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THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1947

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EAK SUPPORT | a INDICATIONS | 8 | US . ave es b are ¥ : THSING. SOOKE Sh : i Do a ata Heavier Tax Burden i wea u ory « Trained Be: Also Forecast | put, maces CE i Heat Causes Electricity Shortage; on We Ghigafen a 1 2 Die in State; Corn Hits New High 6 E Wich. 3 “ ES hotyte ore aa oe supe Two persons were dead in the state as a result of the ER ported. partially or entirely through hot, humid weather which continued to blanket most of the soticiten public welfare agencies. | :

This basic trend was cited by| Community Surveys, Inc., New York, | in its report on a three-months| study of child welfare Weaknesses)

in Marion county.

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Welfare Needs Hoosiers Blow Hot And Cool As Dame Weather Cavorts N a Relief—

nation today. And as the weather bureau issued the prediction of “no relief in sight” the Indianapolis Power & Light Co. announced a temporary industrial power shortage due to

. "11g 7% In addition to the increase in the | seme § ig effects on two “ percentage of non-producers, the] Parents | n Arms large turbo-generators:~ BY) DER Lc semi to | On the farm front, pros- . creasing ax, . ——— £0) burden for the mentally ill, the] pects for a good corn crop this year

prison population, old age assistance| and the industrially unemployable. | “The obvious conclusion,” the re-! port - stated, “is that we must] emphasize two processes—the phys-| fcal and mental development of | each generation for maximum prod- | uctivity and a reduction of such high rates of mental illness, and criminality.”

Advises Industrial Study vf It is obvious, therefore, the report said, that “this effort must be directed at the child population.”| The report warned that the rate! at which the Indianapolis industrial area is growing will warrant the|

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sunk lower as the parched crop Over Swamp Death began to wither in the field, As rets of crop failures came in, corn RBrend Pond hit an all-time high on the | exchange. | The heat wave was blamed for the death of these Hoosiers: John Malysiak, 60, collapsed as - ithe mercury hit 97 in La Porte and Indignation rose Today among died a few hours later. u [families living near Bacon's swamp, Delbert Slate, 3. 30 Sjsenbier {where 3-year-old Virginia Ann Wil- lapsed on the job yesterday and died Alams lost her life last night. jaq¢ night in a South Bend hoeNeighbors pronounced the unguard- | pital.

ed swamp a “menace to our chil-!

Angrily Menace to Children

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Generators Fall | Power & Light Co. officials said

dren.” two - application of the best planning The body of the child was found tempor EO he And _brains and wise expenditure of | lying face’ down in the murky {plant was due largely to the pro iD THEM funds, depths of the swamp last night, acted ‘hot ‘weather, ve our cotati, “Under our educational phos.)

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. | A temporary power emergency hooks. We tend ophy, the age at which ‘young | d H | searching by deputies, state police | was par the company ancharge. people enter productive wage earn-| MOST POPULAR SPOT—City wading and swimming pdt were among the most popular spots in torrid idarapols 1 ay. ere’ s an early | and shout 500 Seghbore. Luci | nounced, by the co-operation of $0 ing is rising steadily,” th ti y { After rescuers 5 tie. H ug seadily’ the reper morning shot at the wading pool at Etinkerger park, taken by Times Staff Photographer John Spicklemire | carrying the: udy of the blue-eyed, Major idustriés - iid “depariment “Und industrial h - tot, neighbors gathered in sma Homes, Brick er our industrial mechaniza roups outside the Wiliams home| LOCAL TEMPERATURES al and tion, the age at which’ men are} s | am 78 am 28 a Lemus, being forced out of productive earn. at 5710 Crittenden ave. | Tam. WIE or books oon. ing is lowering and our working) Called Constant Menace | sam... 81 12 (Noen).. 90 } of various day and working week are being “That swamp is a constant men. | fam . 8 1 pm m..... n. vd prices. Don't steadily shortened. Also our life ace to wll of our children,” one —— . tunity! expectancy span is being definitely mother said. “We've all lived in stores here who volunteered to cur- . lengthened. fear of this.” tall their power use.

“What all this means is that fewer productive wage earners must carry the load for more nonuecers.” e general conclusions reached |’ o Community Surveys, under’ the! direction of Paul T. Beisser, is that Indi ,. nd Marion ; have down in their Program|’ for proper development - of the cofimunity’s children. In a comparison of expenditures for public welfare and health in Indianapolis = as against the amounts spent by other communi-| ties, the survey experts said: “We find Indianapolis and| Marion county ranking at the bottom of the list of midwestern cities In regard to total public and private expenditures.” h The average of 34 major cities in the United States in welfare and health expenditures was listed as $31.79 per capita. The report listed Indianapolis’| pomparative expenditures for these services at $27.17. | Suggest Reforms | The experts recommended that more money be spent for the re- | habilitation of each child but out-| lined reforms which would reduce | the flow “of children from their | homes into public care agencies. |

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|| The swamp, commercially oper-| Repairs on the power plant are ated as a peat moss pond, is well expected to be completed by toprotected by a high fence on the morrow. east side paralleling Keystone ave.| Agricultural officials in the Mid3 66th at, The side is used for West Announced today damage. to {the commercial operations, the However, on the. northwest side I or. sun, e gWamp Is bordered by high Corn Stalks. Withering . Sweets and a wooded section, Hes}, The scorching heat was withering thé bottom. leaves on the stalks, "Neighbors pointed out that the ‘Some crops in Towa afd Nebraska {section Is a ‘new housing develop- | Were already reported ruined. Other {ment and that. most of the pesi-| fields were badly damaged. 'dents are families with small chil-, The Weather bureau at Chicago oes ae ri ot, 2 any significant rainfa e cornChildren Warned growing ares in the next two or Mothers sald they have warned three days. {their children repeatedly to stay On the Chicago Board of Trade (away from the swamp. September corn futures spiraled to “They've been cautioned but the ys new all-time high of $243 a | responsibility really lies with the \bushel. This topped the record of {owner,” one group member said. $2. 42% set Aug. 11. | Virginia Ann was missed from the| Indications were prices would go {yard by her mother, Mrs. Charles still higher.

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[a search of the neighborhood failed cally this afternoon. However, the | to produce her daughter, Mrs. Wil-|showers are expected to be too brief | liams hysterically called police. to break the heat wave even moThe mother’s first fear was that mentarily, | her daughter was in the swamp. The mercury is expected to reach ‘My Fault,” Mother Sobs la high of 93 today. Lowest tonight “I know theyll never find her, Will be about 74. It's my fault ,, . it's all my fault,” | A few places in the state report-

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! L. Willlams, about 3:45 p. m, After| Scattered showers may occur lo-

sobbed repeatedly. She said ed rain but no appreciable amount lls in 20 beau- “One of the primary factors of | her daughter was adventurous and fell. A thunderstorm near Milan iu choose from. this survey,” the report stated, “is “not afraid of water.” Center resulted in lightning striking i the concern over the high rate of The body was found floating be- : intake into the Children’s Guard- neath the surface just as deputies (Continued on Page 3~~Coluni 3) ; ian home and the over-crowding of ; | prepared to drag the swamp ] floor covering shades » ‘ Dorsett, 5834 Norwaldo ‘ave, a 1 ay . =n Ame the various wel- % ? | sin of the searching party Official Weather PUREAL ; ' fare agencies here fiow have no § “id wid ht body lying Jage pi i ohret Sunrl aT common objectives and that the % : . State Trooper Alva n a unrise .... 6:02 | Bun : 138 out-going Juvenile court adminis- FOOTBALL PRACTICE—Of all days, Beech Grove high school SYNTHETIC SNOWBANK—Photographer Lloyd 8. Walton hap- [found a footprint on the embank- (Precipitation 7¢ Bra. ending 7:30. (with fore with- gration (Judge Mark W. Rhoads)| chose today to: start football practice. Coach Virgil Riley started pened by when General Manager W. E. Spridgeon of Frost-Air, Inc., ment of the pond. tretched |B net an ows he To lavatory end Jated Jo [vides Ji Sausital things off by pouring a bucket of water on the head of Bobby Spall, 838 N. Delaware st., dumped a load of ice shavings into the street. A Jumen Hun siedied. oN ture’ yesterday in’ other elites: ag recessed repo or e year . ‘ . in Lhe 1 w is ole. : As the result of these factors,| senior guard. -Photographer Spicklemire was invited to join football Ce BD am st. thought it was a i snowstorm when | ocd the body. AUBDLA +. ovociacioniniicnrnhs » ) Mr. Beisser said, it was necessary ddenly thought of anothgr assignment. oger Ronald, 824 N. Alabama st. poured ice on him, Gives Drowning Verdiet |Chicago "1.0100 78 YMENT to reconstruct the child welfare Practice, bit he sy Y = . be 3 | 2 4 State Patrolman Walter Weyland Gieveiand. ...""" i . picture in ‘Marion county on the! c Pand wile | THE WEATHER FOTOLCAST ACME TELEPHOTO ould: death Wis: US V0" rowing Iie mae er: 5 if Desired basis of estimates, apri an emonium Deputy Coroner Leonard Cox re- Lv Wayne .......e... 74 The report recommended "WW ith F Wi tH p k PRVIEW of U. S$. WEATHER BUREAU, DEPT. of COMMERCE FORECAST -- PERIOD ENDING 7J0AM [STB 22-47 Depuly Coroner Leonsfd Co Inatanapois ié ity "1 overhauling of the entire child wr ea y emmes i eKesS on The ‘child's father was away from (anss* A a 8 Jae program from the county wel- | ‘ 00) tiome at the time of the tragedy. Minneapolis-St. Paul Lees 2 Ate epariment and Juvenile 0 Ri h Bi m { | of Land) He left an hour earlier to fly to|New York ripen 68 ott 3 all private agencies. verrun ic u s' o an on Chicago on a business trip. [Glam ety ..... n (Next: orms needed in hand- | ’ The child is survived by two [Pittsburgh dreeesis $ fing juvenile delinquents.) ‘Loathesome’ Lapdogs Resemble Mistresses; brothers, Lawrence Jr., 2, and Rob- san 7 Francisco |. nt hays tenn “ I Are Fellow Outcasts in Plush Exile | ~ ot [Ap wo

Ruark Agrees To Meet Wyche

By ROBERT C. RUARK, Scripps-Howard Staff Writer CAPRI, Italy, Aug. 21.—I have never understood why] : {women in the high-toned set always seem to be chained to (

Prosecutor Has 'Bit Part’

work your. aIBORN, ARAN dog. As you inspect the multi-lingual, varicolored, largely gg, RAR -, 5 a “KANSAS CITY, in Most Municipal Trials s with announced toda§ that Robert cC. unclad population of this hookey-hideout for the rich, you Cisco \ we

we rre—— Seven are deputy county prosecutors (Fourth of a § Berles) and three are city prosecutors. By RICHARD LEWIS None mployed full time. To In the mine run of cases in the keep financially solvent, they. must criminal division of the Marion|push their private practices. These

Ruark, Scripph-Howard columnist,|see three things:

Wche, Ts, army ipsa se The woman always smokes a cigaret in a long holder.|

eral, at Frankfurt Sept. 3 She is always wearing at least four pounds of ice on her, Gen. Wyche sald on his arrival in left mitt. And she is always on the other end of a leash

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FORY : - ( -|skirt ‘the edges of municipal court C ty municipal courts, the prose- 5 g high-speed rota. Italy yesterday that he would et od mutt. ( y & AL 3 oy 4 ee fixture. for the most part, but occasionally eaks up ; to have the co-operation of Mr. |[iTOM a manicured mu PARTLY CLOUDY AND =i PASO pass ; "He says little during the zip-zip some cases get into court. ; r crops, and d Ruark in his investigation of Lt.| I have been a push-over for dogs since I was old enough] ©, i mT of WU Io trials of trafic violators and other| Sometimes the ‘prosecutor ate pm uniformly Gen. John C. H. Lee's theater ad- (to bite the puppy back, but they were generally pretty, citizens charged with petty offenses.|tempts to prosecute. Ofie instance he soil to 1 ministration. g MAM! h tl fMcer presents thejof this took place the morning of § 7 . 0 3 ; . Criticism of ihe adminisiration average dogs, like pointers and setters and spaniels and bull-| “ {Faroe 57" T he ‘ajment i" fon p hae ae d of by Mr. Ruark prompted Gen. Wyche's| dogs, or just plain ki-yls with no line on their old man. But I see no © LEGEND AFFECTED The judge himself doubles in the/John A. Carson stepped down from mixing trip from the United States for the justification for the existence of the Pekinese, a quarrelsome little semi- | on XA A as” AREA role of prosecutor and sometimes his place beside ‘Judge Alex M, es the tith investigation. | net with the manners of his mistress and the voice of a herria) / 2 AIR 'as defense attorney if the defendant|Clark in court 4. gives it —d 2 Right now I am ankle-deep in { Ey a il Ww t , " tler took his | : Tr FLO {doesn't have one. But there isn't] George Kis place, ining Times Index Phe and in those odd breeds a smaller one. The leash gets wound | THUNDER ’ AIN much: time. me of : which resemble a section of hedge around an innocent bystander, over, : STORM 28 On: Monda Continued on "Paxe $—Column fn uly { “ . y mornings, 100 cases (Contin age seed beds t Amusements. ‘ 28 Movies ...... 28 clipped by a madman. All the gals goes the table—Pandemonium. | 7-M REG PATS nw COPR 1947 COW. L. A. WAGNER ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. may have to he heard in three bigger more EE Bridge ...... 24 | Obituaries ". . 12] have them, They take them swim-| I will cite you the case of Tom. | hours. That allows the judge one ide 5 | M. Childs 20! Dr. O'Brien. . { ming." "They take them to’ dinner. Tom or Tomaso, is the property of| NATIONAL 24-HOUR FORE- in the 70s from the Gulf States | mum temperatures in the 80s with | A. ang five’ sevonds ‘pl po Summer Snacks next yu Stained 31-34! Patterns .. *.. 24| They take them into the nightian old gal with dyed hair and a| CAST SUMMARY: Your weath- | to the Lakes Region and the | the mercury soaring to 100 de- .min ely 1 vervhody. & 200d IT WILL DG Wieess BRAM...) 35 clubs. You can't walk into a restau- reluctant husband who packs her| erman says, “It will be fair and | Ohio Valley and rise to 90 de- | grees during the afternoon. rtunately for everybody, & g | ® Hostesses looking for hot

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Editorials -... 20/ Mrs. Roosevelt 22| leash, and if you turn your head kind of dog Tom. is I couldn't say. | night and early tomorrow, A | noon. ~ Sultry “weather is indi- | ning thunderstorms are indicated '8ood many are not,

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Fashions .... 23 Side Glances. 20 you're apt to find some loathesome He looks like a cross between al cool air flow off the north At- | cated for these areas as hot, hu- | for the Rockies today as warm, | Time is the factor in municipal want to try : INC. “ius. 20 Soclety ...... 22 lapdog paddling serenely dn yourisheep and a bale of hay. lantic. will send . the. mercury | mid air from the Guif of Mexico | southerly winds are lifted into |court. Thiers naver shough of it king's suggestion hey ag Meta Given’. u Sports a: 30-31! soup. nat But everywhere that ad down into the 60s by tomorrow | flows northward. Highest tem- | unstable clouds while passing The by-prod s the a, pre © Meta Given also 4 DO Washington .. 20! * At night you can barely bear the goes, there goes Tom. Tom sits in| morning. During the afternoon | peratures in the nation will be | over the mountains. Thunder~ [duction system e n y. ihe : dian de 1B] Washing maximum readings will be int the | jreported ih’ the parched central showers will ‘develop from Mon- can win the essen emen tion Indpls. ... 2 Word:A-Day. 19 ini To 0s or low 80s in these | Plains. Tomorrow moenifig Jara tana to Ohio, Pennsylvania and time.

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