Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 October 1940 — Page 9

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‘WEDNESDAY, OCT. 23, 1940 ___.

+" MERCURY VARIES

BUT 30° DEGREES IN CAMP SHELBY

+ 81 Is Summer Average, 51

In Winter; 70 Miles From

oo Resort Towns.

To. By SAM TYNDALL - Life is going to be pretty comfort-

. able for Indiana guardsmen next

Year—that is, as comfortable as the life of a soldier can be.

But it can’t be bad because Camp’| §

Shelby—where Hoosier guardsmen Will train—boasts average temperatures of 81 degrees in the: summer and 51 degrees in the winter. ! Camp Shelby is in Mississippi— Sprawled out over rolling and heavily wooded country dotted by picturesque plantations and crisscrossed by creeks and rivers. It’s only about 70 miles north of winter resort towns fringing a part of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. These coastal towns—Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagoula and others—probably will serve as “furlough” retreats for the officers. The nearest city—Hattiesburg—is | 12 miles north of Camp Shelby. This community, with a metropolitan population of around 28,000, probably will be the week-end haven for the enlisted man. Ohio Guard Here . The 6000 Hoosier guardsmen will not have Camp Shelby all to themselves. They will share it with more than 10,000 other guard troops. The

Protest Leader

Leo X. Smith . . . Spokesman for injunction.

JUVENILE HOME “SUITIS MAPPED

Irvington Group Seeks Writ To Bar Institution’s ~ Shift to E. Side.

An Irvington group intends to file an injunction suit within a few days designed to keep the County Commissioners and the Welfare De-

entire personnel of the 38th DiviSion, comprising troops in Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia (total 10,000) and the 37th Division from Ohio will be tent mates. The Ohio guard is already there. The Indiana troops and rest of the 38th Division are scheduled to receive their “moving” orders around Jan. 6. A few months ago Camp Shelby was a military post designed to hold one guard regiment (from Mississippil). But, according to reports from Ohio ‘guardsmen, “you ought to see it now.” The War Department has poured several million dollars into the camp and wooden buildings (only for headquarters activities) are going up in rapid-fire order together with tent-bases. { Artillery Range Nearby ~ The camp itself contains 5100] acres. Nearby is an artillery range | —and also nearby is the 120,000acre De Soto National Forest. There will be plenty of room for Indiana troops to stretch their legs. The chief event in Camp Shelby’s enough— when the 38th National Guard Division trained there during the World War. | And there are more than a few men in the Indiana contingent of

partment from moving the downtown Detention Home to the Children’s Guardians’ Home in Irvington. : The group met Monday night and now is raising $500 to finance the injunction proceedings, according to Leo X. Smith, group spokesman. : It seems to be chiefly a question of whether you can file a suit to keep someone from doing something he has indicated he might do, but has done nothing about.

Term Election Key Point

John Linder,” County Attorney, says the Commissioners have not gone on record as being in favor of the move and that, by law, it's up to them to provide a place for a Detention Home." The Irvington group says it is apparent that the Commissioners intend to move the Home. They say it is the Commissioners’ intention to “let the thing ride” until after election. They want to forestall this strategy by forcing the Commissioners’ hand. The Commissioners said “we have nothing to say,” although the County Welfare Department says it has been approached by the Commissioners about the transfer plan.

Department Approves

The Welfare

SLEW MISTRESS | WHEN SCOLBED,

MAID EXPLAINS

Girl Then Fixed Furniture Way She Wanted It and Went Shopping.

NEW YORK, Oct. 23 (U. PJ).— Betty Klempa, a housemaid, finally had her way about arranging the furniture, but she had to kill her mistress to get it. Today the blond, 19-year-old girl

‘| goes to homicide court. The myste-

rious murder eight days ago of Mrs. Leah Rubin, wife of a prominent physician, - was solved last night by her confession. She said that in a row about placing the furniture, she clubbed Mrs. Rubin to the floor of her apartment with a baseball pat, then “finished” her with a butcher knife. Police revealed that they had suspected her from the start, .because the attack on Mrs. Rubin must have been ferocious, yet all the furniture was in place, giving no evidence of a struggle. Scolded, She Says

The story, as told in the confession, was this: ¥ : Miss Klempa, a slight, sharpfaced girl lived with her parents in Perth Amboy, N. J. She had been employed three years as a maid in the family of Dr. Eli H. Rubin, chief {of the tuberculosis division of Mon{tefiore Hospital. She said Mrs. Rubin constantly nagged her, “criticizing the manner in which I handled my duties.” A week ago Mrs. Rubin scolded her about the placing of the furniture. Miss Klempa had picked up a bat belonging to 9-year-old Leonard Rubin, intending to put it in a closet. An impulse seized her and she hit Mrs. Rubin on the head with it. Mrs. Rubin fell. Miss Klempa ran to the kitchen, got a [knife, returned and began stabbing | the semi-conscious woman.

“Afraid to Stop”

Mrs. Rubin screamed: “I am calling you, Betty, to stop it. Please

What: are you going to do to me? I've always been good to you.” Miss Klempa said she was afraid to stop after having gone so far. She stabbed until Mrs. Rubin was dead. Then she straightened the furniture, bundled up her bloodstained clothing, got Mrs. Rubin’s purse from the bedroom, took out $5

[and strewed the rest of the con-

[tents near the body to simulate a robbery, then went shopping.

stop it. I have two small children.

New Books

Madame Marie Henri (right) .

Le Coin Francais, (The French | Corner) is the newest section in the main loan room of the Central Library following the formal presentation of 200 volumes of French fiction and non-fiction to the Indianapolis Public Library by Madame Marie Henri to Miss Marica Furnas, chief of

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

for Library

. . presents Alliance library to

Miss Marica Furnas of the Central Library.

the Library’s circulation department, : : Madame Henri; French instructor at Tudor Hall and president of. the Indianapolis Alliance Francaise, presented the entire library of the Alliance to make it more easily accessible to club members and teachers in French.

ANOTHER SHIP FOR AUXILIARY FLEET

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (U. Py— The Government continued its ef-| forts to bolster Army.and Navy transport and auxiliary fleets today by negotiating for the purchase of}

the S. S. President Roosevelt of the United States Lines. The War Department confirmed that the vessel was being sought for use as an Army transport after announcement in Bermuda that it had been ‘requisitioned by the Govern= ment” and soon would be withdrawn from the New York-Bermuda Service. :

Hoosier Goings On

EGGS-AGGERATED

_ Chicken Story Stumps Us Toe; Tale of Woe Brings Loss of $15

By FRANK WIDNER

THIS TALE EVEN has Courtney Heller, who tells the story, |

stumped.

Mr. Heller, who lives on the Swayzee Road, west of Pete's Barbecue near Marion, had a pullet that was hatched in April. Hearing the pullet clucking a few days ago, Mr. Heller followed her into the garden where he found her setting on 14 eggs.

Now they are all hatched and Mr. Heller figures she must have begun her laying period six weeks before they were hatched, making the pullet about a 4-month-old chicken at the time. ” ” » NO MORE will Richard Yoder, Goshen filling station attendant, listen to a tale of woe from a motorist. A man dropped by his station the other day and said he needed $15 badly. “My son and I had an accident and the State Police arrested him,” he said.

The motorist explained his son |

would be kept in jail unless he could produce $100 bond. “I've got $85 and I'll leave my watch if you advance me the $15 for a short time,” the man said. Mr. Yoder consented. Now police are looking for the

motorist. The watch is worthless |

and Mr. Yoder is out $15. : » ” ® The latest bit of humor from the college campus comes from Ball State. A student is reported to have been carrying around a blank recording, saying that it was “The

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Little Man Who Wasn't There” singing “Silent Night.” ” » ” KOKOMO is going to get a new flag pole for Foster Park to display the national colors if the Fraternal Order of Police there have anything to say about it. The old flag pole was destroyed in a ‘windstorm some time ago and the police volunteered to sponsor a public subscription to raise funds for the new one. The new pole will cost about $450, . ” ” 2 . FRANK CARROLL, of Decatur, doesn’t know how it all happened, but he’s thankful to have his dog back. , ® ~The animal, a small fox terrier, strayed away’ one day and Mr. Carroll reported it to police. A few days ago Police Chief James Borders called up Mr. Carroll and told him his dog had been found—in Cleveland, O., more than 200 miles away. Officials doubt that the animal walked that far and believe some motorist picked the dog up. and drove it to the Ohio city.

ON WATCHES AND JEWELRY

* EXPERT WORKMANSHIP

* FINEST MATERIALS

.- BANDIT BINDS TWO,

Department

{ 4 The whole thing started when a APPETIZER-ST ACHIC the present Detention Home. The | Meridian St., last night, bound two In striking about for a better amount of money. ered the Children’s Guardians employees, George Corey, 24, of

the 38th who remember when—— proves the move wholeheartedly, as, : rs |does Juvenile Court Judge Wilfred na Bradshaw. (9 N {el request was inserted into the 1941] An armed bandit entered the budget seeking funds to purchase |Joseph T. Stekes Pharmacy, 226 N. Ca request was cut out by the County employees with sash cord, and Council. | oepe with an undetermined place to house -delinquents await-| The bandit entered the store at | i ing trial, the Commissioners discov- about 9:30 o'clock and found the Home, whose population had been |110 Sterling St., and Theodore depleted by the Welfare Depart- Brown, -33, of 1509 Drexel Ave.

helps build STURDY HEALT

ment’s new foster home placing plan, The County Welfare Department then passed a resolution approving the move as suggested (but not formally recorded) by the Commissioners.

alone. | “This is a holdup,” he anfnounced and forced them to lie on the floor while he bound them with cord he had brought with him. He | wok $8 from Mr. Corey and the contents of the cash register.

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