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THURSDAY, MAY 27,

1943

“STORE COWBOYS

RIDING FOR FALL

Wave of Adolescent Crime Causes Officials Worst | Headache in Years; Police Threaten Use of ‘Crack-Down’ Tactics.

The proverbial drug store “cowboys” high, wide and handsome recently, and unless some of them

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have been riding |

mend their ways, they're headed for some serious trouble, | Juvenile authorities warned today.

A wave of adolescent holdups, petty pilfering from drug store counters and general vandalism all over Indianapolis in the last few months have given police their worst head-

ache in years. Ambushing of drug store delivery Dboys by armed youths, 13 to 16 years of age, has been almost a nightly oc- * currence recently. “We're trying to break up these gangs as fast as we can find them but our efforts are #imost useless without more co-operation from the parents.” declared Lieut. William] Kurrasch, head of the juvenile aid | fivision of the police department. He said evidence is clear that wartime conditions have resulted in! parents relaxing their control over their children, allowing them to roam the streets entirely out of, control. “The only ting parents to children more closely is curfew enforcement.” Lieut. rasch said. pressed his desire for a curfew en-

solution besides getsupervise their a strict! Kur- |

(ing business,”

forcement, and I believe it will be used eventually.” Drug store proprietors all over the city have reported having trouble with roving gangs of defiant teen age youths. “We have to nail down everything in the store or the boys would carry off half our stock,” said one drug store proprietor. Some druggists reported they! were forced to clear their stores of {all youths about every hour in order to prevent pilfering. “We have to ban from our stores | entirely some youths whom we know might cause trouble and the con-

duct of the gangs generally is hurt- |

another . druggist said. Police warned that some new) “crack down” tactics might have

to be used on some of the “cow-

of crime.

Two Platoons of Russian

MOSCOW, May 27.—Somewhere | on the Russian front there is a grim;

platoons of snipers who have as-| signed chess values to their targets) and now are undertaking to fill the board. The ordinary enemy soldier counts as a pawn. Three rows already are filled, reports a Soviet correspandent who visited the unit. Knights are cavalrymen. One side has two, the other is still unscored. Any enemy officer counts as a bishop. The queen is no one less than a major, the King must be a colonel, or above. So far there ,-are no kings and only one queen, who is a Rumanian Lieutenant colo-

nel whom sniper Simien Kirrilov,

{stalked for three days.

A disabled tank represents a cas-

it was only an Italian baby tank! Now they are trying to compromise

count one-half.

The game had its origin in a box} car in which the sniper unit was, The men |

moving toward the front. were playing when a jerk of the train pitched two chessmen out of the door. “We need another officer, said. “At the front I'll get you one,”

replied a spectator. The game began. |

Battles With Jap Zeros Show New Corsairs Superior

WASHINGTON, May 27 (U. P.).— A series of savage air battles over | the South Pacific has proved that] the navy's new Vought Corsair is] decidedly superior to all models of the Japanese zerc, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, commander of the U. S.| Pacific fleet, reported to the navy today. He said that the pilots who fly the new Corsair, F4U, has the zero licked in every phase of combat performance—in-| terception, maneuverability, climb, speed, fire power and armor. Included in the actions on which Nimitz’s conclusions were based were two engagements with mass Japanese fighter sweeps over the. Russell islands. In one of these, 16 of 25 attacking zeros were shot down and Corsairs accounted for 15

iwere similar. dence in the Corsair’s ability to fol-

of that bag. In the other engagement, | Benneth A. Walsh, 28-year- ay — rine flier, San ‘Diego, Cal, led his squadron of Corsairs to the aid of | six P-38's which were taking on 25!

Walsh's

123, Streator, Ill. Nimitz's report said experiences

of the other pilots in the squadron charged with first-degree murder in| tended to “freeze the employees’

He expressed confi- the “love affair” slaying of his wife, |conditions more rigidly than the adnext | ministr ation

low any evasive movements of the zero and to achieve a faster rate of!

climb. He said it also has greater | speed in level flight and. is superior sons called had to be excused be-

lin all other respects without qual- cause of their jobs in war plants’

ifications.

A Good Lighte

r Vital on

Guadalcanal, Says Scribe

SOMEWHERE IN THE PACIFIC, May 27 (U. P.).—En route to Guadalcanal? Then take the advice of Sgt. Ken- | seth N, Hand, U. S. marine corps

following in your kit bag: + Most Important Article— A good] lighter that will function in the wind and hold a maximum of fluid; |

extra flints and a can or two of pencil set; a good book—a pocket (ang recommended the death pen-

fluid. Runnerup in Importance—A sturdv wrist watch, preferably with waterproof case, unbreakable cry stal! J ‘and with h sweep han... hand.

High on the “Must” List— A Boy Scout knife which has a can opener blade; it's as important as a on opener to a June bride.

One of Handiest Articles—A wit] combat correspondent, and pack the ing knife with at least a seven- inch| | blade and with leather sheath.

Other Items—Two toilet cases, one Ismall to fit in pack and the other] to be carried in sea bag; pen and

{ history of world or the works of a

| master which bears rereading: shoe-

{ shining kit.

Things to Leave at Home—Elec-|

tric iron or radio.

MOTHER DROWNS 2 YOUNG DAUGHTERS

PITTSBURGH. May 27 (U. P)., — Feeling something * ‘snap” in her, head, a 27-year-old mother drowned her two young daughters in the | bathtub and then tried to take her

own life by inhaling gas, police re-

ported today. After drowning the children yesterday, police said, the mother, | Mrs. Raymond Gump, dressed them | carefully and tucked them in their cribs, where they were found by their father when he returned home from work. i Gump, a gas company Service man, said he smelled gas when he _ entered the home. Mrs. Gump was £ not affected by fumes. Four years ago, officers learned, the couple's first child was killed in a fall from a second-floor porch

roof.

ELECT GOVERNOR AT OPTIMIST’S SESSION

HAMMOND, Ind., May 27 (U. P.). — Henry Freitag, Rock Island, Hi, was elected governor of the 12th district of Optimist International vesterday at the annual convention, succeeding Charles Tompkins, Hammond. Robert Blomquist, Harvey, Ill, and E. Jay Wiltrout, Gary, Ind. were

Japan's Navy Day Stretches Point

By UNITED PRESS TOKYO PROPAGANDISTS observed national navy day by reviewing the 38-year-old over the Russian fleet in the Russo-Japanese war and by re-

| calling the sneak attack on Pearl | Harbor.

The office of war information said Japanese broadcasts signifcantly omitted any mention of the battles of Guadalcanal, the Coral Sea and Midway. Also ignored, OWI said. were these claims and prophecies broadcast a year ago today: “Australia now is completely isolated.” “All important bases of the U. S. navy which could be used for aggression against East Asia have been occupied or destroyed and guerrilla warfare is all they (the Americans) can hope to wage.” “The Solomon islands and New Guinea are all under control of the Japanese navy.” “The Anglo-American navies are now swiftly being driven out of the Pacific.”

SHRINE NO. 12 PLANS PARTY

Slectad lieutenant gOVernors,

Big grinning Denver H. Spann led the five-man team that set a new world’s championship riveting record at Los Angeles shipyards, driving more than 2000 rivets in five and a half ‘hours.

COUNTY'S FUND PLEA TRIMMED

'—the name here for bishops—one player! land for removing the upper dome

Sunnyside project,

victory |

Pilgrim shrine 12 will Dave a & fue

Council Deletes Request for Juvenile Home Purchase.

The county council today cut | | $53.900 from requests for additional | appropriations, allowing $47.000, | {chiefly for the general repair pro-

“Mayor Tyndall has ex-| bogs” or theyll be headed for a life | gram at Sunnyside sanatarium.

Requests denied included one for $33,000 made by county commis-

sioners for the purchase and remodeling of the juvenile detention

| home building at 538 E. New York st.

Snipers in Grim Chess Game

Councilmen announced that “we cannot consider purchase of that {property under any consideration.” Commissioners had proposed pur[chase of the property as their

|“final stand on the detention home

i tle and this has produced some dis- problem.” chess game under way between two te One platoon crippled the ma- | chine but the other objected that,

Plans

Council president Addison J. | Parry said that other plans for the detention home were being worked

Form New

lon whether it will be permitted toi out and that he hoped something

definite would be done in the next few weeks to provide new quarters for the detention home. The present quarters have been condemned as a health menace and a fire hazard. The council also turned odwn the commissioners’ request for $18,000 to repair the court house skylights

on the building, which has been condemned as unsafe. More than | $34,000 was appropriated for the which will include installation of a new heating

{plant and general repair of the

poaidings.

EXHAUST VENIRES FOR

WHITE MURDER CASE

An all-time record in the num-

zeros in a dog fight at 20,000 feet. ‘ber of persons summoned for jury own experience—he shot | ‘service in one case was set today | ‘down three zeros—was the highlight ‘when special venires totaling 500 'the of the squadron's action, His wing- persons were exhausted in a futile| Firemen and Enginemen, designated the man was 1st Lt. Dean R. Raymond, | attempt to seat 12 jurors in crim- | recommended increase show

l inal court. The trial of Bernard L. White, 29, |

has been adjourned until

‘Tuesday until 150 more prospective calls for.

jurors can be summoned to court.

A large per cent of the 500 per-

|and scores of others have been ex-

cused because of their personal ob-| jections to imposing the death pen- |

alty. Prosecutor Sherwood Blue has indicated he will ask the death penalty in ¥ tig © case.

KANSAN CONVICTED IN DEATH OF CHILD

WICHITA, Kas., May 27 (U. P.). |—A district court jury yesterday (convicted Walter Ray Severns of {the “punishment” murder of his 8-year-old niece, Inez Viola Burling,

alty. | Severns remained impassive as the verdict was read. Defense At|torney George L. Adams imme!diately moved for a new trial, and {Judge Robert L. Nesmith set hear{ing on the motion for June 3. The state charged that the child ‘died as the result of injuries in|flicted by Severns as punishment. A 6-year-old brother of the slain (girl testified his uncle had held Inez by the ankles while he bumped her | ‘head against the floor.

DR. M'QUILLIN DIES: SERVICES SATURDAY

Dr. Henry C. McQuillin, father

| apolis, will be buried in Glen Haven following funeral services at 2 p. m. Saturday at the Flanner & Buchanan Funeral home. Dr. McQuillin, who was 69, died Tuesday at Madison, Wis. He was a graduate of the Indiana university medical school and was a practicing physician for 46 years in Madison and Toledo, O.

PETROLEUM IN EAST NOW 26.89, NORMAL

WASHINGTON, May 27 (U. PJ). —Petroleum officials revealed today that they are making every eflort| to avoid complete exhaustion of! yasoline supplies on the east coast.’ Ralph K. Davies, deputy peroleum administrator, hinted that nly drastic measures might avoid such a situation.

| Perkins Gets Neutral Room

| WASHINGTON, May 27.

| attack of measles.

| of Mrs. William S. Aspinall, Indian- | gyicide of Mrs

PROGRESS SLOW IN UMW DISPUTE

For Negotiators; Speeds

Discussions. By FRED W. PERKINS

Times Special Writer

— The | federal government, which has been | monkeying for months with the | wage dispute between the United | Mine Workers and bituminous coal operators, turned up yesterday with a tangible contribution toward set-| tling the long controversy. The government got the negotiators a hotel room, a meeting room! —in war-crowded Washington. Until this was accomplished, it looked as if the operators and miners would have to disobey the _ |injunction of the national war labor board that they resume collec-tive-bargaining conferences on disputed points the board passed hae! to them. |

Need Neutral Ground

Protocol forbade the operators from meeting their adversaries in| {the handsome United Mine Worker | ‘headquarters, formerly the uni-, versity club, equipped with abundant rent-free space. Nor could the! miners consider it proper to go to operator headquarters. They had to meet on neutral ground, and ‘none was to be found in any hotel. But Secretary of Labor Frances {Perkins came through with a tele{phone call which produced a meet-| ing place not only large and luxurious, but air-conditioned. Thus, protocol was maintained, and the! hotel bill is added as a microscopic item to the bill that the public willl eventually pay in higher coal prices| resulting from increased wages for| miners. The conferees had produced noth-| ing today to prejudice predictions, that their meetings were likely to use up most or all of the 15 days before the NWLB has instructed | them to report, about June 10, the result of their deliberations. John L. Lewis, head of the union,! is pressing the advantage given | him by the board's order. The! operators of both northern and southern Appalachian areas are tr v-| ing to keep him from winning a! complete victory on his original de-| mand for a $2-a-day wage boost for| more than half a million miners. |

Rail Wage Boost Hit

On another labor front, vigorous { complaint came from heads of railway labor organizations against a! recommendation by the national railway labor panel. as announced by the White House, that more than] a million “non-operating” employees | be granted retroactive raises of 8 cents an hour. They had demand-| ed 20 cents. | The panel reported that the boost, which it estimated will add $204,000,000 to the railroads’ pay roll; costs, was justified by “gross in-! equities,” would be non-inflation-| ary, and could be made without! breaching national wage-stabiliza-| tion policies. The recommendation | must be approved by James F.| Byrnes, |

economic stabilization di-| rector, acting for President Roose- | velt. | David B. Robertson, president of} Brotherhood of Locomotive | said the! ed that | {the railway labor hoard, through its! “harsh and intolerable decision,” in- |

‘hold the line’ order

Believe Award Acceptable

i Other railway labor leaders also iwere critical, but informed quarters |believed the award would be ac-| | cepted. This peaceful result would be an-| ‘other victory for the railway labor jact, which provides for an extensive {program of mediation and concilia- | Fi before arbitration, and which | frequently has been held up model statute covering labor fren in all American indusuy.

Melodies Fail; | Child Sleeps On

SAN DIEGO, Cal, May 27 (U. P.) —Violin strains of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” brought tears to the eyes of 8-year-old | Dorleen Peabody. now in the sev- ! enth week of sleeping sickness, but failed to rouse her, the child's mother, Mrs. Wilfred Peabody | said today. Robert Krantz, the little girl's | music instructor,” stood by her | hospital bed and played melodies | she had been practicing for a |! recital. Dorleen tried vainly to | talk, tears streaming down her | face. | She fell into the coma after an |

PSYCHOLOGIST TAKES GAS, CAUSES BLAST

NEW YORK, May 27 (U. P.).—The Gladys Deutsch, psychologist, caused a gas explosion today which blew out walls of her Riverside Drive apartment and! shattered windows in the neighborhood. The body of the 50-year-old Mrs. Deutsch, clad in negligee, was found in the kitchen. In the wreckage po-! lice found a note, which apparently had been blown off the apartment door. It warned against entering the apartment, because of escaping: gas and directed the finder to ad the paper to police, On the reverse side, the note said: “To the civilian authorities: Gas. is escaping at No. 5 Riverside Drive, Apartment 4-E. Send cadaver, if any, to nearest institution requiring such supplies.” |

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

AYRES’ MAY

*Registered

END OF MONTH SALE

% Ayres' E. O. M. sale is the regular cleanup of odd lots, broken sizes and soiled merchandise.

May E. O. M. is especially value-full, bringing you many values for yourself, your family and your

home.

in every department.

Come early, stay late.

Look for a great many unadvertised values on every floor and

GLOVES E. 0. M. PRICED

HOLDUP NETS $60,000 | CINCINNATI, May 27 (U. P).—|

Three bandits held up five emBast goust stocks of petroleum ployees of the Sinton hotel in down civilian town Cincinnati

F and ess

FABRIC GLOVES, were originally 1.00 and 1.25. Rayons and cottons. High colors and some whites soiled from display. Now................ 59%

BETTER GLOVES, were originally 1.50 to 5.00. Leathers, rayon and cotton fabrics. Dark colors, high shades and a few whites slightly soiled from display. Now........1.29

—GLOVES, STREET FLOOR.

E. 0. M. SALE OF

FRENCH ROOM HATS

NOW ONLY

3.95-7.96

Special groups, all taken from regular stock; all originally much, much more; all reduced for immediate clearance. Types to wear now and later.

—FRENCH ROOM MILLINERY, THIRD FLOOR.

COSTUME JEWELRY

IDENTIFICATION BRACELET, were originally 2.50, now .. 4 for 1.00* (20) LEAF BRACELETS, were originally 1.00, Hew ......... 4 for 1.00* (10) JEWELED PILL BOXES, were orginally 5.95, aw ...... eres 0 (64) CLIPS. were originally 1.00. Rhinestones and gold metal finish. Now ...... ..4 for 1.00% (43) COLORED BRACE-

LETS, were originally 1.00, now .. ..2 for 1.00* * Plus Tax.

—COSTUME JEWELRY STREET FLOOR.

BOOKS

USED BOOKS from our cir=culating library and a few others, 29¢ each, 4 for 1.00

—BOOKS, STREET FLOOR

BLOUSES, NECKWEAR

BLOUSES, were originally 2.25-398. Odd lots, very broken size ranges. Now.....179

BETTER NECKWEAR, was originally 1.00 to 1.25. Very broken group. Now...... 5%

NECKWEAR, FLOWERS, odd lots. Now

—NECKWEAR, STREET FLOOR.

HANDKERCHIEF SHOP

WOMEN'S NAME HANDKERCHIEFS, special for 10e ODDS AND ENDS OF MEN'S AND WOMEN’S HANDKERCHIEFS, new ....

. Greatly Reduced

—HANDKERCHIEF SHOP, STREET FLOOR.

NOTIONS

ODDS AND ENDS OF NOTIONS, slightly soiled and damaged, now .........Greatlly Reduced

~—NOTIONS, STREET FLOOR.

TOILET GOODS

COATS, SUITS

DAYTIME DRESSES

1.00 SIZE JAR OF JOMAR HAND CREAM, special, limited quantity, 2 Jars for 1.00 KATHLEEN MARY QUINLAN “FORGET - ME - NOT” PERFUME, originally was

KATHLEEN MARY QUINLAN “FORGET - ME - SACHETS, now ODDS AND ENDS OF TOILETRIES AND FANCY GOODS .... Greatly Reduced Plus 109% Tax. TOILETRIES, STREET FLOOR.

MEN'S FURNISHINGS

(116) MEN’S TIES, rayon and silk, were originally 1.00, ..53¢, 2 for 1.00 (115 Prs.) MEN'S SOCKS, mostly fancies, in rayon and rayon-and-cottons, originally 65¢c, now

--MEN'S FURNISHINGS, STREET FLOOR.

COLLEGIENNE SHOP

RAYON CREPE DRESSES, originally were 8.95 to 12.95, now “o “ral 6.90 DRESSES, wmeluding rayon prints and plain crepes. Were originally 10.95 to 22.95, now Caves 100% WOOL TWO - PIECE SUIT DRESSES, were originally 22.95 and 25.00,

..14.90

COLLEGIENNE SPORT SWEAR, separate jackets and skirts, sweaters and blouses; odds and ends; broken sizes. .. . Greatly Reduced

--COLLEGIENNE SHOP, FOURTH FLOOR.

FABRICS, COTTONS

Broken Assortment

22¢ YARD

RAYONS Broken assortment including Checks, Stripes, Printed Sheers, Printed Crepes, Plain Colors.

64c YARD

—FABRICS, FOURTH FLOOR.

LINGERIE

(4) SPRING SUITS, originally 39.95, now (2) SPRING SUITS, were originally 49.95, now 36.85 (7) SPRING COATS, were originally 79.95, now 48.85 (1) SPRING COAT, was originally 69.95, now (2) SPRING COATS, were originally 98.95, now.... 68.85 (6) SPRING COATS, were originally 89.95, now ... 68.85 (2) SPRING COATS, were originally 89.95, now —COATS, SUITS, THIRD FLOOR.

wers 26.85

GOWN ROOM DRESSES

Very broken assortment of women's and misses’ sizes. Types to wear now and all summer, (15) DRESSES, were originally 19.95 to 29.95,

(35) DRESSES, were originally 19.95 to 35.00, now dems mone revs 1588 (45) DRESSES, were originally 22.95 and 25.00,

—GOWN ROOM, THIRD FLOOR.

BUDGET SHOP

(75) MISSES’ AND WOMEN’S DRESSES, one and twopiece styles in plain rayon crepes and prints. Were originally 7.98 to 15.00, now .... vii sii n 0 GROUP OF SEPARATE CARDIGANS, RAYON CREPES AND A FEW MATERNITY DRESSES included in group. Misses’ sizes. NOWE .....onivis cine visi 298 —BUDGET SHOP, THIRD FLOOR.

(30) FLANNELETTE GOWNS, sizes 32 and 34 only. Were originally 3.00,

A GROUP OF 26 PIECES, including gowns and pajamas. Rayon crepes and rayon sat ins. Were eriginglly: 4.00 to 10.95, now. . on - LINGERIE, SECOND FLOOR.

LOUNGE SHOP

(36) BEDJACKETS, including brushed rayon, quilted rayon satins and rayon satins with lace trim. Were originally 2.00 and 3.00, now........1.00

(16) PIECES, including hostess robes, quilted robes, lounging robes, etc. Were originally 598 to 35.00, BOW + vorvveienves 2.88 to 16.88 —~LOUNGE SHOP, SECOND FLOO]

(117 Prs.) SUMMER SHOES, Deliso Deb, Arnold Authentic, Matrix. Were originally 8.95 to 10.95, now 5.85 (170 Prs) RED CROSS SHOES, were originally 6.95. Summer styles, broken sn.

—SHOES, SECOND FLOOR.

SPORTSWEAR

(25) SPORTS DRESSES, were originally 7.98 to 22.95. Very broken assortments.

(47) JACKETS, SKIRTS, were originally 3.98. In “Baby Luana,” a rayon fabric. Now,

-—SPORTS SHOP, THIRD FLOOR.

SPORTS ACCESSORIES

(59) SKIRTS, were originally 398-1695. Wools in checks, plaids, some plain colors. 99¢-9.99 (21) SWEATERS, were originally 598. Short-sleeved styles. Cotton. Now (63) BLOUSES, were origi nally 3.00-1595. Cottons, rayon crepes, pure silks. ..99¢-9.99 (29) JACKETS, were originally 5.98 and 10.95. Of rayon gabardine. Now...... 3.99-4.99 (29) MATCHING SKIRTS, were originally 5.98. Of rayon gabardine. Now.. ..2.99

— SPORTS AccEssoRIES HIRD FLOOR.

LINENS and BEDDING GREATLY

(98) DRESSES, were originally 2.50-3.98. Cottons and rayon crepes. Broken size assortment. Now...1.69 and 2.99 (87) DRESSES, were originally 5.00-10.95. Dark rayon sheers, rayon crepe and spun rayon prints. Broken assortment of regular and half Sizes. Now.......... .3.99-4.99 (86) DRESSES, were originally 2.98-6.50, Cotton checks, stripes, plaids. Broken range of junior sizes.

NOW ernie inn. JE=3.90

—DAYTIME DRESSES, FOURTH FLOOR,

FUN SHOP

(38) DENIM JACKETS, were originally 2.25. Navy and sailing blue. Sizes 12 and 14 only.

(15) SMOCKS, were originally 2.50. Dress-length Plain blue or green only. Now “>

~—FUN SHOP, FOURTH FLOOR.

TRIMMINGS

TRIMMING LENGTHS in all kinds of

trimmings, 19, 29, 39¢

~—TRIMMINGS, FOURTH FLOOR.

SUBDEB SHOP

GROUP OF RAYON DRESSES, were originally 7.98 to 3285 now. ............... 3329 GROUP OF COTTON DRESSES, broken sizes 10 to 16. Originally 5.00 now.. 2.29

—SUBDEB SHOP, FOURTH FLOOR.

SUMMER MILLINERY

$2 33 §

Were originally 2.95 to 8.95. Odds and ends of good spring and summer styles; broken size assortment,

—MILLINERY, THIRD FLOOR.

GIRLS’ SHOP

YELLOW WOOL FITTED COAT, size 14, was 22.95, now 12.90 PAS T E L PLAID FITTED COAT, size 14, was 17.95, now ; ee 12.90 PURPLE WOOL COAT, white linen collar, size 10, was 19.95. . .. 12.90 GROUP oF SHEER AND HEAVY COTTON DRESSES, were 3.00 to 5.00, sizes 7 to 14, now 2.29 (4) GLEN PLAID WOOL SUITS, ,

(2) WOOL SHETLAND

@) NA' FORA bray SUITS, were

styles.

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