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Guard Pools After Girl, 15, Is Attacked
Police Alerted on Molesting Reports Mayor Feeney today .alerted police against swimming pool sex
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fought off an attack in Rhodius Park and two other girls were molested. >
Police were holding five persons| on sex charges. The Mayor warned that if necessary he would assign special detectives to swimming pools “to scotch this thing right at the outset.” He said he had sent Police Chief Edward Rouls written instructions tp patrol parks and pools vigilantly for the rest of the summer, A 15-year-old girl told police she was stripped of her bathing suit by a gang of boys at 9:30 last night as she was’ starting home from the Rhodius Park pool. : ; The girl said the youths, all teen-agers, accosted her in the park, ripped off her bathing suit and tried to attack her. She said she beat them off, wriggled free and ran away’ down a sidewalk near the park.
4 Youths Held
Aided by descriptions provided by the victim, police later arrested four youths and héld them for questioning'in the case. Yesterday afternoon an 8-year-old girl reported she was picked up and molested while en route home from the Riviera Club where she had been swimming. The child said she had taken a bus to 38th and Illinois Sts, alighted, and was “offered a ride home” by a blond man, about 40, driving an old model sedan. The child, who was carrying her bathing suit, said the man agked: “Going to the Riviera Club?” She told him she was going home and he politely invited her
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FOR A GALA EVENING—Bishop Titus Lowe and Mrs. Lowe enter the Scottish Rite Cathedral avhere the bishop 1 reception for the North Central Jurisdictional Methodist Con. ference. At the dinner for 1200 persons following, -Bishdp Lowe of the Indianapolis area served as toastmaster, (Story, other pic-
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to “get in.” She did. But instead of heading toward her house, he drove out Westerfield Blvd. to a sparsely settled district where he tried to embrace her, she said. v \ She cried and he promised not to hurt her. When she, continued weeping, however, he drove her back to the Riviera Club, where she notified Wer mother. = Seize Man, 25 Policd last night seized a 25: year-old man in connection with another alleged sex violation yesterday afternoon. A T-year-old girl said a furniture truck driver picked her up on New York St. near Jefferson
Ave. and volunteered to take herfcould walk in.” They observed, rt David Laughlin carried
to Willard Park. Instead, she related, he drove to his house on Jefferson Ave., forced. her to accompany him to! a bedroom and was in the act of| undressing ' when gas-inspection| men knocked on the door. He then kicked out a bedroom screen, she said, and pushed her| through the window. She fled crying and her father called po-| ce. Detectives who checked the home. where she said she was taken arrested the 25-year-old resident after neighbors said he had entered with a small girl shortly after 1 p. m. yesterday.
Seven of Crew Injured
In Lake Tanker Fire
LUDINGTON, Mich, July 7 (UP)—A fire that swept the oil tanker Edgewater in Lake Michigan today and injured seven crewmen, three of them seriously, has heen brought under control, the Coast Guard reported. Five of the injured men were removed from the ship by a Coast Guard PBY amphibian Plane from Traverse City. «The master of the vessel reported by radio that one of the seven inJured su:ered a leg fracture and three others' were hurt, but not seriously. 3 The Edgewater is owned by the Cleveland . Tankers Corp. of Cleveland, O.
Housewife Kayoes Giant Thief With Can Opener
PHILADELPHIA, July 7 (UP) =A powerfully-built, 6 foot 2 inch burglar was beaten unconscious by an irate housewife wielding a can opener today during a battle Toyal with the woman and her husband, : : Aaron Patchell, 48, leaped out of bed when his wife, Ruth, called his attention to a giant form at the foot of their bed. Mr. Patchell grabbed the intruder's necktie and hung on While ‘the prowler literally carTied him to the top of the stairs. The two rolled down stairs, Splintering the rails and toppling a bannister. ” » = MRS. PATCHELL followed them down, grabbed a lamp with a vase base and shattered it over the prowler's head. He backed into the kitchen, with Mr. Patchell still clinging to his necktie.~ Mrs. Patchell, a slight blond, grabbed a piece of wire and managed to get it around the intruder’s neck. . Then she pulled a pin ener off the wall and hame man with it. He blanked out.
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Seize 20 Slot Machines At LVL, Stenger's Oasis
"Raids Follow Residents’. Complaints + Against Operation of County ‘Hot Spots’ -
Two of the county's well-known hot spots were quiet today. State police last night slipped into the Liberal View League Club, 2927 Bluff Rd., and Stenger’s Oasis, 5555 Madison Ave., while gay patrons in considerable numbers at both places kept up a rhythmic clanging of 20 slot machines. All of the devices were confiscated by the raiders who met no resistance at either establishment. They entered without search warrants ‘because anyone
led a squad into the Oasis, where nine machines weg found. Simultaneously, a squad commanded thé machines and announced out 11 machines in a businessthemselves. like manper at the LVL. Roll Hoss, 62, of 25 E. 62d St.,,| Detective Sgt. Osborne also co-owner of the LVL, was Pickéd up a jar of pick-and-win
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S18. slot machine act which prohibits All the defendants will appear mere possession of the bandits. lat 2 p. m. Friday in Beech Grove George Leskeur, 28, 918 Main Magistrate's Court.
St., Beech Grove, co-owner of the, while state police were busy Oasis, and John W. Garrison, i, the county, city vice squad 1711 E. Epler Ave. an employee, members early today raided an both were charged with keeping gajjeged poker game at 414 N. Sena gaming house. : |ate Ave. arresting seven perState police disclosed.that the sons and confiscating $41. raid was made after numerous Claudia. Trotter, 44, was held complaints were received from ir-ion a charge of keeping a gamritated citizens who were outspo-|ing house. ken in accusing the officers with| The others were charged with being restrained by politics. |gaming and visiting a gaming Detective Sgt. James Osborne|house.
Local Utilities Keep Pace With Population Increase
New Areas Must Be Served as Growth Spills Beyond Established City Limits
By HAROLD HARTLEY Public services are reaching out to catch up with the fastgrowing population which® is spilling over the city limits by the thousands. ’ The telephone. company, the postal service, the gas company and the city transportation system all are preparing to keep pace with the spreading population. The Indiana Bell Telephone Co.
is in the process of installing 22-| "Delivery on the West Side now takes in the Oak Park Addition
000 dial telephones to the east and some territory around Speed-
Plan Automatics
Purple Homes’
WEDNESDAY, JULY
7, 1948
* The Indianapolis Times
. FORECAST: Mostly fair tonight and tomofrow, with moderate tempera tures tomorrow. Low tonight, 60; high tomorrow, 86. . sowarnl] 99th YEAR—NUMBER 101 "3
Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice Indianapolis Issued
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Appoints Engineer To Probe Charges
Citizens Gas & Coke Utility announced today the appointment; of an air purification engineer
to investigate charges that the utility is responsible for discoloration of the “purple homes” in southeastern Indianapolis. g The appointee is Harry J.| $8
Clark, a research engineer formerly with the Associated Factory Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Chicago. Announcement of the new position in the company was made at a meeting of gas company officials and newspaper representatives. It was the first such meeting that the utility has held. Robert Wolf, ‘city cothbustion engineer who attended the meeting, called the appointment of Mr. Clark an “important step by the utility toward a solution to its air pollution problems.”
Says Plant ‘Guilty’ The combustion engineer has staunchly maintained that lhe gas company's Prospect St. plant is guilty of turning nearby homes Busple and filling the air with dust particles and gases. Gas company officials have not admitted these accusations, but instead appointed Mr. Clark to make an over-all survey of what, if any, air pollution is being committed by the company’s two plants. Clarence Holmes, chief chemist
tain our own evidence before we, can take any action.” Morgan Scherer, advertising and publicity director, added, “The utility is aware that the| welfare of the people of Indianapolis must be“observed. During the past two years, Citizens Gas & Coke Utility "has ‘spent on smoke abatement measures. The utility contemplates spending {$59,500 this year on additional |abatement measures.” Hint Rate Increase He indicated the utility would be willing to take corrective measures where its own research showed it guilty of air pollution. However, it was indicated that any large expenditures by the utility to correct production processes which are causing air pollution might be billed to the consumers in the form of increased gas and coxé rates. None of the gas company officials could estimate how long it would take for Mr. Clark to] make his survey. The best they could say was that it would be a matter of weeks. Mr. Wolf voiced satisfaction with the utility’s action and said: “There can be no question but that the first step is for the utility to determirie for itself what its responsibility is for the discoloration of houses in the area of its Prospect St. plant as well as the dirt and fume nuisance existing in the area.”
Russ Fliers Buzz Berlin Food Lane
Theater to Ground ‘Stray’ Allied Planes
(Earlier Story, Page 3)
TOPS AMONG TEENS — Miss Lauralee Burke today. holds first place in the city among the younger musicians. Last night the talented |5-year-old Shortridge High School Senior won over all teen-agers in the City Parks and Recreation Department anhual music festival. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Burke, 3540 N. Pennsylvania St., she also plays the harp and will major in music at college. She
played a Mozart selection to win. She is president-elect of the Teen Music Canteen. for the utility, said, “We must ob-| — — Bo : ; :
On Democrats
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Invitation to Speak
the powerful Brotherhood of Teamsters, turned his back on the Demo'eratic National Convention to-
Y. « He flatly refused an invitation from Democratic National Chairman J. Howard McGrath to be one of the convention's four major labor speakers. > At the same time, Mr. Tobin advised the Democratic National Committee the union will be neutral until it ho” 's its own convention in September to determine which presidential ¢andidate to support. Telegraphs Refusal’ Mr. Tobin's position was stated in a telegram sent to Democratic Chairman McGrath yesterday and released from the union's headquarters here this morning. Mr. McGrath wired the Teamsters’ head July 1 asking him to address the convention on the subject of “Labor” so that “guests of the convention hear the message of labor directly from its leaders.” In reply, Mr. Tobin's stated: “Because of the position taken by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to remain absolutely neutral on the eleétion of candidates until the conventions of both parties have been held, I cannot possibly accept your invi-
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National Convention.” Mr. Tobin's refusal was a direct about-face from the role
BERLIN, July 7 (UP)—The| Russians today were carrying out haras$ing tactics apparently| designed to hamper efforts of the;
and to the west county lines. way City. On the South Side, city These areas will be served bY | delivery now takes in a small
the new Cherry (east) and Bel-/q4.atch of R.R. 4, Mr. mont (west) exchanges. The cut-| oi) q1er said. over which will put the automatic] Indianapolis Railways has been
to take place about April 1, 1949, tion carefully but will not install] phone officials said. new exchanges most of the county | will be on an automatic basis. To keep pace with the push of the population to outlying districts and provide city service on|apolis
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Railways officials the postoffice has installed cityion the long hauls, but in this mail delivery to some 3500 fam-| community the loss on the long ilies at the fringe of the city, Max (hauls is averaged out with the
delivery, said today. | The transit system anticipates 5 Auto Routes Installed ia major extension of facilities to Five auto routes have been in- meet the needs of the new Weststalled to give city service to well- ern Electric plant on the East spaced addresses at the city's Side but has no other extensions edge, he said. {in mind at this time. In the Brightwood section, | Railways officials said they had rural route 19 has been abolished been requested to install additiongiving city mail delivery service al service to some districts which to an area which runs roughly had failed to support the added east of Emerson out to Audubon/cost of service. One of these, it Rd. and from 16th St. north to was pointed out, is the Arlington 34th St. | feeder bus which was installed on The city delivery extension on a 90-days trial basis. the north ryng jn some areas as| The Citizens Gas & Coke Utilfar north as 80th St. and in other ity reported that it had just comsections, depending on the popula- pleted a 4000-foot line on Oliver tion density, to 60th St. |Ave. from Chase and Henry Sts. On the East Side the new city to Belmont Ave. ° delivery area runs from 30th 8t.| Another 1200-foot line has been south on 21st St. on N. Irvington installed across Minnesota St. Ave. east of Emerson from from Tibbs Ave. to improve serv-
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Darm-| Sectors of Berlin by air.
phones into service is scheduled | oot ohing the spread of popula- | transport on the flight to Berlin,|
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he played in Democratic politics during the terms of the late President Roosevelt. He seconded the nomination of President Roosevelt just four years ago. In all four Roosevelt cam-
Committee. Declines McHale Offer
Daniel J. Tobin, president of International
Tobin Turns Back Slight Pinch in Gasoline |For Pleasure Driving Looms
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oost ity Tax Rate
Cites Increase In Municipal Expenditures
Charges C. of C. Expert Failed to Co-operate
By LOUIS ARMSTRONG Mayor Al Feeney today
(forecast an increase in the |eivil city’s tax rate for 1949, |explaining it as “unavoidable in the light of Indianapolis’
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| much the increase would be be-
financial condition.” He made no prediction of how
cause, he said, the preparation of 1949 budgets is not yet complete. However, he did give several reasons for the raise, including boosts for firemen's and police men's pay and replacement of worn out equipment mecessary to sustain the city’s services. The present civil city tax rate is $1.58 per $100 valuation. Mayor Feeney's announcement was made as he and Chamber of Commerce officials ex words over the city's financing methods. Members of the C. of C. had recently taken exception to the city’s plans for issuing $426,000 in bonds to pay off part of the city's $800,000 deficit, Gives C. of CO, Stand Carl R. Dortch, general reSearch director for the Indianapolis C. of C., explained that it was a principle of the chamber to oppose the use of munieipal bonding power for the payment of current indebtedness. He said the chamber had been
Tightening Up Foreseen in August When Winter Supply of Fuel Oil Musf Be Handled ~~
in August, spokesmen for major oil companies here said today. So far, they said, consumers have felt no pinch on gasoline despite last winter's forecasts of a gasoline shortage. At that time it appeared so much production was being divérted to badly needed fuel oil that an insufficient store of gasoline was in prospect. Major ofl companies said they| = —— were still allocating gasoline to|StePped up but their dealers but despite an 8 per|Steadily, too, the industry spokescent increase in travel this sum-| Men said, mer in Indiana over last summer,| Current allocation of gasoline allocations had been sufficient to|8ives the military first priority, meet demand so far. Public weltare, including the ransportation of food, second, By August, however, #pokes- | ang the balance is allocated equitmen for the companies warned.| ably among other customers. some of the tank hauling facili-| Whatever shortage might deties will have to be diverted from| velop in August, the spokesmen gasoline and devoted to hauling) pointed out, probably would pinch In the winter's supply of fuel oil.|only pleasure travel and that That will mean less gasoline at only slightly. No critical shorta time when summer travel stilljage involving possibility of rais at peak levels. | tioning or danger to top priority Actually, manufacture of both/transportation was seen by any gasoline and fuel oil has been|of the companies. °
Wrong Answers Hit Jackpot Worth $17,000 in Radio Quiz
Woman From ‘The West’ (Long Island) Even Bungles How Long She's Been Married
NEW YORK, July 7 (UP)—A 32-year-old bride proved today what everyone has suspected all along—you don't necessarily have to know the right answers:to win a radio quiz contest. Mrs. Margaret Hohl Shelley of Gibson, N. Y., won $17,000 in prizes by appearing on a program by mistake and giving the wrong answers to two key questions, She was attending the “Hit the i ——— oemptnitoge Jackpot” program last night! Plete living ropm set, a completewhen the master of ceremonies ly outfitted kitchen, a diamond asked, “Is there anyone here|ring, a home freezer, a sail boat from the West?” and a silver fox coat. It was Mrs. Shelley, who lives’ on the|aWarded Mrs. Shelley when she west part of Long Island, raised|/dentified a secret sentence by lisher hand. The MC called her to|!®0iNE to a varfety of clues. the microphone. Everyone agreed] The clues consisted of two she could pass as a Westerner piano notes; a girl's voice saying,
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mile wide corridor leading to to serve as Indiana delegate to|said later she meant six months.
Berlin would be forced down. | With all surface traffic from| Germany to]
the Russians now are seeking to slow or halt the great aerial supply effort by which the west-
Darmstandler, superintendent of [Profit on the short hauls. |ern allies are feeding more than!
two million persons in their zones of Berlin. |
French, British OK Marshall Plan Aid
PARIS, July 7 (UP)-—The French National Assembly today approved the agreement wifi the| United States on Marshall Plan! ald by a vote of 336 to 183. | Communist deputies voted! against the bilatérali@ccord outlining the terms for - Marshall Plan aid, and De Gaullist abstained.
LONDON, July 7 (UP)-—For-
U. 8. Ambassador Lewis Douglas last night signed the AngloAmerican agreement getting Brits! ain up for American aid» under)
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lextended bus service or feeder that aircraft of the Western pow- the offer of Frank McHale, DemWith the operation of the tWo yng where they will not be sup-/ e's Which strayed outside the 20- Ocratic national committeeman,
the convention. Mr. Tobin is an admirer of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and
that | Berlin already halted, American is also friendly to Gov. Earl several rural free delivery routes, most transit systems lose money|and British reports indicated that |
Warren of California, the GOP vice presidential nominee.
Clear and Cooler In Store Today
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
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because she had visited Oakland,| Remember always there are 88 keys on a standard piano”; a man whining, “Hey, mister, how about a half a buck for a good meal. I'm really on the skids”; and a little girl murmuring, “Oh.”
came a contestant. As a warm-up question, announcer Bill Cullen asked her how long she had been married.
“8ix years,” she replied. She the ALS the answer?” asked Her first question was whether| “Twenty-three skidoo,” an-
swered Mrs. Shelley. “Correct,” yelled the announcer.
the African continent extended further south than South Amer-
ica. \ “All those wonderful presents,” “Africa,” Mrs, Shelley an- said Mrs. Shelley, clinging to the swered. She was wrong. But announcer for support, “I can’t
according to the rules of the believe they're all mine.”
Supply of gasoline for pleasure travel may begin to tighten up
consistent in this stand and last May 5 had opposed a miler proposal by the county, which Sought by this method to finance Pow ha “We iove ye should be used only improvements such : pases, strésts and other bettére ments,” he said. Mr. Dortch- suggested that the city pay off its deficit by a small Increase in next year's tax rate and by governmental economies, : ‘Done Good Job’ tl He said the city administration had already done a good job of whittling down the deficit and he felt only a small increase in next year’s rate would be needed to erase the debt. To this, Mayor Feeney declared that the C, of C. research expert had “little knowledge” of the city’s financial situation at the present time, The Mayor sald, “Mr. Dortch has never given us the assistance we were promised before we took office the first of the year. I asked for his assistance before I took office and offered him the run of the place. “When he did not show up during the first two months of the year, I brought the matter up before a meeting of the C. of C. board of directors and they were shocked when they learned he had not been assisting us with our financial problems. . Says Action Indicated “They indicated they would do something about it, but Mr. Dortch still hasn't appeared at the hall to lend his services. I don’t see how he can speak with authority now since he has not been in clase touch with our fiscal affairs, “This is in direct contrast to the situation during the last administration when he was in close contact with all matters of the controller's office, the time when the city's deficit was being built
up. The Mayor added that he had no particular fault to find with Mr. Dortch, since he felt that the research expert was being used as a “middle man” by forces in the C. of C. who oppose the present administration.
Severed Finger OK Now
One-year-old Sherry Lynn Plumb wiggled her right middle finger. It had been cut off completely at the first joint, but doctors sewed it on and today it was as good as now. She cut it on a broken jar Sunday.
contest the other contestants had to dispute her answer if she was to lose out. They didn't. So she won a wrist watch.
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The next question she answered correctly—that a zebra's stripes run in more than one direction. 80 she won a bigger prize. For the third question Mrs. Shelley was asked, “is the planet Mercury, or Venus, closer to the on
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