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Burglaries Coincide With Jail Escape

Oity detectives searched the Indianapolis underworld today for Jewel thieves who looted two North side homes of $1000 in gems yes-

One burglary took place in broad daylight. The second came early in the evening. In both cases front doors were forced open. Detectives also watched the silent | partner of the jewel thief—the Janice who disposes of stolen goods. $800 at Hodge Home

Forcing the front door shortly after noon, burglars looted the home | of Mrs. Sarah V. Hodge, 5815 N.| Pennsylvania st., of $800 in jewelry. | Bhe told police her home was] entered between noon and 2:15 p. m. | while members of the family were! absent, Missing, she said, was a platinum pin set with 24 diamonds valued at $250; a diamond pendant with a center pearl set in platinum valued | at $300; a $200 diamond ring, and $50 in cash. ! Diamond Lavaliere Taken Burglars struck at the home of Earl Robbins of 4710 Rookwood ave. | early last night. Missing, Mr. Robbins said, was a diamond lavaliere | valued at $50, a $10 gold chain, a $50 gold watch and a cameo pin | worth about $10. | Mr. Robbins said someone had | Jimmied open his front door be- | tween 6 and 9 p. m. when no one | was at the house. The burglaries coincided with the | escape from the Marion county jail | Wednesday night of Jerry Meyer Jackson, 47, who had been held on charges of first degree burglary and | grand larceny for 15 months. Jackson walked away from the | Jail at 8:15 p. m. Wednesday after | he was permitted to go outside to! get ‘some nails. { Charged $30,000 Robbery ° ! Indiana state police charge he engineered a $30,000 jewel robbery Jan. 26, 1946, at the home of George Dixon, 4302 Swanson dr. The state police charge he had negotiated for the disposal | of $3500 worth of gems with Fruster Jones, frequently arrested hoodlum. i Earlier this week, detectives arrested a Cincinnati woman attempting to sell $5000 in jewelry and furs at a downtown jewelry store whose proprietor called police. The woman, Mrs. Mary Cracium, 22, was returned to Cincinnati where her husband, Ralph, was | shot Wednesday attempting to flee| Cincinnati police identified the jewels as the property of a wealthy | suburban resident of that city,

Optometrists Plan

Vision Conference

Indiana Optometric association will sponsor an industrial vision conference Suhday at Hotel Severin, and industrial firms throughout the

Walter R. Shiel Sr. real estate

and businessman, died today at Lilly Clinic in City" hospital. He was 60

Mr. Shiel, who lived at R. R. 14 Box 506 on Shadeland dr. was a lifelong resident of Indianapolis. He attended Cathedral grade school and was graduated from the Purdue university school of civil engineering in 1908. - Widely known in real estate circles, Mr. Shiel conducted his business from his home the past few years. He lived with his family in the 1400 block on Central ave. many years.

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state have been invited to send representatives. | William T. Cameron and W. L.| Manze of the American Optical Co. | will address the morning session | and Dr. R. H. Knapp, visual con- | sultant for Caterpillar Tractor Co., | will speak in the afternoon. i The conference will be opened at | 10 a. m. by Dr. Roy E. Denny, | Indiana Optometric association President, and Dr. F. H. Champion, Crown Point, will act as moderator. Arrangements are being made by Dr. I. M. Borish, Kokomo, and Dr. Emerson J. Soland, Indianapolis.

Truman Considering Heavy Travel Schedule

WASHINGTON, April ‘26: (U: B). ~President Truman will be doing a lot of traveling in the next few months if he makes all the trips now. being considered. Mr. Truman told his news conference he planned a visit some time this year to Puerto Rico. He said he also hoped to visit Alaska but that no time had been set. Canadian Prime Minister W, L.| MacKenzie King ‘said Wednesday | that Mr. Truman might make a trip to Canada in June. In addition, the President hopes | to visit his 94-year-old taped Grandview, Mo., ‘on Mother's day, | May IL He hopes also to attend ol [ on at Kansas City on Jun the 35th Division, his world iaigd outfit,

Wee-Hour Serenades

Banned at Lexington

LEXINGTON, Ky. April 25 (U. P.).—An old college custom is all

right with city authorities—but it's not to be practiced in the small hours of the morning.

Police Chief Austin B. Price today | Feported his men stopped a sere- |

nade in front of a university of Kentucky sorority house early Tuesday morning. He said that any other late night serenaders would be stopped. Miss Katherine Hogan of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, said Police broke up a “wonderful serenade” by the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. {

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Christ the King Catholic church. Services will be at 8:30 a. m. Monday in Blackwell funeral home followed by requiem mass in Christ the King church at 9 a. m. Burial will be in Holy Cross cemetery. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Mary Clune Shiel; two daughters, Mrs. {Robert B. Moynahan, Miss Martha |Ann Shiel; five sons, Roger R., Walter R, Jr, John J, Wililam C., and Richard C. Shiel; a brother,

Edwin H. Shiel and 10 grand-| children,

Active. pallbearers are Leo Rush, Clarence Sweeney, James E. Rocap, T. A. Moynahan, William J. Mooney and Walter Krull,

Dies at Anderson

Times State Service ANDERSON, Ind. April 25.—The

ev. Frederic G. Smith, president of the Gospel Trumpet Co., and one of the outstanding leaders of the church of God, died at St..John's Hickey Memorial hospital here last

night after a brief illness. He was 67. Mr. Smith. had served as chairman of the general-ministerial assembly of the Church of God, had

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nearly all of the missionary stations of the church. From 1932 until 1948 he was pastor of the Church of God in Akron, O,, returning to Anderson last fall to assume the presidency of the Gospel Trumpet Co. The organization publishes a wide variety of church literature, . Stricken on Monday Mr. Smith was stricken last Monday. ; Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Birdie Smith, and two sos, Jerold F. Smith, concert pianist, who resides in Maryland, and Delmar Galen Smith of the home. Services will be ngxt Monday at 2 p. m. in the Park Place Church

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CHICAGO, April 25 (U, P.).—The University of Illinois trustees have| gemocratic institutions. |

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Confirm Clapp | As TVA Chairman

WASHINGTON, April 28 .(U. P.). —The senate yesterday overrode objections of its public works committee and confirmed, 36 to 31, the

director, nomination of Gordon R. Clapp

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