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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1948

Neighbors Find Home, Clothe Walls Family MIKELS

By DONNA “WHEN IT LOOKS like you've come. to the end of your rope just tie a knot in it and hang on.” These -homespun words... of advice came from Albert Walls, as he and wife and

family ‘counted blessings in their new home at 7209 Ralston Ave. A week things didn’t look sO ge "tor the family. Their home burned to the ground, Jan. 24, and with it went $6000 worth of furniture, personal belongings and their slim savings.

BUT IN week's time, be:

cause of the friendly spirit of hel little community of Ravensthings: are looking et for the Walls’ family than they have for a long time. First of all the kids in John «Strange School with the three Walls children, Mary, 16. Rufus, 13 and Denton, 11, got busy . after school collecting money to aid the stricken family. as didn’t keep track of how .much.they. collected. At the end’ of the day, they shyly knocked at the door where the Walls were staying -and pressed the day’s- collections and lists of contributors in Mrs. Walls’ hand. - It's Mr. Walls’ guess,

. however, that the youngsters \ turned in around $50 altogether. = -

. FINANCIAL HELP came also from glass jars in a neighborhood grocery, several tav-

T Union and individual contributors, They were living temporarily in the summer cottage loaned them by William Barrett, a tavern operator, worrying about where they would find a place to live. Then a rosy tinge begin to

AT HOME — The Albert Walls family, btirned out of their home a week ago, are happily settled in a new home today after generous aid from the community of Ravenswood. Left to right are Denton, Mr. Walls, Rufus, Mrs. Walls and daughter,

Mary.

brighten their horizons. First of all, they got a: place to live. People who were moving contacted thém and they were able to rent the littie partially

furnished - cottage. Then, Bi the money given them neighbors,

generous they ot finish owt the children’s wardrobes. “Almost all their dots was given to them,” the mother said. “But the t one is so small and nothing we got fit

him.”

avenswood

MR. WALLS, who has been invalided by typhoid fever followed by pneumonia, for a year, got a chance to start back to work. “I got a job working on masonry and I caf work every day

that it's over 15 degrees,” hesaid happily. “I sure hope it stays warm.”

His wife also went back to work over her doctor's objections. But Mr. Walls makes it Clear that she's going to work

only until the weather permits | him to get full time labor. i With a place to live, clothes to wear and a chance to rebuild their home thie Walls are happy today. : . » » “IT'S BEEN a bad time" Mrs. Walls summed, “but out of it we certainly learned what good friends our neighbors are. “Before this we didn’t know our neighbors too well, but now I'll say there isn't a finer bunch anywhere than in Raven¥wood.

A two-year-old boy struggling in a snow bank at 12:30 4. mM. Wis to be returned to his parents today after an investigation by Juvenile Aid authorities. The baby was found by Homer ‘ Zoeller, 3901 Sheridan St. on

He took the child-to a nearby Ju station and police sent the to. General Hospital to be bic for possible exposure. | The parents of the child, who live only two blocks from the spot where the baby was found, ap-| peared at Juvenile Aid Division at 8 a. m. asking for their ba

got out of dressed walked out the front door while they were asleep and ‘that they en miss him until this morn-

lce-O-Rama Seats. ) Being Sold Fast

If you haven't purchased your tickets for The Times Ice-O-ii you better do it early next

There are hundreds of good, Teserved -seats left at 85 cents:

800d parquet chairs at $1.20 . . .|

the few box seats avaflable 4] ge singles, also “at

Today's sales at the Ice-O-Rama Ticket Booth in L. Strauss Co. continued to show that Seats were going fast. . Net proceeds from the allMateur ice show will g0 to The " Paralysis Fund. More an 400 local skaters will take part in the extravanza.

‘Groaner’ Named

Honora Mayor

+o ELKO, Nev., Feb. 7 (UP) —Elko idents think so much of actor-

crooner Bing Crosby they ap- water which bubbled through the coal

Rointed him honorary mayor tony let him sweep a couple 8, collect m and rect traffic. Se Faroage Ranchers and cow-pokes from Je 50 miles around gathered here or the celebration highlighted Hw Mr. Crosby appeared-on a

Vajsony to take the oath of office. |.

The old groaner from Holly og is a longtime favorite and owns T of Elko residents. He north 2 l4-acre ranch 50 miles of here, complete with little

dogles 1 old cor a empty saddles in the

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Oomles

I tracked a cat lasi {1 came: down. to. look: the. situa,

Identifies Them as Mountain Lion's

By VICTOR

PETERSON

"(On Safari with Big Game Hunter Harry MeClain)

PIKES PEAK, Ind., Feb. 7—Fresh prints in Brown County snow! today convinced big game" hunter Harry McClain that he is closing - in for the kill of a howling monster which has this community

The 66-year-old hunter, with 20 years of big game hunting experience, left his expedition headquarters. a fhe 3 J. Moore

“SURE DO wish the snow _|hadn’t drifted, ” he said |“ was hot on that trail when }

farm home of near New Bellsville|-

eggs, hot biscuits and coffee, the diminutive hunter hit the trail “under a heavy knaptraps and ammunition. - . » “AR HE FOLLOWS the trail he picked up yesterday, on the first

sack o

|day of the hunt, he plans to set Sgt. Golden Reynolds ‘'a number of traps which might] parents explained that hala the! snare one or more of the Déasts| bed,

Just before noon yesterday, |

Hunter McClain crossed a trail mation of the latest whereabout being questioned by

of prints which he immediately

identified ak those of a mountain

lion. “This proves that the ‘people around here haven't just been. hearing or seeing things... I knew,

tion over,” he said. Backwoods talk is that the| cats — were turned loose by a Tamily in the area after they got too big for pets. Since then they are believed to nave multiplied: ¥ . » ™HE 120-POUND hunter fol "[lowed - the well-marked trail for several hours through the new fallen’ snow: “He was easy to track,” Mr. McClain said. “The prints just stood out in the snow. It was pretty rough country and I think he knew I was on the trail “I had been stalking him for| several miles when I heard him howl. He was calling his mate, and she answered. Those were the only cries I heard, but that was enough.” °

tracking and found one well area where the cat obviously had stopped “to drink from spring!

|ice.

WHERE DID

HATS happened Hall?

- this year? What

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lost it. -The snow had filled in all the prints. { “But I know where that cat was ¥" going. I'll smoke him out. We {were getting into awfully rugged, |country. There are lots of caves fim those hills: [these cats like to find for a lair. arrived in Brown - County -late {flooded by residents with infor-|

nt the beast.

home as headquarters; beast's activities seemed to center in their, area. The country

calls on the party line. “The wires huthmed

{ful hints which Hunter McClain plans to sift -and -thus-perfect. his

operation pian for-capture and death of the mysterious monster.|

Tomorrow will be no day of rest. He plans a full day in the field.

~ " " “FACT 18, I'm going to stay in the field until I clear up this situation just like the one at Lebanon,” Mr, McClain asserted. A Lebanon, Ind. “beast” was heard no more after Hunter MeClain claimed he eliminated last year.

Flees Oncoming Train

MT. VERNON, Ind, Feb. T| (UP)—When Edgar Terrell's coal truck stalled on a

door. A minute later, an L&N passenger train struck the truck land carried it 300 feet, scattering and wreckage ‘along the |right-of -way.

MONEY GO?

to our tax money at City

Why does the City have an estimated budget deficit of $500,000 . . . with the highest tax rate in history? Will property taxes increase again

and to the City's fabulous ‘a sewer program? The City’s financial records? How did the City lose $59,000 in five days?

. and other questions will be answered by The. These of articles on municipal spend-

starts Monday

INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Ia bites 3 2

“That's just the kind of spot > ’|at all” for bludgeoning his moth-|

The tiny Indianapolis trapper er, Mrs. Cora Lee Siefker, was re-

“i

railroad track | | Hunter McClain pushed his here yesterday, he jumped out the trod 1

"| present law expires,

Game Hunter Hot on Trail Considers Mental Soins tt rd, hey Of Brown County ‘Terror’

gin Finds Fresh Prints in Show: ="

Tests for Siefker

Judge ‘to Arraign © Young Slayer Later

Judge William D. Bain of Crim-| {inal Court 1 today was consider-; ing the appointment of paychi-| atrists to examine Lloyd Siefker, guitar-playing neurotic who has| admitted beating his mother to death with a hammer last Wednerday. The young musician has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge and will be arraigned

in Judge Bain's court at a time {to be set later.

{ ‘No Reason at All

The 24-year-old defendant who | told detectives he had ‘no reason

turned here last night from Cin-

and De is positive are mountain lions. {Thursday ‘and immediately was cinnati, where he surrendered.

He hummed continually while Detective |Sgts. William O'Rourke and] Laurence McLaughlin at Indian-|

THE MOORES Oltered their apolis police headquarters upon . for the iy return,

|" The tall, blond musician readily admitted .the hammer slaying of

fall when phone was busy last night with his 55.vear-old mother in their! with helps,

home at 3465 Hovey St. rear. “said He sleep last Wednesday and arose! attam: SUCHE the Harrie 3 Was Hospitalized He has spent considerable time, in veterans’ hospitals” following his medical discharge after .six months Army service. Army phyisiclans diagnosed him as a psychoneurotic personality. Detectives said he has asked to attend the funeral of his mother \Monday but the request probaJly will be denied. Siefker played only once with {the hill-billy band of Monty and {His Gang, the group's leader P. M. | Montague said. He came to the band in answer to a newspaper |advertisement. He was to have been fired for being a “popular” guitar player. instead -of hillbilly, the Je lenger aod added.

0-Day Rent Law | Extension Studied

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (UP)— Senate Republicans today vere) considering an emergency 30-day extension of the present rent law to keep controls on while they thrash out their differences over a new bill. :

Chairman Charles W, Tobey (R. N. H.) of the Senate Banking Committee said he was thinking “seriously” of such a move since studying the proposed rent bill drawn up by a subcommittee, Sen. Harry P. Cain (R. Wash), will not. present the subcommittee's modified proposals until! Feb. 16-—only 13 days before the

Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey of

ery” and its author, Sen. Cain "Some Wresiar Nu. 3 of SA"

~ [Snow, 210 7 | Above Zero, On Way Here

the cold wave will come tomorrow night, plummeting the tem- | TO LG 7 cpove Terk. by Monday morning. Earlier

carefully went enforcement apolis streets, county roads and start of trading highways all over the state were pyuahel, termed treacherous and danger- the all-time high of three weeks ous for drivers.

-districts- of La. Porte and Ft.

‘areas,

north in consumption of the nation’s ,erit-| ically short supply of gas and fuel oil.

oped. The

l= AFL public school

New Frigid Wave Coming Out of West

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

a m.."8 Joa m.., 31 Ta m..% 11am... ‘8 a m.. 23 12 (Noon) 34 Sam... 1 pm..3

Snow and another cold wave. The snow will come today and

the Weather Buia

had :predicted sleet for but Weatherman Paul i took another look at the sky at noon and said “just snow.” that it would be light.

He added (But so

couple of weeks ago.)

‘Drive Carefully’ The usual warnings

cies as Indian-

The big dip to zero to five above

at 23 this morning. Main roads are clear in the

Wayne, but there are scattered of ice on roads in the | Crawfordsville and Greenfield Vincennes reported extensive icy spots in that district, with scattered ice north of |

FORECAST: Light snow with lowest temperatures 14-18 above tonight. Colder Sunda ¥: lowest temperatures 2 to 7 above by Monday morning.

Matier at Postoffice daily except Sunday

as down at the to ' $2154; cents

May corn a under

about 55

ago. While the traders were selling

failed to come off per schedule ie May delivery heavily others) last night with the thermomeler were buying corn for delivery in standing a

{ December, aparently in the be-

(lef that the market was due to reverse its nosedive. .

December corn opened up as

!much as 4 cents a bushel higher

(than yesterday. All oats futures | were up, too.

Wheat futures for delivery in

| Scottsburgh and many icy spots May and July were slightly lower.

south of both Scottsburgh and Salem.

sweeping into the country. One

along the Pacific coast and the ty other to the east of the mountains in the north central states.

The new frigid blasts from the threatened to

Forecasters said the cold air

» sweeping the Middle West would — cover all the area as far east

It would continue eastward, they said, but

Pinch Hits New York

Officials at New York City said ‘metropolis’ emergency pool of

{The September and December de-

Stocks finished on a firm tone aesistant commissioner of the west of the Rocky Mountains in the New York market al-| Bureau of Labor Statistics, said though optimism was tempered they would have to see what deby continued erratic price move-' yelops before interpreting the ef-

ments in commodities. The mixed trend in the grain during the last four days.

{pits indicated that

of coal dev?l-|

New York Central {railroad announced that it would | cancel or combine 33 steam-oper-ated trains in the East. “Temperatures rose slightly today in the eastern part of the country but were not expected to alleviate the fuel situation in the

idled by power

{

{heavily industrialized area where) about 300,000 workers have been

shutdowns. | Gov. Luther W. Youngdahl of

Minnesota charged that some government officials were “playng politics” with the fuel short-

~ BULLETIN

JACKSONVIL LE. Fla., Feb. 7 (UP)—The Coast Guard reported today that am “astern

["from banks.

Air Lines Constellation carry- | ing possibly 60 persons was |

down in the Atlantic off Jacksonville and EAL identified the | plane in" trouble as Flight 611, Miami-bound. from New Yiérk.

ee —

“Spikes Gas With «Water; May Be A ‘Mickey Finn’

BELLFLOWER, Cal, Feb. 1 (UP)-~James R. Monroe said today he has solved the gasolin: problem Tor the nation's motorist if he can only keep his invention from blowing up. Monroe said the intricate contraption in the rear of his automobile will run the 1935 jalopy on a gallon of gas and a gallon of water, “Soon,” he said, “I'll be able to get along without any gasoline. | Just fill the thing up with water.” |

» ~ ” THE PRINCIPLE, of Monroe's irvention is the conversion oi water into its hydrogen and oxygen components. A secret process mixes the hydrogen and oxygen with gasoline vapor, converting it, into a highly explosive product | which Is fed into the carburetor. The only trouble, he said,

{he is working on that.

Man Stricken In Barber Chair

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the break

analyze it.

light Drops Due in Some

Prices of Food

Buying Trend Develops Kroger r Chain In Grain Futures

Market Break May Have Run Its Course;

Stocks Finish Firm in New York CHICAGO, Feb, 7 (UP)—A buying trend developed in some of did the New York weatherman & ty. Chicago grain futures today, indicating that some traders believe the market break has run its course. : As the Board of Trade opened for a short Saturday session, | to drive May corn futures tumbled the S-cent limit for the fourth day in a

ut from all law, row, but on grains went up. |

Anderson: ‘It's Too Fast for Me’

WASHINGTON; Feb. 7 (UP) —S8ecretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson today said of the market break, "IUSs too fast “for me.” “I don't think a soul under- | stands it,” he added.

Nourse, chairman of the Presi.

liveries shot up as much as 7'; dent's Council of Economic AdTwo separate cold waves were cents over Friday's closing price. visers, and Aryness Joy Wickens, announced a 1-cent cut in its 113-

Mr, Wickens said it is too early|

Such’ sEpera as Be. Edwin G. living.”

Washington Calling—

You'll Have to Use Your Own Crystal Ball on Markets

~ Federal, Trade Economists Fail to Agree on Cause; ‘A Natural Swingback,” Some Say “4 the way he sized up the sitWASHINGTON, Feb. 7—You may as well use your

own crystal ball on this price situation.

any.

Its as good a as

Government and Vodiich economists don't agree. Most of them say tumbling commodity prices are just natural swingback. They've been much too high. Also it looks now as if there'd be good wheat crop this summer. But—and they all say “but” this could be beginning of longterm decline in prices. This is way it would start, they say. What's really important is how people react. If consuming public slows buying; thinking that prices will drop; if sellers rush |

-to sell—then svatch out.

So far there's no sign of this. Retail ~§tore sales -are - stil}

hooming. Home builders look *

Businesses are large These are inflafactors. Automobile makers, steel makers see no dark clouds. Inventories aren't out of line, apparently. . Also there's a floor under farm prices. They can't drop as they did in 1920-21, because of government price supports. Wheat and corn are pegged at. $1.82 and $1.37 a bushel, and farmers can make money at those prices. In middle of January. they were averaging

for big year. still borrowing

tionary

“%

"help head off “demands for higher wages. } Congressmen’s. reaction to

sums |

$2.81 for wheat and $2.46 for |

eon:

Seek ‘Little Deflation’

AND REMEMBER THIS: |

Neither = Democratic administration nor Republican Congress wants election-year -recsssion. What they want is a “little deflation” with people

able to buy more with their ' ‘dollars. They particularly do.

not want unemployment. Lower ving costs

should

Our Fair City—

Hopefuls Swell List Seeking: County Prosecutor Title

market drop was typical. Parties started trying to blame each other. One Republican leader thinks Truman is stress--ing civil rights as hedge “in ease he can’t make high prices the issue this fall”

Navy's Strategy NAVY STRATEGY of defense against Russia — if, as and when—-center- round air. craft carriers. That's what's behind announcement this week

of Navy plans for two new 850.--

000-ton carriers, Russia's ‘putting entphasis on. submarines as well as planes. Navy reasons this way: We have no land bases near Russia—with possible exception =

| of those In Arctjc—from which Alr Force could launch planes | that could get there and back.

And, if need arose, considerable ! time might be required to build

, adequate strips for planes cap-

able of carrying atomic bombs (Continued - + Page 2<Col. 4)

THERE ARE’ about five times as many aspirants to the office of county prosecutop as there are for the

“governorship.

In addition to the dozen or so whose names have appeared this week inh both parties, Scott Ging, 18th Ward chairman and also county attorney is reported |

"“itohing” to get i the race. to reports, is John Tinder, local attorney, who

8o, according

was one of mn sparicplugs in the Wemmer campaign for mayor. LJ

| How fo Win Votes

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{To Cut Bread 1-Cent Monday

Substantial Slashes In Lard, Flour Seen Scattered food price cuts

‘are expected in Indianapolis next week.

As in the nation, it was

'“{00 early” to tell whether

a definite downward trend

‘was developing.

The . encouraging news locally was: Good prospect of « fairly substantial drop in retail costs of

{flour and lard.

Slight meat price reductions that started this week are expected to continue. Bread Prices Cut

Kroger Grocery & Co.

loaf of bread, effective

Througho scattered price cuts were vebut sald it was

{fects of the break in commodities too early to tell whether *he de-

creases resulted from price

{plunges on the nation's grain, came too fast for the traders to to tell what the effect of the mar- commodity, livestock and security ket plunge will be on the cost of markets.

The last two days have brought a reduction in the price of lard and flour. ; Guy. Loy, general manager, Standard Grocery Co. said he believed that next week will bring “fairly substantial” additional rei ductions.

= Meets Nenstge Bvenpthing

{1t affects just about everything.”

Kroger’s reductions on lard have totaled 6 cents a pound since

} Thursday. _|__A spokesman for another chatn grocery agreed that next week ~~

Iwill bring still further drops in flour prices, if the present trend ‘continues, In sizing up the meat situaJo, one buyer pointed to a drop wholesale pork prices of 32a

| hundred the past few days,

The retail reductions were in

{anticipation of -still lower whole{sale costs, he added,

= Bread Cut to 14 Cents Rodgers N. Brown, Indianapolis branch manager, Kroger y and Baking Co. said his chain will sell the 1',-pound bread loaf for 14 cents, or two for 27 cents, effective Monday. At present, the

“loaf sells for 15 cents, two for 20

cents,

All chain buyers and others are { “staying close to the market.” in lanticipation of further price drops. previously -announced that they were reducing thelr prices as a result of the decline in the wheat quotations

Flour - millers

on the big commodity markets.

Economist Roger W. Babson, who accurately predicted the 1929 ‘stock market crash, warned that downward trend must con[tinue or the world’s economy depres-

would crash in another sion. Mr. Babson sald the

(high taxes and fear.

'Watts Defense

To Seek New Trial

A motion for a new trial will be filed in Circuit court at Shelbyville Monday in béhalf of Robert Austin Watts, sentenced to |die in the ‘electric chair May 10

current slump resulted from high prices,

the murder of Mrs. Mary Lois

| Burney here last Nov, 12, The

byville recently. If the motion for a new trial is overruled by Judge Harold Bar-

ger, Attorney Henry indicated he iwould prepare an appeal to the

Indiana Supreme Court. Money for financing the appeal is being raised by the South jern Association for the Improve|ment of Colored Citizens and the

: Big Brothers, Inc.

CONGRESSMAN LOUIS LUDLOW, aging and ill a# he is, a on another of his little lessons on how to win friends and get

votes this week,

passport was on its way. Mum-

| bled Mr. Dawson:

“And they wonder why we can’t elect a Republican con-.

| gressman here.”

while in a barber's chair In an| East Side barber Y.| Dawson, the siraphangers on po, Oitrd Mt £1 ft 1 0 SE SNA Wiel topied Ix week to defend a local GI in a Deputy Coroner Dr. Paul Din.| J6881 jam. He sent several.

‘Teachers Plan Strike

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 7 (UP) > teachers will: strike Feb. 24 unless the

in the ‘school year, a’ union spokesman said today.

Minneapolis described the pro- school board increases ‘their pay! posed extension law as “a mock-‘to. compensate for a reduction

| E

wires and had a phone conver. |

sation or two with Senator Pomer Capehart on the item of But no passport. * * Finally, in: desperation, he ‘wired Mr. Ludlow, the perennial Democrat from Indian: apolis. Less than 48 hours later, a letter arrived from Mr. Ludlow's office saying yay thing was under jSontjfal, 4 :

Lowdown on Coke

have the idea Citizens Gas & Coke Utility is shipping a lot of its coke out of the city instead of selling it here where a # badly needed right now.

motion will be filed by William 8. Henry, Indianapolis attorney who assisted in Watts’ defense during the trial at Shel-

New Outbreaks in dia

NEW DELHI, Feb. 7 (UP) Renewed communal warfare

| broke out in Kashmir province

today as followers of K. Gandhi completed arrangements to scatter his ashes on the

| sacred waters of the Ganges | River next Thursday.

SOME LOCAL coal dealers

Butter Find It ;

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Feb. 7, | tUP)-—S8tate police reported to-

day that a trailer struek loaded

with oleomargarine left Maryland

+ Just to find out what's really a days ago for: : and hasn't been heard

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