Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 September 1937 — Page 16
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"DRIVER KILLED, ~~ SECOND HURT IN AUTO COLLISION
Fatality Occurs When Cars Sideswipe; Police Motorist Injured.
(Editorial, Page 10)
Claude Compton, 40, of 35 S. Brookville Road, is dead today, and another Indianapolis man is in a serious condition with injuries received last night when their cars sideswiped on U. S. Road 40 six miles west of Greenfield. Bruce C. Savage, 29, of 2409 Broadway, the other driver, is in St. Vincént’s Hospital with a broken jaw and other injuries. Mr. Compton was employed by the Belt Railroad as a carpenter. He is survived by his wife, Mrs, Stella Compton; a brother, Buford, of Fairburg, Ill; a half sister, Mrs. Dovie Norman, and parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Compton, Summershade, Ky. Funeral services are to be Monday in Louisville. Howard Woods, 615 Madison Ave., was convicted on a drunken- driving charge today by Municipal Judge Dewey Myers and was fined $20 and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail. His driver’s license was suspended for one year. Judge Pro Tem. Silas Lipman found 22 defendants guilty of traffic violation and assessed fines and
“costs totaling $172. Fines and costs supended amounted to $60. -
Three County Accidents.
In Marion County, three accidents were reported to police overnight and nine persons were in-
jured. Twenty-two persons were arrested for traffic violations. Patrolman Robert Butler received a broken hand yesterday when his squad car crashed into another car at 26th St. and Northwestern Ave. while he was chasing a car that had run two red lights, he reported. The squad car hit another driven by James Fields, 19, of 2 W. 26th St., who, police reported, was making a U turn in Northwestern Ave. Fields was charged wit driving. The red light caped. Pedestrian Struc
Cline Thrall, 42, Tipton two fractured ribs last night when struck by an auto at Meridian and 14th Sts. The driver failed to stop after the accident, police said. Robert Jackman, 82, of 1105 E. Ohio St., was injured when his car struck a truck last night at Ohio and East Sts. His car qverturned and his hand was cut. The truck driver was James H. Diggs, 241 N. Davidson St. \
MARION COUNTY TRAFFIC TOLL TO DATE
937 ovine ivi erenidifes cis 107 20936 ..iaiiin ie daeaes 103 —Sept. 10— Accidents reese etree ARRESTS 8 Speeding . : RA Running red light Running preferential stre Reckless driving . | Parking verde srvsusese |
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armer Killed When Hit by Auto
GREENWOOD, Ind., Se P.)—Purdle Harmon, Whiteland farmer, was | night when struck by an|a while he was aiding | driver whose truck had
‘Austin, pull his freight t he roadside mud. Both | y a car driven by W. B. 87, Indianapolis, while || adjusting tow-chains . Mr. Houchen was injured slightly. |
Auto Fatalities Incr ase 11 Per Cent in 119 Cities
| WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (U. P.).
—Automobile fatalities in 119 major cities increased 11 percent during the first 35 weeks of this year from the corresponding ‘period of 1936, the Census Burcay reported today. | |] | In the face of safety campaigns, 5949 persons died in city traffic during the eight months—579 more than last year. Pittsburgh was the only city of 11 reporting more than 100 deaths which showed a decrease, and that was only from 103 to 102. |
POLICE CAR DRIVER SUFFERS COLLAPSE
| Patrolman Louis Geiger collapsed of heart disease while driving one _ of the police radio cruiser cars today. He slumped unconscious back f the wheel. The car hit a curb on N. Illinois St. and lumped into
a parked car. en to City
Mr. Geiger was t Hospital. He was revived later and His condition was re-
taken home. ported as not serious.
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Prince Ernst Rudiger von Starhemberg, former Austrian vice chancellor,” below, hopes to marry the dark-eyed woman in the upper photograph — Nora Gregor, Austrian stage and screen star—it is reported. The prince, a devout Catholic, is seeking an annullment of his first marriage in 1928 to Countess Maria Elizabeth Salm-Reif-ferscheidt as both had agreed there should be no children.
SOUTH SIDE CLUB OPPOSES COLISEUM
Civic Group Charges Project Is ‘Undue Burden.’
The proposed two million dollar expenditure for a municipal Coliseum for Indianapolis today was termed an “undue burden on the taxpayers” by the South Side Civic Club. At a meeting last night the organization adopted a resolution op-
‘posing construction of the building.
The resolution said that “money should be spent for railroad track elevation and elimination of traffic hazards if the tax rate is to be increased at all.” Albert J. Voigt, Anthony Laker, Henry Brinkman, Edward Kirch and George L. Spearing signed the resolution. -
HIGH COURT STUDIES PLEA OF FORTUNE
The : State Supreme Court today was to consider a petition for a stay of execution for Raymond Fortune of Marion, sentenced to die in the electric chair next Friday. Fortune was convicted of firstdegree murder by a Huntington County jury in connection with the holdup-murder of Orris Dokken, Ft. Wayne. A rehearing of the case has been requested by his attorneys and the stay was asked in order to give the Supreme Court
:| ample time to consider the petition.
JAIL BREAKER TAKES SHERIFF'S RAINCOAT
DELPHI, Sept. 11 (U. P.).—Wilson Bartlett, 23, of near Brookston, was sought by authorities today only a few hours after he had been sentenced to 1 to 10 years in Indiana State Reformatory for vehicle taking. Bartlett escaped from the Carroll County jail last night after using a wire from a chair in his cell to hook a bunch of keys nearby. Authorities said he unlocked the cell door, took a pistol from a case, the sheriff’s raincoat and escaped.
BOY, 14, IS STRICKEN
Joseph Gormley, 14-year-old son
,of Hugh Gormley, American Federa-
tion of Labor organizer, was reported in fair condition in St. Vin-
cent’s Hospital, where he was taken |’
after being stricken in his home Thursday. Physicians indicated the
youth may be suffering from pneu- |
monia.
TIGER HUNTER TO SPEAK
Dr. W. B. Townsend will describe his experiences while hunting tigers in India in an address before the Scientech Club Monday noon in the Board of Trade Building.
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PRISONER FLEES
MEURER TO INSTALL
FROM JAIL GANG
AMIDST TRAFFIC,
Slips Out of Handcuff on Way From Court to His Cell.
Police continued today their search for Everett Osborn, 28, of 1229 Oliver Ave, who yesterday slipped a handcuff as he was being taken from: Municipal Court to County Jail and escaped in Alabama St. traffic. Oshorn, charged with vagrancy and drunkenness, was being returned to jail in “chain gang” fashion after his case was continued by Judge Dewey Myers. James Patton, 23, of 724 N. Alabama S%., reported to police that three men entered the filling station he operates at 1225 E. Washington St. last night and, at the point of a gun, took $24. Wilbur Lee, Chicago truck driver, was held today by police in connection with the reported disappearance. of $219 from the hotel room of Rube Small, Detroit. Police said they found that amount of money in the cab of Lee’s truck. Lee is charged with vagrancy and grand larceny. Agnes Barnes, 28, of 238 Wisconsin St., was held today by police in connection with the alleged passing of a bad check for $100. Miss Barnes is charged with forgery.
RAVING EX-GONVICT HUNTED BY POSSE
Believed Trapped After His Reign of Terror.
JOLIET, Ill, Sept. 11 (U. P.).— Seventy armed officers early today surrounded a field where they believed they had trapped a raving ex-convict who had run amok. The officers had orders to “shoot on sight.” They carried machine guns, rifles, shotguns and sidearms. The man they sought carried a shotgun. The hunted man terrorized a whole section of Joliet for hours before police caught up with him. He threatened to kill a housewife, beat her son on the head with a flashlight, escaped two brushes with officers, and wounded one deputy. Police Capt. Ernest Overby, identified the man as John Starnouski, about 50, who has served one prison sentence for larceny, and served several jail terms.
TWO ARE ADDED TO SHORTRIDGE STAFF
Two new members have been added to the faculty of Shortridge High School. Robert L. Campbell, who will teach in the Shortridge English department, is a graduate cf Indiana University, and taught there for two years while working toward his master’s degree. Miss Mariesue Eisenhut, who is a new member of the art department, is a graduate of the John Herron Art Institute, and has taught for the past td years at Orchard School. Paul Lockhart, of the history department, has been granted a onesemester leave of absence.
LEGION POST HEADS
Al Meurer, 12th District Commander, American Legion, is to install new officers of Federal Post 62 tonight. ’ Officers to be installed include: Marvin S. Kennedy, commander; Raymond T. Fox, vice commander; William O. Coleman, adjutant; Fred E. Blass, treasurer; Fred Long, chaplain; Chester McMurray, historian; Connie Taylor, sergeant-at-arms.
NUDISTS FLEE BLAZE
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 11 (U. P.). —Twenty-five nudists ran for their clothes when a brush fire licked near their ranch retreat 10 miles north of here.
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Navy Found
Commodore Losche Says Boat Wandered Upstream.
The one-boat navy of Commodore Al Losche, City Purchasing Agent, which was lost again early this week, was reported by the Commodore himself as found again the last of this week. Announcement was made today. : Commodore Loshe tries to keep his boat, which is of simple rowboat construction, tied to a stake at the Tear of his home on Sutherland Ave. He said he could not account for the boat being found upstream from his home and said that things have gone pretty far.
U, S. SHIP BOARD BREAKS STRIKE
Threat of Putting Men Into Irons Halts Sit-Down on Federal Boat.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Sept. 11 (U. P.).— Strikers aboard the . United States Government-owned freighter Algic went back to work today after American authorities threatened to place them in irons if they persisted in refusing to work. A settlement was achieved by the U. 8. Vice Consul, after Chairman Joseph P. Kennedy of the U. S. Maritime Commission cabled orders to the ship’s captain to warn his crew that “all still refusing to perform duty will be placed in irons and prosecuted to the full extent of: the law on their return to the United States.” The strikers refused to work on the ground that Uruguayan authorities had employed nonunion stevadores to handle loading operations during a walkout of union dockhands. Capt. Joseph Gainard, master of the Algic, notified the U. S. Consulate. Charge D’Affaires Leslie E. Reed investigated, and reported that there were no disturbances aboard the ship, that the sit-down strike had been condiicted quietly.
$181,664 IN GIFTS LISTED BY G. 0. P.
‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (U. P.). —The Republican Party’s quarterly report to the Clerk of the House showed today that it had received cash contributions totaling .$181,664 during the three months ended Sept. 1. ;
of more than $100 each. In addition, the party reported pledges of less than $100 each totaling $94,085 and smaller pledges totaling $9397 from June 1 through Aug. 31. The Liberty League, also reporting to the Clerk of the House, gave its contributions since January as $43,300, most of which was donated by Irenee du Pont, the Wilmington, Del, munitions: magnate. The League spent $43,300 between Jan. 1 and Sept. 1.
‘BOY KILLED ON BIRTHDAY
RICH HILL, Mo., Sept. 11 (U. P.). —Ivan Miller, 9, was walking on U. S. Highway 71 toward his home in "Arthur, Mo., to celebrate his birthday. K. S. Banta, Kansas City salesman, was driving home to celebrate his birthday. The child walked in front of the car and was killed. Mr, Banta was exonerated.
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Registration for freshmen will be held during a special freshmen orientation week from September 13 to September 19. Upperclassmen
in all Colleges and departments, including the Evening Division, will begin September 20,
16 and 17. Instruction
STATE SCHOOLS LOOK FOR GAINS IN ENROLLMENT
Classes to Begin Next Week In Five Colleges and Universities.
Five Indiana colleges and universities have announced they will gpen classes with expected record breaking student enrollments next week. At Lafayette, Purdue University officials estimated that the freshman class would be somewhat larger than last year’s record of 2100. Classes there are to begin Thursday after usual freshman orientation programs. At Notre Dame, where the student body is limited to 3000, applications for registration were stopped Aug. 1. Nine hundred of these, approximately, will be freshmen, officials said. ‘ A new $300,000 residence hall has been completed for use this year. Classes are to begin Thursday.
Marion Enrollment Up
Marion College enrollment promises to exceed last year’s record of 298 students, President William Finney McConn announced. Classes begin Monday ahd Tuesday. He said also that. 11 members of the faculty had spent the summer vacation working for higher degrees. Also larger than in previous years was the advance enrollment for the Indiana University training course for social work, 122 E. Michigan St., Indianapolis, Prof. Louis B. Evans, director, said. : Prof. Evans said that only graduate students and a few nongraduates of special promise, with experience in social work, are admitted to the 32-study course. Miss Christine Wente, Indiana University Extension class recorder, said that a lively increase in registration this year indicated an increased interest in business educa-
day and it is expected the total enrollment will exceed last year’s 1814 students. Offices are at 122 E. Michigan St.
BULLET STOPPED BY WOMAN'S PILLOW
HUNTINGTON PARK, Cal, Sept. 11 (U. P.).—A feather pillow made a good shield against a bullet for
Mrs. Margaret Simpson, 23. Police said that her husband, Carl L. simpson of Ft. Worth, Tex. entered a sanitarium where she is under treatment and fired at her point blank with a pistol. She held the pillow in front of her and it stopped the first shot. A second missed. Mrs. Simpson, who said her husband had been drinking, signed a complaint charging him with assault
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MEET IN FORT FRIENDLY
The Maj. Harold C. Megrew Auxiliary, United Spanish-American War Veterans, will meet at 8 p. m. Monday at Ft. Friendly, 512 N. Illinois St. :
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T00 MANY BOSSES GAUSE SCHOOL ROW
Two Teachers Named for One Job in Feud.
GROTON, Conn., Sept. 11 (U. P). —Despite an opinion of the Town. Counsel that only one job legally existed and only one pay would be forthcoming, two teachers today stuck to their jobs of teaching a
| class of 22 pupils in Center District {3chool. The confusion, precipitated by a feud between Superintendent of Schools S. H. Butler and School District n= Committeeman = Dudley Brown, will be settled, it was re-
portec,, when it is decided which:
official had the right to make a teaching appointment. Mr. Rutler appointed Miss Ellen Innis. Refusing to recognize the appointment, Mr. Brown chose Mrs. Hazel Bucklyn. Both reported for work Wednesday and have since conducted the single class under
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Board to Spend First Day In Organizing Its i Program.
The Marion County Tax Adjuste ment Board will convene at the Court House at 10 a. m. Monday to begin revising 1938 budgets. Organizing the program will take up most of the first day’s meeting, The Board has until Oct. 1 to review and approve the budgets. Unless budgets are reduced by the Board the tax rate for Indianapolis in the Center Township area will be $3.62 a $100 worth of taxable property. This would be 64 cents higher than the present levy. 15-Cent Increase The Civil City budget as passed by the Council would require a levy of $1.29, about 15 cents above the present rate. The School City budget provides a rate of $1.05 and the County rate as fixed by the County Council is 52 cents, or 8 cents above the present rate. A 6l-cent rate for poor relief in Center Township and a 15-cent State property tax rate, set finally yesterday, combine to ma the $3.62 Indianapolis rate.
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House fo Hotise solicitors are visiting homes offering FREE
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Some of these solicitors carry a bunch of envelopes. They extend them tc the housewife, telling her if she is lucky enough to draw one containing "a special advertising coupon" that she will get a photograph enlargement absolutely free. The trick lies in the fact that practically every one of the envelopes
contains a lucky coupon.
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