Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 February 1949 — Page 2

Trucks Through

red trucks with the snouts of ‘protruding from the rear. * The trucks and guns had been eaptured from the Nationalists. Along the other side passed a

id Fanfare

“Bands Follow. Gaily Decorated Ne Copii BY Valed Bross SC The Communists took: over Peiping, China's ancient

and second largest city, triumphantly, joyfully and

out. It was as simple as that, = Tl . Along one side of the street moved a long column of

column of Nation-|

{ings of Jesus Christ.”

“mies Extend Bid Date «:20n New Hospital

! g Primate of{olls has been changed from the Ab-{8, Sen. William E.- Jenner was

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The Nationalists moved

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tric workers called off their day old strike today when the govern ment agreed to permit the Som pany to increase its rates to meet higher wages,

Budapest

Thirty-three Catholic priests issued a declaration

| The declaration, &istributed by the official Hungarian news agensald Hungarian political re“correspond to the teach-

London Seven men were held on disorderly “conduct _ today following an attempt to break up

a rally by supporters of British Fascist Leader Sir Oswald Mos-

Times Wash Bu WASHINGTON, Feb. 1--Open-ihg of ‘bids for the new 500-bed Veterans Hospital at Indianap-

original date of Feb. 15 to Mar.

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PSC Aid.

Jed L Mered se indiana Public Service Commission.

Schricker Names Ex-CI0 Director

Atwood Will Serve

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Ls ris NOTANAPOLIS TIMES os Forme Gin Actor Testifies iL At Sally’ Trial

|| A former. Berlin actor testified to-

Ullrich Haupt Cites Nazi Radio Drama

‘Vision of Invasion’ ” “By DOROTHY WILLIAMS

day he was the “American son” to Mildred (Axis Sally) Gallars’ “Ohio mother” in a wartime N

part In treasonable broadcasts to help the Germans

win the war, A The . actor, Ullrich Haupt, 33,

his father was an actor, and is an Ameri citizen, ‘ The handsome ‘Haupt said he stood about 20 feet. from Miss Gillars in a Berlin studio “when they recorded a

As PSC Secretary

Gov. Schri¢ker today appointed Arnold J, Atwood, former re-| gional director of the CIO United| Auto Workers here, as secretary, of the Public Service Commission. | He will succeed Sam Busby of | Richmond, -o { Mr. Atwood is a native of Ken-| tucky but lived most of his life in. Henry County, He was em-

1940. He is now in the insurance

ervice Bureau

Manager Dies

Simon Lessleyoung Dead Here at 68

Simon P. Leéssleyoung, owner and manager of the Federated Service Bureau, collection- and brokerage agency, died today in his third-floor office, 152% E. Court St. He was 68. : His body was found lying on the floor of the office by Flen A. Holloway, accountant, of 645% Massachusetts Ave. Police summoned to thé scene were unsuc-

J 5 {TT 5 OF Elusive Quarry

Mr, Lessleyoung, who was a native of Wisconsin, came to Indianapolis In 1935 and estab lished the brokerage agency in the same year. He lived in the Adams Hotel. : Fe There werd no immediate survivors in Indiana. His wife died just three months ago. His body was taken to the City Morgue, pending . notification of his five daughters—.and,. seven SONA. hatr

JW sEpOfials

For J. H. Moddrell

Services for Jess H. Moddrell,

; former Indianapolis hotel opera-

tor who died Jan. 24 in Hollywood, Fla., were held Wednesday there, followed by burial. Mr. Moddrell, who was 70, last operated the Willlams Hotel, 253 W. Washington St., before retiring in 1943. A nitive of Spencer, he spent most of his life in the hotel business. ; Surviving are his wife, Mrs,

informed by the Veterans Administration today. ’

bids will be opened in Room 1810, Munitions Building here, at 12:30 Pp. m. . (Indianapolis time). Estimated costs range from $8 million to $12 million. :

Scalfish Rite Chief

Times State Service NEW CASTLE, Feb. 1-—Fred of Lewisville has been | elected president of the Henry | County ‘Scottish Rite Club succeeding Frank Solomon. Other new officers are Lamont O'Harra, jvice president, and Carl Crickmore, secretary-treasurer.

.{ Born in Decatur, Tenn,

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| [solidated Edison Cp. it was dis-

Jane Moddrell; a sister, Mrs. Charles Whitinger, Indianapolis;

— It was "explained that the a stepson, Farless Hewlett, Holly-, bertson's change was made “for the ad- wood, and a stepdaughter, Mrs. Mrs. Rhoda Ro ns vantage of the government.” The|Violet Moore, Northridge, .Cal., same place and time remain. The Cal, wife of Lou Moore

of the| Indianapolis Speedway,

Carolyn Houser

Services for Carolyn Sue Hous-

‘ler, 1228 8. Reisner St., 8-year-old

blue baby who died Thursday after an operation Wednesday in General Hospital, were held yesterday In Royster & Askin Funeral Home. Burial was in Floral Park,

Denzel Houser, Carolyn had been under medical dare ever since she was four months old. She is survived by her parents; a brother, James Houser; five sisters. Nada, Rita, -and Linde

Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Drake, Bedford, Ky. }

‘Robert Coble

| Robert 8. Coble, 877 W. 20th | 8t., who died Sunday in General . | Hospital, will be buried in Floral

Park following service at 1 p. m. Thursday in the Mt. Paran Bap|tist Church, of which he was a { member. . He dled at 68:

Mr. | Coble lived 34’ years in Indianapolis. He had been assistant cleaning room foreman at the

| years. . Besides his wife, Frances; -he Is survived by a son, Ernest E, Coble; Dallas, Tex.; nine - grandchildren, seven great-grandchil-

dren. and one great-greatsgrand-child. ~

NEW YORK, Feb. 1 (UP) Police Commissioner Arthur Wallander has submitted his resignation’ to accept a $20,000 a year executive position .with the Con-

closed today. bv

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ployed for several years at the nave been called to fell the jury Chrysler ‘Corp. plant in New Cas-|about their radio interviews with tle “before coming here as re-/Miss Gillars, gional director for the UAW in|

business. [Rinne former Army. captain [of Denver, and Harvey Crosth-

{waite of Hamilton, Ont., former | Canadian captain. Tl

|Funeral Tomorrow

The daughter of Mr, and Mrs. |’

and Mrs. Hilda Wallace, all of In.|dianapolis, and the grandparents,

|Link-Beit .Co. for the past 32]

3 drama entitl ‘Vision of Invasion.” It depicted how an_American mother would react to the death of her son in battle. The proseciition said it was designed to prevent the invasion and was beamed to American troops a month before the Normandy assault, : To prove treason, the prosecution must produce two actual witnesses to an overt act. wo former prisoners of war

The scheduled government wit. nesses are Grover Cleveland Mc-

now a student at the University

, Transcribed Messages | According to ‘the prosecution, {Miss Gillars obtained and tfanscribed spoken messages from them and other prisoners on vis« its to Nazi hospitals and prison camps, : : ‘The prosecution says these messages were rebroadcast to the United States In an attempt to demoralize. the home front. The defense ‘insists the broadcasts brought the prisoners’ families welcome news of their loved ones.

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Leo G- : packing ‘company sales execu. five dies here at 48.

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Sales Manager

Life Resident Of Indianapolis

of Stark, Wetzel & Co., Inc, and lifelong -resident of Indianapolis, died yesterday in his home, 2415 Shelby St. He was 48. ted with the packing company the past three years, Mr. Cleary previously operated & grocery in 815 Virginia Ave. Prior to that he had been an employee of Armour & Co. 18 years. - He was a member of American Legion - Post No. 88, the Forty and Eight Voiture Locale No: 145, and Bt. Catherine of Sienna Catholic Church. . In addition to his wife, Margaret, he is survived by. five brothers, Hugh Cleqry,. Altena, Cal; Francis Cleary, "Pgsadena, Cal, and William, Joseph and Aloysious Clegry, Indianapolis, and six sisters, Mrs. Bradley Gaughan, Mrs. Stanford Kappmeyer, Mrs. - Rudolph Stumps, Mrs. Willlam Hinz, Miss Loretta Cleary and Miss Rita Cleary, all of Indianapolis. Funeral services at 8:30 a. m. Thursday in the Usher Funeral Home will be followed by requiem mass at 9 a. m. in St. Catherine's Church. Burial will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, :

Mrs. O. E. Hall Mrs. Grace M. Hall, 203 N, Belmont Ave. lifelong resident of Indianapolis, died — yesterday - General Hospital.: She was 30. Mrs. Hall was a member of the

POLICEMAN Roy Troutthan's quarry, a man he first saw in an alley at 17th and Alvord. Sts. last night, had three speeds and the patrolman’s. pistol turned out to be just the starter's gun, = Patrolman Troutman stepped out of the car driven by a coofficer and gave chase -on foot when the man ran as he spotted the police car waiting in the alley. At 18th and Yandes Sts. the patrolman gave up. Ten minutes later the policemen again saw the man—at 19th and Yandes, x ; » » ”

WITH respect for his quarry’s Speed, Patrolman Troutman pune his gun and fired dn the r. : “He speeded up,” said the patrolman. Patrolmdn ‘Troutman then {fired over the man's head. “He added speed,” the policeman remarked. “So I fired the third one at his legs. » “Then he really ran.” Patrolman Troutman concluded his report by saying the quarry was last seen at 20th and Yandes.

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Times State Service BLOOMINGTON, Feb. 1-—Serv-ices for Mrs. Rhoda Robertson, who died yesterday in Bloomington Hospital, will be conducted by

10:30 a. m. tomorrow in Greene & Harrell Funeral Home. Burial will be in Valhalla Memorial Park. .She was 86. . Survivors include five daugh-

Christian Church. She will be buried in Floral Park following services at 10:30 a. m. Thursday inthe Conkle Funeral Home. Besides her husband, Owen E. Hall, she is survived by two children, Robert and Barbara June Lee; her mother, Mrs. Alva Martens; her father, Earl C. Cook, and a grandmother, Mrs. Harry Rapsom, all of Indianapolis, Mrs, Maggie Edson Mrs. Maggie Edson, native of Wilmore, Ky., who died Sunday in her home, 954 Edgemont Ave., will be buried in Floral Park following services at 1:30 p. m. tomorrow in ‘the Patton Funeral Home. She died at 73. "An Indianapolis. resident 37 years, Mrs. Edson was a mémber| of Church of Christ, 789 Edgemont Ave. : She is sufvived by a daughter, Mrs. Anna Lee Swanigan, Indianapolis; four sisters, the Rev. Mrs. Minnie Walker; Porthron, Mich.; Mrs. Fannie Coleman, Cincinnati, and Mrs. Estella Rogan and Mrs. Cynthia Knox, Indianapolis; three brothers, the Rev. Edward Stauss, Nickelsville, Ky. and Raymond and Eugene Stauss, Cincinnati: two grandchildren ‘ great-grandchildren.

————————————— 2 GIs DIE IN TOKYO FIRE TOKYO, Feb. 1 (UP) — Two American airmen were killed in

the Rev. E. Howard Anderson ‘atia two-hour fire which razed 11

bulldings at the Chitose Afr. on Hokkaido Island Sunday night, the Army announced today. Their names were being

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and one newspaper published a mimeographed “ice-bound - edition.”

New York Spared New York. City was spared the “heavy. accumulation” of - snow that was forecast but parts of New England, including Boston, were hit hard. ; An Army officer, Capt. George W. Magladry Jr, volunteered to rachute today to the ald of 60 Navajo Indian children stranded in their - snowbound Arizona school .for more than a week. Some of the children were reported suffering from pneumonia. The captain was outfitted at Camp Stoneman, Cal, last night and then flew to Phoenix to be ready to make the hazardous leap with his kit of medical supplies. A “grasshopper fleet” of civil air patrol. planes dropped 1200 pounds of emergency rations to the - chilaren -last, night. . Dr. Philip Scholta, Ft. Deflance, Ariz. doctor, and a nurse were scheduled to be flown there also by helicopter. : : Pick Attacks . Two C-4T Air Force planes dropped food to the 50,000 Navajoes on the reservation “and then dispatched two C-54 ships to aid them. -W , RYD’s to Phoenix to join the southwest haylift which yesterday dropped a new record of 250,288 pounds of hay to stranded herds in the Nevada area. From his ‘headquarters at Omaha, Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Pick opened a co-ordinated attack on snows covering the northern plains. . He sent forth hundreds of caterpillars, bulldozers, scrapers, graders, rotary plows and weasels, controlling them over a special radio network -and an elaborate aerial reconnaisance system,

Pedestrian Hurt In Downtown Traffic

Jefferson Hamilton, 50, of 2415 Prospect St., suffered a broken

der early today when he was struck by .a ‘car Washington Sts. ds The driver, Kay F. Harper, 27, of 1126 Southeastern Ave. was arrested on a charge of having improper lights on his car. Hamilton was taken to General Hospital where his condition was considered not serious.

IS HE, OR IS HE AIN'T? , TURIN, Italy, Feb. 1 (UP)— Prince Aly Kahn, who hopes to

and three marry. Hollywood actress Rita!

Hayworth, has asked the city of Turin for a copy of his birth certificate, it was reported today.

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Funeral’ Tomorrow ‘By GALVY GORDON

Comiforted by their son-in-law, who saw their son, Pfc. Charles

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“|Franklin West, die from a sniper's bullet on Saipan, June 22;°

11944, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph West, 228. St., will attend the apie West at 2 p. m.

Legion ‘will follow in Oak Hill

, Lebanon. ’ Pfc. West, who served with the hibfous Tractor Battalion of the famed 2d Marine Division, was standing near Milton Cantellay, of Enid, Okla. when a single rifle shot ripped the silence on the beachhead. He died instantly. He was 22! Mr. Cantellay accompanied the body of Pfc. West back evacuation channels and a ded rites In on Sai-

combat patrol of “Chuck” West's angered companions found the Jap sniper. . de ; = Not Related Then Mr, Cantellay wasn’t married to Pfc. West's sister, Anita, then; in fact, he didn’t even know the {family. On a visit to Indianapolis after the war he went to the West home to console the parents and met Miss. West. They were married in March of 1946. Another friend of® Pfc. West, who like Mr, tellay, met him in boot training camp in San Diego, will attend the funeral tomorrow, He is Johnny Geiske, of Grays Lake, Ill : ‘Pfc, West was born in Phil more, Ind., and came to Indianapolis at the age of 12. He attended School 75 and was graduated from Washington High School in 1941, While at Washington, he was an active participant in ROTC and attained the rank of lieutenant. : He took great interest in collecting road maps and mementoes of the 48 states before ‘entering the service. After enlisting in September of

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John C. Appel, President

Edward J. Ransel, Secretary

Fred G, Appel, Chairman of the Board Alan C. Appel, Vice-President

John W. Twitty, Vice-President Merrill M. Waltman, Treasurer

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FUMES KILL DRIVER TERRE HAUTE, Feb. 1 (UP)— Lester A. Dunn, 30, Lima, O., was found dead in a’ truck parked along U. 8. 40 west of here yés-

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