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CPL. HOWARD THOMAS

GIVEN BRONZE STAR

Cpl. Howard E. Thomas, husband

FRIDAY, OCT. 19, 1945

bronse star for meritorious service France, Luxembourg, Belgium and Germany, The award was made in Germany

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RARE DRUG USED | ON MUNCIE BABY|

Regarded as Only Hope to Save Infant's Life.

MUNCIE, Ind.; Oct. 19 (U, P.),— A 21-day supply of one of the world’s rarest drugs was guarded at Ball Memorial hospital today as the only hope for 17-month-old Gayle Eleanor Harvey's life, The baby, daughter of a paratrooper who died in action in Germany last spring, was assured treatment for three weeks when 7,000,000 units of streptomycin, a drug heretofore available in limited quantities only to the army and navy, was obtained, This was a drug which Gayle's physician, Dr. Gr, S. Young, believed to be the only thing which could bring her back to health, Young said yesterday the child needed 20,000,000 units to combat a tubercular meningitis ailment, She has been dangerously ill for several days. At “Terre Haute last night, the

India's most important woman, Mme. Vijaya Pandit, sister of the great nationalist leader, Jawahraral Nehru, will begin the Ine dianapolis Town Hall's 15th season Oct. 28 at the English theater. Mme. Pandit will speak on “Why India Wants Independence.”

PLAN WEINER ROAST The

7:30 p. m, Tuesday.

Church of Christ,

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES At Town Hall

West Side Christian En-|stone and Churchman aves. called deaver union will hold a ‘Weiner|them Sept. 20 to report that the roast at Riverview park grove at|aged man had not been seen for In case of rain | several weeks and that chickens at the meeting will be at the Mars Hill | his home had not been cared: for

BOYS FIND BODY OF MAN LONG MISSING

The body of Charles O'Donnell, who has been missing since the middle of September, was found in a 10-foot ditch at 8. Sherman dr. and Bethel ave. yesterday. Two brothers, John and Iral Heston, 11 and 7 years old, found the body and told a neighbor who called police. Deputy Coroner Robert Dilts said the man had been dead for some time, Mr. O'Donnell, between 65 and 70 years old, was first reported missing from his home in the rear of the St. Elizabeth home. He lived alone and was rumored to carry large sums of money on him, Police said there was no indicas tion of violence and that $51 and a watch were on tne body when it was found. Police began their search after Albert Pritchard, a grocer at Key-

Planning for the Naomi chapter 131, O. E. 8, card party af 1:30 p. m. Wednesday in the L, 8 Ayres & Co. auditorium are (left | to right) Mrs. Hazel Pflueger and Mrs. Edward B. Ossman. Others aiding will be Mrs. Ruth Townsend, Mrs. Lena Bernloehr, Mrs. Nellie Shipman, Mrs. Lena Winnans, Mrs. Louise Coleman, Mrs. Herman Tschudi and Mrs, Hazel Kealing,

RODEO COWBOY KILLED

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NEW YORK, Oct, 19 (U,. P.) ~~ Homer Cook, 27, Livingston, Mont. in Madison {her purse at Michigan and DelaSquare Garden last night when a|ware sts. last night and fled down wild horse kicked him in the chest. | an alley,

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WOMAN VICTIM OF |Cpl. John P. Smith Gets Silver Star

FOR GALLANTRY in action in France, Cpl. John P. Smith, son

STREET SLUGGING

A slugging-robbery in which the loot was more than $176 and anotherother slugging and purse grab- | bing were reported to police last |

Darrell Dobbs, operator of a feed | {and poultry house at 904 N. Bel- | mont ave., was slugged and beaten and robbed of $176 and other valuables last night. Mr. Dobbs was assaulted by two {men who came into his store to buy

of Mrs,

Evelyn Smith 3633 N.

Pennsylvania st, has been

awarded t h e silver star. Cpl. Smith a nd another soldier, w h o were serving as scouts deep in enemy territory, according to the citation, ob=

| chicken food. They took his bill-| Served a group {fold and fled when a mneighbor,| Of German sol- : | George Cole. staying with Mr, | diers organizing Cpl. Smith. Dobbs, heard the commotion and| # counter -at- Ph } started to get a shotgun, tack. The two scouts alone

Marie Hedegard of 331'W. Washington st. was treated at City hospital yesterday for head wounds received Wednesday night. She was slugged as she was walking on Georgia st., hear Illinois st. Lucille Bulin, of 914 N. Delaware s | st., Apt. 2, told police a man grabbed

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opposing troops and their fire scattered the enemy, and allowed their own platoon time to ore ganize and repulse the attack when it was finally launched, The local man attended Cathedral high school and Purdug

university, and received ar training at the University of Kentucky.

Commercial Solvents “Corp, located 6,000,000 units of the drug, its en-| tire ‘supply, The drug was taken | to Muncie, where, earlier in the! day, a meager supply of 280,000 | units had arrived through the ef-| forts of a former Muncie resident, | Dr. Harry Mock, now of St, Luke's | hospital in Chicago. Arrival of the drug cheered the infant's mother, Mrs. Jean Harvey, widow of Sgt. Thomas D. Harvey, | 21, who was killed in a parachute landing behind German lines last March 24. Mrs. Harvey, who for two weeks has hovered constantly over the | baby’s crib in Ball 'hosnit she was deeply grateful for publie efforts to locate a drug wiuua is considered to be unusually scarce. | The baby’s physician said the child's condition was unchanged after the first day of treatment with . streptomycin. Dr, Young recently returned from army service overseas, where he had used the rare drug sueccessfully.

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