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36 ARE INDICTED IN FINAL REPORT OF GRAND JURY

Conditions of - at Two County Institutions Scored: 318 Cases Handled.

including | degree murder, were returned by the Marion County | Grand Jury today. It was the Jury's final report. In its report of county institution inspections. the Jury criticized the building and personnel of the Children’s Guardian Home, declaring both “are entirely too elaborate for the very few children” housed | in the institution. Condition at the County Infirmary | at Julietta also was criticized. The Jury said a fire hazard existed in one old wooden building at the in-| stitution and recommended that old! electrical wiring in that building be replaced. Chief, Sheriff Praised

A part-time

Fifty-six indictments. ‘two for first

Lieut. Betty Bradshaw, riding Los Angeles, gives diminutive cadet | aiming a revolver. nurse was recom- Moran. Miss Bradshaw, recently mended for the Juvenile Detention Home. The Jury found other conditions and facilities at the Home

Girl Who Tells ‘Em How

structor of these two sports at the California Military Academy in

Cadets William Schur and Dickie Greer (son of | bandleader Jimmy Greer) lock on.

military academy is the only member of her sex to hold such a position with a boys’ school in this country.

RELIEF COLONY | 70 BE REDUCED

92 at Salvation A Army Shel- | ter Will Be Housed at | County Infirmary.

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Ranks of the nearly 200 indigent | the Center|

single men housed by Township Trustee in the Salvation Army shelter house will be thinned tomorrow when 92 are scheduled to ‘be transferred to the County In[firmary.

Trustee Henry Mueller said about!

| 20 of the 92 had refused to be transferred to the Infirmary and volun|tarily left the shelter house after the notice was posted yesterday. | A delegation of the men affected

| protested to Mr. Mueller today that |

they would be unable to look for {work if sent to the Infirmary, be{cause of its distance from the City.

Able-bodied Transferred

The transfer is viewed as part of | | Mr. Mueller’s efforts to lighten the { Township's relief load. He said he! {hoped to have the load reduced at {least 500 by Jan. 1, in order to meet |the reduced budget for 1940. The shelter house is located in the old Deaconess Hospital building at Senate Ave. and Ohio St., next door [to the Trustee's office. | Only able-bodied men are being

Times-Acme Photo. and shooting champion, and in-

Sherwood Moran a few pointers on

Cadet John Mudgett is back of appointed to the faculty of the

adequate, Both Police Chief Michael PF. Morrissey and Sheriff Al G. Feeney were complimented by the Jurv, Mr. Feeney, because of the “high standards of the administration of the

LOCAL DEATHS

transferred to the Infirmary, and they will be given work to do there,

County Jail.” Chief Morrissey was praised for the efficiency of the police force. Seventy-six no-bills were returned, A majority of which involved cases handled directly by affidavits ingteac of through the Grand Jury. The Jury is the same which investigated Center Township poor relief, indicting five persons. Nov, 22. It reported that since the jurors took office last July, they had considered 318 cases.

Indicted in Stabbing

First-dgree murder indictments were returned against Frank Cheatham and Marguerite Houchin. Cheatham was charged with the fatal clubing Nov. 19 of Katherine Loving. Mrs. Houchin was indicted for the fatal stabbing of Taylor Houchin. Others indicted Henry Fitzsimmons, ator of a “suit club” charged with grand larceny, and Gran Bowles, assault and battery with intent to kill. Other indictments ranged from petit larceny to second-degree murder.

Dr. Frank A. Wildason

Funeral services for Dr. Frank A.! Wilcason, Indianapolis dentist for 35 vears who died yesterday in Cincinnati. will be held at 1.30 p. m. tomorrow at Shirley Bros. Central Chapel. Buriai will be in Washington Park. He was 64, Dr. Wildasen was born in Evansville. He graduated from the Indiana {Dental School and began his prac[tice in Eaton, Ind. He retired about la year ago and since then had lived with a daughter, Mrs. Kathryn Morris at Decatur, Ind.. and with his son, Karl A. in Cincinnati. His home here was at 3102 Guilford Ave, He formerly conducted the dental clinic at the English Avenue Boys’ Club. He was a member of the Broadway Methodist Church, the American Dental Association, Lions Club and Oriental Ledge 500, F. and A. M. Survivors are his wife, Martha: his son, and three caughters, Mrs. Morris and Mrs. Marjorie A. Howard and Miss Louise Wildason, Loth of Indianapolis.

include William alleged oper-

375 ARE GUESTS OF ~ ROBERTS COMPANY

Approximately 375 persons, cluding emplovees and their famflies, were entertained last night bv William H. Roberts & Sons. Inc. at an annual Christmas party at the Riviera Club, After a program of specialty acts and music, a Santa Claus presented nearly 200 children with toys and candy. Employees’ wives received gifts of candy.

George Sherman Ridgill

Services will be held tomorrow for George Sherman Ridgill, who died yesterday at his home, 1104 Knox St. A resident of Indianapolis for the past three years, Mr. Ridgill was a retired blacksmith. He was a former member of the Knights of Pythias Survivors

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include his wife, Mary; a daughter, Mrs. Marcella Ludlow, and two sisters, Mrs. Effie Mav, Sedalia, Mo.. and Mrs. May Celee, Carthage, Mo. Founded in 1877 by W. H. Roberts,! Burial at Flora, Ind.. will folthe Roberts dairy and milk organi- low the 10 a. m. services at the W. zation now is headed by his four T. Blasengym Funeral Home, sons, Henry, Guy, Benjamin and!

Ralph. ‘William H. Moore

CHRISTMAS MEASLES Services for William H. Moore,

POINT BARROW, Alaska, Dee. 22 Who died yesterday, will be conduct(U. P.).—The Christmas gathering ed at 2 p. m. tomorrow at the resiof the few score white residents of dence, 1540 College Ave. with burial this Arctic trading center was in following at Greenfield. He was 77. danger of cancellation today. An Mr. Moore was a retired salesman outbreak of measles has quarantined and real estate dealer and had lives every home, (in Indianapolis 35 years.

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day's wreck, have heen 176 killed

John E Turpin

Services for John F. Turpin, who died Wednesday, will be held at 10 a. m. tomorrow at the Harry W. Moore Peace Chapel, with a second service to be held at Cham his former home. He was 67. Mr. Turpin, a resident of Indian-

'apolis for 50 years, was a foreman |

for the Citizens Gas & Coke Utility. Survivors include two sons. Walter, Indianapolis, and William O., Cleveland, O.; one sister, Mrs. Amanda Vandeventer, Spencer, Ind., and one brother, Joseph M. Turpin, Mo.

17 DIE, 100 HURT IN REICH RAIL COLLISION

BERLIN, Dec. 22 (U. P.).—At! least 77 persons were killed and 100 injured today in a train collision at Genthin Station, near Brandenburg.

It was the seventh fatal railroad wreck since the start of the war. Total casualties, including the Oificial News Agency estimate in to-|

for

and more than 200 injured. | The Berlin-Cologne Express crashad into a Berlin-Saar passenger train which was standing at | Genthin Station. The locomotive and six ga hes | of the express were derailed. Previous wrecks since the start of the war were: Berlin, Oct. 10, 22 killed and sev- | eral injured. Stuttgart, Nov. 5, one killed, 10| injured. Oppeln, Nov. 13, 43 killed, 60 injured. Berlin, Nov. riously injured. Between Frankfort and Giessen, Nov. 27, 11 killed, five seriously injured. Hagen, Dec. 13, 17 killed, 14 seriously injured.

19, 12 killed, 20 se-

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fusing to be transferred would be “on their own.” At the same {ime. Ineligible for WPA jobs, Mrs. Mary A. Herrmann, honorary | Some Are Veterans member of the Indianapolis Maen- | : for work, would be permitted to rewi RT O.. Mrs. Herr- main in the shelter house, “at least Dietrichs. was one of the first house has been operated as a home silversmiths in the city. Ifor indigent men without dependwith ‘men $1.45 a week for food and $5 a burial at Crown Hill cemetery. month for room rent. Survivors include a son, Arthur; Mrs. Earl Heverstick and Mrs. Al- ber of the men ordered transferred bert Schaub, all of Indianapolis. are World War veterans. SpokesHenegen Jr. Place, a resident of Indianapolis 32 years, died yesterday after an illness employee of Stewart's, Inc. for several years. He was a member of St. dianapolis: twe daughters, Miss Indianapolis postal officials preEstella Riehl, Indianapolis, and dicted one of the heaviest mail deand John, Franklin. Ind.. and tw : » sisters, Miss Mary Riehl and iy cleaned up tomorrow night. Incoming mail. which up to today Services will he conducied at St. Anthony's Church at 8 a. m. tomor- |; taper off, they said. But city collections still are very heavy. year at the same time. Wednesday's collections were the | were 3,769,830 pieces of mail sent through the canceling machines. they said. Child Mother, 6, LIMA, Peru, Dec. 22 (U. P), | —Lina Medina, child mother who a hand ball and another doll for Christmas. operation six months ago, she will leave that to the grownups. “Some sandals for summer,” she replied. Summer starts here on give your little brother?” “A pair of knickers and a bib.” Lina lives at the Lima maternity Hospital with her son under her child is or is one of her her brothers. Japanese Foreign Office spokesman indicated tonight, following an hour |bassador Joseph C. Grew, that Japanese-American trade relations “A non- treaty situation will not arise,” the Foreign Office spokesDe Wolf Hopper, actor son of the in the conference hetween Nolate stage star, and Jane Gilbert, mura and Mr. Grew “progress was date during the Christmas holidays. cated a mutually helpful attitude Miss Gilbert, is the sister of Mar- towards solution of the problems PERMANENT SA Complete with. Hair Cut, Shampoo, Push- Cc $2.45 Magic Oil Wave .....$1.20 $5.00 Tru-Art (Nationally Known) .....vvvv00 $2.45 20c 25¢ : $10.00 Frederies ...........$5.00 We Can Take Yonr Permanent ac Early as 8 A. M,

he denied that the men would lose nerchor, died yesterday at her home, The Trustee said that about 100 mann lived most of her life in In- [Of the present.” Services will be at 2 p. m. ents. The township has allowed the The delegation conferring with men for the delegation were .John Frank Riehl of one week. TOMORROW’ S MALL Anthony's Catholic Church. Mrs. Irene Parkins, Chicago; two liveries tomorrow ever to be made in Frank Gottwallas, both of North! has been 148 per cent greater than row, with burial at St. Joseph Cembound mail so far this season has heaviest of any single day in the Cash receipts here were about 8 Wants New Doll will be 6 years and 3 months old As for playing Santa Claus to “What would you like Jan. 1. “What toy do you like most?” Government guardianship. The conference between Foreign Minwill continue after expiration of man said. actress, announced their betrothal made” and that “the Foreigh Mingaret Lindsay. [under discussion.” VINGS A Regular $3.00 Swirl Croquignole ....$1.50 $6.50 Helene Curtis ........$3.45 i ROY A Lc Bray 401 Roosevelt Bldg.

Mr. Mueller said. He said those retheir relief certification and thus be 215 Parkview Ave. after a brief ill- men. many of them incapacitated Her father. Carl For several years, the shelter morrow at the residence h three daughters, Mrs. Paula Traub, the Trustee today said that a numWall, Dawson Sands and Charles Frank Riehl, 42 N. Belle Vieu Mr. Riehl, who was 82, was an MAY BE ‘HEAVIEST’ Survivors are a son, Walter, Inbrothers, Michael, of Seymour, 1nd, the city, and said they hoped “to be Vernon, Ind. last year at this time. is beginning etery. | been 6.31 per cent greater than last postoffice’s history, they said. There per cent over last vear at this time, tomorrow, wants a pair of sandals | her little son, born by Caesarean Christmas?” Lina was asked. "And what do you want us to “A hand ball and a dolly.” child mother now believes that TOKYO, Dec. 22 (U. P.).—The ister K. Nomura and U. 8S. Amtheir commercial treaty Jan. 26. HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 22 (U.P. — An official communique said that today. They will set the wedding ister and the Ambassador indiBY SATO RUT NT NK AT NR MT NT MR JST RT WT MT 0 Wk NR AR A NN ROYAL SPECIAL $1750 “Value, Only .... $4.00 Romantique Oil ......$2.00 Hair Cut or Manicure | $7.50 Eugene Wave ........$3.70 D. N. E. Cor. Minnis & Wash, Sts,

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Sponsor Card Party — The 50-50] Townsendites to Meet—Townsend Club of Lynhurst Lodge F. & A. Clubs of Marion County will hold M., will sponsor its last card party their semi-monthly meeting at Cas-

of the year tomorrow night at the 3 Lynhurst Masonic Temple, 1239 S. ‘16 Hall, 230 E. Ohio St, at 2 p. m. Lyndhurst Drive. (Sunday. The program will be in y icharge of the clubs’ Youth OrganNamed Band President—Alice M. ization. headed by Charles Rogers. | Anderson has been elected presidant of the Girls’ Band at Tech High School.

Cannon Staff Entertains — The business staff of the Arsenal Can__|non, will |bers at a Christmas party The “Wastepaper Basket."

Governor M. Clifford Townsend’'s annual Christmas proclamation today urged Indiana citizens to observe Christmas Eve as a “Night of Light.” He asked citizens on Christmas eve to “keep every room of every home fully lighted as a symbol of the peace and freedom of the United States.”

|be issued. |

Townsend Club Plans

Wars Hall, | Denny Sts

E. Washington

Gifts will be exchanged.

Realtors Entertained—The Union Club 8. Title Co. entertained 225 members of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board yesterday at the company's fifth annual Christmas party in the Columbia Club ballroom. The program included a comedy. “Who Deed | It?”, presentation of the Board's new officers, music and a turkey dinner, Gifts were presented by the company to the retiring officers,

AGRICULTURE BOARD TERMS TO END FOR 8

State Agriculture Board will end

J, 9 and Harry C. Fenton

Club Eleects—M. d Jan,

was electe

Four vardmaster, of the Big Four

| Big |O'Connor, president

in the Hotel Washington Wednesday. G. N, Hyde, chief piece work inspector at the Beech Grove shops, lwas elected vice president; C. Schreiner, secretary to the assist- the unexpired ant general manager, was re-elecied secretary. The following were elected to the executive committee: R. D. Coate, local freight agent; 'C. Dixon. timber treating enginee and A. C. McIntyre, sergeant of police,

Poetry Club Elects—OfTicers have H. Taylor, been named for the newly formed White, Indianapolis;

a four-year-term. Mr,

term of Morton, who died last spring.

bership posts.

Boonville;

They are Elsa Hubert, president; Levi P. Moore, Rochester; P. | Patricia Chapman, secretary,

Bernice Cohen, program chairman. cie, and Charles R. Morris, Salem.

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Tech High School newspaper,

entertain editorial staff mem-| today. | semi- | annual mimeograph publication will |

Party — The Chinese Central News Agency | | Members of Townsend Club 54 will [reported today that Japanese “were | ‘hold a Christmas party at 8 o'clock under

'tonight at the Veterans of Foreign troops at Santang, 10 miles north-| and [east of Nanning, former capital of |

Entertainment will be! |Kwangsi ~|furnished by youths of Townsend occupied by

Terms of eight members of the

Fenton was appointed to the Joseph Commission last summer to fill out Gaylord

The Agriculture Board will meet | George the first week in January to make I. nominations for the expired mem-|

Those whose terms expire are C.| E. Curtis Guy Cantwell, |

Poetry Club at Manual High School. | Gosport; U. C. Brouse, Renualivais; | and White, Oxford; J. F. Claypool, Mun- |

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RICHMAN BROTHERS TRAINING AIRPLANE HOLD PARTY TONIGHT TO BE SHOWN AGAIN Brothers’ clothing store here and

A repeat showing of the U. S. their families will hold their anArmy basic training plane will be nual “Indianapolis Family Christmas Party” at 8 o'clock tonight at | morial Plaza from 9 a. m. until 2'the W.shington Hotel, |p. m. Bonuses in the form of vacations Hundreds of persons stopped last with pay will be distributed by F. E. ‘Sunday to watch five mechanics dis- | Tornburg, store manager. The vacamantle and reconstruct the ship.'tion checks throughout the national This will be done again. organization will total $105,000, A All facilities of Schoen and Stout similar distribution was made last

July. Vacations will be staggered to Fields will be open from 9 a. m 2

allow the store to remain open until 2 p. m, Col. H. Weir |of the newest Army ships over Inview eligible applicants for the Army : , Fifth § DUCKS Corp Area, including Indiana, this C Lb. REPORTS CHINESE ATTACK All Kinds WEST ST.

Cook, a World War ace, will lead a flight XM A S dianapolis and southern Indiana. Two recruiting officers will inter- POULTRY Air Corps which has a maximum quota of 1000 men for the Fifth month. GEESE seen CHICKENS FREE DRESSING Open Sunday and Xmas Till Noon POULTRY CO. 11 N. West St. LI-2904

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