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FORECAST: Fair and cool tonight. Warmer and increasing cloudiness tomorrow. Low tonight, 35-38; high tomorrow, 65.
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Jueen to Face Blues Bingo Games
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TUESDAY, APRIL 19, 1949
PRICE FIVE CENTS
60th YEAR—NUMBER 38 =~ *
| Young Hinrichs “ Slated for K. C. Muncie Official |
ger because
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By EDDIE ASH Times Sports Editor 5 All roads-lead to Victory Field pnight as the Indianapolis Indigs take the first step in defense Bf the - Americdn - Association hampionship. ; Opposing the pennant defenders n the greensward will be the ansas City Blues under the new
Rikard, If Saffell, ef Gutteridge, 2b Peters, 3b
cutor of Delaware County said today that he didn't know any-
{ thing about bingo being played at ha No Safety Test
a place called the Shamrock : Joe) =f ER L : |
Booster Club on State Road 32 For 3 Years
south of here. But about 200 persons, most of == aie Fy a § ; Seas 3 them women from Indianapolis, fy ES Pot ag SR oR | found it without difficulty last io iF \| lood ted night. Mainly, because chartered - | - i - a 3 ’ 2 of - | J Lew NY - T° irl Pupils skating rink that houses the 5 2 - . : 8 El § From Danville bingo casino. 4 : ; : CA™ || The Danville grade and The Shamrock Booster Club: . h o. \ high school, scene of a tragie
re to It
classified secdirectory for Br Buen
right up to the door of the former Mel Queen ithe: Secretary-of State's office to; “~ v “aid underprivileged children.” =. ision yesterday, had not been nd-.in the New York Yankee ‘someone ; linspected by the State Fire ain. called him last Wednesday and pung Paul Hinrichs for the visi- U Nei Muy a pT : Th i rd th 3 3 'p to Sheriff 4 3 . * ere is no record that a coals D 0 Mel een for - Bi, ) 2 } a . SN rs and seasoned Mel Qu 3 { “I know there's a skating rink| "h | Sead hot water heater, cause of i “ ad spected, the boiler | nds largely upon the weather, ;| Prosecutor Ogle said. “but I'm i J. of the er a apection. di t if it isn’t too rugged it's a ie {tion is up to the sheriff.” is 4 ’ > » #5 . A the Fire Mar . Heavy Advance Sale Monday, Wednesday, Friday % . po |. once a Marshals Depart The advance ticket sale led i
buses were provided to haul them {was chartered two weeks ago b Ro: by steam and hot water explos anagement of Bill Skiff, an old i * Prosecutor Guy Ogle said i from Indianapolis”, f , : =A battle of righthanders is in- Be hn i ealay aly {Marshal's office in three BR icatec th against veteran . go wou e years, records revealed toda Micated, you . Iplayed there. ' Ye. he Tribesters. eof diag : ps The pire po; the attendance de- SEES" Sh {out ‘somewhere near Yorktown,” A [She aceident. had evar ie not sure exactly where it is. No : 4 : - Rag : *t | partment disc , ir guess that the turnstiles will {1 won't investigate it. Investiga- a : > y ; YP Btate law es inspections fck to the tune of 12,500. a land Saturday nights are the times| 9 3 iy A hy i oo " | 4d MM ' : 3 egulations o - ribe business manager Ted Sulli- {for “members” to-gather at the = : : y fA
an to predict a crowd of 13,000 ‘f isn’t too coolish after sundown. he 1948 opening game attendce was 11,871 and the Indians utscored the Blues, 6 to 2, E Victory Field's new seating caty, including the new grand-
“Stand annex, field auxiliary chairs
d bleachers is 13.351. The ball park gates are to open
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Heartbreak Mends Quickly
{one-story, stucco building. Cards _ {are available at one for 50 cents ‘lup tn 36 for $4. Each additional card after that costs 10 cents. { The club has no initiation fee and n¢ dues. Members receive a card and are put on a mailing! {list to be reminded by the officers]
| Nurse Aid Dorothy Douglass and Principal Harry Neimeyer . » a donor for scalding victims.
{that bingo is available, | { The heavy payoffs depend upon ithe variety of bingo being played, but the take-home loot also is ——""l!larded with fequent drawings during the evening. Last night, jone woman received money. |simply for sitting on a chair that,
Paul Hinrichs
'M ' R t ve ‘had be f he. hen ‘Mom’ Returns Home =: « rer won trom tne
Lonely Children's Plea, Voiced in Times,
Leads to Mother's Reunion With Family The faces of two heartbroken little girls, tear-smudged since,
heir mother’s disappearance Apr,
{ $1 Round Trip | The chartered busses depart {from 724 N. Capitol Ave. in. Indianapolis at 4 and 6 p. m. on the
wrea {nights bingo is played, and the 8 wers thed in tics toda > returning busses leave the casino
a | ection division require yearly
Photos by Henry E Gilesing Jr. Times Sta® Photographer Dr. Jack Ferguson and Kathryn Yarling . , . One of nine high school student blood donors. : : Hann
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reports from insurance companies {on boilers such as the one which le hed the Danville tragedy. ht school girls were scalded, two critically, when steam and hot’ water gushed forth from drinking fountains, toilets and lavatories in the basement reste room yestérday morning. Valve Faulty Two of the girls, 11-vear-oid Phyllis. Shaw and Patsy Bennett, 10, were in eritical condition in Riley Hospital here today as a delegation from the school came
the vietims, ; A fauity safety valve on the {holler ‘wai blamed by school offi. today. classes did not use showers yes terday, leaving an oversupply of hot water. When the valve failed
They sald’ gym
to Indianapolis to give blood to ; ~
heir “mom™ came home-—not on Easter as th : do Ina letter in The Times. But she came home Tast might. [at 11-p. mm. and midnight A AH day'‘Sunday Tan Mae Gunckel 9, and her sister, Ande, 14,/round. trip costs $1... gh pressed tear-stained faces to the front window of their home, 1416, Entertainment en route is proBt. Paul St. All day they watched| cnr | vided bY a simple form of. bingo
and waited for their mother, Mrs. | : ; . played on a slip of paper with Gunckel. : | ew dy es The rainy morning and their,
nother’s absénce kept them from J unday School. Those home pernents they had and those new a ere 8 their sister, Mrs. Jurk Simpson, 20, of 2314 E. Terrace
., and brother, Arthur, 18, elped them buy didn't make up|
“1 to function, pressure built up and | {MALKEA. UP. nla sou ua LM
night last night, repairing the valve, installing & new check-off value on water pipes and inspects ing all plumbing, R. C. Olson, assistant commis | |sloner of the state labor departs ment’ which has charge of boiler « |inspectiofis, said he..planned an . {immediate investigation, He said a yearly report is required from insurance companies on all insured boilers and that records failed to reveal that any report had ever been filed on the Danville school. School officials had said the boiler was insure. { Delbert Taflinger, chief Ine |8pector of the fire marshal's of« (fice, sald his office aiso would {launch an Investigation to de {termine why no inspection had
to provide the numbers. This costs 10 cents for two games, with the caller getting 10 cents each game. . The Shamrock Booster Club, Police Fraternal Order inc. is registered with the SecLaunches Program {retary of State as an organiza-
Bor the loss of their mother. [tion to: 4 Investigator Helps A program to give every In-| “ . . provide entertainment,
The man who persuaded ‘Mrs.|dianapolis youngster a summer equipment and gifts for, and to Sunckel to return was Robert M. playground was launched today ®PCOUdge the welfare of under. gdd of the Dodd Investigation yy the Fraternal Order of Police. lr 8c children of Muneie ang)
ureau. He was asked to search | Delaware County.” — | ifor her by Mr. Gunckel. { Planned by Mayor Feeney and It was incorporated Apr. 7,
“When I saw the plea of those underwritten by the FOP, the 1949. Incorporators and directors: hildren in The Times I knew I summer “aid to youth” program are Ernest ¥. and Ivajeene M.,
: : LOCAL TEMPERATURES
ould help that family,” said Mr.
The private investigator located
he missing mother in a few days. |
"When he advised her-of her famy's plight, she hurried home. the Gunckel home last
night, everyone talked, everyone| laughed, The family was re-|grounds with swings, slides and
united.
Warm Weather Due Tomorrow
34 10a. m... 48 11 a. m... 50 12 (Noon) 52 1p m.. 54
hee 37
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Warm air trom the Southwest will ‘move into Indiana tomor-
& row, Weatherman Paul ‘Miller children, he said. could take ad- § said, bringing a temperature rise vantage of the city's larger super- best bingo town in the country... ot Congress, is a second) © to 65 and ushering in a period of vise dplaygrounds.
: mild. weather through Sunday.
5. Light frost was expected in the : low places tonight as tempera8 tures drop to 35-38. Skies were
expected to become partially cloudy tomorrow afternoon. Temperatures: in -the five-day period ending Sunday were expected to range from 61 in northern Indiana and 68 in the southern portion to 39 in the north and 45 in the south.
10 New Busses Due On Streets Here Soon
Ten new 44-passenger motor costing $169,000 each,
x be fellvered to Jd A | get taller and heftier adds up to a Recessional.
coaches,
president, said today.
The busses will increase to 2053 Physical education the vehicles acquired by thetoday. transit firm's post-war $3,284,000 S : E i . improvement program, Mr. Reid| " ! ho.died of a heart niries said »-|cinnati, yice president of the year old actor wi of a heart 3@WIN It will bring the company's American Association for Health, attack Friday night. 9
busses to a total of 506.
a polis bank loans. They were tion which is holding its 54th an- Grandview Presbyterian Church
made by the Twin Coach" Co. of
{fraternal group.
will include mote than 18 new Flatter, 119 N. Jefferson St., Mun-! ‘ ¢
Janitor Fred Hadley . . . A faulty safety valve on the water heater was blamed for the tragedy.
|playgrounds throughout the city.cie, and the resident agent is | Co-ordinate Program Harry Dowling Jr., R. R. 1, York-| The program and atheltic ac- town,” the address of the clubbe co-ordinated by room. : Expects Good Business The personal property of the furnish play- directors includes: “. . . One lot of miscellaneous |sandboxes and-will also lay out playthings and children's equip-| softball diamonds. ment” valued at $500. | Police Chief Edward Rouls has| One of the purposes of the club {been appointed a member of the is to: |advisory committee. “. .. Maintain a clubroom for | Work on the first new play- members, have meetings, collect {ground . will begin tomorrow dues and take donations...” {morning on a vacant at the! Mr, Flatter expected attendance |corner of Bluff Rd. and Regent St. to increase as weather grew i Up t6 Adults warmer. He figured most of the A. J. Thatcher, city recreation players would be frustrated director, said the playgrounds women bingo players from Inwould be designed primarily for dianapolis, williig to pay the bus youngsters .rom 6 to 12. Older fare. “That Indianapolis—it'd be the!
Truman Signs | Extended Aid Bill | 4 5;
See ‘World Report,” Page 3 WASHINGTON, Apr. 19 (UP) — President Truman today signed into law a 15-month, $§5,430,000,000 renewal of the Marshal Plan. Mr, Truman put his signature to the bill without comment at a White House . ceremony witnessed by Foreign Aid Adminis-| trator Paul G. Hoffman and W: Averell Harrington. special am-| Bassador to the Marshall Plan countries. The measure. approved by over-; whelming majorities .in. both
[tivities will :
the Park Board and the police!
The FOP will
: {But they've got it shut down,” Supervision over the proposed Mr. Flatter complained. “You iplaygrounds ~nd activities willican't get a game in there.” rest with interested adults in the EE ual or ’ $ ighhorhoods. . & . Yalu nels Mr Thatcher said Filmland Buries district ‘police patrol cars would
wake seriodic checks of the play Beery T Today ; 5 TRE re . i. areas to see that: activities were. ..... owooo Apr. 19. (UP) — Boys Held in Smashing
going smoothly. Movie celebrities who worked. with Of Trolley Window {him and fans who knew him only. 7pwo youth of high school age
Gals Who Clamor ‘on the screen flock to Forest ware in the custody of Juvenile
Lawn today for-a final tribute to Ajq authorities today, arrested as
For That Glamour | Hollywood's “beloved old rascal’ vandals when a streetcar opera-
. , {*=Wallace Beery. tor—charged ' that they had Turning fo Heft Officials at Memorial Park said smashed a window in her vehicle. | BOSTON, Apr. 19 (UP) — The as 10,000 mourners to trudge upi10th St.
installment on the four-year Eu-| ropean recovery program. It aims {to. carry the program through! what Mr. Hoffman has termed the {“pritical” period between now sand mid 1950.
they expected a crowd of as many Mrs. Grae Xing, 3, 91 814 E. no record of & boiler inspection. f American women tothe hill to the tiny Church of the broken as the trolley neared the La ee Sees The funeral was 4100 block College Ave. Shotgun Blast prettier and more zestful female, scheduled for 3:30 p.'m.. Indian-| A third teen ager, who at1 expert said apolis time. mos {tempted to prevent arrest of his Routs Prowler | Attendance inside the chapel comrades, was also arrested. “non {was limited to 300 close friends — i me WILLIAM K. STREIT of Cin- and studio coworkers of thé 65-
at a church, were thwarted last { . _|night. - Physical Education and Recrea-|— The Rev. Ross Shaffer of tne Due Tomorrow i
nual convention here, said men was to read the last rites. Garments for The Times
needn’t worry that their women
Taught to Swim 3 Hurt Slightly As Baby, Boy, 3, In Local Traffic A prowler was routed by a shot- Drowning Victim wi
last 3 - - — £un blast and two break-ins, on ALEDONIA. N. Y. Apr. 19 early today for injuries .received|
| UP) ~ Three-year-old Kenneth:In two traffic accidents on In-| ment today, said Mr. St. Clair iSmyke, who learned to swim be. dianapolis streets. Robert Shorten, 821 8. Roena'fore he was a year old, was Michael Lee Harvey Jr, 23, of
{St told pelice he saw a man drowned yesterday in the waters 542 N. Tibbs Ave. was cut about Sewing Contest must be |, ouiine near his home about 9 Of a fish hatchery.
Elizabeth and Wilma Dean Stanbaugh , . . These fountains in |
Danville school spewed forth steam and scalding water yesterday.
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Danville School ; . . State fire inspectors have neglected this school since 1946. The state has
General Hospital last night and
ithe head when the car he was
Three persons were treated at]
‘been made at the schoo! since May, 1046. °° -~ !
Safety Valve Falls {basement restroom in the old | part of the school when steam {and hot water backed up in cold {wate? pipes and gushed out of jdrinking fountains, lavatories and toilets, ~ : { Floyd Bosley, township trustee, {sald the supply of hot water ine { tended to service the showers was j unused yesterday because physical jeducation ciagses had classroom {sessions. The -oversupply backed {up into cold water pipes when the
- | safety valve failed to function.
The, trustee sald parents wers (Informed of the cause of the ex{plosion at a PTA meeting last night. He said the school is ine suured and that insurance inspec. tors were expected to begin an in {vestigation today. = Two other girls badly scalded yesterday, Karen C. Long and {Joan Cook, both 12. were treate
ed at the hospital and returned home, -- :
Revenue Bureau Names South Bend Office Chief
| George] St. Clair. career man with the Bureau of Internal Reves inue, has been ‘appoinfed division chief of the bureau's South Bend
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who was appointed Indiana col {lector Mar. 1.
Mr. St. Clair, who is734, re
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ceived his original appointment
to the bureau in’ June, 1941, and —
‘served until he joined the Army in 1943. After discharge In 1946, he returned to oy ray, work. Mr, Cripe. who received confirmation of the new appoint.
counties. The new chief is a native of Sulivan,-and now resides in South
The eight girls were in the -
{will supervise collections in seven
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[office succeeding Ralph W. Gripe,
n N.C (UP)—Dogeatcher Lysle Wright Editorials .. 12 Side Glances. : paid $1.50 yesterday to bait nisifoed aeaseas aide Lo pound after. {Forum ..... he ST {Hollywood .. 8 Parl Wilson. 10. . of interest to women , , , ilnside Indpls. 11 Women's «ss 7, Will be found on Page 7,
“250,545,622 passenger miles on its routes which run from New Ygrk and Washington to -Bermuda, Mon-
: torium. |Co., 316 Virginia Ave. apparently swimming coach Edward J. Hoyt Ave, and Donald Price, 15, ball sea *. News of the Sewing Con- {frightened by passerby. He ran Smyke, flew here. lof 649 Leota Bt. were released clouted test . ... and other features through an alley and escaped. He said he.had taught the hoy after treatment for injuries -re- Joe Ha Company officials said missing.
; "Kent, O. : - ” delivered tomorrow — from |p He said he fired his shot-] A whimpering dog led relatives driving eollided with a truck at Bend with his wife, : is “Rings the Bell |, ur fx vuerieg sue Times Index humana o OF ok. Sn fo, Por, von mpd 1, i Lt Sm) nfo Bt Dosen 5 Re x : ar ut| . e ay o en |gyer-a.fence and fled. | 3 . i u are not Ings YORE. Aor.10 Ou Cling AO uIasnin. 8iMrs. Manners. 5 tral Library, Pennsylvania | 8 A. Marshal custodian of Syke. the child's grandfather, 47. of 840 8. Bellevue Place, was! ? the best {UP)—Colonial Airlines but at the same time they are canes il a B and 8t. Clair Sts. {Broadway Methodist Church, Abdan) Micin dives Jnl the water, Two teen-age boys were injured! ve return the completed its 19th year of good sports. They are no jonger Business ... 13 Movies. ..... 8 The public will have an {frightened away a man who had ole 3 Jesp 30 save 108 Slightly: vis. the Dieyele they] . ’ . : amels and operations today without a | elinging vines.” : {Childs ..... 12i0thman .... 11 opportunity to see the tried to force doors and windows boy ; Ring ‘were riding crashed into the side. NEW YORK--Bll- p : fatal accident or a serious y rh nore Ce [Classified . 18-20 Pattern snes T clothes made by home-sew- to enter the church. F F 8 cog ” ; eo» : lof a car driven. by Alfred Lofton, leadoff man for the Ne 4 hase price, injury to passenger or crew “TURN ABOUT IS" Comes _. rE RAAIO aise 9 ers starting Saturday at 9 ! A" wouldibe burglar. jumped! KENNETH'S father, Spring-25. of 2338 8. Keystone Ave. © Giants, hit the first h - Reynolds member. The line has flown . LONG BEACH, Cal. Apr. 19 Crossword .. 10 Ruark ..... os pam in the library -audi- from a window of the A. L. Loutt Seid College (Mass) freshman ' “William Quillen, 15, of 1334 Of the 194% maj 6 2
nothing to swim at the age of
another - nine ceived in the crash at Laurel 8t. Dodgers into by 4 ; dog (and Fletcher Ave, | stands, Co
been nabbed
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