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Indiana Guard Opens Drive to Get Atterbury

Officers Point Out Advantages in Training Troops High ranking Indiana Na-

gan a concerted offensive to

| lacquire Camp Atterbury,

The opening skirmish for the sprawling war-built camp [35 miles south of Indianapolis came after the War Department and the National Guard Bureau in Washington directed the state to make a survey of various military establishments within its borders. Gov. Schricker assigned Maj. John C. Earl, Indiana National

survey.

tional Guard officers today be-| ;

Guard engineer; to conduct the

Riddled By Gang Bullets, ‘Little Earl’ Shelton t

Farm Family Flies Own Plane to State Fair

y Live

Doctors Find

wee 10 Wounds in-

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Ambush Victim

Sub-Machine Gun Pair Open Fire Near Fairfield, lll., Home FAIRFIELD, IIL, Sept. 9 (UP)—Little Earl Shelton

Has an Opportunity State Adj. Gen. Robison Hitchcock ‘said.the state had the op- | portunity of acquiring Camp At|terbury, Ft. Harrison and a huge

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'was shot and seriously | wounded from ambush today

gangster uncles were shot

in the same way three of his

“to apply for-cage space:

. keep coming back to the Fair]

J. L. Oliver . . . stakes claim as State Fair's oldest poultry exhibitor.

Poultryman Wins Enough: Ribbons to Make a Blanket

Railroad Engineer's Cochin Bantams Have Been Fair Feature for 41 Years

Winning blue ribbons at the State Fair is nothing new to J. L. Oliver, 323 E. Iowa St., who claims to be the oldest exhibitor in the Poultry Department. The 62-year-old man has staked his claim to the title after showing his prize Cochin Bantams for 41 years. In that time he has accumulated enough ribbons to make a blanket and several pin cushions. | ER Mr. Oliver's longtime record Today spans the recent history of the pyyine Farmers’ and IndianHoosier exposition itself. Since apolis Manufacturers’ Day. 1908 he has seen the Fair be- (Final day of Fair. Gates opened, 7 a. m.; close, midnight.) Indians All - State ' Lions Band parades, grounds, all day. State Fair Follies, Grandstand, 8 p. m. Wayne King's Horse Show, Coliseum,

A New York Central Railroad engineer, Mr. Oliver first brought his cochins to the Fair at the age of 21. Then, the poultry exhibit was housed in an old “dog house” west of the present Poultry building.’ ’ * Later, the show. was housed nl p.m. a tent, “When the present build-| Smilin ing was erected in 1927, Mr. Oli- 1948 DIVORCES DROP

; NEW YORK, Sept. 9 (UP)— ver was one of the first exhibitors There were 206,000 fewer divorces

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‘Finest in Country’ | year. the statistical department “The Indiana State Fair 1s [Of the Metropolitan Life Insurwithout doubt the finest in the|2nce Co. reported today. country,” says Mr. Oliver. He gue °° backs up his statement with nis TIMes fo Attend record of placing exhibits in all}

the nation’s major shows. ‘Manual Dedication

But the Hoosier exposition) o voli find The Times at wasn’t always the best. He re-| 1. sone tonight’ when they calls the Fair consisted of “wood-| dedicate the new lights at en sheds and broken-down build-| yo cope Delavan Smith ings” at the turn of the century. | aire Pield. Now, he points out, “it's more| "4 gnecia] Times Dedication up-to-date.” The poultry exhibit] pation will be at the field to has more breeders, better classes help honor the occasion which and highly improved breeds. “It's starts with the ‘dedication & big change,” he says. ceremonies at 7:30 p. m. and Through the years Mr, Oliver! the game (Manual vs. Beech has shown only Cochins, a “toy”| Grove) at 8 p.m, ~~ member of .the poultry family.| e Get your copy of The Times The breed, imported from China| Dedication Edition at the to England to the United States,/| Delavan Smith Athletic Field is only about two-thirds the size tonight . . . you'll want to of regular farm chickens. keep it as a souvenir.

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[ “show,” Woman's buiiding; 7:30

|government warehouse in suburban Maywood. Guardsmen also used their urgings in the drive for acquisition of Camp Atterbury after Gov. |Schricker and other state officials indicated that the state was unable to support more than one military establishment in Indi-

ana. : 2 State Guard officers pointed out privately that Camp Atterbury has more advantages for training troops than Ft. Harrison; Reasons for Support In support of their convictions, Guard officers pointed out that: ONE: Atterbury has artillery and rifle ranges to train troops. {Ft. Harrison has no training i facilities. TWO: The Ohio National Guard {can use Camp Atterbury jointly with Hoosier Guard. THREE: Summer training of | Hoosier troops will have to be (held in Wisconsin, Kentucky or Michigan if Ft. Harrison is acquired. Military-minded Guard officers complain that the metropolitan location of Ft. Harrison makes it unfit for a Guard base. addition, they say privately that the Harrison establishment is a permanent niilitary “good {for golf, swimming and recrea{tion in the officers’ club.”

Chilly Mornings Are Here to Stay These chilly mornings are here

to stay, Weatherman Paul Miller |said today as he forecast minimum

lin 1948 than in the preceding readings im-the-low-50's- through

| Wednesday. Partly cloudy skies today are expected to accompany a high of 75. Fair weather and a low of 50

Pollen count . . . 169 per cubic yd.

{tonight and a high of 78 tomorrow will follow, the weatherman said. . | Fresh cold air out of the North {held the mercury below 70 yesterday and it dipped to 53 by 5 la. m, today. Average tempera[tures were eight degrees below normal, weather forecasters said. | Temperatures are expected to {range from 51 to 75 in the north {and from 55 to 82 in the southern portion of the state through Wednesday.

LOCAL TEMPERATURES

6am... 54 10a. m... 64 7a. m... 54 11 a. m... 68 8a. m... 58 12 Noon.. 70 9a m... 61 1p m.. 71

1920 Was Big Year [7 The longtime exhibitor recalls

his best year was in 1920 when he swept the first three places of + Connally, Wh

Cochin breed. This year he won|

Senate Goes to the Dogs—

erry Give

first, t hirds 1 with tour ener 4 2 Weird Bow-Wow Show

Mr. Oliver asserts he plans to

They Consider It So Important They Make No Effort to Take It Out of Record

By Scripps-Howard Newspapers

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9—There can be little argument now that things have goné to the dogs in the United States Senate.

"Among the Flying Farmers who arrived right on schedule ham, and their sons, Paul; 3, (left) and Stevie, 5. They landed at Bob Shank taking off from their home town of Metcalf, lil., some 90 miles away.

On Circle Building For Last Minute Visit

Pour In From Midwestern States;

Tenth Air Force Puts On Maneuvers Hundreds of “flying farmers” poured into the Fairgrounds today

Only Seeks More Data About Propesal

City Building Commissioner Charles E. Bacon today denied at midnight. - reports that plans for a three-

Circle site of the old English! ; nosition. Hotel had been rejected by his| their fourth trip to the huge exposition |

mints mms office. Saluting Flying Farmers and| ot “Two free-for-all events com“We have taken no .action on Indianapolis Manufacturers Dayipjeted the card. rejection or acceptance other than|at the Fair this afternoon were| jyngianapolis meat = packers to ask for more,information on three flights —of planes {rom ay tareq spirited bidding -at-2-p.m. the proposed building,” Mr. Bacon the Tenth Air Force and the In- jn" tne Coliseum for the state's said. “All we have are the plans diana National-Guard.-. iprime-beef cattle. — . : for the basement.”. Fair officials were confident the; Winding up the Fair's nine-day Robert - F, Daggett, associate|1949 attendance would surpass program tonight will be the State

plans, said he had received no attendance of 80,856 paid-admis-|in front of the grandstand. word from city officials about any{sions sent the 1949 total above) rejection measures. Erection of|the 548,926 1948 total. Total paid) the new three-story building has admissions for the first eight been proposed by the Equitable days was 564,396. Life Asurance Society. Fighters to Maneuver There is no question on any-| Fairgoers were treated to

thing here,” Mr. Bacon said, we do not have the complete plans, the signt yu Jan |} know o 1 Jaw ua par preceded by formations of four continued for another. 120 days, because it is three stories ‘high F-51 Mustangs and 12 C-46 troop according to an announcement | “It 1s my responsibility to 08 carriers from Wold Chamberlain today by Dr. A. M. Hetherington, {that the proposed building speci- Field, Minneapolis. {county health commissioner. {fications conform with the law. | Early today several new civil-| : |Height has nothing to do with it.»|1an aircraft were flown into the the restrictions were being conMayor Feeney said, however |infield at the Fairgrounds for dis-| tinued because a reduction in the that the Safety Board had re. Play for the farmer-pilots. {number of rabies cases had been jected a request by builders that Competing for attention was|noted. “Rather than relax the both alleys bordering the site be| the Indiana aviation exhibit Oi Tesirictions now,” the commis|closed. during ‘construction. dhe second floor of the Grand- sioner said, and take a chance, “It would not be wise from a Stand. Included in “the ‘display|“we have elected - to maintain safety standpoint,” he said. (were a full-scale cut-away model them for another four months. The Mayor said hundreds of |°f an Allison J-33 turbojet en-| “The rules concerning rabies letters from Indianapolis residents gine, a Link trainer and new radio;quarantines apply to stray dogs, had been received objecting to air navigation equipment. {which according to rule, must be construction of the three-story| Horse Show Coming |destroyed. department store building on the| Awaiting today’s fairgoers be-

historic Site, “Most objectors are In favor of down were the $50,000 Horse

Dog Quarantine Extended 120 Days

The quarantine on dogs that has been enforced in Marion County since May 10, will be

|/ing and the State Fair Follies. |" Horse Show events tonight in-| clude the $1000 grand championship five-gaited stake, the $1000) |three-gaited grand championship . (stake, Tria! Date Set |championship stake, the ; . {hackney pony championship stake |g.vear-old son,.Mike. For Bus Drivers

{and the $300 ladies fine harness

He said his wire to the Society suggesting a hotel building and suggesting a conference on the|

subject. had never been answered. For Throwing Flower

k 3 Photo by John Spicklemire, Times Staff Photographer. for activities at the Fairgrounds today were Mr. and Mrs. William CheatAirport - in their four-place monoplane, 35 minutes after

City Denies Ban Hundreds Arrive by Air ‘Catholics Defy

Dr. Hetherington stated that

Suni -_ atteridant at gas sta-

- Editorials ...10{ Radio

“until I die.” He says, “I'm getting a bit too old to show now but I want to show a few every year to keep up my record.”

525 OFF TO IRELAND BOSTON, Sept. 9 (UP)—The| largest pilgrimage ever to sail for Ireland—525 persons, mostly Irish-Americans—Ileft here today aboard the liner Britannic,

On Inside

slugs and robs _

HOD + ova ve inayy ...Page 8 Mrs. Perle Mesta does man-sized job in running U. 8. legation, Page 17, High schoel football opens

with seven-game card |“ 7

tonight «ao vievese Page 23

Other Features

Amusements 20 Bridge ......17 Marriage ,..32 Comics ...:...13| Novel ...c.v 7] Crossword ..19 Othman ..... o>

Fashions ....18 Ruark i709 Food .:v.....18 Bide Glances 10

Forum ......10|8ports ...22, 23 .

Hollywood ..20 Weather Map 14 In Indpls. ...25 Inside Indpls. .9

Women's .+..17

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Mrs. Manners 324

Earl Wilson.. 8

For two United States Senators—Tom Connally (D. Tex.) and Kenneth Wherry (R. Neb.)—stood on the Senate floor and publicly went “bow-wow-wow-wow” at each other while arguing about bringing Gen. MacArthur back to testify on China affairs. Each apparently regarded the bow-wow-wowing asso relevant to the debate that no attempt was made to remove it from the Congressional Record. Thus, recorded for posterity is this bit of debate— Sen. Connally: “I feel very much like an old lawyer in my section of the country once did. He had as his legal antagonist a very loud and enthusiastic lawyer, who shouted and foamed at the mouth in addressing

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«=~ the jury, and when it came the turn of the other lawyer to answer him he stood up and said, ‘If your honor please, bow-wow-wow-wow.’ “Now that I have answered my opponent, I shall discuss this case.” : ’ Sen. Wherry: ‘“Bow-wow-wow-wow-wow.,"” Sen. Connally: “Mr, President, I do not like to.dis“cuss the question in any but the most serious fashion,” : Sen. Wherry: “Mr. President, will the Senator yield for another question?” ’ Sen. Connally: “Oh, yes." Sen. Wherry: “The Senator's answers are just as clear as bow-wow-wow-wow -- just that clear.” v Sen. Connally: “Well, I use that kind of ‘language - WOW -WOW.”

_.and that kind of explanation—bow-womw:

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. | Brown, Plaza Hotel; Hilton Grib-|

|sylvania Greyhound Lines, _Inc., the $3000 indiana Stake, 16-ctass Pleaded not guilty to charges of ® ; . eeping improper logs of their | m S J driving ‘time and to charges that| : es | ns they worked beyond the time

state Commerce Commission, Company Fined $1500 On Sept. 2 the company was fined $1500 in Federal Court when its attorney entered a guilty plea to charges that Greyhound permitted the violations; Each driver was charged with | keéping a log which’ stated he! | was off duty when actually he was working. ICC limits the drivers to 70 working hours out of 192 consecutive hours. Defense At torney Paul Pfister agreed to consolidation of the 13 cases and his clients walved trial by jury. The drivers were Carleton!

bon, Linden Hotel; Irvin Cauble,| |Franklin; John E. Hillock, 3207 {Central Ave.; Warren G. Hunt, ». | Knightstown; lee 8. Kern, Camby; Glen Lannon, 314 N.| | Forrest 8t.; Walter Leach, 526 W.! (Drive, Woodruff Place; James | McGough, 532 Massachusetts Ave.;| Hilla: Phipps, 1125 Bellefontaine ; Oral Pile, 5724 Julian Times’ Ave; Carl Rauh, 3610 Balsam| 5

Joe DiMaggio . . . joins The

stellar staff of sports

evidence in the case in which Mrs.

{ . # limits prescribed by the mer. FOP Daily Baseball Article

Here's good news for sports fans: ‘ Joe DiMaggio, colorful Yankee

Red School Rule

= {down in the past two years.

Two gunmen; using submachine

|guns, blasted Shelton, 34, as he puled up before his home shortly -

after midnight. Shelton hauled his own .45-call-ber pistol from his shoulder holster and emptied it at his assailants before they roared away in

ja powerful black sedan.

21 Bullet Holes In Car

One slug ripped through each thigh. Others struck him in. the

{abdomen ‘and tore a hole in hig _|forehead.

Twenty-one bullét holes were counted in his car. He was rushed to Deaconess Hospital at Evansville, Ind., where

{doctors opened his abdomen to determine whether the intestines - -

had been punctured. Doctors found little Earl suffered 10 wounds from six or seven bullets. Hospital authori ties said he would live. His uncle, big Earl, was at the hospital, but he refused to talk about the shoo

Order Czech Children Out to Enforce Stand

for their annual visit before the gates closed on the 1949 State Fair PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Sept.

(UP)-=Authoritative church

0 : . Coming from several Midwestern states, more than 500 farmer-\,.....o wai today Cathelic parstory building on the Montment! ., . 4 onned into Sky Harbor and Shank airports this morning for|,... yu e been advised to with.

draw children from religious {classes in state-controlled schools {if - the government did not. ac{knowledge . the church's right . to direct religious instructions, These sources sald catechism {teachers and Catholic parents

architect -working-omn-the-butiding: the--600,000-mark as. yesterday's Fair Follies, beginning at 8 p, m. have been told that the church in-

sists on the right to direct re= ligious training in state schools. If the Communist e re|fuses to acknowledge this right, |authoritative church sources said, 1“it is better for Catholic parents to exercise their rights and with{draw their children from: religious {classes and arrange for their religious instruction and education iin another suitable manner.” New Duties Outlined | Ministry of Education offi|cials have been calling meetings {of the catechists all summer and |outlining their “new duties,” these sources said. Reports of the meetings indi{cated the catechists objected |erongly to the “new duties.” {+ Authoritative sources -also revealed - that Roman Catholic priests in Czechoslovakia will re{fuse to take any government {oath which would violate their Ipriestly obligations.

[fore the final curtain was ne SUN Shines Out, at Last,

Pot at Son

Trial date for 13 bus drivers Stake. . a {Clark's courtroom, the sun did shine and upon the lips of |charged a of inter.|, Lhe five-day Grand "Circult justice there might have been a 7 ,ienill had been charged with state commerce regulations was |arness-horse meeting elosed smile of mercy. \ 'assault with intent to murder. rset for Oct. 24 in Federal Court this afternton with the ll “This case is dismissed,” said In court this morning came today by Judge Robert C. Baltzell. hing of the $3000 Hooster A Clark fr listeni to Mrs. Lookebill and her three “| rh turity for 2-year-old pacers and Judge Clark after listening to { e drivers, employed by Penn- ) J children, Mike, Penny, whose

tfeet are clubbed and Martha Ann, who has rheumatic fever, | ” » ” | JUDGE CLARK listened to the |story of the woman whose hustband is in prison for burglary, and who has kept the little famfly together for nine years. He listened sympathetically to the story of the events of the day

His wite, Eleanor, went with

know whether I Lem. Gets Liceiise Number However, it was. reported-that Shelton, a scrawny tobacco-chéw-

number of the gunmen’s. car and told officers “it was the same one they used when they killed my Uncle Carl two years ago.” The sound of gunfire was heard clearly throughout this little town which has been terrified frequently in the past 30 years by the

which once waged a full-scale war with tanks and planes |against the rival mob of Charley | Birger. Shelton’s wife ran out of the {modest five-room frame house

{where she had been waiting for -

(him with their two daughters, (Susan Ruth and Diana. | Little Earl was conscious but bleeding badly. : A crowd gathered quickly but dispersed almost as rapidly when they learned what the excitement was all about, - Listed as Farmer Shelton is listed officially in {the town directory as a farmer, | But he and his brother, Little Carl, {aré believed to have an interest {in widespread gambling activities carried on by his uncles.

fa hotel building rather than a Show {he annual sale of of! . t—Little-Farl and- Little Carl ar a 3 8¢ be ip 4 ® dumpy” three-sto ru ui ealv yrand Ci . bl R dd Mi th on oh Yr three-story structure,” calves, Grand Circuit harness rac For ] I ou €= i en 0 [| jhe sons of Dalton Shelton, one

Judge Dismisses Case Against Her

f three survivors of a genera[tion of Sheltons that engaged in bootlegging, rum-running, gams= bling and other criminal activities

“SOME DAY maybe the sun will shine on my. side,” said during the roaring Twenties. the. $800 heavy .harness/yrg Martha Lookebill several weeks ago as she tried to explain| he : $800 (the circumstances that led to her throwing a flower pot at her sure as hell Tooks like someone

“A deputy, sheriff said today “it

{is out to wipe out all of the Shel-

Today through the grimy ceiling in Municipal Judge Alex|ton family.” | None of the assailants who

{have wounded or killed members of the family have ever been {found. And, so far as is known, out oaths that they would track tdown the assassins and kill them themselves. Big Carl Killed In '47 | The series of ambuscadbs be-. gan Oct, 23, 1947, when Big Carl |was killed by machinegun bul. lets as he drove his jeep on a {back road near his farm. | Big Carl also went down throw= (ing back slugs from his own

center fielder, 1s going to write a, when Mrs. Lookebill, brooding pistol. daily baseball article” exclusively over her troubles while ironing,| ~The next shooting was July 26,

for The Times . .. day. “Joltin’ “Joe” also ‘is going to report on the World Series when it starts early next month. For "the next few weeks prior to. the Series, the “Yankee Clip.

hit Mike. Mrs. Lookebill sobbed a8 she spoke, ! He called Mike to the bench land asked him to tell him what happened. ; “I was playing on the ground

starting Sun- blindly threw the flower pot that|1948, when Big Carl's brother,

| Bernie, was shot and killed by a {hidden sniper as he stood in front [of his roadhouse, a notorious |gambling den, near Peoria, Ill. | - Big Earl got his on May 24 {0 fthis year, but recovered at the

per” will write each day about and when I got up, mother was|NOSpital where his nephew fought

the pennant race generally. He'll also give you his slant on any “hot” pre-series games that develop. » : - Thé DiMaggio articles will-pro-vide the player-slant on-the game. And you'll never “strike out” in your baseball opinions if you follow the tips you learn from “DiMag.” onl To be sure you gét every one of

have The Times delivered to your home. Telephone RI-5551 or order The Times from the Times -car-rier-salesman in your neighbor-

writers. Bt. Claude WHHAMS, 308 Bj «tooo isin North -8t. ’ | _The first DiMaggio article will

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appear in The Sunday Times.

[throwing the flower pot and it hit me,” sald the boy. Mrs, Lookebill had said she had not

deliberately thrown the pot at her|'", fire three shots

children,

» . » ; “THIS IS a case for the welfare!Club which he operates on the

| department,” said Judge Tlark. “I don't even know why this case is before me inasmuch as the

{welfare workers have already re-

| stored

the children mother’s custody.”

whispered, “Maybe the sun to shine.” !

sot life today, ig Earl was shot by a gunman’ who climbed onto a as roof

a poker ers

window as he sat pi in a gaming room at the

town square here,

————————————— MOCK AIR RAID SET

long air “attack” on 10 eastern

Mrs. Lookebill turned from the{states starting Saturday to test. courtroom’ with her children and|the ability of more than

is beginning| ning some 1200

ling towhead, noted the licénse>.

escapades, of the Shelton clan, .

the Sheltons have failed to carry .

NEW YORK, Sept. 9 (UP) ° to their|The Air Force will stage a weeks"