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Complaint of
Girl, 16, Sends Trucker to Jail
_ Father of 3 Fined
$100, Given 30 Days |
A 39-year-old father of three
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who was to have at-@ tempted to'lure a 16-year-old girl: into his truck yesterday, was|®
fined $100 and costs and sen-|
tenced to 30 days in jail today. Ralph T. Hand, Paragon, was arrested after the girl gave police: a description of the man who she
said accosted her in the 100{" block in Blaine Ave. She later):
identified him. Police were told that Hand
stopped his truck near the girl and urged her to ride with him.| He was. found guilty of disor-: derly conduct by Judge Josezl *
M. Howard, Municipal Court 3. City Is Jittery - Meanwhile, a fittery attitude pervaded the city today as an aftermath of the recent wave of sex offenses and the molesting of women. Police were receiving a greater than usual number of calls ap-
parently prompted by this un ;
easiness. : In addition to several reports of this type, a prowler was shot in the leg. early today by a downtown resident. Appeals for Aid Police were called to General Hospital by physicians to whom a 16-year-old youth had appealed for aid for a bullet wound. Earlier, Raymond Garrison, 38, of 842 N. Capitol Ave., reported to police he fired three revolver shots at someone he saw peeking in a window at his home. The youth admitted he was the prowler. 'He was referred to Juvenile Court authorities. An Anderson youth told deputy sheriffs he and a woman friend were parked alongside Road 67 after leaving a drive-in theater when a car loaded with eight or nine teen-agers threatened to break into the Crouse car which had been locked. Poured Beer on Car The victim said he gave the gang $29 to appease them. After pouring several cans of beer on his car, they drove away with the money, deputy sheriffs were told.
came onto her porch, she ed, and accosted her. She ran inside. The man was gone when police arrived. A 19-year-old’ woman. told police she was in a downtown theater last night when a man sitting next to her attempted to molest her. She reported the incident to theater officials who refused to detain the man, she complained. Purse Grabbed Mrs. Elsie Payne, 55, of 1204 E. Market St., was walking near Washington St. and Highland Ave. early today when a big man wearing a light sweater grabbed her purse containing $3, she told police. Police were told that a 6-year-old West Side girl was walking near 11th "and Goodlet Sts. yesterday when a man about 40 in an old model car tried to pick her up
Mark Twain's Room
To Go to Museum KEOKUK, Ia., July 10 (UP)— A room in which Mark Twain lived and worked is going to be moved to a Néw York museum. The room is in the Iowa State Insurance Co. building, which dates back to the 1850s. The humorist wrote many of his early works there. ! The entire room will be sent to the Harold Smith Museum in New York.
BUILDING UP 85 PER CENT WASHINGTON, July 10 (UP) —The Labor Department said today this year’s building boom is 35 per cent ahead of 1947. Officials said that last month builders set a new record for monthly Volume and smashed the post-war beak for employment in the industry,
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AE a ne pt hea 4 New Methodist bishops to be consercrated here + + « ceremony to be held tomorrow at Murat.Page 2 - td Ld 50,000 Expected to jam St. Meinrad’s Abbey for Fatima week Aug. 14-20 + « + other church news. . » ” s Big traders predict surplus of world grain . . . expect bumper U. 8. crop to end shortage ........Pagé'1l
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THESE THE SAME GIRLS? — Pictured above are Hazel Georgia St. (right), and a. "mystery child," who when identified, will receive a screen test by a Hollywood studio. The unidentified girl was chosen by photograph from among 10,000 applicants from 4-H clubs all over the country to play a role in "The Green Promise,’ 'a movie planned around 4-H club work. Her name and
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Indians Acquire 2 Toledo Players
Peters, Johnson To ‘Join Tribe
Is Local Gir
(Read Eddie Ash, Page 7)
Using a switch of the old saying “If you 't beat 'em, join em,” the Indiahapolis Indians today acquired two new ball players. Pitcher ' Chet Johnson, who twirled the Toledo Mud Hens to a. 9-to-4 victory over the Tribe last night, and Infieldér Russ
Other reports included that of|Peters, whose 10th inning homer 4-H clubs throughout the couna 22-year-old woman who told|gave the Mud Hens a test. :
have 4 mae
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purchised for .an‘ undisclosed amount of cash, Peters was acquired through the waiver rule. He had been placed on the waiver list by the Mud Hens before he belted tha* game winning home run. His purchase price was the $4000 waiver fee, plus .. $2000 bonus. Two Seasons With Hens Johnson is a southpaw, 29 years old, six feet, one inch tall, and has been in professional baseball since 1938. He was with the Toledo team during the past two seasons, having been sént to them from the Bt. Louis Browns. Johnson ‘has won nine games, including last night's victory, and lost six with the Mud Hens this year. Married and the father of two children, he makes his home in Seattle, Wash. Peters, who is 33 years old, was first signed to a professional contract in 1935. He has played in the major leagues with the: Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland. He is married and has two children,
Chilly Thieves Steal
Electric Blanket Units Persons. who broke into the Simmons Mattress Co., 212 W. McCarty St., evidently expect a sudden drop in temperature, forecasts notwithstanding. Police . reported four electric
today. Also missing was an adding and billing machine.
Curly Ash Helps Church Drive To Net $325,250
WILLIAM J. (Curly) Ash, owner of the Indianapolis Commercial, was recently asked by officials of Meridian Street Methodist Church to conduct a fund building campaign for ‘a new church. Mr. Ash refused wages for the job, but promised to co-operate. : ; His ‘co - operation” netted $325,250 in one month. Mr. Ash doesn’t belong to the church: and is not even a Methodist. He is an active member in good standing at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church. Last night the Methodists gave a dinner and business meeting in the Parish House, 51st St. and Central Ave. “Curly” was
WITH RETURNS from Mr.
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presented with a wrist watch in appreciation for his efficient leadership and organization of the
Ash’s campaign and additional funds from the sale of church property, a total of $525,250 has been reached. This is just short |of the $600,000 goal, Paul BuchComics ..... 14} Bide Glances. 10|20an, campaign committee chair-
wood studio is searching.
terday. A. Hollywood studio sent it out all over the country, stating that the child had been chosen from 10,000 applicants from
The test was ta be made for a in ~The re ~Promise,” 1 g 1 eo about 4-H clubs. Unfortunately, the Hollywood ‘ studio lost the child’s application and her name is unknown.
Hazel Is Sure Hazel, who could hardly contain her excitement, is sure that she is the little girl pictured. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Staudt, are a bit more cautious. Mrs. Staudt pointed out that photographs are “sometimes confusing” and explained she meant to contact the studio before she
Of Hollywood Search?
‘Neighbor: ‘Positive’ Hazel (Pug) Staudt
Is One Pictured in Studio Release .Friends and neighbor: are almost sure that Hazel (Pug) Staudt, 8, of 1019 E, Georgia St., is the unidentified girl for whom a Holly-
If they are right, a screen test and perhaps fame and fortune await Hazel, who is a pupil at School 7. The picture of an unidentified girl appeared in The Times yes-
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Big Airfield in
Arab Leaders Silent TEL AVIV, July 10 (UP) — Israeli troops captured Lydda Airport, the most important landing field in Palestine, from Iraqi
. An official report from Jewish leaders said the big airport, which formerly was the landing point in Palestine for American and
taken in a swift attack which apparently surprised the Iraqi defenders. Arab troops had held the airport almost from the moment the British forces left it at the end of the British mandate May 15.
Agrees to Truce The swift capture of the air field came as the Israel govern-| ment informed Count Folke Bernadotte of Sweden, the United Nations mediator, that the Jew-
ish government was willing to accept the immediate 10-day cease-fire for ail Palestine which he asked. But there was no indication that Arab leaders would accept] the truce, which the United Nations mediator had suggested should be effective at 9 a. m., Indianapolis. Time, today, and the hour at which Coupt Bernadotte had hoped the cease-fire might begin passed amid reports of fighting on a full-scale all the way from Dan to Beersheba-—the Biblical northern and southern limits of the Holy Land. In Cairo, Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha, secretary of the Arad
By Methodists
"Raines ‘to Take _. Lowe's Place Here
announced that the po-
ing would continue until thé committee had reached a decision.
(Earlier Story, Page 2) Assignment of seven bishops to areas was made by the
ference here.
Bishop Titus Lowe. Episcopal residence is in: Indianapolis. Bishop Lowe is retired.
committed herself. Mr. Staudt, a night watchman, jokingly referred to the yacht which he ex-
pects to buy when Hazel becomes
Parents Mystified When asked if she had an explanation, Pug shook her braided head shyly and said that perhaps the school had sent in a photo which was taken during last year’s session. F. W. Kreimer, whd' is a truck mechanic for Moran Trucking Co., 1027 E. Georgia St., is convinced she is the same girl. T've known the Staudts for a long time,” he said, “and I hope that little Pug is the girl.” One other daughter, Geraldine, 16, is still at home and Robert and Annabelle, both married, live
blanket control boxes stolen early|'! the city. Frank, another son,
died in action in Luxembourg.
U. S. PAYROLL CUT URGED WASHINGTON, July 10 (UP) —Sen. Harry F. Byrd (D. Va.) today urged a 30 per cent slash in the number of civilian workers on the federal payroll.
a “movie success.” 1 The parents are mystified. They Marshall R. Reed, who replaces did not submit a picture in the Bishop Raymond J. Wade. Episcocontest. Hazel has never been en- pal residence is in Detroit. Bishop rolled in a 4-H club, [Vane retired for age.
Chicago Area—Bishop J. Ralph Magee, residence in Chicago. Des Moines Area — Bishop {Charles W. Brashares, residence {in Des Moines. Detroit Area -— Bishop - elect
Ohio Area — Bishop-elect {Hazen G. Werner, who replaces | Bishop H. Lester Smith. Episcopal residence is in Columbus. : St. Paul Area — Bishop Ralph Cushman, Episcopal residence is in St. Paul. y Wisconsin Area Bishop - e lect H. Clifford Northcott, who replaces Bishop Edwin H. Hughes. Episcopal residence is in Madison, Wis. Bishop Hughes came out of retirement to replace Bishop Schuyler E. Garth, who was killed in an airplane crash in China last year. He is retired. Dr. Raines, assigned to the Indiana area, was born in Iowa and is a graduate of Cornell College and Boston University school of theology. He has done graduate work at Oxford University and the University of Maine. Dr. Raines has served churches in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. His latest pastorate was in Minneapolis.
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reckless driving by awarding cash If you are one of the city’s co crisp, new $5 bill.
The Times to Award Cash
Prizes to Careful Motorists
Beginning Monday, Car Will Cruise City To Observe and Reward Safe Drivers
You don't have to buy anything. ¥ou won't have to do anything except to be alert in traffic,
today North Central Jurisdictional Con- If
They are: Indiana Area — Bishop - elect Richard Raines, who replaces|had
War Flames Spread
The flames of war were leaping higher across Palestine with each
were dropped. The raiders apparenflly were Egyptian fighterbombers. : Official reports of the capture of Lydda airport said the Jew ish forces also captured a half! dozen villages around the big! airfield, and took large quantities of arms and ammunition including eight armored cars. North of the sea of Galilee an all-out Jewish attack recaptured a bridgehead across the upper Jordan River at Mishmar Hayarden, an Israeli communique said. The Syrian defenders gave up their positions there under Heavy pressure, the communique! said. The Israeli communique also claimed that 300 Egyptian troops were killed and 200 taken prisoner in a heavy artillery duel in the neighborhood of Beer Tuvia, 25 miles south of Tel Aviv, Large amounts of arms, ammaunition and supplies also were taken, it was said. Capture of Lydda airport was regarded here as one of the most important victories so far won by the Jews in the fighting which begah with the end of the British mandate, was interrupted by a 28-day United Nations truce obtained by Count Bernadotte, and then began anew with expiration of the truce yesterday.
league, porate of th eae n . Lane néw truce proposal, And bai REnt.
Washington Calling— Truman on
Compromise Expected For Vice Presidency
Justice Dpuglas Boomed for Second Spot;
‘Trade’ Also Likely on
By Scripps-Howard Newspapers
WASHINGTON, July 10—It's Truman on first ballot. Only questions left are who's going to be Truman's
running mate and what kind
written. Looks as if civil rights will be compromised.
There may be compromi
1st Ballot;
Civil Rights Program
of civil rights plank will be
se on VP too, but Truman
high counsel wants Justice Douglas. - He would be no com-
promise, conservatives dislike him
Douglas is man with whom part of so-called Democratic liberal wing still hopes to beat Truman—but it's forlorn gesture.
Though they’ve .combed coun
try Douglas is man who comes
closest to meeting administration Democrats’ definition of what vice presidential nominee should be.
. Three major requirements are| that he be a known liberal, young | and either from east or far west. Mayor O'Dwyer of New York, Jake Arvey of Chicago and other big-city bosses liked Douglas because he might cut into. Henry Wallace vote in their urban areas where Truman couldn't. Some of same virtue would attach to Douglas if he would take second place.
If Douglas tells Truman people he will not take second place, as seems likely, then race becomes wide open. Sen. Joseph O'Mahoney of Wyoming has worked for VP and has been most f{requently mentioned. But fact that he is Catholic might go against him, 3 That also would be factor in consideration of Rep. McCormack of Massachusetts and Sen. Brien McMahon of Connecticut. Other possibilities: Sen. Barkley of Kentucky (age against him) ; Sen. Scott Lucas of Illinois; Secretary of Defense James Forrestal; Attorney General Tom Clark. . Names such as Rohert W, Jr., of New York, Gov. ’ of. Mary get . little serious atténtion., And James Roosevelt is ruled out by some of high command-—they say it would be too transparent to capitalize on his name.
There’s one angle that might interest Douglas backers even if
» ”n » ‘Hannegan’s Wake’ INSIDERS ARE calling it convention to nominate party caretaker. Wags calling it “Hannegan’s wake.” But if President knew how many top Democrats—who owe positions to him, or who are otherwise indebted, had gone to see Eisenhower in past few weeks, had urged him to run, he'd be surprised and angry. One smart politician figures Eisenhower decision this way: Republicans—If they don’t run into depression before 1952—almost certainly will have other troubles. They'll be vulnerable four years from now. Democrats might then nominate Eisenhower. Don’t forget Ike's refusal said “at this time.” It was Dewey-Warren ticket which finally decided Eisen~ hower. He figured this combination would mean a sound foreign policy. If it had been
Rebel Delegates Swing to Truman
Californians Reach Philly, Split on Choice
By LYLE CO. WILSON United Press Staft Correspondent PHILADELPHIA, July 10— Rebellious state delegations
began swinging behind President
Truman today as the movement to supplant him with Gen. Ike D. Eisenhower or a New Dealer faded and failed. California’s big delegation with 54 votes tumbled off an early train with well more than half ready to vote for Mr. Truman's nomination Wednesday night and the others wavering. Boss Frank Hague of New Jersey was expected to surrender to the President this afternoon after a delegation caucus. A few New Dealers and unhappy South-
erners still sought a leader for the stop- movement, The can't "their oR A L .Bome. of the arH
{ans were splutteri protons when they reached their hotel. Rap Douglas Backers They - claimed local Douglas-for-President rooters had infiltrated their ranks when they got off the train to waive signs calling for the nomina of Supreme Court Justice William 0. Douglas. ' The Democratic national committee was summoned to hear the dying gasp of the stop-Truman movement, if there is a breath left in it. Sen. Olin D, Johnston of South Carolina may offer to the committee a resolution calling for Mr. Truman to step aside for a candidate more likely to win in November. Truman leaders said the resolution would be sent to a file and forget subcommittee. The big show tonight was to have been a stop-Truman caucus of party big shots including James Roosevelt of California, Mr. Hague, Mayor O'Dwyer of New York and boss Jacob M. Arvey of Chicago, Most of the top flight party leaders have bolted the caucus to snatch at Mr. Truman's coat tails. Mr. Arvey and Mayor O'Dwyer were first to run. Mr. Roosevelt followed them today. Meanwhile a drive with powerful backing was under way to drum up support of Justice Douglas for the vice presidential nomination,
A report that Justice Douglas
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The airport lies only a little more than 10 miles southeast of Tel Aviv, and if the Jews can hold it, it could become a major base for the small but growing Israeli | air force.
Planes based there would bein | an excellent position to cut off raids from the south by Eqyptian
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES is joining the campaign against
to Indianapolis’ careful motomiats. urteous drivers you may receive a
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courteous to pedestrians and other motorists and cautious while at the wheel of your cat or truck. ” ” . THE TIMES is staging its search for careful drivers in the public service interest of ridding Indianapolis streets of reckless motorists. By giving away cash
* |to the careful drivers—and giving
them recognition with their pictures in The Times—it is ho to curb the alarming total of 761
corded here in June—the second highest month in the past two and one-half years. Here is how The Times iz going to find—and reward—the safe drivers: ,
- - BEGINNING MONDAY, a car will cruise Indianapolis streets
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with a' safety expert, a Times photographer and reporter as
passengers. They will watch how . other motorists conduct themselves at the wheel of their cars. ; Drivers who exercise the kind of ‘caution that should keep In-
be asked to stop long enough to snapped by
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So be a safe driver—you may
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planes against the Israeli capital and other important targets along the Mediterranean coast.
20-Year-Old Girl Is Heat Victim
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
6a m.. 78 10a m.. 82 7Tam.. 7 11a m.. 84 8a m.. 7 12 (Noon) 37 9a m.. 80 1p m.. 88
Police treated and sent to a private physician a 20-year-old girl who collapsed from the heat Terminal.
, the Weather Bureau predicted-a hot and humid week-| end. The heat victim was Betty Clemmer, 2358 N. Delaware St. The mercury was expected to
record — today and tomorrow, with another uncomfortable night for sleeping tonight. The temperature is expected ‘o
Sam Jackson, Paul V
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Hoosiers Eye Bumper Crop Of Favorite Sons’ for VP
. McNutt, Oscar Ewing
Talked Up as Possible Candidates INDIANA DEMOCRATS, GOING THEIR Republican
nomination.
they got a shock. Said one brass let's make it Paul V. McNutt.”
perity as a New York lawyer, was reported to take a dim view of the vice president talk. He is said to have passed out word to Hoosier friends to soft pedal it. Just to keep the picture lively, Oscar (Jack) Ewing, former Hoosler who serves, officially as Federal Adminis
Security trator and unofficially as an “adviser” ta the President, also was reported to have his lightning rod up for second spot on the na~ nal ticket.
soar to 93—equalling the season; tio
One local Democrat remarked that “possibly the President could still get some better advisers but at least Oscar is better than some
drop to 70 t and the slight possibility of a shower late lig»
be $5 richer next week.
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is the only sign of relief.
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today] Off-thertecord, the In
of those he's been listen to.” ifana mocrats expect to come out no
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Former Governor McNutt, meanwhile,
brethren one better, have turned up with an embarrassing Mayor surplus of favorite sons for their party's vice presidential
Officially, the Hoosier favorite as a running mate for President Truman is Sam Jackson, the Ft. Wayne attorney.
But when state organization men went to Washington to talk over Mr. Jackson's prospects with national committee brass hats,
hat:
“We like the idea of a favorite son from Indiana all right. But
enjoying great pros-
ever, Even with three Hoosier names being talked, they figure that’s about all it is—talk. Indiana just doesn’t seem to be destined to have a man on the national ticket of either party.
. » = Flays Jaywalking “TOO MANY JAYWALKERS on downtown streets” is the opinion of Frank Stewart, Cleveland newspaperman here to cover the Methodist conference at Roberts Park Church. “By golly, your people just don’t pay any attention to the traffic lights. We give ‘am trafic tickets
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Prices To Jump | 65-75¢ A Ton
( Here Flews Capture Good Grades Expected to
Sell at $14.35
No Increase Seen
in Domestic Coke By HAROLD HARTLEY It's going to cost Indianap-
olis nearly a million dollars
more to keep warm this win ter. Retail prices of domestic coal are expected to jump from 65 to 75 cents a ton in the next week or 10 days, dealers said today. A spokesman for the Citizéns Gas & Coke Utility said there would be no increase in the price of domestic coke, although ine dustrial coke for use in foundries and plant furnaces would go up about $1 a ton. Most of this is used outside Indianapolis and will have little effect on the economy here. A good grade of furnace coal now sells at from $13.25 to $13.60 a ton. It will go to $14 to $14.35. r Mine Wages The prices are being swept to’ new high levels by higher wages for the miners who have just completed their “vacation” (July 7), the shortage of
range in prices due to differences in prices at the mines, He said Indianapolis residents would burn close to a million and & quarter tons of domestic coal next winter, *
a he said, ane vy $13
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Dealers with coal “orders their books will deliver at néw prices, passing on ‘to eo sumers the increased cost the mines. i The Citizens Gas & Coke Util ity, however, said it was a Ing as much of the $400,000 increase in the cost of’ its coal Purchases (850,000 tons a year) e, pass none along to the Ro meranng
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The 4 $18.75 : Tn ® increase price of the coke-making coal will Shout J prow ton. and olesalers shipping coal contract will be privileged, a Jags Wholessler and
s pri to July 7 when the miners back to work. went The standard domestic coke price is $18.75 and has been in effect since January, Coal prices have been amy Swiss in the ereas other communities especially in the eastern coal ducing regiohs, JX bas been ed es. »
a8 many as five
Named to Anderson i
Airport_Commission ON, July 10-—A] . ment of Charles H Hom Join. fill the unexpired term of the late George T. Hitz as a member of the Anderson Airport Commission has been announced by G. Lester McDonald. Mr. Hitz, who served as man~ director of the Chamber of Commerce, died last week. His term with the commission was to expire in January, 1949.
Times Convention
News Is ‘Tops’
. The stellar staff that gave Times readers such outstanding reports of the recent Republican National Convention will be on the scene at Philadelphia Monday for the Democratic convention.
special rect wire. ; Those who keep abreast of the t convention of the Democrats will be readers of The Times,
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