Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 August 1939 — Page 5

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"THURSDAY, AUG. 3, — Prowler Flees Webb's Gunfire

REICH ABANDONS ~~ DIRIGIBLES WITH HELIUM LACKING

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The pontoon was damaged slightly] The: day was climaxed with the 13 when ‘the | glevation to Commander of Lieut. FIOM the S04 Comm. Charles B. Momsen, co-in- : ~"|ventor of the submarine escape 1“lung” and diving officer of the Squalus salvage unit aboard the

before a s ttempt|in the plunge of July to raise the sunken hi Squa- Squalus lifted 1ts nos : : and plummeted again ft lus and its 26 dead could be made.| pottom 40 fathoms down. Divers, working in clear water for| Cheered by the su the first time in a week, began prep-{of the pontoon, div

lucky days”

Personnel of Industry Is

Scattered Throughout Other Branches.

By Science Service WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. — Ger-

many has completely abandoned “the construction of airships and the

famous factory at Friedrichshafen, |:

out of which came the Graf Zeppelin, the ill-starred Hindenburg and more than 100 other lighter-than-air craft, is being converted into a conventional airplane factory, it was learned here. Failure to obtain helium, the safe lifting gas of which the United States has a virtual monopoly, or to develop a non-inflammable form of hydrogen, is blamed for the abandonment of the giant ships. The Deutsche Zeppelin Rederei formed to operate commercial air routes using airships, has also been disbanded and its personnel scattered throughout other branches o industry. Termed ‘Death Blow’

The decision was seen in aeronautical circles here as possibly a “death blow” to the future of light-er-than-air craft. Germany and German technicians have been at least nine-tenths responsible for their development during the 40 years since Count Zeppelin first started experimenting with the cigar-shaped aerial vehicles. Followiiig the destruction of the Hindenburg when its hydrogen lifting gas ‘caught fire as it came in for a landing at Lakehurst, N. J., on the evening of May 17, 1937, the German Government had attempted to purchase helium. A law permitting its export, for non-military purposes only and subject to the approval of the Munitions Control Board, had been rushed through Congress. But sale of the gas has been consistently blocked by Secretary Ickes, a board member,

Helium Reports Weakened

Abandonment of airship construction indicated also that reports of discoveries of helium in Germany either are untrue or do not involve ’ enough helium to make airship operation possible ' independent of American supplies of the ‘gas. Destruction of the three largest -U. S.-built airships, the Navy's Shenandoah, Akron and Macon, almost has killed interest in them in the United States. A bill authorizing construction of a new lighter-than-air craft for the Navy was passed by Congress, but bids submitted under it were rejected by the Navy Department.

Senator John Bright Webb Et - a

State Senator John Bright Webb last night exchanged shots on his farm eight miles south of the City with a prowler he believes was going to poison some prize show sheep. Senator_Webb said he believes a blast from his shotgun wounded the prowler who yelled as if in pain and then -disappeared into a cornfield and escaped. - The Senator. was uninjured when the prowler answered a command to halt by whirling and firing a pistol. Senator Webb said he saw a car stop along his field at 10 o'clock last niight and saw a man get out of it. The car went on. The man crawied over a fence into a feeding lot, Sen-| ator Webb said, and walked rapidly, across it, headed for another -in which there were several show. sheep. Senator Webb. said he got his shotgun, went into the meadow and, | when he was within 60 feet of the prowler, ordered him to stop. The! man turned and fired, and then the!’

State Senator Suspe Attempt to Poison Sheep

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Senator fired his shotgun. Senator Webb said he shot twice. - Last year four of his prize sheep died mysteriously, he said, and he believes they were poisoned. He said he is grooming his sheep for the fair circuit this year. He called deputy sherifs who were unable to find a trace of the prowler.

BABY BOY ADOPTED BY RICHARD MELLONS

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 3 (U. P.)—

The Richard King Mellons, of the |

wealthy Mellon family, have adopted a two-months-old baby boy, it was learned today. Named Richard Prosser Mellon, the child will be the third to have the name name of Richard Mellon. Richard King Mellon is a son of the late R. B. Melloniand a nephew of the late Andrew W. Mellon. He is president of the Mellon National Bank.

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Citizens Utility Shows Gain Of 78 Per Cent Over 1938 Period.

The Citizens Gas & Coke Utility made a net operating profit of $97,990 in the first half of 1939, an increase of 78 per cent or $43,132 over the first six months of 1938, the utility’s second quarterly showed today. Net profits for the second quarter this year totaled $44,624, an increase of $15,366, or 52 per cent over

net profits for the same 1938 period. Bond retirement funds in quarterly and semi-annual comparisons were deducted.

Seasonal Decline Noted’

Due mainly to seasonal decline in the utility made $8,740.94 less the second quarter than in the first quarter of the year when the net profit was $53,365.66, according to the report, submitted to the City Controller. Gross operating revenues for the second quarter amounted to $1,479,060, an increase of $195,193 over the same period in 1938. Gas sales increased from $680,~ 711 for last year's second quarter to $720,346 for the corresponding period this year, an increase of $39,634. :

Coke Sales Up Over Last Year

Coke sales. totaled $531,520, an increase of $157,062 over a year ago, while coal and water gas tar revenues were $42,887, compared with $62,579 the second quarter last year. Ammonia sales were $32,453, or $4380 under the sales a year ago. Gas appliances brought revenue totaling $136,081 in the second quarter, compared with $113,422 last year. Total cost of products sold in the second quarter was $873,969, an increase of $173,854 over last year. The utility made operating deductions of $1,068,648, compared to $387,855 last year. .

Assets and Liabilities Up

Current assets at June 30, 1939, were $3,229,367—up $243,739 over June 30, 1938, and current liabilities were $271,068 compared with $231,6C7 last year. Increase in accrued liabilities of $469,771 over June 30, 1938, was accounted for by increase. in accruals. under the standstill agreement with the Indianapolis |

revenue bond balance at June 30 was $655,181, same as at the end of | the first quarter.

2 DEAD, 1 HURT IN | DYNAMITE REVENGE:

OREGON _ CITY, Ore, Aug. 3

death by explosion to .a man and his estranged wife and probable fatal injuries to her 15-year-old

daughter was investigated today by Clackamas County authorities who termed it murder and suiicde. - The dead were Lee Phillippy, 40, Canby, Ore., farmer, and his wife, Marian. His stepdaughter, Ruth, had only a slight chance to survive. It was Ruth who accepted from Phillippy a package containing 15 sticks of dynamite which exploded when she set it down. The explosion demolished a trailer house and blew all three occupants high in the air. . Mrs. Phillippy, Sherif Tom Steenson learned, had left her husband 10 days ago and rented the tiny cabin.

ON JEWISH WOMEN

ST. AGATHE DES MONTS,

an 11-year-old .boy in a milk wagon had lashed at a group of ‘Jewish women with a whip. while the driver, 17, charged his horse into them. .- : : It was the first violence since anti-Jewish placards were posted last week-end in this resort village, Miss Mina Weinstein, of Montreal, told police that the whip struck her right shoulder as. she

the wagon. group was hurt.

SUITOR HELD IN SLAYING PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 3 (U. P). —Mrs. Martha Polselli, 37, was shot | to death today, as she waited on a street corner for a trolley car, by a man police described as a rejected suitor. Ed}¥] Ferguson, 31, said to be a former “boy | friend,” was arYasiod and charged with the slayg.

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