Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 May 1947 — Page 17

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Pd | AVEDNESDAY Ms MAY 71047 2, 19 Hoosier Politicians In for Roasting “At Gridiron Dinner

‘Fidgits of '48' Working Press Version

lors eam Of ,Behind-Scenes Vote-Hunting Activity yay Hoosier politicians will go on the griddle tomorrow night when the “ae 33 Cane Indianapolis Press Club stages its first annual gridiron dinner at the on 108 7 TN Murat Temple. aaeeene 36% 30% It will cost the politicos $12 a plate to see themselves caricatured by Apres - n% local newspaper and radio men in what

i central western states already had { begun to arrive today for the sellout performance. The satirical sketch was prepared entirely by the “working press” and designed pri- ! marily to give each dignitary presi ent his own private case of the “Fidgits.” ~# Cadou “Roastmaster”’ .. Eugene ‘J, Cadpu Sr. Indiana bureau manager of the International News Service, will be “Roastmaster.” Dr. Roy Ewing Vale, -pastor of the Tabernacle Presbyterian church, wil deliver the invocation, Welcoming the visitors will be Donald D. Hoover, associate editor of The Indianapolis Times and president of the Press Club. Ohio Governor Thomas J. Herbert and Kim Sigler, Michigan's chief executive, will be on hand to eomfort Hoosier Governor Gates when the newsmen play an uncensored spotlight on Hoosier politician shennanigans. Solons Flying Home United States Senators William B, Jenner and Homer E, Capehart anll eight of Indiana's 11-member delegation in the house of repre-

sentatives were to fly here from Washington for the show, Congressmen will include Charles A. Halleck, house majority leader; Earl (Curfew) Wilson, Gerald W. Landis, Noble J. Johnson, Raymond Madden, Robert A. Grant, Forrest Harness, and Edward Mitchell. Prominent out-of-state newsmen attending will include Roy W. Howard, presidefit of The Indianapolis Times; Basil L.' (Stuffy) Walters, executive editor of The Chicago Daily News; George B. Parker, editor-in-chief —of Scripps-Howard

Cancer Society Fund $491.83 Over Its Top

The Marion County Cancer- Soclety went over the top in its $50,000 financial campaign with a total of $50,401.83, Merle H. Miller, campaign chairman said today. With several divisions still to report, indications were that several thousands of dollars additional will ” be turned in.

SEEK CAIRO BOMBER

CAIRO, May 7 (U. P. .—Sixty persons were held today in the search for the saboteur who placed in the Metro theater a bomb which killed four persons last night.

Top flight political and governmental

newspapers; W. Steele (Speed) Gilmore, editor of The Detroit News and past president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors; Arthur Evans, political writer of The Chicago Tribune, and Fred Ferguson, president of Newspaper Enterprise Association. Clarence Buddington Kelland, famous novelist and Arizona Republican national committeeman, also will attend, Hays, Minton Coming Will H. Hays, native Hoosler and former postmaster-general, and Federa! Judge Sherman Minton, exU, 8. senator from Indiana, will top a contingent of native celebrities who will come back home to Hoosierland for the show.

Other notables will, include Adolf |

N. Hult, vice-president of the Mutual Broadcasting System; Henry Ulen of Lebanon, internationally known contractor and “father of the gridiron spirit,” and Oswald Ryan, native of Anderson and member of the civil aeronautics board. John Thompson, vice-president of the Air Transport association and former Times reporter; Wayne Coy, former head of numerous governmental agencies and now manager of the Washington radio station WINX, and John W. Barringer, president of the Monon railroad.

In Military Park A budget manager for the home office of RCA at Camden, N. J, was beaten and robbed of $150 by two men in Military park early this morning. J The victim, Eugene Smallwood, 41, budget manager of the home instrument division of RCA, arrived in Indianapolis yesterday for an inspection of the budget department at the plant here. He was treated at City hospital for head injuries and released, He told police he was walking through the park at 3 o'clock this morning when two men stopped him. One of them struck him over the head, knocking him unconscious. He said that in addition to his money they also took his wrist watch, valued at $75. He described one of his assailants as about 20 years old, weighing

about 126 pounds and having blond hair,

club calls the “Fidgits of '48.”| . eaders from Washington and

‘ Acme Telephoto JUDGE'S PROBLEM—Gladfaced Johnny Zetts, 5, Cleveland, is the center of a family "ransom case,” ‘Johnny is being held by Andrew Vasil, his uncle, for $175 lodging bill, which * Johnnie's father, Andrew, said the Vasils refused to accept. Johnny was left with the Vasils when his mother died shortly after his birth. Recently his father remarried, and now wants him back. What to do is a judge's problem now.

Two Gunmen Rob Hotel Here

Description Tallies With Jeffersonville Pair

Police ‘today said descriptions of the two men who held up the night manager of the York hotel here last night match almost perfectly those of two gunmen who shot and Feritigaliy® wounded two Jeffersonville policeman last week. Dan Dismukes, 52, the hotel night manager, .told poiice the two mien robbed him of $40 in small change and $75 in bills at gun point, Sterling Humphrey, a bellboy, was robbed of $67. - Forced to Lie Down The hotel employees were forced to lie on the floor while the gunmen made their getaway. They ripped out telephone wires before leaving. Mr. Dismukes said one of the men was about 30, weighed 150 pounds, was 5 feet 10 inches tall. He wore a dark gray hat, brown trousers and a combat jacket. The other was about 28, wearing a dirty gray hat, a light blue suit and was approximately the same height and weight as the first. Both were armed, he said. The two Jeffersonville policemen, Capt. Emerson Payne and Patrolman Paul Coleman, were shot May 1 when they attempted to

{question two men in a parked car.

State police believe the Jeffersonville gunmen to- be .the same pair who earlier held up a Marysville (Ohio) bank.

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"Ice Cream Vendor | Falls OF Motor iad

Three pedestrians, including a blind man and a 4-year-old child, yesterday. “A 63-year-old icé ‘cream thrown from his motor scoot, Solon 8lye, 42, of 916 Broadway,

was struck by a car driven by Henry D, Aldrich, 709 Day st, as he crossed W. 30th st. near Ethel st. Mr. Slye, who is blind, was not carrying a cane, police said. Four-year-old Janice McCullough. 1205 Bellefontaine st, was injured ‘when she-ran into the side of a car driven by Paul K. Wright, 21, of 3350 Fall Creek blvd, near her home, . Thrown. fo Ground She was treated at City hospital and returned home, . 8toyco MulefI, 63, of 550 W. Pearl st., 1s in fair condition in City hospital. He was injured yesterday as he guided a motor scoot, being towed by a car. driven by Theodore Maschino, 41, of 1653 Medford st., on 16th st., near Sugar Grove ave, Police said the motor scoot turned over, throwing Mr. Muleff to the ground. Both Feet Broken. . . George Cones, 55, of 458 E. Washington st., is in City hospital in fair condition. He had both feet broken when a Columbia trackless trolley ran over him at the intersection of Ohio and Illinois sts. and Indiana ave. yesterday. Mr. Cones was crossing the fivepoint intersection when the. trolley, driven by James Cocherell, 1734 E. 12th st, going west on Ohio st. made a right angle onto Indiana ave., running over his feet,

M¥my to Inspect ROTC Units Here

An army inspection team will inspect R. O. T. C. units at Indianapolis high schools beginning tomorrow, the local R. O, T. C. headquarters announced today. Schedule for the inspections is: ‘Tomotrrow—Crispus Attucks; Friday — Manual Training; Monday — Washington; Tuesday—Broad Ripple; May 16—Shortridge; May 20— Techincal. Members of the- inspecting ‘board are Lt. Col. Alfred Boatstman, president; Maj. Conway D. Keeling and Maj. John Reid.

Welfare Workers Plan 2-Day Session Here

Representatives from the state and county departments of public welfare will- meet tomorrow and Friday to discuss amendments to the Indiana Welfare Act of 1936 and new laws affecting the welfare program. Otto PF. Walls, administrator of the state welfare department, will

speak.

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