Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 April 1946 — Page 1
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VOLUME 57—NUMBER 28
FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1946
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Softly sobbing as he Kisses the U. §. flag, stowaway Prudente
“Danny” Le Conte, 16, is greeted by
former Sgt. Dale S. Goss of Lafay-
ette, Ind., at Ellis Island, New York, when U. 8S. authorities relaxed rules to permit Danny to join his G. I. “father” who will adopt him. Mr.
Goss and Danny left yesterday for
Lafayette.
Hoosiers Scan Record, Find
Truman ‘Doing Best He Can
By EDWIN
C. HEINKE
Times City Editor Charitable, sympathetic Hoosiers feel that President Truman “is doing the best he can under the circumstances.” Lots of them feel that “the best” isn’t enough for the job on hand.
Lots of them are sorry for the
President.
Most of them have decided he's an “sverage man” who. has been unable to cope with the vast problems in the world today.
Président Roosevelt was either loved or hated. President Truman they love nor hate. If a presidential election were held tomorrow in Indiana, it's a pretty sure bet that any good Rae} publican would defeat Harry man worse than Wendell okie] and Thomas Dewey whipped the late President Roosevelt in the state. These are some of the observa- | tions I received in conversations | with many Indianapolis citizens, whose names were selected at random out of the telephone book. What Are ‘Circumstances’? Those interviewed were asked to speak from the heart, to disregard | political affiliations, if any. The most significant statement | picked up in hours of telephone con-| versations was echoed again and again. Most of them said simply: “1 think he’s doing the best, he | ean under the circumstances.” Most of them think the “circumstances” are his own doing. Some think the “circumstances” are out | of his control. These “circumstances” include: | Lack of help and co- -operation | hot only from congress but from |
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HOOSIER IS KILLED AS AUTOS COLLIDE
LAGRANGE, Ind, April 12 (U. P.)—Charles Sheenberger, 58, of Greenfield Mills near LaGrange, was killed at the intersection of U. 8.| 20 and Indiana 3 last night when| the automobile he was driving was struck by a car driven by G. Fr. Mort, 37, of Pierceton. Mr, Mort, his wife, Julia, and a hitchhiker passenger, Merchant Marine Ronald B. Greeman, 33, of Hollywood, Cal., were taken to a LaGrange county hospital. There were no passengers in| Bheenherget’s ¢ car,
THEFT GETS S YOUTH 1 TO 10-YEAR TERM
LOGANSPORT, Ind., April 12 (U. P.).—George Barnett, 19, of Stanton, Ky., began a 1-to-10 year sentence in the Indiana reformatory today after pleading guilty to grand larceny charges in Cass circuit court yesterday. He was charged with the beating and robbery of George Friskey from ahom he said he took $38 on the night of March 1.
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FOR ALLEGIANG
‘His Principles Still Rule,’ President Says.
By MERRIMAN SMITH United Press Staff Correspondent HYDE PARK, N. Y., April 12.— President Truman, solemnly observing the first anniversary of the
{ death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, to-
day pledged his administration to |a continuing fight for the foreign | and domestic policies of his predecessor. The Missourian who was project- | ed by the sudden death of Mr. {Roosevelt at Warm Springs, Ga., a year ago today into the nation’s highest office, endorsed in its entirety his former chieftain’s pro-| | gram in these ‘words: “In the aftermath of a. global] |war, the over-all task is difficult. But it can be simply stated: it is to] carry forward the underlying prin{ciples and policies, foreign and do- | hestic, of Franklin D. Roosevelt. | Changes may be required here and
| there to meet changing conditions. {Fundamentally the objectives are)
the same.” Speaking as the government took formal title to the Hyde Park house | where Mr. Roosevelt was born, and | near which he was buried, Mr. Truman told his small but distinguished audience “we are determined to fight with all our strength” for the “principles of international co-operation” laid dewn by the late President. “We are determined to do all
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FEAR FROST DAMAGE
TO INDIANA'S CROPS
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
6 a m, +32 10a. m .... 45 7a m +34 1am ...4q8 8am. ... 38 12 (noon) .. 49 Sam ... 40 pom ... 50
State fruit and vegetable growers today feared snow and sleet which accompanied sub-freezing temperatures in many Hoosier areas last night had damaged ¢fops. Purdue university agricultural extension officials said the extent of frost damage would not be known for a “day or two.” But they believed many fruit trees and garden variety vegetables might have suffered in scattered snow and sleet storms, The local weather bureau said the storm apparently extended from points north as far as Lafayette to southern Indiana, including most
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of the Hoosier fruit and vegetable |growing areas. Temperatures ranging from a low |
34/51 24 at South Bend to 34 at | 8 Troop Arrivals 9| Evansville were recorded. Agricul | Taylor obtained “dramatic evidence |
. 22 {tural extension officials at. Purdue Which seemed” to settle “the virus
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JUDGE STARK HITS OSTROM AS ‘DICTATOR
Prosecutor Candidate Says| Party Chairman Seeks | ‘Ironclad’ Machine.
By NOBLE REED Judson L. Stark, judge of Superior court 1, launched his “anti-machine” campaign for the Republican nomination for prosecutor today with a blistering attack upon County G.
|O. P. Chairman Henry E. Ostrom. | Describing Mr, Ostrom as a “power-mad party dictator,” Judge Stark, in an open letter to the chairman, stated that the vast majority of party workers want “clean elections, good government and leadership, not dictatorship and {machine rule.” Coincidental with the. letter, re{ports were spreading through the | ranks of Republican precinct com- | mitteemen that a concerted movement would be launched in a few {days to oust Mr. Ostrom from the chairmanship at the county con- | vention May 11. | Those being mentioned for the {chairmanship include County Treas- | {urer Frank Huse, County Commis- | {sioner Ray Mendenhall and Edwin
{McClure, a ward chairman.
Power Thirst Charged
| All three, however, have denied {that they are candidates for the |chairmanship. | Judge Stark's letter said that {four years ago Mr. Ostrom ap- | peared to be sincerely interested | {in clean politics and good gov- | | ernment. “But just as fast as you could {abolish opposition and get power | |into your own hands, it became | |increasingly clear that your first | concern was to perfect an ironclad | party machine. And you have not {been too careful about the methods | employed,” the letter stated. “You have required subservient | obedience,” Judge Stark charged in| the letter. ‘Subservience Demand’ “All patronage had to go through your hands—jobs, appointments, receiverships, commissioners and appraisers and you have ‘given every slivantage to Dose and jony those who served your ma-
hine. “By this method you have ‘taken care’ of nearly all those people in key positions such as ward chairmen and precinct committeemen. Large numbers owe their jobs, their bread and butter to you and in return you have demanded .subservince,” the letter eontinued. “Talk about a 2 per cent club | (former Democratic fund-raising |organization), you have ‘required’ {each office holder to give a week's |sntnry every year (without tax reduction). This is more than a 2 per cent club. “Leader or Dictator?” “You boast of ewning your ward chairman, saying that whenever {they get out of line or make too {much fuss you will ‘jerk them back
i line by your string on their?
ecks’ I daresay you can and wil but. does that sound like a ‘leader or a dictator?
certain job and another on some payroll, but did it ever occur to you {that you do not own these jobs, the party or the government? Most |
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RAILWAY CITES EXPECTED DROP
Trolley Company Asks Hike Against Future Loss. |
Evidence in the emergency peti=| tion of Indianapolis Railways, Inc.,| before the Indiana public service commission today showed that the company is basing a major part of its case on a tistical study which assumed that the war with Japan would not end before 1947. The commission recessed its hear{ing on the petition at noon today until April 22, when it will resume taking evidence on the question of whether the company will be permitted to increase token. fares from 6%: to 8% cents. The company contends that the
“True, you have this man in ai
emergency increase is necessitated
REPORTS DISCOVERY OF NEW CANCER VIRUS
ATLANTIC CITY, N, J. April 12 (U, P.).—Experiments which indicate the existence of a cancer-pro-ducing virus were outlined today before the American Chemical So-
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the University of Texas. The experiments were begun in 1042 by Dr. Alfred Taylor ab the university's. laboratories, Dr. Williams said, by first cultivating viruses in incubating eggs. Of 282 mice injected with supposed virus, 170 developed tumors. These initial tests proved incorclusive, Dr. Williams said, because the tumors were not malignant and eventually regressed. In later experiments, however, Dr.
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The slain man was 24.
Rapid work by state police fingerprint experts led to immediate identification of the vietim.
Last Finalists to Be Chosen.
At Times Spelling Bee Tonight
The last two finalists to be se- ners, in the order named, survived
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|lected in city district eliminations matches last night at the following of The Times Spelling Bee will be chosen tonight in a match at the South Side community center.
centers:
Coleman community center—Joan
The spell-down will start at 7:30 Dezelan and Joseph Dezelan, both
Admission is free.
These first and second place win- | Drullinger, Sacred Heart Catholic |.
FOR THE LADIES—
CHARM . , . is the theme of today's Camera Closeups, Page 21. BEAUTY . . . i8 writer Ruth Millett's topic. Page 21, SOCIETY and HOME . . . are featured in the Women's section, Pages 24 "and 25.
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o'clock and the public is invited. of Holy Trinity Catholic school.
Communal building — Charles
school, and Marie Romano, Holy Rosary Catholic school.
Northeast community center—Evelyn Barnhill, School 60; and Joan Litzelman, St. Francis de Sales Catholic school.
First and second place winners in all of the 21 community centers and churches holding events for public and parochial school pupils this week will next compete on April 22 at Caleb Mills hall, Shortridge high school.
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Leland Paul Miller.
and whimpered as he prowled thro Mr. and Mrs. Paul Miller were notified . last night by state police that the charred body of a young man found yesterday in a smouldering ruins of a Montgomery county log cabin was their son who had not been seen since 11 a. Wednesday. The Alton st. neighborhood this morning was its usual self-—quiet Neighbors knew of the Millers’ grief | but contained themselves, reserving | (Cy
{time in jail. Even now two court actions are
Hot SPOT’ CLOSING SOUGHT BY T BY TYNDALL
County Liquor Board's Aid Asked After Session.
Mayor Tyndall today appealed to {the Marion county liquor board for assistance in closing city “hot spots” whose patrons are cluttering up | police dockets. Liquor board members susgosted referring the plea to the state alcoholic beverages commission. Referring to the A. B. C. enforcement policy, however, Mayor Tyndall said: “You know it's saturated with politics.”
Other reports emanating from the closed session in the mayor's office indicated city officials are dissatisfied with state liquor law enforcement within Indianapolis. Spokesmen implied police reports on suspect establishments had been ig-
Farmer Howard Troth found the hands.
ing out of a previous scrape with Leland Miller, Pollard faces a charge of assault and battery with intent to- rape.
Police Trail Suspect In Ladoga Butcher Murder
YOUTH SHOT BY SLAIN MAN YEAR
AGO IS SOUGHT
Nation-Wide Hunt Develops As Howard Pollard Disappears. By HEZE CLARK A nation-wide search for a man wanted for questioning in connection with the butch-er-slaying of 24-year-old Le-
land Paul Miller of Indianap-
olis was launched by state police today. Object of the search, directed from Indiana state police head-
{quarters here, was Howard Pollard, ,|24, of 1812 Spann ave. He could
not be located at the home, Morgan County Sheriff Omar St. John said authorities had been looking for Pollard along White river near Martinsville early this morning because “he knows people there.” Description Wired State police wired a description of Pollard and a 1941 Oldsmobile he is sald to be driving, to neigh= boring states. Charred beyond recognition,
[torso of Miller, an arthritic
was found yesterday in the flaming
Several hours previous, Miller's severed hands and arthritic foot were discovered in a brush fire
Even ‘Pooch’ Senses Absence
Of Murdered Leland Miller
The Miller family pulled down the bungalow home at 1230 N. Alton st. from the neighborhood and mourned the murder of their 24-year-old son,
window blinds of its neat today as members shut themselves
“Pooch,” the bull terrier, sensed the absence of the young man
ugh the rooms.
their condolences for the proper time. Also learning the news last night were two of Leland’'s sisters, Mrs, Ruth Herring and Mrs. Jean m. | Parmer and a 15-year-old brother, Roman Miller, a student at Washington high school. | None of the family had slept last!
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Pollard, Arrested 18 Times,
Never Served Time in Jail
Although arrested 18 times in the past seven years, Howard Pollaif, | | 24, sought in connection with Ladoga's butch-slaying, has never served
pending against him. In one, growthe slaying victim, In |another, he is appealing a grand larceny cofiviction from Marion cir-
ow jours to the Indiana supreme
yr eA record dates back to {1939 when he was questioned and | released by juvenile aid authorities. | Later in that same year, he was nabbed on a series of technical vagrancy charges and discharged on {all in municipal courts. Fined for Theft
In 1940, he was arrested on a ve-hicle-taking charge and fined $50 and costs by former Municipal Judge John L. McNelis. Judge MeNelis, however, suspended the fine “during good behavior.” Again in 1940, he was picked up on a grand larceny charge. This was changed to petit larceny, court records show, and Pollard was fined $25 and costs and sentenced to 180 days. Then, records reveal, Judge McNelis suspended the sentence and placed Pollard on probation, Pollard failed to, pay the fine. Judge McNelis revoked his probation in May, 1940, But on June 18,
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nored by the A. B. C.
police ‘black list, had reached the
In that semi-|state commission, finals 18 winners in county school |
Safety Board President Will H.!
eliminations will also make their Remy said incidents in these places
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Administration officials said com-| plaints on some 75 taverns, on the
LITTLE CIGAR PRICE UP WASHINGTON, April 12 (U. P,). «Little cigars are going up a little. (OPA announced a cent-a-package lin rease in the retail price of cigars ighing less than three pound
had overcrgwded the Jail ns well as per thousand, They have been sell paskgs.of 10.
ling tor 18 cents sor 8
Pollard, Harold Tanuer, was by Miller at the same time. was queried last night by state pos {lice and later released. Officers said he provided no information on Pollard’s whereabouts.
Pollard Out on Bond
Criminal court records show Pollard is out on $2500 bond on a grand larceny conviction which he appealed to the Supreme court. An ex-serviceman farmer, Hows ard Troth, told police he saw a black sedan speed away from the creek where Miller's dismembered hands and foot were discovered. Boone County Sheriff Frank Me« Cormick said he thought the car was a 1941 Oldsmobile. State police Detective Ray News< gent, supervising the search, said Pollard drives a 1941 Oldsmobile owned by his father, Homer Pol+ lard, 218 S. Arsenal ave. License number of the car is Indiana 41+ 584.
Not Seen Since Monday Pollard’s. parents said they hadn't seen their son since Monday when © * quizzed by state police. They said they thought he had gone fishing. Police reconstructed the crime as follows: After murdering his victim, the killer carefully wrapped up the hands and foot of the crippled Miller, drenched thé cabin with gasoline and set fire to it, He drove about 15 miles to Raccoon Creek near Advance, attempted to burn the dismembered
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CHECK ENGRAVED ON ALUMINUM CASHED
KOKOMO, Ind., April 12 (U, P). —A check engraved on a sheet of aluminum was accepted today as payment for Easter flowers for the wife of a soldier in Korea. The Knipe flower shop cashed the $8 check, a thin sheet of metal six by three inches, and prepared to deliver a big bouquet to Mrs. Isaac A. Hollingsworth, Russiaville, Mrs, ‘Hollingsworth's husband is a U. 8. soldier stationed in Korea. He sent the check to Kokomo in a paper envelope, It was drawn on a Frankfort, Ind., bank,
High Grade Putnam County Farm Near Super U. S. Highway 40
Is offered for sale with posses« sion to suit the buyer's convenience. Very -favorable for quick trips to Indianapolis hy, the businessman Tanmar, 5
148 Asres, 3 Bedroom Home; 34 miles to Indiana
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Brick up 1