Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 April 1947 — Page 5

"MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1947

Army Scraps

In Fi. Knox Experiment

* (Continued From Page One) + in 664 boys 17 to 19 years old and began putting them through their paces, .. They come from 46 of the 48 states. They were selected on the basis of age, mental achievement and physical condition. Wisely, the army picked a few dullards and a fair share of the underfed and overweight. It drew one with a criminal record—and sent him packing because the others complained he was dis gracing their outfit, It has snagged a handful of those ig don't like the army and never will,

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get other generals to part with their best men to be instructors at Knox. a They used all the old tricks, changing classifications and sending him their culls disguised as “experts.” But Gen. Devine recognizes a ringer when he spots one, and today he has the kind of men he wants, It's tough on some of the older sergearits, but théy're beginning to like it. As for the trainees, they love fit. They're independent without being cocky, self-assured without arrogance, : It's new and it's different, but Gen. Devine's policy of treating them like men—btt never for an

fo UMT if it became law, these boys are volunteer members of the Tegular army. They are subject to military law and can be punished by court-martial, But for the purposes of this exriment, the army is pretending they are civilians. It is handling them with all the tender care of an anxious parent. It tells them how to shoot a rifle, 8s well as proper table manners. It wants to know where they spend the night while on leave, And it puts beer and liquor as far out of reach as possible, It even requires the boys to go to ¢hurch and stop swearing, ' Gen.’ Devine operates on one Major premise: The average 17 and 18-year-old boy is a decent kid who will respond to decent treatment. The father of a 17-year-old himSelf, he'd makes it hot for any sergeant who swore at his boy. And he won't have his men swearing at other boys. Play Ball or Ship Out Officers and non-coms who don't | Subscribe to the general's creed without reservations are shipped out of M. nox fast.

There hss been a rapid turnover in instructor personnel here these last three months. When Gen. Devine took over he did a lot of preaching to his inatructors, trying to impress them | this was something different. grasped the idea immediately;

ers didn't, . The first witness for the company The general made a list of those Was A. H. Warne, auditor of diswho sneered or scoffed. Seventy bursements for the Indiana Bell Were shipped out in one week. system. He explained the capital At t structure of the company and he start, it was dificult 0 asserted that while total expenses | between 1941 and 1947 have doubled annual earnings declined.

Based on Revenue Loss The company is using this decline

instant losing sight of the fact they're boys—has paid big dividends.

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$2,300,000 Phone Rate Hike Asked

Indiana Bell Cites Increased Costs (Continued From Page One)

$122,000 additional company counsel said. A minor adjustment in special five-cent and. 10-cent toll rates in isloated communities is also being asked. This would yield about $3000 additional revenue. Local Service Boosted More significantly, exchange ra in all Indiana cities for local serv

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the company's plan, the attorney said.

The increases will be asked on the basis of existing service rendered, rather than at a flat overall rate. In Indianapolis the increase asked (for all types of residence service is 25 cents a month. For business service, it is $1.50 a month, with the exception of rural business teleSome phones, where rates will be unoth- | changed.

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of its case. It is discarding the controversial “reproduction costs” method of computing its rate base. Glenn Slenker, chief counsel for the commission and corporation counsel Arch N. Bobbitt, indicated they wanted to know more about the contractural obligations with connecting companies which have

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Broad Ripple Sees Boom

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0. K,, 30 you did the washing today. But that's no reason to shout at me. I've told you time and time again to send it to Crown. There's no necessity to do it yourself when Crown's Service is cheaper and as easy as calling CH. 1923. Don't go to the basement on wash day any more, just go to the telephone.

[the planning stage and will get un{der way in the next few months. | One building there already has| | been. completed. - The Carter building, at Carroliton ave. and Westifleld -blvd.,, has space for 11 store rooms and living space for two families, ‘ $250,000 Project Another project is scheduled to begin soon on the plaza just west of Broad Ripple high school. To cost $250,000 for buildings! (alone, this development will have {about 65,000 square feet of floor spate for business, or enough for 12 or 14 different businesses, and parking space for 150 cars. The project is planned by C. B.| | Durham, Indianapolis real estate man, } Following the new Broad Ripple pattern, the business site wil] have [two square feet of parking space] [for every square foot of shopping space. The parking lots were de-| ‘signed by a iraffic engineer. SHIRTS . ..... IB¢c ea.|| Mr. Durham visited 25 cities Least Charge on Shirt Bundle, de ~ [| tHrougholit ‘the midwest to decide! on the best plans for the stores. | The store buildings will be sel) {back about 175 feef from the road, ZY, {with parking space in front. The

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| LONDON DOCKS TIED Up

LONDON, April 28 (U. P.)).—A strike by more than 24,000 dock workers virtually tied up the London dock system today for the second time this year. ,

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INDIANA RAIL ACCIDENT — Here is an aerial vi

shows 10 of the || cars which straddled the right-of-way.

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Acme Telephoto ew of the wreckage of the

Pennsylvania railroad’s "Golden Triangle” in downtown Warsaw, Ind. The photograph

Wemmer Speaks at Series Of Party Rallies Here

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Wemmer with an open house pro- | : . gram at 2 p. m. tomorrow at the| in the candidacy of an ordinary p,me of Mr. and Mrs. David Kon-

run-of-the-mill politician.” old, 5087 E. Washington st. Wives and mothers of Irvington!

‘Schumacher Hits 'Mud-Throwing'

John A. Schumacher, Republican candidate for the mayoralty nomination, today attacked ‘“mudthrowing’ between other Republican capdidates for the nomination. “Don’t the Republican candidates {realize ‘that all they are saying now | will be used against us by the Democrats this fall?” Mr. Schumacher asked.

Indictments Stir G. 0. P. Camps

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declaring that “a man’s ballot is his most prized possession and dishonest elections can be put in the same category as a& major crime.” At the same time, .he said the He asserted “there is nothing fungrand jury's action would be no!damentally wrong with the police issue in his campaign against. the department and that the Indianapregular organization. |olis fire department is regarded as Despite the candidates’ state- one of the best in the large cities ments, shying away from the elec- in the country.” tion probe, observers saw the grand) Mr. Schumacher predicted he jury's indictments as a big “behind-

| would win the nomination with

votes of both Republicans and Democrats “who want good, progressive government instead of mere political catch phrases and mudslinging.”

Hickman Backed As 'Machine' Foe

Nomination of Roy E. Hickman for mayor at the polls May 6 “is the only way to prevent control of the city government from falling into the hands of the regular G. O. P. machine,” declared O. B. Hanger, attorney in a noon speech today. “Voters will have an opportunity next week to finish the job they started a year ago when the Brandford-Ostrom machine (James

{ L. Bradford and County Chairmay

Henry E. Ostrom) was repudiated,” he said. “The five ward chairmen running for the city council and William Wemmer the candidate for mayor are controlled by the Brad-ford-Ostrom machine. Nomination of Mr. Hickman will break up control of the government by the machine.”

~femy cadets, none of whom was in-

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|New Orleans-bound Argonaut pas-

Wreck at Warsaw,

Accident Occurs At Downtown Crossing. (Continued From Page One)

Columbia City through Logansport. The Pennsylvania's “Southland” brought the uninjured Golden Triangle passengers on to Chicago. A family living beside the tracks narrowly escaped injury. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kepler and their three children were asleep when 45 feet of rail hurtled through their yard and twisted around their house. Those who received minor inJuries ‘included: . Elmer Rogers and Edgar Clark, Chicago; Mrs. Joseph Shedwely Easf Chicago; Paul Rainhold, Pittsburgh, and three train crewmen, Engineer 8. R. Smith, Conductor J. F. Freeman, both of Ft. Wayne, and Brakeman Howard L. Morrison, Columbia City. Telegrapher Also Hurt Jesse Miller, a telegrapher, was watching the train as it passed the tower. He was hurt by flying debris. George R. Harris, 50, waiter, of Chicago, was dug from one of the overturned cars. He suffered head, knee and hand injuries. "A group of Culver military acad-

jured, was transferred to taxicabs

In California Wreck

ONTARIO, Cal., April 28 (U. P.). —Forty-six passengers and railroad personne] were hospitalized today by injuries suffered in derailment of 16 cars of the Southern Pacific's

senger train three miles east of here last night. The Southern Pacific said there were no fatalities. Most of the injured were passengers In a steel car which was sheared open like a sardine can by another car.

Near Famed Airport Most seriously injured were Mis Lucille Pounds, Bogalusa, La.; Mrs. Charlotte Lapham, Tucson. Ariz,! severe cuts; Feliz Palasios, 14, Los Angeles, crushed chest and head | injuries; Mertin De Smet, 71, Ar-! tesia, N. M., severe concussion, and | Miss Loree Daily, 26, Los Angeles, serious shoulder and scalp cuts, | Scene of the crash was the little winery community of Guasti, Cal,! near Ontario's international air-!| port, hop-off and landing point for! many trans-Pacific aircraft. Railroad officials believed a brok-! en rail derailed the last 16 cars of the filer, leaving the first two cars apd the locomotive on the track. 3 Cars Badly Damaged

rail were ripped up by the hurtling coaches and Pullmans, three of which tilted on their sides and were damaged badly. The Southern Pacific dispatched a train over Union Pacific tracks from Los Angeles to Colton, Cal.’

50 miles east of Los Angeles, to pick up passengers transported from the | wreck by bus. | | All emergency equipment from {half a dozen nearby communities | participated in rescue operations.’

the-scenes issue” that will have tre-| mendous effects at the polls one way or another. Behind the scenes at Wemmer headquarters is the hope that the “timing” of the indictments will bring many anti-organization vo- | ters back into the Ostrom fold. All 18 Surrender Meanwhile, all the 18 defendants, three precinct committeemen and 15 members of four 7th ward voting boards, had ‘surrendered to the

sheriff's office and posted bonds for their release. The precinct board members were charged with “illegally permitting to be entered on the poll books the names of persons who were not legal voters.” | The precinct committeemen were charged with illegally entering polling places during the 1946 balloting. | One of the indicted defendants, Roy Pope Jr, 1020 N. Missouri st. was suspended today from his job with the fire department. Fire Chief Harry Fulmer said it was a department rule to suspend members for any offense until the charges are disposed of.

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Bomb Rocks Home Of Chicago Gambler

CHICAGO, April 28 (U. P.).—A bomb shattered windows early today in the home of Caesar Benvenuti, alleged policy gambler, whose brother's home was bombed last week. Police said no one was hurt in the explosion.

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