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FINAL —-

, FORECAST: Mostly cloudy and colder tonight with a low of 38. Partly clc-dy tomorrow and warmer in the afternoon. High 55.

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Indianapolis, Ind. Issued Dally

60th YEAR—NUMBER 19 °° THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1949

PRICE FIVE CENTS

Terror-Stricken Mother Dailey Names Pie @ of Milk

Six Deputies

Shoots Husband

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22. | staff expansion program under a a inew law ‘which gives his office

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i : . 3 # | Edwin H. Smith, former mem-] Wife Still Fearful, ‘ 4% | |ber of the State Election Board Cries: ‘He'll k.. + |and attorney here many years,

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domen only “superficially wounded” her 60-year-old husband, Har-

Albert Thayer, World “War II #75 |Army major, was appointed relief t “ |deputy and legal adviser to the | sheriff's office, at $3600 a year. | Seven More Due | Others named to the staff included Adolph Seidensticker, for{mer postmaster, as a Superior {Court deputy; Fred Steiger, a for{mer deputy prosecutor who assist{ed the state in the prosecution of {John Dillinger 14 ‘years ago, as !|deputy in Probate Court; H. Pat7 [rick Warner, Indianapolis attor-

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ley Crawford, doctors said. 2 ko 3 =“ |ney, as deputy in charge of laThey expressed amazement that 3 - : Soi bor cases and Mark William Gray the heavy caliber bullets had oie ; Shand RRR #4 + .#: |as a Superior Court deputy, all

caused no serious injury. Both deputies and ambulance doctors first labeled Crawford as “crits ically injured.” ‘Fancy Marksmanship’ One bullet entered the left side of his chin, emerged from the right side of the neck, entered the right shoulder and emerged at the back. The second shot creased just under the skin of the abdomen. Sitting up in a chair by his bed|; a few hours after the shooting, Crawford remarked:

(listed to receive $900 a year sal-

Margaret Crawford and children, Charles and Lois . . . "He meant to kill us all.” “aries.

i {ditional new staffers to. 13, Mr. District Proposed == ' p passage of a law, raising the . | . . { West Businessmen’s | Passae Of 2 aw] ecutor’s bud get| from . $80,000 to

™ - The appointments will be fol{lowed by seven more in the next ur Nl | n |few days, bringing the total ad- | dit The expansion program was made possible by the legislature's i ! raising the Mar-| Clubs Present Petition ion County pros-| | Proposal for a giant rural sanl-|

“She sure. did + some fancy [tation district in western Marion $150,000 a year. | ‘marksmanship.” {County was made today by the The law manHe dé no comment on his {40 West Business and Profes- dates the County |

wife’s story to deputies that he | Council to ap-| Abi BG Ey Hh Ne ad

|sional Men's Club.

Bred 3 poten Dias SIL BOF in 38 Clubmembers presented a peti-| Ad aie the Miss Betty M. Forster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. | dren. tion for formation of the sanita-| County Coun-| Forster, 629 Congress Ave., a Butler University junior, will reign | After she learned of her hus- tion district to Marion Circuit cilmen, the ma-| as queen of the Junior Prom tomorrow from 9 p. m. to | a. m. in | band's condition, Mrs. Crawford Court today. The decision on its| Seidensticker JOTItY of whom| hg |ndiana Roof ballroom.

asked that her children be brought to her. ’ - : “He'll kill them I know,” she told deputies. “He'll kill us all anyway.” - She told of a night spent in| terror as her husband stalked outside their home with a shot-| gun, threatening to kill her and| their children, Lois, 11, and] Charles, 12, and then himself. | At about 6 a. m., she said, she heard him at the kitchen door. | As she walked into the kitchen § he smashed the glass from the storm door and fired a shotgun blast which ripped a panel from the door and sprayed the kitchen. “I saw him raise the gun and I jumped to one side, by the icebox,” Mrs. Crawford said. The blast missed her by inches and grazed the refrigerator which shielded her. i Gun in Icebox “Y opened the icebox and reached in and got his gun,” she] continued. “He tried to kill me| with it last Saturday and I'd hid) it in the icebox so he couldn't! find it.” She fired one shot which nicked the door frame and struck Crawford in the chin just as he was stepping into the room. The shot ranged from left to right through Crawford's neck and chin downward into his right shoulder. It did not stop him. “He kept coming toward me| and as he raised the shotgun I| shot again,” the wife said. This| bullet struck Crawford in the abdomen. Crawford halted, lowered | the shotgun and cried, “You've| killed me.” ' Then he turned and ran through the rear door, back to Martin St.| and disappeared. The two children cowered in|

ber of labor unions and all wanted fast time. The Mayor indicated he had received only a few postal cards

time.

Here, in Louisville

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Harley Crawford

As Maine Goes

AUBURN, Me., Mar. 31 | (UP)—Every dog in Maine will have his own hydrant

a are cans, un approval’ or rejection had not! pave rotested Republk { * been reached at noon. | clause in the law and asd "IE | t WwW k' M t ’ wi If the district is approved, the|the question of where BE ar y- O- or ovemen unit may then levy a special sani-|can be found. / in the ares, J5ue olds am con-| Ralph Moore said he will approve | . 1 . . “ oe on the increased ex-| City-Wide Survey Being Conducted age owner; Toney Flack, weekly presented to him. To Sound Out Public on Substitute newspaper publisher, and Prosecutor Dailey explained the the members of the business step up operations of his office to/today as a substitute for daylight saving time which was outlawed men’s club who presented the case meet vastly increased criminal by the Indiana General Assembly. aos by Bill Oates, Times Staff Photograpner. Mr Kaige P chtlon of th “Round-the-Clock” Staff |offered its services to make a survey of the community to determine Shooting scene . .. A shotgun blast fired by Crawford ripped . . all 3| Also he ‘sald most of the in- the publics attitude on tme. | the proposed district would “ro ’ {th 1d be official declara-und-the-clock” staff of/there would be no official declara F ” y bounded on the east by the Indi-|eputies at the police station for|tion of daylight saving time. N north by the New York Central {tra hour of daylight in the eve- | : ; rests are made and to advise/ tra hou ylg y - Railroad tracks, on the sguth by police officers on evidence. nings we will attempt to form ) Sm ke Boss and on the west by Banner Ave. was necessary to prevent peediegs Which all stores and businesses is acceptable it will not be placed of the courts with Would open an hour earlier in the|in effect for several weeks, Mayor . High School Rd. “cases that Declines to Name The district would generally been filed in the first place.” earlier in ene he said. TP. TT ae . oo . . i City- e Survey 40 west from the City limits 2 i or Possible Appointee Banner ity limits to granted by Mr. Dailey to police Howard Fieber, spokesman .Launderall Firm : jcourt deputies, [to say who he would appoint as 500 names had been si basis. Previously Fred Hoke, president of the In-| ~~ Nisa new superintendent of air pollu- the petition. n sigred 0 most of these deputies served dianapolis Chamber of com Ol0SES ] Division prev or whe! fonly part-time. Most of these merce, headed a city-wide survey| make the appointment. |day period for remonstrances will! L. J. Keach, Safety Board pres- | pe granted. ‘If there were no re-| 01d $2400 a year part-time system. attitude towards time and the (officially informing him there be formed at the end of the pe- Courts at oe Cousthotse il re-| Commercial businesses, fac-| iriod. Sanit is offi je salaries increases. They in- tories rei ; ’ | The new smoke ordinance has| ary aisuict officers 4 tories and their employees will] (been signed by the Mayor and|gjsyrict Ryan .and Ernest Frick, raised i | dis . | £4) ' sed for the information “in 24 hours.” > (goes into effect Apr. 16. At that | — {from $3600 to $4800 and Russell He said a demand for daylight| =" Be) Ato Darts, announced | | (Department will officially =o March to March | ¢ | . _ | from $3600 to $4200. said he had checked with a num-|day that it is closing its IndianBoor control of the safety) | Ta ees | polis and Louisville divisions. Play Sites to Open June

a . * ® tation tax“on the residents living] However, County suaror| IM @Y Spell Daylight Time Lester Cadwell, West Side gar-|penditures if and when they are Merz, druggist, were three of additional staff was necessary to An “early-to-Work"” movement was underway in Indianapolis Fain % : in court today. |case work the last few years. | '° Mayor Feeney announced a committee of businessmen had : club’s sanitation committee, said In any event, the Mayor said, through this rear door and narrowly missed Mrs. Crawford. crease was necessary to maintain| y y |anapolis corporation limits, on the preparation of affidavits when! If the majority want the exthe Pennsylvania Railrogd track| Mr. Dailey said tnis new service an ‘early-to-work’ movement in| three-quarters of a mile west of congestion . never should have Morning and thus close an hour Feeney said. follow along both sides of U. 8. Several salary increases were | Mayor Feeney today declined! ppp Cadwell sald more than aun placing them ong group - of businessmen, and tion prevention or when he would | 1¢ the petition is a pproved a 60- _ . | | will receive $3600 a year over the today to determine the public's | (ident, sent a letter to the Mayor /monstrances the district would | Deputies in the two Criminal | “early-to-work” movement. i (was a vacancy to be filled. (would be elected to manage the ¢/ude Lewis K. Murchie, Edwin be polled. time the Air Pollution Prevention | White and David Chambers Jr. saving time was increasing He|'0 1ts 450 employees here ypsterSuperintendent of the depart-| . [ment is appointed by the Mayor. ut lke d L . There are no specific qualifica- i ° ‘With Extensive Program

W. 21st St., which has had a payroll of nearly $1.5 million a year, Some

. . will be put up for sale. | tions for the office in the new ’ bed in the adjoining room of the next yéar. | . : s . {equipment and all of the opera-two-room cottage during their| Samuel F. Dorrance of |ordinance. Anyone appointed may | Cloudy, Rather Mild [tion will be distributed to the

|qualify. There is also a vacancy in the! position of assistant superintend-|

the State Division of Animal Husbandry told the annual dinner of this city's

Several Prominent Sports Leaders to Have

parents’ gun battle. Charge of Varied Events This Summer

Mrs. Crawford told deputies| she waited a second, then walked |

| Detroit and Traverse City, Mich, plants of the Jacobs Co. The announcément said

Temperature on- Tap

- LOCAL TEMPERATURES

| Honorary Dog Catchers So- .°nt. Qualification for this office Indianapolis Recreati D t t will p i - 3 in ¢ he yard and stopped a . y Dog ) , - 6a m.. 58 10 a. m... { on Department will open a broad »ro-/move should result in considerStilo ay op ciety last night that all |requires four years’ experience in Ta m..58 11am 5 | gram of summer play June 11. ‘ |able savings to the company as “I've shot my husband,” she plate dog license tags will (ieory and practice of construc: 8 a.m..5 12 (Noon) 62 |. Jl playgrounds, swimming pools and wading pools will open|it is more economical to produce ot my , e made in the form of hy- jon a peration of furnaces > at day and a training school for personnel which will supervise] re told him. “Will you go to a phone drants next year. : and combustion devices or in the-| 3am. 6 1 p.m... 62 Ra, iy |coke venders and Launderall

the program will be held in Brookside Park Community Cente June 8-10. | —— ———— A number of prominent sports aders are scheduled to conduct

and call the police?” , N © tyear. KL Phones Sherif | She said she returned to the| orma Baby Born house and waited with her two TO Michigan Midgets

ee T'home laundry equipment in these

—lory and practice . OE " practice of smoke pre March prepared to go out like

{plants along with the auto parts a lamb .today as the Weather le

now being produced.

« _ ’ Bureau forecast cloudy skies and . | # L. G. Haggerty, plant manager children about 10 minutes. When PAW PAW, Mich, Mar. 31 Optimists Plan Drama rather mild témperatures. I three-day training school. ¢ -jhere, will move into the Detroit neofficers came she went to the| (UP)-—A normal-size son born to| Members of the Indianapolis, Although no rain was in sight pie Unt o executive organization. home of neighbors nearby and midget parents in Lakeview -Hos- Optimist lub will present a [OF the next 24 hours, a slight ity b ketball The Louisville division, a feeder phoned the sheriff's office to re-ipital here was reported to be in|drama, “The Forty-Niners,” at cold spell was expected to set in oon h 8 ce all plant, had. fewer employees than port the shooting. “excellent health” today. their 12:15 p. m. meeting tomor-|tonight with the mercury dipping| 3c" wl | Indianapolis. A few seconds later State] Dr. Fred Boothby said the childlrow in the Severin Hotel. Cast/t® 38 degrees. Temperatures were pervise basket. ee Te ———— Policemen Howard Hyslope and|of Mr. and Mrs. Erwin C. Martin members will “include W. Wayne|eXpected to reach 62 today. (ball instruction. 5 D D Kill d John Klein saw Mr. Crawford by Caesarfan section Tuesday Warrick, Ralph Dawson, Tom| Tomorrow the weatherman Ted Sullivan, r. ow Hie

leaning against a fence at State night would probably grow into a|Ford, Dr. Randall Bass,

T. p. Promised partly cloudy weather business manaand Martin St. “good size, healthy man.”

McConnell and James H. Ward. with the thermometer moving 8er of the In

In Ontario Crash

Mrs. Crawford sald her hus- ~ back up to 55. dians; Harry MIDLAN . band was “a good man when he » Huffed in Like Lion Geisel, former Middlesworth Mr. Feezle | —Dr. Wil D, Mich, Mar, 2 (UF) was sober but he'd been hitting | n i e Insi e The third month of the vear American ‘ aE : ar - Dow, 52, head the whisky heavy for two weeks. | ) huffed in like a lion 31 days a co| 68gue umpire, , , , [°F the Dow Chemical Co. and During this Hime, Oe red hoe | Rot mero =| with Indianapolis wrapped in sup.(20d Stanley oo be organized for boys up to 12. four other persons were killed and and the: enildr re ast: night, Rent director assures. tenants they face no blanket |treezing temperatures. The Mar, Feezle, sporting = a Kickball league will be formed|® SIXth was hurt today in an ren. s , : ’ ; : -| 8 $ sad oy aa dren home at about| rate hike ........ senna teenan reese sttaranres Page 21 high was 33 and the low 25. Boous asleqman - hove enarge| for girls. . Ontario plane crash, reports from 6 p. m. and said he planned to|Spkolovsky’'s successor regarded as “business” aan ald that ror of baseball. | To select lifeguards for the London, DOntarie, said. dod § wipe out the family. aval ‘ ‘ ’ i Wally Middlesworth, assistant city’s pools, a swimming institute e victims were identified by He left shortly after this but general erreeeesiiiie, teveenen retivinnis : Page §{rains throughout the state would fouthan coach at Butler, will|will be held just prior to the|Ontario police as Dr. Dow. Mrs. returned several times during the Cats at retail is sideline of grocery ... Women’s RO ange a cay Fiver crests have charge of| training school. Men passing the| Dow, Mrs. Calvin Campbell, and pight, either prowling near the| News .......... reer crssssseees Page 9ldiana Howerer gin nl we x ‘softball; Jimmy life saving tests with the highest|Pllots Fred Clement and A. J.

home or coming to the-door to repeat his threat. Mrs, Crawford said she and her husband had been married 15 years and moved here from Mt. Vernon 12 years ago. He was a polish maker at International

Bowie, all of Midland. Calvin Campbell, who is _gen€ral counsel for Dow Chemical, was reported to have been critically hurt and taken to St. Joseph's Hospital, 3 The plane, owned by the chemical company, took off with its six occupamts this morning for Buffalo, N. Y.,, flying over On A Dr. Dow had been president of the chemical firm since his father,

McClure, former Score will be selected as life national table-|BUArds. ; tennis champion, A feature of the summer prowill be in charge gram according to A. J. Thatcher, of table tennis, recreational director, will be the and Ned Teany|City-wide amateur night. will conduct the! Five sectionals will be held to volley ball in: eliminate contestants and the struction. finals will be held July 17 in Three baseball Garfield Community Center.

{ leagues will be

| water will remain in lowlands for {the next five days.

| BRITISH MAP TB WAR

Pact... World Report ....ccoveceens vssess. Page 34) LONDON, Mar. 31, (UP) —|. Po | Socialized Britian medié¢iné

Meal Polish Co. | Other Features on Inside Pages planned today to wipe out tuberShe said she had bought ahd Amusements 12 Fashions ....11, Mrs. Manners 16 Ruark ......21 culosis in Great Britain within paid cash for their two-room Childs .:....22 [Food .......10| Marriage ...16 Side Glances 22|nine years through the wide‘home in December, with the Classified 35-38 [Foreign Aff. 22| Movies ......12| Sports +++25-27 | spread use of vaccine and other| _ oney she had saved from her Comics .....39 |Forum ......22| Obituaries .. 7/ Weather map 20 methods, The disease now causes Rousenold allowance through the Crossword ..33 |Gardening ..10{ Othman ....21 Earl Wilson 18 pearly one-third of the deaths of

Tech High to present annual Sketchbook . .. a

picture story ........... «vo... Page 21 West eyes Russia for new tactics against Atlantic

Sectional winners will receive

" Hinkle * formed for vari-|certiticates’ and three trophies| Herbert H. Dow, died in 1930.|—The House was years. Previous. to that - they Editorials ...22 Hollywood ..12| Pattern .....10/ Women's 10-11 persons between the ages of 15 © ous ages and S| IL be awarded Lo thie Dest 13 the) Els mother, Mrs, Grave. Anna|repeal of federal. | Mwved with her brothet, .._ _ _ ~i.-- Indpls, 21] Radio esses 13] ~~ ‘and 39 Inthe British Isles, dcity-wide softball league will : — AT .___ Dow lives here, Ay 1 . | ‘ { » : a “ J ; iN : . wid 3 7 : \ x \ + \ \ : ee . J . \ i = $ : \ ¥ X v : i : /i iid A dem \ bis . ki ry a . A X f ! \ \ \ \ Senn id . . Noirs 2 in Sw LS . vi Be Bg na : \ J fo dL hd | : along nh y . = his i Lvl jai “ Lit sy : Ni ht

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from individuals objecting to fast|

If the Early-to-Work movement |

Jacobs Co. Ends Work 2f Maplehurst.

The F. L. Jacobs Co., makers of pgk's. Mayor Feeney asked|Launderall equipment, coke ven-

in Duel asin Drops 1¢ Here MA Tomorrow Other Dairy

Products Take Ath Penny Dip

| Mild Winter Abets Early Spring Rise In Production

| By HAROLD H. HARTLEY | Times Business Editor

The price of milk will drop one cent tomorrow for the fourth time since last October. Regular Grade A milk will drop from 19 -cents to 18 cents, and all other dairy pyod-

Housewives have the mild win«

ter, green pastures and the weatherman to thank. The spring rise in milk production has arrived from 15 to 30 days ahead of time. The cow’s own heating system had something to do with it, too, one dairyman said. | “A cow does two things with her food. She either uses it to heat her body or make milk, The weather has been warm. She hasn't needed to much food for heat so she turned out more milk.” Cream Also Down Milk dropped last Oct, 25 from 122¢ to 21c. Dec. 5 it dropped from i21¢ to 20c. Feb. 21 it dropped from 20c¢ to 19¢. And tomorrow it will be 18c. One-half pint of coffe cream | will 80 from 20c to 19c; homoge- | nized milk goes from 20c to 19¢; buttermilk from 185c to de;

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skimmed milk from llc to 10c; chocolate mi'k from 20¢ to 19 and cottage cheese from 23c to 22¢.’ The East End Dairy was first {to anpounce the reduction. {Newly Mills, secretary-treasurer sald the price change i= seasonal and it probably would go back up. All dairies, including the big ones, Roberts an! Borden's, move in price unison. Factors Govern | The price of milk is poverned by one of two factors, either the average price paid per hundred

The Indianapolis plant at 1100/by the five condensaries in the:

{area or by the butter formula. | This time the butter formula is [in control. It sets the price at [tour times the average Chicago {wholesale price for 92 score butter {pius 30 per cent. | But housewives won't go in for the arithmetic other than to _hoid back a penny when they buy a [quart of milk tomorrow. Their rule is “Never question a price Just take it.”

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Emergency Phone Hike Approved

Public Service Commission to day granted Lake County ¢itizens the right to engage experts in. the Illinois Bell Telephone Co. rate increase case and granted the company an emergency rate ine crease of more than $1 million a year. | The rate boost is to be tempo rary to offset any loss the come (pany might suffer during the {months which the hearings are expected to drag out. The company would refund the amount of {the increase in event it is denied {the general raise sought in the main hearing. Under the ruling to permit the hiring of experts by publi¢ counselor, William C. Steckler, the commission pointed out the ex. pense of such expert testimohy will be charged against the utility, The expense, in turn, may be shown by the utility as part of its cost of operation’ and in this way ultimately charged to rate ipayers in Lake and Porter Counties. The two upsstate counties are the only ones in Indiana served by Illinois Bell. ~

VOTE ON OLEO TAX DUE

ucts will take a similar decline,

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