Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 March 1948 — Page 1

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Police Station Declared Old, Inadequate

Fails to Pass OK Of Safety Board

5%. (Photo, Page 3) — Indianapolis police headquar{ters was declared “wholly inadequate” to meet present requireh —— ments following a tour by mem- " : bers of the Safety Board today. Ve.

a : aii Members of the board and “I'M LOOKING, TOO—That's what C. S. Clayton, [Mayor Al Feeney inspected the

retired locomotive engineer, told Mrs. Charles McKinney Dulditige patved ob J Senna] when she tagged him for "The Man of The Times.

NO HAWKING TODAY—Newsboys at corner stands had their hands full when the Capital Edition of The Times appeared on the streets. "The Man of The

Times was on the loose and everyone was out "to get him" for $125, » # #” ” » ”

admitted the growing department '! .... |was about to burst the old struc-

“ ture at its seams. Th 1 high government income in view ® ad The run-down condition of the e Popular young teacher was : back in his classroom today, but of the world crisis, ve. Frantic Hunt Goes On Bing along vi is mary 1 C's nts waited au ss The ious pas. th bil 28 adequacies was revealed several| "pi. "noi Colby, a visiting|!0 66. This was 52 votes more ° months ago by The Times. At : Ys than the two-thirds speaker, addressed the remaining majority an o e im es that time rats were running wild| 00 pupils on his scheduled sub-| Needed to override a veto. The or in the basement and most depart- ject: Juvenile Delinque House vote completed legislative YWErs | oe . . : ments were cramped for space. : queney: action on the measure and sent Housewives, Mothers With Children in Arms Rough: on Rats . it to the White House, a Keep Eye Out for $125 Mystery Figure crete toe min, ox re Sister and Brother, cor eee saa ouse Re By ED SOVOLA, Author of Inside Indianapolis {today they had enlisted the sere ; veh ul aed Hd ———— “THIS IS a war of nerves.” ices of a cat to cope with the rat MH | The Democrats split with 84 vot : That Was one. man's eXpression.on Washington St.this morn: situation. The rats are taking it aCe S | an Ing for the bill and 64 against. Sons 7 ing after his: fifth attempt. to identify “The Man of The Times” on the chin now, they said. . Reps, Vito Marcantonio and Be at Mayor Feeney suggested that Leo Isacson, both New - York by One thing was clear to a casual observer of the progress of more: fire hers be in: Selection of Poison American-Labor party members, the search for the man who is stalled in the bastment. Recently Case J Again La also voted against the bill. worth $125 today. downtown area were at a prem- the fire department branded the ury Again Lags| rive members of the Indiana Its practically a full scale/ium. There were many apologies bullding’s wiring as faulty. By DONNA MIKELS delegation voted for the tax cut, manhunt. : for wrong tips. Small groups of Police Chief Edward Rouls said Times Staff Writer one against. Co. a ty i wa ie dopesters, with newspapers * {it would cost an estimated $50,000) RUSHVILLE, Mar, 24—A sis- The Benate approved the bill Sows - ope ra ors eh handy, talked in quiet tones on i |to rewire the building. The om-|ter and a brother will testify earlier this week, 78 to 11. That mo when b] irect GOrners. : |clals sald’ the city doesn’t have!A8ainst Mrs. Maxine Milligan, 24,| was 18 votes more than the nec tg - test nah one » - [the money. as the first state witnesses in her essary two-thirds. ~ ook al a c E trial char \son- : : tappers.fook-oft In —— bee] A HOLIDAY spirit prevailed! di, 9 y Mayor's’ Special OK 1 a ha It ron ro GOP Confident tion. One man #ald he sew *“The|throughout. = People talked. to} | : | ‘The new homicide detat! office pw 4 him.” aE a « Truman has vntil midnight Maa of. The. Times": Wale: antn R07 MOF SESE 8 spn “{how under construction in the| The sister, Miss Julia Noah, 20,|APF 5 to sign or veto the bill, Co. the Charles Mayer & Co. With) “Got one guy across the 5 rear of the bullding received the of Rushville, and Carter Noah, doing ithe actual papers are a leap he was ‘across Washington |hnounced & young fellow to an special approval of the Mayor and, 28, two of 18 ohildréh in the fam. | de ater today. St. 8t.and waiting by the doors. old man who preferred to lean the Sa ily, sald “must tell all the In the su | voting ‘to t “aw against a telephone pole and wait. Safety Board President L. J.!truth even if it hurts our sister.” Override an expected veto, the adTHE MANEUVER didn't faze] "Was it him?” eagerly asked Keach sald members of the de-| They are expected to testify | ministration was almost the hundreds who. had their ownithe older man. partment and other city .em-iabout a letter Julia received in| tO Pick up a few votes on the idea where they would pick up| “No, but I think I spotted him.” : ployees had done practically all of| August, 1946, in which Mrs, Mil-| Dasis of expected new military an easy 125 slugs. Included in| “Oh, hell,” was the closing o the construction work them-|ligan was quoted as saying she|®XPenditures to meet the emerI'S the hundreds who carried the/comment. - Li selves, Would “soon get rid of that goose-| 8€ncy. Capital Edition, were housewives,| The sidewalks downtown were x i The space now occupied by the| neck,” apparently referring to her| But Republican leaders are St. Moles With children in theirinot the safest place in the world detail Ofice was Jopmerly a gs husband, Raymond Mfiligan, 35, the elent: they can pub the Jaw on arms, office girls with dictation{to be today. Even though you " " . oy = . ‘ rage. mployees have erec who has been ill more than a +» unlike last year when Pads under one arm-and the pa-|pick up “Oh, excuse me,” &t rog-| SORRY, LADY" — Housewife Mrs. E. E. Schnitzius picked on the wrong'man cement block partitions to provide| year from the effects of solson | Mr. Truman vetoed & tieiar er per in jhe other. characters badly|ular intervals from eager search-| this morning when she waved her Capital Edition at George A Shatier, mace administrative space and ques-|ing. ot twice and made it stick each HD, coe eave, haircut andjers, it. doesn't. help a man much) ( |ocman. “You're the second woman fo tag me in three minutes," Mr. Shaffer told [tioning rooms, Jury Selection Lags a yer 3 dem ames trois. 4 horizontal position, Ne 5: hnitzivs. I'in-going to find’ me » a furnace room some place." Lack of Space The husband also has been sub- Effective May 1 lon 24 : typical I Hovsiera Ha withthe search. There he rs. 3¢ J 21S, : going . 3 fos res er Safety Board members con-penaed to testify for the state. If a veto is overriden, the tax 2 :

cluded after their tour the bigML gest problem is lack of space. Nearly every department needs more room. Jail space is wholly inadequate for the number of prisoners re-

' That Man's Worth $25 More Today;

| [Testifies Miller's _ He'll Admit He's the One If You Tag Him 5 TODAY WAS “tag By AVL VA N ion Indianapolis as. Body Disappeared

: ” ld. Files, much hundreds of persons sought “The Man of The Times” to win $125 Sule) toe hein. Vlas, mudh in cash. here The prize was up. $25 today after shoppers failed to identify Gone When | eX et In Jie post Wher this average Hoosjer on the third day of his tour. Only two things| Returned-—Pollard

Board members declared little could be done to remedy these problems without large expenditures of money.

Power Failure Cuts Off

Stock Ticker Service Taking the stand for the third] NEW YORK, Mar. 24 (UP)— consecutive day, Pollard told the|All tickers in the New York Stock prosecution under cross-examin- Bacusnge Suotstion rs ti that he left Miller's bod rown out of servic fon a Ti oud a oy after 11 o'clock this morning by the night of Apr. 10, 1946, but|2 sudden power failure at the that when he returned home the Exchange.

There was no immediate exovis evening the body was planation for the failure but the

t 0 ) { talked to a tall, blond girl clerk Stock Exchange said a statemen oars a aE "he pean ine from ony. shogt the companion from fe woul be Tesuey "50028 Ppavements waiting for keen-eyed ae aving the murder until the following|™ mw’ roilure came at a time Hoosiers to pick him out of the night, as saying:

are necessary to win this extra 2 = =

cash: : ONE—Pick out who you think| A LITTLE BOY with a balloon is an average Hoosier, then say on Washington St. could have to him: “You are The Man of The had the $100—or his mother Times.” Say it exactly like that, could have won it—for “The Man

him the VERY LATEST edition recognize him.

of ‘The Times. He also talked with a little

= Ni » girl and her mother while the THAT'S ALL there is to it. If little girl was trying on a new

. |he is “The Man of The Times,” he Easter hat in one of the stores. -vill willingly admit his identity. Inside L. 8S. Ayres & Co. for a

\ ‘ t of the He will take you immediately to f€W minutes to-get ou e The Times where you will receive Tein, “The Man of The Times

By ROBERT BLOEM Times Staff Writer GREENFIELD, Mar. 24—Howard Pollard offered a new theory today on the disappearance of the body of Leland Miller, whom he is accused of murdering.

A friendly man. walked along! “i : when a strike of the United Fiprow. 2 Washington St. beside “The Man| atte st xy ies bin nancial Employees (AFL) was You will find him in GoWniOWI ior The Times” with this com-|,o 0 0, anticipated momentarily. How-

streets, E. or W. Washington Sts. —and vicinity—or on the Circle jor Market St., between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. From 4 p.m. until 5 p.m., he will return to the same general area, between Illinois and Pennsylvania Sts.

iment: “I could use that money {they're handing out for that Times’ walking man.” He didnt’ know how close he was to the prize catch.

ever, all employees remained at| their posts. Tickers came. back into operation within four minutes and quickly caught up with the actual floor transactions.

Stark Hurts Foot Pollard did not remember his retort to that observation, but still insists he doesn't know where the body went. Actually

Finite a body believed to be that of

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Accused in State School Strike

Ravin WALKERTON, Mar, 2¢ (UP) —The accusers became the accused today as som% 150 elementary school pupils went on strike. A youthful spokesman for the grade pupils said they demanded that Principal Thomas Pinkerton and Superintendent Thomas Rademacher be “fired right now.” The school's enrollment of 240 youngsters ‘threatened an uprising’ yesterday, demanding reinstatement of Carl Madden, 31-year-old teacher of the fifth and sixth grades.

” » ~ MR. MADDEN, accused of “frequenting pool rooms” and of insubordination, was fired this week but cleared of both charges by a special session of the board of education,

Selection of a jury continued slowly today with 25 prospective jurors examined without agreement on any 12 to hear the case. The prematurely-grey husband will hobble to the stand, aided by a cane and steel leg braces. He has been hospitalized for the paralysis, a result of the poison-

of 1046. He is now on 15-day leave from Billings Hospital in Indianapolis to attend the trial. Visited Sister Frequently Ironically, Mr. Noah sat beside his sister at the defense table yesterday while he waited to be called as a witness against her, He traveled here from Hamilton, O., where he is employed, to answer a state subpena. His home is at Buena Vista, Ind. where he is the youngest deacon in the Christian- Church. “We have to give an accounting for these things some day,” Mr. Noah ‘said, referring to evidence in the case. “It’s better to give an accounting here, in the sight of men and women, than up there in the sight of God.”

was overheard to remark:

go in and tell know.”

INSIDE THE Lincoln Hotel ot 8 LaTeor, carl Sh TH Ln, He Mle ad ong a 0 newsstands at: 10 a.m. Capital Man of The Times” stood besidé|cabin near Ladoga and hands, edition; 11:30 a. m., Hoosier Home| SY&TMan group and overheard|which fingerprints showed to beedition; 1 p.m., Final Home edi. |°"c.0f them relate: long to Miller, were found under

Td iB Miller was found early the day . WORTH A CooL $125 —Take a close look at this latest picture of ''The Man _of The Times." He's really on the hoof downtown and if correctly identified,

h “The darndest thing happened|a brid Ad oe . . tion; 4 p. m., Final ) a bridge near vance. : With the latest edition: of The Times, somebody Will. |egition, Remember thee soremk) (to me . . . people kept tapping me| Glens. Funk, Serie County e $125 richer. of editions for you MUST have °" the shoulder and insisting I go|chief deputy prosecutor, took over

some place with them .

the VERY LATEST edition of . . beatsithe cross-examination from

IU Mop Brigade Is Ready To '"Arm’ Candidate Jenner mii: rics recommenda: Seniors Answer Senator's Statement He Would

‘Swab’ Monument Steps If Party Requests It

BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Mar. 24 (UP)—A group of Indiana University law school seniors organized a “mop brigade” today in answer to an announcement by Sen. William E. Jenner (R. Ind.) that he was available for the GOP nomination for governor of

Mr. Jenner said in a prepared statement in Washington Mon-

)WerS, 3 The Times in your hand when Hg) The man had on a plaid Prosecutor Judson Stark this n you tag “The Man of The Times.” . morning. Mr. Stark fell down in nsi © a Eh A man who identified himself a bath tub last night.and injured y St ™ 2 » =» as John T. Burrell, a clerk in the|his foot. : n . : * ERE IS ONLY ONE “Man passenger department of the Mr. Stark sat on the sidelines iin troops on the alert in Trieste . . . other foreign |of a mest ie . Re's the sie Rock Jsland Railroad offices in/as an observer today. Indiana. WS .. : man 0 en in the down-|the erchants 3 Barras 2ot tetas aa spare sn PR BE RR Be is Es, Bank Bullatng. Pod nk sgain caretully ledl,,, ‘wig that he never refused Sho Chennayit lambasts policy i Chi ® third of a series|Since the search started last| identified “The Man of The Times”| - me 15 accept: a. call “io any: service of arti policy m RAve ne 9 Saturday. at Illinois and Washington Sts. (Continued on Page 3—Col. 8) which my party or my state de- , St. Lo PRR LN ET 5| Yes, he does have a plaid suit, A man he “tagged” there at 1:16! tet pb ——— manded.”

Amat 4 8» zr #& = as shown in the photographs used p.m. said, “Sure, I'm the ‘Man of 60 Injured in Fog (If I can serve my party and| fur photo contest . . . this week's winner. . .. .Page 15 of him . .. but that doesn’t mean |The Times’” Mr. Burrell reported. my state by washing the steps of

M 2 wig aE he wears the same plaid suit] The man agreed to accompany That Blankets St. Louis the Soldiers and Sailors’ Monu-| ayor Feeney and his aides put on “road show” forum every day. He didn't wear it Mr. Burrell to The Times. When. ST. LOUIS, Mar. 24 (UP) ment, there I am willing to at Broad Rj 1 P 17 Yesterday. He wore a dark suit— they reached The Times offices, More than 60 persons were in- serve,” Mr. Jenner said. | i PPI8 unas vainsaviesnnssivaiiannee Page sorta blue—and a light hat. {there were several persons in theijured in traffic accidents here! Less than 24 hours %fter JenA Key ' Oth, d p de Saried an mbrella ester jgroup thibk at" Th n A jeatly Jogay as a result of a dense ner issued Ine Satement, a De) 0 : “en 's umbrella. ' *those a ¢ limes who fog that enveloped the St. Louis tition appeared on the law schoo i Amusement. ane! Features on Inside ages 15 He thought his job was com- know the identity of the real area. Police reported 12 of the bulletin board, asking signers to Eddie Ath 3H E orials .. 16; Ruth Millett 19) Sports ..... 13|Pleted yesterday when a woman, “Man of The Times” still are puz- injured were sent to hospitals. |help supply Mr. Jenner with al 2 oe Fashions «+ 19| Needlework. 19 Stranahan . 3 | clinching a copy of The Times, zled today. The man who posed) The fog rolled in at about 2 brush, soap and a, pail “so that he| Business Jo BD it 16( F.C. Othman 15| Teen Talk.. 18 started toward him. ‘He ‘waited as the sought-after . . Hoosier a. m., causing airlines to cancelican wash the Monument steps.” C sss Meta Given. 19| Pattern .... 19| Teen Topics. 19 But she apparently changed her|couldn’'t explain why he said he all flights, paralyzing street trafClassifieg 5; 15, Hollywood . 20| Mrs. Manners 2| Washington. 16/mind as she got’ closer, for’ she was “The Man of The Times.”

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22-24 Inside Indpls 15| Ruark ..... 15| Weather Map 2{turned and walked away without| Mr. Burrell said he would still minutes to trains, It to|Mentone; John Droege, La Porte, Comjog **++ 25|Dr, Jordan.. 19] Society .... 18| Women’s ... 19 saying anything to him. keep looking. lift six hours later, began and Ralph Berry, Terre Haute. C p : »

Organizers were John R. Dol-|tition. fic and causing delays of about 30|lens, North Vernon; Sam Blue, has backed Walter Helmke of Ft.

Mr. Blue, who said he was a Republican, called Mr. Jenner's announcement “the acme of puerilism.” Mr. Droege termed it an ‘“unsubtle, hackened declaration.” Mrs, Jean Seidel Miller, Ft. Wayne, who said she was a Republican, said she was prompted to sign the petition by “an unprecedented flow of gush” from Mr. Jenner. It was reported that Robert Gates, son of Gov. Ralph F. Gates, declined to sign the peThe Governor publicly

Wayne in Helmke's race with Mr. Jenner for the homination. : Nv

Jail attaches said he visited his sister frequently and that their relations were “extremely friendly” except for one time when she

“Well, I suppose you'll have to

GOP Rolls Up 92-Vote Edge Against Veto

$4.8 Billion Slash Effective May 1 WASHINGTON, Mar. 24 (UP)—The House today joined the Senate in passing the $4.8 billion GOP tax cut bill by a °veto-overriding margin, © President Truman is expected to veto the bill. His veto message probably will reach Congress

next week, accompanied by" ments on the need for continued

cut will be retroactive to Jan, 1, New tax withholding rates will go into effect May 1. Taxpayers would be given refunds next year

on the overpayments they make this year.

The measure would: ONE: Increasé personal exemptions from the present $500

ing doctors say, in the summer|to $600,

TWO: Give an extra $600 exemptions to persons 65 and older and to the blind. THREE: Extend to married couples of all states the privilege of splitting their income for tax purposes. This privilege now is available only to married couples in the 12 community property states. : FOUR: Provide for a 12.6 per cent cut in income taxes of $400 and under; 7.4 per cent on that part of ‘income taxes between $400 and $100,000, and 5 per cent over $100,000.

Conferees Predict

Rent Bill Compromise Both Senate and House conferees predicted they will reach agreement by nightfall on a bill to extend rent controls in a modifled form until Mar. 31, 1949. They settled all differences yesterday except for the language of a4 compromise on powers of the

them all youifederal rent administrator and

lecal boards. An informed source predicted the conferees would wind up by setting up & review board to consider cases where the federal ad-

Present rent controls expire next Wednesday. House confereees won out on the new expiration date. Their bill had set Mar. 31, 1949, while the BSenate-approved date was Apr, 30, 1949.

Eats Gun Powder,

Liniment ‘Chaser’

A 25-year-old Blake St. man was ill in General Hospital today from the effects Ing Sori gun powder and own with liniment in an alleged suicide attempt, according to police.

A friend called polite When the victim became iliiat his home in W. Vermont St. ‘The victim said

he had swallowed |

An empty bottle of liniment at his side. orn

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