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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1948

Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice Indianapolis, Ind. Issued Dally

Everywhere

A link of shacks built onto a Families Have No Place to Go

Hazards Getting Worse, Chief Says

By IRVING LEIBOWITZ There are more than 4000 fire traps in Indianapolis. | Most of them are rickety, tumble down wooden shacks. Many of them are occupied by families with nowhere else to go: { This was the estimate of Chief Henry Murray, Indianapolis Fire | Prevention Director. To. The Times he pointed out some of the worst. i Each year, the City fire pre-| vention office attempts to in-| gpect the city’s 90,000 dwelling| units in search of fire hazards.| Nothing to Do There is nothing the fire pre-|

vention office can do about the|

it amare mi ney wre 2 ATMIess-Legless Veterans Becoming Self-Supporting

Bomber Crash Casualty Studies Law; Shell Blast Victim Farms, Drives Car

down or fall down. When they burn down, the department can carry out the dead, as it did in 416 W. 24th St. early Tuesday. Mrs. Abbie Brown dled in the fire which razed that house. The exits were blocked The fire hazard created by

wooden shacks and antique, over- arms and both legs in World War II are on the road to becoming crowded tenements is getting go1¢ supporting citizens, the Veterans Administration reported today. James Wilson, Jacksonville, Fla., suffered a quadruple amputahas| tion after a B-24 homber on which he was radio operator crashed

worse, Chief Murray said. Blames Overcrowding “The housing shortage forced families to double and triple up,” he said. “The overcrowding makes fire security regulations difficult to maintain.” He blamed the major share of fire hazards on “wartime living conditions.” “Some of these unbearable living conditions we see,” he said,

| Report 4000 Fire Traps Here

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An Indianapolis family lived

| building at 16 E. Ray St. before authorities forced occupants to

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UP

near Burlington, Vt., in 1944, |

He now is in his third year as a pre-law student at the University of Florida in Gainesville, {

Frederick Hensel, Birmingham, Ala., whose arms and legs were! blown off by a Japanese shell on Okinawa, is taking vocational re-

“are the aftermath of the War. papjjtation training on his own

$12,000 Given Riley Hospital For Research

* Plan Intensive Study

The James Whitcomb Riley Hospital has been enriched by more than $72,000 in bequests. g In making the announcement i |yesterday, Perry W. Lesh, presi- _ |dent of the James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association, said the gifts will be used to conduct “one of the nation’s most intensive investigations into ¢hildren’s diseases.” He emphasized the importance of the plans of the association and Indiana University for a new and continuous research program lat the hospital. Set Up Special Fund Mr. Lesh also disclosed that the association is now receiving gifts and bequests for research in a special Riley Centennial Research Fund. Two bequests were from Indi#8 anapolis residents and a third B was from a former Indianapolis resident. The remainder were {from other Indiana residents. All donors specified the gifts were + [to be used for the benefit of sick and crippled children of Indiana. Donors from Indianapolis were Harry Rubens, former clothing merchant, who gave $1,123.78, and Jennie Jones, the left $1,276.89. Leona B. M. Ross, Los Angeles, Cal, and formerly of Indianapolis, donated $100. Other donors were Miss Bessie Overstreet, Philadelphia, Ind, $500; John L. Davis, Letts, $20,000; Enola B. Peyton Huron, Crawfordsville, $12,951.62; Emma F. Servies, Crawfordsville, $35,021.80; and John D. Rhoades, Danville, $1,587.72.

Purdue Overruns Hoosiers, 39 to 0

Boilermakers Regain Old Oaken Bucket

(Details of game, diagrammed hotes om sports pages).

Purdue turned the sports records all the way, back to 1902 yesterday by crushing Indiana, 39 to 0, in an Old Oaken Bucket football battle at West Lafayette. It was the worst beating Indiana had taken from the Boilermakers since '02 and it was a coincidence that the score then {was the same as yesterday's. So decisive was the margin of victory that Coach Clyde Smith's Indiana squad had time enough to attempt only 34 plays while the Boilermakers marked up 524 writer, both provided by the vet-|total net yards for 29 first downs. erans agency. The 51st game sent Purdue out He plans to enter Florida Uni-/in front, 26 to 20, in victories.

in this dilapidated frame house

)—The two ex-GI's who lost both

Of Child Diseases |

14 Dead In BI Mercury Dives Here

Tour Bares

who grows weary in the afternoon pick-up time at. 4 p, m.

. LJ n » Age of Buildings Averages 60 Years By DONNA MIKELS SHOALS, Ind, Nov. 20—A tour of Martin County's one-room elementary schools is {lke stepping into a time-machine—back to the McGuffey reader era. The buildings are ram-shackle —many date back to the 1850's. The average age of a building is around 60 years. The pot-bellied stoves warmed the grandfather of many present pupils. Modern plumbing is and many of the outdoor toilets are propped up on borrowed time, after too many

Mrs. Rachel Dyar, teacher of grades | to 5 at Bateman School, can't scold this little first grader

Schools’ Shabbiness

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. The children arrive on school busses at 7 a. m., stay there until

Halloweens.

report of the Indiana School Study Commission which criticized one-room schools as one of the worst features of Indiana's education system.

names. But it is known that investigators privately rate Martin County schools among the worst

versity law school after complet-| Five games have ended in tie ing pre-law training. {scores. Purdue also recaptured Mr. Hensel had no previous the bucket it lost in 1944. farm experience, He is- concen-| trating ‘on chicken raising but) also has 40 head of cattle >t Football Scores raises grain and vegetable crops.

Purdue 39, Indiana 0.

Where once two families occupied ¢, purchased with funds doa home, there are four or five to nated by residents of Chicago. joe 8 ale ole Ww. hie hk day. ds. he The farm is between Birmingham y..¢ino by using a shotgun he Ho p A that “there, 204 Mt. Pinson, Ala, designed for use with his artificial iin dren this year than Mr. Wilson had trouble at first hands. : last when the year ends. {walking on artificial legs. And it| Mr. Hensel has a tractor pro“Getting Too Often” |was months before he could use vided by the Veterans Adminis“Minor fires,” he said. “Kitchen his artificial hands I Brasp tration. He drives a car equipped stove fires, shack fires. These are crutches or canes firmly. — |with hand controls which was the ones we're fighting too oftén.” | | Of the 4000 dwellings and other|self, drives a. specially equipped [He worked for Ford before structures which are fire hazards, car and operates an electric type-/war.

rie "ai mans Times Clothe-a-Child Starts 19th Annual Drive

Commission. These are vacant, Headquarters at 33 W. Washington St.

but endanger property near them. The others remain . . . targets| To Open Friday; Public Responds to Campaign By ART WRIGHT

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for tomorrow’s fire. .

€ook Takes Nap; Chicken and Stove Both Take Wing |

————————— | “DON'T GO to sleep while Washington St. you're cooking a chicken,” Joseph Christmas K. Strong, 68-year-old resident of | the task of outfitting hundreds of needy children who otherwise 4020 W. North St., advised police might be cold this winter. late last night. | The public already has ye. | Spend their own money to outfit Mr. Strong reported he took a sponded to its annual “big job” of | 2 : “nap” while eh for a chicken providing the finances with which| on ERE Ey placing your dimes to cook. When he awoke, he|to purchase the needed clothing. opens on. W. Washington St said, the chicken was gone along at local stores. I Fo” BD mb. . with a small oven and oil-burn-| ¢ 3 oe $= ing cooker. | INDIVIDUALS already are Paraphrasing an old adage, Strong added ruefully: “You just can’t count your chickens before they're eaten.”

PUT OUT HOTEL ROOM FIRE Firemen with portable equip-

Then every day—except Sunday—until after

{Times for Clothe-A-Child. An in- yegy mare than 1500 children mate at Indiana State Prison iniwere outfitted through Clothe-A-Michigan City sent a contribution|child. While the total cash outwith this note: “Please accept 8 1ay was $45,183.57, there wasn’t small contribution—ten dollars— enough money to clothe all the Ey et os Ineedy children. The amount inhed a small blaze “|cluded $21,000 estimated as the gg circuit in a|0OD Pet winnings over to theisum spent by donors whe took refrigerator in a Marott Hote | fund: Employees of local plants|chilidren to the. stores. room last night. There was little | DAVE been collecting weekly sums throughout the year to be used

damage. The apartment is oc- a ctpied by Elizabeth Timberlake. [°F Clothe-A-Child children.

Mistaken for Prowler, Girl Shot by Granddad

Now he shaves and dresses him- given <n by the Ford Motor Co.|

Maiden Flight

THE 19th annual Times Clothe-A-Child campaign to provide {70-pound “Pee-Bee”, today made Indianapolis’ needy children with warm clothing is now under way.|its first test flight, staying in the Clothe-A-Child headquarters. will open next Friday at 33 W. gir several minutes.

the Clothe-A-Child staff will be on duty there to handle!ggidated Vultee Aircraft Corp.,

= " s EVERY CENT contributed is] Mr, (sending checks and cash to The seq to purchase clothing. Last]

All-City Team

oThe Indianapolis Times

YOU MAY also help. There are three ways to do it: ONE—By sending a check or money order to Clothe-A-Child, The Indianapolis Times, 214 W.

|| A 16-year-old girl was critically

‘wounded last night by her grandfather who thought he was firing at prowlers. Delores Carter, 903 N. Sheffield

today presents the 1948 All-City high school football team. It was a great season for the local interscholastic gridders, highlighted by the crowning of a new champion, the Broad Ripple Rockets.

Maryland St. All contributions), .” was ishot through the left will be listed in The Times. If YOu| noel as she stood ie living do ‘not wish your name used, the| oc ver home : contribution will be listed as ‘per grandfather Shadrick deri hg in THEORY of aN ip,gcey, 71, told police he was in aE, n- whatever way his bedroom when he heard noises . from the living room. He grabbed TWO — By volunteering as a ,;; ,ist0] and went in firing, he

eFive schools earned [donor. Donors are individuals or. :s places on The Times’ first |organizations who take one or Ella Mae. Carter. 44 sister of team, . more children to the stores and Delores, escaped injury when: a

{bullet went through her clothing

ool |as she tried to protect her sister, 26 Colored Comics Jae She ied 10)

With Today's Times | Bracey was arrested on vagirancy charges.

eoPjctures and names of players honored are in . the Bports Section, page 46. .

Gas ~ Re Je,

California 7, Stanford 6. Michigan 13, Ohio State 8. Minnesota 16, Wisconsin 0. Pittsburgh 7, Penn State 0. Northwestern 20, Illinois 7. Harvard 20, Yale 0. North Carolina 20, Duke 0. Tennessee 0, Kentucky 0. Boston College 19, St Mary’s 7. “Holy. Cross 18, Temple 7.

(Additional Scores, Page 45)

Smallest Plane In World Makes

EE ECs SAN DIEGO, Nov. 20 (UP)— |The world’s smallest airplane, the

Ken Coward, engineer at Con-

and designer of the plane, said it |was hoped the “Pee-Bee” would {develop into the “motor scooter lof the air.” It is flown by a man {lying in a prone position, and is reported to cruise above 100 miles per hour. It was built by Ken! Coward and Associates. Test Pilot Bill Bouck said the| plane flew “very well” and dis-| played normal characteristics of light aircraft.

Foil Prank to Fire

‘Blast at Grid Game CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. 20| (UP)—A student prank to blast the letters MIT with high explosives along the 50-yard line at Harvard stadium ‘was thwarted by police today a few minutes before the Harvard-Yale game started, with 57,405 fans in the stadium. A junior at Massachusetts Institute of ‘ Technology, one of eight students said to be involved in the attempted prank, was seized by Boston police. He was, held pending action by Harvard and MIT officials. Authorities said they found an elaborate system of wires running underground from each of three dynamite caps designed to jst off the blast. i

SOMETHING FOR VOTER WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UP) —Rep. Arthur G. Klein (D., N.Y.), proposed tonight that the govern-

{proportion to its enroliment.

in the state. Many one-room schools are lit!tle more than shacks. Some date pack to 1852, when the government set up funds for public schools and started a flurry of school construction. The children get their drinking water from buckets which bus drivers carry ‘in as they deliver the children each morning. It's anybody's guess what would happen if one of the old stoves ever caused a fire, Most of the schools have only a onequart fire extinguisher, Many of these haven't been inspected in the memory of the’ teachers.

= » ” HEALTH inspectors turn away in horror when they see flies buzzing around the drinking water. A few industrious teachers have built cabinets to protect the cups. But for the most part they stand in the open during the school year. Most of the schools have no insulation. Many have large holes in the siding and floors. One had a license plate tacked over a hole in the floor. At another building squirrels and sparrows live in the big gaps in the siding. At this school the ‘bigger boys amuse themselves on rainy days poking their arms through the wallboard and through the holes, to flap water on the kid in the next desk.

” » ” TRANSPORTATION costs in Martin County are enormous in In Lost River Township there are no highways, only narrow lanes which wind in and around the hills. Busses travel 185 miles per day to deliver 202 children to the four elementary schools at a cost of $12,000 per school year. The busses drop off the younger children at township high schools and deliver the older ones to high school. This means that sleepyeyed first graders arrive at school at 7 a. m. and stay without interruption until after 4 p. m. “It breaks my heart to see

The county typifies the recent|

Health experts shudder at. the ‘location of Indiana” Springs School, situated right below a hog shed.

” o # THE COMMISSION named noi... jittle tots at the end of atownships consolidated with

day,” one teacher said. “They|Shoals last year but the pupils |get here at 7 and school doesn’t{still are going to 13 one-room jstart until 8:30. By then they're schools because there is no money [tired from playing and by mid-ito build at current construction afternoon they're so restless they costs, just can’t learn. Some of them| IE come without breakfast and don't THERE'S also a reluctance on thave a hot meal until evening.the part of residents to give up

izzard;

West Swept

By Another Snow Storm

Rain, Near Freezing Forecast Here (Photo, Page 8)

A frigid Indianapolis shivered today in the wake of plunging temperatures that rode into town on a cold wave. The new cold front trailed the Great Plains blizzard that left 14 dead and scores marooned. Thousands of cattle and sheep were reported killed. The local weather bureau reported Indianapolis barely escaped the snow storm that was

|whipped across the Great Plains,

through the North Central States and into the Great Lakes region by 70-mile-an-hour winds. Cloudy and Cold Temperatures began dropping in Indianapolis last night and were expected to fall to a 25 de gree low before morning. Rain and near freezing tems peratures were forecast for toe day. Rains were expected to extend over most of the state with possibility of light snow in the northern portions. Meanwhile, the United Press reported that Rocky Mountain towns were swept by a new snow storm last night as the original blizzard had lost its fury moving eastward. The U. 8. Weather Bureau at Detroit reported the blizzard was centered over the north end of Lake Michigan moving slowly northeast.

New York Balmy But heavy snow continued to fall in a broad band across the North Central states, and teme {peratures fell as the storm moved

New York, however, basked in 4 balmy 71 degrees, only ” degrees below the -time for Nov. 20 set in delphia recorded 69 a ways and golf courses were crowded. Forecasters said the storm will have died by the time it reaches the East Coast, but its effects will be felt in lower temperatures. . Meanwhile, Minnesota, the Dae otas, Nebraska, part of Iowa, Kansas, Colorado and Wyon were digging out from benea the blizzard. Scores of communie ties still were isolated, however. Roads were buried, telephone lines were down and trains still were running hours late,

22 Hours Late

Thousands of cattl The hours are just too long.” |“home” schools. “These people e and sheep

RE {don't realize how bad their THESE CHILDREN are dealt schools are,” one official ex-

out on all the frills of education./plained. “If you'd never seen a They get only elementary teach- rose a thistle would be beauti-

ing from an instructor who must divide the school day between several grades, Supplies and reference material are non-existent. One school has" “| : a lesson on “Our Presidents” » Our whole problem Sows here which ends With, Warren Harding|,\oea money for roads #0 we can n . ecent” reference 8 fs Another school date back to Slose Se Some of Selwols. ; e | ‘With the changing world situa- Put some money in here for |tion, the school officials haven't buildings ... we just don’t have [el Seen 1 hi Yay Dew Dupe ll ask for roads so we can oney w a el £ changing after the war,” one ex- cut down transportation costs, plained. Apparently this feeling but the state says we don’tepay is of long standing since some of enough taxes. e maps are of the pre-World] “The state starts at the top— War I variety. lit pours millions into the univerThe only answer seems to be|sities and we can't get a dollar consolidation. However, schools{to build a good school. That's cannot consolidate without money|all well enough but we need some to build new buildings. Two!help.down here at the bottom.”

Much opposition also. stems from township trustees, who {would give up their “one man” rule under, consolidation.

had frozen to death on the West= ern ranges, but no accurate estie mate of the total loss could be made until communications are restored and roads cleared. At Oakley, Kas, along, stockmen ese timated that 1000 sheep had per ished. ; In the vicinity of Colby, Kas., losses in many. herds were ex~ pected to run as high as 50 per cent. : Across the storm area, rescue crews worked to free hundreds of automobiles and busses stranded in snowbanks, Huge snowplows labored to keep trains running, many of them 36 hours behind*schedule. All train travel into Kansas from Colorado was re-routed around the eastern Colorado and western Kansas area, hardest hit by the first blizzard.

Discover Bullet In Death Probe

Sheriff's deputies last night were investigating the mysterious death from a possible gunshot

On Inside Pages

Kokomo triple tragedy called double murder and

| suicide .........

(General news section, picture stories, Pages 2-14)

Turkey 'n Trimmin's . . preparing for the holiday feast . . . a picture story.........0000..n...... Page ld. (Society, clubs, fashions, home decorations, food, gardening, Pages 18-30) Junk, $10 Million Baby . . . an illustrated feature. .Page 31. (Editorials, political news, world report, radio, movies, music, Pages 31-44) Football . . . diagrammed photos, scores.........Page 45.

(Sports, Pages 46-50; real estate news, Page 51; Business, Page 52; Classified Advertising, Pages 52-59)

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{SPAAK TO TRY AGAIN

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Nov. 20 { (UP)—Paul-Henri Spaak, whose {20 - month - old coalition govern‘ment resigned yesterday, agreed today to try to form a new cabinet.

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