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Evening star., 1934-04-15
Newspaper Women's Club
Holding Nav Day Fair

The May Day Fair of the News
paper Women's Club of Washington,
which Is to be held on the afternoon
and evening of May in the audi
torium Of the National Press Club, has
started a reform movement that may
be defined as nothing less than noble.
The what-not, or white elephant, or
junk booth has offered splendid OPP
portunity to rid attics and Easements,
storerooms and cubby-holes Of their
accumulation of cast-offs; and, judg-
ing from the contributions already
received by Miss Margaret Germond,
chairman Of the booth, by the time
May day arrives good many of these
"dens of iniquity" will have lost their
nightmarish aspect and assumed a
character Of virtuous superiority.
Candlesticks, rugs, earrings, vases,
decrepit furniture, old silver, odd
Evening star., 1934-04-15
Dinner Thursday for Music
Festival Committees

A dinner will be held Thursday at
$50 O'Clock in Western Presbyterian
Church for the members of the City
Wide Committee for the Music Fes-
tival TO be given April 80, May and
2, by the church choirs of Washing
ton and the National Symphony Or
chestra. Brief talks will be made by
the various chairmen of Church Com
mittees engaged in the sale Of tickets
for this three-day program of choral
and orchestral music.
The Music Festival, which Is for the
benefit of the Columbia Bible Train
Ing School of Washington, is enlisting
the keen interest and cooperation of
Womens clubs, music clubs, churches,
young peoples groups and even of
choirs which are not among the IA
choirs to be heard in the festival pro-
gram. Many clubs and organizations
throughout the city are taking blocks
OF seats for the final event. at Consti-
tuition Hall, Wednesday, May 2, when
the National Symphony Orchestra will
assist in the program, to be conducted
by DR. Hans Kinder.
Blocks of seats are also being taken
for the two programs in the First
Congregational Church April 80 and
May l, which will be sung by seven
choirs each night. Distinguished men
and women of the Capital are in
cluded among the patrons and patron
esses of this occasion. which is the
first time that a large body of church
choir singers has been assisted by the
musicians of the National Symphony
Orchestra.
Boxes for the final program at Con-
stitution Hall are already in demand
at the headquarters of the Columbia
Bible Training School. at 1924 H
street. 1t is also possible to secure
tickets for the entire series of three
events there. as we'll as from all men,
bers of the City-Wide Committee and
from the various choir members.
Evening star., 1934-04-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Stock announce
the engagement of their daughter,
Virginia Janney, to Lieut.. Raymond
A. Hansen, United States Navy. The
wedding is to take place at the Naval
Academy Chapel April 27.
Evening star., 1934-04-15

pieces of china, lamps, glass. pottery,
beads, boxes and baskets Of all va
rieties, jewelry and a heterogeneous
assortment of everything that has
long since served its immediate pur-
pose and has been slowed away for
one reason or another have been
hauled out and donated to the fair.
A number of attics and storerooms
offered for "raiding" have not yet
been explored. No limit has been
placed upon the number or variety Of
donations for this booth. and all Of
ferings are welcome.
Evening star., 1934-04-15
Wedding Anniversary
Celebrated Last Week

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bernstein
celebrated their first wedding ami
versary with a party at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Schiller, 1926
Fifth street northwest, last Sunday.
The guests included close friends and
relatives. The color scheme of green
and white was carried out in the
table decoration and in the confec-
tions. A buffet supper was served.
Evening star., 1934-04-15
American University
Alumni Tea Todav

The Alumni Board of American
University will entertain at a tea at
the Graduate School. 1901 F. street,
this afternoon from 4 to O'Clock in
honor of Chancellor and Mrs. Joseph
M. M. Gray. All alumni Of the uni
versity have been invited to meet DR..
and Mrs. Gray.
Evening star., 1934-04-15
All Saints Church
Bridge Tea Wednesday

The Rector's Aid Society of All
Saints Church, with Mrs. Jean Haw-
ley as leader, will sponsor a bridge
tea for the benefit of the church
Wednesday in the parish hall.
Evening star., 1934-07-15

stirring this great Leaders
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-07
Two Under Arrest


GROWN POINT. Ind. March Z.
Two members of the force of sew
enteen guards posted in the Lake
county Jail. where John Dilln. ger.
ruthless outlaw. broke to freedom.
today faced charges of aiding and
abetting the criminals escape.
The pair, Sam CahOOn. 64-year-
old turnkey. and Deputy Sheriff
Ernest Bunk. fingerprintiug expert.
were taken into custody yesterday
on warrants issued by Judge Will
liam J. Murray in Lake county
criminal court. They were later re-
leased on their own recognizance.
The charges were preferred by
officials conducting a state investi-
CATION of the Jail break. Canoon
was the first guard subdued by D.l-
hnger and his little wooden gun.
and Bunk the second. Bunk also
was taken along to drive the des-
perado'S automobile. stolen from
Sheriff Lillian Holley.
In addition 10 the ever-pyrsmid-
ing criticism of the Lake county jail
management came the announce
ment from South Bend by James r.
Fleming. federal district attorney
for northern Indiana. that no fed
eral prisoners would be sent TO the
Lake county institution as long as
Sheriff HOlley remained in office
The charges against Bunk and
Cahoon we're signed by Ray NJ
Hullett. special investigator. Bunk
collapsed when he heard of the
CHARGES.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-07
RickenbaCker Defends
Operators Of Air Lines

that there would be a new DEAL in
aviation, Captain Rickenbacker
said.
Postmaster General James Far
ley invited them to Washington, eX-
planned that congress had cut the
appropriation from SIG, 100000 to
$15,000000 and urged them to pro-
rate the reductions" he said There
was no collision in this, no more
than in the Brown 1880 meetings.
THE operators were in a bad way.
They had placed orders for $7000,-
900 in new equipment. Their NRA
code had lifted pay rolls 20 per cent.
mfr. Farley told them they had
nothing to fear as long as they con-
tinued to provide good service. So
the operators went home and began
deviSing economies.
Then, suddenly, the contracts
we're cancelled and the industry was
thrown into turmoil and confusion -
IF any operator is guilty of col
fusion it should Immediately be
proved and he should be punished.
The proof has been promised. 1 am
still waiting for it,"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-07
$4,000 is TAKEN
BY BANDIT GANG
Free Shooting Mob Sought
for StiCkup of Bank.
By United Press

BIZ United Press
SIOUX FALLS, S. D., March T.
"A swashbuckling, free-shooting
band of six robbers was sought to-
day between Sioux Falls and Min
neapoliS for the armed robbery of
the Securities National Bank and
Trust Company.
The bandits obtained $4,000 IN
a holdup punctuated by bursts Of
machine gun fire which terrorized
a crowd of 1000 spectators and
Sioux Falls police, one of whom was
wounded.
The bandits trail led into south
ern Minnesota and it was believed
they were heading for the Twin
Cities. Five hostages, who we're
forced to ride with the bandits for
several miles, we're released I'M
harmed. Posses which had followed
the bandits as far as Luverne,
Mimi, returned with their automo-
biles shot up.
Physicians said that Hale Keith,
motorcycle patrolman who was
bowled from his machine in burst
of machine gun fire, was seriously
wounded with bullets in his leg, arm
and abdomen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-07
BY TRIsTRAM COFFIN
Times stan Writer


HER face tense with emotion,
Il Il her eyes glistening with
tears. an attractive young woman
clad in a simple house dress cried,
Il haven't been to Crown Point.
I've tried so hard to bury all that
behind me-"
Her farmer husband, dressed in
blue denim oyeralls, stood in tact
turn silence smoking his pipe.
The reporter looked at her, en-
barrassed and awed by the tragedy
he had unconsciously unearthed.
Please forget the past" she
pleaded, John Dillinger is just
as good as dead to me"
The woman was the only one
who has ever had the legal right
TO bear the name Of Mrs. John
Dillinger. After a second unsuc-
cessful marriage. she now lives
deep in the hills of Morgan county
happily and in simple respecta-
bility.
She had long dreaded the day
when people, knowing of that
early unfortunate marriage, would
stare at her. She feared the day
when gossips at the little cross
roads town would dig up the past
and MUNICH over it.
A FTER driving through roads,
L n sloppy with mud. where toll
creased farmers waved with
friendliness, the reporter knocked
on the farmhouse door. An old
woman came to the door.
The reporter explained to the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-07

and the state in yesterdays opening
session and accepted temporarily.
Several we're excused for opposition
to capital punishment.
Pierpont. accused of being a
member of the gang that raided the
county Jail here last Oct. II, shot
down Sheriff Jesse L. Sarber ana
freed John Dillinger. sat through
the technical proceedings without
outward show of emotion. He
laughed as he entered the court
room shackled to two heavily armed
guards.
Nearby were his aged parents.
His mother sobbed frequently, but
the father, a farmer. was unmoved.
Reports we're circulated that Dill
linger, who escaped from a Crown
Point GndD Jail last Saturday,
planned a raid here to free his
confederateS,
A special deputy sheriff, who
carried a gun into the cell block
occupied by the three gangSters,
was dismissed today by Sheriff
Donald Sarber, son of the slain
Official. Sarber said he had given
specific orders that no weapon was
10 be taken near the men.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-07
Weiss BareS Plan

Establishment of the state safety
department as the supreme police
authority of the state" and the use
of the merit system in selecting
members Of the state police force.
will be the double goal of Senator
Jacob Weiss Dem, Indianapolis ,
in the next session of the legiSla-
tUre.
Senator Weiss today announced
that he will introduce the bill and
support it throughout the next
session.
Under the proposed bill 'maSsing"
Of city. county and township peace
officers under state jurisdiction to
block crime outbreaks would be
possible. 1t was pointed out that
hurried formation Of a law en-
forcement blockade" Saturday might
have halted the flight of John Dill
hnger, No. l criminal. from the Lake
county Jail and Indiana.
I intend to propose to the next
legislature a bill setting up the de-
partment of safety as the supreme
police authority in the state with
the power and authority to de-
mand the cooperation and services
of all city. county and township
peace officers" Senator Weiss said.
The state police, under the de-
partment of safety, would be made
up of men especially qualified for
the positions under a merit system
of appointment and promotion"
Senator Weiss said that the state
police would not be empowered to
act in labor disputes except on or
derS of the Governor.
In addition to the personnel set
up, Senator Weiss said he also will
seek a statewide state police radio
hookup.
Lack of the merit system in Sc
lection Of state police officers long
has been decried. Charges have
been hurled numerous times that
the state police officers devoted most
Of their time to politics, rather than
law enforcement.
Senator Weiss often is referred to
as an unofficial spokesman" for
Governor McNutt and the proposal
was reported to be favored by the
Governor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-07
Radio Alarm Broadcast

A radio alarm for a suspicious car
bearing Illinois license plates was
Broadcast shortly before 10 today by
indianapolis police after L. T Fu-
gate. 1909 Wright street, reported
seeing the automobile twice, in diff
ferent parts of the city.
Mr.. Fugate told police that he
first sighted the car shortly before
10 a; West and Washington streets.
His attention was first attracted to
It by two bullet holes which he
noticed in the rear of the car. He
sad the driver wore glasses.
Half an hour later, Mr.. Fugate
-old the police. he again encountered
the car at Bluff road and Meridian
street. At that time, he said. he
saw a man hiding under a robe in
the tOnneau OF the car and holding
a gun. The car was speeding south
on the Bluff road.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-07
Dillinger Threats Are
Denied by Marie Croft

seem to have been made with a
screwdriver."
An additional lock has been
placed on the service door of the
apartment since the attempt was
made to enter Miss Grott's apart
ment, Feb. %.
Miss Croft denied reports that
she had received mysterious calls
from a man during the night on
numerous occasions, or that any
one had rung the bell of her apart
ment, and attempted to persuade
her to open her apartment door
The calls are said to have been
made only few days before John
Dillinger escaped from the Lake
county jail at Crown Point.
Miss Croft accompanied Mary
Kinder, alleged sweetheart of Harry
Pierpont, from Tucson, Ariz., to In
dianapoliS, following capture of the
gang in Tucson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-07
LA GUARDIA RIPS
into FARLEY AT
PUBLIC BANQUET
Tells Jim to His Face That
He Is Responsible for
Bills Defeat.

By United Press
NEW YORK, March 7.-Postmas-
ter-GeneraI James A. Farley, left
New York for Washington enveloped
in great cloud of silence today.
after having been publicly embar-
raised by Major Liorella H. La
Guar-dia.
Before a large audience. Mayor
La Guardia told Mr.. Farley to his
face that he believed him response
BILE for the defeat of the city econ
omy bill in the state legislature.
Mayor La Guardia maintains that
unless the bill is passed, the coun-
try's largest city is bankrupt.
Mr.. Farley. chairman of the Dem
ocratic national committee, of the
New York state committee, and po-
litical big-gun of the Roosevelt ad-
ministration. admitted the bill
should pass, but desclaimed respon-
Sibility for its defeat
Both Mayor La Guardia and Mr..
Farley were guests at the dinner of
the Bronx Board of Trade. Mayor
La Guardla sat at the speakers
table with Mr. Farley and delivered
his denunciation with the postmas-
ter-general only few feet away.
He held Edward j. Flynn. Bronx
Democratic leader and Farley po-
litical ally, jointly responsible. Mr..
Farley was visibly embarrassed.
FarleyS Democrats, Mayor La
Guardia said, had betrayed New
York City. The bill yesterday
missed passing by seven votes. If
Farley and Flynn had lined up
seven Democratic votes it would
have passed, he said.
When Mayor La Guardia sat
down amid thunderouS applause,
Mr.. Farley stood up. His face was
flushed. He agreed Mayor La
Guardias bill should pass, but said
the powers of political boss attrib-
uted to him were not true. The
small La Guardia who had been
standing beside the towering Far
ley, looked up into the Democratic
leaders face at this latter state
ment-and laughed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-07

woman that press dispatches
claimed that a Mrs. Dillinger"
had come to the Crown Point jail
where the criminal was incarcer-
ated and was suspected of plotting
to release him.
The woman stared with amaze
ment. We don't know anything
about John Dillinger around
here" she said. Then turning to
a young woman she asked, B,
what do you know about this? I
don't know anything"
A flush of anger rose on the face
of the young woman. Il don't
know anything. I don't know
anything" she repeated tearfully.
Her aunt and her parents-in-
law learned for the first time the
story that had been withheld
through four years. The husband
said half-regretfully, I'm glad
it's out now. All that worry will
be over. Whenever I went into
town and people began limiting
and asking questions, L had to get
up and leave"
When her grief at the discovery
had abated, the former Mrs. Dill
niger said with still flashing, in
dignant eyes, John was a nice
boy when married him. don't
know how he is now. Of course,
hope they catch him. He broke
the law"
A N idol on the baseball dia-
L N mond at Martinsville, John
Dillinger attracted the 16-year-
old girl. She married him, living
with her parents and his parents.
But there always was some
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-07
NIAItOIl q, JDt
DILLINGER ON
WAY TO CITY,
POLICE BELIEVE
Feared Speeding Here After
Reports From SideII
and Dana.
CONTINUED From Page One)

local man who is said to have with
held $4,000 Of Dillinger's loot. we're
recalled by police today as they held
themselves ready 10 block any move
BIZ the bandit chief to enter Indian
apOlis
Police we're deployed to the west
and northwest sections of the city
last night after a telephone call
from the sheriff at Danville, IL,
saying that Illinois authoritits we're
on the hunt for two suspicious look
in gears carrying eight men thought
TO be heading toward Indianapolis
Shortly before 10 last night, the
two cars we're seen at Sidell, Ill,
according 10 the information given
local authorities. The constable at
Sidell said a boy had seen the eight
men changing Illinois license plates
for Indiana plates on a side street.
Tie Siden constable called DAN
vile as soon as he got the informa-
ton, but it was too late. Several
persons in Danville are alleged to
have seen the cars go through that
town. Later, according to the state
police, the cars we're sighted at
Dana. Ind, heading toward Indian
spolis.
Gene Ryan Of the state police re-
Ceived the information that the
suspicious cars were heading to-
ward this city. He Immediately
called the indianapolis into action.
Sergeant YOh SDpeded to the Ma
tional road with a squad of men
while Sergeant Hodges took a squad
10 the Rockville road Sergeant
Martin Fahey planted a squad at
the intersection Of the National and
Rockville roads west of the city.
State and city police secured the
neighbOrhOod and patrOlled the
roads until long after midnight, but
failed to find a trace of the cars.
It was supposed that the two auto
mobiles had headed west instead of
coming into Indianapolis
Criticism of Sheriff Charles
Buck Sumner for allowing Hilton
Crouch, Dillinger mobster. to re-
main in Marion county jail instead
of removing him to the state pris-
on at Michigan City. resulted late
yesterday in a hurried trip to the
penitentiary with the gangster.
With the utmost secrecy Crouch
and another prisoner were taken
to prison under heavy guard to
Michigan City by Sheriff Sumner
and Deputy Sheriff Ralph Hitch.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-07
Woman Police Official
Laughs Off Attempts to
Enter Apartment.

Attempts to gain entrance into
the apartment of Miss Marie Croft,
1903 North Pennsylvania street, of
the state bureau of Identification,
were laughed off" by Miss Croft
yesterday.
Il don't think there's any con-
nection between the attempt to
jimmy my door and the Dillinger
escape" Miss Croft said. THE
door on which the attempt was
made was the inside door-there is
a service door, which leads into
small hall, and then the door into
the apartment. The marks on the
door show that it apparently was
the work of an amateur, probably
a boy, bent on petty thievery. They
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-07

air mail contracts and we go back
ten years.
Captain Rickenbacker termed as
senseleSs the charges of collision be-
tween operators and former Post
master General Walter F. Brown.
Instead. he declared, most of the
operators were bitter at Mr.. Brown
and his ideas.
Phantom Companies" Out
"Mr. Brown called the operators,
including some of those who did
not have mail contracts, to Wash
ington. He explained the Waters
bill, just passed by congress, and
told them he wanted to develop
aviation.
Mr.. Brown did not welcome bids
from phantom companies, short on
experience and finance and long on
stock selling plans. Neither did he
welcome bids from operators who, in
boom days had sold their contracts
at tremendous profits. He possibly
felt that if these men again got con-
tracts they would have a nuisance
value and that the responsible COM
panieS would be forced to buy them
out"
Captain Rickenbacker recalled
that many of the star witnesses be-
fore the recent Black committee
hearings were operators who once
had mail contracts and who sold
them prof1tably.
If there was collision. then I
don't know about it," Captain Rick
enbacker said
Mergers Necessary
The companies did not want to
merge. but they realized they would
have to do it to get fair share Of
the air mail money available. The
country was split up with small
companies. The mail on a 1000
mile trip was handled by several
outfits. 1t was waSteful, costly and
inefficient.
Aviation had made little progress
in the years preceding 1929 and
4oOOs NdHNdllA SAM
The postmaster general pointed out
to the operators that if they would
merge. work out long lines. they
probably would have the money to
purchase badly needed, more eff
cient equipment.
And that is what happened"
Captain Rickenbacker said. To-day
We lead the world"
Postmaster General Brown
blocked a plan to encourage wider
use of the air mail, Captain Rick
enbacker said. The explanation
was that the government wanted
operators to concentrate on paSsen-
gers and express because they then
would need new and better equip
ment.
The most bitter split between the
operators and the government came
in 1892, when air mail postage was
jumped from 5 to 8 cents, Captain
Rickenbacker said.
There was general belief among
the operators that the Roosevelt adj
ministration was air minded" and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-07
Veteran Lawyer Dies
By Tim es Special

BIZ Imes NpectuE
SHELBYVILLE, March John
A. Tindall, IS, a Shelby county
lawyer for nearly fifty years, is
dead. He retired eight years ago.
Mr. Tindall, a lifelong resident
of the county, was the donor of real
estate to the. county, city of Shelby
vile and the First Presbyterian
church. He also was the donor of
valuable diamond ring given to
the Shelby County Bar Association
for use by judges of Shelby cir
cult court.
Mrs. Tindan, formerly Miss Alice
Emmert Of Greensburg, died in 1888.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-07
Rewards Gratitude
By Times Special


GREENSBURG, March Liquor
and ingratitude combined to de
prive Robert Gordon of his liberty.
Convicted of intoxication and as
sault and battery, Gordon was fined
SIS and sentenced to the state
penal farm for thirty days by Mayor
c. F. Northern in city court.
Gordon lost a leg when run over
by a train several months ago Many
persons gave him aid, which in
Guided an artificial leg. However,
police said he treated his benefac-
tors badly and recently attempted
to beat up" one of them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-07
Mail Service Cut
BIZ Times Special

KOKOMO, March Mail deliv-
cry service in Kokomo will be the
most meager at any time during
the forty-five years since its estab-
liShment, as a result of curtailment
ordered by the poStoffice depart
ment as an economy measure.
The change, to take effect within
a few days, will reduce downtown
mail deliveries from four to three
a day, and in the residence section,
from two to one.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-07
Foreclosure Asked

bW iWIS NUtCTUT
NOBLESVILLE, March Suit
for foreclosure of a mortgage on
the property of the Noblesville
Garment Company, in which hun
dredS of Hamilton county persons
are stockholders, has been filed in
Hamilton circuit court by the VAIN
wright Trust Company, seeking COL
lection of a $4,000 loan made in
1926 to Charles Lower. receiver.