Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 August 1939 — Page 7
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
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TUESDAY, AUG. 20, 1030
¢. NATIONAL WEEK Hardware Dealer Often PLANNED IN CITY . FOR EARLY MAY
New York State Retailer Praises ‘Colleagues,’ | Meeting Here. | for that |
faucet that drips in the wee hours! of the morning, or a shaving mug, or a drill the size of the finest of needles? If you do. Horace P. Aikman! president of the National Hardware! § Dealers Association, maintains that | | your hardware man has it or knows where he can get it for you. | Mr. Aikman is attending his or- | ranization’s 15th annual convention here at the Hotel Lincoln |
Plan Special Week |
'Mr. Fixit’ Postoffice Delegates Tour City Back-to-School Special!
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G-MEN ARREST ‘ENEMY NO, 4
Cretzer and Wife Both Are Seized; Accused in Shooting of Hoosier Officer.
CHICAGO, Aug. 20 (U, P).—The Government moved swiftly today with prosecution of Joseph Paul Cretzer, 27, G-Men's public enemy | No. 4 and “most wanted bank rob- { ber,” who was seized with his wife, | Edna Mae, in a north side apartment late yesterday. Agents under Daniel M. Ladd, | chief of the Chicago office of the] FBI, made the arrest, Cretzer had a pistol but did not attempt to resist, Cretzer is wanted for eigh bank | robberies on the West Coast. His | wife is wanted on a carge of having acted as lookout for him. Both] also had been sought for shooting | Ind, policeman |
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Times Photo,
Among those attending the 15th annual convention of the National Retail Hardware Dealers’ Association at Hotel Lincoln are (left to right) Rivers Peterson, the Association managing director;
Approximately 50 secretaries of various state units of the organiza.
tion in attendance are planning for | National Hardware Week” to be held early in May. Other discus- | sions will center around mutual! problems of the industry. | “The modern hardware store earries a stock of from 20,000 to 40.000 items: Like the modern drugstore, the hardware store has increased its field until now you can get anvihing from a washing machine to a windmill, a set of dishes or a pipe cleaner for grandpa,” Mr. Aikman said Mr. Aikman, who has a store of his own in Cazenovia, N. Y. is proud of his profession and in love with his work. Boosts His Business
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“The hardware business.” he talks of it enthusiastically, “is more lasting than many Kinds of business Usually the store is handed down from father and son for generations. This probably partly explains how hardware clerks alwavs find what vou want. Keeping track of some 20.000 or 40,000 items seems like a simple operation to Mr. Aikman. "We get a
Convention's Course
Horace Aidman of Cazenovia, N. Y,, president, and George Green of Long Beach, Cal, vice-president, Convention officials are discussing plans for “Hardware Week" to be held the early part of May.
VOTING SLATED |
FOR TOMORROW -
Naming of Officers to Close Convention of Mail ‘Labor Squad.’
The 80 delegates to the National
| Association of Post Office and Ratl- |
way Mail Laborers’ convention, and
their families,
tween business sessions today.
After a morning meeting at Hotel Severin delegates will be tak-
en on a tour of the city from 1 to 4| m, During this time they are to|
p pose for a group picture on the World War Memorial plaza. General
will arrange a sight- | seeing trip around Indianapolis be-
the |
Times Photo, E. J. Lillie, Minneapolis (left), vice president of the postai workers’
| association, discusses the convention program with Alex Hamill, PhilaQuy Association secretary,
14 Youths on Injured List In Wide Variety of Mishaps
Nails and bicveles picket fences) and dogs and hatchets—all contrib uted yesterday to injure 14 Marion | it County hoys, all but one of them] school age Warren Shelley, 16, was cut and John Grimes, 18, received a broken {left leg when the hicvele they both were riding collided with an auto in| [the 1700 block W. Washington St Both live in Speedway City | Robert Taylor, 12, of 3121 W | Michigan 8t., was injured when his bicycle collided with an auto at|
severely, LeRoy Mevers, St., dived into the Canal at Udell and Rader Sts. and scraped his chest on something at the bottom. He was treated at City Hospital, Paul Neal, 8, of 320 Beauty Ave. ran a rusty nail in his foot while he played at home. Richard Schnepf, 6, of 1740 Napoleon St. fractured his right arm playing at home, Walter Cravens, pect St, fell nine feet
hatchet along the banks of Pogue's | {Run and struck his thumb, cutting
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business and hearing of committee | Michigan and Alton Sts \reports will be resumed at the Sev-| Mack Millholland, 11, son of Ray apple tree and broke his right wrist. | erin after dinner. | Millholland, author, 5157 Winthrop| Jerry Abbott, 8, of 1048 W. New 25 States Represented |Ave,, received a broken arm when Fork Su. and Rogen arren 12, of " (he was struck by a truck at 52d St. | 9: glider St, were bitten by WL hg Bagh Bp nd College Ave. [stray dogs and began to take rabies | |with 25 states represented. After an | Eugene Alderson, 15, of 1136 Ken. | treatments at City Hospital. invocation by the Rev. Fr. Clement | tucky Ave, received a broken ankle| Thomas Moore, 3, of 342 Congress
emphasized in milk by the Aluminum Protecting Cap that protects the pouring edge from dust and dirt. Order it regularly for your fami.
long training and we inventory constantly so that we know when to buy what,” he said | ‘A good hardware man may not have what you want but he can get for you as fast as anyone can,
Stock Has Wide Variety
With the rapid changes in design and use of such a wide variety of merchandise one would suspect that once in a while a hardware store would find itself stocked with] shaving mugs or cogs for a ma- | chine which no longer was manufactured This isn't the case, according to Mr. Aikman, who believes that good hardware dealer can find a
Times Photo. Convention affairs were discussed by Fred C. Laufketter of St. Louis (left), president of the National Association of Power Engineers, | and Fred W. Raven of Chicago, Association secretary, as delegates
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57th annual convention, * ‘a FY t Riley playground He was step-|Ave, was bitten by a dog as he| . Bosler of St. John's Church, the|® walked with } ) / ] ¢ is mother in the 3100 ; wer Ys 77. 0) ielegates were welcomed by Local ping from swing to swing and ! ’ I 0 (L tC ] un 1meel S cn Wa wr Russel Campbell on behalf | missed one, block, Shriver Ave. Charles R. Berof Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan and | Willam Wright, 12, of 3814 N.|nett, 3143 Shriver Ave. was charged | ‘ i ¥ BY Postmaster Adolph horn Rond Keystone Ave, was walking a picket With harboring a vicious dog and] National Conclave ere "The response on behalf of the fence at his home, slipped and fell rere to keep it penned for 10 : ” fi ; convention was delivered by Herbert | A picket tore a deep wound in his| 9a¥S. arm, |L, Taylor of Cleveland, chairman iat wo ¥ of the national executive board. yi alicer Snodgrass, 11, of 437 DorCharles EF. Gibson of Cincinnati man t.. was chopping a tree with | national president, also addressed
An attendance of 800 was esti-, of the National Association of Power mated at today's formal opening of! Engineers in the Indiana World War
use for anvthing. the Sith annual five-day convention
\ | St, Louis,
Memorial hall, Delegates to this and the Association's auxiliary convention con. tinued to arrive today. gates, with their families and representatives of 95 manufacturing concerns exhibiting here, will bring the number of convention visitors 2500, the Indianapolis Convention and Publicity Bureau estimated. Dan Hess to Preside
Dan C. Hess of Indianapolis, gen- groom
eral convention chairman, preside at the official opening meeting. The program included an invocation by the Rev. J. Yoder, a welcome to Indiana by | Governor M. Clifford Townsend and a response by Fred C. Laufketter of the national association's
§ | president. +s | Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan was
{ spond. C. D. Alexander, : | olis Chamber
NEW YORK : : : and its ten-fairs-in-one : : : in early September! Can you imagine a more delightful time to gn? Cooled by the gentle breezes off the ocean, you stroll through miles of magnifview pageantry, artistry, fantasy such as man never tingle from the thrills of $155,000,000 of wonders , . . see the heirlooms of 80 nations... watch 2000 A. D. come to life . . . fountains play to symphony . . . the whole transform itself by night into a glowing fairyland. Take advan. tage of the many educational opportunities afferded by the exhibits of large industries. How better to end your last great holiday of summer or get the vacation thrill of your life?
What to see FIRST at the Fair . . ;
icence . .. before conceived . ..
THE "HIT" SHOW of the Falr! Epic drama of transportation through the ages In all its dynamic powar and realism on the world's largest stage, Another "Hit" ,.. "Railroads at Work"l Ask about Bargain Scrip Tickets for these 2 great features, Also see "Railroads In Building” and Train Exhibits,
And here's the BEST way te go ::: THE DIRECT ROUTE ROUND
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IN COACHES to NEW YORK (Good 30 days)
IN PULLMANS . . . new reduced 80-day round trip rail fares ay low as $39.90, plus reduced upper berth rate,
SPE WASHINGTON . . . PHILADELPHIA . . . ATLANTIC CITY
30- and 80-day tickets are accepted via Washington, D. C, and If you travel via Washington one way, you can go the other via Niagara Falls, at no extra charge.
RIGHT TO THE NEARY of 8 » the Falr you go from the | “2 West, simply by stepping {rem your inbound froin to a waiting train of Fenn. svlvania Station, Naw York ~you're thera in 10 min. utes, for 10 cents!
Stop over at Philadelphia at no extra cost. See Independence Hall, the Liberty Ball . . . nearby Valley Forge. Atlantic City ,.. a glorious side-trip costs only $2 In coaches, $3 in Pullmans, plus Pullman charge,
Ask shot new low round tip Coach ond Pullman fares now in effect to oll poink. TAKE THE CHILDREN TO THE FAIR... 1% FARE FOR CHILDREN UNDER 12
ECONOMICAL TOURS in New York with hotel accom_modations may be arranged through ticket agents.
[to extend the City's welcome, and (Carl Daubenmire of Columbus, | national vice president, was to Indianapof Commerce presithe conven-
(dent, was to address
by Charles F. Bindrich, Milwaukee, past national president, Following presentation of the gavel to Mr. Laufketter by Mr. Hess Boy and Girl Scouts were to join in a reception to the flag, followed by a tribute to the flag by F. W. Raven of Chicago, national secretary, Beginning at 2 p. m. today, convention sessions are to be held at the Murat Theater, and the exhibits are housed in the hall adjoining. Parade at Exhibit Yesterday was given over istration, and a parade through the exhibit hall led by the Ipalco Band, made up of Indianapolis Power & Light Co. employees. Several delegates visited the Power & Light Co plants, A reception and dance were held | last night in the Murat's Egyptian Room. The annual manufacturers’ exhibit displays an abundant variety of modern power plant equipment Diesel engines, new stokers, special alloys, various instruments and chemicals to check scale and corrosion are included. Other manufacturers are present. ing the latest rpodels in high-pres-sure alloy valves and bronze fixtures, plastic firebrick walls and insulation |to take care of temperatures from | 200 degrees below zero to 2000 above. | One of several oil exhibitors is using a motion picture to illustrate lub(ricating functions. Elevators, {lators, water purifiers and
the other exhibits.
| One company [plete model of a turbine-driven| power plant, built on a scale of one- | half inch to one foot.
| Watchdogs Get All Mixed Up
OHN DAVIS, 318 doesn't know what to do about his watch dogs. all mixed up on their duties. Last night, Mr. Davis told police, he heard his chickens raising a fuss, but he didn’t pay any attention because his two watch- | dogs were on guard, and they | weren't barking. At 8 a. m,, Mr. Davis arose and found 30 chickens missing. When police arrived to investigate, the dogs got back on the job, barking and threatening to bite.
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the opening session, Banquet Given Delegates Delegates attended a banquet at the Severin last night. In a program which followed, they were addressed hy Mr. Seidensticker; George Ress assistant postmaster, Carl Stimpson of Indianapolis, secand national vice resident, and Postal Inspector William
Senator Sherman Minton,
was 10 /originally scheduled as the principal
convention, he
speaker, informed the that, in view of the war crisis, going immediately ington. The Association's officers, Mr. Gibson, My Taylor and Mr. Stimpson, are Anton J. Feggeler, Ozone Park, N. Y. vice president; | J. Lillie, Minneapolis, vice president; Willis A. Bohall, Indi-| anapolis, vice president; James A. Small, Los Angeles, vice president; Earl D. Johnson, Pittsburgh, treasurer, and Alexander Hamill, Phila-
{delphia, secretary. | tion, and a response was to be made |
regu- | steam | | conduits for city heating are among |
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The convention will close tomorrow following election of new national officers,
MIRIAM HOPKINS IS SEEKING DIVORCE
RENO, Nev. Aug. (U, P) Miriam Hopkins, film actress, established residence here today for the
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purpose of divorcing Director Ana-|
tole Litvak, She flew from Hollywood accompanied by Kay Francis, also of the) films, who acted as her spokesman | and her own spokesman to .an-| nounce again she planned soon to be married to Baron Erik Von Barnekow
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TEMPERANCE GROUP MEETS HERE IN "4
PERU, Ind, Aug. (U.P) The Indiana Youth's Temperance {Council will hold its 18th state con- | vention at Indianapolis next year The council closed its annual meetling here last night. New officers elected were Mrs Maryellen Mendenhall, president: |Dale Love, vice president; Fred Tur- | jner, corresponding secretary; Mrs. | Virginia Nelson, recording secretary; Mrs. Carol Briles, treasurer, and | Catherine Boothe, supervisor of di- | rectors. |
—————————————— FERRY DEDICATION
IS SET FOR OCT. 1
BOONVILLE, Ind, Aug. 20 (U.! | P.).—Dedication of the Abraham Lincoln ferry will take place Oct. 1, Ernest W. Owen, president of the Boonville Press Club, announced today The ferry
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has been acquired by
- the State Highway Commission and
will be known as Park, Owen said.
Lincoln's
Ferry Regular $5 TREO
Permanent Wave ........ $3. 50 MORRISONS
BEAUTY BOX
20 W. Wash. St. LI-0152
CAMELS ARE
LONG-BURNING = AND THERE'S MORE PLEASURE IN EVERY PUFF
By burning 28% slower than the average of the 18 other of the largest-selling brands tested «slower than
Size 1st Tire
GOODFYE LABOR DAY -TIRE SALE!
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YOU SAVE Size 1st Tire [2nd Tire | YOU SAVE
4.40-4.50-21 4.75-5.00-19 «25-5.50-18 5.25-5.50-17 6.00-16 6.25-6.50-16
$10.00 10.30 12.00 13.20 14.35 17.40
$5.00 5.15 6.00 6.60 7.15 8.70
43.60 3.15 4.35 4.75 5.20 6.30
5.00 5.15 6.00 6.60 1.20 8.70
4.40-4.50-21 4.75-5.00-19 5.25-5.50-18 5.25-5.50-17 6.00-16 6.25-6.50-16
$ 7.20 7.45 8.65 9.50 10.35 12.60
$3.60 3.70 4.30 4.75 5.15 6.30
any of them = CAMELS give a smoking plus equal to
9 EXTRA SMOKES PER PACK
NJOY cooler, milder smoking... the fragrance and delicate taste of finer, more expensive tobaccos = and at the same time get more smoking per pack in long-burning Camels.
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Mere good news!
Here are the facts from a recent series of impartial scientific laboratory tests of 16 of the largest-selling brands:
CAMELS were found to contain MORE TOBACCO BY WEIGHT
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The “G-100" ALL-WEATHER «= the sleek. streamlined Goodyear Centennial tire you've been reading about in the magazines — the tire which gives you up to 33%, more tread mileage == is included in this
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than the average for the 15 other of the largest-selling brands.
CAMELS BURNED SLOWER THAN ANY OTHER BRAND TESTED = 25% SLOWER THAN THE AVERAGE TIME OF THE 15
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Net prices——with your old tire. Other sizes at proportionate savings.
OTHER OF THE LARGEST-SELL-ING BRANDS! By burning 25% slower, on the average, Camels give smokers the equivalent of 5 EXTRA SMOKES PER PACK!
In the same tests, CAMELS HELD THEIR ASH FAR LONGER than the average time for all the other brands.
Get more and better smoking in Camels. Penny fof penny, Camels are your shrewdest cigarette buy!
LONG-BURNING STLIER TOBACCOS
A NEW TIRE NEEDS A NEW TUBE
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