Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 29, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 June 1930 — Page 13

JUNE 13, 1930_

STOLEN AUTO IS USED IN HOLDUP OF MOTORMAN Abandoned After Robbery; Two Held as School Theft Suspects. Using an automobile stolen in a holdup Thursday night, two bandits held up a street car motorman and escaped in the car, which they later abandoned. Charles Ott, 22, of 2153 South '•Meridian street, taxi driver, was the first victim, being robbed of $5 and his cab by the two. The men used the same car in holdup of C. H. Overman. 52, of 1125 Church street, Tenth street car operator, at Pershing avenue and Tenth street, one bandit boarding the car to rob Overman while the second followed v.ith the automobile for the escape. Car Found Later The car later w’as found at Hanson avenue and New York street. Combination of a safe in the Heifer garage at 4850 West Sixteenth street, was worked by burglars Thursday night and $30.27 was stolen. Floyd Covey, 24, of 5602 East Michigan street, and Henry Humbert, 40, of 5205 East Walnut street, were arrested by Merchant Policeman Oscar Wilson at the Warren township school, Franklin road and Washington street, after it is alleged Covey had entered the school while Humbert waited outside.

Typewriters Stolen The school was robbed recently, a number of typewriters being taken. Cigarets and 30 cents in cash was loot of a burglar at the C. I. Mathews grocery. 2049 South Meridian street, Thursday night. At t he home of Walter Sellers, 919 Drier place, burglars stole a box of fishing tackle and other articles valued at a total of S3O. BAND HANDED SNUB Boys Practice Long, But No Dancers Show Up for Debut. fin United Pns 13.—After many hours of hard pracSAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., June tise, the City of Sault Ste. Marie band made its first appearance this year by playing at their own dance, but the affair wasn’t very successful. The boys played bravely for two hours, the leader expertly waved his baton, the trumpets blared and the saxaphonesmoaned, but not a single dancer appeared. FIGHT OVER MEMORIAL Two Towns Claim Right to Honor 62-Year-Old Burro. Hu United Press FAIRPLAY, Colo., June 13.—The death of Old Prunes, a burro, has disrupted the friendship between Fairplay and Alma. Both towns claim the right to erect a memorial to the 62-year-old animal and each has raised a fund for that purpose. BORE NEEDLE 32~7eARS Doctors Discover Old Injury to Woman Treating Fracture. Hu United Press CARDIFF, Wales, June 13.—Doctors who attended Mrs. Letty Evans. 67, for a fractured wrist, dis-j covered a needle in her right hand I which Mrs. Letty said was accident- i all ythrust into her left hand some j thirty-two years ago. Held on Booze Charge Eu Times Special BLUFFTON, Ind., June 13.—Joe Peeper, butcher, is under arrest here charged with sale of home brew to two Bluffton youths. He was unable to furnish SI,OOO bond.

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The Cosmopolitan Bank and Trust Company of Cincinnati closed its doors as the result of a financial tangle which was disclosed following the arrest of Amor W. Shafer (above), district sales manager of Henry L. Doherty & Cos., on charges of embezzlement. Shafer’s accounts at the Doherty offices are said to be more than $500,000 short, while the bank is alleged to have lost $588,000. PAYS 5-CENT DEBT AFTER 2-YEAR WAIT Railroad Ticket Agent Receives Coin Loaned for Train Fare.

Bu United Press LIVINGSTON, Mont., June 13. Diogenes lived twenty-six centuries too early. His quest for honesty would have ended successfully in Livingston. Harry Morrow, Northern Pacific agent, was selling tickets when a woman came to his window', purchased a fare, started to leave, hesitated and then returned. “Were you here,” she inquired, “two years ago?” “Sure.” “Well, here’s 5 cents. My husband was just that much short two years ago when he bought a ticket and you supplied the difference.” RAZOR AN OLD DEVICE Used With Tweezers About 6,000 Years Ago, Science Finds. Bu United Press CHICAGO, June 13.—Tweezers and razors w r ere used by men and women around 6,000 years ago, according to a display at the Field museum. The vanities of Egyptian men and women are illustrated by an array of instruments for applying cosmetics, tweezers for depilatory purposes, razors, tiny earspoons, mirrors and so on. POLICE ADD NEW DUTY Father Calls Cops to Make Unruly Boy Take Medicine. Bu United Press NEW BERN, N. 0., June 13.—Local police officers have added anew duty to their daily routine. A hurryup call sent three policemen to a home on the outskirts of the city. They found an irate father who informed them they were summoned to make his stubborn son take a dose of medicine. The boy took it. WAR HERO LOSES NERVE : Flees From Dentist’s Chair; Teeth Knocked Out by Coal Lump. Bu United Press CARDIFF, Wales, June 13.—Herbert Wilkinson, seven times wounded in the great war, lost his nerve j and ued from a dentist’s chair, but | the teeth he had intended to have ] pulled were knocked out the next j day when a piece of coal struck him j in the face.

LIVE IN AUTOMOBILE Couple Arrested in Car Parked on Side Road. For ten days and nights Miss Anna Dtver, 18, of Bainbridge, Ind., and Leon Farrow, 28, of North Salem, Ind., lived in Farrow’s automobile in and near Indianapolis, police declared today. The couple was arrested early to-

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day in the car parked on a side road near the Mt. Jackson cemetery. Officers alleged Farrow had a revolver. His car bore one set of license i plates, issued to R. R. Gill of 521 ; Bernard avenue, which Farrow ! claimed he got from a wrecked car on the highway. Another set of plates was found in the car pocket. Reunion to Be Held Annual reunion of the Clifton family will be held Sunday at the hr-me of Fred Ball, near May’s Crossing, near Rushville.

SWISS CELEBRATING OPENING OF TUNNELS St. Gcthard Pass First Connected North, South Europe, Bu United Press GENEVA, June 13.—Switzerland this year is celebrating two anniversaries that are of as much Importance for the world as a whole as for Switzerland itself. The first of these is the fiftieth anniversary of the piercing of the St. Gothard tunnel and the second is the twenty-fifth anniversary of

the completing of the Simplon tunnel. The first of these, which lies between Zurich toward the north and Milan toward the south was the first great connecting link between the north and south of Europe. More Arms for Prison SAN QUENTIN, Cal., June 13. San Quentin prison was less fruitful ground for rioting prisoners today with the arrival of twelve new machine guns, three gas cannons, hand grenades and gas masks ordered by Warden James B. Holohan.

FARM BEDTIME STILL 9 Survey Shows Radios Silent AftT Hour of Curfew. Bu Times Special CHICAGO, June 13.—Despite the late evening radio programs, bedtime back on the farm remains stationary at 9 o’clock, according to a survey of the situation reported in the January issue of "Radio Digest.” “The urban propensity to make whoopee has not affected the ‘backbone of the nation,’ otherwise the

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farm population." Richard E. Smiley, direajor of a research instltuet is quoted as saying. “That fact is definitely determined by the result of some 30,000 individual replies to queries sqnt to radio owners in agricultural centers throughout the nation. Time when the largest farm audience is on the air is at exactly 8:30 o'clock in the evening. From that time on the audience rapidly falls off.’’ presumably the audience falls off to sleep, although the survey does not in so many words say so, but where else would they fall?