Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 July 1947 — Page 1

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Be eee Drive Carefully—

be watchful for small children play- at the office of Governor Gates and

SATURDAY, JULY 12, 147

Entered as Second-Class Matter at PostofMoe Indianapolis, Ind. Issued dally excepts Sunday

PRICE FIVE CENTS

Two wild Shots Fired .

At Bricker Near Capitol

Walk Carefully— Local Officials {hi Be Careful ____ Confused Over fit _

Four more persons have been| | killed in traffic accidents in the past g 3 SAR 24 hours. They might easily have] a & A 3 | Sa New Rent Law g4 == $4 Every moment oY ! you are behind the » | wheel be alert, \ A careful and consid- | erate of other motorists and pedes-

Not as Simple as It Seems, They Say

Sere This Year By RICHARD LEWIS

trians. How the new rent control act The death toll already in 1947 has will be administered in Indianapolis mounted to 58. Police warn that|and Marion county had officials in unless every driver and each pedes- a dither today. trian makes himself personally re-| They were finding out the law sponsible for the prevention of traf- isn't as simple as it seemed. fic accidents, the death toll will] Controversial interpretations were mount to over 60 by this time next arising on what actual functions the week. {local rent control board will have. Police especially warn motorists to| As copies of the new law arrived

Traffic Deaths

IMPROVING — Rep. Louis Ludlow, Indianapolis, who re- | tuthed to Washington today from a Pennsylvania nursing

ing on sidewalks and in streets. ( home.

Each year some child

'Local Rent Director Phillip Bayt, forgets officials were finding out that:

safety rules and dashes into the! ONE: The local “defense rental |

Assailant Escapes; Former Policeman Ordered Arrested

May Have Used ‘Blank’ Ammunition; Incident Occurs in Senate Subway WASHINGTON, July 12 (U. P.) —A discharged capitol policeman with a grudge against Senator John W. Bricker fired two shots at the Ohio Republican *today but did not harm, him. Senator Bricker said he thought the shots were blanks. After firing twice, the man fled from the capitel-senate office building subway where, : the shooting occurred. Senate Sergeant - at - arms Edward ¥F. McGinnis announced that metropolitan police have been ordered to .search for Willlam L.

Kaiser, discharged capitol policeman

DEATH CAR — This closeup photo shows the blasted interior of an auto in which three met death last night when an express train roared into it at Pennsylvania crossing and Kitley st., dragging the wreckage a mile. :

path of a car. > area board,” selected by Mayor Tyn‘Drive . carefully—walk carefully— dall the day before his death, may | BE CAREFUL. be all powerful in deciding not lonly fair rents, but when controls shall be removed, .

Kaiser was appointed by Senator

» " ¥ e | Bricker's predecessor, former Sen-

{ator James W. Huffman (D. O), i Kaiser lost his job in the patronage

CRUMPLED SHELL — This is all* that was left of the car after a police wrecker pulled if from the front of

the train cowcatcher. Bodies of the victims were so badly mutilated police at first thought four had been killed | asking me to serve.”

instead of three.

Man Found Dead In Upstate Fire

$600,000 Damage To Syracuse Factory

SYRACUSE, Ind, July 12 (U.P). |

«The body of a man found in the ruins of a factory destroyed last night in a $600,000 fire was identified today as that of Hobart Jarrett, 52. : Flames destroyed the Liberty Coach Co. The body was found this morning, more than 12 hours after the fire. Mr. Jarrett lived next door to thé plant, which manufactured house trailers. Police believed he was killed while trying to help fight the fire. Cause of the blaze was undetermined. Y $ Started in Warehouse j H. L. Spencer, president of the firm, said the blaze starled in a warehouse, spread to a paint shop and started the plant's ‘infrared ray drying system in operation. The 360-foot one-story cement Llock building was in ashes in 90 minutes, he said. Some 30 to 35 house trailers on the production line were destroyed and tons of material in the warehouse was lost. Spencer estimated the loss at between $500,000 and $600,000. ; He said firemen. saved & paint, shop nearby, thus preventing explo- | S. »

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death 1st In the last 34 hours.

Kitley. st. shortly before midnight.

Madison ave. Today the Marion county toll for 1947 stood at 58. The latest dead were: ROBERT RYAN, 36, of 422 N. Walcott st. HELEN, 25, his bride. RUSSELL DUFFY, 47, of 21 N, Hamilton ave, Mr. Ryan's half brother. MRS. ROBERTA BOYD, 64, of 543 N. Oxford st. Mr. and Mrs. Ryan and Mr. Duffy died at the. unprotected Kitley st. crossing when a Pennsylvania express No. 13, roar-

station at ful throttle, smashed * into their 12-year-old Oldsmo bile. ” They. were re- * turning from the ° midget races at Kitley st. and Rd. ° 52 in" a line of % cars. Witn in automobiles. be. Mr. Dufty the ill-fated automobile suddenly vanish as the New. York-8t. houis train swept by. °°

The fourth, a woman pedestrian, was killed by a truck-tractor as she stepped from the curb yesterday afternoon in front of 1353,

Traffic Toll Soars to 58 As Four More Are Killed

Four new victims have been added to the city's mounting trafic

Three of them were mutilated, almost beyond recognition in a gruesome train-auto crash at the Pennsylvania railfoad cressing and

Two Pedestrians Hurt | When Struck by Cars

Two pedestrians were injured and one is in Methodist hospital from] injuries suffered in .auto accidents during the last 24 hours. John Dugan, 57, of 1611 Shelby st., .was struck by. sa hit-and-run driver at.Cottage ave. and Shelby st. last night. He was taken to Methodist hospital, where his condition is fair today. Frank Reed, 52, of 1450 Biltmore ave. was struck in the 3400 block, W. Washington st., today by a car driven by Williath D. Chambers, 38, of 480 8. McClure st. fle was treated at City hospital for cuts on’ the head | and released.

The impact of the crash was

TWO: If it isn’t all powerful in . Imaking these .cyitical decisions, its «4power is still considerable under the wording of the law. | ‘T""One interpretation of the law in| downtown legal circles today was Times Washington Buiean Min} Sie out] board san end Sent WASHINGTON, July 12.—Rep. control “tomorrow” wan Steele Is Surprised Louis Ludlow, Indianapolis, venAnother interpretation said that|erable and beloved Democratic couldn't be, but admitted the local | congressman, returned to Washing-

Congressman: Must Stay ‘at Home

controls now than any local agency | nihs in a private rest home in has had since 1942. Pp . Ruel Steele, Governor Gates’|® C NSVIVANIA. executive secretary, who handled] He has been away from his ofthe details. of setting up the local|fice since May 20, 1946, and was reboards, Supredoeld ore at Si | lected for his 10th consecutive apparent power the loca have. “No wonder some people had! term although unable to return) been hounding the governor's office about it,” he said. Mr. Bayt said he thought the local boards would simply make recom- . Jsndntions on administrative mat- Annouricement of his return to : ks hs Washin; was made by his office. “yr : hot Piéjant or When first Pstricken with a severe ers are,” he said. “We've been in. | Sse oo J Me Judiew ailh fo forthed that the housing eéxpediter ag A x moved from there for the long rest

| home and campaign. Now he must {and not yet take part in’ the 80th | nongress, where he has not yet been sworn in,

mendations We hosed night Joa: | His “doctors ~how say that he Advi rn » Surpris should be able to return to work' halo 0 . Towers Wiileh the by September. His wife, society edi : jaw" apPasently gives RI a pn! tor of an Indianapolis newspaper’ am bon oad pp 8h when. they were married there be- | sche pring ‘a expressed SUr- sore he came to Washington as aj pols 8 ER sealin hal he ald | correspondent, will take care of him *The only notice Te had is a tele- * Hie home hare to Service | {phone call from the: mayor's office! wy, formal statement, issued by

'his office regarding his return, con{tained these quotations from the | congressman: {

Mr. Ammerman was chairman of the mayor's fair rent committee last When Governor Gates was

. gr year, Detective Hurt, [sect mommeos oo Sots om Sei is Sr . 7 8 pe T sional service, but 1 am happy to!

| Frank Creedon for appointment, he | qo myself sb greatly improved

. {asked mayors of Hoosier cities ‘to! p Dragged hy Car name candidates: tiist. Bown now look forward to that ' wy oY o. | The late Mayor Tyndall simply. .. : reactived. his fair rent imple) “HF my akisence my Secretary; Mrs:

Esther Pillen, will continue to carry

Partner Fires Twice which he appointed a year..agaic during the OPA holiday.

At Fleeing Youths “We scted as something ~ al. 1 now should like to acknowledge | Police today sought two youths! pacifier between local people ang |the very large number of loving who last night escaped in a carithe OPA then” Mr. Ammerman ex- | iputes that came to me during | from two detectives, neariy running plained. ~ “That's what I ‘thought|/™ illness from many individuals] over one of the officers and drag- — {and organizations of the district | ging the other for a block. | (Continued on Page 2—Column 3) and elsewhere.” Detective Sergeant Oren Mangus es

| Having lost considerable weight was in fair condition today with] |during his long convalescence, Mr.| cuts on both legs, ankles and nands| 5000 Se after being dragged by the vehicle. !

[Lion looks fine for his 74 years, his secretary reported. |r ’ He and Detective Sergeant Gerald |- New Moon Open rT Akeman halted the two youths in| i . the caf at 12th st. and N. Buctia| Af Butler Bowl! either Too Hot ave. at about 10 o'clock last night. | gag |

They suspected the car was stolen, 5000 | t rsons saw ‘he InWhile questioning the youths, the | qiangnolis Te summer-music driver started up rapidly, almost| rooram open with “The New Moon” or 00 0 striking Detective Akeman. Detec-

. at Butler Bow! last night. tive Mangus was leaning into the| 1. the best local setting for oul- Week-end motorists will get a

front seat when the vehicle started. | 450. entertainment yet tried, last break, according to the weather-, As the car drove away Detective ,ioht's audience saw and heard a| man’s forecast today. | Akeman fired two shots at it, {show that tops most professional | Slightly overcast skies with little Later the vehicle was found gandards. change “in temperature was pre-| abandoned at 1425 N. Euclid ave, Plenty of reserved seats and Detective Mangus was treated at|goveral thousand general-admission|night. Tomorrow will be generally City hospital. |50-cent seats are available for. t-elfair and continued warm, Tempera-

heard half a mile. The automobile was carried one! mile west along the track from Kit~| ley st. to a point 50 feet east of Audubon rd. : ! The body of Mr. Ryan, apparently the driver, was found between Kit- |

hind them~ told - police they saw ley st. and Arlington ave.

‘ His wife's body was found crushed

Washington Calling—

Marshall Plan

; By Serigps WASHINGTON, July

- overseas aid. President Truma

(Continued on Page 2—Column 5)

Would Be

' Defeated in Congress Now

Newspapers ; 12. — The Marshall plan

would be ripped to. shreds in congress if the administration went to Capitol Hill now seeking more

billions for

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knows it. That may be the reason he’s throw: ing cold water on idea of special session this fall. And Europe

Paris conference convening today. Siiect on

er is failure of Secretary of State George C. Marshall and his de-

ET a {rest of the operetta’s run, which|tures were expected to remain in| Rules Negroes to Vote will continue through next Satur-| the 80's, the weather bureau sald, | CHARLESTON, 8. C, July 13 (U, day. { There was no prediction of rain| P.). — Federal District Judge J.| (Review of Last night's Opening, |‘hrough tomorrow. Waites Waring*ruled today that hol Page I) pening | | state of South Carolina inust per- . pnt |

mit Negroes to vote in heretofore delim : | all-white Democratic primary elec Mrs. Wedd ing Divorced :

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‘If He Hasn't Got a Pedigree and You're - Not Over 16, Sign Him Up~—He May Win

By ART WRIGHT The second annual Times’ Mutt Dog Show will get under way July 28. Like last year's popular show, the event will be open only to dogs {without pedigree. But winners of last year’s show will be eligible -to

compete. The Mutt Dog Show will be restricted to owners who are not more {than 16 years of age. The dogs may be of any age and any size. There will be valuable priges tn, — wr rao mm————

The. best behaved dog. The best trick dog.

\ " * Back n [a ital { turnover when the Republicans took ) | control of congress this year. :

{board has more power over rent ton today after spending many

ler as he strode toward one of the) | little open-topped subway cars, The

second was fired after he boarded +a : the car, and the operator sped asayi \

has be final say on any recom-|...ioq.of his recovery. - out about going to the governors’

dicted for today, becoming fair to-| (Continued on Page 2—Column 8)

Gotta Dog? You Can Enter Him (or Her) In Times Mutt Show; It Opens July 28

On July 28 the preliminaries will charges of any kind either for entry

The shooting incident occurred between 11 a, m; and noon as Sen‘ator Bricker left nis office for the private subway car that would carry him underground to the capitol proper about a block away, He was going to the senate floor where de- | bate was continuing on the new tax bill. ! Fired from 20 Ft. Away | The first shot was fired from about 20 feet behind Senator Brick-|

UNINJURED—Senator John W. Bricker, 1944 Republican candidate for vice president. was unhurt foday despite fwo shots fired af him in the senate subway. : : Si Ae To

gp a bre sit

toward the capitol side, i

of the incident. Senators clustered | around him to hear his story of the, shooting. Interviewed by reporters after he

came Out of the chamber, Senator | rm——its o | if Necessary

Bricker sald he thought he was ls . "oh

Night Session

2 . Fin: dapiaran at with Vas, Herd is hs accounts |. WASHINGTON, July 12 (U. Po= “I was coming out of my office’ pepubiican lenders. called the senate with Mr. Macomber, & clerk, to And’ 146 an unususl Saturday cision toconference. . |day in an effort to complete con~ “We came down the basement gressional action on the revised hallway. Just as we got within|G. O. P. income tax reduction bill. about 15 feet of the subway train,| Chaitman Eugene D. Millikin (R, I heard a gun go off.” I saw this| Colo.) of the senate finance commit~ fellow out of the corner of my eye, tee said he intended to hold the but'didn't pay any attention to him | upper chamber in session into the before the shot. { night, if necessary, to get the meas “1 turned to Mr, Macomber and) ure through. ’ : a sald: ‘I think that fellow 15 a lttle! The house already has approved I & | the bill to cut personal income taxes ‘1 Don't Know His Name’ {hy from 30 to 10.5 per cent starting “We continued to walk toward Jan. 1. Senate passage is assured.

| “My recent illness has kept me the subway, and I told the operator but several proposed amendments

when we got in to get out in a have to be disposed of first. hurry, From about 150 feet away,| Lack Twe-Thirds Majority after we were sitting in the sub-| The senate vote on President Truway train, he took another shot. man’s promised veto shaped up as “My back was turned as he shot,” the crucial test on the issue. It Senator Bricker continued, “but 1 probably: will come next week... .... saw who it was. I don't know his| Administration forces now ap-

Hw ‘name, but he was a former capitol | peared {a have enough. votes lined

policeman who was here under the |up to sustain the veto. Their count patronage of my predecessor, climbed to 33 when Senator William “One of the men on the car got Langer (R. N. DJ) indicated he off and ran back, after him. | would vote against: overriding. This “1 think they were blank car- | Would be one vote more than the tridges’ 1 didn't hear any bullets Decessary minimum to sustain if 94 whizzing by my head. | senators were present. Recalls Loan Liquidation | Prior to the vote on the bill it“The only explanation I can Self, the senate was voting on

think of is that this fellow had me smendments. First to be turned

called off the floor iwg or three dOWn was & proposal by Seustor months ago. - When 1 came nut, he Wayne Morse (R. Ore.) that reasked me when 1 wid gohug to give| ductions not be effective until a back the money I ‘stole’ from the depression is imminent. Columbia Building & Loan. | Five Brackets Provided “I queried him about this, and| The bill'weuld cut taxes by: apparently he lost some money 30 per cent on net taxable in~ back about 15 years ago when this|comes of $1000 or less. ° organization was liquidated. I was| 30 to 20 per cent on nei taxable attorney genera] of Ohlo at that! incomes between $1000 and $1400. time, and as such ordered the| <0 per cent on net taxable incones liquidation. | between $1400 and $136,700, “Yesterday morning, he stopped| 15 per cent on that part of net {taxable income between $136,700 and $302,400. : let 10.5 per cent on that part of net Russia, Czechoslovakia [taxable income ove: $302,400. : . . Persons 65 years and older would Sign Economic Treaty |e: an extra $500 exemption, + oslovakian- an communique announced today that the Wampler s 2-Up two nations have agreed to sign a On Jimmy Scot TERRE HAUTE, Ind, July 13

five year economic eats : Russia will send tons o wheat, and 200,000 tons of. fodder 10/1 os,aoort Ck Freddy Waibpier; Czechoslovakia in 1048. ft Perc 3 pon nape} a, X ond we 0rd erenc e : {Paris Cont . Reper Sag - ) on Jimmy Scott of New Albany at the end of the first nine holes of their championship match in the state amateur golf towrnament. = Wampler, the 1946 runner-up who’ put out the defending Shamplong} Joh fanapolis, on Wednesday, July 30. The district uacter- finals, shot ! dp winners will take part in the eity- | par 33 on the first nine this morn- ° wide finals to be held Frdiay,- Aug. 1 ing. Scott had an even par 5. at a downtown location. The grand amr CRAVE! 3 prizes will be awarded at the. ed (Earlier Details, Page 6) |Anals, ¢ i :

i RY : | A'coupon for filing official entries | Sn ge ; will ‘appear in The Times within » ©0 to Church—— ‘Where to go to each Bi

‘day of two. | Owners will take their mutt dogs! to the playground. nearest their homes for the prelinunary: hi There will be no entry fees or

‘or fo witness the shows,