Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 April 1945 — Page 3
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Hoosier Heroes:: One: Local Serviceman Killed in Europe;
" DEAD— : .On his second tour -of duty in| Europe, T. 5th Gr. Walter E. Appleby, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank]. Appleby, 832 8. Norfolk ave, was| killed March 19 in Germany. He | was serving with a medical detach- | ment of the Rainbow division. Going overseas<Tor the first time in March, 1944, he served on the Anzio beachhead and returned to
Camp Gruber, Okla. He went over- |.
seas the second time in December, |
Lal Geeky WR mal TAR 2 p. m.-Monday at Flanner’& Bu-| were “not going . to “Yecognize any in] Bellefontaine Se Burial will “bem
. Electrician's Mate 3-¢ Willard Kid-
1044,
A graduate of Ben Davis high |
school, T. 5th Gr. Appleby, wh
was 23, had attended Butler. and Indiana universities and was em-
ployed at the Van Camp Hardwar
& Iron Co. before entering serv-
ice in September, 1942. Surviving besides the parents ar a sister, Virginia -Lee, a studen at Ben Davis,
828 W, 31st st. Memorial service will be held at the Lynhurst Bap tist church, member,
MISSING—
T. Sgt. Harry T. Pelfrey, son o
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Mrs."Matilda Pelfrey, Mars Hill, and |
husband of Mrs. frey, Nineveh,
Mary Ruth Pel has been
The 27-year-old soldier has beer overseas since January and service since September, 1942. is a former employee Schwitzer-Cummins Co., member of the Free
church at Mars Hill. Active ir
scouting and church work, Sgt. Pel- | Scout He attended | college and took! extension work at Indiana univer-!
frey helped organize Boy troop 114, Mars Hill. Central Normal
sity. A brother, Sgt. frey, and a nephew, Cpl. Alvin C.
Cook Jr. are in the South ‘Pacific.
He has a 27- ont ol son, Ronald. |
Pvt James . Davis, husband of | 1020 E. Morris , has been missing in Germany| He was with an|
Yes. Betty Davis, Ad March 16. armored infantry unit. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Davis, 634 Prospect st., went overseas last Christmas. fore entering the army June 24,
1944, he was a fireman for the Big! He and Mrs. Davis Janice Ann,
Four railread. have four children,
Ba Marie, Jerry and James N. Miincis st. has > Tn | been reported a PRISONERS | prisoner of Stalag
Listed as missing in Luxembourg | Everett K. Grogg has written that he is now
since Dec. 17, S. Sgt. a prisoner of Germany.
Mrs. - Arthur Frawley, The 20-year-old
Tipton. serviceman
and the paternal grandmother, Mrs. L. E. Appleby,
of which he was a
reported | missing in Germany since March 4.
in! He
James H., he is 25 and | Be- |
He is the believed son of Rowe Grogg, Bridgeport, and ' may be free. T. 5tn
0 Pvt. John M. Griffin , , . prisoner of Germany, ,
ela native of Indianapolis. grandmother, Mrs. lives at 1176 Concord st. e| Listed as missing t|since Dec. 18, Pfc. Roger L. Alvis
3030 E. 610th st.
tured. u o o T. Sgt. John C., Ambuhl, Mr. {N. Delaware st., | Germany, fied his parents yesterday. been missing since Jan. 5.
f
| their | Jab Jr,
son's Flying Fortress
{the men. were forced to bail out.
Sd 18 8 Sgt. Ambuhl and two other members|
| were taken prisoner but the other
{and got back to England. Sgt. Ambuhl
| neer and gunner, | Donald Ambuhl,
His brother, Sgt. |
Andrew PF. Pel-|in France.
” n EJ Pvt. John M. Griffin, husband of | Mee. , and son of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Lig 54 N. Ewing st., has been a prisoner of Germany since Dec. 1. Previously reported missing in | Germany since Nov. 28, he is in{terned in Stalag 3-A. ® 5 & | A member of the 106th division, missing since Dec. T. 5th Gr. [Oran W. Ford, | husband of Mrs. Marion Ford, 2306
9-B in Bad Orb. Bad Orb ‘was freed Easter Sun{day and it is now that he
Oran Ww.
Ford
|Gr. Ford was formely from Lewis-
ts] re Ww. Va.
His Verne Strange,
in Belgium
son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Ray Alvis, has written his s parents from German prison camp stalag 13-C. He was serving with an anti-tank division when cap-
. son. of | and Mrs. John E. Ambuhl, 1817 is a prisoner of the war department notiHe had |
“Little| 1420 N* Alabama st. , was on. its way back from of Germany, his wife learned by a of hel mission when it caught fire and | (card from him. He previously was
of the crew landed in Germany and | land 1s {seven men fell in allied territory | 8 8 a
has been overseas | since October and is an aerial engi-
is in the infantry
Agnes: Griffin, 317 N. Oxford
Pvt. George N. McKinney . . . prisoner of Germany.
Reported missing since Dec. 16, Pvt. Frank Del Vecchio, husband of Mrs. Barbara Del Vecchio, 2922 McPherson st. has been listed as a 4-B. With the 106th division, Pvt. Del Vecchio was wounded in the shoulder during the battle of the bulge.
Pvt. son of Mr. and Mrs. George McKinney,
been missing
vision.
T. 4th Gr. "Lewis {rtaion, husMr. and Mrs. Ambuhl learned that pand of Mrs.
Lauretta Wheaton,
| reported missing since Dee. 186.
the son of Mrs. Wheaton, Newark, N. J.
| SAFE— Listed as missing in Belgium {since Dec. 24, 1st Lt. Fred A. Wieck{ing has wired his mother, Mrs. [arte White Wiecking, 320 E. Maple |rd “All safe and well, writing.in detail’ ! The message was received last night. Lt. Wiecking’s father was the late Fred A. Wiecking, former | Indiana appellate court judge. Lt. Wiecking is "23, ‘and was ‘serving with the infantry. # n
WOUNDED—
A marine veteran of Guadalcanal and Bougainville, Pfc. Otis Marvin Haynes, brother of Mrs. Elizabeth Crider, 4440 Cornelius ave. was wounded on Iwo Jima early in March. Pvt. Haynes, who is 19, is on his second tour of duty in the Pacific having returned the last time in July, 1944. A brother, Cpl. Thomas | M. Haynes, is serving in France. s » ” | Pfc. Robert E. Thopy, a signalman | with the 83d division, has returned to duty after receiving slight wounds Jia January in Belgium. He is the husband of Mrs. Made-
LOCAL BUILDER /
William “Schumacher to Be
Buried Monday.
Riteg for William Martin“Schumacher, pioneer Indianapolis buildAng. construction died vestandon al. “ev pgnie 3
chanan mortuary. = Masonic rites will ke held and burial will be in| Crown Hill. Mr: Schumacher, who. was 72, was retired ‘president of the John A.| Schumacher Construction Co, foumded by his father in. 1899. He had resided in Indianapolis since
1875 and was a member of the In-|
dianapolis Construction league and the ‘Indianapolis Contractors’ association.
He was a past president and
member of the General Protestant | Orphan home and a member of Altenhelm Oriental lodge No. 500, F. & A. MY Oriental chapter No. 147, Royal Arch Masons; Oriental commandery No. 62, Knights Templar; the Shrine, the Royal Order of Jesters, Court No. 15, the «Board | of Trade and Zion Evangelical and Reformed church. He is survived by three sons, George A., Butler university alumni
secretary; Willlam J., director of | the Indianapolis Concert band, and |
Arthur M., Indianapolis; a daughter, Miss Margaret A. Schumacher, and a nephew, John A. Schumacher, president of the city council
JAMES H. KIDWELL
Memorial requiem mass will be held at 9 a. m. April 14 at St. Patrick's Catholic church for Pfc. James H. Kidwell, who was killed | Feb. 23 with the marines on Iwo! Jima, Pfc. Kidwell was a brother of! ‘Torpedoman's Mate 2-¢ Lawrence] E.- Kidwell, who was killed Dec. 31. 1943, He was the son of Mr. and| Mrs. Virgil Kidwell, 628 S. New Jersey st, and the brother of
well, in the Pacific, and Virgil Kid-
well Jr, Marjorie, Beatrice and Patty Ridwell and Mrs. J. A. Presnell, all of Indianapolis. RALPH KINDLE
Rites will be held at 1:30 p. m. Monday at the J. C. Wilson Chapel of the Chimes for A. Ralph Kindle, who died Thursday at his home, 1218 Beecher st. Burial will be in New
A retired salesman for the InTruck Corp, Mr. Kindle was
ed by his wife, Mrs, Virgil Edington Kindle; three sons, James R. and Willis P,, both of In- , and' Cpl. Maurice D. in the marine corps; three Grace Clester and Mrs. , both of Marion and ‘Mrs. Orpha Brumfield,-Alcoa, Tenn ; ) rohers Earl~L., Marion, and a Hickory, N. C, and three grandchildren,
em——————— aT ONSOKS PARTY Bennett circle No. 23, Ladin the'G. A: R., will spona card party at 1:30 p.m in the Citizens Gas &
laps Copy-Cats,
' Nurse Di =$ DEAD 17 itv eayers)
navy nurse imprisoned for 37 ra oa in the Philippines said the | Japanese were copy-cafs. Lt. Cmdr. Laura Cobb, a native Jot Wichita, Kas., said the Japanese {refused to- recognize, women ‘as | members of the armed forces and
sent her and other. navy- nurses to |. industrialist ‘wheo!@ civilian, internment camp. F0. The Japanese. officers said they chapel for Joseph H. Borum, who
'the - American armed services. But a few months . lated she | said, the Japanese—apparently copying the American method— sent. women nurses to. the islands Lto treat their own. wounded sol|diers. | Miss Cobb was rescued from Los Bonas prison camp last Feb. 23. She {was interned with other nurses on ‘Jan. 1, 1942, after the fall of Manila.
CUSTOMER STRUCK: BARBER FINED $1
Ballard Houchens, barber in a S. | liuois st. shop® got himself in hot (water because a customer claimed he didn’t have any. Houchens was fined $1 and cost for assawt and battery-im.Munici-pal court 4 yesterday after Chester | McKinney, 138 8S. Illinois st. | charged the brager clipped him | with a blackjack instead of a pair of clippers. Ill feeling was generated, Mc{Kinney told Judge Niblack, when {he felt he was being given a rush { job. Then came a cold-water shave, {McKinney said he had a. close shave all right, but not in the right place, That was when Houchens | brushed with the law. Houchens said it was not a blackjack. It was a hair brush. And the water was hot in the first place.
{ Furthermore, the scissors-tweaker alleged, “McKinney griped too much.”
CAPITAL FUND GETS MORE DONATIONS
Additional donations of $4230 to the Y. M.-Y. W. C. A. capital fund campaign were reported at the third campaign meeting last night, General Chairman F. B. Ransom said today. Mr, Ransom said $15,106 of the drive for $26,000 to liquidate the indebtdtiness of ‘the organizations already has been secured. The next campaign meeting will be held Monday at the Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. CA,
CHILD 1S INJURED
Three-year-old David Kyser, 1719 Ogden st., received a broken leg and
ran into the side of an automobile at Walnut and New Jersey sts. -
BANDIT TAKES $55
head injuries yesterddy when he|"
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‘Resident Here 4 48 Yebrs Was Real Estate Man.
Rites are "scheduled at 10 a. m. | Monday at Moofe Mortuaries Peace
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prisoner of the Germans in Stalag
George Norman McKinney,
1538 Lawton ave. also is a prisoner in Stalag 3-A. He had in Germany since Dec. 16, and was with the 78th di-
is a prisoner
He entered the army March 5, 1942 3 Rachel{ated two filling stations on E. New| perry st.,
SCHEDULE RITES) FOR J. i. , H.. BukOm
Pfc. Roger L. Alvis . . . er of Germany.
prison-
Cpl. son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Brown,
1720 Berwick,’ received purple heart for wounds at Cologne; Pvt. Robert S. Flum, wounded in Germany.
line Thopy, 218!2 E. 9th st, of Mr. and Mrs Shelbyville. Before entering: the September, 1943, Pvt.
and son Elmer Thopy,
in oper-
army Thopy
York st. teletype operator for the United Press and on the market desk of The Times. overseas one year. » on o
from ordnance to the infantry last | December, Sgt. John R. (Jack) |
foot in combat March 15. Now hospitalized in England, the 23-year-old infantryman has written his parents, Mr. and Mrs: Chester R. Wood, 428 E. St. Clair st., that he is “getting along fine” and
in Germany on
Overseas 15 months, served in Ireland, England and France -before going to Germany. At the time hé was wounded he was with Gen, P&tton’s 3d army. He has! received the purple heart and com- |
Before joining the army in Au-| gust, 1942, Sgt, Wood was employed at the Karpex Manufacturing Co.! He attended Washington high school. . ” on » Pvt. James W. Syrotchin, hus-! band of Mrs. Mabel Eads Syrot-| chin, 823 S. Senate ave,
Starving Sibelius | Conpeses: Musi SIC |
LONDON, April. 7 (U. P.).—The Daily Mail said - today that Jean Julius Christian Sibelius, 79-year-old Finnish composer, told its Stockholm correspondent by telephone that he was half starved at his cottage north of Helsinki. ‘Don’t make a fuss of me,” he was quoted as adding proudly. “I am in’ the same boat as the rest of the Fnns. I don't com-
z Petes x Wamaa, SAGLIAL nIALN,. we an. an bin mdn ang an”
‘Washington Park. ; "A resident of Marion county 48 years, Mr. Borum was 79. He was in the real estate business 20 years, retiring 20 years ago, and was a member = of Broadway - Baptist c¢hurch® He is survived by his wife, Auttillie eA. — tL ALPHONZO LLOYD Burial rites were conducted yesterday at Crown Hill, for Alphonzo Lloyd, resident of *Indianapolis in the 1890's who died at his home in Pittsburgh, Pa. «= Mr, Lloyd, who was 9, formerly was employed at the Pettis Dry Goods Co. here and later was manager of the Greenfield Fruit Jar & Bottle Co. in Greenfield. He is survived by his wife, Nellie; two daughters, Miss Eunice Ann Lloyd and Mrs. Richard Fisher, Pittsburgh; a granddaughter, Miss Elifice. Ann Fisher, Pittsburgh, and a nieve, Mrs. Carl W. Meyer, Indianapolis. ,
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JOHN JOSEPH SHAUGHNESSY Services for John Joseph Shaughnessy, who died Thursday in St. Louis, Mo., will be held at 8:30 a. m. Mortday at the homé of his brother, Edward L. Shaughnessy, 64 N. Ridgeview dr. Mr. Shaughnessy, who was 56, made his home at 302 Bicking st. for many years and retired in 1938 as assistant to the general manager of the P. and E. division of ‘the New York Central railroad. He is survived by a brother; four nephews, S, Sgt. Donald J. Shaughnessy and S. Sgt. Paul Quentin Shaughnessy, both in the Philippines; Joseph F. Shaughnessy and Eddie Shaughnessy Jr. Indianapolis, and a niece, Regina Shaughnessy, Indianapolis.
FORMER EDITOR DIES
Word of the death of Arthur Kling, former sports editor of the Indianapolis Star, Ras been received by friends here. He died at his home in Corpus Christi, Tex. Mr. Kling, who was 67, was employed ‘at the Star more than 25 years ago. He is survived by a brother, Edgar Poe Kling, Peru, former senator. :
INSULT: TO INJURY ADDED BY THIEVES
Ungrateful thieves heaped insult on injury last night when they took a pack of cigarets from Roy Kurtz, 52, 1015 N, West st., alles slugging
“hearmy ve “en; “ike Foawpie: gE should feel ‘sorry for ‘ar® ‘thé youngsters. “If I could get some of my money accumulated in England it would help but I don’t want any favoritism.” . (It was estimated that $40,000 in royalties has accrued in Lon“don for Silebius since the ‘begin- | ning of the war.) Sibelius said he still was writing music to “keep my mind off my troubles.”
BUTCHER HELD ON REQUEST OF OPA
Roy Reid of Reid's market, 2416 Northwestern ave., was held on a technical vagrancy charge at OPA request today, accused of selling ungraded and uninspected meat. Mr. Reid told OPA investigators he thought he was “within my right” because he possessed enough points to cover sale of the beef which, he said, was raised and killed on his own farm, Lee Trippeer, OPA enforcement officer, said all meat must be graded | by official government graders, | under provisions of the war food | administration. He also asserted he would turn | over to the city health department evidence indicating that the meat was neither federally nor locally inspected as required by city ordi-| nance.
for municipal court 4 on April 9. |
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
Two Missing im Actio + Eight Are Pri
Robert A. Brown (left), |
He is 33 and has been|
Wood lost his left eye and right!
expects to return to the States soon. ! Sgt. Wood |
bat infantry man’s badge. |
| back in the states. {is en route from the naval hes-
was |
Police slated Mr. Reid's hearing |.000 gallons of gasoline and kerosene
. : . k ; << T. Sgt. Harry T. Pelfrey . . . First Lt. Fred A, Wiecking .. . T. 5th Gr. Walter E. Appleby Sgt. William De Burgh, fore | missing in Germany. safe in Europe. « + + + killed in Germany. merly of Indianapolis, killed | ' . { ’ | Jan. 20, in Belgium. {thé marine corps, Pvt, Chapman|Vella Lavella and of action on] 5 3 had been overseas this time since New Guinea and Tarawa, Pvt.|New Castle; Pfc. Charles 8. Hayworth § ne wi slv | Charl E. Figl : ded Terre. Haute; Sgt. Martin . E. Henchon | September. He had - previously aries L. Figley was wounded .!marion; Pfc. Jeremiah W. Higgins Ham |Spent 21 months on Midway and Feb. 7 on Luzon: | mond; Pfc. Donald E. Hofffhan, Misha y a re DR PR 23. v, - n y , ¥ : [pas been in service three years.) The 23-Year-old infantryman Was!“p wureq 1. Hudson. Evansville the 35th division when |pfc, Marvin E. Huffer, Frankfort: T. 5tl ; } : : Gr C ton itington he was employed at Kingan & Co. he was hit and is now improving in |S%; Done! *Syplonasien, Hastie on: ¥ ¥ WF la field hospital in the Philippines.|L. Keehn, La Porté: Pfc. Raiph C. -Keller ‘ Sout Ra ) Te Although reported officially as His parents are Mr. and Mrs, Levi aE . Gr. Tw a |seriously. wounded March 10 in|Figley of 1110 Kentucky ave. [Pt. Wayne, Pfc. John 8. Kujawa, Sout} : ¥ Bend: Pvt. Cleo Lee. Velpen; Pfe. Geral * | Germany, Pvt. Robert S. Plum has| Overseas two years, he entered |w Lovewll Terre Haute: Pvt. James E 3 o }writien his. mother, Mrs. Maude] {the army July 22, 1942, and holds Malc 1 L MeE] fresh | : » 3 t 1at the combat infantryman's badge. : | - Jack Wood John C. Ambuh] (Naselroad, 2318 Jackson st. that held i antryman's . 5 . | Wounded Prisoner “merely collected some shell * fr ag-|Pvj. Figley is a former student of
{wounded on {with an airborne division. | The {three brothers also in service. Their father is Mitchell Syrotchdn, Waterbury, Conn { 2 8° 8 Pfe. Samuel Mrs. Margaret
Haggard,
of Haggard, 734
wounded in Germany March 15 |
and is in a hospital in England.
|been overseas since January. (brother, Pfc. Frank Haggard, is Philippines. » Fighting with he Tist division on the Western front, Pvt. Robert (C. Campbell received - shrapnel | wounds in his right foot and left
‘leg March 12, and is now hos- | pitalized . in France. | His wife, Mrs. Mildred L. Camp- | bell, lives at 246 N. Belle Vieu pl. Pvt. Campbell is 27 and has been overseas since January, Before entering the army in February, 1942, he worked at the Engineering Metal Products Corp. His father, John Campbell, also "lives in Indianapolis.
2 o » Wounded Feb. 20 on Iwo Jima,
Pfe. Frank .R. Chapman, whose wife lives at 1116 N. Capitol ave, is At present he
pital in San Francisco to another {hospital for treatment, On his second tour of duty with
H, C. ATKINS IS
The 20-year-old infantryman has | His
ments.”
Luzon while serving} Writing from a hospit
husband |
and son of, Mr. and Mrs. | Prior to this he was a|John Haggard, 740 Murray stf, was |
Having volunteered to transfer serving with the infantry in the |
(land,
20-year-old sserviceman has | 4 qds:
(France, T. Sgt. Lester Welmer, son |Scott, Fi (ber. Hammond: of Mr. and -Mrs. Henry Welmer, cennes: Pvt. W A graduate of Washingt on high] 1538 S. New Jersey st., was wounded |Lake; Pfc. Ker i {Pfe. Carl .E. 8 (school, Pvt. Plum was “attending |peb. 24 whilé serving with the in-|Homer L St wi 8 {Indiana university until entering fantry on the Western front | Tuipas Jasor f bt " x | . . , 2 { Brookville: Pf K Terr net( the armored infantry in Septem-| got. Welmer is 30 and has been’ Sgt: Tom P. The East Chicago: Cpl er, 1943. ; i ; tov . | Thomas Tucker byville; Pfc. {Harr {overseas since last Noyember. 13. ware. Bristol Haskel E. Weed 4 "% 8 bE { man, Evansville
Shot in the head during the first |
the 19-year- old misniryinen) “I am getting |He has been overséas since Novem |
he &
(Manual high school and a former!" Inland - Con- [Lov
employee of the
al in Engtainer Co. along fine.” al > Now
{few hours of the Iwo Jima cam- | Grace Tate, Bridgeport,
paign,
Marine Lt. husband of Mrs. Violet Steckel, 3711 Watson rd, naval hospital in San Francisco.
Earl J. Steckel, |
is improving at the
: S. Sgt. Wayne 8S. Iles, 111 The 24-year-old officer saw hisidren, LaVonne Lorraine and! Delbert ra: aN , Set first action at Iwo, going overseasiCharles William. He entered the Ss" Sianiey & Sawant! Michigan Chiy, = ic. ‘ ngess ey in September. Eefore entering the army Aug. 5, 1944, and went over-| Lt. Charles H . Rice Warsaw: Pfe, marine corps in August, 1943, he [seas last December. Abell oR. Ram, Daye Fi 1 . nari r ISS, 3 yette 1 a had lived in Logansport. Lt. ¥ 2» Seeman, Terre Haute; 8. Sgt. Homer EB Steckel expects to be sent to the STATE Smith, Bt Jone Pe. Ora D. a, Great Lakes naval hospital soon Evansville; T. 5th’ Gr. Albert R. Wein. for further treatment ARMY WOU NDED—EUROPEAN REGIONS | mann, Ft. Wayne; Pfc. Gilbert L. Weyer | . Pfe. Charles L Alford, Morgantown; |bacher, Boonville; Pfc. Angelo J. Zervos, Y a» 8. sgt. glade H. Batley, Rushville; Pfc. |Gary. PRISONERS OF oe v 5 James Bara, Howe; Sgt. Kenneth E.| 3 GERMANY Pvt. Joseph F. Konosek, reported | Barnes, ‘Alexandria; Pvt. William F.| Pvt. James P. Coleman, South Bend; by the war department as slightly | [Blake Santon; Ft. vernon V. Blocher, Pte. Joe 'A. Daugherty, Evansville; Pvt. e i 0 r . 3 wounded in Germany March 9, has|yeiie: pie. fo po Bok Drys pte. | Sonn WT bg William since written his wife, Mrs. Opal G. Robert i PY Basen, 2 To Haute; Bvt. | P. Gelvin, Pt. Wayne; Pvt. Stanley R. aldwell, orntown fc. | Hark v : v Mel Konosek, 262 N. West st, that| robert I. carson, Gary; 2d Lt Millard] ran Lara Ente. ond LLY he is now all right. R ohapi, La oe pre: Paul D. Sis, | ar. Kirklin; Sgt. Billie Hudson, Bed 3 g ohn mar, ary; if Pvt. Konosek is 32 and has been |pfc. Clyde C. Cope, South Bend Pic. | | pre 4 DN te Comma serving overseas with a tank bat | Hobart F. Daggett, Hobart; T. 4th Gr | Prank J. Jasinski, La Porte; Pfe. Jimmie am W. Deshong, Marion: Pfc. Emil D. | {| E. Jones, Terre Haute; T. 4th Gr. Harold talion of the 3d army since Sep- | Dewitt, Kokomo; 8. Sgt. Willlam H. E.!D. Keller, Morristown: 2d Lt. Robert J, tember, 1044. Before entering the Gk, Py Ovi Be dargt T, Degas | temas Gary” in, Grapviy 8 ] e. Cc army in July, 1943, he worked at] | 220s: we Frank M Fair, Seymoun. |Lafayette; T. 5th Gr. Will Jack H. gmt ded t ilbur. A erguson, Gary; Pfc. | Columbu Pvt. Donald Moor the Citizens Gas & Coke Utility. Vernon C. Gotschall, La Porte; 8. Sgt.|rocco: Ss Sgt. Hareny N. oars, Mos A brother, Sgt. Louis Konosek, | | George 4 Qrabarek, Sout Bend; Pvt. | fayette; Pvt. Tyrus R. Ryan Evansville; : 3 r t is also fighting in Germany. ~~ |Lefer® W# GUE", FTN SIAC BY ou aE stephens, Banville” sek Veteran of the early Pacific] Hadley, Edinburg; Pic Mike Halaska, | [Boe E. Werne, Meinrad; Pfc. Robert ) § icago; vt ames . arden, | W. Widdicombe, Auburn, and 8. 8 campaigns for - Guadalcanal * and |goyey Bend; Pfc. Albert E. Hawk Jr. Warren D. Witham, Walton. Sh
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improving in a hospital
» Pvt Daniel Tate, bard of Mrs. | and son of | Mrs. J. C. Denton, 238 N. Reisner st. was wounded in France March” 20} while serving with the infantry. Pvt. Tate is 26 and has two chil- |$
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ARMY WOUNDED—PACIFIC REGIONS Wilbur J. Beattie, Arcadia: 8 | Sgt. Allan G. Debnam, Gary: 8. Sgt |C. Ellington, New Castle; Pfc. Doyne RE Gaimnill Terre Haute; Sgt. *Wiilard’ Guether, Pt. Wayne; Pfc. Theodore b Gary, Sgt. William B. Goudy, Shirle Sgt. Willlam L. Harrison, Westport
GIVEN NEW POST 5 |
| vice-president in, charge of marmu- |:
‘Becomes ~~ Manufacturing Head of Local Plant. Election of Henry C. Atkins: as | facturing of E.. C. Atkins & Co., and | appointment, of William Ed Mec-
ia rive snmarvintandant, wae
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“Hounced "t8day” by Bias ti avian, 1
{president and chairman’ of the board of the company. Mr. Atkins has been with the
| company for 23 years. He served his apprenticeship in~ the . manuJ| facttiring division, and later worked |in the time. study and cost depart(ments, He was.productioh nfanager | for six years and has been superin|tendent for the last nine years.” He was in Washington for three years Bs consultant for the technical awards committee, war production . drive, and advisor to the Indiana state WPB panel for training with industry. On State Committee Prior to the creation of the war {manpower commission he was a} {member of the state labor supply committee,
Mr. McCartney has been with the | company for 14 years. He served |
as an apprentice machinist any graduated as a journeyman a-| chinist, and is also a tool and die maker, For the past seven years he has served in-a-supervisory capacity in the circular metal saw division, where he assisted in the tooling and development of the segmental cold saw, an important factor in the | manufacturing of shells, {and other war materials. »
OIL FIRE AVERTED Nine fire trucks raced last night to the Sinclair Refining Co, 1502 | | Kentucky avei, to prevent flames, | | licking at the loading platform of a | storage shed, from spreading to 100,
and several hundred barrels of oil.
EVENTS TOMORROW Indianapolis Oyen Forum, Kirshbaum center, 8:15 | Pastoral installation service, Westview Baptist church, 10:30 a. m,
MARRIAGE LICENSES Samuel 3 a her, 402 E. 47th; Elizabeth Kiger, 0 N. Delaware. ‘1 George ii, 3208 E. Michigan; Pauline Dawson Smith, 221 N. Jefferson, Bugene Hunter Yockey, 626 E. 40th; Bar bara Ann Badger, 2302 Ruckle George Heary Johnson, 3720 N Pennsyl- | vania; Irma C. Jones, 1125 W. 28th. | Otto Albert Juengel, 63 Alton; Jeanne er, ‘2050 N. arborn A Fred 5eph Stubblefield, Salinas, Cal; Ethel L, Bush, 1130 W, 31st, James Vernon Baker, 1446 N. Illinois; Maxine 8. Sandilands, 336 E. 30th. Rehett 4. Roach; Bicknell; Ruth O, Wynn, ck: James Allen - Bmith, 434 8. Oakland; Frances Marie Schiftet: 715 N. Denny. Chester Truman Spall, U. 8. army; Dorothy Mice Troha, Wr N. 18th, Beech
Gro Blsworth 8. Meadows, 37; 8. Davy; Betty Jean Gilliam, R. R. Box Ernest Keirstead, Bion Field; Dorothy Canfield, 3541 N. Meridian, -
recently, possibly by the same two, men in numerous:different it
» » “® « A short-statured bandit wielding [him and robbing him gf $1.70. BIRTH 8 : a blue steel revolver help up Doyle| They approached thelr victim by|Kermit. Marguerite Pultz, at St. Francis. Gayers, night manager of the Gase- asking: “Got a cigatet?” Police" Jack. Jean IRE LOL raul. teria station, 726 N. Delaware st.|said this method of" working up to reen, at’ St. Francis. last night, escaping with $55 and a robbery hd been used frequently an undetermined number of gas
IN INDIANAPOLIS
“ Dolan 84, at st. Vincent's, arterio-
Robert, Hallie Crosley, at St: Vincent's.
James, Katherine Sullivan, at 8t. Vincent's. |
William, Viola Garrison, at 1106 W, Ray. Charles, Jean Costello, at Methodist. Lewis, Crystal Drake, at Methodist, Roy, Dorothea Hignite, at Methodist,
Boys
Lillian Buchenberger, at 8i Herbert, Louise Pennington, at Bt. Francis, Prank, Elizabeth Tindera, at St. Francis. Gaylord, Grace Barr, at Coleman, Hugh, Ruth Caraway,” at Qaleman. oa "Virginia Hatfield, at Colem
| Raymond, Bernice Schaefer, or Bt. Vin-
hii "Gertrude Dye, 716 E. New York. George, Helen Downton, at Methodist, | Russell, Beatrice Morris, at Methodist. | Ceberf, Decle Scott, at Methodist.
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DEATHS Shirley 8. Owens, 55, at City, carcinoma. Michael blosky, a at 3402 \ Broadyay,
Soporial ocelusi Hgnriet Scherer 69, at 41 B. 32d, labetes ellitus Carl Jean Duncan, one al 323 N. Reisner, bronéhopneumonia. Ora Lena n, 67, at 2057 Caroline, chronic myocarditis, Eliza Ellen Edwards, 84, at 766 Lexington, chronic myocarditis. at City, bronchoat oir, carcinoma.
Caroline Sogen, 4, T, 2, at Long, pulmon-
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Vol. 3—No. 39 Dear F close
Ory MAN WIN 15m TAS PEEL ~ showiig us” we sti “cah count” Himl “but; een en spring is here—by the calendar: . After’ the mildest March in history, we had a lot of rain, causing minor «floods in such "lowlands as Ravenswood and Sun-
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shine Gardens. ++ This was followed by high winds which ushered in
freezing weather. . Heavy frost = Thursday night caused -quite a bit of damage to fruit around the state. Easter
* <Z - Sunday fell on April 1, but that didn’t stop
some of the April fool pranksters from having their fun. . . . Mrs. Lula Gahs, 68, of 1518 Kelly st, broke her arm when she tripped over an ‘ankle-high wire stretched across the sidewalk on Kelly st. near Boyd ave. Spring vacation—one week— started today, and maybe you ‘think the public school youngsters aren't glad... Memorial day is the only other holiday between now‘and the close of school, June 15. ."A Real Estate Board committee has suggested that the school board give up its downtown board offices and use the” old Manual building when a new Manual is built. . “The OPA is warring on blackmarket operations in meat. . . War Manpower Commissioner McNutt, the former Indiana governor, stopped off here this week en route to visit his parents at Martinsville, He denied reports: that he might become baseball czar, or go- back to the Philippines as high commissioner. Tr WN It's Clean-Up Time— CLEANUP-FIXUP week opened today. . By the end of hext week, the town ought to be a lot cleaner and neater, The governor has called on the state to observe Arbor day April 27
by planting trees. . . . Sale of the famous herd of Shorthern cattle on EI
Lilly's Conner Prairie farm near Noblesville to Purdue university has - been announced. Publication of the Hoosier Sentinel, state Democratic party weekly, has been suspended, . . Thomas A. Cookson, registrar of I. U., reports that medically discharged veterans of this war make up 21 per cent of the men enrolled in the univer sity. . . . Fred M. Wolf, 836 N. Tuxedo st., 4s the new chairman of Draft Board 1, succeeding Verncn M. Scott, who resigned. . Mr. Wolf, an electrician at the Chevrolet commercial body plant, has a son serving overseas. Scward 8. Craig was named. Presiden; of the: leachory federation.
Saturday
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Fire Losses Increased Tie OE a
“refer chooTatd ast year's total; * ‘Michael Hyland, fire prevention chief, . The loss thus far is $700,000. . , . Fires this year also have taken the lives.of 13 persons and injured 49.-. . . The 100th birthday of Kingan & Co. is being:obsemved here.*, . . in Belfast, Ireland. . The “Liberty Fundation” hag . been organized in the state to obtain a retrial for D. C. Stephenson, the former Klan grand dragon now serving a life sentence for murder, City school teachers have requested salary increases of $300 each next year. . , , The pay boost would total $760,000, school officials say, . . . The week of April 23-30 has been proclaimed Victory Garden week.
w Yr % Nabbed in Wild Chase— AN 18-YEAR-OLD youth who had
escaped Saturday from the state reformatory was caplured by police Tuesday night after 8 wild chese which led from Laurel and Prospect sts. to 50th and - College, . . Folirtéen po= lice cars participate ed in the 90-milee an-hour chase. .., Cm”, The driver, Robert Eugene Lee, 830 Cedar st., was not injured,
although the car. was punctured by 14 police bullets. Mrs. Ida Mae Schoeppner, 40, of 711 Dorman st., was shot
and seriously wounded Tuesday by William Young, her divorced husband, who then shot himself to death. . . The shooting occured in front of the William H. Ruskaup grocery. . The state has purchased the J. H. Trimble home, 4343 N. Meridian, as a newt governor's mansion, at a cost of $72,500. . The park board will use the old mansion on Fall Creek blvd. as a board headquarters.
ro Two Strikes Ended—
TWO STRIKES were ended here this week. . . . About 2200 workers returned to their jobs at the -U. S. Rubber Co, plant after a one-week stoppage. and service on the Indiana raifroad was restored when 85 striking, bus drivers agreed to arbitration, -y . Both strikes were in protest against - company | | supervisors. .. Governor Gates has beep! busy with new appointments, . . : . Among them .were Ross Freeman, state . budget director, and H. Dale Brown, state auto license division director. . .". The park department has asked city council t§ pass an ordinance banning the feeding of pigeons on park property, in order to halt interference with the anti-pigeon campaign. . . . J. G, Sinclair of Shell Oil has been named chairman of next fall's ‘United War and
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