Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 November 1938 — Page 18

-Year-Old Veteran De cides He’ll Take Blond - This Time.

| IRANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 17 (U. —The Rev. William -Van. Norman, father of 17 children, is looking for his eighth wife and isn’t sé - sure but that he might like a blond this time.

After all,” he said, when 4 man gets to be 94 he has to be car ‘what kind of woman he pic to marry. Around ‘the hospital where ’ the ex-Indian fighter and “Civil War veteran. is recovering from a hip injury, they call him Uncle Bill. In the years since the Civil War he has been a farmer, storekeeper, paper maker, woodchopper, fisher- ~ man and evangelist. As an evan- ~ gelist he’s been both Methodist and Baptist. “But there’s just nothing like getting married, son,” he said. Uncle Bill had been at the hospital a couple of days when an elderly appearing man: walked up to the reception desk and. said: “I want to see my daddy.” He was William B. Van Norman, 69, one of the children. The others, Uncle Bill said, are scattered all over the country. The story about the time Bill Cody, something of an Indian fighter himself, saved his life, is’ one of Uncle Bill’s favorites. Out to Beat Methuselah . “One night I wasn’t armed by some chance,” he said, “and a fellow drew: on me, but quick as a flash Bill Cody stepped up and disarmed him: Men were fast with guns in those days.’ I wasn’t so bad myself.” After Shiloh and - Gettysburg, Uncle Bill enlisted in the 4th Regiment of the U. S: Army at St. Louis. ~ But he got in an argument with the captain and they had.a fight. “After that. there wasn’t enough room in the same army for us,” Uncle Bill chuckled. “I left.” Uncle Bill said that doctors were amazed at his energy. “But I'm not ; trying to live to a

| hundred,” he said.

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Luke Field. The Brooklyn mechanic, private first class, whose sudden decision to try a hop in an $85,000 Douglas B-18 bomber created more furore-in five minutes: than two ‘weeks of. aerial war games, has not: been. presented the bill, but under one form of Army procedure which was being discussed as part of his discipline, Mr. Fleigelman would. be billed for damage inflicted to Army property. The plane was damaged to. the extent of $65,000, which the Army would help him obtain ‘by raising his rank as high as possible: In this case, ‘Mr. Fleigelman would be “promoted” to the rank of a sergeant. But he wouldn’t receive. sergeant’s pay. Instead, he would receive. only a small allowance with the remainder of his increased salary being kept by the Government until the $65,000 bill was paid. : On a sergeant’s pay, Army officials estimated it would take Mr. Fleigel-

|| man, who now is 35, the remainder.

of his life expectancy to get! free of debt.

“Tm out” to beat the record of a guy I used to preach about a lot.

“His name was Methuselah.”

Mechanic

i or $65, 000 Plane Accident

Nov. 17 (U. Py—a bill for $65,000

damages faced Ben Kleigelman today for his amazing theft of an Army bomber which he. cracked up in a pineapple patch five miles from

. | Shaw, who was recalled.

REPORTED JO Likud

California Grand Jury Ready| To Quiz Brother of Former Mayor.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17 (U. P.). —The Grand Jury, investigating reports that police and fire depart‘ment members paid ‘as much as $1000 for promotions, prepared today to question Joe Shaw, brother and secretary to Mayor Frank L.

Mr. Shaw was to answer charges made by Guy Kuykendall, retired fire battalion chief, that $6500 had been paid for correct’'answers in a department civil service examination. Another $3500 allegedly was

made as contribution to the Shaw for Mayor campaign headquarters. Mr. Shaw has denied to reporters any knowledge of job-selling or graft during the years he was re-

DEATH AT EVANSTON RULED ACCIDENTAL

CHICAGO, Nov. 17 (U. P.).—The mysterious death of Mrs. Marion Nichols, 30, formerly of Boston, re-

sulted from an accidental fall on the street or in her home, a coroner’s jury found yesterday. A passerby found Mrs. Nichols unconscious on a parkway several blocks from her home in suburban

while being taken to a hospital.

pajamas and stockings.

Evanston two weeks ago. She died

When found she was clad only in

garded as “Mr. Big” at the City Hall. He blamed “politics” for the investigation. A ‘sensation was created by the disappearance of Acting Police Captain Peter Del Gado, indicted on perjury charges. He was a reputed close friend of Joe Shaw and vanished on the eve of his arraignment. His $15,000 bail was ordered forfeited. Officers suspected that he had fled to Mexico. Del Gado’s indictment was the first returned by the Grand Jury in investigating stories of police and fire department job selling. Investigators said the usual plan followed was to furnish favorites with cor-

nations.

rect answers 'in advance of exami-|

Finds i Profitless

Only 'Movie-Makers Get Expected Gain From Orphanage. Story.

OMAHA, Neb. Nove. 17-(U, Py The: much-talked-about film, “Boys Town,” . produced. by M-G-M, has proved. a’ financial. flop. as: far ‘as Father E.. J. Flanagan. is .concerned. It might have been. better it: he had -gone on dreaming ahout - cinema. of ‘his city of little: Ro Boys ‘Town, Neb:, of' which he is the founder — for ever since the movie has been shown, home donations have dropped considerably instead of soaring as he had expected. The picture told of Father Flanagan’s plans for new buildings— plans calling for a building pro-

|a movie must be a wealthy insti-

500,000, but there is one- hitch in the setup—no funds. The picture itself, aside from its box office attraction, has had one definite result: It has reached the ears of many a youth throughout the country that the home of “little men’ is a, place of rest-and peace and now they're coming: intermittently wanting to be admitted. Father Flanagan ‘offers two Teasons to explain the ‘sudden decline | «donatiory to the home. He be-. {lieves that - people seeing ‘the pic-|. ~|ture reason ‘that an orphanage fa-|: mous’ enough to be the subject of

tution that does not need funds. * When ‘M-G-M representatives | - first, offered Father Flanagan $5000 for whatever filin rights he might have to his fame and home, he ac-

cepted. : Actually, movie : ‘producers

and Father Flanagan were a ‘bit unih ‘as “to what the financial oufcome of the picture might be.

in y produciee the ¢ Tovie it proved

'| to be a box office hit.

Father Flanggan definitely does not believe that the studio owes him anything. His only disappointment is that the film did not spur donations as he had expected. ° The building plans for Boys Town

“have increased the capacity from

the present 200 to approximately 600. Four new dormitories, to cost $1,500,000, would accommodate 130 boys each. The status of the building plans is uncertain now, according to Father Flanagan. - Boys Town has no debt and little ‘money. There is a $50,000 trust fund, from which only the income ‘may be used. Receipts so far this year have been approximately $5000

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