Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 February 1945 — Page 2

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

B NTS GIVEN Tickets Issued

* CLEANUP ORDER

¥ Home for Family of Eight

Described by Judge "As *Hog Pen.

Labeling a 100-year-old log house on E, 30th st. near Arlington ave, a “hog pen,” Judge Mark W. Rhoads in juvenile court yesterday found the parents, who live with their six small children in the structure, guilty of child neglect. The parents, Mr. and Mrs, Irwin Shank, were not sentenced, however, hut were ordered by Judge

Rhoads to “clean up.” The court | named Mrs. Pearly Jacobs, an aunt | of the couple, as a special juvenile court probation officer to “rehabilitate the Shank family.” Attention of the authorities was directed to the shack by a com plaint to the sheriff several days ago that the Shanks let their 60 hogs “run wild and destroy property.” Officer Investigates Deputy Sheriff Lonnie Grimes | said he investigated the complaint | and noted the condition of the] shack while he questioned the Shanks about the hogs. He said | in court it was “one of the dirtiest places” he had ever visited. Subsequently, the county plan commission condemned the residence as “unfit for human habitation.” The Shanks testified they are living In the shack because they | are aiding relatives to meet payments on.a mortgage on a farm, $50 Week Income Mrs. Shank told the court she was kept busy “taking care” of the hogs. Her husband said he made about $50 a week selling milk at retail. The couple's children are Harlan, 11; Ann, 9; Sammy, 7; William Henry, 6 Richard Paul, 3, and Sara Lou, 1. Judge Rhoads, in placing the par-

ents on probation, declared the six|

children “deserve the right to live in a decent home and to have pride in their surroundings.” Evidence presented showed there is no fiue in the downstairs living room although there is a stove there. The children were described by witnesses as “extremely dirty,” and the rooms were called “filthy.”

ROBERT IRWIN RITES ARE SET TOMORROW

Services for Robert G. Irwin, 519 N. Bosart ave., who died yesterday St. Vincent's hospital, will be held tomorrow in the Little Flower Catholic church. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. ‘An employee of the Indianapolis postoffice, he was 50. Friends may

, call at the Harry W. Moore Peace

Chapel after 7 p. m. today.

For RAF Concert

ge COMMANDER R. P has charge of the go on BE Air Force . band which will play next Monday evening in Cadle tabwernacle for the benefit of war bond buyers, Tickets tothe concert have been distrib-" uted to stores, offices and in- 3 dustrial © plants ; where bonds NF ODonnell are being purchased regularly and to other locations where bonds are sold. Commander O'Donnell and his

band will come here to entertain | the personnel at Stout field be-

fore the Cadle ‘tabernacle engagement.

MAYORS BATTLE TRANSPORT BIL

‘See $3,000,000 Cost - © Taxpayers in House

| - Measure.

Mayors of Indiana cities have {launched their first major fight in |the legislature.

| They besieged Governor Gates’|

house would cost municipal taxpayers $3,000,000 to $5,000,000 additional taxes annually. The provision would give the pub- | lie service commission the authority |

to determine the proportion of costs |

to be shared by cities and railroads in the installation and maintenance 'of safety devices at grade crossings.

Rails Now Pay Costs

Under present laws the railroads pay all the costs of crossing safety devices. Vincent Youkey, executive secretary of the Indiana Municipal league, branded the bill as a “sneak attack on the taxpayers of 527 cities and towns.” John R. Britten, mayor of Richmond, declared fhe mayors will op- | pose any legislation that would |“saddle the taxpayers with the cost of private corporations’ overhead

Governor Gates promised the delegation that his administration would never sponsor any legislation that would be “prejudicial to cities and towns.” The mayors said they will carry their fight against the grade crossling ‘expense provision to the floors lof both houses of the legislature.

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expense.” > 4

Survivors are his wife, Marie | Mooney; four sisters, Miss Helen | De oa ae reas 2 oes RITES SET SATURDAY Vollmer and Mrs. Louise Bigelow, | both of Indianapolis, ahd Sister] Joseph Margaret, Sisters of Provi-

FOR LOIS THATCHER

Rites will be held at '3 p. m.|

dence, Chicago, and two brothers, Saturday at Shirley Brothers’ Cen- |

Arthur, Indianapolis, and George, | tral chapel for Lois C. Thatcher, 147

(DARRACH WILL

MOTIONS Wein |

‘Judge White. to ie 0 Hear Plea | Saturday for a Second Trial,

Motions to set a date for a second trial in the $1,200,000 Darrach will contest will be heard Saturday by Judge Dan V. White “ih probate court. The first trial, which lasted 73 days, ended September, 1943, in a jury disagreement. Mrs. Maude E. Darrach died--here in 1941, Since the first trial, the contestants of the will filed a petition seeking the appointment of a special administrator to take charge of | the estate's personal property, valued at $700,000. A change of venue was taken from probate court here to the Torgan county circuit court, the petition was sustained ang the Union Trust Co. of Indianapolis ap- | i pointed special administrator, | Karl I. Hamilton, executor of the | coum appealed from the Morgan county court judgment,

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Muncie.

PYTHIAN MEETING SET Officers of Myrtle temple No. 7, Pythian Sisters, will entertain the members following their regular |

: meeting tomorrow at 230 E. Ohio st.

Hampton dr., who died yasterday.| Burial will be in Crown Hill. Miss Thatcher, who was 33, is|

[survived by her mother, Mrs. Dor-| [sey Pence; her father and step- |

mother, Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. | Thatcher, and a brother, Edward.

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Sea Scout Tries. Revenue Post

Will Smith (left), collector of internal revenue, goes over the intricacies of the tax business with Dave Shornstein, fea Scout of Ship , No. 47. The Scout took over Mr. Smith's post’ for one hour yesterday as part of the observance of Boy Scout honor day here.

The supreme court reversed the | held that special administrators

ere | judgment and directed the Morgan | cannot be appointed after wills

county court to sustain the execu-|have been admitted to probate and |tor's demurrer. executors have qualified. This order removed the Union| Judge White indicated that “the |

Trust Co. as special administrator. (new trial would not be set for earli- | with stakes often running as high|41325 wounded and 11780 miss-|

The supreme court, in its decision, | er than after the summer recess.

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AT DICE, 2 ARRESTED]

Two men were arrested ong gaming “ vagrancy charges last night | af a youthful veteran reported losing his employer's money in a dice game, | William Edward Ev ans, 19, of 2327

English ave, told police he had’

. {lost $114.27 belonging to the Oster-

meyer Paper Co, and $14 of his! own money in a dice game with | Edward Sedam, 31, of 1220 Finley | ave, and. Clarence Reffitt, 28, of| 1725 Ludlow ave. at an East side| filling station Wednesday. Reffit and Sedam are being held on $5000 bond and Evans has been]

slated for vagrancy. |today. They included 33536 dead, Evans, who has been working for 40, 607. wounded, 10,221 missing, and

the paper company since his discharge police said, that he lost company money gambling. Police doubted | his story that he had been robbed and forced to drive east of Knightstown. Evans told police that dice games|

had been in progress at. the filling station for the past several months,

as $500.

from the army, confessed

THURSDAY, FEB. 15 10i5

VETERAN LOSES $T14U. S. Casualties in Combat |

‘Reach New High of 782,180

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 (U. P.). = U, 8. combat casualties announced | here reached 782,180 today. This was a jump of 17,348 from| | last week's compilation, Secretary of War Henry L. Stim- | son said army casualties complied through Feb, 7 totaled 693342. These casualties, reflecting losses through January, included 135510 killed, 408,553 wounded, 58,556 prisoners of war, and 90,728 missing. “Of ‘the wounded, 202,813 have re- | turned to duty.

To the army total was added : 88, 838 navy, marine corps and coast

guard casualties announced up to

4474 prisoners of war. Stimson said army ground Yorees alone have sulfered 304,874 casualties on the Western front.from the

| June 6 D-day to Feb. 1. Of these

[63,410 were killed, 273,997 wounded

|and 57,467 missing. He sald ground force casualties on the Western front in January| were 61,962, including 8848 killed,

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Stimson reported that 5000 Gere | man prisoners were taken in the |

allied advance en Kleve.

southern flank of the Western front, | he said, the Feench army has taken |

96,000 German prisoners since Aus

More than 20,000 were or in the Colmar offensive now undere | ay. ;

Forfress Named.

For Woman Here

A ‘B-17, FLYING FORTRESS, nated after Mrs. Betty Jane Schwarz, 418 S. Butler ave. is flying with an 8th air force bomber group over Europe. Sgt. Albert R. Schwarz, chief of

the news room of a public rela=. #8

tion office in England, was present when the plane was named after his wife. Formerly called the “Wild Ride,” the aircraft always came back with flak holes. With its new name it has flown 22 missions without one piece of flak finding its way into the plane;

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