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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-08
MEXICO TIP ON
GIRL KIDNAPPING
PROVES FALSE
After Dash Across
Border, Brand Incident
as Cruel Hoax

BIZ United Press
TUCSON. Ariz.. May 8.-Depart-
ment of justice agents today branded
as a cruel hoax a purported solution
70 the kidnapping of June Robes
which took three officers into Mexi-
co and aroused hope that the child
would be returned to her family.
The fate of the little heireSS to
the cattle fortune of Bernabe Robes,
her aged wealthy grandfather, again
became the object of apprehenSive
speculation.
Whether she was dead or alive re-
NAMED a question department of
Justice agents would not or could
not answer as they returned here
from the border town OF NogaleS.
They did say. however. that what
they thought yesterday was a Solu-
ton to the kidnapping and collapsed.
The So-called confession by IN
American kidnap suspect which in
spired a widespread search into the
northern Sonora wilds. they said,
was a fake.
Deputy Unheard From
One remaining hope that June
still would be found alive depended
on the outcome of an official mis-
sion into Sonora by chief deputy
sheriff Oliver White. Mr.. White and
two federal agents drove into the
rugged interior Sunday and upon
returning seven hours later, the
deputy stated with assurance:
I can say with a clear conscience
that the girl is still alive and will
be returned soon"
A few hours later he again
crossed the border into Mexico and
today was still missing.
Mr.. White. upon completing his
first mission, did not reveal the
source of his information. but it
was believed to have been elected
from the confessed kidnaper." The
suspect was an American who
otherwise was not identified. Au-
thoritieS would not reveal where he
was held rand later released. A
Mexican who vas held in the No
gales (Sonora) Jail also was re-
leased.
Negro Repudiates Story
Information leading to the Amer
leans arrest was supplied by Mrs.
Eva Coleman, Negress operator Of
a Fl. Huachuca cafe. The Negro
oma told officers the man en-
tered her cafe with a small girl
who refused to eat. She later re-
pudiated her story and was given
a suspended sentence for mislead-
ing Investigators.
Another slender hope still re-
NAMED that Al Aguirre, a friend
of Bernabe Robes, would find some
trace of the girl on his current trip
into Sonora. Accompanied by o. K.
Franklin, prominent Nogales min
ing man and also a friend of the
Robes family, Aguirre departed
secretly for the border Sunday.
Friends said the trip was n OF
personal business, but rumor per-
sisted the two were acting as inter-
mediaries, empowered to pay oveE
SIS, 900 ransom originally demand
ed by the dark man" who kid
mapped June April IS as she was
walking home from school,.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-08

CARNATIONS, partly to his practice
of deciding quickly who he wants
to appoint to important posts,
thereby never allowing the field
to get cluttered with candidates.
1t would be impossible to write
about Senator Van NuyS without
mentioning his breezy young sec
rotary, Ben Stern. Before he
came to Washington, Ben burned
out the bearings of several type
writer's in the Office of The In
dianapolis Times, satirizing Indi-
ana politics and razzing Indiana
politicians.
Ben is the official jobhunter for
the senator's constituents who
troop to Washington. Lobbyists
and jobhunters who want to take
up the time Of the senator first
have to get by Ben. He is posi-
tive poison to lobbyists. Those
who don't get what they want
leave the Office angry with Ben,
not with the senator. That is
just what Ben wants them to do.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-08
State Voting Heavy
BY United Press

a primary vote heavier than av-
erage was being cast in the state
today. but ballotting was slowed up
by confusion over the registration
law and the record-breaking num-
Der Of candidates.
Municipal fights attracted great
er interest in most places than did
the congressional nominations.
Poll workers in many counties re-
ported that interest was running
high in the vote on delegates to the
state party conventions.
Outcome of the fight between
Governor Paul V. McNutt and R.
Earl Peters. former Democratic
state chairman. was being watched
closely.
Peters has fled states of delegates
favorable to his candidacy for
United States senator in seventy
two counties, while the administra-
ton, through Pleas Greenlee, chief
patronage dispenser, has sponsored
anti-PeterS states.
An unusually heavy vote was be-
ing cast NJ LaPoIte county due to
intense interest in local contests at
LapOrte, Michigan City and the
various townships.
With 10000 voters registered in
the county. it was believed that
10000 would cast ballots.
Clear weather brought out a rec
ord primary vote in Lake county.
Citizens waited in long lines outside
the polls for their turn to ballot. A
total vote Of $4,000, as compared TO
10000 in the 1882 primary, was pre-
dicted.
Gary and Hammond police closed
all saloons in accordance with the
state law which prohibits the sale
OF liquor on eelction days except by
physicians prescription.
Voting was reported heavy at
Goshen where a referendum on a
$455,0OO PWA sewer project is being
decided.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-08
SLIGHT RELIEF
PROMISED FOR
DRY WEATHER
No Indication of Rain for
Middle and Southern
Indiana Reported.

Slight relief from the unseason-
ably dry weather which has caused
serious damage to Indiana crops
during the last three weeks, was
promised today by j. H. Arlington,
United States meteorologist, here.
Light showers, moving slowly
through the upper Mississippi val
ley. are expected to touch northern
Indiana tonight or tomorrow, he
said.
There are no indications of rain
for the central and southern sec
lions of the state, however. 1t might
be several more days before relief
from spring drought arrives, he
added.
Both oats and grass have suffered
heavily by the continued dry spell,
and farm leaders said that unless
heavy rains fall within the next
few days wheat and corn crops also
will suffer serious damage.
General rainfall in the state is a
little more than half off the fifty
year average, ulOuC "dS1AOu1OuAo a.
officials said today. Only 6.96 inches
of rainfall was recorded during the
first seven days of May. The fifty
year average for the same period is
II. IS inches.
Purdue officials have expressed
alarm for 1884 crops because the
lack of rain during the first four
months of the year has dried out
soil moisture necessary to crop
production during dry spring sea-
sons.
The last general rain the state
experienced vas April Is.
Because of rain shortage, the
three-weeks old oats crop is not de-
veloping. farm reports show. Grass,
including clover, already has suf-
fered injury, and growth is at a
standstill.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-08
INDIANA'S NEW l.
Van Nuw-HeS Great by Comparison
BY WALKER STONE
Times STAFF Writer

WASHINGTON. May 8-Frederick Van Mugs is not really a great
w statesman-at least, not yet. He just seems to be-n COMPARE
son with the other senator from Indiana, Arthur Robinson.
That's scant praise for Fred Van Nuys; he deserves more. Arthur
Robinson would make most any colleague look like a statesman.
Fred Van Nuys is still of the rank and file of the senate. Nor has
the multitude of greatness fallen yet on any other senator, who, like
MI, Van Nuys. has been here only fifteen months.
But Indianas junior senator is on the climb, and he started sew
eal notches higher than the topmost rung achieved by Indianas SEN
ior senator.
Senator Van Mugs is settling down to the long pull.
When a new man enters the chamber o. that greatest delberative
body on earth" and has the senatorial harness buckled on him, his
first impulse is to kick over the traces. If he checks that impulse and
puts his shoulders to the collar, he usually finds it hard to get his
stride. hard to move ahead with the even rhythm of the veterans
alongside.
Then comes a reaction, a feeling on the part of the new senator
that perhaps he may be out of place. In other words, the old inferior
iy complex settles down upon him. The best cure for it is time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-08

and Huey Long, never develop any
influence.
1t is in the committees, where
the real ~ShirtSleeFe legislative
work is done, that Senator Van
Nuys has applied himself and won
his spurs. He has been especially
effective in the judiciary commit
tee, where he has gained %recogni-
ton as a sound thinker and a
competent lawyer. He served with
the AShurSt subcommittee that
investigated federal court bank
ruptcy scandals. He headed the
subcommittee that drafted the
corporate reorganization bill.
It's supreme accomplishment
II was his handling of the
Wagner CoStigan anti-lynching
bill. Indeed, that is concededly
one of the finest committee per-
formances of this session. Sena-
tor Van Mugs Skillful handling Of
that bill earned for him the graft
tude of the authors of the meas
ure, Negro improvement organi-
cations and a number of societies
dedicated to the advancement of
civil liberties and social reforms.
Federal anti-lynching 1egiSla-
ton is a problem of extreme deli
cacy, involving racial prejudices
and states rights. For that rea-
son, older members of the judi
ciary committee stunned the as
Signment. But Senator Van Mugs
waded in where the veterans
feared to tread.
II fought the Ku-KluX Klan,"
he said. This is just more of
the same fight.
Senator Van NuyS was not
merely chairman of the anti
lynching subcommittee. He was
the whole subcommittee. He ran
the show, decided what witnesses
were qualified to testify and what
witnesses ought not be allowed to
take up the time of the Subcom-
mittee, and asked most of the
questions. The entire proceedings
for the first two days of the hear
ings were broadcast over a nation
wide radio hookup. Racial feel
ing ran high among the Specta-
tors who packed the room. But
there was no disorder. The chair
man was in control.
In the executive sessions that
followed, Senator Van Mugs prac-
tically rewrote the bill, smoothing
off the rough edges, fortifying it
with provisions to remove consti-
tutional objections. When he had
finished, Negro leaders we're we'll
pleased, for he had extracted none
of the teeth" of the measure.
THEN came the most difficult
l. task-to get the approval of
the full judiciary committee,
packed with senators from the
south. 1t was a real achievement
when he Unanswered that bill
through the committee, without a
dissenting vote.
The bill is now on the senate
calendar, and still has a long way
to travel. But due to Mr.. Van
Mugs skill at compromise, it is off
to a good start.
Van Nuys has introduced only
one general bill, a measure to re-
quire that whisky be distilled
from grain alone.
He is a homespun Hoosier-
this man who has to share with
"Artie Robinson" the honor of
representing Indiana in the
United States senate. There is
no side" to Fred Van Mugs.
There is nothing of the "poseur"
in him. He is never ION parade"
No Democratic senator has had
as little trouble with patronage
problems. That is due partly to
his rule of working directly with
the state and county party Or
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-08
mo BILL RETURNED
AGAINST MELLON
No Basis for Tax Charges,
Grand Jury Reports.

By United Press
PITTSBURGH, May 8. - A fed
eral grand jury today ignored the
governments charges that Andrew
w. Mellon failed to pay sufficient
1881 income taxes, and returned a
mo bill" after hearing the gov
ernment's story.
The grand jury reported to Judge
Robert M. Gibson today that it
found no basis for the governments
charges that Mr.. Mellon failed to
pay all his income taxes in 1881.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-08
PRIMARY HALTS SALE
OF SPlRITUOUS LIQUOR;
BEER STILL FLOWING

Reproduction conditions pre-
vailed in Indiana today, insofar
as the sale of spirituous liquors is
concerned.
The state law provides that re-
tailers may dispense liquor on a
primary, general or local election
day only by a written prescription
from a physician showing that an
emergency exists for use of the
liquor.
The restriction does not apply
to beer and light wines, however.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-08
Detroit Air Line Backed

Efforts to re-etablish a direct air
route from indianapolis to Detroit,
by way of Muncie and Fl. Wayne,
ere being made by the indianapolis
Chamber of Commerce, cooperating
with similar groups in Muncie and
Fl. Wayne, it was announced today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-08
BLUE EAGLES LOST BY
THREE STATE CONCERNS
Code Violations Charged to Laundry
and Cleaning Firms.

For alleged willful violation of
the NRA code, three cleaning eStab-
lishments in Indiana we're ordered
to forfeit their Blue Eagles today,
Fred Hoke, state compliance di-
rector, announced.
The Sunshine Laundry and Clean
ing Company of Michigan City and
the Quality Cleaners and Campus
Cleaners of Bloomington were Or
dered to surrender their NRA in
signals to local postmaSters.
Fifteen Blue Eagles have been for
feited in Indiana thus far, Mr.. Hoke
said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-08
LIFE UNDERWRITERS
TO MEET AT LINCOLN
Sales Demonstrations and Trade
Talks to Be Heard.

Sales Demonstrations and Trade
Talks to Be Heard.
Sales demonstrations and trade
discussions will be heard by men,
bers of the indianapolis Association
of Life Underwriters and the In
dianapolis chapter of Chartered
Life Underwriters at a joint lunch
eon Friday in the Lincoln.
Speakers, as announced by Carl
F. Maetschke, association president,
will be c. c. Crumbaker. Horace E.
Storer and Edward A. Kruger. The
speakers are members of the local
chartered life underwriters chapter.
President Howard E. Nyhart and
James L. Rainey are in charge of
the program.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-08
COUNCIL TO DISCUSS
sum MER SCOUT CAMP
Board Will Also Pass Memorial on
the Late DIR. T. G.. Howe.

the Late DIR. T. G. Howe.
Central Indiana Boy Scout eX-
ecutive board will meet at loon
Thursday at the Lincoln, when
plans for the Boy Scout summer
camp will be submitted.
The board will pass a memorial
resolution to the late DR.. Thomas
Carr Howe, former Butler president
and co-orgsnizer of the local Boy
Scout council.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-08
MOTHERS DAY DECREED
FOR SUNDAY BY M'NUTT

Governor Urges Study to Check
Maternal Fatality.
Asking that persons study health
measures to check maternal fatality,
Governor Paul v. McNutt today is
sued a proclamation designating
next Sunday as Mothers day.
Il recommend for serious refec-
ton study of maternal health in an
effort to curb fatalities" Governor
McNutt announced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-08
Allen Situation Watched

The paper denies the charge of
party ~disloyalty, but reserves the
right, it says, to criticise use of the
party by Mr.. Greenlee as a circus
grounds for his clownish perform
anceS.
Thus outcome of the delegate
elections. particularly in Shelby
county, will afford an indication OF
The Washington times., 1934-07-09

"is a new definition Of a censor
for you:
"a censor is a guy who sees
three meanings in a joke that
only has two!"
"Your piece on the movies to-
day." advises Mildred Bonsid,
prompts me to write you about
something that appeared in the
Motion Picture Daily the other
morning. That paper carried the
program that was offered last
Saturday at the Selwyn Theater,
until recently one Of the finest
playhouses in New York. Here
it is:
"'The Cat and the Fiddle a
full-length feature: 'Palooka,' also
a full-length attraction; the Can
zoneri-Klick fight pictures; and
the Baer-Carnera fight films.
There was also q cartoon.
"The price Of admission was
10 cents"
"It's a terrible crime" sighs
Howard Snyder, "but an optom-
etrist that I know has a weak
ness for liquor.
zone glass-and he makes q
spectacle Of himself"
TaiIor's Story
Dear Mark" writes Arthur Muir
ray. There is just a chance that
you haven't heard the story of the
fellow who came back from Europe
with a gorgeous piece of Scotch
tweed that he wanted made into
a suit.
"He took it to a tailor, who ex.
The Washington times., 1934-07-09
By Mark HeIIinser
BY .Feg Murray

amined it carefully. The tailor
measured it, tossed it around
and then shook his head, sadly.
Nothing could be done-because
there was not enough material
there to make a suit.
'"The potential customer, umwil-
ling to toss such wonderful stuff
away without a second attempt to
utilize it, stepped across the street
to a competitor Of the first tailor.
This second man measured the
material and announced that a
suit could be made Of it.
"A week later the suit was fin
ished. It was a perfect fit. The
customer was greatly puzzled.
"'You had plenty Of material.
eh?' he asked.
Absolutely was the reply.
Not only did I have enough mate
ril for suit for you, but there
was enough goods left over to
make a suit for my little boy
That's amazing said the GUS
toner. How do you account for
the fact that the tailor across the
street turned down the Job be-
cause there wasn't enough mate
rial?'
"The tailor smiled.
""That'S SIMPLE he replied.
His little boy is much bigger than
mine!'"
Dear Mr.. Hellinger," writes M.
F. J., II just heard Of an absent
minded professor who has the
worlds most thoughtful and con-
scientious wife. Every day, when
he leaves the house, she says:
Good-by, dear! Are you sure
that you have forgotten some
thing?"
Instead of getting smarter"
writes Fred KoSzalka, that girl
friend Of mine is getting dumber
by the hour. Get a load Of some
recent developments:
"She thinks Premier MuSsolini
is the opening night of a new
show, and she won't allow stewed
pruneS around the house because
she hates drunkards. She is GER
tain that the French cabinet is
fine piece Of furniture, and she
thinks the D. c. after Washing
ton stands for Dumb Congress
men.
"she has an idea that the
Automat is q small rug for au-
tomobiles, and she knows def
nitely that Brazilian nut is q
South American lunatic. She told
me that marble cake Is made of
stone, and she stated the other
day that they hit baseballs with
acrobatS.
But that's really nothing.
What drives me daffy is the fact
that I asked her the other day
If she knew what a Chinese
coolie was. And she told me she
certainly did; it was an Oriental
refrigerator"
"A young author" writes
'Googles,' Of Los Angeles, "at-
tended a party in Beverly Hills
the other night. He was very
much in earnest. Too earnest,
in fact, for the hostess.
"'Yes,' said the boring guy,
that's how I am. I simply throw
myself into everything I under
take
The hostess sighed heavily.
"'That's wonderful was her
devastating response. will you
do me a favor and dig yourself
q xuoll9SO
The Washington times., 1934-07-09

dium to cover the general story
in connection with the appearance
Of Maude Adams in Joan Of
Arc" I will never forget that
night. Later when I got into the
show business I dreamed Of book"
ing Miss Adams in vaudeville.
She was in Cleveland frequently
because she was interested in the
study Of lighting and there was
q great electrical laboratory at
Nela Park, Cleveland. For years
I tried to interest her in a vaude-
vile tour. I got no place.
Then came radio and my pres
ent position. Some little time
ago I got in touch with her man
ager. I told him I wanted Miss
Adams to come to the studios
of the National Broadcasting
Company to study sound as she
had studied light. I told him she
could come here and I would as
sign a man to give her every as
SiStance. I declared that no one
would know she was here.
One day he called me: Miss
Ewing would like to see you at
your office" he said. The ap-
pointment was made. A little
later the manager came in. Miss
Ewing he announced. In the
presence Of a woman I consider
one Of the greatest artists who
has ever lived, I actually had
stage fright or what amounts to
stage fright. After a while the
tension eased up. I told her Of
my plans. She accepted.
And for four and q half weeks,
Maude Adams under the name of
Miss Ewing" had the run of the
studios here. She conducted; all
kinds Of experiments. And there
was no one who knew who she
was. We kept her secret until
she was ready 70 go on the air.
The Washington times., 1934-07-09
An Old Friend

"You know what you do when
that happens, Mark? OF course
you do. It's ten to one that your
friend has forgotten your name
and you've forgotten his. But
you recognize the face, and you
stop to speak. And you hem and
you haw, and you exchange
pleasantries, and you finally walk
away with sigh Of relief.
"Well, that's just what hap
pened to me-with the exception
of the fact that our conversation
struck me as material for your
column. After a few words, I
noticed that my old friend looked
rather glum.
What's the matter, old boy?'
I asked, using the old boy be-
cause I hadn't the faintest notion
Of his name. You look a little
disturbed about something
"He nodded.
"I am he replied. I'm sore
at myself. Here went into this
theater tonight and saw a pic
ture. And for the same price, I
could have gone down to the
Palace and seen some vaudeville
too
IT blinked my eyes. It all
seemed so silly.
"'Well,' I asked him, why
didn't you 60 to the Palace if
that's the way you felt about it?'
"He shrugged his shoulders.
Because was his amazing
retort, 4 don't like vaudeville! 1"
"FIere. Mark" wires Ed IoWrY.
The Washington times., 1934-07-09

And that little conversation con.
tanned a lesson that many an en-
t~rtainer today could use with
profit. Great as she was, she was
always trying. always striving for
perfection. She was always learn
ing. Nowadays our entertainers
are too satisfied with themselves.
They are not interested in finding
out about themselves. They do
not want honest criticism.
The Washington times., 1934-07-09
Voice From Arnv

Lee Tracy first discovered he
had flare for acting while snap
ping out commands to rookie SOL
der squads as Q drill officer in
the American army during the
World War.
The Washington times., 1934-07-09
All In a Day
|hich the Customers Do the Work

m WHICH the OQSCOEI1eTS % ITI6 VOIk
"THE OTHER NIGHT ~ writes Harold Kelly, 81 dropped
into Seventysecond Street Theater to picture
On the way out into old school chum whom hadn
for years. It was to be exact about ten years
The Washington times., 1934-07-09
THE>VOICE OF
Broad way
BY Louis SObOl-
Down Memory Lane

Down Memory Lane
With JOHN r. ROYAL, Vice President Of N. B. @.
Acopy boy and newspaper reporter agent vaude
vile manager rado-so the winding memory
lane of my life And look back read the sign posts
along the way see the of great and the
world of entertainment have been most fortunate There
have been few dull and for this must thank the
fate that has guided nv footsteps
The Washington times., 1934-07-09

And now I will conclude with
one final remember" When I
was onsthe Boston Post I was as
signed % 60 to the Harvard sta
The Washington times., 1934-07-09

passed and there came q note,
Take charge at Cleveland"
The Washington times., 1934-07-09

One day I had to go to Cleve-
land to buy some picture frames.
And I saw the Hippodrome, one
of the largest Keith houses. I
remember standing in front of it
and wishing that some time I
might be its manager. Time
The Washington times., 1934-07-09

In the meantime my interest in
the theater had not abated. I
used to go to Keith'S vaudeville
every week. Finally was made
assistant city editor and it was
said I was one of the youngest
desk men on newspapers at that
time.