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Dividends Due On Gl Policies Held 3 Months

| Called Logical Choice

Huge Bookkeeping Job to Delay Mailing of Checks Until 1949

By DOUGLAS LARSEN,

NEA Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, June 30—Every World War II veteran who has had a GI insurance policy in force for at least three months—whether the policy is in force today or not —will receive a cash dividend from the government. This is the first time that the three-month qualifying

period for a dividend on Na has ever been officially announced. It was revealed exclusively to NEA Service and The Indianapolis Times by a top Veterans Administration insurance official. More than 14 million veterans are expected to benefit. The size of the government's insurance surplus kitty which will be divided ‘among them has been estimated at between $1.5 and $2 billions. The ‘ average veteran will receive approximately $100, depending upon how long he has kept his policy in force, his age and several other factors.

Biggest | Accounting Job

This announcement will soon

be followed by the start of the biggest accounting job ever attempted in insurance history. Some of the experts even assert that figuring GI insurance dividends is the biggest single accounting job ever tackled by the U. 8. government. The start of this staggering bookkeeping task was delayed until now to await a Supreme Court decision on a case which could have wiped out the surplus. The recent decision was in favor of VA, however, which makes it possible ‘to start on the project of handing out the dividends. Mortality Tables Outdated There are several explanations for the huge surplus. Outdated mortality tables were used to figure rates when NSLI was created at the start of the war. And, although GI life insurance is the cheapest

ms, never got any ‘bexefits, and now the government doesn’t & ve to keep any money: set asidé for the event of their death. «3 Per Cent Interest On top of everything, all the extra premium money which collected in the fund has been drawing 3sper cent interest in the U. 8. Treasury. 5. Since GI insurance was created

tional Service Life Insurance I UT A:

FORECAST: Clear and cool tonight. Fair tomorrow.

Racketeers To Crown New King of Slots

Friend of Official

By KENNETH HUFFORD Long live the king.

up their vocal chords with this chant today in preparation for the coronation ceremonies of a new slot machine king. His identity has not been definitely established, although a close associate of a high county official is reported to be the logical choice. The local scene was thrown in-

To Extend GI

Insurance 5 Years

WASHINGTON, June 30 (UP)—World War II veterans can keep their GI low-premium insurance for another five years at least. President Truman has signed a bill extending for five years the so-called level premium GI term insurance, Without the extension, veterans would have had to drop the policies or convert them to higher-raie civilian insurance.

Feeney Predicts New Police Era

33 Recruits Join Department Here

A new era in the Indianapolis police department was predicted today by Mayor Al Feeney as 33 probationary officers were sworn into the department. “You owe your job to no one but yourself,” he told the recruits as he lashed out at “undesirable elements which try to influence and control police enforcement.” The Mayor's blast today was a continuance of his and Thief ¥d-

ward D. Rouls’ recent condemna4 going to root those elements out of the department,” the r said. “And our hope of new blood in the force depends

on you young officers now taking up police work as a career. “You're going to hear some other things down there on 8S. Alabama St. You start in full of pep and some wise guy will come up to you and say, ‘Slow down, buddy.’ That's going to happen fo every man out to do a good

at the start of the war, more, (Continued om Page 2—Col. 2),

Hoosiers Hope Rain-Maker Takes Day Off

LOCAL TEMPERATURES 6am..65 10a m.. "7 7a. m.. 66 11a m.. 75 8 a. m... 67 , 12 (Noon) 771 a m.. 7 1p m.. 80 Local Hoosiers kept their fin8ers crossed today, hoping the rain-maker would take a holiday. Their hopes were rewarded by a Weather Bureau prediction of clear and cool weather. A low temperature of 59 was forecast for tonight. The mercury is expected to climb to 84 tomorrow.

Gov. Aandahl, Lemke lead in Dakota Voting BISMARCK, N. D, June 30 (UP) ~— Inconclusive returns in North Dakiota' ‘primary’ eléction today showed Gov. Fred Aandahl and wveterant Congressman Wil-

liam Lerhke’ leading’ in thefr bids ithe. . Ohio : River valley water

for renomination.

the second ‘We d to Stay’ °°

WASHINGTON; ‘June 30 (UP) —Secretary of State George C. Bald today. that “we

taxpayers.”

nallor Gov. Ralph H. Gates ‘tIndiana. His state was the first

job.” He continued: ‘I'm sick and tired of that el-

iement down there which attempts

don’t owe a thing to any hood, dive keeper, gambler or so called big shot and your only obligation is to the people of this city—the

Raps ‘Influence’ The Mayor warned against citizens who would claim influence with “myself or higher ups.” He urged the new officers to arrest these people and “we'll see how much influence they have.” “I_hdve no -friends when it comes to law enforcement,” the Mayor shouted. “My only obligation, like yours. is to the people as a whole.” He promised firm backing from his office and that of the chief of police for any officer who “steps on toes” in carrying out his duties.

Gates Signs Pact

*® . On River Pollution CINCINNATI, O. June 30 (UP) — A 14-year dream affecting the health and .comfort of '20 * ‘million people became a reality here today when officials of eight Ohio valley states signed

sanitation compact. Seven governors signed the document in the Hotel Netherland Plaza’s Hall of Mirrors. The first signature was that

to signify formally, through its legislature, that it wanted to take part in the pact. of the compact means eight agreed to measures that will halt the pollution of inland streams

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Fix It Yourself . . . weekly tips to home handymen. .Page 8

Eyeson 14-year-old golfer in

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who was left only $1000 in the

to discourage young officers. You Baumgart had her hands full, she

“|give defense time to appeal the

to confusion when two prominent short

i Had 110 Machines A few weeks ago, Maurice

his business partner, Mrs. Mary Baumgart, to whom he left nearly his entire estate, operated 110 “one-armed bandits.” Yesterday, long-time GOP politician William (Bill) - Armitage died. He was known as the king for many years. But, in recent years, his operation of slots had diminished. He still retained machines in a number of lucrative spots, however. An example is a prominent West Side veterans’ club, where the “take” always has been considered unusually good. Reports are that executors of the Wolfanger estate have sold the machines to a North Side tavern pwner “fronting” for the county cial’s friend.

Never Forced Issue

This “friend,” whose reign can|

ibe interrupted onlv by a strong|

{fight by weaker elements, never {forced the issue, while Mr. Armitage and Mr. Wolfanger were alive, underworld observers say. For one thing, Lefty was his friend. He felt “kindly,” associates ‘disclosed, and not disposed to push this buddy out of his racket. : But, Bill was another situation. The king-elect never liked the big, generous fellow whose hand influenced Republican local politics for almost half a cen-/

tury. Mr. Armitage would have been {forced out the last QE. 40, i | 3 a0 ent had official in the county,

Here, then, were the elements of the status quo until death it all. The new heir, having bought out Wolfanget’s interests, needs only to “muscle” the remnants of Armitage’s once(powerful machine to rise to the top. Left Only $1000

Lefty told friends before his death that he wanted Mrs, Ba to continue the operation. But, when Lefty's daughter,

will, decided to undertake a legal fight for a greater share, Mrs.

acknowledged. She was in no position to argue about disposition: of the coin devices. Ae In this way, ownership #lipped to the king-elect. A number of “social” clubs. in the city are reported to be “customers” of this royal personage and expansions are predicted. Chicagoans Muscle In Only one dark cloud threatens. A Chicago syndicate has taken over most of the operations of a country club on the Southeast Side on the promise that craps will be allowed soon. * $ Already the place has “room play” for horse race lovers, downtown bookies complain. This is considered an advantage, because it permits inveterate bettors to congregate and ‘watch the board and “get the feel” of the race. The syndicate has a “working agreement” with the new king-to-|

Local racketeers were warming

(Lefty) Wolfanger died. He and|

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1948

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, Ind. Ussued daily except Sunday

‘Beating’ Charges In Central Hospital Deat

ilton's ddwntown route made it

Health Department

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I mpyér, and Went to te “T¥n "the morning his muscles thought it was simply “too much; exercise.” They kept him in bed. The next morping he began to, ache and became very sick. Frightened, they called the fam-| ily doctor. ¥ | When the doctor came, he wasn't very sure. He couldn't be. But he knew the symptoms.

o » ” IT LOOKED like polio—one of | the most dreaded and dramatized diseases known to man, And. that's how it happens al-| most every day in the United! States. It's not always roller, skating. But it usually is violent! exercise, so the Indiana Depart-| ment of Health says, which circulates the blood and in some way carries the dread poliomyelitis virus into the spinal column where it attacks and permanently damages the central nervous system. Dr. James Jackson, director of communicable disease control for Indiana, produced figures which flash like a yellow caution light in the faces of concerned -citizens. There has been an increase of 19.7 polio cases in the first five months over the 10-year average in the state for the first six months. The 10-year median (average for the first six months)” said Dr. Jackson, **is 11.3, yet there were 31 cases on record by the end of May this year.”

= = = IT IS a disease treated by! symptoms. Medical science has

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Supreme Court Gets | Watts Trial Transcript

A transcript of the murder trial] of Robert A. Watts, 29, convicted slayer of an Indianapolis woman, was filed today before the Indiana Supreme Court) Attorney Warren Brown Shelbyville filed the transcript, one day before the deadline set by the high court recently when it gave Watts a stay of execu-| tion from May 10 to Nov. 9 to

conviction. . Watts was found guilty of the sex slaying of Mrs. Mary Lois Burney, 39, last November, in a trial in Shelby Circuit Court. The appeal was based on the actio of Judge Harold O. Barger of Shelbyville in overruling a motion for a new trial, Briefs in the appeal will be filed with the Supreme Court next. September when the judges

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Report Polio +

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2 Hoosier Towns

Doctors Restrict Elnora, Sandborn

An outbreak of infantile paralysis in ‘two southern In-

of| diana towns has caused doctors| | to urge rigid restrictions on com!

munitive activities, town of Elnora in Daviess

bas reported two cases:

of polio. And Sandborn in the

adjoining county of Knox also

has reported two recent cases, one of them fatal. «Dr. L. W. Frame, state board of health representative in the area, said physicians in both towns had advised residents to

{nary laboratory is not

found no immediate sure way =

LONG HAUL IS OVER—After 42 years of carrying mail, Walter T. Hamilton, 340 Wallace St., hung up his mailbag today with a one-word comment: "Whoopee." Friends along Mr. Ham-

a happy last day for him with

tokens of appreciation to the tune of $540. It's the best tune any | retiring carrier has ever heard at the post office.

Dread Polio Often Strikes | Following Violent Exercise

Flashes Warning

As Cases Show Increase in State

were sore and stiff,

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Woman, Father

Force Way Into Home Of Old Watchmaker

ly blind daughter were beaten by two bandits in their home at 515 Berwick Ave. shortly before noon today. George Winters, a retired watchmaker, told police two men forced their way into his home, knocked him down, beat his daughter and fled after failing to find any money. He said he escaped from the bandits after they knocked him down and started to run out the back door to call help when one of them grabbed him and knocked him to the floor again. Meanwhile, the other intruder, grabbed his daughter, Miss Pauline Winters, beat her and threw her on the divan. . After going through Mr. Winter's pockets, the two men ran out the front door and escaped down, an alley.

Legislators’ Pay Refused by Court

Decision Upholds Burch Stand

The Thdiana Supreme Court to{day upheld State Auditor A. B.

{Burch in his refusal to pay sal|aries to four state legislators {for other state jobs they held {during their legislative terms. { The court, with only Judge

to identify polio. ‘Doctors have State jobs in March 1947, when

to deduce what it is. The ordi- ‘the last regular 61-day session’ state on his western trip,

equipped to isolate the virus. he The only way to tell when the polio virus is at work is by what it does. Then it is too late. Public sanitation has much to do with control, says Dr. Jackson. oo ago 1 prosssted the buildng practic in Lake County this year. The houses in some districts were built too close together with substandard sanitation.” ¢

of the general assembly ended.

them by Mr. Burch.

R. Black, Log of the state |

secre . control and

Elmer C. Weller, Dale, of the motor vehicle department Rep. Charles T. Miser, Garrett, superintendent of maintenance | for the state highway commis-|

= » » THERE IS hope for the paralized patient, Medical science has| devised many therapies, sucH as!

the transfer and re-education of/On the grounds that the state

muscles, and the transfer of nerve supplies.

But the best way to avoid polio is the same method. used against other dis 5 It is cleanliness. Clean hands. Clean mouths. Clean noses. Avoid violent exercise. Be suspicious of colds, nausea and headaches, muscle stiffness and soreness. Then call the best doctor you can find. If his suspicions are strong enough, he'll get the

patient to one of the major eliics| 5068.33, and Mr. Conrad. $3262.35.

of the country, such as the Indil ana University Medical Center. .

i |{Commission, also appealed. But

sion, and Rep. Beecher Conrad, Petersburg, state barber inspector. : | Cited Constitution { Mr. Burch withheld their checks

constitution prohibited a person from holding two lucrative state jobs at the same time. A fifth legislator involved in the salary fight, Rep. Glenn R. Blenker of Monticello, who is employed by the Public Service

his was a separate case and the

time. The decision cost the legisla-| tors the following amounts in back salary: Mr. Black, $9237.54; Mr. -Miser, $7054.75; Mr. Weller,

Mr. Slenker’s withheld salary

Since then, a total of $25,522.97 marked enthi : in pay has been withheld from Success of the Democratic state

The legislators are Sen. Clyde [of Henry F. Schricker as govtary | ernor.

water resources commission; Rep.|state’s history to be nominated

of the public service commission; have a “wonderful ¢hance” to

high court did not rule on Mr. the seat vacated by Rep. Noble Slenker’s appeal at the .same/J. Johnson, Terre Haute. 2 |

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PRICE FIVE CENTS

2 Bandits BeatDr. Max Bahr Disputes Partly Blind Hancock Deputy Who

Accuses 3 Attendants

Superintendent Suspects Report Made By Sheriff's Aid to Judge Hinchman

Charges and counter charges were hurled back and

| Irving I. Tyner, Hancock

A T5-year-old man and his part-| forth between public officials tuday over the death of a pa[tient at Central State Hospital here yesterday.

County chief deputy sheriff,

{said he saw three attendants at the state hospital beat and |choke the patient after Hancock County authorities brought

Expect Democrats

him there yesterday morning. The patient, Eugene B. Eads,

| (40, of R. R. 4, Greenfield, died at

To Win Indiana

| Haymaker Also Sees

| Truman Renomination

| By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer {| WASHINGTON, June 30 Ira Haymaker, Indiana’s new Demoscratic state chairman, called on [President Truman today and |emerged with the customary {statement that he thinks the | Democrats have a good chance {to carry the state this fall. | He then outlined to White {House reporters the unusual pro|cedure of the party's state convention which resulted in indorsling former Sen. Samuel Jackson {of Ft. Wayne for Vice President, {but not indorsing Mr. Truman to {bead the ticket. 5 A national convention delega himself (there are 30 with 26 votes), he said he personally favored the President's renomination and told him so. .

the hospital later yesterday, but the cause of deatlf had not been officially recorded at the coroner’s office here at noon today. Dr. Max Bahr, superintendent of the state hospital, denied that the patient had been mistreated in any way after he was admitted yesterday. Calls Beating a Lie : “Any report that the patient was beaten here is a lie,” Dr. Bahr said. “My records show he was practically dead when he was brought in here.” J “Hancock authorities had the patient handcuffed and he was in a semi-conscious condition from drugs. Why would any attendant mistreat a patient like that?” } Dr. Bahr said he would tele

dent was well fecelved in the he said. expressed : the

Haymaker' usiasm ticket. He predicted the election

“He is the only Governor in ‘the

twice,” he told the reporters. Later he said the ‘Democrats

elect. Democratic Congressmen in the 7th, 8th, 1ith.and 1st districts. This would mean replacing Republican Reps. Gerald W, Landis, Linton and Edward A. Mitchell, Evansville. Seeks Re-election The 11th and 1st districts now have Democrat Congressmen, but Rep. Louis Ludlow fen’t running again in Indianapolis. Rep. Ray Madden, Gary, is seeking wTeelection in the 1st district. Mr. Haymaker also said the Democrats have a “fighting chance” to unseat Rep. Harness, Kokomo, and to take

This means winning the fifth and sixth districts. In the latter it is reported that Mrs. Cecil Hardin, Republican najonal come mitteewoman, may be given the nomination. 3 “We would win in that case

stay in their Somes and keep from mingling with ‘others as much as possible.

In the “movie house : until it is determined if an epi-| demic is threatening the community.

NEW YORK, June 30 (UP) n jays! income tax,

from the sale of the Philadelphia

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totals $7824.50.

i fn : Rh 5) WL LEARNING TO CRAWL, THEN WALK —The slow road back from crippling

for sure,” Mr. Haymaker said. 4}

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"U4 Blue in Pace” feted “When the patient resisted ate tendants’ attempts to 1s

tied a towel around the patient's méek and twisted it tight un ace turned black,” “When we left the thing

polio requires courage and endless patience. Here Ruth Ladue, physical therapist |

| at Riley Hospital, is teaching 14-year-old Donna Coburn, Ft. Wayne, to crawl i | preparation for teaching her to.walk again-aftgpna palio; attacks ~.. '

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