Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 December 1946 — Page 6

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Armed hoodlums continued their forays in Indianapolis last night, obtaining $278 from four victims including a woman who was slugged by one assailant. Arthur H. Watts, 49, of 2612 N. Harding st, said- an armed bandit

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tion at 2629 N. Harding st. Mrs, Chloe E. Kelly, 55611 Lowell ave, reported that while she was walking along N: Ritter ave. an assailant slugged her, and took her purse containing $13. Herman Mattrick, 51, of Green field, said a bandit held him up at a filling station at New York st. and Keystone ave. and escaped with $8 and $2 worth of gasoline. Scares Away Assailant Samuel Tomkins, 61, of 1212 E. "| Washington st., said & young bandit {with a gun robbed him of $22 a

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home last night. She said her assailant fled when she screamed and ran. : | Virgil Courtney, custodian at the Broadway Methodist church, said when he found ‘two teen-age boys in ‘ the church last night they slugged him and ran.

Bidders Numerous For County Supplies

More than a score of business | i firms submitted bids to county commissioners today on contracts’ f for more than $500,000 worth of supplies for 1947. Bids were received on annual contracts which include coal, food and. other supplies for county- institutions and also on quarterly contracts for supplies for the first three months of next year. | Contracts on the annual basis will be awarded Dec. 27 and quarterly awards will be made next Monday, ! commissioners said. {

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DETROIT, Dec. 18 (U. P.) —Three persons died today in a fire which gutted a two-story rooming house near downtown Detroit.

Five other persons escaped from the blazing structure. Dead were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stincel, Hamilton, O., and Charles Conard, 74, Detroit, Mrs. Anna McKee, 50, the landlady, said four persons were sleeping on ‘the first floor and four on the second when the fire broke out, apparently on the upper story. The Stincels and Mr. Conard were suffocated in their beds, Charles Bins, 56, escaped along with Mrs. McKee, Mr. and Mrs, Ernest Holm, who were sleeping downstairs, and another -down‘stairs visitor.

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Girl of 3 Taken As 'Sort of Whim'

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18 (U.P) — Police today, questioned a. disabled ex-marine officer who said he brought 3-year-old Patricia Johnson here from San Diego “as a sort of drunken whim.” The pretty, black-haired child was found, unharmed, at Union station yesterday in company with Harold R. Hoff, 23, who said he met the girl and her father in a San Diego bar Monday. “1 was drinking with the girl's father,” Mr. Hoff said, “and I asked him if I couldn't take the girl with me. He said it was all right, 80 I just took her along.

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Betty Grable Expecting Child

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 18 (U. P.).— Actress Betty Grable and Bandleader Harry James today answered a sotfologist’s criticism of Hollywood's “childless” population. They announced they expect their second baby in June, The James, who have a daughter, Victbria Elizabeth, 11%, mate their announcement shortly after Harvard Prof, Carle C. Zimmerman said the way to preserve American family life was to “clean out that disintegrated group of people in Hollywood.” “Disintegrated?” said Miss Grable. “Never felt better in my life.”

CHILEAN WOMEN TO VOTE SANTIAGO, Dec. 18 (U. P.)— The Chilean chamber of deputies received today a senate approved measure extending the voting privlege to women,

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3 Pedestrians Struck hy Cars

Three pedestrians were injured, none seriously, last night when they were struck by automobiles. The Rev. Alfred Batts, 63, of 1526 N. Hamilton ave. was slightly injured when, he was struck bya hit run’ driver who tailed to observe a stop sign at 19th and Bellefontaine sts. x Mrs. Mabel Porter, of 1918 Holloway st., was struck by a car driven by A. F. Zaney, 58, of 605 N. LaEalle st. at Alabama and Wash-

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