Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 April 1948 — Page 1
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MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1948
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First of a Series of Articles
A-Bomb—Forrestal
Gates Begins Search For Alternate
‘Sen. John Van Ness (R. Vals + paraiso)‘ today declined the offer of ‘the leutenant governorshi and ‘left Gov. Gates looking for candidate.
pointment ‘to succeed Richard T. James, * who: resigned last month. It ‘ understdod his refusal)
Last week, South Siders high school being’ Blowed for same question: =. ‘ “When?” = *
at their convention June 11. In that case the candidite probably would be named to serve out the current term. Mr. Burch has posed a serious problem. in: the appointment of a successor to Mr. James. He already is helding up the salary of five legislators who are also serving in other-state jobs. 1941 Law Cited Thit attitude virtually precludes the appointment ‘of any legislative leader who expects to be paid for his work. On the basis of a-1941 law which makes the auditor the automatic successor to the Heutenant governor, Mr. Burch might also refuse to pay “any . person the Governor might appoint. Elsewhere on the Republican political front, U. 8. Sen. William
I with Be on oa and academic plant in town, "South. Side ‘Dream’ It exists as a dream for thousands of South Side teen-agers, their parents and one of the most active and loyal alymai. organi-| | zations in the country. “: The distance : between the
By RICHARD LEWIS : What ‘happened to the South Side’s droninithis new Emmerich Manual Training High ‘School? Ten years ago, the South Side. demanded it. ; Four years ago, the School Board agreed to build it.|—Defenise Secretary James ForThree years go, the site was purchased for it at Madi‘ison Ave. and Pleasant Run ‘Parkway.
Declares: Odds : _ Still Favor Peace
‘WASHINGTON, ‘Apr. 12 (UP)
restal said today that Russia knows how to mike the atom bo = saw the site of the : phantom mb, but doés not have the in
dustrial gadis. They yepeateq the !sow. Mpa w produce one
He ‘sald that Russia does not have an atom bomb so far. The
To ae te wh ver Man vs prety Detenas Secretary sald he got his
information from Dr. Vannevar Bush, chairman of ‘the: nation’s
"Mr. Forrestal testified Defore
“Even “Show Layout ttee, considering. a two-year Mires after that, in the fall draty of men Yj 25. He of 1946, the layout of the new|lold the committee that the odds school “was shown to Manual favor peace rather than war out teachers. It called for the V- that this nation must strengthen is shaped building with the central |!!self to'maintaln that situation. tower entrance. . Didn't Touch Controversy Administrative offices and Mr. Forrestal did not touch d4iclassrooms were to’ be in theirectly on the controversy over tower. A wing ‘to, the south{whethér the chief emphasis in
dream and the reality is about along Madison Ave. was to con$5 million. tain a large auditorium seating There is no "$5 million high|2000 pérsons, a. little theater, muschool in the cards for the Southisic classrooms, and an art galSide this year, next year or intheflery. i next decade: The School City Shops, science rooms, home bonding program won't stand it.|economiecs classrooms, art rooms ‘ And So foday, South-Siders are were to be built in the wing fac-
new military, preparedness meas-| yres should be placed on the Air Force. He repeated previous statements—that he considers a balanced fighting force of the Army, Navy and Air Force necessary to meet the nation's security requirements. :
awakening from their dream of| ing Pleasant Run Blvd. a school which was to be one of the keys to the development of ree Ontdtia be the South Side’asia Fesiential} cafeteria seating 600. Beneath
Qistrlet, it was ‘to be an ROTC armory: .
“The comfortable aksurance of a push-button war is an illusion,” he said. Mr. Forrestal said there is a “deadly parallel” between Russia's
Police Flooded By Phone Tips On Rapist
Wide Hunt Underway For Attacker of Girl, 8
telephones in the In-|
day ) wide hunt for tHe vicious rapist who kidnaped an 8-year-old girl Saturday. “The calls are pouring in but we're not complaining,” Police Chief Edward Rouls said. More than 300 “reliable” calls have been received, from as far away as Lafayette. “If they come in 300 an hour we'll check everyone of them to find this man,” he added. The chief urged that every perison having any knowledge or {suspicions on the case call in im{mediately and pledged to safeguard the identity of all inform-
ants, Need Wide Help
to somebody,” he said. “Somebody must know him. We need the help of every person in town) to catch him.” Echoing the plea for information was Inspector John J. O'Neal, chief of detectives. The chief said the entire 20-man homicide squad is checking tips, in addition to regular investigators and two women assigned to the case. So far today three men have been questioned, he -said, but all were released. Believe Suspect Got Ride Inspector O'Neal meanwhile urged that anyone who saw the man in the vicinity of Broad Ripple or 91st St. report to police. He said he believed someone gave the man a ride from a spot where his car mired down at Tist St
to a garage. “If you picked up a hitchhiker
immediately,” the inspector said. He also asked for calls from persons who know of any sex offenders answering this description and pledged to safeguard callers’ identities. Mayor Calls Meeting Meanwhile, Mayor Feeney
“This man must live next door]
who might be this man call us|
Entered as Second-Otass Matter Indianapolis, Tod, er aay
Strike Settle Lewis Faces
Bogota Parley Sticks to Job As Unrest Ends
Colombia Breaks | Ties With Russ
BOGOTA, Apr. 12 (UP)—Delegates to “the Pan-American Conference have decided to continue {their meeting here in Bogota, despite interruption by an insurrection that took 300 lives, an American spokesman said today. |
er Colombia had broken off relations with Russia. The Colombians charged that Communists, including two Soviet agents, fomented the uprising. A spokesman said the heads of all delegations decided unanimously to continue with «the agenda. Secretary of State George C. Marshall was reported to have taken the lead in the move to keep the conference open and clean up the main work if at all possible, The presidential palace assured the delegates that the government was in control of the food situation, and facilities for continuing the meeting could be provided.
The decision was reported art-| §
Return of Miners Still in Doubt
WASHINGTON, Apr. 12 |(UP)—John L. Lewis called |off the four-week soft .coal strike today, but less than two hours later he was, ordered to stand trial Apr. 14 on contempt charges for having permitted the strike to continue so long. Mr, Lewis gave his 400,000 miners the signal to return te work in a telegram which advised them that “your voluntary.
. MANEUVER FAILS—A last minute signal for 400,000 coal |= diggers to return to their pits, |yeen Your failed to save John L. Lewis from trial on a contempt chargé next Wednesday, A U. S. court ruled the order was issued too late.
British Protest
Unrest in Hand Many windows were smashed
called a meeting of the Associated Theater Owners of Indianap-| olis to set up a system to drive
out of theaters. The child was waiting to attend a matinee at the Vogue Theater, 6259 College Ave. when sttacked. ; At the same time Earl Cun.
«| ningham, president of the Neighborhood Theater ‘Owners ot Indianapolis, pointed out that the attack did not occur in any theater and said that the association constantly striving to protect women and children in their theaters. “This did not occur in a theater and theaters are not inoived,” he said. “But this much is true of every theater in the 1. 8, as well as any other public place—there are sex perverts who come for the sole purpose of annoying women and children. Says Theater Strict ost theaters are very strict their surveillance, especially ih children are concerned. But it has been our past experience that when we catch an offender of this type he has almost invariably been released
sex offenders and child molesters considerable damage was done ; meeting space was intact.
|eapital, and the coalition govern-
{ference had been meeting,
to the furnishings. ‘The council rooms were wrecked. The: main}
Today a semblance of ofder was returning to the shattered
ment of President Mariano Ospina Perez appeared to have the insurrection .in hand. The government radio, announcing the diplomatic break with Russia, said that 15 foreign agents, including two Russians, had been: caught “Sagrantly” aiding the insurrection, and that “some of them” were taken alive.
were taken while trying to foment trouble at Cali, the nation’s third largest city.
Mob Was King
deliberately precipitated it. But the damage to Bagota was done by a mob of ill-clothed, ill-fed and ill-housed peoples whose motives were loot—-not politics.
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It said three foreign agents|Next winter, Russians ' indicated they would
Communists certainly partici-iguch “facilities, th suggested pated in the Colombian revolu-iwould be on pil on basis, tion. They may have planned and |with the Anglo-Americans to pay for services rendered.
Agree fo Dismantle |. avis 1 Highway Mator Shop before before : 3
British command og “Berlin sent land ‘two notes to the Russians today fA protesting against the Soviet refusal to permit British transport and communications maintenance men to work in the Soviet zone Germany. The British, however, agreed to dismantle their motor aid station from the international highway, reserving the right to reopen it
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operate automobile maintenance facilities to take the place of the American and British stations.
C. Adams, editor of United Mine “Workers Journal and a frequent spokesman for
Shifts to Vienna Meanwhile the Soviet campaign Me. Levis. mid ta did not know
the westebn occupation
For UMW Boss
sai ng own
Out Down'ts Size* actions. today’ dnd "Hitler's 10 Under a suspended sentence by!
Ree. spread. to Vienna, where TU 8 Would have on the. Back
E. Jenner’ today made the first statement that he is a candidate for Governor. In letters-to party workers the Junior Senator wrote: “I am a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor .q4 > Previously the Senator's intentions had been presumed by: inference from his appointment of a state campaign manager but he had made no promise to supporters to face the nominating convention next June.
Streams Rising After Heavy Rains
The phantom is being cut down
{to a -size the School City thinks
it can afford. Rough plans are slowly being revised by the School’ Board's building com-
mate in half.
Until some kind of structure materializes on the: plowed acreage on Pleasant Run, the 53-year-old red brick building in 501 8. Meridian St, with its crumbling plaster, narrow corfidors, dark classrooms and undersized gymnasium, will have to do. On the South Side, there is a widespread feeling that somehow the “new” Manual has been sidetracked because of the cost at current building prices.
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Rivers and ‘streams in Indiana are rising again today following yesterday's heavy rains. Additional rainfall forecast for tonight ‘and tomorrow is expected to. bring more high ‘water to the state. Rains in Central Indiana resulted in a rise of nearly a foot to White River here. Indianapolis had .54 inch of rainfall in the 24 hours ending. at 7:30 a, m. The stage of White River here was 8.1 ‘fee}"this morning. and ‘rising. The Bast Fork of White River is also on the rise as is the Wabash River. ° The Weather Bureau forecasts cloudy and cooler weather today with rains heginping tonight and Con tomorrow.’ Rain fell SH OE over the state yesterday with extreme amounts reported in southern Indiana. jxheaviest was at
This ‘ feeling appears grown out of ia string or) ave tions which have heen opening the doors of the phantom high |school every year since 1945. Hopes were high when the old school celebrated: its 50th anniversary in 1945 and the School d the 20-acre site for the new one for $160,000. Manual alumni formed a nonprofit ‘association to raise $10,000 to help equip the new building. “Will it be this year? Next spring? Next year?” asked the school newspaper. That was three years ago. In 1946, an assembly of 2000 teachers was, told that .the new
Reds seek to exploit Palestine
mittee-to cut the $5 mitlion- esti}
plans : have, P°2
Quadruple gymnasiums, tWOl\years ago.
for boys and two for girls, were “This record 7 planned. ae Wel Te ism, whatever Shows shat Yespat wn: bac remorseless compulsion to * Boos: al don plantin gression,” he said. i gymnasium. ;edr : p an. |i Odds Not on War Shuts “Separate shirsaces would, But despite Russia's efforts to ‘eo: freedom % perunt each of the four Syme 1% Mr. Forrestal said, “the odds are be operated indepe tly. Yooh wi entire structure was planned also "" Russia gr , as a Jecreation center for the Ca Sas . are sil on the communit, a peace, e Doors A the phantom scheol said. “And if the United States were to be opened in September, acts at once and -with resolute 107. the: newspapers) predicted BEE Oe eo 1965. Plans Submitted Jrease through the years ahead.” The fall of 1947 came and gave Referring to the atom bomb, he way ‘to winter. When snow coy- S&C: ered the Bullding site. 1 the rough a Dalia nates possesses were subm! edge capaci 1rd » to, make the atom Domb, tal to They called for a five-unit Yet the Soviets do not.” Howding esuma ever, he added, this would not een In 1048. by could cessarily turn the scale of Last January, the war if war should come.
Sat
|volver, he drove her to a lane on
courts for similar offenses.” He said owners also are ham- | pered by failure of women to report molestings, failure of parparents to educate their children to report incidents and lack of laws to lock up offenders. “We therefore recommend that laws make a penitentiary sen-| tence mandatory for even the | first sex offense,” he said. The 6-foot tall, 200-pound swarthy assailant forced the girl into his car at 63d and Broadway. Drives to a Lane
Threatening her with a re.
No metropolitan city of this {hemisphere ever has
mob was king and riot was the order of the day. The main commercial district of Bogota, spread along some 20 blocks, wag plundered and burned by the mobs.
been sol check points were set up on high{completely sacked by a mob. The|WaYs.
to-work order.
Austrian officers at St. Poelten,
up in the center of the town, and traffic bound both ways was pitied up for several
A conservative estimate placed damage in this area at $20 mil-| lion, including merchandise, in-| stallations' and buildings. A British correspondent remarked that the damage done
{by German bombing in Sheffield
was “nothing” compared to that done here. That gives an idea | how thorough the mobs were in’
91st St. near Ind. 431 where he attacked her. He was attempting a second attack when the girl pulled frée and ran through a woods into the highway where] motorists rescued her.
his cor anc tried to run down the| fleeing girl, Inspector O'Neal said.
Board was given the cost estimate by D. A Bonien & Sons, te 17 Senators Back
Ta oe too mien Scrapping of UN
$4, That was 3750/00 : ~ WASHINGTON, Apr. 12 (UP)
The plans went back to the architect for revision,
A garage operator who pulled the car out of the mud where the driver apparently became mired while chasing the girl confirmed
That the last heard about the “new” ators today will launch a move to Manual from the School Board— | Scrap the United Nations in fayer but not from the residents of lof an outright military alliance the South Side. against the therat of Soviet mili-
On the Inside
A LER rE, Latest news on Legion-Times horse: show: . .......Page 2| partisan
Nurses to receive " diplomas at St. Vincent's «al
| tary aggression, resi-| Their efforts” appear to have {scant hope of success, however, in the face of opposition from Secretary of State George C. Marshall and Senate President Arthur H. Vandenberg (R. Mich Sen: Homer Ferguson Mich.), speaking for the bi “reform” group, present the plan in a sents speech.
The proposal would waive the
TOMORROW: W What the dents. say.
issue in Washington. Page 8
Navy puts new planes through gruelling lasts. ..»+.Page 4 big power veto over questions,
dealing with direct military ag-| ‘| greéision and violations of pro-| posed agreements to limit produec-
man. Both said ‘he was a white man,
30 to 35 years old. He was stout, |
had deepset blue eyes, black hair
sparse black mustache, swarthy Pretty excited if a rich relative left him $2 million.
complexion, coarse heavy black eyebrows. Description of Clothes He had an unusually large nose, well kept hands and spoke ¢| with a slight accent. When last seen he was wearing a doublebreasted pinstripe suit of medium R. blue, white shirt with stripes, maroon string tle, tie, light tan hat
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Ticket ot Scalper Fined
$100; Appeals Verdict
A fine of $100 and costs was given O. F. Kertley, 53, of Muncie
the child’s minute description of nel —A bi-partisan group of 17 Ben-| 'p :
picture stery Ferenvvaavissusnanainiasers ich Page 11
tion of atomic weapons and in Municipal Court 3 today when
their sack of the city.
$30,000 EVANSVILLE FIRE EVANSVILLE, Apr. 12 (UP)—|
Tracks in the woods show that | Evansville Paper Stock Co. was, | tenable for the enraged attacker jumped into | destroyed in a $30,000 fi fire today. cupation forces.
hundred yards on both sides of the barrier. to rescind its order reducing of St. Poelten is a key transport erations on coal-burning - function 35 miles west of Vienna roads to one-half of normal ef on the highway running through fective “Thursday. the Soviet zone and connecting “We'll take no pectin until we the American areas in Vienna said. and in Western Austria. The reported blocking of the {arterial highway was the first major blow against Ameriean communications in Austria. t is now hono was the latest move in an apparent campaign to seal off Vien- The pension settlement Was a
The four-story building of the na from the west and make it un-| compromise of Mr. Lewis’ demand
{for $100 a month for miners aged 60 with 20 years service. Mr. Lewis had refused to put & limit
the non-Soviet oc-
If She Gets $2 Million, Fine; ir seta “fat vas te
If Not, It Still
MERCER, Wis, Apr. 12 (U
But not Mrs.
Mrs. Giannunzio Makes ‘Good Spaghetti’ And ‘Good Spaghetti’ Is a Good Living
principal cause of objection to his plan by Ezra Van Horn, ‘operator trustee of the fund. Breaks Deadlock In today’s action, however, Ms, Lewis agreed thdt the pensions should go only to those who reP) — Most people would become tired after May 28, 1946
The settlement provides that
Will Be Fine
Tony Giannunzio. She's too happy making erred spaghetti for her restaurant customers. $5. millidn. atiall he teamaf
{immediately from the $30 million
“I make good spaghetti,” she said. “And my two kids—they | yaitare and retirement fund of
{help me a lot, I'm not hoping for $2 million.”
Mrs. Giannunzio, who is 45, never bothered to investigate when she was told last year that an uncle had left her most of his $2 million estate down in! BraZil. She just kept on making] spaghetti and taking care of the “kids.” She was too busy and too happy to worry about ioney. The “kids” are a daughter, 2 jand ® son, 18. Mrs. rao iis separated from her husband. Really Doesn't Matter “1 let it go during the summer
1947 and earmarked for pensions, 1t really didn’t matter.’ The agreement’ provides that Her sister wrote from Italy{such additional funds shall be |that their uncle, -Filipono D'San-/transferred as they see fit. tonio, died in Brazil, leaving $2{ The plan .was adopted by a Imillion. Mrs. Glannunzio was re-ivote of 2 to 1, Sen. H. Styles {ported to have inherited most of Bridges (R. N. a announced. the. estate. . Mr. Bridges, third and impartial I: No Official Word | trustee of the fund, and Mr. Lewis { She received no official word voted for the settlement. Mr. Van 5, | from Brazil, where Mr. D’'San- Horn dissented. ltonio dwned a coffee plantation.| . Mr. Bridges was named, third 'She never took the trouble toltrustee last Saturday after House | write but trustees apparently Speaker. Joseph W. {tried to reach her by means ‘of (R. Mass), taking the” the radio broadcast. from. the
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heavy military equipment. he was found guilty of ticketiand winter,” she said. “I heard] Her lawyer has written to What teen-agers say. about UMT and the draft.’., Page 13 scalping. a broadcast over thé radio about Italian authorities, who are Nh “|Name Indiana Marshal Dette
5 said they Saught he it, too.. But I Sant think shoul checking on the will. = a to sell two tick-|it until a month ago when t!| “If we get the money, fine,” A Key fo Ctlier Figures 44 Inside Pages WASHINGTON, Apr. 12 (UP) |e a I hoc Bas. got Sif ve ge y ~Julius J. Wichser was nomi- ketball tournament for $25 at
Bas- help from a lawyer.” said. “But if we don't, big She said she didn’t know what thing will still be fine. Maybe T'll today the Butler Fieldhouse on Mar
, 20.!she would do if he got the money be a rich lady but I'll still make!
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