Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 February 1948 — Page 1

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JUST SEVEN—Let other women lop years off their , Not Mrs. Marthetta Pearson Downey. Born Feb. 29, 1920, she's celebrating her "seventh’ birthday tomorrow. The young mother plans to spend hér birthday fixing bottles for her 6- i son, Kent.

Sees No Peace With

Wallace, However By ROBERT BLOEM Democrats have scant hope of reunion with Henry Wallace, National Chairman J, Howard Mecsaid today.

ing to be gained by. splitting the liberal forces of the country.” “I rather believe Mr. Wallace! Bisaelt intends to see this thing) through, ry he com-| mented. hOREye Sen. McGrath arrived in Indi-| anapolis this morning for a meet-| ing of Indiana Democratic county| and district leaders and for the annual = Jefferson-Jackson Day| banquet tonight at the Murat. | He will be principal speaker at) the banquet. Expects Truman Bid

Sen. McGrath said he had no doubt that President Truman would seek election and expressed belief “ the President would an-| nounce his intentions some time before the national Democratic

High prices. will still be a major

national chairman believes. "The recent decline of commodity prices which Republicans have hailed as a leveling off has meant very ithe to the consuming pub- , n

Photos by Henry Glesing Jr., Times Staff Photographer. MATHEMATICAL PUZZLE—Mary Coffin is. pretty ood in arithmetic classes at school 39 but she can't igure out how old she really is. Going by birthdays, tomorrow she'll be two. She! d prefer, however, to count her years as eight and be a "big girl." Young Mary is the daughter of ‘Mr. and Mrs. John Coffin, 1405 Deloss St.

Washington Calling— Tg

U. S. Seen Drawing Closer fo War San Shades

"WELL IT'S ABOUT TIME."—How. would you like it if you had to ‘wait four years for your No. | birthday cake, like Patricia Lynn Cornwell, daughter of Mrs. Helen |

256 Net Teams __ Battle for for | Laurels

"Details, Scores Scores. Box “Scores, : Page 7

Only 256 teams were left in|

//the running for the 37th THSAA| basketball championship today as " |semi-final rounds were scheduled in each of the 64 sectional cén-| [ters in the state.

scheduled in this afternoon's play! giving reason for a few upsets, In the Indianapolis Secticaat iit was city vs. county. Attu surprising Tiger ol was matched with Lawrence Central in the opening game at the| | Fieldhouse at 1:15 p. m. and DeCentral and Washington

= 2:30. The two winners will jmfeet” for the sectional champion-| {ship tonight at 8:15. Feature games in the state today were Hammond High (15-7) vs. Hammond Tech with the win{ner opposing lington’ (17-4) or Whiting at Hammond tonight: Gary Bimesaon | ga 5) was to face a strong G hi quintet before ber Phogl to t the Valparaiso-Kouts win-/

Cornwell, 3457 W. 10th $t.2 Of course there have been cakes on unofficial birthdays: (*4F | in other years but the one in which Patricia sinks the knife here is the first of the Downstate, the Evansville Cen. variety. {

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the first birthday the little 1944 can remember. Jonell

the first 24 hours after birth.

Ee i Than i in Hectic Days of Munich

os than a thousand-Hoosier Democrats were scheduled to pay | le $25 a plate at oR JetfotsonJackson banquet Car In Hobby Shop Fire Speedy Aid Ted As State police today probed a fire Soviet Check that last night gutted a hobby | Sa aie LE shop at 4908 W. 16th St, stating] (Foreign News, Page 2) it Sppeared a “definite case ol WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (UP)| Estimates of the damage '9 the «Chi | hap owned by Mrs. Lester Greghe airman Arthur H. Vanden- ranged from $1500 to $5000. Tg of the Senate Foreign Rela-|" 3 Maj. Robert O'Neil, state police’ tions Committee said today that! executive officer, sald two witCongress must speed action on nesses told him they saw a womU. 8. foreign aid programs be- an break a front window glass Cause of the Communist coup and throw. something into the In Czechoslovakia and new Rus-|shop. Sian pressure on Finland. +> The interior burst into flames The Michigan Republican toid as the woman fled in a car withTeporters that developments of out lights, Maj. O'Neal said. the past few days in both coun-| Fred Foster, an investigator for tries “make it obvious that time the state fire marshal’s office, 18 of tie essence In doing what- said he was unable to find any ever we are going to do” in help-|incendiary material in the in-| Ing foreign nations. [terior. On the Inside Reds and Finns talk over “pact”... ...ooce.r... Page 2 Ds ® 8 = fs Ministers stress need for more nurses in state. cov. Page 4 W. W. (Bill) Flagle sees good business in 1948 . , , Hoosier Profile Brass sss nnn udsiy ure nnes fie vee PAYS 6 Bert Lahr in “Burlesque” opens March bookings at English Monday , . . a full page of theatrical and movie news ® a in COlOFs «var vivanunnarnnnrnanmunsnssses Page 9 A Key to Other Inside Features Amusements 6-9 Comies ... BOOKS ....,, 8 Crossword .. '8|Mrs. Manners b Roc 1 3 Business . ... 11 Editorials. ., 10 Movies LL, 8 vasie aude: +. 10 10/ Forum Nanas 18] Obituaries a Weert .e “ee { Hollywood. . . Profile «.unve ak Indpls. “en 5 Radio sare ; * »

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* Italy and France Face Strike Tieups in April; Russia Could Move In Through Yugoslavia

WASHINGTON, “Feb, We're cl closer to war than at time of Munich. In April Communist-led strikes are scheduled for Italy and France. Civil war may coine in either. Italy's more tense, because of elections Apr. 18. Catholics have undérground militia organized if trouble

comes, but Reds are believed to be even better armed. And Italy's most likely spot strategically. Russia could move in through Yugosiavia. We'd either have to pull out of Greece, Turkey and Arabla—or fight, Gen. Eisenhower warned of it in his final report. If Mediterranean were walled up, he said; “effects would be instant and

Mr. Inside ‘Suspects’ Gals | Are Taking Him for a Ride

By ED SOVOLA (Author of Inside Indianapoiis) * WOMEN ARE FICKLE, I've had my leg pulled. But good. It hurts, too. This “Big Leap” stuff should teach me a great lesson. up to. the advice “my Mamma done tol’ me.” stupid?

Big talk from women. They give me the business about mil-|

survived a complete transfusion of eampetiole blood in

1 have the sneaking suspicion that and quarters from school chil

A follow-| How could I be so, the end of the problém.

Rule Attucks Cager,,; neligible; Tourney

k A CRISPUS ATTUCKS High 01 basketball player was

IHSAA officials had received a written report from the school's

played independent basketball last fall under an assumed name, The player, Malcolm Orton, a senior, has been removed from the squad and the team will be forced to use only nine boys during the remainder of the state tournament. Crispus Attucks’ sectional victories over Beech Grove and Tech

tournament game may be for-| |feited because of ineligibility.

“I'VE po A BIRTHDAY" —That's what Jeno NE. Fritsch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Joseph N. Fritsch, [128 E. 35th St. confides here to her

DR. RUSSELL. A LANE, prin{cipal, voluntarily filed the report today with L. V. Phillips, THSAA | commissioner, Mr. Lane said he and Alonzo {Woford, Crispus Attucks’ athletic i director, learned of the case yes- & terday. Their investigation bore out the fact that Orton “played| with the- St. Bridget CYO team iast fall after he had been declared ineligible for the school's reserve team because of grades. Orton became eligible

in January and played a few | minutes in games against Evans{ville Lincoln, Vallonis and Sheri-

Tomorrow's girl who was born Feb. 29, was an Ri factor baby, who |

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dan. - Crispus Attucks will forCampaign $25, 000 |feit victories over Lincoln and Short of Goal Sheridan. Valionia defeated Crispus Agtushs, THE “SAVE THE SHADES" | .

| ANY IHSAA action against the campaign to buy 1400 acres of | will not be considered,

} | forest land near Crawfordsville |, oorqing to Mr. Phillips, until] 1

for a state park will have to |the association's Board of Con- |

get a shot- in-the-arm to suc- trol meets in April. ceed. |

The drive has bogged down to | 86-37 victory over Beech Groveider suspect after the body of his:

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IS |p Five States:

Ohio Is Rising

Mild Tremor Shakes New England; Snow Hits Wisconsin, Minnesota

By United Press Elood waters, drifting snow, or the debris left by high \winds harassed portions of the United States today. Five Midwestern or Southwestern states had floods. |At Cincinnati, the Ohio River, always an uneasy stream ‘in

| Several outstanding games are(late winter or early spring, was rising two-tenths of a foot

jan hour after a heavy rain, It was expected to rise five to eight feet during the day. w [Jama 8 Sli ht as he crest today would be be1g g {low flood stage, however. A mild earthquake was reports ‘Winds Whip City lua in the New England area. Heavy snow swept across Minne hata and yigcansin ear Ba anadian er, ew Expected fo Diminish jun [land had fits = snowfall of the Gradually Today | winter. “noAL TEMPERATURES | Evacuate Trailer Camp Sudden floods brought water

am. 3. 103 0. 8 ‘into the business districts of DarTam. .4¥ lam. 8a m.. 41 12 (Noon) 31 lington, Wis., and Galena, III. At 9? a m,.. 47 1 Pp Mm... 5 Madison, Wis,, about half of the

families in a’ 117-traller camp Indianapolis felt the backlash fOr University of Wisconsin stulof violent storms which swept dents spent the night in hotels several Midwestern states yesterday. The Wabash and White Rivers backed-up water flooded. their were rising after yesterday's homes Begvy rains, but no extensive ooding was expected. High winds buffeted the city !linols Indiana but did not cause any extensive the rubbish left by high householders, :

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An estieddte 880,000 to damage was reported as rooted trees, moved the

its foundation and by caused other property damage. selves while heading toward the

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this At Wabash, a crest of 16 feet Is {expected by 6 p. m. This is four feet above flood stage and one|nheer, {below the warning stage there.|the rain At Lafayette a tentative crest of ground. ; 19 feet was predicted for Monday, The Big Blue River but bureau officials said this off a 30-foot section of {would Inundate only vacant low- five miles northeast of land areas.

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Billy Burke Edwards, 24-year-| old West Side ex-GI acquitted of|™*™t and Southwest yesterday,

killing his infant daughter, sailed today with his family aboard the)

88 Marie Marlin from Southampton. E Comanche,

ngland. He was accompanied by his enridge, Woodson, NataaNLE: Bar |wite; their other child, Billy Jr, tonville, Ballinger, Abilene {and Attorney James Dawson of | Indianapolis, who was sent by Christ Pace, 47, was found dead friends of the veteran to aid inlin the of his home at his defense. Range tor Mr. Edwards, son of Mr. and/burned b Mrs. Noble Edwards, 1906 Sugar ©f her wind-wrecked home caught

Orton scored three points in the Grove Ave, was held as a mur. fire at Bartonville.

The wind demolished 25 homes

| Wednesday night but he did not|daughter was found In a woods(anid a cotton” gin at Woodson,

the $250,000 goal-—it has been | Tech. receiving a. chilly reception in | — some quarters of the state, | But Gov. Gates and other state officials who have been > working the drive for nearly a | {year are planning to put some | new push behind the wheel. | They are convinced the goal can I™ raised soon. The American Legion has jumped into the lagging campaign with a, program to enlist the aid of some of the biggerhearted philanthropists. Last | year's ballyhoo to raise the money by nickels and dimes

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|-dren never clicked effectively. Raising the last $25,000 is not

| officials are reminding citizens that it will take about $50,000.

lions ‘and what do I actually get?|= Four pennies: | With complete sincerity, for blank checks. drawn on the “Bank of Happi-

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» IT mont Bu wen a Boo get bids PM FINALLY beginning to see hurt. Now that lowest prices, is getting a quiet (hat Tve been taken for & ride, the time comes for me "to throw | nod of approval from Wash : done my Jortabs into a lifelong parti jioren St. businessmen. Inership, it has to be done the

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| more to put the land in shape for a state park.

MAYOR FEENEY'S drive {0 | tighten up, city buying, & make departments and the

They like #t. Nothing odd abet. busi-

HIGH’ WIND ae Ths

, last night when the community was struck by near- hurricane winds, In round i isa roof, To the right i is the he genera store which was shifted off its foundation.

a snail's pace within $25,000 of |, in the victory yesterday over six months after her Ainappear-| ex. and officials estimated the ance,

loss at $100,000. ”

view shows some of ‘the damage inflicted on. “Centerton, the fores

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