Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 November 1948 — Page 2

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

TUESDAY, NOV. 9, 1048

TUESD New Cohan The Race for Survival— Ww idein M ; : “New School 63 |The Roce, for servi : Democrats to West Side in Mourning - - Cahors. i tes IR Found Challenge to U. S. For 'Grandpa’ Forb ’ Dedicated here | RUSSiG Foun allenge to U. S. D For 'Grandpa’ Forbes . Story 4 ; ise, Deaths D dil ASsemaity, - ' Di ii BEA Nice Old Man’ Dies . As Its Births Rise, Deaths Drop ice Old Escaped by Ruse, + Farrington Makes : y > After Train Accident Evansville Man Says Presentation . Speech Soviet Population Soaring - K : | A enda Nov 18 A pall of gloom hangs heavily Police today probed the Kkide a cation ceremonies «Wer! Faster Than Western World To rN We satan Bh oar ing company oficial who suid b Dem Traub ve were held last night By RICHARD KLEINER, NEA Staff Correspondent 1949 Legislature Will specitily saddened are the jescapeq ius oaptory na diaz Red at the sciool. OXFORD, O., Nov. 9—Before too many years go by, Have Few Holdovers [neighborhood children. riding in ran out of gas in the SHAN Clarence L. Farrington, presi- America may be forced into a birth-rate race, in order to By Cnited Pica “Grandpa” George C. Forbes is 900 block of E Washington a : aH dent of the Board of School Com- survive a8 a first-rate power. a, eral pe dead. He died on the operating police he was seized by two gun- web ’ missioners, made the presenta- The United States and the Soviet Union are competing bY a Mttle band of men With pre-{>"\® in General Hospital at 2:40 men who were waiting for him threa tion speech and the acceptance : f Russia i vious experience in the General this morning, six hours after his when he got into his car at Ev- Trainr was by Virgil Stinebaugh, super-| for world leadership, but ne population of Rusts how Assembly, it was indicated today./mangled body was found on the miles age 2 admi intendent of the Indianapolisisoaring at a rate greater than ours. When the Democrats who won|railroad tracks at W. Michigan . ' man : 3 schools. 25 ; D Rr S. Thompson, . aH seats Mn the House and Senate|St and Warman Ave. He was 86. of - the Lawasco. Tranafet Cou paid for in » Mrs. Harriet Kelley, principal =I" © : PS™| EDITOR'S NOTE: Does Russia last Tuesday get together for an, Mr." Forbes, who was born in heavy machinery movers, sald he ernment’s presided at the program which one of the world's top popula-|enace America in a vast inter- organization session, only a hand-|Goodrich, Mich., was a popular got away on the pretxt of getting : ‘elas “ha | “ ne {org » Only » hey gasoline for the stalled car. It was ft included selections by the school's 4. experts, says that ‘‘be- national “birth-rate race”? Is our ful of them will be in a position|and kindly figure known to every- & a : ; He told" a service station ats : Shea) Shoir; the Jlodetnetter, hind the Iron Curtain, it is highly civilization sterilizing Huet by not to offer advice on a legislativelone in his neighborhood. He was| - George Forbes, 86 . . . al- |tendant to call police. Patrol cars protest in ; nT ng ucks TEN probable that the rate of popula-| Producing snsugh buples yee program on the basis of experl- particularly known as “the nice| yas a kind werd fo neighbors. [rushed to the scene but failed to the rice she r /tion increase is greater than in|and other vital. ques ence in previous sessions. old man” who took his afternoon “TTT find the kidnapers. . hungry Chin Conduct Visitors 'any other large population in the|Ing studied by scientists at the ‘ That organization session has constitutional and never failed to/Hasler, St. Marys, O.; a son, Don| Mr. Utley said his abductors empty rice - Preceding the program, visitors org.” [Scripps Foundation for Popula- / {been set for Thursday, Nov. 18, pass a kind word to the neigh-|W;- Forbes, Knightstown; seven had taken more than $112 from stalls. were . conducted through the| pjrector of the Scripps Founda-(tion Research at Oxford, 0. : {in Indianapolis, according to/bors, or to stop and chat with grandchildren and eight great- him and had ordered him to drive Eight sho building. tion for Research in Population | This is the first of three stories Dr. Warren S. Thompson + + + Democratic state headquarters. the children. | n n. . to Ft. Wayne. day by mar The 13-classroom building is{Problems at Miami University oR ® problem engaging increasitg sees a western world now bare- | There, the bulk.of the 82 Dem-| Yesterday he left the home of Rice was the first complete school to be here, Dr. Thompson Is closelyjattention from top scientific ly reproducing itself. ocrats will gather to talk over his daughter, Mrs. Neva McMor-| yuan—377 1 erected here since before World watching the changing population thinkers. ~~ === —————"———————— their legislative problems -and|ris, 3220 W. Michigan St. with ' official rate War II and cost $432,161, exclu- picture of the world. | The gap between the two na. that 10 figure by a statisticaliqrart some sort of a skeleton whom he lived. & dollars at ti sive: of equipment and furnish-| May Decline ltions will widen with each suture LIK, Ee Ce as puriamcy (a8enda a2 a Program for ok 049 He was off for his afternoon - . ’ gree ; . ~—per 110 po : a | - on o e Assem n- wa ’ ings. | What he sees for the future is census. In 1940, Russia Sui brought on by scientific Alscov- ning tid ey y "walk. But Whey he didn't return’ Peoj The structure replaces one de-|a western world that is now barely bered the United States by only| "pene are living now—and for dinner, Mrs. McMorris began : Pork saus stroyed by fire Jan. 8, 1046. reproducing itself and that may about 40 million people. By 1970,| lowering oly death rate—wko 24 Are Old Timers to worry. She called the police. : as eight U. § School 55." at 1675 Sheldon St. | decline 1 ulation within!if present trends continue, there] But only 24 of the 82 ever have| 1.4 none gt 8:30, Grandpa FRanklin 4411 was reconditioned and used fof|5g years. © iwill be about 70 million more YOUld have died years ago, were served in the Assembly before.) ’ ; price of all as reco ones ang xe Or|50 years. w e ox 20 miller it not for modern medical and There are three holdover Sena. Forbes was found. He was lying rs by the hour. ng ES pup! un , 8 open Meanwhile, a large part of fhe Russizns an gy x or. Sanitary achievements. tors, ~ three ré-lected Senators, 2HH alive but with both legs sev- FS hog . y e¢ present’ fa rm. remainder of the world is be-| And, aong a ut, 1 re al But when we do catch up— two former Senators, six re-elect- ered beside he New York Cen . time residen pte key |coming 80 overpopulated thatica’s popula nw oe Tes | When life expectancy increases no eq Representatives, and 10 former tral tracks. eside him lay his ” Ee - Officer Pleads Guilty ee aes dpi Bain Th now about fUrther—then the death rate also Repreventatives. A poctore- at Genera) Hospital , ” seen. Thes i . QUI {panying epidemics may a . {will decline no further. 80 we| The other 58 are n mers, octors’ at Genera ospital! . lagain kill millions whenever there 146 million. The United States, .. expect much population help some of CL Mocs weomers, did everything to help Grandpa They are ju To Theft Cons irac i {which most of us still think of as e munists P y {is & poor crop. - wy. will from that source. ‘ |the primary ballot last spring— Forbes, and tne neighbors prayed : Onl ne A 39-year-old Army lieutenant | ‘Russia's high rate of growth is/a young, growing country, As for the birth rate, it's they were persuaded later to run hard when they heard of his nly a mq

accused of conspiracy in the theft of $20,000 worth of government property pleaded guilty to the charges in Federal Court yester-

day. First Lt. John J. Ward Jr., for-

{chiefly caused by two factors./grow no more—and will even be|First, their death rate is down.|gin to decrease about that date. |That, alone, means more people., How come? |Second, their birth rate is still] Those two population factors— and birth rates—are re-

{high. Plenty of new babies each death {year, sponsible. Here in America, sci-

dropped so far that it scares the so the party could fill its ticket. population experts. 5 State Chairman Ira IL. HayWhich is why our population maker and Gov.-Elect Henry F. (will stop growing in about 40 Schricker were expected to meet years,

Problem Not Crushing line the legislative program. Mr.

with the contingent to help out-

lcritical condition. But the kindly old man had lost too much 'blood to win the grim battle he (was fighting. :

Mr. Forbes was for 20 years

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American F and the co warned Ame before Chine moving sou into a battle

mer post engineer for Camp At-| In America, the death rate is/ence and sanitation have teamed Given a world ‘of peace, the!Haymaker v agent of the Terre Liaute, Indian- winter perio terbury, changed an earlier plea even lower than in Russia. But/up to lower the death rate about| 10m of an iw Bh Les Ga 1 vl i oe oi apolis and. Eastern Lines at age began. of not guilty to conspiracy injour birth rate, throttled by big/as far as it can go. America is not a crushing one. Schricker has been in state gov- Knightstown, After the death of Roger. D. thefts with Abraham Levi, 67, El-|cities and strangled by indus- Statistical Trick We can adequately feed and clothe ernment for years. He first was Dis wife In 1927 he retired. Co-operation wood junk dealer, and his broth-itrialization, is on the downgrade. It's now at about 10, meaning the population we'll have in 1985.|a state Senator, before he became| Besides Mrs. McMorris, he is in China, pr

er, Bernard J. Ward, 40, Calumet! This lowered birth rate is a

that each year 10 out of every

We could probably take care of Lieutenant-Governor and later survived by two other daughters,

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City, IIL long-term factor, and holds true|1000 die. If that rate continues,|200 million in decency and com-|Governor, and so he has legisla-| . way from tl He had pleaded guilty to other even though some years—Iike the average person will live to be fort says Dr. IT, although [tive experience from hy I yond Ox ay Siam. He as indictments charging him with re- those immediately following the 100. But that's still a scientific/there’ll be more to go around if draw in advising the newcomers. | : : ' remain calm ceiving a $560 bribe from Levijwar—saw record numbers of impossibility. the figure is about 170 million. Heller, Vermillion Stand Out 4 State Legislators appeal met | and actual theft of camp goods. babies born. 80 our death rate is down at| But should the worst happen,| Now that the Democrats con- g Tak and we find ourselves in a war trol the House by a 61-39 margin Lose Back Pay Tilt Earlier th {with a country like Russia, whose [and have the over-all advantage| 1o-claime population i hitched 1 & shoot. in both Houses of 82 Democrats; ou Cf Bye Republican state abodes 5 ing star while ours is hitched toto 67 Republicans, Rep. Robert H.\,p 0 "ror oiner state jobs appeared reg. Sener a plow horse, how will that affect Heller, Decatur, and Sen. Walter ppe shek’s Grea us? | Vermillion, Anderson, are stand-|t098Y to nave lost the Sal round Shanhaikwa Lots of people are now saying. outs in their party's delegations. . eir battle to collect the southward t ¥ so what? Numbers don’t mean! Mr. Heller was minority floor| y. Shanaikw: ! The State Supreme Court voted

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anything, they say, when it only leader in the 1945 and 1947 ses-| ) takes one bombardier to drop an |sions of the House and Mr. Ver- against their petition for a re-

bomb, require smaller armies, Dr.|the Republicans are in much bet-| The legislators, Sen. Clyde R. Thompson points out the need ter shape. Although they lost in Black and Reps. Charles Miser,

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decided by th ical h|Sen. Clyde R. Black of Logans-| : deciaed By the numerical strength S0%, C0, R, Black, of Logan, OES Unit fo Meet And Russia has plenty of re- Nov. 2, nearly 50 of the 67 Re- Mrs. Sonoma Woodruff, worsources. Besides, Dr. Thompson Publicans in both Houses are old-| thy grand matron of the Indi-

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lit can be a bad thing for the Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery people, Dr. Thompson sums wp there. Ck the problem of the population dif-! ‘A lifelong Indianapolis resident, ference this way: Mr, Wallsmith, who was 36, lived { “If a showdown comes with ©" BR. R. 14 in the Castleton dis|Russia, maybe we'll have to com- trict. After being drafted and pete, or resign ourselves to be. Siven basic training in 1941 he coming a second-rate power like W3S released from service, but France or Britain.” was recalled and sent overseas — immediately after the Japanese TOMORROW: Will the U. 8. attack on Pearl Harbor. He fought as a combat in_\fantryman in at least five major |

® nA = (awaraed the Purple Heart” for] {wounds and was discharged in| 11945. ~ In” civilian life he worked

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Services for Everett W. Trook, Indianapolis - attorney who died!

WT RTA fon a farm. cop) or 0Cal La er “| ‘Mr. Wallsmith is #urvivéa ‘vy ; + |his mother, Mrs, Sadie Wallsmith;

three brothers, Gussie M. and |Clotis R. Wallsmith, both of In-

dianapolis, ‘and Howard B. Wall-

Sunday at his home, 3114 College | smith of Colorado, and one sis-

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atom -bomb. {million was minority floor leader hearing of their case yesterday. Red forces f To the statement that future!in the Senate during the same ses- The vote was 4-1. Head Judge follow in a « wars, fought as they will be by sions. James A. Emmert cast the dis- There wa: “advanced” weapons like that| From an experience standpoint, senting vote. Shanhaikwa

ficial source servers said

for a tremendous labor force to the services of such leaders as Elmer Weller and Beecher Con- port might make such weapons. + |House Speaker Hobart Creighton, raq, recently were told they could tory would Based on Numbers {Who quit the legislative race toinot collect the money because : : opening we Given equal resources and equal [Tun unsuccessfully for Governor;| qual job-holding was unconstitu- No more cutting straps at your shoulders, with tween Peipir technical knowledge, Dr. Thomp-| House Majority Leader George tional, : . Man son says, future wars will still he| W- Henley -of Bloomington, and these washable, durable rayon satin-covered strips of Meanwhile

Peiping sou homes chea up residenc: feeling the 1

paints out, “a Russian soldier can timers at the game. ana Grand Chapter, OES, will in- cute those travel and fight on far less ra-| TTT Sheet Soockelde Chapter 5, cumstances. . tions and with far less shelter , Friday in © Dbrookside ’ 4 homes now ¢ | ] than an American soldier meter Plan) Military ° Temple, 10th and Gray Sts. Din- Ayres’ Corsets, Second Floor than huge r UE % From the stdndpoint of tech- ner at 6:30 p. m. will be followed Reports f1 p i nical knowledge, Russia may or J§* by the inspection at 8 p. m. going ships : 3 may not be able to produce = Rites for Veteran ing passengt LE atom bomb now. But no scientist | the U. S. c : doubts that it will be able to do| revealed th: | that, and more, long before 1985, | Military services for George Ww. Americans S80 numbers. do matter. And|Wallsmith, one of the first Indi- warned to | ther® we're running a bad second |ana World War II draftees, who for evacuati % F to the Soviet Union, and steadily | died yesterday in Veterans’ Hos- — | it losing ground. | pital after a prolonged.iliness, will STRA 8 While he doesn’t like the idea be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow in SAYS 8 lof a birth-rate race, feeling that McCord funeral home, Oaklandon.

Ave, will Be held at 10 a. m, to- ter, Mrs. Flossie Barnes, - : AT. ome another new prefix name for telephone morrow in Flanner and Buchanan apolis. Indian ; - mortuary. Burial will be in Con- vo » numbers in Indianapolis, will go into use shortly. The new verse. Mrs. Arthur Bluitt = 1 . ; . . Mr. Trook, who was 75, was an Services for Mrs. Lilla Bluitt, name represents a dial unit recently installed in our Head- attorney here 50 years. A gradu- 1902 Highland Place, will be at 1 an } a ; ate of Indiana University Law P. m. tomorrow in the Jacobs! quarters Building at 240 North Meridian Street. School, he had offices in Fletcher Brothers West Side Chapel. Burial Trust building. {will pe in Woodhaven Cemetery. | A native of Converse, he was.a| Mrs. Bluitt, who was 60 years. member of Shriners, Columbia 0ld, died Sunday in her home. Club and Masonic Lodge 650,/She was a native of Caldwell,! Matthews. He was a member of| Tex. 2nd lived in Indianapolis : v {Phi De a .. more than 27 rs. . Later over 10,500 telephones will be transferred from {Pi DoaThass Fraemity ade Te ae re, iad While in school he was captain|ity Lodge and Mt. Zion Baptist of the university debating team. Church. . He taught school at Roseburg two| Besides her husband, Arthur years and practiced law at Mat-|Bluitt, she is survived by a daughthews three years before coming| ter, Mrs. Dimple Watkins; her fa-| to Indianapolis. |ther, Wiley Conner, all of Indian-'

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Belmont and Cherry to Atlantic. This new unit, costing ® Cottons and Rayons

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Susviving are two riephews, Dy.|abolis! two sisters, Mrs. Molly| red uced 1 1 There's a sis . . a Edward M. Trook and Walter Lit- Skelton, Milwaukee, Wis, and} me Addition of Atlantic is part of the Telephone Com BRTRcr, Doce or Marr et Mer. bn De Wie indir pan company v ge 4 aud three nieces, Miss Anna Bell{tWo brothers, Jesse- and Robert plain cole pany’s $20,000,000 three-year program to extend an Trook and Mrs. Kathleen Show, Conan, Caldwell, Tex. four featuring . sii . . Indianapolis, and Mrs. Norman|grandchildren and one great-! ; pleated— improve your telephone service in Indianapolis. Byers, Bedford. |grandchild. a Many, many exciting values, and many fine fabrics Sizes 3 ‘Boss for a Day’ Deny Variance to Build! to choose from! Drop in to see them—find all your family's needs a 2.25 fo LL ge LE emma wan “ Frederick W. Feibelman, 20, of Mortuary on North Side now, at wonder-low prices! ems eaE annum" ~ 2028 Denia) Ave, de one ofthe] A petition for variance sub- . A partic / \ arton School students of mitted by Flanner and Buchanan, i / Sollee PUsecad Procedure on Dialing \ jie University of Pennsivania/ Ing, was denied at a meeting of | ZLARNE y A |who w “boss for a day”|the City Zoning Board yesterday. | . : | {when the Gimbel Brothers New| The funeral directors sought plain col { To reach an ATlantic telephone, dial A, ond then T, ] | York store turns over its entire the variance in order to construct | e - 3 50 \ {operation to the University of/a mortuary in the 1300 block cf | : 3 TS \ / | Pennsylvania students Nov. 17. Bread Ripple Ave. { RAYONS 88¢c yd. : Se ’ |Mr. Feibelman, a senior majoring| The petition i fenied after 2 BLOUSE Se er -— > in marketing will replace Samuel| arguments by John Watkins, at- Includi failles i a ; TY > Dickes, buyer of shoes on that|torney for 75 property owners, eluding i dl alles; moires ond sultings— cotton— ’ 1ay. : 'who held that the original land originally ;,69 and 2,50 sirachiv my Of . tn ———"—— ea grant provided for construction! % i aT ed _— M . . of residences only. {io n BIE ackenzie King Ailing

FIRE CRACKER OTTAWA, Nov. 9 (UP)—Ca{nadian Prime Minister W. L, SAN BERNARDINO, Cal. Nov. | MacKenzie King is under doctor's ® (UP)-*Fireman Virgil Fears orders to “take it easy” for a few|Was shot in the leg. when he tried days, his office said today. He|to help put out a fire. As he originally 1,19 and {,29 contracted a 'ecirculatory ailment Yushed, into 3 hyraics cafe yes > _|while in ‘London to attend the|terday a pis anging on the ' : Dominion's conference. all discharged a bullet. Ayres’ Fabrics, Fourth Floor in :

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