Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 May 1944 — Page 3
Beeker- Hints at Syphoning Of Fuel From Squad
Cars.
Chief of Police Clifford Beeker who has troubles enough with gamblers and thieves, now faces a| baffling inter-department mystery: How and when does gasoline dispear so idly from police squad pp Tapicy golf champion and home economics Chief Beeker hinted strongly at trietorn, made he JrosCHiion siphoning operations by disclosing| fier 8 program cing, acro-
a batics and stunts that mileage readings on squad cars . at New Orleans for a year and ',;e far below what they should be Another award, a chain and
grand jury| .took her boot training at Hunter |aocorgi amount of gasoline Bedal, went to Miss -Aichhorn,| Wesley Walton, Lawrence LohJudge W.| college, N. Y. ne Io She ign He| Mary Fritsche, Joan Taylor, Anna kamp, Dean Royalty, David O'Neill > Ventura and Betty Allanson. and Robert Reifeis won Frenzel therefore requested the safety board) "pp “ypioqeq Ajchhorn, Ventura ribbons, yesterday to ponder the advisability 3 tof purchasing gasoline lock-caps for
GUERNSEY co. CASE police vehicles.
Scams of Others Tr Ind an Travelers AssurCaptured With Him in . ance Co. Officials Charged Philippines. "With Perjury. By MILDRED REIMER officers of the Indiana Trav-
More than 100 eager and hopeful relatives of Indiana prisoners of war
7 prederick crum, 2841 an-| HARTSOCK TO HEAR st, charged with performing
Terre Haute on a police motorcycle.| mand is being prepared by the Prae 3 operation which resulted
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"Joseph J. Reber, 33, of 537 N.. Tacoma: McClurey,
II, and III, where he had been before his escape. Parents were assured that conditions now are much better than they were when Cmdr. McCoy left.
Red Cross Aid Arrives
“In January, 1943, the first Red Cross supplies arrived.” he sald, “and enough vitamin B-1 solution to cure all beri-beri prisoners and enough vitamin pills to keep the others going for two years were received.” The internees sleep on bamboo beds, work on farms or do other jobs and have some recreational facilities although they have little time for play. “We had libraries in most of the camps,” Cmdr. McCoy told, “even though many of the books were geographies. They allowed us to read and also let us keep our pipes. The Japs mainly took watches, fountain pens and rings away from the prisoners.”
Information True
Regarding truthfulness of cards written from camps, the commander said most of the information is true. The facts are written on scrap paper by the prisoners, typed by American clerks and then. censored by Jap representatives. “One of the biggest worries of your boys” Cmdr. McCoy said, “is| That they worry that the people | back here are worrying about them.” Comparatively speaking. the morale in all the camps is good and the boys still believe hope is just around the corner. The Indianapolis naval hero, son of Mrs. Warren Wayne, 854 N. Oakland ave. leaves here today to re. turn to his duties as commanding! officer at Port Blakely, Wash.
Gloria Nord . .
. the “Sonja Henle of roller skating” will cut a
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ork st., charged with bigamy in connection with records showing he married Mrs. Neoma Trykar in St. Louis Oct. 3, 1941, while he was living as common law husband with Mrs. Ruth Maher of Indianapolis, who died several months ago. Case Dropped Suddenly The indictment was based upon evidence brought out in a recent probate court case in which Throckmorton sought to collect a share of Mrs. Maher's $40,000 estate on the ground that he was her com-mon-law husband. The case was dropped suddenly when Mrs, Trykar, whom he had married in St. Louis, appeared iif court and proved she was legally married to Throckmorton. : Leo Brown, deputy prosecutor in charge of the grand jury, explained that common-law marriages are recognized legally. The perjury indictment charged that the two company officials “corruptly and falsely” stated that their company’s liabilities for death claims totaled $9080 for 24 claims “whereas they knew in truth and fact that there were 41 claims” totaling $18,986 instead of $9080. The indictment charged that if
figure at the Coliseum tonight as “Skating Vanities” opens for a
seven-day stand. -
THE SECOND EDITION of the musical show on roller skates, “Skating Vanities,” will open at 8:30 o'clock tonight in the Coliseum and run through next Tuesday, with performances each night. The cast of 1068 skaters, with Gloria Nord as the leading lady, will present all forms of roller skating. Miss Nord is featured in ballet numbers, “A Symphony in Color,” and “Swingtime Down South.” A pair of skaters will introduce a roller skating tango, and precision numbers will be presented by Gae Foster's Vanitiettes. Otto Eason,
“Bojangles on Wheels,” will tap dance, and the chorus will offer a patriotic number, “Here Comes the Navy.” The show, which played a return engagement at- Boston and filled Madison Square Garden’ in New York, was called off the road long enough to take part in the picture, “Pin-Up Girl,” starring Betty Grable. Harold Steinman, producer, spent $100,000 for costumes and scenery, and Gae Foster of New York's Roxy theater staged and directed the show. Scouts toured the nation to secure talented skaters.
Bruce Barton Coming Here
To Spark War Bond Drive
Bruce Barton, well-known author
| and speaker and president and di-
rector of one of the world's largest
POLITICAL ISSUES CLEAR, JAMES SAYS
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SWITZ CITY, Ind, May 24 (U. P.).—8tate Auditor Richard T.|
sues in Indiana ‘in the coming campaign are clearly defined. James, candidate for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor, told a Greene county G. O. P. gathering last night that the issue is ‘between free representative government as represented by the Republican party and a form of state socialism as represented by the New Deal” James declared that both Governor Schricker and Senator Samuel D. Jackson, Democratic candidates for U. 8. senator and governor, respectively, had endorsed a fourth term for President Roosevelt “and a perpetuation of Washington bureaucracy.”
PAINTER TO LAUNCH DEPAUW ART SERIES
Times Special GREENCASTLE, May 24. —Wayman Adams, regarded as one of the nation's greatest portrait painters, will lecture tomorrow afternoon at DePauw university under the auspices of the art department. He will paint a portrait of Dr. Lisgar Eckardt, head of the philosophy department. Mr. Adams’ visit is the first of a
series of art forums.
advertising firms, will set the pace for Indiana's fifth war loan drive
at a meeting in Indianapolis on
Monday, June 5.
Representatives of Indiana stores, | offices and factories employing 500 James believes that campaign ts- | or more have been invited to hear
the author of the book, “The Man Nobody Knows.” The meeting, at noon in the Claypool hotel's Riley room, will be broadcast over the NBC radio network at 12:15 p. m. Mr. Barton, a member of the house of representatives from 1937 to 1941, is president and director of Batton, Barton, Durstine & Oc-
born, Inc, New York advertising|
agency. He is chairman of the. board of the Advertising Federation | of America,
Pledges Nearing $6,000,000
Quota acceptances in Marion county moved close to the $6,000,000 mark today as employees of Ell Lilly & Co. pledged to invest $380,800 in war bonds during the campaign. Additional county firms which turned in pledge cards are Clifton Pharmacy; Frank Lobraico; Fisher's Market & Sandwich Shop; Holcomb & Hoke Manufacturing Co.; Indiana Terminal and Refrigerating Co.; Indianapolis Industrial Clinic; Elmer Ittenbach & Son; MacCollum Paper Co.; Parrish & Hamaker; John Schneider; Security Trust Co.; Shumaker Brothers; Stokes Pharmacy Co.; Strawmeyer
Bruce Barton
OFFICIAL WEATHER
| the two insurance company officials 'had listed the correct figures in their | financial statement the firm would | have been shown to be in a “failing or insolvent condition.”
YANK TO DESCRIBE NAZI PRISON CAMP
First-hand information on the | treatment of American prisoners of {war in German prison camps will ibe given by Sgt. Henry Matwiejczk at the American Prisoners of War society meeting tomorrow night in the war memorial. Pvt. Matwiejczk, who escaped {from a Nazi camp in North Africa {after three weeks’ imprisonment, is stationed at Billings hospital and will speak following the society's business meeting at 7:30 p. m. Mrs. Claude D. Mickelwait of Washington, D. C., will tell relatives of Indianapolis prisoners of war in Germany the operation of the Red Cross prisoners of war program and motion pictures will be shown on Red Cross service overseas and canteen and hospital service here. A member of the national staff of the American Red Cross prisoners of war service, Mrs. Mickelwait is the wife of Col. Mickelwait, judge advocate of the 5th army in Italy. Mrs. Lester Moreland Sr. president of the local chapter, will preside.
STEERS TO DIRECT TUCKER COMMITTEE
Edwin Steers, treasurer of the Marion county Republican central
U. 8. Weather Burean
Yiited. States Weather Bureau Sunrise. . 5:22 | Sunset ... 8:01
TEMPERATURE —May 24, 1043— i
Precipitation 24 hrs. end. 7:30 a. m...
Total precipRation since Jan. 1. Excess since Jan. -.
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Bros; Robert Mueller Tru-Blue Omah
Food Products; WFBM, Inc, and Vitaminerals.
ttsburgh San Antonio, Tex.. 8t. Louis Washington, 'D. C..
IN INDIANAPOLIS-EVENTS-VITALS
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Leder. 33 Earl Schrader, 23 ware; Mildred Luella Barker, 22, R. R. 8, Box 520-F. Mary Alice , 33, of 537 N. Ta-
coms. Aaron Jackson Shutt, 18, of 2608 Guilford; M Lou , 17, of 2608 Guilford. , 31, Ft. Harrison;
EVENTS TODAY
Junior policemen b be. sworn in, Daisy Theater; 3:30 pm Bankers association, Claypool hotel. Lions club, Claypool hotel, noon. Indianapolis League of Women V Our Lady st Golf and Country en by church, Ayres’ aydi-
Harry, Thelma Connor, at Coleman Chester, Florence Lockard, at Methodist. Raymond, Dorothy Hortsman, at Meth-
Leonard, Bertha Upton, at Methodist. Boys William, Anita Medcalf, at St, Francis. James, Mary Babcock, at St. Vincent's. Lance, Virginia “Broadrick, at St. Vincent's Herman, Dorothy Pierce, at St. yincent's, Clark, Irene Babcock, at Method
Nathaniel, Margaret Hoy, at Methodist.
Wesley, Honore Wilson, at Methodist. DEATHS -
; Cuntin x Beaty, 63, of 1332 W. Michigan,
Jack W Wiliams, 90, at City, leukemia. ville: C. Livergood, 43, at Methodist,
coronary occlusion. Dotothy > James, 31, at City, diabetes Ruby Grannan, 38, of 32 Iris, cerebral
John W. lamb, 85, of 960 Cedar, cardio
83, of 3631 Creston Dells Warfield, $6. of 3410 . ‘10th, coron Thressie Lemon, 18, at 8. Vincent's, care
Edward R. Richards, 70, at City, pulmonedema. :
stephen Ammermas, 83 at City, arteri- |
Gale Leroy Lishy, 3, of 527 Marion, |
A Strickind, 36. of 13 N.
committee, was named chairman of a local Tucker-for-senator commit|tee today by Ted Keisker, state i Tucker-for-senator chairman. Other members of the committee are Edwin S. Pearce, president lof the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce; Elmer W. Stout, Indianapolis banker; Mrs. Jeanette McPheeters, widow of Lt. Col. John W. McPheeters, killed recently on the Anzio beachhead; William D. Hamerstadt, president of the Rockwood Manufacturing Co.; Audley S. Dunham, president of the Dunham Safe Co, and Floyd Burns and John Alexander, Indianapolis attorneys.
STRAUSS SAYS:
WOMEN 20-35 YEARS OF AGE
Check yourself for je 20 hn. Ato High school 2 years or more No children ard bjs of age.
‘the Indianapolis Bar association,
Harvey B. ‘Hartsock, President of
has been selected as special judge to preside at trials of three officials of the Golden Guernsey Farms, Inc.
charged with selling “watered” milk hospital at Sunnyside.
STRAUSS SAYS:
The chief said he thinks most of | trolman for allegedly sanctioning the precious liquid disappears while| the junket. the cars are standing in the city and police garages. Chief Beeker also told the safety terday’s board session. Local No. 46 stroyed at nearby Fairview today to the Marion County Tuberculosis board that he had fired Opha Hil- of the Fire Fighters’ association re- when a truck loaded with oil ture
Sgt. Charles Schwinn, Hillenburg’ s| ternal Order of Police, officials said, Fires Mechanic superior officer, was reduced to paOIL BLAZE CLAIMS LIFE ERIE, Pa. May 24 (U.P.).—One A fire department request for man was burned to death and two higher salaries was heard at yes- buildings valued at $15,000 were de-
{lenburg, a police department me- quested the board to increase wages pentine caught fire after being
I BN ing
No date for the trial has been set. chanic, for taking a fishing trip to by $300 annually. A similar de-'strusk by another truck.
IT'S ONE DAY NEARER VICTORY
concerning cotton dresses
Cotton . . . the cool, the immaculate, washable texture . . . is HIGH FASHION!
Cotton . . . is seen in the "best places” . .. in town and country . . . for business . . . and almost
_ every occasion . . . including important luncheons.
Why! A Radiant Person wears Cotton, down an aisle to an altar banked with flowers—wherein a Revered Gentleman asks her (and a man with uncertain knees) } to repeat after him the fateful words, “I do.”
And Cottons have always been (and are today, of course) a famous Specialty in the Specialty Shop for Tailored Women . . . Particularly the menswear cottons . . . the chambrays, the ginghams, the madrases and seersuckers!
Particularly in CLASSIC TAILORED DRESSES ‘re Softened with taste . . . notably those that button down the front—so easy to get into and out of . . . and so easy to wash and iron.
Particularly 2-PIECE DRESSES . . . in shirtings and seersuckers . . . principally "LYNBROOKS" and "ROCKINCHAIRS" that have
selective preference.
Prices are moderate . . . beginning at 7.98 and going upward by easy steps to 29.95.