Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 February 1949 — Page 1

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PRICE FIVE CENTS

‘59th YEAR—NUMBER 305 °°

Beech Grove Down in Dumps

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‘Infamy’ of Cardinal Trial

Likens Setup By Red Judges to Kangaroo Court BULLETIN LONDON, Feb. 10 (UP)— Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin sent Hungary a second protest note In connection with the trial of Joseph Cardinal Minds zenty. He personally handed the note to Hungarian Minister Janos Eros at the foreign of-

note. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (UP) ~President Truman today denounced. the Hungarian government's trial. of Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty as-“infamous.” The President also told a news conference that this country is studying the situation involving {the Cardinal's case to determine {whether Hungary violated its

Mayor Byland . . . somebody is trying to make his town a dump.

‘come under fire recently when! The Indianapolis resident was

“held the State Fair position * . 2 bo \ fou rer “Maid Here Shot,

building up an airtight case.

« x = * = [treaties in conducting the trial. . . of { Mr. Truman characterized the Seek Successor One ‘Indianapolis’ Trash Slinger to Pay |proceedings as those of ‘a . . : i i |kangaroo court. eu! For Littering Streets, Mayor Promises Ho called the Hungarian treats Somebody in the city of Indianapolis has been dumping trash ment of the Cardinal “infamous” 0 IV in the streets of the city of Beech Grove. \ |and added that in his opinion it And somebody in Indianapolis is going to jail for it, Beech WOuld go down in history as a . rd ide Grove’s Mayor Richard H, Byland said today, He has the goods | Pack spot on the record of the Fair Board Considers .. a suspect and the whole Beech Grove Police, Department is wgarian rc How New Manager Mare pian ana And now ‘they're trying to make ever, that a break in relations Indiana State Fair Board to lots eesiants of he suburpen]® Jump in tA = finest resi- between this country and Hun- "| dential . {gary is not under consideration. day was considering the appoint- community were tired of Indian-| «pm not going to stand for it.|Nor is the possibility of such a ment of a successor to Orval/apolis people trying to use Beech| we've got a fine community out break involved in this country’s Pratt, secretary-manager ‘of the Grove as a public dump. | here. We aim to keep it clean.” |current investigation of possible fair, who has announced his res-| He said he would make an ex-| “The mayor said he had ordered treaty violations. ignation. Ps ample of one Indianapolis resi-i1 ouls Marine, his city attorney, Russ Vefo Seen The board was In session’ to-{dent who dumped a truckload of (4, swear out a warrant against day at the Fairgrounds but 8arbage, milk bottles, tire cans, tne rndjanapolis resident as soon|justice ministry official said that beer 8, whisky bottl | i a would make no announcement of | Sams, 5 3, 8, NEWS- 3c police have completed as-{Cardinal Mindzenty could be iin it Jaa LL derided vn a re- Papers, laundry tickets and old gon jing the evidence. The sus- freed on “good behavior” after The secretary-manager

had St. Monday night. ing the trash on 13th St. tence.” The Cardinal is now 51.) “But we can prove it,” he said.| e United States has several management of the fairgrounds traced through the letters and gy, mayor prove he. would Ways in which it can take action was questioned. . laundry tickets. Some of the tick- rosecut the suspect under a against the Hungarian govern- , 4D! was introduced last week| ete were 4 day old, the mayor gp. 1 Glue city ordinance pro- ment. The State Department is n General Assembly which, Said. . : ~ 'hibi in the streets chiefly considering an appeal to called for a reorganization of the, This practice of Indianapolis( o ing dumping te of fines the United Nations to fair board and the ousting of Mr.|People dumping trash in ourl. coo som $100 to $500 and the life imprisonment sentence of Pratt. It has not been acted Sirwets Jag been Rs ia, 188 terms of from 30 days to one the Cardinal, upon. ‘ : Months, sa : ? But there was dou view of The secretary-manager jis a They've littered up the whole V*&%: Russia's veto in oe Unite Nar

resident of Rockville and had|Southeastern end of the county, t Truman May Open|coud do anytimg specific about : hs 7 jit. however, marshal Dairy Show Here re | . ly Another Story, Page 22. Solibtedly has ended for a long 4 i . Times Washingion Bureau e any chance of Hi VY ever Street Patches | | t WASHINGTON, Feb. 10—Pres- |being admitted to the UN. City Hall today revised its {ident Truman may go to Indian- Called Police State policy of patching street cuts| A 22-year-old maid was shot apolis Oct. 8 to open the first In-| The United States also could made by private individuals or/and seriously injured today by a ternational Dairy Exposition, Rep.|protest officially and sternly to utilities to repair subsurface lines.|bullet which narrowly missed the Ray Madden, Gary, said at the Hungary, or notify Americans Mayor Feeney told a delegation |4-year-old child for which she White House today. that this government cannot of utilities representatives cost of {Was caring. | Mr. Madden, dean of Indiana’s guarantee protection to Ameripatching, utility cuts in city| The victim, Mrs. Marie Ross, majority in Congress, called on|cans traveling in H y streets would be borne by the in-|{1847 Boulevard Pl, was struck in the President, accompanied by the] Mr. Truman differentiated bedividual or firm making the cut./the stomach. She was taken to six freshman Democrats from the|tween the pepole of Hungary and He also instructed police to ex-/General Hospital in serious con- state. , their government, He said that-in amine permits of any crew found dition: Following a 15-minute eonfer- a police state the people are never making a street cut. Some indi-, Police were searching for her ence, they emerged and Mr. Mad- responsible for their government vidual plumbers and contractors assailant, who fled in a waiting den told reporters they had in- and that Hungary certainly is a have been making the cuts with- car immediately after the shoot- vited the President at the requestipolice state. out permits, he said. ing at the home of her employers, of Gov. Henry F. Schricker. The! The President said he thought Works Board members ruled Mr. and Mrs. James Evans, 301 dairy show will be Oct. 8 to 15 at that if the Hungarian people had that all individuals or firms mak- |W. Morris St. the Indiana State Fairgrounds. [their way, they would not tolerate ing cuts must get permits before] An eyewitness to the shooting’ TW mw— {the type of government which starting work. A permit office was Nancy Mills, 17, stepdaugh- Elderly Pedestrian they now have.

City to Police

LL ———— AANA AN. days and Sundays at Police Head- swered the doorbell about 10 Valentin quarters to take care of emer- a. m. to find a man who asked to, Mrs. Elizabeth Lancaster, 75, entine Senders

ency wits, see “Marie.” of 1914 Madison Ave. was In crit- Cautioned on Stamps tere Miss Mills called the maid, who ical condition in Methodist Hos-| Valentine senders were urged Man Shaken Up : came downstairs carrying 4-year- Pital today with injuries received today to remember that unsealed i NR old John Evans in her arms. She When she was struck by a candy envelopes containing the cards In Truck-Car Crash ~~ |set the child down in front of truck as she attempted to cross joust bear 2 cents postage. George L. Wood, 23, of 432 E. her as she pushed open the screen Madison “Ave “in front “of her] “George J. Ress, acting postSt. Clair St. was shaken up|door. home about 9 a. m. master here, sald numerous

when his truck collided with a, The man, standing about three The truck, a station wagon, be- Valentine mailings have heen re-

‘Will be open 24 Hours a day, holi-iter of Mr. Evans. Miss Mis: Injured . Crifically et

car driven by Wallace Smith, 25,! feet away, spoke.-only-one word, longing to Cravens Candy. Co. jcetved at the post office which

of 6491 Chester Ave. today at “Marie,” the witness said. Then Acton, was driven by Dan M.| were short one-half cent each. College Ave..and 59th St. he pulled a 32-caliber revolver Cravens, 27, of Franklin. Mrs. Envelopes measuring in excess of The. southbound truck . over-land fired one shot, Lancaster suffered a broken right|2 by 12 inches or less than 3 by

turned on the street car tracks.! The shot skimmed over the ankle, possible fracture of the|? must Havé 3 certs postige Mr. Wood was examined by head of the child and struck the|left hip and injuries to her left|affixed whether. sealed or unsealed.

General Hospital physicians.

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{letters in the 300 block of N. 13thipect, he said, has denied dump-(serving 15 years of his life sen-iizing the Rivoli Theater, 3155 E.

af, 49 N. Beville Ave. and..John. . | . condemn Hankins, 19, of 325 N. mamiton Trancit Strike jimuch = 5 Stnts & ushel but) st {| Ave., were charged with vagrancy some o gain,

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{ |pulled the holdups because a doc-tyme for Col. Gray when he gi tor told him that he would die of preezed in from the Iowa capital

Eutered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice "eee ’ © Indianapolis, Ind. Issued Dally

ottery Probe Hears Mayor for 4 Minutes

Feeney Asked To Produce

Rouls, Kavanaugh Also Summoned; Neither Testify The long smoking feud between County Prosecutor George 8. Dailey and Mayor Al Feeney over operations of ‘the Police Department burst into fire today, «iain Mayor . Feeney, Police Chief Rouls and the chief's right-hand man, Capt. Mike Kavanaugh of the Internal Security Division, were. ordered before the Grand Jury this morning. The jurors are investigating alleged lottery activities of two

| iN : ‘|Republican politicians, one of ; them a Police Court lawyer and

High official sbpenaed before the Grand Jury . .. Mayer Feeney (right) and Chief Rou. _ Te Mayor wes tata. the Police Corral Six Teen-Age |). S, Purchases

Grand Jury room four minutes, Burglars in Gang Roundup |p, di Three ‘Caught in Act’ at East End Theater; : Bolster Grains

Mother of One Also Held, Loot Confiscated Prices Fluctuate

Police scored their third major “on the spot” gang round-up h of the week early today with the arrest of a gang of six outnt On Chicago Board -— burglars and of the mother of one gang member, 1 Photo, local hog story, Page 22 ie ThE SIX boys, thiee of whom or apped. 1a the A of TE er | “CHICAGO, Feb. 10 (UP) letter, police under Capt. Kavan~ Py i Government purchases bolstered ugh:

|plicated in a grocery store burglary and a series of car lootings. Four of the gang, Joseph Rus: m—a— eee the SAGGING grain market today,

§ ne kts | 'but prices fluctuated in another Mr. Rahke to go before the ,- 19, 428 N. Hamilton Ave.; ay Harrold, 19, of 18 = Phil a Faces trading session. Grand Jury when he showed them State Ave.; Neil Migenberg, 19, At the opening of the Chicago 8 subpena he had in his pocket. 2 Tohn. . Board of Trade, prices rose as

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Asked to_ Hand Over Letter The Mayor was asked to turn

Hog prices at major Midwestern markets opened 25 to 50 cents higher in a partial recovery from

and held for investigation. " : The mother, Mrs. Edith Harrold, 51, mother of Leonard, also Push Last-Minute was charged with vagrancy after| Negotiations } | yesterday's decline. she blocked a police search of| AEA Fev. 10| Wholesale butter prices at Chiher home where two truckloads] PHILADELPHIA, . Sago 10a 3h to. 1 oul Jet Peling of stolen goods were cached, {(UP)-~This third largest city inlafter. sharply yesterday. Will Clear Many Thefts ~ [the nation began adopting The recent nosedive in grain Inspector Jack O'Neal said emergency measures today 4p|Prices was reflected at retail

stores in the price of at statements indicated the roundup anticipation of a = threatened joqy g 2 items. The National

of the gang would “clear up"|sirike that would halt trolley, Biscuit Co. cut the wholesale mye than A dosen thefts, [bus and subway-elevated service price of shredded wheat from e, Inspector O'Neal] $5.58 to $5.10 per case of 36 packsaid he plans to place a habitual |&t midnight. lages. Retailers cut the price per criminal charge against John| Residents anxiously awaited ox qage from 17 to 16 cents. Hanrahan, 32, of 6 E. Wilkins last-minute negotiations between Risks Loss St, one of a trio of “notoriousithe Philadelphia Transportation] They also cut the price of safecrackers,” trapped in the act Co. and the CIO Transport Work-| Quaker Oats from 16 cents to 15, was written on Mr. Hitch's ma~ of burglarizing the Strohm Ware- ers Union, whose 11,000 operating|in line with-a 25-cent price cut per|chine, - house, 359 W. Ray St, Tuesday and maintenance workers werei24 packages. at the wholesale! “It is possible that the Federal {night. ready to walk off their jobs over level, authorities might be interested if | Hanrahan, already on bond onthe city's vast transit network. | But the government was trying|this could be proved misuse of the one burglary charge, and two| Arrange ‘Share-Ride’ Plans {desperately to keep grain prices mails,” asserted Mr. Dailey. companions, Willis Huddleston,| A strike would leave more than up because it stands to lose] Mr, Dalley was reportedly “hot” {20, also out on bond pending|3 million daily passengers in the millions of dollars on its loan because police had acted upon an [trial for forgery, and Lou Reece Philadelphia metropolitan area program if the drop. The De-lanonymous letter, ostensibly [Smith, 41, are held under $10.-|with only private automobiles partment of Agriculture has more written by somebody opposed to 000 bond pending questioning on and railroad and taxicab service.ithan $1.5 billion tied up in price his investigation, and designed the Strohm burglary. [A citizens committee tele- SUPPOTt programs, [to hamper his lottery probe. =

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lof this station ever since he was Truman asking the appointment|Cénts a biishiel below the support ing to Increase Paliey’s be{a kid,” Inspector O'Neal said. He of a “personal mediator to save Price promised by the govern-|jjef that the Police Department {pointed out that Hanrahan has a the situation.” . {ment, and corn is about 34 cents was not being operated on an effi{record of 20 arrests, with con-_ Business houses and plants in below the goverment level, clent basis. ivictions ranging from larceny to|this teeming industrial center TTT TT Reportedly he seeks to send {murder. were arranging “‘share-the-ride” Snowballs Paste {Chief Rouls back to the ranks The gang arrested last night systems to” get their employees | ynj C ili {in the department and have a (was. immediately. implicated inline work by automobile... |] onci ator cee RW chief appointed... [thefts from the Sherman Market,] The Pennsylvania Railroad and] JERUSALEM, Feb. 10 (UP)— Mayor Stands By Rouls ri 3205 Central Ave. and from the|Reading Co. mapped plans for Snow, wind and torrential rains) But he has run into a bottles. car of Wallace Cheésman, Zions- extra shuttle trains to serve com-|today forced Louisville publisher neck because Mayor Feeney has {vitte; parked at'20 N. Randolph St; Muters inthe eity- and-suburban: Mark. Kthridge..and other. mem-. never wavered in--his- belief that yesterday. sections. bers of the United Nations Con-|Chief Rouls was the man in the ’ ciliation Commission to postpone department best qualified for the

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f Found in Theater . - | Potted found “the Harrora Volunteer Fireman ABH. camarrew... thelr... AsaTiure oh... I Be er —— house was “piled high” with bur- Killed at Danville ae 0. $ French al Mayor Feensy sald he Was iasuglary'loét. They found sem~ 70 . , nvr , or San, Te ur NE Do statements Yet" het pounds of meat. haif a turkey DANVILLE, Ind.. Feb. 10 (UP) Turkish commission memb é rsasiked if he planned to tell what land a quantity of ‘oods and mer. |= Franklin Hardesty, 34, a volun=iwere subjected to a snowball bar-|He thinks about the loftery invese |chandise taken from the Sherman '¢" fireman. was killed yesterday rage by local school children tigation and the reports that efs | Market < when he came in contact with awhile stranded in the snow near/forts were being made under+ In spector O'Neal said the 6000-volt electric line while fight- the front lines yesterday. [ground to force thé chief to ree youths admitted the grocery bur:|'P§.A Ore near Liston, _ __. | The French and Turkish mem- sign, sr seen |glary and that the mother de-| Firemen said Mr. Hardesty was bers were enraged. But Mr. Eth-| The Mayor in his brief appears fended the thefts, saying: attempting to cut the line when ridge merely gave the' local ance before the jurors this morne | “Well, they weren't working and his arm touched the wire. He fell youngsters a lesson in how t0|jne handed them the anonymous they had to eat. didn't they” from the. ladder where he was toss the snowballs by firing a etter he had received, then left Police needed two trucks to Working and died instantly. few of his own. 1 [the Courthouse without comment. ‘ The jury adjourned until next

|—Walter R. Molander; 32, vice : {president of a Rockford Display In 410-Mile Hop Equipment Co., has been identified, Indianapolis is 410 miles from

as the gunman who stole $2200 the cities are [from a Milwaukee loan company Des Moines, but 4

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{confessed two stickups here and travels. one in Freeport, Ill. He sald he At Jeast that was the elapsed

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