Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 December 1940 — Page 12
FIND TWO BODIES IN GARAGE RUINS
Man Believed to Have Slain|§
Wife, Set Fire to Car, Ending Own Life.
What police believe to be the evidence of a murder and suicide was ‘discovered in the ashes of a garage and car destroyed by fire yesterday at 1066 W. 25th St. After firemen had extinguished the fire and left the scene, a neighbor discovered the charred bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Fowlkes in the car. . Firemen explained that there was a good deal of debris covering the car when they left. Howard Maxey, 27, who lives in the other half of the double formerly occupied by the ‘Fowlkes, found the bodies. He said that he became suspicious when firemen were unable to arouse the Fowkles because he had heard voices in the home a short time before the fire. Dr. Hugh Thatcher, deputy cor-
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F. & A. M. Lodge 657 to Install— Champ C. Pritchett will be installed worshipful master of the Masonic © Lodge 657, F. & A. M,, Dec. 31 at the Masonic Temple. ins tal lation services. will be followed by a New Year’s celebration with a dinner - dance and two floor
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shows. Mr. Pritchett
Other fficers to be installed are Jacob Weiss, senior warden; Joseph F. Murphy, junior warden; Otto W. Cox, treasurer; Eph Levin, secretary; Leon: M. Hillman, senior deacon; Robley F. George, junior deacon; David Blum, senior steward, and William F. Ehrhardt, tyler. Mr. Pritchett succeeds Robert P.
FILW AUTHOR AND WIFE DIE IN CRASH
"EL CENTRO, Cal, Dec. 23 (U. P.).—Nathaniel West, 36, Hollywood film scenarist and author, and his wife, Eileen, 27, were fatally injured in an automobile collision yesterday while returning from a hunting trip. Mr. West wrote many scripts for Columbia and R. K. O. Studios. Novels he wrote included: “Cool Million,” “Miss Lonely Heart” and “The Day of the Locust.” Their station wagon, loaded with ducks, quail and hunting equipment, collided with an automobile driven by Joe Dowless, 27, of Somerton, Ariz, Mr. Dowless suffered a severed artery in one arm and his wife, Christine, 22, a fractured leg. :
CHARLES DU BOIS DIES
NEW YORK, Dec. 23 (U. P)— Charles G. Du Bois, former presi-
board of the Western Electric Co,
died here today after a brief illness. He was 70. His home was in Englewood, N. J. j
dent and former chairman of the.
Terms Angels’
Wings 'Unsound'
RACINE, ‘Wis, Dec. 23 (U. P.). —Another Christmas illusion was shattered today when Charles Wright, an aeronautical engineer, announced that the angels depicted on greeting cards have wings that are aeronaptically unsound. : Mr. Wright, an instructor at the Racine vocational school, said he
“sought no quarrel with artists
who might claim supernatural
powers transcending the rule of
wing loading for their creations, but to keep the record straight he listed specifications for cherubs who could fly. :
* They were:
A 26-foot wing-spread for a 175-pound man whose weight had been redistributed to make him aeronautically sound. Muscles of amazing size to pull himself off the ground. : A runway of a couple miles for such a takeoff. Flight-sound cherubs just wouldn’t fit on Christmas cards, Mr. Wright decided.
‘research to .be carried on by staff
$1000 IS GIVEN. 0. FOR MOVIE STUDY
A $1000 grant to Indiana University for educational motion picture
members of the university has been made by Corenet Production, Inc., Chicago. The purpose of the research is to analyze courses of study in order to determine topics by which motion pictures may provide a more adequate experimental background for classroom instruction. Coronet will use the results to plan a program of educational film produc-
tion. A committee to supervise the program is composed of Dean H. L. Smith of the School of Education; Prof. R. E. Cavanaugh, director of the Extension Division; L. C. Larson, of the Bureau of Audio-visual Aids and School of Education, and two other members of the Schoo) of Education staff.
SURETHING, 1ST IN DRAFT
LUDLOW, Vt. Dec. 23 (U, P.).— Walter E. Surething was the first man in Windsor County inducted
Hunter R es MANILA EX-PUBLISHER DIE flunter Removes | Mania, Pp. 1, Dec. 23 (U. P..— rey a George C. Sellner, 65, of Omaha, The Wrong Sign | HASTINGS, Mich., Dec. 13 (U. P.).—Michigan conservation ' officers found a hunter who, without heed to who might be watching, was tearing a sign from a post. The officers, seeing that the sign was one they had set up before the season opened asked the nimrod if he realized what he was do‘ing. “Sure,” he-replied, “I'm tearing down’ these signs saying that you can’t hunt on.land bought by the conservation department.” ' “Did you read the sign?” one of the officers asked. “Sure,” was the reply, “I... The sign read, “Hunting Permitted.” ; a
under the Selective Service Act.
UN AUTO OR CHARACTER
1 ONDAY,
23, 19 3 . wide ] Er Neb., and Honolulu, former publish~ er of the defunct Manila Times, died today of a heart attack. “ " Fred TH. sie
oner, said that apparently Fowlkes killed his wife, then lighted a fire under the car and burned her body and himself. . Mr. Maxey said that some one had left a letter in his mail box which said “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year” and contained $105.79.
YOUTHS APPLY FOR CCC ENROLLMENT
Applications for the 29th CCC enrollment, scheduled for the first two weeks of January, are being received now by the Marion County Welfare Department, To be eligible, youths must be between 17 and 23%, not in regular school attendance, unmarried, unemployed and in need of employment and out of school. Applications may be made at the Marion County Welfare office. :
Friedman,
Banner Temple to Meei—Banner Temple No. 37, Pythian Sisters, will meet at 8 p. m. today at 230 E. Ohio St. There will be inspection of officers.
18 N. ILLINOIS ST. 29 wy re BOTH STORES OPEN TONITE & TOMORROW
Plan Christmas Party—Townsend Club No. 9 will hold a Christmas party at 7:30 p. m. today in the|g: I. O. O. F. Hall, Hamilton Ave. and E. Washington St. ;
Kiwanis Luncheon Today—Ralph |§ | Wright, director of music of the|3 Public Schools, arranged the musical program and the Techanical High School concert orchestra and |; the Manual High School choir of 35 pupils were entertained by the Kiwanis Club at its luncheon today in the Columbia Club.
New Year’s Dance Set—They’ll send the old Year on its way and ring in the new with a dance and ; entertainment at the Athenaeum Turners from 9 p. m. to 2 a. m. Dec. 31. M. Daugherty Wolfe will be master of ceremonies.
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Here for Holiday—Alfred Meunier, who will receive his Doctor’s degree in chemistry at the mid-year commencement at Pennsylvania State T. College, will spend the holidays here with his father, E. J. Meunier.
PRINCESS REPORTED - TO HAVE LEFT U. S.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23 (U. {| P.) —Princess Stefanie Hohenlohe, a close friend of Adolf Hitler, was believed today to have left the ,| United States, pursuant to an order of the Immigration Department that denied her an extension of her visitor's visa. The Department of Justice had ordered ‘the Hungarian princess to leave the country by midnight tonight, presumably because of her activities in. behalf of the Nazi cause. “I think you can safely say she has left the country,” said Capt. Fritz Wiedemann, German ConsulGeneral here. :
TRUCK KILLS MAN WHILE REPAIRING CAR
RUSHVILLE, Ind, Dec. 23 (U. '.).—Melvin Miller, 21, of Guthrie, ras fatally injured and Raymond Joble, 23, Knightstown, critically injured when struck by a truck last night while they were repairing (their automobile engine at the side {of the road. Both men’s wives and Mr. Miller's {small daughter were sitting in the (auto. The truckdriver, Clement Myers, of Knightstown, was uninjured.
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