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Emsley W. Johnson Jr. Resigns as Judge
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Quits to Take Over Father's Law Office
Judge Emsley W. Johnson, Jr. of Superior Court 3 today, resigned from the bench with’ a formal letter to Gov. Gates. He announced he:.was resigning from the court effective Jan. 1 in order to’ take over the law,
practice of his father, Emsley W.|
RESIGNS BENCH — Emsley |
W. Johnson Jr. today resigned
Johnson Sr., who has been seriously| &5 judge of Superior Court 3 to
ill for three months. Judge Johnson said he had recommended Frank Fairchild, 21st Ward Republican chairman and a " member of the County Council, for appointment as his successor. He said he recommended Mr. Fairchild to Gov. Gates, who, he
appointment, Serves for 5 Years
More than half a dozen other] Republican lawyers are known to| be seeking the appointment. E Judge Johnson will have completed five years on the Superior Court 3 bench at the end of this year. He was first elected judge in 1942 when the Republican party took control’ of county and city government, He was re-elected Judge of the same court last year for another four-year term. “His successor, to be appointed by Gov. Gates in the next three weeks, will serve until Dec. 31, 1850.
re-enter private law practice.
Enter Guilty Pleas In Kidnap Trial
BULLETIN Five defendants on trial for kidnap in connection with an assault on a 19-
year-old South Side girl |
this afternoon entered a plea of guilty. Prosecutor Judson L. Stark said that the plea had been accepted.
There was strong possibility that
five men on trial for kidnaping in
connection ‘with the assault of a
{19-year-old South Bide girl this The judgeship carries a salary of afternoon may plead guilty and
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$10,000 a year, of which $2500 is paid by the state government under provisions of a special law on court administration. Gates to Fill Vacancy Authority to fill vacancies in any court in Indiana is vested in the governor's office under special law on the judiciary. dge Johnson explaified that although his father is recovering from a serious illness he will never be able to resume active practice
fully. ~ father’s law practice Is a heritage I can’t afford to give up,” he said. “It was my intention to stay on the bench until the ex-
piration of my term, but due to my| The signed contéssions were ex- The board is the administrating
throw themselves on the mercy of the court. Judge Saul I. Rabb of Criminal Court 2 recessed court at 10:30 a. m. to allow the defense attorneys to confer with the defendants. Although the prosecution has signed statements from the defendants, all had entered not guilty
third day. Extra Police Called Extra squads of police were sta{tioned about the court house late /this morning and Judge Rabb or{dered the court cleared at 11:30 a. m {An overflow crowd had gathered to witness the trial,
pleas and the jury trial was in its!
Feeney Names § Keach to Head Safety Board
Seeking Experience, Says Mayor-Elect | The first step toward: reorganizing the city's law en-| ‘forcement machinery has been taken by Mayor-Elect Al Feeney in his appointment of | . Safety Board Members. | The Mayor-Elect went back into the Democratic administration of,
former Mayor Reginald Sullivan for ‘the majority membership, 4
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SLAIN HOODLUM-—James Baugh was killed when he ‘tried to shoot it out with police after holding up a grocery store last night.
ithe Safety Board. Mr. Keach, own- |
‘er of the J. L. Keach wholesale food | commission house, held the same |post from 1939 through 1942. | Albert H. Gisler, president of the Kothe Wells & Bauer Co. food concern, was appointed by Mr. Feeney | as the secon Democratic member’ of the board. Mr. Gisler was vice] president of the City Park Board |from 1934 through 1942. | Fieber Minority Member The third minority membership | went to Howard W. Fieber, Repub- by | Hoan, who is chairman of the In- a dianapolis Chamber of Commerce | Safety Council and a partner in {the Fieber & Reilly real “estate firm. ’ | Mayor-Elect Feeney said he will meet with the new board in the next few days to map general reorganization of the police depart ment and to discuss selection of a | police chief. vii Mr. Feeney said he considered the city fortunate in obtaining the | services of the three men for the | important safety board administra~ on. | Points to Record | “The board was selected for {ts versatility, experience and knowlledge of the problems confronting fit,” Mr. Feeney said. i “Mr, Keach and Mr, Gisler have had previous experience in GOVE! p,; Whobrey and Herold Jefment administration and have made Teron (below killed Baugh after excellent records. Mr. Fieber brings| : int: blank fire. § youth and a fine war record (four| 85caping point blank fire irom the cornered bandit's gun.
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{board and his work with the Safetys council has given him experience (Which will be of utmost value to | {the new city trafic engineer.”
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Indians Sign Al Lopez for Manager in '48
Catcher Served
Majors 18 Years By EDDIE ASH Times Sports Editor Al Lopez, veteran league catcher, today named the new ‘manager of the Indianapolis baseball club, |; succeeding Jimmy Brown, who directed the Indians the past season. Tribe President Owen J. Bush, who 1s attending the minor league convention in Miami, Fla., made the announcement through Ted Sulllvan, the Indians’ business manager. Lopez, who is 39, served 18 years in the major leagues, 17.in the National -and one in the Americgn. He was player-coach for the Cleveland Indians last season after spending several as the Pittsburgh Pirates’ mainstay receiver. Lopez appeared in 61 games with Cleveland the past campaign and batted 261, Cleveland wanted him to return as a coach next year, but since he had been given permission to make a deal for himself he decided the Indianapolis job was the better for his future. He hopes the opportunity here will pave the way to a big league managerial assignment,
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NEW TRIBE CHIEFTAIN— Al Lopez. (above), a long-term big league catcher, today was signed to manage the Indianapolis Indians in 1948, succeeding Jimmy Brown, who served one season, finishing sixth. In the ‘majors, Lopez played for three different National League clubs and one American, with Cleveland, last sason.
Cold With Rain Headed This Way
Temperature to Drop Below Freezing
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
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Hit .307 in 1946
Prior to the long hitch with the Pirates, Lopez also performed for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves. He batted 307 for the Pirates in 1946. Sullivan did not indicate the térms of Lopez" indianapolis contract but it's a safe guess it is for one year and containing an op- 80 lpm... 88 tional clause, Sullivan also failed] - eemie to mention the ‘status of the out:! Colder weather accompanied by going Jimmy Brown although it rain is predicted for Indianapolis can be taken for granted he won't and vicinity tonight as an un return to Victory Field. The In- expected cold mass headed for the dians finished sixth the past season, State from the Northwest. Lopez was born in Tampa, Fla. Warm air which had been flowAug. 20, 1908, ir the Ybor City sec- | INE In from the Gulf ‘of Mexico- for tion. He entered league ball with|the past two days will give way to Tampa in 1025, played up threugh bélow-freezing temperatures. The the minors and. was purchased by | Minimum tonight is expected to be
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Suspended Sentence
Stark, Remy Demand |
Full Report on ‘Deal’
To File Guilty Plea
Safety Board Head Says Criminal Record Turned Over to Deputy Prosecutor A two-way probe was launched today to learn why a 41-year-old ex-convict, who once served 15 years for murder, was turned loose from Criminal Court 2 yesterday on a suse
‘pended sentence for burglary.
The senténce was suspended by Pro Tem Judge Milton
{| Siegel after Deputy Prosecutor Charles M. Clark said in
open court dent the state had agreed to a suspended sentence
in exchange for a plea of guilty.
Prosecutor Judson L. Stark said he would investigate immediately the reason his deputy, Mr. Clark, represented
ito Judge Siegel that the state had asked for the sentence
suspension, He also said he would find out why Mr. Clark failed to
| present to the court the defendant's criminal record, which
includes two convictions for vehicle taking, one for speeding and one for assault and battery in addition to murder. Sanders Must Report At the same time, Safety Board President William R. Remy ordered Police Chief Howard Sanders to present a full report by this afternoon on the role of the arresting officers in the case. Mr. Remy disclosed this morning his initial inquiry had disclosed to him that police officers had placed the defendant’s criminal record into the deputy prosecutor’s hands. Pro Tem Judge Siegel said today he was unawaré that the ex-convict had a criminal record until he read about it in the newspapers. a “It was never presented to me in court,” he said. “If it had been, I can assure you I never would have suspended the sentence.” Accused Last June : The defendant was Samuel Smith, 41, of 2178 N. Capi
‘Itol Ave, The burglary to which he pleaded guilty was coms
mitted 18 months ago in the grocery of Joseph Guidone, 6005 E. 10th St. fle iA Smith and a companion arrested with him, Herbie Jones, 24, have been awaiting trial on second-degree burglary charges ever since June 25, 1946, when the charge was placed against them. Jones was discharged for lack of evidence yesterday. Police said they found him sitting drunk in an automobile the night that Smith admitted smashing the window of Mr. Gidone's store to burglarize it. Today's investigation, touched off by a series of citizens’
father's condition I feel that. I pected to be read in court as soon! should go back to my private office as the court reconvened at 1:30 p. m. { at once.” If convicted, the defendants faced,
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In Running Battle
Continued on. Page 3—Columm 2) 1929 season, Wegther Bureau officials said this meetings after the murder confessions of Robert Austin
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W. H. Doyle Dies,
Legion Official
William H. Doyle, Malden, Mass., ;n,1y hearing during which the jury 208t yesterday.
national legislative chairman of the American Legion, died yesterday at the Massachusetts Soldiers Sailors’ Hospital, Chelsea, was 57. Services will be held at Malden Friday. National Commander James
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O'Neil and other Legion leaders! ~~
will attend, . Prominent in Legion activities for 28 years, he began visiting Indianapolis regularly 25 years ago on organization business. Last year Mr. Doyle retired as Director of Personnel of Massachusetts.
Predicts India to Ask
Kohinoor From Queen NEW DELHI, Dec. 3 (UP)—The authoritative Hindustan Times predicted today that the Dominion of India will demand the return of the fabulous Kohinodr diamond, now
{possible life imprisonment on the {kidnaping charge. | The prosecution won the right to {read the statements late yesterday |afternoon after a lengthy prelims
was excused. In an effort to prove the state-
and ents had been forced from the headquarters for a patrol wagon.
(defendants by police on the promise lof leniency each of the defendants
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A Knotty Problem— |W. Side Store Clerk Gets in First Shot
Goat Pins Policeman |
| NEWARK, N. J. Dec. 3 (UP)—| A goat got Patrolman Frank Jook's ning gun battle to police and an {the stray animal with a rope and dianapolis last night and died in jdragged it to a call box to phone the gutter with his hold-up loot 'scattered over the street, While he was calling, the oat! The dead man was James Baugh, circled 'rotihtd-and-'round the pole, 25 of Freetown. He was shot down {tying him'fast until fellow. police-|in the 400 block of Harris St. by men rescued him, Patrolmen Ray Whobrey and Har-
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{old Jefferson after he fired a 38- | caliber slug point blank at Patrol{man Whobrey and missed. “The gun fight started after Baugh held up White's Market in 401 8. Warman Ave. He entered the market shortly before 9 p. m. and ordered meat from Turner Carmichael, 25, clerk. “Customer” Draws Gun When Mr. Carmichael looked up, he found the customer pointing a revolver at him. “What do you want?” asked Mr. Carmichael. % “Come up here or I'll kill you,” sald Baugh, motioning toward the
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A ‘small-town hoodlum lost a run-|
Mr. Cook lassoed armed grocery clerk in West Ine
Lopez is to be a playing-manager expected since the warm weauner, with the Indians and is counted which brought 58-degree tempera-
upon to round out a formidable tyre here yesterday, had been excatching staff along with Leroy pected to last until Saturday, Jarvis and Earl Turner. The vet-| possible snow flurries «ure aneran Johnny Riddle is reported ticipated tonight in the area around headed for a coaching berth w:th| Lake Michigan, the Pirates. Jarvis was with the)
8 Degrees Lowest Indians last season and Turner! : played for Albany, N. Y. | ‘The bureau's weekly weather and
| President Bush said he believed | °™°P bulletin reported the week
Lopez, a wiry pastimer, will be able to catch from 70 to 80 games while master-minding the Hoosier Redskins, He is a right-handed batter and stands 5 feet 10% inches, i Since Bush and Frank E. McKin{ney took over the Indianapolis American Association franchise in December, 1941, they have had five different field pilots and Lopez will be No. 6 in seven years.
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| j coldest of the season. Temperatures were helow normal | every day of the week and the low|est temperature here yet this fall was recorded Sunday when at Weir Cook Municipal Airport weather | station, the mercury dropped to 8 degrees. The same morning Lafayette reported 4 degrees. {~~ The highest temperature of the {week at the city weather station Mentioned Once Before {here was only 46 recorded Monday. Late in the 1946 season, -shortly Precipitation throughout the state | after Frank E. McKinney and asso-| was light, the Weather Bureau re- | clates puréhased the Pittsburgh Pi-| ports. {rates, it was rumored that Lopez | Corn picking is 70 per cent com- | then with the Bucs, would be the plete the bulletin reports with the | Indians’ 1947 manager. But the vet-| Crop’s moisture content high in eran balked at dropping out of the many sections, S8oybéan harvest is
THE TIMES’ MILE-O-DIMES will open at 10 a. m. [cash register.” He then ordered Mr. big leagues, and Brown of the! complete in nearly all sections.
ending at 6 a. m. yesterday was the!
’ : (Watts, produced a number of Woman's Attacker alibis from law enforcement : ” officials by noon today. | Judge Pro Tem Siegel said he | felt obligated to follow the recom g S Vy : mendation of the deputy prosecutor | [pu for leniency, particularly since it One of the heaviest sentences was backed up by the prosecuting lever imposed in an assault and Witness, Mr. Guidone. | battery charge in criminal courts! Clark’s Explanation here was handed down by Join) Mr, Clark, the PRvReoUbes: sald ctive . Aaron rsh and Tinder, judge pro tem in Criminal oo men Otto Murphy and Thoms Court 2, ( yesterday. las Low as well as Mr. Guidone had Judge Tinder imposed a $1000 recommended leniency to him after fine and a sentence of six months|the defendant's attorney, Lawrence on the penal farm for John Henry Shaw, offered to plead his client Robert, 59, of 4156 Washington Bully. Blvd, rear, who was found guilty] “There was nothing I could do,” of nssault and battery. He was/sald Mr. Clark, accused of slashing Mrs. Orethe| He sald He himself did not know White, 1415 Mill St, with a knife of Smith's murder conviction and during an argument last Dec. 15. |past crime record at the time of Roberts originally was charged the tral. He said the police officers
{with assault and battery with in-|gave it to him after Judge Siegel
tent to kill which carries a.1 to 10-/had sentenced the man, year sentence. Judge ‘Tinder| Judge Siegel said his first knowle changed this charge to plain as-Yeqge of the case was when he noe sault in order to impose the heavy ticed the defendant's attorney, Mr, fine. {Shaw, the police officers and the
in the crown of Britain's Queen! Elizabeth. ; The diamond, originally 186 carats
[Carmichudl to stuff the grocery’s| Pirates got the Indianapolis job,| Wheat is mostly in good condition. | Judge Tinder explained that con-|dqeputy prosecutor standing in = cash receipts into a brown paper relieving Bill Burwell wi prere eeectmerne viction on the assault with intent hyddie wh in a. . urwell, who Art EX-NEBRASKA OFFICIAL DIES | oR criminal court opened
tomorrow on W. Washington St. in front of L. S. Ayres & Co. and the S. S. Kresge Co.
but later cut to 106, passed from |
the East Indian Co. to Queen Victoria in 1849. The gem’s history can be traced back as far as the 14th Century.
Husband Fined $20 4 For Spanking Wife TORONTO, Dec. 3 (UP)~—Joseph Ontosh was ordered today to pay a fine of $20 for spanking his wife. “A man can't take the law into his own hands,” said Magistrate J.-L. Prentice,
HALF HOLIDAY ADDED WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UP)— President Truman has signed an executive order giving government rk a half-day off on Christmas Eve, in addition to their regular full holiday on Christmas Day.
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The Wild. triplets—Jane, Jean and Joan—who laid the first dimes on the line last year when they were approaching their first birthday, will start the mile again. The daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd R. Wild, 1132 Spann Ave, will celebrate their birthday Dec. 29. Fire Chief Harry Fulmer and city firemen who will service the Mile-O-Dimes for The Times again this year will take part in tie ceremonies. They will meet the triplets at their home and take them | to the Mile-O-Dimes in official cars. | Serving at the Mile-O-Dimes until the campaign ends Christmas Eve will be uniformed members of American Legion Firemen's Post No. 42. The firemen will remain on duty 24 hours &/ day. Officers of the post are Lee Fulmer, commander; Louis Bauer, adjutant; Robert Cooper and Melvin Wilkerson, vice commanders; William | Wyss, finance officer; Harry Branson; Paul Joliff, service officer. : The firemen’s post manned the Mile-O-Dimes last year when the line went over a. mile for the first time in 17 years. » » » ALL THE MONEY received there is used to purchase cloth ing for Indianapolis’ needy c¢hildren through The Times Clothe-A-Child. Indianapolis residents also may aid Clothe-A-Child in two other
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In the basement opening stock, Donald Sellers, 26, night manager {of the market, heard the words, |“Come up.” michael was calling him to ask {about the price of an item. Mr. Sellers ascended the stairs and walked ihto Baugh's gun. “There were about a dozen customers in the market,” said~ Mr, Sellers, “He had them all covered.” Seizes $384 in Bag
Baugh seized the paper bag filled] MACON, Ga. Dec. 3 (UR)—The or months” was thought possible to- diately’ made public. with $384 and after looking threat-| orchid she was to have worn at the day for a “once in many millions”|
eningly around the market backed lout and started to run. { Mr, Sellers silently reached under [the counter, came .up with a 45{caliber pistol and handed it to Mr. |Carmichael, who took off in pursuit f the bandit. “‘While customers watched breath[lessly, Mr, Carmichael stalked the {bandit to an alley and fired. The bandit lurched as though hit and zig-zagged down the alley. | In the store, meanwhile, Mr. Sel-
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[to the Pirates as coach. which, the Pirates sold Lopez to i Cleveland. | Obviously, Brown was taken on
| pez's big league time ran out and |he became free to sign with the Hoosier Indians. . Bride Dies Wearing Wedding Orchid
{wedding that death prevented was still pinned to her blouse when Mrs. Elizabeth Shape was brought to Macon Hospital, fatally injured in a traffic accident. Bibb ‘County deputies sald Mrs, Shape's flance, T. Sgt. Raymond E. Overby, 26, of Dillard, Okla. suf-
Juries in the accident at nearby Dry Branch. . . M. Sgt. William Denkowicz of Reinerton, Pa, was driving the cou|ple to Perry, Ga., for the marriage. He told deputies he swerved to miss another car and plunged off a curving bridge.
Report Cards Better— If Wifey Gets Them
HARTFORD, Conn, Dec. 3 (UP) Dean Arthur H. Hughes of Trinity College said today that the grades of students whose report cards were Ir to their wives were higher
Jthan thos¢ of students whose
grades were sent to their parents.
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CHICAGO, Dec, 3 (UP)-—Former (Lt. Gov, Roy W. Johnson of Nebraska died of a heart ailment to-
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{to kill would permit the defendant | yesterday. to gain release in a few months, but| Mr Siegel was .amed pro tem {that the assault conviction would judge by Judge Saul I. Rabb who {permit the heavy fine, which may|is busy now hearing a kidnaping
He thought Mr. Car- as an “interim” manager until Lo- day in his Sherman Hotel room. require him to serve three or more case,
lyears. ’ Reading of the court record dure
4-Day-Old Siamese Twins
ing the hearing produced the fole lowing dialog in the case: The cluster of policemen, prose |ecutor, witness and defendant have
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Survival “for a matter of weeks
|set of Biamese-twins under observation in Riley Hospital, | gFlospital attaches said the 4-day-Ba twins who are joined together {just below the hairline of the head are still alive and “doing very well.” | Prolonged survival, however, was not {believed probable. | Chances of separating the two “is lvery slim,” physicians said, Early theories that this 'particular type of Siamese birth is the first of its kind have been discarded after a study of records showed previous, rare instances. Physicians said, however, that this type happens only “Once in many millions” births. The babies were born four days ago in Diinn Memorial Hospital in Bedford, The mother, Mrs, Edward R. Speers, is\recovering in the Bedford hospital. The babies were. Sat urday by Caesarean but
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asked his name be withheld, said| (Continued on Page 9—Column §) the babies’ heads, other than a bone | Ee —_— os conection at the top, are normal‘Santa’ Shuns Wor He sald the babies’ heart actions | are good and that both children are Even at $4 “ Day well formed. ELIZABETH, N. J, Dec. 3 (UP) They are believed to have sepa- The Volunteers of America res sate nervous and circulatory sys-|ported today that they had looked tems, for a week without success for a Dr. Donald Casely, director of Santa Claus to work at $4 a day.
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have common brain tissue which reduces any chance for survival Their chances are not good according to statistics but they may have a fair chance to live.” He sald they have “not lost any ground” since they were rushed to| Riley Hospital Saturday, The Bedford physician said the “top of the two skulls arescontin | uous.” Dr, Casely said the infants! appeared to be “not particularly sturdy, but they cry and eat and move their fingers and toes.” The father ‘is an accountant sx Crane Naval Ammunition Depot.
Center, said the twins “apparently
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