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Heat Wave § Back Broken | By Showers
Mass of Cool Air Expected by Midnight
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
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Backbone of the heat wave that has gripped Indianapolis for 20 days was broken at noon today.
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Temperatures slipped 10 degrees, * ye
to 80 and the generally cooler weather and tomorrow. { The drop was accompanied by thundershéwers and the rainstorms were to continue tonight and possibly tomorrow morning. A mass of cold air is now moving across northern Illinois and is expected to arrive in central Indiana around midnight. Heat May Return " The weather bureau said the eool mass of air will stay in the Midwest, for two or three days, but warned that warm weather conditions were developing in the northwest. It! was too soon, they said, to tell with, certainty what the results would be. | Arrival of cooler weather sent) icago September corn futures| dropping tHe 8-cent limit on the! board of trade today. Corn for delivery sold $2.38'% aj bushel, after hitting. an all-time] high of $2.47 Saturday. Later, corn) recovered some of ‘the loss, | Report: Storm Damage | A high wind and bail storm struck| the resort settlement at Bass Lake] in Starke county. Some 50 cottages | were damaged with a total loss Te-| ported near $40,000.
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City Probation =
Office ‘Buried And Forgotten
14, Chicago settles pack in
starts tor cut the boy s waist-long
hair on his first trip to the barber shop, When he was very young,
his mother did not want his hair cut jected. Now, however, the entire family is agreed that his hair
and later he himself ob
should be cut before he entérs high school,
The hottest cities in the nation | ;
yesterday were St. Louis, Mo. | Burlington, Iowa, and Rockford and Quincy, Ill, all with 103. Yuma and Phoenix, Ariz, re-| ported temperatures of 102. It was | 100 degrees at Chicago: 99 at Des Moines, Iowa; 9R “at Milwaukee, Wis., and at Grand Rapids, Mich.; | 96 at Boston. 93 at Indianapolis and Philadelphia, 92 at New ‘York | and 90 at Washington, D. C. | Hurricane in Texas A minor hurricane hit Galveston, | Tex., yesterday rocking the island |
+ City ‘with winds up to 75 milés per
Jhour: The storm had been expected |
.to cause heavy damage, but most |
of ifs strength” was ‘spent as it hovered -off - the coast for about) 24 hours.
About 40. convicts took advantage, of the winds and rains to stage a prison farm break near Otey, Tex. early today ‘Phey
at a time when torrential raing made an immediate search impossible,” A> torrential downpour fell on Chicago's South side yesterday, tying up trafic when water collected in underpasses and highway, tunnels. Flock to Beaches At Joliet, Ili, cable leading from a generator, station ‘to’ ‘power ' lines outside,’
Police Court Agents Can't Handle Load
Seventh of a Series
By RICHARD LEWIS Hidden away in a corner of the city’s antiquated police headquarters is the municipal court probation department, the forgotten arm of law and order in Marion county. The county created it in a burst of social service “reform back.'in 1927 Since then, it” has almost been forgotten. There are still six probation officers as there were then. The imaximum salary each can réceive is $180 a month. Four of them cover the city, each taking a quarter segment. 1500 New Cases a Year Each of the four {than 600 cases
“handles” more
{year Records at the ceurt show that only occasionally do the municipal {judges use the probation department. Out of 30,000 cases flowing through the municipal courts each year, 5 per cent (1500) go to pro- | bation, { These are placed on
probation after sentence is passed,
The sen-
A (tence is suspended during the pro-
bation period.
" |" No investigations are’ made by the
probation depgrtment before sentence is passed, as in other cities. The judges rarely use the department to determine the defendant's {background in first offenses of a
E [fairly serious nature.
re me we Report U. S. Digs Big Caves To Use in Event of War
Editor Says Rockies Would Be Used as Base;
Hints Super Planes
Also Standing By
DENVER, Aug. 25 (U! P.).—The Denver Post said in a copyrighted
{dispatch today that the United States, under a mountain range as a base of operations, lightning struck a defenses underground against a possible world war IIL The article was written by Robert W.
knocking out light and power for| 4 short time in parts ‘of four alrison
counties.
More than’ two million persons : flocked to the beaches in the New u ing Cia
York Ciiy area to escape the blistering heat yesterday and seaside and] mountain resorts along ‘the entire
WASHINGTON,
Times Washington Bureau Aug. 25.-~The
Atlantic coast were crowded with army's intention to withdraw Ft.
persons seeking cool breezes, A ———————
Favorite Soprano Of G. I.’s Arrives For N. Y. Opera
I —. NEW YORK, Aug. 28 (U, P).—
Harrison from the surplus list and retain it as a military post became "official today. a Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall, Reber, served official notice of the decisfon to 11th district Congress man Louis Ludlow and Senators Homer E, Capehart and William E. Jenner. The action will leave Ft. Harri-
through Brig. Gen. Miles
to Indiana
Helen Steinbrecher, who arrived in .,, what it has been for more than
this country carrying only a small 40 years—a fort. It
followed a
briefcase containing music, said to- meeting Aug. 13 between war de-
day she believ
“ f Germany” and - business called “the Lily Pons of G: y Secretary Royal pointed out that of the U.S.
{Indiana has no other facilities with
was only because she was small an a, coloratura soprano.
the reason she was Partment officials and Hoosier civic
leaders at which
The 27-year-old singer arrived which to supply the needs of the
from Germany to attempt an ope atic career. She said she will audition for the New York Metropolitan | opera and that she has a contract ®S with the San Carlo opera in Chi- I
r- Dational military At that time, timated it would require $23,000 the surface.
guard and the federal district.
Secretary Royall
annual rental ottlay alone to
take care of these agencies
cago. Miss Steinbrecher, five feet two
using giant man-made caverns is preparing super-
Fenwick, Rocky Mountain editor of the paper. Mr. Fenwick said, however, that in revealing the workings of the giant project a short way from Albuquerque, N. M.,, he was “not
revealing any military secret, since’
hundreds of commercial passengers had diggings.” Workers Jam.City The large-scale operations’ were revealed after residents of Albuuerque noticed thousands .of con-
airline flown . over the
istruction workers flooding the city
on Saturday night. Advertisements for more of such workers were supposed to have appeared in the two local newspapers from time to time, With the workers have come the rumors that_ always accompanies the prospect of atomic bombs or guided missels. The project 1s supposed to contain large chambers to house
One chamber—farncied to be 30acres square—is being, outfitted as a laboratory, with a conveyor belt running out of the, bowels -of the earth to deliver atomic bombs to
Fast Planes Ready The Denver writer also said that
The group visited the war de- the most modern war-planes ever inches tall, with blond curls and partment as plans for disposition developed—from jet
pursuits to
blue eves, said she had been offered iof the fort as surplus property drew extra-long range bombers.— were A motion picture contract but that| to a head. The fort had been vari- standing near runways only 'a short
she had turned it down. The ‘soprano sang in opera for *
{ously sought by private groups for distance
real estate development and by
from the construction
center.
10 years; but first Won wide public °Vic- minded citizens for a state or gu. program is supposed to be
acclaim when she sang for America Lroops. .
Obituaries .. Patterns .... Radio Ruark a |Scherrer . Side Glances. 12] 14!
Washington Weather Map. 3 Women's News el Word-&-Day
n| 'eity park development. |- It had also been proposed as a ‘memorial to Benjamin Harrison, Lilienthal,
Indiana's only President and father ,iomie commissions by the paper, (of the national forestry service.
2 Hurt in Explosion a a At Eli Lilly Plant
An explosion at El Lilly Co, plant,
18 today caused minor igjuries 10; +-12| two workmen. »
William Gays, 21, 152 E, 11th st. h Grove, received cuts on the!
Beec! 16-17 0nd and Arthur West, 44, 909 8. Dave 12! Migsourt st, was bruised on the says Robert C. Ruark. arm,
men were operating a weld-| story of the pathetic plight of 3 torch on a.pipe when anot Bianca. the young Itdiian girl, wh
under the direction of the army and navy., But a check with David E. chairman of the U, 8.
{brought the reply, “the atomic |energy commission has no such! |project » the one destined” =
Ruark Tells Story Of Abandoned Girls—
@® Thousands of
| The understaffed, underfinanced department, huddled in three cubby
hole offices, couldn't begin to make, +pre-sentencing investigations if the Nhe lives at the corner of 34th st. the attorney became involved in a 3 fia ave, the street never Loourt fight said the a WAS empty.
judges did ask for them,
Chief probation officer since 1937 Ang
She has called the street comoutside of. missioner’s office. at least once a p ; ET Indianapolis than he is within the week since June in an attempt AFTER—Geoige spruces up and admires his first hair cut (city. after the barber had firiichéd the 29-minute operation. The youngster said his waist-long hair did not cramp his style with the ‘gang’ _or hinder hi his baseball playing w hen he braided his locks.
{1s Solon Vial. who is better known las a probation . officer
Retiring, he seeks to. avoid publicity. Of the Marion county municipal court probation department He says:
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Hoosier Couple Found Safe By Paratroopers WINNIPEG, Man, Aug 2 (0 P.) —Tech. Sgt. J. H, Nelles of Gary,
Ind.. his wife and their dog “Chris” were safe in the boggy country be-
day, after a parachute reseue,
In addition, therew City's f
{hood feel the same
1947
THE DUST FLIES — Mrs. Lester Roush stops a car in a cloud of yellow dirt dn Caroline ave. at 34th st. A resident of the area, she is one of many protesting the ailure to resurface the street. Looking en are (left to right} Mrs. Oscar Oberle, | \are 1500 new. cases coming in each’ Mrs, Alex Cantrell, Miss Peggy Cantrell and Mrs. Frank E. Weis,
Caroline Ave.
Entered as Socond-Cldss Matter at PostoMice Indianapolif. Ind, Issued dmily except Sunday
PRICE AVE CENTS
7 For
$11,200 Buried Under Doghouse;
Dust Irks Women Now it's Con
Pleas for Pavement
Go Unanswered
and 37th sts,
It drifts in through windows and! hoyses are Housewives fight, a losing battle against grime. Repeated pleas to the city street unan-
filters in even when
clgsed up tight.
commissioner have
swered.
gone
According to Mrs. Lester Roush,
get action. Gets Only Promises
“All T get are promises, any reaction,’
partment
if 1 get ' Mrs. Roush said. number of times 1 know I have Original judgment was for | been purposely avoided by the de- Which the bank had loaned the at-|
Times Stale Service
LEBANON, Ind. Aug. 25.
circuit court suit Zionsville attorney E. M. Hornaday.
his = $9200 inheritance from
jar under a doghouse near here.
(is attempting to determine Mr. |Horhaday's assets. The bank
seeking payment on a judgment “Al against Mr
torney.
Other residents in the neighbor. reached §7200.
bombarded the city Included are Mrs, 2102 BE. 34th st. Oberle, 3431 Caroline ave
Many others have protested. Not First Complaint. “All that is done is to raise more
They plow tween Winnipeg and The Pas to- 4 up and the dust really scatters.” ate, Mr
This is not the first time people Capt. Guy d’Atrois and Lieut. R. j; this area have had difficulty get- divided the residue of his. estate '0 how to vote.’
dust,” Mrs. Roush said.
P. Henry, paratroopers of the Royal ting improvements.
Canadian air force, made the jump last night They radioed the plane from which they jumped thdt the couple and their pet. though hungry, were
The Americans’ airplane made a forced landing in the wilderness Observers in the rescue plane said Sgt. Nelles and his wife rushed from the shelter they had built as their plane approached while “Chris” stood on the wing of the
As members of the 34th and Key“stone civil league, they appealed to doctor and -his dentist; improvement of 34th ler, a st. three vears ago.
the city for
They went to the city
surfacing the street between Suth- Hornaday has assets, erland and Emerson aves, The street still has not been resurfaced
Gets Gasoline Burn 34th st,
C. H. Eberhardy 1254 E.
They. toa, have! with protests. attorney's
acsels and asked
| Sets,
Anti-Lottery Bill Appears Doomed
—— Al “buried treasure” of almost 812000, On Banning Tickets Clouds of yellow dust hang in the today was being sought as evidence | air over Carotine ave, between 34th in a against!
Mr. Hornaday claims he buried the | |Otto Lueth estate, plus $2000 which ! he to#k for his executor's fee. He! said he buried the money in a glass!
Officials who dug up the jar after |
vl "{the. 48 THE COURT BATTLE was start- ‘the eity. (ed by ‘Zionsville State bank which!
Hornaday in 1933, The fice the first of the year, $2000,
With interest the sum. has about the measure:
Speeding
afety. Drive
a — ts ee |
i Mayor Ready
Traffic Plans
| Cruisers Make Arrest | in 20 M.P.H. Zone
Speeding motorists, in the 20-mile-an-hour zones took it on the nose today as part of the mayor's plan for a gen * eral overhauling of the city’s traffic system. With sharp-eyed motorcycle polier |eruising over the nearsdowntowr |section, - 107 speeders had been < |stopped, and ticketed by midmorning. |" All of the arrests were made | within the zone where .the speed [limit is 20 miles an hour. One of {the biggest speed traps was laid or Virginia ave. where three mounted {police arrested 31 drivers - thie | morning. 32 Cycle Police on Job Motorists were “charged with speeds up to 47 miles an hour. imme | The traffic. department had 32 cycle men cruising the zone, The drive coincides with Mayor Denny's traffic program which calls pr a reduction in traffic accidents “that have grown to alarming pro- | portions in recent years.” Another point of the program is the inauguration of a comprehen [sive, positive ‘program to relieve {traffic congestion on Indianapolis |streets. This point includes a speedup of plans for off-street parking garages.
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Councilmen Waver
By LOUIS ARMSTRONG The anti-lottery ordinance; sched- |
fuled for a final vote before city council. tonight. sppeared today | Details of the plan, which follows
1! bublication of a series of articles have lost favor among councilmen, ! Whereas a poll several weeks a0 tor ior n The Tiles Sulbig at irevealed four certain votes for the needed in the trafic sl ic veforma measure, another check today failed be released yn situation. will ito disclose a single positive vote for 1 di e mayor within the anti-racket bill, a Tew dav1. The ordinance would outlaw the| : | printing and possession of lot 3 Am going before the safety | 1erY board tomorrow and pool tickets and is aimed atu (HEIN with deveral ree. thckes Nourishing m| rs DS," Dé, said today
tions Tomorrow
The change in attitude of the "Mo conditions in thé eity,” {council was considered ‘by ‘some as| declared 45 he called ind = Ceview a move. to duck the issue completety|*f ait safe ph 2 vant al
I and leave the question for the new |P!ANS brought up to date.”
council to decide after it takes of- | The mayor said a comprehensive {program for relief of traffic con. gestion had not been attempted ‘before. because the state highway commission had taken over: many of the main thoroughfares of the
What They Say Here Is the way councilmen feel
[, John A. Schumacher, council pres- |
The bank seeks to determine the ident—"I am undecided on just how sity He indicated the sales pi. the 1 will vote and it is likely the counAlex Cantrell; court to rule that his share of the cil will not have time to vote on the | and Mrs. Oscar Lueth estate be included in his as- measure tonight since the budget |
gram: could now be co-ordinated with that of he he.
|ordinance comes first on the dock-! | The attorney was one of six local et” He had earlier been quoted gir
men whom Otto Lueth, a German as being for the measure.
Lueth had no relatives After making several legacies,
{between the lawyer; guson and Dr. Ralph Harvey,
friend stihl, son of his partner,
; hall and : £.n unharmed and would need no medi- peard of an appropriation for re-
‘cal assistance,
THE COURT RULED that Mr
old bank loan.
a fee
Nelles' crippled plane and “wagged suffered burns on the right arm to- exc cont by court order,
his tail like mad." The Hoosiers’ plane,
proposed flight to The Pas.
a
the push-button defense:
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European girls, been abandoned by G. ee
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Indiana state fair. Sorting clo
day when the gasoline he was using a Stinson, as cleaning fluid ignited. He was hr also were left Stevenson field on Friday on a working at the
Service Co., 1601 E. 16th st.
GETTING READY — 4-H club assistants had a hot job “ihe 650 ertrids from 86 counties in the dress exhibit which will be held during the So are lleft to: right] Joanne Butler, Lafayette: Marilyn Fisher, Pittsboro, and Poncy Burchell, barony (Story, Page 5.)
+ Hornaday and the other four ordered to
Ito pay inheritance and other taxes.
oday unpacking part of
immigrant who became a successful
y true butcher, willed his $46,000 es- feeling is this question should be In 3-St Fall wa submitted to a referendum vote of he the people and I am undecided as /
Dr. Paul Fer- man of the safety committee to his/ which the ordinance has been as- foom ‘at: the Plaza hotel ‘at dawn
Polly Fos- signed and he said his committee [298 18 in. a serious. condition in and Alfred Rosen- had not met, to discuss the meas-|
including his share of the estate, to pay off the 06 (6 a vote tonight.” The court ordered he indicated he would vote for the OTIY After the injured girl was adthe executor-beneficiary to pay back measure. \the $2000 which he paid himself as and instructed him to make no more payments from the estate we (the councilmen) haven't talked
turn yote for the bill, Anderson Springlover to the estate sufficient funds
R. C. (Bud) Dauss—"My
A 22-year-old Indianapolis show-
Mr. D - r. Dauss is chair gifl who fell from her third-floor
jMethodiat. hospital. ure. | The girl, Ethel G. Melhabarger, Herman Bowers — “I am non. ® dancer, apparently fell out her comgittal. There has been no dis- window into a courtyard when she cussion of the measure by the tried t0 recover a photograph which councll, and I don't believe it will dropped out the window, Earlier Police who learned of the accident
mitted to Methodist hospital said Edward R. Kealing — “I haven’, ih Circumstances surrounding: the . _ [all are hazy. really decided how 1 will vote since They said. there apparently had been a party4n the room, attended by Miss Melhabarger, Lorinda Whetington, 22, and Betty Clark, 21, of 1211 8. Meridian st, and Ruby Hittle, 26, of the Plaza hotel. Information supplied by anpther member of the showgirls troupe {who was not at the party, indicated one of the girls had heen examining a photograph which be-
much about it among ourselves.” He also had said earlier he would
Max White—"T am still unde‘cided but will probably vote ‘no.’ believe it is a matter for the state legislature to decide.” “Worley Wavers | Otto H. Worley—"1 am against it
but will very likely vote ‘ves,’ but {I may not.” In the earlier poll longed to Miss Methabarger.
The girl dropped the photograph je had said he would vote for the and a wind carried it toward the : open window. : Miss Melhabarger grabbed for the picture and lost her balance, falling’ into a courtyard. The pie~ ture fluttered to the roof of an ade jacent building.
Dr. Lucian B. Meriwether "As {before I am still undecided how 1 {will vote ” William A. Brown — “If my {amendment is added to the ordinance I will vote for it, if not I will vote ‘no.’" The amendment which Ibe has introduced but which has S0ek Pullman Increa {not as yet been acted upon would CHICAGO, Aug. 25 (U. P.).~The |also outlaw the possession and print Pullman Co. announced today that ling of playing cards. it is applying to the interstate coms A. Ross Manly. was out of town merce commission for authority te {when the earlier poll was taken|increase Pullman sleeping ear and could not be reached today. charges throughout the nation,
'Protection’ Won't Work, Rossow Warns Gamblers
Gamblers! If you see = state/and Dearborn counties. He said trooper moving into your county on the policy of knocking off slot maa slot machine raid, don't go run-'chines “on sight” -continues in ful ning te your local “protection.” |force, It won't do ypu any good. | At th me time he That, In effect, was State Polfce |, oo" (0 reports a —— Superintendent Robert Rossow's an- || p, state committee quarters swer today to persistent efforts to involve the state police department | in a state Republican organization 4 iy : police help in cleanup Rl Was moth. 101 P ie to t protection rum- nocked ors motivated his pent’ at Stats ‘police X : week-end slot machine rads in Lake. (Continued on Page
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