Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 March 1947 — Page 1
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'FLOPHOUSE QUARTERS — "A civilized community should not permit places like this to exist’ — County
Prosecutor Judson L. Stark.
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57th YEAR-NUMBER 818 = ° TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1947
FORECAST: Fair tonight; tomorrow, partly cloudy with no decided change in temperature, Lowest tonight near freezing.
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Entered ‘as Second-Class Matter at Postofcs Indianapolis, Ind. Issued daily except Sunday .
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DETROIT, March 11 (U. P).— The Detroit Times today quoted Jack Adams, manager of the Detroit Red Wings, National hockey league team, as saying he would
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McNear Was Marked Man, Peoria Sheriff | | _ Says as He Reconstructs Shotgun Ambush |
By ROBERT T. LOUGHRAN United Press Staff Correspondent
! president of the strikebound Toledo, Peoria and Western railway, appar-| g
ently trailed him for days, police said today. Last night he found the | perfect opporfunity to shoot Mr, McNear during & power blackout.
The newspaper Said he would] He was killed by a singlssblast,— a
Imported Killer Blamed Gasoline to Go Up In Rail President Slaying Half Cent Here
TEORIA, Til, March 11.—The assassin of George P. McNear Jr, expected to rise about 'z cent a
retire. from active coaching next Mr. McNear walked into the assassin’s trap’ during a power failure Might be announced late today as |a result of events that began yes-
with only a cane to defend himself against his slayer’'s shotgun. { B only 8 vers shotgun. ~~ lterday in ‘the ailfields in “Texas. The markup here would be in line}
direct the Wings’ four-club ice as he took his customary evening » . . - hockey system in an . excutive stroll near his home. with a general increase throughout the country although not as high
tate raised prices 1'2 cents a gal- EXAMPLE = Some of the city’
Hike Stems From Rise In Crude Oil Price
Gasoline prices in Indiana are
allon. Dealers here expected the change
_eapacity. Despite a bitter, five-year dispute . . The paper, in a dispatch fromiwith his employees; punctuated by | jo in Ohio. Standard Oil of that New York, quoted the veteran/gunfire, dynamitings and threats I Hective. to: Adams as saying Tommy Ivan against his life, Mr. McNear was I l p 4Se on elective marraw, would move up from coach of the without arms or a bodyguard. : Crude Oil Cost Up Wings’ American league farm club Waited in Darkness | . at Indianapolis to take over the| The slayer laid in wait in the | Police Hope Boys probahly would go into effect to-| troit helm. 1 : | Detroit he darkness. As Mr. McNear ap-! (Cqn Offer Clue mOITow
bv Ivan, the paper said. anapolis, Omaha and Galt, Ont,
Ivan Promotion Seen Logical Move
Red Wings to promote Tommy Ivan
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Johnny Mowers, ex-Red Wing|proached, a shotgun blast shattered goalie and currently Adams’ coach- ithe quiet of the exclusive residlen-\. The search for seven-year-ol ing assistant, would be first in line jal district. The slugs: tore away ; | Peter Hubbell entered its fourth for the Indianapolis job vacatedithe right side of his chest. day today without a single clue. |
In his new capacity as general near his body. He was big andigqturday when he vanished from manager, Adams would - direct the sturdy, and authorities believed he io ond] wi d thelr affiliates at Indi-| : ithe Riviera club after playing in {ore} y ! ! ngs an elr a e ndi- used the cane, which he alwaysithe gymnasium there. No trace of foreign buyers for crude oil already!
In the. event that Jack Adams gaving “definitely was an imported | : ming pool Saturday. % retires as active coach and man-| isp» The boys will be questioned oil ager of the Detroit hockey club, it| «phe slayer must have followed ; would be a logical move for the yr McNear for several days. He
Miller said, and in line with the| (Continued on Page 6—Column 2) |
Red Wing farm system policy, to send Johnny Mowers to Indian-
Police found Mr. McNear's cane| peter has been missing since noon |
carried on his walks, in a futile him has been found. effort to beat off his assailant. J In desperation, police called a No one saw the shooting, bul mass meeting for after school foneighbors saw a car speed away. |day of the 30° boys who went to Sheriff Earl Spainhower said the the clulf’s gymnasium and swim-
masse by Policewomen Marjorie Small and Cozetta Osborn in- the hope that once they are assembled
+\ knew his habits and he knew about
“If there had been no power fail-| were made last night by the police- | women with Peter's . parents, Mr.|
r : : : Li: After three days of fruitless rise in Tulsa: tank car prices for smn |gasoline, fuel oil and kerosene. candidate for the Indianapolis HCI | Ul ing {Continued on Tage. 5—Column 1 ea coaching job, probably would be z : 3 )| This would mean a general halfModere (Mud) Bruneteau, success ful coach at Omaha, Miller indi cated,
Molotov Driving Hard for Quick Settlement on German Treaty (Denny). esesvsssassssssansces Foreign Ministers to. Discuss Chinese Crisis Informally..... Hoover Says Russ Retard Recovery of Austria ..oeeivecese #Outlaw Reds,” Schwellenbach ASKS wessessstasasassesassnne Navigator Blown Out of Plane, Plunges to Death in Atlantic. gave U. 8. Missionary From Chinese ReAS cecvvnvsvinerannnnss Local Veteran. in Crew of . Ship Seized by British at Haifa.... Make Russia Take Blame, U, S. . I Aim in Atom Parleys ........ oo Best Known Woman Hater in U. : S. May Leave for Good ....... Sale! Filipino President Escapes As10001 6 of 1, RE GR STA RR . Insulting a Senator (Othman).. How to Get Along With the FBI » 9" , ; (Inside Indianapolis) .:....... Lily i Safety Board O. K.s Demotion
of Police Lieutenant .......... W 30) :
Times Index gq brunch coats 40 PONY,
mente 12 oe Tap, \ ’ -lily patterd on fresh white ricks
Eddie Ash... 22 Ruth Millett. . Boots .,....., 26| Obituaries ... Business ..... 20/F. C. Othman ; Carnival .,... 15 Radio hanes Classified ..24-26 Records Comics ..,... 27 Reflections |.. Crossword“ ... 26 Serial ........ Editorial .... 16Side Glances Fashions ,,.18-19 Forum iv... 16!Stranahan aes
ERS FILLED! airs - 0 Hollywood .., 15 Teen Talk.... : Don Hoover.. 16 Weather Map rl Indiana Saga 16 Women's : In Indpls..... 3
CE Rea IP). — Resclie workers frantically| Interesting News % fdug into the ruins of @ aE Suzy, a gallant fox terrier that Oni Inside Pages downtown riverfront building which chdsed away a prowler who at- | - og ! collapsed today. {tacked her. mistress, Mrs. Hazel] TT Page| At least five persons were trapped, Scheid, 1009 8. Alabama st, was 88 two of them were believed dead. |Singled out for honors today.
Pire officials said that eight men| The Indiana Society for the Pre'were treated for injuries, vention of Cruelty to Anivals, Inc.,! At Teast three men were still alive Presented Suzy an honorary life | in the wreckage. Firemen heard membership. | their voices and began tunneling toward them, The collapse’ of the building brought down power” lines and ap|parently disrupted some gas mains.
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(barrel, apparently a move to answer
buyer of crude in Texas. Under the new scale, Stanolind would pay 182.18 a barrel for Gulf coast crude jand $1.95 for East Texas.
{American Production Co. imme|diately followed the lead of Stanolind. ‘The increase was the first
Indianapolis .Caps’ coach, to theiihe evening walks. When the strect| the boys may recall some fact that SiC6 @& general 10-cent-a-barrel|
4 price rise for the cost of crude oil led by Stanolind Oil Purchasing Co. The firm increased the price
The incerase here stems from a | |
t pays for crude oil by 25 cents a
ncreasingly heavy competition from |
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scarce, |
The company is the second largest |
Standard of Indiana and Pa I
This morning the Chicago Jour-|erar's office, and Mrs. Richard M. Hubbell of ‘nal of Commerce, barometer of ‘prosecution plan while questioning 28 W. 54th st. prices, announced: a quarter-cent|ocear Anderson, of Ogilville.
cent boost in prices. for these items |
prices comes on the heels of failure | of a move: by: the Indiana assem- | bly to.add another penny: ta, gaso- | line tax for rodd building purposes. Present average gasoline prices | here is about 21'; ‘cents a gallon| for regular and about 23 cents a] gallon for ethyl. :
PLYMOUTH, March 11° (U. P.).—
Annapolis.
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_ Preliminary Contests to Be Held in Community A Centers, Grand Finals Scheduled May 9
By ART WRIGHT The 1947 Times Spelling Bee for grammar school pupils will open Monday, March 24. : : All pupils will nat compete ’that night but the city, parochial and private school entrants will take part in*heir first spell-down that week. The Times Spelling Bee will be staged in line with last - year's 15 schedule. All preliminary contests will be held in community - centers. 15 Within a day.or twe all schools will 2 13 be assigned to the «community Marion county will be ‘held Friday 15 centers within their districts. All night, May 9. . 27 entrants will report to the desig- While the préilminaries are being
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16, week of March 24. |throughout ' the - city, the county
98! Those who survive the first pre-schools will hold contests within |
14 liminary will take part in the sec- their schools and send representa-
Sports .....22-23ond preliminary the week of April 7. tives to a township finals. The two
22| The two best spellers from each winners in each township finals 18. center will take part in the semi-| will ‘compete with the city district 14 finals at: a downtown site in mid- winners in’ the semi-finals. April, The grand finals for the 20| The Indianapolis champion—even
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News ....18-10 best spellers of Indianapolis and though he- (or she) might come
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from a county school, as was the case last year—will represent this) area in the national spelling bee at Washington, D. C, late in May, All expenses for the Washington trip will be paid by The Indianapolis Times. : , Prizes again will be awarded the district winners and the champion and runners-up. 3 The contest is as simple as it was [in 1946, with a minimum of restric(tions, There is one outstanding rule: Contestahts must not have passed beyond the eighth grade and | must not be 16 years old before June 1, There will be important news about the spelling bee—the date schedule, the entry blank, the prizes, even words for grammar school pupils to study in advance— 50 ‘keep reading your Indianapolis Times every day.
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i . RTT # : " lin Indianapolis and Indiana. : pe Cave-In Buries h Dog That Saved The nation-wide rise in gasoline | witnesses to testify to other fracts,
—| cinorNNATL 0, March 11 0. Mistress Honored
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facts are proved. making such a' general character that it leads fhe’ : ordinary mind. to beliéve that one one-third. s defendant had to commit * the] crime.”
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Circumstantial Case | Hinted by State
By VICTOR PETERSON Times Staff Writer
COLUMBUS, Ind, March 11.— [it’s taken the 85th general assembly evidence may be 61 hectie days to write. the state's chief weapon in the Some of the legislation already prosecution of two teen-agers has been signed by Governor Gates. | n- (charged with the slaying of state rooper Herbert W. Smith. |is certain to be signed.
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The first indication of the state's
Motor City Bern according ® Dick lights failed last night, he had his|yould throw light on the mystery,|POOSt started in November by Sun tria Jer, general manager oO lopportunity,” the sheriff said. | Arrangements for the -meeting| Cl or an Quarter-Cent Rise | Merl Wall, state attorney gen-'l
Defines the Terms
“Circumstantial evidence is that
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“It also is that evidence in which |
“Now, Mr. Anderson, do you be-
Defense attorneys objected and |
| ‘Several weeks ago a prowler broke | Rep. Robert A. Grant of the In-|their objections was sustained. | linto Mrs. Scheid’s home, knocked |diana third district today announced | her down and kicked her. Before the appointments of Rodger G.| he could do further harm, Suzy | Grossman, Plymouth, -and Philip |jumped in, biting at the ffitruder’'s|M. Pahl, - Michigan -City, to the {ankles and barking until he fled | United States Naval academy at
The defense earlier indicafed that it would try to prove.that the killing was an accidental shooting. Jury Likely Today It was indicated by both sides that a jury is: likely to be accepted |
today. Mr. Anderson, incidentally, was]
the neighbor to whom Nate Clark!
appealed for aid after his daugh- | ter, Mrs. Ruth Clark Edmah, was slai Her husband, David Edman, is now | charged with the slaying. Mr. An-| derson
lenge, As court closed yesterday, the prosecution ‘excused a prospective | juror without cause. The probable | reason for dismissal is that the| individual is represented in legal| affairs by William H. Dobbins, Columbus, defense attorney. “We were ready to accept the jury as it stood when the ‘state used a peremptory challenge,” sald Emmanuel Baugh of the defense. “I wouldn't’ be surprised to see a jury accepted by this afternoon.
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Monon Loses $124,240 CHICAGO, March 11 (U. P).-~ The Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville (Monon) Railway Co. today reported a net. loss in January of
Some is awaiting his signature but
hinted strongly at the fight of the session, are more pay. Minimum salaries now will be in a range of $1600 to $2400] a year. as compared with a previous strikes in utilities.
sill and penniless are force at 2281/5 S. lllinois st.
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Some Measures Still Wait Gates’ Signatures; Governor Tells Legislators, ‘I'm Satisfied’ | ent to a restaurant ana begged
By ROBERT BLOEM This is the last roundup, the story
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Some proposed laws died by the
{line of attack came today in ques- Wayside. And many that -passed tioning prospective jurors for the must be tested in the administra-| 1 of William Price and William tive mill before they can be pro-| both 17, of . Evansville, nounced good or bad.
Hoosier school teachers, after the ongest on-again off-again lobbying |
nge of $1200 to $1650.
Political monopoly of the wholeé-
sale liquor and beer industry -has' Last laugh—The Democrats, who been abolished. The details are on have nothing to answer for,
lieve in circumstantial evidence
: 3 wherein all factors point up to a NAMED TO. ANNAPOLIS possible fact?” Mr. Wall asked.
Weather to Stay Fair and Cool
LOCAL TEMFERATURES m...31 10a m..... 38
71 a. 6am ...2' lam. . 4 8a. m.... 33 12 (Noon),, 43 9a m...3 1pm... .4M
Continued fair with the mercury
|hovering around the 40-degree additional tax from the bill and|yes n in a shotgun blast Feb. 13. mark was forecast by the weather amended it to include a new dis-
bureau for today and tonight. Temperatures will average two
was excused. as a juror by degrees above noimal in the north|tax funds. The surplus is to bel® the defense on a preremptory chal- and four degrees above normal in|divided among cities, counties and,
the south tomorrow.
forecast for Saturday.
j that list which must yet meet the
| saler's license may obtain it without Sgt. Maistner | :
, going to get|- Here's a “quickie” box score on
That means a raise for some ers. . | teachers. For others who already| Toughest legislator—Rep, Jess An~ |" were above minimum it means only rew, ways and means chairman. la better chance for a raise. In any | Biggest headache—Liquor reform. event, the state will kick in $10 mil-|" -Saddest man—Rep. Robert Jus lion more to pay teachers than it tice because 18-year-olds still can’t BE TOPE TAZ 70 ANRREASE OF I VOLO © nnn Mattos mmm 0 1 =. Happiest: man— Governor - Oates
A dip in temperature is scheduled! Controversy arose over the first for Thursday, becoming warmer report of the conference committee Friday and Saturday, the weather- when Governor ‘Gates sent word to man said. Scattered showers werelthe floor that he would veto the
1a ‘Flophous o’ Owner N Kr Under Afrest - By NOBLE REED = Scores of aged and homeless men are living on one meal a day in filthy, unventi- | |lated “flophouses” not fit for, thuman habitation in Indians © apolis’ downtown districts. =. This was revealed in an investigas | tion by Prosecutor Judson L. Stark's |office of a “flophouse” of 228% 8. Tilinois st., last night where 28. men, in various stages of senile’ feebleness, sleep on vermin-infested cots. The investigation was made after numerous complaints about the place were received, Mr. Stark said, Rat Conditions at this place were $0 deplorable that Sgt. Ray Moistrer, special investigator for tile prosC | ecutor’s office, placed Frank Bur- o gess, 52, proprietor, under arvest. 3 Held on $3000 Bond = = i | He was held under $3000 bond on
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otpof whom {ceive the welfare ‘department
d to exist behind this door | | r Taken fo Hospital , oo
‘er elderly men, two
hospital for treatment. JR They were infested with body-lice
| cilities. § | One 76-year-old man didn't have anything to eat yesierday until about 4 p. m, when another lodger
sandwich. Burgess had all ‘money from his $40 monthly check, and he was not around and hadn't been there inost of the day,
test of practice, but anyone who now wants a liquor or beer whole-
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an okay from a party official. i {1 hdl Ay Indiana voters will havé the op- yo se, Who ses a pirchasd i portunity to vote for or against pay- Tavern “4 W Wishingion st., told oy gn | 5 . : oh - the lodgers to go to his place and (Continued on Page §—Column 4) ithey would be served meals for 40
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| cents. . : One nearly-blind lodger 68 years Legislative |old said he was not physically able = : to go from the flophouse to the Box Score en i 13 In One Room » 4
Although a sign on the ‘street
the legislature: door offers rooms for 35 cents &
Hottest bill—The one to outlaw
Most successful lobby—The teach-
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Gas Tax Spit Holds Assembly
The gasoline tax distribution issue was still to be decided today as the general assembly reconvened in.an “overtime” session. A conference committee last night removed the I1-cént-a-gallon
tribution schedule of surplus gas
the highway department,
compromise meausure. The com-|y mittee then met again and a new
What Did Alley Oop Say to Josephine?
‘® Alley Oop's greeting, when he meets “Josephine — the lovely wife of Napoleon, — knocks the dignity right out from under the royal . court...and brings on a . duel of honor,
£124,240 as compared to a net loss
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of $144,573 for January, 1046:
® What did Alley Oop say
report was drafted. af Agree. on Schedule land
The new distribution agreed ‘onj = by the special committee was all receipts for :the fiscal 1046-1047 in excess of net will be divided 64 D counties, 16 cent to cities ‘and 20 per cent to the