Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 November 1940 — Page 14

CHARLESTOWN'S BOOM ‘PATTERN NOT AS OF YORE

Wild West Aspects Missing, But Many Problems Face Community.

By RICHARD LEWIS Boom Town 1940 has little resemblance to Boom Town 1840, 1898, 1910. Boom Town 1940 is Charlestown, Ind. site of the huge DuPont Powder Plant, and the Wild West ‘ aspect| is conspicuously missing. Nevertheless, Indiana’s boom town definitely has its problems.

Mrs. Mary 'T. Hughes, director of ‘the Clark County Welfare Department, related some of them in an

‘interview at the Indiana Conference |;

on Social Work. The pattern of life of this tiny

farming community has already]; changed with the influx of the van-|:

guard of 12,000 workers. A village ‘of 900, the quiet retreat of well-to-do farmers in retirement, Charles-

town is bustling. “The tempo of life

has speeded up. And, in addition, Mrs. Hughes said, the upward bound in popu-

lation already has affected neigh-|#§

boring Jeffersonville and even Louisville, across the river. “I asked a friend of mine how he liked the change that has come over Charlestown,” Mrs. Hughes related. “He said he didn’t know whether he liked it or not . ., . he couldn’t find any place to loaf.

“And that about sums it up. Of | §

course, there are problems of adjustment which the community is meeting. It’s being helped a good deal by organized planning. Water mains have been installed and sewers are to come shortly to cope wich sanitation problems.” Although she is now a resident of

Jeffersonville, Mrs. Hughes is a na-| §

. tive of Charlestown. She knows it as a quiet, easy going upland town —one of those southern Indiana towns where rambling homes line the shaded streets and the still peace of the afternoon is like Sunday. Quiet Is No More

All this is gone. The roar of a growing industrial city, streams of traffic moving through the streets, trailers parked on every vacant piece of ground, the skeletons of new houses above the fields have

remade life in Charlestown. There are more people, more cars, more money in circulation than this community ever has known before. The prosperity is cutting into the Clark County relief and welfare loads. The housing situation is acute, she said. Rents have risen sharply, rooms are hard to find not only in Charlestown but in neighboring communities, Trailer camps dot the

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REPKTRIATIONS T0 BE DELAYED

Germany. Refuses Any Assurances of Safety for American Vessel.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (U. P)— State Department officials were reported today to have abandoned plans, at least temporarily, to send an American ship to Europe to repatriate some 1200 Americans still in the British Isles. The German Government's flat refusal to grant safe conduct for such a voyage was considered to have made such plans impractical and liable to involve this country seriously with Germany in event some mishap should befall any ‘vessel sent to Europe. Secretary of State Cordell Hull

has stated that this country will]

take no unnecessary risks in ‘repatriating nationals who were warned repeatedly ‘in .advance to

i |lget out of European danger zones

When Prime Minister Churchill paid stirring tribute to the Roydl Air Force’s defense of Britain by

declaring that “never have so many owed so much to so few,” these are some of the lads he meant, The

“Hitler's Headaches.”

photo-montage above presents types who man the famed Spitfire fighting planes. They are young, alert, with boyish smiles that give no hint of the deadly fighting spirit that has earned them the nickname of They are anonymous, for the defense of Britain is a fight of teamwork. So with their pictures, the British censor sent no names— just their jobs. At top, left to right, are shown: A flying officer from New Zealand; an American from Illinois; a sergeant pilot. Across bottom: A young

flight lieutenant; a pilot officer, and a youthful squadron leader who wears the Distinguished Flying

Cross ribbon under his winged insignia.

'Suit-a-Week' Model Asks

$175,000 of N. Y. Broker

NEW YORK, Nov..8 (U. P). — Arapelia Hartley, who takes to-legal action like a duck to water, whipped up her third suit in as many weeks today—and this time it’s a “breach of contract” suit. Miss Hartley, known to her

countryside. Single men are sleeping in the jail. There is no place else for them until the new dwellings under construction are finished. .

Lone Marshal on Duty

So far, the lone town marshal of Charlestown has had no trouble preserving ‘law and order. That's chiefly because of the nature of the boom, Mrs. Hughes said. Workmen are coming with their families, settling down for the most part as permanent residents. With the drop in the relief load, there also is a decrease in the public assistance load of the County | Welfare Department. | “We're beginning to notice that the relatives of applicants are work- . ing,” she said. “It’s hard to say just how far this trend will go.”

friends as Bunny, filed the suit for $175,000 against socially prominent Archibald F. McNichol without comment. Recovering in a hospital from her last legal encounters, she said only that Mr. McNichol made a contract with her for some “special modeling,” and then broke it. Miss Hartley, a blue-eyed blond poser for cigaret ads, supervised the legal proceedings from her hospital room, but, on advice of her lawyer, “just can’t say another word about it yet.” “Right now I'm supposed to rest,” she said, sitting lazily in her hospital bed, a small phonograph going and a pink satin bed wrapped around her shoulders. She had been ih the hospital two weeks. Now and again she gets a bit bored with the peace of it all, and has an evening out to see a bit of night life, but on the whole she

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said that she had spent the time doing nothing. = Before that, she spent her time in more exciting ways. Charging her ex-husband with stealing her $3200 car, she had him locked up, then, feeling sorry for him, battled with a judge to get him out. This case finished, she turned to the matter of a former fiance, Clifford Zieger, who, she said, turned green with jealousy when she went out with anyone else and beat her with a coat hanger, Her present legal action against stock broker McNichol, who dabbles in photography on the side and won't talk either, she termed “her mystery suit.” “Things do go by threes, don’t they?” she said.

FREIGHTS WRECKED NEAR SITE OF CRASH

CUYAHOGA FALLS, O, Nov. 8 (U. P.).—Pennsylvania Railroad officials today were investigating the crash last night of two: freight trains, two miles from the scene of a wreck July 31, in which 43 persons were killed, No one was hurt in last nights accident. The freights were going in the same direction. The crew of the second train, which was being pulled by two engines, jumped to safety just before the double-head-er locomotives crashed into the caboose of the first freight and jackknifed. > Installation of a signal system,

ordered after the July wreck, is now under way.

LEAVES $805,832 ESTATE

ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Nov. 8 (U. P.). —Kenyon V. Painter, Cleveland, financier, left an estate of $805,832, the major portion of which will go to his son, Kenyon V. Painter Jr.

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MARY ROEDER, ILL WEEK, DIES

Services to Be Monday; Burial in Concordia Cemetery.

Ill for a week, Mrs. Mary Roeder, 244 N. Keystone Ave., died yesterday at Methodist Hospital. Services will be at 1:30 p. m. Monday at her home and 2 p. m. at the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Burial will be at Concordia Cemetery.

Mrs. Roeder, who was 70, was a member of that church and of the Ladies’ Aid Society. Survivors are her husband, Fred W. to whom she was married 49 years ago; three sons, Herbert C., Carl and Harold; three daughters, Miss Edna Roeder, Mrs. Hazel Hoff and Mrs. Walter Stewart, all of Incdianapolis; two sisters, Mrs. Rose Wulf of New Palestine and Mrs. Christien Deerburg of Mount Comfort; a brother, Harry Meier of New Palestine; nine grandchildren, three step-grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren.

Gottleib Frey

Ill for nearly a year, Gottleib Frey died Wednesday. Services will be held at 1:30 p. m. tomorrow in the home, 1427 Shelby St., where he died. Burial will be at Greencastle, Ind. - He was 50. Mr. Frey was a native of South Dakota and formerly was employee of the old Stutz Automobile Co. here. He later turned to farming. He is survived by his wife, Verna; a daughter, Mary Louise, and a son, John, all of Indianapolis, and seven brothers and his mother who live in South Dakota.

Mrs. Dessie E. Collins

Funeral services for Mrs. Dessie E. Collins, who died in her home in Southport Wednesday, will be held at 3 p. m. tomorrow in the Southport Baptist Church. Burial will be at Greenwood, Ind. Mrs. Collins was 73. She is survived by a son, Richard A. Collins

‘and a daughter, Lucille Ryker.

BURKE LEADS RATNER BY 1844 IN KANSAS

TOPEKA, Kas., Nov. 8 (U. P.).— County authorities today began tab-

ulating official returns of Tuesday’s|

elettion, to determine whether William H. Burke, Little River Democrat, was elected Governor, as complete unofficial returns indicated. With an estimated 16,000 absentee ballots to be counted, Mr. Burke was leading his opponent, Governor Payne H. Ratner, the Republican incumbent, by 1844.

HISTORICAL SOCIETY PLANS FOUR TALKS

Charles E. Heberhart, former newspaper man now living at Madison, Ind. will speak on “When Dawn Came to Indiana” at the Indiana Historical Society library at 4:30 o'clock next Thursday. The talk will be the first in a series of four to be given by native Hoosiers during the winter. Butler University and Phi Beta Kappa honorary fraternity are co-operat-

ing with the Indiana Historical So-|

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when adequate transportation was available. in Great Britain refused to leave. The Department had asked guarantees for a ship to go to the west coast of Ireland, where the Americans now in England would assemble. Italy responded promptly, saying that in so far as the Italian Government and its military and naval forces were concerned, an American refugee ship could be guaranteed safe passage. But Germany, in a note transmitted through the Embassy here, said bluntly that “on the basis of the previous statement of the German Government to the effect that the areas around England are areas of military operations, the Reich Government is not in any position to furnish any sort of assurances of the nature requested.”

19 PUPILS RETURN, GIVE PLEDGE TO U. S.

ROCHESTER, Mich. Nov. 8 (U. P.) .—Nineteen school children who were suspended Oct. 22 for refusing to salute the flag returned to school today and made their pledge to “the United States of America” to satisfy both the religion of their parents and the school board. The students’ parents are members of Jehovah's Witnesses who refuse to salute the U. S. flag because they believe it violates a Biblical tenet against “bowing down to graven images.” The word “flag” was omitted from the oath of allegience and in place of the symbol were substituted the words “United States of America.”

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Miss Frances Porter... refreshing.

TAKE A LOOK at Miss Frances Porter. If you don’t feel refreshed, then you and the DePauw University yearbook, “The Mirage,” are at odds. The yearbook is replacing its customary beauty section with one on “types” ana it has chosen Miss Porter to represent the “refreshing” sort of coed. Miss Porter is a sophomore and a member of Alpha Chi Omega Sorority. She is the daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. John Emmett Porter, Greencastle, Ind.

HUNT MISSING BRONX GIRL NEW: YORK, Nov. 8 (U. P.)—A total of 165 men searched today for 10-year-old Genevieve = Connolly, missing from her Bronx home since early Wednesday night. The redhaired, blue-eyed little girl, a fifthgrade honor student, was last seen leaving the home of her friend, Eileen O’Brien, also 10, where she

Mrs. Margaret Freeman _ ‘Was 69; Funeral Is Set For Tomorrow.

§ .. Mrs. Margaret Freeman, 806 N. New Jersey St., a resident of Indianapolis for 45 years, died’ Wednesday

in St. Vincent Hospital after an illness of six weeks. |

Junction City, O., and came to Ina dianapolis when she was 17 years old. She was a member of SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral. | She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Margaret Freeman Hobbick, Indianapolis; a brother, John Palmer, Columbus, O. and'two grandchildren. : Services will be at 9 a. m. tomorrow in the Cathedral. Burial will be in Holy Cross Gemetery.

Harry Severin

Funeral services for Harry Severin, who died Wednesday in his home, 801 Division St., will be held at Evansville, Ind. tomorrow. Burial also will be there. Mr. Severin was 47. He was a member of the Bricklayers’ Union. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Wallace and Miss Nelson Severin; three sons, Shirley, Edward and Richard, and a sister, Mrs. Nancy Biggs.

IOWA TO GET WAR PLANT

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (U. P.).— The War Department today awarded a $34,451,384 contract to Day & Zimmerman, Inc., Philadelphia, for design, construction supervision, equipping and operation of a shell loading plant near Burlington, Iowa.

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