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Judges R Rule 52 in Favor 0f Thompson
‘Pretender’ Takes
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*ATLANTA, Ga., March 19 (U. P.).—The state supreme court today ousted Herman Talmadge as governor of Georgia. Twenty minutes later the man who was denounced as a “pretender” picked up his hat and stalked out of the
capitol. The 5 to 2 decision holding that
Lt. Gov. M. E. Thompson is the state's legal chief executive was handed down at 11:25 a. m. Twenty minutes later, Mr. Talmadge walked from the executive office which he had forcibly seized |
did, “in the orderly operation of the law. I hope that my administration will be remembered as one during which law and order prevail Mr. Talmadge has been acting as governor since his election during 4 turbulent session of the general pssembly in the early morning of Jan. 15. But ‘his legal title to the office had been questioned by Governor Arnall and Mr. Thompson. The supreme court settled the matter today in a decision ruling on three suits involving the battle between Mr, Talmadge and Mr. Thompson for the office. a Two Justices Dissent Chief Justice W, Frank Jenkins and associate Justice Tom Candler dissented on the issue precipitated by death of Governor-elect Eugene Talmadge between his election last Nov. 5 and his scheduled jnavguration Jan. 14, “The decision came on Tower court decisions in three suits pushed through by. Mr. Thompson fighting for governorship by automatic succession, Two lower court decisions, favoring Mr, Talmadge were réversed and one favoring Mr, Thompson
In deciding that the legislature
gist of their ‘decision in. this pungent paragraph:
" “It follows that upon the resig-
18, 1947, M. E. Thompson, the duly qualified lieutenant governor became vested with full executive powers of this state.” Defines Power of Court The majority decision, written by Justice Henry W. Duckworth, uttered strong words defining the power of the court as compared with the legislature. “Manifestly a department of the state government vested with the power to declare void laws en-
broad enough to declare void other actions of that department; which are of less dignity, if. they. are found to have violated the constitution. and to be an infringement of right,” Justice Duckworth wrote.
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PROBLEM—Marion county's
After Slaying
‘I Was Mad,’ Richard
fear?
which struck in the comfortable, Drexel ave.
ost 12 months. ° ”
Richard Imel had no record Houchins boy: Richard told police
you .
tions. He said: “I don’t understand it. He was
Our Teen-Age Problem—
Boy Faces Murder Charge
Police After East Side Shooting
By RICHARD LEWIS RICHARD DALE IMEL, 14,.admitted shotgun slayer of his stepmother, Mrs. Lillian Imel, brought before Juvenile Judge Joseph O, Hoffmann this
afternoon on a murder charge. % After that, the legal aspects of the case, unprecedented in recent years here, resolved into the single glaring question. What is to be done with teen-agers who kill in a fit of anger or
“I was nid, » Richard sobbed after his Stepmother lay dead in her sewing chair, a gaping wound in her. throat,
THIS MORNING, he asked detectives if he couldn't go home with his father, Joseph Imel, 40, who flew back from" St. Louis early this morning where he was on a business trip, . Richard seemed fo be unaware of the full measure of the tragedy
This ‘was the third killing" involving teen- agers in Indipn. | in- the
“Last August, 14-year: old" ‘Robert Houchins shot his foster mother “ death on their White county farm in similar emotional circum-# He said “she was always bawling me Yat: N
TWO 17-YEAR-OLD Evansville boys are ana trial in Co-~ lumbus today charged with the murder of a state policeman. Their teen-age girl friends will stand trial later on the murder charge. Last night's slaying lighted in grim detail Indiana's entire juvenile problem. It was not simply a problem in delinquency,
last fine blast of his own .410 gauge shotgun he used for hunting. He shot her as she sat in her sewing chair and pleaded: “Put that gun away, Richard. No, don’t shoot me...
NO vais Dazed by the tragedy and loss of sleep, went to the county coroner's office this morning to answer some ques-
average student at Tech. He loved sports.” Mrs. Thelma Harwood, of 22 N. Grant ave. Richard's aunt,’ has taken charge of the Imel home. Unaware of the tragedy are the boy's (Continued on Page 3—Column 5)
number one juvenile problem today was |4-year-old Richard Imel who admitted to police that he killed his stepmother last night, # » =
Stepmother
Dale Imel, 14, Tells
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“She picked on me.” ae I .
sedate Ime] bungalow at 1501 N.
of delinquency. Neither had the
he shot’ his stepmother with one
I beg
Richard's weary father
a perfectly normal boy. He was an
Committee to Study
Phone Strike Threat
WASHINGTON, March 19 (U. P.). ~Joseph A. Beirne, president of the independent National Federation of Telephone Workers, summoned the union's policy committee here today to decide whether to eall a nationwide telephone strike after April 7. Mr. Beirne said the decision was in the hands of the committee, which will begin its emergency session here Monday. .
Wallace Plans Tour NEW YORK, March 19 (U. P))~ Henry A, Wallace,” former ° vice president and cabinet. member, planned - today to leave for. Engand Apel? for tajke with, Brsih ‘He several Scattered
Iported ore dares of the state.
Slushy Snow
Due Tomorrow LOCAL TEMPERATURES !
6am... 31 10a. m..... 40 T7aam....32 1lam..... 42 8am, ¥32 12 (Noon).. 42 a.m,....3 1p m..... 43 Light snow-—just enough to
cover streets with: slush and splatter your nylons—will fall on Indianapolis tomorrow. % The weatherman forecast cloudy weather today. The temperatures will remain in the 30's. . Indiandpolis, however, fared bet- | ter than the rest of the state last
night. Snow measuring sabout an
or fell at Lafaye “show flu
and Marion.
were re-
Does Greek hid
propoun Hing the aid program and
pose of arming peoples on her bor-
orce of arms?”
| Turkish proposal.
“I At present there are no plans for
Truman Asked.
Mean War?
Eaton Promises Full Information to Nation
BULLETIN MOSCOW, March 19 (U, P.).— Secretary of State George C. Marshal] today rejected the Soviet Union’s demand for vastly increased German industry to produce reparations and warned that it would be repeating the same fatal error that was made after the first world war.
By JOHN L. STEELE United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, March 19 (U. P.).—Republican members of congress from President Truman's home state of Missouri today demanded to
know whether his GreekTurkish aid program means risking war with Russia. They also asked if it meant abandoning the United Nations. The two G. O. P. senators and nine representatives from Missouri ded séven questions involvupon Mr. Truman to “make a complete disclosure of all the facts.” x The question included one which asked: “If Russia regards our entry into Greece and Turkey with the purdo we
al act,
“Hearings Open Tomorrow They outlined their question amid these other foreign policy developments: ONE; Chairman Charles A. Eaton (R. N., J) of the house foreign affairs committee promised fo place before the American people and congress the “full facts” behind Mr. Truman's Greek-Turkish program. Rep. Eaton's committee starts hearings tomorrow on a bill to carry out the aid program. " TWO: Senator Owen . Brewster
(R. Me.) predicted that a “firmer” U. 8. policy in China would be “revealed shortly.” He told reporters that the predicted policy shift in China would be “incident to our changed attitude toward communism.” ’ Senator Brewster also proposed that Gen. Douglas MacArthur, supreme allied commander in Japan, be named to take over in China where Secretary of State George C., Marshall left off. Mr. Marshall served as special presidential envoy in China for a year ina futile attempt to bring Communist and Nationalist forces together there.
See Failure of U.N.
THREE: Some member of congress described the United Nations as a “shattered dream” and criticized the administration’s failure to refer the Greek crisis. to the | infant world” pedee . organization. " FOUR: ~The house foreign affairs committee agreed on a compromise version of a $350 million gneeral foreign relief bill. This is separate and distint from Mr. Truman's $440 million Greco-
The original bill would have given food and other relief to Greece, Italy, Austria, SHungary
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Cruise to’ Greece, ‘Routine Training’
WASHINGTON, March 19 (U, P.). —The navy said today the only purpose in sending ‘the 27,000-ton aircraft carrier Leyte to lead a U. 8. naval force into the troubled Mediterranean waters off Greece: and Turkey this spring was for “routine training.” A navy spokesman was asked whether the Leyte was being. sent to Greece and Turkey on White, House orders. He repeated it was a “routine transfer.” The Leyte will call at Istanbul, Turkey, traveling through the Dar danelles to reach that port. The Leyte also will call at Suda bay. in the Greek island of Crete.
the ship to call at Pireaus, port of Athens, as reported by the Greek government. The Leyte will leave the United States early in April to join the Mediterranean fleet. She will be
An Editorial—
NOTHER man was shot
“routine”
bloody gang war.
like honey draws flies.
know.
to complete immunity from
‘Well, What Did You Expect?
and killed Monday night in
the underground fight over Indianapolis’ lush gambling profits. That's the third in less than a year. Armed holdups of gambling racketeers have become so common they pass almost unnoticed, are not ven reported unless a newspaper happens to unearth a big one and force a routine police inquiry. is all it ever turns out to be. Indianapolis, obviously, is in the first stages of
And
Well, what 4d you expect?
WE'VE let Zumbling grow up, here, into ™ illegal multi-million-dollar-a-year business—and the law has winked at it while it grew. Profits like that draw criminal scum and hoodlums
We've let gambling racketeers stick their fingers into politics and boast about their “influence” and their “connections” and their “fixes.” Do they actually have such “influence”? We don’t
We do know they run wide open in what amounts
the law.
You can’t hide a gambling business any more than you can hide a retail store. You have to have mass dis-
tribution, and a headquarters and a sales force, to peddle
Horse race bookies have to
enough 50-cent lottery tickets to gross $10,000 a week.
have offices and telephones.
Numbers rackets and “pick-n-win” games have to have
hundreds of public, retail outlets.
worth a raid.
rackets go on, hoodlums gather.
easy, illegal money.
the courts.
There have been some
Once in.a while the police bring in some little retailer: But the hoodlums and the gunmen of the rival gangs seem to be.able fo find the big shots and the cenitral offices, and to know when there’s ¢ash enough to be
Then the guns blaze and the. city is shocked by another killing, and the police $and the easy money rolls in, and the |
“investigate.” And the
We've been asking for it. After all, what else could you expect?
- . . . . HE way to nip gang anarchy in the bud is to stop the town’s wide-open gambling rackets, and shut off the
It is the job of the police and the prosecutor and
They haven't been doing it. In spite of official whitewash the police department , is by no means cleared of charges of wholesale bribery it faced a month ago. Until it is cleared the honest policemen—who are most of the men on the force—can hardly dare to take effective action against a racketeer who just might have powerful “protection.”
weird performances in our
courts in gambling cases. Such as acquitting ‘the defendant and fining the prosecution witness. There has been, too often, only a listless pretenge of prosecution. Unless they do their job we may expect more. and
more and more affairs like the one last Monday night. If
’ it is" NOW.
State Attacks Duress Charge
By VICTOR PETERSON Times Staff Writer COLUMBUS, Ind, March 19.—
Defense charges that confessions of two teen-agers on trial for
first degree murder were obtained under duress was attacked by We state today. , ‘About 10 prosecution witnesses were to be called to refute defense contention that any admission of guilt should be barred as evidence. The testimony probably will take two days. The two 17-year-old Evansville defendants, William Price and Wilfam Johnson, have told of alleged state police brutality after their capture in the slaying of State Trooper Herbert W. Smith Dec. 5. Several farmers, called as witnesses, have supported the youth's stories. So have their sweethearts, Vera Hornback, 16, Ander-
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Probe New Anal In Pool Slaying
Police today checked the possibility ‘that Marion May, slain hoodlum, was a gunman hired to prevent Sewell Davidson, pool ticket jobber, from ‘organizing his own
lottery.
Davidson, held without bond on a murder charge, fatally wounded May in a gun battle Monday. The pool ticket jobber told police he slew May, in an exchange of gunfire through a wootlen door, when May tried to “strong-arm” his way into the Davidson apartment, 2143 N. Capitol ave, - Davidson's wife, Betty, 23, is under $1000 bond as a material witness. Cases against both have been continued in Municipal Court 3 until Friday. In a statement to police, Davidson said he was a jobber for “Slim” Stallings, who has offices in the rear of the Pub tavern, 129 W. 16th st. Stallings is said to be owner of the tavern. Homicide squad detectives believe May decided to desert his “field” as a burglar to get some of the lush gambling profits from operators who are ‘enjoying a bountiful period,
Dies in Auto Crash SOUTH BEND, Ind, March a (U. P).—Richard Tompkins, South Bend, was killed last Ph
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soft coal mines.
Streets Here To Be Resurfaced
. $1,600,000 Program Will Take 10 Years
A $1,600,000 program to resurface major streets in Indianapolis was launched today. Initial step was taken by the board of works when it approved city engineer's plans ‘to resurface
ly at an estimated cost of
$3 City ‘Engineer “Thomas R. “Jacobi said the entire program will take approximately 10 yehrs,. He said the city has allocated $170,000 for this year. It was estimated contracts for the first part of the project will be let in about a month. Work should start shortly thereafter. Streets Are Listed
The following streets<will be resurfaced: North st. from Pennsylvania st. to Massachusetts ave, and from Meridian st. to West st. Sherman dr. from Prospect st. to 10th st., and from 30th st to 38th st. Capitol ave. from 16th st. to Fall Creek pkwy. New York st. from Alabama st. to Pennsylvania st, and from Capitol ave. to White River Park. way. Vermont st. from Capitol ave. 0 East st., also Morris st, from Ken-
The streets will be resurfaced
with asphaltic concrete, Mr. Jacobi said.
Drive to Block lllegal Mergers
WASHINGTON, March 19 (U. P). —Attorney Gerieral Tom C. Clark
‘announced . foday creation in the
justice department of amerger unit to forestall industrial combines. He said the combines = threaten a “serious increase in the concentration of economic power.” Mr. Clark mniarshalled his antitrust forces for a drive to block illegal corporate mergers as a house judiciary committee considered a
bill to tighten existing antimohopoly laws. “This (merger) unit is made
necessary by ‘the tremendous. increase in the number of business mergers,” Mr. Clark said. “It is designed to forestall the creation of a vast number of monopolies and combinations in restraint of trade by the merger device.” The new unit will be part of the anti-trust division.
Cherry Blossom Fete
To Stress Peace Theme WASHINGTON, March 19 (U. PJ, —Peace will be the theme of Washington's 1947 cherry blossom festival scheduled for April 12-13. The two-day pageant will be attended by representatives of members of the United Nations who
dances.
ss Belgium Forms Coalition. Cabinet _ BRUSSELS, March 19 (U. P)~—
[socialist Paul Henri Speak formed i
coalition cabinet today
This withdrawal was one of the terms laid down by the U. S. supreme court in upholding the contempt of court con-. victions against Mr. Lewis and the mine workers union,
3 Bumper of the worst streets im-!.
tucky ave. to the grade separation. |g
will demonstrate native songs and
Miners Or at 2 To Stay on Job After April 1
Production Assured Until June 30;.. Krug May Ask Negotiations With Owners
WASHINGTON, March 19 (U. P.).—John' L. Lewis today bowed unconditionally to the government. He called off the ‘A. F. of L. United Mine Workers intention to strike on April 1 in the nation’s soft coal fields. ' The U. M. W. chieftain sent a terse 20-word letter to Secretary of Interior J. A. Krug, unconditionally withdrawing his notice of Nov. 15, 1946, which sought to terminate" the Krug-Lewis agreement for government operation. of the
"Hr. Lewis’ action apparently insured peace in the soft coal fields until June 30. That is the date when the gow
ment relinquishes its op the mines.
must. pay the $710,000 ine
by the supreme court.” e the $3,510,000 levied by th federal coutt: os oinditiohs 8 Lewis comply with its & to call off the strike. Mr, Lewis’. letter a a
the basic issues arising under the agreement,” Mr. Lewis told the 400,« 000 union members. “These actions have been taken
scrawl. of “John L. Lewis, presi
dent.” 3 Had Six Days Left : Mr. Lewis, theréfore, kn expected, to the decision of the U. 8.
signaled sure render of the mine unjon leader fo ‘the government without
until June 30. $x 4 ment’s authority. ela thie vars coal ming XpiTes. The U. M. i _ 4
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