Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 February 1948 — Page 1
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train today by a passing motorist who saw the tot wandering along the W. Morris 8t. overhead. The rescuer was Edward Wanek, 40, of 58 N. 17th St, 3eech| Grove, lubricating engineer for, {Gulf Refining Co. | | He jumped from the overhead {tc safety with 3-year-6ld~ Jaeck| | Benton, son of Mrs. Lucille Benton, 1038 8. Lyons 8t., whom he had seen stumbling along the tracks.
Sees Fast Train
Mr. Wanek told ‘investigating officers that he was driving under the Pennsylvania Railroad overhead when he “glanced up” and saw the child. N At almost the same moment he saw a fast train rushing | toward the overhead. He scrambied from his car up the bank {and grabbed the boy just as the train reached the overhead, depu-| ties said. He held the boy in his arms as he jumped from the {tracks to the embankment. + Deputy sheriffs searched - the | neighborhood almost an hour attempting to learn the tot's identity. He was returned home after his mother discovered his absence and phoned the sheriff's office. Police said the boy had wandered almost” “ eight blocks from his home.
ICE-O-RAMA DUO-—Eleanor Ann Bond ‘and John Glossbrenner will team up tonight in The Times Ice-O-Rama when they present the graceful routing which won them honors as runners-up to the Lake Fro Champions of the United States. The two-hour Infantile Paralysis Benefit show starts promptly at 8 p. m. in the Fair Grounds Coliseum. »
- A 3-year-old boy was snatched i 3 from the path of an onrushing! , . .
erance.of the City Street Department. .
‘Raintree County’ Called ‘1066 Pages
Of Rank Obscenity’
NEW YORK, Feb. 19 (UP) —| The Rev. Fr. Alfred Barrett, a
Expect Record Crowd Tonight at Ice-O-Rama Show Scheduled to Get Under Way ot 8 p. m; Doors Open at 7; Seats Still Available > ART WRIGHT
pectacle of a professional ice review will be displayed in the Fair Grounds Coliseum dt 8 o'clock tonight when The Times its the 1948
edition of The Times Ice-O-Rama. Nearly 500 amateur skaters of all ages—from tiny tots to ts—will entertain a record crowd for two hours to raise
A the color and Jesus, denounced the Book-of-
the-Month. Club last night as “one of the curses of America” for promoting the novel “Raintree County.” Father Barrett told the critics forum best
and blasphemous” and to faith and morals.” will| He said it should fall within the
der the direction of Charles Hen-! . zie, will begin an hour-long con-| 14 > wp hiss iy enc philoso phy And blasJest, They will play until the open- Pris are: Parquet, $1.20; side| phemous impucidity,” was writ-| ing fantare for the fce show at =. ine 85 cents; end meand~'ten by Ross Lockridge Jr. of eK nb | nine, 60 cents. Prices include tax. | Bloomington, Ind., and won the aborate Stage Settings ALL seats are reserved. _1$125,000 Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer The most elaborate stage set- SEIS 3 laward last year. It was the ling ever created, for the Ice-O-|Cook, who last Sunday won thew. _." 0 con of the BookRama will lend color and a pro-|Eastern Men's Novice Champion-| =o 0p 0 ~ Ton 0 Jutsional touel to the show. Gaily ship at Lake Placid, N.Y. er . a ssed worth some $8000 winners of many other competi ore will make up part of the set. The tive skating events throughout| A THES dans of Bid the scenery was constructed by pu- the United States also will be I adDRenny™ pils of the Stagecraft and Make- seen. Sus and nAqwiable Haney up classes of Arsenal Technical, The Times again is staging f Ch High School, under the direction Ice-O-Rama with the co-operation resurrection o! rist. i of C. 8. Stewart. The set was, de- of the'City Park and Recreation Tae Bovk-alsthedfonth Cub} signed by A ¢ the rtment. is 'e er getting careless—or rthur Lindberg o . Depa " bold,” he said, “critic
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Mybeck Enters Governor Race
Walter R. Mybeck, former Lake County clerk, announced today his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor of Indiana.
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sections of the state already have indicated they will welcome Mr. Mybeck’s candidacy,” Mr. Sandstra said. .
fs vers. His name had been mentioned frequently over a period of many months. .
race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, Harry McClain of Shelbyville having been the first in that party to come out for the the virgin birth, divinity, and Governor.
ard T. James and Hobart Creighhe ton of Warsaw. previously
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With Miss Garner
Times W Bureau WASHINGTON, Feb. 19—Happiest Hoosier here today is 16-year-old Robert Hansel, Senate page boy from Decatur, Ind, For he has a second date with Peggy Ann Garner, who is the same age, but an Academy Award winner in the movies and now starring here in a stage play called “Pick Up Girl." Acting on a dare from other |Senate pages, “Bob” started phon-
Upstater Announces Democratic Candidacy
GARY, Ind. Feb, 19 (UP)—
The announcement was made
talked to her .mother and she let him talk to Peggy Ann. Upshot
SPRING STREET CLEANING STARTS—This road grader is performing extra curricular duty in cutting hardened mud out of the gutters of city streets so debris can be picked up and hauled away. The impletent is being operated by Harry Sev-
From Decatur Date ,
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ing the hotels and found Miss! Garner ‘was at the Statler. He
+ = Demands Centralized ~~ Purchasing Agency With Real Authority
Plans to Appoint New Budget Director;
Other Reforms to Follow Times Articles : By RICHARD LEWIS =~ The most drastic series of financial reforms in 20 years
'was pledged today by Mayor Al Feeney in a statement to {The Times. ; The Mayor's statément followed disclosures by The {Times that thousands of tax dollars have been wasted an\nually by faulty record keeping, independent purchasing \and lack of central financial THREE Centralization of pur-
lcontrol at City Hall, |chasing under a single agency and Mayor Feeney said he rec- changes in methods as developed |ognized these features of City | through an inspection by inde-
{Hall finance operations ass waste pendent purchasing agents. {of taxpayers’ money. He said he| FOUR — Issuance of monthly
{will initiate immediately the fol- statements by the Controller lowing steps to correct them: sho the financial posi ONE-—The employment of a {all{the City within the current budget * time budget director at City Hall year,
for the first time in history. The sr i Heh on 0 8 Lom See purchases exceeding $500.
tract a nationally recognized au-SIX-—Extension of strict budget,
thority, he said. purchasing and operational con-
TWO-—Revision of inadequate methods of record keeping in the itrol over General Hospital and the Sanitation Plant,
Controller's office by independent certified public accountants. Asks Accounting, Purchasing Surveys { The Mayor said he had asked the Certified Public Accountants’'| When I coached Association of Indianapolis for a survey of the Controll's office to|their own work out effective methods of financial control. He said he has asked the State Purchasing Agents’ Association for a survey and recommenda- - (tions on City purchasing prac-
“I think it's healthy for independent experts to come into City Hall and examine some of our financial practices” a
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(Earlier. Story, Page 28) DETROIT, Feb. 19 (UP)—Alvin N. (Bo) McMillin, one of football's most popular coaches, turned his back on 26 years in| “I know outsiders who are ex-|expend the collegiate field today and (Pert In their field can ses im-ible to the
Lions profession team. || Doubs Personnel Director ‘in Cards’ EE th
Lions professional team. v oe : ho aon, iC hE ‘The colorful Bo, coach at In-| The Mayor said an want fo centralize the selecof personnel on some
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“Man Ng Sur} he her to lunci : was that took to ch at y party lesdéts the Mayflower yesterday and today for a tour of the House and Senateegalleries. Since he is Sen. William E. Jenner’s patronage, he also brought the young actress in to meet Mr. Jenner's office staff. Bob not only was bursting with pride in his prowess, but later lording it over his colleagues attending the pages school at the Capitol. .
CI0 Meat Worker Vote to Walkout
“CHICAGO, Feb. 10 TUPT—The
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Mr. Mybeck’'s candidacy came no surprise to political obser-
His dnnouncement provided a
Was Chairman in "28 A race between Lt. Gov. Rich-
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i diana University 14 years andient group of bi-partisan citizens dean of Big Nine mentors, inked had off rah the se-|uu, basis,” be Said. *With an ‘Waking hist gen: lection of the . He i . eral manager of the rejuvenated sald he could not reveal their|™® have, I don't know whether Lions as well as coach. identity until they themselves/we can afford to make this wo of foe Metesment were /were ready to do so. change A osed bh c n was| He said the budget director will| - The Mayor ordered understood to have made a seven-Be a nonpartisan individual anda series of ok aad he Jase finan year pact calling for $7230 a year. may not necessarily be an Indi-|cial and purchising on already. anapolis resident. He ordered the ; The Mayor said he did not|Agent to purchase by the carload think a personnel director, an-|all coal required for dehas been bought
Pontingent Upon Release Both the Lions and McMillin other - reform recommendation, partments. This was “in the cards this year” by the ton at retail prices.
emphasized that his new job was Maio Checks Coal Storage Space
contingent upon his release from a contract with Indiana which “w , - We're going to see if we can ity to determine why the City has get a discount on coal—a sizable been paying the approximate re- {
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[still has seven years to run. Indiana officials, however, already {have expressed willingness to release their popular coach. Te 3 3 teleghont Sem right away one—by buying bulk. I told the! tall price for coke. : hing tons think there's any-'Purchasing Agent to see if thel “I should think that since the orry about,” McMillin|Street Commission can provide! Gas utility is an ncy of mu{told a press conference called Inthe space for it. % Agsacy
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A 15-piece professional or-
Resener will play the musical ac-
: ee id A wv Main chestra under the direction of Ed U. 3 Called din
¢lib's "UNqUATING™ Praise of the yeioped for the Republican no
| book. a “I am giving up the Boéok-of-the-Month Club—and not just for
{CIO United Packinghouse Work-
natio aL :.Y { ers announced today that its 100,-
akion.: = Li, oe 2 Mr. Mybeck entered party pol-| itics while a resident of East Chi-| 000 members had voted to strike
The -bushy-browed Bo said he! hoped - to bring “a man or fwe” along with him from his Indiana {staff, but added that he would {have to confer first with Joe Bach {and Robert Winslow, holdover
missioner) thinks he's got the They're checking ‘that now, : “I, also instructed the -Board of
Works. to try to get bids for gas.
a substantial discount.” ¥ Mr, Kemp told the Mayor he would check on the situation.
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“We're going to streamline that 1 4
companiment for all the skating ne ,____|Lent” Father Barrett said. “As|cago. He was Democratic city! against the. nation’s big meat humbers. ar 0 for Hollywood, MGM Will doubt-|chairman there in 1028." He re-| Packing plants: ) praectors A | less cast Clark Gable or Gregory tired last Jan. 1 as county clerk hind omciais anid a date lo a uced what should tap GTON, Feb. 19- (UP) {Peck as the central* character; after serving two terms. strike been a est and most colorfull YASHIN capitalize on the title, and gut| Mr. Mybeck now lives in Crown announced later,
—A refugee Balkan politician| said today the United States is] he book. “Communist target No. 1” and!
‘Cold Wave Due
eventual war with Russia seems, : . inevitable. Back Tonight LOCAL TEMPERATURES
Times Ice-O-Rama ever presented. More skaters are in the cast than ever before. Costumes are more elaborate. Designs and materials for the costumes were purchased at theatrical supply -houses in Chicago, nationally known for costumes seen in the nation's top
The stitement was made by, Dr. George M. Dimitrov, exiled,
chief of the Bulgarian Peasant, gam. .. 54 10a. m. .. 60 professional ice shows, |Party. He testified before a 7a m... 86 11a m. ..60 ~ Skate Champion on Card House Un-American Activities) 8a. m. .. 56 12 (Noon) 60 Variety will be the keynote Sub-committee which is framing 9 a. m. .. 3 1pm...
throughout. There will be mam-| legislation to clamp tighter curbs! moth. production numbers—all inior American Communists. | costume—preseénting as many as| - “The Bolsheviks at present are headed u
good reason near cold wave is due tonight, |
time. Headliners of past Ice-O-|said, “for the ve Ramas, and newcomers, will en- that they are Boe rel for 'itithe Weather Bureau says. tertain with solo numbers, pair and because they prefer to rely. The mercury is expected to routines, comedy and small on civil wars and revolution. reach a peak at between 65 and Sroups. - “For them, however, the con- 70 degrees this afternoon then Championship skaters—all In- flict between themselves and the drop to 15 to 20 degrees late todianapolis residents—are on the ‘old capitalistic world’ is inevit- night or tomorrow as the cold program. One of these is Rex able.” ' mass moves in. = . - The record high for today is 69 |speing. set in 1930, Yesterday's
O n the Inside reached 68. The previous Feb. 18
President Truman speaks tonight at Jefferson Day record was 63 set in 1873. = dinner costing $100 a plate. . . Ludlow’s “No” threats in southern Indiana and| sparks a political scramble in Marion County.
{the Evansville area resulted in| . the Navy dispatching A naval ++ + Democrats worried over Wallace jolt. Page 3 reserve mobile emergency unit to e area. « | The. mobile communications Mrs. Man- (unit will leave Great Lakes, IIL, | {for ‘Indianapolis. tomorrow, for | possible emergency ‘use in the | threatened districts. ! The water is still rising. at Evansville and streams are as
spring weather set ah all-time high fbr Feb. 18 when the mercury
LJ “He won't marry me because he fears a divorce.” ners gives her solution to one girl's problem. .. ...Page “8 » . N88 " Golden Anniversary celebrated by J. I Case Co. . . . There's a camel and a donkey but no pink elephants Inside Indian-| =o" 70. oot over their banks. polis . , , Othman has bubble trouble. .........Page 19 |. e a n=» ' ome High Water Closes Two high Nazis get life terms for their war crimes Page 2.10 Indiana Roads
. The Indiana State Highway vo: Department today reported 10; Bo, McMillin's| C0 near the Ohio River closed .Page 28 to trafic because of high water. | »” | The links closed were No, 11
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Point. He is married and the father of three sons, two of them! sald students at Purdue University and Authorized by the union's strike |one still in high school.
Myers Appointed
In Murder Case . : Dewey E. Myers was selected jt would not push meat prices{® low ebb when they finished » Residents of 3 States
{today as special judge in the higher. - i Temperat in Indianapolis second trial of the “gravel pit” Despite the strike vote and ap-| for another pos-|iurder 200 skaters of the ice at one opposed to war,” Mr. Dimitrov sible ‘record high today, but a yerbert Bruner, 26, of 821 Divi-| sion St. No date has been set for ~ the trial.
_ Ralph Helstein, union president, strike plans have been
| strategy committee. The strike would affect the ‘Dig four” of the meat packing
rand Wilson. x { The union seeks a 29-cent
{hourly wage increase and claims
proval -of -strike plans, Mr. Helstein said the union would con{tinue negotiations with the meat {packers for the time being.
| He said, however, that “up to The first trial of Bruner and the present, the packers have
his co-defendant, Rohert C. Linn, | made no realistic attempts to pay 631 Holly 8t., in connection with ,,. increase which — ot Day the death of Theodore Wolfe, 21, tor decent living standards.’ in a W. Raymond St. gravel pit Union officials sald the strike last July, ended in a deadlocked would affect “major independent jury. . packing companies” in addition Linn has been granted a sep- to the big four. Among these, arate trial for the second hear- they said, would be John Morrell ing. & Co.
case pending against
Drawings Are Announced For State Cage Tourney
Local Sectional Opens ot Butler Wednesday; Tech, Shortridge in Opposite Brackets
The path the champion -will ~ — —— w———— take to the 1948 title was charted COMPLETE PAIRINGS FOR
{today in the 37th annual Indiana STATE BASKETBALL
High School: Athletic Association, TEAMS, PAGE 29. basketball tournament. " Locally, action will start next]
clads opposing the Silent Hoosiers at 7 p. m. Crispus Attucks and Beech Grove meet in the second game at the opening ‘session. Boathport and Cathedral tangle in the third.
ranked as the other strong combinations in. the upper bracket,
Howe, Shortridge, Washington {Broad” Ripple and Ben Davis
|east of Mauckport; 39 north of Coach Herman Hinshaw's East While they aré killing one anoth- the wartime ecohomic controls ¢ided that the meteor blew. up| 'Little York; 56 south of Rising Side snipers were the No. 1 eam er off, Tech will be favored heav- over such key materials as tin, About 30 to 35 miles above the drawn from the list of 16 'n rhe!ily to advance through the upper antimony, fats and oils and rice, | earth, ET
local sectional as the pairings! sector. :
were made yesterday in he 0f- This didn't prove the case last
Jo at tosNianr L.. V, Phil- year, ps BAA... . . |Bouthport Cardi Als came /. ‘Tech also is the sponsor of Lae Th. Joeal m eet cand the: Grebne'adr {Continned on Page 2-0nl, 2)
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drew what was considered the Control until April 30, 1949, with Wednesday night at the Butler| “easier” side of the tourney here. Fieldhouse with Tech's Green-|Southport's defending champions/ers want to go ahead with the (and the Irish of Cathedral areMonger ‘extension measure now.
Grouped in the power-packed for the temporary bill, | lower division are such teains as
‘department oline. We've been buying it on|Mayor. “I think we can save a lot.of :
“I've ordered all my depart-
coaches from the staff of So open market this year... That's ments to cut out favoritism in
Lions’ Mentor Gus Dorals. expensive We' \ : McMillin thus ended anxious Sapen we can do i going 1 ae tension over whether he would ac- !
“That applies to coal, too." urchases, cept an \Slier from a syndicate of| - The Mayor directed a special y “We'ré going to save some seven ‘Detroit businessmen Who request to Manager Thomas Kemp money around here. We've got recently bought the dowiitrodden of the Citizens Gas & Coke Util. to :
{Lions from Fred L. Mandel Jr. |
Cricage Meteor Blast Terrifies
He will step into absolute con-| trol of a team whose National {Football League fortunes reached
{the cellar the last two years. |
| Mr. Mandell fired Dorais at the Concussion Breaks Windows in
Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma
NORTON, Kas., Feb, 19 (UP)—Authorities said tofiay they believed a terrific explosion high in the sky over Kansas Jat night was caused by a meteor which blew up when it entered the earth's atmosphere. Concussion from the blast broke windows, rockel buildings pd Strrijied residents over a wide section of Kansas, Nebraska an ahoma. oOKInE at that line ahaa The flash left a smudge or} {ooking a tat long ‘streak "of bluish-white smoke extending The up Rare. across a wide segment of the 8KY | obraska to on started oe
{conclusion of the past season and, the new owners sought a “name” lcoach who would boost the pres(tige of the Lions.
Hotse OK's Rent Extension Debate anh
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (UP) appeared to have seen the actu) "0Uthwards, twisting over upon
~The House Rules Committee explosion. There was no flash, [U*¢lf In “jelly-rolis” like the va-
The explosion terrified thous {Tom Wrst of a plane out of con-
[the House to consider next week sands of people across the threea stop-gap bill extending present state area. Many believed their aa . rent controls for one month, = |houses had been hit by trueks.| Corn, Wheat Rise; The present rent control aw; Dostus of windows were “eH 0 ° . sl expires Feb. 29. The stop-gap tered. 0g {House bill would extend that law| “It sounded. as though the P ng ow through March 31. . By that date, gasoline station a block away CHICAGO, Feb, 19 (UP)~—The [ price of corn, wheat and oats
Congress presumably would de- had blown up,” said M. R. Krehcide what it wants to do about piel, editor of the weekly Norton rose again today on the major (grain exchanges,
a longer extension. (County News. Senate Debate Tomorrow [ow Afterward there was a lot of | The Senate opens debate to-|little explosions; something like] 1° NOS market at Chicago {morrow on a bill to extend rent|the rumble after a big thunder. °Pened slow, with a few early clap. We had a cracked window sales 25 cents per hundred {In our office and the concussion! pounds below yesterday's price knocked out the glass.” level.
At’ New York, the stock marBut If the House refuses, there is Mr. Krehbiel said the meteor, cet © : nothing they can do except vote SPParently exploded directly over [KOE Spunet durrawiy ar.
(the town of Norcatur, Kas, 2 big weath beside the pit The House . committee . also Milex west of here. By estimat-| a hap oe ,|okayed for floor action a measure In& the angle from the earth 10/ Get armine what oftoct thi mesther { é 1 | {to continue through March 31 the point of explosion, he “up| il have on the 1948 wheat vrop.
cold wave was across the midwest
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uva long|an amendments to the Senate's long-time,” he sald. “Eve in be A on [term - control extension measure our area ran out dy In Sale ry. et ' th ‘ove Ian Atarde n hater break Thay stand Arana far hanga ries shasnte Te
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