Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 December 1940 — Page 11

NEW ENGLAND

IS JARRED BY ~~ LIGHT TREMOR

Windows, Dishes Broken; Felt From Montreal to Portland to N. Y.

By UNITED PRESS An earthquake, apparently centered in the New Hampshire mountains, jarred a wide area of New England, New York, New Jersey and Quebec Province, Canada, for three minutes early today.

There were no reports of damage

or casualties, except for broken windows and dishes. Shocks were felt from Montreal, 400 miles south to central New Jersey, and from Buffalo, N. Y., 400 miles east to Boston. vr Telephone service was disrupted in ’ central and western Massachusetts. At Springfield, plaster fell from the walls and ceiling of a hotel. At nearby towns persons fled outdoors in their pajamas in freezing weather. Housewives reported dishes had fallen from shelves and pictures from walls.

Bostonians Offer Help

In Boston, many persons. believed there had been a disastrous explosion and telephoned police offering their services in emergency work. Radio Dispatcher Michael F. Powers said the Boston Police Headquarters building “waved like a flag in the breeze.” Police Lieut. William F. Long at Portland, Me., said the headquarters building “shook .like a leaf and I thought a boiler had blown up.” In Albany, N. Y., some windows - were broken and one woman notified police that she had been shaken out of bed. Another said she was walking home from a: dance hall and had to grab a tree to keep from falling. An attendant at the Federal -Aerological Station at the Albany airport said the building rocked so violently he had to sit ddéwn. : : N. Y. Sleeps Through If L. Don Leet, seismologist at the Hdrvard Observatory, placed the center of the quake 86 miles north -of the Harvard, Mass., station, near Lake Ossipee, N. H. Deputy Sheriff Harry Levitt at Ossipee said the shocks were strong there, and dishes were broken in several houses, but apparently no buildings were damaged. Mr. Leet said the shock was recorded at 2:27:29 a. m., and lasted three minutes. | New York’s 7,000,000 inhabitants generally slept through the shocks, although more than a score of calls were received at police headquarters by persons who wanted to know if there had been an explosion. Rev. Joseph Lynch, seismologist at Fordham University, said the quake was “local and not serious” after a cursory inspection of his instruments. He said it was a surface resettling disturbance, rather than any subterranean action. :

Light at Buffalo

The. whole city of Montreal, Quebec, was shaken, many persons reporting windows, walls and dishes rattling. Buffalo,. N. Y., felt light- shocks. Albany and nearby towns reported three distinct shocks.. Hartford and several other towns in Connecticut were jarred. : The quake appeared to have been more severe at the northern and southern extremities of the: affected area.

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Both experiments are part of the Army's attempt to increase the fire power of combat plants. That need has been demonstrated by the war in Europe in which all types of fighting planes have become increasily invulnerable to machine gun fire by the use of heavier armor and self-sealing fuel tanks.

Two other proposals for increasing fire power are being studied and may be incorporated in standard specifications in the near future, .

One is a plan to mount two 20 mm. and one 37 mm. cannon on pursuit planes. The other is to equip fighters with six heavy 50 ‘caliber machine guns instead of eight 30 caliber machine guns, the armament said to be carried by British pursuit planes. : The highly sensitive explosive shell for 37 mm, aircraft cannon, War Department sources said, is a major development in air armament. Until recently the U. S. air corps and those of Great Britain and wuermany, one source said, have been unable to develop a fuse fast enough to explode aircraft canon shells befcre they pass through a target plane. As a result, ordinary projectiles, simjlar to a rifle bullet, have been widely used. A “dead” projectile is destructive if it hits a vital spot on enemy

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A giant, two-motored skyliner holds the admiration of this little appy Christmas. About 25 WPA work-" ers have been busy the last few months reconditioning some 6000 toys and they're to be distributed from 131 E. Market St. to needy families. Holding the airplane-admirer here is Miss Laura Sheerin, 4330 Central

Army Plane Cannon Shell Has Finger-Tip Sensitivity

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (U. P.).—The Army has developed an aircraft cannon shell that is so sensitive it can be exploded by the force of heavy rain, informed War Department officials said today. . Ordnance technieians, it also was learned, have developed a version of the famous French 75 mm. field gun which can be: mounted on heavy Experiments with it, including firing from the air, were

will pass comparatively harmlessly through a wing. An explosive shell, however, blows out enough surface wherever it hits to bring a plane down in most cases. ! The ultimate objective of both the Army and European belligerents- is a time fuse that will explode aircraft cannon shells “in the vicinity” of the target like anti-aircraft and artillery shells.

ELKHART IS LATEST TO JOIN TAG REVOLT

Police Chief A. Elmer Manning of Elkhart joined with the officials of seven other cities and three counties today in refusing to enforce the Dec. 31 deadline for purchasing 1941 auto licenses. Chief Manning said he would not arrest motorists for driving with 1940 plates “until the people have had a reasonable length of time in which to obtain 1941 licenses.” He said he acted with the consent of the Board of Police Commissioners. ‘Earlier the” officials of Kokomo, Rushville, Brazil, Connersville, Shelbyville, New Castle and Logansport and of Huntington, Wayne and Henry Counties had taken similar stands.

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Lipman. and Mr. Steers have received the lion’s share of the pro tem payments. Up to Dec. 1, Mr. Lipman has been paid $165 and Mr. Steers, $125, according to records of County Auditor Glenn B. Ralston. Mr. Lipman is a former law partner of Judge Karabell, In Court 3, Edwin H. Smith, who has pinch-hit for Judge McNelis 31 times as pro tem judge during the year, has received to date a total of $195, the records show.

Pay Order Held Up

Judge McNelis yesterday held up an order to pay Mr. Smith $110,

determine whether the substitute judge was entitled to all of the money. An unofficial tabulation showed that Mr. Smith has earned at least $310 for, his 31 appearances on the bench at the rate of $10 per appearance. i’ - Since he has been paid $195 so far, it ‘would appear that the $110 order Judge McNelis held up yesterday was short of the amount the County owes Mr. Smith by: $5. Under the pro tem system, each ‘Municipal Judge is allowed $500 in addition to his regular salary to pay for pro tem services. Due to Judge Karabell’s illness, the pro tem allowance has been exhausted in Court 4. Not Sure of Amount Only $110 remains in the pro tem allowance for Court 3 and that amdunt is tied up in the order to pay Mr. Smith. Judge McNelis held up the order yesterday with a phone call and a personal appearance ®t County Auditor Ralston’s office. At first refusing to comment on his action, Judge McNelis later admitted he wasn’t quite sure of the amount Mr. Smith had coming for pro tem services and had held up the order for that reason. . So involved is the pro tem prosedure in the Municipal Courts that it is not infrequent. to find the defense attorney one day acting as judge the next or vice versa. Tuesday, Mr. Lipman and Mr. Steers swapped places on the bench so that each could defend his client. Many Are Eligible In addition to Messrs. Lipman, Steers, Rinier, Babcock, .and Smith, the 1940 roll call of Municipal Court

| pro tem judges includes:

Court 4: Floyd R. Mannon, Kelso Elliott, William E. Reiley, John D. Hughes, Fred E. Schick, Harry L. Gause and James F. T. Sargent who served as special judge. ~ Court 3: Leo O'Connor, Thomas J. Blackwell Jr., J. E. McManamon, Max Farb, Edwin McClure, James A. Collins, Lewis Murchie, Saul Rabb, George Eggleston, Harry Harman, Albert M. Thayer, Coburn T. Scholl, Thomas Whalen, Miss Jessie Levy, Joseph M. Howard, Léo T. Brown, William B. Miller, Alex M. Clark, Lewis Davis and John M. Connor.

Actress Fined,

Sues Policeman

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 20 (U. PJ). —Actress Lillien Cannon today sued a policeman who arrested ‘her for failing to stop at a boule=vard. She paid a $10 fine for failure to heed a boulevard stop, and an additional charge of speeding 65 miles an hour in a 45-mile zone was dropped. After paying the fine, the actress walked up to arresting officer R. C. Danielson and handed him & summons to appear to defend himself against a suit for $5060 damages. She charged he slapped her and handcuffed her because she refused to sign a citation.

$15,000 IS PLEDGED T0 CITIZEN INSTITUTE

Robert W. Lyons, Indianapolis at1 torney, has pledged $15,000 to the model citizenship institute which expected to be set up at Hanover College, it was announced today. Mr. Lyons, who is in St. Petersburg, Fla., wired the pledge to Mark W. Rhoads here, The sum will go toward matching $69,000 donated by Will Donner, formerly of Columbus, Ind., and now a resident of Philadelphia, Pa. Ralph Crowl, a member of the group sponsoring the institute, said. Mr. Donner’s contribution will be made to Hanover Jan. 1 and it is expected to be matched soon afterwards. : Mr. Crowl explained that th institute will have the support of all Indiana colleges and universities in unifying the study of citizenship.

WINDSOR SIGNS BILL FOR BAHAMAS BASE

NASSAU, The Bahamas, Dec. 20 (U. P.).—The Duke of Windsor, Governor of the Bahamas, last

Colonial Legislature granting the United States a site for a naval base on Mayaguana Island. ~The Duke reported to the Legislature on his ‘conference with President Roosevelt aboard the American cruiser Tuscaloosa.

recent inspection of Abraham Bay, Mayaguana Island, the ‘Bahamas, which had been assigned to the United States as a site for a naval base, that he had found it unsatisfactory and hoped a better one in the Bahamas could be found.

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~~ Genius Boy, 8, Makes Débu As Pianist Without A Mistake.

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (U. P.).— Kenneth Amada is a curly-haired boy of 8. He speaks four lan-_ guages, studies with sixth-grade, 12-year-old pupils and last night made his concert pianist’s debut. He has an I. Q. rating between 170 and 190, which one person in a million has, and he played through the Larghetto movement of Chopin’s Concerto in F Minor without a mistake. “All I thought about was the music,” ‘Kenneth said afterward, with a slight lisp, while his mother, Mrs. Samuel Amada of Foun Orange, N. J. twisted a ng gold scarf through her fingers with excitement. “He has absolute pitch,” she whispered. “His teacher, Madame Rosznthal, says he is a genius. I've thought he was unusual since he sang ‘Carmen’ at the age of 2.”

TUINN TO LEARN

FATE ON DEC. 28

Bluestein Also to Receive Sentence; Admits Charge Of False Pretense. , (Continued from Page One)

the relief fraud cases was Dan R. Anderson, grocer, convicted by a Criminal Court jury on a charge of false pretense. He was fined $1000 and sentenced to six months at the State Penal Farm. An appeal of his case to the Supreme Court is‘ still pending. J. Barton Griffin, milk route owner, was sentenced . to four months in jail upon his plea of guilty to a charge of false pretense. He has served his term and has been released. : t The fifth defendant was John

‘| Neenan, order writer in’ the trus-

tee’s office, who pleaded guilty to false pretense.and was sentenced to

30 days in jail. He has served his term.

All the indictments grew out of evidence presented to the Grand Jury that false claims were being made. for relief orders. ; In connection with the Quinn case, Prosecutor Lewis told the court in reviewing the evidence that “there is no contention by the State that this defendant knowingly or was a patty to any conspiracy to file any false relief cla It the work in the trustee’s office had been performed as the statute provided, no false relief claims would have been filed.” : Discussing the Bluestein

case, Mr.

PAGE Lewis said: “This case is not as vicious as the others but I do think

some one was getting more than they were entitled to.”

BIG FOUR LEGION POST HOST TO CHILDREN

Childreh living in the S. Keystone Ave. community are in for a good time tomorrow afternoon. The Big Four Railway Post 116, American Legion, will have a party for those under 12 at 1 p. m. tomor=row at the post home, 960 S. Key-

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