Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 August 1945 — Page 2

LOCAL BRIEFS

Children from Brookside park earned a trip to Stout field by winThing first place in the city recreation department's post contest. The contest climaxed a series of health playlets given at Indianapolis play‘grounds. Second and third prizes,| MANILA, Aug. 23 wespectiviely, went to Meikel and|allies announced plans today Rhodius parks, with honorable men- (the speedy evacuation = of tion going to Ohristian and Cor- | prisoners and internees from Japan

nelius parks, [to the Philippines.

They confirmed that contact had representing seven of the city rec- beers established. presumably Jeation department's South side | centers will be staged at 7:30 p.m.| Manchuria, with Lt. Gen. Jonathan today at the Garfield park open-air M. Wainwright. theater. Emma Lou Voelker, dis- | Allied nationals, including 7000 trict supervisor, will direct the pro- | Americans.and 14,000 British. will | gram and entertainers will include pe repatriated from Japan by air | Carol Ann Harp, Kathleen Richey, and sea as rapidly as their health Jack Hawkins, Beverley Wheatley, hermits, Gen. Douglas MacArthur's Don McFarland, Jackie Kelly, Donn | headquarters announced. Kleis, D. L. Edison and his S008, | Jack and Jim; the Wilson boys] choir and the Campfire Girls chorus. |

SPEED RESCUING WAR PRISONERS

32, 000 Held by IBY Jone to al Rushed to Philippines.

, A playground | fubilee for children |

An international Red Cross dele|gation radioed MacArthur from | Tokyo that its representatives and Speedway post st 198, American Le-|delegates from the Swiss and | gion, installed the following new Swedish legations will proceed to-| officers Tuesday: Lewis A. Goontz,|morrow to the seven main war commander; Ganz Hammer, 1st | prisoner camps in Japan to assist vice commander; Jason Runyan, 2d|in the evacuation of inmates to| vice commander; M. Q. Aldridge, | embarkation points. adjutant; Charles W. Hatton, finance officer; Ralph Kincaid, servjce office and chaplain, and William ¥. Brown, sergeant-at-arms.

Contact Wainwright

In Chungking, Lt. Gen, Albert C.| Wedemeyer, commander of Amer-| rennin ican forces in China, announced | A family picnic program for without elaboration that “contact R.C. A, employees, to be held Sun- nas peen established” with Wainday at Garfield park, will be cll wright, hero commander of Bataan maxed by a concert by the Indian-|g,q Corregidor, apolis military orchestral band at| A rescue team of American para- § p.m. Softball and baseball games, |chytists reported last week-end a swimming exhibition and an ama- {that it had liberated Wainw right jeur talent show are planned during (from a prison camp at Sian, 100 the afternoon. Vocalists on the con-| miles north of Mukden. A plane cert program will be Violet Marie op o& from Soviet-held Mukden Hadden, soprano; Frank Parrish, a to bring out the general. | tenor, accompanied by Harry Bason; | Wed : did t Sgt. Bernard Barbeau, baritone, and| Wedemeyer did not mention the Columbians, men’s chorus, | ainwright s present whereabouts, but it was possible that he either

* Warren township public schools had flown or was about to fiy out of will open the fall term Sept. 4. Pre-| Manchuria. He will be 62 years | enrollment meetings for pupils en-|ola tomorrow. tering township schools for the first 3 time will be held daily up to Aug. 31. Names Go to Washington An organization meeting for iid The names of those liberated and dents is scheduled Aug. 3l.|evacuated will be transmitted imgrade stu Faciulty members are now at the | mediately to the war department schools to adjust programs for high in Washington. Units also will acschool pupils. cept and transmit messages to next Lt. W. W. Beher a. 240 Blue | °F kin through the war department. Ridge rd, is spending a 30-day leave aay have on with his wife and children before ternees and prisoners will be rushed reporting. for duty in this gr to the Philippines, where two reLt. Behrman, who has beth Serv celving depots have been estabWit he nav in ile Som Cop lished near Manila to handle them. served on the

In addition to the Americans and periteipaies in the Philippine land-| gitich those due to be repatrings.

ated were believed to include 5000 Chaplain Howard D. Wiant of Dutch, 5000 to 8000 Australians and Ft. Harrison will speak before mem-

1000 Canadians. bers of the Exchange club of In-

dianapolis at their noon meeting URUGUAYANS T0 BUY tomorrow in the Claypool hotel. OWN WATER WORKS

Dr. Jean Sutherland Co Boe MONTEVIDEO, Aug. 23 (U. appointed assistant professor o SP at Butler university, Six prominent Uruguayans wars) President M. O. Ross announced announced formation of a Uruguaytoday. After receiving her doctor’s|an stock company to take over the degree at the University of Iowa | British- owned Montevideo Water-! this spring, Dr. Sutherland taught | works Ltd., by purchasing the stock,

in the Butler College of Education | estimated io be worth around $13. | during the summer session.

NAZARENES RETAIN |x Eset REV. GENE PHILLIPS

{as ne Consumers Co- -operative Or-| | Sazization, said purchase of the! | British concern would prevent $6,-| 000,000 from leaving Uruguay yésly) The Rev. Gene Phillips today was re-elected superintendent of the Indianapolis district of the Church of the Nazarene at the annual as-

for payment of dividends and d rectors’ salaries in England. sembly in the Roberts Park Methodist church. The Rev. Mr. Phillips’ re-election came immediately after his official report to the assembly. He reported an average total attendance per week of 10,175 at the Sunday schools

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| women’s army corps will be eligible | if they have 44 points, Maj. Gen. Fred L. An derson, asa chief of air staff, said the| [ranks of all enlisted men under {orders to go overseas as of Aug. 15 | had been screened to eliminate] those with more than 75 points ang

PYLE MEMORIAL

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out of keeping with her husband's

Plan Will Releas. 1,400,000 also all WACs with 43 points. They Philosophy.

Men in Year.

Aug. 23 (U. P) | 4 the army air

WASHINGTON, —Demobilization forces was under

will be stationed in this country until lowering of the critical score! [Takes them eligible for rélease.

Henceforth, Anderson said, the {air forces will screefi overseas ship- |

y. today under | ments to eliminate men with less|

| 3 SE { | a plan which will return more than, (than 75 points—the exact number | i 8 1400000 A. A. F. personnel to civil- {was not revealed—and those whol

Earlier, enthusiasts and the New {York publicity firm of Richard Condon, Inc, had envisioned a campaign which would raise pos{sibly upwards of $10,000, 000 for an elaborate cemetery and park in which Pyle's body woud be enshrined, In a statement issued ty the com-~

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ian status within a year.

The present strength of the A. A. F. is 2,300,000. Discharges at their | peak are expected to hit 150,000 a month. This will leave air forces personnel at about 900,000 in al year’s time. Another 200,000 will be

| released as soon as conditions per-

Along with the “war lords,” the doom of industrial and (Inancial | of Japan appears Most important of the four controlling families is the Mitsui group, which holds a large part—of the cotton, cement, | | | |

“emperors” certain,

coal-shipping and elecBaron

mining,

| Takasume Mitsui. above; son of | retired millionaire Baron Hachi-

royemon Mitsui, is head of fam-

ily affairs.

WASHERS, RANGES ARE DUE BY JAN, 1

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About 500,000 probably will be manufactured in the fourth quarter of 1945. up demand is estimated 6,000,000 units. ELECTRIC FANS: Should be on sale by December in fairly adequate supplies. About 100,000 will be produced in fourth quarter. Production is expected to ~Tise sharply in the spring. 5

to be

FILM: By the end of the year

supply should approximate demand. The army and navy have made extensive cutbacks in film requirements, but will continue to use large amounts of X-ray film in examining personnel to be discharged from the armed forces. This country furnishes 75 per cent of the world's supply, so foreign demand also will be high. DRY CELL BATTERIES: In the next few months supply should equal demand. The total supply for civilians is now more than during the pre-war years, but demand has Increased. Some 125,000,000

mit. Airmen with necessary discharge | {points who are now overseas will | |be replaced by volunteers or others with equal training, but lower point | | scores.

Officers Eligible

Officers will be eligible for re-| lease on scores ranging from 36 to

longer required. Flight officers {need 36 points for release; second

| 37 or older.

in-| shipping | o might | to avoid | ease from

He said the screening was tended to avoid wasting space by moving men wh soon be returned and blocking a man’s early rel the service.

T. W. A. INCOME UP WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (U. P) |—Net. income of Transcontinental |& Western Air, Inc. hit a record {high of $1,699,163 or $1.73 a common share in the initial half of 1945 compared with $666,253 or 68! cents a share in the corresponding | 1944 period, the company reported

(today. {70 points when their services are no |

RESUME GOLD REPORTS NEW YORK, Aug. 23 (U. P).—

mittee today at Dana and Terre | Haute, members said that no plan is being considered relative to the { possible removal of Pyles body from Ie Shima where he was killed by |a Jap sniper. The statement said: “The planning committee of Ernie {Pyle Memorial, Inc, has just announced its primary concept for the memorial, funds for which are now being raised throughout the nation,

“The committee contemplateg the ‘ultimate determination by th¢ meymorial corporation to provide A memorial library and grounds therefor (of unostentatious dignity at or near (Dana, Ind, the providing of adequate supporting funds for it and [then the devoting of such additional monies that may be contributed to

| lieutenants, 42; first lieutenants, 58; | Publication of statistics on gold im- educational phases that would have and captains and officers of higher | ports and exports, blacked out since met the thought and ideals of Ernie| place in the South Pacific to the

rank, 70.

Pearl Harbor, will be resumed in

[Pyle

The present pent- |

} Enlisted men, as in other branch-| September by the Federal Reserve! “No plan is being consldered rela{es of the army, require 85 points! board, the Federal Reserve

for discharge. Members of the disclosed today.

Slayer s Plea for Death in Electric Chair ls Spurned

COLUMBUS, O., Aug. 23 (U. P.).—George H. Pierce, 48-year-old convicted slayer, won't keep his date with death in the elec tric chair at Ohio penitentiary tomorrow night after all, Governor Frank J. Lausche disregarded Pierce's plea not to intervene in the case and granted

Sept. 24 to permit a more complete investigation of his case. Pierce climaxed three attempts at suicide with a letter to the governor saying he wanted to die and urging him not to interfere even if executive clemency were asked “by well-meaning friends.” "nw wu. POLICE said Pierce killed his estranged wife and son, Homer, 16, and shot a daughter, Leatrice, 19, and then turned the gun on himself. The daughter later recovered. He later aftempted to hang himself twice while awaiting trial in Franklin county jail. He also told prison officials he made another suicide attempt in death row but refused to give details.

Indiana memorial site or to the

creation of any project that would, park tive to any possible removal of the not be in strict keeping with the body of Ernie Pyle from its resting!lifetime aims of the late newsman.”

| Pennsylvania st.,. {admitted driving the station wagon {which struck McCleary, gave a pint {of blood Monday and yesterday to

THURSDAY, AUG. 2, 1045.

HIT-RUN. DRIVER GIVES VICTIM BLOOD

A hit and run victim, Leroy Mc= Cleary, 23, of 723 E. Ohio st, Who was given blood transfusions by both the driver of the car which hit him and a passenger in the car, is improving today in City hospital, police reports state. Mr. McCleary was struck last Saturday in the 100 block on N, Delaware st. receiving a possible

{fractured skull and broken leg. him a stay of execution until |

Marshall Bonewitz, 23, of 1727 N, who police say

the victim. David T. Manus, 22, of 125 E. St, Joseph st. passenger in the -stae tion wagon, also gave his blood, said the hospital officials. Bonewitz was released on bond after he was charged with reckless driving, leaving the scene ‘of an +" accident and failure to give a pedestrian the right of way. Manus, slated on a vagrancy charge, was also released on bond, Hearings on the charges were cone tinued to Sept. 27, by Judge John Niblack in municipal court 4.

FORMS FOREIGN STAFF NEW YORK, Aug. 23 (U, P).—= RKO Radio Pictures, Inc, an= nounced today that it is the first to establish a permanent field exploitation staff in various foreign

| countries.

ibe available by the end. of the year

[Should be in good supply during ‘the last three months of the year.

cells, including those for hearing aids, will be manufactured in the next few months.

REFRIGERATORS: May now be — {produced at unlimited rate but WPB retains controls on distribution and will probably continue them until mid-October. Fourth {quarter production to be about 700,000 units, Demand estimated at 6,000,000 units.

DENTAL BURRS: Enough will

to meet the needs of civilian

dentists. OFFICE EQUIPMENT: About $20,000,000 worth of such items as {shelves, lockers, safes and files will ~| ve available in the first quarter of 1946,

CASKETS: Unlimited production of metal cakets cannot be resumed for sometime because of shortage of tin and natural rubber. Caskets now made primarily of lumber and plastics. LABORATORY EQUIPMENT:

of the district. This is an increase of 955 per Sunday over last year. The district gave to all purposes over the past year $624,603, according to the superintendent. For the cause of world missions the district gave $66,000, and the women’s missionary fociety $49,399! A totally blind discharged vet-| for foreign missions. There are 8000 eran of world war II was “rolled members of the Nazarene churches | last night of his wallet containing ministered to by 108 pastors in the $135 and a valuable wrist watch, district. | according to police: reposts. Ten ministers will be ordained in| The veterar, Charles Aebersold; ceremonies at 7:30 tonight when Dr. 29, of Louisville, Ky., told police he H. V. Miller, general superintendent, | {spent the evening with a man will give the address and conduct! named Howard Coons and two the consecration service. |girls. He said the last time hel The Rev. T. W. Stofer has re-|was certain he had his money was | signed as secretary of the district to, when he and Coons ate dinner] become business manager of OliVet| somewhere on the Circle. Later he. Nazarene college, Kankakee, Ill.|and Coons registered at a hotel. The Rev. Mr. Stofer is pastor of the| After taking the women home at North side church, Indianapolis.| midnight, Aebersold said he and His successor is expected to be| Coons returned to their hotel room.

Blind War Veteran ‘Rolled’ For Watch and $135 in Cash

"I the loss.

It was this morning he discovered

Referring to the wave of “rollings” of servicemen, W. I. Loéngsworth, chairman of the Indianapolis chapter of the Red Cross, said today approximately 30 soldiers or veterans have applied for loans aly being victimized - so” far this month; At that the situation has im- { proved, he said, since June and July-when-a-great- number of servicemen lost their money even before they left the bus and train stations after coming into Indianapolis.

elected later today: &

KING TAKES HAND IN BALKAN GRISIS

LONDON, Aug. 23 (U. P.).—Soviet ress dispatches today flatly rejacted the contention of the western allies that Bulgaria's election law | is unfair as an appeal from King | Michael of Romania posed a ticklish new problem for the Big Three powers, The Soviet news agency Tass in| a broadcast from Moscow quoted a! commentary in the government| newspaper Izvestia as describing] the Bulgarian election law as “the| most democratic the Bulgarian peo- l, ple ever had.”

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out at funsters, blows whistles, and operates the shock machine, the roller walk and the barrel.

The most fun he gets along the skirt-blowing-up lines is concen- | trating on the older women,

them a blast and they flustered and tickled to The crowd loves it laugh more at a little girl or an older woman than they will at a gal like this,” he said, making Both the United States and, explanatory motions with Britain have sent official repre- | hands. sentations to Bulgaria over the| gp. caught a nice old lady forthcoming elections. Britain .has| on the roller, got her > SiG CW) mt Ue res mel the walk, and gave her two blasts of the undemocratic character of | when she gob.on ine plattorm e Her husband laughed 'til he cried. Came over and shook my

the, law under which it will be, hand and thanked me when they

held. went out.”

give get

(A dispatch from Istanbul said | that American . warnings regarding | the election had created a polsical] crisis in Bulgaria. It quoted re-| ports of continuous meetings beg organized by the government, which | the - Bulgarian people refused to | attend.) A British foreign office commen- | tator meanwhile confirmed receipt | of an appeal from King Michael of | Romania requesting ~ that ' Great made him something of a skirt Britain, Russia and the United expert, too. “A pleated skirt or ~ States aid in forming a Romanian a dress is- the best. material governmen acepiable to them. | Bk big, “wide peasant skirts

n un ® THE WOMEN that take .the wind out of Eddie's sailz are the slacks and shorts-attired. “1 usually give ’'em a double dose It's surprising how they scream and clutch even when they ‘don't have anything to worry about.”

His work in the funhouse has

Fun in Funhouse Is Lots

. Of Work—And Monotonous

“Get a chubby lady about 50— |

death. | too—they'll |

his |

again on |

have too much material in ‘em. | They just wrap around instead | of ‘going up. The customers watching don't go for 'em.” “And those service girls! It's harder than heck to get a | WAVES’ skirt to blow. But a | WAC's is usually impossible.” Last night he scored on a WAC for the first time in months. LJ un ” THE FELLOW that really gets | a kick at the funhouse is none | other than the Riverside owner, Johnnie Coleman, Eddie let (it slip out that Johnnie comes over | about once a week and takes over the switchboard. “He's really good at it. When | & girl gets right by a vent he'll yell “Ain't .your name Betty ' | Then while she's stopped he really | catches her.” “He packs the people out on the benches at the end of the line to watch the people coming through. Then when he gets 'em packed he turns on the shock—that's a good gag.” On the other hand, Eddie gets quite a bit of fun Olitg,0f the job, too. Last night spotted an elderly man, took aim, and sent his straw hat up about 10 feet in the air, “Things like that give the crowd a laugh,” he explained. “It's a. lot more fun than the straight old i leg slug. " : }

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