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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-13
WEDNESDAY. JAN. 30
THURSDAY, JAN. 81

Two more witnesses positively
identify Hauptmann as having been
in the Bronx on the night of
March /. State brings out that one
was a bOotlegger and the other the
operator of a speakeaSy. 4 former
convict testifieS he encountered two
men in an automobile with a ladder
on March l who asked the way to
the Lindbergh home. and neither
was Hauptmann. John NJ. Trendley
defense handwriting expert, is adj
mitted as an expert despite the
states efforts to discredit his quail
IicatiOnS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-13

evidence, are detailed IN the
following day-by-day sum
mary Of the trial:
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2
Trial opens. Jersey justice moves
swiftly with rapid selection Of ten
Jurors.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-13
FRIDAY. JAN II

Albert S. Osborn. famed hand
writing expert. testifieS unequivocai-
IL that Hauptmann wrote all the
I ransom notes. The sl4.6G1 Of ran-
som bills found in Hauptmann's ga
rage is introduced in evidence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-13
WEDNESDAY FEB s

DR.. Erastus Mead Hudson. New
York physician and student Of fin
gerprintlng, says his methods would
disclose finger prints on the ladder
for six months after the kidnapping,
but that tests showed none made by
Hauptmann, although plenty by
other handlers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-13
THURSDAY. JAN. 10

Under crOss-examinatiOn, DR..
Condor proves an alert witness and
disappoints any hope the defense
may have had OF making a mon
KEY Of him" Col. Henry Breckin-
ridge. lawyer and friend Of Col.
Lindbergh. upholds and approves
the actions in the negotiations Of
DR.. Condor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-13
WEDNESDAY. ~. 9

DR.. Condor identifies Hauptmann
positively as the ~JOLn" who &C
cepted the ransom money IN the
cemetery. John is Bruno Richard
Hauprmann," he cries dramatically.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-13
FRIDAY, FEB. l

Trendley testifies that in his opin-
ion Hauptmann wrote none of the
ransom notes. He throws diScredit
on the methods of Mr.. Osborn.
Peter H. Sommer identifies pictures
Of the late Violet Sharpe and the
late Isidor FiSch and says he saw
them with a blond baby about two
years old" coming over from New
Jersey TO Manhattan on the Wee
hawken Ferry at midnight March l,
1892. On cross -examination, Som
merS becomes badly confused and
makes almost no positive state
mentS.
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MONDAY. JAN Il

The state introduces a surprise
witness. Miss Hildegarde Alexander.
IS, New York clothes model. who
testified she saw Hauptmann "shad-
owing -Jafsie" in the Bronx in
March, 1892. A second handwriting
expert corroborating Mr.. OSborn's
testimony.
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III U y QS4CAC 41NO
and after her testimony, she did not
appear at the trial again.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-13

Four more handwriting experts
brand Hauptmann as the writer Of
the ransom notes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-13

Five more defense witnesses fail
10 appear. Twelve testify, most in
support Of Hauptmann's claim that
the late Isador Fisch gave him the
ransom money. A Brooklyn res
taurant cashier testifieS he saw
FiSch jump over the Bronx ceme-
terry wall on the night Of the ran
som payment.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-06-21
NRA SKELETON BILL
PASSED IN HOUSE
WASHINGT(

WASHINGTON, June 14.-The NRA
extension resolution, which preserves the
Blue Eagle skeleton until April 1, 1896,
was passed by the House today and merely
awaits President Roosevelt's signature to
become law.
1t was passed in the form in which it
was adopted in the Senate, by a vote Of
1886 to 81.
The resolution does away with all the
wage and hours provisions in the codes, as
well as with the references to collective
bargaining, and reduces the National Re
covery Administration to fact-fnding az
ency for the next nine and a half months
1t leaves room, however, for continuing one
of the chief benefits the capitalists got out
OF the NRA: suspension of the antitrust
laws.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-06-21
THOUSAND DIE In
MUNITION FACTORY
BLAST In GERMANY
Nazis Conceal Facts of the
Disaster Caused by War
mad Speed-up

REINSDORF, Germany. = Not
even the iron Nazi censorship
could prevent an approximate idea
of the grim total of the dead still
lying in the explosion-shattered
munitions plant here from reach
ing the outside world. Hitler's
war-madness, translated into ter
rifle speed-up and the relaxing Of
all safety provisions, resulted in at
least 1000 killed and an unknown
number of wounded when the vast
Westphlian Anhalt works blew up
Shot through with evasive con-
tradictions, official reports issued
at Berlin gave the dead as So to
an incredulous world. The burgo-
meister of this town conservatively
ventured that 1000 had been killed
$4,000 at Work
The entire works is reported ia
have had $4,000 workers employed
at the time of the explosion. MAJ
releases described the works al
practically ruined by the disaster
thus indicating what the appalling
number of victims must have been
The detonations which levelleC
the munitions plant began at 8 il
the afternoon and did not cease
util $3.50 in the evening, when fir
and deadly gases transformed the
entire area around the factory in
to an inferno. So unbearably no
did the wreckage become that
was impossible to approach within
hundreds of feet of the explosion
Ruthless Tempo
This explosion, the most catas
trophic in German history, is &C
mowledged by all familiar wit
the tempo of Nazi rearmament
have been directly caused by et
forts to conceal the vastness G
Hitler's war preparations and tn
ruthlessness with which the pre-
duction of munitions has bee
pushed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-06-21
GREEK COMMUNISTS
DOUBLE THEIR VOTE

ATHENS, Greece, June 16.-Desplte
the outright Justification of the election re-
suits by the Tsaldaris-KOndylis govern
nent, it became clear today that the Com
munist party of Greece had more than
doubled it's vote throughout the country
even officially gaining Is per cent Of the
electorate. In Athens the Communist vote
was 100000, at Piraeus, $4,000.
Wherever it was necessary to do so, a
strong anti-fascist front opposed and in
most cases overthrow the reactionary and
fascist candidates. The flexible action Of
the anti-fascist front is the natural con-
tinuatiOn of the formal pact of unity, eff
fected eight months ago between the Com
munists, the Socialists Tin individual pro-
vinces) and the left Peasants Party
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-06-21
ARCHER

Ray Whitish of Basin, Wyo., is
spending the week end with his
wife's parents, the S. J. Redden
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Art Kazeck accom-
panied Mack McAllister to the Fort
Peck dam last Friday.
Harry Gray and son Donald call
ed at the Joe Whitish home Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Whitish and
family called at the ]. M. Whitish
home Sunday.
Miss Ruth Kazeck and Kenneth
Pake called at the Joe Whitish
home Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Boelens are
the parents of a 71A pound baby
girl whom they have named Ar
dith Della.
Little Gorden oBelens who was
quite sick with the measles is
much improved.
Several from this vicinity at
tended the ball game at the Skel
Hoppins home Sunday.
frankie Bargie is back from the
dam.
Joe Whitish and son Ray, R. A
Cook and frankie Barge trans
acted business in Plentywood Sat
urday.
Joe Whitish and r. A. Cool
called on Mrs. Ted Flakne Satur
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-06-21
MUSSOLINI DEMANDS
PROTECTORATE

LONDON, June 19.-Mussolini today
foreshadowed an imminent onslaught ag-
ainst Ethiopian territory by proclaiming
that Italian fascism was "ready" to assume
a protectorate over the Negro country, it
was reported here.
Failing in every effort to bride or brow
beat the Ethiopian monarch, King Halle Sc
lassie, and taking brazen advantage of Eth
opia from the outside world, MussOlini al
SO made public report" that the King
was willing to cede to Italy one of the most
strategic inroads to the Ethiopian interior,
the territory of Ogaden.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-06-21
State Legislators Forgot"
to Make Appropria-
ton For 1t
By HANS RASMUSSEN

Lately a lot of old people in the
county have been quite hoped mn
over the old age pension thew
thought they were going to get
Papers have been signed up galore
and pension boards were appoint
ed. Then the whole thing turns
out to be some more humbuggerv
and not worth the snap of YOUR
finger.
The people returning from Hell
ena proudly announced they had
succeeded in passing an old age
pension bill, and probably did not
know any better than that thew
had done something worth while
There are words in that bill that
sound rather nice, and you get the
impression that it is the intention
that the old people should be pref
ty well taken care of and be able
to live half ways in comfort the
rest of their days, with the state
contributing the rs per cent and
the county the other 25 per cent,
Operate On Hot Air
1t all sounds very nice and keeps
old people living in hopes OF
something they were not intended
to get. Of course, that they also
should turn over what little prop
erty they have to the county in
order to get bite to live on, did
MT sound so good. That part was
bad enough, but what was still
worse was that when they made
the law they did not appropriate
any money to carry it through
with. And old age pension oper
ated on purely hot air is probabl!
all right to fool the people witt
for some time, but is not mucl
good otherwise.
AS it stands now, the state i
supposed to contribute IS per cen
but has no money available 70
that purpose. That means tn
county will have to dig up tn
full 100 per cent and take chance
on collecting from the state late
on. This money will have to com
out of the county poor fund i
which there is no money, and wal
rants are cashed only by big di'
count. The whole thing is as diI
appointing as it can be, and notl
ing but a farce, which it lool
like it was intended for in Il
first place.
That the federal government WI
come to the rescue of the old pc
pie is the next thing they are no
ing for, but from the way thinI
look it is just going to be a
other disappointment.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-06-21
NATL. GUARD UNIFORMS
FOR VIGILANTES

WASHINGTON, June 16.-AuthOrtyI
to put the uniform of the National Guard
officers on vigilantes and business men
and order them from state for state 1ol
military strikebreaking woulr be granted y
the president of the United States undeI,
bill just passed with quiet speed by tne
housie of representatives. The measure
now before the senate. i
A number of such laws have appears
in the wind since the supreme courts og
cision scrapping NRA codes. All pom. =
the same direction, toward new faScloi
steps against civil and political rights Sc =
the masses to back up the economic olIs
against wages and other living stand !aOo
The letter, signaled by the courts declSOD
is now we'll advanced.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-06-21
MARCANTONIO'S
BONUS BILL WILL
TAX WEALTHY
The Bill Is Not Bankers
Bill Nor An Initiation
Measure

WASHINGTON, d. CA bonus
bill that is not bankers bill"
nor an initiation measure, but that
aims to pay the veterans their
"back wages" through taxing the
wealthy, was introduced in the
house June 5 by Representative
Vito Marcantonio (R., N. W
The bill would authorize the
raising of 1926, 100000 from
treasury funds and from taxing in
heritances, gifts and individual
and corporation incomes of $4,000
and over. Tho secretary of the
treasury is expressly prohibited
from raising money by issuance of
bonds, increasing government in
debtedness, or by any form of cur
rency taxation.
The preamble to the bill states
that "the government itself estab-
lished the principle of adjusted
compensation and refunds by re-
turning billions of dollars of bank
ers, railroads, industries, taxpay-
ers on large incomes and to other
monopolistic enterprises after the
world war;"
Declaring that he will offer his
measure as an amendment wher
the ways and means committee re-
ports its bill for the extension Of
present taxes, Marcantonio gav'
three main reasons for describing
his bill as "an honest veterans
bonus bill"
at considers the adjusted ser
vice certificates as back wage
long overdue to the exservicemen,
he said.
ct is to be paid from fund
raised exclusively by increase,
taxation of incomes in the highe
brackets.
at does not tie up the questio
of initiation with the payment @
] the bonus as was provided for i
) the Patman bill; nor is it bank
, ers' bill, for it does not permit tn
issuance Of any interest-bearin
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-06-21
GALES URGES
SUPPRESSION

MEXICO CITY. Clearly showing it's
Wall Street traces, sensational statement
was issued today by PlutarcO Elias Gales
calling on the Cardenas government to act
more ruthlessly and brutally in suppress
ing strikes against imperialist corporations,
not stopping at armed action.
Gales, though not member Of the
government, is the most powerful figure
of the ruling National Revolutionary Party,
and his Intervention at this time is co7lsid-
cred signal for the introduction of more
fascist measures against the workers. The
Cardenas government has been parading as
friendly to labor.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-06-21
ITALY VIRTUALLY
ON WAR BASIS

ROME, Italy.-With 100000 men al
ready called to arms and more than ESQ.,
600 either in Ethiopia or on their way to
Africa, Italy virtually went on a war basis.
The confiscation of silver coins was the
turning point of the rapid speeding up of
all preparations for war against Ethiopia
Italian authorities expressed their opin-
ion that the League of Nations commission,
on which there is one American represent
ing Ethiopia, soon to meet again. would
he totally unable to solve the Italian-Ethi-
opian difficulties"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-06-21
Canadian Youth Ready to
Abolish Capitalist System

TORONTO, Canada.-By a vote
of 327 to 8, the Canadian Congress
of Youth declared for the abolish
ment of capitalism. The congress
represented 154 organizations with
a membership Of 167,705 young
men and women.
One resolution stated that chron-
ic, widespread unemployment is in
herent in the existing economic
setup, and could only be got rid
Of by getting up production for
use, instead Of profit. Another
resolution connected war with the
functioning Of capitalism. Other
resolutions showed an equal depar-
ture from pussy-footing.
The disturbed capitalist press
has not yet found a way to blame
this youthful insurgency upon the
reds, leading to the conclusion that
silence is golden and so suppress
ing the news.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-06-21
OLd Age Pension Sure; But
We Haven't Got the Money

restaurant business, early this
week.
Two enterprises of considerable
Importance are being pushed for
ward with considerable energy by
citizens of the town at the pres
ent time. One is the widening OF
the road running east from town
as far as the state highway. This
stretch of road has always been a
problem to the travelling public.
1t is too narrow to permit safe
passing, and more than once some
one has been crowded off of this
hog-back by someone who failed to
get within an inch of the opposite
ditch. Another public work which
is being promoted is the enlarging
of a spring on the side of the hill
west of town. This spring was
dug out and curbed several years
ago but is fast going to ruin. The
water hole is uesd by about half
the people in town, and is the
main source of water for washing
purposes. A wider road and more
water should be step in the right
direction.
The railway is making some
much needed repairs to the stock
yards here this week. A carpen-
ter crew is putting in new fences
and gate posts and fixing up the
feed racks and chute.
A fifth of an inch rainfall last
Friday night brought the total
precipitation, isnce April 8, to AIS
inches, and grain is looking better
than it has since 1929.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyngas were call
ed to North Dakota Tuesday OF
account of the death of a relative
of Mrs. Lyngas.
Mrs. William Andersen of FroiC
was a caller in town Monday af
ternoon.
Sylvia Jacobsen who has beer
attending school at Froid, returne'
Tuesday to spend the rest of he
vacation at her home here.
Mrs. Sam Christensen of Medi
cine Lake and her guest, Nell Sc
: crist of Malta, and Mrs. Lars Ang
. wick were guests Of Mrs. Gibbon
! Tuesday evening.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-06-21
LARGE GAINS IN SOVIET
PURCHASES FROM U. S.

NEW YORK.-SOviet purchases from
America are the heaviest in years, and are
expected to amount to at least $3OO0O,OOO
or double last years amount. This is on
a cash basis; if credits are extended the
Soviet Union will buy still more.
If banking credits are granted, such as
have been concluded with Germany and
Czechoslovakia, and are being arranged
with England and France, trade with the
Soviet Union will equal 1880, and provide
work for about $4,000 people.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-06-21
GRAN CHACO
WAR ENDS

BUENOS AIRES, June 14.-Open war
fare between the tin and oil millionaires
of the United States and Great Britain
over the rich resources of the Chaco ended
today at noon when the wasted deceased
and battle-scarred soldiers of Paraguay and
Bolivia, pawnS of the imperialist struggle,
ceased firing.
But the bitter concealed conflict for the
Chaco will continue. The peace" plan
calls for arbitration of the disputed zone,
and bribery, corruption and guerrilla war
fare will now become the chief weapons in
the competition Standard Oil Cor
poration and Dutch Shell Limited British
owned) again attempt to hurl the Bolivian
and Paraguan masses at one another's
Threats.
Today noon, however, saw the end of
the third blood-bath in the fight for the
'Chaco. The Chaco is now SCARED
with trenches and shell-holes, and dotted
with white-crossed cemeteries. The recon-
posing bodies in this jungle region have
made it disease-ridden hell. More than
100000 men, it is conservatively estimated
have been butchered since the first war be-
gan in 1927.
For years the United States govern
ment, in behalf of the Rockefeller interests,
has struggled with Geneva circles, repre-
senting British oil interests, to take charge
of the solution" of the conflict, and sought
to impose settlement" favoring Stand
ard Oil.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-06-21

bonds with which to pay the adj
justed certificates" Both the in
flationary method Of the Patman
bill and the payment Of interest to
the bankers as provided, by impli-
cation, in the Vinson bill, would
place burden on the American
people, Marcantonio points out,
either through higher prices or in
tribute to bankers.
The Marcantonio bill follows the
lines advocated by the Veterans
National Rank and File Committee
which has been critical of the char
acter of the bills sponsored by the
leaders of other ex-servicemen or
/ CARNATIONS.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-06-21
PIER DEMONSTRATORS
CRY GREE THAELMANNp

demonstration for the release &C
Thaelmann, leader of the Ce Tr VI Ernst
tasc!sts, and all other prisoners Of anu a
Nazis, was held Saturday night bv @ t
Anti-Fascist Federation at the c ~ Vhe
North Lloyd pier 80, just before the GFs nnla
took off on her return voyage to Ham nIrupa
Thaelmann's home town. '''ufg
A large crowd hsouted anti-fasc;.4 !,
gans and heard speeches demandin%0' u
freedom of all political prisoners in H;s Ie
Germany. Considerable numbers Of luz ".s
sengers and seameA aboard shin watc Sos,
the demonstration. '"eu
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-06-21
RAILWAY MEN
AGAINST HEARST

CLEVELAND, Ohio. -" Hearst
publications are repugnant to the
best interests of the brotherhood,
contrary to the general welfare of
the American people and constitute
a serious threat to American DEM
ocracy," the Brotherhood of Rail-
road Trainmen, in convention at
Cleveland, decided, adopting a res
olution to boycott all those publ
cations.
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RESERVE

Helen Ann Lund was hostess
Saturday afternoon TO a few Of
her friends. The occasion was her
birthday. A matinee party and a
picnic at Wildwood park in Plen-
tywood provided the afternono's
entertainment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aage Jacobsen en-
tertained Monday afternoon in
honor of the eighth birthday of
their son Paul. Guests were Mr..
and Mrs. Jens Lind and Glenn, Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Jacobsen and chill
dren and Grandma Jacobsen.
Herbert Egdahl of Butte is a
guest at the home of his grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Aas-
vaad.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernhard Nelson
spent the week end in Glasgow
and Nashua.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Anderson OF
Ismay spent the week end here as
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. James Ev-
enson.
Helen Everson and E. G. Fergu-
SON of Chinook were guests at the
Halvor Everson home. Mrs. Fer
guson returned with them Sunday.
The Ladies Aid society served
lunch to those attending the Com
munity Oil Company's annual
meeting which was held Tuesday
The proceeds will help defray the
expenses of the parochial school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Groskurth were in
Williston Saturday.
The C. and T. Bridge club with
their husbands were entertained
Friday evening with Dutch lunch
and the men were badly beaten by
the ladies in the bridge games
which followed the supper. Host
esses we're Mesdames Eidness
Strand, Gibbons and Carl Angvick
The Eidness store was burglar
lied some time Thursday night
Entrance to the store was through
the basement. A heavy barred
door leading into the main store
was pried open. About $40 in casl
was taken from the cash drawer
and some merchandise was taken
Sheriff Madsen was on the JoI
and in a short time arrested Pa
Burchia and Red Hamilton who liv
west of town on the reservation
The young men were taken t
Plentywood where Burschia plead
ed not guilty and will stand tris
for petty larceny. Hamilton plead
ed guilty and was given thre
year suspended sentence.
Christ Ibsen went out to the a
Dahl place on Monday where h
will assist in building the ne'
modern home which will be erect
ed on the farm.
A group from town took in tn
free dance in Coalridge last Sal
urday night.
Nearly everyone from town al
tended the Farmers Union annu'
picnic at Brush Lake Monday.
Peter Madsen, the painter, hs
purchased the Thoresen cook CT
and has moved it into town. F
plans to remodel it for a hon
and locate in this town.
Bernhard Nielsen, owner Of Il
Coffee Shop, has secured be-
license and will open for bushes
along this line, in addition to h
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-06-21

day. Mrs. Flalne is some better,
we are glad to report.
Mrs. Joe Whitish is quite sick
with a severe cold.
C. P. Whitsih spent Sunday eve
ming at the Art Kazeck home.
The Barge brothers called at the
H. A. Whitish home Monday.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-06-21
MAYONAISE
WORKERS WIN

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June 16.-The
Ito workers at the Mrs. Schorer MayOnaiSe
Company here returned to work Monday
after one-week strike, winning their de-
mands against 25 per cent increase in
hours and So a week wage cut.
The cut in wages and increase in hours
was announced by the firm Immediately al
ter the Supreme Court decision on the NRA.
The workers responded by walking out lOO
per cent and joining the Food Workers
Federal Union. The cut was from $1S to
$40 week and the hours were to be raised
from 40 to so week.