Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 February 1943 — Page 3
Urge City, County, State and National Governments to]
Begin Peacetime Preparations Without Delay; Elect Wright President.
Members of the Indiana chapter of the American insti-
today were on record as favoring post-war|
tute of Bo planning ediately. in all levels of government—city,
county, state and national.
A resolution favoring an immediate start because of the “tremendous amount of planning necessary to get ready for
the job,” was adopted at the annual meeting at the Lincoln
Hotel yesterday after members heard a report and an eight-
50 ARRESTED -
IN POLICE RAIDS|
39 Are Seized at 17th Ward Colored Club; Tavern Operator Held.
Nearly 50 persons were arrested last night as police renewed gambling raids in the city. : At the 17th Ward Colored Democratic club, 1702 S. Keystone ave., 39 persons were arrested. Among them was Arthur Quarles, Negro, who was charged with violation of the 1935 beverage act and operating a poolroom and music box without city licenses. The other 38 were
charged with violations of the bev-|’
erage act. Police arrested Floyd Newman, who. was operating a tavern at 447 E. South st., and charged him with keeping a room for pool selling. They confiscated more than a dozen books of baseball tickets and some pick-and-win tickets. Three other places raided included a gas station at 1910 S. Meridian st.,, where James Huntsman was charged with keeping a lottery (punchboards) ; an apartment at 419 E. North st., where Arthur Batton was arrested on a charge of operating a poker game, and the J. and N. Tavern, 1627 Howard st., where Charles E. Van Sickle was charged with keeping a gaming house and violation of the 1935 slot machine act.
FIVE MEN ESCAPE JAIL AT CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI, O., Feb. 13 (U. P). —Police here today were seeking two kidnapers and three bank bandits who broke out of jail last . night, stole two different cars and escaped to the hilly country near here. The men were Arthur, 2, and Clarence . Parson, 23, brothers, under sentence of 75 years’ imprisonment for kidnaping a woman in Manchester, O,, last fall, and Harry Beaver, 26, William C. Rathay, 28, - and Sam Ricketts, 28, charged with holding up the Avondale, O., branch of the Second National bank of Cincinnati, They clogged up the plumbing of the bullpen of the county jail and then demanded mops and buckets of Turnkey Dennis Ryan, 55. : When he brought them in they beat him unconscious with their shoes, locked him in the bullpen
* with his own keys, with five other
prisoners and escaped. A wild chase along the highway . ensued, with policemen g after them. - After four miles, the fugi- . tives’ car turned over on a curve and the men scattered.
ARMY ASSERTS RICK TALKS WERE HIS OWN
DETROIT, Feb. 13 (U, P.).—War Secretary Robert P. Patterson said in a letter today that Capt. Edward V. (Eddie) Rickenbacker spoke “as an individual and not as an army officer” during a tour of Detroit's war plants last month. In his Detroit address, Capt. Rickenbacker assailed labor for . striking nad demanding higher + wages when American soldiers were dying “in the hell-holes of the South Pacific and on the burning sands of Africa.” Patterson, replying to a letter from President R. J. Thomas of the United Automobile Workers (C. I 0.). sald Ricken 1’s statements
did not necessarily reflect views of|
officials of the war department.
EXPECT AIR FORCE CALL LAFAYETTE, Feb. 13 (U. P.)— Prof. Frank C. Hockema, assistant of the president of Purdue university, said today that Washington officials had informed him that air force ®eserves would be called into active service about Feb. 21. Students will be given a week’s notice before call, he said.
point program suggested by Edward D. Pierre, chairman of the post-war planning committee of the chapter. The program urges “1. That a natiorial plan be de-
veloped now for building America and that the architectural profes-
operation of all who have something to contribute.
“Plan for the People” :
“2. That when this plan is completed it be laid alongside of the government’s plan and the best of the two be incorporated in a plan for the people, of the people and by the people. “3. That the architects remain in charge until the standards are guaranteed. (Permit no one to do this job for the architect.) “4, Organize a united building industry to build America from this blueprint. “5. Make plans for carrying this| through all levels until it reaches the small community and the humblest cottage.
Favor Public Works
“g. Provide a public works reserve as part of this plan. “7. Definitely establish planning at national, regional, state and city levels. : “8. Invite the co-operation and participation of government, industry and the community. . Officers were elected at the meeting. They are George Caleb Wright, Indianapolis,” president; Ralph O. Yeager, Terre Haute, first vice president; Kurt Vonnegut, second vice president; John R. Kelley, secretary and treasurer; Warren D. ‘Miller, Terre Haute, director for three years and John G. C. Sohn, Indianapolis, director for two years.
JUANITA EGGERT’S FUNERAL ON MONDAY
" Services for Mrs. Juanita Roemler Eggert will -be conducted Monday at the G. H. Herrmann funeral home by the Rev. Ernest Piepenbrok, pastor of St. John’s Evangelical church. Burial will be in Crown Hill Mrs. Eggert died Thursday in the Lutheran hospital at Ft. Wayne after an illness of several months. She was 40. Born in Indianapolis, she had lived here most of her life. She went to Ft. Wayne three years ago and was employed as purchasing agent at the Van Camp Milk Co. - She was a member of the women’s auxiliary of the Athenaeum Tur-| ners. : Survivors are her husband, Albert J. Eggert, and a daughter, Miss Barbara Jean Eggert. J
LANDON SEES A ‘NAZI BRANCH IN CAPITAL
OMAHA, Neb. Feb. 13 (U. P.).— Alf M. Landon, Republican presidential candidate in 1936, last night urged “Teal” Democrats to unite with Republicans in opposing the “Nazl branch of the New Deal” which he said threatened “to lead us where Hitler led his people.” “At last,” he said, “the practical progressives and the real liberals of the Democratic party are awake to the fact that by use of Trojan horse methods a small but dominant group of Nazi New Dealers who seek to establish hers what Hitler described in his early days as the national socialistic state, have seized control of their party.”
SCHRICKER APPOINTS 82D CIRCUIT JUDGE
Governor’ Schricker today signed the bill creating the 82d judicial circuit in Whitley county. The 'bill carried an emergency clause, so the governor appointed Rob PR, McNagney of Columbia City as judge of the new circuit. Judge McNagney is a Democrat and Soemies judge of the Noble-Whitley
sion initiate it and invite the co-| {
CHILD AT PLAY STARTS BLAZE
Clothes, Furniture and War Stamps Go Up in Smoke
On Centennial St.
Fire yesterday destroyed the Luther Bewley home, 1669 Centennial st. It wasn't a " mansion, just two
been home for‘the past six years. Just before noon yesterday, Mrs. Bewley was getting a bucket of water from the pump when 2-year-old Reba screamed from the fsont door. David, who is 4, was surrounded by flames in the little living room. He had touched a celluloid comb to the hot sides of the pot-bellied stove. It flamed and the lace curtains went up in a blaze. The fire spread quickly throughout the house.
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Plan to “Parcel Children
So it was that Mr. and Mrs, Bewley and Ernest, Hazel, Mary, Bill, Russell, Arnold, Charles, David and Reba found themselves without a home. The Bewleys plan to parcel the children among relatives until they can find another home. Not only are all their clothes and furniture gone but Mr. Bewley arrived home from his: job at the Evans Milling Co. in time to see $37 in war stamps go up in smoke. The house was valued at $1000 and the furnishings, including al new washing Machine and cook stove, $400.
TRAIN-BUS-TROLLEY CRASH INJURES 28
GARY, Ind. Feb. 13 (U. P.)— Twenty-six persons suffered minor injuries and two were injured seriously today when a Pennsylvania passenger train and a bus loaded with war workers collided at the edge of Gary. ° Police blamed the crash on the fact that the crossing watchman had not lowered the intersection gates. They said he “lost his head.” Witnesses said the train was slowing down to stop for passengers and crashed between the bus and a streetcar crossing the intersection from opposite directions. The impact knocked both the bus and the streetcar parallel to the railroad track. The streetcar was empty except for its crew, none of whom was injured. The bus was loaded with 40 steel workers en route to work from Crown Point. The injured were taken to Mercy hospital and all but 10 were released after mio treatment. Hospital attendants said that Michael Svetanoff and John Koldus, both of Gary, each suffered the loss of a leg.
SAILOR KILLED IN SUBWAY NEW YORK, Feb. 13 (U. P)—A sailor identified by the navy public ‘relations office as Seaman Second Class Robe:§ O. DeWolfe, 22, of Nox: gneld, Minn, was truck and & by a subway train early toTe
HERE 18 THE TRAFFIC RECORD : FATALITIES 1943
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Totals ivesecsaspsocs 8
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| Enforcement Likely if House,
Passes Bill on Safety, | Costs. sous pilin may. be. fevsion to
enforce the speed 1aw agatnst rail-
[roads passing through the city if
| the house bill providing that’ cities
| must pay 80 per cent of the cost of
all crossing safety devices is passed
|by the senate, Sidney S. Miller,
counsel, said today. A city ordinance limits railroad
- | speed to 20 miles an hour in out-
k |1ying districts and 10 miles per hour
| Mayor {out that
fi Sats rics ot ioe
ment would necessitate revision of
: ¢ railroad
Mayor Approves Statement In a statement approved by i Mr. Miller pointed Marion county delegates
2 in the house voted for the railroads . | bill yesterday and accused them of
“following the leadership of a dis-
- |gruntled county political faction
{which has op + {calculated to benefit the city, ap-
With the few belongings that remain, five of the Luther Bewley family leave their fire-gutted home, They are (left to right) the father, Reba, Mrs. Bewley, David and Ernest,
posed every measure
parently motivated solely by a de-
sire to thwart the wishes of the ‘|present city administration.”
“It should be remembered that when railroads impair expense of safety measures the cost is figured in their rate basis, so the public does share in it,” he continued. “This bill would require cities, towns, or the state highway commission to pay 80 per cent of the cost of all protection signals.
Pledges Fight
“Thus the taxpayers would pay to spare the railroads damage suits, the installation and maintenance of
‘| such devices which saves the rail-
roads many thousands of dollars each year. «The Indianapolis city “administration means to fight this measure and its political proponents in the
‘|linterest of political decency and
BE also to eliminate the sort of leader-
ship responsible for it.”
WOMAN PEDESTRIAN DIES OF INJURIES
Mrs. Sally Godsey, 915 Ft. Wayne automobile at Vermont and Delahospital.
She was struck by a car driven by Jacob Silbernogel, 1431 8. Tal-
§ |bott ave, which was traveling north
Before the family left, Luther Bewley searched the ashes near the _pot-bellied stove where the fire. started.
‘BY EARL. RICHERT
THE BILL THAT could produce the greatest political fireworks of
the session—the Johnson bill which would in effect strip the Republican state organization of its only sizable amount of patronage— seems destined to remain buried in the senate judiciary A committee, The future of the controversial measure to change auto license bureau control depends, of course, upon the mood of the senators; if
enough of them should become angry at G. O. P. Chairman Ralph Gates they could get revenge in no better way than by passing this bill. But this is unlikely. And even if the senate should pass it, it
undoubtedly would be killed by
the house. The best use of this bill for the Republican’ majority in the upper house is to hold it as a club, and that is what is being done. Certainly no pressure for kicking the bill out on the floor of the senate was evidenced at yesterday's meeting of the Judiciary A committee in which no definite action was taken on the measure. The only persons seeking to get *it out were its author, Senator Samuel Johnson (R. Anderson) and the Democratic member, Senator Walter Vermillion (D. Anderson), who was anxious to get the bill out in the hope that a good intra-G. O. P. fight would develop. The bill would give the lucrative -job of Seliins auto licenses in each county -to the county as-
sessors, taking it away from Mr. ;
Alexander’s appointees. 8-8 8
Alexander Opposes Bill - MR. ALEXANDER, a close po-
litical ally of Mr. Gates, had his first chance fo presenti his viewpoint on the bill at Yesterday's meeting, He said that it would be very dificult to handle the sale of license plates through . county. assessors, pe(sons over whom. he had no power. “However,” he said, “if the legislature doesn’t think the secretary of: state should have those patronage matters, it’s all right with me. I've discovered in the short time’ I've been in office that there is nothing Pleasant about a ‘lot of patronage.” ; : - RE Ea 1
Fireworks Develop “MR. ALEXANDER ‘said he had ‘made: changes in the license bu-
reau managerships only at the re-.
quest of the state G. O. P. organization and’ had disregarded the
chairmen and:have the license bureaus as clus at conventiontime.” “Thank you for the compliment,” Mr. Alexander replied. “I don’t think the county chairmen can be bulldozed.” When Senator Harry Shull (R. Auburn) moved that the bill be held for further consideration, Senator Johnson: jumped to his feet and shouted: “If you want to line up with Gates, Wright (Burrell Wright, prominent ‘local G. O. P. lawyer)
and McHale" (Ffank McHale, |
Democratic nagjonal -committeeman), it’s all right. The WrightMcHale crowd is ruining the Republican party and it's time we clean house.” Senator: Shull replied: that “you know damn good and well we're not going to pass a law to give jobs fo Democratic : county assessors.” = (Aproximately 25 per cent of the county assessors in the
' state are Democratic:
Senator Johnson left. the- com= mittee meeting muttering that: he would get the bill ouf of _com-
‘mittee some. way.
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- DURING THE COURSE of the
meeting, Mr. Alexander admitted that the signs at the state house directing license: plate purchasers to go across the street to buy. their plates at the branch operated by James Bradford, former G.® 0. P. county. chairman, were “not fair to the people” and would
be removed.
Senator Johnson had assailed these signs earlier as “unfair” be-
| cause ‘the ‘notary fees paid by license ‘plate purchasers at the
state house go into the state general fund while those paid: at the Bradford branch go into Mr.
; Bradford's pocket.
epartment interesting report” when they submit their Jnaines - to he; state legislature oa mask hie Samialesion will ‘make specific charges
{on Delaware st.
Mrs. Godsey resided with a daughter, Miss Inez Godsey.
STRAUSS SAYS:
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|house figuratively—as well as liter-
ave.,- who was. struck Tuesday by an
ware sts, died this morning at City
into tt, and cont heslbate to: tell you so.” Time was when the lady of the
ally—had her help on their knees. Now, the roles are somewhat re--versed with the employer practically down her knees begging for 8 little help. The whole, situation is reflected in the classified ‘advertising sections of the newspapers. Many a women |. remembers, with a sigh, those long lists of “situations wanted”... those days when maids and housekeepers wanting a job far outnumbered the calls for them in the “help wanted”
columns. Few Answer Calls Now the ratio is more than reversed. It averages something like 13 to one. Twenty-six women one day last week advertised for domestic help. Only two maids were offering their services, and only at certain considerations. One woman with a Humboldt exchange had been searching for two weeks. Finally a maid called. “I don’t know how long she will hang on to us,” she said, “but don't worry, I'll hang on to her all right.” Another with children admitted she was “going crazy” in her efforts to get help. She is employed in a thigh type job and seriously .considers giving it up.
And Much Harder to
to and the You. gifls wad that leave them free at night.” Many of the women are ad a conciliatory tone offering things as good salaries, an attract room, no laundry and week-ends ¢ And still there aren't any bids the jobs. One woman who was lucky e to get help said she was doir lot more around the house than fore. «Why my husband and I 3 0 think of leaving the dinner d on the maid’s day off. She m walk in the next morning, a look at them and walk right again. . . . I certainly over a lot of things, like dusting the bed, that I would have
'to a maid's attention in the
days. I just can’t take the ch of offending her.” : Then there is the couple ; hired a maid who showed up the first day. The next day a girl appeared and said she was substitute. The third day, there a substitute for the substitute. One woman came to the def of domestic help despite her. exasperating experience, ; “I don’t blame them,” the “they’ve been the most overwo: women in the world. Now th coming into their own. . . wouldn't even care if Wey | he
"A wained nurse asks 100 high a
union.”
Guardhouse,
RENO, Nev., Feb, 13 (U, P.).— Private Jacob L. ‘(Jakey) Webb, wealthy New York playboy, was arrested in fashionable Reno hotel early today still clad in the bright red bathrobe he wore when he escaped last night from the observation ward at the Reno air base, where he had been held pending court-martial on a charge of impersonating an officer, Beneath the robe were white pajamas, government issue for soldiers held under observation. He also wore: house shoes and socks. Officers Pete Reeves and Al Foiorine made the arrest and booked young Webb, a great-great grandson of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, on charges of desertion and escape from an army post. Webb was arrested at 6:45 a. m.
12 hours after his escape. Police learned Webb had walked the 10 miles from the air base to the outskirts of Reno and had taken
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Saturday
(Indianapolis _ Time) approximately |
Jakey Webb, AWOL From:
Jailed in Ren:
a taxicab from there into town. registered at the hotel as Denton” and told the clerk he ¢ not sleep at home.
Webb had walked down main street, past a gambling where activity was lively, 4nd the hotel. Asked his name, he replied: “Jacob L., Webb.” In his room, when police ente ten minutes later, Webb said: “I must be crazy.” . He threw himself on the bed “I think I am crazy,” he cg tinued. “After all the things guys in the hospital have telling me it’s no wonder I know what I'm doing.” At the police station, while bei booked, he looked at the desk geant, and shrugged: “In again.”. Th
Police would ook permit ‘him
see his mother.
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‘Paul V. McNutt, who
who
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state
cupboards. . ration book No. 2 a week
President's | order’ for a
plants, though. . are working 48 hours, or
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KENTUCKY DER:3Y
tradition should be kept
BIG POLITICAL doings around town this ‘week, what with two Hoosier presidential candidates in our midst. .
commissioner is one of the most powerful men in the country. He just stopped off “unofficial” visit. . . got here a couple days ‘ahead of Wendell Willkie
Republican speech before the Women’s Republican
Republican presidential nominee .got a warm welcome over at the
repair shops around town are doing a land office | business since the shoe ‘rationing order was issued. . . housewives are busy taking a census of their . They have to tell how many cans of food they have when they sign up for
Indianapolis is not affected yet by the
work week, but it has been announced the order may be extended to cover us soon. . . . It won’t make much difference in the war . -« Most of the folks there
What's Cookin’ in Sports—
are delighted to hear that the famous race is going to Le run il yeas, war or no war, « . . They may not be able to get down to sor it, but they, like 81-year-old Col, Matt J. Winn, who runs it, feel that the derby
Feb. 13, 1943
since Jan. 10, . . . Howe high school ;
. . First was as, war manpower
for an . He
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The 1940
house. . . . Shoe
other over
. And our here, from Monday. .
48-hour minimum
Several training cialists.
more, already. *
dets. . fans in Indianapolis
alive. . . . Old Col.
the +, +, +» And when a trainload— nearly 500—of the mentally ill “patients arrived scores of Red Cross regular staff members and volunteer wor
have its first football team next fall. . The Men's 400 club of the school is trying to raise funds for football equips . The 37th annual city bowling tours ent wai to get under way this afternool at the Pritchett-Hunt-O’Grady alleys. i Earl Mitchell of I. U. looms as the new k ‘of American milers after winning the We
mile in 4:08.6 in New York City. Ww RR
A Mighty Fine Job—
HOME FOLKS did a marvelous
in a sefious emergency this week. . When the Evansville state hospital for i + .Insane burned down, the 1200 patients of them were saved) had to be transferred to
hospitals state,
Junior C. of C., were on hand to help fi and transfer them. . . . The Man's says, “Hats Off,” for a magnificent job
state schools have been chosen centers for army and navy « + + Purdue and Rose Poly
train army engineers, while I. U,, and Ihdiana Central will train aviation
. . The army. is planning to
over some fraternity houses at Bloomin "+ . . The Legislature has killed a bill ¥ would place all of Indianapolis in township: . . liquor bill has been set for Monday.
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Names in the News—
DUDLEY A, SMITH has ¢g Washington as an assistant = fo Governor M. Clifford Townsend; now