Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 August 1940 — Page 6

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PEANUT VENDOR FRAUD CHARGED

U. S. Indicts 31 for Getting $800.000 by Promises; 9 Hoosier Victims.

CHICAGO, Aug. 15 (U. Pp). Thirty-one men were under Federal indictment today on charges of an SRNO00N peanut vending machine

fraud that entangled at least nine Hoosiers,

The indictment said that one!

Hoosier, Alfred Johnson of Auburn, Ind. lost $19,500 in the alleged fraud and that Charles Marchand of Ft. Wayne, Ind, was a victim to the

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TELLS OF DENMARK'S OCCUPATION BY NAZI

The Nazi occupation of Denmark | COLLINGDALE, Pa, Aug. 15 |g) pe described by Prof. Waldo B. | (U.P.)—George Washingtap, 43, Nielsen, who has just returned from

is a great-great-great-great-great | there, in a lecture at 8 p. m. tomor- | nephew of the “Father of His |, i the First Trinity Lutheran Country,” but doesn’t enjoy the Church, McCarty and Noble Sts,

distinction. He said he had been joked about Prof. Nielsen for many years was

the name throughout his life and |director of music at Dana College, things became particularly bad | Blair, Neb. He took a choir on an around Washington's birthday. | Then practical jokers have a habit of telephoning him about dawn. “Is this George Washington?” thev ask. “Yes,” replies George Washingfon sleepily “Well, close vour shutters, The British are coming.” A constable, he has named his son and daughter George and Martha “T don't know why T did it." he

~THURSDAY, AUG. 15, 1040

| Buropean tour in 1920 and returned to Denmark last year. Prof. Nielsen was able to leave the invaded country because of his American citizen=

ship.

KENTUCKIANS TO PICNIC Former Kentuckians now living in Indiana will hold their annual re= union at the Boswell Fair Grounds | Sunday, Aug. 25. There will be a basket picnic and an all-day pro-

gram. It will include a music con= test, games, movies and dancing.

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extent of $8000. \ \ Ra \ : 5 Other Hoosiers named among the Li : : specials. : : \ 33 victims were Mame Louderback, Fa 3 | RR said ‘I know what I've been Valparaiso; Grace W. Culbert, Mich- x ’ RR R NN | The vilest- smelling compound through. But I guess I had a jgan City: Caroline Hahn, Evans- Pe \ a : RN | known to man is mercaptan. weak moment ville; Elizabeth Nofsinger, Wabash: 3 | \ A A William J. Bernhardt, Ft. Wayne; Charlotte Barstow, Michigan City, and Laura Jane Breckenridge, Lafayette. Harold E. Taylor, Chicago, and Albert G. Burns, Oakland, Cal, were

named in the indictment as leaders) a SRT 2 \ > of the alleged conspiracy. Indicted §§ a DER : 3 Bn \ \ | with them were 29 salesmen for NRE UU Si \ \ Sl

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turers Research Institute, Inc. Leschines which cost $750 each to ‘ Housier Buings on WITH GORDON'S GIN ro more than 3000 vending machines gue the Great Lakes. i ic} as leased ack he i : pb i chine which was leased back to the shores of Lake Erie between Port at his drought-ridden farm a mile northeast of Darlington he said that & HIGH PROOF , p } © - | depreciated securities principally. ing practice hombing periods chewing and smoking until he ws its stomach, and that includes the of 91060 Army regulars and Nawhat during the recent movement president. The tour will be Mr. tral train, at Elkhart, and an Evie will go to Hyde Park, N. Y., to spend laballo about getting the train, not = ” x pictures on his metal helmet and A week ago Mr. Manhardt, a

Sors’ Machine Corp. and Service This is the “Tale of the Laughing Mountain“—how the Pied Piper lured the children away from manufacture and then leased the BOMBS T0 FALL ON states on promise of profits which | cer, oil Tooanet LAKE ERIE—PRAGTICE yy SMOKING in operation by the alleged syndiSyhujcaté for Diacement and that Maitland and Nanticoke, Ontario, worry is the thing that finally gets a man, ; 3 “3 i \} \i | { 94 4 73. At that age he gave up Ne use of tobacco, not at all because THIRD DEFENSE TOUR National Guard. But it’s 2lso an {ional Guardsmen of the First of National Guard troops from In- Roosevelt's third major defense intrain, at Huntington, also both a few davs before returning to the the Kitchen, fires out. In each case Matthew N. Shinner and Rudolph printing his name on it. He insteel worker, discovered it in a cay V LUES of scrap consighed to Illinois. He rescued it. Yesterday he returned

Placement Corp. None of the sales- go, cerous City streets to wide and healthful playgrounds. The pageant will be presented by the Recremen indicted were Indiana residents. gion Department at 6:30 p. m. tomorrow at Garfield Park. Among the 2000 children in the east are (left to machines from the investors in five Y ~ sp The indictment charged that the BUFFALO. N. Y.. Aug. 15 (U. P) group sold about 12500 machines G0 D N i’ 104 Years Old and Never Worried; RDON'S HAS 3 . . Army Kitchen Sets Trains Afire THE ADVANTAGE cate at any one time The indictment charged that the here today informed mariners that the lease pavments were continued - op " : " $ % TA ¢ y p Y, i s he fanned the ovenonly so long as investors were pros-| Starting Monday, orange-yellow } made a hrc ph oo {o oy s fon Sn or he } : buors will mark the range boundar- temperature air. 1at’s why I've alwavs farme he felt it injured his health “I Just saw it wasn't getting me WASHINGTON. Aug. 15 (UI. P) old wives’ tale among transporta- , i Yaa Gh nd Army, tion men that an army sometimes diana to "training grounds in Wis- ; consin spection in recent weeks. carrving guardsmen, northbound. White House — - In eaCh ease the portaple Rit- ——————— Ra ee iy - A —— S————— ———— alto, repairs had to be made to the baggage cars before proceeding Manhardt, both of Gary, were buddies during the last war. When tended to keep it always. Seventeen years ago he loaned if it to Mr. Shinner TOMORROW We just haven't space to print 5 WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (U. P) Cool, slenderizing models in summer The House Military Affairs Commaterials for hot weather wear. Prints. C mittee today approved legisiation <triy y which would give the President

The Government charged that the HEH) Mary Rese Alhand, 7. and her brother, Jimmy, 6; Lorna Jean Newton, 10, and Mary Jane Manion, 8, more than actually had been manu- —For the first time since the War The U. S. Hydrographic Office ns \ J I of I , | Wn = & = hb aon: ' OF investors were promised profits of 60 tye Roval Canadian Air Force has: Noah Brock was 104 vears old vesterday and he has a full 104 years - th , ; . re pects for the purchase of more ex of Long Point, the Mr. Brock sees and hears with- - vplace,” he said : ~\ yp 8 py # President Roosevelt Jeaves tomor8 THs an old wives tale among mili- TOV for Ogdensburg, NK. ¥. to intravels on the railroad. Secretary of War Henry L. StimThe portable kitchens were on After completing the First Army | chens set the trains afire, and in This matter has not yet been the Armistice was signed, Mr. Shinto some one and failed to get it the odds against this chain of cirplain colors. All sizes. ; authority to take over machine tool

and other vital defense materials that had been ordered by foreign customers President Roosevelt last month

placed machine tools under a evstem of export license control. Col Harry K. Rutherford of the Army

Full eut, well made. For sports or war plans division told the commitJounging. Plain colors, Spt and 49 Tt 5 oTititerane iy Hi ui . machine tools ordered by foreigners novelties. Small, medium and large. were lving on docks. apparently having been refused licenses. He said the United States needed these

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