Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 April 1949 — Page 1
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
Top Hoosier Talent On Airwaves Tonight
Ted Mack and George Higgins, WISH, seemed to be pleased iodine terday when they gave final okeh fo the nau fo tonight's Amateur Hour show.
anager of Radig Station
th’ this act they auditioned yes.
Original Amdteur Hour Broadcast to Put Indianapolis in National Spotlight
By ART WRIGHT Indianapolis stepe into the national spotlight tonight when Ted
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Indianapolis and Indiana entertainers in the Old Gold Original Amateur Hour broadcast and show at the’ Coliseum.
listeners each Wednesday night promised Indianapolis today one of the outstanding parades of amateur talent he has ever seen. Mr.! Flenty of reserved seats will Mack spent most of yesterday—| be available at 5 p. m. today aside from a trip to the Speedway at the Coliseum boxoffice. In the meantime, seats are om sale
te In ot! at the Wm. H. Block Co. store § until the store closes at 5 p. m. Prices: Arema floor chairs, $2.40; Box and Parquet chairs, $2.40 and $1.20; Side mezzanine, $1.30 and $1.20; East end meszanine, 30 cents.
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Because of the record crowd expected at the Coliseum tonight, the Coliseum boxoffice will open at 5 p, m. The pre-broadcast “warmup” will start at 6:45 p. m. Ted Mack will present the first Indianapolis amateur to his coast- Overcoat Weather to-coast radio audience at 7 p. m. For the next hour the best in To Remain Here
Hoosier amateur talent will step 10C AL TEMPERATURES
into the national sp L After) at ing hr Noll. Fa mo. 41 “oa ees: Amateur Hour, ; ee Ip.
Tickets will remain on Jie downtown until 5 p. m. at the Wm. : H. Block Co. store. tin Indianapolis’ at least
a few Proceeds from the show will go more days with the days mild and,
to St. Margaret's Hospital’ Guild the nights cool. to further its community service! The Weather Bureau's forecast)
work at General Hospital and-the/ {for today and tomorrow was part- | choosing.”
Flower Mission. ily cloudy skies with not much The Old Gold Original Amateur change in temperature, Hour i= being brought here by. The temperature was expected] The Times and WISH. {to Teach a peak of 58 degrees to-| — iday, decline to the low 40s to-| {night and push back up to 58 tomorrow, bounding to the Weather Bu-| Ireat’s weekly crop bulletin, wheat
Subject of Quiz
How the city hires its employees, was the subject of an off-record quiz program in Mayor Feeney's office today, but the winning answer to that $84 question was not announced. A citizens committee headed! hy Mrs. Alfred Noling asked. the! questions of a group of city offi-| cials, including Mayor Feeney,! who had to leave after a while: to greet Army Day visitors. | 1939 Hudson Record The answer: to the question] wt Britwhile not disclosed; appeared rea- Hon ured Spe inent, these Brit sonably obvious to observers who! were not permitted to sit in on ° e with the conference in order to avoid and sxpee A ek car embarrassing questions—and an- ‘endurance records. swers—{rom being made public. A ‘crew of a dozen experts from ___ Others Present the British Austin Co. has set up In addition to the Mayor, City shop at Indianapolis Motor SpeedController Philip Bayt, Street way to attempt to break the Commissioner Tony Maio, Safety seven-day endurance record set Board President Leroy Keach, by Hudson in 1939. Parks Supt. A. C. Sallee and Roy Beginning at 9 a. m. Saturday, Lanahan, General Hospital busi- three drivers expect to drive a ness’ manager, represented theitiny Austin around the 500-Mile City. |oval at better than 70 miles an Mrs. hour average speed. Og of tie Tom med = The test of the 90-horsepower improving efficiency in municipal [$27 will be made under supervigovernment. The old question of | sion of the AAA Contest Board the merit system appeared to be headed by David L. Gundry of one of the matters on the com- Washington, D. C. mittee’s mind, but members de-| Practice Pit Stops clined to comment. | This morning. under the direc“What we ask the city adminis. tion of 8. C. H. Davis. sports tration officials is not the people’s/®ditor of the British publication business.” said Harold Schuman, ‘Autocat,” and former race driver, a member of the committee which they wheeled one of the two sharp is studying City Hall employment little buggies out to the track and practices, practiced a pit stop.
ommi or as he will do under the 0 Aes Members Driver Charles Goodacre Th rock ommitiee vas appointed ed the shiny red convertible to mikes ody of Eo ol howl |into the pits. The car was jacked tices in City Hall. up and the “tyres” were changed. Members are:.Mrs. Walter u The wheels were fastened on by . 556 East Fall Creek ES 2 as are conventional American
southern Indiana.
-Tiny Austin Tackles
} “Lift the bonnet and wipe the Pe nnsy |screen.” Mr. Davis said in his 3% N. sats wir British accent. (For those
The stop took slightly more than 2 minutes.
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Amusements . 8, Mrs. Manners 2 would - have
Eddie Ash ...17} | Marriage .... 2|on the track today “just to warm
Bridge ...... T Movies ...... Sit wari Business ....16/Othman ..... 3 Men to Drive Classified 20-22 Pattern sean » Alan Hess, former race driver,
- Comics ......23/ Radio ,.s.e.,15/0fcial of Austin, and BBC Crossword ..24|Ruark ......13 announcer, is doubling as Editorials ise O Glances 18 {and publicity agent, : Foreign AR. oars 17. 18,28 tire changes only, Forum ,.....14 Teen probe aor } ++« 8 Weather map drive the machine in shifts, Wilson 12 ing Fibre for three 238i Namen’ ie T aay ho
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against union laundry contract signed by
osm ~Romer; state director of
ment Store Union (CIO), and “asked the NLRB to “intervene to! Hoosier General ht end this travesty of unionism.” | Welcomed by - x As another aspect in the laun- § dry contract dispute regional CIO |} High Officials ; office today warned it would dis-| Spy ua ” i the recent union shop (Photo hey at Editorial,
ets inside the plants,
* workers who wanted it would be given a chance to select the union’ they want to represent them in| . an election. “We're not looking for jurisdic: tional fights,” Loren J. Houser,
regional director, declared, “but
we are not going to let any other union interfere with our organi-| zation of workers.” i Fri }
fight, the CIO can take care or} Mack, successor to the late Major Bowes, presents outstanding Itself.” he added.
{into the local laundry contract The personable emcee heard on 173 ABC stations by 12 million dispute.
a4 seven-yea. union agreement! with International Teamsters, the Laundry Workers’ International will be buried in Crown Hill near ypited front in the defense ot the| 5 Union and the International Asso-|/the tomb of James Whitcomb United States.” ciation of Cleaning and Dye! Riley, House Workers (AFL). ia, m, Friday in Flanner &
of the laundries to join one of the three unions or lose their jobs. Many employees claim the contract was signed without their friend and family physician knowledge.
proaching the workers, conspire! with companies orf associations of his - condition as “very serious™ companies 10-deprive the
“Overcoat” weather will remain"
Tcontinues to make good progress home of Irene Lawrence, 718 N. 'and is reported in very good con- Noble St. early today. dition in the state. Pastures are said sparks. apparently ignited 1895. greening steadily while plums, ithe room of the one-and-one-half!
{peaches and pears are in bloom in| story house. ‘mate of ‘damages.
Britons Seek New Auto Endurance Mark at Speedway
They've invaded Indianapolis
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AFL Laundry Pact to NLRB
Intervention Asked
Permits
As Club In Gambling War
in Message Signed | By Union Officials Officials of a CIO union today announced they had sent a formal protest to the National Labor Re; lation Board the recent
Riley Friend Dead
Arrives Here For Army Day
laundry employers and three AFL
uaiot protest ‘was signed
the Retail, Wholesale and Depart-
By DAV 1D \ WATSON A smiling Hoosier General stepped from his train here today | 3. to become the central figure in Indianapolis Army Day activities, Lt. Gen. Willis D. Crittenberger, | formerly of Anderson, now serv! {ing as military adviser to the U. 8, {delegation to the United Nations, | started his schedule of military! inspections, a luncheon speech and’ parade review within minutes ° after his arrival. i Greeted by city and state government officials as well as rank-| ing military officers, Gen. Crit. § tenberger commented briefly on! = Armed Forces unification and the; Hoosier ‘Greats’ goal of United Nations, | 3 Made Progress is (Editorial, Page M) are making
progress Signed With AFL Dr. Carleton B. McCulloch, re- toward unification of the Armed Last week, 27 employers signed | Indianapolis physician, who) Forces,” he said, “and all tej
“doctored” Indiana's literary men, Services Fite iwaleel ating. a )
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Promised Choloe The office aanounced those
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Thus the regional CIO moved]
following seryices. M 1! Gen. on Bu-|that the charter of the United The contract requires employees chanan mortuary. {Nations is the cornerstone on! . He died at 8:15 p.m, yesterday which the member nations are in Methodist Hospital. He was 78. basing their efforts for the bets | Dr. McCulloch was the personal and security of the world. Forty-one years ago the gen{James Whitcomb Riley, iol (eral left Anderson to enter om
A N Rant military academy, where he de, Meredith icholson and other juated. Since then his,
its,” | trip to Indiana have been for © auhtorities described short : only. - am deeply presi h by the honor of this welcome,” a ‘eome, Ain_can io resoue the kitten.
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Mr. Romer wrote thé NLRB: “When unions, without even ap- Hoosier *
workers ; Admitted for trea its driver E of their Basic right to choose, then ment following every fair-minded - citizen 8nd heart ACHE IY MASatng In
Bob Grathwel and Kitten light of day looked pretty gopd to this Y-week-old kitten Was (rapped SOF Stiae hours Sestsrduy in a hole beneath ch of the William F, Wisshart home, 5010 Brookville Rd. The mother cat dropped the kitten through a small opening as workmen were recementing the porch yesterday aod neither the Wiseharts not the mother eat. could retrieve it. A call to the Indias ha acty for the Prevention of Kasity to Animals brought
Crittenberger Cat's Mistake Corrected Liquor r Board
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Need Not Wait For Convictions To Clamp Down
By ROBERT RLOEM A smash at organized game bling through an untried side door appeared near today as ithe Alcoholic Beverages Come imission prepared to tighten : enforcement screws on clubs
iwith liquor licenses. : An old ABC policy of waiting
pointed commission as they sworn in last week. : Further details, it was believed, will be laid out as the new coms 7 imissioners = get settled In
Iviction against a liquor was grounds for revocation of permit. Butin many casee the opetmst: beat the rap saved — It was 0 sha under the [policy for a permit holder to sonselling liquor right up to the
every “of government has Arms Hotel jast week, ow Ee a2 the duty IMarvand and: and vig | Vine
ployees of the Indianapolis laun- Democratic gubernatorial candi-| {their boots and gear today in} {dry ‘ and dry cleaning Industry date. {preparation for the parade {their full American rights to. be- Born In Wisconsin jhrough Sowntawn Indianapolis at/ long to a union of their own o Sheboygan, Wis. he! 0h In. climax Army Day ac-|
began the practice of medicine! In the nation. sailors and air!
Postgraduate Course
Robert Volger, director of the
{local bce of NLRB, to whom the {petition was mailed, , said tnigtRunSSiS Who had akin the Of rades and speeches marking the Clinic, Rochester, Minn. morning he had not yet received, {Oscar MeCulh b wd e Rev. anniversary of America's en-
it. f the (i ance into World War 1. Mucus Membranes”
tor o Plymouth Congregational Church. ed (POSigraduate course in Dr. McCulloch's mother was ,oromon® » enti sonra University Medical Center. [adn Buel MeCutioch : ~_“|were stationed — in continental, Addressing Hoosier physicians { r at ended Rose United States. Europe. the ‘Middle and dentists this morning was Polytechnic Institute at Terre Dr, Resa 0. : East, the Pacific ares and the Fi Haute before graduating from Far East Dingman of the = TeMen medical school in Chicago in "5 “2% University of § In Washington, President. Tru-
man, planned to hedd a reviewing Michigan school ‘party for a parade of 10,000 of dentistry. lhe
spoke on “Diag(Continued on Page 8Col. 7) members of the Armed Forces. nosis. of Oral
Carcinoma.” ; Dr. Hamilton | sata & Very rap- £ |ldly growing - leancer some{times results {from the electric needle (treat { ment. Where moles on the body jare subject to irritation and ih-
Fire Destroys Roof
- Fire destroyed the roof of the
H racticed medicine There was no esti- ey dicing and sug.
Dr. Dingman
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{an operation, he said. A physician should be consulted by a person who discovers irough spots or warty growths, leven though very small, on the skin, he warned. The growths icould actually become skin cancers but only a trained physician can decide,
Surgery for Bane Tumors
Earlier the 250 doctors and dentists were id that surgery {otfers the best choice of treatiment of glant-cell tumors of the bone at the present time, | “Wherever possible,” said Dr. {Henry W. Mayerding of the Uni {versity of Minnesota, “complete {surgical removal of the bone containing the benign lesion followed by bone grafting gives best re- | sults.” However, he sald, size and loication of the tumor may make {surgical - treatfnent of doubtful i9alue. In this case treatment by {X-ray and other radioactive sub{stances js bitter. In time, he said, [this treatment’ may rove to be the preferréd type, of atment. | Appearing at the opening ses{sion were Dr. John. D. VanNuys, ‘dean of the IU. medical school; | Dr, Maynard K. Hine, dean of the 10 dental school, snd Rollis 8. | Weesner, [giana Cancer cer Society,
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Charles Goodecse stands beside other drivers hope to set a “jolly” new stock car endurance record at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In Police Ranks
Mr. Davis is the thing can happen in seven days Former Sheriff © Al Magen /the track and the drivers will only Britisher who has ever been and nights of racing.” heimer was reinstated on the In-| sleep in these. -iat the S500 track before. The Current record for seven con- digniapolis Police Department to-| Over in Gasoline Alley the Aus- drivers weve enthused over the tinuous days of Junning w was set day by the Safety Board. {tin team has taken over a double ‘Speedway. : in aad by a Hudson {whieh aver{aged 70.71 miles an trolman. Mr: Magenheimer said! Drivers Like Speedway |" st will be the first time & he ‘had made a “deal” with forwild- British car has attempted "mer Police Chief Jesse McMurtry: “We break stock ear endurance rec- that he should be returned as a
Jy sae yenss ie dann 0 st Sa, o fh eas mise te (yn S @pe ial “I urge you at once to do all in! a polities in Indiana, Meanwhile military units and| be 4 Hud your power to assure the em-/Dr. McCulloch was twice the Patriotic organizations polished | Electric Needle for Moles Ing cases in which a license holder Mayo Clinic Physicion Addresses
Partial removal of skin moles here in June, 1807, with Dr. O. 8. men joined with soldiers in pa- condemned here today hy Dr. Hamilton Montgomery of Mayo, Policy were clubs, long
{notices on
‘of the year. Those who have not!
jury they should be removed by {dogs in addition to the county bling enforcement has been lax.
executive director, In|
He will return to duty as a | “all went out:
Hilo Hattie Weds ! captain in the traffic department. Spectators will be pérmitied in Howgver, the Saféty Board gave He 3 ‘Hilo Hattie, 48, was ro Bhe 7
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at Medical Center Aa sold. with an electric needle was; Particular target of the new
chartered by the Secretary of State’s office,
Dr, Hamilton spoke on “Cancerous Lesions of the Skin and Which have degenerated into gamat the opening ‘session of the second annual bling dives. of malignant
Police ‘to Collect Unpaid Dog Taxes i wr it 10 1a not paceasary, ie
Secretary the. Indiana {State Is powerless to revoke such ’ ‘club charters or even to refuse thelr issuance in the first place, But the ABC nas full on to
diseases at
Police today began perving 300 ormed sources say, to wait, for persons who have Eambling conviction by some failed 10 obtain city licenses for ©OUrt before the commission ean their dogs. feite. gambling ss a grounds. for The license was due the frst |TEYOtStion. Would Face Trial purchased a license are being or-| Once without liquor lesnses, dered to appéar in Municipal any such place which continued to Court 4 on Apr, 14. {operate as before would be faced If persons ean show they have With criminal charges for lguor purchased the city license or that /law violations. they no longer own a dog, the It also appeared that the policy officer will turn In the informa. could become a source of serious tion to be Checked. {embarrassment to local officials The city leense is levied on over the state where local game
ligense which is collected by the Among the early steps in the township. ASKESROTS, new enforcement drive was exe Hn ree ipected to be a serious shakeup of the excise polite. The law requires Ben Price Resigns that the force be divided evenly Conservation Post joetween Democrats and Repubs licans and Democrats say deo- . Resignation of Ben Price partment became heavily Repube Gary, active in the State Depart! me . {ican under the administration of nt of Conservation for the last former Go R Ioh Gat. five years, was announced today vs aip 4“ 8. by Kenneth M. Kunkel, depart.
went director,
Flood Routs Families Mr, Price has been serving in
VELVA, N. DD; Apr. 8 (UP) the education division sand has About 25 families were driven been active in conservation club from their homes at Velva and work. He requested the resigna- Burlington, N. D., by the flooded tion be made effective Apr, 15, duse River today, and officials Mr: Kunkel also announced the feared that a dam would be appointment of Lelia E. Cooper- cracked by the surging water. All Hder- of Clay City as superintend- Velva was under water, except ent of Shakamak State Park, re- for a small part of the Mingss, placing. Walter Shouse. district.
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Cleanly Thieves—
‘Calling All Curs—One of
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Our Rohroon Is Missing’ |
EARLY today an excited tele phone caller alerted police headquarters to be on the lookout for a stolen toilet, wash basin “and bath tub. E 2 “Someone stole. my: bathe room,” reported Vernon Anderson, 403 W,. Michigan St. He suid the items were taken from & vacant house he owned at 518
N, West St, « ¥
OVER the police radio, the
“One of, our bathrooms Is ER missing. ”
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