Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 March 1941 — Page 5

TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1041

POLICE LEARN HOW TO HANDLE BOMBS

They’re Practicing in Use of Three Devices to Squelch Any Infernal Devices Planted to Mar Defense; “Suicide Squad’ Detailed to Work.

The workshop at Police Headquarters, these days, resembles a bomb factory, in reverse. Instead of making bombs, Chief Miehael F. Morrissey and members of his “suicide squad” are testing their ingenuity at perfecting devices for handling bombs and making

thers harmiges. Robert Zoll 16, of 1257 N TY obert Zollner, 16, of 12 . They're getting ready to Tremont St. said he found it at

cope with any emergency that stout Field. He told Merle Capmight arise in connection with linger, a neighbor, at 1447 N. Tre-

Chief Morrissey

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> : {mont and they brought the “bomb” Indianapolis’ national defense to headquarters. picture Experts gingerly fingered the ob- : ject, held a hurried conference and Although there have been soon decided that the object was a : weight used to anchor free tadio several bomb scares hn recent aerials from airplanes, and probmonths, none of them panned ably broke off and dropped from an ” Army plane recently, . out, and the only bombs the At present, police are working on police have handled have been three major bomb-squelchers. | One is described as a “bomb ;box.” those they made themselves . |Devised by members of the departfor experimenting with their ment, it consists of sections of foursafety devices. . inch thick felt mattress sewed toThe new squad experienced an- gether (by a mattress factory) in , other: homb the shape of a box. : x estore This is intended to be used for PR o Wt iv| carrying suspected bombs frbm a didn't last’ long. Puilding. Two West Then an Oil Drum Sige 1 residen)s The second device is an oil drum, police station | Which in case of an emergency | w er e ushered would be filled with cil. If the into the cap- homb should be found fo be. operha In > office ated by a clock device, it would be ow nervously hand-|ojl, The theory is that the oil ed over a pear-| would penetrate the bomb, gura up shaped metal the works of the clock and thus ken wire on one et ih dm 2 snd; prevent the bolts from = ‘exploding. on the other. | The third device, a modification (of an idea . obtained from the Bridgeport, Conn., Police Department, is a “bomb buster.” An unused boiler, 30 inches in diameter and built of quarier-inch steel, was salvaged from tie police headquarters basement and, after one end is sawed off, will be| mounted on- a trailer being built in ¥ the police garage. Bombs of the fuse or detbnator type will be placed in this *‘bomb buster” while being hauled’ to a place of safety. If the homb should explode en route, no harm would be Idone as the force of the blast would go out the open top, skyward. | And Another Idea Chief Morrissey is considering the lidea of welding a series of ®baffle] {plates inside the boiler. Then they can be studied in the police Jabora-

they geposited—gently—in this drum of|-

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This shot was taken the hard

for a trick effect, photographer Charles S. Weisenberg of Portland,

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SUPERPAN FILM

SPEED GREATER

Less Sensitive to Red Now; 6 Accessories for New Ektra Introduced.

If you have been surprised in get-

ting away with shots on Superpan|

Press for which you thought you didn’t have quite enough light, there's a reason. Those fellows in Binghamton have very quietly slipped in a little more “oomph” into the emulsion and increased the speed consider-

hair blowing back. Selected as the picture of the month by Popular Photography, it was taken at F8 on Super-XX at 1/440 second with

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Colorado Puts A Tax on Blood

By Science Service

DENVER, March 11.—At last | they are taxing blood. New regulations issued by the sales, service and use tax division of the Colorado state treasurer's office decree: “Blood is in some instances obtained, classified, stored and sold in a manner similar to other items of tangible personal property, by what are usually termed ‘blood banks.’ “Where this item is handled in this manner and dealt with at a definite commercial price, and | purchased trom a person or per-

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All three devices will be!

ably, They have not given the film | sons engaged in the business of

__ THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES — ——— SRE Fewer Draftees Needed

WASHINGTON, March 11 (U,

U. S. NAVAL MEN LAUGH AT GAYDA

Declare Britain to Receive Virtually All of Supplies Starting Overseas.

By EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER is Ti Co ad hioao Day News, Inc WASHINGTON, March 11.—Ironic laughter was the only answer that Afnerican naval men were giving to-

day to the grandiloquent statement by Benito Mussolini's mouthpiece, Virginio Gayda, that “the Axis coun-ter-blockade in the Atlantic Ocean will not permit United States aid to reach the besieged island,” meaning Britain. Considering that the Senate by a two-thirds voted down repeated amendments to the lend-lease bill that might have stood in the way, people .in this capital are convinced that this country intends not only to send all possible aid to the British, but to see that it goes to its desination. “Gayda has a bad memory,” one naval officer finally remarked. “He reminds me of Bethmann-Hollweg in 1907 declaring that because the American soldiers could neither fly nor swim, they would never reach France. In the same way, if this country has decided that our aid to Britain is to reach British ports, you can believe that 99 and 44 one-hun-dredths of all we send will get there intact, come hell, come Hitler.”

in the Army since last June that called under the Selective Service

the first year of the conscription planned to call 800,000 men during the first year; now they expect to call only 600,000. The rate of regular three-year enlistment—265,000 since last June —has been so favorable that officials are considering putting a “ceiling” of 500,000 on the number

of enlisted men in the Army, There are 467,000 regulars now, the largest regular Army in history since the World War force was a “national army.” War Department officials estimated yesterday that the Army’s strength now is 1,003,500 officers and men, the biggest since June 21, 1919, when the 4,000,000 soldiers of the World War Army were demobilized to 1,040,846. The current break-down showed 68,500 officers, including regulars, National Guard, and reserves on active duty, and 935,000 men— 467,000 regulars, 255,000 mobilized National Guardsmen, and 213,000 selective service draftees. ? Many of the enlistments since last June were needed to offset men completing their service. Those losses ranged from 5000 to 8000 men monthly. If a “ceiling” is imposed on the regular Army, it was indicated that Army recruiting. would be concentrated on obtaining replacements and sufficient men ior

the expanding flying cadet program.

1,418,000 soldiers by July 1, official quarters said today. That would be 200,000 fewer draftees than oriignally planned for

P.).—So many men have enlisted only 400,000. more will have to be Act to reach the Army’s goal of

T0 JEALOUSY

program, Officials said they had

HOHENLOHE RELEASE IS OPPOSED BY U, S.

Whose Wife Was Friend Of Chicago Victim,

CHICAGO, March 11 (U. P.).— Police sought a jealous husband to

shots into the body of Joseph R.

SLAYING LAID +

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Police Seek Insurance Man

day as the killer who fired six rifle .

SAN FRANCISCO, March 11 (U./fgorenz, a chemical engineer, and -

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P)—The Government is Seter- lef} him dying on a sidewalk in mined to keep Princess Stefanie front of his fashionable apartment

hotel. Haertiohe Ser Rivest. until, she Mr. Lorenz, 47, was slain last S eported, Inight as he walked to his home U. 8. Attorney Thomas Lynch|from a corner newsstand, scarcely had received orders from the Attor- | half a block away. Police said nine

ney General's office in Washington |Shots were fired at close range from

to oppose “on all legal grounds” her |

release from the U.S. Public Health | Service Hospital, at the immigra-,

tion station, where she has been,

held virtually incommunicado since Saturday. Her attorneys attempted to obtain a writ of habeas corpus for her release. Attorney Stephen White protested that it was not customary for the Government to refuse bail to a person on a warrant. “There are many things now to which only the U. S. Attorney General has the answer,” Federal Judge | A. F. St. Sure told him. He ordered the U. S. Attorney to show cause why Stefanie should not. be released on bail, if the writ were granted, and set Thursday for

{nita away from me.”

a hearing.

a 22-caliber rifle. Three bullets entered Mr. Lorenz’ head, three others struck his shoulders. A warrant was issued for the are rest of Walter Appelt, 32, an insure ance collector. Appelt's wife, Wae nita, 28, told police she had been “keeping company” with Mr. Lorenz and had planned to divorce hep husband. She abandoned Appelt’s home two years ago, police said, and for the last year had lived in an aparte ment maintained by Mr. Lorenz, Appelt went to the home of his wife's mother a week ago, police

|said, and warned the mother that

he'd “kill anybody who takes Wa Two days ago he borrowed a rifle from a friend. Police believe it was used

1in the slaying.

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‘bomb scare. : | | On a piece of ground owned by | the City and located just outside] ithe City limits, a deep hole is being | dug and lined with sandbags. Any) bombs that haven't exploded en! : (route will be placed in this hole,| od {after being photographed with al ry ‘portable X-ray machine the depart-! Don't lot po, {ment has obtained. good nature The X-ray photographs will show Your eyes examined + n {the inner workings and ihdicate Ed [how best to go about openihg the ; ‘bomb and making it harmless. { In order to tell whether a bomb Z lis of the clock or some other type, HN RC. | the squad has constructed a: device : | resembling a stethoscope. This is OptemetrisimOriice a6 attached to the end of a 20-foot pole, and permits members ‘of the squad to listen, in comparative “safety,” while listening to see if the bomb ‘‘ticks.” There is a content interchange of

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LUSTY ETT those who % Ng at the i i LAY) 13 LE TTS °rvous, excitable [1187 : be that way if

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We tween the police departments of! il LL 1 lil. | Indianapolis and other major na-|

137 Ww. Washington St. [aonsl defense cities. |

For instance, this week Chief. Morrissey received a phone call EYES EXAMINED GLASSES ON CREDIT

from an official of the Hartford! Conn., department. asking details of | his oil drum idea.

“Yes, We Are Old Enough TO VOTE”

It's the American way of letting the world know that we have reached the state of manhood. Our vision has broadened and responsibilities increased—28 years of experience has shown us the way to plan for the future. |

Established 28 Years Garrett F.Kirby Robert E. Kirby James T. Kirby

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they think it’s somewhere around 150 Weston outdoors and about 100 Weston indoors. So, if you've been shooting at the

getting by all right with probably a little increase in density. In addition to the change in speed, the nature of the emulsion has been altered somewhat. The film has been made less sensitive to red, so that the rendering of lips and ' skin is better—not so much trouble with pale mouths. That was about the only criticism you ever could make of fast pans. The film also has a special coating, or overcoating, which makes it easier to retouch. And people think that if you use a red filter with this new film you will get something pretty nifty in gradations. Not a red-orange filter—a regular red one. Red filters slow up exposure speed a lot, but with such

\ideas on bomb prepardedness be- fast film you can afford it on out-|

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6 Extra Accessories

Eastman now comes out with six accessory items for precision instruments, the new 35 mm. Kodak Ektra. They include a special flash synchronizer, ground-glass focusing

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| back, view finders for high, low and | right-angle work, a close range and

view finder, and a special tripod clearance head. The close range-and-view finder is intended for use with the 50 mm. Ektar F19 lens at short distances, like 3'2 down to 1'2 feet, and with the addition of the Kodak Portra 3 plus supplementary lens, down to 102 inches. Its fancy features include a single eyepiece for range and view finder, automatic parallax correction, a vernier scale for distances shorter than 1%. feet and an internal mask. + With the high-low angle finder you can shoot from waist-level along with a tripod or other firm support... The right-angle finder is for nabbing those unposed shots as well as for shooting in tight spots

{ where you can't face the subject.

BRUSHES BARRED JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (U. P.) — Hair brushes have been barred from barber shops in Missouri as unsanitary.

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be deemed to be the sale of tangible personal property, and subject to the sales tax.” The Colorado sales tax is 2 per cent. | Blood passed directly from donor to receiver is not taxed. As the Colorado service tax originally stood, it might have been,

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to protests against collection of the service tax on humanitarian services, repealed it so far as those services are concerned,

HALLECK PLEADS FOR DEFENSE ‘WATCHDOG’

Times Special | | WASHINGTON, March 11.—As a | member of the House Rules Com-| mittee, Representative Charles A.| Halleck (R. Ind.) took the House | floor today to urge creation of a| nine-member special committee to| keep constant check on the defense! program and expenditures. | Such a committee already has ‘been set up by the Senate. Representative Halleck will not be | a member of the House committee, | he said. “While I'think that the legisla-| tive committees, such as Military | Affairs and Naval Affairs, have a constant job to check on the de-! fense program handled by them, I| also believe that an independent | committee has an: over-all job to do in this tremendous defense un-| dertaking,” Representative Halleck | declared. | “They can represent the House! as a whole. It will be far better to! have this constant check as we go| |.along and straighten out any faults| | in the program than to wait until the mistakes are all made and then use them for partisan political capital. “Patriotism should dictate such a! course for both Republicans and | Democrats.”

RECAPTURE THREE MILITARY PRISONERS

ROANOKE, Va. March 11 (U. P.).—Three military prisoners who escaped from Langley Field, Va. in a stolen car last night after slugging a guard were captured here today by the Virginia State] Highway Patrol. The three men were Army Pri-

Edward S. Fratten, 21, and Samuel E. Emler, 21, Cambridge, Mass. . They had been confined at Lang-

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