Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 March 1949 — Page 1

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FORECAST: Rain changing to snow through early tomorrow. Colder ton ight, cloudy and continued cold. tomorrow. Low tonight 30. TBI | SCRIPPS ~ HOWARD | 59th YEAR—NUMBER 332 'e WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1949 Brera gs Second-Clase Matter ss posite PRICE FIVE CENTS ovis Sophomores at Butler (State to Rest R it At | 5 § Be Sterilizing 4 . : : 1 . y, sll Vote for Sweetheart evo as eo a n

In Triangle’

Butler University sophomore men today were voting for their choice of 10 coed candidates for the title of “Sophomore Sweetheart” who will reign over the annual Sophomore Cotillion E Priduy night in the Indiana Roof

Slaying Trial

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ballroom.

Candidates nominated by their respective organizations include the Misses Mary Ann Malott; Indianapolis,

Students Association; Shirley Tobin, Indianapolis, Zeta Tau Alpha; Patty Leckrone, Rochester, Delta Gamma. Also Caroline Black, Indianapolis, Alpha Chi Omega; Billie Lou Carpenter, Indianapolis; Delta Delta Delta; Dorothy Lewis, Indianapolis, Pi Beta Phi; Mary Lou Zierz, Indianapolis, Butler Independent Association; Helen W. Jones, Kappa Alpha Theta, and Lois Pritchard Kappa Kappa Gamma. Chaperones for the dance ‘include Dr. and Mrs. Gabriel D. Ofiesh, Dr, and Mrs. Peter D. Shillard and Dr. and Mrs. John W. Best. Donald J. Thomas is- dance chairman,

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(for contempt of court.

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Trianon; Margaret Whited, Indianapolis, Independent

«/and to admittance of a confes-| * |sion made by Butler as evidence.

s Down Se Dotrns Raps Testimony of Lt. Davis

The state will rest this after-| noon in the first degree murder trial of Charles V. Butler, charged with the “triangle” shooting of Robert Popp. . This morning the trial bogged {down as the defense put up a battery of objections to the tes-| timony of Lt. Fae Davis, head of]

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| The objections were overruled {and Butler's statement, admitting {the shooting after he found Popp {with his wife, on New Years’ Day

1948, was read to the jury of 11 d

men and one woman. Identifies Shells Lt. Davis was followed on the [stand by police officer Donald Ulrey, who was the state's first witness yesterday. He identified

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|three- shotgun shells as thbse {found when Popp was discovered |dying ‘6f a shotgun blast in his armed

ETRE ER Yesterday a balky wiineéss, Mrs.|

GeHevE Butiér “PrICIpEL ii the | “triangle slaying,” was the center of prolonged wrangling climaxed iby the threat of a jail sentence

The buxom wife of the defendant remained in the. witness

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Madison Cage Backers Strong for Team Calumet Area Agrees

To Turn Up Clocks, So Does Ft. Wayne

Feeney Believes Indianapolis Will Follow Other Major Cities

Revolt against Indiana's new law banning Daylight Saving Time was snowballing today as Hoosier cities went {ahead making plans to move their clocks ahead, just as though the General Assembly had not acted. The Calumet district of northern Indiana, including Hammond, East Chicago, Whiting and Gary will be solidly: on fast time this summer, reitports indicated. Ft. Wayne already is on

record for daylight saving, re= gardless of the new law outlawe ing clock tinkering. Indianapolis probably will go

Frisco Bay Area

fy time

said. ! “If the other major cities of the state operate on Daylight Saving Time, we should too,” the Mayor said. Ft. Wayne Leads Way Ft. Wayne set a precedent for

‘question, For 200 Miles SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 9 (UP)—A sharp earthquake jarred millions of Californians awake in the San Francisco bay region today and shattered window panes, dishes and some water pipes.

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yesterqay, petulantly refusing: {either to answer questions or {legally remove herself as a witness. Twice the jury was excused as lawyers stormed and Mrs. Butler hurled comments at her hus-

swayed and chandeliers swung as much as six inches. There were no injuries reported. The quake rattled windows, tumbled. canned goods and dishes from shelves and was felt dis-

Downtown office buildings]

other cities by adopting a “fast {time” resolution in defiance of the new toothless state law, Only 24 hours after Gov. Schricker signed the standard time bill without penalty clauses, the Ft. Wayne City Council unanimously

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vou remanded Mrs. Butler to the cus{tody of the sheriff for “a night

‘+ lreason for refusing to testify on ~~ the grounds that she might in-|

: of the shooting.

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|band, the lawyers, reporters and (talked aloud to herself.

| “Think It Over” |

| His patience finally exhausted,!

{Special Judge Edwin McClure

in jail to think it over.”

lawyers’ advice that she base her

criminate herself. Up to this time she had repeatedly refused to use this reason, sa don't want to.”

the stand -as a state's witness against her husband. Butler is|

he found Popp and Mrs. Butler together when he returned home from work New Year's Day a {year ago. | The gum-chewing witness first ‘answered questions in a whisper. When the court admonished her 'to-speak louder. so. that the. jury “|and lawyers could hear, she ishouted: “I can't talk any louder. If they [want to hear me, let them come’

up. closer.”

Move in Closer

There was an interruption ge

{counsel tables were moved closer

{to the stand. Mrs, Butler then | {answered questions up to the time| the state's counsél asked her it} ‘lanyone was with her just bifore!

“No,” she replied and Defense Attorney Lawrence §haw. leaped [to his feet to introduce a state-| ‘ment made by Mrs. Butler saying she did not wish to testify against {her- husband and repudiating ear-, {ler statements. {This touched off the legal bat-| - tle centering around her refusal [to testify. |. . While. reluctant to. testify offi{clally, Mrs. Butler was free with personal comments and asides to lawyers and. the. judge... One of the many times. the

“judge asked her to state reasons

been “threatened to be incrimi- pr————— hers seemed Mile nance of 3 nodded their bids to federal auc-| " the legislature to tioneers on perfumes with provoort inated and perjured.” Still on an- pod Dead i in Shed court taking {other odcasion she glared at her, ask. cative names as Scandal, Indestire field of |husband at the defense table, PRINCETON, Mar. 9 (UP)—| "0 Liason the constitutionality|creet and Jungle Flower, Russians seen shifting cold war emphasis to Eastern oh ith i saying: “He's gotten away with! Roy Hiskrod, , Ft. Brandh, was or legality of the DYeriime legis p And. of ‘Course, there ‘were the Mediterranean , . , Around the World . . . a eriors wi i !everything else, he might as well found dea n a rai lation isn't likely to be attacked i" i ibvs -Chanel No. 5, Bours, cabsule revi of . ma and elbow : |get away with this. If I can't/shed yesterday. Coroner Roberti, i,.i courts generally regard lols Event g ES Don Ti ps! eview today S.news, sevsenccnnses Page 3 lati . {tell my side of it I won't say |Kendall, Gibson County, said |the- journals of the House andi; . coron Christmas Night. {Sen. Cain continues to raise “cain + « « plans to talk lating in a | anything.” |death was due to suffocation. He Senate as-the ultimate in evi-| 10 more hours against Wall other 8 1g stale air, ..She described Butler as her believed Hickrod fell asieep and dence. The 80 lots of pesfume were pit { ¢ C ] gren . . . new ster units husband “for the time being.” a cigarette set his clothing afire.| "wy. journals will show all this » sale by Alien 4 . Re ES rom Congress ......ceievevavancscscivec..Page 3 4 legisiation to have besn pasted Oo because of customs infrac.| 1 WO badly hurt when hit by cars . . , separate acci- — Least Weasel Brings Lou on Mar. 7, last constitutional 8Y ons, They were forfeited, said] dents injure boy, WOMAN .....uveuesevusess.. Page 8 vk " ™ > Mr. Baker, because the Yaris She doesn’t permit mother-in-law troubles , . . Ask eftiest Day addressees had not secured pereK Whistle From State Experts) uct mu | tires wt uot secured peri yr, Manners and Your Marriage . « » regular afety ‘G R It Mar. 7 to have been one of the the country from American trade- human relations features ......ceooenveervaes Page 5 afely when Rare Carnivore Doesn’ t ‘Gnaw’ umpus a heaftiest days of work ever put mark owners, Fix It Yourself . . . tips given on preparing interior to this one Caused in Hines’ Home, Conservation Division iI won't ke Sn difference; the Prices Low walls for spring . . . a regular Wednesday feature. Page s ic Brakes: The least weasel possible is still too much for Mrs. Elizabeth] =, 000 stumbling block to. Although bidding was spirited. | pry, 42 signs . , . Indians’ roster nearly complete ,,, ic Brakes; Hines, 36 Woodland Dr. having the late acts declared un- Prices averaged almost half of th ts struction; A weasel, which Mrs. Hines found in her house last week and constitutional is the very fact established prices in downtown| Other Sports .......ciciissviiiiciniiiiinei. Page 8 te Glass in which was killed aftsr 4 chase, Was turned over lo the State Con-'shat the budget. is involved. department ores, [Men struck by cars often end not only maimed, but : servation Department where amazed expe en as al budget is declared m= or instance, two ounces o per-steady, Least weasel, the smallest and rarest of the weasel species. oi I eiaun (nat|Scandal went to. high bidders for fargotien ++. Murder on the Streets . ... No. 8.. .Page n This species, rare in its nativel gpg I had to air my house for|almost every budget ever passed $16.50. The regular price is. $30. Sally Green's winning essay on civil rights . . . with habitat from Alaska to the Alle-|q,yy was unconstitutional,” one ator. Prie-vuney duties ot Chugel, No. art . . . on the editorial page along with other » ghanies, is even rarer in Indiana.| yrs Hines, wife of Johm Hines, ney commented. “It seems likely 5 (priced at $17.50) were sold for Warden Richard Pattmann, WhO Times composing .room ad fore-|/that ‘the courts’ would lean far|$13 to $15. Guerlain Mitsuoko, opinions dy of tomorow |. 4 oi vos n. - |picked up the Weasel at the Hines| man, sail she was frightened backward to avoid an opinion which retails for $27 in twoandua- Our lovely lady of tomorrow «+ +» & regular woman's home and identified it, said this when what she thought was a rat that would be that sweeping. half-ounce sizes, went for $15.50 feature , ". other . of inte to was only the third known time a igh “In fact, many pleces of Jegis<|. When auction prices were com-| 1B tid-bits of interest the 3 lation, most ‘of them: very AY line pated: to. yetall values with per ladies rh ar ara rena ade ; portant, would. be swap out fume = buyers downtown, they

| for not testifying, she snapped: “I'm the only witness and {there's no sense in me making a {monkey out of myself—that's for sure.” | Another time she said she had

saying, “I just] 2 “It was 4 battle from the time) the middle-aged Mrs. Butler took)

charged with shooting Popp after

"Photo. br Henry’. Glesing Jr. Times Sia Photographer! Madison's Cubs won't take x trimming away from home in the semi-finals here this Saturday if two of their most loyal backers have their say-so. Harold (Jug) Raisor, proprietor of Raisor's Barber Shop (standing), and Johnny Rodelo, owner of the Cubs’ favorite dispensary, the Barn Cafe, team up in a graphic demonstration of their genuine | alty to their favorite Cub team. Mr. Raisor, who appeared in-Ripley's Believe It Or Not in the late 30's, has been following the Cub teams for two | decades. Mr. Rodolo says, “I's the best Madison team I've ever seen.” His dog "Debbie" is a keen | onlooker. : ' (Other Photos, Story om Page 8)

Bonus Receives Opinions a Dime a Dozen (Green Light On Assembly's Overtime

Consensus of Lawyers Raises Doubt Lawyers Give

That Courts Will Toss Out Legislation Bill High Sign By ROBERT BLOEM

But consensus among reputable at tor neys was ! court rever sal.

Curbstone opiniqps on the validity -of laws passed during the, The veterans’ bonus was in the General Assembly's unprecedented overtime session were a dime, {her husband returned ~home the Clear today after it appeared for a a dozen today,

time the measure might have to that the iegis- rushed into the street because the

“lature can go on calling it Mar. 7 indefinitely without fear of a 60-year-old apartment house in|

adopted a resolution favoring daylight saving next summer. “I can’t see how we can do any thing but go along with Chicago on Daylight Saving Time,” said Mayor Vernon Anderson of Hams mond. East Chicago's acting mayor, Don Bochnowski, agreed that “we have no choice—we'll have to go along with the DST schedule,” Mayor Andrew Kovaocig of Whiting said “necessity demands” that the city conform with fast

tinctly in a 200-mile area. The temblor was recorded at 6:29:10 a. m. Indianapolis time and lasted about 30 seconds. It apparently centered on the San Andreas fault, the long earth flaw which cleaves California from the Oregon border to Mexico. {-- The fault was. respdnsible for the histobic San Franciseo earthquake of April 18, 19086, Dash ‘Into Streets ‘The University of California

quake. uge Oo a 7ecoded Ia that he probably will 4:57 4. m. Prof. Byerly said/a fast time proclamation both temblors centered about 75|the time ome miles south. of Berkley in the vi- Up to People - cinity of Hollister, where a refrig-| South Bend’s mayor, George A, erator toppled over, plaster Schock, put the question up to cracked and plate glass windows/the people of the city. Stating shattered. Prof. Byerly said/that he personally favors dayquakes were a “common occur- light time, he invited residents to rence” in that area and that a/express thémselves on the subjolt of comparable force hap-|ject. pened there every two or three, The mayor suggested that cityears. |izens express their sentiment Normally deserted downtown through resolutions by various streets in San Francisco were Organizations representing labor, {filled with hundreds of curious industry, business, churches and persons who dressed hastily and other groups. Mayor Schock said |dashed outside to see if the/that he had:urged Gov. Schrick{shocks caused noticeable damage. er to veto the standard time bill, One family in the Mission dis-|- Far removed from the influtrict told police the water pipes inence of the Chicago area ‘where {its home were ripped apart. daylight sentiment always has Awakens Prisoners been strong, Evanivinie probably II “obey the law,” yor . In San Mateo, 18 miles south yy Dress told today [of here, members of a family] 2 wig 1 Tames : Evansville adopted . daylight saving last year after citizens

[Which they lived swayed and|nag petitioned for it, but the

mittee of the House and Senate. Morally, they said, there can be!’ Attorneys-going -over-the-billjjttte ‘question that actions sinee last night for Gov. Schricker | midnight Monday are unconstituraised a question as to whether| {ional That would include the fon,” i Storie Page § budget, workman's compensat Other Legislative eo {even the soldiers’ bonus. the special bonus gross income ‘Day Losing Time’ tax provided for any exemptions. In fact, many lawyers feel the

It was feared -the measure legislature fs “violating -its- own might. not allow the $1000 ex-/,.. against using anything other emption now allowed by the gross ‘than Central Standard Time. ‘income tax-law; : One attorney sald the legisia~

Perfume Prices Not Up to ‘Sniff

French liquids ‘Undersold’ Here

A heavy “odor-of French per:

[Eroausd during the shocks. The quake “also was described {as “strong” in San Jose. All of | the prisoners in the red brick [City "Hall were awakened by the ized areas, where factory workers shocks. prize an extra hour of daylight The Hollister .Free-Lance re-|for fecreation and work around

ported cracks appeared in plaster! home after their regular work: ‘walls of several buildings and! day.

that a big plate glass window]

collapsed. {CHRYSLER LAYS OFF 14,500 A Hollister resident reported, DETROIT, Mar: 8: (UP)—An-

|sentiment in favor of fast time was not overwhelming. Daylight Saving Time long has

his refrigerator toppl - | House aid Senate attorneys! fiire, has been operating on What tumes wisped through the halls gy 8 oppled over dur-additional 14,500 Chrysler Corpo~

said, however, that the bonus tax might be called “legislative day applies only to persons subject to losing time” instead of Daylight gross ‘income tax, providing the Saving Time, but obviously exemptions. . automatically. further action will be taken by tral Standard Time. the legislature, they said. | There again, attorneys agreed,

[Customs Warehouse,

NO neither can be regarded as Cen- liquids were placed on sale in the

Approximately 75 persons

{ pursuer a dog broke its neck.

_Be rare, ‘but 1 don’t|turned the Jsven-inen Jong = 3,

by any such result woud be anarcl ya

LOCAL TEMPERATURES 10 a Mis “w

at cries of “unbelievable.”

8 the quake. Hardest ‘hit was ration workers were lald off fo=

of the Federal Building today as a grocery store wirere most of|day, sbringing to 23.200 the numsome 85 ounces of the precious the shelves collapsed and tumbled ber idled by a shortage of body

canned goods on the floor, Itrames.

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