Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 February 1947 — Page 1
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| Companies Ask | Withdrawal Of ‘Crew’ Law
Union to Help Kill Grade Separation Act
"By JACK THOMPSON ‘Hoosier taxpayers found themselves “caught in the middle” of a trade today whereby railroad management and railway brother-
hood lobbyists would exchange help on controversial bills. Lobbyists for railroad management requested authors of the fullcrew repealer bill to withdraw it this morning. In exchange union lobbyists have agreed to help the railroads to kill s measure which would save the taxpayers thousands of dollars in grade separation costs every year, it was learned. The measure, at which the new! campaign will be directed, would increase the portion of grade separation expense now paid by rail- |
roads from 20 per cent to 50 per
cent. Discuss Agreement Withdrawal of the full-crew bill which had aroused labor unions particularly brotherhoods, was scheduled to come off immediately. Senators Arthur Coblentz (R. Liberty Mills) and O. Bruce Lane
(R. Bainbridge) oir of the “and union to discuss the agreément. Senator Coblentz explained that! the bill had been introduced “by request” in the first place and that he was acting upon a change of! that request. 1 Senator Coblentz consented to withdraw the full-crew repealer aft-
er both railroads and brotherhoods | {for two hours yesterday but could | (R. Huntington) and A. W. Mitchell
representatives had signed a statement that such an action was agreeable to all concerned. The bill would repeal the old law requiring |
extra crew men on trains of certain | London, brought up the body at!s sharp increase in thé amount of lengths. It has been fought bitter- Martha st. and Eagle creek, only state money to be used in paying |a_ short distance from the point higher salaries and even “accepted” {where he fell in yesterday. |
ly by labor. Jess Murden, lobbyist for Lhe Association of Steam Railroads, first | confirmed the reports of an agree- | ment. “willing” to seek withdrawal of the | full crew bill in return for labor's help in defeating the grade separation bill, » Declines Comment Ray Gilbert, lobbyist for the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, declined all comment on the agreement. He indicated he would discuss the matter “after the full crew repeal bill has been withdrawn.” Former Senator Charles Phelps of Ft. Wayne, leading the fight to have railroads pay a higher percentage of grade separation costs, said his lobby would have no part in the agreement either way. He represents the Citizens’ Legislative committee which originally proposed to make railroads bear 65 per cent of the cost of building! grade separations. Should the working plan of ac-| tion between railroads and prother- | hoods be successful on both counts, cities would.continue to have. to pay | 80 per cent of the expense to ele- | vate railroad crossings within city limits.
Truman Asks Study To Aid British
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (U. P)). —==President Truman today ordered 8 study of emergency actions this country might be able to take to relieve the severe British coal shortage. Mr. Truman announced that he had directed Capt. Granville Conway, co-ordinator of emergency export programs, to determine how quickly and in what quantity coal could be landed at British ports.
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Golden Glovers Slug It Out
In Semi-Finals
THE TIMES-LEGION Golden Gloves enters the “home stretch” tonight with the semi-finals in the Armory, T11 N. Pennsylvania st. It will be the last chance for the novice and open aspirants to slug their way into the important final session which will be held tomorrow night. The Armory box office will open at T p. m. Tickets for tomorrow night’s finals will be on sale tonight | at the Armory during intermission and tomorrow morning at the downtown ticket locations—BushCallahan, 136 E. Washington - st., and Sportsman's Store, 126 N. Pennsylvania st. - ” » - TONIGHT'S battles will narrow the record field down to two fighters in each of the eight weight classes of both the novice and open divisions. The eight open winners tomorrow night will make up the team that will compete in the Tourna-! iment of Champions which opens {Feb. 24 in the famous Chicago stadium.
Drowned Boy's ...Body Recovered
Lad, 9, Loses Life In Eagle Creek
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Senate pt Bills to Raise Teachers’ Pay
House Committee Faces Financial Crisis
By ROBERT BLOEM Newest legislative plans for teachers’ pay increases were passed by the senate and sent to the house today. There the two bills to boost
minimum pay and to increase the amount paid by the state will go into the house ways and means committee as it comes to grips with the state's most serious Anaacian;
Elsen, 1047 S. Pershing st., drowned late yesterday when he lost his balance and fell into the creek! while breaking up some ice with a stick. Police dragged the creek bottom |
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not locate the body before darkness halted operations. Renewing the search today, a police squad headed by Sgt. Cecil |
Funeral Sunday The mother stood on the creek!
He said railroads would be pang weeping ang holding her son's/the present salary bill' before the
{coat for two hours yesterday while police searched in vain for the body. Nine-year-old Frederick Hunt, 2133 W. Raymond st., one of the boy's playmates, who stopped to play along the creek on their way home from school 49, also fell intoy the water while trying to rescue William but he pulled himself out by grabbing branches of a fallen tree. Services will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday in the Farley funeral home with burial in Floral Park. The Rev. J. C. Black, pastor of the Second Free Methodist church, will will officiate. Survivors, other than the mother, are the boy's father, George Lapp, Cincinnati, O.; a sister, Mary Jgne Lapp; four half-sisters, Rita and Kathryn Elsen, Mrs. Betty Fuller and s. Alma Johnson, all of this d two half-brothers, Frank{lin Elsen, Indianapolis, and Fred|erick Coghill, Detroit, Mich.
Fit of Coughing
Saves 2 From Fire
A fit of coughing awoke Chester Belter, 65, before dawn this morning. Then he smelled the acrid odor of smoke in his bedroom, Anxious. usly he reached over and awakened " his” wife, Elizabeth, 58. Together they walked carefully down the stairs, masking ‘the lower part of their faces with their hands. They aroused a neighbor and then watched grief-stricken as firemen fought fire in their, neat brick home at 2057 Perkins st. The blaze, which started in the basement, burned through both floors to the roof before it was extinguished.
crigis in years. At the same time word began to | Ieirculate from sources close to the administration that a final policy! jon teachers pay would be announced {vet this week. The reports indi- | cated that the teachers could be] satisfied, as result of new budgetary developments, without new taxes. | $44 Million Deficit Possible Rep. Jess Andrew (R. West Point), chairman of the house ways and means committee, placed the teachers pay question’ at the top of the agenda. That and other treasury drains must somehow be reconciled with a $44 million deficit outlook. “Until we get that settled we'll never get out from under his
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As. the. ways and. means comtiiiiog.. tee pi ed to slash every un« schefiuled appropriation, the powerful teachers’ lobby drove to get house action on the newly evolved senate program as quickly as possible. Suggest New Pay Plan That plan was evolved yesterday by Senators Clifford Funderburg
{ (R. La Porte). Acting in the name lof the joint house-senate education | committee, the pair proposed a new schedule of minimum teachers’ pay,
a hill to finance the whole thing. The new minimum pay schedule was offered as an amendment to
{senate and would range from $1800
{lege ave. died in City hospital last |
"BUCK AND BILL" —Two 4. yoarald oxen, dowd with their owner, On Stanfield I, Dana, were sold at the Indianapolis stockyards today at $23.50 per hundred They weighed 1800 pounds each.
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Anti-Suicide Guard Posted Prisoners
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_ Atempted. Slf-Destruction Spurs Sootch oe That Reveals Cyanide, Needles, Stissors
TOKYO, Feb. 13 (U, P.) —Security officers at ‘Sugamod prison posted
Son Tells Police of Being Awakened o By Father and Driving to Nearby State
By ROBERT GORDON Times Siate Serviee
COLUMBUS, Ind., Feb. 13.—The search for the thy, divorced husband of an Indianapolis night se dent, found brutally slain joday, swung to Kentucky.
his father, David Edman Sr., 40, to Kentucky.
‘Rossow Policy: ‘No Butting In
Written Requests Required for Raids go 8S URL
CHARLIE Teh. 13.— “Indiana state police are willing to attend local raid parties only if they receive written in¥itations trom the Trope authorities, iL The troopers won't go in for flash-in-the-pan crusading on their
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John A. Williams, 56, of 3048 Col- an anti-suicide vigil today. A search of cells disclosed dozens of potential suicide Weapons hidden on major war crimes suspects, including ex-
night of burns he received in a fire that destroyed a tourist caoin at Barberry Inn on highway 52 northwest of Indianapoils early yesterday: Mr. Williams, an insurance man affiliated with the Maryland Casualty Co., received the fatal burns when a gas heater in the cabin exploded as he attempted to light it about 7 a. m. yesterday. Miss Mary Frances Letter, 25, of | 2606 N. Butler ave., who was in the other side of the double cabin when | the fire broke out was still in City |, hospital today in a critical condition | with burns over most of her body. |
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City-County Bill’ Sent fo Governor
The house of representatives today cleared the way for Indianapolis and Marion county to join in the construction of a combined city hall and court house. Two senate bills were passed and sent to the governor to authorize the two governmental units to join hands. One measure enables joint financing of a single building to house both city and county offices. The second measure clears the city's title to Market square, on which are located both the City market and Tomlinson hall. This presumably would be the site of such a new
‘Maniac’ Slays
Young Housewif
WAUKEGAN, Ill, Feb. 13 (U. P)). —A “maniac” entered a bungalow | last night, beat a on the head, then killed her by plunging a paring knife into her] breast, police reported today,
THe victim, Mrs. Ruth Peterson, | 29, was found sprawled in the din- | ing room by her husband, Arnold, 31, - He returned from a bowling match shortly before midnight. The Petersons’ 2-year-old daughter, Pamela, stood crying at the kitchen door, which was left ajar | by the slayer in his hasty flight. | “I can't wake mommy,” she | sobbed. The child apparently was asleep | during the slaying and the furious | struggle which took place.
Premier Hideki Tojo.
The all-out vigil was touched off by the attempted suicide early yesterday of Yutaka Sagae. He is on trial before the 8th army military
tribunal charged with atrocities;
against American prisoners of war. | Tojo's person, They said the for- keep the force “clean and free of :
us | Rook, said Col. Robert R. Ros-
{fused to name them because in|vestigations are in progress. “Free of Outside Influence”
In a frank discussion of policy, the colonel said he's determined to
Sagae slashed an artery with a pen!mer war leader * ‘could have hanged outside influence.”
point. him up. _Cyanide—the instantaneous poiston which Hermann Goering used to
Prison physicians patched 'himself” with the sash.
Security officials found themselves |
{cheat the gallows at Nuernberg— were determined to prevent any {was found on at least two suspects. war criminal from killing himself.
{One had hidden the poison in the |
oe of a shoe while the other con- of steel wire, ground against the |
Col. Carey revealed that a piece
| “The governor knows I'm not de-
{pendent on this job financially,” he
in a tense situation comparable to remarked. that of guards of the Nazi war | criminals in Nuernberg jail.
Col. Rossow thinks gambling is
They | something that should be squelched {by local officials. However, he said |
| wig we get the proper request in writing, we'll do the job.” .
He said state police aren't in the
coated a vial in the seam of his prison wall to needle sharpness, had | habit of butting in where they'r
coat.
{been taken from Gen. Seishiro Ita- | not wanted because “even if we did, | Prison Commander Col. Francis gaki, former Singapore commander |we wouldn't stand much chance of jomew county hospital, told Sheriff
W. Carey, St. Louis, Mo., said the and member of the Japanese war gaining convictions. potential means of self- destruction council, Itagaki is one of 26 major taken from his 1073 charges in the [war criminal suspects standing trial | crusading basis,” the colonel as-
{prison included: Needles, broken ‘buttons, bits of glass, scissors, spools | lof strong thread, wires, ropes, nails, |
| pottery. Guards found a “haramaki’ —a|
before the internationa! tribunal. Articles capable of being used for
military
{pen points and jagged pieces of |self- inflicted wounds were taken
{from two ex-premiers and war leaders — Kuniaki Koiso and Baron
a young housewife long Japansse underwear sash—on | Kiichiro Hiranuma.
Ft. Wayne Woman Has 103d Birthday
FT. WAYNE, Ind, Feb. » = P.).—Mrs, Christian Fritz little difficulty hearing the ma {tations today. But she smiled and | nodded anyway to the relatives and friends. who dropped in to conigratulate her on her 103d birthday. She was born in Ann Arbor, | | Mich, in 1844, and recalls when the
Fair and Warmer ls Forecast Here
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
6a m..... 30 10am... 0 Tam... 3 11am ... 43 8.2. Mm. .... 34 12 (noon) .. #4 9 mi... 38 1pm... 4&
Gray smog walled in the mile square in downtown Indianapolis]
“We don’t want to operhite on a
serted. “By that I mean we won't work hard on some particular project, then let it go to pot.” | Col. Rossow said there wasn't | going to be any “fixing” /in his ad- | ministration: “I've told friends that if they're ever picked up and come running to me for help, I'll {issue them a personal certificate saying they've been arrested by the best damn police department in the country.” Offers Aid to Jeffersonville
The colonel accompanied here by his executive officers, Maj. Robert O'Neal of Indianapolis, was asked about Jeffersonville, southern Indiana’s gambling hotbed. “Well, they asked us to clean up Clark county outside Jeffersonville and we did,” he said. “We'll do the (same thing for Jeffersonville if they {want us to.” Later Jeffersonville Mayor Sam
A physician's examination estab- ' Confederates fired on Ft. Sumnter early today, making traffic haz- ‘Shannon was queried by reporters lished that the woman was not to start the Civil war—she was 17 ardous.
joint government building.
raped.
150-Man Posse Gels
MONKSTOWN, Tex. Feb. 13
naper reported getting a glimpse of Radioed reports from the heav of here reported that the elusive
Amusements , 24 Legislative fugitive had been seen ducking into Eddie Ash.... 28| Calendar .. 10 a clump of brush, Boots .....s.. 35/Ruth Millett. 19 Important News A pack of bloodhounds—rushed to Ned Brooks... 32|Movies. :..... 24 the scene by car from Gatesville Business ..... 32|Obituaries ... 16 On Inside P aaes during the night while the cordon Carnival ....., 20|Dr. O'Brien.. 5 5 of officers maintained an all-night Classified ..32-35|F. C. Othman 19 Page |vigil in the ever-narrowing area— Comics ...... 36/Radio ....... 36/Union Control Bill ............., 2|immedidtely were placed on the Crossword ,,. 35|Reflections .. 20| Reds in Colleges ,......oce0esq.. 2|desperado’s trail, Denny ....... 8{Mrs: Roosevelt 23|UN Near Arms Vote ............. 2| The identity of the tall, ‘blond Editorials .... 20{8illy Notions; 19 British Coal Crisis ......s....... 2 fugitive was unknown. Fashions ,.22-23 (Serial ....... 5/U. 8.-Canada Pact .........ceses 2| In the last two days he has Forum ...... 20|Spelling Bee. 36 Law Banning Bribery tvivessnsss 3istolen a taxicab and four new autoMeta Given.. 22 Sports ..... 28-29 Heart Disease Research ....,.... 5 mobiles, kidnaped two filling station Hollywood ... 19|State Deaths. 2 Canada’s ‘A-Bomb’ ..............11 operators and indirectly caused the Don Hoover.. 20|Teen Talk.... 22 News of Congress ......... vsse..13|death of a Dallas flying policeman, Indiana News 2 Washington . 20|E. A. Lahey's Labor 8tory .......13|authorities said. Indiana Saga. 20| Weather Map n Poland Alarmed ................18| The posse waited silently for the | Women's . |Coal Mine “Sitdown” .,.......:.21 {man to emerge from the 15-mile 32 News. 4032-3 Guaranteed ues gustesstend aquare, foresten. ares. ‘
Texas Manhunt for Mystery Kidnaper, Thief Nears End
Bloodhounds Used as Search Area Narrows
the Southwest since the Clyde Barrow-Bonnie Parker thrillers of the 1930's neared a possible climax today, Members of a 150-man posse searching for a strapping blond kid-
Glimpse of Quarry,
(U. P.).—The greatest manhunt in
their quarry shortly after daybreak. ily-wooded creek bottoms northwest
Authorities said they were not
armed, yesterday, when he fled from a stolen car he wrecked at Greenville, Tex. He was chased on foot into the wood yesterday by two state highway patrolmen after abandoning his fifth stolen car in a ditch. The thicket borders on the muddy Red .river which. flows between Texas and Oklahoma. Law officers blamed their mystery man for the death .of Warrant Officer 'P. D. Hale, of the Dallas police department, Officer Hale, using a plane in the manhunt, was killed
sure whether the desperado still was He abandoned two guns|
Paul Miller, 20,
then. She has three. living children, | six grandchildren, eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren, She lives here with a daughter,
Jail Repaired; Pollard Moved
Times State Service GREENFIELD, Ind, Feb. 13.— Hancock county jail, scene of two prison breaks in recent years, was being repaired today while the jail’'s prize prisoner was a temporary guest in the Pentdleton reformatory. Howard Pollard, 25, charged with the “hands-foot” flaying of Leland was moved to the state Institution while repairman worked. Sheriff Jack Rubush said county commissioners had authorized him to repair windows and locks and to place, individual locks on bull-pen cells, State police had pressed for repairs to the antiquated building to prevent the reoccurance ofthe jail break in the 1930s by members of the Brady gang and the at-
great | great- | | perature would rise to the high-40s.
A warming sun, however, cleared
{the atmosphere by mid-morning
and the weatherman said the tem-
Forecast was for fair and warmer
weather today and tonight while| tomorrow it will be partly cloudy |
and ‘mild. State Thawing Out
Meanwhile, a general thaw set in today and the snow blanket covering the northern states began to melt away. The thaw extended from the Dakotas eastward through New England. It affected Northern Michigan where the snow was 20- to 30 inches deep in some places. Temperatures generally were above normal throughout the country. The unseasonal warmth was most pronounced in the midwest and forecasters said it would produce “sloppy conditions” throughout the area later today.
Rain in Florida
~Northern section. of Minnesota and Dakota, where the temperature usually falls to zero during February nights, reported lows of 25 to 30 degrees above last night. Mild temperatures will continue generally throughout the nation tomorrow and Saturday. It was raining in Florida ‘and scattered showers fell on the SouthPacific
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|as to whether he intended to invite state troopers to his lively little ‘town. “No comment,” the mayor muttered.
Anti-U. S. Letter Found in Korea
SEOUL, Korea, Feb. 13 (U. P.).—~ Police who staged a raid on Communist headquarters today found a letfer purported to have been written by a Red army official in North Korea ordering a Communist leader to instigate disorders in the American-occupied zone. The letter is alleged to have been written by. Maj. Nicholi, Gusunof, education officer with the Soviet Red’ army at Pyong Yang, capital of the Soviet gone of Korea. It was
official Communist-front group. The. letter; police said, told Mr Ho that in order to “
isters’ canferehce at Mosoaw. sched-
state police cleanup aid, but re-.
situation” of the Red army, & revo- ips ns, lution should be timed to coincide| | with the forthcoming foreign min- without
{rich electrical contractor who |thousands of dollars in war tracts in the south during the
Tells Story. io 4 Mr. Clark, trom & bed in Barthel
Thayer and Coroner Marvin Davis that Edman came to the house after the family retired ast. night. Mr. Clark told the sheriff that Edman pounded on the door and shouted: “I want in in a hurry. I'm gong to kill you.” Mrs. Edman opened the door and
He said Edman with another shotgun. said, Mrs. Edman Edman turned the gun on and fired again.
he heard a voice that ound Edman’s voice shouting through window from the outside," you like that?” Then hel automobile leave: :
addressed to Ho Hun, ' chairman tions” for of the South Korean Labor party}