Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 December 1939 — Page 1
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The Indianapolis Times
FORECAST: Fair and not so cold tonight, with lowest temperature 20 to 25; tomorrow increasing cloudiness and rising temperature, followed by rain tomorrow night and Sunday.
FINAL HOME
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VOLUME 51—-NUMBER 245
Don’t Tell Arlene, but—
URGES COURT GET DETENTION HOME CONTROL
State Bureau Asks Local Agencies to Co-operate in Juvenile Cases.
By SAM TYNDALL
The State Welfare Department| Children's Bureau today recom- | mended that Juvenile Court assume | entire responsibility for admission and dismissal of all children in the! Juvenile Detention Home. | There has been considerable re-|¥ cent controversy between Judge Wilfred Bradshaw, the Welfare Department and Detention Home sponsors | over the admission and dismissal]
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1939
PLANE LOST IN ALASKA WITH MOTHER, BABY
Below - Zero Temperature And Lack of Food Imperil 4 Lives in Storm.
NULATO, Alaska, Dec. 22 (U. P). —Four persons, including a mother and her 15-menths-old baby, hud- | dled in the cabin of a lost airplane {somewhere on the frozen tundra] Inorth of here today. Their food was |exhausted and the temperature was below zero. | Their plans, piloted by Fred Chambers, was forced down Tuesday by a broken oil line and Mr. | Chambers radioed officials of Mirow
policy. The Department made eight other recommendations in its report, which followed a four-week investi-
gation of the institution with a view
| Air Service that he had lost his po[sition in the swirling snow of an | Alaskan blizzard. Hans Mirow, airline owner, also was lost. He took off yesterday on
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3 DETAINED IN GAGGED MAN'S DEATHBY AUTO
Hoosier Victim Believed Kidnaped, Held in Woods Prior to Accident.
Hanes Resigns
P.) —Mishawaka and South Bend police investigated the kidnaping and subsequent death early today of Stephen Melkey, 44-year-old Mishawaka rubber worker, and detained one woman and two men for questioning. The crime became known when William Joyce of Kalamazoo, Mich., reported to police that his automobile had struck a man on U. S. 20 at the dividing line between South Bend and Mishawaka. Melkey died in a hospital of a
John W. Hanes . . . I have cleaned up all my assignments.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (U. P.) —Undersecretary of the Treasury John W. Hanes resigned today to return to private business. Mr. Hanes, a wealthy and successful broker, was an important
Entered as Second-Class Postolfice, Indianapolis, Ind.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. Dec. 22 (U.
Matter
PRICE THREE CENTS
FINNS REPORT CRUSHING BLOW AT RED FORCES
Danes Hear 30,000 Russians Slain During War; 35 More Planes Shot Down,
350 Tanks
Captured.
By WEBB MILLER
United Press Sta
ft Correspondent
WITH THE FINNISH ARMY G. H. Q. IN THE FIELD, Dec. 22.—Finnish Army sources reported officially today
that the Red Army had been beaten back on the Southeast ern Front, defeated heavily on the North Central Front and blasted back toward the Arctic Coast by a Finnish counters
contact between the Administra-
attack in the Far North.
broken neck and several fractures.
10 issuing it a state license. Recommendations Listed In many cases, children now are admitted or dismissed from the] Home without the knowledge of the! Court. The Welfare Department and the Police Juvenile Aid Bureau often act independently of the! Court. Other recommendations were that: | 1. Only children awaiting Juve- | nile Court action be cared for| at the Home and that the length of | stay of these children should be as short as compatible with intelligent | planning for their care following release, | (At this point the report pointed | out that the “Home should not be considered a disciplinary institution.” This recommendation strikes at present practices of interning others than delinquent children in the home, principally dependent Juveniles.) 3 2. A Juvenile Court probation officer be assigned to control admissions and dismissals and to serve as a liaison officer between the Court and the Home superintendent. Urges Boarding Homes 3. Some provision be made for educational training at the Home. A WPA school, which served the institution for several years, was abandoned ix months ago. However, the report said, “if the institution were to be used for children who remained for several months (this is against the express wishes of the Bureau),
well-planned educational and voca- | without their most important helper Monday. On that day (Christmas, if you aren't wise) 6-year-old Arlene Hes- | That he probably was within 50 |tand will be at home, 2027 Hobart St. 4. Other facilities, such as board-| the family fireside since 1937. She's been a patient at City Hospital Ten minutes after a searching plane
tional programs should be established.”
ng home care or placement should | be utilized for dependent children—| “those children, who do not need to be held in a locked building.” 5. County Commissioners, who have responsibility for maintenance of the home, and the Court, who has responsibility of the children, should
“work closely together in defining
policies of the Home.” Action Climaxes Campaign 6. Close co-operation between the To De-emphasize Sport.
Court and the Police Department Juvenile Aid 3ureau.
Adequate Budget Asked n 9. That eventually, when the pop- (AQ@itional Detafls, Page 1) ulation of the Home may have been| CHICAGO, Dec. 22 (U. P).—The reduced, it would be desirable to University of Chicago, one of the have the Detention Home quarters country’s largest and richest eduand the Juvenile Court rooms cational institutions, abandoned inhoused in the same building. [tercollegiate football today. 2. Care should be taken to provide! The action culminated a caman adequate budget for the institu- 'paign by its president, Robert Maytion. The report, signed by Miss Mil- sport. dred Aymold, Children's Bureau di-| The withdrawal left the Unirector, said that suitable precautions versity the only large school with“appear to have been taken to safe- [out a football team and marked guard the children's hives in case of | the first important step by a major fire,” but declared that the State university in de-emphasis of interFire Marshal's opinion had been collegiate football. asked on that point. Dr. Hutchins first criticized colIt was disclosed in the report that {lege Tootball in an article in a there were many children remaining | dationally-distributed magazine last for several weeks or a month in the | Vear. He said too much emphasis home. Miss Arnold said she would had been placed on the game by meet with County Commissioners U. S. colleges and suggested that and Judge Bradshaw to outline “dmission prices for it be cut to plans to put into effect the recom - | 10 cents in order to take the pres-
CHICAGO ABANDONS
Toys Await “Little Helper’ Of Ward C3 on Visit Home
By EARL HOFF The nurses and doctors in Ward C38 at City Hospital must carry on brother-in-law, searched along both
[nard Hutchins, to de-emphasize the |
the search and disappeared into the {gathering storm clouds.
Baby Aboard Plane
Aboard Pilot Chambers’ plane (were Mrs. Magdalene Jefford, wife |of a Lavery Airways mechanic at Fairbanks, their baby son, and James Walsh, address unknown. With his battery-operated radio, (Mr. Chambers kept in touch with {headquarters here. His words were not encouraging, although he main[tained an attitude of cheerfulness {and said the mother and baby were “okay.” | He admitted that their last food {had been eaten yesterday noon. Fuel for their emergency “fire pot” | was burning low, he said, and there | {was no wood on the wind-swept, | flats. As do all Alaskan fliers, Mr. {Chambers carried a rifle in his |ship but he reported discouragingly that he had sighted no game. Airplane search for the plane was delayed by the snow storm and [the short Arctic day. Dog teams |scoured the area.
Possibly Near Nulato
The pilot believed he was on [either the north or the south fork of the Nulato River, which flows into the Yukon at this hamlet of. 200 persons, but pilots Walter Hall and Jack Jefford, Mrs. Jeffords
Times Photo.
| streams without success. Tt will be her first Christmas at miles of Nulato seemed probable.
[since July 22, 1938. {took off from here yesterday, Mr. | Don't tell Arlene, but tucked | Chambers reported that he heard |
away somewhere in the Hestand | ® Jy oo somewhere in the storm
toy wardrobe | wn. Chambers was en route from trunk and small ironing board which Nome to Fairbanks, a distance of | she asked Santa for Christmas. | 600 miles, when he was forced down | At first, Arlene wanted a doll after covering a third of the dis-
that plays an organ. But her re
I'mother, Mrs. Beatrice Hestand, ex- | plained that Daddy, Iral mestana, $390 165 CITY WPA y
couldn't afford to buy that for her from Santa Claus. Johnson Submits Project For Street Improvement.
‘home are the doll,
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Even at 6, Arlene understood that | kind of mathematics: ‘Children order
things from Santa Claus and Daddy pays for them.
Apologizes to Santa So she sat right down and dic-
i tte her fT [Cx Ea vs 0 cing on. | A $339.75 WPA allocation which Santa, apologizing Yor having OF | will furnish labor for City street dered such an expensive gift. {improvements next year was sub“Just an ordinary Coll will do,” mitted to the Work Board for apshe Said. proval today by City Engineer M. Many things happen to Arlene, a Binh ‘ . : vivacious blond mite, since she went wa igo] IS a continuation of [to the hospital more than 16 months |® Previous WPA grant made two lago. First she had appendicitis. |JCATS ag0 and expiring next week, | Then peritonitis set in, followed by, Mr, Johnson said. . ‘ether pneumonia. When she had). ine WPA allocation will enable ‘pneumonia, her temperature soared he City to undertake projects toto 108, but she survived that, only [ling 3769502. Mr. Johnson said
‘to contract laryngitis. Subsequently, Ne did mot know which streets
tion and business, He fathered the business-aid tax program enacted by Congress last year. During the last four months Mr. Hanes has been busy making a special study of the revenue acts. In this connection he heard recommendations from big and little business ana labor and has submitted an analysis of these recommendations to a congressional committee. In reply toa question, Mr. Hanes said: “I am leaving under the most pleasant circumstances; at a time when nothing is pending that is controversial. I have cleaned up all the assignments given me by Secretary Morgenthau.”
CLOTHE-A-CHILD TOTAL NOW 2152
Number Is 331 in Excess Of Record Figure Established in 38.
Mr. Joyce was not arrested. The victim's eyes were covered
the auto. A handkerchief had been stuffed in his mouth, also tightly taped.
Hands and Feet Bound
Mr. Melkey’s hands were tied behind his back and his feet bound. Police found evidence in the snow
was struck showing where he had been dumped from another machine. Footprints were found in a nearby woods ‘ostensibly made by a person wearing only one shoe. The tracks led to the highway where signs revealed that Melkey had stumbled onto a concrete abutment and sat down. Although there were other footprints in the woods in addition to Mr. Melkey's, police believe they were packed too hard to be those of someone leading him. Mr. Joyce said that Mr. Melkey was not hopping on one foot when he was struck, so police theorized he might have forced one shoe off trying to struggle free of his bonds, and then wandered onto the highway.
Waitress Questioned
An element of mystery confronted police when Mr. Melkey's three sons told police their father had gone to bed at 11 p. m. last night and they did not know he had left the house until informed by police. The boys are Robert, 18;~Leonard, 14, and Frederick, 12. Today police took into custody
(Donors’ List, Page Four)
One hundred ninety-one children | were clothed yesterday in the 10th | annual Indianapolis Times’ Clothe-A-Child campaign, bringing the total to 2152. Miss Bertie Devos, 27, a Mishawaka
This is 331 more children than!beer tavern waitress; Allan F. were clothed during the entire yyy Folomskey, a a } ol Sv campaign, which established a new 4; south Bend DS plant em record. Added to the grand total ployee. tn aay Bos Trowel id a Polo. Smit clo y A Contributors so far have spent [een Ne oF Miss. Devos, They more than $21000 in Indianapolis added that their investigation restores for outfits for Indianapolis vealed that Melkey had had arguschool children. ments and even fist-fights with
All Cases Investigated some of the other men over her
attentions. In all cases, the children were
without adequate or sufficient cloth= POWER CO. TO BUILD
ing until thus provided for. Al cases were investigated through the proper social service agency. The investigations were made with no embarrassment to the families and often the children believed that Santa Claus had made possible their good fortune. The Santa Claus in a department store reported that a little fellow about six years old came up to him the other day and put his arm
around his neck. More Need Help (Photo, Page Two)
“I noticed he was crying,” the| The Indianapolis Power & Light
Santa said, “and I asked him his | Co. will begin work early next year
name. He told me his name and on a new 3$5000-kilowatt turbine. then words just gushed out. He was| Harding St
thanking me, as Santa Claus, for Senerator unit at its Sl ry so that Clothe-a. Plant, President H. T. Pritchard an-
Work on Harding St. Unit Starts Early Next Year.
doctors had to install a “false | Would be improved under the proj-
mendations of the report.
sure off players and to remove the | ae i . fect, since the Works Board will im- | lary nx” in her throat so she might |
. . ; a [nounced today. Child could buy him his Winter | “sue $3,000,000 addition Will not be
outfit.” ready for service until late in 1941.
with adhesive tape when struck by
140 feet south of where Mr. Melkey |-
$3,000,000 ADDITION:
Concerning the fighting in the Far North, Scandinavian newspaper dispatches reported sensational victories with some estimates that Russia's total casualties in the war
were 30,000 dead.
A total of 350 Russian tanks have been destroyed or captured since the war started and 35 Soviet airplanes shot
down in the last three days, patches said.
Finnish official military dise
The official statement reporting that the Red Army was
being driven back steadily in the Central and North Central sectors, said the pursuit of Finnish troops was particularly effective north of Lake Ladoga and in the Salla sector.
SPREAD RUMOR OF YULE PEACE
Rome Sources Say Duce Has Sent Hitler Message Through Himmler.
ROME, Dec. 22 (U. P.) Premier Benito Mussolini was reliably reported today to have sent a message to Adolf Hitler, which, some sources believed, may be connected with recent speculation on a Christmas peace proposal. Officials declined
to comment. The message was understood to have been taken to Berlin by Heinrich Himmler, chief of the Nazi secret police.
Cite Three Developments
The rumors arose as a result of three developments: 1. The visit of Herr Himmler to Rome, where he conferred with Sig. Mussolini and high Fascist officials. 2. The plans of His Holiness Pope Pius XII to address a message believed to be of unusual importance to the College of Cardinals at Christmas time, 3. The Pope's speech yesterday to King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, in which he said he hoped that Italy would be able to serve in “the reestablishment of honorable and lasting peace among the nations.”
Mystery Surrounds Visit
Herr Himmler left Rome last night after a visit surrounded by considerable mystery. He was said to have hastened his departure by at least 24 hours and that he would confer with Herr Hitler at Berchtesgaden before Christmas eve. It was said that Sig. Mussolini delivered the message for Herr Hitler to Herr Himmler during their conversation yesterday at Venice Palace. The conversation was de-
The Copenhagen reports added that it seemed possible that the Russians had abane doned all thoughts of an of fensive in the Arctic for the rest of the winter and would construct winter quarters and try to hold a few towns like
Petsamo and Salmijaervi.
Other reports from Svanik, Nore way, said that Russian retreat of the last two days apparently had cleared all Russians out of the Far Northern region below Salmijaervi, which is only 38 miles from the Arctic. They added that the Soviet forces seemed undisciplined and “chaotic,” that the Russians lacked food and ammunition and found it impossie ble to start the motors of their tanks and armored cars in this climate,
Marshal Thanks America
Meanwhile, Marshal Carl Gustav Mannerheim, commander - in « chief of the Finnish armed forces, said in an interview today that Finland was “fighting for our independence and all of the things the world values most.” “We know the world understands our position and wants to help us despite great difficulties in thess hard times,” the 72-year-old mare shal told newspaper correspondents, “You have seen on the Karelian Isthmus how our troops for weeks held back greatly superior enemy forces.” The Finnish commander, who led
[his nation’s forces against the Bole
shevik armies in a successful battle for independence after the World War, sent a special message of thanks for the aid and sympathy of Americans.
Hope for Heavy Snow
Snow storms-—eagerly awaited by the Finns as a valuable ally—dee creased aerial activity at some points today and the defending soldiers were hoping for a heavy storm on the Karelian Isthmus. The Russians, according to Fine nish officers, have used as many as 350 airplanes in one day's attacks and at least 1000 tanks, including
{many heavy onzs, in the offensive
scribed as “a long and cordial” aoainst the main Finnish defenses
Ee Trulh vit uli. | breathe normally. |brove Streets only on petition off mye Clothe-A-Child headquarters, talk, on the Karelin Isthmus alone.
Mr. Pritchard said the decision to
The action to withdraw rom intercollegiate football was made by a unanimous vote of the board of trustees.
BUREAU FORECASTS
JURY TRIAL MOTION BY BECKETT DENIE
Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell this afternoon overruled Robert D.
206 W. Maryland St., has on file and checked out, the names of more children who need and deserve warm winter clothes. There are
(Continued on Page Three) indicates power needs in Indianap-
olis in the next nine years will increase 53 per cent.
build the new Jenerator plant was made, not because of present need, but because a survey made this year
It was understood that Herr Himmler telephoned Herr Hitler yesterday after his talk with Sig.| Mussolini and that Herr Hitler then | instructed the head of the secret | police to come immediately to] Berchtesgaden.
Official dispatches said that only slight damage of military ime portance had been inflicted by the Soviet air raids. Nine civilians were killed and 18 wounded in yesterday's raids, for instance, but only one soldier was
Be Sens motion for & trial by] RAIN FOR WEEK-END
ury. Beckett, sentenced in Federal Court Dec. 2 to eight years in prison and fined $2500 for partici-| § pation in a $680,000 Indiana mail| fraud, asked that. the conviction be| $ vacated and sought to withdraw a| Sam ... previous plea of guilty. | Beckett contended that he sided Robert Wright, a Security and Exchange Commission Ie i o white Christmas. the fraud probe In Heh YE MN Cloudiness and rising temperaSu 3 proms to ask the court os tomorrow will be followed by or leniency. ; rain © ni ) Mr, Wright denied the allegation, {OI lOMOITON, hight and Sunday, and said he had told Beckett “Tt IS cold tonight, either, it forecast. The my duty to make this mvestigation, | jowest temperature Jast night was 21 let the chips fall where they may.” ana the mercury was rising today. a A A RE Today was the shortest day of the FOKKER SERIOUSLY YLL |year and from now on the days will NEW YORK, Dee. 22 (U. P).—|get longer. Today also marked the Anthony H. G. Fokker, veteran air- peginning of winter, scheduled for plane designer, has been in a coma |
12:06 p. m. for several days and is “critically
f1I” in Murray Hill Hospital, his physician disclosed today. The Starved’ for 10 Years, Eats
famed aviation designer and manBOSTON, Dec. 22 U. P)—
ufacturer had been in the hospital for three weeks suffering from Twelve-year-old Robert Berry left for his Lancaster, N. H.,, home to-
pheumococcus meningitis. day, happy over the prospect of
SHOPPING DAY LEFT eating his first honest-to-goodness Christmas meal in 10 years.
wOWL" Ww me TH OW When Robert was 2 years ol, . he mistook a nickel for something edible and tried to swallow it. The coin lodged in his throat, and in the 10 years since he has lived chiefly on gruel, milk and fait juice, The boy came here 10 days ago for treatment and a doctor with a fluoroscope quickly removed the nickel. Since then, Robert has been eating at every opportunity, stowing away five meals a day still hungry,” he said.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
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The Weather Bureau today forecast that it will rain Sunday, and hazarded a guess that there will be
a. a.m. a.m.
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SHOOK NOT GUILTY OF FAILURE TO STOP
Wilbur Shook, 3674 Watson Road, was found not guilty of a charge of failure to stop after an accident today by Municipal Court Judge John MecNelis. Mr. Shook was alleged to have failed to stop after an accident several months ago in which two persons were injured. Roderic Rae, special crime investigator, introduced into evidence a piece of skull alleged to belong to one of those injured. He said that he found it on the hinge of Mr. Shook’s car. Those injured in the accident did not prosecute. Mr. Shook testified he did not know that his automobile had struck anyone.
“Extra power capacity to supply
Killed, the dispatches said.
such increased demands cannot be installed overnight as needed,” he said. “It must be planned and ordered and financed several years ahead of the need. “For many months we have been making studies and consulting our customers and leading citizens ahout future power needs, and this vear we engaged an independent engineering organization of highest standing to verify our own conclusions. The result is the decision to proceed at once with the addition at our Harding St. plant.” The new turbine-generator alone will cost approximately $600,000 and will be capable of supplying more than half the electricity ordinarily used in the homes of Indianapolis. Although its capacity and general (Continued on Page Three)
GERMANS REPORTED SPLITTING UP FLEET
Half Said to Be BalticBound, Rest to North Sea.
PARIS, Dec. 22 (U, P). = The newspaper Le Temps today quoted a “reliable source” as saying that the German fleet has left Hamburg and that half of it was headed into
the Baltic Sea and the other half was steaming toward the North Sea. The portion of the fleet bound
It took a 1500-word police ree
port to explain today why Police Chief Michael F. Morrissey voided a traffic sticker. The reason in 50 words: Detective Sergt. Ferdinand P. Holt was trailing a suspect on Indiana Ave, 400 block, when he noticed a car parked in an alley, blockading passage. He drove the car into Indiana Ave. and double-parked. Completing his investigation, he returned to the car and found it had acquired a sticker, The
| A “false larynx” Is a small metal butting property owners. . oA disc inserted in the front side of|, Tne WPA money, however, will] in the center, through which the 2T¢ received by the Board next year. | |patient can breathe. | This money will not be used on two Voice Is Now Weak next year, the resurfacing of TalArlene how can speak normally, Dot St. from 16th St. to 22d St. and of the tube. When She wants to Kentucky Ave, Mr. Johnson said. speak jouder, she places a finger The project was taken under adBut none of these misfortunes has! \ put a damper on her enthusiasm. COY SERIOUSLY ILL she scurries about to see that all the| WITH PNEUMONIA other patients are comfortable. She ——— {when nobody is looking, she'll grab] BALTIMORE, Md, Dec. 22.—| a broom and sweep up the hall. | Wayne Coy, assistant to Federal out. She's going to college. | Nutt, is seriously ill with pneumonia | | “Everybody goes to college now, today at Marine Hospital here, | Then she's going to be & nurse so covering from three kidney operashe can help doctors. She's a little) tions performed last August. This lonly help the nurses, | pneumonia. His wife is at his bedhospital “probably is a long time” |Indiana. “But it doesn't seem long to me,” | around outside and playing, it just doesn't appeal to her, “I might get sick and not be able to go home for Christmas,” she said, must return to the hospital after the holiday. and soon will be promoted to the 1-A grade. She likes to spell out “hospital.” There are two other people lookfor Christmas besides Arlene and her mother and father. They are nie, 3. When Iral Jr. heard Arlene was ing his mother clean house for the big event. Johnnie was excited, too,
|a patient's throat. Tt has a hole De available when such petitions, large improvements contemplated although her voice is weak because Of South St. from Alabama St. to over the opening of the disc. |visement by the board. She has the run of Ward C3, and | (heips the nurses make up beds and Times Special | Arlene has her future all mapped Security Administrator Paul V. Me- | don't they?” she asked. Mr. Coy had been reported rédisgruntled now because she canis the second time he has contracted | She agreed that 16 months in the Side and his mother was called from she added. And as for running Soon Gets Promotion unconcerned over the fact that she Arlene attends the Hospital School words like “dispensary.” “clinic” and ing forward to Arlene trip home her brothers, Iral Jr, 5, and Johncoming home he bustled about helpbut he didnt do any house
Be Ju Jumped 30 and down. | Ser. Hol, and readin spe
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1500 Words in Nick Carter Style Tell | Why Chief Voided Cop’s Traffic Sticker
like a Nick Carter thriller, was made in conformity with a Safety Board policy requiring full explanations for voided sticker, In the first 200 words, Sergt. Holt explains that he noticed a suspect, whom he recognized as a police character, lurking in a doorway. Seeing the detective, the suspect entered the door and disappeared, with the detective in pursuit, For 600 words, Sergt. Holt glides in and out of doorways, confers with people he meets en route, wonders where the suspect went.
for the Baltic was reported going through the Kiel Canal. Movement of the German fleet in the North Sea had been reported recently. These reports indicated the return to home naval bases of some German ships-possibly one or more that had been acting as raiders in the Atlantic.
‘PHANTOM’ TUXEDO IS FOUND ON PORCH
detective nails him. The suspect's story isn't convincing, so the detective nails two more s ts. At this point, the detective notes the car the suspect was driving parked in an alley and
Soviet airplanes today renewed their bombing attacks on Helsinki, About 15 bombs were dropped on the factory districts of the city, where two persons were injured. (Continued on Page Four)
‘STOCKS IRREGULAR
IN HOLIDAY TREND
By UNITED PRESS New York stock trading was ree stricted today as the Christmas holiday approached. Prices were ire regular in a narrow range. Aviation shares gained. Forecasts of rain and snow brought selling in the Chicago wheat pit and futures dropped more than a cent, Indianapolis hog prices held steady.
BRIDGE FALLS; 3 DIE PARIS, Dec. 22 (U. P).—~The St. Louis Bridge over the River Seine collapsed today, tumbling pedestrians and motor vehicles into the stream. Three persons were known to be dead and other casualties were feared.
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blocking passage. He drives the car onto Indiana Ave. Foiled! He cannot find a parking space. So he does what any other mo torist would do under similar conditions. He double parks the car. Then he goes back to cali headquarters and clean up just one more clue. When he returns,
left its calling card.
James Barnett, 507 West Drive, Woodruff Place, reported to police | today that a strange tuxedo was hanging on his porch this morning. Police found a note in the suit which read, | “This is meant for Bill Jackson at Walcott and Michigan Sts.” It was | Jt “Eugene Van Cleve, Ladoga, |
Police took the suit to the room.
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