Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 April 1943 — Page 5

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Guarded but Italy May Prove Weak Link.

By HARRISON SALISBURY United Press Staff Correspondent

LONDON, April 10.—Germany appeared today to be planning a

vast series of super-hedgehogs tol

defend Europe against invasion but indications were that the Nadis are behind schedule in constructing the barriers on the.so-called “soft underside” of the continent. Where and when the allies may invade Europe are closely guarded secrets but Nazi propaganda and reports from the occupied nations gave a pretty good idea of where the Germans think the attack will occur. The Nazis have spent nearly three years working on the fortifications

, along the French coast from the

Spanish frontier north and east to Belgium. The same work has been put in along Norway's long coastline. :

Haly Not Heavily Fortified

But the fortifications of the French Mediterranean coast were started only in the latter part of November and until recent months Italian fortifications were left to the Italians. A Italy's defenses are noi believed to be formidable. They probably consist largely of barbed wire entanglements and mined beaches; plus the customary machine-gun emplacements and pill boxes with only the major harbors protected by big guns. Besides improving the airfields of Greece and Crete, the Germans paid little attention to the Balkan and the Greek coast defenses before the allied invasion of Africa. But in the past few months they have installed concrete. fortifications along the Jugoslav coast and at such points as Salonika and other places on the Aegean where allied landings are possible. Naval Bases Strengthened

More recently they started elaborate defenses of the Black sea ports of Constanza, Bargas and Burgas, where they previously had set up secondary naval bases for defense

eeannARaINst the Russians.

The pattern of Nazi defenses on the European coast is believed to be similar to the hedgehog system used in Russia, only on a larger scale. Beaches where landings might be made reportedly are staked with barbed wire and mined. Several hundred feet back of the beaches lay chains of concrete pillboxes from which heavy machine-guns could lay down a cross fire.

in London with his wife, screen

capital.

Maj. S. S. Bartlett, first American officer to bomb Berlin, lights up

actress Ellen Drew. Bartlett took

the place of a British bombardier on an R. A. F. raid on the German

RARE SALVE FLOWN TO STRICKEN BABY

LOS ANGELES, April 10 (U. P.). —A rare ointment, biodyne, was being flown here today in the hope it would save the life of 10-month-old Margaret Mortz, burned seriously when she placed a live electric wire in her mouth. A series of hurried long-distance telephone calls last night by physicians located the only supply of the ointment on the Pacific coast in a surgical supply house at San Francisco. A special priority was granted for shipment of the biodyne on the first available plane.

RETIRED INSURANCE SALESMAN IS DEAD

Charles Boicourt, an insurance man here for many years prior to his retirement 10 vears ago, died yesterday at the Althenheim, 2007 N. Capitol ave. He was 85. Mr. Boicourt was born in Madison, moving to Indianapolis when a young man. He was connected with a number of insurance companies during his career, the last one being the American Mutual Insuraace Co. of Indianapolis. He was a member of the old Plymouth Congregational church and of the present First Congregational church. Services will he at 2 p. m. tomorrow in the Flanner & Buchanan mortuary, with the Rev, Ellis Hay of the Congregational church officiating. Cremation will follow. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Rose Cramer of Madison, and sev-

eral nieces and nephews..

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WINTER WHEAT

ESTIMATE GUT

Peaches Injured by Cold; Potato Crop Slightly Over Last Year's.

WASHINGTON, April 10 (U. P.). —Crop prospects have been seriously impaired by unfavorable weather in March, the department of agriculture reported yesterday. Estimated 1943 winter wheat production now is 558,551,000 bushels, compared with the 1942 production of 703,253,000 bushels. The first crop production estimate of the year said the. condition of the winter wheat crop on April 1 indicated an average yield this year of 14.9 bushels per acre, compared with 18.3 bushels an acre on the seeded acreage last ‘year. Since there is a surplus of wheat, the smaller crop should not adversely affect the food situation. The condition of pastures was estimated at 80 per cent of normal, compared with 82 per cent a year ago. Potatoes Below Normal Early potatoes in the 10 southern states and Californias ‘were 78 per cent of normal on. April 1, compared with 76 per cont a year earlier, The report indicated’ a sharp decline in the prodyction of peaches this year, showing. the crop condition on April 1 was 48 per cent of normal compared with 77 per cent a year ago. Severe cold weather in March, alternating with warm periods, caused extensive damage to fruit buds in Eastern and Middle Western states and injured vegetables] in portions of the Gulf states. While reeent rains have helped

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IN PATERNITY CASE

LOS ANGELES, April 10 (U. P.).

Mrs. Coates, of Sherman Oaks, filed a damage and paternity suit, and asked that Maj. Grant Powers be adjudged father of her 13-month-old daughter. She also sought $200 a month for support of the child. Powers’ whereabouts was not disclosed.

BALDWINS HAVE SON A six-and-one-half pound son

Mrs. W. A. Miskimen, 1401 Golden

Hill dr, with whom she makes

SPRING IS TIME

FOR INSULATION

No Priorities Needed if

Work Costs Less Than $200 Total.

and keep cool in summer, are architects and real estate men say. Insulate at any time and help win the war, the priorities and manpower officials say.

A second-story bedroom under an uninsulated attic may become an

ant midsummer nights’ dreaming, and persons who lie on their heds in one of them and toss restlessly until past midnight may do a bad job of welding or drill too many holes in a steel plate the next day. That is one reason production officials are recommending the insulation of attics.

Critical Materials Not Needed

Any 3b of insulating costing less than $200 and not requiring critical materials may be done without getting priorities or official permissicn of any kind. Most any home can be insulated for less than $200 and it is not necessary to use critical materials. The job can be done quickly and noiselessly. Attic insulation alone costs less, naturally, than insulating the whole house, but the. attic will be the J most ‘important part of the house from a heat standpoint for several months to come. It is the attic which stores up a reservoir of heat during the day and empties it all over the house at night. Attic insulation is generally accomplished by applying suitable material between the joists and rafters. There are different kinds from which to choose.

Storm Sashes Reiomimentel Too

Those who can afford it would do well to insulate the whole house now and to install storm sashes and doors if they can do so within the allowable expenditure limits.

warmer next winter and consume much less fuel. There is no infallible rule for measuring heat loss or extra expense caused by lack of storm sashes and doors. Generally, in steam-heated houses, there must be one square foot of radiation for every square foot of glass window without storm sashes, also extra radiation surface for each lineal foot of window perimiter which is without weather stripping. It is generally not considered an exaggeration to say that thorough insulation of a home can result in a saving of up to 20 per cent of the fuel bill.

and a health measure.

PRINGLE DISMISSED AS OWI EXECUTIVE

WASHINGTON, April 10 (U P.) —Gardner Cowles Jr., deputy director of the office of war infor-

Pringle, Pulitzer author, has been dismissed as head of the OWI writers’ division because he did not agree with OWI's

policy of restricting the number of its own publications and relying on newspapers and other established agencies for distribution of its information. Harold Guinzburg, president of the Viking Press, resigned in protest as chief of OWI's publication bureau. He was Pringle’s immediate superior. Cowles, who heads the domestic branch of OWI, said he was “extremely sorry they are leaving since they are very competent persons.” He said they could not see eye to eye on administrative policy—particularly the size of the OWI booklet and pamphlet program. “I feel,” Cowles said, “that we should rely 95 per. cent on newspapers for disseminating our information. They have co-operated beautifully, and I want to see this office use regular channels—newspapers, ‘radio and magazines—not try to develop new channels.”

‘each car must be kept in the ve-

numbers against the humbers on § | the tires can be made.

TIRE REGULATIONS TIGHTENED BY OPA

Revision of the tire rationing regulations ‘to provide a closer check against bootlegging and violations of tire. “inspection requirements was announced today by the

OPA. : The changes, effective Thursday,

provide: - 1. The tire inspection record for

hicle while in operation, unless its removal is authorized by OPA, so that a check of the recorded serial

© 2. A tire inspector will report any serial number irregularities to the local ‘rationing board that issued the tire inspection record, rather than to the board which appointed him. This will make sure that the board ‘best able to investigate the discrepancies will get the report. | 3. When an applicant for a tire 7 SUL6 ose mot have 8 ute Jnupes

Insula: te the home during spring ;

oven not at all conductive to pleas-;

lawn, situated among large trees at

; resented both buyer and seller.

This spacious English colonial brick ‘residence with landscaped

cently purchased by R. H. Edwards from George R. Thompson, who had made it his home. Three master bedrooms and two baths occupy the second floor. Sam Protheroe of the Hall-Hottel Co., Inc., realtors, rep-

N.S. REALTORS MAKE 24 SALES

Many Houses, Lots Figure In Varied Broker

Deals.

Twenty-four pieces of real estate

changed hands during the last reporting period through negotiations by the Associated North Side Realtors. R. E. Peckham handled the deals for 6755 Riverview dr., 5202 Central ave., 5927 Broadway and 3310 Brookside pkwy and, with Fred T. Hill, sold 728 E. 48th st. American Estates negotiated for| 5212 Woodside dr., 607 E. 37th st. and 3915-17 Central ave.

Handles Two Deals

Wendell M. Hicks was the broker for 3850 Graceland ave. 5933 Guilford ave. and 2102 Brookside ave. Deals for 5733 E. New York st. and 3002 E. 34th st. were made by

Artcraft Decorating Co.

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3701 Forest Manor ave. was re- ' MISSING §

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2000 Landlords i

If the life of a landlord is not an easy one, what of the man who lives the life of 2000 landlords? - Does he listen to long ‘lines of complaining tenants. by day and dream of leaky radiators and broken furnaces by

That's ‘Bob’ Kershaw's Life

lived in foreign countries. The last alien-owned property “Bob” handled was an estate for which he accounted to the German consul in Cleveland.

Wayne M. Harriman. Fay Cash also was the broker in ‘two deals, one for a lot in: Northolm and one for eight acres west of 106th st. Other deals were: 6118 Indianola ave., by M. G. Gerdenich; 627 Spring st., by Ford Woods; 4714-18-22 E. 15th st., by John Lookabill; 737 W. 44th st. and 5608 N. Delaware st., by Atkinson & Co.; 3825-27 N. Delaware, by Brodbeck & Dahlman and Ford Woods; 5847 Forest Lane, by P. A. Havelick; 1104 N. Keystone ave. by T. Lorin Driscoll, and 129 W. 41st st., by Fred T. Hill

Y¢ Arsenal Buldrog & Loan?’ © Association was founded of 1885, making it one of the old est insttutions of ws kind dndianapolis: In all its $8-year

in One—-

missed a-dividend payment, and its reserves today represent over 16 % of wuts total assets. You can save—or borrow —sately at Arsenal, '

Formerly, many of these owners

Buy U § War Bonds first—

That account was invest the rest of your savings

history, Arsenal has aever

night?

Can he possibly

get any pleasure

cleaned up before the war. All properties in the Fletcher Trust Co. portfolio now, whether homes, apart-

_ HOLDUP CAREER BRIEF NEW YORK, April 10 (U. B.).—

with Arsenal

Homes so treated will be much!

Insulating is ,a war measrel

.| Nazi party in the early days of the

mation, said today that Henry F. prize winning

out of life? # To get an answer to all these questions you'd have to ask Robert B., Kershaw. “Bob” positively does not listen very long to com- : plaining tenants. Mr Kershaw He removes their grounds for complaint. And he doesn’t dream of broken furnaces and leaky radiators. He has them fixed. Bob Kershaw is property manager of the Fletcher Trust Co. a position he has held for exactly 30 years. He is the lord of 2000 manors, or, Yechnically speaking, manager of the property of 2000 landlords. To the lessees, he is the landlord, and in law and practice he is the landlord in every respect save one—he doesn’t retain the rent. That goes to the actual owners, most of whom live in Indianapolis but many of whom are scattered over 48 states.

MAY GO TO VATICAN

LONDON, April 10 (U. P.)—The | Daily Sketch gossip column said today that neutral diplomats in Berlin understood that Baron Franz von Papen, German ambassador to Turkey, would be shifted to the Vatican. Papen is a Catholic and opposed the anti-Catholic attitude of the

Hitler regime, the column said. As ambassador to the Vatican, Papen could further Hitler's appeasement of the Holy See and perhaps head off any peace feelers by ‘Count Galeazzo Ciano, Italian en-

ment structures, are American owned.

most pleasant experience,” he said. “It has been meeting the public. Landlords and tenants, they come from all over the world, and I like to work with them.”

real estate board, of which he is now a director, for 19 years, and has served as treasurer, chairman and a member of innum- | erable committees. the old Rental Bureau, later consolidated with the board, was always active in the property management division, and was an organizer and still is one of the main-_ stays of the credit bureau, and has been a regular attendant at all] board conventions, state.

home at 3644 Carrollton ave. Their | hearts are in Ft. Devens, where their son “Bob” is a lieuten- | ant in the quartermaster corps. |

REPORT VON PAPEN 'HOUSE GROUP PLANS

—Grade labeling of canned foods, | under consideration by the office! of price administration, will be the | subject of hearings next week before a house subcommittee investi- | gating governmental agencies, was announced yesterday.

group headed by Rep. Hugh Peterson (D. Ga.) said canners’ will pre-. sent arguments against grade la-

bulldings or commercial). pettey's career as a bandit

lasted only two minutes because the proprietor of the restaurant he was trying to hold up didn't believe he had a gun in his hand. It wasn't. It was a corn-cob pipe.

HOME FRONT WAR CRY

“You ask me what has been my

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CAN LABEL HEARING

WASHINGTON, April 10 (U. P.).

Start Your Garden Today!

The food we can grow in our still unmolested and productive country must be spread out in distribution—to our armed forces and to our noble allies! That's why YOU should grow your part of Food for Freedom in a Victory Garden as large as your space allows. Vonnegut's is prepared to help you with the proper tools, supplies and advice.

A. L. Ford, counsel for the house

beling on Monday.

OPA officials

voy and Mussolini's son-in-law. .

PUCKETT GRANTED NEW TRIAL HEARING

will have an opportunity to reply on Tuesday. The house agriculture committee after holding hearings| went on record earlier this week as opposed to grade labeling this year..

vice chairman; B. Hunt, Harry L. Robbins, Frank

president of the board.

LAFAYETTE, Ind, April 10 (U. P) Will R. Puckett, 64, retired Chicago painting contractor convicted of murdering his wife, was granted a hearing yesterday on his petition for a new trial. Circuit Judge W. Lynn Parkinson set the Rearing for April 22. Puckett was convicted of shooting his 67-year-old “marriage bureau” bride, Ella Mae, last August.

NEW CASTLE FORMS. REAL ESTATE BOARD|

New Castle has recently organized a real estate board with a temporary set of officers. Frank L. Moore, executive secretary of the Indiana Real Estate association, yesterday said that there are now 17 boards in the state, of which 14 are members of the Indiana association.

REAL ESTATE BOARD ~ REVISING BY-LAWS

The Indianapolis Real Estate Board is preparing a new constitution and by-laws, the last edition of which is dated 1935. The committee in charge is composed of C. B. Durham, chairman; Fred L. Palmer, M. G. Gerdenich, Z.

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