Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 March 1943 — Page 17
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Chief ‘Riley and His Staff Augment Preparedness Program in Civilian Defense for Neighborhood.
Readiness for that first county wide blackout March 28
is just-one of the preparedness measures boasted by John
Riley and his district 17 raid
wardens.
: When the time comes to go into action that night they’ll be girded with a feeling .of community solidarity—that
spirit called ‘by Mayor Tyndall “the number one aim of
civilian defense organization.”
- For a while, John Riley, middle-aged father of five
children and assistant chief having troubles affecting the “welfare of his neighborhood.
His task was that of welding’
into a. co-operative unit a number of near South side dwellers of diverse racial extraction.
Ugly ‘Eczema No Joke
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And howit hurts, and nags And disturbs your sleep.
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warden of the district, was i
But Mr. Riley wasn’t baffled; he tdidn’t phrase it too eloquently, but he feels somehow that the mixture of Italians and Irishmen, Germans and Jews, was what made real Americans. ~ .
Get Better Acquainted
. So he hit upon the solution of better acquainting these neighbors with each other. Under the original district civil defense set-up, warden meetings were held only twice a month, and then it was more like a school than a social affair. Thus it was that he founded one of the first air raid wardens’ clubs in the city at 722 S. East st. The structure itself, a large single-room building, has an imposing past. Back in prohibition days, according to Mr. Riley, it was a speakeasy; later it was used as a church meeting house. There raid wardens, families and friends can gather every day of the
| month if they wish. The furnish-
ings aren’t too pretentious, and at their first session Wednesday night wardens had to bring their own chairs. But members, who intend to solicit furniture and upholstery donations, also will pitch in 50 cents a month dues with which to renovate and maintain the clubhouse. Mr. Riley wants the wardens’ club to be more than a civilian defense school. He wants it to be a selfmade community center where neighbors will share éach others’ responsibilities.
Too Many Absentees
One of his major difficulties has been that of absenteas from raid warden classes. : Mr. Riley doesn’t want the enterprise to be a “duration” enterprise. He believes similar organizations throughout the city could do much to alleviate sufferings and hard times which usually follow devastating wars. “That’s when grief-stricken mothers and returning boys will need us most,” he says. The official district 17 civilian defense headquarters is at Mr. Riley’s home at 309 E. Merrill st., where one of the family is always on duty to answer telephone calls. Employed at the Independent Biscuit Co., he’s lost only two members so far from his civilian defense set-up. One moved to another city and another was forced out of action by falling arches. Newly elected president of the club, which Mr. Riley insisted, was to have no civil: defense officials as officers, is Edwin Botzon. Miss Martha Jones is secretary and the Rev. Howard Vance is treasurer. Salvatore Miceli is chief warden of the district, but he turned over much of the work ta Mr. Riley because. of the press of business.
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When constipation brings on discomfort after meals, stomach upset, bloating, dizzy spells, gas, coated tongue, and bad breath, your stomach is probably ‘crying the blues” because your bowels don’t move. It calls for Laxative-Senna to pull the trigger on those lazy bowels, combined with Syrup Pepsin for perfect ease to your stomach in taking. For years, many Doctors have given pepsin preparations in their prescriptions to make medicine more agreeable to a touchy stomach. So be sure your laxative contains Syrup Pepsin. Insist on Dr. Cald- ' well’s ative Senna combined with Syrup Pepsin. See how wonderfully the Laxative Senna wakes up lazy nerves and muscles in your intestines tv bring welcome relief from constipation. And the good old Syrup Pepsin makes this laxative so comfortable and easy on your stomach. Even finicky children love the taste of this pleasant family laxative. Take Dr. Caldwell’s Laxative combined with Syrap Pepsin, as directed on label or as your doctor ‘advises, and feel
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The suit worn by Warren Gromberg, Tarrant field, Tex, isn’t a Thing to Come; it’s really here. The rubberized gear is used Yor decontaminating gassed areas and equipment.
DENIES GAMING IN THE SUBURBS
Petit Says Raids Are Fads, But Big Shots Haven't
Gone to Country.
Now that the epidemic of rival raids by the city police and the prosecutor’s office has supposedly chased the gamblers out of the city, the wise ones are whispering— “they're out in the rural areas and doing all right.” These rumors are not bothering Sheriff Otto Petit in the least; in fact, he just grins and says— “Tut, tut, ‘taint so.” The sheriff, who was a policeman for many years before he was sheriff, phinks raiding epidemics are something like fads, here today and forgotten tomorrow. “Why, anybody knows gambling can’t be stopped so long as there's any gambling instinct left in human beings,” said the sheriff.
Finds No Violations
While all the raiding was going on Mr. Petit, who has not conducted a single gambling raid since he tock office Jan. 1, just sat tight and watched. “No, I'm not going to get my office embroiled in a lot of political fights by making raids all over the place,” the sheriff said. His deputies have checked up on several places reputed to be gambling joints, but he said investigation disclosed no law violations. “I believe in the ‘live and let live’ policy but I will make legitimate raids if any citizens sign an affidavit that they have personal knowledge that the law is being violated in a specific place,” he said.
Cites ‘Gasoline Rationing
About those rumors that the syndicate boys about town have hied to the country for their operations, Mr. Petit said: “Gasoline rationing has about stopped the rural roadhouse activities . ... no, the gambling clique has not moved into the suburbs.” He admitted there’s petty gambling going on. in the metropolitan outskirts. “Anybody knows that some gambling is going on any place where people have the money to spend on it but so far as big-time operations are concerned, 1 don’t think there is any in the county,” he said. i :
LYNDHURST CHAPTER TO MEET TOMORROW
Lyndhurst chapter 505, O. E. S,, will meet in the temple, 1200 S. Lyndhurst dr, at 8 p. m. tomorrow for a stated meeting. A reception for the past year’s new members will be held. Mrs. Martha Phillips is worthy matren and Walter Phillips, worthy patron.
clude Mrs. Margaret Beitz, worthy matron; Jacob Nawert, worthy patron; Mrs. Lola Cadwell, associ-
ciate patron; Mrs. Grace Jester, secretary; Mrs. Nettie Bartlett, treasurer; Mrs. Jessie Pelley, conductress, and Mrs. Edythe Bly, as-
Officers for the coming year in-
ate matron; Edward Pelley, asso-
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“WAR COURIER’
Day and Night, Patrol Has Pilots Waiting for Industries’ Call.
By HAMLIN WELLING - Day and night there’s an airplane]. and a pilot waiting at an Indianapolis airport, ready at a moment's notice to serve war industries here who have joined the Civil Air Patrol courier service. - Maj. Walker W. Winslow, Indiana wing commander of the CAP, said} the courier service is just getting
{ | under way.
So far, four companies have signed up for it. They are Allison's, Stewart-Warner Corp, P. R. Mallory & Co., and Hook's Drug Co.
Drugs Are Vital
It sounds odd to classify a drug company with ‘war industries. But vhe need for drugs and medicines can be very vital, Ma). Winslow said. When one of those four companies needs some equipment or ‘supplies in a rush, say from Anderson, Evansville or Ft. Wayne, they can send the waiting pilot flying after them. Usually, in a matter of a few hours or. so he’s back in town with the needed material. A similar service being rendered by ‘the CAP here is the flying of military personnel. A number of army and navy -officers, who have
{missed their trains, want to get to
some post in Indiana in a hurry, or find themselves in a similar situation, have been flown by CAP personnel.
170 Take Part
Banded together in two squadrons here are some 170 men and women. They are the pilots, observers and members of the ground crews. Dotted throughout the state are about 21 CAP stations at which there are about 300 airplanes of patrol members. So far, most of the CAP work here has been in training. Throughout the winter a number of them have been completing 153 hours of instruction in navigation, map reading, communications, aerial observation, flight training missions, terrain familiarization and a dozen other subjects, Participating in -the anti-sub-marine coast patrol, 19 pilots from Indiana left here for service with it. Right now, four men from Indianapolis are flying daily, on the lookout for enemy subs. They are John : Bauer, Stewart Joyce, Raymond B. McClain and Gus Nonweiler. Others who were on it but now are back here are Walter B. Smith, Carl Quillen and Richard Smith. “PGE
Watch Forest Fires .
Another of the things the CAP has accomplished in Indiana is the patroling of state forests, watching for fires. Last year CAP fliers spotted several blazes and reported them by radio. The fires were extinguished before much damage was done. Maj. Winslow said similar patrols this year around and below the Morgan-Monroe state forest near Bloomington will be started shortly after the first of April. “We're trying to prepare to meet any emergencies that arise,” Maj. Winslow said. And meeting such an emergency was Marvin Hinshaw, a CAP pilot at Churubusco. He and his wife, also a CAP pilot, heard an army plane flying in a blinding snowstorm near their home one night. He grabbed a powerful flashlight and, having learned Morse code in a CAP class, began sending up blinker signals. He hoped the circling pilot would be able to see the light..
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Pilot Gunned Motor
Soon he heard a response. The pilot was sending Morse code by gunning his motor. Mr. Hinshaw flashed dots and dashes, advising the pilot where he could land. He told him that in 20 minutes he would have a number of automo-
lights illuminating a landing strip. A half hour later the pilot made a landing. He brought his ship down in the.faint glow of car lights which he barely could make out in the snowstorm. A Ft. Wayne army flier who was looking for Baer field, the pilot said he never before had given much
{thought to the CAP.
“But I sure owe my life to it and you,” he told Mr. Hinshaw.
APPALACHIAN YOUTH PRESBYTERIAN TOPIC
Indianapolis Presbyterians will be told how young men of the Appa-
‘|lachian mountain regions are learn-
ing to meet the problems of the
ing of the Indianapolis Presbyterial society at the Second Presbyterian church Tuesday, March 30,
|from 9:30 a. m. to 3:30 p. m.
The first speaker will be Bernhard Laursen, farm manager and
Asheville farm school, one of the largest ' mission colleges ‘supported by the Presbyterian church, U. S. A. at Swannanoa, N. C. The sec-
Presbyterian church.
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modern world at the annual meet-|
director of physical education at the
ond speaker will be the Rev. Jean S. Milner, pastor of the Second
for fat steers and overstuffed ness in Henry county will run So the farmers on these black-loam acres are aristo-
crats of agriculture. ‘Livestock feeders admit they have made more money in the last three years than at any time since the runaway meat prices of World War I. With ‘15%e¢ hogs and corn under $1, the pork-chop producers are saying to their spring pigs: “mat all the corn you want. Hurry up and make a hog of yourself!” Cattle feeders also have been satisfied with prices up until now. The present fear is that range cattle shipped here for feeding are getting too high-priced and cannot be “finished” at a profit. a the background also lies the danger of holding high-priced herds at the war's end. Many remember what happened last time. And this is one place where they seem to profit from experience.
$200 An Acre Top
For there is none of the cockeyed farm speculation which pushed prices of farm lands to the absurd figure of $500 an acre. The top is around $200 now, and very little is for sale. During the last war many a farmer turned land speculator and mortgaged the home place to buy a neighboring farm. When prices fell he lost both places. None of that goes on here now. In addition, machinery has revolutionized farming on these prairie acres, and little if any manpower problem exists. : Hybrid seed corn: has brought the yield up to 10 to 15 bushels more per acre, and improved plows, planters, cultivators, combines and corn-pickers, all tractor-drawn, permit one man to do the work of 10. Another factor is electrification, which has been carried to Henry county farms by REA and private companies. What might be termed a monument to these improved techniques is the new 10,000-bushel steel-and-concrete corn crib on the Schroeder brothers’ 470-acre farm in Osco township. $5000 Corn Crib
it holds 600Q bushels of small grain. It is circular and has a great green roof . surmounting the white concrete blocks. The blocks are vented to keep the air in circulation. From the highway it looks like a rural Empire State building. Electric motors operate the elevators, shellers, grinders and other machines inside.
BRIDGEPORT 0. E. S. PLANS INSTALLATION
Bridgeport chapter 513, O. E. 8, will hold a public installation of officers at 8 p. m. Saturday in the Masonic hall at Bridgeport. The following officers will be installed: Miss Louise McClelland, worthy matron; Merle Collings, worthy patron; Mrs. Juanita Sauter, associate matron; Madison Shadley, associate patron; Mrs. Ethel Hillman, secretary; Mrs. Henrietta Thompson, treasurer; Mrs. Elva Shadley, conductress; Mrs. Marie Collings, associate conductress; Mrs. Isabelle Heaton, chaplain; Mrs. Goldie Hoover, marshal; Joseph Hillman, organist; Mrs. Liday Heaton Thomas, *Adah; Miss Ethel Lentz, Ruth; Miss Iva Smith, Esther; Mrs. Faye Nelson, Martha; Mrs. Zella Fahrbach, Electa; Miss Margaret McClelland, warder, and Charles Hoover, sentinel.
GROTTO COMMITTEE TO HAVE LUNCHEON
Sahara Grotto Auxiliary dining room committee will have a luncheon meeting at 12:30 p. m. Wednesday at 1343 Roach st. Mrs. Arthur Buescher will be hostess. : Mrs. Theodore Mittendorf, 2839 N. Talbot ave. will entertain the general house committee at . a luncheon - meeting at 12:30 p. m. Thursday. : A public card party, sponsored by the Sahara Grotto, will be held at 8 p. m. Thursday at 4107 E. Wash-
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GENESEO, 1, Mirch 22 Henry. county, Li inois, is the | diamond buckle on the corn belt. This is the place where beefsteaks are mace. More livestock is fattened in this county than anywhere in the U. S. A,, and Geneseo is the principal shipping point
hogs. The take oa this busia: million dollars a month.
“Tt adit, $5000, For ‘a com-ctih, that “ain’t hay.”
: The place is" jointly owned and|58¥S Louis
operated by John - and Schroeder, who live in handsome
houses in this town. This doesn’t mean that they farm by telephone. ‘For every ‘steer on the place is
bought. by them, either in the far west or at haliway shipping points, such as Washiagton, Ia. last year they sold -200 head of fat cattle and 300 hogs. Their boss farmer, Clem - Bosley, has worked: for them 385 years. In the ample driveway of the: monster corn crib he mixes the: vitamins— supplementary feed—with the corn, and sees that it is fed in ample measures to the white-faced Hereford herds each night and morning. Two Assis Mr. Bosley has t assistants, three tractors and six fine fat horses to help him. Only enough milk cows sre kept here to care for the hired hands’ families. No steers are bred on the. place. They are only shipped here for ‘fattening and ther sent off to the Chicago msarket. Pigs are farrowed at the Schroeder place, but hereabouts.the spring farrowing is late this year. Few farmers have the winter equipment to:care for an early pig crop. “We can breed pigs, but we cannot afford to breed cattle on $200-an-acre land,” Louis Schroeder explained. “Not when they can raise
calves on the western ranges’ for|
about 75 cents a year for board.” To illustrate his only present com-
Besides 10,000 bushels of ear corn,
rm Belt—ifs Hogs Are Overstutfed WO (Ti 1 sot oth src of aise by Duel 1. Kidney on Cha the farmers’ own View of the farm. Situation.) > 3
plaint, Mr. r gives the folfae example in ne arithmec: If a 1000-pound feeder costs 16 cents, that is $160. In 120 days the steer wil gain 240 ‘pounds :by eating 60 bushels ‘of $1 corn. That adds $60 to the cost. Concentrates and
on investment and labor costs add $5. That makes the 1240-pound steer cost $240. Sold here at 16.5 cents a pound, it: brings only $204.60, or a net loss.of $35.40. “The OPA ceilings on dressed
bee should be lifted or some limit
put ‘on feeder prices,” Mr. Schroeder
He is a Republican, but his brother, John, is a Democrat. Like all farm owners here, they are determined to produce every pound of beef and pork possible for the duration. * They have the help and the machinery, and they hope the government will keep prices where they can make a profit, Mr. Schroeder
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‘Pvt. Chester J. Raves, Anderson, was wounded in he Southwest Pacific. ? The other Indiana men, wounded
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