Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 May 1946 — Page 1

Spearheading the bitter campaign of anti-organization candidates fo smash Republican machine politics in the primary next Tuesday is Judson L. Stark, candidate for nomination for prosecutor. At meeting after meeting in his strenuous whirlwind campaign, Judge Stark has hammered .on the theme—“Defeat dictatorship, machine rule 'and bossism so that we may enjoy the democracy and freedom for which we fought” These pictures, taken last night, show Mr. Stark, former prosecuting attorney, as he thrust home his points to war veterans at a meeting at the Hickman auto salesroom.

“The government of this county must be removed from the hands . of those who have no legal connection with the government and no - real respensibility, . ..”

“The power to punish or to ‘turn the other way’ when the law is being broken now is in the hands of a political machine. , . .”

Mrs. Evelyn Stark, who burns the In hig campaign, is photographed d A . Foi

ight oil helping her husband Inst night's meeting.

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FORECAST: Occasional showers tonight and tomorrow morning.

UTILITIES HERE {HAVE FUEL FOR

A FEW WEEKS

Coal Crisis Forces Dimout In. 22-County Area of Northwest Indiana.

With most utilities reporting ability to hold out for several weeks against the coal strike, Indianapolis today appeared to be in no danger

public services. From a statewide viewpoint, the picture was more pessimistic. Already, 22 counties in the northwest corner of the state Have been dimmed out by an order of the public service commission for conservation of electric power.

And today, engineers representing all private utilities in. Indiana convened in the Columbia club to map coal supply strategy as their source of power continued to dwindle, Their findings were to be pooled and presented to the public service commission to assist that agency in determining ‘the extent of any future brownouts, 35-Day Supply Biggest coal consumer here, the Indianapolis Power and Light Co, has a 35-day fuel supply on hand, This estimate is based on normal operations, Ipalco’s comparatively good position in the crisis, officials said, stems from the fact the utility has been storing as much coal as possible since President Truman's coal shortage warning last year. Until the coal strike, Ipalco had an 80-day

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Firm spokesmen said normal operations would be continued for at least two weeks. If at the end of that time, the strike has not been settled, some curtailment of the power output will be considered. Feeling ‘Pinch’ Now The second largest user, Citizens Gas and Coke utility, has been “feeling the pinch” for three or four weeks, but can guarantee continua-

1. Already, Citizens Gas and Coke has had to resort to technical fuel

; Sattaan. and measures in its proa and will cut down coal use {even more stringently if after “sev{eral weeks” the strike isn't settled.

Officials put it like this: “If you're

{in a lifeboat with a gallon of water,

you don't drink it normally. , , . You stretch it out.” The Indianapolis Water Co, which supplies most of its own steam power, has enough coal on hand to keep the bumpers chugging for “between four or five spokesmen revealed. Rail Service Normal Railroads here have not yet curtailed passenger service through Union station, but are ready to comply with the ODT’s service-re-duction order, effective next week. Big roads running through Indianapolis reported an average -system-

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FILES NEW BRIEF IN TROLLEY RAT RATE, CASE

Company Cites "Giles Testimony Of 17 Civic Leaders.

By RICHARD LEWIS The city today prepared to reply to the brief of ‘Indianapolis Railways, Inc., which predicted dire dislocations in streetcar and bus service unless rates are hiked. The brief cited the testimony of 17 Indianapolis civic leaders to prove its case. The brief was filled yesterday with the Indiana public service commission by thé law firm of Gilliom,

| Armstrong & Gilliom, company at|torneys. It was published in a 44-

page booklet. The city, which has entered the

swer.. The company indicated it might then file another brief, answering the city. How long this could go on, no one knew at the public service commission,

Hearings Concluded Filing of the brief followed the

pany's emergency plea for higher fares. These climaxed a rate fight which has lasted nearly three years. In dramatic language, the brief declared that it is “a stark fact beyond ‘peradventure” that present

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TIMES INDEX

Amusements., 28 Movies Charles Arnot 11 Wm. Newton. . Jack Bell 18| David Nichol, 24| Obituaries ... 36, 38| Dr. O’Brien...

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Classified. . Comics Crossword , Editorials ,... 22] Reflections ... . 26) Mrs. Roosevelt 21 Forum 22| Schetrer ...., 22 Meta ‘Given ., 27|Serial G. I. Rights... 13| Side Glances Hargrove 25 |8ports .... In Indpls..... 3|/Jane Stafford. 21 Inside Indpls.. 21 (State Deaths. Jane Jordan.. 39 Washington Charles Risse 11| Joe Williams. . 34 D. Larsen . 6 Women's ..26, 27 McDowell ,..0 21 World Affairs. 22

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FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1946

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FINAL SPELLING MATCH TONIGHT

‘Quiz Kid® and 1946 State Mother to Attend.

Tonight some grade school pupil of Indianapolis or Marion county is going to climb excitedly into bed cherishing an honor sought by some 2000 other youngsters . . , the Indianapolis spelling Championship. All the laurels attending the singular recognition will be heaped upon the best speller of 20 finalists who will appear in the Grand Finals of The Times Spelling Bee. Tra final match in the contest which began April 1 will be held in Caleb Mills hall, Shortridge high school, at 7:30 p. m. following a program of organ music which

Jogeph Paul Cretzer, 35, given a life sentence for the murder of a U. 8. marshal at Tacoma, Wash., was identified as the ring-leader of the riot.

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Smoke and flames billow from windows of the main cell block of Aloabins prison, augmented hy tear gas and rifle fire where the rioting of prisoners is centered. U. S. marines went ashore on the famous

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James J. Johnston (above) is warden at Alcatraz prison where the riot broke out. He issued a terse order to “shell them out” early today, 18 hours after the break for freedom began.

starts at 7 o'clock. A record-breaking crowd is ex-

Speed Corn To Elevators

In Food Drive

Hoosier farmers poured more than three-quarters of a million bushels of corn into state elevators in the last three days to help meet {the world's food crisis. Spurred on by a 30-cent-per-bushel premium by the Commodity Credit Corp. farmers throughout

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MORE LIGHT RAINS TO AID CROPS IN STATE

LOCAL TEMPERATURES Ca.m ... 52 10am ...} 7am ...58 Nam... 8am ... 54 12 (noon) .. Sam ... 58 Ip...

Indiana farmers today faced | bright prospects for their crop fu-

case as intervenor, will file an an-|

{ture as the weather man promised more light rains throughout the first half of the week. Normal temperatures are predict-

the corn belt were expected to meet the emergency quota of 50,000,000 bushels in less than 10 days. The extra payment by C, C. C.

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ed to help the young shoots along, | will cease after the quota has been with a. rising trend Wednesday. met. . Showers are promised in the cen-| Forty-five counties reported coltral and northern sections tonight|lections totaling 775,668, bushels of and in the south tomorrow.

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Child, ‘17 ‘Months Old, Killed By Accidental Rifle Shot

An accidental rifle discharge caused the death of 17-month-old Irvin "Leroy. Herrman Jr, at the home of relatives near Danville, Ind, yesterday. The boy was killed instantly as he ran into a room where his 11-year-old uncle, Harold Anders Jr. was loading a rifle. The rifle discharged J just as the child ran in front of it, § He was the son of Irvin Leroy @ Herrman Sr, of the Irvington Branch of Indiana Bell Telephone Co., ‘and Mrs. Florence Anders Herrman, employed at Commons wealth Loan Co, The parents are making their home with Mrs, Herrman's rela tives, four miles southwest of Danville, where the accident occurred. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his aunt, Thelma

{7 HORSES ENTERED IN KENTUCKY DERBY

Muddy Track Forecast for 72d Annual Classic.

By LEO H. PETERSEN United Press Sports Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky, May 3.-—Jo-

bar, a 100-to-1 shot, was the first horse entered today for the 72d annual running of the Kentucky Derby tomorrow.

His entry was made by telegram by Trainer Tom Yates from Pim-

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Grenades on Desperadoes

, “5 BULLETIN SAN FRANCISCO, May 3 (U. P.).—Six explosions shook Alcatraz island in rapid succession today as a band of desperate convicts; foiled in their escape plot, fought back grimly from their isolated barricade against. U. S. marines and prison guards. The struggle continued" in great futy. The marines and guards were using gre-. nades in an attempt to drive the revolting desperadoes from their cellblock. U. S. marines attempted to punch holes in the top of the main cellblock to drop hand grenades, on the mutinous band. |

SAN FRANCISCO, May 3 (U. P.).—U. 8. marines and prison guards closed in at dawn today on a band, of desper~ ate Alcatraz prison convicts who had seized a gun in the bloodies fight for freedom ever made at the Nations, most impregnable prison. Warden James A. Johnson issued a terse order to aghell them out” early today, 18 hours after the break for frentom, began, . Shortly afterwards & new barrage of tear gas and smoke shells whistled through the barred windows of the prison’s main cellblock and exploded inside. i At least two guards were dead. ig One was killed in the early rioting. The second died before 8 a. m. at the marine hospita, to which he was taken last night. a» 14 Are. Wounded

Fourteen other guards were wounded, several of PR having been shot in cold blood after the convicts captured them yesterday. William A. Miller, deputy warden, was the second guard to die. Prison authorities earlier identified the first man killed as Harold B. Stites, a guard who killed one con-

Ya weak from loss of blood. : They had lain on the floor more than seven Hours feigne ing death to escapeé the convict's bullets, before their rescue shortly before midnight. A fifth escaped uninjured. io Five Others Rescued ¢

Five other prison employees also were rescued early in the fighting, Another guard still was directing the attack by teles phone from a position in the céllblock from where he could not retreat for fear of being cut down by the convict's fire, Despite the fact that they no longer stand a chance of getting off the island alive, the band of murderers, bank robbers and kidnapers—continued to fire sporadically early today. They were locked into the west wing of the main cell block, surrounded and outnumbered. Miller left a sworn statement Which pinned his murder ‘on Joseph Paul Cretzer, 35, who was transferred to Alcatras 'after an escape from McNeil island, where he was serving a life sentence for the slaying of a U. S. marshal. Miller's Statement Miller's statement read: “On this date, May 2, 1946, at about 3 p. m., I, William A. Miller, being in a critical condition and believing I am now dying, make this my sworn statement that I was shot with a 45 Colt revolver by convict Joseph Cretzer, who I can positively identify. Joseph Cretzer shot me cold-bloodedly ‘I will kill you! Cretzer shot me when I was ip a cell in which he and other prisoners had placed me.” The note was dictated via telephone from Alcatraz to a doctor at the marine hospital and later was typewritten and signed by four men. Hospital attendants reported that Miller, who suffered a crushed chest and broken

WASHINGTON, May 3 (U. P.). —Federal Prisons Director James Bennett announced at 11:45 a. m. (Indianapolis Time) today that the remaining rioters at Aleatras prison have been isolated.

ribs, in ‘addition to the bullet wounds, was deliberately tortured. |

lico, Md. Mr. Yates explained in the wire that he could not get to| Churchill Downs in time to make | the entry personally. J. R.. Lay-| ton was listed to ride Jobar. nl Rippey, William Helis’ hope {the run for the roses, was a by Whitey Price, agent for Ferril| Zufelt, the jockey who will be up| on the horse, Trainer John B, Partridge en-| tered Mrs. R. Patterson’s Alworth a| few minutes before Trainer Arthur| Brent dropped the name of R. 8. McLaughlin's Wee Admiral in the box. Wee Admiral, however, was listed as a doubtful starter and will not go if the track is too muddy. Indications were that the going would be

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Another Serial Starts Monday—

Hazel Heidérgott's love story... of thé year—"“The Heart to Pind"—will begin Monday in The Times. It's the exciting story of a woman who loved one man--and married another,

Exclusive.

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JAP SLAPS TOO AT COURT ARRAIGNMENT

Fellow Defendant Strikes | Pearl Harbor Premier.

By RALPH TEATSORTH United Press Staff Correspondent TOKYO, May 3.-—Hideki Tojo, Japan's Pearl Harbor premier, was afraigned today as a war crime inal amid bizarre by-play by another defendant who struck Tojo twice on his shaven pate. Tojo and 27 other Japanese militarists were arraigned.

The arraignment fell from its sober, dignified plane into moments of low comedy because of eccentric actions by Shumel Okawa, an alleged propagandist for the expulsion of the white races from Asia, Okaws leaned over from his seat directly behind Tojo while the indictment was being read ‘and slapped the former premier's shaved head a resounding smack with the flat of his hand. Then Okawa sat down and grinned.

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He was thrown to the floor and ree peatedly kicked. Other injured: guards said the | prisoners “seemed. to crazy,” | shouted “we're going to show you* and began firing between the bars into the cells where the guards were herded. Warden Johnston early today named five convicts “as the ring leaders who seized arms and shot officers who were hostages in thelr plot to, make a mass escape.” He identified them ag Cretder; Bernard Paul Coy, 46, armed robe ber; Miran Edger Thompson, 2M,

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PEANUT IS REMOVED. FROM CHILD'S LUNG

Five days of anxious waiting end« ed today at Methodist hospital for Mr. and Mrs, Harry Sims, 2531 Ty rone dr,, when a nurse wheeled their five-year-old son, Frank, out of an operating room. A delicate operation, performed by a surgeon, had removed a peanut, from one of the lad’s lungs.