Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 March 1949 — Page 1

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Feeney Calls . |. | Action ‘Atrocious’; Tenants Veterans

By DAVID WATSON

Eviction from emergency hous-{ ing units faced 566 residents of Tyndall Towne today as the Air ~Foree-moved-to- recover 32 butld={ ~— ings in the area for military use. Mayor Feeney labeled the Alri] Force action “outrageous” in an appeal to Senators Homer E.| 8 Capehart and William E, Jennery ! and Rep. Andrew Jacobd for help" in averting possible evictions. ; Some 140 families including 286| children are housed 'in the project § at 1600 8S. Heit Rd. Units were lent| ¥ to the Public Housing Administration by the War Department in| April, 1946. The War Department|} can take them back under “urgent military necessity.” ’ All War Veterans The Mayor's move to fight Air Force attempts to take over the buildings followed a statement by the Housing Administration that the air arm needs family housing facilities at Stout Field because an “urgenf military necessity” exists,

iy Photos by. Lloyd B. Walton, Times Staft Footogrigher, Mr. and Mrs. John Land and daughter Kitty, 2 . . . Among the 566 Tyndall Towne residents who face eviction. Mrs. Nancy Land, an English war bride, remarked that her mother had a spare : “All the tenants of ‘Tyndall bedtoom in Britain. She didn't like the way America treats ifs

Towne are war veterans who ox-Gl's. j . served their country,” Mayor] 1 J 8 vi¥ Feeney said. “To treat them as oral REP 4 : ’ the Army proposes to do would ope Rd EAS te or » : be atrocious. . . .” # lad Pies he In his appeal to the Senators, +. i ra bose ohy a x he said he felt “the Air Forces should prove that an urgent necessity exists which make this! radical step necessary.” “They should also be asked to| ° explain why they do not use the! tremendous amount of space! available to them within a few) miles of Stout Field." |

and the flying field at Seymour to house ali the Army personnel at Stout Field,” he continued. 4 Carl C. Beck, Tyndall Towne! | manager, told the Housing Administration that a backlog of}. 1100 applications for housing in| & the units are now on file. The city has been able to place only 320] © : families since the apartments | were filled to capacity three years

ago. Nowhere to Go | 4 “It is an absolute necessity that these buildings remain in our contract.” he said. “They are essen-

Indianapolis. J | The Air Force contends that “additional housing “is mneeded tot accommodate families: of enlisted personnel attached to the 2466th| A em Air Reserve Training Center at|z Stout Field. | Mayor Feeney pointed out that| families evicted under existing | housing conditions would have no place to go. He cited the back-| log of 1100 applications. for rental space fn" Tyndall Towne as evidence of the housing shortage eo

Donald Shinnaman and son Don Jr., 6. . . . Others who may have to move are the Shinnamans. In another year, said Mr. 1 Shinnaman, he would have accumulated: enough money to make adown payment on a home.

+ eee tin here. = : : In his call for senatorial wa J 5 D . d = i Ah d the Mayor urged that “everything| . . ec are ar . ea X possible be done to prevent t ol ed . WwW rf Ll A R k eviction of people now living in J} erm a are esedarc Tyndall Towne-until there is more . adequate housing.” Forrestal Punctures Scare Reports; g Good Sanitation Held Best Defense 50 Cars Slide By DAYTON MOORE, United Press Staff Correspondent . ‘ ! WASHINGTON, Mar. 12—This country leads the world in germ | Off Slick Levee warfare research, the, Armed Forces said tonight. « 8» . They said their work with disease germs and their poisons is Into Mississippi aimed primaril, at defense. But they made it plain the United States intends to be prepared to strike back with biological wéapons if any, MEMPHIS, Tenn., Mar. 12 (UP) {other nation should attack with-them: —The ‘mystery of the meandering] As one government source ex- | motors finally was cleared up to-/pressed it—other things being activities of our protective agenday as they fished the 50th-odd equal, the country with the best cies” against possible biological car out of the Mississippi River. plumbing would come out on -top attack. Within the last three or fouriy, 5 biological war. . In addition to the Armed days, there had been more than pefenge Secretary James For- Forces, the Public Health Service 50 unexpected launchings into the. ta said in a statement that and the Agricultural Department Big Muddy at Memphis. But the ,inoueh large-scale biological have major roles, \ “vessels” which hit the water have warfare ‘has never been used by| These and “other federal agen-| been automobiles—not ships. any nation, U. 8. research shows | cies and many state and municiIn that short period, unsuspect-|ipa¢ “germs or theif poisonous

pal agencies are always on the

their cars on the sloping cobblestoned levee as usual. Then, before their very eyes, the vehicles have slid quietly into the water, ” "n .

as weapons of war.” The nation’s “first line of deNo Basis in Fact |fense” against biological warfare, But he sald some claims as to|he said, is “maintenance of our . |the death-dealing powers of such high Standasds ol public health SAD weapons have been “fantastic” &nd san on and our protective AYER uch BEAd Acta tong ral and without | measures for animals and crops.” and tobacco-c 8 any “basis in fact.” Neither Mr. Forrestal nor Gen.

problem was solved. Se ne trouble. ac ording To J." W.T MJ. Gen ATEN 1H. wa, mead FANE disclosed any Getalls- of] _ manager of the Memphis|of the Army Chemic orps., | Cret-research t Tu, Is that the river levee told reporters that “potentiatly” l081cal rarfare Which was started | had become slick with a grease|the spreading of disease germs is lon: durt e C oe cal ‘corps’ directcoating ~~ |a “most important means of war- A uring World War 11. . : fare” And he added tbat he has| 5 ah Clample A xaggero . doub bout its {practica- ar-| Berlin Beauties Ge mt P fare, Mr. Forrestal cited an article . ' Ti Biological warfare is the use *&Ying “one ounce of a parRed Hot Tip on Yanks of germs or their poisonous ticular biological material would BERLIN, Mar. 12 (UP) — products to produce disease ‘or, Pe sufficient to kill 200 million Closely watched by mothers and goth in humans, aunts, the first entrants In a5 How to distribute them|

mals people.” : : ‘ a or whe facts are that it is im“Miss Berlin” beauty contest weotively has been one of the | Possible to spread an ounce of were measured gingerly and pho-imq or obstacles to the use of 20Y Kind of material for the pur. hed nervously in a small/ihese agents. . - : {pose of warfare in such a manwestern sector cafe yesterday. |ner as to affect even a small It was the first beauty contest percentage of such a tremendous number of persons,” he said.

Neither Mr, Forrestal nor Gen. Waitt touched on this aspect.| Bath _ emphasized that the pri-| mary purpose of American germ

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. FORECAST: ‘Mostly cloudy with snow flurries today. Highest temperature, about 40. Colder tomorrow.

| Air Force to Evict a Truman 0K's I 566 at Tyndall Towne [1 it Ince Mayor Appeals = (3

On Filibuster Dixie Democrats - Ready to Accept ‘Fair Compromise’ WASHINGTON, Mar. 12—(UP) —President Truman personally authorized Senate Democratic leaders tonight to. call off the filibuster fight if they can work out = compromise with the rebellious Southern bloc, The President gave that word to Sen. J. Howard McGrath, of Rhode Island, the Democratic national committee chairman who telephoned him at his vacation retreat in Key West, Fla Sen. McGrath ssid Mr. Truman was pleased that “we have {reached the point where we could all sit down together.” Only last month the President directed his Senate leaders to carry the anti-filibuster fight to

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program. f i ; And earlier dispatches from| Key West indicated that the President might stump the country against the filibuster. It was learned that one plan regarded. favorably by the South- x ern -leaders -would-permit. three-, . . quarters of the Senate to halt debate on all business, except on ‘proposals to change the Senate rules. Protects South This would protect the Southerners against a possible future move to amend the rules so as to permit cloture b{* simple majority vote, ’ us

ging the hero are Donna Bersch

' - That formula would .call « Schricker’s ‘Go’ i |concessions by both sides. The

Southerners went into the anti-| filibuster fight determined to)

* stand by the present rule, which Awaited on Bonu requires a two-thirds vote to halt , debate on legislative business. al ‘Gates’ Holdovers

No gag can be voted on motions Uncertain of Posts

to take up a bill, The three-quar-ters 3 ajay plan would apply to h bills and motions. The Indiana Department of Sen. Richard Russell (D. Veterans Affairs awaited the Ga.) leader of the Southern bloc “go” signal from Gov. Schricker which has been fighting tooth to set up the machinery for and nail to preserve the filibuster| taking veterans’ bonus applicafor use against civil rights legisia-| tions after the | : «dr

mise.” | holdovers “But we're not ready to go into istration and db not

sell said.

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weeks automatically unless summoned* into a special meeting by the governor. A board spokesman said it was likely the board would study methods used by Ohio, Illinois and Michigan in paying their {bonuses = before devising ma-

NEW YORK, Mar. 12 (UP)—A

$600 Top Payment fisherman who had sunk in cling-|

rescued today by a helicopter that veterans of World War II, stipu-| {plucked him from the apparently lates Indiana must first accu- :. {bottomless black mire of Jamaica Mulate $120 million before any R. 17, administrative officer af what cool. The nmayor said the E can be made. The the Indiana Air National Guard, city was drum “tight as far .as/ pointer with 16 seconds to go for concerned and Jasper. that. trumped Bloominge... {asked why the Fedération wanted |ton’s 1919 state champs, 50 to 49.

Bay, payments John, 10, Brooklyn, were fishing income surtax, - when the outgoing tide stranded| Although estimates of cost of| their boat. They stepped out,

|not be determined until all claims Pu. bots Savi in the mud, |are filed. Setting up machinery THEIR cries were heard by| for receiving and processing people on shore, who notified/ claims would be the first task ‘police. “Jolin was rescued with &|for ~the Veterans Department; rope thrown from a nearby rail-| road trestle, but police could not bring, Indianapolis; Ralph E. Wel-| reach the father. " [ton, Vincennes; Robert F. Prox, Then a police helicopter arrived| Terre Haute, and Abbott L. John-! and settled down beside Mr. Vac-|son, Muncie, chairman. caro. Pairoisish Harold Behrens! —————————————————— ! reached out, got a firm grip under| the man’s arms, and the helicopter, BEASTS of Burden rose slowly, pulling Mr. Vaccaro Unburdened by VA | out of the mud. ¥ y 2 411 Mr. Vaccaro and his son were| CINCINNATI, O., Mar. 12 (UP) taken to Queens General Hospital|—TWwo0 presents .shipped by a for treatment for shock and sub-/former Cincinnati resident and mersion. : {war veteran, John W, Kane of San Antanio, Tex., were cared for on a farm today after Veterans

. Snow Flurries {Administration officials refused |the gifts, ’

On Tap Today What wereathe presents? Two

Snow flurries and cloudy skies jackasses, will accompany slightly rising VA officials Ralph Stone, Coltemperatures in Indianapolis and umbus, and H. F. Krickenberger, Marion County today. . |Wyoming, O., said “No thanks.” Yesterday's temperatures which Accompanying the burros. were

zovernor ge om Alr Force authori

from the Gates admin- state” Mr. Cape know He explained He had introduced any horse and rabbit trade where! whether they will be reappointed. bills for an academy in the last] we swap a good strong horse for The four members of the board two congresses and the Air Force a mangy little rabbit,” Mr. Rus: will meet within the next two recently said it had decided to

{chinery here. |

The bonus bill, which pays up| ing mud to his shoulders was to $600 in gratuities to Hoosier

tered as Second-Class Matter at Postofice Indianapolis, Ind. Issued Daily

Madison, Auburn, nd,

! Photos By Times

Dee Monroe, high scoring forward on the Madison High School quintet, receives the cheers of

two cheerleaders after scoring mightily for victory in the semifinals at the Butler Fieldhouse.

(left) and Kathleen Peddie.

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~ Three Ex-Champs Out; Lawrenceburg Loses To Cubs Here, 47-40 Madison, - Jasper, Auburn and South Bend Central. .| These were Indiana’s Big Four basketball teams which

finals for the state champion‘ship at Butler Fieldhouse in Indie | anapolis, : None of the quartet has ever =. |won the‘'state crown. Three for T° mer state champs were knocked

- | Pairings for State Finals

(Butler Fieldhouse, Mar. 19)

1:00 p. m.~South Bend Cen tral vs. Madison.

Staft Photographer Henry E, Glesing Jr.

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| | i * Capehart Fights For Air Academy | Sen. Homer KE; Capehart (R. Ind.) said today he- would fight for establishment of a Us 8. Alr Force Academy in Indiana. Capehart said he was expecting to “do all in my power” to see that his home state was favored If |and when Congress enacts a law |e up an ‘academy, “I dam of the opinion that since iT" first “introduced the measure

hart said.

{introduce a similar measure.

Major Outdraws ‘Sad Story’ Bandit

Gets Drop On Man Who Sought ‘Help’.

Frank Vaccaro, 34, and his sonmoney.is to. be raised by gross had a notion he had better take gambling was

his revolver,

The man’s story about needing! {paying the bonus range from $105 help moter 25 accident in-U. 8. had ebbed to low tide. {to $175 millions, actual cost can- 52 sounded phoney and the bulge) planning to drag it into the water, under his coat looked suspicious.|

=» Walking. down the. highway, Maj. Wilson and the man, Rufus Dickerson, 26, met James Pierce,|

22. of 634 W. 20th St. Mr. Pierce committee. might hold be econMembers are Fred C., Hassel. Pointed to Dickerson and said, JUCtéd by an attorney to &V0Id game, and Jasper and Auburn in

“that’s the man who held me up.’ Indeed? mused Maj, Wilson. When Dickerson pulled a gun, the air guard major already had him covered. Sheriff's deputies! took Dickerson in tow,” thanked the major. They explained Dickerson had! tried to take a cab away from Mr. Pierce; after ordering the cab driver to go to Chicago from the Sunset Terrace, 873 Indiana Ave. When Mr. Plerce stopped the.cab in U. 8. 52 and fled to summon aid, Dickerson also fled. His purpose in seeking aid was not clear. Witnesses sald he was drunk,

Polio in Wheelchair Inches Toward N. Y.

| LUBBOCK, Tex., Mar. 12 (UP) —Hotel clerk W. C. (Bill) Lebow, a polio cripple, today completed

hovered around the freezing mark 2 $21 express bill and- $6 feed bilLithe first 100 miles of his cross-

in- the afternoon will be topped FRANKFURT, Germany, Mar. 12 (UP)--German officials have

by a mercury reading of about CHARMS NOT APPRECIATED | 0

The state outlook called for

clouds and snow flurries in thelasked the Military Government to

northern portions today with light | put more clothes on Betty Grable

rains or snow in the extreme|and other scantily-clad Holly-{ing out for another leg of the t¥y Ministerial ‘hich led southern areas. Highest tempera- | v-ood stars whose pictures are journey from Clovis to New York been crusgding against tip book | WHCh led, most of the great circulation builders In the City, He thinks it will require rackets for several weeks. The . lassociation and a citizens group AUbUrN'S ‘twice - beaten power lypset two political machines. in |Pouse didn't fail when the chips = -

tures will range from 40 degrees | in the South to 45 in the North, [local papers.

|eountry wheelchair trip. His time on the road from Clovis, N.'M., to Lubbock was slightly less than a week, | Mr. Lebow planned to rest here {during the weekend before mov-!

leight months of self-propulsion,

Thermometer readings will drop | again tomorrow, the Bureau sald, and

Tl h | id flurries are expected a a n 1 e nsi e

through tonight and tomorrow, | rr — {Lenders hold out on economy

Head-on Auto Crash

ROANOKE! RAPIDS, N. C.|

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(General news and features, Pages 1-12)

Kills Four, Injures Three Sorority Rush Week End . . . a picture story. ..., Page 13s Wedding, Surgery y (Soclety, women's news, fashions, gardening, Pages 14-24)

Mar. 12 (UP)—Four people were Beast of Churubusco . .. a picture story of Indi-

killed in a head-on auto crash near Weldon, N. C., late today and three others were hospitalized, the highway patrol said.

(Editorials; politics, wor

The dead were listed as Mr. Basketball stories and box scores from all semi- ad

and Mrs. J. D. Seiders of Mt. Pleasant Mills, Pa.; Rossville Hoffman of Mechanicsburg, Pa. and Tsaac Squire of Roanoke

died almost instantly but his wife! _ aRlang died later in a hospital here. Aiuse. “n 34, 35 Fashions “es

Churches Pe 5 Gardening .. 23

hiceups, it

Douglas recently

Rapids. Officers said Mr. Seiders Other Features on Inside Pages

22 (Junior Page. 33 Radio Sau 32 21 (Dan Kidney. 26 Records ..,. 31 26 Mrs. Manners 11/Ruark ..... 2 26 | Movies ...34,35

~aClassified. . 40-48 Meta Given. 21 Needlework

| ana’s elusive turtle. .......... ...c.c0000. Page 25

Id report, radio, mov¥ies, {

business, Pages 25-36) A

final centers. ........ovpeneiisssineienis, Page 87) Mrs. Sanford and her former! . (Sports, Pages 37-40; Classified Advertising, Pages 41-48)

| Federation executive secretary.

t bling heré by a Federation com{mittee and asked the officials tor} Auburn's Northeastern Confers

Maj. Eugene P. Wilson, of R.!

|asserted he understood gambling

_ revival of gaming,

from New York and they im- night after

twedding, day.”

2:15 p. m~Jasper vs. Auburn. 8:15 p. m.~Afternoon winners for championship. (Semi-Final results, details, box scores, Page 37)

Gambling Here Goes Under Cover

Lid On After Church Federation Acts

out of the tournament in torrid games sat four semifinal centers last night. : None of the semifinal night games was a walk-away as each

of the four teams moving inte Slot machines in the back rooms the “charmed circle” had to bat

[of county clubs and fottery and before. horse bet operations in town were rls, Reagt out eto i

yapping nity after the Indianapolis eldhouse, | Federation announced an

Ition’s action paralleled = similar Frankfort Dropped ; ministerial action in Muncie and gouth Bend Central, co-Holdet Gary. of the Eastern Division crown The action was disclosed yes-/or the Northern Indiana Confer terday in letters to Mayor Feeney lence, called on little Andy Toth ne Tew: Homers Sevmpartey 0, Jul {he cults on Prankiort | : */dropping in 22 points, as the {four-time state champs lost, 59 to 55. He also made the clinching jfielder in the waning seconds of the fracas,

|gambling crusade, The mii coming out on top, 47 to 40.

Rev, Baumgartel’s letter proposed an investigation of gam-

their reaction to. the idea. - fence titlists battled from behind _ At Low Ebb, Feeney Says [to shade New Castle's 1932 state Official reaction was some-'champs, 45 to 43. a Bill Litchfield sank a two

Not'in years were the semifinal games as embattled as they were Prosecutor Dailey said he wel-|/85t night. And more sizziers were comed co-operation in suppressing| 20t Jour ed BN kon the pays gaming, but suggested that any|o.pooioy hardwood affair which public hearings the Federation's oiiie4 South Bend Central against {Madison ‘in

to nrobe at time when gambling

hearsay and gossip. {the aftermath. “If the Federation conducts its| The winners will clash at 8:15 fact finding on a strictly legal p, m, Saturday in Butler Fields basis,” he said, “its Information house for the crown won by might be helpful.” - |Lafayetté Jefferson last year. Like the Mayor, the prosecutor Thriller at Bloomington

was at a minimum, There is less! The thriller of the thrillers last

{syndication of gambling here than 80t took place at Bloomington,

. : The host Panthers raced int aity”city-he- knows “of, “hie Sail: 117 15 Tea before Cabby O'Neill's Gary Demanded Cleanpp |Tasperites caught fire. Bloom Following by a few weeks the ton held a 29 to 28 halftime lead, prosecutor's . drive against . one 2nd it was nearly that close all segment of the baseball pool the way. " rackets here, the Federation's, Bloomington’s Bobby Dobson

city church-going population on In & personal scoring duel, each the gaming situation, ending. up with 18 points. Gary churchmen demanded a| When Dobson drew his fourth

lcleanup of that city following Personal in the third period and

the murder of a schoolteacher Was benched for six minutes, Jase during a holdup recently. The Per went ahead. : Gary group . charged gambling| Still the case wasn't’ decided as there attracted an assortment oi Bloomington roared back, and it homicidal hoodlums, and the In- Was clutch-hitter Litchfield’s goal dianapolis Federation secretary that spelled defeat for the Pane sald he believed the same type thers in the final seconds. might infiltrate here, Guard Roy Wertenberger was In Muncie, the Delaware Coun-|Auburn’s “Big Bertha,” getting Association - has 20 points against New Castle, way. But famed for brilliant comebacks,

an anti-gambling war two years, Vere dow. The down - to -the«

ago. Since then, it has found a Wire battle was decided when

i. —fverted on-three-free throws with

4 minute to go. Jackpot to Bu ) ense posed troubles which South |Eend' Central's long-range are |tillery solved in the second half, CEDAR RAPIDS, Towa, Mar. 12/ The Hot Dogs, who were points (UP)--Mrs. Jeanne Sanford, 18,| ing sald today the $600 she won on — a radio quiz show in New York| (Continued on Page 37—Col. 1) would be spent for a “big church | Tr mi ——— wedding” with her former hus- Youth Acci band, and an operation for their! : 16-month-old- son, . ‘Shot in Left Side Walter Murray, 16, of 55 husband, Keith, were reunited at ton St, was ih ~ a bus station after her return Hospital in critical mediately started plhnning the side by a 32 revol “probably Easter Sun- oi Siatives the rey

The- 18-year-old. divorcee re-| helping a comps . . on dy OF Os uy

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