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Develops in GOP
Regular Forces Back Schumacher, Ober
Factional lines in the Republican’
Party today were boiling down to a three-way struggle over a new chairman to succeed Henry E. Ostrom, who is resigning. Most of the forces aligned with anti-organization Republican leaders were throwing their support behind Glenn W. Funk, chief deputy prosecutor, for the chairmanship. The regular GOP organization leaders, formerly aligned with Chairman Ostrom ‘and James L. Bradford, former chairman, wefe splitting up between John A. Schumacher, City Council president, and Ceril 8. Ober, city controller and treasurer of the GOP Central Committee. Others Split Off
Most of the Ostrom-Bradford
clique were reported drumming up suppor} for Mr. Schumacher during the last 24 hours. Others in the
same group were splitting into an-
other faction to promote Mr. Ober
for the chairmanship.
Behind this division among the| regulars are the maneuvers to grab
next year. Jenner Supported
One group is trying to line up power over--the delegates to promote the candidacy
of U, 8. Sen. William E. Jenner for the GOP gubernatorial nomina-
tion next June.
The other organization regulars | y are lining up to support Gov. list during the war. Gates’ so-called “Palace Guard” Wedding 2 Days Off
faction in the fight over the gov-
ernorship.
This State House group is reported backing Lieut. Gov. Richard
JE atl GETTING PIE-EYED — Bobby Rieck, center,
down the homestretch in a tomato pie-eating contest in Dania, Fla. Bobby is leading by a nose in the pastry sweepstakes. as Joe comes up for air thdrawn because he's fed-up—with tomato pie.
state convention
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rand Joe Clemmons, left, battle At this point,
ing to fa
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unless every citizen pitches in and does his part by
The campaign ends tomorroy
contributing as much as he can afford.
v night.
i The city has failed by 25 per cent to meet the goal of raising enough money to help finance the 46 Red Feather
| [ munity. Indianapolis always has had
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only eight times in 28 years.
one come out to get your pledge.
Elizabeth Grant
Philip Mountbatten.
| The King informed Commons that he did not wish to impose any| ore thoroughly.” additional ‘financial burden on the nation in view of its “grave economic | ’
Senate to Check UI. S. Food Supply
WASHINGTON. Nov. 18 (UP)— when competition nears the danger The Senate Appropriations Com- point of becoming cutthroat,
difficulties.” Therefore, His Majesty said in a message through the Cnancellor of the - Exchequer, ne making available to the young couple money he had saved from the civil
With the wedding in Westminster | Abbey two days away, public in-
The final plans and precautions
a poor record in its suj
Are YOU going to let this sorry record stand? If vou have already contributed and can give more, do so. If you have not been solicited by one of the 7000 volunteer workers, call MArket 2401 and ask that some-
ed Income
From King's Own Savings George VI Says Action Taken to Avoid
New Financial Burden on Nation
: LONDON, Nov. 18 (UP)—King George VI_dipped into his savings| » control of the county machinery for/today to provide an annual income for his daughter, Princess Elizabeth, merit,” the announcement said. the state and national elections and the man to whom she will be married the day after tomorrow, Lt.
agencies which contribute so much to building the com-
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State Acts to Set Up Mental Aid Program riminals
th 2 mental treatment prégram fog, criminals in a new .type
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(An Editorial) TOUR COMMUNITY FUND campaign is go
” |by-the-drink outlets, and
| 3 : | terest mounted to an intense pitch. mittee decided today to take an inventory of U. S. food supplies and, ors in order to survive.”
The state gover moved rapidly today to establish | of attack against increasing sex crimes. Attorney General Cleon H. Foust disclosed that plans, |were under way for a concentrated study of the whole psychiatric field in a sweeping campaign to curb violent |
Fry crimes that are linked to ABC Freezes
mental illness. He said Indiana will study (he mental rehabilitation systems of four other states and use the information to establish a similar program here. | | “A prison term for some types ot |criminals is not enough . . + It 3 only a temporary solution,” he said. ! The Indiana Alcoholic Beverage “We will Siplore the Node fie ’ i imental health, stressing the treatCommission announced today ment of juvenile delinquents before 4 would accept no more license ap- they become hopeless and danger-| Pliguliong Jom DSU Fie Jiauor ous criminals.” and beer dispensers, package | dealers and De itonal clubs for Plan to Revise All Laws . a period of six months beginning He disclosed that this step Was Thursday. part of a general program for recodification of all the state's crims-
, hn was taken, accordin Ww pw E Diefendort ABC inal laws and readjustment of the
chairman, because the commission penal system.
felt that issuance of retail permits Atty. Gen. Foust’s statement folhad “about reached the saturation lowed a two-hour conference called!
int.” yesterday by Gov. Ralph Gates to Pp He said the retail beverage busi- outline tighter law enforcement. ness was “in a bad competitive con- The -conference, attended by all) dition.” - state and. local law enforcement | The ABC made the announcement neads and criminal judges, followed # % ent ack a formal demand made by North] two-nage prepared release. a na : prep Side suburban residents for more Today Last Day
, protection. It said the ABC was “freezing is- Spurred by Burney Murder suance of various types of new re-
; ed The demand was spurred by the tail licenses for six months in the = rder of Mrs. Mary Lois Burney public Interest ard RS RB glen 10 in her home in the North Side stabilize the Indusiry. suburbs by an assailant suspected No applications will be accepted | ,¢ suffering from a dangerous lafter Wednesday, Nov. 19, for per- | mental ill . mits for clubs—except fraternal; all Information in the study of liquor, ental treatment as a curb on dealers, the announcement said. |yi5lant crimes has been furnished | ‘Applications now pending before| io omeials by educators and the commission “will be processed Juvenile Court probation workers and handled on thelr individual oo" youve heen working on the Dr. Diefendorf said the mora- DEVORE 0 J I Srimes {torium would give the commission | Prof. Ben Meeker, of the Indiana {“a chance to analyze the situation! yyniversity Social Service Division, pointed out: that Indiana has no Many Growing ‘Careless’ equipment to treat mentally ill -#In this apparent ‘over-competi- criminals. tive’ situation,” Dr. Diefendorf said “These recent crimes point up “the commission does not wish to conclusively the need for a screenbe misunderstood, We are strongly ing clinic to channel mentally sick {in favor of reasonable and legiti- criminals into proper hospitaliza--ntate competition, so long as it does tion,” he said. ‘not harm the public interest, but Not Helped by Jail Term
| ~Move—to—Stabilize Beverage Industry
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it is most dangerous type of criminal
a temptation to the retailer to sell walking the- streets, but most
{to minors, on Sundays and after the time nothing them except a pr
James for the gubernatori .| were jelling. ; te ; “ : : nation 5 ia} nom | Flags and decorations were being crop prospects to avoid - “short! pp Diedendorf sald many clubs, usually-they are released from Jail : changing” the American people in worse condition than when they
> Flying Motor Car | mittent drizzle. Inside the abbey, “We're not going to be stampeded . the royal carpet was being laid from into action before we know. where Crashes in Test the great west door where royalty Fee Solng." said Chairman Styles . : will enter to the altar. |Bridges (R. N. H.). SAN DIEGO, Nov. 18 (UP)—| He said that the committee had
Consolidated Vultee's new experi-|, t Buckinghs Palace rest mental auto-plane crashed today in ng Hekipghal) Falgce. Tesuns
Chula Vista, Cal. The pilot was Lawrence Phillips 31, San Diego. He was “shaken up’
and taken to Paradise Valley Hos-
pital.
34':-foot wing and the 190 horse - power engine section were nat seri ously. damaged.
31 Die in New Zealand Department Store Fire
The automobile section of the : . plane was badly crushed but the the Wedding presents,
[put up along Whitehall today de=
| spite - lowering skies and an-inter- whi
Elizabeth, who spent the morn-
from. a royal party last night and receiving presents from national] ' delegations, left this afternoon with Lt. Mountbatten for a two-block |drive to St. James Palace, where 2500 persons were invited to see
the
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Throngs waiting in front of the “| Palace crowded about the car, and “lit was unable to move off only at a snail's pace. Before she left for St. James, the Princess said sne
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le providing aid to Europe.
program to
lion,
decided to ask federal departments for an immediate breakdown Jf the pgjice searched through a maze of funds asked to ‘carry out the $597 a { million emergency aid program and Seattle sewers ‘today for. the body increase Army © spending in occupied areas by $500
“We're going to proceed with anh inventory of available food -suppiies| in this country and of the best crop her parents, estimates for the coming year and of estimates of food necessary for p our own people in order to dater-| mine the amount of .food available for export,” Sen. Bridges reported.
umn 4) went in,” he said.
{Continued on “Page 9—Col d one Charles Boswell, chief
probation
statistics showing that about 80 per
Girl Vanishes cent of convicted adult criminals
In Seattle Sewers go back into crime after completing |
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov, 18 (UP)— prison terms regardless of penalties.” | “Prison terms. simply will : solve the crime problems , . . crimf 5-year-old Sherron Rothrock, |inals must be treated individually lwho dropped out of sight into ani, ,q statistics have proved that a open manhole while walking with 1a rge per cent of them can be reer parents. |habilitated,” he said. The girl was holding hands With| Atty Gen. Foust, Mr. Boswell and Mr. and Mrs. Deanip.or Meeker pointed out a system | Rothrock, last’ night ~ when she ipeing used in California, established lunged into the open manhole. Mr by Gov. Earl Warren. Rothrock, 29, told police that they| 1, that state a Youth and Adult had not noticed the open sewer belcause it was dark and raining.
Watts Confesses, Jur Burney Death
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Robert Austin. Watts, pictured as ke broke down and told police details of the shotgun slaying of Mrs. Mary Lois Burney in her far North Side home | last pictures on Page 3).
Dirksen Says Red Girding for War
Rep. Everett M. Dirksen
: : ; I told the House A psychophatic pervert 1s the “feverishly preparing” for war. He
of said we dar
is done about to Russian com ison term and would imperil Western civilization.
would y munist
officer of Juvenile Court, provided months.
Europe and must not be abandoned py members of the club themselves lest Russia communize the entire after it was published this morning. «gtifg | continent.
not | House on his 22-country tour of members and named a woman he Europe this summer as chairman said was secretary of it fof a Armed Services-appropriations com- had any connection with the organ-| mittee.
Foreign Affairs Committee, where] he told much urged quick action on emergency id to Europe. speeding work on p—— m (Continued on Page 9—Column 2) 'stpo-gap aid.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, Nov, 18 (UP)—The Ballentyne Department Store, biggest and most exclusive in Christchurch, New Zea-| land, was destroyed by fire today. | Police reported they had recovered 31 bodies.
NEW RED RIOTS IN ITALY
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Gambling Still DC i iii————————— - Second of a Series | By EDWIN C. HEINKE, Times City Editor PROBABLY THE MOST vicious attack on the Indianapolis Police Department is the charge that “every one 1s a grafter.” ROME. Nov. 18 (UP)—Commu- The moment a rookie policeman dons the blue of the depart-nist-led rioting broke out afresh, in ment he is pictured in the minds of many people as having his hand " | extended, palm upward.
Italy today when a mob of 3000 at-| Safety Board President Will Remy, Chief Howard Sanders, Mayor
tacked police barracks in Corato, in| : the Puglia region, and were repulsed! George L. Denny and Mayor-elect Al Feeney, who will take office Jan. 1, honestly believe this is untrue. : : :
by police gunfire. f PR They know there have been grafters in the department LOCAL TEMPERATURES | certam men on the force. today practically openly take money,
and that | but |
: > = : + iv - 3 they believe Bey ue » the minority. a 2 2 d Sa. inl. 2 1 Rum. % REGARDLESS of fact, the department stands indicted. There : dr have been too many reports brought to official attention—reports that Se neither were proved nor disproved. oa » i Up and down N. and 8. Illinois St., Ohio St., Indiana Ave. MayTimes Index | ood Ben Davis and Mars Hill and in taverns throughout Indian- | I —— ~———| apolis—all the places where gambling flows and ebbs with the times— Amusements .. 8 Movies ....... 8 the racketeers are glad that Al Feeney has been elected mayor: Eddie Ash ....22 F. C. Othman 15 Why? Bridge ....... 20' Patterns ..20 One big-shot gambler said: : | Marquis Childs 16 Radio ........ 27 “Every cheater in town was for Al Feeney during the campaign. i Classified . 24-26 Records . 21 They look forward to him becoming Mayor. “Sure, he's hard-boiled, but | Comics 27 Mrs. Roosevelt 18 ‘we're better off. We'll cheat all right, don't worry about that. Maybe | Crossword .. 13 Ruark 15 we won't run as strong as we did and maybe not as often, but whatEditorials 16 Side Glances 16 ever money we make, we'll keep. 4 Forum 16 Society 18 «Al-won't take a dime, but neither will he stand for the corruption Gardening .. 20 Sports .. ~ 22-23 of the police department. We don't have to pay off every Tom, Dick . Meta Given . 20 Teen Topics . 20 and Harry who comes into our place. Hollywood 15 Washington :.16 > =» ’ : a ae : Don Hoover ..16 Weather Map 11 “WE FIGURE Al is going to keep the cops out of the joints and
Inside - Indpls. 15 Wom. News 19-20 the taverns like Morrissey did. (He referred 10 Bolte Chief Michael | ~ Ruth Millets. .20, Word-A-Day .15 7 Map ster under- former Mayor Reginald H. § vps
A no!
“We just don't want to be the prey of every man on the police department who thinks he is entitled to a payoff just because he wears 4 uniform, “Sure, it was the police department that beat Wemmer H. Wemmer, defeated Republican candidate for Mayor.) “Everybody was mad at the cops, the gamblers because they had
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to turn over their money to some of them and the public because |
they got no protection. It was really the police department that caused the people to vote for Feeney and hope for a change, “While everybody knows that Al is straight, we also hope that he will be a little more liberal and that he'll let some of the boys make
a little money as long as it doesn’t get out of bounds or be used in|
-paying off anybody.”
” " ” 4 » " n WHILE Chief Sanders echoes the sentiments of other officials that the majority of policemen are honest, that most of the graft charges are untrue. he wants to se¢ them get better salaries. That goal of the police department will have the sympathetic ear of the Mayor-elect. Like Chief Sanders, he wants to see better caliber men attracted to the department, In Indianapolis, the vice situation has changed little in the past six months. : As one gambler said: “There is nothing new in the city, but nothing has been stopped. “Anybody who was ever going is still going.” » » . » " ~ THE $9 MILLION lottery business flourishes unmolested. An ordinance to outlaw the printing of pool tickets is being challenged in the courts,
| are country clubs, others out and out gambling casinos,
There are 27 weekly pools in operation: There are five principal |
daily baseball pools. The total of 32 are operating without the sligh n interference. ie sghtext What happens in the future is anybody's guess. But the multimillion dollar business that derives its revenue from suckers who nexer have a chance to win still be thriving when Mr. Feeney takes office. Bookies who deal in horse racing bets are operating at the same old stands in the downtownglistrict : : : Y 154 ;
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Asserts Woman Killed In North Side Home in Struagle for Shotgun
Stark to Seek 1st-Degree Murder Indictment; Death Weapon Found Near City Garage
By RICHARD LEWIS The case of Robert Austin Watts, who confessed before dawn today in the-shotgun slaying of Mrs. Mary Lois Burney, will go before the Marion County Grand Jury at 10:30 a. m, tomorrow. County Prosecutor Judson L. Stark notified the jurors of the session today, a few hours after Watts signed a ‘confession that the shotgun exploded in Mrs. Burney’s face while he struggléd with her to get possession of the weapon in her home at 8558 N. Pennsylvania St. | The prosecutor said he would charges Watts with murder. ' “It is my impression now that we have sufficient evidence to return a charge of first degree murder against ats Mr Stari aide ar nes mere crm ——— “] am interested in moving this case along as fast as a |possible.”
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Watts Signs Confession
The prosecutor's statement came after Watts signed la statement in which he confessed the attack. Other than 4 ‘saying in response to Mr. Stark's question that the state- ] {ment he was about to sign was true, Watts had no comment. y As he scribbled with a pen, “Robert A. Watts,” the
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(witnesses in addition to the prosecutor were Maj. Robert
|O' Neal, Capt. John J. Barton and Det. Sgt. Robert Shields, all of the state police; Sheriff Al Magenheimer and Deputy ‘Sheriff Robert Reasner. The 25-year-old City employee finally broke after -six days of grilling. 2 Mrs. Burney was slain, he said, while he struggled
with her for possession of the| While he stubbornly refuses to adshotgun in her bedroom. mit any connection with the knife i of «al murder of Mrs. Mabel Merrifield on e said he tri to grab or dr _ jg the weapon away from her rE ahi opved hina |after ghe fired at him and about it. " Imissed. Watts’ confession at 2 a. m. cli .
N . ‘maxed a week-long investigation. CONFESSES SLAYIN G— fo Know if He Pulled Trigger Bumey's tragic death had
He held the butt of the gun, he % ak wile she ‘Bld he. parre eos, Jodinarogd, 1, an uprofe Then the gun went off, he said, _ “I don’t know how it went off,” Story of How Mrs, Burney Died he sald. Watts, who has been out on bond He said he didn’t know whether on & rape charge since last Febhe pulled the trigger. ’ ruary, was a known sex offender, Mrs. Burney fell back on the bed, His admissions of more than 25 ashalf her face shot away. saults or attempted assaults on Watts sald he seized the gun and Women had shocked the state and y resulted in a conference of law-en=
ran out of the house. He said her drove his city truck back to the forcement officials called by Gov. Gates.
| City garages at 1700 8. West St. This is how Mrs. Burney died, ac-
| He hid the single-barieled, Win|chester pump gun in the weeds cording to Watts’ story this mornalong Kansas St. near the viaduct ng: just east of the railroad tracks. | After attempting to assault eight h Weapon Is Recovered women in the north suburban disDeal np 3 . trict, Watts drove his city truck into
He led sheriff's deputies and state wd police to that area at 3 a. m. They the Burney driveway and knocked at the door,
e not abandon Europe found the weapon lying hidden by y munism because thut|spiked weeds 10 feet from where Te. Burges Sake 1 She Qos and Watts told them to halt their cars. | © a . 0 upen L Se A o ie The .weapon was being examined |» package for her Rushand, for fingerprints. Herschel Burney, from the office of A statement Watts made at state O'Y Controller, Identified Her Husband
four police headquarters asserting he was president of the 23d Ward Re-| She still refused to open the storm he said, 1s the key 0 publican Club was vigorously denied door, until he identified Mr. Burney as a food broker and pretended he {knew him. The package was valuable, he lsaid. He would have to wrap it up | before he could deliver it. | That-is when he got into the house, He said Mrs. Burney opened the door and he walked ia. Jy| Then she went to get some; news[papers with which to wrap the | package | As she bent over to pick up the as he told his story at state police Papers near the kitchen, Watts said headquarters before dawn: he grabbed her from behind and He will probably be confined at put a hand over her mouth to prethe Indiana State Reformatory at vent her {rom screaming. Pendleton until he is tried. Mrs. Burney spun violently. a smn “She was the frightenest’ woman {I ever seen,” Watts said. | Furniture Upset in Fight They struggled in the living room, overturning the furniture. Mrs, Burney broke loose, he said, grabbed the telephone and screamed for help. He seized her again, She fell down on the floor and struggled back to her feet, Her pink bedroom slippers fell off. They were later found on the floor. She ducked away from him by
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He said he was elected president
Rep. Dirksen reported to the “last fall,” that the club had 600
special joint congressional Club members said Watls never) ization, Watts has lied repeated He also went. before the House to state police, Calm and Half Defiant of his story and Watts was calm and half defiant The committee is President Truan's request for $597 million In
ayor-Elect The numbers racket continues undisturbed as it has for years on Indiana Ave. There are poker games in downtown spols, in Maywood, Mars Hill and Ben Davis. But there are no crap games.
And that is making the city gamblers unhappy because crap
games are lucrative. ~ » »
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' . ” " lation that crap game operators have “been told | to lay off for the benefit of a large ctap game operating outside the \,..,ning around the table. As Watts city limits and one in Hamilton County, off Rd. 31, just over the ( n wed her, she suddenly shoved Marion County line. . |the table toward him, pinning him Crap shooters in Indianapolis proper are. looking toward the new |apainst the wall, administration in the hope of running games within the city. “Then she ran into the bedroom In the county, a large crap game-‘is reported to be operating on where’ Mr. Burney kept his WinW. 16th St., just across the city limits, chester shotgun. Slot machines are in abundance. Poker games are held in sev- Watts pushed the table back and eral spots. Almost unparalleled in gambling history, the lid was even ran to close the front door, fearing off just prior to a city election when ordinarily the heat is applied (he noise would attract neighbors on general principles. or a passing motorist. There are exactly 21 places in the county which have slot machines | when he stalked back to the bed on the premises. Altogether these 21 places have 112 slot machines. Only one place is in the city limits. The remainder are in the county. Among the places are establishments which have liquor licenses. Some
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TIMES SELECTS ALL-CITY TEAM—
® Another TIMES FIRST in Sports—the All-City High School football team-— will be found in this edition. ® The Times sports staff has picked a first and sec~ ond team . : . plus honor« able mention gridders. Turn to Page 22.
It might be interesting to note that other counties near Indianapolis also have slot machines. Hamilton County, for instance, has seven places where 50 slots are being operated. w 4.8 . ‘#8 LOTTERY tickets and “pick 'n win” tickets are sold across the counters in places in the county. ! The big news among local gamblers -is the wide-open operation | of a big-time crap game in the Hamilton County spot. State police, Hamilton County authorities and federal tax men dre said to know
of the existence of the place. a
(TOMORROW: A Trig Into the Police Station)
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