Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 August 1941 — Page 23

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th and while he was on duty, Patrol-

- Arlington, Tex., her niece.

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GRY HUSBAND KILLS WIFE, KIN

Enraged by Relatives’ Visit: Shoots Policeman, Too; Officers Kill Him.

FT. WORTH, Tex., Sept. 1 (u. P)). —Police said today that G. D. Driskill, 75, enraged because his paralyzed wife was visited by two rela‘tives, killed his wife and. the relatives and critically wounded a policeman. Officers routed Driskill from his home with tear gas and killed him. Mrs. Bessie McComas, who had nursed Mrs. Driskill, 69, for the last month, was the only witness. She said Driskill came into his wife’s room last night and began to quarrel with her about the relatives, Mrs. Fannie Moore, :65, of Dallas, Tex., Mrs. Driskill’s sister, and ‘Mrs. Ola Jordan, about 36, of

Driskill told his wife that Mrs. Moore and Mrs, Johnson would have to buy their own groceries as long as the visit lasted, because he and Mrs, Driskill drew a combined old-age pension of only $40 a month.

Shoots. Policeman, Too

Suddenly, in the middle of the argument, Mrs. McComas said, he grabbed a shotgun and killed his wife, as she sat in her wheel chair, Mrs. Moore and Mrs, Jordan fled from the room screaming, with Driskill in pursuit. He killed Mrs. ‘Jordan first, and shot Mrs. Moore as she prepared to leap from the back porch. . Mrs. McComas fled to a neighbor’s house and called police. Officer John Nash, 55, answered the call. Driskill waited until he stepped on the front porch and fired both barrels of the shotgun into his stomach, from a range of six feet. Police Surround House

Reinforcements were summoned and more than 100 officers besieged the house, while a crowd of 3000 looked on. Driskill took refuge in a back room and tear gas was thrown through the windows to drive him out. Coughing and chokg, he ran to a front window. He was killed by a volley of pistol and sawed-off shotgun fire. Police said the couple had not

Driskill wrote her sister and niece, asking them to stay with her. They arrived last Thursday. Driskill blamed them for his marital trouble. Mrs. Moore was a semi-invalid. Mrs. Jordan was ill. Driskill, a former county worker, ‘known by his neighbors as a mild and meek man and a devoted churchgoer and worker. ‘His son is a Christian minister.

POLICEMAN’S GUNS STOLEN BY BURGLAR

After putting in a hard day's work protecting the property of others, Patrolman Otto Mayes returned to his home at Apt. 2 at 2123 1 College Ave. last night, and found a burglar had entered his own home. During his absence from home

man ‘Mayes reported to headquarters, someone broke in and stole a 22 caliber Colt Automatic pistol and a 38 caliber Smith & Wesson revolver which had his name engraved on it. They also took 11 cents

[inserts metal identification, tags: in

Sheriff Wars on Sale of Junker Autos To Minors Without Consent of Parents

| The idea of an unemployed engineer is. helping to put the Army on blitz-

Sheriff Feeney and a mechanic look over one of the Jalopies

New Posts Are By Salvation

Salvation Army officers in Indiana] this week began taking over new posts &s changes of assignments were announced.

Col. Bertram . Rodda, retiring state commander, made public the following shifts of duty: Brigadier Harrison Robb from Michigan City, to be city com‘mander for Richmond, with increased status and promotion. Major W. H. Iles, from Mishawaka to Anderson; Capt. Loren Boone from Ft. Wayne to Fountain Square (Indianapolis); Adjutant William Hodson from Frankfort to Belmont (Indianapolis); Maj. Fred Summers from Logansport to Lafayette; Adjutant Henry Hansmeyer from Belmont (Indianapolis) to Logansport; Adjutant Russell Webster from Terre Haute to Frankfort, -- Others are Capt. Stanley Hook from Warsaw to Terre Haute; Capt. Alfred Muter from Columbia City to Warsaw, and Lieut. Donald Iles from Terre Haute to Ft. Wayne. Officers coming to Indiana from other states are: Adjutant William Rawlin of Fargo, N. D, to Misha-

Taken Over Army Officers)’

Moines, Ia., to Michigan City; Capt. Leonard Wilkins from : Chicago to West: Side (Indianapolis); Capt. John Grindle from Detroit to Columbia City. Cadet Albert Kelly is to go to the Chicago Training College ‘for officers. His office, that of Finance secretary for Indiana, will be filled by Adjutant Leah Schmuck of Chicago. Maj. John Kelly, Lafayette, has been assigned to Des Moines, Ia., to ‘become secretary for Youth. Work in Iowa. Maj. John O’Beirne, South Bend, takes command of the Salvation Army post in Bismarck, N. D. Capt. Donald Morse, Bloomington, who has been serving as chaplain at Ft. Eustis, Va., hag received orders to proceed to ‘the Panama Canal Zone as Transport Chaplain. Capt. Adam Wolf of the Men’s Lodge and Eventide Home, Indianapolis, has been promoted to the rank of adjutant, as has Capt. Nils Bonger, Kokomo. 1 Mrs. Capt. And , Anderson, has been promoted to the rank of adjutant and assigned as private secretary to Commissioner Ernest

waka; Capt. Edward Fookes, of Des

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By Science Service AMES, Iowa, Sept. 1.—A job that

would bring pallor to the cheek of

the hardiest cowboy that ever roped and branded an “ornery” steer is all part of | the day's work for Wilfred D. Crabbof the. Iowa Cooperative® Wildlife Research Unit, with headquarters at Iowa State College here. Mr. Crabb catches spotted drunks,

their ears—and ./gets away unsprayed. \ He uses a simple but effective box trap of his own devising, but they key implement in his tech-' nique is what he-calls a tagging chute. This is a narrow wooden tunnel, just big enough for the long, narrow body of the spotted skunk, but not wice enough to let the animal turn around. The

trapped skung is induced to enter

'No Scents on My Job,’ Says lowa Man Who Tags Skunks

the chute, and a wooden block is pushed in behind it to prevent backing out. The opposite end of the chute can be o d. As soon as the little furry head appears, Mr. €rabb seizes it with a leather loop or a pair of leather gloves. This is a precaution against being bitten. It is .then a simple matter to insert an earring-like metal tag with code identification inscription. Subsequent recapture of the tagged animal gives information regarding its age, migration range, etc. “Approximately 75 spotted skunks have been tagged . in this chute and not one of them’ has been able to pollute the operator with scent,” reports Mr. Crabb. The apparatus and technique for skunk-tagging will be described in detail in the forthcoming issue of the Juma of Wildlife Managemen

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 1—Clinching a wartime grip on the vastly

important oil resorucés of Persia, the British can give special thanks to a daring and tough-skinned Britishér, Sir Arnold Wilson, who years ago scouted for Persia's oil. Sir Arnold’s lively adventures, the milder of which include sleeping on the ground (the befter to hear rifle shots), wading naked in marshes, and riding horseback 100 miles in one day to a business appointment, are told in a timely publication of his diary in England. Soberly titled, “South-West Persia. A political officer’s diary, 1907-1914,” the volume brings back an era when most of southwest Persia had never been traversed by a surveyor. In his first year, Sir Arnold roamed 3000 miles of Persia on horseback and on foot. The next year, his government made him actinf consul at Mohammerah near the Persian Gulf. But his surveying went on. The island where the big

far from his headquarters, was one place where he worked, profitably. To win confidence and respect of tribes through whose mountain and desert country he traveled, Wilson did anything that an Arab would, and things that an Arab wouldn't. Wilson once leaped a 15-foot chasm of a river flowing 50 feet below, when Arabs, who were supposed to dare his leap, held back. The Wilson leap won prestige. Shooting an ibex at 600 feet was another Wilson stunt which made friends and influenced a prejudiced

Abadan refineries now stand, not so] -

Diary Bares Hardy Brifon's Risks in. Hunting Iran Oil

inland from Bushire on the Gulf, the hardy egplorer traveled by day through August heat, to avoid trouble with thieves. The sun was too hot for the marauders, and even Wilson's wax candles melted at night, but the mapping went on. On journeys where drinking water had to come from filthy and germladen cisterns, Wilson strained water through his shirt and somehgw lived on. Returning home on Yeave, his idea of a change was to work his passage as a stoker, doing double shifts so efficiently that fellow stokers gave him a dinner. He liked that tremendously.

CHINESE GIRLS VERSATILE

SAN FRANCISCO (U. P).— American born Chinese girls on the Pacific Coast never refuse a dare from their American sisters. Noel Toy is the best known night club bubble dancer and Gwen Wong, 17, is the best known soft ball pitcher.

STINGS KNOCK OUT BOY

MORRIS, Ill. (U. P.)—When a swarm of honey bees attacked -16-year-old Richard McGill their com-

scious. A physician removed 250 stingerd from his arms, legs and

Boom in Auto Business Spurs Jalopy Peril, Says Feeney.

By RICHARD. LEWIS

with the boom in the automobile business, junker autos which for years have been stored away in barns and sheds throughout Indiana and the Midwest are being brought to Indianapolis for sale. Indianapolis is one of the nation’s greatest centers for the disposal of old, used cars. It is at the hub of a state which: has no com) inspection system for automobiles to hinder the operation of defective

Viewing this situation as a major cause of accidents, Sheriff Al Feeney is starting .a drive against dealers who sell Jalopies to minors without arents’ p The other BH noon, the Sheriff and his deputies rounded up a junk automobile and. coaxed: it over to the County Jail garage to demonstrate the hazard of operating old jalopies on the streets of Indian-

apolis. The demonstration was an immediate success. “Sheriff Feeney took one look at the car and the right front tire heaved a great sigh and

collapsed. . Needed a Heave

The next hazard the Sheriff observed was the lack of co-operation between the steering wheel and the front wheels. Only a violent heave would produce any effect. Not only are the ~junkers dangerous to their occupants and everyone else on the street, but they offer an inducement to youngsters to steal automobile parts, and oil, Sheriff Feeney explained. ‘The Sheriff dispatched a deputy to get a car from a nearby uséd car lot. . The deputy reported back that a mechanic was bringing it over as soon as he repaired & couple of tires which blew out when the car was roused from its rest at the back of the lot. About two hours ater, the vehicle ‘hove into sight on the tow chain of a repair truck. It was a 1928 touring sedan of well-known make from which all vestige of a top had long since disappeared. “That,” said the Sheriff, pointing an accusing finger at the “dream” of some 15-year-old boy, “is a menace.” The mechanic appeared delighted. He had been intructed by his emPloyer. to find a real menace so that the Sheriff and everybody else could see what youngsters are buying and driving, The Sheriff Agrees “But some kid could, take it, paint it up and run it around, ” the mechanic said. The Sheriff agreed. There doesn’t seem to be any way to make sure old cars are safe to drive before they are sold, he said. Some dealers will sell a junker “as is” for as low as $15. What happens after that is the problem of the purchaser and the public. : State laws and City ordinance prohibit the operation of motor cars with defective “ brakes, lights and windshield equipment. But short of stopping and inspecting every junker they see, there is no way for police and sheriff’s deputies to keep defective automobiles off the streets. Eastern states have com; inspection of all cars at intervals, usually every six months. Several attempts to institute inspection systems in Indiana have failed, the Sheriff said, with the result that Indianapolis is one of jalopy cen of the nation. The mechanic lowered the iE of the car until it rested on all four wheels with a forward sag. It

seemed to lack only those com-{j

ments which delight -to paint on the doors and bonnets. A check of the vehicle showed that the only safe part of the car was the motor. It would run. The wheels were out of line, the tires threadbare, the steering wheel broken, one headlight was gone, and there were no taillights nor windshield wipers. The mechanic said he thought the brake would work on the right rear wheel, but he wasn’t sure.

it the mechanic had to climb over the frame, sprawl in the back seat and kick at the door with all his might and main. en the door:flew so fast it banged the side of il and flew shut again before anyone could

hold it. “Some car,” remarked a deputy.

“If a kid drove it around, who'd

know the difference?” “Somebody would . , , whoever grimly.

got hit,” said the Sheriff

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' HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 1 (U. P)— | Actress Ann Sheridan today turned 70 silkworms over to the California Institute of Technology. She received the worms from ~ John Custa, a

mirer, who suggested that she use them to grow. her own stockings as long as silk sup-

"Miss Sheridan plies are limCorey, of. the Institute's chemistry

department, read of the gift and appealed to her to’ donate the

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Miss Sheridan said he was wel-

s.| come, because she did not have

Jaloples on its highways and streets. {These

he says, 1 at least 7000 miles as Be a the average life of 500 miles for the old steel trac.

time to care for the worms.

CARMEL VETOES FAVED ROAD CARMEL, Cal. (U. P.).—Dirt streets and the eas Jail were good enough for the old timers so

, [recently the residents of this Mon-

terey Peninsula artists’ colony voted down a paved road and jail bond

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