Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 May 1949 — Page 1
), 1949
nd by ousers,
cuffed ver fit. , San-
$ SHOP
he
J \§ }
{
nr
TE ro mit eS VA re My a A Eg SE Hr Se RE NR SHE
The Indianapolis Time
FORECAST: Fair, slightly warmer tonight and tomorrow. Low tonight, 40; high tomorrow, 72.
Hg
PRICE FIVE CENTS
~~ ~~
|
[scupps~nowarnd 60th YEAR—NUMBER 60
Famous Theater
i 3 +
: : i Photo by Bob Wallace, Imes Staff Photographer. These areshe last days of the celebrated English Theater. Across its boards played the notables of a great theatrical era now ending in the Middle West. This is the interior of the theater as it looks now as wrecking crews tear it down. Look now, for this is the last of it.
Grocer Loses Bout With Bandit
Knocks Him Down
3 Times in Tussle
_ An Indianapolis grocer knocked a robber down three times in his store this morning, but finally lost the battle when the bandit slugged him with a revolver and ran from the store with $200. The victim, Harold Reid, 49, of 2612 N. New Jersey St, was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital by ambulance for treatment of head lacerations. Mr. Reid, who operates the Reid Market, 2501 Northwestern Ave., sald the robber entered the store about 8:30 a. m. and ordered an assortment of groceries. When Mr. Reid had prepared the order, the man produced a revolver and demanded money. He took $200 from the grocer’s pocket. Swings With Fist
As the bandit was putting the money in his own pocket, Mr. Reid swung with his fist and knocked him down. The man jumped up and Mr, Reid knocked him down two more times, he told The Times. Then the bandit slugged. -the grocer twice with the revelver and started to run out the front door. A customer who had approached the store during the fight tried to hold the door, but the bandit broke the glass with his weapon. The customer then réleased the
door and the man ran out, going|——— -
east on 25th St. Mr. Reid described the bandit as about 35 years old and five feet eight inches tall. He wore a checkered brown suit coat, brown trousers and a gray hat.
Summer Garbage Collections Set
The city’s new summer tras
collection schedule will begin Monday. Twice weekly “pick-ups... are
slated for garbage. Ash and trash cojigctions will be made every other week. The new two-a-week garbage schedule includes Mondays and Thursdays, Tuesdays and ¥ridays and Wednesdays and Saturdays.
TRUMAN TO MEET PRESS WASHINGTON, May 11 (UP)
~President Truman will hold a|®%
news conference at 9:30 a. m. (Indianapolis Time) tomorrow.
Times Index
Amusements. 8|Mrs. Manners 4 Eddie Ash ...16|Marriage .... 4 until the court order is signed. sesnse 8
Beauty ...... 7|Movies
Russ Rip Out 60 Barriers Blocking Traffic in Berlin Germans Mass for Big ‘Land Rush’ As Cola War Blockade Crumbles
The West German Republic . . . an Editorial . . . Page 14
BERLIN, May 11 (UP)—The Berlin blockade, Russia's supreme and futile maneuver in the cold war, crumbled away today as a land rush of Western traffic raced toward the city and the Soviets razed their barriers here. Meanwhile, a one-car Diesel train carrying German railroad officials crossed into Western Germany from the Soviet zone at Helmstedt, the first train to cross the East-West frontier un. Allied officials also arranged to ‘der the Big Four ‘agreement “to fend their counter-blockade. lift the blockade. {| At the same time the Russians U. 8. authorities also sent their| Will abandon their barriers at {first train speeding for Berlin, | Helmstedt, at the Anglo-Soviet t {zonal border, where food trucks while 18 others waited with © a other velifcies were Hnini & {steam up for the other veltlcies were imng up
formal windup] | {by the hundreds for the dash of the blockade at one minute | pono the Soviet zone.
(after midnight, 5:01 p. m. today, | Hang Out Bunting (Indianapolis Time). | A 10-man Soviet railway deleHundreds of vehicles—automo-| gation arrived at Helmstedt this
{biles, trucks, bicycles, horsecarts,imorning and at once began dis-|
wheelbarrows—massed along the|cussions with Western zone exhighways .and surged toward the|perts on operating procedure zonal border. Berlin itself pre-|when the green light goes on. {pared for a celebration to a. The Soviets showed every sign lits liberation from the 11 months Of living up entirely to the letter lof Soviet traffic shackles. (and spirit of the agreement for Rip Out Barriers the blockade removal. Their offi- | The Russians blasted 60 tramc|cial organ here, the Taeglische [barriers along the Soviet sector | Rundsliey, wont even further. It |border inside Berlin—iron and |“. TC Day that Peace’ can |éoncrete monuments to the all-
; {be secured in Europe.” lout effort short of war to oust “meriin for its part prepared for
the Western powers. {a massive celebration to mark the | Soviet sector police said Rus-land of the blockade. The Gersian and German guards at the mans called it their “V-E Day.” checkpoints between the Kast They closed their schools and
be removed at the zero hour.lout the festive bunting.
Razing of Roosevelt Hotel To Follow Court Order
| First Condemned as Hazard in 1947,
State Fire Marshal's Records Show Wrecking of the Roosevelt Hotel, condemned as a fire hazard,
Twill begin within 60 days after a court order is issued. A recom-; h mended court, procedure is being prepared by attorneys for the ys staff had assumed that a 10
state and for the owner, Horace O. Wright Jr., realtor. The records of Alex Hougland, state fire marshal, show the hotel was first condemned May 2, 1947. The condemning order remained dormant until Apr, 6 of! : Saat pst atesetnst | this year, When the State again hog a eu met iA | presse: e closing order. | | City Building Commissioner Working oat of an evacuation |Charies Bacon, however, had ®™ te ae ng Agreement. He oe long before (three years to the pees wok Tie 5 B, probaply day) condemned the building. |.’ CU Co np os a Proce | Due to the shortage of living|, "., sourt. mm b BILTS Hie cate w u Bow: pushen. When the court signs the order Paul J. DeVault, attorney for|the owner will be given 60 days | Mr. Wright said the most difficult in Which to evacuate guests and It problem is finding living start wrecking the building. quarters for the tenants, many | No plans have yet been made of whom are permanent guests. for the use of the ground. There Last night 185 guests were on|is some possibility that it will bethe hotel register. No evacuation come a parking lot, being located orders have been given guests of | conveniently across from the the hotel and will not be issued northeast corner of the State House.
{Army Need 11100 Doctors
athe Army and Air Force medical
« (who received medical training in
| called first.”
_|Force now has a minimum of 3.5
§ IT there were 6.5 doctors for 1000
land West sectors of Berlin would [stores, opened their bars and put
WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1949
U.S. Air Force,
Gen. Armstrong Says Recruiting Program Going Satisfactorily By JOHN WILSON
A minimum of 1100 young doctors are currently needed to fill
programs, Brig. Gen. George E. Armstrong said here today. Gen. Armstrong, deputy surgeon general of the Army, was among 700 physicians here to attend the second annual Alumn$ Day of the Indiana University School of Medicine. “The recruiting program for doctors is going very satisfactorily,” said Gen. Armstrong, “but in the event of a special call men
ASTP and Navy V-12 programs and who were not required to serve in the Armed Forces will be
Paid Special Tribute He said the Army and Afr
doctors for 1000 troops. The recruitment program will serve to bring replacements for doctors finishing their programs month, During the peak of World War
men, he said. . “Gen. Armstrong paid special tribute to the interest of hospital administrators throughout the nation for early successes in the recruitment drive. “Many young doctors want Army training” Gen. Armstrong said, “but they are afraid they will lose their civilian places. The administrators have joined in promising residencies in the hos-
each
Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice Indianapolis, Ind. Issued Dally
Police Watch H For ‘G-Girl’ In Jailbreak
Mrs. Marjorie Gorsline Traylor . . . Jail officials "never thought about" searching her for
ring freed the missing keys.
"G-woman.
pitals to trainees they re. turn from service.” Spend $1 Miilion The Army and Air Force currently are spending $1 million a year in post-graduate education
vealed. One of the newer courses of instruction is that of atomic medicine. According to the present setup, Gen. Armstrong said, volunteers receive a first lieutenant’'s commission and pay of approximately $400 a month. They are eligible for captaincies after one year. Retirement pay after 30 years’ serv{ice is $375 a month.
of doctors, Gen. Armstrong. re:
| Gen. Armstrong, a native of {Lawrence County, is a 1925 grad-| uate of the IU medical school. | During the last war, he conducted | ia school for Chinese medical of-| {ficers in the China-Burma-India| { theater. { Lewis B. Hershey, director of] ithe Office of Selective Service| {Records, was to speak at the {afternoon program. Other schediuled speakers were Dr. Lowell T. Cogeshall, University of Chi cago; Dr. Frank C. Mann, Uni- | versity of Minnesota, apd Dr.| {John D. Van Nuys, dean the! {TU medical school.
Railways Counsel
Rip Public Exhibit
By ROBERT BLOEM | Attorneys for |Railways continued sniping today {at a public exhibit intended to {show that the company could pull |
{out of the red with a 10 per cent| =
{reduction in vehicle mileage. {| Under cross examination by| icompany attorney Alan Boyd,
[Public Service Commission chief|
{accountant Elgin R. Byrne ad{mitted he had simply applied a {proportionate figure to the com-| any’'s cost of operation. | In other words, Mr. Byrne said, |
{per cent reduction in miles trav|eled would be accompanied by a {10 per cent reduction in the tranisit utility's operating expenses, . First Public Witness Mr. Byrne is the first major {witness who has appeared for the) publ in the drive by Public Counselor William E. Bteckler to [block the company’s demand for | an increase in transit fares. Mr. | Byrne's exhibit was designed to
' show that the company could re-|
|duce its losses and even produce
|by its vehicles. He told Mr. Boyd that in applying the 10 per cent across the board to all operating expenses he had assumed that some ex-
coeees TMy Day... 6 Patrolman Gets 30-Day Suspension
Bridge Business ....18/0thman .....13 Childs .......14 Pattern ..... 7
Comics +23 Ruark
Apr.
Crossword ...18 Side Glances.14 on charges of intoxication while State and English Aves.
Editorials ...14 Society .....
Food ......ss T Sports ...16, 17 an officer. Forum ......14 Teen Problems 7
Holl
Inside Indpls..13| Earl Wilson .12 was ganounced. Dr, Jordan .. 7 Women's .... 7
The penalty is the most severe report.
lying on the The patrolman was charged severely.
26, at
(the company would save than 10 per cent. | “Name one item on which the
Patrolman James Ballard was with drawing his revolver “in a company would save more,” Mr. Classified. 20-22 Radio .......11 suspended for 30 days by the po- threatening manner”
against Boyd demanded. veesse13 lice department trial board today three companions
“Well, take the item of removal Heidler over the house phone but called and she was gone in five
of snow and ice,” the harassed
..6 off duty and conduct unbecoming The companions then beat up witne sted. the manager went to the room Mr. “I the Sioer, according to the police | Ness suggested. Then, to the nspector Ralph Bader t . eed d weather Map 18|the trial board can mete out, it said he found Patrolman Ballard ry or aciaie’ he went on: pewalk, bleeding
“If it didn’t snow they ldn't (Continued on Page 3~Col. 5)
Indianapolis :
Matron Carrie Cue . . . peared into the night and got a six-hour start on pursuers.
From this cell Mrs. Traylor disap-
Putnam County Jail . . . The arrow points to the section from
which Mrs. Traylor made one of the neatest escapes in Indiana history. :
Jury Weighs $25,000 Suit Filed Against 'Fire' Trucks
CLEVELAND, May 11 (UP)~An eight-member jury today be|enough profit to pay stock divi- gan considering the $25,000 assault and battery suit against Virgil dens by eliminating off-peak runs (Fire) Trucks, Detroit Tigers pitcher, who was charged with beating up the night manager and house detective of Cleveland's Hotel
Statler.
Charles F. Heidler, the Statler's night manager, and Albert F.
{8chmidt, the former house de |tective, testified in common pleas
1046, |Heidler had arrived. Mr. Trucks agreed to put the woman out when asked by Mr. and I let her in; when the house detective and the minutes”
had
a tall brunet run out of Mr. fists swinging and charged one of the cold Canadian high pregTruck's room when the scuffle of the two with hitting him on his sure mass through tomorrow, ML began. |pitching arm with a blunt object. Miller said.
Sheriff John T. Sutherlin . . . His missing ke the bogus check artist and self-s
TTL my
The Tiger pitcher sald that he penses would not be reduced by | court that Trucks had beaten had known the girl for several that much but that in other cases|them up when they ordered him years and that she came to his more {0 get a young woman out of his|room only for a talk and had gis and orchardists anxiously {room on the night of Sept. 20, gone before Mr. 8chmidt and Mr.
Mr. Trucks sald, “She knocked the manager
to defend myself, laughter of spectators and com- Trucks beat them up, the pair Trucks said, as he told the court charged. Mr. Schy~'dt said he saw the two men entered his room
eee
itchhikers
Believed Seen In Cafe Near (Greencastle
Purloined Keys Of Sheriff to Unlock Doors A state-wide check of fem inine hitch-hikers was ordered by state police today as new information indicated Greencastle's escaped bogus check artist and self-styled “FBI woman” may be thumbing her way out of Indiana. At firat it was surmised that Mrs. Marjorie Gorsline Traylor, 25, fled in a stolen truck after she quietly let herself out of her cell in Putnam County jall in Greencastle early today with the sheriff's keys which she had stolen earlier. However, Deputy Sheriff Victor Cue said he had found witnesses who were “sure” they saw the bespectacled 25-year-old blond in
| . ® = 8 all-uight Se haurant Pins . miles no 0 reen * Father Says Girl |= x=.
Direction This was the opposite direction from where the pickup truck of Paul Strange was stolen, about three miles from the jail at the
Must Face Music
Mathematics Instructor ™m, bogus G-girl who used Despairs of Daughter {fake FBI credentials to cash her $450 worth of bad checks was The 66-year-old father of Mar-|credited today with pulling one jotie Gorsline Traylor looked the o¢ the most “brazen” jail escapes world in the face today and said |in recent Indiana history. his 25-year-old daughter would ' ghe deftly pocketed the ke: have to take the consequences. |of Sherif® John T. Sutherlin The father is Willlam W. the fraction of a moment she was Gorsline of 1854 N. Delaware 8t,,|left alone for a newspaper phoan instructor in the Butler Uni-|tographer to take her picture, {versity Mathematics Department. | 8he then concealed He told The Times this m: the large Rey | j the eyes “We thought we'd give her one|Of jail attendants snd spent sevmore chance. She has done this eral hours -under questioning at before, Bhé was brought home on|state police headquarters in Ins bond from Springfield, Iil., three dianapolis with the keys hidden weeks ago on another check|on her. r charge. !
Never a Thought “We got her out . . . thinking! Meanwhile, jail attaches who we should . . . we had to help | had missed the keys searched un= her. We never dreamed she'd ®uccessfully for awhile, then got . jout a duplicate set. They said double-cross us like this, La " "Now, she’s going to have to th RY Never thoughts about Mra. take the consequences. She's go-| TO a EY arvontly ing to take the rap for this, IVS under grand jury charges in cons al! over now, {nection with alleged gambling in Mr, Gorsline came to Butler the county. this year as a temporary in-. As state police sent out hourly structor in mathematics, after alerts for the escapee, other retiring last year from 42 years squads were reported to be lof teaching mathematics at the searching for a feminine coms Wright Junior College in Chicago. 'panion said to be an accomplice Married Twice in the bad check scheme, which “I decided to come down here Was described tus: picked small {because 1 Like 10 ech 0 Sontact towns around Indianapolis and I people,” Wa I. bought merchandise, paying in : “bad” checks. It was understood The Gorslines have four chil- (hat the other member of the re n. A 800 holds 3 PedpoDsible team went to Terre Haute yesterJo on ” e ne gv i + |day while Mrs, Traylor went te . ear a oo oh N*iGreencastie. They had previously Mog er ves . a me. hassed bad checks in Greencastle, gi Lebanon and Anderson. “We've done all we can for her Officials “Stunned” now,” sald Mr. Gorsline. I am| wry Traylor was arrested as 66 and Mrs. Gorsline is 63. We shoe tried to cash a check in should be enjoying our old age. Greencastle yesterday. > This has just about wrecked us., ghe was discovered missing at “You know how loving parentsig.a9 a m. today by a deputy are, We thought Marjorie should mopping the hall who noticed her {have one more trial, and then this|qo,r ajar. Jail officials said they
{happened.” {were “stunned” to find her miss- | Marjorie has’ been married ing. [twice. Both marriages were un- gne had retired last night after
(successful. For a time, she was ying attended by a doctor. She junder observation in a mental in- complained of pain as the result (stitution, but was discharged as ,¢ 4 recent operation. not being psychotic, She a ; pans oy pparently feigned sleep Yesterday,” said Mr. Gorsline, ,nt|) attendants retired, then
+I went to the FBI myself. NOW, 04 the stolen keys to let her{we're wondering if it isn't better ..,¢
this wholé thing has come to a ‘climax. “It's over now, It's done.”
Fair, Slightly ~~ Warmer Forecast
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
Faces Are Red Red-faced jail officials admitited they had missed the sheriff's {key ring. early yesterday and had Isearched all day- for it. | “We never thought about her {having it,” a jall attache sald. | Mrs. Carrie Cue, matron at the jail and wife of Deputy Victor Cue, said the prisoner was (searched from “tip to toe” after |Greencastle police arrested her yesterday. mn
$ $e Mi: 4 5 19 Am... 5! |" Later she was taken to IndianAs Muss < a. Mm... |apolis for questioning, but was not Ba m.. 4 12 (Noon) B89 |... hed after her return to | 9a m.. 46 1 p.m... 61 (Greencastle fail, Mrs, Cue said.
| Fair and slightly warmeF tem. After her escape it was recalled
peratures tonight ‘and tomorrow (Continued on Page 3-Col. §)
were forecast by Weatherman . naa dinaet p— Paul Miller at noon today as Open Season Granted
bright sunshine pushed the mer- Qn Church's Pigeons cury to 59 following a minimum | pyubert Koepper, janitor of Bt. of 38 at 6 a. m, Paul's Lutheran Church, has ‘Minimum temperatures ypjced the newest complaint of throughout the state last AHL | the pigeon problem in the city. ranged from 30 in Wheatfield 10) pigeons, he said, are nesting 43 in Evansville. Frost was gen-|anq perching on the church eral in areas north of Indianap- | steeple and eves. He offered to eradicate them with a pistol. Today the Safety Board and police department granted the janitor permission for an open season on the “defenseless” pigeons,
PATROLMAN PROMOTED The Safety Board today approved the promotion of Patrolman Richard Van Noy to the rank of acting sergeant in ipolice department. W
awaited its results. Other tender vegetation was probahly Injured also, the Weather Bureau said: No frost wae expected in the state tonight and a low of 40 in Indianapolis was expected to be followed by a maximum temperature of 72 tomorrow. Indiana will remain in the grip