Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 October 1947 — Page 1

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Stark Probes Fi% Rumors In Pollard Murder Trial

GOP Leaders Polio Vaccine, Serum Predicted Prosecutor Make Appeals Soon by Medical Professor May Request

: : aL , that 1947 has been Good Evidence Research Work Will Bear Fruit, |; Me Pointed ou tt aise of the!

. State Doctors Are Told by Chicago Speaker few number of pelio cases, but he : By EARL HOFF, Times Staff Writer aid of ours, Sat ight Sov be, i k k FRENCH LICK, Oct. 30—Hope that there will shortly be developed a wi Le ' ) Rediiled to ad i 1 H Asks Support vaccine for prevention and a serum for the cure of polio was held out r. Lewin was schecu & isoner alec PP today by Dr, Philip Lewin, Northwestern University professor of bone dress the closing session of the| Charges Priso . For Drive on Reds and joint surgery. 35ch aavat convention uf the Te Given Undue Liberties a i ia -| “We are all disappointed that the sulfa drug, penicillin and 9lena State Medical Association) oo ovyern BUFFORD Read an editorial, “Tut, Tut, Mr. 'grentomycin, the wonder drugs of the age, have not been effective,” Dere this afternoon, ] Prosecutor Judson L. Stark

Halleck,” Page 20. Feeney oam- q gid The doctors today were expected |

rae ganas paign story, Page 11. Ig : {of research men working In con- i» weet Dr. A. P. e New Albany may ask for a change of ven- | “There is good evidence to indi. nection with the general practi ne P Hous, yi may :

By NOBLE REED |cate that we are” justified in hold- tioner. pathologist. as new president of the ye when the “hands and foot” : slaying trial of 25-year-old

Indianapolis’ municipal election INE optimistic hope for the perfec. «npogtors know a lot about polio, | Sifu the genuin oneu- | campaign has been catapulted into tion and production of a vaccine how it acts ne how it can be trans- robin a ar Sealine peyeliomes Howard Pollard opens Mog-

tHe that is éffective and harmless which mitted. And there are unsolved A national political arbna and pin orev this d . ved LC ahast Troblot of AMiericaniday in Circuit: "Court® At into the 1948 presidential scramble. prevent this disease, and & problems being attacked. y

ble. cerium that will be -effective in| “Doctors know that polio is caused Medicine today, Dr. Alexander R. Greenfield, The Times learned toThe keynote of the Republican _... .. cutting short the disease of by a virus so fine An 40. DOW MacLean told the Hoosier physicians day. Party's major bid to win the... it i the very early stages. it h aved the fines ’ this morning. : | Persistent reports that a “fix” is |mayoralty election at the Athe- . As escaped the finest filter, But| yong more technical 1anguage, poi ttem to protect the here last* night was: “Throughout the country there I know that in a relatively short a coon oro i member of the! sng wre Pita Sam's ! “We must elect & Republican re excellent research laboratories, time the virus will be isolated and \jov6 Qlinic department of neurol- | ajiosed edetus from Any pose Mayor in Indianapolis in order to all connected with medical schools, all its characteristics and all its ogy and psychiatry, related experi-|- he : y in the help the GOP in Washington fight where this work is being prosecuted damaging effects will be clearly un- er" sibility of dying electric chair the New Deal and communism.” |intensely By small, earnest Aroups derstood ang erpdicsted.” {Continued an Page S=Column 2) igh given Seripts, Sign Halleck, Capehart Speak : r——— : errr | bY ME, Stark. :

Jo eiemnnt_uene ves Conifacsions Solve Advance in Sugar Prices [oe Sein, asst

Charles Halleck, floor leader of th i ho + see ont GE) Robe Doubted by Local Brokers E. Capehart. 0 ry . The section Tete newt Tuentay Warn ‘Hysterical Buying’ May Bring Hike that young Pollard, more = than . Mayor for Indianapolis . . . it is an| 2 Admit July 6 After U. S. Controls End Tomorrow Night with fatally shooting oti election to help us in Washington Crime, Involve 3d Predictions that the price of sugar would rise when price controls "2"% Millet ApH] 0 the beat communism,” said Sen, Cape-| ' {end tomorrow night were doubted here today by sugar brokers, who untue J hart. By HEZE CLARK {said there is an ample supply and a big sugar crop. {County Jali. Rep. Halleck, the principal speak-| Indianapolis detectives today ob-| They said if the price does increase it will be at the retail level Jail Liberties Reported ’ mn er at the major Republican rally in tained confessions from two men because of “hysterical buying” by housewives. Even if there is a! We have evidence that : ? Plisto by Henry Glesing, Times Staff Photographer. |behalf of William H. “Wemmer's which solved the $5000 slugging rob- temporary increase, they believe the price will come down in a short Nas been permitted to hob-nob with WHERE'S MOM?—With an expression that might be called questioning, this [mayoraity candidacy, followed the hety of a N. Tilinols St. tavern owner period of time. | |Sherift Jack Rubush of Hancock abandoned. baby looks up at Miss Doris Stickler, nurse. The child was left in the |%me theme in more than an hour re | J. Frank Grimes of Chiosyo, TOW. Mr. Grimes sid. Thus they (County and tha his has heen given ° i Pp : | e. of blistering oratory. | One of the two men is being held president of the Independent Gro. NAVE §ivén a false impression of a undue liberties at the Jail" wh care of Harry Swisher, 401 W. Washington St., last night, by two women who never | Mr. wemmer himself was fourth/in connection with the recent kid- cers Alliance, said he expected the SWEAT shortage, he added. {Figveenat Stark's only comment. : on the list of featured speakers and naping-rape of a South Side girl sugar price to increase 3 to § Hoyt C. Bonner, vice president of! He and his chief he spoke for 10 minutes on local by six men. The statements from cents a pound. He also sald, how- one of the nation's largest sugar Funk, visited’ ¥

returned. cy : _3 . : 4 issues. the pair involve a third who is NOW ever, that a sharp rise probably | houses, said ‘mad in company with ‘Ha Infant Abandoned $110,000 Payroll |] S |gnorance | GOP Not for Rats [in theiats etommaatory 86 Pendie wouid ‘be tempomim. bento: waoerleh ug Hy he woke: ates Bahan Prosion Maile » : Be s Us servi tha

Seized by Bandits “Tha Republican PRAY ie nat She 00 ee ou. eit, apparently housewives out thers found Pollard

a i ; : E pg ._. . |party that the New Dealers, Com-| The two men who signed the ¢on-| “If speculators enter the sugar have bought all the family budget dential is, The jail was vir- : + mits: and fellow travelers ong are ome T, 33, , lawever, th is Tikely can stand right pow." Buying. ly; 1 When the tro In Bectric Shop In Boston Holdup Peril, Says Emeny E-E5 Bi Sass So ae 4 - EE ; + i 5 As ; | :

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Fri A throw our republican form of gov- held in the attack of the girl, and stay there,” he said. South uty sheriff to return Poll i 2Y Women Leave BOSTON, Oct, 30—8ix bandits] Foreian Poli y Head ®roment,” Rep. Halleck said. {Charles Joe Taylor, 22, of 625 Edge-| Mr. Grimes said, thers is enough said. cell, Mr. Funk revealed, 4 Young . {escaped with a $110,000 payroll here 9 oHCy “That is why we are here tonight mont Ave, row in jail on & vag- sugar to fill the American sweet “A lot of buying by consumers is, } Baby and Disappear |todsy. : | Here for Address |... the American way of life 1 rancy charge, Their statements in- tooth With fits usual 14 billion/based largely on inflationary talk ! Police today are seeking two womien| One Of them wore a Halloween By ROBERT BLOEM uhder attack both at home and volved Hugh Bradley, 19, of In- pounds a vear and still provide for snd the European aid program”. who andined a baby at a W. funny face mask. 3 Americans’ ignorance of the real broad. Our job is to repel that dianapolls Ave, now in the reform- export of large quantities to needy Mr. Bonner said. “A lot of people!

Washington St, electrical shop yes-| They held up 11 men and women problem of the world is contribut- 2/¢ack-” atpey, areas. tear there is going to be: rationing

terday. |in a division office of the Westing- ing to world destruction rather than “I know the ‘people of Indianap- Vietim Critically Injured Housewives have been buying up again. .

{house Electric Corp. to its reconstruction, Brooks Emeny, O18 Wish & government that is re-| op {he night of July 6, John Mc." 8%" ever since the government | “There is no reason for the price asked the emp | "The loot in the Hyde Park hold- president of the Fore Abe sponsive to thdir will and that is Carty, 70-year-old owneF of & tavern Rnounced that war-time controls|to go up. There is no shortage and door and ths old, was turned over to po- presiden ign Policy am mm would be lif Tuan, nt by Harry UP WAS the largest cash loss in any sociation said here today, why Willlam “Wemmer must be oi 5149 N. ilinols St. was attacked "oc ired at midnight tomor- ino prospective shortage.” lice at 6 D. lust nig : y ve | New England holdup since 1935. In| “I; is the essence of democracy S\ected mayor next Tuesday wn and robbed by three men after he — Swisher * lle: - BI SY ug the Fall River mail robbery that that the people should decide on that is why the City of Indianapolis 1.4 ¢loséd his establishment and|

- = ee En So Ro] Frowning Skies [Ramadier Wins few minutes” year, § P00 was taken, foreign policy,” Mr. Emeny said. Rep. Halleck that the started to walk up the stairs to his|

yy = “But it has become the peril of! apartment overhead. Mr/ McCarty Mr. Swisher, who resides in the| THE HOLDUP was executed with- democracy that they ea in 1g- Clection of a Republican Congress ,

po was in a critical condition at Bt. . . , » resr of Honest John’s Electrical out the firing of a shot, » last November “marked the begin- 0 wo chital -™ tw | : norance. ' | osp 0 months Shop, 401 W, Washington St. said| Officials of the firm—the B. F. An Emeny will speak at a lunch MBS Of the end of New Dealism gp yy opiqck. | two women, both about 20 years Sturtevant Co.—said the robbersap-| and communism in the United .. cell, as far as I know | eon tomorrow noon before the In- | Taylor's confession told how he LOCAL TE 7 PAR. old, brought the baby girl into the peared familiar both with the prem-|giananoiis branch of the foreign Stes: jolted Bradley tnt Caner & the! L TEMPERATURES | : IS, Oct, 30 (UP)—The Na- his hair cut,” declared shop around 1 p. m. ises and with the payroll procedure. ,i.y association. Prices Blawndrou New Delian latter's automobile that night and| wn 8 10am... A [ana] Assembly: Jonight reaffirmed ner. He said Pollard has Left Clothing The robbers quickly overpowered Alarmed by Method And with the Site . 0 ub after making a stop, during which « May... 81 lam... of a “ _- le SOVeSyin) sever] times 4 Patrolman John Cheever of Hyde! 1. today's interview, Mr. Em llican administrations in our cities, gp 41." hioined a large wooden . m..... 532. 12 (Neon(.. emier Paul Ramadier across the street f Juey : im he a Park. He was an armed guard as-| 4 pq ye concern was an the American people will continue, they drove to the vicinity of er 33 1pm... (lo cope with France's politio-eco- he did not know wi watch it a sho e while they go,04 to protect the payroll. Tt had ht. gma piers suchas the Mar<|" fight against alien doctrines,” he ., nomic crisis, ‘oner was handcuffed

shopped at the Star Store nearby, ; t been delivered by armored | Local showers were on order for| By a slim majority the assembl w | ‘by an. armol | - y casions. he told police. With the child they car for distribution to the plart's shall plan must be sold to the { Taylor sal he stood at the cer

Both Sen. Capehart and Rep. Hal-| \Indianapolis and vicinity this aft- voted confidence in Mr. Ramadler’s; Young Pollard was taken to or ho and we | Workes, Ee th oie 1&Ck blamed present. high prices on pil, ©, 1 U0, 2, ML FECT Memoon. |streamined couliion_ cabinet. The Hancock County institution B Ik. PE the old New Deal practices. | The Weather Bureau said. the YO'® Was announced officially as 300 his attorney obtained a Mr. Swisher said he became us-| TWO of the robbers guarded the menace. sa | Said the Senagor: The New Deal's | when Mr. Jena Bradier. He wid, co; for tomorrow was nos. yery 0 380, With 18 abstentions. venue from Marion Coun ty Ort Criminal pisious ¥ i My when HiIl prostrate Mr: Cheever ‘while the The | mmunist Anger policy of scarcity back in 1933 181 avern AD d sta to go up the bright either as considerable cloudi=! The vote of confidence averted, Court 1. < glory ’ Sh ed an se women T other three forced five girl workers ea T. Ben eny sald, “and I dojo or the basic reasons for high io irway Be arted Bradley who Des Was forecast. Little change | least temporarily, a showdown Tells Story to Tnvestigaior ad not returned. He gave them to lie on the floor. n scoun importance. But oo... oagy Dd {in temperature is expected {between the aggressive Communist a half hour's grace, ther summoned, In the vault, R. W. Marshall of|it is not the real problem of the . | oame, aroun e corner and struck | . i | While held here, he confessed to | | Said the Representative: “We are| , “o., he head The mercury was expected to party and the anti-Communist police, , Randolph, paymaster and cashier world to which our foreign policy go gering today from New Deal Th, owner over the * |reach 61 today and drop to 43 to. 1OTCes of Gen. Charles de Gaulle, Investigator Virgll Quinn of the In the grip police found a slip of the company, was directing a/must be geared. follies. Because of the continuance Say They Divided Money night. Yesterday it op . i! The assembly voted after hearing "cTi{f's office that he, Harry

of paper with the name Harrell staff of four men and women pay-| “The real problem is the impact Mr. McCarty, according to Taylor, | A : 28, Ward, 1854 Central Ave. . frat workers. of restrictions and controls and the| vy ¢ yior,iof 61 and a low of 40 was recorded |Ramadier plead: for unity which

| m §—Col fallure to do an about strikes fell to the ground, dropping theliast night. ‘ "would prevent any division of, TO ards home at 1813 Spann ho Tac ebigned id Yat 4 is The two masked men lined up; {Continued on Page 3~Column ny . . the whole pro pehipesy | meta box containing the money n ———————— \Prance into pro-American or pro-/ Ave Alter Arising in several tav. SiR be one Which ue wire, Dor the five against a wall in the vault. WARDEN'S KEY STOLEN lof the couhtry was § h t and Bradley picked it up, One Killed Fivé Hurt Russian camps. He warned that! Pollard said > phe slaying. War ys Then they stuffed the $110,000 pay-| NORWICH, England, Oct. 30 (UP) is one of the reasons for the present Taylor said the three men drove / such a split would theraten the life' Knit er attasksd fm To With ner vin ac roll—in bills up to $20 denomina- —A state of emergency was declared high prices.” to a spot at the edge of the city Ag Truck, Bus Collide of the republic. : e Jollad then shop wa er yesterday, |tion—into two potato sacks they at the Norwich jail today. Work-| The Congressional leader devoted #nd divided the money in the box. ese r——————— | killed Miller, he admitted, / Returned With Baby {had brought. | men‘ were changing all locks. Some-| the remathder of his speech to the He said his share was $1100 with LINTON, Ind, Oct. 30 (UP)—One Moth BI Lack: | Pollard said he took the body th Mr. Ward said he had been mar-| The robbers fled in a black Buick. bdoy took the warden's master key. | national issues coming up in the Which he purchiazed dite aad and a ad nd Oh f Ores ae ' Ihe Ey here: Sheté bwin ried about a year and in that time! . (automobile, t ’ - o er's he and his wife had been separated The Times Straw Vole— i 1 1948 Presidential campaign, stressing Detectives Raymond Porter and collided with a bus near Odon eakly | ’ 99 or Tot $ Death {foot and both hands. He put the several timés. He said he had not! (Continued on Page 5—Colymn 2) Porrest McKeighen' who the today . | PHOENIX, Ariz. Oct. 30 (UP) torso in the house, threw some gasotrio |

® * A 20-year-old mother told doctors li i Suveral Side: He said W Sh Sl i G ee pr case said warrants cha | The victim was Noah Neal, 65, of | A’ 20-¥ ne on it and started a fire, Near Soe chek for about Hires montis emmer OWS 1 ain with committing injury while in the Linton. He died in Freeman Green today her 3-month-old son died Advance, he hid the hands and foot turned home with a baby lg’ > Find Snell v commission of & robbery would be Hospital shortly after the accident. because she couldn't find a freshly- in & pile of brush and set it on She told him the baby belonged In 10th Da of Pollin ’ filed today, Police said Neal and 13 other men /inid egg to scare evil spirits out of fire. his confession states. to's girl friend Tamed Pranikde who i | 4 were passengers on the bus en route the baby, Meanwhile, Adams, only proseeu-

i * . J . Lm : : &. didn't want it, Mr. Ward told in-| Growing Strength of GOP Candidate : Dead in Oregon Rejects Turkey Plea » ito work at the Crane Naval Ord.| Police scheduled a psychological tion eye-witness, has been sentenced

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vestigators. He said he 1 . nance depot, (examination before deciding wheth- to 15 years’ imprisonment on an pile rosterciy when she rode gown | Noted, but Feeney Continues to Hold 66% | WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UP)-/I ‘Ela Pittman. 21, was reported in er to fils charges against Romano armed robbery conviction, : with him. | By ART WRIGHT DOG LAKE, Cal, Oct. 30 (UP) President Truman's food committee ” ‘condition in Freeman Madrid. A coroner's jury found] Mr. Ward was ord pi > . . Forest Rangers reached the wreck- 0487 rejected a request to e t, n Hospital. Four others suf- that the baby died Saturday of - Sle _— or ere io the} WILLIAM H. WEMMER, Republican, showed growing age of oo Earl Snell's plane to- turkeys from poultryless Thu ; minor injuries. | malnutrition. him —— tom — tectives began a search for his wife, StrONEth 2gain today in The Times Straw Vote for Mayor. aay and reported that Mr. Snell and gm se 8 ov wa Air eT | would not say, Drama, Nelals Meantime, the child, booked as or the second straight day, the GOP, candidate cut into the sub- his three companions were dead, R t d Lr 3 | iB b Ad { a 4 [his mind about. test Afying “Infant Ward” is being held at |Stantial margin held by the Democratic nominee, Al Feeney. Mr. Peeney, | The searching party's report con- e ire enera Na omes 0 e on, state, a rate Bor. te General Hospital. | however, continued to hold a total of 66 per cent of all votes tabulated firmed that the governor, | | * eye * . * Poll fa i the 10 dave f poling me meine mec: sents €Q@l Heir of Millionaire Socialite arrests and. once ped + 13. on Proclaims Armistice Day | The 66 to 34 per cent division is the same after 10 days as it was President Marshall Coreit, Secre-| 'a speeding conviction, He new the first day of the poll.. After five days, Mr, Feeney held a margin of | of State Robert 8. Fu Jr. NEWPORT, R. I, Oct. 30 (UP)-~Brig. Gen. Ralph C. Tobin, 57, U. 8. . "r WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UP)— tary ; rrell Jr, ¥ . ’ served a jail sentence on any of ent Tru {70 to 30 per cent, and Pilot CUff Hogue, 42, were he i Army (ret), became the adopted son and heir today of Mrs. Hamil- the convie Presid man yesterday issued re 10th day tabulation showed Mr. Wemmer gaining § : tions, records: show. 8 proclamation designing Armistice y - Wemmer gaining § per cent killed in the crash during a goose-| ¥ oo ton Pish Webster, 80. “She is a childless socialite whose husband died His father, Homer, for several {over his ninth-day votes, and gave him a 1.2 per cent increase in his hunting vacation flight Tuesday! % | Day, Nov. 11, as a federal holiday. y L% in 1939 leaving her a fortune of $1,250,000, years has been a Republican inaggregate total. His nine-day tabulation was 0.2 per cent more than night. | oy 74 ’ fluence in the 16th ward |the eight-day total. } - . 7 oo] Both of Gen. Tobin's parents are dead and he is a bachelor. ! + political With the deaths of Mr, Snell and ¢ ; 10bservers recall Tim l d The final tabulation will be published tomorrow and will include all Mr, Cornett confirmed,’ Oregon's en Neither Mrs. Webster nor Gen. Tobin were available for comment. While state . i es Index | votes received by that time, “ next governor will be the third in oy Bub. her butler said the MoEmER Ee TT Et pe ing Pollard — A paaitions # oe er e tax laws but peri “nw. » in. {succession—John P, Portl is officer had been a frequent guest at 9er inh i Amusements ..30 Markets 16, THE FOLLOWING TABLE shows the up-to-the-minute tabulation jawyer and i, Sand ” er $120,000 estate Pen Craig” dur- mitted him to retain his family jt PEL 0 ORES it Sy Eddie Ash "9g Ruth Millett. 23 for 10 days and the count for nine days to provide a comparison: |House of Representatives. i AA ing the last 10 years, {name, Mr, Dring said. | ment ——— ey detectives Bridge ...23 Movies “30! 10Days 9Days CAL Rh Friends of the elderly woman, er inherited her for-|added. Th : Ssieres J MoVIES re 30] pp Agi rv ; Lv SEE (hough they expressed surprise, sald] . The offer was rejected. Carnt “ean es ....144 as 34.0% 32.8% Could Have Gone Home CL Mrs. Webster and Gen. Tobin were tune in trust from the estate of Marquis Childs 20 Dr. O'Brien ,.23 - ’" / Classified ,.31-34 F © Oth ar Kssensansene 28% 33.9% But He Prefers Jail | igs ] B “close friends and greatly attached” her late husband who was a cousin «+31-34 F. C. man, 131 21.4% 21.3% 44 } ee A Disclosure of the adoption was of former U. 8. Rep. Hamilton Fish a «4014.35 Patterns 23) Republicans for Democrat Feeney. .......... 19.2% 19.0% BOSTON, Oct. 30 (UP)—Curtis, | a made last night by Probate Clerk (R. N.Y.) and a direct descendant, Bh Crossword ,.,.10 Radio | . Democrats for Republican Wemmer......... 38% 35% |M Jones, 21, convicted narcotics’ Se. eB * John M. Dring of Newport, He said of President Grant's secretary of} 20 Mrs. Roosevelt 22) no party preference indicated. .........o0... 228% 22.5% |peddler, began his one year and a | 4 iy the legal action was completed when state, Hamilton Fish. 0

shit i nm ’ vm. {day jail sentence today of his own EERE. og) attorney William A. Peckham of A native of New York, Gen. Tobin Forum .......20 Side Glanges..20 ONE-DAY PARTY trends for the 10th day were: Straight Democrat, free will, / ; Ue Newport filed the necessary papers was a student at the College of the

Meta Given ,.24 Society 22 29 per cent; Straight Republican, 22 per cent; Repubficans for Democrat| The court offered to return him §« for probate Friday. |City of New York before entefing Hollywood 26-27 Feeney, 20. per cent; Democrats for Republican Wemmer, 5 per cent; to his parents’ home in Cambridge, WW A i Mr. Dring sald court approval the Army in. 1916 as a National Homemaking .24 Teen Topics,..23 No Party Preference indicated, 24 per cent. * linstead of sending him to jail. ; fg wax not required for the adoption,/ Guard private for service -in Texas Don Hoover +30) Washington ..20 The Times straw vote is offered as an interesting public service Jones picked the jail, HEIR-—~Brig. Gen. Ralph C, which he described as “a full age during the Mexican border crisis. | -19 Weather Map 11 feature for readers to draw own conclusions. It is NOT s. _ “The Cambridge place is | Tobin ‘becomes the lagal heir proceeding” It gave Gen. Tobin He was awarded the Silver Star . 3, Wom. News 33-24 prediction of who will win the election next Tuesday. i crowded,” he ssid. ie of a wealthy socialite. all the rights of » natural fou un- in World War 1 v . 2 «lily ’ : 5 § : . LE

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