Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 January 1947 — Page 1
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Chicago Boy, 4, Y Gets First Teeth —China Clippers
Knock Em Off Captains Tod
CHICAGO, Jan. 15 (U. P.).—A 4-year-old boy got his first set of teeth today, a full set all at once. y : L The boy, whose name was withActs as Investigation (held, never will have natural teeth. Of Graft Spreads Dentists at Northwestern university provided him with a ful] set
Police Chief Jesse McMur- of artificial baby teeth. try talled in all police cap-| The tiny plates are about the tains today and ordered them *2¢, °f & hail dollar
: FORECAST: Rain tonight and tomorrow; little change .in temperature.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY. 15, 1947
Entered as Becond-Class Matter at Postoffios Indianapolis, Ind, Jasuad hy a Sunday
Governorship 0f Georgia Claimed by 2
- Fist Fight Marks Gubernatorial Row ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. 15 (U. P.).==
Herman Eugene Talmadge—elected
They are | govertior of Georgia today by the
- made of plastic and contain 20! state legislature—issued an execfo. hit every gambling joint [teeth, the normal number ‘for a utive order to strip military power | trom Governor Ellis Gibbs Arnall,
in town.” | 4-year-old. ” » Ld
“Pass the word down along | THEY WERE necessary because. the line,” Chief McMurtry told ;j. i captains who lined up in his office.) 0c JOUNSater was born with ano “This isn't a one-man police department—get out search warrants condition, believed to and knock them off,” he ordered. |40Wn by women to male
dontia, an apparently hereditary|
| who had refused to yield the office. The order called for demobiliza{tion of the Georgia state (home) guard. It is headed by Col. R. W. Collins, whom Govérnor Arnall ap-
handed | pointed adjutant general. otro adj gene
Mr. Talmadge previously ap-
The chief's action came as it was Anodontia is a condition in which pointed Adjt. Gen. Marvin Griffin reported that many gambling places even the beginnings of teeth are lor a new term as commander of
bsent.
in Indianapolis were running un- a : Dentists said there might be some |*
molested as policemen suspected in|
e Georgia national guard. eS clash between military or
the police payoff investigation were relation between the boy's ano- | civilian personnel in the state gov-
being turned in for past payoffs. Tavern Payoff Charged His order followed disclosure i"
SEEEEEERE Fran I Hind paid by South Side liquor taverns I S | ion to bine. felds. In 7th Ward Vote
tavern operator on Virginia! ave. evenly reported to the MarStark Examines Voters’ Poll -Book
ty liquor board that he was! a out of business by| Investigation of records in the May 7 primary election today dis-
YY baal to patrolmen. to his complaint to! closed possible irregularities in the a seventh ward.
a day shift mana: a night shift, patro {man on the “beat” but UPened an investigation of the pri that 36 of them were too many. mary last weék, found & voters’ poll He said that patrolmen would |DO0k containing signatures of 63 come into his place and sit until) YOUrs that appeared to be in the he paid them. samé handwriting. “Officers around my place all the Prosecutor Stark said he was not time are driving my customers certain at this stage of the inaway,” he was quoted as saying. vestigation of the authenticity of No Reports, Says Chief the signatures but that they indi-
cated discrepancies. Chief McMurtry was angered over Marked Similarity
The voters’ poll book was from the first precinct of the seventh ward. It is the book which voters sign personally just before they en-
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turn over the reports to him. “Why don't they tell us about these things so we can investigate them?” he asked. He said he had sought co-opers-tion for a long time with the county | ballots. liquor board but except for one or
Prosecutor Judson L. Stark, who |
" *afraid” to make raids for fear of dontia and his lack of sweat glands ernment had occurred. But tense
spectators expected Governor Arnall
out their troops. Telephones Patterson . Governor Arnall telephoned Secretary of War Robert Patterson after swearing in Col. Collins. He advised him that Mr. Talmadge had sworn in Gen. Griffin and asked which the war department would recognize. Governor Arnall
but declined to reveal that answer.
ment took a “hands off” attitude on the dispute.
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national guard but the state guard is operated by Georgia. Mr. Talmadge’s executive order was issued as he and Mr. Arnall vied for executive power in adjoin. ing offices at the state capitol. "hey issued conflicting orders’ and appointing different men to state offices.
Orders Guard Dissolved
Mr. Talmadge's order for dissolution of the guard pointed out that
{ter the voting booth to cast their the war had ended and that there
was no further use for the guard.
Examination of the signatures on He said sufficient national guard
two insfances he lias never received |tW0 pages shows marked similari-| troops are organized and available’
reports of protection money being |!ies in the handwriting. paid to police by the joint owners, This is part of the evidence that
to adequately protect the state. It was a strange battle for execu-
The tavern operator apparently might lead to disclosures that some tive power
was paying off for protection ballots were marked by persons
|
Mr. Talmadge early today ad
against some lottery ticket sales other than voters, Prosecutor Stark been elected governor by the gen-
scheme, | said.
‘Shake Down’ Attenipt Disclosed Warns Prison Term Also liquor board investigations Investigation of the primary several months ago disclosed that started last week when Prosecutor a prominent Republican politician | Stak obtained a court order for imattempted to “shake down” a tavern Pounding of all election records for owner on the southwest side for examination. The action was based upon Mr. Stark’s warnings during the primary campaign when he made repeated charges of alleged attempts “to steal the election.”
cense renewed. “I told the tavern proprietor that if he paid a dime to anybody I would see that his license was revoked,” declared Robert 8. Smith,| He warned at that time that if president of the liquor board. “I|elected prosecutor he would scnd double-checked the case later and|to prison anyone guilty of vole found that he didn't pay any fees.” frauds.
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Argentina Arrests
Agents of Axis
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 15 (U. P) —Foreign Minister Juan A. Bramuglia announced today the arrest of a number of axis agents scheduled for deportation. i Mr. Bramuglia declined to specify how many of the former German spies had been detained but said that he would announce names and
facts at a later date.
Meanwhile, Proseciitor Judson "L. Stark continued questioning wit-
or Mr. Talmadge eventually to call!
It said it could not i give federal recognition to the ap-} |
received an answer while news-| papermen were standing nearby,|
Talmadge. { {
In Washington, the war depart-{
The war department provides] certain equipment for the Georgia| |
nesses in connection with information furnished his office recently by Patrolman Jacque Durham. The
officer supplied a long statement| on alleged payoffs by gamblers to|
police officers amounting to thousands of dollars a year. Prosecutor Stark questioned Patrolman Durham late yesterday for the third time in a week. Other Witnésses Quizzed Other witnesses also were questioned by -investigators from the prosecutor's office yesterday. These included a widely known Indiana ave. operator Federal revenue agents continued their investigation of the income tax returns of at least 18 members of "the police force. They are reported to have found expenditures listed as “promotion” on the tax returns of some gamblers.
G. I. Housing Swindles—
Two Sharpers Pyramid $50 Into a $500,000 Bubble
House-Hungry Veterans Lose $30,000 Here Before Paroled Swindler's Racket Is Smashed
This is the third in: a series of articles showing how war veterans have lost thousands of dollars in phony ‘real estate deals here.
By RICHARD LEWIS . With assets totaling $50, John Wiléon Weléh and Forrest L. Hackley built up a $500,000 housing bubble in Indianapolis. When the bubble was burst by the Indianapolis Better Business bureau and Ex-Deputy Prosecutor Saul I. Rabb, all that was left was hot air, But a hundred: house-hungry people in Indianapolis, mostly war veterans with the ink hardly dry
. Ruth Millett. 11
These were being checked as probable payoffs to authorities,
on ‘their discharge papers, had lost $30,000. Welch was an Indiana state prison parolee, He had been sentenced for a similar scheme in South Bend in 1942. Hackley was
Times Index
Amusements . 3 Movies ...... 8 8 practicing lawyer and headed an Eddie Ash.... 18 Obituaries ... 5|organization known as the Planned Boots ...,.... 21|F. C. Othman ]1| Parenthood association. : Classified .,19-21|Radio ....... bh . Early in the spring of 1945, they Business ..... 9 Reflections .. 2 set their scheme in‘ motion with a Comics ...... 22|Mrs. Roosevelt 16|series: of ads in an Indianapolis
newspaper, after organizing the Cooperative Homes Co.
Scherrer -....°12 Serial ....... 17
Crossword ... 21 Editorials ... 12
Fashions .... 16 Silly Notions. 11] The company did business in Forum ...... 12| Spelling Bee. 22|Hackley's office on the 10th floor Gardening '.. 6 Sports ..... 18-19/0of the Lemcke building. But inPaul Ghali ...15| Supreme quiries were directed to a postoffice Meta Given.. 16] Court .. 11{box.
The scheme required fhe veteran to pay $50 cash for a blueprint be-
Washington . 1 Weather Map. 7
Home Page.. 6 In Indpls:... 2
Inside Indpls. 11 Women's fore Co-operative Homes would even Paul Leach .. 11] News. ....16-17 talk about building a home for him. Word Affairs. 12' It was specified by the company
that in the event the veteran was unable to obtain a G. I. or FHA loan, the $50 was forfeited. The company also accepted 10 per cent down payments. These were not numerous, however, as the $60 “good faith” deposits for blueprints. Company Takes Options Once shaving acquired some cash, the company then took options con lots in various parts of the city. Apparently, Welch & Hackley hoped to keep on accumulating enough cash to start construction on an initial group of houses. Once they sold these, they figured
. {they would have enough capital to
continue following up options and building. ' So it appeared. There was never any evidence
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10 SURRENDER OFFICE_Georgia's s Governor Ellis Arnall J loft] tells dew Governor. elect Forman ght] he will not "turn this office over to a pretender." to end-in | Bourt, With Me. Telmadge i is his matter, Mis, Eugene Talmadge.
The question of
who is governor is expected
Russ Spitzbergen
{Plan Criticized
British Deny _Right To Fortify Islands LONDON, Jan. 15° (U. P.).~The British foreign office today rejected
_Soviet denunciation ‘of ‘a 1820 ty giving Norwdy sovereignty
Acme Telephotos
FISTS FLY IN DISPUTE — When a Supporter of Herman Talmadge tried to break down the door of the governor's office and eject Governor Arnall, fists started flying. Supporters of Governor Arnall on the left and right returned the blows.
Lack of Jurors May Balk Trials
Legislative Action Believed Necessary
Unless the legislature revises the
‘llaws on selection of juries, there
may be no trials in criminal court requiring juries before next April, it was learned today. i All machinery for selection of
juries for 1947 was halted last week | win) finance the project, with FHA
by an order issued by Judge W. D.!
Bain of criminal court. He ordered all lists of names now in the jury box thrown out and replaced: with approximately 10,000 names from the tax duplicates in conformance with an 1881 law, Process Held Illegal The order was issued on a motion filed by Prosecutor Judson L. Stark. He charged the procedure followed for "the last several years in the selection of -names for jury service was illegal, The law requires the number of names in the jury box should total twice: the number of jurors required by all 15 courts here for the entire yeéar. This number is estimated at .10,000 names. Jury boxes in the past have never con-
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Better Keep Your Umbrella Handy
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
6am.....37T 10a m..... 40 75. Mm .... 3% 11 am...... 40 8am..... 38 12 (Noon).. 40 Sa m..... 38 l1pm..... 41 Wet weather togs will be fashion-
able y and tomorrow. The weather bureau promises that rain is on tap. Indianapolis got a good foretaste of it last night and early today when heavy, flash rains beat down for short periods. The entire state, in fact, is. in for! ol a damp time with heavy skies. Rain probably will turn to snow in the north tomorrow with some of the same scheduled for here by Saturday.
629-Unit Veterans' Housing Project Here Approved Giant Development, Largest Yet OK'd by FHA, Will Be Located on Millersville Rd.
Times Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Jan.
15.—A 629-unit veterans’
housing - project
for Indianapolis today was approved by the Federal Housing Administration. It was the largest housing project approved to date by the FHA.
To be known as Meadowbrook
apartments, the vast project will
be located on Millersville rd., opposite the Roberts dairy. - The giant development will consist of two- -story apartments of
4, 4; and 5-room units, Mid-City Investment, ‘Ine. Gary,
taking an insured mortgage amounting to $4,792,500.
FHA can insure such veterans housing projects up to 90 per cent of the over-all estimate for land and buildings. Last week FHA approved a 533unit project for veterans at Miami university, Coral Gables. “Approval of projects as large as ‘Meadowbrook and that at Miami university within a short period should give a real impetus to FHA's rental housing program throughout the country,” FHA Commissioner Raymond M. Foley said. “While large projects are welcome, FHA is doing its utmost to encourage large amounts of small
as well as construction of houses of from one to four families.
contention that the 1920 treaty was invalid because it was “signed by
{former enemy states.
Moscow advanced that position last night in reporting a secret understanding with Norway on
the former archipelago. y - Bound by: Treaty The spokesman said Britain had
‘| not been approached by either Nor-
way or Russia on .the question of re-negotiating the Spitzbergen treaty, signed at Paris in 1920 and adhered to later by Russia. Russia is bound by international treaty which forbids the use of the Spitzbergen islands for “warlike purposes,” the foreign office spokesman said. Criticizing a Moscow statement that the treaty had been negotiated without knowledge of the Soviet government, he observed that the Soviet subsequently adhered to it and “hence Russia is hound by the treaty.”
lands specifically provides that they
shall not be used for military purposes,” he said.
Oil Man Given >
“Numerous smaller projects have been approved in the past few) weeks, The small builder and the | small investor are essential tc the|
2 Years, Fined
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Jan. 15 (U.
: X i 30 . : Britain could not Accept a pe
joint Soviet-Norwegian defense of :
1 “The treaty governing these is-
projects under our rental program,
‘of her illness or how serious it is.
success of the program. An im- |p) —Harry Randall today was senportant feature of the new resi-|tenced to 2 years imprisonment and dential permit system, administered | $5000 fine. He was charged with by FHA, is that an. investor or (conspiracy in connection with an builder can construct a two to four-| {embezzlement from the Evansville family house or a project, occupy National City bank. one unit itself and rent ihe -*her| Randall, Evansville oil man, was to world war II veterans.” sentenced by Federal District Court 13 BURGLARIES NET $1.50 Judes Fred L. Wham, Bast St Louis, DETROIT, Jan. 15 (U. P.).—Po-| Sterling J. Perry confessed several lice said 17-year-old Kenneth Nel- {months ago that he embezzled $143, son had admitted robbing 13 Detroit | 000 from the bank where he rose area business places. The youth | from clerk to vice president. He said he netted exactly $1.50 for the| was sentericed to 15 years at the entire projecty™\s Hederat -penitentiary,
Mercury Mystery Controversy—
|lliness of 'Tot' Lockman's Patient
Sets Madison's Tongues A-Wagging
Nature and Extent of
Discussed as Trial Time Nears
+a Times State Service
b MADISON, Ind., Jan, 15.—A controversy over the nature and extent «jof Mrs. Mayme McConnell’s illness is raging today in Jefferson county.
Is Mrs. McConnell, the woman
cused of attempting to murder, really ill? Or are the prosecutors of Jefferson county's famous mercury myss tery trying to avoid trial of Mrs. Lockman on Jan. 27 because they
feel the case is weak? If Mrs, McConnell actually is ill] in King’s Daughters hospital, is her condition “good,’s “alr, * “serious” or “critical?” Her physician, Dr. L. E. Jolly, reported today that his patient was
“slightly improved.” But he couldn’ t] ever, report that Mrs. McConnell, who was taken to the hospital last Saturday- night in “critical” condi-
make a statement as to the PA,
Sickness
Mrs. Lottie (Tot) Lockman is ac-
Mrs, valid several years. “Hospital doctors reported she had “a restful night” last night: Wagging tongues on street eors« ners in Madison and Dupont, how-|
McConnell has been an in=!oc
tion, is “eating three square meals a day, sitting up in bed uring the
generally enjoying life.”
‘They said her illness is “timely*|
When she is to be released from the hospital was a matter
knew. Dr, Jolly today said “ways a couple of weeks.”
He now, they will have to stake the out of their own pockets of a special session. ! ”
months of membership. = The senate fight to bck
the lower house providing for nation of a current clause
legislature. ~~: In another quarter of the wrangle, a resolution )
‘| daytime, sleeping well at night and|