Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 February 1942 — Page 13

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C -. gt Gone ittee Vries Re-

ectn as. Result of “New. andards.

Onin ndorsement and sup-

ort? of | Wilfred Bradshaw for re-election, as judge of the

Marion county | ‘juvenile court was | oday . by the Juvenile |

court committee, a civic

“We are constious of our responsibility to the court end to the

community,” the committee said in|

a statement. “The present high standards should be maintained, past gains should be consolidated, and the court should be assisted in still further ccomplishments. “The - commit ow feels that the only sure way guaranteeing - Of progress and our, juvenile court

“_ 1938, the committee sponsored (and didates on each ticket but as organization took no part in the general election. © The indorsement of Judge Bradshaw was signed by approximately

individuals and| the committee invited the aid of all voters. + The committee. was created four ye ago to study.and corret “certain conditions| found to exist:in the juvenile court.”

© | “At that time,” the committee "| added, “it was a matter of common } e court, as it then | existed, and as [it had been administered for a long time, failed to ‘meet the probl of delinquency in the community land was wholly in- : even to : . understand the [philosophy |of social service in child welfare or in the domain of domestic relatio) “The committee was made up of civic-minded men and women seed to make it their business to see| that the standards of our juvenile court were raised to a level attained by that of other juvenile courts jand that it be pre‘sided over by a|qualified judge with a staff equally fgualified by training and experience. “The commit mined that in sponsibility shg progress once | ards of the cow and that the again lapse inty tiveness throug ference on the mittee. . Praise Judges Work

“We believe {that we have very definitely accomplished the committee’s first objective. - Judge Brads shaw has proven himself to be eminently qualified by temperament, personality, background, training and experience, The court as adstered by Judge Bradshaw durthe past three years has already won national récognition. . . . These

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tee was also deterthe future its reuld be to see that made in the stand't should not be lost, court should never b a state of ineffecn apathy and indifpart of the com-

JOHN F. LINDER 1S CANDIDATE

Former County Attorney Enters Democrat Race

For Prosecutor,

John TF. Linder, county attorney for six years, is the first Democrat to announce his andidacy for prosecuting gttorney subject to the May primary election. He retired from the appointive office Jan. 1, and [is seeking an elective office for the first time. | He pledged that if elected “I will |cooperate fully with all law enforcement agencies, including members of private police forces guar vital national defense industries public utilities.” |

Leader in Precinct

Mr. Linder, a world war veteran, has been active |n American Legion affairs and served two terms| as judge advocate bf the Indiana |department. He also has been active in Democratic affairs, serving as precinct committeeman in Warren township for several years. He is worshipful master of Mystic Circle lodge, F. and A. M. at Lawrence; the Scottish Rite, Murat

‘Shrine, Gatling Gun club, Order of

Eastern Star, Legion, 40 and 8, the Indianapolis and Indiana bar associations, Indiana Democratic club and’ the Indiana Democratic War Veterans. He also is a member of the Marion County Farm bureau.

Attorney | for Officials

He was graduated from Warren Township high iichool, Indiana -university and the Indiana law school. He is attorney for the Indiana County | Commissionérs’ association, was one of the organizers of the Indiana Township and County Officials associations and is -past president of the Indiana County Attorneys association, Mr. Linder lives on a farm in the 7500 block of E. 30th st., is 42, mar-

‘ried and has two children. :

SOUTH SEEKS AX KILLER SPARTANBURG, S. C, Feb. 25 (U. P.) —Police and sheriff's officers scoured the Pledmont section of South Carolina for ‘a maniacal axkilley today, following the discovery

attainments and many others have been brought about in the short space of three years.”

of the hacked bodies of an aged couple ‘near Glendale—the second such|crime within 10 days.

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Transortaton Problem Is

| problem.” . : The recommendation was made to

_ |formed that streetcars and busses:

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Mounting, ‘Railways Tell G..of C. 2

The chapge in working Hours. tor thousands of industrial, store and

Railways: officials as the “only solving the.

acticable means of

the Chamber of Commerce transportation committee which was in-

had practically reached their peak under present rush hour conditions. Carry 7.1 Per Cent The officials presented an analysis of the W. Washington st.. car line as an example of the problems the

future might bring. This: showed that 5480 industrial workers in 10

at 7 a.m, ington car line included about 390

of . the total. By “packing them in” and carry= ing 1756 per cent of the streetcars’ seating capacity, the line could carry enough more industrial workers in addition to its other types of passengers to bring the industrial percentage to only 13.5 per cent.

Face Greater Loads “In-our opinion, the tire ration-

outbound cars to carry as much as 20 per cent of this industrial load as well as increase the other types of riding on our lines proportionately,” the analysis concluded. Harry Reid, Indianapolis Railways president, said that he believed a “serious ‘problem will “exist in ‘the future unless some changes are made in the present working hours.”

SIEGMAR MUHL, 61, DRUGGIST, IS DEAD

Siegmar Muhl, 61-year-old Indianapolis druggist, died today. He lived at 40 W. 48th st. Mr. Muhl had been a druggist 40 of the 48 years he lived here, He operated a store at McLean Place and Illingis st. and formerly was in business with his uncle at 10th and Illinois sts. He attended Indianapolis schools and was graduated from Purdue university in 1898. He was born in Rhineland, Mo. Survivors are his wife, Agnes Lane Muhl, and a son, Siegmar Jr., a student at Purdue. Friends may call at the Flanner & Buchanan mortuary. Funeral services have not been completed.

ANDERSON EDUCATOR DIES IN CALIFORNIA

ANDERSON, Ind., Feb. 25 (U. P.). —Elvin H. Fishback, 63, principal of the Anderson junior high schools for the past 24 years, died suddenly yesterday of pneumonia -at a hospital in San Francisco where he was attending the annual convention of the National Education association. He was scheduled to speak today. A prominent member of the Indiana State Teachers association, Mr. Fishback had taught at Alexandria, Muncie, Evansville, and at Hackensack, N. J. before coming here. His wife, a daughter and two sons survive,

JOHN LUTZ, RETIRED PAINTER, DIES HERE;

John Lutz, 65-year-old retired painter and paperhanger, died of a heart attack yesterday. He lived in the 1600 block on N. Capitol ave. Mr. Lutz retirdd.five years ago.

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ENFORCES, U. S. EXPLOSIVES ACT

Ettinger Gets Application Blanks for Those Affected In This Area.

Enforcement of the newly enacted federal law to regulate the manufacture, sale and use of explosives has been placed in the hands of County Clerk Charles R. Ettinger for the Marion county area. Mr. Ettinger received a notice of

his appointment as licenisng agent from the federal bureau of mines, and has received a shipment of application blanks. The law requires that any per-

‘|son or firm manufacturing, buying

or selling any kind of explosives, or a foreman of a gang using explosives, must have special permits.

Appeal Is Possible

The Jaw covers the handling of all chemicals and powders that aré used in the making of explosives, as well as the finished products. . Mr. Ettinger said that he had been given full authority to grant or reject permits after investigation of applicants, who must be resi-

legitimate reasons for handling explosives. If a permit is rejected by Mr. Ettinger, the applicant may appeal to the bureau of mines for a hearing.

LAURA MEYER DIES; LIFELONG RESIDENT

Mrs. Laura Meyers will be buried in Crown Hill tomorrow following funeral services at 2:30 p. m. in the Herrmann funeral home. Mrs. Meyers, a lifelong resident of Indianapolis, died Monday in St. Vineent’s Hospital. ‘She was 59, and lived at 1247 Shelby st. She was a member of the Zion Evangelical church, its ladies’ aid, the Wamen’s Guild, the auxiliary to the Protestant Orphans’ Home and

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He was born in North Vernon, and had lived in Indianapolis 35 years. | Survivors are two sons, John K. Lutz and Russell | Benjamin Lutz, both of Indianapolis.

State Deaths

ROCKPORT—Irwin Lindsey, 51. Survivors: Wife, Pearl; sons. Albert. Normal Lee, Henry, Raymond; daughter, Mrs. eneva Embry; brothers Ira, Dewey, Eldridge, William, Charles. CONVERSE—Joseph Rich, 72. Survivors: Wife, Maggie; daughter, Mrs. Paul Summers; sons, Hubert, Charles ELWOOD—Charles Stewart, 67. Survivors: Wife, Catherine; ‘son, Nathan; Jaughers, Mrs. Nellie Searcy, Miss Betty ewa. EYANSVILLE—William J. Suess, 46. Survivors: Wife, Laura; sons, alph, Eugene, William. Edward; dnighier, Laura Anne: bi Joseph George; sisters,

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'ON—Te! Hayes, 70. ‘Survivors: Wife, Mollie; son, Pascal. y a INTINGBURG — Mrs. Cathoting Joc!

, 68. Survivors: Sons, , Benno, Martin, Otto: daughters, Emma and Catherine, JASPER—Mrs. Mildred Lomont, Jorg: Husband, Manfred; parents, Mr. Mrs. William oe Call. P. 55.

Survi-

Cravens, Eirvi-

daughter, Pred,

Hughes; brothers, Ira, Eyetest,

vivors: rh daughte Mrs. Jesse[Bin Nix, Mrs. i Dixon, Mrs. Dorothy Her

n; son 53. Survivors: Hus- ! p daughter, ¥ land

Grittieh, Mrs. J. ®

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HARMONY. ' Ida Prange v i 68. Buvivors: oHusband, J

Foe pith he, J

PRINGERON. Hershel Fletcher, 43. Bur-

a es Aud 6 King: 72, Survivor: ster, Mrs, Henry. Huber,

Surv Charles, Paul; ighters, Gordie, I” Sans,

brother, ‘'W , i Pg Ann Woods, 80.

and} MARION —J vors: Wife, Pranioen: sons, Robert, Merrit; |

ENON Henry 3. ayet 62. Bur-

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the Altenheim:. Edward N. Meyer, a brogher, survives.

RITES SATURDAY FOR MRS. MARY VAN NESS

‘Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Van Ness, who died Sunday in Montreal, Canada, will be held at 9 a. m, Saturday in Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic church, with burial in St. Joseph’s cemetery. Mrs. Van Ness is survived by her husband, W. S.; two daughters, Mrs. Rosamond Curran, Montreal, and Miss Margaret Van Ness, Indianapolis, and a cousin, Miss Elizabeth Quinlon, Chicago.

dents of the United States and have|.

Just as a little matter of diversion, the quite-something Margaret Hayes teeters on the edge of a Hollywood swimming pool. She

Remembers

Miss Pearl Harbor of Alabama Hopes to Visit Hawaii. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Feb. 25 (U. P.).—~Pearl Harbor got awfully mad when the Japs bombed Pearl Harbor in December and the 22-year-old girl of that name wants to do something about it. Miss Pearl Harbor is a waitress in a Birmingham hotel Wearing a navy uniform on the job “just so I will feel closer to the boys over there,” she is going to ask the navy for permission to go to Pearl Harbor. “I can’t do much good here, » she said, “but I would make a “pretty good mascot and they wouldn’t even have the trouble of naming me ‘Miss Pearl Harbor since that is already my name.” The Alabama girl was chris tened Pearl by her father, E. W. Harbor, in honor of her mother whose name was also Pearl. She came here from Crossville, Ala., just one month before the incident: which made her name famous. “If the naval department would take me to Pearl Harbor, I would risk it—submarines, dive bombers and all,” she added.

LOUNGE ADDED T0 INDIANA BALLROOM

A special lounge for service men in the Indiana ballroom will be inaugurated tonight, according to Miss Alice McMahon, manager. . “Cadettes” from the Army, Navy and Marine Service Men’s club, 128 W. Wabash st., will be on hand with chaperons at the lounge, which has been made from part of the balcony. It offers space for reading and letter writing.

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191.67 USE STAMPS

Economy Attempts '. ‘Deleterious.’

The school board, in the name of

Ruins Teachers’ Morale “You are at the same time driv-

from Butler university with honors and holds a master’s degree from Wisconsin. The board accepted the statement but did not act on Mr. Wilson’s resignation. Three other Indianapolis shool teachers who have entered military service were granted leaves of absence at the meeting.

List Absentees

They are Bowman Hall, physical education instructor at Manual; FP. M. Howard, art teacher at Howe, and Marion K. Mathas, industrial arts instructor at School 8. Mr. Hall and Mr. Howard were inducted into the army last week at Ft. Harrison, and Mr. Mathas will be a civil service instructor at one of the navy training schools. The board accepted the resignation of A. Leslie Carey, Manual teacher, Authorize Lodn

A tax-anticipation loan of $500,000 was authorized. The loan will be made through Campbell & Co. investment brokers, who were low bidders with a figure of nine-six-teenths of one. per cent. Other business at the meeting included approval of an appropriation of $300 for remodeling at School 8, and execution of a lease of two storerooms at 836-838 Blake st. to relieve crowded conditions at School 24. Expenditure of $274 for alterations of the rooms also was approved.

G0 ON SALE MARCH 2

Automobile owners who have kept their cars in the garage during the winter months can buy a federal use tax stamp for only 8. 67, beginning March 2. The stamps will ‘be good until June 30 when a new $5 use tax stamp must be placed on the automobile for the coming year. Use stamps, in reduced pro rata amounts, will be issued for sale each month until June 30 at all post offi= ces. The use tax stamp cost $2.09 in January. The new stamps are identical with the old ones, except in‘ denomination and the fact that the glue is applied to the face of the stamp. There are blanks on the back of the new stamps for filling in the make of the automobile and serial motor, and license numbers. Approximately 877,000 use tax stamps have been sold in the state

up to date.

LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS

Plan Friends Night—Friends night will be observed by the New Augusta chapter 284, O. E. S;, at 8 p. m. tonicht in the New Augusta Masonic hall. Mrs. Helen Marsh is

worth, worthy patron,

Rebekahs Meet Tonight—Irvington Rebekah Lodge 608 will meet at 7:30 o'clock tonight at 544% E.

Washington st.

Gannon to Talk—George B. Gannon of the Diamond Chain & Manufacturing Co. traffic department will speak to members of the Indianapolis Radio club at their 8 p. m. meeting Friday at the clubhouse, Olney and St. Clair sts. His subject will be “Amateur Meteorology.”

Local Drivers Win Award

worthy matron and Ralph Ficken-

Drill Team to Be Guests—A party for the Addie Braly Guards drill team will be given at 8 p. m. tomorrow at the home of Mrs. May Beaver, 3138 E. Fall Creek blvd. national escort and state manager of the Woodmen Circle,

the party. Arrangements will be discussed for the drill activities to be held during ‘the state convention here May 7-8 when national officers from Omaha, Neb.; Ft. Worth, Tex.; Denison, Tex.; Cleveland, O., and Detroit, Mich, will be guests.

Sew For Red Cross — The Naomi auxiliary, O. E. 8. will hold a luncheon meeting Friday noon when members will sew for the Red Cross. A business meeting will be {held at 2:30 p. m.

Hold Baby Dedication — Golden Rule chapter 413, O. E. 8S, will meet at 8 p. m. Friday in the Masonic temple, North and Illinois

will be held, and a baby dedication will be conducted. Mrs. Grace

Martin B. Hall Jr., worthy patron.

Study Cement Problems—IL. M. Condrey of the Portland Cement association will speak on the newest idéas on concrete construction in the housing field at the luncheon

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Mrs. Alvina Duvall will assist at|’

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1S CANDIDATE

Former Prosecutor Seeks Superior Court 2

Nomination.

Judson L. Stark, former county prosecutor, today announced his candidacy for judge of superior court 2 in the Republican primary election May 3. After serving as chief deputy prosecutor under William H. Remy, Mr. Stark was elected to the office in 1928. In his announcement he said: “If I should ve nominated and elected to this office, I should try to be just, fair and kind to lawyers and litigants. Being on neither side of the case, I should strive to remain calm and encourage all parties to be as much at ease as possible under the circumstances.

" Would Be on Job

“I would not only hold the court open at reasonable working hours, but be on the job myself working on matters before the court and be available for the transaction of court business. I have to work hard as a lawyer and shoulld expect to work hard as a judge. “No lawyers or litigant would

friendly to them, or whether I was feeling quite right generally, be-

just and fair but also to be in a proper frame of mind to work

to come into my court.” Born in Sullivan county,

in the Sullivan county common and

law degree from the University of Michigan and started practice here

aid bureau in Indiana, taught

on the Benjamin Harrison law school faculty for many years.

Son Is In Navy

at DePauw, recently enlisted in the navy. In World War 1, Mr. Stark enlisted in the navy and trained at Great Lakes, Dunweoody institute, Harvard radio school and then

aviation trustees of the First Congregational

tal Lodge F. & A. M., Lawyers’ association, Columbia club,

American legion. ,

BRITISH SHIP LOSSES

LONDON, Feb. 25 (U. P.).—Brit-

the battle of the Atlantic despite severe losses the whole length of the American coast and commented: “It will take the Americans a long time to completely organize its anti-submarine craft and air recon- | naissance and to arm. their merchant ships.” Foilowing up Prime Churchill’s statement yesterday that skip losses had spurted seriously in

cause. “Many ships were lost in Far Eastern waters,” an informant | said. Naval circles said th had failed to get the oil they matra. | “They must now use ‘their own tankers,” an informant (said

high schools. He later received his|S

in 1922. He organized the first legal |S

Americanization classes at thel|S American Settlement House and was

He is 46, married, has two children, and lives -at 5306 Kenwood |E ave. A son, Richard, Rector scholar (E

transferred to the officers school of |S He is a member of the board of |S church, and a member of the Orien- |S

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WORST IN FAR EAST

ish naval circles said today that |} ‘| Britain was still holding its own in

war in’ \ Which They Can

Assist Army Cited at Parley Here. ‘Civilian flying’ can be one of the

{most tmportant factors in this na- ?

tion's defense if it is properly regu=

Fan F. M. Lanter, chief of the |general inspection division of CAA, -|said here today.

Addressing ' the association of American airport executives at the Indianapolis Athletic club, he said: “Civilian-piloted planes have a definite job in this nation’s war ef fort. Such duties as seed planting, photography, patroling and carrying out emergency missions would relieve the army of these tasks and free the air force for more ime portant activities.” The inspector discussed the reguelations under which, civilian pilots could take to the air. He said that all civilian pilots would have to be properly identified and . ‘cleared, guards placed on duty at the airports 24 hours a day, and that all aircraft would have to be accounted

_ {for at all times, both on the ground

and while in the air. Plan Inspection Trip

This afternoon the airport execu~ tives were to inspect the experimental machinery at the Indiane apolis municipal airport. The air port here is a proving grounds for many new types of FAA instruments and equipment. They also will inspect the instrument landing facilities. Howard M. Shafer, manager of the Philadelphia municipal airport and association president, said that an election of officers would be held some time today. The association closes its threeday convention today. More than 75 members are attending.

SHRINE TO BE ENTERTAINED The Shrine will be entertained in Murat temple Saturday night at the first ty to be sponsored by Clyde V. Titus, the new poten= tate. The stage show will feature the University of Cincinnati choir. Dancing will be to the music of Jack Barry's orchestra.

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