Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 July 1948 — Page 1

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A CAREFUL DRIVER—Jack E. 13th St, is one of the Indianapolis drivers

The Times has rewarded with a toring safety and courtesy.

Propose 1-Way S. Side Traffic

N. Side Plan Goes Into Operation

A new one-way street system on the South Side was proposed today by the Safety Board as a one-way plan on the near northeast side went into operation. The projects are part of the traffic engineer's program to relieve traffic congestion in the city. The new: one-way proposal would make Morris St.. one-way eastbound from its intersection with Prospect St. to Shelby St. Prospect would be made one-way westbound from Shelby St. to its intersection sith Morris St. The bi asked the legal department to prepare an ordinance for the program, which will be submitted to the city council. Trafic Moves Smoothly Meanwhile, trafic was moving

modthly. of N. New T¢

which became one-way thoro fares at 7.a. m. today. The system. will eventually include sec-

tions. of Michigan and Vermong|y esterday only to stop on the pe-

Sts., as one-way fhoroughfares. New Jersey Sf is now open only to southbound traffic between St. Clair St, and Washington St. East St. is for mnorthbound traffic only from Ohio St. to St. Clair St. As soon as the State Highway Commission completes the installatiof of necessary traffic signals, Michigan St. will become one-way westbound from Massachusetts Ave. to West St, and Vermont St. will be made oneway eastbound from West Bt. to Fast St. ; Plans Retiming Signals Lewis L. (Cap) Johnson, city traffic engineér, said his office is planning to retime traffic signals at the Fountain Square intersection. He said he felt adjusting the signals would 'éase a traffic bottleneck" at the point. The Safety Board insured members of the Wallace-for-President organization the right to: solicit supporters on Indianapolis streets, Members of the organization, headed by Walter Frisbie, candidate for governor on the Progressive party ticket, appeared at the Safety Board meeting this morning. They were told there was no objection to them solicitIng names to a petition which asks that Henry Wallace and state candidates of the Progres-| sive party be included on the Indiana ballot this fall. Last Saturday police halted members of the party from soliciting petitioners. on Monument Circle. Mr. Frisbie told the board that yesterday police again attempted to drive supporters from in front of the Chevrolet Body Co. plant. The board told the group they could not use card tables or booths in their work until it is determined whether those items are legal in such cases.

Seek Purse Snatcher Police today sought a youth Who snatched a purse from Virginia Faubium, 2325 Parker Ave.,

brand new $5 bill Times for observing traffic reg-

rowly missed receiving the awards since the search for care-|

fic when The Times’ observers in

convinced the observers that they

were eligible for the awards when dN. Fast Sta, they eliminated themselves.

license No. 96510 who drove care-

B. Morris, 108 $5 bill for mo-

sophomore today had joined The torists.

SAFE DRIVER NO. 6—Boyers Bucher, 19, a Butler University sophomore, today became the sixth driver to receive a cash award from The Times for being a careful driver.

Salesman, Butler Student Join Careful Motorists

Receive $5 From The Times for Courtesy While Driving, Observing Traffic Rules

By ART WRIGHT A TRUCK ACCESSORY salesman and a Butler University

Jack- B. Morris, salesman for the White-Motor -Co., 512 N: Capitol Ave., became the fifth safe driver and 19-year-old Boyers Bucher, 3111 Sutherland Ave,, was the sixth motorist to receive a

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ulations and -their courtesy. Scores of other drivers nar-| $5|

ful motorists was started by The] Times Monday.

= » » THESE NEAR-WINNERS violated one or several rules of traf-

the cruising .safety car trailed them. Some had ‘just about”

«Like the man driving car with

tully south on Meridian St. late

crosswalks at 14th, 16th and 224 Sts. And the man driving No. 43376 who over-ran the crosswalk on North St. as he traveled east on Delaware: St. r= The observers were ready today to give the man driving No. 2627M5 a $5 bill for his constant hand signals on N. Capitol Ave. ~but those “hand signals” turned out to be his gesture of. shaking ashes from his cigaret (or cigar). # ” ”

Refugee Gamblers

Get Warning Here

Detectives Posted

To Prevent Influx

Indianapolis police today warned refugee gamblers to steer

WEDNESDAY, JULY

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Strikes Sweep Over Italy as

Togliatti Called ‘Out of Danger’

ian law student shot and seriously wounded Palmiro Togliatti, Italy's Communist boss, today. His act set all Italy aflame with Red protest demonstrations. (At Washington diplomatic officials expressed doubt that the attempted assassination will touch off any serious repercussions. They agreed, however, that strikes set off by the incident might delay Italy's reconstruction efforts if prolonged.) In Rome, the worst civil: disorders since the war broke out, and at least 22 persons were injured after Togliatti was shot down as he left the palace of Parliament by a side door. Police fired into the air to disperse a crowd storming the foreign office with shouts of “assassins.” The Communist controlled National Labor Federation

period. In Rome, Milan, Genoa, Turin and other large cities workers left their jobs without awaiting the national strike call. Busses halted in the streets as-drivers walked away. Troops and police were alerted as Premier Alcide de Gaspieri, who called the attempted assassination “the worst thing that could have happened,” prepared

disorders.

clear of the city after reform movements swept four central Indiana towns. bgt Detectives were pof } road and bus stations An all officers ordered to pick up any suspected “out-of-town” gaming operators as the “heat” was applied to Crawfordsville and Tipton. Vice clampdowns had already hit Anderson and Muncie. And further north, a gambling purge was still in effect in Ft. Wayne. Many of the cleanup drives were sparked by ministerial associations. : At Crawfordsville, Police Chief Finis Burkhardt ordered gambling halted in “all public places,” in-

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arded. Armed police in jeeps patrolled streets. Troops were on movement to

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“Out of Danger” Togliatti, who underwent a 554aninute emergency operation at Rome's Polyclinic Hospital, was reported “out of danger” for the time being. He had received about three quarts of blood in repeated transfusions before and after the operation performed by Dr. Piero Valdoni. Dr. Valdoni said one of the four bullets fired by 25-year-old Antonio Ballante di Durazzo grazed Togliatti’s head behind the left ear, causing a slight wound.

cluding cigar stores,

THE DRIVER of No. 101347) did an “honorable mentton” job, but he “lost” the $5 when he failed to give a hand signal in| turning east ‘on Washington St. from Southeastern Ave. When Mr. Morris received his $5 he said Indianapolis drivers as a whole are “pretty safe” with the reservation that “they're not so good though, about 4 or 5 p. m. when everyone is trying to get home from downtown at the same time.” He has been a driver 10 years and travels some 50 miles in traffic each day on his sales job. *

but reported that a friend from Minnesota reports Indianapolis

- s ” MR. BUCHER thinks the other| drivers here are “pretty good”

and restaurants. At Tipton, Circuit Judge Cleon Mount threatened to launch a grand jury probe unless gambling is suppressed there. In Anderson, Madison County seat, Clarence Dick Brown resigned his post as detective captain “for the good of the department.” The Anderson Safety Board named Desk Lt. John Wilder to succeed him. Detective Carl Whittinger will replace Mr. Wilder. Mr. Brown was himself arrested June 26 by two patrolmen who accused him of: “intoxication.” He denied the charge and was released immediately. His resignation was the second in the City administration since

drivers are “different” than in other places. He says the friend's criticism {is that Indianapolis drivers “don’t look out for the other person.” . Every careful driver found by the cruising police safety car will receive one of The Times’ $5 bills as a reward for aiding in the drive to make Indianapolis streets safe for motorists and pedestrians,

Capt. Reynolds, JAD Head, Dies

Capt. Golden L. Reynolds, head of the Juvenile Aid Division of the Indianapolis Police Department, died today at General Hospital. He was 43. His wife, Mrs. Mary Reynolds, and daughter, Miss Jeannine

as she got off a trolley at Roosevelt and Parker Aves. at 12:15 a. m. today.

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Reynolds, were at his side when death came to the well-known police officer at 5:30 a. m. Capt. Reynolds became ill in March of this year. He was at the hospital until May, then returned home for a short time. He

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Anderson’s gambling bubble a | week ago.

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a “blue ribbon” grand jury burst|sefzed them. Another broke loose

Another bullet entered his left {side and went through his bedy, {but did not strike any vital or|gans. A third entered his left side, lacerated the lobe of the left lung, and lodged in his back. The fourth bullet apparently missed Togliatti. The assassin was seized by police a moment after he shot Togliatti, “I considered. Togliatti an enemy of my country,” he told police. “I alone have done this. I belong to no.party. I have no motive other than my personal beliefs.” ; Photographers at - the were’ arrested en masse. Two American photographers = had their shirts torn when police

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{ Lobaugh, 31-year-old Kokomo To Red Is Shot factory worker who can’t make, p didn’t murder three Ft. Wayne,

Lobaugh Attorneys Appeal to State | Supreme Court |

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C—O, ATTORNEYS FOR Ralph W.

up his. mind whether he did or | women, filed briefs in the state Supreme Court today to save him from the electric chair. f

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Civil Rights Fight Opens On Floor Of Convention

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PRICE FIVE CENTS

State Group

0K's Vote for

Truman Ticket

Holds Jackson's Name in Abeyance

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Price Index Hits TH alltime nigh 1TUMAnN Faces

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NEW YORK, July 14 (UP) The Dun & Bradstreet,

new all-time high in the week ending yesterday, the agency an-| nounced today.

dex of 31 foods in general use in the week ended July 13 rose to {$7.36 from $7.12 in the preceding

Lobaugh startled Kokomo po-|

ROME, July 14 (UP)—A Siecil-|

to take firm measures against

Public buildings were heavily

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lice nearly a year ago when he said he was the man wanfed in three unsolved Ft. Wayne murders. He gave lurid details. After repeatedly repudiating his confesions only to make them over again, he was convicted in Allen County Circuit Court and sentenced -to die in the electric chair. - # ~ IN JANUARY he asked the court to throw the whole thing out on the contention that he had made his confessions under the influence of drugs originally and later because of fear of fellow inmates of the Allen County jail. The court refused to grant his request for a writ of error but gave him permission to appeal to the State Supreme Court. Unless the = Supreme Court grants another stay during the appeal, Lobaugh is scheduled to {die next Nov. 16.

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pro-| claimed a nationwide general Russ Hand Re strike tonight for an indefinite

To U.S. on Protest

Nature of Answer ~ Not Disclosed

WASHINGTON, July 14 (UP) —Soviet Ambassador Alexander 8. Panyushkin today handed to Secretary of State George C. Marshall Soviet Russia’s reply to the bitter U. 8. protest against the Berlin blockade. Mr. Panyushkin arrived at the State Department in a , Black

sia. He was LE Department Counsellor Bohlen. There were no hints from either Mr. Panyushkin or State Department officials as to what the Soviet reply said. He Says, “Nyet” - Panyushkin remained in conference with Marshall énly five He “was asked by reporters if he could give them some “line” on the nature of the Soviet's note. He snapped his reply in Russian: “Nyet,” “The ambassador says no,” the interpreter said. Mr. Marshall said at his noon news conference he could give no hint on the nature of the Soviet reply. He said he had received a brief, general statement from an aid on the note, but added that the review wasn't complete enough to warrant any comment yet. (Soviet replies were also handed to the foreign offices of Britain and France, who joined the U. 8. in protest. But neither of those offices has indicated the nature of the replies.)

Plane Falls, 20 Aboard PARIS, July 14 (UP)—A twinengined British passenger plane carrying 20 persons crashed to-

and fled with his pictures. Crowds which gathered were dispersed.

the French Press Agency ported.

PLAYGROUND OPENERS — These six youths are ready to take part in a bike decorating contest at the

By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer |

PHILADELPHIA, July 14—In-| diana's Democratic convention] delegation decided at a breakfast caucus this morning to cast the state’s 26 votes for the Truman- | Barkley ticket, unless something] unforeseen happens at Convention | Hall. The “unforeseen” which would force a reassessment of the situation would be the offering of some] new name for the presidency and| the refusal of Sen. Alben Barkley! of Kentucky to take the vice| presidential spot, now offered him | by the administration but on which he as yet had made no statement. Delegation Chairman Henry F. Schricker said that the name of former Sen. Samuel D. Jackson will not be offered “unless Sen. Jackson wants it presented.” The recent Democratic state convention endorsed Mr, Jackson for the vice presidential nomination. “If it's going to be Barkley, it would be foolish to do it,” Mr. Schricker said.

OK Truman Stand

Strategy in regard to Mr. Jackson was placed in the hands of a committee, including National Committeeman Frank McHale, State Chairman Ira Haymaker, Mr. Schricker and Mr. Jackson. The delegation decided unadimously by standing vote to support Mr, Truman as long as the field of candidates is limited to the President, 0 Nn

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prised since his arrival in Philadelphia at the number of offers of support in case of his name being placed in nomination. The offers, he said, included the states of Texas and Louisiana.

Has Speech Written

Mr. Bchricker will place Mr. Jackson's name in nomination in case such action is decided upon and has the nominating speech written, The delegation decided unanimously to vote against the socalled “state's right” platform plank which Southern delegates intend to offer to offset the civil rights plank in the platform, It also voted 17 to 9 to support a4 praposed amendment to the platform calling for the end of segregation in the Army. Mr. McHale introduced Bartley Brown, Indiana CIO political rep{resentative and an alternate del-

|apologized for to the group and

apologized for having overlooked Mr. Brown during introductions at an earlier caucus. Also introduced were Carl Mul-

as “visitors” here. vpn

' dedication of new near North Side playground Friday nigitt. The Central Civic League persuaded officials of

Glenn, who resides at 707

N. East St. ¥

the Allied Printing Service, Inc., to donate a one-acre plot at New Jersey and Walnut Sts. to the City for

recreation purposes. Contestants above are, left to right, Richard Glenn, George Napier, William Eberhard,

Donald Scott, Robert Scott and Red Eberhard. All live in the 700 block N. New Jersey St. except young

{a year ago. The previous all-time

for the presidency. Mr. Jackson told the delegates that he had been greatly sur-!

{week. This compared with $6.52 high was $7.28 established last

n. A spurt in livestock prices sent the index to a new top, the agency said. Earlier this week wholesale meat prices at New York shot upward sharply and hog prices zoomed at the major cornbeit markets, At the same time, livestock experts said the nation's meat supply is shorter than ever before, considering the demand.

Seek FP Order For More Gas Here

Local Utility Cites

Population Increase A Federal Power Commission order making natural gas available to Indianapolis consumers by next November is sought in an action filed in Washington today by the Citizens Gas & Coke Utility. The utility asks that either one

of two pipeline companies be directed to “establish physical connection of its transportation facilities” with the city distributing

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Party Wounds

President Due

To Speak Tonight CONVENTION HALL, PHILADELPHIA, July 14 (UP) The Democratic Party NorthSouth split on racial discrimination was carried to the convention floor today in the controversial recommendation of the platform committee for a civil rights program.

By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Sta

ff Corres t CONVENTIO H ALL, PHILADELPHIA, July 14 — President Truman comes to this national convention today to accept his nomination for President and try to patch up a party split by factional fights over the platform. J. Howard McGrath, Democratic National chairman, tele phoned the White House today that President Truman's nomination would be accomplished in time for him to make his acceptance speech about 9 p. m,, Indian~ apolis time. By the time President Truman gets here, convention officials hope, to have cleared away the

debris from a bitter Southern floor fight against the civil rights plank.

No Chance to Win The Southerners have no chance of winning. But they will make a noisy and determined fight to get into the platform a

system and sell orideliver 10 million cubic feet of natural gas to {the city daily. { Pipelide firms named in the

Gov. Ben Laney|action are the Panhandle East and Ben. Richard ern Pipeline Co., Texas

Eastern ‘Renasmission .. Cc ..Tennessee Gas Transmission Co! and. the

26 If some other|Texas- Gas. Transmission Corp.

Names Two Sources The ' Indianapolis utility asks the FPC to ‘determine what proper interchange of natural gas can be made” to make the natural gas avallable to the city and that either Panhandle Eastern or Texas Eastern be ordered to make the necessary connections and supply the gas. The utility's application sets forth that due largely to a sharp increase in population within the area which it serves the number] of consumers increased from 105,976 in 1943 to 117,112 in 1947, with a continued gain to an esti{mated 135,381 in 1953. The application states that the city “urgently needs a supply of natural gas to supplement the present supply of manufactured gas through enrichment and mixing” and adds that “under present circumstances the city is unable to meet the demands for its present customers.” It is pointed out that limitations on use of gas for space heating have been in effect for some time,

Milk to Go Up

" day on Cape Sicie, near Toulon,|len, state AFL president, and un. (Ing Cent A an re-|Mullen, who described themselves|

Resume Cost Hike

Here Tomorrow

A cent-a-quart inerease in the price of milk will be announced by the major milk companies supplying the Indianapolis district tomorrow. Several dairy companies, including Polk, Roberts and Banquet announced the rise in price. It is attributed to the rise in cost for the producer. A spokesman for one firm blagnes the spiral on government {buying of powdered milk and the fact that cows are being sold into the beef channels. “The end is not in sight, either,” the official added.

Philacslphia Calling— If Democrats

corner swinging. If it's a wake,

He's said it before, but he'll

read the record on social securit ance, minimum wages. This

it all he's got. It's the first time

the-cuff technique. Missouri Gov. Donnelly came here with Truman nominating speech all written, copies ready for press. National Chairman MeGrath took a look, sent back a substitute. Donnelly hadn't mentioned Roosevelt. Missourian read

is —r one Truman speech most of the|Substitute, said he'd deliver hig

plank promising no infringement on the right of states to handle racial matters the way they want

to. It will'be up to’ the President,

If he can, to try to Kk the won't .bé won. ; » Other convention 2

FIRST: James Roosevelt, - (ing an unscheduled appearance before the convention, declared that Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt will continue to work for the Democratic Party “of today and tomorrow.” TWO: Fellow Kentuckians called on Sen. Alben W, Barkley to urge him to become a nominee for President instead of Vice President. But he wanted no part of it. THREE: ' Former Gov. Dan Moody of Texas, announced as the convention convened that he has drawn up a states rights plank and will “insist” that it be included in the party platform. FOUR: Mayor Hubert Humprey’ of Minneapolis, announced that he” plans to counter the southern move. He said he would

rights declaration even stronger by pressing for specific legislaon. Meanwhile, Louisiana decided to hand its 24 votes for President to Gov. Earl Long-—despite the governor's objections. Arkansas’ 22 votes were going to Gov, Ben T. Laney, and Georgia's 28 were promised to Sen. Richard B, Russell of that state. The vice presidential picture was brightened esthetically when Leon Henderson, chairman of the Americans for Democratic Action, said the name of Rep. Helen Gahagan Douglas of California would be put before the conven-

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Are 'Dead,’

‘Corpse’ Doesn't Know It

Truman to Come Out of Corner Swinging With an Off-the-Cuff Acceptance Speech

By the Convention Staff of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers PHILADELPHIA, July 14—Truman’s going to come out of 2%

the corpse doesn’t know it.

He'll pour it on Congress, as he did in the West, when he speaks to convention tonight. First ‘housing. Then prices.

keep on saying it till fall, He'll y, displaced persons, health insur-

{ command gave in.

nation-wide radio audience has . at had a chance to size up new, ort Strange Bedfellows

POLITICS makes strange bed-

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