Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 January 1945 — Page 3

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By SHER Small town main-stemmers ar uest for fun and entertainment.

andy on the midways.

nd usually do. Even the sideshow yatkers are ning down their - spiels, rubber eckers don't “have to be prodded ow. ; This is the consensus of the out-

arnival, sideshow and rodeo oprators who gathered here Tuesday nd yesterday for the annual gabest of the Indiana association of ounty and district fairs, The show clan was hot fooling round im its efforts to book as any fairs as possible .and the ickings were lush.

Show Managers Elated

“The average Midwestern small own dweller is “amusement huny,” explained D. F: Lamkin of ennes Brothers shows.

Mrs. Charlotte Drumm, manager bf the Gooding show units, is “aspunded by the kiddies who change 20 bills, then run through it like wdust.” .

Once hams and waffle irons were given away at bingo games. Now t's plaster dolls and brass jewelry. nd still the customers flock to the games, largely because they're often he only games in town.

With the manpower shortage, the sideshow threatens to become a lost art, showmen say. Veteran freaks are carrying on the tradition, but he trained performers such as sword-swalloweérs . and fire eaters are thinning out. -~

3 Scarcity of Clowns As for “laborers, roupes try “ta convert drifters by offering a $5 a~week honus paid out in a lump sum’ gly after thé pason’'s close. "Leo rancis, an Indianapolis man

fighting Nazis and Japs or working on assembly lines,

EVENTS TODAY~_

Miniature rooms display, LB Ayres & Co., 6th floor. Decatur township Jaymer s ’ institute, meeting, Decatur high school. Men's Apparel Club of Indiana, spring show, Claypool hotel Indianapolis Real Estate board, meeting, noon, Washington hotel Indians State Medical Evamining. boare, ¢eting, Claypool hotel

EVENTS TOMORROW

Miniature rooms display, L 8. & Co., 6th floor. Devatur. township farmer's institute, meet ing, Decatur high school Indiana State Medical Examining board, meeting, Claypool hotel

MARRIAGE LICENSES Earl Joseph Remmetter, 3307 N. Capitol;

Ayres

Merle E. Dye, 5116 W. 15th. Walter Clarence McMillen, Pt, Harrison; Doris Rose Myers, Philadelphia, Pa. James Nelsen Cooper, 2445 Highland Pl; Erua Elsie Kelly, 2445 Highland Pl Charles Fleener, 2520 Guilford; Ruby Smallwood, 1424 N. PennsMvania. Stuart Mansfield Pratt Jr, 1440 N. Alabama; Susan Annabelle Black, 1440 N.

Alabam William honed Shipley, U, 8, navy; Elizabeth Ann McClure, 2023 Guilford. Pred ams Chisley, 1112 Muskingum; Hortense Josephine Morrison, 1113 Mus-

kingum, David Thomas Springer, U. 8. army; Marpe Jean Schad, 2057 Highland pl t Lee JeCombs, Aguas, Ga.; Jessie Elizabeth King, 415% N. West, Alvin Corbin, Be oL ‘Mildred G. Campbell, . Balisbury.

Lebanon; Loleta Clifton,

BIRTHS Girls Herbert, June Marshke, «ly Bt. Francis. Russell, Erma Pavey, at St, Francis. John, Mary Clements, at City Chiles, rgaret Parks, at St. yincent's, Phillip, Vivian Bowman, at Colem hil liam, Marjorie Melick, at i Lora, Mildred Foltz, at Methodist, Jack, Julia Martih, at Methodist. Robert, Mary McCall, ‘at Methodist, George, Sara Ruschaupt, at Methodist. domi: Naomi Able, at 707% N. Cali#] I a p Eula Ferguson, at 735 Harrison el Mildr. Gray, at 1002 8B. Floyd, Pauline Hicks, at 907 Hl tine

ware Obie, “Mitts Jackson, at 143 McLean pl, Rid Martin, at 1863 Singleton. illie, Susie yne, at 1509 Columbia, Mack, Janie Parson, at 510 8. Agnes. of Lavada Turner, at 430 W.

MeWalter, Joan Kulke, at Bf. Prancis. william (deceased) and Martha Moon, at Raiph. Helen Hatrman, at St ‘Vincent’ 5. Asa, Mary ry: Kathryn ae Vine Virgil, Alamina - : Townsend, 8t. Vine "Lois Farce, at Colema an.

Walter, at Coleman. - Whiteman, at Coleman.

ush Season Seen for. Fairs By Operators Meeting Here

oor show business as expressed by |

most concession |

Margaret Louise Lanham, 3302 N. Capi-| 4

This Indianapolis lass will be among the equestriennes with “The Greatest Show On Earth” this summer. Davis. She’s joining the Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey circus at

She's 17-year-old Jeannie

daughter of Marion Davis, a proe lives at 1512 N. Pennsylvania st.

She visited old friends at the Indiana association of county and district fairs here this week. For want of a horse she posed astride a sofa.

LEY UHL e willing to spend freely in their

During the carnival season green folding stuff ig as plentiful as floss

Cash-flush war Workers are eager. to ‘take a chance on anything

mirth ‘dispenser himself, “Leo believes it's easier to get a laugh now: “People seeking relief from war worries are trying to laugh. It's a safety valve,” he explained. Showmen boast that they're rural America's essential morale booster. They contend also that the carnival has given much impetus to youth 4-F movements that might have floundered for lack of "an added attraction. And the government. is taking a huge bite of the profits. Morris Lipsky of the Johnny Jones unit estimates that about 30 per cent of the gross receipts goes into loeal, iederal or state tax coffers.

Gl's Buying Jap Invasion Money

NEW YORK, Jan. ¢ (U. P)— “The Foreign Commerce Weekly” tells the simple story of how New Guinea is shedding the downpour of worthless Japanese invasion money and emerging well-heeled in * American dollars. The Netherlanders Indies gOV-

ernment sells the Jap currency to American soldiers at the rate of four phony bills. for $1.60, Souvenir-minded GI's are taking the natives out of the red.

BRIDE WEARS NYLON

NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (U.P. .— Miriam Sachs, Easton, Pa., was married last . night to. Lt. |Clachko, army air forces, of Ridgefield Park, NJ. The bride's gown

who should know, says many clowns | was tailored from the nylon paraarem’t clowning anymore. They'réchute that carried her navigator

| hidsband to safety recently, when he |was forced to bail out of a B-24

-For . many years a professional gomber,

IN INDIANAPOLIS

Charles, Anne Holden, at Methodist: Gordon, Glea Miller, at Methodist. ™ Addison, Gladys Sprinkle, at Methodist, William, Mary Williams, at Methodist. Walter, Nellie Braun, at 1033 Harrison. William, Ethel Brickley, at 416 W. NorWO Dallas, Beulah Henry, at 1410 Bridge. Abie, Dorothy Robinson, 1337 Lafayette. w

Roben, Elizabeth Rowlett, at 1314, Forest, Aurelia Thompson, at 519 W. 11th.

DEATHS Mabel E. Johnson, 49, at 252 8S. Emerson, coronary occlusion. Dona Wolf, 69, at Long, uremia. Della 8: Grimes, 57, ai 2342 N. Illinois, carcinoma. Samuel B. Allen, 86, at 332 N, Webster, cardio vascular renal Etta Westfall, 71, at 3632 Salem, coronary occlusion. #wis R. Owens, 50, at Veterans, cerebral henStriage. oe a Hackner, 32, at Ci tuberculosis. CIty; _mulmoniary Norma Hardesty, 27, fat ‘City, carcinoma. Mary Boucher, 83, at St. Vincent's, coronary occlusion. Anna PF. Allen, - 57, at ns N. Colorado, = broncho-pneumonia’ Charles L. Smith, 65, at 5510 N. ‘Delaware, slime Bair, 55. ai ¥ amuel Baker, at Veteran's, tuberculosis pulmonary Betty Gertrude Hancock, 13, at Riley, endoeardit | Mellvina Abit, 76, at 1223 E. 10th, acute myocarditis. Sam Toledo, 67, at 1145 8. Illinois, carcinoma, Everett Williams,

46, at Long, diabetes. Panny Palakoft, 60, oh

at Methodist, dia-

Charles P. McColley, 88, 1620- Churchman, chronic myocarditis. John Marion Walden, 62, at’ Methodist, carcinoma, Benjamin Vest, 75, at City, uremia. Laura Hafet, 66, at 2123 Madison, chronic myogard nang G. Bleinatein, 54, at Methodist, carom. Henty c Dazey, 77, at City, arteriosoler.

Carolyn Mae Conn, 2 months, at Riley, peritonitis. Richard. Brookes, 71, at 1116 N. Capitol,

arterios lerosis. at Long, pulmonary

Jake Hedger, "51, tuberculosis. “¥Wirgll L. Robinette, 24, at Veteran's, pul monary abscess, Luther John Isenhaur, 5, at Long, myo-

carditis. william Hendrickson, 94, at 108. Beecher, chronic myocarditis. John 8. Mock, 76, at Long, hypostatic pheuWillis "Edelen, 55, at 617 W. North, pul- © monary tuberculosis. Logan M. John, 79, at City, broncho-pneu-

monia. Henry c. Koehler, Fo »t 403 N. Keystons, cardio vascular renal. Jane C. Buchler, I at Methodist, ear-

cinoma. Helo M, Taylor, 69, at 2456 Park, ’pOx :

¥ VE Louisa = Katherine ‘Mok, 90, Et 18° N Grant, acute myocar: rditis. mas V. eaeal. throm » Davis, 02, t 62 25th, ra ne Vv a 1B . chronic ith

"WATER WORKS GROUP,

Adolph |

Bird, 74, at 4310 Guiltord, | : Bi :

TORR,

SEEKS: LICENSE LAW

A resolution to. make training and licensing of water. works and sewage plant operators a part of Indiana laws ‘was passed by the ad-|t visory board, Indiana section of American Water Works Sm at a meeting here yesterday, The resolution u Hy the Indiana general assembly provide training facilities for all water works roperators, and to license. trained operators. = Thé board also appointed a committee to select the recipient of the George W. Fuller award, annually given #6r outstanding service in the water works field.” ~~Members. of the committee are Paul Laux, Anderson, chairman; and C. K. Calvert, E. F. Kinney, and Leo Louis; Indianapolis, and Don Bloodgood, West Lafayette. The group will hold its annual meeting March 15 and 16 at Purdue university.

PRE-WAR NAZI DOMINATION L MEXICO CITY.—The chemical

market in Mexico was dominated by

EAST CHICAGO, Ind, Jan. 4

of the nation’s leading air aces who twice was rescued by Phono ced down in the South’ Pacific, was reported missing in

after being action again today.

Hy ; ; His wife, the former Kathryn Horr, whom he married -during a mphal return to the United States last- summer, received - a naval}

department telegram saying he was missing Jin the South Pacific. No additional details were giver. sailing, 25-year-old Vraciu was the navy’s top carrier-based ace when he accepted his first leave from active duty last August: He had bagged -19 Jap planes, was credited with destroying 18 more on the ground, sank a Jap transport and “probably” shot down two more aircraft. : After a brief honeymoon with his high school sweetheart, Vraciu refused “shore duty and applied for reassignment to the South Pacific. He returned to action late in October and, to date, had not beeni. credited officially. with any additional “kills.” Vraciu was a buddy of the late Lt. Cmdr. Edward (Butch) O'Hare and flew as wingman in the latter's famous squadron before O'Hare was billed in crashing into a ‘Japanese

_|Germany in pre-war days. -

Suse,

STRAUSS

warship. .

_ THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES “Ace Vraciu, Ex-DePauw. Star,

SAYS:

(U. P)ALL Alex Vraeiu Jr.,

The East Chicago . airman was |" shot down’ by enemy flak over Truk| and.-forced down later by mechanical difficulties near Peleliu. Several times he refused leave and, on’, one occasion after turding down a rest, he was taken before the admiral. is “I guess he wanted to see if -I was trazy,” the flier laughed. Vraciu skyrocketed into the nation’s headlines when he shot down six planes over the West Marianas on June 19, 1943.

He described that engagement as a “turkey shoot.” " Son of Police Sgt. and Mrs. Alex- A

Lt.

Alex Vraciu

“Again Missing i in the Pacific

ander Vraciu Sr; East Chicago, young Vraciu was ‘the. center of a gigantic celebration on his ‘return to his home town last summer. The city of East Chicago 'presented him with $1000 in war bonds and his uncle, a Chicago ‘manufac-

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turer, gave him $100 for each Jap plane shot down. Holding the distinguished fying

cross, the navy Cross and the air medal, he participated in 46 carrier 5 strikes from the Gilbert and Mari- | t

DAY

anas islands during his first ‘year of active duty in th® Pacific. . A football and track star at DePauw university before being graduated with a degree in sociology, Vraciu enlisted in the ,K navy air

force Oct. 6, 1941. He began active duty in the Pacific on June 1, 1043.

OFFICIAL WEATHER

U. 8. Weather -Surgau

(All Datd in Central”War Time) Jan, 4, M5

8:07 | Sumnset....... Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7:30 a. m:* T

Sunrise. .....

Total precipitation since Jam. 1...... T Deficiency since Jan, 1....... AL C44 Station High Low Atlanta 58 39 Boston 30 Chicago .. -1 Cincinnati n Cleveland 2 Denver ........ conansasnnsennesss 45Evansville ........i. crasane vesenn 39 33 Ft. ‘Wayne sessssnsacness 37 11 Indianapolis (city sees hin cane 31 18 Kansas City, Mo Tune 15 Miami, Fla. 0 Minneapolis-St. Paul -~8 New Orleans ....... 53 ‘New York :...a..sv. 34 Oklahoma Suny Attar eres 268 Omaha, Neb. .“s i Pittsburgh 30

San Antonio, He .

LON 2 erie Washingtén, D. C.

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‘NE A'-RE-R~. VY

THERE ARE SOMETHING LIKE 250

CNEGKTLES AT A STRAIGHT

ONE-THIRD OFF

“These are great days—to come in—

and be tied-in

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if ; : Sa es, The selection is practically endless . . .

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‘There are ties as bold as the eye can take—

‘and there are quieter tones—and in- all degrees between of course—they are. all fine—in good taste—a part of our

regular stock—The saying is $—and it's Jteal— The ties are spread out on top of ‘the cases, easy to gel at—

"It's 294 shopping days till Christmas!

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Many 1.50 Ties

1.00

Many 2.50 Ties

167

Many 380 Ties 2.33

+. and so on up!

PACIFIC ARE

v| sharp combat. activities

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 ‘ #1 The army postal service revealed

today that mail deliveries on the

Western front and “In certain ace tive areas in the western Pacific” have been gatly impeded in recent weeks, © The delays; nveiving “millions of. pieces of mall to large numbers of American troops” and including ° non-delivery of some Christmas packages, have resulted from diffi culties in handling, trarisportation and delivery “occasioned - by recent in areas,” the postal service said.

CANADIANS MAKE - NEW GAINS IN ITALY,

‘ROME, Jan. 4 4U,-P.).—Canidian’ trogps of the sth army have hame mered: out further gain along the

-| Fosso Vechio, 10 miles northwest of

| strong 1} peatquarters announced “today, -

Ravenna, after beating off four Germen counter-attacks,

ICTORY