postmaster was born in
Indianapolis and educated in local
schools. Upon his graduation from
Indiana law school in 1896, he en-
tered practice as a member OF the
firm of Florea & Seidensticker.
The partnership continued until
1918 when Mr.. SeidenSticker re-
signed to devote his entire time to
the post of secretary of the state
pardons board.
He had been appointed to the par
dons board in 1913 by Governor
Thomas R. Marshall and served I'M
til 1925 when board was abolished
under the Ed Jackson adminiStra-
ton. He then re-entered law prac-
tice.
Mr.. Seidensticker, So. is a member
of the Masonic order and past mas
ter of Pentalpha lodge No. 564. He
and Mrs. Seidensticker have three
children, J.. Porter and Adolph
Seidensticker, and Mrs. Mary Mar
garet Miller. Adolph Seidensticker
resides in Philadelphia.
Mr.. Clancy has been transferred
to the position of assistant money
order cashier.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30
LUER KIDNAPERS
ARE GIVEN LIFE
Three of Six Convicted
Given Heavy Terms
in Illinois.

ny r. Y
E"DWARDSVILLE, Ill, Sept. 30.
All six defendants in the August
Luer kidnapping case were found
guilty today by a jury in Madison
county circuit court. Three were
sentenced to life Imprisonment.
Included among those sentenced
to life were Mrs. Lillian Chosen,
81, who are alleged to have COL
laborated in writing a $4,000 ran
som demand.
The other two sentenced to life
terms were Randol Eugene Norvell,
80, East st. Louis gambler, and
Percy Michael Fitzgerald, 80, st.
Louis ex-convict.
Mike Musiala. 49-year-old farm
er. who owned the st. Clair coun-
ty farm to which Luer was taken
and cast into a damp dugout, where
he was held for five days, was
sentenced to twenty years impris-
onment.
Five years each were given to
Charles Chosen, 81, husband of
Mrs. Chosen. and to Christ Nicola
Gitcho, SIS, Madison, Ill, grocer, in
the basement of whose store Luer
was held for several hours immedi-
stely after the abduction.
The jury. which fixed the pen
altieS in all cases, retired to de-
liberate upon the case at 4:40 p. m.
Thursday, celebrating a total of
forty-two hours. It's verdicts were
returned in less than a half hour
after the more sensational verdicts
in the Charles F. Urschel kidnap-
ing cast at Oklahoma City.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30
CITY BOY, TO-,
SHOT TO DEATH
During Game of
Cowboy and Indian
at Home.

Ten-year-old Raymond Mock, $50
Shelby street, was killed today at
his home when a .32-caliber bullet
pierced his heart, ending a game of
cowboy gnd Indian" which he had
been playing with William Bland,
10, of lilo English avenue.
At first, the Bland boy told police
that he was on the front porch of
the Mock home when he heard a
shot, and rushed into the house to
see the Mock boy lying on the floor,
and that "a kid in a green sweater
ran out"
But further question brought the
real story.
I'VE had been playing cowboy and
Indian With wooden guns" young
Bland said. Finally, Ray got the
revolver and we played with it,"
Raymond had the revolver first.
He took out the shells. Then it
was my turn to play with it. I
didn't know the shells had been put
back"
Neither the father nor mother
of the dead boy, both of whom are
employed, were at home.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30
VICE DRIVE LAUNCHED
100 Women to Serve on Body at
Cadle Tabernacle.

A campaign to clean up vice in
the city was launched Friday night
at a meeting in Cadle Tabernacle
addressed by DR.. J. T. Upchurch of
Arlington. Tex. The meeting was
climaxed when DR.. Upchurch asked
for 100 women volunteers to serve
on a committee that will conduct
the campaign
From this group a subcommit-
tee Will be chosen 10 cali on Police
Chief Mike MorriSSey and Sheriff
Charles Sumner in the interests of
the vice drive. which will be directed
particularly against amusement
nlaceS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30
Aw, Beans!
Mexican Jumpers Save
Day for Gamblers.
United Press

By United Press
WARSAW, Ind, Sept. 80. -
w The Mexican jumping bean
has displaced all gambling devices
here.
Gamesters with bulging bank
rolls were diSheartened when they
visited the street fair and dis
covered no slot machines.
Unable to find a poker or craps
game, those VINO would wager
idly stood watching a bean vender
peddle his ware.
Finally one man, more resource
full than his companions, pur-
chased a handful of the jumping
beans. Next he is said to have
secured a piece OF paper on which
ne drew a large circle. Men of
the world step up, select a bean,
place it in the circle and lay down
their money. The man whose bean
jumps out of the circle first wins
the pot"
The vender is said to have sold
a bushel of these Mexican jump
ing beans at l cent each.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30

One man, believed to have
been jenkins, was thrown
from the car.
The kidnapped indianapolis man,
Victor Lyle, 26, of 1873 South Holmes
avenue, escaped after being forced
by one of the escaped men to drive
to Bloomington, Spencer, and Nash
vile. He was held up while driving
near Ben Davis.
Frank M. Radcliffe, Terre Haute,
was thrown from his automobile,
shortly after he had been abducted
there near the city market.
The hunt today is centered in
Brown county and vicinity with the
search being led by sixty state
police.
Of the ten men, mostly lifers, who
made a break from the prison Tues
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30
M. E. APPOINTMENTS
TO Be MADE SUNDAY
important Shifts Planned
in PaStorateS.

Next session of the annual In
diana conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church will be held at
Columbus. Ind, delegates decided
today at the North Methodist
church.
Interest now centers in the APP
pointments of ministers by Bishop
Edgar Blake TO be made late Sun
day.
There are rumorS of important
changes TO be made, but nothing
official will be known until the APP
pointments are made.
This afternoon the wives of the
ministers were entertained at the
home of Mrs. j. W Esterline. 5l05
North Meridian street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30
ELUDE POLICE
IN FRANTIC CHASE HERE;
CITY MAN IS KIDNAPPED
West Side Resident Gets Away From Lone
Desperate When Gasoline Supply in
Auto Runs Low in Nashville.
FORCED TO DRIVE CAR 200 MILES
One of Escaped Gang Is Caught at Hammond
Following Liberation of Sheriff; Band
Escapes in Wild Race in Ben Davis.

One of nine fugitive convicts from the Indiana state
prison, believed to be Joseph Jenkins, life term murderer,
was seen near Tell City, Ind, today as an extensive manhunt
followed a series of dramatic events Friday night and early
today, which included the kidnapping of two men, one from
indianapolis.
State police pursuing four of the convicts in an 8O-mlle-
an-hour automobile chase, were eluded in Ben DAVIS about
1920 Friday night, when the fuglt1ves stopped tnelr car
suddenly in an effort to swerve into a side road.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30
No Radio?
Music Loving ConviCtS
Renew Rioting.

BIZ United Press
PHILADELPHIA Sept. 30. -
Il Eastern penitentiary convicts
staged a new riotous demonStra-
ton early today.
Informed by a committee of
prisoners that the board of truS-
tees refused to place radios in the
cells, furnish newspapers daily,
and free certain convicts from
solitary confinement. approx
mately 1900 inmates set up a wild
hubbub in their cells.
The prisoners rioted Wednes-
day. but were quelled after $50
police had been brought within
the walls.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30
200 Mile Ride With Fleeing Convict
Nightmare to Kidnapped City Man

II GUESS I'm darn lucky, at that" Still vfsibly shaken by his har-
L rowing experience of riding all night with one of the fugitive con-
victs from the Indiana state prison who kept a gun poked IN mis-
ribs. Victor LYLE. 26. of 1886 South Holmes street, was thankful to be
alive today.
In the garden of the bungalow where he lives with his parents,
Lyle told the story of a ride which began in Ben Davis at 10 p. m
Friday and ended in Nashville at 4 a m. today.
Even the peaceful setting of his home among flowers and shrubs
failed to have a quoting effect on the young mans nerves He
rumpled his dark hair with nervous hands and lit one cgaret upon
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30

Three other st. Paul men,
Sam KrOnick, Sam Kozberg
and IsadOre Blumenfeld, were
acquitted.
The FIVE st. Paul men had been
charged with participating in the
kidnapping conspiracy, for their al
legged part in changing part of the
5000. 900 ransom paid by Urschel.
Bailey and Bates were pictured as
the leaders in the abduction, along
with George Machine Gum Kelly
and his wife. who is to be tried later.
The Shannons we're charged with
providing their farm as the refuge
for the kidnapers and their victim.
Life Maximum Penalty
The government announced SEN
fences on the convicted defendants
would be passed next Saturday.
Life Imprisonment was the maxi
mum penalty possible. Those con-
victed were given a few minutes 10
enter motions for new trials.
The verdicts were returned under
the new federal Lindbergh anti
KIDNAPPING law.
In announcing sentences would De
deferred a week. the government
gave the defendants time to file
motions for new trials and appeals.
Motions for new trials were hled
immediately for Bailey and Bates.
High Appeal Indicated
Motions to arrest the judgments
So. the case can be taken to the
Denver circuit court of appeals and
also TO the United States supreme
court also were entered.
Attorneys for the Shannons and
for Blumenfield and Sicily an
they also would file new
trial motions.
The case went to the jury at 4:lO
Friday afternoon. The verdict was
reported to have been reached and
sealed sometime Friday night. Fed
eral Judge Vaught had advised the
Jury that if its verdict was not
arrived at until after $50 Friday,
he would postpone receiving it until
this morning.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30
BEER DRIVE
IS STARTED BY CITY
DR.. Morgan Orders Aids to
Inspect Equipment.

Drive for clean beer was started
today by DR.. Herman G. Morgan,
city health board secretary.
Following complaints of dirty coils
and glasses, DR.. Morgan ordered in
Spectors to visit all beer dispensing
place. Those found clean will be
given certificates, and cleanup"
orders issued to others.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30
Taxes

With the county tax adjust
ment board having approved
Marion county levies after de-
claring an emergency over the
$3.50 law, the city today is
confronted with a state tax
board battle on the new levies.
Although budgets and tax
levies consist chiefly of figures
often too tiresome for the
taxpayer until payment time
arrives-there are many de-
tails which will be brought
forward in the tax board hear
ings.
Starting Monday the Times
will present the first of a series
of stories on the city budget,
showing the reductions in adj
ministration costs that have
been made and pointing to
other items that may be sliced
or eliminated.
Read this series in The Times
starting Monday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30
Lightning Kills Six Hogs

KENDALLVILLE, Ind, Sept. 30
A bolt of lightning struck a large
barn at the owen Bowman farm
near here, killing six hogs and a
shote. A horse two feet from the
hogs escaped injury.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30
LIBRARY ON NEW HOURS
Business Branch Abandons Sum
mer Schedule; Open $3.50 to $3.50.

Business Branch library, located
in the school board administration
building, Meridian and Ohio streets,
will abandon the summer schedule
Monday and be open every week
day, including Saturday, from $50
a. m. to $50 p. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30
Await KeIIy'S Return

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OKLAHOMA CITY. Sept. 30
Government prosecutors announced
today shortly after a federal court
jury had convicted sever defendants
in the Urschel kidnapping ase that
George Machine Gum Kelly would
be returned here from Memphis
this afternoon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30
Police Chief Fired

BIZ Juiftd Press
MINNEAPOLIS. Sept. 3O.-Police
Chief Joseph Lehmeyer of Mime
apolis was discharged by Mayor A.
G. B~ainbridge today for testifying
for the defense in the Charles Yrs
chel kidnapping trial.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30
Tetanus Poisoning Is Fatal

DW LWfNrW FfNH
ROCHESTER, Ind, Sept. 3d.
Tetanus poisoning resulting from a
rusty nail which he ran in his foot
recently, climaxed the life Of Mer-
rill Henry, 80, farmer near here,
Friday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30
Cummings Is Pleased

RW I Hffra Press
WASHINGTON. Sept. 30.-The
convictions in the Urschel kidnap-
ing case brought an expression of
satisfaction today from Attorney
General Homer S. Cummings, who
has taken personal interest in the
case.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30
LOOT OF THUGS
Masked Bandits Take Pay Roll in
Robbery in East.
By United Press

III IWFFEW 7 TT66
BINGHAMTON, N. Y, Sept. 3d.
Five masked bandits entered the
Office of the Kroehler Manufacture
ing Company here late Friday, took
a $4,000 pay roll and escaped in a
waiting automobile.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30
Thieves Steal Ferns

-Four large ferns valued at $50
were stolen from the home of Mrs.
Margaret Dugen. 313 East Twenty
second street, early today, she re-
ported TO police.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30
Shoot!
Draw First Is Order
to All Police.

"DON'T let any one beat you to the
- draw. You have guns and are
supposed to know how to use them"
That was the terse order given to-
day to police concentrating on the
hunt for escaped convicts, by Cap
tain John Mullin.
All available radio cars and ma
chine-gun squads were thrown into
the area southwest of the city and
in the White river marshes and all
other police in the city were ordered
briefly to "be ready"
CHERIFF CHARLES NEEL Of
- Corydon, who was taken for a
ride" by escaping Michigan City
convicts and appeared in Gary to
tell the tale. was to be brought to
Indianapolis today by Captain Matt
Leach of the state police. Neel was
released Friday night.
Il vas standing in the lobby Of
the Michigan City prison when the
break occurred" said Neel. Sud
denly, I heard a terrific crash and
the prisoners were upon me. One
of them grabbed me, taking the keys
of my car from my partner friend,
DR.. Lee Wolf.
They drove out to state Road II.
After driving for some time the a
went into a ditch. The convicts
forced a farmer to drive them
farther in his car, holding a gun on
him all the time.
They abandoned his car and
walked across fields in the pour
ing rain. We laid in bushes all
Wednesday night and on Thursday
the men stole another car from a
farm. Finally they put me out of
the car. One of the men wanted
to tie me up, another said:
"It'd kill the old man-give him
a break"
Il was lost and walked around
aimlessly and then found State
Road 6. After miles Of walking 1
got to Hobart and then took a troll
ley to Gary"
Three d~un-colored prison jackets
bearing the prison numbers of three
Of the escaped Michigan City con-
victs, were found abandoned in an
automobile near BroWnstown Fri
day. Two of the jackets were issued
to Charles Monkey and the other to
Edward Shouse, according to prison
officials.
EDWARD WATTS, Ben Davis
Il jeweler, to1k a pot-shot at n
of the fleeing conyicts near High
School road Friday night.
Il had been listening to the voice
of Al Feeney, state director of pub
lie safety. tell of the flight of four
convicts from Terre Haute," said
Mr.. Watts. Il left the drug store
at 6301 West Washington street,
and walked toward home.
Suddenly the car with the con-
victs in it roared past me and
swerved south into High School
road. One of the convicts was
thrown out. AS he regained his
feet and fled, I hred a shot at him.
I don't think 1 hit him, however.
He had a gun in his hand but
didn't attempt to shoot back"
Mr.. Watts explained that he has
a permit to carry a revolver.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30
Auto Injuries Cause Death

By United Press
HAMMOND, Ind, Sept. 30.-A
skull fracture suffered when he was
knocked down by a speeding auto
mobile caused the death here Fri
day night Of Frank Grywich, 43.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-30
| BAD MAN OF
i. s.. CONVICTED IN
URSCHEL KIDNAPPING
Harvey Bailey Found Guilty With Albert
Bates and Boss Shannon in Trial
at Oklahoma City.
THREE ST. PAUL MEN ACQUITTED
Sentencing of Six to Come Next Saturday,
Say Prosecutors; Await Return of
George Machine Gun Kelly.

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OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 3O-Seven defendants were
found guilty today in the kidnapping of Charles F. Urschel,
Oklahoma oil millionaire.
Those convicted were Harvey ]. Bailey, Albert L. Bates,
r. c. BOSS Shannon, Mrs. Shannon and son Armon of Para
disc, Tex, and Clifford Sicily and Barney Berman of st. Paul.