Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 August 1952 — Page 22

y

“yu

—-0n--a--crippled, burning B-17 re-|

pens in France.

»

PAGE 22 cE

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

~ k : ’

FRIDAY, AUG. 1, 1952

rom Leaping To Death

“|

Drags Woman from Sixth | Floor Ledge

| | | By United Press | WASHINGTON, Aug. 1-—A| grief-stricken, 21-year-old mother - was recovering today after being plucked from a sixth-floor suicide perch by a World War II Medal of Honor hero. 5 Scores of persons watched as Maynard H. (Snuffy) Smith, 41, and Mrs. Lucille Whomble struggled on the sixth-floor' ledge of Washington's YWCA and they cheered when Mr. Smith, aided by firemen, finally dragged her to safety. Police said Mrs. Whomble, despondent over the death last week of her 5-months-old daughter, ¢élambered out on the 2-foot ledge late yesterday while her husband, a night cab driver, was asleep at home. Mr. Smith, second American to win the Medal of Honor in World

Gn

NEWEST TUNE Mrs, Patricia Deam tries out the newest and most complete UHF and VHF TV tuner on the market. Manu- |

x 3

factured by Raytheon and displ Inc., 421 E. Market St., the new | channels for this area.

Warmer Air .

‘Some Sections Face Threat of Drought

Slightly warmer weather was {forecast for Indiana during the [next five days but not the rainfall which farmers needed to insure good crop yields. Some sections of the state— particularly the extreme south-east--faced the therat of drought which caused the U, 8, Department of Agriculture to designate four states as disaster areas. Indiana was not one of the ‘our. But production and marketing administration officials ‘sald conditions in Jefferson, Switzerland and Clark Counties were similar to those in drought-strick-en Kentucky, aerators emnid. . aL? The weatherman's outlook sald ayed at Appliance Distributors, |, acipitation will average onetuner will select all 83 potential (ourth *tnch through Wednesday. . [Showers were expected in the ex-

War II, was upstairs in the USO penthouse when he saw Mrs.

RP hemnle teetering on the ledge. Business Notes—

Warned by Woman

16 ‘Lost’ Work Week

— {treme north Saturday and scat-| Itered throughout .the state Sun-| {day or Monday and again about 'Wednesdnyv,

Below Normal

He ran downstairs, J through a window and inched |__ Temperatures. will average 1 toward her. Defiantly, to. 3 degrees below normal in

Whomble, boys, warned him back, protesting she did not want to live because her daughter was dead. TODAY'S MAIL brought

“I told her it wasn’t right to my eyes bug out. No it wasn't

sommit suicide,” Mr. 8mith said. | \ “I told her it was a sin. While 1 This one came from the

talked to her, 1 moved closer to ciation and it didn’t have a bathing beauty on it. The only “Ba officidis said crops ir -thel ik ; ; her, and she moved as though/other unusual thing about it was — mmr uther : i N i N C r " extreme southern part of the she were going to jump. the first. thrée and a half months. { p (0) Y eo S ew qQ

Mr. Smith, a small, graying, They were shaded. man, said he kept his voice low, The Jan. 1 through Mar. 24: and reassuring as he inched for- period was red and the period ward. from Mar. 25 through Apr. 16 “#1 asked her if she had any was black. other kids and she sald she had In the red area it said, “You two others at home. I told her spent this much time working she should think of those two just to pay Federal taxes.” kids and that they were worth; That's about 13 weeks’ pay. living for,” Mr. Smith recounted.| The black area‘ reported. “This | He drew too near. Mrs. Whom- much time went for state and! ble screamed: local taxes.” “Stay away from me or I'll That's a little over three weeks. jump.” . Add 'em up—it comes to more Frightened by Police {than 3'% months, Think that's

t high? Police, edging up behind Mr, od hig {

Smith, nearly frightened her into! | leaping. She threatened to jump Mr, Average if firemen continued readying a! pe . rescue net six floors below. : HERE'S ‘another Interesting ; fact reported by the IMA, It's

Mr. Srhith finally asked If he 1ovald “Swede” Larson, an ALCOA

could hold her hand for a minute... 1 vee at Lafayette. He's a

. “She reached out ‘and put herrea] Mr. Average. hand in mine” Mr. Smith sald,| The ALCOA plant at Lafayette and 1 didn’t grab her. Then she pn, just completed its annual became frightened again and personnel survey for company withdrew her hand. insurance. 1t found that the avMr. Smith dropped to his knees. erage age of ALCOA workers had When Mrs. Whomble touched jumped from 38.20 years to 41.31] him again, he said, “I was able years. Then someone got busy to hold on to her. Then a fire-\yjin 4 pencil and figured out the man came up and helped because month, day and year of birth of I couldn’t hold her alone. the average employee—it came Mr. Smith, who lives with his ip Feb. 9, 1911. English war bride and three children in nearby Falls Church, Va,

received the Medal of Honor for Deferred Apprentices saving the lives of six crewmates, | The U. 8. Department of Labor

turning’ from a raid on U-boat . {gram for manufacturers who seek

{to keep their apprentices deferred from military duty under a‘recent order by President Truman. Field offices are being set up in | Indianapolis, Evansville, Gary, Ft.

At Yards Here |Wayne, Lafayette, Marion, South

Choice lightweight barrows and! Bend and Terre Haute. gilts Sout mony 25 cents lower pyp,¢t deferment is pretty ivell a Xe io ay in trading today | jimited to apprentices in the at the Indianapolis Stockyards. |gyjjled and semi-skilled indusChoice 190-250 pound hogs sold! : rn (trial jobs. $23-23.75. Heavier weights were rather scarce. Sows were steady i i at mostly $19-20. » Tops n Tuning Few lots of commercial to low The most complete TV tuner on choice steers brought bids of §27-|the market today is being shown 30.50, Little was done on cows, this Week to 400-odd Raytheon Bulk choice and prime vealers dealers in Indiana at. special sold at $27-28.50. {meetings at Appliance DistribuHogs 8500; uneven: limited early sales | LOTS, Inc., 421 E. Market St. SHC jeniushelt tajrows And gly sents, It's a complete VHF and UHF £38-pounds $23 TM, ton $24.25 sparingly: tuner which pinpoints all 13 VHF lower; choice 190-330 bounds. $33.33 15; and all 70 UHF channels. The few, $23.85. heavier rather new tuner is available or optional

Hog Prices Dip

weights scarce but few loads cholce 250-280 pounds ; - $22,00-23.25: 165-185 pounds, $21-23; 120- on 8ix of the 21 new Raytheon 160 pounds $17.50-10.50: sows steady at models :

mostly $19.00-20: few $20.25. Cattle 500: calves 300; all slaughter All Ravtheon models, of course, have the new stabilizing switch

classes very slow: few lots commercial to low choice steers $27-30.50. few utility to adapt the set's pickup for lo-

Holsteins $21: some club yearlings held around $34; three loads high choice near 1150-pound steers and one load prime yearlings bought to arrive at $33. three loads mostly prime near 1250-1350- tion.

pound steers bought to arrive at $33-3350:| Should vou wish to add the new

little done on cows: early bids weak to 50 rents lower: tuner when VHF and UHF sta-

vealers only moderately ac-

tive: fairly steady: top $29: bulk choice and prime $27-28 50: commercial and PE tions become available, it'll cost $23-27: cull and utility $15-22 about $40 Sheep 300: all slaughter classes about about §40. steady: bulk choice and prime native Raytheon Corp is one of the

toring lambs $28.50-20: few $29 50: good and choice $25-28: utility $22-24; slaughter electrical giants and probably

ewes quotable $8 down Zs |tops in the radar field. It has a spo le "staff of 1400 research workers Blast Wrecks Building continually applying their time ATTICA. Aug. 1 (UP) — The and effort on new developments two-story Attica Motor Co. build- in the electronics industry. ing was almost demolished yesterday by an explosion and fire. The Frog Men No one was injured, but several| The origination and work of automobiles burned, Firemen be-!the underwater demolition squads lieved the blast was caused by a lof the Navy will be the topic of welding spark igniting paint E. F. Andrews as guest speaker thinner. lof the Kiwanis Club's Monday

mln on GO to Pay Your Taxes

By DON TEVERBAUGH

choice to cal, suburban or rural TW, recep- |

south, the forecast said. he warmer Saturday, cooler Sun-| day and warmer Wednesday.

me a new calendar—it made In Indianapolls, temperatures

th f Marilyn M . , or! ay ’ re oman vo ora it HOUsewife’s Contest

luncheon meeting at the Riley state probably will suffer in qual-| Room of the Claypool Hotel. [ity and yield without rain soon. | Mr. Andrews, director of pur- Central - and northern Indiana chascs for the Pitman-Moore Co, crops -appear in good. condition is a former Frog Man command- but farmers would welcome rain er. He is also past president of thelas an insurance measure, they Indianapolis Association of Pur- said. chasing Agents, an instructor of] There was light rainfall down-

purchasing at Butler University, state Thursday—.82 inch in Vin- the Pure Oil Co. competition

and now serves as president of cennes, .57 in Evansville, .20 in Mrs. Mildred George, 1646 Somer-| set Ave,

the National Association of Pur- Paoli and .07 in Columbus. chasing Agents. | Columbus also recorded the:

On the Carpet.

H. P. Wasson & Co. has been South Bend and Ft. awarded the “Silver Award” for Nighttime lows: were from 49 at their topnotch display of carpets. Ft. Wayne to 60 at Evansville. The local department store's dis-. est ami ————— et ——— play of floor coverings was rated . second in the nation by the Car- Chick pet Institute, The contest is a major feature of the institute's annual carpet fashion ‘show promotional pro- __A yearling black bear, with a gram, . ven for chicken was shot yesterK. F. MacQueen is the store's jay on the Oscar Draxten farm rug buyer and F. A. Rhoads 18 pear here. Wasson’s display manager.

New Vice President

Kenng¢th Keene has been named coop from opposite directions. vice president and general man-| Mrs. ager of Spencer Curtiss, Inc., ad-/gheriff’s, but before they arrived| vertising agency. Earl- Wallace, her son-in-law,|’ Mr. Keene-"joined the firm in killed the animal with two shots| 1937 and has served as an of- from a rifle. | ficer-and director since 1947. - :

en-Hungry Bear

|Draxten as she and the animal

Feb 3 12 | -Retently released from duty In That's “Swede’s” birthday. [the Air Force, Mr. Keene saw Cool Customer {service in Korea as base com-

SAN JOSE, Cal, Aug. 1 (UP) mander of Kimpo Air Base and|_ Dancer Lolita nigh, 24, Yas

was a bomber pilot ‘with the 8thifiled a $26,500 law suit against|

duty in Germany War II.

Director at Large

Howard A. Wall, controller of : ’ ankles and legs and hasn't been the Perfect Circle Corp., has been gple to in since. :

{named an associate director at| en rp ee een large for the local chapter of the! | National Assoclation of Cost ae tocal Stocks and Bonds |countants. rom His dppointment was made

during World [said got so excited over her per-| formance he threw ice cubes on| [the floor.” Miss Knight said she

| ; —Aug. l= | STOUKS

| Hilo Asked by [american Loan 5% 94

[chapter pres 3 ap. American States Class A... 74 id p Pp ident John D. Har |Americap States ¢8% pra ... 24Y { rington, of the George S. Olive !Ayshire Collieries com Se. 19% 13% Co I 8 Ayres 42%» pid. ..... 100 102% 2 . Relt. RR & Stk Yds com 0. ay g-38lg di ? | Balt RR & Stk Ydseofd .. 6205 | soobs-Mernill com . J Indianapolis Sales | Bobs-Merrily 45am ota 1 Department store sales here for ote 3% be a EH « 36 ithe week 9 ; Chamber of Commerce com 22 jie ending last Saturday | Sireié Theater com. .: 40 {were down, five points from aj|Gliizens jnd Tel 3% vid. sp vait™ : 4 ommonwea oan ¢ apg “© . BR {Week earlier, seven under the Cont Car-Na-Var Sy or. ha . . Cummins Eng com sirens 35 |same week a year ago. Cummins Eng 4'2% pfd ..

Department store s are Eastern ind Tel 5% prd .e p nt store sales are Fauitable Securiuies COM...

down only one point from a year Equitable Securities ofd - x Della lect |ago, the Federal Reserve Board Family Fihahce com os reports. Family Finance 8% otd ..

Hays Corp |Hamtiton Mfe Co oom . |HerfI-Jones Class A pfd .. {Home T & T 5% pfd {Hook Due Co com

Colorado lke Booster To Meet Stevenson ny A Tee Bali

Ass0 . xy Ind Gas & Wat com 24! DENY ER, Aug. 1 (UP)—Colp- ind "Mich E) 4% pd Cesens

' . ro nd rele ene rado's Gov. Dan Thornton, who (nani are 5d, co' 8

PARTLY CLOUDY AND. CLOUDY AREAS

3

lay Ind Power & Lt com a 3113 pl yed. an instrumental part in.i}0 10% § TY SE Ron winning the Republican presidén- Indiananais Water (om 1744 © (9 b 4 Indianapolis Water 4'y pfd 99! tial nomination for Dwight D. indianapolis Water 5% ofd 105 Eisenhower, will lunch with Dem- ¥ arson Nation) Life com Vip. 13 | Kingan & Co. com 1 43 ocratic nominee Adlai Stevenson k i JI ovsenvaven A 4 || RSE EY 148 on Aug. 14, ; : Lys rporation ig! Gov. Thornton will be a beef {) R Malory = 3%] . : Mlarmon-Herrington oom dy cattle judge at the Illinois State \natic Asphalt sy 8g . x 14) mes. Fair to be held in Springfield, Ill, N3¥ Hume. con He rand will fly to the fair on Aug. 13,/} Ind Pub Serv cou 31% “ N Ind Pub Serv 4',pf¢ 9 ¥ i I can assure.you the lunch will Nd Pub Serv 4's fd : 2 | . *N In » Ser 8 26 ' {have no political significance UN-| progres Lounges tos 2 215! less I can sway the governor to Eub-Serv of Ind 3's ofd . 83 85'9 Eisenhower.” Gov Pub Serv of Ind com or 38% J a Jisenhower,” Gov, Thornton Ross ear & loo rom 4 | ” Schwitzer-Cummins 5'; pfd mm 18! laughed. So Ind G & E com *o2al 14% The Colorado governor, a close §5 Ind G&E 48 td A okely-Van amp com ,, 15° personal friend of Gen. Eisenhow- Stokely-Van Camp nid : He OR ais anner & Co 5'%9% pid ...... 8 er, is a prominent livestock raiser. rerre Haute Malleable |. ooo: 12% 13% ———e em seems | {] 8 Machine com ...,... Ve Onited Telephone 5% ofd .... 905 (Onion Title "i reese 64 *Ex dividend BONDS Allen. & Steen 8s cons B “eee American Loan 4'4s 60 see. HO |American Security 5360 .... 9% |American wuan 4%s 8% .... 97 |Bastian Moriey bs 61 ..... 95 |Batesvilie Tele Co 48 _ .... 95 (Bunner Fertilizer 5s 58 7. .., 917 10® [Ch of Com Bldg 4s 61 ... 98 [Columbia Club 3-5s 62 7] Equitable Securities 5s 60 98 indpis Paint & Color 5s 64 vy ees (nduls Public Loan 5s 64 96 eens) ninls Ratiwave Ae 87 oN “ess ind Limestone 48 15 ......... 71 aes Ind Asso Tei 3s 75 Vile ‘ees jLangsenkamp 5s 48 . 95 jd IMaplehurst Fr inc 5'%s 61 ... 97 (Paper Arts Co 5s 58 . NN 1Svrague Device 5s 80 « 3% Traction Terminal 5s 87 .... 88 01%

. "Ex Dividene

Produce

Eggs—FOB Cincinnati: consumers grade: U. 8. A large white no price, U. 8. medium white 53-58'2¢c: brown mix $3-58'3c; wholesale grade. coml. graded 40 per cent: extra large 49-52¢; brown mix 49-52¢; current receipts, cases exchanged 32-40c Market weak on U. 8 A large: 3

about |srace on balance; too few |

sales on hy a large to quote - prices: demand | - Chickens--Red 33-34c: white crosses 1 white 33-34c: hens, heavy; toate at light. 14¢: old roosters 14c i . Fryers aboiit steady! supply small sizes! | fully adequate: miscellaneous sizes lots gicounted 2-5 cents, Hens firm, demand! i . > : ] Butter—Creamery. 90 score 76c: premium butterfat 62c; regular 57c.

Local Truck Grain Prices

Yellow corn, $1.67,

ts. T4e.. eu b ybeans, $3.14. -

" War Hero Prevents Mother Of 2

ay i

It willl test entry. Today the Indianapolis woman who makes a hobby of | | entering contests took another top prize. :

makes a hobby of entering con- ty Planning Commission. tests today was the winner of a!

new automobile in the national contests and photography, and a| . I Card cometh. y charge at 7:30 a. m. yesterday.

warmest temperature, 86 degrees. mother described he Others ranged downward to 77 at Winning is no new Wayne. Several years ago while she her husband. were traveling in to the student with the most per- city square here yesterday. (Cuba on an expense-paid trip she fect papers. oh {won in one contest, > — 'Lustron home in another contest, ‘Dance of Hours’ {her ‘biggest win." Killed In Minnesota ; . |steadily, sometimes submitting as

DULUTH, Minn., Aug. 1 (UP) many as 100 entries.

The bear was spotted by Mrs, With luck,” she said.

bore down on the family chicken helps said: Mrs.

Draxten called deputy I+ Ray George, Indianapolis real- longer,” she testified.

is now setting up a statewide pro- AIF Force on tWo years active 3 night club customer Who shel

{slipped on the ice, bruised her

Wheat, §1.97 a .. White corn, §1.82 5. | wv

By Atlantic City

Fae Ea Police Halt * Curfew Ordered a NA. fy After Slaying

| Overdue for discharge from the 1 (UP)—A 1 a. m. beach curfew, Army, a Korean combat veteran effective Monday, was ordered at

today faced preliminary burglary this resort today as a result of charges in Municipal Court 4. the brutal slaying of a vacationHe was nabbed by police last ing stenographer from. Pennsyl-. {night after he scampered over vania.

o yi AY bog ’ | downtown rooftops in an attémpt Director of Public Safety y : / to elude the law. Thomas Wooton also announced

Identified as John Henry Cain, he would seek the co-operation of

|21, Burlington, Ia., currently sta- hotels for ‘greater internal se'tioned at Camp Atterbury for curity” .through more careful iseparation, the youth was cap- screening of employees and tured in the alley behind 27 W. guests. {Ohio St. The curfew will be in effect { - Thirteen policemen rushed to daily until an hour after day|the scene following a report of a light.’ Occupancy of beach chairs Iman crawling along a 3-foot along the miles-long beach also {ledge around the second story of will be prohibited after 7 p. m, ‘the building. ! The directive came five days 2 8. after Mary Louise Dreisbach, 24, \ WHEN THEY arrived they Hokendauqua, Pa. near Allen-

found the second story window town, was found bludgeoned to

|death in a grassy field near the of the CIO Communication Work-| 5, ntic City race track, about 10 ers

of America offices open. miles west of here. {Moments later, Cain smashed Miss Dreisbach, ' vacationing ‘out a rear window of the of- With another girl at the resort, : tos was last seen alive early last fice, ran across an adjoining roof Friday morning when she left and leaped into the alley where her hotel in the company of an he was arrested. ° unidentified man. h o or 7 ; 1 he had Mr. Wooten said Atlantic y Wiss Dhimmi polite naw! is not morally obligated to chapwhat happened. TE J. 8S. Y ree > Fo ured do oo thy - 3.5 to eliminate the agencies which

lin Korea. He has been awarded |PTeed crime.

mc ——————— five battle stars and the presi- h |dential unit citation. ‘The Car Is Jinxed? are;

When local authorities \through with Cain, he'll face ad-| AYER, Mass. Avg. 1 t0P)|ditional military charges of con-| Anthony % Broo Se {vad ed [duet—nnbetming 4 INCOME Ad nthe isione bs with-| Sioned Officer 3nd ahsence influence of alcohol. The truck

| ' Is| jout official leave, military officia S contained Adolf Hitler's bullet |proof limousine which is on an

An Indianapolis housewife who it, employed at the Marion Coun-|gsaid. ) ; back ,at the Atrain was due gk a1 ¢ | exhibition tour,

Mrs. George has twin hobbies, terbury separation center for disAdvertisement

CONTEST THOUGHT$—Ricky George mans the dictionthe north and near normal in the ary while his mother, Mrs. Mildred George, readies another con- |

twin sister, Mary Jane Sommer, | remem , Cn Winner from 368,000 entries in now with the Civil Aeronautics _, . : : : is Administration if Rio de Janerio. Missourians ‘Capture’ Indianapolis Water Co.

The Indianapolis contest win- DIVIDEND NOTICE

ner said her competitive urge Mysterious Object “A thrill,” was how the young Boes back to the fourth grade | MEMPHIS, Mo., Aug. 1 (UP)— Preferred Stock, Series “A” The regular quarterly dividend of

r big win. But when she and her sister used to Siects trom thrill .to her. vie for the prize of a jar of candy, One of the strange objects fro one dollar and twenty-five cents (31.25)"

and given each month by their teacher the sky was on display on the share has been declared by the Board of Directors on the 5% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series “A”, payable October

The object was “captured” on a1. 1952, to holders of record September - ‘farm 10 miles north of here by|'® 193% ha Frank White and Joe Creek Jr. * Preferred Stock, Series “B |. Officials said the object con-| ‘The regular quarterly dividend of sisted of a thin balloon measuring $1.0625 a share has been declared by the > ; the 4%% CumuDETROIT, Aug..1 (UP)—Mrs. six feet long when deflated and a Tntive preferred Stock, Sr “8”, ‘payee Juanita Jewell won an uncon- thin kitelike object four feet ble October 1, 1952, to holders of record Work and Luck tested divorce from her husband, square. ‘The -Kitelike object was, September 10. 1352 : Cecil, after testifying he often made of thin radiating woodeni Common Stock, Class “A”

“Some peonle think it’s all luck came home from saloons at 4 spokes covered with tinfoil. . ._| A dividend of twenty cents (206)

she won a

Mrs. George enters contests Leads to Divorce

‘but I find it's hard work mixed a. m. and demanded she put on! ~Qfficials said the object had a share has been declared by the Board

c "a one-woman floor show for him. the inscription ML307C/AP. They gf Directors sn to SWS “3 Smeg Her 5-year-old son sometimes The command performances often said they were unable to identify holders of record August 11, 1952. in her contest work, she lasted until “9 or 10 a. m. or until jt, | ELMER C. SCHWIER, George is" the wife of I was too’exhausted to dance any - The balloon was inflated when| Secretary.

|found.

SIN Pert C

o.

.

~ HIGHER QUALIY-BETTER SERVICE ‘189° |OWER PRICED

for o FREE DEMONSTRATION

Weil... 44 N. DELAWARE ~ “OPPOSITE COURTHOUSE”

| olf... chee til AT. 1441 FOR. SERVICE

GALL AT-1596 LES £

of “a : : % 7 3 3 - »

5909"

ALL ABOVE FKICES PLUS TAX

all showrooms open ’til 10 p.m. inclvaing Sunday

's Das

on

“House

x

om Gert Afte

LONL

the Allie

- Western

aebate th between Party. Commo a vote of ing an o tion to p« of 294 to The H proved th Britain b try to rat was first. come off ratificatic F The tv peace co the first servative Iong-stan policy. feuding o Labor fa servative peace con The vo ponement first time against major-for

This br

“But polit

owed by Labor Pa open split Minister Aneuran leader wt leadershiy In the bate ran belled ag motion tc contract.

Stril Hop!

Polic At T

TERRE - State Thomas. I “some pI ment of CIO Unit Allis-Chal plant her Mr. Hi “hope” of ment dul union “an tives prep ing in tw session w son and F Arthur Ij A wage tions. The C sought. a

“similar fc

in Indian said the) that some Both f yesterday Tucker. F nation afterward willing tc wage offe A half watch at been clos ent were hand to 2 Monday's unionists.

Legal Nc

County, In property. A five-ro eomposition

Section 8 o 36, Townsh Marion Col Parsley pro five-ro composition

Atkinson Dp!

‘The Purc move above right of wa from date ¢ The Sale

able to the diana. Cas quired on ¢ of award, purchaser . or certified funded up certified ch WALTE] PUB

N( Sealed pi modeling of Indiana Gi

Public Wo State Hous 1:00 o'cloc Time, on tl which time publicly op: received af

’ ny reason n

e bid | struction, | Ventilating, Fixtures in of the abo Copies of bidders an may be ob Architect-E