Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 May 1949 — Page 1
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British Drag No.1U.S. Red Off Polish Ship
Eisler Yells And Kicks but Finally Gives In
By ROBERT MUSEL United Press Staff Correspondent SOUTHAMPTON, England, May 14 — Gerhart Eisler was dragged, kicking and yelling, off the Polish liner batory and clapped into jail to await legal action designed to return him to the United States. Mr. Eisler, called the No. 1 Communist agent in the United States, will be held behind bars in the basement cell of Squthampton police Headquarters until Monday, when he will be taken to London to face extradition proceedings at the Bow Street Court, it was reported tonight. British - police ignored the protests of the Polish embassy and threatening gestures from members of the Batory’s Communist crew to remove Mr. Eisler forcibly from the ship after the “stowaway” had defied earlier efforts
2 Boys Drown In Fall Creek as Boat Capsizes
3d Lad Able To Swim Ashore; Police Recover Bodies of Victims
shore, 600 yards northeast of the closed Keystone Ave. bridge. The boys were Edward Pike, 11, son of Eddie Lee Pike, #
Burford Wright, 4031 Eastern Ave. = Companions of the two youths said that the boat capsized about 3:30 p. m, while it was being pushed down stream by another boy swimming. A third boy in the boat, Gary Warstler, 12, of 3837 N. Temple Ave. was able to swim to shore, . 2 Bodies Found Ray Clift, 12, of 3841 N. Temple
Two boys drowned in Fall Creek yesterday afternoon when their old boat capsized about 15 feet off the west
4037 Eastern Ave., and David (Sunny) Wright, 15, son of
to get him ashore peaceably. Authorize Force On the first trip, Polish diplomats and Capt. Jan Cwiklinski of the Batory argued that British police could not legally take a
Ave., was swimming and pushing the boat downstream when it suddenly sank. Another companion, Robert Westfall, 25, who resided at the Clift residence, had been swimming and had just reached
German citizen off a Polish ship, even in British waters. British authorities and spokesmen for the U. 8, Embassy argued that Mr. Eisler must be returned to the U. 8. to await action on his appeals from convictions and jail sentences for passport fraud and contempt of Congress. ' Mr. Eisler jumped $23,500 bail to “stow away” aboard the Polish liner which sailed from New York eight days ago. Back on shore, Scotland Yard and Southamptom officials asked for instructions from the Home Office in London and were ordered to take him off the ship— by force, if necessary. : ‘When reinforced police returned with an extradition warrant, Mr. Eisler put up a brisk but ineffectives fight. The small, bespectacled fugitive was taken
by two policemen, who hustled}. him down three decks to thei
opening through which & gangway led to the waiting tender. Mr. Eisler struggled violently all the way, screaming and lagh-| ing out with his fists and feet, but to no avail. Calms Down He had hoped to reach the sanctuary behind the Iron Curtain in Communist-dominated Poland. The Batory was en route from New York to Gdynia, Polish port on the Baltic Sea, by way of Southampton. During the hour-long ride aboard the tender from Cowes] Roads, where the Batory was anchored, to the Southampton docks, Mr. Eisler .quieted down. He asked one of his captor® for a cigaret, and smoked it with apparent composure. At the docks, police took no chance of a demonstration. They brought the tender into a pier some distance from the one it left and hurried their prisoner into a waiting automobile for the trip to headquarters. Passengers on the Polish ship said Mr. Eisler had told them he never liked the United States, and that he wanted to get out of the country as soon as possible.
Breather
MILWAUKEE, May 4 (UP)— A tenant faced eviction today because he fed garlic to his landlord’s dog. Charles Baumgartner admitted giving the dog garlic, but he told the judge he did it to tone up the animal's system. The case was adjourned with a recommendation from the judge that Mr. Baumgartner find a new place to live.
On Inside
Asks U, S. act in Ford
strike. .......... Page 2 (General news and features, Pages 2-12)
Civic Pride . . . a citizen speaks his piece. Page 13
(Editorials, world report, politics, radio, movies, Pages 14-26)
Play school for pre-kin-dergarten school . also Louise Fletcher's Counter-Spy and Katy
Atkins’ column. . Page %i
(Women's news, society, fashions, home-making, Pages 28-38)
Capot wins Preakness. ..... Page 39
(Sports and classified Advertis-
ing, Pages 40-52)
Amuse. ..24, Eddie Ash ...40 Beauty ......38 Bridge ......37 Business ....43 Cap. Capers .37 Classified .44-51 Clubs .......35 Editorials ...14 Fashions ....31 Forum ......14
Mrs. Manners 52 Movies ..24,25 Needlework .31 Othman .....17 Parliam, Law 35 Politics .%...15 Records .....18 Ruark ......17 Schools ...9,23 Science .....18 Teen Prob. ..30
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the shore when the boat sank.
Dan Kidney .16,
34 Travel ......19, Women’s .27-38
Mr. Westfall said he ran up to Allisonville Road, flagged a car and told the motorist to notify the police.” Mr, Westfall said he then ran back and began diving for the Pike boy. Mr. Westfall directed sheriff's officers when they arrived and the body of the Pike boy was taken & from the water about 5 p. m. The body of the other youth was found about 5:30 p. m. farther downstream, . The Clift youth said he and young Warstler were bicycling along Allisonville Rd., when they were invited by the Pike boy and young Wright to join them while § they fished the stream. ' Constant Buddies
Edward Pike, 1
separable buddies cronies, their parents said. The Clift boy said that theold § boat was one the two boys had! found sunk and abandoned in Si the stream several ' days . ago. § They had recovered it and used it several® times on Fall Creek before, the Clift boy said. Both boys were able swimmers, their parents said. Sheriff's officers attributed the drowning of the Pike boy to the undercurrent and the drowning of the Wright youth to the heavy fishing boots he wore. Deputies found no explanation «.- for the sinking of the boat.
David (Sunny) Wright, 15
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Ray Clift, 12, left and Gary Warstler, 12, with "Lady," watch sheriff's officers drag Fall Creek for the body of one of two companions who drowned yesterday when their boat sank north of Keystone Ave. bridge.
raids left a trail of angry patrons
i {machines. One Highland member
Rip 30 Slots From 3 Local Country Clubs
Dailey, Cunningham Spearhead Raids; Patrons Miffed (Photo, Page 3) _
Thirty slot machines containing an estimated $6000. were ripped out of Highland, Indianapolis and Hillcrest country clubs last night by raiders under Prosecutor George Dailey and Sheriff James Cunningham, Squads of sheriff's deputies and special investigators for the prosecutor swooped down on three exclusive suburban clubs at 9 p. m. The slots were loaded into trucks and taken to the County jail from Highland and Hillcrest, but there was delay in removing them from the Indianapolis Club.
No Arrests Made There were no arrests, but the
who threatened econbmic, political and in several cases, physical action against the law enforcement officers. The raids followed a sortie by State Police Friday night ona series of Ravenswood and West Side spots. The State Police bagged only 24 slots, six less than the prosecutor and sheriff. Prosecutor Dailey, explaining the raids, said it wasn’t as though he hadn't warned the clubs. He warned them last January, he said. ; . “They defied my order,” he said. “Friday's raids by State Police were consistent with their policy of seizing slot machines wherever they are found, except in private clubs. “We have completed the work they: have been unable to finish under their policy.” “Why State Police ¢annot raid private clubs was not explained. Two women attached to Prosecutor Dailey's staff rushed into the powder rooms at two of the clubs to prevent anyone from hiding the slots there.
Slots In Powder Room . One of the women investigators, Mrs. Elva Powers, found eight women playing eight slots in the powder room at Highland Club. She said she was called more insulting names while the raid was going on than one might normally accumulate in a lifetime. At Highland, men and women patrons tried to block the doors to prevent néwspapermen from coming in, One member yelled: “We can get pretty rough with You better stay out of
They seized one newspaperman and heaved him out bodily. A man identified as Irvin Wiliams, a bouncer at Highland and onetime - special policeman, seized Times Photographer Bob Wallace and tried to prevent him from taking a photo. Williams identified himself as “keeper of the slot machines.” Pleaded for Money : Sgt. Burkett said members at Highland pleaded with him to let them get the money out of the
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walked up to Prosecutor Dailey and said: “George, why didn't you tip us| off?” 4 | “Those state police raids last night should have been warning: enough,” said the prosecutor. Citizens beseiged the Prosecu-| tor's home last night after the| raids with telephone calls of pro-| test. | One had no pfotest. He was Sheriff Cunningham who is a member at Highland. He led part of the raids.
Are Those Flying Discs Gyroscopic Airplanes?
Some Air Force Men Believe They Come From Spain, Are Made by Nazi Scientists
Read Washington Calling, Page 15
By The Scripps-Howard Newspapers WASHINGTON, May 14—Some Air Force men think they know what those flying discs are, and where they come from. They believe discs are new-type flying machines utilizing gyroscopic principles; that they may come from Spain. ; P They say Nazi scientists, known to have been working on
gyroscopic flight during the war, dropped from sight after row with Hitler. : Intelligence reports hint they escaped to Spain. Captured documents indicate Germans had gone further than any with use of gyroscopic principles for flight. " - . flying disc is real.
. " - AIR FORCE people are convinced They
produced in Russia.
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close-ups, because they outdistanced our fastest ships, but close
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say it is not produced in this country. They feel sure it is not
Clincher came whén Air Force got ,icture recently.of three | discs flying in formation over Stephensville, Newfoundland. Not |
, Duke Nalon took the pole on Hid "5
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under treatment at Indianapolis hospitals last night. Of the five, one person, Leslie Clark, 43, of
from the Speedway that recomcarried out.
sides what the recommendations were, but the Fire Marshcl said they included strengthening some of the stands. He couldn't exactly remember.
structure, which was built soon after the “500” was originated
as a record crowd jammed the W. 16th 8t. speed plant on the first day of qualifications.
spectators 15 to 20 feet to the ground normally seats 24 persons,
general manager of the Speedway, sald late yesterday: “You can be sure we will go over the other stands with a fine tooth comb before race day, May 30.”
{spected several times this spring
Approved’ By State Fire Marshal
This is the certificate of inspection issued by the State Fire Marshal approving the Indianapolis Speedway grandstands and other appurtenances as safe for the ‘public. It was issued May 9.
Speedway Heads Put Blame On Overcrowded Boxes
Trdck Inspected by State, Officials Say;
List of Injured in Crash Numbers 35 By LOUIS ARMSTRONG : Indianapolis Motor Speedway officials took full responsibility
last night for collapse of Grandstand B on the southwest turn|
during qualifications. yesterday, but asserted all of its stands had been' fully inspected by the state. Some 35 persons were injured by the collapse and five remained
R. R. 16, Box 511, was in serious |SPOnaibility for the whole thing, condition at Methodist Hospital| We Will go out of our way to do with a fractured skull. everything we can to avoid a
imilar incident.” (List of injured, Page 2)
Borie Hougland, state fire marshal, said his office made an inState agencies charged En ln spection of the facilities at the specting the stands are ® Speedway track about a week or Marshal's office and the Admini- 10 days ago. He said the inspec strative Building Council, An inspection certificate and permits}, 4
tion was for “life and fire hazwere issued by the Fire Marshal te Moyo No Way of Telling’
The Building Council's engi-| Dert Westover, State Adminis. neers had Inspected the stands/trative Building Council director, about that time and pronounced/said he believed headers and them okay, with recomimenda- supports holding the rear aisle of tions for replacement of someii;. noxes sheared off at the nails timbers. Replacements were made when there was a rush to the and additional work was done, isle to see. Mauri Rose finish track officials said. his qualifying run.
Denies Final Approval “We inspected the stands and But the Fire Marshal denied he we believed they were all right,” had issued a final inspection ap-|said Mr. Westover. “If the box proval of the stands. He asserted section had been handled as it is he had never received a report/during the day of the race, I don’t believe it would have happened.” “As it was, there was a tremendous concentration of weight on the rear aisle and it couldn't stand it. This is something we just didn’t suspect. There was no way of telling about the headers and supports.” : | Grandstand B will be closed iat least two weeks pending repairs, although it could be used by another entrance, Mr. Westover said, First of Kind T. E. (Pop) Myers, Speedway vice president, said it was the first accident of its kind at the track. He said the stand was either the third or fourth one built at the famous oval. The seats were not reserved yesterday and fans had complete run of the seating spaces along the outer edge of the track. The collapse occurred in the second row of boxes from the track rail, Screams of the injured mingled with the ripping, tearing sounds as the flooring and seats let go. All available ambulances from General and Methodist Hospitals were sent to the scene. Speedway guards quickly roped off the area and the entire grandstand was gradually cleared. A fan, Alvin Clifton, sitting in the section near the collapse, said, “The boards just opened up like a zipper.”
mendations he made ever were
There was some doubt on both
Four box sections in. the old
n 1911, gave way yesterday noon
The section which plummeted
Stands Over-Crowded
Wilbur 8haw, president and
The three-time winner of the 500” who now heads the show sald ‘the stands had been in-
and unsafe timbers and floorings had been replaced where they were found to be weak. “Too many spectators,” he sald, “were jammed into a small section. They probably got to jumping up and down and the weight was too great.” Joe Quinn, Speedway safety
Nalon Wins ‘500’ Pole; Plan Rigid Test Of Stands
Travels 132.939 MPH In Novi to Top 14 Cars, Record for First Day
Slightly Under Mark Set by Hepburn in "46; Dozen More Ready to Go Today
Developments on the opening day of Speedway, qualifications: : ONE: Duke Nalon, driving one of the powerful Novi Mobil Specials, won pole position yesterday with near record speed of 132.939 miles per hour. TWO: One person was reported in serious condition after 35 fans were injured when flooring in Grandstand B collapsed. Speedway officials promised protective measures. THREE: - Another record crowd was expected today as nearly a dozen drivers indicated they would try for 19 starting positions still remaining. Yesterday's crowd was unofficially estimated at 75,000, an all-time record for qualifications.
: By ART WRIGHT Indianapolis Speedway fans looked toward full throttle action today after Duke Nalon yesterday manhandled his powerful Novi Mobil Special within a shade of the track's fastest speed. A record number of 14 cars qualified. Nalon’s hair-raising average of 132.039 miles per hour for 10 miles was only a trifle under the all-time qualifying record of 133.044 set by the
Promise Rigid |iste Ralph Hepburn in a Novi Crowd Control | it was a big aay for the Novi Speedway officials yester- team because the ever-popular
Rex Mays was the second fast est of the day with 120.562 miles per hour in the other Novi entry,
Estimate 75,000 There The 14 cars: made theit qualifying runs to set an alltime mark for first-day time trials for the “500.” The tratfics paralyzing crowd that turned out to see the qualifications also esmates of attendan
day mapped plans to guard against any recurrence of the grandstand collapse which yesterday injured approximately 30 persons at the track. This, in general, was the order of the plan: ONE: Complete Mmapection of all grandstands as soon as possible. TWO: Immediate repair of the collapsed section of
Grandstand B. THREE: Adoption of more rigid controls of crowds in grandstands during qualifications to guard against overcrowding. FOUR: Long range plan of the Speedway is for replacement of all wooden stands with steel and concrete structures. A new grandstand was erected during the past year adjoining Grandstand B on the east.
Television Plans For ‘500’ Reported ‘On Schedule’
INDIANA'S FIRST television station, WFBM-TV, was pushing ahead on schedule over the weekend to be ready for the 500-mile race May 30. Harry Bitner Jr. was in New York yesterday making final arrangements with networks for their top programs which will be relayed to Indianapolis a day late on film by plane. New York reels also will be shown here on film the next day. » " » OVER THE WEEK-END workers were completing the coaxial cable connection between the antenna in the tower on the Merchants National Bank Building. and the transmitter in the penthouse on the bank roof. “We are on schedule,” William Kiley, station sales manager said last night. “Our plans call for a complete telecast of the 500-Mile Race starting at 10:30 a. m. including the colorful opening ceremonies. “We also are considering a program in the evening to initiate set owners into the type of pro-
director, said, “We take the re-
The Duke Flashes Big Grin After Capturing Coveted Pole Position
Phote by John
The Duky grins at
by running the fastest qualifying circuit yoitariay,
grams they may expect,” he said.
Bpickiemire. [Maes Stat Photographer,
anys where up to 75,000 persons as es. timated by old-timers who have attended most races since “500” was started in 1011. There were no official figures available from the Speedway. «
Photographs of grandstand crash, Page 2; additional plo1 Page » qualifying
ures, 3 times, Page 40.
As a result of Nalon's gait, he will be in the coveted pole position ~inside on the front row--when the 33-car starting field roars away from the line in the 500-Mile classic May 30. Adding to the day's demonstra~ tion of speed was the third-place qualifying average of 128.884 miles per hour turned in by a newcomer to the track, Jack McGrath, The plucky driver was at the wheel of the City of Tacoma 8pecial, His third lap of 129.329 miles per hour set the crowd on its feet cheering, —————————— Speedway fans were promised an ideal day for qualifying trials today by the Weather Bureau. Considerable cloudiness and cooler with no indication of rain locally was the foreant, Lou Moore's Blue Crown team ~the one-two winners the past two years-—came in for fourth place honors in qualifications. Bill Holland, second place winner the past two years, qualified in fourth place, ahead of his teammate Mauri Rose, when he got around for an average of 128.673 miles per hour.
Hopes for pole position (Holland qualified ahead of Nalon) faded on the fourth lap when AAA officials timers announced a revised qualifying time after crediting Holland with 131.291 miles per hour. The official speed for the fourth lap was 120.403 miles per hour. One of the happiest race teams of the afternoon was the Murrel Belanger crew when Duane Carter wheeled the No. 17 Belanger Special the 10 miles for an average of 128.233 miles per hour for fifth fastest time, Carter got off to a terrific start with 120.348 miles per hour his first lap but- dropped to 126.975 miles per hour on his fourth when he slowed down as a plece of paper sailed across
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Speedway Highlights Gates open at 20 4. 'm, Admige
8 . Qualifications begin 11 a. m,, close at 6 p. m. Qualifying distance, four laps. Expected to attempt qualificas
fastest qualifiers today from. $500 to $1
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