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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18
IA KILLED IN
HAVANA RIOT
Mendieta Followers Shot
Down While Parading;
Attackers Die.
By United Press

HAVANA, June 18.-President
Carlos Mendieta was consolidated in
his office today following one of the
Strangest and bloodiest Sundays of
Cuba's recent history.
In a sudden clash between gov
eminent supporters and gunner of
the extremist political group ten
loyalists were shot down and killed
and at least sixty injured. Four of
the gunner paid with their lives for
the outrage shortly afterward.
A week ago the ABC, revolution
airy party and hacker of the govern
ment, announced a demonstration
for Sunday. Followers of Ramon
Grau San Martin, new deal" pro-
visional president whom Mendieta
succeeded, called a general strike as
a gesture of opposition.
ABC supporters started a parade
from the center of the city. While
bands were blaring, a sedan carry
ing New York license plates roared
in from side street. Its occupants
thrust machine guns from the win
dows and in a brief fusillade killed
ten of the paraders and wounded
sixty.
A hundred men trailed the sedan,
cornering it at one of the city's
busiest intersections. One of the
pursuers opened the gasoline tank,
retreated, and tossed a match into
it. There was an explosion, burst
of flame. and the car burned with
its four occupants.
There was some fear that the
outbreak would inaugurate a civil
war. Grau supporters were under
cover, but ABC men were expected
to avenge the Death of their pa
raiders by hunting down sympa-
thizers of the Grau regime and
subjecting them to retaliatory
murder.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18
ILL MAN STUMBLES
FROM BED; INJURED
Falls Into China Closet,
Sewers Artery.

Stumbling from his sick bed,
Ralph Walker, Al, of 1899 Suther-
land avenue, tripped and fell
through china closet at his home
yesterday, suffering a severed ar
terry.
Dizzy and fearful that death
might overtake him, Mr.. Walker be-
gan to write a note to his mother
explaining the accident. He fell
into Inconsistencies before the note
was finished.
Frank Shirlock, 81, and Martel
Hiatt, 26, both of 1896 Caroline
street, heard the crash, broke open
a rear door and found Walker lying
in a pool of blood.
Mr.. Walker had been i'll and had
risen from bed to get drink of wa
ter. His wife was out of the house
at the time. At city hospital it was
said that Mr.. Walkers condition
was fair"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18
4-Year-Old City Girl
browns at Beach in
View of Huge Crowd
Aunt Searches FranticaIIy
for Missing Child;
Victim No. 8.

While her aunt frantically looked
through hundreds of Splashing
bathers for her, 4-year-old Betty
Jean Nevins, 2O53 Ralston avenue,
was drowned at Mcclure beach,
Twenty-sixtn street and White river,
yesterday.
The drowning was the eighth this
season in the county. 1t is the Sec
ond which has occurred at guarded
swimming places.
The body was discovered in the
river bed by Morse Healton, 81, of
948 King avenue, as he threaded his
way through the crowds of those
seeking relief from the heat. Arti-
fetal respiration was applied in vain.
The aunt, Mrs. Hazel White, 81,
of 1011 East Ninth street, became
worried when the girls brother,
Bobby Nevins, 6, said to her, Teach
me to swim like you did Betty
JEAN"
Where is Betty Jean?" Mrs.
White asked.
st don't know" Bobby replied.
"She was right here"
The girls relatives, Mrs. Margaret
Montgomery, her mother; William
Montgomery, her stepfather, and
Mrs. Olive Nevins, her grandmother
with whom she lived-learned of
the accident when they returned to
the beach from Crown Hill, where
they had been decorating graves.
The curious crowds and the am
bulance warned them of the dis
aSter.
H. w. Middlesworth, city recrea-
ton department supervisor, said two
boats manned by guards patroled
the water and another guard was
on duty on the platform. No one
remembered seeing the child sink
beneath the water.
She is survived by the mother,
the stepfather, the grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Nevins; the
aunt, Mrs. White; the brother, and
two half brothers, William Mont
gomery Jr., 8, and James Mont
gomery, S. The two half brothers
were with their mother at the
cemetery when the tragedy &C.
Cured.
Last rites will be held at 2 to-
morrow afternoon in Community
United Brethren church, Twentieth
and Upton streets. Burial will be
in Floral Park cemetery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18
RICH DENTIST
is FOUND SLAIN
Body Is Discovered on Farm
He Was Trying to
Sell Stranger.
Bu United Press

Dy CHtC6U FT6SS
ELDORADO, Ill, June 18.-Dr.
Homer Meyers, prominent and
wealthy dentist, who was reported
kidnapped last night, today was
found shot to death on a farm he
was attempting to sell to a stranger.
The body was found by a Saline
county deputy sheriff, a photog-
rapher, and a newspaper reporter
who went to the farm near Equality,
in search of clews.
DR.. Meyers was shot twice in the
back, according to a report to the
sheriff's office.
A woman, arrested shortly after
Mrs. Meyers became alarmed over
her husbands failure to return
home, told the authorities that she
had been living with the man sus-
pected of the dentists murder. She
told police his name was Hal Sim
clair, an eX-convict.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18
AN ANSWER TO STEEL

Have industrial barons of
America the right to build for
themselves a business empire
operated upon the feudal
system of old?
How far can the United
States Steel Corporation go in
its domains by methods Slight
ly reminiscent of strong-arm
gangster tales?
That's what the editor of
The indianapolis Times is
wondering today, ferty-eight
hours after his release en-
the United States Steel or-
poration's police station in
Gary, where he was detained"
for questioning.
There are some pertinent
suggestions for Americas in
,dustrial barons in an editorial
today on page 6.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18

The cause of the accident
could not be determined inn
mediately. Lieutenant STAN
ton T. Smith, Schoen field
commander, said a military
board of investigation would
be appointed at once.
Newspaper men were barred from
the wreckage of the plane, but the
motor, which could be seen in a
hangar at the field, was smashed as
though it had been crushed by
blow from some giant sledge ham,
mer.
The plane took off for Wright
field, Dayton, O., at about $3.50. tt
had reached a spot above Franklin
road, approximately three quarters
of mile north of the Big Four
railroads trackage through Law
renee, Ind, when it started to fall.
1t landed 200 feet east-of Frank
lin road.
Lieutenant Smith said that Lieu-
tenant Johnston, pilot with ten
years experience, had 1,400 govern
ment hours of flying and that Lieu-
tenant Bruce, a Kelley field (Texas)
graduate in 1882, had 700 govern
ment hours.
The men, who were on active
training duty, were members of the
Three hundred ninth observation
squadron.
Lieutenant Johnston lived with
his wife, Mrs. Clara L. Johnston,
and their two sons, Billy, Z, and
Donald, 4, at 321 North Arsenal
avenue. He was mechanic in the
air service during the World war
and learned to fly shortly there
after.
He became associated with the
Municipal airport at its opening,
Jan. Is, 1881. Prior to that he had
been connected with the old Capitol
airport as pilot. He was born in
Madison, Ind, and came here as
boy.
Surviving with his widow and
children are Lieutenant Johnston'S
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Johnston;
brother, Elijah Johnston, and two
sisters. Mrs. w. j. Theirs, Phila-
delphia, Pa, and Mrs. Cyril Berr-
naert, Manchester, N. H.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18
SHIP SURVIVORS ARE
RESCUED OFF CUBA

II of Norwegian Freighter's Crew
Picked Up; All Hands Safe.
By United Press
HAVANA, June 18.-The remain
ing seventeen survivors of the
steamer Knut Hamsum have been
rescued off the coast of Cuba, the
Norwegian charge daffaires was
notified today in telegram from
the customs administrator, Santa
Cruz Del Sur.
The condition of the men was not
indicated. Funds for clothing, food
and transportation will be sent to
them. The Knut Hamsum was
burned in the Caribbean a week
ago. The crew of thirty-four got
off in two boats, the first of which
was picked up last week by
United Fruit steamer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18
TWO Killed in Auto Accidents Boost
County Toll to IS; Fourteen Injured

car on Road 81, one-half mile north
east of Thirty-eighth street, and
crashed into a utility pole.
Hundreds of persons visited the
city morgue yesterday and today
attempting to identify the victim.
Mr.. Bacon, given first aid by a FIT.
Benjamin Harrison medical officer,
was treated at city hospital for
severe head cuts.
Meanwhile, 6-weeks-old William
Aaron Stevenson, greatnephew of
Mrs. Pennington, fought stubbornly
for life at city hospital. The baby was
riding in Mrs. Pennington's lap at
the time of the accident and suf-
fered a fractured skull. Two 9TH
ers were injured less seriously in
the crash. Funeral services for
Mrs. Pennington will be at her
home some time Wednesday with
burial in Grown Hill Cemetery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18
Hunt Missing Plane


MARION, Ind, June 18.-Frantic
calls to all airports between Chat
tanooga, Tenn, and Marion we're
made today by Mayor Jack Edwards
in an effort to locate his private
plane and five occupants missing
since yesterday morning.
The plane has not been reported
since it took off from Chattanooga.
Occupants of the craft were
Mayor Edwards wife, Miss Eliza
beth Smith, Miss Gladys Holmes,
Sig Alexander and Lieutenant Har-
old Barnes, pilot, all of Marion.
Mayor Edwards received a wire
informing him of their departure
from the Tennessee city yesterday.
but has not heard from them since.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18

Mr.. Pennington told police there
was no danger light on the pillar.
Fourteen other persons were in
jured in weekend auto accidents,
four of them in three-car collision
on new Road 81 at Seventy-first
street.
Sunday afternoon, Thurman K.
Earle, As, of 6556 Ferguson street,
motorman of an Indiana railroad
interurban inbound from Anderson,
was cut slightly and a passenger,
William G. Arnold, IS, Carmi, ILL.,,
was injured slightly when the in
terurban struck tractor and trail
er at Twenty street and En-
erson avenue.
Fred Johnson, IS, of 2415 West
Sixteenth street, driver of the trac-
tor, escaped injury by jumping be-
fore the car hit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18
S1,715,OOO,OOO
MEASURE FOR
RELIEF PASSES
Adjournment Resolution Is
Adopted in House;
No Time Set.
HUEY WINS FILIBuSTER
KingfiSh Forces Senatorial
Leaders to Consider
Pet Measure.
By United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, June 18-Con-
gress sped toward adjournment this
afternoon as the senate passed the
$1,715, 100000 emergency-deficiency
bill an hour and twenty-six minutes
after converting and the house
adopted an adjournment resolution.
1t did not establish definitely the
day.
The appropriations bill goes to the
White House.
Action followed a one-man fill
buster by Senator Huey P. Long
CDem., Lao, which compelled sem
ate leaders to agree to final vote
on the Kingish's pet measure-a
bill for relief of insolvent farmers.
Long Reads Newspapers
Long took the floor to delay
action on the deficiency bill until
leaders surrendered. They gave in
within an hour.
Long rambled along, reading from
newspapers. Senate leader Joseph
T. Robinson went into huddle
with Vice President John N. Gar
ner, walked over to Long and whis-
pered in his ear. Long handed him
a copy of the conference report
without hating.
I'D rather sit here until Gabriel
blows his horn than go home with
out adopting this conference re-
port Long said.
One Bill Remains
Mr.. Garner, Mr.. Robinson and
the senate parliamentarian went
into huddle. Mr.. Robinson then
interrupted Long again to ask that
a copy of the lost report be con-
sidered in lieu of the original.
One major bill remains, the adj
ministration's $1,000,000,000 housing
program.
House leaders sensed the speed
up of adjournment machinery and
summoned the Presidents marine
band which waited dolefully far
into Saturday night under orders
to play accompaniment to the swan
song of the seventy-third congress.
After waiting a while the red
coated bandmen we're dismissed un-
til p. m.
The first adjournment obstacle
was blasted away when Senator
Robert j. Buckley Dem.. o.
moved to withdraw the bank bill
which blocked adjournment Satur-
day night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18
KNOW WHAT TO DO!

Do you know what to do
when some drowning person is
pulled from the water, I'M
conscious?
Do you realize that such
knowledge on your part may
mean the difference between
life and death for the half
drowned person?
To supply the answers these
questions and to make safer
swimming in Indiana, The
Times is presenting today on
Page 2 the first of a series of
articles by Lewis Robbins, Red
Cross life saving expert, on
proper methods of artificial
respiration.
Read them all and clip them
out for reference.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18
FLEET STEAMS BACK
TO SEA AFTER VISIT
Navy Exodus Begins, Led
by Flagship.

By United Press
NEW YORK, June 18-The Unit
ed States fleet, which arrived two
weeks ago in the navy's greatest
mass demonstration, steamed back
out to sea today.
Led by the light cruiser Raleigh,
flagship of the de- Sroyer squadron,
the glistening gray vessels moved
out of the harbor amid belching
smoke and changing bells. The ex-
odus was to continue throughout the
day.
At sea the fleet will separate into
its scouting and battle forces.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18
CITY AIRPORT OFFICIAL AND ARMY
Filler ARE KILLED IN CRASH AT
Fl. HARRISON; INQUIRY IS STARTED
Plane Smashes to Ground Mile East of Schoen
Field Hangers; Victims Are Edward
Johnston and James Bruce.
CAUSE OF ACCIDENT STILL MYSTERY
Airmen Had Taken Off for Dayton, O., and
Had Attained Altitude of 25O Feet,
Witnesses to Tragedy Reveal.

Two army reserve corps fers of them First Lieu
tenant Edward NJ Johnston assistant superintendent of
municipal airport killed here today when their plane
crashed mile east of the Schoen field hangers from height
of approximately $50 feet.
Lieutenant Johnston the controls of the plane was
killed instantly. His companion Second Lieutenant James
L. Bruce East Glenn, Ind died hour and oneha later
in the post hospital at Fl. Benjamin Harrison
East Glenn suburb of Terre Haute Lieutenant Bruce
is we'll known here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18
TORSO OF WOMAN Is
DISCOVERED IN TRUNK

Puzzling. Murder Mystery Thrills
English Resort City.
By United Press
BRIGHTON, England, June 49,
A puzzling murder mystery de-
veloped at this seashore resort to-
day after the torso of woman had
been found checked at the central
railway station in a new, brown
trunk.
First reports that the discovery
might be connected with the diSap-
pearance of Miss Agnes c. Tufver-
son of Michigan and New York,
were discounted by police. Miss TUT
version disappeared more than six
months ago.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18

lucky avenue. She died last night
in Methodist hospital.
The man, identified at city hos
pital this afternoon as Charles Bis
SOW, Mars Hill, was killed late Sat-
urday when William F. Bacon, 81,
of 1907 Montcalm street, who had
picked him UP, lost cautrol of his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18

The acidly worded docu-
ment, bristling with denunci-
atoms of General Foulois for
favoring negotiated plane
purchase contracts and for his at
titude toward army flying of the
air mail, was construed as chal-
lenge to the war department to
overhaul the corps.
The committee report is the re-
suit of a four-month investigation
into army plane purchase methods.
It minced no words in putting the
military affairs subcommittee
unanimously on record with charges
against General Foulois of gross
misconduct and inefaciency." His
subordinates likewise were sharply
criticised.
General Foulois quickly charged
that the report was most unfair
and unjust.
Ready for Court Test
"I understand that in this report, ;"
said he, II have been accused of
dishonesty gross misconduct, in
efficiency 'inaccuracy,' unreliable
ity,' incompetency, and misman-
agement.'
II am ready and willing at any
time to meet my accusers in open
court"
Deliberate "flouting" of the air
corps act of 1926 as it related to
competitive bids on planes bought
in quantity was charged against air
corps heads.
The committee report was made
after four months inquiry under
the Craftsmanship of Representative
William N. Rogers (Dem., N. HI.
The house has appropriated $780,
900 with which the investigation
will be continued through the sum-
mer. Members believe they are on
the trail of further sensational evil
dence.
General FouloiS was attacked for
his testimony before the committee.
Charges were made against the &C
curacy and reliability" of some of
his remarks.
Air Mail Actions Flayed
Before any substantial progress in
the upbuilding of the morale and
the material of the army air corps
can be attained" said the report,
Major General Foulois must be re-
lieved from his position as chief of
the air corps. We unanimously rec
ommend that the secretary of war
take such action without delay"
The report opened new fields of
controversy over the army's flying
of the air mail. The committee re-
ported that "a glaring example of
mismanagement and inefficiency on
the part of Major General Foulois
is apparent from his actions or fail
ureS to act In connection With the
plans and preparations prior to
transportation of the air mail"
The committee said that General
Foulois on Feb. 9 informed the as
sistant postmaster general that he
was quite certain" the air corps
could handle the job of flying the
mail after ten days preparation.
The army took over the airmail
Feb. 10.
The report said that Brigadier-
General Oscar Westover, assistant
chief of the air corps, placed in
charge of the air mail operations,
was not consulted by General Foul
lois regarding the job. General West
overs personal opinion that a de-
cision should have been delayed was
cited.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18
Vacation Plans ASkeW
By United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, June 18.-Presi-
dent Roosevelts vacation plans are
askew again, due to congress fail
ure to adjourn.
He had planned to leave Wash
ington Wednesday, receive an hon.
orary degree from Yale university
and then go to New London, Conn,
to see the Harvard-Yale crew races.
If congress adjourns today, Mr..
Roosevelt may be able to go as he
planned. Otherwise he probably will
be forced to abandon the Yale trip.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18
QUINTUPLETS, MOTHER
SHOW FINE PROGRESS

Babies Gain in Weight; Woman
Receivers From Relapse.
By United Press
NORTH BAY, Ontario, June 49,
The famous Dionne quintuplets,
who today became three weeks old,
are showing excellent gains in
weight and their mother has re-
covered from relapse which
threatened her life last week.
DR.. A. F. Dafoe ordered her to
remain quiet at least another day
until all danger of a second relapse
is past.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18
| ARRESTED IN WAR ON
BEER SALE TO MINORS
Waiter Alleged to Have Furnished
Beverage to Girl, 10.

The police campaign against sale
of beer to minors continued with
the arrest early today of Arthur
Moore, 10 West North street, waiter
in the Bair cafe, Illinois and WASH
ington streets.
Moore is alleged to have sold beer
to 19-year-old girl. Police accom-
panied the girl home. Moore'S was
the second arrest in four days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18

Deaths from auto accidents in
Marion county today had mounted
to fifty-fjve with a middle-aged
woman and an elderly man as week.
end victims.
The woman was Mrs. Scott A.
Pennington, 81, of lit West Twenty
first street, a resident of Indian
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18
POLICE OFFICER SHOT
New Jersey Sergeant Wounded by
Masked Visitor.
By United Press

OATAWAN, N. j., June ia
mysterious masked stranger slipped
into the office of John Flood, acting
police sergeant, today, summoned
him from the street by flashing a
telephone signal and then shot him
when he ignored a command to put
up his hands.
Flood, critically wounded, could
give no explanation for the shoot
ing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18
$3.50 and Watch Stolen

A thief broke into the home of
Abe Simpson, 843 South Illinois
street, early today and stole 1910
from Mr.. Simpsons trousers pocket.
A valuable wrist watch also was
reported stolen.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18
HEAVY SHOWERS ARE
BENEFICIAL TO CITY
Ito Inches of Rainfall Are Boon to
Thirsty Crops.

A heavy rainfall last night and
today soaked through the top
soil and brought ITO inches of rain,
weather bureau attaches reported
today.
The precipitation was generally
heavy throughout the state. Fair
and cooler weather is predicted for
tonight and tomorrow.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18

German Airplane Hangar Burns
By UMited Press
BERLIN, June lathe Heinckel
airplane factory hangar at Warn
emuende was destroyed today by fire
of mysterious origin
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18

apolis for thirty-th
years, injured Friday
night when a car driven
by her husband crashed
into a pillar of the Belt
line elevation over KEN
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18
WOMAN SUFFERS HEAD
INJURY IN CAR CRASH
Three Others Hurt in Accident on
State Road SO.

State Road SO.
Mrs. Eileen Van Treece, 26, of
5306 Lowell avenue, today was in
city hospital with conclusion of the
brain and possible rib fractures as
a result of an auto accident yester-
day on state Road SO near Avon,
Ind. Three others were injured less
seriously.
Mrs. Van Treece was riding north
on Road So with her husband, Lem
Van Treece, and Mr.. and Mrs L. H.
Hessman, 419 Wildwood avenue,
when their car collided with a car
and trailer carrying Mr.. and Mrs.
H. Galloway, Florida. Also treated
at city hospital were Mr.. Van
Treece and Mrs. Loretta Hessman,
%.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18
Lithuanian Fascist Gets IL Years

KOVNO, Lithuania, June 18.-Au-
gustinas Valdemarss, only man who
failed in an attempt at a Fascist
coup in Europe in recent years, was
sentenced to twelve years at hard
labor today by an army court-mar-
tial. Valdemaras, former premier,
attempted a coup June Z.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18
Times Index

Because of transmission difficult
ties, the column by Haywood Broun
does not appear in this edition of
The Times.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18
M'NEIL IS NEW EDITOR
Scripps- Howard Man Is Named to
Knoxville Post.
By United Press

By UNtt6G Pf6SS
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, June 49,
Marshall Mcneil, managing editor
of the Scripps- Howard Newspaper
Alliance in Washington, today be-
came editor of the News Sentinel
here.