davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1934-11-23

@. How many international monus
ments are there along the United
States Canadian border?-W. H. S.
A. The International Boundary
Commission says that the total num-
Der Of monuments which mark the in
ternational boundary between the
United States. Canada and Alaska is
$3.50.
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Mr.. Hill said he was in short
wave radio communication with the
balloon, and from instrument read
ingS given him by Professor Picard
advised the f1ier and his wife of
their whereabouts. The Piccards
said they were still ascending at
that time, but made no attempt to
estimate their altitude.
While their parents sought to solve
the mystery of cosmic rays by car
rying aloft the most elaborate ar
ray of instruments yet assembled
for such a purpose, Paul Picard,
10, and his brother Donald, 8, sat
at radio waiting word from them.
They babe their "mommy and
poppy" good-by at the airport, CIV
ing them two small bouquets of red
roses. Then they ran to their rooms
and turned on radio. There was
no school for them today.
The Piccards had hoped to reach
an altitude of ten or eleven miles by
noon. Although their takeoff, at
6:57 a. m. { E. S. T.; ST a. m. In
dianapolis time) was at least two
hours later than originally planned,
they expected to rise more quickly
with the sun warming the hydrogen
gas in the balloon.
They did not expect to set or even
tie the present altitude record, as
their balloon was rated to ascend
not more than 10000 feet.
Descent was planned to start
shortly after noon, and to end just
about shutdown. Light winds pre-
vailing at the takeoff indicated they
might land near Baltimore, Phila-
delphia, or Washington, D. c. There
was possibility, also, that they
might find a soft landing in the pine
sWampS of New Jersey.
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the Union station massacre in Kan
Sas City in June, 1898. Federal
agents said they had positive proof
he was one of the killers.
1T is absurd to think Charles was
in that horrible shooting" she said.
He was not that type of criminal.
He fired his guns only to stave off
pursuit. If he ever killed, did not
know it"
Peace officers said Floyd was one
of the most cold-blooded killers N
American criminal history.
Mrs. Floyd said she had not seen
her husband for more than year
and simultaneously indirectly pro-
vided him with an alibi for the
Union station killings.
I have not seen Charles since
June is, 1888" she said. 1T was in
Wewoka, Okla. He couldn't have
been in that killing in Kansas City
and come to see me in Wekoka the
next day as carefree as he was
then"
Mrs. Floyd was expected to at
tend her husbands burial, planned
for Salisaw, Okla. Her plans for the
future were indefinite.
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LEAVE FIJI FOR
LONG HOP TODAY
Honolulu, 2,750 Miles Away,
Goal of Kingsford- Smith
and Taylor.
By United Press


SUVA, Fiji Islands wednesday,
Oct. Painless new storms develop
over the south Pacific, Commander
Sir Charles Kingsford- Smith was to
start today on the most perilous
phase of his Australia to- California
flight, the leg taking The Lady
Southern Cross from Suva to Homo
lulu, l,750 miles away.
Before retiring last night for a
long rest in anticipation of a
twenty-two-hour fight, the Austria
liam aviator and his flying compan-
ion, Captain P. G. Taylor, set the
take-off time for noon today (4:30
p. m. Tuesday psf, (2:30 p. m. In
dianapoliS time) They expect to
reach Honolulu in twenty-five hours.
From Honolulu to San Francisco is
2,080 miles.
They will go into the air there
three hours earlier in moving the
American-built monoplane from AL
bert Park $50 miles to the sandy
beach at Naselai, which affords a
longer runway for lifting the plane
and the 500 gallons of gasoline
which will be loaded at Naselai.
The filters reached here Sunday
after a hard battle with storms
along their course from Brisbane
Australia, the starting point of the
first west-to-eaSt flight ever at
tempted along this route. Further
rains forced the delay here but
clearing skies and a promising fore
cast for today indicated they proba-
bly, can get away at the time now
set.
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CATS, DOGS ROUTED
BY FIRE IN RESIDENCE
Firemen Beset by HOwIing Pact in
Battling Blaze.

1t literally poured cats and dogs"
today on firemen and police called
to cope with a blaze at the home
of Mrs. Ethel McMichael, so, of 931
North Illinois street.
Mrs. NIcNdichael shares her rather
ancient and dilapidated residence,
with fourteen dogs and a countless
swarm of cats and kittens, accord
ing to police.
This morning while she was
building a fire in stove in the rear
Of her house, a mass of old papers
caught fire and the blaze threatened
the entire frame structure.
Firemen beset upon all sides by a
merry, bowling pack of nipping
CANNES and clawing cats, succeeded
in extinguishing the blaze and con-
siderably dampening the enthusiasm
of another horde of cats and dogs
who offered loud protest from
porch roof.
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BRITONS WIN
AIR MARATHON
Turner and PangbOrn Given
Chance for Second;
DutChmen Down.

L
MELBOURNE, Australia (Wednes-
day., Oct. 24.-The American-built
Dutch passenger liner, piloted by
K. D. Parmentier, pressing for Sec
ond place to G. w. A. Scott and T.
Campbell Black in the great Eng
land-Australia air race, was forced
to land today 162 miles short of its
goal.
After flying more than 1000 miles
over sea and desert from England
the Dutch f1iers lost their bearings
in northern Victoria in the dark
ness.
The circled around Albury and
other towns Finally they landed
safely at Albury, on the Victoria
New South Wales border.
1t was believed they would spend
the remainder of the night there.
The American plane of Colonel
Roscoe Turner and Clyde Pangborn
was pushing on across Australia
from Darwin, and was conceded a
chance to beat the Dutch plane for
second place.
Scott and Black won $4,000, first
prize, in the speed section in the
amazing time of II hours and 18
seconds, just under three days,
compared to the previous record of
more than six days. The normal
steamer time is five weeks.
The Parmentier plane, however,
also covered itself with glory. 1t
is a regular passenger transport,
carrying a payload of three pas
sengers and mail, in addition to a
crew of four. The Scott-Black
plane is built for speed only.
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Melvin Purvis, department
of Justice ace manhunter who
led the party which brought
down Floyd, left the region
with most of his aids.
Federal Agent S. P. Cowley re-
manned behind to work for surren-
der to federal authorities of Adam
Richetti, Pretty Boys confederate,
who was captured by police at
WellSville.
Sheriff Thomas B. Bash of Kan
sas City was here to take Rlchettl
back to the midWeStern city to
stand trial for participation in the
union station massacre-One of the
most cold blooded mass killings in
history, in which Floyd was known
to have been the trigger man."
Sheriff Bash and Agent Cowley
were to confer today with Police
Chief John H. Fultz of Wellsville,
who so far has refused to give up
Richetti until he is brought to trial
on charges of shooting with intent
to kill growing out of the gun battle
Saturday during which Floyd
escaped and Richetti was captured.
Fultz and another officer were
slightly wounded in the exchange of
shots.
Curious townspeople continued to
gathered around the funeral parlors
this afternoon where Pretty Boys
body was held. Doors we're opened
again at 1920 and citizens began
filing past the body.
Floyd, shot down late yesterday
on a farm near here, died denying to
Mr.. Purvis that he took part in the
Kansas City massacre. in which four
officers and a federal prisoner
were slain. An inquest early today
showed that three bullets from the
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guns of federal agents and police
hit him. One entered his right arm
and two penetrated his right side.
One of these touched his heart. All
were slugs from 45-caliber pistols.
The grand jury will consider
charges of shooting with intent to
kill against Richetti today. Chief
Fultz said that despite what Mis-
souri, and federal officers thought.
he intended to press his own charge.
Mr.. Purvis, though angered by
this attitude, was delighted that
federal agents, had at last caught
up with Pretty Boy, rated as one of
the most desperate criminals in
the country. Mr. Purvis, the man
who tracked down John Dillinger,
led the party of federal agantS
and East Liverpool police who
trapped Floyd on the farm of Ellen
Conkle, seven miles north Of there,
after Purvis had received a tip from
a farmer from whom Floyd had re-
ceived food.
Floyd hid behind a corn crib.
Then, instead of shooting it out,
he ran. A volley of bullets brought
him down He carried two As
caliber pistols, both fully loaded. He
lived fifteen minutes, inquiring with
his last breath concerning his pal,
Richetti. He admitted he was Floyd,
denied having had a part in the
massacre, then died.
Wellsville police were angry be-
cause the federal agents took East
Liverpool police with them on the
expedition that ended in Fqoyd's
death. Wellsville police had sought
him since they flushed him and
Richetti Saturday. Chief Fultz told
newspaper mer the federal agents
we're too young to be peace officers
and authority has gone right to
their heads"
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would be the man least missed. -"
The Governor contrasted this
with the days when Indiana was
represented in the senate by such
figures as Albert J. Beveridge,
Thomas Marshall, Samuel Raj
ston and other historically great
figures.
In another portion of his ad-
dress, Governor McNutt scoffed
at the Republican cry that the
Roosevelt administration was I'M
dermining the Constitution and
said he would rather continue to
receive interpretations Of the Con-
stitution from the supreme court
than to get them from Republican
politicians.
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opposition to Sherman Minton,
Democratic senatorial candidate.
Mr. Minton will speak over the
same radio hookup next week.
Arthur Robinson started out, I
suppose, to be a candidate for
United States senator. 1 am be-
ginning to wonder now just what
he is running for. Apparently he
is running against me for some
thing. AS a matter of fact, I am
not a candidate for any public
office. I can not succeed myself
under the Constitution of the
state of Indiana.
But Arthur has directed his
alleged attack against me. I have
only two answers to him, both of
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'GR|Z WAGNER,
FAMED COACH,
DIES SUDDENLY
Developer of wonder Five
at Franklin SuCCumbS
to Heart Disease.
By Times Special

BIZ Times Special
FRANKLIN, Ind, Oct. 23.-Ernest
(Griz) Wagner, known nationally
as a basketball coach, died unex-
pectedly here today after suffering
an attack of heart disease. He APP
parently had been in good health
up until the time of his death.
Mr. Wagner was best known for
the Franklin wonder Five" the
team he coached at Franklin high
school which won the Indiana state
high school championship in 1920,
1921 and 1922. A year later he
went to Franklin college where,
with virtually an intact five, he
coached the Franklin college Won
der Five"
Two years ago, he returned to the
high school faculty as teacher by
hygiene. He did no coaching, his
sight having failed, but he served
as adviser to Robert (F'uzzy) Van
diver, present coach, who was con-
sidered by many to have been his
most gifted pupil.
The widow and a son and daugh-
ter survive him.
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STOP M'NUTT' SIGNS
ON TRAFFIC SIGNALS
STIR OFFICIAL WRATH

The latest Republican cam
paign maneuver to come to light,
the placing of Stop McNutt"
stickers on police traffic signs, to-
day drew a heated protest from
Chief Mike Morrissey and an or
der from the safety board that
Chief Morrissey determine who
was responsible for the placing of
the signs so that it might be
ended most definitely.
The stickerS, red and blue and
about the shape and size of a
football, with the message: stop
McNutt-Vote Republican" were
placed on the signs sometime last
night. Whoever was responsible
for their distribution APPARENTLY
had a distinct liking for preferen-
tial streets and stop" signs.
The safety board believes that,
if the stop" signs are DISTRACTED
and motOrist drives into through
traffic and an accident, the board
can be sued for damages. Chief
Morrissey says that, on any sign,
the presence of a sticker will di-
vert the drivers attention from
traffic conditions or traffic lights.
Republican state headquarters
disavowed all knowledge of the
stickers, but Wayne Emmelman,
county chairman, said his head
quarters had a supply of them.
81 don't blame EN- he COM
mented when informed of the
safety boards wrath. Those
Stickers and signs go out of head
quarters and you never know what
happens to them after that. Some
overenthusiaStic worker is re-
sponsible and that's all there is
to it."
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ITEAPING ridicule on Senator
- Arthur R. Gi1 Arthur Rob-
inson and on the way the senator
is conducting his campaign for re-
election, Governor Paul V. McNutt
last night delivered over a state
wide radio hookup the first Of
series of three important broad
casts scheduled by the Democratic
state committee.
The Governor. who was intro
duced by Omer S. jackson, Demo-
cratic state chairman, was par
ticularly deriSlve of Lii Arthur's
efforts to campaign on an anti
McNutt program rather than in
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-10-23
GOVERNOR PROCLAIMS
ARMISTICE, NAVY DAYS

Two Minutes of Silence Requested
on Nov. IL Observance.
Proclamations designating Nov. II
as Armistice day and Oct. q as
Navy day were issued yesterday by
Governor Paul v. McNutt.
The Armistice day proclamation
asked two minutes of silence at II
in memory of those who have offered
their lives for their country. Dis
play of flags and other appropriate
ceremonies were urged for Navy day
observance.
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disclose today. there had been no
certain knowledge of Floyd's where
abouts from the day he helped NOV
down four officers with machine
guns ir Kansas City in June. 1888.
until WellSville 90 police en-
countered him last Saturday.
The women whose activities the
department is checking are Juanita
Buelah Baird and Rose Baird. Their
present whereabouts was not re-
vealed. The Baird sisters were with
Floyd on some of his earlier ex-
PLOTS and the department said
they ARE reported to have again
become associated with Floyd and
his latest partner. Adam Richetti."
Killing of Floyd climaXed more
than years hunt in which scores
OF tireleSs federal operatives. ran
down hundreds Of clews in every
section of the country.
Killing of the agent, Raymond j.
Caffrey, put justice department OPP
eratives on F7oyd's trail in an I'M
relenting hunt.
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which or either of which would
be sufficient. Both of them have
come from sources removed from
partisan background.
"One of them came from the
New York Times, one of the most
influential newspapers in the
United States. The New York
Times described Arthur perfectly
in one sentence as the man who
knows the most things that amt
So
The other answer, of course,
was given by the newspaper cor
respondents of the nation, gath
cred in Washington, D. c., most
Of them representing Republican
newspapers. 1t is their business
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Capital Won't Miss Robinson, Says keenan,

had not kept this information
from our agents, we would have
captured Robinson and returned
Mrs. Stoll to her family in the first
days of the affair"
MIR. KEENAN,, a f1orid, square
1N1 faced Irishman whose en-
phasis lost nothing through a
pleasantly humorous spec ch,
stopped at municipal airport on
his way to Terre Haute, where
he spoke last night in behalf Of
Congressman Virginia Jencke's
campaign for reelection.
The straws in the wind-and
they are many-all indicate that
administration popularity is on
the increase and we are looking
forward to a Democratic land
slide of unparalleled proportions, p"
he said of the political situation.
Asked about a recent Literary
Digest poll, which showed a sharp
decline in New Deal popularity,
Mr.. keenan, seemed inclined to
deprecate its importance. He ad-
mitted that previous Digest polls
had proved very valuable, but
poined out that ballots in this
case had been submitted to only
$1,000 persons and that, certainly,
not all of these had voted.
He estimated that not more than
1000 Hoosiers had voted in the
poll and stated that the possibility
for error was enormous when such
a small group was being used as
a criterion of the sentiment of a
great state.
IT VERIFYING points to a
L. great victory for Democra-
cy," he said. Don't forget that
the Digest vote was being taken
in Maine at the time of the cleo
ton there. The poll showed heavy
Republican majorities and, yet,
we achieved the best results in
the history of the Democratic
party in a strictly congressional
and state election.
why, we elected the Governor
and two out of three congressman
and almost elected a senator. If
that isn't a Democratic victory in
a rock-ribbed Republican state,
1 don't know what would be-"
Having disposed of the Repub-
1icans in general and LII Arthur
in particular, Mr.. keenan, finished
off the Nashville Robinsons with
equal optimism.
I'VE intend to prosecute them
vigorously and we intend to con-
vict them" he said.
Mr.. keenan, was greeted at the
airport by Mrs. JenckeS, who ap-
peared supremely confident, and
Val Nolan, United States attorney
for the southern district of In
diana.
AS the assistant attorney-gen-
eral climbed into the car which
was waiting to speed him to Ter
re Haute, he was told that depart
ment of justice agents just had
shot and killed Pretty Boy"
Floyd. Tersely, he commented:
That's one more we won't have
to prosecute"
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Times Index

to look upon the doings Of con-
gresS from the press gallery and to
report those doings to the people
Of the United States.
4 T the close of the last session
"A Of congress-" MeNutt con-
tinued, these newspaper CORE
spondents determined certain su-
perlatives and diminutives, and
among the things determined was
the selection of the one member
of the United States senate who
would be 'the/least missed
And they voted not by a fair
majority, not by an overwhelm-
ing majority. but almost unani-
mously that Arthur Robinson
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There have been so may Of them.
I can't even keep track of them, -
said j. Edgar Hoover. director Of
the Sharp-Shooting justice depart
ment agents as he prepared to con-
centrate on those next on the list
Lester NJ. ellis. alias Baby Face"
Nelson, and John Hamilton. Dillin-
ger gangSterS. and the Bremen kid
napers. Alvin Karpis and Arthur
Barker.
Authorities agreed that Floyd was
one of the most dangerous criminals
in the country. Never. however, has
the government recognized any
ranking of public enemies. The
only criminal for whom a federal
reward is outstanding is Nelson. Dill
linger gangster accused Of Staying a
federal agent. No federal reward
was posted for Floyd.
Two women held the interest Of
Justice department agents today as
they sought 10 trace the movements
of Floyd during the past year and
prosecute all who helped him evade
the law.
So far as federal authorities would
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throughout his criminal career.
Quiet, mild-mannered. she re-
ceived news of his death with no
outward show of emotion. She re-
affirmed her belief that Charley
tried to 60 straight after those early
scrapes with the law, but the fact
that he had been arrested because
he was a known former convict dis
couraged him
Mrs. Floyd was here with her g.
year-old son. Jack Dempsey Floyd.
They are on tour with Ii motion pic
ture entitled Crime Doesn't Pay"
Mrs. FLOYD married Pretty Boy"
in January. 1924. when she was Is
and he was 90 Mrs. Floyd and her
son live with Mrs. Floyd's rather at
Bixby. Okla.
The Floyds had been divorced, but
heir separation was only a tenn
porary one: they were reconcned
shortly afterward.
1T is as I expected Mrs. Floyd
said when she was told federal
agents had killed him in Ohio. 1T
is as I have told him countless
times"
Mrs. Floyd always refused to be-
lieve her husband was involved in
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JOSEPH B. KEENAN,, assistant
- encouragement and the de-
partment of Justices crack crimi-
nal prosecutor, visited Indianapo-
lis just long enough to discuss
several RobinSons in a manner
which, to say the least, was out
spoken and emphatic.
OF Senator Arthur r. Oil Ar
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the brutal kidnapping of Mrs. Alice
Speed Stoll, the assistant attor-
ney-general said:
There is no doubt that they will
be prosecuted as accomplices.
Both of them knew it when Mrs.
Stoll was brought here. Further
more, they both knew where she
was being concealed and. if they
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thur Robinson, Mr.. keenan, said:
I'VE in Washington will be very
happy to dispense with Mr.. Rob-
inson and we expect Sherman
Minton to make a most accepta-
BILE Junior senator from Indiana"
OF Mrs. Thomas H. Robinson Jr.
and Thomas H. Robinson ST., wife
and father of the man sought IN
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Black to Tour West Coast

BIZ JnIfCd PrcSs
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.-Eugene
R. Black, contact man" between
the administration and the banks,
said today he would make a Pacific
coast tour soon to sell" the admin
iStration to the banks in that re-
gion.
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STAGE
MAMMOTH PARADE
World War Recalled by
COI0rfuI Procession.
BIZ United Press

BIZ UHited Press
MIAMI, Fla, Oct. 23.-The Ameri-
can Legion threw out a long line Of
marching men today to remind the
nation of the World war
Parade day at the American Le-
gion national convention brought a
seemingly endless procession of i'm
maculately-clad veterans swinging
down Biscayne boulevard.
The bonus question was temper
arily lost in the blare of martial mu-
sic, but it will be revived tomorrow
on the convention floor where
another controversy is anticipated.
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NOT GUILTY, PLEA
Z OF MRS. ROBINSON
Trial on kidnapping Charge
Set for Oct. 20.
BIZ [ nitcd Press

By CHltCd Press
LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 23-Mrs.
Frances Robinson, wife of the flu
gitive kidnaper of Mrs. Alice Speed
Stoll, pleaded not guilty to partici-
pating in the crime when she was
arraigned today before Federal
Judge Charles 1. Dawson.
Her trial was set tentatively for
Oct. %. The defendant, mother of
a Swear old boy, is one of three per-
sons under indictment on charges
of kidnapping.
Thomas H. Robinson Jr., the &C
tual kidnaper. has eluded a govern
ment manhunt leading to the At
lantic seaboard.