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an an an 12 THE MUNCIE MORNING STAR, FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1941. DIRECTS BUYING OF ARMY GOODS Contracts In This District Around $15,000,000. The Muncie Sub-Office of the Cincinnati District of the U. S. Army Ordnance Division, established Monday in Room 361 of the Johnson building, will have charge of the administration of $15,000,000 in contracts for production of army material in this section of Indiana, Lieut.

Stanley E. Hess, officer in charge, said yesterday. The section state in which the Muncie Sub-Office will function includes the following eighteen counties: Grant, Madison, Blackford, Delaware, Jay, Randolph, Wayne, a Fayette, Union, Henry, Decatur, Ripley, Franklin, Dearborn, Ohio, Rush, Hancock Shelby. Employ About 'Dozen, To be manufactured in this section are ammunition, including shells, cartridge cases, fuses, bombs, mines; artillery, including gun carriages, parts for tanks and scout cars and other ordnance vehicles; and miscellaneous items for which -contracts are made. Approximately a dozen persons, cilivians, are employed in the office in the Johnson Building with the officer in charge, Lieutenant Hess, being the only army man in the office.

There' will be several inspectors in the field, however, checking on products being manufactured for the army. Ordnance constitutes a regular division of the U. S. Army, such as artillery, air force, and others, and is charged with the design, procurement, supply and maintenance of ordnance material. Districts have been established all over the country, Lieutenant Hess explained, in order to facilitate procurement of the manufactured goods.

Thirteen Districts. The ordnance districts make surveys of facilities in order to determine what manufacturers are able to produce; negotiate contracts; handle all administration of contracts, including production assistance; make final inspection of products; and act on final acceptance of products for use of the army. The country is divided into thirteen ordnance ce districts of which the Cincinnati District is one. Contracts to be "HE ALWAYS MAKES A HIT NOW No wonder, either. In HANES Crotch-Guard Sports, his legs are free to put all the wallop into his swing.

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administered in the entire district amount to $42,000,000. One of the big tasks of the ordnance personnel is to familiarize manufacturers with the different types of material needed so that the manufacturers will be able to submit bids for contracts. EUROPEAN PRISON CAMPS CONDITIONS REPORTED IMPROVED New York, July 10 (AP)-Tracy Strong, general secretary of the Y. M. 0.

world committee for war prisoners' aid, reported today that conditions in European prison camps were far better during the World War. "Morale is higher; hygiene is much improved; contagious diseases and epidemics have been few and, on the whole, all the powers are living up to the Geneva conference agreement concerning prison camps," he said on his arrival on the Dixie Clipper from a four months' tour of camps in Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland and occupied and unoccupied France. After reporting to his committee at Enclosed prison meeting, camp he discussed problems. with He said there were more than 000 prisoners. MRS.

VERE SUTTON IS STILL CRITICAL The condition of Mrs. Vere C. Sutton, of West North street, who suffered a basal skull fracture in a fall last Friday at the Tri-Lakes home of Mr. and Mrs. Warren C.

Sample when she fell on a flight of steps, remains critical in the Fort Wayne Lutheran Hospital. Sutton is conscious only a part of and her pulse count slow. Physicians say that the crisis in her condition will not be reached until ten days after the day of the accident. Mr. Sutton and two daughters, Miss Mary Alice Sutton, of Washington, D.

and Miss Viretta Sutton, are at her bedside. Lodges and Unions The Woman's Relief Corps will meet this afternoon in the G. A. R. room in the courthouse.

The W. W. M. and B. Lodge will hold a dance tonight in cabin No.

4, Heekin Park. Naomi Rebekah Lodge will meet at 7:30 o'clock tonight in the I. O. 00. F.

Hall, Walnut and Jackson streets, Officers will be installed with Mrs. Reba Milhollin, district deputy president, and her staff, from Gaston in charge. Afterwards refreshments will be served. The committee in charge is composed of Miss Edith Kendall, Mrs. Bertha, Weems, Mrs.

McNitt. Della Needham, Columbia Council No. 9, Daughters of America, will meet in their in the Neely Block at 7:30 o'clock this evening. The auditing committee will meet at 6 o'clock to audit the books. There will be installation of officers.

REPORTS BEING ATTACKED. Robert Butts, of East Main street, entered the police station about 12:50 o'clock yesterday and told officers he had He morning, said the attack was made on West Main street near High street. was taken to Ball Hospital for treatment and was admitted. His condition last evening was described as "fairly good." City and County Statistics Marriage Licenses. Everett Guinn, 20, driver, Muncie, and Wanda Sims, 19, at home, Muncie.

Arthur S. Stevens, 20, laborer, Camp Shelby, and Justice Wood, 16, at home, Muncie. John W. Boyle, 57, farmer, Gaston, and Eliza Ann Turner, 55, housework, Muncie. New Suits Filed.

-Superior CourtNo. 6220-S-Montrew Cannon vs. Charles R. Cannon, divorce. James W.

Halligan, attorney. No. 6221-S -Leo David vs. Bertha S. David, divorce.

W. Mellette, attorney. No. 6222-STrilla Z. Calhoon vs.

Roy L. Calhoon, divorce. Van L. Ogle, attorney. -Circuit CourtRafael Peltola to change name to No.

13989 In re petition of Orval Heline. Victor M. Bruell, attorney. No. 13990-Earl Fletcher and Lewis S.

Carroll vs. City of Muncie et for declaratory judgment. Gene Williams, R. W. Lennington and Sons, attorneys.

City Building Permits. F. C. Bryan, 201 North Martin street, garage $50 William Spears, 2404. South Mulberry street, alteration 50 Fire Alarms.

10:22 a. South Penn street, home of Raymond Stevens. Fire caused by lightning. Loss on building, $100. 10:30 a.

block on East Wysor street, utility pole burning. Real Estate Transfers. William Jones et al. to Harvey Moore et lots 17 and 18, block 250, sub-division of Dungan tract, Muncie $400 Harvey D. Troyer et ux.

to Dwight E. Black et lot 12, Highway addition, Muncie William E. Plymale et ux. to Eugene C. Gwaltney et northeast quarter of southwest quarter section 28, Washington Township, 40 acres Courtney C.

Cox et ux. to Bertha Boyer, lot 18, W. S. Hall addition, Muncie James A. Washer et ux.

to Robert G. Condon, lot 19, block 309 Watson and Prutzman tract, Muncie 1 Funerals. PITTENGER Funeral services for Willis V. (Billy) Pittenger, who died Wednesday at the family home, 212 Celia avenue, will be conducted at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Meeks mortuary, Dr. Edgar Faye Daugherty in charge.

Burial will be in Union Cemetery, near Eaton. MURPHY -The funeral of John Murphy, died 81, the Muncie Mission, who Wednesday, will be conducted at 11 o'clock Friday morning at the Painter funeral home in Ridgeville. Burial will be in Reitenour Cemetery. LOGAN- for John Logan, 56, colored, will be at 11 o'clock Friday morning at Union Baptist Church, the Rev. A.

W. Wise in charge. Burial will be in Beech Grove Cemetery. Mr. Logan died Tuesday at the residence, 912 Broadway.

Friends may call at the Patterson funeral home. JACKSON- -Final rites for Walter L. (Jack) Jackson, 52, member of the city fire department, who died Tuesday at Ball Hospital, were held Thursday afternoon at the Piepho funeral home, the Rev. Arthur W. McDavitt officiating.

Burial was in Elm Ridge Cemetery. Mr. Jackson resided at 1711 May avenue. MILLER -Rites for William Theodore Miller. 84, who died Tuesday at the family home, three miles southwest of Muncie on state road 67.

were held Thursday afternoon at the residence, the Rev. Joseph Rousch and the Rev. N. F. France in charge.

Burial was in Tomlinson Cemetery. DEAVERS -Services for Norman Lee Deavers, 5, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Deavers. residing one mile south of Macedonia, who died Tuesday at Ball Hospital, were conducted Thursday morning at the Bethel Methodist Church, the Rev.

George Manley and the Rev. Robert Schimm in charge. Burial was in Tomlinson Cemetery. MARSHALL Rites for Gordon W. Marshall, 45, World War veteran, who died Monday at Ball Hospital, were held Thursday morning at the Meeks mortuary, Dr.

J. Marion Smith officiating. Burial was in Mooreland Cemetery. Mr. Marshall lived at South Mound street, and was local manager of the National Car Loading Corporation.

STOUT--Final rites for Frank Stout, 59, of Anderson, former resident of Muncie, who died Tuesday at his home in Anderson, were held Thursday afternoon at the Pleasant Run Church, on the West Jackson street pike, the Rev. Mr. Lee officiating. Burial was in Jones Cemetery. PUGSLEY-The funeral of Ashford H.

Pugsley, 72, of near Anderson, who died Tuesday at St. John's Hospital, Anderson, was conducted Thursday afternoon at the Daleville Christian Church. Mr. Pugsley wAs former resident of Daleville. Insanity Plea Expected For Woman Killer Bloomington, July 10 (AP)Floyd F.

Cook, Monroe County prosecutor, said today he would present considerable new evidence to the ber grand jury consider when it charges meets against to Caroline Payne, business woman accused coroner's warrant with slaying Charles Mattingly. Mattingly, attorney-examiner for the Indiana Public Service Commission, was shot five times Saturday night as he sat in the home of a friend here. Cook said he did not plan to ask the death penalty in event Mrs. Payne is indicted on a murder charge, would on a life sentence if she is convicted. Mrs.

Payne pleaded innocent upon being arraigned before a justice of the peace. She has said she helped Mattingly through Indiana University and with his law practice for many years before he was married over a year ago to another woman. Cook has asked for funds to employ alienists to examine Mrs. Payne. He attorneys have indicated an insanity plea might be entered.

AIRPLANE GEAR PLANT TO BE FINISHED SEPT. 1 Fort Wayne, July 10 (P)-Officials reported today the Studebaker Corporation's airplane engine gear factory in Fort Wayne would be completed by September 1 but production might be held up until later because of a tooling bottleneck. A personnel office has been opened to take applications for 1,400 jobs. ELECTRICIANS GO BACK TO JOBS AT POWDER FACTORY Charlestown, July 10 Electricians who walked off their jobs at the powder plant here have agreed to return to work while their business agent negotiates, with the War Department Washington, The electricians -400 of themwalked out yesterday with intention of obtaining higher pay in other defense projects. H.

H. Hudson, agent for Local No. 369, Electrical Workers' Union (AFL). said the dispute did not represent a strike. He said the men decided personally to seek better-paid jobs elsewhere.

Hudson said the men were being paid an hour at Charlestown while adjacent defense plants similar electrical work pays $1.50 an hour. The agent reported he had conversed by phone with James P. Mitchell, chief labor relations officer in the Quartermaster General's office at Washington, who were told him re-manned unless the the War Department would refuse to consider raising the wage scale. Hudson said most of the men consented to return to their Charlestown jobs today. He will confer with Mitchell in Washington Friday.

TO MAKE ANTI-AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT UPSTATE Fort Wayne, July 10 (AP)-M. E. Lord, manager of the General Electric Company's Winter street plant here, said today part of the factory turning out air conditioning units would be shifted soon to production of power drives for anti-aircraft equipment for the navy. The change will be made as quickly as new machinery can be installed. DEFENSE TRAINING WORK UNDER NYA TO ENROLL 100,000 Indianapolis, Juiy 10 (P)-Director Aubrey Williams of the National Youth Administration has asserted that within a week some 100,000 youths would be employed thorughout America on the agency's strictly national defense training projects.

Williams, who came here from Laen route to Maine, said in an interview that $60,000,000 would be spent training young men and women from "low income families" for skilled jobs in defense industries. Approximately 75,000 currently have jobs on these projects. In the category of "strictly national defense projects," the bespectacled NYA chief listed welding, riveting, sheet metal working, chine shop work and radio. Women would have an important Upto REDUCTIONS By All Means See the Remarkable Values in Suites single Items much more. you.

All Dollars spent regular plish 80 means to from what Actual this reductions OFF Featured in This-Our them out in are tagged floor now prices. will Think "Buy dise but short order. at odd lots GREATEST JULY CLEARANCE regular stocks Positively no savings to and our deferred prices Yes, suites head the list of stand-out values in this great sale. payment plan. loudly shout, which But it is well to remember that each style, each color and each type of covering, is limited to only one and two in quantity.

That's why we include them in this Clearance. And it's the reason why you can get them if you hurry at an extra. large price reduction. Just drop in and see them! A remarkable bargain sale that will fit your pocketbook. $95.00 Duncan Phyfe Sofas You know what a beautiful style Duncan Phyfe really is, but you won't realize what a value this suite is at this Choice sale of price, three until colors you at.

see it! Mahogany frames. $74 $98.00 Mohair Suite 2 Pieces- -Sale Priced Now at Today's prices for mohair are up! That means that this is the last time a suite like this will be priced so low! Large davenport and matching chair. Excellent $88 DEFERRED construction. A buy PAYMENTS ON ANY $119.00 18th Century Dining Room Suite, Marked at PURCHASE In genuine mahogany and other woods, luxuriously finished. The pedestal type extension table, buffet, arm chair and five side chairs with upholstered seats.

$98 This is one of the Just the one suite to be closed out. many inducements for you to buy NOW! Despite the extremely $98.00 Modern Bedroom Suite In Blonde Finish low just prices charge in any effect, purchase. The small The "rage" in bedroom furnishings! Smart, trim, dedown definitely plain lines match the beauty of the bleached livers paymente balthe dresser three pieces now at time to meet your remahogany. A full-size bed, chest, and the vanity or $75 ance is spread over of a reasonable period quirements. It's venient.

$85.00 Bedroom Suite in Solid Maple Now Only We wish we had dozens of these suites to sell at this low sale price! They'd go like wildfire! Full-size bed, chest, and choice just of two vanity suites or dresser, all in SOLID $65 MANY OTHER SUITES AT CLEARANCE PRICES Occasional Chairs at. Massive Lounge Chairs of Choice colors of at a only good selection $6.95 at Just this 7 to special be cleared price out. $19.50 A Modern Studio Lounge Sofa Bed for in a fine tapestry Looks like fine sofa Has metal arms and is Has upholstered arms. $29.50 $36.95 A 5-Piece Maple Dinette Chrome Dinettes Now at Extension table and five 5-piece sets with solid oak chairs. Maple $16.95 table tops for as low $26.50 Cedar Hope Chests Innerspring Mattresses at Just 6 to sell.

Genuine Our regular $16.95 walnut veneer. Choice $14.95 while they last at values. $12.50 Beds Choice of Group Odd Vanities as Low as Metal and wood beds in the From fine suites in most wanted styles, finish. Choice $8.85 maple. $19.95 All Kinds of Tables at Choice of 17 Fine Lamps Drum top, Lamp, End, Coffee Indirect floor and bridge and other styles.

lamps complete with shades, $8.95 $6.95 Chippendale Sofa Now Mahogany Secretary at Mahogany frame. Handsome Colonial style with glass new Brocatelle cover. front. A bargain at $74 $36.95 Solid Oak Breakfast Set 9x12 Axminster Rugs at 5-piece set just three Just a small number to be closed out now colors and patterns $17.95 $33.50 Kelley's Est. 1895 Adams and Mulberry July Clearance part in the program, he went on, plaining that "we intend to give wom en work in occupations of defense character to a degree never done before." "Already girls are receivng training in radio, machine and metal Williams told reporters.

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