Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 June 1947 — Page 1

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Drastic Action Needed

To Avert Slaughter By NOBLE REED OUR chances of staying alive with free use of your arms, legs and eyes during the next few months are not as good as you think. More than 100 of us in this

right here in Marion county. Another 3000 or more, if some drastic action isn’t taken now, will be badly injured. Scores of vicwill be crippled for life, desto live out their years in a wheel chair or on crutches. It isn’t a pretty picture to think about. . Especially when thousands are planning, with high spirits and pleasure, ‘their annual vacation trips,

Accident Rate Soars

But it's hard fact. Seo far this year there have been 3154 traffic accidents on Indianapolis streets, an alarming increase over thie 2618 mishaps during the same period a

ago. In the 3154 accidents so far this year (they came before vacation travel even got started) 47 men, women and children were slaugh-

In these same accidents—a large majority of which resulted from plain carelessness and disregard for simple rules of safety—1227 Indianapolis residents were disfigured or crippled for life. Hazards Increase And a are increasing

still whizsing Indianapolis corners; In fact, we are facing the worst

traffic season this year in all his-

This is the warning being issued by the police t, the Indianapolis Safety Council and Sheriff Albert Magenheimer. It will be the worst traffic season; they say, because there are hundreds more cars than there ever were and hundreds more inexperienced drivers, which means more careless drivers. Number of Arrests Dips It means that unless drastic steps ‘are taken in law enforcement, safety education and elimination of hazards, Indianapolis may have the worst traffic toll-in history. When you look at the record it appears that law enforcement is proceeding ‘under full steam-—10,961 arrests for moving traffic violations during the first five months of this year. That's a lot of arrests, but far short of the same period last year, when 14,758 arrests were made. Traffic safety experts everywhere are agreed that drastic law enforcement is the main weapon against the rising toll of deaths. A 24-Hour Job “Any relaxation of traffic law enYorcement even for 48 hours always results In a sudden upturn in decidents and deaths,” declared Sheriff Albert Magenheimer, who was safety “Every law enforcement officer will have to be on his toes 24 hours a day this summer if the slaughter is to be kept even to reasonable levels,” he said. The number of arrests is only part of the picture. What happens to

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Hold 4 in Family For Carolina Slayings

DARLINGTON, 8..C., June 23 (U. P.).—Police held fous.members of the Squires family on charges of slaying Howard and Yoman Andrews in a mountain feud. Henry Squires and his son, David, settled a long-standing feud with the Andrews clan by shooting the brothers in the Wainhampton sec tion of Darlington yesterday, Sheriff Grantham reported. The Squires surrendered to Darlington officials after the shooting and James Squires, another son, and Fannie Squires, his mother, also were taken into custody. Origin of the dispute was not disclosed.

SAFETY ZONE ACCIDENT VICTIM—Emily Raggatt, 338!/, E. Washingeon st., smiles bravely from her hospital bed as she recovers from two compound fractures received last March 21 when a drunken driver plowed into a safety zone at Meridian and Maryland sts.

Ime! Boy Granted Change of Venue

Murder Trial Shifted

To. Martinsville

The case of Richard Dale Imel, 14, charged with the murder of his stepmother two -months ago, has been taken out of Indianapolis for trial in the Morgan county circuit court at Martinsville. The change of venue was granted on a motion filed in criminal court here today by ex-Prosecutor Sherwood Blue, attorney for the boy. The motion contended that due to “prejudices” against the Imel a in Marion county & trial In ano county was SY. Judge W. D. Bain, who the motion, recently t tion for the boy's release from ion county jail en bond. In transferring the case Judge Bain also ordered the boy moved

place in the league where he is playing ‘the preliminaries.

anapolis championship. in = the marbles playoff Times, thony’s school student, who' ‘will start into athesral high school

* plon. won't be determined until later in the' week. In‘the meditime, each morning the Indianapolis: champion and titleholders of many other

Times Mibs King Wins 4, Loses 2 in First Round

District Winners Wild About Wildwood, N. J., Where They'll Baile for U. S. Marble Title

WILDWOOD, N. J, June te 23 Charles Landrigan, Indianapolis’

marbles champion, won four and lost two of h national marbles tournament opener here today/ His two losses were to Ben Sklar of Pittsburg of the tourney favorites.

first six games at the

who is considered one

Then he won four games In quick succession to edge up to second

As a result of winning the Indi-

staged by The the 14-year-old St. An-

states will shoot in a series of eliminations,

Then in the. afternoon, Charles

and his opponent will forget competition and play together on the famous resort beach, go to shows and otherwise have the time of their

pp Bytes 10 battle | lives. : : A bet pare) 81, the visit of the eHamA Flori “Wildwood is their reward RA his having proved 16 be better than | es “be the maion's cI any” sine payers U1 thee” som:

munities.

It's an expense. thee trip for the

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to the Martinsville jail until the trial. The case originally had’ been set for trial here July 8. This trial date was automatically set aside.

Playboy Swindler Gets 20-40 Years

NEW YORK, June ‘23 (U. P).— Jimmy Collins, 44-year-old gambler and playboy of Broadway and Hollywood, received a 20-t0-40-year prison sentence today after refusing to disclose what became of $350,000 of the $804,000 swindled from the Mergenthaler Linotype Co. Collins’ co-defendant, Irving (Izzy the Eel) Cohen, received a sentence of Ti: to 20 years for his part in the swindling of ‘$804,000, within one year, from the Mergenthaler firm. Kings County Judge Samuel 8. Lélbowits last Monday had given Collins a one<week stay of sentence to make up his mind about revealing the whereabouts of the money.

Youngsters Without

mer topics argund the sandlots and kids today.

zoo because their summer plight aroused the sympathy of area businessmen. A couple weeks ago four West side merchants, Robert Munson of Munson Truck Lines; Harold Wurster of Wurster’s Pharmacy; Raymond Worth, Worth's grocery proprietor, and George Dougherty of Dougherty’s tavern, noticed the kids beginning to group around street corners. No Play Spots There School vacation annually turns the youthful residents in Riverside area loose, because the area lacks

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either park or community house recréation spots.

Movies F.C. Othman. 11 Pattern 15 Radio Reflections

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“I'd pay 50 bucks, to see those kids have some real summer fun,” one of the merchants said,

His remark gave birth to a project for the small merchants to chip in enough money to give 70 youngsters a super-special day at the Cincinnati Zoo. .

The merchants took their idea to the Riverside Veterans’ organization, a civi¢ group which has been 1] working to build a West side community ‘house. 7: Phe veterans. agreed not only to

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Summer's Here— Don't Stew Over It.

ficially here and gone, but no simmering days are forecast immediately for Indianapolis.

today indicated overcast skies and not much: change in temperatures:

terday the high was 80 degrees and the low 61.

ELEPHANT DIES AT SEA

Howard Berry, who left Belgian’ Congo last. month with two -elephants for the Ringling Brothers & Barnum & Bailey circus, unloaded only one today. The other suffered a heart attack and was buried at sea, he said.

To Play to Be Guests of Veterans, Businessmen By DONNA MIKELS ] ‘There's little talk of baseball, swimming or any other normal sum-

Instead the West siders are talking “zoo.” At least 70 of these youngsters living in the recreation-barren River= side section of the West side are going to get, a day at the Cincinnati

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6am..... 61 10am... 74 TAM. oes 64 11am. .... 7 $§am..... 68 12 (Neoom).. 75 Sam... 73 lpm..... 6

The first day of summer is of-

The weather bureau forecast for

On the first day of sunimer yes-

NEW YORK, June 33 (U. P.).—

Any Local Spots.

corner meeting places of West side

for a block “z00” party next Friday, - Saturday and Sunday in a roped-off area at 18th st. and Sugar Grove ave. : Today entry blanks: were to be placed in establishments sponsoring the “day at the 200” project. The blanks are to be available to both’ boys and girls, six to 14 years old living in the West side area. The Riverside vets zoo committee

will select 70 lucky youngsters to

take the expense-paid chartered bus rtip to the zoo the following week. Twenty youngsters will be selected at the “zoo party” on both Friday and Saturday nights and 30 Sunday night. Merchants sponsoring the project . include Mr. Wurster, Mr. Munson, Mr. Worth, Mr. Dougherty, Petro< vich Marathon Service , Station, Lofty's Service Station, Crouch Bros. Riverside Cleaners, Risk Grocery and M. & W. Grocery. Riverside veterans members in charge of planning the trip and the next

Dougherty, old Paton, Mead F. Knight, Carl Graves, Charles Bruder, Claude Pattison, Herman Hall, George

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Beasley and Paul Bowman.

Senators Restore Millions to Navy

WASHINGTON, June 2 tO. P).

—The senate appropriations committee, in.a move to assure a “powerful, well-balanced, fighting fleet," today restored $176,500,000 of the $377,500,000 which the house cut out of naval requests for fiscal 1948.

The committee did, ' however,

make further recissions in past ap-

opriations. Those reduced over-

all expenditure estimates for the navy to $4,105,700,000 for the year beginning July 1: with the navy’s original estimate of $4,510,000,000 and the house figure of $4,136,000,000.

This ‘compared

Senator Leverett Saltonstall (R.

Mass.), chairman of the naval appropriations subcommittee, most of the recissions would cut down ‘construction, while increases in’ new expenditures would go chiefly for ‘personnel.

said

YOUNG HOPEFULS—These five eager ‘Wurster's pharmacy and Worth's et their names in for a zop trip sponsored by

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Accuses ASCAP

Linked With World Music Monopoly WASHINGTON, June 23 (U. P), —The justice department today charged—the . American. Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, with engaging in’ an international cartel and. conspiring to . ive domestic and foreign music of music. ASCAP controls virtually all music in this country. ASCAP and 2% foreign musical societies were nathed defendants in

a civil antitrust suit filed by At-|’

torney’ Grerieral Tom. C.. Clark fn|Z gourt for south- |

the federal district cours ‘New York, ="

By RICHARD LEWIS

the general shortage

areas.

last. winter, uiiless 1 is. Ah WHGgAlly. mild winter.

is a coal strike. Map Ration P But elsewhere .in on natural gas shortage is consi

the picture ‘is far from bright, a

improve it.

oil pumps to gas comp winter—and may win the race.

Gas will be rationed on a prior ity schedule.

interruptible service. Is Problem

ible gas service will get no

synthetic substitutes.

low.

The 25 societies are located in Australia; ‘several Buropean and South American countries and Canadas. °

Ruling Body in Paris

ASCAP and the other 25 organ-| DBS:

izations, the justice : department said, monopolize circulation’ of world music through an organization which has headquarters in Paris, Attorney General Clark spect cally charged the musical organizations with “engaging in a world wide cartel and conspiracy to monoplize musical performing rights in violation of the antitrust laws.” “Musical performing rights” are the exclusive rights granted authors and composers under the copyright Jaws to play or sing heir “music hia in public for’ profit.

Fire Delays Cupid CAMDEN N. J., June 23 (U. P.). —The wedding of Anthony Casamento and Lenore ' Ridgeway : was interrupted by a fire in the basement kitchen of the church. They formed a bucket brigade with the Rev, Franklin T. Buck, put out the fire, then were pronounced ‘man and wife.

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Riverside Veterans. R. F. Worth (behind outs} assure

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'Hey, Gang, Going to the Zoo?' West Side Kids in Riverside Area Get Break as Merchants Py Down fo Send 70 on Cincinnati Trip

r West siders were at the front door of I8th ‘and Montcalm as doors opened some West side merchants and

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Priority Plan Devised For Indiana Industry

A shortage of natural gas for homes and industry threatens Inna again this winter. It-is.part ny dicted |

for the Midwest and Appalachian),

On the basis of official and industry surveys so far, the shortage will be more pcute in Indiana than

Indianapolis - will ‘not. be directly affected. Its artificial gas’ supply from the'Citizens Gas & Coke util-| _|ity is expected to meet: the same demand as last winter, unless there

he serious economic threat. Abou

determined and in some respects dramatic. effort is under’ way. to

ONE: In an unprecedented pooling of effort, state and federal agencies have teamed up with the gas industry to establish industrial rationing and a system of allocat- You.Should Take ing gas from the Big Inch pipeline. TWO: Engineers are working overtime to double the 140 million cubic feet per day capacity of the inch line by converting its Napume

Available supplies will be delivered first to meet the domestic heating demand and then the demand of industry using non-

Industry depending on interrupt-

gas at all’ this winter. These customers have been’ warned to install stand-by equipment which ‘can ‘use

“Interruptible service” is an’ industry term _ applied to contracts ers| which specify that the user's supply will be cut off when Supplies are

Demand is much greater than was anticipated before

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‘WASHINGTON, June 23 (U. P.).

to 2 that the federal government has undisputed title to oil-rich submerged lands lying under the “marginal sea” off the coast of Califor-

Justice Hugo L. Black read -the court's decision. Justices Stanley F. Reed and Felix Frankfurter dissented. Justice Robert H.. Jackson

The ruling disposed of a yearsold. bitter. controversy between’ California and the federal government. The dispute reached the supreme court when “Attorney General Tom C. Clark in 1945 filed suit asking the high court to determine finally «| the ownership of the lands.

il Worth thet ry Harts.

BULLETIN WASHINGTON, June 23 (U.P. enacted the Republican reform bil over man’s objection. 4 The vote was 68 to override the Presidents to sustain the veto. This was six votes more | necessary two-thirds majority. : Both Hoosier senators voted to override,

: - WASHINGTON, June 23 (u. PY. Presiden today made: a “last-minute plea for support of his: &ithe Taft-Hartley labor bill. ~ Nevertheless it appeared almost certain that would wrife the measure into law over the pre: ~ Barely. twa hours before the crucial | vote,.

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With Grain of Salt ouniy®

WALTHAM, England, ‘June 23 (U. P.).—Residents of this village today laid barriers of salt around their homes for protection against a threatened frog. invasion. ~~ ° | Thousands of frogs swarmed “| around the village after recent rainfalls, entering houses, thea-

ters and pu The to ordered all nearby ponds yed with kerosene and householders strewed ‘salt around their homes on. assurances that frogs would be killed by contact

with it.

Roosevelt ave. Says Petition Adequate oy Huddleston, 1806 Impam ., Who presented the petition said =. ’ contained the names’ of more than 51 per cent of the residents within 500 feet of the proposed store. A second “local option” petition was filed with the -board against the application of Garfield post 88, American Legion, for =a private club liquor license at 1446% Olive

The petition was presented by J. L. Arnold, 1401 Olive st. who said the remonstrance was signed by more than 5t per cent of residents t in that immediate area. The. liquor board took hoth petitions ‘under advisement until next Monday. Board member Richard Stewart said they wanted further legal advice on the new law before} taking action. The Irvington dry organization appeared before the liquor board for the fourth time this year' to protest another Hquor license for Irvington, This time the protest was made against renewal of a liquor package permit for the Woolman drug store, 5464 E. Washington st.

legal protest as in previous thai. the original laud dees af town of Irvington prohibit the of liquor on any premises. -

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