Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 June 1948 — Page 9

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* 173 To Receive Diplomas June 9

VER, June 1-— The Béth fo- session of Culver Milicademy will close in. cere-

monies Saturday through for 173 candidates

mas will ‘be awarded at Domus TIA

t the program will convocation Tuespr. C. BE. Wildman, t DePauw University, Twenty-four cadet

nto Cum Laude, nal

two former cadets,

f Mellbank Securities us Goldman, paign, IIL, writer and pro-

Competitions Set The program will begin Saturafternoon when anies will compete in drill the Austin Trophy, following with the ‘baseball, golf; and varsity crew will: meet opts in their final athletic enent. The first of two perormances by the cadet DramatSociety will be presented

The events on the Sunday proinclude the baccalaureate

ing of the Culver Alumni Association, and an evening concert py the Cadet band. Exhibitions of the Culver Black Horse Troop and the Culver Battery will be ted Monday morning, and glite—units—of--the..Cavalry;. Infantry, and Field Artillery organizations will perform next Tuesday afternoon.

ndidates for graduation d Emhardt, Jon of Dr, and

. Huckaby, son of h Pennsylvania

arvison Hunt, son of Mr, and Mrs. “wdester..M. Hunt, 5243 N. Pennsylvania 8: Peter Macintyre Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. MacIntyre, - 3433 Central Ave... Ware

Other graduates from Indiana include:

min, Odon; Merrill C. Crull, Osce Alan Roberts, Pranklin- D. Schurs Pdward 8. Tuttle Jr, South

Wolfe, Walkerton; Charles E. Greenwood.

Knachel Receives ROTC Award

Philip Atherton Knachel, 1142 W. 36th St, has received the Navy Department Cup for first place in scholarship in the Naval

He is the son of Capt. and Xi F. F. Knachel of Indian- . Capt, Knachel 1s" cotnmanding officer of the Naval Reserve station here.

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Sees Eviction

home in a tree,

FIGHTS 'TREE-TOP' EVICTION—AIthough he faces eviction-from his treehome in West Orange, N. J. C. Melkon Arslanian, who has lived in the branches for 16 years, says he'll fight the eviction order. The 65-year-old rug dealer, shown at left with one of his two goats, built his unique home, right, as a refuge from the mechanized world. It's 65 feet high.

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{assemble at the City of Brother-. ly Love to nominate one of half

ing to unseat

Dalton Named

task which will face the newtop [party delegates.

ters in New York, points up thejjgnation from the British inner

{Tree-Dweller ‘Up in Air’;

as Letdown

Explains Perch 65-Feet Aloft Is His Home And He'll Defend It to Highest Court

By JOHN ROSENBURG, United Press Staff Correspondent

WEST ORANGE, N. J, June 1—C. Melkon Arslanian has complained that his landlord is

tying to evict him from his

He said he certainly wasn’t going to take it lying down. He's had his tree-house, which is 65 feet above the ground and deep in|sagi River area. Services, & garrison-parade, meet- the woods atop West Orange Mountain, for 16 years. we

“It's home to me and I like It; Mr. Arslanian said. ‘I'll ight any eviction to the highest courts if

ni ’ . Mr, Arslanian, 65, is a Yale graduate, a bachelor and a successful dealer in Oriental rugs

test against civilization.” Mr, Arslanian has been happy in his rent-free home. But, he said, the man who owns the land wants him to move to make room {for an amusement park. Trunks Form Square Mr. Arslanian’s house is perched near the top of ‘& 100-foot red oak which, by a quirk cf nature, has four evenly spaced trunks ‘| growing from a single butt. The

rt;| trunks form a perfect square and

serve as corner pillars for the single-room, frame structure.

table, chairs and bed.. The floor J |space is about 25 by 25 feet. “The town officials almost evicted ‘me once,” Mr. Arslanian said. “They told me it was against the law to build a house in the oak.” But they were barking Quip the tree, he said. A study of the village charter failed to show its creators had ever anticipated such an architectural accomplishment. - Wanted Refuge “I built the house opecause I wanted refuge from this mechanized world, which is making so many people so unhappy,” Mr. Arslanian explained.

fully built man who came here at the turn of the century from Armenia, said Americans were victims of “excess luxury, excess comfort, excess heat, excess food and excess sex.” He thinks we wear too man clothes, too. .

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Inside, the house ‘is plainly tie; | f'irnished with rug-covered floor,

Mr. Arslanian, a swart, power-|

with steers and heifers fully’ steady. Cows were weak to 50 J30- 408 cents lower than Friday's average. Vealers lost $1.50 and fat lambs were selling weak. Slaugh-| 330- 360 . ter ewes were around 50 cents Mens pounds ........... 1

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“Except during business hours,

1 wear nothing but a pair of shorts,” he said, “and I have never been sick.”

Mr. Arslanian said that every

morning before driving to work he takes d bath in a nearby creel:

Swabs Himself “I simply wade in, pick up my

towel, which always hangs on a

bush beside the creek, swab mylf, and Walk out again,” he said. “f have plenty to keep me busy hére,” Mr. Arslanian added. “I look after the property, keep the adjoining lake clear of debris, feed the wild animals, tend to my garden and take care of my goats and dogs.” Mr. Arslanian sald he learned many things at Yale, but that he nad learned much more while Hving atop the mountain. He said he took to roaming the woods 30 years ago. ’ Doubted Doctors

“lI broke my lég in a motorcycle accident,” he explained, “and the doctors wanted to amputate. I ‘wouldn* let them, convinced that exercise would heal it.” He said he ran at least eight miles through the wooded mountains every day and his leg knit-

ted fine. “I still take a daily run,” he

said proudly. “When I'm feeling

good I sometimes run to Paterson (16 miles) or , Westfield (14 miles).”

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‘Take It or Leave It’ |ister Clement Attlee as Minister

{and Taylor will deliver their ac-| An announcement from No. 10

pected to attend the rally. “Adoption of the party platform gertake special assignments from

{raised from the $3000 paid a So far as third party candidates member of Parliament to $20,000

choice” will be Wallace for presi-|

battling ‘the blaze. gent and Sen: Glen H. Taylor +D.. regardless of his willingness to] They became separated from the Iowa) for vice president—take it Librarian Hurtin Fall main force when strong winds or leave it.

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j [cent weekend in Paris with her, nor cent want U. 8. military

husband, strength to be increased; 79 per| | “She. was persuaded to postpone cent favor shme form of universal RF the announcement until after the military training; 63 per cent fa- § [first week in June, it was sald. - [vor some form of draft. This (Fortune by Eimo Roper)

Rt AY = hd . | Answers were, obtained before) ad plieity of the Mr. Kidney To British Cabinet Mr Stassen’s Wisconsin and Ne-{favor of a stronger U. 8. militar iY braska victories; but as of early establishment, there is more d __|April, Fortune found Mr, Truman mand for universal military train For the “official call” for the, LONDON, June 1 (UP) —For- trailing Dewey, Vandenberg, Mac-{ing than for a draft. Althoug Third Party convention, which Mer Chancellor of the Exchequer Arthur and Stassen—all-by about|67 per cent favor UMT outrigh went out from the Wallace-ror- Hugh Dalton, whose premature the same margin of 10 to 12 per- and 12 per cent more favor | (President committee headquar- budget revelations caused his res- centage points,

the Southern revolt.”

oponents suggested by F (Dewey, MacArthur, Stassen,

actually voted.

_.a.fall at her/Mr. Truman, Sen. fifth and sixth.

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To Have New Look LONDON, ime 1 ums—suce A Tough Russian Policy : Majority Urge Armed Aid to Prévent Four 2 » < European Nations From Falling to Reds NEW YORK, June 1-A majority of Americans (52 to 56 per cent) would be willing to send troops to prevent France, Italy, |Greece or Turkey from falling under Russian control, the: Fortune Writer They understand that royal Survey of Public Opinion has revealed. | The people now consider qukstions of U, 8. military strength and “new look” in political tonven- Probable DH date Bt ine first relations with Russia almost as important as the cost-of-living tions will be supp this r PUVe issue, Fortune reports. (Last fall, SH emo SN when the Aig Be Part |to the British crown and her hus-|when a similar question was meets in Philadelphia July 24-25. vans, Philip, Duke ol JHA IBIED. asked. cost-of-living stood out Republicans, who are ready to Was repo t Princess spectacularly in the public mind.) | | Elizabeth wanted to announce her| “moaay at least 30 per. cent be-{iound TAS vith u. EB retirement from. social affairs i. e present U, 8. policy toward) usa | {When she returned from her re- p...ia is not tough enough, while

{the case of Turkey.

the Wallace candidacy has been should take steps to lower prices rather than letting the laws of As of April Mr. Wallace could supply and demand take care of

Firefi hters Lost | “Nominations will take place of Civil Aviation and member of have polled about 8 million votes |the problem. Price controls are g |Saturday, July 24, and Wallace the Privy Council. in a race against Mr. Truman and advocated by 43 per cent; profi

BLIND RIVER; Ontario; June ceptance addresses-that night at! Downing Street said Mr. Dalton! ™Y one of the six Republican limitation by 38 per cent; a wag 1 (UP)—Two firefighters were re- a mass rally in Shibe Park. More would have no departmental ported missing today as one of than 34.000 supporters are ex-|juties, but would be free to as- me Vandenberg or Warren)— think U, 8, labor laws should b (sist the Cabinet generally and un-;¢ o); who favored Mr. Wallace changed in the next year or tw: (46 per cent want stricter con Fortune also conducted a “pop- trols over unions, 12 per cent wan ularity poll” (in which respond- controls over unions to be relaxed » ents named the man they con- and 11 per cent sidered best presidential material, changes, or none, in mind). Although only 57 per cent hav’ run). Gen. Eisenhower -was-at the.formed any opinion about the be: [top, with almost as much support handling of the Palestine probie fanned the flames to new inten-| Both have been busy campaign-| BLOOMINGTON, June $—Miss (24 per cent) as was mustered (26 per cent are for partition, {ing for many weeks. What they Mary Hicks, librarian at Bloom-|by the next two candidates to-|per cent for “some other solv have been saying on the stump ington High School, is in a seri- gether (Gen. MacArthur, 15 per tion”), nearly two thirds (62 pe 12 per cent).| cent) thought the big powe Truman, Vandenberg should back with force, if nece: may spread over an ‘additional/the convention is the number of home in which she struck her|and Mr. Stasséni Fanked fourth, wary; whatever the UN. .Peeom. .... own 7000 acres within 24 hours.

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For the first time since the [question was first asked late last summer, a majority (52 per cent)

The U, 8. (say 61 per cent’ must do more than spend mone) {in Europe in order to stop th: spread of Communism; while 5° {per cent would be willing to usimilitary force to keep Francs {from becom ing Russian-dom! survey (conducted forinated: 55 per cent favor force | also the case of Italy; 53 per cent | (sounded out the electorate on the case of Greece; 52 per cent | |presidential preferences;

While four out of five are ‘|

with reservations, only 46 pe “The key fact is not that the cent now approye a draft, plu: [fact that the ticket is to be Wal cabinet seven .months ago, en- Republicans have gained but that another 17 per cent who give it

lace and Taylor — and no Sack tered It Agun tnday as Chancel TUmaT® HUNK has dinitrile quaited suport,

talk. lor of the Duchy of Lancaster, | | Two Canadian The publicity release puts it He Ty a Pakenham “More damaging to Truman than per cent) think the government

Over two-thirds (89 per cent)

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