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

SATURDAY, AUG. 4 1945

ANSWERS ARE: POISON-FILLED

Ex-Premier Blames Mar hal .._ For French Coup.

-. By HELEN KIRKPATRICK Times Foreign Correspondent PARIS, Aug. 4.—Aging, haggard Pierre Laval—facing an inevitable scaffold himself—is obviously mar“shaling all his cunning to knife Henri Philippe Petain while appearing to.testify in the old marshal’'s favor. This became increasingly evident during the testimony of Vichy's arch-collaborationist when he took the stand yesterday as a witness in the treason trial of his former chief. The former Vichy premier's stabs at the former Vichy chief of state were usually jncidental to his account of hi own” politics, or came as sugar-coated poison in answer to the judges’ questions.

Hostility Everywhere

Loathed by the overwhelming majority of the French people and speaking in a courtroom teeming with hostility, the clever Auvergnian butcher's son, nevertheless, was better received than had been former Premiers Paul Reynaud and Edouard Daladier. Laval outlined and defended the policy that he must know will condemn him to death. He came into the tense, packed, courtroom with all the uncertainty of a Buster Keaton, glanced around like a caged animal, and edged his way to the witness chair.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (U. P.). ~The Duke of Windsor last night denied that he ever discussed political matters with Pierre Laval, No. 1 witness today at the tria 1 of Marshal ePtain.

When he had placed his grey fedora hat and shabby black briefcase on-a chair, he obediently gaye his name and age—62—and his profession, in a small, uncertain voice. His striped grey suit hung in loose folds on his emaciated frame, His traditional white shirt and tie, yelwith much washing, were easily sizes too large for him, His beady, brown eyes were almost idden under puffy lids. His once sal black hair is now iron grey and “fs tobacco-stained mustach edged #*ith gray. “His never-white teeth are yellower #han ever and his only two lower teeth look coal black. The gold wedding ring on his left hand is loose and his first two fingers are brown with nicotine. Hesitant at First

Laval began talking in reply to the judges’ questions in a nervous, hesitant manner, his beady eyes shifting from side to side, his hands clutching the back of a chair. Once well-launched into a description of pre-war diplomacy he began to regain confidence and his voice in- | creased in volume. Occasionally, he rubbed his left side where an assassin's bullet was lodged in 1942. He snarled, angrily several times l when the spectators “oh’d” or murmured, and repeated with greater emphasis the remarks that had annoyed them. Shortly after he began, he paused, and like a schoolboy to his teacher said: “Excuse me, please, Mr. President, may I have a glass of water?” The attendant brought a bottle of Vichy water and Laval took frequent sips from a glass on this correspondent’s desk. Quizzed by Judges Cross-questioned by the judge, Laval kept answering: “Monsieur le marechal,” when correcting hinWhen the judge, prosecutor and defense lawyers argued a point, val turned to the press benches between which he was standing and ooked over this reporter's notes. ‘What's your paper?” he asked. Pp Pierre de la Pommeraye, secretary general of the Vichy senate, was brought in to testify that Laval had anded decrees to Petain for his signature, remarking: “That's how republic is overthrown.” ] Laval, who had been seated, stood p and edged forward behind Pommeraye, and in a low voice said: ‘That's enough.” Once again, when he was seated, he judge asked a question and val, with a sparkle of his old umor and playing, as always, to e press murmured: “For politics, ‘ll get to my feet.” Political Philosophy

A recurrent theme throughout val's four-hour interrogation was his suitcase full of state papers, vhich had been taken from him. Whether discussing a secret militreaty that he had negotiated vith Mussolini, or conversations he d had with Hitler. Hermann Joering or Joachim von Ribbenrop, he would deplore the fact that he couldn't produce documents, Frequently interrupted by the udge for not sticking to the point, he witness reiterated that he, as h as Petain, was on trial and insisted on being heard. His deense was that of the cynical poliiclan, who cannot always be right. 1 picked the wrong side, I am orry: that my country suffered as a esult, but who would have done therwise in that situation? De Faulle played the other side and it appened to win.” Laval never attacked Petain, but y a subtle arrangement of his timony, he managed to blacken in as few other witnesses have one. Sometimes he left a senence dangling and when the judge ied a question out came an in- | agent sounding statement” which ned Petain as an anti-repub- | an ‘royalist, who deliberately

| seas.

Die, Four

Two Indianapolis pilots, formerly reported missing in the European theater, are now listed as dead and four other - servicemen have beén wounded in the Pacific,

DEAD

First Lt. James W. Ayres, 1780 W. 57th st., over France. Second Lt, Earl L. Hughey Jr, formerly of 2430 Carrollton ave, over Germany. oe WOUNDED Seaman 1l-¢ Carl R. Longworth, 1518 E. 12th st., in the Borneo area. Marine Pfc. Frederick 8. Billings, of Indianapolis, in the Pacific. Marine Pfc. Emory O. Belcher, 634 Norfolk ave., in the Pacific. Marine Cpl. George T, Bean, 5806 N. Keystone ave., in the Pacific.

8» DEAD— A P-47 pilot missing over France since "Aug. 9; 1944, 1st Lt. James Warren Ayres, husband of Mrs. Edith Voncille Ayers and son of Mr. and Mrs, Warren Z, Ayers, all of 1780 W. 57th st., has now been declared dead by the war department. Lt. Ayers, who had completed more than T0 mission, held the air medal with 10 clusters, and the presidential unit citation. He was a member of the 366th fighter group, the “Hun Hunters,” of the 9th air force. Overseas since December, 1043, Lt. Ayers attended Purdue university and was employed by P. R. Mallory & Co., Inc.,, before he enlisted Dec. 31, 1943. Memorial services will be held at Stout Field in the post chapel on Aug. 19. Mrs. Ayers will be given her husband’s purple heart, which was awarded posthumously. Survivors other than his wife and

ine Dwiggins and Miss Warrenza Ayers, of Indianapolis, and Mrs, joimuine Stanley of Jamestown, nd three brothers, William of Indianapolis, Lloyd of Marion, O., and Norris of Vancouver, Wash.

s Second Lt. Earl yr Hughey Jr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hughey, formerly of Indianapolis and now of Dailas, Tex, has been declared dead by the war department. He had been missing over Germany since July 20, 1944. A P-38 pilot, Lt. Hughey was shot down on his 12th mission. He was a graduate of Shortridge high school. The 22-year-old . pilot fis also survived by a younger sister. » »

” WOUNDED— Seaman 1-¢ Carl Richard Longworth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Longworth, 1518 E. 12th st., was wounded recently aboard a minesweeper in the Borneo area. A graduate of Technical high school, Seaman Longworth was employed by the U.. 8S. Rubber Co. before he enlisted two years ago. He has been overseas since February, 1943, and is now in a hospital over-

He has two brothers in the service, Cpl. many and Seaman 2-¢ Earl Longworth in California. Another brother, Raymond, has been discharged from the navy. - » » Pfc. Frederick Stewart Billings, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl R. Billings, formerly of the Hotel English, was wounded recently in action in the Pacific. He is a marine. ” "8 : Marine Pfc. Emory Owen Belcher was wounded recently in the Pacific. He is the husband of Mrs. Mable M. Belcher, 634 Norfolk ave.

the old ggarshal had gone willingly to meet Hitler and later had approved Laval's broadcast in which he had said: -“I wish for a German victory.” “1 was prepared to go even further,” said Laval, “and say that I believed in a German victory, but Petain said that I wasn't a military man and wasn't competent to say that.” After Laval left the court, Petain denied this statement, saying that he had insisted that Laval delete that entire reference. Petain listened intently to most of Laval’s testimony, but much of the early part must have escaped him. He dozed for a few minutes. Thereafter, however, he kept his hand cupped to his ear, with no visible reaction to the man he is said to have described as “manure.” Laval was ushered out by gendarmes armed with submachine guns. His fear of assassination seems to have faded. His only emotion, shown twice by tears, seemed evoked by the suffering that his fate will cause his family.

parents are three sisters, Mrs. Max-|goutn

Roy Longworth in Ger-|'

Hoosier Heroes: Two Fliers

Men Wounded

First Lt. James Warren Ayers killed over France.

A marine; Cpl. George: T. Bean, son of Machinist's Mate 3-c George E. Bean, who is serving with the navy in the Philippines, was wounded a second time recently in the Pacific. Cpl. Bean had been wounded last September on Peleliu. His mothes, Mrs. Margaret V. Bean, lives at 5806 N. Keystone ave, »

STATE—

The names of the following Indiana servicemen appear on today's casualty list:

NAVY DEAD

Eugen L. Conrad, CrawWw. 8nell-

Sgt. arine Pvt. George

Marine jordsyille; ing, ; NAVY WOUNDED

Marine Pvt. W. P, Beagle, -Greensburg; Marine Pvt. William Cox, Evansville; Marine Pfc. Romeo J. Cripe, Goshen; Marine Pfc. Claude H. Decker, Guilford; Marine Pfc. Forrest Denny, Needham: Seaman 2-¢c Paul W. Eames, Terre Haute; Marine Pfc. Steve Halmi, Gary, Marine Pfc. George Jancosek, Gary; Marine Pvt. Kiracofe, Osceola.

Marine Pvt. Chester G. Kuespert, South Bend; Seaman 1-c Oliver L. Lame, 3 Jeffersonville; Marine Pvt. Monticello; Marine Pfc. £0. Portland; Marine Pvt. Jay Don McBri Richmond; Marine Pfc. Harlan E. McKinsey, Colfax: Marine Cpl. William P. Miller, Jeffersonville; Marine Pfc. Alexander Nagy, Bend; Marine Pvt. Elvin F. Raler, Attica; Marine Pfc. Robert Teibel, Dyer; "Marine Pfe. Robert Williams, Kokomo.

NAVY MISSING Aviation Machinist's Mate 3-¢ Phillip Anderson, Poland, "ARMY DEAD—PACIFIC

Pfc. Robert Bevington, Elkhart; Lt. Robert Pugate, Brazil; Capt. Mark ‘Goldstine, Chesterton; Pvt. Patrick L. Hennessy, Gary; Lt. Vernon Hobbs, Richmond; Pvt. Paul Howell, South Bend; Pfc. Clarence Kline, Marion: Pfc. John Stamm, Lyons; Pfe. Charles Vogt, Corydon. ARMY MISSING-PACIFIC t. William Heller, Pt. Wayne; oy John Hughes Monticello.

More Units to Be Home Soon

From Overseas

PARIS, Aug. 4 (U, P.).—Today’s redeployment timetable for U. S. army divisions: 9th Army Hq.: On high seas, first units expected to reach port today or tomorrow. 20th Armored: On high seas, scheduled to arrive in United States middle of next week. 20th Infantry: All except 118th regiment scheduled to reach England today, will leave Southampton aboard Queen Mary; 119th will clear Le Havre simultaneously. 13th Airborne: Advance unit on high seas, remajnder scheduled to leave Camp Pittsburgh in Reims assembly area for Le Havre next Wednesday. 45th Infantry: Advance party arrived in New York; bulk of division expected to leave Camp St. Louis in Reims area for Le Havre Aug. 12. 55th Infantry: Being processed at Camp Norfolk in Reims area; movement to Le Havre deferred 10 days to Aug. 15. Advance parties of all except 13th airborne and 45th infantry home.

PRINTING OF LAWS BEHIND SCHEDULE

Printing difficulties threatened today to delay the promulgation of the Acts of the 1945 Indiana legislature until late in December, Director Cooper C. Clifton of the state ‘printing board said that publishers are working 16 hours a dav in an effort to print 18,000 copies of each of two volumes of the Acts. The publication comes in two volumes this year for the first time in Hoosier legislative history. In normal times, the Acts are promulgated within a féw months of the adjournment of the legislature. In 1943, however, due to wartime difficulties, the date was Nov. 3, 1043.

AVON PRODUCTS TO HOLD ANNUAL PICNIC

The Avon Products, Inc,, will hold its annual picnic at Riverside park Wednesday at 12:30 p. m. Mrs. Gladys Smith will provide the entertainment. Russell Rooks, vice president, and Mrs. Sue Sherman,

and The Chicago, Daily News, Ine.

local manager, are the sponsors.

Loveless, 80, Sur- ; sons, Pred, WilOwens, Mrs, Alva

ALEXANDRIA—Henr vivors: Wife, Elizabe lard; sisters, Mrs. Fred ar,

BLOOMINGTON — William R. Mahan, Survivors: Wife, Esther B.; sons, John R.; Robert B.; daughter, Mrs. Prank Talbot, Absalom Ketchman Wooden, 69. vivors: Wife. Arabelle; gaughtavy, Mrs. Clyde M . Robertson, Mrs. Pom brothers, . Francis, Robert. John Ernest Prince, 53. Survivors: Wife, Cora; daughters, Mrs. Lester Hays, Mrs. Ray Gines, Mrs. Walter Bare; sisters, Mrs. Ira Phelps, Mrs, Theodore Duncan, Mrs, Cleo Burch, Mrs. Clyde Shanklin, Mrs. Chester Gow, Kathryn; brothers, Roy, Henry, BLUFFTON-—Mrs. 62. Burvivary: L. Hal Mrs. Roby

iid Orouse Miller, Daughter, Mrs. Thomas

sisters, Mrs, Benjamin Kapp, t Stout. BRAZIL—George PF. Mberer a. vars: Wife, Nellie M.; : Sau vi Mn. Herberta sutton, Lore:

John wh , 93, Survivors: Wife, Mitarval Jaughtats, Mrs. Fred Grothe, 1

Mar sons, , Bert 8; ph hing rs. Nellie Kraft. EL KHAR T=Mrs, Clara Laura Denison, rvivors usband, Sy llson a’;

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ELWOOD bp Mrs. Maude

Mrs. Mary McKeon,

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STATE DEATHS

Survivors: Sister, Mrs.

C.D arp: brother, Noah » P MANILLA—Mrs, Emma Smith, 81. vivors: Husband, James L; Jacob, Fred and H. Ofto Gross. ROCHESTER — William A. Carter, 79. Survivors: “Wife; daughter, Mrs. Charles Brown: son, Estel; sister, Essie Lamborn. SULLIVAN—RIichard Banbrick, 72. Survivors: Wife, Bridget; daughters, Mrs. Mrs. Theresa McKeon, Mrs; ‘Katherige Burba, Mrs. Sally son, Peter; sister, Mrs, Katherine McKeon, John M. Johnson, 51. Survivors: sisters, Mrs. Peter Campbell, Walter Polliock, Mrs. Wallace PinMrs. John Lowe, Mrs. James Meo

Bure brothers,

Marjorie; Mrs, ick, M TERRE HAUTE -- Mrs. Florence Fox Kornblum. Survivors: Husband, Guy; brother, Clarence E. Fox; siste Fox Bibo

9 ster, Mrs. Mrs. Emma Daniels Cook. : UNION CITY—Miss Goldie Irfes Tarnel, 58, Sursiton: a ty, Mrs. . O, Morrow, Turner; hg John, a Ada waiter Turner,

WABASH-=John Wentworth

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RITES SET FOR SOCIAL WORKER

Mrs. Nora Raymer’ Myers ‘Dies ‘at 70.

Services for Mrs. Nora Raymer Myers, active social worker, who died Thursday in her home, 3955 College ave., were to be conducted at 2:30 p. m. today in. the Hisey & Titus -mortuary. Burial be in Gravel Lawn cemetery north of Fortville, x Mrs. Myers, who was 70, was a native of Ingalls. She was a graduate of Indiana university, and had studied at Teachers’ college, Columbia university. She was active in several clubs at Bloomington when her husband, William A. Myers, was superintendent = of schools there. She was a member of the Indiana University Women's club and the Collegiate Alumnae of the United States. She lived also in Hartford City. During the time she lived in Indianapolis, Mrs. Myers was a missionary work leader at the Central Avenue Methodist church and a member of the Aftermath and North-End Garden clubs and the Nature Study club of Indiana. Survivors, besides her husband, include four brothérs, Carlos “Raymer, Anderson; John S. Raymer, Ingalls; Scott T. Raymer, Indianapolis, and Earl E. Raymer, Detroit, Mich, and two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Myers, Elwood, and Mrs. Alta Garrett, Bradford, O.

FREEMAN J. HAIR

Services for Freeman J. Hair, retired farmer who died Thursday in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Cella Aldred, 6252 Broadway, will be conducted tomorrow afternoon in the ‘McCarty mortuary at Lapel. Burial will be in the Lapel cemete

ry. Mr. Hair, who was 80, had lived on a farm near Noblestille until he moved to his daughter's home in 1943. He was a member of the Lapel Methodist church. Survivors, besides the daughter, include five sons, John E., Noblesville; - Kenneth, Lapel; Richard, Piqua, O.; Russell, Cle Elum, Wash,, and Robert, LaGrange, Ill, and 12 grandchildren.

MISS TILLIE M. SUESS

Miss Tillie M. Suess, 426 N. Dorman st., died last hight in her home. She was 65. Miss Suess had lived here all her life. She was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic church. Survivors include a brother, Gustave C. Suess, and a sister, Mrs. Edward Spearling, both of Indianapolis. Arrangements for the service have not been completed.

§ INSTITUTIONAL HEADS REAPPOINTED

Five Indiana state institutional superintendents who held appointments under the Democratic administration of Governor: Schricker were reappointed today by Republican Governor Gates. Gates announced the reappointment of eight instifutional, heads, including the holdovers from the Schricker administration. The reappointments were announced shortly after Gates named Albert H. Jessup of Plainfield to succeed Dr. E. M. Dill as superintendent of the Indiana Boys’ school at Plainfield. Dill Tesigned, effective Aug. 15.

No Action on Two Posts

of Pendleton reformatory and the chief warden's post at Michigan City staté prison has not been announced by the governor. There have been neither reappointments or replacements at these institutions. Veteran institutional superintendents who were retained were Dr. W. C. Van Nuys, head of the epileptic village at New Castle; Dr. Hubert B. .Pirkle, of the state sanitarium at Rockville; Dr. J. V. Pace, of the Southern -Indiana Tuberculosis hospital at Albany; L.. A. Cortner, of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Children's Home at Knightstown, and Mrs. Marian P.

“THE INDIA APOLIS TIMES

| Cunning Fa Plunges Subtle Knife In Petain’s ‘Back— -Vichy Sty

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Action on the superintendency |

Mrs. Amelia Ga

Services for Mrs. Amelia Galloway, 666 E. Dr., Woodruff Place, widow of James Galloway, founder and owner of the Brookside Lum-| ber Co., will be held at 10 a. m.| Monday in the Moore Mortuaries| Peace chapel. Christian Science Reader Henry Anderson will officiate. Burial will be in Crown Hill. : Mrs. Galloway, who was 7, died! Thursday at Rest Haven sanitarium.| She had lived in Indianapolis all her life, and had been active in the Altenheim Home for the Aged. She was a member of the Second Chris- | tian church. Her husband died in| 1927. } Survivors include a son, Herbert J., Indianapolis, and two grandchildren, Miss Patricia Galloway, Indianapolis, and Donald G. Galloway, serving in the navy.

MRS. MATTIE McDANIEL

Rites for Mrs. Mattie McDaniel, 3434 Graceland ave. who died yesterday in St. Vincent's hospital, will be held at 10 a. m. Monday in the Shirley Brothers’ Central Chapel. Burial will be in Crown Hill. Mrs. McDaniel, who was 59, had lived in Indianapolis 40 years. She was a native of Raintown, attended Brownsburg schools and was a member of the Brownsburg Methodist church. She was the widow of William F. McDaniel, who died in 1943. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Doris Minnis, Mrs. Ruby Akard and Mrs, Ruth Koskey™ “two sons, Francis McDaniel and Leo MecDaniel, and three sisters, Mrs. Stella Hohl, and Mrs. Lissie Turley, of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Rosie Burden, Brownstown.

HERBERT T. GROUNS

Rites for Herbert T. Grouns, 3463 Graceland ave., who died Thursday in Methodist hospital, will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow in the Moore Mortuaries Colonial chapel. The Rev. LeVon S. Fisher, pastor of the Centenary Christian church, will officiate and burial will be in Greenlawn cemetery in Martinsville, Mr. Grfouns was a former dispatcher for the Swallow bus lines. He. had lived in Indianapolis 25 years and had been employed by the bus company 10 years. ‘® native of Owen county, Mr. Grouns, who was 52, was a member of the Monrovia Masonic lodge and the Centenary church. Survivors include the wife, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Grouns, and a sister, Mrs. Bertha Stierwalt, both of Indianapolis; two half-brothers, Lee Summers of Indianapolis and Roy Summers, North Salem; a halfsister, Mrs. Vesta Knoy, Gosport, and a stepsister, Mrs. Bonnie Truax, | Hazelwood.

JOSEPH H. PATTISON y Joseph Hamilton Pattison, HY N. Delaware st., died Thursday hee Albany, N, Y. He was 76. A native of Indianapolis, Mr. wa tison was a member of a pioneer | _ family. He graduated from what is| now Shortridge high school. Mr. Pattison was a member of the Indianapolis Chamber of Com- | merce and served for many years | as a deacon and trustee of the) First Presbyterian church. He con-| ducted his own real estate and mortgage loan company in the Bankers Trust building. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. | Elizabeth Y. Pattison; two sons,! Edgar of Indianapolis and Coleman of Chicago; ‘a brother, George, of Indianapolis, and a sister, Mrs. Emma Kleinsmith, formerly of Indianapolis. Services have not been arranged.

| MRS. MARIE BARR Services for Mrs. Marie Barr, 1221 Pleasant st., who died yesterday in Emhardt Memorial hospital, will be!

Gallup, of the state . women's prison. Gates also reappointed Luther | T. Hurley as superintendent of the school at Ft. Wayne; Ray Robin- | son, commandant of the soldiers | and sailors’ home at Lafayette, and Albert E. Virgil, superintendent | of the state farm at Putnamville. | The governor also announced! the appointment of James F.| Keenan, Ft. Wayne, as a member | of the board of trustees of the state school for the blind. Keenan

succeeds W. C. Griffith.

EVENTS TODAY

Tri-State championship golf tournament, Indianapalis Country club,

Flanner House .track meet, tucks high school field Beta Sigma Phi, Omega chapter, dinner, p. m., Hotel Lincoln, State C. 1. 0. Executive board, luncheon, 12:30 p. m., Hotel Washington.

Crispus At-

EVENTS TOMORROW

Tri-State championship golf tournament, Indianapolis Country club. Indiana Astronomical society, meeting, 2:15 A: m., Pennsylvania and North sts. music group, concert, 8 p.m. A park.

.-MARRIAGE LICENSES

John Pred Herrson, Plaza hotel; Geraldine hou Davis, 1048 Tallman. T. 1. 8 Kathryn “Pyles, 1135 Concord. Meredith H. Dolby, 1119 N. New Jersey; Ima Lucille Abner, 3528 N. Sion Kenneth Fleming Martin, Los Cal.; Mary Esther Lawler, 3013 Coley Norman Robert Jenkinson, 144 th, h Grove; Martha Ellen i an 81

ul 534; Hilda

army;

g Beville; Geroi Beatrice 312 E. North. Edward Stewart Caldwell, Muncie; Naomi Jean Blesky. Jungle. Phillip H. . U, 8. army; Joyce Lee Harshman, “Inia N. Capitol. Luther Chambe 2 . Pernie Garber, "3333 N. Gale Malcolm Edward Boone, 635 W. Ham dr rothy Jeanne Butget, Evansville. Charies J Alton Nou R. R. 30, Box 471; Ma R Brow R. 20, Box 474. Jobs i am Dinkins, 2137 Lexington; oka vey, arthur ‘G. Dawson, 57 N. Grant; Luella Clarten. Jas N. Harding. . MeQuad i, Broadway; Lucy ork aslo, - Ga; Marg arcella Stoneburner, 4159 Ot-

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IN INDIANAPOLIS

Leonard Howard Gardner, 2242 N. son; Beulah Marie Austin, 20 8. Vieu place. Harry M. Smoot, U. 8 army: Florence Eloise Pines, R. R. 2, Box 563-8.

BIRTHS + Girls At St. Frances—William, Bonnie Cavender Bishop, Delma Gregory. At City—Henry, Ellen Clark. At _Coleman—Edwin, Thelma Boyer: Joh Katherine. McConahay; Elmer, Mildred

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am. ~ AL Methodist—Clyde, Donna Jean Haack Gerald, Alcyon Parr: Gale, Claire Pfister; Grover, Norma Sayers. At Emhardt—Charles, Esther Tharp MN Home _ATber. Germenese Hudson,

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Boys Atl St. Frances — Rolland, Lois Massey: Clifford, Rena Whitaker; Edwin; Gen- . eva Willsey, At City—Roy, Prances Gillahay; William Mary Stephens. ,| At Coléman—PFrank, Mary Lee. At Methodist — George, Mary Dixon: Herschel, Alice Pullen: Roy, Newell ‘Frances Hammond: George, Edna Heck man; Wilfred, Vada Ladigo: Jack, Mary Jane Shaver; Joseph. Edna Trover

DEATHS

Ethyl Church, 51, at Methodist, sclerosis Mary Spencer Stanford, 77, at City, lobar pneum abel A. Walsh, 56, at City. pemphegus. Pavel Teica, 61, at 622 W. Pearl, coronary

occlusic Emily a ton, 89, at 224 N. Walcott arteriosclerosis. i John A, Harrison, 63, at Veteran's, cere- | bral hemorrhag ‘Proyd, .“ at 1427 N. Dela- | ware, cel eb hemorrhage. Leo Ward Mattingly, 5 at City, cerebral | hemorrhage. Arthur Rouse, Pin at Bt. Vincent's, coronary throm Nancy Jane np 73, at Lang. ears OTR. i Adda May Utter, 63, at at ‘N. New Jersey, cerebral embolism Richard Hazel, n at "i124 E., Marylana, ae vascular r Victor Arman, 1, at Methodist,

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Will Be Held on Monday

lloway Rites

held at 2 p. m. Monday in the South Side branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints. Burial will be in Floral Park. Mrs. Barr, who was 58, was the widow of Scott Barr, who died April 13. She had been an Indianapolis | resident 42 years. She was a member of the South Side branch of the Latter Day Saints Church and was the first president of the relief society of the branch. She was also|

a member of the Aid Society of

Lodge 261 of the Brotherhood of | Railway Trainmen. Mrs. Barr was born at Ewing, in Jackson county. Surviving are a son, Albert Pierson: a daughter, Mrs. Opal Carver, both of Indianapolis; three brothers, Fred McCune and Edward McCune, both of Indianapolis, and Roy McCune, Aurora, and two sisters, Mrs. Edith Underwood, Indianapolis, and Mrs. Pearl Drew, Aurora.

MRS. ELIZABETH VARE Mrs. Elizabeth Vare, 4020 Graceland ave, died this morning in Methodist hospital. She was 60.

A native of Brookville, Mrs. Vare had been a resident of the city for 32 years. The body is at the G, H. Herrmann Funeral Home and services will be conducted by the Rev. W.- Albert, Crim at the South Side Church of God Monday at 2.p. m. Burial will be in Crown Hill. Survivors include her husband, Carvin; a son, Sgt. Richard Vare, in Belgium, and three . brothers, Frank Robison of Pocatello, Idaho: John Robison of Indianapolis, and Omer Robison of Peoria, Ill.

MRS. LILLIE M. GILL Mrs. Lillie Myrtle Gill, oldest member of the West Side Christian

mission, died yesterday at her home, 1438 W. Court st. Mrs. Gill, who was 85, was born at Crawfordsville. She had been a resident of Indianapolis- 40 years. She had been ill four months. Survivors include a son, Olle Watson, and a daughter, Mrs. Ada Strubs, both of Indianapolis; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Blanche Neese, Indianapolis, and Mrs. Clarice Busenbark, in California; a stepson, John Gill, Indianapolis; 17 grandchildren and 11 great-grand-children. Services will be held at 2:30 p. m. Monday at the West Side Christian mission with the Rev. Roscoe Kirkman, pastor, officiating. Burial will

TRUMAN STICKS

Vetoes Bill Paving Way for Free Gifts.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (U. P.. —President Truman today emphatically disapproved disposal of government surplus properties—war~ time or peacetime—outside the framework.of the 1944 surplus property act. The President indorsed the coordinated system for disposal of | surplus properties in vetoing aj house bill which would have given | a weather bureau station free of cost to Norwich university, Northfield, Vt. The President's message was released by the White House after it was delivered to the clerk of the house in the absence of congress. Many years ago the university gave the U. 8. government for a nominal sum land upon which to erect a weather bureau station. After years of use, the commerce jepartment- found the station unnecessary. The house bill would have ale lowed the government to donate to the university both the two-story building and the weather station equipment which the government had- placed there at the cost of approximately $13,000.

Cites ‘Unfairness’

“If the government is to succeed in its efforts to maintain a fair and impartial program for the disposal of its surpluses in the days ahead, the President said in his veto message, “I think it is important that the operating principles and standards of action governing such disposals should be kept confined within a single instrument. “Individual enactments to provide relief in specific situations, or to govern special cases, which in effect are exceptions or amendments to the present law, it seems to me should be discouraged as defrimental to a sound public policy, in a government program of this kind.” If experience shows that present policies are too narrow or inadequate, the President said, changes should be accomplished by amendment of the act itself.

HEADS PERU SCHOOLS

PERU, Aug. 4 (U. P.).—Aaron T. Lindley of Crown Point yesterday was nathed to succeed P. J. Crodian as superintendent of Peru

be in Floral Park cemetery.

T0 SURPLUS ACT

schools, effective Sept. 1.

Rifes ‘Monday for Mrs. Ida Miller

RITES FOR Mrs. Ida May Mile. ler, 1226 8. Senate ave, who died Tuesday at Louisville; Ky. will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in the Conkle funeral home. Burial will be in the Manning cemetery at Quincy, Ind. Mrs. Miller ¥ was the wife of Theodore C: Miller and had lived in Indianapolis 19 years. She was a native of Thorntown. © Other surviv-

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sons, Cpl. Cecil PS Lambert, home on emer gency Mrs. Miller leave from England; Yepman 1-¢ Dolphus Lambert, on his way home from the Canal Zone, and ° Thornton Lambert, Indianapolis; four daughters, Mrs. Florence Crabtree, Mrs. Opal Schrader, Miss Ruby Lambert and Miss Dorothy Lambert, all of Indiane apolis; a brother, Jesse Arnold, Quincy, and two step-sons, Pfe. Thomas C. Miller, stationed. at McCook, Neb., with the air force, and Carpenter's Mate Will F. Mil ler of the coast guard. A third step-son, Pfc. Arthur Miller, was killed in action in France last September.

CLEAR OFFICERS N ILLINOIS SHOOTING

BELLEVILLE, Ill, Aug. 3 (U. P.. —A coroner's jury last night held

«that the killing of John Nelson, 21,

La Porte, Ind., by two deputy shere iffs was justifiable homicide. Nelson, serving six months for vagrancy, was shot Tuesday near Millstadt, and died two days later, Sheriffs deputies testified that the youth attempted to escape from a truck carrying 14 prisoners to work in a rock quarry. They said Nelson ignored their command to halt.

CARD PARTY IS TOMORROW A public card party will be spone sored by the Ladies’ Society of tha Indianapolis Liederkranz in their hall, 1421 E. Washington st., at 8:15 p. m. tomorrow. Hostesses will be Mrs. - Louise Boyd - and Mrs:.- Carl Westerfeld. - ‘ ES RE 2 4 TALL YOUTHS NEEDED VALPARAISO, Aug. 4 (U. P).—~ Tall boys and girls to detassel corn were requested today by Porter county farmers, Many stalks were reported 13 feet high. :

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Vol. 4—No. 4

Saturday

Dear Fellows— The two main topics of discussion in the home town this week are’ the weather and

8 the Indians. . . . The weather seems to be

a continuation from. last week with high

temperatures in the mid nineties ‘mixed with wind, thunder, lightning and enough rain to drown the Japanese islands. . Victory Field has been a sellout all week, the main attraction is the Milwaukee 2%" Brewers and our own Ine *~e. dians battling it out fof frst

place. . . . Thousands of baseball fans have

been turned away from the ball park, whose

capacity is slightly over 12,000. . .. The Brewers came to town on Monday “one game behind the Indians and beat the local club Monday night, tying’ up first place. They split a double-header Tuesday night, were rained out Wednesday. . Then they split another double-header on Thursday night. . . . Friday, the Indians won, regaining first place, one game ahead of the Brewers.

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What's Cookin’ in Business— Marmon-Herrington, Inc. Indianapolis truck and tank manufacturers, is entering the city transit vehicle industry with a line of trackless trolley coaches. . . . They have orders for , some already from Indianapolis Railways, which has a number of such ————————— vehicles in serve —— BULL HLTRmeY ice . . . the troldil W # ley coaches will be in two models, for 40 and 44 passengers. . The L. G, 8. Spring Clutch Corp. of Indianapolis, wholly-owned subsidiary of Curtiss-Wright Corp., bought the {hree<story Mars Hill plant now being used ‘by Allison for its service school. They plan to move into the new plant, which is near Stout. Field, as soon as possible. . . . U. S. army engineers have ordered approximately $1,000,000 worth of road grading equipment from the J. D, Adams Manufacturng Co. The equipment is used to build and enlarge roads and airfields and also used in the rehabilitation of captured areas. . . . Aircraft equipment worth about $1,250,000 has been acquired by Indiana high schools for instructional use. The equipment includes aircraft, aircraft engines, propellers, instruments, radios and synthetic air training equipment.

Elevator Goes Boom— Quick thinking saved the life of Adrian ©, Tibbetts when his freight elevator plunged seven stories in the Century. building, no one was injured. 7 . .. He jumped when he noticed the mechanical operating device

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doing probably saved his: life: . . . Indianapolis, the so-called “sneeze center of the nation,” is in for another terrific hay fever season. . . . The season opens officially on Aug. 15 and lasts until the first frost. . Dr. Herman G. Morgan, city health board secretary, said that the ragweed is flourishing in the city because of the recent rains. . . . Zachary Sanderson of Marion quit his job as state museum director. The Marion County Council Aug. 15 will start informal scrutiny of the county's proposed 1946 budget, their goal will be to prune ‘budget requests enough to reduce the county rate to 50 cents on each $100 of taxable property, an increase of T cents over the 1045 levy.

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Speedway to Reopen— Eddie - Rickenbacker squashed a lot of rumors by announcing he and his associates will ‘continue to operate the Indianapolis Speedway when it reopens after the war, Rick made the announcement in Columbus, Ohio, the other day whens_he

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attended the premiere of the movie “Captain Eddie,” a story of Rickenbacker's life. . . . The last 500-rcile Memorial Day, race was held in 1941. . Indianapolis chief of police, accepted a position as chief special agent with the Pullman Co. with headquarters in Chicago, Members of Carpenters’ Union 60 are speeding the completion of the senior Scout base, Port Optimist, at 30th -st. and White river. . . . The base will be launched Sunday and formally accepted from the Optimist club, sponsors for Sea Scouts, of Central

Indiana.

KR Ridie Talkie— New battle’ weapons for the war against poliomyelitis arrived at James Whitcomb Riley hospital for children in the nick of time. The “polio season” in Indiana is during the months of August and September, . Two Emerson hot-pack machines, costing $358 each, and vital weapons in the combat against the disease, were gifts to the hospital from the Indiana Council of Fraternal and Social societies. . Plans in Indianapolis for two-way radio-telephone between autos moved ahead as the I a Bell Telephone Co. applied for ¢ to install a radio-telephone ter and equip two cars with this service. . . . The transmitter would be placed on the top of the telephone

building at Meridian and New York sts. . . .

When developed for public use, telephones on mobile units will be connected with the

. Mike Morrissey, former -.