Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 November 1949 — Page 1

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Nation Pauses To Give Thanks

daily labors today to attend) gs

church, stuff themselves with turkey. and quietly give thanks for the past year of peace and prospeérity, To some persons, the holiday had a special meaning. At Davenport, Iowa, Leonard Price, 35, was grateful for being - Page Lincoln’s, Answer , , . an

editorial ...iiaiviiacnssie 20

ful . .. a Talburt Cartoon.. 20 First Thanksgiving here- in 1839 . . . Our Town, by Anton Scherrer ........... 20 sentenced to 10 days in jail. Price stole a half-pound of hamburger. In sentencing him, Police Judge

John McSwiggin promised he would have chicken, instead of

on duty in England. A shipment

“of turkeys assured them the tra- nt ditional meal. . Bist eiyili of Girl fcans in the British 3

do without because thers wasn't

wnough of the fiw) avaflavie. %

Minn, was thankful just to be ~~ablé 0° eat the HONday feast:

screw which lodged in his lung,

Doctors removed the screw in time for him to leave the hospital yesterday so he could be with

of the Casserole Restaurant on the University of Illinois campus threw open his doors and offered free full-course dinners to students who couldn't get home for

Thanksgiving. The YMCA and YWCA also made arrangements so that 400 foreign exchange students could have dinner with private families to observe how Americans celegratefulness. At West Point, 30 cadets were grateful to, of all people, the Shah or Iran. Under an ancient rule at the military academy, cadets undergoing disciplinary pun-

ishment are forgiven when a

chief of state visits the school.

yesterday. As result, the 30 cadets who had been under punishment will be able to see the Army-Navy football game Saturday. : Bitter Meaning to Some

The big groups that comprise American society also ' counted

their blessings. Labor was grateful for newly won gains in oldage security and welfare. Farmers were thankful for one of the best crop years in history.

Business and industrial leaders

looked back on 4 year of prosperity and excellent profits. But to some, Thanksgiving Day had a bitter meanidg. James (Mad Dog) Morelli, 23,

knew that it was his last holiday.

Morelli ate turkey today with the

knowledge that within 36 hours

he would die for aiding other

Abin thts Hi fiilE EE Fiattloreh of

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—— 0th YEAR—NUMBER 257

I¥s T for Turk—and Thanksgiving

Photo by Lloyd B. Walton.

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Robber Takes

Slugging, 2 Other Holdups Reported

An armed robber stole the

tor together with $31 early today and ruined the holiday for his victim. Police found the victim shiver-

ing when they answered his call

for help. . Police also were investigating two other armed robberies and a slugging overnight. James Hurley, 29, manager of the Gaseteria Service Station, 320 W. Michigan St, told police a man walked into his filling station shortly before dawn, pulled a shiny automatic out of his pocket and announced “this is a stick-up”

room, took the contents of my wallet and made me strip off my trousers.” he complained to police, The heartless bandit vanished in

car at nt and N

Aves. t

oo v ia, , ad ! gun _ By 4-Year-Old Victim dow of the car. a 4f-year-oid beiihop of an Indianapolis hotel in connection with B. Evans, 48, manager of the the molesting and possible rape ot Fred Williams Used Car Lot, 815 a 4-year-old girl. ea

the woman went on an errand.

| {where

cards.

2 Below Freezing > On Menu Tonight Occasional light rain driven by gusts of cold arctic winds up to 25 miles an hour in velocity will whip Indianapolis streets by late today, the weatherman said in his holiday forecast. The mercury was expected to) reach a high of near 45 this] compared to yester-| day's peak noon reading of 49. Temperatures are expected to plunge to two degrees below freezing tonight and “warm” to a chilling 38 tomorrow. Last night's coldest reading in’ In34, shortly after

clouds will shroud forecasters said.

fter 8

{N. Illinois St. Mr. Evans told

in a hotel with walked away. a 59-year-old Richmond woman,| was left alone in the lobby last|Iilinois, Apt. 97, said two men he night “for about 15 minutes” while'had met in a downtown bar {shortly before midnight slugged After her ret said him in the 500 block Holly Ave. she had been turn tne Sa bell- and stole a watch valued at $60. hop, who had taken her to a sec-| ond floor rest room.

Police were called and the child Detectives - Casper

was taken to General Hospital by: » * Bi ies Traffic Mishaps | Physicians who | + girl said there was evidence she had been molested, but it was not! immediately determined whether she had been raped. The bellhop went off duty at the hotel before police were called

and was being sought this - The Shah visited West Point|ing, ’ mom

John Hunter, 69, of 215% 8S.

He told. police they were en route; i to the home of one of the men bourke B. Hickenlooper (R. Ia.)

the three planned to play!

Kill 3 in State

Detroit Man Dies In Road Collision

41-year-old Detroit motorist.

U. 8. 24 north of Lafayette. They were John H. Hawkins, 39, and John W. Kennedy, 47. John

jured.

earlier.

a downtown intersection there.

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anksgiving Day Is a | +n Day of Hope for the Needy

Children Without Warm Clothing "Pray That Public Will Give Enough

By ART WRIGHT

A-Child provided warm clothing for m3

is giving up his job as boss the $45 bilion Atomic . Ma

submitted his resignation to President Truman, effective Dec.

Victim's Pants =

pants off a filling station opera}

“He forced me into a backigy;

the dark after cautioning Mr. “Hurley to make no outery. © hs Takes $04 at Guunpoint Ross Neely, 41, of 805 W. 38th St., told officers he was Siting in

a man took $94 from him at gun- ; He said the bandit pushed i through the open win-

Shortly m. yesterday |; {a_ “prospective buyer” stuck

" AAJ a» s \ rt 2 al {“rusty old gun” in the side of C.|

Face ‘Big Task To Fill Job’

Boss to Quit . Dec. 3 for Health, 9 Financial Reasons “WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (UP)—David E. ' Lilienthal

Commission for the

of saying what he!

about issues of the atomic

The 50-year-old AEC chairman

when he goes to his Florida retreat next Monday for a threeweek vacation. Mr. Lilienthal indicated in

uid ‘At Risk of Lives,” Bishops Tell Pri

Indianapolis, Indiana, Issued Daily

y We Be Thankful

{the United Press, ping out.”

Indiana's highways and streets! Mr. Lilienthal said he hasn't]

> decided today had claimed the lives of &';u s3aed with a laugh . | that his 3-year-gld Connersville boy, an 85-| wife's “rea wa year-old Richmond man, and atin ap tion to get me aj

{Lilienthal said: - { “Don't J. Leininger, 47, of New Corydon, *P0Ugh of the Senate” driver of the truck! was unin- ST,

State police said, the baby fell from a car driven by Ruth Foreman, Connersville. After the child fell from the car he Was ap struck by a second auto, driven! by Luther Honaker, 70, Cambridge City. Police said the fall

for Ephram Laverty in Richmond,

into the side of an automobile at

Thanksgiving Day, 1949, found people in Indianapolis think-\, ers on the advisability of

Threaten to Unfrock = Any Who Refuse to Carry Out New Order

Reply to Government's Drastic Church . Control Move After Secret Conference U.S. tells China Reds to speed exit visas for Angus Ward = ese World Report vevresnsssniesiesbenensessassre PAGER ot PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Nov. 24 (UP)--Czechoslo-vakia's Roman Catholic bishops ordered priests today to re|sist the Communist government's campaign to seize control of the church. ; ‘ The bishops threatened to unfrock any -priest who reisa fused : :

int Dit Siri The bishops told the priests in IK icy shouid defend the church ‘wm ¢ even at the risk of their lives, The call for resistance was is= BCISION NEAT jue oe omcem ser sc Lewis, Committee ments drive to break church reMay Meet Monday WASHINGTON, Nov. 2¢ (UP) «John L. Lewis and his 200-man | pols committee are expected to|etrays Christ . . . his brethren Pr in New York Monday tol* + + and the nation decide whether so ners . ht {will strike again Dec. 1. vy Satuolic prjt. Jurisdiction, Word of the meeting was tir- hilng } culated last night by informed L |sources, but they declined to disNewsmen who telephoned Mr. Lewis’ home for confirmation were told to “call back tomor-

quit in the middie of a contro- an American® , , + Cabbie Dan Hule nad a Thanksgiving | A new meeting of the policy Rae committee, which last met Nov By = Day answer. ts '8 to call off the 52-day walkout hen De as chairman at he - 8 ; iig fo + lat least ati Nov. 30, .might today. “We enterprise, he was embroiled pe- Hoosiers Offer Gratitude "ONE: One or more major coal right to def riodically with Congress because > operators have indicated a will The. bishops etutedsd that. the determina eep } ; ingness to “make a " on a|priests probably would suffer very free of politics. For Good Health, Freedom new contract and the committee much for your “loyalty to your Bim to had the mA nated . a “ |will decide on extending the profession.” al sion which took oviuan commis-| Cabbie Dan Hukle Expresses Feeling in U.S. [present truce for Shale amin mines. The bishops issued these 11 di project. from the Army hres By Saying ‘i'm Thankful 'm an American’ | TWO Coe: of the oni]. ONE: Add the church proviso past policies delayed confirma-| By LARRY STILLERMAN and-file to take another loss in| Cit IONE, IC 10 C008 S00 SOPHIE

(pay, will ‘“’séund out” committee th

but scrapped his plans when Sen./!n§ Of one thing. |another walkout. of man {n any oath of loyalty to ! A cross-section of Hoosiers, asked why they were most thank-| mv. ryoitad Mine Workers’ conaccused him of “incredible mis- ful today said; almost in unison, “Because we're here and health 4 00: ran out last June 30. Don’t Be Traitor’

management.”

He stayed on through the en-! suing congressional investigation!

which ended in bis fornml vin-lguy who wheels a U

dication,

“Hickenlooper just delayed it.” ‘No Controversy’

just what he will do

Asked about speculation that

Plan Inquest in :

John Foreman, 3, died in the Orlea ooti Fayette County Hospital, Con-| ns Sh ng

nersville, after he tumbled from/ a moving automobile on Ind. 1 a mile north of there a few hours]

{died yesterday after being shot {in an argument. {go there Ivis Sanders, 44, died at Dunn! “My wif emorial Hospital. Police said he!folks here and in good health. /ful wife . . . and I'm going home was shot by his father-in-law, We're thankful for that,

Few gave thanks for “peace.” Ep EAE NOL But a heavy-jowled, red-faced terprise system. And we can do nited Cab What we damn please to make it, ays ou x : g ; , t in thin A . Instead of hast ening Mr. Lilien. [round town all dag. dong. gave cmphatic This 1s the main thing ser the operators. refused tol eer.

{thal's resignation, a friend said [0° answer everyone wanted to

lo i mos _And Jay, the newest addition, is giving for my wife and daughter,

and some coils.” at He Is my job and my home.

ia lawyer and “ bl Two other Detroiters were se- practice law.” On eee Ya riously injured in an automobile he “may go into business.” and tractor-truck collision that] killed Roy W. Kennedy of De-/he might run for the Senate from 3628 N. Illinois St. gasoline statroit early today. om a curve on his home state of Tennessee, Mr. tion attendant. He said grace tola i ! x A 1 EHR gan and aay wver a stutied gy Box ter and her little fellows. That's two injured were rushed to St. /the government inventory of you think I've hadi 501, a carpenter, said: : x “I'm glad I'm here. Yeh and I'm thankful my family’s in good health. My baby daughter. . ishe’s 16 months old. . 1 BEDFORD. Nov. 2 wp {never been sick that I know of.| , Ind, Nov. 24 (UP) My wife, Ruth, has a little ha —Lawrence County Coroner Dr. tever, but she’s O. K. That's whale shoe-shine boy, remarked: |ney and Dr. Dwight Pitkin, both before preparing the budgets or- . R. E. ‘Wynne said today an in- counts. {quest would be held in the death)

Talking was ‘Raymond Neely,

she’s giving.” {lice said.

“We're gonna try to have

t00.l+ + - in time for turkey.”

__|Since then, the miners have worked a three-day week; then a “no-day-week” that lasted for 52

I'm {hankiul Yor today™ ge A a ved. 10 budge in their flat rejection of A young mother, Mrs. Ben Mr. Lewis’ contract demands, ‘the not to betray their church.

say. " “Tm damn’ thankful I'm an Schuff, 2944 Ruckle St., looked at UMW president ordered the THREE: Refuse Communist “ | American today.” minThere aren't any controversies! That's what Dan Hukle. 1174 Keeps Busy right now.” Mr. Lilienthal told|w. 20th St, driver of cab 263 ‘50 I'm step-'was most thankful for. | What Neighbors Said Indy ay neighbors had Howard, is getting used to his __ order ‘that priests must obtain

her two sons and sald: lers back to work until Nov. 30 and

“ » “I'm thankful for the health of in the public Interest.

"my family. And I've got my boys . a to keep me busy. My big boy, Train, Auto Crash | FOUR: ignore the government

corrective leg braces, thank God. just fine. That's plenty of reason] MONSANTO, Iii, Nov. 24 (UP) |carry out religious wor

+m | fOr thanks today, I guess.” |~Three persons were dead and] FIVE: Obtain the g But Pm A grandmother, Mrs. L. H. An-|two others critically injured in an|the bishops who es

drews, 1543 E. 524 St., who clerks automobile - train collision near|a new church in a cleaning establishment, said:/here early today. SIX: Get church permission fo “Oh dear . . . I'm thankful for, Monsanto police sald two take vacations. : all the little things in life. I live women passengers and a man in| SEVEN: Protect holy articles in a happy home with my daugh-/the automobile were dead. The|like chalices and vestments from

such a blessing. Mary's Hospital in East St. Louis. church property. \ |" “And my other daughter will be] The truck collided with al EIGHT: Help Catholics receive there today -with—her family, It Terminal Rallroad Association the sacrament. of ma % makes for a wonderful thanks-/locomotive at a crossing here, po- This is a “very grave duty” be- : | cause a new government law says Thanksgiving Shoe-Shine Boy | The injured at St. Mary's were only civil marriages are binding. James Taylor, 502% Agnes St. identified as Dr, Edward L. Pin-| NINE: Wait for instfictions

“Thanksgiving . . . that's fried physicians at St. Louis City Hos- dered by the government.

a/chicken . . . 'r’ black-eyed peas pial. | TEN: “Prepare yourself for {of an Orleans truck driver who!big dinner. We're gonna eat ati: «- I'm thankful for all that” | Identification of the dead was the Holy Year 1050. . . . That 'my mother-in-law’s table. Always) Russell Christy, Carmel, Ind., a withheld but it was believed they year is supposed to be the year

{hospital patient, said: lalso were ‘City Hospital physi-|of consecrating souls with the

e and Tve still got our! “I'm thankful for my wonder-| clans. help of prayers and

vis Re affirming lo 2 WOMEN DIE IN ORASH the mas oyalty to’ Christ and

Alvie Boone, 65. last Friday. Dr.| And I've got a good job. And I'm! A registered nurse, Mrs. Robert| BEDFORD, Pa. Nov. 24 (UP) ELEVEN: “It is not necessary

{Wynne sald the case will bel thankful for that. . {turned over to the" Orange Coun-lis comin’ . . ity grand jury next week. | Orleans Town Marshal Robert received Tuesday when he walked curred at the a home Proot ing a fight between the two men. Authorities said Boone was free

Pending grand jury investigation. Now She's Certain Of Her Citizenship

fledged American citizen today with papers to prove it as well as her own word. Mrs. Smith, who was a Japanese prisoner in the Philippines

spend their own money to outfit went to the Philippines.

.Christmas/S. Duncan, 1133 Lawrence Ave.

a —— I In a rec-. “I'm thankful that this will be Overturned near Donegal, Pa.'churcr authority and by. lord store, Mrs. Harry McNeely, our first Thanksgiving in our new state police reported. Bid 3205 Sharon Ave. answered: | Ee akag) n “ Album | . or “I'm thankful for our th.! Than ving an a a That's very important. We always St. bookie meant this: Fimes Contests feel so badly when we see crip-| “My babe’s got a good job. A Offer Prizes . . especially ehil-lthe haraes bet on don’t come in| . ee

“Don’t imagine we'll have a big/ful. Most of all, I'm thankful that in entries for two prizedinner. We're goin’ rabbit huntin’ the police have such a liberal winning contest the Times and probably our big meal will/gambling policy. Don't bother me, i5 staging: Ln Pm thankful I'm busy.” ‘ t

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—Two women were killed earlyits mention the ¢schismatic : University Heights, grinned and|today when their automobile left! orament-controlled Catholic {said: (the Pennsylvania, Turnpike and tion) condemned by the

opinion of the entire nation.” ns

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i place . . . boy, that's thank-| o There's still time to send

Thankful for Job * THE GOOD OLD DAYS “ly

A. traffic officer, Kenneth Dilk,| contest secks letters of 100 sald: words or less on Indiana

“I'm thankful for this good job, folklore or customs, The

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my health and my home. Thanks like this I picted in drawing in Erwin he Give everydd¥| Hess ‘Good Old Days” fn I" Miss Carleen Becker, 215 E.| the Sunday Times color {50th St. an arline ticket agent, comic section, Prizes are: said: im “My health and my family get the most thanks today. But do you have to be thankful for any one thing?