Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 July 1940 — Page 32

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COAST MAN HELD IN AX SLAYING

Admits Killing — Driving About Wtih Body, | Police Say.

LOS ANGELES, July 26 (U P).—| Police took graying, trembling, Ralph W. Griggs, 45, into the desert | today In search of the spot where | he is believed to have killed his] sweetheart two weeks ago with a sharp ax.

Until last night, when he was cap- | tured, he had been driving about with her body in the luggage com- | partment of his auto. Police said he admitted killing her | because “she was going to leave me.” But he wasn't sure \'here he killed her. She was Laura Long, 35,| estranged wife of John Blanford Long, night watchman on Al .Jol-| Son's estate at Van Nuys. Griggs was still “fuzgy,’ police | said. He told them he had been | drunk “most of the time” since it| happened. |

Too Drunk to Drive Last night, he emerged from the parked car to ask Eckie Hedin, a passerby, to drive it to a street cor- | ner where he wanted to meet a man| who would give him some money.| He told Hedin he was too drunk to drive, Hedin drove to the designated | corner, but the man wasn't there. Hedin then drove to a service sta-| tion at Griggs’ direction

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1940 CAR SALES UP 24 PER CENT

‘Exports Off Almost Half, | But Passenger Cars Pass Two Million Mark.

WASHINGTON, July 26 (U. P). | —Factory sales of automobiles in | the first six months of 1940 were 24 [per cent higher than in the similar | 1939 period, the Census Bureau re- | ports. | Sales in the first half of this year (were 2428528 cars and trucks against 1961983 in the first six | months of 1939. | | Passenger car sales accounted for! 12,027,430 of this total compared with [1,582,151 last year, with June sales lat 286,040 units against 246704 in | | June, 1939. | Export sales of passenger cars | showed a drop to 68,282 cars for the | | half vear against 103,600 last year. |

| trucks and road tractors reached | 401 ,098 units contrasted with 379,-| {836 in the first half of 1939. Foreign | | sales of these products accounted | {for 66,145 and 81463, respectively, | | of these totals.

‘TWO ARE SENTENCED | IN SOUTH BEND FRAUD

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Ace Motors’ officers, W. H. Schmelzel, vice president (standing), and Joseph W. LeTourneau, president, SOU BEN i | Ace Motors is distributor for Hudson cars in the Indian- be \ on REND, EY ®

| commissioner, and Jay S. Rose, a [aie supply dealer, yesterday | . | Were sentenced to 2-to-14-vear terms! at the Michigan City Prison on | charges of conspiracy to commit a |

| ® I ® ® I . i | Hedin nad seen sare of an odor. | [Ff uclson, With Symphonic Styling, io 1 Sonmnton wie Gefeane-

At the station, he lifted the turtle back and there was the partly aude, partly decomposed body of a woman Two bags of lime were in the compartment, too. Hedin called police. Griggs said he killed the woman, The glistening parade of 1941 with one blow of a single-edged ax| cars which will continue for about while they were riding in the car. “It might have been on Wilshire with the unveiling of Hudson's | Blvd.” he said. “It might have been models for next year. 3 o'clock in the morning. It was ter-| Three new lines were shown In

rible. We just got into an argu-!' the Claypool Hotel to dealers, re-|

ment.” {tail salesmen and newspapermen Griggs, a slight man of medium from the Indianapolis territory. height, had not been booked, but New body styling, longer wheelcharges were expected to be filed bases and refinemenis and imagainst him when he was returned provements characterize the new to Los Angeles from the desert. | models.

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| For the first time, color harmony appears in a full line of cars in|

three months began here yesterday | |standard production. In what Hud-| there was an inventory of 353,753

son designers call “Symphonic Styl-| ing,” carpets, floor mats and trim are finished in still tones of the ex-| terior color.

Bodies Larger, Lower

| All three new 1941 Hudsons are] lower, longer and have a more;

graceful “silhouette.” A low-swung [racy appearance is achieved by two-inch reduction in overall body height and a 5. -inch increase in body length. The two-inch height reduction is brought about by the new flatter roof line and changes in suspension. The impression of length and lowness is enhanced by the very wide chrome belt molding which runs in a straight line from the front of the bonnet throughout | the entire length of the car. In the Commodore Series, new this vear, this belt molding is set off by a band of color, running its - | length New safety-tvpe door handles are streamlined into the molding. "gd hinges are concealed in the b

Gravel Guards Included All of the new lines are avail-|

able with or without running- | boards. In addition to the narrow- | P er, more graceful standard running-|

boards, Hudson has developed a new

deluxe type for 1941. It has a broad |

stainless steel outer molding and parallel strips of stainless steel in-

They were accused of conspiring |

Leads in Parade of 1941 Motor Cars| one tos sams for merchandise

Rose were released on $5000 bond

| fore the 1941 models are available Dente an Spal | in quantity. At the end of June —————

new cars. . . . This is just about a | 30-day supply. . . Figures on used cars show an inventory of 589.015, slightly more than a 30-day supply.

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Chevrolet has just passed the one million mark in the 1940 model production. . . . The millionth car will go to the owner of the millionth Chevrolet Six produced after the invention of the valve-in-head Chevrolet Six in 1929. . .. If it can't be found, the prize will go to the owner of the first Chevrolet passenger car built after production of that unit. . . . Formal opening of the | Knoerle Tire Co, Inc. ,2421 N. Me- { ridian St., will be held Aug. 1, 2 and 3 . . Packard Indianapolis, Inc.| |

EXPANSION OF OCC | "| ASKED FOR DEFENSE

LAS VEGAS, Nev, July 268 (U. )—The (Civilian Conservation Corps should be greatly expanded | and opened to all who wish to enlist | and not be confined merely to sons of families needing relief, believes | Rep. James G. Scrugham (D. Nev.)

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"CAMPING CA! P WORK OR ‘set in safety rubber. “I have taken aggressive steps in| T | New type tail lights of larger | this direction already and plan to| LEISU RE than usual size are mounted on the promote further the interest of|

'rear ‘quarter panel on the body it-| Congress in opening the CCC to re- | ‘self, not in the fenders. | cruits from people of all classes,” | A feature of all the 1941 Hudsons Rep. Scrugham said. is the “gravel guard,” extending| In my opinion the CCC organi‘from the back of the body to the, zation should be greatly expanded rear bumper—a protective metal to provide for a largely increased shield which prevents objects measure of technical training, such thrown up from the road from| 2S has given the Germans such a striking the body. | tremendous advantage in the war, 3 : | The new coupes have an a [ons in their mechanized war- \ TE BN 01Q 9 Biveics i tional 12 inches of body lengt n GOOD he ® 318-332 Mass, Ave, three-passenger models part of this| “Tt 1s well again to emphasize SHOES (Second Block) is used in a wide shelf behind the that all of the appropriations made : {by ‘Congress and all of the deN seat. ) | FOR LESS | Tensive equipment manufactured bv tour industries will be of no avail

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Uniform Light Provided Instrument dials in the six and if we lack a trained personnel for |

OTHER |orEN super-six have lenses of the newly operation P.M. DAYS P.M. DAILY A. M. developed Lucite, which carries; “For ‘every pilot, 10 ‘trained light through its entire length, giv-| ground mechanics are required. For | ing uniform illumination. ‘every artillervman operating an| The super-six upholstery fabric) anti-aircraft gun, 10 trained ‘men is set off by leather-finish trim in| behind the lines are necessary to {harmonizing color across the bot-| transport and manufacture the amtoms of the ‘doors, top back of the munition and other supplies needed, ! seats and other spots exposed to not to speak of the additional per-|

y ifo { b {= | discoloration and wear. | sonnel required by the gun itself.” | ni rm arge or | A 1941 improvement built into all} a —— | | models is a speciallv designed air [duct and whiter-separator attached TARZAN- LIKE ANTICS

| rains storms and the water drawn inter, emulated Tarzan in a forest

| with the air diverted and dis-! near Okanogan, leaping on the back | charged through the rear of the of a doe deer and killing it with his motor compartment. An insect Jacknife. |screen is built into the ventilators But later he learned that such] C ) in all models |a trick was all right for Tarzan but | he

In order to improve and standardize Red Cap porter service to | Another safety feature is the hot for him. Haled into court on a |

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the public, The Indianapolis Union Railway Company announces starter which can be operated only charge of illegal possession of veni- ar) that, effective August 1, it will make a flat charge of 10 cents for after the ignition has been un- | son, Judge Howard Vieh fined him | each bag or parcel carried at Union Station, Indianapolis. This locked. $100. will place the porter service upon the same basis, with reference bh % 4 hoe to uniform price, as now prevails in the parcel room and locker | service.

BEAUTIFUL ENLARGEMENTS

With each 6 to 15 exposurs kodak roll developed and printed .e'atete 25¢ Reprints 3c ea., 50 or more 2¢. Mail with ‘coin. 1-day service,

Irvington Motor Sales, Inc., will open & used car lot this week-end on the southeast corner of ‘Capitol Ave. and 30th St... . W. L. Quell- | horst will be In charge. . . . ! A survev made bv the National Automo- | bile Dealers Association indicates | a possible shortage of new cars be-

By thus substituting a fixed payment plan for the custom of tipping, with its accompanying irregularities in the amounts paid, the Railroad will be able to place its Red Caps on a uniform wage basis. In addition, the new plan will eliminate controversies and legal complications which have arisen under recent Federal legislation regarding the status of Red Caps as employees and the status of tips as compensation for their work.

The Plan Works This Way:—

Passengers requiring the service of a Red Cap will have an identification check attached to each bag or parcel by the porter, while an identically numbered stub will be handed the passenger. When the porter has carried the baggage to train, taxicab or elsewhere, as directed, he will collect the stubs, together with 10 cents for each bag or parcel handled, and this will constitute payment in full for the service rendered. Red Cap porters will provide this service as employees of the Railroad and will act as its agents in collecting the charges made therefor.

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