Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 March 1949 — Page 3

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WEDNESDAY, MAR. 16, 1949

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~ | Seize 3 Ex-Convicts

_ | At Gunpoint With Car

Of Liquor Loot in Al

All Surrender Without Violence; One Got Out of Prison Last Friday

burglary of an East Side tavern. The suspects, all with long criminal records,

identified as Clay Leffew, 36, of 1804 Lockwood St.; John

. Paxton, 27, of 829 Lord St. and Kenneth Snyder, 28, of 1142 Broadway. Two police squads hidden near the rear of 151 W, oth St. surprised the trio as the suspects started to open the car door to unload the liquor loot. In the car were 17 cases and 105 bottles of whisky.

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Spotted in Alley i A squad led by Lt. Noel Jones spotted the car owned by Cecil Wright, 2539 E. 18th Bt. in the alley about 4:20 a. m. They examined it and discovered ‘the ig-

m nition had been wired around the key contact. y - The car had been stolen earlier from the G. & J. Parking lot near rs for the U. 8. Rubber Co. where Mr.

‘Wright is employed.

Police called for another squad headed by Sgt. Ed Clark, After " waiting five minutes, the squads surprised the three men at pistol point upon their return. They im. | “mediately threw up their hands | and surrendered.

Earlier, police had received a report that the Brookside Tavern, ! 3002 E. 20th 8t., had been bur- ; glarized. The owner, Clifford Bryant, reported glass in two _ doors had been smashed and the tavern’s whisky store room en- | tered. i Mr. Bryant estimated his loss at four cases of whiskey valued at $160 and $25 from a cash drawer, which had been rifled, plus $10 in change from a coinoperated machine. Liquor Seized Police said the stolen car was. loaded with 17 cases, [six quarts, 24 pints and 75 h#&i-pints sof whisky. The afnount was confircategd. ; On searching the men police also confiscated knives, leather gloves, a punch and a chisel. Police said Leffew was released from the Michigan City prison . last Friday after serving a 1-to-8-.. “year term for receiving stolen _ goods. He has.a record of 20 arrests and in 1945 received a 2-to-5-year sentence for second- © degree burglary. -« 5 Paxton’s record lists 11 arrests ending with a 10-year sentence for robbery in 1941. Police said he escaped from the Indiana Reformatory in 1945 and was later recaptured. 2 Snyder was sentenced to 1 to 10 § years in 1946 for vehicle taking and second-degree burglary. The three were charged with vagrancy, with hearing set for Mar. 23 in Municipal Court 3. Thomas F., Quinn, judge pro-tem, fixed bond at $1500 each.

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Three ex-convicts—one released from State Prison only last Friday—were nabbed at gunpoint by police early today! beside a liquor-loaded stolen c¢ar as suspects in an earlier

Found Dead

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Crushed to Death

Vehicle Tumbles Off Creek Bridge

Times State Service LAGRANGE, Mar. 16—A Detroit truck driver was killed instantly early today. when his, tractor-trailer outfit crashed through a bridge railing and! Iplunged into a creek one-half mile! (west of Brushy Prairie. The body of Donald J. Vaughn,

were about 33, was crushed in the cab

{of the truck. | State police said Mr. Vaughn {has stopped at the approach to a [bridge on U. 8. 20 and signaled |an oncoming truck driver to pro-

L [ceed first through the structure.

As the two trucks passed they collided and “Mr. Vaughn's truck crggshed through the bridge—rall and dropped into the creek. The second truck was ériven by

fF Gaye W. Hoke, 32, South Bend.

He was not injured. }

Federal Juror

Work of the Federal

not interrupted by the death of lone of its members, Jesse L. Boll, known Bartholomew County farmer. Boll's body was

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{northwest of Columbus this (morning. Relatives said he had {been in poor health. | Mr, Boll had been serving on

the grand jury since Mar. 7. |

Court attaches said investigations of the jury would not be |interrupted, since 22 jurors re{main and a minimum of only 16 !is required. | Mr. Boll is. survived by his wife

. land by two sons, Herschel, Ur-

bana, Ill, and Marshall,” Columbus farmer, S

Global Pilot To Speak Here

George Truman, the pilot who

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(flew around the world in a small;; {ne ground he struck the side \plane in 1947, will speak on his|,: 5 tractor-trailer truck parked,

. 125,000-mile flight at 7:45 p. m.

DAY AFTER DAY, CAMELS ALWAYS TASTE FRESH AND FLAVORSOME

"CAMELS ARE THE MILDEST CIGARETTE IVE EVER SMOKED !

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secent test of huadreds of people who: smoked only Camels for 30 days, noted throat specialists, making weekly examinations, reported

NOT ONE SINGLE CASE OF THROAT IRRITATION

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{Thursday, Mar. 24, in the World| the fire drove -six other per-|2P0!

{War Memorial audiforium.

the public without charge, and is sponsored by the Indianapolis unit of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. Mr. Truman made his flight in a 100 - horsepower Piper Cub

¥ |Cruiser, - accompanied by Cliff % [Evans in a sister ship. Between ¢ | his takeoff from Teterboro, N. J, Lt land his landing there 127 days later, he flew to Labrador, Green-

land, Iceland, Engiand, France,

} | Italy, Egypt, Arabia India, Bur-

ma, China, Japan Alaska and

* | California.

Sahara Grotto Unit

‘| Schedules Program The , Sahara Grotto Auxiliary has scheduled the following com-

| mittee meetings:

Colorado Ave. Welfare, Mar. 24, noon lunch-

Grandi Jury in Indianapolis today was)

found| £ hanging from a rope in the hay-| "«|loft of the barn on his farm|

| Social, 8 p. m. Mar. 22, with] |Mrs, Doris Hiner, 4421 E. Wash-| {ington St.; Hospitality, Mar. 22, noon luncheon with Mrs. Theima| Cochran, 5015 E. Iowa 8t.; Deco-| ating, Mar. 23, noon luncheon with Mrs. Mary Bennett, 417 N.

Driver [Breakfast Starts Day

Service agency director.

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The Kaplan family has~its first breakfast in Indianapolis, its new home, following arrival last night after a long trip from a displaced persons camp in Germany. Mrs. Frania Kaplan helps 3. year-old Rojza with her cereal while Berek Kaplan, the father, | ; i was taken to breakfast in the Indiana University extension cafeteria by Nathan Berman, Jewish Social

feeds 2-year-old Moiszes. The family

Visitor Injured In Leap at Fire

"2 Families Left

| Homeless by Blaze

Two families were left home-|ditional

‘James M. Warnick Services for James Milton Warnick, Railway Express employee, who died yesterday in his home, 1558 Carrollton Ave. will be held

Butler Juniors Set Prom Apr. 1 |

| Apr. 1 has been set as the date| tor the Butler University Junior| {Prom to be held in the Indiana Roof ballroom, it was announced ’ 1 today WY Jack . Adams, general |erside Cemetery there. | The prom will feature the tra-| A native of Bloomfield, Mr, beard-growing contest| Warnick, who was 55, had lived

& Son Funeral Home, Spencer, Ind. Burial will follow in Riv-

4d a visitor from Tennessee 2nong men students and the elec-|in Indianapolis five years, com-

{less an |was trappe of a burning residence

day and injured when he leaped} e the fire.| - on dow to A er taken lowing dance committee - chair-

to General Hospital where he was men

treated for injuries received {the jump from |at 415 Abbott St.

veside the house.

: sons from. the home and de-| The meeting wiil be open 10 oveq all their clothing and the

{household furnishings.

| Those left homeless by the {flames were Emory Young, 49; 48, and their son, Charles, 17; Charles E. Coons, 30, and his two sons, Jack, 11,

his wife, Emma,

and Guy, 9. _ Arrived Last Night

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stairs.

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{and legs. . i The fire was said [started from a defective flue.

eon with Mrs. Flossie Swisher,’

317 N. LaSalle St.; Sahara Auxiliary Harmonettes, 7:30 p. m.,

{Mar. 24, Grotto clubhouse, 4107 |E. Washington St., and General

3145 Northwestern Ave,

i inate —————————— OES 452 to Meet Prospect Chapter 452, OES, will {meet at 4 p. m. Monday in Pros{pect Masonic Hall for initiation,

and Wayne Young patron. ”

is worthy

Dr.

Church.

OES 3 to Initiate

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thy patron.

IN INDIANAPOLIS

d on the second floor tion of a queen from among jun-|ing here from Spencer. early to-|ior candidates nominated by cam-|

the second floor

Mr. Trusty arrived in Indianapolis last. night to wisit Mr. ; .

When the fire started, on the first floor, the Young and ‘Coons families ran from the house. Mr. 1 , asleep on the second floor, did not awaken until flames had cut off his escape by means of thé

The injured man told hospital attendants another time when he in Indianapolis he was trapped by fire on the second floor of a canning factory where he worked and had to jump from, : the window to escape the flames. Mr. Trusty received a cut on his| {head and bruises on his right side

to have)

Wildman to Speak

Pr. (('yde E. Wildman, presi- | {dent of DePauw University, will] \House, Mar. 25, noon luncheon |SPedk on “The Church and It's| \with Mrs. Margaret Beckham, COlleges” at 7:15 p. m. tomorrow| { at the Central Avenue Methodist!

| Queen Esther Chapter 3, OES, {will hold initiation in the Masonic followed by a pitch-in dinner.|Temple at 7:30 p. m. Friday. Mrs. Lena Schefer is- worthy matron Mabel Reinacker is worthy maJon and Frank Baldwin is wor-

He had

pus coed organizations. years and was a member of the r. Adams has named the fol- Railway Express Motor Trans{port Association. He was a mem{ber of the Christian Church in band; John Bloomfield. and Her-

John Otte, Se¥mour, Martin, Indianapolis,

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Helen Davenport and Miss ‘Alice nick, Indianapolis; ones; 5 Is, flowers: Keith Bratton, Indianapolis; three brothers, John {FL

| City's Crime Rae Upin'48, FBI Says |

{were on

closed today,

|advanced only 1.3 per cent.

Over the state, {ment authorities recorded 32,082

at 2 p. m. tomorrow in the west|

worked for Railway Express four, vious ones.

Surviving are his wife, Nora As he hurled Vert Luzader, Kirklin, hall; Miss|L,; a" son, James William War two daughRobertson, Indianapolis, chaper-|ters, Mrs. Ronald Wickens, EI-| Miss Carolyn Black, Indian- liotsville, and Mrs. Robert Scalf,|

Wayne, and Miss Mary Dien and Chester Warnick, Bloomfield, {Pierre, Indianapolis, decorations, and Guy Warnick, Hannibal, Mo.; |jand Miss Marjean McKay, In-/two sisters, Mrs. Floyd McElwee, {dianapolis, and George Melloan, Kokomo, and Mrs. Warren Moore, |

Larcenies, Assault Reason for Increase Murder, robbery and burglary the decline here in 1948, but larcenies ‘and aggravated assaults were boosting the city's

crime rate by 6.4 per cent, the FBI Uniform Crime Report dis-

Police investigation of 8277] cases during the year showed aggravated assaults had climbed nearly 25 per cent, or 275 cases as compared to 219 in 1947, ; Meanwhile, state crime had jumped 9 per cent over the 1047 figure, but crime nationally had ! Joseph E. Cain . . . on Ayres boa

law enforce-

|offenses ‘last year and 29,209 in |1947, according to reports subimitted to the FBI by 59 Hoosier leities. ’ Murders Down { Further reports to the federal agency showed 27 murders In Indianapolis during 1948 as com-| {pared to 41 in 1947; 243 robberies) [last year against 342 in 1047; 2244 {burglaries in 1948 againit 2313 in {1947; and 1066 vehicle thefts last {year compared to 1135 in 1947.

| Indiana crime reports cited a-14 Co., to the board of L. 8. |per cent drop in murder and non-/& Co. was announced by

Cain Director

Mallory President Elected by Store.

The election of Joseph E. Caing

‘negligent manslaughter and a dore E. Griffith, president, today. .

|T per cent decrease --in-rob-| Mr. Griffith said Mr. Cain's long |beries. Rape was up 8 per experience in the manufacturing |cent; burglaries up 1.7 per cent field ‘vould further broaden the and vehicle thefts had increased policy direction of the 77-year-old {by 1.3 per cent. family-controlled store. ‘Muncie; scene of a drive-to-hait{ The Ayres board, now {vice and crime, recorded a 55 per includes; in addition to store cent crime rise, the largest in the executives not in the family state. Local authorities said part of the percentage increase was the result of 4 new method of recordling crimes which made the 1948 (records more. thorough than pre-

of Collett & Co.,. investments, which participated in the unders" writing of the store’s preferred stock. far Wide Interests the P. R. Mallory & Co., Inc, a

Travel Aid Helped director of the American National Bank, Johnson Matthey & Mal-

12,737 During 194 llory, Ltd. (Toronto), and the

Indianapolis’ Travelers Aid §0-/ Mallory Metallurgical Products,’ ciety aided 12,737 persons last td. (London). }

{year, James Hurt, president ® - gq is also a director of the Ine {the local chapter said today. \tizoa State ’ More than 11,000 persons re- merce, Indianapolis Red {ceived information and direction|indiana State Symphony Society, |service in response to questionsiand the John Herron Art Mus" about housing, recreation, how to! {reach various points in the city|School, Park School, and a memsfriends ang]ves of the Board of Corporators

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Madgline Adams, 23, Whitestown Moses W. Harrington, 85, 934 W. Vermont Mattie I. Alexander, 45, 330 Agnes.

Cliaties M. 8 20, 111 E. Walnut; u A

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DIVORCE SUITS FILED Lavada vs. Norman F. Bauer; Elsie Mae vs. Frank Raimondi; Doris vs. Bert Butler, Georgia A. vs. Aaron ler; Lawrence |P. vs. Mary E. Hutton; Doris D. vs. Ernest | Brewer; Florence vs. Levi Evafis; Catherine [ M. vs. Ralph V. Spalding; Addie vs. Harry J. Nichpison; Bette Trent vs. Harold Gay

30-DAY TEST

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Alla vs

R. 17,1 1328 Belle-

: ary ace ocardii 32,

|Hornér; Marjorie vs. Lionel Cooley; Marie Miller; James Betty] . i .

Charles William

Benjamin vs. ‘Letha May Stokes;

vs, Herbert Vankauren; Lessie vs.

a Grace Mae Wisehart, 43, 6735 E. Garfield Hazelwood; Clyde vs. Elva JohnBenjamin Pfaff, 38, 40 Walnut; Leona 500: Emma M. vs. Cephus Williams, Earl June Ruwe, 30, 3011 W, Morris. {F. vs. Barbara A. Maddox. Verlin Harold Petry, 36, 3423 Kenwood; Se——— Mary Jane Warren, 28, 3402 Kenwood. BIRTHS Alfred Leon Cox, 30, Lebanon; Betty

Twins

; At SL. Vincent’s—Cecil, Dorothy Unsworth, { ys.

Boys

: New Jersey. At Home—Kenneth, Irene Carpenter, 1548 Astor; Robert, Jean Ford, 17! N. East. Kilgore;

|At St. Francis—Robert, Mabel | Marion, Esther Klan, | At General—Huston, Velma Morgan At Coleman-—Richard, Mary

| lian Stice; | Russell,

| At. Bt, = Dr. D., Jean Martz; Jess, Willard; Clement, June Barnhardt.

At St,

Henry, Bette Ann Hicks

Francis—Clarence, Juanita

ton, Delores Sayles,

| [At Coreman- Loglle, Fairlie Walters; Paul,

{At Methodist—Maurice, Rose Harry, Dorothy Pritchett; Joe, Harper; Virgil, Frances Thomas; mond, Mary Hendricks; tine Webb;

Kyle, Helen Hester

son; Brilles.

|DEATHS

Een Sue Eaves, 1 month, at Methodist,

nephritis.

{Blanche D. Lilly, 82, at 1260 Golden Hill

| Drive, pneumonia

sin, coronary occlusion,

cerebral thrombosis

Anna L. rnell, 80, at 136 WW. 26th, myocarditis v {Julia Feldman, 79, at 520 BE. Vermont, | myocarditis

| 8 Sheffield, myocarditis

[Marie Tressie, 47, at General, hyperten. sion, {Larry Charles Kurtz, 3 months, at Riley,

| pneumonia

{Sally Mack Nicholson, 44, at 425 Toledo,

hypertension heart, | whi “32,

-arteriosclerotie heart,

[Mary Williams Bey, 60, at 1043 W. Walnut,

cerebral hemorrhage. Zons M. Hynes, myocarditis, thorne Lane, carcinoma. myocarditis, Charles Elme Station, tum ris, arteriosclerosis,

cerebral hemorrh: Lula Belle Norris,

cent's cinoma, MecKahan, 67,

3 Quimby; Frederick, Donna Bigler; Frank, Frances

Fierman | At Methodist—Robert, Ruth Ringham; | Richard, Marjorie Dicks; Raymond, Lil. Mary Underwood; Vineent’'s—John, Elizabeth Stahl; Virginia

Gates |At General--Henry, Frances Pagell; Clay-

Kinney: Leanna RayMarion, Chris-

At Bt. Vineent's—Leslie, Ina Mae PerguRalph, Shirley Smith; Dale, Joan

| Dewits James Graylor, 49, at 321 WisconRobert William McCammack, 80, at 1247

Barger, 72, at 538 w. Vermont,

49, at .31 8 . Holmes, Flossie Ellen Shrock, 60, at 132 8. Haw. TF. Theek, 67, at 5540 Oollege. i Householder, 78, at 3000 Tr: {Jeremiah McAndrews, 83, at 1750 W. Mor. William A. Murdock, 43, at 234 N, Gray, age. o at General, cerebral hemorr age. * Catherine A. O'Conner, 74, at St. Vin. X jnjoon 1s, Ed Durbin, 60, at Metfiodist, car. 1 at Veteran's,| at LU Medical

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