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Dream of a New Bicycle ‘for Helping Daddy’

Fades as Heavy Con

EVEN-year-old Patricia Lee Slusser’'s heart sang with joy yesterday as she romped carefree in her home on

a rural route near Terre Hau With shining eyes, she

carefully bake a cream-of-tartar cake. Georgiann, 18, another sister, and the girls’ mother,

Mrs. George E. Slusser, looked on indulgently, offering advice to Cordelia. The cake was to be entered in a 4-H contest at Prairieton school last night, - When Patricia tired of - the kitchen, she went outside to the garden where her Daddy was working. “If you help me all summer and pull out the weeds, we'll sell lots of stuff and you can have all the money. Then you can buy a bicycle and ride. it to school this fall,” her father promised the apple-of-his-eye. So the cream-of-tartar cake was baked and pronounced a gregt success by Georgiann and Mrs. Slusser. The girls got all fixed up and walked to the nearby school, side by side. Georgiann held the cake carefully. The girls walked up the broad stone slabs of the schoolhouse. Inside the school, 4-H members were: getting ready to rehearse the

NEAR AN ABANDONED coal mine at Jasper, five boys played on the hillside. They were Dennis Eckert,

Reynolds, 10; Gene Berger, 7, and

“Let's explore the old mine,” one of them exclaimed. Quickly his companions nodded. They got a long rope. “Let me go in,” said Dennis. So they tied a rope around his arm and lowered him in. Dennis called up in glee. Several loose rocks fell and Dennis was still. The boys, all but Charles, who was oldest, ran away, scared. . Charles copldn’t pull Dennis out. “too heavy, Charles ran

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ctl] a “yin to the hole, didn't notice the

Of Course Boys Like to Fish

“LET'S 'GO FISHING,” cried Jackie Lawrence Devine, 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Devine, to his playmates yesterday at ‘Terre Haute. ‘ They went to the nearby Wabash. Suddenly one of the boys screamed. “Jackie is in thé water and can't get out,” one of them cried.

. Dad Planned to Build a Picket Fence

IN INDIANAPOLIS last night, Robert Wells, 907 N, Delaware st. ad a funny feeling, “1 wonder how dad-is;”-he said-to his wife, “Let's go out and see him.” The father, Charles Wells, 73, of 4749 Melrose, outside of the city limits, warmly greeted his son. They sat on the porch awhile.: “I think I'll build a nice white picket fence around the yard,” he told his son. Then he decided he would go in and make some coffee for his favorite guests, A few minutes later, Robert went into the house and saw his dad slumped in a chair by the table, the coffee water starting to boil. .Beconds later, the father died of a heart attack.

|His - Favorite Spot CHARLES RIGGLEMAN, 802 Woodlawn ave., pulled out his lunch bucket at noon last Monday and took his favorite place—the secondstory window in the stove company at 882 Virginia ave, where he

perately they dre trying to save Patricia's fighting a case of shock from which Patricia may not recover.

into her Daddy's eyes and whimpered, “My feet hurt, Daddy, they hurt awful.”

help the money and get my bicycle. Oh, Daddy—"

Mine Lures Young ‘Explorers’

crete Slab Topples

te. watched sister Cordelia, 12,

play, “The Quaker Meeting and the Automobile Ride,” which was to be given along with the cake contest. As the three girls reached the top stone slab, which was eight feet wide, four feet long and eight inches thick, it tilted. Cordelia and] Georgiann were thrown clear as their weight caused the slab to upend. The up-ended slab came over and caught little Patricid's feet. It took eight men to lift the slab from her. Physicians at St. Anthony's hospital shook their heads and amputated the terribly mangled left foot four inches above the ankle. Des-

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In the hospital, she looked up

“I don’t think I will be able to ou in the garden and save

rope and jumped in to rescue Dennis. In a few moments, he too was still, By that time, other neighbors arrived. They saw the rope, but did not pull it up for fear of hurting Dennis’ arm. They did not know that the “boy and his. rescuer were victims of deadly carbon monoxide fumes in the bottom of the hole. Finally they decided to risk hurting Dennis to save him. He was breathing a little when pulled out, but died soon afterward. Mr. Elliott was brought up on a ladder. He will recover, physicians said. i Today Dennis’ body lay in his home as his little friends wondered why they had to stay Nome for the day instead of going out, to play as usual,

Four hours later, Jackie's body was recovered from water between 10 and "15 Téet Geep. ~Jacalds playmates didn't know whether he had

been fishing and fell in, or whether he was swimming. “Kids can’t tell those things,” said Mr, Devine this morning.

worked. He had hardly started to eat when he toppled from the window to the sidewalk. Last night in City hospital, Mr. Riggleman died of his injuries. .

Garage Unfinished

In the rear of 1837 N, Warman ave. yesterday afternoon, Clarence Roberts, 64, a carpenter, of 2506 Lockburn st., Mars Hill, pushed up a two-by-four by the garage he was building, He slumped over, died later of a heart attack.

Cool Drink Tempted Special Deputy Sheriff Ollie Mays, manager of the used car division at Hickman Oldsmobile Co, had a hard day yesterday. He stopped at ad re at 6001 E. 10th st. for a soft drink last’ nigh. The clerk approached him, saw Mr, Mays’ head shaking. He toppled to the floor and died of a heart attack. A 32d-degree Mason and a Shriner, Mr. Mays was 58 and lived at 6106 Brookville rd. His wife, Emily, formerly was a switchboard operator at police headquarters.

asked of the city legal depastment.

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Council Vote On Anti-Lottery Law Uncertain

4 Favor Measure; 4 Are Noncommittal City council passage of the controversial anti-lottery ordinance hung in the balance today. Despite the fact that May-

or Denny and the safety board has urged passage of the measure an unofficial poll of the council today disclosed four members yet undecided on how they would vote, Four others indicated they intended to vote for the ordinance. One councilman was out of town and could not be reached. The ordinance would make it illegal to print or possess lottery or baseball pool tickets in Indianapolis. First Called Illegal The council turned down the ordinance several weeks ago because it claimed it was illegal Later an opinion on its legality was

" The attorneys ruled the ordi. nance would be legal. Monday the safety board asked the legal department’ to prepare the ordinance again for submission to the council. It will come up before the council for a decision either Monday or Aug. 4. Manly Out of Town The council was lined up this way today on the issue: Uhdecided as to how they would vote were R. C. (Bud) Dauss, Dr. Lucian B. Meriwater, Max White and William A. Brown. A. Rods Manly was .out-of-town and could not be_reached. Edward J. Kealing, Herman E, Bowers, and Otto H. Worley said today they would vote for the ordinance and John' Schumacher, council. president, had been quoted

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to see gambling suppressed but “I don't think this is the way to do it.” He said it was a problem which - the state legislature should deal with. Meanwhile, members of the’ In« ! Churches

were ‘working for the measure’s passage. Today they were ¢ébntacting councilmen in an effort to build up a majority for the ordinance.

Block Employee

» A . Stricken in Store William K. Schubert, carpenter employed in the maintenance department of Wm. H. Block Co., died today in the company hosiptal. The 69-year-old man collapsed shortly after coming to work this morning.. A resident at 322 N. Forrest ave., he was a native of Germany. He had lived here 41 years. “He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Henrietta Schubert; two sons, Carl W. and William K. Schubert Jr.; a

Brother, Carl G. Schubert, and three grandchildren.

Bradley Confers

Times Washington Bureau WASHINGTON, July. 17-~W, F. Souder Jr., representative of Harrison Community, newly formed organization which hopes to obtain the main portion of Ft. Harrison for a housing development, met today with Veterans Administrator Omar Bradley. The conference with Gen, Bradley was arranged by Senator William Jenner (R. Ind.). Mr, Souder said he would discuss the VA's request for a portion of

Dorothy Ellis

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Medical Aid Restored to 25

The county welfare board today announced a reprieve for approximately 25 medical aid patients whose commitments had been summarily cut off July 1 by Welfare Director Arthur Wooden. The board acted yesterday after hearing reports from spokesmen at the Indiana university medical center, The spokesmen charged Mr. Wooden's action had the effect of

far and, in many instances, been taken in direct defiance of “obvious medical necessity.”

Objections were raised when a

N.M : A A TIE TRA pay $4800 in fines and costs for Millard E. Tydings (D. Md.) to au- : ; : ; The B-36 is the bomber which ———————r———— plans which make it unneces~ violating British currency reguia-| Report. Russ Hide ‘| thorize the carrying of Civil war| vO davs later, his biowse arf he STRl Unies Bane lms.» 0% the AAT aid coud carry the sonic ‘Forgotten Woman,’ 94, sx for vacationers to miss a fois steamers regimen region : : ational news ; Manchurian: Ex Emperor haltls ne Mi tall Ibuquerque, not far from the army | speed approaching that of the P-84 bomp | any return home without| Dies in Virginia ne Fo al of sistionnl hw. Times Index TOKYO, July 17 (U, P.)~—Henry past. But an intensive search by| that recently set & World spesc r®C"| ,(ejing, It hs & nownal range| WILLIAMSBURG, Va. July 17\ ar for the youngsters to loss : Pu-Y1, former puppet emperor ofl (S00d Eat : military ‘authorities falled to un-jord for ¥ Muroe, of 10000 miles with 10,000 pounds|(U. P.)~Laura Shelton, called the aut. on their. Tevorite comes, ' + 19! Manchukuo, has been taken from oo aring— cover any trace of the soldier. The AAP would not comment of |, pombe, without extra fuel tanks. | “forgotten woman” because she had Wh : +» 19! Khabarovsk, Siberia, to an un- ® Wise housewives find the | The army refused to comment onthe new plane's size, performance,| «qv extreme range of the B-36| just one visitor in 72 years at the heli :+ Bl known destination, Japanese repa- food tips in The Times a [published reports that the Sandis|range or speed. But AAP offi-|, eq ft virtually impossible to de-| Eastern State Mental hospital, wil 12| triates from Soviet territory said valuable aid to good eating |Dase is a rocket and atomic Te-icers said it would he launched in| go, 4 fighter plane that can go| be buried today. She died yesterday 19 . the entire family, (Continued on Page 3<Column 4)|Midair and that it could return 10 he entire route with it to provide in year. sf Times food expert, ee ep cored 1 {UN OURSP protection. 1f such a plane were : t 24 suggestions tor + | Hedy Lamarr Divorced ¥ head. .: and | HOLLYWOOD. Juy 11. (U, P) roeking, ~Hedy Lamar’ today divorced her

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the historic fort around Billings hospital, He said his organization's plans do not conflict with those of the VA. Still to be ironed out, however, was a conflict of demands with other governmental and military agencies which are seeking portions of the developed area sought by the Indianapolis group. . Mr. Souder indicated that if these agencies, which have top priority, would not yield their requests, the building project would have to be abandoned.

South's Battle Flags May Fly .Again

WASHINGTON, July 17 (U, PD, ~The senate thinks the Civil war has been over long enough to let confederate battle streamers fly

It approved and, sent to the house a bill, sponsored by Senator

earlier that he was in favor of the|

Mr. Dauss declared he would like|

"Theodore Wolfe “if we can just

Inquiries To

Arrest Solves Slaying, Police Say

Suspect Admits Throwing Bottle

With the arrest of a second suspect, police today Indicated they had solved the slugging destin of4

prove what we've got.” Police “also. indicated they were] closing in on the “mystery woman” sought in the case and expected to arrest her this afternoon. Robert C. Linn, 28, of 231 Holly st., surrendered at police headquarters yesterday and was arraigned in municipal court 3 this morning. He was held on $5000 bond on a vagrancy charge. Hearing was set for next Tuesday. : Neither Linn nor Herbert Brunner, arrested earlier, would admit they shad anything to do: with -the death’ of the 21-year-old ¥nternational Harvester Co, worker, but po lice were weaving a net of circumsstantial evidence about the pair. Brunner, in a signed statement, ‘admitted he threw a whisky bottle at Mr, Wolfe when he and two companions walked past 600 Birch st. scene of a brawl, gry Refuses Lie Test Under questioning, Brunner admitted he was brawling with a woman, whom police seek, when the trio walked past before dawn last Sunday, The woman fled during the attack on Mr. Wolfe. Brunner, who refused to take a lie detector test, insisted that he and Linn, who, K was driver of the car, left the scen® after Mr. Wolfe was struck by the hurled bottle, Mr, Wolfe's companions sald, however, -that Mr, Wolfe's assailants forced the young man into

Kokomo Corporal Feared Slain

WASHINGTON, July 17 (U, P.) ~ The war department sald today it doubted that thers were any international spy angles to the strange disappearance and possible murder of Cpl. Harvey Whitacre of Kokomo, Ind. The army said, however, that it was still investigating the case of the 20-year-old soldier who disappeared June 30 from his post at the army research center at Sandia,

Joe Williams Says—

OLD STORY FOR HOOSIER—II for the last 14 months, Rep. Louis Ludlow, Indianapolis Democrat left], is. sworn in at his Washington home for his 10th congress term. Rep. Ray J. Madden (D.

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is there anything wrong with Before this prize fight started — this: fight which saw Rocky Graziano, the challenger, take up the issue with Tony Zale, the middleweight champion—there were quite a few people who wondered . about. the fidelity, of Graziano’s heart. : I was one of them. I sat with thousands of ‘others who saw him lose to Zale a year ago. It was not a defeat that called for superlatives.

All of a sudden you saw Graziano on the floor taking a full count. So

Was he quitting? I thought he was, I redlly did, But he stopped the punch in the belly. I didn't. Just the same, if IT had to make book on it I wold lay you until the cows came home that he quit, Okay. Now how do you find. the answer to this sort of question? In the ring of course and against the same mari. Graziano knew all about this yellow streak label. You may have read stories that came out of this town—stories about how depressed and disconsolate he was. There even came a time when he sent for his family. . Something was happening to th fellow that only one of those mental

I By JOB WILLIAMS: ; HICAGO, Jily 17.—A. tough, rough kid from thé curb stones of New York put his heart on the line before a large and critical audience last night. He asked, in effect,

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far as you could tell or perceive he hidn’t taken too much punishment: If you wanted to be charitable you |dismissed the possibility -he had quit. Which is to say you didn't mention it in your next day's story. You see you had been sold on this young fellow, a tough, rough kid, completely fearless, a story book prizefighter, © Month after month you had: seen him knock guys out, Always his hair was uncombed, his face unshaved and his very casual appearance described him as a daring and reckless fellow. That's why it was so startling to sit there that night and see him take a knockout count on one knee.

Graziano Knew of Yellow Streak Label

clearly, But you and I, being run of mine persons would know why he sent for the family. Wouldn't we? ‘Sure we would. So the fight starts out here in what is a carbon copy of Madison Square Garden and it would make a better story if I could tell you for sure that Graziano couldh't wait for the bell to get a crack at Zale. Again IT must be a bit charitable. It seemed to me that at gong time the man, who wanted to fight was the champion—not our swaggering bully boy, and he’s all of that and so what? : But they always pay off on the winner, don't they? And Graziano

doctors could make you understand

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By WILLIAM F. McMENAMIN, WASHINGTON, July 17.-~The tion a new type fighter plane that

it was revealed today.

This new type “parasite fightét” McDonelyl aircraft manufacturing plant in 8t. Louis,

U. S. Jet Fighter Designed To Take Off From Bomber

‘Parasite’ Craft Can Be Launched in Air

To Battle Attacking Ships on Long Hops United Press Staff Correspondent

army air forces have under produc can be carried in the bomb bay of &

B-36 heavy bomber and launched in midair to fight off enemy attack,

is now. under construction at the 1t is designated the

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Competing Transit System _ CE : Two Groups ~~

Ask Details For New Setup

Bus Transportation Believed to Be Plan

By LOUIS ARMSTRONG Organization of a new, competing transit system in Indianapolis appeared today as a possible new develop

ment in the continuing rate fight between Indianapolis Rafle ways and the public service come mission, Two unidentified business groups have approached the PSC for information relative to the possibility of organizing a new transit corpor< ation, it was learned. ; Elmer Weller, director of the commission's motor vehicle depart ment, reluctantly confirmed the report that information had been sought. He said the inquiries were

Jactual filing of application for &

certificate venience. The report’ came Railways issued a

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anapolis Democrat, took the oath of office for the 10th time and today is a duly-swoin member of the 80th

the house to permit the 74-year-old congressman to take the oath at his home here was acted upon promptly, Adopted yesterday morning, the oath was administered at 4 p. m. by Rep. Ray Madden, Gary, the only other Indiana Democrat in congress. Family Bible Used Former Judge H. Nathan Swaim of the Indiana supreme court slso was on hand. An old Demoeratic friend, he happened to be here because he delivered a report to President Truman in a, railroad case which he was appointed to investigate, The White House at famed 1600 Pennsylvania ave, is just two blocks below the threestory red brick house at 1822 H. st., N. W., where Mr. and Mrs, Ludlow long have lived. - The oath was delivered in the front room on the first floor of the Ludlow home, with flashing bulbs of the cameramen recording the scene. A small leather-covered Bible was used, well-thumbed from long family usage. Mrs. Ludlow, Mrs. John 8. Hud-

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More Showers Forecast Here .

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6am..... 6 10am..." 74a.m.....66 lam. ..7 8am. ....68 12 (Noon).. 78 Sam... 69 Pm 79

Another dark day was on the weather menu for Indianapolis today. In addition, the weather bureau predicted enough clouds would have accumulated by tonight to bring thundershowers, Rain was also predicted for tomorrow. The thermometer reached a top of 79 here yesterday making indianapolis one of the cooler cities in the nation but warmer weather was forecast for today.

The special resolution passed’ by |the

Ailing H transit B 7 Ci a 8 By DANIEL ¥. INE net. result 10 date hts been in Yime Write, . |erease in token fare from WASHINGTON, July 17.--Look-|{s 8% cents. Sn {ing "like a simmer version of his| In a recent order to eliminate the old self, Rep, Louis Ludlow, Imdi-| transfer charge and set reduced

partment of the PSC it was specu~ lated new service contemplated would be by bus to various parts of the city and its suburbs and would not involve electric transportation, Took Heavy Loss : In his statement, Mr, Reld re« ported that during the first six months of 1047 Indianapolis Rail« ways operated at a heavy loss. Even had certain earnings impounded court order been available, he added, earnings would have been far less than the 69 per cent to which the PSO had held the come pany was entitled, - “It is obylous,” said Mr. Reid, “that confiscation is'rapidly cone suming the property of the come pany. That is why we are fighting 80 aggressively for the $500,000 reve enue represented by the 2-cent transfer and the school fare the PSC ordered cut.” Judge Overruled Mr. Reid's statement on the tran git company’s serious finangial pre dicament coincided with the filing yesterday of the company’s supreme

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Probe Death of Baby Found on Porch Here

Homicide detectives today were investigating the circumstances sur« rounding the death of a baby whose body was found yesterday at 517 N. Delaware st. The body was found on the back porch of a vacant building. The baby was newly born, Two 10-year-old boys discovered

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