Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 May 1947 — Page 1
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School 6, loosens up and gets the for a shot at The Times Marbles tournamen
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MARBLES TIME—Two hopefuls in the preliminary playoffs of |
ooters before Kenneth ‘Underwood, 11, and Shirley Green, 616 Warren ave.
The Times Marbles contest tested their starting in the playoffs at Riley center. of 1214 W. New York st. {left} didn't win but thay had a lot of fun trying.
Indiana, 8 Other States Lose Freight Rate Case
Supreme ‘Court Upholds ICC Order Aimed
To Reduce Discrimination Against South , WASHINGTON, May 12 (U. P.)—The ‘supreme court, today upheld the interstate commerce commission's sweeping freight rate equalibation
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order of 1945.
Justice, William ©. Douglas delivered the court's T-to-2 decision. H.:Jackson dissented. : * rates, was vehemently
* Justices Felix Frankfurter and Robert The rate order, applying to so-called “class contested by Indiana and eight other Northern states, the six New England governors and 33 western railroads. “nt 0, The order — aimed ‘ab uniform | freight costs—directed a.10.per cent | increase in class rates in states ly~ ing northeast of the Ohio, Potomae and Mississippi rivers. Tt cut class hi rates 10 per cent elsewhefe except west of the Rocky Muontains. The government contended that |
ec pe 7” hy ; $ . ? aes A SR SQUARING OFF—Bill Cherry, a |3-year-old 6A student at old shooting thumb in condition championship. (Story
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Seek Quashing Of Vote Charges
‘By NOBLE REED A demand for immediate dismissal of indictments pending against 39 or two. election officials charged with vio-|
Halleck Gets Nod as Hoosier ‘Favorite
Emerges on Top
In Chairmen’s Parley . By ROBERT BLOEM " Congressman Charles Hal: leck of Rensselaer will wear | the - mantle of Indiana's “favorite son” to the Re- | publican national convention
next year. That today appeared to be the only reasonably definite thing to come out of the week-end confer | ence of Midwest Republican state! chairmen. But even as they accepted this | conclusion, political. observors made it clear that it by no means ruled | Governor Gates out of the national scene. !
ference had anything to do with it,| sudden crystallization of the Halleck | position came out of that. session. |
day night, Hoosier politicians had been asking “Will it be Halleck?” ‘Now they are free with off-the-
Four 'Big Factors These factors appeared to be in-volved-in-the new attitude: ONE: The conference made it apparent. there was no chance of the Midwest Chairmen’s organizai |tion uniting behind a single candi- | bi date. : TWO: Governor Gates was under- | stood to have taken the realistic view that, though he is top man in Indiana party circles, Mr. Halleck | has every advantage when it comes to national contacts. | THREE: A unified effort appeared to be the only thing that, could stop Senior Senator Homer Capehart from taking over a large block of Hoosier ~onvention delegates for himself.
opportunity to git tight for a few ‘ipallots until they could be absolutely certain where the nomina{tion Wis foie. terner Seems Likely After having had their chance to observe the “power” of the Midwest § [chairmen's organization, Hoosier f{wiseheads jumped quickly to the POT "ye ytHa& the “AO 4 nominee likely will be an easterner. If that develops, they agree, the easterner very likely will be New York's ‘Governor Thomas E. Dewey, !for whom Mr, Halleck is considered lan acceptable running mate.
‘the nomination goes Midwesi, In{diana will be in there pitching with 'a top-ranking candidate, nationally {known as floor leader of congress, be it goes easf, or even west, Indi-| ; lana's chances are excellent to win| {second spot on the ticket.
{liberate during the convention, the governor, as titular head of the state “ |organization, can at the strategic! | moment, throw the delegation where | it will do the most good. By most | good, his supporters mean a chance] lat a cabinet appointment or high! national organization job where he! can keep “politically alive” for the senate election in 1950. If that strategy works out, it is, assumed .the governor will close in| for a showdown with Senator Capehart that year.
Truman Back on Job;
His Mother Improving WASHINGTON, May 12 (U. P). —President Truman was back at the White House toddy with assurances that his ailing mother, 94-year-old Mrs. Martha E. Truman, was progressing satisfactorily after a “temporary setback.” The President flew to Grandview, Mo., yesterday for a Mother's day visit with Mrs. Truman, whose recovery from a hip fracture was marred by a setback last Friday. He was keeping in close touch with her condition through Grig. Gen.— Wallace Graham; his per sonal physician.
Mrs. Truman's bedside for a day
bel HUNGARIAN ‘DISAPPEARS’
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Whether or not the week-end con-' #
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Until the session broke up Satur-|
record assertions, “it's Halleck.” | %
to pilot error. | He could foresee no immediate! solution to the rapidly rising airdeath tell but said a sound educational program for pilots and practical enforcement against reek:
in Indiana. In contrast there were ~*~ used by automobile ing” Was written on the board that, tuioring of. instructors at St. Pat-
was crowded with all sorts of notes yick's who are Sisters of Providence
acciderits, ; [trom St. Mary of .the Woods col-
{were jammed with;motorists taking |. Hence the Halleck bandwagon He-{ ore SAY of the spring weather. ‘ came a double-barrelled affair. If, State police files show that hardly a week-end passes without at|
weeks ago seven Hoosiers were kill
lin five airplane accidents. I school, was as excited as the young- viable position today was Rt. Rev.
“Isn't it wonderful,” she Msgr.-J.. P. O'Connell, pastor of John B. Smith, 22, of Madison, told The Times. “We're so proud.” the church and head of, the school. |
Kills Aunt, Self Barrymore 'At Race Track
BOSTON, May 12 (U. P.).—Mrs. Rebecca (Bea) Simon, 55, wealthy New England sports concessionaire,
Meanwhile, by.having time to de- ahd Miss Fern Armand, 17, of Ca- | {naan died yesterday when the two-
Gén. Graham was to remain at}
FORECAST: Partly cloudy tonight; tomorrow mostly cloudy and continued mild.
MONDAY, MAY 12, 1947
and Connie Mills. Emelie .is
Pilots Blamed St. Pa In Hoosier Crashes
Director Calls io Planes: Safe; 5 Die |
Col. C. F. Coraisi, state aero- |
FOUR: By having a favorite son nautics commission director, today ‘The Times Spelling Bee cham ! A pelling c pion. of their own, party leaders saw an oiirihuted the alarming increase of
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‘veduoe fatalities : |
erably, Five persons were killed in airplane crashes over the week -¢nd, no deaths ca though the highways
least one air fatality. -Omly two
Man and Girl Victim
seater plane piloted by Mr. Smith, an air corps veteran, crashed near Madison. Witnesses said the ship went into a spin a short time after its takeoff from the Madison airport. It nose-dived from 500 feet into a field. Gayle Tope, 24, of Goshen died in a crash similar to the one which killed Mr. Smith and Miss Armand. Mr. Thorpe’'s plane nose-dived and crashed near Midway airport six miles west of Goshen as it was coming in to land. % | Witnesses said the plane went) into its fatal dive after the engine stalled at 200 feet. : Wife Died Today Herbert Cralg, 35, postmaster at Rising Sun, and his sister-in-law, Mrs, ‘Mary Jane Craig, Cincinnati, were killed in another engine failure after takeoff at the Rising Sun airport. . \ | Mr. Craig; his brother, Dr. Harold | G. Craig of Cincinnati and Dr.| Craig's wife were trapped«in the) blazing wreckage, but Dr. Craig| escaped. His wife died today in a Oincinnati hospital. He could not free his brother who was pinned behind the controls. A fourth plane crash sent Ray |
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\Pardirooper Becomes
HAIL SPELLING QUEE honored her for winnidg The Times Spelling Bee. Present
(left to right) Raymond McClintock, Donald Okey, Charles Kellermeyer, Steve Re
applause when she entered. school.
the
(with clippings which reported her success and contained her photograph.
and items in Emelie's honor.
{ Emelie’s room was her account of} how she won. Later in the day she lie in preparation for the spellspoke to the entire school in an|down because she has been graded
ed. &ssembly period. {100 in her school spelling.
| sters.
Diana Trial Is Delayed
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Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice, Issued daily. except Sunday
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on the extreme right.
St. Patrick's Catholic school as classmates ing cards of congratulations from ‘the entire school are ckley, Mary Ann Konstanzer
frick's School Honors Acheson Resigns, s Girl Spelling Champion 1 Rou d 1
Classmates Applaud, Bulletin Board
Filled With Congratulatory Notes
By ART WRIGHT
A day of celebration at St. Patrick's Catholic school today honored
It was the first school session
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| since 11-year-old Emitlie Gray won the resignation of Dean Acheson |t {fatal airplane accidents in India she sitle Fritny night. And the schoolmates ang instructors made the | o ubdersecretdry of state. . The Her sixth grade classmates greetéd the dark-eyed top speller with
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Pupils from other grades brought | ards of congratulations from all pupils of St. Patrick's. |
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ing the week-end. "She said, too,
ter ‘of at-
HL : at Emelie ‘the et aa i et 8
‘buccess in the
“Congratulations, Queen of Spell- spelling bee was attributed to the
The first ‘order of buiness in lege. ;
Sister Emmanuel, principal of the | Also proud of
They spent extra
time with. Eme-
St. Patrick's en-
LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 12 (U. P.). was shot to death in her office at
—Actress Diana Barrymore Howard Suffolk Downs horserage and her husband, John Howard, tennis, pro at the Louisville Boat club, today failed to appear in police same gun. court to answer charges of disorder’
ew of her dead
ly conduct and assault and battery growing out of an early. Sunday tussle with city police.
counsel for the Howsrds. | Patrolman :John Shepherd and Walker Zettwoch said the “incident occurred when they got out of their, police car to investigate insistent horn-blowing from a car in the downtown section. - 4 The two sald words led to blows and the Howards were hauled into the police holdover.
Police said the squabble continued, | $ am.... » this time with Turnkey Joe Martin. | : am.... » Mr. Howard charged authorities] ‘9 h m Aen -
with failing Yo return all the $60 he had at the time of his arrest and with striking his wife. .
ard was driving the car which was morrow. causing the disturbance, they said.| The mercury
Continued mild weather | temperatures in: the high-70s weré Africa. Neither the actress nor Mr. How- | expeceted to prevail today and to-
track to-
day by Edward Shames, 44, a neph-
husband.
Shames killed himself with the
A dispute over sharing of the mil-lion-dollar concession business Was said by police investigators to have motivated the double shooting. The tragedy occurred little more | Judge Homer McLzilan continued tye two hours before post, time for {the case to May 26, on request of the opening race.
Cold Snap Over, Frost Loss Slight
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
10am... .. 71 lam. ..173 12 (Noon). . 76 Ipm... .178
leaped to a highland thronged' the dockside at this
with!its three month's visit to south
the old rates were unduly fayorable to the Northeast and blocked, ex~ pansion of trade and industry in the ‘South and West. The old rates were called an outmoded “patchwork quilt” ‘ - The northeastern states fought | the rate changes as unfair to northern manufacturers. They said the order ‘was illegal because the 1CC failed to make findings that the railroads needed the increase or the old rates were, unfair. The western railroads argued
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Times Index
Amusements .16/ Ruth Millett. .13 Eddie Ash ...10| Movies .......16 Business ..... 8 Obituaries .... 9 . Carnival ,....13|F. C. Othman 13 Classified ..18-20| Radio 21
Comics ......2L| Reflections ...14 Crossword ,...18| School News. .18 Editorials ,..:14| Scherrer ....: 1 Fashions .....17; Serial ......:.12 - Foreign Aff...14 Side Glances. 14 Forum : ....... 14 Sports ....10-11 Meta Given ..17, Washington ..14
Weather Map. 15
Hollywood ....13| Wi Wom. News ..17
Inside Indpls. 13
lating state balloting laws will ‘made
in criminal court tomorrow.
Attorneys for the indicted officials
said they will file motions to quash the indictments on the ground that
the facts stated in the true bills are
the law. The motions are being prepared
Republican defendants, and David M. Lewis, representing 15 indicted Democratic election board members. Filing of the motion automatically will set aside arraignment of all 39 defendants which had been set for next Saturday. New Subpenas Issued Meanwhile Prosecutor Judson L. Stark’s office issued subpenas calling additional witnesses before“the grand jury later this week in a continuation of the investigation.
new batch of indictments may- be
returned within the next week or
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day.
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not sufficient to show violation of
Prosecutor stark indicated that a
The 39 defendants were indicated in two reports handed down during two weeks immediately preceding the primary election last Tues-
Defendants were charged with permitting to be entered on the 1946 primary election poll books the hogs signatures of persons who are not Onio.—Adv, legal voters, : eT
VIENNA, May 12° (U. P.).—~The
Hungarian embassy reported today that Laszlo Laky, Hungarian reparation chief for Germany, has dis{appeared and no clue to his whereabouts had been found.
BRITISH MARSHAL DJES
py Edwin McClure, representing 24 LYMINGTON, England, May 12
| (U. P.).—Field Marshal Sir Cyril Deverell, 72, died at his home here today. He was the chief of the British imperial general staff from
1936 to 1937.
Sad Somnambulist
TOKYO, May 12 (U. P.).—Pvt. Steve J. Chisum forgot one of the cardinal rules of the paratroops— never jump without a parachute. Today the 18-year-old soldier from Hemplil, Tex. is recovering (from injuries he suffered when he | stepped through the third floor win- | dow of his barracks while walking in his sleep. He suffered a brain concussion and a fractured skull.
er's identity. | week's cold snap Police denied they hit Mr How- | ard with a club as he charged and fruit trees
said they used only their hands. Horace Abbott,
COAL PRODUCTION DROPS
production in the British occupation zone of Germany has dropped from
| state. will be a normal crop.”
But they were vague about the driv- ! of 77 yesterday following the pas
After a thorough examination of ) and early vegetables, of the coronation of King George Marion county | VI. agricultural agent, said today the {frost did very little damagee with | LONDON, May 12 (U, P.).—Coal the exception of early strawberries. | These were all killed, he said. “On all fruit trees, the frost did|$24,000 worth of new equipment a
a peak of 237,000 tons a day in | nothing more than to thin thejthorough polishing and went home|
March to 221,000, commons was told | blossoms,” he said, “and unless we today by Hector McNeil, minister of | have more freezing ‘weather, there
t | ancient naval port.
| ‘When first seen, an irrigation éanal: time officers Arrived on Lovett to Succeed” President Accepts Move With ‘Regret’ ——
WASHINGTON, May 12 (U. P).] —President Truman today accepted
White House said that Robert A.
. | Lovett, former assistant secretary’ Sister Emmanuel said scorés of Of war will be nominated to succeed! telephone calls were received dur-' Acheson. / y
The long-forecast resignation be‘comes effective June 30. ~~
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{son's resignation with, reluctance land the realisation that he could not again ‘ask him to put aside his ‘desire tg return to private life. { Mr. Truman paid honor to Mr. {Acheson in a letter accepting the |resignation. He recalled that he ex{pressed a desire to resign in April, 1946, and also in 1945. . js | Accepted Financial Less | “In response to my urging in both instances, you held in abeyance your | | plans to retire,’ ‘the President wrote. “Again, when you renewed last December your wish to “elinquish your post we agreed tentatively that you ‘should leave office on Jan. 10, 1947. | . “Realizing that all these deferrals have meant great financial sacrifice, I appreciate all the more your mag'nanimous action in standing at your post for another six months.” | | "Mr. Lovett, since leaving the war | department; where he served as as-
+sistant secretary of war for air, she
has been in the New Yorkgbanking business, | Mr, Acheson will Yeturn to the practice of law here. | © The ‘President expressed confi (dence; that he could call on Mr.
need arises. : Mr. Acheson began his state de-! partment career Feb. 1, 1941. He, actually has been acting secretary of state: a good part of ‘the time. | Former Secretary of States James F. Byrnes turned over the opera- | ition of the department to him dur-| iing Big Four conferences. | ‘Britain's Royal Family | Home From South Africa PORTSMOUTH, England, May 12! (U. P.).~Britain’s royal family set |foot on its homeland today ending
| They were cheered by thousands| lot subjects who lined the streets The return of the royal party coincided with the 10th anniversary
FIRE TRUCK BURNS
WADDESDON, Eng, May 12 (U. P.).—The village firemen gave their
for lunch. While they were gone the fire house burned down. |equipment was a total loss.
By RICHARD LEWIS
The Citizens Gas
here failed today.
gas to correct the shortage.
p. m. Saturday.
declined any commitments. Executives of the
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Gas Firms Give Utility
At that time, it was criticized by ural gas through the middle west
city council for failing to makg, pro-|in the Big “and Little Inch pipe expansion
potential bid-
and Coke Utility's project to serve mixed gas
The utility announced March § it would purchase a supply of natural gas and mix it with artificial
It ‘advertised for bids. Not a single natural gas distributor” in the United States responded during the bidding period which. closed at 1 Those reached directly politely
municipally-
owned utility admitted they were in a quandary. The spokesman for the utility, George Saas, advertising. director, said failure to acquire natural gas to increase the city's fuel supply does not mean the utility cannot add industri custoruers. “It does pus house heating back| a little,” he said. “There will be no ural gas two.months ‘ago. additional space heating.” It advertised for bids on. a 20The utility out off. additional year contract basis for a supply of was not space heating contracts last fall natural gas which it planned to mix iutor’s viewpoint. when it reached its production peak with and enrich the artificial gas for artificial gas with existing equip- it makes from coal. ment. “ Despite the increased flow of nat-
vision for serving adequate gas sup-|lines and plans for huge plies in the past, when natural gas of the gas industry, salesmen used to wait on its door-|ders never nibbled. step. :
The_result of
nounce its decision to purchase nat- existing customers.
utility's mixed gas p Jected to It. 0
Cold Shoulder
Trade journals of the industry continuiiig pressure have reported for months that exfor more gas led the utility to an- | pansion will be taken up quickly by It was ru|mored in gas indystry circles that a !mixed gas contract in Indianapolis desirable from the distrib-
City council after examining the | th
feared a mixed gas contract would id -|tie up the city for 20 years. A They said mixed gas service was antiquated and insisted that the utifity leave open the way: An . ity from making & mixed gas cont Was
(U. P.).~Winnie Ruth trunk murderess caped from the Arizona § hospital for the insané night for ‘the. leight years, was recaptured
sheriff's deputies. ‘lan’s whereabouts
Mrs. Judd’s guardian. He Mrs. Judd was ang she was pi care of her mother, same hospital
| Acheson for future advice of the shipped them to Los Angeles.
|feles when she pled to the luggage. * "0h SF Fo At her trial, Mrs. Judd's sole ¢
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bodies to kL two trunks and a
The victims were: Agnes Le Roi and Hedwig Samuelson, worked as nurses with their slayer, Mrs, Judd was arrested in 1,
fense was insanity. 3 Put Dummy in Bed" The death sentence Was in only’ after several appeals o versals. Mrs. Judd was saved the gallows when & sanity k was granted and she was mentally incompetent.
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