Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 March 1946 — Page 3

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“CRIMINAL COURT

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TUESDAY, MARCH 2,

EXPANSION SEEN

Attorneys May Seek Action By Next Legislature.

Legislators at next year's biennial session probably will be asked by the State Bar association judicial council to expand the Marion county criminal court. This was indicated today as both state and local bar association leaders continued to collect evidence of the overcrowded condi-/ tions of the court. An increase in crime the last inal court calendar. For example the jury calendar is made up until Sept. 21. In addition, 192 cases are pending. No trial] date even has been set for these cases. Special Judges Used Meanwhile, Judge William 'D. Bain holds night and Saturday sessions in an attempt to reduce the growing burden. Special judges have been used extensively and at present each of the five superior court: judges is devoting two days a month to criminal cases. Some cases also are Sranstdtred to cirouit court for trial One day recently, five criminal cases were being heard simultaneously. “Something has to be done about the situation,” declared George Jeffrey, chairman of the local bar association judiciary committee. Referee Not Answer

He said he doubted that appointment of a referee, such as probate and juvenile courts have, would help the criminal court situation. “There are certain constitutional guarantees that an accused person has and these might not be possible under a referee,” the bar association official concluded. Use of outside attorneys as special judges has not operated well, criminal court attaches said, because of the $10 fee to those serving on the bench. Qualified attorneys don't want to accept appointment when their practice provides a greater income.

SEE LIGHT VOTE IN

Black Market S

The dream of two Indianapolis brothers to own their own homes was stalled today as they filed black market charges against a contractor. The brothers, Joseph and Frank Gelss, now living together with their families at 653 S. Alabama st., seek triple damage of $900 for an alleged overcharge of $300 for used lumber they said they bought from Dorcey Tabor, 3016 Hovey st. The lumber was to be used for|

Brothers Drop Home Plans

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roofing for the two tile brick homes nearly completed on Hawthorne lane in southeast Indianapolis. The brothers have been working after hours to speed the construction of their new homes. . The suit was entered today in superior court against Mr. Tabor and his wife, Maybelle, by the Geiss brothers. The completion of the homes now awaits outcome of the $900 suit.

ALLISON BUILDS

LOCAL BRIEFS

UP WORK ORK FORGE

Expects Full dion Within 10 Days.

Allison division of General Motors Corp. working force up to normal strength today as G. M. production lines over the country began to roll for the first time in four months.

MAY 7 PRIMARIES

The lightest registration of voters

in many years was indicated today.

for the May 7 primary election. This was registration offices closed a day earlier than originally scheduled due to a conflict between Democrats | and Republicans over the location

of offices. Wesley ‘A. Stockinger, temporary Republican member of the regis-| tration board, said Democratic clerks of the various offices declined | to go out today because, they said, they had not been previously informed on the locations and sched- | ules.

Thus, the branch registration of tors vice president, announcing that | Leslie Weatherhead, under the ausvoters ended yesterday leaving the the corporation had decided to re- pices of the Indianapolis Council main office in the court house as turn as many plants.as.possible to of Churchwomen, tomorrow at 1:30 the only place voters can list their | names before the deadline April 8.

Tentative figures revealed today that less than 15000 of an estimated 125,000 unregistered voters,

listed their names on the eligible]

list since the registration period started March 8. Marion county has an estimated 325.000 voters. On March 8 regis-| tration officials estimated that after eliminating 68,000 names from the eligibility, list, only 200.000 legally registered voters remain on the list. This still leaves approximately 110,000 voters who will not be eligible to cast votes in the May primary

_ unless they register at the court house before April 8.

WIN WRIT AGAINST

BUILDING OF TAVERN

Property owners in the vicinity of | Michigan st. and Emerson ave. to-! day had won the first round of a court battle to prevent construction of a tavern there. After everyone in a courtroom arose to object to the proposed building, Judge Emsley Johnson of superior court 3 yesterday granted a temporary injunction | against Patrick McNelis. Already | operator of a tavern on the northeast corner of the intersection, Mr. McNelis proposed to construct a building on the southeast corner and move his tavern there. He is defendant in a suit brought by 49 property owners. Othniel

Hitch, attorney for the group, ar-|

gued that a 1922 warranty deed for the building site includes a clause, providing . for construction of a “home and nothing else.”

The attorney further contended |

that the city plan commission erred when they granted a permit authorizing ‘Mr. McNelis to build. Property owners were not given an opportunity to protest by the plan commission, Mr. Hitch declared.

Russell Dean and Robert Carrico,

attorneys for. the defendant, called attention to a 10-year limitation on provisions - of the deed. However, when objectors hinted at reprisal. at a renewal hearing of the tavern opA liquor license, defense attorneys accepted the injunction without further argument.

ARRESTS DECLINE

IN TRAFFIC DRIVE]

Arrests in the current traffic vio- | lations. drive dropped sharply during the night. Only 17 persons were charged with traffic violations - today. I recent weeks; as many as 100 ar-

rests have been made on a single| the meeting. night. "Last night's check-up yielded 15 |

persons ordered. into court for

revealed as - branch

crowded |

Workers in the engineering

this morning. Remainder of the 2500 employees who walked out in the C. I. O. United Auto Workers | strike last November will be called back by telegrams as they are

| production. is expected to be reached within 10 days. | At the Chevrolet Commercial {Body plant maintenance men returned to their jobs yesterday and! recall of production workers willl | veatn as soon as the plant can be! readied for operation. Preparations | probably will take several days, | plant officials indicated. | “ Action to return the two local | plants to production followed re|ceipt of a telegram yesterday from |Harry W. Anderson, General Mo-

operation.

3-FOR-25 TOKEN

Legal drive of Indianapolis Railways to obtain a three-for-25-cent

token rate on the local transit | pastor, will give a sketch of Mr. st. Vincent's hospital after he was

system was stalled again today, this time until April 9

Opening its plea before the Pub- |

lic Service Commission yesterday for an emergency increase in the token rate, the utility pointed out] that it would soon be operating at a deficit. Should the present {rate of four tokens for 25 cents Lrernuin in effect through 1946, company witnesses held, the utility] | would close the year more than | $350,000 in the red. Claim ‘Necessary Minimum’ The emergency boost was sought ito give the company what it terms a minimum necessary operating lreveniue in’ the face of prospects|a |that the main hearings for higher rates may be dragged out most lot the year. Hearings on the petition for an emergency increase in the token | |fares will be resumed April 9. It |could not be resumed earlier. mission members indicated, because jf a heavy schedule of other cases already set for hearing in the | | interim.

Organizations

Speedway chapter 501, Order of the | Eastern Star, will install Mrs, May Norris as worthy matron and Ivan Hanen, | worthy patron Priday ati8 p. m. at 521 N. Bell Vien pl. Other officers to be installed are: Mabel Vernon, associate matron; Florence Nadolny, secretary; Marie |

Johnson, treasurer; Caroline Davis,

| ductress; Ruby Hughes, associate conductress; ‘Irene Tabler, chaplain; .Edrie Ashby, marshal: Mary Brady, organist;

Donna Powell, Adah; Betty Sharp, Ruth; Edith Griffin, Esther; Elizabeth Pleyte, Murtha; Kathleen Hunt, Electa; May Hanen, warder; and Robert Clegg, Sentinel. Daisy M, Christ will be in- | stalling = officer assisted . by Margaret

| Westenborger installing marshal.

| The Ramona: grove 63 of the Supreme Forest Woodmen circle will meet tonight to install a class of five new candidates at 8 p. m.-at Hamilton ave. and E. Washington st. The Addie Braly Guards drill team, directed by Capt. Louie . Mills { will have” charge of the initiacion [cere- | monies The entertainment committee { wil) sponsor a program following initiation Charles Thomas, planist,

the will preside. The Ladies Society 308, auxiliary to the Bratherhood of Locomotive Firemen | and Engineers, will mark their 27th anniTyersary with a -dinper-Thursday at 6 p.m R her hall, Hoyt and State ave. Memand families of Indiana lodge 447

Sy “the Brotherhood of Locomotive Pire-|

The dinner commit. |

fm men ;and Engineers. Dorothy

tee includes Hazel Kistner, | Dungan and Cecilia Hammerle.'

Lynhurst chapter 505, 0. E. 8, will meet t 8 p m. today at tive temple to confer EaLees A reception for members who joined in the past year will follow Officiating will be Mrs and Lyle |

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Jessie Pelley, worthy matron, worthy patron,

Pr Hovey Women's Relief co

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minor infringements and two per- p. m. at 512 N. Tinois st.

sons arrested for drunken driving.

The arrests includéd only two dish supper Saturday at

speeders.

Ttaska council 38 Twill Jo a covered | p. m. residence of Mrs. Relen "mbit, hi

lllinois st. |

started building - its

model room returned to their jobs | efon Moore will preside at the meet-

needed, plant officials said, and full

PETITION STALLED

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play and Mrs. Rose Green, guardian, will]

or hold a card party Friday at iH

‘in the | At City—Willie

Five men were inducted into the armed forces by Marion county local | Soret 10 Friday. They were James | Martin Wheatley Jr., Beech Grove; Raymond Baker, 1234 Linden st.;| Ronald Glenn Ebbeler, 1515 E. Kelly | st.; Kenneth Ewing Hoy Jr. 1139] Reid pl, and Kenneth F. J. Engelau, R. R. 5, Box 4. The Indiana Society of the Sons of the American’ Revolution will hold a luncheon meeting tomorrow in the Columbia club. Jesse Cam-

ing at which committees will be appointed for the society's annual Lexington day dinner in April.

The annual Father and Son R, O. T. C. banquet of Technical high school will be held at 6 p. m. tomorrow on the campus. Dr. John !G. Haramy, Indiana Central col- | lege, will speak on the atomic age. { 0. BE. Teeter, vice principal, will be [master of ceremonies. Some 800 {are expected to attend the dinner { sponsored by the Tech Veterans’ as- | sociation. G. R. Barrett is associa- | tion administrator. | new members of the society during! | the meeting.

— Mrs. F. Marion Smith will review {the book, “The Will of God,” by

p. m. in the parish house of Christ Episcopal church on the Circle. Mrs. Smith is chairman of the council's spiritual life department.

Fred L. Iske will direct the choir of the Brightwood Methodist church in a program of Stephen C. Foster music Wednesday at 8 p. m. in the

~ Home Dream Fades as Lumber Pile Brings Suit’

This pile of used lumber at 1555 S. Emerson ave. today brought a $900 black market suit and a halt to the dream of two brothers to own their own homes.

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| accidents, and seven more persons

He will initiate of 2322 N. Dearborn st., is in a fair

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

PROBE LAKE i ‘SCHOOL BUS CRASH

‘HAMMOND, Ind, March 26 (U, P.) ~-Authorities today were investigating the crash of a St. John’s township, (Lake county) school bus in which seven school children and the bus driver were injured yesterday. "Alois Keilman, Schererville, driver, and five pupils were taken to the St. Margaret's hospital, one of the passengers was believed to be seriously injured. She was Neva Sullivan, 10, who suffered a skull fracture, A truck, driven by Ralph Riley, 54, of Kouts (Porter county) crashed into the rear of the unloading school bus on U. 8. 30 near Schererville in Lake county. State police charged Riley, who escaped without

injury, with failure to stop for an unloading school bus.

but only

RUSHVILLE, Ind, March 26 (U. P.).—A six or eight-week stretch. of “real Indiana summer weather’ was forecast today by Mark Purcell, the; Jocal weather prophet. Since 1918, Mr. Purcell, a clerk, has been predicting the changeable Indiana weather with 90 per cent accuracy. He made his semi-an-nual prognostication today after studying prevailing winds" during the recent three-day equinoxial period. “The early part of ‘the summer

|will be mild and stormy, I would

say for the first 10 days,” Mr, Purcell observed. “Then for six or eight weeks we'll have some real Indiana summer weather. The remaining portion

will be changeable and stormy,” he added. Mr. Purcell believed that the

state would experience a “real In-

diana summer” this fall.

Prophet Purcell of Rushville |) Visions Real Indiana Summer,

winter and his forecast proved to

Late last fall, Mr. Purcell pre« dicted: Indiana would have a mild

be fairly accurate.

VETERAN ‘AWAKES,’ REPORTS $278 GONE

Awakening in the Terminal station after a cab ride “with three other men,” Ernest Hopkins, 38, discharged soldier from Hamilton, 0., was missing $278, he told police. Hopkins said he “must have gone to sleep” during the cab jaunt last night. The Rev. John Alexander, pastor of the Spiritualist temple, 932 N. Capitol ave., last night reported he had been held up and robbed of $50 as he and an assistant were closing the church. Police later arrested Billy Walker, 18, on a vagrancy charge in connection with

average in the north

today. The mercury will hover at about six degrees higher than normal in the south and 10 degrees abo

later today, It1l stay cooler tos morrow and ‘gradually warm up again Friday and Saturday. »

vers Te tii6 stale ate schade uled to fall over the northern pore tion tonight and daily from Thurse day through Saturday in the

the case.

southern pertion. 3

AUTO INJURIES PROVE FATAL

Mrs. Widmer or Dice in Hospital; Seven Are Hurt.

One more person was dead today as the result of week-end traffic

were reported injured, one seriously, in accidents during the night. The latest fatality is Mrs. Selma Widmer, 56, of 630 N. Beville ave, injured in a two-car crash at Prospect and East sts. Saturday night. She died last night in City hospital. Mrs. Widmer was fatally injured when a car driven by her husband, Adolph Widmer, was in collision with a car driven by Charles Walters, 39, of 2021 Boyd ave. Injured when he ran into the path of a car in front of his home at 707 S. Keystone ave. yesterday, John Darlington, 4-year-old son of | Mr. and Mrs. John A. Darlington, remained in a serious condition in City hospital today. Car Slides Off Road The auto which struck the boy was driven by Guy Lyon, 56, of R. R. 6, Box 587. The child head been playing with his brother, Jerry, 5, and excitedly dashed into the street and in front of the car, police said. Two persons were injured when their car slid down an embankment early this morning at road 67 and the High School rd. The driver, Keith Addison, 26, of 2232 College ave., said he was blinded by lights of an approaching car. Both he and a passenger, Deloris Ungles, 17, of 814 Warren ave, recetved minor injuries. A pedestrian, Violet Ridgeway, 23,

| condition in City hospital today after she walked into the side of a car driven by Robert Hathaway, 63, of 3320 Robson st., at Noble st. and Massachusetts ave. yesterday. The pedestrian was arrested on a charge of drunkenness.

Two Autos Collide Cars driven by Mose Mann, 67, of 2701 Station st. and Nadine Fisher, 31, of 5851 College ave. collided at 25th and Station st. yesterday. Mr. Mann and Paul Fisher, a passenger in the other car, received slight injuries. Eight-year-old Melvin Swanigan,

|church. The Rev. J. R. Flanigan,

Foster's life and Mrs. Herman Hal- | deman will accompany the choir.

The Edelweiss Ladies’ Society will st.

give its monthly card party Satur- |

day at 8 p. m. at the South Side | been completed for Mrs. Widmer.

| Turners’, 306 Prospect st. Mrs. Wil{liam Jung and Mrs. Hans Haber] are in charge.

The Past Councilors’ club, district 5, Daughters of America, will sponsor a card party at 8 p. m. April 3, lat 494 S. Delaware st.

Ernie Pyle Post post 1120, Vv. PW, will meet at 7:30 p. m. today in the Cropsey auditorium of the Indianapolis public library.

The Second Ward Democratic {club will meet at 7:30 p. m. Thursday at 1029 N. Tacoma ave.

| OFFICIAL WEATHER

U. 8. Weather Bureau

All Data in Swern Standard Time Sunrise. . . 5:40 unset... 6:08

| Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7:30 a.m 032 Total precipitation since Jan. 1..... 7.20 re since Jan, 1 .e ourivns 1.59

The following “table “shows the temperature in other cities:

High Low Atlanta . 7% 6 Boston Chicago { Cincinnati Cleveland Denver | Ev ansville Ft. Wayne ... { Pt Worth ‘ { Indianapolis (city) .. Kansas City .

| Los Angeles . Miami Minneapolis-St New Orleans New York Oklahoma Omaha Pittsburgh 8t. Louis San Antonio San Francisco | Washington, D C._

Paul. .... 1 38

City

EVENTS TODAY

Clara and Raymon

Violet Otte; Robert, Charles. Frances Smoot, Wiilis Fishburn, At St. Vineent's—Lowell

- Katherine Sulli-

van; James, Grace Tyzon, and Richard: 5jjen 8 Rehm, at 3723 Salem, carcinoma.

Kathryn Devore,

| At Home—S8anford, 925

Bernice Carman

N East st.; Joe, Mamie Whitsey, J3th wi, and Francis, Virginia Enders, | . Lynn st, 3

| Boys At St, Francis—William, Patricia Misc Alberta M. Gibso |At Coleman—Parker, Isabel Pengillys ‘Pred, | Madeline Spear, Fred, Dorothy Owen,

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{John B. Kistner Jr;

lof 2725 Hillside ave., was treated at

|struck by a car driven by Louis | Palmer, of 820 Darnell st, at 24th and Hillside ave. yesterday. Funeral arrangements have not

The traffic victim, a native of Germany, had resided in Indianapolis since 1904. Her husband is a pattern maker at P. R. Mallory Co. Ine, Surviving in addition to the husband are two sons, Walter and Adolph Jr., both of Indianapolis; three sisters, Mrs. Hugo Buninghaus, Emporium, Pa.; Mrs. Lens Schwarz, Indianapolis, and Mrs. Emil Kramer, Cincinnati; two halfbrothers, Paul Troll, New York, and Indianapolis; and her step-father, John B. Kistner Sr.

Politics Boils In Barber Shop

FRANKLIN, Ind., March 26 (U. P.).—Barber shop political oratory came into its own today. Lawrence Petro and Grover Hoskins filed as candidates for the Democratic nomination for sheriff. They are barbers in the same shop.

FIRE ADDS TO HOMELESS CLEVELAND, March 26 (U. P). —Aided by the Red Cross, 12 fami- | lies began searching for new homes today after a $225,000 fire late yesterday at the Dougherty lumber yard spread to their neighboring houses either destroying them or

IN INDIANAPOLIS

| Rotary club, luncheon, 12:15 p. m, Clay-| Orla, Verna Phillips, and Dr. K | {| Beulah Aldrich. K, of P., meeting. 8 p. m.. Claypool | At St. Vincent's—William, Theresa Chris- | Co-operative club, luncheon, 12:15 p. Mm. | sen and John, Dorothy Routes Washington. ’ v —— DEATHS BIRTHS Plora B. Brucker, 88, at 3339 Washington Girls | Ivd shronie myocardiuis te - Sp neNewvett ? Vin 8 AL. St. Fvincio—Oilvert, Mary Fiske, i=] IVR -Reweti,- 2-41-81. Vin0oni A, iAbete me o nse Oliger, and Robert Olive | nora Pearl Griggs, 57, at Methodist, arrett. | y | At Coleman—Cleo, Helen Steinfort, 04 | gimer" Eugene. Cartwell 58. at - Central William, Ethel Wood. I" by ndiana, intestinal obstruction Al’ Methodist—James, Frances Durnilijg o'r “mpieding, 67, at Veterans; arterioJames, Phyllis Montgomery. Everett, |= icc

Fidler; "| Martha Flora, 56, at City, maiginant hy-

928 E.| glanche L. Chism, 58, at Central Indiana,

making them uninhabitable.

and James, Evelyn Mahin

| At Methodist — Benedict, Jean Boswell,

periension Infant McKinney, hyperinsulinism

18 hours, at Methodiss,

William Shireliff, 68, at 5110 8

nephritis,

John * State,

chronic interstitial nephritis. Ira B. Cummins, 70, at/ City, hemorrhage. . Louisa Jans Butler, 83, at 427 N. De. Quincy, chronic myocarditis

cerebral

Luther Johnson, 48, at Veterans, teriosclerosis, ‘

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STRAUSS SAYS:

‘The Boys’ Shops are in pretty fire shape—to take care of the Younger Gentlemen (from 2 years up}— who have Easter Clothes in mind— (They all have)—Things here generally are pretty much tom up— in the process of moving—but The Boys’ Shop ‘(Second)—is in good condition. It has plenty of

wearahles—and is prepared 10

serve you well. You know how it is! He wants HIS Clothes from The Man's Store— that's all there is to itl

L. Strauss &

Co., Inc.

The Man's Store

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