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Looks Like Race Day Where Girl Was Killed

By RICHARD LEWIS We stood 100 yards from the spot where 12-year-old Marilyn. West was killed while riding her hicycle oh U. S. 40 yesterday. Call it U. S, 40, the Nations al road or the 7600 blook of E. Washington st. On a sunny May morning it looks like race day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Eastbound automobiles and trucks eome over the rise of the broadh highway near the trailer camp where Marilyn West lived, \ As they sweep down the slight grade into the morning sun, you can see them begin to accelerate andj hear thé roar of motors. It's like the second lap at the. Speedway when the race cars‘leap into competition. w ® »

YHERE is no speed limit on the But there is on this

stretch of U. 8 40, It's 40 miles

per hour, Nobody pays much attention to it. The highway is wide and white

and dual lane. Its broad expanse

over’ gently undulating terrain |

seems to act as a magnet. Down goes the foot on the aceelerator as though someone had waved the flag after the pace lap.

The automobiles begin to roar. ” w .

BY THE TIME they reach the Pranklin + rd. intersection where Marilyn’ was killed few are moving less than 50 miles per hour. The 40-mile-speed limit signs are just so much scenery. Standing there on the highway with Times Photographer Lloyd B.

that the motorist: who drove at 401 - would be a menace to the sweep

of traffic accelerating up to a mile- ;

a-minute behind him. a One jaloppy of 1028 vintage topped the rise and oozed “down toward us, crawling at s ‘mere 35. It would have been hard to tell} in that case the driver was law abiding or the ear unwilling. ér Walton set. up his grassy berm on the Bast

tripod onnorth side of the highway,

viewer. » » . LLOYD set his shutter speed at 1/50th of a second at F:32. A 1937 Plymouth topped the rise . and moved toward us. Jt was rolling

sedately along at about the speed!

limit. Lloyd calculated that a vehicle} moving at the speed limit would appear motionless on his film. He was ‘right. : Then he shot a succession of pictures of vehicles moving at higher speeds. If his calculations were correct, they would blur,. He was right. They did. ” . » THE FASTER they moved above 4) m. p. m., the more they blurred

until they appeared as disembodied

streaks across the film when he developed it, We knew it wouldn't prove.anything and it’s not supposed to do anything but show how ‘traffic moves east on U. 8. 40. where a schoolgirl was killed yesterday on a

It moves fast. Nobody sees the speed limit om that beckoning high-

way. (Another Trafic Story, Page 3) Food Poisoning Strikes 600 in VA Hospital LOS ANGELES, May 23 (U. P.. «The veterans administration today disclosed 600 patients of its hos--pital at Sawtelle were stricken with food poisoning. One death was believed caused by the tainted food. The men became ill following their noon meal Wednesday and by evening hundreds were under, treat-

ment for food poisoning. i James Moore; 65, world war I vet- | |

eran. of Independence, Mo., was, found dead in his room yesterday. . An autopsy was ordered to learn the cause of death. Most of the veterans recovered: quickly.

STRAWBERRIES SMASHED ; LONDON, May 23 (U. P.).—A British transport plane from Ttaly| made a pancake landing on Croydon airport today and turned its 6000 pounds of strawberries into shortcake... The five crew members escaped injury,

M'NUTT SUCCESSOR WASHINGTON, May 23 (U. P). ~The White House today sent to the senate President Truman's iomination of former Rep. Emmet O'Neal of Kentucky, to be ambasgador to the Philippine republic, succeeding Paul V. McNutt of Indiana.

'Happiest Hoosi 3-Year Term as DAR Head

‘Being a Democrat Made No Difference,’ Says Mrs. O'Byrne After Election

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‘Nobody Pays Much Attention To 40 M.P.H. Limit on U.S.

FORTY M.P.H.—The speed limit is 40 miles-per-hour on US. 40 where a schoolgirl was killed yesterday, but few obey it. This automobile-did. It was snapped by Times. Photographer Lloyd B, Walton, who set his.camera-at | 750th of a second,

F:32.

“A ‘moment later, Mr. Walton snapped this photo, using the same The cat whizzed by at: mare than 50 miles per hour and blurred on the

ZOOM — Two minutes later, same exposure. This boy is really traveling, isn't he? In the background is the Warren township grade school with children playing in the

yard, The 40 m.p.h. speed limit sign seems to be so much scenery.

FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1947

40°

{reach ~Jemergency cases and a like time to]

FORECAST: Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; slightly cooler tomorrow.

Launch Drive For 250-Bed Hospital Here

N. Irvington League Sponsors Project

be sought by the North Irvington Civic league. Plans to seek the 250-bed hospital were drawn up at a meeting of the

doctors discussed the need for a hospital in that area. . : » Addressing a group of almost 100 Irvington residents, the doctors

hospital with statements that: ONE: It takes a minimum of 20 minutes for an East side doctor to any local hospital in

take east side emergency cases to the nearest hospital. TWO: East side doctors have at least a 28-mile round trip to visit patients in any Indianapolis hospital. THREE: The present number of available hospital beds in Indianapolis is below what is considered necessary for a community of 250% 000 less than half the population of greater Indianapolis. Practice Curtailed One doctor told the group he had iscontinued obstetrical cases because of the difficulty in getting hospital space and because of the long trip to hospitals. The physicians also said a hospital for general practice is needed, asserting that Indianapolis hospitals are becoming “specialized” as a result of the overcrowding. The need ‘for more hospitaliza-

of group and family hospital insurance also was cited by doctors

space will be needed even after the present crowding crisis passes, - A committee of nine was appointed to work out details of the hospital and to enlist the support of ‘other East side civic groups.| One other group, Irvington Post, American Legion, pledged its support to the project last night. The committee also is to discuss financing of the hospital by issuance of bonds and health certifi cates. A site’ in. northesst Irvington is under consideration for the hospital Present construction esti‘mates dre $0000; per Hed ahd upk&ép costs aré” ed At $8.50 per day. : Members of the committee are Dr. H W. Goss, Dr. Joe Ball, Dr. F. A. Boyer, Dr. Francis Smith, Dr. H. L. Collins, Dr. Donald G. Berry, C. A. Rochford, Robert E. Schreib- | er and Leo Litz. Mr. Rochford, local | attorney, is chairman. The committee will meet next Wednesday to chart action and will report back to the league at the ‘June meeting.

House Banker Gets 1-3 Year Sentence

WASHINGTON, May 28 (U. P.. —Kenneth Romney, former house sergeant-at-arms, today was sen-| tenced to from one to three years in prison for concealing a $143,363 | shortage in funds in fhe house] “bank” for almost 20 years. , Romney, 65-year-old Montanan, was convicted by a federal court) jury on May 15.

By DANIEL M. KIDNE

WASHINGTON, May 23. —Happiest Hoosier in the U. S. A. is undoubtedly Mrs. Roscoe C, O'Byrne of Brookville, who was installed for the 3-year term as president general of the Daughters of the Amer-

ican Revolution. Happy and tired. For it was 3:15 a. m. before her

Partly Cloudy Is Forecast

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6a m..... 59 1la m..... 73 78 Mm..... 61 12 (Noon)., 75 8a mi... 64 1p. mo. ” fa m..... 68 1:30pm. 77 10a. m..... 7?

Partly cloudy skies were forecast for tonight and tomorrow with | a drop in temperature predicted for tomorrow. poy Temperatures will average 3 to 5 degrees bélow normal {omorrow through Tuesday, returning to normal by Wednesday. Rain was forecast for the southern portion of the state tomorrow and Monday .and in the north portion Monday.

Times Index Amusements. . 24 Ruth Millett. 21 Eddie Ash.... 33 Movies

Business ..... 38 Obituaries ... 18 Carnival ,.... 21|F. C. Othman 21

Classified ..35-37|Radio ........ 38 comics ....... 39 Reflections ... 22 Editorials .... 22| Scherrer ..... 22

. Fashions .... 26 Side Glances.. 22

Forum ....... 22 Sports .... 33-34 Meta Given... 26 Weather Map 4 | | Hollywood ... 21 Washington . “22

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Y, Times Staff Writer today

Truman to Stay | At Mother's Side

GRANDVIEW, Mo. May 23 (U. P.).—President Truman's 94-year: old mother showed no perceptible improvement today. The Chief Executive settled down for what seemed to: be an indefinite stay until his mother shows

|some sustained gain,

victory by 56 votes was announced to the 56th continental congress in| famed Constitution hall, She ae- | feated Mrs, Stanley T. Manlove of

was 1186 to 1131, Voting has been conducted] throughout ‘yesterday, When -the polls closed 38 tellers were locked | away to make the count without | any further contact with any|

. | delegates.

in Box 23 and kept smiling with a| stiff upper lip. The contest for president general this time was admittedly the hottest in recent D.| A. R, history. Pink Dress, Black Hat When Mrs. Frank Leon Mason o Boston, teller chairman, walked onto | the platform to .announce the re-| sults early today the whole assembly seemed so tense that a word could have ‘touched the place off like an emotional atomic bomb. Mrs) O'Byrne, in the pink frock and black-winged “straw hat she had worn for the campaigning, was the first to relax when the results were announced. Shortly before midnight she had confided that she thought she had” won. Until the final announcement, she was far from sure. * * Her fellow-workers in the cam-

“No change” was the communique from her bedside this morning. The President said she did not {spend -a very good night. Newburgh, N. Y, The vote COU pefore noon, her condition was de[scribed as ‘fairly restful”

Lynching Feared In North Carolina

JACKSON, N.C. ‘May 28 (U, P.). Throughout the night the diminu-{—A mob of masked, armed white tive Mrs. O'Byrne, who has been men seized a young Negro from D. A. R. registrar general, sat erect|the Northampton county jail early

today.

Sheriff A. W. Stephenson said he was afraid the man had been

lyni®hed.

Godwin Buddy Bush, 24 had ¢ | been arrested four hours earlier Rich Square, N. C., after a young white woman accuséd him

at nearby

of tfyving to attack her, Sheriff Stephenson large posse and

formed combed

of the man or the white mob.

river, DIDN'T LIKE GERMANY

paign, particularly the 100 from Indiana, showered her with congratu-

and meaning. : Turn to Page 20. » 5

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parachuted into Eire in 1941, killed

few days before his sc ‘portation to i :

Shortly

the Roanoke river area but 10 hours later said he could find no trace

Local residents surmised that the mob might have lynched Bush and dumped his body in the Roanoke

DUBLIN, May 23 (U. P).—Dr. Hermann Goertz, a German who

his post as house sergeant-at-arms| when the Republicans won the No-| vember elections. 1 Romney was calm as sentence; was pronounced by Federal Judge Alexander HoltzofT, Romney's attorney filed notice that he would appeal. Romney

the appeal. ‘ A veteran of 32 years of service in the house sergeant-at-arms

office, he had held the top post for 17 years.

ney with falsifying statements on the house bank’s condition in. reports to the general accounting office and with fraudulently covering the shortages. ———————— a cer —————————— STUDENT STRIKES GROWS TERRE HAUTE, May 24 (U, P.. Student strikes protesting the Chinese civil war and food shortages spread to high schools from the universities today. An estimated 30,000 students stayed away from closses.

By Trio of H

Ex-Pdratrooper Accu

A part. of a downtown "gang

a crippled ex-G. 1. was their vietim,

the South Pacific who recently’ got, reported to’ police that three men peat him up last night. He said two of the three men were known as Jim and “Inkie.” The third, he told- police, was

N. Traub ave.

league last night after six East side

as an indication that more hospital i

He was indicted] last February, not long after he lost|

Hot Idea Cools

was released on $2500 bail pending

_ The government charged Rom-

In Recent Attack on Army Officer Here

Travis Ball, 24. of 431 N. Illinois st, a veteran of 34 months in |

Morley was fined and sentenced them as “a bunch of toughies to 60 days in jail recently by Judge spoiling for trouble” ~~ Joseph Howard for being part of ‘himself by taking poison today ala “gang” which beat up a wounded led de-{army captain in Thompson's tes- he Mtaurant, 40 W. Washington sty! all.

Entered -as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice Indianapolis, Ind, Issued daily except Sunday

Agree

i : § Construction of a $2,500,000 el : \ eral hospital to service eastern In! ; ’ xr : dianapplis and Marion county will]

crystallized sentiments for an area] 2

tion. as the result of increased sale]: .

Chastain-Franklin, 17, of her second a divarce from husband No. |.

3 Agencies Fight ‘An Extra Hushand

Firecracker Sales

U. S., City, State Act | As Girl 4s Hurt

out” to stop & steady Toa bootlég firecrackers inte Indianapolis. The pledge for concerted. action came after report of the first firecracker casualty of the season. Ruth Scott, 946 N. Highland ave.,| 15-year-old Tech high school student, received a leg wound yesterday when a group of boys tossed a three-inch firecracker at her at N. Highland ave. and St. Clair st. The firecracker exploded at her feet, hurling a pellet into the flesh behind her left knee. A physician removed the pellet.

CARELESS—"1 just didn’t think,”

says Mrs. Geneva McCluskey marriage without formality of

Hulman. to Put Up. :

ods ME das X $50 p En

Pol Show

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More - Prize ‘Money ‘By J. E. O'BRIEN ASPAR participation in the 300~ mile race next Friday was assured today by President Ralph . who believed that at ‘least 10 cars will be at the track by Sunday. Hepburn said fin Chicago thas members accepted the Speedway’s latest proposal to include rebelling owners and drivers, This offer was made yesterday in a meeting with Speedway owner Anton Hulman Jr., President Wilbur Shaw, Hepbu and Rex Mays, representing ASPAR. First ASPAR-member owned ear at the track today was that of Fred A. Peters with Joie Chitwood listed

my o

Franklin, 17-year-old brutiet mother, as she sat in the Bartholomew county jail ‘today charged with bigamy,

“I don't know. what. caused me fo

do it," she moaned, referring to her second - marriage. last Saturday at Greensburg, to Noble Franklin, Co-

mbus factory worker. “I had filed for & divorce several

months ago and in the meantime had been in Ohio working. I didn't {know whether I was divorced or

The injury climaxed a mounting | not. I guess I didn't think.”

number 6f complaints of bootleg fireworks in the city. All reports,

Will Be 18 in June Geneva will be 18 on June 29.

i had | * | prior to the incident today had|ghe was married to Chester E. “Participation by. ASPAR

Mrs. Geneva McCluskey ‘Chastain. |r near

this year's race in the I told The Times. *But I don't know, now.” ! 4 Hepburn” set = qualification : reeord in the Novi Governor Mobil Owner Lou Welch said early this

week, that the plans for the Novi

team did not include Heghurn. This was before the ASPAR en

With the Speedway was. re

however. : mer

come from the North Side, police | Chastain, local express! cOMpany pers will assure a full :

said. | Chief of Police Howard Sanders |

fireworks. had been located

word had spread around.

16th birthday. le, was born in

in A September, 1946, and they separated | northern Indianapolis and that the] er. yep

Yesterday both. Mr. Chastain and

“I do not believe we have any il-,.. = ponyiin visited her in the

legal manufacturing here,” he said, “It may be that a traveling sales- | man is carting them in from one| of the adjoining states. | “Even so, the sale or use is il-|

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Fire Fans' Ardor

TIPTON, Ya. May 23. (U..P).— {The Tipton volunteer fire department taught motorists who chase fire trucks a lesson. The firemen have - attempted for | years to discourage the motorists. Last night the town siren blew. | The fire truck sped to the Cedar county fairgrounds. About 100 automobiles followed the engine into the fairgrounds. When all the cars were inside, the firemen locked the gates. There wasn’t any "fire. The firemen in{structed the motorists to drive their cars around the race track 20 times each. | The track soon was packed solid- | (ly for a midget autosrace to be held} Sunday-—under sponsorship of the fire department.

Crippled Ex-G. |. Taken for R

oodlums,

ses Man Involved

labeled as a “bunch “of hoodlums

out of a cast for leg wounds, today took him out to the East side and

March 13. Morley appealed the sentence and is out on appeal bond. ;

Bernard “Bud” Morley, -27, of 6|and six other members of the | ride.

At the time he sentenced Morley|f and asked him & When he “gang,” Judge Howard assajied Rolive, they drove st/and began k Lhe) hauled

Today on heari {cent incident JN ‘planned to w LACT

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{ coumty jail.

The

|STOLE ARTIFICIAL EYES BOSTON, May 23 (U. P) ~R. W. Bennett of Southbridge, Mass., today appealed a six-month jail sen|tence for stealing artificial eyes.

said.

She said ‘her -first husband tol

her he would withdraw the charge. Steps also. are being taken to have her marriage to Mr, Franklin anrulled, but Geneva isn’t very happy about the outlook. : “The case is in the hands of the state of Indiana now, and I face a charge,” she said. this you can bet I'll never get in any trouble again. This was my one big mistake, and it's a mess.” Relatives are trying’ to raise = $1000 bond for her release. ' She said she has never been in trouble before and this is her first time inside a jail.

AISE TEACHERS PAY

TERRE HAUTE, May 22 (U, P.). —Public school teachers were told today that the board of school trustees had approved salary increases ranging from $600 to $1275. effective

increase becomes ext fall,

Met Trio in Cafe op Fx-G. 1. Ball, who had his teeth|C@ | kicked out in a fight several months [> sald he met the three : the

Liberty Bell cafe Inst night:

“If I get out of

ide, Beaten” He Tells Police

“I'd like to hear the case” he “It's time someone cleaned out that bunch of hoodlums who .|hang out in all-night zestaurants

. | cause much troub they tin court recently was on the prowl again last night, and again a uy a3 le a8

employee, on July 18, 1045, three lis this year's event,” Hepburn said. weeks after her | today said he suspected a source of Their son, Bdgar

He estimated that about 10 of the 28 cars owned by ASPAR members would reach the Speedway in time for qualification trials this week-

of them would be able to run Saturday or Sunday. & “Some of our cars have started for the track, he said, “an will be there sometime late today. Others will arrive tomorrow.” The announcement “from was like a “shot im.the arm” at Speedway. Garages were busy and a general air of anticipation whs noted as the arrival of ASPAR cars was awaited. Brubaker Unhurt iffSpin | Cars were on the track for prac tice: and rail birds were given chill when .Jim Brubaker spun the southeast turn while in midst of his driver's test. The spun five times and.struck an l guard rail, throwing the wheels of line. He had been clocked at 106 m. p. bh. on an earlier lap. 3 Cliff Bergere took one of Novis for an early snd fast

Special last year at 133944 m.p.h.

end. but he did not believe that sll