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Color phofograph by Lioyd B. Walton, Times Staff Photographer,

iv HOME-COMING QUEEN—Sophomore Elizabeth Beatrice lovene reigned today as queen of Butler University's Home coming activities. She was to be crowned at half-time of the Butler-Western Michigan football game in the Butler Bowl.

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Washington Calling— GOP Sees Trap as Truman Lists HCL No. 1 Problem

Irked as President Prepares to Ask Congress

Treat Foreign Aid as Secondary Question The Indianapolis Times makes By Scripps-Howard Newspapers history again today in publishing WASHINGTON, Oct. 25—Truman emphasis on the colof photograph of Miss Eliza-| checking high cost of living rather than on foreign aid

beth Beatrice lovine, Butler home-| .,...) £4 special session confuses, infuriates, Republicans. coming queen.

It represents the fastest reproduc-| They fear political’ trap; think they're going to be left tion of color photography in In-| holding bag. : -

diana’s printing “history. Such a : Tr. >i : of : feat his been accomplished only But Democrats insist President wants foreign aid acted on first.

by two or three other newspapers in the world. Look for foreign-aid request to top $1 billion. It may ar fublicatien Xf She Didvive be cut by Republicans but it will be voted. We're not was made possible’ by The Times So sure it will get through at special session if Chairman color team, including the photo- Taber of House Appropriations continues feet-dragging performance. grapher, engravers, printers, stereo-| On high cost of living— - typers and pressmen. : Therell be np consumer price control, no consumer rationing. The Times, recognized nationally] You can bank on that even though lot of rumors are floating around. as one of the leading newspapers! Fact is neither Truman nor Republican high command has in color reproduction, was able to! program on living costs yet worked out, achieve what other publications Truman has three men drafting program, probably will not

Times Makes Color History

Publishes Photographs | * Within 48 Hours

have * believed ‘almost impossible announced it until Congress convenes. through new color . fabrication Taft has summoned three Republican price-investigating sub- ! processes developed in its own committees to meet here Nov. 14. They're expected to spend week-end

YHlant. | before special session working out Republican formula on prices. ‘The color photograph of Miss! Best guess is Truman will ask for: Tovine was taken by Lloyd B. Wal-! (Continued on Page 2—Columin 2) ton Times staff photographer, in 2" penned The Times studio Thursday atter| Joo hi ¢ Ch the campus election returns were | ree on ur er ar ge, counted. The engravings were made . ° ’ by Carl Kuprion, day foreman, and | | | F J J ¥ by Oat! Burien, def Su eyan, dna mel Faces Juvenile Cour engraving department.

Learns Coin Lockers Time His Stepmother Was Slain . i Freed of a first-degree murder charge, young Richard Dale Imel Not for Dogs, Pays Fine has a Juvenile Court hurdle to clear yet before being complately abNEW YORK, Oct. 25 (UP)—Her- solved in the shotgun laying of his stepmother last March. bert Fitch learned that it costs $5.10 A pending delinquency charge will serve to hold the 14-year-old boy to check a dog In a 10-cent coin 4 juvenile Judge Joseph O. Hoffmann has an opportunity to study locker, | voluminous reports of psychiatrists we examined the defendant.

He was fined $5 for cruelty to an These reports influenced Judge ~~ sys - animal in court yesterday, after he .... Harrow of Morgan Circuit Dr. M, C. Pitkin were asked by

was found guilty of checking a SiX- |, 4 14 ryje yesterday that Rich- JUd8€¢ O'Harrow to examine the week-old fox terrier in a subway ,.q wo temporarily insane at the boy.

locker, [time he is alleged to have shot and Previously, two psychiatrists em{killed Mrs. Beatrice Imel, 36, as she!Ployed by Prosecutor: Judson L. Times Index sat sewing in their home at 1501 N, | Stark and two retained by Defense

Drexel Ave. | Attorney Sherwood Blue, had ex3 amined the boy. Amusements ..5,Don Hoover ...8 This condition made the boy le-| ,; gy physicians agreed that Eddie Ash coer 8 side Indpls ..5i8ally not guilty of the crime, the young Imel was mentally abnormal

Books ..........8 Movies .5/ judge decided, although he believes at the time of the tragedy.

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Churches ...... 4 Pogue .........5 young Imel is sane now. The case, Dr, Williams and Dr. Pitkin rec-| Classified +.10-12| Radio vesvsss. 13. was tried at Martinsville when a ommended the boy not be returned showers tonight through tomorrow crats for Republican Wemmer. 8%; No Party Preference Indicated, 28%. | hange of venue was authorized | to his father, Joseph, or other rela- are scheduled for Indiana, but local

Comics .......13|8ports .........9 ¢ : Crossword ..,.13! Stranahan .... 9 from Criminal Court here.

Forum .........8 World Affairs 8 region Hollywood .....7| Weather Map 10/U. 8.

hief of mental hygiene, at least two to Administration, and reaches “maturity.” .

Judge Rules Youth Temporarily Insane af

Turner Charges

Butler Festivities ure: ‘ irliner Crash At Climax Today ‘Likely Sabotage’

Col. Roscoe Turner, famous speed flier and aviation authority, today

This Afternoon declared he believed thé United Air Lines transport crash in Bryce

BUTLER PROGRAM Canyon, Utah, yesterday was “very House decoration judging, 11 a. m,, likely a case of sabotage.”

campus. “There are many people in the Balloon sale, 1:30 p. m., bowl world today who would like to see

Flag raising ceremony, 1:55 p, m. this country fall behind in the race

Game Takes Spotlight

bowl. for military and commercial air Western Michigan-Butler game, 2 supremacy,” said the president of " 8 * % Turner Aeronautical Corp., here p. m., bowl. “ ’ I have just been analyzing the Queen crowned, half-time, bowl. crash in which 52 persons lost their

Home-coming open houses, after lives and I am certain of one thing game, organization houses. —there could have been nothing

President's open house, after game, mechanically wrong with that very

520 Hampton Drive, fine piece of equipment,” the n plonel said Homecoming dance, 9 p. m., Field- “© & ® p As a member of the Congression.

house, : al Advisory Council for Aviation

and vice chairman of American Le-

Butler University s home-coming activities reached their climax to- (Continued on Page 2-Column 8) day as the Bulldogs prepared to take the field at 2 p. m, against

clash.

here from all points of the comjpass, |will be entertained at dinners and {informal gatherings. Dr. and Mrs.

{M. O. Ross, will receive. students

ted at the wheel of his truck this

The Times Straw Vote—

Habs: Sac. ° . may have wate pier on Peron. Wemmer Shows Slight Gain, © wins i: fon

PRICE FIVE CENTS

Parked Gar Hit ya "West Side

As Trucker problems to Confront

Dies at Wheel Our Next Mayor

Local Victim Suffers Heart Attack

A 48-year-old Indianapolis man

What the Voters Ask, Mr. Candidate—

ONE—What can be done to correct hodge-podge zoning on the West Side? TWO—What about that enormous pile of kindling on N, West St. near the State House? THREE—What can be done to save Happy Hollow from fire and flood? FOUR-—Ig there an underpass in, the future of W. Michigan St. and Holmes Ave. at the Big Four tracks? FIVE—What is the future of W, 30th St.?

morning and his vehicle crashed into a parked car in 2437 North- | {western Ave, The victim of what a deputy lcoroner pronounced as a heart at-| tack was Myron L. Davis, of R. R.| (16, Box 653, northwest of Indianfapolls. He was a cement finisher, | According to a witness, Corinne Willlams of 704 W. 24th 8t, Mr. Davis was driving his 1925 model truck northwest on the avenue when he appeared to slump in his seal and the vehicle swerved and struck the parked car, Other Trafic Mishaps Mr. Davis was dead when police arrived. He is survived by his wife, : La By RICHARD LEWIS : : Mrs. Zella Davis, ON THE MAP, Our Fair City is a gem-—a lopsided diaThe parked car is owned by Law- mond ence Campbell, 2437 Northwestern , Rue : : Joni Bn There isn't any law requiring it to balance on either side One woman was in General Hos- of Meridian and Washington Sts. But the reasons it doesn't rt aa ne e478 Worth looking into {treated fo r injuries as t - : a x : sult of other traffic accidents The city’s expansion has been North and East. South throughout the city last night and and West development has been stymied. A decade of this morning. ocraati . . ia i sarati msital patient 4s Mary(D! crastination in railroad grade separation stunted the Freeman, 28, of 1138 E. 17th st. South Side. She received cuts on the head this Failure to carry out any planning program to overcome Arig whest the yg in whieh she the natural barriers of two watercourses—White River and 11th St. ‘and Carroliton Ave. Her Eagle Creek—has blocked the West Side. condition is reported not serious, For a decade or more, the development of the West Side of Our Taxi, Auto Collide Fair City has been tied to federal flood prevention along the river Driver of the automobile. Roscoe 35d Sb ro Den. foe work was shelved during the war, planning Pe cis va anon: DUGG Tae come back wih boom. The West ice mun a oalls R. oa Ir growing on its own-—in all directions and without much plan. bus was bein driven east on 11in . The soning hodge-podge north and south of Washington St. brings Us was being dyiven east on new white bungalows up against industrial areas and business buildings St. by James D. Haas, 20, of 81] next door to existing homes ” :

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{Pleasant a A : : a {RA RR SS Trg Separate Problems. on An hour efrfier, #t Ith And 1p vor Patate ke Pn TA

A Penis vente Sts, wr RULOMOUTE “guntions and a taxicab collided, 4 woman passenger.

, “your'can see three separate problems. Most pressing appear IJUriNE to he those of the nearWest Side, A few blocks west of Meridian St, antiquated sections are rotti Helen Reddick, 21, of 1314 E. out, One example of this is a row of a. tenements on N. West LeGrande Ave. received cuts on gt, near Washington St., near the State House, ’ her face and arms and was treated | Without windows ahd doors, this row of empty dwellings, has been by ambulance physicians. She told evacuated. It stands there silent and empty, an elaborate box of Police he had peel Hiding io he kindling with flue-like open corridors. car with a man who she knew only | Ty hooed as “Jimmie.” He had left the scene park find poriid ot o “tagging DE area and its resale to private when officers’ arrived. Istructufe after dark. What can the "Uiders. It is being - blocked by The car was registered in the city do about this fire. trap? |couEt setion 9 50 zesidents ho el oman In the 200 bock| south of 10th 84. and West of upstuntil ae’ wil as Substandard to locate her but Ee able Missouri St. City Hall has pro dwellings, they were certain she ad old "th ATL answer to part of ia problem, The remonsirators vid they are ST Seversl weeks ‘dm 5) © of near-downtown slums. It plans determined to take their case to the > * weeks ago, to redevelop a wide area by tearing U. 8. Supreme Court if necessary Cycle Rider Hurt {down what's there now and re- te save their homes from condemsThe taxi, owned by the Red Cab building, nation, : |{Co., was driven by Duane G. New-! Then plan requires the -condem- Can the new City administira«

ton, 48, of 59 8. Mount St. He was nation of all private property in tion find a compromise solution? not injured.

A man riding a motorcycle was Neighborhood City Hall Forgot treated for cuts and bruises by am- LIKE TOPSY, West Indianapo- been extended there. As a resuit, a bulance physicians ‘last night after lis (southwest), just “growed.” fire in Happy Hollow is tough gothe motorcycle collided with an White River confines it on the east. ing for the Fire Department. In automobile just north of McCarty Eagle Creek is the western bound- the spring, Eagle Creek rises out of 8t. on Belmont Ave, ery. Until flood control comes *o ils banks and disputes possession of The cycle was being driven north Eagle Creek, “Old W. 1.” will stay the area with the people who live on Belmont Ave. by Thomas Whit- right where it is. | there, low, 23, of 128 Wisconsin St. A Happy Hollow was an attempt to, Between fire and flood, Happy passenger in the automobile, Rob- defy Eagle Creek. This developmeat Hollow is not so happy. Can City ert R. Smith, 23, of 1226 Sheffield lies in the lowlands two blocks west Hall lend a hand down there? Ave, also was treated for minor of Belmont Ave. and south of Min-| 8 » cuts. nesota St, { : The driver of the car, John A It is the neighborhood City Hall! IN ALL.of West Indianapolis, the Springer, 2110 W. MeCarty St, was [orgot. City water lines have never only street which goes from someturning into an alley when the ac- ——— where to somewhere is ‘W. Morris

cident happened, He was not in- St. Residents say the W, Morris §t, jured. Probe Death of 5 underpass boosted the street a hun. ‘ — oe —— dred per cent.

This improvement is the result of years of ceaseless banging on City Hall doors by the Enterprise Civie

In Airliner Crash sus: Sic:

BRYCE CANYON, Utah, Oct, 25 ®ve W. I. from stagnation,

al train today and left its pas. UF) Scores of investigators picked! W. L residents now want to see shima train today and left its pas- .. op nks of aluminum, charred Kentucky Ave. get the same creat

sengers to the mercy of five outlaws baggage and mangled bodies today ment, It means, they say, »xpansion who robbed them of money and hunting the cause of ‘a fire that to the southwest. What plan has other valuables forced & United Air Lines DC-g hv next administration for ‘his? I'he bandits. using tear gas, took transport to crash and carry 52 There are, however, two ‘oms« possession of the coach and calmly persons to flaming deaths. plaints about W. Morris St. Tt

Cut Loose Train Coach During Tokyo Holdup duc

TOKYO, Oct. 25 (UP)—Con tors cut loose a coach on a Kago-

searched their victims while the “Afr lines officials praised the pilot should be widened, say the resi. trainmen., unable to prevent the Capt. E. L. McMillen of Balboa dents, to Warman Ave. and somerobbery, unhooked the car Beach, Cal, for his vain fight to thing should be done about che The train proceeded on its way keep the plane in the air just a bridge over Eagle Creek. and the desperadoes disappeared .1f minute longer when he might 1ne bridge is at the city line,

without leaving ‘a clue for Japanese i... . pean able to land on the Brycé It is narrow and treacherous, the nolice, residents say. One W. 1. mortician " Toss Out Movable Parts recalls arranging the funerals for Passengers and crew members three persons killed in traffic ac<

Canyon emergency air strip.

is mostly tot keep it flying, a Civil Aero- continued on Page 3—Column 2)

After the game, alumni, gathered Feeney Continues fo Lead PlSies ion on gir nl m—

that his name be withheld, said he lowa Pastor Proves

Republican Candidate Has 32.8%, Democratic «as puzzled by the wide spread of He's Town's Best Liar 67.2% After Six-Day Tabulation

the wreckage. Some parts were

found 500 feet in front of the spot HURON, 8. D., Oct. 25 (UP)-A

jand alumni in the annual presi- A " y ; ‘ ol h { By ART WRIGHT where the big plane crashed South Dakota pastor who has seen ident's open house in their home, : cet } : Pp ® . is ‘dav. ‘won.a Har’ 520 W. Hampton Drive, SUPPORT FOR William H. Wemmer, Republican, Other parts were found at the Pd drouths in his day, wo $

This morning, organizations with gained momentum today in quarters on the campus, competed Ar -Mavor ‘g May | lin ‘the house decorations contest Straw Vote for Mayor, but A The decorations welcomed alumni to lead. Mr. Wemmer polled more vot

(Continued on Page 2—Column 8)sgtraw vote and Mr. Feeney received his lightest count

The following table shows the

It's Going to Rain to date, and the five-day tally for c

: - . floor of the canyon, i contest yesterday. the sixth day of The Times iy g. vanyon, behind, the The Rev. Charles D. Bullock, I Feeney, Democrat, continued Only one other disaster in the Sioux Falls, a Methodist minister, history of American aviation ex- "OO # Chamber of Commerce vane the Ceeded it for the number of lives test when he told how a well was "' lost. That was the crash of an Put through a wringer to get drinking water “way back in the days

percentages of ALL votes received (Continued on Page 2—Column 7) when . .." somparison ;

es than on any single day of

6 Days 5 Days a ————— ———— For Al Feeney, Demoerat . .. ..... .....cceovnnnves 67.2% 70.0% . . For William H. Wemmer, Republican ......... 8% 0% | Mr. Candidate Replies— -And Get Warmer Straight Democrat Voles ... .......c.cco00v0ei000s 324% 34.0% : Li Straight Republican Votes . ..........¢00000is .. 32.0% 22.5% * What civic improvements can be expected from Republicans for Demoorat Feeney ........ceviuues 208% 21.5% » . ri: Ww if el , el . Wemmer, if elected LOCAL TEMPERATURES Democrats for Republican Wemmer ................ 28% 13% Al F se iey or William H 6am. .5 10am HR No Party Preference Indicated “i 220% 20.5% Mayor? Tam... 60 11a m 0 FEWER REPUBLICANS crossed party lines in the one-day tally! * , : ; . S$a.m ... 64 12 (Noon). , 71 [to vote for Mr. Peeney and more Democrats swung over to Mr. Wemmer, ' Their pledges AS a result of The Times OUR 9am 7 1pm... 7 The one-day tabulation for the sixth day follows: For Mr. Feeney, FAIR CITY series—will appear EXCLUSIVELY

567; For Mr. Wemmer, 44% ; The weatherman said scattered Republican Votes, 20%; Republican

‘ readers, Lowest, temperature tonight is ex-| ~ Revised tabulations will appear

| pected to be about 58,

Straight Democrat Votes, 26%; Straight]

The straw vote is NOT a Times prediction of who will win the Nov. {tive, but that he .be placed in a temperatures will be slightly on the 4 election. It is offered only as a public service feature for Times | Editorials ......8! Washington ... 8 Dr. Paul D. Williams, Indiana “judicially chosen foster home” for upswing. : ; e years until he ‘tion will be published next Friday

in Monday's Times. * Richard Lewis—who wrote the series—will report his interviews with each candidate, Both the Wemmer and the Feeney replies will appear in Monday's Times. v . A

s for Democrat Feeney, 18%; Demo-|

daily fh The Times. The fost tabula-

YOU DIVIDE the western portion of Our Pair City into three

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