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Battling Tribesters Mow Down Toledo, 11 to 4, as Saints Bow to Milwaukee AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
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Ei "Complete results of ball game, Page 33.
Milwaukee, By winning while St. Paul was losing, the Tribe moved to within one-half game of first place with only two games yet to go. The Indians thrilled a men’s night crowd of 13,473, the largest . $ ’ a of the season in ne The Big Ifs local ball- park, by their hustle These big “ifs” "hold the and fence-busting assault on| key to the Association Toledo pitching, Their victory championship: evened the season's score with] IF—the Indians win their the Mud- Hens, each-team having double-header with-the Mud - won 10 games. ’ Hens ng he Saints win At Milwaukee the jittery Saints, theirs with the Brewers— failed to shake off 3 id of the! then St Paul walks off nerves and continued to skid. The, With the pennant by four Saints face more of the same to- slim percentage points, day—for today is the-day of de- IF-—*the Indians split and cision and their trembly hands the Saints win two, -the must hang on to the blue chips Saints dare in by a game fn both games against the and a half. Brewers, IF-—the Indians win two Meanwhile. in the American Jeague the Yanks lost a precious half-game yesterday when they split a double-header with’ the’ lowly Washington Senators, 4-3 and 8-1 and the Red Sox rocked! Philadelphia, 9-1. . The weary, injury-ridden Yan-| kees take on the Senators again] today in a double-header and the Red Sox clash twice with Phila-| de:phia. These big “ifs” face the Dodgers play a single game with two contenders: the Giants in Flatbush. Over in the National League Both clubs won yesterday. The the front-running Cards will be Cards dropped the Reds, 6-5, and seeking ‘to pad their slim one- the Dodgers shaded the Giants, game lead over the Dodgers when | 5-4. they - meet the Cincinnati Reds| “Ifs” mean a lot to these two twice in the Queen City. The clubs. é
High Court Justice Rutledge Dies After Vacation Stroke
Second Vacancy on Bench in 2 Months;
Truman May Appoint a Catholic
YORK, Me., Sept. 10 (UP)—S8upreme Court Justice Wiley B, Rutledge died tonight at a tiny country hospital where he was taken two weeks ago when a heart condition interrupted his vacation. The 55-year-old justice was the second member of the Supreme Court to die in less than two months, Like Justice Frank Murphy, who died in July, Mr. Rutledge was a member of the court’s so-called “liberal wing.” — Sh Mr. Rutledge’'s death came at 8:05 p. m,, Indianapolis time, several De after the Kentucky-|N: M. where, he taught several
born jurist lapsed into a second|Y®2rs. coma following a cerebral hémor-| , I 105% 23 Toveq to. Fouliel, rhage. - |that year. Soon after he began an | "ake At. his bedside “in the 22-bed |. tice at Boulder and i an York Hospital were his wife, their| 70 0 te professor of the two daughters, Jean and Mary college of law there. Loy, and their son and daughter"; 1926 he accepted a professor-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Neal Rul-lgnp at Washington University, ledge. {St. Louis, became acting dean in Mr. Rutledge, a Supreme Court 1930, dean in 1931. Justice since 1943 Shen he wat Four years later he became elevated from the U. 8. Court o Auueals for the District or 2 of the lowa law 3chool. Columbia, was stricken Aug. 27| WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (UP) while vacationing with his wife at| —The death of Justice Rutledge nearby Ogunquit. {left President Truman today with Justice Rutledge, a Democrat his second vacancy on the! Suanda 100 per cent New Dealer, preme Court in less than twowas born in Cloversport, Ky. months—a situation almost unJuly 20, 1894, attended prepara-|precedented.’ : tory school and college for three| And this time, it was expected years at Maryville, Tenn, that Mr. Truman would bow to He was graduated with an|tradition and appoint a Catholic A. B. degree from the University to fill the vacancy. The high of Wisconsin in 1914 and entered court is now. without a member the Indiana University "Law| of that faith for the first time in more than 50 years. 5 2)
Tribe will take the bunting .604 to .601. Percentages—not games in the lead — decide the race. IF—the Indians win two and the Saints lose one and are rained out in the second game. the Tribe will take the flag by one point —.604 to .603.
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County Board Signs Contract On Bridges
GOP Commissioners Act Over Protest of Democratic. Member
By PHILIP F. CLIFFORD JR. Rejecting protests of minority member Fred W. Nordsiek, Mar-
signed a contract with a Michigan City engineering firm to supervise the county's $1.4 million bridge-building program. Mr. Nordsiek, the Democratic member of the board of commissioners, said he refused to sign 2 contract with the Boyd E. Phelps Co. because he “wanted time to investigate the Michigan City firm: smiy Mr. Nordsiek said-he wanted to know why the Phelps company had its contract with the city of Evansville canceled by action of the board of works. i Investigation revealed, however, that the contract cancellation in Evansville followed political changes in the city's administration. Signed the Contract Over his protests, Mr. Nordsiek said, the two Republican members, William (Bud) Bosson and William T. Ayres, signed the contract on Aug. 27. Mr. Bosson is president of the county commissioners. The contract, in part, would require the Phelps company “to furnish engineering - services for the survey, design, preparation of plans and specifications and the general supervision of construction of certain bridges in Marion County.” There are five projects involved. They include the Southport Road span over White River; E. 56th St. over Fall Creek; Sun-| I nyside Road over Indian Creek; W. Vermont St. over Big Eagle Creek, and two spans on N. Key-| stone Ave. over Fall Creek. -- | Just Routine During a recent trip to Evans-| ville, where he went to check the/ Phelps company, Mr. Bosson and Ayres the .contract,
tract with their signatures was handed to me for my signature. “It was just a routine matter, I was told” Mr. Nordsiek said. The commissioner said he again
til I had time to study it more] oroughly.” { tay Mr. Nordsiek : signed the contract or not is of no legal consequence since a two-thirds| majority renders all contracts official.
Found ‘Discrepancies’ Under terms of the contract be-| tween Phelps and Marion County, the engineer can “virtually write his own ticket,” - Mr. Nordsiek
After close study of the con-| traet, Mr. .Nordsiek declared he found “discrepancies.” “One of the most important flukes I found in the contract,” the commissioner declared, “was one which fails to include the services of a resident engineer.” Since the contract does not in-
!elude this service, Mr. Nordsiek and wept tonight after winning permits the | said, the county must bear the
cost. He said rough estimates
and the Saints win one, the | Peg the fee somewhere “between
| $15,000 and $20,000 for a compe- | tent on-the-job engineer.” | Resident Engineer Required According to law, the commissioner said, a resident engineer is required on all structures built | with-aid of federal funds. Two | of the county's five proposed | bridges will benefit from fed-| eral aid, Mr. Nordsiek said. | In addition, Mr. Nordsiek de- | elared, the cost of making test | pit borings in spots where the | builders will sink foundations for bridge supports must be paid for by the county under the Phelps contract. ’ The Phelps company bid acceptéd by county commissioners calls for payment of $56,250 for study and approval of present plans. If, however, these plans are rejected by the engineers, Mr. Nordsiek ‘said, new plans must be| drawn “at a tremendous addi- | tional cost to the county.” | Another contract, offered by [Pierce & Gruber, an Indianapolis firm, which covered all necessary | | specifications and costing $7000 [less than the Phelps contract, | was rejected by the two Republi- | con commissioners, Mr. Nordsiek| said.
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Principal Glenn Cross sided with the 61-year-old motherly looking teacher whose twinkling blue eyes and only slightly
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Attorney Clarence Brown . he plans to appeal the ruling.
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Meanwhile. the School ‘Board through its attor-
Weeps on Winning ne. Clarence Brown, announced | =
. | would appeal the ruling of| Special Judge William C. Dennis $30,000 Giveaway |? the Wayne Circuit Court. { “SOUTH BEND, Sept. 10 (UP)—' Law Permits Paddling | Mrs. Lawrence Ralph broke down, Despite the Indiana~law which paddling of school $30,000 in merchandise prizes on/|children, Mr. Dennis found Mrs.| the “Sing If Again” radio pro- Bell guilty and fined her $1 and gram over the olumbia Broad- costs with costs suspended. casting System by identifying-a - Thus from the ‘paddling of “mystery voice” as that of Rep. Betty Lou in a third-floor classJoseph W. Martin of Massa- room of Garfield School, a com-
chusetts, Republican minority plex educational problem in the house leader. handling of school children has She missed winning $25,000 exploded.
cash, however, when she could| The charge, filed by the child's not answer the question: “For mother, Mrs. Gordon Smith, what did Congressman Martin brought opposing fields of thought cast his first vote on Dec. 7 together in the courtroom. 19257" | A Quaker and president emerThe answer was: “To elect {tus of Earlham College, Mr. DenSpeaker Longwortn."” {nis said in ruling:
. » = | “ y , | I don’t think a paddle is an MRS. RALPH, w 8ay Jil» of wits Sf ine dis {educational instrument. The man-
) ners and morals of teaching have ok among. Sie. Insurance So. | changed since the late 1800's. when Nash automobile, a-television set, the ‘Hoosler, Schoolmaster’ was 10,000 cans of soup, an all-ex- | Written. There is no reason for pense trip to New York, a deer the paddle in Indiana. I think it hunting trip to Elko, Nev., a fyli|is illegal.” silver service for-12, -15 needle | A professor of international law point pieces, a piano, set of drums, [for many years in various col18 sweaters,’ a winter supply of legiate institutions, Mr. Dennis’ steaks and 500 Gem razors which philosophy reflects the attitude of will- be given to veterans in hos-|advanced education, his Quaker pitals in her name. |background and early schooling {in Germany.
LAUDER UNCHANGED ‘ I ’ STRATHAVEN, Scotland, Sept. | This Is Not Russia 10 (UP) — Sir -Harry Lauder] This is not Russia. There is passed a “comfortable night” last|/n0 safe way of putting a paddle night, but there is no change in| the hands of any public officer,” his condition, his doctors an-/De said. “In all my years of nounced today. |teaching, I have had to speak but {once in correction of pupils. It
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(Bridge, Society, Capital Capers, Fashions, Gardening, Teens, Homemaking, Pages 28-32) Times picks- ideal spot for fishing rodeo. ........ Page 85 (Other Sports, Pages 33-36 and 43; Classified Advertising, Pages 38-48)
Other Features on Inside Pages
Amuse. ..20, 21,Fashions ..,27 Builders’ Pg., 18 Food serene 29 Business .....37 Gardening .. 30
Cap. Capers, 24 Hollywood «20 Counter Spy, 23|Insi’e Indpls., 15
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On the Inside
(Mrs. Manners, Rep, Jacobs’ column, Pages 2-10) | Photographs recall your first school days. ....... Page 11/Mr, Dennis noted that he never (Editorials, Politics, World Report, Pages 11-22) Anton Scherrer describes Booth Tarkington's tal-
Preferences in housing of Young Indianapolis. . . . Louise Fletcher's “Counter-Spy.” . . . Katy
was necessary to reprimand two very nice girls for giggling. “I have seen education beaten . Into students, I saw it when I . Ne {went to school in Germany. The gible for parole in teachers got their work across, Li vein reve y davon JN 7/but the method raised automa(tons, not men.” : | In line with his Quaker beliefs,
has had a fight or been involved in a law suit, “And I hope I never will,” he tessssnsswrssiseas Page 12/added. “We must have laws, but not all laws are good laws. It 4s one thing to have good sense in this world and another in beating tessssssssnssaeess Page 23(sense into people, The use of a paddle in an emergency or for disciplinary purposes is another matter,” Judge Dennis said. Mrs. Smith voiced pleasure with the decision of Judge Dennis. “So far I am satisfied with the action of the court,” sald Mrs.
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Teacher, 61, Fined $1 Despite State Statute
President Emeritus of Earlham Doubts Wisdom of ‘Beating Sense Into Peoole’ PETERSON, Times Staff Writer RI . , Sept. 10—"I. am going to bring the ~paddie back to class and use-it when 1 need it.” : That was Mrs. Ethel Bell's answer today to her conviction Thursday in municipal court of an assault and battery charge in the paddling of Betty Lou Smith, 11-year-old pupil in a class for retarded children.
lup to her, it would be only a mate.
ter of time before a youngster really got hurt.” Mrs, Smith charged Betty Lou was paddled because she could not pronounce the word “educan.” “That - positively -is not. case,” answered Mrs. Bell who 18 years’ teaching experience, seven of them with retarded children. “I did not punish the youngster because she couldn't read but because she wouldn't. She was insubordinate. She refused to do things she was and is capable of doing. - “No child is punished because he can't learn. Not being able to
of help, not abuse. But at times they have to be jarred to attention before they can be helped.
hope to make things so interesting they won't want to be bad. I try all the nice things first, what
lieve in. But it can’t all be done with kid gloves. I don't like the methods I sometimes am forced to use but the end justifies the means. . - Better the Paddle “I could expel the: rather than use the paddle, but I
ing turned out,” Mrs. Bell said. Under law as a teacher, Mrs. Bell is invested with the same rights over a child under her immediate jurisdiction as are parents. She disagrees vehemently, however, with some child psychologists who advocate never using physical force on a youngster, “I spank them _when I have to. I spanked my own youngsters and I spank my grandchildren, I think if there was more spanking done at home at the right time it would be a great help,” she said. While Mrd. Bell plans to bring the paddle back to the classroom, Attorney Brown said that an ap:
sons, “I feel the ruling of the municipal court was in error. It also must be done for the good of the school, system and to vindicate the adcused teacher,” he said. “There are all kinds of youngsters in the public schools and some sort of discipline is necessary. Not every one can be corrected by word of mouth. “None of us think a paddle js a good means of education, but when all else fails it becomes a
_|practical matter. I don’t believe
in putting a man in jail either, but that, too, is practical,” Mr. Brown said. pi Z Mrs, Bell agreed and empha-
Smith, mother of 13 children. “My [sized
“ don’t like to spank. When I have to, I paddle only on their
Teen Page ...32|Ruark ....., 15/of my daughters, Beverly, got the Othman .... 15/Earl , R1{same treatment from her, x Pattern ....27/Women's, 23, 32[someope hadn't the nerve to stand
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Class Fears Boost
Would Upset U.S. Economy
President Asks Union To Hold OFF Strike; Favors Pension
Summary of Board's Page 2; Editorial, Page 12
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (UP)—President Truman ape pealed for an 11-day exten gion of the steel strike truce today after his fact-finding Board had vetoed the CIO \steelworkers’ demand for a fourth-round wage boost. ‘With 500,000 steelworkers poised for a strike at midnight Wednesday, Mr. Truman fired off telegra:ms to CIO President Philip Murray and the steel come
Sept. 25. The steel union already had
postponed from July 16 to Sept. 14 the deadline for the walkout,
t {which it called to enforce defl imands for a
12% -cent-an-hour wage increase plus insurance and
other 17'; cents an hour.
Jud William C. Dennis . .. " ie is no educational in. _strument.”
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) demand. pommended insurance pension benefits amounting to 10 cents an hour. The board said. it turned down the ‘wage raise because it might lead to a fourth-round spiral in
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the nation’s whole economy. But it said the steel companies could afford to pay the additional
300 Houses Go
On ‘Parade’ Here
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Exposition Runs _ - Through Sept. 17th
Today thousands of Hoosiers, both the curious and the interested, will plle into family cars
learn is punishment enough. The gnq set out to see the $2.5 million {youngsters I teach are in need! (ndianapolis Parade of Homes
| with 300 houses on display in every section of the city. The homes, graced by their
“When 1. get their attention. Il natural settings, will be open for
| inspection, with guides in attend|ance from 3 to 8 p. m. today, and all this week. ; The exposition; the largest ever undertaken in Indianapolis, will show workmanship, basic construction, materials ard the fin-
builder's craft and the architect's designing genius. The homes have been styled for every price
{and equipped
feel they are better off in school class, from the thrift or economy | with a little paddling than in be-| dwelling, to the luxurious, spa-|
iclous, picture-windowed modern mansion on woodland sites, The Parade of Homes is thé achievement of the Marion County Residential Builders, Inc. in conjunction with the Indianapolis Homes Builders Associaition, in which a combined membership of-250 of the city’s leading builders, contractors, subdividers, and realtors have joinéd hands. The outdoors Home Show is a masterpiece of organization headed by Fred L. Palmer and A, H. M. Graves, assisted by J. Frank Cantwell, Home 8how director, and Elmer Meadley, executive secretary of the Marion County Residential Builders, Inc. : | «The exposition is being staged in conjunction with National Home Week, and will run through Sept. 17.
Wl Be Cloudy, But Enjoy It
Ignore the partly cloudy skies today and enjoy the pleasantly mild weather, forecasters cau[tioned as they predicted new cool
Pollen Count .....178 per cu. yd. blasts. and" occasional
showers
the city tomorrow. Afternoon temperatures today are expected to climb to 80 in comparison with yesterday's
scattered showers in the
good a good shock absorber.”
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western _ |tonight, weathermen
portion of the state
ished products, a tribute to the|
from the Northwest would strike {
social benefits without raising prices, - :
1 Mr. Truman said h¥ asked for more time “in the public interest” -
because the fact-finding report must be studied and all concerned given a chance to try again for a settlement. | “I urge all parties in the steel industry labor dispute to co-op-jerate with this request,” Mr. Truman said in telegrams to Mr. [Murray and company officials. { Ching Gets Orders He directed Federal Mediation Director Cyrus 8. Ching “to make {available to the parties every facility at his disposal to assist them In reaching agreement.” Mr. Ching, wha has been ‘in New York attempting to mediate the Hawaiian longshoremen’s |strike, is expected back here Mon{day. Aids sald he will probably {decide when to. call the parties |together, | The board report dealt a se vere blow to the drive for a {fourth post-war general wage in~ |crease being pushed by unions {representing 3 million workers. | But Mr; Truman hopes his pane |el's recommendations will head off a wave of big strikes in steel and the other basic industries {Where wage disputes are pending. | Fearful of Pattern
| The report was submitted to IMr, Truman at the White House by Board Chairman Carroll R. Daugherty, Northwestern University Economics professor; Samuel I. Rosenman, New York lawyer, and David L. Cole, Paterson, N. J., lawyer. The board "turned down the union's demand for a 12'%-cent-an-hour general wage increase, If sald it did so to assure continu prosperity, bring down steel prices, and to avoid setting a “pattern (of wage hikes) to be followed in other industries.” Such a pattern, the board said, “might well cause price disloca~ tions, with adverse effects on the general economy and on the steel industry itself.” “The postwar race between ris ing wage rates. and rising costs of living has been called off by
{the operation of economic forces,”
" pany heads asking that the dead-_ line be pushed back at least to
pension benfits adding up to ane