Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 March 1941 — Page 18
LUE LAW RAIDS
“SWAMP COURTS
Delaware Violators Facing|
Fines, Sentences Under 1740 Statute.
WILMINGTON, Del., March 3 (U. . P).—Violators of Delaware’s 200-year-old Sabbath law jammed the courtrooms today, facing prosecution “#s the fuilest extent” and fines or $% to $8 or 24 hours in jail if convicted. : News vendors, gasoline-station attendants, restaurant workers, milkmen, taxicab drivers, streetcar motormen, radio-station employees and a man caught shoveling snow off his sidewalk were among the accused. Courtrooms here and in other citfes weren't large enough to hold the prisoners caught in the sudden enforcement of a law passed by the Dutch and Swedish settler fathers in 1740.
Repeal Attempt Fails’
Attorney General James H. Morford, who ordered the enforcement, led Wilmington police and made six arrests himself. Mr. Morford said he would demonstrate for three or four more Sundays to determine whether the law is practical. He began his test after Democrats in the lower house of the Legislature prevented repeal of the blue law ~ last week. : Republicans have a majority in . the House but not the two-thirds majority necessary to repeal laws. The repeal measure comes up for reconsideration tomorrow. Enforcement was thorough yesterday even though it accomplished little, the prisoners returning to their lawlessness as soon as they were freed on bond. No offender was arrested more than once. Gasoline station attendants refused to sell fuel for State Highway Department machines, hence, snow plows could not work. The owner of one chicken farm reported that his flock of 40,000 was starving because trucks couldn't get through the snow with feed.
Pastor’s Sermon Broadcast
The same policemen who arrested restaurant workers returned to contribute to the delinquency at mealtime. Mr. Morford said .the Rev. A. H. Kleffman of the West Presbyterian Church, one of the clergymen fa- - voring enforcement, was having his serman broadcast by radio and thus was “an accomplice in the violation
of the law” by a radio station em- N
bloyee working in the church.
NOVENA OF GRACE . OPENS TOMORROW
' The first Novena of Grace in honor of St. Francis Xavier ever ‘held in Indianapolis will be tomorrow through March 12 in St. John’s
Catholic Curch. The Very Rev. Thomas J. Donnelly S. J, rector of West Baden College, West Baden, Ind., will conduct the services at 7:45 p. m. daily including the sermon, novena prayers and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. ‘St. Francis Xavier was a follower of St. Ignatius, founder of the Jesuit Order, and a 16th century missionary to India and Japan. Church history attributes many miyacles and a wide spiritual influence to Xavier.
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2 BROTHERS IN 30 DRAFT UNIT
Richard and Hubert Sanders Among 39 Inducted From Marion County.
Two brothers were in military service at Ft. Harrison today as part of the last group of 850 men requisitioned from Indiana during the third Selective Service call.
Hubert Sanders of R. R. 6, Box 91| and they were among the 39 young
at the Fort Saturday.
service from the state, ending the third draft call in which men were summoned from Feb. 18 to March 1. The fourth call in which Indiana
March 10. The Marion County men inducted into training are: Board 1: Cloy Ballard Barton, 1330 N. Chester Ave.; Ralph William Fetzer, 1864 Brookside Ave., and Cosmos Anthony Sansone, 1320 Shannon Ave.
Selectees Listed
Board 2: Edwin Alvin Good, 2015 . New Jersey St., and Delmar Earl Adams, 1630 Park Ave. Board 3: Leonard Lester Burn - stein, 3923 Park Ave. Board 5: Ancel Preston Underwood, 1019 Pearl St. Board 6: Alden C. Palmer Ji. 5840 Oak Ave.; Edwin Roy Williams, 926 N. Gray St. and Roy R. Weaver, 559 N. Dearborn St. Board 7: Francis Patrick MeNelis, 1630 N. Alabama St.; Andrew Michael Crowe, St.:John Mervin Goldman, 2107 N Pennsylvania St.; Rozier Gilland Smith Jr., 1421 N. Alabama St., anc Paul Bernard Montgomery, 2102 IN, Meridian St. Board 9: Harold Thompson, 1114 Central Ave.: Frank Lowry, 1533 E. Market St., and Francis Kennedy, 418 N. State St. Board 11: Harold J. Smith, 1214 S. Belmont St.; Henry Lester Roush, R. R. 7, Box 279; Paul Herbert Esch, 1460 Waldemere | S&.; Nathan Alpha McClure, R. R. 3, Box 153-A, and James Ross Sutnerlin, 5110 W. Washington Sf;
Others Called
Board 12: Herbert Jones Sprouse, 909 Buchanan St.; Harry Franklin Kimball, 451 S. Harding St.; | Delmar Harrison Gaines, 723 E.| McCarty St:; Alva Ray Blunk, R. R. 3 Box 834; Harry Leon Hutchinson 1521 S. Richland Ave., and Altor Autman Aarant, 220 S. Illinois St. Board 13: Glenn Harrison, 118 W. Raymond St.; Richard Rober and Hubert Allen Sanders, both of R. R. 6, Box 91; George Revenue Chappelow, 1734 Madison |Ave. Milton C. Clarke, 1506 Shelby St. and Robert McClain Peterson, 2926 Shelby St. Board 14: David Coleman Yount,| Broad Ripple; George Merrill | Mitchell, 6587 Broadway; Joseph | Edward Reddick, 6207 Carrollton | Ave., and Raul Edward Banks, R.b. 13, Box 106.
NEWSPAPERMAN FOR 45 YEARS RETIRES
HOUSTON, Tex., March 3 ( U.P. —Marcellus E. (Mefo) Foster, 70, editor emeritus of the Houston Press
since 1936, has retired from active
newspaper work, ending a pareer extending over a period of 45 years. Mr. Foster's last column, “Why,” appeared in the Press Saturday. He said he had no immediate plars for the future. “I may write a book,” he said. “I never expect to stop writing
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By EARL HOFF
Every Tuesday evening the walls of Brehob's Garage, 218 E. New York St., echo with the thunder of tiny racing cars whirling around on the floor like angry hornets on leashes. In an atmosphere made murky by heavy exhaust smoke, several hundred spectators stand breathless, watching one of the 17-inch allmetal midgets streak around in. a | tight circle, held on a cable. Then the thunder dies as the car comes to a stop. “Gosh, I'll bet that car was going |at least 65,” a 12-year-old pipes up.
Travels 63.5 M. P. H.
“Nope,” answers a serious looking bank clerk. “Probably about 62.” All eyes turn to a man standing on the edge of the cleared space. He studies a stop-watch. “Sixty-three and a half miles an hour,” he announces. A whistle arises from the spectators. It’s near the record of 65 miles an hour held by Kenneth Sauer. The owner of the midget unhooks
its place. This often goes on until late in the night with as many as 50 autos participating. This is how the motor racing capital keep its interest alive during the winter. 13-Year-Old Responsible
Thirteen-year-old Danny Draher is responsible for the weekly gatherings of midget race-car fans. He started it by getting a model for Christmas and interesting his uncle, Hddie . Brehob, who operates a garage. Mr. Brehob helped Danny put the racer together and cleared a space on the garage floor to let it run. The grapevine ‘that links hobbiests
there was a new convert to their growing number and they began dropping into the Brehob garage. Some bought racers. Others just came to watch. Soon the crowds got so thick that Mr. Brehob had to set aside Tuesday night as racing night. Racing miniature autos is a comparatively newcomer among hobbies, but it’s been growing rapidly. Last year the fans had an organization | neaded by Harold Stover. They're trying to get it organized again. It costs money to race the little fellows. “You can’t do it on a $30-a-week income,” Mr. Brehob said. The cars cost from $40 to $150. Some of the fans spend as much as $4 for a gallon of gasoline, although Mr. Brehob says he can’t notice any difference in performance over the kind of gasoline that operates ordinary cars. A car owner must have a keen interest in mechanical things, although the fans come from all occupations. Their ages usually range from 20 to 35. The other night, however, the owner of the fastest car on the floor was a 57-year-old man. .
Assembly Is Task
The cars come “knocked-down” from the factory and it takes 15 to 120 hours of work by a skilled mechanic to assemble them, Mr. Brehob said. ‘When they're assembled, the mid gets weigh eight to nine pounds. Their one-cylinder, two-cycle engines run about two miles on a tablespoonful of onc-third oil and two-thirds gasoline. The one-fourth to one-half horsepower motors turn |over faster than the big ones that compete in the Speedway oval. The revolutions per minute range from 14,000 to 17,000 Mr. Brehob said. The motors have a 13-16th of an inch bore and a 15-16th of an inch stroke. At the Brehob garage, the cars are
‘POTSY’ CLARK TO BE SPEAKER AT BANQUET
The Delta Upsilon Alumni Association will hold its annual state banquet Saturday in the Columbia Club with George “Potsy” Clark as principal speaker. Active chapters at DePauw, Purdue and’ Indiana Universities will attend. Mr. Clark is the new athletic director at the University of Grand Rapids. He is a former Butler University football coach. The arrangements committee is composed of E. Carl Watson, WarJ ren S. Riffey, Harry D. Hooley, William Faust Jr., Everette E. Lett, E. R. Grisell, Dr. Arthur W. Spivey,
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tethered on a cable that holds them to a 90-foot circle. To start them, some owners give their cars a shove. Others start the motor above the floor and then give the midget a toss forward. To stop the car, the owner wads up a handkerchief and knocks it against a wire that protrudes above the car from the carburetor as the car whizzes by. « This shuts off the gasoline.
The little cars are tempermental and sometimes just refuse to run. When this happens, the owner gets a good-natured-“razzing” frdm the spectators. Some of the race drivers who pilot the big cars on the Speedway bricks each Memorial Day have taken a keen interest in the model racing. Ralph DePalma set a new record of 73 miles per hour in the East several weeks ago. Wilbur Shaw has been threatening to come over some Tuesday evening to see the midgets run. He's never made it yet because business has kept him away. ‘
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Seven gleaming, all-metal miniature racers wait their turn to spin around the Brehob Garage oval. ... . Their owners (left to right) are Ray Cauble, Kenneth Sauer, Den Caudle, F. Johnson, Harold Stofer, Ray Negse and Robert Kendall.
It's Not a Cheap Hobby, But Fans Jam Garage Each Week
NEW BETHEL MAY TAKE NEW NAME
Times Special WASHINGTON, March 3. — Rep. William H. Larrabee (D. Ind.) today faces the dilemma of favoring or opposing a petition which would change the name of the postoffice at Wanamaker to that of New Bethel. This community near Indianapolis long has been called New Bethel, but like the Wanamaker State Bank, the postoffice carries the other name. A petition has been signed seeking to change the postoffice and is expected to be presented soon. Meanwhile, Rep. Larrabee has received a letter from Ronald B. Coapstick, Indianapolis attorney, saying that the change will entail some expense for Franklin township. He cited the bonds issued, payable to the Wanamaker bank. “There is no particular sentiment
‘attached to either name and it is
agreeable with most of the town's people to change the name of the town to Wanamaker instead of changing the name of the postoffice | to New Bethel,” the letter concludes.
GREATER NATIONAL HEALTH
‘lings be omitted on extension of the
FOR COAL BILL
Democrats Refuse Plea That Extension Without Change Be Asked.
By FRED W. PERKINS Times Special Writer
WASHINGTON, March 3.—Democratic members of the House Ways and Means Committee have turned down a proposal that public hear-
Guffey Act, under which the bituminous coal industry is now regulated through a price-fixing mechThe law, enacted four years ago, will expire April 26. Its backers have proposed a two-year extension without amendments, arguing that an unusual set cf conditions has prevented a fair test of the act. Orders Hearings March 11 Heads of the United Mine Workers have been campaigning against hearings, which they fear might produce proposals for changes in the law.
The majority of the Ways and Means Committee took the stand
with the usual legislative processes to deny opponents a chance to be heard. It ordered hearings for March 11. That is the same. day that softcoal operators and the United Mine Workers will meet in New York to begin their biennial negotiations for a labor contract. The present agreement expires at midnight March 31. A shutdown of soft-coal mines is threatened unless a new contract is negotiated.
Negotiations Affected
A shutdown during the national defense production drive would be regarded. more seriously’ than two years ago, when mines were idle for a month. Both miners and operators regard an extension of the Guffey Act as virtually affecting the terms of a new contract. Thus it is assured that the wage-hour negotiations will be affected by Congressional fprogress, and may have to await
| William Prange,’ .
Farmer, Is Dead
* A RESIDENT of the Cumberland community all his life, William C. Prange died there yester-
day in his home after a fiveweek illness. He was 90. Mr. Prange was a farmer and is survived by two sons, Charles and George W. Prange; two daughters, Miss Mary Prange and Mrs. Ida Kleinman; a brother, Christian Prange, and four sisters, Mrs. Louisa Piel, Mrs. Christina Brinkman, Mrs. Sophie Schackel and Mrs. Mary Bade. Funerai services wili be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow in the home and at 2:30 p. m. in St. John’s Evangelical Reform Church. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery.
The first public Americar initiation is Irvington will '® at 8 p. m. March 14, when It Post 38 will induct 42 new: bers at Howe High School. . = , 'The work will be given by ritual team of Voiture 145 of 40 and 8. The new national : and standard, recently aw: d to the post; will be dedicated. The color guard of the 12th district will advance and retire the colors: + Guest of honor will be Ink p Department Commander Ji Jong Wa kins. He will be accompanied other department Legion officials. furnished by the Howe High. School band.
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