Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 June 1941 — Page 11

) and Leland Larrison, Terre Haute,

oor Survivors Say " Reports Conflict on essel’s Cargo.

“NEW ORLEANS, June 27 (U. P.). —Nine happy survivors of the torpedoed |American merchantman Robin Moor were on United States soil today, more than a month after they took to their lifeboats in the middle of the south Atlantic Ocean. ‘All were deeply tanned from the

19 days they had spent floating in|

a lifeboat, on a ration of three biscuits a day, before their rescue by the Brazilian steamer Osorio.

Delt Argentino of the Mississippi Shipping Co., which: picked them up at Recife, Brazil. Most of them said they had heard conflicting reports of what the Robin Moor was carrying. Richard Carlisle, Maywood, Cal.,, a fireman, said the Robin Moor had paid the]. highest premium offered on any boat—$50 a month, besides base bay. “All the sailors knew what they were doing and where they were going,” he said. “It’s nothing to go t6 war about.”

STATE PHARMACISTS INSTALL OFFICERS

SOUTH BEND, Ind. June 27 (U.

P.) —Charles D. Schreiber, Tell City, | »

today was installed as president of the Indiana Pharmaceutical Association which closed its 60th annual convention here. Mr. Schreiber succeeded Ira V. Rothrock, Mt. Vernon. Other officers are Harold V. Darnell, Indian-|i apolis, secretary; Harry J. Borst, Indianapolis, treasurer; Oscar E. Rusisell, Elkhart, first vice president,

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der and then wraps it up in paper and sends it along to the steamship line or the Maritime Commission. He's turned out more than 20,000 ship models, reproductions of all kinds of vessels afloat, uncannily accurate in scale, down to every winch, spar, windlass and hatch. While most of his work is done on order for the big lines, he’ll make copies for anyone who's got the money. Right now he is a curious but important part of the frantic efforts to whip the American merchant marine into defense service,

Upon order from the commission and the American-South African ;Line, Mr. Lewis is turning out models of new freighters, scaled an eight of an inch to the foot. These models go to the offices of the commission, where they are placed on display in glass cases, so that a three dimensional

(ways available. Ten Models of Liner Models are sent out by the commission, hy the American-South African Line, by the United States Line and other lines, to remote portions of the world, to Ylaces where American shipping offices

}/are maintained, so that there, for

all to see, are models of our merchant fleet. Mr. Lewis made ten models of the new President Jackson, for the American President Line, dozens of models of the new freighters sent out by the Commission to carry supplies to beleagured Britain in all parts of the world.

When he is finished with a model, the ship line and the Commission send out naval architects who inspect every inch of the model, measure every little portion of it to see that it is an exact reproduction. It always is. Mr. Lewis receives original blue prints from the different lines and scales them down to size himself.

He made a model of the giant liner America, -now in government service. It now reposes in the offices of the commission in Washington. Eight feet long, it is a perfect reproduction. It took seven months, and occupied a dozen different men. It cost $2500:

Cost From $600

Reproductions of these ship models range in price from $600 or $700 upward, depending upon the size of the ship, its complexity and the number of models ordered. ot

The reproductions are made entirely out of wood—usually California sugar pine—with a minimum of metal trim. Exact repro-

turned out like parts of a watch. None of these vessels is designed to float. Mr. Lewis explained that no ship—ireighter or sailing vessel—could . be: reoroduced exactly in a model and floated. While the proportions of the vessel could be scaled accurately, the conditions of the water and wind and air remain constant, and make certain alterations necessary. Similarly, he said, a model rdcing boat could be made to sail perfectly: but if the vessel were reproduced full size it wouldn’t work at all without many changes of line. He almost never sees originals of the vessels he models and never boards them. He hates ships—full size. .He hates to ride on them. He takes his exercise on land. He lives with his wife and three children in Glen Ridge, N. J., and it is a matter of constant annoyance to him that he has actually to cross water to get home every night. :

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1ST RIVER BLVD. UNIT FINISHED

2-Drive Scenic Route to Be Open Soon; Playground Attendance Grows.

Indianapolis’ first river boulevard

will be open in a few weeks. It is White River Blvd., nearly completed from 38th to Michigan Sts.

Construction of a segment of the boulevard from 30th to 38th Sts. was finished with the completion of the first unit of the $5,000,000 flood control program on White River. The

levees. on both sides of the river and will be known as East and West drives.

' At its meeting yesterday, the Marion County Flood Control Board dedicated the boulevard segment to the Park Board which accepted it. Barriers at the 30th and 38th Sts. enfrances will be taken down as soon as the Park Department surfaces the roadway.

The boulevard will provide a scenic short cut for residents on the North Side who drive to the West Side or to Perry Stadium.

From 38th St. south, the boulevard drives follow both sides of White River to the Naval Armory. From there, the East Drive is open to 16th St. and in several weeks will be open to Michigan and eventually to New York St. The West Drive can be used from 16th south to Washington St.

Other’ units of the big WPA flood program south of the City are being suspended because of the cut in WPA personnel for non-defense projects, the Flood Board was informed. o

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Playground Attendance Up

Attendance for the first week of City playground operation shows a 10 per cent increase over the first week last year, the Recreation Department reported today. Although the number of play centers has been cut down this year from 70 to 63, the attendance has shot up from 61500 in the first week of 1940 to 68,000 this year.

The daily average number of children using the playgrounds this year is about 11,300. At Garfield Park alone, 797 children are on the playground daily. Willard Park had a daily average of 642 and Northwestern 561. One of the reasons for the increase advanced by the Recreation Department is better community organization. Another is Daylight Saving Time.

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Favor Douglas Center

Park Board members are in full sympathy with the Federation of Associated Clubs which advocated th2 construction of a community center at Douglas Park yesterday. Although the park is 25 years old, it has no shelter house, no community building of any kind. 5 The Board plans to build the first unit of a. three-unit community house next year—provided $5000 for this purpose is approved in the 1941 budget. Two City Councilmen before whom the budget will pass are in favor of the appropriation.

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Red life saving at the St. beach will begin tomorrow. William H. Merrill, life saving director of the Indianapolis Chapter, American Red Cross, and Walter Dean of the Recreation Department, will head the staff of instructors. Classes will be held every Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday through the summer. : :

on Fear Poison Ivy?

Qne of the lesser-known services of the City Health Department is the spotting of poison ivy for anxious citizens who are afraid the uncomfortable plant may be growing in their backyards—as it sometimes does. The Department inspector will spot the plant for the householder, but it is up to the property owner to remove it.

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TALKS ON NAVY WORK HERE

“What the Navy Is Doing in Marion County” will be discussed by Commander Boyd Phelps of the Naval Reserve Radio School here at the Scientech Club meeting Monday noon in the Board of Trade Building. Chief Petty Officer L. L. Longer will show a sound film, “Submarines at Sea.”

linking the North Side to Downtown |"

boulevard drives were built atop of |-

Rhodius Park pool and at the 26th-

This handsome new auditorium under construction at the U. S. Veterans Hospital will be ready for Scheduled for completion July 31, the finishing touches probably will be delayed a couple of weeks because of difficulty in obtaining materials resulting from defense prioriThe $140,000 structure will have a stage, and seats for 320; its first floor will have a large lounge It will be connected by tunnel to the other buildings of the hospital group. The con-

use within the next two months.

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Model Planes—

Veteran, Youngster Share Bloomington Meet Prizes

By DAVID MARSHALL

Between them, two Indiana Gas Model Association fliers—one a veteran, the other a coming youngster —captured a goodly share of the places in the meet at Bloomington last Sunday. 7 Old-timer William Keough flew two of his originally designed ships, both powered with Ohlsson 60 motors, to second and sixth places in the gas event. Charles Myers, 15-year-old who learned a lot about rubber-powered ships from the late Robert Romeiser and is using that knowledge! to win for IGMA, took secand and third in the rubber-powered division. > This doubling up was possible since the contest was the open class type wherein you can fly as many different ships in any or al] events as long as you plunk down that entrance fee for each ship. Sunday Perfect Day Sunday was a cloudless day and hot—just the kind of weather for the small ships. Thermals there were aplenty and everyone seemed to be catching his share.

Basil Porter of Anderson topped the gas event pilots with a longest-

flight of 33 minutes, an average of |

12 minutes. His ship was a Comet Zipper powered by-a Comet 35, the same ship and motor his winning the event brought him.

an average of 10:25 with a best single flight of 27:35.,5. To take sixth his average was: 5:42, his longest single flight 12:25. In winning second he got a Comet Sailplane kit. Howard Bonner of Anderson flew his Comet Sailplane (Ohlsson 60) for an average of 6:38 to win the third prize—a Comet Mercury kit. Other gas event winners with their average times were: Fourth, Harold Poore\ Anderson, 6:30; fifth, James Bennett Jr., Indianapolis, 6:11; seventh, Harold Stofer, Indianapolis, 5:20. Howard Mitchell of Bloomington was the victor in the rubber event finishing far out in front of the others with an average of 5:58, helped considerably by a single flight of 13:56. Young Myers had identical averages of 1:12 in finishing second and third while Luther Hayes of FrankIn 3% fourth with an average of 1:09.

” 2 ” Explains Model Engines There's g trick to starting a model gasoline motor, and as many difficult tricks as there are motors. But a new book entitled “Model Gasoline Engines” is aimed at educating model pilots in the principles of miniature two-cycle engines. Its numerous drawings and photographs will familiarize the model builder about to take that major step in his modeling career—the construction of a gasoline-powered craft—with the various features of the more popular motors. It describes in detail the operation of miniature engines, how to take care of-them, what to look for when something goes wrong, the points to check before purchasing an engine, some of the fundamentals of

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planes, how to install the engines in these models and finally: has a chapter on radio control of model planes. The book was written by Raymond F. Yates, who knows the model builders’ language. He's the in-

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TWO ‘BRUSHING UP’ FOR AIR CORPS TESTS

Two Hoosier young men who aspire to become U. S. Army fliers are taking a summer course at Shortridge High School to prepare for the Ai¥ Corps examinations here Aug. 12. . They are Hank Greenberg, 23, Indianapolis, and Arthur McMahan, 22, of Alexandria, Ind. In addition to the Shortridge course, they are taking advanced subjects at the Indiana University Extension School.

HUNGARY JOINS IN WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

BUDAPEST, Hungary, June 27 (U. P.).—Hungary joined Germany in the war against Russia today, giving as its reason, Russian air raids on Hungarian towns yesterday. Soon after it had been officially announced here that a/state of war existed between Hungary and Russia, news was received that there had been an explosion at the military ammunition depot at Nagyteteny. The number of casualties was not immediately known. i A Government investigation was started. Authoritative informants said that 20 persons had been killed and 41 wounded, 18 of them seriously, in a Russian raid yesterday on Kassa, in northern Hungary. Direct

bomb hits were made on military.

buildings, the central post office and 20 homes, it was asserted. There was an air raid in Budapest yesterday when two planes said to be Russian passed over. It was asserted that one person was killed and three more wounded when Russian planes machine

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WORK IS HALTED BY NIGHT RIDERS | Defense Project Builder | Believes Labor Agitators

Are Responsible.

KEY WEST, Fla., June 27 (U.P). —Sheriff Rerlin Sawyer said today that he would deputize 100 men if necessary to provide day and night protection to workers on a $400,000

1 defense housing project here, who

have been terrorized by a mob of 60 hooded night riders. The mob beat two carpenters and threatened others in their sleeping quarters. Gov. Spessard L. Holland, en route to Atlantic City, asked Sheriff Sawyer for a full report on the vioe lence. Edward Walker, superintendent for the Lester Preu Co. of Miami, said the mobsmen, wearing white hoods, entered the workers’ barracks at the Preu Co. project brandishing guns, clubs and rocks. Two carpene ters fled in an automobile but were overtaken on the Overseas Highway which connects Key West with the mainland and were beaten, he said.

Reported Last Night

The attack occurred early yestere day but was not reported to authore ities until lat; night. Lester Preu Jr. son of the cone struction company’s owner, said at Miami that®he believed the hooded men were labor agitators.

The tompany received an anonys mous telephone call several days ago, threatening “trouble” if union men were not employed on the project, he said. Tuesday night, a dynamite charge was exploded “about 100 yards from our cottage,” he said. “That was to scare us,” Mr. Preu said. “The next day we went back to work and all seémed well. Then, late at night—around midnight—a mob of about 200 or 300 cloaked fig« ures visited us and forced us to leave the island.™ He jsajd he did not know when work ‘would be resumed.

Two Men Fled

Sheriff Sawyer said company offi cials blamed the attack on their refusal to grant a “closed shop” on the project. Mr. Walker said that when the mob appeared, he advised the men to “sit tight and see what this is all about.” The two carpenters, Fred Nunnally and W. Parry, ran for their automobile and some of the mob fired shots at them, Mr, Walker said. Mr. Nunnally and Mr. Parry reached the automobile but were

gunned an express train on its way

to Budapest yesterday.

overtaken and beaten, he said.

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