Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 July 1948 — Page 3

yg - J TUESDAY, JULY 6,148 ___ SA _ THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

oliday Dead: State, 22; U.S., 64

Reds Believed Slipping Up

shall Plan in particular has i In MOST European oeciors ate and Tialy are a —— : ~ —] . . . e : : er : o Fri d B £1 ad Washington Observers Note Check in Drive, |But it is not believed likely that | : : i Communists there . Heaviest Toll Hollywoo ienas oamiea Especially Since Marshall Plan Began je pr mists 4 low, ; ° 3 °_ eo | WASHINGTON, July 6 (UP)—For the first time since the Eurepe—With the e3- - ~ search tor : By Carole Landis Suicide end of World War II communism today appears to be losing! .ntjon of Yugoslavia, the situs1 near-accidents, . rk F alin ground jn Wester Bufops. Scardmavia. the Western Hemisphere, ,; » isc “uniform” with the satel- : : { e e . . r taking direct ing Ince d * Police fo Question y But it is beginning to show ‘clear signs of renewed activity flies 1a And ars Bam 5CO (UP) —Two Family on Motive ; Asia. And despite Hie Susremt Tito-Cominform dispute, the situa-| all is sa d and done; is still Com3 » S 1 an, in eT , —_——— * nechanics in the 3 (Continued From Page One) tion is essentially vmchang Communists in the Italian and Munist. eastern Europe. i re in the Uniteq tress Lillie Palmer, said he knew re the conclusions Finnish elections, improved crop! Middle East and Africa—There nance base here, no reason for her death, and # d These 3 ". United Press sur- “onditions throughout the world, 1s a danger of direct Soviet in- $ reillino, elit: nothing in her Monterey-style| rawn : : and success of American bipar-|tervention in Iran, although the i 3 feet 11 Highway Fatalities Brentwood mansion - told her (vey of . present and po tisan foreign policy are listed as/ Tudeh Communist Party is weak. } 2s Cooper, 4 feet Lead High List secret. Siang of COMMUNE Uitough. important factors in the gains The danger in the Arab coun- ; echanics, - » . S. tries lies in th bilit t ; S, gas k he than 600 persons died in a ee » ge ernment departments and -intelli- sgainnt Communes and social heir pe ~ he Doma BY at 1 artments of air. More accidents during the with Mr. Harrison the ne i few gence agencies. conditions of the Asiatic millions in Palestine. Ensuing chaos 7 er can't hob Ch of July week-end in the weeks, had him over to dinner | Neo responsible government offi- make the area a natural breeding might open up this present nonFt arnage since the all- Sunday night. They dined alone, ! cial will say that the east-west ground for Communist propagan-' Communist area to serious Com- — time high toll of 1941, a final tab- and parted at 9 o'clock. Police} struggle has been wal by [he som: da. The Communists are work- munist infiltration. Greece and > ommunist powers. But the firs

ulation showed today. The total was 640, just two more than last year’s toll, with most of the deaths on the high-| ys. : hi prought a denunciation from! the National Safety Council of, careless and amateur drivers for not heeding pre-holiday warnings. In Indiana 22 persons were] killed in holiday accidents, The toll coincides exactly with that predicted by state police before|

estimated she gulped the tablets about four hours later. Her body was found near the, doorway of her bathroom over-| looking Santa Monica Bay Her head was pilloweé¢ on a brown leather jewel case anc her long! hair fell casually to the round neckline of her white lace blouse. | Pill in Envelope

Her gold-sandaled feet were tucked under her unmussed blue-

ing overtime to spread the belief Turkey standing firm due to signs of optimism are develop- among Asiatics that United American aid. Ing. States attention has been focused! South America—There is no The current dispute between On Europe to the extent that it! immediate possibility of ComYugoslavia and the Cominform, is “forgetting” Asia. munists winning control of any ithe unsuccessful Soviet efforts to! Here are thumbnail sketches government. Communism is more drive the three big western pow- Of the situation in other areas: of a “nuisance” nature, It is on ers out of Berlin, defeat of the Western Europe and Scandina- the defensive.

DISCOVERER—Rex Harrison,

British ‘film actor, was the one

i and-white checked skirt. She who found Carole Landis’ body | STRAUSS SUMMER HOURS | : CAT 9.10 he, vacalioll. period began took {wore an oversized St. Cristopher when Rgcalled at her home to | SAYS: TO | —OTHE R ® DA he 5 I ERS E : T—SATURDAYS 30 4 | . { 4 . — Y 3 . 11 Isler lives. Swimming or| see about taking her out to |

boating mishaps were responsible for 10 deaths in the state. And a 5-year-old boy fell to his death from a farm wagon. i List of Dead

ported today includes: Walker Hudnall, 48, Mars Hill.|

Mrs. Arda Everetis, 65, also of Mars Hill, mother of Mr. Hudnall. | omen en Anthony Reniewitz, .34, Ham- y

mond. ! Charles Green, 29, Shelbyville. Raymond Edward Ferguson, 5. of near Columbus. . S Mrs. Almeda Engelbrecht, 26, Kingsford Heights. Francis Bridegroom, 21 Wina-

mac. Floyd Miller Jr., 17, Ft. Wayne. Gary Lee Bullock, 12, Boonville. Albert Lencioni, 24, East Chicago. Gene Frye, 18, F't. Wayne. John Campbell, 73, Gary. Edward Deal, 24, Mishawaka. Roger G. Stafford, 42, Warsaw. Truck-Auto Crash Mr. Hudnall and his mother died ‘yesterday in the flaming wreckage of their car following a truck-auto crash on in U. 8. 31 nt 'Galumbus. They were on their way to Muscatatuck State Park when their car collided with the truck,

ish from Gov. Fernando Casas

Mexico. The token of international amity was brought back from The list of Indiana dead re-| Mexico City by Dr. Sevitzky after his recent appearance there as |

quest conductor.

On Grand Jury

Mrs. Eva L. Stanley |

Named Foreman

A new Marion County Grand Jury of two women and four men was impaneled today in Criminal Court 1. ) The jury, to serve for six months, ‘will have its first meeting Friday morning. Mrs. Eva L. Stanley, 5609 Carroliton Ave, was named foreman. She is the first woman foreman among the last four Gfand

List of Jurors The other jurors: " Mrs. Virginia E. Owens, 1352 N. Kealing Ave.; James I. Smith, 3836 Central Ave.; Cloyd C. Rose,

at In Prague Parae

owned by Morgan Packing Co. [1825 E. 62d St.; Martin H. Ross,

Austin.

4930 Kingsley Ave. and Edward

The truck and car left the road|C. Hanf, 536 W. 31st St.

and came to a stop in a field 40 feet from the point of impact. Mr. Hudnall's 13-year-old son, Norman, was thrown clear of the

resigned former president. of Which is near mine, and the maid “One Million B. C.” Other films wreckage. State Police said he| The six juror were selected a a Jan Mas-|and I knocked on her door. We included “Turnabout,” “Fours a possibly. saved his own life by|from a venire of 75 by Judge Saul|,,..;c tormer foreign minister entered and found her.” |Crowd” and “I Wake Up Scream-

beating out his blazing clothing, The driver of the truck, Sammie Lynch, 22, escaped uninjured. He told police he tried to slow down for a truck ahead of him and his truck swerved into the path of the Hudnall car. Mr. Green died Sunday of injuries received in a traffic accident in Ind. 29 near Shelby Saturday night. The Ferguson child, who was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph

Edwin Steers Jr. will continue to act as deputy prosecutor in charge of the Grand Jury. Lois Trefz will be retained as reporter.

I. Rabb and Judge William D. Bain, sitting in general term. Judge Rabb presided. Retiring Members

Members of the retiring grand jury which stepped out of office today are: Burchard Carr, foreman, 725 Nottingham Court; Mrs. Dorothy Deffendall, 6118, Indianola’ Ave.; Maurice P. DeMotte, 207 E. 51st St.; Mrs. Ora M. Sharp, 704 E, Morris St.; Max A. Fritz, 1425

medal and a gold wrist watch, |engraved “C. L.” In rer left hand {she held a satin ribbon, lettered’ with the Lord's Prayer, and a white envelope holding a single white pill. » Written on the envelope was’ a doctor's prescription: “Red—| quick—two hours. Yellow about {5—can take two. Use for severe | pain.” \ 3 : > { Nearby was a pair of red Strikes Bridge, Burns |, dour slippers, and a sheer ree persons . narrowly !

es-| {caped death last night when their]

lunch.

Aleman of the Federal District of

3 Escape Death as Car

{dressing gown hung on the bath-| {car struck .a bridge, rolled down| poo door, He Drowi-ang red lan embankment, and burned. | Spread. in aijoining An | The car was driven by Clifford oom" was nw Bk tablet Smith, 20 N.'State Ave. He told|STPtY bottle of sleepiig tablets {police a tire blew out as the auto! "o> on 2 dressing table. lentered a bridge on U. 8S. 36 west Propped against a huge cologne] lof Avon. He and two compan-| Pottle was a note, on her personal; ions, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Crouch Stationery, addressed to “Dearest |Cumberland, were treated for Mommie” It read: | “I'm sorry, really sorry to put

minor injuries in Ge -1 i mie J » neral Hos {you through this. But there is

~ {no way to avoid it. I love you, ! .

darling, you have been the nfost| wonderful mom ever and that) applies to all our family .-. .| {everything goes to you. Look in| {the files, and there is a will . . . goodby, my angel, pray for me.| Your Baby.” . | Yesterday Mr. Harrison tele- .. PRAGUE, July 6 (UP)—Czechs phoned Miss Landis to check on Tr a (waved United States flags and his luncheon date with her. Mess © She On re ies Ya {shouted praise of Benes and Landis’ maid, Fanny May Bol- oon Francisco, where she crooned

| Masaryk today in what appeared den. sald she as El ber! in cabarets then moved .south to |to be an organized protest against was detained, {snare a chorine’s job in a movie the S20 Oran Foi ih Goer, 28810 at three,” Mr. Harrison told | i, 1937. Dance director Busby reporters. “The maid said she Berkeley spotted her and fame oslovakia. still was sleeping and I thought| and fortune took her from there. | They referred to Eduard Benes, |that strange. I went to her home,| . She first starred in the movie]

ACTRESS’

HUSBAND—

{ Carole Landis was suing Harold

Schmidlapp. theatrical producer and her fourth husband, for a divorce.

. er when she was a sweater girl

who committed suicide or was! Thé maid said. Mr. Harrison's ing.”

killed soon after the Communists|/face twisted when he saw the] Toured Europe

seized power in Czechoslovakia. body. “Oh, no, honey!" he gasped, During the war she gave up The demonstrations occurred “Why did you do it?" the movies to tour European during a five-hour parade in! Mr, Harrison called a doctor |and North African army camps Prague of the Sokols—Czech and then the police. (with Martha Raye, Mitzie Maygymnastic societies. : | * Rumors. Denied fair and Kay Francis.

Police appeared werless to { But in her personal life, Miss halt the AeA a but eye-| Miss Bolden said the British Landis found only unhappiness.

witnesses said that at least three actor and Miss Landis had dated [Her second marriage to broker young men, who shouted “There constantly the past few weeks. | Willis Hunt Jr. lasted two months.

{ { i

is no republic without Masaryk,”|A few mcnths ago the gossip

She married Air Force Ace Capt.|

columns reported that Mr. Har- Thomas C. Wallace in 1943 but

were arrested. , i yg > ag ally injured| g;, gist St. and John S. Merritt,| ope group whipped out their rison and Miss Palmer had sepa- they Wweré divorced two years aay Eut_When he fell ofi1115 W. Seth St. small U. 8. flags in unison, kissed rated, and that the actor was later. The actress wed Mr. ° Mr arm Wagon ry a} Columbus; them and then waved them dafing Miss Landis Schmidiapp In New York in De-/ Ss. Engelbrec yester- . |cember, 1945. | day of injuries received in an furiously as a swelling roar swept| Later the Harrisons denied | Miss Landis was the third,

automobile accident near La Porte. She was injured in the Same crash that took the life of Carl Erickson, 24, of Chicago. Cyclist Dies in Crash

Injuries received Saturday when his motorcycle struck the rear of an automobile at Hammond were fatal to Mr. Renie-

witz. He died yesterday in a

Hammond hospital. Drowning victims included Mr. Lake at Rome

Miller in Sylvan City; Mr. Bride-

drowned in Lake James yester-| day when the boat in which they! were, Tiling with companions! rturned. The co! = ! he, mpanjor were Lake County authorities sti! Were searching for the body of I. Lencioni who drowned yesterday while swimming with a comPanion in Cedar Lake. Boat Upsets, Drowns i Young Frye drowned in Lake James yesterday when the boat! In which he was riding with] friends overturned, accqrding to State Police. State Police said Mr. Campbell! drowned yesterday when he fell into the Iroquois River near Ind.| i in Newton County while fishg. Mr. Stafford drowned Sunday In Pike Lake. State Police said| they believed he fell into the wa-| ter while fishing. ! Mr. Deal was killed instantly When his pickup truck was in a| head-on collision with a heavy | truck loaded with steel at 7:30!

yesterday i

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EVENTS TODAY. | peni: f t ° diction a rented tish Rite Bldg

Methodist Juris:30 p. m. Scot-

through the spectators along the

(route.

Two Sentenced Here

terms today in Criminal Court 2 { after pleading guilty to the hold{up of an Indianapolis filling sta-

. [tion aftendan.

Judge Saul I. Rabb sentenced | James E. Lovell, 20, of 430 W.

The actor yollywood star to end her life|

{in the past dozen years. Lupe She was 10 velez, the “Mexican spitfire,” {gulped sleeping pills Dec. 14, 1944, Attorney Jerry Giesler, repre- and Thelma Todd was found dead

separation rumors {telephoned the news to Miss Pal{mer in New York.

{fly back there today.

i/In Gas Station Holdup .enting Miss Landis in her suit/in her automobile Dec. 16, 1935 i | Two bandits received prison

to divorce theaterical producer, The blond sweater girl had visHorace Schmidlapp, was to see ited Indianapolis several times. | {her today to discuss a property| paying “visits to Veterans’ hos-! settlement. |pitals. Miss Landis’ last visit was “I don't think this divorce had last year for the 500-Mile race, | anything to do with her suicide.” after she was. chosen to present he said. {the Borg-Warner trophy to win- | Her press agent, Ed Ettinger, ner Mauri Rose. said he didn’t think her career

crimes and a bad juvenile record. her $100,000 home. Robert Lewis Smith, 19, of 533 S. West St.,, was sentenced to one year on the State Farm. Judge Rabb said his sentence was less severe because of his “good

She also was! RICHMOND, Cal., July 6 (UP) assured comfortable alimony Alfred L. Ridste, father of Carole from Mr. Schmidlapp, and to Landis, said today he could make a movie for KEagle-Lion scarcely believe the news of her Studio here and another in Eng- death. land next September. _ - | Mr. Ridste, 57, a railroad mamilitary record.” Mechanic’s Daughter |chinist, said he received a “perBoth were charged with rob- Miss Landis still was an estab-|fectly normal” letter from Miss bing Clifford Bristow, R. R. T, lished star although her boxoffice Landis in March. He saw her Box 419-B, of a money changer appeal was greater a few years|last in 1942, containing $25, Mar. 17, during ago. Fans still flocked to see! “I don't know what could have the armed holdup of a W. Wash- what artist James Montgomery caused her to die, but I can’t beington St, filling station. Flagg once described at “her lieve she would ever commit suirm startling physical silhouette, cide,” he said. ’ VICE ADM. WILLSON DIES | bordering on the magnificent.” | “She may have been worrying WASHINGTON, July 6 (UP)— The daughter % a San Ber- about her four marriages,” he Vice Adm. Russell Willson (Ret.), nardina, Cal, mechanic, she be- added. “She wrote rather often. former Navy Secret Communica-| came the hit of a dozen films but but she didn't seem depressed.” tions expert, died at Bethesda, was the flop of four marriages. Mr. Ridste planned to leave for Md., Naval Hospital today. He She married writer Irving Wheel- Los Angeles today. was 64. rr

—st———teee———— GOP Replaces Democrats | IN INDIANAPOLIS = 4 Democrat, Kentucky

At Home — Ira, Hele Peck, 1502 Naomi. irls |

DEMOCRAT, Ky. July 6 (NEA) — There is a famine of AL St. Franch Walter, asthe wooch| Democrats this year in this 55-year-old mountain hamlet that

Betty Kiinge; George, Patricia Mennel;| Started out to be a Democratic stronghold. Walter, Florence Spry; Charles, Martha

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Men's SLACKS sale priced 8.95

All ! STRAW HATS V4 Of

There are - something like 1,000 men's 3.95 —4.50 and 5.00 SHIRTS—that are sale priced a sensational

; Eom wm Bass Lake, and young|f Merrill St., to one to five years haq made* her unhappy, either. Father Mystified $ Hatfield n the Ohio River. near in the Indiana Reformatory. He said she recently was finan-'g,, Daughter's Death THE SALE IS ON— Mr. Lencioni and Mr. Fry ‘| Lovell admitted several previous cially embarrassed, but had sold

CLOSE 70 1200 TIES—ON SALE AT

CTLY

Ties right out of our regular stocks—one-half of the regular prices at which they are marked. Ties that a man likes to have on the region of the neck—and on his tie rack—

a.m. today in U. S. 41, five miles/ Prohibition Party Address, Claude oa h , Martha) Back in 1893 a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat, Elhanon King, 2.95—repeat south of Veedersburg. | son of Los Angeles — 8 p.m. Cade) Moore’ Raymond Joan Bush: GGIEC! dedicated Democrat's future to the party of Jefferson, Jackson Ts 2.95 (or wherever he keeps his ties) 1 Day Mrs. Deal, 23, is in a Craw- Park Department Annual Musie Festival Humphrey: Slower, Helen Nada President Grover Cleveland. Today Republicans are in the over- ’ ? ! fordsville hospital with critical in-| Rotary re laypool Hotel A Coteman = William, Betty Sinclair; Whelming majority. The vote is — This year-Democrat is gaining ; ; : : Tries. Arthur. Omentice, Gary, Pups Dock MN el, pull Creek| Charles, Masyelly anes Matsnap: wil. avout 10to 1. “access to the outside world. In Ties in strict masculine taste—chosen as driver of the other vehicle. Playground. | liam ‘Edna Pratt; Homer, Virginia, Even Democrat's post office is addition to a d highwa Some 500 men's . ' ! : : ki Tex a ' EVENTS TOMORROW | Tuttle; Thomas, Pauline Benuett: Peril. pun by a Republican, Mrs. Lizzie paved highway to) e 200 with the Man's Store's selective eyes—which Your 3kin Service R dered Opening of the Plenary Sessions of the] Mary ' Ressinger; Raymond, Mildred yoo. "0 ‘rhe Postmaster Gen- the coal camps of this Kentucky- HANDKER- . : j : lay MADISON on | "Methodist Jurisdictional Conference —| Mitchell: Richird. Jean Mynatt; BA. (UN 0 no” 60d a Democrat Virginia border country, a rail- CHIEFS—fine bars the garish—the boisterous and lifeless. : 4 , Wis. — .| Roberts Park Met! urch. { . A . . yes Satire po is Lop) Mrs. | eT Er Dromore by the Butz At Methotisi—Eenneth Jr, Heien King: who'd take the civil service ex- road branch ling will put Demo white linen—will and perk tention Ty ge fe id 2] te rman Bldg. Dorothea McGruder; Donald, Margarel amination to become Democrat's (rat near the end of a spur track iy ne i at ne fe tOvD 21.3 th : ji arriss; Rob- to new coal fields. all at exactly v y . i cert—8 p. m., Brookside Park. Jefferson; Emmett, Juanita Harriss t ” ctive Make- i of stairs in a restaurant Rine.C* Cis Hotel Antlers. rials Tenses. Joseph, Josepnine Postmaster. ee ablicaus A AE a, The range of selections is as varied as the des § 3 roke her ‘eg. Mrs. Hendry |Lions Club—Claypool Hotel. Ton, Virginia DeHart; Lester, Lois Os-| Dem-| And Democrat is beginning to Come and Get It! tye . e ades for anded in front of the table ———— ner Ee Peanor Gray. William, altogether as many as 10 Dem- shades of political opinions— Where the bo: trustees BIRTHS DO EE a = Brie Shake: ocratic families that get their Change from a rural mountain | nd your h ard of » head Boys 7 Paul, Jessie Bowman: Maynard, Yvonne mail here.” said Mrs. Williams re-| town to a mining center-—run by o urse and superintendent Of a At St. Franeis—Fred, Gladys Stewart:| Eos S00 CoV UCr e Powers. | . . lows i& nd Fis by} ; 3 hearby hospital were having] Delbert, Louise Partlow; John, MATEes),, sg 'Vincent’s—Raymond, Vers SI etginy dn she adds, “We nave; Republicans a 0 are = ang And there-are Regular prices 1.00 to 6.50 unch. : Jones ral — Gerald, Myra Mehrlich;| ruff: .Starlin,~ Loluse “Young: m, ty fine people up here, even , - rn *george, Maxine Fleming; Warner, Olivia| Ruth Howard: Maurice, Lucile Guebailis ove have been cut off from the dicting an era of prosperity for Sweeping Sale Price Strike Postponed a | Brown Robert Merle ouic McDonald | Lane: John, Myrtle Raber. rest of the world for so long.” |everyone. ; glearances 0 ST P n At Coleman — Clark, Edith Hamilton; At Hoine—Raymond, Ruby Morgan, 2019 Mail from Whitesburg, the! Proposals to change the town's Sportsman terion DUIS, July € (UP) Pro Rg i Pl ey fen: DEATHS ‘county seat, has been brought in name have found strong opposi-| Ts Electric Care of the Union peta Murphy. potty Bennett; TTIK O. Neal $27. at 1046 N. Eder, by muleback since the settlement tion. “It wouldn't seem right,”| spectacular sale a strike tod ssourl postponed Ac Methadut Fa tkinson; Robert, Mar \ ArcTomcieroty, PAM? E 15th, ‘carer first approved of its name. Twice- Mrs. Williams says. “Democrat riots Toa . Cc i : oh oday which would have| gyre; Anderson, Richard, Virginia)" non, To : 'a-week deliveries improved after under any other name couldn't] Ce 4 a ut off all but essential power! Smith: Pete, Anna Schutz, Owen, | Bla Jona" Dougias Welch, 30. af ‘363 Totem Jiiistanc. seven miles ‘south be.be any more strongly Repub- oo s an Service in St. Louis and adjacent! Br i Loses, a Tua Betis game, Joronary seclusion. tart pg y Set De Tu et Beal some of that! : Ewarh i E ’ Fient | Halsie a t. 8. } . . areas In Missouri and Illinois. | Smith; Kemneth, Poly Hachi Feria plATCIOOmA. ee 86. at 3319 N, Ar. Pouches are still brought'in by Most folks here agree with her i ; 1 "Ships Collide | dyce. Jack. Barbara Anderson, Laddie| er rio, Sfesiar renal. 7 muleback. and remark they have a lot of : - wo Ships Collide ASE Vimeents = Benjamin, Dorothy| Charles Franklin Wallace, 13. at Lene, Carrier R. C. Cook makes one fun joking and punning about * ay fC. , July 6 (UP) -— The Bobard; Orville .Lilly Piers; Starlin oq wien 33, at 1461 Union, ¢oro- Found trip each day between Democrat's name. ; Coast Guard reported today that| White. en i rgares He nan Dr! nary thrombosis. ih. “>| Millstone and Democrat. his “Everyone wants the benefits ~i the Norwegian steamship Bel, Prancis. Mildred Jones: | Daniel, A TC Hall, #5, a1 General, carcinoma. safety against swollen creeks and of progress but we couldn't get . ) ! : J Mune and the Swedish motor Seg. ea Pp dose Xu : Sami, There Hartman, $2, at St Visomt's, learthalides dependent upon a along without our Democrat 4 nw Bila had *oilided in fog about: Dorothy pristman; Wikia, i grad Pred, Marie Peatior. F51, at. Methodist, myo- Sure. footed, ridge-climbing don- jokes” explaing W. P. Nolan, who Green + Roberta Johnson. , . } JB a :

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