Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 August 1947 — Page 1

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. FORECAST: Generally fair today through tomorrow; warmer tomorrow,

BOP to Lose Several its Parley Hears

3 Reasons Advanced

At Terre Haute

By NOBLE REED ? Times Staff Writer TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Aug. 1.— A marked’ change in the political complexions of many Indiana cities in the elections next November was predicted freely by delegates attending the 47th annual convention of the Indiana Municipal league here today. The political division among Indiana’s 102 cities and towns in the last election was overwhelmingly Republican—74¢ G. O. P. mayors and only 28 Democrats. Political observers and some of the. mayors themselves predicted that after the November elections] the ratio will be more evenly divided. They said 10 to 15 Republican candidates for the mayoralties may be defeated. 3 Reasons Given The reasons for the probable defeat of several present administrations were brought out by speakers on thie convention floor, They were: ONE: Failure of the legislature to provide for reapportionment of representatives in the assembly. This, it is charged, deprives cities of their equitable share of law-mak-ing for improvement -of uieipal services, Eighty-nine of the 102 majors dent on record demanding reapportionment., “Taxation without adequate representation is tyranny,” +» was the cry on the convention floor and in the corridors, - TWO: Soaring property tax rites without adequate city services. All mayors agreed that Indiana cities are facing financial ruin, with a general collapse of services unless the legislature gives them more financial aid from state revenues. Taxpayers are turning against present mayor's ‘who are raising the tax rates without providing better services

THREE: . Failure of present mayors in some of the larger cities to control lush gambling and other

58th YEAR—NUMBER 123

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Found in Reich

Made for Foreign Power, U. S. Says

BERLIN, Aug. 1 (U., P.)—U, 8S. army officials inspecting two. plants in the American sector discovered “war material being manufactured for a foreign power Without sanction by the Office of the Military Gov-

Hidden Arms Plant

underworld rackets and the prevalence of graft among law enforcement agencies. ; Mayors reported that taxpayers all over the state were getting .n-

ernment,” it was announced tonight. Officials did not name the foreign power for which the weapons were being made.

trations listed by observers here as facing possible defeat at the polls in November include Indianapolis, South Bend, Muncie, Anderson, Evansville and Terre Haute. State Auditor A. V. Burch, Republican of Evansville, who broke away from the state administra tion “palace guard” a year ago with his campaign for a direct primary in opposition to Governor Gates’ i” policies, delivered another broadside at the administration in a speech before the mayors. He lambasted the state for its “failure to reduce its unnecessary " expenditures,” so that the “municipalities might get a rightful share

The officials found stockpiles hidden to avoid inspection. They included partially completed gyroscopic motors for aircraft, submarines and tanks, wing and body parts of link trainers, instruments for use in observing the trajectories of missiles such as the V-weapons, submarine periscopes and other precision instruments. The- announcement said officials of the economics and armed forces division and signal corps made the discoveries during a tour of inspection of two plants.of the Askania works in the Friedenau and Marienburg districts of the U, 8. sector. L Authorities will determine whether there was a violation of allied control. authority law forbidding the manufacture, transportation or storage “of war materials.

they are spending more! money now than ever before” Mr.| er eo er Burch said, “For example, Indiana s is spending better than 40 eents ssh both sum. wma lows a one or cenins FOF TOMOITOW won't spill in costs alone.” ™ ! hag 1 4 The Slate auditor stressed he LOCAL TEMPERATURES i rule” in the cities. “As long as 6am... 5 0am. ..17 AMEE. 600 g America continues to éxist, the very} T&m.... 5 Ita m. .. 72 on ——— 3le «gop level of government will depend| 8 &m..... 63 12 (noon)., 7 Clos upon the manner in which local Sam... 66 1 pm. ... a0 Savers Smgtions.. ih sa Cool weather is predicted for ———— 1.00 For continue Ve 2! Hoosierland today, but it won't last

res Batic, the mayors of mijelmust have more

support | 100g. Bf state and nation,” he

‘The mercury is scheduled to rise rapidly tomorrow. Yesterday's sweltering temperatures sent the Jmercury up to 89. A mass of cold alr moved in from Cdnada last night, however, and sent the mer-

el, in Tax Load

a — paign to force reapportionment |oury to 57 at 6 a. m. today. through the next legislature. Cc He pointed out that the six - larger counties in the state are Ife its paying more than half the state’s revenues and that they have only

Castlefon Bam

— itn A $10000 fire of unknown origin 29 (Contintied on Page 12—Column 1) destroyed the Eugene McIntire dairy 2 Women Arrested barn near Castleton this morning. — ape Report fire at about 6 o'clock and was conPolice today arrested two women sumed before fire fighting equipment , Who earlier caused the arrest of|from Indianapolis could reach the Cc shete meh Whom the said attempted farm located on the Hague rd. ; rape them. Mr. Melntir les — The young women today admitted | Ronerts Dairy. He also " a Were untrue. They | surance adjuster here. c gn 3 change 91 fail All the stock was rescued from report, the barn, The owner estimated his 2 Br Sree ae a sponte soo.

Father Starts

An Indianapolis man boarded

pilgrimage.

Some might have called it all But Edward R. Lawrence, 1325 N.

Arlington ave, Mallory engineer, believes his wife, Mary, would have wanted him to carry out their plans. They had artanged »

Buddies on Patrol Tell of

Jim joined the 83d division ab Camp Atterbury and in April, 1944, went overseas with the unit's 331st cannon company, Jim's letters came regularly until July, Then followed that dreaded void—no word. » It was not until Aug. 11, 1945, that the war department officially notified the Lawrences that their son was missing in action since being on patrol near Carentan, France, July 4, 1944, It was about that time Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence began planning their trip to the “old country.” Mrs.

Jim's Mother Died Before She Could Make Pilgrimage to Spot Where Son Fell

By LOUIS ARMSTRONG

long-planned trip to the “old country” which has turned into a As he stepped aboard the airliner at Weir Cook airport his thoughts were on his wife who would not be going with him and his son in whose memory the trip was being made. off under the tragic circumstances.

Seeing Him Fall

FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1947

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PRICE FIVE CENTS

I OWE iT TO JIM — Edward R. swans, P. R. Mallory engineer, peinisic out his destination Tn Scofland to Mrs. Anne Davis (left) and Miss Marge Parks, American Airlines ticket agents. From Scotland Mr. Lawrence will travel over the spot where his son J wis killed in Normandy.

Red Roses for a Hero—

Bricker Gets 3 Phone Threats

Police Guard

Senator at Rally

COLUMBUS, O., Aug. 1 (U. P). ~Asgsociates of Senator Johh W. Bricker, who escaped assassination in’ Washington nearly two weeks ago, revealed today that three phone calls , were received at Senator

two tragic losses he has suffered.

bridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland, and had not seen her native home since before she was married in 1905. Then, too, Mr, Lawrence learned through correspondence that his son’s body had never been found. . He did get in contact with two other members of the patrol. They said they had seen Jim fall aftey he was shot. The patrol was surrounded, far in ‘Advance of the company. : Lt. Donald Kern, in the recruiting service at Kokomo, was with Jim on the patrol and sent Mr. Lawrence a map showing the location where

Lawrence was®* a native of Coat-

But with word of her son’s death Mrs. Lawrence began to fail in health. Ten years ago she had suffered a stroke and was partly paralyzed. Mr. Lawrence asked her to set a date for the trip and she proposed this August. They would visit the spot where Jim was killed and strew his favorite flower, red roses. Then they would visit her brother in Scot land. * But as Mrs. Lawrence grew more feeble the day was set up to this May. Then last January Mrs. Lawrence

Mallory President Helps Make Trip Possible -

the Warren Central graduate fell.

became critically ill and died Jan. 31. Mr, Lawrence in his grief at first gave up plans. Then as time passed he decided to go through with them, “I'm sure Mother would want me to, and I owe it to Jim,* he said. He will also visit John Blackadder, his wife's brother, who is the last of a family of 13 children. So the pilgrimage began today largely through the help of Mr. Lawrence's employer, Joe E. Cain, P. R. Mallory Co. president. “I think I'll feel better about the whole thing when I get back in October,” the pilgrim said,

at 7 p. m. today in the grand finals

donated by the Indiana Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and by the Home for Friendless Animals, Thefé also will be free dog food for every participant in the finals. Contestants will befthe dogs that won in preliminaties at neighborhood playgrounds and also proved to be the best mutt dogs in eight city districts, The winners already have received some awards

48 Pooches Vie for Honors In Mutt Dog Show Finals

Event to Be Staged in University Park At 7 p. m. Today; Public Admitted Free

By ART WRIGHT Forty-eight neighborhood cur dogs will bid for blue ribbon laurels

sion Mutt Dog Show at University park. All the glamour of a thoroughbred show will attend the event. prizes will be the best ever offered since the show has been staged here. In addition to awards presented by The Times, there will be prizes

of The Times-City Recreation divi. The

Ice Cream Sharper Out on $500 Bond

A 44-year-old ice cream vendor, accused of short-changing several East side youngsters, was freed in municipal court 4 today under $500

bond and his case was continued to Aug. 5. The vendor, James Carver of 835

as he sat in his picturesque garden yesterday and reflected on the

It was not a happy day, that particular one in September, 1943,

Bricker's Columbus home last night in which the caller threatened “to get him.” Authorities sald they believed the caller; a woman, was demented,

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creasingly im t with the he Ia The plants were closed and placed, flowers on n, {When Jim went out tq Ft. Harr-}: Mrs. BR, M, Day, mother amphi - | under’ e custody. Jim, was kil . hedges bn for induction. . Bub. ME ead Bekor. ; erwould simon American agents took five men|rows of Normandy, he bear Mts. Lawrence acted 0 times bout the dinner hour, tos auayols A Included into custody. “I think it will help me American parents’ and hid" first asked for the senator, then Republican sdminis- Precision Instruments my sadness,” Mr. Lawrence said |héartaches. his wife. Senator Bricker, who was

prepating to attend a state Repiblican rally, did not go to the phone. Mrs. Bricker is In Canada. “You tell that son-in-law of yours we're going to get him and this isn't maybe,” Mrs, Day Wioted the caller, a Ab the request of the senator, suburban Upper Arlington police patroled the residence where Mrs. Day was alone after her son-in-law left for the rally. A police escort was given Senator Bricker af the rally, co he did not request it.

Police | Use se Clubs To Fight Off Attack:

Police today” were forced to use a club to subdue a prisoner after he had struck one of the officers. * | Prank Madpeski, 1036 N. Good-| let ave, was arrested and sent to) City hospital after. being taken into custody this morning at his home. Patrolmen Oren Hunter and, ‘Charles Colden said they found! mugh of the furniture of the Madpeski home demolished when they arrived. The. man's daughters were hiding from him and his wife had fled to the neighbors. Two roomers had locked-themselves in their rooms, The officers said Madpeski struck Patrolman Golden on the jaw when they entered the house to arrest him. The man continued to fight after being struck with the club, He is charged with vagrancy, resisting an officer and drunkenness.

VA Hospital Projects Curbed by High Cost

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (U, P)~ Gen. Omar N, Bradley, veterans administrator, revealed today that VA's $712/102,845 hospital construction program will be drastically modified because of “runaway construction costs.” in wa letter to deputy administrators, Gen. Bradley announced that non-essential hospital space in structures under design will have to be reduced so far as possible. The new hospital planned for Indianapolis, to be one of the two largest in the U. 8.,, will be unaffected, however, by delays in the

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Col. Roosevelt Backed Hughes, Probers Told

Taxis ‘Duel’ At 70 MPHOne Crashes

Woman Hurt, Police Hold 11 After. Brawl

Seven men and four women were| held under high bond. today after | a wild, bumpsy-daisy ‘taxicab race! which ended with one cab rolling! down an embankment and the men] | engaging in a free-for-ali brawl | One of the women was in City| hospital with injuries received when the cab plunged off Fall Creek blvd. near Meridian st. and almost inta the creek. Police were still trying to figure out who was in which cab and why. Police said the cab was going about 70 m.p.h. when it spilled. The hospitalized woman was Miss Helen Conley, 23, whose home address was not known. Others mixed up in the affair, police said, were: ~ Thomas F. Kate, 21, of Atlanta, Ga, staying in the Stratford hotel: Richard R. Prummett, 24, of 1201 | N. Illinois st, driver of the United | cab which rolled over the bank. Leonard C. Hawkins, 1628 Dawson st., driver of the Red cab in the mixup. Raymond R. Scott, 30, of 306 E. Terrace ave. Richard J. Turner, 1132 N. New Jersey st., later found driving the same Red cab.

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William T. Hawkins, 27, 1521 Lawton ave. Miss Helen Wells, 22, of 406 E. Washington st.

Betty Scott, 24, of 306 E. Terrace 18ve.. ‘Dobson, 24, Jefferson hotel.

Al wets charged with vigraney, drunken oper ating. The fracas, which occurred about 4:45-a. m., tied up seven squad cars for shiz, Toe, from stories told by the principals, managed to reconstruct the events leading up to the arrests this way: “The race, they said, started at the ken Loop, north of the city, e Red cab followed the United eab, frequently so closely that bumpers clanked.

Brawl in Hotel Finally, at Fall Creek blvd. and Meridian st., the bumping procedure ended abruptly when the United cab plunged over the bank. The Red cab then stopped and its ocoupants raced down the bank to help ovcupants of the wrecked vehicle, Women passengers in the| lead ¢ab then apparently were transferred to the Red cab, which drove off, Meanwhile, the sfory goes, men from the Red cab chased Mr. Kato into the Jobby of the Marott hotel, where all ghgaged in a rough-and-tumble fig! At the hotel, police arrested Mr. Kato, Mr, Prummett, Léonard Hawkins and Mr. Scott. Three of the women later were picked up at the Terrace aye address of the Scotts. Cab Found Downtown Miss Dobson was arrested in her hotel room. Mr. Bewley was ar rested with her there. The other men in the case were picked up an hour after the smashup when their cab was found downtown. Police reported that Miss Conley, in a confused account of the incident, said one of the men snatched her purse, slipped a gun

Police were dragging the creek In an effort to retrieve the purse and the gun. Officers also were trying to lo. cate Miss Conley's shoes, which she said she lost in the fracas.

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into it and hurled it into the creek. |

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Trolley Mystery Lures Boy, 3, On Tricycle Trip

~ PHILADELPHIA, Aug: HILADELPHIA, Aug. 1 (U.. (U;P).—Three - year-old Donald Kriegelman set out on his tgi-

| cycle last night to find the an- | swer to the biggest question in

his young- life—"Where do the trolley cars go?” Donald was playing in front of his home shortly before dinner when he decided on the expedition. : He waited at the corner of his street untill one of the fascinating streetcars passed, then pedaled as fast as he could after it. . nu » » g BUT THE trolley soon outdis tanced him, so he waited for another and started out again. For four hours, while police and a volunteer party of neighbors hunted for him, Ponald waited for trolleys and pedaled | after them. Hours after his usual bedtime, | he was found twd miles from his home, still chasing trolley cars. He crawled, into his mother's arms and went right sid Sleep,

Dutch Accept Ul. S. as Mediator

‘Glad’ About Offer On Indonesia War

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y, Aug. 1 (U, P.).~The Netherlands “gladly” | accepted an American offer to me diate the Indonesian dispute today.| the

Ar ernment accepted the American of~

when discussions show “how best those good offices can best be effected.” The {United States proposed that the security council issue an immediate cease-fire request. to both sides of the undeclared war and tell them to settle their differences peacefully. " Herschel © V. Johnson, acting American delegate, said the council could take such steps without weighing the merits of the case and without “prejudice to the legal or moral rights of anybody involved.” |

Indonesians Fire Towns.

To Slow Dutch Drive

BATAVIA, Aw. 1 (U, P.).—Indonesian forces put the torch to two central Java towns today te slow a Dutch drive on the Indonesian capital of Jogjakarta. A Netherlands communique said great flames were leaping into the sky over the southern port of Tiilatjap and Wo gfland town of Poerwakerto, A Dutch motorized column bypassed the two towns as it cut Java in half and turned toward Jogjakarta, 75 miles away. Tiilatjap was a potential supply base for the Dutch forces. Other Indonesian scorched earth activities were reported at Kaliwoenga, east of Semarang; where a sugar mill was destroyed. sr a

Dorothy Ellis Wins

Dorothy Eilis, Manual * high school home economies teacher, won the women's ¢ity golf champlonship this afternoon when she defeated Alice O'Neal, the defending champion, 1 up, at Meridian Hills country club.

On His Vacati

Conservation Officer

from now on,

and they included Bobby in the fun, at Silver lake, Mr. Dixon took Bobby out on the lake, Ab twilight Bobby now closer than he'd been to his native habitat in a long time—re-

, “Might as well get some fun while

* thought Mr. Dixon and to play in the lake all

f morning Bobby was

4 from a con-

Bobby Had Too Good a Time

. He Wanted to Swim and Swim and Swim; 's Bullet Kills Him

ANGOLA, Ind, Aug. 1 (U, P.).—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dixon today mourned the death of Bobby and wondered what they'll do for a living

The Dixons earned their living exhibiting Bobby—a trained seal A few weeks ago in Buffalo, N. Y.

P.)~~A Nevada town complete with railroad station, bar, casino and bottle house was for sale

on, He's Dead

, they decided to take a vacation Tuesday they stopped at a hotel

Nevada Ghost Town Offered for Sale

LAB VEGAS, Nev., Aug. 1

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From Elliott

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Hear Contracts Trieycle Trip ot on Word

Awarded Despite Advice of Experts WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (U. P.). — Senate investigators 'were told today that Elliott Roosevelt—when he was an air force colonel—urged the army to buy photo-reconnais-sance planes from Howard Hughes after Gen. H. H. Arnold, air force commander, had ordered “no fur

| ther action” on the plane. Maj. Gen. Oliver P. Echols, reJ tired, former air force saaltaat chief of staff, told a defense ine | vestigatigg subcommittee that Gen Arnold ordered no further AAP ' action on Mr. Hughes’ experimental | photo-reconnaissance planes on Aug. 21, 1943. But a short while later Young | Roosevelt, son of the late President, reported after a tour of plane manufacturing plants that the Hughes plane was “the most suiti able type” and should be pushed. $22 Million Contract The committee is investigating a - | $22 million contract for F-11 pho. | tographic planes awarded Mr,

Hughes as well as an $18 million | award to Mr. Hughes and Henry 'J. Kaiser for a giant plywood fly. ' ing boat, Elliott Roosevelt's name was

Great Britain promptly. moved. 1 elopmet

Mr. Brewster offered to call off the inves ' tigation if Mr. Hughes would merge his Trans-World Airways with neh American. The milli maker also defled ao. dened suomi stand before Wednesday. TWO: John W. Meyer, a pubs licity man and party thrower for Mr. Hughes, appeared in the hégring room but was given leave to go to a hotel for some sleep. Mr, Meyer, who has told the subcommit~ tee in previous secret session that he entertained young Roosevelt” and Secretary of Interior J. A. Krug at costly parties paid for by Mr. Hughes, flew here from Paris vis New York, He said he was

tired, Country-Wide Tour Gen. Echols told the committee that. Col. Roosevelt, then in charge of photo-reconnaissance work in. Europe, was called home in Xf after there were “official and in< formal” complaints about photo planes then in use. Sen. Amis Gen. Echols” Roosevelt to ma tour of manuf: rin} 4 ps specting ‘both experimental ‘models and planes under: production. 3 After the tour, Col. elt returned to Washington Ry of all the planes he inspected,

Hughes would be most satisfactory’ when subjected to some modifi« cations. Gen. Echols fold the committee that before Col. Roosevelt's visit every army expert he knew felt the { F-11 “would not make a satisfactory

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M Hikes Car Prices

DETROIT, Aug. 1 (U, P) Gen eral Motors Corp. today announced a 2 to 6 per cent increase in the list prices on Cadillac, Buick, Oldsmo«. bile, Pontiac and Chevrolet pasfenger cars and Chevrolet. trucks.

Important Things Happen

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