Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 February 1946 — Page 2

s Hero of War a, Feb. 6 (U. P.).—Aubrey Holboth legs at Cassino and now walks

*t have to climb the 20 steps to his t much longer. He's going to get

\ of Conshohocken chipped in so he could

a home and furnish it. They turned over $9000 to ; his 18-year-old wife, Doris, and baby son,

6 (U. P.)—Bobby pin supplies, bottom if the steel strike continues for a long now there's about a month’s supply of bobby pins in the and hair pin stocks won't last much longer. ® ® on "=

Two Wives in One Home PITTSBURGH, Cal, Feb. 6 (U. P.)—Michael Joseph Prisco, 40,

ps ‘police today that if it hadn't been for the housing shortage he Wore ave had to double up his two wives and four children in one

apartment. ; Prisco, who sald he had been a member of the Calumet City, Ill, _ schoolboard before entering the army, was held on a bigamy charge in the county jail. Sheriff's deputies found Prisco living with his first wife, Anna, 40, whom Prisco said he married in Chicago Feb. 3, 1043, and his second wife, Gertrude, 21, whom he married in Salem, Mo, last Nov. 17. ‘Agents making a routine checkup for a credit firm discovered the strange hotisehold yesterday. They reported to Deputy District Attorney Thomas McBride. . - nr ¥ ” » NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (U. P.).—Mrs. Dolores Somers, 36, who said she came here from London, England, and was the wife of a home1, was removed from a hotel lobby by police early staged a nine-hour sit-down strike because her room

s =» : ® nn DETROIT, Feb. 6 (U. P).—Mrs. Harry Lutomski, Detroit, hereafter won't be no insistent on being permitted to shop leisurely and without salesmen hovering around her. "After an hour of such shopping at a Detroit department store last night, she found just the lamp and chest of drawers she wanted. But she looked around for a salesman, they were all gone. So was everybody else. The store was closed. She finally reached the store

manager by telephone. Ps oe»

» » » * . . * . California-Florida Rivalry Fades WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (U. P.) —California and Florida, those erstwhile tourist trade rivals, are now plugging for each other in a © mild sort of way. And it's all because of the housing shortage. g Mayor Fletcher Bowron of Los Angeles and Port Director RT Spangler of Miami came here for the Tideland oll hearings. Mr. Spangler spotted Mr. Bowron. “California,” he said, “can have all our excess tourists.” “But we don’t want any more,” responded Mr. Bowron. “Miami | can have them.” Both looked at the murky Washington weather. “Show us the way to go home,” they chorused. i ”. » . r » . . EXANSTON, Ill, Feb. 6 (U. P.).—No one was more surprised than Mary Jane Ward when she learned today that she would receive $100,000 in royalties for her novel, “The Snake Pit,” April Book of the

BELIEVE AT LEAST 1 ENSENADA, Baja, Cfa, Mex. Feb. 6 (U. P.)—Survivors of the sinking of a Mexican coastal steamer described today how waves pounded the ship apart while radio operators ‘called vainly for help and passengers jumped overboard in panic, The ‘storm-battered craft foundered on’s rocky reef nine miles off« shore 20 ‘miles south of here Mon~ day in a howling gale. It broke in

two and sank within an hour. Nine unidentified bodies, includ.

ling those of two Americans, were

washed ashore along with pieces of wreckage. Reports placed the death toll at 15 or more. Survivors still were straggling in here today from the coast, where they had been brought ashore:b rescuing fishermen. Gen, Abelardo Rodriquez, owner of the 4ll-ton Santo Tomas, a combination freight and passenger ship, said all 14 crew members and most of the 59 passengers had, been

saved. STRIKE CALLED IN CHILE SANTIAGO, Chile, Feb. 8 (U, P.). —A program to reduce living costs was inaugurated by the government today in a move to end the second

general strike called within a week.

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Clermont grade school mourned the death of its second staff member in 24 hours as two more names were added today to the city’s traffic fatality toll, Miss Corinne

died in Methodist hospital last night of injuries received Thurs

cipal Charles H Sawyer and Leo- 'NMmes Martin nidas E. Barnes, driver of the second car. Mr. Bawyer died late Monday. Three other teachers, injured in the collision at Rd. 34 and the High School rd, are still in Methodist hospital. James Martin, 54, of 954 Cedar st., was. killed instantly yesterday afternoon when a Pennsylvania passenger train crashed into the truck he was driving at the Sumner ave. crossing. Mr. Martin's body was hurled 50 feet by the impact. There are no flasher signals at the crossing.

Miss Spicklemire, who lived at 1226 Kealing ave, joined the Clermont faculty three years ago.after teaching at several other Marion county schools. She wrote “Stories of Hellas,” a textbook of Greek legends. . The Rev. John B, Ferguson, pastor of Irvington ~~ Presbytefian church, will conduct services at 1:30 p. m. Friday -in Shirley Brothers Central chapel. Burial will follow in Memorial Park, ¢ Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Petrache Velesscu and Mrs. ©. A. Moore; and a brother, B. J, Spicklemire, all of Indianapolis. A driver for the Hayes Freight

lines, Mr, Martin came here from Gallatin, Tenn., in 1920. Survivors are ‘his wife, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Martin; a stepdaughter, Miss Louise

Dixon; & brother Frank Martin, and|

three sisters, Mrs. Velma Dorris, Mrs. Hazel Crowder and Mrs. Fannie Cooper. Floyd Tremor, 25, of 2601 Cold Spring rd. is in Veteran hospital with - injuries received last night when his car skidded and overturned in the 700 block of W. 16th st. Mrs. Begsie Elliott, 41, was injured serfously last night when struck by a car driven by Miss Dorothy Rohr, 22, 922 Winthrop ave., at Virginia

ave. and East st. i

Fayette Favors

MADISON, Wis., Feb. 6 (U, P), ~The Wisconsin Public Service commission decided yesterday that modern automatic telephones can be anti-social. Several years ago, the Belmont and Pleasant View Telephone company went modern and installed an automatic switchboard at its Fayette, Wis., exchange.

The company persuaded the

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commission to grant a plea to return to the old party line system. The commission agreed that automatic service was ‘not satisfactory” in Fayette, and explained: “It was impossible for parties on the line to listen in as the subscribers were accustomed to do.”

BLOOD BANK GIVEN _ BY VAREETY CLUB

-1to replenish the stock. ,

City hospital has a new blood bank today, the gift of the Indianapolis Variety club, an organization of showmen and entertainers. Completely equipped, the bank is located in a three-room laboratory on the first floor. In addition to installing the unit at a cost of $6000, the Variety club also endowed its maintenance and the salary of a full-time technician. Described as “the most progressivé - thing done here in a long. time,” by Dr. Charles Myers, hospital superintendent, the bank's plasma supply will be self-perpet-uating. Relatives or friends of those receiving blood will be asked

Yesterday, several Variety clul officials, Governor Gates and Mayor Tyndall inspected the net unit. Club officials were L. J. McGinley, president; Boyd Sparrow, manager of Loew's, publicity - director, and Warc Wolfe, a director.

DIES OF BURNS VINCENNES, Feb, 6 (U. P)~ Mrs. Charles Arnett, 32, died last night in Good Samaritan hospital of burns received yesterday when she attempted to start a fire with

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Month club selection. Her first published work, she said, was a recipe for beef sausage loaf for which she received only $10, : » =» : s 8 LONG BEACH, Cal, Feb. 8 (U. P).—The 8. 8. Mormacdove sails for Italy: today with 932 Ifalian prisoners of war—including the sweethearts of more than 100 American women who stormed the dock and resisted efforts to embark them. Military police had to be called to break up the demonstration on the Long Beach pier of the Los Angeles port of embarkation.

units were loaded. One woman attacked a newspaper photographer with a stick, shouting, “these boys did more for the war than the G. 1's ever did.”

“BUSINESSMAN DIES ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Feb. 6 . J (U. P) ~Funeral services were ar

. ~ Bervices for Oscar V. Hightower, ,onoed today for Edwin J. Bidaman

founder of the Cottage Dye House, g7 one-time mayor of Terre Haute; will be conducted at 1 p. m. Satur- | ng, and Gary, Ind. He died here day in his home. Burial will be in|yesterday. ~ Crown Hill %: Bidaman was elected mayor of Mr. Hightower died today in his Terre Haute in 1904 on the Repubime. He was 68. lican ticket and was impeached A resident of Indianapolis 50 ., ofce with two months of his | years, he was a member of the ty, vear term remaining. He was Bethel A. M. E. church, Senate cp,roed with malfeasance. Avenue Y. M. C. A. and the N. A. A.| = One-time Terre Haute police chief, C. P. {he served on the force after his imHe is survived by his wife, Nettie, Xe: brother, Will Hightower, Chi. |sion. Then he went tg. Gary and | was elected mayor.

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Got the Point

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6 (U. P.).—An open note to Ray Mil land: i . At least one.patron of a downe town San Francisco theater got the. point of your movie “Lost Weekend” about the drunkard. Immediately after’ you spurned that shot of rye in the last scene, someone dropped a partially-filled bottle -on the cement floor of the theater. There was no mistaking the sound.

REPORT NUERNBERG SECURITY INCREASE

NUERNBERG, Feb. 6 (U, P.).— The army newspaper Stars and Stripes said today that the U. s. army has added halftrack armored vehicles mounting machine guns and low circ reconnaissance planes to its seclirity force guard ing the war crimes trial. The new security measures around the courthouse and adjacent prison were reported despite official army denials that “any trouble is exe pected.” ' Stars and Stripes said that recone naissance planes have been encirce ling over the area for the past week,

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At Marietta, ris, chairman « tees at Marie enrollment 27 point veterans “a flood of in 100 in one ds Marietta woul —almost twice load—the seco! we can get a in September.’ Marietta's program inclu 1, Ex-service admitted at & year, Regular adapted to mee requirements, “Accelerated

2. The “accel continued to § portunity to ¢ minimum tim is divided int ning in mid. June 1, and nr 3. A veteran diploma is “cor it he is seriou his work.” Aft his Instructors a “tailor made 4. Wives of fered free inst: lege courses u mester. -Dr, Cloyd H George Was Washington, I erans have ent which began legiate “lendenrollment. Sees Benef “Lend-lease way,” he said. ferring veterai tions, larger plus of teache members as Vi Dr. Marvin apply to lectu and libararies and a large co general area. “Co-operativ versities are r clared. “This to many oldbut universitie to share with ture.”

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