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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-07
DENIES BOND SLASH
FOR ALLEGED 'FIXER'
Judge Baker Turns Down
Plea of TrimbIe.

Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker
today refused to reduce the $4,000
bond under which Harry Trimble,
professional bondsman. is held Oh
an affidavit charging him with en-
bezzlement and grand larceny in
connection with an alleged attempt
to fix" Criminal Court case.
At the same time. he told Law
renee Shaw, Trimble's attorney. that
lie would not try the case himself,
and that he would be quite particu-
lar about the type of bond he
approved in the case.
AS this tranSpired in court, Miss
Margaret Polsgrove. who will appear
Thursday before Judge Baker for
sentencing on charges of involun-
tary manslaughter, was taken before
the Marion County Grand Jury,
which is investigating charges that
Trimble was involved in an alleged
attempt to fix" Miss PolSgrove's
case in court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-07
BY HERBERT LITTLE


WASHINGTON, May THE New
Deal faced the threat of catastro-
phe today.
Its leaders sought desperately for
loopholes in the Supreme Courts
broad decision invalidating the
Railroad Retirement Act of 1884, a
decision in which some Of them
read a death blow to NRA and to
the pending social security bill and
other measures.
NRA officials believed they de-
tected in the decision clear dis
tinction which would permit a
favorable opinion by the court in
its forthcoming decision on NRA IN
the Schechter test case.
Supporters of President RooSe-
velt's social security program we're
peSSimiStic. but still had some nope
that a way would be found TO safe
guard the unemployment and old
age insurance sections of the bill.
This measure has been passed by
the House, and the Senate Finance
Committee began private consider
alton Of it todpy.
SOLICITOR General Stanley Reed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-07
BONUS COMPROMISE
BEATEN IN SENATE
Decision Now Lies Between
Patman, VinSon Bills.
By United Press

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, May THE
Senate this afternoon scrapped the
Administration bonus compromise
plan and expressed preference for
the. Vinson-A American Legion bill
for full cash payment.
On motion to substitute the
Vinson bill for the compromise plan,
the Vinson measure won, Sd to 80.
Rejection of the compromise Of
fered by Senator Pat Harrison
ID, Miss, made inevitable a clash
between the White House and Con-
gress on the bonus issue A decision
still remained to be made between
the Vinson bill and the Patman
"greenback" bill. Thousands of
kilograms in support of the latter
measure have been received since
Sunday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-07
NEW 8-STORY
BUILDING FOR
POLICE LIKELY
S500,000 Federal Fund May
Be Used for Modern
Structure.

Indianapolis may use part of its
allotmnet from the s4,S80 900, 900
Federal works-relief appropriation
for construction of a new half-mil
lion dollar, eight-story police head
quarters and Municipal Court
Building, it was revealed today.
In disclosing that plans had al
ready been drawn for such a struc-
ture, which, according to Chief Mike
Morrissey, would be one of the most
modern structures of its type in this
country. Mayor John w. Kern
stated that track elevation would
continue to be the first conSidera-
ton of the city administration.
Kern to Ask Funds
Mayor Kern will submit a request
for the citys portion of the $4,000
600 900 Federal work-relief program
this week to Clarence E. Manion,
state national emergency council
administrator. The new police sta
ton would be built if enough money
is awarded over and above the cost
OF track elevation. or, If insufficient
money is awarded indianapolis for
track elevation, then the money
will be spent on civic improvements
such as the new police station, he
indicated.
The police station, as tentatively
laid out. would include all modern
Improvements known in police work.
There will be ample space to house
the many, now crowded departments
and the most modern facilities for
radio. Bertillon and record depart
ments.
School Room, Gym Included
The building will include a school
room for instruction work in police
methods and a gymnasium to keep
John Law" within his uniform.
Another of the features will be a
two-story fully equipped garage. and
for emergency use a 29-bed dorml-
tory has been addeo.
Chief MorrisSey. in commenting
on the proposed plans, said:
The present building was con-
structed about 1893 before we had
police radio or automobiles and the
city has outgrown it. If we get our
new quarters. we will rank with any
city in the country for modern po-
lice work"
The new station would occupy the
present site. but would be four sto-
ries higher and be built along mod
ern. architectural lines.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-07
BRITISH TO STAND BESIDE
FRANCE IF NAILS ATTACK
Sir John Simon Reveals His
Country as Firmly Be-
hind Paris.
CITES L0CARN0 PACT
London viii Support Treaty
Pledge. Foreign Minister
Tells Commons.

81 United Prcss
LONDON, May britain
is prepared to fulfill her obi
cations under the Locarno
Treaty and extend military
aid to France if the latter is
attacked by Germany, Sir
John Simon, foreign secre-
tary, told the House of Com
mons tonight.
Members piled the government
with questions about whether Bri-
tain would use her military forces
with France If Germany further re-
undated the Versailles Treaty by
violating the demilitarized Rhine
land.
Sir John evaded the direct issue
nv saving Britain would faithfully
fulfill her obligations under the Lo-
carno treaty, which provides for
military assistance in case OF un-
justified attack. but not for such as
sistance in case OF violation OF a
previous treaty.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-07
DEATH ENDS CAREER
OF NOTED EDUCATOR
Dr.. Raymond Coon Was
Latin Professor at |. u.

Death shortly after 8 this
morning in Robert Long Hospital
ended the brilliant career of DR.
Raymond Huntington Coon. asso-
ciate professor of Latin at Indiana
University. author and former
Rhodes scholar. He was 81. Flu
neral services have not been an
nounced.
Professor at Indiana University
since 1923, DR.. Coon's death brought
sorrow to the campus at Indiana
University where DR.. William Lowe
Bryan, president, lauded his career
as an educator.
DR.. Coon was widely known as the
biographer of william Ward Fowler
oxford humanist and educator, with
whom he became acquainted while a
Rhodes scholar at oxford.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-07
AIRLINER RADIO
DEFECT Barred
Worked Improperly From
Start Until Crash,
Log Reveals.
Bv United Press

~ tNtttU fFtSS
MACON, Mo, May THE log of
the demolished Sky Chief. luxury
night airliner of Transcontinental
Western Air, Inc, revealed this
afternoon that its radio equipment
functioned improperly almost from
the time it left Los Angeles until it
crashed in a pasture near here.
Five persons, including Senator
Bronson Cutting of New Mexico
persisted in the accident. The fifth
death, that of Mrs. William Kap-
Ian, Los Angeles, wife of a Holly
wood film company official, occurred
early today.
The log of the 100000 airliner
was introduced in testimony at to-
days session of the inquest. A wit
ness, Everett Wiggans, a grocer at
GAINESVILLE, near the scene Of the
crash, said he talked with one Of
the passengers, C. E. Drew, Holly
wood, who told him:
"'These damn radios-you can't
depend on them
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-07
GEN. JOHNSON SILENT
ON DICTATOR CHARGE
Won't Elaborate on Assertion Bust.
ness Bsrons Urged President.

Won't Elaborate on Assertion Bush
ness Bsrons Urged President.
By ,Lited Press
MAYFTELD, KY, May Cen.
Hugh S. Johnson, former NRA Ad-
ministrator, would not enlarge this
afternoon on his charge that during
the 1888 monetary crisis, certain
business leaders urged President
Roosevelt to declare himself dictator
of the United States.
Gen. johnson made the sensa-
tional charge in an address before
young Kentucky Democrats in a
tobacco warehouse last night.
The only reason we haven't
dictator right now is that the very
idea was hateful TO the President"
he said. In March, 1893, there were
many who urged that step, and,
strange as it now seems, the princi-
pal urgers were some Of the very
barons Of big business who recently
came TO Washington and passed
resolutions telling the New Deal to
fold up and die
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-07

The Wabash-av bridge in
Terre Haute has been weak
ened by the flood crest.
Waters will continue to rise for
the next two or three days so that
the prediction of generally fair
weather today and tonight held no
promise of relief to the danger
points.
Farmers Heavy Losers
Farmers in the flooded areas re-
ported that there is no hope that
inundated winter wheat can be
saved, no matter how soon the wa
ter subsidies, and they report that all
fields prepared for corn planting
will have to be revoked before
planting.
There is no estimate of the num-
Der of acres of farm lands inundated
at various flood stages. The United
States Weather Bureau long has
sought funds for an engineering
project that would make the esti-
mate available.
However, farm experts and
weather men say the total probably
is immense and the loss to farmers
is expected to run into hundreds of
thousands of dollars.
Even if the water subsidies inne-
dlately and there are no more rains.
there is serious danger that the
fields can not be revoked in time
TO plant corn so that it will not run
dangerously into the fall as it ma
lures.
Refugees Fill Roads
oats and spring wheat will suffer
proport1onately, as well as hay and
other lesser crops. Reports on them.
however are scattered, and the
damage is difficult to estimate.
Roads are filled with refugee
families, trudging along beside their
farm machinery and stock and look
ing for a high and safe place to
stay until the food menace leaves.
Erosion of the fields will be
another factor in the damage to
farm lands that makes the real ex-
tent Of the flood loss incalculabls.
The tossing water picks up fertile
silt and carries it along to the Ohio
River, to the Mississippi and to the
Gulf Of Mexico, leaving the lands
poorer.
The mathematical picture of the
flood was given this afternoon after
surveys by the Weather Bureau. Az
Terre Haute water is at 176 feet. ia
above flood level, and is expected to
go at least 4 feet further.
AT Vlncennes, it is expected to be
two feet above flood level: at Mt
Carmel, three feet above flood level.
at Edwardsport and Petersburg. four
feet, and at Elliston it already il
six feet
The White River at INDIANAPOLIS
began rising again yesterday and
the rise continued today. Pleasant
Run and Fall Creek NAV constitute
minor menace if they continue
their rise.
1t Is oatstate. however, that the
real flood danger lies. At Decker
and Hazelton, where there are no
protecting levees and where the
wabash and White Rivers are ris-
ing, the situation Is reported acute
and the flood gates of Knox County.
which close automatically at u feet,
were shut today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-07
By Times Special

BY Times Special
CPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, May T.
~ The grim spectre of actual
starvation cast its shadow this
afternoon in the halls of the state
capitol, which was under heavy
guard to prevent demonstrations
of violence toward members of the
state Legislature and Gov. Henry
Homer.
The deadlock between Federal
and state authorities apparently
was no nearer a break, as events
moved toward a climax in the
states relief crisis.
Gov. Horner announced today
he is willing to meet delegation
of Is hunger marchers, represent
tatives of the Illinois unemployed,
who are protesting closing Of the
states relief stations.
The Governors decision came
on the heels Of a conference be-
tween City and State Police Chiefs
Cal Huess and L. M. Taylor and
Mayor j. w. Kapp. 1t was agreed
to permit the hunger marchers to
gather in Springfield without po-
lice interference, if the demon
Stration remains orderly.
Only bread and water rations,
being furnished by county author
tiles and charitable institutions,
we're reported available in scores
of counties.
ID ELIEF workers asserted the
IN situation is growing more
grave hourly, estimating that at
least 100000 persons are facing
restitution, sickness and even
death, unless relief funds are pro-
vided.
Men. women and children in Is
southern Illinois counties were re-
ported virtually without even bread
and water SuStenance.
The crisis results from refusal
of Federal authorities to supply
May FERA funds to Illinois, unless
the state Legislature provides
100000 a month as its share of
unemployment aid.
There was no indication whether
Gov. Horner could organize his
forces with sufficient cohesion to
increase the state sales tax from
2 to per cent, with an emer-
gency clause. He believes he can
obtain passage of the amendment,
if it would not become applicable
until July l.
MEANWHILE, it was reported
1V1 from Y, dshington there is no
disposition on the part of Fed
eral Relief Administrator Harry
Hopkins to recede from his ulti-
mstum that Illinois must do its
share Immediately.
There will be no compromise, .
one official was quoted as reiter-
ating Mr.. Hopkins stand. IF
the state wants Federal funds this
month, let the Assembly pass reve-
nue. measures and make them eff
fectlve Immediately" it was said.
Illinois has known for long
time that she would have to put
up 100000 a month, yet the
Legislature has taken no action.
The state must act"
But 100000 hungry are not con-
cerned with the statements of
either state or Federal authori-
ties on the sharing of the burden.
They know they are down to a
bread and water diet and it will
be only water unless something
is done at once.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-07
INFORMAL AND SIMPLE
MOTHERS DAY RITE.
PRESIDENTS DESIRE
By United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, May 7.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt established another
precedent today when he expressed
the belief that special procla-
nation for Mothers Day On the
part of the Chief Executive was
unnecessary.
Il prefer to think that the trib-
utes which will be paid to mothers
will come simply and spontane-
ously from our hearts" Mr.. Roose-
Welt said in a statement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-07
QUASHES INDICTMENT
IN BLACKMAIL CASE
Judge Baker Rules Threat to Sue on
Debt Not ExtortiOn.

JUICE bdKtI hUIts IHItdI 10 DUt UT
Debt Not EXtOrtiOn.
Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker
today quashed an Indictment charg-
ing blackmail against Cliff Davids,
former Franklin township justice of
the peace, on the basis that q
threat to prosecute to obtain pay
ment of a debt did not fall under
the blackmail statute.
The indictment charged that
Davids wrote on his official station
cry letter to John and Bertha
Sherman, Al w. 26th-st, threaten
ing them with prosecution, unless
they paid debt of $131.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-07
FLOOD WATERS RISING,
STATE FARMERS FLEEING
Wabash River Threatens Terre Haute; Push
cart Refugees Are Heading for Higher
Ground; Crop Losses Are Mounting
Toll Already in Thousands as Indiana
Agricultural Sections Survey Scene;
Total Immense, Say Experts

Flood rains onehaf inch deep poured an average of
$4,000 gallons of water Indiana in the last "a
and made pushca refugees of rverfok and owand
farmers in the southwestern section.
Most turbulent of all state streams the Wabash
River which coursed through Terre Haue carrying heavy
load of botomand SILT and drove inhabitants to the higher
parts of the city.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-07
MOTHER. DAUGHTER OF
PAINTER DIE IN FIRE

Two other Victims, Seven Hurt as
Flames sweep Boston Home.
Bg Tuifcd Press
BOSTON. MAY -Four persons.
including the invalid mother and a
young daughter of John Lavalle,
perished today when fire swept the
residence Of the noted Boston por-
trsitist and water-coloriSt in fash
ionable Back Bay.
Seven were injured. including two
daughters of the artist who may die.
and three iremen and two
domesticS. A 10-year-old son. Jackie,
escaped BY leaping from a third
story window into soft mud. The
dead:
Mrs. Alice c. Lavalle, SIS.
Alice Lorraine. II.
Mary F. DOlan. e. waitress
Kathleen Costello. IS. a maid.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-07
M'ELR0Y KIDNAPER Is
GIVEN 22-OAY STAY
Walter MCGEE. Scheduled to Hang
Friday. Shown Mercy.

81 Hiffd Press
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo. May T.
Gov. Guy B. Park today granted
Walter MCGEE. condemned to die
for kidnapping Miss Mary McElroy.
2 22-day stay of execution until
May 81.
MCGEE was scheduled to hang in
jackson County Courthouse at Kan
sss City Friday. Gov. Park granted
the stay when informed by re-
porters that Division No 2 of the
State Supreme Court had denied a
motion 10 transfer the case to the
court en- banc.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-07
Ministers Meet at MooresviIIe

Ministers Meet at MO0reSVlIIe
By United Press
MOORESVILLE, Ind. May t.
The annual ministers and workers
three-day conference of Western
Yearly Meeting of Friends opened
here today. Representatives from
Indiana and Illinois attended.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-07
YOUTH, WORRIED OVER
SIGHT, ENDS HIS LIFE

Dependency Causes Purdue Senior
to Take Poison.
Bg United Press
LAFAYETTE, Ind, May de-
spondent over failing sight, Robert
F. Senter, Reelsville, 24-year- old
Purdue University senior, committed
suicide by poisoning here late yes
terday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-07
Chaliapin. Russ Singer. Receivers

By United Prsss
PARIS. May 7.-Feodor Chaliapin
Russion basso, who has been seri-
ously i'll of grippe, IL out Of danger
1t vas said today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-07
CONVENTION OPENED
BY STATE PLUMBERS
S9th Annual Meeting Under Way
at SEVERN

al SEVERN
The Soth annual convention Of
the Indiana Association of Master
Plumbers formally was opened to-
day at the SEVERN following conven-
ton prelminsrieS yesterday which
included meeting Of directors and
registration.
A poll Of members as to whether
the association should indorse the
NRA program was expected to be one
Of the highhghts Of the convention
which will close tomorrow night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-07
COUNTY CAR DEATH
TOLL REACHES 49
Negro Taxicab Victim; Nab
0hioan in Crash.

The number of persons killed in
traffic accidents in Marion County
this year stood at 49 today with the
death last night of Eddie Wright,
81, Negro, 813 N. Broadway Terrace,
of injuries received early Saturday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-07
NEW TRIAL FOR LANCER
North Dakota Governor Wins in
Appeal to U. S. Court.
BIZ United Press

BIZ Z Mo Presf
ST. PAUL May Gov. William
A. LANCER Of North Dakota, convict
ed last year on q charge of fraud
and depoSed from Office, this after
noon was granted new trial by ths
United States District Court OF APP
peals here. :
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-07
T0DAY'S WEATHER

TomUrow's sunrise. 4:37 a. m.
sunset. e:46 p. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-07

Wright was struck by a
taxicab operated by Eddie
Thomas, Negro. BIT w
21st-st, at list and
Northwestern-av He died
al CITY HOSPITAL.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-07
40

An auto running wild through
the downtown area early today
struck and severely injured a pedes-
TRAN and smashed through show
window at the Burt shoe store, IS
e Washington
Police arrested Ray Pachoud. Gin
cinnati, as the driver and charged
him with drunken driving and fail
ure to stop after an accident. The
auto was impounded. Pachoud was
held to the grand jury under $500
bond by Municipal Judge Charles
Karabell
The injured man, Marco Lyons,
26. Of 613 E. New York-st. was
knocked to the pavement at Wash
ington and Meridian-sts, suffering
head and hip injuries. Mr.. Lyons
said the car did not stop but ca
reened down the street, eventually
going over the curb and striking the
store window. The driver then
backed the car from the curb and
drove away, Mr.. Lyons said.
, 1935-05-24
TESTIMONY in
Staying HEARD
Map of Shooting Scene
Is introduced By
State

LLANO, May "a. Py-The state
Friday continued testimony in the
case Of L. K. Trimble, on trial for
the Staying Of Menard County Com
missioner w. r. TomlinSon.
After a defense motion for a mis-
trial was overruled Thursday the
state opened its cas- by presenting
District Attorney Herman Topper
win OF Menard. He showed a map Of
the scene Of the shooting, saying 1t
was on land Tomlinson had leased
from r. B. Opp. who was jointly
charged in the Staying.
Through Dr.. j. A. Legett OF Men
ard, who attended TomlinSon, the
prosecution attempted to show that
a bullet wound In the head was
fatal. that ii paralyzed Tomlinson
instantly. causing him TO fall.
TcmlinSon died in a San Angelo
hospital two days after the shoot
ing.
Trouble over land was given as the
cause Of the difference between Tom
linson and Trimble and Opp. The
case was transferred here on a
change Of venue.
, 1935-05-24
COASTAL AREA
INUNDATED B Y
BRAzOS FLOOD
Mstagorda Streets Are
Flooded by Water
And Lowland Crops
Destroyed

Is Inc Associated PreSSl
The crest Of the BRACES river NOV
Cd toward the Gulf Friday. ever
flowing a large acreage near the
coast as 1t receded from lowlands
upstream.
Flood waters from the Colorado
river flowed down the streets OF
Matagorda Thursday night as the
river reached It's highest point there
in mere than 20 years.
The river penetrated a portion CT
Wharton but no damage was re-
ported there or at Matagorda.
The Trinity was almost five miles
wide near Liberty and a few negro
shacks in the outskirts Of town were
in the path Of the overflow.
Farmers in the MadiSonvllle sec
tor reported that they had lost hope
of saving lowland crops.
Scattered rains were reported over
the state late Thursday and Thurs
day night after hail and rain had
visited in several places earlier in the
day.
, 1935-05-24

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, 1935-05-24
20 Year Political Fight
= = = = = = = = = =
Over Location of Texas
= = > = = = = =
Postoffice Finally Ends

WASHINGTON. My "a ~
A 20-year-old contest over location
Of the Seguin. Texas. post office,
involving higher anking Texas
members of both political parties
finally has been settled to the
satisfaction Of residents OF that
city.
Representative KleberS D-Tex)
announced Friday the post office
department had ordered Postmast-
er Adlai Breustedt TO occupy the
new federal building at Seguin
Immediately.
The thought Of constructing a
new post office IN that city arose
IN 1914 during the Wilson admin
iStration and the community dom
ated a plot Of land TO the govern
r2snt for the purpose. The World
War inteS ened shortly and when
il was over. the late Representa-
tive Wurzbach. r. B. Creager. re-
publican national committeeman
from Texas. and Eugene Nolte.
state committeeman. objected 10
the site so strenuouSly that cons
truction was deferred.
The present Speaker Of the
House Joseph Byrns. became chair
man Of the appropriations COM
mittee and n year after he in
serted a clause in an Appropriation
bill providing that If a federal
building were ever erected at Sc
gum ii should be on the site the
residents of that city donated.
Ogden Mills and Walter Brown.
two cabinet officers. discovered
that stipulation and testified
againt it at length when the bill
reached the senate but it was ap-
proved.
When Kleberg was elected to
congress in 1882. ne hurried to