Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 August 1948 — Page 11

adjourned yes-| terday after electing Pt. Wayne, Mayor Henry E. Branning Jr. as | ident. |

Another resolution recommended appointment of a committee

Mr. Branning succeeded Clark D. Jones, mayor of Crawfords-' ville. Other new officers named were First Vice President Vernon Anderson, mavor of Hammond; Second Vice President, William IL. Betz, Vincennes mayor, and Recording Secretary Miss Sylvia A. Shapirie, Executive Secretary Vincent Youkey still has two years of a four-year term to serve. The board of directors. named include Mayor Feeney, representing first class cities; Mayor Lester E. Meadows, Richmond, sect ond class; Mayor Alfred Krabbe, Lafayette, third class; Mayor Robert L. Stevenson, Columbus, fourth class; Mayor Hershel Jones, Ladoga, fifth class, and Elliott Belshaw, Munster town attorney, representing towns. Hear Talk by Gates Earlier, delegates heard an address by Goveror Gates who said Indiana was sixth in the nation) in reference to the amount of! money it returns to local govern-| mental units. He said $81,800,000 was re-| turned “without any restrictions” | last year. { A resolution demanding reap-| portionment of state legislative districts was also adopted. It said the Indiana General Assembly had ignored a constitutional mandate to reapportion legislators every six years. { Supporters said that two-thirds of the state population live in| cities and towns.

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BERLIN, Aug. 27 UP)—Between 40 and 45 per cent of Germany’s women will never get a chance to walk down the middle disle as brides. Statistics released today showed that Germany, suffering from almost every kind of shortage, has a surplus of women. The surplus, according to the figures, totals between nine million and ten million more women than men. This situation has turned German males into the most discriminating wife-hunters in modern history. During the war more than six

million German males were lost |

as casualties. This figure added to a steadily declining birth rate of males in the past 10 years accounts for the vast over-supply of German women.

‘Prison World Mother’ Dies at 82 in N. Y.

REAT NECK, N. Y. Aug. 17|

(UP) — Mrs. Maud Ballington Booth, 82, “little mother of the prison world” and national commander of the Volunteers of America, died last night at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Booth was the wife of Gen. Ballington Booth, a son of the founder of the Salvation Army, Gen. William Booth. Mr. Ballington Booth and his father split in 1806 and he and Mrs, Booth resigned from the Salvation Army. Shortly after they founded a rival charity organization, the Volunteers of America. Mrs. Booth was best known for her work in the Volunteer Prison —League which —andTehabilitated prison inmates.

PLAN KIWANIS PARLEY BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Aug. 27

HAZARDS OF FLYING—There was much excitement at Bloomington when Joe Beam, student pilot shown in foreground, and his instructor Leon Geer, not in picture, attempted to repair the wheel of this plane in the air after discovering it had

damaged in takeoff. v Get 60 Days

» = " Pupil Holds Plane : a | Municipal Judge Alex Clark or epairs {today -entenced two men to the State Farm for 60 days for win-

|dow-peeping and fined them $50 Instructor Uses Belt. leach. #

! a Whee | “We're stopping this sort of To Patch Up | thing before it spreads,” the BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Aug. 27 judge declared. Found guilty | —If Joe Beam, employee of the ere Monroe Clark, 29, of 1919 RCA Victor Division plant, ever!Gornell Ave. and James L. De-

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lower, while fa —r and : A DRIVERS REWARDED Wiliam Wright, Indianapolis (igh. [daughter "sh Sa a $16 million valua-| and Walter Koenicki, Chicago lei. receive trophies from D. S. steady. Sep. Were about ie ib pul numuno BEEN ; Harris, vice president of the Foster Freight Lines, Inc., for their vor ranrenss 1R00GALYS present levy, the rate a driving skill. Mr. Wright won first honors in the Midwestern com- [Local Issues to good i" nicona yesterday for next year is $1.46] pany's contest. Both are Foster drivers. ES rin ee | TWOB for each $100 worth of taxable - 3 a Steers proper: Toe promsed iy vas Adare Eurnitire [Bum Street Leads jum. ry spe : e H : American ste . . an

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ing the commissioners approved the appointment of Harold Hardas vice principal of Broad “School.

Mr. Harding formerly was co-+ Public Auction ashington

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school teacher at School 57, was made assistant principal of School 20. In addition, 22 new teachers were appointed by the board. ? OK Mapual Painting The board also authorized the painting of the walls and ceilings of the classrooms and corridors on the third floor of Manual Training High School at an estimated cost of $2500.

decides to write a book on “HOW Mars, 23, Toledo, who was on to Fly a Plane in Three Lessons, {National Guard duty at Camp he won't describe the third one

as “easy a Atterbury. : DeMars was identified by two] When instructor Leon (Red) th wl who | Geer told him to take over the OE AT RIT

roamed their porches early today controls while he crawled out on ;, the block of N. Noble St. a wing strut to see about a dam-| 400 k of N. Noble 3 ag Bee 3, y afternoon, oa r-old magazine salesman from 2 : {Detroit who, they charged, at-| With Mr. Geer, manager of the iompnted to force his attentions Veterans Airport, from whichis, North Side housewives.

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out instructions, Mr. Beam, with only an hour's previous dual instruction, kept the plant aloft at feet for two hours while Mr. r put on an unscheduled air

U. S. Statement

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 (UP --Government expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through Aug. 25, com pared with a year ago:

¥. Last show for hundreds of townspeople kxp $5 2718 $6,341, who flocked to the airstrip. Reteipts STs Laat HE Glimpse at Coroner path Balance a 0. a} 260,008) From his precarious perch Gold Reserve 123,711,407,408 31,768,384 325

It heard reports of p ment by the new owners an- he said. 00 pounds ivoire BONEN on the $195,000 sadition at Brogd nounced. 0 UOUDEE .(eivsrriies 20.00Q38.00 Pp and new : : of 3 building at several public schools. Aner bida §e. included Ln 3 Driver Rams Cycle Officer 5 : Virgil Stinebaugh, school super-s500000 for all asets; Simon And Then Trouble Begins : ntendent, told the commissioners Brown of Chicago, $222,500; Sammost teaching positions will be . oY Never run into a motorcycle

filled by the time school opens Sept. 7.

Dies in Truck Crash

PAOLI ‘Aug. 27 (UP)—Hubert Kirby, 15, Paoli, was killed last night when the truck in which he was riding with seven other teen-agers went out of control and turned over three miles south of here. The driver, Norman Tarr, 17; also of Paoli, and four other young people were in

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accounts receivable. ;merchandise bid was $187,500, for|toqay when he faced charges of

Assets Sold:

a” . Wh Bring $258,505 at 8 - C i _| Ave. I: oy 11% wie] Soo. 10 Eevuusanaan sy ’ The entire aansts of We Ix Mr. Beard pleaded guilty yes-|Cimmins Bug pre... 0. §%0- 20 pounds ive: RGM ridian and Maryland, less real es.|lerday to driving 50 miles an 4 Bld o.oo... Bh Ri egiume. mane 8 tate, were sold yesterday at a|DOUF In a 20 mile zone on Inger; "yy RE a pe or group|®0ll Ave. Traffic Judge C. S. Coot- Corp. pid ® Ww... . ... 9 $00 $06 3 Publ ee tion Adams [¢F §ave him his choice of a $30|gerftonse cl 4 pie... I through Louis H. Kahn, attorney.| in® OF six days in jail. ——- C8 ote, 3 The ‘long-established store]. Nothing doing” Mr. Satu Wat Som’:

Beard sald when courtroom officials ofwhich was involved in at bank-i,. od ruptcy suit, brought $258,505. Mr. city Adams, part owner of the real “bum estate, was a creditor. -

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FRAEASRRAN EARN ANA His wife's tears changed his at mn Other Bidders. Listed mind five hours later, however. and : Eran Fresh capital and new manage-| He told police that he was go- 10 choles 3 £5 ment will play a major role in/ing to have Ingersoll Ave. re- : 3, Medium BB sas sven 3 restoring the store to its place|surfaced and they'd best keep an “Stet Xe &

among the foremost retail furniture outlets of the state, a state-

Pocder and Stocker Oatlle “Boy, is it going to be smooth,” N" ane Calves

uel Winternitz Co. "of Chicago, : $185,000 for Itoehandie, and|0Moer when he's chasing you. Schloss Bros. offering $57,500 for|Anthony P. Constantino, 24, of The best 922 8. East St, realized this 8 Ame

fixtures and equipment, $11,000,

and accounts $60,005, Local Produce Patrolman John Mickey charged |} ~~. —mbwe Constantino turned his truck at|d BS rind Es. “tit 8,0 South and New Jersey 8s. in [I53 ibs. stags, Hei hens

. 40s; cocks and v Ana lophorns, Sc: Nard poultry, & less|to the curb—then struck Ris mo-|iaves

and than h Le Eggs—Current rece 84 Ida. to case, so! Grade A ge ube % Ne:|An hour y, dium, 43c; Grade B large. 38c: no grade,

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astride the strut of the Aeronca Champion, Mr. Geer could see Monroe County Coroner Dr. Rob-

a Green & Harrell ambulance and Mr. Geer succeeded in replac-{ *

ing the pin in the wheel which] had evidently jolted out on the

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take-off, Minutes later, however, bumpy air caused it to {come loose

again. Using his belt to splice the two strut sections together, Mr. Geer twisted a screwdriver through the ends to tighten it into place. Back at the controls, Mr. Geer circled the field, then dropped the plane on the grass, Little damage was done,

Lt. Warren M. Loper Killed in Air Crash

Times State Serviee |, SHELBYVILLE, Aug. 27—Air Force Lt. Warren M. Loper, son of Shelbyville School Superintendent 'W. F. Loper, was killed when his fighter plane crashed {in woods near Grenier Field, N.| {H., yesterday. The plane developed engine trouble after taking off. | Lt, Loper was a veteran of 34 ‘combat missions. in Europe dur{ing World War II. He was 25. (Survivors, in addition to his parents, are his wife, the fofmer Betty Schroyer of Vincennes, and a sister, Mrs. Bueford Robbins, Shelbyville.

‘Rape Suspect Released ‘Under $2500 Bond

| Times State Serviee { BLOOMINGTON, Aug. 27 —| |George Howard, 35, arrested on! ‘a charge of raping a 19-year-old igir]l on her way to church Sunday | night, was free today under $2500 bond. +—His wife, Eula Howard, said] she had retained a lawyer to defend him. She said he was home, {at the time of the alleged attack. {Howard was identified by the girl!

Returned for 2 Months

(UP)—Indiana Kiwanians today as her assailant after her father laid plans for their 31st annual/and brother. made a tavern-to-| district conyention, to be held at tavern search hunting for a; Indiana University here for three “scarred face” man to fit the de-

days starting Sunday.- 'scription of the attacker.

Orders Playground Gear

Mayor Scores Park Equipment Removal, Calls September, October Good Outdoor Days

Playground equipment, removed last week, was ordered put back and kept there for another two months by Mayor Feeney today. Park Department officials explained that removal of playground equipment by Sept. 1 has been a custom for years. “T certainly don't understand that kind of playground management when September and October are excellent months for children to play outdoors,” Mayor Feeney said. |

“I have found that some parks

‘Doesn't Make Sense’ “Mothers are complaining and I don’t blame them,” he _said.

{haven't any Water at all,” Mayor Feeney said. “Many of the foun-

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days? When it comes to ~ \ Long Distance Service—~a dollar will actually stretch from ane end of the state to

way, the longest daytime call you can make within Indiana, station-

A DOLLAR pb : RE O FAR these Sal. “JUST HOW SLOW IS NOTE ON HOW TO LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER! NED Cdl ir P= © SLOW’ —~we were asked re- When a customer called in recently to complain about a ; Wi Y= cently. The questioner was the others on his four-party line, we gave him their

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to-station, costs exactly $1.10 plus tax, for a three minute conversation. What's

tains have been out of service because of breakdowns. These

more, after 6 P.M. and on Sundays the

—_ ng Playgroun fh na should have been repaired and in same call costs only 70c . . . Inexpensive! sense.” Service weeks agv. 5 * Fast! Convenient! No wonder voice visits Paul V. Brown, park superin- and the ion are tendent, said playground equip-|{ across the state across the natio| ment removed because

He said the equipment would be back and an attempt made &

to get volunteer supervisors for Jf erssiest care the next two months. J Mayor Feeney ordered qrinking Tietman [4 iD : fountains in parks put back in! oh : service and new ones installed! | 434 Siae Life Bldg. LL 1678 . yo

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gaining in popularity every day.

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“IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMER © a : TIME" a) sigan Lay, care-frentissh oiiio dl ¢ to some folks—but not to us. Just fike in $ any other season, we've been busy as 8 beavers installing new telephones and im- : proving cur service. Doing right well too! For we're installing & new phone at the rate of one every three minutus of every working day. Last year, this mosnt more than 50,000 new telephones! And shout 30,000 have been added this year! Going to keep tight on, 100, until everyone who . wants a new one has one and serve ice is even better than pre-war standards: Aa

BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW — that 11,500 new tele Yi phones have been installed in Indianapolis since the first of the year. That's more telephones than there are people in the whole town of Crawfordsville. To “Yellow Page” advertisers this has a special meaning. For it means that Tel Directory “Yellow Pages” are now an even better place to sell goods and services. Better by'wwhole townful of folks.

referring to our advice about being quick to answer—and slow to hang up in placing a call. We've two answers. They're both good—so take ‘your choice. (1) Wait about a minute before you hang up. (2) Allow the person’s phone you're calling to ring

names and suggested a get-together to iron out their troubles. A few days later the complaining customer called back. “Everything's ' fine now,” he reported. “We spent an evening together—all four families. + Nice people. Now we're getting along swell.” . ; ; Could this be the answer to

about 10 times . . . Naturally, if it’s your phone that’s ringing, it's always best to answer - | as quickly as you can! : *

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