Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 May 1947 — Page 1
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Business
| Seek Protection In Burglary Wave
Growing Trade District Too Large for Present
Force, Is Charge; Poor Lighting Cited Broad Ripple businessmen charged today that their sec-
Leaders .
May's Efforts In Behalf of Garsson Told
‘Called Five Times," |
Says Patterson WASHINGTON, May 13 (U. PJ).
tion is the poorest policed area in Indianapolis.
—Secretary of War Robert P. Pat
tee
program—improved in the bud.”
Last night three shops were looted, climaxing six weeks of steadily mounting burglaries, holdups and shop-lifting. Only one police car patrols the entire area, it was
terson testified today that Andréw behalf of the Garsson munitions
charged. As an additional “burglar
lure” Broad Ripple a—growing business center—is poorly lighted, businessmen said. “In the t six weeks we've had our first taste of crime and we‘don't like it,” Jagk White, president of Broad Ripple Businessmen's assoeiation said today. negpnading a Swp-point lighting and| more police on this area, to nip &
oe ———
_ Called ‘Easy Pickings’ He said the rumors about Broad Ripple being “easy pickings” had become so general that three persons have started competing for a merchant's police route in the area in the past couple weeks. Mr. White commended police in district car 13 for “an honest effort” to patrol Broad Ripple, but said the area was so big they cannot police it adequately.
Halleck Is Modest As 'Favorite Son’
Times Washington Bureau
. wore his “favorite son” laurels with a casual air today. Informed that he was likely to be “it” for the 1948 presidential
Senator Homer E. Capehart (R. Ind), who stands to be dealt out it Governor Ralph Gates backs Mr. Halleck for President or himself or Mr, Halleck for vice president, has no intention of leaving the field without a fight. “I'll not take a licking in any state Republican convention like they gave former Senator Raymond E. Willis,” Senator Capehart said. “When we win the presidency next year, Washington patronage will ‘become increasingly important.” In that case, being the senior senator, he undoubtedly would have something to say about it. He expects to ‘be renominated in 1950, he made clear.
Aid for TB Veterans
WASHINGTON, May 13 (U.P). ~Rep. Earl Wilson (R. Ind.) has Introduced -a bill to give total disability rating to veterans who suffer from service-connected tuberculosis.
Times Index
Hint ‘Probe Of Stark Probe’
gress man is accused of selling his services.
ed by the prosecution to support its contention that the Kentucky congressman, then chairman of the house military affairs committee, sought to wrest from the war department favors for the Garssons.
J. May called him five times in}
combine to whom the former cons}.
Secretary Patterson .was present-|.
rumors circulating around town today involved suggestions that Governor Gates be asked to appoint'a
Amusements ,’' 8
Eddie Ash .., 16{Moyies ...... 8| Mr, Steele said he never gave up Aviation ...,. 20{Obituaries ... 9 hope, but on the third day he Ned Brooks ,. . 20{J. E. OBrien. 16| scratched a farewell note to his ro a sean) 2 > Othman B wife on the fender of the eat. Classified .,17-19| Record Music '7| He said he wanted to escape. by Comics’ ....... 21 | Reflections ,. 12/cutting off his right wrist, but Crossword ... 17!/Eldon Roark . 11|couldn’t reach his knife, Editorials .... 12(8erial ,...... 13! Physicians at Permanente PounForum ......s 12|8ports ..... 1! dation hospital, where Mr. Steele Meta’ Given., 14 Téen Talk . 5| was ‘taken yesterday, said the arm Hollywood ... 11 Washington aioe wrist werg so badly crushed Indiana Sage. 12) Wom. News 14-15 it might be nécessary to amputate. In Indpls. . 3| Weather Map 22 During Mr. Steele's 110-hqur orInside Indpis. : on Affairs 12 deal, his wife, Mae, 24, a nurse,
Ruth Millett . 11
Regular GOP Leaders May Seek Gates’ Aid
By NOBLE BREED One of the popular post-primary
special prosecutor for Marion
county.
The report was started among) leaders of the regular Republican | organization, whose election officials have been indicted by the grand jury on charges of violating state balloting laws. The jury acted on evidence presented by Prosecutor Judson L. Stark. It was reported that a delegation of Republican leaders was planning to “see the governor” regarding the
“prosecution on &“thorough-ly-political basis.”
| Henry and Murray Garsson, fount
The government says May. gob}
more than $53,000 for his ‘services. Won't Call Eisenhower
The secretary's testimony was follawed by a government maneuver which will make it unnecessary to
call Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, =
army chief of staff, to the stand as prosecution witness. Being tried with May on charges of fraud and conspiracy are Dr.
the Congressman Gen. Bisenhower “April 12, 1945; 'mander of allied forces in Europe.
Joseph facing
, son of Murray, was
Some regular G. O. P. organization léaders charged that Prosecutor |
spiréd by “a desire to punish po-| litical foes.” Prosecutor Stark has emphatically denied that “the election fraud indictments had any political signifi-|. cance whatever, The prosecutor expigined that thousands of votes were stolen in the 1946 primary and that the grand jury merely did its duty in returning the indictments.
Acme-Evans Strike Ends, Work Resumed
A five-week-old strike at the Acme-Evans Co. ended with the return to work this morning of 200 workers. Members of the Food, Tobacco, Agricultural and Allied Workers union, C. I. O., settled with the
| milling firm last night.
A union official said the workers gained a 12-cent-an-hour wage increase, six paid holidays, a night shift bonus and a modified yon
shop. CHINA STUDENTS STRIKE SHANGHAI, May 13 (U. P.).— More than 2000 students of the National Chiaotung university staged a sit-down strike today at the north station to protest cancellation of
courses.
without hearing his cries.
northwest of Martinez, Cal was rescued yesterday.
Stark's election investigation was in- |
shipbuilding, engineering and other
He
foie went to ‘authorities to eport
he believed untenable.
|Garsson’s father was a “warm per- | sonal friend.” He asked General Eisenhower to look into ‘the case
“fair consideration.” Wrote Second Letter In reply, General Eisenhower wrote on April 322, 1945, that he was_ sending May's letter “to the proper authority who will make an investigation of the charges.” (Garsson eventually was convicted of insubordination, an offense punishable by death, and was sentenced fo dismissal from the service. However, the sentence was suspended.) May wrote a second letter to General Eisenhower May 2, 1945; in which he described Joseph Garsson as & young man in whom he had a great interest and “for whose integrity and honesty I do riet hesitate to vouch,” Mr. Patterson testified that one of May's calls was in connection with an “E” award for’ Batavia Metal Products Co., Inc, Batavia, iL, a Garsson operating firm,
TRUMAN SPEAKS JULY 4 WASHINGTON, May 13 (U. P)). —President Truman will make a July 4 address at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson at Char-
government int two letters ‘written by May and one by . | Gen. Eisenhower. May first wrote. to
when the general was supreme comHe told Gen,’ Eisenhower that Capt.
: for failure to move his mortar unit to a position
May said in the letter that young
and see that the captain was given)
kicking and egg-throwing, qu
Sentence Schacht
been acquitted as war criminals by | the. Nuernberg ‘international tribual. Schacht ‘was found guilty of having supported actively the Nazi aggression and rearmament. Property Confiscated
He lost all civil rights. All but 10,000 reichsmarks of his property, which he estimated during the trial at 1,200,000 reichsmarks, will be confiscated. : : Already in prison two years here
raigned in Speedway Magistrates
gun and a
Vernon,
afternoon,
ky. He was not injured seriously. pair was hiding there. gun through the front door.
‘ments: and three more sheriff's cars and one police squad car were dis=|
- PADDY. "WAGON SMILES—Unidenti fied telephone pickets smile ‘through patrolwagon bars after the arrest of two men and five women of a 100-man picket line at, the Ohio Bell Telephone Co. in Cleveland. The arrests followed incidents of jostling,
elled by mounted police.
Seize Two Young Hoodlums Who Terrorize West Side
Deputies Capture Pair Who Threaten Hide i in Home, Then Es scope
captured by
es iad fedshis with guns,
Neo Is I
Berkley Hint al Truman Ve sure May, Breed
Says
(Capehart Doubts Labor Bill Veto, P
WASHINGTON, May 13 (U. PJ) —The
{of last-minute indications of a veto, sponsored labor legislation today. -
: The vote was 68 to 24.
The vote came shortly after the « Roma i can
| with the help of some Democrats,
Acme Telephoto.
deputy 5
Friday night, | Armed with a double-barre) shot-
several persons in an|
18,
Deputy sheriffs went to Murphy's |
home when they received a tip the project in the 1800 block on Liv: When | ingston ave., where the pair worked, Deputies Everett Maxwell and Roy revealed & cache of miscellaneous Decker arrived the youth poked aarticles which deputy sheriffs be- { lieve may be' a burglary loot. - -
The deputies called for reinforce-
taken from their clothing.
overalls, a jacket, a coat, 'a blanket
rr ‘They surrounded the | house ‘but the pair slipped out the 22 rifle, the youths | rear door and escaped. /
The two guns and an army am-
eight-block area north of 16th st. | munition belt were recovered in| near the western. city limits. They | the back yard, where they had been waved - their’ guns ‘and threatened discarded by the feeing youths, passersby in the streets. A ‘companion of ‘the pair, Paul|well,
At 3 a. m. today, Deputies Max-
Two boxes of .22 cartridges and
Examination of a construction
Confiscated were ‘canned good
and a box containing a flashlight.
and at Nuernberg, Schacht must serve only six years. in the labor camp--until 1953. ‘Von Papen is serving eight years and Fritzsche nine years at the Pegensburg camp. Schacht’s’ defense had been that he had praised Hitler publicly so he could sabotage the Nazi machine, which he claimed he had been doing since 1936.
President Commends B'nai. B'rith Policy
WASHINGTON, May % (U. PP): —President Truman has commended ‘B'nai B'rith as a patriotic organization that has promoted “mutual understanding among all religious and racial groups.” In a message to the organization's triennial convention here, Mr. Truman said B'nai B'rith contributes “much to the maintenance of that freedom apd democracy which are
lottesville, Va.
Lies 4 Days Unnoticed, With Hand Crushed Under Car Wrecked in Creek.
Scratched Farewell Note to Wife on Fender;
Utility Repairmen Finally Hear His Cries OAKLAND, Qal, May 13 (U. P.)—Ernest K. Steele, 36, told today how he lay for four and a half days with his right hand caught in the wreckage of his automobile, while other motorists passed by
Mr. Bteele was trapped when his automobile plunged mto creek bed alongside the road in lonely Franklin canyon, eight miles
the salvation of our nation.”
automobiles passing on the highway above the ravine. During the day a ranch hand mended the hole his car had made in the fence. “1 ‘yelled all the time, but nobody heard me.” Friday—“My arm didn’t hurt foo Snel, I had Jost circulation, but I kept Passing out: every once in a while.”
Mr. Steele, an oil worker, was driving: home ‘to’ Richmond from a fishing trip last Wednesday night, when he fell asleep. The automobile the road, crashed through = fence and plunged down an embankment 200 feet from, the
swerved . off igus, ‘He was knocked uncon
‘lowed :
pain, but I couldn't get it free.” 'Thursday—-Mr), Steele could
io is’ his actount of what fol.
Wednesday night— When I awoke I found myself lying outside the car. My. right hand was caught under the fender. I twisted and pulled it. until I must have fainted from|
Satarday—During a moment of consciousness Mr, Steele scratched # message to his wife on the fender of the smashed car. “Don’t forget,” it said. “I love you.” Sunday—"'1 had had nothing to eat or drink since Wednesday. Except two packages of gum, I ate my last piece of gum, I kept crying |. for help. ”" His cries now ‘were faint. But |they were heard by John Pickings and EB. A. Bracken, both of Vallejo, Cal, who were repairing utility nearby. They freed Mr. Steele and called an amblilance, Physicians said that except for |. his wrist and hand Mr. Steele's
Cloudy and Cool - Forecast Here
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
6am ....6 10am... 67 "ORE. 6 1lam.... 68 Sam.... 64 12 (Noomn)., 70 9a. m.....8 1pm... n
Cooler . and ‘cloudy - weather was | foreeast for tonight and: tomorrow. | Farmers were kept out of the | fields again as a pelting rain fell! on most of the state. Temperatures will be near Sear sonal normal tomorrow through Sunday. Warmer weather was pre- | dicted for Thursday becoming cool- | er ‘over the. week-end. a general rain was forecast for vas forecast for Saturday.
New Sugar Sugar Stamp .
To Be Good June
WASHINGTON, May 13 (U. P).| «The agriculture department today | ordered ration stamp No. 12 valldated for 10 pounds of sugar on | June 1—a month ahead of schedule. |
have to last to Oct. 31, as originally planned. The action does not increase the | total sugar allowance. The ‘department. said shipments of Cuban sugar are at a seasonal peak, that distributors are holding a “temporary surplus,” and that hoxcars now available for hauling sugar soon will be needed to move] an estimated ‘one - billion - bushel winter wheat crop. Besides, the epani ict said, | efirlier validation of the new stamp | \will help housewives and industrial users to get, in time, the sugar they! need to can this year’s fruit crops. The year's 38-pound - domestic al-! lowance includes no canning | stamps. Senator Joseph” R. McCarthy” (R.|
condition was satisfactorg
| rationing ‘should end.
The department warmed that it will |
Wis.) had said the “surplus” meant, Siding the
Rails Equal Low For 1947 Trading
NEW: YORK, May 13 (U. P.).— Rails equaled their 1947 low in the
average during ‘the first half of today’s stock market session.’ Deal ings ran about 200,000 shares ahead of yesterday's total. A long list. of the carrier issues set new 1947 lows on losses ranging {to a point in Santa Fe. Industrial | issues were off fractions to more {than a point. Utilities eased to | within’ a small fraction of their low for the year. Motors held about steady; steels | sagged, , Most oils slipped back after {early steadiness. New lows for the year were made (by Santa Fe, Southern railway,|c | Consolidated Edison, Goodyear and | Bethlehem preferred. Elimination of the 30-day limitahon o industrial inventories ‘of helped the soft drink issues [and he registered small net gains. | Some of the amusements were. 8
-Cuarrespendent.: 3 | PHOENIX, Ariz, May 13. — Trunk slayer Winnie Ruth Judd told authorities ‘ today she jimmied two door locks with a tooth brush and
wasn't allowed to see her mother on Mother's day.’
Decker, Garrett .Berry and|vo of 2028 Livingston | {Melvin Byroads arrested the pair ave. who was with them part of the in a restaurant at 3634 W. 18th told police they had st. beaten him after giving him whis- a number of shotgun shells were
Trunk Killer Tells How She Escaped
‘By DICK SMITH ‘ Uwited Press Stat
escaped confinement because she
Her doctors said she deliberately ..~
chose Mother's day for her break They said she was dramatizing her plight before the police to get her own WAY: _ She was recaptured yesierday
weeks ago.
attractive. - She was convicted of Agnes Ann Le Rol and Hedwig ment over another friend. She
dismembered the bodies and shipped them to Los Angeles in a trunk.
. - + # ¥ For China Relief John K. Ruckelshaus and Nicholas Noyes will be co-chairmen of the
toward a national goal of $8 million for China relief. Otto N. Frenzel is treasurer, The drive was opened yesterday at a luncheon in the Columbia club. Dr. K. K.'Chen, resezrch chemist of the El Lilly Co., spoke on China. Civic and church leaders attended. During . the . war years. aid . for China was a part of the community
chest. This campaign, is & Dew effort called “United Service .to |China, Inc.”
Edward R. Stettinius Jr. is chairhonorary national co-chairmen are
shall and Paul G. Hoffman, presi-
| trifle firmer.
dent of Studebaker 'Corp. We
Ashtray. - Every Elbow .
Figures It Out
| By NEA Servies | WASHINGTON, May 13 ar subcommittee on human’ behavior|
of the President's Conference - J
(Fie Prevention” is going to try
{put an ash tray close to the finger- | tips of every careiess Sowker in the w
jnattn,
Bo far. that's the
Answer to Fire Peril
President's Conference
best answer] : {the committee's discovered to the}’}
“Her once blond hair streaked | with gray, Mrs. Judd is 46, but still] voted
first degree murder for slaying|® Samuelson, her friends, in an argu-|
drive to raise $25,000 in Indianapolis | -
man of the national campaign and |.
Secretary of State George C. Mar«
12 i
They were separated about six em
problem of what to do with: thei
‘burning matches and
lions in fire damage each year,
In the last 12 months, fire loAses | The
{trom this and other causes
cigarets that ‘cost the nation mile |!
each
|. slasgering. S600