Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 December 1940 — Page 32

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LOCAL GROUP DEMAND LIGHTS

IN RAIL TUNNEL

South Siders, Civic Clubs to Carry Plea to Works, Safety Boards.

City officials next week will- be faced with the still unsolved prob- |:

lem of the Bates St. tunnel under the Big Four railroad tracks.

At ‘a meeting last night South :

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Siders and a committee from the 5

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munity Civic Clubs voted to go before the Works Board Monday and the Safety their complaint. “The condition of the Bates St. tunnel was criticized by the P.-T. A. of School 7. The association told city officials’ that there were no lightsc in. the narrow passageway and that drainage was inadequate. Charge Many Accosted Residents in the area said that many of the 200 school pupils forced to use the tunnel each school day had been accosted by ‘drunks who “hang around the tunnel.” Mrs. Floyd Simpson, School 7 P.-T. A. president, described con- . ditions to the federation committee. - John White, committee chairman, said that the condition of the tunnel creates “a dangerous situation and something’ terrible might happen there if the condition is not corrected.” Residents in: the tunnel area want the tracks elevated. The city asserts that it has no money. Insist on Drainage

The delegation on Monda Tuesday plans to insist on drgi and lights for the -tunnel as an immediate step. Chief Michael Morrissey, visited recently by South Siders, has promised his co-operation, last night's meeting was told.

TWO CONVICTED FOR POKER GAME FRAUD

‘VANCOUVER, B. C., Dec. 20 (U. P.) —Ralph Lohn, 35, and James Watson, 35, were under prison sentence today for taking $4700 from L. -O. Larue, 66, wealthy Windsor, Ontario, fish packer, in a poker game here. Lohn was sentenced to four years; Watson to two. The men, with a third partner known as Joe Lee, were accused of enticing Larue into the game, his first try at poker. Larue put in $4700, all he had - available, and returned to Windsor for more money to continue the game. Upon thinking the matter over, he complained to police and Lohn and Watson were arrested. Lee still is hunted in eastern Canada. He was holding the $4700 stake, his companions said.

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IOWAN, 105, CAN PROVE IT SIOUX RAPIDS, Ia., Dec. 20 (U. " P.).—Ole Johnson is Iowa's oldest citizen—that is, he’s the oldest who can prove it. Ole was born in 1835, and was 11 years old before Iowa

Board Tuesday with]:

Olympe Bradna . . . kept betrothal secret for a day.

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 20 (U. P)). Olympe Bradna, 20-year-old French film actress, today announced her engagement to Douglas Wood Wilhoit, 23, socially prominent singer of Montecito, Cal. “I just can’t keep it a secret a moment longer,” she told fellow workers on the set. “We haven't made any definite marriage plans, but I am sure we shall not elope. We will have a quiet church wedding along around Easter at the earliest.” Miss Bradna said she met Mr. Wilhoit during the 1940 Santa Barbara fiesta and that they became engaged yesterday on her day off during a visit to the home of his parents in Montecito.

TERM FOOD PLIGHT IN RUMANIA ‘SERIOUS’

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Dec. 20 (U. P.) —Travelers arriving from Rumania reported today that the food situation there was becoming increasingly serious. They said bread cost about 25 United States cents for two pounds —an exorbitant price for the aver-

age peasant. They said eggs were almost unobtainable and that fats, sugar and stove wood were fast disappearing. There are three meatless days a week, they said, and long queues stand for hours before food shops.

MRS. MARY CARSON DEAD

Services for Mrs. Mary D. CarSon, widow of Oliver H. Carson, former Indianapolis attorney, were held yesterday in New York City.

| Burial was to be here.

Mrs. Carson is survived by two 'sons, Ralph and Benjamin, both of New York; two daughters, Mrs. Richard T. Leslie of Garden City, 1. 1, d Mrs. Burton A. Bugbee of New, York; a brother, Dr. John B. Dowdigan of Charlotte, Mich., and a sister, Miss Emma Dowdigan

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of Ann Arbor, Mich.

LOCAL DEATHS

Carol Ann- Willis

Services were to be held tomorrow at 2 p. m. at the Flanner & Buchanan Mortuary for Carol Ann Willis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred 1. Willis Jr., 5735 Haverford Drive, The Rev. Roy Ewing Vale, pastor of the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church, will officiate at the services. Burial was to be at Crown Hill. Carol Anne, who was 7, died yesterday after an extended illness, Survivors include the parents; a brother, Fred I. Willis III, and the grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred I. Willis Sr., of Indianapolis; Mrs. L. 0. McKibben of Frankfort, and J. S.

} | Ecker of La Grange. Mr. Willis Sr.

is secretary of all Scottish Rite chapters.

Thomas A. Cooper

Thomas A. Cooper, 2402 Central Ave., a passenger conductor for the C. I. & W. Railroad.for a number of years, died yesterday at Reed Sanitarium. Mr. Cooper was 85 and had been a resident of Indianapolis for 45 years. He was retired 17 years ago. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and of the Order of Railway Conductors. Mr. Cooper is survived by two daughters, Mrs. A. W. Hastings, Indianapolis, and Mrs, Olive Pearce, Williamsburg. Funeral services were to be at 2 p. m. today in the Moore & Kirk Funeral Home, College and Fairfield Aves., and burial will be in Galion, 0O., tomorrow.

Lawrence E. Allison

Lawrence E. Allison, a member of the Indiana Nature Study Club and caretaker of. Woollens Gardens, died yesterday in St. Francis Hospital after an illness of three weeks. He was 69. Mr. Allison, who was born in Delaware County near Muncie, came to Indianapolis when he was 18 and has lived here since. He was a member of the Nature Study Club 30 years and had been caretaker at/the Woollens Gardens for 10 years: He retired from the commission business several years ago. Survivors are his daughter, Mrs. Brooke A. Reisler; a brother, Harry S. Allison, and two grandsons, Simon A. and Philip B. Reisler, all of Indianapolis. Services will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow at the home of Mrs. Reisler, 5749 E. New York St. Burjal will be in Memorial Park.

CRIME UNCORKED

ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 20 (U. P.).— U. S. secret service officers were sure Oren Bowers of Canton, Ga., was making counterfeit half dollars, but they hunted high and low without finding the moulds from which the bogus coins were made. Bowers finally confessed today and showed officers where he housed his moneymaking machinery—in his cork leg.

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STATE DEATHS

BUNKER HILL—Ira Merritt, 74. Survivor: Wife. : : . Mrs. Nellie Applegate, 53. ter; R t;

CENTRAL — Survivors: Husband, r; son, Robert; daughter. Miss Marylin Applegate; father, George Watson; brothers, C. J., rol and Carl; sister, Mrs. Maud Wendell. COLBURN—Charles Shortridge, 72. Survivors: Sisters, Mrs. Rebecca Hoel and Mrs. William Michael; brother, Iremus. CLOVERDALE Mrs. Bert Hamilton. Survivors: Husband: son, Donald. CONVERSE—Mrs. Nellie Jones, 72. S8urvivors: Husband, Frank; sons, Wilbur and Ivan; daughters, Mrs. Emma wash and Elenora Jones; brother, Will Rennicamp} sister, Mrs. Margaret Ertel. DELPHI — Paul Been, :49. Survivors: Wife, Beatrice; sons, Richard and Herbert; daughters, Mrs," Martha Justice and Miss Marjorie Been. Cokk, 69. Sur-

FLORA—Mrs. Sarah N. Herman;

vivors: Husband, Monroe; son, stepdaughter, Mrs. Osa B. Thomas; kroth er, Virgil Johnson; sisters, Mrs, Diana Jenkins and Mrs. Kate Hultz. GAS CITY—Mrs. Amy Jane Voris, 64. Survivors: Husband, Charles; daughters ner, Mrs, Jesse King and ; son, _ brothers, and Thomas Voris. KOKOMO—Mrs. Matilda Stooksbury, 62. Survivors: Daughters, Mrs. J ay Vansickle, Mrs. Doshia Stenulson, Mrs. a Hedrick, Mrs. Oddisy Chowning and Mrs. J Fisher; sister, Mrs. Lilly Bowles; ers, Jake, Wayne and Grant Graves.

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Floyd; sisters, Mrs. Sarah Reams, Mrs. W. R., Willis, Mrs. John Langford: and Mrs. Harry Ingles; brothers, Joseph, James and Adrian Chaney. ary E. Burkhalter, 60. Surviv-

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LADOGA—Charles T. Myers, 75. Survivors: Sisters, Mrs. O. H. Giil and Mrs. imma Brookshire; brothers, Frank and ohn.

LEBANON — Mrs. Sarah E. Brock, 85. Survivors: Daughters, Mrs. Pearl Essex, Mrs. Mildred Viles and Mrs. Zoe Clark; son, George: brother, William MclIlvain. F. W. Huntsinger, 74. Survivors: Daughters, Mrs. Frank Anderson, Mrs, en Ransdell and Mrs. Jeanette Stevens, sons, Ralph and Marion. { MARION—George A. Mills, 51. Mrs. Flora Bell Good, . __ Survivors: Husband, Thomas: faughter, Hazel; sons, Melvin, enn and Clyde; sister, Mrs. Margaret Gaschcer. Mrs. Philena Stevens,” 84. Survivors: Daughters, Mrs. Clarence Burkshire and

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