Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 October 1949 — Page 2

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* Eddie Rickenbacker, president of Eastern Airlines, will arrive

their inquiry.

‘Press Analysis

‘You-Know-Me-AP

But Former Sheriff Al is directing something besides traffic,

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Runs Traffic And For Sheriff

Butler Plans

Group fo Study Community Paper

Analysis of the reader interest in news and advertising columns

be made tomor-

Directed by Don Montgomery, publisher of the paper, and Prof, ler, a member of the

business men, farmers, and local merchants. Efforts will be made to determine the readership of news items and of advertising published iA the Press, a weekly, Results wi be tabulated to determine perse and will then be pub-

Students the

Fred Odiet, Indianapolis seniors; and Harold Myers, Indianapolis graduate student. Out-of-town students assisting

Rough It for 2 Weeks

Herschel Titcher of New Orleans, from the Ontario wilds to Indian-, apolis.

Mr. Dodd said. “In addition to the deer we got some birds on a

couple of trips and got in some

snowshoe rabbit hunting,

Plenty of Snow “Oh, yes, there's plenty of snow, frost and cold weather up there.”

the survey include Pat Gul-

survey are members of the journalism department's advance reporting, research, and Interpreting the news classes. :

Man, 94, Challenges Any Man, 94, to Fight DENVER, Oct. 20 (UP)~ Everett Stanchfield, fresh from a physical check-up, announced that he was in perfect condition and would challenge any man to a prize fight. The only condition was that his

opponent be his same age, which ni oo

is 94 years.

10,000 Join During

“We have set our 1950

dicates we will hit our mark” in western garb, in

and members attended. Citing the

won second place. At a

New Membership Record Set in Veterans’ Drive

Goal Set at 70,000, Commander Says

The Indiana Department, Veterans of Foreign Wars, announced that a new advance membership record had been set. Speaking at a “Fall Roundup Conference” held at the Antlers Hotel, John G. Tinder, Indianapolis, department commander, said that more than 10,006 memberships had been obtained during a #1950 membership kickoff contest” held since Oct, 1. e goal at © 70,000,” Mr. Tinder sald, “and the record advance membership in-ifunior vice commander in chief

Dressed keeping with the “roundup” theme, more than 500 VFW post officials

expanded member. bership contest. ship, service to veterans and other . VFW projects, Commander Tinder sald that the VFW is atfracting more former overseas veteransper cent of quota,

| The Indiana Department lost

than ever. _ # Carl B. Miller, quartermaster, . reported that Evansville Post No, 31114 won first place in the “kickoff” contest. Princeton Post 1147 ects.

dinner held last night,

Kickoff Campaign;

I {Frank C. Hilton, Wyomissing, Pa.,

{of the national VFW, presented {the Indiana Department with a {plague for having won second

[place in the 1949 national mem1

to Kansas by only 28 of one per cent after having attained 108 {" Schools. of instruction for post. {officers were held yesterday as [emphasis was placed on member-

|ship and community service proj-

Power Failure Stops IU Clock At Halftime

Times State Service

Dressing room lights went out and the ‘timing clock stopped at halftime during the Indiana-Wiscon-sin football game in LU. stadium here yesterday when a power line went bad. . " University authorities said power was off in the stadium and fieldhouse for 21 minutes, from the middle of halftime through the third quarter of the game.

= » » TIMING was taken over by the field judge until Chief Electrician Billy Bungee traced the failure back to the university power plant and repaired the damage. Acme Telephoto service was out

The conference will close this ‘afternoon,

and the radio and loudspeaker service was cut off during the break,

BLOOMINGTON, Oct. 20 —|

Sportsmen Find Canada Real Happy Hunting Ground

Three Hoosiers, Resident of New Orleans

in Northern Wilds

Four tired deer hunters returned to Indianapolis last night from High Falls, Ontario, with their quota of four deer and a tale of two weeks of camping in the frozen lands of Canada. The hunters, Lloyd Dodd, 1620 W. Ray St.; Glenn Allender, 941 N. Belle Vieu Pl; Orville Shawver, 1609 W. Vermont 8t., and

La., drove more than 1000 miles miles north of Indianapolis, From

the north woods.

“We didn’t see any bears but there were plenty of signs,” Mr. Dodd said. “Plenty of game of all sorts in Canada, its a real place to go hunting.”

The party carried their own

The three Hooslers and friend equipment, sleeping in pup tents from the Bouth drave to a point in| part of the time and in rough/for Indianapolis and the southern Wisconsin approximately 90 0 cabins.

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30-Mile Expected Here

Gusts to Lower.

Temperatures Again

Cool winds out of the Northwest were expected to whip Indianapolis today as the uneasy truce between Indian Summet ‘and midautumn cold continues. Weather experts said gusts of

{wind up to 30 miles an hour would

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hold the mercury to a maximum

: } “We got in two good weeks of there they went by canoe with of 60 degrees this afternoon. roughing it and had a lot of fun,” two Canadian guides deep into

Skies over the state were expected to be partly cloudy throughout the day. Diminishing winds by nightfall, forecasters said, would be followed by a temperature drop to the lew 30's in the northern portion of the state and to the mid-40's in central Indiana. Light showers were predicted

{portion of the state by this evening.

Back from theh wilds of the Canadian northwoods are these Hoosier sportsmen. They are, left to right, Glen Allender, Orville Shawver and Lloyd Dodd, proudly displaying their game.

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Directing fraffic at Ohio and Al of the ready smile and the fast retort, While Al shakes hands with a friend and perMeridian Sts. is Patrolman Al too, close observers say. And they don't have fo be too close fo passes the time of day with a passerby. He hasn't haps to get a vofe, he doesn't: his traffic Magenheimer, former Marion observe that “Maggy” is already running for sheriff. Campaign-- made any announcement yet, but he will befors duties. Even though campaigning, he still handles County Sheriff. ing in a crowd like this isn't unusual any day for Al. many mare weeks. his traffic chores. inds Slow Boat to China—

Doesn't Exist,

The 5 p. m. congestion downtown that evening made the ‘express trip express in name only. Again locals were shadowing my bus. E. H. Pflumm, superintendent of Indianapolis Railways transportation, contends the express experiment is “proving successful.” He told me the main purpose of expresses was to speed passengers to their destinations. Said the expresses are saving six to eight minutes on their runs. Transit patrons didn’t think so.

- =n » IT’S EASY to find a seat on express busses, but that didn’t call for an additional four cents per ride, they said. Passengers objected that stops

up patrons and stops inbounds make to discharge patrons along the express route discredited the term “express.” Miss Natalie Schneider, 1347 N. Pennsylvania St., riding morning Speedway express No. 913, lieved: the “fast” ride wasn’t necessary in a. m. rush hours. “There are fewer passengers and less vehicle traffic then and even locals make the trip quickly,” she said. On the morning Meridian St. express, one unidentified woman echoed Miss §chneider's observations, So did James Alexander, 3921

IN. Capital Ave.

One evening bus rider believed express passengers are being taken for a long, one-way bus ride with approval of the Public Service Commission,

Express Bus Service Just

‘Investigating Reportér Finds 15¢ ‘Fast’

Trip Nearly as Long as Local : - By LARRY STILLERMAN I BECAME a 15-cent express bus rider for one day last week. But I'm switching back to the 1l-cent ride on the same route. ‘ Can't see any difference in the service. I saved a couple of minutes coming downtown on the N. Meridian St. express line Wednesday, but local busses were right behind me.

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He was on the express bus, because his local was jammed, he said. » » »

A CONFIRMED local bus rider, Mrs. Mary E. Goodman, 3316 N. Meridian St., objected that patrons pay 15 cents to ride express busses even though they board the fleet

press point. “My daughter, Sue, paid 15 cents to go to Butler on the express at 34th St.” she said. “But |going north on Meridian St. at shat point, the bus operated as a

” - nr MR. PFLUMM explained that until some simplified fare collection was set up, the 15-cent tariff on “express-converted-locals” had

“We'd have no way of checking {how many 1l1l-cent passengers {would board a 15-cent bus” he |said. “But after all, ‘express !busses are optional. People aren't

| compelled to ride ’em.” Expresses and locals operate on |an equal basis during morning {and evening rush hours, he said. | verted” to express routes, is avail{able on Beech Grove—Raymond {St. and 21st and Arlington lines. | Efficiency studies may produce more express services and extend present express terminal points, Mr. Pflumn said. The PSC said earlier this week its objective is to “save Indianapolis Railways for Indianapolis.” But the riders want to know {now much longer they are to be penalized to save the transit firm.

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HOUSTON, Tex., Oct. 20 (UP)

public today. “I abhor publicity,” said Mrs Gable. “In New York or Los Angeles, the police keep things like this quiet because it helps them find the missing things.”

- THERE WERE several lesser, but valuable, items. Neither police nor Mrs. Gable could say exactly where the theft occurred. She was in the midst of moving from Houston to a new home in the Texas hill country near Kerrville. Her household furnishings had been crated for truck ent and she had packed some cloth ing, along with the jewels, in two bags, to be carried in her automobile. .

OES. Meeting Nov. 7

Prospéct'” Chapter, OES, will have a stated meeting Nov: 7 in the chapter house, Prospect St. and State Ave. Mrs. Gladys Pfister, worthy matron, and Har» old Darring, worthy patron, will preside.

KILLED ON GLACIER TIMBERLINE, Ore, Oct. 29 (UP) — Don Welk, 20-year-old college student from Portland, Ore., was killed today when he plunged 1500 feet down the glacier at Mt. Hood while making an out-of-season climb, Searchers

That's what they told me.

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