Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 May 1948 — Page 1

[Scares ~ HOWARD 50th YEAR—NUMBER 64

News of Seizures Kept Secref During Month of ‘Tracking Down’ By HEZE CLARK : Roundup of a group of safe-cracking gangs in what was termed “the biggest single clean-up in years’ was anpounced by police today. ; The pews of the arrest of nine men—part of an interwoven network of safe crackers—broke after it was kept a carefully guarded secret during more than a month of “racking down.” Four of the gang already have been sentenced and the other five are out on bond on burglary charges. The gangs oli¢ business houses since February, 1947, with loot in excess of $25,000. In the first three months of this year “alone they staged-93 safe crackings. ~~ a Sign Statements

iY ERY Inspector Jack O'Neal said it is impossible to estimate — the number of jobs the gangs pulled in the year of operation. AVERY “I have a bundle of statements as big around as my ON 00. leg and it's going to-take a month to cross-compare and get = “the total jobs pulled,” he said. al men have signed statements. So far detec-|

nine

“pO | to 30 different safe burglaries. A. 1880

The men roundéd up in connection with the gangs and

have been systematically looting Indianap-|

tives have taken 24 statements, some listing as many as 20 |

Find Safes Left Open

Even safe-crackers think of other people—or that's the way it came out when the nine arrested in the big round-up began making confessions. “In a couple of the many places that they. broke in, gang members "said, they found safes had acciden~ tally been left open by careless employees or owners. Such safes are not covered | by insurance if. they are

| robbed. { 80, said the gang, they | always took a few minutes extra after cleaning out the safe. They knocked the combination off, making it “look like a “force job” and thus letting the owner profit from his insurance. . In other cases, however, the yeggs charged that some victims reported from $200 to $1000 taken’in jobs ‘where. the. robbers -swearthe loot was around $60.

lated.

|2 man

ternate

glaries other than those]

sentenced to 2-to-5 years May 14 after pleading guilty, are: Paul Warner Jones, 20, of 1116 N. Capitol Ave.; Leon (Pinky) Cooper, 20, of 1162 Kentucky Ave.; Thomas Ed Tungate, 33, of 402 E. New York St. and Jack Parksons, 20, Indianapolis. — ; Five Await Trial ;

On bond awaiting trial are five others, Joe Melvin, 30, Indianapolis; Robert Melburn, 25, Indianapolis; Dick Spill-

“Park Ave; and Floyd ‘Tabor; 35; Indianapolis: Others are involved, police said, but the men refuse to name their accomplices or. make statements on any bur-

Bidding Slow Here

yards today after setting a rec-

ord for the nation with shipments meet Charles Halleck, majority of 14.275 to market yesterday. leader in the House of RepresenIndianapolis led the nation’s BS taliock speaker pro t centers in receipts yesterday, 0 House, Presented “Kip” topping yards at Chicago, East the gavel to use in that position St. Loyls, Omaha and St. Paul. [when he visits Congress. Bidding at the hog market Tour Capital opened slow as weights from 160 Yesterday “Kip” and 39 other 0 240 pounds were weak to’ 50c champions... from lower than yesterday's average. | thtoughout ° the United $25.50 Early Top i The early general average was City in which they saw the Lin$2450 to $25.50 per hundred-

weight with $25. ‘many other points of interest. arly top. 325.30 reported as the; Today's tour was to include the

| Bureau

cities

of Engraving where

“man, 32, of 700 Ft. Wayne Ave.; Ralph Allman, 21, of 1039 EAWera Fouls and Inspector

J Bis ith Seti Time in Washington

‘Kip’ Hine, Indianapolis Winner, Meets | Charles Halleck, Tours National Capital |

ay 25~-The Indian 11 ‘ the. thrill of a polls Ber - | n

Nation Yesterday ol ASHINGTON. GHT “Permelts again poured . their “Kip”. vag ha hogs into Indfandpolis “stock-| Since Bis” Srval by plane yesterday, he

sight-seeing and meeting celebrities. — First order of business when he got to Washington was to

which they themselves com|mitted. | The arrests climaxed several months of 24-hour duty (by a team of eight détectives| assigned to break up the safe cracking. epidemic, a | “Work of the eight detectives /today won high praise from {Mayor Al Feeney, Police Chief

J blown.

Fred

"THIS YOUNA-Up Shows the valie {of the. new setup under which!

into it.

" "FORECAST: Clear and cool tonight; partly cloudy and somewhat warmer tomorrow.

[Police Break Up Safe Gang;

Arrest 9 in ‘Biggest Cleanup | the moment,” Mayor Feeney said, “It serves warning that Indianapolis is no longer an operating und for any group of crooks.” “I think this is the best piece of ‘work done by the department | in years,” Chief Rouls said. cleaned. up more jobs than any one group of arrests in years. The detectives deserve high praise for a job well done,”

“All Hatched Here”

“This is the biggest bunch of was “in the bag.” safe men ever rounded up in my Mr, Burch, himself seeking the 34 years,” Inspector O'Neal said. Republican governor nomination. “What's more, none of them are trotted out excerpts from ‘ his! * imported—they wefe all hatched notes on Mr. Lyon's visit to the. here in Indianapolis.” He said the gangs had devised] At that time, Mr. Burch told a clever system of “switching” the Hammond Press Club, Mr. methods in-an attempt to make Lyons warned that the “deal” to police believe jobs were not re- make Sen. Jenner governor was

“One night one man would pull

{a job, the next night he and a No. a and on the 1 am calling. upon delegates

would work

third three would go out. = whole group would pull a job, |Rominate the next state ticket to hoping that the discrepancies in numbers would fool officers.” \ He said they would also al- - night cutting a corner: off. the--safe; another night punching through the bottom and still other times carting the safe away to break 8ix safes were dum in White River at Harding St.

methods, one

No Safes Blown

All of the safe burglaries were Suarded secret, however, until to-| in business houses and in most 928 blast here.

cases only money was taken, he said. He said all were “punch” | MT Lyons came to see me unan-|

obs and that no safes were"

Detectives who worked on the case. were-Sgts. Tom Naumseek, ST0Or and the die was cast over a Elmer White, Harold Goodman, Y®aT 880. He said there had been |:

Whisler, . Ed Girt,

Kennedy, : Charles: Haine Forest McKeighan. Be |. The men said they could ‘That agreement not ‘make complete

|ber of men on the problem of mitted.

Times Staff Writer

voted to a tour of the Smithsonian |today. Institute. The spelling cham-| pions were to visit points of in-! mere. every day during their stay|

To Spell Friday " Friday is the only day they will |be in spelling competition, Then | ithe national champion will |selected. .. Competition will. start. lat 9 a. m., Indianapolis time, in

|girls. | “Kip” will return to olis Saturday.

‘Indianap-!

packers scrambling for|

‘Mauro Unhurt mk market sponemen sen 1In. Speedway: Spin

Me Bacirs Resume “Going too fast too quick,” was anwhile, two local packing- ip, Joh M this afthouse: , "the way Johnny Mauro th E mayected BY he ‘nation explained his skid at the

Wide strike of CIO Packinghouse, ¢Tno0N Workers had almost completely Speedway in the Alpha-Romeo he

resumed od the company to increase it - " . } . . . bo {the city rabies control campaign 8 pro-|ical trickery,” Mr. Burch con-|berg, his law partner,’ Little {$220 million a year to auto work a An& Co. repre nena coer Sah ioe N Seastice. run. loomed today as-the Central Indi- | duction facilities. C7 cluded. "| David unfolded his version of the nip ig Tod pe. *™lers' payrolls if it were extended Whi have heen resumed. [oo re an th TERA Vernary' eliotn “Present plans provige KL roUr-T Tr 1 Were 16" NOTE THsE THEE TERT Hippo semis oLike.. thal. ALYING. 10. 18IK. 0 coner-compantes-in- the tnduse—

was. going Into the southwest

At Armour & Co., however, vio-| : : turn when...the. car. went. into. a

lence... at the plant - Sat Caused the arrest. yesterday of George Shaner, president of Local

“43, United Packinghouse Work and Wilbyrt Vance, 45, 402 Smith Mauro was unhurt, but the

BL. both charged with vagrancy.| Strain’ of ‘the skia ‘caused two

They were ‘released o 1 : \ n their own spokes In the right front whee Tecogniza +30.

nd!

of the track.

In Chicago the Swift, Cudahy took the car back onto the track

The geized by Lebanom from ~ and Armour etting used to the Indianapolis dogs. {architect's sketch, shown below, A vid said: ur mouth called more ae mount, Dr. Bartlowe said he had “noth- illustrates the new construction Penne hound oat ha Jew. hangover’ work today and officials said the| The Alpha-Romeo is the same ing to say until after the meet-|in heavy lines while the older ish state of Israel, it was dis- Started right after our campaign . meat plants might be back in full car that Walt Brown fililshed in ing,” but added that it was “to buildings are in phantom.” {closed today ’ pking! + Production by the end of the 7th place in the 1946 500-Mjle/clear up several points.” He said ——— rn J ruary when dad got angry with! Week ’ hi ted the t: . . The other 30, officials said, se- ; } —— en classic. that is group want q ¢ mee - Woman Killed in Crash cured passports by taking oaths Mr. Hoekstra over something or of smokers - op oN called off if re | NEW CASTLE, May 25 (UP) that they were planning to visit nothing at all, : ing a ° lore other than the group's Pan | MTS. Guy Saunders, 70, of An- either in South American counscovering n t e Insi © ublicit gn were pi hell to BOla was killed in a bus-auto col- tries or to go to Europe for busi-, "WA ‘ceyiaim church in Miami hey've ever : / rv y repo lision at the west edge of New ness or pleasure. nT —— — "In previously announced plans {Castle today. Police said the vic-) However, their passports were us and gave us $500. But dad* Gates to ask $5 million cigaret tax transfer for lit had been stated that thé local | HM was a passenger in a car not marked invalid for Palestine went to another church. roads ts t t ts of cities veterinarians would handle vac. | driven by her husband, Guy and their subsequent action techIP MORRIS ac +e. ac 0 meet new cos ) p 2 cinations as volunteers if the eity Saunders, 70. He was injured se- nically violated no law, officials aad came into my service and after that, 1e8 a LARC . . ‘ . es ME EE ER A EE EEE LA 2 > would provide the serum. riousty,. ~~ —~—c— Isaid ———— d by emi- :

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spin-and -wound-up-on the apron

", |they recently presented to the city

"ao. “nw | Today Mrs. Edna Harrington, x inging home the bacon . . . a cartoon . . . Oregon president of the ndinns Society liked 0 Ly iti for -the Prevention of, Cruelty to|featy Dewey's stand on power . . . a political | Animals, said her group will con- ? Te . . ; on the editorial page.........:.... Page 12itinye to demand that all dogs, not k on mL just licensed animals, be .vac-

. _ Manners 10, Ruark ...... 11 of dogs—licensed, unlicensed and 12 My Monn 13) Side Glantes 12/stray. The unlicensed dog own- ¥ sss. 13|ers are probably those who can Cesens B-Pileast afford to pay for a vaccina- + 12{tion, and therefore, the ones who Women's «.. 14 ‘Weather Map 5

New Snag Looms

made

f . {unusual circumstances. i Nn d les Ig | tinuous increase

| What looked as If it might beicome another stumbling block in!

1Gerald. Kempl, city. health. direc. tor.

{group is taking issue with state- sides.

fers to make free vaccinations of

| Main Point of Issue

Principal point of issue was understood to be veterinarians’ \objection to vaccinating unli{censed dogs. The No. 1 point in |the_rabies control platform which {was “licensing of all dogs” with (vaccination as a secondary point. | However, when the City Council appropriated $5000 for vaccine animal welfare groups demanded {assurance that all dogs, licensed {and unlicensed, would be vacjcinated. ‘

cinated.

“We think there are three kinds

need a program

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EA Diamond Chain Co [felt that Wiliam Jenner had| mi '» \ made a six-year contract with the!

Announce Plans For 4-Story Addition St cond A four-story. addition to. the, y with Diamond’ Chain Co. plant at 402 cast and things were arranged.” Kentucky Ave, was announced |

It will provide

square feet of additional manu-| | facturing space. Work will begin gy once. The building will be constructied by Carl M. Geupel Coénstruc{tion Co., and was designed by | {D. A. Bohlen & Sons, architects. | Officials of the company pointed! out that this is the seventh time| the company has expanded its States made a tour of the Capitalthe National Press Club audi- Plant during its 58 years of ; 'torium. Here to compete for the | eXistence. During this time, the coln-and Jefferson memorials and national title are 14 boys and 26 Diamond Chain plant has out- : grown two previous building sites. The original building at He is an eighth present location. was erected in

“This represents only the com- Tom Dewey wanted Jenne pany's normal growth and is not, TU" for Governor of Indiana,” : by any néw ori The con-| in the use of roller chain for power transmis: sion was accelerated during and, after the war, and this has fore

tion planned a meeting with Dr.|Story, reinforced concrete w ithat adjoins a. present cen ‘ [tower of the older building. While Dr. F. R. Bartlowe, pres- 8tory saw-tooth buildings of st {ident “of the group, refused to{tural steel and concrete construccomment on the purpose of the tion will be adjacent to this new |meeting, it‘ was' Gnderstood ‘the Wing -on both’ the east’ and west { New driveways and railnce, pending trial today. to snap. Replacing the wheel, lie ments crediting them with of-|Toad facilities will accommodate ! {receipt of raw materials.

confes- até of this deal months before | of sions because they could not re- Jenner was even elected Senator) {it's possible to throw any num-/member all the burglaries com- to represent the state of Indiana

~NEW WING FOR DIAMOND CHAIN CO.—T to the Diamond Chain Co. plant at 402 Kentuck add 75,000 squargtfeet of manufacturing space.

Lyons Told Him «Of Jenner Deal,

‘Warned’ in January Nomination ‘All Set’

Times State Service HAMMOND, May 25--State {Auditor A. V. ‘Burch said today [that Robert Lyons, mystery man ‘of the Hoosier GOP; told him last January that nomination of Sen.

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Entered. as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice Indipnhpolis, Ind. Issued daily except Sunday

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{Willlam E. Jenner for governor

| Auditor's office Jan. 27.

{all set and had been for more than: a Year oi wwe san . A Guarded Secre

Then! Who now have the authority to

see that the good citizens of In-| {diana are not forced to accept) {such a deal,” Mr. Burch said. | After the meeting with ®Mr. | Lyons, attorney, fobbyist and for! mer official of the Ku Klux Klan |in Indiana, Mr. Burch dictated an {account of the session to his gec-! |retary. : } Contents of the Burch “white | paper” had remained a closely|

“On the afternoon of Jan. 27,|

ounced,” Mr. Burch said. | | “He said to me that Sen.| Bill Jenner was-the man for gov-

{

Paul An agreement made that Jenner and Was to be the candidate for gov-| : “|érnor’ of Indiana. I

fixed the

at the nation’s capital.

“A

Six-Year Contract”

people of Indiana and that it| had approximately five years to) ru

n. “I told Mr. Lyons that I felt it {would be difficult to explain to {the people why Jenner should| up $17,000 yearly for a little; $8000 yearly. “Lyons said ‘No’ the die was

Mr. Burch said he asked Mr.| ¥ 75,000|, 14 that Mr. Lyons named Gov. Gates,

Joseph J. Daniels.

Mr. ‘Burch said he asked spe- vacation

as answering “yes.” » (Although . Mr... Burch. named these men as being “acquainted”

Mr. Jenner's nomination. state chairman, Mr. Springer has| remained strictly neutral

their

’ and ter of the custod ht when his tistics. — 000 eats "1200, carves United States currency is made, [grader in Orchard Private School.{1917. In 1929, a four Story addi-{taken no part in the.campaign, of [father asserted y Sgn being ex-| Cites Dawson Contract sialisties. the company and 600 and ‘sheep 50 ' the White House, Library of Con- His" father, Maynard Kiplinger|tion was constructed and again any governor candidate. \ Sen. plojted through his legal guardi-| “After the last fight in Miami, ion agreed that only five of the The heavy receipts result from orcs, And the Supreme Court of Hine Sr. is dean of the Indiana in 1941, it was necessary to add Capehart recently indorsed Mr. an, James M. Dawson, local at- Rev. Hoekstra received the cob-|g ont cents in the cost-of-living ig Miami the United States. University School of Dentistry in ‘more floor space, . |Jenner in a public statement.) |torney. . tract from Mr. Dawson to bel. i. will be lost by. reductions if... which they held back al This afternoon was to be de-[Tndiandpolis. Normal Growth . ‘Backed’ by Dewey { The father has asked Juvenile|™” director. He Wa to sot the consumer price index goes packinghouse workers’ strike and "Officials said: Lyons further stated that court Judge Joseph O. Hoffmann» "c*. WLNE order to keep du

r to

{Dawson

{Mr. Burch said. grounds

TAK a public ‘oMmeéial and ¢an-' ididate for the Governor nomination, it is my duty to tell the people of Indiana. and the dele-| gates to the state convention

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"My reply to Lyons was that 1. when he thought of his forthcoming Vacation “Flo a, but he's [an ge pacts In othe ghty worried about the custody fight over him in Juvenile Court. . . ” £ .

Little David Tells His St

Lyons who else knew of the deal Indianapolis today

: . [ers and will be affected by the _ Of Parental Custody Fight [vena 0" sdeaii i : : employment in Indiana Young Evangelist Promises to Antend — nent. in In - Local Court Hearing on June 16 Blows: Idi ’ By JACK THOMPSON “ Dividiong, 700; Budiosd; Allison s menal 13- id ¢ is In ’ ; y Little David als pheno nal 13-year-o Ivangelist, 8 ir nary d y reo In an interview this morning he promised he would be present in|23.000; Kokomo and Peru,

State - Chairman. Clark Juvenile Court June 16 for his custody hearing. His lawyers and his. ringer, C. Walter McCarty and director also gave assurances he would finally have his day in court. | . Until that time he will go to Orlando, Fla., where he will

cifically if Ben. Homer E. Cape- Myers, a retired physician and Rev. Hoekstra was helpless to hart were acquainted with the surgeon who met him .last Janu- prevent him from doing it and deal, and he quoted Mr, Lyons ary after a sermon in the Orlando that really started trouble. municipal auditorium. {

A custody hearing for Little Mr. Hoekstra by that time had {with the deal, Gov. Gates, Mr. David was ordered April 28 by “ome to see us. He and dad [McCarty and ‘Mr. Daniels’ are/the court on the petition of the became friends again and we all |generally regarded as opposing boy's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack returned to Miami. “Then we As L. Walker of Chicago. The youngster became the cen-

to transfer custody from Mr.

neglected for lack of parental ut~T went “to “see” my" parents gy gq, (supervision.

This morning in the office of dad became. ed about this glaring piece of polit- Mr. Dawson and Louis Rosen-|

ingin.a blanket of secrecy it would... With him were his director, the tral,certainly cast. a.shadow. of. guilt Rev. Raymond. Hoeks: One and collusion upon my record.” business manager, William Sides. | Wearing a hand-tooled leather belt he got in Cuba, a black and yellow striped tie he picked up as J [a souvenir in Winnépeg, Canada, WATDed me against excessive use| WASHINGTON, May 25 (UP) ® black coat and white trousers —Only 10 of ) ‘and a pair of leather sandals he nly 20 of the 40 Americans vt in Louisiana, Little Da-

“It seems to me that all of this

|in Florida in January and Feb-

ragreed to sponsor a’ meeting for

“One night shortly after that pened, but I did, and we left town |

took me away to Tampa. The dianapolis and went to court.”

itect's, sketch shows the new addition to be me

: : iis from toe y Ave. Work will begin ot once and the structure is expected fo sig’ iow mark wit be he “ fo . ‘ . hey - ; y to ; n $¥

Wages Geared | InFutureto | Costs of Living

‘Escalator’ Scale Sets Precedent DETROIT, May 25 (UP)— General Motors Corp. broke 8 [big industry's line against a - third round of wage incréases or labor today with an 11. cent hike to its 225,000 auto workers under a precedent-sete | ting cost-of-living formula. GM and officials of the CIO United Auto Workers reached an agreement at dawn after some 20 hours of bargaining. The company immediately offered a similar plan to its 40,000 CIO United Electrical Workers and set a =f meeting for this afternoon. : The agreement, described by GM. Vice President Harry W. Anderson as an “entirely new - Approach to the Tiving cost probe lem,” averted a strike by GM's production Workers set Tor Fie day. It also is expected to set a pattern for settlement of the strike

and fo dustries. Approximately 41,000 persons are employed by General Motors in Indiana, of which a high proportion are. hourly rated work-

: In oth

division, 4500; s Remy and Chevrolet, 3000. Adjustment Periods Under the pact, GM production workers get an 8-cent hourly cost of living increase and a 3-cent hike based on annual industrial efficiency improvement. CofE . agreement, subs < ject to ratification by union mems bers, provide that wages be adjusted up or down each three months to conform with fluctuations in the consumer price index of the Federal Bureau of Labor

with a friend, Dr. Fred)

“While we were in Tampa, 1

Heard iwent to a meeting and preached.

broke up again. They were just like a man and a wife fighting all ‘the time, .

down sharply. John W, Livingston, UAW vice president, and T. A. Johnstone, assistant. director of the union's partment, said the agree(quite often when we were Iniyant means a $55 million annual

|Pensacola, Fla. The more I came raise to company employees. {to see them the more friendly Uncertain on Prices

They estimated it would add

from integfering with me, “The Rev, Hoekstra and my ther never turned friends«again

to the court on the fa that Little David is

Tells His Story

“He started - talking. about the

me into-coming back to him,

“ try. Then one day they took me up Mr..Anderson.. sald... that. the... os

agreement not only was impor. i tant to tha company and its work= “511 |ers, “but through example,” was significant to other induatHion and f sr Lo * of my voice, dad started crying| anor BTOUP: BOI onl ‘and trying to work on hy sym AGM : “sald we. cers pathy, I suppose, over the .fact| that if I kept preaching my voice lainly hope we will not would be ruined permanently. “At that time I didn't know it was a put-up job but after an-| other examination I did. |

Loa, and his gen to Hiya pair of SHOES, 80

HI--thought, But it turned out rthat I was to take a medical examination. After the doctor

have to pass the cost of this agreement on to the public,” but he added it was too early to “make a responsible statement” on the possibility of a price increase. | However, executives of several amination papers and show them .,nnanjes have have been saying to the Juevnile Court and have. qe the outset of the third-round

“Dad threatened to take the ex-|

‘Gave Us $500’ {me put in its custody. That made waco drive that any new in me fearful because had a meet-| 0 oq granted to labor would be ing scheduled for that night. tacked to the price of 1948 cars, “He begged mie not to tell the| ypu. provisions of the cost-of-Rev. Hoekstra what had bap-|juine wage formula included: ONE: An B8-cent hourly raise |now, based on a rise in the con-

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Today's local weather outlook is for continued sun and pleasant conditions. However, tonight will ." |be partly cloudy and rather cool, according to the Weather Bureau forecast, Rgcing fans who plan to attend the Speedway qualifications tomorrow are promised , warmer weather, with maximum ; temperatures of from 76 to 80 degrees, Considerable cloudiness will accompany the warmth, but no showers are anticipated. ‘ de | Today's high méroury reading

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