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"Skating a Thin ke
Blamed for Tragedy |
In Western Indiana
They were found close together
in 15 feet of water about 100}
feet off shore, Searchers concentrated on the pond after the little girl's scarf and the children's sled were found on a juan. | brush-covered bank at the edge of the pit. Seen Skiting Together The bodies were found shortly after 310 a m, some = hours after the youngsters were seen hand in hand at on the fee yesterday. Most searchers thought all along they had drowned. But others thought they might have wwandered away in a search for: for adventu in ale ss exnitement dismissal of
1 because a. broken 0 schoo dismissed classes at 10:30 a. m. yesterday because of plumbing trouble, Surprised
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Court Upholds Death Sentence
lis, 58, to death in the chair for| murder. ‘The high court ruled that Lake Criminal Court gave Kallis a fair trial mand that it was correct in overruling Kallis’ appeal for a new trial
Kallis was convicted - by: a. jury;
on a charge of killing George Stocks, 23, in a Hammond hotel room Sept. 3, 1047.
Mail Orders Now
You still can afl your order for choice seats to The Times Ice-O-Rama, Tickets remaining go on sale over the counter at 9:30 a. m Monday in a special both In L. Strauss i] & Co:-store:- he. "There are plenty of good side mezzanine and east end parquet seats waiting for you. Net proceeds from the show Feb. 24 in the Fair grounds Colissum go to ~the Infantile Paralysis Fund. Prices are: Box and parquet seats, $1.20; gide mezzanine, 85 cents; end mezzanine, 60 cents. Prices include tax. Seats are reserved, EXCEPT the end mezzanine,
«amendment tothe state
fow bad hours last night,
.
Prope se State Run
Senators Offer Pl For Paying Bonus
slot machine business as a means of raising revenue to pay a sol-
{diers’ bonus was made today in
the Indiana Senate. A Democratic and a Republi can Senator introduced a bill {which would legalize slot mas chines in Indiana and set up an administration for state contro}
earmarked for the bonus.
T, Thompson (R. {Their proposal would: ONE: Make it lawful for the state to own, operate and with private interests for the operation of mechanical devices of
Evansville).
chance. TWO: up a state revénue division would administer operations and establish revenue
boards in cities and twas 18 ad. minister the
cent of profits be earmarked for payment of bonus; 20 per
cent to col firms; 15 per cent to city or towh, and 15 per
ating costs.
able to estimate the amount! which the plan would raise..
OK's Amendment On Apportioning
apportionment calling tion was recommended for passage by a House committee today. measure was ‘introduced at the start of the session by Reps.
+ {James H. Hunter (D. East Chi-
cago) and Roman ¥. Korpal (D. puth Bend). It proposes the constitution be changed so that geats in the legis-
every 10 years accordifig to figures of the 10-year U. 8. census. First reapportionment would be made in 1953 on the 1950 census figures for the state. The resolution will probably be given its second reading Monday. Meanwhile, the House passed |another resolution which proposes!’ a change In the state constitution] to extend the terms of county surveyors, treasurers and coroners from two to four years. The meas- | ure passed by a vote of 84 to 0, and moves to the Senate for. approval,
Bank to Pay
for Beers
Bartender Tells Police He Didn’t-Interfere,
Because Quartet Was ‘Rough Looking’
When nominations come up
for 1049's “meanest man” title,
Tavern about ) a. m. today should at least tie for first place. Perhaps the ribbon itself should be hung on the rough look-
ing,
po doubt, should go to the others. Other than their remark about Kokomo, the quartet was rather mouthed, according to Jones, 23, 1910 XE. 38th St., the bartender and son of Mrs. Alta Wan Kyke, owner of the
tiff
| served, as he atieq
owvercoated, bespectacled ‘one who casually whittled his way into the pollo “bank” resting on the bar. Honorable mention scrolls,
the men reached in their. pockets and counted up. The four produced two dimes among them. The ‘
* “Gotta knife?” the bespectacled one sald to a companion. | Once he had the knife he carefully whittled his way through
but} Pe isinglass in the “bank.” “y '‘t interfere,” sald Mr. los. “They looked - A beer ‘salesman en the
back door and the four made an orderly, if fast, exit. The “bank,” Mr. Jones obice; was
today, A move to put the state in teflon» a “mechanic like daddy” by a narrow escape from death last| night.
with 50 per cent of the profits
| The Senators were Edwin T. Baker (D. Evansville) and Leste]
program locall THREE: Provide that % per;-
cent for administration and oper-|
A resolution on. legislative re-| for an
Hire “Would-be “reapportionedt Under:
Tavern Patrons Rob’ Polio
“| structure,
{who
wrenches to his father
Bill on Housing Favors Subsidies
State ‘Would Back
Private Contractors By IRVING LEIBOWITZ An ambitious “lowsrental- housing program for Indiana, backed bY labor and ‘ veterans’ groups, was proposed today by a Democrat lawmaker, Sen. Louis F. Baldoni, industrial worker and former union organizer from South Bend, dislosed his housing project calls for state sub-
Legislative Calendar; Page 5 sidies to help private enterprise
build homes for families in low income brackets.
industrial centers,
Although the work will be done | back -down: in, the garage, han- that by private contfactors, the pres- dling wrenches and still
The program was designed, he, |said, to alléviate existing home!I couldn't answer,” he told his fa. leg iri the Normandy invasion, ac-| being levied by the state now. Neither of the Senators was shortages in many of the state's ther.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1049
This same carburetor, which he was “helping d addy fix," gave five-year-old Michael Nelms Jr, a
Mick, 5, Still Helps Daddy ‘Despite Bout With Fumes
Boy Pe by Carbon Monoxide From Exhaust of Car Being Tested at Garage
Five-year-old Michael (Mick) Nelms ‘vas. back- at work hand-
undeterred. from -his ambition
“Mick’s a regular “employee” at the garage of his father, Michael Nelms Sr. located at.the family residence at 1101 8. West St, That's
where he was last night, watching his father and big brother,
Rabert James, 20, test the carbu-
rator of a customer's car,
Migk was running around, looking into the motor and
" thal She posed as 4 Red "Cross been “too quiet. He called, to trick
“began looking. He fi Mick, crumpled to the floor back of the car, near the exhaust pipe and. its deadly fumes. Ambulance Arrives
The frantic father and brother
hurried Mick out into the air, walking him, attempting to revive him. He was just coming around when police and the General Hospital ambilanes s@edined up to the house. He was a sick little boy for awhile, but today he was feeling fine, all ready to talk about his adventure.
“I heard ¥ou talking to me, but
ll New Frigid Wave on Way To Midwest
5 6 8 Above Seen By Dawn Tomorrow; | Rain or Snow Sunday
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
Gam... 34 Wam..3N 7am. .34 1lam..33 8am... 38 12 (Noon). 33 ‘am... 3 pm... 8
A new cold wave will strike the Midwest tonight, sending temper‘atures heregown to 5 to 8 above gero by tomorrow morning, the ‘Weather Bureau warned today. Tomorrow will be fair and cold, with a high of 22 degrees. The forecast called for rain in the
ern part of Dunes Park
inches of snow and the southern hale with three to four inches. All roads were main roads were ioy. In the Ligonier district, roads north of Ind, 24 were covered with packed snow. Farther south in the district, the roads were wet or slushy. Temperatures will average four to seven degrees below normal in Indiana for the next five days, according to a long-range forecast. (Normal maximum for this pe{riod is 34 north, 45 south. Nor-
| mal minimum, 18 north, 26 |south.) Though generally below normal
- Ae
was covered with five to seven)
Entered as Second-Class Watter at ‘Postofics Indian Ind.
annapolis, Smaged Daily
State Budget Sets Mark a
south and rain or snow north on ; “me State polic. reported the Rowen} district |
Grimly Warns Treasury Reserves Face Inroads By ROBERT BLOEM The General Assembly today received the largest two-year budget ever to be recommended and a grim warning that the next two years may virtually wipe out the state's treasury reserves, The new budget calls for general fund of -more-than $113 million, including nearly $4.5 million to operate state institu-
tions and universities for the rest of this fiscal year to June 30.
subsidies to schools
state, = $288 Million Total The grand total
. Veteran's
WASHINGTON, 4 (UP)
either brINGINE co oimgel for Mitdred Gillars BR ERD tts a Ew today to shake testimony| In explain
helping with her "Axis § Sally"
old Cincinnati veteran who lost a cused the defendant yesterday of!
Right after breakfast he was/saying “in a roundabout way"
lent plan calls for the state to give termined to “be a mechanic like
dertaking the projects. . State to Set Rents
He admitted that the plan was | bound to raise cries of ‘“socialjam
[Geterans’ representatives yester- | day that despite the state’s finan-!| cial ° condition, make an effort to provide seriously needed rental housing. “We must have houses,” he; asserted. “We have to do some{thing about the housing situation ania we must do it now.”
the Senator has drafted,
Prope es federal government | [Conservatory orchestra depart-' Bridge ..... 20|Pattern evn 20 takes too much time making up ment. Business .... 12/Radio ....... 6 lits mind,” Sen. Baldoni. said,| District meets also will be held Classified 25-28 Ruark ...... 17 “we propose to build a fire tomorrow in Bloomington, Evans- Comics .... 29 Scherrer esse 18 under -#tsby introducing our own ville, "Muncie and Greencastle Crossword .. 30 Side Glances 18 housing program.” {Almost 600 pupils have entered | Editorials .. 18{8oclety veess 19 Veterans Preferred |the Bloomington district meet. Food ......."20 Sports ... 22-23| Sen. Baldon! said he was! Vinners of the competition will Forum ...... 18{Teen Talk ... 21
heartily in favor of giving .veterans preference in obtaining renttals inthe low-cost homes. He emphasized that the pro-
enterprise to do the job on a competitive basis under state sub- | sidies. “We are not promising too! |cheap a rental Base,” the Senator |declared. “Under today's price too cheap a rental would mean slums, and we don't
Ale four men ‘just in from Kokomo” who visited the Uptown want that.”
State Found Jobs For 121,000 Hoosiers
During the last year 121,000 Hoosier workers were placed on Jobs by the Indiana State Employment ‘Service, it was announced today by Everett L. | Gardner, director of the Indiana Employment Security: Division. The 1948 mimmary shows the employment service placed 107,012
physically -handicdpped ai
found work through
Hoosier veterans directed to jobs Juging 1 the your numbered
oo.
[financial aid to private firms un- daddy.”
But, the Senator declared, the, state will set the amount of rents. }
oie Baldont-toid--group-of |
Indi must usicians from central Indiana | C0 52 ana {have been entered in the annual) | district solo and ensemble contest he mayor presented the {to be held from 8 a. 'm, to 4:30 ager {p. m. tomorrow .on the Arthur | 3000
1
|
Provisions of the part included in the competition.
a All Indianapolis high schools are Slate, wold be; i Te toons represented: in the meet which is]
vernment fails to provide broad |!" cb gov easy terms 2 its housing {rector of admissions, and Davi
gram is set-up to allow private Association.
Local Man's Invention Holds
|
10 Musicians To Compete Here
Approximately 1400 high school
{Jordan Conservatory {1204 N. Delaware St. - JA total of 741 individual. events
campus,
arfle of Charles Munger, A (Hughes, chairman of the Jordan
{be entered In the state contest to be staged Feb. 19 In Terre Haute. | The contests are sponsored by, the Indiana High School Music|
de-itional Red Cross.
wounded infan nearby bed at the time. {Lnakey was to testify later.
Feeney Proclaims Boy Scout Week
Mr.
Mayor Feeney today officially Teonstraction and other govern- GG {+ Proclaimed. next. week, Feb...6..to 1
13, os E Boy Scout Week in Indi-|
roc mation fo Scouts John ga. 8, Meridian St, and Mamy, 37 Highble Dr., re id |Ing the 10,000 Scouts in the Cen{tral Indiana Council. Wednesday: is the 30th anniver:! sary of the founding of the Boy Scouts of ‘America.
Times Index a Amusements 14 National Aff, 18
{Meta Given.. 20/Teen Prob.... 21 |Hollywood ,. 14| Weather Map 3 Inside Indpls, 17 Earl Wilson . 13 Mrs. ‘Manners' 11 {Women's . 20, 21
Movies ...... 14 World Aff. .. 18
Temperatures
This time he has rung the bel tains a 125-degrees-below-zero t
Gear Works where It will be used dies and aircraft gears.
temperatgre - ever aehievag | outs side of a laboratory. When he first made the Mr. Webber found that the refrigerant leaving the unit 80 intensely cold that its mere proximity to the ofl in the com pressor motor caused the off t to jen, shutting: off the compressor. Vaporizer Used
overcame hysical te by running vd
the call
Jak an 1 Jett the valt be-
New Freezer Unit Promises Steel Of Better Quality and More Uniformity Bob Webber, the heat pump man, ts at it again==
steaks and frozen ples, but it makes the hardest steel in the world. ‘This cold temperature/genius made the unit for the Indiana
It is believed to be the lowest |
|p. motor to keep the ‘freezer at
through an electric Cf {operates the Webber. Appliance
at 125° Below
'
inventing. 1 with a freezing unit which mainemperature, hardly needed for
to quench steel for precision. tools,
fore it entered the compressor| motor. | The unit requires only a 1%-h.
{125 degrees below zero. He has was [applied for patent rights, Officials at the Gear Works as--|sert thé freezer will enable them to produce a steel of a quality {and tniform hardness never be- | fore achieved. ’ Mr. Webber, whose heat pump utilizes warmth from the earth,
would take more taxes than are
Four Recommendations When a bonus is added to this
paying. The four recommendations of! the budget committee were: ONE: Using the cigaret tax now earmarked for education. health and general welfare, for
purposes; TWO: Keeping the present law| | permitting the state to take liens on property of welfare recipients. THREE: Killing of any legis-
Il 1ation to spend more money out
of the general or special funds.| FOUR: Exercising strict \ministrative..
the general fund appropriations of the 1947 legislature. Highway Fund Up Highway and special fund outlays were boosted somewhat, but not nearly what has already been | asked. . The recommendations | provided only a small ‘part’ of | what has been estimated necessary to rehabilitate Indiana's crumbling highways, Only ray of hope in- the entire]
I the budget committee of the state's probable income for the next two years, . They set the probable return from the gross income tax for the year ending June 30 at $65 mil-| Hon, Gross income, backbone of | the entire tax structure, actually is expected to produce at least $5 million more than that,
BULLETIN
vicinity of 16th and Talbot Sts. at 1 p. m. today after an L. 8. Ayres & Oo, truck driver was
ran east on 15th St. He was described as about’ 27 years old, ng . 150 black haired and bareheaded. He was | wearing a brown jacket with fur |
2 ROUTED BY FIRE ‘TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 4 (UP)
(Cou aro Madisqn Ave.
expressed oo “|surprise today that the simple church and the small town would |), she worked for the Interna-| picture, it would appear that the be .the scene of his last ‘rites,
: taxpayers might have to sheil/rather than Washington, Mr.. Hansford said John. T. out from $120 to $200 million| York, St.
Lynskey of Etna, Pa. another | more in the next two or three which he has frequented since he Lryman, was. ipa) years over what they already are; ‘moved-up in. the world"...
ad-| ’ “The general fund expenditure] recommended by the budget com-| mittée with the Governor's ap-|
proval represented an increase of approximately 25 per cent over
picture was the dim view taken!
Wholesale Soap Prices
Police cars were sent to the |
OMgers were told the bandit fetare today’s price reduction.
Jes
Wife’ s Plea Easier.
To Hear at 16,000 | Miles Than 15 Feel
CHICAGO, . Feb, 4 (UP)-A message had to be sent 16,000 miles for Mrs. Rita Beane to tell her Jrsuade Ed, 15 feet away, to open the doo | Bd —— ‘and Walt Ashton, {both of suburban Oak Park, were in three-way contact with Johan
{the house for a moment, the door {slammed shut, locking her out in (the freezing weather, .. . .»
MR. BEANE, who had ear|George S. Dailey's phones glued to his head, did not! ge 2
hear her poundings or a telephone call. Finally, his wife telephoned Mr, Ashton and told him what had happened. Mr, Ashton contacted the “ham”
But old friends there
Petersburg-—the spots
In Richmond Robert Lyons 1 (something of a legend. Some ot |and the older residents remember his
| (Continised on n Page T--Col. 3)
Golden Glovers Fight Tonight
I('s the semifinals The “Times- Golden Gloves tonight in the N. Pennsylvania St. Armory. Be sure to see this one, ;. for the amateur boxers battle for tha right to s
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Downtown ticket offices close at 4:30 p. m. at BushCallahan's, 136 E. Wash- | ington St. and The Sportsman Store; 126 N. Pennsyl- | vania 8t. The Armory box office opens at 6:30 p. m. Prices are: Ringside and first row balcony, $2; downstairs reserved, $1.50; general admission (on sale at Armory only), $1 for either adults or ¢hildren, Read about the. Golden Gloves on Page 22.
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Due for 6 Per
Big Three in Industry
In a Year; Shortening Also Affected
The inflation soap bubblq burst today, sending down wholesale
{prices 6 percent. The big. three of the soap fourth since one year ago. ‘Bhortening, Jolt together. In Indianapolis such shortening! {products as Crisco and Spry had fallen from $1.23 to 99i4c: even
washing powders
Oxydol was selling at 383
! [20 cents before the current cut, (and Lux bar soap. (small) had {dfopped from two for 19% cents to three for 27% cents, and will go down 6.per cent more. 2 At the same time some of the
‘Politics In gambling
nesburg, Union of South Africa.) jon their amateur radios. When Mrs. Beane stepped out of}:
printing of lottery tickets and in Johannesburg, and a few min-|". a a utes later Mr. Beane was aston.|® third, operator: and distr fbutor ¢ ished to hear a clipped British uc-[0f one of the city's most flours cent ishing pools, testified. befure, the i “I say, Ed, old man, Mrs. Beane| Grand yesterday. gel tolls locked out and freezing to| More than 20 others will i death. Let her In.” stream the jury doors : » : served this week end. 8 33 Burial Set | Frm Suis sou wo up operations of one of Indian- : For Home Im he Say Tan ed toy \ and but will
tay |” in the finals next Friday,
lin Richmond after they wrote a.
|were off from 50% cents to $1
[cents a year ago. Today it wis}
; ft
it
hi
fon eh bert Yor
contested Humrous i aq os Bat: picture projector. Police Bet: John Foran testified followed the report of a iy who said
Harvey agent In charge of the Indianapolis s VBI office. FBI and Richmond pot police are rested - Charles Frantz, 23; Stephen Wistar Simon, 19, and‘ Hermé Francis 20,
le
{letters refusing to comply with {the draft. The men are held in the Wayne County jail pending their arraign« ment in Indianapolis before the y Us Commissioner. ; i So
Cent Drop
Announce Fourth Cut
business announced the cut, the and bar soaps took the downward
from last week. At Omaha, Neb. cattle prices plunged as much as $4 per-hun+ mea dred /the first four days of this Week. The Livestock adr.