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57th YEAR—NUMBER 253

DRUNK DRIVING

Safety Board Head Orders Crackdown To Prevent Traffic Accident Deaths

Note to New Year revelers, . , . If you drive, don’t drink; if you drink, don't drive, City, county and state law enforcement agencies have joined hands

for the most stringent crackdown All holds are barred. he is arrested in mid-town by a

Court Restrains Claycombe Order

Given Until Jan. 13 To File Answer

in history on New Year's drunks.

A drunk’s eyes won't be playing tricks if

state trooper. Arrests will be made b The pooling of power is to save lives. Currently Indianapolis has a traffic death toll 10 less than last | year. If there are no fatalities be- | fore tomorrow, the city can show a 116 per cent reduction over 1945.

| Long Range Program

No city or county deaths marred last New Year's eve or day. Authorities aim to make it a repeat performance.

The Indiana supreme court today| The crackdown is s long range

forbade Circuit Judge Lloyd Clay- program. William H. Remy combe to appoint & DemMOCTALC safety board president, has. Marion county increased vigilance on the part of

voters registration board pending determination of his legal power to ignore the recommendation of the .Democratic county chairman. Judge Claycombe was given until Jan. 13 to file his reply to the court’s restraining order.

Judge Mart J. O'Malley, who an- |

city

| police. “Something must be ‘done to pre- | vent death due to traffic accidents. With the turn of the year we in‘tend to enforce rigidly all traffic laws, iffposing stiffer penalties and | fines,” he said. | Meanwhile, tonight the city and

nounced the court's decision said county will swarm with police.

the order was issued “to give the court more time to study the question.” The order leaves the board status quo until the supreme court rules further. The action was filed on the relation of Ira Buttz, 24th ward Democratic chairman, who Judge Claycombe refused to appoint on recomsmendation of County Chairman Walter C. Boetcher, Consider Election' Board Opinion

Customarily the appointment of a

istration is appointed on the basis of nominations by the party chairmen. In reaching its decision, the court considered ‘a state election board opinion signed by Governor Gates and Edwin Steers, Republicans, and William E. Steckler, Democratic member,

combe is sustained by the state supreme court it would in effect destroy the bipartisan system of holding elections in the state,” the state board opinion said. Purpose of the law providing for nominations hy state or county party chairmen is to insure appointment of members who represent their parties. ‘

Believe Vigo Fugitive Has Fled Indiana TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Dec. 31 (U. P.) .—Police believed today that 20-year-old Clarence Heckens Jr,, Vigo county jail escapee, had left the state, A two-day search for the Great Bend, Kas., youth failed to uncover any clues as to his_whereabouts. He and a companion slugged a

turnkey and escaped Sunday afternoon. Police captured Hugh O'Neil, 19,

Omaha, a Terre Haute taxicab. i Both men had been arrested earlier in a stolen automobile and were awaiting transfer to Indiana state reformatory to serve 10-year terms,

pc MES INDEX:

Amusements. 6-7 Charles Lucey 5

Eddie Ash.,.. 18 Paul Leach .. 9 Boots ....: es. 14/ Movies ..... 6.7 Business ..,.. 12/ Obituaries ... 4 Carnival ..... 10{F. C. Othman 9 Classified .+12-14| Radio . 15 Comics ...... 15| Reflections .. 10 Crossword ,.. 15, Mrs. Roosevelt 11 Editorials .,., 10|Science ...... 9 Fashions .... 11|8Serial 8 Forum ....... 10|8illy Notions. 9

Meta Given.. 11|8ports ....... 16 Don Hoover.. 10) Stranahan ... 16 Income Tax.. 5| Teen Talk.... 11 Indiana Saga. 10 Weather Map 7

In Indpls..... 3! Women's News 11 Inside Indpls. 9 World Affairs. 10

member of an election beard or reg- |

“If ‘the position of Judge Clay-|,

Neb., a few hours later in |

{Every motorcycle man on the city [force will be on duty. They will ibe augmented by special safety | squads, patrolmen, the regular [squads on duty and 65 auxiliary (police, Nearly 200 will be on the | alert. Jails Are Waiting

County and state police will be |doubled and every car will be in (service. The sheriff's office will press special court deputies into action. { For celebrants who fail to heed the warnings to protect lives there awaits the yawning and barred {doors of the city and county jails. Some sage once advised: “Drive as if you ‘had your wife and baby in your car . Yyou| may save the lives of some other wife and baby.” " | It's worth remembering.

Cold New Year's Eve Is Forecast

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

t Ga mp ... "a.m... | 7am ...2 11am... 22 §a m...2 12 (Noom).; 22 Sam ... 2 1pm, ... 23

The weatherman says it will be much too cold tonight for any tipsy’ celebrators to lie in a gutter. | “Cloudy and cold” was the official | forecast. Temperatures {dropped to.20 and were still down {this morning. ‘ | Possible light

| dicted for tomorro

w. Temperatures |

{5 to 10 degrees below normal, the | [burean ‘said. Warmer weather was | ! forecast for the week-end. Roads in the extreme north por{Snow hamper: {ansville area. {the state were reported clear, | In some parts of the country, {temperatures tumbled well below

{zero, Snow and sleet were report-|Sack,” said Pvt. Hill.

led as far south as Dallas and El! Paso, Tex, as two-thirds of the

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B-r-r, How About A Winter Swim?

FT. WAYNE, Ind, Dec. 31 (U.P). —At least a dozen ice-blooded | athletes today indicated their in- | tentions of taking a dip in the St. ! Joseph river tomorrow, New Year's | day. |, The occasion will be the 13th an(nual swim of the Polar Bear club. | Chairman John Henninger called | lon members and non-members alike to forget superstition and join 'the swim. Ee

y any officer regardless of locale.!

If You Drink T

CRACKDOWN-—Here are members of the various law enforcement groups who have teamed to control drunk--driver celebrants. Shown are (left to right) William Cole, motorcycle

200 Police Ready to Nab : Tipsy New Year's Motorists

READY . AND WAITING—Sheriff Deputy Harry

last night had a sense of humor. |

3 i {P.'s who returned the fire through Friday will range from inary gunmen were red. The only bandits. He said he surprised the|injuries early to-

door giving a pre-view-of what awaits drunk drivers.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1946

onight, Don't.

patrolman: Fred Lee and Dan Smith, state troopers; Mark Simpson and Nicholas Rawlings, sheriff's deputies, and Howard Owens, motorcycle patrolman. :

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice eee

Indianapolis, Ind. Issued daily except Sunday

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Mrs. W. C. Fields | J By Hoffmann 7c Attend Funeral | a hs By PATRICIA CLARY atl, & dark-haired actress, has On Opposition eral. certificate of his election, Joseph | jim by means of ahead of schedule to guard against |14-year friend. Mr. Hoffmann is taking office said, was still contest for the judgeship. not been wound | Mark W. Rhoads, Republican, who| Miss Monti said decided at noon today. { comedian, who yesterday examination of all vot-| “Ort of mother | cast in the juvenile court race, Dut] ch.” she sald. completed in time for a hearing However, attorneys for {that Plelds move on the part of Mr. Hoffmann | ¥!th her ‘he wanted to skip. Miss Monti

he . | aati Oath Taken Mr \Forbids Protege i . | United Press Stal Correspondent | HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 31.—Carlotta | Mor Rhoads Undecided [been forbidden by W. C. Fields {family to'attend the comedian's fuJ ) But she said today she was keepArmed with an official, sealed mg in touch with O. Hoffmann was sworn in as judge a watch he gave of juvenile court today, 25 hours her during their any possible opposition to his in- ship, |auguration tomorrow, | The watch, she in the face of complicated legal slowly running, confusion in connection with a althoughy it has The law suit asking a recount of since his death on {election votes brought by Judge Christmas day. was declared loser in the race for her feeling toward juvenile court judge, was still un- the 67 - year - old Recount Near End died with his Recount commissioners completed | "and in hers, was § : | love.” ts | ing machines and paper ballo S| “He suffered a0 final tabulation of totals kept by | A all three commissioners were not onderneath he was such a little in circuit court this morning. This |.’ may be done later today. | Miss Monti sald Judge | x Rhoads have indicated that any|XeePibg in touch about to take possession of the court vo. |atateemnts fof morrow would be opposed. They * funeral whic declined to discuss what methods of |", : opposition they intended to employ. | It’s a funeral he didn’t want to

{have, but Whoodie wants''me to Substantially Unchanged |g0,” she said, using a pet name for A tebulation of recounted voles the late comedian. *I kept by Joseph Mazelin, recount shall” commissioner representing Mr. Hofl-| The communications, she. said, mann, last night showed that the came through the watch which the winner increased his majority by two votes in the retabulation. Two other recount commissioners, George K. Johnson, representing Judge Rhoads, and Wesley Stockinger were expected to make their Freports later today. | Previously Mr. Johnson had said that the unofficial] tabulation | Showed. that recount figures would be “materially the same as the official count issued by the election] board last November,” Mr. Hofl{man was given an official majority |

of 1886 votes by the election board. ! Col. Austin Killian, state police No Ceremony

| superintendent, today called a police

Fokert Hearing Set Thursday

State Police Major

Mr. Hoffman, who said he had board hearing for Thursday on heard authoritative reports that i Judge Rhoads would attempt to | Charges of drunken dif’ ‘ng agains

prevent his inauguration, explained veteran officer Maj. Walter Eckert. that he decided to be sworn in at! Although only three of the four ance, members of the state police gpoard

He appeared in the office of i i | County Clerk A. Jack Tilson who will be present, Cul. Eillian ‘sald }t ) . 3

| had formally filed a certificate of WAS the best arrangement he could | election and Mr. Tilson adminis- Set for the hearing, required to be

E. Foxworthy opens a cell

‘Hero or Bum, He's Mine'—

Yesterday, Man of the Hour; Today—'Sad Sack, No. 1

Rookie Private Admits ‘$250,000 Robbers’ Story Hoax, but His Girl Still Loves Him

Photos, Page 3

By GLEN STACKHOUSE United Press Staff Correspondent HAMILTON FIELD, Cdl, Dec. 31.—Pvt. Jimmy Hill, 17, yesterday was the hero of the hour. He was the army's No. 1 sad sack today. His story of the ‘great payroll robbery” was an admitted hoax. Pvt. Hill goes on the carpet before his commanding officer today.

{But it will not be for the cothmendation he was scheduled to receive as |

a hero. He must straighten out his story. He hoped his superior officers

Pvt. Hill envisioned mountains of big black’ headlines in the newsunreeled spuds and endless weeks papers as the army rookie who

Snow was pre-|,r gp, The face's of certain M.| courageously swapped lead with a

of imag-|gang of “at least six” would-be

bright spot was his sweetheart's bandits in the act of stealing $250,pledge of true love. 000 from the field's finance office, “Hero or bum, he's mine,” said 20-| But after he satisfied both the

bureau of investigation with his account of the affair, he lost his nerve, | He blurted out the truth, “I guess it happened a little diffrent than I said,” he confessed “It could only happen to a Sad .rne truth is I accidently poked out

Yesterday Pvt. Hill's name neti) (Continued on Page 2-—Column 4)

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tered the oath of office to the new held within 10 days after charges judge. without ceremony. {are filed. The ath of office for Mr. Hoff- | Gates Gets ‘Evidence’ man was signed, sealed and filed as| Ma). Eckert was suspended late!

an official document of the election! PA wp f d before noon foday. | yesterday after “evidence” had been

a [placed in the* hands of Governor| | Gates to support charges the execu{tive officer had operated his car while intoxicated. At the same time the governor received reports which! {led him to order an investigation

Put Atom First, U.S. Urges UN . |

LAKE success, N. v, Dee. 31 Driverless Bus (U. P.).—~The United States today . i Crashes Building {into the quartermaster operation of

asked the United Nations security council to sidetrack a Soviet reso- A. driver) lution for general disarmament. a, Te ay os ew ne Stale Duiice force: | { Y, "DS | hese reports charged irregulari-! Insted, the United States asked ,, hitting and knocking a build- ties, one of which was the fact that ling off its foundations. |Capt. C

the council to give quick consideration to the American program for| The southbound bus, without Pas- | termast sengers or driver, was idling at the part of (southwest corner of the Troy and.inished j Shelby intersection when air pres-! sure built up and released an auto- (Continued on Page 2—Column 8) matic cluich,

It crossed Troy, headed over to Tokyo Greets 1947

the east side of Shelby st., ‘cut {through the Gruner & Kinman ga- TOKYO, Jan, 1, 1047 (U. P)— rage drive and hit the Warranty Nineteen forty-seven was greeted by Radio Service building, 3011 Shelby, American army personnel and news broadside. * |correspondents with the traditional

The building was knocked off jts 08st to the new year. Nineteen forty-seven arrived in Tokyo al

larence W, Grinstead, quarer officer, formerly owned a supply house which furanitor supplies to the de-|

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Leap From Window ‘Saves Boy's Life

A 15-year-old South side boy trapped in his bedroom by roaring | flames, leaped out a second story!

| window, escaping with only minor

(day. | (Continued on Page 2—Column 3) 9 a. m, Tuesday (Indianapolis time). Four other mmm . tb members of Bas-

The Whopper of the Year—

"The Fish That Sweat,’ or—

Hill family | escaped from the { home, 229 E. Min- | nesota st, with only minutes to

® 4 ® BS on. hike Meet America's No. 1 Liar out about 4:27 at phe top Of MN Herbert HIN San Antonio Resident Awarded Annual Title

way where it joins the stairway to By Burlington Club for Fisherman's Tale the second floor. | ‘ Herbert Hill, 15, the only member BURLINGTON, Wis, Dec. 31. (U.P, —Atanacio Garza, San of the:family sleeping on the sec- Antonio, Tex., won the title of “champion liar of 1946" today. His ond floor, was awakened by smoke story of a fish that broke out in a sweat while battling to shake out a and, finding the stairway afire,| hook, won him the title. jumped out the window. His only Mr. Garza's award was announced today by O. C. Hulett, president injury was a badly sprained left of the Burlington Liars’ club which conducts an annual contest for hand. the best tall tales of the year, | —.™ hihar Other members of the family on| Mr. Garza's fish story, as told | he try to get away from my line. the first floor, Mr. and Mrs. Hill,|in a letter to Mr. Hulett, follows: |1t took me about 45 minutes to Steven, 2; Carol, 10, and Rose, “I leeve in San Antonio, Tex. get him away from the surface, Marie, 4, escaped out the front door I have been for the last 15 years.| He work so hard that when I get in their night clothing. They were! I like to fish a lot and have seen him in the boat he ‘was sweating.” taken in by neighbors. {a lot of -peculiar things in my, J, Nedrow of Anchorage, Alaska, | The cause of the fire was not life during the fishing season. I and Robert Kioinstuber of Suffern, !

determined, Damage was estimated was fishing on one occasion and |

at about $300, caught one fish on my Jrock but | (Continued on Page 2~=Column 0

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Six Months

| Congress to Be Asked To Continue Some

WASHINGTON, Dec, 31 (U. P.).—President Truman today officially declared an end to world war H hostilities, His proclamation immediately cancelled 20 wartime statutes. These included the gove ernment’'s power to seize strike bound mines and plants, His action also means that 38 other wartime laws will end autos matically within six months unless | extended by congress. { Excises May Be Cut | Mr. Truman's action would mean | the reduction of 24 excise taxes next {July 1 unless congress acted to | maintain or change existing rates. | Por instance, the whisky tax {would drop from $9 to $8 a gallon, {the fur tax from 20 pe: cent to 10 {per cent, and the theater tax from 130 per cent to 10 per cent. Mr Truman said some of the measures affected by his proclama{tion would be desirable in peacetime jor for the remainder of the recon {version period. He said he would ons to congress ue

| make continue some of

for legislation to them. He, did not specify. | Mr. Truman ssid his action was tn Keeping a act on | our economy and our g j

‘back to a i: i | The. state of hostilities had bean in effect for five years and 24 days since Pear! Harbor day Dec. 7, 1941, The President'ssproclamation did not end the states of emergency proclaimed by the late President oosevelt in 19390 and 1941. Nor d it end the state of war itself, Only congress can declare the formal end of them. But Mr. Truman said he soon would make

{recommendations on these matters.

Beat Congress 3 Days Truman's surprise action came three days before the Republican-controlled 80th congress convenes, In his proclamation, Mr. Truman voiced determination “that there shall be no more wars of aggression calculated to enslave the peoples of the world and destroy their civilization.” He also said "great gains have been made in translating military victory into permanent peace.” Effective Today

The proclamation of the cessation’ of hostilities was effective at 11 a. m. (Indianapolis time) today. Mr. Truman said he found it “in the public interest” to declare an end to hostilities. Most important immediate effect of the action was to end the gov~ ernment’s specific power to seize strike-threatened plants,” mines or other productive facilities essential to the national welfare. This seizure power was contained in the Smith-Connally war labor disputes act and part of the selec tive service act. However, plants

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Slaps Out Fire With Bare Hands

A neighbor was credited with saving the life of 86-year-old David Fox, 4615 Hillside ave. by stamping out the boy’s blazing clothing with his bare hands early today. Ralph Thompson, 4610 Hillside ave, told police he saw the youth ignite a “dead” Christmas tree in . an alley behind his house. As flames spread to his clothes, David Started to run, Mr. Thompson said he chased the boy, tackled him and beat out the flames.” David is in City hospital with severe leg burns.

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