Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 September 1947 — Page 3
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focames —nowarpl o8th YEAR—NUMBER 155
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| Indianapolis, Ind, Issued daily except Sunday
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.4000 6-Year-Olds Enter First Grade; All Teaching Positions Are Filled
APPLES WERE SHIN as an estimated 64,000 Ind
ED and so were faces today ianapolis school children got
back in the bookstrap .harness. 2 ‘While the expected enrollment is not a record in city school history, the figure each year is creeping back toward an all-time high set some 10 years ago.
At that time more thdn 68,000 youngsters were enrolled in the public schools alone. This year city schools expect to register about 55,000 and parochial schools same 9000. And today is the big day when some 4200 little 6-year-olds break the home ties and enter the first grade. The increased birth rate of the war years will make itself
felt here with 200 to 300 more | last
youngsters expected over year,
” » 5 MEANWHILE, the next big |
step in school life, from grade school to high school, made by 3000 pupils.
High schools now are in full
swing. Elementary school pupils
FIRST GRADERS—BUTLER—As excited as the first graders in primary school, these co-eds look over the textbooks for their freshman year at Butler univefsity. Snapped as they perched on a campus ledge the first time ‘are Jordan, 22 Jenny Lane; Suzanne Johnson, 1328 N. Wallace st., and Dona Dean, 37
Fall Creek pkwy.
Too Many Operations Seen Motorist Injured UMT Is No. 1 Objective
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will go half days today and tomorrow. Pirst-graders will break into school life gradually. They will not start full days until next week. As ‘the term opened, Virgil Stinebaugh, school superintendent, said that for the first time in years, every teaching position in the public schools is filled. The staff today totals 2160, an increase of 35 teachers. ” ” ” # LITTLE DIFFICULTY is ane | ticipated with the ‘increascu curollment, Many schools have | ‘rooms not even being used. Certain areas, however, where there has been a rush of home building, might provoke some problems.
Unnecessary by Doctor
American College of Surgeons Speaker Asks Hospitals Bar Unqualified Physicians
By PAUL F. ELLIS, United Press Science Writer
NEW YORK, Sept. 8. — A Pennsylvania surgeon said today that unnecessary operations were being ~ performed too
frequently and
that the nation’s hospitals should deny surgical privileges to the
unqualified physician. The speaker was Dr, Harold
L. Foss, surgeon-in-chief of the
George F. Geisinger Memorial hospital, Danville, Pa, who addressed
the opening session of the Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons. He told his colleagues that “it is known to most of us that in certain hospitals ill-advised or poorly - performed operative procedures are performed.”
“Some operations,” he said, “are,
unnecessarily done, some, although indications may be clear, unskillfully performed while unnecessary
stitution to -all except those duly | qualified.” |~ Dr. Foss also said the return of nearly 40,000 young medical officers to civil life had caused a new problem. These young doctors, he said, now out of uniform are ‘“‘clamorous
for further experience” and that there was not enough resident positions to meet the demand.
complications follow in the wake of |
inexperienced surgeons when infections too frequently - occur and
surgical mortalities become inordi-
nately high.” Asks Aid of Hospitals
He said the hospitals can do much “in limiting the performance of major surgery to only those adequately equipped.’ “Of a necessity,” he said, “it calls for a plan of staff selectiop which aims at permitting only those adequately trained and in possession of sound surgical judgment from
ever attempting major surgigal pro-|
cedures. “When a system of staff appointment and regulation is established as a basic organization in, every
evils mentioned will become things of the past.” Dr. Foss said it is impossible for a, surgeon to work without operating room facilities,” and therefore, without a hospital staff appointment, the’ chief control over the quality of work performed can be exercised by the hospital itself through its trustees upon’ whom rests the responsibility of denying
the surgical privileges of the in-|
Times Index
Amusements ..15 Obituaries .....8
Ask Mrs. Dr. O'Brien ..14
Hoosier Escapees
EVERGLADES, Fla. Sept. 8 (U. P.) —~Two men who master-minded an exit from the “escape proof” Lebanon, Ind., jail last week, were in the custody of Florida officers today.
Florida Everglades.
The pair was tentatively jdenti-| hospital ih the land, some of the! fied here as John Robert Sylvester, |
28, and William Jefferson Abney, 23, bath of Kokomo, Ind. -They| first attracted suspicion when they drove up to a gas station, operated by Deputy Sheriff J. R. Williams, in nearby Monroe. Mr. Williams said he thought “something was fishy,” when he noticed that the license plates on ‘the 1939 Dodge sedan looked like they belonged to another car. When the deputy demanded to {see ownership papers, the pair | stunned him with a flashlight and then headed for the brush.
A small posse found the men in
Manners ....11{P, C. Othman 12/3, “WAHIPY Area eight miles north
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| Teer ." 19 Chattanooga,’ Tenn., Hollywood .. ..11 Washington 12 hile with friends.”
Jy MiHett ..14| Women's News 14, verve 15 WORM Affairs. 12|Chariey's
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of here last Thursday and took {them to the Collier county jail here.
12| The men readily admitted their 2 jailbreak and said another man,
whom they identified as Lloyd Har-
‘man, had broken out with them. {They said Harman dropped off at
to. “visit a
| They had failed to figure a way out of the junglé-like wilds of the Mrs. Joseph Szolosi, San Diego, America.
: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1947 : ul : “Polite But Chilly—
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Army
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Trail Ruark At Leghorn
Writer Finds ‘Things Looking Better’ But Says Reforms Are Still Needed
By ROBERT C. RUARK, ‘Scripps-Howard Staff Writer LEGHORN, Sept. 8.—I have returned to
Leghorn and
find myself loved for my sunny nature by a great many peos ‘ple below the rank of lieutenant colonel. This is because of some pieces I wrote criticizing Gen, 1J. C. H. Lee's Italian organization. ; As soon as I reached Rome the army CID slapped a tail
on me which I have been un-|
{able to shake, If I go for a (ride with friends it is never
FIRST GRADERS—SCHOOL 2—These five beginners at School 2 look as if they're enjoying their first day as Mrs. Frank Hall; 6969 College ave., a member of the Medical auxiliary assisting school nurses in compiling individual health records, chats with them. Seated left to right are Virginia Rose Roberts, 214 E. 10th ski James Hutchison, 626 N. Alabama st.; Judith Ann Morgan, 313 E. St. Clair st.; Ronnie Lee Kuykendall, 219 E. 10th st., and Ronald Eugene Thompson, 41 W, | 1th st. life is a sincere effort to isolate the : ; L W g a ‘1 people who tell me about naughty
fis in RR, Aine EEN Sa EE doings and such. I am now known oll bo Pra as the kiss of death in the army and to smile at me is to blight one's career, However, I have been Hinning a 20-hour salon with a pad in one hand and a pencil in the other, We meet secretly in garrets and places and they talk and I write things down. p Sometimes my friends bring all sorts of papers. and reports and signed statements and documented eyewitness accounts. ‘And above all, they bring the kind of stuff that will stand up in court. Oddly enough they are not all enlisted men,
| pear’ behind ‘me’ and “sometimes I have to get out of the car in a pouring rain in order to protect my friends.
This interest of the army in my
Form United Front,
Communists Told
By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Sept. ~Ameri-
can Communists are back in the world revolution groove today. They have set up a special school for key party members te heat up their
propaganda. . The propaganda textbook is frank| I Was sitting the other night with
in its objectives, as this sample some doctors and provost marshals from page 30 will-demonstrate: {and execs and engineers and they “The first thing that must” be were all officers, done, the thing with which to be-|
lestablish unity of action of the
yunty, all over the world. Unity cers and enlisted men lof Action on a national and inter- have come to me with their
\which renders. the working leapatl® not only of successful deIfense but also of successful counters
my ready been made,
{long before the old headlights ap~
series began, changes have al
foie scale is the mighty weapon |lems, hopes, plaints and hates. Since Negro MP company,
| ‘Robert C. Ruark, Times cols | umnist, whose recent series of | articles on conditions under the | command of Lt. Gen, J. C. H, Les resulted in a war department ine | ' vestigation, went back to Italy to confer with Maj. Gen. Ira Thomas Wyche, the inspector general, af ! the latter's request. Mr. Ruark's { conversation was under oath and | cannot be divulged. Meanwhile, [-Mr. Ruark took smother look around to see how things are going in Leghorn and found some changes. He reports on these in’ a. series of five articles of which this is the first,
1 got stopped by an MP the other night and wound up with a bill particulars on his own outfit, |signed, too, by men wfiose names will not disclose but whose per mission I have to disclose them if necessary. My official welcome home to Lege {horn has been chilly but largely (polite, I had a three-hour chat {under oath with Inspector Gen, {Wyche. I can't talk about him. The !official view here has been that I {am a liar, a simpleton or a Come imunist spy. But that is a view shared by very few people,
Gin. ds to form a united front, to| Enlisted Men's Food Is Now ‘1000 Times Better’ I CAN put up with it all because, what do you know? The traffia workers in every factory, in every of the people who rush up and cops are Italians now. Before they district, in every region, in every shake my hand and the men—offi-
alike—who : prob-| of writing. Members of a crack
| were American MPs largely at time
Arm Boulevard, too, On that short past
The headquarters company fel-strip of concrete which runs
‘attack against fascism (gapitalism), lows say that the food is not 100:Gen. Lee's offices there used to be
against the class enemy. Results Are Felt
OLD TIMERS— HOWE — These juniors at Howe High stayed outside as long as they could. In the foreground are Ruth Davis, 1310 Edwards, and Dana Crapo, 21 N. Colorado ave. Going upstairs are Vera Davis, 509 N. Bradley, and Dori Dougherty, 6808 E. Washington st.
[York are beginning to be felt now
{out the country. Students are in- | formed that Communist tactics and Gen. strategy now are exactly as they| {were in 1935 when the Communist { Internationale, was booming
(left to right] Mary
with the gospel. The party school text book is a picking up hitch-hikers, { 10-year-old volume by Georgi Di-|
In U.S. 40 Crash Of Legion, O'Neil Says
New Commander Here Asserts Nation's
| Terre Haute Park Head Armed Forces Have Dwindled Dangerously = A warning that the nation’s armed forces have dwindled danger- of Bulgaria In 3-Way Wreck ously low was sounded today by James F. O'Neil, new national com(Photo, Page 3.) | mender of the American Legion. : ‘ A Terre Haute man was critically Here to take over the rege of the Legion, he said the No. 1 ers. New York City. It was pre-| injured when his car sideswiped a issue the organization will back will be universal military training. pared by Mr. Dimitrov as an at-
published by International Publish- broke.
but 1000 times better, There is aa big sign which said off limits for curious diminishment in the ranks anything but sedans. Now the sign . 'of the MPs ever since I murmured|says off limits -to everything but Results of the teaching in the something about their being used passenger vehicles which = allows | propaganda school located in New on trafic detail chiefly for the pur- official jeeps and other transport to 3 pose of saluting staff cars. Theachieve the next building without | in Communist party circles through- number has dwindled rapidly and!detouring a mile.
Lee Picks Up Hitchhikers, Too GEN. LEE has come down with|longer off limits to all but residents, the the common touch since ‘I. wrote| There is a 2 a. m. curfew for
‘officers where once there was none,
world revolution. School graduates about enlisted men drivers and has|p. yi 004 mon are no longer required are filtering back to their homes been making a great point of notit, walk on the opposite side of lonly driving his own jeep but ofthe street from MTOUSA head-
quarters during office hours. Oh
The boys can get married againiyes, the boys in the headquarters { mitrov, former general secretary of now and dependents are once more company now have a day room. If the revolutionary Communist Inter-to be allowed to enter the theater. was built at feverish pace. nationale and now prime “minister I would put that under the head- pedite was the word: ing of curious coincidence since it The book 1s “The United . Front,” happened shortly after the storm disciplinary training camp since my I would lump under the first call. Things are looking better same heading the odd fact that|all over, but a lot of things still | Viareggio, the seaside resort, is noistink out loud.
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Things have eased up in the big
| “Security of the nation comes first,” Mr. O'Neil said. “Right now ¢ ; semi-trai h inst an- al bb ack on fascism and, especially, semi-trailer, brushed aga the world is engaged in a war .of| {upon Nazi Germany. Now by sub-
{ ren w—— other car and house Srafler and | ideologies centering around this Was called fo. EOVETRINEn) : service stituting “capitalism” for “fascism” whipped into a ditch in- front of country and Russia. : in a civilian capacity. He Was Spe yhere the word appears in the text, Of Gi l. 7. F d the Drive-In theater on U. 8. 40. Must Be Prepared {cial assistant to the assistant sec- and “United States” for “Germany,”| orl, 7, oun The in man, er Winter,| “There is no shooting war yet. 1 retary of the navy for air until last the Communists use Mr. Dimitrov’s 40, ie jure] ha te parks hope none develops. But we must| year, | book as a manual for political ac- In Massachusetts at Terre Haute, and a companion, be prepared. If there is any teen, tion in this country, ————— a A James Conover, 49, a member of to world peace, Russia poses it. | _ Ee | The changed situation for whic the park board at Terre Haute and| “This country must be in posi-| Now 40 years old, he is married Communists look and hope here is principal of Garfield High school, tion not to bluff Russia but to back and has two sons. Kenneth, who is a bitter depression. were ,en route to Noblesville to|up any stand it might take,” Crhdr. 20, served as a navy combat afr |attend a meeting of the Indiana|O’Neil said. crewman, The youngest son, James G. {Municipal Parks and Recreation| glected at the recent New York R, is a senior in high school. He associat. national cohvention, Mr. O'Neil jo 14 Mr. Conover, who was unhurt plans to spend most of his tenure w lear of the wreckage, of . office at Legion headquarters 4 ; (Fhe a “sherift Harry ee | mere. What time hesdivides will be Bast during Mr. O'Neill's stay in of-|of Jast week, the treasury reported|®ntly had been used to beat her. worthy that they were heading into | spent in Washington where he will "°® today. | - Medical Examiner Julian J. BurIndianapolis on U. 8, 40 when they plug for UMT. ; (glel, after a preliminary examinaattempted to pass a house trailer | tion, said the girl apparently had and car | . been dead 10 to 12 hours, placing \ Other top issues which he has the time of the attack at about 9 | Thé Winter car sideswiped a pledged himself and the Legion to 0. m. Tast night. truck driven by G. L. Teague of | fight for are hospital construction | 73 8. Sherman dr. At the impact | with better service to the patient The body was found about 420 the side of the car was seared off.! and more and cheaper housing. feet west of the Joseph W. Casey The car then banged against the| oyer.all plans will be discussed bridge, Whish 3 oR 3 4 Halles house trailer and spun into a ditch. with President Truman as soon as ot or bgt ay ss ee Neither Mr. Teague nor the oc-|!, meeting can be arranged on the hdl Le :
cupants of the car-trailer, Mr. and | president's return from South gi arene. Mr atid ifs
Has Two Sons P.). ~The ravished body of a 7-year-old girl who had been beaten to re ————— death with a rock was found today 1's CASH $243 MILLION on the banks of the Merrimac
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (U, P)— "Ver: War veterans cashed in at “east The skull of Louise Ann Kurpiel
|$243,633,000 worth of terminal leave Nad been crushed. The family will remain in- the ponds between Tuesday and Friday |® bloodstained stone which
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More, Cheaper Housing
Mr. O'Neil charged that housing { prices are way out of line and inSTOCKS SAG QUIETLY | dicated that the Legion might conNEW YORK, Sept. 8 (U. P.).—|duct an investigation into the sitThe stock list sagged fractions to uation. ? more than a point in quiet dealings! Outside claims that Communists today. Some of the liquidation ap- were infiltrating “into the Legion parently reflected the international] Of" # large scale were denied. | |situation. | Sources of Irritation “No post ever hag fallen under) Communist domination. The chief sources of irritation have been New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, Mr. O'Neil, who is police chief of Manchester, N. H., is on leave from his present duties. A newspaper) man from 1921-34, he was asked by » . Prank Knox, late publisher, to deMrs. Manners removes Jvote himself to ‘his hometown of the question mark from 180,000 in the police capacity.
your problem «+s ON | An infantryman during world war| ANY subject. I, he was commissioned a second
* lieutenant on the field. In 1944 he Road the first ASK MRS ‘BOY DIES IN FALL OUT OF CAR
fo _Ind., Sept. 8 (U, P.). The Times . . . then ask PACTS. Ind. Bey 3 (1,2)
en —Four-year-old Rex Maxson died. i her help on any subject. in Parkview hospital last night of
(Cal, were injured. | oobir—————————— {appeared yesterday afternoon. She
{had gone to visit a friend and when {she failed to return, a posse of 100 {friends and neighbors began a i search.
‘Special Session Not Needed" Taft
Senator Robert A. Taft (R. O.) to8 day said he could see no reason gress convenes next January. ; | Mr, Taft said there was “certainly {no reason for a special sessien on {domestic affairs” and that informa-
ready for congressional action he[fore Jan. 1, 1048. LHe met newsmen prior to start- . ing on a four-weeks western tour {to determine his presidential possi-
CALLS FOR PREPAREDNESS—James F, O Nell, new national
commander of the American Legion, today demanded the nation |congreskional leaders were not suf-
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Ravished Body Youth Gets 2 to 21
For Manslaughter
| * Pleading guilty to a manslaughter charge, Charles Mason Elliott, 19, of 2216 E. 75th st. was sentenced ito two to 21 years in prison by Judges W. D. Bain in criminal court today. Young Elliott originally wag
Nearby was charged in ‘a grand jury indicte
ment with second degree murder in the fatal stabbing of Earl Hinds, 26, doormman at the Wharf house in Ravenswood, May 31, 1946. However, the prosecutor's office informed Judge Bain that evidence in the case was not strong enough to convict Elliott en a murder charge. Subsequently, Judge Bain per. mitted the defendant to plead | guilty to manslaughter. The youth has been out under $10,000 bond for {several months due to serious fille ness which developed while he was in jail. ! Mr. Hinds was stabbed to death {during. a struggle with Elliott after ithe latter was found . prowling !around the Wharf house.
Warm a nd Muggy Through Tomorrow
LOCAL TEMPERATURES 6am.....68 10am....8 1alm..... 58 12 (Noon).. 84
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| COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 8 (U. P.) —|
| It will be warm and “sticky” to- | day and tomorrow, according to the { weatherman. Temperatures moved through the 70s and ‘will head for
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“Things have changed on Ben§.
|the high 80s late today. Overcast
| skies were predicted for tonight and
‘tion on foreign aid would not be tomorrow with a drop to 68 degrees
tonight, . $i
HEARINGS SET FOR RADIO
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (U. PJ. ~The federal
{ ¢ x n uni cations com: . bilities. He said that he and other/mission today set Jan. 12 for ‘hear-
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