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50,000 Names On Petition, Council Hears
Crowd Expected At Hearing Tonight
By LOUIS ARMSTRONG Indications that gamblers are organizing en masse to fight passage of the city’s anti-lottery ordinance were reported today. With a public hearing on the proposed ordinance set for 7:30 o'clock tonight at City Hall, lot__tery operators and those interested “in the racket were said to be circulating petitions asking for defeat of the measure. Edward J. Kealing, vice president of the council, said a man associated with lotteries called him last night and said “we have a petition with 50,000 names asking that the ordinance be defeated. Withholds Name Mr. Kealing said the man indicated the petition® would be presented at the meeting tonight. The councilman would not reveal his caller’s name. Passage of the ordinance would outlaw the ‘printing and possession of any lottery or pool tickets. The measure is aimed at a widespread racket estimated to net operators $9 million annually in the city. Commenting. on the controversy Kealing said, “This is the hottest question I have seen ‘in nine’ years on the council. All of us (councilmen) are getting a lot of pressure from both sides.” Crowd Due at Hearing Numeraus. civic leaders, church officials and citizens are expected to take part in the public hearing tonight at 7:30. Called by R. C. (Bud) Dauss, chairman of the council's safety
their support of the measure and] are expected fo have representatives at the hearing
. Printers Fight Bill ' When the ordinance was introduced last Monday night, Herbert 8. Bmith, secretary of the Allied Printing Trades council, asked that thé ¢ouncil defeat the ordinance. He declared outlawing printing of lottery and pool tickets would affect the jobs of many skilled craftsmen in the city and would “do away with a Iot.of long-established busi» ness.” Mayor George Denny said last
the meeting who would testify that the ordinance would not hurt the city’s printers, since they are having|, . all they can do now and are having to turn customers away,
Earlier Effort Foiled A similar ordinance was introduced wt’ 4’ council meeting earlier this year but councilmen. turned thumbs down on it, claiming it was illegal. Following: the . council's action, City Attorney Henry Krug handed down an opinion that the ordinance was legal, Then, under the backing of Mayor Denny, the safety hoard and
the church federation, the ordi-f
nance re-introduced last Monday. The ordinance is scheduled for & deciding vote at the regular
council meefing Aug. 4
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Gamblers Join Lottery Bill
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Hearin “WE HAVE no doubt the yr racketeers, 8 body else they can persuade or dupe into helping them, will be at City Council's public hearing tonight, trying to create the illusjon that there are two sides io the lottery question. We trust our council members will not be deceived. The facts are plain enough. This illegal racket takes $9, 000,000 a year out of the pockets of Indianapolis men and women. It has been directly responsible for at least three gang killings, for a large number of hold-ups and robberies, for a couple of pathetic embezzlements by racket victims trying to meet their losses. » " " » ~ » HE racketeers have found a loophole in the existing ‘laws against their racket. City Council is simply asked to plug up that loop-hole;-and-make it -possible for-the-police-to—enforce the laws against lotteries. The arguments advanced against doing this are absurd. They are mainly: (1) It would be “bad for business.” . The truth is it will be bad only for illegal business, and ‘we might as justly contend that the laws against burglary are “bad for business.” (2) It will throw printers out of work. The truth is only one union printer is now employed by shops printing lottery tickets, and there is actually a considerable shortage of printers in Indianapolis—with more legitimate jobs open than there are men to fill them. (8) The “people want lotteries.” The truth is the people do not want lotteries, and they do want the law against them enforced. If “the people want lotteries” the law could, and should, be changed to make them legal.
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COW CIL should ignore the sitiokesereen the underworld will try to build'to protect its lush profits. The lottery racketeers know quite well this ordinance, properly enforced, would drive them out of business. That's why they so bitterly oppose its enactment. Council should pass this law against lotteries without further delay.
Simple Funeral Rites Set Today for Truman's Mother
gay x Be Private ‘With Burial . Beside Unmarked Grave of Her Husband
FRANK ELEAZER, United Press Staff Co t OT Mo;, July 28. — President Truman—his heart heavy with grief, his face grave and drawn—went to a little creamcolored cottage today for the simple funeral services for his mother, The services were private.” Only members of Mrs. Martha E. Truman’s family and her two physicians were to be present when the Rev. Welbern Bowman, pastor e Grandview Baptist church for the
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words of comfort. The Rev. Mr. Bowman, preparing for the brief but solemn ceremonies in the old-fashioned living room of the 94-year-old Mrs. Truman’s cottage, chose as his text a part of the 90th psalm—a reminder of God's eternity and the fleeting years of man. “The days of our years are threescore years and ten. “Or even by reason of stréngth four-score years; “Yet is their pride but labor and
HOLDERNESS, N. H., July 28 (U. P.)—~A week after the disappearance of Anne Straw of Manchester from the summer lodge of her weathy foster father, police today still were’ without a tangible clue. They hinted of a “new theory” which they were investigating. State Police Sgt. Stewart Currier
sorrow? “Por it is soon gone, and said he considered the new theory — ope we 8y important, but declined to reveal its
nature lest publicity hamper the search for the 20-year-old heiress. Sgt. Currier’s remarks indicated that searchers might abandon dragging operations in Little Squam “My cup runneth over. lake, where it first was believed “Surely goodness and loving kind- miss Straw might have drowned
Funeral at 4 P. M. The Rev. Mr. Bowman also selected a part of the 23d psalm— 8 message of solace. '
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Gat Man’ Held, Police Call Him Ice Pick Thief
Credits Agility To' Diet of Greens (Photo, Page 5)
A 32-year-old man who attribifes his cat-like agility to a diet of salads and green vegetables was charged in criminal court today with being Indianapolis’ ice pick burglar. He is William Joyner, arrested a week ago on a vagrancy charge after eluding police and detectives for months, He had been held incommunicado on the vagrancy count while police questioned him. “I'm satisfied this is our man,” Detective Chief Jesse McMurry commented. Joyner, who has a long record of | 27 arrests and 15 convictions, gave two: home addresses—231 W. 13th st. and 2082 Highland pl. Chief McMurtry sal dhe boasted a
“chatty” with his interrogators, but had refused to admit any of the more than 200 burglaries attributed to him. 2 Work 60 Days The arrest was made by Lt. George Snead after two detectives, working full time on the ice pick burglar case for 60 days, had tracked down a series of threadbare clues to establish his identity. The detective were Forrest McKeighan and Sgt. Raymond Porter. Two women who had seen the ice pick burglar at work in their homes picked him out of a police lineup. One of the thin Bits of ‘evidence which trapped him, detectives said, was a peculiar rolling gait which had been described to them by a} man who saw the burglar only from
an alley. Chief. McMurtry commended the entire police force for its efforts in helping to run down the shifty burglar who systematically worked whole blocks at a time with his ice pick and pencil flashlight. He reserved a special “orchid” for the two detectives who, he said, had devoted not only their working time but many nights of their own time to bring about the arrest. Had “Way” With Dogs The ice pick has dis played many of the skills of 2 human fly, climbing up with almost
what appeared to be inaccessible windows. The ice pick was used to unhook screens and screen doors. The two detectives said the burglar appeared to have some sort of “understanding” with dogs be-|-cause on ‘many occasions they themselves were viciously challenged by dogs which had, only a short time before, remained silent while the ice pick burglar plied his trade in their masters’ homes. Late in. June Detectives Porter and McKeighan almost reached the end of their hunt near 30th st. and Gracelang ave. They thought they had the burglar trapped, but he eluded several squad cars called to the area to
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Read Othman, Page 11 ~ WASHINGTON, July 28 (U. P.).—A wartime govern« ment official said today for. mer WPB Chairman Donald _
sible for approving a “fantastic" and “impossible” scheme ‘by Henry J. Kaiser to meet the Ger man U-boat menace with mam= moth flying boats. Merrill C. Meigs, former chief of the war production board's aircraft division, said he knew of no political pressure, “fraud or corruption”. in connection with the scheme. He added, however, that he un. derstood “Mr. Kaiser was very close to the White House,” then oe-
Mr. Meigs testified before a sonate war Investigating commitise "|which is looking into multi lion-dollar aircraft - war contrac let in 1042 to Ship-Builder Kaiser and Plane-Maker Howard Hughes. Sinking Allled Ships At that time, German submarines
Jim Brady” and “a a Billy Sunday” to yublicias & scheme fof taking cargo off the seas and putting into the air, |
hospital. She was hospitalized yesterday when her foe was severed after being caught
between the chain and sprocket of her girl friend's bicycle.
Storm Damage High; One Killed
Wind Takes Big Toll; Power Fails Here 1gcAlL TEMPERATURES
close in. On another occasion they were breathing down the burglar's| neck when he jumped from a 16foot window, He lost a shoe but! | escaped. : $200 in Pockets When arrested, Joyner had $200 on him, police said. He also was said to have several bank accounts, though he had no apparent source of income. Chief McMurtry said he had purchased a car, making a “substantial” down payment and agreeing to pay $70 a month on the balance. The ice pick burglar apparently
ness shall forever follow me all | while on a moonlight swim. the days of my life. “And I shall dwell in the house of | Jehovah, forever.” The private services for the wom- | Veterans Hospital an who saw her son go from a Mis-
scheduled for 4 p. m. (Indianapolis |“Musical Pill-Box” broadcast in the time) today. Veterans hospital at 2 p. m. toThen the 1938 Lincoln hearse of | morrow.
Times Reporter to Visit!
Times Reporter Richard Lewis souri plow to the White House were (will appear on Station VOAW’s
undertaker E. K. George and the cars carrying the family will travel
Mr. Lewis, a former editor of Stars and Stripes (ETO edition),
17 miles along U. 8. highway 71 past [will visit the hospital wards after the * well-kept 1arms and fields of
‘the broadcast. He will be accompanied by J. Harold Owens, hos-
{was Interested only in money. | Characteristic of his raids was a !search through pants pockets and | purses in the victim's house. Bond ‘was set at $7500.
New Stone Marks Grave Of Yellow Fever Hero
HUNTINGTON, Ind. July 28 (U. P.) —~A new monument today stood over the grave of John R. (Yellow Jack) Kissinger,” who served as a human guinea pig In the early
'|'Ouddles, was killed by a hit-and-
‘Cuddles’ tered what even a cur wr dog means to a run driver, Was boy. For maybe there'll be a tear
or two as Bob sees the other own-
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fight against yellow fever.
A Little Girl Screams . . .
Hit-Run Driver Kills Boy's Entry
For Times Mutt Competition at Playground By ART WRIGHT
then lay dead. A little girl screamed. Today The Bob Epstein, of the Broadway address: “Please ‘cancel my entry for the Mutt Dog Show, since my dog,
‘Cuddles Can't Be in Show’
This is a special invitation for a certain hit-run motorist to attend The Times Mutt Dog Show at 7 p. m. today at Fall Creek playground. y, The motorist was driving past 3145 Broadway at 1 p. m. last Friday. .,| A little mutt dog yel ‘ received this card from the owner, 14-year-old
terday in Mt, Hope cemetery. Mr, Kissinger died a year ago in Flor ida. He voluntarily submitted to mosquito bites after the SpanishAmerican war to aid scientists and doctors to identify the carrier of the fever. Representatives of veteran, civic and church organizations partici pated ig ceremonies yesterday.
5900 Strikers Vote on Remington-Rand Offer
NEW YORK, July 28 (U. P.).— The 5800 employees of five Reming-ton-Rand plants in New York and
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If the motorist sttends the Fall ers show off their pets, just as he Creek show he probably will see! had planned to show off “Cuddles.”
7 Others Have Been Killed or Stolen
Bob says he’s going to attend Bob by an uncle a year
Michigan vote today on a new contract with an 8-cent hourly wage Inicheate to settle their seven-week
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Wind and rain which whipped across Indiana late yesterday ended momeéntarily the first brief spell of ideal crop weather and caused at- least one death. The storm concentrated with eyclonic fury in the south central part of the state but the fatality occurred in Huntington county, upstate. Arthur. Carter, 53, was killed instantly when ‘lightning struck a tree under which hé had taken shelter,
ing promised an early return of good crop weather, however, with a forecast of fair and warmer. Indianapolis caught only. the tail of the storm which pursued a diagonal course. It struck hardest along a little stretch of state road 136 | town, 4 * Bifangs CaVved fn . The high\ wind which struck In Brown county leveled the concrete highway garage operated by Frank Faust near Fruitdale and injured the proprietor and several others
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Mickey Rooney And Wife Try To Heal Rift
{Mickey Rooney, freckle-faced halfpint, and his statuesque wife, Betty Jane, got together today for another fling at juggling their marriage and his checkbook: And that, apparently, brings to an affectionate halt Mrs. Rooney's demands that the 26-year-old actor fork ‘Gver alimony in keeping with his status as one of the richer movie stars. » # » NEWS of their reconciliation, after six months of separation and cross-country squabbling, broke when the 20-year-old Mrs. Rooney, “Miss Birmingham” of 1944, breezed in from Alabama and visited Mr. Rooney on the set at M-G-M. It was a friendly get-together, | Both evaded questions about their | marriage. It took Mrs, Rooney's) lawyer, Leonard Wilson, to flash the news. “Yes, it's true’, he said. Mickey and Betty Jane have decided to try again.”
Hn » » | MR. WILSON declined to discuss the still-pending court trial, which {promised to be a bitter battle— with Mr. Rooney contending taxes on_his fabulous earnings kept him broke, and his wile insisting she had coming a goodly chunk of his estimated $350,000 annual rspay-
Dedication services were held yes- |
who had taken shelter inside. check. Brown county authorities were | Mr. Rooney married the beauty | forced after the storm to appeal to winner, who towers a good 12 state police and sheriffs of a neigh-|inches above his tousled head, two |
fic around high tensioh wires. The was an army buck private and she
135. The storm caved in, several tance. buildings on farms in the vicinity “It was love at first sight,” and blew down a number of trees. [sighed then. “For both of us.” Streets were flooded in Franklin. eerste In the southwest part of Johnsen county several farmers reported a jaboret Breaks L Leg roofs whipped from buildings. Long| In Sewer Cave-In Fellow workmen today rescued {Mercy Long after the ground caved
(Uontinued on Tate. 3—Column 2)! Wife lin ard buried him while he was digging a sewer at 4300 Kingsley dr. Mr. Long is in City hospital with a broken leg and back injuries, He lives at 1140 N. Capitol ave.
‘y Roark’s Travels— ® You've heard Bob Burns talk about Van Buren, Ark. and perhaps you've had a laugh or two. ®Now read wha t"Eldon
James Roosevelt, Expecting 3d Child
LOS ANGLLES, Jyly 28 (U. P.) — James Roosevelt, est son of the late President, and his wife, the former Romelle Sthneider, ‘|announced they expect their third child during the coming winter. © They have two sons, James, 20
wires were blown ddwn across road was a flame of a week's acquain-
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3 Calls “Ignored, Say Witnesses
Investigation of the refusal of police to answer an accident call in which t 0 persons were injured last night was to be asked in a formal protest today. Witnesses said police were called three times about an accident at Cold Spring rd. and W. 30th st. and“that two injured persons were left lying at the scene 45 minutes. ng motorists finally took them to City hospital. Harry Sims, 2531 Tyrone dr. said the third time police were called, the dispatcher suggested they call the sheriff's office. Deputy sheriffs finally answered the call The intersection is at the city | mits, Cars Collide
The two injured passengers taken
{to the hospital were Elizabeth Ott,
36, of 128 W, Arizona st, and Billie Govan, 14, of Sesser, 111. Mrs, Ott was riding In a car driven by Helen Lutes, 128 W. Arizona st., and Miss Govan was riding with Lester Allen, 35, of R. R. 18, Flackville. The cars collided at the intersection. Mr. 8ims said he would appear at police headquarters later today to make a formal protest and {ask an investigation in the police
(refusal to handle the accident. absolved the sheriff's |
Mr. Sims office of any blame, “The sheriff's office was courteous
boring county for help to route traf-|years ago in Birmingham when he |8¢ all times, explaining that the
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ja $18 million award for construcon of a giant eight-engined fying boat of plywood which was bails but still is earthbound at Terminal Island, Cal. The wartime idea was to use it for cargo. As a transport, it reputedly could carry 700 persons. Mr. Hughes finally took over the flying boat contract from Mr, Kaiser and later got another for 1822 million to build army phato | planes. | As the subcommittee began public |burings on the Kaiser-Hughes s re were these develapments; ONE: Subcommittee Chairman Homer Ferguson (R. Mich) af- _ nounced that an: erstwhile’ witness, John W, Meyer, is to testify Thursday. Mr. Meyer, Mr. Hughes’ publicity man, had testified previously in a secret hearing that he spent lots of his millionaire boss’ money on girl parties for wren. ment officials. Not Qualified TWO: Chairman Owen Brewster (R. Me.) of the full committee told reporters he went on $1400 worth of plane rides with Mr. Hughes last February, as Mr. Hughes charged in an open letter, but only because Mr. Hughes wanted to confer with him. Concerning the $1400 figure used by Mr. Hughes, Mr. Brewster said “this is the first I've heard of a bill for it.” Concerning the flying boat cons tract, Mr. Ferguson put two ques tions to Mr. Meigs on behalf of Tom Slack, counsel for Mr. Hughes. Mr, Slack wanted to know whether the end of the war—or s solution to the submarine problem were foreseeable at the. time the cargo-contract was let in 1942, Mr. Meigs said he, Was 20} quit. | fled to answer, Mr. Slack also asked if the wit
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Chicago Carpenter Pays Bill of Son, 15,
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By CLAIRE COX, United Press Staff CHICAGO, July 28.—Glen Cordes, 15, admitted today Sat he is not
{ the son of Howard Hughes, wealthy airplane manufacturer. “He ase | sald he doesn’t have a rich grandmother.
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But he sure wished ‘both were true. have had to shell out $200 to pay for Glen's lavish week-end consisting of: (1) A hotel penthouse, (2) a limousine, (3) steaks, (4) Shampaghe week - end started early Saturday when he to arrange a party for
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