Ilk^l93ffl ■ , _£ \RD 1 NRA' wi do oui *rr VOLUME 46—NUMBER 8 INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, MAY 21, 1934 NRA IS OPPRESSING ‘LITTLE MAN/ SAYS CLARENCE DARROW Socialization of Industry Is Only Remedy for Economic Disease, Roosevelt Advised by Attorney. JOHNSON SMASHES AT PROPOSALS National Recovery Review Boards Work Branded “Nonsensical, Intemperate,’ by Administrator. WASHINGTON, May 21—Chairman Clarence Harrow of tho national recovery review board, toda.\, alter investiga- tion of NRA codes, recommended to President Roosevelt the socialization of industry as the only remedy for economic disease. He charged that: 1. The NRA fosters monopoly and oppresses the “little fellow.” 2. Certain NRA codes are badly administered. 3. The consumer suffers under the NRA. He recommended: l. Socialized, collective ownership and control of in- dustry, followed by a planned use of America's resources. 2. Transfer of code enforcement and fact finding from NRA to tho federal trade commission. 3. Restoration of the anti-trust laws. 510.000,000 IS DAMAGE IN CHICAGO STOCKYARDS FIRE 'f j j% *| it 5 Jz ....... ■ V mam IT f l * m A.U that was left today of the stockyards amphitheatre was the tangled mass of fire-twisted wreckage shown above. Scene of the International Livestock show for the past thirty years, and mecca for stockmen from all over the middle west, this was but one of the famous landmarks of the district wiped out in the year's worst fire, which was started from a carelessly tossed cigaret butt. ■ V ; ' k r • . .. . || :••>.ivS:*...* One board member joined ! Harrow in recommending so- cialization and planned in- dustry. Others signed with | him a withering report* against NRA as a source of industrial monopoly. One member scoffed at his col- league's findings. The 77-year-old Darrow chal- lenged the NRA theory as fallacious | and incapable of ending savage, j wolfish and relentless competition, j General Hugh S. Johnson. NRA administrator, smashed back at Mr. Darrow in spectacular language. He and Donald R. Richberg. NRA gen- eral counsel, called the Darrow re- port “nonsensical,” "intemperate, and in some instance “false." Whatever its effect, the Darrow report hangs all the dirty linen on the line. The country is headed to- ward bitter, prolonged dispute with both sides armed with facts, figures and opinion. General Johnson says Mr. Darrow seeks to offer the coun- try a choice between Fascism and Communism, neither of which has a place here. Abolish Board. Says Johnson General Johnson recommended that the national recovery review board be abolished forthwith. “A more superficial, intemperate and inaccurate document than the (Darrow' report. I have never seen,’ i (Turn to Fage Three) ELISSA LANDI STARTS DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS London Lawyer Feared “Mr. Landi" Tag, She Insists. 81l T nited Press HOLLYWOOD. May 21.—Elissa Landi has started divorce action against John Cecil Lawrence, Lon- don lawyer, it was learned today. Lawrence refused to join her in Hollywood through fear of joining that unenviable group of husbands here known only because of their wives' tame in pictures, Miss Landi said. “My husband as first did every- thing possible to insure the con- tinuation of my acting and writing,” shp said. “Now he refuses to sub- mit to any situation that he says might, entail his being called ‘Mr., Elissa Landi.’ This is no doubt pardonable masculine pride. ‘I have continually besought my husband to make his home over here, but my requests have met with constant refusal. CHEMIST IS MARTYR TO RADIUM RESEARCH Denver Scientist Last to Die of Twenty Who Worked With Curie. By United Press DENVER. Colo.. May 21.—Henry T. Koenig. 42, a chemist who had worked for years under a self-im- 1 posed death sentence, died here yesterday, a martyr to his research work in the properties of radium. Mr. Koenig was the twentieth to die of the twenty scientists who aided Mme. Curie, discoverer of radium, in her research work One by one in years past Mr. Koenig's companions sickened and died, but he continued to work, knowing that each contact with radium further weakened his system. ROOSEVELTS TO CROTON President and Wife to See Son Graduate from Prep School. Hy I nitt rt Ur. ** WASHINGTON. May 21—Pres- ident and Mrs. Roosevelt will go to Croton. Mass.. June 1 to witness the graduation of their youngest son. John, from Croton School for Boys, the White House announced today. 3 Nazis Die in Truck Smash By i ■tret Press HIRSCHBERG. Silesia. May 21. Three members of a Nazi labor camp were killed and thirty serious- ly injured todav when a motor truck in which they were making a holiday trip to the mountains over- turned on a steep incline. DROWNED MAN'S BODY IS FOUND Death of Unidentified Bather Is Second of Season in City. Leaving his clothes on the bank of White river near the Oliver ave- nue bridge Saturday an unidenti- fied man started an impromptu swimming race with some boys and was drowned as he swam across the river. Police were told by boy bathers that the man waded ,nto the stream Twelve hundred persons were rendered homeless in the Chicago stockyards fire which wiped out 0 ,- er forty square blocks in the Packingtown district, doing damage estimated at from eight to fifteen million dollars. Shown above is one group of residents of the district, watching firemen in their desperate effort to bring the flames under control. Many of the homeless were forced to spend the night in the parks. 2 and disappeared after he had taken a few strokes. His death was the sec- ond swimming fatality in two days and the second drowning of the season. —l/r3fi g£rv AV I j v|l |—LpL-2 • s-- - ft w Chicago World's Fair h ** 0 5 * OAK WOOD rr " yvw.'Z'ffl j £ f ~wyA blvo. Union Stock AO l i J \ M\\ L 18 S\\ U, LAt -ferHH -5 w HHZE raer I QgiQNATEP j ST- d'ARUiECoki - ““ T blVd. s/rw ISr I ll a I lih I J BUILDING UNITS JOIN MINNEAPOLIS STRIKE | Decision of 35.000 to Tie Up Construction Work. By ’ nitt and Press MINNEAPOLIS. May 21.—Thirty- five thousand members of the Min- neapolis building trade workers’ j unions today voted to go on strike in sympathy with the striking truck drivers. The new strike will cause j a paralysis in all building activity. ! and will start at 5 today. Earlier in the day flying bricks and officers’ billy clubs sent thirty injured to hospitals as a thousand strikers and squads of police fought at the city market. The rioting among the pickets broke out when merchants loaded perishable foodstuffs in trucks and attempted to run them through the strikers' blockade to outlying gro- cery stores. INFORMANT MENACED IN ROBLES KIDNAPING Threats Give Folice Clew to Two New Suspects. By United Press TUCSON, Ariz., May 21.—Search for the kidnapers of June Robles, 6. included two new suspects today after an informant told police he had been threatened. Details of the story were with- held, but it was said the man was warned not to supply information that might lead to arrest. The suspects were said to be strangers here. Further questioning was in store for a "dude* rancher” who disap- peared the day June was kidnaped and who returned home after the girl was liberated nineteen days later from an iron cage sunk in the desert sands. The rancher has been caught in several contradic- tions. questioners said. He is not under arrest. SILVER MESSAGE HELD OVER UNTIL TOMORROW Minor Details Require Clarification, Is Explanation. By United Press WASHINGTON. May 21.—Presi- dent Roosevelt's silver message will be transmitted to congress tomor- * row. the White House announced today. It originally was scheduled to be I sent today, but a few minor de- tails remained to be clarified, it was explained. The silver message will be the first of four special communications closing the administration's pro- gram for this session of congress. Bank Bandits Get SIO,OOO By l nited Press SALTSBURG. Pa., May 21.—Two bandits robbed the First National bank of Avonmore, Pa., near here, of SIO,OOO today and fled in an au- tomobile driven by an accomplice. John Bennett 17, a Negro of 968 Colton street, was drowned Friday in Fall creek near Tenth street. The body of the unidentifed man was recovered early yesterday by police. The victim is described as being 30 years old. 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing 145 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes and fair complexion. On the west bank of the river po- lice found a pair of blue overalls, a brown hat. a blue workshirt and a : pair of work shoes, which were said to have been left by the victim. SCHOOL GIRL MISSING: POLICE LACK CLEWS Daughter Has Not Been Seen Since Friday, Mother Says. No clews which would solve the mysterious disappearance of Mar- garet Rackley, 15. of 441 Centennial street, have been found, police were informed today by her mother. Mrs. Margaret Rackley. The girl, a pupil in Washington high school, has been missing since Friday. Mrs. Rackley has com- municated with all relatives and friends with whom the girl might be staying, without success. The mother could give no reason for the girl's disappearance. She is described as five feet, one inch: ninety-five pounds: brown eyes and hair: white suit: red blouse, white: shoes and stockings. MORRISSEY PUTS BAN ON UNGUARDED POOLS Aroused by Brownings. Chief Orders Arrest of Offenders. Aroused by the two recent drown-, mgs. Chief Mike Morrissey today issued an order instructing police to arrest persons swimming in unpro- tected swimming holes. Young children will be taken to their homes by police and their par- ents informed. Older ones will be arrested and taken to the detention home. Those above detention home age will be taken to police head- quarters. 5 DIE IN TRUCK MISHAP Sixth Critically Hurt as Vehicle Goes Down 30-Foot Bank. By Cmitrd Prrs* TYLER. Tex.. May 21.—Five per- sons were killed and a sixth crit- icallv injured today when a truck crashed into a narrow bridge and rolled down a thirty-foot embank- ment near Carroll. Those killed were Troy Pool. 21. son of Jess Pool. Carroll merchant: Lloyd Dowell. 22. and three Ne- groes. Cleveland Griffin. Julius Da- vis and Martina Davis. Congressman Sworn In By f m itfd Pr< *• WASHINGTON. May 21— Jared Y. Sanders, recently elected to the house from the Sixth Louisiana dis- trict. was sworn in today by Speaker Henry T. Rainey. Motor tuned up. Carburetor adjusted. See Carburetor Sales, 214 E. Ohio —Adv. j I Extent of district covered by the Chicago “Packingtown” fire is shown on she above map. Starting in the heart of the stockyards, the flames were carried to the northeast, across Halsted street, into a com- mercial and residential district, an area of over a square mile. Flames were checked only after a series of dynamite blasts were set off by fire- men to raze structures in the path of the flames. Progressive Party Formed by La Follette Followers Wisconsin Liberals Desert G. 0. P. to Organize Group to Run Independently in 1934 Elections. By United Press MADISON. Wis., May 21.—Peti party in a separate column on the The Progressives, after forty years of existence as the La Follette fac- tion within Republican ranks, de- cided at a state convention in Fond Du Lac Saturday to strike out inde- pendently as the Progressive party. "The first jolt we want to give the stalwarts in both parties (Dem- ocrat and Republican) is to file the largest number of petitions ever filed in the office of the secretary of state.” former Governor Philip F. La Follette said. "If we can t get 50.000. there is no demand for the party.” < The place on the ballot could be obtained by 10.000 signatures in ten chosen counties, or by approximate- ly 25.000 signatures in ten counties selected at random. Mr. La Follette said. The name ‘ Progressive party” was chosen after sharp debate in which a small but powerful group held out for the name •Farmer-Labor.” Senator Robert M. Ls Follette closed the debate, expressing hope that the new party movement would become national and warning against a "class movement” name. tions to place the new Progressive 934 election ballots were in circula- WILLIAM MORAiN DIES Funeral Services to Be Held To- morrow for City Resident. William Thomas Morain. 71. of 4402 Bertha street, died of a heart disease last night. Funeral services will be held at Floral Park ceme- tery at 10 tomorrow. Mr. Morain is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Ri- ley O'Hare, with whom he made his home: a son Albert. Eldorado, Kan., and several grandchildren. U. S.~GETS ARMS NOTE Gran Chaco Munitions Ban to Be League Parley Topic. Bv Unitf4 Prrtf WASHINGTON, May 21.—The state department today received an invitation from the council of the League of Nations to ’oin a broad international movement to prevent sales of arms and munitions to the warring governments of Paraguay and u The Indianapolis Times Increasing cloudiness with showers and thunderstorms beginning tonight or tomorrow; much cooler tomorrow. Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice. Indianapolis. Ind. STORMS,COOL WAVE PROMISED FOR CITY Armington Predicts Rains j Tonight or Tomorrow. Thunderstorms and showers may | be expected to quench the blazing ; heat here by tonight or tomorrow, ! J. H. Armington, local meteorolo- gist. said today. Highest temperature thus far in Indianapolis this year, 83.5, was re- corded yesterday at 2:10 p. m. Pre- vious high mark was 87.6 on May 0. The mercury this morning was 10 degrees above normal. However, the storms working this way from the northwest will bring cooler weather. Mr. Armington said. THREE KILLED IN AUTO SPILLS County’s Traffic Death Toll for Year Now Stands at 43. Traffic accidents claimed three lives over the week-end and today i in Marion county, boosting the toll for this year to forty-three. The dead are Roland Rowe, 21, Newcastle, former high school bas- ketball star; Fanny Glanzman. 6, of 850 South Illinois street, and | Miss Dorothy Clark, 25, of 1410 Carrollton avenue. Miss Clark died early today in | city hospital from injuries received { in an accident April 9 j when she attempted to A£7 to cross the street at | LL*\ Fortieth street and Col- 1 lege avenue. She was; struck by an automobile driven by Gail Connau.ghton. 31, of 3171 North Illinois street. He was arrested at the time and charged* with drunkenness, operating a mo- j tor vehicle under the influence of liquor and assault and battery with an automobile. The Glanzman girl was struck by j an automobile at Meridian and Me- [ Carty streets Saturday night. The driver stopped for a moment, but when he saw police approaching, hastened away. Howard Highfill, 522*3 South Illinois street, sought for the hit- ; run slaying of the girl, was arrested in St. Louis, Mo., last night, and will be returned here to answer a ! charge of manslaughter. The Glanzman child died in city hospital early yesterday. Last rites will be held at 2 this after- noon in the Shara Teffia Congrega- tion Temple with burial rites in the Hebrew cemetery. She is survived by her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Reu- ben Glanzman, and six brothers, j Julius. Manuel, Leo, Max, Lui and Sam Glanzman. Mr. Rowe was killed instantly when his automobile was over- ! turned at the Post aftd National roads early yesterday. Conrad j Bailey, 24, Newcastle, a passenger, | was injured critically, and Paul j Mendenhall. 26, of 3711 Kenwood ! avenue, also riding in the car, was ’ injured seriously. Witnesses said Mr. Rowe was j driving east on the National road and a maroon colored coupe was I being driven north on the Post road in front of his car. Mr. Rowe ap- , plied his brakes to avoid a collision j and his automobile skidded about 200 feet and turned over several times. MASON TRIAL DELAYED FOR INDEFINITE PERIOD Dean Hearing to Be Arranged as Soon as Possible. Trial of Edward YFoggy.i Dean, al- leged trigger man in the slaying of Sergeant Lester Jones, will be ar- ranged as soon as possible. Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker said today when informed retrial of William H. Mason, held in the same case, had been postponed indefinitely at No- biesville. Mason was to have gone on trial today, and Dean’s trial had been set for June 11. The Mason case de- lay was decided on to permit Floyd Mattice, chief deputy prosecutor, to handle the Dean case and cases of i four former Meyer-Kiser bank of- ficials here, and to permit Floyd Christian. Mason's attorney, to at- j tempt to collect SBOO fees from the Marion county council. STUDENT PILOT KILLED Second Youth Critically Hurt in Texas Crash. By United Press SHERMAN. Tex., May 21.—One ! student pilot was killed and an- other critically injured when their | training ship crashed at the airport today. Mortmier Riley. 20. Long Island N. Y.. died at St. Vincent's hospital shortly after the crash. William S. Curry. 21. Wichita. Kan., was re- ported dying. Woman Dies in Plane Crash B'J f nited Press HOLLYWOOD. Ha.. May 21.—An unidentified woman was killed and a man. believed to h? David H. \ Siland. Morristown, N. J.. was per- haps fatally injured today when their airplane fell and nosed into a marsn near here. HOME EDITION PRICE TWO CENTS Outside Marion County, 3 Cents BOMB, HIDDEN IN BOOK, EXPLODES IN CAPITAL’S POSTOFFICE; TWO HURT CHICAGO RUINS GIVE UP BODY OF WATCHMAN Search Pursued for Other Possible Fire Victims; Looting Begins. By United Press CHICAGO, May 21.—Thousands of, workmen, having removed one body from the smouldering debris of Chicago's $10,000,000 stockyards fire, pursued their grim search today in the belief that others may have been trapped in the raging flames. The task was most difficult due to the necessity of searching through the burned carcasses of hundreds of head of livestock. It was practically impossible in some instances to de- termine the character of charred re- mains. This uncertainty caused workers to identify three objects lo- cated early Sunday as human re- mains. Positive identification of one body, however, was made only today when it was determined that Ike Means, 62, a watchman, had lost his life in the cattle pens. Mob Loots Storehouses Looting started when 5.000 men. thrown out of jobs by the paralyzing blaze, stormed into partially ruined store buildings on the east side of Halsted street, adjoining the stock- yards. Meanwhile rehabilitation work was speeded and the stricken area took on an appearance of a war ridden Belgian village as commis- sion men threw up flimsy little shacks amid the ruins and hung out signs, “business as usual.” The gigantic task of hanl'.ing 43.000 head of cattle, hogs and sheep went ahead with the same spirit that started Chicago's regrowth from barren desolation after the "big fire” sixty-three years ago. Temporary cattle pens were hur- riedly constructed—workmen were on the scene before daybreak—and a frame structure started to replace the nine-story exchange building, razed by the flames. Mr. Means’ body, discovered by two boys crawling over the ruins, was found in the midst of burned cattle pens and identification final- ly was established by keys, a work- man's badge and other metal ob- jects. Officials of the stockyards be- lieved he had been overcome by smoke while attempting to rescue cattle trapped in their pens. Clerk in Washington Dead Letter Office May Lose Hand. PAGES HOLLOWED OUT, Package Was Addressed to Balkan Country, Say Investigators. By United Press WASHINGTON. May 21. A bomb concealed in a hollowed-out copy of “Uncle Tom's Cabin” and addressed to a person in a Balkan coun- try, exploded in the hands of Myrton L. Genung, clerk in the Washington dead letter postoffice. Mr. Genung's face was badly lacerated and one hand was so mangled it may be amputated. William L. Jackson, office messen- ger who was standing behind him, was slightly hurt. Two others escaped unscathed. The package containing the bomb was sent to the dead letter office ten days ago because of defective sealing. It was shipped from New York. As Mr. Genung unwrapped it and pulled back the cover there was a deafening explosion and he fell to the floor. Pages of the book had been hol- lowed out and the infernal machine, with battery attached, imbedded in the hole. It was so cleverly con- structed that when the cover was lifted, an electrical contact trigger ignited the powder. Postal Inspector Thomas M. Mil- ligan, who began an investigation, said the first page of the book was inscribed. Life Among the Lowly.” He said he believed an alien agita- tor, bent on revenge, placed it in the mails. He denied it was addressed to a country in the Balkans, but two postal officials and a local police lieutenant said otherwise. He said he had communicated with New York postal authorities and the de- partment of justice in an effort to identify the sender, Mr. Genung was taken to emerg- ency hospital, where physicians said they hoped to save his hand but that it would be necessary to ampu- tate several fingers. GOLFER FOUND SLAIN ON WASHINGTON LINKS Robbery Suspected as Motive in Mysterious Murder. By United Pri ns WASHINGTON. May 21.—Police sought a motive today in the "golf course murder” of Andrew P. Rice, 39. found slain on the Anacostia golf course. Rice, struck twice over the head, lay dead in a rough, a short distance from the fairway. Officers hinted Rice, who appar- ently gambled considerably, might have won heavily and been slain in, robbing him of his winnings. Rice, who had lived here several years, originally came from Columbus, O. BURGLAR FRIGHTENED WHEN VICTIM AWAKENS Intruder Tries to Gag Her With Storking, Woman Reports. A “silk stocking” burglar was frightened away yesterday from his intended victim. Miss Mabel Spooner, 221 East Michigan street, Apt. 112, reported to police that she awakened to find a man attempting to gag her with a silk stocking. When she awoke, the would-be burglar made his exit without any loot. FINISH FIGHT NEARS IN GRAN GHAGO WAR Nations Mass Resources for Crucial Battle. By United Press BUENOS ATRES. May 21.—Every man, gun, and airplane at the com- manc of Bolivian and Paraguayan generals was massed today along the Pilcomayo river for a finish fight in the Gran Chaco war. A series of skirmishes, fiercely fought, marked a week's prepara- tion in the jungle battle area. The best troops remaining after two years of bloody fighting that has cost 43,000 lives are awaiting a zero hour, to be named by Para- guay. Then will come the most im- portant battle of the war. Tho prize is Ft. Ballivian. It is held by Bo- livian forces. It is the last Bolivian bulwark against the Paraguayan push toward the rich Villa Montes oilfields. FASCIST GRIP TIGHTENS ON NEW BULGAR STATE Leaders Begin Formation of Italian Style Government. By Lnited Pr- ss SOFIA, Bulgaria, May 21.—Con- fident of the success of their con- version of Bulgaria into a Fascist state, cabinet ministers under Pre- mier Kimon Gheorghieff today be- gan formation of anew parliament along Italian lines, with political parties supplanted by guilds. It was revealed that the coup by which the new government seized power Saturday had been planned for six months, and that when sol- diers poured through the city and rook control, Gheorghieff and the political and military men backing him were ready witn a complete program of government. BOY'S HEAD CRUSHED BY DOOR ON TRUCK Youth Is Rushed to Hospital With Fracture of Skull. HLs head crushed as 1 the door of the truck on which he was riding slammed shut near Traders Point today, Ivan De Moss. 16, Lebanon, was sent to Methodist hospital in a critical condition. He suffered a fractured skull. Young De Moss leaned out of the cab, leaving the door open. When the truck sideswiped a bridge near Traders Point, the door slammed shut. NORRIS AMENDMENT REJECTED IN SENATE Measure Would Provide Direct Elec- tion of President. By United Pres* WASHINGTON, May 21.—The senate today rejected the Norris constitutional amendment provid- ing for popular election of the Pres- ident of the United States and abolition of the electoral college. OHIO LOSES TAX SUFT Government May Levy on Stats Liquor Store Sales, Court Decides. By l. nited Press WASHINGTON, May 21—Ohio today lost its suit in supreme court to prevent the federal government from collecting the internal reve- nue liquor tax on alcoholic bever- ages sold through state-owned dis- pensaries. VOTE QUIZ CONTINUES Wilson Calls 17 Persons Up Be- fore Grand Jury. The probe of alleged ballot er- rors was continued today Joy Prose- cutor Herbert E. Wilson before the grand jury. Seventeen persons, among them canvassing board clerks, were called beso r e the grand jury today. Hourly Temperatures 6a. m 72 10 a. m 84 7a. m 72 11 a. m 85 Ba. m 78 12 (noon).. 85 9 a. m 82 1 p. m 8S