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FORECAST: Fair tonight and tomorrow. Slightly warmer. Low tonight, 46; high tomorrow, 78.

Within two hours after strong winds ripped through Mishawaka late yesterday, a construction

company crane was-on the scene clearing streets of fallen trees.

Traffic Tied Up; Power Lines Down; Damage at $100,0

Roof Tops Ripped Off,

Felled; Fair Weather

Hundreds of Trees Due Here Tomorrow

Mishawaka was recovering from tornado-like winds that struck

at 6:09 p. m, (DST) yesterday as

' minutes. Temporary electric lines

rain lashed the town for 20 to 25 | With the exception of roofers

were in operation today.

The violent winds which lasted only a few minutes ripped

through the east side of Mishawaka tearing off roof tops, knocking dianapolis building trades were on the job this morning despite expi-L

down electric wires and uprooting

Rips 3 States

Property Damage Reaches - Millions By United Press 1 The second major. tornado of the spring, spreading destruction across Oklahoma, Texas and Kansag, today left 10 known dead and more than 70 injured. Property damage, heaviest in central Oklahoma, promised to run into the millions. In addition to the twisters in the Southwest, windstorms and heavy rain struck northern Mississippl yesterday, destroying houses, uprooting trees and cutting off electric power. No casualties were reported, however, and serious damage was confined to the towns of Houston and Okolona.

The tornadoes that struck 14 Oklahoma communities Saturday night claimed six lives. Four others were Killed in Texas, near Bonham. A pair of tornadoes, riding the | tail of a thunderstorm, struck in! western Kansas, at Great Bend and Oakley, but these caused only slight damage and no injuries were reported. = Unconfirmed : reports in Oklahoma indicated the death toll may g0 higher. One National Guardsman was reported killed and an other missing. : The tornadoes struck early Saturday -night. The one in Texas hit first in Fannin County. The one in Oklahoma struck Norman, then skipped crazily across the state, hitting 13 other communi-

For the most part, only sparsely populated areas were hit, keeping casualties down. Farm. homes and other buildings were dam-

hundreds of trees. Damage was estimated at more than $100,000,

Highway East (U. 8. 33) as Mishawaka went on an emergeney ‘basis after the winds destroyed police radio and automatic fire alarm systems.

Phone Service’ Crippled

thirds of ‘the: city was without pf wo Sx hours and some teléphone service was disrupted. Buildings owned by the Continental Oil Co. and a quonset hut welding shop'were damaged. The

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6am... 52 10s. m... 87 7a. m... 54 11a m... 70 8a m... 57 12 (Noon). 712 a m... 63 1pm... 14

Dodge Manufacturing Co. re-! ported $10,000 damage to its factory.

Mayor E. Spencer Walton ordered all city employees out to clear debris from the streets and highways. A big crane lifted trees out of the streets. The wind, which the South Bend weather buréau called “a heavy squall of light tornado intensity,” reached a velocity of 120 miles an hour. Rain and wind in the remainder of the state were confined to moderate localized disturbances and rainfall ranged from .03 inch in Evansville to one inch in Terre Haute.

Predict Fair Today Fair weather was predicted by Weatherman Paul Miller for tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures will remain mild, he said. Despite occasional light showers yesterday, temperatures rose to 74 in downtown Indianapolis. A high of 78 was expected tomorrow. A minimum of 46 was predicted for tonight. Slightly warmer temperatures

aged, trees uprooted, power lines torn down and motor cars smashed.

were expected tomorrow as westerly winds shift to the southwest

land south, Mr. Miller said.

Jacobs Passes Up Dinner

Sponsored by State C. of C.

ino wage conferences had been | 2Ction in rehiring Hudson for the Engineer M. (

Congressman Refuses fo Be Guest of Any Group ‘Interested in ‘Legislation’

By DAN KIDNEY,

Times Staff Writer

Building Trades 00 Remain on Joh

-Trarfic ‘was blocked on Lincoln’

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Contractors, Unions Try to Get Together

jand ashestos workers, the In-

ration of their 22 contracts Swcw& day night. TS in Verne Miller, presideht of “the Building Trades Council, said today the council had not granted a 30-day ‘extension of the contract for the purpose of further negotiations, “Some of the individual unions may have made such an

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MONDAY, MAY 2, 1949

Entered as Second-Olass Matter at Postoffice Indianapolis, ’

Ind. Issued Daily

Memorandum to Sheriff Cunningham—

Killed Officer

Manslaughter Charge Against ‘Hot Rod' | Driver Dismissed |

A 19;vear-old “hot rod” speeder who struck down and killed a motorcycle policeman and fled the|

major offenses and drew a one] year's sentence on a lesser charge in Criminal Court 2 today. The youth, H=zrbert Charles Bobb, 627 Cottage Ave. won dismissal of a manslaughter charge and a suspended sentence on a reckless homicide charge by agreeing to plead guilty to two lesser charges.

He entered guilty pleas to the charge of failure to stop after an| accident and to reckless homicide, | He was sentenced to a year on| the State Farm on the first charge and was given a suspended one-to-five-year sentence on the second.

State Consents

Judge Saul I. Rabb passed the sentence after Deputy Prosecutor! Edwin Ryan told the court the! state would consent to the guilty pleas on the lesser charges and would dismiss a charge of involuntary manslaughter. ~ He said the agreement grew out of a conference with police] and prosecution witnesses. “ineluding the policeman s-widow: Bobb was arrested in connection with the death of Patrolman Robert J. Baker, who was smashed against the pavement Oct. 2 when the youth's “het rod” struck him as it raced

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arrangement,” he added. © Big construction was moving along” stoothly as both builders and craftsmen were attempting to) get together on wage adjustments] which included closing the gaps between some of the crafts and a' general increase. “We don't want a strike,” Mr.| Miller said. “We want to get down to business and keep our men working.” . The Building Trades Council] was in session just before noon at headquarters. 512 N. Illinois 8t.! Thomas A. Berling, chairman of the Wage and Working Agree- | ment Committee of the Building Contractors Association of Indianapolis, Inc., issued the follow- | ing statement: i “As published in newspapers of | last Saturday the Building Trades) granted a 30-day extension of the|

piration date of Apr. 30 of present |contracts. : | “Reports received indicate all|

Calhoun Sts. Bobb fled and few hours later in a filling station near his home.

Widow Agrees

was arrested a |

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{Hf In court today the attorney for |

the policeman’s widow sald she|

Gets One Year §

scene escaped penalties on two| ®

This is the Moose Home in Glens Valley where 225 Indianapolis and Marion County patrons | | played bingo and operated slot machines yesterday. It is published for the scrapbook of Sheriff | James Cunningham who has expressed curiosity about gambling in his bailiwick.

Murder on Highways—

Week-End Traffic Crashes

Take 11 Lives

Passing Car Kills Lo

in Indiana cal Girl, 2,

After Fall From Parents’ Machine

Indiana counted 11 persons dead in traffic accidents today as the state recorded one of the worst week-ends of traffic slaughter

of the year.

One of the traffic tragedies struck an Indianapolis family on-a Sunday outing as their 2-year-old daughter fell from .the family car to [2 death under the wheels of an once yng vehicle.

Off-Street Parking On Tonight's Agenda City Council tonight will tackle

street parking, street repairs,

The child was Diane L, Hart{Robert Hartman, 2600 Ryan Dr.

{She was killed last night when ishe fell from the car being driven

{by -her mother two miles. north

|of Westfield on. State Road 31) the alleged . operator,

[and was run.over by a car driven Ivy Robart: Baits ‘Kokomo, 0 i 10 Othérs Killed | Ten other persons were killed iin ‘week-end accidents and one In-

our major city problems—off-dianapolis man’ died as the re-

fman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Council to Take Up

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4 Slot Machines, J Men Seized

2 Boys Also Sent to

Juvenile Division

A police vice squad confiscated four slot machines, arrested three men and sent two 16-year-old boys to Juvenile Ald Division today after two “pre-dawn visits to a | Massachusetts Ave. shuffieboard | FOO. : Three of the slot machines were dug out of the coal pile in the rear of the shuffleboard room, 3543 Massachusetts Ave., and the fourth was taken from the car of

PRICE FIVE CENTS

Bingo Fans Jam Casino At Glens Valley

Speeder Who

Sheriff ‘Crashes’ No Doors in ‘Call’ On One Joint Asked last week after publication of a story in The Times disclosing operations of a big-time crap shooting joint what developments had occurred in the gambling situation, Sher« ift James Cunningham replied: “Why, I'm waiting for The Times to tell me all about it.” Here is the latest develop ment in the wide-open gambling situation in the county for Sher iff Cunningham's study-—a story of big-time bingo which opened up high, wide and handsome in the sheriff's bajliwick yesterday.

“Illegal bingo games and slot machines run wide open in Marion County along with swanky dice shooting joints. Hundreds of young, middle aged and elderly men and women patronize a combination bingo-slot machine establishment at the Moose Country Home, one mile west of Ind. 37 near Glens Valley.

Rain failed to halt more than 225 bingo players from visiting

{the huge gambling casino yester-

day. They came by car, bus and on foot, : : } Meanwhile, Sherilf James F, Cunningham again visited the dice house at 4444 W, Washington 8t. last night but failed to

Richard of 1115 N. Rural $t.,

Polhman, 34

nquency arge | | Polhman was arrested j charges of violating the 1935 Bev-| (erage Act, violating the 1935 Siot |

sult of injuries sustained in a hit-| Machine Act, having no license|

bridge construction and expansion |And-run accident Jan. 22. They

would be satisfied if the youth|,. we... cook Municipal Airport. Were:

received prison sentence on the | lesser charge. i As he passed ‘sentence Judge

“You can thank Mrs. Baker for

owe her a lot.” The judge also fined Bobb $100 and costs which he said would be paid in installments after his release, suspended his driver's 1i-| cense for ‘a year and said he| would recommend that the youth! be denied a ‘driver's license the]

rest of his life, terming him “not 1AW requires every new business, | View.

a motor vehicle.” Bobb also is currently under, arrest on a charge of rape. The |

{building trades are working €X-|.harce was brought by an 18-

‘cept the asbestos workers. “A joint meeting of the direc-/ tors and the wage committees of the Contractors Association held last Saturday offered the building trades a renewal of their contracts at the 1948 scale for 12 months. “The proposal contained further | provisions that wages shall be increased 5 per cent if the cost of living index should rise to Justi-| ty it fn’ 1949, “The present cost of living index shows an increase of one-|

quickly as possible.”

trades denied it. The tradesmen are asking increases said to aver-

(the reducing of some of the gaps between the craft scales. At noon today Mr. Miller sald

2 Lose Appeal

scheduled to his knowledge.

WASHINGTON, May 2—When Chairman Wayne Coy of the : Federal Communications Commission addresses the Indiana state IN Bribery Case

Chamber of Commerce congressional dinner here tonight there will

be one fellow Democrat missing.

WASHINGTON, May 2 (UP) ~By a 4 to 4 split, the Supreme con-

Rep. Andrew Jacobs of Indianapolis said he will not attend “any Court today affirmed the

Mr. Jacobs, freshman member

" of the House Education and La-

bor Committee, is busy trying to work out a compromise amended bill to repeal the Taft-Hartley Jaw. Debated all last week, the repealer will be taken up in the House again tomorrow. “I didn't turn down this invitation just because it was the Chamber of Commerce,” Mr, Jacobs explained. “I did so because I have an ironclad rule that I will not break bread with any organization meeting here which is interested in legislation. “The only exception I would make would be some meeting where they asked me to speak and answer questions. To do that I think 1s part of the job of be-

er matter.” Mr. Jacobs was the only absen-

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tional labor organizations.

stance of living up to his rule.

licans and six other

Chamber meeting.

Rep. Ray Madden of Gary, dean “cniences. of the House Democrats, said he| = will attend the state dinner. Dean d¢nce against them had been obH. Mitchell, president of the ‘tained by wire-tapping. ing a Congressman. It is a pat-Northern Indiana Public Service tern «which I follow in my dis-|Co. and re-elected a national|York when done under court au-| trict. Just being a guest is anoth- Chamber director, is from Ham-|thorization. ‘mond in Mr. Madden's first dis-

found quilty of attempting to

tee recently when a group from N He YN row entor|bribe ew York Giants football

tained by one of the large nacited this today as another od David Krakower, were con-|

players. The two men, Harvey Stemmer

victed on charges of attempting

{Merle Hapes

William E. Jenner, Indina Republicans, and the four Repub-| th the Chicago Bears in DeHoosier! _|{Hapes subsequently were susected to be at the dinner to. pended by the National Footbal night. Indianians from Chambers! of Commerce throughout the state] are on hand for the annual U. 8. tried and convicted in New York

icember, 1947. Filchock

League. Stemmer. and Krakower were |City and were given 5-to-10-year

They challenged the |convictions on grounds that evi-

Wire-tapping is lawful in New

Introduction of evidence obtain i by wire-tapping is not permitted federal courts.

age about 25 cents an hour with!

the traffic case. Bobb is to be arraigned in| Municipal Court 4 for preliminary

{hearing on the. rape charge.

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Pupil Strike Ends | At Crothersville

CROTHERSVILLE, Ind, May

half of one per cent over the High School students marched level of January of 1948. iback to their ctasses today, vic-| “Negotiations will be continued |torious in their fight against and contracts will be signed as Principal Ellis Hudson. I

Some 125 youngsters from the

Trustee R. Calvi {letter of resigna (Hudson. , { Mr, Hudson quit effective last |8aturday, the day after the strike was called in.protest to Grove's

read a

next school term. |+ Miss Virginia Winston, a sub|stitute teacher, was named acting

{principal to succeed Mr. Hudson taken from Keeton Brothers Auto

and serve the final week of the present school term. |

among various city agencies a| jRabb told Bobb: | portion of the $400,000 gas taxiin front of their home. The driver, PAKEr TOT! nd recently won.in a legal battie!John Carver, giso of Kokomo, what is happening here: vor. you prom the State Highway Com: was arrested on a charge of driv- ployed hy Polhman.

{ing with improper brakes, Alfred Neilsen, B-year-old Knox

mission.

The city's efforts to rid itself of downtown traflic congestion

off-street parking worked out by the Zoning Board. “The proposed off-street parking

negotiations period, based on ex-|s fit or proper person to operate office building, hospital and apart-

ment house to provide parking facilities.

Seek Fund Transfer Another proposed ordinance ex-

jyear-old girl who charged Bobb pected to hit the council floor to-

{with criminal assault on Apr. 22, night asks for transfer of $60,000 {while he was free on bond in'expenditure

from the ‘general fund to the. city's street repair fund. Council also will be requested to turn over $150,000 from the gas tax fund to the Board of Works for construction, repair and maintenance of streets. A bond issue for an Arlington

{Ave. bridge over Pleasant Run,

costing approximately $115,000 is

night. May Add Engineers

Councilmen wili be asked to ap-, {prove a $250, grant from the

federal - government for “the ex-

The summary differences were {reshman, sophomore and junior pansion of Weir Cook Municipal| that the contractors claimed a Classes agreed to end their one- Airport. A t¢ntative agreement 30-day ‘extender and the building half day walkout when, Township was already approved.

Two additional sewer engineers eer's staff to ald in devefoping the 8 huge sewage bhtilding program Council gives final approval To request—by City

(3. ) Johnson,

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MERCHANDISE TAKEN Merchandise valued at $300 was

Sales, 2108 W. Morris St. terday.

| ® TR or : ® Railways Accused of Using dinner in’ Washington given by persons interested in legislation.” |victions of two New York men |

Property Losses to Up Fare

Public Counselor Charges Company

Seeks More Revenue to Finance Affairs

Public Counselor William E. Steckler charged today Indianapo- reported what had happened, {to bribe Frankie Filchock ‘and: lis Railways, Inc., was exploiting the straphanger to increase its After Sens. Homer E. Capehart and to throw a game! Capitalization and operate the Traction Terminal building.

_At the same time, the city Edward A. Horn, 12, Kokomo,

Ifathers will be asked to divide struck by a car as he and his

88-year-old sister stepped off a bus

boy, was struck as he rode his

{will come up in the form of an|bicyele up to the crest of a hill P ordinance. near Knox yesterday. Frank Fish- could purchase liquor. Police said ler, 25, Knox, driver of the car, told it was then 1:35 a. m, | police the upgrade obscured his

J Burned to Death

Bert Roberts, 46, Detroit, and {James F. Bollhoefer, Gas City,

{burned to death yesterday when| the tractor-trailer driven by Mr.| Roberts struck a hole in the pave-| {ment on State Rd. 37 east of Eiwood, crashed and caught fire, The

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Struck in Eye By Golf Ball At Pleasant Run

WALTER LAUER,

assistant

(UP) — Striking Crothersville 8180 expected to be considered to- Office manager of The Times, wWas| “rpe first slot machine was]

ithe victim of a “million to one” golf accident yesterday. Mr. Lauer, standing at the edge

the following twosome to tee off, was struck in the right eye by a 150-yard iron shot on the fly. { The golf ball broke

ace. Doctors hope to prevent any impairment of his sight,

Czechs Detain U. S. Official

See World Report, Page 3 PRAGUE, May 2

tin 8. Bowe, fimerisan military permit officer here, and his wife {were arrested while taking color (films of the ay Day parade, {They were held for an hour and a half, | On the way to the station Mrs, {Bowe - was permitted to stop

lephoned the U. 8. embassy and

being juestioned, {Bowe sald, he was asked to sign

The public counselor asserted that Raflways' inclusion of its|a statement that he had not been

{charge against rate payers, | He said the utility was collect, ing dimes to finance a subsidiary

{discount terminal losses from the {company’s case, | More Difficult | The Traction Termiinal losses, were disclosed on the witness stand last week by Charles O. Pinkerton, company treasurer.

| Pinkerton |8teckler ithe computation of these

this morning,

did not make it more difficult ror

real estate business, and asked/the company to obtain new capthe Public Service Commission to!ital and force it to finance itself Amusements «8 Othman .... 13

out of revenue. The public counselor also said

{that $635,000 depreciation charged Editorials by the utility was being used to Forum . capitalization by Hollywood financing immediately the pur- Lucas .... chase of new equipment. And the Mrs. Manners 11 Weather Map 15 In cross-examination of Mr. increased capitalization, he con-/Ma Mr.|tinued, was being used as basis asked: the togasurer if

increase the

on which to demand a higher

losses fare.

and losses on Traction Terminal leases in the rate case was an unfair mistreated. He wrote his own

{statement and signed it, The

[lms were seized. ‘Times Index

Business Comics

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weses14 Boclety ...... 8 «++ 8 8ports ...16, 17 ++:14 Teen Prob, .. 7

rriage ....11 Earl Wilson .22 Movies ... 8 Women's .... 7

| scam cma re A — | his Reavgat, 1 E ona Nor : ly 3 9:00; Noon Lunches, 11:00 A. M. to 2:0 P, M.

Mr.

{for coin-operated devices, having no storeroom license and contrib-|

uting to the delinquency of min-! 8 . !

£0 in or “smash down as he had thregtened.

vestigate.

Play Three Hours A Times reporter observed the sheriff drive within a block of the establishment, wait five min» utes a half-block away and then drive back to town, Exactly 28

| The two boys, whom the police CATS: most of them late models, charged with delinquency, told Were parked around the place.

Fe that they ‘were em-!

Patrolmen Robert Rowe and {John Glenn walked into the room, iplayad pinball machines and then asked one of the youths if they,

The youth zaid that they could {have some as soon as Polhman|

{tablishment,

At the bingo-siot machine ese two Times informe ants played bingo and the slot machines from 5 p. m. until 8

"Two chartered busses left In.

{dlanapolis from 724 N. Capitol

Ave, loaded with bingo players, One left at 4 p. m, and thé other m. Passengers were

jreturned, police said, Later Pain. charged one dollar aplece for the

man came in- and sold one of the! {patrolmen a half-pint of whisky

for $2, police said,

Others Arrested

round trip ride, About

Bingo players sat at six

{lengthy tables in the downstairs Clinton hall of the Moose Lodge. A looks

Cason, 31, of 2742 N. Gale St. out sat upstairs carefully scrutie and Omer Cooknour, 41, of 2022 nizing every car as ft pulled in.

'N. Dearborn St. both of whom | 'were charged with violation of {the 1935 beverage act. They and Polhman ‘vere to appear in Municinal Court 3 today. i

Police sajd Cason was carry-! {Ing an open half pint of whisky, | Cooknour was seen mixing drinks! {before Officer Rowe purchased the whisky, police said.

itaken from Polhman's car on the {first raid, police said, and the) three other machines—all were)

{floor

imarked

Sevéral . couples danced to a

jukebox on the upstairs dance An elderly woman served {coffee and sandwiches nearby.

Partially hidden in a door “office,” 25 men and

women were playing nickle, dime and quarter slot machines.” A imjddle-aged woman [thanged bills Into silver for pa. trons.

cashier

Average $512 Prize Every half hour bingo opera~

of No. 13 green at Pleasant Run five cent machines—were dug out tors would walk up and down {as a courtesy gesture to permit of the coal pile on a second visit the aisles advising players. that near dawn, :

‘bingo will be played here every

| Police also confiscated two pin- night and week-end afternoons.”

ball machines, which they charged |

f his glasses, pajd off, as well as one 25-cent patrons were elderly . will be added to the City. Engi- 2nd ground glass into his eye and punchboard, the pint of whisky the operators were young men,

and an automatic {shells and holster.

pistol with

Struck by Truck

i IN. Pennsylvania St. was struck! {by a truck driven hy Alva C.|

ist Hospital.

The majority of the bingo

women, But

One bingo operator explained

{that the game was “percentage bingo.” |counted the “house” and figured Mr4- Olga Mitchell 20. of qq Pros imately how much of a . . 29, cash prize could be awarded,

He sald that one man

The average prize was $12. When one patron observed how

— Hawley, 2055 Bluff Rd. as she much money the bingo operators (UP)-—Au- crossed 10th 8t. and Capitol Ave.must make. another woman said: Ye8- thorities disclosed today that Mar-/today. She was treated at Method-

“This isn’t so big. You should

‘come out on a nice day.”

Where Are You, 'Brownie'?

Jimmie Stoftts

Has to Know

briefly at a hotel where she te] He's Been Looking for You Since You Bit Him

And He Doesn't Want Any More ‘Shots’

Jimmie Stotts, 13, takes sho

ts every week for asthma-—and

he’s in for some more shots if he can’t locaté a dog by the name

of “Brownie” who bit him yesterday.

The doctor tells him he may brown, part chow dog can be lo rabies.

escape the shots ‘if the reddish cated and observed 10 days for

Jmmie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stotts, 3611 N. Capito! Ave,

(was bitten on the left leg, around 37th and Illinois Sts, while he carried his Times paper route, via bicycle.

“Brownlie” lives around 35th and Illinois 8ts. or 35th and Salem! Sts. But “Brownie” | ‘nlformation, about “Brownie” [telephoned to his home (Wabash [1277) would maké Jimmie ° (happy. Besides objecting to mbre! shots, he's a busy boy. 21)

He doesn't want to miss his

eighth grade class party at School .13 He and his friends canvassed 43--he's on the committee. He's +++14 Schools ..10, 15 the neighborhood, believing a traffic patrolman there, too.

Jimmie doesn't hold against “Brownie" that small skin pune

wasn’t around. ture in his leg. He's sure he was playing—but he would like to miss the shots. He's fond of dogs in general—his own’

, and those wandering dogs he ¥escorts" through heavy traffic.

the doers” 7

Cunningham sald he would in.

756 cars were parked around the bingo establishment.

Opening

Hundreds Go By Bus, Car, Even on Foot