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F ORECAST: Continued nk, hot ‘and humid tonight and tomorrow; scat tered thundershowers tomorrow night. .

(scwps ~mowarnll 58th YEAR—NUMBER 126

oe TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1947

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Elliott Roosevelt's Own Story-'lt's All A Political

By ELLIOTT ROOSEVELT I'd like to start off at the beginning—1940. Let's get this record straight. I didn’t specify whether 1 Wanted to be an officer or a private. I didn’t ask to be a captain. I just yolunteered. When “I'Want to Be a Captain, Too™ clubs sprang up all over the country, I submitted my resignation to the army air forces. 1 felt this talk against me was injurious to my father and to the AAF recruiting program. I told them I would volunteer as a private. That request was turned down. Immediately, I volunteered to go overseas. That request was accepted. Then there were stories that every one of the Roosevelt boys had cushie jobs. It was Senator Ferguson or Senator Brewster—I can’t remember which—who said all the Roosevelt boys had plushie jobs far from combat, with quick promotions. Then in 1944 le came back from Future and brought this

This is Elliott Roesevelt’s story told in an exclusive interview to The Indianapolis Times and other Scripps-Howard mewspapers in his hotel room last night. He talked for two hours, occasionally lighting a cigaret or sprawling his long legs out on the rug. He hadn't eaten anything since noon and his face showed fatigue, but you could tell it. was something he'd wanted to get off his chest. And so, in the interest of giving every man the right to say his piece, here is Elliott's story. .

dog “Blaze” back in my aircraft with me. There was a fullfledged senate investigation about that—and not a newspaper in the country published the results. In the first place, I brought the dog back in a war-

weary aitcraft which was regarded unsafe for service per-|

sonnel and carried only its crew. At Presque Isle, Me., the dog was declared and put in a pound maintained there exactly for that purpose. I asked how I could get the dog to Washington} and they said “Don’t | worry, we'll send the dog down with someone going in that | direetion.” That's what happened. Pilots were checking out every

day on routine flights for flying time, carrying no passengers or war freight. So the dog got to the White House, I asked Bolling field operations «df they could take the dog to California and they said they would put it on some operational aircraft that was going through. Then, a couple of weeks after I'd gone back to Europe, my sister called the airport but she talked to an air transport command officer instead of somebody at operations. It was completely the fault of this young officer, who thought he was being smart. He sent a car to the White | House to pick up the dog and put him on a passenger plane {to the West coast. When some navy boy got bumped en route to California becatise of the dog, the uproar reached me 'way overseas. My outfit had three full-fledged inspections as a result. | Peacetime inspections. They gave us such a thorough going over we didn't have time for our vital combat missions. We

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‘GOTTA ‘BASEBALL, BABE?’ Tha was "o Sresting Babe Ruth received today from S-year-old Kenneth Joe Greeson, 516 S. Sherman dr., when a motor caravan of Ford dealers met. the diamond idol at Post road and Road 52. "Gee," said the Babe,

"I wish | had ane."

Kinder Reduced To Sergeant Rank In Gaming Probe

Safety Board Acts on Arrest Interference Charges Made by Four Officers The safety board today reduced Capt. Claude Kinder: to the rank of acting sergeant, effective tomorrow. The action followed charges made last week by four police officers on the Indiana ave. beat that Capt. Kinder interfered with their arrest of three persons on gambling | ar charges.

Given b Months The four officers charged

Ruth drove to Indianapolis from Cincinnati.

99 Predicted,

No Relief Due Till Thursday

20 Prostrated By Heat Yesterday

The mercury boiled up toward the top of the thermometer for the third day in a row today. And no relief is in sight here until Thursday, the weatherman warned. The weatherman, who predicted yesterday's record high mark of 98, hit it right on the nose. He maid it would be one degree higher today. He said it would be hot and humid today, tonight and tomorrow, with cloudless skies. Relief was approaching tomorrow evening for the northern portion of the state and showers were expected to cool things off generally Thursday. Friday and Saturday are expected to be hot again with some relief by showers again Sunday. The steaming weather brought heat prostration to 20 persons here yesterday, 14 of them participants in the state American Legion parade that wound through downtown streets, A In sweltering Hoosier cities, eonversation centered on what a sleep-

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Local Temperatures

An Editorial—

The' Racketeers Win Again

T wasn't Christmas, but our city council made the racketeers a right handsome gift last night, just the same. "They did it by stalling off, again, action on the ordinance that the city administration and every responsible law enforcement agency in town say they must have to break up the $9,000,000-a-year lottery rackets here. ; Lottery ticket sales now run around $25,000 a day in Indianapolis. Assuming that all the operators are honest. enough to pay put the prize money they offer, which of course most of them are not, their “expenses” run to around $18,000, including salesmen’s commissions, the purchase of lottery tickets in bulk, and bribes for those willing to accept them, That leaves them a profit of $6000 to $7000 a day. All illegal, of course.

0 any week's delay our councilmen “can contrive is worth $40,000 or so to the little group of underworld characters who run lotteries, Our council has so far succeeded in delaying action on this issue for months. It has, indeed, become a pretty clear-cut question: Whether the people of Indianapolis and the laws of this city and state or a little handful of criminal scum are bigger and more important, and more powerful? That's for city council to decide. The members of our city council are: John A, Schumacher, 5657 N. Pennsylvania 8t.— president. BR-4633. Edward R. Kealing, 4924 E. 10th st.—vice presi-IR-1235. Herman E. Bowers, 419 N. Wallace st. Raymond C. Dauss, 515 N. Davidson st. A. Ross Manly, 1809 Prospect st. MA-6718. Dr. Lucian B. Meriwether, 2257 N. Capitol ave, Res. TA-9476, Ofc. WA-671717. William A. Brown, 1517 W. Pruitt st. CA-1142. Max White, 2115 N. New Jersey st. Res. WA- 8553, Ofc. MA-7761. Otto H. Worley,

dent. IR-4992. RI-4804.

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Council Dodges

22 Campbell ave,

Masiad Man Robs Bank MIDDLEBURG, Pa. Aug. 5 AU, P.)—A masked bandit, oo dhing)

an old-fashioned pistol, held up the gshier of the First National bank

“Under the measure the govern-

that Capt. Kinder ordered | On Beating Charge

s State Service COVINGTON, Ind, Aug. 5.—Irvin Beckley, Cates, Ind, farmer, today was sentenced to six months in jail and fined $1 and costs on an assault and battery charge. Beckley admitted last week “he beat 67-year-old Clyde Whittington, Cayuga, Ind., salesman, after luring him into a “love trap.” Whittington had been attentive to Beckley's wife, The elderly man was found in his wrecked car after the beating July 12 and died July 16 in a Danville, Ill, hospital.

Attlee Seeks to Keep

War Powers in Crisis

LONDON, Aug. 5 (U. P.).—Prime Minister Clement R. Attlee in a surprise move today asked commons for wartime powers to fight the threat of national bankruptcy. Mr, Attlee presented a bill to extend the purposes of the supplies and services, or transitional powers, act of 1045,

ment would be given wide powers to take whatever measures it deems necessary to fight the economic

EE ——————————————d ACCIDENT INJURIES FATAL WARSAW, Ind., Aug. 5 (U. P)~—~

them to release Andrew (Big Perk) |Swat” Perkins, alleged Indiana ave. gam- been accepted as the “official” Babe bling operator, and two others they had arrested on lottery charges.

At that time Police Chief Howard Sanders ordered an immediate in-| vestigation of all details in the case | and announced he would make a report of his findings at today's safety board meeting. Chief Submits Report The chief submitted his report to the board as follows:

“I respectfully recommend that | Capt. Claude Kinder be reduced from the rank of captain of police to the rank of acting sergeant of police, effective Aug. 6. This recommendation is made for the good of the department.” Safety board mem- | bers approved the recommendation . without comment and Chief Sanders | | declined to discuss the recommendation any further. ‘ “It speaks for itself,” he said “The change was made for the good of the police department and that is all ve to say about it.” The investigation started last Wednesday when four police officers, Sgt. Jess (Jack) Hadley, Patrolman John Bailey, Patrolman Oscar Donahue Jr. and Patrolman David Williams made charges involving Capt. Kinder in statements to The Times. Charge Release Ordered They said that after arresting Big Perk and two others, the Indiana ave. gambler called- Capt. Kinder and asked him to free them. The officers charged that Capt. Kinder obliged and ordered Big Perk and the others released. Chief Sanders said today that all

NATIONAL 24-HOUR FORECAST SUMMARY: Indiana seemed to be abbut the only spot in the country where the weather. man promised no relief from the heat tonight. For most other sec-

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tomorrow, In these ! minimum temperatures will be in | the 708 in all of this section ex- | cept New England which will . reach the 60s as cool air flows in from the North Atlantic, In Indiana (see “Hot and Hiis

mid” arrgw on map) it is not ex-

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Cool alr pushing down. behind the cold air fronts in the central part of the country will bring early ng readings tomorrow in the northern Plains and the Rockies to the 50s. (See air mass and air flow arrows.y ' Avpacsntly weather bugeau forecasters have decided to call off the heat wave in most sections of

Beaver Springs near here today and fled with between $6000 and

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$7000 in cash.

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residents of . the northern Plains, Some thundershowers will develop in this area tonight as cool Canadian air clashes with warm moist air near the cold air fronts, Thunderstorms are also pictured along the Gulf coast and through the southern and central Rockies. Fronts on. the FOTOCAST mark the frontiers of air masses. The front from Michigan to South Oarolina indicates the dividing line between cool sunny’ weather in’ thé Northeast and hot, sultry weather from the Gulf States to

Lottery Bill Issue

Measure Seen Dead

Until After Election

City council last night ducked a showdown on the anti-lottery ordinance, designed to break up the $9 million gambling racket. There were indications that the issue will be sidetracked until a new administration takes office in 1048.

man Edward R. Kealing, presiding in the ‘absence of President John A.

but also in an exclusive interview in

During Hughes War WASHINGTON, Aug. 5

girls for him,

war investigating subcommittee. ; The ‘committes. is looking

awarded to Howard Hughes, multimiilionaire manufacturer and movie-maker. Mr. Roosevelt told the investigators that: “I deny with my whole heart and soul , .. that Meyer ever got a girl for me.” Mr. Meyer, party-thrower and publicity agent for Mr, Hughes,

$5000 on entertainment for “Col.

‘He Was Most Important Mr. Meyer admitted that he put Mr. Roosevelt's name on expense accounts, not because all the money

mentioned was spent on the President's son but because “he was the most important person present.” Mr. Roosevelt has asserted that only a fractioh of the $5000 could have been spent ofr him because he “picked up my fair share of the checks.” In a frequently stormy session Mr. Roosevelt: ONE: Accused the subcommittee of suppressing data about “millions and millions of gifts” to other army officers during the war and singling him out because he was “the son of a President.” TWO: Testifled that he twice tried to block his own promotion to brigadier general to save his father political embarrassment. He said

Before last night's session council- Gen. George C. Marshall, then army

chief of staff, twice returned promotion recommendations for the

Schumacher, Indicated he would not |. 0 reason. The recommendations

call the ordinance down for a vote. When the session opened, Coun-

amendment that would include fraternal, religious, charitable and edu~

ordinance. Aim of Measure

duct lotteries.

ment, Chairman R. C. Dauss of the council's safety committee, asked |. for more time for his group to study the amendment before submitting the ordipance to the floor for a vote,

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went through. the third time, THREE: Evoked applause from

cilman Willlam-A. Brown offered an {spectators in the crowded hearing

room with the declaration he would ‘fight. to the death” to protect his |

cational grodps under terms of ther, (her's “name and record.”

FOUR: Demanded that the subcommittee get affidavits from Gen. |

[James Doolittle, his former overseas

Upon introduction’ of the amend- | yperior, as to whether they were

influenced in their treatment of him “by the fact that I was the son of | the President.” FIVE: Exploded when Mr. Meyer sald of a Hyde Park visit that he considered Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt a “good contact.” “Does she run the aircraft production of the United States?” Mr. Roosevelt exclaimed.

Mr. Meyer's expense vouchers for the “E. Roosevelt” account, as made these items: " ‘Aug. 21, 19043—“Presents for four girls, $200." Aug. 22, 1943—"Presents for two girls, 875." Aug. 27, 1943—“Dinner, Statler ho (In Washington) $76; girls at hotel (late) $50."

chair near his own, Eliott turned to him and said: “Were any .of the girls you ‘got and paid money to or gave presents

into . wartime plane contracts

had testified that he spent around|”

Smear’

TALKS UP—Elliott Roosevelt is shown testifying before sene ate investigators. He spoke up not only in the committee room,

The Times today. J

Elliott Hits Back At Meyer's Story Of ‘Party Girls’

‘Despicable Insinuation’ He Tells Senators

Contract Probe i (U. P.).—Elliott Roosevelt

angrily struck back today at what he called the “despicable insinuation” that publicity man John W, Meyer “procured

The issue of Mr, Roosevelt's morals was threshed over at his own request in his second appearance before & senate

E. Roosevelt and party” at a time

which the publicity man had mens tioned gifts to unidentified “girls.” Mr, Roosevelt got from Ms Meyer the admission that this didn't mean the girls were rocured” or that .they were MS, ar. companions on parties,

Person Present’

SIX: Said the records would show he was at the White House on a date when Mr. Meyer expense vouchers listed “girls at hotel (late) $50." SEVEN: Asserted that though he recommended the Hughes photo plane he had “nothing whatever. to do with the negotiating of the ollie tract.” EIGHT: Remarked after a sal ble over “politics” between Sithe committee Chairman Homer Ferguson (R. Mich.) and Senator Claude Pepper (D. Fla.) that “I have no political ambitions.” He said he hoped the senators would not ine volve him with either the Repube lican or the Democratic party. NINE: Disclosed that other firms besides the Hughes company had entertained him, He mentioned among them Douglas, Lockheed, Fairchild, and Pan American Aire ways. : TEN: Accused Gen. Oliver . P, Echols, head of the air forces materiel command, of opposing Mr, Hughes because he favored other companies who now do not’ “want to see criticism of them spread on the record.” He said Gen. Echols

When Mr. Meyer took a witness |

is now employed hy the Association lof American Aircraft Manufacturers, ELEVEN: Recommended that the linvestigators draft legislation bare

The measure would make it il- pwight D, Eisenhower, army chief [ring procurement officers “for life” legal to manufacture Or possess or staff; Gen. Carl A. Spatz, chief |from taking jobs with companies tickets that could be used to con-| of the army air fortes, and Lt. Gen. Who have contract dealings with the

| overument. TWELVE: Proposed that pure chasing agents for such companies be barred from service with the gove [ernment later lest they favor their old firms. THIRTEEN: Asserted companies should have no right to deduct for income tax purposes “any enters tainment provided for anyone cone | nected with the government.”

Engage in Hot, Bitter Exchange

| Mr. Meyer added that during the rounds of parties in question, Young

public by the committee, included4 Roosevelt was almost constantly in f+

| the company of Faye Emerson, who {later was to become his wife. Elliott. shot back that he “resente ed” insinuations on Faye's name. “It is the last thing in my mind," Mr. Meyer replied. The hot and bitter exchange was .

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School Fashions

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