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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
"a WIN PLACES
IN 500 CLASSIC
Only Nine More Vacant
Spots Remain: Trials
End Tomorrow.

With only two more days to take
their entrance tests, Speedway pilots
were to renew their fight this after
noon for starting spots in the 500
mile auto classic May 30. Approx
mately 20 cars still are on the out
side and heavy traffic is expected
on the two final days of trials. =
Interest today centered on the
Ford fleet, built and entered by Harry
Miller. Not one of the ultra-s stream
lined, front drive Va Specials has
been qualified. Three were reported
ready for action today after a week.
end of swift and mysterious activity
in the Ford garages at Gasoline
Alley"
Twenty-four chauffeurs already
have made the grade, leaving nine
places in the 33-car starting field
open. Only one of the cars is under
the 113-mile an hour mark, and with
several special jobs, in addition to
the Fords, still to go, it appears
that 112 miles an hour will be
necessary to start the Decoration
Day grind. This would eliminate
Harry N-acQuinn, local dirt track
pilot, who qualified Saturday at
Ill miles an hour. The thirty three
fastest cars will start, regardless of
qualifying date.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
Marriage Scheme Lands
4 Persons in City Jail

A 22-year old man who almost
was married Saturday to a 15-year-
old girl to whom, he insists, he never
had spoken. is in jail today instead,
charged with contributing to her de-
linquency.
He is Ernest w. McNew. Drexel
Gardens, and his bride-to-havs-b been
is Mary Ruth Hafer, Is, who is held
at the Juvenile Detention Home but
probably will be returned to her
step-mother. Mrs. Edna Hafer,
Drexel Gardens.
Also in jail is Melvin McNew. II
year-cld brother of Ernest. Who is
charged with contributing. and
charges of contributing are pend
ing against Mrs. Beatrice Wheatlev.
26-year-old sister of the McNew
bows.
Miss Meta Davis and Mrs Marie
SWEET. Juvenile Court investigators.
say that Mrs. Wheatley and one Of
the McNew boys took out mar
rage license Saturday in the name
Of Ernest and the girl.
They say that Mrs. Wheatley ar
ranged the marriage. apparently
because she thought the girl was
mistreated at home and because she
wanted her brother TO get married
to forget about an unhappy love
affair.
Mrs. Hafer learned of the plan.
notified Juvenile Court, and the in
vestigators made the arrests after
the wedding party had started out
of the city for the ceremony.
Ernest insisted to authorities that
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27

Appointment of 1900 teachers
principals, directors, supervisors
and social service workers for the
indianapolis public schools for 1885,
SO was approved today by the In
dianapolis Board of School Com
miSsioners.
The list included 1888 regular and
special teachers, assistant directors
and supervisors for the elementary
schools: 88 elementary school prin-
cipals and assistant principals; 56l
high school teachers and IL vice
principals; 81 social service workers;
six high school principals; seven Ill
rectors of departments and two as
iStant superintendent.
There were 81 designations and
Is teachers taking leaves of absence
next year. Nine retired because Of
reaching the age limit.
The resignation of seven teachers
and two elementary school princi-
pals, who have given a total of 344
years Of teaching service. also was
announced. The designations took
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27


A Coast Guard seaplane took off
from the Dinner Key base here,
flew over the Gulf Stream, and
returned here without finding
trace of the vessel.
The plane refueled and went out
again at noon.
The heir wintered here on his
palatial yacht Moana, on which the
Duke and Duchess of Kent were
visitors at Bimini, at the northern
end of the Bahamas, in March.
Vincent Astor's yacht Nourma-
hal with President Roosevelt
aboard, met the Moana at Cat Cay
in the Bahamas, and the English
newlyweds changed to the presiden-
tial yacht to greet the President.
The Moana left here several
weeks ago for Bimini, where it is
now anchored.
The missing 26-foot boat is at
tached to the Moapa, therefore its
name is Little Moana." 1t came to
Miami last week, and was unable to
return yesterday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
Mortgage Act Illegal

By tHHc6 Press
WASHINGTON, May 27-The
Supreme Court this afternoon held
the Frazier-Lemke farm mortgage
moratorium act invalid as a viola
ton Of the Federal Constitution.
The law, passed at the close Of
the Seventy-third Congress, provid-
ed Federal Court machinery TO
scale down farm debts and halt the
foreclosure of farm mortgages.
The case was decided in an APP
peal brought by the Louisville Joint
Stock Land Bank against William
w. Radford Sr, Kentucky farm
owner.
The courts opinion, by the famed
liberal justice. Louis D. Brandeis,
held that the law violated The Con-
stitution by taking away rights Of
mortgage holders.
1T was bad under the fifth
amendment as a taking without due
process" Brandeis said.
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place because Of reaching the re-
tirement age.
Among those retiring are Miss
Ella Pedlow, principal Of School As;
w. E. Grubbs, principal Of School
43, and j. F. Thornton, instructor
at Shortridge High School. Mr..
Thornton for many years was a
supervising principal, then a dis
trict superintendent, and was as
sistant superintendent of schools
from 1922 to 1927. For a short time
he was acting superintendent.
The list CT those retiring and the
number Of years they have taught
are: Lula j. Case. Al; w. E. Grubbs,
"a: Helen Mar Irwin, ~; Ida Lang
erwish, "a: Ella Pedlow, D; Flora
Swan. Il: J. F. Thornton, 43 Flea
nor Whitcomb, q, and w. w.
Wines, %.
Registrations include Laura Ad-
kins. School 80; Elsie NJ. Andrews,
exchange teacher from England,
Washington High School; Lena Biv-
ems, School 70; Naomi Burton,
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RANSOM LETTER
LIKE ROB|NSON'S
SimiIaritieS to Note Left by
StoII Kidnaper Are
Closely Studied.
Copyright 1885. bv United Press,


TACOMA. Wash. May 27.-Cer-
tain similarities between the ran
som note Thomas H. Robinson Jr.
kidnaper of Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll,
addressed to her husband. and the
note sent the parents Of George
Phillip Weyerhaeuser h. his kid
naper. were detected 1odav.
Robinson kidnapped Mrs. Stoll
from her Louisville home last fall
collected $4,000 ransom. and has
been a fugitive since.
Both his note and the Weyer-
haeuSer note were typewriter.
Both set a limit of five days for
the payment Of ransom.
Both were filled with admonitions
and warnings.
Both particularized on the de-
nominations of the bills III which
the ransom was to be paid.
Both revealed a similarity of men
tai processes in the way they were
phrased. Robinson wrote: over
come your first natural impulse to
call in the police. Otherwise, you'll
regret it." The Weyerhaeuser kid
naper wrote: If you'll Just stop to
reason for a minute you'll see that
il is best to follow our rules"
Both betrayed a tendency toward
cryptic phraSing. Robinson wrote
No bargaining. Otherwise. you'll
regret it." The Weyerhaeuser kid
naper wrote: Better have it. Be
careful
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
DOYLE PLEADS GUILTY
TO ENLIGHTENMENT
Special Judge Takes Sen
tenCe Under Amusement.

Thomas Doyle, former deputy
county clerk in Criminal Court, to-
day pleaded guilty to ENLIGHTENMENT
and Special Judge William R. Ring
er took the sentence under advise
ment until tomorrow morning.
Penalty for the crime is from 2
to 81 years in a reformatory or
prison, and a fine up to $1,000. E. w.
McElfresh, Doyle's attorney, asked
that the sentence be suspended,
when it is pronounced, and he put
several character witnesses on the
stand to support his request.
Doyle took the stand and testified
that he has lived in indianapolis
for more than 20 years and that he
is married and has three children,
for whose support he alone is re-
SDOQSible.
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of 1900 Teachers for 1885, Sc Sessions
Are Gipen ApprOpQL bH GtU School Commissioners

l. to principal No. %; Clio Kurtz,
assistant principal No 40, TO prln-
cipal No. "a; Stella Hatch, teacher
No. 40, to assistant principel No. 40;
Cora Rentschler, teacher No. 70, TO
assistant principal No. 60; Emory
James, teacher, from Crispus At
tucks, to assistant principal No. II;
Milton Stevenson, from assistant
principal No. II, to teaching posi-
ton at Crispus Attacks, and Wanda
Johnson, from assistant principal
No. 4S, to teaching position No. 81.
Teachers taking leaves Of absence
for 1856 include Wanneta Al
drich. School 70; Bessie Axlerod, No.
5; Margaret Bergan, No. 81; Thomas
Campbell, Technical High School,;
Edna Henry, No. 80; Ruth Holmes,
No. As; Alpha Jolsin, No. Al; Lyn-
dali Karstedt, No. 81; Mabel Loehr,
Washington High School; Marion
Logan, No. a: Ruth Mann,
Shortridge: Virginia Moore, No. 70,
and Lillian Randolph, home eco
Monies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
PEARL BUCK SEEKING
DIVORCE, IS REPORT
Prepares to Wed Publisher,
According to RumOr.

By United Press
NEW YORK, May 27.-Mrs. Pearl
S. Buck, former missionary, and
now novelist, was reported on re-
liable authority today to be plan
ming to divorce her husband and
marry Richard j. Walsh, New York
publisher.
Attempts to confirm the report
were not Immediately successful,
At Mrs. Bucks Office voice
which identified itself as Mrs.
Bucks secretary" although it re-
sembled that Of the author said:
L can neither confirm or deny the
report 1t is a personal matter.
Mr.. Walsh's Office said he would
not be available until later.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
Roosevelt Action Hit

By United PTess
WASHINGTON, May 27.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt's action in removing
the late William z. Humphrey.
Republican appointee. from the
Federal Trade Commission was held
improper by the Supreme Court to-
day
The ocurt acted on two questions
certified from the court Of claims
asking whether trade commits
sioner can be removed other than
for cause and whether, if he can
not, such a restriction on Presiden-
tial power is constitutional.
Humphrey was first appointed in
1925 by President Coolidge. He was
reappointed in 1881 by President
Hoover.
Mr.. Roosevelt asked for Hum
phrey's resignation shortly after
taking Office, saying the chief ex-
ecutive believed the post could best
be filed by those Of his own choos-
ing. Humphrey refused to resign.
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School 40; Lula ]. Case, School 40;
Geraldine Collins, School 10;
Blanch Craig, School "A Anne
Daley, School g; Helen Daniels, so;
Mary Winter Dove, Technical High
School: Helen H. carp, Al; Helen
Marquis Evans, Technical High
School; Floyd E. Cofhnet, g; w. E.
Grubbs, principal, "a; Janice Hen
bricks, Technical High School;
Helen Irwin, so; Ida Langerwish,
home economics. Gertrude Martin,
80; Emily McAdams, IA; Helen
Melhsh, leave of absence: Dorothy
Otto, Shortridge; Ella Pedlow, prin-
cipal, %: Hattie A. Storck. IL;
Flora Swan, Shortridge; Helen
Tanselle, Al; Eleanor Whitconb,
home economies; Frances Whitcraft,
%: w. w. Wines, Crispus Attacks;
Wilma Mae Wolf, 81; Helen Zim-
norman. home economics, and Susie
Peters, %.
Changes in appointments Of ele-
mentary principals included Ada
Hill, assistant principal from School
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
BREAK SAFE, GET $131
Yeggs Batter Open Strong Box in
GuedelhOefer Co. Offices.

A safe, protected with tear gas
equipment, was battered open and
looted of Sl3l.65 by burglars who
broke into Offices of the John
Gue6elhceler Wagon Co, 2O2 Ken
lucky -av. yesterday afternoon. The
men entered the place by climbing
a fire escape 10 third-story win
dow and opened the safe with tools
they had taken from the company's
blacksmith shop.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27


MIAMI, Fla. May 27.-Dspatched by presidential or
DER Coast Guard aranes and cutters searched off the Flor
ida coast this afternoon for William B. Leeds, millionaire
sportsman who laughed at stormy and set out yeSter
day in 26foot fishing boat for Bimin He has not been
ported since
Aboard the craft with the pboy OF the late tin plate king
through
from Bimini
of the plight of Young Leeds divorced husband
brought
Roosevelt that all Coast the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
100000 READY; AWAIT
WORD FROM KIDNAPERS
Weyerhaeuser Clan Strives to Get Together
With Abductors of Lad, 9-Year-Old
Heir to Fortune.
NOTE TO PARENTS IS PUBLISHED
Federal AGENTS Mass on West Coast Ready
to Take Up Hunt Moment Release
Is Given by Home.


TACOMA, Wash, May 27.-Wth only AZ hours re-
manning of the days" in which 9year-od George
Weverhaeuser may be ransomed his parents today held
100000 in small bills waited for the next move of the
kdnapers.
The money ready The boys uncle, f. R. Tltcomb re-
veaed and viii be paid as the hdnapers arrange
method and a rendezvous
Federal agents and police doing nothing
Our first concern a spokesman for the Department
of Justice squad said rs the safety of the Weyerhaeuser
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27

in the poultry slaughtering
business in Brooklyn, n. Y,
Joseph, Martin, and Aaron
Schechter, on charges of fail
ing to observe the code provi-
sions against unfair trade
practices.
AS the court made clear its ruling
on the phase of MIRA, newspaper
man passed note to Donald Rich
berg, NRA chairman, asking if the
ruling left the way open for a
new recovery law.
He returned the note with a big
question mark written at the end
of it.
Atty. Gen. Homer s. Cummings
was eating a sandwich when word
was passed to him of the courts
ruling on NRA code-making powers.
Mr.. Cummings continued to chew
the sandwich without a change OF
expression on hearing the news. He
indicated he would have no COM
ment until he received the full text
of the decision.
After definitely stating the rulir6
on the code provisions of the law,
Chief Justice Hughes went into a
lengthy discussion of the question
of interstate commerce which dealt
chiefly with explaining how the
court some years ago came to rule
that the chicken business in New
York was interstate commerce.
In passing on questions Of inter-
state commerce, Chief Justice
Hughes said that unless the effect
on interstate commerce is direct,
transaction must be governed by
the state.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
NIECE SENTENCE IS
COMMITTED TO LIFE
Kidnaper of Mary MCEIroy
Saved by Governor.

By UHitcd Press
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. May n
The fearful plea of Miss Mary
McElroy that Walter MCGEE, her
abductor. be saved from the galloWS
was answered this afternoon wnen
Gov. Guy B. Park committed MS
death sentence to life imprisonment
MCGEE was the first man to re-
ceive the death penalty for k1dnap-
ing in the United States.
Gov. Parks action commutlne
the sentence to life Imprisonment
came two years almost to an hour
after Miss McElroy, socially proml-
nent daughter of Henry F. McElroy
city manager of Kansas City, was
abducted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
COOL WINDS, WARM
SUN BRING PERFECT
WEATHER TO CITY

Cool southerly winds, a warm
sun and a cloudless sky combined
to give indianapolis perfect
weather today. Light showers
from the northwest are expected
to move into Indianapolis tonight
and tomorrow.
Taking advantage Of the fine
weather yesterday after four weeks
of rainy Sunday, indianapolis resi-
dents thronged to the Speedway
md crowded the highways for ex-
cUrsions and outings.
Lowlands in southwestern In
diana, flooded for weeks, were
draining off satisfactorily today,
and farmers believed they might
begin planting within a few days.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27


WASHINGTON, May 27.-COde making provisions Of
the National Industrial Recovery Act under which most of
nations business operating held unconstitutional
this afternoon by the Supreme Court
The court held that Section of the MIRA which gives
the President to promugate codes of fair competition
for industry unconstitutional delegation of legislative
power by Congress to the Chief Executive
The decision served to set aside the conviction and
imposed corporations and four brothers engaged
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
STEAGALL TO ATTEND
BANKERS FARLEY HERE
Alabama Congressman Will Speak
at Conference June 5.

Rep. Henry B. Steagall Cd. Ala
chairman of the House banking and
currency committee, will speak at
the thirty-ninth annual convention
Of the Indiana Bankers Association
June 5 and at the Claypool.
Rep. Steagal. sponsor of many
bank reforms and advocate of de-
post insurance, will speak on the
present bank legislation in Congress
at a luncheon Wednesday, June 5.
The congressman is known as
favoring the dual banking system.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
REPAIR CREWS BUSY
ON SPEEDWAY ROADS
Routes to Brick Oval Will Be In
Good Condition, Shower Says.

Special city street repair crews
are at work and will continue to
work on all needed improvements IN
the vicinity of the Speedway until
the day before the race, CLAUDE T.
Shower, city street commissioner
announced today.
Mr.. Shower has ordered all utll-
ity companies to hold up their
street operations until after the
race except in cases Of absolute
emergency. Streets leading to the
Speedway will be in the best con-
dition in the history of the race,
Mr.. Shower said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
Trade Magazine Editor Named
By Times Special

BIZ Times Special
NEW YORK, May 27.-The ap-
pointment of Harold Hutchins, for
mer Scripps-H newspaper
man, as managing editor of the
American Druggist was announced
today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
TRUSTEE IS APPOINTED
Ferdinand BarnickoI Named in Mar
mon Bankruptcy.

Appointment OF Ferdinand Bar
nickel. Indianapolis Drop Forging
Co official, as temporary trustee in
bankruptcy for the Marmon Motor
Car Co. today was announced by
Federal Judge Robert c. Baltzen.
Judge Baltzen set June "A for the
appointment of a permanent trustee.
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he was willing to marry the girl
simply TO provide a home for her
and get her away from her STEP
mother. because his sister had told
him she was badly treated there.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
Denies English Troops Active

BIZ JnitCd Press
LONDON, May 81. - Sir John
Simon, foreign secretary, denied
emphatically in the House Of Com
mons today that Britain is engag-
ing in military activity in East
Africa, where Italy and Abyssinia
are at odds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
PROVISIONS ARE
INVALID, HIGHEST
TRIBUNAL RULES
Long-Awaited Schechter Decision Is Handed
Down by Chief Justice Hughes; Verdict
Sets All Brothers Free.
FRAZIER-LEMCKE ACT IS OUTLAWED
Justice Brandeis Reads Ruling That Law
Violated Constitution by Taking Away
Rights of Mortgage Holders.

WASHINGTON May 27-The New Deal went down
to defeat test of the NRA before the Supreme Court
this afternoon when the tribunal ruled unanimously that
the code making authority improper delegation of
power and all but barred Federal legislation wages and
hours of labor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
Laura ingalls, at st. Louis

BIZ United Press
ST. LOUIS, May 27.-Laura IN
gals, woman speed flier, landed her
plane at Lambert-St. Louis airport
today after a hop from Indianapo-
lis
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
T0DAY'S WEATHER
Hourly Temperatures

Tomorrow's sunrise, APO a. m.
sunset, 7:04 p. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-27
PREDICT SUNNY MAY 80
Memorial Day to Be Clear East of
Mississippi, Service Forecasts.

By United Press
CANTON. Mass. Nav 27-The
weather Will be fair and cooler east
of the Mississippi on Memorial Day.
according to long-rang forecast
given TODAY by the Clayton Weather
Service
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Work of Educated Person

The note. It was surmiSed. was
the work of an educated person,
probably one who had attended col
lege. Agents pointed out that
"Egoist," the pseudonym Of the alb
ductor. was not a word in the vo-
cabulary Of uneducated persons.
Ordinary criminals and known kid
naperS. with one conspicuous ex-
Cepuon. would have used Swell
head" to describe the same state.
That exception was Thomas II.
Robinson IT. who kidnapped Mrs.
Alice Stou. last fall in Louisville.
XIV. collected $4,000 ransom an
has been a fugitive ever since. Rob-
inson is well educated and an ego
island. his friends and Intima.es
tsve told agents. more than a lit
tie mad. But Robinson. Federal
men believe, IS in the vicinity Of IN
dianapoliS.
Agents said the only reason tor
suspecting Alvin Ksrpis. notorious
eangster and kidnaper. was IN the
fact that he was believed 10 have
Turn TO Page Six
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Signals Are Displayed

T. was believed the ransom note
had ordered signals displayed from
the house in such a way as they
could be seen from the sound. A
bed sheet was displayed Saturday
and part Of yesterday from an up
stairs window. Later il was re-
placed with a blue Sweather. This
was the means that was believed 10
have failed. explaining this ad IN
the Seattle Post Intelligencer:
Due publicity beyond our control
please indicate another method Of
reaching YOU. Hurry-relieve an
CuiShed mother"
The ransom note had been sub
mitted TO the best brains Of the De-
partment OF Justice. whose agents
more than a score in number. waited
in Tacoma and Seattle and IN all
the ma ior cities up and down the
Pacific Coast. for the signal from
the parents that would set them on
the trail OF the kidnaper.
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New guaranteed tires I5c wk. Save
SI.00 up. Hoosier Pete.-Adv.
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William B. Leeds Is
Lost in Fierce Gale
Off Coast of Florida
President Orders Coast Guard to Search for Payboy Heir
to Tin Plate Kings Millions, Unseen Since Sail
ing Into Storm Yesterday.

Fl. LAUDERDALE Fla, May 27.-Wilam B. Leeds,
heir to the tn-pate millions, arrived here safely this
afternoon.