Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 46, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 July 1927 — Page 3

JULY 4, 1927

CITY PREPARES TO CELEBRATE NOISY FOURTH V Pre-Holiday Sale Indicates Din Will Be Terrific; Stocks Go Fast. The pre-holiday explosion of fireworks throughout the city and their extensive sale indicate that today will be one of the noisiest Fourths of July in the history of Indianapolis. The contest in each community to see who could make the loudest noise was under way over the weekend. No attempt was made by police to interfere with these early celebrations. Merchants reported an unusual run on all kinds of pyrotechnics—those to be seen as well as those to be heard. Some dealers exhausted their original supplies and had to restock for the late shoppers. It is expected that those making purchases late in the day will find 6tocks exhausted. Displays at Farks Ellenberger, Broad Ripple and Riverside Parks will be the scenes of pyrotechnic displays tonight. Riverside has planned its most pretentious celebration for today. New and novel Japanese daylight fire- . works will be set off this afternoon 'and there will be another display tonight. Daredevil Huggins stages a balloon ascension and parachute leap in the afternoon also. In addition to the elaborate display of fireworks tonight, there will be speaking, althletic stunts and swimming and diving 6ontests at Broad Ripple Park during the day. The Ellenberger program is sponsored by the Irvington Post of the American Legion. It opens at 6 p. m. with a concert by the Greenwood Boys’ Band, followed by a patriotic address by Senator Arthur R. Robineon at 7 and spectacular fireworks at 8:30. at the natural ampitheater Which will accommodate 15,000 persons. Irvington business men, co-operat-ing with the Legion post, made possible the S7OO display, said Dr. Samuel McGaughey, general chairman *>f arrangements. Children to Celebrate The children of the Riley Memorial Hospital will enjoy fireworks tonight. Those patients who can be moved will be taken to the playground for a picnic supper, and those who cannot leave the building will be carried to windows to watch fireworks on the grounds following the meal. A monument to William Conner, first English-speaking settler in central Indiana, was unveiled near the Allisonville Rd., about sixteen miles north of the city, this morning. Evans Woollen, local banker, and C. N. Thompson, president of the Indiana Society of Pioneers, were speakers. This was arranged by the Hamilton County Historical Society in conjunction wioh the Pioneer Society. Warnings Are Issued Warnings regarding carelessness and administering of medical attention or first aid for all injuries were sounded by Police Chief Claude F. Johnson and Horace W. Carey, fire prevention chief. The Fire department will be alert to respond to all calls it, was said. Dr. William F. King, secretary of the State board of health urged citizens to exert every precaution to avoid accidents and injury, setting forth a list of “don’ts.” Although many will be away from the city for the day, the problem of safety will not be lessened, as countless visitors are expected here for the holiday.

GRETNA GREEN CLOSED New England Elopers Find Law Has Been Changed. Bu United Press GREENWICH, Conn., July 4. Scores of couples flocking to this New England “Gretna Green” to be married were disappointed to learn that anew marriage law which went into effect Saturday had spoiled their well-laid plans. The new law requires five days’ notice of intention before a marriage licensee will be granted. Port Chester across the State line In New York, is expected to become the new Mecca for New York elopers now', as the New York law allows the issuance of marriage licenses without advance notice. RAIL MEN HOLD PICNIC Peoria & Eastern Employes Go to Danville, 111. Third annual outing and picnic of the Peoria & Eastern Railway was held today in Danville, 111. A special train, loaded with employes, left the Union Station at 7:45 a. m. Another special left Peoria at 7:15 ft. m. The outing was sponsored by the Athletic Association of the Peoria & Eastern at Indianapolis and Urfcana, 111. Several contests were planned and prizes have been provided by Indianapolis. Urbana and Champaign dll.) merchants. SHOT IN CELEBRATION Youth Wounded in Leg by Stranger’s July 4th Bullet. A pre-celebration of July 4 resulted in the shooting of Hughes Beverly, 19, of 633 Blake St. .Sunday afternoon at Tenth and Lock Sts. Beverly told police he was exploding torpedoes with two other youths when a man came up with a gun ’and joined the celebration. He fired several shots toward the ground, and one struck Beverly in the left leg. He w'as treated at the :ity hospital. Police were unable to locate the yoiith with the gun. Smallpox Patient Sought ttv Times Hvecinl ‘ ANDERSON. Ind., July 4.—Eldo Becknell, smallpox patient, has fled to escape quarantine, local police have advised State health officials.

LIVE WIRES TRAP FLIER Parachute Catches in High Tension Line Near Park. Bu United Press OMAHA, Neb., July 4.—Eddie Dixon, 20, stunt airplane pilot of Lacrosse, Wis., was recovering from shock today after a narrow escape from death when he drifted in a parachute across high tension wires carrying 1.300 volts of electricity. Dixon was shaken up and bruised, but otherwise was uninjured. He had leaped from a plane in an exhibition at a local amusement park when the wind caught his parachute.

WOMAN BURNED IN AUTO CRASH IS NEAR DEATH Ride Before Picnic Ends in Tragedy; Youth Also Is Seriously Hurt. / Holiday joy of, two Indianapolis families was checked by tragedy Monday morning. Mrs. Beulah Pedigo, 22, of 933 Park Ave., was burned, probably fatally, Methodist Hospital attaches said, when the auto in which she was taking" three brothers and a little sister out for a ride before starting on a family picnic caught fire. James Himan, 18, of 933 W. Thirtieth, was injured critically when the auto in which he and five other youths were returning from Zionsville, where they had gone for an early morning breakfast, turned over on the county line road a half mile west of the Michigan Rd. Goes for Short Ride While her mother, Mrs. Lela Lee, 2920 Sangster, was preparing for the family picnic, Mrs. Pedigo started for a ride around the block with Hanley Lee, 19, Louis Lee, 8, and Jack Lee, 6, brothers, and Cora Jane Lee, 11, a sister. As she was driving west on Thirtieth St., at Temple Ave., an auto coming east shot around another car coming east. She applied the brakes and as the car skidded her elder brother, Hanley, grabbed the steering wheel. The car ran over the right sidewalk, struck a stump, bounced back into the street, turned around three times and burst into flames. Children Are Burned Hanley pulled the smaller children from the auto. His sister fell from the driver’s seat. The other children were painfully, but- not seriously, burned. They were taken to the Mt thodist Hospital. Hanley was burned when his trousers and shirt caught fire as he beat out the flames on Mrs. Pedigo’s clothing. Clothing of George W. Soller, passerby, who aided, also was burned. Eller Lee, father of the critically burned woman, was killed a year ago last May, when an auto struck him and his son Jack at Ashland and Massachusetts Aves. Hinman, critically injured in the county line road crash, is ..the son of the Rev. John R. Hinman, pastor of Hillcrest Baptist Church. Others Are Injured Vernon Hulet, 15, of 3041 Northwestern Ave., driver of the car, according to Sheriff Omer Hawkins, was badly cut and suffered crushed limbs. The others, less seriously injured, were Virgil HP. Harriman, 17, of 3136 Clifton St.; Manley Marks, 16, of 842 W. Twenty-Eight St., and Adram Lafley, 19, of 552 W. TwentvNinth St. More then twenty persons were injured here in accidents over the week-end. Jerry Crawford. 4526 Washington Blvd., was pinned beneath his auto when it overturned after colliding with an auto driven by Arthur Reid, 19, of Detroit, Mich., at ThirtyFourth S>. and Washington Blvd. Crawford was taken home and Reid charged with assault and battery. Held on Several Charges Louis Fink, 2630 N. Meridian St., is held at the city prison on charges of assault and battery, reckless driving and failure to have proper headlights and license plates on his auto. Police charge his auto struck John Foster, 22, Negro, of 540 Indiana Ave., and Miss Susie Curry, 24, Negro, of 1121 Massachusetts Ave., at North and Alabama Sts. They were crossing the street. Both were sent to the city hospital in a serious condition. FOURTH FIREBUG CASE Blaze at Vacant House Sunday Blamed on Pyromanic. A fourth house in as many nights was fired by a pyromanic Sunday. Firemen said the. vacant house At 72_3 Fayette St., found burning at 10 p. m. was lighted with coal oil, rags and paper. Damage was SSO. Perching Pole, Not Flagpole 11 n United Press DENVER, July 4. "Spider” Haines, spending his tenth day atop a flagpole here in a marathon flagpole sitting contest, prevented the Fourth of July flag from flying from his mast. “There isn’t room up here for both of us,” said Haines, “and I was here first.”

Bit United Press CHICAGO. July 4.—The Chicago Alimony Club is a profitable organization, from the women’s point of view. About 7,000 ex-husbands pay their former wives $3,500,000, or so, annually. Figures and clinical notes on alimony are presented herewith. The doleful statistics, from man’s point of view, show that husbands separated from their wives receive 1 less than $5,000 a year alimony, according to Dr. Vernon P. Cooley, who heads the movement to oppose

Youths Frolic and Build Health -in Training at Camp Gridley

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Here are the boys who carry the colors for the youngsters of Camp Gridley. They are George Thurston, 2238 Ashland Ave.; Warren Colby. Jr., 2433 College Ave.; Ronald Roberts, 2856 N. Olney St., and Harrison Thurston, George’s brother, 2238 Ashland Ave.

GENEVA NAVAL PARLEY HALTED America Is Honored by Delegates to Conclave. Bu United Press GENEVA, July 4.—President Coolidge’s Naval limitations conference was in recess today in honor of the United State’s 151st birthday. There was general optimism among the British delegates before the recess, for speedy termination of the discussion. Tomorrow’s session largely will be given over to discussion of cruisers, which are the only craft within the scope of the conference upon which some sort of agreement has not been achieved. The technical commission has agreed on most points relative to the limitations of size, armaments, speed and the active life of submarines. While the technical experts attached to the three delegations have engaged in formal meetings, the heads of the various delegations have met informally. It was authoritatively stated that these informal discussions among the chiefs have enabled considerable progress to be made in seeking agreement either on the ratio or the total number of war craft to be allowed each signatory to any pact which may result from the conference.

LUMBER FIRMS MERGED The combined business of the Maas-Neimeyer Lumber Company and the William F. Johnson Company will be operated by the Johnson firm and consolidation will commence immediately, it was announceed Sunday by E. G. Kemper, secretary-treasurer of the Johnson Company, which purchased the Maas-Neimeyer property. The lumber yards and mill works plant of the Johnson company extend along the Monon Railroad from Seventeenth to Nineteenth St., and those of the Maas-Neimeyer from Twentieth to Twenty-Second St. They were two of the largest lumber concerns in the city. Their consolidated properties represent an investment of more than SBOO,OOO. The consideration was not disclosed. Circus Performer Hurt Bv Times Special CONNERSVILLE, Ind., July 4. Robert E. Finney, John Robinson circus aerialist, is in Memorial Hospital here with serious injuries to his back and a fractured right ankle, suffered when he was tossed from a net after dropping from a bar. $115,000 Sewer Loss Bu Times Special EVANSVILLE, Ind., July 4. Collapse of a sewer in the business district here recently cost $115,000. The collapse caused stoppage of electric light and power, resulting in a SIOO,OOO loss to business concerns. Repairs to the sewer will cost $15,000. 2,000,000 New Yorkers. Flee Bu United Press NEW YORK, July 4.—Tourist agencies estimated that 2,000,000 New Yorkers deserted their city quarters for seashore and mountain resorts over the holiday week-end. Ferry boats, trains and automobile highways were crammed to capacity.

Alimony Club Wives Thrive; Get Three Millions Annually r

indiscriminate alimony payment. Os course, exact figures for the Superior and Circuit Courts cannot be obtained, Samuel Erickson and Thomas Wallace, clerks of these courts, point out, because of private settlements, failure to pay alimony through court channels, and other factors. In Superior Court last year, more than 9,000 divorce cases were filed and 6,000 disposed of. Circuit Court handled less cases. Chester Lqyin, clerk to Judge

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The drum corps of Camp Gridley. Not so many of them, but a little of quality takes the place of lots of quantity.

WORK BEGUN ON NEW APARTMENT BUILDING Structure to Be Ready by January of Next Year. Work has been begun on the $250,000 six-story apartment at 150309 N. Pennsylvania St. Buildings on the site are being razed and the new structure will be ready for occupancy Jan. 1. The building will be of Gothic style, built brick and terracotta. The Fifteenth and Pennsylvania Street Realty Company is building the structure, which is financed by Breed, Elliott <fc Harrison. F. R. Buck is president and Edson T. Wood is secretary of the realty firm. q. B. Foster of the Foster Engineering Company, 726 Knights of Pythias Bldg., which has the contract, said the structure will be the most complete and modern building in Indianapolis. It will have electrical refrigeration, ventilation, metal trimmings and dressing cabinets in bath rooms. Bankers Name for School. Bu Times Special LEBANON, Ind., July 4.—Harrison township’s new high school will be named Pinnell school, in honor of Julius W. Pinell. Recently Center township christened its new consolidated school Lindbergh. Million Pounds in Fireworks WASHINGTON, July 4. The Fourth of July firecracker came back-with a bang this year. The Commerce Department announces that the American firecracker consumption this year is a million pounds greater than in 1926.

Memorial Trustees Trustees of the Indiana World War Memorial, the corner'stone for the Shrine of which was laid today, are: Marcus Sonntag, Evansville, president; Thomas B. Coulter, Vincennes; \liss Permelia Boyd, deputy; Dr. Charles R. Bird, Greensburg; Samuel D. Royse, Terre Haute; Raymond S. Springer, Connersville; William L. Elder, Indianapolis; James P. Goodrich, Winchester; E. Howard O’Neall, vice president. Crawfordsville; William P. Gleason, Gary; Rpbert R. Batton, Marion; Luie H. Moore, Ft. Wayne, Mrs. Anne S. Carlisle, South Bend. Samuel Ashby, Indianapolis, is counsel, and Frank H. Henley, Richmond, secretary for the commission. Ex-trustees interested in today’s ceremonies are Will H. Hays, Second district; Cornelius O’Brien, Fourth district; Cecil Tague, Sixth district; Evans Woollen, Indianapolis; James E. Engle, Eighth district; Carl Houston, Eleventh district; Albert Erskine, Thirteenth district. Paul Comstock, Richmond, is a former secretary.

Joseph Sabash, who handles hundreds of cases, makes these observations: “Fifty per cent of the divorce cases are disposed of without alimony awards. “The majority of women waive alimony when there are no children; and were divorce is obtained by publication of the decree, there is usually no alimony, because the husband cannot be found. “Where a wife demands alimony, it usually is based on these factors:

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As housekeepers, Gordon Young, 102 E. Pleasant Run Blvd., and Charles Brittenback, 2531 Union St., take all prizes at Camp Gridley. They are standing before the tent which Captain F. F. Knachel, in charge of the camp, says “is always the cleanest on the place.”

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Perfect co-ordination among Its oarsmen gives No. 22 decisive victory in a race with No. 21 at Camp Gridley. The boats are shown at the finish line with Commander Cedric White, 1030 S. New Jersey St., at the coxswain’s position in No. 22 and Ensign Jack Deupree, 920 N. Alabama, commanding No. 21. Captain Knachel said the No. 22 crew is the best h°’s ever seen among boys.

URGE FIRE TRAINING Prevention Methods Will Be Explained by Experts. Fire prevention methods will be explained at 2 p. m. Thursday at a meeting at Caleb Mills Hall under auspices of the Indiana Firemens’ Association, the Chamber of Commerce fire prevention committee, the State Association of Fire Chiefs and the Indianapolis fire department. Richard Lieber. State conservation department director, will talk on the necessity of training night watchman to prevent fires and instructing them in controlling automatic fire extinguishers and other devices. William Briggs, chairman of the Shelbyville fire prevention committee, and A. J. Meters of the Indiana inspection bureau, also will speak. Horace W. Carey, local fire prevention chief, will show movies of large industrial fires. LECTURES ON SUCCESS Bible Investigation Club to Hear Dr. Armitage Wednesday. “Getting Ahead In the World” will be the subject of Dr. H. C. Armstrong, secretary of the Association for the Promotion of Christian Unity, at the Bible Investigation Club meeeting at the Y. M. C. A. Wednesday. This is the fourth of a series of adc beir.g given before the club.

“One-fifth to one-fourth of a husband’s salary whpn there are no dependent children; and one-third when there are children.” The lowest alimony award on record here is $lO a month: while the highest went to Peggy Hopkins Joyce, when she won a divorce from her millionaire husband. She, got $3,000 a week. “About 7,000 men probably are paying alimony in Cook county every year. Based on an average of $lO a week, their payments Jntal

BILLION AND HALF IS SPENT FOR HfGHWAYS Huge Yearly BUI Paid. to Build Good Roads. Bu United press NEW YORK. July 4.—The United States is spending more than a billion and a half a year on construction and maintenance of highways, says the National Industrial Conference Board. The board says 1,000.000 mi'es of highways have been built in the United States since 1904. During 1905 the States paid nearly half—49.s per cent—of all highway costs, the Federal government 10 per cent and the rest was paid by counties, townships and cities.

Big Four Record Set by Pershing Special Tram

General Voices Praise for Feats of Lindbergh and Byrd. Gen. John J. Pershing's special Big Four train from Galion, Ohio, puffed into the Union Station at 8:07 a. m. after setting a Big Four record for the run between Cleveland and Indianapolis, F. N. Reynolds, assistant superintendent, said. The train, composed of one Pullman and Reynold's special car, made the 204-mile run in 198 minutes, including necessary delays of seventeen minutes. The special met Pershing at Galion to bring him here for the World War Memorial corner stone ceremonies, because the general was unable to obtain a regular train to get him here before noon. He rode on the Twentieth Century Limited, New York Central Flier, from Boston, Mass., to Galion. Pershing in the best of spirits, showing little strain from his long trip, greeted members of the committee which went to Galion to meet him. Committee members expressed regret at having to disturb the general before 5 a. m. “This is the middle of the forenoon for me,” Pershing replied. “I

slightly more than $3,500,000 a year,” Levin said. “Twenty per cent of the divorcees remarry at the end of the first year. Another ten per cent fail to receive alimony after the first year, because their husbands leave the city or discontinue paying and get by with it because of their former wives’ failure to prosecute." ( George P. Bebber, Superior court clerk, finds exceptions to these generalizations t "We have six or seven husbands

Drill and Exercises Keep Lads Fit, Mixing Play and Work. Mixing work with play, some 150 youngsters are having the time of their young lives at Camp Gridley on White River. The boys come from virtually all sections of the country for a two weeks outing, under supervision of naval training, and most of them like it so well that they stay throughout the summer, instead of going home at the end of two weeks. They are trained in the ways of the Navy by experienced men, the camp being in charge of Capt. F. F. Knachel and several enlisted men. The largest delegation to come to the camp from any city other than Indianapolis is a group of twelve from Danville, 111. Camp Gridley is the only camp for youngsters, sponsored by the United States Navy, in the country.

STATE TAX IS LOWEST IN OHIO Average Citizen Pays $7.83, While Hoosier Remits $13.5 WASHINGTON, July 4.—Governor Vic Donahey of Ohio, can, if he sees fit, launch a presidential boom with an economy platform even more imposing than the President's, on the basis of statistics just made public by the United States census bureau. Each Ohio citizen paid a smaller average State tax, last year, than did citizens of any other State. Including all aorta of taxes, on property, motor vehicles, gasoline, and inheritances, the per capita tax paid by each Ohioan was $7.83. * In only four other States was the per capita revenue collected less than $lO. In Indiana, next neighbor to Ohio, the per capita revenue collected was $13.57. The cost of operating and maintaining the general departments of State government, with interest on indebtedness, was also lower In Ohio than in any other State, calculated on a per capita basis. Operation of the Ohio government cost $6.08 per person. In Indiana the cost was $7.99 per person. New York $13.19; Pennsylvania $8.17; Minnesota $13.93; Maryland $11.79; Kentucky $7.04; Tennessee $6.14; Alabama $6.18; Oklahoma $6.79; Texas $10.02; olorado $10.20; New Mexico $10.83; Washington $13.82; Oregon $15.01; California $15.95.

travel on Eastern daylight saving time and It’s 7 o’clock for me." After the change from ”tKe Century Limited to the Big Four special. Pershing retired to a drawing room to collect notes for his address today. He promptly responded to a breakfast call thirty minutes later and then entered a general discussion in the private car, which included “army stories.” Byrd’s flight, and the American Legion trip to Paris this summer. “While I do not want to depreciate Colonel Lindbergh’s remarkable flight, at all, I believe that Byrd's coolly executed flight will have a remarkable effect upon the science of aeronautics,” Pershing said. Pershing was in Paris during Lindbergh’s stay there and praised the manner in which the young flier captivated the hearts and imaginations of the French people. Ambassador Herrick was also praised for his excellent “handling” of the situation. “Legionnaires during their Paris pilgrimage this summer have an excellent opportunity to strengthen the bond of friendship and good will between America and Francp, which Lindebrgh started,” Pershing said. / Most of the world’s supply of camphor, an Important ingredient in the manufacture of high explosives, comes from Formosa.

who have been paying alimony for ten years and more.” Mrs. Mabel Reinecke, head of the Internal Revenue Department here, adds her own observations: “One wealthy Chicagoan is paying alimony to three former wives,” she says. “He is married again, but can claim tax exemption only for the one wife. A divorced, but not remarried, man has only the status of a bachelor in the eyes of the Government, that is, an exemption of sl,soQ|a year.”

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LULL COMES IN 1 OUSTING SPREE AT CITY HALL Lingenfelter Blames Clash Over Contract for His Dismissal. \ Ousting of city hall employes arijl officials is over for a while, City Controller William C. Buser sal® today. He announced that Paul R. Brown, assistant city engineer, will take over his duties Tuesday, succeeding Frank C. Lingenfelter, as city engineer. Lingenfelter was discharged summarily Saturday. He was called to Buser’s office and handed a written resignation and told to sign it. Lingenfelter refused, but when told Mayor Duvall was on a three-day vacation, did so. The city controller said he was given the order by Duvall before the mayor left for Lake Manitou. Due to Contract Row Lingenfelter left Sunday to attend the Optimists Club convention at Denver. Before leaving, he declared he believed his dismissal was due to the fact that he had recommended the contract for the Pleasant Run sewer be awarded to the low bidder, the Krenn-Dato Company of Chicago. The mayor, he said, wanted all bids on the project rejected. Lingenfelter said he thought members of the city council had exerted pressure to bring about his dismissal. Duvall refused to comment on the situation when questioned at Manitou. Lingenfelter lasted three months in the city engineer's position, one of the most turbulent in this city administration. A war between asphalt and concrete interests is blamed by many. Two Others Fired George Schmidt, appointed when Duvall took office, was discharged last September. He was succeeded by Chester C. Oberleas. who was fired In March and was followed by Lingenfelter. Last week Arthur Haufler. assistant city engineer, was discharged. He was succeedeed by William Lacey, a deputy county engineer. Lacey Is a brother-in-law of City Councilman Walter R. Dorsetfc.

The City in Brief

TUESDAY EVENTS City mfMnxr. 7:30 p. m., city hall. Rot* r y Club luncheon. Claypool. Nt .onal Party executive meeting. American Central Life Bldg.. 3 p. m. University of Michigan alumni luncheon, Lincoln. Universal Club luncheon. Columbia Club. American Chemical Society luncheon* Uliaber of Commerce. Purchasing Agents' Association luncheon. Severin. Mercator Club luncheon. Splnk-Arms. Gyro Club luncheon. Lincoln. J. L. Wikoff, Indianapolis branch manager of the Ohio State Life Insurance Company, Columbus, and a member of the company’s $200,000 club, will be a member of a party which willieave for Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks on Aug. 8. The Christian Sunday schools of Marion County will meet tonight at the Beech Grove Christian Church. Twenty-seven persons who had attended every Sunday school session of the last year were presented gold pins by the Beech Grove Sunday school yesterday. Miss Nellie Baldwin. Greenfield. is the president of Hoosier unit. Women's Overseas League, formed Sunday at Miss Baldwin's home in Greenfield. Other officers: Vice president, Miss June Gray; treasurer, Miss Anna Johnson; secretary, Miss A. Grace Hawk, all of Indianapolis. A pickpocket robbed A. L. Kline, 436 W. New York St. of a bill fold and $5 as he stood at Delaware and Market Sts., Sunday night. Police sought a youth who solicited houses in the vicinity of 2345 E. Garfield Dr.. Sunday, telling persons he was collecting money to buy flowers for a baby who died In the neighborhood. Charles Snider, 2251 E. Garfield Dr., became suspicious, checked up on the address and found no such number existed. Knights of Columbus held their annual Independence Day picnic at Columbia Park Sunday. John C. Boyce gave the principal address. W. P. Flanary was general chairman. Lunch was served by the Young Ladies Society ,-us St. Patrick's church. Promotion of Arthur W. Meehan. son of Mrs. S. S. Meehan. 3117 W. Michigan, to first sergeant at the United States Military Academy at) West Point, is announced by West Point authorities. Meehan was graduated from Technical High School here. Member, of the Indianapolis Kiwanis Club will observe “Father and Son day" at Wednesday noon. The meeting will be at the Claypool Hotel and Dr. W. A. Shullenberger and Jack Harding will speak. An official order issued today by Adjt. Gen. William H. Kershner, head of the Indiana National Guard, on orders of Oovernor Jackson, commended the efficient work of the regular Army officers assigned to the guard as Instructors. Stresses Aid Defense Bu Times Special GREENWOOD, Ind., July 4—An airplane costing but a fraction of the $60,000,000 required to build a capital battleship can destroy the ship, Senator Arthur R. Robin sqm declared here Sunday in an addrdss at a union meeting of the Baptfst, First Methodist, Christian and Presbyterian church congregations.