Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 November 1947 — Page 1

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School junior) was much in demand for the Boogieville Teen Canteen Sadie Hawkins

dance last night. "Inviting" him to be their "date" were

Ripple sophomore, and Gwynne Bushong, Broad Ripple senior, both in the role of Daisy Mae. Boogieville's dance—one of several prompted by The Times comic strip

was held in the gym of the First Presbyterian church.

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‘Gun Hunt Charge >

To Map Fight on Crime

Leaders Report Flood of Telephone Calls Demanding Action to Tighten Up Enforcement

to see what they can’ do about tightening up law enforcement in Indianapolis and Marion County. . This was the second mass meeting called as a reaction to the slayings of Mrs. Mary Lois Burney, 39, in her North suburban home Wednesday, and Mrs. Mabel Merrifield, 68, in her South suburban home two Mr, Colbath and associates ar-

weeks ago. {ranging the meeting emphasized

Tog gg Hs Yh that law enforcement in the county Meridian Hills Country Club to| Was the only object of tonight's plan some system of protection for mass meeting, which they describe their isolated homes. (as an indignation meeting. W. S. Colbath, one of the ar:| Women representing every womrangers of the meeting, said an|en’s organization in the city will open letter was being drafted to/stage a mass meeting at 10:30 a. m.

Cleon Foust. In the letter, hundred of North|to plan a campaign for tightening Side and suburban residents will up law enforcement, demand immediate investigation

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row with little change in temperature.

Five hundred North Side women plan to meet Monday |

Gov. Gates and Attorney Geperal Monday in- the Woman's Depart-| ‘ment Club, 1702 N. Meridian St. | excepting Hill.

The meeting was called by the pation in the beating and named |Criminal Court 2.

into judicial and prosecution pro- | executive committee of the Wo- | Richard Hester, 20, of 2459 Colum- | | cedures which permit sex offenders man’s Department Club, which has bia Ave, as the principal figure, all the defendants and their trial the slaying scene.

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In Taxi Slaying

500 North Side Women (je Admits Plan Meeting Monday Kicking Driver Friend's Memo

Tomoure 5 Object Tossed me__ From Truck, 0f Cab in Face 3s =.3"==== Deputies Told

a It was a listing of coin Sastide {ver d it dro e v Fibh Man in Party sits 56) song i Police Check Was | [Doesn't Sigh Statement tee ae Go, » ie of de! Story of Assaults Five men were slated ON ie Bome. lo. assist Mr. Burney State police and sheriff's murder charges today in Mu= wednesday night. \deputies went into a huddle Inicipal Court 3 in the slaying| He will be a pallbearer at the ot noon today to determine lof Marion Pauley, Red Gab lunes) for Mra, Burn ey aL Greens whether to drag White River | with nets and magnets in search of the missing shotgun in the slaying of Mrs, Mary Lois

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driver, last Saturday.

| The men are Charles Hill, 2056 (%2 . . | Sangster Ave.; Richard Hester, 20, IX Ir! e in {of 2459 Columbia Ave.; his brother, |

David Hester, 32, of the Columbia a . . Burney Wednesday. Ave, address; Eddie Willams Jr, S Side They regarded the weapon which {21, of 2604 Winthrop St. and Rich=rg)§ won vanished rom. the Burney home |ard R. Waller, 22, of 1317 Columbia lat 8558 N. Pennsylvania St. after

Kicked in Face fnaping of a 19-year-old South Side|d North Side resident told The

Four of the men admitted partici- girl were arraigned this morning in| Times he saw an object thrown into {the river from a slowly moving

Not guilty pleas were entered by| truck Wednesday afternoon near

Thrown Into River

awaiting trial to roam at will. The Attorney General will speak club in the city and county to atto the worried householders. |tend.

Leaders Ask Their Names Be Withheld

The Woman's Department Club ers demanding that women organize itself has 500 members. Most of and take action to tighten up

then have indicated to the execu-|Marion County's system of law entives their anxiety about the preda- forcement.

invited delegates of. every woman's| Chief Howard Sanders announced. was set for Nov. 24.

Hester admitted getting in a fight| The defendants are: Stewart Derwith the 64-year-old driver after a|rickson, 21, of 610 W. 27th 8t.; Robquarrel over a cab fare and signed ert Warner, 30, of 710 8. Illinois St.; a statement saying he kicked the Donald Peck, 20, of 802 W. 27th St.; |ariver. in the face as he lay on the James E. Hednerson, 25, of 2647 ground. {Northwestern Ave.; Robert H. John- |" The other three men who signed son, 20, of 802 W. 27th St, and

| statements admitted participation Thomas Lee Gardner, 22, of 624

. The citizen said he approached the truck while driving to his north suburban home. The truck was moving slowly south toward the river with its right front door open. He saw some object being thrown into the river, he said. Then the truck speeded up and passed him. ° This was the latest clue in the

ROUGH ON ABNER—Looks like Li'l Abner (Tommy Rhudy, Technical High

tory burdens and plan to attend,| They said they were shocked at in a general free-for-all but pointed Udell St.

(left) Alice Drake, Broad

Hint Truman May Ask

Move Predicted If Other Measures Fail to Halt Rising Cost of Living

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UP)—President Truman was understood today to be considering asking Congress Monday to give him authority to reimpose wartime price controls and consumer rationing on key commodities—if and when other measures fail to halt rising prices. It was pointed out that under the plan, Mr. Truman would not invoke the authority immediately—assuming it was. given to him-—but would hold it in reserve for use if)

other proposed anti-inflation meas-| ures fail. ira dy

The controls would be used only|

The other proposed measures,

fint Cloudy and Cool, For New Price Controls But No Snow Here

faces Indianapolis for the second weekend.

{cast—but no snow was predicted for

on a few foods and other commodi- . » { r ties that most directly affect the| she city, although there will be ' cost of living. {some flurries in other parts of the

state, the weather bureau said.

~ Tornado "Hits South; ‘Rain ‘in Midwest LOCAL TEMPERATURES’ 48

the executive committee said.

|the spectacle of the suspect in the out Hester as the one who kicked All are being held in the county shotgun- killing of Mrs. Burney

The atmosphere of fear created by killing of Mrs, Burney roaming Mr. Pauley. the murders was so vivid that exec- around loose for months in a City, utives of -the Woman's Department Hall truck attacking women while tectives Club asked that their names not be out on bond on a rape charge. ‘published in connection with the mass meeting.

“There is one thing we can do Starks. |about this situation,’ an executive

jail under $20,000 bond each.

Charged With Kidnaping They are charged with kidnaping

The statements were made to DeMichael Smiley, Myron

|Partlowe, John Glenn and Fred iho girl as she and a boy friend fear.

were walking near McCarty St. and Each of the men described a gapitol Ave. one night about a

They said their telephones have committee spokesman said. “We can drinking spree which started at ny onth ago,

been ringing constantly with call-|vote.”

Want Closer Check on City Employees

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city employees who have any com-|....4 the residents to usé care in| visiting friends early Saturday evetact at all with householders in the| handling firearms in the home. ning. ‘ They ‘said the likelihood of acci-| The

course of their duties.

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10:30 a. m, Nov. 8 and which was 4 ice she climaxed with the cab brawl. tS RU oid pol po os Driven to Tavern the men. Detectives, however, de-

bolted and| They said they hailed & 20 UC aftven by Me Pauly xt TV SE und sbi chase, belong hat

State police and sherift's deputies| Martindale Ave. where they were this evidence was stronger,

Gardner -at the same time pleaded not guilty to a robbery charge

cabbie drove them to a5 another case. He is alleged to

They thade § clear they would|dents in the handling of weapons tavern in the 1300 block of E. 25th|have been one of three men who

formulate a plan of action at Mon-|by inexperienced persons and the St. As they stopped, an argument brutally slugged an, elderly tavern

day's meeting to secure effective possibility some

law enforcement.

Meantime, residents of the North holder constituted added menaces.'Mr, Pauley of running a “bootleg

innocent person ensued over the cab fare. Two of 0 “10 | : wner last July 6; robbing him of might be shot by a jumpy house-{the men told police they accused poy 3 y Shing o

| The victim, John McCarty, whose

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“Cloudy and cool” was the fore-

Meantime snow, sleet, hail or

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|cab” because the meter was notiiayern is located at 2140 N. Illinois | running.

which has cast the entire north suburban district of Indianapolis into a mood of apprehension and

Funeral services for Mrs, Burney {were held at 10 a. m. today in the Flanner & Buchanan mortuary. Another service was scheduled for 3 p. m. in Greensburg, home of the slain woman before her marriage. Burial was to follow this after.

The victim's body was found at 6 p.m. Wednesday sprawled across her bed when her husband, Herschel A. Burney, a food broker, returned home from his office. Mrs. Burney apparently had attempted to defend herself an intruder with the Burnays single-barreled pump gun. Police

Congress Due to Aid Europe But Delay on Living Costs

GOP Says Even Mildest Truman Proposals

The other men say the|gt was left lying on the sidewalk which |meter was running but that thei, ear his establishment in an un- believe he Ryed ue hop then driver tried to charge them 50 cents|conscious condition. Critically in- wrested the weapon away from her when the meter read only 35 cents.|jured, he hovered near death for x ape ty y y Both the driver and passengers|several weeks. ode A been missing,

jumped out of the car, the men! told police, and Richard Hester and| _ but the two shells it fired were found on the bedroom floor. State

Mr. Pauley started grappling. Citizens Assail David Hester and Waller both {detectives believe it is the critical

~gerve price and rationing authority

pretty well agreed on, would include allocation of scarce materials at the source—revival of credit controls and the like. Not Yet Final Consideration of the hold-in-re-

was disclosed by dn’ authoritative source, He emphasized that Mr. Truman has not yet finally decided on the proposals, a This source said a majority of the President's key advisers are understood to favor the hold-in-re-serve price and rationing authority idea. Some, it was said, favor asking Congress to impose such controls immediately. With reports from his cabinet and hi§ Council of Economic Advisers piled in front of him, the President this week-end will whip into final form the speech he will deliver at 12:30 p. m. (Indianapolis Time) Monday. Mr. Truman will appear in person at the opening of the special “foreign aid and anti-| inflation” session which he called. | Other Measures Other anti~-inflation measures] which the President can be expected to urge are:

Would Supplement | Manufactured Supply

The Citizens Gas and Cpke Utility is attempting to supplement its manufactured gas supply with natural gas from pipe lines running through this area, the company announced today. This will have a two fold effect of maintaining an adequate gas

supply for all Marion County needs, |&

and maintaining a low rate for its gas customers, it was stated. The present gas rate has been in effect since 1936. # D. T. Burns, assistant general manager of Citizens Gas and Coke Utility, testified before the Federal Power Commission in Washington that peak demands for gas here for the winter of 1948-49 will be 66,790,000 cubic feet. Mr. Burns stated that unless the company is forced to build additional plant facilities to meet this estimated demand for the next few years, the rate per therm will not have to be increased.

rain fell on half the United States today. Ja Raining in Midwest It was raining in Nebraska, southern Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and sputheastward to the Carolinas and Georgia, Jt Was snow-| ing in some sections of Iowa, Wis-| consin, Michigan, Minnesota, the Dakotas, northeastern Nebraska and the Rocky Mountains. Freezing rain, sleet or snow fell from Baltimore and Philadelphia] northwest through the Pennsylvania | mountains, the weather bureau said. | A heavy snowfall in Towa, near the center of the storm area, dis-| rupted communications and made driving hazardous, Snowfall ranged up to seven inches at Marshalltown, Iowa. Telephone wires were down between Ames and Des Moines, but service was expected to be restored] in a few hours, Tornado in Louisiana | Beneficial rains which had fallen | on the drought-ridden breadbasket | states had stopped. ¢ |

‘Butler President Heads | De Ridder, La, residents were

ONE: Control of commodity ex- Urban University Group changes, involving federal power to Dr. M. O. Ross, president of Butset margins. This is now done by! .. Universi ; the exchanges themselves. jier University, was elected prasigent TWO: Restoration of installment | . - ban Universities, at a meeting of credit controls, which expired ms association held yesterday and Nov. 1, Thursday in Minneapolis, Minn. Dr.

THREE: Continuation of Tent|poes : confrols beyond next Feb. 29. lsoctation hoe Jed nt ofthe 28

FOUR: Restriction of bank cred- James Creese, president of Drexel

| it by raising the legal reserve the| Institute of Technology, Philadelquirements of members of the phia, Pa, was elected vice president Federal Reserve System. Davie al and David D, Henry, president of

FIVE: Extension of export con- | trols beyond next Feb. 29. - [Haye Uaiverey, Detroit, became

SIX: Maintenance of present in-| Plan Visit to U. S.

cleaning up the debris of a howlin torando which leveled 125 homes and injured at least 25 persons in the town of 4500. Winds

Would ‘Cause Too Much Discussion’

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15—Europe may get relief from special session, but you won't. Republican leaders say privately they don’t expect to do anything about cost of living at this time—except talk about how shipments abroad increase it. They haven't seen President Truman's recommendations, but say even mildest possible ones would “cause As to their own, they can’t agree. * Look for President Truman to put his finger on

too much’ debate.”

monetary inflation in-Monday’s message.

His top: econoniic advisers worry about it; say that steady increase in bank loans outstanding—commercial, real estate |Pauley’s pocket and $20 to $30 gone | pledged support of any plan and

and consumer—is one of our major troubles. Loans pump out billions, {from his wallet. A money changer sald they would co-operate to (he

send up demand for goods, but don’t increase consumption.

Bank loans total $39 billion now. Three years ago, $26 billion. | The taxi driver was found in the| Increase taken alone might not be serious but on top of great amount

of money in circulation, economists don’t like it.

Federal Reserve Board wants authority to raise legal reserve re- at General Hospital from a skull Program for Princess quirements: President Truman probably will back this. Board already | fracture at the base of the brain.

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A-Smokin' and A-Dancin' (Death Blamed

{admitted hitting the driver but] clue they need to sew up the case, sald the principal conflict was nt Release of Known Meanwhile, Robert A. Watts, 25,

| | » . [tween the driver and Richard Hes- | the city truck driver held a8 & suse ter. Hester stated he kicked «+ Criminals Here ject. in the kiling, admititd hos driver in the face after “s 4 NE R ok emp satel sight knocked him doa. OMEONE™| The Mid-East Civic Association, women Wednesday afternoon while Flee Down Alley Inc, drew up a resolution last night he was joyriding in a city truck They said they fled down an alley|#8king the Indianapolis Board of arcund the north Hibnsis. {to one of the men's sisters where Public Safety to speed plans for bet- pi ule Setovigres Yoday ere saging |they played records. ter police protection in Indianapolis. m Identified Jor een Hon, All of the men denied that rob- | An amendment to the resolution He ha us Tr, whey bee: nied bery motivated the beating or that condemned the “wholesale” release . nae 3 5 {any money was taken. lof known habitual criminals to oY Mrs, Harriet Stout as the man However, police reported that| “prey on Indianapolis society.’ who astiempled (8 assault hat. In

her home at 7910 College Ave, a | ’ about $6 was missing from Mr.| Members of the civic association half mile from the Burney home.

Grilling of Watts was continued for eight hour§ at State Police headquarters last night by state detectives and’ sheriff's deputies. On two of the eight occasions, Watts was “scared off” by the presence Of some other person in the LONDON, Nov. 15 (UP) — Asihome, On one occasion, he said, he -|Princess Elizabeth and Lt. Philip|foreced a woman to disrobe partially Mountbatten leave - Buckingham gat the point of a knife, and then Palace for their honeymoon next suddenly fled. Thursday, the British Broadcasting| Earlier yesterday, three state [Co. in a special program entitled troopers took Watts on another tour

{had not been disturbed. | fullest extent in any way possible,

street right after the five men fled i the scene. He died the next day BBC Plans Special

* : : ® ® Brings Feudin' and Fussin® (Jn Natural Causes x=: i rrisces mimes wit heist choc ne sory on

|play Sir Edward Elgar's “Nursery he has assaulted or attempted to Suite,” the company’s advance pro-

Students Continue ‘Vices’ in ‘Two-Bit

Beer Joints’ After ‘Purification’ Drive WESTERVILLE, O., Nov. 15 (UP)—Education at century-old Otter-

The death of Mrs. Elsie Marie ar

am disclosed today.

Williams, who was found dead at

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per poms ut wa x renee» Local Residents Jittery

lof the American Association of Ur-[of 90 to 100 miles an hour cracked | bein College took a back seat today as students split into two factions last night, is believed due to natural

down through the sultry air and in| on whether dancing and smoking be allowed on the campus or students causes, officials said today: i ° A . or wm Duin, wo ver Qyer Rowdyism, Sluggings

A wave of rowdylsm and several was sitting in a W. Market St. all-

six minutes cut a 75-yard-wide lane | across the business and residential| districts.

clothing situation for the people without homes was well in hand.

Cleanup crews went in to remove| completion. At the same time some

the litter with bulldozers.

CIO Union Approves Harvester Pay Rise

come tax levels. : In Congress, Republican leaders were cool toward the expected allo-| LONDON, Nov. 15 (UP)—Princess cation proposal. But they with-| Fiizabeth and Lt. Philip Mountbatheld comment until they heard ‘en have agreed. provisionally to what the President had to say, _ |Visit Canada and probably the ".“|United States next spring, a source

Cannon Shoots Revolver fio, to Buckingham Palace : &

CHICAGO, Nov. 15 (UP)—The CIO Farm Equipment Workers Union said today its 35-member Internatitnal Harvester Council had ratified proposed wage Increases totalling about $1 million a year which were negotiated for 5000 employees at 12 plants of the Inter-

To Outlaw in Guntown CAMP KILMER, N. J, Nov. 15 Times Inde

national Harvester Co. The increase must be submitted

(UP)—A 38-caliber revolver. was a

confiscated recently from a soldier Amusements. . 6(Hollywood .., 9 rank-and-file membership before it who was being discharged and who Eddie Ash.... 7/Don Hoover.. 101,056, final, union officials. said, lacked proof ownership “of the Bible Bee..... 4|Inside Indpls.. 6 weapon, Books .. .. 8 Movies ...... 6

Marquis Childs 10'P. C. Othman 6 4 Barton Pogue 14

Today he sent in the proof. So Joseph Cannon, a civilian Churches .

clerk in the provost-marshal’s office, Classified . 11-13 Radio ....... 14 shipped the revolver to its owner, Comics ..... '. 16|8ide Gilances. .10 C. E. Outlaw, Ga, Crossword ...- 5|Soclety ......, 3 Address? Editorials .... 10|Sports ......

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to local unions for a vote of the

be forced to continue practicing these “vices” in “two-bit beer joints.” The rift between the students at Westerville—home of the Anti-|

smoking in the “Otter-Barn,” NeW! q,,00 into “two-bit beer joints.”

student union building Dearing | poeylty meetings have been “up-|

roarious” over the issue, he stated. students took the stand that danc-| .; told college officials about the

ing who Sowa be banned in the, joints,” Mr. Gordon said, “but| i they said, ‘Otterbein students don't!

The college is an affiliate of the grink, 1t says so in the handbook.’ ” {Evangelical-United Brethren ————————r— {Church “which throughout its ex- s |istence has held to the belief that MacArthur for President smoking and dancing are the worst Backers Meet Today |of vices, | MILWAUKEE, Nov, 15 (UP)— Otterbein officials have tended Delegates from 11 states met today recently to overlook some infrac- to form a national organization to tions of the church rule and Pres- win the 1948 Republican presidendent J. Gordon Howard believes the tial nomination for Gen. Douglas controversy stems from the differ- MacArthur, who has not said ences of adults within the church! whether he wants the job.

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formed an autopsy, said bruises on|

| Saloon League—appeared when a group of ministerial students started the body apparently resulted from | The Red Cross said the food and to circulate a resolution to ban Co ients who like to smoke and (a fall, :

Mrs, Williams, who was 44, was|

|found dead on the dining room OR the frayed n

|sluggings

floor of her home. Police investi- | apolis citizens.

gated after neighbors reported see-

ing a bedroom light burning con- qan farmer, was robbed of $550 wi tinuously for two days and no sign ne delivered eggs to Meyer's Food

of Mrs. Williams,

Disney ‘Smear’

erves of \ Indian-|

during the night played night restaurant when a “soot

|suiter” with long blond hair stepped {up and made obscene remarks to {her, He then struck her across the

Charles Hash, 34-year-old Stiert- ‘eye and fled, she said.

Man’ Grabbed Her Another molesting was reported

Market, 3001 Martindale Ave. at by a 37-year-old woman who said

a man grabbed her as she left a

a 8 p. m. x Cleared M:. fash ‘said .he went to his streetcar at Iilinols St. and Fall parked truck to get more eggs. He Creek Blvd. She broke away and ran

From Committee Record said two men stepped out of a into Flanner & Buchanan mortu«

WASHINGTON, Nov, 15 (UP)—| The House Commtitee on Un-Amer-jean Activities today struck from its records testimony by film cartoonist Walt Disney connecting the League of Women Voters with a “smear” campaign against him, The action was taken at Mr. Dis-

Collapses in Doorway

Merrill E. Hood, 35, of Bowling Green, Ky., is in fair condition in|yesterday called police after one General Hospital after being slugged jwoman reported that a man who

parked convertible and forced him ary, into the rear of his station ‘wagon| An East Side woman told volice where they took his bilifold and!she received an anonymous phone money sack,

. |call trom an unidentified Jan whe hurled obscene remarks at-hef. Jittery North Side residents

ney’s request. Committee Investi-and robbed. - identified himself as a school sure

i . RS——————————————————— | “We have been trying to carry DC-4 Brushes Treetop {water on both shoulders for a long|

president and John L. Pearson, should try to live together happily.” Portland, Ind. vice president at

attitude at the college was driving tucky.

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the

PARIS; Il, Nov. 15 (UP)—The said. “Every once in a while a zeal- | today a DC-4 passenger plane en|that he had meant to refer to the 555 W. 14th St, about midnight an : National Farmers Equity Union|ous group becomes active. But I route from Miami to Chicago re-|“League of Women Shoppers” and |and collapsed in front of startled|if her husband was home what elected U. 8. Kreider, Ashland, O.,|wouldn’t worry about it. Both sides celved minor damages ‘early today| that he was “confused by a similar= workers. urnt le tried when it brushed a treetop ap-|ity of names.” Ae Douglas Gordon, a veteran and|proaching the Greater Cincinnati|' Mr. Disney gave the testimony attacked By several men who beat be home at T p. closing session of its conven-|theological student, said that, the Alrport in Kentom County, Ken-|Oct. 24 before a committee hearing him and took his billfold, checked

ATLANTA, Ga. Nov, 15 (UP)— gator Robert E. Stripling said that) He stumbled in the door of the/vey man was asking questions

FARM UNION ELECTS KREIDER time at the college,” Mr. Howard Delta Alrlines officials said here Mr. Disney informed the committee Modern Welding Engineering Co. around the neighborhood. > The woman said the man asked .

time he normally 4 -| He later told police he had been|to ascertain if her B

em gommunisn iu-Hollywpod. 4 3-year-old girl reported she'found Bo such survey A fro) * ‘ Ck mi