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57th YEAR_NUMBER 283.
Police Court Politics
Judge Flays
Report to Bar Group Tells ‘of ‘Pressure’
By NOBLE REED A story of how Indianapolis
buffeted about by political
bend of municipal court 4 made to Indianapolis attorney's associa-
Niblack; who now presides court 1, charged that E. Ostrom, my reappointment as Judge municipal court 4 because I not take care of his boys.'” He also charged that the former t chairman (Jos J. Daniels) “likewise told me
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ment” as numerous others wanted the post. “Evidently, these numerous others had been more faithful to his
_ Niblack said. Became Reconciled to Policy “When I was appointed by the governor, I thought the commission | given me by the state said that I was judge and I ran the court ac1 cordingly
ii mp Hogi4an foci, Judes Niblock mad era] recommendations.
ONE: “Municipal court judges
stead of appointed by the governor.” (He commented that when the governor is about to make an appoint. ment the county chairman “eats and sleeps in the governor's cffice.”) TWO: “The right of a defendant to ask for a change of venue § from a judge in municipa] criminal courts should be abolished by the legislature.” Should Regulate Bondsmen THREE: “The legislature should pass a law regulating bondsmen and define their qualifications and providing punishment.” FOUR: “Police judges should be paid $10,000 a year as they have Just as responsible positions as other judges in the county, all re-. ceiving $10,000 a year. (Municipal court judges receive $7500.) FIVE: “A new building for Municipal courts should be erected at once.” Regarding the practice of defendants asking a change of judge in Municipal court preliminary hearings, Judge Niblack said: “As to drunken driving, I decided to make an example of peo-
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Ex-Gl Gets Ist Car
A ‘veteran who had camped in line 10 days before Crane ordnance depot for a surplus vehicle sale left 15 minutes after the sale opened yesterday with the first truck sold. The No. 1 purchaser was Charles Nickless, of Bedford. He purchased 8 1942 half-ton Dodge panel truck for $369. His 15-minute purchasing time was one of the fastest on record. War assets administration officlals, said 131 of 301 surplus army trucks and autos being.offered for sale ‘were purchased yesterday. Recovery of $72,000 against an acquisition cost of $209,000 was reported. . 5 The buyers included veterans from Indiana, Rhode Island and one from Missouri. The sale will continue until the remaining vehicles are sold.
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The Times Jce-O-Rama “e's
REIGN OVER ICE-O-RAMA—Meet the kin
and queen of elores Shumm,
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Fred Dietz and
Delores Shumm, Fred Dietz
Ice-O-Rama Queen and King
Teen-Agers of 26 Clubs Vote Among Selves To Select Rulers for Amateur Ice Show, Feb. 20 By ART WRIGHT
A blond, brown-eyed Tech high school junior was elected queen of the
Times Ice-O-Rama last night and a was selected as king. Delores Shumm, 815 N. Bolton ave., were chosen by delegates from
couple, "16-year-old queen was ‘a candidate from Teen Chorus. The king is a member of Keystone Kanteen. Miss Shumm is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin C. Shumm. Her father is teacher of mechanical drawing at Tech and her mother is a teacher in the Edgewood grade school. Played at Butler The 19-year-old king is a son of Mr. and Mrs, Peter Dietz. His father, a boilermaker inspector in the New York Central railroad shops at Beech Grove, has been employed by the company some 45 years. The Ice-O-Rama king played end on the Butler football team last season. The other 50 candidates will be members of the royal court which will reign over the amateur ice extravaganza Feb. 20 in the Fairgrounds Coliseum. Proceeds from the show, presented by more than 400 local skaters, will go to the Infantile Paralysis fund.
Show Starts 7:30
The show will start at 7:30 p. m. with music by Indianapolis high school bands. The first gala skating number- will get under way promptly at 8 o'clock. @ Choice seats still are “available, There are only two admission prices —$1 for boxes and parquet seats
Prices include tax. ‘Tickets are on sale at The Times, 214 W. Maryland st.; L. Strauss and Co. the Indianapolis Water Co. and the Indiana ‘National bank.
P. C. Rubush Dies in Florida
P. C. Rubush, whose architectural firm designed many of the city's important landmarks, at his Miami Beach, Fla. after a long illness. A lifelong resident of Indianapolis, he became an architect in 1894 after attending the IUniversity of Illinois. In 1904, with .E, O. Hunter, he founded the firm of Rubush and Hunter. Among the many Indianapolis buildings designed by the firm were: Hume Mansur, Indiana State School for the Deaf, City Hall, Buckingham Apartments, Circle Tower, Lincoln Hotel, Columbia Club, A Illinois, Indiana Theater, Architects and Builders, American Central Life, H. P. Wasson, Coca Cola Bottling Co., Thornton-Levey
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Greek Princess to Wed British Army Major LONDON, Feb. 4 (U. P).—The forthcoming marriage of Princess Catherine, sister of King George of Greece, to a British major, was announced today in an official report. from Athens, e 33-year-old princess will wed Maj. Richard C. A, Brandram, 35,
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‘Caught Transporting Slot Machines
Times State Service MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. Feb. 4— Leonard Fedder, son of the mayor and brother of the police chief, today was to face city court on charges of possession of slot machines. Fedder and Leonard Fisher were arrested yesterday . by Deputy Sheriff John Burke, state police detective Paul Wilhelm and four state troopers. The authorities had lain .in wait for the pair in a Sheridan Beach cottage and arrested them as the two started to move 17 stored slot machines. Fedder and Fisher were lodged overnight in the La Porte county jail, Sheriff Norman M. Regg said his office was tipped that an attempt was to be made to move the machines, which were stored in the Sheridan Beach cottage. He said they were in a cottage next to one occupied by Fedder, In Vacant Cabin
“The machines. had been placed | in the vacant cabin without permission of the. owner, the sheriff said. He said permission to enter the cabin was obtained from the owner and the officers hid there until Fedder and Fisher entered. Leonard Fedder, who is son of Mayor Reinhart C. Fedder and brother - of Police Ghief James Fedder, was arrested in a Sheridan Beach cottage in 1938 and charged with possession of 124 slot machines. He was fined $200 and costs and got a suspended six-mornths prison 'séntence,
Approve Limiting President's Term
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (U, P.).— The house judiciary committee today approved, 20 to 6, a proposed constitutional amendment limiting any president to two terms. Republican leaders said, they would try to get the measure to the house floor by Friday. The committee rejected, 19 to 6, a substitute proposal to limit a president to one six-year term. Opposition to the two-term limitation came exclusively from Demo-~ crats. They were Reps. Emanuel Celler (N. 'Y), Estes Kefauver (Tenn.), Joseph R. Bryson (8. C.), Fadjo Cravens (Ark.), Thomas J. Lane (Mass.) and Frank L. Chelf (Ky.). As adopted by the ‘house committee, the proposed amendment would limit a president to two terms of four years each or parts thereof. If approved by two-thirds majority in each house of. congress it would then be submitted to the
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4,71947
Near Zero Predicted For Tonight
4 Above Mark Sef; - Accidents Kill Two
LOCAL TEMPERATURES (Federal Building)
2M) .... 15 Tam... 4 1a m.....10 S§am..... 4 Za m...., 7 98. Mi.sn, 4 3am » 5 10 a. m...., 5 4a. m,.,... 4 11am... 5 5a m..... 4 12 (Noon)... 5 6am, ,... 4
Zero temperatures may strike Indianapolis tonight, the weather bureau said. .This would break the season’s low of 4 above officially
recorded at 4 a. m. today. Readings at Weir Cook airport showed 3 above. The sudden drop was 46. degrees from yesterday's high of 50. An almost imperceptible rise 1s promised by the weather bureau today. Snow flurries and a clear and cold night might send temperatures as low as this morning. They will, rise slowly tomorrow afternoon,
by near zero temperatures. South Bend reported a low of zero while it was 2 above at Marion and Ft. Wayne. Evansville reported a low of 8. Two Are Killed
land ‘and two persons died in similar state accidents. Here the snow swirled across the roads before a 34-mile-per-hour gale with occasional gusts up to 55 mph. Mrs. Edward H. Meyer, 60, of 815 Weghorst st., was killed instantly in a head-on collision when vision was cut to 15 yards early today. Her husband, 59, is in serious con~ dition at City hospital suffering from broken bonés
' Meredith Miller, 20, of Knox, dled this morning in Holy Family hospital, La Porte, victim of a crash last night one mile south of Knox on State Road 35. His car crashed head-on into a semi-trailer truck driven by Cliff Brock, 35, Peru, who was uninjured. Frank Golding, Knox, a passenger in Mr. Miller's car, was injured slightly. And although snow fell over most of the state and winds were high, state - police reported roads nearly normal. Snow packed the highways in central and southern Indiana, but they are not considered especially hazardous. Bus and rail transportation out-
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Roads North Clear, Covered in South
Indiana state police reported today that roads in n mm Indiana were clear of ice and snow and that southern Indiana highways were somewhat hazardous. A district-by-district report at 9 a. m. said conditions were as follows: * Dunes Park Area—Roads normal, high winds, temperature 1 above | Zero. - : a Ligonier Area—Roads normal. Lafayette — Roads normal, high winds. Pendleton — Roads covered with packed snow and ice, but not extremely hazardous. Putnamville—Some roads hazardous, drifting snow on others. Connersville—Roads partly covered with light snow. Seymour—Light snow on roads, highway crews sanding hills, Jasper — All roads covered with SNOW.
The state generally was gripped]
Powdery snow whipped Hoosier-|-
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Entered as Second-Class Matter at Indianapolis, Ind. Issued daily except
FORECAST; Clearing and cold with slowly diminishing Winds tonight; fovert temperature near zero; tomorrow fair with rising temperatures.
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3 Bus Changes Proposed Here
Plans to Motorize 3 Streetcar Lines Transit service changes for three
BOZO THE INDIVIDUALIST — For cats who chew tobacco, a "dark brown taste."
Tawney Feline Insists
sections ‘of Indianapolis were pro-
|posed today in applications filed
by Indianapolis Railways, Inc., with the works board. The company proposed to converf the B. Michigan and Wo Wash~ sts. stiéetear tines ‘to moter] soach operation and create & new
branch on the N. Meridian st. motor coach line to serve a part of the west side. The changes were predicated on the company’s ability to get 50 new
| ever denied he is an individualist.
roost. at Catheart apartments, 103 E. Casual acquaintances think he owner of the |
way #round, the fund lo richer for knowing
cart but “really from Bozo,” was sent to the fund for aid in finding Bozo when he wandered away last summer. The drive is currently
diesel busses now on order, according to Harry Reid, Railways presient. " No Route Changes
In the projected W. Washington st. conversion from streetcar to bus, three feeder bus lines serving Drexel Gardens, Rockville rd. and W, Washington st. will become through services and operate to the downtown area. No changes are planned in the routes now covered by these feeder lines, Mr. Reid said. They will become a part of the W. Washington st. line at Mt. Jackson. When they reach downtown, they will turn: south on Illinois st., turn west on Maryland st. to Senate ave., proceed north to Washington st. and turn west for the outbound trip. Replace Clifton Feeder The proposed. bus line for E. Michigan st. will follow the present streetcar tracks to Noble st., where the proposed line will operate inbound over Michigan to East st, south to Washington st., west to Delaware st. south to Georgia st. west to Tlinois st., north to Washington st. east to East, north to E. Michigan and outbound. The new N. Meridian st. branch will supplant the present Clifton feeder bus. Busses will go north over the present Meridian st. line to 30th st, turn west on 30th to Northwestern gave, northwest to 34th st., west to Clifton st. north to 36th st., west to Hardin. st., south to Congress ave. east to Clifton, south to 30th, east to Meridian and then southbound over the present
route.
being sponsored by the state Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Saving Grace
His love of his fellow animals is one of BoZo's saving graces. Another is his love of sanitation, which reaches the ’'nth degree every morning when he hops up on’ the wash basin for Miss Cathcart to wash his face and brush his teeth. (Note to editors: That's correct —brush his teeth. Bozo's a great tobacco chewer and he apparently once read an -ad about that “dark brown taste.” Looking like a miniature lion, he sits patiently by while Miss Cathcart uses the brush. When she hangs up her tooth brush he automatically bares his teeth and sits there with five-inch whiskers waving in air while she wets a soft
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Farm Boy's Murder. Trial Is Postponed
Times State Service DELPHI, Ind., Feb, 4—The trial of Robert Houchins, - 14-year-old farm boy who is charged with the first-degree murder of his foster mother, was postponed today. The youth was slated to be tried in Carroll county courthouse for killing Mrs. Imogene Lotiderback last summer. The killing followed
patch. Judge William B. Smith, presiding judge, postponed the trial pending a report from psychiatrists who examined the comic book-reading,
monosyllabic youth,
Doctors are amazed at some of
face of some quirk hidden in a dark corner of the mind. Some fear closed places, some wide open spaces. Others have morbid feai of height, of depth, of water, of animals, of. storms, of sharp instruments. Some are fearful of microbes. They won't eat food unless it comes in the original package. They get up in the middle of the night to mop the kitchen floor. Some become nervous when walk ing a narrow street having high buildings on either ‘side. Others pale with fear when an clevator door closes, Many can't
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patients are heroes in facing real problems of life but helpless in the
1 Of Every 4 Persons Afraid of Something: Just Kid Yourself and Forget Your Fear
Folks With Phobias Are Constantly Fighting Sham Battles With Some Phantom Worry
By ARTHUR J. SNIDER Times Special Writer
CHICAGO, Feb. 4—Who's afraid? Just about one of every four people, that’s who. They are folks with phobias, normal in every other way but constantly fighting sham battles with themselves.
the cases they get. Many of these
Countless . thousands are tormented by fear of insanity. They are depressed on hearing the term mentioned. Every significant advance of civilization adds more victims, psychiatrists say. When radio came along, many begah to fear the energy of radio waves, And now psychiatrists are reporting an increasing number of cases resulting from the atomic age. At, least one Chicago family is planning to leave the city because
.|face it,” Dr. Sadler suggests.
center will be the main target of an enemy's atomic bomb. Phobias, according to Dr. William S. Sadler, Chicago psychiatrist and author of “Modern Psychiatry” are not a form of psychosis (insanity). No one harboring them need fear he is losing his mind. Most- of them, he points out in the book, are eccentricities that can be traced back to childhood. “Phobias are not inherited,” he says. “Children are taught them.” Adults afraid of the dark probably cian recall being frightened in childhood by stories of ghosts, haunted houses and witches and being threatened with. the mle man and hobgoblins,” according to Dr. Sadler. Phobias can be whipped, Dr.
are habits. i “The only sure method of eliminating fear is to drag it out and
\, “Joke about it, kid yourself about it in front of friends.”
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Sadler contends, just as habits can, be broken. In fact, he says, phobias
Bozo, Tobacco-Chewing Cat, Is Apartment Boss
on Having Teeth Brushed,
Yawns When He Thinks Company Should Leave
By DONNA MIKELS | ’ Nobody has ever said Bozo is a “sweet” cat , , . and no one has
Bozo is a 20-pound (big, that is) tawny-golden feline who rules the
9th st. belongs to Miss Charlotte Cathcart,
Issue Tossed Into GOP : Majority’s Lap
The house elections committee today reported out both the direct primary and convention reform bills- without “recommendation. This placed the responsibility of deciding bétween-the two issues directly into the lap of the Republican house majority. Following’ the report of the committee, small
cuss the political twists. The senate labor committee this afternoon will hold a public hearing on a bill to outlaw mass picketing. The senate élections committee will meet this afternoon to study a bill to abolish the central’ vote counting system in large counties. Medical Bills Read Two medical bills were introduced hy Senator Arcada Balz (R. Indianapolis) and ' Senator John Kendall (R. Danville). One would require doctors to pay a $2 annual registration fee, - The other would ‘make it possible for returning serv-| icemen to begin practice immediately without waiting for the annual examination. In the house, Rep. John G. Tiner (R. Indianapolis) introduced a bill to give one half of the state's alcoholic' gallonage tax to cities and
an argument over hoeing a bean|towns
Meanwhile, another resolution introduced in the senate would ask congress to enact anti-lynching legislation, Pass 3 in a fair employment
Truman Assails Poles on Voting
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (U. P).— President Truman, in an unusual action, told the new Polish ambassador bluntly today that the Polish provisional government had broken its pledge to hold free elections. The President made his statement to Jozef Winiewicz at their first meeting as the ambassador presented his credentials at the White House. Usually, the exchanges of remarks between the President and
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