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City Jail Called Unsafe, Cramped And Insecure

Seek to Lift Something New in Skyline Welfare inspectors ' ire- Calg ~~. 4 Note Bare Wall Bunks ie 3 Lo And Absence of Baths

‘All Too True,’ Says Mayor Feeney; * County Senators Custodian Commended for Cleanliness Announce Program | The Indianapolis city jail is branded as “entirely ine For Central State adequate” in the annual inspection report of the State Wel. By IRVING LEIBOWITZ !

ree nowe] 60th YEAR—NUMBER 61 « THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1949

One Senator, who asked not to be named, said -‘“‘there is nothing wrong with Central Hospital that money can’t cure.” Other Senators went further. Sen. Cecil McConahay, Indianapolis lawyer, said the building was “an outmoded, antiquated struc-| 3 ture.” : Frequent visits to the hospital to determine additional improvements needed will be made by the! Murdh County senatorial group.

Qutline Program

They vutlined the following program to improve the hospital plant. ONE: Compile lists of needed! equipment and ask for ronmta|

| IE Sl fare Department, made public today. Marion County state Senators! i : £ Ea rf The report criticized the physical facilities of the build. today outlined a program to re-| [i Ta £’ ing, its lack of fire protection and the overload of prisoners. move the “fire-trap” label from | “This iail lack icall t day jail Central State Hospital. | | This jail lacks practically all of the present day j The hospital, housing about 300! ” requirements: Strength, sementally ill patients, was branded : a “fire hazard” by city officials Ask $92.00 Hike curity, safety, sanitation and for the past few years. segregation,” the report pre. After a special tour yesterday, " pared by Inspectors Oscar Bradthe Marion County Senators sald For Street Li S !ford and Maurice B. Holland they found the hospital “clean but said. - Deeding sepuits® The criticism of physical faciliThey found new fire doors and Feeney, Aids Study [ties was tempered, however, with fire hose replacing the old worn- commendation of the housekeep~ out equipment. However, the New P&L Request {ing in the institution. BE uding Femaine The Indianapolis Power & Light] No Vermin Found Sen. Mary Garrett said the Co. today asked the City ot In-| “A very good degree of cleanite hospital was “woefully under- dianapolis for a $92,000-a-yer. in- ness prevailed throughout the enstaffed and in dire need of re- crease to light the streets. [tire institution,” the report said in pairs.” DanC, Hess, vice president in past “The Ja Is srubbed anf charge. of the company’s opera-i ected v no Sites Need fo rusty tions, said the increase was re- vermin found on the date of the quested because of "higher operat-' inspection. ing costs." { Commenting on the report, Mayor Feeney and other top ad-| Mayor Al Feeney said: ministration officials began study-| “It's all true. {ng the proposal immediately. The, “They're not telling us anything present contract expires Oct. 10,iwe haven't known for years” he 1949, : {added. “The plain fact is we need State Law Cited la new jail but there's not much

Before any contract goes Into) we can do about it, effect, state ‘aw requires that! “The only things #_ cew take “rates be approved by the Publicicare of-~the cleanliness and ups Service Commission. The City keep—are the things the inspec. Board of Works and Council must tors say are all right.” adopt the contract before it is In the checkup made Apr. 14, submitted to the PSC for final ap-ithe inspectors said they found . {proval, {the construction of brick, ces Mayor Feeney also is required ment, steel and wood was semis

by law to either approve or vetoifire resistant. the rates. No SAE Lite opened two bids submitted by thei wall bunks and there

contributions from other institu- Eg oa tions. : : Li © by John AS emire, Times Sta otographer, ; tor bathi facili TWO: Submit recommenda- Television's “seeing finger” pierces the s Jimbled downtown Eo pen int Ce hs, oF ind Ne ey oner fon to nest Session. SL San skyline atop the Merchants N al Bank Bldg. Rising 231 Hout , however, carried the same| qu. jail has & bed bmpacity for © ul . . : : 8 BI ies or from the roof in three weeks, the tower will support a thres-fon [rates prisoners but a3 many as 108.

“The company's bid was §$486,54367. With a $46,000 meter charge, the yearly rate woiild ROK. total $532,000. Last year the city spent $440,000 for its light bill, Despite the rate increase, company officials stressed that the

Commission Studies Mass ® ® meter rates would remain the Of Railways Case Evidence» for service to municipal

bulldings. Promises Decision ‘Quickly as Possible’ To a On Existence of Financial Emergency

antenna and five sets of telecasting "bat wings" of five levels, WFBM.-TV officials said today. First test pattern will be ‘on the air next week.

prisoners have been imprisoned at one time. The overload b usually on week-ends. ; The report also condemned lack of facilities to segregate prisoners, Persons held on pre-mental charges are housed in the same section with® criminal offenders and there are no special facilities for caring for mental cases. “Immediate steps shopld be taken to build a jail that will pro-

fa ; Th Photo by Bob Wallace, Times Staff Photographer. He bid a buck-—but a lone American dollar didn't go far at the Ayrshire Breeders auction in the ballroom of the Antlers Hotel ‘last night. He is Dwight McAfee McMakin of Springwater Farm, Louisville, Ky. Prize heifers. brought above $1000. (Other photos, story, Page 3).

Truman Insists Finding of Truck Swings On $4 Billion Tax 'G-Girl' Hunt Toward Illinois

periodic visits to Lospital to keep abreast of day-to-day developments. Sen. Greyble McFarland, -/Marion County dairyman, said the Senators made the visit to prevent the hospital from falling into “disreputable condition.” The Senators pledged their | “fullest co-operation” to the Indiana. Council for Mental Health

Money Needed For Retiring Debt

WASHINGTON, May 12 (UP)— President Truman insisted today that $4 billion in new taxes will be necessary this year to avoid a federal deficit. This was the request Mr. Tru-

Fugitive Believed in Need of Medical Care

The stolen truck believed to be the get-away car of the fugitive “G-Girl,” who escaped from Greencastle jail, was discovered abandoned near Paris, Ill, today: : ' The search for Mrs. Marjorie Gorsline Traylor, attractive 25-year-old bogus check artist who pulled a Houdini-like escape from “escape proof’ Putnam County jail yesterday switched to Illinois. The chief of police of Paris,

man made of the Congress in

» - = called Greencastle authorities this| morning to report discovery of] the truck. . Originally police be-|

January. The $4 billion would be| lieved the self-styled “FBI wom: : in general revenue. In addition,/an” stole the truck after letting] CHICAGO, May 12 (UP) ihe Adutinistralion wants Soue $2iuersert. Su, ot : jad in jen] — Mrs. Marjorie. Traylor, on in a onal Socia cur-| keys, but later they said she was; , ity taxes. | believed to be hitch-hiking. Dis-| 20» an Indianapolis mathematics’ teacher’s daughter who escaped from a Green-

Chairman Robert L. Doughton| covery of the truck in her native; (D. N. C.) of the tax-writing state strengthened the first the-| House Ways and Means Commit- ory. : | . tee expressed hope yesterday that, Meanwhile, authorities appealed castle, Ind., jail where she Sovernment spending could be cut/to doctors and hospitals both in! had been booked for passsufficiently to avoid new taxes Indiana and Illinois to be on the! this year. Mr. Doughton even lookout for the girl, known to be| ing bad checks, was capexpressed doubt that a bill all-in need of medical care. | tured by police here today ing for new taxes would be con-| A doctor was called Tuesday! i . sidered at this session of Con-'night when Mrs. Traylor prin] while : she was window gress. {plained of severe bleeding from| shopping. Stands Fast jan abdominal Incision. The doe- Mrs. Traylor said she had {tor attendan e incision] q.: ” Th oday 2 3 news conference, 4 need frequent re-dressing hitch-hiked to Chicago . stuck firmly to his y {and sterilization. / from Greencastle. She was January position, which appeared Th 1 dark blond bol . to be in direct opposition to the| , T° Plump dark blond bogus found in the Austin district feelings expressed yesterday py|check passer had told Matron Ci Mr. Doughton. Mrs. Carrie Cue that the incision near -Licero. The President told reporters he| Was the result of a major opera- ;,..,,c0 is in complete agreement with Mr, tion last October and said it had

labout her having them.”

He said he had followed the prin- pital.

ciple of rigid economy in drafting! Doctors and hospitals

were forged FBI card as identification the girl.

year, which begins this July 1. Mrs.

But under succeeding question-|

{checks elsewhere in the state,

Traylor, problem child] Her father, ‘William Gorsline

not believe it would be possible to Structor, quietly slipped out ofiwas released two weeks avoid a deficit without new taxes, the “escape proof” Greencastle under $2000 bond on a And he said he anticipated uo Jalil early yesterday, using thelcharge at Springfield, IIL. & change in his original request for Sheriff's key ring which she hag) i $4 billion in new revenue. stolen earlier. ‘

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an escapee from a p!

Mr. Truman said federal reveNie Should be ERT Cr Tone searches. They did not search|in Kankakee,

y the w | i between $2 billion and $5 billion OWA _Prisoncs hey said, pital.

of the national debt every year.

® He said he had done this when Plen the Congress gave him sufficient |

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Biggest’ Playground

money, and had retired more debt p * o v ° Fen Bain ov sane Program in City's History [7a bm om poriani o0 : e estima e : oking about $26 Bilop on air Hiei The biggest playground program in the city’s history will be in 3d he burned out two ‘engines oo since entering the White House, |TU1 SWing by July 15, recreation director A. J. Thatcher said today, In his truck and ran into a vioAN WHItH Ins hic was Tees} The program is part of the Recreation Department's “sports !®nt Snow storm in the Rockies. | lities. than the national debt at the end for every boy” campaign. | eile Marchese Special will be Because cable of World War I. This reduction More than 60 supervised playgrounds, complete with baseball drven by Myron Fohr of Mil-

was accomplished when war-time Ajamonds, swings, sandpits and see-saws. will be

tax rates were still in effect. jShEvaghiout he ty activity hag DeGIONETS. - port N

{been planned with the addition i Hurt in Car Crash lof several baseball leagues and Loufs A. 8korjans, 31, of 509 N. the opening of swiniming pools. E Tomlinson St, was in 8t. Vin-, A “learn to swim drive i cent's Hospital today, with i.- will comprise part 8t the summer sustained when his car sports p » Mr, struck a safety zone at Blackford said. He said that 38 life guards

take care of “small fry”

activities will be first time.

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i and W. Washington Sts. last/will be’ employed at six swim- OF Feeney soda, night. His condition was described {ing pools to take care of an ex- has announced plans i as “good. pected swimming class of 1000|operate in the program,

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"they 7 “never thought

i ing, the President said he does daughter of a mathematics in-|of Indianapolis, said his daughter BBO] betigaimasan w———— Lo Similas Other Speedway news, photos, police further identified her, as n ward!

in operation! eighborhood playgrounds to 2 young to participate in organized Horn,

Thatcher panded playground program with

The Fraternal Order of Police left today for Stratfo to c¢o- to visit the birthplace

Stolen Vehicle Abandoned Near Paris; jn improving hospital conditions.

Minimum of 50° Seen for Tonight

Temperatures Swing Back to Normal

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6a m.. 50 10a m.. 64 7a. m..58 11a m.. 66 8a m.. 54 12 (Noon) 70 . 9a m.,. 58 1p m.. "7

Indiana’s cold snap will leave the state today as pre-summer temperatures return to normal for the month. ’ Weathermen said mercury readings will reach a high of 72 today as compared to the 68 recorded yesterday. The temperature climb is expected to continue tomorrow to a range of 74 degrees after a drop to about 50 tonight. Most of the state will bask under fair skies, forecasters said, but some clouds will be present over Indianapolis and Marion County.

Doughton on the necessity for failed to heal properly, causing Mrs. Traylor was arrested Tues-| 10 10 75 degrees today and drop rigid economy in the government, her three return trips to the hos-iday as she tried to cash a. check > in Greencastle, using a crudely

{to 40 to 44 degrees in the north{ern portions and 43 to 48 in the | south.

the budget for the 1950 fiscal asked to be on the lookout for!'S8he admitted passing $450 in bad|

Two | More Mounts Reach Speedway

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fers

{for the 500-Mile Race May 30. |

this year. His car will carry No

t00 absent this year because Ted ston will pay for the engineering | evidence at this time.’ who won it, was killed on efficiency opened for the an Illinois track last year.

Mr. Thatcher discussed the ex- DEWEY SEES BARD'S HOME i LONDON, May 12 (UP)—Gov.|

Thomas E. Dewey of

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In the state, temperature read- increase in vehicle mileage Wasiing his eyes off the television pro-

! Les Anderson and Carl“Mar- ¥ Service Debt | Jail attendants missed the keysiin a St. Louis, Mo., hosiptal last|chese arrived at the Indianapolis | i. {early Tuesday and made repeated Feb. 8 and a onetime patient! Motor Speedway track today with mental hos- their automobiles, thus raising to | 45 the number of cars now housed ~——!in the garage area in preparation

| Anderson reported a series of hard luck incidents in bringing

waukee, Wis., who will carry the | lowest AAA number at the track follow the custom of charging|George S. Dailey.

No. 1 in AA ratings will be the utility. Instead, the commis- on the grounds of “insufficien

New York pending the outcome of the study. said. . rd-on-Avon Yesterday Mr. Steckler opposed | Pollard meanwhile is serving of William even a temporary increase ona life sentence for the murder of that time, was the only witness Hollywood :...22 Weather Map

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of Finsririsl 5 Shanghai Closes

The Public Service Commission today began its study of volumes

i ; | of evidence to determine whether Indianapolis Railways is in a «i Rafi Bp Bureaus lof emergency. | ;

Commissioners said they would determine the emergency question “as quickly as posgible” but declined any specific estimate on! {how long it would take to work over a hearing record several inches | thick, ishown that such increases in| | If an emergency is found, hoW-\¢g,0y ygually become permanent. ! lever, it appeared certain the { 'commission would grant Railways’ requests for a 13-cent, two-

for-a-quarter transit fare. ‘|not satisfy the company for long here from Nanking to cease As the hearing closed yester-iand that within a year Indianapo-|functioning immediately. |day, Railways’ attorneys filed a/lis Railways would be back before] The official Central News {supplementary petition restating the PSC with a new request|Agency said the order was de{the company’s “desperate” meed|probably for a zone fare systemicided upon at a meeting of the { {in which prices would be based political council of the garrison

{for more revenue. | The company also introduced on length of ride. headquarters. The municipal government will continue to fune-

[Se Susl emift 2 William ET | el F tion, Central said ty an go Ea Les or" mow reveaing prone 100 Distracted | mio fami sens nese hat tne companys veces nad 10 Notice Robbers [nas ia, rin oo, bo {been traveling more and more] PHILADELPHIA, May 12 (UP)

{port said errilla units had {miles despite a steady drop in the| {penetrated B thin 22 miles of number of passengers. {—Matt Haas, 61, watched his tele- |

{vision set last night. Someone, Sangha In an attack directed | Explains Mileage Rise {knocked on the door, {toward the Woosung forts,

| J.P. Tretton Sr. vice president) Mr, Haas thought it was neigh-| To the southwest, on the

{and general manager of the tran- hors, He opened the door, wel Kasbian_ front, garrion head: sit company, explained that the comed them politely without tak-'rmuntst regulars had by-passed

Fighting in West

SHANGHAI May 12

ers were free with predictions|today ordered all refugee central

{Nationalist lines to strike 10 ings are expected to range from due largely to conversion fromigram and offered them chairs. g ps 8 'street cars to motor coaches. He, » ” jiles closer to Bhangha! at Feng-

» lestimated it took as many as five; HIS GUESTS watched the promotor coaches to replace one large gram quietly for five minutes. street car, which would step up! Then the two men pulled out rethe total number of vehicle-miles volvers, bound and gagged Mr. needed to serve the same line. \ !

Auto Deliveries Gain { SOUTH BEND, May 12 (UP) Haas and looted his North Phila- 8tudebaker Corp. retail dealers

News Blackout Hides

(UP) =| In any event hearing observ- Shanghai garrison headquarters young boys burned to death here

vide proper jail essentials for the several different types person that necessarily have: to - be housed therein,” the report éoncluded.

Two Angola Boys Burned to Death

| ANGOLA, May 12 (UP)~Twe

{today while playing In a dog

[that even the 13-cent fare would government bureaus which fled house filled with straw.

{ Dead were Richard Preston Jr 4, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard { Preston, and Ronnie Kramer, §, [son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Kras | mer. | Authorities sald ‘he youngsters crawled into the doghouse and apparently had matches in their {Possession Neighbors noticed {the doghouse ablaze and called the Angola Fire Department, After the blaze was put out, fire {men discovered the two boys ine | side. | No one apparently knew the boys were in the house while it (burned. The tragedy occurred in {the yard of a neighbor, Mrs, | Howard Hoolihan,

Gets 180 Days on Possession Charge

i Cleon Lewis, 22, of 411 W, North Bt. (rear), was sentenced (to 180 days on the State Farm {and fined $500 In Municipal Court 3 today on a charge of

Street cars Lave been aban-delphia apartment of $10,000 in delivered more cars and trucks Aor awiut Possession of a Motof

doned in recent months on both jewelry, E. Michigan and W, Washington 8t. lines. |{ing Mr. Haas bound, but still fac-|company’s history, After the hearing, Mr. Steck-/ing the television screen. foihanys, Tisury, .9tieials ml ler commented that it was ap- — i i ——— parent from the company's own evidence that the conversions had!

lcustomers curing April than in

Drop Case Against Adam been costly to the company ~nd/ ’ . er were he nm I Hands-and-Foot' Murder

Another question the commisState Moves to Vacate Indictment

sion must determine formally will On Grounds of ‘Insufficient Evidence’

be Mr. Bteckler's request for a prolonged efficiency study of the transit operations. Actually there was little doubt Another chapter in the “hands-and-foot” murder of Leland T. that the .study would be made Miller two years ago was ended today when the state dropped its since the commission already has case against Harry Joseph Adams. authorized it unofficially. | Adams, now 25 years old, was charged with being an accomplice | of Howard Gi. Pollard in the Miller murder, The motion to dismiss the first-degree charge against Adams was presented to Criminal Court| tn

Commission to Pay Cost of the company's showing of financial losses, the {commission has agreed not to!Judge

The state|Ing spree, and taking his body /acate the indictment t0 Ladoga. The hands and feet the cost of the investigation to moved to vacate the in re ood tr Prvat ata | cation. . .

The indictment against Adams was obtained by former prosecu‘tor Judson L. Stark who, it was charged. attempted to use the indictment as a method of forcing Adams to testify against Pollard.

Adams is now serving a 10funds. year sentence at the Indiana ReTheoretically, any rate increase formatory for:an Evansville robgranted under the present emer: bery committed shortly after the gency petition will be temporary murder, the prosecutor's office

study out of state

‘grounds that experience has Mr. Miller in the Pollard home, to the murder. 3 i ‘ f ali

The strangers finally fled, leav- any other single month in the

Saul I. Raab by Prosecutor| 1812 Spann Ave., during a drink-|

{vehicle. Judge Joseph Howard reduced the charge from auto theft [before sentenced was passed. | Lewis, officers said, had taken a Btrickland Motors, Inc. car ona May 6 and had driven it to Muncie. There it was towed to a local garage by police who found it parked on the streets, Lewis then went to the garage, (sald he was employed by Strick {land Motors, and reclaimed the {car, according to police. | Indianapolis police arrested him here yesterday on the theft charge when the car was again located in the 1400 block Cornell Ave, ‘Times Index | ib imiairctmr—————— Amuse. ..22, 23 Manners ....24 | Eddie Ash ..28 Marriage ....24 ‘Bridge ......10| Movies ...... ¢++.30 Needlework .10 Childs ......20 Othman ,....19 Classified, 31-34 Pattern .....10 Comics . 4 Counter Spy, 11 Ruark ...... 19 Crossword ..25 Side Glances, 20 Editorials ...20 Society ...... 9 Fashions ....11 Sports ...28,

Food .......,10 Teen Prob. ..10

Adams, the state contended at Forum ......20 Harl Wilson, 1

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