Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 March 1941 — Page 22

LONDONERS FACE HOUSEHOLD LOSS

If-Bombs Don’t Damage the Furniture, Those Moving It Out Do So.

By: ROBERT DAWSON United Press Staff Correspondent . LONDON, March 11—The war may -be over before the average bombed-out Londoner is compensated for his wrecked housé€ and even then - he may not get what it cost him ‘The experience of a friend of mine is typical of what has happened to hundreds of householders in London and throughout Britain. : My friend is William McBride, an accountant. He is married and has no children. His house, on the outof London, ‘stopped one” about four months ago. . “The bomb hit in ‘the back garden,” he told me, “While my wife ‘and myself were sitting in the front of the house. The house was wrecked

but we were not touched except for’

‘a slight case of shock. * Town Council Help

“Most of the furniture also escaped damage but the employees of the local council apparently rectified ‘that later.” The McBrides left their house that night and went to stay with ‘friends. ‘ A few days later they rented another house. Several days after the bomb hit, the Town Council workers removed all the furniture that could be salvaged and put it in storage. Bill entered a claim for the value of the house and. furniture, mostly kitchenware: and a refrigerator. So ‘far Bill still.is waiting to hear what he has -coming and when he will get it.” In the meantime, McBride went around to the building where his ‘furniture was stored ‘to have the carpets taken to the cleaners preparatory to putting them -in his new . house. He found that the furniture had been taken to another storage place and, apparently, tossed there in a heap. Damaged in Removal

“What the bomb missec ” sai Bill, “the furntiure handlers finished. They badly damaged our best pieces and the. council declines to make any responsibility. If the furniture had been damaged by the bomb I could have made a claim, but now it looks. like I'll have to stand the cost myself.” Under a pending war damage insurance Bill, a householder, is entitled to recover the value of his house and the value of chattels up to $1200. If he can establish necessity he can draw up to $3200 in advance : against the value of his damaged house for the purpose. of acquiring new premises. Otherwise the settlement probably will be delayed until the war is over. “But there are lots of complications. In one case a house was destroyed and the owner claimed $3000. But the authorities allowed only what the house was assessed as its market value at the time of the bombing. This was $2000. In another case $720 worth of furniture was destroyed and the owner got $480.

BUS STRIKE IN N. Y. CAUSES SUBWAY JAM

" NEW YORK, March 11 (U. P.).— Subway and Elevated lines were jammed to capacity and taxicab revenues soared today as the strike of 3408 bus company employees, immobilizing 1305 Manhattan busses which 800,000 persons normally use daily, entered its second day with ho sign of settlement. * With the city’s business borough deprived of 95 per cent of its surface transportation, officials of the Transport Workers Union remained firm in their demands that the operators offer “reasonable” counter proposals to their demand for a 25

ONE THOUSARS young Hoosiers are to meel here this week-end to plan for the future. The future of 'America, the church and the individual will be discussed by United Brethren youth and denominational offi.cials They will meet for the first young people’s retreat ever held on the Indiana Central Cdlleze campus.

tral Student Christian Associa=tion, Families in University Heights are preparing their; guest rooms and it is expected that the college dormitories and dining room will be “stretched” to capacity. Young people will preside, furnish music, take palit in forums, worship, play and hhve meals together. They will show and explain the college tp prospective students. . The retreat will begin and end with mass meetings'addressed by Dr. D. T. Gregory ef Dayton, in the University Hejghts United Brethren Church. Dr. Gregory is

istration of the United Brethren Church. : “Boy and Girl Mriendships— Making the Most of Them” will be the subject of discussions led by Prof. James Weber of the faculty. Prof. Weber is a one-time Indiana Central student whé raised and sold a cow to enter college and kept himself there by firinig furnaces. Dr. O..T. Deever of Dayton, father of Dr. John 'W. Deever of Indianapolis, college physician, will lead the discussion, “Wise Use of Leisure Time.” Dr. Deever Sr. is general secrétary of the U. B. Board of Education. A discussion of “How to Develop My Personal Life” will be led by Dr. D. H. Gilliatt of Bonebrake Theological Seminary, formerly of the Indiana Central ‘faculty; and a discussion of “How to Choose My Life Work,” by {he Rev. Craig Brandenberg of Terre Haute. Others on the program are Dr. B. H. Cain of Warsaw, Ind., St. Joseph Conference ‘superintend-

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‘Non-Farm Rural Population Show Best Gain In 1940 Cerisus.

Times Special * WASHINGTON, March 11. Hoosier families still ! (are fond of living in the villages and small towns, a Census Bureau report disclosed today. While 44.9 per cent of the families represented in the total 1940 population of 3,427,796 in Indiana was reported as rurfl, only the “non-farm” rural families increased in percentage in relgtion to the population as a whole: Census Bureau officials list “nonfarm” rural families a¢ those living in the country but not on farms and those in unincotporated villages and incorporated towns of less than 2500. These non-farm fra families represented 19.6 per ‘cent of the total population of the State in 1930 and increased to 21.2 per cent in 1940. While the rural farm families were 25 per .cent:!in 1930 and 23.7 in 1940, the report, shows. The total rural population in 1940 was 1,540,084 as compated to 1442,611 in 1930, a 6.8 per cent rural increase. i ————ie te AUHAGEN DIVORCED LAS VEGAS, Nev., March 11 (U. P.) —Irmgard Aue Auhagen yesterday divorced Dr. Frederich A. Auhagen, former Columbia University professor who recently was indicted on charges of failure to register as

per cent wage increase and other benefits.

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By MAJOR AL WILLIAMS Times Aviation Editor In the night—disaster all around them, silence broken only by the drip of a cold rain, and murmurs and moans of injured people—one

cool voice sounded repeatedly: “Don’t strike a match, there's gasoline all around us.” That was the voice of Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, the voice of the airman, fighting down his own fear and that of his: torn companions. Fighting against the human, panicky impulse to see what actually had happened— an impulse which would have destroyed them all. Maj. Williams The dramatist is tempted to overpaint such a scene, such a crash in the Georgia woods at midnight. The’ realist sees something else. He sees America’s first .and greatest air hero displaying his true colors. No grandstand. No cheering crowd. ‘The odds were all against him, but he held fast and stubbornly, refusing light to see his own wounds or the wounds of those stricken with him. Hold the danger where it is; don’t do what you want to do. Don’t do what panic inspires you to do. Steady! + No matter what else you think of airmen, they are hard-headed, cool, calculating realists. And “Rick” is one of those airmen who warned his

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in Europe's constantly recurring wars. Hold fast. Steady. Hold the danger where it is. Like other youngsters, I once fought for the privilege of carrying the bats and gloves of my baseball heroes. Maybe I am doing the same thing now. ‘But like many another man, I have struggled from under the wreckage of a plane that a few seconds before had been a thing of gleaming beauty. The doctors underestimated “Rick’s” fighting heart, his will to live. They didn’t know the spirit that flames in this man who has grinned many times in the bright face of danger. There were other heroes and heroines in that crash—gallant people. But “Rick” is our man, and he didn’t faii us. He’s on our team. He’s our best example. We've got a right to look up to him. If words could only explain this spirit of American aviation, you could understand better why the fists of airmen clench when oldsters with dandruff on their shoulders try to scare Americans by talking

course, the airmen -fight and plead for the best and fastest planes. Realists, they won't tolerate unnecessary odds. But there are’ flying men in

thousands of these this country, and though they've never told -me, I know what's in their hearts. Any kind of an airplane can be loaded to the last ounce with high explosive and flown smack against the hull and bridge of anything that floats. -And these thousands would welcome the chance i stop any invading force.

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News of Colleges—

PUBLICITY MEN TO MEET FRIDAY

100 College Aids Expected - At: 2-Day Session in Hotel Washington.

College and university publicity directors from the six states of the Sixth District of the American Publicity Association will open a twoday convention at the Hotel Washington Friday. Approximately 100 are expected to attend. The theme of the meeting will be “Colleges and Universities in the National Defense Program.” The convention will close with a banquet Saturday, followed by a business session.. Delegates will be guests of the Butler University Athletic Department at the annual Butler Indoor Relays that night. . ” ” ”

Lilly Aid to Speak J. T. Bryant, micro-analyst for the organic research department of Eli Lilly & Co., will be the guest speaker at a meeting of the Chemistry Forum at 8 p. m. today in the Jordan Memorial Hall at Butler. He will speak on “The Role of the Micrqo-Chemist in Research.” The forum is conducted by the Butler University Student Affiliate Chapter

of the Americen Cheinical Society. =

John Corr Chialnin. ’

John Carr, of Indjanapolis, has been named general chairman of the committees and activities for the annual Butler University Senior Class Ball June 4, which will climax social activities preceding gradua-

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Relays To Be Discussed

The Butler Relays will be discussed at a monthly meeting of the Butler Alumni Club of Indianapolis: at 6 p. m. Wednesday in the Canary Cottage. Miss Joan Fox, relay queen, and Raymond Sears, director of the relays, will be honor guests.

SMOOTH RIVETING

CUTS PLANE ‘DRAG’

By Science Service

WASHINGTON, March 11.—A new method of riveting, especially valuable for airplanes in putting together the metal sheets that form its outer shell, is one of the 770 inventions protected this week with patents from the U. S. Patent Office. This method give a perfectly smooth outer surface, without the projecting domed rivet heads used in earlier methods. It possesses great strength and makes an airtight seal, important where the cabin pressure of a plane at high altitude is kept at. its sea level value. Invented by Vladimir H. Pavlecka, of Santa Monica, Cal, rights on the idea are assigned to the Douglas Aircraft Co. Though especially designed ‘ for aircraft construction, Mr. Pavlecka states that his invention will be of use in other industries as well. At the high speeds reached by modern planes, even the slight projections made by old style rivets cause a noticeable drag and loss of speed. In this invention, the rivet is hammered into a hole in the sheets to be joined. The conical head of the rivet bends down the metal around the hole in the sheets until it is flush with the surface. Then, while the hammer is still in place, a piston-like rod in the hole of the rear support is driven up,

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hte rivet over the inside of the metal sheets. Thus, on the inside of the plane, there are small humps, but these do not affect the speed.

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League Drafts Fight on Crime

MEMBERS of the Grandview " Civic League will meet at 7:30 o'clock tonight to map a program of community protection against burglars and vandals. Protesting a reported wave of thefts and house entries in the neighborhood, the league has urged residents to keep windows and doors locked and money out of view and to telephone police to report. entry of homes or presence of prowlers. Following the business session the civic club will hear a talk on “Seventeen Years in the Philippines” by Mrs. W. D. Clifford of Manila, Philippine Islands.

AMERICA 1ST OPENS

CHICAGO, March 11 (U. P.).— National headquarters of the America. First Committee today announced a drive to enlist additional members in all states as part of an intensified “anti-war” campaign. R. Douglas Stuart Jr., a rational director, said the committee vegarded Senate passage of the LendLease Bill fo raid to Britain as “merely an incident in a greater battle to keep America at peace.” Field organizers will be sent from national headquarters to form new local chapters in every stale, the committee said, and mass meetings will be organized to hear addresses by Senate leaders of the fight against the Lend-Lease Bill. The committee now claims 650 chapters and more ‘than 500,000 active members in the nation. Gen. Robert E. Wood, acting national chairman, said that the committee intends to continue operations and to “remind the President continually of his pledges to keep our eountry at peace.”

9 RESCUED FROM RAFT HONOLULU, March 11 (U, P.).— Capt. Chester Jackson of the steamer Hawaii radioed today that the motorship Stanley Cochrane had sunk and he had rescued nine survivors from a small raft. He said two members of the crew, David Hakuano and Harold Smyth, were missing in a skiff. The Stanley Cochrane sank Sunday night, in rough seas off the island of Molokai.

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