Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 June 1944 — Page 3

Film at Circle to. Aid Drive.

A war bond premiere of Bing| . Crosby's “Going My Way” will be| .. presented July 6 at the Circle thea-| | ter for purchasers of “extra” fight-| ing fifth war loan bonds during the} |

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Souls Rapin $761,020 Meanwhile, Indianapolis Boy Scouts reported pledges of $761,020 in war bonds received in 4162 sales since the start of the drive. Carl G. Winter, chairman of the farm and suburban division of the county war finance committee, reported that at the end of the first week of solicitations in Speedway City, the community invested $18,200 in invasion’ bonds. The community’s quota is $25,000. : Two additional Indianapolis employee groups made the honor roll when they went over the top in bond sales. With sales totaling $6787.50, Victor Furniture Co. employees invested more than four times their quota of $1500. The 17 employees of the Kay Jewelry Co. topped their quota of $1700 by $800 to reach a total of $2500. Decatur township will stage a war bond rally at Decatur township high school in Valley Mills at 8 p.m. today, according to Fred Butler, township chairman of the loan drive. Impersonations by Harold!

Terry of Hollywood, the showing of |

two war films, and addresses by two soldiers from Billings general hospital at Pt. Harrison and W. R. McCullough of the speakers’ bureau will be included on the program.

More Groups Pledged

liam B. Whitacre,

A Hoosler for a time, Col. Wilformerly of Stout field, flew the tow plane for Lt. Col. Murphy’s glider, the first into France on invasion day.

field.

ress opened. “Feet first”

I had for the first visit.

The 691 employees of eight additional employee groups have pledged

war bond investments totaling $31,- | Total sales reported through last

| Saturday showed both Indiana and body shouted. The firms Kraf eese | shou are Cb { Marion county neck-and-neck at

275. Co., 8. 8. Kresge Co., the H. Lieber | Co., Morrison's, Inc, Rost Jewelry |

Co, the Star Store, L. Strauss &| . State sales reported through last

Co. and V. C. Waltman. ington county earned the

en. unty chairman, reported

quota of $558,000.

{ 37 per cent of quota reach “V” loan goals.

a $281,000000 quota;

"000,000.

DAY

Indianapolis’ being the first In Indiana’ Marion county stood at $20.734.021 he replied. e top.” Mason Martin, with an invasion bond goal of $79,-|

'| “Mike” . .. not “Colonel.”

“How ya feelin’,

| back.

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He is Lt. Col. Michael (Mike) C.! Murphy, ace glider pilot and pre-, war stunt-man of Lafayette, whose glider was the first to hit French soil as the invasion of Hitler's fort- |

he laughed.

thought I would be flying in. And up training facilities for it sure was a short stay in France command . .

Mike?”

The old banter and showmanship (were still with the 37-year-old pilot

y, Leo? And brother greets brother. Lt. Col Michael C. Murphy, lies on a stretcher after being flown into Stout field, one of the country. His brother, Leo, lives at 6510 E. Pleasant Run phy.

l Dorederi Is Flown Home

To Rest With Broken Leg

By VICTOR PETERSON With an Irish grin, a hearty laugh ing and sky-writing and who won and his cap cocked at a jaunty|the American serial acrobatic chamangle, ome of the first two D-day Pionship in 1939, '40, 41 . casualties to reach this country] BUt he also was the soldier who | vay bridges re hile Five at 16th and came off an air evacuation plane| Pad gone in at 3:53 a. m. June 6 (of Emrichsville dam, $250,000 feet first late yesterday at Stout |:

[who once specialized in stunt fiy-

. right after the paratroops and | ! before H-hour. “It was rugged,” he said. “I don’t think there was a glider that wasn't {hit. They were shooting at us with | everything in the book.” Col Whitacre recently was] awarded the legion of merit medal

{for his “tireless energy and con-, “I! structive imagination” in “setting! a new

. charged with the

But I'm responsibility of adapting air trans-: going back, and fast, I hope.” Scores of officers, enlisted men airborne troops and paratroops . . .” and newspaper men and women! |crowded around the plane as the applied the brakes but they didn't | channel from purchases of $6¢1,020 against a doors opened and to all he was hold. ;

port for the tactical movement. of: In landing his glider, Col. Murphy|

It skidded on the tall grass jand crashed into a tree, { “I was wound up inside like a! pretzel,” he said. “Somebody cov-|

“With a blond under either arm €red Me with a tommy gun while Central ave, in the race to I could get up now,” he shouted I Cut myself out of the mess. Then | Burdsall pkwy.,

{I dragged myself across the field!

“Who autographed your cast?” into a ditch. | Saturday totaled $105,500,000 against came another voice.

“Just some good- -looking nurses,”

Fights While Wounded “Got in my share of shootin’ from that ditch, too,” he grinned from his stretcher.

major medic worming his way, across the field under fire. He put] a splint on my leg to hold. Then’ I went back to work. To greet him at Stout field were his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Leo J. Murphy, 6510 E. Pleasant Run pkwy. His wife visited him last night after he had been admitted to Billings General hospital. Flown in on the same evacuation plane were other overseas’ men. They had not, however, participated in the invasion. Among them were Cpl. Elmer L. Landeck, Pvt. Jimmie D. Jones, both of Gary; Cpl. Roscoe P. Miller, Washington; T. Sgt. John Carwile, Anderson: S. Sgt. Charles L. Robertson, Terre Haute, and ‘Capt. Charles L. Price and Pfc. Charles J. Long, both of Earlington, Ky. And while everybody was milling around, Col. Murphy kept glancing over his shoulder and muttering, “Where's that gun I brought back with me. Don't want to lose it . . . had too hard a time getting it.” An air evacuation nurse handed him a German equivalent of a! tommy gun. ‘ “Where did you get that, Mike?" | came a shout. “Oh, I just got it off a guy who! didn't need it any more,” he said.

| “Inside of half an hour I saw a!

$15,355,000 Project Listed With Others in City Post-War Program.

By SHERLEY UHL Details of a far-sighted $15,355,000 post-war flood control blueprint

the flood control board.

W. Cassady, specifies 18 large-scale

tion and bridge building project groups, eight of which have been earmarked for “priority consideration.”

a long-range street widening and

‘ {improvement program intended to)

iron out post-war traffic kinks Propose 17 New Bridges

The flood-control program, now being studied by the post-war planning committee, recommends the construction’ of 17 new bridges [ae conform with channel require-| ments and the reconstruction of five spans over White river.”

“Priority” projects (those requiring first attention) and their esti-

mated cost are: Channel widening and deepening of Fall creek from White river to Burdsall | pkwy.; levee construction along - entire west side and along east side irom Indiana ave. and 16th st, $500,000: new highway bridge. ov over Fall creek at Indiana ave. Widening and deepening of walt e ri ver from mouth of Fall creek to 30th levee along entire east length, $1,100.G Kew Belt railroad bridge over White ri ver orth of 10th st, $350,000. New high-

Reconstruction

walaidonal spans to 10th st. bridge over ite river, $100,000. New highway | ridge over White river at Michigan st., $400,000 Reconstruction of four rai iroad bridges over White river south of Washington st., $1,000,000. Widening and deepening of White river channel from Northwestern ave. to Broad Rippie dam, levee construction along east side from Northwestern ave {to Kessler blvd, and relocation and reconstruction of levees along east side be{tween Kessler bivd. and 64th st, total $2,500,000 New highway bridges over White river at Kessler blvd, College ave. and State rd 431, $250,000 each. Reconstruction of Magen railroad bride over White river, 00,000. Construction of automatic pumpa stations at varoius drainage outlets {into White river and Fall creek “for pumping impounded water from rainj Storins into streams when such: streams are a flood stage,” $100,000. | Widening and deepening of Eagle creek Raymond to Washington vee construction on both sides for entire length, $800,000. New highway | bridge over Eagle creek at Minnesota st. | 82 New Big Four railroad bridge over Eagle creek, $150,000. {| New highway bridges over Fall creek at 18200000 each at Capitol ave. Illinois st. College ave. New Big rail-oad bridge over Fall creek south of $200,000. New highway { bridges over White river at Harding and Raymond sts., $400,000 each.

ridening and deepening of Eagle creek! from one-half mile south of Raymond st. |

to Raymond st, levee construction along {east side for entire len th, | Widening and deepening of White river from Dollar Hide creek to Thompson rd. levee construction on west side and some {levees along White river tributary orig{inating in Mars Hill drainage area, $900,-

000, Widening and despeliing of of White river {from Thompson rd arding st. and levee construction on both sides, $2,000,000 ‘and from Harding st. to a yinond levee on both sides, $700,000 of Power & Light Co: dam, $200,000,

Street Projects Listed

The thoroughfare plan for which no cost estimates were given, was prepared by City Engineer Henry, Traffic Engineer J. T. Hallett and City Plan Director Noble P. Hollistjer, designates: Reconstruction and widening to 56 feet jof the following streets: Sixteenth st. from. Central ave, to Hillside ave.; 11th st. from Indiana ave. to sevelt ave, with connection to Massachusetts ave.; Michigan st. from Indiana ave. to Noble st.; Morris and Prospect sts. from Belmont ave. to Keystone ave.; Belmont ave. from .Morris st. to: 16th st.. Delaware ‘it. from 22d st. to Fall Creek blvd., and from 16th to 19th sts., Washington bivd. from Fall Creek to 30th s

calculated to cure Indianapolis and | Marion county drainage ills were

announced today by City Engineer, Arthur B. Henry, who also heads;

The plan, drawn jointly by Mr./ Henry and Flood Engineer Harvey

channel-widening, levee construc-

. Mr. Henry yesterday also released | guard

$275,000.

|Army Appoints Maj. Beall Instructor of State Guard

In line with the war department's policy of aiding state guard forces with all possible training and equipment, Maj. Burtch W. Beall has assumed command as regular army

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| Maj. B. W. Beall instructor of the Indiana state

| Possessing extensive experience | with line outfits as well as varied other military assignments, the graduate of the first officer cardidate class at Ft. Harrison in 1917 twill travel to all of the 35 guard lunits in the state from his head- | quarters in the offices of Brig. Gen. | William P, Weimar, acting adjutant | general of Indiana. A Columbus, O., native, Maj. Beall returned to active duty from the reserves in 1942, has served as assistant provost marshal at Ft. Harrison and Ft. Knox, Ky. and has been president of the aviation cadet board at Cleveland, O. For a year he acted as assistant

-'WE LEFT PORT WITH 2 LST'S

: Machinist's Mate Thomas! Describes the Assault On Europe.

“There were ships as far as you could see and it looked to me as though the Atlantic ocean was full of soldiers,” Machinist's Mate 2-c Robert M. Thomas, the first Indian-

| ment, and medical and chemical supplies have been received and dis-

iiaison officer to the state of Kentucky under Col. Henry E. Tisdale now commandant at Pt. Harrison Carload lots of army equipment including regular army uniforms, rifles, machine guns, field equip-

tributed to the state units by the adjutant general's office.

An infantry officer in world war

’jof-war camps for Germans

I, Maj. Beall is the first regular army officer to be assigned to the Indiana guard since 1941. |

The story of relig the armed forces and in

conducted by the Bible Meditation league will be told by the Rev. Morton Spence tomorrow at 7:45 p. m.

at the North Baptist church. The Rev. Mr. Spence is field resentative of the league which

beachhead and the reconquest of Poland following his talk. The Rev. H. W. Ranes is church pastor.

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apolis service man to return here| from French invasion shores, said | today in describing the great as- | sault. “We left an English channel port) guarding two LST boats; they each! had several hundred soldiers on] board, and our job was to cover them ashore on two little islands off the Cherbourg peninsula to see if anybody was there,” he said. “We were there for five days. I never got to set foot on France at all— none of the sailors did.” The 18-year-old destroyer escort seaman is visiting his guardians, Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Ball, 1110 N. Temple ave. A Technical high graduate, he was a member of the first American naval units to peturn to this country. A brother; Darrell, soon to receive his wings from the army, and a sister, Barbara, have made their home with the Balls for the past two years. Their parents died several years ago. Thomas told of rescue work off the invasion coast until his ship returned to England with survivors, saying, “When anything like that is going on there is so much you don’t know about—you can't tell yourself what is happening. People who read the newspapers probably know more about it than I do.”

Reconstruction and widening to 46 feet of: Shelby st. from Carson ave. to Fountain sq, including grade separation] of Belt railroad; Keystone ave. and Rural] st. from 30th st. south to Prospect st; 10th st. from Massachusetts ave. to Rural st. Improvement of Massachusetts ave. from Delaware st. to College ave, and reconstruction and widening to 22 feet between safety zones and curbs to accommodate two-lane traffic in both directions. The same recommendation for Delaware st. from Maryland to Massachusetts ave. and Illinois st. from Union station to North st. Resurfacing and widening to €6 feet of W. Washington st. from Tibbs ave. to White river and of

“Mike” Murphy was back home in Realignment and reconstruction of interIndiana

E. Washington st. from Southeastern ave. to LaSalle st. Reconstruction snd widenne 4 Raymond st. from Tibbs ave. to Cook airport and Illinois st. from South st. Xo 16th Reconstruivtion of Stadium dr. from 10th . to 16th ot. to Flet Noble st near 1

; English ave. from Shelby er ave. near intersection with 7 Brookside ave. from 10th st. ssachusetts ave. to city limits.

section " Massachusetts ave. with Col-

B. B. LEWIS CHOSEN LEGION POST HEAD

Robert E. Kennington post 34, American Legion, has named B. B. Lewis as commander to succeed John H. Carmody. Installation services will be July 7 at the post home, 4174 College ave. Other officers are Daniel R. Bros-| nan, first vice commander; Lewis S. Beebe, second vice commander; Edwin P. Hill, finance; Farris N. Etoll, chaplain; Daniel J. Sweeney, historian; John T. Bayer, sergeant-at-arms, and Everett C. McGriff,

lege ave, St. Clair st. and Noble st.

Americanism.

EVENTS TODAY

Sixty-Fifth Indiana department encamp«ment, .Grand- Army of the blic. Vonnegut Hardware band, park concert, Hawthorne park, 3 p.m. Indianapolis lodge 58, B'nai B'rith and ladies auxiliary, Broadmoor Country club, night.

Federal he housing sdministration, Guaranty

EVENTS TOMORROW Sixty-Fifth Indiana Sepatimint encam] oat, Grand Army he Republic. ne Kiwanis club, Columbine hi Indianapolis Athletic club IAL oot tournament, Highland Golf an un-

try club. Voluntary services,

American Women's Columbia club. Apartment Owners, Washington hotel,

12:15 p.m.

MARRIAGE LICENSES ny lists are from official records hereon A, errors Willi Ernest hy ar Eu BL my

Geet “Robert Hurt, 23, 3s 3 fo Smith, 22, DU. oa ad

nme oly SHEE a Higgs,

charles "overt Curt, 31 N. C. Mae

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S. | William C. Taylor, 17, of 509 W. 2620

IN INDIANAPOLIS-EVENTS-VITALS

Southeastern: Thelma Ruth Tams, 33, of 27068 W. 16t Robert Lee ved 38, of 1440 Central; Edith Ann McClain, 33, of 847 Virginia. Thomas P. Swank, 18, 520 Hamilton; Mary Ethel Goins, 16, of 2942 Caroline. Louis Henry Yates, 38, of 2031 Hovey; Rowena Taylor Parrott, 27, of 1304 d.

22 John J. Gentile, 33, Detroit, Mich.; Mary Irene Harding, 31, of 1305 N. Keystone. Boyd Emerson Teter, 20, of 1601 Nowland; Marilyn Jean Dawson, 17, Main, South Bend, Ind. Francis B. Heagy, 48, Riley hotel, Dorothy Mae gers, 35, of 4118 E. Washingt

on. penn 2 Huber, 22, U. 8. N. R., WashD. C.; Dolores Verna Bannon, ns or "1321 Bradbury. Paul W. Hubbard, 29, Camp Atterbury, Ind.; Mary Elizabeth’ Greene, 23, WAC, Camp Atterbury, Ind. Altan Thomas Fields, 31, of 1606 Perry; 28, of 3345 St.

Juanita B. Washburn, iy 36, of Austin, Ind; Mary Roy Henry, h Of us FH Bicknell, 26, of Marion, Ind. George omas Ronk, 22, Camp Maxey, Tex.; Lois Ellen Reed, 21, of 5355 Primrose. :

LaVonia Mae Jones,” 18, of

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‘| George E. Slifer, 74, at

ci } | Elizabeth Apblegate Smith, 68,

uremi; | Joseph Price, 43. at 1002 Colton, pulmon- :| Peter BM, Pierce, ,| Charles

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pea a Jane Ricketts, 70, at 1316 N.

Charlie Wright, 21, of 1656 N. Arsenal; Annie Mae Long, 18, of 1658 Cornell. H. Ernest Martin, 56, of 556'2 W. Washington; Iva Marie Likens, 57, of 556% W. Washington.

BIRTHS Girls

James Pierce, at St. Francis. Wendall, Genevieve Hera at St. Vint's \

cen Maren, ‘Hortense Lasky, at st Vincent's. Clarence, Edna Moulton, at St.\Vincen'ts. Vivian Johnson, at Methodist. Rushel, Eloise Maners, at Meth: Curtius, Mildred Tarter, at Mathe st. Frank, Evelyn DeBoor, at 3407 | th. James, Molly Ferguson, 2938 TH a John, Lucille Lamberson, at 2135 Prospect.

Boys Janes, Hilen Broaddus, at St. Francis. Joseph, a Kane, at St. Francis.

ro Cleo Vaughn, at St. Francis. Alan, Elsie Bergman, at St. Vincent's. Charles, Francis Brown, at St. Vincent's. Mural Mal Greenwell, at St. Vincent's. arjorie Jackson, at St. Vin-

Paul. Tda aS May I Laxen, at St. Vincent's.

i t St. Vincent's,

Tuell e o Winkle, at St. Vincent's. Gladys Dickerson, Emhard Ricard, Mae Swanigan, at ‘2334 Yandes.

DEATHS Henrietta Reiner, 68, at City, cardio vascular.

William C. any, 59, at hr a: une 8: "Roge Rogers, at Methodist, pulmonary Ramsay, 73, at Methodist, appendiat 235 EB

Vermont, leukem: aret BE. Methodist,

emia. es, 19, at

at 30 N. Walcott, aan denn H. Pentz, 76, at Methodist, car 70, at Methodist, gen-

Mattingly, Qt 4 Wo

acute cinoma.

llingsley, 78, at 2618 N. Hard-

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