Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 October 1947 — Page 1
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[Seavrs “siowazz) 58th YEAR—NUMBER 177 FRIDAY, OCTOBER
North Carolina Gotta Move Fast to Get a House
Executes 9 In 90 Minutes
One Jams Cell Door, Upsets Schedule “|
RALEIGH, N.C, Oct. 3 (U, P.).— A surly mountaineer who delayed his execution briefly by jamming his “death row” cell lock died with his murder companion in the North Carolina prison gas chamber today. The state executed four murderers and a rapist in an hour-and a half. Earl O'Dear, 23, and his companion, Robert Messer, 23, died less| than. an hour after O'Dear’'s -lastminute effort to thwart the gassings by jamming his cell lock with a wooden chunk from an ice cream spoon, Confessed- Rape The two men originally were scheduled to go first. But O'Dear’s trick forced Warden Hugh Wilson to execute two younger murderers, | Jethro Lampkin, 20, and Richard | McCain, 21, first, The fifth man to die was Willie Cherry, 26, convicted of first degree burglary and a confessed raper. O'Dear, sallow-complexioned and glightly-built, asked prison guards to push his long hair back from his| eves as they strapped the leather| : mask over his face in the wooden| #° death seat. Used Ice Cream Spoon: Messer powerfully built, followed ear ito the gas chamber by two minutes. O'Dear - told Warden Wilson he jammed his cell lock in a last minute spasm of fear because “I just didn’t want the guards to get me out.” Warden Wilson said guards Mj forced the wooden chunk-— a piece of an. jee. cream. spoon—
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PROBLEM — Patrolmen Robert J. Pearson and Griffin Russell work-on the prob
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Barnett ters for a decision. It's first Come, Cfiont OV LRRPE celta repared’ ne him to die. ‘Never before had the state killed irs ar more than three men in one day: but Gov. Gregg Cherry, after stugy-| ing the cases infently yesterday, re Police Arbitrate as fused to intervene. 2 Families Move In Gov. Cherry said he hoped the By RICHARD LEWIS fates of the i Foune men would] Police solved a delicate problem serve 2s a deterrent to mounting /in housing today after two families | fuvenile crime. {attempted to move themselves, and their furniture into the same two| . Choice Hogs Sell : {rqome a1 102%. 8 Pershing Ave. two-room ) wad| At All-Time High | lclaimed by Mrs. Sterling Barneit,| with five children, and Mrs. Opal! A few cho 1 ine Ee d ata new Holland, with three. Each had rent, polis slockyards today. |receipts to prove she had rented the property at $6 a week. | The high priced offerings were] | After each family tried to lock strictly choice* and weighed be-!: tween 240 and 260 pounds. The the other out, Patrolmen Robert previous all-time of $30 was paid J. Pearson and Griffin Russell! one day during July and on another moved in and solved the situation! dav in October 1946 | without cutting the house in half. In other trade this morning, | The Baeucsis Leave limited early sales on good to! Fst. Served, choice offerings of 180 t0~265 pounds| were 50 to 75 cents above yester-| & arnet} a er family day. However, lat | . ! tee v's a Sales were back| Mrs. Holland, who had been liv-! .. Trading in cattle and lambs was| \N8 With relatives at 521 Birch St. generally steady, but with a weak had receipts 19 show she rented the; undertone. Most calves . sold 50 dwelling five weeks ago from Mrs. | gents higher than yesterday | Lillian Maslen, 75, of 1035 S. Persh- | : |ing, which is across the street. i Ww El . She had her furniture placed in estern ectric { the house, but was waiting to finish | papering the walls before occupy-, Seeks New Plant ing Western Electric Co. is negoti-| While she was gone last Tuesday ating for the purchase of property night, Mrs. Barnett and her family fn Indianapolis for the construc- arrived with a truckload of furni-| tion of a ‘manufacturing plant or ture. Mrs. Barnett had a receipt #& warehouse, it was learned today. t0 show she had rented the nouse| The new building, in which tele- from the owner, John Miles. phone equipment may be manufac- | “We saw this other lady's furni-| tured, would be erected on four ture” said Mrs. Barnett, “but we acres of ground adjacent to the In-| thought it went with the house.” diana Equiptnens Co., 1244 W. 16th All Looks Well { St. Delighted to find that the house
Sale of this acreage at a price was apparently furnished, the Bar-|
SOLUTION — First come, first served,
Barnett family. Jimmy helps Clarence Pruitt, a former
load the truck. Fair and Warmer Ice Pick Burglar Gets 10 Years
‘Due Tomorrow 235
LOCAL TEMPERATURES m ..4 am. . "7 NN 1am ... 7 , (noon) .. 78 ip mm...’ told Criminal
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said to be $60,000 by the Indiana | netts put Mrs. Holland's bed to-| Equipment Co. to Western Electric |gether, rearranged the other pieces! was reported in business circles. and shoved those they didn't need! In New York, Western Electric out of the way. { officials declared “there is nothing! Mrs. Holland returned to hel" definite to announce at the pres- house Wednesday, while the Barent time.” |netts were away to finish her pasree p———— 1} pering, which she had been doing herself. ~ She wondered who’ had 73¢ Pct. of State | been Sleeping in her bed and what Corn Now Safe | (Continued on Page $—Column 5) WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (U. P.).— emptor The Agriculture Department re ported today. that 73 per cent of p rg as Indiana's critical corn crop was “largely safe” from Irost damage | Strike 7th Time This represents a sharp aproves ment over the previous week, only 57 per cent of the crop . he The seventh burglary of a safe| A prisoner who admitted state was reported safe. wii weeks was reported to| burglaries in Indianapolis The d tment said 82 per cent | ee ay, : ee J i of the prin: crop was safe. This time, the yeggs struck at| Fall weather settled on Indian- Judge x 5 Ban - Because of the rapid progress of the Speedway Tavern, 1061 W. 16th anolis and vicinity today with C= @ '0day that Re was now the crop in the past few weeks, the |St. They didn’t bother to open the promise of continuing over the willing to make a statement that department said, soft corn will be {36x30-inch safe, they simply rolled] he had important evidence in the only a minor problem except inlit out of the tavern and took it week-end. murder of Albert# Green, Riley Ohio, Michigan and possibly parts | along with them. Sunny skies were expected Hosoital sk of Indiana and Illinois. Jack Lovelace, 41, co-owner of boost the mercury near the 80 mark | ost Rurse, . — —— [the tavern, said $400 was in the today and the weather bureau ex-, William Joyner, 32, known as the MEXICO FEELS QUAKE safe. ‘The burglars also helped pects a drop to only 54 tonight, |“ice’ pick burglar,” offered to make MEXICO CITY, Oct. 3 (U. P) ~ themselves to a case and one-half| Week-end visitors to scenica gigned statement on the nurse The Tacubaya observatory reported of the tavern's best bonded liquor. Hoosier spots and state football d ben Bh that its seismograph recorded a w e the .yeggs took the safe fans were given the encouraging! Imyrcer (Sala, Woe is. was sen. “heavy earth tremor” today about was a mystery without an ap- word that tomorrow would be fair ‘enced to 10 to 20 years on a plea 200 miles from Mexico City. parent clue as detectives began in- (and even warmer, jof guilty to mass charges of mul{vestigating the burglary along with | The weatherman reported a high tiple burglary. Times Index six previous ones. lof 69 yesterday and a low of B4| He told Judge Bain that another Marks in the floor showed the last night. prisoner at the county jail, SamAmusements . 18, Movies 18{small but heavy safe was rolled fuel Lee Crawley, held on an as-; lasted ,33-38| Obituaries ... 14/from behind the bar to the door-|300 pect |sault and battery charge, told him! 39|F. C. Othman 21|way, but there were no tire marks Ex) ed at State [recently that he (Crawley) mur-| Grr ... 15| Patterns ..... 26or tracks on the pavement to inai- Prinfers’ Convention |dereq Miss Green with a club in| ava 22. . 39|cate if it had been loaded into a PT. WAYNE, Oct. 3 (U. P.).—|the ¢orridor of Riley Hospital on) Edoials v.e« 27|Bcherrer . 22\vehicle. It was too heavy for fewer! Almost 300 persons were expected Sept. 11, 1046, Forum ....... ,22| Side Glances. 22 than three men to carry far, the today to attend the 75th semi- | Judge Baln turned the prisoner | .. 21| Society 25 co-owner ‘said. lannual conference of the Indiana over to several police officers stand-| Meta Given .. 27 Sports .....31-32| Seventh in a series of safe jobs, Typographical Union here Saturday ing in the court room, giving them | Hollywood ... 21 Washington . 22/this was the second one in three and Sunday. The convention will permission to take his statement on! Homemaking 27, Weather Map 13/days. Burglars ripped open two be at the Hotel Anthony. President the murder before committing hime Fwide Hoover. . 33 Wamens 26-27 safes at the Floyd Gatewood Co. Lester E. Stevens, Ft. Wayne, will to the state prison on the burglary] fui: Sgpo. 21! World Affairs 22/3730 E. 3 st., Wetltieaday, be in charge. i sentence. 4 { ¥ ‘ 4
3, 1947
Holland (left) or Mrs. Sterling Barnett shold ocTupy the “house rented both-by mistake:
the policemen rule.
Jelped her plan the trick and was “understood to be’ thinking of trying Rizzuto stole second
Entered ax Secoud-Class Matter at PostofMed Indianapolis, Ind,
Nov 02 Army Report ‘Whitewashes
Issued daily except Bunday
| ous Hurler k Holds Hopes 0f Dodgers
Taylor Faces Bevens In 4th Series Game
STARTING LINEUP NEW YORK BROOKLYN Stirmweiss, 2 Stanky, 2 Henrich, rf Reese, sx Berra, « Robinson DiMaggio, cf Walker, rf MoeQuinn, 1b Hermanski W. Johnson, 3b Edwards, ¢ Lindell, If Furillo, ef Rizzuto, ss Jorgensen, 1b Bevens, p Tavior | Umpires Goetz, plate (NL). Rommel, 1b (AL); Pinelll 2b INL) McGowan, 1b (AL) Foul lines -Magerkuth (NL) and Boyer (AL), Yanks . 100 .. 000
Dodgers
By LEO H. PETERSEN
United Press Bporis Editor | NEW YORK, Oct. 3.—Rookie of whether Mrs. Opal Harty ‘Taylor of Térre Haute,
Eleven years -old Jimmy Ind., who has two bone chips In
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| the elbow of his pitching arm, and Big Floyd Bevens, a problem child right hander, were { pitchers today as Brooklyn and New York met in the fourth game of the World: Series at Ebbets field. | The Yankes were favorites toj sere Tabet sontest—which will put the. classic well: over. the \ 2% | $1 million mark—and 14 to 5 ghoice. i | to take the series. ; | But “the Brooks, - who tame up | from the floor yesterday when they ga | returned to their home park, were | gambling on Taylor to put them | even with their interborough rivals. Most Effective Hurler Before those bone chips put him out of action in mid-August, Taylor; was’ rated ‘the most effective "hurl. er on the Dodger staff, having] [turned in 10 victories against five | defeats. And most of his triumphs lcame over the tough clubs in the! | league— the Cardinals an® Giants. Taylor said his arm “felt fine" {and that he was ready, although he has pitched but two Innings since Aug’ 13 { Manager Burt Shotton {Battling Brooks said he lwatch Taylor closely during {warmup and “if he tells me {arm hurts, well, I'll just have jswitch to Hal Gregg."
of the would his his to
Won 7 Games six-foot, three-inch, {215-pounder, won seven games In ithe Yankee American League pen‘nant triumph while losing 13 A 16-game winner in 1946, Bevjens’ trouble has been that he tips off what he is going to throw and gives the batter a chance to get a “toe hold and tee off Both teams made changes. | With a right hander {the Dodgers, Harris put catcher Yogi Berra back in the line-up with the left-handed swinger batting third Johnny Lindell, who bats in that slot against left handers, was dropped to seventh place in the batting ordér with shortstop {Phil Rizzuto batting eighth Carl Furillo will play center {for the Dodgers and bat | Pete Reiger's ankle, which jured sliding into second {the first inning ‘swelled so badly he on a shoe The weather was ideal for baseball and a capacity crowd of 34,000 was anticipated
t ¢ 1 Out "moves fe Details Fourth Game neighbor of the Barnetts, iret: Inning
. YANKEES—S8tirnweiss laced Tay-
. . ; lor’s first pitch for a single. Henrich Fraulein Fined (also singled Berra grounded to |Robinson, but Reese dropped the As Ai r Trick Fails |throw which would have forced Henrich at second, and the bases FRANKFURT. Oct. 3 (U. 'P.).=|yare fy]l. DiMaggio walked on four! |Doris Von Knobloch was fined 100 pitches, scoring Stirnweiss, Taylor marks ($10) today for ying 10 yoq taken out and replaced by Hal leave the American zone without Gregg. McQuinn popped to Reese proper papers. The charge . grew Johnson hit into a double play
out of her attempt to have. herself po..o t, Stanky to Robinson. One sent as air freight to New York to
join her refugee sweetheart. A summary court of the Wies-
Bevens, a
some . lineup
going for
field third he inbase in vesterday has barely can put
run, two hits, one error. DODGERS--8Stanky walked. Reese
. ih d grounded out. Johnson threw out baden military government imposed, p10 Walker walked Her-
the nominal fine on the 21-year-|,.... filed to Johnson, No runs, old girl found In a packing crate no hits awaiting shipment to New York.
Second Innin Her accomplice, Sigrid Kraft, who .
YANKEES Lindell grounded out Rizzuto lined -a single left Bevens lined to Furillo, Stirnweiss struck out 'No runs. One hit. DODGERS Edwards struck {Rizzuto threw out Furillo. Jorgen{sen walked Gregg struck out, No runs. No hits.
to
it if it worked, was let off with a fine of 50 marks ($5). No action was taken against the soldier who hauled the box with! Miss Von Knobloch inside it to the air field. All concerned agreed that | he Jd not know what was in the! cra
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Eisenhower
Denies Any “Wrong Intent
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‘Minor Abuses’ To Be Remedied
"Editorial, Page 22 By Scripps-Howard Newspapers WASHINGTON, Oct. 3-—The issued a 12,000-word report absolving Lt. Gen. John C. H. Lee of charges sgainst his Medi terranean Theater command by Robert C. Ruark, Scripps-Howard
writer.
Some mistakes have been made,
{the Army said, but they were not {sufficiently important to change the
ioverall picture. cases,
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And even in those it cleared Gen. Lee of any “wrong intent.”
+=TInstead;-the report-by-the Army's
ABSOLVED—Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Kenneth C, Royall, Secretary of the Army, announced today that investi. | gation had absolved Lt, Gen,.! John CG. Hi. les lsbavyal al adv. "wrong intent” ‘ifr:his adminisfcation: of the Mediterranean Theater -of Operations.
Terre Haute Strike Closes 50 Stores
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TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Oct. 3 (U. P.).—Pifty depariment stores and apparel shops here were closed toe
day. idling about 600 retail clerks, because of a strike called in’ one!
store by an AFL union, The stores were closed indefinitely hy the management soon after 50 to 60 clerks failed to report for work at the Schultz Department Store, one of the largest in the city. Spokesmen for Local No. 983, AFL International Association of Retail Clerks, said the strike was the result of a breakdown in contract negotiations involving widge increases Schultz Clerks Absent A contract. between the merchants and the union expired Sept. 1. Union spokesmen said negotiations opened before the contract expired and continued a month beyond the expiration and that conditions of a proposed new contract were “acceptable” except for wage provisions The clerks met last night and reportedly agreed to strike, one store at a time : This morning, clerks were absent from the Schultz store Some 50 other shops, shoe, women's apparel closed afterward. least four stores remained Montgomery-Ward SearsKresge and Woolworth.
Jenner Stricken With Pneumonia
Times State Sérviee BEDFORD, Oct. 3.~8en. William E. Jenner was under treatment at Dunn Memorial Hospital here today for virus pneumonia. His physician, however, described his condition as good,
including and men’s stores, their doors shortly At open Roebuck,
His illness was expected to keep him in the hospital three or four days, and may require a 10-day rest at his home. He was admitted late: Wednesday night after his temperature was reported above normal. His wife, Mrs. Janet Jenner, reported he developed a cold two weeks ago, and that his condition became worse Wednesday, He will be required to cancel a speaking engagement at French Lick Sunday where he is scheduled to address an Indiana State Chamber of Commerce meeting. Other speaking engagements in the state this month may also be canceled.
New York Strike Keeps ‘Women’s Skirts Short
familiar level, reported today,
out-of-town buyers:
nation,
y Wola Samasts with, the. sta
{daily routine.
inspector general, Maj. Gen. Ira T, Wyche, said Mr. Ruark's stories
“present a wholly false picture of
conditions in that theater.” Eisenhower: Praises Lee Gen, - Eisenhower ‘accepted the i Gen,“ Lee ' & service to his country which has won the ‘approbation of associates, both ‘civilian and military,” Gen, Lee now is awaiting retirement. With the concurrence of Kens neth C. Royall, Secretary of the | Army, Gen, Eisenhower ordered the ‘new Mediterranean Theater come
~NEW YORK, Oct. 3.—Robert C..
| day | “I have seen the Army's report
of its investigation of my charges against Lt, Gen. J. C. H. Lee, and: I intend to study the report before replying. In my own good time I will have the necessary
| answer to the Army's findings in
this case.”
mander—Maj. "Gen. Lawrence C, Jaynes—to correct some conditions of which he did not approve. His principal objection’ centered around the treatment of prisoners in the theater disciplinary camp, where he ordered a “less severe" But Gen. Eisenhower said conditions reported by Mr, Ruark were “the exception rather than the rule.” Maladministration Called Rare Gen, Wyche's repart said: ONE: Mr. Ruark's articles were based on every meager information gained by talking to “not more than 15” members of the command and by a most casual observation of conditions, and did not present the true picture, TWO: While there have been isolated Instances of maladminise tration and probable miscarriage of Justice, none of which was con« doned or fostered hy Gen. Lee, they dre too’ few in number and not of such character to reflect properly the true overall condition. THREE: That while Gen. Lee and his staff have taken advant\ge of certain prerequisites and privileges . of their rank, they did
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Truman's Personal Plane Here Monday
Preparations. were being made here today for a visit by the ine portant Truman Air Policy Cone mission Monday at the ‘CAA exper« imental station at Weir Cook Muni« cipal Airport and Allison Division jet motor plant, The commission, which has been conducting hearings -in Washington this week, will fly to Indianapolis in President Truman's personal plane, “The Independence. Earlier this week Ronald M, Hazen, Allison engineering director, told the commission that with gov ernment support of experimental work all new large planes five yeh s from now may be jet propelled. .Commission members making the trip are Chairman Thomas K. Fine Jeeter, Vice Chairman George P, Baker, Palmer Hoyt and John A. MecQone. The fifth member, Arthur D. Whiteside, will remain in Wash ington.
Russ -Order Proposes | Red Rule in Korea
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TU, Pew |The United States has intercepted {a Russian propaganda order which
A petition was on file \with EW YORK, 'Oct. 3 (U. P.).—| proposes that a Communist governs [City Zoning Board today req | The Railway Express Agency strike! ment. be set up in Korea after the
il Tei-|i8 kpeping women's skirts to the old Soviet and American occupation
forces are withdrawn,
The order was broadcast by »
$501 The strike has tied up shipments radio station in the Russianscon= pro- of the new longer length dresses troled northern zone of | jgram, and will double the capacity from New York's garment district Sept. 27, and was heard of the present Talbot-Wabash ex-ito department stores throughout theiqut all of Korea, u.
KoreR on }
ol the southern