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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
PROBERS STUDY
ATTACK CLEW
Fingerprint Is Only Concrete
Evidence Unearthed in
Mystery Case.

Despite an intensive 60-hour
investigation, Sheriff Otto Ray and
his deputies today had no plausible
explanation of how Mrs. Minnie
Burns, a 55-year-old invalid, van
ished from her suburban home after
murderous attack had been made
on her husband.
Jerome Burns, IS, wealthy land
owner, was beaten and shot some
time between Tuesdays sunset and
Wednesdays sunrise and was found
near death in his home, 1925 Nor
ris-st, by neighbors late wednesday
afternoon. Mrs. Burns was gone.
Sheriff Ray, however, has his tlrst
bit of concrete evidence today, con-
sisting of a set of finger prints found
in the home and now being enlarged
and printed for comparison WIN
every suspect in the case.
He also has an authenticated re-
port that two men and woman
were seen at the Burns home be-
tween 5 and Wednesday morning
but he does not know the identity OF
the persons, or their connection with
the crime. He has ordered a search
for them. None of the persons con-
nected with the case could be lden-
titled as those seen.
Mr.. Burns. wounded with 81
caliber bullet, is near death at
Methodist Hospital, hanging miracu-
lousy to life that had so far ebbed,
when he was discovered, that he
could answer questions as to the fate
of his wife only with the muttered
statement that she is dead.
This morning Deputy Sheriff Gene
Ryan received a mysterious tele-
phone call from a man, who would
not give his name, who said that
the body of woman was seen IN
Eagle Greek, where Road %
crosses it.
There was no body in that or any
other point at which a road crosses
Eagle Greek in the vicinity, search
disclosed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25

His father returned yesterday
from Rock Island, Ill, where he
attended the funeral of his father,
John Phillip Weyerhaeuser Sr, long
an official of the lumber firm who
died at Tacoma, May Is.
It was believed publicity result
ing from the death of the elder
Weyerhaeuser might have attract
ed kidnsppers to the seizure OF
his grandson. Company officials
discounted the possibility that the
kidnapping had any connection with
the current Northwest lumber
strike. which has tied up much OF
the Weyerhaeuser interest.
Hundreds of curious citizens
marched past the home through
the night. Others waited in news
paper Offices and around police sta
tions for word of the missing boy.
The Weyerhaeusers have four
children. Anne is Is, Philip 10 and
Elizabeth 2. SO far as could be
learned they never have received a
threatening note nor were their
children known to have been in
danger of kidnapping previously.
Blinds Drawn Tightly
A United Press staff correspond
ent drove past the Weyerhaeuser
residence, on a hill facing Puget
Sound and overlooking the COM
pany's local properties, at 4 a. m.
The house was dark and the blinds
were drawn tightly on the front
windows. Two automobiles stood
outside. There was no sign of
activity within.
Police revealed that their first ex-
curSion in search of the missing boy
took them to a small circus at Puy-
allup, a few miles from Tacoma.
There was no trace of him on the
circus grounds or in the town.
The notes which neighbors said
was the ransom demand" was de-
livered by a special delivery mes
Senger. No official or members of
the family would discuss its con-
tents or admit that it was a re-
quest for $500, 1000 ransom or for any
other sum.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
CITY MAN ESCORTS
SHERIFF TO BROTHER
WANTED IN H0LDUP

An Indianapolis man today as
sisted Sheriff Albert r. Mulkins,
Franklin, in experimenting one of
his II brothers, Harvey Cain,
wanted for an alleged attempted
holdup of a store and filling sta
ton at Whiteland last night.
He was Dewey Cain, who traced
his brother from his home at 1874
Deloss-st to the home of another
brother, Garnet Cain, where ne
was arrested by Sheriff Mulkins.
Harvey Cain had been shot
through the nose and in the
hand in the attempted holdup.
Another brother, j. T. Cain, Is,
of 721 Greer-st, already is held at
Franklin, where he was taken
after being arrested in a stolen
car in which the two men are said
to have attempted escape follow
ing the holdup.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
WALKS into PATH
OF ST. CAR, KILLED
Auto Worker Dies at City
Hospital After Accident.

Francis w. McAnany, IL, Of 218
w. 37th-st, an auto worker, was
fatally injured today when he
walked from behind a south bound
street car into the path of a north
bound street car at North and Illi-
nois-sts. He died at noon at City
Hospital, the 57th Marion County
traffic victim this year.
He was knocked to the street, and
in falling, his head crashed through
a window in the street car door
witnesses said The trolley operator,
Thomas Wilson, 80, of 95l w. 34th-
st. was sounding his gong at the
time Mr.. McAnany was struck.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
DISARMAMENT TALK
FUTILE, DUCE HOLDS
European War Danger on
Decline, He Adds.

By United Press
ROME, May 25-Premier Benito
Mussolini declared in the Chamber
of Deputies today that it is "of no
avail" to continue talk of disarna-
ment, but that the threat of another
European war is decreasing.
Addressing a crowded chamber
and galleries, in which sat members
of the diplomatic corps, the Fascist
premier asserted:
The 13point foreign policy laid
down by German Chancellor Adolf
Hitler can neither be accepted nor
rejected" as a whole.
Only persons of bad faith" can
protest Italys strong military prepa-
rations against threat of war with
Abyssina. These preparations will
continue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25

Today's crash occurred near
the spot where H. w.
(Stubby) Stubblefeld, Cali
fornia racing star, was killed
early this week with his me-
chanic.
Williams probably escaped death
when he was thrown clear of the
skidding machine. En- route to the
hospital, Williams said he was
thrown from his seat when the car
struck the inside rail.
Tried to Avoid Oil
Williams said he had attempted
to avoid the patch of oil on the
track as he swept around the turn,
but found his steering mechanism
mad been broken.
The racer crashed into the con-
crete retaining wall and bounced
back to the bricks. Williams
struggled desperately to straighten
away. The car whirled around,
throwing the driver clear, then
crashed against the inside fence and
tore it away. An instant later the
car stopped, almost a total wreck,
beyond the shattered rail.
The Anderson mechanic, who this
afternoon intended TO drive his car
in the qualification tests for the
Memorial Day 500-mile classic, was
said a City Hospital to have re-
ceived fractured right ankle and
possible internal injuries.
Dozen to Race Today
Williams accident occurred two
days after he arrived at the track
for the qualification tests and was
the first miShap of the day. More
than a dozen speed demons are
| scheduled to take to the bricks this
afternoon to qualify for places in
the 33-car lineup.
Track workmen said Williams was
| driving about 100 miles an hour
when the crash occurred. He had
made one turn of the track at low
speed. On the second lap he opened
up and stepped the speed up to
the century mark.
Williams was riding alone. He
had invited several mechanics to
ride with him this morning, but
none accepted. The Anderson driver
limped to the waiting ambulance
from his wrecked machine.
AS the car lurched through the
inside fence, it tore away great sec
tions of the fencing and narrowly
missed overturning in a small creek
Rushed to City Hospital
The Anderson daredevil was
rushed to City Hospital, where ply
sicians said he was not seriously
hurt. They admitted, however.
complete physical examination
might disclose internal injuries.
Nineteen places in the Memorial
Day lineup were open when Will
liams crashed. Veteran drivers said
they did not believe Williams car
could successfully compete with the
others already qualified.
A record breaking qualification
throng was anticipated this after
noon for the thrill-packed chase
for places in the May 30 classic.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
SPANGLER MAY GET
G. 0. P. KEYNOTE POST
Iowa National Committeeman Is
Named for June Convention.

Iowa National Committeeman Is
Named for June Convention.
By United Press
SPRINGFIELD, Ill, May 25.-
Midwest Republican leaders have
agreed tentatively upon Harrison E.
Spangler, National Committeeman
from Iowa, as temporary chairman
and keynoter for their grass roots"
convention here June 9, 10 and II, it
was learned today.
Mr.. Spangler's selection will be
subject to approval by the dele
gates from nine central states, lead
ers said, but is expected to be af-
firmed without opposition because
of his leadership in organizing the
rally. He is chairman Of the con-
ference committee.
John D. M. Hamilton, Topeka, ma
tional committeeman from Kansas
and also an active organizer of the
rally, probably will be named per-
manent chairman, it was said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
BLUE EAGLE REMOVED
Home Stove Co. Fails 10 File Prices,
Wells Ayers.

withdrawal OF the right to use
the Blue Eagle from the Home Stove
Co., Indianapolis, was announced
today by Francis Wells, acting state
compliance director.
The action was taken on ind
ing that the company failed TO file
prices, etc, with the code authority.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
VEHLINC MUST
co TO PRISON
Conviction of Ex-Coroner
on Bride Count Upheld
by High Court.

The Indiana Supreme Court this
afternoon upheld Marion Criminal
Court jury in sentencing Fred W..
Vehling, former county coroner, to
a to 14-year term to the Indiana
State Prison and 500 fine.
Vehling was convicted of soliciting
a bride in his capacity as coroner.
The indictment of Vehling came
after an extensive investigation Of
his activities as coroner conducted
BY The INDIANAPOLIS Times.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
RACER CRASHES
AT SPEEDWAY:
DRIVER INJURED
Merrill Doc) Williams Escapes With His
Life When Speeding Machine Hurtles
Into Wall on South Turn.
HIS CAR is COMPLETELY WRECKED
Goes Into Spin at Pace of 100 Miles an Hour;
Rips Into Barrier; Pilot Is Thrown
Clear in SPILL

Speeding the bricks at nearly 100 miles hour in
practice drive today, Merrill (Doc) Williams, Anderson
nd race driver narrowly escaped death at the Indianapolis
Motor Speedway terrifying crash the dangerous
southeast turn.
Williams lost control of his Harry Henderson Special
when the hummng wheels struck patch of oil the short
stretch between the southeast and southwest turns.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
BY WILFRED BROWN
United Press STAFF Correspondent

TACOMA, Wash, May 25.-GeOrge Philip Weyer-
haeser 9-yearold of John Philip Weyerhaeuser Jr,
official of the nations greatest lumber missing
from his home today supposed victim of kidnapers.
1t was reported reliably that his multimhonaire father
had received ransom note demanding 100000 for the boys
safe return.
Members of the family, however, would neither aflrm
nor deny had been received Federal officers from
Seattle and Portland were working o the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
TOMORROW TO BE FAIR,
WEATHER MAN ADVISES
City to Enjoy Pleasant Sabbath for
First Time in Month.

For the first time in four weeks,
Indianapolis tomorrow will enjoy
fair weather on a Sunday, j. H.
Arlington, Federal meteorologist,
predicted today. Although the
temperature is still below normal,
the mercury is expected to rise to-
day and tomorrow.
Meanwhile the food danger in
southwestern Indiana was practic-
ally negligible today with the Wa
bash River and White River at
flood stage in only two points.
The waters are draining from the
lowlands, and farmers hope TO be-
gin their delayed planting soon II
the weather continues fair.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
HEART ATTACK FATAL
TO JUDGE GEMMILL
Former State Supreme Court Jurist
Dies at Marion Home.

By United Press
MARION, Ind, May 25.-Willard
B. Gemmill, SO, judge of the Indiana
Supreme Court from 1925 TO 1881,
died at his home here last night
after a heart attack.
Judge Gemmill, Republican, was
defeated for reelection in 1880 by
Curtis w. Roll, Kokono. present
member Of the court. He was
former state Senator. deputy at
torney general and city attorney OF
Marion.
He was a graduate Of De Paw
University and had lived in Grant
County all his life.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
THURST0N TAKES BRIDE
Famed Magician, 6s. Is Wed to d..
vorcee, 81.


HARRISON, N. Y, May Is
Howard Thurston, SIS, famous mag-
clan, and Mrs. Pauline Mark, 81, of
North Adams. Mass, a divorce,
were married here by Leo Mintzer,
Justice of the Peace, last night. 1t
was disclosed today.
The marriage followed a brief
courtship. Mr.. Thurston's first wife,
Mrs. Nina Thurston, died last year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
Automobile Sales Rise

bV HfFtu FFfSs
WASHINGTON. May 25.-Factory
sales of automobiles in April
amounted to 477.716 units. highest
for any month in more than five
years, the Department of Commerce
reported today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
NAB BADMAN IN H0LDUP
st. Joseph Police Capture Bandit
Sought in Six States.


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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. May 25-Tom
Limerick. badman wanted in half a
dozen states and by the govern
ment for bank robbery, was arrested
by st. Joseph detectives today after
he had robbed a soft-drink place.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
KIDNAP HEIR TO
LUMBER EMPIRE:
100000 ASKED
Lad Is Great-Grandson of Founder Of Vast
Weyerhaeuser Timber Domain Stretching
From Minnesota to Alaska
RANSOM NOTE SENT BY MESSENGER
Child Disappears While on Way From School
to Spot Where He Was to Meet
Sister and Chauffeur.

TACOMA, Wash, May 25.-Kidnapers of George
Philip Weyerhaeuser sent ransom note demanding
100000 it learned today from police official The
kdnapes had the lad sign his the back of the note
to prove its authenticity. The note sent in special
delivery letter delivered night Federal investigators
have he note.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
Roosevelt to See Son in Race

40 = = faNNNA 4 49,
WASHINGTON. May 25.-Ac-
companied by relatives and friends.
President Roosevelt went to An
napolis today 10 watch his son.
Franklin Jr- row in the Harvard
junior varsity cru ,.ainst Navy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
ToDAY'S WEATHER

Tomorrow's sunrise. 4:2l a. m;
sunset, 1908 p. m.
Mondays sunrise. 40 a. m; sum
set, 1908 p. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25

Beginning with purchase of a
small tract of timber in Wisconsin.
WeyerhaeuSer started an industry
that for three generations has been
famed as tho lord Of the lumber
mills"
Quietly withholding himself from
public view. the first WeyerhaeuSer
attributed his success to paying
more attention TO my credit than 10
my clothes"
Arrived in L. :. In 50
When he arrived in the United
States in 1882 with his mother and
sister. TIE family settled in Erie
County. Pa. Mr.. WeyerhaeuSer
worked there as a day laborer.
Three wears later the family moved
to Rock Island. II. There Weyer-
haeuSer went into partnership with
Prank c. A. Denckmann. operator
OF a Sawmill.
On a chance journey to Wiscon-
sin he investigated the timber field
and found extreme waste. He de-
termined 10 enter the lumber in
dustry on a large scale ana IN 1864
made his first purchase.
Within a decade Mr.. Weyerhaeus-
or organized the Chippewa Lumber
and Boom Co. at Chippewa Falls,
Wis. the largest firm Of its kind in
the world. and started the lumber
buying syndicate Of Tacoma which
bore his name.
Profits by the Million
Profits began pouring in by the
million as Mr.. WeyeThaeuser gained
control OF virtually every piece of
valuable lumber in the Mississippi
River basin. AS his business in
creased. so did his secretiveneSs and
retirement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25
Vast Timber Fortune Founded
by Boys Great-Grandfather

ST PAUL weyerhaeuser family
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-25

New guaranteed tires 15c wk. Save
s1.o0 up. Hoosier Pete.-Adv.
The Washington times., 1935-04-13
England Likes
La PIante

HOLLYWOOD, April 13.-Even
if Hollywood beckons, Laura La
Plante will have to turn away.
For Laura'S producer husband,
Irving Asher, refuses to be sepa-
rated from her by 5000 miles.
II wouldn't mind it for one pic
ture," he says. But if she did
one, I know they'd want her for
more, and that's not my idea Of
marriage"
Irving, who won his real spurs
handling Warner Brothers produc-
ing interests in England, goes back
there with a new seven-year con-
tract and with Jack Warmers
okay on his program for the COM
ing year.
He and Laura have been widely
entertained during their stay in
Hollywood. She remains couple
of weeks, but unless she can make
Irving change his mind, there'll be
no picture work here.
Laura is now big favorite in
British films, you know. She did
five last year and must report in
May for Guy Bottoms water
Nymph." Autograph seekers, who
are now as numerous in London
as in Hollywood, swarm around
her when she appears in public.
Just another case where Holly
wood said through" too soon.
The Washington times., 1935-04-13
Album Folks
Raise Hob

HOLLYWOOD, April 13.-1n
the unceasing campaign Of vigil
ance to prevent lawsuits, Para
mount is even forced to hire bit
players to pose for still pictures of
the old-fashioned album type.
Every studio has dozens of au-
thentic pictures of this kind, but
they don't dare use them. Some
relative Of the person might pop
up and file suit.
This seems far-fetched, but it
actually happened, in the case Of
MRS. Wigs of the Cabbage
Patch" Remember when zaSu
Pitts was looking through the liter
ature sent out by the matrimonial
bureau?
Paramount used an old picture
for single shot, and was
promptly sued by woman, who
claimed it was her husband.
The studio wrote another
"don't" into its rules, and will pro-
tect itself on the old album shots
1t needs for 1.-THE Big Broadcast
Of 1885,"
The Washington times., 1935-04-13
Audiences Fooled by Titles
Miss Many Good Movies

HOLLYWOOD April 13-If there had been movies in Eliza
bhan England Shakespeare would have written his line
about what's in name?" Many present day Hollywood
films get off bad with the public when titles assigned
to them the subject matter in many peoples minds
Letters and inquiries coming into Paramount studios reveal
that large portion of the American public is rusty it's
medieval history Many under the impression that Cecil
DeMe ''The Crusades," deals with antilquor anti
tobacco drive The word crusad applied to these modern
movements derived from the twelfth century world
when all European nations banded together to win the
HOLY Senulchre Jerusalem from the infidels.
The Washington times., 1935-04-13
The Lew Ayres Roll Their Own
With Friends As Actors

HOLLYWOOD, April 10 G.N.SO.
All Hollywood is trying to get a
peek at the one-reel pictures which
Ginger Rogers and Lew Ayres are
producing for their private amuse-
ment.
With the aid of a few friends
the film pair have just COM
pleted a 1,000-foot superspecial
called How Virtue Rewarded
Chris"
The story is their joint work,
the direction is by Lew, who also
built the sets and manned the
16-millimeter camera.
In sharp contrast to their stu
dio activities, Ginger plays only
character roles in these home
talent productions, and Lew only
bits. They enlist the rest Of the
cast from their friends. Phyllis
Fraser, Ginger'S cousin, has ap-
peared in some of the pictures
and Ben Alexander in others.
How Virtue Rewarded Chris"
Is the most ambitious venture
Of the Rogers-Ayres company.
Exterior shots were made at Big
Bear Lake and interiors were shot
in beaver-board seats built by
The Washington times., 1935-04-13
Clara Bow Refuses to Raise
Her Baby in Hollywood
BY WALLACE X. RAWLES
International News Service Staff
COrroSUOndent

HOLLYWOOD, April 13.-Clars
Bow, red-headed cit" girl of the
screen, today was making prepare
tions to move her young son fa1
from Hollywood.
Alterations were being rushed
on the Nevada ranch of Rex Bell,
her coWboy-actor husband, and
within a short time Clara, Rex
and the baby, Rex Larbow, who'll
be 4 months old next Tuesday,
will go to their isolated desert
estate.
Bring that kid up in Holly
wood? Not on your life," de-
clared Clara shortly after the
birth of her son. Hollywood
has done a lot for me, but this
child Of mine is going back to
the ranch. We've got enough
actors in the family. Rex, jr.,
is going to be a cowpuncher."
But Hollywood generally doesn't
agree with Clara.
Pretty Joan Blondeu said:
81 went to school in Holly.
wood and lived most of my life
between here and San Diego.
know the cOuntry-and 1 know
children here grow up with
fine, husky bodies, and boys be-
come the biggest and best and
most handsome football players
and athletes in the world. Just
watch little Norman grow!"
Norman, young son of Miss
Blondell and George Barnes, was
five months old this week.
Bing Crosby, who has three chill
dren, said:
Hollywood is the ideal place
to raise 'em. 1t is better than
any other spot / know. The chill
dren can live outdoors every
month in the year. There's
plenty of room, grass, fresh
vegetableS-and sunshine. And
when the children are old
enough, Hollywood has good
schools for them"
Bing's oldest son, Gary Evan, is
not quite 3 years old. Twins,
Dennis Michael and Phillip Lang,
were born last July.
"My son is IA years old and
he beats me at golf every time
we play" said Roscoe Harms,
film comedian. That's what
the climate here has done for
The Washington times., 1935-04-13
By HARRISON CARROLL
International News Service Hollywood
Correspondent


Copyright, 1885. by International
News Service)
HOLLYWOOD, Cal, April 10
G.N.S0 .-At last it can be told,
the men Mae West really had in
mind when she coined the phrase:
Come up n see me sometime"
The blonde star, who has had
everything in pants from college
boys to visiting Indian potentates
seek introductions to her in
Hollywood, today turned the
tables.
She admitted there are seven
men in the world whom she
would love to meet. They are:
John D. Rockefeller, Dizzy
Dean (the baseball pitcher, the
Prince of Wales, Mustapha Renal
Pasha. Melvin H. Purvis (the ace
G mani, James Branch Cabell
and Olivia Dionne.
I'D like to meet John D. Rookie.
feller," said Mae, because I
want to find out what it really
feels like to be 80 years old and
to have accomplished so much"
Dizzy Dean intrigues the star
because she wonders if he "is as
good as he says he is" Shed
meet the Prince Of Wales to learn
what kind of a girl he's looking
The Washington times., 1935-04-13
Radio Editors Vote
Crosby High Honors

For the third successive year
radio editors of the United States
and Canada have voted Bing
Crosby the airs leading singer of
popular songs.
The same studios numerous
other celebrities who are under
contract for screen work also were
ranked high in the poll. Helen
JepSon was voted the outstanding
newcomer of 1884 and Gladys
Swarthout the leading feminine
singer Of classical songs. Joe
Penner was ranked third among
all the comedians on the air, with
George Burns and Oracle Allen
fourth. Lanny Ross was ranked
close up to Crosby among singers
Of popular songs.