Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 July 1950 — Page 2

2 ‘Jobs’ Plant, ‘Grocery’ Safes ' Yield Meager Loot

Services for Homer H. Berry. 3222 N. Gladstone Ave. will be at} 10 a. m. Saturday in Flanner & Buchanan Mortuary. Burial will

ibe in Anderson Cemetery. i | Mr, Berry who ‘was 71, died Iyesterday in his home. He was

Safecrackers are hardworking|y retired independent hardwood

delons, but they certainly show little imagination.

Police today reported two as-|

saults on safes, both of them re-| peating Sperations of a few months ag ; Net ear was about $200 in a .pafe taken from the Powers, Grocery, 2147 Talbot Ave. and about $40 of personal belongings from the American Paper Stock Co.. 320 Michigan St. The night of May 1 this year burglars entered the Powers grocery by jimmying the front]

dour and left with a safe con-|

$297. Four days later the on was found in a field near 3400 Kessler Blvd. Owner Richard Powers had the safe repaired and returned to use. t Performance Last night burglars again jim-/ mied the front door and left with the same safe. Police said they will search the | field near 3400 Kessler Blvd. The paper firm safecrackings| were hardly worth all the sweat. Leave Empty-Manded Last October burglars entered | the plant through a window on the west side of the building and went to work on a seven-foot safe. Best they could do was) break the handle. After ransack-| ing locker rooms, they left with] nothing. Last night the burglars entered through the same window. This| time they took a crack at a smaller safe, rolling it to a freight elevator and taking it downstairs. | They chiseled out the bottom but; found no money-—only papers, Just for spite, the burglars en-| tered a men's locker room and; left with an employee's bowling equipment,

Insurance Firm Refused New License

State Insurance Commissioner ¥rank J. Viehmann today refused to renew a license of the Rhode Island Insurance Co. His action, in effect, makes it impossible for the company to sell insurance in Indiana

Mr. Viehmann said he considered the firm “in danger of insolvency,” and he “took the necesSary steps” to protect policy: holders in the state. The Superior Court of Providence, R. I. appointed Thomas J. Meehan, Providence, as receiver; of the property assets and business of the company, Mr. Viehol advised all Indiana pelicy-| bolders and claimants to sworn statements of their claims! to the director of business regula-| tion; Providence.

Pond Is Dredged— Ar $246,500 Saving

PULASKI, N. Y., July 27 (UP) n, Dr. today he » $246,500. He explained t this way:

a flooring contractor. i { A native of Franklin, he lived in| {Indianapolis 60 years, He contracted for 45 years. He was a imember of thé Second Moravian {Church and was a past member) of Redmen's Lodge and Rigs ‘of Pythias. Survivors include his wife, Mae| G.; four sons, James E, a {Joseph V., Indianapolis; Robert O., {Daytona Beach, Fla., and Thomas, D., Orlando, Fla.; a sister, Mrs. | {Bertha Machlan, Ft. Wayne, and} {eight grandchildren.

William J. Hemmert

Services .for William J. Hemmert, former resident of Indian-| apolis, were to be at 1:30 p. m,| today in the J. C. Wilson Chapel |

jo! the Chimes, Burial was to be | n Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

nr Hemmert, who was 68, died |}

{Sunday at Dayton, O. A native; ‘of Ohio, he lived in Indianapolis| i125 years before moving to Dayton | {15 years ago. | While in Indianapolis he oper | {ated a bakery on N. Illinois St. and worked as a baker for the {Wm. H. Block Co. Mr. Hemmert was a member of ithe Elks Lodge. Surviving are his {wife, Margaret; three daughters, iMrs. Mary Richards, Elwood; Mrs. [Mildred Millikan, Indianapolis, land Mes, Bea DeFreitas, Glendale, iCal.; a son, Robert, Pueblo, Colo.;

{two stepdaughters, Mrs. Edward | 4

{Barnaby and Mrs. Duane James,

{Indianapolis, and 11 grandchil- | §

jasen.

Mrs. Littie Karnes

Services and burial for Mrs. Littie M. Karnes, formerly resi-! dent of Indianapolis, will be ni Washington, Ind. Mrs. Karnes, who was 66, ated yesterday at Petersburg, Ind, wheré she had lived since 1044. She had lived in nce 1944, | from 1018 to 1044. While here she was active in the Central Meth-| odist Church. | Surviving are her daughter, Mrs. Ryan Hall, Hamilton, O., and! two grandchildren, Ann and! Cathy Hall; her mother, a sis-| ter, and two brothers, all of, Washington, Ind. i

Ward E. Skinner Rites at Lafayette

Times State Service | “LAFAYETTE. July 27 S8erv{ices for Ward E. Skinner, presi-

dent of the Lafayette Savings |

Bank since 1945, will be held | here tomorrow. Mr. Skinner, who was 53, died | Tuesday. He was a lifelong Tippecagoe County resident and began his banking career when he was 17. He joined the Lafayette] {Savings Bank in 1831. Survivors) include his wife, and a brother, | 13. Ray Skinner, Stockwell.

‘Alaskan Magnate Killed

For more than a year boat HEALY, Alaska, July 27 (UP)

owners tried to interest federal _.

and state officials in dredging

Alaskans today mourned the! 3 death of Capt. Austin E. Lathrop, |

channel in Big Sandy Pond, off. , 0. iehe-t man” who was |

“the eastern shore of Lake On-!.

tario. Army engineers said they couldn't estimate when the joy! would be done and said it would cost $250,000 in public funds.

istruck down nad killed by a! istring of loaded coal cars at one Yiof the mines in his far- flung. | $17 million territorial empire.

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