Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 November 1942 — Page 2

ILLS | RAIL DEAL SET

es 3. Millions to Ohio Banks, Sp: cial Master

Tells Court, (Continued fh m Page One)

f common stoc : Van Sweringens tion to buy with cent of this sto! They never did ti Cor iy was the only bidder that day ien J. P. Morgan uctioned off the Van Sweringen collateral. And ‘'e control of the vast railroad SE irities’ collection, was purchased at only $3,100,000 lthough it was vi lued by many in Wall Street as |» ing worth many times "that amou~ : Bought fo ‘a Song’ At that time | {nere were many newspaper artiiles expressing astonishment tha! a Muncie, Ind. millionaire who ji nothing to do with railroads ho “picked up for a song” contro ‘of a group of railroads that ;:anned the continent. After several years Mr. Ball formed - the Genige ard Frances! ‘Ball Foundation 5 a charity and gave the Midar: rica stock to it. Then, through i. he sold part of the stock to financiers, Robe: Young, Colbe and Alan Xirby. The reported profit on that sale was ‘somewhere aroun: $6,000,000 to the Ball Foundation. ‘The present tri:! came about because the Cley:iand banks, to whom the Van iweringens were indebted and We » never able to ‘pay off, thought (ey were entitled to 55 per cent, © the Van Sweringen’s share throigh that option, of the profit the Ball Foundation made on that sal of stock. Ruling Du Jan, 28 Judge Baltzell ‘tuled that they were entitled to ii and appointed Mr. ‘Ward to figh: is out how much that would be. | . The 65 per cer’ after deducting $112,500 and $550, 00 which it had cost Mr. Ball to He two previous suits out of cou

amounted to © $2,388,695.85. Hh ; r yet. On Jan.

issued and the sre given an op110 years 55 per oa $1 a share.

‘The case is not | 28 Judge Baltzell will rule on ob- ~~ jections to Mr. Wo d's findings and ~ then it is expectec the case will be

| appealed to high: courts.

Local Woman's ~ Brother Missing

TECHNICAL | ERGT. Devon B. Nolen of the my air forces. brother of Mrs. HE bhert E. Short, 5224 College ave has been re- . ported missing 1 action since Nov. 23 by the ¢onmanding general of the w: tern European ‘grea. Heis 27. | ‘Sergt. Nolen ¢) listed last December and was rraduated as a radio operator's 1 cchanic at Scott field, Ill, and I: er was transferred to the army gunnery . school at Las Ve 1S; Nev., where he became an ae: al gunner. He was a gra: ate of Shortridge high school nd was service manager of the Ci onial Furniture ‘Co. before enlist ant. “A recent letter stated that he was stationed in |ingland. In a .cablegram to Mr: Short he said ~ that he was feeli ! fine and that “the Yanks in tl. air force are giving a good ac hunt of them- _ selves.” - His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Truly Nolen, Mi: tai Beach, Fla. He has three sis «rs, Mrs. Short, ‘Mrs. Herbert Aillison, Conners‘ville, and Mrs. M: garet Joslin of - Miami Beach, an three brothers, : Richard H. Atl;ata, Ga. and Kenneth and [David, both of ‘Miami Beach. |

NOLAND NAMED TO SUNNYS|JE BOARD

Stephen C. Nol: d, editor of the Indianapolis News, has been named to the board managers of Sunnyside sanater um to fill the unexpired term of Irving W. Lemaux Sr., who resi ned this week. The appointmer was announced by William Bossor Jr. county com-

~ missioner. I

$150,000 WILLED TO CHARITY BY HOOSIER

~ CRAWFORDSYV!.LE, Ind, Nov. 28 (U. P.).—An gs ate estimated at $150,000 was left {) charity by the ulat who died here

The will was ::u)mitted for proin the M ‘ntgomery circuit

Frank $

The drawing pencil is proving mightier than the sword in the army career of Dick Wingert, onetime student at John Herron Art

school here. He's now Sergt. Wingert and the only staff artist for the Stars and Stripes, famous A. E. F. newspaper. Ernie Pyle, Hoosier Vagabond columnist for The Indianapolis Times, has singled him out for special mention in several of his recent articles from England. Dick Wingert came here from Cedar Rapids, Ia., as a scholarship student in commercial art in 1937. The faculty and many former stu-

well. . “During his student days, his work was of consistently high standard and characterized by great originality,” one of the faculty said. “But he did not escape the problems common to the majority of young students on their own. He managed to satisfy the inner man literally,; by waiting on table in one of the

cally, by acting as an usher at performances of the Indianapolis Symphony orchestra. He also earned extra, and doubtless welcome, dollars when he acted as sketch artist on entertainment programs, tooning celebrated persons.”

ter of war..

One-Time Herron Student Now A. E. F. Paper's Artist

dents at the school remember him

Dick Wingert . . . during his, dent days here.

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cistinguished company, too, for the

neighboring tearooms and, estheti- c..\. ong Stripes carries only two

cartoons—one by its staff artist and ‘the other by Bruce Bairnsfather of world war I fame. The paper is published daiiy in

car- london and its circulation is going

ahead by leaps and bounds. It is

Dick Wingert wanted to be a suc- printed by the famed London Times. fh New York cessful illusrator, Now he draws for The celebrated tabloid Stars and ee ~ all the troops in the European thea- Stripes was born in the last war

He's right up there in and “reactivated” for world war TI. 2.

GIRL IN HOSPITAL AFTER SLUGGING

Two men and a young woman were attacked by a young man last night on 19th st. between College ave. and Broadway. Virginia Bohenkamp, 20, of 1921 Broadway, is in City hospital where her condition is reported fair. Her two companions were Demon Priest, 25, of 1926 Broadway, and Willard D. Temples, 38, of 2015 Bellefonwaine. The group was nearing Miss Bohenkamp home when the man approached and drew. a gun, they told police. He: pulled the trigger but the cartridge did not fire. He then knocked- down Mr. Priest and took his billfold containing $8. When Mr. Temples tried to defend Mr. Priest, he was’ knocked down. The man grabbed Miss Bohenkamp, threw a rag over her head, and when she tried to escape, hit her on the head with the gun. He then released her and ran. Police found Mr. Priest’s empty billfold in the alley. They have arrested a suspect.

PUBLIC OFFICIALS RE-ELECT SHEPARD

Virgil - Shepard, executive secre-

‘tary of the Indianapolis Red Cross, ‘was re-elected president of the In-

diana Society for. Public Adminis.

tration at a meeting last night at Prof. Pressley |:

the Spencer hotel. Sikes of Indiana university was elected vice president. ‘New directors elected were Otto Jensen of the state board of accounts; M. M. Sappenfield, of the state department of public welfare; and Donald Bloodgood, city sanijtation engineer. . John E. Stoner, professor of political science at Indiana university, led a discussion on a technical phase of public administration,

IDAHO MERCHANTS TRY PAPER PENNIES

BOISE, Idaho, Nov. 28 (U. P.).— Boise merchants will begin Monday to circulate paper pennies, which won't work in parking meters and vending machines. The retail merchants bureau decided to attempt the experiment to conserve copper after bankers here reported they had received only half of their usual allotment of pennies for November.

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FOOD AUCTION GETS $2058 FOR BONDS

CROMWELL, Ind., Nov, 28 (U. P.).—A barred rock seven and onehalf pound rooster sold for $100-a-pound at a victory war bond auction last night sponsored by members of the minute women’s drive. A total of $2058 in bonds was

purchased through auction of chickens, cakes, potatoes and other

FREEZE RUMOR JAMS STATIONS

Motorists Line Up 10 Deep In Some Places; OPA

Issues Denial. ° (Continued from Page One)

would be stopped before the rationing deadline Tuesday. Meanwhile Alex Taggart, Marion county rationing administrator, announced that all rationing district offices would be closed to the public today to give staff workers a chance to catch up with the mass of detail work.

Reopen on Monday

He said all rationing board offices will be open again Monday at 9 a. Ir. to receive additional applications for “gasoline A” coupon books and to handle applications for fuel oil and kerosene. As fast as these applications are processed, a postal card will be sent to the applicant notifying him to come to rationing headquarters to get his coupons, Mr. Taggart said. Mr. Strickland said most of the motorists who failed to receive their “A” coupon books last week were the car owners who had excess tires (more than five). “These car owners can receive their “A” books direct from their local rationing boards,” he said.

10 Per Cent Unsigned Here

Rationing officials estimated that 10 per cent of Indianapolis motorists had not registered for coupon books. Lafayette and Hammond led the state in the per capita number of registrants, both estimating that 99 per cent of car owners in their areas had been issued books. “The registration was handled even more smoothly than OPA officials had anticipated,” Mr. Strickland said. “This was due to the fine work | of the local boards and the patient, and untiring efforts of school teach-

food stuffs.

ers throughout the state.”

A Weekly Sizeup "by the Washington Staff of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers

' (Continued from Page One)

Republiezn national chairman—as party compromisers now hope—it will be on part-time basis, with another full-time executive director on the job at headquarters. Mr. Hollister wants to continue his law practice. His selection would remove Senator Taft still further from the field of 1944 presidential possibilities. They are law partners, and leaders would expect assurances from Taft that he’s not planning to run before they would install Hollister in the key spot. 8 #” # # ” REASON FOR THE NEW censorship regulations on foreign news, about which some British correspondents complain: A two-hour scoop by radiv Berlin on President Roosevelt's Labor day speech. Incredible as it seems, Germans heard news of the speech before Americans did. It happened this way: The text was distributed in Washington in advance, as is customary. It was cabled to London,

distributed from there by a news agency, subject to release when de-'

livered. Berlin picked it up on ‘its radio monitoring system, rebroadcast it on the regular bands. Now speeches can’t be transmitted abroad till they're delivered. » » » ”

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ABOUT THOSE EXTRA TIRES: Did you know you can't get

away with saying they're owned by some other member of the family? OPA says youll be denied gasoline if any member of your family, related by blood, marriage or adoption, owns tires above the limit, New inspection system will catchr cheaters. 2 x a : 2 8 =n

Forty-four state legislatures’ meeting next year will be asked to pass legislation giving governors wartime powers over highway trans-

portation. Passage would pave way for wiping out last vestiges of

trade-barrier restrictions on highways, also for rubber-saving, hourstaggering measures. 2 » 2 : » ” s IMPENDING MILK SHORTAGE won't be confined to any one section. When AAA extended the Washington milkshed this week to include Midwestern states, in an effort to relieve shortage here, Midwest delegations were already in Washington complaining about threatened milk famine in their home areas. » ” ” » » #”

SENATE STEERING COMMITTEE, now in the saddle and dictating legislative program, has conservative majority, can easily override Democratic Leader Barkley and the president. It’s self-perpetuat-ing, will itself select successors to Senators Brown and Smathers, who were not re-elected. It will select more conservatives. 2 x = 2 5 =»

NEW YORK PIPELINE: Edwin F. Jaeckle, New York Republican chairman, will prove to be the strong man in Governor-elect Tom Dewey’s supporting cast, insiders say. He's an astute politician, no yesman and there is increasing Tespect for his judgment. He’ll have much to say at Albany. .

NELSON-STIMSON COMPROMISE NEAR

WASHINGTON, Nov, 28 (U. P.).

| —War Production Board Chairman

Donald Nelson and Secretary of

i | War Henry L. Stimson were re-

ported today to have made progress in compromising a battle between their two agencies over future control of arms production. Some quarters. understood that settlement was imminent. Differences are said to be fundamental and to strike at the heart of the multi-billion dollar arms program. Nelson intends to place complete authority over all phases of production in Charles E. Wilson, WPB vice chairman, former president of General Electric Co. He would withdraw from the armed services power

over one of the most vital phases of production — scheduling — which he delegated to the army and navy last March. The nation failed to meet President Roosevelt's 1942 goal of 60,000 airplanes and Nelson holds that faulty scheduling was partly responsible.

NAME .NEW SHIP FOR THOMAS MARSHALL

One of 24 Liberty ships to be launched in the next few days will bear the name of Thomas R. Marshall, former Indiana governor and vice president of the United States, the. maritime commission announced at Washington today. The name was selected by Indiana school children in connection with the recent school salvage campaign. The names for 23 other ships were selected by children of other states.

For Four Canoenience

is mounting

your transit

rationing.

[A STATEMENT TO OUR PATRONS ]

Gasoline rationing is bound to bring added use of our already crowded transit facilities. New riders, by the thousands, will depend on public transportation. The extent is difficult to forecast, but we do know that any increase will be a burden. In Octeber we carried 78,000 more riders per day than a year ago, and the trend

upward.

We can only do so much with the equip-

We've got to get along somehow with what we now have.

There is only one way out. and that is what 5 on to pull us through this emergency. It is PUBLIC COOPERATION. If every man, woman and child in this community, who uses public transportation, will do his utmost to follow

company is

wartime transportation job cannot be successfully accomplished, your transit firm - believes that there will be room on the trolleys and buses for everyone despite gasoline

We are assuming that motorists, to the extent possible, will double up in the use of their automobiles, thus lightening the burden on us, and that war workers, for the most part, will receive adequate gasoline for their essential trips.

INDIANAPOLIS

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ment that we have. Because the manufacture of new transit vehicles is frozen by the War Production Board, there is no prospect of securing additional trolleys and buses.

Firms should investigate the possibility of instituting staggered working hours for the convenience of their employees to the end that the peak load requirements of the system can be spread over a greater period of time. But, call us at Ri. 1571 and give us an opportunity to advise with you before instituting any changes. If you are a housewife, shopper or casual : BD rider, please do not ride the system during the rush hours. This is very important. Too

many people are still making casual trips during the rush hours. :

the simple suggestions outlined here and, at the same time, consider this cooperation as a patriotic necessity without which the

As our part in meeting the transportation problem, we have done many things: We have rehabilitated all the old vehicles we have, the chartering of buses has been stopped to conserve equipment, selective. stops have been instituted at the request of the Office of Defense Transportation, “turn back” service is being utilized on several lines, our maintenance program has been stepped-up, schedules have been revised to give the maximum service possible where it is needed, and we are still studying additional ways and means of bettering our

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Weve got a Job to DoJogether!

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HERE'S HOW YOU CAN HELP:

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Have your fare ready in advance . : ; save time. Ring the buzzer to alight as far ahead of time as possible . . . consider the operator. Give yourself plenty of time to reach your destination by leaving earlier : ; ; avoid delays:

service and meeting the problems that are

ahead.

Joseph B. Eastman, Director of the Office of Defense Transportation, has warned us that there will be discomfort and inconvenience, but he points out that such is a patriotic necessity, and we join him in the feeling that there are few people, indeed, that put their personal comfort ahead of

their patriotism.

Public cooperation in the past has been splendid. Working TOGETHER, we'll do

the job! .

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<> Whew you aid Wantime Transportation you hasten the Day of Vitony! RAILWAYS

Ea a hiss li a i Ei.

Parents should see to it that their children come home immediately after school. Many school students now ride during the evening rush hour. This is an unnecessary burden.

Every vehicle should be made to do its full job on every trip. Always move as far toward the rear of the vehicles as possible. Don’t stop near the center door! This will make thousands of additional rides available each day.