Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 June 1940 — Page 16

LOCAL MAN DIES | AS CAR STRIKES

ROAD 29 BRIDGE

Companion Trapped in Auto Unable to Seek Help; Year's Toll 47.

Trapped in his car after it had crashed into a bridge on Road 29 near New Bethel early today, a 74-year-old Indianapolis man died. as his injured companion, also trapped in the car, sat helpless beside him. The victim was William Sherman Osburn, 634 Eugene St. His companion and driver of the car was Julian Charles Fishel, 25, Los Angeles, a guest in the Osburn home. He is in Robert Long Hospital, inJured seriously. Mr. Osburn’s death increased the Marion County traffic toll for the Vvear to 47,.against 39 for the 193% corresponding period. Mr. Osburn and Mr. Fishel were en route home from Shelbyville

. When the car crashed into a bridge

abutment after they had rounded a curve. They were found at 2:09 a. m. by D. M. Meacham, Acton, Ind. Mr. Meacham told deputy sheriffs that the dash board of the car had heen pushed back by the impact and that both men were pinned against the seat.’ Mr. Fishel has internal injuries and a possible skull fracture and is unable to tell a soherent story of the tragedy. Mr. Osburn was bora near Versailles, Ind., and later lived at Hope, Ind, where he engaged in the meat Lusiness. He has lived here .the last 12 years end was a salesman for the Progressive Paint Co., of Cleveland, and the Dr. Salsbury Poultry Remedy Co., of Iowa. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Gail Love; two granddaughters and three great-grandchildren, all of Indianapolis. Ralph Clark, 24, and his father, Louis A. Clark, 54, Elwood, Ind., escaped injury last night when their truck-trailer crashed into a gasoIne pump in W. Washington St. €000 block, and burst into flames. The son, who was driving, said the crash occurred when he swerved v0 avoid hitting William Bruce, 59, cf 1557 High School Road, who stepped into the path of the vehicle, Mr. Bruce was struck by the iront end of the trailer and is in Methodist Hospital with a possible f1actured hip. Lloyd Smith, 16, of 1003 Westbrook Ave. standing nearby, was bruised by the falling pump. The truck and load were partially destroyed. Ralph Corn Jr. and Ralph Morgan, 16-year-old cyclists who were injured when struck, by autos Tuesday, remained in critical condition

T. Fatout.

The newly appointed modernization committee of the Construction League of Indianapolis is seeking support of civic groups in launching the campaign: to “lift the fade of downtown Indianapolis. The committee held its first meeting this week. Active support for the modernization movement is being re-

quested from the Chamber of Commerce, Apartment . Owners Association, Real Estate Board, Building Owners and Managers Association, Merchants Association, Indiana Engineering’ Council, Associated Employers of In-

diana, Electric League of Indianapolis, Massachusetts. Avenue

Gertrude Sleeps on Floor as

Dairymen Dine in Her Honor

elders or for the men who manage 11 her life and products. Gertrude,

{leading speaker, said in part: the glamour cow of; {know the dairy product you're sup-

Gertrude has no respect for her; means of calling attention to “June

s Dairy Month.” Governor M. Clifford Townsend, “7

Hollywood, went to sleep last night | plying "the public today is better

in the Riley Room of the Claypool|t

Hotel as 400 Hoosier dairymen dined in honor of her and all other cows. As the dairymen ate sirloin steaks, creamed potatoes, cheese, and ice cream and drank milk, Gertrude looked haughtily down her nose at some excellent alfalfa, surveyed the room, and lay down. Gertrude acted in the movie, “Remember the Night.” Three assdciate cows, who had less glamour but more manners, stayed awake and munched their alfalfa as the banquet proceeded. They occupied stalls back of the speakers’ table, but failed to respend noticeably when Lieut. Gov. Henry |t

F. Schricker began a speech With Bev. aoa

speak on “Thank God for America.”

“Ladies, Gentlemen, and (with a cow-bow) honored guests.” The banquet was sponsored by the Indianapolis Milk Foundation, the Independent Milk Producers’ Association and the Indianapolis

in the City Hospital.

Dairymen’s Co-operative Inc., as a

han at any time in the history of| the Hoosier state.”

As the banquet closed, Lieut. Gov. Schricker attempted to present a

*olue ribbon to Gertrude, who, in the afternoon, had been voted the cow with the best personality. Gertrude was asleep.

But

Someone slapped her and she re-

luctantly arose to accept the honor.

CITY OPTIMIST CLUB

TO NOTE FLAG DAY

The Optimist Club will observe

Flag Day during its luncheon in

he Columbia Club tomorrow. The C. A. McPheeters, pastor of will

A Junior Optimist Citizenship

medal will be presented to Pete Poolos for his showing in the Fifth District oratorical contest at Terre Haute recently.

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LEWIS URGES

~ UNITED ACTION

Common Good Is Yardstick Now, Candidate Tells Kiwanis Club.

3 Times Special

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Tune 13.— David M. Lewis, Marion County Prosecutor, in an address before the Kiwanis Club here today, said “per--

{sonal desires: must be sidetracked

for ‘the general welfare of the na-

Four members of modernization committee, left to right . . . E. L. Heckathorn, Richard C. Lennox, Kenneth Lancet, chairman, and Bafford S. Lewellen. Other members are Conrad O. Grathwohl and Ray

Merchants Association, and other civic groups. Each organization is being asked to appoint a special committee to study the face-

lifting problem. Chairmen of these committees then will meet to prepare a consolidated report to be used as the basis for the modernization plans.

PLANKS STUDIED

Leaders Will Confer Here Monday to Fashion State Platform.

Drafting of the major planks of the Democratic state platform will be started by a committee of 12

days before the State Convention. Meanwhile, conferences of party leaders continue day and night at the State House and at local hotels on alignmeénts in the Governor contest, regarded now as a complicated tangle.

sources today that Dick Heller, patronage secretary to Governor M. Clifford Townsend, may publjcly indorse the gubernatorial candidacy of David M. Lewis, Marion County prosecutor, this week.

Late Move Expected

At the same time it was believed certain that the Governor will withhold his indorsement of any candidate and pass his support out secretly a day or so before the convention, The temporary draft of the Democratic platform is expected to include planks calling for continuance of the youth rehabilitation program, a broad labor program and extensive national defense measures. Members of the platform study committee, appointed by. State Chairman Fred F., Bays, are: Judge Russell J. Ryan, of Indianapolis; Judge Louis A. Weiland, Indianapolis; Jay Stanley, of Richmond; Clarence Donovan, of Bedford; Col. Louis L. Roberts, of Evansville; Judge John M. Baumunk, of Brazil; John B. McFaddin, of Rockville; Albert H. Cole, of Peru; John H. Heller, of Decatur; Walter L. Clements, of South Bend; Thomas R. Johnston, of West Lafayette, and William J. Harrigan, of Hammond.

Groups to Be Heard

The committee will convene at 10 a. m. Monday and continue deliberations for several days, Chairman Bays said. Various groups having suggestions for the platform will be heard by the committee, he said.

10th District: Leaders Rally at Rushville

Times Special

It was his first address since he announced his candidacy last week for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. “Events over which we have no control have pushed us to the point where we can no longer measure matters as they affect us personally,” he said. “The common good Is the yardstick now.” He urged that “we keep our heads, control our personal emotions and join hands for the best interests of all.” “This is, no time for petty bickering, no time to permit commercial rivalries or personal jealousies to obscure clear vision. Our leaders, who draw their strength from the people themsélves and not by arrogant assumption of power, need our v.hole-hearted support so that when they speak the world will know it

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BY DEMOCRATS,

party ‘leaders here next Monday, 10 |

It was reported from several

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Here's How the New Tax Bill Ii

Affects Average U. S. Purse

Times Special WASHINGTON, June 13.—Here'’s how: the new tax bill, as passed by the Heuse, will affect the average American and his pocketbook. Gasoline for the family car, will cost one-half cent a gation more, heginning July 1,

-Taxes on cigars and cigarets will increase approximately 16% per cent, and this probably will be re-4 f'ected in the retail .price; the tax rate on chewing tobacco is wunteuched, “due to the declining consumption of this product and the small amount of revenue involved.” All the Federal Excise Taxes— sales taxes, in other words—first

is the whole United States that is speaking—not just a political party, | not just a minority faction. “Indiana, as an integral and. important link in the Union of States, must be made ready to cope with conditions ‘that are bound to flow in the wake of the holocaust overseas. No matter what the outcome it will affect us as citizens. We cannot, I am sure, permit Indiana to become a danger to the national

front that may soon stand alone in

a new world. “If the whole world [falls to pieces, if civilization is turned back thousands of years, if man turns savage, I know that we will never sur=!

render our democratic rights to run

our Government as we direct through the ballot box,” he said.

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. Imposed several years ago as “temporary” or “emergency” levies, and since extended four times, are again extended by this bill until 1945, and increased 10 per cent or more. Only part of the money to be raised by the bill is specifically earmarked to pay off, in five years, the $4,000,000,000 in national defense bonds authorized by the measure. All theater , admissions in excess of 31 cents will be taxed 10 per cent efter July 1. The income tax paid next March 15, and for Tive years thereafter, by any individual or corporation automatically will be’ increased 10 per cent,

gross income of $800 or more will have to file an incorhe tax return, and unless he has dependents, or other exemptions, will have to pay & tax on all income above $800. Every married person with a gross income of $2900 or more will have to file such a return, and pay a tax

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cn the portion above $2000 notscov|ered by exemptions. | Unless the Senate changes the Lill, the $400 income tax exemption credit for each dependent, and the carned income credit allowed by present law, will not be affected. Every corporation with a normal tax net income not in excess of | $5000 will have tp pay a corporation income tax of 13'2 per cent, instead lof 1215 per cent. To this tax, whatlever its amount, will be added the 116 per cent super-tax.

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"6.0. P.LABOR PLANKS.

DENOUNCED BY C. 1.0, °

An Indiana C. I. O. publication today denounced labor planks in the recently adopted Republican state platform. “Labor’s legislative program was presented to-the Resolutions Committee of the Republican convention and when the platform was adopted by the convention, labor's program was nowhere to be found.” the publication™stated. “Let us hope that the Democratic convention June 27 will show more interest in the welfare of the working people of our state.”

TWO FOUND DEAD IN ‘LOVER'S LANE’ FIRE

PITTSBURGH, June 13 (U. P). —A steelworker and his sweetheart were found dead today after an’ explosion and fire consumed their automobile along a lonely “lover's lane” in Baldwin Township. The victims were |Alphonse H. Osowski, 34, a widower and father of three children, and Mary Rokicki, 18, his intended wife. Their friends and relatives believed they were on their way to be married

-lwhen word of their death was re-

ceived. A post-mortem examination showed that the girl was shot to death with a bullet in the. heart before the fire broke out. The man’s

hody also will be examined to determine whether he, too, was shot.

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