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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-04
America Has Turned the Corner to
Prosperity, Big Business Readily Admits

York Volume of industrial ac-
tivity increased in February for Gle
third consecutive month and there
was considerable growth in factory
employment and pay rolls"
The bank also reviewed building
contracts for the first three weeks
of March and reported: AS re-
suit contracts for this part of March
were nearly so per cent larger than
for the whole of February and the
average daily amount was above
the January level"
John D. Rockefeller Jr.: Il am
optimistic. What else can one be-"
Jese H. Jones. chairman of the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton. announced business was i'm
proving generally. and based his
opinion on TIE fact that RFC ex-
penditures for 1884 are more than
100000, 900 under the estimates.
Henry G. Simonds. assistant
treasurer of Pacific Mills of Law
renee Mass. said: The business
OdoAOOh III JAlC WOOACi4 A4lQuSblN -
really anybodys guess. Although
business is 100 per cent better than
a year ago, it is not fair COM
parison due TO the disturbed con-
ditions then prevalent"
Salaries-Thousands of industrial
workers gained additional pay
through wage increases announced
by numerous corporations. including
the steel industry, the motor car in
dustry and scattered enterprises.
Railroad Equipment--Railway Age
records show:
Freight car orders in 1884 are
20,397 as against 1883 in the three
year period. 1878, and $4,000 in
the entire year of 1890; passenger
cars, 227 so far this year, against
Sc in the three years.
Period, 1898, locomotives. 20 so
far this year. against A last year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-04
DILLINGER IS
IDENTIFIED IN
ST. PAUL CASE
Gang Chief Was Gunner,
Asserts Hoover, u. S.
Police Chief.
By hjted Press

By hifed Press
WASHINGTON, April 4.-John
Dillinger was identified by depart
ment of justice agnest today as one
of the two men who shot their way
out OF a st. Paul apartment Satur-
day, J. Edgar Hoover. head of the
division of investigation, announced.
The other man was identified as
Eugene Green, who was seriously
wounded by department of justice
agents in another surprise raid last
night.
Fingerprints of both Dillinger
and Green, together with those of
John Hamilton, described as a lieu
tenant of Dillinger, were found at
the apartment raided last Saturday.
The department reported Green
was slowly gaining strength and is
being questioned. total of 81 800
was found on the woman caught
with Green last night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-04
BY MAX BUCKINGHAM
United Press Financial Writer

Copyright. 1894. by United Press)
NEW YORK, April 4.-Americs
ponders more intently than ever to.
day whether she has at last 'turnec
the corner" in a, long and des-
perate fight against economic de-
preston.
Controversy, gloom and optimism
still are intermingled in the ma.
tional economic picture.
Perhaps most unusual, however
has been the recent tendency oil
outstanding business executives t
break a long silence on industroa.
conditions. Some have attacked
pending governmental measures
others have supported the program
of the administration. But in re-
cent weeks there has been a grow
ing unanimity in comment on bust
ness improvement.
To back this up have been rapid
developments, including wage in
creaseS for hundreds of thousands
of workers; sharp production in
crease in huge industries such as
steel. automobiles, electricity, retail
trade and building. Even to a
Startling increase in the number of
top hats on Fifth avenue on Easter
Sunday.
Following are straws in the eco
nomic wind:
Myron c. Taylor, chairman of the
United States Steel Corporation
Last year we thought We had
turned the corner and could see
ahead immediate signs of revival.
Today we know we can"
Samuel NJ. Vauclain, chairman of
the Baldwin Locomotive Works
During the next year the nation
will see veritable cyclone of bust
ness"
Alfred P. Sloan, president OF Gen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-04
W|RT'S CHARGE
CALLED SILLY
He Can't Name One PIotter
in Government Says
Speaker Rainey.

BV nittd Press
WASHINGTON, April 4.-Speaker
Henry T. Rainey, calling the Writ
brain trust plot" charges silly
said today that the Indiana edu-
Gator cant name man in the
government who is fomenting a
revolution"
Speaker Rainey predicted that the
house special committee investiga-
ton into the red plot" charges OF
DR.. William A. Writ, Gary, probably
would last only few hours.
He hasn't got any informants, -
said Mr. Rainey. THE whole thing
is too silly for words.
IF all Writ has is what he has
given out, namely that men like
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A.
Wallace and other key men are al
legged to be leaning to Communism
the investigation will end almost
Immediately"
Speaker Rainey said he would
name the five members of the spe-
cial committee probably tomorrow.
They will all be loyal men," said
the speaker.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-04
OFFICER SHOT
IN GUN BATTLE
IS NEAR DEATH
Burglar Suspect Makes His
Getaway; State Officers
on His Trail.
M0TORlST IS KIDNAPPED
WEIGH in Serious Condition,
Say Doctors; Gunman
Heading South.

Suffering from a dangerous abb
dominal wound received in a gun
duel with Ivan Coy, burglar suspect
and moonshiner, late yesterday af-
ternoon, Detectlve-Sergeant job n
WEIGH was in a critical condition
in city hospital inns afternoon.
Police hopes Tor the capture Of
Coy were buoyed by the report
from Martinsville that Coy had
stolen Ford truck from a
garage there and escaped. Des-
criptlon of the truck was given and
police have been sent to make a
thorough search of southern In
diana.
On the theory that the desperate
who engaged in the pistol duel with
Detective WEIGH yesterday in front
of 1915 Reisner street, probably was
making for Arkansas, his home
state, police under Lieutenant Don
aid Tooley were in Martinsville
early today.
Coy escaped from the scene of the
pistol battle by kidnapping motorist
Ernest Ray, %, 1545 Hiatt street
Mr.. Ray afterWard told police that
Coy forced him to drive towarc
Martinsville, leaping from the car al
Paragon, Ind, and running through
a cornfield toward a dense woods.
Pursued Through Alley
The shooting occurred at Detec-
tive WEIGH pursued Coy through ar
alley heading west from 1915 2eis.
ner street when the fugitive sud-
denly turned and fired point blank
striking the detective in the body
Just above the left hip and in The
right thigh.
Detective WEIGH fell in the alley
but with a supreme effort raised
himself on his elbow and, steady
ing his right hand emptied his re-
volver after Coy. who fled down the
alley. Detective Sergeant Charles
Russell, himself A victim OF gun
mems bullets several yeaFS ago
chased Coy through the alley, but
was outdistanced.
In front of 1545 Hiatt street Coy
found Ray seated in his car Mrs
Clara Ray was seated in the car
with her husband. Mrs. Ray, an
expectant mother, was forced out
of the car at the point of the des-
perado's gun and suffered a severe
nervous shock as result of hel
experience.
With his pistol pressed into Ray!
side the gunman forced him to drive
him out of the city.
Has Police Record
Detective WEIGH was wounded
when he and Detective RusSen wen
to the ReiSner street address, aftel
they had received information tha
Coy. who was wanted for burglary
in connection with the looting of {
North Salem general store, wa:
hiding in the house.
Welch went to the front door o.
the house. while his partner wen
to the rear. Coy, from a window
saw WEIGH mounting the front step
and ran toward the back of tn,
house. WEIGH started for the bacl
and Coy, reversing his steps, dashed
out of the front door and made TO
the alley, closely pursued by the de-
tectiveS.
Coy has a police record as a bur-
glar and bad man. He came tC
Indianapolis from Jonesboro, Ark
At one time he served a term in
prison at Little Rock. Ark.
Detective WEIGH has been on the
police force since 1910. He was pro-
noted to detective sergeant during
the administration of Chief Mike
MorriSSey.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-04

+ eral Motors Corpora ton: 1T seems
reasonable to expect further bet
terment of conditions"
Charles NJ Schwab, chairman of
Bethlehem Steel Corporation: Bust
ness is better and there are indica-
tionS Of still better business"
Behind these statements there are
signs and indications of business
bettern1ent and more optimism than
any time since the palmy days of
1929. Silk hats glistening on Fifth
avenue in Sundays Easter parade,
long lines of new automobiles on
| the streets, temperance of expen-
sive corsages and boutonnieres,
modish and expensive new women's
frocks in the parade all gave a tone
to the Easter celebration that had
not been seen since before the de-
preston.
While to many this might seem a
superficial indication of more pros
porous time, tradespeople and in
duStrial Statisticians pointed to
these factors as showing that the
temper Of the people had turned
from drabness to more cheerful
outlook as to the future.
There also were other indications
from various sources that better
times either are here or are in the
making. Included in this list were
such points as:
Ford Motor Company: Recent
survey of sales shows people want
something little better"
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc: Forecast
motor car sales in 1884 at between
3,500,000 and 1000 900 with some
companies reporting earnings SINH
lar to those of the late l920s. In
this connection Dow, Jones 81 Co.
from Detroit. said on the current
base of motor car operations. March
sales would equal the combined total
for January and February.
Federal Reserve Bank of New
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-04
u. S. BOND HOLDERS
OFFERED NEW ISSUE
Maturing Securities May Be
Exchanged.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON. April 4.-Holders
of a billion and quarter dollars of
maturing federal government secur-
tiles were offered the privilege to-
day of exchanging them for a new
issue Of 10 to 12-year ga per cent
bonds.
The maturing issues are approx
mately $1,000, 100000 of called
Fourth Liberty Loan "A per cent
bonds due April 10 and $244,234, 900
OF 3 per cent treasury notes due
May ,.
No new money was asked by the
government in the current finan-
cling, treasury officials apparently
feeling that still better bond market
conditions will prevail when further
money for the recovery program is
needed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-04

/ "Dillinger may have been
here" said Chief Mike Nor
risey, 81 am not in a position
to verify The Times informa-
ton at this time"
It checks to some extent with in
formation received by the local po-
/ lice Sunday that a man purported
to be Dillinger was seen driving
/ through Lafayette at 2 .. m. Sun
day afternoon headed for Indian
apolis"
Chief Morrlssev also recalled that
Dillinger is known to have mar
ried sister living IN haywood whom
the gsngster frequently visited dur
| ing his sorties with Harry Pierpont
and other members of the terror
mob" while the escaped convicts
were at large last fall.
The purported meeting with his
old school friend was reported to
have taken place in front of Dodd's
general merchandise store in May
There Was Johnny"
L was walking past the store.
related The Times informant, when
voice from a car hailed me as
'Sniggleheimer, a nick name ! had
when ! went to school with Johnny.
looked around and there seated in
a new Chevrolet coupe was Johnny.
He vas hatleSs and dressed in new
gray suit. He laughed when I APP
peared to be frightened.
I'm not going to bite you" he
said.
Il walked over and talked to him
for about fifteen minutes. Twenty
feet away from us tfSee four
linemen we're working on pole.
They saw us. but must not have
recognized Dillinger.
Johnny told me that I was look
ing pretty seedy and said I should
have gone with him when he asked
me to join him after he was re-
leased on parole summer before last
from the Michigan City prison.
you Need New Shoes"
You need new shoes. Sniggle-
heimer," Johnny said. Here, take
this ten bucks and buy yourself
some. I'll see you before l leave
town And with that he drove off
waving his hand"
The Times found three linemen
from the Indianapolis Power and
Light Company who admitted they
had been working in front of the
Dodd store on the afternoon that
DIllinger is reported to have stopped
there.
Two of the linesmen. Lonnie
johnson and Roscoe Hamilton, said
that they we're in front Of the store
at time of the supposed gift having
been made by Di!linger to his ac-
quaintance. but said they had not
noticed the car described. They
said that 4 number of people were
in front of the store and the street
was crowded.
An employee for the telephone
company reported that linesman
for the concern had heard Of Dill
fingers presence in haywood Mon
day and Of the SO gift.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-04
Pal Breaks Silence
Copyright. 1884. United press


ST. PAUL. April 4.-The unSolved
Edward G. Bremen kidnapping was
revived today when a gangster shot
down during a federal roundup of
underworld characters broke gang
lands code of silence as he lay near
death
Capture of the gangster, Eugene
Green, an eX-convict, and his
authenticated sweetheart was
limited AS the prelude to a break in
the month-long silence since
Bremen, a wealthy banker, was
turned loose after payment of $780,
600 ransom.
The gangsters sweetheart has
been identified only as a st. Paul
girl.
Connection between Green and
John Dillinger, elusive outlaw, was
revealed by j. Edgar Hoover, head
of the federal division of investiga-
ton, in commenting at Washington.
Green, trailed by an automobile
load of federal agents, leaped from
a moving machine driven by his
sweetheart into the bullets of an
other federal squad last night.
eighty hours after he and the red
haired woman helped Dillinger shoot
his way out of an apartment house
trap.
IN the first affray, Green pursued
with bullets federal agent R. C.
Coulter, who had gone to the apart
ment with a policeman to question
the occupants.
Coulter fired the shot that felled
Green and sent him to a guarded
hospital bed with lone chance in
seven" to live. The shot also broke
Green's nerve, for the gangster gave
Coulter and other agents a long
statement, including a confession to
his part in the apartment house
battle.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-04

I Gamble on Anything,'
Colonel Bradley, Famed
Turf Man, Tells Senate

] bU CUtJen PfeSS
WASHINGTON, April 4.-Race
horse gambling in the south and the
turbulent Louisiana political situa-
| ton were the central themes today
at an exciting senate hearing in
which Colonel Edward R. Bradley,
! famous Kentucky turfman, testified
that he was willing to gamble on
anything"
| Colonel Bradley was a witness be-
| fore the senate finance committee
in an investigation forced by Sen
ator Huey P. Long Dem, Lao, into
the nomination of Daniel D. Moore
as collector of internal revenue for
the Louisiana district.
One man was elected from the
crowded committeeman for ap-
plauding when Colonel Bradley
was called. The hearing was car
| ried on in a courtroom atmosphere.
both Mr.. Moore and Colonel Brad
ley sitting with their counsel.
Colonel Bradley, elderly, quiet
spoken and gentle of manner, sent
buzz through the room when he
gave his business as Spectator
raiser of race horses and a gamb-
ler."
Called "Chief Racketeer"
do you gamble only on race
horses?" asked Senator Long. who
was playing the role of prosecuting
attorney in his effort to convince
the committee of his charges that
Colonel Bradley was the nations
chief racketeer and gambler" and
that Mr.. Moore was the political
tool of John P Sullivan. also &C
cused of being big time gam
bier.
I gamble on anything" Colonel
Bradley replied.
Chairman Pat Harrison took up
1.-The questioning. -
/ DO you know Mr.. Moore.
mo"
What is your connection with
Mr.. Sulivan?'
Just a social friend"
What are your business relations
with him?"
I'm stockholder in the
Louisiana Jockey Club with him and
many Others"
Bets on Own Horses
Earlier witnesses testified that
handbook horse race betting. illegal
in Louisiana, was carried on with
reports being sent to Mr.. Sullivan's
office, and women employed in Mr..
Sulivan's office had gone into the
bureau of internal revenue after Mr..
Moores appointment. The evidence
was intended to show that at least
two of them did part time work
for Mr.. Sullivan while being
employed by the government in Mr..
Moore's office.
Colonel Bradley testified at one
time he owned about so per cent of
the Jockeys club stock and Sullivan.
80 per cent. He said he had sold
out his interest.
Senator Long attempted to have
Colonel Bradley testify about gamb-
ling houses, but committeeman OBJ
Jected on the ground the subject
was ''irrevelant"A
Colonel Bradley, slightly deaf,
answered questions slowly and in a
low voice. He said he placed bets
on his own horses and had an
agent at the Louisiana track. He
denied that Mr.. Sullivan was the
agent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-04
SHOWERS PREDICTED
AS MERCURY SCARS
AII-Time Records Tumble in
Heat Wave.

Showers tonight and tomorrow
were expected to cause break in
the abnormally high temperatures
of yesterday and today, but no ex-
IRENE weather change was antici-
pated.
The mercury yesterday equalled
the ali-time high for April 3, mount
ing to 70 at $3.50 p. M, and was
expected to near the same mark to-
day, The only other April 3 on rec
ord where the mercury touched the
same height was in 1879. At a. m.
today. the thermometer reading
was 70.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-04
SEEKS DIVORCE FROM
EX-STATE POLICEMAN
Mrs. Carl LOsey Charges Cruelty
In Her Petition.

Divorce, charging cruel and in
human treatment. was requested
today in a suit filed in superior
court two by Mrs. Pearl j. Losey
72l Olin avenue, against Carl Losey
former state policeman during the
G. O. P administration.
Mrs. LoSey requested support OF
So weekly for her son, Carl Lyman
IA. and 500 attorney fees.
Losey was prominent during the
Republican regime as an investi-
gator.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-04
6 REPORTED MISSING
IN OKLAHOMA FLOOD

Farm Lands Inundated as Rain
Swells Rivers Overflow.
By United Press
ELK CITY, Okla, April 4.-Fed
by heavy rains, low-banked streams
in this fiat plains country over
flowed today, inundating farm
land and some villages.
Six persons were reported missing.
1t was feared they had drowned.
Several houses in the Hannah sec
ton were under water.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-04
Gas Control Plan Looms


WASHINGTON, April A. An
emergency plan, designed to meet
chaotic situation in the gasoline
production branch of the petroleum
industry, will be announced to-
morrow, the petroleum admins
trative board revealed today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-04
THREE NEGROES DIE
IN ELECTRIC CHAIR
Forfeit Life in Tennessee for At
tscks on White Women.

81 r'fe1 Press
NASHVILLE. Tenn. April A.
Three Negroes died in the electric
chair at state penitentiary today for
attacks on white women.
One, Percy Smith. 20, confessed his
crime to Or. Pickens johnson, peni-
Tertiary chaplain, just before going
TO the chair.
Jasper Graham, %, and Frank
Mays, 80, accused in another case,
died maintaining innocence after be-
ing reidentified by the girl they
were convicted of aSsaulting.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-04

Fred Hoke, Indianapolis business
man, will speak on Who Teaches
Our Children" at the Northwood
Christian church. at $50 tomorrow
night. Herschel Davis will be chair
man of the meeting
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-04
Mother Ill; Son Is Sought

Police today were asked to
search for William R. Nicewander.
whose mother is critically i'll in
Franklin. Nicewander was known
to have been in Indianapolis at
least two years ago, according to
Adam Nicewander. bis father.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-04
CUBA REPORTS BOMBING
Explosion in Havana Wrecks Tween
ty-Three Phone Cables.

bV JnIItU FFtSS
HAVANA, April A bomb ex-
plosion broke twenty-three tele-
phone cables in Havana today, put
ting hundreds of telephones in the
center of Havana out of commission.
Three persons were injured. The
bomb was believed to have been set
of by strikers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-04
STATE MAN, S., AND
WIFE, Is, ARE SLAIN
Indiana Couple Found Dead
at JoneSviIIe Home.

81 JHttfd Press
TOWNSVILLE, Ind. April A.
Hosea Holcomb. SIS, and his 25-year-
old wife were found shot to death
today at the home of Fred Bollman
her.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-04
THE INSIDE STORY

Let's take a peek through
the keyhole
No. it isn't naughty-not
when you peek through this
keyhole, for its Washingtons
peekaboo" and we want 10
get the real lowdown on what's
going on in the nations capital.
The keyhole is The Daily
Washington Merry-Go-Round.
which starts IN The Indian
apolis Times tomorrow. No
dope" stories from now on
no rumor campaigns just
the bare truth the real
inside" OF what goes on amid
Washingtons intrigues.
t e Merry Go Round"
starts tomorrow.
You have date with the
authors.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-04
GANGSTER is CONVICTED
Chicago Thug Found Guilty in Sl05,-
900 Mail Robbery.
United Press

WTITW
CHARLOTTE, N. c.. April A.
Isaac Costner. Chicago gangSter. to-
day was found guilty of participa-
ton in the the sos, 900 mail truck
robbery here last November.
Evening star., 1934-09-30
Fans Trio to End Game.

"HEN to top it all of, when the
desperate Giants rose against
him in the ninth, with Terry
scratching an infield hit and Mel OFT
walking, the lanky youngster hitched
up his trousers, hurled his fast one
swifter through the gloom and famed
Travis Jackson, George Watkins and
Lefty Frank O'Doul in row to end
the ball game.
Watkins, who belted long homer
into the right-f1eld stands in the sew
enth for the only score off Mungo,
never even saw the third strike, while
ODoul passed out without taking his
bat from his shoulder.
All told. Mungo. winning his eight
eenth and final game of the season,
famed seven and allowed only five
hits.
His pitching rival through eight in
nings, big, SWEET lie Roy Parmelee,
was always in trouble, and he was
hit safely in every inning but the
eighth, allowing 10 in all, while fam
ming seven.
A rookie left-hander, AL Smith,
started the ninth after Parmelee gave
way to a pinch hitter, but he was
lifted after a walk to Koenecke and
singles by Sam Leslie and Tony Cue
cinello drove in one run and brought
ancient "Me-Feex" Luque to the res
cue. Two passes forced Leslie home
with the final score. The Dodgers got
IL hits, all singles.
Evening star., 1934-09-30
Base Balls Biggest Blow-up.

EOR Brooklyn it was a dramatic
n and soul-filling answer to Terry'S
slight of the Winter. and for the
vindictive it had an added edge be-
cause the Giants manager himself
was responsible for the Dodgers third
run in the seventh. Frey opened with
his second single, was sacrificed along,
and scored when Terry let Leslie's
smash down the first base line go
through him. 1t was scored as hit.
A moment later, though 1t caused
no damage, Bill tossed late to Parme-
lee for the putout at first on Danny
Taylor's dribble, and again a. hit was
chalked up. But it was clear pic
ture of the perfect case of the jitters
that held the entire team in its grasp.
No team in base ball history ever
has blown in so short time the lead
the Giants had piled up, seven full
games, at the high-water mark, Sep
tember 6, after leading the league
from June 8 on.
The world champions have lost IL
out Of their last 20 games, while the
Cards have won II out of %.
The closest approach to this colos-
sal debacle was the loss of a seven
game lead by the Pittsburgh Pirates
in 1921, but five of that evaporated
in an August series with the ultimate
winner, John McGraWS Giants.