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Times photo by Lloyd B. Walton.
SOLO TRAVELER AT 2 peslauro Ellen Imboden beams
Mrs. Ray Imboden, arriving at
Weir Cook airport yesterday, the final leg of her plane trip from Germany. The child made the trans-Atlantic hop alone. Cpl.
Imboden is stationed at Ft. Harrison. (Story, Page 3)
Four Die in
Crash
Of Air Ambulance East of Greensburg
- . TIMES STATE SERVICE GREENSBURG, Dec. 8—Four persons were killed when an improvised ambulance plane en route to Chicago crashed into a stormswept woods east of here tonight. Among the victims was Mrs. Edward Callahan, 75,
Chicago, being flown to a Chicago hospital from Orangeburg, 8. C., where her husband was killed in a traffic accident. Although Mrs. Callahan's had not been recovered 7% hours after the crash, authorities were certain she had been aboard. They saw. little chance she could have lived. Because darkness and steady rain hampered the search, they said it nlight be daylight before her body could be found. Bodies recovered from the wreckage were: Terry Smith, about 30, Columbia, 8. C., the pilot. Benny D. Peters, also about 30, of Columbia, the co-pilot. Louise F. Lenhardt, 46, director of nurses at Warren Candler Hospital, Savannah, Ga. The ambulance plane was taking Mrs. Callahan, injured in the
It's Murder
On the Highways
GREENFIELD—Max E, Smith, 36, Greenfield, was killed in the crash of two trucks on U. 8. 40 a short distance east of Cumberland last night.
SOUTH BEND — Harold J. Heney, 54, was killed last night by a hit-and-run motorist. He was the second hit-and-run death in this area in as many days. Friday, Levi Fast, 74, South Bend, was killed in nearby Mishawaka.
‘ MICHIGAN CITY. — William Saltzman, 60, Benton Harbor, Mich., and 13-year-old John Fos-
. ter, St. Joseph, Mich., were killed
near Stephensville, Mich. today
when a freight train hit their car.)
FRANKLIN-—Roy Harris, 50, Franklin, was killed in a traffic collision on U. 8. 31 north of here Friday night. .
[Ex-Con Goes on Rocks
Indiana Fir
As Fast Bucks Leave $3.3 Million Headache
By SAM LUSKY Copyright. 1951. for The Indianapolis Times
DENVER, Dec. 8—For nine years, dazzled Denverites had watched a flamboyant auto dealer named Fred Ward pump his financial bubble up almost past the bounds of belief.
And, when the bubble burst A spokesman at the South
July 31, 1951, the resulting splat- Bend headquarters of Aster caught a governor, an out- sociated Discount, said the standing Denver bank, hundreds Hoosier firm loaned Ward
of surprised creditors and the town’s leading gambler: a It fell, too; over an Indiana investment ‘company, Associates Discount Corp.,- which had loaned Ward $256 873—only a small chunk of .the $3,300,000 list of | Ward's. debts presented to a fed|eral bankruptcy court. In the months which have followed, the question “Who is Fred Ward?” has become a well-worn
money to finance purchase of’ cars for his auto dealership. “The spokesman sajd the procedure is standard throughout thé auto selling business and is a form of inventory loan called “floor planning.” The money, he added, was loaned to Ward through the firm's Denver office during a period of slightly less than a year.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred
gag in Denver. although he managed to cashback to the living from a house Thornton's. of the dead
Who, indeed, was the rotund,| « smiling car salesman who par- ni Ihe a business, we The silver had been sought unlayed his company into one of the man’s word.” the governor. nals |AVailingly. Its value ran into nation’s leading distributors of|later, “It never occurred to me 2 (thousands of dollars, Hudsons? ‘to trust him.” | Mr. Endsley explained that Mrs. By Plane to Detroit That wasn’t all, Governor Ward, the shapely Iva, had asked This much Denver knew about 1nornton said. About three that the silver be moved ther him: He had opened his Hudson Months before thé financial bust,| [OF Safekeeping ter he wiki agency in 1942. He caught the Ward had tried to get between| She Was afraid, lg o. city’s fancy with a series of slick | $300,000 and $500,000 from the '° The Bewspapers. a at the salesmanship stunts. Prospective SCYernor and a leading group of might. come and =lea car buyers were flown by private Colorado industrialists. He was ranch plane to Detroit, where they could | turned down. | Three days later, on a quiet pick up their cars without the In the Ward backwash, an ex- Sunday, Mr. Endsley again was heavy freight charges which GCoiive Vice president of the U. §,|brought before the jury. Again
trafic accident in which her husband died, from the Orangeburg
body|hospital to one in Chicago.
Shortly before the plane crash, the pilot radioed Civil Aeronautics Authority here he had lost his _diregtion in the rain. te. police believe he may have a forced landing because of poor visibility. The plane’s gas tank ripped off, probably preventing the plane from catching fire, they said.
Woman Dies, 20 Hurt in Traffic Here
Accident story, crash photo, Page 2 A 22-year-old housewife became the 66th Indianapolis traffic victim last night as bad weather brought on-a flurry of accidents. Mrs. Melvina Campbell, 3545 E.| Vermont St., died after her husband’s car crashed into a tree on Southeastern Ave. At least 20 other persons were injured, one critically, in 71 crashes within a 10-hour period as pelting rain made driving hazardous. The latest fatality boosted the Indianapolis traffic toll for 342 days of 1951 to four more than for the 365 days of last year, when Indianapolis had the most leathel toll in the nation.
Tourist. Here Reports
A mink coat valued at $4000 {was reported stolen here last |night. | Mrs. Frank Tuschman, a tour|{st from Toledo, O., told police
CLINTON—James Moreski, 75,/5he parked her Cadillac at the
Crompton Hill, was killed last night when he walked into the path of a truck. The accident happened on Ind. 163 and a city street ihtersection.
$10 Million Li
{Tee Pee Drive-In Restaurant on {Fall Creek Pkwy. just north of
38th St,
{| When she returned after eating, | she said, the coat was gone.
lly Stock Sold
But Family Keeps Control
By HAROLD HARTLEY Times Business Editor Sale of about $10 million worth of common stock in the El Lilly & Co. was confirmed here last night, The sale of shares in the fam-fly-owned drug company, probably the nation’s largest, was handled by a New York investment firm and leaves control in the hands of the family. The’ company some time ago considered the sale of $10 million in new, non-voting shares to raise expansion capital. This plan was withdrawn and, it is pointed out, had no connection with the current sale. , a The company issues no figures, being closely held and not traded publicly, but an informed source places annual sales at about $125
ed the value of the common stock at about $96 a share. The company {is building an antibiotics plant at Elston, three miles: west of Lafayette, which will cost about $5 million, It is designed for penicillin and streptomycin. Insistent Reports It was further réported in financlal circles that at least a part of the new capital for the Elston plant will be raised through notes. The private sale of the Lilly stock avoids the disclosure of company figures, which would have been necessary had the $10 million in new non-voting common been approved by the board. Insistent reports for some time have Lilly stock headed for a public listing either on the New York 8tock Exchange or on a bid
whe iy a eon D@s@rted by Father,
{National lost his’ job. He had ap-| burst out . p- the district attorney burs . a iaviel a derunn |proved the loans. Again the investigators assem- ” if The public clam dined and won by the man named or got so loud Ward y that District Attorney Bert Keat-| (Or the mortuary. ? {ing called a special grand jury to There Was More He was a go-getter in charity] { |investigate Ward. | Mr. Endsley, it seemed, had just
drives, an entertainer of execu-| Th tives, a social climber of skill and e jury thus far has spent| recalled that there were other items hidden in the roomy con-
charm. | two and a half months questionHe bought a magnificent ranch PE scores of witnesses and look- fines of the mortuary. 12 miles outside Denver, high on| INE over thousands of exhibits. | By tne time that haul was complete, it was so large that a
a hilltop, overlooking the Rockies. One of the witnesses it quesAnd, to the guests that thronged)tioned was a somber-faced, black-|,q4y wagon was called to haul the lavish living room, swam in attired undertaker named Olar- jt away to be locked in a court the outdoor pool or rode Ward's nce R. Endsley. He operates one ,, ¢ fine horses, he quipped: “I call Of Denver's oldest mortuaries, a| = y,other huge collection of silthis place ‘Poverty Point'.” pillared, extremely-dignified place. yoryare was found, along with a He didn’t elaborate too much on Red of Face |whole New York-labeled wardrobe his past. He said he had been born After the jury had questioned| ¢ ni. ward, numerous suits of in 1908 in Christianburg, Va., that Nim for several minutes the dis- (oq: electric blankets, a roulet his parents had died in an epi-|trict attorney and his aides burst| A !
worked his way through school/faces red. valuables, Sos da and went to the University of| They held a hurried conference) Same explanation, Michigan and became an out- With their investigators. Mr. Ends-|ing. standing football player there. |ley was hustled into a car and a = Several weeks later, ] Slept in Parks [procession started for the mor-| 100K a Stepan View. Ti indicteq ,_|tuary. ard, Mrs. Ward an . EndWind Je Sai go Sepression, Inside, Mr." Endsley began to sley on charges of having conhg a : 8 leeni |open crypts and produce boxes cealed assets from a state ree wound up in Denver, sleeping Inside! ceivership.
: {from odd hiding places. in parks until he got a job as an| | w wellauto salesman. His purchase of the boxes and the crypts were Under ard” colors, e
|silverware settings—part of a|trained stable of horses had raced
an agency and resultant success, ’ . § he explained, were the results of | fabulous ward collection come'at Centennial Track, a multi
Safekeep-
Denver Auto Fi
bled. Another procession started :
nagler
Clips
For 256,873
million-dollar installation just; Sl living In his lush home, outside Denver. But stewards dis-/with the $6000 leather draperies covered after the Ward collapse, peri that the horses really belonged to
Smiling Charlie Stephens,
stretch in the penitentiary for having conspired to attach a bomb to a competitor in the hec-
te 1930s. The bomb blew up the
demic when he was 10, that he from behind closed doors, their| “eel -and.-rundreds of Se mheiory ua _and Stephens
He was there when Ward made
this appearance on ‘the f pr the jury rap. Ppe e forgery
When the jury got to the
racing matter, it decided both {Stephens and Ward had commit-
ted perjury in the filling out
of the application. A felon can’t run horses in Colorado.
Indictments against them,
were returned
I <8 (UP) —President Truman tonigh! - denly called off the rest of
Washington for a Monday conference with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and representatives of the State Department on the slowmoving armistice negotiations in Korea. 5 Ja Mr. Truman, who had planned to remain at the winter White House into next week, suddenly switched his plans late today. He will take off tomorrow in his
A Mishap to come downtown and make Smiling Charlie, who almost al-( Pond on his indictments. ways looks sour, had done a I came up with a proposal to
to pay back creditors. It got a somewhat less-than-warm reception in bankruptcy court. Both Ward and his wouldn’t testify before the grand jury, They said they might incriminate themselves. The jury, at this writing, 1s continuing to delve into I'affairs Ward. Whatever fantastic developments will emerge from the money-bordered saga are anybody's guess. But it’s been quite a script so far,
“hard work and lots of it.” I h h 1d Such was the man Denver knew| -A-Child-— as Fred Ward until that tern APPea to Clothe c day last July.
Previous Balance
Mrs. Louis M. Efroymson 25.00
National Bank spearheaded a| * move to throw Fred Ward Inc.| into receivership, to salvage what| Foy m i ly Needs Help they could from a financial em- ’ | pire which had been built on sand. | By ART WRIGHT {Clothe-A-Child keeps secret the He owed the bank $476,000. He, mp “pee” Family will always identity of the people it serves. | owed Associates Discount $256,- remember Christmas. There are three ways in which
000. He owed Continental Illinols| nae was the day the father you can help Clothe-A-Child pro-| Bank $296,000. An ex-convict|geserted the family. ’ P
an ex-convict. He: had served a ..., evicted from their home. Times in whatever term in Colorado State Peniten- = mp. mother is making a valiant designate. tiary for forgery in 1938. His wife, ogrort to hold her family together, TWO—By telephoning PL aza who rubbed happy elbows with gne works when she can but can't 3551 and asking for a donor ap-| Denver elite, was a chic pleasant, éarn enough to buy food and Pointment to take one or more perceptive ex-waitress, {clothe her youngsters, children to the stores and buying
They Missed It Clothe-A-Child is going to do clothes for them. y its part to make this Chrismas] THREE—By placing your | - Somehow, the criminal record ;
a ha one for the brave mother dimes on the Times Mile-O-Dimas had eluded the attention of thel,.4 PpY. unhappy children. Her on W. Washington 8t. in front]
great financial institutions which ont has been investigated by a/0f L. 8. Ayres & Co. and 8. 8.| cheerfully had loaned Ward| hyalified Hyesug and hs Kresge Co. | TE wass't : SOL! 4 mother desperately needs hep Milion on Gucre | = Sn't any record of ¥red| pom Cloth-A-Child. | illi Ward having attended Michigan people who admire this mother 3 Jalon on Guard U, or of having played football| for the big job she’s doing found. SHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UP)—| there. la place for her to live. It isn’t Federal Civil Defense Director In the midst of the clamor, much. But it keeps her family Millard Caldwell said today that] Ward took to ‘his bed in the hill-| sheltered ; oe an 13 million yolinteers top mansion, supposedly the vic- ' ardin e nation against y Posed y Must Carry Coal la surprise dttack.
a tim of a heart attack. His credi- The mother must carry the coal, a —————————————— |
way you!
tors were suffering pangs, too, of
Meadlawn Calendar Circle 5.00 Sunshine Club of Garden City Christian Church. Delta Phi Beta Sorority. . Fleming Garden Hustlers
Ladies Auxiliary Mickleyville Fire Station No. 5.
-10.00 3.00
200.00
vide clothes for needy youngsters: Casing. Dept. No. 10, Link
Sandra Louise and Carol Jane .. . 5.00 Mr. and Mrs. William E.
Busteed ........... coe 10,00 The Donald Hathaway Family «.cooieivinns oe 5.00
Clothe-A-Child Contributions
iihess $3035.30 5. H.E.and E.M. E.....
25.00
|Bernard Stroyman ...es0 5.00 {Mr. and Mrs. John Mefford and Carolyn.. 3.00 {In Memory of Mrs. E. B. : Cumming v.esnssssnsse 1.00 {Larry and Ellen Weinberg 10.00
SO0ITOWE. +s ein varnssannnins3 40000
{Total To Date ...eeeee. $3461.50
gambling kingpin, 0. E. (Smiling Is was the start of a lon | ONE—By sending cash contri- Belt Com 60.50 o p S g ) t PANY cvrvoves OA Le Phens has lajme series of heartbreaws. There butions -~ for any amount to Warren Harris ......... 2.00, DIRECT DONORS’ | g $62,000. | otet time when there wasn't Clothe - A - Child, ; Indianapolis Robert D. McCord....... 25.00 : 8 | And then a different picture of any money to pay the rent. Mrs. Times, 214 W. Maryland St. Your/Seventh District Junior ANONYMOUS «.vessssssss 1 Child $4000 Mink Coat Stolen "2rd began to emerge. He was .poqon ang her several children contribution will be listed in The Women's Club ....... + 650/Coy Club ,..vssersesess 1 Child
Mrs. Ellis Pilman ...,.. 1 Child ‘Anonymous ...........s 1 Child {Senior Class, Oaklandon | Christian Church ..... {Seventh Grade, Room 23, | John.Strange School .. 1 Child
Inside The Times
\Mother and Queen . , . beginning a new series on the life of England's incomparable Queen Mary ....
If you believe childhood is carefree, a Furdue
change your mind
The
Clark Gable-Lady Sylvia marital battle is picking up steam « . » read Erskine Johnson ................4
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and the swimming pool, Ward seemed mildy irked over having
turn the ‘ranch into a ciab restaurant and make enough money
wife
1 Child]
a somewhat different sort. The state courts receivership were succeeded by jurisdiction of federal bankruptcy oficials, Ward hired Denver's shapest trouble-
save him, Stetson-hatted Governor Dan Thornton of Colorado, a millionunire cattleman, ruefully admitted he was a victim of Ward's financial finangling. The auto man he said, had come to his office asking fpr $10,000 in cash to negotiate a car deal that wouldn't wait. In return
one of his own for $12,500, to represent a tidy, quick profit in a few days for Colorado's chief executive. : But the Ward check bounced,
shooting legal team to try and wants only to keep her family
for the goevrnor's check, he gave!
uptairs to heat the quarters.
the kitchen. But it's a home . . and the mother is thankful for it. She doesn't want frills. She together. She’s happy for the
ence. Mrs? “Dee” and her children
when you contribute to Clothe-A-
dren will have
| children. : .
|We call ‘them that
| messmen’s Lunch. Good
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bare necessities for their exist-
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Child. The mother is helped only in the knowledge that her chilwarm clothes, Clothe-A-Child outfits only the
Their name really isn’t “Dee”. because
| Charley's Restaurant. 144 E. Ohlo. BusiFood. Famous for
They share a bath with otners MILE-O-DIMES |
living there. There is no sink in|
9-DAY ESTIMATE |
Forty more lines are needed before Christmas eve to. complete a full mile of dimes to provide warm clothing for Indianapolis’ needy children. There are 17 dimes to a foot « «+ + each line is 88 feet long. Uniformed city firemen recruited by Firemen's Post No. 42 of the American Legion are on duity at the mile day and night regardless of weather, Stop by and give them your dimes on W. Washington St, in front of L. 8. Ayres & Co. .and the 8, 8, Kresge op. : You will "help make some | ragged, shivering child happy.
New York of 100 years ago lives again in a new provocative book by Lloyd Morris .......co00viiiiaene
DC-6 Independence at 1 p. m., Indianapolis time, from Boca Chica Naval Air Station for ‘Washington. At the same time Mr. Truman summoned the Joint Chiefs of Staff and State Department of-
ence on Monday at 9:30 8. m, Jtormed sources sald the stalemated Korean truce negotiations influenced the Presiderit to ehange his plans and rush for a personal review of the situation. The President's return was influenced not only by Korea, but by other pressing problems which the White House tonight refused steadfastly to delineate. The President was fully aware that his sudden return would lead to worldwide speculation, but he regarded that as inevitable, Authoritative sources sald domestic matters also require the President's personal attention, The source declined to say specifically what the matters were, but added that “you can tell by looking at the front page of any newspaper.” Mr. Truman was reported to be considering a sweeping impartial clean-up program to be managed by one Democratic and one Republican prosecotor, as President Coolidge did in Teapot Dome scandals.
Quakes Cause
'. 2 « Volcano Slides MAHINOG, Camiguin, Philippines, Dec, 8 (UP)—Violent new earthquakes opened huge cracks at the foot of erupting Mt, HibokHibok today, causing rescue workers digging for the bodies of volcano victims to flee the village of Mambajao. The new quakes caused landslides which threatened to send a mass of volcanic ash and lava down on villages already half- { buried by rocks singe first erup-
| tion Tuesday morning.
| Reports said a small village on | the coast below the mountain was
| tumbled into the sea.
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