Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 November 1940 — Page 6

School News— Pupils Paint a “Curtain

TAXRECEIPTSIN MARION COUNTY ‘AT RECORD Hick

$150,000 Above 1939 So Far, Boetcher Reports;: Delinquents Drop.

Marion County has collected more taxes in 1940 than in any previous year, Collections so far this year total $18,6561,135.42, about $150,000 more than last year, the previous all-time “high. At the same time, Treasurer Wal-

ter C. Boetcher said | the trend toward the decrease [in delinquent taxes had continued, with $269,000 in back levies being paid this fall. This record was hung up despite the fact that new building and national defense investment were not assessed for this year’s payment and that downtown valuations have decreased. : Mr. Boetcher pointed out that numerous buildings had been razed in the mile square for parking lots and many of the old mansions on N. Meridian St. have been torn down. When new national defense industry and building, along with its complementary home building, become eligible for taxing, the County income likely i to make another jump, he said. The largest single, taxpayer in the County, according|to the Treasurer's report, was the Indianapolis Power & Light Co., which paid two installments last spring and this fall totaling “not quite a million dollars.” As a single industry, the railroads were another large contributor.

TRIAL OF FARMER TO END THIS WEEK

CRAWFORDSVILLE, .Ind., Nov. 21 (U. P.).—The trial of Edison W. Bratton, 58-year-old] Montgomery| County farmer, charged with manslaughter in connection with the fatal shooting of his neighbor, Harlow H. Ford, 49, in September, 1939, was recessed until Friday following the completion of testimony in Circuit, Court yesterday. Bratton, who testified that he

By EARL HOFF

stealing corn from his field, but|1l. admitted under cross-examination that Ford had not threatened him at the time of the shooting.

It was expected that final arguwould be a lot worse.

Brother Hilarion says he stuck” with “A March of Melody,” {a musical show to be presented at shot Ford when he found the latter|Cathedral High School Dec. 10 and |

IT'S NEEDED FOR CATHEDRAL HIBH! - sews, #0. mone oom

‘Brother Hilarion Cl Claims He's | ‘Stuck’ With Own Musical Show.

“got |

But you can see by the grin that goes along with that statement that there are about 15 other things he could think of, just off hand, that

Since Brother Hilarion “got stuck”

Friday and that th

ments in the trial he be made

HOOSIER GARDENER IS MURDER VICTIM

case would reach the jury by afternoon.

with the musical he immediately went to work designing ambitious settings for the show. The biggest, and best part is

finished. Advanced art pupils at Cathedral have just added the last daub of paint to a huge, 16 by 30-

SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. 21 (U.| foot: curtain that will set the theme

P.) —Leo Sopczynski,

city. victim.

The body was covered with a taught by Brother Hilarion, went burlap cloth and the skull had been|about the job of painting the huge fractured with a blunt instrument, [back drop as though they were Police said they believed he had mural painters. heen killed elsewhere and his body | brought to the spot where it was inal drawing, which was divided off | ovo "te dialogue and continuity {for the show, too.

found. FARMER KILLED IN

P.).—Samuel Shumacher,

accident.

60-year- old | gardener and tree surgeon of South |square opening behind which will Bend, was found dead last night in be enacted tableaux. an alley on the west side of the He apparently was a murder

TRAFFIC |

ROCKPORT, Ind. Nov. (U.| huge, | platform in groups of four or five County farmer, was Killed yester- at a time as the design‘was first day when his automobile was struck sketched on and then painted. by a gravel truck driven by James Day, a mile north of Richland. His lined mural. wife was injured seriously in the! (are huge figures of soldiers, dancers

| for the show.

In tne center of the curtain is a

Painted Like Murals The advanced art pupils, who are

Brother Hilarion made the orig-

in one-inch squares. These squares compared to ones of one foot each on the curtain. The pupils had to work on a ungainly looking movable

The curtain is really a streamOn it, in vivid colors,

‘and musicians. There are also! news-

Thomas Nohl (left) lends a steady hand.as Arthur Slinger Jr. brushes on color on the huge curtain to be used in the Cathedral musicale, Dec. 10 and 11.

STATE ORDERS

It's a Boy! And His 25th Child!

—Arthur Morel. 46, contractor. claimed the New England fatherhood championship. He welcomed

{ his 25th child, an eight-pound

son. Twenty-two of the children now are living and 18 of them live at home. Mr. Morel's first wife was mother of 12 and his second wife, who is 34, is mother of the others. In his family there has been a child born on each day of the week, each month of the year and each year for the past 25.

paper headlines, musical - instruments, trains, a conglomeration of things. But the painting has a theme. It portrays the motivations of modern music, since the musical will show the growth of American music through the latest phases—ragtime, Jazz, sweet music and swing music. This idea of building a production from completely raw material isn't a new thing at Cathedral. For several years pupils have made everything necessary for a show. .Last, year they made six huge back drops like the one they've just completed. The cost was about $10 a curtain. That's what the present one cost. Meanwhile, there's a student cast

{as well as the school orchestra and

glee club practicing after classes for the production.

Brother Hilarion, incidentally,

Pupils To Hear Opera

A group of Tech High School and Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music pupils and teachers will leave Indianapolis Saturday in a chartered bus to .attend the Saturday evening performance of the Chicago Civic Opera.

SANTA CLAUS

BROADCASTS OVER STATION

WIRE

Mornings, 7:40 Evenings, 5:15

I'M COMING

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MEET ME AT THE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT

FRIDAY, 11:10 A. M.

Watch for that big Eastern Airlines transport plane. I'll be on it. And folks... if the crowd's as big as the one last year (see for yourself, in

the picture above), you'd better early.

till Christmas, ~~

“Saiita Claus”

Soon as | land I'm going down te BLOCK'S TOYLAND, where I'll

get out there

be every dey

"however, shall not be subject to call!

FORMATION OF DEFENSE UNIT

Indiana Civil Force Will Be Started Next Week With Naming of Officers.

An army of citizen soldiers will be formed in Indiana within the next two weeks to replace the Indiaha National Guard when it begins Federal duty in January.

The army, to be known as the Indiana Civil Defense Force, will be composed of 2585 volunteers serving | as active soldiers and 715 volunteers | serving as inactive ones, Adj. Gen. Elmer PF. Straub said.

These men will be formed into 47 companies of 55 men each. Each company will have a full quota of officers, a captain, first and second lieutenants, sergeants and corporals. Actual formation of the force, authorized by Governor. Townsend in an executive order yesterday, will begin early next week with the appointment of a state commander, five regimental commanders and 14 battalion commanders, Mr. Straub said. The regimental commanders will have the rank of colonels and the battalion commanders that of major,

Governor fo Make Appointments

The battalion commanders will select the captains who in turn will select the first and second lieutenants. All appointments, of course, must meet the approval of the Governor who will issue the commis- | sions. | The officers will be Reserve Corps | officers and National Guardsmen | who are not able to enter the Fed- | eral service. As soon as the 47 captains are appointed, each will start an individual enlistment campaign for the 55 men | for his company. | Any man between 18 and 50 may | enlist, and must pass a - liberal | physical examination to be given | by the volunteer medical officer who | will be attached to each company.

| | 3 Years or— |

The enlistment period will be for| three years or until the National Guard returns when the Governor will discontinue the force, popularly | known as the Home Guard. There wil be no pay unless the various] Home Guard units are called into| actual service. Then the National Guard rate of pay, running from $1.50 a day for privates to $4.20 per day for master | sergeants, will be in effect. ‘It is recommended that the Home Guard units drill at least twice a| week for the first three months and once a week thereafter, Mr. Straub said. National Guard armories wi

be used. Army to Provide Rifles

The U. S. Army is to furnish Lee Enfield rifles and machine guns for | the training. If the regular Army should hdve | unneeded uniforms, they too will be sent to the various states for use by the Home Guards. However, that is not expected. | and the State Legislature probably | will be asked to buy uniforms for! the civil defense forces. Mr. Straub estimated that khaki coveralls could be purchased for the men at a cost of about $3 apiece. The “active” soldiers will be those who drill regularly while the “in-| active” ones will be those who are | registered in the Home Guard, but who do not drill. The latter group of 715 will be subject to call. |

Still Can Be Drafted

Mr. Straub said that the various | units wolud be set up and function- | ing by the time the National Guard | left for Camp Shelby, Miss. Enlistment in the Home Guard | does not mean that an individual | will not be drafted, Mr. Straub ex-| plained. The Federal call takes pri- | ority, and if an individual in the | Home Guards is called to the regu- | lar Army he will be replaced. Patriotic and civic organizations] may serve at the discretion of the] vovernor as reserve units of the] Indiana Defense Force. Such units,

into active duty for either state or, Federal sérvice without the consent | of individual members. Women’s clubs that want to vol-| unteer for duty may become affiili-! ated with the defense organization, | Mr. Straub said. Doctors, nurses, | dietitians and hospital attendants] desirous of volunteering should con-| tact the commanding officer of the district In which which ‘they are are located.

HOSPITALS TO GET PROCEEDS OF PARTY

A benefit card party for the Shriners’ Hospitals for Crippled Children, an annual affair, will be held this year by Tarum Court 14, Ladies Oriental Shrine of North| America, at the wm. H. Block Co. auditorium Dec. 3. Mrs. Roy L, Craig, past grand high priestess, is general chairman. | She will be assisted by the following committee chairmen: Mrs. L. D.! Bibler, table prizes; Mrs. E. R.| Pruitt, door and candy prizes; Mrs. | Harry F. Hergt, publicity. Mrs. Louis D. Sharp, cards, tallies| and pencils; Mrs. E. B. Knicker- | bocker, special prizes; Mrs. B. G.| Cronley, candy and Mrs. Faye Scan-| ling, tickets. Mrs. Mary A. Mayer, high priestess, will be hostess.

RAIN AIDS BATTLE ON FOREST BLAZES

MITCHELL, Ind., Nov. 21 (U. P.).| ~—A corp of 50 volunteer fire fighters today had brought under control a series of brush and timber blazes that have been burning sporadically since Sunday near the Martin-Lawrence County line. The fires were said to have started in four places in the Hopper Creek region near Huron. Crews extinguished the blazes three times before a light rain yesterday helped bring them under control. /

Dresees; Sus, Goals

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Family Gives Up As Cat Returns

ATLANTA, Ga. Nov. 21 (U. P.). —More than a year ago the family of A. E. Peters decided to get rid of their cat, Kickie. Kickie was left five miles from home. She returned two days later. Another try was made 10 miles away. Kickie was back in the same time. The third time they threw the cat out of an automobile 20 miles away. Four hundred forty-one J875 passed. Kickie returned toay The Peters family will “keep

Kickie. &

After-Thanksgiving CLEARANGES of GIRLS’ and INFANTS’ WEAR

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PLANE. MAKERS SET FOR ANY EMERGENCY

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Nov. 21 (U. P.)—Rep. J. Buell Snyder (D. Pa.) said today after an inspgction of airplane plants here and on the West Coast that manufacturers in this country have sufficient facilities to meet ahy emergency. He advocated selling Britain more than the present scale of 50 per cent of the American airplane output. Airplane factories are three to five weeks ahead of schedule on defense orders, he said. “In Nevember, 1100 military planes will be turned out; in December, 1200 or more. This increase

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will continue until 2000 or more are turned out next July, and by December, 1941, 2400 wil be turned out monthly,” Rep. Snyder said. “By working three shifts the plants could turn out 3000 planes a month.”

NO STATUE, REPLIES COMPOSER SIBELIUS

HELSINKI, Finland, Nov. 21 (U. P.).—Jan Sibelius made a practical suggestion today in objection to proposals for a public subscription to erect a statue in his honor. The illustrious Finnish composer, who will be 75 on Dec. 8, said simply: “The money is needed for more urgent purposes today. If you want to celebrate my birthday, play some of my music.” .

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LIST SEVEN DEBATES FOR BUTLER TEAM

Seven debates for the Butler University team was announced today by Prof. C. H. Walters, debate coach, The schedule includes Anderson at Butler, Dec. 6; Franklin at Butler, Jan. 9; Radio Debate with John Marshall Law School at Chicago,

‘|Jan. 11; Hanover at Butler, Feb, 2;

Novice Tournament at Indiana University, Feb. 8; Rose Poly Tech at Butler, Feb. 14, and the Manchester Debate Tournament, Feb, 21-22,

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