Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 December 1939 — Page 5

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Crumbater Dies BETS 20 YEARS CHECKS SEIZED IN GUN BATTLE

Gunman Escapes With $365 AT SOUTHPORT § WHERE LL FASHION WISE ECONOMIZE

In Holdup of Grocery |B 00 i On Rural St. _® Ex-Convict, 26, Sentenced

After Wounded Clerk Gives Testimony.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18, 193

INDIANA GROUPS Woman Gives DISCUSS RELIEF, Lie to Save

Boy From Fire Taxpayers and Chambers of| il Dot

Commerce to Map Reforms For Legislature.

MONEY TO CASH 2.4

GRIFFIN, Ind, Dec. 13 (U. P). —A 30-year-old Griffin woman was dead today from burns received when she answered the calls of a 4-year-oid boy trapped in the blazing home in which she worked. She was Effie Mae Powell, employed by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harris. Her clothes caught fire when she returned to the burning house when the Harris’ son, Fred, called for help from a rear porch. The boy was recovering from an operation and was unable to leave the porch. He suffered minor head and face burns. The house was destroyed and

A gunman disguised as a railroad- |

er early today held up Albert Camp-| bell in his grocery at 249 S. Rural] St. and escaped with $365.72 in cash. 9 Criminal Court Judge Dewey MyMr. Campbell said he had the : : ers today sentenced Eugene Mor-| money to cash pay checks for Big|. rison, 26-year-old ex-convict, to 20, Four and Pennsylvania Railroad | years in prison for an attempted employees today. holdup Friday in which a 67-year- | Not long after he opened, Mt. | old Southport druggist was wounded Campbell said, the man entered, B Morrison, who pleaded guilty to dressed in blue overalls and a iia attempted robbery, propped himself

Representatives of Indiana tax-| payers’ and chambers of commerce! Broups will meet here regularly dur-| ing the coming year to map out a

Pram 2 poor relief and welfare! reforms to place before tt 1941 Legislature, ’ = This was decided yesterday at an informal meeting of approximately 20 representatives at the Indianapry oA hete Club. The next meeting as set tentatively for Jan. 9 at the Athletic Club.

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C. C. Crumbaker . . . his coun- with crutches while receiving sent- |

Yesterday's session was devoted to general discussion. No organization | was formed and no action was taken. | William H. Book, executive vice president of the Indianapolis Cham- | ber of Commerce, served as chair- | man, Indianapolis Chamber of Com-| merce officials explained the meetings would follow the pattern of| those held in former years when | representatives of the civic organizations worked out the reforms de-| sired beforehand and presented them to the Legislature. Among those attending yesterday's meeting were Harry Miesse of the Indiana Taxpayers Association: George S. Jewett and Lester Bush of | the Muncie Chamber of Commerce; | M. W. Madden, Gary; A. C. McCoy. Austin Stult and Samuel IL. Cleland, Ft. Wayne; lester Jack, Terre

Haute; Frank Murrav Sot : ray, South Bend, and Fred Schmid, Indianapolis.

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Marshall Ezra Stallings said he believed the fire started when gasoline near a coal-oil stove exploded.

PHI BETA KAPPA IN INDIANA 50 YEARS

GREENCASTLE, Ind, Dec. 13. — Dr. Walter Bundy, DePauw University professor of English Bible, will be véspers speaker here Sunday as

{DePauw marks the 50th anniversary

of Phi Beta Kappa, scholastic fraternity. The first chapter in Indiana was formed at DePauw 50 years ago. Dr. Bundy is past president of Indiana Alpha Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa and is general chairman of the anniversary celebration Other vesper school year were announced today by President Clyde E. Wildman.

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[striped railroader’s cap, and asked |for a package of cigarets. Mr, Campbell produced the cig-) arets and was making change when the man said:

speakers for the him. He said he got no description

“This is a jtickup. Back away from there.” The robber covered Mr. Campbell with a gun as he picked up the paper money, bound together with (a rubber band. The gunman also scooped up about $10 in silver from the register drawer and backed toward the door. | He opened it, backed out, ran down

|the two steps to the sidewalk and |

entered a waiting car. The car sped (north. | Mr. Campbell said that he never | before had seen the gunman, but |that he would be able to identify

of the car driver, and did not get {the license number of the car.

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Life Underwriting Counsel Associate of Northwest ern Mutual Company.

C. C. Crumbaker, an associate of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. here and widely-known throughout the Middle West as a life underwriting counsel, died today at his home, 152 Butkingham Drive. He was 47. Born in Cooksville, Ill, Aug. 24, 1892, Mr. Crumbaker came to Indianapolis 22 years ago and became associated with the Northwestern Mutual in 1929. He was a graduate of James Millikin University and a member

of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. {He saw overseas service during the {last World War. His counsel on life underwriting was constantly sought by trust funds, lawyers and individuals. He was president of the North-

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west Mutual's National Special | Agents’ Association, a director of {the Indianapolis Life Underwriters] Association and a member of the Charter Life Underwriters Association. He was a member of the Second Presbyterian Church and the Indianapolis Athletic Club. He also was president of the Co-operative Club of Indianapolis. He is survived by his wife, Marian, and a son, Charles M,, a student at the University of the South at Sewanee, Tenn. Mr. Crumbaker had suffered a] heart attack Monday and his death was caused by pneumonia.

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He was shot in the leg when the! drug clerk, John W. Jenkins, refused to hand over his money and,! obtaining a revolver, opened fire. Mr. Jenkins, who was shot in the cheek during the battle at the Southport store, appeared in court as a witness in the case. “I was in the store by myself when this gentleman came in and: asked to buy some candy,” Jenkins told Judge Myers. bought a bar of candy and paid for it. It was then, when I was stand-| ing at the cash register, that he pulled the gun. “Understand, I was once a policeman (in Richmond, Ind.) and I'm not afraid of old Satan, himself. I stooped over to grab my gun and] when I started to get up, he shot | me. Then I lost my temper and| started shooting.” Morrison was arrested on N. Capitol Ave. a short time after the attempted holdup. Judge Myers also George Cleage, 35, Reedus, 24, to two years in prison | each on their pleas of guilty to second degree burglary.

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SANTA MONICA, Cal, Dec. 13 (U. P.).—Douglas Fairbanks Sr. will make no curtain-call in death for| the world that thrilled to his| dashing career on and off the screen.

early yesterday placed his beautiful |

Services are to be held at 2 p. m. Friday at the Flanner & Buchanan Mortuary. Burial is to be at Crown Hill Cemetery.

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County commissioners will receive bids Dec. 20 for approximately |

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$450,000 worth of supplies for all county institutions and the Highway Department for next year. Institutional supplies, expected to cost the county $300,000, will include gas, heat, light, fuels, stationery and printing, furniture, building materials, food and clothing. The Highway Department bids will be for road construction, repair materials and road machinery, at an estimated cost of $150,000. According to bid specifications some of the equipment and materials needed to operate County highways

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of asphalt and quantities of bridge timbers, flooring and steel. Commissioners will open the bids publicly and award contracts before |Jan. 1.

BUYS ATLANTA JOURNAL ATLANTA, Ga, Dec. 13 (U.P) — The Atlanta Journal and its 50,000 watt radio station WCB has been sold to James M. Cox, former Governor of Ohio, it was announced yesterday by James R. Gray, vice

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widow, the former Lady Sylvia Ashley, under the care of a phy-|

neral arrangements will tentative. | However, his business manager, Clarence Ericksen, indicated that, unlike the services for Will Rogers, | Jean Harlow and other film not-| ables whose mourning public gath-| ered by the thousands, services for Mr. Fairbanks will be quiet and private. { It seemed likely that only close! friends of the screen's Don Juan! would be admitted to services in the Wee Kirk O' Heather in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The funeral probably will be tomorrow or Friday | with interment in a crypt at Forest Lawn. Mrs. lipped silence the first shock of he husband's unexpected death in their seaside mansion early Then she collapsed. The embalmed body of the actor, debonair even in death, lay on a huge carved bed in the home overlooking the Pacific. It was in this}

for a window to be opened “so I can look at the ocean,” then turned over and died. Friends said his death

“rt was Doug's last jump,” one friend said.

Law Stymies Pioneer Urge

T™WO 17-YEAR-OLD YOUTHS with an urge to build a log cabin and live the life of pioneers were in trouble with the law today as the result of a little error in their choice of a site, Deputy sheriffs were called to the farm owned by Dr. Willlam F. Johnson a mile north of Cler« mont on the complaint the youths were cutting down trees and building the cabin. When the deputies appeared on the scene, the surprised youths protested they had permission from the owner. Questioning revealed the youths thought they were on the nearby Long farm, where a tenant had authorized the construction. The boys were ordered to ape pear at the Sheriff's office today.

WINS HEBREW MEDAL

NEW YORK, Dec. 13 (U, P).— Myron C. Taylor, vice chairman of inter-governmental committee on refugees, was awarded the 1939 American Hebrew medal last night for outstanding service in promoting better understanding between Chris tians and Jews.

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